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Q: MVP: should the Presenter carry out bootstrap tasks? I'm converting a bespoke PHP site to use MVP. This is preferable to me than MVC. Plus most of the tutorials and frameworks that claim to be MVC seem to be more MVP, in my opinion.
Anyway, my site site has a bootstrap that contains:

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*PSR-0 autoloader for namespaced classes

*Hard-coded configuration that would never change (all in an associative array $settings)

*Creation of generic objects such as database connection, variable cleaner, formatter, etc

*Database connection

*Loading settings from a database (editable in the CMS)

*URL routing

In MVP would the Presenter "take over" from the bootstrap and do any of these tasks?
If I understand MVP correctly the Presenter should be a class that handles all user input so this would include URL routing. The other points, to me, seem more like the responsibility of the bootstrap. My only concern here is injecting all those objects and the settings into the Presenter.

A: tl;dr Use a top-level AppController that handles routing and setup that is needed for all pages, and leave the presenter for things related to a specific page/view.

Use a top-level controller for general stuff
This GWT MVP tutorial has an additional AppController that handles all things not specific to a certain view/presenter. I find this a good idea. Although GWT is for the client side, the same principle can be used on the server.
The presenter in MVP is quite specific to a certain view, and it should talk only to the view and model (or their respective interfaces), while all your items are not specific to a particular page/view. If you put it all in the "the presenter", then you are misusing the presenter like a controller in "Web MVC".
Example
For example, the AppController can select the correct presenter based on the HTTP parameters (i.e. routing), establish a DB connection and load other general settings. The connection object can then be passed to the presenter, which knows to instantiate the correct view and model, and pass the connection along to the model. The view and presenter should not know anything about the connection, and the model should not depend on any implementation, just have the interface injected.
Settings

Loading settings from a database (editable in the CMS)

This sounds like it should belong into a model. The model knows what settings it needs and can ask for them. If the settings are related to the UI, then the presenter or view should ask for them. If it is purely visual stuff, then it would go into the view, but if it is "display logic", then it belongs into the presenter, as in MVP the view should have no logic in it.

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This repeater is situated North of Duval (Last Mountain Lake) also called the Strasbourg Repeater. Thanks to Gordon, VE5UJ for doing the bear work ( climbing) and to Lyle, VE5EE for supplying the pictures. Guess Lyle was working too.


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ECC's commitment to building a sustainable and just economy for the next generation has taken unique form in Los Angeles, where the Architecture, Construction and Engineering Students (ACES) Pathway Program is preparing high school students for high-road careers.
Thanks to ACES, more than 170 LA-area young people from diverse backgrounds are exploring and getting a head start on careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM). ACES enrollees also earn community college course credits transferrable to campuses within the California State University and University of California systems and, during paid summer internships, gain hands-on work experience alongside industry professionals.
For all those reasons, "ACES is a win-win-win" for LA high schoolers who might not otherwise find fulfilling, family-supporting careers in the STEAM disciplines, says EC Los Angeles Program Director Veronica Soto, who oversees Emerald Cities' involvement in the program.
By providing training using the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3), Caló YouthBuild, a partner to Emerald Cities Los Angeles, has become one of the few organizations offering high school students and out-of-school youth a unique opportunity to get into the building trades.
In 2007, the National Standing Committee on Apprenticeship and Training of the North America's Building Trades Unions identified common elements from all building trades apprenticeship programs, resulting in development – and now nationwide implementation – of the MC3 to provide a gateway to careers in the building trades.
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COVID_19 tests to be made here
Posted September 18, 2020 | Staff report
Artemis Plastics existing Ocala plant on Northeast 14th Street
An Ocala company will open a new plant and begin manufacturing up to 1 million COVID-19 test kits each month.
Ocala's Artemis Plastics, which has an existing plant at 2811 NE 14th St., announced that it will open a new 30,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in the Ocala International Commerce Park, at 4901 NW Fifth St. County property records show the property sold for $1.75 million. The company's CEO, Gary Mishkin, said the company expects to create 100 new jobs.
"They already have one facility here, and it's been a great experience," said Kevin Sheilley, president and CEO of the Ocala/Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership.
The new plant initially will manufacture 1 million COVID-19 testing kits each month, but the company's goal is to ramp up to where it is producing 1 million test kits per week. And while manufacturing new COVID-19 test kits will be the initial focus of the plant, it also will manufacture other medical devices that will keep the plant busy long term.
"This isn't a short-term thing," Sheilley said. "It's a long-term thing for them."
Artemis Plastics will manage injection molding, assembly, pouching and distribution of the test kits manufactured at the new location. Established in 2014, Artemis specializes in the production and assembly of
injection molded plastic components, serving domestic and international medical, industrial, and consumer markets.
"One of the primary goals of the CEP and local leadership is to build a diverse, robust local economy," said Angie Lewis, CEP board chair. "Artemis is already a great corporate citizen, and the addition of this second facility focused on manufacturing medical products, especially to fight this pandemic, just further advances the goals of our community."

