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TSE:MG - Magna International Stock Price, Forecast & News
Adding Magna International Inc.
Market CapitalizationC$21.87 billion
Magna International Inc designs, develops, and manufactures automotive systems, assemblies, modules, and components in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The Body Exteriors & Structures segment provides body structures; chassis structures, such as frame and structural assemblies, chassis subframes, and suspension systems; exterior systems and modules, including hoods, roofs, door panels, front end modules, liftgate modules, polycarbonate roof panels, liftgate sensor integration systems, and fascia; trim and automotive jewelry comprises engineered glass, trim and roof racks, and running boards; non-visible and visible active grille shutters, active air deflectors, and underbody panels; and fuel systems, pipes and components, and alternative energy storage systems. Read More…
Industry Auto Parts
SectorConsumer Cyclical
Current SymbolTSE:MG
Previous SymbolTSE:MG.A
Webhttp://www.magna.com/
Forward P/E Ratio9.95
P/E Growth-1.74
Annual SalesC$40.17 billion
Market CapC$21.87 billion
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Magna International (TSE:MG) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Magna International's stock symbol?
Magna International trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol "MG."
How often does Magna International pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Magna International?
Magna International announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be paid a dividend of 0.481 per share on Friday, December 6th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 21st. View Magna International's Dividend History.
How were Magna International's earnings last quarter?
Magna International Inc. (TSE:MG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November, 8th. The company reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.04. The firm earned $12.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.24 billion. View Magna International's Earnings History.
When is Magna International's next earnings date?
Magna International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Magna International.
What price target have analysts set for MG?
3 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Magna International's stock. Their forecasts range from C$63.00 to C$67.00. On average, they anticipate Magna International's stock price to reach C$65.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Magna International.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Magna International?
3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Magna International in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Magna International.
Has Magna International been receiving favorable news coverage?
Press coverage about MG stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Magna International earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Magna International.
Who are some of Magna International's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Magna International include Continental (CON), Knorr - Bremse (KBX), HELLA GMBH & CO KGAA (HLE), ARB (ARB), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), Martinrea International (MRE), AMA Group (AMA), Bertrandt (BDT), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Uni Select (UNS), PWR (PWH), ElringKlinger (ZIL2), Grammer (GMM), Leoni (LEO) and Exco Technologies (XTC).
What other stocks do shareholders of Magna International own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Magna International investors own include Magna International (MGA), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Linamar (LNR), BCE (BCE), Dollarama (DOL), National Bank of Canada (NA), Inter Pipeline (IPL) and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B).
Who are Magna International's key executives?
Magna International's management team includes the folowing people:
Mr. Donald James Walker P.Eng., CEO & Director (Age 62)
Mr. Vincent Joseph Galifi B.Com., C.A., Exec. VP & CFO (Age 59)
Mr. Tommy J. Skudutis, Exec. VP & COO
Mr. Seetarama Swamy Kotagiri, Exec. VP, CTO and Pres of Magna Power & Vision
Mr. James J. Tobin Sr., Chief Marketing Officer & Pres of Magna Asia
How do I buy shares of Magna International?
Shares of MG and other Canadian stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Brokers that permit trading on the TSX include Fidelity, Interactive Brokers, PennTrade and Charles Schwab.
What is Magna International's stock price today?
One share of MG stock can currently be purchased for approximately C$71.64.
How big of a company is Magna International?
Magna International has a market capitalization of C$21.91 billion and generates C$40.17 billion in revenue each year. Magna International employs 174,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Magna International.
What is Magna International's official website?
The official website for Magna International is http://www.magna.com/.
How can I contact Magna International?
Magna International's mailing address is 337 Magna Dr, AURORA, ON L4G 7K1, Canada. The company can be reached via phone at +1-905-7262462.
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Missoula water acquisition bid proving costly (October 19, 2015)
Reporter: Most residents support acquisition on moral grounds; less so fiscally
MISSOULA — Like Apple Valley, the city of Missoula, Montana is entrenched in an ongoing battle for local control of its water system with Mountain Water Company — whose parent company, the Carlyle Group, also owns Apple Valley Ranchos Water Company. Depending on how the situation is discussed, a slight majority of Missoulians are on board with the city's acquisition attempts, according to Missoulian reporter Martin Kidston.
Kidston told the Daily Press his sense is there's more support for acquisition than not, but that the issue is still controversial and a cause of much anxiety for Missoula taxpayers.
Support is larger if you talk about (acquisition as) as a moral issue, Kidston said. People think the city should own the rights to its drinking water.
He added, however, that support lessens when acquisition is discussed from a fiscal standpoint, and Ward 2 Council Member Adam Hertz said the reason for that drop in support stems from a drastic difference between estimated and real acquisition costs.
Described as a fiscal hawk by Kidston, Hertz is the lone Missoula Council member opposed to acquisition, but according to Hertz, he's only opposed to acquisition through eminent domain.
I'm indifferent to acquisition in general, Hertz told the Daily Press. I'm against using the condemnation route to get to acquisition. Mayor John Engen estimated the cost of a condemnation lawsuit at $400,000 per side. Missoula is now over $3.6 million. Caryle and Mountain Water (have) exceeded $5 million.
A condemnation action is one acquisition route Apple Valley is considering and would allow the town, like Missoula, to pursue Ranchos' water system through eminent domain in court.
Missoula is divided into six wards — each represented by two Council members — and while Mountain Water Company provides water to some residents in Hertz' Ward 2, there are smaller water providers that also service the ward, including a neighborhood co-op system, according to Hertz, and there has been talk among residents who believe the city might attempt to acquire those providers if its acquisition of Mountain Water's system proves successful.
The city hasn't indicated that to be the case, he added.
To complicate matters, Missoula will soon seek punitive damages in a separate lawsuit against the Carlyle Group based on an alleged bad faith deal, according to Kidston.
The mayor put his full force behind Carlyle acquiring (the water system) in the first place, Hertz explained, on a promise that Carlyle would sell to the city in the future.
The city contends Carlyle reneged on that promise after the purchase, which led to Missoula's decision to pursue acquisition through condemnation. Missoula then made an offer for the water system — not unlike Apple Valley's offer for Ranchos' system — that was rejected.
The negotiations — if you can call them that — started from a very adversarial position, Hertz said. That was the first mistake.
A Nov. 2 valuation hearing before an independent panel of three water commissioners will put a final selling price on Mountain Water's system, according to Kidston.
That value will be the price the city will pay, Kidston said, (but) Carlyle already promised to appeal any number (the panel) gives.
Missoulians will know how much the water system will cost by January at the latest, according to Kidston.
Source: Matthew Cabe, Daily Press
"The court finds that Liberty, through evidence introduced during the court's bench trial, has rebutted the presumptions established by Eminent Domain Law for the taking of its property for use as a municipal water utility."

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COVID-19 Policy Playbook II: Legal Recommendations for a Safer, More Equitable Future
The COVID-19 Policy Playbook II offers an assessment of the U.S. policy response to the crisis, legal Recommendations for a safer, more equitable future, and recommends policy solutions at all levels of government, as the nation works to quell the current crisis and carry out plans to rebuild.
The authority to act to protect and promote the public's health has emerged over the course of our Nation's history, and has enabled many of modern public health's greatest achievements. Today, public health agencies use their authority to promote health, prevent the spread of infectious disease, protect against environmental hazards, advance equity and assure local public health infrastructure and health services. During declared emergencies, state and federal authorities have broader powers to act to assist governments, suspend or modify legal requirements, pass and enforce law and expend funds for the health, safety and welfare of society. Recently, some states have moved to limit public health powers. Such efforts pose a mounting challenge for public health's response to COVID-19 and future threats.


The British Columbia government on Monday announced a permanent ban on grizzly bear hunting throughout the province.
"This is a particular iconic species that we're addressing and it's no longer socially acceptable to the vast majority of British Columbians to hunt grizzly bears," Doug Donaldson,the B.C. minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, says.
In August, the province banned trophy hunting but still allowed hunting for meat. But after a four-month public comment period, more than two-thirds of respondents said they wanted a complete ban on hunting.
Now only First Nations will be allowed to harvest grizzly bears in accordance with treaty rights.
Here in the United States, grizzly bears living around Yellowstone National Park were delisted earlier this year. Now Idaho, Montana and Wyoming can potentially hold small hunts to help manage the animals.
Greg Lemon, a spokesperson for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, says B.C.'s decision has no bearing on his agency's consideration of a hunt. In fact, they aren't even discussing one right now.
"Our focus is on management, responding to conflicts and building the public trust in our grizzly programs," Lemon says.
Both the National Rifle Association and Safari Club International are advocating the states allow trophy hunting of grizzly bears. They say it will improve public safety by making the bears afraid of humans, a contention that bear biologists question.
In a press release, The Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia called B.C's decision to end grizzly hunting disappointing and based on emotion, not science.
Grizzly bear hunting was a lucrative business in the province, and the association says 100 outfitters could be affected by the ban. Some, they say, will not survive the financial loss.
Grizzly bear hunting is still allowed in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Alaska.


