The reference here is Qualified Prospects that are 'easy to pick'!
A Top Down Current (Annual Giving) List.
A Top Down Cumulative (HISTORICAL GIVING) List.
These 'lists' give you a great place to start with those who are already giving! We've already covered why 'GIFT HISTORY' is not the best way to view prospects, this concept of 'low-hanging fruit' suggests it doesn't make much sense to NOT visit/present/ask our best current GIVERS! Hence the 'TOP DOWN' nature of the lists – We've seen these lists NOT include gifts or investments of $1M and more because they were Planned (Estate) Gifts!
These INVESTORS should have been near the TOP of the list. Instead, they weren't even ON the list!


The topic I have on my mind today is about dealing with people who (in theory) are on the same "team" (ie., committed to eating a plant-based diet) but who come to it from such a radically different perspective that makes respectful discussion difficult.
Personally, I have a background in science so I have a fairly indepth understanding of both the value and limitations of research. So when I find myself attempting to communicate with someone with very little formal education... but a lot of self-confidence... how do we find common ground?
In many cases, when someone comes to plant-based diet from the ethical perspective, their primary interests are kindness and caring for creatures.... which is great! Whether we eat plants for the sake of our own health, or that of other animals, everyone wins.
The discussion can become a little awkward though when we delve into the details of why to eat what. Someone motivated to eat plants to avoid supporting the torture and murder of non-human animals may care less about omega 3 fatty acids or vitamin B12 than someone motivated by their own health care! Yet the person who is motivated by human health care may see how much more energetic and effective the animal advocate could be with a healthier plant-based diet.


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LASD set to spend double its overtime budget for 2018-19
by City News Service • May 15, 2019 1 Comment
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is on track to spend more than twice what it budgeted on overtime for the fiscal year set to end June 30, according to a report provided to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
Excess overtime pay has been a problem for the department for years, long before Sheriff Alex Villanueva was elected in 2018. The board asked for a semi-annual report on the department's financial status, including overtime, in June 2017, when overtime costs were about 80% over budget. That trend continued in the year ending on June 2018, with overtime at more than twice what was budgeted.
The report by Chief Executive Officer Sachi Hamai said the department expects to spend more than $289 million in overtime against an overtime budget of $140 million this year.
The department said the excess overtime is due to "hiring delays, vacancies, contract obligations and the need to meet mandated requirements associated with court settlements and agreements," according to Hamai's report.
A new coding system for overtime is expected to help the department better analyze and bring costs under control. Hiring new deputies is another way to bring overtime down. The department — which has more than 17,000 employees and has struggled to recruit new deputies in a tight job market — hopes to hire roughly 1,400 new sworn and civilian staff next year.
Villanueva has told the board that morale has improved under his leadership, making it easier to recruit new employees.
The CEO and the department have been working for months to try and right-size the sheriff's budget, even as Villanueva and the board are embroiled in a heated legal dispute about reinstating deputies terminated for misconduct.
The budget totals $3.4 billion, about half of which is funded by the county. That funding is one of the few points of leverage the board has over the elected sheriff.
In discussions with the CEO, Villanueva and his department have identified a handful of other financial challenges in addition to recruitment, including:
— $28 million in one-time and ongoing funding for body-worn cameras;
— more staffing to handle requests for information related to Senate Bill 1421 — which allows for public access to information on police shootings and other uses of force; and
— 45 more custody assistants to staff station jails.
The department also indicated that the budget underfunds the replacement of aging vehicles, buses and helicopters and that the state doesn't pay enough for security services provided to trial courts.
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Certified Public Accountant says
"…the department expects to spend more than $289 million in overtime against an overtime budget of $140 million this year."
The epitome of sound financial management.

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Since this was a hands down winner in the office taste test, I am passing along the recipe. As with all quiche/egg tarts, this is a very simple dish to make and is perfect with a salad to create a full meal.
Cut a piece of parchment paper so it overlaps the crust slightly and lay it onto the unbaked crust, and fill with dried beans. Push them so you have more beans on the sides and less in the middle. Then bake for 10-15 minutes.
After baking, remove the crust and lift of the parchment paper and allow the crust to cool. The beans can be stored and reused. They will be hot when they come out, so handle with care.
Set the oven to 350 degrees. Quickly blanch the asparagus in boiling water, for 3 minutes max and then shock in an ice water bath. Drain the asparagus while you prepare the rest of the ingredients. Beat the eggs together with the cream, and chives and salt and pepper.
Arrange the asparagus in the piecrust and intersperse with the cubed Roquefort. Once it is fully packed, gently pour the egg mixture, until it just reaches the bottom edge of the crust.
Put the tart into the oven on a baking sheet and bake for 25-35 minutes. Remove and allow to cool before slicing.


