White grubs, the larval stage of Japanese or June beetles, damage and kill lawns by eating grass roots. Infected lawns show brown, irregularly shaped patches that appear in summer and early fall. Severely damaged areas can be picked up whole, as the grass no longer has roots to hold it into the soil.
According to Michael Merchant, Texas A&M extension service entomologist, all of the common warm season grasses – Bermuda grass, zoysia, St. Augustine and buffalo grass – are vulnerable to attacks by white grubs. Infestations some years are worse than others are. Neil Sperry, author of "The Complete Guide to Texas Gardening" (Taylor publishing, 1991) describes these damaging grubs as about one-half inch long, curled into crescent shape with white bodies and brown heads.
In May or June, the adult beetles emerge from the soil usually after heavy rains or irrigation in search of a mate. Light attracts males and they may be found under porch lights or around lighted windows. The active period for the beetles lasts several weeks in May and June before the female digs a 2 to 5 inch hole into the turf and lays between 30 and 40 eggs. The eggs hatch in approximately two weeks.
Grubs pass through three larval life-stages. The first two life stages last about three weeks each followed by the third stage that continues until the adult emerges the following spring. The third stage does the majority of lawn damage because the hungry grubs continue eating grass roots until cold weather when grubs are dormant.
More than four or five grubs per square foot of lawn require treatment. Confirm that the lawn has grubs by pulling up a small section of grass and checking for grubs. The irregular patches and lack of vigorous growth caused by grub damage looks similar to brown patch in St. Augustine. However, the treatment for white grubs is different.
If a lawn has grubs, treating at the right time is essential. In the past, diazinon and Dursban were recommended chemical treatments applied in mid- to late July. However, these products are no longer available to home gardeners after the Environmental Protection Agency remove chlorpyrifos from the market. Today, treatment today for lawn grubs uses products containing Imidacloprid or halofenozide.
Check product labels and apply according to package directions. Imidacloprid controls all larval stages whereas halofenozide only kills grubs in stages one and two of their life cycle. Because of the way these chemicals control grubs, late June and early July are the best time to apply them.
After treating a lawn for grubs, water the grass thoroughly to get the chemical down to the root zone. If a lawn has more than ½ an inch of thatch buildup, remove or de-thatch before applying chemicals.
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Falling enrollment may force SLCSD to consider closing schools
(Exterior of the Salt Lake City School District offices. Photo: Paul Nelson)
BY PAUL NELSON
SALT LAKE CITY — Rapidly falling enrollment in the Salt Lake City School District has educators considering things they would rather not consider. Officials say they may need to look into closing certain schools, but only as a last resort.
Falling enrollment
People who live near shuttered schools say a closure has a bigger impact on the neighborhood than people might expect. Sugarhouse resident Gretta Millett lives near what used to be Rosslyn Heights Elementary, which closed in 2003. Millett says four of her children graduated from that school, and she believed there were plenty of kids in the area at the time, so she was stunned when the district decided to shut the doors.
(The Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, which used to be Rosslyn Heights Elementary School. Photo: Paul Nelson)
Millett said, "We were really blindsided in terms of being closed, because that was not supposed to have happened."
For a few years, the building was re-purposed to house students, temporarily, when their schools were being renovated. It's now the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, but Millett says it sat vacant for a while, so it was an attractive target for vandals and drug users. Millett was also worried that her youngest child would have to walk across 2100 South to get to her new school, which is a very busy street.
However, she feels the neighborhood lost something intangible, something she calls a "neighborhood village." She believes the school brought the community together.
"I'm really pro-public schools, but I like the idea of that 'neighborhood village,' meaning you walk to school with the kids you live by," she said.
Too soon to speculate
District Spokesperson Yándary Chatwin says it's far too early to speculate about any specific school closing. Before that happens, analysts would have to look at things like overall enrollment, program enrollment, grade levels and the impact to the community.
"A school is an important part of a community. There are members who live in the neighborhood who don't have kids there, but maybe they went to school there, themselves," Chatwin said. "Maybe, they have a tie to that school community."
Enrollment numbers appear to be following strange patterns in Salt Lake City. Chatwin says attendance in high schools is up, but is down in elementary schools. The biggest drop is along the city's west side, but Chatwin says parents in that part of the city shouldn't worry about a school closing, yet. She says they're nowhere close to making that decision.
"We're just saying, 'Hey, our enrollment is declining. Let's look at what that means for our staffing and our school needs,'" she said.
Chatwin says they started noticing a drop in student enrollment years before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Q: Question on solution for 2013 USAJMO #1 The problem and solution can be viewed here
My question is on the part where they state

If $a^5b\equiv 6\pmod 9$, then note that $3|b$. This is because if
  $3|a$ then $a^5b\equiv 0\pmod 9$.

I don't understand how they got that b is divisible by 3. Can someone please explain?

A: From $a^5b \equiv 6\pmod 9$ we have that $3 | a^5b$. So it must be true that either $3 | a$ or $3 |b$. But $3$ cannot divide $a$ for if it does then $9 | a^5$ and therefore $9 | a^5b$ which contradicts $a^5b \equiv 6\pmod 9$

A: If $x\equiv 6\pmod 9$, then $3\,|\,x$.  Now, $3\not |\,a$ because if so, then $a=3y$ and $a^5=3^5y^5=3\cdot 9^2y^5$ and $a^5b\equiv 0\pmod 9$, which is not the case. Therefore, $3\,|\,b$.

A: If $a$ is a multiple of 3, then $a^2$ is a multiple of 9, and $a^2 \times a^3\times b$ is a multiple of 9. This contradicts the fact that $a^5b\equiv 6\pmod 9$.

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What's wonderful about the Wagner tuba is the enthusiasm it generates from horn players when they begin to recognise its true value. We found a great example of this in a video clip on the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's YouTube Channel. It's part of a great 'In the car series' of videos they've made where they feature some of the orchestra's players and deliver a great Q&A session – all in a car on the way to the concert hall!
The style of presentation is familiar of course having been used in sports such as tennis where players are interviewed in a car on the way to a match. It makes for fun viewing and provides an interesting discussion. However, we've never seen it done with 4 Wagner tubas crammed into a car!
All the way through the video you can see and hear the delight of the players at the chance to share their enthusiasm. The Q&A element covers a variety of things including the history of the Wagner tuba, how Richard Wagner used it in his scoring and what sets the Wagner tuba apart from the French horn. The players explain that the instruments are on loan from Melbourne for their upcoming performance of Bruckner's 7th symphony.
Of course you can't have 4 Wagner tuba players together in a car and expect them to keep quiet and there are a couple of fun passages where you get to hear the sound of the instruments. The renditions are perhaps a little less perfect than the players would have liked due to unexpected bumps in the road and a few giggles! However, towards the end of the clip we are treated to a beautiful demonstration of the instrument's tone and capacity for harmony.
Horn player David Kay (the front passenger) is asked to describe the sound of the Wagner tuba. The adjectives he uses are: "luscious, warm, rich". We couldn't agree more!


