Author: Ellie St. Aubin March 2019 What does a Private Investigator really do? When you hear the words "Private Investigator;" "P.I.;" "Private Detective;" or "Private Eye," your head is bound to start spinning of fantastical ideas. What pops in your head first? Perhaps Sherlock Holmes, with the hat, a magnifying glass and a tobacco pipe?


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The usual range of the Devon at Castlehill Reservoir in more extreme weather conditions is between 0.16m and 1.63m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.
The highest level ever recorded at the Devon at Castlehill Reservoir is 2.09m, reached on Sunday 16th January 2011 at 6:30am.


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3 things to know from Bills-Browns practice - Day 2
1 – LeSean McCoy injury
McCoy became the fifth Bills running back injured during training camp on Tuesday. He left practice early due to a hamstring issue. Head coach Rex Ryan wouldn't say that it was a pull, but he did say that McCoy would get an MRI.
"The trainer said that the hamstring's intact, it's not off the bone, so that's real positive," Ryan said. "Hopefully it's not a pull, hopefully it's just a strain."
The injuries are frustrating for the whole team. With fewer and fewer players to take reps, players succumb to injuries more easily. Beyond that, it becomes hard for injured players to get in regular season form.
"You want to get things accomplished in the preseason and you need numbers to do so," said Fred Jackson, who is sidelined with a hamstring injury of his own. "We want to get back out there. Obviously [Boobie Dixon and I] are hurting, but the more numbers that we have, that's going to take a lot [of reps] off everybody's plate. So we'll try to get back out there as soon as we can."
McCoy's injury leaves rookies Bronson Hill and Ricky Seale as the only healthy true running backs on roster for Thursday's preseason game in Cleveland. Hill is expected to start on Thursday. The Bills signed Seale, a Stanford graduate, on Tuesday morning. Although the offensive playbook is complex, Seale should be able to grasp much of it by Thursday.
"[Offensive coordinator Greg Roman] was a coach at Stanford my freshman year, so some of the plays, some of the play jargon, I already kind of know," Seale said. "I don't know all of it so I'm looking forward to learning the rest."
2 – The defense shines for a second straight day
Despite all of the injuries across the board for the Bills, the defense looked sharp against Cleveland's offense on Tuesday. Notably, cornerback Nickell Robey had a pass breakup and a sack against Browns quarterback Josh McCown on back-to-back plays. Safety Ron Brooks and linebacker Preston Brown had interceptions and linebacker Jerry Hughes and safety Corey Graham had sacks.
As a unit, the secondary stood out above all else. Players like cornerback Aaron Williams were diving for balls and did not give Browns wide receivers any room to work with. According to safety Bacarri Rambo, the unit is coming together well and working hard down the field.
"Everybody is buying into the scheme and learning the playbook and understanding the coverage and just communicating," he said. "It's allowed us to play fast and just use our instincts to fly to the ball."
Rambo finished practice strong on Tuesday with a pass breakup in the end zone against Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel on the last play of practice. He also had breakups that led to second and third and long situations.
"We're just being competitive," he said. "Everybody is learning this system and understanding everything and communicating and that lets us fly to the ball. We've got a lot of hawks back there who want to get the interception."
3 – Solid quarterback play across the board
Although injuries at wide receiver have slowed the quarterback competition a bit, Matt Cassel, EJ Manuel and Tyrod Taylor all played well on Tuesday night.
Manuel, working with the second team, looked especially good. Manuel was four-for-four passing during 11-on-11 drills. Most notably, he hit wide receiver Marquise Goodwin on a quick hitter to the right flat and stepped up in the pocket to find wide receiver Deonte Thompson over the middle for a 20-plus yard play.
Cassel looked sharp during red zone work against the Browns, going four-for-five with three touchdowns to tight ends MarQueis Gray and Nick O'Leary and Goodwin.
Most of Taylor's completions were on underneath throws and throws to the flat. He had a touchdown pass to Goodwin during seven-on-seven red zone drills, but appeared to have more run plays called during his reps.
Ryan said the offensive series had to be cut short due to the shortage of backs and receivers for Buffalo, but that the evaluation of the quarterbacks would not change.
"Once we really started getting guys going down at wide out, we made it tougher," he said. "You evaluate based on what you see on tape. Next man's got to step up, and then the next man and the next man and the next man."
Bonus notes
New Bills DE/LB IK Enemkpali disrupted Cleveland's offense very well on Tuesday. Enemkpali sacked Johnny Manziel and pressured him on several more plays, one of which led to Brooks' interception. He also freed himself to stop a run up the middle on a goal-to-go situation.
Just days before the Bills signed him, RB Ricky Seale was working with special needs children in California.
"A few days ago, I was actually, I was down in San Diego at a place called ACES," he said. "It was a great job and then the Bills called me so I got up here as fast as I could."
TE MarQueis Gray had some nice plays. Gray caught a pass from Manuel and took off up the sideline for 20-plus yards. His touchdown reception came against former Bills defensive back Donte Whitner.
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Among the many boats on display at this week's yacht show in Palm Beach, these are the ones you should definitely get on board.
The Palm Beach International Boat Show—which runs Thursday through Sunday, March 28 to 31, at the West Palm Beach Waterfront along Flagler Drive—continues to expand each year, with $1.2 billion worth of yachts, boats and accessories. The hundreds of boats at the waterfront marina range from 8-foot inflatables to 300-foot superyachts, with just about every size and type of vessel in between. It's a special show, enjoyed by exhibitors and attendees alike because the docks are less crowded than shows in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, so there is time and space to see the yachts in a leisurely way.
The Windward VIP experience, located inside the (air-conditioned!) Lakeside Pavilion on Flagler Drive, adds an extra element, thanks to its on-water lounge with bar, concierge service, indoor/outdoor seating overlooking the show and complimentary food and drink.
We perused the list of participating vessels, and here we present the 12 best yachts at this year's show.
Built in 2010, the 190-foot Trinity superyacht Skyfall underwent an extensive refit in 2018 to maximize its entertaining and social areas. The yacht was designed with forward-thinking features like a split-level master apartment (that includes his-and-her bathrooms, private office and forward bedroom with a 280-degree view), elevator between its decks and a tender garage that turns into a beach club. The designers also gave Skyfall a minimal 8-foot-6-inch-draft so the yacht could move among the islands of the Bahamas freely.
The interior has a classic look bordering on opulent, with dark woods, light marble floors and plenty of carpeting. Even the teak flooring on the expansive outer decks is bleached to a lighter color for a distinctive look. The refit also added a seventh stateroom so the yacht can hold up to 17 guests. Skyfall has a top speed of 21 knots, with a range of 4,600 nautical miles at 13.5 knots.
Considered the maestro of superyacht designers, Jon Bannenberg's Coral Island was originally built in 1994, with breakthrough components like a gym and spa that would become standard issue in the superyacht world. Lürssen gave the yacht a serious systems and interior update several years ago for a new owner and it was renamed Coral Ocean. The fact that the yacht seems contemporary shows that it was more than 25 years ahead of its time. The yacht's Polynesian beach-house interior blends dozens of natural woods, rough marbles and even seashell handles along with luxurious creams, beiges and browns. Bannenberg also included a collection of African and Asian tribal artifacts that turns the interior from a Pier 1 Imports showroom into a serious collector's beach house. With six large staterooms for the owner and guests, the 238-foot yacht is also capable of carrying up to 19 crew. Coral Ocean's twin Caterpillar 3516 engines gives it a top end of 17 knots, with a maximum range of 6,000 nautical miles at a friendly cruise. After the Palm Beach show, the yacht will return to its charter circuit.
The Tim Heywood exterior and Laura Sessa interior pack a one-two creative punch for this one-of-a-kind 180 Amels built on a proven platform. Launched in 2016, Elixir is noteworthy for its open exterior, which devotes as much space as possible to social areas on all levels, including an unusually large foredeck patio on the upper deck. There is a beautiful view from every angle, thanks to the glass enclosures and open railings along the sides rather than solid bulkheads, and the winter garden on the stern section. Sessa used light colors across the interior for a relaxed look but she kept the sense of formality with high-end woods, stones and loose decor. The main saloon is open-plan, with sofas in the center, and the upper saloon features a grand piano. The yacht has five staterooms that can accommodate 12 guests. A foldout balcony in the master suite adds to the yacht's expansive feel, with a steam shower for a spa sensibility. Elixir can accommodate up to 13 crew. Y.CO will display the yacht.