SOLICITATION: • The Ghost has invaded Parker Industries!
• With this super-powered saboteur, no secret is safe– no PEOPLE are safe, either, for that matter.
GEORGE: Amazing Spider-Man is going strong, and only getting better with the return of Humberto Ramos. And the return of the Ghost, who I've missed since his Thunderbolts days. Parker Industries is surely doomed.
SOLICITATION: At a secret Hydra installation hidden away in rural Japan, the Avengers discover a time-portal that sends them on an adventure that spans millennia. But what kind of bad guys have a time machine they don't use to change the past? Bad guys who know they win… The only thing standing between our immutable past and our wasted, ruined future are the Avengers, finally reunited to battle a doomsday weapon thousands of years in the hatching.
RODRIGO: Ok, so I was all set to make fun of this comic because no one has thrown "millenium" into a title in 15 years. But this actually looks like a lot of fun. I'm in.
SOLICITATION: The epic Bat-story over a year in the making comes to a stunning end! Gotham City is in flames! Villains are running wild in the streets! Bat-tech has been corrupted! And the mastermind behind it all has put a knife in Batman's ribs! How will the Dark Knight put an end to this nightmare…and how will it shape the face of Gotham City to come?
WAYNE: I'm going to miss this weekly book! I knew that ever Wednesday I was going to have a great Batman story to dive into! Here's hoping it will return again sometime in the future!
SOLICITATION: Where do worlds go when they die? The Earthquakes felt round the Multiverse, Superman's lost days after 'Doomed,' the World's End – all these points will converge as the history of the DCU is spun from a new perspective, the perspective of a mad god and his arrogant child. The biggest story in DC history ties into literally every DC story ever told – and it all begins here. Kingdom Come, Red Son, Wild West Justice League, Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew – all the worlds you remember can still be found on Telos. Everything matters. Every story matters. Don't miss the start of DC's April/May 2015 event with this special issue!
CHRIS: With the summer starting it means it's time for events! After the last issue of Futures End that comes out today, I'm less excited about another DC event. Why do I read this? Curiosity? Glutton for punishment? I'm trying to keep an open mind and be positive about this, so we'll see.
RODRIGO: I really want this comic, mostly because I feel that it would be the hardest thing to explain to someone who doesn't read comics. Far from being the jumping on point DC wants, the #0 issue of a giant company-wide crossover is one of the most confusing things you can have.
STEPHEN: It's the kick-off to the big event, and I hope DC has something good in store for all of us, because this single issue will tell us if this is a doomed event or an awesome one.
WAYNE: Love it, hate it or even not sure what to think about it, this is the beginning of a new era in DC Comics. I want to get in on the ground floor, so I'm in!
SOLICITATION: Good friends are hard to come by in the Maze. Poe and Bianca will have to stick together and outsmart the Guard if they want to reach the White Guide, but a new revelation gives them hope to bolster their cause.
WAYNE: This creative title has me anxious to get the next issue as soon as it is available! It's worth the buying and the reading, so don't miss it!
SOLICITATION: Gotham City has been overrun by craziness, and the power is out at Gotham Academy! But don't worry. The kids are safely locked up, huddled around candles and flashlights and telling the Gotham City version of ghost stories: Joker stories! Meanwhile, a mysterious figure connected to the Academy's past is patrolling the grounds with a crossbow, but who is it?
CHRIS: If you want to read one of DC's best books, if not the best, then you have to pick up Gotham Academy. The premise behind this issue sounds great and a wonderful way to tie into Endgame in a way that makes sense. The artwork is beyond amazing and proves that this should be an animated movie or show. Get on it DC!
STEPHEN: Oh… Man! Gotta get this book. Gotta read this book. I hope this book blows my mind and has me jumping on the furniture like an 8 year old full of Sugar Smacks binging on Saturday morning cartoons. It's been a great ride so far, I expect this book to be awesome!
RODRIGO: Remember that time when Superman got the green lantern ring for a little while? I want to say this is Top Cow's version of that.
Does the Nailbiter know why sixteen of the world's worst serial killers all came from the same small town? Does he know the truth? Find out as the Nailbiter…confesses!
GEORGE: Nailbiter is visually striking, stylish crime theatrics done right. I'm ready for some mysteries to start getting solved, so it will be interesting to see just what the Nailbiter's confession holds.
SOLICITATION: Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's hilarious hit Adult Swim animated show RICK & MORTY now has its own comic book series from Oni Press! Join degenerate superscientist Rick Sanchez as he embarks on all-new insane adventures with his awkward grandson Morty, his teenage granddaughter Summer, his veterinary surgeon daughter Beth, and his hapless son-in-law Jerry. In this issue: Part One of "The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street"!
SOLICITATION: Police Lieutenant Frank Castle is not a man to be trifled with. His new assignment? GET SPIDER-GWEN. 'Nuff said.
CHRIS: Definitely the best Spidey book that's out right now. It's fun, has a great protagonist and wonderful artwork plus one of the best designed costumes. Seriously, look at that thing. It's awesome! Buy this book now!
SOLICITATION: Boldly going… where it all started! Presenting the first comic book adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew! Fully remastered with new colors, Volume 3 collects issues #13-18, including stories such as "Dark Traveler," "The Enterprise Mutiny," "The Hijacked Planet," and more.
MATTHEW: These are wonderful stories, even if they're a bit weird and non-canonical (whatever that means.) But if you're looking for Star Trek that you have seen a hundred times and/or without lens flare, these may be the collections for you!
SOLICITATION: The final chapter in the story of how the worst football player in Craw County rose to become "Coach Boss," and the terrible bloody price he had to pay along the way. Don't miss the chilling conclusion of "Gridiron," the second arc in the seminal southern crime series.
GEORGE: This Southern Gothic tale of small-town corruption, football and sweet tea is as strong as they get. Coach Boss, the villain of the first arc, has been made into a somehow sympathetic character – something which should change with this issue, as the fall is coming. Comics don't get much better than Southern Bastards.


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The energy of football
At the national and international level, football is the most popular sport around. ENGIE has partnered with the French Football Federation (FFF) and with many professional clubs. Consistent with the principles of sustainable development and citizen, the ENGIE Group also supports educational initiatives and social projects implemented around football.
Social inclusion and education through football
In ENGIE's view, sport is a wonderful medium for social inclusion, education, and integration for the most disadvantaged population groups. Thanks to its educational and social role, football can combat various forms of exclusion and reduce inequalities. The Group supports a wide range of initiatives.
Brazil 2014 : The Match of Their Dreams
ENGIE supports "Un but pour l'emploi, un but pour la vie" with FACE
ENGIE supports the Académie Bernard Diomède
ENGIE supports Belgium's largest panna football competition
Originated by the ENGIE corporate foundation, 'The Match of Their Dreams' gave 15 children at the Académie Bernard Diomède the opportunity to travel to Brazil and meet their counterparts at the Fondation Gol de Letra.
This initiative, which was founded by the FFF and ENGIE in 2005, aims to promote diversity and equal opportunities, and combat discrimination in disadvantaged neighborhoods. It benefits from the support of the "Fondation Agir Contre l'Exclusion" (FACE), which encourages the re-integration of young jobseekers through football.
The academy is currently home to around fifty young footballers aged between 11 and 16, in order to encourage their academic inclusion while enabling them to indulge their passion for football. The program promotes values like making an effort, team spirit, respect for rules, and ambition, and helps the children to develop.
ENGIE Street Heroes (ESH) is a panna football competition. Panna is one-on-one street football, and young people in various towns in the regions of Wallonia and Flanders can enter the events free of charge. Electrabel works alongside the organizers by devoting its efforts to encouraging the social reintegration of disadvantaged young people. The project promotes interaction and respect between the players, social solidarity, tolerance, fair play and mutual respect.
ENGIE, a partner for regional football clubs
As a partner of local authorities, ENGIE has its roots at the heart of cities and regions. The Group has developed over 200 sporting partnerships throughout France, and provides support to a large number of professional and amateur clubs in the French regions.
Through its subsidiaries, ENGIE supports, along with a number of clubs like Dijon Football Côte d'Or, Valenciennes Football Club, US Boulogne Côte d'Opale, and En Avant Guingamp.
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Arnold Missouri
Arnold, Missouri is located in Jefferson County, just south and west of the curve in the Meramec River which serves as the border between Jefferson County and St. Louis County.
The Fox School District serves the community of Arnold, Missouri. The Fox School District has 11 elementary schools and 4 middle schools with Seckman and Fox as the High Schools.
Arnold Crossroads Shopping Center is a large shopping complex in Arnold located near the intersection of Jeffco Blvd and Highway 141 along Interstate 55. Other shopping locations include Richardson Square, Arnold Square, Arnold Park Mall, Jefferson County Plaza and others.
Arnold has several city parks, the Arnold Recreation Center, as well as the Meramec River for recreation options.
A large portion of the land that Arnold now resides on began as a Spanish land grant that Antoine Soulard and Auguste Chouteau, important early St. Louisans, purchased on the St. Louis Courthouse steps in a foreclosure sale on January 5, 1824. The price was $14,929.92 for the 6,002.54 acre tract of land. German emigrants came to the area in the early to mid 1800's and formed small settlements in the area. Some of those settlements, Beck, Flamm City, Maxville, Old Town Arnold, Ten Brook and Wickes, where then joined together and incorporated in 1972 to form Arnold, Missouri.
Jean Baptiste Gamache, another important early St. Louisan, operated a ferry across the Meramec River at what was then known as the El Camino Real (Royal Road or Kings Road) which was an important Spanish trail that ran from St. Louis to Sainte Genevieve and ending in New Madrid, Missouri. The portion of this road now located in Arnold was eventually named Telegraph Road because the first telegraph lines in Missouri were put up in 1850 and followed along its path.
Famous Arnold Resident
Interestingly, the famous symbol of the Old West, William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, married a young woman, Margaret "Louise" Frederici, whose family emigrated from France and established a farm in the Arnold area where Louise was born in 1844. The Frederici family were some of the founding members of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Arnold, the first Catholic parish in Jefferson County. Buffalo Bill had been assigned to special service position at Jefferson Barracks at the time the two met. They were married on March 6, 1866 and had been married for 51 years at the time of Buffalo Bill's death in 1917. Both Louise and Buffalo Bill are buried in Lookout Mountain Park in Golden, Colorado.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, which was located in what was originally the Maxville settlement, was the first Roman Catholic parish established in Jefferson County. The parish was founded in 1840 by early German and French settlers in the area. Margaret Louise Frederici's family was one of the fourteen families that helped found the church. The first church building was a log church built in 1842. The present church that is seen today was built in 1895. Another church, St. John's Lutheran Church, was founded in 1848 when the head of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Dr C.F.W. Walther, was approached by several men from Jefferson County who expressed their desire for Lutheran teaching in their community. The first church services were held in a small log building. The present church was dedicated in 2002.
Arnold, Missouri Address and Phone Numbers
Arnold, Missouri City Hall
2101 Jeffco Blvd
Arnold, MO 63010
Arnold Missouri Related Links:
Arnold Historical Society and Museum Website, Arnold Missouri Website
Arnold Missouri Photo Gallery
Arnold Branch-Jefferson County Library Link
Arnold Recreation Center
Arnold Missouri Water Tower Link
Arnold Missouri City Hall
Arnold Missouri City Hall Link
Fox High School Link
Seckman High School Link
Arnold Recreaton Center Link
Streetview of Arnold Missouri Link


