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The Fascinating Silver Red – Chapter 4
The heroics of Silver Red, the masked Ranger, has spread through the community on the next day, thanks to reports from the local press. People were talking about the mysterious hero everywhere, including the prestigious Hakuou Academy.
Although many of the students at the school were highly talented, they were young people – or even children, at the elementary section – whose behaviours were not necessarily different from their more "ordinary" peers. It means that when they talked about the issue, they would like to make their story a bit more exciting than the others in order to amuse the audience. The acts and identity of Silver Red, therefore, had been exaggerated to an unreasonable degree, and by the end of the school day Silver Red had become the leader of a Ranger team who had summoned 5 robots which looked like dinosaurs out of nowhere.
Teachers who had grown up with the Japanese version of Power Rangers, like Kaoru, laughed very hard over the rumours. There had been no attempt to stop the discussion on Silver Red, as apparently it "does not affect their studies", according to the young chairperson, Tennonsu Athena. "The school is aware that the freedom of speech and expression of the students must be protected," she added.
She appeared to be an eager contributor to the rumour as well with the following words: "I must, however, stress on that the discussion must be of quality and reason. For example, it is highly foolish to assume that Silver Red is a male. It could have been a woman with a very flat chest." These words had caused considerable uproar among the students, so now the team of Silver Red varied from a two men team to a team of 12 young girls which was called "Hayata-kun's Harem".
Nobody could find Nagi for a comment: she declared to Hayate and Maria that she had suffered a "mental shock", so she was staying home for a recovery. Maria agreed, because she thought it was a good idea to hide the young lady from the press, who had gathered outside the Sanzen'in Mansion for her comment. They were later chased off by "a huge cat which resembled a white tiger" [sic].
Hinagiku had also been asked for an opinion on Silver Red as well, and as she repeatedly told everyone that she had no idea what they were talking about, enthusiastic pursuers kept on telling her new versions of the Silver Red myth. The Student Council President had no response other than a very awkward smile.
It took her much longer than usual to get to the Clock Tower and the safety of her office on top of it – although she was constantly worried that the Tower might fall apart. As she entered the elevator, she let out a sigh of relief. For some reason, she found herself extremely exhausted.
New surprise awaited her, however, as she walked out of the elevator. Athena was sitting on a sofa, having tea, apparently waiting for Hinagiku.
"Athena!" exclaimed Hinagiku, with no intention to hide her surprise. "Why are you here?"
Athena rolled her eyes. "To tease you, I suppose?"
Hinagiku fired up at once. "Please stop this nonsense!" she demanded. "What was that? 'It does not affect their studies'? The students are not doing any studies, because they are all talking about Silver Red!"
Athena glued her lips to the tea cup, apparently trying to suppress a laughter.
"And why don't you simply leave everyone alone to assume that Silver Red is a man? Why did you have to raise the point that Silver Red could be a woman? What did you mean by 'it could have been a woman with a very flat chest'?"
Athena couldn't take it any more, and bursted into laughter.
Hinagiku was amused. "Is that really so funny?" she asked.
"You know," said Athena, half-panting, "by the sound of it, you really could have been that Silver Red!"
There was an awkward pause.
"Em… no," began Hinagiku in a defensive tone. "I – I wasn't trying to… well, em…" she failed to finish her sentence as she simply couldn't say "I wasn't trying to say that I am not Silver Red".
Athena rose from the sofa and walked towards Hinagiku. "So, I got it right," she said sweetly. "You really are Silver Red."
Hinagiku knew that she couldn't deny it anymore. "How did you find out?" she asked.
Athena sighed. "Come on. A swordsman like you would never give your swords to anyone," she said. "Well, not to someone who is in a stupid ranger suit. So if that ranger is wielding your swords, then he could only be you."
Hinagiku said nothing.
"Although, that makes it even more curious that you indeed lent your wooden sword to Hayate," Athena added as she glared at Hinagiku.
"W – well, it was not my sword to begin with," admitted Hinagiku. "And Hayate-kun was dying, so…"
"Hmm…" said Athena, with no more further comment.
There was another awkward pause.
"Say something, please," said Hinagiku finally, after a long moment of silence. "Don't you have anything else to say?"
"Well yes, I do," said Athena, much to Hinagiku's relieve. "So why are you wearing that costume? Are your fashion sense that bad?"
Hinagiku sighed. "It is a long story…"
"Then make it short," said Athena, interrupting Hinagiku. "Just tell me why you chose to go after the kidnappers in that suit."
"Well, I can't harm the image of myself or the school," said Hinagiku. "There's the Student Council election coming. I don't think people like seeing me chasing criminals like a mad girl… or something."
Athena thought for a moment. "I guess you have a point," she said. "But I think you could be making a mistake."
"What do you mean?" asked Hinagiku.
"Well, put it this way," said Athena. "If you choose not to face situations like this with your true identity, you will never be able to tell the truth anymore. Your enemies will make sure they take full advantage of your inability to tell the truth regarding yourself."
"I don't see I have made many enemies in this school," said Hinagiku, shaking her head.
"I have made my point, and it is up to you to decide whether you want to believe me," said Athena. "However, if things turn out like I have predicted, remind me to tell you that 'I told you so'."
Taro was having a very bad time. The press had finally traced Silver Red back to the stage show, where they found Taro rehearsing a fighting scene. The rehearsal was cut short as Taro was surrounded by microphones, cameras and questions from the reporters.
"Look, it wasn't me!" he tried to explain himself for the n-th time, after the reporters kept asking him the same question for the n-th time. "I don't wield a sword, I don't have that crazy physical abilities and I don't have gun fights in a crowded area! It just wasn't me!"
"So who was that? Why is he wearing your suit? Do you know him?" barked the reporters, who still had a million questions for Taro.
"I don't know him! I don't know anything!" exclaimed Taro. "Why don't you people go and ask Hakuou Academy? They have a girl in pink hair – I heard she is the President – who acted as Silver Red as well! Maybe she has borrowed her costume to whoever you are looking for!"
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8 comments on "The Fascinating Silver Red – Chapter 4"
January 7, 2013 @ 01:16
Great chapter! 🙂
Ouch… Ironically, the way you portrayed the reporters is really… authentic. Too bad for Hina.
Loved the bit with Athena, which reminds me… we really need more Hina-Alice moments on the manga… ¬¬
"we really need more Hina-Alice moments on the manga". Amen.
The question is; is it good that Hinagiku kept her identity a secret or not? I've been a superhero fan for a long time so I kinda disagree with Athena about how Hinagiku should face dangerous situations with her true identity and how her enemies would "take advantage" of her inability to be honest with herself. Isn't the whole point of a secret identity to prevent your enemies from hurting your loved ones and so that your normal life wouldn't be affected? There's nothing wrong with wearing a mask if it's meant to protect others instead of just yourself. Plus, news reporters are annoying.
My favourite part is the one where Tama scared off the reporters XD! BTW, "12 young girls which was called Hayata-kun's Harem"… are Hayate's gigolo powers enhanced in this fan fic?
You know, it would be funny if Makimura (the robotics expert lady) created a giant Super Sentai-like robot XD.
Your thoughts on the identity issue resemble that of Batman or Spiderman. What I am giving Athena in this chapter is more like Iron Man. As far as I know (from the Marvel movies anyway), guy has no problem with his not-a-secret superhero identity.
I see. Great chapter, BTW!
The funny thing is that I intended to add one more line at the end of the chapter: "The news reporters smelt blood." but then I thought it would be way too obvious so I deleted it. 😛
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Great chapter and nice to see you continue writing this story again ^^
Especially since the new anime arc where the swords arn't meant to be rivals in the end.
Love the Athena-Hina scene. Laughed my ass off reading it. A great chapter with a humorous ending. Feel sorry for Hina lols
~Look forward to your future chapters~
It was the anime which got into my way of writing this story. Hope that I can finish it before the new season comes out in Spring.


