LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- All eyes will be on the Marlins at the Winter Meetings, as they are expected to be one of the most active teams on the trade front. That activity began on Thursday, when Miami traded second baseman Dee Gordon to the Mariners.
The club followed that up with a massive deal Monday, sending National League MVP Award winner Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees for second baseman Starlin Castro and a pair of prospects.
Under the ownership of Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter, the new chief executive officer, the Marlins will listen on any number of their core players. The club finished this past season 77-85, marking their eighth straight losing season, and sweeping changes are expected.
The organization has a strong group of position players, but lacks overall organizational depth.
"We're going to make decisions, like I said before, that sometimes may be unpopular decisions," Jeter said last month at the General Managers Meetings. "But just know that every decision we make is to try to turn this franchise around."
Starting pitching: After Jose Fernandez's death at the end of the 2016 season, the Marlins tried to patch together a rotation of proven veterans with a history of durability. It didn't pan out, as Opening Day starter Edinson Volquez underwent Tommy John surgery, Wei-Yin Chen threw just 27 innings and is dealing with a sore left elbow and Tom Koehler struggled and ended up being traded. Miami's starters had a 5.12 ERA, which ranked 26th in the Majors, and their 830 2/3 innings were 29th.
Shortstop: When Adeiny Hechavarria was traded to the Rays during the season, the Marlins were optimistic JT Riddle was ready to take over. But the left-handed-hitting rookie dealt with a left shoulder injury and was limited to 70 games. Miguel Rojas, who has shown signs he can play every day, was limited to 90 games as he missed time with a broken left thumb. Both are expected to be ready for Spring Training, but neither has played a full season in the big leagues exclusively at shortstop.
Closer: After AJ Ramos was traded to the Mets, Brad Ziegler handled the role in the second half, and logged 10 saves. But Miami is open to trading Ziegler, who is set to make $9 million at age 38. Kyle Barraclough is a possibility, but he has just one big league save. If the Marlins make sweeping changes and opt to rebuild, they may groom a young pitcher. Still, they will explore the market for candidates who profile as closers.
LF Marcell Ozuna: The 27-year-old is coming off his best season, belting 37 home runs and driving in 124 runs with a .312 batting average. In arbitration, he could make close to $11 million, and he's two years from free agency. So Ozuna's stock is high. The Cardinals and others would have strong interest.
CF Christian Yelich: With a club-friendly contract, Yelich is signed through 2022, and will make $7 million in '18 and $9.75 million in '19. So if Miami made Yelich available, he would command a large haul. There is no urgency to trade Yelich, and if he isn't dealt this offseason, he could be a dealt at the non-waiver Trade Deadline in July.
Ziegler: Signed for $9 million, the 38-year-old is an established veteran with a history of getting ground-ball outs. With Miami looking to trim payroll and get younger, Ziegler is a candidate to be moved. Again, the Cardinals could be a fit.
Two of the Marlins' top four prospects were called up in September and got a taste of the big leagues. Third baseman Brian Anderson, according to MLBPipeline.com, is Miami's No. 3 prospect, and left-hander Dillon Peters is fourth. If third baseman Martin Prado, who was limited to 37 games due to injuries, isn't ready, Anderson is a candidate to win the starting job in Spring Training. However, that isn't a guarantee. In 25 games, he batted .262 with a .337 on-base percentage, with seven doubles, a triple and eight RBIs. Peters will compete for a rotation spot after making six starts and going 1-2 with a 5.17 ERA. Left-hander Caleb Smith, acquired from the Yankees in a Minor League trade, has big league experience and could be a reliever candidate. He ranks 25th on Miami's prospect list.
To participate in the Rule 5 Draft, set for Dec. 14, the Marlins must have at least one roster space open on their 40-man roster, which is currently full. That is expected, and Miami may indeed take a player or two in the MLB Phase. The Marlins had a big success story in the Rule 5 Draft in 2005, taking second baseman Dan Uggla.
Prado is due $28.5 million over the next two years. If the Marlins can attach relievers Ziegler ($9 million) and/or Junichi Tazawa ($7 million) to a trade, Miami would certainly entertain that possibility.
In Jeffrey Loria's final season as owner, the Opening Day payroll was a franchise-record $115 million. The new owners would like to trim that figure to under $100 million. Volquez, who may miss the whole season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, is owed $13 million, and Chen, who has left elbow concerns, is on the hook for $10 million.


