Satisfi Labs offers a conversational AI platform for retailers, sports venues, attractions, and live events. Its answer engine powers chatbots, voice experiences, messaging apps and website forums to provide an answer to all customer questions in real time. The company was founded by Don White, Randall Newman, and Rungson Samroengraja in 2016.
We had the chance to connect with White to learn more about the platform, as well as what's next for the company.
To start off, I'd like to learn more about your background. What were you doing leading up to co-founding Satisfi Labs?
As the CEO and Co-Founder of Satisfi Labs, I spearhead client development and revenue initiatives. Prior to Satisfi Labs, I was head of sales for Datahug, a SaaS company that provided sales analytics and predictive forecasting. Datahug has since been acquired by CallidusCloud in 2016. I've also held several leadership positions at Bloomberg Tradebook, most recently as head of sales for the Americas where I managed the $110M sales & strategy division.
Tell me the story of how Satisfi Labs came to be. Was there an aha moment?
The aha moment was what we call the "bacon on a stick" moment. My co-founders and I tested our hypothesis that fans at a sports stadium would respond to a message if we sent this to them in a personalized manner. We saw our society becoming increasingly demanding, expecting personalized experiences from the brands they love. Long story short, once we highlighted this treat on the MLB app, the concession had the longest line in the stadium.
We knew somehow this was an opportunity for marketers to use conversation to interact with consumers through the perfect combination of AI and engaging technology, to create a seamless user-friendly marketing experience. So, we decided to find a way that people don't need to download another app to start engaging with the AI and enjoy their experience. The goal of our company is to "satisfy" the on-demand information needs of our end users. Add a cool vowel at the end and you have Satisfi Labs.
For the uninitiated, what does Satisfi Labs do, and how does your conversational AI platform work?
Satisfi Labs is a conversational AI platform for retailers, sports venues, attractions, and live events. Our answer engine powers chatbots, voice experiences, messaging apps and website forums to provide an answer to all customer questions in real time. Imagine all the best qualities and knowledge across your organization wrapped up in one digital presence that can immediately learn new things and always provides back the perfect answer to any question.
We bring human conversations to a digital level with a focus on physical locations. We service hundreds and thousands of people each day that have a need for digital conversations because of a disability, language barrier, or staffing issues. It's been very encouraging to solve these problems and see people get the answers they need while attending an event. The result is increased online and on-premise sales, a better customer experience, and deeper personalization.
Satisfi Labs Co-Founder and CEO Don White.
What are some of the core problems you're solving?
We understand that people's shopping habits have changed given today's technology-driven world. More than ever, our customers depend on technology by way of their devices to help them shop. We've created a solution to resolving customer problems and answering their questions in an instant through our answer engine platforms. The bots of the past had the capabilities to help customers solve their problems, but they lacked voice. Satisfi Labs uses a unique voice that reflects the brand, creating an immersive and complete experience for customers, enhancing the customer experience and returning higher customer satisfaction rates.
We create engaging visitor experiences and improved customer service for guests who visit these attractions. Each venue has a custom platform that is designed to enable a superior guest experience including ticketing, exhibit details, food and beverage options and more. All of the platforms are location-based so guests are provided answers specifically based on the attraction they are looking to visit.
Satisfi Labs is already well known in the sports industry, where we've created platforms for some of the most prestigious teams within MLB, NHL, NFL, NBA, and MLS. We are continuously expanding our work in the retail space, with the launch of our work with Mall of America, Macy's, the Irvine Company and other major retailers.
As we evolve, we have expanded our reach in more experiential ways. We've teamed up with MiLB and developed a Spanish-speaking bot amplifying the MiLB's national multicultural initiative. We now utilize Alexa powered devices for visitors of the Georgia Aquarium as well as a 24-hour, virtual employee that services visitors. Satisfi Labs will continue to evolve as we enter more industries and find new ways to interact with customers.
Who are your customers? Any examples you can offer?
Satisfi Labs currently works with over 60 professional sports teams, live venues, retailers, hotels and entertainment locations. Major brands include the MLB, MiLB, Atlanta Falcons, The Irving Company, Miracle Mile, and more. We have since expanded our reach into tourism and attractions with launches including Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium Tennessee, Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, the Roger Williams Parks Zoo, and The Georgia Aquarium. We have a few more partnerships down the pipeline that we are excited to announce in the near future.
Looking ahead, what's next for Satisfi Labs?
Satisfi Labs is always expanding. We are looking to reach more industries including expanding our presence in the retail ecommerce space, especially after our participation in the Target Techstars Retail Accelerator this past summer. You can look forward to seeing Satisfi Labs working with brands in new ways that have never been done before.
We're always hiring! Anyone interested should pitch us why we need you at info@satis.fi.


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Pennsylvania Legislature's Six Points Indicating Election Fraud
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1. Recognizes substantial irregularities and improprieties associated with mail-in balloting, pre-canvassing, and canvassing during the November 3, 2020 election; and
2. Disapproves of the infringement on the General Assembly's authority pursuant to the United States Constitution to regulate elections; and
3. Disapproves of and disagrees with the Secretary of the Commonwealth's premature certification of the results of the November 3, 2020 election regarding presidential electors; and
4. Declares that the selection of presidential electors and other statewide electoral contest results in this Commonwealth is in dispute; and
5. Urges the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Governor to withdraw or vacate the certification of presidential electors and to delay certification of results in other statewide electoral contests voted on at the 2020 General Election; and
6. Urges the United States Congress to declare the selection of presidential electors in this Commonwealth to be in dispute.
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Raised in San Antonio, Jack Dennis' early experiences were as a newspaper reporter and private investigator. With a Texas State University bachelor's degree, Jack studied journalism, education and psychology. He was the founding vice-president of Sigma Delta Chi, the Association of Professional Journalists at the University. Jack has received numerous awards, including Investigative Reporter of the Year from Rocky Mountain Press Association, David Ashworth Community Award, and Leadership in Management.
Some of the people and groups Jack has interviewed include:
Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Willie Nelson, B.B. King, George Strait, Roy Orbison, Justin Timberlake, Steven Tyler, Freddie Mercury, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Loggins, Jackson Browne, Steve Wariner, Tanya Tucker, Scotty Moore, Fats Domino, Patty Page, Tommy Roe, Emmy Lou Harris, Johnny Rivers, Charly McClain, Kinky Friedman, John McFee, Guy Allison & Patrick Simmons (Doobie Brothers) , Randy Bachman (BTO), Jim Messina, Todd Rundgren, Alvin Lee, Gary Puckett, The Ventures, Freddy Cannon, Augie Meyer, Christopher Cross, Whiskey Myers, Sha Na Na (John "Bowzer" Baumann), Flash Cadillac, Jerry Scheff, John Wilkinson, Darrell McCall, and more.
Politicians & News
George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Lady Bird Johnson, Greg Abbott, Rudolph Giuliani, Larry King, Jack Anderson, Tom Bradley, Connie Mack, and more.
Clint Eastwood, Mike Myers, Taylor Lautner, Cameron Diaz, Jerry Lewis, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, Selena Gomez, Tippi Hedren, James Earl Jones, James Woods, Jim Nabors, Martha Raye, Rosalind Russell, June Lockhart, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Howie Mandel, Meg Ryan, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, James Drury, Melanie Griffith, Nathan Lane, Alan Thicke, Lou Diamond Phillips, Clint Howard, Tony Sirico, Cesar Romero, Michael Berryman, Tracy Scoggins, William Windom, Warren Stevens and more.
Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Wally Schirra, Dave Scott, Gene Cernan, Walt Cunningham, Scott Carpenter, Gene Kranz (NASA Flight Director), Ed Mitchell, Richard Gordon, Bruce McCandless, Vanentina Treshkova (first woman in space, Russia), Alex Leonov (first man to walk in space, Russian), Al Worden, Dee O'Hara (nurse to astronauts) and more.
Sports: Joe Torre, Roger Staubach, Bob Hayes, Billie Jean King, Manuela Maleeva, Drew Pearson, Bob Lilly, Tim Duncan, David Robinson, George Gervin, Tony Parker, Shannon Miller, Cathy Rigby, Bruce Bowen, Wade Boggs, Fernando Valenzuela, Bernie Kosar, Dale Murphy, Jim Abbott, Dick Bartell, Mike Schmidt, Dan Pastorini and more.
May Pang, Bob Eubanks, Vernon Presley, Vester Presley, Charlie Hodge, Joe Esposito, Rick Stanley (Elvis' step-brother, Harold Lloyd (Elvis' first cousin), Doyle Brunson, Kara Peller, Hank Meijer, Norman Brinkler, Stanley Marcus, Jerry King, Mac King, Nathan Burton, Zach Anner, Louie Anderson, Owen Benjamin, Steve Byrne and more.
As head of Facilities for a major retailer (H-E-B Food/Drugs) for 20 years, Jack co-founded Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (PRSM) and was elected President to establish PRSM magazine. Jack is a writer, speaker, golf-concierge and happiness coach. He has researched and studied happiness for over 40 years.
Jack was a prolific writer for Examiner.com, with over 1,900 articles written in six years. His articles and stories have appeared in AXS Entertainment, The ROWDY Country Music, Memphis Flash, and numerous magazines.
He is author of "Miracles of Justice," a true courtroom drama novel about social injustice and miracles.
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With all the back and forth I'm losing track whether our President still has a chance to be re-elected for a second term. Appreciate your insight.
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All you have to is search election fraud on google and all you get in the top ten search is two the definition of it and a law
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That's why I DuckDuckgo my searches. Thanks for comment. It's so correct.

