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Five bags of clothes in the car ready to go to the thrift store.
I do see the possibilities in most everything I bring home. Each item does seem to call out to me what it wants to be in it's next life. But, when the refashion stash gets too big it just becomes overwhelming. In order to keep the creative juices flowing, not to mention being able to find things, I must clean out once in awhile and send some things back out into the world. Who knows what budding refashionista might be needing that perfect item at that moment. Who am I to keep it all to myself?
It feels good to be somewhat organized. I've still got a long way to go, but the process has at least begun.
This might be a no-brainer for some of you, but for me, it was close to an epiphany, complete with lights shining and angels singing. Quite the breakthrough for a girl who had belts, scarves and bags falling on her head every time she reached up in her closet for an accessory.
Well, here's to a clutter free life…….Someday!!!
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Up and at it bright and early aren't we Beth. Great idea!!!
Oh yes, wish I could sew all day. See you in a few….
Hmm- so obvious when you see it-mine keep getting caught in the drawer. I shall re-organise!
My closet is a much happier place now, that's for sure.
Brilliant. My closet needs this.
My closet feels much better now.
I have just gone through a big clean out too. It is hard giving up the things I thought I would redo but it was just getting a bit much.
I still have quite a bit to go through. I told myself, for each garment I brought home from the thrift store, I had to take one back. I know what you mean, it's hard to give it up when I see what it could become. Just not enough hours in the day to sew it all.
Great idea! A tangled up mess of scarves is not what we want for the holidays!
Such a good idea! I'll have to do that, too!
Wow! I managed to spend the entire afternoon surfing your blog. With my new Juki serger and my old Pfaff sewing machine ready to go, you have inspired me to cull my closet and look for things to repurpose! Thanks for the ideas and easy tutorials.
One question…your blue dress form… what brand/model is it? It looks like it adjusts to fit your measurements.
Welcome to The Renegade Seamstress! I would love to see your creations! The dress form is from Joann's. It is adjustable for your measurements, but not necessarily your shape. There are custom dress forms out there, might be my next purchase.
So many possibilities, so little time! But you're right, it can totally get out of control, if we let it. Thanks for the encouragement!


Summer is supposed to be easy sailing for investors. However, lately, the seas have been a bit choppy. Volatility has continued to return with a vengeance, producing a constant wave in the markets. We're now back to the one day up, one day down pattern. Driving this trend has been a random collection of data and news, plus the lack of political reports.
As for data, this week was an easy one after last week's blitz of mid-month numbers. What was released was generally bullish and positive. Corporate earnings also picked up a little steam. While we are still far from the next round of earnings season, a few bellwethers did report and the numbers were good.
The biggest driver of the week was the Federal Reserve. After last week's decision to raise rates, various Fed governors began their next round of speeches. Those talks gave a positive yet cautious tone on the economy and inflation.
All in all, the week featured bumpy trading as traders' moods changed on a dime and no real direction could be found.
Stocks surged on Monday after entering the weekend in losses. Driving those returns was the recently beaten-down technology sector. Investors have questioned tech stocks and their ability to grow enough to justify their continued gains. Several bearish analyst reports had punished the industry in recent weeks. With major tech stocks now trading at discounts, investors snagged shares in spades. This helped push up the major averages on the day and overcame some of the bearish news from the Fed.