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I'm sitting at the counter eating my impossibly small piece of gluten free toast.
In front of me is my journal bulging with papers that have nothing to do with writing, and my planner, filled with orthodontist appointments and PTSA meetings. I am not particularly upbeat. I take a nibble of toast, a sip of water filled with vitamin C (I will NOT get Steve's cold), and a gulp of tea. I am trying to make things come out evenly like Frances did in my favorite children's book Bread and Jam for Frances. The tiny toast is a challenge. I don't know how to make it keep up with my barrel of tea.
Leo walks into the room clad in his too small red fleece robe. His eyes are starry. "Mama!" "Did you know that they publish the lunch schedule ahead of time? So I can pack a lunch on days when I don't like the meal and know to eat hot lunch when it is good!" Why yes. I did know that. Last week was tragic. He brought in a dry turkey sandwich, oversized seaweed sheets, and a third favorite yogurt on pizza day and was somehow empty handed on orange chicken stir fry day. That sort of thing can just tank a boy.
I thought of the lunch calendar, which I carefully printed out in pre-school when Leo was a pre-reader and has never graced our fridge since. How many homes across America help kids select a delicious lunch? So good in fact that they might actually eat lunch and not arrive home a shaking shell. Lots probably. Poor Leo. He has been left to forage in the fridge forest without proper information. He might as well be a lord, with some flies.
Oliver has already left for school, crunching through the unusual snow in his sneakers. He has no boots at all. Steve ordered some, proud for stepping up and solving a problem in real time, but he ordered size 5. Oliver is a size 7. "Impossible." Steve told me. "Possible" I told him. "Fact" Oliver told us. It didn't matter though because when the bog boots came they were a size five children's. The miniature size sevens wouldn't have fit anyway. Oliver doesn't mind. He rushes out in his single pair of shoes. They will do.
It has been a tough stretch for no nag parenting. The contributions that we have hammered so deep into their brains that they exist in their brain stems have continued. They wake on their own. Gather their things. Tuck their homework (which may or may not be completed, who knows?) into folders. They eat breakfast that they cook for themselves, unload the dishwasher, feed the cat. Those things work. For the most part. But the rest seems to have slipped away.
I have no idea how long it has been there. Writing on paper instead of furniture and walls is something I stopped training them on roughly 7 years ago. Seems we might need to revisit that.
It is not just Leo that needs that lesson. Oliver too seems to be confused about the word permanent in permanent marker. He drew this for us to celebrate our trip to Florida. In October. We remember it fondly. Probably forever.
We have no basement for the boys to trash so instead we have given over our guest room. (Sorry friends). When we made the transition there was a cubby or drawer or slot for each device. Since then, however, there has been saving and spending. At least two more important video game devices have been added to the arsenal. I imagined they would be less messy than legos. I'm not sure. Here is what the desk area that we built from an IKEA expedit (rest in peace) and a piece of maple plywood looks like this morning.
Mixed in with the nerf and the controllers we have apple cores and desiccated pizza.Don't tell me they aren't ready for college. Here. Look a little more closely. Or don't.
Leo is handling the laundry this week. Finally finally we no more have moldy loads taking up residence in the washer. That is a triumph if there ever was one. But the dryer? It is not given the attention it deserves. And if your brother's clothes hit the floor for the dog to pee on when you are pulling out your own outfit? Bonus.
Leo watches me take my tour. He gathers 15 cheese stick wrappers in his fist and shuts the door to the Video game hole quickly. It's like his little kid version of hide and seek. If I can't see it it isn't there.
Beneath the counter stool he gathers the band aid bits and presses them into the trash. It is full.
He gathers the laundry and shoves it into the dryer.
His face changes like from contrite to disgusted.
What? Making his lunch on enchilada day? Not Leo.
I'm so sorry to disappoint you…but he doesn't like sloppy sauce.
Just sloppy video game areas. Sigh.
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From the desk of "Stuff You Missed in History Class," "This Day in History Class" quickly recounts a tidbit from today's events in history.
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The U.S. government bans the sale of sliced bread - January 18th, 1943
On this day in 1943, Claude R. Wickard, the Secretary of Agriculture and head of the War Food Administration, banned the sale of pre-sliced bread in America during World War II
The Great Brink's Robbery - January 17th, 1950
On this day in 1950, a group of armed robbers stole more than $2 million from the Brink's Armored Car depot in Boston, Massachusetts.
Part One of Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote novel is published in Spain - January 16th, 1605
On this day in 1605, the first half of Miguel de Cervantes' landmark novel Don Quixote was published in Spain.
A cartoon in Harper's Weekly uses the donkey to symbolize the Democratic Party for the first time - January 15th, 1870
On this day in 1870, political cartoonist Thomas Nast first used the donkey as a symbol for the Democratic Party in a cartoon titled "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion."
The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany - January 14th, 1690
On this day in 1690, German instrument maker Johann Christoph Denner created the world's first clarinet.
The Black Friday bushfires claim 71 lives in Australia - January 13th, 1939
On this day in 1939, a series of fires converged and swept rapidly across large areas of Victoria, Australia, leaving a widespread trail of death and destruction.
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Home » Local » Book of reflections continues Thorp's legacy
Book of reflections continues Thorp's legacy
On: 10/3/2014, By Christine M. WilliamsPilot Correspondent , In: Local
David Thorp, who passed away in 2011 after three decades of service to Catholics in Boston, left written reflections that have been compiled into a new book. Friends and family say the book, "Encountering the Living God: A Journal of Prayer and Discovery," continues his legacy of encouraging others to draw closer to their Creator.
Over the years, David Thorp served as the director of the Catholics Come Home campaign, director of the Office for Evangelization and the liaison to the Charismatic Renewal community. For a little less than a year, he was the Director of Faith Formation at Holy Family Parish in Concord; the church has hosted several memorial lectures since David Thorp's death. He also wrote for several publications, including The Pilot.
Part book and part journal, the new publication features 100 reflections with space for readers to record their own thoughts. It encourages meditation on the Lord's Prayer, the Holy Spirit, Christmas and other topics.
Father Frank DeSiano, CSP, president of Paulist Evangelization Ministries, edited the hardcover volume and added some questions to enhance the reflections. Father DeSiano also knew David Thorp; together they served on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Evangelization.
Father DeSiano told The Pilot that the work will continue to bring people closer to God, which was David Thorp's passion.
Anyone who works through the meditations will be changed. "Something deeper is going to happen in your life," he said, adding that the book assists readers in evaluating how they respond to the presence of God in a culture that constantly bombards them.
"The nature of modern life is to be distracted," he said.
Father DeSiano also noted that the reflections included in the work were created as part of his ministry in the Archdiocese of Boston. Father wrote in the book's introduction, "The seeds sown for evangelization by David's ardent following of Christ still bear much fruit in Boston and beyond."
Father DeSiano called Boston a "wonderfully exciting and vibrant city -- a city of real conversion and real searching."
According to his daughter, Catherine Thorp, David Thorp had great hope for the Catholic Church and the Archdiocese of Boston in the wake of the sexual abuse crisis. She said her dad viewed our current age as a springtime for the Church.
"He really felt that there is something new coming, that there was a lot pruning and there was a lot of new birth," she said.
Catherine discovered the material that would later become her father's book on an external hard drive. Her dad had stored talks, Bible reflections and letters, including files that dated back to the 1980s.
"It was just like a treasure of my dad's, and I didn't know it was there," she said.
She added that his reflections were a tremendous blessing to her personally. They invited her to draw closer to God when she was grieving the loss of her father.
David Thorp's wife, Barbara Thorp, said the whole family is glad to see his reflections once again invite others to grow in friendship with God.
"David was a wonderful teacher and a wonderful writer," she said. "[The book] really is a continuation of David's great passion for sharing the Word of God and for inviting people into a deeper relationship and awareness of God's love for them."
On Nov. 1, Holy Family Parish in Concord will host another memorial lecture in honor of David Thorp. His family and Father DeSiano will be there; the latter will speak on the topic of conversion. The event is open to the public, and copies of David Thorp's book will be available.
Ken Meltz, the parish's director of faith formation (the position previously held by David Thorp), is organizing the event. He has known the Thorps for over 25 years and outlined the gifts of his friend David.
"He was very smart, very diligent. He was a holy man. He had a great reverence about him," Meltz said of David Thorp. "He always brought a great kindness and insight to anything he did here."
To view excerpts from "Encountering the Living God," visit www.pemdc.org.


