At the invitation of DesignMarch and the Iceland University of the Arts, we visited Reykjavik from 13 to 18 March 2018. We were pleasantly surprised by a beautiful country, original people and a promising design scene!
DesignMarch is Iceland's most important annual design festival. From fashion to furniture, architecture to food design, the festival showcases the best of the Icelandic design scene. Fresh, exciting, exotic and under the radar elsewhere, during DesignMarch you see what is going on and meet local designers – plus a handful of interesting international names. The scene is small and intimate, so we were able to get up close and personal with both locals and the design 'superstars'. The event takes place in downtown Reykjavik – for four days, the most Northerly capital in the world turns into a venue for hundreds of openings, events, exhibitions and parties. An ideal way to discover the Icelandic design scene!
Our visit started by giving a lecture for students at the Iceland University of the Arts. During this lecture we introduced our audience to the story about Vij5 and especially taught them what it takes to translate an idea into a producible and sellable product: the next step. We also gave advice on how to make a product or idea more interesting for a label.
Next up was a day full of inspiration at Harpa in the form of DesignTalks. This signature opening event of DesignMarch, produced by the Iceland Design Centre, is a day of inspirational talks by leading international designers, architects and creative thought leaders on the impact and relevance of design in today's society. This year the theme was 'power and potential'. Lifting our gaze towards the future, shedding light on the power of design to tackle current topics and challenges and on how we can all move forward together. The event was very well organised, hosted by Hlín Helga Guðlaugsdóttir (curator of DesignTalks) and Paul Bennett (Chief Creative Officer, IDEO) and officially opened by Iceland's Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir. For the full program, see the website here.
Last but not least we were invited to participate in DesignMatch. This initiative pairs local designers and international design producers, retailers, curators, journalists and other design actors for a series of short meetings. It's matchmaking for design professionals!
We had the honour to meet four different Icelandic designers/studio's and had a nice chat about their work and portfolio's. All meetings were arranged for us to conveniently take place over the course of one day in our temporary 'private office' at the Arion Banki.
Food design and food-related projects were on display on the 1.st floor of the Department of Design of the Icelandic Academy of Arts. On the menu; tasty research, experiments, innovation and food system news.
Ragna Ragnarsdottir works around the intersection of design, art, craftsmanship and production. She explores a creative process that enables the design of objects more intuitively. Instead of designing objects from existing industrial or craft techniques, she searches for new processes where the design is a direct result of the production.
A part of Atelier Dottir's ongoing research on the effects of different media on our senses and sensory experiences. The exhibition is composed of two and three-dimensional works that each represent a certain memory; the memory of a time, a place, a feeling. The three-dimensional pieces are small-scale ceramic sculptures and each of them carries a scent that is meant to evoke a certain emotion.
Having been without forests for a thousand years, wood has now become an available resource in Iceland. While increased amounts of forest utility can be expected in the coming years, innovation in the sector has not been growing in utilization of forest produce and therefore 80% of annual production is sold as wood chips to a silicone-metal factory.
Björn Steinar, The Iceland Forest Service and a handful of talented designers address the problem in a co-exhibition – based on mapping of the forest resource, where Björn Steinar produced prototypes from submitted proposals.
Harpa is one of Reykjavik's greatest and distinguished landmarks. It is a cultural and social centre in the heart of the city and features stunning views of the surrounding mountains and the North Atlantic Ocean.
The structure of this former Reykjavik herring factory has been brought back to life thanks to the efforts of architects Ásmundur Hrafn Sturluson and Steinþór Kári Kárason from studio Kurt og Pí. With this Marshall House has become a brand-new platform for emerging artists, hosting within its walls creative and non-profit activities (among which an Iceland-based practice of internationally renowned artist Olafur Elíasson) and a restaurant.
This restaurant is specialized in classical Icelandic cuisine with a modern twist. They go to great lengths to find Icelandic cookbooks and other written material that may contain recipes they can use in new and inventive ways. Everything on their menu is homemade with first-class produce. Let tradition surprise you!
Kaffi Vinyl is a bar/café and record shop located in the newly renovated Hverfisgata, parallel to main shopping street Laugavegur. The focus is food, vine and vinyl, offering light food and apperitivo, it's also vegetarian and vegan friendly.
Born with the intention to import good coffee produced in full respect of both human beings and nature. They hand-pick coffee farms abroad and try to be as environmentally friendly as possible. Reykjavík Roasters is first and foremost an idea – a feeling that always stays with you like the lingering taste of a good cup of coffee.
The word "heima", which means "home" in Icelandic, perfectly sums up the concept of this new store that offers a great range of home decor and design goods from various brands. Geysir Heima also hosts an in-store art gallery that regularly exhibits the work of local artists and designers.


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#include "apr_arch_file_io.h"
#include "fsio.h"
#include "nks/dirio.h"
#include "apr_file_io.h"
#include "apr_general.h"
#include "apr_strings.h"
#include "apr_errno.h"
#include "apr_hash.h"
#include "apr_thread_rwlock.h"

#ifdef HAVE_UTIME_H
#include <utime.h>
#endif

#define APR_HAS_PSA

static apr_filetype_e filetype_from_mode(mode_t mode)
{
    apr_filetype_e type = APR_NOFILE;

    if (S_ISREG(mode))
        type = APR_REG;
    else if (S_ISDIR(mode))
        type = APR_DIR;
    else if (S_ISCHR(mode))
        type = APR_CHR;
    else if (S_ISBLK(mode))
        type = APR_BLK;
    else if (S_ISFIFO(mode))
        type = APR_PIPE;
    else if (S_ISLNK(mode))
        type = APR_LNK;
    else if (S_ISSOCK(mode))
        type = APR_SOCK;
    else
        type = APR_UNKFILE;
    return type;
}

static void fill_out_finfo(apr_finfo_t *finfo, struct stat *info,
                           apr_int32_t wanted)
{
    finfo->valid = APR_FINFO_MIN | APR_FINFO_IDENT | APR_FINFO_NLINK
                    | APR_FINFO_OWNER | APR_FINFO_PROT;

    finfo->protection = apr_unix_mode2perms(info->st_mode);
    finfo->filetype = filetype_from_mode(info->st_mode);
    finfo->user = info->st_uid;
    finfo->group = info->st_gid;
    finfo->size = info->st_size;
    finfo->inode = info->st_ino;
    finfo->device = info->st_dev;
    finfo->nlink = info->st_nlink;

    apr_time_ansi_put(&finfo->atime, info->st_atime.tv_sec);
    apr_time_ansi_put(&finfo->mtime, info->st_mtime.tv_sec);
    apr_time_ansi_put(&finfo->ctime, info->st_ctime.tv_sec);