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Q: Filter the data based on another workbook cell value using VBA As i'm still learning, i got stuck in applying the condition to filter two columns in target sheet based on the source workbook cell value.
Eg. source : column A1 having Q2 and column b2 having d104
i need to use this as filter in target workbook and delete the existing visible filtered values and replace it with copied data.
I have the logic to just replace the data without filters. but how to achieve using the filters?

Dim wsCopy As Worksheet
Dim wsDest As Worksheet
Dim CopyLastRow As Integer
Dim DestlastRow As Integer

    '1. open the workbook to copy from
    Workbooks.Open "C:\Forecast.xlsx" -- target
     '2. Define each workbook
    Set wsCopy = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Input Data") --source
    Set wsDest = Workbooks("Imports PY Plan Forecast.xlsx").Sheets("Source")

    '3. Define last row in source data
    CopyLastRow = wsCopy.Cells(wsCopy.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row

    ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Input Data").Range("A2:F" & CopyLastRow).Copy wsDest.Range("A2")

    '4. close and save source file
    Workbooks("Imports PY Plan Forecast.xlsx").Close SaveChanges:=True

End Sub```

A: In order to achiever filter row, and delete and paste value, you can write code like following after set workbook is done:
'Filter column A and column B based on value
Worksheets("Input Data").Range("A1:AE" & CopyLastRow).AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="Q2"
Worksheets("Input Data").Range("A1:AE" & CopyLastRow).AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:="d104"

'Assuming your data start from row 2, will only delete visible cell
Worksheets("Input Data").range("A2:A" & CopyLastRow).entirerow.delete

'And copy value in visible cell using special cell function
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Input Data").Range("A2:F" & CopyLastRow).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Copy wsDest.Range("A2")

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Dim wsCopy As Worksheet
Dim wsDest As Worksheet
Dim wsfilter As Worksheet
Dim CopyLastRow As Integer
Dim DestlastRow As Integer
Dim ws As Worksheet, rng As Range, LstRw As Long

    '1. open the workbook to copy from
    Workbooks.Open "C:Forecast.xlsx"
     '2. Define each workbook
    Set wsCopy = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Input Data")
    Set wsDest = Workbooks("Forecast.xlsx").Sheets("Source")
    Set wsfilter = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("HR - Source")
    '3. Define last row in source data
    CopyLastRow = wsCopy.Cells(wsCopy.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row

    '4.Filter column A and column B based on value
    wsDest.Range("A1:F" & CopyLastRow).AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:=wsfilter.Range("E1").Value
    wsDest.Range("A1:F" & CopyLastRow).AutoFilter Field:=5, Criteria1:=wsfilter.Range("D2").Value & "*"

    '5.Delet Visible data
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Offset(1, 0).Resize(ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count - 1).Rows.Delete
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True

    '6. Copy data from Input Data to Forecast Source
    ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Input Data").Range("A2:F" & CopyLastRow).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Copy wsDest.Range("A2")
    On Error Resume Next
        wsDest.ShowAllData
    On Error GoTo 0

     '7. close and save source file
        Workbooks("Forecast.xlsx").Close SaveChanges:=True
    End Sub

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Традиція кадіння походить з чесько-німецького прикордоння, особливо з Рудних гір, їй близько 300 років. Проте коріння воно сягає значно глибше в архаїчні часи, коли на зламі старого й нового року обкурювали й очищали житла.

Походження імені Франтішек не зовсім зрозуміле: воно тлумачиться як варіант англійського  («ладан»), що походить від давньофранцузького  («чистий, чистий ладан»), що походить від латинського  («те, що горить»);, проте пряма передача з англійської є малоймовірною, а передача іншою мовою невизначена; Таким чином Їржі Рейзек схиляється до того, що це оригінальне чеське ім'я, мотивоване формою, що нагадує чернечий капюшон францисканців.

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Today, I asked my boyfriend what he would do if I were to get pregnant. Expecting him to give me a cute and supportive answer, he replied, "We'd be finding you a nice flight of stairs to accidentally fall down." FML
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Today, my college class was talking about Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from the edge of space down to earth. A boy suddenly put his head up and said in a serious tone, "I thought he jumped from the moon?" Several girls concurred. This is my generation. FML
By 3firedepos - 15/6/2020 05:06
Today, I walked outside and was so happy about the return of smell of campfires and summer time. I now realize that the campfire smell was a house burning down in my neighborhood. FML
Today, my friend called me at work to tell me that someone had hit my motorcycle and that it was in pretty bad shape. I chuckled and waited for the "April fools" that would follow. A picture of my wrecked bike came instead. FML
By QuickieGirl - United States
Today, I realized my girlfriend thinks that the goal of sex is to get it over with as quickly as possible. FML
By GamerGirl - United Kingdom
Today, I caught my boyfriend cheating so I broke up with him. As revenge he threw my PS3 and XBox out of the window when I wasn't in our house. I got those consoles out of the spare money my three jobs had brought in - the same three jobs I had to get because he refused to get a job of his own. FML
By Oli974 - France - N?ves-parmelan
Today, it's job interview day. In the elevator on the way there, I overheard potential candidates talking about the boss of the company, mocking his alleged lack of credibility. Who's the boss? Me. They don't know that yet. FML
By manb91uk | 22
#7792998 - Saturday 13 April 2019 20:04
Tell the old bag yes and send her on her way
By melisssa87 | 30
Just tell her yes so she buys the damn thing
By davidfong | 14
If there older people take the time to explain until they understand. But if there over the age of 12 and defiantly 18. Tell them yes wear it around your neck
Burle | 17
#7793122 - Sunday 14 April 2019 5:45
Ahh, to be a defiant 18 again. To be sure I was once definitely 18... defiantly
Phil | 14
#7793647 - Monday 15 April 2019 20:51
I think that you meant if they're...
By Rosaluv | 5
#7795291 - Saturday 20 April 2019 5:45
LOL! yes ma'am... hang it around yourneck...and then atree Branch. j K But for real. some people are Just too dumb.


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Q: JS date into PHP var I need to get user client's date and convert it into PHP vars.
I know it's a bit hacky, but I am able to get the date from the user client into PHP
$today_js = '<script>document.write(new Date());</script>';

echo $today_js;
//  Mon Oct 28 2019 12:12:20 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

So I was hoping to convert the string to manipulate further in PHP like this:
$today_js = '<script>document.write(new Date());</script>';
$userdate = strtotime($today_js);
$today_dt = getDate($userdate);
$year     = $today_dt['year'];
$month    = $today_dt['mon'];
$day      = $today_dt['mday'];

However I'm not getting desired outcome. The year is 1970 and both month and date are 1.
The question is not about front- back-end coding. I am getting the following PHP string: "Mon Oct 28 2019 12:12:20 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)" just need the rest of my PHP code to work with it.
What am I missing?

A: What you are trying to achieve is impossible the way you are doing it.
PHP is running on the server, and your code will execute when a new request from the client hits it. This means this code will never go to the client and then back to the server.
The way you can achieve what you're looking for is by sending a new request (AJAX, fetch, you pick) from the client with the user date to the server. You will need an endpoint /get-user-date for example, which will get that data and then do whatever you need to do with it, and return the result. Which will then be used by JS in the client to show whatever you want to show.
Sorry if this explanation is very broad, but it's hard to explain such a concept in few words.

A:
get date in fornat 2019-10-10

$date  = date("Y-m-d");

get year  2019

$year = date("Y")

> get month 10

$month = date("m");

get day 28

$day = date("d");

>  Pega data completa ex: 2019-10-29 12:12:20

date("Y-m-d H:i:s")

visit : https://www.php.net/manual/pt_BR/function.date.php

A: PHP runs on the server-side, so that it will never read the client / browser time directly.
If you need to read the client time, read it using javascript:
<script>
date = new Date();
window.location.href = "http://somesite.somedomain/index.php?date="+date.toUTCString();
</script>

and read it from your php script:
if (isset($_GET['date'])) {
    $today_js = str_replace('%20', ' ', $_GET['date']);

    $userdate = strtotime($today_js);
    $today_dt = getDate($userdate);
    $year     = $today_dt['year'];
    $month    = $today_dt['mon'];
    $day      = $today_dt['mday'];

    echo $year.' - '.$month.' - '.$day;
}

or you can use ajax instead of GET variable to pass the value.