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Volkswagen, UT, ORNL announce collaboration, innovation hub
Posted at 7:36 am January 17, 2020
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment
Volkswagen Group of America will lease space in the Innovation North building on the UT Research Park campus. (Photo courtesy University of Tennessee)
Volkswagen Group of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the University of Tennessee on Friday announced a collaboration to create Volkswagen's first innovation hub in North America at the UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm.
"Working with the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a great opportunity to continue growing Volkswagen's engineering footprint in the North American region," said Wolfgang Demmelbauer-Ebner, executive vice president and chief engineering officer for Volkswagen's North American region. "This hub, along with other research institutions here, is an integral part of Volkswagen's global research and development efforts and can also directly contribute to vehicles in North America."
The collaboration involves research opportunities for doctoral students and space in the Innovation North building at the UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm in Knoxville, a press release said. Initial work will focus on developing lighter vehicle components made from composite materials and the electrification of vehicles.
Filed Under: Business, College, Education, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Cherokee Farm, Donde Plowman, IACMI, Innovation Hub, Innovation North, Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Randy Boyd, Thomas Zacharia, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Tennessee, UT, UT Research Park, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Group of America, Wolfgang Demmelbauer-Ebner
Humphries named ORISE group manager for ORNL office
Posted at 10:19 pm January 16, 2020
Leigha Humphries
Leigha Humphries has been named group manager for the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
In her role, Humphries will provide leadership and development oversight for STEM-based workforce development and education programs averaging up to 2,000 research participants a year and an equal number of mentors, a press release said. (STEM is an acronym referring to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.) In addition, Humphries will also represent ORISE at external venues, including professional meetings and site visits with potential and current customers.
"We're excited for Leigha to take on this role as she possesses extensive management and stakeholder engagement experience within the communications and human resources sectors," said ORISE Director Jim Vosburg. "Her addition to the ORISE team will further strengthen the management of our research participation programs by helping to ensure continuity between ORNL and ORISE."
Filed Under: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Craig Layman, DOE Office of Science, Jim Vosburg, Leigha Humphries, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORISE, ORNL, STEM, U.S. Department of Energy
About 600 experiments affected by HFIR shutdown
Posted at 1:00 pm January 13, 2020
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The High Flux Isotope Reactor vessel at Oak Ridge National Laboratory resides in a pool of water illuminated by the blue glow of the Cherenkov radiation effect. (Photo courtesy ORNL)
About 600 experiments and roughly 500 users were affected by the nearly year-long shutdown of the High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the lab said Thursday.
HFIR, which is used for research and isotope production, restarted October 29, 2019. It had been shut down since November 13, 2018, after an elevated radiation level was detected in the reactor's primary cooling system.
Reactors users who had approved proposals when HFIR was shut down have been running those experiments since it restarted in the fall, according to a response to questions provided by ORNL spokesperson Morgan McCorkle on Thursday. The backlog is expected to be completed by the spring.
The shutdown did not affect the production of plutonium-238, but it did delay the production and distribution of some medical and industrial isotopes, the lab's response said.
Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: DOE, HFIR, High Flux Isotope Reactor, isotope, Morgan McCorkle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, shutdown, U.S. Department of Energy
For members: DOE investigating fuel element performance after elevated radiation found at HFIR
Posted at 11:12 am December 17, 2019
The High Flux Isotope Reactor is pictured above at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Photo courtesy ORNL)
The U.S. Department of Energy is investigating fuel element performance in the High Flux Isotope Reactor, which is used for research and isotope production at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, after elevated radiation levels were found in the cooling system last year, possibly due to a pinhole leak.
The investigation of potential noncompliances with DOE nuclear safety program requirements was announced this month by the DOE Office of Enterprise Assessments' Office of Enforcement. The office notified UT-Battelle LLC, ORNL's managing and operating contractor, and BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Inc. of Lynchburg, Virginia, on December 5. BWXT manufactured components that were involved.
ORNL has said the slightly elevated reading in the primary cooling system was well below alarm levels, and there was no impact to the public, the environment, or workers, and the reactor was not damaged or compromised.
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Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Premium Content, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, cooling system, DOE, DOE Office of Enterprise Assessments, elevated radiation level, fuel element, HFIR, High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, U.S. Department of Energy, UT-Battelle
Updated: TerraPower, Isotek extracting cancer treatment materials from U-233 at ORNL
Posted at 11:50 am November 22, 2019
TerraPower, a company that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates helped launch in 2006, is working with Isotek Systems LLC, a federal cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge, to extract rare isotopes from nuclear materials for cancer treatment and research. Pictured above is a uranyl nitrate solution being pumped into resin columns. (Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management)
Note: This story was last updated at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 25.
A company that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates helped launch in 2006 is working with a federal cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge to extract rare isotopes from nuclear materials for cancer treatment research.
The project will significantly increase the number of cancer treatment doses available each year, federal officials and company executives said Friday. It will help remove highly enriched fissile nuclear material from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and save taxpayers an estimated $90 million, the officials and executives said. And it will recycle an isotope that would otherwise be "irretrievably lost" as the nuclear material, uranium-233, is converted into a disposal-ready form.
The U.S. Department of Energy, Isotek Systems LLC, and TerraPower celebrated with an announcement of the project in Oak Ridge on Friday morning.
TerraPower, which is based in Bellevue, Washington, where Gates is chairman, is particularly interested in actinium-225. That isotope can be extracted from thorium-229. The thorium will be removed from the fissile material, the uranium-233 stored at ORNL, by the federal cleanup contractor, Isotek.
The unique agreement, a public-private partnership, is expected to allow TerraPower the ability to make 100 times more actinium-225-based cancer treatment doses per year than the 4,000 doses that are currently available worldwide. TerraPower could first offer actinium-225 in late 2020, company executives said.
Filed Under: Business, DOE, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Slider Tagged With: actinium-225, alpha particles, alpha-emitting isotope, Atkins, Bill Gates, Building 3019, cancer treatment, Chris Levesque, Chuck Fleischmann, DOE, Isotek Systems LLC, isotope, Jay Mullis, Jeff Latkowski, Jim Bolon, monoclonal antibodies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, ORNL, Sandy Taylor, SNC-Lavalin, TerraPower, thorium-229, U.S. Department of Energy, uranium-233
DOE still has top two supercomputers, including Summit at ORNL
Posted at 12:44 pm November 18, 2019
The Summit supercomputer, a 200-petaflop IBM system that is the world's most powerful, is pictured above at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Photo courtesy Katie Bethea/ORNL)
The U.S. Department of Energy still has the two most powerful supercomputers in the world, including Summit at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, according to a semiannual list released Monday.
It's the fourth time in the past two years that Summit, an IBM-built supercomputer, has been number one on the TOP500 list of of the world's most powerful supercomputers.
The United States displaced China at the top of the list last year, in June. Two years ago, in November 2017, China had the top two systems in the world.
Summit debuted at number one in June 2018. That was the first time since 2012 that the United States had the most powerful supercomputer in the world. Summit retained the top spot in November 2018 and again in June 2019.
The Sierra supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, climbed to number two from number three in November 2018. It remained at number two on the June list and again on the list released Monday, meaning it's been number two on three versions of the list in the past two years.
Summit and Sierra are both IBM-built supercomputers that use Power9 central processing units (CPUs) and NVIDIA Tesla V100 graphics processing units (GPUs).
Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: China, exaflop, High Performance Linpack, IBM, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Milky Way-2A, most powerful supercomputer, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, ORNL, petaflops, Rick Perry, Sierra, summit, Sunway, Sunway TaihuLight, supercomputer, Tianhe-2A, Titan, Top500, U.S. Department of Energy, United States
For members: Companies have agreement to make nuclear fuel
The carbonization and heat treatment furnace used to produce TRISO fuel, a high-assay, low-enriched uranium fuel, at a pilot production facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Photo courtesy X-energy)
A company that has a trial fuel fabrication facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is collaborating with a joint venture led by GE with Hitachi to produce nuclear fuel for the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA.
The company, X-energy of Rockville, Maryland, announced the collaboration with Global Nuclear Fuel on November 6.
The two companies have an agreement to develop high-assay, low-enriched uranium TRISO fuel. The fuel could be used in defense micro-reactors and by NASA for nuclear thermal propulsion, a press release said.
Filed Under: Business, Business, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Premium Content, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Centrus Energy, Chuck Fleischmann, Clay Sell, Daniel Poneman, fuel fabrication, GE, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Global Nuclear Fuel, GNF, HALEU, high-assay low-enriched uranium, Hitachi, Jay Wileman, NASA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Pete Pappano, TRISO, TRISO fuel, U-235, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, uranium fuel, uranium-235, X-energy
Cleanup workers start processing U-233 powder at ORNL
Posted at 5:43 pm October 22, 2019
Workers at Oak Ridge install new gloveboxes to begin processing a portion of uranium-233 a year ahead of schedule. (Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management)
Workers have begun processing a powder form of uranium-233 a year ahead of schedule as part of a larger environmental management, or cleanup, project to process and dispose of the remaining inventory of the nuclear material stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
It's the highest priority cleanup project at ORNL, a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory.
Isotek is the contractor responsible for processing and disposing of the uranium-233 inventory at ORNL. The work eliminates the need to use Building 3019, which is the oldest operating nuclear facility in the world, for storage of the material, according to DOE's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, or OREM.
In the 1970s and 1980s, nuclear facilities sent liquid uranium-233 to ORNL, and the site converted it into an oxide form, known as Oak Ridge Oxide, which is more stable for storage, OREM said in an "EM Update" newsletter published Tuesday. Some of the material was shipped to facilities for use as fuel in reactors. However, most of it was stored at ORNL until workers were able to dispose of it.
Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Top Stories Tagged With: Building 3019, DOE, environmental management, Isotek, Jim Bolon, nuclear material, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Oak Ridge Oxide, ORNL, Sarah Schaefer, U-233, U.S. Department of Energy, uranium-233
ORNL's Stephen Macklin named DOE Outstanding Security Manager of Year
Posted at 11:32 am September 12, 2019
Stephen Macklin
Stephen Macklin, protective force group leader at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the DOE Outstanding Security Manager of the Year by Energy Secretary Rick Perry.
Macklin is one of only three individuals and one security team to receive 2018 Outstanding Security Awards, a press release said. The honors recognize both federal and contractor employees who "excel in the performance of their duties while providing security services or support to the DOE's protective missions."
ORNL nominated Macklin for leading a seamless transition of 92 security employees from an outside contractor to internal management, the press release said.
Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: DOE Outstanding Security Manager of the Year, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Outstanding Security Awards, Rick Perry, Stephen Macklin, U.S. Department of Energy
ORNL-Veterans Affairs collaboration targets veteran suicide epidemic
Posted at 12:30 pm September 5, 2019
By Rachel Harken Leave a Comment
An Oak Ridge Team recently sped up a computer model that helps predict veteran suicide risk. (Image credit: Carlos Jones, ORNL)
Submitted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory
More than 6,000 veterans died by suicide in 2016, and from 2005 to 2016, the rate of veteran suicides in the United States increased by more than 25 percent.
Suicide prevention is the highest priority for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—so much so that in recent years, the VA has started using predictive models and advanced informatics (the study of information processing; computer science) to identify at-risk veterans.
One model of this type is called the medication possession ratio algorithm. It creates individualized summaries of veterans' medication patterns, such as which medications a veteran is prescribed and how often those prescriptions are filled. The model helps clinicians pinpoint veterans with inconsistent medication usage patterns. These veterans are known to have a higher risk of attempting suicide in the next month.
In a collaborative project with the VA, a team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has taken the model and engineered the expanded version of it to run 300 times faster, gaining an unprecedented acceleration that might have a profound effect on the VA's ability to reach susceptible veterans quickly. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: algorithm, Edmon Begoli, Jeremy Cohen, Jodie Trafton, Josh Arnold, Joshua Arnold, medication patterns, medication possession ratio algorithm, medication usage, National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, prevention, REACH VET, suicide, suicide prevention, summit, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA, veteran suicides, veterans, Veterans Crisis Line, Veterans Health Administration, VHA
DOE has scoping EIS meeting on Versatile Test Reactor on Wednesday
Posted at 1:54 pm August 28, 2019
The U.S. Department of Energy will have a scoping meeting Wednesday night for an environmental impact statement, or EIS, for a Versatile Test Reactor that could be located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory or Idaho National Laboratory.
The Versatile Test Reactor would be used to test fuels and materials for commercial nuclear power reactors.
Besides being under consideration for the Versatile Test Reactor, Idaho National Laboratory is also under consideration for the fabrication of the fuel needed to run the Versatile Test Reactor. The Savannah River Site in South Carolina is also being considered for the fuel fabrication.
The public can comment through September 4 about what should be included in a draft environmental impact statement for the reactor, according to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. DOE will publish the final EIS and make it available to the public for 30 days before issuing a record of decision, TDEC said.
Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: environmental impact statement, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Versatile Test Reactor
Small RMS satellite to launch into space Oct. 2020
The small cube satellite built by Robertsville Middle School students with help from teachers, mentors, and NASA is scheduled to launch in October 2020, and it will be deployed from the International Space Station, Oak Ridge Schools announced Monday, Aug. 29, 2019. (Photo courtesy Todd Livesay)
Note: This story was last updated at 1 p.m. Aug. 20.
The small cube satellite built by Robertsville Middle School students with help from teachers, mentors, and NASA is scheduled to launch in October 2020, and it will be deployed from the International Space Station, Oak Ridge Schools announced Monday.
The school system said it has received notification of the launch date from NASA.
"We received the official word from Scott Higginbotham at Kennedy Space Center," Oak Ridge Schools said in a press release. "His letter stated, 'RamSat is currently manifested to fly on the ELaNa-31 mission aboard the NG-14 Commercial Resupply Services mission to the ISS. Launch is currently scheduled for October of 2020. NanoRacks will be facilitating the deployment of your spacecraft from the International Space Station.'"
Students have determined the mission of the cube satellite, or CubeSat, will be to circle the Earth and capture images to help them study the regrowth of vegetation in Gatlinburg, as the city recovers from the forest fires of November 2016, the press release said. The satellite has been named RamSat.
Filed Under: Education, Education, Federal, Front Page News, Government, K-12, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: CLSI, cube satellite, Cube Satellite Launch Initiative, CubeSat, Ed Dumas, Eli Manning, forest fires, Gatlinburg, Holly Cross, Ian Goethert, International Space Station, Jaxon Adams, Marshall Space Flight Center, Melissa Allen, NASA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Schools, Patrick Hull, Peter Thornton, RamSat, Robertsville Middle School, Scott Higginbotham, Todd Livesay, Tyler Dunham, Y-12 National Security Complex
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#include "bgp/extended-community/router_mac.h"

