Jobless claims unexpectedly fell today. Initial unemployment claims were 357,000 versus the 372,000 consensus. That is the lowest level in more than a month. More importantly, it continues the string of better-than-expected economic performance.


The end of summer, traditionally marked by Labor Day, is a great time to enjoy that last getaway before school and work pick back up again.
Many fun local activities and attractions offer special events or exhibits at the end of August into September, so there's a lot of promise in late summer vacations.
Regular admission to a number of these Boston attractions are included on the Go Boston® Card.
Searching for more events later in the fall? Check out our Boston Fall Events post for fun activities in October and November.
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Headlining the weekend before Labor Day is the very Boston-esque St. Anthony's Feast.
This has long been famous as the largest Italian religious festival in New England. It's a huge affair that takes over much of the North End neighborhood: part parade, part pageantry, part ceremony, and all excitement.
The actual procession begins at noon on Sunday. The Santa Lucia festival brings up the rear on Monday, a shorter but no less grand celebration.
Getting In: Admission to St. Anthony's Feast is free.
There are few things that animal lovers appreciate more than a chance to see amazing animals in person.
Boston Harbor Cruises offers a popular whale-watching cruise that departs from the pier adjacent to the New England Aquarium (a very convenient place to board).
Head out to Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary for a truly inspiring encounter with some of the ocean's most majestic inhabitants.
Whether you're a true fan of the sea or just love the wonder of seeing such giant creatures relatively close, you'll have an ocean experience you'll never forget.
Keep in mind that the scheduled tours will become less frequent once you pass Labor Day, but the cruise will still run in good weather.
Como entrar: New England Aquarium Whale Watch tickets are included as an option on 3, 5, and 7-Day Go Boston Cards.
Although the Red Sox happen to be away from home this Labor Day weekend, baseball fans will love a chance to tour their famed stadium.
Explore the many iconic sites of baseball's most historic stadium, from the lone red seat to Pesky's Pole to the Green Monster.
It's a great chance to go behind the scenes at this very special venue.
Como entrar: Fenway Park Tour tickets are included with the Go Boston Card.
If you're new to Boston this Labor Day weekend, then one smart attraction choice for you is a comprehensive bus tour of the city.
Hop-on hop-off options give you the flexibility to see what you want, when you want, and skip what you aren't interested in.
Plus, the ticket's good for two days, giving you extra freedom on your adventures.
Como entrar: Hop On Hop Off Boston Trolley Tour tickets are included with the Go Boston Card.
Bike rides are a win-win in our book. The kids get to have fun being active and enjoying the outdoors, and they're simultaneously getting some exercise and burning off all that excess energy.
Pedal through Boston Common and the Boston Public Gardens, and then down to the Harborwalk bike trail.
You can also choose to ride along the Charles River, which offers miles of trails on either side. This late in the summer, you'll be contending with other cyclists, runners, and those just enjoying a stroll.
Como entrar: Boston Bike Rentals by Urban AdvenTours are included on the Go Boston Card.
The Swan Boats in the Boston Public Gardens are an iconic summertime attraction.
Take a nice, relaxing ride to slow down your Labor Day weekend and take in the town. It's a fun activity for kids, or for couples, and is a great way to evoke the true spirit of summer in Boston.
Como entrar: Boston Swan Boat Rides are included on the Go Boston Card.
While there are tons of great museums in the Boston area that appeal to the whole family, the Boston Children's Museum is truly the perfect candidate for keeping the kids happy.
You'll find tons of interactive exhibits that focus on everything from science and environmental awareness to culture and the arts.
Be sure to check their events calendar for any special exhibits or attractions that may occur during your visit.
Como entrar: Boston Children's Museum tickets are included on the Go Boston Card.
Come to the USS Constitution Museum this Labor Day weekend to learn about how sailors spent their spare time at sea.
The hands-on, interactive activities are great for kids. You can practice writing with a quill pen, play your hand at a nineteenth century board game, and get a temporary nautical tattoo.
If you're interested in Old Ironsides herself, consider a cruise like the USS Constitution Cruise which escorts you out to the ship in Boston's Inner Harbor and past other major sights like the Bunker Hill Monument and the Boston Tea Party boat.
Getting In: Admission to the USS Constitution Museum is separately ticketed and is not included with the Go Boston Card. For more information about this attraction and to purchase tickets, visit the attraction website.
USS Constitution Cruise tickets are included with the Go Boston Card.
Enjoy musical performances, clever crafts, and inspiring art created by the Boston area's top artists and artisans as you roam the beautiful waterfront Christopher Columbus Park.
You'll find everything from photography and painting to glasswork and jewelry.
Bonus: there are plenty of items for sale in addition to those items only for exhibition purposes.
The whole family will enjoy the plethora of fun activities and performance options designed to appeal to both kids and adults (thankfully).
Getting In: Admission to the Boston Arts Festival is free.
Each summer the Boston Harbor Hotel hosts a family movie and music series.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays are devoted to musical performances by a wide variety of bands (categories are "Summer Soul," "Rat Pack," and "Blues Barge"), providing an incredibly atmospheric dining experience to dine the hotel restaurant.
Every Friday they show a movie by moonlight; on August 31 the film is Out of Africa.
The Boston Harbor Hotel is conveniently located off the scenic Fort Point Channel and the pedestrian favorite Harborwalk – the ideal route for a waterfront stroll in Boston.
Getting In: Admission to the "Summer in the City" series is free.
This delightful event is perfect for visitors of all ages. Now in its 12th year, this fun festival celebrates all things fluff — the delectable marshmallow treat that was invented right in Somerville back in 1917.
The festival incorporates live music, toys and games for kids, beverages for adults, and tons of fluff-related food items.
There's even a cooking contest for the best inventive fluff recipe. Deadline for submissions is September 18!
Somerville is located just a little bit north west of Boston proper — you can get to Union Square easily via bus.
Getting In: Admission to the Fluff Festival is free.
So there are a few examples of fun and exciting things to do in Boston during Labor Day Weekend and into September.
Remember, some of these great attraction options are included on the Go Boston Card, where you can save up to 55% on combined admission vs paying at the gate.
Please note, the Labor Day weekend events taking place at some of these attractions may be separately ticketed and not included with the Go Boston Card.


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July 10, 2017 Filed in News, Press Releases, U.S Senate News, White House News
"Sadly, Bob Casey continues to embrace his far-left 'resistance leader' status. His newest form of obstruction — refusing to return his blue slip for our highly qualified Keystone State nominee — is a disservice to Pennsylvania and its citizens. It's a shame that Bob Casey is more concerned with covering his left flank than responsible governing."
— Val DiGiorgio, Chairman, Republican Party of Pennsylvania
The Washington Times: Senate Democrats hold blue slips, delay Trump's federal judicial nominees
Alex Swoyer
No Democrat has yet returned a "blue slip" signaling acceptance of President Trump's federal judicial picks — an ominous sign for Republicans, who fear it signals an upcoming attempt to slow-walk the administration's plans to reshape the federal judiciary. Democrats have suggested that blame lies with the White House. They say Mr. Trump's aides haven't done enough to consult with them before announcing nominations to fill federal appeals court vacancies.The White House, though, said it has gone to great lengths to try to rope Democrats in early in the process, with frequent outreach, only to be met by dilatory tactics…"And in Pennsylvania and Indiana, the president has nominated prominent, widely respected law professors at world-class universities — Notre Dame and the University of Pennsylvania. These are consensus picks who would receive unanimous support if offered by any other administration."
The New York Times: White House Announces Slate of 11 Judicial Nominees
Adam Lipta
Mr. Trump's new slate includes two other nominees to federal appeals court. One, Stephanos Bibas, is a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania who served as a law clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and has argued several cases before the Supreme Court. He is to be nominated to the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia.