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The Democrats' Sad Search for an "Appalachian" Savior
Feature Article by Robert Tracinski, April 2, 2017
A little gaffe caught my eye recently that sums up the desperate state of the Democratic Party right now. It was alert from the New York Times teasing the first lines of a David Leonhardt op-ed describing Tom Perriello, who is running for the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia, as a "populist former Congressman from Appalachia."
If I had been drinking coffee at the time, I would have spit it out.
I live near Charlottesville, Virginia, Perriello's stronghold of support for his one and only election victory ever, and I know a little about his background, ideology, and personality. So when I saw him described as a populist, and even better as an "Appalachian populist," I knew what a howler that was.
Apparently, a lot of other people did, too. And to his credit, Leonhardt graciously acknowledged our corrections on Twitter.
@ChrisWestVA @GregHabeeb @Tracinski Thank you for the fact-based criticism. FYI: https://t.co/ORfEL8d7Yc
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) March 30, 2017
He updated the piece to describe Perriello as "a populist former Congressman who represented rural Virginia," which is technically true since Virginia's fifth district runs from Charlottesville down through Lynchburg and includes a big chunk of rural Southside Virginia.
But I get the sense that Leonhardt and a lot of others are still trying to cling to the narrative of Perriello as a rural savior who will help bring his party back from the edge. You can understand why. The Democrats lost the last election—one they know they could easily have won—largely because they lost a lot of traditional Democratic vote among rural, blue-collar whites. Those voters aren't all hillbillies from Appalachia; they include a lot of Midwesterners and New Yorkers, too. But they are voters who share many of the same cultural sensibilities. So Democrats are searching for an Appalachian savior, someone who can reconnect the party to those rural, blue-collar voters.
I can also appreciate why the Perriello campaign would be pushing this whole "Appalachian" angle, seeing as how his opponent in the Democratic primary, Tidewater physician Ralph Northam, speaks with a distinct drawl that Perriello—for reasons that are about to become obvious—cannot match. He's in danger of being out-bubba'd.
If you know much about Tom Perriello, you know that any rural affectations are a complete illusion. To begin with, Charlottesville is not exactly Appalachia. Yes, it's in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, so geographically it's on the border of Appalachia. But we're not talking about geography here. We're talking demographics. Culturally and politically, Charlottesville is about as representative of Appalachia as Austin is of Texas. As another local put it, "there's a big difference between the cow side of the mountain and the horse side." Charlottesville is definitely on the horse side. It's a left-leaning university town full of upper-middle-class Whole Foods types. (On the plus side, the food here is excellent.)
That's exactly the kind of background Perriello comes from. He's the son of a prominent local pediatrician and grew up in Ivy, an enclave of million-dollar homes to the West of town—not exactly the humble mountain shacks of Appalachia. He then went off to Yale and DC and spent time working for an NGO funded by George Soros.
Seriously, if I were making up the resume of a fictional lefty elite, this would be it.
As for Perriello being a populist, he was elected for his only term of office by a margin smaller than 800 votes—and that was in 2008, the best year for Democrats in a generation. Two years later, he was booted out of office by the actual populist uprising of the Tea Party movement. I know because I was there.
So why are people grasping at this mirage of the "Appalachian populist"?
Well, Northam voted for George W. Bush, and Republicans in the Virginia Senate once recruited him hard to get him to flip over to their side. He is considered the more conservative candidate and the one more tied in to the Clinton machine in the person of current Governor Terry McAuliffe. Perriello is considered more reliably "progressive" on economic issues. Leonhardt says, "Many observers rightly see the contest as a sign of the Democratic Party's direction."
In other words, it's a reprise of the primary contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
The weird thing is that the Democrats actually see the Bernie Sanders wing of the party as their ticket to getting back in touch with the little guy out in the heartland. Leonhardt ends by recommending a profile of Perriello that uses the word "populist" about 80 times, but always in the context of "economic populism." They are desperately clinging to the notion that Sanders-style wefare-statism is the road back to a majority.
You don't need to remind me that Donald Trump hardly had the pedigree of a populist, either. But that just raises the question of how he managed to pull it off. (More or less. How popular can a populist be when he doesn't even win a plurality of the vote?) Trump won the support and even the enthusiasm of many of those lost blue-collar voters by appealing to their values and their concerns, and above all by rejecting the "Political Correctness" they feel is being used by big-city elites as a club to force everyone else in the country to conform.
In short, Trump won because cultural populism is a bigger draw with heartland voters than economic populism.
This implies that Democrats are barking up the wrong tree when they go looking for a younger Bernie Sanders to rouse the rabble back to their side by railing against "big money" and promising everybody more free stuff. The problem is summed up in a line from that profile: "Young Democratic political hopefuls are, in these post-Trump days, very much in demand." If you remember the septuagenarian Democratic primary lineup in 2016, you'll understand why young Democratic politicians are in such demand. But it's a bit of an evasion to attribute this to the "post-Trump" era, because it was true before Trump even decided to run. It would be more accurate to ascribe this to the post-Obama era. It was during Obama's presidency, and in reaction to his leftward lurch, that Democrats lost the House and the Senate and were wiped out in the statehouses. That is why the Democrats are so short on young political talent: because of all the political careers, including Perriello's, that were cut short in the Obama years.
The people who were hit hardest in the Tea Party waves of 2010 and 2014, by the way, were the conservative Democrats. In other words, precisely the sort of people the party would want if it were actually courting the Appalachian vote. But it's not. If Democrats wanted an "Appalachian" savior, well, there was Jim Webb, who wrote a whole book in tribute to the original hillbillies: Scotch-Irish immigrants to America. But Webb was one of the least successful candidates in the 2016 Democratic primaries and always seemed like the odd man out.
And where is Webb now? He was just pressured into refusing an award from the US Naval Academy because of politically incorrect views he expressed nearly 40 years ago about women in combat. That is exactly the sort of thing that alienates heartland voters, yet that is the direction the Democratic Party has chosen to move.
The basic contradiction for the Democrats is that they want to turn their party to the far left—or to be more accurate, they want to embrace the fact that it has already turned to the far left—yet they still cling to the fantasy that they represent "the little guy" out in the heartland. Hence the need for an "Appalachian populist," or the need to invent one if they can't find him.
The causes that drove heartland voters away from the Democratic Party go back decades, as a result of deliberate cultural and ideological choices made by Democrats that they show no inclination to reverse. No Appalachian savior, certainly not a fake one like Tom Perriello, is going to change that.
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The world wide leader in sports has devoted a 4 minute block to a segment called On the Clock which profiles an NFL team as they approach draft day. This week our Texans were on the clock. [note: apparently there are two versions, one for TV and one for Internet] On the broadcast version, the roundtable discussion is between Mike Tirico, Merrill Hoge, Chris Mortensen, and of course, Mel Kiper Jr. While I think Tirico is a good booth analyst, and Hoge (who hates VY,+1) provides decent player's perspective, the one with the best inside info is Chris Mortensen.
What about Mel? Glad you asked. He pops up in mid March and goes away by mid May; he is ESPN's very own draftnik. To be honest, I've never had a problem with Mel Kiper Jr, until I actually paid attention to what he said -- like today, for example. Every one of the panelists made a valid observation, except for Kiper. Tirico noted that the Texans were a team that had to get better against the AFC South, Mortensen addressed the elephant in the room at QB, and Hoge raved about the acquisition of assistant coach Alex Gibbs. All were right on the money, except for Kiper.
Tirico asks Kiper if he was ready to admit that Mario was the right pick, but apparently Mel is still clinging to the notion that Reggie Bush should have gone number one. To bolster his point, Kiper credits Reggie Bush for getting the Saints to the 2006 NFC Championship game. As if the resurgence of Brees and the emergence of Colston was secondary to Reggie Bush's outstanding rookie campaign - a rookie campaign where he shimmied his way to a legendary 35 ypg on the ground. Color me wowed...
Mel, with all his expert analysis, goes on to tell his national audience that DeMeco Ryans "had all those tackles at outside linebacker". Outside? Really? Really. In any case, Mel Kiper Jr. was the only one to predict the Texans' probable pick at 18 - he has us drafting Mike Jenkins or possibly Derick Harvey. On the Internet version of this very same discussion*, Mel has us taking Jonathan Stewart. My guess is that he pegged us for Stewart prior to the toe injury, because apparently now he has Stewart off of his Top 25 Big Board and off our radar.
Expert analysis from a draftnik is about as good as their last pick... and if Kiper still thinks the Texans made a mistake in 2006, my guess is that the gel has finally seeped through his skull and rotted his brain. Here's hoping he reads this and sends me a scathing letter and a box of cereal.
*Internet version swaps out Hoge for Jaws... but its basically the same discussion without all the Bush.


In late 2014 we decided that we wanted to take a family gap year and spend it traveling the world.
From the moment we hatched the idea my mind swirled with ideas, questions, and potential logistics. Where should we go? How should we get there? Can I finally convince Wandering Family Man to sell that stack of computer language books? What vacation savings account should we use for saving up money to travel? How will we afford a family gap year?
That last question is really always the first one, isn't it?
There's no get-rich-quick scheme for affording travel (or anything else). People who take a family sabbatical save up for it, pick up a side hustle to add to the coffers, and sometimes earn money while on the road.
Saving some starter money is always the first step, and choosing the right vacation savings account can help you reach your goal faster. Read on for our suggested approach to choosing the right savings vehicle by taking into account how much you need to save and how much time you have in which to save it.
How much your trip will cost will depend on where you're going, your style of travel, and the duration of your trip.
In our case, Wandering Family Man I had to guess how much money we would need to save for a year of travel with our two kids, ages 7 and 2. We are flexible as to where we go, and are budget-to-midrange travelers, with the occasional splurge.
I have previous experience with a few longer trips, the most recent being a 3 month backpacking trip through Western Europe with my 60-year old mom, and so had a vague idea of how much a year of budget travel might cost. My mom and I traveled by train and stayed in guesthouses, apartments and hostels (AirBnB didn't yet exist), and spent USD$5000 each for 90 days.
Wandering Family Man and I decided that we would spend our family gap year somewhere cheaper than Western Europe (ie. anywhere else), and figured the year would cost us $40,000 (ish).
Will you earn any money while you're traveling?
Next, consider whether you will earn money while traveling, such that you don't have to save up all the funds required in advance.
People earn money while traveling in a million ways. Some arrange to telecommute to their job, some have a passive income stream from a business or investments, and some pick up temporary jobs along the way. Nora Dunn of The Professional Hobo has written a series of financial case studies series outlining how people support themselves while traveling.
We can't count on income during our gap year. My job is not portable and my employer likely wouldn't allow me to take a year-long leave; even if it would, I don't want to come back to 50+ hour weeks of sedentary work with a long commute. Been there, done that.
Wandering Family Man is a freelance web developer, but keeping his clients might prove difficult when he suddenly moves to a different time zone, and we don't think it's as easy as many people think it is for a developer to pick up part time telecommute work.
And finally, for us, working during our gap year kind of defeats the purpose. We want to free our minds of work to see what other perspectives and priorities creep in. We want to enjoy our children for a year without spending 20 to 40 hours a week with our faces stuffed into a laptop.
For the purpose of financial forecasting, we assume we'll have no on-road income.
How much time do you have before departure?
Planning well ahead for a trip gives you more time to save up for it, which can make the belt-tightening that is required a little less painful.
We started saving for our family gap year when Wandering Family Boy was two. We thought that seven was a good age for travel, so that gave us five years to save the money.
One has to save $666 per month in their vacation savings account for five years to amass $40,000, not counting interest or investment income earned on the savings. I didn't want to jinx the plan with such a mark-of-the-devil monthly number, and we had a bit of money set aside already, so we set ourselves a monthly savings goal of $500.
We didn't know where exactly we'd find $500 each month. We just jumped in and did what we do whenever we need to save for something medium to long-term: set up an automatic monthly bank transfer.
Thank goodness we live in the age of automatic bank transfers. They are the only reason Wandering Family Man and I have any savings at all. Setting up automatic transfers and bill payments is, I believe, the strategy that has had the single biggest positive impact on our finances.
We get paid twice a month, and the day after our paycheques go into our bank account, most of it comes out again, delivered by electronic minions to cover all of our recurring bills (ie. mortgage, utility bills, insurance premiums) and retirement savings. Whatever is left (and no more) is what we get to spend on groceries and discretionary costs.
We pay ourselves first and live on what's left. I think I may have gotten this idea from the original personal finance blog – you know, back when they were printed on a bunch of papers all attached together down the left side – The Wealthy Barber. My parents made me read it as soon as I finished high school. It's a great book for young people to read, because it's both easily digestible for someone with no financial background, teaches some savings habits, and is pretty short.
Anyway, given that the auto-payment strategy had always worked well for Wandering Family Man and I, we decided to set up our vacation savings account the same way. We opened a new high-interest savings account for what we soon started to call The Big Trip.
We never put any money in it.
Here is the take-away tip from this post: Don't just throw your travel savings in a bank account you already have, just for convenience. Think beyond your current bank accounts.
Is there a higher-interest savings account you could use? Is there a better kind of account altogether? The answer may differ if you are saving up for a year or more away versus a trip of a few weeks.
Consult your bank or financial advisor. We are so fortunate to have shared our dream with a very smart person we know who suggested – rightly – that the best gap year savings account for us is actually our RRSPs – specifically, the RRSP of the higher income earner. Why? Because we'll end up paying thousands less in tax on that money.
An RRSP is a tax-deferred investment account that is normally used to save for retirement. We don't pay income tax on the money we put into an RRSP until we take that money out.
But there's no restriction on when you can take money out of an RRSP (so long as it's not of the "locked-in" variety), and since we won't have income during the Big Trip, the RRSP is a perfect savings vehicle. We put our $500 per month in, don't pay tax on that money, and when we pull money out of the RRSP during the Big Trip, we'll be taxed on that money at the lowest tax rate, instead of the rate at which our earnings are taxed now.
The only downside to this approach is that we will have to pay income tax during our family gap year, even though we will have no income from outside sources at that time. That means we have to save another $10,000 for our sabbatical, just for taxes. Easily done, though: saving in our RRSP netted us a tax refund each year, which we duly deposited into the RRSP as well.
I'm not Canadian, you say, although I wish I was. I don't have access to an RRSP. Or, I'm not taking a whole year away, just a few months. What's the best vacation savings account for me?
For non-Canadians, at a minimum choose a high-interest savings account that is separate from your other bank accounts. Prioritize no fees over a half-percent difference in interest rates – you'll come out ahead.
And if you can find a no-fee, high-interest account that has low international withdrawl fees, even better – you might not have to move your money to a different account when you travel! We are doing that now, and it's a PITA.
For Americans, a quick check over at Nerdwallet's list of high-interest savings accounts shows that potentially, your best bet for an account wiht both high interest and low international fees might be a Synchrony High Yield Savings account. It offers over 2% interest, no monthly fee for up to six withdrawls per month, an ATM card and no international ATM fees.
Further, I highly recommend exploring your savings options with your bank and/or financial advisor, as they may suggest options that you would not otherwise be aware of. For example, perhaps an investing account or short term certificate of deposit will give you a higher return rate than a regular savings account.
Step 4. Go find the money!
This is where the rubber hits the road! Setting up the account is one thing, but finding money to put into it is quite another!
Once our vacation savings account was set up, we set up an automatic transfer that would put $500 each month….great, but wait a minute: neither of us had received a $500/month raise. Where does the money to put into a travel account come from? Click here to read about 57 ways we cut costs to save for travel!


