text:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<title>NVParameterBufferObject (LWJGL API)</title>
<meta name="date" content="2013-12-02">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../stylesheet.css" title="Style">

JavaScript is disabled on your browser.

Overview

Package

Class

Use

Tree

Deprecated

Index

Help

Prev Class

Next Class

Frames

No Frames

All Classes

Summary:

Nested |

Field |

Constr |

Method

Detail:

Field |

Constr |

Method

org.lwjgl.opengl

Class NVParameterBufferObject

java.lang.Object

org.lwjgl.opengl.NVParameterBufferObject

public final class NVParameterBufferObject
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type
Field and Description

static int
GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV

Accepted by the <target> parameter of ProgramBufferParametersfvNV,
  ProgramBufferParametersIivNV, and ProgramBufferParametersIuivNV,
  BindBufferRangeNV, BindBufferOffsetNV, BindBufferBaseNV, and BindBuffer
  and the <value> parameter of GetIntegerIndexedvEXT:

static int
GL_GEOMETRY_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV

Accepted by the <target> parameter of ProgramBufferParametersfvNV,
  ProgramBufferParametersIivNV, and ProgramBufferParametersIuivNV,
  BindBufferRangeNV, BindBufferOffsetNV, BindBufferBaseNV, and BindBuffer
  and the <value> parameter of GetIntegerIndexedvEXT:

static int
GL_MAX_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_BINDINGS_NV

Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetProgramivARB:

static int
GL_MAX_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_SIZE_NV

Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetProgramivARB:

static int
GL_VERTEX_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV

Accepted by the <target> parameter of ProgramBufferParametersfvNV,
  ProgramBufferParametersIivNV, and ProgramBufferParametersIuivNV,
  BindBufferRangeNV, BindBufferOffsetNV, BindBufferBaseNV, and BindBuffer
  and the <value> parameter of GetIntegerIndexedvEXT:

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type
Method and Description

static void
glProgramBufferParametersINV(int target,
                            int buffer,
                            int index,
                            java.nio.IntBuffer params)

static void
glProgramBufferParametersIuNV(int target,
                             int buffer,
                             int index,
                             java.nio.IntBuffer params)

static void
glProgramBufferParametersNV(int target,
                           int buffer,
                           int index,
                           java.nio.FloatBuffer params)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

GL_MAX_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_BINDINGS_NV

public static final int GL_MAX_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_BINDINGS_NV

Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetProgramivARB:

See Also:

Constant Field Values

GL_MAX_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_SIZE_NV

public static final int GL_MAX_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_SIZE_NV

Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetProgramivARB:

See Also:

Constant Field Values

GL_VERTEX_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV

public static final int GL_VERTEX_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV

Accepted by the <target> parameter of ProgramBufferParametersfvNV,
  ProgramBufferParametersIivNV, and ProgramBufferParametersIuivNV,
  BindBufferRangeNV, BindBufferOffsetNV, BindBufferBaseNV, and BindBuffer
  and the <value> parameter of GetIntegerIndexedvEXT:

See Also:

Constant Field Values

GL_GEOMETRY_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV

public static final int GL_GEOMETRY_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV

Accepted by the <target> parameter of ProgramBufferParametersfvNV,
  ProgramBufferParametersIivNV, and ProgramBufferParametersIuivNV,
  BindBufferRangeNV, BindBufferOffsetNV, BindBufferBaseNV, and BindBuffer
  and the <value> parameter of GetIntegerIndexedvEXT:

See Also:

Constant Field Values

GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV

public static final int GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV

Accepted by the <target> parameter of ProgramBufferParametersfvNV,
  ProgramBufferParametersIivNV, and ProgramBufferParametersIuivNV,
  BindBufferRangeNV, BindBufferOffsetNV, BindBufferBaseNV, and BindBuffer
  and the <value> parameter of GetIntegerIndexedvEXT:

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

glProgramBufferParametersNV

public static void glProgramBufferParametersNV(int target,
                               int buffer,
                               int index,
                               java.nio.FloatBuffer params)

glProgramBufferParametersINV

public static void glProgramBufferParametersINV(int target,
                                int buffer,
                                int index,
                                java.nio.IntBuffer params)

glProgramBufferParametersIuNV

public static void glProgramBufferParametersIuNV(int target,
                                 int buffer,
                                 int index,
                                 java.nio.IntBuffer params)

Overview

Package

Class

Use

Tree

Deprecated

Index

Help

Prev Class

Next Class

Frames

No Frames

All Classes

Summary:

Nested |

Field |

Constr |

Method

Detail:

Field |

Constr |

Method

Copyright © 2002-2009 lwjgl.org. All Rights Reserved.


"I want all of this in my home," I said as I walked through the doors of Sweet Tea Living. Owner, Megan Hoiosen, laughed as it's something that she hears quite a lot. But it's true. The beautiful furniture is both modern and rustic, fashionable and eclectic. The store is filled with locally made soaps and trinkets, and of course, gorgeously laid out interior design that contrasts perfectly with the historic Eagle building that she opened her shop in. And the building's history is something that Megan is extremely proud of–they love the small town charm!
Megan was born and raised in Boise, but she and her husband moved to Eagle 12 years ago and fell in love with the beauty and architecture. Megan has always loved interior design and spent much of her childhood riffling through her grandmother's "treasures" and exploring boutiques and thift-stores. After teaching for over fifteen years, Megan was ready for a change. At the encouragement of her family and friends, she decided to pursue her dream of owning her own vintage design shop and Sweet Tea Living was born!
Named for her deep affinity for southern Sweet Tea (which she has imported from Alabama for the store), Sweet Tea Living embodies both experience and atmosphere. Megan has captured a very specific niche with the unique way that she runs her business. The store is only every other week for three days at a time (Thursday, Friday, Saturday). While this may sound somewhat confusing at first, it is really a genius concept. Because of the time in between, Megan is able to completely reorganize the furniture, get new pieces, and create an entirely new store each time she opens. This makes it more than just a shopping trip, but rather it becomes an experience that changes with each opening weekend. It becomes something of an event each time they open.
Megan's concept has created an elite following, with so many repeat customers, several who come each opening Thursday to look at the new designs. "My goal was to create a fun and relaxing atmosphere," and she absolutely did. The beautifully ornate building is the perfect partner to her gorgeous pieces and local wares.
Megan also spends a lot of her time as an interior design consultant. She travels to peoples' homes and helps them redecorate their space with the items that they already have. Because for Megan, interior design isn't about spending a bunch of money, it's about create form, function, and aesthetic inside a space that reflects those within.
Sweet Tea Living is more than just another antique store, it is a place to be inspired. It's all about connection, communication, design, and of course, really good sweet tea!
Follow Sweet Tea Living on social media (@SweetTeaLiving) for sneak peaks, giveaways, and store updates.


A lovely pair of unique earrings designed and hand crafted by myself using faceted 5mm agates complimented with unusual cut black onyx with larger mookite roundel gemstones. They have been created using all quality gold plated components which are guaranteed nickel free.
These earrings will make a lovely quality gift at an affordable price for a 'one off' product for mothers, family members, special friends or as a treat to yourself. They can be worn on a daily basis for all seasons by ladies of all age groups and skin tones.
These earrings are ready to be dispatched within 24 hours of receiving payment, delivered by Royal Mail Signed For service. All earrings come presented in a small clear sealed polythene bag for hygiene and inspection purposes, wrapped in tissue paper and placed inside a small silver blue gift box.
Please refer to Folksy.com and my own returns policy for sealed personal items.
The gemstones stipulated have been ethically sourced and tested by qualified GIA gemstone gemologists by Demelza Designs gemstone supplier's based on the UK.
These earrings are protected by copyright design, including using different gemstone types, shapes, images and artwork. All forms of infringement will be challenged via the registered Trading Standards Office working in conjunction with the NAJ for their members.
Postage charges are based on the items finished weight and parcel size to Royal Mails set current charges.


text:
Q: MD5 Password login is not working laravel 5 I want to change my password field bcrypt to md5. In database i am storing password in md5 but login is not working
myController:
 public function postLogin(Request $request)
 {
    $this->validate($request, array('username' => 'required', 'password' => 'required'));
    $credentials = $request->only('email', 'password');

    if (Auth::validate($credentials))
    {
        $user = Auth::getLastAttempted();
        Auth::login($user, $request->has('remember'));
        return redirect()->intended($this->redirectPath());
    }

    return redirect($this->loginPath())
      ->withInput($request->only('email', 'remember'))
      ->withErrors([
          'email' => $this->getFailedLoginMessage(),
        ]);

}

A: You would need to create a custom user provider to do this since Laravel's default user providers rely on bcrypt. The documentation for this is here:
https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/authentication#adding-custom-user-providers
However, the reality is that you do not want to do this. MD5 is totally inadequate for password hashing - Laravel has built in hashing which is far more secure and you should really be using that.

A: use md5 while getting password from field and check it with database md5 password.
example:
$passs=md5($request->password);
$username=$request->username;
$adminPass=$user->select('password')->where('user','=',$username)->first();
if($passs===$adminPass){
   // redirect
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


We are working with architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris on this new-build residential and commercial development near White City.
The project involves the demolition of the existing low-rise buildings and the construction of separate Residential and Commercial buildings of up to 5 storeys, with a single storey basement car park and plant room.
The buildings are situated directly above a large Thames Water storm water relief sewer. Various surveys and impact assessments have been carried out, and the basement construction and piled foundation layout have been carefully developed and set out to avoid the sewer.
Both buildings with be formed in reinforced concrete, and the Commercial building will feature exposed concrete slab soffits, columns and walls throughout. Incorporating cast-in service conduits and lift panels, we have worked closely with the architect to develop the concrete specification and achieve the desired aesthetic.


