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The Salt Worms: Part Sixteen
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The Salt Worms: Part Fifteen
"Why do you get to decide everyone else's fate?" Manuel Carrillo's hands shook with rage. "What gives you the right?"
"It…doesn't matter," Nathan let his hand wander towards his holster. "I just get to."
"No…you DON'T!" Manuel bellowed and leapt through the air towards Nathan!
Faster than he could even think, Nathan gripped his gun and whipped his hand forward. He never pulled the trigger, but somewhere in their scuffle something put pressure on the gun in just the right way.
BLAM!
The shot was deep and heavy. Manuel's hands, entangled around the bomb, loosened their grip and the man slumped backward.
"What did–what did you–" Nathan's eyes went wide in shock. "Why did you go for the bomb, Manuel?!" He shrieked in anguish. "You should have gone straight for me! You knew I was going for my gun, didn't you? So why didn't you go straight for me?!"
But while Nathan sobbed uncontrollably Manuel had offered no answers. As with every time before, fate had prescribed that Nathan would be the victor and that his path to success would remain clear.
Back in the present day Nathan kept trudging forward, feet throwing up small clouds of dry salt with every step.
"Manuel couldn't stop me…that assassin last night couldn't stop me…the men in that truck couldn't stop me…"
But he didn't think it was because he was too skilled or too smart for them, not really. He knew it was fate that kept him going, and fate alone.
"I wish one of you had been able to stop me!" he rubbed away the tears with the back of his hand. "I wish you hadn't let me kill you all!"
It was too much of a burden having to killing good people for this mission. It wasn't that he didn't believing in his cause, just that he couldn't answer anymore whether it was worth the cost.
But…this was the path that fate had put him on, and only fate would relinquish him from it.
"I'm tired of being your agent," he muttered softly. "Retire me…please! Choose another champion."
Nathan realized his thumb was twitching on the release button for the portable nuclear bomb, his hand's muscles were nearly exhausted. Craning his head to look over his shoulder he saw that he had long since moved out of range of the New Denver sniper. He couldn't even see the city anymore. So he reached down and pulled the paperclip out of the hole in the bomb's side. The blinking light turned dark and he was safe to remove his thumb.
"Soon," he said. "Soon my part will be over."
Just a few more moments and the worm and he would be dead. Then it would be upon the shoulders of others to take the next steps in this journey. Others would lead the masses to the West Coast. Others would build the boats and push off into the ocean. Others would navigate to Hawai'i or New Zealand. Fate would choose those souls just as soon as his chapter was over, he was sure of it. Hopefully their burden would be happier than his.
"Unless you radiate this whole area and it kills anyone who comes near," a cynical side of Nathan spoke up.
"I hope not…" he said wearily. "But in either case…what will be done will soon be done."
Nathan came to a full stop. It hurt to change his momentum so suddenly…but he had seen it! There, on the horizon, was a dark mound, the only disturbance to the extreme flatness that otherwise extended in every direction.
"The nest–" his hoarse voice croaked.
It had to be! Part of him couldn't believe that after such a long journey the end could now be in sight…but it had to be!
Most of Nathan's extremities were completely numb, his breathing was weird and labored, and his consciousness felt detached from his own body, but he didn't care. No wounds or aches mattered now, so he settled into as fast of a jog as he was capable of and closed the distance to the nest.
And it was, indeed, the nest. Sprawled out for more than a hundred yards in each direction were stacks upon stacks of giant, yellow-and-green marbled eggs, slightly translucent with larva the size of a man wriggling inside. Several of the eggs were already cracked open, and adolescent worms the size of a truck were trying to burrow into the ground, but they were having a difficult time breaking through the hard, caked salt.
"I made it," Nathan gasped as tears streamed down his face. "I made it. I finally made it."
A few of the adolescent worms turned at the sound of his voice and began blindly feeling their way over to him, mouths opening and closing.
Nathan didn't care. And he wasn't about to waste time basking in the moment either. He lifted his foot and slammed it into the salt as hard as he could, raising a cloud of white all around him. Then he did it again. And again. Pounding a rhythm into the ground.
While continuing the rhythm, he cradled the portable nuclear bomb in his wounded arm and pressed its second button twice, then the first one once. The LED began flashing yellow, signifying that the weapon was armed. Another press of the first button would detonate it.
Krrrawww! one of the nearing worms pulled back and whined hungrily.
Nathan reached his good head down to his belt, pulled out his sidearm, and shot the worm five times. It rolled over onto its side, dead.
And then he felt it.
All the ground began to tremble. A rolling, shaking rumble that passed under his feet in waves. Thirty feed ahead the salt began to dance up into the air, sparkling in the sun like a million tiny lights. And then, at last, the carpet of white opened up and the Giant Sand Striker Worm broke the surface, slowly raising higher and higher, bending its open-jawed face down towards Nathan, a threatening roar gurgling in its throat.
"The hero…or the villain…?" Nathan rested his finger on the nuclear bomb's button. "That'll be up to the others to decide."
He pressed the button and heard a mechanical click inside of the device. All the rest was blinding light.
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J Warner (Jim) Wallace is a homicide detective, and an atheist-turned christian. This is his story and the reasons why he changed his mind about Jesus.
Jim originally trained as a designer and architect, and worked in that field for a short time. I don't know why, but he then joined a Los Angeles law enforcement agency and worked as a police officer and detective for almost 25 years.
He specialised in homicide investigations, and eventually cold case investigations (unsolved homicides committed decades ago). In this role he solved a number of old cases leading to several convictions, and in 2012 was awarded the South Bay Medal of Valor Sustained Superiority Award. His cases have been featured in several television documentaries.
Jim's father was an unbeliever while his stepmother was a Mormon and raised his half-siblings as Mormons. He grew up without any faith, and was a "conscientious and vocal atheist" during his graduate and post graduate university study.
Jim was (and is) an evidentialist. He believed that our beliefs and conclusions should always be shaped by the available evidence. This position was reinforced by his work as a homicide detective, where obviously evidence is absolutely necessary to finalise an investigation and obtain a conviction.
Jim was also an evidentialist when it came to christianity. When, at about 35, Jim decided to re-examine the truth of christianity, he examined the evidence.


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package testVerktyg.adminViews;

import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.ListView;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class TestSavePopup {
	ObservableList<String> lstId = FXCollections.observableArrayList();

	public TestSavePopup() {
		BorderPane center = new BorderPane();
		center.setPrefHeight(600);
		center.prefWidth(400);
		AnchorPane layout = new AnchorPane(), top = new AnchorPane();
		layout.setPrefHeight(600);
		layout.prefWidth(400);
		Label lblDescript1 = new Label("Please enter Users that should have access"),
				lblDescript2 = new Label("to the test.");
		Button btnSaveUser = new Button("Save User"), btnDone = new Button("Done");
		ListView<String> lstUser = new ListView<>();
		HBox south = new HBox();
		TextField txtUserInput = new TextField();
		Stage stage = new Stage();
		ObservableList<String> lstString = FXCollections.observableArrayList();

		top.getChildren().addAll(lblDescript1, lblDescript2, txtUserInput, btnSaveUser);
		south.getChildren().add(btnDone);
		layout.getChildren().add(center);
		center.setCenter(lstUser);
		center.setTop(top);
		center.setBottom(south);
		lstUser.setPrefSize(100, 100);
		top.setPrefWidth(600);
		top.setPrefHeight(98);
		south.setPrefHeight(100);
		south.setPrefWidth(200);
		lblDescript1.setLayoutX(14);
		lblDescript1.setLayoutY(39);
		txtUserInput.setLayoutX(305);
		txtUserInput.setLayoutY(34);
		lblDescript2.setLayoutX(14);
		lblDescript2.setLayoutY(55);
		// center.getTopAnchor(top);
		// center.getBottomAnchor(south);

		stage.setScene(new Scene(layout, 400, 400));

		btnSaveUser.setOnAction((value) -> {
			lstString.add(txtUserInput.getText());
			lstUser.setItems(lstString);
		});
		btnDone.setOnAction((value) -> {
			lstId.addAll(lstUser.getItems());
			stage.close();
		});
		stage.showAndWait();
	}

	public ObservableList<String> getlstId() {

		return lstId;
	}

}

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Lightning was a motorcycle produced in 1900 and sold by Arthur Burgess of Malvern, in Worcestershire.
1889 Jan/Feb. Stanley Exhibition. Tandem by the Lightning Tandem Bicycle Co. Own the patents but licence others to build them.
Arthur Burgess operated the Lightning Cycle and Motor Works in Malvern and also had premises at Barnards Green. From there he offerd a range of vehicles extending from pedal cycles to motor cars. His motorcycle came in the form of a De Dion powered Quadricycle, with twin front wheels and an upholstered seat between them.
Probably built for them by Components Limited of Selly Oak, Birmingham, the model was reasonably popular.

