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Three events to test out new Mosaic Stadium
Natascia Lypny, Regina Leader-Post
Regina Mayor Michael Fougere, left, and University of Regina Rams executive director Chris Briltz announce the Rams will play the University of Saskatchewan Huskies on Oct. 1, 2016 as the first test event for the new Mosaic Stadium.	TROY FLEECE / Regina Leader-Post
The City of Regina is looking for 16,500 people to help test out its new stadium.
On Oct. 1, football fans and those curious about the new venue will crowd into Mosaic Stadium for the first of three test events. The occasion: A University of Regina Rams versus University of Saskatchewan Huskies game.
Mayor Michael Fougere has no doubt the tickets will sell.
"I think Saskatchewan people love football," he said. "If there's an opportunity to go to a football game in a brand new stadium, they're going to be there."
The idea is to fill up the stadium halfway to see if the $278-million facility works as it's supposed to. Still, as Fougere reminded reporters Monday, "the new Mosaic Stadium will be quite different on Oct. 1 than it will be next year."
The stadium's substantial completion date is Aug. 31, which the city said is on track. At that point, the project's private partner — PCL Construction — needs to have its part of the bargain done.
After that, though, the city, stadium occupants and vendors still have a good deal of finishing touches to wrap up before the facility is truly ready for business. That means everything from furniture to site preparation and the Confederation Park redesign, to concession stands, broadcast cabling and the fit-out of the Saskatchewan Roughriders' area.
All of those projects are included in the stadium's total price, a city official said.
But since they'll still be in the works this fall, you won't get the stadium's full wow-factor on Oct. 1.Only the lower bowl and the main concourse will be accessible, for instance. It will be a general admission game during which things like lighting (even though it's a daylight game), security and ticketing systems will be tested, as well as bathrooms, public address systems and elevators.
Video displays won't be used in full-force and neither will transit or game-day transportation plans. Food and drinks will only be available at mobile vendors.
The second test event, to be held before the end of May, is still a mystery. Its aim is to fill the venue to 75-per-cent capacity, or 24,750 people, with assigned seating and full concessions.
The last chance for tune-ups is a Roughriders pre-season game schedule for next June. That will be at full capacity.
The city will be asking spectators for feedback from these events, and be making the necessary tweaks along the way. The hope: That by the Roughriders' first 2017 season home game, the stadium is in top shape.
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Not My Job: Jenny Finney Boylan Gets Quizzed On Hot Dogs
Published May 22, 2021 at 11:58 AM EDT
Jennifer Finney Boylan has published 14 books and is a columnist for the New York Times and a professor at Barnard College — not to mention the first out trans woman to be on The New York Times' bestseller list.
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Jamil Ahmad (June 1, 1931 – July 12, 2014) was a Pakistani civil servant, novelist and story writer. He wrote in the English language. He is known for his anthology, The Wandering Falcon which was short listed for Man Asian Literary Prize, widely known as Asia's highest literary award, in 2011. The book was also a finalist for DSC prize for South Asian Literature in 2013.

He died on 12 July 2014.

Biography

Jamil Ahmad was born in Punjab, in the erstwhile British India, in 1931. After early education in Lahore, he joined the civil service in 1954, and worked in the Swat valley, a remote Hindu Kush area, near Afghan border. During his career, he worked at various remote areas such as the Frontier Province, Quetta, Chaghi, Khyber and Malakand. His experiences in these tribal valley assisted him in his work which was mainly focused on the lives of the tribal villagers. He also served at the Pakistani embassy in Kabul during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

He married Helga whom he met during his London years, who was critical of his early attempts at poetry but diligently tried to promote his work, The Wandering Falcon, which was nominated for Man Asian Literary Prize in 2011. The couple had two sons and a daughter at the time of his death.

Work
The Wandering Falcon can either be construed as a short story collection or a novel, based on differing perspectives. The book narrates the story of Tor Baz (the black falcon) and his travails through the remote tribal areas along the Pakistan - Afghan border where he experiences the lives of the ethnic pashtuns. The stories travel through the strict code of conduct of the tribals known as pashtunwali, the lawlessness of the land where women are traded as commodity, adultery and anarchism, silhouetted against the Baluch desert landscape. The book received critical acclaim.

Jamil Ahmad has also published a short story, The Sins of the Mother, which appeared on Granta112: Pakistan in 2010.

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External links

 Profile on Penguin
 on GoodReads
 on Tuesday Book Club
 on River Head Books
 Interview on Granta audio

1931 births
2014 deaths
Pakistani novelists
English-language writers from Pakistan
20th-century novelists
Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz


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Below is our collection of tidbits, odds 'n ends for Holyoke.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Holyoke to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
Edmonton [Map], which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the West Southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Holyoke to Edmonton, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON [Map]) is 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km] to the East (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
We have found 5 communities that share the name Holyoke.
While the name Holyoke is unique within Alberta, we know of another 5 communities with the same name in the United States.
Distance: About 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km] to the South Southeast.
Although located in Franklin County, we don't know the location of this community within the .
Distance: About 1,901 miles [3,059.4 km] to the East.
Distance: About 957 miles [1,540.1 km] to the East Southeast.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holyoke. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<1> Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holyoke) to Point B.
Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holyoke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.1247, Longitude: -110.5914 [Map].
<3> The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Holyoke to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<4> The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.475 degrees.
<5> The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.156 degrees.
<6> The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.10 degrees.
Also keep in mind that Holyoke could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.


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Three quarters of the region's population live in urban centres. It encompasses the City of Kelowna which is the largest in the region, Kamloops City which is the second largest and other cities and towns which include Vernon, Princeton, Summerland, Osoyoos, Penticton, Golden and Revelstoke.
The region has remained a significant trade route owing to a past associated with gold rush and fur trade. Today, it flourishes on manufacturing, agriculture, mining, ranching and logging. It is home to several cattle ranches, orchards and vineyards. Some of Thompson - Okanagan's largest employment sectors include wholesale and retail trade, health care and social assistance and construction.
Thompson - Okanagan's median household income of $55,600 is slightly lower than the province's. House prices vary considerably in the region with larger cities attracting more. For instance, in 2013, the price of a single family house cost $457,478 as compared to $339,458 in Kamloops.
Central Okanagan - Central Okanagan was established in 1967 as a regional district. It covers a total area of 2,904.86 square kilometres with an estimated population of 179,800 people. It is made up of Kelowna and its surrounding.
Columbia-Shuswap - Bordering the Province of Alberta, this regional district covers 28,929 square kilometers. It is located along the Trans-Canada Highway between Calgary and Vancouver. Its regional district offices are located in Salmon Arm.
North Okanagan - Established in 1965, this is one of British Colombian 28 regional districts. It has a population of 81,237 people living in an area 787,190 hectares large. It is known for Greater Vernon, Fortune and White Valley Parks.
Okanagan-Similkameen - With its administrative offices in the City of Penticton, this regional district occupies 10,413.44 square kilometres bounded by Thompson-Nicola Regional District to the north, Fraser Valley Regional District to the west and by Okanogan County, Washington to the south.
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>From savage to Scotswoman: the history of femininity
Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Introduction: the progress of society
Anglican Whig feminism in England, 1690–1760: self-love, reason and social benevolence
From savage to Scotswoman: the history of femininity
Roman, Gothic and medieval women: the historicisation of womanhood, 1750–c.1804
Catharine Macaulay's histories of England: liberty, civilisation and the female historian
Good manners and partial civilisation in the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft
The history women and the population men, 1760–1830
2 - From savage to Scotswoman: the history of femininity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2009
Karen O'Brien
We have seen how women writers participated in English philosophical debate about the implications of Locke's empirical epistemology for the derivation of religious beliefs, and also for the source of the obligation to be virtuous. In the wake of the work of Shaftesbury and Butler, women writers of an emerging, Bluestocking tradition elaborated and defended a view of men and women as fundamentally benevolent (in a self-cultivated and rational, rather than irrational, spontaneous way), and as realising their nature in the voluntary exercise of benevolence. Explicitly or implicitly, they opposed conventional and expedient accounts of morality, such as Mandeville's or (as his detractors would wrongly have it) as Locke's, on the grounds that such views were amoral and antipathetic to the idea that women's good actions could have wider social benefits. This chapter turns to Scotland in order to assess the impact of these debates, particularly as they were prompted by Mandeville and Shaftesbury, on the moral philosophers and social and economic thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, and their implications for the Scottish conception of women's nature, capabilities and place in the world. It begins with the pioneering work of Francis Hutcheson, who held the Chair of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University from 1730 until his death in 1746.
Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain , pp. 68 - 109
Karen O'Brien, University of Warwick
Book: Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Online publication: 04 September 2009