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Few moths ago, Facebook had a war with an ad blocker. It made sense for Facebook for taking a stronger stance against ad blockers since its business is mostly dependent on ad revenue. This is the method developed by Princeton and Stanford researchers that being implemented into a widely available blocker.
Existing available ad blockers search for a webpage's source code for signs that they are ads. But such kind of blockers is easily disguised by the anti ad-blocking sites. Computer scientist Arvind Narayanan and his colleagues unveiled a tool called Perceptual Ad Blocker that detects ads in the same way as humans. The tool detects ads by looking at things like container sizes, icon graphics and words like Sponsored.
This Perceptual Ad Blocker ignores hidden HTML markup and looks instead at the actual content. A proof of concept is now available for Chrome but is not fully functional.
Traditional ad blockers fail to block native ads that look like normal content. At the other hand, Perceptual ad-blocking ignores those codes and those lists.


AOPEN is proud to announce its new line-up of advanced Digital Engine® media players for commercial and enterprise solutions. AOPEN's Digital Engine digital signage players are designed to deliver innovative 3, 4, or 6 screen solutions for QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) menu boards, video walls, digital advertisement, and traffic/information displays.
With the introduction of the brand new DE6340, a second generation 4-port digital signage player is born. As the successor of the DE6140, this new player aims for 4-panel video walls and mouth-watering UHD menu boards. With the DE6340 AOPEN introduces its first AMD Ryzen™ Embedded processor-based digital signage player with four 4K 60 Hz outputs and HDR support for power-efficient solutions with tremendous graphics. This continues the tradition of AOPEN using AMD products to power their digital signage solutions.
"Today's demands for digital signage solutions have increased drastically with the rapid adoption of 4K panels and similar rich content and new technologies. AMD provides solutions that enable high performance embedded applications and we're delighted to work with AOPEN to create products using the latest AMD technologies included in AMD Ryzen Embedded Processors." Said Stephen Turnbull, Director of product marketing, Datacenter and Embedded Solutions Group, AMD.
AOPEN's DE6200 featuring AMD's RX-421 embedded SoC, is a value solution that solves the general lack of triple digital output solutions from other vendors. It excels at delivering vivid content like 4K promotional videos alongside static information like menus and service information. The DEV7610-X6 features an AMD E8860 GPU with 6 Mini DisplayPort for high-end, multi-screen video wall solutions aimed at premium, and corporate locations, or critical operations such as control rooms. It features an aluminum front panel for unobtrusive installation.
With its dedication to product design for maximum performance and usability, AOPEN's products are recognizable by the distinctive power button and durability. With 20 years of experience in digital signage, AOPEN has built the knowledge necessary to not only meet its customers' needs but go beyond any expectation. Currently, final touches are being put on various multiport models with scaling support for multiple displays that go beyond 6 ports.
The DE6200 is a cost-effective design with low power consumption.The player has three display outputs with support for hardware decode of H.264 or HEVC/H.265 for video, thanks to the embedded AMD RX-421 SoC. The benefit over traditional 3-display solutions from most other vendors is that the DE6200 supports 4K on its display outputs. With onboard hardware accelerated support for HEVC/H.265 and H.264 decoding, 4K@60 video material is delivered lag and stutter free its HDMI 2.0 port. The HDMI 1.4 ports are displaying more static 4K@30Hz content. The DE6200 and the new DE6340 share an identical 1.25L chassis and are easily adaptable to any ultra-small form factor installation.
The DE6340 is AOPEN's first AMD Ryzen™ Ryzen Embedded™ processor- based digital signage player and excels at creating low-power, high-performance symmetrical video walls. Powered by the AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1807B processor, it brings together the breakthrough performance of the pioneering AMD "Zen" CPU and "Vega*" GPU architectures in a seamlessly-integrated SoC solution for powerful graphics capabilities and processing efficiency. With four HDMI 2.0b ports supporting 4K @ 60p it allows for ultra-high definition content (HEVC/H.265 & VP9 support**) displayed across a variety of video walls while keeping total power consumption well below 90W.
The DE6340 features AiCU which reduces costs associated with management and maintenance. The AiCU enables remote control (Power, BIOS settings and Windows functions), and advanced system data recording. It stores maintenance, location, and project data for easy troubleshooting and reporting, while Super RTC simplifies scheduling power on/off cycles for enhanced power-saving. The AiCU also includes HDMI signal detection, which checks for loose, or broken cables to help troubleshooting any display issues.The DE6340 will be available near the end of Q4 2018.
The new DEV7610-X6 is a high-end player for multi-screen video wall solutions. The new housing with an aluminum front was designed for unobtrusive installation in commercial environments. Graphics are provided by an AMD Radeon™ E8860 GPU with six mini DisplayPort connections, while an LGA1151 Intel® Core™ CPU powers both the onboard DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4 ports. The front panel of the DEV7610-X6 features line-out and mic-in, USB Type-C USB 3.1 Gen2, and USB 3.0 ports. On the rear, there are an additional 2x USB 3.0 and 2x USB 2.0 ports, an RJ-45 Gbit Ethernet port and six mini-DisplayPort connectors. The DEV7610-X6 will be available in November.
AOPEN's continuing innovation has led to several unique and custom solutions deployed across the world. AOPEN is actively planning more devices to respond to current and future market demands with higher quality multi-display products beyond the 6-port DEV7610-X6. Development always focuses on user-friendliness and easier implementation in retail and service environments.
Digital signage is transforming the way retailers interact with their customers and AOPEN helps power the latest and most innovative solutions found in retail such as FC Barcelona's FC Botiga store. A 2000m²/21000ft² Megastore with over 3000 FC Barcelona branded items. AOPEN's solutions power the many video walls and billboards around the store, as well as the completely automated interactive displays across the store, where avid fans can order their personalized jerseys and footwear. Find out how AOPEN can help expand your digital signage possibilities.