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The proliferation of plastic pre-formed / pre-sized shutters sometimes causes confusion to those wanting shutters for their windows. This is because buyers settle for what they think is the best look for the sizes offered. The common error towards larger makes it look like shutter size equals window-unit size. Correct shutter measure should match sash pair height and width, not the window unit size. This many times can be obtained by measuring from within the home. And, if the shutters are to be both operable and painted, undersize them by one half inch in overall height and width. It's as simple as that!


This suggests that the users could not be found.
Did you enter the command exactly like this? You need to replace 'source' and 'target' with the appropriate usernames.
To me it looks like the database is corrupt and contains posts with topic ids of non-existent topics.
i don't think this is a corrupt database per se. I have seen many kind-of-legit cases where changing post ownership fails , especially where the destination user has less privileges than the original user.
I replaced the arguments that are sensitive with placeholders 'source', 'target'. I don't believe the database is corrupt as it would bring on a whole new slew of issues but is there any way I can check off hand?
I have seen many kind-of-legit cases where changing post ownership fails , especially where the destination user has less privileges than the original user.
This would definitely be the case as we are merging a previous admin account into a basic user account.
Further more, I removed all admin abilities and mod privileges and tried to merge the accounts again with no success.
You can run the following code in the rails console (rails c) to find the offending posts. I'll leave it up to you what you do with them.
Hey there, what in the returned error leads you to suspect the source username is the source of the issues? Just trying to understand better. Thanks!
Because it fails in line 10 of post_owner_changer.rb (this is where posts are moved from the source to the target user) and the only object that can be nil at that place is @topic. That leads me to believe that you have at least one post with a topic_id that points to a missing topic in the database.
Looking at this here with @Jim.Morrison and it's listing out some topic IDs which pull up "Ooops! That page doesn't exist or is private"… We did a migration with @pfaffman about a year ago and I am wondering if some of these are a result of that? Do we just need to do a rake task that can be run to rebuild / remap titles?
I suggest you either delete the posts via PostDestroyer.new(Discourse.system_user, post).destroy or update the topic_id with the ID of a new topic. You'd also need to make sure that the post_number is unique in that topic.
Deleting is probably easier and I guess you don't need them otherwise you'd have missed them already.
My guess is that some of the posts are in topics that only an admin can write and or read. He won't be able to access those posts if he is not an admin.
You might be able to do it the other way.
Merge the non admin account into the admin account, then rename the admin account to the non admin account, then remove the admin privileges.
He will still get "Oops" on topics in categories that he no longer has access to.
If a topic can be moved to an area that the users can't see why would it fail when re-attributing posts?
No, it's definitely a missing topic. There are no security checks in database queries! My guess is that someone deleted one or more topics from the database without deleting all the stuff connected to it.
The ones that we saw were old enough that they likely were part of the database import we did from AnswerHub and can likely be deleted.


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Two Anti-inflammatory Medications Shown to Accelerate Recovery From COVID-19
Publicado em 16 novembro 2020
Monoclonal antibody tested by researchers at University of São Paulo and experimental drug given to patients in Italy by University of Pennsylvania research group promoted rapid improvement of respiratory function in patients in severe condition.
Two independent clinical studies – one by researchers at the Center for Cell-Based Therapy (CTC) in Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo (Brazil), on the monoclonal antibody eculizumab, and the other by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (USA) on an experimental drug called AMY-101 – observed a significant anti-inflammatory effect that contributed to a faster recovery by severe COVID-19 patients. The results of the two studies, which set out to compare the compounds' therapeutic potential, are reported in an article published in Clinical Immunology.
The two medications were administered separately. The monoclonal antibody, routinely used to treat blood diseases, was tested on patients at the teaching hospital ("Hospital das Clínicas") run by the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP-USP). AMY-101, a candidate drug developed by US-based pharmaceutical company Amynda, was given to patients at a hospital in Milan, Italy. Both produced promising results, but because AMY-101 is cheaper and performed better in the clinical trial, the two research groups envisage testing it on a larger number of patients in Brazil.
"Both compounds caused a robust anti-inflammatory response that culminated in a fairly rapid recovery of respiratory function in the patients," Rodrigo Calado, who led the study at FMRP-USP, told Agência FAPESP. Calado is affiliated with CTC, a Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center (RIDC) funded by FAPESP and based at FMRP-USP's blood center.
The researchers concluded that the therapeutic benefits of eculizumab and AMY-101 were due to inhibition of a bloodstream cascade of proteins involved in immune response and known as the complement system.
Persistent dysregulated complement activation triggers the exacerbated inflammatory response to SARS-CoV-2 infection characterized by a systemic increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines and often referred to as a "cytokine storm."
Unable to prevent infection of cells by the virus, the complement system enters a spiral of runaway continuous activation that leads to massive infiltration of monocytes and neutrophils into the infected tissues. This process can result in inflammatory damage to the walls of blood vessels surrounding vital organs, as well as disseminated microvascular injury and thrombosis, potentially culminating in multiple organ failure.
"Previous studies had shown the use of complement inhibitors to be a promising therapeutic strategy to ameliorate thromboinflammation in COVID-19 patients, and there were reports of cases with positive results," Calado said. "However, as yet no one had elucidated the action or evaluated the efficacy of drugs already in use to treat diseases caused by complement alterations, such as eculizumab, or candidate drugs with this function such as AMY-101."
To fill the gap the researchers conducted two clinical studies in which they compared the biological efficacy of eculizumab with that of the synthetic peptide AMY-101 in independent small groups of severe COVID-19 patients.
Ten patients aged between 18 and 80 were undergoing treatment at FMRP-USP's Hospital das Clínicas. Once a week while hospitalized, they were given 900 mg of eculizumab, which inhibits the complement protein C5. Three patients hospitalized in Milan, Italy, were given 5 mg of AMY-101, developed to inhibit complement protein C3, also once a week. These two proteins perform the most important activities in the complement system.
The patients' clinical responses showed that eculizumab and AMY-101 elicited a robust anti-inflammatory process, a sharp fall in levels of C reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and a marked improvement in lung function.
Inhibition of C3 by AMY-101 afforded broader therapeutic control, stronger lymphocyte recovery, a pronounced decline in neutrophil count, and more robust attenuation of the thromboinflammation induced by the exacerbated response to viral infection.
"The results of the clinical trials showed that inhibiting components of the complement system sharply reduces inflammation," Calado said.
New clinical study
In light of the promising results of the two clinical trials, the CTC and UPenn researchers now plan to conduct a Phase 3 trial with more than 100 severe COVID-19 patients, who will be given only AMY-101 in an effort to assess the drug's efficacy on a wider scale.
The study will be conducted at FMRP-USP's Hospital das Clínicas, and will probably involve other research institutions in Brazil. "One of the advantages of AMY-101 is its low cost. It's much less expensive than eculizumab," Calado said.
Reference: "Complement C3 vs C5 inhibition in severe COVID-19: early clinical findings reveal differential biological efficacy" by Dimitrios C. Mastellos, Bruno G. P. Pires da Silva, Benedito A. L. Fonseca, Natasha P. Fonseca, Maria A. Martins, Sara Mastaglio, Annalisa Ruggeri, Marina Sironi, Peter Radermacher, Akrivi Chrysanthopoulou, Panagiotis Skendros, Konstantinos Ritis, Ilenia Manfra, Simona Iacobelli, Markus Huber-Lang, Bo Nilsson, Despina Yancopoulou, E. Sander Connolly, Cecilia Garlanda, Fabio Ciceri, Antonio M. Risitano, Rodrigo T. Calado and John D. Lambris, 19 September 2020, Clinical Immunology.DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2020.108598
Fonte: https://www.solidrumor.com/2020/11/16/two-anti-inflammatory-medications-shown-to-accelerate-recovery-from-covid-19/
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With a whole world of interior design to inspire you, sometimes you need an expert's advice to focus the mind on a solution that will serve you and your family both now and in the future. With the kitchen being one of the hardest spaces to visualise, director of Southstudio Architects, Patrick Bankhead gives his sterling advice on how to achieve your dream space.
"When designing your kitchen and its associated living spaces, finding harmony between practicality and aesthetics is what will make a statement that will last for years to come. Ask yourself a few questions; what defines you and your family? How do you function? What are your tastes and aspirations? The answers to these questions will go a long way to informing your final layout, and how the kitchen area relates to your dining and relaxing spaces.
Your personality and routine will dictate whether you're more suited to a closed 'cellular' arrangement, where you can create (and clean up) undistracted, or to a kitchen that takes centre stage; the life and soul of the party.
If you're a family with younger children, an open-plan layout is ideal, allowing yourself or carers to prepare meals while keeping an eye on what the little ones are up to in adjacent spaces. The downside is that everything is on show. You can't simply shut the door on the mess and come back for the dishes later…plus you may never quite escape the sound of Peppa Pig from the TV next door! Careful use of doors and screens can help to create the best of both worlds, allowing a more flexible pattern of use suited to changing needs.
A good layout will allow tasks to be carried out practically and safely, ensuring that you're not turning across the line of traffic with hot pans etc. Grouping of tall elements, wet areas, tea and coffee preparation will help to reduce 'clashes' of users. If the working area is too narrow (any less than 1m), then there may be a bit of ballet involved when two or more people are in the space.
The physical characteristics of the space will usually dictate the best layout, with point of entry and relationship to outside space, be it windows, balcony or garden particularly important. Other practical considerations are the position of services, in particular drainage, and potential for ventilation. These given elements will help to define the type of units, appliances and surfaces that combine to create the finished kitchen. With the wealth of resources available for inspiration these days, it can be easy to aspire to a layout which may simply not work for you or your available space. Keep chatting with your designer or architect to ensure in the planning stages that the style of kitchen suits your personality, meaning that you won't end up with a pristine, minimalistic look if the truth is you cook in a white heat of creativity, with ingredients, condiments and vessels strewn around.