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Goofy Tails will step up customer acquisition efforts and expand the team and warehouse presence across India for a better customer experience and faster delivery.
Home-grown, fast-growing, nutrition-focused pet care D2C company 'Goofy Tails' has secured seed funding of USD 500,000 led by BeyondSeed, a Singapore-based investor group, and The Chennai Angels, with participation from other overseas angel investors.
The company plans to use the funding to expand its portfolio of healthy pet foods and pet accessories. Goofy Tails will step up customer acquisition efforts and expand the team and warehouse presence across India for a better customer experience and faster delivery. Goofy Tails would also use the funds for extensive research, feedback, and new product development to expand its pet food and treats category.
Goofy Tails is headquartered in New Delhi and is one of the leading pet care brands that started its operations in 2019 by co-founders Karan Gupta, Kartik Gupta, Kunal Gupta, and Ashish Kaushal. The company has seen 200 per cent growth across all categories of its product line and has served over 1.2 lakh customers across Amazon, its own website, and other channels. The current Goofy Tails pet care product range consists of fresh and healthy food, interactive toys, accessories, and grooming products. Goofy Tails plans to enter other South Asian and European markets by the middle of next year.
Kartik Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO, Goofy Tails, said, "We would like to thank our partners who have trusted us and helped us raise this amount. We will be using the funds to acquire customers for a lifetime, engage pet parents with good quality content, provide a seamless platform experience for shoppers, and expand our product development to solve challenges that Indian pet parents are facing."
Co-Founder of Goofy Tails, Karan Gupta said, "Unbalanced home food and kibble are one of the prime causes of obesity, diabetes, and poor gut health in our pets. Goofy Tails aims to solve this problem with a complete and proprietary range of preservative-free food and treats."
Speaking on the investment, Kuldeep Mirani, Co-founder & CEO of BeyondSeed Venture Solutions, Singapore said, "We are very excited to be foraying into the pet category with our investment in Goofy Tails as we see huge potential and promise in this sector. The Goofy Tails team is passionate and hyper-focused on offering high-quality, vet-approved, nutritious pet food that improves the overall health of pets, a welcome change for all concerned pet parents. We believe that Goofy Tails is well-positioned to be a market leader in the "nutrition-focused pet food" category."
Lead Investor from The Chennai Angels, Murugan N, CEO-Southern Health Foods Pvt. Ltd., said, "The founders, being pet parents themselves, have strong expertise in pet foods and nutrition." The company has recently expanded across borders, helping thousands of pet parents access affordable, high-quality pet products. We are extremely happy to take Goofy Tails on as a TCA portfolio company and are eager to see them grow and reach great heights in the coming years."
Mumbai-based Pareto Capital, a consumer-focused and research-driven investment banking firm, acted as the financial and strategic advisor to the company.
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The IAA Commercial Vehicles is the ideal platform for finding information about working in freight haulage, transport and logistics. So this year again numerous events will be offered to attract young people and inform them about career opportunities. There will be something for everybody from school leavers to engineers.
The event "Become a Truck Driver! An Exciting Occupation, a Modern Workplace, and a Secure Job" is directed at youngsters who are about to finish school and choose a career. The sector urgently needs new recruits, because not enough young people are training to become truck drivers. The Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL, the German freight transport association) will run the event jointly with the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) on Tuesday, 30 September 2014 from 10.00 h to 12.30 h. It will provide information about how the training is organised, and options for specialising and for climbing the career ladder in transport and logistics. Professional truck drivers will give the youngsters insights into their varied day-to-day work, and the participants can then have a look at their potential future workplaces at the exhibition stands.
Initial and continuing training will be the focus of the IAA symposium organised by the publishers Verlag Heinrich Vogel and the VDA. The event entitled "Professional Driver Qualification: Review, status quo and foresight" will answer questions about the European Commission's proposed amendment to Directive 2003/59/EC, on which the German Professional Driver Qualification Act (BKrFQG) is based, and with it the initial qualification and periodic training for truck drivers. Suggestions for corrections and modifications from the adhoc working group and practical experience from the first and second waves of in-service training will be presented. This specialist event will be held on 25 September 2014 from 14.00 h to 16.30 h.
The work of long-distance truck drivers, with its social and economic setting, was the subject of the recent ZF "future study" on long-distance drivers. Building on the first "future study", which was initiated by ZF Friedrichshafen AG and the trade magazine FERNFAHRER in 2012, it examines current and future developments in all relevant areas and their impacts on the situation of drivers. The results of the study will be presented on 30 September from 14.30 h to 16.30 h.
For eighth time now, the VDA is holding its information event "goING – young engineers for the automotive industry" at the IAA. It will take place daily from 29 September to 2 October, from 10.30 h to 14.45 h, presenting numerous national and international career opportunities for qualified engineers in the fields of vehicle technology, combustion engines and electric motors, electronics and mechanics, sensor systems and software. Engineers will describe their day-to-day work and the requirements placed on applicants. University lecturers will also be on hand to present current Bachelor's and Master's degree courses. Then the participants can take a tour of the various corporate IAA stands to hear more about specific topics and make initial contacts with manufacturers and suppliers.
Students already taking relevant degree courses are the target group of the lecture event entitled "workING 2014 – prospects in the automotive industry" to be held on 29 September from 09.55 h to 14.55 h. It will provide not only insights into today's work in the automotive industry but also a forum for discussions with employees from the companies' specialist units and personnel departments. In addition to job prospects in the automotive industry, the event will showcase various entry programmes and options for co-operation in the form of Bachelor's and Master's dissertations. After this a walking tour of the trade show grounds will give the students a chance to obtain more detailed information.
The new career section called "job and career at IAA" in Hall 23 will be the location for manufacturers and suppliers to present themselves as attractive employers and provide information about occupations and development opportunities. Interested visitors will be able to talk with experts from the motor-vehicle trades, industry, services and sales.


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Head Start is the largest publicly funded preschool program in the U.S., and one of its primary goals is to improve the school readiness of low-income children. As has been widely reported, the first randomized trial of Head Start in the program's history found some evidence that it is achieving this goal. Receiving one year of Head Start had…
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A washer and dryer are both important appliances at home because they help clean and dry your clothes. However, lint and other debris could start to build up inside and it could affect the efficiency of the washer or dryer. Hot and humid air could get trapped and this could lower the quality of indoor air. Worst of all, a fire could start right inside the washer or dryer. It is important to keep it clean and in good working condition so as to prevent any dangers. So, how will you know if your dirty clothes washer and dryer need professional cleaning?
When the washer and dryer get very hot to the touch, it means the hot air that is supposed to be flowing out is retained within the machine. This is already an indication of a clogged dryer vent. A dryer vent is usually about 6 inches wide, depending on the brand and model of your clothes dryer. Imagine how much lint has built up that it can't let hot air pass through.
Lint is highly flammable. If when you run your washer or dryer and you smell something burning, check the cables and outlets. If those seem okay and the burning smell is still there, it is probably lint burning. If hot air is not flowing out and very dry lint has accumulated in the hose or vent, it could get very hot and catch fire. You need to hire a professional dryer vent cleaning service to remove the lint buildup immediately before more of it starts burning.
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Giovanni Lombardi (Pavia, Llombardia, 20 de juny de 1969) és un ciclista italià, ja retirat, professional entre el 1993 i el 2006. Bon esprintador, la majoria de les seves victòries les aconseguí d'aquesta manera.

Com a ciclista amateur va prendre part en els Jocs Olímpics de Seül de 1988 i els de Barcelona de 1992. Als Jocs de Barcelona guanyà la medalla d'or en la prova de puntuació del programa de ciclisme. Com a professional destaquen quatre victòries d'etapa al Giro d'Itàlia i dues a la Volta a Espanya. El 2005 finalitzà les tres grans voltes, fita sols assolida per 24 ciclistes fins aquell moment.

Una vegada retirat ha exercit de representant de ciclistes com Peter Sagan o Enric Mas.

Palmarès en pista
 1992
  Medalla d'or als Jocs Olímpics de Barcelona en la prova de puntuació
 1993
 1r als Sis dies de Bordeus (amb Adriano Baffi)
 1994
 1r als Sis dies de Dortmund (amb Adriano Baffi)
 1996
 1r als Sis dies de Grenoble (amb Adriano Baffi)
 1r als Sis dies de Munic (amb Adriano Baffi)
 1998
 1r als Sis dies de Fiorenzuola d'Arda (amb Bruno Risi)
 2002
 1r als Sis dies d'Aguascalientes (amb Juan José de la Rosa)
 2003
 1r als Sis dies de Fiorenzuola d'Arda (amb Juan Esteban Curuchet)
 2004
 1r als Sis dies de Fiorenzuola d'Arda (amb Samuele Marzoli)

Palmarès en ruta
 1989
 1r a la Berliner Etappenfahrt
 1990
 1r a la Milà-Busseto
 1r al Trofeu Raffaele Marcoli
 1r al Trofeu Antonietto Rancilio
 1991
 1r al Trofeu Papà Cervi
 1r a la Milà-Busseto
 1r a la Copa Ciutat de Melzo
 1r al Trofeu Antonietto Rancilio
 1992
 1r al Trofeu Papà Cervi
 1993
 Vencedor d'una etapa del Gran Premi del Midi Libre
 Vencedor d'una etapa del Hofbräu Cup
 1994
 Vencedor de 2 etapes de la Volta a Suïssa
 Vencedor de 2 etapes de la Volta a Múrcia
 1995
 Vencedor d'una etapa del Giro d'Itàlia
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta a Suïssa
 1996
 Vencedor d'una etapa del Giro d'Itàlia
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta als Països Baixos
 Vencedor d'una etapa al Giro de Calàbria
 1997
 Vencedor de 2 etapes de la Volta a Dinamarca
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Tirrena-Adriàtica
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta als Països Baixos
 Vencedor d'una etapa de l'Euskal Bizikleta
 1998
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta a Espanya
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Tirrena-Adriàtica
 1999
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta a Àustria
 Vencedor d'una etapa de l'Euskal Bizikleta
 Vencedor d'una etapa del Regio-Tour
 2000
 Vencedor de 2 etapes de la Volta a Catalunya
 Vencedor de 2 etapes de la Volta a Àustria
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta a Aragó
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta a Burgos
 Vencedor d'una etapa de l'Euskal Bizikleta
 2002
 Vencedor de 2 etapes del Tour de Romandia
 Vencedor d'una etapa del Giro d'Itàlia
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta a Espanya
 Vencedor d'una etapa del Tour del Mediterrani
 Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta a Aragó
 2003
 Vencedor d'una etapa del Giro d'Itàlia

