text:
Q: How to enable PHP mail() function in dokku on DigitalOcean I have deployed a PHP website with Dokku on DigitalOcean. It is a very simple website that has a contact form in it. However, the form cannot be sent because apparently PHP mail() function does not work.
I have installed sendmail on the server machine and I am able to send email with sendmail on command line. I have followed the instructions here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/do-I-need-to-configure-anything-to-use-php-mail-function-on-fresh-lamp-install
but I keep getting this error:

-bash: export:`/usr/sbin/sendmail:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games': not a valid identifier

Following the third answer here to the same question as mine (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/php-mail-function-enable); I have installed postfix and I tried to change the php.ini file (which was located in a weird path like /etc/php5/cli/) on the server. I am not sure at all if that php.ini file is what dokku uses while compiling the app even.
I cannot find any other documentation on this issue and I would really appreciate your help.

A: Apart from the wise advice from @MarcB on the comments do use a proper mail client like phpMailer or SwiftMailer on the specifics of your problem you can easy debug your php values by running phpinfo().
Specifically look for:
- sendmail_path
You can also fine tune some aspects of it by looking into:
- mail.add_x_header
- mail.force_extra_parameters
- mail.log
- sendmail_from
As per the error described check the file ~/.bashrc and clean up whatever you've put there. It looks as though you've prexied PATH in the variable form as $PATH.
It should have something like export PATH=...


text:
Consulting firm Logic20/20 among Inc. 5000 fastest-growing firms
05 September 2019 Consulting.us 1 min. read
Logic20/20, a Seattle-based business and technology consultancy, was named one of Inc. Magazine's 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US.
The company saw 92% growth over three years, and rose over 1,000 spots from 2018's rankings to reach #3715 on the 2019 list.
"We are so honored to be ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the 3rd year," Juliana Su, Logic20/20's managing director of consulting, said. "Our consultants are focused on delivering top rate projects that have true impact on how our business performs. This impact is the reason we are able to have continuous growth."
The West Coast consultancy provides services in the areas of digital transformation, advanced analytics, leadership and execution, and managed services. Logic20/20's consultants help clients automate repetitive tasks, enable data-driven decision-making, align people and processes, and manage cloud lifecycles and business operations.
The company works with public and private sector organizations. Some of its notable clients have included Starbucks, Microsoft, and T-Mobile.
Logic20/20 was founded in 2005 and had revenues of $34 million in 2018. The company has 182 employees across offices in Seattle, San Jose, and Wenathchee, WA.
"The companies on this year's Inc. 5000 have followed so many different paths to success," James Ledbetter, Inc.'s editor-in-chief, said. "There's no single course you can follow or investment you can take that will guarantee this kind of spectacular growth...What they have in common is persistence and seizing opportunities."
In 2019, Inc. 5000 companies accounted for a total of 1,216,308 jobs over the past three years.
Rankings & Awards news
More Rankings & Awards
PA Consulting wins six Good Design awards PA Consulting, a global innovation and transformation consultancy, was recognized six times at the 2022 Good Design Awards.
Bain top-ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work list Bain & Company was the top consulting firm on Glassdoor's list of 100 Best Places to Work, ranking #3 among large US companies.
Florida Power & Light tops PA Consulting's 2022 ReliabilityOne awards Florida Power & Light won the top national honor at PA Consulting's 22nd annual ReliabilityOne Awards, which recognize the most reliable electric utilities in North America.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


This simple yet elegant Italian designer bed, the SELF, features a beautifully designed headboard characterised by misaligned slats, joined to a minimalist platform style frame, combined with slightly inset legs, achieving a clean modern and subtle look which makes this bed a subtle centrepiece in your bedroom.
The headboard can be of regular size, same as the bedframe, or oversized i.e. overhanging at the sides.
The use of the statement 'solid wood' is permitted only for the products which contain wood as characterising element. Veneran only uses first choice wood coming from sustainable forests and manufacture furniture in homogeneous vein sequence selecting parts from the same trunk.
The bed is shown in GREY oxidised Ash veneer but available in other Ash or Oak veneer finishes too or even in a choice of neutral lacquers applied smooth or on the Ash Veneer. Please click on View Options under Finish to view them all, and if you require more pictures please contact us.
In the specific, all parts of the bed frames consist of birch plywood, outside is either smooth in lacquer of finish, or in Ash or Oak veneer. All fronts and edges of first choice wood with outer surfaces and edges smoothed by hand.
The mattress is fully at sight, for that reason we recommend your mattress not to exceed 20 cm in order to achieve the same proportions as in the picture, and make sure the mattress does not cover the headboard excessively.


text:
Mistakes cost Magnussen during Australia qualifying
Kevin Magnussen made mistakes on both qualifying runs on Saturday - Credit: Zak Mauger/LAT Images
Kevin Magnussen was left to rue mistakes on both of his qualifying laps at Albert Park on Saturday, feeling the car was better than seventeenth on the grid, especially with Haas F1 Team team-mate Romain Grosjean up in sixth.
Racing for the American outfit for the first time this weekend, the Dane was on course to make it through to Q2 on both of his runs before errors at turn twelve cost him time both times, meaning he was unable to progress.
Magnussen now knows he has a lot to work to do on Sunday in order to fight for points, but feels the VF-17 is showing good competitiveness this weekend in Australia.
"Went off the track in turn 12 on both of my laps – really annoyed with that," said Magnussen. "The car was there in qualifying. My lap was good until I went off.
"Both times my lap was good. I'm disappointed with that. We should've been a lot further up the grid. Now, I have to fight quite hard in the race. There's still a lot that can happen and I will give it my best tomorrow.
"The good thing is the car looks competitive. Romain made it to Q3, which shows the potential of the car. I'm pretty sure I could've been very close to that if I hadn't messed up and got off the track. I think I was just too keen to make up for my slow start to the weekend.
"I had a few places that I knew I had to sort out, and when you're in qualifying trying to sort out things like that, it's not optimal. It would've been nice to do that in practice, but that's the situation I was in and I messed up by going off the track two times.
"I went for it and twice it went wrong. The first time I did it flat out to see where the limit was and I went off. The second time I asked for a little bit more front wing and I went a bit slower to get it right, but I didn't get it right. It's very annoying when you see how good the car is. I'm gutted not to be up there and give myself a better chance at some points."
ThorSport Racing switching away from Fords after three seasons
Cody Ware to run full 2021 NASCAR Cup season for Rick Ware Racing
Russell was 'Able to Adapt' to FW43 Shortfalls 'Better than Me' –Latifi
Vogel Praises "Amazing" Fabia R5 After Pre-Season Test
Red Bull Could've Dominated Like Mercedes But For 2014 Engine Rule Changes – Verstappen
Nicholas Latifi feels George Russell was able to get more out of Williams' flawed FW43 during 2020 than he was, although he felt he learned a lot by being the Briton's team-mate in his rookie season.
Max Verstappen says Red Bull could've dominated Formula 1 like Mercedes has in recent years if engine regulations had not changed in 2014.
2021 Portuguese Grand Prix Decision Likely Before the 'End of February' - Ni Amorim
A decision to whether Portugal will host the third round of the 2021 Formula 1 season is likely to be made before the end of February.


ClassicReload » Morgan's Trivia Machine Jr.
Morgan's amazing Trivia Machine, recommended for ages 7 to 14. Choose from 6 skill levels and 3 awesome activities such as Mountain Climbing (on Mars) to learn science, geography, and essential facts about the world. Morgan's Trivia Machine has over 1,000 questions that incorporate QuickTime video, stunning animation, and hilarious gags. Morgan and friends keep you entertained with non-stop fun and learning. Play alone or challenge a friend, each player choosing an appropriate skill level. Fun for parents, too.