#include <algorithm>
#include <string>

using std::copy;
using std::string;

RouterMac::RouterMac(const MacAddress &mac_addr) {
    data_[0] = BgpExtendedCommunityType::Evpn;
    data_[1] = BgpExtendedCommunityEvpnSubType::RouterMac;
    copy(mac_addr.GetData(), mac_addr.GetData() + 6, data_.begin() + 2);
}

RouterMac::RouterMac(const bytes_type &data) {
    copy(data.begin(), data.end(), data_.begin());
}

MacAddress RouterMac::mac_address() const {
    uint8_t data[RouterMac::kSize];
    copy(data_.begin(), data_.end(), &data[0]);
    if (data[0] == BgpExtendedCommunityType::Evpn &&
        data[1] == BgpExtendedCommunityEvpnSubType::RouterMac) {
        return MacAddress(&data[2]);
    }
    return MacAddress::kZeroMac;
}

string RouterMac::ToString() {
    return string("rtrmac:") + mac_address().ToString();
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Review: 'Collaborators'
The cast of 'Collaborators' (Photo: Michael Abrams via The Broadway Blog.)
Off Broadway's Storm Theatre Company, which has produced more than 50 plays since 1997, has made its mark by selecting a diverse repertory ranging from the classics to the modern, usually with an emphasis on plays other companies rarely take a stab at. Their productions are often more to be honored for their high-flown intentions than their artistic achievements, but without them serious New York theatregoers would never have a chance to see many important but largely neglected dramas of the past and present. A good example is their current staging of Collaborators, Scottish playwright John Hodges's (Trainspotting) unusual black political comedy set in Moscow between 1938 and 1940 and centering on an imagined collaboration between famed writer Mikhail Bulgakov (The Master and Margarita) and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on a play about the latter's life.
Collaborators, despite winning England's 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play, after premiering at the Royal National Theatre with outstanding performances by Simon Russell Beale as Stalin and Alex Jennings as Bulgakov, hasn't been seen here before, although its theme of the freethinking artist's struggle to maintain his integrity within an oppressively authoritarian regime would certainly strike a sympathetic chord. There's no evidence that the play's collaboration ever happened but it's true that Bulgakov, who despised Stalin, wrote a hagiographic play about him. Why would he have done this, especially since it so obviously weakens our respect for his well-documented dissidence? Collaborators makes you ponder the question, but, having other fish to fry, really doesn't answer it.
Ross DeGraw (l) and Brian J. Carter in 'Collaborators.' (Photo: Michael Abrams via The Broadway Blog.)
Hodge's fanciful setup is that Bulgakov's play about Molière, treating the difficulties the French playwright faced under the tyranny of Louis XIV's regime, has opened to acclaim but is being closed by the secret police, represented by Vladimir (Robin Haynes) and Stepan (Joseph Salvatore Knipper). They'll permit it to reopen only if Bulgakov (Brian J. Carter)—suffering from a fatal kidney disease—agrees to write a play about Stalin (Ross DeGraw), celebrating his 60th birthday. Stalin, you see, is his number one fan (he saw The White Guard 15 times).
Bulgakov reluctantly agrees but fails to produce any pages, eventually finding himself in a Kremlin hideaway with the jovially friendly Stalin. Oddly, Stalin himself chooses to write the play, which glorifies his anti-Czarist past, while, in return, Stalin insists that the playwright take responsibility for his own bureaucratic hatchet work, thereby forcing Bulgakov to sign off on the deaths of millions (the Great Terror, which actually occurred in the years just preceding the play's action). As a result of his Faustian bargain, the hardships of Bulgakov's life are eased; his tiny apartment, which he and his wife, Yelena (Erin Biernard), must share with others (including a young man [Joshua R. Pyne] living in the cupboard), gets heat, hot water, and coffee; even his health improves. Eventually, though, the strain of his compromises hastens the writer's death.
Hodges's episodic play, which mixes realism and surrealism, tragedy and comedy, requires multiple locations. The London staging used an in-the-round arrangement, but the Storm's version seats the audience on bleachers facing the Bulgakovs' apartment, which must serve as both their living quarters and the site of other scenes, including those with Stalin. Meanwhile, a large area to the audience's right is awkwardly used for secondary scenes. (The company, formerly, in the basement of a church in Morningside Heights, is now in the spacious basement of a Lower East Side church.)
Director Peter Dobbins is unable to inspire his uneven cast to provide the proper intensity or stylistic talents needed to enliven this difficult material. The production, running nearly two and a quarter hours—despite being announced as 90 minutes—is leaden and flatfooted; entrances, exits, and scene transitions are sloppy; and the mostly realistic approach provides little evidence of the satirical, nightmarish, even phantasmagorical humor demanded by the script. DeGraw and Carter, as the master and his menial, are skin-deep in complex roles; only Haynes's NKVD officer shows the kind of instincts that, if properly exploited, might have made the production less of a slog.
Grand Hall at St. Mary's Church
440 Grand Street, NYC
Through February 13
Samuel L. Leiter is Distinguished Professor Emeritus (Theater) of Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. He has written and/or edited 27 books on Japanese theater, New York theater, Shakespeare, and the great stage directors. For more of his reviews, visit Theatre's Leiter Side (www.slleiter.blogspot.com).
Review: 'Collaborators' was last modified: January 15th, 2016 by Matthew Wexler
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Q: WooCommerce: add different order item meta for each item in order now with this function i can add new custom order item meta to all item of order.
add_action( 'woocommerce_add_order_item_meta', 'add_order_item_meta', 10, 2 );
function add_order_item_meta($item_id, $values) {
    $key = '_key';
    $value = '_value';
    wc_update_order_item_meta($item_id, $key, $value);
}