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My 5th grade Computer Lab students made Podcasts about U.S. Presidents. Listen to them and learn many interesting facts.
This year I have been teaching 5th and 6th grade computer lab. We have done projects in Powerpoint, Publisher, Audacity, Word, and Excel.
Here are some examples of the student's work.


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Q: Postgres jsonb_array_elements I have a table with the next jsonb field -
{ "auth": [{"roles": ["role1", "role2"]}]}

When I do this query -
select jsonb_array_elements(role) as role from (
    select x -> 'roles' as role
    from test,
         jsonb_array_elements(data->'auth') x

the output format is
role
----
"role1"
"role2"

The current problem is that if I try to add where it doesn't work
x.role = '"role1"', but this one does work x.role like '%"role1"%'
Thanks

A: It is possible to restore "role" field as text data using ->> operator.
create table test (data jsonb);

insert into test values('{ "auth": [{"roles": ["role1", "role2"]}]}');

with cte as (
   select jsonb_array_elements(role) ->> 0 as role from
     (
       select x -> 'roles' as role
              from test, jsonb_array_elements(data->'auth') x) y)
select role from cte where role = 'role1';

A: The problem is that jsonb_array_elements returns the results as jsonb, and you get in trouble comparing that to a string literal.
Use jsonb_array_elements_text instead of the first jsonb_array_elements call, then the results will be of type text, which should give you no trouble.