CEO and Founder of Kids in the House, Leana Greene introduces Home & Family to her website, which is aimed to help parents who have all types of questions, by providing them experts in various fields. The website contains over 9,000 videos to choose from, ranging in topics like spirituality to discipline. Mark is even a contributor on Leana's website!


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It was one of those days. The kids were doing everything possible to make me crazy. They were breaking just about every rule. Pushing every single limit. Bickering with each other non stop. If something didn't change I was going to loose it. I'd been in this negative cycle before and I knew just what needed to happen. I knew how to turn this bad day around. I knew who needed a good attitude adjustment…. ME!
At that moment I didn't really feel like admitting it… but the problem with this day wasn't the little people I was so happy to blame. The problem was me. I was nagging and criticizing and nit picking every little thing (if I were a yeller I'm sure I would have been yelling). And you know what? When I get like that no one can do anything right. Why should they even bother trying?
I did what I always do once I realize I'm having one of those days… I hid in the bathroom for 5 minutes. I took a few deep breaths. I found the teeny tiny piece of calm that was hiding under all that impatient clutter. And I made myself the promise. The promise that always seems to flip the switch in our home. The promise that always seems to turn the day around.
When I can do that, something amazing happens. Everyone snaps into shape. Almost immediately the kids seem to be trying to please me, they work extra hard to behave and the house becomes instantly peaceful.
… or maybe it never had anything to do with them in the first place. Maybe it was just my view of the situation and they aren't acting any differently than they were before I flipped the switch.
PS. I should also add that sometimes it takes more than a quick trip to the bathroom to flip the switch. Sometimes I need a bath, a good night sleep and a little extra confidence from my awesome hubby.


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Truck drivers are the king of the road, wheeling their way through long highways and crossing borders every day.
Trucking companies continue to serve the manufacturing and trade sectors by delivering goods and services to different markets and business clientele all over the country. They generate employment for thousands of workers, majority of which are truck drivers.
Growing demand
According to a web site directory, Truckdrivingschools.com, truck drivers held 3.2 million jobs in 2002, 2.8 million of them were heavy and light truck drivers. If they have been driving continuously for 11 hours, they are required by law to rest for 10 hours.
Most of these drivers are found in busy metropolitan areas, which are close to interstate highways. These truck drivers either operate their own vehicles or lease their services to trucking companies.
In order to trace the drivers' location, monitor the condition of cargo, and adjust driving routes if needed, many companies have started using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite technology.
Meanwhile, Truckinfo.net, an online portal for the trucking industry, revealed an estimated 15.5 million trucks operate in the United States, two million of which are tractor trailers. These are operated by an estimated 3.5 million truck drivers, and more than 500,000 trucking companies.
"The United States economy depends on trucks to deliver nearly 70 percent of all freight transported annually in the U.S., or about $671 billion worth of manufactured and retail goods" the same source stated. "Add $295 billion in truck trade with Canada and $195.6 billion in truck trade with Mexico."
Citing the United States Department of Transportation as source, the online portal said there is an estimated 500,000 truck accidents annually. But despite these, the demand for the job continues to swell.
Those wanting to become truck drivers must be licensed in the state where they reside. Moreover, they should obtain a commercial driver's license or CDL after going through proper driver-training and safety courses in preparation for the job.
The United States Department of Tourism supervises all truck drivers who engage in any interstate commerce, including administering screening requirements such as background checks, drug tests, and physical tests.
If you are seeking for a job in the trucking industry, you can use your truck driver resume. It can contain details about your driving time, mileage, and experience in the industry. You can also provide pieces of information such as accomplishments and skills that can benefit the company.
It is important that you highlight key events in your driving career in your truck driver resume. This can be achieved by summarizing in brief sentences your accomplishments and achievements that can impress your prospective employer.
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Q: Invertibility of integral transform of discontinuous function Is this integral transform invertible and what is its inverse $f(t)$ in that case?
$$Fs(\omega)=\int\limits_{-\infty}^\infty f(t)(cs({\omega t}) + i \cdot ss({\omega t}))\mathrm dt$$
where $cs(x)$ and $ss(x)$ are defined below. $cs()$ and $ss()$ are periodical with period $2\pi$.
$$
ss(x) = \begin{cases}
\displaystyle 0 & \text{if}\;\; 0 \le x < \frac{\pi}{4}  \\
\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} & \text{if}\;\; x = \frac{\pi}{4}  \\
1 & \text{if}\;\; \frac{\pi}{4} \lt x < \frac{3\pi}{4}\\
\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} & \text{if}\;\; x = \frac{3\pi}{4}  \\
\displaystyle 0 & \text{if}\;\; \frac{3\pi}{4} \lt x < \frac{5\pi}{4}  \\
\displaystyle -\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} & \text{if}\;\; x = \frac{5\pi}{4}  \\
-1 & \text{if}\;\; \frac{5\pi}{4} \lt x < \frac{7\pi}{4}\\
\displaystyle -\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} & \text{if}\;\; x = \frac{7\pi}{4}  \\
\displaystyle 0 & \text{if}\;\; \frac{7\pi}{4} \lt x \lt 2\pi  \\
\end{cases}
$$
and
$$
 cs(x) = ss\left(x+\frac{\pi}{2}\right)
$$
$cs(x)$ and $ss(x)$ can be understood as cosine and sine functions approximated to $-1$, $0$ and $1$, with value $\pm\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ in the discontinuities to preserve the identity $cs(x)^2+ss(x)^2 = 1$.
One way to rewrite ss and cs as series continuous functions is to use their Fourier series. A straightforward way of calculating Fourier series of a piecewise function leads to
$$
cs(x) = \sum _{n=1}^{\infty }\frac {2}{\pi n}(sin(\pi n/4)+sin(3\pi n/4))\cos(nx)
$$
$$
ss(x) = \sum _{n=1}^{\infty }\frac {2}{\pi n}(cos(\pi n/4)-cos(3\pi n/4))\sin(nx)
$$
which makes the integral transform to take the form
$$
Fs(\omega)=\int\limits_{-\infty}^\infty f(t) \sum _{n=1}^{\infty }\frac{2}{\pi n}\left(\left(sin \left(\frac{\pi n}{4}\right)+sin \left(\frac{3 \pi n}{4}\right)\right) \cos(n \omega t)+ i \cdot \left(cos\left(\frac{\pi n}{4}\right)-cos\left(\frac{3\pi n}{4}\right)\right)\sin(n \omega t)\right)\mathrm dt
$$
Maybe this form is easier to work with.