#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLOCKS
#ifdef DEV_BSIZE
    finfo->csize = (apr_off_t)info->st_blocks * (apr_off_t)DEV_BSIZE;
#else
    finfo->csize = (apr_off_t)info->st_blocks * (apr_off_t)512;
#endif
    finfo->valid |= APR_FINFO_CSIZE;
#endif
}

apr_status_t apr_file_info_get_locked(apr_finfo_t *finfo, apr_int32_t wanted,
                                      apr_file_t *thefile)
{
    struct_stat info;

    if (thefile->buffered) {
        apr_status_t rv = apr_file_flush_locked(thefile);
        if (rv != APR_SUCCESS)
            return rv;
    }

    if (fstat(thefile->filedes, &info) == 0) {
        finfo->pool = thefile->pool;
        finfo->fname = thefile->fname;
        fill_out_finfo(finfo, &info, wanted);
        return (wanted & ~finfo->valid) ? APR_INCOMPLETE : APR_SUCCESS;
    }
    else {
        return errno;
    }
}

APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_file_info_get(apr_finfo_t *finfo,
                                            apr_int32_t wanted,
                                            apr_file_t *thefile)
{
    struct stat info;

    if (thefile->buffered) {
        /* XXX: flush here is not mutex protected */
        apr_status_t rv = apr_file_flush(thefile);
        if (rv != APR_SUCCESS)
            return rv;
    }

    if (fstat(thefile->filedes, &info) == 0) {
        finfo->pool = thefile->pool;
        finfo->fname = thefile->fname;
        fill_out_finfo(finfo, &info, wanted);
        return (wanted & ~finfo->valid) ? APR_INCOMPLETE : APR_SUCCESS;
    }
    else {
        return errno;
    }
}

APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_file_perms_set(const char *fname,
                                             apr_fileperms_t perms)
{
    mode_t mode = apr_unix_perms2mode(perms);

    if (chmod(fname, mode) == -1)
        return errno;
    return APR_SUCCESS;
}

APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_file_attrs_set(const char *fname,
                                             apr_fileattrs_t attributes,
                                             apr_fileattrs_t attr_mask,
                                             apr_pool_t *pool)
{
    apr_status_t status;
    apr_finfo_t finfo;

    /* Don't do anything if we can't handle the requested attributes */
    if (!(attr_mask & (APR_FILE_ATTR_READONLY
                       | APR_FILE_ATTR_EXECUTABLE)))
        return APR_SUCCESS;

    status = apr_stat(&finfo, fname, APR_FINFO_PROT, pool);
    if (status)
        return status;

    /* ### TODO: should added bits be umask'd? */
    if (attr_mask & APR_FILE_ATTR_READONLY)
    {
        if (attributes & APR_FILE_ATTR_READONLY)
        {
            finfo.protection &= ~APR_UWRITE;
            finfo.protection &= ~APR_GWRITE;
            finfo.protection &= ~APR_WWRITE;
        }
        else
        {
            /* ### umask this! */
            finfo.protection |= APR_UWRITE;
            finfo.protection |= APR_GWRITE;
            finfo.protection |= APR_WWRITE;
        }
    }

    if (attr_mask & APR_FILE_ATTR_EXECUTABLE)
    {
        if (attributes & APR_FILE_ATTR_EXECUTABLE)
        {
            /* ### umask this! */
            finfo.protection |= APR_UEXECUTE;
            finfo.protection |= APR_GEXECUTE;
            finfo.protection |= APR_WEXECUTE;
        }
        else
        {
            finfo.protection &= ~APR_UEXECUTE;
            finfo.protection &= ~APR_GEXECUTE;
            finfo.protection &= ~APR_WEXECUTE;
        }
    }

    return apr_file_perms_set(fname, finfo.protection);
}

#ifndef APR_HAS_PSA
static apr_status_t stat_cache_cleanup(void *data)
{
    apr_pool_t *p = (apr_pool_t *)getGlobalPool();
    apr_hash_index_t *hi;
    apr_hash_t *statCache = (apr_hash_t*)data;
	char *key;
    apr_ssize_t keylen;
    NXPathCtx_t pathctx;

    for (hi = apr_hash_first(p, statCache); hi; hi = apr_hash_next(hi)) {
        apr_hash_this(hi, (const void**)&key, &keylen, (void**)&pathctx);

        if (pathctx) {
            NXFreePathContext(pathctx);
        }
    }

    return APR_SUCCESS;
}

int cstat (NXPathCtx_t ctx, char *path, struct stat *buf, unsigned long requestmap, apr_pool_t *p)
{
    apr_pool_t *gPool = (apr_pool_t *)getGlobalPool();
    apr_hash_t *statCache = NULL;
    apr_thread_rwlock_t *rwlock = NULL;

    NXPathCtx_t pathctx = 0;
    char *ptr = NULL, *tr;
    int len = 0, x;
    char *ppath;
    char *pinfo;

    if (ctx == 1) {

        /* If there isn't a global pool then just stat the file
           and return */
        if (!gPool) {
            char poolname[50];

            if (apr_pool_create(&gPool, NULL) != APR_SUCCESS) {
                return getstat(ctx, path, buf, requestmap);
            }

            setGlobalPool(gPool);
            apr_pool_tag(gPool, apr_pstrdup(gPool, "cstat_mem_pool"));

            statCache = apr_hash_make(gPool);
            apr_pool_userdata_set ((void*)statCache, "STAT_CACHE", stat_cache_cleanup, gPool);

            apr_thread_rwlock_create(&rwlock, gPool);
            apr_pool_userdata_set ((void*)rwlock, "STAT_CACHE_LOCK", apr_pool_cleanup_null, gPool);
        }
        else {
            apr_pool_userdata_get((void**)&statCache, "STAT_CACHE", gPool);
            apr_pool_userdata_get((void**)&rwlock, "STAT_CACHE_LOCK", gPool);
        }

        if (!gPool || !statCache || !rwlock) {
            return getstat(ctx, path, buf, requestmap);
        }

        for (x = 0,tr = path;*tr != '\0';tr++,x++) {
            if (*tr == '\\' || *tr == '/') {
                ptr = tr;
                len = x;
            }
            if (*tr == ':') {
                ptr = "\\";
                len = x;
            }
        }

        if (ptr) {
            ppath = apr_pstrndup (p, path, len);
            strlwr(ppath);
            if (ptr[1] != '\0') {
                ptr++;
            }
            /* If the path ended in a trailing slash then our result path
               will be a single slash. To avoid stat'ing the root with a
               slash, we need to make sure we stat the current directory
               with a dot */
            if (((*ptr == '/') || (*ptr == '\\')) && (*(ptr+1) == '\0')) {
                pinfo = apr_pstrdup (p, ".");
            }
            else {
                pinfo = apr_pstrdup (p, ptr);
            }
        }