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Conflict minerals: MEPs ask for mandatory certification of EU importers
EU importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold for manufacturing consumer goods need to be certified by the EU to ensure that they do not fuel conflicts and human rights abuses in conflict areas, say MEPs in their position on a draft law adopted on Wednesday by 402 votes to 118, with 171 abstentions.
Parliament voted by 400 votes to 285, with 7 abstentions, to overturn the Commission's proposal as well as the one adopted by the international trade committee and requested mandatory compliance for "all Union importers" sourcing in conflict areas. In addition, "downstream" companies, that is, the 880 000 potentially affected EU firms that use tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold in manufacturing consumer products, will be obliged to provide information on the steps they take to identify and address risks in their supply chains for the minerals and metals concerned.
Request for mandatory certification
As metal smelters and gold refiners are the last point at which the minerals' origin can be effectively traced, MEPs go beyond the Commission's "self-certification" approach and call for smelters and refiners to undergo a compulsory, independent, third-party audit to check their "due diligence" practices. Parliament also asks the Commission to grant financial support to micro-businesses and small and medium-sized firms wishing to obtain certification through the EU's COSME programme (EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises).
Strengthened review clause
Parliament also insists on tougher monitoring of the scheme, with a review two years after it is applied and every three years thereafter (instead of after three and six years respectively, as planned by Commission)
The regulation applies to all conflict-affected high risk areas in the world, of which the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes area are the most obvious example. The draft law defines 'conflict-affected and high-risk areas' as those in a state of armed conflict, with widespread violence, the collapse of civil infrastructure, fragile post-conflict areas and areas of weak or non-existent governance and security, characterised by "widespread and systematic violations of human rights".
In a vote of 343 votes to 331, with 9 abstentions, Parliament decided not to close the first reading position and to enter into informal talks with the EU member states to seek agreement on the final version of the law.
Tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold are used in many consumer products in the EU, in particular by the automotive, electronics, aerospace, packaging, construction, lighting, industrial machinery and tooling industries, as well as in jewellery. The upcoming law potentially affects 880,000 EU manufacturers, most of which are small or medium-sized.
EU "Supply-Chain Due Diligence" standards will be based on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance recommendations, which are designed to help companies respect human rights and avoid contributing to conflict through their mineral purchases from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.
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The Right to Say 'No' in Ecuador: the #QuitoSinMineria campaign
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ACTION LAB (26 September): Towards resource justice
The European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth Europe, the Institute for European Environmental Policy, and the European Youth Forum are organising an interactive hybrid workshop to co-create an ambitious agenda for resource justice. The…
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South African mineworkers discuss strategies to prevent injuries and deaths from mine accidents
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) national health and safety committee met on 4 August in Johannesburg to discuss the impact of the union's health and safety campaigns and training programmes in the mining, energy,…
Lithium drives investments, workplace concerns in Australia
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Briefing paper on safeguards in mining exploration
Many governments hope to use mining to boost post-COVID-19 growth and engage in the mineral-intensive 'green energy' transition. But they risk repeating the same mistakes at the root of many mining conflicts, according to a…
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Controversy over Chile's lithium tender process
On January 20, civil society, unions, lawmakers, opposition parties and others came together in the Chilean capital Santiago to demand sustainable lithium policies. IndustriALL affiliate Industrial Chile Constramet is actively mobilizing to ensure that lithium,…


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Het Amateur Public Links Championship is een golfkampioenschap in de Verenigde Staten. Het is bestemd voor amateurs die niet lid zijn van een besloten golfclub. Het kampioenschap bestaat voor dames en heren en wordt altijd op een openbare baan gespeeld.

De formule bestaat sinds 1975 uit een strokeplay-kwalificatie, waarna de beste 64 spelers/speelsters een matchplaytoernooi spelen.

Heren
Het herenkampioenschap werd in 1922 opgericht, er deden toen 140 spelers mee. In 1936  waren er voor het eerst ruim 220 deelnemers, en in 1939 waren er meer dan 2400. Na de oorlog waren er eenmalig ruim 3500 deelnemers, maar in 1947 daalde dat tot ruim 2600. In 1953 zakte het aantal onder de 2000. Van 1967-1974 was het een strokeplay-kampioenschap over 72 holes. In 1975 werd de huidige formule geïntroduceerd waarbij er eerste in strokeplay wordt gekwalificeerd waarna de beste 64 spelers in matchplay doorgaan. De finale besaat uit 36 holes.

De winnaar van het herenkampioenschap mag meedoen aan de Masters.

Dames
Het dameskampioenschap begon pas in 1977. Tot 2001 bestond de finale uit 18 holes, vanaf 2002 bestaat de finale uit 36 holes. De jongste speelster was Michelle Wie, die op 10-jarige leeftijd al meedeed. Ze is ook de jongste winnares, aangezien ze in 1983 dertien jaar was. Het was haar laatste overwinning als amateur.

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We have just completed our first local website for the Trial Bay Triathlon Club. Since relocating to the Mid North Coast, we have been slowly getting our name out there with the local community. Trial Bay Triathlon Club enquired about establishing a new website and we are happy to announce that they are very pleased with the end result.
The Club holds several major events on the Mid North Coast which attracts athletes from all over Australia. The Trial Bay Triathlon is now in it's 31st year! The Macleay Marathon is in it's 23rd year. Having adopted the services of one of their major sponsors websites, they decided it was time to invest and develop their own website with the help of Allround Business Solutions. The brief was simple enough – clean, informative and interactive.


Sales and Marketing Alignment Blog from Rod Sloane: Your Permission Marketing just got Harder to Execute, a lot Harder!
Your Permission Marketing just got Harder to Execute, a lot Harder!
The important thing is that it's not you who defines what is and isn't permission; it's your customer or client. And half of them don't think that you have that much. The slide shows that at least 20% don't believe that they have given you any permission to speak or even market to them. Which means you are shouting at them like some tacky 2nd hand mortgage sales man.
You spammer -- You're just as low as a banker!
OK, maybe not that low.
But if you believe that permission is a good idea to have in marketing then you need to think about asking for it more and more often. Do you? Because clients don't think that you do.
But why wouldn't you continually re-affirm you have their permission?
Every other e-mail I send to the list I've built myself, almost entirely from people I've actually met and who have given me their address and permission to keep in touch, has a reminder of how we first met and a very obvious unsubscribe button.
I lose a few each mailing but not nearly so many as I'm adding each time as I meet more and more interesting people.
Yesterday I received a e-newsletter from a lady I had only briefly met at a networking meeting. She had asked for my card which I handed over because I thought she was interested in my services. Turns out she used that information to add me to her mailing list without my permission.
'Business card dumping' is extremely bad practice, yet SMEs consider it the norm. I'm afraid I unsubscribed in a fit of pique, and I won't be recommending her services until she learns some better marketing manners.


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Q: Another Birthday Problem (Probability/Combinatorics) What is the smallest number of people in a room to assure that the probability that at least two were born on the same day of the week is at least 40%?
I understand when approaching this type of problem, you simplify it so there's only 365 days.  Also, I thought you go about the question by finding the probability that no one is born on the same day of the week.  Then you subtract by 1 to get the solution:
Therefore, if the first person can have a birthday on any of 365 days, and the second is (365-8) because 1 week has to be removed (since question asks at least two born on the same day).  I thought the answer is:
$1-\cfrac{365(365-8)...(365-r+1)}{365^{r}}\tag{1}$
The solution is 4 people but when I enter r=4, I get 5.6% which is obviously wrong.  Any help is appreciated.  Thank you.

A: Here are the first several results for the same day of the week:
$$
\begin{align}
1-\frac77&=0&\text{$1$ person}&(0\%)\\
1-\frac77\frac67&=\frac17&\text{$2$ people}&(14.29\%)\\
1-\frac77\frac67\frac57&=\frac{19}{49}&\text{$3$ people}&(38.78\%)\\
1-\frac77\frac67\frac57\frac47&=\frac{223}{343}&\text{$4$ people}&(65.01\%)\\
\end{align}
$$

A: Apparently I misunderstood the question.  Thanks to Hagen's comment, this is how I approached the question:
First, find the probability that $r$ people will each have been born on different days of the week, and then subtract this from 1 to get probability that at least two from $r$ people will have been born on the same day of the week:
$Pr(\text{At least 2 of r were born on the same day of the week.)}=1-\cfrac{1-7(7-1)...(7-r+1)}{7^r}$
Substituting:
r=3, Pr=39%.
r=4, Pr=65%!