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Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 Episode 2 Release Date: The anime TV show Bungo Stray Dogs is about people who have supernatural abilities and use them for different things, such as running a business, solving mysteries, and doing jobs for the mafia.
On November 7, 2021, a fourth season of anime was announced. It was first shown on January 4, 2023. "True Story" by Screen Mode was the opening theme, and "Shirushi" by Luck Life was the ending theme.
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Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 Episode 2 Release Date
The second episode of Season 4 of Bungo Stray Dogs will come out on January 11, 2023. Depending on where you are in the world, the episode will be available at a different local time. However, all Crunchyroll subscribers will be able to press "play" at the same time. 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time
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It's hard to guess what will happen in any anime, but Bungo Stray Dogs is so unpredictable that it almost seems impossible. But the first episode gave us at least a few hints, and we know that part of the season will probably be based on the light novel The Untold Origins of the Detective Agency, where we see Yukichi start his famous detective agency.
Between this and the trailer for Season 4, we have a good idea of what will happen next. We don't know if the show will have another flashback episode, but if it does, it will definitely continue the theatre mystery that Ranpo and Yukichi started. I think that Murakami Tokio, who plays the main character, has more to do with the threatening note than he says.
The trailer shows a glimpse of a big mission that could probably end the Armed Detective Agency. Fyodor is probably not done trying to bring the agency and the Port Mafia down. I think we might be able to see that he is still in charge from somewhere. You can watch the trailer of season 4 below which make you excited to watch season 4:
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Since the rise of the social web (forums, blogs, etc.) and the explosion of social networks, billions of users express their thoughts, moods, and opinions on a wide range of topics, brands or even products.
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The ability to detect, monitor, analyze, and understand opinions expressed on social media platforms has become a key component of Social Media Intelligence, also known as opinion mining.
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For years, opinion mining in Social Media Monitoring tools has been limited to the detection of positive, neutral, or negative posts at the document level (Tweet, Instagram post, Facebook post, LinkedIn post, etc.), which is what most tools offer for sentiment analysis.
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The Today's Woman Expo is scheduled for April 6 at the Junior Achievement Center in Clinton from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. It's the second year the Anderson County Chamber has hosted the event, after being on hiatus for a number of years, according to chamber membership coordinator Marsha Stapleton.
The day is designed to promote small businesses and to encourage people to shop local.
"With their neighbors," Stapleton added.
The first 100 people that come in the door get a free goody bag. There will be three beauty pageants and a fashion show at 1 p.m., sponsored by the Stair Agency.
Scheduled vendors include 31, My Frugal Home, Clinch Valley Crossfit, most of the boutiques in town, Bubblegum Betty's, Johnson and Company, Southern Gossip, Southern Chic, and many more, according to Stapleton.
For more information, visit andersoncountychamber.org.


The common rule-of-thumb regarding pre-tax retirement accounts (Traditional IRA & 401k) and Roth retirement accounts is if you are in a higher tax bracket today than you will be in retirement, save in a pre-tax account. If you are in a lower tax bracket today than you will be in retirement save in a Roth account.
Initially, this makes sense. The most optimal benefit comes from receiving a tax deduction when your tax rate is highest.
For example, if you're in the 33% tax bracket today and will be in the 25% tax bracket in retirement, it makes sense to get a 33% deduction today (contribution to pre-tax) instead of a 25% deduction during retirement (tax-free withdrawal on a Roth).
Hence, the popular advice: If you are in a higher tax bracket today than you will be in retirement, save in a pre-tax account. If you are in a lower tax bracket today than you will be in retirement, save in an after-tax account.
However, like most rules-of-thumb, this doesn't and shouldn't apply to all situations.
I'm specifically referring to high earning couples and individuals following this rule-of-thumb, who diligently max out their pre-tax accounts through their working years and eventually hit the magic age of 70 ½ only to be hit with a giant tax bomb in the form of required minimum distributions (RMDs).
The fact is, saving in a pre-tax account is simply deferring income to the future, eventually it will have to be recognized and taxed, and if you continue to "kick the can down the road" long enough it can end up doing more damage than simply recognizing the income now.
The year in which you turn 70 ½ the IRS requires you to begin withdrawing a certain percentage of your money held in pre-tax retirement accounts. It's the IRS' way of forcing you to recognize the income you have deferred so the IRS can collect the taxes you owe them.
Roth IRAs are not subject to RMDs since contributions are taxed up front (Note that Roth 401ks are subject to RMDs but this can simply be avoided by rolling the Roth 401k into a Roth IRA which is a non-taxable transaction).
To calculate your required minimum distribution, the IRS provides a table called the Uniform Lifetime Table (if you own an inherited IRA or your spouse is more than 10 years younger than you, you will use a different table) that provides a factor based on your age. Your year-end account balance is divided by the factor to determine your required minimum distribution.
The first year RMD will be roughly 3.6% of your account balance and will increase incrementally each year thereafter.
For example, if you have $500,000 in your pre-tax retirement accounts your first year RMD will be $18,248.
The "RMD Tax Bomb" is created when an individual or couple saves so much in their pre-tax retirement accounts that they are required to withdraw more from their account than they actually need.
For example, consider the financial situation of the Smith's. Mr. and Mrs. Smith both age 70 have accumulated $2,000,000 in pre-tax accounts. In addition to their retirement savings they receive $100,000 in fixed income payments each year (between social security, pension plans, and rental income). They only need $150,000 to live comfortably in retirement which means they only need to withdraw $50,000 from their retirement accounts.
Unfortunately, the Smith's first year RMD totals $72,993 which is almost $23,000 more than they actually need.
This additional $23,000 creates an additional tax liability of roughly $6,345, which isn't devastating but is definitely unnecessary. In addition, the extra $23,000 the Smiths are forced to take out doesn't realize the compound growth that could have taken place over the years. In this case, at 6% over 25 years, that $23,000 could have turned into $98,700.
The next year the Smiths are forced to withdraw $25,600 more than they need, creating an additional tax liability of $7,200. In addition the extra $25,600 the Smiths are forced to take out doesn't realize the compound growth that could have taken place. In this case, at 6% over 24 years, that $25,600 could have turned into $103,600.
Each year that passes the Smiths are forced to take out increasingly more than they need creating additional tax liabilities and foregoing large amounts of compound growth. After 25 years of this process repeating, the Smiths have withdrawn $1.6 million more than they need, creating an additional tax liability of roughly $500,000 and missing out on compound growth of over $3.1 million.
Now assume the Smith's decided to split their savings throughout their working years and have saved up $1,000,000 in pre-tax retirement accounts and $1,000,000 in Roth retirement accounts.
Although the Smith's gave up half the deductions they could have had during their working years they have effectively reduced the amount of their savings that are subject to RMDs giving them much more flexibility and freedom on how much they withdraw during retirement.
Like the first scenario the Smiths are planning on withdrawing $50,000 from their retirement account at age 70. Their first year RMD only totals $36,500 giving them the flexibility to withdraw the $50,000 they actually need or less if they want to. No additional tax liability is assumed and every penny the Smiths don't need will be allowed to stay in the account and take advantage of compound growth.
By splitting up their contributions between pre-tax and Roth retirement accounts the Smiths end up with about $3.3 million more in their retirement accounts at age 95.
Having made the point that splitting up contributions between pre-tax retirement and Roth retirement accounts is a good strategy for those in high tax brackets, it does not apply to everyone and every situation.
This example doesn't take into account the possibility of investing the additional tax deduction received for contributing everything to a pre-tax retirement account each year. It also doesn't take into account year-to-year changes in expenses, inflation, and investment growth which are inevitable.
However it's critically important not to choose where you save your retirement funds based on rules-of-thumb such as only saving in a pre-tax retirement account if you are in a higher tax bracket today than you will be in retirement. Or only saving in an after-tax retirement account if you are in a lower tax bracket today than you will be in retirement.
A more comprehensive approach using actual financial planning software is required to determine what is best for each individual and couple.