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HomeDiplomacyJaishankar discusses 'important regional concerns' with US' Blinken on sidelines of G20...
Jaishankar discusses 'important regional concerns' with US' Blinken on sidelines of G20 Summit
The meeting between the Minister of External Affairs and US Secretary of State took place amid growing international concern over China's aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific region.
Union Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome on 30 October 2021 | Twitter @DrSJaishankar
Rome: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the G20 Summit here on Saturday, discussing issues relating to the bilateral strategic partnership and updated each other on "important regional concerns".
Jaishankar is accompanying Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ongoing G20 Summit from October 30-31. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval are the members of the prime minister's delegation.
"A very good meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinkien in Rome on sidelines of G20 Summit. Discussed a wide gamut of issues relating to our partnership. Updated each other on important regional concerns," Jaishankar tweeted along with a photograph of himself with the US Secretary of State.
The meeting took place amidst growing international concern over China's aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific region.
Modi is attending the summit at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Italy has held the presidency of the G20 since December last year.
Earlier on Saturday, Modi was seen interacting with world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, on the sidelines of the summit. President Biden had hosted Prime Minister Modi at the White House on September 24 for the first in-person meeting.
The G20 is a leading global forum that brings together the world's major economies. Its members account for more than 80 per cent of the global GDP, 75 per cent of global trade and 60 per cent of the population of the planet.
The forum has met every year since 1999 and includes, since 2008, a yearly summit, with the participation of the respective heads of state and government.
The Rome summit is being attended by heads of state and government of G20 member countries, the European Union, and other invited countries and several international organisations.
The summit is centred around the theme 'People, Planet, Prosperity', focussing on the areas of recovery from the pandemic and strengthening of global health governance.
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Iain Grieve remains defiant that he has no regrets over signing for Plymouth Albion, insisting instead that he is relishing the chance to bring a change in fortunes to the club after a difficult start to the Greene King IPA Championship season.
The 27-year-old was released by Bristol in the summer following nine years of service and wasted no time in finding a new home as he quickly put pen to paper on a contract at Brickfields.
But while his former side are setting the pace at the top this term with five wins from as many games, it is a completely different story for Plymouth who are yet to taste victory – a 64-16 loss to London Scottish last time out leaving them bottom of the league.
Grieve was immediately installed as captain upon arrival by head coach James Shanahan, but he wasn't the only new face as no less than 18 players were brought in to swell the ranks.
And although it will clearly take time for the squad to gel, Grieve insists he is not about to hit the panic button any time soon.
"So far it's been enjoyable, obviously not winning our first five games has been the un-enjoyable bit, but that's rugby and we just have to get on with it," he said.
"As a team we are still learning and are starting to find out what we need to do to close out games.
"We have experienced players at nine and ten who run the show for us and some experienced forwards who have played in the Premiership and in France.
"It's just a matter of trying to get everyone to stick to the same game plan, stick to the same style of play and start to win matches.
And while Bristol might have installed themselves as early front-runners for the title, regular rugby on the South Coast is ample compensation for Grieve.
"I had a good time at Bristol, I enjoyed it and they treated me really nicely up there and I've got a lot of fond memories from there," he added.


July 31, 2018, 8:14 a.m.
It's not every day we get to welcome a baby cheetah into the world. Much less seven.
But at the National Zoo's Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI), it seems to be raining cubs. Proud first-time parents Erin and Rico delivered the mewling, fuzz-covered cubs last week — making it a grand total of 53 cheetahs born at the Virginia-based facilities since 2010.
And while the rest of us swoon at these bouncing bundles of fur, scientists are toasting a major victory in the struggle to keep these big cats around.
Human conflict, habitat loss and illegal trade have reduced the number of cheetahs in the wild to around 7,100 cheetahs, mostly cloistering them to narrow swathes of Sub-Saharan Africa.
A 2016 study suggests that a further half of those numbers will disappear within the next 15 years. And is those statistics that make cheetah births at scientific facilities like SCBI so vital.
"It is really exciting to have such a large and healthy litter of cubs, especially from first-time parents," Adrienne Crosier, a biologist at SCBI, noted in a press release.
"A global self-sustaining cheetah population in human care is becoming even more important with the continued decrease of animal numbers in the wild."
If the current trend is any indication, cheetahs are going to need all the helping humans hands they can get. But a big reason for their decline, surprisingly, isn't even our fault.
When the last Ice Age ended about 11,000 years ago, the cats faced a debilitating absence of genetic diversity. As a result, subsequent cheetah generations became increasingly plagued by disease, genetic mutations and infertility.
Factor in human activity and cheetahs seemed to be on the long, slippery slope to extinction. The animals have been listed as "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List for 30 years.
But scientist have been working on a lifeline. As part of the Breeding Centers Coalition, researchers at SCBI have been using new breeding techniques to widen their gene pool.
And in that respect, the birth of this most recent litter is a major milestone.
The cubs' mother, Erin, boasts a set of enviable genes: They're not common among captive cheetahs, and in passing them down to so many children, she's effectively expanding the breeding potential for future generations.
"We want to make the best matches possible," Crosier said. "We need these populations to survive long into the future."
More than just adorable, the cheetah cubs could widen a terminally narrow gene pool.


The next day over 1000 primary and secondary school pupils from across Bolton will be taking part in a Fairtrade educational event in the Premier Suite at the Reebok Stadium which will increase their awareness of Fairtrade and help them work towards the Fair Trade Schools Award.
The highlight of the afternoon will be a world record attempt in the North Stand of the stadium where the children will each eat a Fairtrade banana, kindly donated by The co-operative.
In the evening of Monday 2 March, there will be a Fairtrade and Local Produce market in the Premier Suite.
Local dignitaries will be present along with the Mayor of Bolton, Councillor Anthony Connell and The Mayor of Horwich, Councillor Tom Farmer who will together open the market.
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Local chef Mike Harrison will be demonstrating a range of cooking recipes using Fairtrade ingredients, Tate and Lyle will be offering candy floss made with their Fairtrade sugar and there will be films, plus a variety of music provided by Smithills School Senior Brass Quintet and other groups from Bolton Music Service together with Bolton's African Drummers.
Jason Kenny, Bolton's Olympic cycling gold and silver medal winner, is to be the face of Fairtrade in Bolton on this year's edition of the Fairtrade Guide - 10,000 will be published in time for Fairtrade Fortnight.
Bananas continue to be a best-selling Fairtrade product and one in four bananas sold in the UK are now Fairtrade. Fairtrade Fortnight will culminate with Fairtrade campaigners up and down the country attempting to set a world record for eating Fairtrade bananas between midday on 6 March and midday on 7 March. Independent shops and retailers such as Sainsbury's, Waitrose, and The co-operative will support the initative by making supplies available and, in some cases, on-pack messaging.
Fairtrade Fortnight's official public launch will be an Olympic-themed event in central London on Sunday 22 February. Sports activities including a Fairtrade chocolate relay race, and giant inflatable banana jousting are planned.
Celebrities, including Olympic medal winners, are expected to attend.
Fairtrade Fortnight takes place from February 23-March 8 with a series of events.


