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import * as _ from 'underscore';
import { IOrganization } from '../commons/interfaces/IOrganization';
import { BaseCoveoObject } from './BaseCoveoObject';
import { Extension } from './Extension';
import { Source } from './Source';
import { Field } from './Field';
import { Dictionary } from '../commons/collections/Dictionary';
import { IStringMap } from '../commons/interfaces/IStringMap';
import { Assert } from '../commons/misc/Assert';
import { StaticErrorMessage } from '../commons/errors';

/**
 * Organization Class. By default, the organization instance do not contain any field, sources nor extension.
 * This is a way to prevent unecessary HTTP calls to the platform.
 * The Controllers are responsible to load those
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export class Organization extends BaseCoveoObject implements IOrganization {
  private fields: Dictionary<Field> = new Dictionary<Field>();
  private sources: Dictionary<Source> = new Dictionary<Source>();
  private extensions: Dictionary<Extension> = new Dictionary<Extension>();

  constructor(id: string, private apiKey: string) {
    super(id);
    this.apiKey = apiKey;
  }

  /**
   * Return the API key used for the manipulation on the Organization.
   *
   * @returns {string} API Key
   */
  public getApiKey(): string {
    return this.apiKey;
  }

  /**
   * Return a copy of the Organizatio fields
   *
   * @returns {Dictionary<Field>}
   */
  public getFields(): Dictionary<Field> {
    return this.fields.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Add a new field to the Organzation
   *
   * @param {Field} field Field to be added
   */
  public addField(field: Field) {
    this.fields.add(field.getName(), field);
  }

  /**
   * Takes a field list and, for each item of the list, create a field that will be added to the Organization
   *
   * @param {IStringMap<any>[]} fields field list
   */
  public addFieldList(fields: IStringMap<any>[]) {
    fields.forEach((f: IStringMap<any>) => {
      const field = new Field(f);
      this.addField(field);
    });
  }

  public clearFields() {
    this.fields.clear();
  }

  public getSources(): Dictionary<Source> {
    return this.sources.clone();
  }

  public getExtensions(): Dictionary<Extension> {
    return this.extensions.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Add an extension to the Organization
   *
   * @param {Extension} extension Extension to be added
   */
  public addExtension(extension: Extension) {
    // Using the extension name as the key since the extension ID is not the same from on org to another
    Assert.isUndefined(
      this.extensions.getItem(extension.getName()),
      `At least 2 extensions are having the same name: ${extension.getName()}`
    );
    this.extensions.add(extension.getName(), extension);
  }

  /**
   * Takes an extension list and, for each item of the list, create an extention that will be added to the Organization
   *
   * @param {IStringMap<any>[]} extensions
   */
  public addMultipleExtensions(extensions: IStringMap<any>[]) {
    extensions.forEach((e: IStringMap<any>) => {
      const extension = new Extension(e);
      this.addExtension(extension);
    });
  }

  public clearExtensions() {
    this.extensions.clear();
  }

  public clone() {
    const newOrg = new Organization(this.getId(), this.getApiKey());
    // TODO: add extensions, mappings and fields
    return newOrg;
  }
}


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Students selected to join National Youth Choirs of Great Britain
Two students from the JTP Trust are set to perform with many promising young musicians in the UK as they join the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB). Will Pearson, 16, and Harvey Cullis, 10, both impressed the panel at their recent auditions and have been offered a place to become part of the world class choir.
The NYCGB upholds its mission of nurturing the exceptional musical talent of the young people of Great Britain by offering the very best musical provision from the country's greatest vocal tutors, collaborators and directors.
Musicians of the NYCGB meet twice a year for intensive residential courses which offer singers opportunities to develop vocal technique across a wide range of challenging music. Each course culminates in a performance held in prestigious venues such as The Royal Albert Hall. The NYCGB will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year. Further information is available at http://www.nycgb.net/
Will and Harvey will join Matilda Wale, 12, also a student from the JTP Trust, who has been a member of the NYCGB for a year. Matilda has already enjoyed two residential courses and feels it is an honour and privilege to be in the choir.

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On October 6, 2008, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) issued its long-awaited proposed regulations implementing New Jersey's Paid Family Leave Law, formally known as the "Family Leave Insurance Law." (For a detailed fact sheet on the new law, click here). The proposed regulations provide clarification and guidance in a number of areas under the new law, which are discussed further below.
Claim Filing Procedures
The NJDOL will be issuing forms (Form FL-1 and FL-2), which employees may use to notify the State when taking family leave and seeking family leave insurance (FLI) benefits. Employees should provide notice to the State within 30 days after the commencement of the period of family leave. N.J.A.C. 12:21-3.2.
Health care providers may not charge a fee for completing forms associated with the filing of FLI claims. N.J.A.C. 12:21-1.5.
A claimant must have a valid Social Security Number (SSN) in order to file a claim for FLI benefits, however, "upon a showing of good cause" and "on a claimant by claimant basis" the NJDOL may waive the requirement of a valid SSN. N.J.A.C. 12:21-3.2(f).
Employers must respond within 10 days after receiving a request for information from the NJDOL pertaining to a claim for FLI benefits. Failure to do so may result in penalties. N.J.A.C. 12:21-3.9.
Payments under the State plan (or an approved private plan) generally must be made directly to the employee. However, FLI benefit payments may be made to the employer where the employer has advanced money to the employee in an amount equal to or greater than the FLI benefit, and where the employee has consented in writing to such a payment. N.J.A.C. 12:21-1.6. This arrangement may occur where the employer elects to pay the employee taking leave (either fully or in an amount equal to the FLI benefit) through its normal payroll process and then have the employee turn over his/her FLI check to the employer.
Private Plans
Employers that want to provide FLI benefits through a private plan must submit their plan to the NJDOL for prior approval. The proposed private plan approval process largely mirrors the existing regulations governing private plan approval for Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) benefits. N.J.A.C. 12:21-2.1 through 2.28. The NJDOL has also issued a Handbook on FLI private plans, which is available on the NJDOL website.
The proposed regulations also address the handling of employee contributions to private plans, and the transfer of plans to a successor employer. N.J.A.C. 12:21-2.33 & 2.34.
Reestablished Claims
The proposed regulations address various issues pertaining to "reestablished claims," defined to mean a second claim for FLI benefits filed within the same 12-month period. N.J.A.C. 12:21-3.4.
Issues addressed include waiting periods between claims and the calculation of maximum benefits.
Reduction of Benefits
The proposed regulations clarify the manner in which employers may permit or require employees to use paid sick leave, vacation time or other paid leave in lieu of FLI benefits. When an employer requires such use of paid leave (it may require the use of up to two weeks of paid leave), it must request that the State or private plan reduce the FLI benefits otherwise payable under the plan. If the employer fails to do so, the employee will retain full benefits under the plan. N.J.A.C. 12:21-3.5(c)-(g).
When an employer permits use of paid leave in excess of the two weeks it may require, there is no reduction in the FLI benefits payable under the plan. N.J.A.C. 12:21-3.5(h)-(i).
The proposed regulations also address how a claimant's benefits may be reduced under the State plan, including a reduction by the amount paid concurrently under any governmental or private retirement, pension, or permanent disability benefit to which the employer contributed on the claimant's behalf, where the claimant has already received those payments before the benefits from the State plan have issued. N.J.A.C. 12:21-3.5(a)-(b).
Intermittent Leave
The proposed regulations clarify the circumstances under which an employee is eligible for FLI benefits when taking intermittent leave. The regulations distinguish between leave for the purpose of "bonding" with a newborn or newly adopted child from leave to provide care to a child (or other family member) with a serious health condition. When intermittent leave is taken for bonding, no FLI benefits are payable, unless both the employee and employer agree that the employee may take the leave on an intermittent basis. N.J.A.C. 12:21-3.10.
Employer Notice Requirements
Employers must post a notice of employees' rights and also distribute the notice to employees at various times, including upon adoption of the regulations, at the time of hiring, and when FLI benefits are applied for. N.J.A.C. 12:21-1.8(a)-(b).
The notice that must be distributed (as opposed to posted) may be transmitted in electronic form. N.J.A.C. 12:21-1.8(c).
A sample notice will be made available by the NJDOL. N.J.A.C. 12:21-1.8(d).
New Jersey's Paid Family Leave Law takes effect on January 1, 2009. Employee contributions must commence on that date, but employees may not receive FLI benefits until July 1, 2009.
The above proposed regulations are set for a public hearing on November 3, 2008, and written comments may be submitted to the NJDOL through December 5, 2008.
The NJDOL recently issued another set of proposed regulations under the Paid Family Leave Law, which address other issues of importance, including employee contribution information. (For a summary of these proposed regulations, click here.)
Ogletree Deakins attorneys are available to discuss these important proposed regulations in greater detail in advance of the public hearing and at the conclusion of the comment period.
Should you have any additional questions about the proposed regulations, contact the Ogletree Deakins attorney with whom you normally work or the Client Services Department at 866-287-2576 or via email at clientservices@ogletreedeakins.com.
Note: This article was published in the October 10, 2008 issue of the New Jersey eAuthority.
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Q: $\mathbb{Q}(t+t^{-1}) \subseteq \mathbb{Q}(t)$, where $t$ is a variable Let $\mathbb{Q}(t+t^{-1}) \subseteq \mathbb{Q}(t)$, where $t$ is a variable. Prove or disprove that $\mathbb{Q}(t) / \mathbb{Q}(t+t^{-1})$ is a Galois extension.
Any idea or hint?

