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October 10, 2019 News » Whistler
Community Foundation of Whistler wants to increase its exposure in 2019
Local non-profit and grant provider celebrates its 20th anniversary tonight at special event
By Brandon Barrett
TAKING OVER Claire Mozes brings years of experience as the Whistler Community Services Society's manager of outreach services to her new role at the helm of the Community Foundation of Whistler.
To say the Community Foundation of Whistler (CFOW) has come a long way in its 20 years in the resort would be a vast understatement.
The charity, which manages several permanent endowment funds that benefit a range of local organizations, was founded in 1999 with initial seed money of $25,000. Today, the organization has an asset base of $6.4 million to draw from—and yet, according to new executive director Claire Mozes, the CFOW still struggles with exposure in the community.
"I think it's really about increasing the community's familiarity with the foundation," she said. "I know our grant recipients know about us, we have some amazing funders that fund us, but it's making it a little bit more of a household name and explaining what we do."
Part of those efforts this year will see the CFOW's marketing team develop a clear vision statement, help define what the organization does as well as explaining the benefit of donating to the CFOW.
"I think the barrier is really just trying to understand how broad in scope the community foundation is," explained Carol Coffey, who left the director position in May after seven years with the CFOW. "There are so many different areas of community that we address: the environment, arts and culture, youth and social services—so many different areas that it's not as clear for people to understand what we do, and because we grant money and we don't run our own programs, it's just not quite as easy to wrap your head around as, say, understanding what Whistler Animals Galore does."
In 2018, the CFOW garnered $691,924 in donations, up from $377,115 the year prior. At year's end, it managed more than 30 endowment funds totalling roughly $6.1 million, including it's largest, the Environmental Legacy Fund, the Jill Ackhurst Social Action Fund and the Whistler Employee Fund.
But more than being Whistler's "long-term savings account," the CFOW also serves as an important barometer of the community's well-being, Mozes said, bolstered by its annual Vital Signs report, which compiles existing local, provincial and national economic and social data to provide a comprehensive look into the resort, as well as its Vital Café events, community talks that focus on the big issues impacting Whistler.
"Community foundations can show a lot of leadership for helping to support the community based on what their needs are," noted Mozes, who previously worked as the manager of outreach services for the Whistler Community Services Society. "We're not out there programming; that's definitely up to the non-profits that are out there doing that great work, but we can bring them together and we can also help get them really familiar with these needs, so that, hopefully, they can work together collaboratively.
"I do think the community foundation can take a bit of a stronger, front-facing (role) to really show what some of these needs are and that we're here to help make it happen."
One Vital Café scheduled for the fall will focus on how local employers can help improve community belonging, while another will look at truth and reconciliation efforts with the area's First Nations at the local level, Mozes said. The CFOW is also in the process of recording a podcast that will delve deeper into the topics addressed at the Vital Café talks.
"You really can't have a conversation about belonging and inclusion if you're not having a conversation about truth and reconciliation," said Coffey. "Community foundations are trying to move the dial forward on this type of change at the community level, which is really important. The community foundation has a really key role to play in the community."
To learn more, visit whistlerfoundation.com.
You can join the CFOW to celebrate tonight at the Maury Young Arts Centre from 5 to 7 p.m., but please register attendance at the free event through eventbrite on https://www.eventbrite.com/e/20th-anniversary-celebration-of-the-community-foundation-of-whistler-tickets-72745709375?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=eventcard
This story first appeared in Pique in July.
Tags: Whistler, Community Foundation of Whistler, Non-Profits
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In a battle of the two undefeated and best two 140 pound fighters in the world. Terrence Crawford(28-0,20 kos) and Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 kos) will fight in a unification title bout for the WBC and WBO Junior Welterweight titles. Both fighters are coming off impressive victories, as Crawford is coming off a knockout win against Hank Lundy in the 5th round. Postol is coming off an upset knockout win against heavy hitter Lucas Matthysse. Both fighters are clearly the best two in the division and both fighters are 28-0.
On the same pay-per-view event you will also get to see two men clash that between them have 35 KO victories in their careers. The 24 year old Super middleweight titlist Gilbert Ramirez (34-0, 24 kos) will make his first title defense against top contender Dominik Britsch (32-2, 11 kos).
I am very excited to be making my first World Title defense. I am working hard to make it a successful defense as I plan to be a World Champion for a long time," Ramirez said. "Dominik is a tough challenger, very strong. I don't know a lot about him personally, but I will train hard as always. It feels great being on another HBO PPV event. One day I want to be in the main event of a pay-per-view. That goal motivates me to do my best."
"I am very happy to be fighting the No. 1 super middleweight — world champion Gilberto Ramirez," said Britsch. "My slogan is, 'Only those who dare to lose can win.' Gilberto, I am ready for you."
Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs), a two-fisted super middleweight wrecking machine who hails from Mazatlan, Mexico, made history, boxing fans may recall, in the co-main event to the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley welterweight pay-per-view on April 9 when he became Mexico's first fighter to win a super middleweight world title. Entering the fight as the top world-rated contender, Ramirez gave a virtuoso performance over the defending WBO champion Abraham. All three judges scored it as a 120-108 blitzkrieg. "I took him to Mexican boxing school," a jubilant Ramirez boasted as he put on the world championship belt . A sensational young champion, Ramirez, 24, has won four of his last eight bouts by knockout. Career-highlight performances include an NABF and NABO title victory over Giovanni Lorenzo via fifth-round stoppage, a WBO International title knockout victory over Junior Talipeau and a successful defense of his NABF and WBO International titles, stopping Fulgencio Zuniga in the eighth round, all in 2014. Last year he successfully defended his titles via unanimous decisions over once-beaten Maxim Vlasov, division gate keeper Derek Edwards, who boasts a KO victory over world champion Badou Jack, and once-beaten Gevorg Khatchikian, who had scored knockouts in five of his last six victories.
Ramirez is a heavy favorite to win in the co- main event.
Also on the undercard is two-time Mexican Olympian and undefeated No. 1 featherweight contender Óscar Valdez. Valdez will rumble with undefeated No. 2 world-rated contender Matias "La Cobrita" Rueda for the vacant WBO featherweight world title.
"I really believe that looking at my past few fights I have earned the opportunity to fight for a world championship," said Valdez. "Now is the time to take advantage of this opportunity."
"Although this will be my second fight in the U.S. and many people might think I am not the favorite, I will surprise lots of fans," said Rueda. "I respect my opponent, but I am going to Las Vegas determined and with only one thing on my mind – winning the belt and bringing it back to Argentina with me. You can all be sure of that. My opponent is going to lose. I respect him, he is a very good fighter, but he will lose."
The opening match of the pay-per-view telecast will feature former interim world champion Jose Benavidez, jr. risking his undefeated record and Top-10 world-rating, in a 10-round Welterweight battle against Francisco "Chia" Santana.
Benavidez (24-0, 16 KOs), from Phoenix, AZ, won his first world title in 2014 when he won a hotlycontested unanimous decision over defending World Boxing Association (WBA) interim super lightweight champion Mauricio Herrera. After one successful title defense — a 12th-round knockout of Jorge Paez, Jr. in 2015 — Benavidez vacated the title to move up to the welterweight division. His debut in the heavier weight class took place on December 12, where he won a blistering 10-round unanimous over Sidney Siqueira. An amateur standout, at 16, Benavidez was the youngest boxer to ever win the National Golden Gloves Championships, in 2009. He was also the youngest boxer, at 17, to be licensed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. An exception was made for the minimum age requirement of 18 years because of his exceptional talent. Benavidez is currently the WBA's No. 6 world-rated welterweight contender.
Santana (24-4-1, 12 KOs), from Santa Barbara, Calif., enters this fight having won 12 of his last 13 bouts, with half of those victories coming by way of knockout.. A favorite of Southern California fight fans because of his exciting style and two-fisted power, Santana boasts several notable victories including a first round knockout of undefeated contender Kendal Mena for the WBA International welterweight title in 2015, and back-to-back unanimous decisions over former world champion Joachim Alcine and Freddy Hernandez in 2013. In his last fight, on April 2, he scored a 10-round unanimous decision over Edward Paredes.
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package com.dremio.exec.planner.sql.handlers.commands;