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00:00 Austin Porter at goalie for Mount Olive.
00:50 Shot by Limestone Kristian Moore-Cowel, Blocked.
01:16 Corner kick by Limestone Adrian Lollar [01:16].
01:41 Header Shot by Limestone Nacho Reigada, Wide Right.
06:08 Shot by Limestone Tristyn de Laaf, Blocked.
10:33 Header Shot by Limestone Raphael Bartmann, Save (by goalie) Austin Porter.
12:15 Substitution!Limestone substitution: Ruairi Croskery for Tristyn de Laaf.
18:10 Offside against Mount Olive.
18:39 Shot by Limestone Ruairi Croskery, Wide Right.
22:51 Substitution!Limestone substitution: Luca Thuyl for Josh Brannon.
25:25 Header Shot by Limestone Roberto Ortega Lopez, Hit Crossbar.
31:51 Shot by Limestone Raphael Bartmann, Wide Left.
33:30 Header Shot by Limestone Raphael Bartmann, High.
33:35 Substitution!Limestone substitution: Lee Murray for Raphael Bartmann.
33:35 Substitution!Mount Olive substitution: Alfie Pope for Eric Healy.
35:19 Corner kick by Limestone Adrian Lollar [35:19].
35:53 Substitution!Mount Olive substitution: Pedro Franca for James Lang.
45:00 For Limestone: #1 Mirko Ronchi, #2 Dominic Boland, #6 Kristian Moore-Cowel, #9 Ruairi Croskery, #8 Luca Thuyl, #3 Lee Murray, #12 Tristyn de Laaf, #23 Jamie Smith, #13 Adrian Lollar, #4 Nacho Reigada, #10 Roberto Ortega Lopez.
45:00 For Mount Olive: #23 Trevor Berk, #24 Quentin Aguilar, #6 Travis Jones, #19 Eric Healy, #11 Sam Murphy, #7 Baptiste Tajan, #16 James Lang, #12 Nathan Pike, #21 David Gomez, #8 Tommy Hope, #1 Austin Porter.
46:54 Substitution!Mount Olive substitution: Pedro Franca for James Lang.
54:35 Corner kick by Limestone Ruairi Croskery [54:35].
54:54 Corner kick by Limestone Ruairi Croskery [54:54].
59:31 Header Shot by Limestone Luca Thuyl, Wide Right.
59:39 Substitution!Mount Olive substitution: James Lang for Trevor Berk.
61:10 Shot by Limestone Ruairi Croskery, Blocked.
61:29 Substitution!Limestone substitution: Dan Javed for Luca Thuyl.
64:01 Corner kick by Limestone Adrian Lollar [64:01].
65:21 Substitution!Limestone substitution: Raphael Bartmann for Tristyn de Laaf.
65:21 Substitution!Mount Olive substitution: Trevor Berk for Pedro Franca.
65:46 Corner kick by Limestone Adrian Lollar [65:46].
67:58 Shot by Limestone Ruairi Croskery, Save (by goalie) Austin Porter.
69:24 Shot by Limestone Dan Javed, Wide Right.
69:53 Substitution!Mount Olive substitution: Alfie Pope for Eric Healy.
71:09 Offside against Mount Olive.
73:30 Corner kick by Limestone Ruairi Croskery [73:30].
75:11 Header Shot by Limestone Dan Javed, Wide Right.
78:29 Substitution!Limestone substitution: Tristyn de Laaf for Raphael Bartmann.
80:41 Header Shot by Limestone Ruairi Croskery, High.
84:58 Shot by Limestone Dominic Boland, Save (by goalie) Austin Porter.
85:58 Substitution!Mount Olive substitution: Eric Healy for Alfie Pope.
87:43 Corner kick by Mount Olive James Lang [87:43].
87:54 Shot by Mount Olive Trevor Berk, Wide Left.
88:01 Substitution!Limestone substitution: Griffin Pecore for Tristyn de Laaf.
89:49 Substitution!Mount Olive substitution: Ezra Moorefield for Tommy Hope.
89:49 Substitution!Limestone substitution: Brenden Kelly for Dan Javed.
91:19 Corner kick by Limestone Adrian Lollar [91:19].
95:38 Shot by Limestone Brenden Kelly, Save (by goalie) Austin Porter.
96:31 Shot by Mount Olive Eric Healy, Save (by goalie) Mirko Ronchi.
97:15 Substitution!Limestone substitution: Pablo Berrogain for Brenden Kelly.
98:48 Corner kick by Mount Olive James Lang [98:48].
01:37 Shot by Limestone Dominic Boland, Save (by goalie) Austin Porter.
03:47 Shot by Limestone Roberto Ortega Lopez, Wide Right.
05:55 Corner kick by Limestone Ruairi Croskery [05:55].
07:09 Shot by Limestone Roberto Ortega Lopez, Wide Right.
08:56 Shot by Mount Olive Trevor Berk, Wide Right.
Shootout!Shootout attempt by LC Adrian Lollar MADE [Austin Porter].
Shootout attempt by UMO Sam Murphy MADE [Mirko Ronchi].
Shootout attempt by LC Ruairi Croskery MADE [Austin Porter].
Shootout attempt by UMO Eric Healy MISSED [Mirko Ronchi].
Shootout attempt by LC Kristian Moore-Cowel MADE [Austin Porter].
Shootout attempt by UMO James Lang MADE [Mirko Ronchi].
Shootout attempt by LC Jamie Smith MADE [Austin Porter].
Shootout attempt by UMO MacLayne Gairrett MADE [Mirko Ronchi].
Shootout attempt by LC Raphael Bartmann MADE [Austin Porter].


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Furniss wants squad to learn from Short Course World Champs
02 October 2014 / 19:03
British Swimming head coach Bill Furniss believes this year's FINA Short Course World Championships can be a useful learning experience for his swimmers ahead of the 2015 World Swimming Championships.
A team of 12 British swimmers, boasting 11 Commonwealth and six European titles between them, has been announced for the Championships at Doha's Hamad Aquatic Centre which run from 3-7 December.
It comes after a hectic year in the pool, which has seen success for the Home Nations at the Commonwealth Games before British Swimming topped the table at the 2014 European Championships in Berlin.
Commonwealth and European gold medalists Jazz Carlin, Fran Halsall and Adam Peaty as well as defending 400m individual medley champion Hannah Miley are all included in the squad.
And Furniss believes the meet provides a great opportunity for the swimmers to hone their skills ahead of next year's long course season, culminating in the World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
"It's a small team but one which is full of some of our leading performers from what has been a successful year," said Furniss.
"Whereas these short course World Championships are not a key stage meet for us they are still very important in terms of the development of our athletes and their racing strategies.
"Short course swimming is all about starts, turns and finishes and we will be looking to use Doha to practice and improve these skills ahead of the long course season next year.
"Our next big challenge and performance marker will be the 2015 World Championships in Russia and for some of our athletes the event in Doha provides a perfect stepping stone towards that.
"We will of course be aiming to do well but our main goal will be to practice skills and improve our rankings on the world stage next year."
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We tried contains and Charindex function but both are not working...
Any Idea how we can solve this?
Thank you very much!
Luca

A: You can use regular expressions with word delimiter markers:
select * from table
where description ~ ('\m' || 'yourword' || '\M');

