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Dan October 25, 2009 Movie Reviews
The Iraq War can be a rather contentious subject for a film, especially with Hollywood's typical anti-war approach, which has consistently failed at the box office. So it was refreshing when a film not only tried to take an apolitical approach to the war, but really focused on a group of men who are fighting a unique aspect of it. Following a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, The Hurt Locker is a tense film from beginning to end, …
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How frustrating is it when you see a film that is really good and well done – and then falls apart during the last third? Such is the case with Knowing, the new sci-fi/thriller from visionary director Alex Proyas. 50 years after it was written and shoved into an elementary school time capsule, MIT astrophysicist John Koestler (Nicholas Cage) comes across a mysterious piece of paper filled with numbers. Sensing a pattern, he discovers that the paper contains the dates …
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Director James Mangold's latest film, 3:10 to Yuma is a remake of an Elmore Leonard short story about cattle rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale) who decides to take the responsibility upon himself to transport recently captured outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) to the train to take him to Yuma Prison. Wade's gang, led by the sadistic and ruthless Charlie Prince (Ben Foster) will seemingly stop at nothing to get Wade back, but along the way, Evans and Wade form a …
Live Free or Die Hard
Dan June 25, 2007 Movie Reviews
John McClane is back! Well, kind of. In 1988, Bruce Willis' portrayal of NY cop John McClane fighting terrorists in a high rise office building firmly established him as a viable action star in John McTiernan's Die Hard. Followed by Renny Harlin's Die Hard 2, which was set in an airport, the formula was now set, but it wouldn't last long. For the third film, Die Hard With a Vengance, the wise-cracking John McClane was no longer fighting the system …
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Dan July 12, 2004 Movie Reviews
It's not often that a movie comes along and completely takes me by surprise. In this case, it was I, Robot. I never read any of the Isaac Asimov books, so I can't compare. He might roll over in his grave; I don't know for sure. But what I do know is that this film was completely and utterly mis-advertised. It's an interesting blend of action, mystery, thriller and drama. And it's anything but dumb. Directed by Alex Proyas (The …
I worked my way through rush hour traffic to get to Hollywood and Highland, where Rafael and I were seeing Hellboy. I have not read the graphic novel. I have no background on the character or story. I only know what I saw from the trailer before seeing the film. As such, I can't compare, but I can say that while it's far from perfect, Hellboy was a fun movie to watch. Ron Perlman, as Hellboy, is entertaining, and has …
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After work, I headed over to Matt's, and picked him up. We then battled our way through the rush hour traffic to get to the Arclight Theaters for the press screening of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. I got a few driving pointers along the way (thanks Matt!), and we made it there around 6:30, which gave us plenty of time to chitchat before the film started. The film was, overall, entertaining. But honestly, that's about it. It wasn't …


Hello folks. Simon here. Out of Trev and Simon. Long time no blog post. Or something. If you follow us here and only here, and you're wondering what's up, what gives, what's new… I should give a quick mention to STRANGENESS in SPACE, our new, crowd-funded, sci-fi comedy audio drama; written by us, performed by us along with Sophie Aldred, and starring a whole load of comedy royalty from Doon Mackichan to Rufus Hound. You can find out more by clicking on this link.
But today I'm going to spend most of my time banging on about our new, and first ever, Christmas record. Yes! We've recorded a Christmas record called Christmas in SpACE. I say we… it's actually by Pink Custard (featuring Sophie Aldred). Thing is, keep it quiet, we're Pink Custard!
It is, perhaps unsurprisingly, linked with STRANGENESS in SPACE: It helps promote the FREE show, and will also hopefully help raise funds needed to make Episodes 3 and 4. But we hope it is a good standalone pop song too. Listen carefully and you may well hear The World of the Strange in there, Moon Monkey, and even The Singing Corner Swinging their Pants!
Here's the video. I hope you enjoy it.
And, if you did enjoy it, please consider buying it. It's only 79p and all money we make will go directly into funding more free episodes of STRANGENESS in SPACE. You can get it at iTunes here or you can get it at Amazon here. (If you go for iTunes we may even get in their charts!) And also, if you fancy, please leave a review.


Stodgy, comforting and delicious; tamales are symbolic of Mexican street food and are the staple of many a Mexican mother's kitchen, especially over the festive period and during national celebrations, such as Independence Day. They also feature in one of Mexico's greatest traditions. On Kings' Day, celebrated on January 6, a small figurine of the baby Jesus is hidden inside a sweet bread. Whoever finds the figurine when eating the bread must buy tamales for all those present as a forfeit!
Originally a Mesoamerican dish, variations of tamales originate as far back as 8000 to 5000 BCE, and the name itself is even rooted in the Nahuatl word tamalli, meaning 'wrapped.' Due to their ancient origins, many different words exist for tamales; in Veracruz, for example, larger banana leaf variations are known as zacahuil.
Usually made from a starchy, corn based masa (dough), tamales are most commonly wrapped in corn husks before being steamed and served hot with spicy salsas drizzled over the top. Street vendors can be found selling them morning, noon and night across the country, although they are most popular as a breakfast food. Tamales are also popular across Latin America, the Caribbean, the Philippines and the US, with Michelle Obama claiming they are her favorite food.
Many believe that the best tamales come from the Oaxaca region of Mexico, which has its very own variant known as tamales oaxaqueños. These differ from your bog standard tamales by way of their slightly sweeter and wetter dough, which is wrapped in banana leaves rather than corn husk. Oaxacan tamales are best enjoyed with a chicken mole filling, but there are literally hundreds of options available; popular ones include rajas con queso (cheese), mole de pollo (chicken), and salsa roja or salsa verde. For those with a sweet tooth, flavors featuring pineapple prove to be particularly moreish. Each state has its own take on the traditional tamal. One of the most famous of these is the chilango (from Mexico City) offering a carb-on-carb overload that is a torta de tamal, or guajalota. Not for the faint-hearted, but most certainly filling.


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Divisive and non-monotonic gain control in open-loop neural circuits
Jorge F Mejias1,
Alexandre Payeur1,
Erik Selin1,
Leonard Maler2,3 &
Andre Longin1,3
The proper characterization of input-output properties of neurons is a long-standing goal in neuroscience. A common way to study such properties is by means of the so called f-I curve, which measures the output firing rate of a neuron as a response of a given level of constant input current [1]. In many cases, an average slope or gain characterizing the response may be obtained. This method is particularly interesting to understand the response properties of neurons to slowly modulated input, although extensions to other situations are also possible [2].
Mechanisms able to modulate the neural input-output properties have been extensively studied in this framework. For instance, a shift in the leak conductance of the neuron can cause subtractive effects in the f-I curve [3]. Mechanisms responsible for other forms of gain control, such as divisive or nonlinear effects, have been more elusive [3, 4], and only a number of them are known [4, 5].
We present here a computational model of a neural circuit which is able to display these two types of gain control mechanisms (i.e. divisive and nonlinear), in addition to the standard subtractive gain control. We have considered a circuit which models the indirect feedback pathway to the superficial pyramidal (SP) neurons, a cerebellar-like structure found in the electrosensory lateral-line lobe of the weakly electric fish. This fish is able to generate an oscillatory electric field which is used for prey detection and communication. Electroreceptors located in the fish' skin detect the modulations in the electric field caused by stimuli, e.g. other fish, and project to SP neurons and to another subpopulation of pyramidal cells called deep pyramidal (DP) neurons. The population of DP neurons then activates the feedback pathway, which provides a net inhibitory signal to the SP cells.
We have found that the effect of the contribution of the feedback pathway is to divisively reduce the firing rate of the SP neurons, thus acting as a divisive gain control mechanism. This illustrates how divisive gain control may be obtained in open-loop recurrent circuits. In addition, we analyzed the conditions in which the f-I response curve of the SP neurons becomes non-monotonic, thus revealing a novel nonlinear gain control mechanism which agrees with in vitro experimental recordings in the electric fish [6].
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Ly C, Doiron B: Divisive gain modulation with dynamic stimuli in integrate-and-fire neurons. PLoS Comput Biol. 2009, 5: e1000365-10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000365.
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Sutherland C, Doiron B, Longtin A: Feeback-induced gain control in stochastic spiking networks. Biol Cybern. 2009, 100: 475-489. 10.1007/s00422-009-0298-5.
Abbott LF, Varela JA, Sen K, Nelson SB: Synaptic depression and cortical gain control. Science. 1997, 275: 221-224. 10.1126/science.275.5297.221.
Lewis JE, Lindner B, Laliberte B, Groothuis S: Control of neural firing by dynamic parallel fiber feedback: implications for electrosensory reafference suppression. J Exp Biol. 2007, 210: 4427-4437.
Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N6N5, Canada
Jorge F Mejias, Alexandre Payeur, Erik Selin & Andre Longin
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1H8M5, Canada
Leonard Maler
Centre for Neural Dynamics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N6N5, Canada
Leonard Maler & Andre Longin
Jorge F Mejias
Alexandre Payeur
Erik Selin
Andre Longin
Correspondence to Jorge F Mejias.
Mejias, J.F., Payeur, A., Selin, E. et al. Divisive and non-monotonic gain control in open-loop neural circuits. BMC Neurosci 14 (Suppl 1), P248 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-14-S1-P248
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Q: PHP: Cache static navigation On my website there's a static header that includes some graphics & a navigation and such. This content is static and doesn't have to be loaded every time.
Is there a way to put this in a HTML-File, cache it on the clients browser and just tell the browser to include this file at a certain place on the page?