import java.util.Arrays;

import org.apache.calcite.avatica.util.Casing;
import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlJdbcFunctionCall;
import org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlAbstractParserImpl.Metadata;
import org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParser;

import com.dremio.common.exceptions.UserException;
import com.dremio.common.types.TypeProtos.MinorType;
import com.dremio.exec.planner.physical.PlannerSettings;
import com.dremio.exec.planner.sql.ParserConfig;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserBitShared.QueryId;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.ConvertSupport;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.CorrelationNamesSupport;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.DateTimeLiteralsSupport;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.GetServerMetaReq;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.GetServerMetaResp;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.GroupBySupport;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.IdentifierCasing;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.NullCollation;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.OrderBySupport;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.OuterJoinSupport;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.RecordBatchFormat;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.RequestStatus;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.RpcType;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.ServerMeta;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.SubQuerySupport;
import com.dremio.exec.proto.UserProtos.UnionSupport;
import com.dremio.exec.resolver.TypeCastRules;
import com.dremio.exec.rpc.ResponseSender;
import com.dremio.exec.server.SabotContext;
import com.dremio.exec.work.protector.ResponseSenderHandler;
import com.dremio.sabot.rpc.user.UserSession;
import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

/**
 * Contains worker {@link Runnable} for returning server meta information
 */
public class ServerMetaProvider {
  private static final ImmutableList<MinorType> DRILL10_DECIMAL_TYPES = ImmutableList.of(
      MinorType.DECIMAL9, MinorType.DECIMAL18,
      MinorType.DECIMAL28DENSE, MinorType.DECIMAL28SPARSE,
      MinorType.DECIMAL38DENSE, MinorType.DECIMAL38SPARSE);

  // to advertise support for 2-argument LOCATE(...) function
  private static final String LOCATE_2 = "LOCATE_2";

  private static final ServerMeta DEFAULT = ServerMeta.newBuilder()
      .addAllConvertSupport(getSupportedConvertOps())
      .addAllDateTimeFunctions(Splitter.on(",").split(SqlJdbcFunctionCall.getTimeDateFunctions()))
      .addAllDateTimeLiteralsSupport(Arrays.asList(DateTimeLiteralsSupport.values()))
      .addAllNumericFunctions(Splitter.on(",").split(SqlJdbcFunctionCall.getNumericFunctions()))
      .addAllOrderBySupport(Arrays.asList(OrderBySupport.OB_UNRELATED, OrderBySupport.OB_EXPRESSION))
      .addAllOuterJoinSupport(Arrays.asList(OuterJoinSupport.OJ_LEFT, OuterJoinSupport.OJ_RIGHT,
          OuterJoinSupport.OJ_FULL))
      .addAllStringFunctions(Splitter.on(",").split(SqlJdbcFunctionCall.getStringFunctions()))
      .addStringFunctions(LOCATE_2)
      .addAllSystemFunctions(Splitter.on(",").split(SqlJdbcFunctionCall.getSystemFunctions()))
      .addAllSubquerySupport(Arrays.asList(SubQuerySupport.SQ_CORRELATED, SubQuerySupport.SQ_IN_COMPARISON,
          SubQuerySupport.SQ_IN_EXISTS, SubQuerySupport.SQ_IN_QUANTIFIED))
      .addAllUnionSupport(Arrays.asList(UnionSupport.U_UNION, UnionSupport.U_UNION_ALL))
      .setAllTablesSelectable(false)
      .setBlobIncludedInMaxRowSize(true)
      .setCatalogAtStart(true)
      .setCatalogSeparator(".")
      .setCatalogTerm("catalog")
      .setColumnAliasingSupported(true)
      .setNullPlusNonNullEqualsNull(true)
      .setCorrelationNamesSupport(CorrelationNamesSupport.CN_ANY)
      .setReadOnly(false)
      .setGroupBySupport(GroupBySupport.GB_UNRELATED)
      .setLikeEscapeClauseSupported(true)
      .setNullCollation(NullCollation.NC_HIGH)
      .setSchemaTerm("schema")
      .setSearchEscapeString("\\")
      .setTableTerm("table")
      .build();

  private static final ServerMeta DRILL_1_0_DEFAULT = ServerMeta.newBuilder(DEFAULT)
      .clearConvertSupport()
      .addAllConvertSupport(getDrill10SupportedConvertOps())
      .build();

  private static final ServerMeta DEFAULT_WITHOUT_MAP = ServerMeta.newBuilder(DEFAULT)
    .clearConvertSupport()
    .addAllConvertSupport(getSupportedConvertOpsWithoutMap())
    .build();

  private static Iterable<ConvertSupport> getSupportedConvertOpsWithoutMap() {
    // A set would be more appropriate but it's not possible to produce
    // duplicates, and an iterable is all we need.
    ImmutableList.Builder<ConvertSupport> supportedConvertedOps = ImmutableList.builder();

    for(MinorType from: MinorType.values()) {
      if (from == MinorType.MAP) {
        continue;
      }
      for(MinorType to: MinorType.values()) {
        if (to == MinorType.MAP) {
          continue;
        }
        if (TypeCastRules.isCastable(from, to)) {
          supportedConvertedOps.add(ConvertSupport.newBuilder().setFrom(from).setTo(to).build());
        }
      }
    }
    return supportedConvertedOps.build();
  }

  private static final Iterable<ConvertSupport> getSupportedConvertOps() {
    // A set would be more appropriate but it's not possible to produce
    // duplicates, and an iterable is all we need.
    ImmutableList.Builder<ConvertSupport> supportedConvertedOps = ImmutableList.builder();

    for(MinorType from: MinorType.values()) {
      for(MinorType to: MinorType.values()) {
        if (TypeCastRules.isCastable(from, to)) {
          supportedConvertedOps.add(ConvertSupport.newBuilder().setFrom(from).setTo(to).build());
        }
      }
    }

    return supportedConvertedOps.build();
  }

  private static final Iterable<ConvertSupport> getDrill10SupportedConvertOps() {
    // A set would be more appropriate but it's not possible to produce
    // duplicates, and an iterable is all we need.
    ImmutableList.Builder<ConvertSupport> supportedConvertedOps = ImmutableList.builder();

    for(MinorType from: MinorType.values()) {
      if (from == MinorType.MAP) {
        continue;
      }
      for(MinorType to: MinorType.values()) {
        if (to == MinorType.MAP) {
          continue;
        }
        if (TypeCastRules.isCastable(from, to)) {
          if (from == MinorType.DECIMAL || to == MinorType.DECIMAL) {
            addDrill10DecimalConvertOps(supportedConvertedOps, from, to);
          }
          else {
            supportedConvertedOps.add(ConvertSupport.newBuilder().setFrom(from).setTo(to).build());
          }
        }
      }
    }

    return supportedConvertedOps.build();
  }

  private static final void addDrill10DecimalConvertOps(ImmutableList.Builder<ConvertSupport> builder, MinorType from, MinorType to) {
    ImmutableList.Builder<ConvertSupport> supportedConvertedOps = ImmutableList.builder();

    for(MinorType newFrom: from == MinorType.DECIMAL ? DRILL10_DECIMAL_TYPES : ImmutableList.of(from)) {
      for(MinorType newTo: to == MinorType.DECIMAL ? DRILL10_DECIMAL_TYPES : ImmutableList.of(to)) {
        supportedConvertedOps.add(ConvertSupport.newBuilder().setFrom(newFrom).setTo(newTo).build());
      }
    }
  }

  public static class ServerMetaHandler extends ResponseSenderHandler<GetServerMetaResp> {

    public ServerMetaHandler(ResponseSender sender) {
      super(RpcType.SERVER_META, GetServerMetaResp.class, sender);
    }