but how can i add different order item meta to each item of order? example i need to add each product price as order_itemmeta.

A: Try,
woocommerce_checkout_create_order_line_item It has 4 available arguments and available after version WooCommerce 3.3+.

*

*$item is an instance of WC_Order_Item_Product new introduced Class

*$cart_item_key is the cart item unique hash key

*$values is the cart item

*$order an instance of the WC_Order object (This is a very useful additional argument in some specific cases)

In this hook we will replace the old working functions wc_add_order_item_meta() by the new WC_Data update_meta_data() method to be used with $item argument.
Example:
add_action( 'woocommerce_checkout_create_order_line_item', 'custom_checkout_create_order_line_item', 20, 4 );
function custom_checkout_create_order_line_item( $item, $cart_item_key, $values, $order ) {
    // Get a product custom field value
    $custom_field_value = get_post_meta( $item->get_product_id(), '_meta_key', true );
    // Update order item meta
    if ( ! empty( $custom_field_value ) ){
        $item->update_meta_data( 'meta_key1', $custom_field_value );
    }
    // … … Or … …

    // Get cart item custom data and update order item meta
    if( isset( $values['custom_data'] ) ) {
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Q: How to fix Vue.js error 405 Not Allowed in production mode used with Nginx + Symfony + Axios? Good morning everyone,
I have an issue and it's been a month now (seriously) I try to fix it. Here it is:
My stack is Symfony Nginx Vue.js.
My project structure :

The api folder is the API code in PHP/Symfony4.4
The back folder is the admin panel in Vue.JS
Both of them are (git) submodules.
My concern is on the Vuejs session. To access the app, we need to log in. In dev mode, everything works fine but not in production mode!
Actually, when I submit the form; I have a 405 Not Allowed error
I have no idea on what is happening. So here are my project confs.

*

*docker-compose.yml

    api:
        container_name: svisor-api
        build:
            context: ./api
        env_file:
            - ./api/.env
        depends_on:
            - db
        restart: always
        volumes:
            - ./api:/var/www/api:rw
            # - /var/www/html/vendor

    nginx:
        container_name: svisor-nginx
        image: nginx:stable-alpine
        depends_on:
            - api
            - website
            - back
        volumes:
            - ./website:/var/www/html:rw
            - ./api:/var/www/api:rw
            - ./nginx.default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
            - ./logs/nginx:/var/log/nginx
        restart: always
        ports:
            - "80:80"

    back:
        container_name: svisor-back
        build:
            context: ./back
        restart: always

*back Dockerfile
Based on the official doc, I did this
FROM node:lts-alpine as build-stage

RUN echo "================   BUILDING BACK   =================="
RUN apk add npm

WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
COPY ./ .
RUN npm install
RUN npm run build

FROM nginx:stable-alpine as production-stage
RUN mkdir -p /app
COPY --from=build-stage /app /app COPY ./nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

*

*back Nginx conf
Also based on th vuejs official doc,

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    server_name  localhost;
    root   /app/dist;
    index  index.html;

    location / {
      try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
    }

    error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html {
      root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }
}

*the vue conf
//file vue.config.js
module.exports = {
    devServer: {
        proxy: process.env.VUE_APP_API_URL,
    }
}

My env vars are :

And the login code :
    actions: {
        login({commit}, credentials) {

            console.log(process.env.VUE_APP_URL);
            console.log(process.env.VUE_APP_API_URL);

            return axios
                .post(process.env.VUE_APP_URL + '/login_check', credentials)
                .then(({data}) => {
                    commit('SET_LOGGED_USER', data)
                })
        },
    }

(The console.log confirm me if I'm in dev or prod env).

*The global Nginx conf
### API server
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name api.svisor.localhost;
    root /var/www/api/public;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/api.access_log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/api.error_log;

   location / {
        # try to serve file directly, fallback to app.php
        try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
    }

    location ~ ^/index\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass api:9000;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
        include fastcgi_params;
        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
       fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
       internal;
   }

   location ~ \.php$ {
     return 404;
   }
}

### Back server
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name back.svisor.localhost;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/back.access_log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/back.error_log;

    location / {
      proxy_pass http://back;
    }

    error_page   400 402 403 404  /40x.html;
    location = /40x.html {
      root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }
}

Visual error
In dev mode, it is ok

But in prod mode,

The error in detail :

*some API router show
We can see the route (/login_check) I've been calling exists and is POST method.

What Have I already done ?
I am pretty sure I have read 80% of google results (from page 1 to 10); I have search in github issues of every project.
And it's always the same thing : CORS (Access-Control-Allow-Origin/Methods). I tried all that but nothing works. I even tried things I don't even remember (from 50x error to craziest ones). Some asking to implement an OPTIONS call but I don't know how.
Looking at how many tickets there are on this topic in Laravel forum, it is obviously a big problem.
Some CORS source I read :
Mozilla Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
Sorry for all the text and I hope I gave enough data so that you can help me fix this.
Thank you in advance.