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On October 3rd, SAASC was honored to have Lynn Downey in conversation to share her experiences as an archivist, historian, and author.
After an early position as an archivist for the real estate developer Mason-McDuffie, Lynn spent over 20 years as the corporate historian for Levi Strauss & Co., the iconic American institution famous for its denim jeans. During her time at the company, Downey sought out a variety of opportunities to hone her writing skills. Her position included marketing activities such as working with reporters who were researching the company. She also learned to embrace social media as a tool for sharing the heritage of Strauss & Co in short form entries such as Facebook posts and tweets. Downey traveled the country to promote the company at events and on television, including a spot on Oprah! Most importantly, Downey had strong communication with company leadership, and was able to pursue a lot of writing that she had personal interest in by illustrating its connection back to the company. This communication was certainly a factor when Downey negotiated to write the official Levi Strauss biography after her time with the company.
Downey also provided quality advice for archivists who are looking to become writers. She explained that she processes a book project much like she would process an archival collection. She first studies and reads as much as she can about the subject, and uses that information to create an organizational structure for the book. This compilation of materials can often be a tricky task. When writing the Levi Strauss biography, Downey hit a roadblock in the process because many of Strauss' personal records were destroyed in the San Francisco 1906 fire. Therefore, she traveled to Germany and Panama to gather information from other sources to complete the organizational structure for her book.
She also stressed the importance of creating a timeline in order to see the topic develop over time. For the Strauss project, Downey's timeline is over 100 pages long! She also stressed that aspiring writers should read and write as often as they can, citing Stephen King's On Writing and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life as transformative texts in her journey as a writer. Downey also recommended that authors seek to work with university presses as opposed to seeking representation from a literary agent and working with larger publications. With university presses, the author-archivist is able to maintain a level of ownership over their project that other publishers may not provide.
Her current project, Life in a Lung Resort, tells the story of her grandmother's time in Arequipa, a tuberculosis sanitorium, in 1920's California. The site of the sanitorium is now the home of a Girl Scout camp. Downey tracked down the institutional records that were saved by a man who kept them in his shed so they would not be thrown away. Downey obtained the records, processed them, and donated them to the Bancroft Library (finding aid can be found here.) We look forward to reading Life in a Lung Resort, set to be released in the fall of next year, and to reading more from Lynn Downey in the future!


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How Mosie Reframed Artificial Insemination and Brought Fertility Home
Health is shifting from institutions to individuals. This shift will reframe how we all think about health care'whether you are a patient or provider of services. At gravitytank, my colleagues and I keep an eye out for inspiring examples that provide insight into how this shift is happening.; Mosie is a great example: a conception syringe designed specifically for artificial insemination at home. Compared to expensive and invasive treatments, Mosie makes conception a more affordable and smoother experience for would-be parents.; Mosie's (dare I say cute?) patent-pending conception syringe launched on their website in December. We caught up with Mosie co-founder Marc Brown to ask him what principles drove the conception, design and launch of Mosie. Here's what he shared with us.
Don't assume the experts have thought of everything
After years of attempting, numerous medical tests showed there didn't seem to be anything wrong with Marc and wife/co-founder Maureen's ability to conceive. They then became candidates for intrauterine insemination (IUI), an invasive medical procedure using a catheter to to place semen into the uterus. While this procedure was a viable option, they wondered about alternatives'both for themselves in the future, and for others trying to conceive for the first time. They then began to explore alternatives.
To their surprise, Marc and Maureen found that none of the consumer-available options for at-home conception were comfortable or functional. They are often. quite literally, repurposed syringes and turkey basters. The medical profession had yet to design an appropriate at-home insemination syringe. Existing offerings are simply not designed for the female body.
Maureen then made a sketch'something about the same size as a tampon, a comfortable diameter and no harsh edges. She specified the measurements she thought would make it both effective and comfortable. This sketch, with collaboration from the Brown's fertility doctor, became the basis for their patent-pending design. Addressing a known, and poorly addressed medical need, Maureen's first-person approach to developing Mosie allowed for the creation of a first-of-its-kind product embraced by both users and clinicians.
Make it personal and meaningful, not medical
While IUI is a medical procedure, home insemination doesn't have to be. When Marc and Maureen set out to create the Mosie Conception Kit they knew the product design, branding and positioning had to appeal to consumers on an emotional, not just functional level.
Early feedback and sales of the Mosie conception syringe support this lifestyle-brand positioning. As expected, most interest to date comes from couples and individuals trying to conceive. However, they've seen an unexpected pattern'interest from parents who have conceived the old fashioned way but are still curious to try Mosie Baby.
Marc believes that making new health capabilities accessible and desirable in the home encourages new kinds of experimentation and unexpected applications.
Make the doctor part of the solution
Mosie did not set themselves in opposition to the medical profession, despite the lack of a patient-centered solution. By focusing on the experience of in-home fertility, doctors can still play an important role for individuals or a couple. Doctors are supportive of Mosie's solution because they are able to offer an alternative to patients can't afford, don't want to pursue or simply do not need IUI.
With time and access for patients becoming a real issue for many clinics, providers are being pressured to do more and 'work at the top of their license''performing the highest value work within their specialty. Mosie's solution enables a shift from a conventional medical procedure to something that can be done at home. This relieves the patient load for providers while still supporting the deeply meaningful goals of their patients. And because the in-home experience lacks the stress and exposure of a visit to the clinic, medical outcomes are potentially improved.
A couple months in, Marc and Maureen are thrilled with the initial reception Mosie has received. They know they are changing people's lives and helping accelerate the shift of medical care to the home.
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JAN BROGAN _ I have to admit, I've had better weeks in terms of pages. But up until Wednesday, I did sit down and work for a solid two hours before I checked my email. Much of that work was research, but some of it was writing down salient points of that research and playing with characters and plot lines.
Wednesday was a total loss, and Thursday and Friday were a bit better. I thought I would make up for lost time on Saturday, but no such luck. I expect today to be my kick-in-the-pants day.
Still, the discipline focused me more on writing than I would be otherwise, and I feel myself getting closer to a new, productive writing schedule.
For those readers just tuning it - the writing challenge is this: Write two pages before checking your email in the morning - if you write in the morning. If you are a late afternoon-evening person, you can check your email in the morning, but not before you start writing. And most important, you can't stop and check email or go on-line (unless its directly related to research for your book) once you start.
It's not too late to sign up now. The challenge has three more weeks left.
This was a really good week for me. This morning, I wrote four pages before going to email. If I keep those four pages will be another issue. The number four has plagued me all week. Although I've written about twenty pages, the majority of the time I wrote the same four pages over and over--wasting about three days. Now if my critique group doesn't like them, I don't know what I'll do!
Your challenges help me focus on my work, Jan. Just what I needed especially as the holiday's approach.
The writing's going pretty well. The not checking e-mail thing, not as much. I'm an afternoon/evening writer and some days I've been able to not check email when I sit down to write. Other times, I feel like something crucial's waiting for me.
I did start reading HAMLET'S BLACKBERRY to figure out how to deal better with my tech.
Thanks for the Hamlet's Blackberry tip, I just went to check it out!!
Thanks, E.B. I'm glad the challenge is helping.
I've come up against those kind of "four pages" myself!
I'm 5 for 7 in terms of not checking internet before I write. But 6 for 7 in terms of good writing days this week. So satisfying to see progress.
I'm just tuning in, but I think the writing challenge is just what I need. It's too late to start today because I've already checked e-mails this morning, but tomorrow is looking good.
I'm not TOO panicked, though. I figure why add panic to the mix. Next week, I'll do better.
It is not TOO late! And lucky for you, our special police force that implements these rules of writing discipline is very, very, very, very, very understanding.
It's all about the trying to avoid internet interference in your writing day!!
I had a direction for the new project that's part NaNoWriMo, part JanWriChall. My Muse didn't like it. We argued. She waved scissors and pouted. Guess who won. Yeah. I am a wimp. But once I gave in to her, I'm almost 7300 words into the MS. I want to be over 10K by tonight. I'll start writing here shortly. I need more coffee. Considering I wrote 4700 words yesterday, I think I'll catch up.
Good luck, everyone! A new week, new challenges!
It's early yet, comment-wise, but it seems most of us had a rough start. I sure did! Having real focus and word memory problems. Wonder what the planets would tell us about about that! Ok,ok, no groaning out there, just kidding.
I was pretty good this week. I had a lot going on on Thursday so I made that my day off (but still wrote.)I didn't the read the fine print about "if you write in the afternoon" so I've decided to go cold turkey on internet until I get my 2 pages in and although it's hard, I'm enjoying it. Whatever is there will still be there in a few hours!
The Writing Challenge is a great thing for me. I've learned a lot about myself, what my knee-jerk tendencies are for "I'll just look up this (useless) piece of information" and "I'll just quickly check my email." At all times of day or night.
I'm 5 for 7 for writing. 5 for 7 on not doing the internet first. (Not the same 5.) On a day I hadn't written I felt guilty & didn't go online till almost bedtime. On one day of writing, it was the writing that took over and I got nothing else done.
Thanks for the reference to Hamlet's Blackberry.
Next week I am resolved my time will be on target and more balanced. This is training my brain for digital boundaries as well as the discipline of daily writing. Much appreciated.
I'm 50-50 for the Internet thing, behind on my NaNo but edited two short stories. I found it difficult this week. Maybe it's the focus thing. If nothing else, I have it in my head that the writing must come first.
I'll do better next week for sure.
So we all resolve to be a bit more disciplined next week! 5 for 7 is awesome btw avi!