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    'folder_2' => array(
        'folder_2_1' => array(
            'folder_2_1_1' => array(
                'folder_2_1_1_1',
                'folder_2_1_1_2'
            )
        ),
    )
);

And I'm trying to build an array of paths:
$paths = array(
    'folder_1',
    'folder_1/folder_1_1',
    'folder_1/folder_1_2',
    'folder_1/folder_1_2/folder_1_2_1',
    'folder_1/folder_1_2/folder_1_2_2',
    'folder_2',
    'folder_2/folder_2_1',
    ...
);

I can't seem to find a way to achieve this. The problem I encounter is that folder names can be array keys, but also array elements.
This is what I have done so far, but I'm not near a solution...
$paths = transform_tree_to_paths($trees);

function transform_tree_to_paths($trees, $current_path = '', $paths = array())
{

    if (is_array($trees)) {
        foreach ($trees as $tree => $children) {
            $current_path .= $tree . '/';
            return transform_tree_to_paths($children, $current_path, $paths);
        }
        $paths[] = $current_path;
        $current_path = '';
    } else {
        $paths[]  = $trees;
    }

    return $paths;
}

A: How about something like this?
function gen_path($tree, $parent=null) {
    $paths = array();

    //add trailing slash to parent if it is not null
    if($parent !== null) {
        $parent = $parent.'/';
    }

     //loop through the tree array
     foreach($tree as $k => $v) {
        if(is_array($v)) {
            $currentPath = $parent.$k;
            $paths[] = $currentPath;
            $paths = array_merge($paths, gen_path($v, $currentPath));
        } else {
            $paths[] = $parent.$v;
        }
    }

    return $paths;
}

You were headed in the right direction, but missed the mark a bit. The return statement before the recursive function call in your function caused everything after the foreach loop to never be called.

A: Here's another solution, utilizing RecursiveArrayIterator and RecursiveIteratorIterator:
function generatePaths( array $tree ) {
  $result = array();
  $currentPath = array();

  $rii = new RecursiveIteratorIterator( new RecursiveArrayIterator( $tree ), RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST );
  foreach( $rii as $key => $value ) {
    if( ( $currentDepth = $rii->getDepth() ) < count( $currentPath ) ) {
      array_splice( $currentPath, $currentDepth );
    }
    $currentPath[] = is_array( $value ) ? $key : $value;
    $result[] = implode( '/', $currentPath );
  }

  return $result;
}

PS.: Baconics' solution appears to be about twice as fast as mine, though.


If you didn't get a ticket to West Side Story at the Grand Théâtre, don't despair as the Cinémathèque will take musical lovers on a journey through Broadway shows from the 1960's to 2000's in January and February.
(MSS) If you didn't get a ticket to West Side Story at the Grand Théâtre, don't despair as the Cinémathèque will take musical lovers on a journey through Broadway shows from the 1960s to 2000s in January and February.
During the cold winter months, the Cinémathèque will be screening a selection of classic Broadway musicals.
The Academy Award winning film and all time classic West Side Story, which ran for 732 performances on Broadway before going on tour and will be presented at Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg for it's 50th anniversary, will be screened on January 19 and 23 in case you didn't get a ticket.
The "Broadway goes Hollywood" themed projections already started on January 5 with Chicago, starring Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones as two divas who find themselves on death row together fighting for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Apart from The Phantom of the Opera, which was screened only once on January 12, you still have the chance to catch classics like Grease, Dreamgirls, Jesus Christ Superstar and My Fair Lady.


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Nation and World briefs for June 15
By Associated Press | Saturday, June 15, 2019, 12:05 a.m.
US says video shows Iran removing mine from stricken tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military released a video Friday it said showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, suggesting Tehran wanted to hide evidence of its alleged involvement.
Iran denied any role in Thursday's apparent attacks, which have again roiled the Persian Gulf amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over the unraveling nuclear deal with world powers.
Four other oil tankers off the nearby Emirati port city of Fujairah suffered similar attacks in recent weeks, and Iranian-allied rebels from Yemen have struck U.S. ally Saudi Arabia with drones and missiles.
President Donald Trump withdrew America last year from the 2015 nuclear deal that Iran reached with world powers and recently imposed a series of sanctions now squeezing its beleaguered economy and cutting deeply into its oil exports. While Iran maintains it has nothing to do with the recent attacks, its leaders repeatedly have threatened to close the vital Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world's oil flows.
Iran accused Washington of waging an "Iranophobic campaign" against it, while Trump countered that the country was "a nation of terror."
EL PASO, Texas — The Trump administration is facing growing complaints from migrants about severe overcrowding, meager food and other hardships at border holding centers, with some people at an encampment in El Paso being forced to sleep on the bare ground during dust storms.
The Border Network for Human Rights issued a report Friday based on dozens of testimonials of immigrants over the past month and a half, providing a snapshot of cramped conditions and prolonged stays in detention amid a record surge of migrant families coming into the U.S. from Central America.
The report comes a day after an advocate described finding a teenage mother cradling a premature baby inside a Border Patrol processing center in Texas. The advocate said the baby should have been in a hospital, not a facility where adults are kept in large fenced-in sections that critics describe as cages.
"The state of human rights in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands is grave and is only getting worse," the immigrant rights group said in its report. "People are dying because of what is happening."
Five immigrant children have died since late last year after being detained by the Border Patrol, including a flu-stricken teenager who was found dead in a facility migrants refer to as the "icebox" because of the temperatures inside.
Stocks post small losses; investors look ahead to Fed
NEW YORK — Stocks ended a choppy week of trading with modest losses Friday as investors look forward to getting more clues about the direction of interest rates.
Technology shares drove the declines, and energy stocks also fell a day after leading the market. Some late-day gains in banks and insurers helped temper the market's losses.
Investors dealt with fresh concerns about the impact on businesses of the U.S. trade dispute with China. The chipmaker Broadcom warned that demand for chips has slowed because of U.S. restrictions on sales to Chinese technology firms and hesitation among customers to place new orders. It shaved $2 billion from its annual revenue forecast.
Trading this week was uneven as investors swung between safe-play holdings and riskier bets. Stocks rose Monday but then seesawed as investors saw signs that the U.S. and China won't settle their differences on trade anytime soon. There is concern that a protracted dispute could further hurt global economic growth and corporate profits. A suspected attack on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz added more uncertainty.
The S&P 500 index fell 4.66 points, or 0.2%, to 2,886.98 Friday and ended the week with a slim gain of 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 17.16 points, or 0.1%, to 26,089.61. The Nasdaq composite slid 40.47 points, or 0.5%, to 7,796.66. The Russell 2000 index of small company stocks dropped 13.30 points, or 0.9%, to 1,522.50.
Family: Baby cut from slain Chicago woman's womb dies
CHICAGO — An infant boy who was cut from a Chicago woman's womb with a butcher knife died Friday at a hospital where he had been in grave condition since the April attack that killed his mother, family spokeswomen said.
Yovanny Jadiel (yoh-VAH'-nee YAH'-dee-el) Lopez died at Christ Medical Center in suburban Oak Lawn from a severe brain injury, according to a statement posted on Facebook by family spokeswoman Julie Contreras, who expressed "great sadness" in announcing the baby's death. Family spokeswoman Cecilia Garcia confirmed the statement.
The baby had been on life support since being brought to the hospital on April 23. Prosecutors say Clarisa Figueroa, 46, claimed she had given birth to the baby. She and her 24-year-old daughter, Desiree Figueroa, are charged with murder in the death of the baby's mother, 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, and Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Friday that he expects both women will now be charged with murder in the infant's death.
Prosecutors will "make a determination on additional charges" after police and the county's medical examiner's office complete their investigations, Cook County State's Attorney's Office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said in a written statement. An attorney for the family, Frank Avila, demanded that the office charge the two women with murder, and charge the Figueroa's boyfriend, Piotr Bobak, with murder as well. Bobak has been charged with concealing a homicide.
"The baby was murdered and we demand justice," he said.
Ivanka Trump took in nearly $4M from DC hotel last year
NEW YORK — Ivanka Trump took in nearly $4 million in revenue last year from her stake in President Donald Trump's Washington hotel, up slightly from a year earlier, according to her financial disclosure released Friday.
The report also shows that a trust that holds her fashion line of handbags, shoes and dresses and other assets generated at least $1 million in revenue in 2018, down from at least $5 million the year before. Ivanka Trump announced in July of last year that she planned to close her fashion company to focus on her work as a White House adviser for her father.
The disclosure for her husband, Jared Kushner, also an adviser to President Trump, shows that he took in hundreds of thousands of dollars from his holdings of New York City apartments and that he owns a stake in the real estate investment firm Cadre worth at least $25 million.
The disclosures released by the White House and filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics routinely show both assets and debts compiled in broad ranges between low and high estimates, making it difficult to precisely chart the rise and fall of the financial portfolios of federal government officials.
Ivanka Trump's stake in the Trump International Hotel in Washington took in $3.95 million in 2018, an increase of $60,000 from a year earlier. The president reported in his own financial disclosure last month that he took in $41 million from the hotel last year, also largely unchanged.


