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Q: Cross compiling with arm-musl, ERROR> proc_open: hidden symbol `__init_array_end' in proc_open is referenced > by DSO I'm trying compile lighttpd to static for processor arm, in order to can run on android device. I'm compiling lighttpd with cross compiler arm-musl-linuxeabi, I download it in https://bitbucket.org/GregorR/musl-cross/downloads , When I run make I get error as below:

/home/ramly/working/arm-linux-musleabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-musleabi/4.7.2/../../../../arm-linux-musleabi/bin/ld:
  proc_open: hidden symbol `__init_array_end' in proc_open is referenced
  by DSO
  /home/ramly/working/arm-linux-musleabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-musleabi/4.7.2/../../../../arm-linux-musleabi/bin/ld:
  final link failed: Bad value

My configuration:

$ CFLAGS='-static' CC=arm-musl-linuxeabi-gcc AR=arm-musl-linuxeabi-ar
  RANLIB=arm-musl-linuxeabi-ranlib STRIP=arm-musl-linuxeabi-strip
  CXX=arm-musl-linuxeabi-g++ ./configure --host=arm-musl-linuxeabi
  --target=arm-musl-linuxeabi --prefix=/home/ramly/binary/lighttpd --with-sysroot=/home/ramly/working/arm-linux-musleabi/arm-linux-musleabi
  --without-mysql --without-pcre --without-zlib --without-bzip2 --without-openssl --disable-ipv6 --enable-static --disable-shared

If I run configure I success no problem, No get error, But After configure I run make.
How to fix it? My machine is Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop.
Thanks.

A: This was a bug in the version of musl you were using. It was fixed by commit d432b2c057fc64256645422382c2f7e32c45b3cc; the subsequent 0.9.10 release and newer versions have the bug fixed.

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The ACE TabSet component uses TabPane child components to represent each tab. For supporting a configurable or dynamic set of tabs, the designers of ace:tabSet had two options: UIData / UIRepeat iteration, or JSTL ForEach replication. The existing ICE component PanelTabSet uses the UIData paradigm, which is perfect for similarly structured tabs, but when tabs hold disparate types of data, via a ui:include tag, then c:forEach of the tabs is really the only option. Building on this experience, ACE TabSet was designed to use c:forEach to accomplish configurable and dynamic tabs.
With ICEfaces Direct-To-DOM technology, rendered updates are automatically pruned down so that only actual differences need be transmitted to the browser. Therefore, when adding or removing tabs, instead of the whole TabSet markup being sent, only the affected portion of the DOM needs be transmitted. To facilitate this process, to be as optimal as possible, certain steps may be taken. None of these steps are necessary for the TabSet to function with dynamic tabs, they only help tune the updates. The exception being, when using cached tabs, it becomes necessary to limit the updates to leave other cached tabs intact, when adding, removing, or moving tabs.
Each portion of code given below is relevant and accomplishes a necessary part of a whole, which allows for optimal updates.
Going through the code, let's examine the relevance of each portion, one component and tag at a time.
ace:tabSet does not need to be wrapped in a form, as it can instead use an ace:tabSetProxy with a form elsewhere in the Facelet page, and then be able to have form components within it, for each individual tab. In this tutorial we just happen to use the simplest method, of wrapping the ace:tabSet in an h:form, but it's not necessary for dynamic tabs.
Again, wrapping the ace:tabSet in an h:panelGroup is not necessary for dynamic tabs, but what this illustrates, which does generally help optimise DOM updates, is that it's best to avoid placing content directly within a form, and instead place it within some container component that has an id. That way when components use the rendered property, and switch between being rendered and not, or the component tree has components dynamically added or removed, the DOM update is limited to the h:panelGroup, and does not cascade up to the form.
Giving the tabSet an explicit id, instead of a generated id is usually a good idea. It makes things more clear and obvious when debugging.
This tutorial is for server-side dynamic tabs. Usually with client-side, it's less that the tabs are dynamic and changing over time and more that they're simply configurable, and can be database driven, but essentially remain static after first view. As such, simply using c:forEach and ignoring the rest of this tutorial is generally sufficient for configurable client-side tabs.
The selectedIndex property is used in this tutorial simply for driving which tab is removed when the Remove Current button is pressed.
The main thing with using c:forEach is that the items attribute should go to a list of objects where each item in the list has some sort of unique identifier that does not change over time, which we can access via the var attribute.
Both the ace:tabPane and the f:subview should have an explicit id, that's derived from the unique and unchanging id that the model has to represent that tab, which we access via the c:forEach var. What will not work is some kind of index value, since when a tab is inserted or removed from the beginning or middle of the list, the index change will cascade over all of the tabs after it in the list, which will cause all of them to update in the browser, and possibly cause other issues.
f:subview is necessary because it acts as a NamingContainer, so that the clientIds of everything within it will be different from tab to tab. Since we need to use explicit ids within the tabPane, and neither tabPane nor tabSet are NamingContainers themselves, there would be duplicate ids without using f:subview, if the tabs used the same content, say from using ui:include on the same included facelet file.
Just like how a container with an id was recommended to contain updates from cascading up to the form, it's best to put one right inside the f:subview, since the f:subview acts as a NamingContainer in a logical sense, but doesn't actually render anything itself, so this h:panelGroup will be the point at which the unique clientId from the f:subview actually gets rendered into the DOM.
At this point, no further special considerations need be taken, components need not have explicit ids, but they can have them as desired.
There is no special support required for dynamic tabs, in the Java code, aside from the previously mentioned unique and stable ids in the objects used to represent the tabs by the c:forEach.
In the constructor, configurable tabs are demonstrated. Editing the included message bundle at tabSet-dynamic-tutorial/src/main/resources/messages_en.properties will be reflected in the tabs shown. Tabs can be added or removed by adding or removing the tab id from the comma delimited list under the movies key in the resource bundle, and then adding or removing the corresponding title and plot entries.
movie.shawshank.plot = Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Stable unique ids in the added tabs are accomplished by using an ever increasing counter in the bean, which is view scoped. Had the counter been in a session or application scoped bean, that would have worked as well.
When removing the current tab, if that was the last tab, we can't leave the selectedTabIndex value, since the TabSet will jump to depicting the first tab as the current one, without itself setting the selected tab index to 0, and then if the user attempts to remove that tab, it won't work, since it will be trying to remove past the end of the list, and not the first item in the list.
That concludes this overview of using dynamic and configurable tabs with ACE TabSet. If you're interested in further details of how this example works, take a look at the complete source code below; or sign up for ICEfaces training for a complete guide to this example and every feature of ICEfaces!


"Build a better mousetrap," the saying goes, "and the world will beat a path to your door." In the complex field of organic chemistry, that path leads to Florida State University, where a newly developed substance could make the jobs of scientists throughout the world a little easier as they work to develop new drugs and other chemicals that benefit humanity.
Researchers from the Dudley Laboratory at FSU have invented a reagent — a substance used in a chemical reaction to detect, measure, examine or produce other substances — that can trap specific regions of complex molecules in such a way that those molecules can be released at a later time. This will allow scientists to perform complex experiments involving chemical synthesis much more easily and precisely.
"It isn't every day that one can put a new product on the market," said Gregory B. Dudley, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at FSU whose research lab bears his name.
"Even more exciting for me is the knowledge that scientific breakthroughs in biomedical research and various other areas of organic chemistry might be made possible as a result of this reagent," Dudley said.
The Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Company has licensed Dudley's patent-pending reagent from FSU and recently began marketing it to chemical research labs worldwide under the name "Bn-OPT" — short for BeNzylOxyPyridinium Triflate. FSU will receive royalties from Sigma-Aldrich in the amount of 5 percent of net sales of the reagent.
Bn-OPT is designed to be employed as part of what Dudley refers to as "protecting group strategies" in organic synthesis. 2-Benzyloxy-1-methylpyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate — the rather unwieldy chemical name for the new reagent - converts vulnerable hydroxy groups, also known as alcohols, into benzyl ethers upon warming. These less-reactive benzyl ethers provide "protection" for alcohols during chemical synthesis. Bn-OPT emerged from his lab's basic research in organic chemistry, and researchers now are studying the reagent in search of new applications.
"Benzyl ethers have always played an important role in organic chemistry, but their use has been limited by difficulties in preparing them," Dudley said. "This reagent solves some of the problems associated with making benzyl ethers."
Professor Joseph Schlenoff, the interim chairman of FSU's department of chemistry and biochemistry, hailed Dudley as a young educator whose work is helping others both in and out of the classroom.
"Greg is one of our rising stars, both in teaching and research in the area of synthetic organic chemistry," Schlenoff said. "His discovery of this important new chemical reagent will bring significant attention to our department and to the cutting-edge research that is being conducted here."
Dudley and his doctoral students last made headlines in 2005 with their research on roseophilin, a naturally occurring compound that has emerged as a promising new avenue for cancer research. Dudley's ongoing goal in that project is to find ways to produce synthetic versions of roseophilin (pronounced rose-ee-oh-FILL-in) both cheaply and efficiently so that it can be produced in quantities large enough to enable further cancer research.
Written from a news release by Florida State University.


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Grażyna Auguścik (born 17 August 1955) is a Polish jazz vocalist, composer, and arranger. She frequently uses Polish folk music, Latin American music, and klezmer music.