Natasha Esbach, a moderator at the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), visited South Peninsula High School to assess the Grade 9 art pupils' work. Art teacher Albert Hess said: "Ms Esbach always comes this time of the year and examines the pupils' performance in their art theory June examinations. She will review their tests, which were written in February and March, as well as their June examination papers." From left, are some of the pupils who had their work evaluated Samir Patandin, Lee Johannes, Aiden Beukes, Michael Williams and Alexander Whyburd.


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Another year, another roundup of baddies. There were a lot of big-franchise movies this year, with a lot of big-name villains, as well as a couple of memorable new (evil) faces. Without further ado, let's get to the villainy!
Richmond Valentine in Kingsman: The Secret Service
Samuel L. Jackson played one of the most unique villains of the year. A billionaire who wants to destroy humanity because he believes they are a disease that must be exterminated in order to save the planet, he speaks with a lisp and grows nauseous at the sight of blood. He's also got a first-rate evil lair hidden in the mountains, protected by surface-to-air missiles and an army of henchmen. He may not be the scariest villain of the year, given the film's comedic tone, but certainly one of the most entertaining.
Deckard Shaw in Furious 7
I love Jason Statham, and he doesn't usually play bad guys, so it was really fun to watch him cut loose and turn to the dark side for a while. I'll admit that his character didn't have all that much personality, but every time he showed up in the movie, his appearance was accompanied by a fight, shootout, or ridiculous car chase. He kicked plenty of ass, and probably got his hands dirty more than any other villain on this list, which earns him a spot as one of my favorite villains of 2015.
Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron
For a while, Gollum was the most realistic digital character around, but some of the recent Marvel movies have given old Smeagol a run for his money (Rocket and Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy are other examples of this). But in terms of digitally-created villains, Ultron steals the show. Age of Ultron was a mixed bag, the story was a bit of a mess and the whole film felt overstuffed, but it was still plenty of fun and James Spader gave a fantastic performance as the titular villain. He gave Ultron distinctive mannerisms that made him feel like much more than just your average everyday murderous robot. When you've got five or six superheroes in one movie, you need a villain capable of standing up to all of them, and Ultron fit that description perfectly.
Immortan Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road
I may be biased here because Mad Max: Fury Road was far and away my favorite movie of 2015, but Immortan Joe was also my favorite villain of 2015. A classic dictator and a first-class bullshit artist, Immortan Joe was the kind of villain who would scare the pants off you, but he was so magnetic you couldn't take your eyes off that terrifying visage. He was the kind of villain you love to hate, and his was also one of the most viscerally and emotionally satisfying deaths of the year. When Charlize Theron's equally-badass Furiosa hooked his mask to the wheel of his truck and ripped half his face off, it was enough to make you want to stand up and cheer.
John Connor in Terminator Genisys
You've got to give the makers of Terminator Genisys some credit. It took some serious cojones to make John Connor, the savior of humanity in the previous Terminator films, the bad guy in the most recent installment. That would be like making Harry Potter a dark wizard. But what one hand gives, the other hand takes away, since the reveal of Connor as the bad guy was relentlessly spoiled in every bit of the film's advertising. Posters, trailers, you name it, all of it gave away the big twist. It was really too bad, since it hugely undermined the film's big reveal of the villain. Jason Clarke still did solid work in the role, but the damage was done and the twist didn't have as much of an impact as it should have. Still, it took balls, and I do have to give the filmmakers some credit for that.
Yellowjacket in Ant-Man
Ant-Man was great fun, one of the most purely entertaining movies I saw this year. And it just makes sense that Ant-Man's nemesis would be another insect-based character. Yellowjacket had the same shrinking abilities as Ant-Man, but of course he added more laser guns, as any self-respecting villain probably would. The climactic battle between Ant-Man and Yellowjacket is one of the most unique in all of cinema. You will not find anything else quite like it, and that alone makes the movie worth checking out.
Solomon Lane in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
The fifth installment in the venerable spy series was all about providing Tom Cruise's superspy Ethan Hunt with equals. Newcomer Rebecca Ferguson neatly stole the movie as slinky, sexy spy Ilsa Faust, who was every bit the equal to Cruise's character, but she's not on this list because she was not the villain. That title belongs to Solomon Lane, the devious criminal mastermind who managed the difficult task of frequently out-maneuvering Ethan Hunt himself. He's a shadowy figure for much of the film, speaking in a silent, raspy voice that drips with menace. The villain in the previous Mission: Impossible movie was a bit flat, but Solomon Lane more than made up for that.
Franz Oberhauser in Spectre
Spectre was a bit of a comedown after the awesomeness that was Skyfall, and that included the film's villain. Christoph Waltz is an amazing actor, and it's always fun to watch him be evil, but his character was not quite as memorable as Javier Bardem's was in Skyfall. Still, Waltz is more than up to the task of being a Bond villain. Few actors provide more reliable villainy than Waltz, and he does so again here. There's nothing really wrong with his character or his performance, but it would be tough for anyone to follow up Javier Bardem's villainous turn in Skyfall, even an actor of Waltz's caliber. But it's still a kick to watch Waltz do his thing, even if his character wasn't all it could have been.
Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Don't worry, this entry will be spoiler-free. Although, given the ridiculous amount of money Episode VII has already made, most people reading this will have probably already seen it. But on the off chance that you haven't seen it yet, I won't give anything major away. Suffice to say that Kylo Ren's true identity drops a pretty big bombshell in the middle of the Star Wars mythos. He's played by an actor named Adam Driver, who I was unfamiliar with, but I thought he did a pretty great job playing a role that he must have known would be carefully scrutinized by legions of rabid fans. The Force Awakens was a hell of a ride, and it did exactly what it was supposed to do, in that it left you wanting more, and wanting more NOW. It'll be a few years before we get to see the continuation of the story, but I can't wait to see what the future has in store for everyone's new favorite dark Jedi.
So there you have it, the best of the best of 2015's villainous vagabonds. There are plenty of big movies coming in 2016, including a whole slew of comic-book movies that feature some truly iconic baddies (does the name the Joker ring a bell?), so I'll see you at the movie theater.
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Q: How to send messages in order from Apache Spark to Kafka topic I have a use case where event information about sensors is inserted continuously in MySQL. We need to send this information with some processing in a Kafka topic every 1 or 2 minutes.
I am using Spark to send this information to Kafka topic and for maintaining CDC in Phoenix table.I am using a Cron job to run spark job every 1 minute.
The issue I am currently facing is message ordering, I need to send these messages in ascending timestamp to end the system Kafka topic (which has 1 partition). But most of the message ordering is lost due to more than 1 spark DataFrame partition sends information concurrently to Kafka topic.
Currently as a workaround I am re-partitioning my DataFrame in 1, in order to maintain the messages ordering, but this is not a long term solution as I am losing spark distributed computing.
If you guys have any better solution design around this please suggest.

A: I am able to achieve message ordering as per ascending timestamp to some extend by reparations my data with the keys and by applying sorting within a partition.
val pairJdbcDF = jdbcTable.map(row => ((row.getInt(0), row.getString(4)), s"${row.getInt(0)},${row.getString(1)},${row.getLong(2)},${row. /*getDecimal*/ getString(3)},${row.getString(4)}"))
        .toDF("Asset", "Message")
val repartitionedDF = pairJdbcDF.repartition(getPartitionCount, $"Asset")
        .select($"Message")
        .select(expr("(split(Message, ','))[0]").cast("Int").as("Col1"),
          expr("(split(Message, ','))[1]").cast("String").as("TS"),
          expr("(split(Message, ','))[2]").cast("Long").as("Col3"),
          expr("(split(Message, ','))[3]").cast("String").as("Col4"),
          expr("(split(Message, ','))[4]").cast("String").as("Value"))
        .sortWithinPartitions($"TS", $"Value")


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Raised in Canandaigua, New York, she is the youngest of three. Both of her siblings are college graduates. However, Amanda dropped out of high school due to a stubborn streak. As a freshman, she struggled academically and continued to fall further behind each year and was told she needed to attend summer school to make up her failed classes. Feeling that she had no place to turn for help, she left school during her junior year. "I already had a job and I felt like making money was more important than going to school," said Amanda.