A: HINT: What is the degree of the extension?
ANSWER: Note that $t$ is a root of
$$(x-t)(x-t^{-1})=x^2-(t+t^{-1})x+1,$$
so the extension is of degree two and hence Galois.

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Back in May it was my sweet Ava's first birthday! I spent a lot of time thinking a lot about her birthday cake. I knew that I absolutely wanted to make it myself. But looking through some of my favorite cake recipes, they have SO MUCH SUGAR. My favorite Chocolate Cake recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, which equals about 4 teaspoons of sugar per cupcake... not including the frosting!
I know what you're thinking. Here we go, another dietitian who wants to (literally) take candy away from a baby. But I swear, I'm really not THAT obsessed about having no sweets. No offense to parents that are. Kudos to you if you can successfully keep your kid away from sugar. But my sweet little girl comes from a family who loves their sweets, so it's just not in the cards for us.
My philosophy, and hope, is that I can give my daughter enough beautifully, naturally sweet foods, so that when she's old enough to make her own decisions on what to eat, she just doesn't like the super-sweet stuff.
There's a huge difference in sweetness between fruit & veggies and foods like cake, candy, and ice cream. I do believe there's a place for all these wonderful treats, but I want to teach my daughter that these things are just that: treats. Once-in-a-while foods, fun foods, and not daily desserts or after-school snacks.
So, in anticipation for this epic first birthday cake, I started researching recipes using less sugar, natural sugar, or alternate sources of sugar. I still wanted the cake to be sweet, and taste like a cake, just more naturally sweet.
Read on for tales of my sugar-free baking adventure!
Some websites advise to just use less sugar (like here and here). Cut down on the amount of sugar in your recipe by 10%, 20%, even up to 50%. No need to replace it with anything.
I wasn't sold. Some of my go-to cake recipes call for up to 2 cups of sugar, so cutting that down by 20 or 30% really wasn't going to make much of a difference. I was really hoping to find a very very low sugar or sugar-free recipe. I'll save this technique when baking for the grown-ups.
Use a more "natural" sugar?
Another popular technique is to replace the refined, white sugar in your recipe with something more "natural", like maple syrup, honey, or agave syrup. You have to be careful with the amount of sweetener you use, because some are more or less sweet than sugar, and since these sweeteners are in a liquid form, you have to adjust the overall liquids in your recipe. Read more here.
This wasn't the right approach for me either. While there may be some nutritional benefits to using some of these sweeteners (maple syrup contains some minerals like potassium, calcium, and magnesium), I still see these natural sugars as straight-up super sweet. I was fine to use them to add some extra oomph if needed, just not 100% of the sweetness. Plus, these sweeteners are pretty expensive, and I'm not about to drop $20 to make a batch of cupcakes. Next!
You could pretty easily swap sugar for an artificial sweetener, like Splenda or Stevia, in baking. Again, just not the sort of message I was going for, and didn't seem appropriate for a first birthday party. I'm not trying to cut calories, just use a more natural sweetness rather than a super-sweet cake. The search continues!
Replace the sugar with a fruit puree?
Now this was more up my alley! Instead of sugar, use a sweet pureed fruit, like applesauce or mashed super-ripe bananas. I've seen recipes before for Baby Food Muffins, and I've made a few batches. They came out nice, not too sweet and with a nice fruity touch.
I first found this Martha Stewart recipe for Banana Cupcakes. The original recipe uses only 3/4 cup sugar and gets extra sweetness from 4 ripe bananas. To cut down on the sugar even more, I replaced 1/2 cup of sugar with 1/2 cup applesauce, leaving just 1/4 cup sugar in the whole recipe.
These came out delicious! Nice and sweet from the bananas, moist, and a lovely banana flavor. But, I felt they were more like a muffin than a cake. And I want her birthday cake to really be a CAKE.
Next, I tried a remix of this recipe for Vanilla Chai Cupcakes. Instead of the 1 cup of sugar in the recipe, I used 1/4 cup sugar and 3/4 cup applesauce.
In a word - GROSS! Practically savory, these were headed straight for the trash. The texture was spongy, almost like a baked frittata. No sweetness. Too much moisture, they were just wet. I later realized that I should have reduced the amount of milk in the recipe to compensate for the wet applesauce, but the flavor was so bad it wouldn't have helped much.
I knew I definitely needed more sweetness than applesauce could provide. I saw a tip about using frozen fruit juice concentrate, like apple juice or orange juice, as part of the sweetness.
Since my daughter's favorite food at the time was oranges, I tried using orange juice concentrate. I used a standard vanilla cupcake recipe, and replaced the 1 cup sugar with 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate and 3/4 cup applesauce.
Again, UGHHH! Even worse than my last test. Spongy. Eggy. A little orange flavor, but not enough. Still not sweet enough.
I think the winner is pretty obvious!
Feeling pretty down about all my failed baking attempts, I decided that I really needed to cut it out with all this applesauce malarkey and use something SWEET. I came across an article about using date paste as an alternate to sugar in baking. Could this be the secret ingredient I was missing?
Have you ever tried dates? I absolutely love them. Plain, wrapped in bacon, in oatmeal, delicious! They are sweet, very sweet, but also a little fruity. They are creamy and chewy, and straight up YUM.
So I decided to go back to basics, and use my absolute favorite Chocolate Cake recipe, but replace all 2 cups sugar with 2 cups date paste.
I really didn't expect to have to make so many test batches of cupcakes! But with baking, you really are a CHEMIST, and all your ingredients serve a very specific purpose to make the magic happen. The sugar in cakes not only act as a sweetener, but adds moistness, and helps with browning. Without the right ratios of flour, fat, egg, and sugar, you can end up with a mess.
My advice to anyone looking to make a low-sugar or sugar-free cake, prioritize and set reasonable expectations. At first I thought my number one priority was making a sugar-free cake, but after some of these failed attempts that were just not sweet enough, I realized that what I really wanted was an awesome CAKE for my daughter, and a low-sugar version of that cake was a secondary goal. Once I accepted that, using dates became the perfect solution. I also used a lower-sugar cream cheese frosting that went perfectly with the chocolate cake.
Have you tried making a sugar-free cake for your family? Share your experience in the comments!