pression excitation or disinhibition of the motor cortex lepsy (PME) and in seven healthy control subjects.
by a strong increase ("rebound") of the ϳ20-Hz level.
greatly enhanced, "giant," suggesting pathological hy- cortex for prolonged periods in patients with ULD.
ulation studies have suggested hyperexcitability of the motor cortex in patients with cortical myoclonus(Brown et al., 1996; Valzania et al., 1999).
changes in the reactivity of the ϳ20-Hz motor cortexrhythm in genetically homogeneous ULD patients to The human cortical mu rhythm, observed over the investigate the functional state of their motor cortex.
ings, is characterized by dominant frequencies in ϳ10-and ϳ20-Hz bands (for a review, see Hari and Salme- lin, 1997). The ϳ20-Hz activity seems to originate dom- patients (ages 18 –35 years, 3 females, 4 males) and 7 inantly in the precentral primary motor cortex, and healthy control subjects (ages 25–36 years, 4 females, 3 thus can be used as an index of the functional state of males). The experimental protocol was accepted by the the motor cortex (Jasper and Penfield, 1949; Salmelin Ethical Committee of the Department of Clinical Neu- and Hari, 1994; Hari and Salenius, 1999).
rosciences and an informed consent was obtained from Mu rhythm level reacts to somatosensory stimula- each subject before the recording. All patients had ho- tion. For example, in healthy subjects, median nerve mozygous expansion mutation in cystatin B gene in stimuli result in an initial small decrease of the chromosome 21. Their clinical symptoms were focal ϳ20-Hz rhythm level, followed by a strong transient and generalized myoclonic jerks, tonic-clonic seizures All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.
Note. Score for myoclonic jerks in daily life: ϩ occasional; ϩϩ frequent; ϩϩϩ very frequent myoclonic jerks. Score for ataxia: ϩ slight; ϩϩ moderate; ϩϩϩ severe. Score for disability: 1 slight, barely detectable; 2 moderate, can walk without help, clumsiness; 3 severe, needssupport in walking or uses a wheelchair.
and cerebellar symptoms of varying degree. The pa- were calculated with a frequency resolution of 0.3 Hz), then rectified, and finally averaged time-locked to the azepam, piracetam, topiramate, and lamotrigine in stimuli. The analysis period of 5 s started 2.5 s before various combinations. The medication was kept un- changed before and during the measurement. A clinical The ϳ20-Hz rhythm level was quantified from the neurologist divided the patients according to the sever- MEG channel over the contralateral sensorimotor cor- ity of their motor symptoms. Table 1 summarizes the changes. The baseline level was determined as the mean level during the 300-ms period just preceding the dian nerves (LMN, RMN) were stimulated alternately stimulus, and the rebound was quantified as the mean at the wrists once every 1.5 s, resulting in an interval level during 400 – 800 ms after the stimulus.
of 3 s for each nerve. The intensity of the 0.2-ms stim- To ascertain that the TSE frequency bands were ulus was individually adjusted to exceed the motor optimally chosen for each subject, time-frequency rep- threshold, and 55–90 stimuli were delivered to each resentations (Tallon-Baudry et al., 1996) were calcu- nerve during one experiment. During the measure- lated from 5 to 35 Hz over the whole analysis period ment, the subject sat relaxed with the eyes open and and then averaged time-locked to the stimuli. This the head supported against the helmet-shaped bottom approach provides estimates for the energy of the sig- of the neuromagnetometer. Myoclonic signs were eval- nal as a function of time and frequency.
uated with continuous videomonitoring and a nurse Sources of the spontaneous activity were identified accompanied the patient in the magnetically shielded in one patient from the bandpass-filtered (4 –12 and room to monitor and report possible myoclonic jerks; 10 –20 Hz) signals recorded at rest. Equivalent current only infrequent jerks were observed during the record- dipoles were searched with a least-squares fit over a subset of 18 –20 sensors. Dipoles were accepted only if Cortical magnetic signals were recorded in a mag- they accounted for at least 85% of the field variance.
netically shielded room with a whole-scalp Neuromag- About 50 dipoles were accepted for both frequency 122 magnetometer. The signals were bandpass filtered ranges and their locations were superimposed on mag- (0.03–190 Hz in controls, 0.03–320 Hz in patients), netic resonance images, obtained with a 1.5-T Siemens digitized at 0.6 kHz in controls and at 1 kHz in pa- Magnetom device of the patient. Statistical signifi- tients, and stored on an optical disk for off-line analy- cance was tested by Student's two-tailed t test.
sis. Head position with respect to the sensor array wasdetermined by measuring magnetic signals from fourindicator coils placed on the scalp. The coil locations with respect to anatomical landmarks on the headwere identified with a 3-D digitizer.
Figure 1 shows for Control 6 and Patient 5 3-s epochs of the rhythmic activity during rest from one channel motor-cortex rhythm were quantified with temporal over the left sensorimotor cortex. The corresponding spectral evolution (TSE; Salmelin and Hari, 1994). The MEG spectra, shown on the right, were calculated from signals were filtered through 10 –30 Hz (typically 2-min periods. In the control subject, the main fre- 10 –20 Hz in patients and 15–25 Hz in controls, de- quency peak is observed at 12 Hz, with a minor peak at pending on peak frequencies in individual spectra that 24 Hz. In the patient, the rhythmic activity is about MOTOR CORTEX RHYTHM IN MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY Left: 3-s periods of spontaneous activity from one MEG channel over the left sensorimotor cortex in Control 6 and Patient 5 during rest. Signals were filtered through 3– 40 Hz. Right: MEG spectra of 2-min epochs from the corresponding channels (not filtered).
two times stronger and peaks at lower frequencies, 7 sponse. In the control subjects, the ϳ20-Hz rhythm is first suppressed after the evoked response and then The mean (ϮSEM) peak frequency of the ϳ10-Hz strongly enhanced; this "rebound" reaches its peak am- component of the mu rhythm was 2.5–2.7 Hz lower in plitude at 500 –700 ms. In the two patients, the behav- patients than in controls (8.1 Ϯ 0.3 Hz vs 10.6 Ϯ 0.5 Hz ior of the 20-Hz rhythm differs in many respects: (i) the over the left hemisphere, P Ͻ 0.005; 8.1 Ϯ 0.3 Hz vs baseline level is much stronger than in the controls, (ii) 10.8 Ϯ 0.4 Hz over the right hemisphere, P Ͻ 0.001).
the suppression is stronger and prolonged, and (iii) The ϳ10-Hz spectral peak was stronger in patients there is no rebound. In controls, the rebounds peaked than in controls (38.9 Ϯ 8.7 fT/cm vs 20.4 Ϯ 5.7 fT/cm over the left and 46.8 Ϯ 5.2 fT/cm vs 21.9 Ϯ 4.6 fT/cmover the right hemisphere; the difference was statisti-cally significant in the right hemisphere, P Ͻ 0.005).
The ϳ20 Hz rhythm peaked at 4.6 –5.3 Hz lower frequencies in patients than in controls (15.9 Ϯ 0.8 Hzvs 20.5 Ϯ 1.2 Hz over the left and 16.3 Ϯ 1.0 Hz vs21.6 Ϯ 1.5 Hz over the right hemisphere; P Ͻ 0.01 andP Ͻ 0.05, respectively). The strength of the ϳ20 Hzspectral peak was ϳ2-fold in patients compared withcontrols (21.3 Ϯ 2.9 fT/cm vs 8.7 Ϯ 1.0 fT/cm over theleft hemisphere and 25.6 Ϯ 3.3 fT/cm vs 10.6 Ϯ 1.0fT/cm over the right hemisphere; P Ͻ 0.001 for bothdifferences).
The mean (ϮSEM) source locations of the rhythmic signals of Patient 5, superimposed on her MR images,agreed with the location of the hand region of thecentral sulcus. The mean location was 4 mm moreanterior (P Ͻ 0.05) for the 10 –20 Hz than for the 4 –12Hz oscillations, in agreement with previously sug-gested generation of the higher mu rhythm componentin the precentral motor cortex.
Figure 2 shows reactivity of the ϳ20-Hz level over the right sensorimotor cortex in Controls 1 and 6 and Stimulus-related changes in the ϳ20-Hz mu rhythm in Patients 4 and 6; the left median nerve was stimu- level of Controls 1 and 6 and Patients 4 and 6. Light gray shadowed lated at time 0. In all traces, the transient increase areas show the suppression and dark gray shadowed areas the immediately after the stimulus reflects the evoked re- rebounds 400 – 800 ms after stimulus.
Time-frequency representation of the energy at 5–35 Hz from 500 ms before to 1500 ms after LMN stimulation of Control 1 and Patient 4. Note the logarithmic scale of the energy.
the rebounds in both subject groups. In controls, therebounds were statistically significant on both left (P Ͻ The present results revealed clear abnormalities in 0.05) and right (P Ͻ 0.01) hemispheres. In patients, the the reactivity of the ϳ20-Hz motor-cortex rhythm in mean amplitudes were negative with respect to the Strength of rebound to LMN and RMN stimuli (at 400 – Mean (ϮSEM) amplitude of the ϳ20-Hz motor cortex 800 ms) as a function of the baseline level of the 20 Hz rhythm (during 300 ms before the stimulus) in all subjects.
MOTOR CORTEX RHYTHM IN MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY patients with ULD: (i) the peak frequency was about 5 Common to all our patients was mutation in cys- Hz lower in patients than in controls, (ii) the baseline tatin B gene. The patients were thus homogeneous mean amplitude of the ϳ20-Hz activity was double according to the genotype accounting for their dis- compared with that of the controls, and (iii) there was ease. The neurophysiological findings were also no rebound following median nerve stimuli.
rather homogeneous in the whole patient group de- Source analysis of the signals in one patient con- spite the great variability of the severity of the motor firmed that the higher frequency oscillations of the mu symptoms. However, within the patient group the rhythm were mainly generated in the motor cortex, in rebound amplitude did not correlate with the motor line with previous studies in healthy subjects (Jasper disability, suggesting that the changes in the reac- and Penfield, 1949; Salmelin and Hari, 1994; Hari and tivity of the motor cortex are connected more closely Salenius, 1999). Thus the ϳ8- and ϳ16-Hz mu rhythm to the mutated cystatin B gene rather than to the components of our ULD patients apparently corre- clinical expression of the gene mutation.
could be due to degenerative changes in the brain ordue to anticonvulsive polytherapy.
This study was financially supported by the Academy of Finland The time-frequency representation confirmed that and the Instrumentarium Science Foundation. We thank Dr. A-E.
lack of the rebound indicates prolonged excitation ofthe motor cortex after somatosensory stimuli, in line Brown, P., Ridding, M. C., Werhahn, K. J., Rothwell, J. C., and with previously observed hyperexcitability of the motor Marsden, C. D. 1996. Abnormalities of the balance between inhi- cortex in patients with cortical myoclonus (Brown et bition and excitation in the motor cortex of patients with cortical al., 1996; Valzania et al., 1999).
myoclonus. Brain 119: 309 –317.
Mechanisms underlying the higher baseline level of Chadwick, D., Hallett, M., Harris, R., Jenner, P., Reynolds, E. H., and Marsden, C. D. 1977. Clinical, biochemical, and physiological the motor cortex rhythm could be searched for from features distinguishing myoclonus responsive to 5-hydroxytrypto- animal models. In monkeys, application of GABA an- phan, tryptophan with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, and clon- tagonist to the primary motor cortex enhanced both azepam. Brain 100: 455– 487.
movement-related and spontaneous neuronal activity Chen, R., Corwell, B., and Hallett, M. 1999. Modulation of motor and increased the number of active neurons; the neu- cortex excitability by median nerve and digit stimulation. Exp.
Brain. Res. 129: 77– 86.
ronal changes were accompanied by clumsy move- Haltia, M., Kristensson, K., and Sourander, P. 1969. Neuropatholog- ments and muscle jerks that became so frequent that ical studies in three Scandinavian cases of progressive myoclonus they had to be terminated with barbiturate to prevent epilepsy. Acta Neurol. Scand. 45: 63–77.
generalized seizures (Matsumura et al., 1991, 1992).
Hari, R., and Salmelin, R. 1997. Human cortical oscillations: A view These disturbances closely resemble the clinical symp- through the skull. Trends Neurosci. 20: 44 – 49.
toms of our ULD patients. Furthermore, the observed Hari, R., Forss, N., Avikainen, S., Kirveskari, E., Salenius, S., and high baseline level of ϳ20-Hz rhythm could reflect Rizzolatti, G. 1998. Activation of human primary motor cortexduring action observation: A neuromagnetic study. Proc. Natl. either a larger number of active neurons or their Acad. Sci. USA 95: 15061–15065.
higher synchrony. Thus our findings may reflect de- Hari, R., and Salenius, S. 1999. Rhythmical corticomotor communi- creased GABA-ergic inhibition in the motor cortex of cation. Neuroreport 10: R1–10.
Jasper, H., and Penfield, W. 1949. Zur Deutung des normalen Elek- Although thalamocortical and intracortical connec- troencephalogramms und seiner Vera¨nderungen. Arch. Psych. tions are known to play an important role in the gen- Zeitschr. Neurol. 183: 163–174.
eration of cortical rhythms (Lopes da Silva et al., 1980), Karhu, J., Hari, R., Paetau, R., Kajola, M., and Mervaala, E. 1994.
Cortical reactivity in progressive myoclonus epilepsy. Electroen- the cerebello–thalamo– cortical loop may also have an ceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 90: 93–102.
mainly inhibitory influence on the cerebellar deep nu- clei, their loss could lead to enhanced cerebello– Matsumura, M., Sawaguchi, T., Oishi, T., Ueki, K., and Kubota, K.
1991. Behavioral deficits induced by local injection of bicuculline thalamo– cortical output, which may affect the oscilla- and muscimol into the primate motor and premotor cortex. J. Neu- rophysiol. 65: 1542–1553.
Matsumura, M., Sawaguchi, T., and Kubota, K. 1992. GABAergic Schnitzler, A., Salenius, S., Salmelin, R., Jousma¨ki, V., and Hari, R.
neuromagnetic study. Neuroimage 6: 201–208.
Shibasaki, H., and Kuroiwa, Y. 1975. Electroencephalographic cor- Salenius, S., Schnitzler, A., Salmelin, R., Jousma¨ki, V., and Hari, R.
1997. Modulation of human cortical rolandic rhythms during nat- ural sensorimotor tasks. Neuroimage 5: 221–228.
Tallon-Baudry, C., Bertrand, O., Delpuech, C., and Pernier, J. 1996.
Salmelin, R., and Hari, R. 1994. Spatiotemporal characteristics of Stimulus specificity of phase-locked and non-phase-locked 40 Hz sensorimotor MEG rhythms related to thumb movement. Neuro- visual responses in human. J. Neurosci. 16: 4240 – 4249.
Valzania, F., Strafella, A. P., Tropeani, A., Rubboli, G., Nassetti, Salmelin, R., Ha¨ma¨la¨inen, M., Kajola, M., and Hari, R. 1995. Func- S. A., and Tassinari, C. A. 1999. Facilitation of rhythmic events in tional segregation of movement-related rhythmic activity in the progressive myoclonus epilepsy: A transcranial magnetic stimula- human brain. Neuroimage 2: 237–243.
tion study. Clin. Neurophysiol. 110: 152–157.