A: The only possibility I can think of would be to put the static HTML into a single php file (in which you set some appropiate headers to allow caching) and use JavaScript to perform an Ajax call to load the file into your site. Using jQuery, you could use:
$('#navigation').load('navigation.php');

This would make the client load the navigation using a separate GET request that can be cached if you set the appropriate headers.
HOWEVER, this is severe overload in my opinion and will probably cause the navigation to load some time after the rest of the page, not to mention compatibility issues with users having JavaScript disabled.

A: I agree with TheWolf, that is what I was going to suggest as well.
[Edit: As Anthony pointed out, this will not allow caching the header separately.]
You can simply place the html into it's own .php file and include it server-side when needed using:
<?php include 'header.php'; ?>

The "header" html will be included in the page's html and that will be cached by the browser (assuming the proper cache headers are sent). This is the most common method of including conditional content in php.
What is the reason for wanting to cache the header separately? If your application is generating a standard web page, then loading the header separately via Javascript will be slower. Any bandwidth saving would likely be negligible.
If you decide to dynamically load the content with Javascript, a few things you can do to enhance the end-user experience is to:

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*Place your Javascript at the bottom of your template above the ending  tag. This will allow the browser to begin loading other assets required for page rendering first.

*If possible, prime the area you're injecting the content into by sizing the container to the proper height and width in your template. This will prevent the page from "jumping" due to the additional space needed by the header.

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For 17 days, it's all about the arts here in Charleston. The annual Spoleto Festival USA brings to Charleston some of the best in theater, music, dance, opera and more from May 27 to June 12. The festival was founded in 1977 as the American counterpart to the annual Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti, Christopher Keene and others were looking for an American city with an abundance of theaters, churches and other performance spaces, making Charleston the perfect city for a sister festival in the United States.
Bringing together world-renowned performers, Spoleto Festival USA is internationally recognized as America's premier performing arts festival.
One of these year's most anticipated festival events is the opera "Porgy and Bess" at the Gaillard Center, a spectacular performance venue recently opened in downtown Charleston. Created by George Gershwin, Dubose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin, Charleston was the inspiration for DuBose Heyward's Catfish Row. Acclaimed Charleston artist Jonathan Green provided the visual design for this Spoleto performance.
Quickly after "Porgy and Bess" was announced as part of the 2016 Spoleto lineup, tickets sold out. But earlier this month, Spoleto Festival announced it would do two live broadcasts of the opera open to the public.
Watch the live broadcast of "Porgy and Bess" at 7:30 p.m. May 30 in Marion Square at King and Calhoun streets and again at 7:30 p.m. May 31 at the West Ashley High School practice field, 2060 W. Wildcat Blvd. in Charleston. Both screenings are free and open to the public. The performance is about 3 hours and 15 minutes and includes adult themes.
"Porgy and Bess" Walking Tour: 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. May 27 to June 12. Check out the locations made famous by the opera and DuBose Heyward's novel, "Porgy," including Catfish Row. Book tickets in advance at spoletousa.org.
Beyond Catfish Row: The Art of Porgy and Bess: This exhibit at the newly renovated Gibbes Museum of Art showcases this famous opera as interpreted by visual artist. The exhibition includes a number of paintings from the 1930s era, including works by American realist George Biddle, who illustrated the original Porgy and Bess libretto in 1935. Beyond Catfish Row also includes paintings by Gershwin himself and works by American modernist Henry Botkin, who accompanied the composer to Charleston while he wrote the opera. The exhibit runs May 28 to Oct. 9 at the museum, 135 Meeting St.
Got Plenty O' Nuttin': George Gershwin's Charleston: Visit the Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St., to see this display of black and white images of Charleston during the 1920s and 1930s, period clothing and accessories, the very piano that George Gershwin used to compose the opera, as well as a goat cart in ode to Samuel Smalls, the inspiration for the character of Porgy. There will be curator-led tours and children's educational programs during the exhibition from May 15 to July 31.
"Porgy and Bess" is just one of 150 performances during Spoleto Festival USA. Other festival highlights include the U.S. premiere of opera "The Little Match Girl" by contemporary German composer Helmut Lachenmann and the U.S. premiere of a new production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Dublin's Gate Theatre, directed by Patrick Mason.
The Westminster Choir, Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, and members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus will perform Beethoven's Mass in C Major and Choral Fantasy in the new Charleston Gaillard Center conducted by Joe Miller.
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Spoleto Festival USA at the Festival Finale on June 12, featuring a beer garden and live music surrounded by the landscaped gardens of Middleton Place. Gates open at 3:30 p.m. with live music beginning at 4 p.m. Headliners Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats perform at 8:30 p.m. The evening concludes with a spectacular fireworks display.
For a complete schedule of Spoleto Festival USA events, check out spoletousa.org or for more information, call 843-579-3100.


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Q: Having issues when reading using coreData as the data type has a CLPlacemark I've have an entity called Places and an attribute(placeMark) which is  and of Transformable.
I'm having an issue when I close the app and re-launch it, it queries CoreData and the records are there however the timestamp of each of these places is exactly the same.
**Code to write to CoreData **
private func store(_ location: CLLocation) {
    if let context = (UIApplication.shared.delegate as? AppDelegate)?.persistentContainer.viewContext {
      let newData = Places(context: context)
      CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(location, completionHandler:
        { (placeMarks, error) in
          if (error != nil) {
            print("reverse geodcode fail: \(error!.localizedDescription)")
          }
          let placeMark = placeMarks! as [CLPlacemark]
          if placeMark.count > 0 {
            // add to the database
            newData.placeMark = placeMark[0]
            print(newData.placeMark?.location?.timestamp as Any)
            self.places.append(newData)
            self.lastPlaceForAllLocations = newData
          }
          //Save the context
          (UIApplication.shared.delegate as? AppDelegate)?.saveContext()

          // test if this works if we clear all placemarks
          //self.getLocationFromDatabase()
        })
    }
  }

Once I get a location(ClLocation) I am able to store, erase my context and read back time(different timestamps).
I use the code below to read the database.
**Core to read from CoreData **
private func getLocationFromDatabase() {
    places.removeAll()
    if let context = (UIApplication.shared.delegate as? AppDelegate)?
      .persistentContainer.viewContext {
      let request: NSFetchRequest<Places> = Places.fetchRequest()
      /*let sort = NSSortDescriptor(key: "placeMark.location.timestamp", ascending: false)
      request.sortDescriptors = [sort]*/
      if let placesCoreData = try?
        context.fetch(request) {
        if let placesHere = placesCoreData as? [Places] {
          print(placesHere)
          for item in placesHere {
            print(item.placeMark?.location?.timestamp)
            self.places.append(item)
          }
          lastPlaceForAllLocations = places.last
          // TODO
          //tableView.reloadData()
        }
      }
    }
    lastPlaceForAllLocations = places.first
  }

I try storing a Placemark and then I clear my buffer and read and its ok(I am able to see two places with different timestamps), however once, launch the app again, I am able to read to read both placemarks's but they have the same timestamp.
Any help would be appreciated!


Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The Oakland Golden Grizzlies continue an extended seven-game slate away from home to start the 2013-14 season, as they invade Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday night for non-conference action against the 24th-ranked UCLA Bruins.
UCLA opened its 95th season of basketball this past weekend with a 72-67 victory over Drexel at home. The win kicked off the Steve Alford era, following Alford's highly successful stint at New Mexico. This contest will mark the 700th career game for Alford as a collegiate head coach (464-235).
Greg Kampe's 30th season on the bench for the Golden Grizzlies is bound to be eventful, especially with Oakland's move to the Horizon League. However, the team begins with a gauntlet of teams on the road, including three ranked opponents in the first four games. In its season opener this past weekend, Oakland was no match for North Carolina in Chapel Hill, falling to the Tar Heels, 84-61.
This marks just the second time these two teams have met on the hardwood. UCLA won the only other encounter, a 74-53 decision at Pauley Pavilion in 2006.
The Golden Grizzlies were outplayed in just about every facet of the game against North Carolina, as they shot a mere .364 from the floor compared to a cool 60 percent for UNC. In addition, Oakland was outrebounded 41-22 overall. The game was really decided in the first half, as Oakland trailed 58-21 at the break, before closing the gap somewhat in the second half. Star guard Travis Bader got his 2013-14 season off to a solid start, leading the team with 18 points in the setback. Fellow guard Duke Mondy held his own as well, tallying 14 points, six rebounds and six assists. However, scoring depth was scarce, with the rest of the starting five accounting for just 18 points, while the reserves added a mere 11 points.
The Bruins aren't at full strength yet, with forward Travis Wear sidelined following an appendectomy in late October, but Alford's squad looked solid in the season opener nonetheless, shooting an effective 46.0 percent from the floor overall. Four Bruins finished in double figures in a balanced attack, led by Jordan Adams' 16 points. David Wear finished with 14 points, as did Zach LaVine off the bench, while star forward Kyle Anderson recorded a double- double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. He also added seven assists and two blocked shots for an impressive stat line all the way around. Anderson and Adams are the players that garnered national attention coming into the season, but if freshmen like LaVine can provide some punch off the bench, UCLA will be awfully tough to beat.


There has been a lot of news coverage — both positive and negative — about high-priced sports venue on K-12 school campuses. In this article, SP&M presents two such projects and allows you to be the judge.
Well-designed learning spaces better prepare students for their future careers.
Rethink the classroom, not just the curriculum.
Your mom was right. There are germs everywhere. Don't touch them. And don't touch your face.
Collaborative and hands-on lab spaces allow the exchange of ideas to flow more freely and result in productive teamwork.


1. The final months of the year are traditionally the "season of giving" when many peoples' thoughts turn to sharing with others.
2. Many individuals receive work-related bonuses at the end of the year and they wait to see how much they will have to give to others.
3. Those who own their own businesses often do not know how they fared for the year until the final months.
4. Investors often "balance" their portfolios toward the end of the year and find that charitable gifts can be used to offset taxes due on gains they may have realized earlier in the year.
5. The deadline for making tax deductible gifts is December 31, another reason many choose to make gifts later in the year.
Year-end 2000 is shaping up to be one of best ever for giving to America's charitable community as economic and other conditions are favorable in terms of all of the factors listed above.
In this election year there has been a tremendous amount of discussion about unprecedented prosperity in America. History reveals that while the philanthropic spirit in America is quite resilient, Americans give more in times of broad-based prosperity.
Reports indicate that once again the real wages of Americans will rise more than inflation. After long periods of declines in real wages, many donors are finding that their discretionary income is steadily rising. Americans give about 2% of discretionary income to charity so this is good news for charitable giving.
This year has seen a great deal of fluctuation in investment markets. As we go to press, the markets are once again hovering at or near the record levels they reached in January. In the spring, however, during a period of downturn, many individual investors sold stocks before profits eroded further and in so doing generated significant amounts of capital gain. This was also true of mutual fund managers, leaving many investors with capital gains to report due to sales inside funds, even though they did not receive the cash proceeds. Many donors will find, therefore, that gifts of other appreciated securities before the end of the year may be the best way to offset capital gains that would otherwise give rise to tax liability next April.
In other cases, donors are sitting on the sidelines with large amounts of cash and may decide to use those funds to make gifts before the end of the year.
For these and other reasons, market conditions may make charitable gifts especially attractive to many donors this fall.
In an election year there is typically much talk of tax change—and this year has been no exception. Both major candidates are promising tax cuts as part of the benefits of projected budget surpluses in coming years.
As the savings from charitable and other tax deductions are greater when taxes are higher, lower taxes in the future may result in slightly less savings as a result of making charitable gifts. If properly informed, many donors may decide to complete gifts this year in order to take advantage of tax rates that are now higher than they may be in future years.
1. The vast majority of bequests, gift annuities, and many other types of planned gifts are made by persons who are not subject to estate taxes. Of approximately 2.5 million persons who died in 1997, only 90,000, or just under 4%, died with taxable estates. Of that group, only 16%, or 15,000, made use of the charitable deduction. These persons gave large amounts to charity, but indications are that approximately 185,000 other persons left charitable bequests with no estate tax benefits.
2. The minimum cost of a charitable gift via estates to a family is now 45% per dollar left to charity. In simple terms, if a person leaves $10 million to charity, it now costs their heirs the approximately $4.5 million they would have had if the charitable bequest had not been made and the $5.5 million in taxes had been paid. For persons who are not now subject to estate taxes, the cost of making a charitable bequest is 100% per dollar bequeathed, as their heirs would have received their entire estate had charitable interests not been included. It is clear, therefore, that many people now make charitable bequests when the cost is 100% of the amount donated to charity and there is no reason to believe that wealthy people who give generously during their lifetime will decide to give less through their estates when it will cost their heirs even less than under today's system.
Example: Mr. Donor has amassed an estate of $10 million. His estate will pay taxes at the rate of 55% of amounts over $3 million. As part of a capital gift development effort, he made a commitment of $2.5 million via his estate and a gift in this amount was announced. Mr. Donor has two children, and he decided he wanted them to share the balance of his estate amounting to approximately $1.7 million each under current law. If the estate tax were repealed tomorrow, the children's share would increase to $3.75 million each, or more than twice the inheritance that was originally anticipated when Mr. Donor planned his bequest.
Note the approximate "cost" of this gift to his family net of the combination of estate taxes and the gift assuming various estate tax rates.
Upon learning of the proposed repeal of estate taxes and the impact of that on his children's inheritance, he decided that he would rewrite his will in such a way that the bequest would remain in his will following estate tax repeal and actually be increased somewhat if estate taxes are reduced, as he would then be able to "afford" to leave more while his children would actually receive more…a classic "win-win" situation.
3. If there are major changes in estate taxes there will be tremendous opportunities to emphasize the importance of charitable giving via estates. Untold numbers of donors will review and possibly revise their estate plans on the heels of estate tax changes. The older and wealthier they are, the more quickly they can be expected to make these changes. It will be imperative, therefore, that the charitable community get its message out as quickly as possible following any such changes.
4. Repeal of estate taxes may lead to increased gifts during lifetime, both outright and in the form of trusts, annuities, life estates, and other "split interest" gifts. If there is no tax advantage to making gifts at death, then many donors will decide to make the gifts while they are alive and can realize income tax savings. For those who are contemplating bequests, they may decide to fund gift annuities, charitable trusts, and other gifts that allow them to unlock income from appreciated assets while also enjoying income and capital gains tax savings. Repeal of the estate tax would also bring repeal of the gift tax, removing an obstacle that currently blocks the completion of many charitable trusts, gift annuities, and other plans that would otherwise be created to provide income for loved ones other than a spouse before making an ultimate distribution for charitable purposes.
These are exciting times for fundraisers. As always, those who assess their environment and adapt accordingly will not only survive, they will prosper. There are wonderful opportunities for those organizations and institutions that serve needs in our society not met by the business and government sector. Meeting those needs through voluntary transfers of wealth has always set America apart from much of the rest of the world. There are more funds available to be raised than ever before. Show your donors the best ways to give those funds and make 2000 your best year ever!


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Of course the future is uncertain, and this makes it rational to discount future pains somewhat, but any further discounting is irrational. Hume also claimed, in dramatic fashion as we have seen, that it is not irrational to be thoroughly selfish, preferring the total ruin of everyone else, in order to avoid a tiny suffering for oneself. Such a preference may be immoral, but why should it be thought irrational? First, as with gross imprudence, it is likely that anyone with such a preference would be deluded - unaware of what his preference really meant.
When beliefs and decisions to act are stripped away from inclinations, there is nothing left about the inclination to be irrational. Desires, reasons and action What about the Humean view of the connection between desires and reasons for action? Do all desires provides some reason for action, strength of reason being fixed by strength of desire? If there were essentially irrational desires, it would be reasonable to claim that they provide no direct reason for action. I have denied that such desires exist.
Neutrality Hume claimed that it is not irrational to 'prefer my own acknowledg'd lesser good to my greater'. A prime case of this would be someone who is knowingly imprudent. You point out to him that his present over-indulgence will damage his health, thus making his long-term life prospects worse overall. He agrees with you, but states that he simply does not care that much about his future. Let us assume that his imprudence is not based on a false assessment of what the future will hold for him, since even a 38 Conceptions Humean could condemn that as irrational.