Resultats al Tour de França
 1995. 103è de la classificació general
 1997. 118è de la classificació general
 2005. 118è de la classificació general
 2006. Abandona (11a etapa)

Resultats al Giro d'Itàlia
 1994. 91è de la classificació general
 1995. 114è de la classificació general. Vencedor d'una etapa
 1996. 92è de la classificació general. Vencedor d'una etapa
 2001. 89è de la classificació general
 2002. 87è de la classificació general. Vencedor d'una etapa
 2003. 70è de la classificació general. Vencedor d'una etapa
 2004. 119è de la classificació general
 2005. 88è de la classificació general
 2006. 117è de la classificació general

Resultats a la Volta a Espanya
 1993. Abandona (10a etapa)
 1996. Abandona (12a etapa)
 1998. Abandona (11a etapa). Vencedor d'una etapa
 1999. 85è de la classificació general
 2000. 84è de la classificació general
 2002. Abandona (14a etapa). Vencedor d'una etapa
 2003. 79è de la classificació general
 2005. 114è de la classificació general

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Enllaços externs

 Fitxa a sitiodeciclismo.net
 Fitxa a sports-reference.com

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Guanyadors d'etapa a la Volta a Espanya italians
Guanyadors d'etapa a la Volta a Catalunya italians
Medallistes italians als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992
Esportistes de Pavia
Esportistes italians als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1988

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All this gained him a reputation as a provocative firebrand but he nevertheless exhibited regularly at the Salon, protected by powerful patrons; indeed at the Salon he was awarded a gold medal. His first works, an Odalisque, suggested by Victor Hugoand a Llia, illustrating George Sandwere literary subjects; but these he soon abandoned for the study of real life.
With the prevalence of Patriarchy or chauvinism in the mid s, the painting represented the typical woman who was a victim of male dominance in society. The parrot was widely revered as a common bird pet. There are a surprising number of parrots in paintings and here are just a few.
Manet openly disdained history painting and Flaubert resolutely refused to have his works illustrated, yet Manet's paintings often invited narrative readings while scenes in Flaubert's novels came to be condemned in his lifetime as lascivious tableaux. Routledge, Faunce, Sarah.
That year, the government confiscated more than of his works from German museums, putting several on display in the notorious Degenerate Art exhibition in Munich.
However, such quibbles detract very little from this ambitious and thought-provoking show. Les Grandes Figures dhier et daujourd hui. The installation of relevant photographs in the exhibition made the case visually.
Although Ladies on the Bank of the Seine participates in the genre of suburban leisure imagery, of pretty girls in fashionable dresses relaxing by the river on a summer day, Courbet aggressively mines the erotic potential of such a scenario, in which dresses come off, bodies are flung on the bank in abandon, seemingly pleasured by the earth beneath them fig.
The first idea was that of progress, the notion that societies inevitably moved forward in a positive direction from slavery and feudalism to individual freedom and democracy…. By association the bird later came to be used as a secular companion to women. Am I reading too much into the painting.
However, it also depicts docility, meekness and submissiveness. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, —. Mary Morton The J. Article Wikipedia article Gustave Courbet was a controversial French painter, who bridged the gap between Romanticism and the Impressionist school of painters.
Joseph Stevens, on the other hand, synthesizes many convention motifs in Brussels, Morning to create a profound expression of urban malaise.
Nature was assumed to operate according to universal laws that could be discovered by diligent research…[and]… The last undergirding assumption of the modern world was that of regularity. Being a prosperous farming family, anti-monarchical feelings prevailed in the household.
Courbet in the past has been compared to Flaubert, and it would have been interesting for Reed to dwell, even briefly, on the differences between the relationship to narrative between Flaubert and Courbet.
Tradition in art tells us that the dawn brings a day of new possibility, but here the light only serves to illuminate the demeaning depths of starvation.
Given the extraordinary expense and labor that go into these productions, it is striking that their function continues to be so ill-defined. Nov 09, · Chapter Four is devoted to a formalist analysis of Manets Young border in along with a study of the range of importations tie in up to the adult female and the echo in French culture curiously as seen in prints and paintings (most notably Courbet whose Woman with a repeat of reed instrument sees in apposite colloquy with Manet).
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The 'Shady Ladies' Hiding In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art. Recalling Gustave Courbet's Woman with a Parrot(), the nude's upraised arm holds a gas lamp, instead of the vividly colored parrot.
The painterliness of the parrot, whose range of colors recalls the painter's palette, may be an allusion to Courbet's own fascination with pictoriality.
Reed makes interesting comparisons between Manet, Courbet, and Lacan's reading of the narrative of Zeuxis's illusionist painting of grapes, but by then the reader has been led fairly far away from the differences between Manet's and Courbet's versions of women with parrots.
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Coronavirus: A closer look at victim's self-quarantining New Rochelle neighborhood
Peter D. Kramer David Propper
NEW ROCHELLE — Generations knew it as the home of Rob and Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," or, before that, as the home of Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig and the inspiration for George M. Cohan's musical "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway."
But New Rochelle's black-and-white past has been replaced by a new reality: This week, it became New York's coronavirus capital, with nine confirmed cases tied to a 50-year-old man who lives in the city's Wykagyl section.
His synagogue, Young Israel of New Rochelle, has been shuttered until March 8 at the earliest; and about a thousand people his family encountered at temple — at services, a funeral and a bar/bat mitzvah — have been instructed to stay home.
Mayor Noam Bramson said New Rochelle is diverse by every metric, including race, religion, socioeconomic status, heritage and tradition. People in the city "genuinely value and treasure their diversity," he said.
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The city is a mix of million-dollar homes and a dense urban center, a 35-minute train ride from Grand Central Terminal.
Bramson hailed redevelopment in the city's downtown as the most ambitious in the city's history — a plan that will create new homes and business opportunities in its core while preserving its suburban character.
'One of the premier American suburbs'
Wykagyl is the suburban part of that equation.
The Wykagyl section of New Rochelle — which took its name from Wykagyl Country Club, the synagogue's next-door neighbor — straddles wide, tree-lined North Avenue, not far from New Rochelle High School and the cottage where Thomas Paine, author of "Common Sense," lived during some of the final years of his life.
A century after it was established, Wykagyl retains the leafy, suburban feel that drew families here.
When it took shape in the 1920s, said New Rochelle city historian Barbara Davis, it had its own stop on a commuter railroad that stretched from The Bronx into Port Chester and White Plains.
Like other sections of the city, homes in Wykagyl were laid out in park-like settings within walking distance of trains, ideal for commuters, Davis said.
"That made New Rochelle one of the premier American suburbs," she said.
Fictional commuter Rob Petrie was modeled after his real-life creator Carl Reiner, who lived on Bonny Meadow, in the city's north end.
'An incredible mosaic'
Ed Barone, who lives on Trenor Drive a couple of blocks from Young Israel, called his city an "incredible mosaic."
"There's all walks of life here from the very wealthy to the very poor, all races and it's a wonderful mosaic for children to grow up," Barone said.
Longtime resident Marie Creaturo said she has friends and relatives from California, Florida, Texas and Colorado who have called and texted her that they see New Rochelle on the national news amid the coronavirus developments.
"Everywhere you look it's going up, I guess there's no where else to go but up in this town," Creaturo said.
'Moving to the suburbs'
Barbara Davis calls Wykagyl home.
"I used to live on Center Avenue and Pelham Road," on the city's south side, across from Long Island Sound, she said. "When we moved up here. I told everyone: 'We're moving to the suburbs.'"
Davis kept herself home from her job at the city library on Wednesday, self-quarantining out of an overabundance of caution over a bad cough and cold hours after the coronavirus case came to light.
"I've had a chest X-ray, I have no fever, but being in the quarantined neighborhood, I told my boss, I think it's better if I work from home today. Nobody wanted to be around me. They were jittery when they heard me cough. It's very creepy, very creepy."
Davis' neighbors are sticking close to home because they attended services or events with the family who has contracted the virus.
"It seems like every other house on the block is quarantined," she said."It's a very tight-knit community up here. They all live with a mile or so of the temple, within walking distance."
Young Israel of New Rochelle, a half-block from her home, is a real hub for the community, she said.
"I'm supposed to speak there in a few weeks, to their senior group," Davis said.
For now, that activity has ceased.
Young Israel, one of the city's three orthodox synagogues, was founded in 1957 on Coligni Avenue. A decade later, it moved to 1228 North Avenue, into the former Methodist Church. In 1993, the temple purchased a former farmhouse at 1149 North Avenue, its current home adjacent to the country club, where its new building was dedicated on April 6, 2008.
Boundaries, origins
Contrary to public belief, the section was not named for some Native American tribute.
The name "Wykagyl" was a mashup of the initials of the founders of Wykagyl Country Club, built in the early 1900's. When, 20 years later, developers wanted to add cachet to their new homes, they called their development Wykagyl Gardens.
Wykagyl got its name from the golf course and it is within 5 miles of world-class golf courses, hosts to golf royalty, including its namesake, Quaker Ridge and Winged Foot, host of the 2020 U.S. Open.
The area is loosely defined as being within reasonable walking distance of the Wykagyl Shopping Center, near the intersection of North Avenue and Quaker Ridge Road.
Members of the synagogue walk to services along North Avenue, and Young Israel has become part of the fabric of Wykagyl. The Prime Time Cafe kosher restaurant is a popular dining option.
From 1912 to 1937, Wykagyl had its own train station, on the New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad, known as "The Westchester" or "Boston-Westchester," even though, as a commuter line, it never got anywhere close to Boston.
You can still see the underpass, near the Starbucks in the Wykagyl Shopping Center, where the station was, Davis said.
Original homes are mostly Tudor and Spanish-Mediterranean revival style, a product of their 1920's construction, Davis said.
Stuck at home
Davis will postpone a post-birthday celebration in her honor.
"I have been quarantined by my daughter," she said. And Davis' physician husband, who insisted on the chest X-ray, is keeping an eye on her.
"I think he's checked my temperature like every 15 minutes," she said with a chuckle. "It's still good."
Better to stay home, she concluded.
"When I was at work for a few hours yesterday and I'm coughing and everybody's looking at me, I'm going, 'No, this is not good. I'm just making people uncomfortable and there's no reason for that. If it hadn't been for the coronavirus, nobody would have paid attention. But everybody is very jittery. And it's understandable."