The Associated Press asked all 295 Washington school districts plus tribal districts whether they test for lead in the water. Of the 174 districts that responded to AP, nearly 40 percent said they do not do test for lead. Many small districts do not test.
But instead of putting $5 million in the state's budget to pay for lead testing inside public schools, Washington's Legislature has left school districts to their own devices on this health and safety issue.
The Associated Press asked all 295 Washington school districts plus tribal districts whether they test for lead in the water. Of the 174 districts that responded to AP, nearly 40 percent said they do not do test for lead. Most big, well-funded districts test their water. Many small ones do not.
And of the 106 that reported they do lead testing, 28 districts started after the Tacoma Public Schools revealed last month that 13 of its elementary schools have tested positive for lead in drinking water.
About 60 percent of Washington school districts that responded to an Associated Press request for information about whether they test their school drinking water for lead.
"Unless you test, you do not know," said Randy Dorn, Washington state's superintendent for public instruction.
Dorn says this is clearly an equity issue, among the many ways Washington's education funding system is unfair. It's one more reason why the Supreme Court's McCleary decision on school funding is so essential, he said.
"My guess is with the media coverage, most schools will be testing now," Dorn said.
Dale Bonfield, superintendent of the Asotin school district in the southeastern corner of Washington state, says there are a lot of things the state doesn't pay for, like lead testing, but that doesn't mean they aren't important to the health and welfare of his 650 students.
"To try to do everything that needs to be done and done with the amount of money you have is a very difficult task," Bonfield said.
Bonfield says he's looking into getting the five water fountains most used by students tested in the near future. Since they're only doing limited testing in their three school buildings — built in the 1950s and 1970s — it will cost just about $200.
Dorn blames the Legislature and the governor for not finding the money to pay for testing, although Gov. Jay Inslee announced last week he would make testing a higher priority.
No states require schools to test their water for lead, although the Michigan Legislature is currently considering several proposals, according to Doug Farquhar, program director for environmental health at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Washington, D.C.
There's no federal mandate for school water testing under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Childhood lead poisoning can lead to learning disabilities, decreased muscle and bone growth, behavior problems and speech and language issues.
Farquhar said that because of the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan, this issue is currently on the minds of lawmakers.
"With Flint, everyone's kind of refocused their attention," Farquhar said.
Washington's Department of Health decided in 2009 that testing water for lead inside public schools would be a good idea, but money to pay for it was caught up in a legislative fight over budget cuts. The department proposed a rule which also requires testing for mold and other environmental hazards at a total estimated cost of $45 million, but it can't be enforced until the state pays for it.
That money has never materialized.
Two of the state's three largest school districts — Seattle and Tacoma — have found lead in the water at some of their schools. The third, Spokane, has not tested its school drinking water since 1999, but just began testing again.
Of the three largest districts, only Seattle has a regular testing program, which it started more than a decade ago. The state's largest school district found lead above the EPA threshold for schools in some of the drinking water at about 35 schools in 2006.
Among those districts that test, 24 percent have found lead above the level at which health departments require action, which is between 15 and 20 parts per billion, depending on which guidelines are followed.
Some districts that don't test their water said they have all new school buildings so the chance of finding lead inside is low. Health laws require local water systems to test regularly for lead and other contamination. But once that fresh water flows through old pipes and fixtures, lead could become a problem.
Although the state Health Department estimated in 2009 water testing for lead in public schools would cost up to $2,270 per school or about $5 million for the entire system, the test results would likely lead to more costs down the line, from replacing a drinking fountain to retrofitting an entire building water system.
Inslee last week ordered the state Department of Health to bring a proposal to the Legislature to pay for water testing. The legislative session begins in January.
The Senate's lead budget negotiator Andy Hill, a Republican from Redmond, said he couldn't promise money in the Republican budget until the estimated costs are updated and he can see how they fit in with the larger state budget. But he said safety of children is a top priority.
The House's new budget writer, Rep. Timm Ormsby, D-Spokane, said House Democrats can guarantee money to test school drinking water for lead would be in their budget proposal.
A spokesman for the state teacher's union agreed with Dorn that testing for lead in public schools is an equity issue.


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Q: How to prove intrinsic normal is parallel iff \gamma is geodesic $\gamma (s)$ is unit speed curve on a surface M in $R^3$, and S is its intrinsic normal. How can i prove that S is parallel along $\gamma$ if and only if $\gamma$ is geodesic?

A: Writing $\gamma' = T$, recall that $S=n\times T$, where $n$ is the surface normal. To say that $S$ is parallel along $\gamma$ is to say that $0=\nabla_T S = (S'\cdot T)T$, since $S'\cdot S = 0$. But $S'\cdot T = -T'\cdot S$ since $S\cdot T = 0$. And $T'\cdot S = 0$, i.e., $T'$ is normal to the surface, if and only if $\nabla_T T = 0$ if and only if  $\gamma$ is a geodesic. So $S$ is parallel along $\gamma$ if and only if $\gamma$ is a geodesic.