Good morning. I have to do and integrate a connector for authentication to an another DB that stores the username and password.
The version os alfresco is community 4.2.f. When ivoke vía WS API rest alfresco the client send the credentials and alfresco must validate this credentials to that DB. No manage tickets.
How can I do this?? any example o guide? Please help and guide!
I think this is a good point to start your own development.
Thanks for you help.I see the code is for version alfresco 3.4. For version 4.2.f is similar? or there ar many changes (for example in drupal-authentication-context.xml and in de implementation java class) in the authentication or is similar?
It should work, authentication subsystem has not changed since 3.4. But maybe you find some problem.


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KJo To Launch Shanaya Kapoor, Sanjay's Daughter To Start Filming Her First Project In July
Published by Ricky Tandon on 22 Mar 2021
Karan Johar is ready to launch one more star kid this year. Yes, the ace film maker will launch Shanaya Kapoor, the laadli beti of Sanjay Kapoor and Maheep Kapoor.
The excited and thrilled Shanaya made the declaration about the same today. Shanaya stated that she will begin the filming for her first movie in the month of July. The movie will be produced under the banner of Karan's Dharma Productions.
While posting a glitzy video of Shanaya, Karan welcomed the star kid to Dharma Cornerstone Agency and wrote, "It's going to be an unforgettable and exciting journey that begins with your first film with @DharmaMovies, this July."
Shanaya's mom Maheep got excited and an elated mother made a special post that can be read as, "With her unabashed enthusiasm, resilience & sparkle – Shanaya Kapoor is all set to take over your screens soon. Give her your love & blessings as she is ready to start the journey of her FIRST FILM with @Dharmamovies this July. Watch out for the announcement of the film!"
In the past, Karan Johar has launched celebs Such as Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor and many others in the Hindi film industry.
Shanaya Kapoor's beties such as Suhana Khan and family members including uncle Anil Kapoor, aunty Karisma Kapoor, cousins Anshula Kapoor and Mohit Marwah congratulated her on social media.
Shanaya Kapoor, Suhana Khan and Ananya Panday are BFFs. While Ananya made her debut in the Hindi film industry with Dharma Productions' Student Of The Year 2, Suhana, who is the daughter of Badshah Shah Rukh Khan, is yet to disclose her plans of joining the entertainment industry.