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[VIDEO] Is East Prepared for an Emergency?
The East Side News
By Grace Delisanti, Alexa Hall, Vivian Rung, Nick Shopp
East is a very unique school where some rooms have four walls and a door and some rooms have one wall and no door. Ms. Sweeney, who teaches math on the third floor, has an open classroom with one wall. Mrs. Creahan, who teaches art on the first floor, has only makeshift walls and no door. Mrs. Bedore, a Spanish teacher on the second floor, has three walls and no door.
The unique layouts of the classrooms have raised one question throughout East's existence. How can the students feel safe during the school day in these conditions should an emergency situation occur? The current plan for emergency drills is to be aware of your surroundings and know what is happening all around you. We asked Lewis Shaevel, a senior at East, and Mrs. Bailey, a social studies teacher at East, their thoughts on the issue. Lewis said, "I think that situational awareness is something all people need to have whether it is a fire, flood, or active shooter, but I think that hiding is sometimes what you have to do and trust your gut that sometimes hiding is what you have to do." Mrs. Bailey, similarly said, "Practice is a good thing for the students because in the moment panic kicks in and we want that muscle memory and that instead of having to think, the kids can automatically react so the more practice they have in the proper reaction versus panic reaction is a good thing."
NYS schools are mandated to hold 12 fire drills a year while only needing to hold 4 lockdown drills a year. We talked to Assistant Principal Mrs. Charleston-Smith to see how East prepares for emergency situations with our unique school set up, "As an administrator coming up with safety procedures our main concern is what are we doing to come up with safety procedures since we have no walls. What is the fastest way to get kids and adults in the building to a safe location? So, we work with law enforcement to walk around the building to see what we own as far as the physical structure of our building and where most of our kids are during the drills. Then, we look at whether we have to teach kids to run, hide, or fight, and the adults as well. Once we do that, we practice the drills to make sure that when we are looking at situational awareness and looking at what the guidelines are from the state".
Although there are many safety measures in place, some students are still uncertain about being safe in an emergency situation. Over 60% of students expressed a lack of preparation in the event of a school shooting. Senior, Helene Olsen, says that she doesn't feel like our school is prepared. She feels as though the students only get the opportunity to practice the sitting portion of the drill. Her concern is in the fact that if a true emergency occurred there would be an abundance of crowded hallways because of the lack of practice. Olsen feels as though if the school practiced evacuating then the congestion on the stairs could be eliminated making for a more effective drill.
However, Officer Andrew Edwards, school resource officer, informed us that there is a very low risk of a school shooting to actually occur. Despite the facts, he still works with the teachers so they know how to react. Officer Edwards states that although the probability of a school shooting occuring are very low, each threat or concern is taken very seriously. With the mandated drills of the school and the fact that we have less classrooms than other schools, East has a very unique situation. With this being said, Officer Edwards still communicates with the teachers to have a plan, so they can all be as prepared as they can.
With the presence of Officer Edwards, 60% of students surveyed felt that there does not need to be an increase of security during the school day, Cole Botzenhart shares the same opinion when he tells us that, "I feel safe, I feel as if we have a good group of kids. I think everyone is respectful and Officer Edwards also helps me feel safe." Lewis Shavel also mentioned that he thinks East is, "100% prepared should there be an emergency situation," mentioning that, "There are a lot of drills and procedures that allow the school to be as prepared as possible should an emergency arise."
In terms of the commons, most students would feel safer and more prepared if there were more realistic drills along with better education instead of slowly filing into the auditorium. An extension to the vestibule is said to be built in the next year or two. The purpose of this is to minimize the risk of a threat entering the school directly through the only layer of doors we currently have. These new doors will be bulletproof and lead to the first lobby, the front desk station which is currently set up inside the school. The safety of our students and staff is always the top priority at East, and it will continue to be so in the coming school years.
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September 1995 | Volume 53 | Number 1
Strengthening Student Engagement
Why People Learn
Ron Brandt
Strengthening Student Engagement: What Do Students Want
Richard Strong, Harvey F. Silver and Amy Robinson
Most teachers have seen the wonder, enthusiasm, and perseverance of children engaged in a project, presentation, or discussion that captures their imagination. This model of student engagement—called SCORE—involves four goals that energize such students: (1) Success (the need for mastery), (2) Curiosity (the need for understanding), (3) Originality (the need for self-expression), and (4) Satisfying relationships (the need for involvement with others).The aim is to create classroom conditions that build motivation and energy (to complete their acronym). This approach can also "help us get beyond the strict dichotomies of right and wrong; pass and fail; and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation..."
Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn
Both rewards and punishments, says Punished by Rewards author Alfie Kohn, are ways of manipulating behavior that destroy the potential for real learning. In this interview, he elaborates on the "Do this, and you'll get that" classroom philosophy and why it is destructive over the long run—especially when the task is already intrinsically motivating. With humorous anecdotes and research-based findings, Kohn illustrates how rewards are ultimately an instrument of control. He advocates, instead, providing an engaging curriculum, choices about learning, and a caring atmosphere "so kids can act on their natural desire to find out."
A Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching
Raymond J. Wlodkowski and Margery B. Ginsberg
Because schools so often rely on grades and class rank to extrinsically motivate students, educators sometimes fail to see student perspective as central to teaching. Those students whose socialization accommodates the extrinsic approach do well, while those students who are not motivated by extrinsic rewards (often the culturally different) fall behind. The authors believe that before teachers can relate teaching content to students' cultural background, they must establish certain conditions in the classroom. Their framework recommends that teachers (1) establish inclusion, (2) develop positive attitudes, (3) enhance meaning, and (4) engender competence. Among the most effective strategies for culturally responsive teaching: discussion groups; writing groups, peer teaching, learning contracts, cooperative groups, projects and problems, narrative evaluations, credit/no credit systems, and student/teacher/parent conferences.
Letting Children Take the Lead in Class
Ana Maria Andrade and Delia Hakim
Socratic Seminars: Engaging Students in Intellectual Discourse
Lynda Tredway
The Socratic seminar, defined as a structured discourse about ideas and moral dilemmas, balances two traditional purposes of education—the cultivation of common values and free inquiry. Tredway shows how groups of students read a common text, then respond to a teacher's question about it by conversing and asking further questions of one another. As they consider different—and often conflicting—ideas, they refine their critical thinking skills and deepen their understanding of the material—the main objectives of the process. Tredway spells out other benefits, including the way this process teaches the art of intellectual discourse, develops skills in interpretative and comparative reading, and heightens self-esteem.
Gender Balance: Lessons from Girls in Science and Mathematics
Ann Pollina
Instead of giving girls courses in "remedial masculinity" to help them succeed in science, math, and technology courses, we must be willing to learn from them;. Pollina describes the work of several women scientists to show how profoundly a woman's perspective can enrich and enliven scientific study. And she offers teaching suggestions, such as: portray technology as a real-life problem solver (unlike boys, most girls use computers as a tool, not a toy); let students work in small collaborative groups; and let girls see women in control of technology to offset "the masculine cast of the computer industry." Pollina also describes a recent experiment with an all-girls physics class.
Launching Interest in Chemistry
Susan Skolnik
Using Motivational Theory with At-Risk Children
Rachel Buck Collopy and Theresa Green
Disheartened by the increase in at-risk and underachieving children at Rawsonville Elementary, faculty at the neighborhood school near Detroit collaborated with University of Michigan researchers to implement "achievement goal theory." According to this theory, success is defined not by how students do in relation to one another, but in terms of each child's developing knowledge and increase in understanding. By creating some multiage classrooms and changing other school policies and practices—for example, abandoning the honor roll—they hope to encourage children to focus on their own improvement and progress at their own development pace—rather than compete with their peers. Parents applaud the efforts, and teachers report improved attendance, decreased discipline problems, and increased enthusiasm for learning.
What Middle Schoolers Say About What Schoolwork
Paulette Wasserstein
Real engagement in learning comes from empowering students—at least that's what students at Campus Middle School said. The author surveyed 7th and 8th graders at the Englewood, Colorado, school to find out what types of work motivated them. What the students' cited as most memorable was surprising: hands-on science and independent research on a variety of topics, for example, but not the 3R's. The author, a district curriculum and assessment consultant, suggests integrating the basics into the high-interest content areas—for example, having students use mathematical strategies in science or write about the results of their experiments. Among her conclusions: "students of different abilities and backgrounds crave doing important work; self-esteem is enhanced when we accomplish something thought to be impossible; and hard work does not turn students away, but busy work destroys them."
Picture This: An Arts-Based Literacy Program
Beth Olshansky
When children's stories are driven by rich visual images, their writing is transformed in powerful ways. Image-Making Within the Writing Process, says Olshansky (the developer and program director), equally values verbal and visual modes of expression. The creative approach invites students, from elementary through middle levels, to enter the writing process from different learning styles. Using a variety of art materials and techniques, children create hand-painted, textured papers, which become the basis for colorful collages. As students "weave together images in pictures and words," the author explains, "stories unfold through a lively creative process." Reluctant writers or not, Image-Making inspires students to produce beautiful picture books using their unique creative processes.
The I-Search: Guiding Students Toward Relevant Research
Judith Zorfass and Harriet Copel
Exploring the World with The Private Eye
The Private Eye Project, developed by former teacher Kerry Ruef and piloted by the Seattle Public Schools, relies on four tools—looking closely, thinking by analogy, changing scale, and theorizing. Looking through a jeweler's loupe (a magnifying glass) and prompted by the question, "What does it look like?", students gain new perspectives on everyday objects—like dandelions and their own hands, for example—through drawing and writing. The next question, "Why is it like that?" brings learners to scientific and mathematical thinking. Author Katie Johnson, who has worked with teachers around the country, gives examples of the open-ended approach to learning that captures the imaginations of students well as teachers.
Introducing Teens to the Pleasure of Reading
Jody Brown Podl
Few teenagers today read for fun. For one thing, people in our society thrive on doing several things at once with minimal effort. For another, many teens aren't confident of their reading ability. Throughout the year, Jody Brown Podl sets aside five to nine consecutive days in class for her middle and high school English students to read about topics of interest to them. She calls these periods Guided Independent Reading. After taking tests about the books, students work in groups to present their books to the class in a format of their choosing—for example, acting out dramatic scenes or creating news shows. Since then, her students' confidence in their ability to read has grown and, with it, their enjoyment of reading.
A Harvest of Learning for a Multiage Class
Penelle Chase
A pumpkin growing and marketing enterprise on a New England farm has given a multiage class authentic learning opportunities across the academic and social spectrum. For example, the 36 children (ages 5 to 9) research the varieties of pumpkins to plant, study what makes plants grow, price the pumpkins, produce an order form and advertising brochures, sell their wares in a classroom store, and compare the yield to previous harvests, sometimes making graphs. The children represent the gamut of developmental stages, but because all tasks are done cooperatively, those who need extra support receive it from their peers, and everyone experiences success.
Connecting with Local Culture
Roy Rowe and Craig Probst
At a tiny school off the coast of Alaska, authentic projects grounded in their distinctive heritage give Aleut students rich learning opportunities to connect with their culture. Since their teacher abandoned the traditional science text, 3rd graders at the St. Paul Island School have been studying one of the world's great natural science laboratories: Alaska's Pribilof Islands. Projects have ranged from recycling used plastic buoys to designing a tourist brochure to ensuring that traditional skills and knowledge of the sea are not forgotten. Since the classroom has extended beyond the school, students are more motivated to learn, their self-esteem has been enhanced, and a stronger channel of communication between the community and the school has been established.
Engaging Students: What I Learned Along the Way
Anne Wescott Dodd
So many beginning teachers must deal with issues of classroom survival that they don't grasp, until years later, some of the fundamental keys to engaging students. Reflecting on her career, Dodd explains that "what teachers need most to know about students is hidden; unless they develop a trusting relationship with their students, teachers will not have access to the knowledge they need either to solve classroom problems or to motivate students." In addition to discussing issues of student ownership and personal power, she shares tried-and-true strategies for getting to know one's students and for personalizing assignments. Using them, new teachers may find that making learning fun is not a recipe but a result of engaging students in purposeful, meaningful learning.
Schooled for Profit
Alex Molnar
Making Schools Ad-Free Zones
Rhoda H. Karpatkin and Anita Holmes
Advertisers spend billions to market so-called educational products, services, and points of view to vulnerable young consumers, and like Mary's proverbial little lamb, ads are now following kids to school. Consumers Union Executives Karpatkin and Holmes (they are president and assistant director for education services, respectively) cite findings from Captive Kids, a recent Consumers Union report that documents how the nation's chronically underfunded schools have become ad vehicles. The article highlights the book's evaluations of business- and trade group-sponsored educational materials, contests, and reading incentive programs; explains how ads play on kids' insecurities; lists education groups that have taken strong stands against commercialism in schools; and suggests steps educators should take to stem the tide of commercialism.
Manipulated Kids: Teens Tell How Ads Influence Them
Roy F. Fox
A two-year study of how rural Missouri teenagers react to MTV-like ads on Channel One showed how thoroughly these messages have infiltrated kids' language and thinking. Through taped interviews with small focus groups of students (200 in all), Fox discovered that teens often view advertisers' motives in a positive, trusting, even warm light. In fact, they often mistook Pepsi commercials for public service announcements, and paid actors for ordinary students ("They dress like us"; "They goof around like us"). Fox explains the classic propaganda techniques that Channel One advertisers use to get these results.
You Don't Get Somethin' For Nothin'
Foyne Mahaffey
We Need More Than "Educentric" Standards
William G. Spady
"Educentric" content standards define what it means to be a good student within the traditional education system. In his response to "Not All Standards Are Created Equal" by Matthew Gandal, Spady, the director of the High Success Network, explains why "using the key features of the existing educational system to organize the school system in the future will only reinforce existing curriculum and system structures." Instead, Spady advocates using rigorous content in a variety of interdisciplinary ways; extending the meaning of competence beyond that of narrow skills and the ability to execute structured tasks in a particular subject area and classroom; and introducing authentic contexts into the demonstration of performance. Following this path means defining standards (and curriculum) based not on how we've conducted education for the last century but on the challenges and requirements students will need in their future lives.
Why We Need Academic Standards
Matthew Gandal
In his reply to William Spady, director of The High Success Network, Matthew Gandal reiterates why the American Federation of Teachers supports the standards movement and why clear, rigorous academic standards across the disciplines will help prepare students for life after school. To those who devalue this perspective, he responds that it is impossible to reliably measure success without standards or with weak standards, devoid of academic content. Common, rigorous standards, says Gandal, will help ensure that all students have access to a rich and challenging curriculum. "We need to get tougher about academic content," urges Gandal, "not back away from it."
ASCD's Strategic Plan
ASCD in Action