Use ~* instead of ~ for case insensitive searches.
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Members of the council's Planning Committee with Majella McAlister, Director of Community Planning and Regeneration, and John Linden, Head of Planning.
In this article, the last in our series highlighting the work of council committees, we talk to Councillor Roderick Swann (UUP), chairperson of the Planning Committee, about the new powers given to Northern Ireland's local councils.
Q: What is the significance of the transfer of planning powers to local councils?
A: Now that planning has transferred, in my opinion it is probably one of the most influential, interesting and, undoubtedly, challenging aspects of our new responsibilities. People within our borough are now closer to the decision making process and can engage with the planning process in a meaningful way.
For me, planning is all about shaping the future of our borough and endeavouring to achieve the right development in the right place at the right time. By making positive planning decisions now and setting out a framework for future development in our new Local Development Plan, we can create a sustainable, prosperous and attractive place for residents and visitors alike. Our aspiration is to create a place where people take pride in their surroundings, where we look after our natural and built heritage and support sustainable growth for future generations.
I believe good planning can help achieve this and will be supported by the council's other new powers and functions, including Community Planning, which has already transferred and Regeneration powers, which are expected to transfer in April 2016.
Our Planning Committee's aim is to ensure we have an efficient planning process that promotes positive development. To date we have taken decisions on some 40 planning applications and 14 enforcement cases.
Q: What are the council's new planning responsibilities and the role of the committee?
A: Individual planning applications are often how most local people engage with the planning system, either as an applicant wishing to build, or sometimes as an objector or supporter of various development schemes.
All planning applications are now registered as local, major or regionally significant. The council is responsible for determining all local and major schemes, which comprise the vast bulk of applications. The council is also responsible for a range of other planning controls, such as listed building consent and works to protected trees.
The Planning Committee considers all major proposals affecting the borough as well as contentious or sensitive proposals. We now make the decisions on these cases.
The council also has the power to investigate alleged breaches of planning control. The role of the Planning Committee is to determine whether formal enforcement action should be taken.
Most significantly, the council is now responsible for producing a new Local Development Plan and this will set out what the borough should look like and how land should be used and developed over the next 20 years. The committee's role is to provide oversight to the plan preparation process and along with the other members of council, agree the contents of the plan. This process will also link with the Community Plan for the area, which will seek to 'join up' services and resources locally to achieve better outcomes.
We are committed to consulting widely with residents, businesses, local groups and organisations on the new plan. This will enable everyone to have a say in how we should shape our area in the future. This is all part of the new democratic accountability in planning and something that my fellow committee members and I are proud to be involved in.
A: The committee meets on the third Monday of every month in Mossley Mill and the meeting is open to members of the public. We have introduced public speaking rights for applicants/agents, objectors and supporters for any planning application coming before the committee. There is a user friendly document available on the council's website - www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/planninggetinvolved - designed to help people decide if they are eligible to speak and how to go about it.
Q: Where can people get information on Planning Committee meetings?
A: There is a Planning Committee Meetings page in the Planning section of the council's website. This provides information about the committee, our meetings and you can see the schedule of applications to be presented each month to the committee for determination. The minutes of our meetings are also available here as well as an audio recording, so that you can hear how issues are discussed and how decisions are reached.
Q: Who are the councillors on the committee?
Including the vice-chairperson, Alderman Tom Campbell (Alliance) and myself, the committee has 12 members. The other committee members are: Alderman Fraser Agnew (UUP), Councillor Trevor Beatty (DUP), Councillor Jim Bingham (UUP), Councillor Henry Cushinan (SF), Councillor Brian Duffin (SDLP), Councillor Thomas Hogg (DUP), Councillor David Hollis (TUV), Councillor Stephen Ross (DUP), Alderman John Smyth (DUP) and Councillor Billy Webb (Alliance).
Through the Planning Committee, decisions are now in the hands of those with local knowledge and this is enabling the council to respond in a more meaningful way to local needs. As the first chairperson of this new committee, I hope I am contributing in some small way to our new role as decision-makers and place shapers.
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DETROIT, MICH.- The Detroit Institute of Arts presents works by 15 emerging Black photographers in the exhibition The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion. On view December 17, 2021 through April 17, 2022, The New Black Vanguard features color portraits, conceptual images and fashion editorial photographs curated by New York writer and critic Antwaun Sargent. This exhibition is free with museum admission, which is always free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
This exhibition includes more than 100 photographs by "The New Black Vanguard" photographers, a global movement of emerging artists working throughout the African diaspora, in Africa, Europe, and the U.S. The exhibition features work by Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Awol Erizku, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel, Dana Scruggs, and Stephen Tayo. In addition and at the DIA only, Detroit-area photographers Mishira Davis, Justin Milhouse, Christian Najjar, Ray Rogers, Corey Turner, and Bre'Ann White are featured in a supplemental section of the exhibition called "New Gazes" along with more than 20 additional emerging photographers from around the world.
The exhibition explores conversations around Black representation and Black lives as subject matter. London-based Campbell Addy explores the nature of clothing and gender; Nigerian photographer Ruth Ossai shows the influences of her native culture on her work; Cleveland, Ohio native Adrienne Raquel used her own female gaze to create images of Detroit-born rapper Lizzo for the pages of Playboy magazine. Collectively, the New Black Vanguard photographers celebrate Black creativity and the intersection between art, fashion, and culture in the making of an image. Seeking to challenge the idea that Blackness is not one-dimensional, the works serve as a form of visual activism. It's a perspective often seen from this informal movement of emerging talents, who are creating photography in vastly different contexts—New York and Johannesburg, Lagos and London. The results—often made in collaboration with Black stylists, clothing designers, and models, such as Adut Akech, Ugbad Abdi, and Seashell Coker, present new perspectives on the medium of photography, fashion and the notions of race and beauty, gender and power.
DIA Curator of Photography Nancy Barr remarked, "New Black Vanguard curator Antwaun Sargent highlights the work of gifted young image-makers who forge new narratives about photography, fashion and Black identity to Detroit and the walls of the DIA for the first time. This is a must-see exhibition for all."
In addition to the over 100 photographs, visitors can also view videos and publications by "New Black Vanguard" artists. Working for fashion campaigns such as Levis, Kenzo, Stella McCartney and Marc Jacobs, their videos bring new and dynamic narratives to the world of fashion, as seen in Daniel Obasi's "An Alien in Town", a vision of Afrofuturism commissioned by the fabric company Vlisco. Publications include magazine covers by Dana Scruggs, the first Black photographer to shoot a cover for Rolling Stone magazine in 2019 and Tyler Mitchell's groundbreaking 2018 cover for Vogue featuring Beyoncé. Other publications on view show the shifting ground present in print media where diverse individuals are welcome and celebrated on the covers and in the pages of many mainstream magazines such as Allure, Essence, GQ, Vogue, and The Wall Street Journal.
The New Black Vanguard is a traveling exhibition organized by the Aperture Foundation, New York. Visitors can also see the Aperture Foundation's Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite through Sunday, January 16, 2022 at the DIA.