I know from personal experience how out of touch Betsy DeVos and the conservatives are with real poverty in America.
Real hunger does not whine like a well-fed child who is not starving between meals. Real hunger cannot shout because it is not used to being heard and answered. Real hunger is wounded, wearing an unmistakable look of longing, desperate for the next meal. Real hunger does not have an ETA on its next meal.
School lunches are not a luxury.
When I read about Betsy DeVos joking that schools should no longer provide free lunch, I began to slowly simmer. I know from personal experience how out of touch Betsy and the conservatives are with real poverty in America. Growing up in Brooklyn, and a latch key kid from an early age, I depended on school lunch for most if not all of my daily nutrition. My mother worked full time, but her secretarial job barely kept the lights on and the rent paid and could not stretch far enough to feed her three girls every day.
Ms. DeVos, have you ever searched through jacket pockets, sofa cushions and old purses in order to find enough change to buy a can of spaghetti and meatballs so you could feed your kids?
Have you ever opened the near-empty pantry and reached for the lone box of cereal only to discover the rats had beaten you to it and were already feasting, so you had to scare them off before having your turn?
Have you ever knocked on a neighbor's door, your stomach rumbling with hunger, in hope they would invite you in for a meal?
Have you ever watched your single parent come home bone tired from working and felt too worried about their stress to mention your hunger because you knew they were doing their best to provide for you?
Growing up under the poverty line, that was my America.
My mother worked full time, but her secretarial job barely kept the lights on, the rent paid and could not stretch far enough to feed her three girls every day.
Like millions of American children, I went to bed hungry and depended on the meal or two I ate at school for my survival. This reality is lost on our new administration. Instead of supporting our children in crisis, they are bent on punishing them for their parents' income.
Eating my meals at school without feeling shame about my poverty allowed me to focus on learning and to work towards bettering my life. When you are hungry, it is impossible to focus on anything besides your hunger. These school meals that were provided for me freed my brain and created a more balanced learning environment between me and my wealthier classmates.
In 6th grade, a teacher, hearing the unmistakable sound of my empty stomach rumbling, slipped me his snack ― a small baggie of plain potato chips. Nothing has ever tasted as good or necessary. I have never forgotten that simple kindness; we both knew potato chips were a luxury for me.
The school lunch program affords hungry children their dignity and privacy so that they can -- as I have -- grow up to have children who can take abundance for granted.
This is the kind of hunger that people who have three-meal-a-day lives can ignore, because it does not affect them. While I realize that it's expensive to continue to feed poor kids, isn't there a higher penalty for allowing them to go hungry? Doesn't this new plan conflict with the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty?
School lunches are not a luxury: they are a duty to children. So the next time Betsy or any of her cronies complain about the luxury of the free lunch program, we need to question them about the last time they went to bed hungry because of lack of options. The school lunch program affords hungry children their dignity and privacy so that they can ― as I have ― grow up to have children who can take abundance for granted. Its up to us to do whatever we can to continue programs that aid those too quiet to understand the power of their voices. Children die without food.


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package org.conqat.engine.resource.scope;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.conqat.engine.commons.ConQATParamDoc;
import org.conqat.engine.commons.ConQATProcessorBase;
import org.conqat.engine.commons.node.NodeConstants;
import org.conqat.engine.commons.node.NodeUtils;
import org.conqat.engine.commons.node.StringSetNode;
import org.conqat.engine.core.core.AConQATAttribute;
import org.conqat.engine.core.core.AConQATKey;
import org.conqat.engine.core.core.AConQATParameter;
import org.conqat.engine.core.core.AConQATProcessor;
import org.conqat.engine.core.core.ConQATException;
import org.conqat.engine.resource.IElement;
import org.conqat.engine.resource.IResource;
import org.conqat.engine.resource.text.ITextElement;
import org.conqat.engine.resource.text.TextElementUtils;
import org.conqat.engine.resource.util.ResourceTraversalUtils;
import org.conqat.engine.resource.util.UniformPathUtils;

/**
 * {@ConQAT.Doc}
 *
 * @author Elmar Juergens
 * @author juergens
 * @author $Author: heinemann $
 * @version $Rev: 42080 $
 * @ConQAT.Rating RED Hash: A69F01C3D5E4831C8ACA33CD1F459EE7
 */
// TODO (LH) Please document in processor description what metrics this
// processor computes. Currently one has to look into the code. Also state in
// what unit 'size' is measured.
@AConQATProcessor(description = "Creates a summary of the elements contained in a scope, aggregated "
		+ "by their extension.")
public class ScopeSummary extends ConQATProcessorBase {

	/** Root of input resource hierarchy */
	private IResource input;

	/** Key for Number of all elements of one type */
	@AConQATKey(description = "Number of all elements of one type", type = "java.lang.Integer")
	public static final String COUNT = "Count";

	/** Key for Size of all elements of one type */
	@AConQATKey(description = "Size of all elements of one type", type = "java.lang.Integer")
	public static final String SIZE = "Size";

	/** Key for Lines of Code of elements of one type */
	@AConQATKey(description = "Lines of Code of elements of one type", type = "java.lang.Integer")
	public static final String LOC = "LoC";

	/**
	 * Minimal size of element group. Smaller groups don't appear in the scope
	 * summary
	 */
	private int minCount = 0;

	/** {@ConQAT.Doc} */
	@AConQATParameter(name = ConQATParamDoc.INPUT_NAME, description = ConQATParamDoc.INPUT_DESC, minOccurrences = 1, maxOccurrences = 1)
	public void setInput(
			@AConQATAttribute(name = ConQATParamDoc.INPUT_REF_NAME, description = ConQATParamDoc.INPUT_REF_DESC) IResource input) {
		this.input = input;
	}

	/** {@ConQAT.Doc} */
	@AConQATParameter(name = "min", description = "Minimal count of a element group to appear in the summary", minOccurrences = 0, maxOccurrences = 1)
	public void setMinCount(
			@AConQATAttribute(name = "count", description = "Default is 0") int minCount) {
		this.minCount = minCount;
	}

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	@Override
	public StringSetNode process() {
		Set<ElementGroupInfo> groups = groupElements();

		StringSetNode root = createRoot();

		for (ElementGroupInfo group : groups) {
			if (group.getCount() >= minCount) {
				StringSetNode groupNode = new StringSetNode(
						group.getExtension());

				groupNode.setValue(COUNT, group.getCount());
				groupNode.setValue(SIZE, group.getSize());

				if (group.isTextElementGroup) {
					groupNode.setValue(LOC, group.getLoc());
				}

				root.addChild(groupNode);
			}
		}

		return root;
	}

	/** Checks whether an {@link IElement} is an {@link ITextElement} */
	private static boolean isTextElement(IElement element) {
		return element instanceof ITextElement;
	}