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NYC's Pulaski Day Parade
On October 3, 2016 October 3, 2016 By Susan at FindingNYCIn Free, Parades
This past weekend was the annual celebration of a long-lasting New York City tradition: the Pulaski Day Parade. Founded 80 years ago, the Pulaski Day Parade celebrates General Casimir Pulaski, an American Revolutionary War hero. After meeting Benjamin Franklin in Paris, the Polish general traveled to North America to fight with the Continental Army against the British. Eventually, after distinguishing himself in support of George Washington's forces on more than one occasion, the Continental Congress gave Pulaski charge of the first American cavalry. Today, New York City's Pulaski Day Parade celebrates both Pulaski's contributions to American independence and Polish-American citizens in the New York City metropolitan area.
Unsurprisingly, then, the parade begins with this float featuring General Pulaski (or his look-alike).
This year, the parade's theme was "Polish-American Youth, in Honor of World Youth Day, Krakow, Poland." And there were plenty of children and teenagers (as well as adults) in the parade, including some dressed in traditional Polish clothing and Polish scouts.
Parade float celebrating World Youth Day
There were also a number of Polish and Polish-American veterans organizations in the parade.
And, like all parades, bystanders also saw numerous NYC police officers and fire fighters and marching bands.
A few final miscellaneous photos from this year's Pulaski Day Parade:
Honoring Pulaski, who died on October 11, 1779 in the Battle of Savannah, the parade is held in early October each year. The parade marches its way up Fifth Avenue from 39th Street to 56th Street.
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morselsandscraps
Thanks for another bit of Polish history. I hadn't realised there were such diverse national costumes: I've seen no sign of them in Warsaw, except in the ethnographic museum.
Susan at FindingNYC
Sometimes I think that immigrants and their descendants in NYC hold on to some of the traditional things like these costumes more than people do in their own countries – it may be a way to hold on to memories and family connections. I see them at parades and festivals throughout the city regularly, and it definitely makes it fun!
Little Miss Traveller
Just adore these parades! The costumes are so beautiful and you have captured the joyous occasion so well Susan.
Thanks, Marion! I have to admit that I always find the parades fun. They have so much in common with each other, but there are also the things like the traditional costumes that make each parade unique.
Weekends in Maine
The colorful costumes are so festive. Looks like a fun parade.
A colourful celebration with people of all ages 🙂
jfwknifton
Some beautiful folk costumes and the old Polish general in his uniform is very striking!
julieovaltrades
Looks like fun! Have you ever walked over the bridge dedicated to him? Beautiful skyline views.
I haven't, although I've been to the microbrewery in the shadow od the bridge! (Transmitter Brewing) sounds like something I should do sometime.
Anita and Richard @ No Particular Place To Go
I love parades and this one looks like so much fun. The traditional clothing and costumes are gorgeous! Anita
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At the Toronto International Film Festival screening of THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, about the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his first wife, Jane, Hawking's nurse could be seen wiping a tear from Hawking's cheek. That is an eloquent endorsement of this rich and moving film, directed by James Marsh from an excellent screenplay by Anthony McCarten. It is a very traditional film, very well made, and quite worthy of its subject.
Other actors have portrayed Hawking, including Benedict Cumberbatch in a well-regarded BBC film, but Eddie Redmayne captures something of Hawking's mischievous character; even when largely paralyzed, confined to a wheelchair and unable to communicate except through his now-famous voice simulator, Redmayne's Hawking has a glint in his eye and a child's sense of play. Redmayne brilliantly captures the ambitious young genius in his school days, and also realistically inhabits Hawking's physical deterioration — no small feat — after the scientist's diagnosis, at age 21, of motor neurone disease during his last year at Oxford. At the time, Hawking was given two years to live. He is now 72, his survival due in no small part to Jane's support..
This is a love story, based on a memoir written by Jane, who married Hawking shortly after his grim diagnosis. Felicity Jones is revelatory as the fearless, determined Jane, whose devotion helped Hawking overcome the black depression resulting from his illness and succeed in his groundbreaking research. The triumphs and tragedies of their story can be read in Jones' lovely, gently expressive face.
The film doesn't romanticize either spouse's character. Jane, overwhelmed by years of attending to Stephen's extraordinary needs, eventually strayed toward another man, albeit with Stephen's blessing. The marriage ended after 25 years when Stephen fell in love with his nurse, Elaine Mason, who became his second wife. The book on which the film is based, Travelling to Infinity: My Life With Stephen, is a revised version of an earlier, much more bitter memoir. (The couple are now good friends after some years of estrangement.) Screenwriter McCarten spent three years persuading Jane to allow the film adaptation of her book.
The film opens in 1963, with Hawking and his classmates as exuberant undergraduates, riding bicycles and rowing crew at Oxford. Hawking spots young Jane at a dance. Her friend pronounces Stephen "strange" because "He goes to Ban the Bomb meetings!" Jane, who is studying medieval Iberian poetry, is intrigued by this gawky but supremely self-confident young fellow. He doesn't dance like other young men, but his brilliance wins her over. Stephen describes to her his interest in cosmology, which he calls "religion for intelligent atheists." He is searching for "the theory of everything – one single unified equation that explains everything in the universe." His atheism is contrasted with Jane's devout Church of England faith, a conflict that is revisited several times during their marriage.
Stephen begins to show symptoms of his illness, losing coordination, stumbling and tumbling down stairs, landing himself in the hospital. After his diagnosis ("I'm ever so sorry," says the doctor in that very English way), Stephen gives up on life, holing up in his dormitory and refusing to see anyone, including Jane. Having fallen in love with him, Jane persists, and eventually draws him out. Their engagement – against the advice of their parents – gives him a reason to go on.
All is not roses, of course, given Stephen's increasing physical limitations, but the couple nonetheless create a stable and fulfilling home life, becoming the parents of three children. Stephen seldom talks about his condition, stating, "Everything is fine. We're just a normal family." The 1970s find Hawking studying the dynamics of black holes and discovering Hawking radiation, which allows a black hole to leak energy and gradually fade to nothing. His next project is to show that "the universe has no boundaries at all" in space and time, which became the basis of his worldwide bestselling book, A Brief History of Time.
During a conference in Geneva, Stephen falls into a coma, and Jane flies to his side, rejecting doctors' advice to let him die. "There's no question," she says emphatically, "Stephen must live." Her love and respect for her husband are undiminished by her new relationship with her church choir director, Jonathan Hellyer Jones (Charlie Cox), who had become a close friend of the couple. Stephen is given a tracheotomy, and can communicate only through the then-new technology of computer voice simulator. (Some people may not realize Hawking is British because, as Jane observes on hearing the voice simulator, "It's American!")
Stephen then requires round-the-clock care, which opens the door to Elaine (Maxine Peake), the rangy redheaded nurse who has designs on Hawking. He becomes a silly schoolboy in her flirtatious presence, leaving Jane feeling excluded. (Later events beyond the scope of this film were quite unpleasant, as the second Mrs. Hawking was accused of abusing Hawking physically and emotionally. They are now divorced.)
James Marsh has proved equally adept at documentaries (MAN ON WIRE and PROJECT NIM) and feature films, and he handles this real-life story with relish. Production values are impeccable, in particular the lovely score by Johann Johannsson. 4 out of 4 stars.
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BEA will pay $200 million in cash for portal software maker Plumtree, it has announced.
The deal removes from the market a struggling company that analysts long expected to be bought by a larger vendor, and adds to BEA's portfolio a new line of collaboration software.
BEA will pay $5.50 in cash per share for Plumtree - an 18 percent premium. BEA already has its own portal software, WebLogic Portal. Asked about the product overlap, BEA execs said they see their software and Plumtree Portal serving two different audiences, such as developers and business users, respectively. BEA plans to continue developing and selling both sets of software.
"We'll have two separate portal product lines for as long as we can see," BEA's chief technology officer Mark Carges said.
Plumtree has a staff of around 400, most of whom BEA plans to retain, according to BEA head Alfred Chuang. Plumtree's San Francisco headquarters is just one block away from BEA's San Francisco office.
Plumtree claims 21 million users worldwide from 700 organisations. IDC ranked BEA second and Plumtree fifth in its 2004 ranking of portal vendors by revenue. By IDC's calculation, BEA held a 13.8 percent share of the market, to leader IBM's 24.8 percent. Plumtree held 7 percent, nearly tied with Oracle and behind SAP.
Buffeted by the challenging enterprise software market, Plumtree has struggled for growth and profitability. It posted a loss in four of its last five fiscal years. With portals increasingly viewed as components of a broader applications suite rather than as standalone purchases, Plumtree has been seen for years as a likely acquisition candidate.
Meanwhile, BEA is under pressure to buy or be bought. The company, best known for its application server and other infrastructure software, competes frequently against deeper-pocketed giants such as Oracle and IBM. Before Oracle bought PeopleSoft, BEA was one of the companies on its shopping list of potential acquisition targets.
Mindful of the pressures on BEA to find a buyer or fashion a more distinct presence for itself, Chuang took care to position the Plumtree buy as a sign of BEA's vitality. "This further enhances BEA's scale in the enterprise," he said. "If you take any single point away from this conference call, I would like it to be: BEA is on the move."