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Actress Olivia Munn Receives The IMDb 'Fan Favorite' Award at Comic-Con
On-board the IMDboat at San Diego Comic-Con, former G4 Attack of The Show co-host and star of the upcoming "The Predator" movie, Olivia Munn received the IMDb STARmeter "Fan Favorite" award...
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Q: practicallity of having a single node cassandra multisitecluster(3 way) Is it possible to put a Cassandra cluster with single node DC with 2 remote DC which is also having a single node assuming the replication factor is required to be 3 in this case? The remote cluster is in the same geographical area but not same building for HA. Or is there any hard rules that for high availability and consistency for a need for a local quorum node to achieve that?
Our setup may be smaller compared to big data and usually used to store time series data with approximately 2000/3000 (on different key) sampling per second.
Is there other implications other than read/write may be slow due to the comms delay?

A: disclaimer: I am new to cassandra.
Turns out I want to deploy a similar setup: 3 nodes on aws, each in its own AZ (But all in the same region). from what I read, this setup is just a single DC, with 3 nodes.

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*You need to use Ec2Snitch to reduce the latency between your clients and the nodes.

*Using RF=3 provides you with the HA that you need, since every node has all the data

*Inter-AZ communication should be fairly fast. refer to this: http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/8/1/how-to-setup-a-highly-available-multi-az-cassandra-cluster-o.html

*becuase you'll be running in a single DC, local-quorum == quorum. so as long as you'll be writing to QUROUM (which requires 2/3 nodes (AZs) to be up), you'll be strongly consistent and HA.


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from django.core import serializers
from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, logout
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from django.conf import settings
import json
from publisher.models import Publication

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        'HAS_ADVERTISMENT': settings.APPLICATION_HAS_ADVERTISMENT,
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ẞ ß (escet,  lub  "ostre S") – litera występująca wyłącznie w alfabecie niemieckim, z wyjątkiem alfabetu w standardzie szwajcarskim używanym w Szwajcarii i Liechtensteinie. Reprezentuje ona spółgłoskę szczelinową dziąsłową bezdźwięczną (polskie s). Znak ten powstał jako ligatura małych liter S i Z, zapisywanych historycznie jako ſ i ʒ (ſʒ), co stanowi źródło nazwy Es-Zett. Litera nazywana jest też Scharfes-S, gdyż jest czytana zawsze tak jak polskie s, zaś litera S w niemieckim może być wymawiana na trzy sposoby: jak polskie s (was), z (sein) lub sz (Stunde). Litera ß występuje zawsze w środku lub na końcu wyrazu.

Litera ß jest wymawiana w identyczny sposób jak dwuznak ss (doppel S). Po reformie ortograficznej z 1996 r. ß używa się wyłącznie po dyftongach i długich samogłoskach, a w pozostałych przypadkach zapisywane jest ss. Nie dotyczy to wersji alfabetu stosowanej w Szwajcarii i Liechtensteinie, gdzie zawsze używa się ss, a ß nie funkcjonuje w ogóle. Ponadto zastępowanie ß przez ss jest obowiązkowe, gdy czcionka nie zawiera tego znaku. Dwuznaku ss zamiast ß używa się też często, gdy słowo go zawierające zapisywane jest dużymi literami, ponieważ escet funkcjonuje zasadniczo jako minuskuła, gdyż nie znajduje się na początku żadnego słowa. Zastępowanie ß majuskułą SS powoduje problem, gdyż w m.in. nazwach własnych (szczególnie nazwiskach) przekształcając wielkie litery SS w małe nie wiadomo, czy w ich miejscu stoi ß czy ss. Stąd pojawiły się postulaty stworzenia majuskuły escetu (ẞ), która ostatecznie została oficjalnie uznana przez Radę Ortografii Niemieckiej w 2017 r. Zatem, zamiast zastępować ß przez SS (wcześniej stosowano również formę SZ) w zapisie słowa wielkimi literami, można też użyć ẞ, chociaż jest niedostępna na niemieckim układzie klawiatury i została oficjalnie zatwierdzona dosyć niedawno. Niedozwolone jest także zastępowanie przez wielką literę B, podobnej do escetu kształtem.

W porządku alfabetycznym ß może występować na samym końcu alfabetu.

Reforma
Dawniej stosowany częściej niż dziś, w odgórnie reformowanej pisowni języka niemieckiego znak ß zastąpiony został przez ss w położeniu po samogłosce krótkiej, a przed spółgłoską lub na końcu wyrazu, na przykład:
 Expreß → Express
 Boß → Boss
 Schloß → Schloss

Obowiązujące przed reformą z 1996 r. reguły pisania ß pochodzą od ortografa Johanna Christopha Adelunga i zostały wprowadzone do szkół i urzędów reformą niemieckiej pisowni z 1901 r.

Zgodnie z nimi ß pisano:
 na końcu wyrazu: muß, aß, Kuß, daß
 na końcu cząstki wyrazowej: kußecht, Schlußstrich, Paßbild
 przed spółgłoską: müßt, paßt, grüßt, wäßrig, unvergeßne, Rößl
 po akcentowanej długiej samogłosce: Straße, aß, aßen, Buße, grüßt (niezmienione)
 po dwugłosce: heißen, außen (niezmienione)

"ss" natomiast tylko:
 między samogłoskami, z których pierwsza była krótka: müssen, Wasser, Küsse, Rüssel.
 w wyrazach obcego pochodzenia: Renaissance, Croissant, Fitness.

Zbitka ss pozostawała na końcu wyrazu, jeżeli po nim stał apostrof: (ich) lass', ale: laß! (tryb rozkazujący).

Pewne nazwy własne nie stosowały się do reguły pisania ß na końcu, np.: ciąg uliczny we Frankfurcie nad Menem Freßgass (z powodu gwary brakuje na końcu litery "e"), miejscowość Neuss i osoba Günter Grass.

«ß» i «ss» a «s»
Litera s odpowiada głosce [] z wyjątkiem niektórych zapożyczeń (zwłaszcza z języka angielskiego), chyba że ulega ubezdźwięcznieniu. Jednak inaczej, niż w języku polskim, ubezdźwięcznienie następuje nie tylko przed spółgłoskami bezdźwięcznymi i w wygłosie wyrazu, ale często też w wygłosie morfemu. W tym ostatnim przypadku ubezdźwięcznienie nie następuje przed końcówkami fleksyjnymi rozpoczynającymi się od samogłoski. A więc na przykład: das Haus [] (ubezdźwięcznienie w wygłosie wyrazu), häuslich [] (ubezdźwięcznienie w wygłosie morfemu), ale: die Häuser [] (brak ubezdźwięcznienia przed samogłoską w nagłosie końcówki fleksyjnej), por. pol. chodź [] – chodźmy [], ale: chodzimy []. Z tego powodu łącznik -(e)s- czyta się jak [(ə)s] (Todesangst []).

Niekiedy ß/ss wymienia się z s: das Geheimnis – die Geheimnisse, des – dessen (ale den – denen), aus – außer. Wynika to z wymowy.

Połączenia st, sp na początku wyrazów i cząstek wyrazowych czyta się odpowiednio jak polskie szt [] i szp [] (Stube [], verspäten []). W innych pozycjach przed spółgłoskami bezdźwięcznymi s oznacza głoskę [], a ß/ss spotyka się rzadko (Ski, Aster, ist – 'jest', ale isst (nowe)/ißt (dawne) – 'je').

Język polski
Była dawniej używana w języku średniopolskim, jako litera sugerowana przez Jana Kochanowskiego do oznaczenia dźwięku sz. Tę literę można też zobaczyć w przykładzie tekstu napisanego w Biblii Jakuba Wujka.