	/**
	 * Groups the elements contained in the hierarchy according to their
	 * extensions.
	 */
	private Set<ElementGroupInfo> groupElements() {
		Map<String, ElementGroupInfo> elementGroups = new HashMap<String, ElementGroupInfo>();
		for (IElement element : ResourceTraversalUtils.listElements(input)) {

			String extension = UniformPathUtils.getExtension(element
					.getUniformPath());

			if (extension == null) {
				continue;
			}

			if (!elementGroups.containsKey(extension)) {
				elementGroups.put(extension, new ElementGroupInfo(extension,
						isTextElement(element)));
			}
			ElementGroupInfo info = elementGroups.get(extension);

			info.add(element);
		}

		return new HashSet<ElementGroupInfo>(elementGroups.values());
	}

	/** Create root node and set display list options */
	private StringSetNode createRoot() {
		StringSetNode root = new StringSetNode();
		root.setValue(NodeConstants.HIDE_ROOT, true);
		NodeUtils.addToDisplayList(root, COUNT, SIZE, LOC);
		return root;
	}

	/**
	 * Stores information about groups of elements.
	 */
	private class ElementGroupInfo {

		/** Extension of the elements in this group */
		private final String extension;

		/** Number of elements in the group */
		private int count = 0;

		/** Sum of the size of the elements in the group */
		private int size = 0;

		/** Sum of the lines of code of the elements in the group */
		private int loc = 0;

		/**
		 * Flag that determines whether the group represents
		 * {@link ITextElement}s
		 */
		private final boolean isTextElementGroup;

		/** Creates a {@link ElementGroupInfo} for an extension */
		public ElementGroupInfo(String extension, boolean isTextElementGroup) {
			this.extension = extension;
			this.isTextElementGroup = isTextElementGroup;
		}

		/** Adds an element to the group */
		public void add(IElement element) {
			count++;
			try {
				size += element.getContent().length;
				if (isTextElement(element)) {
					loc += countLoc((ITextElement) element);
				}
			} catch (ConQATException e) {
				getLogger().warn(
						"Could not read element " + element.getLocation()
								+ ": " + e.getMessage());
			}
		}

		/** Computes LOC for an {@link ITextElement}. */
		private int countLoc(ITextElement element) throws ConQATException {
			return TextElementUtils.countLOC(element);
		}

		/** Returns the extension. */
		public String getExtension() {
			return extension;
		}

		/** Returns the number of elements. */
		public int getCount() {
			return count;
		}

		/** Returns the LOC value. */
		public int getLoc() {
			return loc;
		}

		/** Returns the size in bytes. */
		public int getSize() {
			return size;
		}
	}

}

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See Iceland's most iconic attractions on the Golden Circle route. Then journey from Reykjavik to central Iceland and relax in the Blue Lagoon.
Ride a snowmobile on Langjokull Glacier and explore a natural ice cave on this adventure tour.
Breathtaking views of the Glacier while driving the snowmobile. The cave is a natural one made by the water (not man-made like others). After leaving the Glacier we went to the Golden Circle and saw much of it... we did so much that we had con change the next day tour that was going to take us again to the Golden Circle (change it for the Norther Lights instead).
The tour guide was knowledgeable and informative. He gave us enough information to keep it interesting and had a good sense of humour. Good stories and facts. The places we visited were amazing, breathtaking and memorable.
We had a great time and 'Rock' was a great guide, very informative and at times fun. The driving was good by 'Gummy Bear' and all in all a wonderful and exhilarating time spent.