text:
Q: Will PostgreSQL use parts of a composite index even if all parts aren't listed in the where clauses? I could obviously test this empirically but I've found that without loading fake data EXPLAIN shows that Postgres just loads the full page of memory containing the table and scans. I also haven't found the answer in the docs.
My question is, if I have an index on a table such as (colA, colB) and a query containing where colA = 'something' will Postgres use this index even though colB is not in the query? Assume that no index containing just colA exists. It stands to reason that this index could be useful in the query execution, but I've had a hard time tracking the answer down definitively.
(Postgres v12.x)

A: Yes, because that composite index in your example is also known as a covering index. Specifically mentioned in the previously linked documentation here:

...people sometimes made covering indexes by writing the payload columns as ordinary index columns, that is writing
CREATE INDEX tab_x_y ON tab(x, y);
even though they had no intention of ever using y as part of a WHERE clause. This works fine as long as the extra columns are trailing columns...

Basically, as long as the fields of your predicates are all sequentially part of the index definition (from left to right), then that index is covering and applicable to be used for that query.
The reverse of your example would not work though since the index does not cover that scenario. I.e. WHERE colB = 'someValue' is not covered by an index with the definition of (colA, colB) since the order of the field list in the index definition literally defines the structure of the underlying B-Tree used to sort the data. So first the data is sorted on colA and then colB, making it not possible to directly search on colB (aka directly seek on colB, rather an index scan could still be performed to indirectly search on colB) without a predicate to search on colA first.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
FIVE MINUTES WITH: JOE PIDGEON, CO-FOUNDER AND EVENTS DIRECTOR AT BEST OF BRITANNIA
There's more to shop at the Mailbox this Black Friday, as we welcome Best of Britannia to the Urban Room for an exclusive pop-up event. From fashion brands including Genevieve Sweeney and Ross Barr, to urban homeware Stolen Form, there's even The Sweet Potato Spirit Company – a Worcestershire-based company that exclusively creates spirits using sweet potato as its base ingredient!
Talking us through what it means to be British, Christmas gift inspiration and being inspired by the 90s, we caught up with Joe Pidgeon, co-founder and events director at Best of Britannia…
Hi Joe! Let's start with a little about you…
I'm originally from North West London, and actually started out in publishing. I've always had an interest in music, and for 10 years my job was working on a magazine called Touch, the official magazine for KISS FM. As part of that I got to meet some of the biggest artists (he tells us he's met Beyonce, back in her the Destiny's Child days!), and work on some incredible events, including parties for MTV and the Donnie Darko film premiere, so that's where my passion for events stems from.
In 2001, when the internet really took off, it was much harder to create content for a magazine, because you could find it all instantly online. That was when I really decided to change career path and focus on the event side of things, and that's still the main part of my job today here at Best of Britannia.
You're one of the co-founders of Best of Britannia, a company designed to discover and promote the finest British brands. How did the idea of Best of Britannia come about?
I've always been a bit pernickety about what I buy, and like to know how things are made – some people call it fussy but I think it's really important to know! It's something that Antony, Esme (Joe's co-founders) and I all have in common, so that was a great starting point from going in to business together.
The real turning point came in 2012 around the Olympics, when we found out that so many products for the Olympics were being made overseas. One example was the 'Boris Bikes' in London; we make some fantastic bikes here in Britain, yet it was all being outsourced at a time when the spotlight was firmly on the UK. It seemed crazy that there just wasn't the confidence in British made products.
We actually did a Best of Britannia event just after the Olympics, when the feel-good factor was at its highest, and the response was incredible. We should be championing our own products when we get the chance to on that kind of scale.
Best of Britannia is all about supporting British independent brands. Do you think that demand for both has increased in recent years?
Absolutely. There's always been a demand for British made products, but surprisingly this is more from overseas, countries like China and Japan. It's not about British pride, it's about championing well-made products, that you know have been made by someone earning at least minimum wage, and working in a really positive environment – people are more conscious now, and the brands that we support come with that guarantee.
You'll be showcasing a number of brands as part of Best of Britannia here at the Mailbox, but if you had to recommend just one for picking up a unique Christmas gift, which would you choose?
That's an impossible question, because everything is so varied! There's something to suit every budget, and it completely depends who you're buying for; I'm going to sit on the fence so you'll have to come and take a look for yourself!
You certainly champion being British, but what do you think is our best national tradition?
Without a doubt, fish and chips. I live in Brighton now, and there are some incredible places for really good fish and chips.
A little bird tells us that you're inspired by the 90s – what is it about the decade that you love?
I was definitely inspired musically by that decade, because I spent so much time working at the heart of the industry. It's also the time that I learnt to do what I do now; the passion everyone seemed to have back then has made me the person I am today.
You've recently launched your online store, allowing even more people to get access to some of the brands you showcase. What item is top of your Best of Britannia wishlist at the moment?
A Moulton bike, without a doubt. They're beautifully built, really well-designed and are honestly a work of art – it's like the Aston Martin of bikes.
The Sweet Potato Spirit Co. is proudly based in Worcestershire, are there any other Midlands brands on Best of Britannia that we should know about?
Definitely – Ross Barr menswear is manufactured in Leicester, and Teddy Edward is from Wysall in Nottinghamshire.
And finally, what are your first impressions of Birmingham?
I actually like it, without meaning to sound so surprised! The Mailbox is a beautiful building, and I love the canals. It's changed a lot in the last few years, it doesn't feel as moody as it used to! Having said I like fish and chips earlier, I think I will have to go for a curry later; the best curry I have ever had was in Birmingham after all!
Best of Britannia is hosting an exclusive Black Friday pop-up in the Mailbox Urban Room until Sunday 27th November. Click here for more information.