        /* If we have a statCache then try to pull the information
           from the cache.  Otherwise just stat the file and return.*/
        if (statCache) {
            apr_thread_rwlock_rdlock(rwlock);
            pathctx = (NXPathCtx_t) apr_hash_get(statCache, ppath, APR_HASH_KEY_STRING);
            apr_thread_rwlock_unlock(rwlock);
            if (pathctx) {
                return getstat(pathctx, pinfo, buf, requestmap);
            }
            else {
                int err;

                err = NXCreatePathContext(0, ppath, 0, NULL, &pathctx);
                if (!err) {
                    apr_thread_rwlock_wrlock(rwlock);
                    apr_hash_set(statCache, apr_pstrdup(gPool,ppath) , APR_HASH_KEY_STRING, (void*)pathctx);
                    apr_thread_rwlock_unlock(rwlock);
                    return getstat(pathctx, pinfo, buf, requestmap);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return getstat(ctx, path, buf, requestmap);
}
#endif

APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_stat(apr_finfo_t *finfo,
                                   const char *fname,
                                   apr_int32_t wanted, apr_pool_t *pool)
{
    struct stat info;
    int srv;
    NXPathCtx_t pathCtx = 0;

    getcwdpath(NULL, &pathCtx, CTX_ACTUAL_CWD);
#ifdef APR_HAS_PSA
	srv = getstat(pathCtx, (char*)fname, &info, ST_STAT_BITS|ST_NAME_BIT);
#else
    srv = cstat(pathCtx, (char*)fname, &info, ST_STAT_BITS|ST_NAME_BIT, pool);
#endif
    errno = srv;

    if (srv == 0) {
        finfo->pool = pool;
        finfo->fname = fname;
        fill_out_finfo(finfo, &info, wanted);
        if (wanted & APR_FINFO_LINK)
            wanted &= ~APR_FINFO_LINK;
        if (wanted & APR_FINFO_NAME) {
            finfo->name = apr_pstrdup(pool, info.st_name);
            finfo->valid |= APR_FINFO_NAME;
        }
        return (wanted & ~finfo->valid) ? APR_INCOMPLETE : APR_SUCCESS;
    }
    else {
#if !defined(ENOENT) || !defined(ENOTDIR)
#error ENOENT || ENOTDIR not defined; please see the
#error comments at this line in the source for a workaround.
        /*
         * If ENOENT || ENOTDIR is not defined in one of the your OS's
         * include files, APR cannot report a good reason why the stat()
         * of the file failed; there are cases where it can fail even though
         * the file exists.  This opens holes in Apache, for example, because
         * it becomes possible for someone to get a directory listing of a
         * directory even though there is an index (eg. index.html) file in
         * it.  If you do not have a problem with this, delete the above
         * #error lines and start the compile again.  If you need to do this,
         * please submit a bug report to http://www.apache.org/bug_report.html
         * letting us know that you needed to do this.  Please be sure to
         * include the operating system you are using.
         */
        /* WARNING: All errors will be handled as not found
         */
#if !defined(ENOENT)
        return APR_ENOENT;
#else
        /* WARNING: All errors but not found will be handled as not directory
         */
        if (errno != ENOENT)
            return APR_ENOENT;
        else
            return errno;
#endif
#else /* All was defined well, report the usual: */
        return errno;
#endif
    }
}

APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_file_mtime_set(const char *fname,
                                              apr_time_t mtime,
                                              apr_pool_t *pool)
{
    apr_status_t status;
    apr_finfo_t finfo;

    status = apr_stat(&finfo, fname, APR_FINFO_ATIME, pool);
    if (status) {
        return status;
    }

#ifdef HAVE_UTIMES
    {
      struct timeval tvp[2];

      tvp[0].tv_sec = apr_time_sec(finfo.atime);
      tvp[0].tv_usec = apr_time_usec(finfo.atime);
      tvp[1].tv_sec = apr_time_sec(mtime);
      tvp[1].tv_usec = apr_time_usec(mtime);

      if (utimes(fname, tvp) == -1) {
        return errno;
      }
    }
#elif defined(HAVE_UTIME)
    {
      struct utimbuf buf;

      buf.actime = (time_t) (finfo.atime / APR_USEC_PER_SEC);
      buf.modtime = (time_t) (mtime / APR_USEC_PER_SEC);

      if (utime(fname, &buf) == -1) {
        return errno;
      }
    }
#else
    return APR_ENOTIMPL;
#endif

    return APR_SUCCESS;
}

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The Vinci PJV04-L 13 inches of gorgeous black & white leather. We searched all over to find a high end leather that met our standards, but was closer to the feel of our original gloves. Well we found it and made the Limited line with it. These gloves have a very similar feel to our original model gloves, with higher quality materials. We pre-treated the leather to allow for quicker break in time, and with all of that still have a glove that is one of the lightest on the market today. Some of what we are known for are still present with this glove, our exclusive thumb and pinky loops, our sturdy stays in fingers in the thumb and pinky reinforce the rigidity of the glove, allowing years of use without getting floppy.