Delivered last year, the 157-foot Silver Fox is a prime example of the new Baglietto. Francesco Paszkowski's exterior is long and svelte, but the new 48 T Line design employs every inch of available space for social areas on the exterior to make it the great entertainer.
In profile, the design is almost misleading because the sense of openness is undercut by the ragged lines and high bulwarks, but a closer look at the aft area of the upper deck or the 1,500-square-foot enclave on the top deck gives a sense of how serious the Italian builder is about retaining its historic slender profile while pushing into the future of large social spaces.
The Baglietto team designed the interior, combining Italian walnut joinery with Canaletto nut pattern on the floors and accents of gold and bronze. It's an elegant look that shifts between starched elegance and elegantly relaxed. The dining room, for instance, has a table for 10 in its own dedicated formal space, but the main saloon just behind has loose white furniture and exceptionally large windows that provide a more laid-back feel. Baglietto did a wonderful job balancing contemporary and formal, without compromising a sense of relaxation.
This 197-foot custom yacht was the fourth that Abeking & Rasmussen built for US auto baron Herb Chambers. Launched in 2012, the Reymond Langton design has a fairly traditional-looking exterior, with a navy hull and white superstructure, but the interior has a contemporary opulence that is defined by circular saloons, custom furniture and a beautiful master apartment on the owner's deck.
That yacht boasts a dedicated cinema, gym overlooking the water and an enormous beach club. Excellence V has seven staterooms for 14 guests and accommodations for 18 crew. The displacement superyacht can reach a top-end speed of 14 knots.
This first of the Mangusta's Oceano 43 series by designer Alberto Mancini was delivered in 2017, but first hit US shores last fall. The 141-foot yacht was a sea change for the Italian builder, which made its reputation on performance superyachts. Its ABS Class and MCA designation has given the Oceano 43 instant pedigree in the superyacht world.
Mancini's trideck design has made exceptional use of the exterior space, including a pool with a glass face on the foredeck and an open top deck that extends across a third of the yacht.
Namaste's interior is white, airy and contemporary, with white furniture offset by dark floors. The Oceano 43 reaches a top end of 15 knots, with a cruise of 11 knots, with a range of 4,500 nautical miles.
Christensen's Chasseur, which launched in 2017, features one of the most interesting recent interior designs in the 50-meter class. Working closely with the owner, Varo Interior Design of Vancouver took a highly minimalist approach by using straight lines, contrasting woods, neutral and bright wall colors and circular windows to create an eclectic-looking interior.
It's the opposite of a show-offy interior with a lot of high-gloss details, and the abundant senses of light, space and simplicity give it an elegant, unique look. Much of the decor is made from natural materials, including woven leather, shell or shagreen, while the designer incorporated signature pieces from Hermès. The yacht's silver hull may be the most flamboyant part of this landmark yacht for Christensen.
Designed by the A Group, the 166-foot Lazy Z by Oceanco was delivered in 1997 and has since gone through several refits, including a $4 million refit in 2012 that gave the yacht not only a significant makeover, but added Quantum zero-speed stabilizers to upgrade the quality of life on board. A second refit followed in 2017. With accommodations for 12 guests in six staterooms, the yacht features a full-beam, split-level master apartment that occupies about a third of the main deck's square footage.
As a feature, the observation lounge in the owner's suite was well ahead of its time, giving the owner the ability to turn the area into a private study or, alternatively, enjoy meals with the ultimate views. Lazy Z also has a fully equipped gym and a cascading stairway that connects the four decks. This Oceanco yacht has a top speed of 17 knots, with a cruising range of 3,600 nautical miles at 15 knots. It is powered by twin 1,920 hp MTU diesels.
Creating an asymmetrical yacht might sound like bad design but stepping aboard Sanlorenzo's new SL102 shows that it pays to think outside the boat. Understanding that most yachts these days are more like luxury apartments, where space is a premium, Sanlorenzo's designers saw that eliminating a side passage and stairway to the top deck would not impact the functionality of the yacht. It would, however, add 110 precious square feet to the interior.
The result is a very open, chic motor yacht that has a decisive edge over competitors of the same length. Speaking of edges, its twin MTU 16V 2000 M96 diesels give it a top end of 28 knots.
While Pershing's stunning new carbon-fiber 8X made its January debut in Europe, its appearance in Palm Beach will be the first time it is seen where it belongs, in the water. The Fulvio de Simoni design retains the brand's historical look, but Pershing's longtime designer also added unique cues, including a circular stairway that looks like a winged arch, a saloon that opens fully into the aft cockpit for true indoor-outdoor connectivity and an ultra-sleek bridge that maintains the 84-footer's coupe heritage from the distance. Having a superstructure entirely built from carbon fiber is also a first for this size motor yacht. The significantly lighter weight allows the 8X to reach speeds of 45 knots with its standard 16V MTU 2000 M96L diesel engines, and 48 knots with the upgraded versions.
The yacht can also be configured with staterooms for eight guests, and accommodations for two crew, or with three staterooms for six guests and crew quarters for two. The 8X should be well received in South Florida, where performance and good looks are equally cherished.
Numarine's 78HT Adonis is making as big a splash at this week's Palm Beach International Boat Show, in part because of the advanced electronics and entertainment package by Furrion. The innovative Furrion package will differentiate the motor yacht from other vessels of similar size.
Adonis distinguishes itself via features such as the redesigned superyacht sundeck, with four reclining sunbeds and a central helm, a four-person sunbed down on the cockpit, and large sofas on the foredeck. The coupe-like design is buttoned down for running in big seas or rough weather, but the yacht's large skyroof and sizable cockpit windows bathe the main deck with natural light. The yacht houses four staterooms: a master, two guests and one VIP.
The 78HTS sports two 1,550 hp MAN diesel engines, delivering a top speed of 38 knots. At 28 knots, the boat has a range of 400 nautical miles.
Hong Kong–based yacht builder Cheoy Lee—rebranded CL Yachts—brought its new CLA76f and CLB72 models, designed by product designer Jozeph Forakis. The 76-foot, 9-inch CLB72 features a resin-infused, composite hull and foam-cored monocoque structure. This model was designed by naval architect Howard Apollonio structural engineering by Gurit. The CLB72 is efficient and sports a maximum speed of 30 knots. Offering up outdoor gathering zones at the shaded aft deck, sun-soaked foredeck and beach platform, as well as the flydeck with helm station, barbecue and refrigerator, and sofa.
The main deck houses the saloon, dining area, and galley, and the lower deck is home to the master stateroom, VIP, and a guest cabin, as well as crew quarters.
Jarrett Bay Boatworks is launching its new custom 67 Sport Yacht Privateer at the Palm Beach show. The yacht has a retro look, particularly through the Carolina flare of its bow, but the design and technology are contemporary. It also has some unusual design cues for an offshore fishing battlewagon, like hardtop racks for two paddleboards. The yacht's owner, who is tall, requested and received unusual headroom. There is 7 feet, 4 inches of clearance in the lower galley and even 6 feet, 9 inches at the helm.
The interior also differs from most sportfishing convertibles with the open space and natural light. The North Carolina shipyard used a contrast of woods, including light maple flooring and dark mahogany in the cabinetry. Jarrett Bay yachts are designed for offshore running, so what is beneath the hull is just as important as the layout. Jarrett Bay built the 67 with high-tech, lightweight core materials that are sandwiched with E-glass and vacuum-infused for a high strength-to-weight ratio. That makes the hull strong, light and tough, capable of reaching a top end of 32 knots but also battling the rough seas off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.
The Magellano 53 remains the classic rendition of an elegant, long-range yacht, with Azimut's flare for interior design and Dutch superyacht designer's Cor D. Rover signature hull. The 53-footer was designed for long-distance cruisers who could spend weeks aboard the yacht as it moves along pristine coasts or across the Gulf Stream into the Bahamas. The yacht has a sense of informal elegance that shows across the interior. The Dual-Mode hull also lets it run at speed or in a much more efficient long-distance mode. The designers made sure to maximize space on the outside of the yacht, with a sun bed on the foredeck, spacious flybridge and 130-square-foot cockpit.
Azimut Magellano 53's spacious main deck.