    @Override
    protected GetServerMetaResp getException(UserException ex) {
      final GetServerMetaResp.Builder respBuilder = GetServerMetaResp.newBuilder();
      respBuilder.setStatus(RequestStatus.FAILED);
      respBuilder.setError(MetadataProvider.createPBError("get server meta", ex));
      return respBuilder.build();
    }

  }

  /**
   * Super class for all metadata provider runnable classes.
   */
  public static class ServerMetaCommandRunner implements CommandRunner<GetServerMetaResp> {
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    private final GetServerMetaReq req;
    private final QueryId queryId;
    private final UserSession session;
    private final SabotContext dContext;

    protected ServerMetaCommandRunner(
        final QueryId queryId,
        final UserSession session,
        final SabotContext dContext,
        final GetServerMetaReq req) {
      this.queryId = Preconditions.checkNotNull(queryId);
      this.session = Preconditions.checkNotNull(session);
      this.dContext = Preconditions.checkNotNull(dContext);
      this.req = Preconditions.checkNotNull(req);

    }

    @Override
    public double plan() throws Exception {
      return 1;
    }

    @Override
    public void close() throws Exception {
      // no-op
    }

    @Override
    public CommandType getCommandType() {
      return CommandType.SYNC_RESPONSE;
    }

    @Override
    public String getDescription() {
      return "server metadata; direct";
    }

    @Override
    public GetServerMetaResp execute() throws Exception {
      final GetServerMetaResp.Builder respBuilder = GetServerMetaResp.newBuilder();
      final ServerMeta.Builder metaBuilder = getMetaDataBuilder(session.getRecordBatchFormat());
      PlannerSettings plannerSettings = new PlannerSettings(dContext.getConfig(),
        session.getOptions(), () -> dContext.getClusterResourceInformation());

      ParserConfig config = ParserConfig.newInstance(session, plannerSettings);

      int identifierMaxLength = config.identifierMaxLength();
      Metadata metadata = SqlParser.create("", config).getMetadata();
      metaBuilder
        .setMaxCatalogNameLength(identifierMaxLength)
        .setMaxColumnNameLength(identifierMaxLength)
        .setMaxCursorNameLength(identifierMaxLength)
        .setMaxSchemaNameLength(identifierMaxLength)
        .setMaxTableNameLength(identifierMaxLength)
        .setMaxUserNameLength(identifierMaxLength)
        .setIdentifierQuoteString(config.quoting().string)
        .setIdentifierCasing(getIdentifierCasing(config.unquotedCasing(), config.caseSensitive()))
        .setQuotedIdentifierCasing(getIdentifierCasing(config.quotedCasing(), config.caseSensitive()))
        .addAllSqlKeywords(Splitter.on(",").split(metadata.getJdbcKeywords()));
      respBuilder.setServerMeta(metaBuilder);
      respBuilder.setStatus(RequestStatus.OK);
      respBuilder.setQueryId(queryId);
      return respBuilder.build();
    }

    private ServerMeta.Builder getMetaDataBuilder(RecordBatchFormat recordBatchFormat) {
      switch (recordBatchFormat){
        case UNKNOWN:
        case DREMIO_0_9:
        case DREMIO_1_4:
          return ServerMeta.newBuilder(DEFAULT_WITHOUT_MAP);
        case DRILL_1_0:
          return ServerMeta.newBuilder(DRILL_1_0_DEFAULT);
        case DREMIO_23_0:
        default:
          return ServerMeta.newBuilder(DEFAULT);
      }
    }

    public static IdentifierCasing getIdentifierCasing(Casing casing, boolean caseSensitive) {
      switch(casing) {
      case TO_LOWER:
        return IdentifierCasing.IC_STORES_LOWER;

      case TO_UPPER:
        return IdentifierCasing.IC_STORES_UPPER;

      case UNCHANGED:
        return caseSensitive ? IdentifierCasing.IC_SUPPORTS_MIXED : IdentifierCasing.IC_STORES_MIXED;

      default:
        throw new AssertionError("Unknown casing:" + casing);
      }
    }
  }
}

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New Hampshire Union Leader
By JODY RECORD , Union Leader Correspondent
ALFRED, Maine A Wolfeboro woman was sentenced to 120 days in jail yesterday for attempting to drown her young children in the Piscataqua River last summer so they could become "angels".
Traci Brennan, 38, of 12 Counsel Tree Lane, was handed the four-month term after a 2-hour sentence hearing in York County Superior Court. Last month, Brennan, formerly Traci Brigham, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of child endangerment for the September, 2001 incident involving her then 4-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter.
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Yesterday, District Attorney Michael Cantara outlined the events of Sept. 12, 2001, when Brennan tried to drown her children.
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Her actions were interrupted by the crying of her young son, Cantara said, which drew the attention of people on shore. Brennan returned to her van with the children and went home, telling them she would get in trouble if they told anyone of the incident.
Police became aware of the attempted drowning when Brennan's daughter spoke of it a few months later. The former Hampton woman was indicted by a grand jury on one charge of aggravated attempted murder and the two child endangerment counts last summer.
A few days before she tried to drown the children, Cantara said, Brennan had written two suicide notes indicating her intention to kill them and herself. In the midst of a bitter divorce, which appeared to play into Justice Arthur Brennan's decision yesterday, Traci Brennan expressed her distress at a New Hampshire court allowing her estranged husband to have contact with the children.
"I know I will be damned for my choice", Cantara said, quoting from one of Brennan's letters, "but I choose safety and peace for my children and myself."
Cantara went on to say that Brennan spoke of making her children "angels", and outlined burial instructions for the three of them.
"Clearly Traci Brennan was giving a lot of thought to doing away with the kids and herself," Cantara said.
Michael Brigham, Brennan's ex-husband, addressed the court before the sentence was handed down, saying he didn't want to influence the judge?s decision or "bash my ex-wife."
Instead he wanted the judge to understand the impact Brennan's actions had had on their young son and daughter. Brigham recalled his daughter telling him about the morning at the river, crying, saying, "I didn?t want to do it, Daddy, but I didn't want to be left behind."
"When I finally got my children back, they were a lot different than when I left four or five months earlier," Brigham said. "It's hard for them to get close to people. My 6-year-old tells me if you get close to people, they hurt you."
He recalled how officials were first alerted to the attempted drowning, saying his daughter wrote on a school wall, ?I?m not going to grow up.?
"We can?t know what it must feel like to think your mother doesn't love you," Brigham said.
Brennan?s attorney, Thomas G. Van Houten, told the court his client did not set out to hurt anyone, calling her mental attitude at the time, "one of despair."
Dr. David Schopick, a psychiatrist who has been treating Brennan since last July, characterized the woman as severely depressed and, at the time of the incident, delusional and paranoid.
Since he recently placed her on anti-psychotic drugs, Schopick said, Brennan is no longer delusional or psychotic, but is still depressed.
"I would not be surprised if the jail personnel placed her under suicide surveillance," Schopick said.
Cantara had recommended the court send Brennan to jail for nine months but Justice Brennan opted for 120 days, saying, ?I don?t think anybody here feels this is likely to happen again.
"I think this was a product of stress induced by the divorce," the Superior Court judge said.
Traci Brennan also was placed on four years probation. She cannot see her children unless a New Hampshire court agrees, cannot use any illegal drugs or alcohol, must stay in counseling and undergo future psychological evaluation.


