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package com.actian.spark_vector.provider

import org.apache.spark.sql._
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType
import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging

object ExternalTable extends Logging {

  def externalTableDataFrame(
      spark: SparkSession,
      extRef: String,
      format: String,
      schemaSpec: Option[String],
      options: Map[String, String],
      filters: Seq[Column],
      columnInfos: Option[Seq[ColumnInfo]]
  ): DataFrame = {

    def createSchema(x: Seq[ColumnInfo]): StructType = {
      val schema = StructType(x.map(_.toColumnMetadata).map(_.structField))
      logDebug(s"Using schema deduced from column infos:${schema.simpleString}")
      schema
    }

    val schema = schemaSpec.fold(
      columnInfos.fold[Option[StructType]](None)(x => Some(createSchema(x)))
    )(SchemaParser.parseSchema(_))
    val readerWithOptions = spark.read.options(options)
    val readerWithOptionsAndSchema = schema.fold(
      readerWithOptions.option("inferSchema", "true")
    )(readerWithOptions.schema(_))
    val df = format match {
      case "parquet" => readerWithOptionsAndSchema.parquet(extRef)
      case "csv"     => readerWithOptionsAndSchema.csv(extRef)
      case "orc"     => readerWithOptionsAndSchema.orc(extRef)
      case _         => readerWithOptionsAndSchema.format(format).load(extRef)
    }

    val filtered = filters.reduceLeftOption(_ and _).foldLeft(df)(_.filter(_))
    // enforce schema, workaround for https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-10848
    schema.fold(filtered)(spark.createDataFrame(filtered.rdd, _))
  }
}

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If you're a Netflix subscriber, you may have come across this hit series entitled "Stranger Things". The first time I saw it, I had an instant connection with the characters and because I love weird things like time travel, parallel universe [multiverse] theory, conspiracy theories about aliens and space, the Montauk Project and Area 51; I was instantly hooked up by this film series and I certainly became a fan while watching it!
The first season of Stranger Things has eight (8) episodes and I binge watched it for five days. I think the discipline of watching it every day adds excitement to the thrilling experience. Though I can finish it in two to three days, I preferred watching one to two episodes per day so I could still do other things like blogging. I am not going to talk more about it in this post because there are right blog sources that talks about the specifics of the series. Just google any movie blogs and it will give you fair and just review of first season of this series. I only wanted to share how excited I am for the premiere of its second season.
As Netflix US announced in its official twitter account, Stranger Things Season 2 will premiere in the US before Halloween. I am not quite sure if it will become available in the Philippines the same day in the US because most of the time, it takes a few months before the new Netflix Original series are distributed to other countries including Philippines. I just wish, in behalf of all Filipino fans, that Stranger Things Season 2 should be streamed by Netflix PH on same day it premieres in the United States.


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    <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>aq_search_cluster</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
        <refmiscinfo class="version">&aqd_version;</refmiscinfo>
        <refmiscinfo class="manual">Aquilon Commands</refmiscinfo>
    </refmeta>

    <refnamediv>
        <refname>aq search cluster</refname>
        <refpurpose>
            Search command for clusters
        </refpurpose>
        <refclass>Aquilon</refclass>
    </refnamediv>

    <refsynopsisdiv>
        <cmdsynopsis>
            <command>aq search cluster</command>
            <group>
                <synopfragmentref linkend="global-options">Global options</synopfragmentref>
            </group>
            <group choice="req">
                <arg><option>--archetype <replaceable>ARCHETYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--buildstatus <replaceable>BUILDSTATUS</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--cluster_type <replaceable>CLUSTER_TYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
                <group>
                    <arg choice="plain"><option>--personality <replaceable>PERSONALITY</replaceable></option></arg>
                    <arg><option>--personality_stage <replaceable>STAGE</replaceable></option></arg>
                </group>
                <arg><option>--allowed_archetype <replaceable>ALLOWED_ARCHETYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--allowed_personality <replaceable>ALLOWED_PERSONALITY</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--down_hosts_threshold <replaceable>DOWN_HOSTS_THRESHOLD</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--down_maint_threshold <replaceable>DOWN_MAINT_THRESHOLD</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--max_members <replaceable>MAX_MEMBERS</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--member_archetype <replaceable>MEMBER_ARCHETYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--member_hostname <replaceable>MEMBER_HOSTNAME</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--member_personality <replaceable>MEMBER_PERSONALITY</replaceable></option></arg>
            </group>

            <group>
                <arg choice="plain"><option>--domain <replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg choice="plain"><option>--sandbox <replaceable>USER</replaceable>/<replaceable>SANDBOX</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg choice="plain"><option>--branch <replaceable>BRANCH</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg choice="plain"><option>--sandbox_author <replaceable>USER</replaceable></option></arg>
            </group>

            <group>
                <arg><option>--cluster <replaceable>CLUSTER</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--metacluster <replaceable>METACLUSTER</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--grouped_with <replaceable>CLUSTER</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--esx_metacluster <replaceable>METACLUSTER</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--esx_virtual_machine <replaceable>ESX_VIRTUAL_MACHINE</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--esx_guest <replaceable>ESX_GUEST</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--service <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--instance <replaceable>INSTANCE</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--share <replaceable>SHARE</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--esx_switch <replaceable>ESX_SWITCH</replaceable></option></arg>
                <arg><option>--preferred_building <replaceable>BUILDING</replaceable></option></arg>
            </group>
            <group>
                <arg><option>--fullinfo</option></arg>
            </group>
            <group>
                <synopfragmentref linkend="cluster-location-options">cluster location options</synopfragmentref>
                <arg><option>--cluster_exact_location</option></arg>
            </group>
            <group>
                <synopfragmentref linkend="member-location-options">member location options</synopfragmentref>
                <arg><option>--member_exact_location</option></arg>
            </group>
            <xi:include href="../common/cluster_location_options.xml"/>
            <xi:include href="../common/member_location_options.xml"/>
            <xi:include href="../common/global_options.xml"/>
        </cmdsynopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>
            The <command>aq search cluster</command> command searches for
            clusters.
        </para>
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Options</title>
        <variablelist>
            <title>Command-specific options</title>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--archetype <replaceable>ARCHETYPE</replaceable></option>
                    <option>--personality <replaceable>PERSONALITY</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                         The archetype and personality of the cluster. This is the configuration of
                         the cluster itself, not of the hosts that are members of the cluster.
                         Typically the archetype indicates the style of cluster (HA, grid, etc)
                         whereas the personality indicates the type of technology being used.  For
                         example, "hadoop", "vcs", etc.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--personality_stage <replaceable>STAGE</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Select the stage of the personality to filter for. If not specified, all stages are matched.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--allowed_archetype <replaceable>ALLOWED_ARCHETYPE</replaceable></option>
                    <option>--allowed_personality <replaceable>ALLOWED_PERSONALITY</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The archetype and personality of hosts allowed to be added to the cluster.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--member_archetype <replaceable>MEMBER_ARCHETYPE</replaceable></option>
                    <option>--member_hostname <replaceable>MEMBER_HOSTNAME</replaceable></option>
                    <option>--member_personality <replaceable>MEMBER_PERSONALITY</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The archetype, hostname and personality of host added to the cluster.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--cluster_type <replaceable>CLUSTER_TYPE</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Type of cluster we're looking for. Can be <literal>compute</literal>,
                        <literal>storage</literal>, <literal>esx</literal>.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--down_hosts_threshold <replaceable>DOWN_HOSTS_THRESHOLD</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                         A numeric value describing how many hosts can be down before the monitoring
                         system declares a problem. This can be specified as an absolute number or
                         as a percentage (by appending a "%" character on the argument). If a
                         percentage is used, then the threshold data is exposed as both a percentage
                         and an absolute value based on the current cluster population. The
                         threshold value is exposed from Aquilon but the interpretation of that
                         threshold is purely from within the monitoring system.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--down_maint_threshold <replaceable>DOWN_MAINT_THRESHOLD</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        A numeric value down_hosts_threshold in maintenance window.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--max_members <replaceable>MAX</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The maximum hosts that can be added to the cluster.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--buildstatus <replaceable>BUILDSTATUS</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Matches clusters with the given build status.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--cluster <replaceable>CLUSTER</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The exact name of the cluster.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--metacluster <replaceable>METACLUSTER</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--esx_metacluster <replaceable>METACLUSTER</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The exact name of the metacluster holding this cluster. The <option>--esx_metacluster</option>
                        form is deprecated.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--grouped_with <replaceable>CLUSTER</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Match clusters which are grouped with <replaceable>CLUSTER</replaceable>.
                        If <replaceable>CLUSTER</replaceable> is not a member of any cluster groups, then the result will be empty.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--preferred_building <replaceable>BUILDING</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Match clusters which have an override for the preferred side set to <replaceable>BUILDING</replaceable>.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>