The new thriller Night Moves finds Kelly Reichardt, one of American independent cinema's smartest and most talented young directors, staging her most ambitious feature yet. Where Reichardt's previous films, like 2008's Wendy and Lucy and 2006's Old Joy—which, for my money, is among finest American features of the 2000s—were quiet, observational, small in scale, Night Moves continues the ambitious trajectory toward grander, higher-stakes narratives that the filmmaker began with her terrific, haunting 2010 neo-western Meek's Cutoff.
That isn't to suggest that Reichardt has shed her distinctive style and tone—each scene still manages to burrow into some dark, queasy corner of human psychology and interaction, rife with tension and uncertainty yet always belied by lackadaisical and naturalistic pacing in the dialogue and action. But in Night Moves, she deploys this hypnotic, quietly tangled realism in service of a stark morality play, haunted by its central characters' oblique psychological demons.
The film's story follows three radical environmental activists in rural southern Oregon in the preparation, execution, and aftermath of a clandestine plan to blow up a dam. As the film begins, Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) and Dena (Dakota Fanning) buy a boat and drive into the woods to meet their third co-conspirator, Harmon (Peter Sarsgaard), whereupon the trio begins loading the boat with fertilizer and explosive equipment.
There's a loveliness to the sequences of rote, steady preparation that follow, nestled into the gently rising anxiety of the narrative's first act, with each character's frayed nerves creeping into view in distinctive ways. Even the execution of their plan comes across as muted—a way station on the characters' shared journey and not its endpoint. Days later—after our protagonists, observing key tenets of activist culture, have ostensibly severed all contact for the foreseeable future—news arrives that a wayward camper sleeping on the banks of the river may have been killed in the blast, and the final chapter's tragic trajectory comes into view, only faintly at first but soon with devastating clarity.
Reichardt's longtime collaborator Jon Raymond (who shares her spare style and has written nearly all of her films) provides the screenplay, and it's fascinating to watch him wrap his keen sense of subtlety around such a potent, fraught tale. The actors lend a fair amount of depth to his web of psychological suspense and complex conflict, but the script feels stretched thin between trying to craft great character moments and trying to keep the plot's momentum alive.
Fanning gives the best performance of the leads, imbuing Dena with intelligence, pathos, and principle, implicitly undermining Josh and Harmon's reductive characterizations of her as a "rich kid" out of her depth. Eisenberg fares a bit worse, and it often feels like he's not been given terribly much to do. His stiff demeanor—within which lies great capacity for gravitas, as evinced by his roles in David Fincher's The Social Network and, more recently, Richard Ayoade's The Double—keeps the audience at too safe a distance from his character's sympathies until it's too late to care much about his decisions. Meanwhile, the story's other characters—even Harmon, to an extent—figure largely as ciphers against whom Josh and Dena incubate and negotiate and incubate their respective paranoias in the film's back half.
After her debut, 1994's River of Grass, Reichardt was unable to find funding for further projects for quite some time, outside of a smattering of shorts. When returned to the world of features with Old Joy over two decades later, she had found a remarkably distinctive and versatile stylistic voice that propelled each of her successive films to indie success and critical adoration. Night Moves may be the most flawed film to date of this latter era, but that speaks more to the superb work preceding it than it does to the film itself. Clever, laconic and preternaturally psychologically acute, this great thriller finds a masterful director stepping out toward new narrative ground with her unique voice intact and strong as ever.