Career
Grażyna studied guitar in her native Słupsk, Poland. Later she studied singing, graduating in 1992 from Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Her singing debut took place in 1977 at a festival in Toruń. At the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole in 1979 she won in the category of first-time contestants. In 1981, she won prizes at the Student Festival of Song in Kraków and at the Festival of Traditional Jazz "Złota Tarka" in Warsaw.

In 1988, Grażyna moved to the United States, where she has performed with Michał Urbaniak and Urszula Dudziak, Jim Hall, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, John Medeski, Patricia Barber, Paul Wertico, Bobby Enriquez, Terry Callier, John McLean, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Robert Irving III. She has participated in programs at the Jazz Institute of Chicago, bringing "traditional Eastern European music into the jazz idiom, providing a new link to the universality of the language of jazz". In 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006 she was named Best Jazz Vocalist by the European magazine Jazz Forum. Auguścik has toured all over the world. Some of her albums have been highly acclaimed and popular with jazz audiences and have consistently been placed in Top 10 Charts (e.g. by the College Music Journal).

Grażyna has recorded 15 albums, including two with Urszula Dudziak, her fellow top-ranking Polish female jazz vocalist.

Discography
 Sunrise Sunset (Polskie Nagrania Muza, 1988)
 Don't Let Me Go (GMA, 1996)
 Koledy with Urszula Dudziak (Voice Magic, 1996)
 Pastels with Bogdan Hołownia (GMA, 1997)
 Fragile (GMA, 2000)
 To I Hola (Selles, 2000)
 River (GMA, 2001)
 Past Forward (GMA, 2003)
 Lulajze: The Lullaby for Jesus (GMA, 2005)
 The Light (GMA, 2005)
 Live Sounds Live (GMA, 2007)
 Andanca with Paulinho Garcia (GMA, 2008)
 The Beatles Nova with Paulinho Garcia (Agencja Artystyczna MTJ, 2011)
 Man Behind the Sun (EMI, 2012)
 Szeptem (Agencja Artystyczna MTJ, 2016)

See also
 List of jazz arrangers

References

External links

Living people
1955 births
People from Słupsk
Polish jazz singers
Polish jazz musicians
Post-bop jazz musicians

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A reminder to #NeverForget. My memory of 9/11.
Please excuse a brief interruption from how to earn and spend miles and points today. It's a day to remember.
It seems each year that goes by has just a little bit less mention of what happened on this day in 2001.
It's not that there aren't reminders of it each time that we travel. From the entire TSA screening process (some forget, or never knew, that pre-9/11 there was no TSA) that we go through at the airports to the ability for an airline's gate agent to have you arrested for arguing about a customer service issue because of "security," I assure you we've been changed forever.
One of my earliest flying memories was on an Eastern Airlines flight to Florida, to visit my grandparents. I remember touring the cockpit with the pilot and getting my wings. That small pin you could wear. Imagine that happening today on a commercial flight.
This is always a hard day for me. Not because I lost any close friends or family members. But I was here in NYC on that day and I'll certainly never forget it. The world unquestionably changed forever and for those of us that were here that day, we'll certainly never forget. It's one of those days that you'll always remember in vivid detail. I remember where I was when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in mid-air (4th grade, in class) and I remember nearly everything about September 11, 2001.
The less I hear people talk about it, the more I want to. So, here's my story.
I was 25 and I was living on East 54th St. When the first plane hit I was in the shower listening to Z100. I recall them mentioning that a plane had struck one of the WTC towers. I got out of the shower and watched on TV a bit. It looked crazy. But the assumption was that it was an accident.
Given that it seemed to be an accident, although a horrific one, I went about my morning routine and even rode the subway to work at ICE Integrated Communications and Entertainment on Park Ave South and 19th St. where I worked as a Strategist and Project Manager. I recall seeing the smoke billowing into the air as I walked to the subway and again from the subway to the office.
It was while I was on the subway that the second plane struck. In the ICE office, we all started to realize that the world was changing forever. We were listening on radios, refreshing web pages, and I think at some point we got the TV normally used for video conferencing tuned into the news. I remember calling my parents who were scheduled to fly to Paris that day to let them know that I didn't think they would be flying anywhere that day. Just waking up, they didn't know yet.
They still haven't been to Paris.
The next couple of hours are a blur. Disbelief. It's funny how you react to things before you comprehend the enormity. Sometimes, you kind of don't.
Around noon, ICE's management, based in Toronto, made the decision to send us home. Some of us, though, didn't really have anyone to be with at that time and we took a walk over to Gramercy Park together. The gates to this famously closed-off park, which only allows people living around the park with a key to enter, were left open for one and all that day. Around 6 of us sat in the park and tried to get our heads around it. It was an eerily gorgeous day. Nice and sunny with temperatures in the 80s. So ironic.
After a few hours, I walked back home. Smoke and debris were everywhere in the air.
The days and week ahead were anything but normal. The National Guard lined the streets of Manhattan. The debris floated in the air for weeks, some days worse than others depending on how the wind was blowing. Some days Brooklyn would get it the worst. I remember sitting in a dinner in the East 30s and having to ask them to close the window because debris was floating in and landing on the food. I can't even think about what could have been in that debris.
Then there were the anthrax threats. Nobody knew what was next. I'm pretty sure that was when NYC started the "If you see something, say something" campaign we still have today. The subways would halt almost constantly for some threat or another. It was a long time before public transit felt normal again. I have an ex-girlfriend that to this day won't ride the subway. Not long after 9/11, I dated someone that had been working right nearby and she told me she was completely covered in soot, though thankfully she was OK. At least I hope she is. Lots of people that were there that day have developed all sorts of health issues from what they inhaled.
And then there's the sadness for all who lost their lives that day. As a human, you naturally empathize more as you can connect more. I was nearly hired in early 2000 at Marsh and McClennan – high atop the WTC. I still have my entry badge from that interview and remember vividly how the elevator swayed as it climbed almost 100 stories into the air. To the best of my memory, I was a leading candidate for the job, but the person doing the hiring went out early on maternity leave. I can't recall her name but she was a very nice woman and I hope that she wasn't there on 9/11.
And then, on September 10th, 2001, I spent the entire day on the lawn in Battery Park (right next door to where the WTC was) and then exploring the shopping area underneath the WTC. I vividly recall thinking how beautiful it was there. "Maybe I should move down here…" I thought.
And the next day, the world changed.
All these years later we, of course, have the new WTC – which took way longer to plan than originally thought and was slated to be called the Freedom Tower, though the moniker was removed when the building was completed.
I took my 12-year-old nephew up to the observatory last year. It's crazy that he'll never know the world that existed before 9/11.
I also can't end this without mentioning the unbelievable kindness that existed in the months following 9/11 in NYC. It's not that New Yorkers aren't "nice" but we aren't necessarily outwardly friendly like a Southerner might be. A true New Yorker will nearly always help anyone in need of help (and will rush to do so), but we kind of keep to ourselves otherwise. Perhaps gruff is the word.
But in the months after the tragedy, New Yorkers had more patience for others. More outward kindness. Real kindness.
Each year, I spend at least 30 minutes looking back on what happened. Reading about the lost and watching the heroes. There is always something you've never seen.
This year, I watched this story about the man with the red bandana, Welles Crowther, who died saving as many lives as he could. He led groups of people trapped on the 78th floor to the only escape route left for them – on the 61st floor. But once they were on 61, he went back up for more. Until the tower came down.
Never take a single day for granted. And #NeverForget.