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The British-born jihadist behind the worst terror attack in Britain in more than a decade in effect killed and maimed people he'd grown up with � making the atrocity even more horrifying for Manchester residents still struggling to come to terms with a bombing that killed 22 people and injured 59 others at a concert of American pop star Ariana Grande.
As the British government raised the terrorist threat level to "critical" � only the second time authorities have done so � details began to emerge of the 22-year-old suicide bomber Salman Abedi, his Libyan paternity, and his alleged ties to a well-known recruiter for the Islamic State terror group and other known jihadists.
He only recently returned from a three-week trip to Libya, according to family members. British police sources say the trip raises the possibility he may have met with members of the terror group's affiliate in the North African country to plot the attack and to receive training.
Known to police
The portrait drawn of the mass killer who packed his improvised explosive device with nails, nuts and bolts to maximize the slaughter, is a mixed one.
Some neighbors describe him as a football-obsessed fan of Manchester United and keen enthusiast of computer games.
They insist there were no signs the student dropout became radicalized. British security services acknowledged Abedi was known to them � there are some reports the intelligence service may have tried to persuade him to act as an informant � but they did not see him as a high risk.
Others, though, describe a young man full of rage, who denounced a local mosque leader for his criticism of IS. They say he started to pray openly in the streets.
A local imam, Mohammed Saeed, told British newspapers Abedi stopped attending his mosque in 2015 after they argued over IS. Salman used to come to the mosque occasionally, he wasn't particularly friendly towards me because he didn't like my anti-IS sermons. He didn't like what I was saying and showed me the face of hate. He came to the mosque less and less after that.
Son of Libyan emigres
Abedi was born in Manchester in 1994, the third of four children, three boys and one girl. His parents were Libyan emigres who found a home in the northern English city after fleeing the Moammar Gadhafi regime in 1980.
His father, Ramadan Abedi, a former security guard at Manchester Airport, returned to Libya in 2011 to join the uprising against the Libyan autocrat. Since Gadhafi's overthrow his parents spent more time in the North African country than in their home in south Manchester, less than two miles from the scene of Monday's bombing.
Libyan emigres in Manchester say the bomber's father had no time for jihadist ideology. He was always very confrontational with jihadi ideology, and this ISIS thing isn't even jihad, it's criminality. The family will be devastated, one told local newspapers.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, Abedi was a family friend of Raphael Hostey, also known as Abu Qaqa al-Britani, who helped recruit other young Britons for Islamic State via social media until he was killed in a drone strike in Syria last year. British police sources say his ties to Hostey are being probed by counter-terror officials who fear Abedi may have been part of a terror cell, a concern heightened by a trip he made to Libya in the run-up to the bombing.
Police also remain skeptical that Abedi could have built the bomb alone because of its sophistication.
Abedi attended local schools and then went on to study business and management at nearby Salford University. In a statement, a university spokesman described him as "completely off the radar. He turned up for lectures for two years and then just stopped coming.
In the last year-and-half both Abedi and his older brother, 23-year-old Ismail, were active on social media sites, praising jihadists. Police arrested Ismail Monday night hours after the blast. He taught Arabic classes at the Didsbury mosque and, according to locals, was reported to police after concerns were raised about what he was teaching.
Police are also probing the links between the Abedi brothers and another British-Libyan from Manchester, Abdalraouf Abdallah, who was sentenced to a nine-year-prison term after being convicted of funding terrorism and preparing acts of terrorism.
Some analysts argue there were plenty of warning signs about Abedi. In a recent study of young British jihadists for the Henry Jackson Society, a London-based think tank, researcher Emma Webb noted a failure of various agencies and educational institutions to share relevant information about individuals vulnerable to radicalization.
She urged police and social services to share relevant information on vulnerable individuals so the full picture is known across all agencies.
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The media comes down hard on yet another member of the Netanyahu clan
Rivlin also said that he hopes the new government would be formed quickly, and would do more in the field of social justice.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN
WITH THE help of El Al, members of Krembo Wings get ready to spread their wings.
(photo credit: SIVAN FARAG)
The prime minister's brother, Dr. Ido Netanyahu, agreed to be interviewed on Kan 1, and tried to defend him against some of the allegations that have been made against him, but was constantly interrupted by Uri Levy, who would not allow him to finish a sentence.
The younger Netanyahu asked several times to be permitted to complete what he was trying to say. Levy apologized, but butted in again and again. Finally, Netanyahu folded his arms and said: "You want to talk, go ahead." Levy got the message – but not entirely.
Nonetheless, Netanyahu did manage a few sentences, before Levy interrupted him yet again. What is the point of inviting someone to be interviewed, if you're not really interested in what they have to say?
■ THE BEST thing about the elections is when the bombardment of telephone calls and emails urging people to vote for one party or another will stop. Even Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai has got in on the act and, in a recorded telephone message, is telling people that he's a longtime Labor Party man, and the right thing to do is to vote for Labor. Actually, the right thing for every voter to do is to follow his or her conscience. It's pointless asking anyone to vote for a party whose policies may be inconsistent with the voter's values.
Not necessarily on the day after, but within the week after, there will be a lessening of radio and television interviews with political and candidates and with swan song MKs, but that doesn't mean an end to political analysis. In a social media era in which it has become so important to keep one's name and image out there, people are going to ridiculous extremes.
For instance, the Institute for National Security Studies on April 10 is holding an elections briefing for diplomats and foreign correspondents, not at lunch time, when the final results should be available, but from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. That means that anyone living outside Tel Aviv who wants to beat the rush hour traffic has to leave home at 5:30 a.m. at the latest.
In Australia, they're a little more sensible and are waiting for a few days before turning to an Israeli expert to get his take on the election results. Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz will be addressing a meeting hosted in Melbourne by the Zionist Federation of Australia on April 15. By that time the election results will have been finalized, and the picture will be somewhat clearer than in the early morning of April 10.
■ APROPOS ELECTIONS, some of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest neighbors are wondering why they are not voting at the same polling station as the prime minister and his wife, but have to trek a considerable distance from their homes. It's possible that he votes at a polling station closer to his private home – just as President Reuven Rivlin may be voting at a station closer to his private home – than the one a few streets away from his official residence. The prime minister's neighbors used to vote at a polling station within easy walking distance of where they live, and before that at a polling station that was literally next door to the Prime Minister's Residence. But two or three elections ago, the polling station was moved to its present location, which is considerably farther away.
■ LIFE APPEARS to be imitating art in Ukraine, where actor turned presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky this week scored a very comfortable win over the incumbent, Petro Poroshenko. Neither candidate received an absolute majority vote in the first round of elections. Zelensky, who is halachically Jewish, though with a non-Jewish spouse, scored 34.4% of the vote, whereas Poroshenko was favored by only 17.8% of the voters. This means that they will have to contest in a second round on April 21. Zelensky starred in a popular comedy about a schoolteacher who wins the presidential election. Now, it appears that he'll be starring in a real live drama about an actor becoming president. It happened in America with Ronald Reagan, so why not Ukraine?
■ AFFABLE JERUSALEM Mayor Moshe Lion, during his campaign and immediately following his election, made no secret of the fact that he intends to give the green light to the construction of thousands of new apartments in the capital, whose population is the largest in the country and double that of Tel Aviv. Last week, the first step in that direction was taken, with approval for the construction of a neighborhood in which there will be 5,250 residential units, with thousands more anticipated in various parts of the city over the next five years within the framework of a long-range plan for urban renewal.
In bygone years, Jerusalem real estate agents used to advertise properties "with a clear view to the Judean Desert." These days, the only apartment buyers who get to see the Judean Desert are those who can afford a penthouse in an apartment complex that is 20 stories high or more.
But the word is out that in addition to adding thousands of apartments to an already crowded city, Lion wants to introduce a light rail service to Keren Hayesod Street that intersects with several side streets in Talbiyeh and threatens to cause more traffic chaos than currently exists, especially if he goes ahead with his plan to build two adjoining hotels on Keren Hayesod and Ahad Ha'am streets. Concerned residents are convening an emergency meeting Wednesday evening, April 3, at Ginot Ha'Ir Community Center, 12 Emek Refaim Street, where for months on end residents of the German Colony, Baka and Katamon were meeting in an effort to prevent the light rail from going through Emek Refaim and thereby changing the character of the neighborhood.
Many residents in these areas as well as Talbiyeh are affluent immigrants who bought properties in these neighborhoods because of their character. Most do not understand the lack of democracy in the Jerusalem Municipality, as demonstrated by previous mayor Nir Barkat and seemingly by his successor. Aside from all the various arguments presented by those who oppose the light rail going through Emek Refaim, and who appear to be in the majority, they cannot understand how, in a so-called democratic system, the majority loses the battle.
In recent weeks, Rivlin has been talking increasingly about democracy and the elections and has made it clear that the government does not rule the people, it is the people who rule the government, which is why members of government are called public servants. But without electoral reform in Israel, elected officials will continue to be responsible only to their political parties and not to the people who voted them into office. Then again, disgruntled voters may not give Lion a second term.
■ IN HASSIDIC circles, the dynasties of great sages are treated in the same manner as royalty. The custom, when a monarch dies, is for a member of the royal family or for the prime minister to proclaim "the king is dead, long live the king." In essence, this amounts to continuity and recognition of the king's successor, no matter how long the waiting period may be before the coronation. When a great hassidic rabbi dies, his successor is announced either at the funeral or during the seven days of mourning. In the case of Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landa, who was one of Israel's leading kashrut authorities, and whose supervision was recognized by the most stringent observers of dietary laws, his successors were announced at his funeral, which was attended by thousands of men.
It had been his will that no women attend, because he wanted to preserve their modesty and not have them jostled, especially at his final resting place on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. In fact, the 84-year-old unofficial chief rabbi of Bnei Brak and one of the most trusted kashrut authorities in the world had several funeral services: first, in Netanya on Saturday night, following his death at Laniado Medical Center; then, the following day in Bnei Brak, after which he was transported to Jerusalem, to Chabad's Yeshivat Torat Emet in the capital's Romema neighborhood, and from there to the Mount of Olives.
In Bnei Brak, it was announced that one of his sons, Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Isaac Landa, together with Rabbi Tzvi Rosenblatt, who heads the Lithuanian Yeshivat Batei Hora'ah in Bnei Brak, would be the successors to the deceased Rabbi Landa and would work in close cooperation. Rosenblatt, who is a member of Badatz Sheiris Yisroel, is very close to Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the 91-year-old talmudic genius who leads the Lithuanian camp. The younger Landa was an assistant to his father, who appointed him as head of the city's kashrut two years ago and expressed the wish that he would succeed him after his death. Rav Isaac, as he is known, will also be responsible for the city's ritual baths. The kashrut network was established by his grandfather, Rabbi Yaakov Landa.
■ RETIRED JUDGES seem to have a thing about music. Former Supreme Court president Meir Shamgar is a great jazz enthusiast, who has annually traveled to Eilat for the jazz festival. His wife, Michal Rubinstein, who is herself a retired judge, heads the Friends of the Israel Conservatory of Music, who were recently captivated by a performance by pianist Shlomi Shaban, who is a graduate of the conservatory and who presented a varied program with the Bat Kol choir, the conservatory orchestra, and saxophonist Yuval Cohen, who heads the conservatory's jazz department. Other retired judges present included Theodor Or and former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak and his wife, Elishava, a former vice president of the National Labor Court. Many other legal figures enjoyed the concert, as did several well-known academics and prominent figures from the business world.
■ YAD VASHEM regularly conducts competitions for the poster design of the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year's winner was Itamar Maggid, 25, a first-year student in visual communications at Shenkar College, and a grandson of Holocaust survivors.
His design is full of symbolism, integrating writings, drawings and music. The main focus is on three boats reflected in the water and creating a shape that is partly a regular Star of David, and partly the yellow star that Jews living under Nazi occupation were forced to wear on their clothing. The boats represent the fact that life still exists and that the passengers in the boats carry the memory of the Holocaust, as they travel together over the water to a new reality of hope and dreams. The overall composition represents both the past and the future.
Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev last week presented Maggid with his award. Copies of the poster will be sent to schools across Israel to serve as a tool for this year's Holocaust studies curriculum.
■ ANYONE WALKING through the Sportek area of Hayarkon Park this coming Friday might see a game of football that doesn't look familiar. Actually, it's Australian rules, which is somewhat different from soccer, rugby or American touch football. It's an annual tournament hosted by the Australian Embassy, and players include embassy personnel, Australian expats living in Israel or Israeli sons of Australian expats. When teams from Israel have gone down under to compete in international Australian Football League competitions, they have sometimes included Palestinian players as well. The organizer of Friday's event is Noah Geduld, the research and public diplomacy officer at the Australian Embassy.
Hot dogs are the popular fare at American sporting events. In Australia it's meat pies, which will be on sale at the site. The tournament will start at 9 a.m. and run through till 12 non.
■ ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN connection coming up in another sporting event is martial arts champion and Budo for Peace founder Danny Hakim, who is an Australian expat who is the driving force behind the International Day of Sport and Peace, taking place on Sunday, April 7, at the Ramle Sports Center and the Ramle Azrieli Mall between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Four hundred young athletes – Jewish, Arab, Bedouin, ultra-Orthodox, secular and anything in between – will participate in 10 different kinds of sport to illustrate the value of sport as a vehicle for bridging differences and promoting a shared society.
The United Nations and the International Olympic Committee declared April 6 as the International Day of Sports for Development and Peace, but because April 6 is a Saturday, and organizers wanted to ensure that no obstacles would stand in the way of participants, the event, which is being supported by members of the international diplomatic community, was moved to Sunday. Also attending, to show support for the 13 NGOs participating in the event, are Israel's Olympic athletes, including medalists. The sports that will be featured include soccer, tennis, wheelchair tennis, karate, tae kwon do, capoeira, catchball, frisbee, surfing and kayaking.
■ IN FORMER years, the governor of the Bank of Israel used to present his or her annual report to the president of the state on March 31, which is the end of the fiscal year. But this year, Rivlin was beginning his state visit to Canada on March 31, and therefore Amir Yaron presented his report almost three months to the day following his official appointment as governor by Rivlin. However, any report of the meeting last week was under embargo, even though highlights of the report were already known; but tradition being what it is, the meeting went unreported, and only one journalist was present.
On the whole, other than per capita GDP, which is lower than Western countries, and overspending by the government, resulting in too large a deficit, the report was optimistic, a factor that Rivlin found gratifying, especially with regard to low unemployment, low inflation and a strong shekel. However, he warned that "we live in an era and a neighborhood of uncertainty, and things can change radically."
Rivlin also said that he hopes the new government would be formed quickly, and would do more in the field of social justice. He also voiced his strong belief in the independence of the Bank of Israel, and told Yaron that regardless of any criticisms he might encounter, he should not hesitate to make his views known.
■ FORMER PEACE Corps member Elana Rozenman of Jerusalem and formerly of the US continues to be involved in interfaith work, peace organizations, and projects for women's empowerment. She is currently promoting International Golden Rule Day, which is part of the mission of Pathway to Peace. Ambassador Mussie Hailu of Ethiopia, a senior staff member of United Religions Initiative and the founder of International Golden Rule Day, is currently in Israel, and will join her at her home in the capital's Abu Tor neighborhood on April 4, which is the eve of International Golden Rule Day, which is now endorsed by organizations in more than 120 countries.
Hailu is also the goodwill ambassador of the Culture of Peace Initiative and a representative of the Federation of United Nations Associations. Golden Rule Day essentially means treating others as you want them to treat you. It is a guiding principle for universal ethics, mutual respect, a counter to violent extremism, and fosters interreligious and intercultural harmony, which he believes will eventually bring peace to the world.
■ NEW ZEALAND has been in the news for sad reasons resulting from an outrageous attack on a mosque, but now there's some good news from New Zealand that has thrilled Mary-Clare Adam, the honorary consul in Israel for the Solomon Islands. Following a multimillion-dollar tourism investment in the Solomon Islands by New Zealand, which includes the opening of an international airport in the Western Province, the tourism industry powers that be in the Solomon Islands expect a massive boost to their tourism industry. The first scheduled international flight to Munda Airport arrived from Brisbane, Australia, on March 30.
Eventually tourists who love the pure beauty of nature will also find their way to the Solomon Islands, where they can go boating or diving in the pristine waters and enjoy the stunning beaches. Accommodation is not in the five-star bracket, but this very fact may add to the charm of a destination yet to be discovered.
■ PEOPLE FLYING in and out of Israel don't get to see much of the country during landing and takeoff. If they have a chance to look out of a window of the plane, they will see Tel Aviv and Jaffa but not much else. El Al decided to give a total of 180 passengers,
including members of the Israel Special Olympics and the Krembo Wings youth group and their families, the opportunity to see much more, by taking them on a free flight across the whole of Israel in one of the company's Dreamliner planes. Krembo Wings fights for the rights of youngsters with special needs.
Just before take-off, El Al CEO Gonen Usishkin and Yehudit Grisaro, the company's manager of human resources, organized a ceremony on the tarmac with the participation of Herzliya Mayor Moshe Fadlon, Talia Harel Bejerano, the CEO of Krembo Wings, and Sharon Levy, the CEO of the Special Olympics.
Usishkin said how pleased he was to host both groups leaving from the Herzliya airfield. He added that El Al initiates many community projects, and will continue to do so.
Fadlon was quite emotional about the fact that the company's eighth Dreamliner plane has been named Herzliya.
■ ISRAEL PRIDES itself on what it has achieved over the past 70-plus years, but let's not kid ourselves. If Israel's founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, had not reached an agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany's first postwar chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, Israel's achievements might still be admirable but not nearly as great as was made possible by compensation for Nazi genocide. Though both men were naturally suspicious of each other as they prepared for their first meeting, the chemistry was right, and they developed a wonderful friendship.
This is the subject of a new book by David Witzthum, who was a longtime radio and television reporter and anchorman with Israel Radio and Israel Television in the era of the now defunct Israel Broadcasting Authority.
At a certain stage of his career, Witzthum was the IBA's man in Germany, where he gained expertise in Israel-Germany relations, which he has continued to cultivate, so much so that travel agencies specializing in special niche group tours hire him as a scholar in residence for their tours to Germany. In addition to having been a broadcaster and a university lecturer, Witzthum is also a talented musician, and the tours to Germany have included lectures by Witzthum on famous German composers and musicians, as well as visits to concert recitals and opera performances.
His book launch, under the auspices of Talkhouse, will be held on Saturday night, April 6, at Pavilion 12 in Tel Aviv Port. Pavilion 12 is not to be confused with Hangar 12. It's a separate entity altogether.
■ QUITE A few people were peeved during the period in which Netanyahu also served as foreign minister. The cause of their dissatisfaction was their contention that the position of foreign minister is not a part-time job; it demands full-time attention. They somehow overlooked the fact that even on a part-time basis, Netanyahu had many more diplomatic triumphs to his credit than many of his predecessors.
Around the time that election billboards began appearing all over the country, there was one that featured large portraits of both Netanyahu and Blue and White's Benny Gantz on either side of the text, which read: "Bibi, Gantz, promise that the position of foreign minister will be full-time."
Some people wondered who was behind this particular billboard, and as is usually the case in Israel, there were several conspiracy theories. Now there's no longer any need to theorize. The culprit has confessed. It would not have taken major guesswork to realize that whoever it was had a relationship of some sort with the Foreign Ministry. Indeed, it was a former director-general and former ambassador to both the United Kingdom and the United Nations. Yes, it was Ron Prosor, who currently heads the Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy at IDC Herzliya.
Prosor is hoping that whoever winds up as prime minister will select a foreign minister with the attributes of Abba Eban, in order to bring about meaningful change within the Foreign Ministry.
■ AMONG THE films being screened at the current Westchester Jewish Film Festival, which continues till April 17, is Ran Tal's highly acclaimed film The Museum, which takes viewers behind the scenes at the Israel Museum. After the screening, the Jacob Burns Film Center will host a Q&A session with James Snyder, emeritus director of the Israel Museum, who served in that position from 1997 to 2016, and subsequently as the museum's international president till the end of 2018. Snyder, who is now again living in the US, is an erudite speaker with an intimate knowledge of the museum, and will definitely give filmgoers value for money.