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package blockstore

import (
	"bytes"
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	blocks "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blocks"
	dshelp "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/thirdparty/ds-help"

	cid "gx/ipfs/QmXfiyr2RWEXpVDdaYnD2HNiBk6UBddsvEP4RPfXb6nGqY/go-cid"
	u "gx/ipfs/Qmb912gdngC1UWwTkhuW8knyRbcWeu5kqkxBpveLmW8bSr/go-ipfs-util"
	ds "gx/ipfs/QmbzuUusHqaLLoNTDEVLcSF6vZDHZDLPC7p4bztRvvkXxU/go-datastore"
	dsq "gx/ipfs/QmbzuUusHqaLLoNTDEVLcSF6vZDHZDLPC7p4bztRvvkXxU/go-datastore/query"
	ds_sync "gx/ipfs/QmbzuUusHqaLLoNTDEVLcSF6vZDHZDLPC7p4bztRvvkXxU/go-datastore/sync"
)

func TestGetWhenKeyNotPresent(t *testing.T) {
	bs := NewBlockstore(ds_sync.MutexWrap(ds.NewMapDatastore()))
	c := cid.NewCidV0(u.Hash([]byte("stuff")))
	bl, err := bs.Get(c)

	if bl != nil {
		t.Error("nil block expected")
	}
	if err == nil {
		t.Error("error expected, got nil")
	}
}

func TestGetWhenKeyIsNil(t *testing.T) {
	bs := NewBlockstore(ds_sync.MutexWrap(ds.NewMapDatastore()))
	_, err := bs.Get(nil)
	if err != ErrNotFound {
		t.Fail()
	}
}

func TestPutThenGetBlock(t *testing.T) {
	bs := NewBlockstore(ds_sync.MutexWrap(ds.NewMapDatastore()))
	block := blocks.NewBlock([]byte("some data"))

	err := bs.Put(block)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	blockFromBlockstore, err := bs.Get(block.Cid())
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if !bytes.Equal(block.RawData(), blockFromBlockstore.RawData()) {
		t.Fail()
	}
}

func TestHashOnRead(t *testing.T) {
	orginalDebug := u.Debug
	defer (func() {
		u.Debug = orginalDebug
	})()
	u.Debug = false

	bs := NewBlockstore(ds_sync.MutexWrap(ds.NewMapDatastore()))
	bl := blocks.NewBlock([]byte("some data"))
	blBad, err := blocks.NewBlockWithCid([]byte("some other data"), bl.Cid())
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal("debug is off, still got an error")
	}
	bl2 := blocks.NewBlock([]byte("some other data"))
	bs.Put(blBad)
	bs.Put(bl2)
	bs.HashOnRead(true)

	if _, err := bs.Get(bl.Cid()); err != ErrHashMismatch {
		t.Fatalf("expected '%v' got '%v'\n", ErrHashMismatch, err)
	}

	if b, err := bs.Get(bl2.Cid()); err != nil || b.String() != bl2.String() {
		t.Fatal("got wrong blocks")
	}
}

func newBlockStoreWithKeys(t *testing.T, d ds.Datastore, N int) (Blockstore, []*cid.Cid) {
	if d == nil {
		d = ds.NewMapDatastore()
	}
	bs := NewBlockstore(ds_sync.MutexWrap(d))

	keys := make([]*cid.Cid, N)
	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
		block := blocks.NewBlock([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("some data %d", i)))
		err := bs.Put(block)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatal(err)
		}
		keys[i] = block.Cid()
	}
	return bs, keys
}

func collect(ch <-chan *cid.Cid) []*cid.Cid {
	var keys []*cid.Cid
	for k := range ch {
		keys = append(keys, k)
	}
	return keys
}

func TestAllKeysSimple(t *testing.T) {
	bs, keys := newBlockStoreWithKeys(t, nil, 100)

	ctx := context.Background()
	ch, err := bs.AllKeysChan(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	keys2 := collect(ch)

	// for _, k2 := range keys2 {
	// 	t.Log("found ", k2.B58String())
	// }

	expectMatches(t, keys, keys2)
}

func TestAllKeysRespectsContext(t *testing.T) {
	N := 100

	d := &queryTestDS{ds: ds.NewMapDatastore()}
	bs, _ := newBlockStoreWithKeys(t, d, N)

	started := make(chan struct{}, 1)
	done := make(chan struct{}, 1)
	errors := make(chan error, 100)

	getKeys := func(ctx context.Context) {
		started <- struct{}{}
		ch, err := bs.AllKeysChan(ctx) // once without cancelling
		if err != nil {
			errors <- err
		}
		_ = collect(ch)
		done <- struct{}{}
		errors <- nil // a nil one to signal break
	}

	var results dsq.Results
	var resultsmu = make(chan struct{})
	resultChan := make(chan dsq.Result)
	d.SetFunc(func(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
		results = dsq.ResultsWithChan(q, resultChan)
		resultsmu <- struct{}{}
		return results, nil
	})

	go getKeys(context.Background())

	// make sure it's waiting.
	<-started
	<-resultsmu
	select {
	case <-done:
		t.Fatal("sync is wrong")
	case <-results.Process().Closing():
		t.Fatal("should not be closing")
	case <-results.Process().Closed():
		t.Fatal("should not be closed")
	default:
	}

	e := dsq.Entry{Key: blockPrefix.ChildString("foo").String()}
	resultChan <- dsq.Result{Entry: e} // let it go.
	close(resultChan)
	<-done                       // should be done now.
	<-results.Process().Closed() // should be closed now

	// print any errors
	for err := range errors {
		if err == nil {
			break
		}
		t.Error(err)
	}

}

func TestValueTypeMismatch(t *testing.T) {
	block := blocks.NewBlock([]byte("some data"))

	datastore := ds.NewMapDatastore()
	k := blockPrefix.Child(dshelp.CidToDsKey(block.Cid()))
	datastore.Put(k, "data that isn't a block!")

	blockstore := NewBlockstore(ds_sync.MutexWrap(datastore))

	_, err := blockstore.Get(block.Cid())
	if err != ValueTypeMismatch {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
}

func expectMatches(t *testing.T, expect, actual []*cid.Cid) {

	if len(expect) != len(actual) {
		t.Errorf("expect and actual differ: %d != %d", len(expect), len(actual))
	}
	for _, ek := range expect {
		found := false
		for _, ak := range actual {
			if ek.Equals(ak) {
				found = true
			}
		}
		if !found {
			t.Error("expected key not found: ", ek)
		}
	}
}

type queryTestDS struct {
	cb func(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error)
	ds ds.Datastore
}

func (c *queryTestDS) SetFunc(f func(dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error)) { c.cb = f }

func (c *queryTestDS) Put(key ds.Key, value interface{}) (err error) {
	return c.ds.Put(key, value)
}

func (c *queryTestDS) Get(key ds.Key) (value interface{}, err error) {
	return c.ds.Get(key)
}

func (c *queryTestDS) Has(key ds.Key) (exists bool, err error) {
	return c.ds.Has(key)
}

func (c *queryTestDS) Delete(key ds.Key) (err error) {
	return c.ds.Delete(key)
}

func (c *queryTestDS) Query(q dsq.Query) (dsq.Results, error) {
	if c.cb != nil {
		return c.cb(q)
	}
	return c.ds.Query(q)
}