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Abstract: By investigation and statistics, we found that there were 18 Chinese endemic genera of seed plants in Jiangsu, containing 19 species, which belonged to 17 families. The percentages of the same group possessing in Jiangsu of China were: 19.32% of 88 families, 5.61% of 321 genera, and 2.53% of 751 species. According to its natural geographical features, we divided Jiangsu Province into six regions: Huanghuai Plain, Jianghuai Plain, Binhai Plain, Changjiang Delta, Northern low Massif and Southwest low Massif. It was for the first time that endemic index (EI) was applied to reveal the distribution pattern of the endemic genera in the regions. The result showed that the highest EI among six regions was 4.83, which appeared in Southwest low Massif; the second one was 3.89, which appeared in Changjiang Delta; the lowest one was 1.67, which appeared in Huanghuai Plain or Binhai Plain. The characteristics of Chinese endemic genera of seed plants in Jiangsu were as follows:(1)The floristic composition was relatively poor;(2)The geographical distribution was fairly uneven;(3)Most of these 18 genera, with different life forms, were palaeoendemic genera.
Key words: seed plants, Chinese endemic genera, endemic index, Jiangsu Province
ZHANG Guang-Fu;LONG Shuang-Wei;JIANG Li. Study on the Chinese endemic genera of seed plants distributed in Jiangsu Province[J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2006, 26(6): 728-734.
[1] SHA Ting;ZHANG Wen-Hui*;LIU Xin-Cheng. Floristic Analysis of Seed Plants in Tianjin [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2009, 29(1): 96-102.
[2] CHEN Ming-Lin;LIU Deng-Yi*;CUI Shu-Qing;LIU Xue-Yun. The Diversity of Seed Plants in Liugujian Nature Reserve and Its Conservation Strategy [J]. , 2007, 27(4): 484-493.
[3] HAO Chao-Yun;LIU Peng*;LÜSi-Tian;PAN Wang-Lin. Geographical Elements of Seed Plant in Pan'an,Zhejiang Province and the Similarity Relationship of Different Flora [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2007, 27(2): 244-252.
[4] CHU Jing-Hua, HAN Guo-Jun. The new records of the distribution of the seed plants in Jilin Province [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2005, 25(4): 391-392.
[5] DUAN Dai-Xiang, ZHAO Nan-Xian, YE Hua-Gu, CHEN Yi-Zhu. A study on the flora of seed plants in Ruyuan county region of Guangdong Province [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2005, 25(4): 495-502.
[6] . A floristic analysis of the seed plants in the middle-south area of east slope of Taihang Mountains [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2005, 25(3): 366-372.
[7] LIU Quan-Ru, ZHANG Chao, KANG Mu-Yi. A study on the flora of spermatophyte in Xiaowutai Mountains [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2004, 24(4): 499-506.
[8] CHANG Ying, QIANG Sheng. New fern records from Jiangsu Province [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2004, 24(3): 271-271.
[9] CAO Wei, LIU Yun-Long, ZHU Cai-Xia, YU Xing-Hua, SONG Dian-Yun, REN Qi-Chang. A floristic study on the seed plants from the YiwulüMountains of Liaoning Province [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2004, 24(2): 152-157.
[10] ZHANG Feng. ANALYSIS ON THE FLORA OF SEED PLANTS IN ELAEAGNUS MOLLIS AREAL, SHANXI PROVINCE [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2003, 23(4): 478-484.
[11] MAO Xue-Wen, ZHANG Hai-Lin, KONG Hong. A STUDY ON COMPOSITION AND CHARACTERISICS OF FLORISTIC IN XIAOLONG MOUNTAINS [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2003, 23(4): 485-491.
[12] ZHANG Yin-Bo, ZHANG Feng, ZHAO Yi-Shan, FAN Min-Xia. ANALYSIS ON THE FLORA OF SEED PLANTS IN MANGHE NATURE RESERVE, SHANXI [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2003, 23(4): 500-506.
[13] LI Deng-Wu, WANG Cheng-Ji, DU Yong-Feng, SHI Ying, BAO Ju-Hai. A FLORISTIC STUDY ON SEED PLANTS IN NINGXIA [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2003, 23(1): 24-31.
[14] ZHANG Wen-hui, LI Deng-wu, LIU Guo-bing, XU Xue-hua. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEED PLANT FLORA IN LOESS PLATEAU [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2002, 22(3): 373-379.
[15] WANG Xi-hua, LI Jing-dong. STUDIES ON FLORA OF SEED PLANTS IN YI MOUNTAINS OF SHAN DONG PROVINCE [J]. Bulletin of Botanical Research, 2002, 22(2): 156-162.

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Instrumental A.R. Rahman launches a collaboration project Music
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Music composer A.R. Rahman's birthday on Monday saw the announcement of "Ta Futures," a cultural collaborative project that would compile and celebrate the sounds of Tamil Nadu.
"Although this idea initially started as a city symphony project where we wanted to capture the sounds of the city, I wanted to make it more participatory. Especially with children, I want it to start a completely different thinking process, because this is not about film music or movie stars and I want them to create and compose their future, "said Mr. Rahman.
Mr. Rahman announced his collaboration with filmmaker Bharat Bala and Tod Machover, a composer known for innovation in music technology. creative expression. "I have traveled to so many places and I find talented people from our state everywhere. We have the blessing of a large population and I want to facilitate the nurturing and sharing of knowledge," he added.
The launch saw several artists take to the stage and perform short instrumental pieces. While children of the LEAP Boundary Breakers choir sang under the direction of Srinivas Krishnan, art director Thotta Tharani painted the "Ta Futures" logo on the music. Mr. Bala said they would soon launch a website that would describe in detail how the project would participate. "We will capture and create sounds and invite people to pitch. As a curated cultural project, we hope to discover so much more about Tamil Nadu and the people," he said.
The team behind "Ta Futures" had presented the project as something that goes beyond a song or even a concert, and said they have many ideas about the form it would take. "They can be museums or even art installations. We want "Ta Futures" to generate and create a kind of energy that will produce something unique and this will revolutionize the way people hear Chennai and Tamil Nadu, "Mr. Rahman said.
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Kathleen Rawson. Photo: Courtesy of DTSM, Inc.
Kathleen Rawson Stepping Down as CEO of DTSM, Inc.
Rawson to assume new role for Hollywood-area BID
By Sam Catanzaro
Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) has announced that after 25 years with the organization, CEO Kathleen Rawson is stepping down.
According to DTSM, Rawson will be stepping down from her role on January 21 to assume her new role as CEO of The Hollywood Partnership, a Property-Based Business Improvement District in the Hollywood area.
"It has been an absolute privilege to serve this incredible community for the last 25 years. I am immensely proud of the work we have done at DTSM and would like to thank all those who I have had the pleasure of working with along the way," said Rawson. "It has been my honor to serve alongside the many DTSM staff and board members, businesses, property owners, and citywide partners that have been dedicated to this community during my time here. I look forward to my next adventure in Hollywood but will miss Santa Monica dearly."
Prior to joining DTSM, Rawson held roles with the Holiday Inn Hotel at the Pier (now the Wyndham), The Huntley Hotel and the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau. She currently serves as the Board Chair for the International Downtown Association and previously served as chair of the Santa Monica Malibu Education Foundation and the Venice Land Use and Planning Committee for the Venice Neighborhood Council.
The DTSM Board of Directors will engage in an executive search for a new CEO in early 2022.
By Sam Catanzaro December 21, 2021


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Q: Jython servlets on Tomcat-8/Java8 I have sussessfully created servlets in Jython with Java7/Tomcat7
When I ran the same servlets on JDK8/Tomcat8 I have
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org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:223)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1558)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1515)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Thank you very much for your help
Regards

A: David Charles suggested me to use version 2.7b1
 and it works for me.


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When it comes to PDF, Mac users have everything they need built in, supported natively by the OS. Creating a PDF How To Easily Create & Annotate PDF Documents How To Easily Create & Annotate PDF Documents Read More is as easy as printing a document, while reading and modifying How To Dissect & Assemble PDF Files Using Preview [Mac] How To Dissect & Assemble PDF Files Using Preview [Mac] Read More one can be done from Preview. Most users probably never bother to look for alternatives, and therefore might miss out on one good alternative free PDF reader called Skim.
This is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X which was originally designed to help users read and annotate scientific papers in PDF. But it is also great for viewing any PDF document.
The first thing that I noticed from Skim was the unique features of the table of contents pane on the left. Chapters that I have read are marked differently to unread chapters. And if you hover your mouse above a specific part of the document, Skim will show a quick glance of the content. I think this is a very useful feature for doing quick skimming.
This table of contents pane also allows you to do a quick search on a specific word or phrase from the document. This feature will be very handy if you are dealing with a very thick text book with thousands of pages. You can choose to see the results by words or by relevance.
If you want to focus on your reading and free yourself from distraction, go to "View – Presentation (or Fullscreen)" menu.
Skim will show only the document with other things blocked out.
You could turn your MacBook into a nice eBook reader -athough holding a laptop sideways is a little bit uncomfortable.
Skim lets users create notes easily within the PDF document. So if you find something useful in the book or you want to be reminded about things that you need to do regarding the text that you read, just add some notes directly on the page.
There is another kind of note called "Anchored Note". This type is used for longer notes. You can assign a title and icon to it. It resides on a page as a small icon and will pop up if you double click on it.
To further the ability to annotate documents, Skim also allows users to draw circles, rectangles, and lines; and also to highlight the text.
Another tool that can help users in their learning is taking snapshots. You can take "snapshots" of important sections of a PDF document, to keep them on your screen for easy reference. This way you don't have to leaf back to the section every time you want to see it.
All of these annotations and snapshots could be found quickly by using Notes Pane. You can show/hide the pane via "View – Show/Hide Notes Pane".
If you need to remove one (or more) of the notes, you can do so by right clicking on the item(s) within this pane and choose "Delete". It's possible to use other basic editing commands here such as Copy, Edit and Select. Choosing "Show" will bring you the notes from wherever you are in the document.
These are only a few basic features of Skim that I was able to explore during my short encounter with it, but it covers what ordinary users need. Power users might want to dig deeper to more advanced features such as AppleScript support; Interaction with LaTeX, SyncTeX, and PDFSync; and Integration with BibDesk and other third party applications. Refer to the Help menu for more help.
What do you think of Skim? Have you tried it? Do you know any other good free PDF readers that we might have missed? Please share them using the comments below.
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And with the "Issues" mentioned recently about Preview being more hackable then previously thought, it is nice to have an out. Nice program.
Great post Jeffry. You're so right - I've never thought of looking for an alternative PDF reader, but there are so many features here that will come in handy.
I tried to find more info on this but couldn't find any. Sorry.
Thanks for this, Jeffry. I've always thought someone could develop a better PDF reader than what Apple's Preview app provides. This app is ten times better.
Thanks for this, Jeffry. I've always thought someone could develop a better PDF reader than what Apple's Preview app provides. This app is ten times better.
Your welcome. This one is a keeper.
This seems like a useful program. Will it allow you to view PDFs within a browser? I know Chrome is working on this support for Mac, but I'm wondering if Skim will provide this for Safari, Firefox, and others.
Thanks for checking. I'll install it and see what happens.
I just got around to testing Skim and found that it does not support viewing PDFs within a browser.