A: According to what I see, in dev mode all unknown requests are being proxied to VUE_APP_API_URL according to doc. So even if on your screenshot of request in dev mode it is shown as localhost:8080/login_check, it will be proxied to your VUE_APP_API_URL destination.
Now in prod mode you are making post request to VUE_APP_URL. This is just nginx server for your static files, no proxy. As a fix you could update your login code with substituting VUE_APP_URL with VUE_APP_API_URL.
return axios
   .post(process.env.VUE_APP_API_URL + '/login_check', credentials)
   .then(({data}) => {
      commit('SET_LOGGED_USER', data)
   })

Dev mode proxy works only for vue dev server. It doesn't work for resulting static files.


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What Does A Content Cluster Do?
by: Power Digital February 20, 2018
Content marketing continues to evolve and is one form of marketing that is gaining in popularity each and every day. More companies are realizing that if they don't have a strong content marketing strategy they are missing out on a huge opportunity. One recent development in this form of marketing is the content cluster. Before we get into why this strategy has proven so successful, let's first define what a content cluster is.
What Is A Content Cluster?
A content cluster is a content marketing strategy where you create a "cluster" of content around one overarching topic. Take a look at the image below, you'll see that in the middle there is one overall category. This is considered your main topic. On the outside of that, you'll see additional content linking back to that initial category. The goal of a content cluster is to create a bank of thorough content about the overarching topic.
But, it's not enough to simply create a bunch of content on one topic. In order for this marketing approach to be successful, you must create comprehensive content and implement a well-planned internal linking strategy.
Related: What Is A Content Cluster?
When we speak of an internal linking strategy, we mean that every piece of content in that cluster needs to not only link to the overall category page, but also must try and link to all of the other content in the cluster. In the image above you can see that there are link icons on each line connecting the pieces of content to one another. This step in the content cluster approach is essential in order for your content to make an impact.
Now that you are aware of what a content cluster is and the basic strategy behind it, we can dive into what a content cluster does. Here are three things that a content cluster strategy can help your brand achieve.
1. Build Authority
One of the most important things a content cluster does is positions your brand as a thought leader on a variety of topics. If you implement the content cluster strategy, your brand will have a wide range of in-depth content which will then show the search engines that your brand is authoritative and trustworthy on those topics. But, remember, this shouldn't just be any content. The content you write needs to align with your brand and be relevant to your target audience.
Related: Benefits of a Content Cluster
For example, a great place to start is to build content around your main products or services. Start with your main navigational pages and create a bank of content around each topic in addition to the subcategory pages under the main page. The more content you have on your site about these topics the better those pages will perform.
To even further the success of this content you should link all of the same topic content together and link to the main navigational page you are trying to support with that content. Not only is this content strategy great for readership, but it also shows the search engines that you are an authority on that topic because of your comprehensive base of content.
2. Improve SEO Rankings
One of the main goals of the content cluster strategy is to help support SEO efforts. By choosing the appropriate keywords to go after in your content, write in-depth content, and execute a strong internal linking strategy you can help boost your brand's SEO. However, simply creating a comprehensive bank of content is not enough, it is essential to create and implement an organized internal linking strategy in order for your cluster strategy to be successful.
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A proper internal linking strategy includes choosing the right anchor text to link as well as linking to relevant content plus the main navigational page your content was produced to support. By doing so you can help push your keywords ranking higher as Google uses internal linking to understand what a particular web page is about. On top of that, by linking to a page with specific anchor text you are increasing your chances of ranking for that specific keyword on that page.
Additionally, the content cluster strategy aligns perfectly with many of the Google ranking factors. For instance, Google ranks sites higher when they have content that provides value. In addition, Google looks more favorably at sites that have long-form articles. When creating your content cluster, it is recommended to have at least four long-form articles in each cluster.
Ensuring that these articles are long form is important because the content needs to be comprehensive and bring value to your audience. So, by employing a content cluster strategy, you can not only position your brand as an authority on a variety of subjects, but also help support SEO efforts.
3. Deliver valuable content to your audience
Lastly, a content cluster will help deliver valuable content to your audience. Because of the in-depth keyword process that takes place before the content cluster is written, your content will be relevant to your target audience. The whole point of a content cluster it to produce a library of comprehensive content on a wide range of topics that connect with your brand and audience.
Related: How To Create A Content Cluster
Additionally, when you execute an internal linking strategy you are guiding your readers to other content on the subject as well. This keeps them on your site and brings value to them. By continuing to produce comprehensive content on a variety of subjects, your readers will stay interested and continue to seek out your brand for information.
All in all, this relatively new content marketing strategy has proven successful for many brands. Not only does Google look favorably on the content cluster strategy in terms of keyword ranking, but you are providing excellent content to your audience.


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The winter months are tough on your horse, so make some changes to their feed to help them cope.
As winter approaches, it's important to review our horse's nutrition and make sure they're well prepared to deal with the coming colder months. How do you know if you need to make changes to your horse's diet in preparation for winter?
Often we ride our horses more during the summer months than we do during the winter months. Additionally, the type of work our horses do during summer can be very different than the work they do during the winter.
Both of these are reasons your horse would need a diet change. If your horse is going to be getting the winter months off, or is going to be doing less rigorous work, it's important to adjust the energy (calories) in their diet. This can be a simple change, such as decreasing how many pounds of concentrate he gets. Always follow label recommendations for workload.
Your horse should always have plenty of forage, but you might look into something less rich in calories for the winter, such as switching from alfalfa hay to timothy.
If you have a horse that struggles to maintain good weight in weather that's not stressful, it's going to be even more important to prepare for winter. This could be due to breed, age, or existing health issues.
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Feeding these types of horses plenty of high-quality hay in addition to an appropriate concentrate and/or supplementary fat (such as vegetable oil) works well for maintaining or increasing body condition. Paired with proper blanketing, making these nutritional changes should help your horse stay in good weight all winter long.
Horses are very adaptable, but dealing with weather that's more severe than they are used to can be stressful. These horses may need a short period of increased calorie intake as winter begins.
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Will Gen Z Make America Socialist?
October 18, 2020 / by Evan Harris via pacificresearch.org
Every Monday, Mark Shupe posts an article here at Center For Individualism analyzing We The Living, Ayn Rand's novel of Russia in the 1920's, after the communist revolution. He draws insightful parallels with America in 2020. The novel's young heroine tries in her own way to resist socialism. Are we Reliving We The Living? Today's young people in America seem to be pulling towards socialism, not away from it.
Last week, I wrote about a proposition on the California ballot that would give 17-year-olds the right to vote in some California elections. California's push for the youth vote got me thinking about how recent college graduates and others entering the workforce are dealing with the economic and career implications of 2020.
On a recent episode of the financial podcast Business Casual, New York Times economics reporter Eduardo Porter shared his thoughts on the market, the economy, and what lies ahead. He thinks a financial recession could push younger Americans to the political left.
Porter cited research about how generations that come of age during a recession have moved to the left.
A 2009 working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, "Growing up in a Recession: Beliefs and the Macroeconomy", gives us additional clues on how recessions could change generational perceptions on hard work versus luck.
It argues, "that large macroeconomic shocks experienced during the critical years of early adulthood shape preferences for redistribution. Individuals who grew up during a recession tend to support more government redistribution and believe that luck is more relevant than effort in determining economic success in life."
The paper estimates that voter opinion swings could be as high as 15 percent due to impact of economic shocks on younger voters.
Looking to history, the findings are not far-fetched. Many notable economic downturns have related to political shifts to the left – the Great Recession and President Obama and the Great Depression and FDR to name two.
I also looked for any studies on the impact of smaller recessions on American voting preferences. "Economic Conditions and Electoral Outcomes: Class Differences in the Political Response to Recession," was a 1978 study on voting during the 1958 and 1960 congressional and presidential elections in the American Journal of Political Science.
The study found that voters tended to blame incumbents for bad economic policies, regardless of party affiliation, and vote them out accordingly, "One basic finding to emerge from this study is that voting behavior is responsive to economic conditions, as these are reflected in the financial situations of families and individuals." Interestingly, a 1975 study found similar conclusions, but noted "economic upturns have no corresponding effect."
If the eyes are the window to the soul, as Cicero, Shakespeare, or the Bible claims, then polls are the window to political leanings.
A May 2019 Morning Consult poll found that Gen Z, the youngest generation entering the current job market, and Millennials, my generation, were more likely to feel positively toward socialism. Another footnote in the survey; Gen Z said that the 2008 financial crisis was the least likely to impact their worldview.
Those findings were further solidified in a follow-up poll in the spring of 2020 by Morning Consult. The "Gen Z Worldview Tracker" talked to 1,000 Americans aged 13 to 23-years-old about social justice issues like Black Lives Matter, their support for President Donald Trump, and the impact of the coronavirus.
Respondents viewed capitalism as the least favorable compared to socialism, social justice, and more. Thankfully, democracy had the highest score on this question – so that's something to cheer.
In an Axios poll from October 2019 of 2,100 American respondents, 70 percent of millennials surveyed and 64 percent of Gen Z said they would vote for a socialist candidate. A May 2020 Vice article on Gen Z political leanings headlines the quote of a college student who said, "It's much more stigmatized to say you're a capitalist, in my experience."
The push back against capitalism is not limited to younger generations. On The Roth Effect, Pacific Research Institute economist Wayne Winegarden and host Carol Roth had an enlightening conversation about the growing resentment of anything considered "capitalist." Roth even pointed out that capitalism is a dirty word these days and she uses "free market" instead.
Due to COVID-19, the coronavirus shutdowns, and a decent look at the coming generation of youth voters, America could be at the start of a shift in public policy. It looks like younger generations could favor policies more common in socialist countries, setting the stage for the start of the new decade.
The impacts of the lockdown, arguably one the most severe economic shocks in modern history, will also impact the decision made this November and may be the driving force between younger Americans and adherence to our classic economic and political theories.
Evan Harris is a media relations and outreach manager at PRI.
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Penguins make official contract offer to Jaromir Jagr
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The Penguins are fully in on Jaromir Jagr now that they've made him an official contract offer. Will it be enough to bring him back to Pittsburgh for the first time since 2001? [more]