- In 1966, a handful of sympathizers gather in a small storefront to help an Indian swami's mission by adding signatures to his legal document.
- The original mission statement of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness—incorporated in July of 1966 in New York City.
- How the Hare Krishna movement sees itself in relation to other faith-based traditions.
- Find a temple, farm community, restaurant, or gathering near you.
" . . . instead of running a godless civilization in the present context of the world situation, if the leadership of world affairs is entrusted to the devotees of the Lord, for which a worldwide organization under the name and style of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has already been started, then by the grace of the Almighty Lord there can be a thorough change of heart in human beings all over the world because the devotees of the Lord are able authorities to effect such a change by purifying the dust-worn minds of the people in general."
" . . . a pure devotee, who is preparing to transfer himself to the spiritual kingdom, is also freed from the association of the three modes of material nature. We have to seek the association of such devotees. For this reason we have begun the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
There are many mercantile, scientific and other associations in human society to develop a particular type of education or consciousness, but there is no association which helps one to get free from all material association. If anyone has reached the stage where he must become free from this material contamination, then he has to seek the association of devotees, wherein Krishna consciousness is exclusively cultured."
"The way to get out of illusory maya is to engage in the topics of Krishna. . . Lord Chaitanya advised everyone to spread the word of Krishna. He advised, "All of you become spiritual masters. Your duty is simply to talk to whomever you meet of Krishna or of the instructions given by Krishna." The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is operating for this purpose. We do not ask anyone to first change his position and then come to us. Instead, we invite everyone to come with us and simply chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, because we know that if one simply chants and hears the topics of Krishna, one's life will change; he will see a new light, and his life will be successful."
"Transcendental devotional service cannot be complete and cannot be relishable without the association of devotees. We have therefore established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Anyone who is trying to be aloof from this Krishna Consciousness Society and yet engage in Krishna consciousness is living in a great hallucination, for this is not possible."
"A devotee sees all living entities with spiritual vision and does not discriminate on the platform of the bodily concept of life. Such qualities develop only in the association of devotees. Without the association of devotees, one cannot advance in Krishna consciousness. Therefore, we have established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Factually, whoever lives in this society automatically develops Krishna consciousness."
"It is said that only in the association of devotees can one understand the importance of the character and pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His devotees. . . The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been organized for this purpose. In every center of this Society—not only in the morning, evening or noon, but practically twenty-four hours a day—there is continuous devotional service going on. Anyone who comes in contact with the Society automatically becomes a devotee."