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DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201907_18415
SHH expression in placental tissues and trophoblast cell oxidative stress injury during preeclampsia
Q.-P. Liao, Q. Xu, J.-Y. Yan
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China. yanjy2004@126.com
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between Sonic hedgehog (SHH) protein expression levels on placental tissues and the presence of preeclampsia and to assess oxidative stress in cultured trophoblast cells from placentas of women with preeclampsia treated under different conditions.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We enrolled 30 pregnant women with early-onset preeclampsia (<34 weeks), 30 with late-onset preeclampsia (≥34 weeks), and 60 healthy pregnant women with early or late gestational ages for two control groups. We used ELISA tests to measure individual serum SHH levels. Also, we used real-time PCR, and Western blotting to detect Shh transcript and protein levels in placental tissues, respectively, and immunohistochemistry to localize the protein in placental tissues.
We isolated trophoblast cells from placentas and cultured them in vitro under different conditions to compare oxidative stress injury and apoptosis rates between them.
RESULTS: The mean serum SHH levels in early and late preeclampsia groups were similar (p>0.05). Placentas of women with and without preeclampsia both expressed SHH protein mainly in syncytiotrophoblast cytoplasms. The mean placental SHH protein expressions in both women with early-onset and late-onset preeclampsia were significantly higher than that in the women of the late gestational age control group (p<0.05). The mean Shh mRNA abundances in early-onset and late-onset preeclampsia placentas were significantly higher than that in the late gestational age control placentas (p<0.05). The placental mitochondria oxidative stress injury was significantly higher in the preeclampsia than in the control group (p<0.05). The oxidative stress injury and apoptosis of trophoblast cells were higher in preeclampsia groups than in the late gestational age control group (p<0.05). Trophoblast cells treated with SHH serum had significantly lower oxidative stress than the same cells grown in the presence of preeclamptic serum (p<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: The expression of Shh in placental tissues is associated with the oxidative stress mechanism during preeclampsia.
Correlation of MiR-152 expression with VEGF expression in placental tissue of preeclampsia rat and its influence on apoptosis of trophoblast cells
MiR-134 inhibits infiltration of trophoblast cells in placenta of patients with preeclampsia by decreasing ITGB1 expression
Placental expression of vimentin, desmin and ultrastructural changes in the villi in patients with HELLP syndrome
Influence of miR-34a on preeclampsia through the Notch signaling pathway
MiR-200c regulates apoptosis of placental trophoblasts in preeclampsia rats through Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway


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Where as when I save the response into a file on my local system it looks like this

I can see from locally that file size is ~10KB where as the same response on postman show it as ~6.61KB, in what sense is this huge difference possible?
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A: This is due to auto formatting of raw text to JSON content, as a result the size of the content increases.

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No, I don't go to that restaurant anymore. No body goes there. It's too crowded.
Okay you guys, pair up in threes!
You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.
But Little League can be a great experience for kids, as long as they want to play–and don't play to bring their parents glory.


Take a look at Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber duels.
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THE WEST END ASSOCIATION, INC.
First, I want to thank you for taking the time to meet with Lisa Elam and me to discuss the Central YMCA's plans regarding the proposed aquatic center. As you know, we consider the Central YMCA to be a significant facility in our neighborhood and are extremely interested in any major changes to the use or structure of the facility. The YMCA and the West End neighborhood have been, for the most part, good neighbors and we would like to see our relationship flourish.
Second, I wish to apologize for the delay in sending this correspondence. After our meeting, Lisa and I presented our discussion with you to our Board of Directors. It was decided at our Board meeting that we simply did not have sufficient information to justify taking an affirmative position with regard to the proposed aquatic center at the Central YMCA location. We appointed a task force to look at this issue and complied a list of questions and concerns. The task force was only able to meet this week, resulting in the delay in forwarding this letter. The specific purpose of this letter is to advise you of certain concerns raised by the task force and to solicit additional information that may be helpful in formulating our position.
As a preface, please recall that the West End Association, Inc. (WEA) has presented a Resolution to the Downtown Development Corporation (DDC) supporting in principle the Downtown Plan proposed by the DDC. The version of the Downtown Plan which the WEA supported included the proposed aquatic center in a downtown location. We remain firm in our conviction that the Downtown Plan will be viable only if sufficient activity centers are in place to draw people downtown. The proposed aquatic center is just such an activity center. We realize that the aquatic center was removed from the version of the Downtown Plan approved by the Board of Aldermen; however, the City-County Planning Board approved a version of the Downtown Plan which contained the aquatic center. The WEA stands behind its support for the Downtown Plan and we would be disappointed to see a sufficient number the suggested activity centers fail to be developed.
As a preliminary assessment of the proposed aquatic center, it is the belief of the Board of the WEA that the current Central YMCA facility is oversubscribed, overburdened and already presents a barely tolerable strain on surrounding neighbors, particularly during peak usage hours. We have significant concerns that the proposed aquatic center will only add to the burden of the existing location and will place additional strain on the West End neighborhood. However, we wish to remain open-minded and are soliciting additional information to assist us with making a more considered assessment.
• Has one been done?
• Are there comparable facilities in comparable cities?
• If such facilities exist, is financial information regarding their operations available?
• Has the national YMCA been approached to fund a feasibility study?
• Have alternative funding options, such as area development incentives and tax subsidies, been considered?
• If a stand-alone facility is not feasible, whether the aquatic center would be better located at a less burdened site, such as Clemmons or Winston Lakes.
Brian, we realize that this encompasses a significant amount of information; however, we trust that the YMCA has already compiled a substantial amount of this information as part of the justification materials for its capital campaign. We simply do not feel in a position to offer a firm position without additional information. We hope that you can provide the response to this request in writing in order to permit the information to be shared with the largest number of people in the most efficient manner. Although it is too late to have the information compiled and returned to us before our November Board meeting, we may wish to invite you to attend our Board meeting on the first Tuesday in December.
We look forward to your response. Of course, feel free to call me should you have any questions or should you require clarification of any issues.