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Jordan Peele to Remake Wes Craven Horror Classic
Kourtnee Jackson
Jordan Peele has established himself as a force in the horror genre. Acting as a triple threat in writing, producing, and directing, he's been involved in hits such as Us, Get Out, Lovecraft Country, and Candyman.
He continues to stack credits in a category that runs the gamut from gore to jump scares, but Peele is set to take a bite out of Wes Craven's library with a remake of a popular film.
Jordan Peele at premiere for 'Hunters' | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images
Peele to remake 'The People Under the Stairs'
Peele is no stranger to remixing old horror properties, something he's done with The Twilight Zone and Candyman.
Now, he's preparing to take on a Wes Craven classic with The People Under the Stairs. It's regarded as one of the late filmmaker's most memorable movies and helped propel Ving Rhames into the spotlight.
The story follows a little boy nicknamed Fool who breaks into a house with two burglars, finding themselves trapped in a house of horrors owned by the Robesons. Part satire, part social commentary, the movie has blood, cannibalism, and giggles too.
According to Collider, Peele is producing the movie in partnership with Universal but is not slated to direct. Though Peele has yet to confirm the project, Collider reported he and his team at Monkeypaw Productions may be involved in drafting the screenplay.
RELATED: Jordan Peele Said This Horror Movie Made His Mouth Drop
Wes Craven made the original in 1991
Craven based the old flick on a real-life story he heard about burglars who entered a house where two children were found living in deplorable, prisoner-like conditions. The movie was released in 1991, after he launched his A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
Prior to his death in 2015, Craven signed a deal with NBC Universal to create a TV series based on The People Under the Stairs.
Per Deadline, it was described as a modern take on the story with elements of Downton Abbey and The Amityville Horror. The logline read, "When a young woman goes missing at the grand Robeson Family Manor, her search unveils the centuries-old horrors that lie deep within the estate."
Craven lined things up several months before his death and when he passed in August 2015, NBC's Universal Cable Productions stated they still intended to bring his projects to fruition. Some are still in limbo.
Other Craven creations are up for reboots
In addition to The People Under the Stairs, other Craven bodies of work are up for revivals. Most notably Scream 5 is on the horizon, the latest installment in the franchise.
Neve Campbell has been vocal about wanting to work on another sequel only if it honors Craven. Her participation was confirmed this year.
There are also rumors that Freddy Krueger will be up to nightmarish no-good now that the U.S. rights to the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise belong to Craven's estate again.
In 2019, Bloody Disgusting reported the estate was taking pitches for the character with the possibility of relaunching the fan favorite as a film or streaming TV series.
With such a vast library of Craven films to choose from, it would not be farfetched if Peele and his team decided to pluck another one of his classics to resurrect. Stay tuned for news about The People Under the Stairs.


In this video, we take a look at a 14x15 FOV scan taken on the new J. Morita X800 CBCT system.
Here, we compare a smaller FOV scan of the same case taken on both the J. Morita X700 and X800.
Dental TI presents navigating an 8x10 FOV in i-Dixel. Volume taken on a J. Morita R100.


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Сен-Лен-Лорантид () — місто у провінції Квебек (Канада), у адміністративному регіоні Лорантиди.

Назва

Місто названо на честь Святого Ліна, другого Папи Римського. Проте ім'я Lin вимовляється французькою як «Лен».

Історія

Місто утворено у березні 2000 завдяки об'єднанню муніципалітету Сен-Лен (Saint-Lin), заснованого у 1836, і міста Лорантид (Ville des Laurentides), заснованого у 1883.

У 1841 році у містечку Сен-Лен народився Вільфред Лор'є, сьомий прем'єр-міністр Канади.

Демографія

У 2001 у місто нараховувало 12379 мешканців, у 2006 — 14159, у 2011 — 17463, а у 2016 — 20 786.