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Lice Clinics of America Reports Lice Activity Increased 56 Percent in the Los Angeles Area
Though not life-threatening, lice are highly contagious and have built a resistance to over-the-counter remedies
Salt Lake City, UT, March 14, 2019 – Lice Clinics of America reported that their Los Angeles clinics saw an increase of 56 percent in lice activity collectively this spring. This data was gathered and compared from the organization's bookings and treatments in March 2018 and March 2019.
"Lice Clinics of America has a unique opportunity to gather its data to help identify trends. We believe we can attribute the increase in lice infestation bookings and treatments in our clinics to three things," said Lice Clinics of America CEO Claire Roberts. "First, it's a fact that many over-the-counter products are no longer effective in treating the "super lice" of today, so people are seeking professional help. Second, there is a true lack of understanding by the public on the life cycle of lice and how they spread. And third, people are becoming increasingly aware of the more effective, technologically-advanced treatment methods offered by Lice Clinics of America."
Lice are highly contagious. According to the CDC, "Head-to-head contact with an already infected person is the most common way to get head lice. Head-to-head contact is common during play at school, at home and elsewhere, such as sports activities, the playground, slumber parties, and camps."
Dr. Krista Lauer, medical director of Lice Clinics of America, reports, "If you have school-age children in a region where lice infestations have been reported, it's important to take some immediate steps to either prevent your children from being infested or properly treat and kill the lice before they spread to others in your family and social group."
Dr. Lauer says, "First, don't panic, and second, don't be embarrassed. Those pesky lice have nothing to do with personal hygiene." She recommends the following to make sure lice aren't living in your child's hair:
Inspect your child's head at home, especially if your child has an itchy scalp. Look for eggs, nymphs and adult lice. One adult louse can lay about 100 eggs during her life span. That's a lot of new lice.
Call the parents of your child's friends and have them check for head lice, remembering that earlier intervention can help to reduce the infestation level.
If you see lice—or if you are unsure whether you have lice—visit a professional lice treatment center, such as Lice Clinics of America.
Remember, traditional over-the-counter treatments contain pesticides that are no longer effective. Lice have evolved into "super lice" and have developed resistance to those pesticides. Find a treatment that is safe and effective. Lice Clinics of America has many from which to choose.
Be safe this season by starting your child on a lice prevention regimen using trusted lice prevention products such as shampoos, conditioners, sprays and hair bands that will help to keep lice away from your child's scalp.
With more than 330 clinics in 35 countries, Lice Clinics of America is the world's number-one service brand for treating head lice. The company's revolutionary heated-air treatment is guaranteed to kill lice, lice eggs and super lice in a single, one-hour treatment. Lice Clinics of America also offers professional lice screenings and a full line of top-rated lice prevention products.
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When the 2019 regular season opens in three weeks, the Yankees will be without staff ace Luis Severino and fifth starter CC Sabathia. Severino is dealing with rotator cuff inflammation and Sabathia is working his way back from offseason knee and heart surgery. Sabathia's delayed start to the season was expected. Severino's injury came out of nowhere, like most injuries.
Cashman seemingly ruled out an outside rotation addition — "What I've got is what I've got and we're comfortable with that. Can't rule anything out, but I'd say the main focus is what we have," he said — which isn't surprising. No general manager would come out and say "yep, we're ready to sign someone or make a trade" after losing a key player to injury. That's a good way to crush your leverage.
Realistically, there are four ways the Yankees can replace Severino and Sabathia. One, they could splurge and sign Dallas Keuchel. I wouldn't bet on that. Two, they could go after Gio Gonzalez, who figures to be cheaper than Keuchel and still offers that Proven Veteran™ track record. Three, they could go real cheap with someone like James Shields or Edwin Jackson. Or four, they could go in-house with Luis Cessa, Domingo German, or Jonathan Loaisiga.
The Yankees tend to promote from within to address roster needs these days — remember how Severino made his MLB debut? the Yankees called him up because they didn't like any of the asking prices at the 2015 trade deadline — so my hunch is they'll roll with Cessa, German, and Loaisiga. I get adding depth, but is there any reason to believe Jackson or Shields or Bartolo Colon would give the Yankees better production? Eh, not really.
When healthy, the Yankees don't have any opener candidates. Sabathia is the best candidate to be paired with an opener, but he has a longer than usual warm-up routine, and that might not translate well to the bullpen. An opener with Sabathia could be a net negative. With Severino and Sabathia sidelined though, and presumably two of Cessa, German, and Loaisiga in the rotation, suddenly the Yankees have two candidates for an opener.
The opener is both a smart strategy and a total drag to watch. The additional pitching changes and constant bullpen monitoring distract from the actual game. Strategically, it's brilliant. You match up one of your better pitchers against the top of the lineup (i.e. the other team's best hitters) in the first inning, then turn it over to someone who can get you through three or four (or five) innings while facing the top of the lineup only once. It's smart. It is.
Cessa, German, and Loaisiga are all young pitchers with recent bullpen experience — they all pitched in relief for the Yankees at times last year — and the Yankees certainly have the bullpen depth to swing this. They could use Chad Green as an opener and still have Aroldis Chapman, Dellin Betances, Zack Britton, and Adam Ottavino for the late innings. I wouldn't be opposed to using Betances as an opener and really dropping the hammer.
German really struggled in the first inning last year (8.36 ERA and .283/.348/.667 against) though I don't think we need to dig up stats to validate the strategy. Generally speaking, the other team's best hitters bat in the first inning. That has been the case for decades. Top relievers like Green, Betances, and Ottavino are better equipped to retire the other team's best hitters than inexperienced kids like Cessa, German, and Loaisiga. It's pretty simple.
The difficult part — and this is what Rays manager Kevin Cash did so well last year — is getting the players to buy in. Throwing Betances rather than Cessa at Andrew Benintendi, Mookie Betts, and J.D. Martinez in the first inning sounds great, but is Dellin comfortable pitching that early in the game? Pitchers are creatures of habit. Disrupt their routine and bad things can happen. There's an adjustment that has to be made.
Remember, the opener was born out of necessity. The Rays used it last year because they were hit hard by injuries last spring. Nathan Eovaldi was slowed by loose bodies in his elbow and pitching prospects Brent Honeywell and Jose De Leon needed Tommy John surgery. Tampa had Chris Archer and Blake Snell, and that was it. They came up with a creative way to navigate around the pitching injuries and lack of rotation depth.
The Yankees, when healthy, don't need an opener. Their starters are plenty good enough. The Yankees aren't healthy though, and barring a surprise signing or trade, they're going to go into the regular season with two of Cessa, German, and Loaisiga in the rotation. That's not great. Dipping into that deep bullpen to use an opener will allow the kids to avoid the top of the order once per game, which will increase their chances of having a productive outing.
At this point the opener is a legitimate baseball strategy more than a gimmick. And, with the AL East race expected to be tight all season, every game takes on increased importance. The Yankees are already without two of their top five starters. Anything they can do to make life easier on the fill-in starters should not be dismissed. The opener can make for some ugly baseball, believe me I know, but it can also give the Yankees a better chance to win when Cessa, German, or Loaisiga are on the mound.