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Interview on Chinese Century
13/03/15 – Xinhua
The Western portrayal of China's future tends to "blow hot and cold", but the heat of China's rise is here to stay, British scholar Martin Jacques said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
Commenting on a resurfacing "Chinese Century" debate among global media, Martin said that the reason behind this hot discourse is simple: the fact that China's development continues.
"The Western commentary about China's rise is erratic, and tends to be a bit negative. And then from time to time, they sort of wake up and realize that the trend continues," said the author of the international best-seller "When China Rules the World".
In an article for the Vanity Fair magazine, U.S. economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate, foresaw the arrival of a "Chinese Century" in 2015 on the grounds that China has surpassed the United States to become the world's largest economy in terms of GDP based on purchasing power parity.
Similar predictions of a "Chinese Century", often initiated by foreign observers, have occurred on and off since the turn of the century. While most Chinese stay cool-headed, the proclamation has once again aroused heated argumentation among scholars and policy-makers around the world over the potential of China's future.
"From time to time, the West is reminded that China is growing rapidly and is bigger and bigger, and then you get some discussions about the 'Chinese century'," added Jacques, who is also a senior fellow at the department of politics and international studies at Cambridge University.
He noted that China's development globally was sometimes "beneath the radar" in the West, and Westerners didn't really "see the picture in its full extent."
WORLD INCREASINGLY SHAPED BY CHINA
Nearly six years after he published his sensationally titled "When China Rules the World", which triggered serious discussions about China's role in the 21 century world order, the scholar said that "history has been on my side."
"We are so used for 200 years to Westernization that we think that is the only show in town, but it's not. My argument was that what we are going to see is a world shaped not by the West, but increasingly by China," he elaborated.
"China is very different from the West and it is not going to be a Western-style country. China comes from a very different history and culture. This is a very important point some Westerners do not grasp or understand," he continued.
Compared to six years ago, the author observed, there is now a much wider recognition worldwide on China's transformation.
Prior to the financial crisis, the presumption in the West was that sooner or later China's growth would come to an end, based on the assumption that its system was "unsustainable" and "politically fragile," he noted.
"I always thought that is wrong. Now there is a bigger recognition in the world that China is for real, and its heat and its transformation are here to stay," he said.
CHINA "MORE WORLDLY"
Jacques, who regularly travels across China and Asia, has been keenly aware of the changing perceptions and realities in China and in the West.
"Over the last few years, China is becoming increasingly knowledgeable about the world and involved with the world. The Chinese government, businesses and citizens are becoming more worldly and, therefore, more accessible to the rest of the world," the scholar said.
On the other hand, China has drawn countries toward it from all around the world, which have come to see China in a different way, he noted.
"They want to engage with China. They want to have relations with China. They see China offering them a new kind of possibility, and Britain is just one example, which is repeated a hundred times around the world," he told Xinhua.
"China's growing involvement, mainly economically, in other parts of the world, has brought it to the attention of a lot of countries and institutions," he said, adding that this has led to growing interest in trying to understand China's present and past.
"NEW NORMAL" NECESSARY
Addressing China's economic "new normal", Jacques said: "This is inevitable. It's very necessary. If it's not done, then China and the Chinese economy would get into more serious difficulties, so it's very necessary."
China needs to move from "demographic economic growth" based on cheap labor and cheap exports to a more sophisticated economy with more educated labor force and more value-added production, he said.
"That is not an easy transition. It cannot be achieved overnight. It's a long-term process which has been happening gradually," the expert said.
Given the shift in the central gravity of the Chinese economy, an annual economic growth rate of 6 percent or 7 percent would still be good for the nation, he added.
Nothing that Western responses to China's future remain "difficult to project", Jacques suggested that China "carry on with its policy of maintaining a relatively low profile."
"China has tried to seek win-win partnerships, mutuality and cooperation, and I think it is very important that the Chinese carry on with that position. This is not just for this period. This must be a long-term strategic prospect," he said.
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Phoenix Mill in Ancoats is one of four investments by Urban Splash in recent weeks
Urban Splash adds to investment portfolio
Urban Splash has announced four acquisitions in the North West, including a development site in Ellesmere Street, Manchester, with planning permission for 44 apartments.
The former Regiment pub site is near to other Urban Splash developments in the Castlefield area of Manchester. It was previously owned by Urban Splash until 2006 before it was bought by Crosby Homes, now known as Lend Lease.
Urban Splash reacquired the scheme in an off-market purchase for an undisclosed sum via private contacts.
Vaq Farooq of Shoosmiths represented the vendor while Julia Flattery at Eversheds represented Urban Splash.
The company has also recently completed purchases of other buildings totalling more than 20,000 sq ft including Phoenix Mill on Piercy Street in Ancoats, 97 Manchester Road in Altrincham and 36 Euston Road in Morecambe.
The collection of investment properties, which are occupied by charities, William Hill Bookmakers, independent retailers and residential tenants, have been acquired by Urban Splash on behalf of investment partner TBI 2000.
Nathan Cornish, director of Urban Splash, said: "We are delighted to have acquired these sites; it's great that we are able to act so quickly in taking advantage of any opportunities the market can offer.
"These purchases represent Urban Splash's desire and ability to acquire development and investment properties. It shows that we are able to act quickly and grow our investment portfolio which totals over 1m sq ft and our pipeline of more than 2000 residential units. We are always pleased to see details of any new opportunity and can transact quickly and unconditionally."


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Q: How to debug/reset Android 6.0 permissions? While migrating one of my apps to use the Android 6.0 permissions system, I found it very hard to debug permissions using the emulator.
Findings:

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*Disabling a permission in the app info screen doesn't re-show the grant permission dialog when using the requestPermissions() method.

*Reinstalling the app seems to be the only way to make the app show the grant permission dialog again.

What is the proper method to debug permission using the Android emulator?

A: It's actually very easy to debug Android 6.0 permissions. You can reset the permissions to the "install state" for the current foreground app all apps using the following ADB shell command:
adb shell pm reset-permissions

Note: Currently you can't reset the runtime permissions for a specific package, the package manger (pm) tool help section states:

revert all runtime permissions to their default state.

You can easily execute the reset-permissions command using the terminal interface in Android Studio. Note that ADB commands only works if the ADB directory is added to the PATH system environment variable (see: add ADB to path variable).
You can also reset/revoke a specific permissions using:
adb shell pm revoke com.your.package android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

A downside of this command is that it will restart your app, but this doesn't reset the runtime permissions for all apps. To grant a permission replace revoke with grant.

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using AdamsLair.WinForms.PropertyEditing;
using Duality;
using EditorButtons.Buttons;
using EditorButtons.Buttons.Backgrounds;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using ButtonState = AdamsLair.WinForms.Drawing.ButtonState;

namespace EditorButtons.PropertyEditors
{
	public class ButtonRowPropertyEditor : PropertyEditor
	{
		private ButtonContainerPropertyEditor parentContainer;
		private Rectangle buttonPanel = Rectangle.Empty;
		private List<ButtonProperty> buttons;
		private int totalWidth = 0;
		private int spacingX;
		private ButtonRowAlign align;
		private int originalHeight = -1;
		private IButtonRow rowData;

		public IButtonRow RowData { get => rowData; set => rowData = value; }

		public Rectangle ButtonPanel { get => buttonPanel; set => buttonPanel = value; }
		public List<ButtonProperty> Buttons { get => buttons; set => buttons = value; }
		public ButtonRowAlign Align { get => align; set => align = value; }

		public PropertyEditor Editor { get => this; }

		public IButtonContainer Container { get => parentContainer?.Data; set { } }

		public IButtonBackground Background { get; set; }
		public IBrushSettings<Brush> BrushSettings { get; set; }

		public int RowNum { get; set; }

		public override object DisplayedValue
		{
			get { return this.GetValue(); }
		}

		public void SetButtonSizes()
		{
			totalWidth = 0;
			var totalSpacing = RowData.Buttons.Count * RowData.ButtonSpacing;
			var rowWidth = (buttonPanel.Width * RowData.WidthPercentage);

			foreach (var buttonEntry in buttons)
			{
				if (buttonEntry.Value.WidthPercentage > 1) buttonEntry.Value.WidthPercentage = 1;
				if (buttonEntry.Value.HeightPercentage > 1) buttonEntry.Value.HeightPercentage = 1;
				if (buttonEntry.Value.WidthPercentage < 0) buttonEntry.Value.WidthPercentage = 0;
				if (buttonEntry.Value.HeightPercentage < 0) buttonEntry.Value.HeightPercentage = 0;

				if (RowData.ScaleMode == ButtonRowScaleMode.Manual)
				{
					buttonEntry.Rect.Width = MathF.RoundToInt(rowWidth * buttonEntry.Value.WidthPercentage);
					buttonEntry.Rect.Height = MathF.RoundToInt((buttonPanel.Height * RowData.HeightPercentage) * buttonEntry.Value.HeightPercentage);
				}
				else
				{
					var maxButtonWidth = (rowWidth + totalSpacing) / RowData.Buttons.Count;
					buttonEntry.Rect.Width = MathF.RoundToInt(maxButtonWidth * buttonEntry.Value.WidthPercentage);
					buttonEntry.Rect.Height = MathF.RoundToInt((buttonPanel.Height * RowData.HeightPercentage) * buttonEntry.Value.HeightPercentage);