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Job forecasters expect the unemployment rate to sink to its lowest level in half a century this year. U.S. employers added 313,000 jobs in February alone. Yahoo Finance markets reporter Myles Udland joins CBSN to discuss which job sectors hold the greatest growth opportunities.


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Q: Jsonata module usage in NodeJS Project I have tried jsonata exerciser. It looks cool.
But I have to implement it in my code(NodeJS).
Let's say
Input is:
{
  "id": "course_uuid1",
  "description": "Sample course description",
  "contentType": "COURSE",
  "category": "Course",
  "durationInSeconds": 500,
  "expertiseLevels": ["INTERMEDIATE"],
  "imageUrl": "https://percipio.com/courseuuid1/imagelink",
  "link": "https://percipio.com/courseuuid1",
  "modalities": ["LISTEN", "READ", "WATCH"],
  "languageCode": "en",
  "parent": null,
  "publishDate": "2018-11-19T10:23:34Z",
  "sourceName": null,
  "technologyTitle": null,
  "technologyVersion": null,
  "title": "Java",
  "by": ["admin"]
}

Transformation logic is:
{
  "pkID": id,
  "description": description,
  "componentTypeID": contentType,
  "totalLength": durationInSeconds,
  "thumbnailURI": imageUrl,
  "locale": languageCode,
  "createTimestamp": publishDate,
  "title": title,
  "lastUpdateUser": by
}

I want output in the transformation logic format, but through NODEJS code.
Please suggest

A: Install jsonata node module and try below code:
var jsonata = require('jsonata');
    let input=
    {
      "id": "course_uuid1",
      "description": "Sample course description",
      "contentType": "COURSE",
      "category": "Course",
      "durationInSeconds": 500,
      "expertiseLevels": ["INTERMEDIATE"],
      "imageUrl": "https://percipio.com/courseuuid1/imagelink",
      "link": "https://percipio.com/courseuuid1",
      "modalities": ["LISTEN", "READ", "WATCH"],
      "languageCode": "en",
      "parent": null,
      "publishDate": "2018-11-19T10:23:34Z",
      "sourceName": null,
      "technologyTitle": null,
      "technologyVersion": null,
      "title": "Java",
      "by": ["admin"]
    }
    let exp="{'pkID': id,'description': description,'componentTypeID': contentType,'totalLength': durationInSeconds,'thumbnailURI': imageUrl,'locale': languageCode,'createTimestamp': publishDate,'title': title,'lastUpdateUser': by}";
    let expression = jsonata(exp);
    let expResult = expression.evaluate(input);
    console.log(expResult);

A: I think this is what you want:
var inputJson={
  "id": "course_uuid1",
  "description": "Sample course description",
  "contentType": "COURSE",
  "category": "Course",
  "durationInSeconds": 500,
  "expertiseLevels": ["INTERMEDIATE"],
  "imageUrl": "https://percipio.com/courseuuid1/imagelink",
  "link": "https://percipio.com/courseuuid1",
  "modalities": ["LISTEN", "READ", "WATCH"],
  "languageCode": "en",
  "parent": null,
  "publishDate": "2018-11-19T10:23:34Z",
  "sourceName": null,
  "technologyTitle": null,
  "technologyVersion": null,
  "title": "Java",
  "by": ["admin"]
};

var outputJson={
  "pkID": inputJson.id,
  "description": inputJson.description,
  "componentTypeID": inputJson.contentType,
  "totalLength": inputJson.durationInSeconds,
  "thumbnailURI": inputJson.imageUrl,
  "locale": inputJson.languageCode,
  "createTimestamp": inputJson.publishDate,
  "title": inputJson.title,
  "lastUpdateUser": inputJson.by
}


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Watch the sexy as hell new trailer for 'Red Sparrow'
Watch Jennifer Lawrence in her sexiest role yet in the final trailer for 'Red Sparrow'
If you've got a bit of a thing for Russian accents, fast cars and crime thrillers, boy do we have the film for you. Hollywood's most relatable actress, Jennifer Lawrence stars in the upcoming spy/crime thriller Red Sparrow and it is giving Fifty Shades a run for its money on the hot-scale.
Based on the Jason Matthews' novel of the same title, Lawrence plays a Russian ballerina who is forced into a Russian intelligence program in order to get medical care for her mother. The film, also starring Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeremy Irons, Ciaran Hinds and Joely Richardson see's Lawrence embark on a seductive game of cat and mouse with no shortage of blood, guns and murder.
Red Sparrow hits theatres on March 2. Watch J. Law master a Russian accent in the trailer below.
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Iraq hosts regional archrivals Iran and Saudi Arabia
21 Apr in 23:00 Deutsche Welle
Baghdad is seeking to fashion itself as a mediator between regional powers, but bringing Riyadh and Tehran closer together could prove to be a difficult task. Iran and Saudi Arabia are at odds across the region. Deutsche Welle reports in its article Iraq hosts regional archrivals Iran and Saudi Arabia that Iraq hosted senior officials from Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey on Saturday in a bid to bolster its nascent role as a regional mediator. The one-day conference in the capital Baghdad discussed regional security, diplomacy and economic issues, a parliamentary spokesman told media.
Iran, now one of Iraq's closest allies in the region, but a fierce opponent of Saudi Arabia, was represented by a "senior official," the spokesman added.
The conference was hosted by Iraq's youngest-ever speaker of parliament, the 38-year-old Mohammed al-Halbusi, who said Friday that his country was "honored by the presence of its neighbors in Baghdad."
A tough diplomatic job
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi recently visited both Iran and Saudi Arabia, which vie for dominance in the Middle East. The two regional foes are at odds across the deeply divided region, with both Riyadh and Tehran supporting different groups in war-torn countries like Yemen and Syria.
Read more: Yemen is 'the biggest humanitarian disaster in the world'
Saudi Arabia, a Sunni-majority country, is a close ally of the US, while Iran, a Shiite country, is one of Washington's "worst enemies" in the region. Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump's administration designated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization.
Iraqi PM Mahdi says his country wants to maintain strong relations with Iran, but also with the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Ties between Turkey and Iran have also deteriorated since the start of the Syrian war in 2011. Ankara and Tehran have backed rival groups in the eight-year war that has killed hundreds of thousands of Syrians and displaced millions.
The Baghdad conference was also attended by a large Syrian delegation, led by parliament chief Hammudeh Sabbagh.
As part of its mediation efforts, Iraq is seeking to bring Syria back into the Arab League regional group.
However, Iraq's regional mediation efforts are being lauded as Saudi Arabia and Iran participating in the same events is extremely rare.
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HTC Vive VR headset launch pushed back to April 2016
By Farrha Khan
You'll need to wait a few more months...
It looks like Samsung Gear VR will officially be the only consumer VR headset to launch this year, with HTC announcing the HTC Vive headset will now launch in 2016.
With dev units sold earlier this year, HTC had previously planned to launch at least a limited number of final HTC Vive VR headsets by the end of 2015, but it has now announced it won't be going on sale until next year
The company made the announcement in a blog post (opens in new tab), saying it hoped to "clear up speculation and misinformation" about the launch date.
Unfortunately, HTC didn't give a clear reason for the delay, saying only, "We remain committed to delivering the HTC Vive to a broader group of content creators and partners, and remain focused on delivering the very best experience possible for a consumer release."
Instead, the company will now launch a second generation of the dev unit at CES 2016, make 7,000 more units available to developers during the start of 2016, "followed by commercial availability in April 2016."
HTC also promises to provide more opportunities to try out the HTC Vive headset in the lead up to its launch, including expanding it's demo tours, as well as offering demos at events such as at the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, GDC and MWC during the first quarter of next year.
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the flame and stir in the butter. Set the lemon cream aside to cool.
let them sit in the lemon juice and 1 Tablespoon of granulated sugar.
Line up 6 tall glasses and layer berries, lemon cream mixture, cream cheese mixture and whip cream until reaching the top of the glass.
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Q: Upload Image to desired directory through plugin I am creating a plugin that will allow the admin to manually input users. One of the options is including an image. I am unable to get the image to transfer from the computer into the directory. Here is what I have
The form looks like this
   <form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
            First name: <input type="text" name="firstname">

            Last name: <input type="text" name="lastname">

            Picture:<input type="file" name="picture">

            <input type="submit" name="adminsubmit" value="Submit"/>
</form>

I have this at the top to be called once the submit button is clicked
if(isset($_POST['adminsubmit']))
  {
    include ('adminInsert.php');
  }

My adminInsert.php file looks like this
$target_path="http://www....";
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['picture']['name']);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['picture']['temp_name'], $target_path)) {
  echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES['picture']['name']).
" has been uploaded";
} else{
echo "There was an error uploading". ( $_FILES['picture']['name']).", please try again!";
}

Here is what I get when I print the $_FILES
Array ( [picture] => Array ( [name] => morningGloryForSite.png [type] => image/png [tmp_name] => /tmp/php3j4sls [error] => 0 [size] => 119880 ) )

I just keep returning the ELSE portion of the IF statement. I can not get the file to transfer into the desired directory. Can someone just look at this and suggest any answers?
Thank you in advance!