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Home/Front/Japan's iconic Mount Fuji could paralyse Tokyo with ash
Japan's iconic Mount Fuji could paralyse Tokyo with ash
NMTVMay 2, 2018
Japan's iconic Mount Fuji could paralyse Tokyo with ash if it erupted, choking roads and halting water supplies, according to a government disaster planning study, a news report said Tuesday.
The snow-capped peak of the country's highest mountain 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Tokyo is a symbol of Japan — and is also an active volcano.
It last erupted in 1707, but while it has not shown any signs of life in recent decades a potential eruption now could shower more than 10 centimetres (4 inches) of ash on central Tokyo, according to a government study seen by the Kyodo news agency.
The ash would paralyse the capital, rendering roads impassable and stopping the flow of goods and people.
The study found just 0.5 centimetres of ash could cause mechanical problems for cars and more than one centimetre could cause mass power outages and the failure of water filtration systems, Kyodo reported.
Noriko Urata, an official in charge of disaster research, confirmed the government is assessing the possible impact of an eruption and preparing measures to deal with the scenario.
"But we are not in a position to unveil details," he told AFP.
In the past, the government has estimated that an eruption could result in damage and losses worth over 2.5 trillion yen (USD 23 billion).
"But if we include the impact on aviation and other transportation as well as secondary infrastructure, the cost could be far more than two trillion yen," said Toshiyasu Nagao, head of Tokai University's Earthquake Prediction Research Centre.
"Mount Fuji is categorised a young volcano," Nagao told AFP. "It would be no surprise if Mount Fuji erupts any time in the near future."
Japan, with more than 110 active volcanoes, sits on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire" where a large proportion of the world's earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.
In January, a Japanese soldier was killed and several other people injured after an eruption near a popular ski resort in northwest of Tokyo.
On September 27, 2014, Japan suffered its deadliest eruption in almost 90 years when Mount Ontake, in central Nagano prefecture, burst unexpectedly to life.
An estimated 63 people were killed in the shock eruption which occurred as the peak was packed with hikers out to see the region's spectacular autumn colours.
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	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// Main program where it runs stuff
		// This is a test push
	}

}


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El sistema Prebético, cordillera Prebética o simplemente Prebético, está situado en el sureste de España y es la zona más externa de la fosa Bética y desde el punto de vista de su situación geográfica, la parte más septentrional de todo el conjunto de las cordilleras Béticas en España.

Litología
El Prebético no aparece en la parte más occidental de la cordillera. Se extiende desde Martos hacia el este penetrando en la región murciana. Desde Martos hacia el occidente no hay Prebético. Limita al norte con la depresión Bética y por el sur con el Subbético de los geólogos. Desde el punto de vista litológico el Prebético presenta una serie de rasgos interesantes y que lo van a diferenciar de lo que es el Subbético.

En primer lugar el zócalo premesozoico no aflora en esta zona, tampoco existen rocas magmáticas y volcánicas exceptuando afloraciones de vulcanismo postorogénicas. Los materiales que lo forman se formaron en un mar poco profundo, esto se manifiesta en el tipo de materiales y también en la existencia de lagunas estratigráficas -carencia de un estrato debido a que no se dieron las condiciones necesarias para que se produjera la sedimentación- debido a movimientos epirogénicos -subida de la tierra- y movimientos eustáticos -descenso del mar- que hizo que esta zona estuviera emergida por lo que no había sedimentación. Los materiales predominantes son calizas, margas y areniscas.

Estructura tectónica
La estructura tectónica es poco compleja; la cobertera sedimentaria despegada del zócalo ha sufrido un empuje alpino poco intenso, por lo tanto ha formado pliegues de poca intensidad. Pero al estar compuesta por materiales diferentes, más o menos rígidos y de gran espesor (calizas) al sufrir el empuje alpino se han roto dando lugar a fallas y a cabalgamientos. El despegue de los materiales sedimentarios con respecto al zócalo se ha favorecido por la existencia entre ambos de una capa de trias margoso yesífero, que ha actuado como lubrificante.

En el Prebético encontramos pliegues de tipo jurásico que la erosión posterior ha convertido en un relieve invertido, así encontramos sinclinales elevados y los anticlinales hundidos debido a la erosión ya que existen unos materiales más blandos que otros. (Sierra de Cazorla, Segura, las Villas y Mágina).

Sierras
De oeste a este:
 Sierra de Cazorla
 Sierra de Segura
 Sierra de Alcaraz
 Sierra de Castril
 Sierra de Cabrilla
 Sierra Seca
 Sierra de la Sagra y Sierra Mágina, ambas también pertenecientes al Sistema Subbético
 Sierra del Taibilla
 Sierra de María, coincidente con el Sistema Penibético
 Sierra de Salinas
 Sierra de Abanilla
 Sierra de Crevillente
 Sierra de Orihuela
 Sierra de Callosa
 Sierra del Cid
 Sierra del Maigmó
 Sierra de Mariola
 Sierra de Aitana
 Montgó
 Sierra de Bernia
 Peñón de Ifach
 Sierra Grossa