					//Log.Editor.Write($"Row[{RowNum}:{buttons.Count}:{i}] Set width: {buttonEntry.Rect.Width} | max[{maxButtonWidth}] " +
					//	$"buttonPanel[{buttonPanel.Width}] totalSpacing[{totalSpacing}] buttonWidth%[{buttonEntry.Value.WidthPercentage}]");
				}

				totalWidth += buttonEntry.Rect.Width;
			}
		}

		public void UpdateRectangles()
		{
			if (RowData != null && RowData.HeightPercentage < 1)
			{
				if (originalHeight < 0) originalHeight = this.ClientRectangle.Height;
				this.ClientRectangle = new Rectangle(this.ClientRectangle.X, this.ClientRectangle.Y,
					this.ClientRectangle.Width, MathF.RoundToInt(originalHeight * RowData.HeightPercentage));
			}

			this.buttonPanel = new Rectangle(
				this.ClientRectangle.X,
				this.ClientRectangle.Y,
				this.ClientRectangle.Width,
				this.ClientRectangle.Height);
		}

		protected override void UpdateGeometry()
		{
			base.UpdateGeometry();
			UpdateRectangles();
		}

		protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
		{
			base.OnPaint(e);

			if (BrushSettings == null && Background != null)
			{
				BrushSettings = ButtonPropertyMethods.PrepareBrush(Background);
			}

			var outline = Background != null ? Background.Outline : true;

			if (BrushSettings != null && BrushSettings.Brush != null)
			{
				ButtonPropertyMethods.FillBackground(ButtonPanel, e, BrushSettings.Brush, outline);
			}
			else
			{
				ButtonPropertyMethods.PaintSolid(ButtonPanel, e, null, outline);
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			if (Buttons?.Count > 0)
			{
				if (totalWidth == 0)
				{
					SetButtonSizes();
				}

				int bX = ButtonPanel.X, bY = ButtonPanel.Y;

				if (Align == ButtonRowAlign.Center)
				{
					bX = ButtonPanel.X + ((ButtonPanel.Width - totalWidth) / 2);

					foreach (var button in Buttons)
					{
						button.Rect.X = bX;
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							if (button.Pressed) bstate = ButtonState.Pressed;
							else if (button.Hovered) bstate = ButtonState.Hot;
							else bstate = ButtonState.Normal;
						}

						ButtonPropertyMethods.ApplyColors(button, ControlRenderer);
						ControlRenderer.DrawButton(e.Graphics, button.Rect, bstate, button.Label);
						ButtonPropertyMethods.ResetColors(ControlRenderer);

						bX += button.Rect.Width + spacingX;
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				}
				else
				{
					bX = Align == ButtonRowAlign.Left ? ButtonPanel.X : ButtonPanel.Right;

					foreach (var button in Buttons)
					{
						if (Align == ButtonRowAlign.Left)
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							button.Rect.X = bX;
							bX += button.Rect.Width + spacingX;
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							button.Rect.X = bX - button.Rect.Width;
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							if (button.Pressed) bstate = ButtonState.Pressed;
							else if (button.Hovered) bstate = ButtonState.Hot;
							else bstate = ButtonState.Normal;
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						ButtonPropertyMethods.ApplyColors(button, ControlRenderer);
						ControlRenderer.DrawButton(e.Graphics, button.Rect, bstate, button.Label);
						ButtonPropertyMethods.ResetColors(ControlRenderer);
					}
				}
			}
		}

		protected override void OnMouseMove(MouseEventArgs e)
		{
			base.OnMouseMove(e);

			if (Buttons?.Count > 0)
			{
				foreach (var button in Buttons)
				{
					var lastHovered = button.Hovered;
					button.Hovered = button.Rect.Contains(e.Location);
				}
			}

			this.Invalidate();
		}

		protected override void OnMouseLeave(EventArgs e)
		{
			base.OnMouseLeave(e);

			if (Buttons?.Count > 0)
			{
				foreach (var button in Buttons)
				{
					button.Hovered = false;
				}
			}

			this.Invalidate();
		}

		protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e)
		{
			base.OnMouseDown(e);

			if (Buttons?.Count > 0)
			{
				foreach (var button in Buttons)
				{
					if (button.Hovered && (e.Button & MouseButtons.Left) != MouseButtons.None)
					{
						button.Pressed = true;
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				}
			}

			this.Invalidate();
		}

		private void OnClick(MouseEventArgs e)
		{
			if (Buttons?.Count > 0)
			{
				foreach (var button in Buttons)
				{
					if (button.Hovered && (e.Button & MouseButtons.Left) != MouseButtons.None)
					{
						if (button.Pressed && button.Hovered)
						{
							if (button.Value != null)
							{
								button.Value.OnClick?.Invoke();
								ButtonPropertyMethods.RefreshAffectedProperty(this, button.Value);
							}
						}

						button.Pressed = false;
					}
				}
			}
		}

		protected override void OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
		{
			base.OnMouseUp(e);

			OnClick(e);

			this.Invalidate();
		}

		protected override void OnMouseDoubleClick(MouseEventArgs e)
		{
			base.OnMouseDoubleClick(e);

			OnClick(e);

			this.Invalidate();
		}

		public ButtonRowPropertyEditor(ButtonContainerPropertyEditor ParentContainer, List<ButtonProperty> rowButtons, IButtonRow rowData)
		{
			this.rowData = rowData;
			this.Background = RowData.Background;
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			this.buttons = rowButtons;
			this.spacingX = rowData.ButtonSpacing;
			this.align = RowData.Align;

			var mask = ~HintFlags.HasPropertyName;
			this.Hints = this.Hints & mask;

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On all models except Wrangler, front suspensions consist of axle, 2 coil springs, track bar, stabilizer bar and upper and lower control arms. Track bar is used to minimize front axle side-to-side movement. Stabilizer bar and shock absorbers control suspension spring movement.
Wrangler models use leaf spring front suspension with shock absorbers, stabilizer bar and a track bar.
NOTE: See SPECIFICATIONS & PROCEDURES article in WHEEL ALIGNMENT.
NOTE: Wheel bearings on all 4WD models are nonadjustable. If wheel bearings require service, see WHEEL BEARINGS under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION.
detected proceed to WHEEL BEARINGS under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION.
Remove wheel and tire assembly. See Fig. 1.
Fig. 1: 2WD Hub/Rotor Assy. Courtesy of Chrysler Corp.
seal from hub. Remove inner wheel bearing.
compressed air. Damage to bearings or serious injury could occur.
Clean bearings and hub in solvent and dry with compressed air. Inspect bearings and races for damage or excessive wear.
separately. If defective, hub and bearing must be replaced as an assembly. See HUB & BEARING under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION in FRONT AXLES article in DRIVE AXLES.
With vehicle at normal ride height, remove nut, washer and rubber grommet from top of shock absorber. Raise and support vehicle. Remove lower shock mounting bolts from axle housing bracket. Remove shock absorber. Inspect units for damage or leakage. To install, reverse removal procedure.
AXLES article in DRIVE AXLES.
NOTE: DO NOT disconnect caliper unless service is needed. Support caliper with wire to prevent hose damage.
shaft from right axle tube. Leave shift collar on intermediate shaft.
On all models, remove caliper anchor plate from steering knuckle.
install nuts. Tighten nuts to specification. Install NEW cotter pins. Install caliper anchor plate and tighten bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS TABLE at the end of this article. Install axle shafts into axle tubes.
completely engaged with shift collar.
bolts. Install hub washer and nut. Tighten hub nut to specification.
caliper and wheel. Lower vehicle.
Fig. 2: Removing & Installing Steering Knuckle Assembly Courtesy of Chrysler Corp.
1) Raise and support front of vehicle. Note sensor wire routing for installation reference. Clean area around sensor to prevent damage during removal. Remove wheel speed sensor from steering knuckle. Unseat sensor wire retaining grommet.
2) Inside engine compartment, unplug sensor connector from anti-lock harness connector. Remove sensor. To install, reverse removal procedure. See Fig. 3.
Air gap between ABS wheel speed sensor and tone wheel is not adjustable.
Fig. 3: Locating Anti-Lock Brake Wheel Speed Sensor Courtesy of Chrysler Corp.
1) Remove steering knuckle assembly. See STEERING KNUCKLE. To remove upper ball joint, install Receiver (J-34503-1) over top of upper ball joint. Place Adapter (J-34503-3) in "C" clamp. Install "C" clamp, adapter and receiver. Tighten "C" clamp screw to remove ball joint. See Fig. 4.
Fig. 4: Removing & Installing Ball Joint Courtesy of Chrysler Corp.
2) To remove lower ball joint, position Receiver (J-34503-1) onto "C" clamp and Adapter (J-34503-3) at base of clamp. See Fig. 4.Install "C" clamp, adapter and receiver. Tighten "C" clamp to remove ball joint. See Fig. 4.
34503-12) and "C" clamp. Tighten "C" clamp and fully seat ball joint.
"C" clamp to install ball joint. Ensure ball joint is fully seated.
axle flanges. Disconnect drive shaft at front axle.
bar at frame rail bracket. Disconnect tie rod from pitman arm.
spring retainer mounting bolt. Remove spring retainer and coil spring.
height. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS TABLE at the end of this article.
from axle housing. Disconnect control arm mounting bolt at frame rail.
NOTE: Spacer (J-33581-3) is not used on 4WD models, as solid control arm brackets are used. DO NOT attempt to remove upper control arm pivot bushing on 2WD models without spacer. Axle bracket will be distorted if spacer is not used.
Fig. 5: Removing & Installing Upper Control Arm Bushing Courtesy of Chrysler Corp.
CAUTION: On 2WD models, spacer must remain installed for bushing installation.
bracket. Assemble remaining installer components. See Fig. 5.
install upper control arm, reverse removal procedure.
Raise and support vehicle. Support axle. Disconnect lower control arm mounting bolts at axle housing and frame brackets. Remove lower control arm. To install, reverse removal procedure.
nut at frame rail bracket. Remove track bar-to-axle housing bracket.
stabilizer bar links. Remove stabilizer bar bracket-to-frame bolts.
Remove brackets. Remove stabilizer bar and bushings.
(if removed). Tighten to specification. Install stabilizer bar and brackets on the frame. DO NOT tighten bolts at this time.