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Regular Interface with Stakeholders as Catalyst for Effective Representation: Senator Akon Eyakenyi's Example
By Edet Okpo
The recent media parley distinguished Senator Akon Eyakenyi had with her Constituents in the Media industry could not have been accidental or strange. That was on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at her residence.
Since being sworn in as a Senator of the Federal Republic on 11 June, 2019, it is on record that hardly would a month pass by without Senator Akon Eyakenyi, representing Akwa Ibom South(Eket) Senatorial District in the Senate, holding one or two meetings with stakeholders and different groups or organizations in her constituency.
To say that this is representation at its best can therefore be no exaggeration.
It is an express indication that the celebrated parliamentarian at whose behest such meetings are usually held is proud of and transparent with her towering record of performance, hence cannot be afraid to face her people.
In keeping with a tradition that has differentiated her from others, the Senator scheduled for the interface with the media professionals, led by Comrade (Elder) Edet Okpo, in fulfilment of her pre-election campaign promises that she will not represent her people only within the walls of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, but will run an inclusive template that comes with organized periodic feedbacks and updates that continually interrogate the social contract she has with her constituents.
In her speech, the Senator, who used the occasion to give a glimpse into her scorecard, said the parley became necessary for herself to openly express her gratitude to the media community,especially that of her immediate Constituency for the support she enjoyed before, during and after the 2019 elections as well as intimate them on her achievements so far by virtue of progress report.
"Thank you for your patience and unquantifiable support these past years. It would have been herculean and stressful without your understanding,support and encouragement.
"Between 2018 and April 2019 when the general elections held, I traversed the length and breadth of our senatorial district, soliciting for the support of our people towards my ambition to represent us at the Senate. God by my side, the overwhelming majority of our people entrusted the mandate on me and I was subsequently sworn into office on 11th June, 2019", the Senator recalled with gratitude.
The meeting which was interactive accordingly offered the hostess and the media firsthand opportunity to rub minds on a broadsheet of issues. To the Senator in particular, it was an opportunity to give brief update on her performance:
"My pledged for Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District was to give us a face and voice at the Senate. I equally assured our people to bring back home whatever is given to the district", the Senator stated.
With overwhelming evidence and greater promise for the future, Senator Eyakenyi's scorecard showed that she has not failed the people by any criteria of assessment in the trinity mandate of lawmaking, oversight, and representation.
With modest sense of accomplishment, she told the audience in her speech: "Within the past two years, I have very consciously guided my actions in line with my promise".
There was no doubt about Senator Eyakenyi holds the record of being amongst the first few Senators to have sponsored a motion within the first three months of inauguration of 9th Assembly, thus registering her voice and presence as early as it was necessary. This was speedily backed up with subsequent people-oriented bills. She therefore went to the Senate not as an opportunist but as a tested administrator meritoriously called to duty by sheer providence.
In addition to her cerebral and articulate contributions on the floor during plenary, Eyakenyi has sponsored many bills, two principal ones of which are a bill seeking the upgrade of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, to a University; the Nigeria Coast Guard (Establishment) Bill, both of which have enjoyed robust deliberations by Members and have been passed into Law.
Having registered her voice very early at the National Assembly, it therefore came as no surprise that the President of the Senate, Rt. Hon. Senator Ahmed Lawan, was quick to see in her a vocal, dynamic, dependable and capable law-maker to oversee or deputize critical committees in championing and harnessing the objectives of the 9th Assembly.
Hence, as part of her oversight functions, Senator Akon Eyakenyi serves as Vice Chairman on the Senate Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary), and in other Committees that drive the corporate cause of the National Assembly.
In representation, available report indicates that Senator Eyakenyi's representation model is multi-dimensional, a template she has driven through pragmatic empowerment packages including skill acquisition, cash donations, and training of youth and women in allied oil and gas vocations.
Others include scholarship to indigent students, provision of books and other instructional materials, facilitation of employment of constituents in the civil service (State and federal), capacity-building through retreats, seminars and workshops across specific and broad areas of concern.
The Senator who has attributed her existence and attainments to God's abundant grace in her life, has also undertaken the provision of succour to widows, the physically-challenged, sponsorship of medical outreaches, and provision of infrastructural projects, including transformers, road grading and related interventions, etc.
In her typical humility never to forget the past or take for granted the bridge she crossed to her destination, the Senator acknowledged the bold signature of Governor Udom Emmanuel and his wife, Dr. Martha Udom Emmanuel, in her life and narrative of altruistic leadership, especially in the light of the unfolding global attention that has been attracted to the State in the last six years of good governance:
"I salute the unwavering support and encouragement of our leader and performing Governor and Wife, Their Excellencies, Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel and Dr. Martha Emmanuel. I cannot exactly say how it would have been without their consistent and unflinching support. His Excellency's sterling performance has also kept me on my toes and challenged me to always strive to do more for our people".
To consolidate on the massive gains, she therefore encouraged all party men and women, youth and others to continue to queue behind His Excellency both for his Completion Agenda and Succession's Plan, and the PDP as the people's party.
She also urged all to go out en masse and participate in the ongoing PDP membership e-registration and revalidation exercise, arguing that "It is the only way we can have access to exercise our franchise as elections are drawing near".
To her media constituents, the joy and honour of being hosted by a people-inclined and capable Senator like Eyakenyi in her house on December 1,2021, will always be remembered. It is instructive to note that the hosting was not solicited for by members of the media but was solely an initiative of the hostess as part of her inclusive and participatory template of representation.
Responding onbehalf of the media professionals who were at the special parley, Comrade Edet Okpo described the Senator as an "Amazon, touch-bearer and the best brand for the Senatorial District job" and said the meeting was further validation of the confidence reposed in her through votes by the electorate in the Senatorial District in the 2019 elections.
Delighted and appreciative of the Senator's stellar performance, Okpo said although they were not at the parley to review her scorecard, it was obvious that they could not have had a better, louder and vociferous voice like hers:
"As close monitors of the mandate freely given to you by the good people or Eket Senatorial District, we want to unequivocally say that you have not been found wanting in the trinity mandate of lawmaking, oversight and representation.
"Through your effective representation and robust legislative engagement in the National Assembly, you have given our Senatorial District a stronger voice in the Red Chamber, sponsored quality bills, moved people-oriented motions and steadily fulfil your Better Deal Action Plan of Employment of constituents",
The mutually beneficial partnership with Eyakenyi was therefore an icing on the cake. Besides, the standard of representation set by Senator Eyakenyi is both a challenge and model to be emulated by others who only come home during the next elections period.
For the times that lie ahead, the ever optimistic and pragmatic Senator Eyakenyi assured her audience: "The coming months shall be better and more impactful. I promise to double my efforts and work extra hard as we match towards the mark". There can be no doubt about this!
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OUR OPINION: Jurist broke glass ceiling
As a lawyer, Caroline Glassman fought for the rights of individuals who faced the awesome power of the state when they were charged with a crime.
As an appellate court judge, she crafted opinions that shaped the law to protect the rights of defendants in our justice system.
But she will probably be best remembered for he work on behalf of a whole class of people — women in the legal profession — who benefitted from her trailblazing performance as the first female justice on the Maine Supreme Court.
There she was known for hard work, tenacious advocacy and penetrating intellect.
Her success made the gender of other nominees for the supreme and superior court almost unremarkable.
Glassman died Wednesday at the age of 90, leaving a lasting legacy on the state of Maine.
"She broke the glass ceiling on the bench with such style grace and passion that she carved out a path for so many of us that followed," said Maine's Chief Justice Leigh Saufely. "Many of us have lost a good friend, and the world has lost a stalwart supporter of individual rights."


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Plant a Tree for Frank
Frank D. DelSignore
April 8, 1924 ~ October 15, 2020 (age 96)
Frank D. DelSignore, born April 8, 1924, in Meriden, WV, died October 15, 2020 in his home in Davis, WV under the loving care of his son John and daughter-in-law Mandy. He was the son of the late Paulo DelSignore and Vincenza Pizzoferrata.
Frank quit school at the age of 16 to enlist in the Army. He served in the 1st Battalion 160th Infantry from 1940 – 1945, honorably discharged as a TSGT having served in Iceland, England, Ireland, Africa, Sicily, and the South Pacific. Frank led a very interesting life and was a jack-of-all trades. After marrying Glenda Peterson, the love of his life, in 1951, they moved to Chicago where he became a Journeyman Machinist, carrying this trade back to Wheeling, WV. He learned to ski while in the Army, so it was a perfect fit for him to manage the Weiss Knob Ski Resort for several years. He was in the trucking business for many years and built the Canaan Valley Golf Course. Using the equipment from building the golf course, he leased the land between Davis and Thomas and stripped coal for a year on his own before forming Davis Trucking Company which employed several people for many years. At the age of 49, Frank retired when he sold the business to his brothers, making it the most successful of their Buffalo Coal Company businesses. He took up flying at the age of 55, getting his private pilot's license and logging over 1,200 hours of flight time over 20 years. Frank loved his wife dearly and always said that the successes in his life would have never been possible without her at his side. His life was filled with extraordinary stories, and he loved to share them. He loved his family, friends, laughing, hunting, fishing, and being social. He was a standing member of the Davis F.O.E and the American Legion. Frank never met a stranger in his life.
Surviving are his three daughters, Jennie Lynn Helmick, Davis, WV, Karen (Kenny) Evans, Thomas, WV, Angela (Bill) Dashiell, Fishing Creek, MD; and one son, John. M. DelSignore (Mandy), Weirton, WV; sixteen grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and sister, Patricia Wilhelm, Aberdeen, MD. He was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 68 years, Glenda; two sons, Frank M. DelSignore, Ortanna, PA and Donald DelSignore, Fredericksburg, VA; one grandson, Andy Evans, Thomas, WV; five brothers, Carl DelSignore, Warren DelSignore, Harman (Teep) DelSignore, Carmen DelSignore, and George DelSignore; and one sister Elsie (Lisa) Stanya. Services are private to the immediate family. Condolences may be made to the family at www.hinklefennerfuneralhome.com
In Lieu of Flowers- Donations may be made to the Veterans Memorial of Davis, WV - VFW PO Box 53 Davis, WV 26260
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You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or by planting a memorial tree in the memory of Frank D. DelSignore