In the midst of all of the internet cultural warfare over the last few weeks, and no small amount of societal angst, some prayerful reflection for the season.
Not too many days hence, and the Christ will emerge from the womb.
The glory that spans the Universe will find its home in one tiny life.
a home, a family made of flesh and blood.
then as a redwood from a sea of crabgrass or low-growing moss.
All Creation will turn and look and gasp in disbelief and hope.
Yesterday I went to prison. That is, I went to visit someone in prison. When I arrived they were on "lock-down", so the trip took a little longer than I expected. Once I finally got inside and was assigned my seat in the visiting room, however, it was a meaningful visit. After just under an hour the person I was visiting went back to prison life and I took a seat up against one of the walls to wait for the next shuttle to take me back to the entrance.
As I waited, my eyes panned the room. There must have been 75 people in there, all talking loudly, some with great animation. Prisoner visitation was limited to 2 hours and it was obvious that some intended to enjoy their full two hours with a loved one – a brother, a boyfriend, a son, a husband, or a father – who, for one reason or another was "doing time." What struck me as I looked at their faces was their personhood, each of them sharing joys, walking through pain and suffering to one degree or another, longing to love and be loved. I reflected on how God looked at that room, what God thought about those sitting there, talking, laughing, filling their 120 minutes with as much life and goodness as they possibly could. God loved them, of course; he looked at them, knew their sins, their mistakes, their faults, their wounds, their potential… and loved them. Period.
God's love made me reflect on my own attitude toward these prisoners and their loved ones, and it reminds me of one of my favorite passages from the journals of Thomas Merton. On March 18, 1958, on a busy street corner in Louisville, Kentucky, Merton had a revelation that redefined how he understood his calling as a monk.
In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all those people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not be alien to one another even though we were total strangers….There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.
I'm sure that most people in that visiting room yesterday did not feel they were "shining like the sun," but to the degree that they bore the image of God, to the degree God loved and loves them still, they did (and do). That room was holy. That space was sacred. And if that space and those people were holy, the same is true of each of us and each person we meet, be they strangers or intimate friends. These encounters we have each day, each moment of each day, are divine. That is, God is in them already, like warmth in sunlight, or depth in darkness. God is in them, and we will see that, if we will stand, watch, and listen long enough.


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Broken Pencil & Open Book: Toronto present "The Indie Writers' Deathmatch IV Cartoon Contest"
Submitted by erin on November 8, 2010 - 12:25pm
by Nathaniel G. Moore
Check out Open Book: Toronto's Video of the Week and enter to win a Broken Pencil prize pack! Your prize pack will include a one-year subscription to the magazine and a copy of the anthology Can't Lit (ECW Press, 2009). The runner up will a set of Broken Pencil buttons and a copy of the fall issue. To enter, send an email with the subject line "Indie Writers" to contests@openbooktoronto.com and tell us the name of one of the Canadian celebrities you spotted in the video. The contest closes on November 15, 2010.
About the Artist: Jose Martinez
Jose Martinez lives in Spain and works in a variety of creative mediums. I came across his video for Bret Hart's historic return to the WWE a few months ago, around the time I was thinking of ways to make this year's Indie Writers' Deathmatch IV a bit more exciting leading up to the deadline.
So I asked Jose to do some animation for me, and he agreed. "Well, I've been playing piano and painting pictures since I was seven or eight years old. Then I started to play the guitar by myself. I played in a couple of bands just for fun. And meanwhile I went to University to study industrial engineering," he says. "Everyone told me to make something related to art but I don't know why I chose that, well yes, because it had prestige and future."
The desire to make art, however, was very strong, and after directing one short film and a music video, Jose found his calling. He was busy doing cartoons for his friends when someone suggested he make animated videos. And his work has put him in demand in some pretty cool gigs. Last fall Jose went to work on the forthcoming film O Apostolo, which, he says, "is the second stop-motion 3D animation film that has been made in history, after Coraline, I think."
In addition to all this, more bands have been asking for him to work on videos, posting his fan videos on their official music sites and keeping him in business as a freelance new media artist. To view his work visit his Youtube channel here.
The Indie Writers' Deathmatch IV
Submission Deadline: Dec. 31, 2010
Most importantly, the deadline for entering Indie Writers' Deathmatch IV is looming. Now that you're energized and pumped and have done a few sit-ups, it's time to enter your best story (1500-3000 words) and qualify to be one of eight finalists in the deadliest fiction contest on the planet. This year's champion will win $300 cash money, publication in Broken Pencil issue 51, $300 in Broken Pencil prizes and bragging rights forever more. Last year an estimated 90,000 people participated in our online arena, making comments and reading the stories. And this just in — this year's deathmatch will have seven indie bands promoting each round of the contest with a kick-ass song! So far we have songs from Toronto's Tomboyfriend, Edmonton's Hot Panda and Montreal's Puggy Hammer confirmed to appear. Imagine your story being read by thousands of angry fans with a soundtrack! OMG! FTW!
Enter your best ever deathmatch story here.
And be sure to follow Broken Pencil on good ol' Twitter for constant updates and hype @brokenpencilmag.
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Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest
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Submitted by clelia on March 1, 2011 - 2:29pm
From our friends at the Spring Pulse Poetry Festival:
Established in Cobalt Ontario in 1970, it's one of Canada's oldest national poetry contests. The Drummond Poetry Contest honours the memory of William Henry Drummond (1854-1907), "Canada's first national poet and literary superstar" as well as doctor and silver mine owner in the Cobalt area. His poetry was included in many anthologies through the years including: The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (1982).
The Drummand Poetry Contest features $1000 in prizes, an anthology, a new trophy, and award ceremony at the Spring Pulse Poetry Festival in Cobalt on Friday May 13.


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Low-wage work in the service sector for company's like Wal-Mart and Tim Hortons has surged, while traditional, higher-paying manufacturing jobs have been fading away.
Anti-poverty activists chastise Queen's Park over the province's three-year freeze of the minimum wage, at $10.25 an hour. They should keep in mind that it was the Liberals who hiked the minimum wage by 50 per cent since taking power, ending a nine-year freeze at $6.85. If they imagine that a Premier Tim Hudak will show similar concern for the working poor, I'm the King of Siam.
Plus, the advisory panel Queen's Park named July 17 shows promising signs of reforming the minimum wage as one of government's most effective tools for achieving at least a semblance of economic justice, along with the social safety net, job-training programs, and income supplements.
To this point in the history of the minimum wage, increases have been an ad hoc affair. This has given neither workers nor employers adequate explanation for their timing or desired effect, and obviously provided no one a chance to plan for and adjust to them.
Anil Verma is the University of Toronto business-school professor and specialist in industrial relations and human resources named to head the six-member advisory panel of business, labour and youth representatives. Verma wants to go still further in reforms.
Typically, inflation alone is used in calculating minimum-wage increases.
By contrast, Verma has an admirably holistic regard for the minimum-wage. It should be a tool for combating poverty, he believes, one that's better integrated with other poverty-fighting practices. It should also be re-engineered to boost the overall economy and the productive capacity of the workforce.
Only a simpleton would fail to grasp that an under-educated workforce will not deliver the productivity gains required to enhance Canada's global competitiveness. And that the formidable expense of undergraduate and mid-career adult education is holding us back in creating the world's smartest workforce.
It's sobering to consider that just over 1 million Canadian workers are employed at minimum wage jobs, 534,000 of them in Ontario. That's because low-wage work in the service sector has surged, while traditional, higher-paying manufacturing jobs have been fading away. Note the stupendous growth of minimum-wage employers like Wal-Mart and Tim Hortons, Canada's biggest retailer and fast-food operator, respectively.
For the nearly one in 10 Canadians paid the minimum wage – more than double the portion of only a decade ago — pre-tax annual income is $20,500, woefully inadequate to raise a family. By comparison, the average industrial wage is $45,588 per year. And the average pay for the 100 best-paid corporate CEOs is $7.7 million.
To judge from the Wall Street meltdown and the Lac-Mégantic tragedy, CEOs have not become noticeably more competent as their pay has soared. Yet it's among their ranks that one hears loud objections to a few more shekels for the working class.
In a Canadian economy where consumer spending drives 54 per cent of GDP growth, it just makes sense to put more money in the pockets of those who quickly spend on necessities the additional pay they earn. Corporate Canada, by contrast, has been withholding from the economy its tax breaks, subsidies and burgeoning profits since the onset of the Great Recession.
I can't say it better than the economist Armine Yalnizyn: "Employers don't create jobs; consumers do." As long as so many of the employees at my local Tims are forced to hold down two jobs to get by, I'll know we're not nearly the caring society we pride ourselves in being.