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Q: How to write and calculate Sum/ Product (of a function) in R Assuming that I have a function, let's say f(x).
How can I write the product or sum of this function for given limits in x.
For instance product of f for x=1 until x=5
f(1)*f(2)*f(3)*f(4)*f(5)
Additionally I need to figure this out for sums/double sums.
Consider f(x,y) and the sum while x runs from 1 to 3 and y runs from 0 to x-1.
If written in mathematica, it would be this:
Sum[f[x, y], {x, 1, 3}, {y, 0, x - 1}]
and the output would be this
f[1, 0] + f[2, 0] + f[2, 1] + f[3, 0] + f[3, 1] + f[3, 2]
f is not defined for simplicity.
EDIT: example as requested:
f <- function (x,y) {
x + 2*y
}

Calculate sum where x runs from 1 to 3 and y runs from 0 to x-1.
(this is equal to 22 btw)

A: You can do this:
f <- function (x,y) {
  x + 2*y
}
)

#calculate f for all combinations
tmp <- outer(1:3, 0:2, f)

#discard undesired combinations and sum
sum(tmp[lower.tri(tmp, diag = TRUE)])
#[1] 22

Alternatively you can use a loop to create the desired combinations only. This is much slower:
inds <- lapply(1:3, function(x) data.frame(x = x, y = 0:(x-1)))
inds <- do.call(rbind, inds)
sum(do.call(f, inds))
#[1] 22

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Jim Henson & Tale of Sand: New York Comic Con 2011 Podcast
October 27, 2011 Dan Persons
Page to Page: Jim Henson's typewriter conjures a cinematic establishing shot in TALE OF SAND.
Lest we forget that Jim Henson was about more than Kermit and Big Bird (ahem, DARK CRYSTAL, THE STORYTELLER, and on, and on…), this year's New York Comic Con staged a panel in which Henson archivist Karen Falk and Archaia Editor-in-Chief Stephen Christy exhibited footage from the Muppet-master's experimental short films, commercials, and TV plays, and discussed the imminent publication of Tale of Sand, a wry, surreal, Kafkaesque graphic novel based on an unfilmed script co-written by Henson and frequent writing partner Jerry Juhl.
After the presentation, Falk and Christy granted us a few minutes to discuss Henson's eclectic soul, how that translated into the furiously antic/ominous vision that became TALE OF SAND, and how Henson's history is tied inextricably to that of CFQ. Click on the player to hear the interview.
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Q: How to split this string in Java regex? This is the string:
String strPro = "(a0(a1)(a2 and so on)...(aN))";

Content in a son-() may be "", or just the value of strPro, or like that pattern, recursively, so a sub-() is a sub-tree.
Expected result:
str1 is "a0(a1)"
str2 is "(a2 and so on)"
...
strN is "(aN)"

str1, str2, ..., strN are e.g. elements in an Array
How to split the string?

A: You can use substring() to get rid of the outer paranthesis, and then split it using lookbehind and lookahead (?<= and ?=):
String strPro = "(a0(a1)(a2 and so on)(aN))";
String[] split = strPro.substring(1, strPro.length() - 1).split("(?<=\\))(?=\\()");
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(split));

This prints

[a0(a1), (a2 and so on), (aN)]


"THE MUNSTERS- "The Munsters" TV show characters are only pictured on the cover, along with their cool George Barris designed 'Munster Koach' custom car, but do not appear on this scarce novelty cash-in, performed uncredited mostly by RCA records surf trio, The Go-Go's: Jim Infield; Roger Yorke, and Bill Wild, pre-Ruben and The Jets. Produced by Joe Hooven & Hal Winn, the guys behind Johnny Crawford's hits, & who later founded the Double-Shot label. Decca Mono."
Much of this week's assortment of mid-century lowbrow entertainment isn't sleazy at all. Actually this monster- themed amalgamation of surf, hot rod, novelty, bubblegum, and garage rock is pretty kiddie-friendly and wholesome. The utterly ridiculous "Frankenstein Had A Hot Rod Car" lives up to that boss song title, with lyrics that mention Beatle wigs, and surfing (Frankie "hangs 12"), all set to the tune of "Ol' McDonald had A Farm."
But then we have the burlesque bump-n-grind of "Vampire Vamp," which doesn't seem appropriate for children, even with goofy Chipmunks voices added. "Eerie Beach" is an exotica instrumental, complete with birds calls, that isn't eerie or horrific at all. Both were probably leftover tracks the producers had lying around and threw in for filler. Hooray for filler! Theremin-ish electronics and sound effects pop up from time to time. And the last three tracks get down to raunchy garage rockin' (with xylophone) business. Hey, turns out this Friday might be a bit filthy after all.
"The Munsters - The Munsters"
I have forwarded this page to a former Miss Gothic Seattle, who shall undoubtedly bring it to the attention of DJ Hana Solo, a top platter spinner at the Mercury at Machine Werks dance club.
Ms. Solo plays more unexpected tunes than most in that life-style, so let's hope it fuels her black-phosphorous fire.
Wow, they have goth beauty pageants now? (Or are they called 'scholarship competitions'?) That's great, Mr. Ray, thanks for spreading the word.
It's stupid, it's shoddy, it isn't even internally consistent...thanks, I'll take it.


Hello, I recently purchased Outlook Express and I have to say I love it! You guys defiantly did an excellent job. However I have noticed something that I think might be a glitch, but I'm not sure. Basically everytime OE checks for new mail the notification in the bottom right of the screen pops up saying that I have new E-Mail. However when I go to check my boxes it's not in any of them. Double clicking the notification brings me to my default inbox, but sure enough nothing is there. The notification won't go away until another E-Mail comes up and I read that E-Mail. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.
Hello, outlook express has no pop-up screen for new email. The bottom right shows if there is new email or if not after send/receive.
send/receive runs every some minutes (by default every 5 mins).
Can you upload a snapshot of that so i can find out why that happens?
OK I solved the problem of not being able to send E-Mail, I was using the Outgoing port for TLS Gmail (587) when I should have been using the SSL port (465). Sorry for the inconvenience. However I'm still getting the problem of receiving E-Mails that aren't there.
Hello, as i see you have many inbox folders. When you see that you have new message, are you opening the correct inbox?
I suggest rechecking your mail folders for corruption "File>Folder>Compact all folders"
and that message is not present on none of your inbox folders? you cannot receive messages at all?
I can receive messages as normal, but this is what happens when there are no messages.
is there any message on inbox that is unread?
No, I don't believe so. However I do have a number of E-Mails on the IMAP server.


