Representatives of nearly 20 local agencies testified Tuesday before Douglas County Commission about the impact of closing the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services office in Lawrence.
SRS Secretary Robert Siedlecki Jr. has said closing the office will save the state $413,385 per year.
But representatives of local agencies said much of the savings to the state would be shifted as costs to their organizations.
Meanwhile, they said an unknown number of vulnerable Kansans would lose care because they wouldn't be able to travel to other cities to access services. In the long run, the cost to Kansas will be greater because the loss of the SRS office will produce more emergency situations, local officials said.
Due to loss of efficiency, it is estimated that the SRS closing could double work time with guests needing SRS interaction. Hiring a new case manager, increased transportation costs, $52,400.
Adult Protective Services Reports: Investigation not feasible by phone or computer. Requires face-to-face visits by SRS employee.
The cost of increased staff time, transportation and other items to accompany consumers to SRS offices in other cities estimated at $800 per month.
It is unlikely that service interruptions can be avoided.
Possible cost of $25,000 per year, including $16,000 in transportation costs for Medicaid clients when needing to go to the SRS office. Many of the 286 per year Medicaid patients do not have telephones and most do not have home computers. VNA would have to arrange for transportation to bring patients into VNA offices to work with VNA social workers to complete online forms. There is still a face-to-face requirement in the application process that would require patients being transported to the nearest SRS office or a case worker going to the patient's home. Most patients are sick and frail and it is a hardship to leave their homes.
$33,400, much of which would be transportation costs.
Community employment division, JobLink, would incur additional annual costs related to staff time and transportation of approximately $60,000.
Increase in the number of people in crisis forced to access Medicaid waiver would result in higher costs to the state of $30,000 per person.
Individuals with developmental disabilities who would have to be driven to different city to apply for Medicaid, food stamps, etc., $20,000.
Closing the SRS office would result in the loss of a critical local link in our community. There is no way to assess the value of the collaborative relationships built over the years with the local SRS office. Cost: Priceless.
$38,400 to $39,000 for increased staff and travel time to assist seniors with various SRS services, such as food stamps.
An inmate re-entry program would cost an estimated $8,351 more annually for transportation for SRS appointments. The immediate concern is the success of inmates upon their return to the community. Without access to basic transitioning benefits through food, housing and financial assistance, inmates may continue victimizing our community, eventually spilling over to the ever-increasing incarceration and costing our society even more.
In terms of additional costs per year, we estimate that an additional 600 hours of case management services at a cost of approximately $12,000; $3,000 in copies, scanning and faxing, and $8,000 in transportation.


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INAUGURAL URBAN ONE HONORS AWARDS SET TO AIR ON TV ONE FEBRUARY 28 AT 8P/7C
Hosted by REACH Media Syndicated Radio Personality DL Hughley, the Star-Studded Event Celebrates the Achievements of Extraordinary Individuals Including Jermaine Dupri, Brandy, April Ryan, Tom Joyner, DJ Khaled & Shaun King Featuring Performances by Elle Varner, Avery Sunshine, Marvin Sapp & K-Ci of Jodec
February 27, 2019 - TV One will air the inaugural URBAN ONE HONORS on Thursday, February 28 at 8 p.m. ET/7C, immediately followed by an encore presentation at 10 p.m. ET/9C. The stellar show, hosted by comedian and REACH Media Syndicated Radio Personality DL Hughley, will honor Jermaine Dupri, April Ryan, Brandy, Tom Joyner, Marvin Sapp, DJ Khaled, June Ambrose, Doc Walker, Shaun King, Benny Pough, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Jade Novah, Dr. Nadia Lopez, Tracy Martin, Sybrina Fulton and Rotimi. Presented by MGM National Harbor and Radio One's Washington D.C. radio stations Majic 102.3 & 92.7, 93.9 WKYS, Praise 104.1, WOL 1450 & 95.9, Spirit 1340 and The Team 980, the event was developed to acknowledge and honor individuals or organizations that have made an extraordinary impact on society and culture. The awards show was taped live at The Anthem Theater in Washington, DC on December 9, 2018.
"All of us at Urban One are dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the very best of us," said Urban One Founder and Chairperson Cathy Hughes. "We're providing platforms for urban content. We are in the black people business and proud of it."
The Urban One Honors represents excellence in the areas of innovative programming, successful business ventures, advanced technology, entertainment, social activism, education, and community service, through diligence and dedication. The inaugural class of Urban One Honors Awards Honorees set the bar high while being an exemplary catalyst for change and profound models for success.
"Sometimes we forget that we are part of what our founding fathers said in the Preamble 'We the People.' That 'We the People' are every last one of us who every day strive to make it better for our children," expressed White House Correspondent April Ryan, who is honored with the Media Personality of the Year Award.
Singer Brandy, who is honored with the Cathy Hughes Excellence Award for her commitment to excellence throughout her career, praised Ms. Hughes for "being an inspiration, an example for the culture, for all the people and epitomizing Black Girl Magic."
Musical highlights for the evening include performances from Marvin Sapp, K-Ci of Jodeci, Elle Varner, and viral sensation Avery Sunshine.
Featured presenters include Q Parker of 112, Record Executive LA Reid, Tom Joyner Morning Show Senior Analyst Roland Martin, TV Personality Traci Braxton, Retired NFL Player Fred Smoot, Journalist Gia Peppers, singer Ray J, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Rapper Da Brat, Producer Bryan Michael Cox, Political Commentator Symone Sanders, MGM's Chief Diversity Officer Phyllis James, REACH Media Radio Personality Griff and Jamar Sapp.
URBAN ONE HONORS is produced for Urban One by Kashon Powell. For TV One, Susan Henry is the Executive Producer in Charge of Production.
ABOUT URBAN ONE:
Urban One, Inc. (urban1.com), together with its subsidiaries, is the largest diversified media company that primarily targets Black Americans and urban consumers in the United States. The Company owns TV One, LLC (tvone.tv), a television network serving more than 59 million households, offering a broad range of original programming, classic series and movies designed to entertain, inform and inspire a diverse audience of adult Black viewers. CLEO TV (mycleo.tv), a lifestyle and entertainment network targeting Millennial and Gen X women of color that launched in January 2019, is fully owned by TV One, LLC, a brand of Urban One, Inc. As one of the nation's largest radio broadcasting companies, Urban One currently owns and/or operates 59 broadcast stations (including HD stations we operate) branded under the tradename "Radio One" in 15 urban markets in the United States. Through its controlling interest in Reach Media, Inc. (blackamericaweb.com), the Company also operates syndicated programming including the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, the Russ Parr Morning Show and the DL Hughley Show.In addition to its radio and television broadcast assets, Urban One owns iOne Digital (ionedigital.com), our wholly owned digital platform serving the African-American community through social content, news, information, and entertainment websites, including its Cassius, Bossip, HipHopWired and MadameNoire digital platforms and brands. We also have invested in a minority ownership interest in MGM National Harbor, a gaming resort located in Prince George's County, Maryland. Through our national multi-media operations, we provide advertisers with a unique and powerful delivery mechanism to the African-American and urban audiences.
ABOUT TV ONE:
Launched in January 2004, TV One serves 59 million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain and inform a diverse audience of adult black viewers. The network represents the best in black culture and entertainment with fan favorite shows Unsung, Rickey Smiley For Real, Fatal Attraction, and The NAACP Image Awards. In addition, TV One is the cable home of the blockbuster television drama Empire. TV One is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Urban One, Inc., formerly known as Radio One, Inc. [NASDAQ: UONE and UONEK, www.urban1.com], the largest African-American owned multi-media company primarily targeting Black and urban audiences.