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US man сonvicted after buying Lamborghini with pandemic funds
The Miami resident also purchased Rolex and Hublot watches, as well as clothing from Chanel, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton, court files reveal
Valesky Barosy is facing over 20 years in prison after he was convicted of ripping off the US government for $2.1 million in Covid-19 relief loans meant for struggling small businesses. A federal jury found the Haitian immigrant guilty of nine counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft on Monday.
The Miami resident used his ill-gotten gains to purchase a Lamborghini Huracan EVO sports car, luxury watches from Rolex and Hublot, and designer clothing from Chanel, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton, according to court filings. Unlike some fraudsters, he didn't hide his scores, instead reportedly showing off his prized possessions to his 110,000 Instagram followers (the account has since been made private).
Court records show he presented himself as an "immigrant success story," having arrived from Haiti a decade ago and worked his way up from an entry-level position at Walmart to "regional vice president" of an unnamed "credit repair company." A self-aggrandizing press release written about him in 2019 describes how he supposedly made millions of dollars in his quest to lead Americans out of the darkness of "financial illiteracy" by repairing their credit scores.
Shocking scale of Covid relief fraud revealed
However, the indictment against him details how he fabricated expenses, net profit and payroll figures and submitted phony IRS tax forms for his company VBarosySolutions Inc. This was done in order to dupe the Small Business Administration into handing over millions in Paycheck Protection Program loans, which were meant for businesses struggling under Covid-19 economic shutdowns and did not have to be paid back if borrowers met certain conditions.
Barosy, who was arrested in December, was far from the only south Florida local to get caught with his hand in the pandemic cookie jar. James Stote and Phillip Augustin are also facing up to 20 years in prison each after pleading guilty to taking in millions of dollars in exchange for shepherding through fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan applications across the country.
Some 25 people were charged in connection with the ring, including former NFL player Joshua Bellamy and recording artist Diamond Smith.
Experts believe as much as 10% of the $800 billion handed out by the PPP went to fraudsters, while tens of billions more were likely stolen from other pandemic relief initiatives.


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Rebuilding the Blue Wall
Amy Walter at Cook Political Report has a good piece out on the Democrats' best shot in 2020. The setup:
"There's something of a consensus forming that the 'easiest' or least risky electoral path for the Democratic nominee in 2020 is to reconstruct the so-called "Blue Wall" in the industrial midwest. If the Democratic nominee wins every state Hillary Clinton carried in 2016, plus Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, that Democrat would win 278 electoral votes — eight more than the 270 needed to win. Just as important, it means that Democrats wouldn't need to sweat Ohio or Florida. They can lose those big, electoral-vote-rich states, and still have enough to win the White House."
"Trump carried the Wolverine state in 2016 by less than 11,000 votes. But, a recent WDIV/Detroit News poll finds Trump's job approval in the state a bleak 38 percent favorable to 53 percent unfavorable....More ominously for the president, his job approval rating among independent voters in the state was just 43 percent, with 50 percent disapproving. EPIC/MRA pollster Bernie Porn, who founded the non-partisan Michigan-based polling firm more than 25 years ago, told me that even a motivated GOP base will get Trump, at best 43 percent of the vote. The rest needs to come from independents and/or disaffected Democrats."
Wisconsin:
"A Marquette University poll in mid-January found Trump's job approval underwater by 8 points (44 percent to 52 percent). More dangerously, however, almost 50 percent of voters in Wisconsin (49 percent) say they'd definitely vote against Trump in 2020, while another 8 percent said they'd probably vote against him. Meanwhile, just under a third of Wisconsin voters (27 percent) say they will definitely vote for the president in 2020 with another 12 percent saying they'd probably support him next year."
"Unfortunately, we don't have much recent polling in Pennsylvania. But, a January Morning Consult survey pegged Trump's job approval in the state at -10, similar to his showing in Virginia."
So, what could go wrong?
"Ambivalent voters who disliked both presidential nominees. Tepid enthusiasm from Democrats for their nominee. Tremendous support and energy from Republicans for theirs. Those were the three most important factors in Trump's success in the three blue wall states. As we look to 2020, we know that Trump continues to enjoy solid support from his base, but the Democrats are at least equally energized to get out and vote against him. This leaves the battle for the 'ambivalent' voter as the most critical piece of the 2020 strategy. Trump has done little in his tenure in office to woo those not already in his base. The only question now is if Democrats will nominate a candidate who can appeal to these voters, or if they will choose a flawed candidate who will, once again, force these voters into having to decide between the "best-worst-choice."
Hmm. Now who might be the Democratic candidates who could appeal to those voters? That's the 64 zillion dollar question.
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Q: loading button while download file is not starting I want my user to download a PHPExcel file and I want my button to disable and say Loading... while the file is not starting to download. The thing is the download button is getting data from my database MySql to put in every cell of the Excel format required to generate this file. I cant find some answer to this type pf problem. Thanks in advance.
This is my PHP code to generate the Excel file.
    if(isset($_POST['dl_xls'])){
    include_once('php/connection.php');
    include('Classes/PHPExcel.php');
    require_once "Classes/PHPExcel/IOFactory.php";

    //auto generate PR number >>>

        $sql_check_exist = "SELECT pr_digits_ID FROM pr_digits WHERE PR_ID ='".$pr_id."' LIMIT 1";
        $query_check_exist = mysqli_query($db,$sql_check_exist);
        $sql_max_digits = "SELECT MAX(pr_digit) AS max_digit FROM pr_digits WHERE year ='".$year."' AND month = '".$month."' ORDER BY pr_digits_ID DESC LIMIT 20";
        $query_max_digits = mysqli_query($db,$sql_max_digits);

        if(mysqli_num_rows($query_check_exist) == 0){

            if(mysqli_num_rows($query_max_digits)>0){

                $r_d = mysqli_fetch_array($query_max_digits);
                $max_digit = $r_d['max_digit'];
                $max_digit += 1;
                $sql_add_digit= "INSERT INTO pr_digits (PR_ID, year, month, pr_digit) VALUES ('".$pr_id."','".$year."', '".$month."', '".$max_digit."')";
                mysqli_query($db,$sql_add_digit);
                $dig = sprintf('%03d',$max_digit);
                $c = $year.'-'.$month.'-'.$dig;

            }else{

                $r_d = mysqli_fetch_array($query_max_digits);
                $max_digit = 1;
                $sql_add_digit = "INSERT INTO pr_digits (PR_ID, year, month, pr_digit) VALUES ('".$pr_id."','".$year."', '".$month."', '".$max_digit."')";
                mysqli_query($db,$sql_add_digit);
                $dig = sprintf('%03d',$max_digit);
                $c = $year.'-'.$month.'-'.$dig;

            }
        }else{

        }

    //<<<<<

    $col_no = 17;
    //load template
    $obj_tmp = PHPExcel_IOFactory::load("src/dole_template.xls");
    $obj_tmp ->setActiveSheetIndex(0);
    while($data_row=mysqli_fetch_array($rsitems)){

        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('A'.$col_no, $data_row['quantity']);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('B'.$col_no, $data_row['unit_issue']);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('C'.$col_no, $data_row['item_des']);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('G'.$col_no, $data_row['unit_cost']);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('H'.$col_no, $data_row['total_cost']);
    $col_no = $col_no + 2;
    }

        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('B7', $for_use);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('A12', $f_office);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('D12', $c);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('G12', $pr_date);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('B41', $pr_purpose);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('G41', $pr_brand);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E43', $pr_reason);
        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('B47', $pr_year);