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LiveLive StoriesMeet A Dubliner – Pat Liddy, Tour Guide
Meet A Dubliner – Pat Liddy, Tour Guide
Pat Liddy is many things. An artist, historian, writer, illustrator, broadcaster, mapmaker, and environmental lobbyist who has helped make Dublin a global tourist attraction.
The author and illustrator of over seven books on the city, as well as others on Irish cultural sites, he is the operator of Pat Liddy's Walking Tours of Dublin.
I was born and reared in what we might call the inner city, which in this case was Phibsborough. So, in the first place, that qualifies me as a true Dubliner, because the definition is "Born between the canals," isn't it? If I wanted to come into town, I usually walked. It was only 20 minutes away.
That qualifies me as a true Dubliner because the definition is "Born between the canals," isn't it?
I got to know the city very well, but that's as far as it went at that point. I wasn't really interested, per se, I just got to know it. It was like James Joyce going through all his houses when his family moved from time to time on the South Side and then on the North Side of Dublin. He began absorbing everything, but he didn't intend at that point to write any of his great works.
I joined Aer Lingus in 1963 after I left school. I didn't go to university. Families in those days just got their kids to go out and work. But then, the university of life kicked in. I started travelling the world in the '60s and '70s, and it really opened my mind. And by the end of the '70s, I guess I was looking at Dublin with different eyes. Dublin was different.
Dublin was tired, derelict to a large extent because of lack of investment. I could see there's potential in our little city if we did something about it. It started to niggle me. It seemed quite a hopeless place, the easiest option for developers was just to knock down the old stuff rather than restore it. But it was death by a thousand cuts. And I felt by the early 1980s, at least 500 of those cuts had already been made.
I started travelling the world in the '60s and '70s, and it really opened my mind. And by the end of the '70s, I guess I was looking at Dublin with different eyes
I was starting to draw and sketch and colour scenes around Dublin. And lo and behold, I was selling them. So, I said, "Maybe I can use this alleged talent to draw attention to parts of Dublin that just needed to be re-looked at." So, I started writing a weekly column for the Irish Times. It was a unique sort of experiment. I did a drawing of wherever I was going to talk about, wrote three to four hundred words on the background of that place and put in the human interest stories and so forth. What I was aiming at was that people would see the value of a place, but that the owners would too.
With all the experience I had gained it seemed obvious I should set up some kind of a tour company. So out of that came Pat Liddy's Walking Tours. We do historical walks, architectural walks, medical history walks, legal tours, tours of the canals, rivers, the mountains, the Docklands. If people have a specific request, we'll answer it. The most important thing is to give a good memory of their visit. Because Dublin is unique with one or two other cities in Europe in that it's worth a second, if not a third visit.
Tourists can't get over the fact that the footpaths are busy at all times of day, and crowded, with people of all ages. That's a big surprise. The cleanliness of the city, the remarkable architecture… there's a sense that the Dublin people are kind of proud of their city. And that's why we have to keep up. And there's always a danger in the future that we get too comfortable with this, or get too blasé or get forgetful.
I'm in love with Dublin… I'm really like a parent with a crowd of children. And some of them are quite successful. And some of them are a bit of a problem. But I love them all equally
I'm always excited about the new stuff. I'm active in discovering Dublin, between 40 and 50 years at this point. I'm still finding new stuff, and it's always exciting. Our guides continuously have to be updating, have to learn more stuff.
I'm in love with Dublin. Even the places with the blemishes. I'm really like a parent with a crowd of children. And some of them are quite successful. And some of them are a bit of a problem. But I love them all equally.
For more information visit www.walkingtours.ie
Pat Liddy was talking to Laurence Keogh
Creative Dublin: Galia Arad, Singer-songwriter
Galia (pronounced Ga-lee-ah) Arad is just back from playing support on Marc Almond's UK tour. Last year, she toured Ireland with Jack L. She regularly tours Europe with Jools Holland, most recently playing support for him at the 3Arena in Dublin. And she owes it all to Shane McGowan and his manager Joey Cashman, who in a strange, unexpected way set Galia's music career in train and took her from small-time gigging in New York to centre stage at the Royal Albert Hall. Coming from a classically trained background, Galia moved to New York from her Indiana home in her early twenties to pursue a singer-songwriter career with a musical style that she calls "Bob Dylan meets
Dublin Uncovered: Capel Street
You may not know it, but Capel Street is one of Dublin's most historically significant streets. It was a fundamental part of an extension of the city north of the river by Sir Humphrey Jervis, who built a large chunk of his estate around St. Mary's Abbey. In 1676 he built Essex Bridge, (now Grattan Bridge) establishing Capel Street as one of the main links between the north and south of the city. A great contrast to the Capel Street of today, in the 17th and 18th Centuries it was residential, lined with freestanding mansions, each of which had large gardens and courtyards. Later on in the 18th Century t
Meet a Dubliner – Mary Louise Reilly, Rugby player
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Picture the scene: 550 business leaders from the South dressed in penguin suits and posh frocks ate and drank to the scene of the 2015 Inspire Awards last night, in Hook in Hampshire. It was 10pm and the champagne had been flowing, clearly evidenced by the event host, who read out the name of Entrepreneur of the Year and got his name wrong.
"And the winner is...Aled Donegan." People looked at each other and thought
"Who the... is Aled Donegan?" Was he the Welsh fella who sang on the Snowman theme? Who was this mysterious entrepreneur who had stalked the corridors of adulation by stealth? The scarlet pimpernel of business excellence who had beaten his nearest rivals (each turning over >£6m)? They seek him they seek him there.
They actually found him on table 53 - the one furthest from the stage (probably the cheaper seats at the back) and as he ran to the stage like a 1980s Sebastian Coe, the pimpernel's true identity was revealed. Yes! Our very own Alan Donegan! This is what they said about him:
"Alan proved beyond a doubt that he has all the characteristics of an entrepreneur as defined by economist Schumpeter – self-reliant, striving for excellence, optimistic and willing to take measured risk – Alan demonstrated all these things and more – teaching other people to themselves become entrepreneurs with 100% passion and belief in his business model. A well-deserved and inspiring winner!"
After collecting the award to a splendidly dressed fanfare reception, Alan said:
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The downfall of many supervised learning algorithms, such as neural networks, is the inherent need for a large amount of training data . Although there is a lot of buzz about big data, there is still the problem of doing classification from a small data-set. Other methods such as support vector machines, although capable of dealing with few samples, are inherently binary classifiers , and are in need of learning strategies such as One vs All in the case of multi-classification. In the presence of a large number of classes this can become problematic. In this paper we present, a novel approach to supervised learning through the method of clustering. Unlike traditional methods such as K-Means , Gravitational Clustering does not require the initial number of clusters, and automatically builds the clusters, individual samples can be arbitrarily weighted and it requires only few samples while staying resilient to over-fitting.
The name of this algorithm is derived from the metaphor that the algorithm was built upon. Each cluster is symbolic of a planet,and each planet has a mass and a radius as well as the class that it represents. But unlike real life planets, our planets are static with respect to other planets. The process of training can be conceptually thought of as building a universe. The process of predicting is simply placing a mass in the universe and tracing what planet it will appear on.
Ability to learn from a few samples.
Ability to weight the importance of training vectors.
The nature of the algorithm makes it resilient to overfitting.
The ability to weight the importance of training vectors as well as the ability to learn from a few samples allows us to model a system that supports the notion of prototypes, e.g. Eleanor Rosch (P. 41).
Our universe will simply consist of a set of planets. The universe will also hold a couple of global constants. The initial radius of a planet that has just been created which we will denote with r′. The so called percent step, which represents the amount a test mass moves before recalculating the new forces on the test mass. We will denote this with the Greek α. The amount of steps taken or iterations will be denoted with β. The distance between planets will be calculated with the function denoted D(→x,→y).
One of the better aspects of the model is its ability to rate your feature vectors. To do so, let us define a hybrid feature vector h.
The m variable allows us to rate the value of the feature vector. For example if you have a probabilistic diagnosis, each feature vector will contain the class of the diagnosis as well as the probability of the diagnosis represented by the mass. The training is quite simple. Below is the pseudo-code.
The new position is a weighted sum of the two position vectors with respect to their weight.
This is the asymptotic of adding a single train vector. Stating that Ns is the number of samples we end up with the final equation being.
Where r is D(→px,→lx). We define the total normalized force on our test mass with the custom equation.
The 4 comes from the vector arithmetic that needed to be done. One subtraction, one multiplication, one distance squared, one division. The N term came from the summation. The total simulation next becomes.
We propose an different method of computing the class of the test point, without the need of simulation and through purely statistical methods. We first make an assumption that a planet or cluster is normally distributed from the center and the standard deviation is some function of the radius of the planet σ(pr). Therefore let us the define the probability density function.
We removed the normalization constant, due to the fact that this is a relative measure. The bottom of the fraction is the number of planets per class which insures that there is no bias due to the different amounts of clusters with varying radius's. The mass term is added to insure that greater planets have a greater impact on the rating.
Through trial and error we found the best function for σ(pr) was simply p2r.
We tested the algorithm out on the Wisconsin breast cancer data-set  . Below are the results.
It is interesting to note that the larger the clusters and smaller the amount of clusters the less accurate the probabilistic model will be. Unless of course the clusters perfectly model the data that they encapsulate.
We continued our testing by comparing the outputs of some popular out of the box methods. All the other algorithms were implemented in the scikit-learn library . The data-sets we used were the popular Iris data-set , digits data-set, Ollivetti data-set .
To show that our algorithm can handle very few samples, we tested the following data-sets again, but this time we only used 1 sample per each class as the training data. Below are the results.
Armen Aghajanyan was born in Yerevan,Armenia in the year 1997.He is currently a junior at Interlake High school in Washington State.He began programming at the age of 12, and just two years ago he became obsessed with the field of Machine Learning. Currently he holds a job at American Choice Modeling as a Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning developer.
Conjugate-gradient neural networks in classification of multisource and very-high-dimensional remote sensing data.
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The End of the Beatles
Author: Bill Urich Published Date: April 10, 2019 2 Comments on The End of the Beatles
On this day in 1970, an amalgam of Paul McCartney's remarks on his solo project acts as the official death notice of the world's most famous and influential band: The Beatles.
There were numerous causes for the Beatles' break-up. It was not a single event but rather a long transition, including the cessation of touring in 1966, and the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, in 1967. Conflict also arose from differences in artistic vision; both George Harrison and Ringo Starr temporarily left the group at various points during 1968–69 and all four band members had begun working on solo projects by 1970 as they realized the unlikelihood that the band would regroup.
Additional challenges arose with Lennon's heroin addiction, and his infatuation with and insertion of avant garde artist Yoko Ono deep into the interior life of the band. Denigration of the previously warm relations between the boys is exemplified by Lennon's serious suggestion that Eric Clapton be substituted for George Harrison on the Let it Be sessions, and McCartney's own drum tracks being laid over those of Ringo Starr.
Whatever his intent at the time, Paul's statements and new relationship with Linda Eastman drove a further wedge between himself and his band-mates. In the May 14, 1970 issue of Rolling Stone, John Lennon lashed out at Paul in a way he'd never done publicly: "He can't have his own way, so he's causing chaos," John said. "I put out four albums last year, and I didn't say a f*cking word about quitting." Ed. Note: any reader of this account owning all four 1969 "albums" of Lennon and/or Ono may wish to consider seeking medical help immediately.
By year's end, Paul would file suit to dissolve the Beatles' business partnership, a formal process that would eventually make official the unofficial breakup he announced on this day in 1970.
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Author: Bill Urich
A tail-end baby-boomer, Bill Urich was born in Cleveland to a grade school teacher and her Navy vet husband, and reared in Greater Detroit. Working his way through school primarily at night, Mr. Urich holds a Bachelor's in Journalism, Phi Beta Kappa, and a Juris Doctorate from Wayne State University. In his legal career he has acted as an assistant state prosecutor, city attorney, special prosecutor, mediator, magistrate, private practitioner and mayor of Royal Oak, a large home-rule city in Michigan. Mr. Urich continues in private practice and municipal prosecution, is on faculty to DePaul University, pens regular contributions to political publications, and remains active in selected campaigns and causes related to labor, social and criminal justice. A father of three mostly-grown sons, he spends his precious free time on family, friends, the pursuit of happiness, beauty and truth, three rescue cats, and fronting the rock band Calcutta Rugs from behind the drum kit.
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Leave The Beatles alone! Let it Be……… OMG you haters need to grow up land stop!!!!! Their music was, is and always be the best ever!!! John and George are both gone. Let them Rest In Peace!! My God! I really can't stand it anymore! Jealous much??????
Cheryl Creech says:
Telling the truth about the struggles the band went through is not being a hater. If you knew Bill Urich at all, you would not accuse him of such. He is a music lover who has a band of his own, and he highly appreciates everyone who has contributed to our musical culture.
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Q: Не загружается страница/Массив копирует другой массив Вопрос решен, спасибо
Имеется код
var sample='dddddttqdsssssssssssdd';
var sampleSplit=sample.split('');
var arr1=[];
var arr2=[];
var aa=0;
var ab=0;
var ac=0;