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US Media Coverage of Ukraine May Increase
Tetiana Matychak
A woman in Washington sings Ukraine's national anthem while holding the national flag during a 2014 protest against Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
The Syrian crisis may lead to increased U.S. media interest in Ukraine, according to some experts, because readers will be interested in whether Ukraine can be sacrificed as part of a U.S.-Russia deal on Syria.
When the Russian invasion of Ukraine first occurred in February-March 2014, almost all U.S. media covered the issue. But the situation changed.
"For the past few months, coverage has been crowded out by Iran, now Syria, and has been limited to the main news outlets, especially The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times," said David Kramer, senior director for human rights and democracy at the McCain Institute.
"Since the Donbas ceasefire is working, there's no bloodshed to report for now," Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, explained.
Now the stories are mainly about corruption in Ukraine and how its government is failing to change anything.
"On one hand, more nuanced coverage; on another, more sporadic and pessimistic," said Maria Haigh, associate professor of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
However, most coverage is repetitive.
"Either it is simply a reprint of a 'wire' article from AP, AFP, Reuters, etc. or it's a near duplicate of the coverage by one of the major papers – The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal," Rojansky said. "Likewise, local TV stations just rebroadcast the reports filed by national networks or give short 30-second updates using wire footage."
Robert Orttung, associate research professor of international affairs at George Washington University and Assistant Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, pointed out that just a few national media and regional papers like the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle cover Ukraine.
"There is also good, though infrequent, coverage of Ukraine in new online sources like Vice.com, Mashable, Daily Beast," he said.
Difference in media coverage
U.S. and Russian media differ in their Ukraine coverage.
Russian media go deeply into many topics, whereas U.S. media usually adopt one or two major themes and repeat them constantly in their coverage.
"For example, on Ukraine the themes have been the East vs. West conflict, and Putin the Hollywood-type bad guy," Rojansky said. "If a story doesn't fit into this rubric – for example one about Ukraine's complex internal politics, society, national-identity issues, or reforms – then it often is rejected by editors."
Kramer thinks that U.S. media coverage is more objective than Russian.
"It is vastly different from Russian media coverage for the simple reason that it's fact-based reporting, whereas Russian coverage is propaganda," he said. Most Russian mainstream media are state-controlled, whereas most U.S. mainstream media are businesses.
Orttung said that U.S. media typically try to present two sides of the story, so if an expert says something critical about President Putin, they will find someone to say something supportive of him.
At the same time, he believes that this advantage can also be a problem.
"The result is that the reader does not really understand what is happening," he said. "This is a big problem now for lots of topics, not just Ukraine, Russia and Putin."
Another problem of U.S. media is sources for their stories. "Only big outlets have correspondents abroad who can be sent to Ukraine when a story breaks," Kramer said. The Wall Street Journal and Vice.com have their correspondents in Ukraine, while The New York Times and The Washington Post rely on their Moscow correspondents.
"I rely now only on sources that do have their correspondents in Ukraine: The Economist, Financial Times (British agencies), The New York Times (American), dailybeast.com," Haigh said.
Others use news agencies as their sources, whereas most Russian mainstream media have their own correspondents in the Donbas region and in Crimea.
"During Euromaidan events and Russian annexation of Crimea, many U.S. media as well as German ones relied on Russian media coverage, for example, on RT TV channel," Alina Polyakova, associate director of Ukraine in Europe Initiative of the Atlantic Council, explained. "MH17 tragic events were the change point."
"At that time, in July 2014, many U.S. media sent their correspondents to Ukraine and it helped them to understand the real situation there," Polyakova said.
According to her words, in April-July 2014, both U.S. and Russian media called armed people in the East of Ukraine "Ukrainian separatists" but since the second part of July 2014 U.S. media started calling them "pro-Russian separatists."
"And now some mainstream media call them 'separatist-backed Russian forces'," Polyakova says.
U.S. and Russian media also have other differences in terminology. Russian media call Crimea "a Russian territory," whereas U.S. ones call it "an annexed territory of Ukraine" according to international laws.
Evoking interest
U.S. journalists could draw more attention to Ukrainian issues, experts believe.
According to Kramer, Ukraine can be interesting as part of a larger story about how President Putin is a threat to his own people, his neighbors, and now in the Middle East.
But he says it is important not to oversimplify the story. "If you reduce it to a story about good vs. evil, democracy vs. dictatorship, or Russia vs. the West, this story doesn't have much long-term currency," Rojansky says.
"Ukraine has lots of artists, tech companies – the founder of Whatsapp is Ukrainian! – writers, musicians, recipes, food products, WWII history, etc. that are mostly unknown in the U.S.," Orttung explains.
Therefore, while Ukraine might not be able to compete with Syria for attention on the front pages of newspapers, it could reach many smaller niche audiences in the United States.
Tetiana Matychak was a journalism fellow at the Voice of America in 2015.


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Marquette Women's Soccer
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Overtime Not The Answer Against UW-Milwaukee
Or was it? We may never know.
By Brewtown Andy@brewtownandy Sep 16, 2019, 8:45am CDT
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Maddy Henry kept Marquette alive on Sunday night, but it wasn't enough for a win.
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Let's turn to the official GoMarquette.com recap of the Marquette women's soccer 1-0 double overtime loss to Milwaukee on Sunday night on the east side of Milwaukee.
Goalkeeper Maddy Henry made six saves for the Golden Eagles (2-5-0) and appeared to have the ball off a Gaby Schwartz corner kick. But [Mackenzie] Schill was able to get her leg on the ball to beat Henry at the near post.
That's an interesting way to phrase that. Let's go to the Marquette Wire recap, shall we?
Henry seemed to have saved the shot, but the head official said otherwise, allowing Schill to kick the ball out of the reach of Henry.
Players were visibly upset at the officials following the controversial call.
Huh. How about the official UWMPanthers.com recap?
Gaby Schwartz sent the corner kick in front of goal, seeing it get knocked down in front. Julia Barajas kept the ball alive, finding McKaela Schmelzer at the post. The keeper saved Schmelzer's attempt, with the ricochet bouncing right to Schill, who redirected it into the back of the net to set off the team celebration on the field.
Well then. We have to tip our cap to the UWM athletic department, because they went ahead and put a recap video package up on YouTube anyway. The corner kick in question begins at the 2:04 mark of the video.
Now, yeah, it's a crummy camera angle given the distance. However, if you want to tell me that the ball was kicked out of Maddy Henry's hands, I'll believe you. I'll also believe you if you tell me that the ball was kicked away from her a split second before she had proper control of it.
Here's the thing about all of this, though: Whether or not UWM deserved a goal in that exact instance doesn't particularly matter, because the long view of the 105 minutes of action was that Marquette was doing a hellacious job fending off the Panthers. The possibility that UWM was going to slip a goal through and past Henry was building the longer the match went on.
Milwaukee outshot Marquette 20-9 in the match, including a 15-8 advantage in regulation and a 5-1 advantage in extra time. The Panthers packed three shots, including the game winner, into the 4:26 that was actually played in the second overtime session.
The Panthers had nine corner kicks in the match against none for Marquette. Four of those corners came in extra time, and three of those were in the second period.
This wasn't "oh, how did Milwaukee manage to sneak that through," it was "hey, look, that battering ram knocked down that door." That's largely been the story of the Marquette season, as Henry has provided save after save to keep opponents scoreless much longer than perhaps their offensive efforts deserved.
Marquette is now 2-5-0 on the season, and that includes a 1-2-0 record in overtime matches.
Up Next: There's one final weekend of non-conference action for the Golden Eagles to polish up their record and tighten up their overall play. However, that's not all good news. Northern Illinois will be at Valley Fields on Friday evening in the front end of a double-header with the MU men's team. The Huskies are 1-3-1 on the year. In Sunday's match, it's Colorado State coming into Milwaukee with a record of 4-1-1. One of those four wins, their first one in fact, was against Marquette back in August, as the two sides are playing a rare home-and home. The Rams got the 2-0 win while outshooting MU 18-7 with a whopping 12 shots on goal.