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Sounders break losing streak in New York
Sun Staff
VALHALLA, N.Y. — Joey Leonetti chipped in a shot past goalkeeper Kahlil Azmi in the 81st minute Sunday to lift the Seattle Sounders to a 1-0 A-League victory over the New York Fever Sunday at Barrett Stadium.
The win improved the Sounders record to 10-10 — 24 points — and snapped a three-game Seattle losing streak while moving player-coach Neil Megson's team into a third-place tie with idle Vancouver.
The defeat dropped fourth-place New York to 8-9 and left the Fever with a one-point lead over Rochester for the last playoff spot. A Seattle loss would have dropped the Sounders into a tie with New York.
"I am very relieved by this result,'' Megson said. "We've been playing too damn hard to keep coming up short. The fact is, we're in every match we play and we're usually the strongest side at the end. We'll take the full three (points) for this one.''
Leonetti's goal came on a through pass from midfielder Dick McCormick.
After splitting two games against the Fever in shootouts, the victory gave the Sounders a 2-1 series edge over New York.
and ended a 10-day road trip that included losses to Rochester and Montreal around a game against Atlanta that was postponed due to financial problems with the Atlanta franchise.
The Sounders return home to play Rochester Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
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Recently, widespread media reports have noted that Wikipedia is often edited by employees of corporations or organizations seeking to "correct" information about them, but probably trying to improve the public spin.
As noted earlier on this blog (Aug. 6), Wikipedia (after all, defending its pursuit of Truth) has instituted policies against "self promotion" and "conflict of interest." But these have become more visible only recently, as Wikipedia has needed to protect itself from academic criticism.
The New York Times story on Sunday, Aug. 19, p A1 print, is by Katie Hafner, "Lifting Corporate Fingerprints from Editing of Wikipedia," here: (will require registration and may require purchase). ABC News has a story "Anonymous Editing: Wikipedia Can Track Authors: Programmer Says Some Try to Manipulate Entries," Monday Aug. 20, here ("Good Morning America" story). Apparently, the CIA and some politicians have also edited Wikipedia surreptitiously.
As I've noted before, my own "libertarianesque" concept of a new worldwide utility site (based on Goethe's "eternal feminine" goal of Truth) is one that allows entry of both opinions and facts, clearly identifies and links and navigates among them, clear identifies sources, rates sources as to fact-checking, and provides links to (credit card) payment mechanisms to publishers or news services that want to charge for their work.
On Wed. Aug 22 The Washington Times, on p A16 print, ran a humorous editorial "Wicked Wikis" on these findings. Nothing is quite as it looks.


"I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven." Emily Dickinson.
Here are some photos from time spent in nature last weekend and words of upliftment and encouragement.
All that you can see has its roots in the unseen.
Every sight will vanish, however gorgeous.
Every word will fade, however sweet.
But be strong of heart!
Where they come from is everlasting.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged ducks, Forest and Bird Reserve at Pauatahanui, koru, nature, Pauatahanui, photography, Porirua, Quotes, reflections, Rumi, tree fern, water on May 4, 2015 by ordinarygood.
Late roses in my garden today.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged "The earth laughs in flowers", contemplative photography, Earth Day, Earth Day 2015, flowers, garden, nature, photography, Porirua, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, roses on April 22, 2015 by ordinarygood.
This rose is opening in my garden today. It looked like a special star early this morning.
I wish you all Peace, Love and Hope.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Christmas, garden, hope, John O'Donohue, love, nature, peace, photography, Quotes, rose, stars, Summer, Wishes on December 24, 2014 by ordinarygood.
So in an antidote to senseless violence in the world here are some photos received by me during this past week. Soak up the beauty and light.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Azalea, Beauty, blackbird fledglings, Bottle brush bush, Bullrushes, Callestimon Tom Thumb, Choisya Ternata, Choysa Ternata. Mexican orange blossom, contemplative photography, Dewitt Jones, ducklings, photography, Pompom bush, Quotes, Random acts of beauty, spring, Tui, Viburnum Opulus Sterile, Whitby lake on October 17, 2014 by ordinarygood.
I was reading through some blogs last evening and came across a reference to "Reasonable Hope," a concept from the work of Kaethe Weingarten. Google helped me learn some more about Kaethe and provided some links to this concept she has developed and which piqued my curiosity.
Reasonable hope can help us build a bridge to creating more authentic hope in our lives even in the midst of challenging circumstances, uncertainty and even despair.
Relational. Hope happens between things and in relationships. It is held, shared, communicated, birthed. It shifts and moves, waxes and wanes, as we interact with ourselves, each other and our environment. It can be likened to the African concept of "Ubuntu," which Archbishop Desmond Tutu described as "being enveloped in the community of other human beings, in being caught up in the bundle of life." Hope is like this, caught up in bundles of shared experience.
Is something to be practiced. Hope is a verb more than a noun. Rather than an internal feeling we have or we don't, hope is a quality we can actively cultivate through the choices we make. Hope is an ongoing process, something we practice in the here and now—not something we passively wish for in the future—that makes us more "hope" prone.
Sees the future as open, uncertain, influenceable. An uncertain future creates space for change, growth and transformation. It opens the door to possibilities beyond our current expectations. Hope is a process where "the soul turns toward a light which it does not yet perceive, a light yet to be born," as is eloquently described by the French philosopher Gabriel Marcel.
Seeks goals and pathways. Reasonable hope is both practical and fluid. It looks for what goals can be accomplished now (and identifies ways to get there) and adjusts as new possibilities and pathways become available.
Accommodates doubt, contradictions and despair. When understood as a dynamic, moment-to-moment practice, hope can be messy and spacious. It can hold the whole of our lives with all of its losses, joys, setbacks and surprises. Instead of closing our eyes and making a wish, we can open our eyes wider and turn toward a light that may not yet be born.
Reasonable hope is only one of many ways we can bring hope into seemingly hopeless situations. A bridge from what is true now to a place where we can dream and hope again.
Hope has been a word on my lips so often lately that this expansion has proved to be both comforting and illuminating to me. Sharing ways to become more "hope prone" is such a positive gift to us all.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged "Reasonable Hope" hope, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, contemplation, Gabriel Marcel quote, healing, health, inspiration, Kaethe Weingarten, mental health, Quotes, resilience on June 11, 2014 by ordinarygood.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Anais Nin, contemplation, contemplative photography, light, peace, photography, Quotes, reflection, spiritual, water on June 3, 2014 by ordinarygood.