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Third of Japan's
new graduate recruits
thinking of changing jobs
within five years
By Magdalena Osumi for the Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/14/business/third-japans-new-graduate-recruits-thinking-changing-jobs-within-five-years/
In a break with Japan's tradition of lifetime employment, at least 1 in 3 new graduate recruits are considering leaving their jobs within five years, and only 1 in 5 treat their employment as being a lifetime role, a recent study conducted by the operator of a recruitment website has shown.
"We surveyed young people on the premise that many of them see switching jobs as a positive move in their lives, as this tendency has been seen in some other studies, and we can say the results of our survey have confirmed it," a spokeswoman for Tokyo-based Mynavi Corp. said in a phone interview Friday.
The results, released Thursday, showed that nearly half of the respondents were considering changing their jobs within 10 years, with 22.2 percent thinking about such a move within three years and another 14.9 percent planning a change within four or five years.
Only 7.6 percent said they were planning to spend more than 10 years in their current workplaces before seeking a new opportunity. The proportion that said they are considering working at their current companies until retirement stood at 21.8 percent.
The survey was conducted online in early May, and sought responses from 800 women and men aged 22 and 23 who started new jobs in April right after graduating from college.
In a multiple-choice question about reasons for not planning to stay with their companies for longer periods, 44.4 percent said they were planning to adjust their work styles to different stages of their lives.
Nearly 30 percent also said that different job experiences would help them build their careers, while another 29 percent stressed that they wanted to gain experience at different companies.
"(The results show that) young people now think of job opportunities in a flexible way," the spokeswoman said.
She said many young people apparently see their first job as a step on their career ladder.
"And then they want to decide how to use their knowledge and experience," she said.
The spokeswoman also said the findings showed that young people tend to make their career decisions with consideration of whether the workplace will allow them to balance their jobs with marriage and child-rearing.
"Young people today seem to be carefully weighing (the pros and cons) of their job opportunities," she said.
Japan to tighten rules over foreign university students...
The power of education is needed to accept more foreign...


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A New World is Born
It is true she reserves her special and greatest honours for virtues that most signally proclaim a high morality, for these are directly associated with the salvation of souls; but she does not, therefore, despise or lightly estimate virtues of other kinds. On the contrary, she has ever highly favoured and held in honour those who have deserved well of men in civil society, and have thus attained a lasting name among posterity. For God, indeed, is especially wonderful in his Saints – mirabilis in Sanctis suis; but the impress of His Divine virtue also appears in those who shine with excellent power of mind and spirit, since high intellect and greatness of spirit can be the property of men only through their parent and creator, God.
Leo XIII on Christopher Columbus, from the encyclical of Pope Leo XII on the Columbus Quadricentennial.
Something for the weekend. The Conquest of Paradise theme from the film Conquest of Paradise (1992). Monday will mark the 528th year of Columbus sighting the shores of a New World. The fools and worse who toppled statues of him this year are like insects crawling across the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Their ugly acts detract not at all from the glory of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea.
"He [Columbus] was a gentle man of great force and spirit, of lofty thoughts and naturally inclined to undertake worthy deeds and signal enterprises; patient and long suffering, a forgiver of injustices who wished no more than that those who offended him should recognize their errors, and that the delinquents be reconciled to him."
Bartolome de Las Casas
Bartolome de Las Casas in the 1530s transcribed the journal of Christopher Columbus. The below passage relates the discovery of the New World on October 12, 1492:
After sunset, he steered his former course to the west. They made up about 12 miles each hour and, until two hours after midnight, made about 90 miles, which is twenty-two leagues and a half. And because the caravel Pinta was a better sailer and went ahead of the Admiral [Columbus] it found land and made the signals the Admiral had ordered. A sailor named Rodrigo de Triana saw this land first, although the Admiral, at the tenth hour of the night, while he was on the sterncasde, saw a light, although it was something so faint that he did not wish to affirm that it was land. But he called Pero Gutierrez, the steward of the King's dais, and told him that there seemed to be a light, and for him to look: and thus he did and saw it. He also told Rodrigo Sanchez de Segovia, whom the king and queen were sending as vee-dor [accountant or auditor) of the fleet, who saw nothing because he was not in a place where he could see it. After the Admiral said it, it was seen once or twice; and it was like a small wax candle that rose and lifted up, which to few seemed to be an indication of land. But the admiral was certain that they were near land, because of which when they recited the Salve, which in their own way are accustomed to recite and sing, all being present, the Admiral entreated and admonished them to keep a good lookout on the forecastle and to watch carefully for land; and to the man who first told him that he saw land he would later give a silk jacket in addition to the other rewards that the sovereigns had promised, which were ten thousand maravedis [copper coins] as an annuity to whoever should see it first. At two hours after midnight the land appeared, from which they were about two leagues distant. They hauled down all the sails and kept only the treo, which is the mainsail without bonnets, and jogged on and off, passing rime until daylight Friday, when they reached an islet of the Lucayos, which was called Guanahani in the language of the Indians. Soon they saw naked people; and the Admiral went ashore in the armed launch, and Martin Alonso Pinzon and his brother Vicente Anes, who was captain of the Nina. The Admiral brought out the royal banner and the captains two flags with the green cross, which the Admiral carried on all the ships as a standard, with an F and a Y [for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella], and over each letter a crown, one on one side of the ✠ and another on the other. Thus put ashore they saw very green trees and many ponds and fruits of various kinds. The Admiral called to the two captains and to the others who had jumped ashore and to Rodrigo Descobedo, the escrivano [clerk] of the whole fleet, and to Rodrigo Sanchez de Segovia; and he said that they should be witnesses that, in the presence of all, he would take, as in fact he did cake, possession of the said island for the king and for the queen bis lords, making the declarations that were required, and which at more length are contained in the testimonials made there in writing. Soon many people of the island gathered there. What follows are the very words of the Admiral in his book, about his first voyage to, and discovery of, these Indies. I, he says, in order that they would be friendly to us because I recognized that they were people who would be better freed and converted to our Holy Faith by love than by force to some of them I gave red caps, and glass beads which they put on their chests, and many other things of small value, in which they took so much pleasure and became so much our friends that it was a marvel. Later they came swimming to the ships' launches where we were and brought us parrots and cotton thread in balls and javelins and many other things, and they traded them to us for other things which we gave them, such as small glass beads and bells. In sum, they took everything and gave of what they had willingly. But it seemed to me that they were a people very poor in everything. All of them go around as naked as their mother bore them; and the women also, although I did not see more than one quite young girl. And all those that I saw were young people, for none did I see of more than 30 years of age. They are all very well formed, with handsome bodies and good faces. Their hair coarse—almost like the tail of a horse—and short. They wear their hair down over their eyebrows except for a little in the back which they wear long and never cut. Some of them paint themselves with black, and they are of the color of the Canarians [Canary Islanders], neither black nor white; and some of them paint themselves with white, and some of them with red, and some of them with whatever they find. And some of them paint their faces, and some the whole body, and some of them only the eyes, and some of them only the nose. They do not carry arms nor are they acquainted with them, because I showed them swords and they took them by the edge and through ignorance cut themselves. They have no iron. Their javelins are shafts without iron and some of them have at the end a fish tooth and others of other things. All of them alike are of good-sized stature and carry themselves well. I saw some who had marks of wounds on their bodies and I made signs to them asking them what they were; and they showed me how people from other islands nearby came there and tried to take them, and how they defended themselves; and I believed and believe that they come here from tierra firme to take them by captive. They should be good and intelligent servants, for I see that they say very quickly everything that is said to them; and I believe they would become Christians very easily, for it seemed to me that they had no religion. Our Lord pleasing, at the time of my departure I will take six of them from here to Your Highness in order that they may learn to speak No animal of any kind did I see on this island except parrots. All are the Admiral's words.
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The baseball season is back, so that means it's time to ditch those pitchers you drafted and start combing the waiver wire.
I didn't even fake it this year. I didn't waste time with starting pitchers. I went for some closers and my league also counts holds, so I chose some pitchers for that task, too. But when it came to starting pitchers, I'm going to side with the strategy of regularly going to the waiver wire, attempting to get strikeouts and quality starts. And every once in awhile, I'll compete in the ERA and WHIP categories.
Week 1 offers some mystery, but there are still a few options available as week 1 two-start pitchers on the waiver wire.
It wasn't pretty last year for Stroman. Injuries derailed his year and therefore, his strikeouts disappeared.
It may only be one game, but his opening day start was a good omen, with Stroman carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning. Most importantly, he tallied seven strikeouts during the shutout.
Now, he gets Baltimore, one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball, and Cleveland, a team that has been slow to score many runs this season.
The trouble with this time of year is getting guaranteed two starts, but Stroman should easily be trusted against Baltimore in his first anticipate game of the week.
It's not an easy week for Fiers, but it's one where he should have some redemption.
Fiers will toe the rubber against Boston and Houston, both teams with dynamic offenses. However, early in the season, it's tough for offenses to find their rhythm, which has so far happened to Houston.
And the matchup against Houston should offer some more motivation for Fiers, who previously pitched for the Astros. Fiers has good enough stuff to create problems for good offenses, so I anticipate Fiers will generate two solid starts.