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I love that this Lite version allows you to try out all features with a limited set. Every SLP should download it to try it out.
There is no way to go back to the home screen. If you press the home icon you get the choices to continue, try again, email, and buy. None of those take you to the home. You have to close the app to do so. I don't know how this would have gotten through any beta testing, it looks like it wasn't tested at all.
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Thank you for stumbling across my first post on my brand new blog! As you can probably tell from my sidebar, my name's Lucy, I'm 21 years old and a (not so) recent psychology graduate.
When I started university, I knew next to nothing about blogs. I used to read a few here and there but I wasn't as obsessed with bloggers as I am now! Over the past three years, I spent a lot of time (probably too much if we're being honest) reading blogs and I thought that now all my 'studying' (read: partying) has stopped, this is a good a time as any to start my own!
My favourite blogs to read are those about plus size fashion and beauty - so I can probably tell you now that they are what I will write about most! Although I'm sure you can expect a fair few 'lifestyle' posts as well. I also love reading interior design blogs, and I moved in to a little flat in Leeds with my boyfriend last summer and we are in the process of making it our own. I'm rather enjoying the challenge, so I'm also looking forward to sharing with you some of the little corners of our flat.
As this is my first post, I thought I'd let you know a few things about me.
Firstly, I'm a massive music lover. I love everything from hip hop to hard rock, I have no real preference in that regard. I also love going to see live music - one of the main attractions of Leeds to me was that the gig scene is so good here!
Secondly, I love singing. It's one of my absolute favourite things to do, I find sitting down at my keyboard and just singing along to whatever chords I'm playing the most relaxing thing ever. I have a few covers of songs uploaded to SoundCloud, though they're currently private. Maybe if I get brave enough I'll post them here for you! At university I was a member of a few choirs, and I would love to join one in Leeds, so I'll keep you posted on that!
One of my other interests is photography (hence the photo up at the top), though that's been on the back burner recently. I'm hoping that blogging will inspire me to go out with my camera and take some nice shots! If you want, you can check out my Flickr, where I've posted some of my favourite photos that I've taken.
I think like any person in their twenties, I'm a self confessed netflix addict! At the minute, I'm watching Prison Break, The Walking Dead and House. Anyone else watch loads of TV shows at once? Haha.
Finally, I have to talk about my love for Harry Potter. Honestly, I'm a bit nuts on it, to the extent that I once got a whole article written about me in a national newspaper because of a poem I wrote about Harry Potter when I was 8 (maybe if there's interest I'll post the poem, it's a CORKER). It was for a competition to meet JK Rowling at midnight on the day that Order of the Phoenix went on sale. I didn't win, but I was one of the runner's up so I got a box set of the first 4 books and 50 pound's worth of WH Smith vouchers! I've got tickets to see The Cursed Child in August, and you'd better believe I'm counting down the days!
I hope you enjoyed getting to know me a bit better and I hope you'll stick around for future blog posts. If you fancy a chat, I'm on Twitter every day, and you can also follow me on Instagram if you want! I'm also on Bloglovin', if you want to follow my blog on there.


As you enter our Frisco clinic, you are greeted with a waiting room showcasing the school spirt of our surrounding high schools.
Connected to our waiting room, this area is dedicated to gaming enthusiasts, including Playstation™ and X-box 360™.
A favorite of Dr. Cherng's, this room provides the ultimate display of Texas A&M Aggie spirit!!
Children of all ages love the magical feel and memories capturing the Disney Room!!
This room proudly displays the sports memorabilia of your favorite sports teams from the Metroplex—Mavs, Stars, Rangers, and FC Dallas!!
Dr. Ghali's favorite room showcases a collection of memorabilia, including past and current NFL Cowboys stars!!
This room, designed for minor procedures, allows an escape to Outer Space, as well as the opportunity to listen to music or watch DVD movies.


Sonnet CXXXVII. Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes, That they behold, and see not what they see? They know what beauty is, see where it lies, Yet what the best is take the worst to be. If eyes corrupt by over-partial looks Be anchor'd in the bay where all men ride, Why of eyes' falsehood hast thou forged hooks, Whereto the judgment of my heart is tied? Why should my heart think that a several plot Which my heart knows the wide world's common place? Or mine eyes seeing this, say this is not, To put fair truth upon so foul a face? In things right true my heart and eyes have erred, And to this false plague are they now transferr'd.


Focusing on history, food and culture, RBTH hopes that you will enjoy regular updates from our "correspondents" and their inside stories about life in towns big and small, rural and urban, provincial and cosmopolitan.
Surgut (2137 kilometers from Moscow) is one of Russia's fastest growing cities and the largest population center in the oil-rich Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous Area (the Khanty and Mansi are the two largest indigenous groups here). Several major natural resource companies are either headquartered here or have major representative offices including Surgutneftegas (with roughly 82,000 employees in the region) and Gazprom.
My favorite place in my hometown was constructed not long ago in 2001. It's the historical and ethnographic center Stary Surgut (Old Surgut) located in the historical center of the city on the banks of the Saima River. There are about a dozen wooden houses – copies of real houses that were common to the city in the past and a wooden church built in the tradition of the Northern Russian Orthodox style. There are several exhibits devoted to the life and culture of local indigenous peoples – Khanty and Mansi and several clubs that unite long-term residents of Surgut and those fond of handicrafts. Members of handicraft groups offer workshops on embroidery, cooking and pottery. Old Surgut is a place to celebrate folk holidays including those celebrated by the Finno-Ugric peoples, and pagan feasts such as Crow Day (celebrated in April). There is also a regular festival of ethnic cultures in summer. In winter it is already a tradition to come here to see ice sculptures. In summer it is a nice place to walk around. You can see a reconstruction of the traditional living space of an indigenous family – a chum (a kind of a vigvam), a labaz (a storage for food) and a stove.
The local history and culture museum. Among other things the museum has a very interesting collection, a so-called Kholmogorsky treasure – a collection of objects that belonged to people inhabiting the region in the 4th - 5th centuries. The collection features a series of metal figures of animals – birds, snakes, fishes, and of course bears – the sacred animal, the younger son of the primary god Num-Torum worshipped by the pagan Khanty people.
More than 400 years ago the Russian Tsar's military came to Surgut to found a settlement. They fought and drove away the Khanty people who inhabited the region. The main purpose of the settlement at that time was to provide the nobility and the court with furs, which was at that time the biggest treasure of Siberia in the eyes of the boyars. But the city didn't become much more than a village until the 1960s when it became a center for oil and gas production.
Surgut has several good places to go skiing and it's an absolute must in winter. In summer go berry and mushroom picking in the taiga. And of course non-vegetarian visitors must try some reindeer meat that you can buy from the Khanty people in winter. And try the delicious fish from the Ob River: muksun, nelma and sterlyad.
There is a lot of water around Surgut – numerous lakes where one can go fishing. The Ob River – one of the longest in Russia – is also good for fishing. Ruskinskaya village is a national settlement for the Khanty people. At the end of March Surgut residents head to Ruskinskaya to see a reindeer race.
Fish is eaten in all possible ways here. Stroganina is a frozen row fish that must be eaten immediately with salt and pepper before it melts – this is the traditional Khanty way to eat raw fish. "Podavushka" is a fish soup usually cooked with pike or other river fish. Like in the rest of Siberia, pelmeni (dumplings) is beloved in my hometown – two or three kinds of meat are usually mixed in the pelmeni stuffing. Pelmeni with fish are also a local specialty. Manty – steamed huge pelmeni are also popular in Surgut. The gifts of the taiga are usual on a Siberian table as well - cedar seeds, mushrooms, cranberries, blueberries and lindenberries.
Who are the well-known people from your city's history and why were they famous?
Farman Salmanov is a geologist and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who found oil in Western Siberia in 1961. The house of Salmanov in Surgut is now a museum. Not so long ago the sad story of the former secretary general of the Greek communist party and antifascist Nikos Zachariadis became known to the public. Zachariadis was sent to Surgut to live in exile in 1962 under a fake Russian name. He was not allowed to leave the town and committed suicide in his flat in 1973. However, some sources say he was murdered. His remains were transferred to Greece in 1991.
What's your city's favorite holiday? How do they celebrate it?
Surgut is the city of oil and gas workers, so their professional holidays are celebrated citywide and are probably the favorite holidays for city residents. They are celebrated outside usually with a concert on one of the city squares.
Someone who works in the oil and gas industry, has a car or even two, and goes to the seaside in summer. Those who live and work in Surgut retire earlier due to the harsh climate they live in – women retire at 50 and men at 55.
An ancient settlement was found in Barsova Gora, but excavations stopped because the place was sold to rich people for dacha settlements. If I could change something I would continue the excavations in that region. Another problem is too many cars – Surgut is in third place in Russia for cars per person. There are not enough parking spaces and drivers park on the sidewalks. I would certainly change that.