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Siemens Gamesa to supply wind turbines in Tenerife
Published: March 20, 2018 at 1:04 p.m. ET
Marc Navarro
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (SGRE.MC) has secured an agreement to supply seven turbines at a wind farm in Tenerife, Spain, the company said on Tuesday.
Siemens Gamesa said it will install its SG 2.6-144 turbines at the Chimiche II wind farm, which has been developed by Iberdrola SA (IBE.MC) together with local partners, over the course of this year.
The company said the turbines will be manufactured in Spain. The blades will be produced in its As Somozas factory, in Galicia, while the nacelles will be manufactured at the Agreda plant in Soria.
The company didn't disclose financial details of the agreement.
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Charles Killick Millard MD D Sc 1917-18
Killick Millard (as he was known) was the son of Rev. C. S. Millard, Rector of Costock, Notts. Educated at Trent College and Edinburgh University, Killick Millard graduated M.B., C.M. in 1892, continuing to M.D. in 1896 and a D.Sc. in public health in 1898. His first appointment was as resident medical officer at the Birmingham Fever Hospital during the severe epidemic of smallpox in 1893 to 1894, and he chose the subject of smallpox for his M.D. thesis. In 1896 he was promoted to be Medical Superintendent of the hospital, and held the position until 1899, when he became Medical Officer of Health for Burton-on-Trent. In 1901 he was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Leicester, and he was a very high profile holder of the post, not just locally but nationally, until his retirement in 1935.
Millard was noted for being willing to champion unpopular causes when he believed that orthodox medical wisdom was wrong. Early in the career he carried out a statistical inquiry from the Birmingham Fever Hospital into the value of then universal hospital isolation of scarlet fever patients in reducing mortality and prevalence of the disease in the population. He argued that the statistics demonstrated the uselessness of this practice, and read a paper before the Society of Medical Officers of Health embodying the results of his inquiry, published as The Hospital Isolation of Scarlet Fever: An Appeal to Statistics (1901): though strongly criticised at the time his views and recommended practice later came to be fairly generally accepted.
It was on the question of vaccination and smallpox that Killick Millard made his most distinctive stand. Controversially, the Borough of Leicester had openly abandoned the national policy of infant vaccination 15 years before he went there as MOH, yet soon after his arrival there were several outbreaks of smallpox which these were controlled without difficulty. It was because of this experience that Millard felt compelled to modify his previously orthodox views about vaccination. He expounded his theory in a course of lectures given under the auspices of the Chadwick Trust, and these he afterwards published in book form in 1914 under the title The Vaccination Question in the Light of Modern Experience. He was convinced of the value of vaccination in protecting infants, and gave a practical demonstration of his faith in the power of vaccination by taking his wife and two young children -all recently vaccinated-into the smallpox hospital and photographing them by the bedside of a severely diseased patient. He was, however, against compulsory infant vaccination, and against mass vaccination as a means to control outbreaks of the disease, arguing that the evidence showed that the vaccination of all contacts was sufficient. Much later he was of course prominent among those who welcomed the abandonment of compulsory vaccination when the National Health Service Act came into force in 1948.
He was also very active in the growing debate about population control, publishing population and Birth Control in 1917. An even more controversial interest, indeed campaign, of Millard in his later years was the promotion of voluntary euthanasia. Millard and the Leicester surgeon Charles Bond (Lit. and Phil. President for 1935-36), were leading British pioneer in this, helping to form the Voluntary Euthanasia Legalisation Society in 1935 with Millard as its first Honorary Secretary. The Society attracted the support of a number of distinguished churchmen and members of the medical profession, and promoted a Bill seeking to permit a doctor under safeguards to bring about the easy death for incurable persons suffering from prolonged agony, and who wished their sufferings to end. This was introduced in the House of Lords in 1936, but after a full debate it failed to pass its Second Reading.
Killick Millard was regarded by his contemporaries as a man of the highest principles, and he received many professional honours during the course of his life. His national leadership positions included those of Chairman of the Leicester and Rutland Division of the British Medical Association (1923-24), Vice-President of the BMA's Public Health Section in 1909 and 1932, President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, also in 1932, giving a Presidential Address on the subject of voluntary euthanasia. In Leicester in addition to serving as President of the Lit. and Phil. (which he joined in 1906) in 1917-18, he was also at various times the president of many other local organisations, including the Leicester Medical Society, the Leicester Rotary Club, the Leicester Temperance Society and the Leicester Branch of the Band of Hope Union.
He had a wide range of leisure interests, including gardening (creating notable gardens in the grounds of the Leicester Fever Hospital and then of his house The Gilroes, Glenfield), bee-keeping, ornithology and motoring. Shortly before his retirement, at the age of 62 he took up flying and obtained his pilot's licence, while for his 80th birthday he bought his first motor-cycle, his only concession to his age and inexperience being that he decided to display an "L" plate on it even though this was not required since in those days his car driving licence covered all motor cycles as well. He then set off on a tour to visit a daughter in Scotland on it! His son, Dr Maurice Millard, was President of the Lit & Phil for 1967-68.
Presidential Address: Population and Birth Control: being the Presidential Address delivered before the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, October 8th, 1917. (Leicester, 1917).
Sources: Millard, Charles Killick Who was Who 1920 – 2008 (Online edition: Oxford University Press 2009); C. Killick Millard MB DSc. [Obituary] British Medical Journal 22nd March 1952, pp. 660-662; extended audio interview with his son, Dr Maurice Millard for the East Midlands Oral History Project, 1984, about his father: now in My Leicestershire Digital Archive and available on line at:
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Available exclusively to Safe User Group members, Safer Site Pro comprises 26 steps offering advice, guidance, and a series of practical tasks to be completed – and supported by valuable resources and relevant real-life case studies.
The course shows managers and supervisors overseeing fork lift operations how to assess their site's safety and how to make tried-and-tested improvements – often at little or no cost.
Health & Safety Newsletter
Delivered as an e-newsletter and issued every 2 months, this vital publication contains up-to-the-minute information on best practice and legislation for people operating or working around a fork lift truck. The format is informal to make the information accessible to a broad readership, from managers and supervisors to operators and drivers. We also publish online safety videos that your staff can watch which present important safety issues and topics in a clear and coherent way.
Aimed at operators and managers/supervisors, Technical Bulletins take a detailed look at fork lift regulations, legislation or general issues of common concern, and present them in the form of easily understood guidance and/or explanations.
This annual event aims to increase awareness of safety and delivers a wealth of practical tips, advice and guidance. Safe User Group Members receive a 20% discount to the Safety Convention and may also take part in a range of exclusive workshops and events.
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Issued three times a year, UPLIFT is the in-house magazine of the FLTA and keeps Members fully up-to-date with new developments including new legislation, health and safety guidance and Association news.
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Members will be sent changes in regulation as and when these occur, but are also regularly advised on best practice. Bulletins are published to give guidance on new legislation and fork lift regulations and Association staff are available to answer specific questions or offer general guidance.
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Aap hamare guru ho par mene aapse jyada unchai kinnar kailash sar ki he .
हमारी शुभकामनाएं आपके साथ है.
अमरनाथ और चांग-ला चले गये भवारी साहब... यह क्या कम है?
Pls. also bag visit to Sach Pass in your belt.
You are an amazing person. I wish you scale all the heights that exist for a ghumakkar. It is always a pleasure reading your experiences. May God bless you always. Upon your guidance in FACEBOOK and with your experience I had in February visited Maa Chandrabadni.