Yes, a working customer factory. If you have never heard that phrase before, you should read Ash Maurya's book, "Scaling Lean." 'Customer factory' describes the effects of having a working marketing funnel. If you have a factory where traffic coming in on the one side equals money going out on the other side, then you should scale up your marketing budget as fast, and by as much, as you can with respect to your cash flow. For example, if you have a thirty-day window from the time you have to spend on advertising to the time that you get your money back from real customers then, allowing for that delay, you should spend as much as you can on marketing because you are guaranteed a return on investment.
Unfortunately, most people do not have a working customer factory, which is often why they come to us for help. Advertising on Facebook or Adwords does not guarantee ROI. The only guarantee is that you can reach the people on those platforms with a given message.
You need to understand who your customer is, what their problem is, how you are going to solve that problem to generate income, and how you are going to position your offer so that your customers take action and purchase the product or solution from you at a sufficient margin to justify the cost of the acquisition. While you are building a customer factory, ROI is not guaranteed. You should go for ROI on a very small marketing budget because the real cost at this point is time and waste. Keep in mind that spending more money while you are building your customer factory does not speed up the building process. In fact, increasing the budget often means that you are more active and, if you are not clear on your customer-solution-fit, you can slow down the process instead of speeding it up, creating chaos when you should be creating order. When trying to build a complex machine in a factory, adding more people to the project will not necessarily speed up the process because the whole system needs to work as a seamless unit. If the people working on the one part are not in perfect synchronisation with the people working on the other sections, your result will be a machine that will not even start. We often see customers who have engaged a marketing agency, and when they cannot gain ROI month after month, they increase their budget. However, this still won't work and so they say, "Adwords don't work," or "Facebook doesn't work." In reality, deep within the mixture of keywords, ads, landing pages, calls to action, and conversion tracking, nobody on that project could actually say with conviction what it takes to buy a customer. The actual problem was more than likely to have been that nobody clearly understood the problem faced by the customer or how to position the product or service so that the customer responded.
The beauty of digital marketing is that you can have those answers, and all the necessary tools that will allow you to receive the data, and create structured experiments faster and more cost effectively than ever before. However, the discipline to be able to do that is difficult to find.
In conclusion, if you haven't successfully been able to create a working customer factory, you should not increase your ads budget. If you find someone who knows how to do this, are if you are willing to spend the smallest amount of money possible, and until you have worked out how to deliberately buy a customer at a profit, only then do you increase your marketing budget.
If you would like us to help you with this, click here to book a brainstorming session or a lean canvas session with us via our Connect Page, and we will unpack the leverage points within your business and look into building you your own customer factory.
https://mavaric.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Marketing-Budget.jpg 562 1500 kim https://mavaric.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/New-Logo-2016_600-300x91.png kim2018-11-29 09:45:192018-11-29 09:45:19How Much Should I Allocate to My Marketing Budget?


Did anyone ever have to take personality tests?
Define "Utopia" in one paragraph.
Where are the top 3 places you would like to live?
Likes: New Currency or Ephemeral Fad?
Alcohol: Scourge of humanity or misunderstood medicine?


Operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2016. We encourage you to refer to our consolidated financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2015 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete description of our material accounting policies. Also included in the Form 10-K is a description of areas of judgments and estimates and other information necessary to understand our financial position and results of operations.
In March 2016, the FASB issued guidance that will impact the accounting for share-based compensation. The guidance will impact several areas including the accounting for excess tax benefits and deficiencies, classification of excess tax benefits within the consolidated statement of cash flows, and the accounting for forfeitures. The guidance becomes effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Certain requirements must be adopted prospectively, while others are required to be adopted on a modified prospective basis, or retroactively. We are currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on our consolidated financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued a new lease accounting standard, which, for most lessees, will result in a gross-up of the balance sheet. Under the new standard, lessees will recognize the leased assets on the balance sheet and will recognize a corresponding liability for the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The new standard requires the application of judgment and estimates. Also, there are accounting policy elections that may be taken both at transition and for the accounting post-transition, including whether to adopt a short-term lease recognition exemption. The guidance becomes effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The new standard will be applied as of the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements (date of initial application). We are currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on our consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued guidance amending the accounting for the credit impairment of financial instruments. Under the new guidance, impairment losses are required to be estimated using an expected loss model under which a valuation allowance is established and adjusted over time. The valuation allowance will be based on the probability of loss over the life of the instrument, considering historical, current and forecasted information. The new guidance differs significantly from the incurred loss model used today, and will result in the earlier recognition of impairment losses. The new guidance will also increase the volatility of earnings to the extent actual results differ from the assumptions used in the establishment of the valuation allowance. The financial instruments for which we will be required to use the new model include but are not limited to, mortgage loans, lease receivables, and reinsurance recoverables. Our available-for-sale fixed maturities will continue to apply the incurred loss model, however, rather than impairment losses resulting in a permanent reduction of carrying value as they do today, such losses will be in the form of a valuation allowance which can be increased in the case of future credit losses or decreased should conditions improve. The guidance becomes effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted on January 1, 2019. We are currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on our consolidated financial statements.
Non-credit losses, subsequent to the initial impairment measurement date, on other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) losses are included in the gross unrealized gains and gross unrealized losses columns above. The non-credit loss component of OTTI losses for corporate and other asset-backed securities were in an unrealized gain position at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 due to increases in estimated fair value subsequent to initial recognition of non-credit losses on such securities.
Corporate securities include hybrid preferred securities with a carrying value of $27.2 million at June 30, 2016 and $43.5 million at December 31, 2015. Corporate securities also include redeemable preferred stock with a carrying value of $26.1 million at June 30, 2016 and $24.8 million at December 31, 2015.
Fixed maturities in the above tables include 244 securities from 201 issuers at June 30, 2016 and 542 securities from 435 issuers at December 31, 2015. We do not intend to sell or believe we will be required to sell any of our temporarily-impaired fixed maturities before recovery of their amortized cost basis. The following summarizes the more significant unrealized losses of fixed maturities and equity securities by investment category as of June 30, 2016.
Corporate securities: The largest unrealized losses were in the energy sector ($176.1 million fair value and $23.2 million unrealized loss) and the basic industrial sector ($84.6 million fair value and $9.2 million unrealized loss). The largest unrealized losses in the energy sector were in the midstream ($73.3 million fair value and $8.2 million unrealized loss) and the oil field services ($24.2 million fair value and $7.4 million unrealized loss) sub-sectors, with the majority of losses attributable to credit spread widening and low oil prices. Energy-related companies have been negatively impacted by the rapid decline in oil prices, which has pressured revenues and margins. The largest unrealized losses in the basic industrial sector were in the metal/mining ($127.7 million fair value and $7.2 million unrealized loss) and the chemicals ($150.3 million fair value and $1.7 million unrealized loss) sub-sectors and are primarily attributable to credit spread widening and low prices for industrial commodities. The metal/mining sub-sector companies are experiencing lower demand for coal, copper, iron ore and other basic industrial minerals due to the economic slowdown in China in addition to sluggish demand in Europe and the U.S. Lower metal prices are leading metal and mining companies to shut down production at high-cost mines and defer capital expenditures at mines in the development stage.
Residential mortgage-backed securities: The unrealized losses on residential mortgage-backed securities were primarily due to continued uncertainty regarding mortgage defaults on Alt-A loans. We purchased most of these investments at a discount to their face amount and the contractual cash flows of these investments are based on mortgages backing the securities.
similarly rated and priced like other long-term callable bonds and are evaluated for OTTIs similar to fixed maturities. The decline in fair value is primarily due to market concerns regarding the finance sector. We have evaluated the near-term prospects of our equity securities in relation to the severity and duration of their impairment as well as our intent and ability to hold these investments until recovery of fair value, and have concluded they are not other-than-temporarily impaired.
Excluding mortgage- and asset-backed securities, no securities from the same issuer had an aggregate unrealized loss in excess of $2.4 million at June 30, 2016, with the largest unrealized loss from an energy service provider. With respect to mortgage- and asset-backed securities not backed by the United States Government, our largest aggregate unrealized loss from the same issuer at June 30, 2016 was $1.4 million, consisting of two different securities that are backed by different pools of Alt-A residential mortgage loans. Both securities are rated non-investment grade and the largest unrealized loss totaled $0.9 million.
Proceeds from sales of fixed maturities totaled $105.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2016 and $69.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2015.
recognized on a cash basis. Once mortgage loans are classified as nonaccrual loans, the resumption of the interest accrual would commence only after all past due interest has been collected or the mortgage loan has been restructured such that the collection of interest is considered likely. At June 30, 2016, we had committed to provide additional funding for mortgage loans totaling $31.6 million. These commitments arose in the normal course of business at terms that are comparable to similar investments.
There were no loan modifications during the six months ended June 30, 2016 or 2015.
We invest in non-guaranteed federal LIHTC, which are included in securities and indebtedness of related parties on the balance sheet. The carrying value of these investments totaled $92.8 million at June 30, 2016 and $94.2 million at December 31, 2015. There were no impairment losses recorded on these investments during the second quarter of 2016 or 2015. We use the equity method of accounting for these investments and recorded the following in our consolidated statement of operations.
At June 30, 2016, we had committed to provide additional funds for limited partnerships and limited liability companies in which we invest. The amounts of these unfunded commitments totaled $29.3 million, including $5.7 million for LIHTC commitments, which are summarized by year in the following table.
We have reviewed the circumstances surrounding our investments in our VIEs, which are classified as securities and indebtedness of related parties and consist of non-guaranteed federal LIHTC, limited partnerships or limited liability companies accounted for under the equity method. In addition, we have reviewed the ownership interests in our VIEs and determined that we do not hold direct majority ownership or have other contractual rights (such as kick out rights) that give us effective control over these entities resulting in us having both the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could be potentially significant to the VIE. The maximum loss exposure relative to our VIEs is limited to the carrying value and any unfunded commitments that exist for each particular VIE. Based on this analysis, none of our VIEs were required to be consolidated for any reporting periods presented in this Form 10-Q. In adopting the new guidance referred to in Note 1, additional entities were deemed to be VIEs, and are disclosed below for both periods presented.
There were no circumstances that occurred during the reporting period that resulted in any changes in our decision not to consolidate any of our VIEs. We also have not provided additional support or other guarantees that was not previously contractually required (financial or otherwise) to any of the VIEs as of June 30, 2016 or December 31, 2015.
In addition, we make passive investments in the normal course of business in structured securities issued by VIEs for which we are not the investment manager. These structured securities include all of the residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities included in our fixed maturities. Our maximum exposure to loss on these securities is limited to our carrying value in the investment. We have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of these structured securities because we do not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entities' economic performance.
We are not significantly involved in hedging activities and have limited exposure to derivatives. We do not apply hedge accounting to any of our derivative positions and they are held at fair value. Our primary exposure relates to purchased call options, which provide an economic hedge to the embedded derivatives in our index annuity and universal life insurance products. We also have embedded derivatives within our modified coinsurance agreements as well as an interest-only fixed maturity investment.
Derivative income (loss) is reported in net investment income except for the change in fair value of the embedded derivatives on our index annuity and universal life products, which is reported in interest sensitive product benefits.
The call options are supported by securities collateral received of $3.6 million at June 30, 2016, which is held in a separate custodial account. Subject to certain constraints, we are permitted to sell or re-pledge this collateral, but do not have legal rights to the collateral; accordingly, it has not been recorded on our balance sheet. At June 30, 2016, none of the collateral had been sold or re-pledged. All of our counterparties are rated A- or better by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.