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Who's On the Mexican Radio? 5/29/15
Say what you will about the new Calibre 50 ballad — and no, I cannot prove that some nefarious Disa executive forced them to play the song while submerged in gelatin, although the first time I watched the video I thought the music had been screwed and chopped — but at least it knocked their previous ballad "Contigo" off the chart. (Don't worry, "Contigo" is still huge in El Norte.) In fact all the new Mexican radio hits this fortnight are ballads, which makes Picking to Click a more difficult proposition than usual. But NorteñoBlog is not completely devoid of romance! NorteñoBlog knows the desires that wrack the heart! And you know who else knows how to rip out his heart for all to see? German Montero, that's who! So give a listen to "Me Seguirás Buscando," where Montero promises to keep searching… and searching… to provide you with complete satisfaction. Judging by his overwrought performance, the search might entail self-strangulation and vocal nodes, but if that´s what it takes…
In El Norte chart news, El Komander goes top 10 Hot Latin for the third time with "Malditas Ganas." Billboard also reports that his ballad "El Papel Cambio," which we encountered on the Mexican charts earlier this year, is lurking down in the U.S. 40s. The U.S. seems to lag a few months behind Mexico in our love for El Komander songs. NorteñoBlog has no ready explanation for this, since it´s certainly not true of every artist — see both countries´ immediate embrace of Recodo´s "Mi Vicio Mas Grande." Komander does seem to do better with streaming than he does with radio play, so maybe his more ramshackle sound is a tougher sell for U.S. radio programmers?
And since you were wondering, Gerardo Ortiz´s not-at-all-ramshackle new album Hoy Mas Fuerte is doing very well, thank you. It sold 20,000 in its first week, his best week ever, enough to get it up to number 24 on the overall Billboard 200 and an easy number one on the Latin Albums chart. This is Ortiz´s sixth number one album this decade, a record on the Latin Albums chart. The first single, corrido "El Cholo," is also charting in El Norte, though you´ll notice it´s nowhere to be found on the Mexican radio chart below. Interesante. In possibly related news, NorteñoBlog´s librarian Gloria, who goes to lots of norteño shows in the city, hasn´t heard Fuerte yet and doesn´t like Ortiz because he´s "too popular." She´s a Komander fan.
These are the Top 20 "Popular" songs in Mexico, as measured by monitorLATINO. Don't confuse "Popular" with the "General" list, which contains many of the same songs but also "Uptown Funk!", "See You Again," "Love Me Like You Do," and a snappy song about Paulina Rubio's new vice, which I'm gonna guess is either A Dude or The Charlie Charlie Challenge.
1. "Después de Ti ¿Quién?" – La Adictiva Banda San Jose
2. "Aunque Ahora Estés Con Él" – Calibre 50
3. "Mi Vicio Mas Grande" – Banda El Recodo
4. "El Amor de Su Vida" – Julión Álvarez
5. "Confesion" – La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
6. "Me Toco Perder" – Banda Los Recoditos
7. "Sal De Mi Vida" – La Original Banda El Limón
8. "A Lo Mejor" – Banda MS
9. "Y Esa Soy Yo" – Luz Maria
10. "Me Interesa" – Alfredo Ríos El Komander
11. "Tu Mami" – Chuy Lizarraga
12. "Tranquilito" – El Chapo de Sinaloa
13. "Indeleble" – Banda Los Sebastianes
14. "No Le Hagamos Al Cuento" – Jovanko Ibarra
15. "¿Cómo Te Llamas?" – Banda La Trakalosa
16. "Me Seguirás Buscando" – German Montero
17. "Perdi La Pose" – Espinoza Paz
18. "Dudo" – Marco A. Flores y No.1 Banda Jerez
19. "Padre Ejemplar" – Los Titanes de Durango ft. Jaziel Avilez
20. "Un Ranchero En La Ciudad" – Leandro Rios ft. Pancho Uresti
¡Adios!
"Que te Quede Claro" – Saul El Jaguar
"La Reina" – La Iniciativa
"No Fue Necesario" – El Bebeto
"Contigo" – Calibre 50
2015, Banda El Recodo, Calibre 50, El Komander, Gerardo Ortíz, Germán Montero, Regional Mexican Songs
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Putting Film to Work
Michael Samtesto | Director & RDF Co-Founder
Best known for his work directing and producing special features for the first three Harry Potter DVDs and the Van Helsing DVD, Samtesto's work on Van Helsing was featured in an article by American Cinematographer Magazine. His first documentary War & Truth won the Annapolis Film Festival in 2005.
In 2010 Samtesto traveled to Iraq to chronicle Darryl Worley's tour for the troops, the resulting documentary Just Got Back was honored with an Excellence in Media Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution. His documentary, A Southern Fix won Best Film at the Animal Film Festival in 2018 and the Hidden Tiger won the Best Wildlife Crime Film at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival in 2019. Samtesto is the proud parent of five rescue dogs.
Josh Gildrie | Writer, Producer & RDF Co-Founder
Following his years in New York and earning master's degrees from Ball State University and Harvard University, Josh returned to Tennessee and was able to devote his love and experience to all production. He story-edited two television shows airing on Nickelodeon and Esquire Network, won a Silver Addy for his work with YWCA's Tribute to Women, wrote and directed PSA's with Billy Bob Thornton and Randy Travis, and worked on numerous commercials.
A Co-Founder of Rescue Doc Films, Josh, along with co-founder Michael Samtesto, won Best Film at the Animal Film Festival in 2018 for their documentary, A Southern Fix (available on Amazon Prime) and won Best Wildlife Crime Film at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2019 in New York City for the documentary The Hidden Tiger.
Elizabeth Baldwin McGovern | Producer & RDF Partner
Attorney, Investor, Producer. Elizabeth has always had a passion for documentary style filmmaking and enjoys working to help bring stories together to entertain, to educate and to inspire. In addition to her film projects and entrepreneurial endeavors, she is known for her work to support at-risk populations and as an attorney advocating for animal welfare, the environment and human rights. Based in Atlanta, Elizabeth is focused on utilizing her background in venture capital investments and grassroots development to bring new opportunities and connections for independent educational films.
Bonnie Samtesto | Assistant Producer
Photographer, actor, videographer, jewelry designer, and animal rights advocate. Bonnie strives to infuse her passion for animals and equality into every project. So far, she has performed in dozens of live theater shows, and now takes great joy in her role as a producer for Rescue Doc Films. She's also the proud co-parent of five rescue dogs.
Fauna Tomlinson | Associate Producer & Media Outreach
A tireless animal advocate, Fauna works to promote respect and appreciation for wildlife and to help misunderstood and maligned animals throughout the world. From her skill as a researcher, Fauna has been able to encourage and successfully implement humane solutions to resolve human-wildlife conflicts. She resides in Tahoe, California where she is a wildlife rehabilitator and a proud board member of the Mountain Lion Foundation. As an associate producer with RDF, Fauna knows the value of media and its importance in bringing attention to the cruelty often faced by wildlife.
Paul Jones | Composer & Sound Designer
Paul Jones began composing award-winning musical scores in the '80s. His early scoring projects included incidental scores for live theatre (A Lion In Winter, The Elephant Man, Spring Awakening), local TV commercials, and a full-length German water-ski show. That was just the first couple of years. Since then, Paul has enjoyed a vast and ever-challenging music career supervising the music and post-audio department for Scripps Networks and then creating his own scoring company – Auralation. His passion for sound design and musical scoring have helped perfect the sounds of RDF.
Mike McGovern | Videographer & Photographer
Michael is a videographer with an academic background in wildlife conservation. His research at Dartmouth and Oxford focuses on the economic and sociological relationships between big cat species and the local communities living around them.
Amy Renée Wilson | Creative Consultant
Amy Renée Wilson brings her passion for the arts to Rescue Doc Films as a creative consultant and production assistant. Amy is an award-winning dancer, teacher, and choreographer. She works for both the Dancers Studio and the Tennessee Children's Dance Ensemble.
Karl Ricker | Graphic Design
Karl Ricker brings his years of expertise to the Rescue Doc Films team as an outstanding graphic designer.
Megan Bowman | Marketing
Megan Bowman, CFRE, is the founder and owner of Bowman Development Solutions, LLC. Her consulting practice is based in Atlanta and focuses on the areas of nonprofit management, media, and philanthropy. She has a strong and respected reputation nationally for her work with a variety of non-profit clients, both large and small. Through her efforts, Megan has helped organizations enhance their brand awareness and raise millions of dollars to support nonprofit missions that matter. A true humanitarian at heart, Megan is a Certified Fundraising Executive who cares deeply about supporting social impact causes that positively affect the welfare and well-being of both children and animals.
Halsey Jennings | Marketing & Communications Intern
Halsey is an intern on the RDF team helping with marketing and educational outreach. Halsey studies communications at the University of Georgia and the University of Oxford, where she hopes to unpack how environmental topics are shared with the public.