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"Four Eyes" Is a Compliment Now
This Optometrist Believes Luxury Frames Can Change Your Life
A good pair of glasses can be a game-changer. Especially when they're 18-karat gold.
By Abby Ledoux 10/29/2018 at 8:00am
Dr. Sheekha Sethi helps a patient select eyewear.
Image: Christa Elyce Studio
I had eye surgery in second grade, and reading glasses followed shortly after. I recall my first optometrist as a very old man who wore tweed suits and seemed like an almost physical extension of the bizarre tools and machines he employed to measure my vision. He was qualified, of course, and respected in his field, but he didn't do much to inspire excitement. And he certainly never talked about which frames would most flatter my face.
"I think that's probably what most people think of," Dr. Sheekha Sethi says of my recollection.
Sethi, a beautiful, young eye doctor in downtown Houston, is the polar opposite of this mental image. A Chicago native, she went to Boston for optometry school and relocated to Dallas post-grad for her husband's job. The couple would frequently visit Houston, "and we loved it," Sethi says. When the opportunity arose to take over downtown's Cohen Eye Associates, a nearly 70-year-old practice, "it was almost a dream come true," Sethi goes on, "and I jumped on it."
The American Optometric Association reports 74 percent of practice owners are men, a perhaps unsurprising statistic in a field where women represented just 38 percent of the workforce in 2014. But their presence is only growing, and the AOA says 65–75 percent of today's optometry students are women, leading the Optometry Times to declare last spring that "the future of optometry belongs to women."
Dr. Sethi
Sethi is the (picturesque) face of that future. A former model, she's found a perhaps unexpected way to marry her two passions—science and design—in her work. "The field of optometry perfectly combines all those things," she says. "I feel like I've brought more attention to [aesthetics]."
She's done that through regular travels to cities like Milan and New York to personally curate her practice's impressive collection of luxury frames. Exposure to international brands with a deep commitment to craftsmanship has been "an eye-opener," Sethi says, no pun intended.
"You have this kind of old-school idea of optometry being just about getting eyeglasses and getting your contacts and that's it," she adds. "You can have fun with it at the same time. It doesn't have to be, do you want a pair of black glasses or do you want a pair of brown glasses?"
While she's dedicated to eye health first and foremost—she's adamant that visits to the optometrist are not just for ailing or aging eyes, and everyone can benefit from regular exams—it's clear Sethi really loves the fashion-forward side of her job. Choosing the right specs is all about "balancing your facial features and complimenting what you already have," she says.
And sometimes, it takes another person to show you what that means. Case in point: Sethi recently convinced a reluctant patient to try a pair of purple frames, revealing her eyes were not simply brown but hazel with specks of green. "I'm like, 'that's the natural color of your eye,'" she says. "They were just blending into the frames she was choosing in the past."
Sethi herself has "a drawer full of glasses" she pulls from based on her outfit for the day. A favorite brand, and one of her practice's most popular, is the Denmark-based Lindberg. "They are just the epitome of Danish design," she says. "Very discreet, kind of minimalist, but yet still stylish and very elegant. They have these classic, timeless shapes."
Speaking of shapes, vintage-style options like cat-eye and round frames are particularly en vogue, Sethi says. "But even though you have these vintage styles, the materials that they're made from are very modern. People are going away from these bulkier frames and going into more modern, lighter materials that make them a lot more lightweight and durable."
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Customization "is one of the biggest eyewear trends," Sethi says, noting patients can dictate their glasses be made from buffalo horn or 18-karat solid white gold. Some frames even have diamonds. "People want to be able to pick every single part of their glasses, from the color to the shape to what goes on the side of the temples."
More than anything, though, patients are looking for quality in an age of fast fashion and proliferating e-commerce sites Sethi believes are "diluting the eye care industry in a way." Mail-order frame shops may be convenient, but nothing compares to the personalized process.
"It's important to understand a good pair of glasses can definitely positively impact a person's life. You have something that looks good on your face, and it boosts your confidence," Sethi says. "That feeling when your patient picks up a frame, they put it on, they smile, and they look better than they've ever looked—that's what makes me happy."
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Do you ever get an intense feeling of nostalgia, where a certain smell or the weather takes you back to a certain moment or time in your life? This morning a cup of coffee took me back to my favorite coffee shop in Arizona, and drinking multiple pumpkin lattes, getting me through planning several large fundraisers. The morning sun and the brisk end of summer wind reminded me of opening the wood window shutters every morning in Portugal, looking out onto the farms and forest. I usually get these feelings, often wondering if it's because I'm longing to be somewhere else in my life, to a time a bit more fulfilled, or is it because that I've had and continue to have many happy memories, that I'm often reminded of them by the simplest of things.
I think another part of nostalgia involves growing, and learning from events in your life. For me, it's my love and much greater appreciation for Portugal and my family. Now that I'm older, and life's responsibilities occupy my time a bit more, I don't have the opportunity for month-long stays like I used to have when I was younger in school. But since then I've become more sure of who I am, my interests and how much my past has shaped those. Looking back on these moments that suddenly appear in your day, allows you to make connections within in your present life. For me, I always knew I loved nature because I spent many summers in Portugal, where we live on a farm. The fact that I cannot go at this time, makes me truly appreciate those long summers spent outside all day, picking potatoes and riding tractors, going onto the farm with my family picking dinner, making wine and looking up into the best starry skies.
Farming and food have become a great passion of mine, and need each other to thrive successful. I want to integrate my past into my future goal of a owning a bakery and farm. It's a part of how I was raised, my family, and all those wonderful happy moments in my life that motivate me to create a future.
It's amazing how so much can be conjured with an instinctual whiff or a small melody. A song you didn't notice at that time, a place you didn't even know had a particular smell. On one hand we long to be be in the past, but look more forward to the present and future. I stumbled upon this passage, and loved the bittersweet interpretation of nostalgia and how I've been feeling.
What are your thoughts on nostalgia?


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He checked himself in the act of emptying the contents of the flask into the dead fire.
He sighed heavily, and replaced the flask upon the dressing-table.
'As the water is dried upon sands, so a life flieth back to the dust.'--SIR ALFRED LYALL.
How Sibyl spent the morning that followed she never knew. She dared not go out of doors. The world of spring, with the new breath of life in it, mocked her. The song of the birds hurt her. She felt as if she should scream outright if she saw the may-blossom against the sky. She wandered aimlessly about the house, and at last crept back to her own room and lay down on her bed, and turned her face to the wall.
soup, and drew down the blinds, and was pettishly dismissed.
The afternoon came. They were mowing the grass on the terrace on the south front. The faint scent of newly-cut grass came in through the open window, and seemed, through the senses, to reach some acute nerve of the brain. She moaned, and buried her face in the pillows. Presently the mowing ceased, and everything became very silent. A bluebottle fly, pressed for time, rushed in, made the circuit of the room, and rushed out again.
Far away in the other wing, on the ground-floor, she heard the library door open. She knew Mr. Loftus's slow, even step. It crossed the hall; it entered the orangery; it came out through the orangery door, down the stone steps to the terrace below her window. She could hear his step on the gravel outside in the crisp air. Crack gave a short bark in recognition of the spring, and satisfaction that the long morning of arranging papers and the afternoon of letter-writing were at last over.
The steps dwindled and died away into the sunny silence. It seemed to Sibyl's overwrought mind that he was walking slowly out of her life, and that unless she made haste to follow him she would lose him altogether. With a sudden revulsion of feeling, she sprang to her feet, and put on her hat and shoes. Then she braved the spring, and went swiftly out.