func (c *queryTestDS) Batch() (ds.Batch, error) {
	return ds.NewBasicBatch(c), nil
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The beaches of Charleston are like a set of siblings that have little in common besides proximity.
Folly Beach is as laid back as the surfers, hippies and good ol' boys and girls who flock there.
Across Charleston Harbor lies a bit more upscale brother, Sullivan's Island, which offers plenty of space for Mount Pleasant and downtown Charleston to spread out or play, whether it's kiteboarding, stand-up paddleboarding or playing bocce.
A short skip from Sullivan's Island over Breach Inlet is the Isle of Palms, where families tend to gravitate to lifeguards at the Isle of Palms County Park and large houses that act as gathering places.
As if that's not enough sand, other venues just a tad farther afar, or harder to reach, offer more options.
On mostly private Kiawah Island, the public Beachwalker County Park is ranked among the top 10 beaches in the United States by Florida International University professor Steven "Dr. Beach" Leatherman. Meanwhile, many Charleston residents have a dual citizenship as "Edistonians" -- escaping for summer weeks or weekends at slow-paced Edisto Beach.
And if you have the privilege of owning a boat or, better, befriending someone with a boat, then venture to Morris, Dewees, Capers or Bull's Island.
This distinct, quirky brood actually works to our benefit because we can mix it up if we want, depending on our mood and the amount of time we have. For locals, many choose how close they live to each beach, which, in turn, reinforces its characteristics.
On this Fourth of July weekend, we offer a primer on the sandier side of the Lowcountry.
Known for: Accessible only by boat, this string of islands to the north of the Isle of Palms are known for boneyard beaches (named for the sun-bleached trees on beaches, wildlife and pristine beauty). Dewees is a private residential island, but the beach is public. Capers and Bull's are part of Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.
Who goes: Nature lovers, campers (Capers) and daytime partiers.
No boat?: Barrier Island Eco Tours runs a boat to Capers Island. Coastal Expeditions is the exclusive provider of ferry service within Cape Romain to Bull's Island.
Be prepared: For bugs. If you surf on Bull's, don't surprised to see a few sharks.
Lifeguards, dogs, restrooms: Are you serious?
AKA: IOP; historically, "Long Beach."
Known for: The Windjammer and "front beach," or the commercial district on Ocean Boulevard between 10th and 14th avenues, Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms County Park.
Who goes: Music lovers, golfers, families, tourists, East Cooper surfers who don't want to battle Folly traffic, and people from North Charleston, Daniel Island and central and northern Mount Pleasant.
Special events: Windjammer Bikini Contests, Piccolo Spoleto Sand Sculpture Contest, Carolina Coast Surf Club Reunion, Isle of Palms Connector Run, beach runs, Isle of Palms Half Rubber Tournament, Independence Day Fireworks Show.
Pros: Plenty of beach. Isle of Palms, which originally was known as "Long Island," is seven miles long, easiest to reach from North Charleston. Generally plenty of parking.
Cons: The beach between 10th and 21st avenues can be crowded, especially on summer holiday weekends and at high tide.
Happening bars: The Windjammer, The Boathouse at Breach Inlet and Morgan Creek Grill.
Hubs of activity: Front beach and Isle of Palms County Park, fair surfing at 7th, 25th and 30th avenues, the Grand Pavilion at Wild Dunes.
Dog policy: Not allowed during summer.
Lifeguards: Yes, at Isle of Palms County Park.
Public restrooms: Isle of Palms County Park at 14th Avenue and Isle of Palms city restrooms on Ocean Boulevard.
Parking: Fee at the Isle of Palms city lots on Ocean Boulevard and at Isle of Palms County Park. Otherwise, park along streets, but look for no-parking signs and pull comletely off the road.
Known for: Low-key locals, an array of activities other than surfing (except during Nor'easter storms), such as kiteboarding, stand-up paddleboarding and walking dogs off-leash in the mornings and bars that also serve food.
Who goes: Professionals, 20-somethings, dog lovers during off-leash hours, residents of Mount Pleasant and people from downtown Charleston wanting to avoid the traffic and ruckus of Folly Beach.
Special events: Dunleavy's Pub Polar Bear Plunge, the Sullivan's Island Fire & Rescue Fish Fry and Oyster Roasts, Carolina Day, Fireworks on the Fourth and the Charlie Post Classic 15K.
Pros: Even with the swing-span bridge, the least amount of traffic of the "urban" beaches, relatively easier parking and mostly a spacious beach. Least rowdy with the exception, currently, of the lighthouse area.
Cons: Police are stricter about alcohol and dogs.
Happening bars: Poe's Tavern, Home Team BBQ and Dunleavy's Pub.
Hubs of activity: Stations 28-30 for an array of activity, Station 22 for families, lighthouse for Saturday revelers and sunset family photos, Fort Moultrie.
Dog policy: You must have an official town dog tag, which costs $35. During summer months, dogs are allowed off-leash 5-10 a.m., not allowed 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and allowed on leash 6 p.m.-5 a.m.
Public restrooms: Fort Moultrie Visitor Center.
Parking: Free parking along streets, but watch out for no parking signs and pull completely off the road.
AKA: The Edge of America.
Known for: Surfing, drinking and beach bars, and pier fishing.
Who goes: College kids, surfers, residents of James Island, West Ashley.
Special events: Folly Beach Sea & Sand Festival, Governor's Cup of Surfing, Wahine Surfing Classic, Moonlight Mixers on Folly Beach Pier, Man of the Sand Half Rubber Invitational and Save the Light Half Marathon.
Pros: Fun, laid back, funky, with a live-and-let-live attitude.
Cons: Traffic, crowds and a tad touristy.
Happening bars: Sand Dollar Social Club, Rita's, Surf Bar and Taco Boy.
Hubs of activity: The Washout is the premier surfing location in Charleston. Edwin S. Taylor Folly Beach Fishing Pier. Folly Beach County Park.
Dog policy: Allowed but must be leashed. Dogs are not allowed on the beach between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. May 1-Sept. 30.
Lifeguards: Yes at Folly Beach County Park and the Edwin S. Taylor Folly Beach Fishing Pier.
Public restrooms: Folly Beach County Park and Edwin S. Taylor Folly Beach Fishing Pier.
Parking: Fee parking at Folly Beach County Park and Edwin S. Taylor Folly Beach Fishing Pier. Also free parking along streets, but be prepared for a hike.
Known for: While Kiawah is primarily private, this county park on its west end is public and perennially gets national attention by being selected as a top 10 beach.
Who goes: Older people, residents of Johns Island and tourists seeking a quieter, more convenient beach experience.
Known for: Boneyard beach, amazing shells, sea turtle nesting (of rare types), bicycling, natural habitats for wildlife, bird-watching, catch-and-release fishing, unspoiled, undeveloped beach.
Who goes: Nature lovers, those who love to kayak, fish, canoe and hunt.
Special events: Seasonal hunting, ecotours available at different times of the year.
Pros: A really beautiful beach on a wildlife preserve managed by the Department of Natural Resources. Accessible sunrise to sunset.
Cons: You have to park your car and walk about a half-mile to the beach. It's about 50 minutes from downtown Charleston. No shelling.
Quirky facts and features: A beautiful drive via a National Scenic Byway; left on Botany Bay Road, the preserve is on Botany Bay Plantation (4,000 acres), just recently opened to the public; also located within the ACE Basin. It's a little walk to the beach. Pack light.
Dog policy: No dogs allowed on beach.
AKA: Mayberry by the Sea.
Known for: Quiet vistas, uncrowded shoreline, great shelling, surf fishing and local produce.
Who goes: Edistonians, plus those seeking a getaway not far from home (Charleston, Walterboro, Orangeburg, Columbia) and way beyond, too. Families flock to Edisto.
Special events: Edisto Fish & Shag Fest; fishing tournaments in May, July and September; Edisto Day Bazaar; Tomato Open Golf Tournament.
Pros: A great escape not far from town, virtually no traffic other than golf carts, free parking.
Cons: A handful of choices for dining and drinking -- pack some of your libations. No hotels.
Happening bars: Whaley's, Dockside, Thirsty Fish, Grovers, the Pavilion.
Hubs of activity: Access near the Pavilion and Edisto Beach State Park across from the Piggly Wiggly, Waterside Restaurant, McConkey's Jungle Shack and Sea Cow are all open for lunch and dinner.
Quirky fact: No traffic lights on Edisto, anywhere.
Dog policy: Dogs must be on a leash between May 1 and Oct. 31.


These are some of the most common misconceptions about a colonoscopy. The truth is that it's a safe, minimally invasive procedure that significantly reduces the risk of colon cancer.
Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. It's a slow-growing cancer that's often asymptomatic. Often by the time it's diagnosed, it's already progressed to the later, less treatable stages.
But here's the thing – colon cancer is largely preventable. The answer is getting a routine colonoscopy starting at age 50. It's recommended that African American patients begin at age 45.
During a colonoscopy, a gastroenterologist will take a look at your colon and check for polyps – small growths that could become cancerous in time. During the procedure, your doctor can remove these polyps, decreasing your risk for colon cancer in the future. Your doctor will also look for tumors that might indicate the presence of cancer.
Before – The day before a colonoscopy, you should stick with a clear liquid diet. For example, clear chicken or vegetable broth, Jell-O, water, tea or coffee. This prepares your body and makes it less painful when, in the early evening, you start drinking the colonoscopy preparation. This helps clean things out so your provider can get a good look at your colon during the procedure.
During – The day of the colonoscopy, patients meet their care team and are given sedation so they don't feel any pain or discomfort during the procedure. Your doctor will use a fiberoptic scope to look for – and remove – any polyps, as well as check for other abnormalities, including tumors. The procedure takes about 30-45 minutes to complete but patients stay in the hospital about 2-2.5 hours with prep and recovery time.
After – Patients are able to begin eating again shortly after the procedure and go home the same day. You'll need someone to drive you home but you should be able to drive and work again the following day.
Edward-Elmhurst Health offers a convenient telephone colon screening program to help more people get colonoscopies. Instead of coming to the office for a pre-colonoscopy visit, patients are sent a questionnaire that can be completed via MyChart. A provider follows up with a call to review the questionnaire, discuss medications and finalize details for the colonoscopy appointment.
To assess your risk for colon cancer, take our free online ColonAware risk assessment. To schedule a colonoscopy, make an appointment online to see a gastroenterologist or call 630-527-3200.