Being a safety officer at any business organization in the UK can be a tough job. But if you are the type of person who is always concerned with the safety and well-being of others, then role a safety officer can be your ideal vacation. And if you have no idea what responsibilities a safety officer is usually charged with, then this post is for you.
One of the foremost responsibilities of a safety manager is to create a culture of safety in the organization. After all, no matter how well developed and implemented the safety mechanisms are, it won't work properly if the workers of the organization are clueless about safety protocols. So, make sure that you create a good training program which can impart the necessary safety skills in the minds of the employees. Educate them as to the protocols to follow and what to do in case they come across a safety issue. And when the employees themselves start to watch out for safety issues, you will find it easier to ensure that no unfortunate accidents happen in the workplace.
A safety officer also plays a significant role in developing the business plan of an organization. After all, one cannot plan for the future of a business without considering the safety of its employees and workplace. As such, you will be expected to come up with a set of guidelines and targets to make the working environment more safe and secure. You will also have to identify potential safety issues, describe how it can be avoided, and what the consequences are for neglecting the safety issue.
As a safety officer, you won't likely be working alone in the organization. In fact, there will be people under you who will carry out the minor jobs that you assign them. And as their immediate superior, you will be responsible to train them in a way that they will become competent enough to conduct all safety tests that are required to keep the workplace safe.
You will also have to constantly monitor the safety situation of the organization. And when potential risks are identified, immediate steps must be taken to neutralize it as soon as possible. This also gives you an opportunity to tighten the safety regulations of the organization. You have to create a detailed analysis of all the safety issues you come across while mentioning what solutions can be implemented to dampen its impact. And if you are planning to join as a safety officer through the safety recruitment services from Principal People, you can ask them more about the various other types of responsibilities you will have to deal with.
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To me it seems the change from kirkwood to Marvell flavour triggered this for the 6282 SOC.
My TS-219 with a 6281 SOC has no issues with recent stretch kernels.
>it was quite unstable with errors in dmesg and the occasional crash.
>Also the second LAN-interface and the LCD wouldn't work.
>reinstall but didn't seem to result in a crash.
>the kernel, or maybe some fault with my hardware?
>Any help is most welcome! Should I supply any more information?


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Tanguy Ndombele on losing to Leicester: "You can't say that they didn't deserve it."
Speaking to Canal +, an indifferent Tanguy Ndombele reacted to his side Tottenham losing 2-1 to Leicester City.
"I think that we could have won this, but it was a fairly balanced match. It was not like they didn't deserve to win. I think that at 1-0 we should have controlled the game more. On top of that, Serge's goal was disallowed. I think that was the turning point in the match, I don't really understand it. Whether it was his foot or his hand or what by like 1 centimetre, but ultimately the referee decided a certain way, that's life."
On Tottenham not winning away from home in nine matches:
It is a statistic. We are going to try to concentrate on the pitch, on the upcoming cup match and are going to do all we can to win and do things better in the future… Honestly I wasn't aware of this statistic. But there you go in the next game away from home we are going to try to do the best we can.


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2021 April 2021 International News Asia
Japan to Dump Water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
April 27, 2021 January 6, 2022 Charleigh Stone 0 Comments Japan, environment, Asia, Pollution
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The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is on track to release over a million tons of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as part of its cleanup efforts. The first release is anticipated to begin in 2023, with the total process expecting to last over a decade. The move comes as water continues to accumulate, despite the plant being decommissioned following a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The infamous incident damaged the plant's nuclear reactors and cooling system, forcing more than 150,000 people to evacuate the area. Amid increasing water levels over the years since, the plant's 1.37 million ton-capacity is expected to be full by late 2022, forcing TEPCO into action, reports CNBC.
The Fukushima nuclear meltdown put a hold on plans to scale up nuclear power to address climate change, energy poverty, and economic development. In addition, concerns over nuclear safety led several countries to opt for phasing out nuclear power altogether, reports the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In the decade since the incident, Fukushima has been undergoing a cold shutdown wherein cooling and preventing the release of radioactive materials became the forefront of cleanup efforts.
The water, which is a mixture of fluids used to cool the core of nuclear reactors, is expected to be filtered through a complex treatment system designed to reduce dangerous levels of radionuclides to trace amounts. The treatment, however, cannot separate tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. Experts consider tritium to be harmless in small amounts and internationally accepted levels will be achieved by diluting the tainted water before pumping it into the ocean, Reuters reports.
Scientists have said that with dilution, the treated water poses no scientifically detectable risk. Since tritium has a half-life of around 12 years, it will only take a matter of decades to disappear from the environment. However, radiation from tritium can still be ingested, albeit the scientific consensus is that it does not pose a threat to human health, according to BBC News.
According to The Economist, both the United States and the IAEA have endorsed this approach, noting it is "both technically feasible and in line with international practice." However, while Japanese Prime Minster Yoshihide Suga has claimed that the decision is Japan's most realistic option, the later has been met with fierce criticism from both domestic and international actors, reports VOA.
South Korea called the decision "utterly intolerable" and accused Japan of taking "unilateral action" without regard for its neighbors. China has also cited "grave concerns" and reserved the right to take further action if Japan continues without consulting the international community. According to CNBC, South Korean President Moon Jae-in has gone as far to call for officials to find ways of referring Japan's move to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas.
Concerns have also been raised over the environmental impact of the decision; residents of Fukushima fear it will destroy the local fishing industry which is already suffering after a decade of self-imposed limits. Moreover, The New York Times reports that a national poll issued by The Asahi Shimbun found 55 percent of respondents opposed the water dump. Such criticism has been dismissed by Japan as unscientific, noting that releasing treated water into oceans is a routine practice among nuclear plants around the world.
The IAEA confirmed that releasing into the ocean is a disposal method utilized by other plants around the world. Moreover, a nuclear engineering professor, Brent Heuser, who spoke to CNBC, claimed the decision is "simply not a concern" and will have "zero environmental impact," despite concerns from international environmental groups. Rather, Heuser suggests environmental focus remains on plastic pollution.
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MLDS Center Research Series October 6
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Please join us for the next presentation in the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center Research Series
MLDS Center Research Series
Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
School of Social Work, UM Baltimore, 525 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, Conference Room 4E26
Remedial Coursework in Maryland Colleges: Examining High School Predictors and College Outcomes
Abstract: Data from the Maryland Longitudinal Data System (MLDS) will be used to examine the percentage of Maryland high school graduates who are assessed to need remedial coursework upon entering Maryland colleges. High school predictors of needing remedial coursework, such as demographic characteristics, attendance, and high school assessments scores, will be examined. Additionally, college outcomes, including degree completion and time to degree, will be examined. Policy implications and directions for future research will be discussed.
Dr. Angela K. Henneberger, Ph.D., Research Director, MLDS Center
Jamese Dixon-Bobbitt via email: jamese.dixon-bobbitt@maryland.gov (space is limited)
Dr. Angela K. Henneberger is the Research Director for the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center and is a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Prevention and Methodology Training program at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Henneberger's research focuses on the application of advanced quantitative methods to examine the behavioral, social, and emotional predictors of educational outcomes, including academic achievement and motivation, positive social relationships, and prosocial behavior.
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Dual sensory impairment in special schools in South-Eastern Nigeria
Ada E Aghaji1,
Richard Bowman2,
Vincent C Ofoegbu3,
Andrew Smith4
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria
2International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
4International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Correspondence to Dr Ada E Aghaji, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria; aaghaji{at}yahoo.co.uk, ada.aghaji{at}unn.edu.ng
In a cross-sectional study to determine the magnitude of dual sensory impairment (DSI-combined hearing and vision loss) in children in single-disability special education schools, children in schools for the blind and schools for the deaf in four states in South-East Nigeria were examined by an ophthalmologist and otorhinolaryngologist to determine the level of their disability and to identify other disabilities if any. Participants were all students with childhood blindness or childhood deafness. The magnitude and causes of DSI and the burden of undetected DSI were the main outcome measures. A total of 273 students were examined. About 7% of these students had DSI out of which over 60% (12/19) was previously undetected. There was more DSI in the blind schools than in the deaf schools (p=0.003). There is a large burden of undetected DSI in children in special schools in Nigeria. There is a need to create awareness of this problem and advocate appropriate screening, rehabilitative and educational strategies for children who have it.
Comm Child Health
Contributors Made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work: AEA, RB, AS and EO. Drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content: AEA, RB, EO and AS. Approved the final version to be published: AEA, RB, EO and AS.
Funding British Council for the Prevention of Blindness.
Ethics approval Medical Ethics Review Boards of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital.
Data sharing statement The authors are willing to share the original study protocol and anonymised data set used for the analysis on request to fellow researchers.