            ### Recommending Approval
            if($f_office === 'IMSD/PROPERTY' || $f_office === 'IMSD/PERSONNEL' || $f_office === 'IMSD/CASHIER' || $f_office === 'IMSD/DOCKET' || $f_office === 'OD' || $f_office === 'ARD/ADMIN'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'JULIE F. RODRIGUEZ');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'OIC-Chief, IMSD');

            }else if($f_office === 'EPWW' || $f_office === 'EPWW/LIVELIHOOD'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'AURORA E. HALCON');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'OIC, TSSD-EPWW');

            }else if($f_office === 'LRLS' || $f_office === 'LRLS/PLANNING'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'NELIA MUNGCAL');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'OIC, TSSD-LRLS');

            }else if($f_office === 'MALSU'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'ATTY. MARION SEVILLA');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'Head, MALSU');

            }else if($f_office === 'COA'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'MILAGROS PILAR');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'Audit Team Leader');

            }else if($f_office === 'ARD/LABOR'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'ATTY. MARIA CONSUELO S. BACAY');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'Asst. Regional Director');

            }else if($f_office === 'MPFO'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'ROWELLA G. GRANDE');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'Director II, MPFO');

            }else if($f_office === 'CFO'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'ANDREA P. CABANSAG');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'Director II, CFO');

            }else if($f_office === 'MFO'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'LEONIDES CASTILLON JR.');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'Director II, MFO');

            }else if($f_office === 'PFO'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'MA. CORAZON PEPITO');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'Director II, PFO');

            }else if($f_office === 'MTPLFO'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'BENVENUTO C. ALEGRE');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'Director II, MTPLFO');

            }else if($f_office === 'QCFO'){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E49', 'LILIBETH CAGARA');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E50', 'Director II, QCFO');

            }

            ### Approved
            if($total_s > 50000){

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E54', 'NELSON C. HORNILLA');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E55', 'OIC, Regional Director');
            }else{

                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E54', 'IRMA S. VALIENTE');
                $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('E55', 'Assistant Regional Director');
            }

        $obj_tmp -> getActiveSheet() -> SetCellValue('H39', $total_s);

    $filename= $c.'.xls';
    header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
    header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="'.$filename.'"');
    header('Cache-Control: max-age=0');
    $obj_writer = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($obj_tmp, 'Excel5');
    $obj_writer ->save('php://output');

    $update_pr_no = "UPDATE pr_table SET save = 1, pr_no='".$c."'  WHERE PR_ID = '".$pr_id."'";
        mysqli_query($db,$update_pr_no);
        mysqli_close($db);

I know I need to use some jquery here to get that logic but I dont know how XD I got  some simple jquery that changes the text inside the button.
    function button_ds() {
        _('add_btn').disabled = true;
        _('dl_xls').innerHTML = 'Click to go Back';

    }

And the HTML form that POST the dl_xls
    <form method="POST" role="form" id="dl_xls_frm">
                            <button type="submit" name="dl_xls" id="dl_xls" class="btn btn-success" onclick="button_ds()">Download Excel  </button>
                            </form>

Thanks again.

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USC researchers to raise three Confederate cannons from river
Mar 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM Mar 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM
A team of underwater archaeologists from the University of South Carolina will begin work to locate and raise three Confederate cannons from the silty sediment at the bottom of Mars Bluff on the Pee Dee River, USC announced Wednesday.
A team of underwater archaeologists from the University of South Carolina will begin work to locate and raise three Confederate cannons � each weighing upwards of 15 tons � from the silty sediment at the bottom of Mars Bluff on the Pee Dee River, USC announced Wednesday.
Led by state underwater archaeologist Christopher Amer, researchers from the university�s S.C. Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology will use remote sensing technology, including a magnetometer that identifies the presence of iron, to survey the Confederate Mars Bluff Navy Yard on the Pee Dee River and locate the nine-, 10- and 15-ton cannons. The Navy Yard is on the east side of the river in Marion County.
The survey is set to begin April 30, with location of the cannons and excavation of the Naval Yard taking place in late May to mid-June. Once located and verified, the cannons, also called gun tubes, will be raised as early as this fall. The project is funded in part by a $200,000 grant from the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation in Florence.
The Mars Bluff Naval Yard was one of seven Confederate naval yards that were located inland so gunboats and support vessels for the war could be built and protected from Union forces. Mars Bluff was chosen for its inland location, proximity to the railroad, water communication with Charleston via Georgetown and the abundance of ash, oak and pine lumber.
The cannons to be located and recovered are from the 170-foot gunboat C.S.S. Pee Dee, which was constructed at Mars Bluff and launched in January 1865. The Pee Dee�s career was cut short when Gen. William T. Sherman�s Union troops advanced northward, leading to the destruction of the naval yard and the scuttling of the Pee Dee on March 15, 1865.
Historic records indicate the C.S.S. Pee Dee had two Confederate brooks rifled cannons and one captured Union Dahlgren, smooth-bore, nine-inch shell cannon on board at the time of the ship�s sinking.


The train of time, DenLiner. Will its next stop be the past? The future?
The world of KAMEN RIDER DEN-O is a world of Heroes and Villains, a world where the memories of the past dictate the path of the future. One day, an unassuming young man named Ryotaro Nogami finds a small item called a Rider Pass, which allows him to transform into a Kamen Rider, an armored warrior charged with defending the flow of time. With the help of Yuuto Sakurai, a figure from his past chosen as the mysterious Kamen Rider Zeronos, and Hana, a figure from his future with a grudge against the enemy, Ryotaro seeks to defend time and those important to him from the menace of the monstrous Imagin, as the mighty Kamen Rider Den-O!


General Motors said Tuesday it has signed a binding agreement to sell its Saab unit to Swedish sports car maker Koenigsegg Group, reaffirming a preliminary deal it struck in June. But questions remain about the financing for the transaction.
The transaction is subject to a funding commitment for Saab from the European Investment Bank, to be guaranteed by the Swedish government. And the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise has also cautioned that other conditions must be met.
Meanwhile, the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Industri reported on Tuesday that Augie Fabela, the chairman of Koenigsegg Chairman, said that 3 billion Swedish crowns, or $413.6 million, of financing were still required in addition to the loan from the European Investment Bank.
G.M. said the sale of Saab was expected to close by year's end; a Koenigsegg spokeswoman told Reuters on Tuesday the firm expected to close the deal within about a month.
Remember that it is we US taxpayers who are paying for all the operating losses at GM worldwide. So I want to see GM rid itself of this cash consuming loser business ASAP so that no more of my tax dollars are wasted supporting surplus workers in Europe )they can't vote for Dem candidates I hope0.
So please put the keys to the plant on the conference table and walk – no run – away. Same for Opel and Hummer etc.
So the Swedish government is going to by Saab from the American government. Cesar Chavez here we come. Does anyone out there see the irony? (hmm irony – a pun in itself.
In less than 200 days in office our government has taken over the banks, insurance companies, and two car companies and now wants to control the whole health sector. Does the phrase "overripe fruit" ring a bell?