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Health tech pioneer shows vital signs of another Edinburgh success story
Skyscanner veteran Richard Lennox says Current Health is ready for year of rapid growth
Hamish Burns
Current Health's wearable device allows remote monitoring of patients by doctors
Richard Lennox knows how to spot a success story in the making. He was a software engineer at Skyscanner when the travel search website began its rapid rise from 50 employees in Edinburgh to a global success story.
So don't be surprised if a similar story unfolds after he joined another fast-growing business in the capital as chief operating officer. Current Health's wearable medical tech has already been adopted by 12 major medical organisations in the US and several NHS health boards in England.
Current's flagship device certainly looks like the future of healthcare. Worn around the upper arm, it monitors the vital signs of patients who needn't be taking up a hospital bed but still need the attention of doctors. Real-time readings are constantly fed wirelessly to a database and if they show signs of deterioration, medics are alerted.
Current Health hires US medtech veteran to head sales
It should prove to be not just a lifesaver but also a money saver for increasingly cash-strapped health services.
For Lennox, Current is about to show a similar rate of growth to that of his former employer. He said: "We have a product that we know works in the context in which it operates, and we are in position of being ready to start that next phase of growth.
"From that we can project that we will grow from just less than 40 people and will double in the next 12 months.
"The next 12 months of growth will demonstrate the product's value, demonstrate our market strategy is working and validate the product in different contexts. We'll then be in a position to rapidly scale the business."
Lennox is originally from Carlisle and moved to Edinburgh for university in 2000. He had his first job at a start-up in the city in 2004 and ended up joining the nascent Skyscanner in 2009. It would become Scotland's first so-called tech unicorn, a $1 billion revenue business, and now has a turnover of more than £214 million.
There was always a feeling, he says, that it could be a massive success.
"When I was looking at Skyscanner, the reason I joined was you had the opportunity to work in technology at that global scale," he said.
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"Something that would impact millions of people and be global, and from the start there was always this potential of Skyscanner being significant.
"Being inside of it, we would say that we always knew we were on the right trajectory. We had clear indicators that we were constantly growing, growth in usage as much as in the revenue, and internally we were always pretty confident that we were on to something that could be a global success."
By early 2018, Lennox was taking on leadership roles, building Skyscanner's development operations team and began to shape the consumer experience, through designing the site's architecture. He moved into business strategy and led some of the firm's key growth areas.
Since leaving Skyscanner, he has run his own consultancy, using that experience to help mainly tech start-ups grow.
Through that, he met Current's CEO Chris McCann and gradually became more heavily involved. Now he has thrown in his lot with a business he clearly feels has the potential to change millions of lives. Current has a turnover of £1.1 million and has attracted more than £8 million in funding from heavyweight backers Par Equity and the Scottish Investment Bank.
Lennox said: "My experience is not necessarily in medical devices but I do bring a different kind of experience. I bring the engineering and the practical side of things, I bring the organisational side - what are the things we need to think about, the challenges we'll face as we take next 2-3 epochs of growth."
Current was founded in 2015 by McCann and chief technology officer Stuart Whiting. It has an office in California and recently recruited a VP of sales, Sean Ginney, who is based in the States. There's a sense that the firm sees America as at least as, if not more important, than its native UK market and there are practical and commercial reasons for that.
Richard Lennox is chief operating officer at Current Health
Lennox said: "I think you look at the American market and the scope and scale of it, there is a significant market potential there. If you solve some of the market challenges there, you have global success.
"We also have to recognise that in the UK you have the NHS and that moves at a certain pace. In the US you have different health systems and different requirements. There were changes in medicare that enabled the concept of how do we do remote patient monitoring.
"It is a destructive technology, allowing healthcare professionals to focus on higher value work, rather than taking measurements from patients. The US has a set of customers who want this technology because they recognise that the challenges they're facing.
"New technology is always going to be disruptive and I think we are on the first crest of the wave of these changes coming through.Sometimes it going to be who's willing to understand the technology and the value it brings.
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"I wouldn't say that's old school v new school, it's just a natural progression of how we improve the care we can provide."
Current is proving its worth in terms of savings to customers. It reports that at Dartford & Gravesham NHS, remote monitoring has coincided with a 22% reduction in home visits to patients by staff. In cases such as that, Current's platform allows the patient to chat with their health visitor or nurse in the same way they would by text.
The benefits are clear for overburdened wards, stressed medical staff and patients who would rather be at home than waiting for their next hospital meal.
Financial savings will win over NHS bean counters but without tangible benefits to patients, that means little. Lennox says the technology will not just free up medical staff to focus on more technical tasks than taking readings, it will improve quality of care.
He said: "With a device like ours, you could find there is a medical solution that doesn't present itself in a spot check. Wearing a device allows you to see a trend over 24 hours, which gives the healthcare professional who's looking after that patient a more complete picture.
"It is there that we add value to what the doctors and nurses are doing and we give them better information which enables them to make better decisions rather than a spot check that they receive 15 minutes after it happens."
One of the biggest challenges for Current in an age of heightened data protection awareness is how to ensure patient confidentiality. And, given that a huge proportion of users will be of an older generation, convincing them that this new fangled gadget is not part of a huge prying operation.
Lennox said: "Data is something we're very conscious of. Our ethos at Current is we're always putting the patient first and that includes how we respect the patient's data.
"Generally, it's given by a health professional to the patient, who is introducing them to that technology and why it's important and what value it brings to them.
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"But that is also so the trust is still there, still built with the healthcare professional. and underlying that one of the challenges over the next year is how do we bring that perception to the forefront.
"We need to be clear and public about what our principles are around patient data and looking after that patient data beyond what is required by data protection requirements. "
Current could be seen as a natural progression from the obsession many people have with fitness and performance tracking sports watches.
But we are still still a long way from a time when everyone wears a device which can tell their health insurer or doctor in advance that they are going to get ill.
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"You can look at the current trend of trackers like Apple watches which are not clinical devices but designed to improve wellbeing," said Lennox.
"So yes, there is a natural progression and where Current fits into that landscape today is in post-acute care where we know patients are in a vulnerable stage.
"Our first objective is to improve patient care with the data that we have. Arguably, once we have that data set it can give different perspectives on different people but our focus right now is solely on how we do we deliver better patient care."
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PITTSBURGH, March 30, 2016 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Arts & Sciences have designed a more effective version of an FDA-approved epilepsy drug with the potential for fewer side effects, according to a study published on March 22 in Molecular Pharmacology. The experimental agent also could prove to be a treatment for tinnitus and other disorders caused by volatile neural signaling.
Epilepsy, in which erratic firing of nerve signals causes seizures, affects about 1 percent of people worldwide, said senior investigator Thanos Tzounopoulos, Ph.D., Endowed Chair in Auditory Physiology, associate professor of otolaryngology and member of the Auditory Research Group, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Drugs to treat the disorder primarily work by influencing the transport of sodium, potassium and chloride ions across the nerve cell membrane to try to reduce the excitability of the brain cells.
The available drug is called retigabine, and while it has improved symptoms for some patients, it can also lead to troublesome side effects, including retinal abnormalities, urinary retention and skin discoloration. Dr. Tzounopoulos was part of a study team that evaluated an earlier modification of retigabine, dubbed SF0034, which is being further developed by SciFluor Life Sciences LLC in Cambridge, Mass.
For the current project, Dr. Tzounopoulos and Peter Wipf, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Pitt, rationally redesigned several structural components of retigabine to further increase its potency. Retigabine works by activating all five types of potassium transport channels in the KCNQ category, but only two of the potassium channels, KCNQ2/3, are important for stabilizing the cell membrane of brain cells involved in hyperexcitability-related disorders, such as epilepsy and tinnitus, Dr. Tzounopoulos explained. The new compound, known as RL648_81 ("RL-81"), targets just those channels.
When the researchers compared the three drugs head-to-head in lab tests, they found RL-81 was 15 times more potent than retigabine and three times more potent than SF0034. Because of its specificity, RL-81 also should have fewer side effects.
The experimental compound could also help people with tinnitus by preventing hyper-excitation of nerve cells in auditory pathways, Dr. Tzounopoulos noted.
The team also included Manoj Kumar, Ph.D., Nicholas Reed, M.S., Ruiting Liu, B.S., and Elias Aizenman, Ph.D., all of the University of Pittsburgh.
The project was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program (Grant W81XWH-14-1-0117).


Income inequality can possess a different impact on economic growth as it can both stimulate and slow down economic growth. The stimulating effect of income inequality reveals via saving. Wealthier people dispose the capability save more and devote a larger portion of their saving to investments and technological developments. However, environmental and social perspectives shall be also taken into consideration when aiming for a sustainable development. Therefore, relatively more wealthy people shall invest into environmental friendly projects and R&D. This paper considers the effects of income inequality on sustainable economic growth in the context of saving for the EU-25 countries during the period of 2005 – 2013. In the empirical research countries have been divided into 4 clusters. Impact of interaction between income inequality, savings, economic growth, spending on social security to domestic material consumption, renewable energy in gross final energy consumption, municipal waste generation, municipal waste recycling, ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions was estimated to be insignificant in all four country cluster groups. Interaction between income inequality, savings, economic growth, spending on social security was estimated to increase emission of sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides, but reduced amount of gross domestic energy consumption. The interaction is estimated to increase emission of nitrogen oxides in the country cluster groups with relatively low income level and different relationship between income and economic growth levels.