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Veteran and Troop Appreciation Day
by LaNeal Nance | Nov 18, 2022 | Blog Post | 0 comments
On November 3, 2022, the campus took a trip to West Frankfort National Guard Armory. The idea for this trip spawned from a conversation with me and, Director of Academics Bradley Becque. Bradley wanted to do something more appreciative of the armed forces than usual; thank you to those staff members that have and are still serving. I offered a trip to the Armory, where I have worked for the past 11 years. He was all for it, so we both worked out the logistics on our separate ends and had a trip.
Once the staff and students arrived, three other soldiers and I met them. They were then shown how to fall into a typical Miltary formation and divided into four squads. Each squad then rotated between 4 stations where they learned about and tried on different pieces of equipment, a few items to name including Body Armor, Helmets, Sleeping Bags, and Night Vision Goggles.
After completing the equipment tour, we moved into the Army Combat Fitness Challenge. The fitness test is the test we take twice a year to measure our physical fitness levels and meet the standards involved in the military. The actual test comprises six events: the Deadlift, Power Throw, Hand Release Push-Ups, Sprint-Drag-Carry, Leg Tuck, and a 2-mile run. Unfortunately, due to time restraints, we only did the first 5.
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Watching students participate alongside staff and try their all in the events was inspiring and uplifting. After the fitness test, it was lunchtime, and everyone had a choice between thier packed lunch and an MRE (Meal Ready to Eat). It turned into a time of excitement and curiosity, and everyone opened thier meals to see what the packaging was like and how to eat the food and asked me personally how I would go about eating the meal they had to choose.
In the end, everyone did so well that the school was invited to come back every year and occasionally throughout the year. Later we did a small reflection, and all students had a positive outlook on the day; some were even inspired by how they did in the fitness test and began conversations about working out more and going to the gym. There were also prize army backpacks for the three students who achieved the highest scores during the fitness test.


Six Baptist hospitals were recognized for the quality of care they deliver.
Obtaining a readmissions rate at least 11 percent less than expected.
Premier Inc. is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of approximately 3,400 U.S. hospitals and 110,000 other providers to transform healthcare. A Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, Premier plays a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way care is delivered to patients nationwide.
Winners were publicly announced on June 21, at Premier's annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in National Harbor, Md.


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The boilerplate contains about 75% of the language you'll need as you're drafting proposals. Working on the boilerplate outside the pressure of a proposal deadline will result in language that is better-written, as well as more thoughtful and strategic. It will also set you up to be uber-efficient as you're writing proposals in the future.
Throughout this course we'll be using real examples and real language, and each lesson includes a transcript, so you can kickstart your own boilerplate.
Each video session includes two downloads: a PDF of the slides in handout format, and a Word document transcript.
Thanks for the training! Really enjoyed the course. Not sure if I missed it somewhere but I didn't see any actual examples of a grant. I'd like to see that added in the future, but even without it this is a good course. Just would like to see what an actual grant looks like in a document or PDF to get a better understanding of the physical structure. Thanks again!
In this session, you'll get an overview of the goals of the course and how it's organized.
In this session, you'll learn how to think like a funder and how to plan strategically for grant proposals.
In this session, you'll learn about the value of creating a proposal boilerplate and the overall structure of a boilerplate document.
In this session, we'll work on your Mission and History statement to create a solid foundation to any proposal.
In this session, you'll write language to let funders know your overall philosophy and the specific approach you take in response to that philosophy.
In this session, you'll assemble key statistics and conclusions that support your program and approach.
In this session, you'll be creating long and short descriptions of each of your program using a consistent, logical structure.
In this session, you'll be exploring and writing about the mechanisms you use to maintain accountability for quality service delivery.
In this session, you'll be exploring and writing about your plans to keep your programs sustainable beyond funding.
In this session, you'll be writing about the different types of partnerships you engage in to keep your programs strong.
In this session, you'll be wrapping up your boilerplate by writing sections about your governance and leadership, than making sure you have the right supporting documents.
In this session, you'll learn how to research and find appropriate foundations to support your work.
In this session, you'll learn how to research and find appropriate government grants to support your work.
In this session, you'll learn the value of relationships and craft a sample letter of intent.
In this session, you'll learn some key strategies for assembling a solid and complete proposal.
In this session, you'll learn a basic structure for a program budget and how to calculate different line items.
In this session, you'll learn a few tips for ongoing success, whether you get the grant or not.


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Q: How to avoid duplication record? I'm using a 'save' button to insert new record to another sheet. But I want to avoid inserting same data (a data is same if name + lastname + birthday are equals to new data). I'm trying the following code but it's too slow and not working. What are wrong with the code below ? Thanks
Sub saveFormData()

  Dim name As String, lastname As String, birthday As String

  ' Get last empty row
  lastRow = Sheets("saveData").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row + 1
  name = Worksheets("form").Range("A1").Value
  lastname = Worksheets("form").Range("A2").Value
  birthday = Worksheets("form").Range("A3").Value

  For i = 2 To lastRow

    ' Check if data exist (record is unique if we have name + lastname + birthday

    If Worksheets("saveData").Range("A" & lastRow).Value = name and Worksheets("saveData").Range("B" & lastRow).Value = lastname and Worksheets("saveData").Range("C" & lastRow).Value = birthday Then

      MsgBox "Data already exist"

      Exit Sub 'Exit from Sub

  End If
 Next

' Save name
Worksheets("saveData").Range("A" & lastRow).Value = name

' Save lastname
Worksheets("saveData").Range("B" & lastRow).Value = lastname

   ' Save birthday
   Worksheets("saveData").Range("C" & lastRow).Value = birthday

   End Sub

A: Working with arrays and dictionaries is always the fastest way to read large amounts of data:
Option Explicit
Sub saveFormData()

    Dim arrSaveData
    Dim LastRow As Long
    Dim SavedData As New Scripting.Dictionary 'Need Microsoft Scripting Runtime reference to work
    Dim i As Long

    'store the saved data inside the array
    With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("saveData")
        LastRow = .Cells(.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
        arrSaveData = .Range("A2:C" & LastRow)
    End With

    'Save every entry into the dictionary
    For i = LBound(arrSaveData) To UBound(arrSaveData)
        SavedData.Add arrSaveData(i, 1) & arrSaveData(i, 2) & arrSaveData(i, 3), 1
    Next i

    Dim name As String, lastname As String, birthday As String

    'store your variables
    With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("form")
        name = .Range("A1")
        lastname = .Range("A2")
        birthday = .Range("A3")
    End With

    'Check if the new entry doesn't exists and if it doesn't add it
    With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("SaveData")
        If Not SavedData.Exists(name & lastname & birthday) Then
            LastRow = LastRow + 1
            .Cells(LastRow, 1) = name
            .Cells(LastRow, 2) = lastname
            .Cells(LastRow, 3) = birthday
        Else
            MsgBox "Data already exists."
        End If
    End With

End Sub

The code might not work if your birthdaydata are dates, the array will store them as dates and your birthdayvariable is a string, so in that case you should switch birthday As Date

A: Please try the code below:
Sub saveFormData()