1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.
2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
n. 1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
2. Paste of clay or loam.
3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
1. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building.
v. i. 1. (Arch.) To slope gently backward.
n. 1. The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the batsman.
Verb 1. batter - strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
2. batter - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
3. batter - make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat"


Toronto-based Bionym finally demoed their heartbeat authentication bracelet , Nymi, in front of a live audience of the latest We Are Wearables meetup in Toronto on Monday.
Designed and (almost) brought to market after six years of research at the University of Toronto, Nymi is the first product to be introduced to the wearables marketplace using an individual's unique ECG (or heartbeat signature) as an authentication marker.
Bionym's founders were interviewed at a Toronto event on Monday.
Tom Emrich, founder and host of the Toronto-based wearables meetup asked Martin why the team decided to build a wearable rather than another type of identity product such as an all-in-one identity card.
Bionym's executive team on stage at Toronto's wearables meetup.
The obvious next step in the Nymi story is the opportunity trusted companies will have with those who own the smart bracelets. Imagine the opportunities available to both consumers and retailers (and public service providers such as health care services) when cookie-type tracking stops becoming persistent and adversarial. Instead, experiences become available when consumers knowingly share their identity to access products and services.
For example, someone might be using their Nymi-band to access their vehicle. After a certain amount of use (over months or years) the car manufacturer may send that individual a private notification letting them know that their lease or car can be exchanged for a newer model. In the health industry, the implications are huge. In the future, the Nymi might be able to send a private notification to your personal healthcare professional in case it notices any strange heartbeat irregularities.
That is, everybody whom you want to.
Karim Kanji is the Canadian Director of Social Media Strategy at iNvolved Media. iNvolved Media was purchased by Active International in 2015. Clients include popular food brands, technology brands and other CPG companies. Prior to joining iNvolved Media, Karim led the paid social media strategy for some of Canada's most popular CPG and confectionery brands for Catalyst/GroupM. Karim started in the social media space when he co-founded and was the President of THIRDOCEAN where he led the creation of digital content for companies including Scotiabank, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Microsoft, Wild Water Kingdom, Palomino Systems Inc. and Techvibes. Karim has also been recognized as a pioneer in podcasting having interviewed people such as such as federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, former MLSE boss Richard Peddie, TVO's Steve Paikin, Canadian serial angel investor Dr. Boris Wertz, HootSuite founder Ryan Holmes, Mathew Ingram, Mitch Joel from Mirium and many, many others. As a demonstration of thought leadership, Karim led the development and execution of reports discussing how technology and digital media have impacted industries such as retail, education, health, gaming, sports and banking.


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A Love Electric visited Amati on a Thursday as part of their tour for their new album release, Psychemonde. I must say (and I don't think anyone who was there would disagree) this was the best show I've seen from Love Electric at all levels. Tight, practiced, never-stopping (literally), Todd, Hernan and Aaron simply rolled over us and we were afraid if we left our seats for a minute we might miss something.
Amati was packed – so there will be a second release today with photos of and from the crowd. The show was a lot of fun for everyone. Looking at the virtual contact sheet in Lightroom, it looks like there could be another post of photos from this concert, but there is another group tonight – so it might be a few days before I post them.


Dustin's post "Nightmare on a Football Field" inspired me to write this next post.
During the summer of 2010, I was an intern at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. As interns, we worked with the certified staff members at the University to provide health care for all of the camps run through the Continuing Education Department at UWW, whether it was a sports camp, a music camp, or an academic camp. One of the first camps that we had at UWW this summer was a football camp. It was a "Perimeter Camp" which included quarterbacks, receivers, defensive backs, linebackers, etc., basically anybody but the linemen. This camp had over 320 campers that were all out on the practice fields wearing helmets and shoulder pads. I was the health care provider for all of them, by myself. I had help inside, but on the field it was all me providing first aid.


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Home » Movies » Don't Look Up Review – A Surprisingly Heartfelt Yet Bleak Look Into the Future
Don't Look Up Review – A Surprisingly Heartfelt Yet Bleak Look Into the Future
BY Meghan Hale December 18, 2021December 18, 2021
How do you think society would react if we learned that the world could come to an end? Many folks filled themselves with worries over predicted apocalypses like 2012, the millennium, and more. But if scientific proof were involved, would our outlook be any different? The subject of our review today is Adam McKay's Don't Look Up, an upcoming Netflix film that is so outrageous that only current events could write it. Like many of McKay's films, it's a polarizing one.
Don't Look Up Review – Netflix Has a Big One Coming
Don't Look Up starts with a grad student, Jennifer Lawrence's Kate Dibiasky, discovering a new comet. She calls for her team, including Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio), to come to celebrate their scientific discovery. Though, they soon realize that this isn't just a comet. It's heading straight toward Earth, and it's so big that it would lead to planetary extinction.
Kate and Randall are whisked away to share their discovery with those who might be able to do something about it, including the United States President, Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep.) Accompanied by her son (and Chief of Staff) Jason (Jonah Hill), the duo is convinced to sit tight and assess the damage. But when you only have six months left to go and even less time to take action, assessing is not enough.
Image via Netflix.
A Potential Extinction Is Enough To Not Look Up In This Netflix Thriller
We live in a world where it is easier than ever to share our opinions. Our thoughts can be shared with our friends, family, and total strangers within seconds. This means that we're bound to read views that we don't share. With the current political climate, worldwide pandemic, and your regular hot takes on pop culture, reading uneducated or irresponsible statements can become infuriating.
For Don't Look Up, the film feels like 138 minutes of scrolling through your Facebook account and reading posts that you fundamentally disagree with. The film makes it even more frustrating because the naysayers are the people in power.
The Daily Rip, a fictional morning talk show hosted by Jack and Brie (Tyler Perry and Cate Blanchett), encourages their special guests and viewers to keep things light and fun. This theme persists amongst other media outlets, political advisors, and millionaires. Sure, we need to stay positive to stay sane sometimes. But there is a time and a place, and it might not be right now.
Don't Look Up Is So Unbelievable… Until It Isn't
Scientists having their desperate pleas fall on deaf ears isn't anything new. We have seen it throughout the entire coronavirus pandemic and during the rise of vaccines. The film could satirize the response to anything proven that people have a hard time believing in. But the film was written before the pandemic, and its subject matter is an allegory for climate change.
Director Adam McKay has tried to write a film about this topic for years, and this is the idea that finally landed. The worsening health of our planet is a subject that impacts all of us. Yet, as McKay explains in an interview, it's always "the ninth story down." Even if we recognize the potentially catastrophic impacts, it's rarely what we're talking about at dinner.
Thanks to its real-world commentary and review on global affairs, Don't Look Up is hilarious until you remember that these conversations are really happening. We see more trending headlines about celebrity breakups than disasters, and political controversies follow the personal lives of politicians more than their voting history. These are the things that control our world, and all we can do is laugh to keep down the existential dread.
Don't Look Up Review: The Most Fun We've Had Crying In A Long Time
There are films that feel right at home on streaming platforms. However, watching Don't Look Up in a movie theater made me wonder if it was the right home for it. The grand laughter and gasps of astonishment were the kind that makes you smile, knowing you were not reacting alone. In fact, this film got more loud laughs than any other film I've watched in theaters since the start of the pandemic.
The humor isn't in the plot itself. A world-ending comet is nothing to laugh at. But our side characters remind us why we're allowed to laugh. There is Hill's flamboyant example of political nepotism with Jason Orlean. And then there is Timothée Chalamet playing Yule, an anarchist who reminds us of the stoner kids from high school who had no ambition but plenty of heart. There's even a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo by Chris Evans to remind us about the influence of cinema.
Ultimately, part of the fun is watching this movie without a clear idea of where the ending is headed. Will the comet destroy our world? Will the scientists be proven wrong? Or will the government put their differences aside to fix the problem while they have the chance? Comedies are often predictable, but this is one that could have gone in any direction.
Any Good Don't Look Up Review Has to Mention the Star-Studded Cast
Leonardo Dicaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Mark Rylance, Ron Perlman. The list goes on, only to sound more impressive at every new name. These are the cast lists that you see in Oscar-bait historical dramas or big blockbusters.
Despite the goofier film, the all-star cast gives it their all. DiCaprio is his usual commanding presence. Lawrence is relatable and quirky. Streep impresses us at every turn. Mark Rylance gives a terrifying yet hilarious portrayal as a millionaire with far too much influence on the world. And in what might be a controversial opinion, Chalamet gives a performance that impressed me more than his lead in Dune.
Don't Look Up is in select theaters now before it hits Netflix on December 24th, 2021.
Readers, do you agree with our review of Don't Look Up? There are a lot of conflicting reviews out there, but we want to hear yours.
Featured image via Netflix.
Meghan Hale is the kind of movie lover that has a "must watch" that is a mile long... and growing. When she isn't talking about the latest film and television news she is writing one of her many in-process novels, screaming film trivia at anybody who will listen, and working as a mental health care professional. Follow her on Twitter @meghanrhale for some fun theories and live reactions to all things entertainment.
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Ken Wright – a country umpire
As the 2014 season draws to a close spare a thought for those men and women who underpin our great game in the country regions of Victoria.
Ken Wright is one of those men who has drawn the curtain on his 36th season as an umpire with the Albury umpires association. Ken, 55 umpired his way to 1000 games this season and was then inducted into the Albury umpires hall of fame. "Eight umpires were inducted on 26 July . They had a combined total of 9,000 games and 325 years of service between them," explained Ken when we caught up yesterday.
I have known Ken for most of his 36 years of involvement as have all of those who umpired in the Ovens and Murray Football League during the 80's and early 90's when two umpires, one from the VFL and one local umpired those games. Ken umpired 326 and 3/4 games in the Ovens and Murray over that time. "I did my planta facia in the third quarter of a game and had to come off, gee I was dirty on that. The only other game I missed in 18 years was for my wedding." Ken has umpired 3 Riverina grand finals and 20 district league grand finals.
In his younger days Ken weighed 59kg ringing wet and could run like the wind. He umpired the 1990 and 1991 O&M grand finals. "The 1990 GF became known as the "blood bath" when Wodonga and Lavington descended into all out war in the first three minutes. We couldn't get the game going again because the ball had been kicked over the fence so we didn't even have a ball." These days he is still only 72kg and still rates his running as his hallmark.
"I have seen many changes over time but you know the ball is still oval shaped and there are goals at each end. The footy has been reinvigorated in the region with the inclusion of Brendan Fevola, it has given footy up here a real shot in the arm. Fevola provides status and charisma to the point where 8,000 people attended a game just to see him. It was fantastic.
"The other beneficiary is the district leagues who have welcomed very skilled players who are unable to commit to the demands of O&M clubs and three nights a week training," and Ken should know. He umpired his 1000th game in Justin Koschitzke territory, Barum Buttock with ex-VFL umpire Scott Miller who travelled from Queensland to umpire with him.
Ken rates Glenn James as the best umpire he has ever seen. He loves to watch Jacob Mollison on AFL fields today as the local prodigy. So has he lost any of his passion for the game? "I did two district finals and I have now had a couple of weeks off it's about time I started pre-season training." As if I didn't know.
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Q: Creating 10 us high, 40 us low signal from 555 timer Is it possible to create a 10 us logic high signal and 40 us low then 10 us high again with 555 timer as shown below?