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Mayor's memo: Ranked choice voting debuts in Bloomington
By Mayor Tim Busse
In November, the City held an election for open positions on the City Council and the school board. This was the first time the City used ranked choice voting. None of the City Council candidates received enough first-choice votes to be declared the winner on election night. Ranked choice voting rules state that a candidate is elected on election night if they receive at least 50% +1 of all votes cast. This is called the maximum possible threshold. All votes cast include first-choice votes for a candidate on the ballot, first-choice votes for write-in candidates, over voted first-choice votes and under voted first-choice votes. That meant ranked choice tabulation had to take place at Civic Plaza in the days following Election Day. The public was invited to watch as City staff tabulated votes in real time. By the end of that week, we knew who had been elected to the City Council. Read the cover for more about the candidates elected to Council.
More than 15,000 Bloomington residents voted in the election. That's about a 26% turnout, which is below Bloomington's 92% turnout rate that we saw in the 2020 elections, but is about on par with the voter turnout we typically see in off-year elections. I want to thank everyone who took the time to exercise their civic right to vote.
I'm particularly grateful to City Clerk Christina Scipioni and all City Clerk staff for establishing ranked choice voting in Bloomington and providing multiple opportunities for residents to learn about the new voting method and how it works. And I want to be sure to specifically thank all of the election judges who worked this Election Day. Year after year, Bloomington election judges do outstanding work. They work long hours. They are patient and knowledgeable, which was especially important this year with the debut of ranked choice voting, and they do it all with a smile. They make democracy work here in Bloomington and their efforts are greatly appreciated. Welcome new and seasoned councilmembers. Let's work together to make Bloomington better today and tomorrow for all.


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The Shanghai Lilong: A New Concept of Home in China
G. Bracken
Spatial Planning and Strategy
The lilong is an attractive, versatile, and socially vibrant house type that developed in Shanghai in the 19th century. It came to be seen as such a feature of the city that it is almost as much of an icon as the Bund itself. Stylistically it is a hybrid of Western architectural details and traditional Chinese spatial arrangements; but it is more than architecturally interesting, it is socially very important. Apart from generating a vibrant street life in the city, it was also instrumental in changing the concept of home [jia] in China. Traditionally, a home was something to be handed down through the family, from generation to generation, but the Shanghai lilong changed all that. Home-ownership came to assume a more Western attitude, where the house was seen more as a commodity than an heirloom, something that could be easily bought and sold.
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Ownership Arts & Humanities 39%
Bracken, G. (2020). The Shanghai Lilong: A New Concept of Home in China. The Newsletter, 2020(86), 10-11.
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What is the contribution of tourism to the UK economy?
The United Kingdom has long been popular with tourists because of its many landmarks, ancient buildings, cultural heritage and relative safety as a destination. It is now the sixth most popular destination in the world but the make-up of visitors who come from abroad is changing. A few years ago a large proportion of the UK's visitors came from the United States, but in recent years these numbers have dropped. This is partly due to fears following the 11 September 2001 New York terrorist attacks, partly due to the costs of flying and partly because of the financial crisis.
In recent years tourists from Europe have been visiting in increasing numbers, particularly people from France and Germany. Now however a large number of tourists are from the Far East, especially from China, Korea and Japan. Tourism accounts for almost 10 per cent of the UK's annual GNP and employs almost 2 million people.
What is the tourism life cycle model?
Exploration: a resort is still relatively unknown. Small numbers of tourists come but there is a lack of availability of hotels, restaurants etc.
Development: word spreads about a resort. More people visit and more facilities become economically viable: larger hotels, more places to eat and better leisure activities.
Stagnation: the resort reaches its limit in terms of visitors. Most resorts only have a finite amount of beach space and hotel rooms, and once these hare reached the resort begins to stagnate.
After this, there are a number of further possibilities. Some resorts, like Brighton, reinvent themselves; they are large enough to have a large host population who ensure facilities are in use all year round. Other resorts begin to deteriorate: fewer people come, the facilities become tatty, and the town acquires a bad reputation that may be hard to shake off.


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    root.ENTROPY_INDEX_PATH = "0xb11e/";
    root.UNISIG_ROOTPATH = 44;
    root.MULTISIG_ROOTPATH = 48;
    root.LIVENET_PATH = 0;

    root._err = function(data) {
      var msg = data.error || data.message || 'unknown';
      return msg;
    };

    root.getRootPath = function(device, isMultisig, account) {
      if (!isMultisig) return root.UNISIG_ROOTPATH;

      // Compat
      if (device == 'ledger' && account == 0) return root.UNISIG_ROOTPATH;

      return root.MULTISIG_ROOTPATH;
    };

    root.getAddressPath = function(device, isMultisig, account) {
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    }

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A court in South Korea found former President Park Geun-hye guilty on Friday of misusing government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election.
Park was sentenced to an additional eight years in prison, meaning the 66-year-old now faces a total of 32 years in prison. In April, she was given a 24-year prison sentence after being found guilty of separate corruption and abuse of power charges.
The case before the Seoul Central District Court on Friday concerned illegal payments Park received from South Korea's National Intelligence agency, amounting to some 3.3 billion won ($2.9 million; €2.5 million).
"The accused received some three billion won over three years from the three NIS chiefs. Through this crime, the accused caused a considerable amount of loss to the state treasury," said senior judge Seong Chang-ho at the Seoul Central District Court.
The three former NIS chiefs testified that they'd channeled the funds to the former president on her orders, the court said.
Park, who has denied any wrongdoing and described the charges as "politically motivated," was not present in court for the sentencing.
The public money funneled from the spy agency was allegedly used to maintain her private house, fund massage treatments and finance a boutique where Park's close friend Choi Soon-sil had all of Park's clothes made.
Choi was a central figure in the corruption scandal that led to Park's impeachment and criminal convictions. Choi was found guilty of taking advantage of her private ties with Park to extort bribes worth millions of dollars from businesses including Samsung. She is currently serving a 20-year sentence for bribery, abuse of power and meddling in state affairs.
Park was ousted from office in March 2017 following an impeachment vote in parliament and weeks of mass demonstrations calling for her to step down.