Maia Mitchell em entrevista sobre Hot Summer Nights legendado.
Join us at the 8/2 w & for our HOT SUMMER NIGHTS tour!
We're playing songs that have never been played on tour and throwing in some old favorites for good measure!
Hit up for dates, tix & party passes!
HOT SUMMER NIGHTS - Thursday evenings in August at parks throughout the city. for more info!
Butcher Babies Bus Invaders happening on our HOT SUMMER NIGHTS TOUR Yay!!!
cooling down with some popsicles #cantsleep ?☄?
Leah Lane-#RosegardenFuneralParty #Austin #Texas #ElectricChurch #marct?


At a job fair in San Diego this week, Navy Sailor E-5 Cedric Washington spoke to Sim Garriotti from Lockheed Martin while interviewing for a potential position.
The number of jobs on private and public payrolls grew by just 96,000 in August from July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said this morning.
Meanwhile, the nation's unemployment rate edged down to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent the month before. Often, the jobless rate dips even when employment growth is weak because the size of the labor force shrank as many Americans gave up looking for work.
It's a report that will surely add to the presidential campaign rhetoric.
We'll have more from the report shortly, so hit your "refresh" button to see our latest updates.
"While there is more work that remains to be done, today's employment report provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is continuing to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression," writes the president's top economic adviser, Alan Krueger, on the White House blog. He also focuses on the section of the BLS report that shows "private sector establishments added 103,000 jobs last month, and overall non-farm payroll employment rose by 96,000. The economy has now added private sector jobs for 30 straight months, for a total of 4.6 million jobs during that period."
Update at 9:35 a.m. ET. What Will Stocks Do?
There was a big rally Thursday on Wall Street, partly in anticipation of what some thought would be a good news on the jobs front. So will stocks tank today? USA Today's John Waggonner says maybe not, because "until the economy starts creating more jobs, the Fed is going to be fighting to keep interest rates low — and that's good for stocks." The Wall Street Journal also says today's report makes it more likely the Fed will try to give the economy a boost.
And at the start of trading, stocks appear to be holding steady.
So, in the sometimes bizarro world of Wall Street, bad news = good news.
There were 368,000 fewer people counted as being part of the labor force in August than in July, BLS says. That largely accounts for the drop in the official unemployment rate.
Among the reasons for that decline was an increase in those considered to be "marginally attached to the labor force." According to BLS, "these individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey."
"For every net new job created, nearly four Americans gave up looking for work entirely. This is more of the same for middle class families who are suffering through the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression. After 43 straight months of unemployment above 8 percent, it is clear that President Obama just hasn't lived up to his promises and his policies haven't worked. We aren't better off than they were four years ago. My plan for a stronger middle class will create 12 million new jobs by the end of my first term. America deserves new leadership that will get our economy moving again."
Food services and drinking places: Up by 28,000.
Professional and technical services: Up by 27,000.
Health care: Up by 17,000.
Computer systems design and related services: Up by 11,000.
"Since the beginning of this year," BLS says, "employment growth has averaged 139,000 per month, compared with an average monthly gain of 153,000 in 2011."
It adds that "in August, employment rose in food services and drinking places, in professional and technical services, and in health care."
The Associated Press calls the 96,000-gain in jobs "a weak figure that could slow any momentum President Barack Obama hoped to gain from his speech to the Democratic National Convention."
"Time is up, Mr. President," tweets Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. "More of the same is not good enough. This isn't an incomplete, it's an F."
The nation's jobless rate has been above 8 percent since February 2009. Its recent peak was 10 percent, in October 2009, and it has now touched 8.1 percent twice (the other time, in April this year). Republicans and GOP nominee Mitt Romney will surely focus on how the rate has remained high through President Obama's first term. Democrats and the White House will say again that President Obama inherited an economic crisis and that more time is needed to fully recover.
BLS now says that 141,000 jobs were added to payrolls in July. That's down from the agency's preliminary estimate of a 163,000-gain.
Expect to hear this morning that employers added 125,000 to 130,000 jobs to their payrolls in August and that the nation's unemployment rate stayed at 8.3 percent, economists tell Reuters and Bloomberg News.
The takeaway from such numbers would be that job growth remains sluggish and unemployment remains high. In other words, more of the same.
Yes, it's time again for the monthly numbers that hit home for most Americans when they think about how the economy is doing. They're also the numbers that get talked about most on the campaign trail and could have a big impact on who gets elected president in November.
"Three years into the recovery, the U.S. jobs picture is still bleak. There are 4.8 million fewer jobs today than there were in January 2008, the month when employment peaked. But ... the story becomes more nuanced when you look across different sectors of the economy."
The BLS report is due at 8:30 a.m. ET. We'll update this post after the news is out and follow the analyses and reactions.
HyEezZ Appreciate you sharing, great blog article.Really thank you! Much obliged.
RgPfyl I really enjoy the post.Really thank you! Really Great.
qpSom4 wow, awesome blog.Really looking forward to read more. Want more.
cXt5yK This is one awesome blog article.Much thanks again. Really Great.
5UUJRZ I really enjoy the blog article. Cool.
ZYiSat I appreciate you sharing this blog.Really thank you!
V8cIpS Major thanks for the blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Awesome.
L2zfb6 A big thank you for your blog.Really looking forward to read more. Awesome.
czetbv Fantastic blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Much obliged.
S3th6P Enjoyed every bit of your article post.Really thank you! Keep writing.
zKLGKJ Very neat blog article.Really looking forward to read more. Fantastic.
CID6uV Hey, thanks for the post.Thanks Again. Cool.
Tju9Oq Thank you ever so for you blog post.
NkbvMj wow, awesome blog post.Really thank you! Fantastic.
VIeuQ1 Great, thanks for sharing this post.Really looking forward to read more. Want more.
gdwzuP I loved your blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Cool.
dzgYkA I really like and appreciate your post.Much thanks again.
RBrUeg wow, awesome blog article.Much thanks again. Really Great.
zMXHWh I really liked your blog article.Really thank you!
YR9ivB I really like and appreciate your article.Much thanks again. Awesome.
ZxQUCx Enjoyed every bit of your blog. Keep writing.
WjKJNp I am so grateful for your blog. Really Great.
GPFd2q Really appreciate you sharing this blog article. Want more.
sRGmG0 Really informative post.Really thank you! Much obliged.
8qZMhI Looking forward to reading more. Great post. Really Cool.
5aif6D Major thankies for the blog.Really looking forward to read more. Great.


Dr. Sobhrang is the Commissioner responsible for Women's Rights at the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission(AIHRC). As Commissioner for Women's Rights, she is responsible for the monitoring, protection and promotion of women's rights throughout Afghanistan. Dr. Sobhrang, like many prominent women human rights defenders in Afghanistan, has faced constant harassment, defamation and death threats since taking up her post. In 2010 Dr. Soraya Rahim Sobhrang received the 6th Annual Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk.
Violence against women remains endemic despite the adoption of a landmark law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women – which remains largely unenforced, in particular in rural areas.


Sherbino Theater is excited to reopen their doors after a week of spring cleaning to present The Two Tracks with opener Bruce Hayes on April 5th.
Americana covers a broad spectrum of music these days, and it's easy to get lost in trying to define its particular parameters. If one was to determine an overreaching definition as music that reverberates with heart-felt emotion, and songs that speak to the listener with honesty, conviction and integrity, then The Two Tracks, a band based out of Sheridan Wyoming clearly fits the bill.
One-Maniac-Band, Bruce Hayes plays a blend of musical styles he refers to as "Rhythm and Celtgrass". Once called "the Jimi Hendrix of the Mandolin", Hayes also incorporates Guitar, Dobro, and his latest invention, StratoBassto into the mix as well as his signature mutant clogging.
Collaborating with The String Cheese Incident and Acoustic Junction in the 90s, Hayes helped define the acoustic jam band sound. He has released 5 albums to date.
The Two Tracks and Bruce Hayes play Friday, April 5th with doors at 7:30 pm and music at 8:00 pm. Advance tickets are $10 at sherbino.org or $13 entry at door.