This is day 11 of Vegan MoFo and I'm really having fun with it!
Over the weekend, I was in the kitchen cooking and as usual, babygirl was playing in the spice cabinet. She sometimes hands me things from there to look at or smell and last night she handed me the cinnamon to smell. I took a whiff and just like that I was craving apple pie! Funny how that happens. We had some apples on hand and all the other ingredients, so I figured I would whip one up.
Combine all ingredients except water in a food processor or by hand. Mix until small crumbles form. Add in ice water little by little to form a dough(you may not need all water). Turn out onto floured surface and kneed into a ball. Divide dough into 2.
Roll out each ball to fit pie plate.
Lay one of your rounds in pie plate and trim to fit. Bake for 5 minutes or until just starting to change color, not completely done. Set aside.
Slice apples uniformly. Toss apples with spices, vanilla, lemon juice, sugar and cornstarch. Put in pie pan and spread out.
Divide natural balance in small dollops all over the top.
Top with remaining crust and close. You can slice openings in the top or use a fork to poke a few holes. You want to make space for steam to escape. Brush with coconut oil and bake for 30 minutes or until light brown. Remove from oven and let rest before cutting. This gives the inside a chance to cool down and firm up. If you don't care and just want to eat it already, grab a spoon and dig in!
We had ours with coconut milk based vanilla bean ice cream.
Apple pie is the best with ice cream! Your crust looks really nice for being whole wheat - I've got to get my hands on that white whole wheat stuff!
I just started working with the white ww and so far, I love it!
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We are now equipped with a myriad of tools for corporate communication that help businesses make sure that they are capable of offering their customers the best service that will help foster lasting relationships. By creating these relationships, companies are somewhat assured of their customers' loyalty.
One of the greatest revolutions we have had in the realm of communication is the mobile phone. It has proven to be one of the best supplements of any business. Thanks to mobile phones, business owners and employees now have the added mobility and flexibility required for better work practices. Add the rise of business VoIP, such as the service RingCentral provides, any smartphone can be turned into a phone that is dedicated to business. With its positive aspects come a slew of negative ones and they present business owners with new challenges that need to be overcome. One way to be prepared for any potential inconveniences is to first be aware of what they are. Here are some of the more common problems associated with mobile phone use in organizations and how to fix or prevent them.
When mobile phones first came out, they were large and sturdy, capable of surviving multiple falls and getting abused in general. The smartphones we have these days, if the iPhone 5 is of any indicator, are much more fragile and can be, as some photos prove, easily bent just by sitting on it. The leading smartphones cost a pretty penny and it could be a great expense to replace or repair them. Luckily, there are some ways to prevent them from physical damage. These are: phone cases and wrist straps. They will help by giving the phone shock absorbers and preventing them from falling to the ground.
A smartphone is basically a regular mobile phone when it is not connected to the internet, whether through a Wi-Fi hotspot or a data plan for WAP. Data plans have been known to cost a bit more and most companies prefer that their employees connect to the internet through Wi-Fi. Though these hotspots are fairly common, there are still some areas without them. This could be a potential problem but can be easily remedied by subscribing to a more affordable and reliable 3G plan.
With older mobile phones that had the most basic features such as calling and text messaging, battery life was never really a problem since there were no other functions that ate into the battery's power. With newer smartphones that have numerous functions, the battery is drained much faster especially when it is connected to the internet constantly. This can lead to a dead phone in the middle of the day which could lead to loss of productivity. One way to solve this is by using a portable mobile phone charger. Unlike typical chargers for mobile phones, it does not need to be plugged into an outlet to charge the device. Instead, it is charged beforehand and is already fully-powered before use. This prevents the need for turning off the mobile phone, keeping business continuous.


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Q: How do you pass through a Spritekit joint anchor? I have tree that is built out of a series of joints. The anchor is the base/stump of the tree. My hero is currently not able to walk through the anchor. Setting collisionBitMask = 0 isn't working for the anchor but that approach does work for the individual joint segments.
So, essentially I just want to avoid this collision. Here is the code:
//code for anchor
let chunkHolder = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: ImageName.ChunkHolder)
chunkHolder.position = anchorPoint

chunkHolder.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(circleOfRadius: chunkHolder.size.width / 2)
chunkHolder.physicsBody?.isDynamic = false
chunkHolder.physicsBody?.categoryBitMask = PhysicsCategory.chunkAnchor.rawValue
chunkHolder.physicsBody?.collisionBitMask = 0

addChild(chunkHolder)

//individual tree segements where hero correctly passes through:
for i in 0..<length {
    let treeSegment = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: ImageName.ChunkTexture)
    let offset = treeSegment.size.height * CGFloat(i + 1)
    treeSegment.position = CGPoint(x: anchorPoint.x, y: anchorPoint.y - offset)
    treeSegment.name = "tree" + String(i)

    treeSegments.append(treeSegment)
    addChild(treeSegment)

    treeSegment.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(rectangleOf: treeSegment.size)
    treeSegment.physicsBody?.collisionBitMask = 0
}

//joints
for i in 1..<length {
        let nodeA = treeSegments[i - 1]
    let nodeB = treeSegments[i]
    let joint = SKPhysicsJointPin.joint(withBodyA: nodeA.physicsBody!, bodyB: nodeB.physicsBody!, anchor: CGPoint(x: nodeA.frame.midX, y: nodeA.frame.minY))

    scene.physicsWorld.add(joint)
}

//for reference here is Hero's physics body:
self.physicsBody?.categoryBitMask = PhysicsCategory.hero.rawValue
self.physicsBody?.contactTestBitMask = PhysicsCategory.ground.rawValue

Also setting hero's collisionBitMask to 0 will not currently help because then hero will also fall through the ground / floor.

A: This was resolved by also setting the categoryBitMask to 0.
chunkHolder.physicsBody?.categoryBitMask = 0
chunkHolder.physicsBody?.collisionBitMask = 0


DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2017-- Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE:PXD) today announced that production for the third quarter of 2017 was 276 thousand barrels oil equivalent per day (MBOEPD), an increase of 17 MBOEPD, or 6% from the second quarter of 2017. Total oil production for the quarter was 162 thousand barrels per day (MBPD), an increase of 15 MBPD, or 10% from the second quarter of 2017. Total Spraberry/Wolfcamp and horizontal Spraberry/Wolfcamp oil production increased 11% and 15%, respectively, compared to the second quarter of 2017, both driven by the Company's successful Spraberry/Wolfcamp horizontal drilling program. Total natural gas liquids (NGL) production for the third quarter was 57 MBPD and total gas production for the third quarter was 340 million cubic feet per day.
Third quarter production was negatively impacted by 3,500 barrels oil equivalent per day (BOEPD) due to i) the effects of Hurricane Harvey on the Company's Spraberry/Wolfcamp and South Texas operations and ii) unplanned downtime at the third-party facility where gas from the Company's West Panhandle field in Texas is processed. The production lost from these curtailments was mostly gas and NGLs. Adjusting for the lost production related to the hurricane and the unplanned downtime at the third-party gas processing plant, Pioneer's third quarter production would have been at the top end of Pioneer's production guidance range of 274 MBOEPD to 279 MBOEPD.
Spraberry/Wolfcamp - Pioneer's Spraberry/Wolfcamp facilities in West Texas were not damaged by the hurricane. This field produces oil and associated liquids-rich gas. The liquids-rich gas includes NGLs that are separated from the gas at various third-party Permian Basin gas processing plants and transported to third-party facilities in Mont Belvieu, Texas, for fractionation. These fractionation facilities sustained flood-related interruptions from Hurricane Harvey. As a result, the Permian Basin gas processing plants had to curtail NGL shipments to Mont Belvieu from late August through mid-September, which limited the amount of liquids-rich gas production the plants could receive from producers in Permian Basin fields. The impact to Pioneer's Spraberry/Wolfcamp production was a loss of approximately 1,300 BOEPD for the third quarter, with most of this loss being gas and NGLs.
South Texas - No significant damages were incurred at Pioneer's facilities in South Texas. The Company produces oil, condensate and associated liquids-rich gas in this area. Production was shut in and fracture stimulation operations ceased on new wells for safety reasons when the storm hit the area on August 25. Production was brought back on line and fracture stimulation operations resumed during the first half of September after the storm passed. The impact to Pioneer's third quarter production in the Eagle Ford Shale and other nearby fields was a loss of approximately 900 BOEPD.
In addition to the aforementioned hurricane impacts, Pioneer's third quarter production was impacted by unplanned downtime at the Sunray, Texas, gas processing plant, which is owned by a third party, where the liquids-rich gas from Pioneer's West Panhandle field in Texas is processed into gas and NGLs. Pioneer had to shut in all production from the West Panhandle field (approximately 8 MBOEPD) in mid-September after the Sunray plant incurred significant damage due to a fire. The impact to third quarter production was approximately 1,300 BOEPD, with most of this loss being gas and NGLs. Repairs to the Sunray plant are underway, but it is expected to be several months before the plant can be placed back into service. As a result, the third party and Pioneer are making modifications to their respective facilities to enable field production to resume, with the gas volumes being rerouted to the third party's Spearman, Texas, gas processing facility. The Company expects these modifications to be completed and production to resume in late October or early November.
Despite the lost production during the third quarter related to the hurricane and unplanned downtime at the third-party gas processing plant, Pioneer continues to expect full-year 2017 production growth to be within its targeted growth range of 15% to 16% (269 MBOEPD to 271 MBOEPD). In addition, oil production for full-year 2017 continues to be targeted within a range of 156,000 barrels oil per day (BOPD) to 158,000 BOPD, or an increase of 17% to 18% compared to 2016.
During the third quarter, the average realized price for oil was $45.35 per barrel. The average realized price for NGLs was $18.96 per barrel, and the average realized price for gas was $2.58 per thousand cubic feet.
A schedule highlighting Pioneer's production by commodity by area for the third quarter of 2017 is attached.
Further information regarding the third quarter 2017 results will be discussed during the Company's earnings conference call at 9:00 a.m. CDT on November 2, 2017.
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this presentation are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements and the business prospects of Pioneer are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause Pioneer's actual results in future periods to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, volatility of commodity prices, product supply and demand, competition, the ability to obtain environmental and other permits and the timing thereof, other government regulation or action, the ability to obtain approvals from third parties and negotiate agreements with third parties on mutually acceptable terms, completion of planned divestitures, litigation, the costs and results of drilling and operations, availability of equipment, services, resources and personnel required to perform the Company's drilling and operating activities, access to and availability of transportation, processing, fractionation and refining facilities, Pioneer's ability to replace reserves, implement its business plans or complete its development activities as scheduled, access to and cost of capital, the financial strength of counterparties to Pioneer's credit facility, investment instruments and derivative contracts and purchasers of Pioneer's oil, natural gas liquid and gas production, uncertainties about estimates of reserves and resource potential, identification of drilling locations and the ability to add proved reserves in the future, the assumptions underlying production forecasts, quality of technical data, environmental and weather risks, including the possible impacts of climate change, the risks associated with the ownership and operation of the Company's industrial sand mining and oilfield services businesses and acts of war or terrorism. These and other risks are described in Pioneer's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, Pioneer may be subject to currently unforeseen risks that may have a materially adverse impact on it. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that the actual events and results will not be materially different than the anticipated results described in the forward-looking statements. Pioneer undertakes no duty to publicly update these statements except as required by law.