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Mystery structure identified!
Posted: 19 April 2012 20:53
Most people probably wouldn't regard this as a mystery structure, as it has already been recorded as an anti-tank gun emplacement. New research reveals the real purpose of this building at Pett.
The Defence of Britain Project (DoB) recorded this structure as an anti-tank gun emplacement, but the site could not be approached due to the foot and mouth restrictions at the time of the survey. However, I would argue that even getting up close would not necessarily help identification without the aid of documents, unless you had already encountered one of these before - and as far as surviving examples go, I think this one is unique. It stands in the corner of a wood on high ground overlooking the flat beaches of Rye Bay.
The structure is on private land behind a barbed wire fence and so access is not permitted. This also hampers clear photos, but I did manage to construct a 3D model based on proportions estimated from photographs.
So how do we begin to identify the structure? Let's try and establish a date first. The quality of concrete is quite high for wartime construction and the chamfered edges to the porch are very similar to the sunken pillbox at Camber. I know that particular pillbox dates to 1941 and so I believe our mystery structure was built around the same time, possibly by a civilian contractor.
What about its function? From the front, the structure does look like some sort of gun emplacement, however, there is no way to get a gun into it. The entrance with blastwall is at the rear and provides pedestrian access only.
It would be a poor pillbox; the embrasure is enormous and we know what pillboxes of this period (such as the Camber one) are like. If I wasn't in the know, I'd actually guess at it being a searchlight housing.
Remember we're on high ground overlooking a stretch of coastline and it is the scenic views from this position that holds the key to the mystery - this structure is, in fact, an artillery observation post (OP).
The documents give us confirmation by providing a matching grid reference for an OP spotting for a 9.2-inch howitzer belonging to 56 (Heavy) Regiment, Royal Artillery, situated at Peasmarsh. The Regiment is most famously known as that to which Spike Milligan belonged, but there is no evidence that he was ever here.
Going through the various artillery location statements from 1940-41, an OP is first listed here in April 1941. It does not necessarily mean the concrete structure was here at that time - there might have been an earthwork preceding it, but it's quite possible.
The earliest reference I have to the 9.2-inch howitzer is from November 1940, when there were actually two at Peasmarsh, but one seems to have been moved at about the time the OP was constructed.
The gun was tasked to fire on pre-registered beach artillery zones B3 - B15, covering from Lydd round to Pett. The OP was to be manned continuously on Stand To and would have been occupied by a Forward Observation Officer (FOO) with an artillery board and various other equipment that would assist in calculating fall of shot. A field telephone allowed gunnery corrections to be sent back to the gun position.
The paper trail on this OP goes cold in 1942; 56 Heavy Regiment relocated some of their guns due to a change in divisional boundaries and the documents indicate that not one, but two guns were moved from Peasmarsh on 4th February 1942.
The documents of the division taking over this sector do not indicate if this OP was ever used again despite its excellent positioning, and so it would seem that it was only operational for about ten months - one of many short-lived structures that peppered the landscape.
Defence of Britain Project
A large project run by the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) 1995-2002, collecting data on 20th century military structures submitted by a team of some 600 volunteers. The result was a database of nearly 20,000 records which is available online. The anti-invasion section of the database contains nearly 500 entries for East Sussex.
Hibbs, Peter Mystery structure identified! (2019) Available at: http://www.pillbox.org.uk/blog/216694/ Accessed: 15 July 2019


The most important thing when building a home is sighting and constructing the foundation. Whatever the type of foundation you use they all begin the same way with the foundation footings.
A footing is typically concrete and often reinforced with steel rebar. The footing is the bottom part of the foundation that the foundation wall sets on. It's the base that is sometimes called a "spread footing" because it spreads the vertical loads that are coming down from the building out to the earth surface below.
really that strong a larger footing will be required to help spread the load out over a larger area.
Pouring concrete directly into a trench is a common way to create a footing for small houses that are built on slab that do not have basements. When there is no basement the foundation wall is very short, usually about two feet and build with concrete blocks. For houses that have a basement the foundation wall is built on top of the footing.
Rebar is often installed in the footing to give it strength and to lock the wall to the footing. The footing size is usually two feet thick and eighteen inches wide, depending on the size of the building and the weight that is to be distributed to the footing. After the form is constructed a code office usually inspects the footing to insure that it meets the building code requirements.
Concrete footings are usually made with 5,000 PSI concrete and are poured in a single pour for a continuous piece of concrete without any brakes. This insures that the footing is strong enough to support the structure.