Riverwood Mansion will be at the Perfect Wedding Guide Nashville bridal show this Sunday, February 15th. We love the opportunity to meet brides and discuss the many options we have to offer as the venue for your wedding ceremony, reception, and rehearsal dinner. Stop by our booth to say hello (and to sign up for our amazing giveaway)!
The wedding planning process can be stressful and overwhelming, but our friendly and experienced staff are here to make the whole experience an easy and enjoyable one. We streamline the entire wedding planning process with our all inclusive wedding packages. Our special events consultants are experienced wedding planners with exceptional attention to detail. We are flexible for any style of wedding and are passionate about making your dream wedding day a reality.


text:
Changing the Political Climate
Notes from PIELC
By Eva Sylwester
What do you do if you're convinced you know the truth about a problem with the potential to destroy the world, but voters and politicians are unwilling to do what you think necessary to solve the problem or even acknowledge that the problem exists?
Two panel discussions at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) in early March addressed these aspects of the global warming issue.
"Global warming has the potential to kill everybody," UO law professor Mary Wood said at a March 7 panel on "Building a Better Atmosphere." While Americans are used to incremental policy changes, she said, that will not work for the climate change issue.
"We're dealing with nature's climate imperatives," Wood said. "We're not dealing with political imperatives."
David Van't Hof, Gov. Kulongoski's senior policy advisor on climate change and renewable energy, said climate change has been one of the governer's top priorities since he took office in 2003. Kulongoski began working on the issue with the governors of Washington and California in 2003 and adopted California's clean car standards in 2006. California, Oregon and many other states are currently involved in a lawsuit against the federal EPA seeking to implement the current standards, but Van't Hof expected the standards will prevail.
Van't Hof said the clean car standards had to be implemented administratively in Oregon because it could not be done legislatively at that time.
"That is changing," he said.
Rep. Jackie Dingfelder (D-Portland) said some pro-environment measures still fail in the Oregon Legislature, but that HB 3612, which mandated that state agencies must reduce non-renewable energy use by 20 percent by 2015, passed unanimously last month.
"The good news is, my colleagues 'get' energy efficiency," Dingfelder said. Tougher sells, she added, are changing attitudes toward transportation, which makes up about 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and dealing with what she called "resource extraction" industries.
The federal government has been absent on the issue of climate change, Dingfelder said, adding, "The states have really stepped up. You see that on a lot of issues, not just climate change."
Wood said many cities around the world have implemented carbon taxes. Van't Hof said that might work in cities like Portland, Eugene and Corvallis, but that it would be unlikely to succeed statewide.
At a March 8 panel on "Tragedy of the Commons," a phrase referring to the tension between the rights of individuals and the common good when managing finite resources, Tom Bowerman of PolicyInteractive presented data showing that while most people acknowledge climate change is a problem, support is weak for policies to combat climate change. The reason, he said, is that most people consider global warming only a mid-tier issue as opposed to top-tier issues like the economy and terrorism. Therefore, he advocated focusing promotion of climate change measures on how they might impact top-tier issues — for instance, how the money saved by an energy efficiency measure might help the economy, or how finding alternatives to oil might reduce the political conflicts that foster terrorism.
Steve Bella of the progressive Wisconsin think tank Center for State Innovation said the historic tension in the U.S. between individual rights and the common good is currently at a tipping point on many issues ranging from health care to immigration. He said people are willing to vote against their own self-interest: "People don't really vote their issues," Bella said. "They vote their identity and they vote their emotions."
So Bella advocated framing pro-environment measures in terms of a legacy agenda, promoting the value of leaving a better country for the next generation.
Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson said the U.S. has a strong anti-intellectual and anti-learning bent, which is supported by smart people in the corporate sector. Bella added that conservatives have been able to brand intellectuals as out of touch with values, and that liberals need to learn from Newt Gingrich and start doing the same branding for corporations.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Home Health and Social Policy How the GOP's Medicaid Politics Are Hurting Rural Southerners: An Index of Harm
How the GOP's Medicaid Politics Are Hurting Rural Southerners: An Index of Harm
Republican governors, empowered by the Supreme Court, have refused federal funds for the expansion of the program that provides health care to low-income people and the poor. Here's the human cost.
by Sue Sturgis
©Jenny Warburg
This index was originally published by Facing South, a website of the Institute for Southern Studies.
Date on which Adam O'Neal, the Republican mayor of Belhaven, North Carolina, arrived in Washington, DC after walking 273 miles from his hometown to draw attention to the recent closure of his community's only hospital and to call for Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act to prevent more such closures: 7/28/2014
Date on which Belhaven's hospital, Vidant Pungo, closed after a failed effort by the town to take it over: 7/1/2014
Number of days after the closure that a local resident died when she suffered a heart attack and had to wait an hour for a helicopter to take her to the nearest hospital: 4
Amount in unpaid care Vidant Pungo had provided since 2011 to patients lacking health insurance: more than $2 million
Number of rural U.S. hospitals that have closed since last year alone: 22
Number of those closures that were in states which blocked Medicaid expansion because of opposition from Republican governors and/or Republican-controlled legislatures: 20
Number of rural hospitals that have closed in Alabama in the past three years: 10
Number of rural hospitals that have closed in Georgia since 2000: 9
Of the 13 states in the South, number that have refused to expand Medicaid to date: 10*
Percent of rural hospital revenues that come from the government-financed Medicaid and Medicare programs for low-income and elderly patients: 60 to 80
Average percent loss that rural hospitals operate at because they treat higher rates of poor, uninsured and under-insured patients: 8.3
Percentage points higher that a University of North Carolina study found a community's unemployment rate was a few years after a rural hospital's closing, with one factor being industrial employers' reluctance to locate to an area without a hospital to treat workplace injuries: 1.6
Amount by which the UNC study found per capita income fell, in current dollars, following a rural hospital's closure: $1,000
The Urban Institute
Percentage points by which the portion of uninsured Southerners increased from September 2013 to June 2014 -- a time when other states were implementing or getting ready to implement Medicaid expansion: 8.4
Number of other U.S. regions where the portion of uninsured residents increased over that same period: 0
Rank of the South among U.S. regions with the highest rate of uninsured residents: 1
Percent of Southerners who remained uninsured as of June 2014: 48.9
Factor by which that exceeds the average percent of people lacking insurance in the other three U.S. regions: almost 3
Month in which the Florida Medical Association, a politically conservative trade association for the state's doctors, passed a resolution endorsing Medicaid expansion: 7/2014
Number of Florida residents who would benefit from Medicaid expansion: 1 million
Amount the refusal to expand Medicaid will cost in penalties to Florida employers because their lower income employees will be unable to get coverage: $145.7 million to $218.6 million
Figure spending by the National Federal of Independent Business (NFIB) for a recent ad campaign urging the Florida legislature to reject Medicaid expansion: 6
Your donation keeps this site free and open for all to read. Give what you can...
SUPPORT THE PROSPECT
Amount the NFIB, which gets funding from conservative groups affiliated with the billionaire Koch brothers and Republican strategist Karl Rove, spent in 2010 as the chief litigant in a lawsuit that unsuccessfully sought to challenge the Affordable Care Act: $2.9 million
Estimated number of Americans who will die every year as a result of states' decision to reject Medicaid expansion: between 7,115 and 17,104
* Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia have refused Medicaid expansion. The only Southern states that have approved expansion are Arkansas, Kentucky and West Virginia.
(Click on figure to go to source. Chart from "Who Are the Remaining Uninsured as of June 2014?" by The Urban Institute; for a larger version, click here.)
Politics Health & Social Policy Economic Policy American South Medicaid
The American Prospect depends on reader support
If you are scraping by right now, please don't give us anything. But if you have the ability to support independent, non-profit journalism, we are so grateful. Your voluntary contribution helps keep this website paywall-free. You can sign up as a subscriber with a range of benefits, including an opt-in to receive the print magazine by mail.
Click to View Subscriber Levels: IDEAS, POLITICS & POWER


text:
Il modello di Klein-Monti (risultato di studi pubblicati nel 1971 e nel 1972) è un modello completo di comportamento di una banca in regime di monopolio. Si tratta, cioè, di un modello teorico che si propone di spiegare le modalità attraverso cui si determina l'equilibrio microeconomico delle banche (modello di comportamento), considerando scelte di ottimizzazione che riguardano tanto l'attivo quanto il passivo (modello completo).

All'interno della categoria dei modelli di comportamento delle banche tale modello risulta essere lo schema teorico maggiormente condiviso tra gli economisti, in particolare perché si basa sull'assunzione di monopolio nel mercato degli impieghi e nel mercato della raccolta (a differenza di altri modelli che ipotizzano la concorrenza perfetta).

Ipotesi del modello
Ipotesi:
monopolio nel mercato dei prestiti e nel mercato dei depositi;
concorrenza perfetta nel mercato dei titoli;
assenza di ricavi da servizi;
assenza di costi
 = quantità depositi;
 = quantità titoli;
 = quantità riserve;
 = proporzione di depositi destinata a riserva obbligatoria;
 = tasso d'interesse sui prestiti;
 = tasso d'interesse sui depositi;
 = tasso d'interesse sui titoli (privi di rischio);
 = tasso d'interesse sulle riserve;
 = tasso d'interesse sulla riserva obbligatoria;
riserve = riserva obbligatoria (ipotesi semplicistica di assenza di riserve libere);
 (impieghi = fonti, ipotizzando per semplicità che la banca raccolga le proprie fonti di finanziamento solo attraverso i depositi);
 = valore netto della banca alla fine del periodo di investimento;
 (domanda di prestiti);
 (domanda di depositi);
 = elasticità della domanda di prestiti rispetto al tasso ;
 = elasticità della domanda di depositi rispetto al tasso .