A: doesn't look like you $target_path is a valid directory. you need to replace the url you have there with the actual directory to which it is mapped to on the server, and make sure you have the permissions to write to that directory. (-1 the question because it is not truly related to WordPress)


Peter Broderick was born in the state of Oregon in 1987. He learned a number of musical instruments whilst at school, and went on to become a session musician, playing violin, banjo, musical saw, and mandolin on recordings by M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel, Dolorean and others.He played and toured with numerous groups, including Horse Feathers, Norfolk & Western, Loch Lomond and Laura Gibson. In mid 2007, Broderick joined the Danish ensemble Efterklang in Copenhagen to join their touring band after the release of their album Parades. After touring, he released a mini album of solo piano music, Docile, on the Swedish label Kning Disk, as well as a 7″, Retreat/Release, his first full-length album of piano and string based compositions, Float, and an orchestral concept album, Music for Falling From Trees, on the US label Western Vinyl and British label Erased Tapes.
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Freedom v.s. security, that is the refrain
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by Wilma Süto
for Rotterdam Late Night, September 2017
(go to Mr. Motley on-line for the Dutch version)
The best fiction reinvents the way we see reality. Our lives are role play. Sometimes you coincides with it mindlessly. At other times, you open your eyes, you're suddenly aware, you watch it happen. This is what overcomes you at the spectacular exhibition created by Sylvie Zijlmans and Hewald Jongenelis for the Museum Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. It's SHOWTIME, announces one of their giant murals. And rest assured, this show is full of masquerades, full of explosions and unexpected encounters – now violent, and then, just as suddenly, in step again with the rhythm of the drums.
Noise and music, film and theater, visual art, poetry and pamphleteering, street journalism and activism, but humor too and pure magic: the works of Zijlmans and Jongenelis are all this and more. The political is also firmly present, at one with critical engagement flowing forth from their murals, but – how can I say this without giving the wrong impression – there is also con-artistry. The show is overwhelmingly diverse and contagious, it is everything except the willful deception of the public that art has sometimes been accused of, but still in all seriousness: The con-artist, otherwise known here as "the Shady Illuminator", plays a major role.
[In Dutch the art of conning, "Oplichterij" (literally reading lighting up), is the art of pulling shady tricks. It's about what you chose to show in the light, and what you keep in the dark.]
And there, that's him! We see him close up, the glow surrounding him so warm that we zoom in ever closer. Like moths to the flame.
Zijlmans and Jongenelis play with language. Their "shady Illuminator", their con-artist, is no villain where lies and threats are bubbling in his blood, but someone who, literally, shines light on his surroundings. He does this with flames, with flares or with a flaming torch in his hand, the fire reflected by his rooster comb, a frenzied, oversized metal shield protruding from his head. Despite his explosive side, I see him as a kindred sprit of artists and philosophers, their patron saint even. Without exaggeration. It is artists and philosophers who carry societies burden of reflection: they throw light on our world. This holds as much for the inner world of our thoughts and feelings, as for the greater outer world, the naked reality.
On entering, it seems, if only for a moment, as if their con-artist is but a powerless mask. Rather as a victim than an instigator, his head impaled on a fence among a long row of other heads. Zijlmans & Jongenelis transform the whole museum hall into a fenced off square, a theatrical, but also slightly fearsome, radical zone. Open, closed, dark, light…. Obviously, something here must be fought for. It is not for nothing then, that this fence is called 'The Fence of Truth"
And that they mean business, is emphatically hammered through at a distance. Bang, bang! The noise is caused by a kid with a face of a boxing glove. He kicks the metal fencing with his small, upward swaying leg, provoking the bars and latticework to rock and shake. Does he want to take the fence down? Or force us to go through the opening in the fence?
In the square a complete and overwhelming theatre unfolds, with life size figures and painted cabins, a sort of 3D newspaper, where films, photos and info-graphics wage a radical campaign, or in truth an anti-campaign. An anti-campaign for the too quickly changing demographic and society in city districts. Especially true for the "Randstad", the Dutch metropolis. Freedom vs. security, that is the refrain. Must we actually rescue freedom by putting a fence around it? In the square painful issues become enlarged and sharpened. The city dynamic is thrilling, but also irrepressible. Roads connect, but they also congest. The torrent of information rubs in the notion that the world is always bigger than our neighborhood. There is a refugee crisis going on; a terrorist threat is in the air.
The con-artist plays an active role in setting straight issues of conscience. His mask rests on the "Fence of Truth", but he also looms in full force in a provisional cinema. We watch him make his forays and exploratory journeys into the city's edges. In this way he forges a way through the darkness and brings a host of followers in his wake. As if he is the true inheritor of the future and of wisdom, an enlightened being, a shining example for everyone. But while he appears to us shadily out of the shimmering darkness, he is also complicit in it. He lashes out against falling shadows and throws up smoke curtains. Perhaps there is yet a Will-o'-the-wisp hiding in this true seer.
His ambiguity ties him into relationships with the other major players Zijlmans and Jongenelis present to us. Next to "the shady Illuminator", "the Stoker", "the Possessor" and "the Evictor" appear. In the presence of the latter front doors are destroyed and residents forced out. There is also the "Conservator", who can't stand change, and "the Poet aka The Compactor", who brings everything closer together. Dark, light, open, closed…
With all of these avatars, as Zijlmans and Jongenelis call them, the artists took off into the city and together with friends, neighbors and other locals, carried out performances. They worked in Amsterdam-North, where they themselves live, but it could just as easily have been Rotterdam-South. The avatars bring actual fears to the surface and highlight conflicts that slumber in city districts. They rise up as mythical creatures, silent but suggestive and beat around the bush in a ritual dance. Almost as if to practice voodoo.
Their performance is as captivating as it is absurd. "The Stoker" comes to shake things up, clattering with manhole covers and letterboxes. "The Poet aka the Compactor", makes everything which was once open, closed. And under the watchful eye of "the Conservator", who wants everything to stay the same forever, fences are dragged into place, metal grids, that resonate and rhyme with the fences in the museum. Freedom and security: they trickle through the iron bars. City dwellers with pink masks shove and pull the man-sized grid-work forward. Their progress going in fits and bursts, through the green banks and verges, along the highways.Scraping over asphalt in the neighborhoods of the city, in a mesmerizing dance around the truth, and nothing but the truth.
Go and see, thank you
Wilma Süto for Rotterdam Late Night, September 2017
©text Wilma Süto
©images Zijlmans & Jongenelis
translated by Brigitte Oregan & Phil Bradley


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Q: Debugging speech recognition of custom word PocketSphinx.js QUESTION: I am looking for a debugging tool/method that I can use to discover what the problem is when PocketSphinx.js does not recognize a custom word I have defined.  Specifically, I would like to be able to see what phonemes that PocketSphinx.js is actually hearing when a word is not recognized.
Details:
I am working on developing a voice interface for a website.  I need to use a custom keyword, and I am working with PocketSphinx.js.  The custom keyword I've chosen is "Berk-o-bot" with a CMU pronunciation of "B ER K OW B AA T".  I've had very low success getting this phrase to recognize.  (Recognizes only about a quarter of the time I slowly and deliberately say the word, never if I speak at normal speed.) NOTE:
If I split the word into smaller chunks (Berk [B ER K], Berk-O [B ER K OW], O-bot [OW B AA T] or bot [B AA T]), the smaller chunks recognize easily.
Thoughts from failed attempts:

*

*My suspicion is that the recognizer has difficulty since the first and thirds syllables are accented, but not the 2nd.  I have tried using adding Arpabet Stress Symbols to the pronunciation [B ER1 K OW0 B AA2 T] but pocketsphinx.js threw errors when I would try to add the word to the dictionary.

*I've also tried adding multiple pronunciations to the dictionary like BERK-O-BOT(2) [B ER K AO B AA T], BERK-O-BOT(3) [B ER K AH B AA T], BERK-O-BOT(4) [B ER K EH B AA T], BERK-O-BOT(5) [B ER K UH B AA T] but did not see any improvement in recognition.

*I am new to pocketsphinx.js, so the above two methods might work, but I might be implementing them incorrectly.

A: You need to make it working on desktop with pocketsphinx_continuous and pre-recorded audio files first. Once it works you can try in a web browser with the same configuration and models.
You can share audio files and the configuration/models if it still doesn't work to get more detailed help.