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Facebook Testing "Listen" Buttons?, LinkedIn's India Membership Rises To 13 Million, Yahoo May Cut Its Alibaba Stock
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.
By Nidhi Subbaraman 2 minute Read
Facebook Testing "Listen" Button? Remember at F8, when Mark Zuckerberg told us about some upcoming changes expected at Facebook? As users begin adopting the new Timeline, early screenshots are showing a new "Listen" button that is turning up on some Ticker feeds. It looks like Facebook is testing that Spotify integration they'd been planning, that will let Facebookers know and listen to the same music their friends are. Stay tuned. —NS
–Updated 9:40 a.m. EST
Founder Of Xerox Labs Dies, Leaves Scant Trace On Internets. Jacob E. Goldman, the founder of Xerox Labs, has died at the age of 90. As Xerox's chief research scientist, he founded and led the research arm of the technology company that invented the personal computer. But this tech legend has left surprisingly little trace of himself on the IT information networks his work enabled–YouTube searches come up short, and even Wikipedia contains only a passing mention of his life and contributions. —NS
Asus's "Transformer" Tablet Invites Lawsuit From Hasbro. Hasbro, owners of the Transformers franchise, is suing computer maker Asus over the name of its latest tablet. The tablet, the "Transformer Prime," and the tablet keyboard it's paired with, spooked Hasbro enough to make them file a preliminary injunction in a district court, The Verge reports. —NS
Yahoo May Cut Its Alibaba Stock. Sources have told Bloomberg that Yahoo officials are meeting today to consider a cutback on their stock holdings in Alibaba, China's biggest e-commerce company. Yahoo is expected to scale back its 40% stake down to about 15%, a deal worth more that $17 billion. —NS
LinkedIn Hits 13 million Users In India. LinkedIn reached 13 million users in India, making the subcontinent LinkedIn's largest membership base. The company launched in India in November 2009, and added 10 million members by June 2011. The company has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore, and a new technology center in Bangalore. —NS
Facebook To Tweak Privacy For Non-U.S. Users. Facebook has agreed to tweak privacy features for users outside the U.S. after an audit of the company's international offices by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner. Among the planned changes, Facebook will give people a clearer warning about the facial recognition technology and will share more information about how data is used by third-party apps, Reuters explains. Facebook's Ireland offices are responsible for all the social network's users outside the U.S. and Canada. —NS
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Charles Haughey, the then-Taoiseach, who arrived in London meeting Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street for talks about Northern Ireland.
BARONESS MARGARET THATCHER, Britain's first female prime minister who was known by many as 'The Iron Lady', has died at the age of 87 following a stroke.
During her time in office from 1979 – 1990, she had many dealings with Ireland, particularly around the issue of Northern Ireland, leading to the Anglo-Irish agreement.
The aim of the agreement was to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, but it did not curb the violence or bring about reconciliation.
In 1979, Airey Neave, Mrs Thatcher's spokesman on Northern Ireland, died in a car bomb at the House of Commons which was set by the INLA.
Thatcher refused to give concessions to the Irish Republican hunger strikers in the early 1980s, and commented following the death of Bobby Sands that "he chose to take his own life".
A bomb was subsequently planted at a Brighton hotel in 1984 by an IRA member with the intention of assassinating Thatcher and her cabinet.
Thatcher escaped injury but five people were killed.
In 1985, Thatcher signed the controversial Anglo-Irish agreement with Ireland's then-Taoiseach, the late Dr Garret Fitzgerald, at Hillsborough House near Belfast in Northern Ireland.
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'Strictly No Admittance' is the first in an occasional series of sonic encounters with abstract painting.
On the occasion of this recording, the painter, Sandra Sagan, was present only through their work; I was present, in situ. The event had no audience; the process of musical composition required solitude and an uninterrupted presencing of mind on my part.
I'd observed Sandra's paintings for the past four years at the School of Art, Aberystwyth University, where she and I worked in our respective roles as tutee and tutor. 'Suspension' (the title of her second MA Fine Art exhibition) represents both a display of individual painting and an installation of such that was responsive to, and collaborative with, the exhibition space.
The room was hung with seven paintings: two were placed vertically on the floor, back to back; two more were affixed to walls at right angles one to another; two more were situated at right angles, with one attached to a wall and the other suspended from the ceiling; and a further painting placed on the wall, in isolation. The room was illuminated by only a low luminosity, cool ambient light emanating from behind and above the mounting boards. The visual impression, within the otherwise white interior, was akin to the perpetual onset of dusk.
Sandra made her paintings to music. I wanted to make music to her paintings. Her artworks were essentially neo-minimalist in orientation: non-hierarchical surfaces comprising brushed layers of neutral, high-key coloured oil paint, into and onto which lines and other residues of autography were inscribed, like the trace of a skater's blades upon the ice.
My approach was to, as far as possible, create an analogical equivalent in sound for the scale and ratio of the support, the abrupt edges of the pictorial boundary, the paintings' tonality and colouration, and the processes of superimposition, gesturalism, and mark making that characterized her work. The recording was made in situ, over two hours and at night, in order to facilitate a direct response to not only the paintings but also their context.
Context: Recorded at: Live Art: Dialogues3, The Project Room, Postgraduate Exhibition 2015, School of Art, Aberystwyth University, 2 October 2015. Composed and mastered in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, 9 October 2015.


Little Mrs. Married: good food & good friends!
We had an excellent time last night at my friend Becca's house. Becca made chicken tortilla soup, I brought chips & a delicious queso dip, Adam made a jalepeno bread, and Melanie, Becca's sister, made a beautiful salad. Oooh, and there were brownies as well. We played Apples to Apples and Taboo, too! Been awhile since i've played those games; we had a great time! I got my baby fix, too. Melanie's son, Jameson, was there & he was a pretty cool easygoing little guy! I never heard him cry & he entertains himself quite well for a four-month old!
I'm pretty sure my non-stop picture taking was bordering on obnoxious....yeahhhh, sorry 'bout that! :) But i got some good pics. Fun times!
Beautiful colorful salad! Great job, Melanie!
Adam checking on his jalepeno bread (it was delish!).
Cutie patootie Jameson! Such a happy baby!
John (a new friend!) & Adam during Apples to Apples!
We had a great time & i hope we do it again soon!