May 5, 2015 , 250th-300th medium hard rock 2500 mesh super fine carbon black grinder 25 ton/hr hammer mill 20mm stone quarry plant 20132014 japan.
ABSTRACT: The laboratory size hammer mill was fabricated from locally available materials for crushing of minerals such as calcite, dolomite, limestone, granite.
Jaw Crushers; Roll Crushers; Lab Mills; Impact Hammer Mills; Industrial Hammer Mills; Top Discharge Hammer Mills; Pot Barrel Mills / Disc Mills; Ball / Rod Mills.
15610 Results , Hammer Crusher Price, Buy Various High Quality Hammer Crusher Price , good price high efficiency hammer crusher for laboratory rock.
Find all the manufacturers in the Laboratory Equipment,Mills for laboratories , The PX-MFC 90 D Series is manufactured by Kinematica, and is a hammer or.
Jaw Crushers, Cone Crushers, and Hammer Mills use different combinations of force, impact and compression to initiate fracturing in the materials Pulverizing.
Jun 10, 2014 , Hammer mills; impactors; Rolling-compression mills; Attrition mills; Tumbling mills explain ball mill pulveriser - 20 May 2014 Engineering Lab.
Our full line of crushers help the laboratory ensure their final sample is representative of the lot by uniformly crushing the bulk sample Up to 4000 lbs per hour of.
Our pulverising mills have been the cornerstone of the assaying industry for 20 , exploration camps and in commercial and research laboratories around the world , rolls crushers; disc, hammer, continuous and autobatch mills; drying ovens;.
download fact sheet: how does a hammer mill work , The economical Laboratory and Pilot Scale Jaw Crushers are available in several models from benchtop.
Lab hammer crusher for coal sample preparation,US $ 0 - 7000 / Set, Hunan, China (Mainland), CKIC, 5E-HC180*150 / 5E-HC250*360Source from Changsha.
, China lab crusher mill, lab roll crusher, lab coal crusher, laboratory jaw crusher, mini hammer crusher, laboratory hammer mill products, also a lab crusher mill.
As a leading China lab crushers manufacturer and supplier, and with well-run lab , small laboratory hammer crusher is mainly used in laboratory for crushing.
Home; Products Laboratory Machines , Swing Hammer Mill Click for information on , Jaw Crusher Click for information on BB50 Laboratory Jaw Crusher.
Results 1 - 25 of 36 , Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer Manufacturer & distributor of crushers for laboratory applications Products include hammer.


text:
Q: Data from two years in a row My table looks like this:
Period     Value
01.02.2019  100
01.02.2020  0
01.02.2020  1
01.02.2019  50
01.02.2019  50
01.03.2018  50

Now I need one query, which sums the values for a given year and month and the values from last year and the given month and the difference of both
Given input Year=2020, Month=02
Expected output:
Actual, PreviousYear, Diff
1       200           -199

Any ideas how to do this?

A: Assuming there is always at least one record in every month:
with months as (
   SELECT period, sum(Value) as Actual
   FROM [MyTable]
   GROUP BY period
)
select period, actual,
    LAG(actual, 12) OVER (ORDER BY period) As PreviousYear,
    actual - LAG(actual, 12) OVER (ORDER BY period) As Diff
FROM months
WHERE YEAR(period) = 2020 AND MONTH(period) = 2
ORDER BY period

If that assumption doesn't hold, we need more information about the possible kinds of values in the period column.

A: You can use conditional aggregation:
select
    sum(case when year(period) = 2020 then value end) actual,
    sum(case when year(period) = 2019 then value end) previous_year,
    sum(case when year(period) = 2020 then value else -value end) diff
from mytable
where year(period) in (2020, 2019) and month(period) = 2