Sheets of Glass is an ambient solo composed by Jane Tate. This minor-key showcase solo is a great way for intermediates to work on crossovers.
I have become a Jane Tate fan! This is a great teaching piece for crossovers and keeping a steady beat. Teens will love this piece.


With 25 wins in tow, Chris Dickerson headed to Jacksonville, Fla., for the Disc Golf Pro Tour Championship and emerged with a signature win to add to the 2018 collection.
Dickerson was the only player to survive all four rounds of the bracket-style tournament, going toe-to-toe with a two-time World Champion, two United States Champions and a fellow breakout star in the finals. He torched the course the first three rounds, setting the course record with a 13-under in the semifinals, before ultimately winning with a 4-under par 62 in difficult scoring conditions on the final day.
As winds howled, Dickerson employed a conservative, consistent approach. He managed to take only one bogey on the day against his five birdies.
He stepped up to hole 15's tee with a two-stroke deficit and took birdies on 16 and 17 to head into the last hole of the tournament up by one. He secured the par he needed to pick up the biggest win of his career in the tour season's last event.
Catrina Allen almost made it a Prodigy sweep, battling in the finals on the Open Women's side. Allen took second as she was also locked in a tight battle which was decided on the 18th green. Her semifinal round tied for the hottest round of the tournament in the field and posted a 2-under 64 in the finals.
Allen displayed both driving and putting prowess, pacing the field in fairway hits and tying for the Circle 1 putting lead. She also led in Circle 2 in regulation.
Cameron Colglazier and Matt Orum duked it out in Tyler, Texas at the Piney Woods Open. The pair of Alabama natives combined to average 1055 rated golf as tossed matching 32-under 154s after three rounds — seven throws ahead of their nearest competitor. Colglazier came out on top after a three-hole playoff.
Cale Leiviska picked up a win at the Bloomington Open in Minnesota. He broke a tie after round one by throwing the hot score in the second round to take the win by one. He finished with an 18-under 90 over the two rounds. Mitch Privette landed in third while Daniel Polk tied for seventh. Jakey Lingle got the win in Intermediate.
Dan Hastings kept his hot streak alive with his win at the 2018 Down East Players Cup in Greenville, N.C. Hastings finished eight strokes ahead of second with a 45-under 200 after four rounds. It's his second win in a row and fifth in his last six tournaments.
Dustin Perry won in his home state of Georgia at the Josh Franklin Memorial at Chehaw. He shot a 33-under 181 over three rounds and a final nine at the event in Albany. He finished four strokes ahead of second behind a 1047-rated second round. Matt Versola finished in fourth and Colin Forehand came in seventh.
Sam Lee collected his 16th win of the year at the 10th Annual Corbin Open in Kentucky. Lee dominated behind a 1061-rated round two to win by a whopping ten throws.
Jacob Henson went back-to-back at the 22nd Annual Tupelo Fall Classic in Mississippi. It was the second year in a row he has won the event by nine. Henson finished with a 12-under 184 total.
Dawson Snelling got his first Open win in sanctioned action, at Running with the Devil in Bettendorf, Iowa. Snelling opened the event with a 1036-rated round and totaled a 14-under 104 over the two round event. Nick Snelling finished third.
Kolby Sanchez got the win in Tucumcari, N.M., at the Shootout at Six Shooter. Sanchez took first in Intermediate with a 5-over par 179 after three rounds.
Pete Ulibarri got an unsanctioned win at the Freedom Fling.


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Q: gsub and backslashes in R I have the following string:

c(\"Yes \", \" No\")

I want to remove the backslashes such that it becomes:

c("Yes", "No)

I tried the following, as suggested here:
gsub("\\","", "c(\"Yes \", \" No\")", fixed = TRUE)

But it does not work, so I must have misunderstood something.

A: It is a double quote, so either remove the quote and replace with blank
gsub('"',"", "c(\"Yes \", \" No\")", fixed = TRUE)
#[1] "c(Yes ,  No)"

or replace with a single quote
gsub('"',"'", "c(\"Yes \", \" No\")", fixed = TRUE)
#[1] "c('Yes ', ' No')"

If we print with cat, the character \ doesn't exist
cat("c(\"Yes \", \" No\")")
#c("Yes ", " No")

nchar('\"')
#[1] 1

cat('\"')
#"

A: The quoted character string literal "c(\"Yes \"…)" does not contain backslashes. It contains escaped double quotes. The escape char backslashes are displayed (only) when printing the value in R (which happens automatically when executing the value in the R console). But they are not in the actual string, and saving, displaying or otherwise handling the string won't see them.
For instance, you can show the true string value via the message function:
message("c(\"Yes \", \" No\")")

Outputs:
c("Yes ", " No")

And, just to make it even clearer, gsub does not require special handling of backslashes in strings. String literals do, because backslash is the escape character.