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Political Intervention by Mr. George Perdikes to the European Parliament Group – Greens/EFA, on the Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq
The President of the Cyprus Greens - Citizens' Cooperation has convey a letter to the Co-Presidents of the EP Group - Greens/European Free Alliance, Ms. Ska Keller and Mr. Philippe Lamberts, calling for an urgent political reaction to an imminent humanitarian crisis in Iraq.
The representatives of the Kurdish Democratic Party (PYD, Syria) appealed for this intervention during a meeting with the President of the Cyprus Greens – Citizen's Cooperation, Mr. George Perdikes on August the 1st.
Addressing the Co-Chairs of the European Greens, Mr. Perdikes called for an urgent political reaction to an imminent humanitarian crisis at the Maxmur refugee camp, which hosts more than ten thousand refugees, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
After a Turkish air raid in the Maxmur area (July 19, 2019), serious concerns that Turkish aggression would intensify in the area causing more human suffering, were raised. Turkey's aggression in the neighborhood is increasing, targeting the Kurdish people in Iraq and Syria, in violation of international law and human rights. Not to mention Turkey's illegal drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean, recently condemned by the European Council.
Mr. Perdikes calls on the two Co-Presidents, in view of the Greens / EFA's enhanced presence in the European Parliament, to support the EU action on tackling the humanitarian crises caused by Turkey.