text:
Joel Carlson South African Legal files
Carlson, Joel, 1926-2001
7 linear feet (7 record cartons)
[Item], Joel Carlson South African Legal files, Sc MG 646, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 3, 1926, Joel Carlson was a lawyer who devoted his legal career to opposing apartheid. Through the 1960s and 1970s he developed a reputation for defending black South Africans in a variety of cases including removal from homelands, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture cases, and pass law violations. Carlson eventually opened his won civil rights practice, exposing apartheid atrocities, which made him a target among government officials and the South African police. After years of harassment and numerous threats against his life, Carlson left Johannesburg in 1971, relocating to New York. In 1994, Carlson revisited South Africa, serving as a United Nations observer in the country's first free elections. He died of leukemia in Manhaset, New York, in 2001. Joel Carlson South African Legal Files, 1958 - 1990, chronicle Carlson's legal career in South Africa through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Modeling Carlson's own mapping of his life and career in No Neutral Ground, the collection highlights the kinds of cases that Carlson understood to define his anti-apartheid work: prison abuse investigations and the defense of political detainees, as well as his representation of Winnie Mandela and members of her family. Primarily organized chronologically by case type and individual case, the collection consists largely of correspondence, legal documents relating to trials and defendants, and news clippings.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1926, Joel Carlson decided in law school to devote his career to opposing apartheid. Before graduating from Witwatersrand University, he joined the civil service and worked for the Bantu Commissioner's Court, which ruled on pass law offenses. The 1952 Pass Law Act required every African age 16 years or older to carry documentation proving that they had a "right" to be in designated white areas. Failure to produce a pass on demand resulted in arrest and imprisonment. Disgusted by the arbitrariness and cruelty of court and detention proceedings, Carlson quit his job after nine months and returned to university. In 1955, he opened his own civil rights practice, dedicated to defending victims of injustice and abuse and exposing apartheid's atrocities.
Over the years Carlson developed a reputation for defending black South Africans in a variety of cases including removal from homelands, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture cases, and pass law violations. In 1957, he helped a street-sweeper, Innocent Langa, search for his brother, Nelson, who had been taken on his way home from work by a group of plainclothes policemen. Carlson traced Nelson to the Farm Labor Bureau, and discovered that the Bureau was running an undercover scheme in which individuals charged with petty pass law offenses were forced to labor on potato farms. Victims of the scheme were usually arrested for trivial permit violations and compelled to "volunteer" to work on the farms, where they suffered beatings, poor housing conditions, and malnutrition. The South African public had condemned the farm labor system in the 1940s, and Carlson exposed its secret return. He not only helped obtain the release of hundreds of laborers, but he also presented to the government letters and memoranda indicting the farm labor system and its brutalities.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Carlson continued to advocate for victims of apartheid. Among other cases that he took on was one for the Bakubung tribe in 1967. Leaders of the tribe approached Carlson for help defending their right to remain on the tribe's ancestral lands. The government's order that the Bakubung relocate threatened the farming community's ability to be self-sustaining and fractured its governance. Chieftainess Catherine Monnakgotla sought to cooperate with the order, while Chief Lucas Monnakgotla led a group of eighty-eight Bakubung who refused to move. Carlson represented those resisting relocation in negotiations with the Bantu Affairs Commissioner from February until August 1968. In September 1968, many of Lucas Monnakgotla's followers were arrested.
Once the accused were brought into court, their common law offenses were withdrawn and they were held instead under the Terrorism Act, an escalation of South Africa's General Law Amendment Act passed in 1963. This act, which became known as the "90-Day Act," granted the police power to detain without trial anyone suspected of involvement in activity against the State, including participation in banned, underground, or Communist-affiliated organizations. The "90-Day Act" soon gave way to the "180-Day Act" and, later, the Terrorism Act of 1967. The Terrorism Act allowed the police to imprison in solitary confinement anyone suspected of "terrorism" for an indefinite period of time. Ostensibly, this act sought to safeguard "peace and quiet, law and order." In reality, it defined terrorism so loosely that the police could arrest and detain anyone for the slightest infractions.
The General Law Amendment Act and its derivatives enabled the brutal interrogation methods of the Security Police, who sought to detain and intimidate anti-apartheid activists without oversight of the courts or the public. Under the Terrorism Act, Lucas Monnakgotla and his followers were imprisoned without access to their relatives or attorneys for nearly a year. One prisoner, Jacob Monnakgotla, died in custody before the accused were finally indicted in August 1969. After this case Carlson became very active in representing prisoners of abuse and torture. Throughout his career, he led investigations into the abuse and deaths of numerous individuals held under South Africa's detainment laws as well as represented family members of individuals killed in police custody.
Carlson often took on many of the most publicized and controversial anti-apartheid cases of the day. In 1968, he also represented Julia Lenkoe in an investigation into the death of her husband, James Lenkoe, who had been a Terrorism Act detainee. While the South African Security Police claimed that Lenkoe committed suicide, several medical experts determined that Lenkoe had been electrically shocked and tortured. Carlson not only initiated the inquest into Lenkoe's death but also brought a damages action on behalf of Mrs. Lenkoe against the Prime Minister and the head of the Security Police, B. J. Vorster. In another case, he appealed to the South Africa Minister of Justice and other officials to demand an investigation into detention conditions and misconduct.
In what Carlson believed was a direct reprisal for his work on the Lenkoe case, the government ordered the surrender of his South African passport in 1969. Carlson received letters of support from the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, formed by John F. Kennedy; British lawyers; and the International Commission of Jurists, of which Carlson was a member.
One of Carlson's most important cases involved thirty-seven members of the South West African Peoples Organization (SWAPO). The Namibians, or South West Africans, had been unlawfully arrested and imprisoned for several years before they were charged retroactively with violating the Terrorism Act. The case received significant international attention resulting in the United Nations ruling that the Namibians did not fall under the jurisdiction of the South African government, which the government ignored. After the Namibians were charged, Carlson worked to gain their trust and secured his place as their lawyer. As he interviewed the accused, Carlson realized nearly all had suffered extensive abuse and mistreatment at the hands of Security Police. Most of his clients fully expected to be hanged.
The trial began on August 3, 1967. Uncertain he would be able to bring his clients to justice without international support, Carlson traveled to New York; Washington, DC; and London to meet with attorneys and politicians, including Bobby Kennedy, to raise awareness of the Namibians' plight. With the influence of international media, Carlson won a qualified victory in court. Although the majority of the defendants were convicted, no one received a death sentence. Several of the accused, including Andimba Toivo ya Toivo and Helao Shityuwete, went on to acclaim and prominence for their political activism.
At law school, Carlson had met and begun a friendship with fellow student, Nelson Mandela. While Mandela served a life sentence on Robben Island in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Carlson handled a number of personal and legal affairs for his family. In 1967, he represented Winnie Mandela on two cases -- one accusing her of violating a 1965 banning order and the other, of resisting arrest. Although Carlson won an acquittal on the latter offense, Mandela was convicted of breaking her banning order and served four days in prison. The same year, Carlson successfully defended Winnie Mandela's brother, Tanduxolo Madikizela, against vagrancy charges (pass law violation). At Nelson Mandela's request, Carlson represented Winnie Mandela and other African detainees in the internationally famous Ndou and Ramotse trials of 1969 and 1970, and he ensured that the Mandelas' daughters, Zanani and Zinziswa, received care and education during that time. Carlson was also at least initially involved in defending Winnie Mandela against charges of violating a second banning order in 1970.
The State v. Samson Ndou and Twenty-One Others case began in May 12, 1969, when twenty-two black South Africans, including Winnie Mandela, were detained under the Terrorism Act. After five months' solitary imprisonment, during which time the detainees had no access to their families or friends, they were arraigned and charged instead under the Suppression of Communism Act for their participation in the African National Congress (ANC) and other outlawed organizations. Carlson led the defense, and on February 16, 1970, the court acquitted all twenty-two defendants. Before they were released, however, the State redetained the defendants, once again invoking the Terrorism Act. A few days later, the friends and relatives of the detainees filed a case, Iris Madikizela and Fourteen Others v. The Ministers of Justice and Police, contending that the defendants were being mistreated in prison. Despite these charges, the detainees remained incarcerated for another four months without trial. In June 1970, nineteen of the original defendants were arraigned, while three were released to serve as state witnesses. Another alleged member of the ANC, Benjamin Ramotse, was also charged and became the first-listed defendant in the renamed case, The State v. Benjamin Ramotse and Nineteen Others.
The Ramotse et al. trial lasted one month, August 24 to September 14, 1970. Again, the court acquitted the original nineteen Ndou et al. defendants, ruling that their charge under the Terrorism Act was substantially identical to their charge under the Communism Act. This verdict was one of the biggest legal victories of Carlson's career. Ramotse, however, was found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years on Robben Island. The prosecution appealed the court's ruling regarding the original Ndou et al. defendants in The State v. Samson Ndou and Eighteen Others and lost.
As his reputation as a defender of apartheid victims grew through the 1960s and 1970s, Carlson became increasingly unpopular among government officials and the South African police. He was certain that his telephone was being tapped and that he was being followed by Security Branch detectives. In addition, he received numerous threats against his life, and at least once, gunshots were fired into his office. After years of harassment, Carlson left Johannesburg on April 6, 1971; his wife and children followed. They relocated to New York, where he served as the first deputy district attorney in Queens. He led the consumer fraud bureau and developed "Second Chance," a civil service program which offered convicted violent offenders an alternative to prison. In 1994, Carlson revisited South Africa, serving as a United Nations observer in the country's first free elections. He died of leukemia in Manhasset, New York, in 2001.
Joel Carlson South African Legal Files, 1958 - 1990, chronicles Carlson's legal career in South Africa through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Modeling Carlson's own mapping of his life and career in No Neutral Ground, the collection highlights the kinds of cases that Carlson understood to define his anti-apartheid work: prison abuse investigations and the defense of political detainees, as well as his representation of Winnie Mandela and members of her family. Primarily organized chronologically by case type and individual case, the collection consists largely of correspondence, legal documents relating to trials and defendants, and news clippings.
The Joel Carlson South African Legal files are arranged in five series:
Personal papers
This series comprises correspondence and annotated proofs of No Neutral Ground. Correspondence includes telegrams and letters of support for Carlson, speaking engagement invitations, a note threatening Carlson's life, and letters regarding his involvement in groups like the United Nations Association. Several letters relate to the South African Minister of Interior's confiscation of Carlson's passport in 1969. Other letters document the harassment Carlson and his family suffered and their decision to leave South Africa in the early 1970s. Materials pertaining to the Home and School Council, which Carlson chaired, detail the government's persecution of its secretary, Barbara Mary Smith, and her attempted suicide. The printed matter contains articles about Carlson's career as well as the establishment of the South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS"). Many opponents linked the Bureau to Carlson's passport confiscation. This series also includes "A Day of Hope," which is an article by Carlson about Nelson Mandela, and letters and clippings concerning Carlson's wife, Jeannette.
Mandela family representation
This series consists primarily of legal documents, correspondence, and clippings relating to the personal and legal matters in which Carlson represented Winnie Mandela and members of her family. It includes materials regarding the permits and violations stemming from Winnie Mandela's 1965 and 1970 banning orders, which prohibited her, respectively, from leaving Johannesburg for five years and from receiving visitors at her home. Several letters by Carlson reveal the difficult time she had finding employment under the 1965 order. The series also includes documents concerning Carlson's efforts to place Zanani and Zinziswa Mandela in a school in Swaziland during their parents' detainment.
Early cases
This series contains correspondence, legal documents, memoranda, and printed matter relating to Carlson's cases that did not involve a prison abuse investigation or a General Law Amendment, Communism, or Terrorism Act charge. The majority of this series, which is arranged chronologically, pertains to the earliest years of Carlson's legal career, when he worked on a variety of discrete matters. Regina v. Solomon Matlapeng and Others, 1955 - 1957, for example, concerns an assault accusation and tribal dispute, and Sara Davids v. Lothian Court (Proprietary) Limited, 1958, concerns a garbage issue. Several cases in this series demonstrate Carlson's advocacy for victims of apartheid. Farm Labor Scheme Cases include materials pertaining to Innocent Langa, the letters and memoranda Carlson authored to oppose the scheme, and news clippings revealing the public's reaction. Ben Hlatshwayo and Joseph Ndhlovu v. Morgenzon Municipality, 1958 - 1959, details the matter of two successful black businessmen whose residential permits were arbitrarily revoked by a disgruntled white Location Superintendent.
Prison abuse cases
This series comprises correspondence, newspaper clippings, medical examination reports, prison regulation guidelines, and legal documents pertaining to the inhumane treatment of detainees by the South African Security Police. The General Advocacy and Research files include Carlson's appeal to the Minister of Justice to investigate the conditions under which 90-day detainees were imprisoned, so that the perpetrators could be punished, victims could be compensated, and litigation could be avoided. Printed matter ranges from articles by medical experts whom Carlson employed to clippings on the seeming epidemic of deaths in detention.
The majority of this series consists of information about inquests and requests for inquests brought by the families of prisoners who died under suspicious circumstances while in detention. Two of the most significant cases in the series are those of Looksmart Ngudle and Julia Lenkoe: the first, because it brought the torture of political prisoners to the attention of an international public, and the second, because of government reprisals taken against Carlson during the trial. The Ngudle Correspondence speaks to police intimidation of Ngudle's family, Carlson's efforts to bring forward witnesses, and the coordination of expert medical evidence. Legal documents include an affidavit by Carlson detailing the difficulty he had in getting information from the Security Police. Much of the Lenkoe Correspondence deals with Carlson's attempts to find witnesses as well as Lenkoe's post-mortem reports. Carlson's notes in the Lenkoe case reveal his personal documentation of witnesses' statements and provide insights into his strategy. Because of Carlson's prominent standing in the international legal world, the Lawyer's Committee in Washington sent Dr. Alan Moritz, chief pathologist to the United States Armed Forces, to give evidence at Lenkoe's inquest.
Another important case in this series is Joseph Helao Shityuwete v. The Commissioner of Police and Others, 1967-1969, also referred to as "The Case of Gabriel Mbindi." Here, Shityuwete, one of the accused in The State v. Tuhadelini and Thirty-Six Others, applied to the Supreme Court to protect his fellow inmate, Gabriel Mbindi, from assaults by the Security Police. Correspondence details the Commission of Prisons' attempt to prevent Carlson from visiting his clients and Carlson's work to obtain a monetary settlement for Mbindi. The affidavits include statements by the Security Police as well as Mbindi's fellow inmates, who either witnessed or suffered similar assaults. In addition, the Shityuwete files comprise the official trial application that Carlson compiled for court as well as court orders, memoranda, invoices, and newspaper clippings. Carlson used Mbindi's settlement discussions as leverage to commute the sentence of another Tuhadelini defendant, Johannes Otto.
Suppression of Communism and Terrorism Act cases
The Suppression of Communism and Terrorism Act Cases series is divided into three subseries, The State V. Tuhadelini and Thirty-Six Others, Ndou et al. and Ramotse et al., and Additional Terrorism/Communism Cases.
The State V. Tuhadelini and Thirty-Six Others, 1967 - 1969, subseries consists of court records, correspondence, and financial documents relating to this trial. There is correspondence that details Carlson's trips to New York, Washington, DC, and London to raise international awareness about the case. Legal documents include evidence used in the trial in addition to affidavits, motions, and transcripts. Of particular interest are the transcripts recording judgment and sentencing, since Carlson's defense prevented the accused from being executed by the state. A collection of affidavits from American officials show South Africa's wrongful jurisdiction of the South West Africans (Namibians). Documents relating to the accused include the testimonies of the thirty-seven defendants, and in some cases, more fully developed personal statements detailing their recollections of arrest and abusive treatment in jail. These files also contain inquests, intake forms, powers of attorney, and handwritten notes and journals. Financial records demonstrate the personal expenses Carlson incurred for his clients while they were in jail. Printed matter, including proceedings from the United Nations, documents Carlson's efforts at promoting international awareness of the South West Africans' plight. Newspaper clippings, both local and international, editorialize on Carlson's anti-apartheid activism.
The Ndou et al. and Ramotse et al., 1969 - 1971, subseries consists primarily of court documents, legal correspondence, and statements by the accused in the above-named cases. Some of the documents are in Afrikaans. Since the government was not required to release information about Terrorism Act detainees, the earliest dated letters in the series reveal anxiety about the detainees' whereabouts and safety. Correspondence also highlights the women defendants' complaints about abuse in Pretoria Prison and Carlson's attempt to meet with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island to discuss Winnie's representation in the case. Several letters relate to Iris Madikizela et al. v. The Ministers of Justice and Police. Legal documents encompass materials filed by the prosecution and the defense with the Supreme Court of South Africa and issued by the court itself. Documents relating to the accused include handwritten statements by defendants; Carlson encouraged his clients to write extensively, recording corruption and abuses, and their statements attest to claims of mistreatment in prison and the condition of their arrests and detainment. This section includes handwritten materials by Winnie Mandela; Peter Magubane, an internationally well-known South African photographer; and Joyce Sikakane and Owen Vanqa, prominent South African journalists.
Each of the defendants was assigned a number by the prosecution. In Ndou et al., Ndou was "Accused No. 1," David Modau was "Accused No. 2," and so on. The numbers changed slightly when Ramotse was added to the case and three others were dropped. Ramotse became "Accused No. 1," Ndou became "Accused No. 2," etc. Carlson kept materials relating to the accused according to their numbers, and the arrangement of this sub-subseries follows that system. Folders are organized by the accused numbers, reflecting both the Ndou et al. and Ramotse et al. cases.
Through the spring of 1970, the detainees received significant English-language press. Many newspaper clippings in the printed matter center around student protests against the re-detention of the acquitted Ndou et al. defendants. Several documents demonstrate respected legal and humanitarian councils' condemnation of the Terrorism Act. There are also two folders containing correspondence and clippings relating to Mendel Levin, a South African attorney who attempted to represent the Ndou et al. defendants before Carlson was able to meet with them in prison. Several defendants allege in their statements that they were coerced into appointing Levin as their attorney. Carlson's files on Levin include materials that suggest Levin's dubious character.
Files relating to Iris Madikizela et al. v. The Ministers of Justice and Police consist mainly of court documents and legal correspondence concerning the application brought by friends and relatives to protect the defendants in prison. Princess Madikizela testified, along with others, about the violation of the standard rights of detainees. During their detention, the accused's families did not have visitation rights and were not allowed to send the prisoners food, clothing, or medicine.
The Additional Terrorism/Communism Cases, 1964 - 1971, subseries contains correspondence and legal correspondence relating to miscellaneous cases in which Carlson represented defendants against Suppression of Communism or Terrorism Act charges. Included in this subseries are materials concerning the Bakubung tribe's attempt to resist its mandated relocation and the subsequent prosecution of those refusing relocation, led by Lucas Monnokgotla, under the Terrorism Act. Perhaps the most notable case in this subseries is The Secretary for Justice v. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1967 - 1968, which relates to Nelson Mandela's conviction for leaving South Africa without a permit and for inciting people to strike in May 1961. Correspondence reveals Carlson's role as liaison between Nelson and Winnie Mandela as well as Nelson's alleged ill-treatment by prison authorities, a blocked attempt by the Secretary of Justice to have Nelson's name removed from South Africa's Roll of Attorneys, and his involvement with the Communist Party of South Africa.
Gift, Joel Carlson, 2006
Processed by Ann Abrams, Brittany Carter, Marcela Di Blasi, Megan Goins, and Blevin Shelnutt, 2011-2012.
Carlson, Joel. No Neutral Ground. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1973.
"The Dilemma of Foreign Investment in South Africa." The Black Sash, 15, 1971.
Dwyer, Jim. "Joel Carlson, 75, Lawyer Who Fought Apartheid in 50s." The New York Times, December 4, 2001.
The Pass System and Detention. Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1970.
"South Africa: A Police State." United Nations Centre Against Apartheid. New York: United Nations Unit on Apartheid, Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, 1973.
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
Mandela, Winnie
Anti-apartheid movements
Apartheid -- Law and legislation -- South Africa
Apartheid -- South Africa
Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc -- South Africa
Crimes against humanity -- South Africa
Criminal justice, Administration of -- South Africa
Imprisonment -- South Africa
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York
Lawyers -- South Africa
Political prisoners -- South Africa
South Africa -- Race relations
South Africa -- Social conditions