Kodowanie

Zobacz też
 Beta – litera alfabetu greckiego

Przypisy

Niemiecka pisownia
Litery alfabetu łacińskiego

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...And the first thing I noticed, after the person walking in the rain along Route 100, was the flashing siren of a VT State Police car. The rain was pouring down in sheets that normally only lasted 5 minutes but had been persistent all day and were to get more torrential as the night went on.
I was at American Flatbread in Waitsfield...eager for what was the first of many gubernatorial debates.
As I walked into the venue - there were two VT State police troupers - one, a very cute blonde, looking, as Vermont Police tend to look, concerned and amused like the most they had to deal with was some crazy old political guy wanting to steal the show from the "big wigs"...which, in truth, was exactly what they were doing.
thank good for the wack-jobs.
In fact the debate itself was more boring than the little altercation at the front gate. With not more than 1 minute to answer questions and 30 seconds to rebut, we were all assured of sound bytes and that's what we got. The candidates know. Jim Douglass is a pro, this type of forum was best suited to him, quick sound bytes, not much detail, all wrapping paper and bows - Jim Douglass loves that. Pollina is a politician whether he says he is or not and I am not sure whether he does say it...but he is smooth and passionate and in this debate that smoothness was enough...Pollina enjoyed talking about what he had done in the past which is endlessly and powerfully hopeless to me and I wish he wouldn't...but he did and he did a lot. Symington was lost. I almost felt bad for her at times, which means I did. She seemed to me like a frustrated innocent. Not agreeing but not knowing how to best express it but also knowing that there are some fundamental beliefs somewhere, just not sure where. Symington stumbled, it was not pretty. She was not clear and at times was actually embarrassingly disconnected. In her defense I do not think her disconnection was anything but nerves and anxiety - regardless, she did not come off well.
There were about 1000 Vermonters in attendance. All white (except for one), as many men as women but more older men, with longer, grey hair and wire rim glasses and more younger women, brimming with indignation and bright eyes.
There was Flatbread and Beer.
And free Ben and Jerry's.
Each contestant had their own chair and mic and each contestant had 1 minute to answer each question and then 30 seconds to rebut any of their opponents answers. It was too little time to expect much of anything.
The funny thing is I don't think he has a chance in the long term.
However - back to basics - There was nothing real about the answers the three gave...nothing that needs to be debated or even delved into here...suffice it to say that if you want to know what happened in the debate all you have to do is read the press clippings of any interview of any of the candidates...it's all the same.
Well - not ALL the same, just mostly. A few points to take from the first salvo - Jim Douglass thinks we are doing great. He thinks we are trying hard, he thinks if we just keep working hard at it we will get there. He thinks we are getting there. Funny, though, he also was the only one of the three to mention that we were in "difficult times". So chew on that one for a while. The two consistencies in Gov. Doug's theme tonight were "we are doing a great job" and we are in "difficult times".
Pollina said somethings that actually made sense to me and came from a place of commitment and familiarity. His knowledge and support of buy local, support local has much deeper roots, publicly at least, than Douglass and Symington and it sounds like that when he speaks. This is a strength. But he still talked too much about his past. Doesn't Mr. Pollina know that people only want to know what you've been convicted of not what you've done to build...get with it, grow up and out of your comfort zone and have the courage to talk about today.
Symington...lost. She came across most unprepared, most unaccustomed, most fragile. I can only say that it doesn't make sense to tout a legislative record that has certainly not demonstrated the potential vote getting power she supposedly controls with her majority. She stumbled on answers, looking to me like a frustrated innocent who knows she has it right, who can feel it but who just can't get it out...and it makes me wonder...Why can't she get it out?
after 10 questions - with a final surprise question at the end: "what did you eat today" which was as comically Vermont as it gets...and which none of the candidates answered truthfully...the debate...if that's what you could call it, came to an end.
Flatbread and salad from the back yard was served. I didn't have a beer but I imagine it was locally brewed. The people that put this shindig together are doing it for real and I am inspired by their efforts.
The candidates on the other hand...as usual...didn't see what was right in front of them...and for that they all lost. I am going to cover this bloodbath of ideals until I hear someone acknowledge that the best politician is one that's not heard or seen because things are going so well for the people of Vermont because the people of Vermont are living educated, sustainable, renewable, responsible lives and not because there is someone that promises subsidies and government oversight. This is the only issue of concern for me.
The politicians think they have the answers. They don't realize the only answers to be had are in the hearts and minds of the people and unless they (the polys) get out of the way and focus on the system and not the personalities we will never function as we must to survive.
As I left I had a smile on my face. I wondered how many people who attended were "real" Vermonters and I wondered if it mattered. As if on cue I walked by the field opposite my parking area, which upon first glance was obviously a car trap for anyone without 4 wheel drive. It had been pouring down rain all day and somehow, some people thought parking in a low lying field with a corolla was a good idea.
I chuckled as a few, hopeless and muddied, tried in vain to remove their vehicles. It wasn't going to happen. There was no doubt. I chuckled because these people, the ones who parked in the wet, low lying field after an all day rain...these people are the ones that deserve the candidates we have, or at least the ones we had tonight.
If it doesn't get any better I am going to go in search of Peter Diamondstone.


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Sarah Gillis switched from a national bank to a local one in New Jersey as a matter of principle.
"I feel like my voice matters more in a smaller bank," said Gillis, who closed her account at a national bank because she disagreed, she said, with some of its corporate investments. She opened an account at Peapack-Gladstone Bank by her home in Warren, New Jersey, about a year ago.
But when asked her thoughts on her new bank, it's the perks and lack of fees she applauds. Her out-of-network ATM fees are reimbursed by Peapack-Gladstone and she gets $8 back if she uses her debit card at least ten times a month.
"I just think it's a great bank," she said.
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Fans of community banks point to the advantages, starting with a generally more favorable fee structure. These banks are likelier to have fewer checking account fees and lower overdraft fees than big national banks, according to a recent survey by Pew Charitable Trusts. Only about 10 percent of small banks surveyed reported charging monthly service fees on checking accounts; such fees are common at large banks, though they sometimes can be avoided by signing up for direct deposit or maintaining a minimum balance. The median overdraft fee for small banks was $32, compared to $35 for large banks.
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Volume 112 >> Issue 8 : Tuesday, February 25, 1992
Baker Firm on Guarantees as Mideast Talks Resume
By John M. Goshko
Secretary of State James A. Baker III gave Israel a blunt public warning Monday that unless it stops building Jewish settlements in occupied territories, it will not get $10 billion in U.S. loan guarantees to help resettle hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
"The choice is Israel's," Baker said, appearing before Congress as Middle East peace talks resumed here and delivering what amounted to a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's government.
"This administration is ready to support loan guarantees for absorption assistance to Israel of up to $2 billion a year for five years, provided though there is a halt or end to settlements activity," Baker told the House Appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations. "From our standpoint, it's up to Israel. She can determine whether she wants to take action which would permit the strong support of both the legislative and executive branches for these loan guarantees or not."
Supporters of Israel in Congress and the U.S. Jewish community acknowledge privately that if the administration holds to its position, there is almost no chance that Israel can continue settlements and still get Congress to authorize the loan guarantees. The United States already gives Israel $3 billion annually in military and economic aid, making the Jewish state the largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance.
Israel's supporters say their canvasses of congressional sentiment indicate little enthusiasm on Capitol Hill for bucking the administration during an election year when voters are disenchanted with foreign aid and when American public opinion tends to view Israeli settlements policy as oppressive. Even in the unlikely event that the Democratic-controlled House and Senate do vote for the guarantees, Israel's backers admit it would be virtually impossible to muster the votes necessary to override a presidential veto.
The administration's stance marks one of the few times in Israel's 44-year history that the United States -- the Jewish state's principal financial and political backer -- has threatened to withhold aid if an Israeli government refuses to abandon a policy representing its top political and ideological priorities. The U.S. position could open the most serious rift with Israel since the 1956 Suez Canal crisis when President Dwight D. Eisenhower used the threat of a U.S. aid cutoff to force Israel to withdraw its forces from the Sinai peninsula.
The current dispute is potentially even more agonizing for Israel. On the one hand, Shamir's government is heavily dependent for support on a sizable bloc of Israeli opinion that believes there are compelling nationalistic, religious and strategic reasons for keeping the territories at all costs. On the other hand, if Israel is to grow by attracting approximately 1 million Jews from the former Soviet republics, it needs money.
Economists, including many in the Israeli government, have warned that unless the United States pledges to cover any defaults, Israel has no hope of borrowing $10 billion from commercial banks. Without these loans, the economists say, Israel cannot provide housing or create new jobs to absorb the immigrants and faces potentially massive problems of unemployment and other economic hardship. In fact, the Shamir government had counted so heavily on getting the first $2 billion in U.S. loan guarantees that it figured that amount into this year's budget.
These are obviously unattractive options for Shamir, who faces national elections in June. Nevertheless, his Likud Party bloc is ideologically committed to the eventual incorporation of the territories into Israel, and he now is likely to be forced to test a campaign strategy of portraying himself as standing up to U.S. efforts to interfere in Israeli affairs.
However, there is a growing sense among Middle East experts here that the administration believes the Israeli electorate will shrink from the prospect of a break with its longtime patron, the United States, and either will force Shamir and the Likud to be more flexible about settlements or turn to his political opponent, Labor Party leader Yitzhak Rabin, whose views on settlements are more in tune with Washington's.
Under the terms outlined by Baker, Israel would have to freeze all new settlements activity in the territories. It could complete any housing units that the two governments agree were under construction on Jan. 1, 1992, but for every dollar spent on completion, a dollar would be deducted from the amount of the guarantees.
Baker said the administration insists on the right to decide what constitutes settlements activity, and he included in his definition such things as clearing land or building roads or sewers in order to help increase the Jewish population of the territories. If the guarantees are approved and the administration subsequently determines that new settlements are being built, he said, "the United States should have the right to end, terminate or suspend any provision for absorption assistance at that point."
"I think the United States has the right to know, if we go forward with this, that we're not going to be financing, directly or indirectly, something we oppose and have opposed since 1967," Baker said. Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem during the 1967 Middle East War, and its subseequent settlements activity in these areas has been characterized by successive U.S. administrations as "unhelpful" or "an obstacle to peace."
By making public the conditions he had specified to the Israelis in private negotiations, Baker signaled that Bush has no intention of backing away from his belief that the settlements are a threat to Mideast peace and must be halted. The United States regards the settlements as an Israeli attempt to bolster its claim to the West Bank and Gaza Strip by flooding Jewish settlers into these areas, which have more than 1.7 million Palestinian inhabitants.
Yossi Ben Aharon, Shamir's chief of staff and a leader of the Israeli negotiating teams here for the peace talks, said that despite Baker's position, the Israeli government refuses to surrender its position that Jews have a right to live in the territories, which Israeli nationalists regard as the ancient Hebrew provinces of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Ben Aharon added that Israel would continue to build settlements and would not withdraw its request for the loan guarantees.
In Jerusalem Monday, Shamir, speaking to American Jewish leaders before Baker testified, accused the United States of siding "with the Arab position" against Soviet Jewish immigration to Israel and said the Bush administration was trying to push Israel back to its pre-1967 borders, Washington Post correspondent Jackson Diehl reported.
The Israeli request originally was made last September, but was shelved for 120 days after Bush warned that it could interfere with the U.S.-sponsored peace process then getting underway. It subsequently became evident that Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, D-Maine, and House Speaker Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash., were reluctant to stake their prestige on defending Israel's right to build settlements, and other key members of Congress, including Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., and Rep. David R. Obey, D-Wis. -- who respectively head the Senate and House subcommittees responsible for foreign aid -- strongly supported the administration move to link the guarantees to a settlements freeze.
Although Israel's hard-core congressional supporters are not likely to be enough to carry the day, Israel can still count on them to make a fight on its behalf. That happened at Monday's hearing when one panel member, Rep. Larry Smith, D-Fla., suggested that Baker's position jeopardized the secretary of state's ability to be an honest broker in the Mideast peace process.
"Nobody else is asking us for $10 billion in addition to the $3 billion to $4 billion that we give every year with no strings attached," Baker replied.
Smith said he found the answer "extremely offensive." Baker retorted, "I will determine when I finish my answers, not you." Slamming his eyeglasses on the table, Smith shot back: "I hope that someday the American public is going to determine whether you finish your answers. It's disgraceful."
PDF: V112-N8.pdf