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Industry leaders discuss rebuilding business in the new reality at Microsoft Envision Forum
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Industry leaders from BFSI, manufacturing and retail sectors deliberated on the need for innovation and real-world digital transformation to reimagine businesses in the new reality at the Microsoft Envision Forum today. Senior executives and experts discussed the current challenges facing different industry verticals and also shared best practices they have adopted for employee safety and business continuity. Anchoring the dialogue at the first ever virtual edition of Envision, Microsoft reiterated its commitment to enable every organization to sustain, innovate and grow its business.
In the keynote session Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India and Aarthi Subramanian, Group Chief Digital Officer, Tata Sons analyzed how the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered digital acceleration and the role that it will play in rebounding and building resilience in a fluid and evolving environment. Calling for a collaborative effort, Maheshwari said, "COVID-19 has changed our businesses, communities, industries and world forever. No one company is going to solve a challenge like this alone, and it is going to take the private and public sectors working together to turn the tide on COVID-19. Our priority has been to keep our employees and communities safe; support frontline workers as well as help our partners and customers keep their businesses running. As we continue to work through the current situation and plan for the future, it's clear that the change required is significant – as is the potential opportunity across industries. Technology will play a stronger role than ever before – enabling economic recovery and helping each one of us achieve more."
According to Ms. Subramanian, COVID-19 will accelerate the scaling of digital across industries and investments in Cloud, AI and cybersecurity. "Digital transformation in companies will focus on new end-to-end customer journeys and we will see an increase in adoption of automation in manufacturing industries. They will also invest in enhancing employee engagement given the remote working model. Enterprises will build world-class digital infrastructure as a horizontal capability."
Maheshwari added that technology will play a major role in management of social sector programs across education, health, and public distribution, helping to strengthen the economy. He also called out the need for robust security solutions and trust as organizations build tech intensity for a new future.
Intelligent manufacturing for a better future: As manufacturers cope with fluctuating supply and demand and disruption in production, they are reconfiguring their production, supply chains, and services to stay operational and sustain deliveries in these unprecedented times. Mayur Danait, CIO, Pidilite, said, "Manufacturing has always been a traditional business but post COVID, the sector will have to reinvent to enable a seamless partner ecosystem. Use of IoT to drive shop floor efficiencies and the use of digital collaboration, predictive analytics, bots and gamification of experience to drive engagement with end-users and channel partners are likely to be the norm going forward"."
Reimagining the retail industry after the lockdown: Over the last couple of years, technology has enabled retailers to transform every aspect of the value chain. With the novel Corona virus crisis, the sector is trying to steer through major health and safety concerns for their employees, mandated store closures, drastic shifts in demand and evolving customer needs. Sanjay Bhattacharjee, Head – CRM, Titan Company Limited, said, "There has been a paradigm shift in consumer mindset – from retail therapy to the inability to step out from home to physical distancing. The way customers shop has and will change dramatically, and this is the new reality in which we all have to function now. How brands are interacting and engaging with their customers makes a lot of difference. Going digital is the key to enable a virtual experience for customers – right from viewing products on the app to booking a product to its delivery. Through remote communication platforms, retail brands have the opportunity to establish a deeper connect with the buyer community than before."
Rebuilding the financial services sector post-COVID: Banking and financial services providers have adjusted operating models and services to support customers and help those who need the most assistance, while meeting regulatory and compliance obligations. According to Anoop Mahapatra, Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India, "SBI has been playing a pivotal role in the country and over the past decade the bank has been investing heavily in building an robust IT ecosystem to digitally transform the banking experience at SBI. It facilitated running the entire ecosystem seamlessly even during a difficult time such as now. Our 22000 branches and network of 58000+ ATMs are working seamlessly on a robust IT platform. Around 90% of the total transactions go through anytime channels i.e. other than branch channel and as such the post COVID impact on customer service is insignificant. Although there has been some drop in loan requirements, to overcome this SBI has a strong end-to-end AI/ML platform with number of AI based pre-approved loan products, to provide loans with ease and we hope the traction for the same will be built up in the coming days." The State Bank of India has also leveraged Microsoft Teams for its large workforce to stay productive and collaborate while working from home.
A key focus of the conference was the importance of reskilling the workforce as employees and organizations shift gears for the road ahead.
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Jendrzejczyk v. Laporte County
United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Hammond Division
RICHARD JENDRZEJCZYK, Plaintiff,
LAPORTE COUNTY, INDIANA and WESTVILLE, INDIANA, Defendants.
THERESA L. SPRINGMANN CHIEF JUDGE
This matter is before the Court on the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Defendants LaPorte County, Indiana, and Town of Westville, Indiana [ECF No. 66] pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and N.D. Ind. L.R. 56-1.[1] For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
"This case arises out of the arrest and subsequent detainment of Plaintiff, Richard Jendrezejczyk [sic] and the named Defendants [sic] involvement commencing on or about November 8, 2012." Pl.'s Mem. in Opp. to Defs.' Mot. for Summ. J., Summary of the Facts[2], ECF No. 74-1, p. 1.
According to the evidence presented by the Defendants, the Plaintiff was arrested pursuant to a valid warrant. After his arrest, he was transported to the LaPorte County Jail and taken into custody. He remained in custody there for approximately fifteen hours, at which point he was released to the custody of the Porter County Sheriff officers who transported him to the Porter County Jail pursuant to the warrant. During his detention in the LaPorte County Jail, he indicated he only took medication twice a week, and there is no record he requested any medication during his hours-long detention.
A. Federal Claims
Summary judgment is appropriate "if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. Summary judgment is the moment in litigation where the non-moving party is required to marshal and present the court with evidence on which a reasonable jury could rely to find in his favor. Goodman v. Nat'l Sec. Agency, Inc., 621 F.3d 651, 654 (7th Cir. 2010). The court's role in deciding a motion for summary judgment "is not to sift through the evidence, pondering the nuances and inconsistencies, and decide whom to believe. The court has one task and one task only: to decide, based on the evidence of record, whether there is any material dispute of fact that requires a trial." Waldridge v. Am. Hoechst Corp., 24 F.3d 918, 920 (7th Cir. 1994). "A district court should deny a motion for summary judgment only when the non-moving party presents admissible evidence that creates a genuine issue of material fact." Luster v. Ill. Dep't of Corrs., 652 F.3d 726, 731 (7th Cir. 2011) (first citing United States v. 5443 Suffield Terrace, 607 F.3d 504, 510 (7th Cir. 2010); then citing Swearnigen-El v. Cook Cty. Sheriff's Dep't, 602 F.3d 852, 859 (7th Cir. 2010)). Material facts are those that are outcome determinative under the applicable law. Smith v. Severn, 129 F.3d 419, 427 (7th Cir. 1997). "Irrelevant or unnecessary facts do not deter summary judgment, even when in dispute." Harney v. Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC, 526 F.3d 1099, 1104 (7th Cir. 2008). Additionally, a court is not "obliged to research and construct legal arguments for parties, especially when they are represented by counsel." Nelson v. Napolitano, 657 F.3d 586, 590 (7th Cir. 2011).
If the moving party has fulfilled their burden and provided the court with evidence demonstrating the absence of a genuine issue of material fact, then the non-moving party must "come forward with specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial." LaRiviere v. Bd. of Trs. of S. Ill. Univ., 926 F.3d 356, 359 (7th Cir. 2019) (quoting Spierer v. Rossman, 798 F.3d 502, 507 (7th Cir. 2015)). The party opposing a properly supported summary judgment motion may not rely on the allegations within their own pleadings. Corbin v. Indiana, No. 3:16-CV-00602, 2017 WL 1509307, at *1 (N.D. Ind. Apr. 26, 2017). The non-moving party must "marshal and present the court with the evidence [he] contends will prove [his] case." Id. (quoting Goodman, 621 F.3d at 654).
The Defendants have produced evidence showing that there is no disputed, material fact: The warrant was valid, and the Plaintiff was not denied any requested medical care; thus, no constitutional violation took place, and the Defendants have met their burden on summary judgment.
However, the Plaintiff has not provided this Court with any additional evidence to aid in determining if there is a material issue of fact. He regularly refers to the Third Amended Complaint and the allegations therein, but he does not support his arguments with any record evidence. Summary judgment is the "put up or shut up" moment in litigation and the non-moving party must provide not only evidence but evidence a reasonable jury could rely upon. Goodman, 621 F.3d at 654. The Plaintiff's allegations, unsupported by facts, are not be enough to overcome a motion for summary judgement. Payne v. Pauley, 337 F.3d 767, 772-73 (7th Cir. 2003).
B. State Law Claims
The Defendants have asked this Court to dismiss both the federal and state law claims with prejudice. Defs.' Mem. in Supp. of Mot. For Summ. J. at 13. Both parties have recognized the Seventh Circuit's practice of dismissing state law claims without prejudice when all federal claims have been dismissed prior to trial. Id. at 13 and Pl.'s Mem. in Opp., ECF No. 74-1, p. 6, (each citing Groce v. Eli Lilly, 193 F.3d 496. 501 (7th Cir. 1999)).
         As the parties observed, "the general rule is that, when all federal claims are dismissed before trial, the district court should relinquish jurisdiction over pendent state-law claims rather than resolving them on the merits." Wright v. Assoc. Ins. Cos. Inc., 29 F.3d 1244, 1251 (7th Cir. 1994); see also Groce, 193 F.3d at 501 (7th Cir. 1999) (noting that established law of this circuit is that the "usual practice" is to dismiss without prejudice state supplemental claims whenever all federal claims have been dismissed before trial). "Although the decision is discretionary, when all federal claims in a suit in federal court are dismissed before trial, the presumption is that the court will relinquish federal jurisdiction over any supplemental state-law ...