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"So …" he wrote to his 4,591-and-counting Instagram followers, and the millions more he surely knew the message would reach, "I'm gay."
And with that, local folk hero Tadd Fujikawa on Monday became the first openly gay man in professional golf.
With an accompanying photo that showed Fujikawa sitting against the side of a bed, shirtless and wearing a long chain with a cross, the post opened with an acknowledgement of the date — World Suicide Prevention Day — and a plea to potential detractors to "please be gracious enough to not push your beliefs on me or anyone in the LGBTQ community."
"My hope is this post will inspire each and every one of you to be more empathetic and loving towards one another," Fujikawa wrote.
What followed was a relatively brief but intensely personal account of the internal deliberations that drove Fujikawa to go public with his sexuality.
"I thought that I didn't need to come out because it doesn't matter if anyone knows," he wrote. "But I remember how much other's stories have helped me in my darkest times to have hope. I spent way too long pretending, hiding, and hating who I was. I was always afraid of what others would think/say."
Fujikawa referenced his struggles with depression, which he previously addressed, and a social climate for those who identify as LGBTQ that has improved but not enough.
"Although it's a lot more accepted in our society today, we still see children, teens, and adults being ridiculed and discriminated against for being the way we are," he wrote. "Some have even taken their lives because of it. As long as those things are still happening, I will continue to do my best to bring more awareness to this issue and to fight for equality."
Fujikawa invited those who are struggling to reach out to him, offering the all-caps reassurance: "YOU ARE LOVED AND YOU ARE ENOUGH…AS IS, EXACTLY AS YOU ARE!"
And as far as his father is concerned, that's true for Fujikawa as well.
Derrick Fujikawa said he was not aware that his son was gay until he heard about the Instagram post.
"I'm happy for him," he said. "I'm happy that he was able to come out and that he can get that monkey off his back."
Fujikawa said he isn't surprised that his son would risk backlash to be an inspiration for others.
"He wants to make it better for everybody," he said. "He's a loving kid and he has so much heart. The main thing is that he's happy."
Fujikawa first rose to prominence in 2006 when he qualified for the U.S. Open as a 15-year-old amateur, then made the cut at the 2007 Sony Open. He turned professional later that year.
Standing just 5-feet-1 (he was born three months premature and weighed just 2 pounds at birth), Fujikawa turned heads with his 300-plus-foot drives. Yet his pro career has been underwhelming, highlighted by wins at the Hawaii State Open spread seven years apart.
Fujikawa's coming-out post this week was widely shared, but unlike earlier announcements by gay professional athletes like John Amaechi, Michael Sam and Jason Collins, it drew little response from other athletes.
The highest-profile athlete to respond was fellow golfer Curtis Strange, who tweeted simply, "Wishing you all the best, Tadd. A fan."
The PGA of America Twitter account thanked Fujikawa for "standing up and delivering a powerful message."
The relative silence was addressed in a column by Michael Bamberger for Golf.com, in which Bamberger noted, "the community of golfers is broadly conservative, with a baked-in sense of privacy and modesty. … Golf is not a place to practice let-it-all-hang-out."
Yet Bamberger said the silence could be perceived as progress, and predicted that Fujikawa's act would make it easier for other male professional golfers to come out.
Fujikawa did not respond to a request for comment.
*PLEASE READ* Coincidentally, today is world suicide prevention day. However, I was going to share this regardless. So…I'm gay. Many of you may have already known that.? I don't expect everyone to understand or accept me. But please be gracious enough to not push your beliefs on me or anyone in the LGBTQ community. My hope is this post will inspire each and every one of you to be more empathetic and loving towards one another. I've been back and forth for a while about opening up about my sexuality. I thought that I didn't need to come out because it doesn't matter if anyone knows. But I remember how much other's stories have helped me in my darkest times to have hope. I spent way too long pretending, hiding, and hating who I was. I was always afraid of what others would think/say. I've struggled with my mental health for many years because of that and it put me in a really bad place. Now I'm standing up for myself and the rest of the LGBTQ community in hopes of being an inspiration and making a difference in someone's life. Although it's a lot more accepted in our society today, we still see children, teens, and adults being ridiculed and discriminated against for being the way we are. Some have even taken their lives because of it. As long as those things are still happening, I will continue to do my best to bring more awareness to this issue and to fight for equality. Whether the LGBTQ is what you support or not, we must liberate and encourage each other to be our best selves, whatever that may be. It's the only way we can make this world a better place for future generations. I don't want this to be focused on me. I just want to spread love and acceptance to others who are in a similar situation. If anyone out there is struggling, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. YOU ARE LOVED AND YOU ARE ENOUGH…AS IS, EXACTLY AS YOU ARE!❤ I can't wait for the day we all can live without feeling like we're different and excluded. A time where we don't have to come out, we can love the way we want to love and not be ashamed. We are all human and equal after all. So I dare you…spread love. Let's do our part to make this world a better place.??❤????
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It's that time of year again; to celebrate to the fullest America's Independence Day! Only a week away, I knew I had to prepare a patriotic look for those of you seeking inspiration or wanting to get into the spirit of the holiday.
Like last year, I'm really looking forward to the morning parade, the great food, the lively spirits, the music and of course the fireworks. It's always a great time to celebrate all that America has given my family and I by honoring this special day. It's a huge celebration that has left me with some wonderful memories from the previous years that I cannot wait for this years' festivities.
I'm sure you know that 'a-must' on this day is wearing red, white and blue (the colors of the flag), which is why I'm all decked out. I love the combination of these three colors and with that in mind, I created a really casual look that will take me through the whole day. Last year's outfit was more dressy, so I thought this time I'm going to change things up. See it here: Red, White & Navy!
As you can see I'm all ready in shorts, cute tee and additional American inspired accessories. I even have a small flag to wave around and proudly scream and shout- hahaha! Plus, I gave my nails a French red manicure with cute white dots that look like sprinkles of joy as they shine in the sunlight. I LOVE it and if you can't tell by now, I really enjoy dressing up in sync with Independence Day.
I would love to know, what do you plan on wearing on July 4th and what are you looking forward to the most on this day? I can't wait to read your answers.
Thank you all for reading and being here! I appreciate every single one of you. If you're celebrating, I wish this post got you excited for July 4th. If not, I still hope you found it interesting. As always, I had a wonderful time organizing, creating and writing this post.
I am loving all the red, white and blue. Girl you look amazing.
Really interesting post! This outfit is just perfect!
Means so much.... thank you!
Great pictures babe. Looks lik so much fun.
So happy you liked it Melania! Thanks a million!
Thanks, it's really soft and so patriotic!
So sweet of you to say, thank you!
Great USA look girl, You apre the coolest!
Always happy to read your comment Paola, thanks!
Great post! Love that look.. very stylish.
Great look dear! You look super!
Love the post! The outfit is super appropriate!
you're rocking the patriotic look doll !!
I appreciate it, thanks Franko!
It's always a fun day and I can't wait for all the festivities. Will let you know how it went. Thank you for stopping by.
Thank you Rachel! I got them from Target!
Amazing 4th of July shirt, Radi! You look beautiful my darling! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you so much Len for your continues support!
Great outfit, I'm loving these shorts! I cannot wait for the long weekend.
I really love your tee.
Such a great ensemble! I have no idea what I am going to wear for the 4th of July yet.
Thanks Jessi. I hope you found this post inspiring!
Such a lovely casual July 4th outfit! I honestly do not know what I'll be wearing, so thanks for this lovely inspiration dear.
Anytime Lily Rose, glad to help and hopefully give you an idea of what to wear on July 4th!
Thanks and you're very welcome!
'have a Lovely day doll!
Now that you're back in America, enjoy your 4th of July and have fun!
I LOVE USA!! Really nice post!
Adoreeee this style! GO YOU!
You are so pretty :) I love this post!
Great style darling. I feel like wearing denim of any sort is perfect for the 4th of July.
Thanks and you're so right! Can never go wrong with denim!