Véase también
 Cordilleras Béticas
 Cordillera Subbética
 Relieve de Andalucía

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Regional Parks now hiring workers for summer swim season
From Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend the San Bernardino County Regional Parks opens its swim complexes for families to enjoy. We would like to invite any interested candidates to apply as a Lifeguard or Summer Swim Complex employee, at one of our Regional Parks for the 2017 Summer Season.
All applicants are required to have C.P.R. and First Aid certifications, prior to the first day of employment. Lifeguards will be required to show proof of current Lifeguard Certifications, valid through September 2017. All requirements must be met before the first day of work. Bilingual abilities strongly desired.
The following positions are available for the 2017 Summer Swim Season:
Pool Manager – $ 15.00 hourly (1 at each site)
5 Years of Lifeguard Experience
1-2 Years of Supervisory Experience
Returning Lifeguard – $ 11.50 hourly
1 or more years Lifeguard Experience with Regional Parks
Senior Lifeguard – $ 12.00 hourly (2 at each site)
New Lifeguard – $ 11.00 hourly
Summer Park Worker – Cashier/Pool Attendant/General Grounds/Cashiers/Top of Slide -$ 10.50 hourly
Summer Help Process Calendar
Applications will be accepted continuously through May 2017
Interviews will be scheduled February thru May of 2017
Hiring Process for selected applicants will begin in March 2017
Orientation and Training will be scheduled for April and May 2017
All selected applicants will be interviewed by Park and Administrative Staff, at Regional Parks Administration. Preferred work location is not guaranteed and will be decided by Park staffing needs.
Please return completed applications to: Regional Parks Administration, 777 E. Rialto Ave., San Bernardino, CA 92415-0763
Published March 8, 2017 | By County of San Bernardino | 7 Comments
State examines county's handling of Dec. 2 workers' comp cases
An investigation by the state into the county's handling of workers' compensation cases related to the Dec. 2, 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino found that treatment denials have been rare, indicates delays have been caused chiefly by doctors failing to submit information needed to approve treatments, and credits the county with establishing a model for dealing with incidents of this nature by hiring nurse case managers to facilitate treatment requests.
"The Board of Supervisors has shared the frustration expressed by many of the survivors when delays and denials have occurred," said Board of Supervisors Chairman Robert A. Lovingood.
"No workers' compensation program anywhere in the country has ever been called upon to serve such a large number of seriously injured and traumatized survivors of a terror attack," Chairman Lovingood said. "This has been unchartered territory for the county, for the doctors, and most certainly for the survivors. But the state's investigation shows the county has worked hard and effectively to ensure safe, and complete care for the employees injured during this horrific attack. This has been the county's priority since that fateful day."
Click here to view the report.
The numbers contained in the report bear out that denials, although frustrating when they occur, were the exception rather than the rule.
There have been a total of 2,146 requests for treatment from health care providers serving the 58 survivors being treated through workers' compensation. 2,000 of those 2,146 requests for surgeries, prescriptions, physical therapy, counseling, and other medical treatments were approved. Among the 144 treatments that were denied, 68 appeals were filed by 11 employees. Only nine of the denials, representing less than one half of 1 percent of the total number of requests, were overturned on appeal.
Delays are more difficult to define and measure. However, the state's investigation found a significant number of cases involving "a provider's failure to provide an adequate clinical rationale or appropriate documentation to justify requests for extended or new prescriptions, extended or alternative therapies, or special equipment that veered away from standard medical treatment guidelines and limits."
A lack of adequate information would have rendered the county unable to approve a treatment in a timely manner. In some cases, employees complained to the county about not having treatments approved before the county had even received requests from their providers.
"Often because (employees') doctors had failed to document or fully explain their requests, employees who were still suffering and expected their doctors' recommendations to be followed were frustrated by the denials," said George Parisotto, Acting Administrative Director for the state Division of Workers' Compensation, in a letter accompanying the report.
"The fact that several requests were denied and then authorized upon further review suggests that better communication by providers to the County's claims administrators and better documentation at the time requests were first submitted might have reduced the number of UR (utilization review) denials and IMR (independent medical review) requests," the report stated.
The report also pointed out:
–Because the county employees who were injured that day were on the job, "the County's employees were both entitled and required to seek compensation from the County through California's workers' compensation system," which is designed to prevent employers from interfering in the treatment of injured workers.
–"Workers' compensation is, by design, very detailed and formulaic in specifying what compensation is due for specific types of injuries." State fee schedules govern what must be paid for specific treatments. Any deviation has to be justified by the patient's doctor. This is significant because in some cases treatments were denied because what the doctors wanted to charge far exceeded the state fee schedule.
–"Similar to Medicare and private health insurance plans", workers' compensation requires employers to have a utilization review program. "A decision to deny or modify a request can only be made by a licensed physician with expertise in the clinical issues raised," the report stated.
Published March 1, 2017 | By Administrator | 1 Comment


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Тимоте Н'Гессан (; род. 18 сентября 1992 года, Масси) — французский гандболист, выступает за испанский клуб «Барселона» и сборную Франции. Чемпион Олимпийских игр 2020 года.

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Н'Гессан начинал играть в гандбол во Франции в клубе «Шамбери». В 2016 году переехал в Испанию и стал игроком клуба «Барселона».

В сборной
Н'Гессан выступает за сборную Франции с 2021 года. В составе сборной стал чемпионом Олимпийских игр 2020 года.

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Emerging digital distribution channels are fundamentally changing the way that customers interact with retail banks. Tech-savvy customers are using mobile and online to meet their day to day banking needs but are reserving their most complex queries for branches. Unsurprisingly, retail banks are having to radically review their distribution channel. A key question is are they responding effectively enough to meeting this rapidly changing customer need?
In previous years, bank transactions would happen in-branch and branch managers sought to develop strong relationships with their customers. A relatively simple business model. However advancements in technology have coincided with a sizeable shift in customer preferences. This has made the environment significantly more complex. A recent survey demonstrated that 71% of US retail bank customers believed that their banking relationship was transactional rather than relationship driven. Increasingly, customers value the ability to access their banks anytime and anywhere – and they are using mobile devices to do it. Mobile banking is now the largest banking channel by volume of transactions. Estimates suggest that mobile banking users will reach 1.8bn by 2019, a staggering 25% of the world's population.
Retail banks have recognised that customers are increasingly swayed by sophisticated apps. When choosing my bank, the functionality of the app was a key requirement as much as the products provided. The sheer scale of people using banking apps suggest I'm not alone in that decision. Delivery methods are becoming as important as banking products themselves.
This shift has delivered real opportunities for retail banks. Retail banks can benefit from migrating transactions to digital channels, transforming their physical distribution networks and revamping their go-to-market strategies. These include lower operational costs and increased penetration of marketing strategies.
Despite the growing importance of mobile, many customers still value the ability to use a wide range of channels. 65% of customers interact with their banks through multiple channels and they are typically reserving their most complex queries for traditional channels. As such bank branches may have to revisit their hiring, training and development strategies in order to meet increasingly complex needs.
It is now not enough to simply offer a wide range of channels. Customers increasingly expect a seamless experience across the growing number of channels available to them. Banking directors now recognise the need for a cross-channel approach with 45% saying that their digital efforts will be focused on cross-channel capabilities. This will require an integrated customer service approach across distribution channels.
Emerging distribution channels are opening up the market to interesting new entrants. Some new players, such as Atom Bank, Smile and Cahoot are now entering the market with digital-only offerings.
The new entrants are not constrained to financial firms. Increasing interest in digital distribution channels is handing a unique advantage to FinTechs, and millennials are increasingly feeling their pull.
Changing preferences regarding distribution channels have brought about an interesting fork in the road for retail banks. The successful banks will be those that fully understand the varied yet integrated ways that their customers wish to interact with them. Failure to grasp this will see market shares increasingly eroded by the innovative new players.
Digital distribution channels are becoming increasingly important for customers. However, customers also seek increased value from their human interactions with retail banks. Responding to this challenge will require significant focus on digital channel innovation. In addition, traditional channels will need to be redesigned to meet increasingly complex needs. This is no mean feat. However, those able to meet the challenge will reap the benefits.