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When creating an ad copy, you should make it believable and persuasive. Some of us are missing some crucial things to include. Here are 7 tips to help you create a powerful ad copy.
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2. You could end your ad copy with a discounted price. Just list your regular price and then offer a discounted price off the order �right now�. You could also offer a rebate that takes effect instantly. For example, you could say, "Instead of paying $99, you could order now and get an instant rebate of $20 - you only pay $79!"
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By Star Tribune staff reports, 01/20/11, 11:02PM CST
Wayzata tops Edina again
• WAYZATA 5, EDINA 4 (OT): It was a marquee matchup, minus a marquee name. It still didn't matter for the No. 6 Trojans, who rallied to beat the No. 2 Hornets in overtime in a battle of Class 2A top-10 teams on Thursday night at Braemar Arena in Edina. The Trojans played without their second-leading scorer, Mario Lucia. The junior forward was serving a game disqualification for a fighting penalty in a 4-1 loss to Moorhead on Saturday. Wayzata beat Edina 3-2 earlier this season as Lucia, the son of Gophers coach Don Lucia, scored the game-winning goal in the third period. On this night, it was Paul Voelker who provided the heroics for Wayzata. The senior forward scored 3 minutes, 4 seconds into overtime. Sam Majka scored at the 1:57 mark of the third period for Wayzata, tying it 4-4. Edina scored two of its three goals in the second period on the power play, the last by Lou Nanne to give Edina a 4-3 lead. He also assisted on the first power-play goal of the period. Tyler Klein scored back-to-back goals, the second on a power play, to give Wayzata a 3-0 lead at the 9:45 mark of the first period.
• BURNSVILLE 7, EAGAN 6: A furious three-goal rally in the third period by Eagan came up just short as the Class 2A, No. 10 Blaze topped the No. 7 Wildcats in the South Suburban. Jace Childs scored back-to-back goals 62 seconds apart in the second period, and Mason Wyman had a hat trick for Burnsville.
• LAKEVILLE NORTH 3, EASTVIEW 1: The Lightning couldn't keep track of Blake Winiecki no matter how many players each team had on the ice. The junior forward scored a goal in each period, including a power play and shorthanded goal, leading the Panthers past Eastview in the South Suburban.
• PRIOR LAKE 4, BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON 2: The Lakers' power play is running on all cylinders, as Jefferson found out in the South Suburban. Prior Lake scored all four of its goals on the power play, including two by junior Tommy Vidmar.
Boys' hockey schedules posted
By Trevor Squire, SportsEngine 10/12/2018, 12:15pm CDT
Minnetonka, the defending Class 2A champion, will have a steep challenge when it faces St. Thomas Academy in The Opener on Nov. 23.
Jim O'Neill steps down as Cretin-Derham Hall coach
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 05/11/2018, 3:00pm CDT
O'Neill coached the Raiders to the 2006 AA state title.
All-state teams unveiled
Check out which players were selected to the AP all-state squads.
Forward Lucas McGregor happy he decided to play for Centennial boys' hockey team as senior
By Star Tribune 03/24/2018, 6:27pm CDT
Lucas McGregor helped the Cougars reach the Class 2A state tourney.
Third-period goal drives Orono past Alexandria to claim Class 1A crown
By Loren Nelson, Special to the Star Tribune 03/10/2018, 9:30pm CST
The Spartans clipped the Cardinals 2-1 to clinch their first state title.
Minneapolis, Warroad take stage for 'unreal' Hockey Day Minnesota
Warroad, ranked No 3 in Class 1A, beat host Minneapolis 5-1. But participants saw beyond the scoreboard.
Warroad overpowers Minneapolis in Hockey Day Minnesota showdown
By Loren Nelson, SportsEngine 01/18/2020, 8:30am CST
Owen Meeker netted a pair of goals for the Warriors, who recorded their 16th win of the season.
Miller's deflection in third period lifts Blake over Blaine
With Joe Miller's goal, the Bears defeated the Bengals in their afternoon Hockey Day Minnesota matchup in Minneapolis.
Tag(s): Home Eastview Prior Lake Lake Missota Section 2AA Bloomington Jefferson Lake South Suburban Burnsville Eagan Lakeville North Edina Wayzata


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Q: Shiny submitButton not working Just started learning Shiny.  I tried building a simple, non-reactive app where the user clicks a button and a random vector gets printed to the screen.  However, I can't get the submit button to work.
# Load required files
lapply(c("data.table", "shiny"), require, character.only=T)

#=================================================================
# Define UI for application that draws a histogram

ui <- shinyUI(fluidPage(

   # Application title
   titlePanel("App-4"),

   # Sidebar
   sidebarLayout(
      sidebarPanel(
        submitButton("Submit")
      ),

      # Print the data
      mainPanel(
        textOutput("myTable")
      )
   )
))

#=================================================================
# Define server logic

server <- shinyServer(function(input, output) {
   output$myTable <- renderPrint({
     sample(10)
   })
})

#=================================================================

# Run the application
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

What am I doing wrong?  I was able to get this to work with an actionButton, but I'd like to understand why the above code doesn't work. Thanks.