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With titles such as the "The Deep," "Down by the Lake," "By the Sea, By the Sea" and "At the River," water figures prominently in the collection. It sometimes lurks ominously near the characters, ultimately engulfing them. In many instances, Ms. Swan creates the sensation of viewing the world through water and it is a world of treachery and loss that tests her characters.
The writing career of ZZ Packer began with a bang. A recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award, she has published in The New Yorker, Harpers, and The Best American Short Stories of 2000. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (Riverhead Books, $24.95, 238 pages) pulls together her work thus far. Whether amusing or sympathetic, her characters are complex creations, vibrant with humanity.
Whether the subtext is racial tension, as in "Brownies" and "Doris is Coming," black-on-black mistreatment, as in "Our Lady of Peace" and "Speaking in Tongues," or the wearying struggle of living black in a white world, Ms. Packer does not flinch. In the title story, "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere," Dina, a hostile freshman on a scholarship at Yale has difficulty relating to the privileged world of well-to-do whites and a few blacks.
It was with curiosity that I approached Karl Iagnemma's On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction (Dial Press, $22.95, 224 pages). What kind of short stories could a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research scientist in robotics possibly write? The answer is very good ones. Mr. Iagnemma is the winner of the Paris Review Discovery Prize and was published in the Best American Short Stories 2002. His eight tales are set primarily in Michigan, and are populated by scientists, mathematicians and doctors. In the title story, mathematical equations prove useless in the face of love and jealousy.
In several other stories, Mr. Iagnemma travels to back to the 19th century, when the Midwest was a still a frontier. "Children of Hunger" and "The Indian Agent" are both set in the early 1820s at a rough outpost near the straits of Sault de Sainte Marie. In the former, an injured French Canadian voyager becomes a human guinea pig for a doctor's gruesome research on the digestive system. "His cheeks were fleshy and pale, covered by a wispy orange beard, and his slack mouth revealed two missing front teeth. Corded muscle sloped from his neck to his freckled shoulders." Narrated by the physician's neglected wife, the well plotted story is a wrenching one.
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WORTHINGTON, Minn. -- A challenging growing season, depressed markets, increased input costs and China's imposed tariffs on agricultural products have meant a tough year for many of the region's farmers.
Yields are low and debts are high, causing farmers to struggle more than ever beofre. Tim Middagh / Forum News Service
WORTHINGTON, Minn. - A challenging growing season, depressed markets, increased input costs and China's imposed tariffs on agricultural products have meant a tough year for many of the region's farmers.
Often humble people who work quietly to feed the world, these men and women are up before dawn to milk cows, feed cattle or do the hog chores. They lose crops from too much rain - or not enough - and work well into the dark of night to plant and harvest their crops.
The sentiment among farmers after this year's harvest could be wrapped up in two words: it's over.
Jim Bloch is a mostly-retired farmer who spent the past 30 years as a mediator with the University of Minnesota's Farmer-Lender Mediation program. Based in Westbrook, he works between struggling southwest Minnesota farmers and their creditors (bank lenders, feed companies, seed dealerships etc.). In Minnesota, mediation became mandatory in the mid-1980s to encourage compromise before a farmer can be foreclosed upon.
Bloch said he's busier now than he was during the 1980s farm crisis.
"It's kind of got the same twist, but the debt is so much bigger," he said. "I think I got more agreements that were reached in the '80s - then, the debt wasn't as big."
Farmer-lender mediation provides a 60-day window of protection from foreclosure for farmers. During this time, a farmer must decide whether to sell whatever he has of value to pay off creditors or find new financing.
"My job is to point them to a different bank, find them a farm advocate or provide any information we can get for them," Bloch said.
In three decades as a mediator, not a month has gone by in which Bloch hasn't assisted in at least one mediation. He's had as many as 17 meetings a month.
"Since the first of January, I've averaged at least 10 meetings a month," he said of 2018.
It isn't just the high number of mediations that has him concerned. He's seen more divorces among farmers this year than he ever has before.
"Usually the wife says she can't handle this much debt anymore," Bloch said.
Yield drop in 2018 Mother Nature was not kind to southwest Minnesota crop producers in 2018. Heavier and more frequent rains during the growing season led to significant crop loss for some, but across the board, farmers reported yield loss.
Keith Newman, grain division manager at New Vision Cooperative's Brewster headquarters, said corn yields were very disappointing, and soybean yields were sub-par.
Corn yields were 30 to 60 bushels per acre less than the 2017 crop, Newman said, with yield averages of 165 to 170 bushels per acre across New Vision's service territory. Soybean yield losses were up to 20 bushels less than a year ago, he added, with yields ranging from 48 to 50 bushels on average.
With low markets, Newman said farmers put a fair amount of grain into storage.
"(Farmers are) hanging on, waiting for better prices," he said. "They're hoping for a resolution with the trade issue with China, and with disappointing yields, they're hoping they can get more value out of what they've harvested.
"Overall, it was just a challenging year," he added.
Low yields equal lost income According to David Bau, Extension Educator in Farm Business Management with the University of Minnesota's regional office in Worthington, 1,200 farmers enrolled in the Southern Minnesota Farm Business Management Program have lost money for the past four years.
"2018 will be the fifth year in a row," Bau said. "We'll have losses on both corn and beans for most farmers, even with crop insurance."
Bau said that while land prices and rental rates are still quite good, difficult times are ahead.
"Farmers still have good balance sheets, but the problem is they have poor cash flow," he said. "Cash flow shows the income coming in and going out. They can't sell their crop and pay off all of the bills."
Mike Dierks, Farm Business Management faculty member at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, said farmers who paid cash rent for land in 2017 lost an average of $66 per acre. This year, the losses will be far greater.
"I'm trying to stay positive because farmers need the support of their community, but you also have to be realistic," said Dierks. "There's a high probability that most farmers are going to have less cash to work with this year because of lower yields and lower prices."
Hurts across the spectrum Whether raising crops, livestock or both - whether it's a young farmer or one passed the age of retirement - the depressed farm economy is affecting all producers in one way or another.
Bloch said his clients range from a farmer in his early 30s to a 92-year-old who mortgaged some land he'd bought at $200 per acre.
"He's going to have to sell it," Bloch said. "The capital gains tax is going to kill him."
In his southwest district, Bloch has a farmer custom-feeding hogs who said if it wasn't for the value of the manure he is able to sell, he'd be losing money.
"His light bill has doubled, fuel bill has doubled, insurance bill has gone up," Bloch said.
The dairy industry is facing some of the greatest struggles. Bloch has seen three or four mid-sized dairies (150-cow average) go out of business this year.
Bloch was told dairy farmers now get brochures about suicide prevention with their milk checks.
'It's not all gloom and doom' Despite the rising number of mediations, Bloch said it's not all gloom and doom for farmers.
"You've got some farmers with money in the bank and are low-risk people," he said. "And, if you're a farmer, you're always optimistic. We've just got to have a better price for our commodities."
Back when he started farming, a farmer needed a $50,000 or $100,000 line of credit to operate in a year.
"Now we're talking millions," Bloch said. "A brand new combine is half a million dollars - for a piece of machinery you use half a month out of the year."
Bloch said there's some well-established farmers - big farmers - who will weather this storm and keep on going.
As for the rest, time will tell.
Resources available Programs and resources are available to farmers struggling in the current farm economy. The USDA Farm Service Agency's Market Facilitation Program (farmers.gov/MFP) provides direct payments to producers impacted by imposed tariffs on U.S. crops and livestock (1 cent per bushel on corn; $1.65 per bushel on soybeans; 12 cents per hundredweight on dairy; and $8 per head on hogs). Contact an FSA office for details.
For mediation information, visit https://extension.umn.edu/get-help/farmer-lender-mediation .
The toll-free Minnesota Farm and Rural Helpline provides support for emotionally-stressed farmers at 1-833-600-2670; the Farm Aid hotline is 1-800-FARM-AID (1-800-327-6243) and the National Suicide Hotline is 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255).
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A recruitment search will be starting in the next couple of weeks, said Annie Bonzer, Altru spokesperson.
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Sleeping Giant State Park
Also known as Mount Carmel Park, the Sleeping Giant State Park lives up to its billing as an untouched wilderness with 1,465 acres (593 hectares) of sweeping semi-arid expanses. The gateway to Connecticut's countryside, the park is named after the Sleeping Giant traprock mountain that dominates its surroundings from an impressive elevation of 522 feet (159 meters). The grounds are riddled with a superabundance of hiking trails and picnic areas that add up to 32 miles (51.44 kilometers) of outdoor recreation. The park's southern shores are home to some of its most complex ecosystems, thanks to the life-sustaining waters of the River Connecticut's tributaries, which is also a popular fishing zone swarming with trout.
East Rock Park
An easy drive from downtown New Haven, this park is a beautiful respite from the hustle and bustle of life. As you meander along the curved, tree-lined roads up to the summit, you will be greeted by a spectacular view of the city, Long Island Sound and the New Haven Harbor. There is a prized bird sanctuary, picnic and playground facilities, and if you are in the mood for a brisk walk, there are 10 miles of hiking trails. Enjoy the great outdoors right in the city.
Take a 20-minute drive east to Hammonasset to enjoy year-round shoreline vistas and a boardwalk for long walks and relaxation. Offering 1000 acres of campgrounds (550 sites), parks, beaches, walking trails, bike paths and fields for kite flying, Hammonasset is the quintessential pleasure destination. Meigs Point Nature Center offers fresh and saltwater aquariums and live reptiles and amphibians to touch and enjoy. Pack your in-line skates or bike, the park is grand.
Long Island Sound is a unique estuary where salt water from the sea mixes with the fresh river water, creating a biodiversity of different species of flora and fauna. The Lighthouse Point Park attracts public to this ecosystem, where fishing and boating are among prime activities. Birdwatching, picnics, swimming, carousel and a kiddie playground, are other reasons to visit here. The lighthouse has quite a history and the renovated tower is definitely worth spending some time on. Moreover, Fantasy of Lights, Hawkfest and Paddle Day are events the whole family can enjoy.