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Insurance Circular Letter No. 5 (2014)
All Insurers Authorized to Write Accident and Health Insurance in New York State, Article 43 Corporations, and Health Maintenance Organizations ("HMOs") (collectively, "issuers")
RE: Impact of Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 ("MHPAEA"), Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), and the MHPAEA Final Rule on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits in New York's Health Insurance Market.
STATUTORY REFERENCES: 42 U.S.C. 300gg-1, et al.; 42 U.S.C. 18001, et al.; 45 C.F.R. Parts 146 and 147; and N.Y. Ins. Law §§ 3103, 3201, 3221, 4303, and 4308 and Article 49
The purpose of this circular letter is to provide guidance to issuers about the impact of the federal MHPAEA on New York's health insurance market in light of the ACA and the issuance of the final rule implementing MHPAEA, which applies to group health plans and health insurance issuers for plan or policy years beginning on or after July 1, 2014.
This circular letter supersedes Circular Letter No. 20 (2009) and Supplement No. 1 to Circular Letter No. 20 (2009), both of which are hereby withdrawn.
When enacted in 2008, MHPAEA applied to any group health plan, and any health insurance coverage offered in conjunction with such a plan, that had more than 50 total employees ("large group health plan"), and applied to plan years beginning on or after October 3, 2009. While MHPAEA did not require plans to cover treatment for mental health conditions ("MH") or substance use disorders ("SUD"), it provided that if such conditions or disorders were covered, then they had to be covered at the same level as coverage under the plan for surgical and medical conditions.
On February 2, 2010, the United States Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services published an interim final rule further explaining and clarifying MHPAEA. On November 13, 2013, those Departments published a final rule, 45 C.F.R. Parts 146 and 147, following consideration of comments received in response to the interim final rule.
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the ACA into law. The ACA requires individual and small group health insurance policies and contracts (collectively, "policies") to provide essential health benefits ("EHB"), including MH/SUD benefits. Additionally, as part of the ACA, Congress amended MHPAEA to extend its applicability to individual health insurance policies.
II. Impact of ACA and MHPAEA on Coverage in New York
Although MHPAEA continues to exempt from its requirements group health insurance policies issued to small employers, 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(f) clarifies that an issuer offering non-grandfathered health insurance coverage in the individual or small group market providing MH/SUD benefits as part of EHB must comply with MHPAEA to satisfy the ACA's requirement to provide EHB. Thus, any individual or small group health insurance coverage delivered or issued for delivery in New York that is required to include EHB also must comply with the requirements of MHPAEA.
MHPAEA and 45 C.F.R. Part 146
Benefit Classifications
MHPAEA requires benefits for MH/SUD coverage to be placed in one of six classifications: inpatient in-network; inpatient out-of-network; outpatient in-network; outpatient out-of-network; emergency care; and prescription drugs. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(1)(i). In addition, 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(3)(iii)(C) permits the outpatient classification to be separated into two sub-classifications, office visits and all other outpatient services. Determining whether specific MH/SUD benefits are in compliance with MHPAEA involves analyzing them in comparison to the medical/surgical benefits in the same classification. Thus, inpatient MH/SUD benefits are to be compared to inpatient medical/surgical benefits; prescription drugs to treat MH/SUD are to be compared to the prescription drug benefit to treat medical/surgical conditions; and so forth.
Furthermore, 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(3)(iii)(B) recognizes sub-classifications based on tiered networks. It permits policies with multi-tiered provider networks to divide their benefits furnished on an in-network basis into sub-classifications that reflect the network tiers, if the tiering is: (1) based on reasonable factors (such as quality, performance, and market standards); and (2) done without regard to whether the provider is providing medical/surgical services or MH/SUD services.
Financial Requirements and Quantitative Treatment Limitations
Issuers that provide medical/surgical benefits and MH/SUD benefits must ensure that the financial requirements and quantitative treatment limitations applicable to MH/SUD are no more restrictive than the predominant financial requirements and treatment limitations applied to substantially all medical and surgical benefits covered by the policy. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(2)(i). Financial requirements include deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket maximums. Quantitative treatment limitations include annual, episode, and lifetime day and visit limits. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(a).
A type of financial requirement or quantitative treatment limitation applies to substantially all medical/surgical benefits in a classification if it applies to at least two-thirds of all medical/surgical benefits in that classification. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(3)(i)(A). If the type of financial requirement or quantitative treatment limitation does not meet the two-thirds threshold, then the policy may not impose that particular type of financial requirement or quantitative treatment limitation on MH/SUD benefits. See id. For instance, a policy that imposes copayments on only one-half of the inpatient in-network medical/surgical benefits may not impose copayments on inpatient in-network MH/SUD benefits.
If the policy imposes a type of financial requirement or quantitative treatment limitation on at least two-thirds of the medical/surgical benefits in a classification, then the issuer must determine the predominant level of that type of financial requirement or quantitative treatment limitation for the medical/surgical benefits in that classification. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(3)(i)(B)(1). The predominant level of the financial requirement or quantitative treatment limitation is the level that applies to more than one-half of the medical/surgical benefits in that classification. See id. For instance, assuming that copayments apply to substantially all medical/surgical benefits, if a policy imposes a $50 copayment on one-quarter of the outpatient in-network medical/surgical benefits and a $25 copayment on three-quarters of the outpatient in-network medical/surgical benefits, then the issuer only may impose a $25 copayment on outpatient in-network MH/SUD benefits.
If no single level applies to more than one-half of the medical/surgical benefits in the classification subject to the financial requirement or quantitative treatment limitation, then the issuer may combine levels until the combination of levels applies to more than one-half of the medical/surgical benefits subject to the financial requirement or quantitative treatment limitation in the classification. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(3)(i)(B)(2). In such case, the least restrictive level within the combination is considered the predominant level of that type of classification. See id.
With respect to financial requirements, the determination of the portion of medical/surgical benefits in a classification subject to a financial requirement is based on the dollar amount of all plan payments for the medical/surgical benefits in the classification expected to be paid under the policy for the plan year. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(3)(i)(E).
An issuer with a policy that subjects MH/SUD benefits to a specialty office visit copayment must provide written assurance to the Superintendent of Financial Services that the policy is in compliance with MHPAEA before the Superintendent will approve the policy.
Policies that provide coverage for out-of-network medical/surgical services must provide coverage for out-of-network MH/SUD services. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(2)(ii)(B).
Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations
Issuers may not impose nonquantitative treatment limitations ("NQTLs") with respect to MH/SUD in any classification unless any processes, strategies, evidentiary standards, or other factors used in applying the limitations are comparable to and no more stringent than the processes, strategies, evidentiary standards, or other factors used in applying the limitations to the medical/surgical benefits in the classification. NQTLs include medical management standards, medical necessity determinations, experimental or investigative treatment determinations, formulary designs for prescription drugs, network tier design for multiple tier networks, standards for provider admission to participate in a network (including reimbursement rates), step-therapy programs, and restrictions based on geographic location, facility type, provider specialty, and other criteria that limit the scope or duration of benefits. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(4).
Issuers should be aware that final 45 C.F.R. Part 146 eliminated the exception that was in the interim final rule that allowed issuers to impose more stringent NQTLs on MH/SUD benefits than on medical/surgical benefits where "recognized clinically appropriate standards of care" permitted a difference. However, final 45 C.F.R. Part 146 also recognizes that disparate results between allowable limits on the two types of benefits do not, without more, mean that the NQTLs are violating the requirements of the rule.
Although final 45 C.F.R. Part 146 provides numerous examples that demonstrate compliance and noncompliance with the NQTL requirements, one example in particular is noteworthy. Example 10, which is set forth in 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(4)(iii), makes clear that an issuer may not limit coverage for MH/SUD conditions to providers and/or facilities licensed in New York if the issuer does not similarly limit coverage for medical/surgical conditions.
Multi-Tiered Prescription Drug Benefits
An insurer may provide multi-tiered prescription drug benefits if they are based on reasonable factors and are without regard to whether a drug is prescribed with respect to medical/surgical benefits or MH/SUD benefits. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(3)(iii)(A).
45 C.F.R. § 146.136(d) requires that: (1) the criteria used for medical necessity determinations for MH/SUD benefits be made available to any current or potential participant, beneficiary, or contracting provider upon request; and (2) the reason for any denial of reimbursement or payment for MH/SUD services be made available to the participant or beneficiary.
Provider Reimbursement
45 C.F.R. Part 146 clarifies that issuers may consider a wide array of factors in determining provider reimbursement rates for both medical/surgical services and MH/SUD services. These factors include: geographic market; demand for services; supply of providers; provider practice size; Medicare reimbursement rates; and training, experience, and licensure of providers. The NQTL rules require that an issuer apply these factors comparably to and no more stringently than the way that it applies the factors to medical/surgical services. A disparate outcome of applying the factors to the two types of benefits in and of itself does not mean that the issuer has failed to comply with the NQTL requirements. See 45 C.F.R. § 146.136(c)(4)(ii).
Intermediate Levels of Care
45 C.F.R. Part 146 addresses coverage for intermediate levels of care such as residential treatment, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient treatment. The supplementary information in 45 C.F.R. Part 146 indicates that it neither imposes a benefit mandate for coverage of intermediate levels of care nor permits issuers to exclude intermediate levels of care. Rather, under 45 C.F.R. Part 146, an issuer must assign the intermediate levels of care to the existing benefit classifications in the same way that it assigns comparable intermediate medical/surgical benefits to these classifications. The supplementary information in 45 C.F.R. § 146.136 gives the following examples: "if a plan or issuer classifies care in skilled nursing facilities or rehabilitation hospitals as inpatient benefits, then the plan or issuer must likewise treat any covered care in residential treatment facilities for mental health or substance use disorders as an inpatient benefit. In addition, if a plan or issuer treats home health care as an outpatient benefit, than any covered intensive outpatient mental health or substance use disorder services and partial hospitalization must be considered outpatient benefits as well."
Once the proper classification is made, an issuer may only impose financial requirements, quantitative treatment limitations, and NQTLs on those intermediate levels of MH/SUD care consistent with MHPAEA and 45 C.F.R. Part 146. For example, in New York, skilled nursing facilities for medical/surgical conditions are covered as an inpatient benefit. Thus, issuers should cover residential treatment facilities for MH/SUD conditions as an inpatient benefit. This means that an issuer may impose only financial requirements and quantitative treatment limitations on residential treatment facilities for MH/SUD conditions that are no more restrictive than the predominant financial requirements and treatment limitations applied to substantially all medical/surgical benefits covered by the plan in the inpatient classification. Additionally, issuers are prohibited from imposing NQTLs on residential treatment facilities for MH/SUD conditions unless any processes, strategies, evidentiary standards, or other factors used in applying the limitations are comparable to and no more stringent than the processes, strategies, evidentiary standards, or other factors used in applying the limitations to the medical/surgical benefits in the inpatient classification.
The ACA, MHPAEA, and 45 C.F.R. Part 146 have had a significant impact on coverage requirements for MH/SUD benefits. This circular letter endeavors to inform issuers of the requirements under the foregoing, and to assist issuers with complying with them.
Please direct any questions regarding this circular letter to Thomas Fusco, Supervising Insurance Attorney, Health Bureau, New York State Department of Financial Services, Walter J. Mahoney Office Building, 65 Court Street, Room 7, Buffalo, New York 14202, or by e-mail at [email protected].
Lisette Johnson
Bureau Chief, Health Bureau