Esposizione del modello
Considerando i ricavi degli investimenti (prestiti, titoli, attività con funzione di riserva liquida) e i costi dei finanziamenti (raccolta dei depositi), e tralasciando per semplicità l'esistenza di ricavi da servizi e costi reali, questa è la formula del valore netto della banca a fine periodo di investimento:

Considerando per semplicità che le riserve detenute dalla banca corrispondano alla sola riserva obbligatoria (rob), la formula del valore netto si ottiene ponendo  e :

Dato che:

Abbiamo:

Il valore netto diventa:

dove (considerando  come il tasso d'interesse privo di rischio):

 è il premio per il rischio richiesto dalla banca ai prenditori di fondi;

 è il premio per il rischio offerto ai depositanti dalla banca;

 è il costo opportunità del detenere riserve (da notare che non si tratta di un costo totale, ma di un costo marginale, ovvero costo per unità di capitale investito in riserve).

La banca presenta un premio richiesto positivo nel primo caso e un premio offerto negativo nel secondo caso (che equivale ad un premio richiesto positivo); il costo opportunità sarà positivo.

Il premio per il rischio richiesto dalla banca ai prenditori è positivo perché la banca vuole compensare il proprio rischio di credito e il proprio rischio di liquidità inerenti all'attività di prestito.

Il premio per il rischio offerto dalla banca ai depositanti è negativo (ovvero, in realtà è la banca che chiede ai depositanti un premio per il rischio, in termini di minore remunerazione offerta ai loro investimenti in depositi rispetto a quella che potrebbero ottenere investendo in titoli privi di rischio); ciò perché, se è vero che i depositanti corrono un certo rischio in caso di fallimento bancario, è pur vero che l'estrema liquidità dello strumento deposito, il controllo professionale dei rischi da parte della banca e la presenza (in certi paesi) di un meccanismo di assicurazione sui depositi, rendono in realtà tale strumento poco rischioso e molto comodo per i depositanti (gli svantaggi di questa forma di investimento sono più che compensati dai vantaggi che essa offre).

Il costo opportunità del detenere riserve rappresenta il costo in termini di mancato guadagno derivato dal fatto che la banca centrale obbliga le banche a detenere una parte di liquidità presso di essa, remunerandola ad un tasso inferiore a quello di mercato; questa quantità agirà quindi in senso negativo sul valore netto, per cui sarà maggiore di 0 (dato che l'addendo  risulta negativo solo quando ).

La domanda di prestiti e la domanda di depositi sono rispettivamente:

  (funzione decrescente rispetto al tasso d'interesse sui prestiti)

 (funzione crescente rispetto al tasso d'interesse sui depositi)

Il valore netto dovrà tenere conto della combinazioni quantità-tasso accettabili dalla domanda; la funzione del valore netto diventa quindi:

L'obiettivo della banca è la massimizzazione del profitto, ovvero la massimizzazione della funzione del valore netto a fine periodo rispetto alle variabili strategiche che la banca può governare; in presenza di monopolio la banca può governare direttamente la variabile prezzo (in questo caso corrispondente al tasso d'interesse, quello sui prestiti e quello sui depositi); il problema di ottimizzazione della banca può essere espresso dunque come:

Risolvendo il problema di massimizzazione in due variabili si ha il sistema costituito dalle seguenti equazioni:

 (derivata parziale di  rispetto a  posta uguale a 0)

 (derivata parziale di  rispetto a  posta uguale a 0)

Sviluppando la prima equazione si ottiene:

 (dividendo numeratore e denominatore per )

 (dove
 è l'elasticità della domanda di prestiti rispetto al tasso )

Analogamente, sviluppando la seconda equazione della massimizzazione con opportuni passaggi, si ottiene:

 (dove  è l'elasticità della domanda di depositi rispetto al tasso )

Riassumendo quindi i tassi di equilibrio sul mercato dei prestiti e sul mercato dei depositi saranno così fissati dalla banca:

Conclusioni
Dal modello risulta una dicotomia tra il tasso d'interesse sui prestiti e il tasso d'interesse sui depositi (la fissazione dell'uno non influisce sulla fissazione dell'altro, se non indirettamente attraverso variabili determinanti comuni).

I titoli rappresentano una sorta di "variabile buffer", ovvero una posta attiva che viene "riempita" quando vi sono risorse in eccesso, e "svuotata" quando si vogliono ottenere delle risorse in più (attraverso la liquidazione dei titoli) da investire maggiormente in prestiti; non sempre quindi una riduzione dei depositi comporta una riduzione dei prestiti, dato che le banche possono appunto sfruttare le risorse detenute in titoli e reinvestirle in prestiti.

Per quanto riguarda gli effetti della politica monetaria, diversi sono i fattori su cui questa può agire per controllare l'ammontare delle grandezze bancarie (depositi e prestiti): tasso d'interesse sui titoli, tasso d'interesse sulla riserva obbligatoria, frazione di riserva obbligatoria.

Va infine sottolineato come i tassi fissati dalla banca sui due mercati controllati monopolisticamente siano funzione dell'elasticità della domanda al tasso d'interesse: se l'elasticità aumenta la banca fissa tassi d'interesse per essa più convenienti (del resto in genere esiste una relazione diretta tra elasticità della domanda rispetto al prezzo e grado di monopolio).

Critiche
Nonostante il comune riconoscimento dell'importanza del modello da parte degli studiosi, si rilevano alcuni spunti critici che evidenziano la necessità di approfondire gli studi teorici per migliorarne la capacità rappresentativa e interpretativa dei fenomeni economici considerati. Le principali critiche del modello riguardano i seguenti aspetti:
assenza del fattore rischio nella funzione di ottimizzazione della banca (assumendo la neutralità al rischio, il problema di ottimizzazione non si configura come scelta della combinazione ottimale rendimento atteso-rischio, ma semplicemente come scelta del livello ottimale del profitto);
assenza di relazione diretta tra ottimizzazione dell'attivo e ottimizzazione del passivo;
assenza di una prospettiva di scelta multiperiodale;
assenza di costi reali nella funzione obiettivo della banca (ovvero nella funzione del valore netto).

Bibliografia
M. Monti, "A theoretical model of bank behavior and its implications for monetary policy", SUERF, 1973.
G. B. Pittaluga, "Economia monetaria", ed. Hoepli, 1999
M. Onado, "Mercati e intermediari finanziari", ed. Il Mulino, 2000

Economia monetaria

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Page: OSDB - Chris Archer - Tampa Bay Rays
Chris Archer
September 26, 1988 (33)
Raleigh, NC, USA
Flaco Fuerte
2021-2021 Tampa Bay Rays $6,500,000 $6,500,000
2014-2021 Tampa Bay Rays $25,500,000 $3,642,857
2014-2014 Tampa Bay Rays $511,200 $511,200
Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field 1 Tropicana Drive St. Petersburg, FL 33705 USA
Chris Archer was born September 26, 1988, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
After pitching in the World Baseball Classic, Archer received the nod as the Rays opening day starter. He allowed only 2 runs in 7 innings, receiving the win. In May, Archer set a franchise record for strikeouts in a month with 58, topping David Price's record of 53. On July 6, Archer was named to his
After pitching in the World Baseball Classic, Archer received the nod as the Rays opening day starter. He allowed only 2 runs in 7 innings, receiving the
Born: 1988-09-26 (Age: 33) Raleigh, NC, USA
High School: Clayton (NC)
MLB Debut: June 20, 2012
After pitching in the World Baseball Classic, Archer received the nod as the Rays opening day starter. He allowed only 2 runs in 7 innings, receiving the win. In May, Archer set a franchise record for strikeouts in a month with 58, topping David Price's record of 53. On July 6, Archer was named to his second career all-star game. On August 17, Archer recorded his 1,000th career strikeout, becoming the 9th player in history to achieve this feat in 154 games or less.


Winick Architects is the architecture firm founded by Barry Winick in Santa Barbara. The firm provides services for all phases of professional practice from conceptual design through construction observation to develop a unique architectural identity for cultural, corporate, commercial, hotel and private residential clients. A unique quality of the firm's work has been the seamless integration of interior décor with the architecture and the surrounding environment.
Barry Winick, the firm principal is a registered architect in California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Georgia. He has traveled extensively designing projects in the United States, Europe, and Asia. While based for a year in Rome, he studied the art and architectural history of the villas of Latium and Tuscany. He was awarded both a Bachelors of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1984.
The images displayed on the site are either the property of, or used with permission of, Winick Architects Inc. The use of these images is prohibited unless specifically permitted by Winick Architects Inc. Any unauthorized use of these images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.
Your access to and use of WinickArchitects.com is subject to the terms and conditions stated in this legal notice. If you do not agree to these terms, do not access or use the Winick Architects site.
Linked sites are not under the control of Winick Architects and Winick Architects is not responsible for the contents of any linked sites or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Winick Architects.


text:
<?php

namespace RcmUser\User\Service\Factory;

use Zend\ServiceManager\FactoryInterface;
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;

/**
 * Class UserDataServiceListeners
 *
 * UserDataServiceListeners
 *
 * PHP version 5
 *
 * @category  Reliv
 * @package   RcmUser\User\Service\Factory
 * @author    James Jervis <jjervis@relivinc.com>
 * @copyright 2014 Reliv International
 * @license   License.txt New BSD License
 * @version   Release: <package_version>
 * @link      https://github.com/reliv
 */
class UserDataServiceListeners implements FactoryInterface
{

    /**
     * createService
     *
     * @param ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator serviceLocator
     *
     * @return Config
     */
    public function createService(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator)
    {
        $dm = $serviceLocator->get('RcmUser\User\UserDataMapper');

        $service = new \RcmUser\User\Event\UserDataServiceListeners();