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Please join SCG and Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation - Los Angeles, in partnership with Enterprise Community Partners and Designing the WE, for a private, docent-led tour and panel discussion of Undesign the Redline—a one-of-a-kind interactive exhibit exploring the history of race, class and U.S. housing policy, and how this legacy of inequity and exclusion continues to shape our communities.
Low income communities of color have suffered exponential and generational impacts of redlining. In addition to historic lack of opportunity, residents and businesses in these redlined neighborhoods are now becoming increasingly vulnerable to displacement. We must work to undesign this inequity and accelerate practical, multifaceted solutions for building and preserving inclusive neighborhoods in the LA region. This important exhibit about the effects of redlining will only be in Los Angeles through the end of March, so don't miss this private opportunity to learn and discuss this important topic with your philanthropy colleagues.
Following the tour, we will engage in a spirited discussion about how this information might impact your grantmaking strategies.
Fred Ali
Weingart Foundation
Fred Ali has more than 40 years of senior management experience with philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and government. He began his career in 1972 as a volunteer teacher and counselor in a small western Alaska village. Over the next 19 years, Fred held a number of leadership positions in Alaska with nonprofit organizations, state government, and higher education. In 1991, he became the executive director of Covenant House in Los Angeles. Under Fred's leadership, Covenant House California developed into a large, multi-service program working with homeless and at-risk youth in Los Angeles and Oakland.
Fred was appointed president of the Weingart Foundation in 1999. He serves on the boards of Covenant House California, the MLK Health and Wellness Community Development Corporation, and the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles. Fred also chairs the board of advisors for the University of Southern California's Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy and co-chairs the Center's national advisory committee for the Irene Hirano Inouye's Philanthropic Leadership Fund. Fred speaks regularly on issues pertaining to the nonprofit sector including equity, organizational effectiveness and capacity building.
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Co-Founder, Partner
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Braden Crooks is a gardener turned landscape architect who entered into the fray of community organizing and advocacy. He founded Groundswell PA: an organization that passed the first popular vote to ban fracking using an Environmental Bill of Rights. Braden earned his Master of Science with departmental honors from Parsons in New York, where he hones his praxis developing forms of horizontal organizing within solidarity economies. Braden has recently worked with organizations such as the Center for Urban Pedagogy and the Right to the City Alliance, and in his spare time produces a web series about New York.
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Former Deputy Director
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Mary Lee is the former Deputy Director of PolicyLink, a national advocacy organization working to advance racial equity and social justice. Mary helped to guide PolicyLink efforts related to health and community development, providing research, strategic planning, technical assistance and training to public and private agencies collaborating to build healthy communities. She has co-authored reports and journal articles on health equity, access to healthy food, the built environment, and the impact of place and race on health. A practicing attorney for over 25 years, Mary has experience using civil rights, land use and economic development strategies to revitalize neighborhoods and enhance public participation in the policy arena. She has focused on the legal rights of low-income people, utilizing her expertise in affordable housing, job creation and redevelopment law. Further, she has been an adjunct professor of law and has developed and taught courses at the undergraduate and community college level on community development and civil rights. She is a native of Los Angeles, and holds a BA in Political Studies from Pitzer College in Claremont, California and a JD from Boalt Hall School of Law, U. C. Berkeley.
Beatriz Solís
Director of Healthy Communities (South)
The California Endowment
Dr. Beatriz María Solís is Director, Healthy Communities, South Region at The California Endowment. Dr. Solís is responsible for advancing the vision and strategic direction of the foundation's Building Healthy Communities: California Living 2.0 initiative, as well as helping achieve established goals and outcomes through The Endowment's philanthropic efforts in Southern California. Her professional experience includes service as the Director of Cultural and Linguistic Services for L.A. Care Health Plan. She has co-authored numerous articles, books, technical reports and policy briefs and is a lecturer/trainer to health care providers.
Jacqueline Waggoner
Vice President & Market Leader
Enterprise Community Partners
Jacqueline Waggoner is vice president and Southern California market leader for Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. She oversees Enterprise's affordable housing, community development, investment and strategic programs from the state's Central Coast to San Diego. Jacqueline started with Enterprise in 2005. She has worked with the city of Los Angeles, banks and nonprofit developer partners to create local funds for affordable housing, advocate for low-income families and support Enterprise's vision of providing communities of opportunity. Jacqueline serves on the 10-member Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Commission, the agency's governing board, and chairs LAHSA's Ad Hoc Committee on Black People Experiencing Homelessness. She is also a member of the County of Los Angeles Tenant Protections Working Group. Jacqueline serves on the board of directors of the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing (SCANPH),the California Housing Consortium, the Los Angeles Business Council, and Restore Neighborhoods LA, Inc. A Los Angeles native, Jacqueline has a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in urban planning from UCLA. Her experience in commercial real estate lending spans more than 20 years. Before joining Enterprise, she was vice president for community lending with Wells Fargo Bank in Los Angeles.
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Summary of Court Procedure
Pursuant to Rule 56 of South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Defendants Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company ("Nationwide") and Andrew Flanagan ("Flanagan"), submit this Memorandum in Support of their Motions for Summary Judgment and show it to the Court in support thereof:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
COUNTY OF OCONEE
CIVIL ACTION NO: 2009-CP–37-768
James D. Fowler,
Plaintiff,
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT
OF DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS
FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. and Andrew Flanagan,
Defendants.
Nationwide issued Plaintiff a homeowner's policy of insurance. The policy period ran from March 16, 2008, through March 16, 2009. The policy provided, inter alia, coverage limits of liability for dwelling in the amount of $147,700.00, other structure coverage in the amount of $44,190.00 and personal property coverage in the amount of $109,910.00.
On or about January 17, 2009, Plaintiff's residence was completely destroyed by a fire. At that time of the fire, Plaintiff was at home at the residence, sleeping in the neighboring gazebo. On or about January 18, 2009, Flanagan, a Nationwide claims agent, came to Plaintiff's residence to inspect the fire damage. As a part of his investigation, Flanagan made certain requests to Plaintiff in accordance with applicable policy provisions as to investigation and adjustment of Plaintiff's claim.
Nationwide hired Jerry Byers, a causation expert, to provide a cause and origin investigation of the fire. The Byers' report revealed that the fire was incendiary and had two separate origins. His report also revealed other possible causes. The investigation found that there were pour patterns in two different areas inside the residence. The investigation revealed that the hotbed of fire was located near the left rear window of the living room and across the kitchen floor. The investigation report stated that an ignitable liquid was poured on the open flame. Byers also took samples from the residence for testing; however, the samples were returned with a negative reaction for ignitable liquids. Byers mentioned that laboratory assistants usually note in their reports that a negative reaction of the sample does not necessary mean that the substance was not there at a time. Byers also noted that in analyzing samples, several factors need to be considered like the duration of fire burning, the amount of accelerant and water poured into the fire.
Plaintiff hired Doug Ross as his expert to investigate the fire. Whereupon, Ross concluded that a buildup of radiant heat from the heater ignited the adjacent sheetrock. Fowler told him that he refueled his heater at 10:00 PM the night before the fire. However, Ross admitted that if the heater had been filled up at 6:00 PM the night before the fire, then the heater would not have been on all night and the radiant heat probably would not have caused the fire. Plaintiff confirmed that he filled the heater around 6:00 PM the night before the fire and as the heater would only work approximately thirteen hours, the heater would have been off at the time of the fire. Ross admitted that Byers was in better position that allowed him to come to the correct conclusion, as by the time Ross got there, the scene might have been contaminated or at least less accurate to analyze. So, it became evident that if the heater were not quite full, it would not cause the fire.
An investigation of Plaintiff's finances indicated that Plaintiff was experiencing some financial problems. It was obvious that Plaintiff was not making any money, as he was not employed. Plaintiff had no electricity in the residence, due to a bill dispute with the power company. Additionally, the lien holders of the residence wanted Plaintiff to sell the house and Plaintiff was in the process of getting the house cleaned up and reappraised. Further, Plaintiff had two mortgages on his house and his checking account was overdrawn due to losses from the closing of his restaurant. Currently, Plaintiff has no bank accounts. The state government also assessed a tax lien against the restaurant. He continues to be billed by several credit card companies. Plaintiff had also taken out a loan that he spent on the start of his son's business and on the new truck. Plaintiff spent the entire sum of money. The money that Plaintiff loaned out has not been paid back and his son's business has not been very successful lately.
Flanagan informed a representative of Citi Financial that Nationwide would be paying the mortgages out of the available coverage and that there were two mortgages on the dwelling, which was more than the available coverage. Flanagan also informed the representative that Nationwide would be mailing them a sworn proof of loss to be filled. Flanagan further informed the Representative that Plaintiff's claim was going to be denied under the intentional act's exclusion of the insurance policy, and therefore, the mortgagee would be required to submit a separate proof of loss in order to present a claim for his interests.