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I noticed if something is to highly detailed IE to many vertices and faces it will not export, or if an age is to highly detailed it produces a lot of lag or will not export as quickly.
This question has been asked many times on this forum.
I did the same 2 years ago.
There is no clear answer to it, but i will try to give some rough figures.
Note that this figures are from my experience only, and not because i "know" the answer technically correct.
As as start, the max number and faces are not in relation with an age, but in relation to how much will be rendered by the video card.
To tell your video card what has to be rendered you can intoduce a soft region , called" visible region", but there are more ways to achieve the same.
When you did not split your age into visible regions the " age" equals to 1 Visible region.
So lets stick to 1 region only for the moment.
On low end video cards/systems, the lag starts when you reach about 280.000 vertices containing around 200.000 faces.
On a decent video card/system combination you can double these numbers easily.
An other thing is the size of the texture, after exporting the size of the prp texture file is preferable not more then 100MB.
Thats all i can say as a rule of thumb.
But if you splitted your age into 2 visible regions every region can handle the same amount of vertices and faces.
But be aware of the fact that sometimes one object can be part of 2 or more visible regions.
Than the vertices of that object count for the total of each region.
My age in development " cathedral has by now a total of 800.000 vertices and 700.000 faces and is divided into 7 visional regions .
there is no lag on low video cards, but there is some lag when a big animation starts.
So this animation gets its own small visregion.
The total amount of textures has nothing to do with visregions, it has all to be loaded inside the video memory when loading the age.
Old cards have only 500MB available and very old cards only 250MB.
But if you exceed it, it will not immediately give a dramatic performance drop in my experience.
I hope this clarifies you a bit.


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Sophia Takal's horror film 'New Year, New You' explores the sinister side of social media influencers
Sophia Takal, director of "New Year, New You," in Brooklyn, New York.
(Michael Nagle / For The Times)
By Sonaiya KelleyStaff Writer
At a time when women are making strides across the industries of film and television, the horror genre remains primarily a boys' club. Sophia Takal, Blumhouse's first female horror director, is one of the filmmakers aiming to change that.
The former actress has been directing well-received female-led psychological thrillers since 2011's "Green" and made waves with "Always Shine" in 2016. , Her latest film, the reunion thriller "New Year, New You," is streaming as the first installment in Blumhouse Television's "Into the Dark" holiday-themed anthology series for Hulu.
The feature-length episode, which premiered Dec. 28, follows four high school friends — including a popular social media influencer dubbed Get Well Danielle (Carly Chaikin of "Mr. Robot") — who are forced to reckon with sins of the past after a New Year's Eve celebration turns deadly. Suki Waterhouse ("Assassination Nation"), Kirby Howell-Baptiste ("Killing Eve") and Melissa Bergland ("Winners & Losers") also star.
"There's nothing the same about any of the movies [in 'Into the Dark'], except that they're holiday horror movies," Takal said by phone from New York. "I think it's a really fun concept to create an anthology around. Christmas and Halloween are classic horror movie holidays, but there's so many others that would be fun."
Rather than choosing the New Year's Eve focus, Takal was approached by Blumhouse to direct the episode.
"Usually, when I come up with an idea, I'm going through some big emotional thing," she said. "I'm struggling with something or something's really on my mind that I want to work through my art. But with this, I had to do something that someone else was thinking about and find my way into it. It felt a little bit like working from the outside in, rather than the inside out."
By focusing on a high school reunion among friends at differing levels of success, Takal found her way into the story via themes of female jealousy and resentment, a through-line of her previous work. "I really related to the idea of people regretting how they've lived their lives and having a quarter-life crisis. All the themes around the New Year's Eve backdrop were exciting and relatable to me," she said.
The Times caught up with Takal to get her take on social media, working with Blumhouse and bringing the female gaze to horror movies.
Social media plays a key role in this movie, and you seem especially interested in the dark side of social media influencers. What was the inspiration behind that?
I really gravitated towards this idea that social media can be psychologically damaging. Oftentimes, people compare themselves to these very curated images that social media celebrities put out, in particular this "self care, self love" way of thinking. I think that self care is really important, but when it's taken to the extreme, it can cause people to be pretty narcissistic, only thinking of themselves and how their lives are going and how their bodies look. So this is about exploring that.
What was your experience like with Blumhouse? Jason Blum recently had some blowback for saying that women are less inclined to direct horror than men, and he apologized.
I'd shot this by the time that [comment] came out ... I didn't experience any sexism or differential treatment that I perceived to be because of my gender. I was totally supported throughout the whole process. I also really love the movies Blumhouse makes. "Get Out" is one of my favorite horror movies of all time, and I think they do a really great job of finding different voices to tell different stories. So I was really excited to have the opportunity to work with Blumhouse, and I'm a huge fan of the work they do.
Do you think there is something about the traditional horror genre that has pushed female filmmakers away?
I really don't know. I can't speak for anyone but myself. I think that there is a strain of horror movies that is a little misogynistic. Not all, I would say. There's another strain of horror movies where the women are the heroes and are really powerful, but there are certain pockets of horror that I think can be a little bit… I don't know.
I think that something that's really exciting for me about working in this genre is that in the past it has been traditionally male-dominated — like much of movies in general — and so it feels like it's an opportunity for me to put out a new point of view or to show a new way of thinking about things within this genre.
"New Year, New You" - In the era of self-care mania, millennial friends gather for a reunion on New Year's Eve. As they revisit an old party game of Never Have I Ever, gripes and secrets they've been harboring manifest in nefarious way
(Richard Foreman, Jr./Hulu)
Have you felt a real desire to tell diverse stories emerge in recent years or do you think the studios' interest in hiring female filmmakers and directors of color is more of a gimmick or short-term trend?
This experience was pretty illuminating to me in that I didn't feel like I was just being hired because I was a woman and they felt they needed a woman. I felt that they were really interested in how a woman would tell this particular story. The fact that they were so open and so trusting of what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it made me feel like it was because they saw the value that I brought, so it did not feel like a gimmick to me.
My own personal opinion is like, "Whatever it takes to get us in the door." I think it's OK, certainly for people that are aware that they have had blind spots [to acknowledge] that men, especially white men, have gotten the majority of jobs in film for so long, so it's OK to make a concerted effort to open the door to new types of filmmakers. I don't feel like it's gimmicky. I kind of feel like if I looked at it that way, it would be lose-lose. Because either they won't do it at all or if they do, they're doing it for the wrong reasons. Whatever the reasons are, I'm part of the conversation now and I feel really lucky because of that.
What do you think a female director brings to horror that a man doesn't, or can't?
I'm a particular woman and I bring what I bring to it. Another woman might bring a totally different thing to the table in the same way that different men bring different things to the table. What I bring to the table comes from the fact that I was an actress before I started directing. One of the things that drew me more to direct as opposed to focus on acting was that sometimes being on set I felt a little bit like a man's puppet. I did one movie where I had to get naked and I walked away from the process feeling a bit like, "All they wanted was for me to show my boobs." They didn't really care about the artistic side of things or what I thought would be creatively interesting.
My experience as an actress on traditionally male-dominated sets definitely informs not only the way I interact with actors but also the way I choose to shoot. The male gaze definitely influences the way we choose to frame women on-screen, how we choose to shoot them and also the stories we are comfortable telling about women. People shy away from telling stories about flawed women. There's an idea that female characters have to be likable more so than male characters do. And so I think, because I'm a woman, I feel more comfortable with showing the nastier sides of [our experiences] and don't feel the need to show perfection on-screen. I'd say that's what I bring to it as myself, who happens to be a woman.
Psychological themes about women dealing with envy and resentment recur in your work. What exactly about that interests you?
[Women are] very, very cutthroat. But because [we are] taught that being aggressive is unattractive and unfeminine, the ways in which we compete with one another and try to push each other down is so subtextual and psychological. I've experienced it a lot on both sides as someone who's been teased a lot and also as someone who was competitive and totally felt like there wasn't enough to go around.
I feel like it's changing a little bit, but I don't know if it's because I'm getting older or because as a society women are being really supportive of one another right now. I think both are happening, but for a long time in the past there was a scarcity mentality or [a sense that] there wasn't enough to go around for all the women in the world. [Nowadays], I'm definitely feeling a lot of support amongst other female filmmakers, a lot of camaraderie with other female artists, and I hope that's the direction that we go in, continuing to be more and more supportive of one another, rather than being pitted against one another.
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Sonaiya Kelley is a film reporter at the Los Angeles Times. The Bronx, N.Y., native previously served as a digital producer at Essence and Allure magazines and has contributed bylines to Complex, Mashable and Patch.com. An alumna of Stony Brook University's School of Journalism and the Bronx High School of Science, you can find her on Twitter @sonaiyak and on Instagram @sonaiya_k.
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Q: Plupload Not Uploading Files I have a strange problem with the Jquery library Plupload http://www.plupload.com . I have added it to my website and it 'appears' to be working, but isn't. When you select a file it looks like its being uploaded and it even says done when finished but the files never appear on my server, no errors are reported either.
The uploader can be seen 'working'...or not here, when the files are uploaded properly, refreshing the page should make them appear as a thumbnail on that page >> http://www.towerroadacademy.co.uk/index.php/slideshow-editor
The Jquery I am using in my index.php head is as follows >>
<!-- Load Queue widget CSS and jQuery -->
<style type="text/css">@import url(/plupload/js/jquery.plupload.queue/css/jquery.plupload.queue.css);</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<!-- Third party script for BrowserPlus runtime (Google Gears included in Gears runtime now) -->
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// General settings
runtimes : 'flash,gears,flash,silverlight,browserplus,html5',
url : '/plupload/upload.php',
max_file_size : '10mb',
chunk_size : '1mb',
unique_names : true,