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Russia: Syria chemical attack staged by foreign agents
People inspect their houses after shelling in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria. Friday, Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov said a chemical attack on the city last weekend was "staged." Photo by Mohammed Badra/EPA-EFE
The after effect of shelling is seen on a street in rebel-held Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria. Friday, Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov said a chemical attack on the city last weekend was "staged." Photo by Mohammed Badra/EPA-EFE
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epa06663310 Buses carrying people evacuated from Douma arrive in Al-Bab district, Aleppo, Syria, 11 April 2018 (issued 12 April 2018). Reports state 85 buses and vehicles carrying some 3,860 militants and civilians from the city of Douma arrived in Aleppoâ??s Al-Bab district late on 11 April. The latest group of evacuees bring the number of those evacuated from different areas of eastern Ghouta to over 56,000 people since 22 March. EPA-EFE/AREF TAMMAWI
April 13 (UPI) -- Russia's top diplomat said Friday that Moscow has proof that the suspected chemical attack in Syria last weekend was staged by special agents of a foreign country.
Although he didn't provide the evidence, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin has "irrefutable data" that the attack in Douma, that killed at least 75 people, was staged.
"And special services of a country, which is now seeking to be in the first ranks of the Russophobic campaign, were involved in this," Lavrov said.
Although he didn't name the country the agents come from, the top Kremlin diplomat could be hinting at the United States, Britain or France.
RELATED Trump dials back Syria message as Britain, Germany mull response
Lavrov also said Russian specialists who examined the attack found no trace of chemical weapons.
Damascus has invited a team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to visit Eastern Ghouta. They are due to arrive in Syria Saturday to investigate.
"The mission of the OPCW has set off to Syria not so quickly and without abundant enthusiasm but under our and Syrian pressure," Lavrov said.
RELATED Canadian PM Justin Trudeau rules out airstrikes in Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed the attack on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying there wasn't "much of a doubt" he was behind the strike.
Friday's news came as Trump continued to weigh a response to the attack, which could involve military intervention.
"You shouldn't be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his own people and enjoys it!" Trump tweeted Thursday.
RELATED Trump warning: 'Get ready' for U.S. missile strike on Syria
Syria has denied using chemical weapons and Russia has blamed the White Helmets -- a volunteer group inside rebel-held areas in Syria.
"The notorious White Helmets, who operate as part of terrorist groups, staged and filmed a chemical weapons attack on civilians in the town of Douma," Russian Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir said this week.
NBC News reported Thursday the United States has urine and blood samples that tested positive for chemical weapons, including chlorine gas and another nerve agent.
RELATED Chemical weapons watchdog to send probe to Douma, Syria
Assad is believed to have a stockpile of the nerve agent sarin, and has previously used a mixture of sarin and chlorine in past attacks.


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I have always felt that having two programable axis for pedal brakes would be valuable for IL2 sims. As it is I use the keyboard for brakes but that is not the same as having pedal brakes. I think the newest change in the flight model was very good. It is now much more like flying for real-a good and accurate mix of effects such gyro factor, torque etc.. and the drag/acceleration is also well done. If possible in the future I would like to see more North African terrain. Best Wishes.
True independant toe braking is NOT going to happen in this game. I brought this fundemental problem with this flight sim series up a couple of years ago to Oleg himself. He ain't budgin'.
Let's hope he comes to his senses in future flight sim releases.
Independent or no, I wish that Oleg would just bring the brake effectiveness back to what it was a patch or two ago!
Works fine for me.... To simulate independent braking I just give max rudder in whatever direction I want to go in. I can do doughnuts on a carrier deck in a Corsair.
Yes, you may well be able to do that Bearcat, as can I, but try starting it from a plane moving along the deck at something slightly slower than a brisk walk. Heck, just try to stop! It seems as if the FM has been altered to reduce the effectiveness of the brakes considerably if the plane is moving above a certain speed. I'll go one further and wager it's a function of airspeed, not ground speed, which makes it doubly hard to control your plane aboard ship while taxiing. I'm referring to a ship that is under way, of course.
No, TM Cougar and RCS here. I have the brakes mapped to the airbrake switch, which works out very well for me, but it is a major annoyance when, after a particularly satisfying mission and beautiful trap aboard a Jeep carrier, I go dribbling off the bow due to lack of brake effectiveness while taxiing to park up forward! And I'm not talking about taxiing with excessive speed either. This happens with a very slow rate of speed. It appears that there is far more control on land bases, which is why I base my wager on the airspeed trigger rather than a ground speed value.
Not quite what we're after here, Ken--thanks though.
The problem is that with the screwball Russian/British setup that's implemented now, you can only brake on ONE side at a time, AND it's tied to the rudder, which is what you usually don't want.
I don't know how the hell the Royal Navy kept their Seafires on the deck with such a bass-ackward setup. It just does not cut it for a carrier deck.
Not quite my experience, PlaneEater.
AFAIK, you can brake on one side IF you have Max Rudder to that side and hit the brakes. Without max rudder, brakes work for both wheels.
I don't find it a problem since the rudder does not have any effect at those slow speeds.
yea that would be nice but i just wish my brakes wouldnt come on halfway down the runway on takeoffbecause so many times my plane goes nose in because of this i dont know why i turn them off but at like 40-70mph they come on and there i go anyone know how to correst this?


Thank you for spreading the word! We have a lot to think about in the genre!
Thank you! Hopefully there is impetus for change….
KC, thank you for another excellent piece of writing!
This is part two of K.C. Redding-Gonzalez's excellent series on Tanith Lee and Horror.
Thank you for reblogging part two!
Excellent. There's a dreadful snobbery about any kind of genre fiction over here, that it can't be literary. It often is and shows why folk should read widely.
I so agree! If this Amazon mess does anything for us as writers, I hope it wakes more of us up to the silliness of snobbery. We are losing some great storytelling at the very least, and possibly a bestselling writer or two right along with some good, old-fashioned, denigrated Literature! Really… competition is good for all of us — especially the snobs, most of who I suspect will be leveled by Critics in the future…That alone should be humbling. But if not, the wild and rampant rise of "unacceptable" writing probably will be!
Interesting with what is deemed to be literature. Look at some of the so-called horror classics. I've recently re-read Shelley's Frankenstein (and i recommend the original 1818 test). These days considered a "literary" classic – I wrote an essay on it at university. I've also recently re-read (first time for years- Stoker's Dracula. Always written off as a second-rater and nowhere near literature. But on my re-reading I was impressed as to how carefully crafted it is. Not the greatest novel in the world but certainly literature.
Another brilliant write, KC. You ask important questions to ponder upon.
I have to reread since my mind is spinning!
And it will be here, waiting for your perusal!
KC, I so wanted to say something about your blog but forgot it while I was reading it. Sorry. Maybe it will come back to me sometime but if not, I will blame it on OLD AGE…..I sent you another piece of art. I hope you like it. Love and miss you.