        $service->setUserDataMapper($dm);

        return $service;
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
a dog's nose in the fight against wildlife trafficking
Yellow Boy is one of the dogs trained by IFAW to help detect smuggled wildlife. Photo: Julien Gerard/IFAW
After serving 18 years in the French army as head of the dog-handling unit, I decided to put my skills to good use for a cause close to my heart: the protection of animals and our environment. When I saw a documentary about elephant poaching in 2016, I reached out to IFAW to see if we could work together.
And so my adventure began. Two years later, on 8 August 2018 I left for Cotonou. Benin, together with Burkina and Niger, is home to 3,000 elephants of crucial importance, since they are the last viable population in West Africa, highly threatened by poaching. IFAW's objective is thus to extend the security assignment of the Cotonou canine brigade to the fight against ivory trafficking and that of other target species such as pangolins. While doing that, IFAW also helps ensure the health and well-being of the working dogs is taken into account, as every individual life matters.
My mission: to train law enforcement and customs officers to work with detection dogs to go to key trafficking areas, such as airports and shipping ports, and sniff out products from protected species, mainly focusing on ivory and pangolin scales. Detection dogs are essential allies in disrupting wildlife trafficking, as they can detect ivory, facilitate seizures and even contribute to the arrest of smugglers. Depending on the breed, a dog's sense of smell is 1,000 to 10,000 times stronger than that of humans!
In collaboration with the Beninese government, I took a position at the Cotonou canine brigade where there were already 24 dogs that were trained to detect explosives and drugs. From experience, I could see that in order for the kennel to become a space that respects the monitoring needs and well-being standards for working dogs, a lot of work had to be done. The first things to tackle were to introduce proper dog care, organise recreational outings for them, and resume dog-handler training. Quite normal activities to me, but because in Africa the relationship between man and dog is very different from the one I am familiar with, we had to focus much more on changing the way the handlers see their dogs: moving from a tool to a friendly ally. I can clearly see the situation at the kennel is now gradually changing.
I felt it was also important to profile the working dogs as companions outside of the brigade to raise awareness amongst communities. Several times a week, we take the dogs out for a walk in the neighborhood. The fear of dogs is really widespread here, but now people have slowly gotten used to our little procession through the streets. Although people remain defensive, some dare, even if still from a distance, to engage in conversation to find out what these dogs are doing. It's already a small victory for these dogs, but I think for the brigade as well.
Over the past year, together with two local construction companies, we also worked hard to renovate the canine brigade and construct additional facilities such as a canine training unit and a vet unit. Thanks to the generous support of our supporters the Cotonou canine brigade now offers excellent working conditions for the dogs but also for their handlers. All the Benin detection dogs receive proper training and care as any routine check-ups and other veterinary care the dogs can get directly on site.
The new training program IFAW set up at the canine brigade provides for the participation of eight dog-handler teams. The dogs started their training over the summer, but this is only the beginning! The young adults will be trained for 6 months, and the puppies for 10 months, before they can be deployed to sniff out wildlife crime. The dogs need constant training and care to achieve their mission: to help disrupt trafficking networks and protect wildlife.
Next time I will present how we select and train our detection dogs and their handlers, and how we team up in practice – so stay tuned!
-Frédéric Chappée, Project Manager, Detection Dogs Benin
Support initiatives like our Detection Dog Benin project
ifaw answers your COVID-19 questions
breaking the petri dish for growing epidemics
consider a new paradigm with nature: coexistence
The problems we face are urgent, complicated and resistant to change. Real solutions demand creativity, hard work and involvement from people like you.
You'll receive news, updates on activities and on future giving opportunities. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Second Floor 209-215 Blackfriars Road London SE1 8NL | United Kingdom
© 2020 | Privacy policy | Cookie policy | Terms of use
IFAW is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number 2701278) and a registered charity (number 1024806).


About this art: Sturdy ribbon handle has wide range of color for choosing. We provide over 50 different kinds of fabric handle for any needs. While it suit your requirements, as a fabric handle, ribbon handle is more comfortable and soft for carrying that could promote your customer shopping experience.


text:
Q: Picturebox OnMouseClick coordinates relevance to the control and not the form I have a windows form, inside it there is a PictureBox control, I populate the control with an image.
When went to the MouseDown event and was able to get the coordinates but in terms of the whole form and not just the control, so instead of getting a coordinate of (10,15) I get (110,40) that is because it got me the mouse position of the form.
Can I get a coordinates enclosed to the PictureBox control only?

A: Try this .........
private void PictureBox1_MouseDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
{
  int x = e.x - PictureBox1.Left ;
  int y = e.y - PictureBox1.Top ;

  MessageBox.Show(x.tostring + "," + y.tostring);
 }

A: Use x - PictureBox.Left and y - PictureBox.Top.
OR
Write the code in the event handler for the PictureBox, not the form.


PowerShell GUI script to unlock an Active Directory user's account. The script will need to be run from a computer which is part of the domain. It needs access to the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module. It will first try to load it locally, if not available it will setup a session to a Domain Controller and will import it from there (This requires that the user running this script needs appropriate rights to do so).
PowerShell GUI script to reset an Active Directory user's password. The script will need to be run from a computer which is part of the domain. It needs access to the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module. It will first try to load it locally, if not available it will setup a session to a Domain Controller and will import it from there (This requires that the user running this script needs appropriate rights to do so).
In this quicktip we will demonstrate how to make a PowerShell module available on a computer by importing it from another computer where the module is already installed.
In case an Active Directory user gets frequently locked out, you can use this PowerShell function to check on which computer the lockout occurs. It does so by querying the Security Event Logs of the Domain Controllers. Once you have determined on which computer the lockout occurs, you still need to find out what exactly is causing the account lockout. This can be a manual drive mapping, a service running under the user account, an ODBC connection, etc.
PowerShell function to search for users in Active Directory. You can search on UserName (searches in SamAccountName), Name (searches in GivenName, SurName and DisplayName) and EmailAddress.
When you attempt to login to a Windows computer and get the message "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed", it usually means the computer's machine account password does not match anymore with the one in the Active Directory database.


GSE SMART IPTV 7.2 app is Tested By Antivirus, App is TRUSTED.This App rating is 4.14 On mobile devices. Star You could visit droidvision website to know more about the company/developer who developed this. The New GSE SMART IPTV APK can be downloaded and installed on android phone supporting 4.0.x api and above. Download the app using your favorite browser and click on install to install the app. Please note that we provide original and pure apk file and provide faster download speed than GSE SMART IPTV apk mirrors. You could also download Free apk of GSE SMART IPTV and run it using popular android emulators Or Cell Phone.You Can Download free latest version 7.2 Stable and Easy Form google play, Android Store or aapks.com .
- GSE SMART IPTV has no affiliation with any third-part provider what so ever.
worthless, i don't know what you've done to this App but it's unfortunately totally worthless now. It crashes ever so often and reboots itself every now and then, so annoying. Used to work great before and this was the only App I used and recommended but now I never use it and certainly don't recommend it. No, there's nothing wrong with my playlist as it works perfectly fine with other Apps and the others with the same IPTV suppliers says the same and uses other Apps too.
Great app, except GUI too cumbersome. Needs to be more user friendly and faster. Please make GUI more like perfect player app.
it works pertty good,but it would be better with the ability to change channels with android remote,plus be able to record to sd card.
i enjoy this app but sometimes the programme you are watching stops working, you need to go out of the app and go back in!
Works great and easy to use too.
Apk Scaned By TotalVirus Antivirus,com.gsetech.smartiptv.apk Was Pure And Safe.
GSE SMART IPTV 7.2 requires following permissions on your android device.
The Biggest Photo Vault/Gallery Locker. Hide Private Photos, Backup/Lock Albums.
A video player with equalizer, Improve the video sound effects on your device.


We Help Businesses and Individuals Gain Peace Of Mind When Facing Tax issues.
Our team of Tax Specialists are here to answer all your business and individual tax concerns.
If your Denver, Colorado business fails to comply with state tax laws or filing requirements—whether intentional or unintentional—those mistakes can be costly. There are a number state IRS penalties governments can use against your business, and they have a wide variety of enforcement techniques to collect them.
Owners and officers of Colorado corporations and members of a partnership or limited liability company may be personally assessed up to 150 percent of state taxes that are assessed but uncollected. This means you were required to collect withholding tax and didn't or that you withheld the tax but didn't pay it over to the state. This assessment applies to all owners, officers and members regardless of your day-to-day involvement in the business activities or payroll obligations.
When failing to pay state sales tax, penalties can range from 10 to 100 percent depending on whether or not fraud is indicated in the assessment of these penalties. This only applies to state sales tax. All counties and cities vary with their assessments. If you have questions on the penalties that you could be facing for county or city sales tax, call us and we will help you find the right answer.
Let's Talk. Book Your Private Consultation Today.
Failure to file, filing late or delinquent payment penalties are some of the easiest penalties to avoid by simply filing and paying your taxes on time. Each penalty assesses businesses 5 percent of the tax owed or $5, whichever is greater, each month you do not file or pay and maxes out at 12 percent. The failure to pay penalty maxes out at 15 percent of the tax due following the Notice of Demand for Payment.
Fraud-related penalties are assessed when the state determines you willfully and fraudulently failed to file or pay your tax return or file a false return. Assessments range from 100 to 150 percent of taxes owed or up to $150 depending on the fraudulent act.
Negligence-related penalties result when you fail to pay your full tax bill based on inaccurate information, such as deductions that can't be proven or don't report your total income. These penalties are generally discovered through audit and can add 25% of the deficient amount to your tax bill.
The best way to avoid state and local tax penalties and assessments is to file your taxes on time and set up a payment plan if you can't pay them right away. You will almost always end up paying more when you don't file on time.
The Enrolled Agents at True Resolve Tax Professionals in Denver have the expertise to work on your behalf to reduce or even eliminate local and state tax penalties and fees.
Call True Resolve today and let us help. Our business is managing your tax burden so you can focus your energy and talents on the business you know best—your own.