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Brown's morally repugnant self-interest
Gordon Brown's loathsome and repulsive immoral compass works every time in directing him towards a destination that screws the nation for reasons of selfish partisan comfort. Peter Oborne rightly rips him to shreds in this morning's Mail for an act that can almost be described as treasonous, in passing over for the nation's top defence post a man widely described as "one of the most outstanding officers the British Army has produced since the end of World War II".
Like third-rate political talents everywhere, Brown prefers to appoint persons as talentless as himself, compliant with the myopia and stupidity that flows like sewage from Downing Street.
General Dannatt is a highly talented, honourable, thoroughly decent and altruistic officer who is deeply concerned for the nation's ability to maintain the army that it needs.
God, I loathe Zanu Labour and everything it stands for.
BBC bosses are away with the fairies
Mark Thompson makes a disingenuous plea for the continued financing of the BBC in this morning's Telegraph; "there would be no BBC Proms" he whines. Quite true. They would become the HSBC Proms or the BAe Proms or somesuch. For the rest of his litany of losses, frankly, I could do without the vast majority of them.
In an age of personalised choice and pay-on-demand, the BBC's monopoly is very difficult to defend. Many of us resent deeply not only the millions paid to those whose 'talents' we regard as mediocre at best, but the outrageous salaries that the BBC bureaucrats have decided to pay themselves. The BBC has become just another public trough, and Mark Thompson (salary £816,000 in 2007/2008) is amongst those whose snouts are thrust deep in the swill.
Many accuse the BBC of political bias to the right or the left. This is not the case. It's biased towards big centralist corporatist government and against personal human responsibility. It's long been part of the problem in creating an expectation that it's the government's job to 'do something' about every minor ill that ails the nation. This is pernicious.
No, though I loved the BBC of Reithian principle and listen to little else but Radio 4, it's no longer a national institution of any great value. The Monarchy costs us £40 million a year, the BBC costs £4,300 million a year, £3,100 million of which is collected from licence payers. It's past its sell by date and should go.
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Half our new-born are now bastards
I suppose it was inevitable that the 50% mark for bastards born to British women would be reached, as the Mail reports this morning.
I've still to blog properly about bastardy in Britain. Reminder to self.
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'Little platoons' will decide, not Leviathan
How magnanimous of Hazel Blears to suggest in her white paper that local communities may be permitted by Labour's State to run the local swimming pool and community hall. Yep, clearly these two facilities are right at the top of citizens' concerns and their frustrations at being unable to influence the suffocating weight of the State. Local government is seen as pointless and powerless precisely because it can't change anything that matters locally. Too often local government boundaries have been drawn for administrative convenience, rather than reflecting the natural self-identification of local communities. Blears suggests that new 'neighbourhood councils' will be encouraged - but will be little more than talking shops, pointless and impotent. This white paper is utterly pointless; a rag-bag of empty gestures that will do precisely nothing to redress the imbalance in power that is destabilising the country.
Burke wrote:
To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed toward a love to our country and to mankind. The interest of that portion of social arrangement is a trust in the hands of all those who compose it; and as none but bad men would justify it in abuse, none but traitors would barter it away for their own personal advantage.
Blears fears the little platoons. Labour's centralist State is threatened by them. She will do nothing that actually encourages them; nothing that would allow them to join into companies, battalions or brigades. For Labour, as for that black rogue Rousseau, there is the individual and there is the State. Little platoons figure nowhere.
So let's forget about swimming pools and community halls, shall we, and look instead at how all the collective functions that really concern people can be devolved to their most practical local level? Functions such as tax, police, education, health, welfare, planning and local transport. A re-drawing of local government to reverse the harmful errors of the 1974 reorganisation. A shrinking of the State and the real empowerment of the little platoons.
The chance of winning an iPod won't bring local voters back to the ballot box; this deeply insulting and asinine suggestion could only have come from a Central Statist who believes nothing but that individuals are shallow and selfish and only the State is capable of imposing 'good'.
When Blears realises (and I don't think she ever will) that people and their little platoons are the true repository of right and justice, of selfless participation, of the common good and that they and only they have the medicine to cure not only our broken democracy but our broken society she will cringe in shame and humiliation at the stupidity and ignorance behind the iPod idea.
Labels: blears, localism, white paper
Heathcliff
Ah, Heathcliff. A tortured fantasist whose all-consuming passions are powerful enough to destroy both himself and those around him. A sort of Jonah with attitude.
Yep, fair dos.
Labels: gordon brown, heathcliff, jonah
Blears - like watching uncles dancing
There's a peculiarly cringe making quality about some things in life; being sober and watching uncles dancing is amongst them. As is Hazel Blears' risible attempt to attribute the launch of a white paper with the characteristics of a new single.
Some bumfluff policy wonk in her department probably said something like "Yeah, we can get down with the groovy dudes on this; it's all Web 2.0 now. What we need for this white paper is, er, a promo video, a blog, a message board, a Twitter channel and pages on Myspace and Bebo. I'll get Mr Mucklethwaite in Corporate IT on to it straight away!". You couldn't make it up.
The forum has 13 messages. All written by the moderator, Mrs Wilkins. Blears' blog has been written for seven days in advance by Mr Price from the Press Unit. And her Twitter entries are typed by a work experience girl after being cleared by the Permanent Under Secretary, the Press Secretary, the Parliamentary Under Secretary, the Downing Street Press Office, The Cabinet Office, the Head of Communications, the eGovernment Empowerment Manager, the Head of Corporate IT and the Publicity Liaison Officer.
"Hazel is excited about writing her first blog post." (submitted by Mr Price)
"Hazel finally has a chance for a quick break before heading back to the Department." (submitted by the Diary Secretary)
"Hazel is looking forward to the next event in Camberwell and celebrating with some cake." (submitted by Maureen from Corporate Typing, who's on a diet at the moment)
"Today's already been a busy day and it's only 11:30! We're off to Parliament soon to make a big statement...we'll keep you posted!" (submitted by Miss Zwicicz from the Departmental Creche)
The whole thing is inane beyond words. Just utterly cringe making. If you'd paid a top city PR firm a million quid to come up with something to demonstrate how out of touch Zanu Labour are, they couldn't have done better than this.
Jay Leno's quip that 'politics is show business for ugly people' comes inevitably to mind. Except that this single has already flopped.
Labels: hazel blears, white paper
David Selbourne is seriously confused
You may never have heard of David Selbourne. He is an obscure social commentator now in his 70s of no great popular talent or public appeal. I'm not sure why the Times has given him a column today, but it has, and he uses the opportunity to write nonsense. He writes
We should pay attention. Coherent and strong parties are needed as the nation's condition deteriorates. Instead, political principles have become increasingly redundant, with policymaking subordinated to the needs of market "branding" (or "rebranding"). In consequence, the parties have withered and come to be perceived as little more than loose coalitions of competitors on the make.
There is precious little evidence - and Selbourne offers none - that the withering of the parties is due to their not having 'political principles'; the Tories saw a drop in membership of 1m between 1979 and 1997, a time when the principles of the party can hardly have been clearer. And Labour under Foot and Kinnock was still the 'Red Flag' party but nonetheless saw a plummeting of membership and loyalty. The 'rage' that Selbourne describes is more likely to be against remote centralist parties that are too dominant - indeed, all the evidence supports this rather than Selbourne's weak and unsupported contention. He continues
Britain's social crisis demands more public spending, not less; as the country falls into recession, more intervention is needed, not less. A small state and low taxes will not cure the ills that are daily increasing public alarm. Only a strong state can.
Here he makes the classic solecism of confusing 'strong' with 'big'. In fact, the Leviathan State is a weak state, not a strong one. The strength of the state comes from an engaged and empowered democracy at a local level, a state in which all collective functions are exercised at their lowest possible level. The big centralist state that alienates and disempowers the bulk of its citizens is inherently weak. Selbourne concludes
They are times when national self-repair is required, when the "free society" needs to be protected from itself, and when Islam is advancing into our moral void.
And here is the nub of our putative gerontocrat's argument. Selbourne has a bee in his bonnet about Islam. It scares him. And his reaction is to advocate an authoritarian central state. Again, there is no logical support for this; it's just the confused wandering of a mind rather past its sell by date.
Labels: david selbourne, Islam, localism
Is the BMA the new NUM?
Any film which shows smoking in a positive light should go up one classification, from a 12 to a 15 age certificate, Dr Vivienne Nathanson, head of the BMA science and ethics said, because of the huge impact imagery has on children taking up the habit.
Films like Pulp Fiction show Uma Thurman smoking and in the US blockbuster Independence Day every time Will Smith kills an alien he lights up a cigar, Dr Nathanson said.
Just as well our children are completely immune to the impact of imagery glamourising violence, then. And since when was Pulp Fiction licenced as a 12?
Labels: smoking, violence
An inevitable Malthusianism?
With the Telegraph carrying the same story about Biofuels causing a 75% increase in global food prices as every other paper, and the EU cast as the inevitable villain in continuing to pursue a 10% Bioethanol replacement target, one might be forgiven in regarding Biofuels as a 'bad thing'. But just let's look at what is happening in the absence of the influence of Biofuel production on food prices.
World population is growing fast, particularly in the poorest regions of the world. Many of those regions are also experiencing pressures on water supply, for a variety of reasons. Climate change, mismanagement of supplies, and agriculture. Irrigation uses about 1,000 tonnes of water to produce a tonne of grain. Such regions are therefore tending to become inherently less able to feed themselves. Although world grain production has been rising and will continue to rise, in per capita terms it's falling.
Global grain stocks have halved since the turn of the century as consumption now exceeds production as a trend. So even without Biofuels, we'd be facing food price increases and those in the most marginal societies would be facing hunger.
Now I don't know whether we're at Peak Oil or not. I don't know whether my house will burn down today either. For the latter risk I have insurance - the ongoing cost of which represents value in relation to the cost of potential losses if uninsured. You can look on Biofuels as being an insurance against the risk of Peak Oil. Forget MMGW. And if oil goes to $200 a barrel by the year's end, which I blogged about in May, marginal sources of sugar-containing plant material including woodchips will become more economically viable as Bioethanol raw material.
The moral question is whether we (the West) should be using grain for fuel when parts of the world face hunger. But to abandon Biofuels for this reason would surely only be postponing the inevitable; if their populations continue to grow and their ability to feed themselves continues to shrink, the point must surely come when even all of the world's surplus production isn't enough to hold off mass starvation. Surely their best hope is a stable and economically growing West?
Labels: bioethanol, biofuels, food security, grain
Lambeth and Bishopsthorpe Register
I had always thought it appropriate that army officers were cashiered and clergymen defrocked, as the offences of the former often involved the cashbox and of the latter matters of frocks. However, the media seems confused (and who can blame it) as to whether Ray Lewis was defrocked, disbarred or banned from 'being a vicar'.
In fact it seems he remains an ordained minister of the Church of England, but one whose licence to preach and minister has been revoked. The procedures current in the 1990s seem to have been as follows;
2.1 Currently, clergy discipline is very much in the hands of the bishops
2.2 Cases are often dealt with informally, and sometimes without reference to any statutory regime.
2.3 Serious cases may result in:
Deprivation and disqualification, following criminal/matrimonial proceedings (under s 55 Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963)
Withdrawal of licence (subject to rights of appeal to the Archbishop, under Canon C12, in some cases)
Deposition from holy orders (only following formal proceedings)
Censure by consent (under s 31 Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963)
2.4 Following disciplinary action, the name of the clergy concerned generally appears on the Lambeth and Bishopthorpe Register:
Part I includes the names of those deposed, or deprived and disqualified, under the EJM 1963; it also includes those who have relinquished their orders under the Clerical Disabilities Act 1873
Part II comprises those who have not been the subject of formal proceedings, but whom bishops are advised to approach with caution in relation to any appointment.
Canon C12 of the C of E's Canon Laws allows that:
The bishop of a diocese may by notice in writing revoke summarily, and without further process, any licence granted to any minister within his diocese for any cause which appears to him to be good and reasonable after having given the minister sufficient opportunity of showing reason to the contrary; and the notice shall notify the minister that he may, within 28 days from the date on which he receives the notice, appeal to the archbishop of the province in which that diocese is situated.
Ray Lewis may well have a case in that these procedures were arbitrary justice indeed. The C of E has now revised them. But he remains, it seems, on the Lambeth and Bishopsthorpe Register along with all those vicars with too close an interest in choirboys, the Gin bottle or 'Strength through Joy' Christianity.
Fair or not? I don't know.
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Fernando Alonso has opened the door to a sensational return to F1 in the future after admitting he could change his mind over his proposed retirement.
The Spaniard is in Abu Dhabi this weekend ahead of his proposed final race after 17 years in the sport.
The two-time world champion announced he was bowing out earlier this year to concentrate on other racing categories.
But he now admits his feelings could change next year as he watches from the sidelines for the first time since 2002.
'Right now it's difficult to think about coming back, but the door is not closed,' said the 37-year-old.
'I don't know how I will feel next year. I have been doing this for my whole life so maybe next year by April or May I'm desperate on the sofa so maybe I find a way somehow to come back.
'But it's not the initial idea. So it's more about myself: if I come back it's not for any particular reason or deadline or something that has to happen.
Alonso has committed to the Indy 500 in May next year as he attempts to complete the triple crown, and the final three rounds of the World Endurance Championship super-season.
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Home Culture Save the Children Plays Pass the Parcel to Unicef
Save the Children Plays Pass the Parcel to Unicef
One of the ways that you can see that a self-serving oligarchy has been formed is to watch what happens to one of the magic group when they misbehave. If they're cast from the light into the outer darkness then there's at least a possibility that all is working on talent, hard work, a meritocracy. If, however, a game of pass the parcel is then played with the possible miscreant then we've a class protecting its own rather than focusing on the job at hand. Jobs for the boys, not jobs to be done.
Worth keeping in mind as we consider this:
Save the Children supported its former chief executive in getting a top job at Unicef and paid him a £20,000 bonus despite uncovering evidence of his "inappropriate behaviour and comments" towards young female members of staff.
Unicef, the world's leading children's organisation, confirmed that it was given a reference by Save the Children before he was hired in 2016 that made no mention of the internal probes into Mr Forsyth.
We've also those revelations about Brendan Cox, the widower of the murdered MP, Jo Cox. From the same charity, Save the Children, he passed on after revelations of potential misconduct to setting up new charities which did indeed receive support from other parts of the Third Sector.
There's also the manner in which juicy jobs are offered to those who have, well failed isn't quite the word, perhaps not succeeded, in left wing politics who then end up with very juicy jobs in the sector. David Miliband comes to mind, running his Thunderbirds are Go! organisation.
It's entirely true that the board level of big business can appear to be just such a round robin of jobs for the right people. But then so does this charitable sector if we're to be uncharitable about it.
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So Much For Subtlety
So it is an Old Boy's Club with everyone agreeing to protect the Good Chaps and find them a cushy billet.
Some how I expected charities would not be so obvious. I expect that Mr Cox will head an Oxbridge college next.
This is not about charities. Many charities (outside money-laundering agents such as the United Way) have to appeal to private contributors and even show results. This is about an agency of the United Nations, a loot spigot claiming the mantle of Peace, World Harmony, and Development, and who can be against that? The impossibility of curtailing member countries' "dues" signals that the result will be a culture of impunity, as mundane as sexual misbehavior or as great as nation-wrecking.
Rhoda Klapp
Pournelle's Iron Law applies.
Cock Blocker
I would be obliged if anyone has any dirt on Greenpeace.
Those chuggers are particularly annoying with their "do good for humanity" walk by attacks in Norwich city centre
BniC
In fairness you have to be pretty careful what you put in a reference and as there was ultimately no misconduct proved (or in real terms he agreed to go quietly and save everyone the fuss) they would have been limited in what they could say
Casual Intruder
The accusations about Cox have been around for sometime. The murder of his wife meant that most media outlets weren't about to go there. The BBC and certain lefty newspapers anointed him Sir Brendan of the Poor and he was untouchable….until now. The wider point is that both the Cox's were Labour party apparatchiks who were parachuted into the 3rd sector by messer's Blair and Brown to do Labour's bidding whilst receiving a six figure salary. They are a world away from the chuggers in town verbally attacking you. I'll give it a couple of months and Sir Brendan will… Read more »