It's hard not to be impressed with the work of Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page. With such industry favorites as Becoming A Chef (1995), Culinary Artistry (1996), Dining Out (1998), Chef's Night Out (2001), and The New American Chef (2003) you can only expect their latest endeavor "What to Drink with What you Eat" to be a welcome addition to any library.
I was first introduced to Andrew and Karen's work through "Culinary Artistry". It was their extremely succinct and detailed examination into what it meant to be a chef that caught me, and it was the expansive and well researched collection of flavor pairings that then held my attention. I have since made it a habit to recommend this book to chefs and mixologists alike.
This new volume continues on with the core pattern set forth in Culinary Artistry. It similarly addresses the concepts of flavor pairings, but with the specific goal of showing how flavors can, and should, be worked together in matching both food and drink. Wine of course is the primary liquid accompaniment that will come to most people's minds, but they don't stop there. They expand their reach to include beer, cocktails, coffee, tea, and even how water can play a role in the culinary experience.
While there are eight chapters that make up this book, there are essentially two different roles that this book embodies. The first is reading material that provides insights and suggestions regarding how both food and drink complete one another and how famous chefs and restaurants across the country are starting to expand their culinary horizons to embrace liquid cuisines as well. The second, and perhaps most important, feature of this book is the comprehensive listings of various food products, and their recommended liquid accompaniments. This listing is then reversed, and for various liquids, they list the food flavors that would be best to be paired with them.
I feel that What to Drink with What you Eat is poised to be an important and indispensable resource for anybody in the restaurant industry, as well as for amateur culinarians who wish to expand their horizons.


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Although this song is closer associated with punk rock than summer, i enjoy the free feeling it gives me. Summer is freedom.
Many students go to concerts over the summer with friends or dates and this song reminds me of those fun times.
The constants strumming of guitar relaxes you. While I do not enjoy the lyrics too much, the music is calming.
My friends and I are always listening to music whether we are just hanging out or going to parties. This happens to be me and my best friend's favorite song.
This song screams summer between the lyrics about fireworks and the upbeat rythm.
The lyrics may be semi crude but I enjoy the humor behind them. Plus the upbeat rythm makes me happy.
This remix is perfect for a summer party. I do not usually enjoy trap music but I liked this one more than the original.
My friend Olivia Meis recommended this song to me and I instantly fell in love. I love the change from slow to upbeat in a matter of seconds.
Summer is my escape from the stress of balancing school, looking decent and soccer. Summer gives me a huge release from everything during the school year I have to deal with like AP tests, deadlines, tests, projects, perfect grades and every single crazy thing everyone expects from us.


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Apr 11, 2019 1:21PM EDT
This Is How Local & Federal Government Can Help US Shoemakers
By Jennie Bell
Jennie Bell
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Inside Okabashi's Georgia factory.
CREDIT: Courtesy of brand
The U.S. manufacturing sector saw some small gains in March, according to a recent report by the Institute for Supply Management, as production, new orders and hiring all improved. However, the industry still faces headwinds, most notably that overseas demand continues to decline, and domestic growth has slowed following last year's economic stimulus.
Over the past two years, the Trump administration has pledged its support for U.S. manufacturers, and many state and local leaders are helping to strengthen the industry through public policy.
As part of FN's annual "Made in America" issue, we asked four companies that produce shoes stateside how the government could be the biggest help to U.S. manufacturers.
Retail Intel: Rally House Will Expand Its Ohio Footprint With a Columbus Store in Early 2023 + More News
US Manufacturer Okabashi Lays Off 142 Employees as Yeezy Production Deal Ends
All the Shoe Brands and Retailers Helping to Get Out the Vote for the 2022 Midterm Elections
Sara Irvani
CEO, Okabashi Brands (Georgia)
"We rely on our government to support ancillary local businesses and thereby create a virtuous ecosystem that can scale. This starts with tax incentives for manufacturers and in Opportunity Zones. Our local and federal government also needs to continue investing in infrastructure, from local highways to ports, which are crucial to redefining retail supply chains."
George Esquivel
Designer & Founder, Esquivel Shoes (California)
"The government could nurture a government-funded apprenticeship program as exists in Europe. Such a program would help grow the workforce and give someone interested in entering the footwear industry the skills needed for a successful career path."
John Andreliunas
President and CEO, Quoddy (Maine)
"Health care is the toughest hurdle today. In most cases, it is prohibitively expensive for the employer and employee."
Nancy Richardson
CEO, San Antonio Shoemakers (Texas)
"Over the past 40-plus years, there have been a lot of needed laws and regulations put into place around labor, safety and the environment. While these have produced positive outcomes, there is a fear of overregulation, which decreases the industry's flexibility to respond to an ever-changing business environment."
Take a tour inside a New York City shoe factory:
'Made in LA' Shoe Manufacturing Is Attracting Purpose-Driven Brands That Want Style and Substance
New Balance to Expand Domestic Manufacturing With New Massachusetts Facility
This Is The Latest Threat to American Manufacturing — And It's Not China


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Q: How to select Content of ALL div's with PHP I want to select contents of every DIV tags in PHP.
Just imagine we have this HTML page :

Content1

        blah..

Content2

Now , i want to have every DIV tag content, For example from that HTML code , I want to have Content1 in One variable and the Content2 in the other Variable and so on ....
Just need to access the parts easily. Just this.
Every page have random number of DIV tags, so i need a flexable Code to detect DIV tags and put the content of every one in array or any type of variable..
How to do it ?

A: DOMDocument
$divs = array();
$HTML = '

Content1

        blah..

Content2

';

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadHTML($HTML);

foreach($doc->getElementsByTagName('div') as $div) {
   array_push($divs, $div->textContent);
}
var_dump($divs);

example

A: try to use strip_tags() function:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php

A: You can download PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser

And access the div tags like this :
$html = file_get_html('urltopage.com');
foreach($html->find('div') as $e)
echo $e->innertext . '
';


This fully furnished studio apartment is on the twelfth floor of the Jomtien Beach Condominium A3 building.
The European style kitchen is fully equipped with utensils, pots, pans, cutlery etc; as well as having an electric hob, extractor fan, hot water kettle, toaster, microwave and refrigerator.
In the living/sleeping area there is a double bed, storage facilities including a large built in double wardrobe and bedside tables, a sofa, coffee table, and display units along with a flat screen TV with DVD player. There is also desk and chair providing work space, and access to the balcony, complete with balcony furniture, via large sliding doors.
The bathroom, which is fully tiled, has been designed and completed to a high standard, features a large marble worktop housing a basin and storage, and a shower.
The apartment also benefits from tiled flooring throughout, as well as an impressive feature ceiling with concealed dimmer lighting. There are also curtains, down-lighting, air conditioning and ceiling fans throughout.
Jomtien Beach Condominium is located in the beach area of Jomtien, a short drive or Baht Bus ride away bustling area of Central Pattaya. The area offers a large variety of amenities for the whole family to enjoy including a 6 km long sandy beach, offering a variety of water-sports, plus a host of restaurants offering a range of cuisines. Jomtien enjoys a great nightlife with a fantastic atmosphere and is home to a variety of bars, cabaret and entertainment venues to choose from, including Jomtien's Walking Street - Super Town; there are also a range of shops, fresh food markets and two fantastic night markets. Central Pattaya offers a popular and lively nightlife, with nightclubs, bars, restaurants and cabaret shows and of course the renowned Walking Street; there are also ample shopping opportunities and many tourist attractions to keep you entertained.
Jomtien Beach Condominium residents have the use of some fantastic facilities and amenities, including: a club house with a fitness center and table tennis room, a large communal swimming pool with a children's pool, free use of bicycles, wi-fi (available to purchase), resident parking and 24 hour security. There are also some small businesses such as laundry services, shops, bars, restaurants, massage parlors and beauty salons at this well maintained condominium.
Other properties available in the Pattaya and Jomtien areas, please inquire for further details.