I have tried to change the values of R1, R2 and C1 but that process didn't let me have a time low longer than time high.

A: Not the best solution, but this can also be useful ...
R2 & R3 are the two parts of a potmeter, it adjusts the duty cycle.


This information is hot off the press, and I'm so pleased to be sharing it with you!
According to new analysis just out today from the Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA), 46 APS schools, or 52 percent of our schools, "Beat the Odds!" Based on the calculations released by the state, APS has the second-highest percentage of schools that Beat the Odds when compared to other metro-area districts. In addition — wait for it — APS beat the overall state rate, which came in at 32 percent!
I share with you all the time how proud I am of our students, our teachers, our principals and other school leaders and staff for the new gains they continue to make. We are striving toward excellence and we continue to be on a Journey of Transformation. We're stepping forward toward new gains each day and are excited about the traction we're making.
I want to highlight our 46 schools that Beat the Odds and give a special shout out to each school principal for a job well done!
I also want to recognize Deputy Superintendent David Jernigan and the entire Schools and Academics team, especially our Associate Superintendents Dr. Danielle Battle, Yolonda Brown, Dr. Emily Massey, Dr. Dan Sims, and Tommy Usher; our Chief Accountability and Information Officer Bill Caritj and his team, including Michael LaMont and the Data Information Group for providing us with a full analysis of these results.
As we work toward achieving improved results, we must continue to look at our schools' overall academic performance holistically. We can't and don't look at just one indicator or another to measure progress. We have to look at all of it.
Beating the Odds is just one piece of information we use to analyze school performance,and it serves as a complement to this year's CCRPI data that came out in October of this year (click here for my blog post on that). But, it also shows us that there are measurable academic gains happening across our school system.
The Beat the Odds calculation represents whether a school's performance on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) was higher than schools with similar characteristics across the state. Due to changes in the Beating the Odds calculation and changes in CCRPI, this year's analysis is not comparable to previous years.
The new calculation for this year includes variables that are outside of a school's control, such as school size, percent directly certified, percent English language learners, percent of students with disabilities, percent of students in each race (excluding Native American), school churn rate, whether a school is defined as non-traditional and the school type.
Also, in previous years, schools were designated as "Beat the Odds" or "Did Not Beat the Odds," but the new calculation this year has separated "Did Not Beat the Odds" into two tiers — Within the Expected Range and Below the Expected Range.With this new framework, in addition to the 46 APS schools that Beat the Odds,26 were classified as "Within the Expected Range" and 16 were classified as"Below the Expected Range." This means a total of 72 APS schools, or more than 80%, either Beat the Odds or performed Within the Expected Range.
You can learn more about this year's Beat the Odds analysis on the Governor's Office of Student Achievement's website at https://gosa.georgia.gov/beating-odds-analysis.
Thank you for being engaged in the work of APS and for supporting our efforts to prepare all of our students for the choice-filled lives they deserve!