The rivalry with Northwestern that was prevalent in the 1920's, 30's, 40's, 60's, and 70's has made a little comeback. On Saturday, the Irish will face the Wildcats for the second time in 5 whole years. Even better, this will be Notre Dame's first trip to Northwestern's campus since 1976.
It's been an up and down year for Northwestern after opening up with a road win at Purdue followed by 3 losses in a row, including a tough one to a mediocre Akron team out of the MAC. The Wildcats have since rebounded for 4 straight wins and come into Saturday night feeling pretty good having upset divisional rival Wisconsin last weekend.
I sometimes joke with our writers that Pat Fitzgerald will be the next Notre Dame head coach. Even if it's unlikely (he's probably in the mix somewhere depending on how deep your list would be) his resume continues to be strengthened at tradition-poor Northwestern.
It's pretty much been a mini-Renaissance for the Wildcats featuring a trio of 10-win seasons since 2012 and numerous upsets of better programs. Just last week, Northwestern took out Wisconsin which isn't a huge deal on its own as the Badgers are struggling to meet their usual standards but it was the 4th win for the Cats in the series under Fitzgerald.
Let's not forget Fitzgerald was the star linebacker in the 1995 upset in South Bend and as coach took out the Irish in the last meeting back in 2014. Does he have some mojo against the Irish?
Some Irish fans will spend a lot of time drooling over Northwestern's grass field where the litmus test for such wonderment is actually being a grass field. Standards need not apply.
Like many natural surfaces in the north of the United States, the Wildcats are forced to grow the grass out to give the playing field more sturdiness. Except, Northwestern has been known to keep an extra long cut especially when better football teams come to town.
Just as long as this field makes old white men feel tough, we're fine.
The grass looks fine from the high field shots during live action but if you watched last week versus Wisconsin you'll see plenty of issues when large men with spikes are running on shaggy grass. The field is actually really sloppy and slippery with big divots flying all over the place. Remember those times in Notre Dame Stadium?
Zaire bobbled an extra point which was taken back for 2 points by the visitors. A pass from Golson deflected off offensive lineman Christian Lombard's helmet, got picked off, and returned 65 yards to the Irish goal line. Golson fumbled an exchange and lost the ball inside Northwestern's 10-yard line. Chris Brown lost a fumble at the Northwestern 1-yard line off a jet sweep. Of course, who could forget the failed 2-point attempt while leading by 11 points with 10:34 remaining. Cam McDaniel fumbled with 1:30 remaining on 2nd down as the Irish were up 3 with Northwestern already burning timeouts. Two plays later, Northwestern fumbled right to the feet of Matthias Farley only to see Max Redfield dive in and bounce the football out of bounds. Normally steady senior kicker Kyle Brindza missed from 38 yards and 42 yards, the latter coming in overtime. And finally, Northwestern kicker Jack Mitchell had never hit a field goal longer than 29 yards and made kicks from 31, 46, 45, and 41 with the last being the game-winner in overtime.
In short, a much worse version of 2018 Notre Dame–with Brian VanGorder coaching the defense–needed a crap ton of stuff to go wrong just to lose in overtime to Northwestern.
LB Blake Gallagher – The true sophomore came out of New England prep blue-blood St. Sebastian and is now the leading tackler for Northwestern. He's tied for the lead for the Big Ten lead in tackles, and being from Massachusetts, there's a 63.6% chance he grew up a Notre Dame fan and has been receiving revenge indoctrination from Fitzgerald for the past two years. Be prepared for the broadcast to mention this background many times if true.
QB Clayton Thorson – Northwestern's running game is an abomination with 729 yards (127th nationally), 2.58 yards per rush (128th), and slotted as the 114th best rushing attack according to S&P+ metrics. In all likelihood, they will be abandoning the run game early if they ever truly attempt to force it on Notre Dame.
Thorson, now a senior, is likely to throw. A lot. He's averaging 39.8 attempts per game which is 5th most in the entire country. This should be entertaining either way!
The narrative for the Syracuse game is super strong as many have accused the administration of essentially opening the door to an avoidable loss. The Irish moved a home game to Yankee Stadium, will be wearing ridiculous uniforms, and are facing a type of explosive offense that will be difficult to prepare for down the stretch.
We all know the history of USC as the spoilers. Many a great Notre Dame teams have gone to Los Angeles and came away with a loss from supposed inferior Trojan teams. Both Syracuse and Northwestern have recent experience toppling Notre Dame as an underdog, too.
The coaching really seems to favor Northwestern, and to a lesser degree, Syracuse. Who knows what's going on with Helton and Taggart soon. One week of football could drastically change their futures in either direction but their situations are definitely volatile to say the least.
The issue of motivation is interesting because as of right now everyone would love to spoil undefeated Notre Dame's season. At this point, Florida State only has pride backing that up which isn't too convincing following their embarrassment against Clemson. Additionally, USC could be even deeper into a "Fire Clay Helton" barrage from the media in the coming weeks–that doesn't bode well for a valiant effort in the regular season finale.
I guess Northwestern has a little bit of motivation in the sense of these schools being close to each other, within the same academic profile, and probably not a whole lot of love lost between each side.
Meanwhile, Syracuse should be 8-2 when they meet Notre Dame in Yankee Stadium following a road trip to Wake Forest and home date with Louisville. The Orange will have a lot on the line most likely when that ball kicks off in the Bronx.
However, the one thing we haven't factored in yet is the vaunted post-Navy hangover for Notre Dame. Using my super scientific measurements above is that worth 2 points for Northwestern? Maybe 3 points?
Under the direction of Brian Kelly the Irish are just 4-4 following the Navy game, and even worse, 2-6 covering the spread. We can zero in on the 2011 and 2012 seasons when Notre Dame soundly defeated Navy (just like this past week) only to spin their wheels in close and ugly victories over Wake Forest and Purdue.
That was a long time ago, though. The Irish are 2-1 post-Navy over the last 3 years with one of the better program wins over USC in 2015 and a blowout win over Army (just 11.5 point favorites which is weird in hindsight but 2016 was a cruel mistress) in a game that was never close. The loss against Stanford occurred last year but that didn't feel like it was really much of a hangover game.
So, if the Navy hangover exists I think it'll be of the mild variety, perhaps worth a point or two in Vegas which isn't nothing but just not a major driver for an upset.
The good news looking over those games is Notre Dame only gave up less than 14 points per game. The bad news is that 5 out the 8 games were close in various forms and if you'd like to be scared the 2014 Northwestern offense was ranked 100th and nearly piled up 600 yards. Then again, we have to factor in Brian VanGorder and in a way this makes me feel better about this weekend.
With the 2014 upset Northwestern was similarly ranked by S&P (69th then vs. 64th now) as this weekend, although the gap between the Irish then was 38 spots. For this Saturday, it's a 58-team gap (maybe even larger given the Irish are still working off their Wimbush offensive ranking early in the season) and Notre Dame's defense is now organized and knows how to tackle the opponent. I can see a close game but arguably even worse stuff than the 2014 meeting has to happen for Northwestern to score significant points and that's a lot to ask in an attempted upset bid.
Thanks for the reminder of how much went wrong in that last Northwestern game. I remember it being ugly, but I forgot about how many mistakes / bad breaks there were in that game. Let's hope that ND drank lots of water and electrolytes ("it's what plants crave") so that they can avoid the Navy hangover!
The ONE thing I'm trying to keep in mind for the Syracuse game is that maybe we're not as dumb as we think (okay, we are, but maybe it works out): Cuse plays in a dome. The game will be outside in the cold. I mean sure, Cuse players know what snow is unlike FSU, but so do the Minnesota Vikings and it seems to still bother them in the playoffs.
See, I can be optimistic!
I believe the game was moved from South Bend not Syracuse.
That's right. Dangit…okay, so it's still a dumb move, but at least it's not a Cuse home game.
Halloween's over, you really didn't need to drag out the horrific, gory details of the 2014 game.
In all seriousness, I forgot about half of that stuff. Really only the 2 point attempt and the Cam fumble stick in my mind. That's a gross abomination of a football game right there.
Also, of those 729 total rushing yards for Northwestern, 346 came from Jeremy Larkin, in the first 3 games of the year, who then retired due to injury. They haven't rushed for more than 3.7 yards per carry in a game since then, and they've actually rushed for less than 1.5 yards per carry more often than not. That's crazy bad!
This should be a game dominated by the ND defense. Fitzgerald is a good coach though, and I'm sure will have some tricks up his sleeve to create offense – like the VT called back WR pass, quick decisions to go for 4th downs, hell even an onside kick. Also anticipate them targeting the nickel and Genmark-Heath or White in pass coverage when possible.
I went to the Purdue-NW opener, and Thorson clearly wasn't healthy in that game and Larkin was, but their offense was just very horizontal. Almost all quick hits, very little vertical stretch, and no skill position guys (especially now with no Larkin) that really scare you.
Feels like a very big game for the OL. If the run game is doing enough and Book is comfortable, this can be a game that is a statement. The Cats are not at all built to come from behind, and haven't even been very good offensively after building a big lead. Will be interesting to see how much "bend but don't break" we play versus being aggressive against an offense built on short throws and without scary WRs.
(1) Northwestern's run game showed a pulse against Wisconsin (I have no idea if this is true but that's what he says, apparently after Larkin's exit a frosh has stepped up).
(2) They have been good lately with their NFL-caliber QB stretching the field vertically.
BK said that good D-line play was critical (here I interpolate) to snuff out the Cats run game and to not allow the deep ball.
Not saying you two are off, I was just struck that BK was stressing somewhat juxtaposed interpretations.
Gotta have something to sell the lads to keep them focused.
The Irish Illustrated guys were talking about BK calling Thorson an "NFL-caliber QB" and straight-up called that coach-speak. Thorson has NFL height and size, but he's not "good." One of them pointed out that he had a good first season when he was a freshman or sophomore or whatever, but basically hit his potential and hasn't gotten any better since then. His stats aren't "NFL-caliber," even Josh Allen-caliber. Sure, D-line play is important and you make sure the guys stay focused, and some stupid NFL team may draft Thorson because he's 6-4 225 or whatever and NFL teams don't watch players actually play, but if Thorson goes off on our defense it will be a surprise.
Thorson – 60% completions (good) 10 TDs 10 Int (poor)……I don't care if he can play in the NFL, I'm only worried that he doesn't play well tonight. I think Tillery, Okwara and Kareem take care of that.
If Northwestern beats Iowa next week, they're almost guaranteed a spot on the B1G championship game.
There will be some momentary excitement, because ooh! ND! but with a stadium filled with 50% blue and gold instead of purple, I don't think it lasts long.
45-21, and we all get pissed because it's not pretty enough, and then the media on Sunday morning talks about how we blew out a team competing for the B1G West title and who beat Wisconsin and was on the cusp of being ranked. Perhaps that's because everyone will be watching LSU-Bama and will only look at the final score for us, but that's fine.
I don't know what comment you're referencing, but I couldn't care fewer. Need more Thrones in my life, whether it be novel or screen.
Glad I'm not the only one with withdrawals.
Has there been any Tranquill updates?
So I don't know it that's reading too much into that last part to say Tranquill is out or if he will be a part of the rotation. I don't know too many people that can recover from a high ankle sprain and play linebacker in 6 days though, may be the only course to have him watch.
Bilal to LB? He's been good on the run. Then maybe a rover who can defend the pass better? Not sure if said player exists so I guess it will be a wait and see type thing.
Just heard on game day that he's a game time decision too. Likely not playing and we need to hope he's back by the Syracuse game which given the injury is going to be tough. Wouldn't be surprising if he missed the remaining regular season games.
Can we get the game thread up in the Slack because holy crap I need a place to talk about whatever the heck that non-side kick was by Nebraska.