This Post-Doctoral work is a follows-up on Eddie Mujjwiga Wampande's PhD research. In 2013 Eddie Mujjwiga Wampande's group (Moses Jojoba's laboratory) described M. tuberculosis Uganda genotype (MTBC Lineage 4 sub lineage) as being responsible for 68 % of TB cases for the last 17 years (1992-2009) in Kampala-Uganda, the reasons for this is unknown . Subsequent data showed that M. tuberculosis genotypes circulating in Uganda are equally virulent / transmissible; unfortunately this could not explain why M. tuberculosis Uganda genotype is the principal cause of TB. Data elsewhere has shown that human genetic variants are associated with different Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) lineage infections suggesting a host-pathogen dependent interaction. For his Postoctoral fellowship he will explore genetic interaction between M. tuberculosis and its host. To do this, the team shall genotype the human and M. tuberculosis strains and seek for association between host polymorphisms and pathogen genotype. Such findings can be used to understand TB pathogenesis and identification of molecules that can have TB therapeutic potentials.


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Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission (OC LAFCO) is currently conducting its Municipal Service Review (MSR) process. MSRs are comprehensive studies of municipal services (e.g., water, sewer, police, fire, library etc.) in Orange County. OC LAFCO invites residents to participate in the important survey. The deadline for responses to the survey is February 2, 2018.
If you would like to learn more about the OC LAFCO MSR process and previous MSR reports, you can visit our website at oclafco.org or contact OC LAFCO staff at (714) 640-5100.


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Фрэнк Фарина (; ) — австралийский футболист и футбольный тренер. Футболист года в Океании (1988). В настоящее время — директор футбольной академии Чарльза Перкинса.

Карьера

Игрок

В клубах
За свою карьеру сыграл в различных клубах Австралии («Канберра Сити», «Сидней Сити», «Маркони Стэллионс», «Брисбен Страйкерз»), Бельгии («Брюгге»), Италии («Бари»), Англии («Ноттс Каунти») и Франции («Страсбур», «Лилль»).

В сборной
В сборной Австралии дебютировал в 1985 году (до этого играл и в юношеской, и в молодёжной сборных).

Достижения
 Футболист года в Океании: 1988
 Медаль Алекса Тобина (Союз профессиональных футболистов Австралии, 2012)

Тренер
После того, как Фарина завершил карьеру игрока, он был тренером двух национальных сборных (Австралии и Папуа — Новой Гвинеи) и трёх клубов («Брисбен Страйкерз», «Маркони Стэллионс», «Брисбен Роар»).

Достижения
 Кубок конфедераций 2001 — 3-е место
 Чемпион Кубка наций ОФК (2) — 2000, 2004
 2-е место на Кубке наций ОФК (2) — 1998, 2002

Примечания

Ссылки
 Queensland Roar profile
 FFA — Hall of Fame profile
 Oz Football profile
 Sunday Profile interview
 Официальный сайт

Футболисты Австралии
Игроки сборной Австралии по футболу
Футболисты на летних Олимпийских играх 1988 года
Футболисты года в Океании
Игроки ФК «Канберра Сити»
Игроки ФК «Сидней Сити»
Игроки ФК «Маркони Стэллионс»
Игроки ФК «Брюгге»
Игроки ФК «Бари»
Игроки ФК «Ноттс Каунти»
Игроки ФК «Страсбур»
Игроки ФК «Лилль»
Игроки ФК «Брисбен Страйкерз»
Футбольные тренеры Австралии
Тренеры ФК «Маркони Стэллионс»
Тренеры сборной Австралии по футболу
Тренеры ФК «Брисбен Роар»
Тренеры сборной Папуа — Новой Гвинеи по футболу
Тренеры ФК «Сидней»
Тренеры сборной Фиджи по футболу
Члены австралийского футбольного зала славы

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When the rung on the bottom shelf of my refrigerator broke, I bought a roll of white duct tape and, as carefully as I could, cut short lengths of duct tape to hold it back in place. I will not win a repair design contest. It's not "good as new." The shelf can no longer hold heavy items. But I treasure sandwiches for lunch. Plastic jars of yellow mustard and light mayo reside there reliably. Good enough will do.
Similarly, if I need to abstain from problematic substances, if I can figure out what purposes substances served for me – what needs and wants they filled for me – I might be able to find replacements for them. Since addiction is a brain condition requiring medical care, this effort is unlikely to have a direct, immediate effect on my brain's functioning. Figuring out the needs and wants that substances assisted me with may not cover the full scope of, or explanation for, my initial or repeated substance use prior to developing addiction. But understanding what substances did for me may help me with my self-care efforts.
Since substances can magnify experience beyond what the brain naturally experiences, I'm unlikely to find identical, snap-in substitutes. Given the interrelated neurocircuitry of love and addiction, this reality creates a deep loss to grieve. While no analogy is perfect, the idea of finding good-enough, duct tape-like replacements might be helpful.
What did substances do for me? Answering that question feels overwhelming! But analyzing my last return to use may help get me started. Let's break it down.
What was I giving my attention to, what was I feeling, what was I thinking, and what physical sensations did I experience?
Many people cannot remember what they were feeling and thinking just prior to use, so that data is usually missing.
Let's try different time frames – 24 hours, 1 week, 1 month.
1. ATTENTION: What was getting – perhaps splitting – my attention prior to my last return to use? 24 hours before? 1 week before? 1 month before?
2. FEELINGS: What was I feeling prior to my last return to use? 24 hours before? 1 week before? 1 month before?
3. THOUGHTS: What was I thinking prior to my last return to use? 24 hours before? 1 week before? 1 month before?
4. PHYSICAL SENSATIONS: What physical sensations was I experiencing prior to my last return to use? 24 hours before? 1 week before? 1 month before?
5. AWARENESS OF NEEDS AND WANTS THEN: Having become aware of 1) what I was giving my attention to, 2) what I was feeling, 3) what I was thinking, and 4) what physical sensations I was experiencing, what needs and wants did I seem to have prior to my last return to use? 24 hours before? 1 week before? 1 month before?
6. SELF-KINDNESS AND SELF-CARE: AWARENESS OF NEEDS AND WANTS NOW: What needs and wants do I have now? What might I do to kindly and supportively help myself meet these needs and fulfill these wants?
7. What insights have I had as a result of doing this exercise?
8. In what ways can I continue to customize and individualize my treatment plan to help get my needs and wants met? Some good-enough, duct tape-like replacements, perhaps, may decrease the likelihood of my return to use.
The idea is this: If I can become aware, in the moment, that I have unmet needs and wants, strong feelings, intense thoughts, or physical sensations similar to those I experienced prior to past returns to use, I might be able to help myself with them without substances.
If different substances served different needs, printing out multiple copies of the handout and answering the questions for one substance at a time might be helpful.
This post is part of a series on evidence-informed self-care for addiction. Self-care is NOT an evidence-based treatment for addiction. The introduction and table of contents are here and posts are published in the category entitled Guide.


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National DUI's Up 4%
DRUNK-DRIVING DEATHS ROSE 4 PERCENT IN 1995
By: Mercury News Wire Services
Highway-safety experts say myriad factors could have contributed to
the first nationwide increase in drunken-driving deaths in a decade,
including public complacency, an increase in the number of young drivers
and higher speed limits. The 1995 toll of 17,274 alcohol-related traffic
deaths was a 4 percent increase over 1994 figures, according to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic deaths also
increased last year, to 41,798 from 40,716 in 1994. Drunken-driving
deaths had been steadily decreasing since 1986.