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Gospel's Newest Artist Genita Pugh Asks "Who Can?" [NEW MUSIC VIDEO]
Over the last three years, Genita Pugh has emerged as one of the gospel world's brightest new luminaries.
She's turned in national Top 30 hits such as "You Made It Possible", "Can't Live" and "Holy to the Lamb" that made it all the way up to #12 on Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart. Now, Pugh returns to the airwaves with "You Can", a song of faith with a `70s throwback R&B groove that's guaranteed to take her back to the top.
Read: J Long's Trip From Pretty Ricky To Jesus [VIDEO]
"The song challenges the believer to take an introspective look at their belief and faith in The Most High to provide, restore, create and deliver in the time of need," says Terry Woods who wrote the song that was originally recorded by his brother, Jerard Woods, in 2007. "It also points us to the One who can be everything when all else has failed."
It's a message that resonates well with Pugh who grew up in the church thanks to her grandmother, Willavry Glen, taking she and her siblings every Sunday when they were kids. She's lived in Laurel, MS all of her life and spent years as a hairdresser before her husband, Donald Pugh, nudged her to launch a musical career. Although, she had always sung in the church choir, Pugh says, "I never had that confidence in myself to think my voice was good enough to ever be [national]."
Now that Pugh's been successful on the national scene and released two CDs, including her current Top Ten project, "My Purpose" (Eternity Records), Pugh is a testament to the idea that God can do anything and make dreams manifest. "My prayer has not been for me to be famous, not for me to be rich nor be this great star," she says. "My prayer has been that people's lives will be changed and that somebody will be saved, healed, delivered, restored and renewed."
Read: Lecrae – "Lord Have Mercy Ft. Tedashii " [NEW MUSIC VIDEO]
The ministry aspect is what's of the most importance to Pugh who sees herself as an evangelist first and a singer second which is why she spends so much time talking to people about their lives and even ministers to fans on Facebook. "When I was growing up I wanted to be a teacher and I wanted to be a movie star not knowing that God had a plan even much greater for my life that I am a teacher – a teacher of the gospel and I'm not a movie star as far as in the limelight but I am a moving star meaning that I'm a reflection of the light of Jesus."
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Children's personal belongings touching in multiple classrooms.
Unless the provider is a parent, stepparent, quardian, custodian, or other relative to each child in the care of the provider, the individual annually must recieve at least twelve (12) hours of continuing education approved by the division and related to the age appropriate education development, care, and safety of children.
Bottles not labeled with child's name,date and time made.
Sinks not sealed to wall in the hallway restrooms.
Chairs stacked in the 4/5's room and game room a tipping hazard.Tables leaning against wall in game room a tipping hazard. Diaper Pal in the 1's room being stored on top of shelf a tipping hazard.
Children's coats touching in multiple classrooms.
Chairs stacked in multiple classrooms. Tables leaning in the upstair classroom a tipping hazard.
One toliet in the youth room not flushing.
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David Vonwiller (* 29. September 1794 in St. Gallen; † 18. April 1856 in Neapel) war ein Schweizer Kaufmann und Industrieller. Er gründete eine Firmengruppe im Textilbereich, welche ihn in Süditalien zum bedeutendsten Industriepionier seiner Zeit machte.

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David Vonwiller wuchs in bescheidenen Verhältnissen auf. Mit 14 Jahren machte er eine Lehre im St. Galler Musselin-Handelshaus Mittelholzer & Züblin. Für seinen Arbeitgeber bereiste er ab 1815 Süditalien um Baumwollgarne und Baumwollgewebe zu importieren. Zusammen mit Friedrich Züblin gründete er 1824 in Neapel die Handelsfirma Züblin & Vonwiller, die später zu Vonwiller & C. umbenannt wurde. Neben dem Import erweiterte er die Geschäftsbereiche seines Unternehmens um das Bankgeschäft und die Produktion und den Vertrieb italienischer Baumwollprodukte. Vonwiller war an einer Vielzahl von Firmengründungen beteiligt. 1830 erbaute er in Fratte di Salerno eine Spinnerei, später eine Weberei, Färberei und eine Kattundruckerei. Aus diesem Industriekomplex ging 1835 die Firma Schlaepfer Wenner & C. hervor. Im selben Jahr war er an der Gründung der Spinnerei mit dem Namen Escher & C. beteiligt. Weitere Produktionsstätten wurden in Castellammare di Stabia, Angri und Bari erbaut.

In den 1840er Jahren produzierte seine Firmengruppe zwei Drittel des Textilbedarfs des Königreich Neapels.

1823 heiratete er Maria Carolina Clara Breglia. Vonwiller starb am 18. April 1856 und wurde im Cimitero degli Inglesi (Friedhof der Engländer) in Neapel beerdigt.

Literatur
 G. Wenner: David Vonwiller. In: Schweizer Pioniere der Wirtschaft und Technik 9, 1959, S. 43–78.

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Graph drawn in Excel using the NORMDIST function.
What is intelligence? The definition I like is that intelligence is "the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations ... also : the skilled use of reason" (7). I have heard some people misuse the word smart to mean knowledgeable. That is like confusing velocity with distance. That one can lead to the other does not mean that they are the same thing, especially in societies where education is not universal.
I.Q. = Intelligence Quotient
Originally, "IQ" tests were created to be able to identify children who might need special education (1). Binet's test included varied questions and tasks. The tasks even included unwrapping a piece of candy and comparing the weights of different objects (4)!
To relate the mental development of a child to the child's chronological age the IQ was invented. IQ = (MA/CA) * 100. The intelligence quotient was equal to 100 times the Mental Age divided by the Chronological Age. For example, if a certain child started reading, etc., at the age of 3 (CA) and average children start reading, etc., at the age of 6 (MA), the child would get an IQ score of 200. (Such a score is very, very rare). Since people wanted to also use IQs for adults, that formula was not very useful since raw scores start to level off around the age of 16 (2).
Thus the deviation IQ replaced the ratio IQ. It compares people of the same age or age category and assumes that IQ is normally distributed, that the average (mean) is 100 and that the standard deviation is something like 15. (IQ tests sometimes differ in their standard deviations).
What is a standard deviation (SD)? Simply put, the standard deviation is a measure of the spread of the sample from the mean. As a rule of thumb, about 2/3 of a sample is within 1 standard deviation from the mean. About 95% of the sample will be within 2 standard deviations from the mean (3).
With the standard deviation and a mean, you can calculate percentiles. Percentiles tell you the percent of people that have a score equal to or lower than a certain score.
High IQ societies ask for certain percentile scores on IQ tests for you to be eligible to join them. Mensa asks for scores at the 98th percentile or higher. For a list of the selection criteria of other societies, click here.
There have been various classification systems for IQ.
Terman's classification was (6):
IQ Range
140 and over Genius or near genius
120-140 Very superior intelligence
110-120 Superior intelligence
90-110 Normal or average intelligence
80-90 Dullness
70-80 Borderline deficiency
Below 70 Definite feeble-mindedness
(Terman wrote the Stanford-Binet test (1), which has a SD of 16.)
Later, Wechsler thought that it would be much more legitimate to base his classifications on the Probable Error (PE) so his classification was (6):
Classification IQ Limits Percent Included
Very Superior 128 and over 2.2
Superior 120-127 6.7
Bright Normal 111-119 16.1
Average 91-110 50
Dull Normal 80-90 16.1
Borderline 66-79 6.7
Defective 65 and below 2.2
Mental deficiency used to be more finely classified using the following technical terms that later began to be abused by the rest of society (5):
IQ Range Classification
50-69 Moron
20-49 Imbecile
below 20 Idiot
These are now obsolete. The terms 'mentally retarded' and 'mental retardation' were officially replaced by 'intellectual disabled' and 'intellectual disability' by Rosa's Law in 2010. Before the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM 5), which now uses the terms 'intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder)', the following was the classification of retardation in the USA (5):
50-69 Mild
35-49 Moderate
20-34 Severe
below 20 Profound
While IQ is still part of the assessment (the threshold is 70 ± the measurement error of the particular test), the DSM 5 has replaced those IQ ranges with assessments of functioning, with conceptual, social, and practical criteria (8). IQ is not enough. Maybe the same sort of thing should be done for labeling somebody a genius.
(1) Berk, L.E. (1997). Child Development, 4th ed. Toronto: Allyn and Bacon.
(2) Eysenck, H. (1994). Test Your IQ. Toronto: Penguin Books.
(3) Iman, R.L. (1994). A Data Based Approach to Statistics. Belmont: Duxbury Press.
(4) Nietzel, M.T., Berstein, D.A., Milich R. (1998). Introduction to Clinical Psychology. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.
(5) Reber, A.S. (1995). The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology, 2nd ed. Toronto: Penguin Books.
(6) Wechsler, D. (1944). The Measurement of Adult Intelligence. Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company.
(7) The Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online: http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=intelligence
(8) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
Written by Rodrigo de la Jara. Updated December 17, 2018.