Посилання

 Офіційна сторінка міста Сен-Лен-Лорантид

Міста Квебеку
Лорантиди


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Free samples movie review
Tim Burton's"Alice in Wonderland" was probably the most anticipated movie of the year 2010. But is it any good? First of all, I should probably mention that hardcore Lewis Carroll fans may find very disappointing. The movie is merely based on the book. It features most of the same characters and a couple of the same locations, but the story is.
Free Samples is a film about wasting time, and it feels like it. Despite clocking in at 79 minutes, Jay Gammill s comedy drags by no fault of its delightfully sour.
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Jillian (Jess Weixler) is a Stanford law-school drop-out reeling from her recent life choices with no direction for her future. "Free Samples" is one day in the life of Jillian. Covering for a friend, she's forced to work at an ice cream truck handing out free samples of ice cream or ice cream-like substances. She doesn't like it to say the least.
Jillian (Jess Weixler) is a recent attendee of Stanford Law School who has decided to take some time off in order to pursue a life in the arts. Unfortunately for her, she has no real discernible artistic talent. This leaves her a bit lost, but not in a way where she seems to be suffering all that much about it. She is as snarky as they come and.
Free Samples is a modest but pleasant small-budget movie with two bits of laziness in the script, but one particularly sweet performance that makes up for them. Free Samples is a film about wasting time, and it feels like it. Despite clocking in at 79 minutes, Jay Gammill s comedy drags by no fault of its delightfully sour.
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It was the military historian, Corelli Barnett who got me thinking about the role and nature of armies. In his 1974 Penguin, Britain and Her Army, A Military, Political and Social Survey he explained that Britain was often hopelessly unprepared when it found itself once again involved in a war situation.
The reason for this seeming lack of foresight and planning was that it had been so horrified by its experience of standing home based armies in the 17th century Civil War that its first move at the ending of a war was to disband the lot. I recall this little nugget of information in the context of the current debate, if debate it can be called, regarding the purchase of the Swedish Gripen fighter aircraft.
Two comments about this intended or actual purchase struck me as being especially interesting not least because both can be differently interpreted. 'Deterrence is a part of military defence' stated the one as proven fact and 'we cannot take a chance by letting our guard down' maintained the other. Has deterrence worked anywhere in the world in the past? Increased deterrent militarisation in Europe led directly to the outbreak of the First World War. Indeed no kind of supposed deterrent was likely to have persuaded any of the great aggressors, Alexander, Genghis Khan, Louis IV, Napoleon or Hitler to hold back.
A deterrent capability might, I suppose, work, when all countries in a given region are armed to the teeth and capable of destroying each other. Perhaps Israel today is in this situation. It is also possible that NATO and Russia (the USSR) have been long convinced that the one intends attacking the other, but have not done so because they would both have been obliterated.
But if both had been unarmed, neither could have attacked the other, which comes to the same thing. So has deterrence worked? Undoubtedly, Kennedy did convince Khrushchev to back off Cuba. But has Lesotho's army deterred South Africa from attacking it or has it been merely a domestically destabilising element? Has the possession of a nuclear capability by the USA, Britain, Russia and China made the world a safer place? It is hard to believe because so much of the world today is a tragic, horrifying mess.
does not let its guard down or provide a deterrent? Has Saudi Arabia needed to defend itself against any recent aggressor? Or has the supply by Western European countries and Russia of vast armaments enabled it to become the defensive aggressor? After they had surrendered in 1945, neither Germany nor Japan possessed a military capability, which would deter an aggressor. In the event, neither has been attacked.
In the 1982 Falklands War, Britain did possess a military deterrent capability, including nuclear submarines, which should have convinced the Argentine leadership of the folly of attacking the Falkland's Islands and South Georgia. It did nothing of the sort and the deterrent simply did not deter. It may be that this was an exceptional case but what do we now say about North Korea? Clearly America's huge military deterrent power has not had the slightest effect on Kim on-Jung's thinking. If the USA could obliterate North Korea, it seems that Kim in turn is dead set on obliterating the USA. With military deterrence having failed to deter, the USA is now totally dependent on China to solve the crisis by deterrent actions of a non-military nature.
But if this country needs to arm in order not to let its guard down, the same concern must surely be held in every other country in Southern Africa, in Africa and indeed the entire world. Military weaponry of any kind is designed and produced in order to kill. Can the opposite be true, that such weapons are produced in order not to kill? The implication, I believe, is that the mere possession of such weapons, which, by definition are, offensive, is itself palpably aggressive. The British were horrified by the inherent brutality towards the civilian population and the suffering caused it by both King Charles's army and that of Oliver Cromwell.
The lesson was hardly learnt.Armies are only needed for war. When there is no war, quickly disarm them. The counter-argument that all countries in the world must arm in order to defend themselves against possible or even imaginary aggressors is now pulling the world towards catastrophe. This country, which could be giving the world a desperately needed alternative, has now opted to be sucked into the vortex from which there can be no possible escape.