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We all love to wax-poetic about the wine – about the magic in the glass, about the liquid which can transport us through time, bring back memories, change our mood, brighten up any happy moments in our life and put smiles on our collective oenophile faces in the myriad of mysterious ways.
With all that magic, it is easy to forget that first and foremost, the wine is an agricultural product. The grapes are grown in exactly same way as tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, wheat, apples, and potatoes. Same as with any agricultural product, the success of growing the grapes depends on many conditions which we collectively call "the environment" – condition of the soil, conditions of the plants, climate/weather conditions, availability and quality of the water, avoidance of diseases and pests, ability to protect plants and fruits from animals and birds and many other factors.
Once the grapes are successfully grown and harvested, this is where similarities with most (not all) of the rest of the agricultural products end, and grapes start their transformation to become that magic in your glass. But let's leave that aside for now, and let's get back to the grape growing environment.
Every year, the same process starts anew – with the first warm weather, the dormant plants come alive. The branches which looked completely dead just a day ago, are breaking with the tiny green leaves, and then at some point, a tiny clusters of future goodness show up, taking all the nutrients from the soil and the air, getting bigger and changing color from young green to golden and purple, until the time comes to collect them all and start creating the magic.
Every year, to get from the naked branches to the beautiful, sun-filled clusters, the vines have to be taken care of. They need enough water, they need enough sun, they need enough nutrients in the soil, they need to be protected from frost, excessive sun, mildew, and rabbits. The grape grower has to decide how to provide all of this. You can water the plants when you think you need to. You can bring in synthetic fertilizers. You can spray your vines with pesticides which will kill bugs and mildew. For many years, this is how the grapes were often produced, especially when they were produced in the large commercial quantities.
Little by little, grower by grower, winemaker by winemaker, the realization started that this might not be the right way to go. The chemicals and pesticides often bred resistance. Overfertilized and overwatered grapes simply lack the flavor and can never become the magnificent wines. With this realization, wine industry started changing its ways – the wines became "organic", "biodynamic", "sustainable" and even "natural". All of these terms relate to the environment where the grapes are grown, but they are not interchangeable – organic is not always sustainable, and sustainable doesn't equate organic. Let's take a deeper look.
Sustainable might be my favorite term. There are many wine regions which define their own so-called "sustainable practices" – Australia, New Zealand, California, Oregon, Canada – all have their own sustainable practices defined, and for all I know, all those practices might be slightly different, but I'm sure they are all pursue the long-term relationship with the Mother Nature. Sustainability means that whatever we do to grow grapes successfully today, should ensure that the future generations will be able to continue to do the same with equal success. While we tend to the vines, we shouldn't harm that environment, that habitat – use natural deterrents for the pests, use only natural fertilizers, ideally, generate our own power (think solar, for instance), be very cognizant about discarding the waste, or maybe have no waste at all, allowing land to rest and recuperate – the list can go on and on and on. At the same time, sustainable doesn't mean organic – for instance, if you believe that one time use of the pesticide is warranted as the best way to deal with the problem (before it spreads or worsens), the sustainable rules will generally allow for it – but not the organic. All in all, the goal of sustainability is to leave the environment a little bit better than it was before – and I definitely like this approach.
We all know what "organic" means – only all natural elements are allowed in the whole entire process of getting from the first leaf to the harvested grapes – all organic fertilizers, all organic pesticides and so on. Do organic means better grapes? Yes, but only in the sense of absence of any harmful, bad elements. Organic doesn't necessarily mean you would maximize grapes' potential by utilizing dry farming. Organic doesn't mean you will discard the waste in the ways least harmful to the environment. Organic doesn't mean your power was generated in the sustainable ways. Don't get me wrong – I'm all for organic, but… I guess you understand where my preferences are.
Biodynamic? First, taking about biodynamic winemaking can be an endless endeavor – if we are talking about the magic of the glass of wine, biodynamic principles might be the most in tune with the subject of magic. Are the biodynamic methods sustainable? I believe they are to the largest degree as the end goal here is to create harmonious habitat, the best possible environment for the grapes and all other living beings to grow happily and successfully. Is biodynamic the same as sustainable? Probably not, as sustainable methods still cover more elements, such as power which we mentioned. But all the kudos to the biodynamic practitioners and their perseverance with magic.
And now, let's touch on the most controversial "environmental affiliation" of them all – natural wines. It is interesting to see the first reaction of many people when they hear the term for the first time – "natural wines"???? "All wines are made from the grapes, aren't they all natural"? The idea behind natural wines is low intervention. During the grape growing part of winemaking, the process is somewhat similar to the sustained/biodynamic principals with the exception that some of the rules are made absolute, like no irrigation under any circumstances – but unlike all other methods, where there are external bodies which certify and enforce the rules, the natural wines are the truth in the eye of the beholder – the winemaker, in this case – whatever the winemaker believe "natural" means, that is what she will be practicing.
The wine was first made about 8,000 years ago. Nobody would ever tell if it was sustainable, organic, biodynamic or natural – we can only guess that it was made from grapes. But if we want the wines to be made for the next 8,000 years, we need to take care of the environment. Sustainable, organic, biodynamic – let's leave this place a little bit better than we found it, for all of those who will come after us.