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There's #LotsInStoreCHS students! Mr. Scheese is working with the school to open a new store in the commons. He plans to work with food services to create a store with "quick grab and go drinks, snacks, and maybe eventually sandwiches!" Waiting in the lunch lines can take way too long, so he wants to create this quick and easier option.
The new store will not only have quick and easy snacks, but there will also be a fundraiser side to it. Multiple days a week, they will offer things like coffee, pop, and candy to go towards different fundraisers classes or students might have. Scheese is also hoping to work with graphic design so they can sell student made apparel. The store will be run by his Marketing class, and he hopes it will be open by the first or second week of the 2018 school year. Once it's up and running, it will be open Monday through Friday in the mornings and during lunch times.
Everyone should send their name ideas for the new store opening in the commons to @CHSBleuPrint with #LotsInStoreCHS! They will be accepting name ideas until May 18th, and the ideas will be posted for voting on the following week; then, the winner will be announced!


The CCS Akatech group consists of two companies, CCS Akatech Produktions- und Handels GmbH and its 100% subsidiary CCS Akatech Kabelkonfektionierung GmbH. The headquarters is located in Frankenmarkt (Austria). Engineering dpts. are in Frankenmarkt and Rottenmann, the second location in Austria. Production plants are in the two Austrian plants as well as in Hlohovec (Slovakia). Total no. of employees: 380.
CCS Akatech is an assembling and logistic company in the field of high-quality mechatronics and cable assembly. AKAtech develops, purchases, manufactures and delivers assembly units or complete devices and cable harnesses for its customers, mainly in niche markets. Main focus is currently on medical technology, but we have also begun to manufacture for the aircraft industry.


FMMUG Annual Meeting - Call for Papers! Have an interesting story to tell about your Maximo instance? Registration fee will be waived for those who submit an accepted presentation (hotel and airfare will be the responsibility of the presenter).
If you or someone you know has a presentation that you think would help other users in the facilities management space, please contact me at jgould@jfc-associates.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
If you're not interested in presenting but would like to attend, please visit www.fmmug.com for more information about this year's event. Space is filling up fast so don't delay!