CLARK ECONOMIC ZONE, AUGUST 27, 2008 (STAR) The government is expected to release another P4 billion in food and fuel subsidies and other assistance for the poor next month.
Speaking during dinner with reporters here yesterday, President Arroyo said funding would again come from the collections of the value added tax (VAT) on oil.
A committee led by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita is finalizing the new set of programs to extend aid to families and sectors severely affected by the rising cost of living, she added.
Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. said about P4 billion would be released like in the previous quarters, although Malacañang has yet to firm up details of the new package.
The government is expected to earn about P18 billion from VAT on oil this year, he added.
Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral, a member of the committee, said the package would likely include supplemental school feeding, with emphasis on schoolchildren in Mindanao.
Supplemental school feeding was being pushed by Social Security System administrator Romulo Neri, who oversees the National Social Welfare Program.
Cabral said there is high malnutrition incidence in Mindanao.
The supplemental feeding would be on top of the one kilo of rice given to schoolchildren in public schools daily to improve their academic performance, she added.
Cabral said the latest assistance would likely include P400 million worth of subsidies for poor households to pay for electricity bills at P500 per household.
The government was targeting a total of 6.7 million poor households nationwide that consume P500 or less worth of electricity a month, she added.
Cabral said the subsidies are estimated to cost the government P3.4 billion.
The government has so far handed out P3 billion in power subsidies and P400 million more needs to be released, she added.
Earlier this year, the administration launched the Katas ng VAT program to channel the windfall from the VAT on oil for subsidies for the poor and other forms of assistance to cushion the impact of rising prices.
The program's first phase allotted P4 billion, with P2 billion for power subsidies; P1 billion for scholarships and student loans; P500 million for conversion of public utility vehicles to run on cheaper energy sources; and another P500 million for the replacement of incandescent bulbs to the more efficient compact fluorescent lamps.


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To receive memories, Jonas removes his shirt and lies facedown on a bed. The Elder puts his hands on Jonas's back and begins to transmit the memory. This transmission includes concepts like snow, sledding, and hills. At first, Jonas can only sense coldness, but the memory takes on additional dimensions over time. Suddenly, Jonas is experiencing snow and the excitement of sledding down a hill. When his mind returns to the Annex room, he is quite enthusiastic about the experience. The process has not been so easy for the Elder, who wipes sweat from his brow as he reflects that he feels a little lighter without the memory. When these memories are transmitted, the Elder loses them forever, though he does have many memories of snow. The memory of snow and sledding is a very old memory, and the Elder explains to Jonas that it is quite difficult to transmit such ancient memories.
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In Jonas's community, there is no such thing as snow, nor are there hills. Jonas learns that such things were eliminated through climate control when people chose "Sameness." Snow made travel difficult and interrupted agricultural cycles. Hills were also inconvenient. Jonas reflects that he would like to have hills and snow again, if only for brief periods of time, and the Elder agrees. However, much as they might wish for such things, the Receiver does not have the power to make them return. The Receiver's position carries great honor but little power.
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Keytruda works in a different way than standard cancer-killing drugs. Rather than seek out and destroy cells like standard chemotherapy drugs, Keytruda, aims to get the body to do the dirty work on its own.
Cancer is known to suppress the immune system, but Keytruda is designed to stop communication between cancer cells and key proteins. This essentially enables the body's own natural immune system to kick in and start doing its job. Some patients involved in the clinical trial have watched as, over time, Keytruda has dramatically reduced tumor size on their lungs and in areas where the disease spread.
While full FDA approval for Keytruda is still pending, the agency has assigned a priority review. The drug can be used for patients who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer. A final decision is hoped to arrive on October, allowing for more widespread use in treating lung cancer.
Keytruda isn't just showing itself effective for treating lung cancer either. The FDA has already approved its use for melanoma and data suggests it could be helpful in treating kidney, bladder and some breast cancers, as well. Studies in relation to the drug's effects on these types of cancer are already under way.
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Derby starting to believe in themselves, says Rooney
Championship - Birmingham City v Derby County
(Reuters) - Derby County's 4-0 thrashing of Birmingham City on Tuesday not only lifted them out of the Championship's bottom three, for caretaker manager Wayne Rooney it was a sign the players are starting to believe in themselves.
Player-coach Rooney was initially assisted by Liam Rosenior, Shay Given and Justin Walker following the sacking of Dutchman Phillip Cocu last month before he took sole charge of the side for the visit of Wycombe Wanderers on Nov. 28.
Derby have had three wins, four draws and a defeat since Rooney took over and he said he was delighted for the players after Tuesday's win.
"That performance has been coming over the last few weeks," he told reporters. "I'm starting to see a team that believe in themselves. They've been putting in good performances.
"People say it would be a psychological boost to get out of the bottom of the three, but I had said after the last game that I wasn't worried.
"We've got a lot of quality in the squad and with January coming up, and a few players coming in, hopefully, to iron out some of the cracks and take us to that next level."
Derby are 20th in the 24-team league and next face Sheffield Wednesday on Friday.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)


For those who have never been to New York City, the idea of hailing a cab may seem intimidating as images of Hollywood depictions of this situation come to mind, complete with traffic whizzing by at high speeds. Reality is quite a bit simpler when you fly into John F. Kennedy International Airport, as all you need to do is find the line of parked taxis waiting for passengers.
Exit your terminal at JFK Airport after retrieving any luggage from the baggage claim. Follow signs or directions for the taxi stands, which are found outside each terminal. No reservations are needed to take a cab from JFK. The cabs at the stands are waiting to pick up any passenger who needs them.
Approach the cab. Sometimes drivers will be standing outside. Ask the driver if he's accepting passengers to ensure someone else hasn't claimed the cab.
Have the address of your hotel or final destination readily accessible to tell the driver as soon as you enter the cab. The driver will then take you to your location.
Pay the driver upon arrival at your destination. Cabs in New York City accept credit cards but paying in cash is always an acceptable option. Be prepared to pay a flat rate of $45 plus tolls to any destination in Manhattan. For other destinations fares can start at $20 and run upwards of $90 or above. Leave a tip for the driver in cash or on your credit card receipt. Standard tip percentage for a cab ride in New York is between 15 and 20 percent.
Cab rates are on a per-car basis, the limit of which is four passengers in cars and five in mini-vans. There's no extra charge for luggage.
Schreiber, Sarah. "How to Take a Taxi From JFK Airport." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/taxi-jfk-airport-39840.html. 13 March 2018.