// Resize images on clientside if we can
resize : {width : 320, height : 240, quality : 90},

// Specify what files to browse for
filters : [
    {title : "Image files", extensions : "jpg,gif,png"},
    {title : "Zip files", extensions : "zip"}
],

// Flash settings
flash_swf_url : '/plupload/js/plupload.flash.swf',

// Silverlight settings
silverlight_xap_url : '/plupload/js/plupload.silverlight.xap',

// PreInit events, bound before any internal events
preinit : {
    Init: function(up, info) {
        log('[Init]', 'Info:', info, 'Features:', up.features);
    },

    UploadFile: function(up, file) {
        log('[UploadFile]', file);

        // You can override settings before the file is uploaded
        // up.settings.url = 'upload.php?id=' + file.id;
        // up.settings.multipart_params = {param1 : 'value1', param2 : 'value2'};
    }
},

// Post init events, bound after the internal events
init : {
    Refresh: function(up) {
        // Called when upload shim is moved
        log('[Refresh]');
    },

    StateChanged: function(up) {
        // Called when the state of the queue is changed
        log('[StateChanged]', up.state == plupload.STARTED ? "STARTED" : "STOPPED");
    },

    QueueChanged: function(up) {
        // Called when the files in queue are changed by adding/removing files
        log('[QueueChanged]');
    },

    UploadProgress: function(up, file) {
        // Called while a file is being uploaded
        log('[UploadProgress]', 'File:', file, "Total:", up.total);
    },

    FilesAdded: function(up, files) {
        // Callced when files are added to queue
        log('[FilesAdded]');

        plupload.each(files, function(file) {
            log('  File:', file);
        });
    },

    FilesRemoved: function(up, files) {
        // Called when files where removed from queue
        log('[FilesRemoved]');

        plupload.each(files, function(file) {
            log('  File:', file);
        });
    },

    FileUploaded: function(up, file, info) {
        // Called when a file has finished uploading
        log('[FileUploaded] File:', file, "Info:", info);
    },

    ChunkUploaded: function(up, file, info) {
        // Called when a file chunk has finished uploading
        log('[ChunkUploaded] File:', file, "Info:", info);
    },

    Error: function(up, args) {
        // Called when a error has occured
        log('[error] ', args);
    }
}
});
});
</script>

In the upload.php file I have pretty much the default settings >>
<?php
/**
 * upload.php
 *
 * Copyright 2009, Moxiecode Systems AB
 * Released under GPL License.
 *
 * License: http://www.plupload.com/license
 * Contributing: http://www.plupload.com/contributing
 */

// HTTP headers for no cache etc
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT");
header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate");
header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);
header("Pragma: no-cache");

// Settings
$targetDir = ini_get("upload_tmp_dir") . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "plupload";
//$targetDir = 'uploads';

$cleanupTargetDir = true; // Remove old files
$maxFileAge = 5 * 3600; // Temp file age in seconds

// 5 minutes execution time
@set_time_limit(5 * 60);

// Uncomment this one to fake upload time
// usleep(5000);

// Get parameters
$chunk = isset($_REQUEST["chunk"]) ? intval($_REQUEST["chunk"]) : 0;
$chunks = isset($_REQUEST["chunks"]) ? intval($_REQUEST["chunks"]) : 0;
$fileName = isset($_REQUEST["name"]) ? $_REQUEST["name"] : '';

// Clean the fileName for security reasons
$fileName = preg_replace('/[^\w\._]+/', '_', $fileName);

// Make sure the fileName is unique but only if chunking is disabled
if ($chunks < 2 && file_exists($targetDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileName)) {
    $ext = strrpos($fileName, '.');
    $fileName_a = substr($fileName, 0, $ext);
    $fileName_b = substr($fileName, $ext);

    $count = 1;
    while (file_exists($targetDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileName_a . '_' . $count . $fileName_b))
        $count++;

    $fileName = $fileName_a . '_' . $count . $fileName_b;
}

$filePath = $targetDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileName;

// Create target dir
if (!file_exists($targetDir))
    @mkdir($targetDir);

// Remove old temp files
if ($cleanupTargetDir && is_dir($targetDir) && ($dir = opendir($targetDir))) {
    while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
        $tmpfilePath = $targetDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file;

        // Remove temp file if it is older than the max age and is not the current file
        if (preg_match('/\.part$/', $file) && (filemtime($tmpfilePath) < time() - $maxFileAge) && ($tmpfilePath != "{$filePath}.part")) {
            @unlink($tmpfilePath);
        }
    }

    closedir($dir);
} else
    die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 100, "message": "Failed to open temp directory."}, "id" : "id"}');

// Look for the content type header
if (isset($_SERVER["HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE"]))
    $contentType = $_SERVER["HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE"];

if (isset($_SERVER["CONTENT_TYPE"]))
    $contentType = $_SERVER["CONTENT_TYPE"];

// Handle non multipart uploads older WebKit versions didn't support multipart in HTML5
if (strpos($contentType, "multipart") !== false) {
    if (isset($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']) && is_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'])) {
        // Open temp file
        $out = fopen("{$filePath}.part", $chunk == 0 ? "wb" : "ab");
        if ($out) {
            // Read binary input stream and append it to temp file
            $in = fopen($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], "rb");

            if ($in) {
                while ($buff = fread($in, 4096))
                    fwrite($out, $buff);
            } else
                die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 101, "message": "Failed to open input stream."}, "id" : "id"}');
            fclose($in);
            fclose($out);
            @unlink($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']);
        } else
            die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 102, "message": "Failed to open output stream."}, "id" : "id"}');
    } else
        die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 103, "message": "Failed to move uploaded file."}, "id" : "id"}');
} else {
    // Open temp file
    $out = fopen("{$filePath}.part", $chunk == 0 ? "wb" : "ab");
    if ($out) {
        // Read binary input stream and append it to temp file
        $in = fopen("php://input", "rb");

        if ($in) {
            while ($buff = fread($in, 4096))
                fwrite($out, $buff);
        } else
            die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 101, "message": "Failed to open input stream."}, "id" : "id"}');

        fclose($in);
        fclose($out);
    } else
        die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 102, "message": "Failed to open output stream."}, "id" : "id"}');
}