text:
Star Cops: Mother Earth Part One
By: D. K. Latta
Issue: 25 February 2019
The four-episode audio drama collection, Star Cops: Mother Earth Part 1, from Britain's Big Finish Productions is both the beginning of a new, full cast, audio-only series, and part of the increasingly popular trend of resurrecting old programmes with much of their original cast, TV having seen recent revivals of The X-Files, Arrested Development, and Twin Peaks, among others. In addition to various original productions, Big Finish has built a sizeable stable of audio adventure series by reviving old TV series, starting with their flagship Doctor Who line. Some of their series reunite the original casts, while others reboot or reimagine the property entirely. Still, at first blush, the British TV series Star Cops might seem like an odd candidate for a revival. Originally airing in 1987, it only ran for nine episodes. Yet the TV series kind of stuck in my mind—favourably, that is—more so than a lot of other ill-fated SF series long since relegated to the haunted space graveyard of cancelled shows. And the fact that Big Finish has latched onto it some three decades later suggests I wasn't alone.
Created by Chris Boucher, Star Cops was essentially an attempt to create a kind of "adult" SF series, as well as a hybrid of crime drama and hard science fiction (possibly the first, pre-dating Space Precinct, TekWar, and other crime/SF mashups that come to mind). Set in the near future (no aliens or warp drives), and never straying too far from Earth's gravitational pull, Star Cops envisioned an increasingly populated Moon and an array of artificial space stations that required an active police force to maintain law and order in the "High Frontier." International in personnel and jurisdiction, their investigations took them as often to different countries as to orbiting satellites (an awkward aspect to the TV series was a tendency to paint countries in terms of cultural stereotypes; although I did wonder at the time if that was a knowing wink at the way SF is prone to depicting alien races, only applying it to humans). Despite some teething pains, Star Cops emerged as a promising effort. It had some of the coolest zero gravity scenes I'd seen to that point on a TV budget, and was held together by series star David Calder's quiet charisma.
Now after some three decades the series has returned as an audio drama, with Calder once more in the centre seat as lead copper, Nathan Spring. And with a mix of returning faces—well, voices—such as Trevor Cooper as the boorish but (mostly) well-meaning Colin Devis and Linda Newton as the brash Aussie, Pal Kenzy, and new ones including Philip Olivier (Paul Bailey), Rakhee Thakrar (Priya Basu), and Nimmy March (as their political overseer, Shayla Moss). Olivier and Thakrar are no strangers to Big Finish listeners through the company's Doctor Who range, with Olivier having played Companion Hex to Sylvester McCoy's Doctor and Thakrar recently being paired with Paul McGann's Doctor.
And the result, so far, is quite good.
Conceptually the creators have wisely elected not to overplay the nostalgia card, recognizing the vast majority of potential listeners might never have even heard of the original TV series, let alone seen an episode. If you are familiar with the old series, it will seem pleasingly evocative. But if you aren't—it really doesn't matter because you could drop in and not necessarily realize this is a continuation from some old property. (One change is that Big Finish has dropped the original theme song ["It Won't Be Easy," written by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues], a tune that apparently wasn't particularly popular with some fans, or with Boucher himself. Although I rather liked it. But I also enjoyed the Star Trek: Enterprise theme, so maybe I just have a weakness for soft rock sci-fi theme songs.)
And taken for what it is, putting nostalgia aside, this is a well-mounted production. Audio dramas can vary in style and professionalism, from plucky amateur productions to those boasting top-tier movie and TV stars; some are forced to record the actors separately (often leading to a slight stiffness in the scenes), while other productions can bring their casts together, allowing for more naturalistic performances; some are essentially like stage plays, others more like movies, with rich ambient sounds and music scores.
As with the majority of their productions, Big Finish's Star Cops is very much an audio motion picture, with music, ambient sounds, and the actors recording together, resulting in good performances and interplay, both in terms of how the actors take to the voice-only format, and how easily they slip back into characters they haven't played in over a generation (or slip into their roles in the case of the new cast). Calder is no stranger to audio productions (Dixon of Dock Green, Scarlet on Black, Alpha, to name but a few), so it's unsurprising that he sounds comfortable. And he remains, as in the TV series, an effective, anchoring presence as the fundamentally decent, level-headed Nathan. Cooper's performance is so effortlessly casual you can easily see him wandering corridors in costume, forgetting he's actually just speaking his lines into a microphone, script in hand. And as mentioned previously, some of the newer cast members are already part of the Big Finish audio drama "family."
The characters and their interplay with each other add immeasurably to making this a proper series, where you enjoy the plots and the personalities in equal measure. It is an ensemble, so each of the main characters gets their moment, and their storyline, and each as written and performed is up to the task. The characters are well drawn, having distinct personalities without sliding into broad caricatures. Thakrar's Basu is a civilian medic and former part-time Star Cop thrust into the role of full-time senior officer, at times trying to act more confident than she perhaps feels about her new authority. Olivier's Bailey is the ex-undercover cop, a bit rough around the edges and given a contemporary spin by being gay (a particularly nicely written/performed scene comes in an episode where we hear Bailey going through the mental process of becoming his undercover identity). Cooper's Devis is still the boorish, old-school, politically incorrect cop (while also providing the stories with some of their comic relief)—but cleverly, the new series plays with the idea that Devis is genuinely trying to adjust to the new social dynamics, rather than making him some paean to bullish intransigency. Newton's Kenzy appears only sporadically in these episodes—Newton being based in Australia, Big Finish wasn't at first sure of her availability, but apparently she'll be more of a regular in the next batch of episodes.
The scenes and storytelling are clear enough to follow—for the most part. Knowing there are readers out there who might be skeptical of an audio/radio play, but curious, it's worth considering a production from the point of view of someone not wholly familiar with the format. And I do think Star Cops succeeds as a surprisingly solid introduction to the medium. The crime drama element means the plot beats are familiar enough, and the SF is just fantastical enough that it can exploit the "limitless" special f/x of an audio-only presentation while being just down-to-earth enough that it doesn't veer off into hard-to-picture scenes (some of Big Finish's Doctor Who plays can end in a lot of shouting and weird sounds that might tax the imagination). Probably the most conceptually challenging sequence is the climax of the fourth episode, involving runaway space stations and a daring mid-space rescue reminiscent of The Martian.
Featuring original, all-new stories written variously by Andrew Smith, Ian Potter, Christopher Hatherall, and Guy Adams, all directed by Helen Goldwyn, this initial set of four hour-long episodes (available as a boxed CD set or straight download) presents a decent gamut of stories, from murder mysteries, to undercover thrillers, to a kind of "bottle" show with the characters trapped in a building during a security conference. Threaded through is a subplot involving an anti-space terrorism group, the eponymous Mother Earth.
As an SF police drama these episodes maintain the police drama/procedural feel while never losing sight of the fact that the science fiction element and extra-planetary environment should be integral to shaping the plots (unlike some SF/cop show hybrids over the years which can just feel like generic cop drama plots only with ray guns). So an episode about drug smuggling is given an SF spin by the nature of the contraband itself, while in another episode one of the puzzles provided by a dead body found on the lunar landscape is how the killer got away without leaving footprints in the lunar dust. And the fact that this boxed set is labelled Part One shouldn't discourage the curious. The collection doesn't end on a cliff-hanger. Mother Earth remains a threat, but the four episodes here can be enjoyed for themselves alone.
As a longtime listener of audio dramas, I have a general appreciation of Big Finish's efforts (while acknowledging they can have their ups and downs, like any production house), and their Star Cops revival emerges as being among their strongest, most sure-footed endeavours right out of the gate.
Of course science fiction is a peculiar genre when it comes to weathering the test of time—especially "near future" SF. Watching the 1970 post-apocalyptic thriller,The Omega Man is as much about the past as the future, with streets lined by big '70s-era cars, and movie theatres playing Woodstock. And all those 1980s cyberpunk movies with their punk rock-inspired future fashions seem almost quaint now. The original Star Cops TV series seemed fairly ensconced in the Cold War era, with American and Russian characters prominent. Those characters are gone from this audio version (albeit as much due to the actors' unavailability—and mortality—as any creative decision). And with the centring of a terrorist group as the recurring Big Bad, Big Finish may have decided terrorism was a more relevant threat for this 2018 revival. However, since actors' voices don't age as obviously as their bodies, we can infer these audio episodes are supposed to be set only a few years after the TV series, not a few decades.
In some ways the world has actually started to catch up with the old series. Nathan's hand-held, borderline AI computer (dubbed "Box," and also voiced by Calder) was arguably the show's main concession to outlandish sci-fi gadgetry. But now in this era of cell phone computers, the internet, and voice-responsive computer systems, Box seems just slightly more sophisticated than the sort of technology that already exists.
Much more ironically, the whole ambience of the series has been subtly altered by the passage of time. When originally conceived in the 1980s, Star Cops was intended as a gritty, semi-plausible extrapolation into the future—the antithesis of the Star Trek/Star Wars space fantasy. But cynically, one might argue this envisioned future of outer space development and international cooperation seems further away than ever as we instead worry about global warming, the erosion of international alliances, and even the breakdown of democracy.
Maybe that's actually part of the appeal of this Star Cops revival. It now offers its own welcome escape into an optimistic future (or even a parallel reality). Tomorrow may still be rife with organized crime, corruption, and terrorism, Star Cops seems to say—but ultimately humanity will be okay.
© Copyright 2019 By: D. K. Latta
About D. K. Latta
D.K. Latta writes SF & Fantasy stories as well as reviews & essays about books, audio dramas, graphic novels, and Canadian film & TV. Books include a collection of his Canadian film/TV essays and anthologies imagining a decades-spanning Canadian superhero universe. He has a day job, obviously. More on his writings can be found at http://www.pulpanddagger.com/dk_latta.html


text:
Must Watch Wednesday: VH1 Divas Salute the Troops
Still feel like giving thanks after the holiday weekend? Tip your hat to soldiers at home and abroad by tuning in to VH1 Divas Salute the Troops, a patriotic tribute featuring female performers from across the board.
Funny lady Kathy Griffin will host the annual show, which benefits the USO, at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego, CA. The comedienne has entertained the trooped abroad in Iraq and Afghanistan, and promised VH1 "a wild night of great music and a heartfelt thank you."
Slated to perform are some of our favorite artists from 2010: Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Paramore, Keri Hilson and Sugarland. We doubt these ladies will hold back, what with Perry and Minaj trying to out-shock the audience and out-wig each other, Grace Potter rockin' against Paramore, Keri Hilson bringing the dance beats and Sugarland adding their sassy Southern touch. Check out their adorable pin-up portraits:
To show support for the troops from home, users can upload photos to the show's "Salute the Troops Photo Mosaic." For every photo shared, VH1 will donate $1 to USO's Operation Enduring Care, up to $10,000.
Tune in to VH1 Divas Salute The Troops on Sunday at 9 p.m.!
TopicsKaty PerryMust Watch Wednesdaynicki minajParamoretroopsVH1