So this is just a story in a nutshell. Dive into details, and you'll realize that MVP can reduce development resources and raise the quality. It's important to understand that an MVP software development is not synonymous with unfinished or a primitive product that was created in a hurry.
As the MVP development company, we can explain to you what is MVP in details.
Before creating and launching a complete and fully functional product, it is best for startups to focus on developing what is called a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). The developed product should capture the core functionality that solves some user's problem. This allows the targeted users to try a product and evaluate it to make the complete version better.
You can wonder, how an MVP is different from a prototype? They are similar, but instead of having only minimal functionality (for a prototype) MVP also has some reliability and usability. In other words, MVPs are like the go-getter version of prototypes. There are 3 basic ways of How MVP is different from a prototype.
Minimal Viable Product development technique would allow early adopters to understand the vision or promise of the final product and would provide valuable insights and feedback to guide the developers moving forward. You can compare it to losing the game but having an opportunity to recover from the place where you saved your session and continue the game. This is a try that costs cheap and allows you to test your project in the real environment.
With implementation tentative results, MVP guides future development so developers would know how to continue with their ideas and have a clear vision to build what is actually needed.
But if you think that MVP development is necessary only for startups, you're wrong. When you already have well-established company and customers, you need to have some way to experiment with making them an offer. In a lot of cases, the minimum viable product really is just that offer.
Our MVP development agency can estimate your project and evaluate vital features you should implement in your MVP, free of charge.
What is the essence of my app? What, most of all, makes people want to use it?
What are the must-have features vs. the nice-to-haves?
Which features must I include in v1.0? Which can I leave for a later date?
These questions are not related only to MVP app development, they can be used for website MVP development and any other kind of project you work on too. When you answered these questions and created your MVP, you will probably find that you've been wrong about the answers. But as far as MVP gives you an opportunity to fix whatever you can and add changes even at the core level, you are really empowered to make everything right for the main version. Learning on the working product is as useful as it can be. Many people would like to have the proper MVP consulting to understand the necessity of the minimum viable product. Whatever field of your project is (it can be MVP business development or even MVP game development) you can find good practices of MVP in our material Why do you need an MVP.
Most of these successful projects you use every day had started from MVP. You'll be surprised by their number!
Twitter, Dropbox, Foursquare, Uber and more… Read about them in our material 9 famous services started from MVP.
Here in Syndicode, we create a wide range of software development services for different business needs. We can provide high-level UX design, frontend, and backend development for your MVP. Moreover, we will help you with defining the most important features for your minimum viable product and decide on the optimal technology stack. All of these are the parts of MVP professional development provided in Syndicode. Go to our portfolio page to see our level and approach and find out why Syndicode can be considered as MVP development agency.
Shipwise is a two-sided B2B marketplace that aims to take the pain out of booking freight shipments. We completed MVP development project for Shipwise with Ruby on Rails in 45 days with two fullstack developers. Shipwise MVP marketplace included electronic document exchange functionality for shipment clearance procedures.
Senden24 is a delivery MVP marketplace development, a great example of Ruby on Rails MVP development. It was created to provide 1-hour delivery service free of charge for shoppers. The delivery is crowd-sourced by different delivery service providers (couriers, taxi, express delivery companies, etc.).
We helped to create a minimal viable product to start operations in Berlin, Germany. MVP included promo website, Android mobile app for courier, delivery service order web form for shops, and platform administration backend. Together with the client, Syndicode completed Senden24 MVP development in 2 months time.
HelloCare is a project which is a perfect case study of MVP product development. It brings together senior citizens, families and single people (customers) with qualified everyday helpers (suppliers) and thereby supports them in their daily lives. This is a two-sided peer-to-peer marketplace with Android mobile app for service providers. The core functionality of HelloCare was defined during the MVP development process.
Next interesting example of the project we developed from MVP is online marketplace called Wecam. It is a place to buy and sell video production online in Germany. Here clients can find best professionals for their custom needs and crowdfund for projects they like. As for the previous examples, we understood what features should be implemented in the complete version of Wecam while developing its MVP.
Woobra is a classic B2B marketplace for product sourcing we also developed from MVP. The complete version of the platform has the listing of suppliers, their products and special deals with categories, country, and basic description. Woobra facilitates search and communication between buyers and sellers. This online marketplace males money on subscription payments from suppliers.
Another very interesting example of MVP is Movinga. While developing MVP we wanted to find the better way of how fast and easy a person could relocate within Europe. The final product of Movinga is a B2C marketplace that combines a simple booking process with a customer-friendly interface, making it easy to plan flawless removals. It offers the best relocation experience you could wish for.
How to build an MVP? The stages of MVP development process mostly consist of implementing different features. How to define them? Don't invest your time in things people don't want. Because there is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
For every feature, no matter how cool it sounds, we have to ask ourselves these 4 questions for MVP features. This will remove all the unnecessary functions you can build your MVP without.
After defining the basic needed functionality we can start our MVP development. What are the stages to build an MVP?
There are three stages you pass through for building MVP: build, measure, learn and loop again all of them.
The "build" stage might take up to two months. It consists of the 10 steps we covered in our article 10 steps to build an MVP.
Databases to determine the storage, connection, and representation of information. The majority of software projects, use two main types of Databases, these are called SQL and NoSQL. The first one is chosen over NoSQL in most MVP.
"Measure" and "learn" stages also demand some plan for effective implementation. How to measure received data in a right way? What can you learn from it?
Validation threshold: What would prove our hypothesis "true" in this case?
Actionable data points: What data would cause us to change our minds about something?
You have to consider the answers for every MVP release. This feedback loop is aimed to improve your minimum viable product.
Choosing the right technology for a startup's minimum viable product (MVP) may be challenging. All programming languages have their own advantages and perform in various ways. Also, depending on the domain, various languages can be used. To be honest, customers don't care what technology your platform is built on as long as it looks and feels amazing. But for developers and business owners that means a lot. Technology will define how much effort and time they will spend to complete the project.
As a startup, cost minimization is essential. The MVP with Rails framework to be used for the web or mobile app can be developed faster. This makes it a great option for the development of software products that may have to go back through the development process over and over for fine-tuning. When it comes to fast iterative development processes, Ruby on Rails is the way to go.
Regardless the development method your MVP will be delivered as soon as possible with RoR. The Ruby on Rails MVP development process helps startups develop web apps and mobile applications that capture the essence of the solution they wish to provide to their target market swiftly and inexpensively. Ruby on rails MVP development is preferred by most startups due to its associated benefits. (You can read about them further in our material).
Creating a basic RoR application is a matter of minutes, so presenting the first working version of a product after a few days of development isn't uncommon. A few months might be enough to build the MVP.
However, as an MVP development company, Syndicode knows How to speed up MVP development and make it even faster.
Ruby on Rails developer-friendly framework became very popular with startups that were eager to simplify and accelerate the processes of the product development. So there are a lot of MVPs with Rails framework.
Founders of Airbnb started their business with no money. They created an MVP as the simple website with photos of their flat. Very soon they found out that a demand for the service was extremely growing. The rest of the story is already known.
Using Ruby on Rails application framework Airbnb founders made their MVP quickly and affordably, but also secure, fast, and scalable. Validating the business idea with the help of MVP is one of the effective strategies of building successful startup stories. In conditions of constrained budget and limited time frames (both not rare for startups), Ruby on Rails comes up with its wide specter of flexible coding instruments.
Dribbble – a community of designers, where creative specialists help each other, share and discuss their work and everything related to it. The platform also helps designers and their clients meet each other.
GitHub – the largest web service for hosting of IT projects and their shared development. The platform unites the team members for collective problem solving, sharing code and many other things.
Shopify – a well-known e-commerce platform that develops software for online shops.
Indiegogo – a crowdfunding website that has gained prominence during the latest years. It has been created to unite people around important ideas and bring them to life collectively.
It's no coincidence that almost every new tech startup is built using Rails these days. Rails development is fast. To be clear, the time required to develop a functioning and slick product in Rails is far less than the time it would take if you use another framework. So MVP product development is very often done with Rails.
You can find the core factors that accelerate fast development with this framework in our article Ruby on Rails development speed. The faster you show your MVP to your users, the faster you will receive the data to measure and improve the final product.
But we think that the most important feature of Rails is a RESTful architecture. Most web services these days are not just stand-alone websites, they also interact with the external world too. An example could be your business's own mobile app that pulls its data from your website, or maybe it's another website pushing content to your website the same way Twitter and Facebook do. And if one day your service will grow and have to interact with the outside world, doing so with Rails will make that process far cheaper and faster.
The next paragraph will show you how MVP development benefits from using RoR.
When a young company – a startup in most cases – is going to release an MVP, it is interested to complete this task with less effort and enhanced cost-efficiency. Ruby on Rails meets both of these requirements, what makes it a perfect option for the companies that just get ready to make their project ideas real. Such companies don't want to spend their limited budgets and human/time resources on various needs which will inevitably emerge in the long-term development. The world of startups gets this idea, and makes use of Ruby on Rails development.
There are a lot of advantages that make RoR perfect for startup MVP development. Read 9 reasons Why RoR is great for MVP development.
MVPs built on RoR come with a host of pre-set configurations and default settings that significantly cut the number of decisions developers have to make while working on the code. Actually, it's a two-in-one option: the time of a developer is saved, and better decisions are made. Rails developers thus work in a more productive way.
Startup MVP development can be done with the help of various tools and frameworks. Though if you want to make it quicker, stable, easily scalable for future changes and in a cost-effective manner, Ruby on Rails is a perfect choice.
From all we have said above, you have to understand that MVP product development is not just about delivering your product fast in "to-try-mode". An MVP is about validated learning.
Your customer may be new to MVP model or probably doesn't care about what model you use, hence it is wise to set expectations on every interim deliverable obtained. You have to understand that your final product could be dramatically changed due to the user's feedback and suggestions provided for the MVP. Make sure that you and your team is ready to embrace changes even in a module where more efforts have been put in.
The most difficult about MVP development is that you have to learn about the product and its behavior on each feedback sessions and learn from them. It is best to prioritize your product features beforehand. Always get inside the core components first, show them, re-iterate and if needed freeze them, and move on to the next prioritized core feature.
Note, that refactoring is playing the key role in your MVP development. When you see that some part of your product is not scalable or flexible enough, you have to stop, go back and fix that.
Also be aware of your code style. Because when the speed of development is among the first priorities, your code matters. New developer in your team should speed up the development. That's why you need to provide clean code and documentation.
The design also matters. Faster you will get the design of your MVP, the faster your developers implement it.
But all these difficulties are unlikely to happen if you will outsourcing. Delegating your MVP development to professionals will make you more effective and your product more qualitative. Read about 5 reasons why you should outsource you can't argue with.
While we mentioned the difficulties an enterprise could face in MVP development, surprisingly, a team can be its own worst enemy when it comes to the MVP. Their imagination, pride, professionalism, brainstorming process, etc. heaps one idea on top of another without thinking through the consequences of investment and risk in pursuing them. In our article Signs of MVP abuse, you can read why MVP professional development is so important.
You should focus on perfecting your business model, networking, hustling, etc. If you can leave the development of the product to a dedicated development team that's ready to go and experienced, go for it and hire MVP development agency.
Yes, it is not so easy to find suitable devs and the cost of their services are reasonably high. Having such developer full-time in-house may be costly for a start-up, while with outsourced devs, you can make breaks in development and then come back to the same devs for the next phase of development.
Another important thing is that outsource developers take care to write clean well-documented code. It's not only a case of good reputation – they want their customers to come back to them again and if they write a messy code they will have problems with it later. This fact also makes it easy for other devs to pick-up the development at later stages. At the same time, an in-house developer may leave a start-up at some point and there is no any guarantee that his code will be readable for another developer who will replace him.
All the good qualities you're looking for can be found in Syndicode, an MVP development company. If you have any questions about MVP development, don't hesitate to ask us. We'll be glad to help you.