Profiles Hair Studio Raises $5,000 for Minette's Angels!
A young Phil Johnson with his father, Ed (EJ) Johnson. Phil Johnson of illy for the Cure, a cause dedicated to honor the memory of his dad, Ed (EJ) Johnson, recently hosted his 6th Annual Benefit Show and generously donated all proceeds to Minette's Angels. This young man epitomizes our 'Acts of Kindness".
ElyseRyan has created an exclusive beaded bracelet in support of our mission to keep the spirit of Minette alive by supporting breast cancer patients and survivors.
Minette's Angels Foundation is pleased to announce that this year's scholarship recipient at Seton Hall University's College of Nursing is Brooke Bussiere. This scholarship is awarded annually to a second year nursing student at Seton Hall University who exhibits academic excellence, strength and determination.


Practice for all high school fall sports will start this Monday, Aug. 3rd. Student-athletes must have a completed (since 4/1/15) physical on file with the athletic office or turn it in to your coach before you begin practice/tryouts. Students are expected to come with proper equipment/shoes etc…to participate in practice/tryouts. Additionally, students are expected to attend all practice/tryout sessions unless prior arrangements have been made with the coach.
All practice are at Oak Hill High School unless noted.
Cross Country-will be attending team camp out of town Monday thru Thursday-contact Coach Paige Brunner at 395-3341 for more info..
Volleyball- Monday – Thursday 3:00pm – 6:30pm.
All JH Practices will start after school begins. Please check the school announcements for those start dates the first week of school.
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Susiwijono acknowledged that leadership dualism between the Batam administration and Batam Industrial Development Authority (BP Batam) had confused investors. He added that the issue would no longer be of a hindrance following the government's plan to merge the two bodies.
Darmin previously said the transition period was expected to last until 30 Apr 19, the deadline for the amendment of a government regulation that would act as the legal basis for the appointment of Batam's mayor as the ex-officio BP Batam head.


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After training all summer, Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates' team of 12 women participated in the 29th Annual Charlottesville Women's Four Miler on September 3, 2011. The Four Miler is the largest all-women's event in Virginia with over 3500 runners and walkers. In addition to participating in the race, individual team members raised funds, via personal sponsorship's, to benefit the UVa Cancer Center Breast Care Program.


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New Australasian No 2 Gold Mine
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Australasia Drive, Creswick VIC 3363
Historic gold mine
Site of 1882 mining disaster
Educational signs
Miners' memorial
The New Australasian No. 2 Deep Lead Gold Mine in Creswick is the scene of one of Australia's worst underground mining disasters.
On the 11th of December 1882 forty one men entered the New Australasian No 2 mine to work a seemingly ordinary Monday night shift. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, 12th of December 1882, water flooded the mine from the old workings of Australasian No. 1 trapping twenty seven of the men underground. Rescue efforts commenced immediately but by the time the miners were reached three days later only five had survived. The body of one man was still warm when it was recovered.
Many firsthand accounts of the disaster were published in the newspapers, describing the unimaginable and horrific experiences of those trapped underground as well as those endeavoring to reach them.
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"...the whole back of the drive burst out with a tremendous report, and the water, it is supposed from some old workings, poured in in a mighty, overpowering torrent along the drives. Then followed a scene that defies all description. Mason and Reeves fled for their lives, the overwhelming force of the water driving them onwards into the plat." (source)
William Mason, one of the contractors in the new reef drive, describes his escape: "The back drive suddenly broke away without any warning with a tremendous report, and the water poured in in a tremendous volume. Reeves and I then made for the shaft, which Reeves reached first. We shouted out to the platman, come or die, who took the alarm and ran up the drive to warn the workmen. Reeves and I subsequently went to the No. 5 shoot and subsequently escaped." (source)
Henry Polglaise, a trucker, described his group's escape by feeling their way out in the dark: "We knocked on the air pipes as a signal that the water had broken through, but owing to the noise of the rushing water, our signals were apparently useless. Carmoody tried to get on to a truck, in order to be able to proceed quicker to warn the men, but the truck tipped up. Carmoody then ran along the level and gave the alarm. He went as far as No. 9 shoot, a distance of about 700 feet. The water was up to his neck when he got back to No. 5 shoot. Gunther, R Woods, and myself went in what we took to be the direction of the shaft. Our lights were out, and we had to feel our way along to the plat by the sides. We came to the plat, and felt for the ladders, which we found only after great difficulty. We then climbed to the surface, a distance of about 300 feet which we reached in a very exhausted state." (source)
Michael Carmoody, platman, described the water rushing him and his narrow escape: "I prepared to return to the No. 5 shoot, but I found that the water had risen against me, and its force was such as to upset the truck. I then left the truck and went without it, but before proceeding very far all the lights went out, and the water rose up to my belt. I then met lathes, full and empty trucks, and timber of all descriptions, being carried along by the torrent, and these came against me, knocking me off my legs. I had hold of the air-pipes with my hands, and this saved me from going under the water. When I came down as far as No. 5 shoot I found I was on the wrong side of the drive and could not find it, but fortunately Mr Hodge was in the manhole, and he directed me by his voice where to come to. We then proceeded up the ladders until we got to the top of the shoot. From there, without lights, we had to crawl on hands and knees as best we could to the intermediate level, where we found Reeves and Mason with a light coming against us." (source)
Mining manager William Nicholas described initial rescue efforts: "I could not get down to the water for the foul air, which put out the lights. I went back to the intermediate level, and went towards No. 5 rise, which is about 800 feet from the shaft. This is a perpendicular rise. On My way there I met Fisher coming towards me from the rise. I proceeded further, towards the rise, but met with no other men. I returned to the shaft, and ascertained the depth of water there. There was then about 10 feet of water in the shaft..." "...I returned to the surface and sent the men for tanks with which we started to bale about 8 a.m. The tanks hold about 240 gallons each. The pumps were working when I first went to the mine. I gave orders to the engine driver to put on full speed at once." (source)
Robert Spencer described the moment they first discovered the survivors, several days after the mine flooded. False news was taken to the waiting crowd at the surface that all twenty seven trapped miners had survived: "I was down the mine all night cleaning the drive for pumping, and the air pipes. The drive is full of obstructions from beginning to end, but we managed to clean it. As we crawled along on all fours we cleaned it while the water was running over us. When within No. 11 shoot we called out to see if there were any men alive there. Our hearts jumped with joy as we several times heard answers. The answers were very faint; at first they were hardly distinguishable. At length we heard a call, which we pronounced to be "We are all right," and "We are all safe." The words were to that effect. The voice was supposed to be that of Baulcombe. I was the man to bring the news to the surface." (source)
The heartwrenching moment the waiting crowd learned of the deaths of twenty two trapped miners was emotionally described as follows: "A great shock has just been given the residents of Creswick, and one that will be felt all over the colony. The intelligence was brought to the surface at an early hour this morning that the imprisoned miners were in the mine alive and well. The excitement was extreme. The township of Creswick was decorate with bunting. The news spread like wildfire, and before long there were several thousand assembled on the ground. The first man raised to the surface was Manley, who appeared rather sick and faint, then came Bowen, Corbett, Maloney and last of all Cornelius Kirk. As each man was raised to the surface, the crowd nearest the shaft raised a cheer, which was caught up by the surrounding multitude, and repeated long and heartily; the name also of the man was called out and echoed aloud with glee, by thousands of glad eager voices. When Kirk was brought to the surface, the rumour was spread abroad that the whole of the men in the mine were alive and well, but before this had time to go well round, a profound sensation was caused by the announcement that the remaining 22 miners below were dead. Then followed a brief pause, as though the multitude were stunned by the awful news. The silence was broken by a groan of agony from the crowd. The scene that followed baffles description. The wives and relatives of the dead miners threw themselves on the ground, in a transport of grief, and shed tears of agony. They were not the only ones that did so for the shock caused even the strongest man to weep, and shake like a reed. There was not a dry eye in the crowd, and many fell on their knees in prayer for the bereaved ones. The scene presented as I am writing is heartrending, and those who witnessed this terrible and from appearances this morning, unexpected end, will remember the spectacle to their dying day. A few of the men who have been recovered are looking strong and well. They were found in the No. 11 rise, a place where no one expected to get them alive. It appears that after the rescuing party had explored No. 9 rise with no success, they proceeded to No. 10 rise and searched that with a similar result. Going further on they came across an embankment that had been formed through the water washing up the sand against some obstruction. The rescuers got over this and came across the five survivors in the No. 11 rise. I have not yet heard where the 22 dead bodies are, but these will probably be found to be dispersed about the drives." (source)
Conditions the miners endured before their deaths were briefly described: "The dead miners had to stand in water in the No. 11 rise with their heads between the cap-pieces. Their limbs were much cramped." (source)
Mr. Corbett, one of the five surviving trapped miners, describes conditions underground during an interview: The drive was very small and low, the timber being all broken. He says it was a terrible time, but believes all the men lived for some time, and were prepared for death. He thinks they were not drowned, but died for want of sufficient air. He remarked that he had heard that a statement was published in the press, in which he was made to say that the mine was properly worked. He had no recollection of making any such statement; he intended telling the truth at the enquiry and would reserve further statements until then. Upon the statement published in the Creswick Advertiser being read to him, he said he had no recollection of making any such remarks in reference to the mine. He did not consider that the mine was properly worked in many ways, and especially in the workings being allowed to get so much out of repair." (source)
During an adjourned inquest in late December, mining manager William Nicholas clinically described the rescue of the survivors and recovery of the dead: "About 5 a.m. on Thursday we succeeded in getting as far as No. 10 rise. I was on the surface about 5.30 a.m. when I heard the news that all were alive. This was brought to the surface by the pitman, Thomas Clarke. I immediately went down the shaft and along the main drive to No. 11 rise, where the men were. I could see five men laying dead in the bottom of the main drive, immediately under No. 11 rise. We then commenced to take out the men who were living. These were in the top of No. 11 rise..." "...These men were sent up to the surface. I then counted the dead bodies but could not say whether they were all there. Besides the five bodies found in the main drive, I saw two bodies suspended by the feet from the side of the drive. They were caught in the timber..." "...Two bodies were found on the eastern side, and the remainder on the western side of the rise, all close to it. They were all in the upper drive. I saw the bodies as they were brought up to the surface, and subsequently on the surface. I recognised the bodies of various men." (source)
INFORMATION SIGN AT THE SITE OF THE NEW AUSTRALASIAN NO. 2 GOLD MINE
Site of Australia's most tragic underground mining accident. Without warning on 12 December 1882, water began flooding the No 2 drive, trapping 29 miners deep below. As the water rose higher, the miners scratched messages to their families on billycans and sang the hymn 'In the sweet bye and bye'. 22 miners died in the tragedy, leaving behind 17 widows and 67 children.
Deep Lead mining began after the surface (alluvial) gold was exhausted. The Berry Deep Lead, which the mines here tapped, is part of an ancient system of rivers buried by lava from volcanoes.
During nine years of operation, New Australasian yielded about 87,000 ounces of gold - worth about 38 million dollars at 1997 prices.
Closing in 1887, the land was then used by the Forests Branch as a tree nursery for the area. Remains of the hawthorn hedges can still be seen today.
AUSTRALASIAN NO 2 MINE GRAVES
An A5 booklet titled Australasian No 2 Mine Graves is available for $5.00 from the Creswick Museum. This booklet provides a self-guided tour around the Creswick Cemetery, showing the burial locations of those who were killed in the mining disaster and others who were associated with the mine. The booklet also includes a transcript of the funeral from the Creswick Advertiser, 15/12/1882.
Evidence of the mid-late 1800's gold rush can be found throughout the Victorian goldfields in the form of abandoned mine shafts and tunnels, mullock heaps, buildings and ruins, circular puddling troughs, remains of cyanide vats, and quartz kilns.
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Q: How to get Sum with group by in Django query I am trying to get Sum of my quantity with the group by product_id but it returns multiple records.
I am working on Django and trying to get sum with group by so. I try with annotate and values.
productinventory_ds = (
                ProductInventory.objects.filter(product_id=product_id)
                .values("product_id")
                .annotate(
                    instock_quantity_s=Sum("instock_quantity"),
                    delivered_quantity_s=Sum("delivered_quantity"),
                )
            )