        <variablelist>
            <title>Domain/sandbox options</title>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--domain <replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable></option>
                    <option>--sandbox <replaceable>USER</replaceable>/<replaceable>SANDBOX</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--branch <replaceable>BRANCH</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Look for clusters that are in the given template branch (domain or sandbox). The <option>--branch</option>
                        variant matches both domains and sandboxes.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--sandbox_author <replaceable>USER</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Look for clusters that are in any sandbox authored by (the checked out copy of the branch is
                        owned by) <replaceable>USER</replaceable>.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>

        <variablelist>
            <title>ESX specific options</title>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--esx_virtual_machine <replaceable>ESX_METACLUSTER</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Label of a virtual hardware that's part of the cluster.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--esx_guest <replaceable>ESX_GUEST</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The fully qualified host name of a VM that's part of the cluster.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--service <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The name of a service provided by the cluster.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--instance <replaceable>INSTANCE</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The name of a service instance linked to the cluster.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--share <replaceable>SHARE</replaceable></option>,
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The name of a network share linked to the cluster.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--esx_switch <replaceable>ESX_SWITCH</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Select clusters bound to the given switch.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--fullinfo</option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Show full information of the matching clusters.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>

        <variablelist>
            <title>Location-specific options</title>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>--cluster_organization <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_hub <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_continent <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_country <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_campus <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_city <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_building <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_room <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_bunker <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_rack <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--cluster_desk <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_organization <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_hub <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_continent <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_country <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_campus <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_city <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_building <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_room <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_bunker <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_rack <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>,
                    <option>--member_desk <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Search for clusters by location. The options prefixed by "cluster_" match on the cluster's
                        location constraint, while the options prefixed by "member_" match on the location of the
                        cluster members. The two may yield different results if e.g. the cluster spans multiple
                        racks.
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        The member location options also accept a comma-separated list of values. In that case, only
                        clusters which have members in all the listed locations will be returned.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--cluster_exact_location</option>, <option>--member_exact_location</option></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Require an exact match for the cluster/member location. Default is to match sub-locations as well.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>

        <xi:include href="../common/global_options_desc.xml"/>
    </refsect1>

</refentry>

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February to April
The Patrons Cup is a Senior Club Competition in Toowoomba, that begins each year in February and goes until March.
It is a preliminary competition, for clubs to prepare for the Main Club Competition, the Presidents Cup, which starts in April.
The Patrons Cup was introduced to give senior players a chance to play the game at the start of each year, prior to the University Students returning to college. Which had issues for the USQ Basketball Club participating each year.
It is a shortened competition, with Teams nominating into the following grades for men and women, based on the level of ability:
B-Grade
C-Grade
To play in any TBA Competition, you need to be registered with Basketball Queensland and one of Toowoomba Basketball Clubs. Saints, Eagles, Allstars, USQ and Runnin Rebels.
A Team Game Fee of $70 is payable on the night the team plays.
Select your club upon registration or if you are looking for a team or club please email competitions@toowoombabasketball.com.au and we will help you find a team.
Club contact details are available on this site.
2019 Patrons Cup Rules
$120 player registration cost which will cover you for 365 days. This fee will cover membership with Basketball Queensland, including a simple Insurance policy (please check BQ website for coverage). A club fee of $15 is also included which will be passed on to your club.
Game fees are $70 per team / game.
The League will start on the week of the 4th February 2019 and run for approximately 10 weeks.
A grade will be played on Monday nights between 6pm – 10pm
C grade (Men) & B grade (Social Women) will be played on Tuesday nights between 6pm – 10pm.
B grade (Men) will be played on Wednesday nights between 6pm – 10pm.
(The last game to start at 9pm).
All games will be played at the Clive Berghofer Arena (St Mary's College) 235 Herries Street Toowoomba.
Nominations must be done through the TBA affiliated clubs via direct contact with the Competitions Administrator.
Competition Guidelines
Tentative game time slots will be as follows: 6pm, 7pm, 8pm & 9pm
All games will be 4 x 10 minute quarters, with a running clock on the courts own individual timer (No centrally timed games).
Game intervals as follows: 1-min for ¼ time break, 2-min for ½ time break, 1-min for ¾ time break
For all games across all divisions, the clock will stop on any dead ball whistles in the last 2-minutes of the fourth quarter only, this includes free throws.
The clock will stop for all time-outs. Each team is allowed one (1) time-out per quarter.
No overtime will be played during regular season fixtures. If the scores are level at the end of the match, this game will be counted as a draw. Overtime will only be used in the finals and will be set at 3-minutes.
All teams will be required to provide a score bench official for their designated game.
All games across all divisions will be officiated by a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of three (3) referees.
No player shall be allowed to take the court until they are registered with the TBA.
Players must have played in at least three (5) fixture games to be eligible to play in the finals.
Players are not allowed to play for any other club unless they have been cleared by the TBA.
Players in the same club may play in both B and C grade, or fill in for A grade a maximum of 5 games per season (unless prior permission given by TBA).
All players in all divisions must be in matching uniforms; this includes both singlets and shorts. Any player deemed not to be in correct matching uniforms by TBA referees or the court commissioner will be penalised 10-points. These points will be added to the opposition team score at the start of the 1st quarter.
In the event of a forfeit a game may still be played provided both teams pay the nominated game fee, however the game will still be awarded as a forfeit.
A team must have a minimum of four (4) players to start a competition game in B & C Grade. Except for A Grade which must have a minimum of five (5) players to start before the end of the first quarter the game will be deemed a forfeit, but will be allowed to be played if both teams agree.
Any team that does not have the required number of players ready to start the game at the scheduled time will be penalised one point per minute they are late. These points will be added to the opposition team score at the start of the 1st quarter.
Points System:
A win will result in three (3) competition points
A loss will result in one (1) competition point
A draw will result in two (2) competition points
A forfeit will result in zero (0) competition points
Players' Code of Behaviour
Observe this Code of Behaviour. Failure to do so may compromise your Club's ability (or TBA's ability) to represent you/your team in the event of a complaint made against you/your team!
Read the Competition Rules and play by those Rules. A lack of awareness of the Rules is not accepted by your Club or TBA as a justification of a breach of the Rules. Constructive feedback regarding the Rules can be submitted to your Club Management Committee, which may refer your feedback to TBA if warranted.
Show appreciation for, and cooperate with, volunteer coaches, officials and administrators. Without them, you could not participate.
Never argue with an official. If you disagree, have your captain, coach or manager approach the official during a break or after the competition. Any approach must always be conducted in a reasonable manner.
Control your temper on and off the court. Verbal abuse of officials or volunteers, and sledging other players, deliberately distracting/provoking an opponent, or the use of bad language are not acceptable or permitted behaviours in any competition or event sanctioned by Toowoomba Basketball Association. Do not act in a matter that is offensive to others, this includes the use of bad language.
Work equally hard for yourself and/or your team. Your team's performance will benefit so will you.
Be a good sport. Applaud good plays whether they are made by your team or the opposition.
Treat all participants in your sport as you like to be treated. Do not bully or take unfair advantage of another competitor.
Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their gender, ability, cultural background or religion.
Respect the belongings of others as well as the facilities in which you play.
Communicate any concerns, disputes, complaints or other issues about players, parents, coaching staff, team management or any other relevant party by way of writing to the TBA Management Committee within 24 hours of the incident using the Complaint Form at the Toowoomba Basketball Association website.
The TBA Management Committee reserves the right to investigate any issue to bring about a resolution if necessary.
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All players MUST be registered before being able to play. Please use this link to complete your Online Registration.
This registration will cover you for 365 Days from your date of purchase if you are having any problems you will need to email (Trevor Grieve) at
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TBA/BQ Registration Cost for 2020: Ages 9 and under :$60.00
Ages 10-17 :$115.00
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Mariah Carey Posts Hilarious Throwback Snap Of Herself & Will Smith
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Mariah Carey took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the adorable moment she and Will Smith first met. In the snap, Carey is wearing a pink mini dress while Smith is wearing a baby blue tank top as the two lightly hug for the photo.
The photo is the epitome of the 1990s. Carey is rocking her curly hair, which is half-up, tied with yellow scrunchies. Will's sunglasses are hanging around his neck with a strap. The good ol' days.
"When I only owned two dresses – one pink and one black. I met @willsmith on the night of the pink one! LOL," Carey captioned the photo.
The post garnered nearly 150,000 and more than 2,300 comments in under an hour.
"If this pic doesn't represent the 90's, I don't know what does. lol," one user wrote.
Mariah Carey fans were also quick to make the connection between the diva's caption and the lyrics to her hit "Make It Happen," which describes some rough years of someone who didn't have proper shoes and sometimes couldn't afford to eat.
"And now the girl with only one pair of shoes and 2 dresses has the most iconic closet of all time. Legend. Role model," one Instagram user wrote, while another added, "and also no proper shoes upon you feet."
#tbt When I only owned two dresses - one pink and one black. I met @willsmith on the night of the pink one! LOL
A post shared by Mariah Carey (@mariahcarey) on Sep 20, 2018 at 7:33am PDT
Carey is set to release her upcoming album, which she said will have a current feel to it, though it won't follow "anyone else's trend," People reported. Carey also recently admitted that she is most fond of her sixth album, Butterfly, saying it will always be her favorite, the Inquisitr previously reported. She revealed her preference for Sunday, Sep. 16, the day that marks 21 years since the album was released to the public in 1997.
"Happy anniversary Butterfly," she wrote. "This is still my fave album and always will be."
Will Smith has not responded to Carey's throwback photo, but given his record, he might. As fans will recall, Smith, 49, posted a picture that combines his face with Halle Berry's to mark the actress's 52nd birthday in August, as USA Today reported. The resulting photo had Smith's goatee and nose, but Berry's eyes and hair, proving he is the king of Instagram troll.
Berry responded by sharing her own version of a mash-up photo, accompanied by the hashtag "WilleSmerry."
"I cannot thank you enough for your lovely birthday wish – may our features forever be this compatible – and may we ONLY use these photos instead of any actual photos together from now on," Berry wrote.