Sensibility and practicality define the 2019 Nissan Murano. Under the hood you'll find a 6 cylinder engine with more than 250 horsepower, and for added security, dynamic Stability Control supplements the drivetrain. Nissan prioritized comfort and style by including: front and rear reading lights, front bucket seats, automatic temperature control, fully automatic headlights, remote keyless entry, an overhead console, and power windows. You and your passengers will enjoy the stereo system, which includes a CD player with MP3 capability, steering wheel mounted audio controls, and 6 speakers, enhancing the audio experience throughout the interior. Nissan also prioritized safety and security by including: head curtain airbags, front and rear side impact airbags, traction control, anti-whiplash front head restraints, a security system, and 4 wheel disc brakes with ABS. Brake assist technology provides extra pressure when applying the brakes. Our aim is to provide our customers with the best prices and service at all times. Stop by our dealership or give us a call for more information.


text:
Q: iPhone - Check if each view has been loaded before I have a problem that I have not seen addressed in this particular way before, so hopefully someone can help me with it. Let's say I have a tab bar app with four views, one on each tab. Obviously the app will be forced to launch with the view controller it is told to launch with, but after that, it's up to the user to select which tab (view) to load next.
The problem comes from the fact that I would like to show a view on each tab ONLY the first time that particular view is loaded. Normally, you'd do this:
   BOOL foo = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]boolForKey:@"previouslyLaunched"];
    if (!foo)
    {
        NSLog(@"FirstLaunch");
        [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]setBool:YES forKey:@"previouslyLaunched"];

        ///Do first run view initializaton here////
    }

However, doing that once sets the NSUserDefault for all of the app, meaning that only the view for tab 1 will show and not the other three. So, my question is, how do I show a view for each of my four tabs only the first time each view loads? This is a complicated question because the user is able to select any tab in any order, so I can't guide them down a path, I think.
Would I have to use a different key for each view? Would that work? It seems like that might be the best course of action here, but this is my first time working with NSUserDefaults, so I'm a little lost.
Any and all help is much appreciated!

A: Use a different key for each view:
e.g. viewController1PreviouslyLaunched, viewController2PreviouslyLaunched... etc


Top and bottom porcelain or cast iron replacement grates for your Broilers, Ranges or Charbroilers to the food service industry at a discount!
Commercial Appliance parts at Discounted Prices!
Alto shaam parts, American dish parts, American range parts, Bakers parts, Bally parts, Berkel parts, Beverage air parts, Blodgett parts, Bus boy parts, Cecilware parts, Champion parts, Cleveland range parts, CMA dishmachine parts, Continental refrigeration parts, CTX Oven parts, Delfield parts, Duke mfg parts, Frymaster parts, Garland parts, Globe slicer parts, Hatco parts, Holman parts, Ice-O-Matic parts, Imperial range parts, In-sink-erator parts, Jackson parts, Jade Range parts, Kolpak parts, Lang parts, Lincoln oven parts, Magikitchn parts, Market forge parts, Merco savory parts, Middleby parts, Moyer diebel parts, Perlick parts, Pitco parts, prince castle parts, Randell parts, Rankin delux parts, Robot coupe parts, Salvajor parts, Silver king parts, Southbend parts, Toastmaster parts, Traulsen parts, True Mfg parts, U.S Range parts, Victory refrigeration parts, Vollrath parts, Vulcan hart parts, Waring parts, Waste king parts, Wells bloomfield parts, Wilbur curtis parts, Wolf range parts.


text:
Installation view of Monet and the Modern City at the Carnegie Museum of Art showing "Waterloo Bridge, London" by Monet, circa 1903. Photo: Bryan Conley, courtesy of CMOA.
Bringing Together Monet, Pissaro and Air Pollution
Jack Austin July 19, 2019
CulturePollution
"Breathe Better Day" brought together art and air quality awareness at an event last weekend, in coordination with the Carnegie Museum of Art's ongoing exhibit Monet and the Modern City.
The Breathe Project invited speakers from various environmental organizations to discuss sources and effects of air pollution in Pittsburgh. Environmental groups and Pittsburgh's bike sharing system also set up tables in the lobby of the museum.
LISTEN: "Bringing Together Monet, Pissaro and Air Pollution"
https://www.alleghenyfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AF071919_JA_MonetCity.mp3
The exhibit includes works from impressionists like Camille Pissaro and Claude Monet and American paintings of Pittsburgh's own industrial aesthetic by the likes of Aaron Gorson and Joseph Stella.
"I wanted to really tie into Pittsburgh and to the region and to really pull from our permanent collection. So the industrial imagery really spoke to me," Akemi May, assistant curator at CMOA said.
The Monet and the Modern City installation showing the painting, "Pittsburgh at Night" by artist Aaron Henry Gorson, circa. 1920 at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Photo by Bryan Conley, courtesy of CMOA.
May said that many people connect to art on a personal level and bring in their own past. For many in Pittsburgh, that means remembering dirty air from the steel mills.
"I've heard from a lot of people who have come to this exhibition that they struggle with looking at these and seeing the aesthetic beauty of industry, which at the time that these artists were creating these images, they did look at that smoke and fog as being very sort of romantic and indicative of power and prosperity," May said. "But we as modern audience look at it with a totally different lens. You know we think about it in terms of air quality and pollution."
This is the case for Lois Bower-Bjornson, who grew up along the Monongahela River. Looking at the paintings in the gallery, she said she remembered stories her dad told her about when they couldn't hang the sheets out at her grandparent's hotel because it was the time when the coal mines were active and "there was soot everywhere and it was nothing to have two inches of coal dust on the windowsills."
Michael Dimonte, from Cranberry, said he came because was interested in the environment, especially in light of the Clairton Coke Works recent pollution and because he lives downwind from where a Shell cracker plant is being built.
"I am impressed by the relevance of art in social issues," he said. "How important it is for us and how artists can touch emotion in society that might bring about more action than the scientific facts and figures," Dimonte said.
Francis Harkins, a board member of Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), one of the environmental organizations tabling for the event, said that breathing Pittsburgh's air likely gave her asthma. She said she didn't realize how bad the air quality was growing up, but when she spent a year in Michigan in her 20's and came back she was "stunned by my inability to breathe." She said 30 years later in her 50's, she returned from Boston and experienced trouble breathing when she returned.
"The politicians have to hear that people want clean air or nothing will change," Harkins said. "So get involved."
Monet and the Modern City runs until Sept. 2 in Gallery One of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland.
Read more about air pollution in Pittsburgh in our series, Hazardous to Your Health:
Jack Austin
Jack was a summer intern for The Allegheny Front in 2019. He grew up in Pittsburgh and was a student at U.C. Berkeley where he has written for several publications, including the Daily Californian and the Berkeley B-Side. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of his high school's newspaper, the Devil's Advocate. Additionally, Jack worked in Guatemala with an organization that preserves the cloud forest, and works as an energy researcher.


Yesterday we had an appointment with our favorite developmental specialist, Jan. We got an updated prescription for diapers (after age 4, the state pays for diapers -- it's called "incontinence". For about a second that depressed me, and then I thought, "hey, free diapers!"). I ran to Target this morning to get them. I'm getting the largest size diapers they carry -- size 6. We need to get these boys potty trained because I don't want to know where you have to go to get diapers bigger than the ones they carry in the baby section at Target. Don't want to know that at all. Either they get potty trained soon, or they must stop growing.
And we are changing Zack's zoloft prescription from a liquid to a pill. He can swallow pills great if they are relatively small and buried in a spoonful of applesauce. The liquid is pretty bitter even though the pharmacy adds a grape flavoring to it, and Zack fights taking it. I don't blame him. If a whiff of it hits my nose, my eyes water. It's heavy stuff.
I'm trying to talk Jan into coming to the National Fragile X Conference next July in Detroit. She is still considering it. She gave me her email though so when I get updates on the medications that are in clinical trials, I can email her the information, so I may have to send her some information about the conference as well. I'd love to see her there!
The boys did well, otherwise, at their appointment. They are around 43-45 pounds (a rough estimate since they won't stand still on the scale long enough for it to register a weight) and around 44 inches tall (yep, another rough estimate).
Zack showed Jan he knows different body parts, but AJ is not a performer. He was too shy to show her anything he's learned, but she knows that about him. Mostly they both do well when we are there, they love climbing up on the exam table, trying to poke around with Jan's computer, and shutting off the lights. They don't love the physical exam and all she does is listen to their chests and look in their ears and mouth.
People with Fragile X Syndrome can have a variety of other problems, one of which is mitral valve prolapse, a heart condition. The boys' hearts were tested at least a couple of years ago -- I think maybe when they were 2; by a pediatric cardiologist. I was wondering whether we need to have a test done again to check for that condition. From what I understand, it can develop at any time. Jan is going to check and see when the last heart test was done, and let us know if it's time to do it again.
Another fun problem FX kids can have is seizures. They can begin occurring anytime after at 4. So we are watching the boys for that as well.