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Normally when I make stews I just toss everything into the slow cooker and get on with my day. But what do you do when your day's half-over and dinner's nearly upon you? Stovetop stew to the rescue!
Yesterday was one of those days. Monday, dishwasher died, one of my kids came home sick from school at 9:45 am. The kind of day when I'm thinking about dinner mid-afternoon because I've yet to eat lunch. The kind of day when I really need a real meal, but don't have the energy to go to the supermarket or think about what to cook. I made this up on the fly yesterday because of all those things. I didn't have time to go to the store, so I looked in the fridge and pantry. I had a single large sweet potato, a couple of carrots, celery, plus onions and garlic a friend had grown in his garden. I didn't have time to soak beans (are you kidding me?!) but I did have lentils. WIN!
I wanted something rich and hearty, but it needed to be fast. Start to finish, including prep and cleanup, it only took an hour. Because the stew is cooked on the stovetop the lentils retain their shape, but the combination of broth and coconut milk creates this yummy faux-slow-cooked creaminess that's really delightful. It's a hearty, guilt-free meal, that's also cheap, easy, vegan, low-sodium, fiber-rich, protein and nutrient packed, and best yet – delicious.
I recommend serving this like I did last night – spooned over a bed of fresh greens and cooked brown rice. But ladling it over cooked quinoa or baked potatoes would be yummy, too.
Heat the oil in a small stockpot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Add the garlic, carrots, celery, and sweet potato and cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
Add the remaining ingredients and stir well to combine. Raise heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
Remove from heat, spoon over rice and salad greens if desired, and serve immediately.


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Robert Huel, né le  à Baccarat (Meurthe) et mort le  à Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) est un homme politique français.

Biographie
Fils d'un industriel lorrain, maire-adjoint de Nancy entre 1927 et 1931, Robert Huel suit des études de médecine à Nancy quand il s'engage dans la vie publique.

Président de plusieurs associations étudiantes (jeunesses universitaires, en 1928, association des externes des hôpitaux de Nancy en 1930, association générale des étudiants de Nancy en 1931), il exerce à partir de 1934 comme oto-rhinolaryngologue.

Mobilisé au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale comme médecin militaire, il s'engage en 1944 dans la première armée française et participe à la libération du territoire national. Son action pendant la guerre lui vaut la croix de guerre et la légion d'honneur à titre militaire.

Son passage à l'arène politique se fait dans le sillage de Charles de Gaulle. Il adhère ainsi au RPF à sa fondation, et mène la liste de ce parti en Haute-Marne lors des législatives de 1951.

Elu député, il s'oriente, après la mise en sommeil du RPF, vers la droite. Ainsi, il soutient le gouvernement de Joseph Laniel, et s'oppose clairement à celui de Pierre Mendès France.

Cette évolution le conduit à quitter, en  le groupe des républicains sociaux pour rejoindre celui de l'Action républicaine et sociale.

C'est avec cette étiquette qu'il est réélu en 1956, obtenant 18,5 % des voix. Il siège cependant au sein du groupe de droite des Indépendants et paysans d'action sociale, dominé par les élus du CNI.

Sa carrière politique s'achève avec la Quatrième République.

Sources
Biographie sur le site de l'assemblée nationale

Liens externes

Député de la Haute-Marne
Naissance en avril 1907
Décès en septembre 1992
Gaulliste
Décès à 85 ans


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package edu.thu.ggxx.hellobrazil.wc2014.diagram.edit.commands;

import org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
import org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.core.command.CommandResult;
import org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.emf.type.core.commands.EditElementCommand;
import org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.emf.type.core.requests.ReorientReferenceRelationshipRequest;
import org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.emf.type.core.requests.ReorientRelationshipRequest;

import edu.thu.ggxx.hellobrazil.wc2014.Match;
import edu.thu.ggxx.hellobrazil.wc2014.Team;
import edu.thu.ggxx.hellobrazil.wc2014.diagram.edit.policies.Wc2014BaseItemSemanticEditPolicy;

/**
 * @generated
 */
public class MatchHomeReorientCommand extends EditElementCommand {

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	private final int reorientDirection;

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	private final EObject referenceOwner;

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	private final EObject oldEnd;

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	private final EObject newEnd;

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	public MatchHomeReorientCommand(ReorientReferenceRelationshipRequest request) {
		super(request.getLabel(), null, request);
		reorientDirection = request.getDirection();
		referenceOwner = request.getReferenceOwner();
		oldEnd = request.getOldRelationshipEnd();
		newEnd = request.getNewRelationshipEnd();
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	public boolean canExecute() {
		if (false == referenceOwner instanceof Match) {
			return false;
		}
		if (reorientDirection == ReorientRelationshipRequest.REORIENT_SOURCE) {
			return canReorientSource();
		}
		if (reorientDirection == ReorientRelationshipRequest.REORIENT_TARGET) {
			return canReorientTarget();
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	protected boolean canReorientSource() {
		if (!(oldEnd instanceof Team && newEnd instanceof Match)) {
			return false;
		}
		return Wc2014BaseItemSemanticEditPolicy.getLinkConstraints()
				.canExistMatchHome_4002(getNewSource(), getOldTarget());
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	protected boolean canReorientTarget() {
		if (!(oldEnd instanceof Team && newEnd instanceof Team)) {
			return false;
		}
		return Wc2014BaseItemSemanticEditPolicy.getLinkConstraints()
				.canExistMatchHome_4002(getOldSource(), getNewTarget());
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	protected CommandResult doExecuteWithResult(IProgressMonitor monitor,
			IAdaptable info) throws ExecutionException {
		if (!canExecute()) {
			throw new ExecutionException(
					"Invalid arguments in reorient link command"); //$NON-NLS-1$
		}
		if (reorientDirection == ReorientRelationshipRequest.REORIENT_SOURCE) {
			return reorientSource();
		}
		if (reorientDirection == ReorientRelationshipRequest.REORIENT_TARGET) {
			return reorientTarget();
		}
		throw new IllegalStateException();
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	protected CommandResult reorientSource() throws ExecutionException {
		getOldSource().setHome(null);
		getNewSource().setHome(getOldTarget());
		return CommandResult.newOKCommandResult(referenceOwner);
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	protected CommandResult reorientTarget() throws ExecutionException {
		getOldSource().setHome(getNewTarget());
		return CommandResult.newOKCommandResult(referenceOwner);
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	protected Match getOldSource() {
		return (Match) referenceOwner;
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	protected Match getNewSource() {
		return (Match) newEnd;
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	protected Team getOldTarget() {
		return (Team) oldEnd;
	}

	/**
	 * @generated
	 */
	protected Team getNewTarget() {
		return (Team) newEnd;
	}
}


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The Huairou Solar Observing Station is a solar observatory in China. It is situated ono the north bank of the Huairou Reservoir, in Huairou District, Beijing, about 60 km north of central Beijing. There are two telescopes. It is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of China, part of the Chinese Academy of Science.

See also
 List of astronomical observatories

References

External links
Official site

Solar observatories
Astronomical observatories in China
Huairou District


The Ashley Avery Agency was founded by a former trade show model as well as established business woman who truly knows what it takes to build a brand and a business. We pride ourselves in our talent and strive to deliver the most impeccable models in the industry in order to prove that beauty is much more than skin deep.
We aid businesses in providing the connection to a large variety of spokesmodels, trade show models, runway and print, as well as catalog models throughout the United States. No matter what the event or where, The Ashley Avery Agency is here to help you flawlessly execute your event and build your image and brand. Through a beautiful face that is backed by ample amounts of product knowledge and professionalism you will gain the competitive edge that you always desired.


The Friends School of Portland, an independent K-8 learning environment centered on long-held Quaker-based standards and beliefs, was founded on principles of peace, inquiry, simplicity, and stewardship. Moving from a vibrant, island location to a wooded, 25-acre lot, there was a challenge to maintain the strong connection to the outdoors, especially for a school where the outdoor experience is part of their everyday learning program.
Requirements included strong integration with the landscape through multiple, direct connections to outdoor spaces, use of natural and local materials, and the elimination of fossil fuels. Could this school be an example for kids as to how all buildings must be constructed in order to combat climate change?
The new school will generate 100% of its own energy on site through only 40kW of photovoltaic panels, reducing future operations costs dramatically and decreasing endowment dependence. As the 3rd Passive House-Certified School in the country, it will attain extreme durability and comfort and a 90% reduction in heating energy use. High-performance building assemblies have been used throughout and mechanical systems have been significantly reduced, as well as the related maintenance costs in this all-electric building.
These far-reaching goals were achieved due in large part to a fully integrated design process, which involved client and consultants meeting together as a team starting very early in the process. Because of clear team feedback, a motivated and invested builder, and an aligned, responsive client, the school was able to be constructed for a modest $195/sf.
Most exposed interior wood was harvested directly from the site, some in lengths of up to 24 feet. This wood runs throughout the school and into the primarily day-lit classrooms. The columns that support the rear entry are preserved trunks of an old oak tree that formerly stood right near that same spot. The Big Room features walls and an undulating ceiling of site-harvested wood, which lifts your eye and spirit toward the sun as it streams through the trees along the creek to the south. A 12-foot wide door opens onto the amphitheater for outdoor performances. A bridge connects the upper level to a playfield to the east.