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In physics, U-duality (short for unified duality) is a symmetry of string theory or M-theory combining S-duality and T-duality transformations. The term is most often met in the context of the "U-duality (symmetry) group" of M-theory as defined on a particular background space (topological manifold). This is the union of all the S-duality and T-duality available in that topology. The narrow meaning of the word "U-duality" is one of those dualities that can be classified neither as an S-duality, nor as a T-duality - a transformation that exchanges a large geometry of one theory with the strong coupling of another theory, for example.

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Mary Kay Henry, Contributor
International President, Service Employees International Union
Why 700 Striking Health Care Workers in Washington Matter
Sabrina Duncan has a daughter with disabilities who requires more doctor visits and care than the average child. Until Jan. 1 of this year, her employer, Providence Health & Services, provided a low-deductible health insurance plan that gave her affordable access to the continual care her daughter needs. But earlier this year, Providence switched employees to a high-deductible, "catastrophic" health plan that puts needed care out of financial reach.
"I will not be able to get my young child to the doctors and therapies she needs," Duncan, a health unit coordinator at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Wash., said recently. "How can Providence make my child fail in her growth to become the best person she can be with her disabilities, just to save a buck that they don't even need?"
Duncan is a member of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and one of 700 Providence Health & Services employees at Providence St. Peter Hospital and Providence SoundHomeCare and Hospice who went on a six-day strike last week to protest the company's decision to shift workers from an affordable health care plan that spreads risk over a large pool of workers to a "catastrophic" plan that exponentially increases deductibles and co-pays, making health care unaffordable for many employees.
The nonprofit Catholic health care company has publicly claimed its decision is consistent with a broader trend of employers backing away from comprehensive health care to an "accountability" model. This so-called "skin-in-the game" approach uses a faulty "responsibility" argument as cover for shifting insurance costs from employers to employees. The idea that workers purchase unnecessary health services because they are shielded from costs is a cynical view lacking evidence. As a health provider, Providence should know better.
Catastrophic plans do result in cost savings -- savings that come from workers forgoing care because they simply can't afford it. A Kaiser Family Foundation study revealed that one-quarter of workers in catastrophic plans report not filling a prescription or not getting a recommended treatment or test such as childhood vaccinations, mammograms, and other life-saving preventive care.
High-deductible plans may be suitable if you're 22 and never had a health problem. But the world doesn't work that way. We all get older. Any one of us at any time can have an unexpected health crisis. And even if we're healthy, we all have someone close to us who may require more health services. Group insurance that spreads risk over a large pool gives more of us access to affordable, needed care. Providence knows this.
The real motivation for employers that adopt these plans certainly is not better, more accountable care; it's beefing up the company's bottom line by transferring more costs to employees. Sadly, it is true that an increasing number of companies are jumping on the bandwagon. In 2012 for the first time, catastrophic plans were the second most common choice in health plan design, behind PPOs and overtaking HMOs. A study by the Rand Corp indicates that within a decade, half of all workers with employer-sponsored health care will have high-deductible, catastrophic plans.
Providence Health & Systems is a profitable, charitable health care behemoth. It operates 27 hospitals in five states including Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington, and logged more than $239 million in profit last year. The CEO's total compensation increased 100 percent in the last reporting year from $3.1 million to $6.4 million. In spite of its charitable designation and profitability, which hardworking employees help make possible, Providence is steadfast in its push for even more concessions from workers.
What about the workers?
Sabrina is a health unit coordinator. Her colleagues on strike with her include other coordinators, LPNs, hospital admitting personnel, technicians, housekeeping, social workers, dieticians and RNs who work for Providence St. Peter Hospital or Providence SoundHomeCare and Hospice. Their average wage of $31,000 per year is a mere decimal of Providence Health & System's CEO pay. The employees' new $3,000 annual deductible for families is 10 percent of the average worker's pay and a sharp boost from the $750 yearly deductible in their previous health plan.
All of these numbers add up to a strong case for why these 700 striking health care workers in Washington matter.
Providence health workers are standing up, on behalf of all working people, to send a clear message that "normal" cannot be hardworking people like Sabrina and countless others being forced to decide whether they or their children get the health care they need while already rich CEOs get 100 percent pay increases. Corporations cannot continue asking workers to underwrite bigger CEO salaries and dividends for wealthy shareholders.
Enough is enough. All working people should reject the notion that settling for stagnating wages, lack of retirement security and unaffordable health care is just the way it is. Workers at Providence and all around the country have made ample sacrifices. It's time for more employers to put people first.
Find out more about the Washington workers fight to preserve their access to health care at www.DontCutCare.com.
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Falling into You () — двадцать первый альбом Селин Дион и четвёртый, выпущенный на английском языке 11 марта 1996 года лейблом Columbia/Epic Records. Он получил множество наград по всему миру, в том числе две награды за альбом года и лучший поп-альбом на 39-й ежегодной церемонии «Грэмми», во время которой Дион выступала вживую. В апреле 1997 года она также получила три премии World Music Awards в номинации Самый продаваемый исполнитель года в мире, Самый продаваемый поп-исполнитель года в мире и Самый продаваемый канадский исполнитель года в мире. Альбом входит в список «200 Зала славы рок-н-ролла». Falling into You стал самым продаваемым альбомом Дион и одним из самых продаваемых альбомов в истории, его продажи составили более 32 миллионов копий по всему миру, в том числе двенадцать миллионов копий в США, более двух миллионов в Великобритании и более миллиона в Германии, Франции, Канаде и Австралии. В Европе было продано более девяти миллионов единиц. Он возглавил чарты по всему миру, в том числе занял первое место в Соединенных Штатах, Канаде, Великобритании, Франции, Австралии и многих других странах. Он стал одним из самых продаваемых альбомов 1996 и 1997 годов в разных странах, а также одним из самых продаваемых альбомов десятилетия. Он был сертифицирован как бриллиантовый, мультиплатиновый, платиновый и золотой по всему миру.