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Q: PHP | Performance of ascending vs descending loops Recently I heard that descending FOR loops works faster than ascending. I was wondering why and didnt found any documented confirmations. I decided to make following tests:
<?php

$a = null;

$limit = pow(10, 9);

$time = microtime(true);

for ($i = 0; $i < $limit; ++$i) {
    $a = 1;
}

$time = microtime(true) - $time;

echo "Asc " . number_format($time, 3) . PHP_EOL;

$a = null;

$time = microtime(true);

for ($i = $limit; $i > 0; --$i) {
    $a = 1;
}

$time = microtime(true) - $time;

echo "Desc " . number_format($time, 3) . PHP_EOL;

I was really surprised when had different results -
Asc 84.365
Desc 64.448
Could you tell me what I did wrong in test or why descending loop is actually faster?
Thanks.


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Q: php filter_input parse error inside class
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*Configuration of a project in dev mode with WAMP.

*PHP vers 5 and 7 are available.

Just trying to set the project root using filter_input. Could someone please explain why filter input for the protected and private vars inside the class reports a PARSE ERROR? However if used outside the class or inside a function of the class it works.
Is there a better way to do this so that it can be used globally? I find this is called a lot and would prefer to do it once.
$test = filter_input(INPUT_SERVER,'DOCUMENT_ROOT');
echo $test; //good

class FooBar{
    protected $_test = filter_input(INPUT_SERVER,'DOCUMENT_ROOT'); //bad - Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ';'
    private $_test2 = filter_input(INPUT_SERVER,'DOCUMENT_ROOT'); //bad - Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ';'
    function __construct() {
    }

    public function getProducts(){
        include_once
 (filter_input(INPUT_SERVER,'DOCUMENT_ROOT').'/obj/user.php'); //good
   }
}

A: You can not directly assign a function return value to a property in the class definition.
This is because the function could return different return values, and the class is only a blueprint which you must instantiate as an object to use.
For the objects that are created from your class definition you can initialize any property in the constructor:
class FooBar {
    protected $var = null;
    private $var2 = null;
    function __construct() {
        $this->var = func1();
        $this->var2 = func2();
    }
}
// no parse error

Despite of that, why do you use filter_input on an internal constant? You only need to filter input from the outside, i.e. GET/POST/SESSION content (user input), input read from files, from external APIs etc. But you don't need to use that on internal constants like the DOCUMENT_ROOT:
class FooBar {
    private $_docroot = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
}
// no parse error


As automation continues to expand into diverse industrial sectors, the demand of fibre optic cable is already following suit and will continue to grow. For example, in both offshore and land-based oil rigs and platforms, high-speed fibre optic cable is required to control automation as well as monitor equipment status and communicate predictive notifications when components are in danger of failing. These capabilities create enormous cost savings by avoiding extended downtime due to catastrophic equipment failures.
In the oil and gas industries, fibre is increasingly being used in upstream exploration and production to downstream at the pump, and everywhere in between.
At the same time, the use of fibre optic cable is increasing in a wide variety of hazardous locations, including sites with potentially explosive atmospheres that put workers and equipment at risk. According to organisations that establish international safety requirements, the potential for fibre optic connectors to cause ignition of explosive atmospheres presents a real hazard.
Explosive atmospheres exist in areas where flammable gasses, vapours, mists or dust are mixed with the surrounding air, creating the risk of an explosion throughout the entire area. Locations for such conditions include oil platforms, gas pipelines and distribution centres, oil refineries, and chemical processing plants.
The cost of an explosion can be colossal, ranging from expensive downtime and the repair and/or replacement of equipment to the loss of human lives. The price tag for a deepwater oil rig today averages around US$350 million, and the stoppage of well production can range upward to US$375 000 daily.
Because the hazards of explosive atmospheres are a global concern, special 'directives' have been issued to establish minimum requirements for improving the health and safety of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres. The two bodies that certify to these standards for fibre are ATEX and IECEx.
ATEX (Atmosphere Explosibles) is the name given to directives used for controlling explosive atmospheres in the European Union. IECEx is the International Electrotechnical Commission's (IEC) system of standards relating to equipment used in explosive atmospheres.
IECEx has determined that fibre optic connectors, the receptacles that couple fibre optic cable to an enclosure, are potential ignition sources in explosive atmospheres under certain conditions, or "Zones," as determined by ATEX.
Hoyle adds that due to the great number of users that should address the need to use certified connectors in potentially explosive atmospheres, and to provide them with a certified fibre connector solution, many are scrambling for solutions.
As an example, OCC recently developed the EZ-Mate Ex line of connectors, which provides up to 24 fibre connections in a single connector and has hazardous location protection for Zones 1 and 2.
"Having certified fibre connectors installed in a hazardous area not only speeds up the certification process, but can also reduce time to market along with reduced testing and certification costs for the customer," Hoyle explains.
To make the explosive atmosphere-fibre solution a comprehensive one, manufacturers like OCC work with ATEX/IECEx-certified enclosures manufacturers to provide a complete end-to-end solution.
Such comprehensive solutions will no only ensure safer environments for workers and equipment, but will also make the conversion to directive-compliant explosive atmosphere protection more efficient, with minimal downtime.


Time and place where media kit can be pick-up: During the opening hours of th Press Office at Hotel Phoenix.
Russian Dmitry Polyanskiy claimed the top spot on the podium in Tiszy, winning the elite men's triathlon final followed close by his brother, Igor Polyanskyi. In front of a delighted home crowd, Tamas Toth managed to grab the last spot on the podium.


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Q: NGINX gets stuck on a specific location We have an nginx server that we're using as a reverse proxy. We redirect every HTTP traffic to HTTPS, except a specific path - /success.html. The mechanism works at first, but after a while (few hours / days), the /success.html location stops working and times out. The other location (/) keeps working well. After reloading the nginx, things return to normal (until next time...).
Our conf file:
server {
        listen                         80;
        server_name                    mypublicdomain.com;
        location /success.html {
                proxy_pass http://myinternaldomain.net/success.html;
        }
        location / {
                return 301 https://mypublicdomain.com$request_uri;
        }
}
server {
        listen                         443 ssl http2;
        server_name                    mypublicdomain.com;
        ...
        ...
}

What are we doing wrong here? We've seen similar issues when putting more than one location on the same server (with one location being more specific that the other).


Online commenters who read that article somehow blamed the White House.
"It is just a wee problem," wrote one, and, "This is why we can't have anything nice," said another.
How did this town of roughly 1,200 people come to such a stinky pass?
Elm City is deader than fried chicken.
Not only is the library closed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but you can't find a single human being on the entire block. I could have brought a llama to relieve itself on the library's front door and nobody would have noticed.
The nearest building to the library's left is padlocked. There's a sign offering a reward for arsonists.
To the right is Library Park, which consists of a bike rack and a yard's worth of grass.
The rest of the block offers locked doors, a busted window, an active hornet nest and a sign warning me that I was under video surveillance.
By whom? I knocked on every door and couldn't rouse a soul. The most exciting thing that happened in an hour downtown was the Amtrak train passing by. It didn't slow down.
I'll go out on this limb: Urinating on the library might be the most fun you can have in Elm City.
If you're bored here, it's your own fault.
But in the towns an hour outside the Triangle, thick with cotton and tobacco, where the gas stations still have metal numbers on the pumps, where Piggly Wiggly is the biggest grocery store, there's nothing but imagination to keep a kid company.
I know. I grew up in a place just like them.
I called the Elm City librarian Sue Young, who declined to comment Friday, and Town Administrator Jonathan Russell, who is out of town until Wednesday, then knocked on the door of a town councilman and rang the phone of the mayor. No luck finding anybody to discuss the library urination.
So while I'm taking potshots at this little town, which does have a fitness trail and a fall car show, let me say it's no wonder teens are peeing on the library. There's nowhere else to go. Maybe a porta-potty, or some crude public restroom?
If you don't build it, they will go.


RB a long, long time ago!
September 24th marked the one-year anniversary of the inaugural post for this blog. That first post was a Q & A from an interview I'd done for a local magazine with Lar Lubovitch. Since then I've talked with so many fantastic dancers, choreographers, directors, etc. including Daniil Simkin, Cheryl Mann, Alejandro Cerrudo, Aszure Barton and Nacho Duato and covered Dance for Life, Chicago Dancing Festival, numerous anniversaries and some bittersweet retirements and uncovered some great videos — just to name a few…and seen countless, wonderful performances. I'm a lucky girl!
Thank you to everyone who reads RB! (My mom, Mark, Josh and Sasha are the regulars.) Comments are welcome – let's keep it postitive and clean please – so let me know who you are and what you think.
Happy Birthday RB!!! too many MANY more!!!
Happy Birthday RB!!! keep rockin' it!!!
Congrats on a great blog, RB!
Happy Anniversary!!!!! I've enjoy every post. Keep up the good work!