Nottingham Building Society (NBS) has renewed its contract with Incentive FM for a further three-year term, which includes the remit to include its recently expanded network.
Under the contract Incentive FM will continue to handle FM for all NBS locations, constituting more than 68 buildings in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Norfolk, Staffordshire, and South Yorkshire.
The fully integrated solution includes all cleaning, security, M&E, building fabrication and maintenance services.
In addition, Incentive FM will support all health and safety, fire safety, and water safety requirements across the portfolio. The operation will continue to be supported by a web-hosted CAFM help-desk system (Concept Evolution) to enable all personnel access to information about asset management and service requirements to further improve communication flows.


The mission of the Richmond Promise is much bigger than one organization – to build a future where all children in Richmond have access to high-quality education, excel from high school to higher education, attain a postsecondary degree or certification, thrive in the field of their choice, and become a leader of positive change in their community and the world. This is why partnership is at the core of what we do. We build community-based pathways to ensure our students' success, in partnership with West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD), the City of Richmond, Contra Costa College, Chevron, like-minded local nonprofits, our donors, and other colleges and universities to provide high-quality support to our students- from middle school through post-secondary degree attainment. Over the past two years, we have taken the time to thoughtfully and genuinely forge these partnerships so that our community remains at the core of our work.
This is why WCCUSD Superintendent and Richmond Promise Board Member, Matt Duffy, awarded Jessie Stewart, Executive Director of the Richmond Promise, the 2018 Partner of the Year award.
On October 12, 2018, WCCUSD gathered their friends, district, city, and community leaders together to celebrate the strength and impact of our partnerships, celebrate the work we have done together, and look ahead to what work needs to be done to reach our goals. Alongside Jessie, other partners recognized were Teresa Barnett, Executive Director of Community Resources for Science, Bill Lindsay, former City Manager of Richmond and Richmond Promise Board Member, Susan Stark, CEO of Speech Pathology Group, and Tony Thurmond, California State Assemblymember, District 15.


What methods do people use to capture the data? I saw the github project that has a script to do it, at least I think that's what it does. But another method that I used was to use the Burp Proxy tool (free!) and run all the monitoring traffic through that and see the json data in the websockets window. The data updates every 1-2 seconds, so it's a lot.
I'm pretty new to having solar panels (about 2 weeks) so I'm looking for some cool analysis ideas!
I run a modified version of the github python code and capture the sense data every 15 seconds. I write it to InfluxDB and look at it with Grafana. All free running in Docker containers on my NAS.
The red and yellow bars are HVAC's and the purple bar is a garage gas heater. Green line is gas consumption and yellow line is Sense electricity.
I see in the online Sense graphs that I can see my usage, and I can see my solar generation, and there are places that I can see them side by side. I think I might want to create something more fine-grained using these data points. I might also use this extra data that I'm discovering to self-identify more of my "Other" devices in the house.
I'll take a look at Grafana, I haven't heard of that one before, or InfluxDB. I just did a quick lookup and saw they are built for exactly this type of purpose, so that's pretty awesome. Thanks!
how are you monitoring gas usage?
I love Grafana, cool work!
How much disk space does that require daily?
@samheidie: I can't answer that exactly because I record a BUNCH of data. I started this project over XMas break so my data starts Jan 1. Total storage in use by InfluxDB is 67M. I'm pulling weather data from several sources, HVAC states from 4 systems, etc.
Cool, thanks! I was also trying to think of how I could get better real-time gas data. The provider sends a monthly update, but would love to get something that tracks similar to what Sense does.
I made the decision not to try to store/retain my own data, partially because many of my sources, my power utility, my thermostats, Sense and my solar provider all supply hourly export (or even finer granularity). When I do want to see at tighter resolution, I do use the APIs, plus @duanetiemann's utility for HS110's.
Nice. I'd like to scrape the phone app Power Meter to get 1s device data, but it seems like a lot of work in unexplored territory. Maybe someone else will do that first.
Essentially, what's happening is that my meter broadcasts a very low power RF signal, un-encrypted, with a small data packet that contains the meter ID and the current reading. This USB dongle is actually a radio receiver. RTL-SDR is software defined radio using the RTL2832U chipset. See here: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/about-rtl-sdr/. A small app runs in the background that controls the RTL chipset and serves the data via TCP. RTLAMR is a small Go app that connects to the RTL-TCP app and receives the data and serves it up to my Python script that writes it to InfluxDB. My to-do list has a line to rewrite all of this and simplify the flow of data, but for now this is working.
Ahh, so you set up a receiver close enough to your meter, and it frequently captures data and stores that? That's pretty cool.
Exactly. The antenna on top connects to the USB dongle on the back of the NAS.
How many feet/meters is the broadcast range of your meter?
My antenna is about 30 feet from the meter, but I pick up 5 or 6 of my neighbors too, so I don't think range will be a limitation.
@ben3 does your area have smart water meters? do you know if the RTL-SDR picks that up?
We do, but I'm not seeing the data in the default scan range of the RTL. When it warms up I'm going to take the ground cover off my water meter pit (it's in the front yard) and get the model number and figure out how to track that as well.
ah, ok… did you use a freq counter to get the initial frequency? or use scan features on the RTL? or just rely on info you could get from the web?
The default range for RTLAMR worked for my meter, so I didn't experiment farther. There is a parameter to RTL-TCP that controls the freq range. Best thing would be to google your meter's model number and see what it uses.