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Falling into You является одной из крупнейших музыкальных удач певицы (он получил 4 балла на All Music Guide) и демонстрирует разнообразие исполняемого певицей материала (среди которого есть кавер на песню Тины Тёрнер, баллады, эксперименты с софт-роком и использованием перкуссионных инструментов). За этот альбом Селин получила Грэмми в 2-х номинациях. В поддержку диска в начале 1997 года был проведён тур Falling into You Tour.

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Редактор Billboard Пол Верна написал положительный отзыв об альбоме. Он сказал, что он укрепит репутацию Дион как одной из настоящих мировых поп-див.

Положительный отзыв дал Стивен Томас Эрлевайн, старший редактор AllMusic. Он отметил, что альбом является шаблонным, но оценил его хорошо выполненную, стильную и запоминающуюся формулу, подчеркивающую естественное вокальное очарование Дион. Стивен Холден из The New York Times написал, что альбом «напичкан шаблонной романтической напыщенностью».

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Премия «Грэмми» за лучший альбом года
Альбомы на английском языке
Премия «Грэмми» за лучший вокальный поп-альбом
Альбомы, спродюсированные Дэвидом Фостером
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Monster Hunter Legends Of The Guild On Netflix is The Film For Those Hunting For A Good Adaptation
Monster Hunter Legends Of The Guild On Netflix is The Film For Those Hunting For A Good Adaptation.
The Monster Hunter train is rolling at full speed ahead. They have had a hell of a year so far and thanks to Capcom's partnership with Netflix, we have more Monster Hunter coming our way with Monster Hunter Legends of the Guild.
Legends of the Guild follows a character named Aiden and a group of fellow hunters as they protect Aiden's village from a fearsome Elder Dragon. Leading the cast in the role of Aiden is Dante Brasco who is best known as Rufio from Hook and Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Other actors include Brando Eaton (Awkward., Dexter), Erica Lindbeck (The Owl House, Pacific Rim: The Black), G.K. Bowes (Aggretsuko), and Brian Beacock (Beastars, Sword Art Online).
Follow young Aiden and his hunting party on an epic quest to protect his village from a fiery Elder Dragon!#MonsterHunter: Legends of the Guild is now streaming on Netflix.
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— Monster Hunter (@monsterhunter) August 13, 2021
This is the second story-focused Monster Hunter project to release in 2021, with the first being Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin which has received tremendous praise. We had the chance to watch the film, and it definitely does a better job of pulling inspiration from Monster Hunter World than the live-action adaptation. Check out and let us know what you think!
In this article:Brando Eaton, Brian Beacock, Dante Brasco, Entertainment, Entertainment news, Erica Lindbeck, FIlm, G.K. Bowes, Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter Stories, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Monster Hunter World, Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild, Movie, Netflix, Netflix film, Netflix movie, Netflix original, News
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May 2023 elections
Elections that are taking place on 4 May 2023
Arun District Council elections (district wide, if contested)
Town and parish council elections (district wide, if contested)
Election Timetable
Please see the elections timetable to be used for these elections.
Election timetable [pdf] 181KB
Election timetable [HTML]
Household Notification Letter and accompanying election arrangements leaflet
On 31 January 2023 we will be sending a household notification letter (HNL) to all residential households within Arun, with this we will also be including an election arrangements leaflet.
HNL Form and leaflet.pdf [pdf] 1MB
If you require this document in an accessible format please contact webmaster@arun.gov.uk.
Voter ID requirement
From the 4 May 2023, voters in England will need to show photo ID to vote at polling stations in most elections.
This will apply to:
Local elections (e.g. district and parish elections, which are being held in Arun on 4 May 2023)
Police and crime commissioner elections
UK parliamentary by-elections
Recall petitions
From October 2023 it will also apply to UK General elections.
If you do not have an accepted photo ID, you can apply for a free voter ID document, which is known as a Voter Authority Certificate. To find out more about what photo ID is acceptable and how to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate if necessary, please visit the Electoral Commission website.
If you vote by post you will not need photo ID. If you vote by proxy (that is, appointing someone to vote on your behalf) then your proxy will need their photo ID if they vote at the polling station.
Polling station arrangements
The majority of polling stations have now returned to their usual premises pre-Covid arrangements. Where we have been unable to secure the usual premises we have located the nearest suitable alternative. Please see the constituency schedule to be used for these elections.
2023 - Constituency Schedule [pdf] 208KB
Candidates and agents briefing
A candidates and agents briefing will take place on Wednesday 22 February 2023 at 4pm and Thursday 2 March 2023 at 6pm, both in the Council Chamber at the Arun Civic Centre, Littlehampton. If you would like to attend this briefing, please email nominations@arun.gov.uk and we will send you the meeting invite. This will give you an opportunity to receive further information on the election arrangements, ask questions and see examples of how to complete a nomination paper.
Nomination arrangements
We will be continuing to use the 2021 procedures for the receipt and checking of nomination papers for these elections:
As with 2021, the nomination packs will be available on the website from approximately the end of January 2023, this will include the papers as well as useful information to help you complete them.
If you require a paper copy of these please email nominations@arun.gov.uk to request these, they will then be posted to you.
We are asking that completed nomination papers are scanned and emailed to nominations@arun.gov.uk from Tuesday 21 March 2023 so that we can carry out informal checks and email the candidate/agent back with any amendments that need to be completed before the papers are formally received.
If the papers are not able to be scanned they can be hand delivered to the Civic Centre offices in Littlehampton and left to be checked, we are not running an appointment system for you to be able to wait whilst they are being checked. If any amendments need to be made contact details will need to be provided so that we can ask to you to return to the offices to make these at a later time.
The deadline for us to receive the completed nomination papers at the Civic Centre is 4pm on Tuesday 4 April 2023, we ask that nomination papers are not handed in on this day unless they have been informally checked beforehand. If any amendments are needed it makes it very difficult to get them completed on the last day and we cannot accept anything after the 4pm deadline.
For any questions or assistance, please use the nominations@arun.gov.uk email address.
Despatch of postal votes
1st despatch of postal votes – 18 April 2023 (being mailed on this date)
Anyone who has applied for a postal vote by Thursday 30 March 2023 will be in the 1st despatch of postal vote packs on Tuesday 18 April 2023.
2nd despatch of postal votes – 24 April 2023 (being mailed on this date)
Anyone who applies between Friday 31 March and the deadline of 5pm on Tuesday 18 April 2023 will be in the 2nd despatch on Monday 24 April 2023.
Any electors who have not received their postal packs can only be sent a replacement from Thursday 27 April 2023 as per the legislation.


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California school board recall to be held Tuesday
A recall election seeking to remove Leanne Ibarra and Jose Lara from their positions on the El Rancho Unified School District Board of Education in California is scheduled for June 2, 2020. The election is being conducted by mail-in ballot in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The candidate filing deadline passed on March 6; Allan Maciel and Joseph Rivera filed to run for Lara's position, and Esther Mejia filed to run for Ibarra's position.
Although Ibarra is still contesting the recall effort, Lara resigned from his seat effective February 5, 2020. At a school board meeting on January 21, Lara said he was leaving in order to focus on his family while his son recuperated from an illness. His name will still be on the recall election ballot, and if a majority of voters cast ballots to retain him, the school board will appoint his replacement.
The recall effort began in May 2019. Recall supporters listed a number of concerns with the board, including a vote to notify 23 administrators they could be fired or reassigned, a vote to demote, transfer, or release six administrators, and the alleged mismanagement of a $200 million bond. In an interview with the Whittier Daily News, Lara responded and said, "The community of Pico Rivera has been driven along a misinformation campaign. They've only heard one side of the story."
Lara was first elected to the five-member board on November 5, 2013, and Ibarra was first elected on November 6, 2018. Before Lara resigned, he and Ibarra were members of a three-person majority on the board, according to the Whittier Daily News. The third member of the majority, Gabriel Orosco, was not included in the recall effort since his term is up for election in 2020. The other two board members support the recall effort. To get the recall on the ballot, recall supporters had to collect at least 6,509 signatures by October 23, 2019.
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NewsGuard is a journalism and technology tool that rates the credibility of news and information websites and tracks online misinformation. It operates a browser extension and mobile apps for consumers as well as services for businesses, including a brand safety tool for advertisers and services for search engines, social media apps, cybersecurity firms, and government agencies.