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Home Business Petition: Save the bees the most successful petition in Bavaria
Petition: Save the bees the most successful petition in Bavaria
Saves the bees is the most successful popular initiative of the Bavarian history. The provisional official final result, according to involved 18,4 percent of the electorate, and thus so many people as never before, informed as to the land returning officer. Because of the critical Ten-percent threshold was significantly skipped, is the way for a referendum for multi-species protection.
Particularly high in the consent with 26.5 percent in the district of Munich. In the Bavarian capital itself, 20.5 percent of the election signed by guardian.
For a success of the Initiative for more diversity of species nearly a Million were signatures needed. The number had been reached, according to the initiators of days ago. The highest participation was in 1967, to a national policy initiative to school with 17.2 per cent was recorded.
the aim of the desire to Save the bees are less pesticides, more Blühwiesen, more eco and bio to save more biotope networks, as well as a more sustainable training of farmers, so as to bees and other endangered animal species, such as hamsters, grasshoppers, or frogs. The people's initiative aims at Changes in the Bavarian nature conservation act. Critics, such as the farmers ' Association warned about prior to the required higher minimum surfaces for organic cultivation.
The goal of the government is now, an alternative draft law to submit to, with the at the end of all life. Whether that succeeds is still an open question.
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HomeNewsThe Clayton is Closed – MCLM Takes Steps to Chart a New Path
The Clayton is Closed – MCLM Takes Steps to Chart a New Path
The sight of cars and trucks being packed with boxes in the parking lot of the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum told the tale; the Clayton is closed.
On July 31, 2019, the staff and administration were still struggling, taking all that they could carry of the collection to storage, vacating the building that they had called home for thirteen years. Executive Director Lloyd Clayton was weary. "It's a trauma, no doubt about that," he said, "It feels like a death."
The modest mid-century design of the former courthouse was home to world class exhibitions that were partnered with institutions such as the Getty and the Smithsonian, jazz concerts featuring top talent, congressional art awards and rare, fragile films that were screened only in the heart of screenland.
The County of Los Angeles was in such a rush to evict the museum, a representative from Edison was there early in the morning to shut off the electricity, and Clayton was forced to protest. "I said, hey, we have until three o'clock this afternoon. We need lights in here to see what we are moving." The representative of the utility left with a promise to return after 3 p.m.
In a formal statement from Steven Fisher of the Board of Directors, the terrible treatment of the MCLM by the offices of Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas was politely downplayed, and all the support from the community was highlighted. "The Museum and its board have spent the past few month reviewing and planning options for the move and its transition with the goal of remaining in the Greater Los Angeles Area. MCLM is currently working on developing a strategic plan for the next phase of its existence with the support of organizations such as West Los Angeles College and its President, graciously stepping up to offer temporary housing space as the organization works to establish a permanent home."
Many of Culver City's organizations and residents have been stalwart in supporting the MCLM through the eviction crisis, and WLAC has become an important port in the storm.
"West Los Angeles College is acutely aware of the importance of the Clayton collection, and we're glad that we can be good neighbors and provide the necessary space to store the museum's artifacts and archival materials while a search is conducted for a permanent location." said Dr. James Limbaugh, President of West Los Angeles College," said Dr. James Limbaugh, President of West Los Angeles College."
A long term strategy was already being promoted by The Wende Museum of the Cold War, a local MCLM partner in Culver City. Seeking approval from the City of Culver City for a fully-funded project to develop the vacant AmVets property at 10858 Culver Blvd. as creative cultural space that will provide MCLM free programming access into perpetuity, a move that is designed allow the collection to stay in Culver City, where it has established roots and become a beloved local institution.
"As neighbors, friends, and fellow collectors of important historical artifacts, the Wende is thrilled to join with the MCLM to keep this vital institution in Culver City forever, ensuring diverse constituents from our community will continue to be represented here. Innovative, strategic partnerships like this will serve as a powerful model for equitable access to knowledge, culture, and history," said Justin Jampol, Executive Director of the Wende Museum.
The official statement also focused on help from outside the city. "Cal State University Dominguez Hills is also stepping up to assist the organization with an offer to provide collection housing and preservation in its premiere library facility recognized as one of the best in the CSU system, proposed through a strategic partnership with the organization that would help increase exposure and access to the collection to scholars and the general public, both locally and on a national scale, while also providing needed logistical support in collection preservation, maintenance, and digitization.
"Other local institutions such as the California African American Museum (CAAM), The Getty Museum, The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC) as well as the California State Library have all also pledged logistical and collaborative support to the organization.
"The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum anticipates opening the next chapter in the story of the legacy of Dr. Mayme A. Clayton by continuing to support the mission she began several decades ago. Before my mother's passing, her dream was to utilize her collection of unique and
diverse historical items, all of which reflect the contributions of African Americans to the American story, as a tool to both create awareness and unify people through a common humanity.
"Honorable goals such as these never die, they only strengthen, and I am grateful for all of those individuals that have been inspired by her to continue to support us and her legacy," said Lloyd Clayton.
What the County will be doing with the property at 4130 Overland Avenue will be a subject closely scrutinized by neighbors and residents, as Culver City has worked hard to prevent the empty buildings that can draw transients looking for shelter. But the building isn't really empty. There will be plenty of ghosts; freedom riders, poets, jazz singers, black panthers, film makers and one very special librarian.
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Amy Brunell says:
Thank you Judith for this information. I am beyond frustrated at Mark Ridley Thomas and his office for the treatment of the Clayton collection. What did they need that building for specifically when there are other spaces they could have taken? In this time in our country where brown and black voices are marginalized, why would anyone want to marginalize the importance of this collection? I want answers.
Donna Kent says:
Wonderful summation of events leading up to this eviction. Right now we can celebrate the fact that Lloyd Clayton has retained ownership of the collection. We will be there to help Lloyd with whatever the future should bring. Oh. One more thing: Mark Ridley Thomas will find that he does not have the standing and support he needs to continue his political career. He made a big mistake with this one.
Thanks once again Judith.
Pj says:
It's sad that Supervisor Ridley Thomas has his priorities in the wrong direction.
Brady Westwater says:
This is totally bizarre. I was trying to get a them a space in DTLA when they got that building.