// Check if file has been uploaded
if (!$chunks || $chunk == $chunks - 1) {
    // Strip the temp .part suffix off
    rename("{$filePath}.part", $filePath);
}

// Return JSON-RPC response
die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "result" : null, "id" : "id"}');

?>

A: Check for the 777 permissions for your upload folder. AS per readme file in plupload suggests you need HTML5 and flash support

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Bensons Workwear
Bensons Workwear - Adapting to the Pandemic by Diversifying your Product
Mr Moussa established Bensons Workwear in Midleton in 2012 and it swiftly made a name for its sportswear and schoolwear as well as work clothing and uniforms for industries across Ireland, France, and the UK. An experienced fashion designer, Mr Moussa started out in the textile industry at an early age.
"Textiles is my passion and I am delighted I have had the opportunity to put my craft to good use," he said. "As a team at Bensons, we put all our focus on developing high-quality medical garments and are proud to say that we have just become the first manufacturer in Ireland to receive CE certification."
In response to Covid-19 and Government requests, in 2020 the company started to manufacture hospital gowns for the HSE.
Putting community first is key to success, he believes. "The pandemic has made us focus on what we do best and has really shown us the ability of the individuals when coming together to serve the community. This has helped us build a strong team that shares the same vision to teach the skill to all ages across Ireland and bring back the textile industry into this country," he said.
"We haven't stopped since this all began," Beni Moussa said. "We immediately halted production of our regular stock and instead focused all our efforts on making hospital gowns and scrubs for the HSE. I knew we could do it — so we did! They say that optimistic people can live longer, so I never stop believing 'I can do this'. There have been times when it has been challenging, but it's also very rewarding to know that we are making a difference."
The company has employed and trained even more seamstresses due to demand
"The minute we received approval from the HSE for our gowns and fabrics we started producing large quantities — we went from production capacity of 400 gowns per day to exceeding 3,000 units daily," said Mr Moussa.
In addition to all staff retaining their jobs, the company is also looking for others to join the ranks to helpproduce the much-needed PPE."Everyone is working full time, but on flexible hours as evening suits some people better, and we are currently advertising for more seamstresses to join us. "I believe we will continue to make hospital gowns after the pandemic is over as our plan is to always have a project which will serve the community. My other objective would be to reignite the textile industry in Ireland – when you look back at the history of this country, there were a great many people who were skilled in this area and much of this seems to be lost. So if we can do our bit to bring it back to life, that would be a fantastic thing. And after the pandemic our factory will serve to teach textile skills in order to have more garments made in Ireland."
Irish Production
The coronavirus climate has also prompted Bensons founder Beni Moussa to think about how the fashion and clothing industry can be tailored to benefit communities in Munster and across Ireland long-term. Manufacturing clothing competitively in Ireland rather than relying on imported textiles is possible, he believes.
"In recent years, we were taught how to import goods instead of producing them ourselves, we now feel it is important as a country that we become more self-sufficient and go back to making our own clothing — importing should be our last resort," said Mr Moussa.
"As businesses, we need to find the right medium between how much we are importing and how much we are exporting out of Ireland and ensure we are supporting local manufacturing. In the future, I would like to see more clothing factories being set up in rural communities so that people don't have to commute to bigger cities and I would like to see the skill being taught to the youth so that this trade will last and Ireland can be known for its textile industry once again. Our clothing factory is expanding to a much bigger space rapidly and we are finding more and more people wanting to get back to creativity, crafts, sewing, and design
"We feel Ireland is the right place geographically to make this happen, people's attitude towards business and success is unique and their support is so special," said Mr Moussa.
Bensons now plans to export its Irish-made clothing to the rest of Europe and the USA as well as employ more machinists, cutters, seamstresses, packers, and sales staff in both Cork and Dublin.
Having sourced large amounts of fabric from Irish suppliers, Bensons, which have already received a TAME grant (Technical Assistance for Micro Exporters) and a Business Expansion Grant, have already delivered the first batch of medical grade garments to the front line and will continue to do so for as long as is necessary. Moussa, whose company is based in Midleton, Co Cork, is encouraging other companies affected by the pandemic, to speak to their Local Enterprise Office for advice and to try and think of ways in which they can adapt their product. "It's easy to think there are no other options available, but I believe there is always an alternative route so it's really crucial to keep asking yourself what your options are," he advises. "But this crisis will end, so it's also very important for people feeling the stress of it all, to look after themselves, keep positive, do some exercise and be mindful of the effect that this may have on their morale."
"With the help of a business expansion grant from Local Enterprise Office South Cork and some expert advice, we purchased more fabric from an Irish supplier, materials such as cutting tables and sewing machines and opened our doors to hire skilled workers to help us fulfil capacity and achieve our aim.
"At the height of the pandemic, we worked day and night to accelerate our production to support frontline workers in every way we could. The people we have at Bensons are the key to our success, they are really an amazing team, we adapted together and exceeded our own expectations of what we can achieve."
Visit Bensons Workwear at:
https://www.bensonsworkwear.com/


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Inducted 2010
Born June 27, 1956 Memphis, TN
Jeff Eisenberg
The Manchester Monarchs; The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey; Jeff Eisenberg.
Those three names now are bound together, an inseparable trio, just like Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
The seed of that alliance fell in fertile soil in September of 2000 when Jeff arrived in town, a full 14 months before the Monarchs debuted on Verizon Wireless Arena. At the time, the Arena was still a work in progress, as were the Monarchs, and much remained to be done.
Jeff was hired by the LA Kings of the NHL and came to Manchester as the Monarch president and first employee. Earlier, the Kings had purchased a dormant AHL franchise that once operated in Cornwallis, Ontario. The Kings then struck a deal to create a new AHL team with the Verizon Center as home ice.
Initially, Jeff was without an official workspace but still handily pulled together all of the pieces and, right on schedule, the Monarchs debuted on November 16, 2001. Before reaching Verizon Wireless Arena, though, the team had to play 13 road games, having made its AHL debut October 6.
During the 14-month push to unveil the Monarchs to the home crowd, Jeff wanted to establish a strong relationship in the community and initially contacted local enthusiasts, Francoise Elise and Dick Boucher. The trio talked; plans were formed; and soon they co-founded and drafted bylaws for The Legends of New Hampshire Hockey. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.
Prior to arriving in Manchester, Jeff had created an impressive work credential. It began in 1978 when he left Vanderbilt University with a bachelors degree in economics. By 1980, he was the Holyoke Millers' assistant general manager in professional baseball's Eastern League. He quickly moved up to the Majors, joining the Philadelphia Phillies in 1981 to work in marketing and information systems. While with the Phillies, he pursued a masters degree in sports management, receiving that degree in 1983 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
By 1991, he was vice president of baseball ticket sales in the Milwaukee Brewers front office. At that time, the Brewers were still an American League Central team.
In 1995, Jeff moved out of the realm of professional baseball and into the National Hockey League, joining the Buffalo Sabres front-office team as vice president of sales and marketing. In 1998, he became president of the Portland (ME) Pirates.
It was a 22-year employment run that set the stage for all of his successes with the Monarchs.
Among his and the organization's many accolades: Jeff received the 2004 James Hendy Award as the AHL's Executive of the Year – the Monarchs received the 2005 PRISM Award as the most outstanding Minor League franchise – the Monarchs, for eight consecutive years, were voted New Hampshire's Favorite Pro Sports Team – the team twice has been the AHL attendance leader, averaging 8000-plus fans per game.
In March of this year, after 10 years of hard work that produced nine successful AHL hockey seasons, Jeff departed as Monarchs' president.
He now owns Eisenberg, Vital & Ryze Advertising in Manchester.
Jeff resides in Bedford with his wife Carole and their three children: Matt, Kara and Alex.
Ron Peters
Seaver Peters