NewsGuard's trust ratings for news websites are based on nine criteria related to a source's journalistic practices. Based on the nine criteria, each site is assigned a trust score of 0-100 and an overall rating of red (generally untrustworthy) or green (generally trustworthy). The rating is accompanied by a "Nutrition Label" that explains why the site received its rating on each of the nine criteria. NewsGuard says it has rated more than 6,000 news sources that account for 95% of engagement with news in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy.

NewsGuard operates a consumer-facing browser extension and mobile apps for iOS and Android that label news sources with a red or green icon indicating the site's rating and enable users to read each site's "Nutrition Label" from NewsGuard. Supported browsers for the browser extension include Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Safari. It is included by default in the mobile version of Edge, though users must enable it.

Background
NewsGuard Technologies was founded in 2018 by Steven Brill and L. Gordon Crovitz, who serve as co-CEOs.  Investors include the Knight Foundation and Publicis.  The NewsGuard extension is installed in browsers and warns users when they view content from what it considers fake news websites. Journalists employed by NewsGuard Technologies score news sites on their reliability and general trustworthiness. The analysis is designed to be transparent and includes the name of the staffer who analyzed the site. Sites that score at least 60 out of 100 points based on nine criteria display a green icon next to their name, and ones that score lower get a red. Users can optionally read more information, including how the sites fared in each criterion.  The extension can also highlight potential conflicts of interest, such as websites that do not disclose that they are financed by lobbying groups.

NewsGuard determines a website's overall credibility score based on a number of criteria. These include:
 The frequency of publication of inaccurate information
 The extent of sourcing and original reporting of information
 The degree of demarcation between news and opinion journalism
 The accuracy of headlines, including the use of clickbait headlines
 The degree of disclosure of the website's ownership, as well as the political positions of the owners

Brill positions the extension as an alternative to government regulation and automated algorithms, such as those used by Facebook.  For revenue, NewsGuard Technologies licenses their ratings.  Clients include technology companies and the advertising industry, who view the ratings as a way to protect clients against advertising on sites that could harm their brand. In January 2019, the extension was integrated into the mobile version of Microsoft Edge, though users must enable it.  Sites that had previously ignored the extension, such as MailOnline, objected to being listed as unreliable.  The decision to list MailOnline as unreliable was reversed, and NewsGuard admitted they were wrong on some counts.  Sites labeled as unreliable include InfoWars, the Daily Kos, Sputnik, RT, WikiLeaks, and MSNBC.  NewsGuard has been criticized by Breitbart News as "the establishment media's latest effort to blacklist alternative media sites".  NewsGuard attempts to work with sites they label as unreliable to advise them on how to come into compliance with their criteria.

NewsGuard expanded its coverage to news in European languages such as French and German ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election.

In April 2019, the co-founders of NewsGuard announced that they had entered talks with British internet service providers to incorporate their credibility scoring system into consumer internet packages. Under the plans, a user would see a warning message before visiting a misleading site without needing to have the NewsGuard extension installed. Users would also have the ability to disable the feature.

In January 2020, NewsGuard began notifying users that it would become a paid, member-supported browser extension in early 2020, while remaining free for libraries and schools. Early adopters would get a 33% discount on the price, paying $1.95/month (USD) or £1.95/month (UK). They plan to roll out new premium features, including a reliability score, and offer new mobile apps for Android and iOS. They reported ratings of "3,800 websites that account for 95% of engagement with news in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Italy."

As of January 2021, NewsGuard says it has rated for more than 6,000 news sites that account for 95% of online engagement with news in the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany and Italy.

See also
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 AllSides
 Media Bias/Fact Check
 Michael Hayden

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Bishop's Lodge house and garden
1880s iron house built by Bishop Linton and architect John Sulman
Letters to Mary
This collection includes illustrated letters written by her father, Bishop Anderson and letters and cards from her brothers, Sleeman and Ralph sent during active service in World War I.
Hugh Linton's dental tools
Returning from England to the Riverina in 1910, Linton worked with Bishop Anderson. He ministered to many and was known to participate in boxing challenges.
The Hidden Garden
The enclosed rose garden with a rose-covered archway over the central path leading towards the little wooden summer house
The 'found' roses remain a living reminder of Bishop Anderson's love of gardening
The Linton family clock
Manufactured by Ringo-Freres, Paris, c. 1850
Bishop's Lodge Historic House & Garden
Bishop's Lodge Historic House is a remarkable iron house and outbuildings designed and built in 1888 by Bishop Sydney Linton and architect, John Sulman. It incorporates innovative design ideas for mitigating Hay's extreme summer heat.
Bishop's Lodge is surrounded by a heritage garden featuring a remarkable collection of historic roses, some of which are unique.
The house was the residence for the Anglican Bishop of the Riverina. The small but significant collection is based around the families who lived there, its use as a hostel for school boys in the 1930s and 1940s, the heritage roses and the work of the volunteer management committee since 1985.
Heritage Rose Garden
The historic garden contains a remarkable collection of heritage roses.
Bishop's Lodge Shop
Potted roses and souvenirs are available for purchase.
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What Is The Criminal Sentence For Burglary?
As a point of reference, burglary can best be defined as a crime that involves the unauthorized, or illegal entry into a home, an apartment, a building, a place of worship, or a community dwelling for the elderly. Considering our aging population, we can expect to see an increase in community dwellings.
Unfortunately, the crime of burglary may also involve forcible entry. The other term you may not be familiar with is simple assault. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice Statistics, the illegal entry may include the breaking of a small or large window. Illegal entry also includes the slashing of a screen in order to enter the home or building. Illegal entry may also take place by entering through an unlocked front door. or even by taking advantage of an open patio or screen door.
It is very important to realize that you simply can't be too careful, especially in today's environment. This is an important lesson about personal and home security that should also be gently taught to children as well as elderly family members.
Bear in mind that unauthorized entry takes place for the express purpose of committing a crime within the premises. Typically, but not always, the crime involves theft. It's also very possible that the crime may involve assault.
Since there are variables in each case, the final outcome depends on the jurisdiction, circumstances, and the extent of the crime. As a result of the final determination, the crime may either be charged as a misdemeanor or as a felony.
The good news is that homes protected by a home security system are 33% less likely to be broken into.
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DATE: January 7, 2016 4:39:01 PM UTC
New Fort Lee 24-hour gate, hours announced
By Amy Perry, Fort Lee Public Affairs
Fort Lee Gate Map 1/7/2016
FORT LEE, Va. – The Sisisky Boulevard Gate will again become the main access point here Jan. 19, now that construction of a new drive-thru Visitor Control Center there is complete.
The Sisisky Boulevard Gate will be open 24 hours, and the Lee Avenue Gate will be open 5 a.m. – 8 p.m. weekdays, and closed on weekends and federal holidays.
This change also impacts VCC hours of operation. The Lee Avenue VCC will be open 5 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday – Friday. The Sisisky Boulevard VCC will be open 8-11 p.m. Monday – Friday and 6 a.m. – 11 p.m. on weekends and federal holidays.
Additionally, the Temple Avenue Gate, open only on weekdays, will now close at 1 p.m. and reopen from 4-6 p.m. for outbound traffic only.
"The hours are changing again because the VCC construction project that began in January 2015 is complete and the Sisisky Boulevard Gate is returning to main gate status," said Capt. Brian A. Bishop, Provost Marshal Office operations officer.
The full gate schedule as of Jan. 19 will be:
Sisisky Boulevard: Always open
Mahone Avenue: 5 a.m. – 11 p.m., Monday – Friday; 7 a.m. – 11 p.m. weekends and federal holidays
A Avenue: 5 a.m. – 8 p.m., Monday – Friday; closed weekends and federal holidays
Shop Road (commercial vehicle entrance): 6 a.m. – 2 p.m., Monday – Friday; closed weekends and federal holidays
Lee Avenue: 5 a.m. – 8 p.m., Monday – Friday; closed weekends and federal holidays
Jackson Circle: Always open to staff, residents and authorized guests
Temple Avenue: 4:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. (inbound and outbound) and 4-6 p.m. (outbound only) Monday – Friday; closed weekends and federal holidays
More information regarding access to Fort Lee is available online at www.lee.army.mil/access.