arr1[0]=sampleSplit[0];
arr1[1]=1;

for(i=0; i<sampleSplit.length; i++){
if(sampleSplit[aa]==sampleSplit[aa+1]){
arr1[ab+1]++;
aa++;
}
if(sampleSplit[aa]!=sampleSplit[aa+1]){
arr1[ab+2]=sampleSplit[aa+1];
arr1[ab+3]=1;
ab+=2;
aa++;
}
}
arr1.pop(arr1.length-1);
arr1.pop(arr1.length);
ab=2;
aa=0;
ac=0;
arr2=arr1;

for(e=0; e<arr2.length; e++){
for(j=0; j<arr2.length; j++){
    if(arr2[aa]==arr2[ab]){
        arr2[aa+1]+=arr2[ab+1];
        arr2.splice(ab, 2);
    }
    ab+=2;
}
}

Функция сначала делает из ряда одинаковых символов сжатый ряд, к примеру: было dddddddttddddt, стало d,7,t,2,d,4,t,1.
Потом она убирает повторяющиеся элементы и складывает их, то есть, из вышеупомянутого получается d,11,t,3 (но это не получается).
Два вопроса:

*

*Почему первый массив становится равным второму, хотя это указано лишь один раз и то, после того, как массив 1 заполнен.

*Почему после добавления такой строки
aa+=2;
в конец последнего цикла страница перестает загружаться?
Пожалуйста, объясните проблему.

A: Чтобы скопировать массив и чтобы он не менял первый нужно использовать метод slice. Если ты сделаешь просто присваивание то он будет ссылаться к первому и все изменения будут касаться обоих;  Сделай так:
var sampleSplit = sample.slice();
Насчет второго вопроса тебе нужно по другому это сделать, у тебя там просто жесть!

A: *

*Сложные структуры в JS это ссылки и приравнивания вида arr1 = arr2, просто копируют ссылку на arr2 в переменную arr1. Получается, вы работаете с одним массивом, просто по разному обращаетесь к нему.

Для вашей же задачи легче использовать объект, с ключем - буква, значение - кол-во потворений.

const string = 'abcdabcdghhh'
const counts = {}

for (const letter of string) {
  if (counts[letter] === undefined) {
    counts[letter] = 0
  }

  counts[letter]++
}

console.log(counts)

A: Вопрос решился путем изменения последней части на это
 for(e=0; e!=arr2.length; e+=2){
 for(j=0; j<arr2.length; j++){
     if(arr2[aa]==arr2[ab]){
         arr2[aa+1]+=arr2[ab+1];
     arr2.splice(ab, 2);
     }
     ab+=2;
}
aa+=2;
ab=(aa+2);
}


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Reidrac ( Juan J Martinez ) who is one of our favourite homebrew developers on an 8bit system has appeared in our news feeds again with his new game Magica, which is in development for the Amstrad CPC. This game from the teased description is going to be a multi level single screen arcade game, with similar stun and hit mechanics to that of other great games such as Bubble Bobble and Snow Bros, while also having the developers own unique blend of great graphics and fun for all gameplay.
So far the game is still in an early stage of development but the developer has said he has spent most of the time working on the game engine, with the idea behind the story relating to a sorceress that has to recover all the potions stolen from her laboratory by creatures sent from different worlds. These potions will be across many different dungeons and can only be recovered by stunning and bashing enemies back into their own world in a style to that other classic games. Also as an added interest apart from the different level lay outs, each enemy has different properties which you must take into account when you're fighting them.
It all sounds like a ton of fun to play and from what we've seen from the teased video above so far it looks graphically appealing as well. But for further information you can of course follow the forum thread and hope the game comes out in November, that's if it is a CPC Retro Dev 2016 entry.