text:
HELPLINE (805) 500-NAMI
Family to Family Classes
Familia-a-Familia Clases
Family & Friends Seminar
Provider Education Program
In Our Own Voice
Ending the Silence
Information About Mental Illness
NAMI Ventura County
About NAMI Ventura County
The mission of NAMI Ventura County is to provide emotional support, education and resources for families affected by mental illness. Through community collaboration and education, we advocate for a life of quality and dignity—one without discrimination—for all people affected by this illness.
Purpose and Services
The purpose of NAMI Ventura County is to advocate for and provide support and crisis resources to those affected by neurological disorders including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, borderline personality disorder, OCD, panic disorder, severe anxiety disorder and co-occurring brain disorders and addictive disorders. Our services to the community include:
Crisis outreach.
Consumer and family support services.
Sharing and Education.
Families helping families.
Community awareness building and collaboration.
Advocacy.
NAMI Ventura County believes that:
Mental Illness is a neurobiological disorder requiring and responding to comprehensive treatment.
People with mental illness have the right to access and participate in the latest and most effective medications and treatments available.
People affected by mental illness have a right to be treated with dignity and respect—free from discrimination and stigma.
Families need support, education, and direction.
We must be respectful and represent the diverse cultures in the community.
Community collaboration enhances the capacity to produce powerful results.
To advocate for all people affected by mental illness is essential.
People with mental illness have a right to quality housing, employment and social opportunities.
Education of families, professional providers and the community is essential to an effective understanding of the complexities of mental illness.
Increased scientific research is vital to the understanding of severe mental illness and the development of effective treatment modalities for all persons affected by neurobiological disorders.
The development of all resources is essential to support the compassionate delivery of mental health services and the continued success of NAMI Ventura County.
Bylaws – NAMI Ventura County
Camarillo, CA 93011-1613
Helpline: 805.500.NAMI
Email: info@namiventura.org
NAMI Ventura County is an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization and all donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.
Federal Tax ID #77-0037450
© 2020 NAMI Ventura County. All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions
Web Services: Cameron Web Connection


The Formidable Enemy Gabi Appears!
The Nekomata Who Leapt Through Time!
Ninjutsu vs. Magic, the Great Battle!
The Father Tsumuji Is a Super Ninja!?
It's Summer! Western Yokai Arrive in Japan!
It's Summer! Last Ninja Race Intermediate Announcement!
It's Summer! Chozetsu Star Is Born!
The Legendary World Ninja Jiraiya Appears!
Kinji Enters the Yokai Labyrinth!
The Little Witch Loves Yakumo?
Look Out For Santa Claus!
The Five Games of the Kibaoni Party!
To the Future Without Hiding, Heave-Ho!