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Rage Against the Machine, Def Leppard, More Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Brian Ives
Def Leppard, Rage Against the Machine and the MC5 are among the hard rock and alternative rock bands nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. The 2019 ballot, released earlier this morning, snubs classic heavy metal bands: Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Slayer and Pantera are among the artists who are eligible, but not included. Other notable artists who didn't make the ballot include Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, the New York Dolls, Bad Brains, Black Flag, Ice-T, Hole, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Primus, Smashing Pumpkins and Alice In Chains.
Here are the artists who did make the ballot besides Def Leppard, Rage Against The Machine and the MC5: new wave icons Devo, pop superstar Janet Jackson, alt-country singer/songwriter John Prine, electronic pioneers Kraftwerk, hip-hop legend LL Cool J, experimental '90s rock superstars Radiohead, experimental '70s band Roxy Music, Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks (who is already a Hall of Famer with Fleetwood Mac), goth rockers the Cure, singer/songwriter/multi-media artist Todd Rundgren, '70s funk group Rufus & Chaka Khan and '60s British Invasion band the Zombies.
To be eligible for nomination, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. Inductees will be announced in December 2018. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on March 29, 2019. Ticket on-sale information will be announced in January.
33 Hard Rock + Metal Acts Who Deserve to Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
10 Most Legendary Acts Who Deserve a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
Source: Rage Against the Machine, Def Leppard, More Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Type TV Show 7.0. See your Personality Type, understand yourself and others better. The Type TV Show animates Carl Jung's Psychological Types and the 16 Myers and Briggs Personality Type Codes. The game helps you to master the basics, and contains hidden doors to deeper levels of play for those that dare to dive deeper into the abyss. Enjoy. Free for personal use only. Commercial users, please contact me for terms.
"The Type TV Show is a good way for people who've heard something about the Jungian theory of psychological types to become more deeply introduced to this way of thinking about human personality and consciousness, and it has much to offer the seasoned type-watcher as well. The attractive animated graphics are very expressive of the different dynamisms involved in extraversion and introversion, and the website is sprinkled with quotes from Jung's writings that are pregnant with meaning for the student. The differences between thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition are conveyed through a subtle, visual approach that prepares the mind to engage with the conceptual formulations of these distinct cognitive processes that are also offered. Throughout, there is a play of wit and wisdom that ought to spark the curiosity and interest of any person engaging with this software." (quote from Dr. John Beebe, a Jungian analyst and psychiatrist in practice in San Francisco, and recent president of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.)
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"This visually appealing program is ingenius and beautiful. Relax and let the images speak to you. Explore freely. This is a wonderful dynamic meditation."
"The Type TV program introduces the basic concepts of personality type theory. Its originality is in its thoroughly graphic approach to the essential type elements -- not representational drawings so much as playful visual abstractions bolstered by caption balloons and unexpected (and sometimes very funny) audio effects. In this way, an understanding of personality differences is conveyed intuitively, as the user interacts with the program. For this reason, Type TV Show may not be everyone's cup of tea, but, as an interactive tool, the program has sufficient depth to reward repeated usage. For example, every time I run it, I discover something new -- whole sections that I overlooked, unexpected vocal asides, and associative connections I hadn't immediately recognized. It should be noted that I already know something about type theory, which is why I find the program so refreshingly different from the usual text-heavy introductions."
"I know something about Carl Jung's writings, and the 16 personality types, but I could never remember my Myers and Briggs code, or what it means. This show showed me what is happening, and is fun to use (pretty too). I found my type after a few times through the show."
"Installs clean and fast. Beautiful artwork. I learned a lot from this program. I never realized that I judge differently than others, and have more of a whole-to-parts way of operating. The show opened up a lot of questions for me too."
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"I am from Cairo, Egypt. First of all I'd like to express my admiration and liking for your wonderful program Type TV show, I love it! I've been through lots of materials about emotional intelligence, but yours is really the most interesting for me. I'm responsible for next class presentation on Personality and Emotions at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime. while searching on the internet I was lucky find your interesting site and the wonderful Type TV show. I'd appreciate if you can authorize me to use your program to make my presentation to the students."
"Quick and cute----and full of surprises. Deep (many layers to explore), and a very well-constructed program. Cool animations and a funny soundtrack too. Gooooood!"
"Who says a program has to be hard to use or hard to look at? TypeTV is visually arresting and gives you a lot to think -- and learn about."
All key concepts presented with animations, pictures, and sounds. Easy to understand and remember. Discover your Personality Type. The Type TV Show takes you behind the scenes, and shows you what is under the costumes and games people play. Do you like to learn visually? Then the Type TV Show is right for you. Understanding the 16 Myers and Briggs Codes gives you X-ray vision to see yourself and others clearly. Get to know your two sides (light and dark, yang and yin) so that you can manage the conflict purposefully, plan a happy reunion, flow with your natural strengths, and make friends with your other side.


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Beyond Real Estate Development
Ziwar discusses how Ora Developers encourage Egyptians to get up and move
By: By Marwan Ziwar, Chief Commercial Officer of Ora Developers
Mon, Feb. 10, 2020
For long, sports have been limited in the minds of many Egyptians to only football. Now, people's awareness of sports has developed to include other team sports such as basketball and handball that are rising to capture the attention and admiration of a bigger fan base with the latest achievements of Egypt's national teams.
Recently, the Egyptian government has been leading a huge campaign aimed at endorsing and encouraging more individual talents, and elevating the entire individual sports sector. This have been seen in many events and occasions where President El Sisi himself received and honored prominent talents in sports and most notably champions of tennis and squash.
Following the same track, the government has taken more measures and steps to promote a healthier lifestyle, encouraging Egyptians to move and take up more positive habits that improve their lives and health. With these efforts from the government, the private sector had to step in and support such serious endeavors.
At Ora Developers, we have set into an unusual journey to destabilize concepts and stereotypes about the traditional real estate developer. In this journey, we have surprisingly found innovative ways to contribute to changing the perception about sports.
Driven by vision to become "more than developers", Ora wanted to contribute more to the community through establishing projects that bring an added value to the society. ZED Sheikh Zayed seemed like the right addition to the market, where our vision has come to reality on ground.
As real estate developers now focus on greenery, we have taken greenery to another level as we blended it with spaciousness in one venue where freedom is accessible by everyone. Sports unleash an individual's potentials, and boost self-esteem and confidence in one's abilities. Hence, we wanted to give everyone access to sports, because we believe that Egyptians are full of talents and capabilities, and through our tools and means, we want to become contributors to bringing these abilities to the light and invest in them.
ZED Sports Complex inside ZED Sheikh Zayed, represents Ora's pride in becoming the number one developer to bring sports to the heart of their residential communities.
ZED Sports Complex is not only well-equipped with the needed courts, playgrounds, pitches, gyms and open spaces for sports' activities, but it also has a set of coaches and coaching teams in each sport played there, in addition to well-crafted programs according to international standards.
Now, Egypt rules the world in squash, with its champions dominating men's and women's top world rankings, helping Egypt export excellent image of itself as a country that has brilliant talents. Still, it is time for more achievements in other sports, especially individual ones.
ZED Sports Complex has dedicated many resources for the development of tennis talents including 4 ITF certified tennis courts and the best tennis coaches that lead development programs of the talents at the complex.
Moreover, we believe in the importance of expertise and diversity of coaching styles, that is why ZED collaborated with world's leading Tennis Academy of Barcelona Total for Tennis (BTT) led by world-renowned Francisco Roig, the current coach of Spanish tennis legend, Rafael Nadal. Besides training the talents at the complex, BTT's experts along with expert local coaches will supervise scouting events and camp where they will unearth hidden talents of tennis, contributing to the development of the sport and the sports sector in Egypt in general.
Accessibility is one of the key elements that distinguish ZED Sports Complex from any other sports entity in Egypt. Ora wanted to bring Egyptians and the owners of its community, a venue that offers what is more than the regular services found at the sports club.
Therefore, the Complex, since its inception, have been welcoming all talents, supporting them with the needed place to train and the tools to become better, in addition to opening all training programs for them to acquire the necessary skills, preparing them to become tomorrow's champions. By this, we also aim at promoting an environment that encourages people to embrace a healthier lifestyle and do more sports.
Egypt enjoys all the capabilities to become a sports hub, not only by exporting talents to international platforms and championships, but also through hosting these international championships on its lands. ZED Sports Complex endorses this direction by hosting and organizing more events that open up more opportunities for our local talents to experience competition on the international level and go through a bigger challenge, gaining them more skills and helping to showcase the talents they have.
This month, February, ZED Sports Complex will host one of the biggest tennis tournaments for women with the biggest monetary prize ever reaching USD 100K. The tournament is set to shed special light on the new talents, especially young generation of players, to empower and inspire them, while also addressing women in sports as equal contributors to the field, and in individual sports, specifically.
The success of this tournament will definitely open more doors for Egypt to attract more the likes of these events, exporting a stronger image of Egypt as a sports hub, in light of the current economic progress and successful development endeavors. Moreover, this will help secure a platform for our local talents, to grow their skills, and help better their position on the international map of sports excellence.