Eleven years ago I became a mother to a boy and girl set of twins. Two short years after that, my son, Jon, began losing language and was soon diagnosed with Autism. Maybe some of you can relate to the whirlwind that begins when you hear that your precious and beloved child has an exceptional need. I describe it being pulled out with the tide, rolled and tossed by the ocean, and then, if you stop struggling, you find yourself underwater in a new and mysterious world with skills more amazing than you dreamed and that you never knew you possessed…such as breathing underwater. It isn't easy.
I live an unusual life now. After years of interventions and fighting for services, fighting for understanding, fighting against the world as it was, we walked away. Literally, we walked away. In the short version I struggled to find a charter school that would accept my son due to his bathroom accidents. He attended private school with an aide for a year while I went to grad school and worked full time. He went to a public school for four days. He began pulling his hair out and screaming not to go. I watched boys tease and bully him while I was a few feet away. I felt helpless and so did he. So I told the teacher "we were leaving". "You can't do that" she said. "Watch me," I replied and we walked out of that school, and that life, forever.
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I talk to a lot of people who are intimidated by farmer's markets. They feel like they don't quite know what questions to ask, who to buy from and end up getting totally overwhelmed by the process.
First thing to note is: it's up to you to get the conversation going. Most farmers are incredibly intelligent, have copious amounts of information about their crops and could talk ad nauseum about them…if you show a little interest.
They are so entrenched in what they do that they assume you know what they know. Like, if someone asks about your job, you're not going to immediately offer detailed information. People need to ask for it.
Here is your simple guide to get the convo going with your local farmer. Remember, there is no such thing as a stupid question!
What items do you recommend?
Your farmer is not some serious, socially inept weird-o. They want to chat with you! But they don't want to assume that you know nothing, so it's on you to engage them. Also, a lot of people who choose to work on their own tend to be introverts. So it might be on you to start the conversation, don't be afraid to engage them. Be interested, be curious, be whoever you are.
Of course if they are super busy you don't want to barrage them with small talk. But these are people who have dedicated their entire lives to this. Farming isn't a 9-5 "job". It's a lifestyle, a labor or love, and the people who devote their lives to this are proud and passionate about what they do.
Any other questions you think are pertinent? Please add to the list in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you!


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Val Kilmer Was in Love With Angelina Jolie During "Alexander" Filming
by Tracy Finke April 22, 2020
Famous Hollywood actor Val Kilmer admitted in his new book, "I'm Your Huckleberry," that he had a crush on Angelina Jolie, whom she met on the set of the 2004 epic drama "Alexander".
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The 60-year-old actor revealed that on the set, he "couldn't wait to kiss her," and he wanted to buy her "a Gulfstream jet and have V+J painted in rainbow glory on the trail".
"We developed a friendship. I was around when Angie's mom [Marcheline Bertrand] was losing her battle with cancer. They were living in her mom's favorite hotel. Or maybe it was Angie's. I happened to be staying there myself. It was meaningful and mortal and effortless and exquisite", Kilmer wrote.
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He continued: "When people ask me what Angelina is like, I always say she's like other women and other superstars, but just more. More gorgeous. More wise. More tragic. More magic. More grounded. Is it worth it? Worth knowing people who require weeks of effort to understand even a little? Yes".
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However, their relationship faded after filming.
Angelina started shooting "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," where she fell madly in love with Brad Pitt, who left his then-wife, Jennifer Aniston, because of her.
Read Also: Val Kilmer Calls Breakup With Daryl Hannah "Most Painful"
This point in time has exposed or created challenges of every degree, though if even for a moment, instead of giving attention to what's wrong or unfair, I take-in and be grateful for what is right or good. And I feel like everyone here tries to exercise that outlook as well. I just can't thank each of you enough for the outpouring of love. And speaking of love, I'm finally getting a glimpse at the photos I took for some upcoming stories surrounding my book. I just had to share an outtake. I hope this brings a smile. Stay safe and stay strong.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using PWLib.FileSyncLib;

namespace AutoUSBBackup.GUI
{
	public partial class WelcomeControl : UserControl, FormUserControl
	{
		public Shared.LogTextBox LogBox { get { return mTreeView.LogBox; } }

		public WelcomeControl()
		{
			InitializeComponent();

			MainForm.Instance.EventController.SpineInitialised += new EventHandler( Spine_SpineInitialised );
			MainForm.Instance.EventController.VolumeNeedsRefreshing += new VolumeDescriptorChangedHandler( EventController_VolumeDescriptorActiveChanged );
			MainForm.Instance.EventController.BackupStarted += new VolumeBackupHandler( Spine_BackupStartedWinThread );
			MainForm.Instance.EventController.BackupFinished += new VolumeBackupHandler( Spine_BackupFinishedWinThread );
			MainForm.Instance.EventController.RestoreStarted += new VolumeRestoreHandler( Spine_RestoreInitStartedWinThread );
			MainForm.Instance.EventController.RestoreFinished += new VolumeRestoreHandler( Spine_RestoreFinishedWinThread );

			mTreeView.AddNewVolumeMenuClicked += new AutoUSBBackup.GUI.Shared.WelcomeListView.VolumeEventDelegate( mTreeView_AddNewVolumeMenuClicked );
			mTreeView.RemoveVolumeMenuClicked += new AutoUSBBackup.GUI.Shared.WelcomeListView.VolumeEventDelegate( mTreeView_RemoveVolumeMenuClicked );
			mTreeView.RestoreVolumeMenuClicked += new AutoUSBBackup.GUI.Shared.WelcomeListView.VolumeEventDelegate( mTreeView_RestoreVolumeMenuClicked );
			mTreeView.TransferVolumeMenuClicked += new AutoUSBBackup.GUI.Shared.WelcomeListView.VolumeEventDelegate( mTreeView_TransferVolumeMenuClicked );
		}

		void EventController_VolumeDescriptorActiveChanged( VolumeDescriptor volume, bool isActive )
		{
			mTreeView.Reset();
		}

		void mTreeView_TransferVolumeMenuClicked( VolumeDescriptor vid )
		{
			MainForm.Instance.ControlSwitcher.SwitchUserControl( FormControlType.TransferVolume1, FormControlSwitchType.Start, vid );
		}

		void mTreeView_RestoreVolumeMenuClicked( VolumeDescriptor vid )
		{
			MainForm.Instance.ControlSwitcher.SwitchUserControl( FormControlType.RestoreVolume1, FormControlSwitchType.Start, vid );
		}

		void mTreeView_RemoveVolumeMenuClicked( VolumeDescriptor vid )
		{
			RemoveVolumeForm removeVolumeForm = new RemoveVolumeForm( vid.VolumeName );

			DialogResult dr = removeVolumeForm.ShowDialog( this );
			if ( dr == DialogResult.Yes )
			{
				MainForm.Instance.RemoveVolume( vid, removeVolumeForm.DeleteAllData );
			}
		}

		void mTreeView_AddNewVolumeMenuClicked( VolumeDescriptor vid )
		{
			MainForm.Instance.ControlSwitcher.SwitchUserControl( FormControlType.AddVolume2, FormControlSwitchType.Start );
		}

		void Spine_RestoreInitStartedWinThread( Volume volume, VolumeSnapshot snapshot )
		{
			mTreeView.LockInterface( true );
		}

		void Spine_RestoreFinishedWinThread( Volume volume, VolumeSnapshot snapshot )
		{
			mTreeView.LockInterface( false );
		}

		void Spine_BackupStartedWinThread( Volume volume, VolumeSnapshot snapshot, bool snapshotHasBeenSaved, bool firstBackupOnLoad )
		{
			mTreeView.SetVolumeAsBusy( volume.Descriptor, true );
		}

		void Spine_BackupFinishedWinThread( Volume volume, VolumeSnapshot snapshot, bool snapshotHasBeenSaved, bool firstBackupOnLoad )
		{
			mTreeView.SetVolumeAsBusy( volume.Descriptor, false );
		}

		void Spine_SpineInitialised( object sender, EventArgs e )
		{
			mTreeView.Reset();
		}

		public void OnControlHide( FormControlSwitchType switchType, object userObject )
		{
		}

		public void OnControlShow( FormControlSwitchType switchType, object userObject )
		{
			mTreeView.Reset();
		}