Finding some reliable Antioch cheap moving companies is not an easy task. Relocation is already stressful in itself. From signing a lease to waiting on your escrow for a deal close, you do not have to complicate the process further by handling the moving on your own. There's nothing fun about moving boxes, packing your belongings, running an inventory of your furniture and the rest of household goods, and finally hiring a truck to transport the stuff. You do not have to do any of these when there are so many affordable movers all over Antioch to facilitate a quick, stress-free moving. Do your research and find out what other people have to say about various movers in Antioch. Enter different keywords on Google or Yahoo search and read through the reviews before hiring.
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There are many Antioch cheap overs in the city. In broad categorization, they include local movers, interstate movers, and cross country movers. However, a full service moving company does it all. So regardless of where you are moving to, there's always a company that handles such moves.
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GUANGZHOU, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- For Chien Mou Lin's family, a gathering during the Lunar New Year holiday usually involves a choice between a three-hour ferry trip or a bus ride that could take up to four hours.
But this year, the 83-year-old retired physician living in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou with his wife, has a new and much easier means to travel to Hong Kong to visit their son and daughter-in-law -- a 50-minute high-speed railway ride.
"The train station is close to my home," said Chien. "The arrival station in Hong Kong's West Kowloon is also well-designed, saving us elderly much walking."
In September last year, the entire line of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link was put into official operation, as the Hong Kong section of the high-speed railway entered into service.
The 141-km Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link includes 115 km on the Chinese mainland and 26 km in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR).
Linked into China's expanding high-speed rail network, it will offer direct rail services between Hong Kong and 44 destinations on the mainland, including Beijing and Shanghai.
"Hong Kong is a fast-paced society. The high-speed railway is easily the best choice of transportation for people visiting their families during the holiday," said Shao Jianbo, a social worker in Guangzhou.
In October last year, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge, the world's longest cross-sea bridge, opened to public traffic, connecting Guangdong Province with the two SARs, Hong Kong and Macao.


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And the hearts were falling...and the dusks were gathering the hearts, why exactly didn't they turn human?
A Nobody has to be killed first.
And the Dusks didn't gather them. Most of those hearts turned back into Heartless.


Find out the advantages of attending graduate school.
If you're considering attending graduate school, but aren't sure if it's the right career move for you, read on to find out more information on the advantages of graduate school. Graduate students come from a variety of backgrounds, and more people are applying to graduate schools now than ever before. There is no set recipe for the perfect graduate program applicant, however there are certain qualities and goals that all share.
Some people are confused by the difference between a masters degree and PhD. Briefly, a masters degree provides specialized knowledge in a subject, while a PhD is usually focused in research and developing new knowledge within your field.
The debate of whether graduate school is a good investment becomes more common as earning a masters degree or PhD rises in popularity. Although there are a few drawbacks to earning a graduate degree, such as finding the finances to fund your education and having a much busier schedule, many people find attending graduate school is the perfect move for their career. Students may decide to attend graduate school at a variety of points in their career. You want to make sure you attend graduate school at the best time for you.
To learn more about a subject they are passionate about.
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To start an encore career instead of retiring.
Just like you had to adjust to the transition from high school to your undergraduate college, you should also prepare yourself for the transition from undergraduate college to graduate school. Many students find that they enjoy the independent and research driven structure that graduate school follows. Relationships with faculty and advisors are developed more in depth as you will be working closely with them on your research and thesis. This allows you short- and long-term benefits of having a connection who is already inside the industry.
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Are you burned out on school? If you really have your heart set on earning a graduate degree, remember that you will have the whole summer to recuperate from earning your undergraduate degree. The longer you wait, the more difficult the decision will be to return to school.
Although you may not have the funding to finance your graduate tuition by yourself, there are many loans, grants and scholarships available to help lower the cost of tuition, or cover it completely. Graduate students also have more work study opportunities available, as some become teacher's assistants or sign up for fellowships or assistantships.
While some people may have found it easy to take a full-time course load in their undergraduate studies, graduates usually find it more challenging. This is why many graduate students go to school part-time, which allows them to have a part-time job or land an internship in their field.