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The main living area of Averitts Favorite is a bright open room that has a wall of sliding glass doors providing views of the glorious gulf. A breezy beach balcony deck provides a great spot to relish the views, listen to the soothing sounds of the surf and enjoy your favorite tropical drink. The remoteness of this lovely abode makes it quite a romantic place to spend a honeymoon, special hallmark anniversary, or birthday. A plush couch faces the sensational scenery as well as a flat screen TV. An intimate dining table sits right beside the glass doors overlooking the gulf. The white open kitchen has a countertop with three raised chairs where you may serve savory seafood appetizers.
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Commonwealth gold heptathlete and Olympian Louise Hazel travels to Brazil to see the impact of Fight For Peace, a charity backed by The Supporters Club, to see how their work is changing young lives across Cape Flats.
I've travelled the world with athletics, but I was totally overwhelmed with the backdrop that makes up Cape Town. Thousands of tourists visit the city every year and they go for the incredible scenery. It's such a stark contrast to the poverty, crime and drug problems that can be seen in the Cape Flats, just a stone's throw a way.
I visited the area with BT Sport's The Supporter's Club to see how one of their charities, Fight for Peace, support local organisations to help young people avoid a life of crime and violence. Some of the people I met were preparing for a big boxing tournament.
I met Blaze and Zukile, who are now working as gang mediators and boxing activators at Nyanga Yethu, a place that hosts activities for young people in the community. They told me what it was like growing up in the township of Nyanga, which is one of the most dangerous townships in South Africa. They've had some real challenge having grown up around violence and gang crime. They have experienced things that a normal teenager shouldn't really have to go through. However, they've seemed to really come out of the other side and they're now both positive role models in their community.
I was introduced to two teenage sisters who live with their mother, Funeka, and four other relatives in a small shack in the township of Philippi. They've been burgled several times and they really didn't have anything to start with. The mother, Funeka, is unemployed and is seen as the breadwinner of the family. They box for Golden Stars Gym, which is another partner of Fight for Peace. I shed a tear when I sat with Faneka to watch her girls in the tournament. It was so emotional. These two girls have come from huge struggles and they suddenly forgot all of that for three rounds of their boxing match. They both walked away as champions and all the young girls got to see some really great female role models, which is something that I was really inspired by.
Nika and his boxer, Ntandazo, really impressed me. Nika found Ntandazo looking for a boxing gym in Langa and he took him under his wing and trained him at his boxing academy. Ntandazo has been through so much and to have a role model like Nika helping him through boxing is so encouraging.
I think what was amazing was how everyone came together and they understood that the message isn't necessarily about winning but it's about what you do now and what happens in the future. This is the beginning for a lot of the journeys.
The sad side is the huge disparity I saw. You have all this affluence, tourism and business on one side of the city and on the other side is the Cape flats, stricken with poverty. Such an extreme. Cape Town really has difficult problems to overcome. But I feel like Fight for Peace and the organisations that they work with in Cape Town are doing an amazing job in challenging those problems.
The work that the Supporters Club does in helping charities like Fight for Peace is so important. It's not about throwing money at a cause. It's about facilitating change and giving them the education that they need so that they can go and build a sustainable future.
Fighting for peace with Louise Hazel aired on BT Sport 2 at 6.45pm on Saturday 13th December, and is now available online.


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Chris Joye is a film and new media composer and multi-instrumentalist based in central Illinois. His credits include original music for feature and short films, commercials, documentaries and he has an extensive original music library with tracks being licensed by MTV, VH1, Red Bull Media House UK, and companies across the world.
He graduated from Berklee College of Music with a dual-degree in Film Scoring and Bass Performance. He studied the traditional approach to film scoring, as well as modern techniques, including the use of computer-based virtual instruments and the blending and recording of organic instruments. He studied electric bass with renowned bassist Matthew Garrison (son of Jimmy Garrison, John Coltrane's bassist), Fernando Huergo, Oscar Stagnaro, Dave Buda, Danny Morris, Barry Smith, and Greg Mooter.
Upon graduating from Berklee in Boston, Chris moved to various cities, including Chicago, southwest Michigan, Washington DC, Denver and central Illinois and played in a number of bands, while continuing to score film and new media, before settling in Seattle. He continues to produce albums geared for commercial licensing (formerly under the moniker Cue) and score original films, documentaries, television shows and commercials for local and international producers and directors.
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A man who goes by the eBay name Zenteraman recently bought a new Ibanez PGM80P Paul Gilbert Signature electric guitar. After playing it for several hours over the course of 3 days and playing one gig of unspecified genre using it, he noticed what looked to him to be the image of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus. He decided that the guitar is a miracle so of course he put the $1,399 barely used instrument on eBay for the asking price of $10,000. Plus $500 shipping, "so that I can use the most premium shipping service possible and crate it for maximum rotection." But wait! There's more! If you voted for Trump you'll get a $1,000 discount. On the other hand, if you voted for Clinton there will be a $666 surcharge. No mention of having to take a lie detector test about your political leaning so you're on your own. Image or no image, it's a beautiful instrument no matter whether you play Highway to Hell or Stairway to Heaven.
That recently caused a quite big shock.
Sweet Mary! And that is no bullock.
When a large image appeared on Aisling O'Reilly's grandfather's sister's house, she took some photos that plainly show an outline of what locals claim is the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to the Limerick Leader, within hours of being posted on Facebook, 50 people had gathered outside the house which is in Kiilmallock, County Limerick, including a local priest who reportedly said the rosary. Hopefully not in a five-line, predominantly anapestic meter with a strict AABBA rhyme scheme.
The face he saw looked like Jesus Christ.
Soon after St. Kevin Catholic Church in Chicago's South Side celebrated its 135th anniversary on June 3rd, parishioners reported seeing an image in a tree that looks like a woman with her head covered wearing a long robe. Some believe it's the Virgin Mary. Now, thanks to word of mouth and social media, a steady stream of people have been stopping by to check out what some consider a message from God. "I think she's watching over us right now. I think we need it with all the violence that's going on," Jenny Mata said.
Jahir Espinoza of Weedpatch, California, a town about 10 miles from Bakersfield, noticed a discoloration on the walkway in his front yard and figured it was just a rain stain. That is until a neighbor took a look at it and pointed out the shape of the Virgin Mary. Since then, people have been coming from as far away as Fresno and San Luis Obispo, many bringing flowers and candles. Espinoza, who recently got out of jail and thinks this is an affirmation of his religious beliefs, says he welcomes anyone who wants to come by to see the image for themselves.


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Angelina Jolie Dopplegänger Veronika Black Is Looking For Her Own Brad Pitt
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Veronika Black may not be a household name, but to meet her, you would swear she looks familiar and you wouldn't be alone. Veronika bears a striking resemblance to Hollywood icon Angelina Jolie and the similarity isn't entirely coincidental. Ms. Black has been getting lip fillers since 2011, but even without those enhancements, her similarity to Angelina can be seen in Veronika's piercing blue eyes, Jolie-like full pout and, dark hair.
"It happened overnight. I was working as a shop assistant at the time, and I was just a regular girl on the tills, but suddenly people mistook me for Angelina Jolie," the Angelina Jolie dopplegänger said. "It was bizarre, but Angelina is absolutely gorgeous so I was obviously flattered too."
There's no denying that Ms. Black shares a unique beauty with the Maleficent star, but Veronika confesses that her appearance seems to put men off.
"I've been single for over a year now after a five-year relationship ended, and I'd love to meet someone special," Ms. Black said. "I particularly like older men with a bit of stubble—just like Brad Pitt. But to be honest, I think I scare men off. Men seem to be intimidated by the way I look."
This resemblance to Ms. Jolie wasn't always so obvious. Growing up, Veronika confesses to being harassed by schoolmates for her average, unremarkable looks.
"The bullying started when I was eight and lasted until I left high school at 18," admits Veronika. "Along with being flat-chested, I also had really frizzy hair and was chubby. I definitely had an awkward phase. I never got invited to parties, and was constantly being told that no boy would ever want me."
While she seems to have overcome those harsh school days, the Angelina Jolie look-alike says her new problems are now almost as bad. Veronika says men become so nervous in conversations with her that they visibly shake.
"Sometimes men get really nervous and start shaking when I talk to them, which is weird as I'm a nice person and there's definitely nothing to be scared of."
That isn't always the case. Veronika reveals that there are some men who behave in brutish and offensive ways, which intimidates her that much more when she finds herself in social circles.
"Only creeps will try and chat me up, and they'll be really rude and aggressive when I say I'm not interested. No normal, respectable guys are ever keen, but I'm too shy to approach men myself."
[Featured image: Veronika Black courtesy of HotSpot Media; Angelina Jolie courtesy of Kevin Winter/Getty Images]
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