This Do You Worship Cthulhu Card Game is fun to play and involves intergalactic demons. Sounds good already, doesn't it? This entertaining party activity game for 5 to 30 players is going to be a blast.
The rules can be learned in less than 3 minutes. One person is the moderator, overseeing a village of people, one or more of who are secretly Cthulhu worshipers. The idea is for these devoted subjects to sacrifice their fellow villagers, one by one.
You will be deceiving your friends, lying and experiencing the excitement of a truly unique game. Do you have what it takes? $19.99 from Entertainment Earth and $12.42 at Amazon.com.


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Султан (, от ) — ненаследственное звание знати в Казахском ханстве. Приблизительно соответствует русскому «князь». Султаны избирались племенами, племенными подразделениями из числа торе. Из среды султанов выбирали хана.

Время принятия титула султан в Дешт-и-Кипчаке неизвестно, но первые казахские правители Керей и Жанибек носили звание султан в узбекском ханстве Абу-л-хайра. Султанами в казахской степи могли стать только потомки Чингисхана по линии его старшего сына — Джучи. Султаны чаще всего были правителями отдельного рода или племени. Размер владений — улус или аймак зависел от знатности, богатства и родовитости султана.

В Российской империи султаны управляли волостями на правах волостного головы и были чиновниками 12 класса. Должность переходила по наследству, от отца к сыну. В случае отсутствия наследника, его брат или ближайший родственник мог получить должность, выдвинув кандидатуру в волостных выборах, с последующим утверждением областным Правлением.
В штате султана были: его помощник (сын или близкий родственник); секретарь, знающий русский и татарский языки. Кроме султанов, управлявших волостями были и другие, которые сохраняли своё звание, но не могли вмешиваться в управление.
Собрание султанов избирало старшего султана своего округа, исполняли судебные приговоры.

См. также
 Старший султан
 Хан

Титулы
История Казахстана


This is an album by arguably the second most important group of the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury era – namely the Jefferson Airplane. They were more variable in terms of quality down the years (the usual 'musical differences' / personnel changes being responsible, I think) and this may be their only true classic.
You have Surrealistic Pillow in both its US and UK versions (several tracks different, as was the practice in those days) simply because I burned the wrong one first! The UK version was the one I grew up with, and I probably bored your mum and her school friends to death with it, but if I'm honest I'd say listen to the classic US one for preference.


Step1: To resolve these issues you to first Access to the Start menu. and next move on to, access Control Panel which should be followed by the "Devices and Printers" list option. A list of printing devices that are currently set up with the computer device will appear on the screen.
Step 2: Double-click on the desired printer name whose status is to be changed from an offline error to online.you have to check out that Printer status is set to Printer: Ready / Printer: offline status option.
Step 3: Now move on to Click on the printer option: you will see an offline display of the Printer Menu on the inner screen. In the menu bar, Now go to access "the Printer" option. Then check the related box option Printer Offline" which has to be unchecked. Once this is done, the status of the Canon printer PIXMA G3200 offline will be modified to online.
There is no cause of worrying when a Canon Printer offline Mac error occurs as it is one of the most common issues that users of Mac face on the frequently.
Step 1: Now you have to disconnect the all data wire connected to the printer from Mac by unplugging the cable. Switch off the Canon Printer for about a minute and restart it again.
Step 2: Reboot Macbook to restart.
Step 4: and at the end Check if the printer offline status has now changed to online.
In case the above method does not work, users can go ahead and get in touch with Mac Online support or Canon PIXMA G3200 Printer support helpline numbers to resolve the Canon printer offline wireless issue.


The Equity 2001-10-31: CCA pressure treated wood: Concern or media hype?
CCA pressure treated wood: Concern or media hype?
There's been a lot of attention in the media during the past couple of weeks concerning how toxic CCA pressure-treated wood is. Scientists a variety of sources are being interviewed, saying that tests performed over ten years ago attest to this wood's toxic properties.
We consumers such as us are caught in the middle: who do we believe?
As usual, we all need to do our own homework. We need to look at the reports coming in from all sources and then make an educated personal decision. Tiresome? You bet. Necessary? You bet.
Here's what I found out, to get the ball rolling.
1. What is pressure treated wood?
Environment Canada's website at http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/epb/factsheets/wood.html tells us "Pressure Treatment Performed at commercial treatment plants… uses high pressure to force the preservative into wood. It is one of the most effective wood treatment methods, and is used for long-term preservation where severe decay conditions exist.
Quick answer: a variety depending upon how the wood will be used. The current concern focusses upon CCA or "chromated copper arsenate" which contains arsenic and copper. It is the arsenic, in particular, that scientists at the EPA, Health Canada and other organizations in Canada and the USA are particularly concerned about.
So that wood won't rot: the copper acts as a fungicide, the arsenic acts as an insecticide. The concept sounds great… and environmentally sustainable… at first. After all, to preserve wood means fewer trees cut, less energy to continually replace the wood, less human energy expended to build structures like decks that can last for years if built with treated lumber.
4. What is CCA pressure treated wood?
5. What's the problem with CCA wood?
Origen Biomedical of Austin, Texas publishes a website. This organization claims to be a public information service. Their page asserts, "It is incredible, but a single 12 foot 2 x 6 contains about 27 grams of Arsenic — enough arsenic to kill 250 adults. Burning CCA wood releases the chemical bond holding Arsenic in the wood, and just one Tablespoon of ash from a CCA wood fire contains a lethal dose of Arsenic. [bold text is theirs] Worse yet, Arsenic gives no warning: it does not have a specific taste or odor to warn you of its presence. No one disputes that the ash from burning CCA wood is highly toxic: It is illegal to burn CCA wood in all 50 states. This has serious implications for firefighters, cleanup and landfill operations.
"Of even larger concern, was the arsenic on the wood surface. 'It's pretty clear there is a dislodgeable residue which with casual contact can be removed,' says Connecticut Department of Health toxicologist Dr. Gary Ginsberg. Although virtually no arsenic is absorbed through the skin, it is readily absorbed orally, thus children, who frequently put their hands in their mouths, are considered most vulnerable.
Accordingly, the state of Florida has shut down many playgrounds.
6. What does arsenic do to us?
"Arsenic is an acute poisoning hazard, can cause skin, bladder and lung cancer in humans and is linked to diabetes and endocrine disruption. Children are more susceptible than adults to the impacts of arsenic exposure." ( www.life.ca ).
7. Should we be concerned?
Frankly, I think so. Nova Scotia environmentalist Brian Bradley poses this ultimate question… then answers it for us at his website located at www.life.ca. His article "Stealth Bombs: The Pressure Treated Wood Odyssey" discusses CCA pressure-treated wood in detail. Is he being alarmist? I don't think so, particularly when it appears as if no-one, ultimately, seems responsible for the safety of this product.
Mr. Bradley writes, 'Now you ask: "Just how serious can this situation be?" Serious enough that previously determined "safe" levels of arsenic are currently under the scrutiny of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States. Research that the EPA is reviewing points to the need to reduce the "safe" level from parts per million (ppm) to parts per billion. That's a factor of 1,000 or, in other words it would take 1/1000th the amount of arsenic now to exceed a safe limit as compared to the amount that it did before.
It's serious enough that you can obtain samples of the arsenic leaching from CCA wood simply by taking a clean cloth (or gauze pad dipped in distilled water, if you follow the more orthodox research note) and wiping it over the surface of all those sordid green coloured monoliths you find in the playgrounds, schools and public parks. After that single wipe, according to the tests completed by Canadian researchers, your cloth now contains arsenic. This in essence means, every time your kids touch these structures and then put their hands in their mouth, or eat some fruit, or finish their picnic lunches after touching CCA toxic wood, without first washing their hands, that they have now ingested arsenic.
8. What should consumers do?
Think before you buy. Do you need that product? What alternatives exist? Do your research and above all, give this issue some careful thought.
We consumers ought to be concerned about using CCA pressure-treated wood on our properties, in our schoolyards… anywhere, actually. From what I've read it does seem as if arsenic is released into the earth in which fenceposts or deck supports are dug. It contaminates the soil, living creatures within it, gets into the food chain, and also into the groundwater.
This column is never intended to be alarmist. I write it because it is the "Environment Forum." It is intended to be thought provoking. What do you think about CCA pressure treated wood?