A: Here is a very simple demo. When you click the button, it will generate a new histogram of 100 random numbers.
submitButton is meant to be used with a input form, and not applicable to your requirement. For example, if you have four different inputs, and you want your output to change ONLY when you click the submit button, not when a single input changes.
In Shiny, output changes are caused by chain of events. Your output needs to be dependent on one or more input to be able to change. Right now, your output (server code) does not depend on any input, thus nothing will happen. Read here for a very detailed explanation. http://shiny.rstudio.com/articles/reactivity-overview.html
library(shiny)

# Define UI for application that draws a histogram
ui <- shinyUI(fluidPage(

   # Application title
   titlePanel("Button demo"),

   # Sidebar with a button
   sidebarLayout(
      sidebarPanel(
        actionButton("button", "Click me to get a new histogram")
      ),

      # Show a plot of the generated distribution
      mainPanel(
         plotOutput("distPlot")
      )
   )
))

# Define server logic required to draw a histogram
server <- shinyServer(function(input, output) {

  observeEvent(input$button, {
    output$distPlot <- renderPlot({
      hist(rnorm(100))
    })
  })
})

# Run the application
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)


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The court of appeal in Abuja, yesterday reserved its ruling on the suit to disqualify pressident Goodluck Jonathan from contesting in the 2015 presidential election.
A three man panel of justices which was chaired by Justice Abubakar Yahaya adjourned the matter even when the legal counsel of people's democratic party PDP Mr Victor Kwon was seeking the dismissal of the case, saying it's devoid of merit.
The ruling party has long maintained that there is nothing in the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria forbidding President Jonathan from contesting.
A member of PDP has Mr Cyriacus Njoku has appealed the ruling of Abuja high on March 1 2013, which declares the president eligible to contest.
It certainly appears that PDP has aggrieved some of her members who have presidential ambition by adopting president Jonathan as their sole contender for the 2015 presidential election.
Those who feel that their political ambition has tampered with by the decision of PDP like (Dr Umar Ardo of Adamawa State) have vowed to fight to the end.


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Home Local News Egg Hunt Returns to Avon on Saturday, April 16th
Egg Hunt Returns to Avon on Saturday, April 16th
A local favorite, the Avon Egg Hunt, returns to Harry A. Nottingham Park in Avon, promising a hopping good time on Saturday, April 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Bring the entire family, tons of good energy, and egg baskets for a fun-filled morning. Families are invited to join in this free community event, which includes a coloring contest, jelly bean guessing game, exhilarating inflatable features, balloon artist, face painters, craft station, and a visit from the Avon Bunny!
But that's not all…ten thousand eggs will be filled with toys and candy. The Egg Hunt will be organized by age and is open to children nine and under. There will be three separate Egg Hunts in the Egg Hunt Arena; two for each age group for which participants can only join in their age category. There will be a special area for children three years of age and under with their very own bouncy house and Egg Hunt. The Egg Hunt is a bully-free zone, and we ask all parents and children to be respectful to one another and be a buddy not a bully!
To enter in the coloring contest, download the form or cut out the advertisement in the Vail Daily on Friday, April 15 and bring it with you to the Town of Avon tent at the Egg Hunt. Children can use their imagination, color the ad, and don't forget to complete the information section at the bottom. Prizes will be awarded for the most creative coloring by age group and the winner's colorings will get displayed at the Avon Recreation Center.
"We are eager to once again host the Egg Hunt in our community," said Danita Dempsey, CASE Manager at the Town of Avon. "We hope the community and their families come out and join us on April 16 for this "egg"cellent event," she continued.
What: Avon Egg Hunt
Where: Harry A. Nottingham Park
When: Saturday, August 16th, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Transportation & Parking: The use of public transportation is encouraged, as well as walking or riding a bike to the park. Free parking is available.
No Pets | Plastic-Free Event | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | No Smoking
More information: For more information, please visit Avon.org/events or contact Special Events Coordinator,
Chelsea Van Winkle at cvanwinkle@avon.org.


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← Maine Legislature Enacts Bill to Let Alewives Run in St. Croix
Traditional Alewife Harvest Going Strong in Woolwich →
Officials Will Celebrate the Return of Alewives at Grand Falls
Posted on May 1, 2013 by DSF
Contact: Maggie Mooney‐Seus, NOAA Fisheries, 978.281.9175, Marjorie.MooneySeus@noaa.gov ; Brian Altvater, Passamaquoddy Schoodic Riverkeepers, 207.853.6022 ext. 204 baltvater@pioneerwireless.net
WHO : Federal officials from the Passamaquoddy and other tribes and environmental agencies, supported by the broad partnership for alewife restoration in the St. Croix River watershed.
WHAT : Celebrate the homecoming of alewives to Grand Falls dam and the re‐opening of the fishway allowing them access to high‐quality lakes upstream for the first time in about two decades. Officials will be given a ceremonial tribal welcome at Grand Falls dam, where speakers will highlight efforts for alewife restoration and pledge support for restoring the migratory fish of St. Croix.
WHEN / WHERE : June 5, 2013 at 10 a.m. at Grand Falls dam. Directions follow.
WHY : The St. Croix River, which forms the border between Maine and New Brunswick, may once again become the largest alewife run in the U.S. A new law, LD 72, An Act to Open the St. Croix River to River Herring, was passed by the Maine Legislature this session to reopen the river by removing obstacles to alewives. Opening the watershed to alewives, a native Maine river herring, will benefit the Passamaquoddy people, Maine's commercial fishing industry, and fish and wildlife throughout the Gulf of Maine. For more information on this collaborative effort please visit our webpage:
http://www.nero.noaa.gov/stories/2013/StCroixPartnership.html
SCHEDULED SPEAKERS (alphabetical order) • Consul for Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Service, Aaron Annable, Canadian Consulate, Boston • Northeast Regional Administrator John Bullard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ‐Fisheries
Chief Brenda Commander, Houlton Bands of Maliseets
Regional Director Franklin Keel, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Chief Kirk Francis, Penobscot Nation
Deputy Commissioner Meredith Mendelson, Maine Department of Marine Resources
Chief Edward Peter Paul, Aroostook Band of Micmacs
Regional Administrator H. Curtis Spalding, Environmental Protection Agency
Northeast Regional Director Wendi Weber, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Directions to Grand Falls dam:
Grand Falls dam is located about 17 river miles north of Calais. To reach the dam from Calais proceed north on US Route 1. About 5 miles north of the city, Route 9 will intersect from the west. From the intersection of Routes 1 and 9 proceed an additional 7 miles north on Route 1 until you reach Grand Falls Road on your right. Continue on Grand Falls Road for about 7½ miles to the dam.
Coming from the north on US Route 1 you will enter Princeton. From the bridge at Princeton travel south on Route 1 for about 1¼ miles when you will reach the Eastern Cut Off Road on your left. Travel on that road for about 3 miles when you will come to an intersection. At that intersection take Grand Falls Road north for another 3 miles to the dam.
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package com.emogoth.android.phone.mimi.view;

import android.text.Layout;
import android.text.Spannable;
import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
import android.text.method.MovementMethod;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.emogoth.android.phone.mimi.span.LongClickableSpan;

public class LongClickLinkMovementMethod extends LinkMovementMethod {

    private Long lastClickTime = 0l;
    private int lastRawX = 0;
    private int lastRawY = 0;

    private LongClickableSpan thisLink;
    private TextView lastWidget;

    private java.lang.Thread longClickSensor;

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable buffer,
                                MotionEvent event) {
        int action = event.getAction();

        if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP ||
                action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
            int x = (int) event.getX();
            int y = (int) event.getY();
            lastRawX = (int) event.getRawX();
            lastRawY = (int) event.getRawY();

            x -= widget.getTotalPaddingLeft();
            y -= widget.getTotalPaddingTop();

            x += widget.getScrollX();
            y += widget.getScrollY();

            Layout layout = widget.getLayout();
            int line = layout.getLineForVertical(y);
            int off = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);