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2021 End of Year Review
2021 has been an uplifting year as we have taken several huge steps for 001 Game Creator. We reflect on those moments of advancements, and we list them in this End-of-Year review:
In early spring, we launched a gigantic new version of 001 Game Creator! This engine update fixed several major bugs, improved map weather options and included new features.
The new map weather events enhanced the users' capability of creating interesting atmospheres and captivating scenes on any map! These options included changing the maximum and minimum speed, as well as the opacity, for the clouds and rain. Users also gained the ability to change the cloud/rain sprites or the wind direction through scripting. Additionally, we have greatly improved the range used for each weather slider, making it far easier to setup rain and clouds!
For the first time, users can finally organize and create lists of options in custom events and network messages. Users can also access the list of the project's globals through the "Global Variables Collection" and "Switches Collection" use values. We also enabled the user to be able to import GIF files through the sprite editor when adding "Image Files".
Weeks later, another engine update was released, and it included the Render Priority Option for Actors. The "Render Priority" will support rendering of semi-transparent actors against each other properly when they partially overlap, or when handing z-fighting issues. It quite useful for projects that centralizes on one-to-one combat between actors that constantly overlap each other.
Besides providing the Render Priority Option for Actors, this newer version fixed countless of issues – log messages that don't disappear over time in the editor, map boundary connections collision issues, party crashes, errors and memory leaks for terraformations, and inaccurate Android touches. We also did a hot fix on the Tile-set Editor on Tiles and Terraformations.
In the midst of the year, we have been updating and improving several webpages of the Wiki Documentation as the engine continues to evolve. Now, users can read-up on tips on how to include color codes for constant boxes, beneficial details on utilizing non-32×32 tiles, as well as mouse/touch support, and so much more! Be sure to utilize the wiki anytime you need a reference of what a feature does.
To assist with specific coding scripts and tutorials, we released more Game Recipes to the public. These game recipes are set up to be simple tutorials with easy-to-follow instructions as Steam guides. Be sure to check all of our game recipes to improve your games in various ways.
On YouTube, we finally concluded our on-going video tutorial series that covered the "Basics" of using 001 Game Creator. Watch this six-episode series at any time from the very beginning to learn everything you need to get started with 001! Right now, Patreon members have first access to episode 1 of our next series dedicated to Resources. Be sure to keep an eye out for it's release!
For users who've needed extensive assistance with their specific code or scripts, the team has helped them on many occasions through the online scripting service. It's an optional tutoring session when the user can have a one-on-one session with one of our team members for an hour or more. It's a more personal setting than the Discord support thread, but we'll continue to answer any questions on any of our social platforms.
Toward the end of the year, our biggest achievement is being able to finally release a Beta version of the In-App Purchase (IAP) feature. This highly requested feature enables the engine users to use this option in Steam (as DLCs) and Android in order to monetize their games. Right now, our Patreon members have first access to this feature in the newest Beta version, and it will be released to the public when it is well-developed.
Besides getting a sneak peak at the In-App Purchase feature, patrons also get privileges of having first-access to the video tutorials, game recipes, and the newest Beta version of 001 Game Creator. The newest Beta version significantly fixes several bugs and performance issues, which resolves memory leaks, weapons targeting themselves, restarting a game from resetting controls, etc., and it will later-on be released to the public.
To announce this glorious moment and other exciting announcements, we took this opportunity to release our newly-formatted 001 E-Newsletter. It has been setup for followers to get the latest details on the updates, sales, and promotional events about 001 Game Creator and other projects related to the main engine or its DLCs. Be sure to join it to keep in the loop of all exciting SoftWeir products!
For the first time in a long time, the team hosted a cash challenge on our first Spooktacular Game Jam in October. When we received a handful of entries, we selected a few projects to play during our first live streaming event and announced the winners on Twitch. You can download and play all of our fantastic entries by clicking here!
Although we love delivering new requests, features and downloadable contents throughout the year, we still have to keep our balance of time and workflow, while resolving any current issues and instabilities reported to us by the community and team members. As a result of our continued growth and support, we were able to work on and release new projects while still providing features and fixes to 001 this year!
One of those pipeline projects that has been released to the public is the Easy Game Creator! The Easy Game Creator is a one-of-a-kind software that allows the user to create a personalized video game experience in minutes. Already, tons of people are using this perfect tool to great a memorable and fun gift for a loved one!
(Pssst, for those who are in the loop, this isn't the "Super Secret" project we've been working on for years. Be sure to follow us on Patreon and our other forms of social media for more details on that project later!)
Besides working on these projects and more, we still aim to deliver new engine versions to the public as soon as possible, so expect new surprises in the pipeline at the beginning of next year!
All of this and more would not have been possible if it weren't for the amazing support that we've been receiving from our Patreon members and community! We enjoy moments when members can help other folks in the Discord thread and appreciate reading encouraging comments and feedback! All of your feedback helped us to improve our products and service throughout the years. As such, thank you! We hope the community and Patreon members grow to the point when we can release webinars in the future!
On behalf of everyone on the whole team, we also wish you a Happy New Year! Thank you for your dedicated support, and we hope to see more amazing games from you in 2022!
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President Halimah Yacob underlines importance of appreciating diversity and upholding social cohesion in three-day conference
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The importance of "engaging meaningfully" with and upholding social cohesion among members of a diverse Singapore society were the key messages conveyed by the President of Singapore Halimah Yacob throughout a three-day conference, which began on Wed (19 Jun).
Speaking to reporters on the second day of the inaugural International Conference on Cohesive Societies yesterday (20 Jun), she said that the pledge made by over 250 religious organisations in Singapore can be taken up by members of Singapore society beyond the context of such religious communities.
"This is a commitment that can be used in different settings, such as community settings. It can be used to reinforce the values of cohesion, the need to preserve peace and harmony, used in schools, workplaces," she added. "There is a multiplier effect, and that is something that we want to see," said Madam Halimah.
In her opening address on Wed (19 Jun), Madam Halimah acknowledged that despite the advent of "globalisation and technology" that transcend borders, allowing "people, goods and ideas to move across borders more freely than ever before", people have the tendency to "instinctively bond and connect with those who are like them".
"The colour of one's skin, the beliefs one holds, the customs one cherishes, are markers of identity, and can sometimes also become the fault-lines of mistrust and conflict. Indeed, there is growing urgency to our work in our respective countries and communities, to build bridges across such divides," she added.
Citing the spread of the Daesh movement which has spurred similar terrorist attacks worldwide, and the subsequent "rapid rise of Islamophobia and acts of violence promoted by a resurgent Far Right", Madam Halimah warned that the tendency to "find fellowship" only among those of the same race and/or religion "can invite host societies" to perceive immigrants as "threats to their own cultural cohesion".
"Global mass migration of peoples has also created its own challenges, by fuelling both segregationist and nativist instincts. Quite understandably, immigrants seek out their countrymen upon arriving in an unfamiliar land, and adherents of a faith find fellowship with their co-religionists," said Madam Halimah.
This is where strong leadership and deep social mobilisation come into play, according to the President.
"Leaders play an important role in promoting peace and social cohesion at both the national and international levels. But often, we see political leaders articulate division and conflict for their own personal agenda.
"Hence, all societal actors must play a part in managing diversity … From government leaders to individuals, from the media to educational institutions. We need to take ownership of our social harmony. We need to be role models for one another," stressed Madam Halimah.
She called upon the audience to share similar positive values "universal to all religions and cultures" and practicing acceptance of differences among different communities, to create "dialogue and interaction to foster familiarity and friendships with one another" via shared passions such as sports, music, the arts, and even through eating together daily.
Madam Halimah observed that while "Singapore has come a long way from the days our immigrant forefathers formed ethnic enclaves" during the British colonial era and has since built a national identity in the form of "unity from diversity through legislation, policies and programmes", the success of efforts in building social cohesion also lies beyond the government's measures.
"We expanded common spaces so that all Singaporeans can live, study and work together. No one is discriminated or disadvantaged on the basis of race, language or religion. That is also enshrined in our national pledge, recited by all the children in schools every day. Everyone progresses based on their abilities and talents," she said.
"Social cohesion is not something that can be commanded by any government. It can only be nurtured and inspired by each of us, and what we do every day. Friendships and connections will have to be built, face to face. Social trust has to be forged, one positive encounter at a time. Strength from diversity can only grow from dialogue, give and take, speaking and listening," stressed Madam Halimah.
Local netizens, however, did not appear to take too kindly to the President's message, as their comments suggest feeling patronised by the President's address:
Several netizens also raised their lingering discontent with Madam Halimah's ascension to the Presidential post, claiming that she does not represent their interests, given the circumstances in which she had taken up the role:
Madam Halimah has drawn flak from the public over her lineage, as her father is of Indian descent. The 2017 Presidential Election was a reserved election, in which candidacy was limited to Singaporeans of Malay ethnicity.
Prior to being elected – or "appointed" as many Singaporeans, including the above netizens, have argued – as the President of Singapore, Madam Halimah was a Member of Parliament for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC under PAP. She was also the Speaker of Parliament.


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