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Q: Zend Framework class filenames in windows vs. linux Background: We often work on web applications which are developed in PHP (Zend Framework) and hosted on a linux server. The programming team may consist of individuals that may use either Linux or Windows for their local development platform.
Because Zend model names are mapped into filenames, case matters.
A programmer may write $this->something, where "something" is a model that has a filename on the linux server of "Something.php".
His code will work fine on his Windows development PC, because "something" will correctly map to "Something.php" on windows. But when uploaded to the linux server, the code will break because the filename is case-sensitive on Linux. He should have written the code as "$this->Something".
So finally my question, is there a Zend Framework configuration that will generate an error even in Windows, if the system detects that the case of the model name in code doesn't match the case of the actual filename in the filesystem?

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So finally my question, is there a
  Zend Framework configuration that will
  generate an error even in Windows, if
  the system detects that the case of
  the model name in code doesn't match
  the case of the actual filename in the
  filesystem?

Not that I'm aware of, but it would be pretty easy to add some checks in to a copy of ZF on a development server / workstation.  ZF uses spl_autoload_register to load classes, and all the logic to convert class names to filesystem locations lives in the Loader namespace.
HTH.

A: ZF Naming Conventions
Zend Framework coding convention state that you should use uppercase names.
Some of the conventions are as important to follow as the API docs themself.
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/coding-standard.naming-conventions.html

If a class name is comprised of more
  than one word, the first letter of
  each new word must be capitalized.
  Successive capitalized letters are not
  allowed, e.g. a class "Zend_PDF" is
  not allowed while "Zend_Pdf" is
  acceptable.

and

Class names may only contain
  alphanumeric characters. Numbers are
  permitted in class names but are
  discouraged in most cases. Underscores
  are only permitted in place of the
  path separator; the filename
  "Zend/Db/Table.php" must map to the
  class name "Zend_Db_Table".

As a note, your example provided was wrong.
But in any event, keep your model names all uppercase, and the path to the models also uppercase inline with the ZF naming conventions.

A: Maybe something like PHP_CodeSniffer might help you.
Never tried it, but from what I understand, you can define rules to validate your code, thus define rules based on the filename case for your problem.
There is a already defined Zend ruleset from what I read, maybe it already has this kind of rule enclosed (or maybe the PEAR ruleset also).


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State Senate redistricting keeps eastern Connecticut as is
The map of new Connecticut state Senate districts unveiled Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, by the General Assembly's Reapportionment Commission.
The General Assembly's Reapportionment Commission unanimously approved a new map for Connecticut's state Senate districts on Tuesday.
None of the changes affect southeastern Connecticut; the region's Senate districts — 18, 19, 20 and 33 — are largely staying the same. Population increases in the Stamford area did cause a change.
State Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, put it simply on Tuesday: "Eastern Connecticut in the Senate stayed pretty much the same."
"I've always enjoyed my district and I'm pleased that I get to stay representing the people I've been representing all along," she said. "I thought I might get another town or two ... but I didn't know what was going to happen. I have fewer people right now, but I was significantly over the 100,000 mark before, now I'm just slightly under."
State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, who is on the commission, said the nine-person group — he and Senate Minority Leader Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford; House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora, R-North Branford; state Rep. Jason Perillo, R-Shelton; House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford; House Majority Leader Jason Rojas, D-East Hartford; Senate President Martin Looney, D-New Haven; Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, and John McKinney, a former Republican state senator chosen by the commission — had the same question for state Senate redistricting as it did House redistricting.
"How do we best accommodate the population increase in Fairfield County as efficiently as possible?" Formica said, adding that the commission tried to keep Senate districts to between about 95,000 and 105,000 people. The Fairfield area of the state did see some changes, with the 26th District extending into Stamford, among other alterations.
Southeastern Connecticut was more affected by the new state House district map approved by the commission last week.
State representatives and senators said last week that a population shift away from eastern Connecticut and toward Fairfield County accounted for adding the 42nd district to cover Wilton, part of New Canaan and part of Ridgefield and taking it away from Ledyard, Preston and part of Montville. State Rep. Mike France, R-Ledyard, currently represents the 42nd district. He is retiring after his current term, making the loss of the seat sting less for Republicans. France said he made the decision to show he's serious about running for U.S. Congress against Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District.
Almost all of Ledyard is now in Republican Rep. Greg Howard's 43rd District, but part of it is also in the 45th District, currently represented by Republican Brian Lanoue of Griswold. The new House district map also includes part of Montville in the 37th District, a seat held by Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme. Joe de la Cruz, D-Groton, who represents the 41st District, is picking up part of Stonington from Howard as a result of Howard's district taking in the majority of Ledyard. The 40th District, represented by Christine Conley, now will have the southern tip of New London and will no longer have part of Ledyard.
Rep. Doug Dubitsky, R-Chaplin, of the 47th District will no longer represent Lebanon — Tim Ackert, R-Coventry, of the 8th District will. Dubitsky's district no longer encompasses Hampton and now includes parts of Brooklyn and Plainfield. There were no changes in Sprague, Lisbon or Norwich. The 139th District represented by Rep. Kevin Ryan, D-Montville, gains more land in Montville with the new map. Ryan's district also moves into Ledyard.
The first election with the new districts will be held in November 2022.
At the end of Tuesday's commission meeting, members wondered aloud about the process of petitioning the state Supreme Court for an extra three weeks to redraw the state's congressional districts.
This year's was a rushed process. Due to COVID-19, census data arrived months later than usual, significantly slowing redistricting. The commission's deadline to finish all three maps is Nov. 30; after that, the task is left to the state Supreme Court. Formica said legislative staff members are going to look into past redistricting for a precedent for an extension.
"I think we did a couple of things today. We were able to get on the record the fact that we're going to try to get the congressional districts done within our time charged, but if not, we're going to look to precedent to see what has happened in the past, specifically 10 years ago was discussed, and what is that process," Formica said.
"My sense is the Supreme Court would rather have us finish the job, even if it took a week or two, than have them get involved," he added, "because we've already been immersed in the details."
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