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Q: routing events with Polymer I'm trying to wrap a button using polymer.
HTML:
<polymer-element name="sp-button" attributes="active">
  <template>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="sp-button.css">
    <button type="button"><content></content></button>
  </template>
  <script src="sp-button.js"></script>
</polymer-element>

JS:
Polymer('sp-button', {
  active: false,
  activeChanged: function() {
    console.log('active ' + this.active);
  }
});

I'm not sure how to allow user of that polymer element to listen to click events or hover events.
Also, in the case where two buttons are wrapped in that polymer element.

A: Users of your element can setup listeners like any normal HTML elements:
var button = document.querySelector('sp-button');
button.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
  alert('from outside');
});

In a polymer-element, you can also capture the click event on the button using on-click, do something interesting with it, and/or fire another event:
<button on-click="clickHandler"><content>Button text</content></button>
...
clickHandler: function(e, detail, sender) {
  alert('from inside');
  this.fire('insideclick', {msg: 'from inside'});
}

Full demo: http://jsbin.com/uqubAGO/1/edit

A: The two-button case would look something like this:
<polymer-element name="sp-button" attributes="active">
  <template>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="sp-button.css">
    <button type="button" on-click="onSendClick">Send</button>
    <button type="button" on-click="onReceiveClick">Receive</button>
  </template>
  <script src="sp-button.js"></script>
</polymer-element>

JS:
Polymer('sp-button', {
  //...
  onSendClick: function() {
    this.fire('send');
  },
  onReceiveClick: function() {
    this.fire('receive');
  }
});

And then you could listen for those domain-specific events from the outside using addEventListener:
var button = document.querySelector('sp-button');
button.addEventListener('send', function(e) {
  //...
});
button.addEventListener('receive', function(e) {
  //...
});

The benefit to this method is that it hides away the implementation detail that the user clicked a button to cause the send event to occur. As far as the user of the sp-button element is concerned, it could have been a button click, a dropdown selection, a mouse hover, or any number of things that caused it. All the user cares about is your public API: that your element will fire a send event and a receive event when it wants the outside world to take those respective actions.

A: You'd probably want to stop the propagation of the click event if you were going to catch it and dispatch something new.


British-American Soprano Elizabeth Novella recently performed the role of Antonia in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann with the Aspen Music Festival and School, for which the press hailed: "Elizabeth Novella dazzled with rich sound and impressive intensity as Antonia" - The Aspen Times. She performed the role of Villiers' Fiancée and covered Peg in Carlisle Floyd's most recent opera Prince of Players with Little Opera Theatre of New York. Recent operatic roles with the Aspen Music Festival and School include Maia in the first fully staged production of Christopher Theofanidis' The Cows of Apollo or the Invention of Music under the baton of Robert Spano for which she was praised: "there was first-rate singing from soprano Elizabeth Novella" -Opera News and covered both the High Priestess in the Festival's production of Aïda in collaboration with singers of The Metropolitan Opera, and Victoria in William Bolcom's A Wedding. Also in Aspen, Ms. Novella performed "I want magic" in a Master Class with the legendary Renée Fleming. She was an apprentice artist with Bel Canto at Caramoor.
Other credits include Donna Elvira (cover) (Don Giovanni) with Venture Opera, Maja (Goyescas) with Bare Opera, Gertrud (Hänsel und Gretel) with the Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, Madame Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor) with New York Lyric Opera Theater, as well as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) with The Amalfi Coast Music Festival. Scene work includes Marguerite (Faust) under the baton of Patrick Summers and Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) under the baton of Nicholas McGegan, both with the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, as well as Gilda (Rigoletto), Elettra (Idomeneo) and Blanche de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites) with the Aspen Opera Center. Ms. Novella was also seen as and Mimì (La Bohème) with Manhattan School of Music's Opera Ensemble.
Concert work includes Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 with the cellists of the New York Philharmonic and Gilda (Rigoletto) with the American Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Novella holds a M.M. in Voice from Manhattan School of Music and a B.A. in Music from Bard College.


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require 'bet/bet_calculations/core'
require 'bet/bet_calculations/combinatorial'
require 'bet/bet_calculations/convenience'
# require 'bet/each_way'

module Bet
  class Calc
    extend BetCalculations::Core
    extend BetCalculations::Combinatorial
    extend BetCalculations::Convenience

    DEFAULT_OPTS = { stake: 1, ew: false }
    WIN_PLACE_LOSS_INTEGER = { -1 => :loss, 0 => :place, 1 => :win }

    attr_accessor :returns, :profit, :outlay

    def initialize(bet_type, *args)
      @returns, @profit, @outlay = self.class.send(bet_type, *args).values
    end

    class << self
      private
        def win_place_lose?(v)
          v.is_a?(Fixnum) ? WIN_PLACE_LOSS_INTEGER[v] : v
        end

        def c(stake, price)
          stake * price
        end

        def parse_prices(prices)
          Array(prices)
        end

        def parse_opts(opts_or_prices)
          opts_or_prices.is_a?(Hash) ? DEFAULT_OPTS.merge(opts_or_prices) : DEFAULT_OPTS
        end
    end
  end
end