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Tale of Two Charts: S&P500 and Russell 2000
August 6, 2012 6:17am by
Interesting divergence between the S&P500 and Russell 2000 in the month of July. The S&P is in a classic short-term uptrend, making higher highs and higher lows since bottoming in early June. The Russell, however, after making a short-term high in July broke its uptrend line and has been making lower highs.
What does it mean? Who knows for certain and could be just noise as the sell-off in the Russell is less than 4 percent. It does show, however, big cap is in vogue and the economically sensitive small caps not faring as well this summer. Keep it on your radar.
(click here if charts are not observable)
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The 1928 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Although Colorado had been strongly Democratic-leaning between 1896 and 1916, the nomination of Catholic New York Governor Smith was very poorly received in the eastern part of the state, part of the High Plains Methodist "Bible Belt". The state had been all but ruled by the Ku Klux Klan for a number of years early in the decade, and the strong anti-Catholic sentiment remained outside the heavily Mexican-American south-central part of the state. Although Smith did make large gains in the Mexican-American counties, Hoover gained greatly over Calvin Coolidge in 1924 by up to 30 percent in the heavily populated Front Range counties and Colorado consequently became the seventh most Republican state in the nation, voting 14 percentage points more Republican than the nation at-large.

Hoover's is the best Republican presidential performance in Colorado's history, and the second-best by any candidate behind William Jennings Bryan in 1896 when he was overwhelmingly supported by the state's powerful silver mining industry.