ScentBlocker was at the 2015 ATA Show in Indianapolis to introduce its newest hunting clothing, the Northern Extreme line. The Northern Extreme jacket is made with a reversible, snow-resisting fabric lined with 120 grams of Type J 3M thinsulate insulation and features an attached adjustable hood, full front zipper with storm flap, YKK Aquaguard waterproof chest and side pockets, elasticized sleeve cuffs and an adjustable drawcord waist.
The Northern Extreme pants are made with the same reversible snow-resisting fabric and feature adjustable shoulder straps with quick release buckles, a full front zipper, YKK Aquaguard waterproof pockets and 24-inch leg zippers with storm flaps. Additionally, the Northern Extreme gear includes ScentBlocker's Trinity technology to keep you scent-free in the field. The Northern Extreme gear will be available this summer.


text:
3M (NYSE:MMM) Sets New 52-Week Low Following Weak Earnings
3M (NYSE:MMM – Get Rating) hit a new 52-week low on Tuesday following a dissappointing earnings announcement. The company traded as low as $102.58 and last traded at $119.89, with a volume of 1093975 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $122.62.
The conglomerate reported $2.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.38 by ($0.10). The company had revenue of $8.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.09 billion. 3M had a return on equity of 40.03% and a net margin of 18.91%. The company's revenue was down 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.31 EPS.
Get 3M alerts:
3M Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 12th. Investors of record on Friday, November 18th were given a $1.49 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 17th. This represents a $5.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.18%. 3M's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 51.92%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several research analysts recently commented on the company. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on 3M from $108.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 26th. Mizuho reduced their target price on 3M from $140.00 to $130.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 26th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on 3M from $126.00 to $127.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 26th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on 3M from $107.00 to $113.00 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 26th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price objective on 3M from $117.00 to $126.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, December 9th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and ten have issued a hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $133.79.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, SVP Rodriguez Beatriz Karin Chavez sold 1,071 shares of 3M stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.28, for a total value of $135,245.88. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 3,313 shares in the company, valued at $418,365.64. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, EVP Kevin H. Rhodes sold 5,703 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.40, for a total transaction of $720,859.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 2,033 shares in the company, valued at approximately $256,971.20. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Rodriguez Beatriz Karin Chavez sold 1,071 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.28, for a total value of $135,245.88. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 3,313 shares of the company's stock, valued at $418,365.64. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.39% of the company's stock.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On 3M
Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Exeter Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of 3M by 15.9% during the 4th quarter. Exeter Financial LLC now owns 19,047 shares of the conglomerate's stock valued at $2,284,000 after purchasing an additional 2,620 shares in the last quarter. Ziegler Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of 3M by 5.9% during the 4th quarter. Ziegler Capital Management LLC now owns 17,179 shares of the conglomerate's stock valued at $2,060,000 after purchasing an additional 963 shares in the last quarter. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of 3M by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 12,175 shares of the conglomerate's stock valued at $1,460,000 after purchasing an additional 222 shares in the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of 3M by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 27,691 shares of the conglomerate's stock valued at $3,321,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. lifted its holdings in shares of 3M by 8.6% during the 4th quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. now owns 47,494 shares of the conglomerate's stock valued at $5,696,000 after purchasing an additional 3,776 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.61% of the company's stock.
3M Price Performance
The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98. The firm has a market cap of $63.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.02, a PEG ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $124.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $126.19.
3M Company Profile
3M Co is a technology company, which manufactures industrial, safety, and consumer products. It operates through the following segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, Health Care, Consumer, and Corporate and Unallocated. The Safety and Industrial segment consists of personal safety, industrial adhesives and tapes, abrasives, closure and masking systems, electrical markets, automotive aftermarket, and roofing granules.
Get a free copy of the StockNews.com research report on 3M (MMM)
High-Yield, Deep-Value Verizon Puts In A Bottom
Can Coty Stock Emerge in 2023 With Upside
Should You Bet Against The Nasdaq 100 With This Inverse ETF?
Insiders Buy Archer Aviation, Is This Stock About To Take Off?
Intuit Is About To Make a Move, But Which Way?
Receive News & Ratings for 3M Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for 3M and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
EQT (NYSE:EQT) Shares Down 4.9% Following Analyst Downgrade
Stifel Nicolaus Increases Journey Energy (TSE:JOY) Price Target to C$7.60
Daily Ratings & News for 3M
Complete the form below to receive the latest headlines and analysts' recommendations for 3M with our free daily email newsletter:


lending to individuals to open karaoke bars and dancing clubs.
grade office blocks and hotels and ban working capital loans to property developers.
families, while preventing a possible bubble in the high-end property market.


text:
The Cinessential
Blogs Aaron Pinkston C.J. Prince Felicia Elliott John Gilpatrick Patrick Brown Sarah Gorr Zachary Davis
Films A-Z By Director By Year
Essays Opening Statements Themessentials Filmography First Viewing In Context Re-thinking the Oscars Related Review Scenessential Soundtracking Streaming Survey The Forum
Aaron Pinkston
C.J. Prince
Felicia Elliott
John Gilpatrick
Sarah Gorr
Zachary Davis
Films/
Essays/
Opening Statements
Themessentials
First Viewing
Re-thinking the Oscars
Related Review
Scenessential
Soundtracking
Streaming Survey
HALLOWEEN: Opening Statement
Opening Statement
by Aaron Pinkston, October 24, 2016
I can't quite recall the first time I saw John Carpenter's Halloween, but it was much later for me than most of the other horror franchises of the time. I was a horror fanatic from an inappropriately young age—if you recall my Opening Statement on The Evil Dead, two of my earliest movie-watching memories were of A Nightmare on Elm Street [a franchise in which I have always had an investment in] and Hellraiser [which I haven't seen any sequels], at the age of 3 or 4 years old. For some unknown reason, as I was pouring over just about every horror VHS at the local video store, I never gravitated toward Halloween. Until very recently, I had never seen any of the franchise's many sequels past Halloween II—though I wasn't exactly missing out there. Maybe I was being obtusely loyal. Freddy was my guy, Michael Myers would have to deal with it.
It wasn't until I had blossomed into a cinephile that I discovered these creepy delights. In some ways, that has informed the way I read the film. Undoubtedly, it is a horror flick through and through, blazing many of the most well-worn slasher tropes to come [the "slasher" genre, the "final girl," the killer isn't really dead moment, etc.]. By the time I finally saw Halloween, I could fully recognize its great influence. But it was the incredible craft that caught my attention, appealing to the film school student much more than the horror freak.
This begins with the camerawork of Carpenter and cinematographer Dean Cundey. Though his name may not be immediately familiar, Cundey has had a long and fantastic career, helming the camera for films like Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Big Trouble in Little China, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit [for which he received his sole Academy Award nomination]. Halloween's cinematography is perhaps most notable for its use of first-person shots, shown from the implied perspective of the killer. These shots beautifully heighten the voyeuristic nature of horror films. Maybe we want the killer to succeed, maybe we want the victims to escape, no matter your preference, seeing through the eyes of Michael Myers raises the tension as he hovers within striking distance.
Strangely, though, the first-person perspective typically gives the filmmakers an opportunity to humanize the killer, to get "inside" his head, which is something Halloween flat out rejects. Inevitably, specific mythology and backstory would seep into the subsequent six Michael Myers sequels, but the original keeps the killer as blank a presence as the expression on his white mask. This is emphasized in the credits, which refers to Myers as "The Shape" even though his name isn't a secret to the audience or characters. And exposition machine Dr. Sam Loomis [I kid, I kid] continually orates on how Myers can't be reasoned with or understood. He shouldn't even be considered a person, only pure evil.
The brilliant cinematography of Halloween single-handedly creates much of the film's tension, especially in a slow first half. Along with another personal favorite, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween takes its time before getting to the kills [the first of the core teenage characters to bite the dust happens nearly an hour into the film]—and once it does, the kills are much less extreme than what the dozens of direct descendants would begin to push. There is a legitimate case to say that Halloween frankly isn't scary [and there might be one coming to you this week], but the slowly creeping long shots roaming the quiet Haddonfield streets are tremendously off putting.
I suppose I also can't ignore the effect of Carpenter's iconic score. It is simple, especially when compared to the orchestral scores of Jaws or Psycho, but there is an otherworldly quality that pulses through the screen. And it's not just the instantly recognizable up-tempo theme—the more morose secondary tune sets an incomparable dread while the high-pitched sound effect that accompanies every surprise never fails to perk my ears up. I'm not enough of an expert to know if there wasn't anything else like it at the time, but it certainly seems that way. Now, as synth scores have become more prevalent in all types of films, Halloween's influence is seen beyond killers with knives who torment oversexed kids.
I may not have had any itch to see Halloween films made after 1978 and Michael Myers may be far from my horror villain Mt. Rushmore, but I can't escape the thought that John Carpenter's horror masterpiece is one of the most beautiful and intelligently made genre films of all time. By taking monsters out of made up European countries and the deep recesses of rural America and putting one in a clean, affluent suburban neighborhood, Halloween is almost a cautionary tale. Evil exists everywhere and the boogeyman is inescapable. As Loomis puts it: "Death has come to your little town, sheriff." So as the leaves begin to fall and the sweaters come out from storage, it is time to take a long look at one of the great fall classics.
Here's what we'll have this week:
The Cinessential Podcast Episode 2
A First Viewing which wonders if Halloween is still scary
Related Review of feminist slasher Slumber Party Massacre
Streaming recommendations of recent horror films
Other Halloween essays:
First Viewing, October 25, 2016
Related Review: The Slumber Party Massacre, October 26, 2016
The Evolution of Michael Myers, October 27, 2016
Further Streaming: Recent Horror, October 28, 2016
The Cinessential Podcast, Episode 2, October 28, 2016
Current Blogs
Notes on 2019
Dinner with Oscar
Notes from 2019: On Two Animated Sequels https://t.co/BWMjgCn77d
Dinner with Oscar: Vice https://t.co/vXjkaTiDQD
Dinner with Oscar: The Favourite https://t.co/VJst1rt0le
©2017 The Cinessential


text:
// renderer-side.js - Assigned IP address viewer renderer process js
//
// Copyright (c) 2016 Takel Hinomoto
// This file is provided under the MIT license.
const electron = window.require('electron');
const ipcRenderer = electron.ipcRenderer;

((global) =>
{
	global.addEventListener('load', (event) =>
	{
		ipcRenderer.send('r2mIpAddressRequest', '');
	});

	ipcRenderer.on('m2rIpAddressResponse', (sender, arg) =>
	{
		let addrList = global.document.getElementById('addr-list');
		let newElement = global.document.createElement('li');
		newElement.textContent = ''+ arg.address;
		addrList.appendChild(newElement);
	});
})(this);