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They Were Deported By Trump. Now Biden Wants to Bring Them Back.
The Biden administration will review thousands of deportations, permitting some immigrants back into the U.S.
By Julia Preston
Jason Rochester talks to his wife, Cecilia González Carmona, over FaceTime from Roswell, Ga. in June 2021. Ashton, their son, is visiting his mother in Mexico, since she can't return to the United States after she self-deported in 2018. Lynsey Weatherspoon for The Marshall Project
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News · Filed 06.29.2021 4:30 a.m.
Jason Rochester tried everything he could to persuade the Trump administration to allow his wife Cecilia, who is Mexican, to come back to their home in the United States.
A truck driver from Georgia, Rochester wanted to do the right thing to fix his wife's undocumented immigration status and put her on track to become an American citizen, like him and their son Ashton, now 8. They even agreed that she would leave for Mexico voluntarily in 2018, expecting she would soon be permitted to re-enter the country with legal papers.
This article was published in partnership with Politico.
They were wrong. Even when Ashton went through a year of treatment for kidney cancer, Trump administration officials did not relent, finding no compelling reason to let his mother in. Rochester stopped pleading.
Now, based on encouraging moves by President Joe Biden in a handful of deportations, Rochester is preparing a new application to try again.
That's because the Biden administration, with little public fanfare, is working on plans for an organized review of thousands of cases of people who say they were unjustly deported in recent years, senior officials in charge of immigration said.
The officials say that many deportations, especially under President Trump, were unduly harsh, with little law enforcement benefit. They are working to devise a system to reconsider cases of immigrants who were removed despite strong ties to the United States.
Legal scholars said a process that resulted in returns of significant numbers of deported people would be highly unusual in American immigration law. Until now, undoing deportations has generally required arduous legal battles in exceptional cases, and returns have been infrequent.
The Department of Homeland Security "is committed to reviewing the cases of individuals whose removals under the prior administration failed to live up to our highest values," said Marsha Espinosa, a spokeswoman for the agency. She confirmed officials are developing "a rigorous, systematic approach" to conduct the reviews and "an orderly process" for deported people to present their claims.
They would include military families and veterans — a few returns of military relatives have already been completed — and young immigrants who were excluded from protections under the program known as DACA as a result of Trump's efforts to cancel it. Officials also plan to examine claims of people who say they were deported in retaliation for fighting their removals or publicly protesting immigration policies.
The administration may consider a much larger group of immigrants who — like Cecilia González Carmona, Rochester's wife — have spouses, children or other close relatives who are American citizens and can show their families were severely harmed by the deportation of a parent or breadwinner.
The reviews will proceed on a painstaking case-by case basis, officials said. At least initially, only a very small fraction — perhaps thousands — of more than 900,000 formal deportations under Trump could be reversed. But eventually, if the review system is effective, many more people could apply.
Hints of the administration's plans, which have emerged as an initial few returns were carried out, have mobilized Jason Rochester, who introduces himself as "A Desperate Father" in emails he sends to anyone who will listen. His family's efforts to get his wife right with immigration law, he says, all went terribly wrong.
Rochester works for UPS. His and González Carmona's son Ashton had kidney cancer.
Lynsey Weatherspoon for The Marshall Project
Rochester, who drives a tractor-trailer for UPS, had voted for Trump in 2016. He says he liked Trump's law-and-order message, and he never imagined that his wife, a stay-at-home mother with no criminal record, would be treated as one of the bad immigrants Trump vowed to remove. But he and his wife grew increasingly wary as Trump decreed that any undocumented immigrant could be deported and immigration agents became more aggressive. González Carmona had crossed the border without papers nearly two decades earlier. Based on poor advice from a lawyer, Rochester said, she decided to stay ahead of the authorities by agreeing to leave for Mexico on her own, believing she would have a quick turnaround back to the United States.
Not long after she left, a new lawyer they hired to handle González Carmona's return discovered an old record of a formal deportation she was unaware of, when she had been caught and expelled at the border 18 years earlier, at the peak of a huge migrant influx under President Clinton. By long-standing law, she was barred from entering the United States for 10 years.
Six months after she departed in 2018, Ashton was diagnosed with cancer. He had a kidney removed and underwent 10 months of radiation and chemotherapy. González Carmona was stranded in Mérida, in southeastern Mexico. The family photos from that time are of Ashton, bone-thin and attached to a tangle of tubes in a hospital bed, with Rochester holding up a mobile tablet and his wife watching their son from afar.
She asked the Trump administration for an emergency permission, known as a humanitarian parole, to return to care for Ashton. On Aug. 31, 2018, an immigration official informed her in writing that there were no "urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit" to grant her request.
"I can't stand to think about the things Ashton used to ask me when he was sick, why she wasn't there," Rochester said.
Ashton's cancer has not reappeared, and his father says he understands better now that González Carmona "made a mistake" that prevents her from being with them. As U.S. citizens, father and son can travel to Mexico, and have done so a few times to see her.
Yet Rochester says he and his son are the ones being punished. "We're citizens," he said, "and we have to choose between our wife and mother or our country."
Rochester and his wife are preparing a new request for a humanitarian parole. Federal officials have broad powers to grant those paroles, which allow foreigners into the country for a short time, without providing any immigration status. A task force Biden set up to reunite families that were separated at the southwest border under Trump's zero tolerance policy is issuing paroles to bring parents in to rejoin their children. Administration officials said the task force is a testing ground for a broader use of paroles to reunify more families of immigrants who were deported.
Since several federal agencies are involved, the work to organize the review process is slow going, officials said, and no deadline for announcements has been set. But the goal is clear: "We're eager to bring people back in who shouldn't have been removed in the first place," said a senior immigration official involved in the planning, who was not authorized to speak publicly about ongoing discussions.
To date the administration's highest priority has been military families and veterans, after Biden made promises to help them during his campaign last year. Espinosa, the Homeland Security spokeswoman, said her agency is also working to create easier pathways to naturalization — the process to gain U.S. citizenship — for those families. While estimates are inexact, officials say at least 11,800 active duty service members have close relatives facing deportation, and hundreds of veterans at least have been expelled.
Alejandra Juarez hugs her daughter Pamela Juarez, right, her lawyer Andrea Martinez, daughter Estela Juarez, and husband Temo Juarez, left, after returning to Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., in May 2021.
Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel, via TNS
The administration already made good on Biden's promise in one prominent case. On May 8, Alejandra Juarez, a Mexican woman who had been forced to leave in 2018, was reunited with her family near Orlando, Fla. Her husband, Temo Juarez, served in the Marines and is an Iraq combat veteran, and he and their two daughters are American citizens. Juarez benefited from years of advocacy by her congressman, Rep. Darren Soto of Florida, a Democrat, and a star turn by her daughter Estela, then 11, at the Democratic National Convention last year.
In a letter on June 9, more than 80 immigrants' rights organizations urged Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to create a centralized review office for veterans and other groups. Advocates have likened their proposal to the recent efforts to overturn and make amends for wrongful convictions in the criminal justice system.
"We are not asking for special treatment," said Nayna Gupta, a lawyer at the National Immigrant Justice Center who is leading the push for deportation reviews. "It's just making the law do what it was intended to do."
In addition to paroles, officials are looking at reopening deportation cases in court to give immigrants another chance, and offering waivers to remove obstacles blocking immigrants from obtaining legal green cards through family members. With Biden already facing accusations from Republicans that he is letting in swarms of criminals at the southwest border, senior officials are anticipating intense opposition, and they are working to armor the review process, which they say draws on well-established executive branch authorities, against legal challenges.
Mayorkas has directed officials to closely examine claims of immigrants who said they were deported as punishment for political activity. "Retaliation in response to the constitutionally protected right of speech, that is just unacceptable," Mayorkas said at a conference at the University of California, Los Angeles law school in April.
Claudio Rojas, who is from Argentina, was deported by immigration agents under Trump in 2019 shortly after a film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival that depicted the audacious resistance he had helped to organize years earlier inside an immigration detention center in south Florida. Filmmakers have rallied to press for Rojas's return.
A question for Biden administration officials is whether they will also extend opportunities for return to people who were deported under President Obama, when Biden was vice-president and Obama was lambasted by activists as "the deporter-in-chief."
Maria Paz Perez and her children, Isabella and Xavier, outside their house. After her husband, Brigido Isidro Acosta, was deported in 2013, the family lost their home and had to move in with Maria's parents.
Lawrence Agyei for The Marshall Project
Maria Paz Perez wants to find out. Her husband, Brigido Isidro Acosta, was deported in 2013, rousted by immigration agents from their living room in a Chicago suburb while he was carving a Halloween pumpkin with their three-year-old son.
Acosta's immigration problems dated back to an encounter 11 years earlier in Dallas-Fort Worth airport with a customs official who, suspicious at seeing a young Mexican man traveling alone, decided to keep him out of the United States. Acosta had a valid tourist visa and was coming to visit his mother in Illinois.
After he was strip-searched and subjected to hours of interrogation, he says, Acosta agreed to go back to Mexico. Apparently out of spite, the official stamped a deportation record into his passport, making it impossible for Acosta to return legally for 10 years.
Five years later Acosta came back illegally, settling near his mother in Illinois. Together with Perez, an American citizen, he started a family, with two American children, and a car insurance business. But in one of Obama's frequent immigration dragnets, agents tracked him down.
A photo of Perez with Acosta. Perez had to undergo brain and spinal surgeries without her husband.
After her husband's deportation their business failed, and Perez lost her home and was forced to move in with her parents. Their son Xavier, now 11, has not stopped longing for his father. "He's never really understood," Perez said, "because how do you understand that your father was there one day and gone the next?"
Then came cascading medical crises that Perez has confronted without her husband at hand. In January 2020, she had surgery to remove a brain tumor, uncertain if she would emerge alive to care for their children. The tumor was benign. Then, Perez's father passed away of COVID-19 in October. In February, Acosta's mother was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. In May, Perez had another surgery, this time to correct an agonizing spinal condition.
Perez and her children, Isabella and Xavier, work on a puzzle at home in Schaumburg, Ill.
The family is weighing a new appeal to the Biden administration for fast-track permission to let Acosta back in.
"With my heart in my hand, I can tell you that if I could make it back before my mom passes away, that would be the best," Acosta said by phone from Mexico. "I would just like to do our family's life together on a daily basis, the same way we had before. Because we had a team back then."
Julia Preston Twitter Email covered immigration for The New York Times for 10 years, until 2016. She was a member of The Times staff that won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on international affairs, for its series that profiled the corrosive effects of drug corruption in Mexico. She is a 1997 recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for distinguished coverage of Latin America and a 1994 winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Humanitarian Journalism.
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The homestead is abuzz, quite literally, as I've released some three thousand ladybugs in to feast on the gray aphids. Calendula heads are clipped and their vine-dried seeds harvested. Bunches of oregano, thyme and rosemary are hanging to dry. Lavender and fennel are deflowered, hibiscus blossoms in their natural wrappers are almost ready for the teapot and honeysuckle flowers are twining their golden arms around each other on the rack. The drying room is filled with intoxicating odors and I have already begun to blend them for next year's ritual incense. My favorite season of all is just about here – Autumn.
I'm reflecting once again on the year that is almost passed. As my hands perform each mundane chore, I quickly find myself contemplating the new learning the year has brought me in those countless hours nurturing, cajoling and whispering each plant from the dark Mother's womb into fullness. The moon is full, shimmering on the wheat that stands tall in the fields. Bats are breaking my concentration as they dive through the mosquito swarms, and I am keenly aware that the River's tide has turned because the breeze has picked up across the island.
The first batch of Helichrysum (aka Immortelle) is in. These petite, sun-shaped flowers nestle against a silvery mist of leaves and stalks, and true to their nature, they've improved my disposition by scent alone as I hang them on the line to dry. This herb is well-known for its medicinal value and it is said by some that it stimulates the right side of the brain. It also is reported to ease exhaustion and lethargy as well as treating pain and depression. I harvest the flowers for tea, a tasty and potent treat. It makes a great addition to my soaps and bathwater, and it is a "must have" in my medicine bag. The herb being burned for cleansing the house is powerful. Extracts are also added to sunscreens to block UV rays.
I planted this seedling on August 16, 2010 according to my diary. It's now a mature bush providing enough for my household's use. Each year I put the first of its harvest on the altar as an offering of my thanks and a prayer that next year will be just as blessed. This year, the first of the harvest has been dried and blended with freshly dried bergamot and laid on the altar beneath the pear tree now surrounded by small tufts of dill. The garden fae appear pleased at its presence, peace and joy are amplified through the power of the bergamot.
Carrying a bunch of the dried helichrysum blooms with some bergamot leaves in my pocket, I cross the hedge. I visit the Spirits that I am forging relationship with; I've attempted to build relationships with the moody, grouchy ones by leaving handfuls for them as well. Sometimes I get ignored or maybe a disinterested stare from those Ones who have no desire to be my ally. But more often than not, this handcrafted offering has proved to be well-received and beneficial. I rarely 'leave home' without it as I travel along the Witch's path.


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