            LongClickableSpan[] link = buffer.getSpans(off, off, LongClickableSpan.class);
//            SpoilerSpan[] check = buffer.getSpans(off, off, SpoilerSpan.class);

            if (link.length != 0) {
                // If the user is pressing down and there is no thread, make one and start it
                if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN && longClickSensor == null) {
                    thisLink = link[0];
                    lastWidget = widget;
                    longClickSensor = new java.lang.Thread(new MyDelayedAction());
                    longClickSensor.start();
                }
                // If the user has let go and there was a thread, stop it and forget about the thread
                if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP && longClickSensor != null) {
                    longClickSensor.interrupt();
                    longClickSensor = null;
                }
            }

            if (link.length != 0) {
                if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
                    if (System.currentTimeMillis() - lastClickTime < 800) {
                        link[0].onClick(widget);
                    }
                } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
                    // Selection.setSelection(buffer, buffer.getSpanStart(link[0]), buffer.getSpanEnd(link[0]));
                    lastClickTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                }
                return true;
            }
        } else {
            int deltaX = Math.abs((int) event.getRawX() - lastRawX);
            int deltaY = Math.abs((int) event.getRawY() - lastRawY);
            // must hold finger still
            if ((longClickSensor != null) && ((deltaX > 10) || (deltaY > 10))) {
                longClickSensor.interrupt();
                longClickSensor = null;
            }
        }

        return super.onTouchEvent(widget, buffer, event);
    }

    private class MyDelayedAction implements Runnable {
        private final long delayMs = ViewConfiguration.getLongPressTimeout();

        public void run() {
            try {
                java.lang.Thread.sleep(delayMs); // Sleep for a while
                thisLink.onLongClick(lastWidget);    // If the thread is still around after the sleep, do the work
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                return;
            }
        }
    }

    public static MovementMethod getInstance() {
        if (sInstance == null)
            sInstance = new LongClickLinkMovementMethod();

        return sInstance;
    }

    private static LongClickLinkMovementMethod sInstance;
}


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Sharing our Engineering Career Framework with the world
// By Anirudh Todi • Jul 12, 2021
At Dropbox, we strive to be a great place for all engineers to grow and be recognized for that growth. Our Engineering Career Framework helps keep us accountable there and is viewable by anyone within the company. Today, we are also making it viewable by anyone outside the company. Our goal in doing so is to be transparent externally on how we think about leveling and career progression on the Engineering team at Dropbox. It also enables others to adapt and apply it to their own organizations.
In early 2020, we completed a major revision to the framework. Our focus was to be more explicit about the "what" (i.e. business impact made) and create better representation for all the different crafts within engineering that make Dropbox successful. After a year of running this current version through several promotion cycles, we are satisfied that it is moving our culture in the right direction.
Dropbox's Engineering Career Framework describes what's expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Along with helping managers set expectations and hold teams accountable for their work, this resource empowers engineers to achieve greater impact in their role and grow in their careers.
That said, the framework is not meant to be a promotion checklist; rather, it's designed to help our engineers know what their impact could look like at the next level. This framework is also not an exhaustive list of examples and behaviors; each responsibility includes three to four key behaviors that serve as a guide for how to think about one's work. Consequently, it's worth noting that the framework should not be seen as a replacement for regular, active conversations between engineers and their managers about short and long-term career growth and development.
Teams across our Engineering and People orgs worked together thoughtfully and closely to build this latest version of the Engineering Career Framework. As Dropbox grows and changes, expect it to be a living document that reflects Dropbox's evolution as an Engineering team.


The State Board of Education of Ohio Career-Technical Planning District Report Card Workgroup will meet Sept. 6 at at the Ohio Department of Education.
Discussion topics will include the prepared for success component of Ohio's Career-Technical Planning District report card and a guest presentation on college- and career-ready accountability systems.
At its previous meeting, members of the group discussed how industry-recognized credentials should fit into the state report card.


Well let me start by saying I blew it big time this year. For those who were here and wondered I apologize and for everyone else I am sorry for the crappy pictures. This is real life and for as much as I try to seem as if I have it all together…proof that I don't! Read on to see the hits and misses of the day.
The catered food wasn't being delivered until 4! My husband and brother got back with the cake right around 2:30, just as planned…lol! They both look at me like what is going on, why are people here.
I am always ready on time for things like this. Everything is set, down to the last detail and pictures are taken before people arrive. Well, not this year. Most pictures came after the party was over or even the next day.
Oh well, I blew it and just have to roll with it because what else can you do at this point. We semi lucked out with the weather. As you get to the end of July and early August you never know what to expect. We had no rain but it was well into the 90s and super windy.
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While there are quite a few options for Hot Wheels party items sometimes I feel like it's just too much if everything you have at the party is that same theme. I incorporated the checkered flags and the orange and blue with a touch of Hot Wheels instead of having plates, napkins, cups as well as all decor having Hot Wheels on them.
I will start first with the front porch. A lot of these came from Shindigz, they have a great selection and prices too.
This wasn't anything complicated. I just stuck the large flags in the flower pots, taped the banner above the door and laid down the road runner. My husband drilled holes in a few of the cones and I just stuck the small flags in them and added a few along the 'road'.
Next up we have the table backdrop. I'm sorry this picture is so terrible. Remember how my party started? These pictures weren't taken until the next day and things were falling 🙁 The blue tassle banner is supposed to be hanging up and not drooping like it is in the picture. It was hung in the middle and then draped lower to the sides while the orange was hung with ends high so it draped low like the happy birthday banner. That probably makes no sense in writing. I designed the happy birthday banner and the rest was pretty simple.
I made the Hot Wheels happy birthday banner and the backdrop is just an orange plastic table cloth and the checkered plastic roll backgrop. I used command hooks on the ceiling to hang the different orange and blue decorations and balloons so they hung flat against the wall instead of resting at an angle as they would if hung from the wall. Again, I hope that makes sense in writing!
The cake is from our usual Creative Cakes. JP picked it out from pictures on Pinterest. One day I needed to get something done at the computer and he wouldn't leave me alone so I pulled up Pinterest and Hot Wheels cakes on the other computer and told him to find the one he wants. Now anytime he finds me at the computer he wants to look for cakes. The other day he said he wanted to look for Cubs cakes and wondered how we 'keep' them to look at later. I showed him the Pin button and before you knew it I had a boat load of Cubs cakes pinned!
For the favor bags I took simple blue and orange bags and placed a strip of the checkered duct tape across. With the Print to Cut feature of the Cricut I had cut out the Hot Wheels flame/swoosh and put it on the tape. Simple!
Inside I had a Hot Wheels coloring book, pencil and divvied up the contents of a 48 piece favor pack.
The centerpiece on the kitchen table was also simple. We all have random vases or glass containers, right? I filled it up with cars and stuck a bunch of flags in it. Again, this picture was taken after the party so when I originally put it together you couldn't see the flag sticks.
With a summer birthday he celebrated his birthday the last week of school. This somewhat helps us with theme prep because I start asking him in April what he wants to do so I know what to send to school. Hot Wheel pencil's are pretty easy to find so I did a cute 'write' on tag. I realized that my trimming of this tag was way off, that's probably why it was left behind and not sent to school! I totally forgot about the tags until I was writing this post so the favor bags for the party just had plain pencils. Once again, oops messed that up too!
I wonder how old is too old for the fun birthday shirts. This could have been the last year at least for this style. We will see how we all feel next year! I ordered the shirt from Etsy, she was super easy to work with on picking the colors I wanted and it came quickly. I'd seen the complimentary Pit Crew shirts on Pinterest and Etsy but I made them myself. The party had pretty much ended, it was just my family and our neighbors so we opened up the pool. At the last minute I remembered we didn't have a picture with us all in our shirts so we just threw JP's on over his swim gear for a quick picture.
I even found a race themed bounce house! A friend recommended a place and they were super, super reasonable. It also came with 2 tables and 12 chairs. They dropped it off Friday afternoon and picked it up Sunday afternoon. That long isn't guaranteed though, I think it just depends on their schedule and route for other rentals 😉 It was very clean too. Party Rentel el Cuate.
The kids played stick the tire on the truck. They were all very excited and none of them had ever played pin the tail on the donkey. I didn't spin them, I figured first time playing and not sure how they would react to the blindfold that I'd just let them try to walk straight ahead. Most of them got a lot closer than JP did…lol!
I'm not sure how I feel about the new pinata's that you just pull a string. Part of me says oh good because you don't have to worry about kids swinging a stick and hurting someone. However, this removes the whole fun of a pinata. Also, it's another thing done to 'protect' kids. Do you remember lawn jarts or the materials simple board games were made of? Nothing is the same anymore, jarts are like a round ball, board games and marbles are all plastic. I'm sure it's a combination of safety and BLP but sometimes I feel the whole safety issue gets a little extreme. For the next one we may still break out the stick even if it has the pull tabs.
Have you ever done a photo booth and never had anyone use it? I did! Fail number 92,207 for this party. It had been so windy that by the time I got Joseph out for a picture it was all broken apart. We propped it up enough to get him in a picture. To make this we happened to have a very large box so I hand drew it and cut it out with the utility knife. I spray painted it blue and had some black craft paint on hand for the tires. I did the licence plate and lights in Design Space and used the Print to Cut again and cut the flame and letters out with the Cricut too.
This is what the wind had done to it!
It was so hot and windy that no one spent any time outside other than when I dragged kids out for games. The kids ran in and out of the bounce house but no one else was outside. The umbrellas kept blowing over and these table cloths had a ton of tape on them yet still blew off.
I always put too much pressure on myself for these parties. I know it. But it's something I enjoy doing. After so many years of hosting holidays and parties I've relaxed a lot on my obsessive planning and this year bit me in the you know where. Everything was still fine but I was scrambling when people got here and I did not get very good pictures. I suppose there's no such thing as a failure unless you don't learn your lesson, right?