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Q: ASP.Net Gridview Not Allowing Rows To be Selected After Certain Value In DataKey I've been utilizing what I call, "drag, drop and configure" programming for years to create very simple ASP.net forms to collect data for my organization.  Basically, I'll drag a datasource into my design view, configure it, and then I'll drag a gridview into the design view and then configure it, etc., etc.
Yesterday, I encountered a behavior I have never seen.  My gridview is set to allow row selection.  Everything seemed to be working normally until I happened to click on a row that didn't "select" (didn't highlight itself, etc.).  And, then I started clicking on other rows and found more that couldn't be selected.  Again -- it's not all the rows...just some.  i.e. some can be selected and others can't.
After a lot of troubleshooting, the only thing I've been able to determine is that above a certain datakey value -- rows won't select.  In this case, its datakeys with values around and > 40,000.  Anything below that, and the rows select and the other parts of the form load just fine. The fact that it works for all records with datakeys below a certain value is really stumping me as to what rock to look under next -- hence, actually creating a stackoverflow account and posing the question.
Code for the gridview is below. It does live within an update panel if that matters. Also provided the code behind, though it's not really doing anything of consequence.
Note:

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*The datakey that seems to be controlling the behavior is a unique identifier for an application within a set of applications.  It's not an incremental identity.  --- if that helps.

*The form is hooked into a database for the select statement and is pulling records from a view to populate the grid.

*I'm tempted to show all of my code including the database side and stored procs -- thinking maybe I'm making rookie mistakes with data typing, etc. --- BUT --- I'm pausing there because the gridview selection IS WORKING -- just not above datakeys around and above 40,000

*Lastly, when you attempt to select an item with a key > 40,000 the grid will no longer sort by columns or allow you to click a different page.  Similarly, if you sort the grid FIRST by applicationID (the datakey) -- all the pages with datakeys > 40,000 are not clickable i.e. pagination for those pages do not work

EDIT ---  DANG IT!!!  I posted the wrong code behind. I replaced it with the right one.   UPDATE:  It looks like it's related to the panels.  When I comment them out --- it works.  When they are included -- the rows in question (keys > 40000) aren't selectable.  All this code does is control visibility of panels. How could visibility properties make this kind of impact....weird
Pic of Issue:

  <ContentTemplate>

                <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager2" runat="server">
                </asp:ScriptManager>
                Select AIT by using search box below or by sorting and paging through AIT table.

                Search:   <asp:TextBox ID="TxtAITSearch" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

                <asp:Button ID="btn_Search" runat="server" OnClick="btn_Search_Click" Text="Search" />

                *wildcard searches for AIT number, AIT Name or AIT Manager may be used<asp:HiddenField ID="hdnApl_ID" runat="server" />
                <asp:HiddenField ID="hdn_StandardID" runat="server" />
                <asp:HiddenField ID="Hdn_AlignmentID" runat="server" />
                <asp:HiddenField ID="hdn_Attribute" runat="server" />

                <asp:GridView ID="gvAITSelect" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True"  AutoGenerateColumns="False" CellPadding="3" DataKeyNames="applicationID" DataSourceID="DSGetSearchView" GridLines="Vertical" OnSelectedIndexChanged="gvAITSelect_SelectedIndexChanged" BackColor="White" BorderColor="#999999" BorderStyle="None" BorderWidth="1px">
                    <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#DCDCDC" />
                    <Columns>
                        <asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="applicationID" HeaderText="App ID" SortExpression="applicationID" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="fullName" HeaderText="Application" SortExpression="fullName" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="Alignment" HeaderText="Alignment" SortExpression="Alignment" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="AlignmentID" HeaderText="AlignmentID" SortExpression="AlignmentID" Visible="False" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="status" HeaderText="Status" SortExpression="status" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="relatedAssociates_2_displayName" HeaderText="App Mgr" SortExpression="relatedAssociates_2_displayName" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="relatedAssociates_3_displayName" HeaderText="Tech Exec" SortExpression="relatedAssociates_3_displayName" />
                    </Columns>
                    <FooterStyle BackColor="#CCCCCC" ForeColor="Black" />
                    <HeaderStyle BackColor="#000084" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
                    <PagerStyle BackColor="#999999" ForeColor="Black" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
                    <RowStyle BackColor="#EEEEEE" ForeColor="Black" />
                    <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#008A8C" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
                    <SortedAscendingCellStyle BackColor="#F1F1F1" />
                    <SortedAscendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#0000A9" />
                    <SortedDescendingCellStyle BackColor="#CAC9C9" />
                    <SortedDescendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#000065" />
                </asp:GridView>

 protected void gvAITSelect_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            lbl_Alignment.Text = gvAITSelect.SelectedRow.Cells[3].Text;
            Hdn_AlignmentID.Value = gvAITSelect.SelectedRow.Cells[4].Text;

            string strAITvalue = gvAITSelect.SelectedRow.Cells[1].Text;
            hdnApl_ID.Value = strAITvalue.ToString();

            //panel_RoleDetails.Visible = true;
            //panel_AITAlignment.Visible = true;
            //panel_NoteDetails.Visible = true;
        }

A: Ok -- I figured it out.  And, the answer is, I'm a big dummy.  Further, the fact that the grid stopped working around in and around 40000 should have been a big flashlight to me pointing the way.  Pic of the issues
If you look at the pic I uploaded -- in the course of troubleshooting an earlier and unrelated issue -- I set the DbType (highlighted row) to Int16. In the available selections I don't see an unsigned Int16 -- so, this appears to be signed---Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd, of course, good developers know Int16s hold values up to 32,767.  Guess what happened when I changed it back to the default "Object"?  Yup.  It worked.  So the problem not at all weird or strange.  Instead, very much a rookie mistake.
All this said -- good learning experience.  Additionally, @Albert D. Kallal and @fnostro you both gave me some good understanding on some things for the future.  I appreciate both of you trying to help me.  And, now I also, have a stackoverflow account :)
Thanks again.