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Study of Tobacco, Cannabis Use by LGBT Young Adults
June 25, 2018 /0 Comments/in Luskin's Latest Blog Ian W. Holloway /by Les Dunseith
Ian Holloway
UCLA Luskin Social Welfare's Ian Holloway has received word that another of his research proposals has been selected for funding. The study, "Tobacco and Cannabis Product Use Among Subgroups of Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging Adults," will examine trajectories of tobacco and cannabis use among sexual and gender minority young people. Previous studies of tobacco products showed higher frequency of use within LGBT communities, but less is known about specific subgroups of LGBT people or their use of cannabis. Holloway, an associate professor, said the research is timely in the wake of California's legalization of marijuana and other cannabis products in 2016, and he was happy to learn of the funding by the California Tobacco Related Disease Research Program during the month of June, which is Gay Pride month. "This funding will help us better understand tobacco and cannabis-related health disparities among LGBT young people, which is crucial to improve both short-term and long-term health in LGBT communities" Holloway said. The award amount of $400,000 will fund research in two phases, with initial results expected in about a year. Phase I will consist of qualitative interviews about tobacco and cannabis initiation and progression with LGBT tobacco users ages 18-29 in Los Angeles. In Phase II, 1,000 LGBT young people across California will participate in an online survey about their frequency and intensity of tobacco and cannabis product use. The research will be completed in partnership with the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
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This was the 2nd Castle Birthday Cake I made.
The first one was square and you can find it here.
The cake decoration was made with fondant icing.
This was the main chocolate cake, covered with fondant.
Nice craftsmanship. This looks awesome!
You never stop to amaze us!! Looks great!
You make kids very happy!!!
That has to be every li'l boy's DREAM birthday cake! So cute.
Great cake!! it turned out really nice, I like the rocks effect!


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Q: To have a different opinion I was watching a debate where at the end a member of the audience makes the statement:

Is it not true that to have a different opinion is not the same as telling other people they can't have an opinion?*

Can someone explain this as I cannot fully comprehend its meaning.

* "Watch Fat Feminist Get Destroyed With Just One Question - Peter Hitchens". (Posted as a Youtube video on channel MagiCal HD, but based on their fair use notice they are probably not the original publisher.)

A: "Is it not true that X" is an emphatic assertion that X is true. The rhetorical device is called interrogatio/erotema:

*interrogatio (erotema): the 'rhetorical question'
- rhetotical figures
A question that is asked without expecting an answer because the answer is strongly implied; a rhetorical question.
- Manner of Speaking

Your quote emphatically asserts that the following are different ("is not the same"):

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*to have a different opinion; and

*telling other people they can't have an opinion

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Is it not true that to have a different opinion is not the same as telling other people they can't have an opinion

use logic on it.
is it not true - is it fake? - (turns the answer to the other NOT gate)
that to have a - having a - (part of the question)
different opinion is not - different opinion isn't (opinion) - (expressed as if your opinion is not the same as the others is it is not...)
the same as telling - = telling - (is it the same as telling?)
other people they can't - not you can't - (others can't)
have an opinion - have an opinion - (finishing the question)
so it is simplified as. is it fake? having an opinion is the same as telling others they cant have an opinion? so because the second part means no the first part changes it to yes so the answer is yes.