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Q: Exit scala function with Failure Hi I have code like below:

def something(input1: Int, input2: Int): Try[Int] = {
  if (input1 == 0) {
     Failure(new RuntimeException("input1 should not be 0"))
  }
  if (input2 == 0) {
     Failure(new RuntimeException("input2 should not be 0"))
  }
  Success(input2)
}

and I am trying to use the above function like this way:
something(0, 1)
i am expecting the above should return a Failure, but it actually not, it execute the Failure() statement but it still execute the following code block after the failure
if I want to exit this function with the first Failure, how to achieve it? (I know I can do if else if block to avoid executing the following code block but I don't want to do that, assuming there are a lot of checks)

A: Scala does have return but it's just highly discouraged(thanks to @jwvh for correction). Scala implies that any statement can return something. In your example by writing Failure() inside if means that if statement return it. As you don't assign it anywhere, it is just ignored. You program looks something like below from compiler perspective (it will not compile, I just want to demonstrate what actually happens):
def something(input1: Int, input2: Int): Try[Int] = {
  val ifVal1 = if (input1 == 0) {
     Failure(new RuntimeException("input1 should not be 0"))
  }
  val ifVal2 = if (input2 == 0) {
     Failure(new RuntimeException("input2 should not be 0"))
  }
  val res = Success(input2)
  res
}

If you need many checks, then pattern matching is your friend:
def something(input1: Int, input2: Int): Try[Int] =
  (input1, input2) match {
    case (0, _) => Failure(new RuntimeException("input1 should not be 0"))
    case (_, 0) => Failure(new RuntimeException("input2 should not be 0"))
    case _ => Success(input2)
  }

A: You just need to chain your conditions with else clauses:
def something(input1: Int, input2: Int): Try[Int] =
  if (input1 == 0) {
    Failure(new RuntimeException("input1 should not be 0"))
  } else if (input2 == 0) {
    Failure(new RuntimeException("input2 should not be 0"))
  } else {
    Success(input2)
  }


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Spirit figures from Arnhem Land
Posted on 14 Feb 2018 by Helen Anu
In 2015 the museum purchased new works titled Mokuy by Yolŋu artist Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra.
The acquisition comprised 36 carved wooden figures produced at the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre in Yirrkala north-east Arnhem Land. These contemporary carvings are the artist's interpretation of the spirit figures known as mokuy. They speak of cycles, comings and goings, life and death and the strong tradition and culture held within Yolŋu customs.
Yolŋu are Aboriginal people from northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Yolŋu worldview sees every species of plant, animal, fish or bird or any place or person as belonging to one of the two balancing halves of the world, the clans making up the two moieties that define all Yolŋu relationships to people and country – Yirritja and Dhuwa. The sacred art of this region, known as Miwatj, details the spiritual forces behind the ongoing Creation and the continuing identity of the fresh and saltwater country of the area.
Mokuy is a ghost or the sinister spirit of a deceased person.
Mokuy is a ghost or the sinister spirit of a deceased person. It lives near the burial ground and is believed to harm those who venture too near. These mortuary figures of mokuy made in eastern Arnhem Land are derived from square-sectioned and painted grave-post figures called wuramu. These in turn were influenced by the grave posts of the Makassans, traders from Sulawesi in present-day Indonesia, who visited the shores of Arnhem Land for some 400 years up to the beginning of the 20th century.
The artist, Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra, is the eldest son of senior Yirritja moiety elder the late Yaŋgarriny Wunuŋmurra c 1932–2003 who was the first Aboriginal artist to bring a case of copyright infringement – Yanggarrny Wunungmurra v Peter Stripes (1983) to the Federal Court of Australia, unreported, which he won.
One of the 36 carved wooden Mokuy (Spirits) by Nawurapu Wunungmurra, 2015. ANMM Collection 00054657.
In 1997 Yaŋgarriny Wunuŋmurra was the Overall First Prize winner of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA). Nawurapu was trained in the school of his father from an early age, first assisting him and then, as his own spiritual authority increased, in his own right.
Nawurapu Wunungmurra. Image: Courtesy Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre.
Displayed side-by-side in the current Gapu-Monuk Saltwater exhibition are two bark paintings by both father and son demonstrating the hereditary ownership of areas of land and sea as documented in their paintings.
After his father's passing, Nawurapu stepped into this senior role with his brothers. His ceremonial responsibilities have required him to move between the homeland centres of the Miwatj region, north-east Arnhem Land and central Arnhem Land. He has lived in Yirrkala, Gurrumurru, Gängan, Gapuwiak and Wandawuy in recent years.
In 2010 following in his father's footsteps, Nawurapu entered his mixed media work Mokuy in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. Nawurapu took out first prize in two categories: New Media and People's Choice. For the judges, the installation was a stand-out piece in an exhibition of works by 96 finalists. The Mokuy spirits appeared to float theatrically in dancing poses just above the floor onto which archival footage of traditional ceremonial dances was projected, as if they were incarnations of dancing spirits illuminated by the spirits of dancers past. As they turned with the air in the room, they gave a sense of watching the viewer's every move, as if they were trying to communicate.
Mokuy by Nawurapu Wunungmurra . Winner of the Telstra New Media Award in 2010.
Image courtesy Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
The artist says of this work:
"These are happy spirits. They are going home. The mokuy [spirits] come in together, Dhuwa and Yirritja to the sacred ground called Balambala, past Gängan, the other side for all the mokuy to get together. The spirits go there and that's where they make the yidaki [didgeridoo] sound … different sounds for Yirritja and Dhuwa. The Yirritja and Dhuwa play yidaki to call in the mokuy to the same ground Balambala. The Yirritja mokuy come in on the birds, djilawurr [scrub fowl] and bugutj-bugutj [banded fruit dove]. The Dhuwa mokuy they come in from rangi side [saltwater].


Edward helped me into his car, being very careful of the wisps of silk and chiffon, the Bunga he'd just pinned into my elaborately styled curls, and my bulky walking cast. He ignored the angry set of my mouth.
When he had me settled, he got in the driver's kerusi, tempat duduk and headed back out the long, narrow drive.
"At what point exactly are anda going to tell me what's going on?" I asked grumpily. I really hated surprises. And he knew that.
"I'm shocked that anda haven't figured it out yet." He threw a mocking smile in my direction, and my breath caught in my throat. Would I ever get used to his perfection?
"I did meantion that anda looked very nice, didn't I?" I verified.
Not wuite as nervous as the dress. atau the shoe. Only one shoe, as my other foot was still securely encased in plaster. But the stiletto heel, held on only sejak satin ribbons, certainly wasn't going to help me as I tried to hobble around.
"I'm not coming over anymore if Alice is going to treat me like Guinea Pig Barbie when I do," I griped. I'd spent the better part of the hari in Alice's staggeringly vast bathroom, a helpless victim as she played hairdresser and cosmetician. Whenever I fidgeted atau complained, she reminded me that she didn't have any memories of being human, and asked me not to ruin her vicarious fun. Then she'd dressed me in the most ridiculous dress - deep blue, frilly and off the shoulders, with French Tag I couldn't read - a dress lebih suitable for a landasan than Forks. Nothing good could come of our formal attire, of that I was sure. Unless... but I was afraid to put my suspicions into words, even in my own head.
I was distracted then sejak the sound of a phone ringing. Edward pulled his cell phone from a pocket inside his jacket, looking briefly at the caller ID before answering.
"Hello, Charlie," he berkata warily.
Charlie had been... difficult since my return to Forks. He had compartmentalized my bad experience into two defined reactions. Toward Carlisle he was almost worshipfully grateful. On the other hand, he was stubbornly convinced that Edward was at fault - because, if not for him, I wouldn't have left utama in the first place. And Edward was far from disagreeing with him. These days I had rules that hadn't existed before: curfews... visiting hours.
He ignored me. "Why don't anda let me talk to him?" Edward suggested with evident pleasure. He waited for a few seconds.
"I'm sorry if there's been some kind of miscommunication, but Bella is unavailable tonight." Edward's tone changed, and the threat in his voice was suddenly much lebih evident as he continued. "To be perfectly honest, she'll be unavailable every night, as far as anyone besides myself is concerned. No offense. And I'm sorry about your evening." He didn't sound sorry at all. And then he snapped the phone shut, a huge smirk on his face.
It was embarrassingly obvious now. If I'd been paying any attention at all, I'm sure I would have noticed the tarikh on the posters that decorated the school buildings. But I'd never dreamed he was thinking of subjecting me to this. Didn't he know me at all?
"Why are anda doing this to me?" I demanded in horror.
He gestured to his tuxedo. "Honestly, Bella, what did anda think we were doing?"
"This is completely ridiculous. Why are anda crying?" he demanded in frustration.
"Fine," I pouted, unable to glare as effectively as I would have liked. "I'll go quietly. But you'll see. I'm way overdue for lebih bad luck. I'll probably break my other leg. Look at this shoe! It's a death trap!" I held out my good leg as evidence.
The feeling of comfort disappeared. There had been no progress with Rosalie, though I was on wwuite good terms with her sometimes-husband. Emmett enjoyed having me around - he thought my bizarre human reactions were hilarious... atau maybe it was just the fact that I fell down a lot that he found so funny. Rosalie acted as if I didn't exist. While I shook my head to dispel the direction my thoughts had taken, I thought of something else.


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