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Q: Animation won't play I've made a GUI that has a WorldModel and when a player joins their character shows up on that GUI. All this works well but when I try to add an idle animation to it, it just won't run. I've tried different ways, loading the animation with animator, humanoid, but it just doesn't work. No errors.
Server Script (Creating animator):
local play = game.StarterGui:WaitForChild("Menu").Play
local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local remote = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Events").AnimPlay
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)

    local gui = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("CharacterShow")
    local viewportframe = gui:WaitForChild("ViewportFrame")
    local ClonedChar = game.Players:CreateHumanoidModelFromUserId(player.UserId)
    ClonedChar.Parent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

    local animator = Instance.new("Animator")
    animator.Parent = ClonedChar.Humanoid
    remote:FireClient(player,ClonedChar)

    play.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
        gui:Destroy()
    end)

end)

Local Script (Creating animation, animationtrack, playing it, also making the GUI work, it has a turning feature too):
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local remote = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Events").AnimPlay
local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local currentX
local MouseInDisplay, HoldInDisplay = false, false
local play = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("Menu").Play
local gui = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("CharacterShow")
remote.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(ClonedChar)
    print("received")
    local viewportframe = gui:WaitForChild("ViewportFrame")
    local VPFcam = Instance.new("Camera")
    VPFcam.Parent = viewportframe
    VPFcam.CFrame = CFrame.new(0,0,0)
    viewportframe.CurrentCamera = VPFcam
    ClonedChar.Parent = viewportframe.WorldModel
    ClonedChar.Name = "Character"
    ClonedChar.Humanoid.DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
    ClonedChar:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(CFrame.new(Vector3.new(0,0,-9.5),Vector3.new(0,0,0)))
    local animator = ClonedChar.Humanoid.Animator
    local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
    animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://11282795546"
    local animtrack = animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
    animtrack.Looped = true
    animtrack.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Action
    animtrack:Play()

    uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
        if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 or input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Touch then
            if MouseInDisplay == true then
                HoldInDisplay = true
                currentX = nil
            end
        end
    end)

    uis.InputEnded:Connect(function(input)
        if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 or input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Touch then
            HoldInDisplay = false
        end
    end)

    viewportframe.MouseMoved:Connect(function(X,Y)

        if HoldInDisplay == false then return end

        if currentX then ClonedChar.PrimaryPart.CFrame *= CFrame.fromEulerAnglesXYZ(0,((X-currentX)*.025),0) end

        currentX = X
    end)
    viewportframe.MouseEnter:Connect(function() MouseInDisplay = true end)
    viewportframe.MouseLeave:Connect(function() MouseInDisplay = false end)

end)

The animation ID is valid, and the game's owner created it.


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How to Edit a PDF on a Mac
How To › Macs
Edit PDFs on a Mac with Preview or a free web-based PDF editor
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A PDF editor is just what it sounds like: a program that lets you edit a PDF file. It might let you change the text in the PDF, add or remove images, highlight things, fill out forms, sign your name, and more.
While it can be hard to find a truly free PDF editor for macOS that can do all those things in one program, it's not at all difficult to find several that can, when used together, accomplish all of those PDF editing capabilities.
The easiest method to edit a PDF on a Mac is to use the built-in Preview program. There are, however, several other options, too, including online and third-party PDF editors that might work better for you depending on what you want the PDF editor to do.
A similar task you might want to do is convert the PDF to another file format, like a DOCX file for use in MS Word, or to an EPUB file to use the PDF as an e-book. Those types of edits can be accomplished with a document file converter, not a PDF editor. Similarly, to convert a different file to a PDF file, you can use a PDF printer.
Edit PDFs With Preview
Preview is a program pre-installed to your Mac that can open and edit PDFs. It's about as extensive as any other PDF editor with the exception that it can't edit pre-existing text. However, it has the added benefit that you don't have to install anything extra to use it — just open the PDF and start editing right away.
If Preview doesn't start when you open the PDF file, open Preview first and then browse for the PDF from there. You can get to Preview from Launchpad: search for Preview or look for it in the list of programs. Once it's open, go to File > Open... to find the PDF.
It might make sense to think that the Edit menu is what you use to find all the PDF editing tools in Preview, but that's not the case. Instead, this menu is for deleting pages from the PDF and inserting pages from other PDFs (or making blank pages).
Preview also lets you rearrange pages in the PDF by dragging them up or down from the sidebar. What that means is that you can make the second page the first page, or the last one the second, etc. If you don't see the sidebar in Preview, you can enable it from the View menu.
Most of the other PDF editing options in Preview are in the Tools menu. It's there that you can add a bookmark to the PDF or rotate pages. The Tools > Annotate menu is how you highlight text; underline text; strikethrough text, insert a note, rectangle, oval, line, arrow, and other shapes; type on the PDF (anywhere or in form fields); use speech bubbles; and more.
While Preview doesn't let you edit existing text in the PDF file, you can draw a white box over the text to hide it and then write your own text on top of the box with the text tool. This isn't as smooth as text editing is with some PDF editors, but it's your only option for changing the text in a PDF file with Preview.
To show the annotate menu all the time for easier editing, you can enable it through the View menu. Depending on your version of macOS, it's called either Show Markup Toolbar or Show Annotations Toolbar.
So long as you have a trackpad or iSight camera attached to your Mac, you can also use Preview to insert your signature into the PDF. There's also a freehand drawing tool available so that you can draw your signature or draw shapes directly on the document.
Although it doesn't really count as a PDF editing ability, one bonus feature in Preview is the option to make new PDFs out of existing pages from another PDF. To do that, just drag a page from the PDF (in the sidebar thumbnail view) to the desktop. This will make a new PDF with just that one page in it (or multiple pages if you selected more than one). Another easier way to do this is to right-click the thumbnails of the pages and select Export As…, and then PDF as the "Format" type.
Other PDF Editors for Mac
If the features in Preview aren't what you're looking for, there's a really good chance that you'll find them in another PDF editor — one not built-in to macOS. We keep a list of free PDF editors and most of them work on Macs, too.
Sejda's Online PDF Editor. Screenshot
Another way to edit a PDF in macOS is to use an online PDF editor. Through that same list linked above are several of these kinds of services. They work by having you upload the PDF to the editing website where you can perform the edits and then download the PDF back to your computer.
Problems With PDF Editors
In a perfect world, a PDF editor for Mac would let you do all sorts of things to the PDF. It would let you not only add shapes and signatures, for example, but also edit the existing text in the document or add more text. Unfortunately, not all PDF editors support all of those features, including Mac's Preview program (you can't edit text with it).
Another issue is that the PDF editors that do support advanced features like text editing, do so through what are called optical character recognition (OCR), which is an attempt by the software to "read" the text from the document and auto-type it out for you, after which you can edit the PDF like any other document. However, these programs usually don't convert perfectly, meaning you're left with incorrect translations and odd formatting styles.
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#151 Microtrends = Big Changes: Mark Penn — How Do We Fix It?
When we focus on the future, we usually look at the big things: Will the current crisis with North Korea be resolved peacefully? Is President Trump likely to face a big setback in the midterm elections? When will the next recession hit?
Our guest, political consultant Mark Penn, argues that the future is not shaped by broad forces, but by quiet changes-- Microtrends-- within narrow slices of the population.
We hear about "Techno-Luddites", the rise of internet marriages, the huge increase in the number of Americans living into their nineties, and why these and many other trends will have a profound impact on the future of jobs, society and politics.
Ten years ago, Mark showed how the behavior of one small group can exert a surprisingly large influence over the whole country. Now, in his latest book, Microtrends Squared, there are more fascinating examples.


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