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The Tea Box Express September box will feature tea from Loose Leaf Tea Market. Kita, the company's owner, is an herbalist who focuses on blending teas in small batches using fresh organic ingredients. She shares more with us about how she creates her blends and what sets Loose Leaf Tea Market apart.
How did Loose Leaf Tea Market get started and how long has it been around?
Although I have had this business since 2002, Loose Leaf Tea Market is a newly rebranded and upgraded version of a concept that not only had the herbs and teas, but also a restaurant. In 2015, we focused all of our attention on tea, streamlined the business, and rebranded the concept. Loose Leaf as it is now is just over a year old, but I have been doing tea since 2002.
You offer a huge variety of teas, from traditional black and green teas to herbal blends aimed at certain functions (mood, digestion, etc.). What inspires your interesting blends and how do you choose the ingredients?
Some of our blends are inspired by customer requests or basic health support, like inflammation, digestion, or sinus congestion. Some of the more creative and tasty blends are the result of wanting to make awesomely delicious teas that are 100% healthy and have zero artificial ingredients. I'm a very curious and creative person, and I love to explore flavor creation, and adventurous blending. It's quite similar to cooking; you can make a functional dish to feed your hunger, or you can get creative and make something memorable. All of the ingredients have to be healthy and wholesome, and organic whenever possible. If I can't get the flavor I'm looking for in a tea with botanical ingredients, I scrap the idea and try something else, rather than rely on chemical flavorings to fill in any flavor gaps.
I'm really picky about ingredients. Our herbs, teas, and other ingredients come from all over the world from ethical suppliers who only source organic, wild harvested, and fairly traded products.
Which Loose Leaf Tea Market teas are your favorite?
That's a trick question, right? Although I like them all, here are the ones I drink every day: Coffee Quitter in the morning, Sleek & Slender in the afternoon, and a mix of any of these: Stomach Soothing, Wild & Weedy, and Inflammation Relief.
What makes Loose Leaf Tea Market different from some of the bigger tea companies that you see in the malls and grocery stores?
There are a few things that differentiate our teas from some of the bigger companies. 1. We use organic and wild harvested ingredients whenever possible, which makes up over 95% of our ingredient list. This means there are no pesticide residues in your tea. 2. We never use artificial flavorings. 3. We blend our teas by hand in small batches so that they're fresh and flavorful.
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Operations research finds an increasingly important application in health care.
(ISNS) -- A new army is marching into the war against rising health care costs: engineer-mathematicians.
These individuals occupy a field called operations research, also known as advanced analytics. A subset is game theory, a way of modeling complex human behaviors and decision-making to produce the best outcomes. Applied to health care, the work includes scheduling operating rooms, setting fees, training technicians and deciding where to build hospitals.
"It's being used in so many areas and so many applications," said Carter.
Much of the work is simulation and some of it looks like complex computer games.
Operations research goes back to the eccentric 19th century British engineer Charles Babbage who besides building the first mechanical programmable computer (the "Difference Engine"), also worked out the mathematics that essentially created the modern version of Britain's postal service and the first accurate actuary tables.
In World War II, the Allies used operations research as a weapon of war.
American physicist William Shockley, who would later co-invent the transistor, may have saved thousands of lives by advising Allied Atlantic convoys to seek cloud cover. By analyzing data from all German bomber attacks on convoys he was able to prove that the bombers did not use radar and were therefore less effective in cloudy weather.
General Electric Co. now is using a similar technique in India in efforts to help solve that country's massive health problems.
Called Corvix, after one of the moons in Star Trek's Klingon Empire, GE took publicly available health and population data from the Public Health Foundation of India for the state of Andrha Pradesh in southern India, and then installed powerful analytical techniques in the back end with a game-like operating system. Think of Sim City on steroids.
"You are actually feeding off real-life data, and you are making projections in the future," said Mitch Higashi, chief economist for GE Healthcare. "Changing any one factor alters the simulation. If you put a hospital in a certain place and configure it in a certain way with a certain number of beds, how much imaging equipment would you need?"
GE is not getting into the hospital-siting business just yet. Higashi said the aim of the current pilot program is to determine how many health professionals the government has to train to provide new hospitals with the imaging technologists, pharmacists, and laboratory technicians.
So far, Corvix predicted they would need ten times as many imaging technicians to staff the equipment the government is planning to buy, he said. GE, of course, sells the equipment.
In other situations, game theory provides a tool.
Game theory is probably best known from the work of John Forbes Nash Jr., depicted in the film "A Beautiful Mind." It tries to predict the best way for people to act when faced with complex decisions and how to reach a result the philosopher Jeremy Bentham described as "the greatest good for the greatest number," and researchers call the Nash Equilibrium.
Game theory can help a group find the best strategy for itself, in both competitive and collaborative settings.
This would apply in health care, Higashi said. Take three organizations, each wanting to build a hospital, but each having a different a different site they think will maximize profits. Unless they work together, they are likely to get into an expensive turf war.
"You can drag and drop a virtual hospital right on top of a map and then activate the big data in the cloud to start running a forecast," Higashi said.
All this can apply to the mundane as well. Carter is working on operating room schedules.
"The docs are paid fees for services so they want to operate as much as possible," he said. "The hospital is operating on a tight budget, and they want as little as possible. And the nurses all want to go home at 5 o'clock." The trick is balancing all those into an equilibrium.
Researchers at Penn State, in University Park, are working on applying game theory to pricing, trying to get the hospitals, doctors, and insurance companies to cooperate to keep prices from rising. If they all cooperate they can come to the greater good; if they don't prices will rise.
Carter said that 20 years ago no one is paying attention to these tools.
With health care now absorbing 14.6 percent of the U.S. gross national product, Carter and others think serious math may provide an answer.
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Q: Painting a custom Mouse over your preset mouse I'm making a game and when I add my sprites to my screen, naturally, they are behind my mouse. But I want to add a custom mouse image to my screen, over the mouse.
I already have sprites for the mouse, and I know to to make the image appear wherever my mouse is. The only thing is that I already know its going to appear underneath my mouse. Any suggestions?

A: Set the image as a custom Cursor.  See Toolkit.createCustomCursor(Image,Point,String) for turning the image into a cursor.