		public Control GetControl() { return this; }

		private void mTreeView_Load( object sender, EventArgs e )
		{

		}
	}
}

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Perceptions of media bias against Israel are more than just Jewish paranoia
http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- THE QUESTION of how the media treats Israel is a controversy that has taken up a great deal of the attention of American Jews in the last two decades. Ever since Israel�s 1982 campaign in Lebanon, friends of Israel in this country have grown increasingly frustrated with what they consider an unfair and distorted image of the Jewish state in the American and international media.
The reason for the passion over media bias is not hard to understand. American support for Israel is critical to its survival. If the news coverage of Israel helps turn Americans against the Jewish state, that would be a critical blow to the U.S.-Israel alliance.
Yet the passion devoted to this issue by American Jews has another cause. The fight against media bias is, after all, the one aspect of the Arab-Israeli conflict that allows American Jews to feel as if they are on the front lines of the battle to preserve the Jewish state from harm.
So it should come as no surprise that sparks flew when a few hundred American Jews were confronted with the opinions of a few foreign media representatives in Israel recently.
The setting for this event was the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Jerusalem, where a few hundred of the nearly 900 members of a United Jewish Communities Solidarity Mission to Israel were staying. The group had been promised a session on how to handle media distortions of Israel�s attempts to defend itself and its citizens during the Palestinians� �Al-Aqsa� intifada. What they got instead was a lecture of a different sort.
The panel assembled for the group consisted of New York Times Israel correspondent Joel Greenberg and two representatives of the Danish media, Stefan Jensen of Danish television and Hannah Fogel, a reporter for a leading daily newspaper in Copenhagen.
The message from the panelists was clear: Reporters aren�t perfect. The real problem, Greenberg insisted, isn�t media bias, but what he called the � reflexively defensive� attitude of American Jews toward anything that can be construed as negative coverage of Israel.
The correspondents were tired of being blamed for the way Israel is portrayed in the media. Instead, they said, blame Israel for its actions or, even better, blame yourselves for what Fogel said was �not wanting to hear the truth.�
Predictably, that message left many of those on the mission feeling frustrated and angry about the makeup of the panel and the message that had just been shoved down their throats.
JOURNALISM ISN'T EASY
Were these correspondents right?
Though some critics of the media tend to lapse into conspiracy scenarios or speak of anti-Semitism, it really isn�t that simple. Media distortions about Israel are far more likely the result of ignorant or sloppy editors and lazy reporters who either don�t know or don�t understand the historical and political context of the stories they cover. As Stefan Larsen said, �Mistakes are usually the result of a lack of professionalism, not evil intent.�
Journalism is a complicated business, and all too many complaints of bias � whether about the Middle East or local news � betray a lack of knowledge about how journalists actually report, write and edit under deadline pressure. Moreover, covering any conflict where both sides are always trying to spin reporters and use them to make political points is inherently problematic.
But a devotion to fairness doesn�t always stop reporters from picking a side in a dispute or adopting one group�s frame of reference in their coverage. Journalists love underdogs, and ever since Israel�s victory in the 1967 war, many have seen the Arabs in that manner.
According to Hannah Fogel, the facts of the ongoing violence can be summed up neatly: �The Palestinians are being very badly treated by the Israelis.� Her �obligation to report violations of human rights� meant her stories were bound to place Israel in a bad light.
For these journalists and for many of their colleagues, no matter what atrocities are committed by the Palestinians (i.e., lynchings of Israeli soldiers, terrorist shootings against Israeli civilians and bombings of Israelis cities), they must always be placed in the context of Israel as the villain.
This ignores the fact that the genuine sufferings of ordinary Palestinians have been caused by their leadership�s decision to opt for continued violence instead of accepting generous peace terms from Israel. Victims always exist on both sides. But if you are a reporter with an agenda, inconvenient facts which provide a context that works against the thrust of your story are often ignored. It is easier to do a sob story about an Arab victim than to put it in the context of a century-long struggle to extinguish the Zionist enterprise. Nor do stories about the Palestinian Authority fomenting hatred and terror against Israel get adequate coverage.
It is true that those of us who support Israel aren�t objective about it, and some of Israel�s supporters will never be satisfied with any reporting that highlights its shortcomings. But whether or not you are a devoted Zionist, the hatred and violence to which Israel has been subjected is the bottom line of the story. In contrast, when journalists start out with the idea that Israel is the bad guy � as Fogel and many of her colleagues clearly do � the result is news that doesn�t inform so much as it propagandizes.
The role of the Israeli media is another interesting aspect in this debate. All three journalists on the panel pointed out that the material that drove American Jews crazy about coverage of Israel in the world media was no different from the sort of articles and television segments that are routinely printed or aired in the Israeli media.
But what some people forget is that Israel�s press is fiercely partisan in a way that most American newspapers dropped decades ago.
The Israeli daily Ha�aretz, the voice of Israel�s secular left, is a good example. When you consider that most foreign journalists in Israel are getting their news from this source, it�s no wonder that most of the news reported from the country is slanted toward Israel�s Labor Party, as well as being very sympathetic to the Palestinians.
Clearly, Israelis seem less concerned with their image abroad than American Jews.
DISTORTING THE TRUTH
In the end, what was most offensive about the panel was the condescending attitude these journalists took toward their audience. Events in Israel are more complicated than some of us would like, but the notion that perceptions of media bias against Israel is just the product of Jewish paranoia is nonsense.
Just a couple of days before hearing the media panel, participants in the mission visited with an Israeli battalion commander on duty north of Jerusalem. His troops have been under fire from Palestinians gunmen for months as they attempt to prevent Arab mobs from attacking Jewish settlements or army outposts. He told of the stringent rules of engagement that prevent Israeli soldiers from using lethal force except when they themselves are under fire.
But what seemed to frustrate this soldier the most was when he told us of his troops� disbelief when they saw themselves falsely portrayed on CNN as trigger-happy killers. The truth � that the �underdogs� were actually armed aggressors and not just stone-throwing children � would have been a less sensational story than the ones that aired.
Supporters of Israel should not be fooled into thinking that all of Israel�s problems could be solved by improving its image. But when confronted with distortions in the way Israel is covered, honest journalists must do better than merely blame American Jews for being biased consumers of the news.
JWR contributor Jonathan S. Tobin is executive editor of the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent. Let him know what you think by clicking here.
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Edz Kidz meet on a Thursday between 5.30 - 6.45 pm during term time and young people aged 8 - 18 are invited to come along and take part in the various activities. It's a chance to be together, get to know other young people in a safe environment and anyone from the estate or Dartford is welcome to be part of Edz Kidz.
Activities have included pizza evenings, computer sessions, craft, games, outings, chilling out, sharing music. We also shared in the celebrations marking Temple Hill at 60. This included work on one of the 6 banners that hung in the main church. We also used digital cameras to take photos of Temple Hill. Part of our work went on display in the lobby of the centre. As part of the same project Edz Kidz also made the sky banner.
The membership form and letter to parents/carers/guardians, is also downloadable from this page. Simply print it off, complete it and bring it along!
For more information please speak to Lorraine Bathgate on 01322 386828. All staff and volunteers who run Edz Kidz are CRB checked and follow the guidelines as set out in the Diocese of Rochester Child Protection Policy which available and displayed in the Living Well Centre.
Scroll down and see some of the young adults who take part every thursday at Edz Kidz. Some of the parents stay and chat over coffee.


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Virginia high school scholars use poker to brush up on math and logic
30 November 2010 by CasinoListings
The Washington Post reports this week that high school students attending George Mason High School in Falls Church, Virginia are learning math and logic reasoning through the fascinating and significantly skill-based game of poker.
Tutor William Snyder's poker club on the campus has quickly become one of the most popular extracurricular activities at the high school following its approval by school principal Tyrone Byrd in September this year, the report notes.
"We know the kids could play outside of school, but when they're here, we have the opportunity to show them how to play responsibly and to show them how the game relates to their education," Byrd told the newspaper.
The club has ground rules in place to ensure the game is being used for educational purposes; real money is never used, and the game's educational relevance is emphasised, with the foundation of the game and statistics discussed at the beginning of every session.