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The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic is improving access to legal services for more women who are victims of abuse to help them break the cycle of family violence.
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Families dealing with abuse in London will benefit from increased support to help break the cycle of violence.


So ive had a lottttttttt of tweets about Elemis products. Two in particular - one is the Sensitive Cleansing wash and the Melting Cleansing Gel.
That is literally the overall opinion of the two products.
Some of you wanted to know what the bottles look like, if there was a pump dispenser, what they smelled of, if the melting wash melted, how to use them etc etc etc there were loooooads of questions!
"The smell of the product is quite strong when it is in the bottle, but when i put this on the smell wasnt strong at all, the product went on easily and lathered on my skin, when i rinsed it off, my skin generally just felt really clean, there was no residue on my skin and most importantly, not a red blotch in sight!"
All of the things katy says are her own opinions, she loved the product and has asked me to get her a bottle for her Christmas but we will have to wait and see what santa brings!
I used this and i have to say this is now my cult product! ANOTHER ONE! arrrgghh!! im addicted. Okay so you apply this onto dry skin and then rub this in with wet fingertips, then you just rinse it off and it makes your skin feel super soft and clean. A few people wanted to know if it 'melts' the answer to that is no it doesnt melt while its on, but it feels like its melting off when you rinse it off. It left my skin slightly tight which is AMAZING for anti ageing - im 26 so dont really need it but prevention is better than cure!


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package lic.swifter.note.pattern.c3.builder_e1;

/**
 * 具体的Builder类
 */
public class MacbookBuilder extends Builder {

    private Computer mComputer = new Macbook();

    @Override
    public void buildBoard(String board) {
        mComputer.setBoard(board);
    }

    @Override
    public void buildDisplay(String display) {
        mComputer.setDisplay(display);
    }

    @Override
    public void buildOS() {
        mComputer.setOS();
    }

    @Override
    public Computer create() {
        return mComputer;
    }
}

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Q: ERROR: Your requirements.txt is invalid. Snapshot your logs for details I am new to AWS CLI USAGE. So do explain me the error clearly so that i don't make that mistake next time.

Here is my requirements.txt file :

    appdirs==1.4.3
    cssselect==1.0.1
    dj-database-url==0.4.2
    Django==1.11
    django-ckeditor==5.2.2
    Markdown==2.6.8
    packaging==16.8
    psycopg2==2.5.4
    pyparsing==2.2.0
    pytz==2017.2
    six==1.10.0

Here are my files inside .ebextensions directory :

*

*django.config
option_settings:
  "aws:elasticbeanstalk:application:environment":
    DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: "awsbean.settings"
  aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:python:
    WSGIPath: cv_web/wsgi.py

*packages.config
packages:
  yum:
    git: []

*python.config
container_commands:
   01_migrate:
    command: "python src/manage.py migrate --noinput"
    leader_only: true

And here is my config.yml file inside .ebextensions/.elasticbeanstalk
  :

 branch-defaults:
     default:
        environment: environment
    environment-defaults:
      environment:
        branch: null
        repository: null
    global:
      application_name: cv_web
      default_ec2_keyname: aws-eb2
      default_platform: Python 3.4
      default_region: ap-south-1
      instance_profile: null
      platform_name: null
      platform_version: null
      profile: eb-cli
      sc: null
      workspace_type: Application

A: There is a known issue with psycopg2 on AWS. You have to manually sudo install it.
What I usually do is I include the psycopg2 install (reqires installing postgressql-devel first) in .ebextensions so to make sure it's available before requirements.txt kicks off.
Include this in your config file:
container_commands:
  01_postgresql:
    command: sudo yum -y install gcc python-setuptools python-devel postgresql-devel
  02_postgresql:
    command: sudo easy_install psycopg2


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Home Africa Counter terrorism: Nigeria, Chad, Niger to set up Joint Operations Headquarters
Counter terrorism: Nigeria, Chad, Niger to set up Joint Operations Headquarters
A multilateral meeting of Nigerian, Chadian and Nigerien military delegation on counter terrorism has resolved to establish and activate a Joint Operations Headquarters immediately, pending any other structure being put in place at regional and international organisations level with regards to the counter terrorism efforts.
The three countries actively involved in the ongoing operations – Nigeria, Chad and Niger – are expected to utilise the structure to beef up their Liaison Teams already operating in the mission area. The arrangement, according to a press statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, on Monday in Abuja explained that the move is to enhance operational and tactical coordination as well as the synchronization of command, control and communication in the field and the higher headquarters.
The structure, according to the statement, will operate in cognisance of existing bilateral and multilateral documents and understanding among the countries. According to the statement by Olukolade: "The Chiefs of Defence Staff of Nigeria, Chad and Niger today met along with delegations from countries participating in the ongoing counter terrorism campaign to review the progress so far made in the operations conducted by the countries. "Coordinated by Nigeria's Air Chief, Marshal Alex Badeh, who set the meeting in motion, declaring that the essence was to fine tune the coordination of the activities of the collaborative efforts of the operations, the meeting eventually resolved to established a structure for joint planning to enhance the operations and consolidate on the successes so far achieved in the mission with a view to accelerating the tempo of operations.
"Accordingly, a Joint Operations Headquarters is to be established and activated immediately, pending any other structure being put in place at regional and international organisations level with regards to the counter terrorism efforts. "The three countries actively involved in the ongoing operation namely, Nigeria, Chad and Niger are expected to utilize the structure to beef up their Liaison Teams already operating in the mission area.
"The arrangement is to enhance operational and tactical coordination as well as the synchronization of command, control and communication in the field and the higher headquarters. "The structure will operate in cognisance of existing bilateral and multilateral documents and understanding among the countries. "The meeting also resolved to enhance correct reportage on the operation as against the observed trend of sensationalism, propaganda or misleading reports emanating from certain quarters claiming to be reporting the mission.
"The authorized spokespersons are to coordinate and facilitate this arrangement. "The meeting had the Chief of Defence Staff of Chad, Lt Gen Brahim Seid Mahamat and Niger's Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen Seyni Garba leading their countries delegations while Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen KTJ Minimah, Chief of Naval Staff, V Adm UO Jibrin and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal AN Amosu and senior officers from Service Headquarters constituting Nigeria's military delegation at the meeting."
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