But instead of giving one product id and sum of all the quantity. this query returns multiple results with the same product id.

A: You should add a .order_by(..) to force grouping, like:
productinventory_ds = ProductInventory.objects.filter(
    product_id=product_id
).values('product_id').annotate(
    instock_quantity_s=Sum('instock_quantity'),
    delivered_quantity_s=Sum('delivered_quantity')
).order_by('product_id')
Here however it looks like you want to extract the columns for a single product_id. In that case, .aggregate(..) makes more sense:
productinventory_ds = ProductInventory.objects.filter(
    product_id=product_id
).aggregate(
    instock_quantity_s=Sum('instock_quantity'),
    delivered_quantity_s=Sum('delivered_quantity')
)
This will return a dictionary that contains two items with as keys 'instock_quantity_s' and 'delivered_quantity_s'.


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If you put boulders on sand, gravel on boulders, the coastal road on gravel, the road will eventually collapse, not because ocean pushes boulders, but because sand's an unstable foundation. Gravity does the rest. If you build a tunnel through the mountain, expect landslides and fallen trees. If you build desert townhouses in a rain forest, expect the walls to be damp, the ceilings to peel away. "It's always been like that and always will be," says the white man with the one-eyed dog, as my dog sniffs his. His voice dissonant: "those rag heads hate us because we are." Another neighbor suggests asking for precision: does he mean Indians or Sikhs? Does he mean the people we just attacked? Does he use a towel when he dries his head after a shower? Specificity's important when you're from the South, he says. I'm reminded a high school teacher loved the Plath line, "the horses are," which ended with the verb for being without movement, drama of existence not action. My cat sits beside me, considers leaping up on the bed, leaps; outside rooster call and mower construct an awkward chord. In Volcano, a philosophy prof's organizing a conference on anarchy at the military camp. It all depends on how you parse the verb or noun, because sometimes they mean twice. Jon notes that "mean" also means "mean." Anarchy as chaos or as alternate order. It must be exhausting to be so angry, I want to say to my neighbor down the street. What father or what war made you so angry? Was it a boy scout leader who groomed you away from the crowd, had his way with you for years, while shame crashed down like a curtain before a bombing raid? And why did you put a fluffy white collar around the tiny dog you walk each day, faithfully. He was a bad man, but so are you. My twitter feed warns me that photographs of dead animals in Australia are graphic, and the warning alone triggers something in me, like avoidance, or the desire to write. I write because it grounds me, a colleague says, when everything else is chaos. It's that search for meaning, road on gravel on boulder, and gravity takes it down as soon as the typing ends. Some form of entertainment, this meaning. Absorptive as a video game, and just as interactive, but the hours away from the monitor are blank, at best. I meditated to the sound of a video game and a tv show; our attention is there to be grabbed. Sexual predators come to court in wheelchairs or with walkers. One reached out for the railing as an aide pulled his walker away; he stuttered up the stairs. The dharma talk was on judgment, how corrosive it is. Negative thinking takes up much of our time, a study determined. I could ask the man with the one-eyed dog to think happier thoughts. "It's all in your imagination," I would say; "you think too much." But the orthodontics of emotion take more time than that. I signaled my virtue, turning on my heel, telling him he was a racist. Short cut; stale, mate.
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