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Q: Simplify setting values of object using key Is there any way to simplify the following code? May be by using underscore js, I went through the docs, but could not find anything which helps me solve with dynamic key value pair.
Object :
this.state = {
        media : {
            video : "",
            photos : [{
                title : "Storefront",
                url : "https://cdn.filepicker.io/api/file/cHyLd9KtSNibpsGlQsny",
                category : {
                    interior : false,
                    exterior : true,
                    closeup : false
                },
                display : {
                    preview : false,
                    featured : true,
                    none : false
                },
                size : "800 x 600",
                attribution_link : "",
                attribution_text : "",
                description : ""
            },
            {
                ...
            }]
       }
}

I'm using react, while handleDisplayClick(e) method is being called, the e will be having the key name, I need to update it to true, and the remaining to false.

handleDisplayClick = (e) => {
        var stateCopy = Object.assign({}, this.state);
        if(e == "preview"){
            stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display.preview = true;
            stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display.featured = false;
            stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display.none = false;
        }
        else if(e == "featured"){
            stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display.preview = false;
            stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display.featured = true;
            stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display.none = false;
        }
        else{
            stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display.preview = false;
            stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display.featured = false;
            stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display.none = true;
        }
        this.setState(stateCopy);
    }

A: Identify patterns and avoid repeating code. E.g. there is no need to access stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex] over and over again. Simply assign the value to a variable and work with that variable.
Here is a shorter implementation:
// assuming `e` is either "preview", "featured" or "none"
const photo = stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex];
['preview', 'featured', 'none'].forEach(
  property => photo.display[property] = property === e
);

Or without a loop:
// assuming `e` is either "preview", "featured" or "none"
Object.assign(
  stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex],
  {
    preview: e === 'preview',
    featured: e === 'featured',
    none: e === 'none',
  }
);

Also note that var stateCopy = Object.assign({}, this.state); is only a shallow copy. stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex] and this.state.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex] refer to the same object so I don't think you will gain anything from that. If you want to create a deep copy you need to use immutable-helper as shown on the other answer.

A: I make use of immutability-helper package instead of underscore.js. I don't know about the advantages or disadvantages of usign it but it works out like this
import update from 'immutability-helper';
......
this.state = {
        media : {
            video : "",
            photos : [{
                title : "Storefront",
                url : "https://cdn.filepicker.io/api/file/cHyLd9KtSNibpsGlQsny",
                category : {
                    interior : false,
                    exterior : true,
                    closeup : false
                },
                display : {
                    preview : false,
                    featured : true,
                    none : false
                },
                size : "800 x 600",
                attribution_link : "",
                attribution_text : "",
                description : ""
            },
            {
                ...
            }]
       }
}

update(this.state, {
    media: {
       photos: {
          0: {
              display: {
                  preview: {
                     $set: (e === 'preview') ? true : false
                  }
                  featured: {
                     $set: (e === 'featured') ? true : false
                  }
                  none: {
                     $set: (e === 'none') ? true : false
                  }
              }
          }

       }
    }
})

A: something like this would work for dynamic properties (set options outside or inside, etc) and cover if you were missing some of the keys on the object and didn't want to add them:

handleDisplayClick = (e) => {
    let stateCopy = Object.assign({}, this.state);
    let options = ['preview', 'featured'];
    e = (options.indexOf(e) > -1) ? e : 'none';
    Object.keys(stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display).foreach(key => {
        stateCopy.media.photos[this.state.media.selectedMediaIndex].display[key] = (key === e);
    });
    this.setState(stateCopy);
}


text:
Home » Search Center » Results: Diego Ramirez
Results for "Diego Ramirez"
ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW March 7, 2020
Peter Slavov: Little Stories
By DAN BILAWSKY
While these ten tracks recorded by bassist Peter Slavov's variable-sized outfit were all fleshed out in the studio between 2017 and 2019, this debut album actually covers a wider span of time. Collecting music penned over the past 20 years, and attaching attendant stories for background and bridging purposes, Slavov essentially looks back over his entire ...
Diego Joaquin Ramirez
New York City-based drummer Diego Joaquin Ramirez was born and raised in Cork, Ireland. He played his first gig on drum set with his fathers' band at age 4 and by the time he was 17, Diego was performing regularly around Ireland and Europe. He attended Berklee College Of Music, The Banff International Jazz Workshop, the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program, and has studied with Ralph Peterson Jr, Terri Lyne Carrington, Nate Smith, Rodney Green, Andre Antunes, Jamey Haddad, Clarence Penn, and Tyshawn Sorey. He is a current member of numerous NYC-based groups including Marc Cary & The Harlem Sessions (Residency at Smoke Jazz Club), Wayne Tucker and The Bad Motha's, and his own group SULA


text:
[ January 20, 2021 ] Exchange Helps Warfighters Maintain BE FIT Lifestyle During Pandemic with Better-for-You Meal, Snack Options	Exchange Food Service
[ January 14, 2021 ] Nutrition workgroup awards local food facilities for healthy eating menus, options	Nutrition
[ January 13, 2021 ] To-go eating made healthier at Fort Drum dining facilities	Army News
[ January 13, 2021 ] Washington National Guard supports Emergency Food Network pack emergency food boxes	COVID-19
[ January 12, 2021 ] Total Force Fitness: Fuel body, optimize performance	Nutrition
HomecompetitionCulinary Arts Team preps for prestigious European cook-off
Culinary Arts Team preps for prestigious European cook-off
November 22, 2019 thorntoon competition 0
Staff Sgt. Erica D. Melendres, Army Culinary Arts Team member, drains a lemon into a pan of mushrooms during a practice session Nov. 20 at the McLaughlin Hall. Melendres is one of 11 USACAT members who will attend the IKA/Culinary Olympics in February.
T. Anthony Bell Senior Writer/Special Projects
U.S. Army Culinary Arts Team members arrived here last week for the first of three training sessions to prepare them for February's Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung Culinary Exhibition – one of the largest and most prestigious events of its kind in the world.
USACAT, as the team is commonly known, is traditionally comprised of the top performers from the annual Joint Culinary Training Event that takes place here in March. This year's squad of 11 individuals from various services will represent the U.S. Armed Forces at the Feb. 14-19 meet – also known as the Culinary Olympics – in Stuttgart, Germany.
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Eveline Rosado-Haliday, this year's team manager, is a proven culinarian, leader and administrator, and she has tons of experience feeding troops in the operational Army. While acknowledging the challenges of putting together a team from installations all over the country, from all services and with all levels of experience under a compressed training schedule, she is overwhelmingly positive about USACAT's potential and chances.
"I think we have a great selection of well-trained culinarians," she said. "A few of them I have worked with since I came aboard, and some of them I've worked with at other assignments. So, I can't wait to see how, as a team, they bring it all together and collectively compete in the military category of the IKA/Culinary Olympics."
Rosado-Haliday, who became team manager in April when she arrived here from Fort Stewart, Ga., might be described as intensely enthusiastic. The trait seems to surface anytime she talks of the team's prospects.
"I know they can do anything they set their minds to," she said. "I know when we fly out there, we're gunning for gold. All I ask of them is to do their best, which I know they can do."
USACAT has been quite successful in the past. In its last 2016 competition (the Culinary Olympics is staged every other year), the team earned four gold medals and one bronze. Rosado-Haliday said the onus is on her to help continue the team's success.
"There is more pressure on myself to ensure the members are provided all the resources needed to compete and stand up to the team's legacy and to devise a well-working training plan to keep it competitive on an international level," she said.
In that undertaking, Rosado-Haliday said she has reached out to previous managers and team members to "get advice on the direction the team is going, develop something different (to stimulate enthusiasm), and identify the best way to keep the team well-energized and competitive," she said.
Having never been a USACAT team member and never assigned to the schoolhouse as an instructor, Rosado-Haliday might be considered an outsider. As such, she said everything about the team is new to her.
"I'm surprised about everything," she said.
Once thing is the attention to detail apparent in international competition.
"Working in a dining facility – yes it has to be presentable because 'you eat with your eyes' – but with USACAT and how they prepare and place certain items, you have to be very meticulous in how you're plating. It has to be the same for each and every plate versus having a line pan full of rice, mash potatoes or steaks lined up (in a DFAC). It is a little different doing it on an individual scale … the attention to detail is amazing."
To achieve the level of detail to win, the team will be able to lean on experience. USACAT has at least three members who competed in the 2016 event – Staff Sgt. Marc Susa and Sergeants 1st Class Kevin Arwood and Sarah Perry.
Other team members have earned accolades at the JCTE, some of them going back a few years.
USACAT's current training session began Nov. 14. It concludes Saturday. The other two training sessions are Dec. 11-18 and Jan. 25 – Feb. 2. The team is scheduled for travel to Germany shortly thereafter.
Fit to feast: Temptations abound during holidays, but moderation is key
Optimized Soldier Performance Through Nutrition
Government FoodService Magazine
U.S Army Quartermaster Corps Food Publication Links
Exchange Non-Retail Procurement
Airforce Dining Programs
R&DA
DLA TROOP SUPPORT Subsistence Worldwide Prime Vendor Listing
DLA Troop Support Subsistence Food Services
Nutrition workgroup awards local food facilities for healthy eating menus, options
To-go eating made healthier at Fort Drum dining facilities
Washington National Guard supports Emergency Food Network pack emergency food boxes
Total Force Fitness: Fuel body, optimize performance
Culinary Specialist
WOMEN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
The Military Provisioner is designed as an information portal for those working in Military Food Service worldwide.
Contact Us at info@militaryprovisioner.com