Dim name As String, lastname As String, birthday As String

'Declare the worksheets
Dim sdSH As Worksheet, fSH As Worksheet
Set sdSH = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("saveData")
Set fSH = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("form")

' Get last empty row
lastrow = sdSH.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row + 1
name = fSH.Range("A1").Value
lastname = fSH.Range("A2").Value
birthday = fSH.Range("A3").Value

 'Transfer the data for 'saveData to array
Dim saveData() As String
ReDim Preserve saveData(1 To lastrow, 1 To 3) As String
For a = 1 To lastrow
  For b = 1 To 3
      saveData(a, b) = sdSH.Cells(a, b).Value
  Next b
Next a

For i = 2 To UBound(saveData)

  ' Check if data exist (record is unique if we have name + lastname + birthday

  If saveData(i, 1) = name And saveData(i, 2) = lastname And saveData(i, 3) = birthday Then

      MsgBox "Data already exist"

      Exit Sub 'Exit from Sub

  End If
Next

' Save name
sdSH.Range("A" & lastrow).Value = name

' Save lastname
sdSH.Range("B" & lastrow).Value = lastname

   ' Save birthday
sdSH.Range("C" & lastrow).Value = birthday

End Sub


Now in Mumbai carrotsare available cheap in market..Carrot is such a vegetable, you can consume it in so many forms. Carrot burfi, is one of the easiest and quickest sweet I have ever made. It is so tasty and nutritious at the same time. Like other sweets I didn't add ghee much.Fast to cook and great to eat What better way to celebrate the beginning of the harvest season?
Peel and grate the carrots. Grease a tray with ghee and keep aside.
In a thick bottomed kadai, put one or two tablespoon ghee and fry the carrot gratings till it's raw smell goes. Fry the cashew nuts also in a little ghee and keep aside.
Heat a thick bottomed vessel or a non stick pan and add the grated carrot and milk to it and cook in medium flame. When carrots are almost cooked, add coconut adding little by little, stir until it dissolves .
Melt sugar in sufficient water (for 1 cup sugar, ¼ cup water is sufficient) till it reaches one string consistency. Add the cooked carrots in sugar syrup.
Add ghee now and then, till the mixture leaves the sides of the vessel. Add fried cashew nuts and powdered cardamom to this. Mix well and pour it in a greased plate. Cut into desired shape.
And this is my entry for Festive Food: Makar Sankranti event hosted by Priti. Wishing you all a Happy Pongal!
Parkave nanna iruku...Sapadanum pola iruku...Looking delicious..
Hi Jaishree, Wish you a happy Pongal.
Carrot burfi looks totally yummy!
yummmy cake.. i can keep on eating this forever. hehe. will try it.
yummy yummy, looks so delicious; Vaai ooruthu!!!
That looks yummy jaishree! Happy Pongal to you and your family!
Reminds me of my carrot and pumpkin fudge. Looks very nice.
Happy Pongal to you too Jaishree! Carrot burfi sounds delicious!
Nice to know you all like this burfi. and thank you all for your sweet comments:) wishing you all Happy Pongal.
Wish You and family a prosperous and happy Pongal.
mmm. burfi looks great! So festive. Happy Sankranthi!
Wow wat a lovely feast...Happy pongal..


i have been seeing chipmunks all over mid-town missoula this summer. what's the deal? are they moving back into town to avoid the commute? i had always heard that they were originally driven out of most urban areas of the west by the larger more aggressive eastern red squirrels, who thrive in epic proportions around here. are the two species living in harmony now? by the way, my wildlife biology friends tell me they are not true chipmunks unless it is above 7000 feet elevation. these little guys are really called golden mantled ground squirrels- but we call them chipmunks anyway.
reflections on the common house sparrow if deer run free why not dachschunds???


Thanksgiving is coming right around the corner.
I don't think I had to tell you that. If you struggle with an eating disorder, you may be hyperaware of the upcoming holiday and have a level of anxiety surrounding it's presence.
Thanksgiving tends to be difficult for several reasons. First, there tends to be an unspoken expectation that everyone will eat and offense may be taken if someone at the table does not eat. This is, perhaps, the most stressful part of the holiday.
Secondly, extended family that you may only see once or twice a year tend to make their way to the Thanksgiving meal. Yes, uncle Jimmy and aunt Helen who you may have last seen several years back may feel the unbearable guilt of not having seen family recently and decide to attend ;) This adds several layers of stress because maybe aunt Helen is a bit of a wild card and tends to say triggering things. Do we all have these extended family oddities or is it just me?
Third, maybe even your immediate family (parents, spouse, etc) may have their own anxiety about the day and your experience of it. This may cause them to over focus on you and the event, thus resulting in even more anxiety for you and fears that they are "watching you." PS: It's never fun to feel watched in these situations.
Ok, so what can be done?
Yes, you read that right. Enjoy... Wouldn't that be nice? Thanksgiving can become enjoyable again - it really can! Let's get back to that.
There are far too many unspoken things in many families. It is often best to put a few things in the air. It will likely help you feel better after you do it. Discuss your fears about the day and seek to figure out a plan that both you and they are comfortable with. This plan may involve food, amount of time you need to be present with everyone (if that is stressful), concern about parents/ spouse "watching you" during the meal, and any other area that may need to be discussed and planned for up front.
Maybe you can have your sister keep an eye out and help you get out of a conversation with Aunt Helen if she starts saying triggering things. Planning ahead will help reduce the stress you may encounter if you just wing it.
I have spoken with many people who are in the early stages of recovery who feel like they "have to" challenge themselves on Thanksgiving day. I tend to think that if you desire to challenge yourself on Thanksgiving, that is fine, but if you are scared of it and are doing it because you feel like you are "supposed to," it not be necessary.
First and foremost, Thanksgiving is meant to be a time to enjoy family and friends. Even in the process of recovery from an eating disorder, the day does not have to be "used" as a way to challenge yourself beyond your comfort zone.
While there are often family pressures and expectations for the day, talking to your family ahead of time (#1) and scheduling something enjoyable or relaxing for you may be helpful. Schedule an evening bath, yoga (if medically appropriate), time to watch your favorite football game, go for a walk with a friend, etc.
As human beings, we tend to do better when we have something to look forward to. Stressful events tend to be more tolerable when we are excited about something coming soon.
Of course, all of these tips are dependent on your stage of recovery. They may look different dependent upon where you are in the recovery process. If you are not motivated to change and are looking for ways to hide your eating disordered behaviors from your family, then these tips are not going to be very applicable. These tips assume a level of motivation and a sense of openness and honesty with your loved ones.
The purpose of this blog entry is to share eating disorder recovery related ideas and does not represent professional medical of psychological advice from Mike Thomas or Recovery Spark. For professional advice, please connect with a qualified medical or mental health professional.