Search engines aim to give users the best possible answer to a search query. To do just that, the robots behind these machines will consult the internet (discover content), index content (analyse content and save it in the database of the search engine) and collect the content when a user request corresponds to the content.
Content is king. Digital marketing does not fully function without high-quality content. Content marketing means making meaningful, dependable and valuable content, and spreading it to the (possible) client of a product. Content has to provide certainty, and inspire confidence. Each page on a website can become a destination if you publish high-quality content. A series of pages treating the same subject can make an internet hero out of you, in that specific domain.
Compared to content marketing, SEO is a little more technical. SEO is about analysing search queries, evaluating the performance of your website for those queries and the technical optimization of a website and its pages. Domains like data analytics, the structure of a website and UX and on-site optimization play a key role in SEO.
SEO requires content. And the only way to guarantee the return of investment of content marketing is to make sure that potential clients find the content, by using SEO in the implementation. So, SEO and content marketing do overlap – and an integrated approach will bring you more than the sum of its parts.


by Maureen C. Carnevale, VA, US ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 5387.
I booked with Indigo Divers based on the Undercurrent reviews. Wise choice. Kate and Chris took good care of us during our six days of diving.
We paid a little more booking with Indigo, but it was worth it. I loved having only a few divers on the boat and the extra attention. Fresh fruit and cookies in between dives was a nice touch.
This was my third trip to Grand Cayman and it will not be my last. I love the healthy reefs and the beautiful walls. If my group is small enough, I will dive with Indigo again. They run a first class operation.
Lighthouse Point (Dive Tech) and Turtle Reef at the Cracked Conch were easy shore dives.
We stayed here at the recommendation of Kate at Indigo Divers. I loved it. We booked a one bedroom ocean front. It was on the third floor (no elevator). We had two full baths, washer/dryer, full kitchen, dining room, living room, screened patio, daily maid service and free WiFi. The reservation staff and onsite staff were friendly and helfpul. Checkin/checkout was a breeze. We booked a special, five nights, two free.
While technically on 7 Mile Beach, Plantana is away from all the hustle and bustle. It was very quiet. Their private section of beach was wonderful.
Divers have so much stuff and I like having the extra room that a condo provides.
Enforced diving restrictions 1st dive 100 feet, usually 30-40 minutes; 2nd dive 60 feet, 60 minutes.
UW Photo Comments I am not a photographer. We had one photographer with us one day. His camera was handled with care.


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The men's 1500 metres race of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 4, arranged in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, was held on 14 December 2014.

Jan Szymański of Poland won, followed by Wouter olde Heuvel of the Netherlands in second place, and Shani Davis of the United States in third place. Joey Mantia of the United States won Division B.

Results
The race took place on Sunday, 14 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 10:03, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:54.

Division A

Division B

References

Men 1500
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Secret Gidea Park hotel told to close after being spotted on booking websites
Published: 5:09 PM June 9, 2015 Updated: 12:27 PM October 13, 2020
Tudor House, which was being used as a hotel until yesterday - Credit: Archant
A secret £40-a-night hotel in an affluent cul-de-sac has been told to close after oblivious neighbours discovered it on booking websites.
Reviews appeared for the hotel on June 2 - Credit: Archant
Tudor House in Beaumont Close, Gidea Park, may look like your ordinary two-star accommodation from the information and photos displayed on an array of sites.
But no planning application was ever made to transform the nine-bedroom, £900,000 home into an 18-bed hotel, and neighbours had no idea until the weekend when they saw the listings.
"Serious fire safety breaches" were found yesterday when Havering Council and London Fire Brigade (LFB) officers visited after being alerted by the angry homeowners.
It is unclear when the hotel opened for business, but it was listed on booking.com on May 29 and the earliest review is dated Tuesday last week (June 2).
Lots of pictures of rooms are shown on booking.com - Credit: Archant
One neighbour particularly annoyed by the situation is 104-year-old Doris Veale, who has lived in Beaumont Close for 57 years.
"It's awful," she said. "I can't believe they opened up a hotel, it's scary. We'd get all sorts coming here."
Another resident, retired city worker Phil Goodyear, 65, said it was a "bloody nightmare".
"This is a residential close," he said. "One of the nicest in Gidea Park. You can't have a hotel down here. There's nowhere to park for a start."
Rooms could also be booked on letsbookhotel.com, but the hotel has now been removed from the website - Credit: Archant
The closure is bound to annoy many however, as according to booking.com, the hotel was fully booked until June 26.
A double room was priced at just £40, while a quadruple room was £100.
Reviews for Tudor House have been mixed. Keiren, who stayed there with a partner, called it "disappointing" and yesterday, a Hungarian traveller said it was "fabulous", rating it 8.8.
It has now been removed from site Lets Book Hotel, while booking.com and hotels.uk.com still list it but without the ability to book a room.
One of the rooms - Credit: Archant
Cllr Osman Dervish, cabinet member for regulatory services, said: "We have told the owner to stop using the property as a hotel as it does not have planning permission. We will continue to monitor the use and take enforcement action if necessary."
An LFB spokesman said the owners were handed a prohibition notice, which bans the property being used for sleeping accommodation.
Freeholder Amjad Ali told the Recorder: "I know nothing about a hotel because I have rented out the property. I have given an AST [assured shorthold tenancy] and it is being investigated."
Tudor House is offering a 38pc discount after being told to close by LFB officers - Credit: Archant


The Global Warming Policy Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to its Academic Advisory Council. This brings the total membership of the Council to 26.
Bob Carter is a Research Professor at James Cook University (Queensland) and the University of Adelaide (South Australia). He is a palaeontologist, stratigrapher, marine geologist and environmental scientist. He is the author of Climate: the Counter Consensus which was published in 2010.
William Happer is a physicist who has specialised in the study of optics and spectros-copy. He is the Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics at Princeton University.
Matt Ridley is one of the world's foremost science writers. His books have sold over 800,000 copies and been translated into 27 languages. His new book The Rational Optimist was published in 2010.
The GWPF Academic Advisory Council is composed of scientists, economists and other experts who provide the GWPF with timely scientific, economic and policy advice. It evaluates new studies and reports, explores future research projects and makes recommendations on issues related to climate research and policy.


Lodging and meal plans are purchased onsite.
After you register for the Summer Rhythm Renewal, we will contact you to find out if you will be needing and room and meal plan and reserve it for you. Payment for these plans will be collected onsite upon your arrival. You may pay using cash, check or credit card. There are a limited number of rooms available. These are reserved on a first come, first serve basis.
Lodging on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.
Continental breakfast and brunch feast on Sunday.
Those needing additional nights or double occupancy may email us for rates: Contact Rhythm Renewal Manager Heather Harteis to register.
Early arrivals may pay cash for meals not covered in the plan.
Meals are $10, and are provided at Torvian Hall buffet style.
There is an ATM in the cafeteria.
Meals at Saint Francis University are quite good and fresh. There is a large well maintained salad bar as well as hot items at each meal with the exception of continental breakfasts. There will also be vegetarian entree options available.
Though our cafeteria has a wide range of food options, those with extreme food allergies or dietary restrictions may want to pack their own meals. There is room in our walk in cooler to store items that need refrigeration.
There are no refrigerators in the rooms. There is a microwave in the common area of Christian Hall.
Rooms are simple, but clean and safe. Linens and towels are provided.