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Professional Tips: Speech! Speech!
I've been tutoring new writers in the basics. Realistic dialogue is difficult enough, not to mention outside the purview of my lessons, but I'm amazed how many writers haven't mastered the 'mechanics', the essential punctuation required to make dialogue readable.
Punctilious Punctuation
The most obvious indicators of dialogue are the quotation marks that wrap the spoken words themselves. That seems simple enough, but situations arise that flummox many students, including the simplest declarative statement plus a speech tag identifying who spoke. It's not uncommon to see:
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son." he said.
The fullstop (period) confuses writers when adding a speech tag naming the speaker. If the phrase ended with a question mark or exclamation mark, then all would be well:
"And has thou slain the Jabberwock?" he said.
Recognizing the end of a declarative sentence, many students want to simply add He said or he said, rather than the correct form, a comma:
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son," he said.
Is this the party to whom I am speaking?
Roughly half of students omit commas setting off the person being addressed. This can confuse the reader and can change the meaning of the sentence:
"Beware the Jabberwock my son."
Is the speaker implying he fathered the Jabberwocky? Consider:
"Would you like to eat Mary?"
This works only if Mary is the victim, not the listener. What about the following? Is the speaker referring to a former king?
"Edward I swam the English Channel."
Always set off the person addressed with commas:
"Yes, sir, I will."
Beyond a Single Paragraph
What happens when a speaker's dialogue breaks into uninterrupted paragraphs? The correct response is to place a quotation mark at the beginning of each paragraph, but place a closing quotation mark only after the final sentence of the last paragraph.
"Has thou slain the Jabberwock?
"O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
Momentarily stepping outside the realm of dialogue, we often wish to enclose words or phrases within quote marks as I did in the first paragraph above. When a comma or period is required, many authors simply write in this form, the 'always inside' rule:
(open quote) word/phrase (comma/fullstop)(close quote)
Other writers such as James Lincoln Warren argue that where you put the terminating punctuation depends on context and meaning, and I agree. (JLW also writes convincingly in support of the 'Oxford comma' indicating that its exclusion can alter the meaning of a list.)
The Stratemeyer Stain
"Everything I learned about writing, I learned from Edward Stratemeyer," or so it seems from new writers some days.
Edward Stratemeyer has a lot to answer for. From the late 1800s through the first half of the twentieth century, the Stratemeyer Syndicate dominated the field of youth literature with more than 100 series and 1300 titles, books you've probably read: Nancy Drew (1930), The Hardy Boys (1927), Tom Swift (1910), The Bobbsey Twins (1904), The Rover Boys (1899), etc.
While you can find varied speech tags in Dickens and Doyle, Stratemeyer grew notorious for using any verb other than 'said'. To wit:
Tom acquiesced, added, admitted, advanced, advised, affirmed, articulated, asserted, boasted, bragged, confirmed, demanded, demurred, frowned, grinned, gurgled, injected, murmured, queried, responded, shouted, smiled, snapped, snorted, whimpered, whined, whispered, "Stop the madness!"
When asked why writers shouldn't use a full, glorious array of verbs, teachers find themselves unarmed. They say "You can't frown words, you can't smile an answer," and hurriedly move on to the next topic.
But there's a better reason. Many editors and authors consider anything other than 'said' and perhaps 'asked' to be author intrusion. Instead of letting the words speak for themselves, the author inserts himself into the story to tell the reader how to interpret it. Rob Lopresti brilliantly identifies these as superfluous 'stage directions'. Many professional writers suggest readers don't 'hear' the verb 'said', that it's invisible to the eye and ear.
So it happens many students come prepared with thesauri-enhanced speech tags and they can't believe it when instructed to slash them from their epics. "This can't be right to replace our colorful, masterful, steroidal verbs with dull grey 'said'?
More than one will decline, arguing "It's just my style. I can't change my style." Fair enough, but don't be surprised if your style might not be your publisher's.
Low Marks
Here's a little puzzle from ESLCarissa passed on from Post Secret. Jot your solution in the comments section!
Labels: dialogue, Leigh Lundin, punctuation, speech tags, Stratemeyer
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Fran Rizer 08 December, 2013 05:20
Your blog brought to mind EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES -- Lynne Truss's delightful defense of standard punctuation.
Elizabeth Zelvin 08 December, 2013 07:54
I just spotted in a catalog a T shirt I'd been told about recently:
Let's eat, Grandma
Lets eat Grandma
Commas save lives!
I must confess the puzzle is completely beyond me!
Cute puzzle, Leigh! For those who didn't "get" it, substitute letters for the punctuation marks.
Fran, I also enjoyed Eats, Shoots and Leaves.
Leigh Lundin 08 December, 2013 11:49
Thank you, Fran!
Dead right, Liz.
Janice, John's got it! The trickiest part to work out was the letter 'n', but if you solve the rest, it falls into place.
Robert Lopresti 08 December, 2013 12:07
Interesting. I find i disagree with you on one point. I would write "Yes, sir." But in your example I would either say "Yes, sir. I will,"
or "Yes sir, I will." Too many commas, and besides, I think "yes sir" is almost an idiom.
Louis A. Willis 08 December, 2013 14:32
I was going to solve the puzzle but John beat me to it.
Okay, I'm lying, I couldn't solve it.
Yes, there just might be one too many commas in the above sentence.
I like the column.
A Broad Abroad 08 December, 2013 16:15
\/\/ # @ (- @ # ( ) ( ) (-
I can and do when writing formally, but not in casual correspondence.
Jan Grape 08 December, 2013 17:06
I'm a great believer in commas, and usually add way too many...and in the wrong places. But my favorite punctuation is...those three little dots...I love those.
Louis (laughing), that's funny!
Rob, my friend and friendly editor Sharon doesn't let me get away with much. She's old school except for the ruler.
Jan, the Mac has a key for the ellipsis that comes in handy (opt :).
ABA, how did I know you'd solve the little puzzle? I was willing to bet you would!
A good attempt at a tutorial but I disagree with what you call speech tags. They are style and in this world when the huge monopoly publishers collapse left and write, authors are free to throw off the chains and develop their own standards. Why shouldn't I feel free to say he gurgled if I want? or he queried or he shouted or anything else? Its a different era and the publishers of today are the dinosaurs of tomorrow.
I must say I agree with the advice given in today's column. I also agree that we writers should be free to write any way we like, and use or break any speech-tag "rules" we like--but I think this was a good summary of what works and what doesn't.
Michael Bracken 10 December, 2013 09:10
While there are many valid speech tags beyond "said," one must be careful when using them.
If a speech tag draws attention to itself, it draws attention AWAY from the dialog, and if a speech tag is used to prop up weak dialog, then the problem isn't the choice of an unusual speech tag, the problem is weak or poorly written dialog.
As a writer, then, your goal should be to write dialog so good it doesn't need speech tags to prop it up.
Michael, nicely said. That's the best explanation I've seen yet.
Peter DiChellis 13 December, 2013 15:37
I enjoyed this discussion. Dialogue tags are peculiar beasts to me because they're likely the only verbs that are usually better in their most generic form (said, asked).
But sometimes not. People do yell, holler, whisper, and so forth when speaking. "Go, go, go!" the squad leader screamed is different from "Go, go, go!" the squad leader said. "Of course I still love him," she whispered is not the same as "Of course I still love him," she said.
We could follow up to 'explain' the (weak) 'said' verb: The squad leader's voice was loud and frenzied; the woman spoke so softly he almost didn't hear her (or just tack on an adverb: she said quietly). But we rarely advise that approach with other verbs: He walked across the street, his pace relaxed and lively vs. He ambled across the street.
I'm too inexperienced a writer to make suggestions to others. But for my own stories I'm okay with tags that describe what an onlooker would actually see and hear: He hollered, she screamed, he whispered -- so long as they're used sparingly and add meaning. I appreciate such tags as a reader, so I'm okay using them in small doses when I write.
Peter, you summed up what many of us do. When I re-read my drafts, I see I may use whispered, screamed, or other verb occasionally– lightly salted, I hope, not peppered
There's one other place I tend to use non-said verbs and that's when I'm writing under a tight word count. One right verb can save a few precious words.
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Sheriff who marched in George Floyd protests praises Biden's pledge to fund police, backs inmate education
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Genesee County, Michigan, Sheriff Chris Swanson is working hard to help communities across the U.S. battle high recidivism rates through a program aimed at inmate education, while also applauding President Biden after his recent commitment to support law enforcement.
Swanson, who famously marched alongside protestors in the summer of 2020 in the aftermath of a police officer's murder of George Floyd, told Fox News Digital in an interview the U.S. does love law enforcement, but it must earn respect.
"[T]he country does love and respect law enforcement. But it's our job every day and every sheriff's office and every police department to show them why.
BIDEN ROLLS OUT STRATEGY TO STOP FLOW OF GUNS, BOLSTER LAW ENFORCEMENT
"But I will tell you, we got punched in the face, and it was deserved because we need to always check what we're doing. We have a great mighty sword that we wield as law enforcement. And when you have that much authority and that much autonomy, it has to be respected more than anything else."
In the aftermath of George Floyd's death, the phrase "defund the police" not only became a rallying cry but served as a litmus test separating moderates from the progressive left, and now Biden is trying to unify members of his own Democratic Party on the topic.
Sheriff Chris Swanson and Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., visit inmates in prison. (Fox News)
Swanson praised Biden for stating his administration's commitment to supporting police after the president's remarks at his first State of the Union address earlier this month.
"We should all agree: The answer is not to defund the police," Biden said. "The answer is to fund the police with the resources and training they need to protect our communities."
Swanson liked what he heard.
"As a police officer and what we've lived through and what we believe in — what we do — it was the best quote of the night," he told Fox News Digital.
In September 2020, the sheriff launched the IGNITE program, which stands for Inmate Growth Naturally & Intentionally Through Education and is aimed at reducing recidivism and crime in communities.
BIDEN SAYS THE ANSWER 'IS NOT TO DEFUND THE POLICE,' BUT TO INVEST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
The program is focused on "education and value,"which Swanson says are the key drivers to reducing crime and violence.
"When you give people the ability to set for themselves to work hard and you educate, they don't break the law. They don't drink as much. They don't cause as much trauma," Swanson explained.
In 2020 after George Floyd's death, Swanson said members of the community were distrustful of law enforcement and kept asking him, "What are you going to do?"
Swanson would reply with, "I'm going to change jail populations, and we're going to educate people. We're going to turn from incarceration to education."
Sheriff Chris Swanson visits inmates. (Fox News)
Out of that commitment to his community, the IGNITE program was born. In the more than two years since it was launched, the program has reached over 140,000 teaching hours with nearly 2,000 inmates enrolled.
Some inmates, who entered prison with "nothing" have received GEDs and college degrees, a feat Swanson is particularly proud of.
In addition, math testing assessments for enrolled inmates have revealed enrolled inmates' math skills have gone up a full grade and reading comprehension up a grade and a half.
"We are transforming lives," said Swanson. "Why not make it constructive while they're there?"
Sheriff Swanson visits a prison. (Genesee County Sheriff's Office)
There's roughly a "40% reduction of recidivism for post-incarceration education," Swanson said, citing a RAND Corporation study from 2016.
Swanson said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., has been instrumental in helping the IGNITE program secure bipartisan federal funding.
Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson. (Genesee County Sheriff's Office)
In the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package passed by the House and Senate this week, the congressman secured $768,000 for Genesee County, including the Genesee County Sheriff's Office and the Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
The funds will go toward "a collaborative partnership to create the Genesee County Justice Partnership for Reform to help reduce criminal justice costs, reduce recidivism and build a stronger local economy by helping formerly incarcerated individuals secure jobs," according to a press release from Kildee.
Sheriff Chris Swanson attends graduation ceremony. (Jake May)
"With the IGNITE program Sheriff Swanson is giving Michiganders who have paid their debt to society a second chance at life through educational and career opportunities," Kildee, the chief deputy whip of the House Democratic Caucus, told Fox News Digital in a statement.
"I am proud to support this incredible program, and I commend Sheriff Swanson for his visionary work to decrease recidivism and make our community safer."
As longtime friends, the congressman plans to continue working hand in hand with Swanson and his team to positively change inmates' lives and better the community.
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