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Deep Purple on The Today Show
Smoke on the Water video
Smoke on the Leningrad Cowboys
Smoke inna reggae style
Today Show Smoke
The band have performed Smoke on the Water on The Today Show live this morning. The video has been posted officially on today.com, and unofficially on YouTube:
Posted by Nick Soveiko on Thursday, July 23rd, 2015, filed under News. You can follow comment on this post through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a comment. Pinging is currently not allowed.
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42 Comments to "Today Show Smoke":
Dan Cavil says:
Is that all they did?
July 23rd, 2015 at 15:00
John Stargazer says:
Yes, I wish they would have played a new song from Now What. Missed opportunity indeed. Good performance of Smoke, though … and a good but quick interview with IG.
Paul Steinmayer says:
That was awesome… too bad they only focus on Smoke, and not on current stuff too!
Mark Sheehan says:
What's up with Steve's hand?
Kasper Kjærsgaard says:
I was just wondering about the same,
Marije Essink says:
Wear and tear from about 50 years of playing, with a technique involving a lot of rotation. He wears the glove for support. http://Www.facebook.com/groups/stevemorse
That was nice ?
Kazz Matazz says:
Smoke is their trademark.
Big Ian seems in good shape!
Danny N says:
Wish i looked that good at 8 am….. Good job Deep Purple!
Loretta Fournier says:
Kim Peters says:
Real music on US TV.
Mike Kirwqan says:
…and the hosts did not embarrass themselves too much, ahhh "MTV" moment averted!
Here's the right link with HQ video: http://www.today.com/popculture/deep-purple-catch-fire-today-plaza-smoke-water-performance-t34116
Mircea Hugyecz says:
50 YEARS MY ASS !!!…HE CHOKE HIS CHICKEN TOO MUCH !!!
I Figured they would play an edited version of the song. Still sounded great. I didn't get a chance to see them in Toronto on Monday the 20th, Had no money for tickets and traffic was a nightmare cause of the Stupid PAN AM Games.
KIDD PURPLE says:
We need more of this in the states where people don't even know they still ROCK!
James Gemmell says:
I heard nothing but rave reviews, based on the one song. And it was an abridged version of 'Smoke', obviously shortened to meet the tight network TV schedule. Gillan told a funny story about it. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-deep-purple-performs-smoke-on-the-water-on-nbcs-today-show/
Thomas Bell says:
Great performance.
Mike Whiteley says:
Given just over 5 minutes US TV air time,they HAD TO play Smoke.Great on-the-fly edits,too.
I hope this Throwback Thursday appearance sells a few more tix on the current tour.
July 24th, 2015 at 00:27
Mike Ricard says:
Saw it, loved it, they will be here soon enough. Got tickets for me and Sgt Wick!
Troy Wickman says:
I agree that Purple should have played a newer number, but these appearances are meant to sell concert tickets. In America, the new music is not as well known.
Further, it was an edited version of "Smoke" which suggests a limited amount of available time.
It was a great performance, wasn't it?
Chip says:
Ian was funny in his short interview. The band tore through a good but somewhat abbreviated version of Smoke. Ian was in good voice. Great job by their management for getting them the spot. It is priceless PR in the states. I can't wait to see them in Nashville on August 2. My wife and I have VIP tickets. It is going to be awesome.
Les Hedger says:
Not a bad interview. Ian in good voice and the band sound good! "Hardest touring band in the world"!! I'll buy that!
Deeperpurps says:
All, Why are some of you so critical. I believe DP did a wonderful job on the show. I think it is a huge positive that the band has some well overdue exposure on a major US network. Too bad that didn't happen many years ago, but nevertheless I think this is a very good thing. Big Ian is strong of voice, the band sounds tight. What is there to complain about???
The fact that the band is alive and well and is still playing well together is a wonderful thing. I for one rue the day when it is all over, when the band is no more. To all you critics…appreciate what you have, appreciate what is here and now. This is Deep Purple 2015 and it is much better than most else that is out there now. Enjoy it while it lasts. Quit being so critical. You are entitled to nothing. Appreciate what you have now.
kraatzy says:
Hey Steve, whats happend with you (picking) right hand ???
Attention attention, Mr.Blackmore is coming back with some haaaard rock 😉
LLRnR
kraatzy
Ted The Mechanic says:
Great gig the night before in Englewood. They got off of the stage at 11:00 p.m., over the GWB for some obviously quick sleeps and up and at 'em. Every bit of publicity in this day and age is nothing short of brilliant.
They were all the usual stellar and Ian's voice was in fine form. Obviously careful with some parts lowering the register which is beyond smart needless to say.
Check out Steve at the end grabbing the usual picks/plectrums souvenirs for some who showed up.
The majestic Count Basie Theater this Wednesday. Yeeeeeeow!
Joe Crowley says:
It was called Throwback Thursday, so they played their best hit from way back for America. If they played Hard Lovin Man ,no one except the die hard would have know it let alone Anything from Now What
I figured it was 22 years of playing Ritchies riffs
Since they mentioned the two new live releases at the beginning, it was excellent PR IMO. It would have been even better though, if they had mentioned the new releases *after* SOTW, for the people who had the tv on in the background, heard a familiar song and then turned their attention to the tv.
Ritchie Blackmore International Fan Club says:
Smoke on the Water… Who could have been the composer of the riff? .How was your name? He was a such Ritchie Blackmore…
robbo says:
looking forward to Count Basie Theater also Ted!!
Very nice, very nice!!!!!!!
You are correct, Joe.
Joeyrenaldo says:
Uh, a 5-minute performance? No wonder Ian G. couldn't add " turn up everything louder than everything else…."
The Highway Star says:
Yeah, who was really the composer of the riff? Good question. https://youtu.be/mw8qWT_LKBY?t=14s
Saw the performance live. Usual high standard from the band. Hopefully, this raises Deep Purple's profile in the States. The USA is still a very large market for the music industry.
John Victor Oetomo says:
the easy and the most cheesy song ever made,……..dont pla yit at the guitar shop
Jeff Summers says:
@37 Good shout… I've heard this before, but was completely unaware of the song until recently. Ritchie normally blazenly admits it when one of his songs are "inspired" by another… Very dangerous as he could end up like Jimmy Page. I tend to think this is more subliminal than blatant, although it is undeniably the riff to "Smoke on the Water" Don't take away Gillan and Glovers contribution though. The melody and lyrics are NOT ripped from anywhere.
Ole says:
Brilliant sound. Wonderfully played. What a thrill.
Scott W says:
@37 Coincidentally, the name of the LP with the smoke riff is 'Look To The Rainbow'!!!


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Driving under the influence of alcohol is deadly. It impairs your vision, your judgment, and your reflexes, making accidents much more likely to occur. These factors are even more applicable to someone operating a multi-ton commercial truck, tractor trailer, or 18 wheeler. Commercial trucking is already a dangerous profession due to the sheer weight and size of these vehicles, but when you add the influence of alcohol it can become downright deadly.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently declared Tennessee-licensed commercial trucker Eric Scott to be an "imminent hazard to public safety" after his recent alcohol-related incidents behind the wheel. Consequently, the FMCSA has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.
This order stems from two separate events involving Scott being under the influence of alcohol in his commercial truck. First, in December 2016, Vermont police found Scott asleep in the cab of his truck in the parking lot of a hotel. A breathalyzer test confirmed that Scott was under the influence of alcohol. Two days later, Scott was released from police custody. The following evening, Vermont police responded to a multi-vehicle crash on the interstate involving a tractor-trailer. Sure enough, the culprit was Scott, who was once again under the influence of alcohol. The accident occurred after Scott's vehicle jackknifed off the road and into a sign, forcing three other vehicles off the road. At the time of this accident, Scott was on the job and headed to his final destination of Memphis, Tennessee.
In banning this truck driver from commercial trucking, the FMCSA reasoned that Scott's continued operation of commercial vehicles "substantially increases the likelihood of serious injury or death to [Scott] and/or the motoring public if not discontinued immediately." Failure to follow these orders can result in civil penalties and/or criminal charges. It's also worth noting that Scott received his commercial trucking license in October 2016, just two months before his repeat alcohol-related incidents.
The harsh reaction from the FMCSA reflects the gravity of alcohol abuse among commercial truckers and how drug use contributes to trucking accidents. A study conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that in cases of fatal trucking accidents, one or more drugs (including alcohol) were found in 67% of truck drivers. Further, in 50 out of 56 cases where psychoactive drugs or alcohol were found, impairment due to substance use contributed to the fatal accident.
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"There's no feeling like choking out a girl and making her tap." It's the sort of in-your-face bravado you're not really used to hearing from a 70-year-old mixed martial arts fighter. Of course, you're also not really used to hearing about 70-year-old mixed martial arts fighters. And, well, that's kind of the point of the new documentary, Radical Age, written and directed by Jackie Torrens, which flips the script on how society at large views aging.
"Ageism has been the toughest opponent and still is. There's such a tremendous, deep prejudice against women who are older and who are assertive or who are still competent or who are trying to do things that people think they shouldn't do," Ann Perez de Tejada, 70, the Denver-based MMA fighter who stepped into the cage for her first fight at age 68, says in the documentary. She lost the fight (to a 34-year-old opponent) but proved something to herself — that after spending decades in a bad marriage, raising four children on her own and battling cancer, including enduring a double-mastectomy, as well as training in MMA six days a week, the number of candles on your birthday cake is, ultimately, irrelevant.
"There's a confidence that comes from age too," she adds. "You start to know yourself and know what you can do and what you can't do. At this point I just do it anyway and (people) can think whatever they want to think."
Perez de Tejada, who some believe is the oldest female MMA fighter in the world, is one of six subjects profiled in the documentary, which debut on New Year's Day on VisionTV (a ZoomerMedia property) and is now back for another two airings on April 1 and April 8. Others include a 60-year-old skateboarder, an 85-year-old male cabaret host who dresses as a woman, an 84-year-old tattoo enthusiast, a 58-year-old Canadian b-boy dancer and mentor and a 56-year-old British punk rocker. Each one of them defy societal expectations of their ages, but it's not simply eccentricity for the sake of it. These are real people whose unique interests and spirit for reinvention mirror the triumphs and tragedies that led them to this point in their lives.
"Life is progress. So you can go over an obstacle, you land back down and keep rolling," Neal Unger, the 60-year-old skateboarder explains in the film. His passion for skateboarding saved him, as the lessons he learned about falling and getting back up helped him rebound from personal tragedies that at one time left him contemplating suicide. "If you're learning and passionately moving to the next step," he adds, "none of the rust or any of the stuff related to stagnation can occur."
Helen Lambin, meanwhile, is 84 and got her first tattoo to mark her 75th birthday. In the nine years since she's accumulated 50. She scoffs in the documentary about those who turn their noses up at them. "Once in a while [you'll hear] this nonsense, 'You'll be sorry when you're old and grey.' Well I am old and grey. So what?" At the same time, the tattoos symbolize the long and sorrowful process of widowhood she's experienced since the sudden death of her husband two decades ago. A tattoo, she explains in the film, is painful too when it first happens. But in time it heals and that's when the most vibrant colours reveal themselves.
Perhaps, however, it's Ottawa's 58-year-old b-boy dancer and at risk youth mentor Stephen Leafloor, a.k.a. Old School Buddha, who best sums up the attitude at the heart of Radical Age. The hip hop style of dance began as a youthful outlet for his anger and frustration, grew into a career and now serves as a foundation for his own legacy in giving back to the youth in his own community.
"As we get older we start thinking about why the hell am I here and how much time do I have left and how am I best going to do something with that? If something was a gift to you, how are you going to pay that gift forward?" he asks in the film. "It's kind of like, you get to a certain point and you're so old and then you fade away. Why are we fading away? Why aren't we going out like blazing stars?"
Radical Age airs on April 1 at 8p.m. ET/5p.m. PT on VisionTV, with an encore presentation airing on April. 8 at 8p.m. ET/5p.m. PT on VisionTV.
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In memoriam Ursula Läubli – in memory of Ursula
Obituary read to her friends on June 3 2011 at the University of Derry (Northern Ireland)
In de next minutes I would like recall the stations of life of my sister Ursula Läubli in a biografy based on five screenshots of her life.
Let me begin with the very first screenshot:
A drearily cloudy October morning in 1964.Ragged clouds hang low above the alpine valley of Glarus and nestle like cottonwool balls to the flanks of the mountains, like whipped cream on a cake before the feast.A little boy, hardly three years old, holds tight the hand of his big father, waving after the white Ford Taunus pulling slowly up, away their house at the Mürtschenstrasse in Niederurnen.The little boy waves uncertain, reluctant, for there goes his mother, in the rear of the Ford.She waves back, smiling, lovingly, but also with a worry line on her forehead.Forever – it seems to the boy – till she reaches the curve at the end of the street, in his mothers wave the anticipation of joy and fear and pain.The boy hops from one foot to the other; he knows:, today is a watershed in his life, everything will change, nothing will be the way it was. In the absolutism in his boyhood-view his world collapses today.And yet, there's also that churning stomach-feeling of thrill, of excitement, of anticipation, because from today on, everything will be different, from today on he won't be the only child anymore in the little family living in the foothills of the alps, today he would get a little sister!And the little boy sways his tiny, moist hand and waves and waves and hops and hops and then: the mother disappears around the curve and the clouds in the distance simmer over the mountainflanks as if nothing had happened at all. – In the evening the boy has a little sister, äs Schwöschterli. – The boy was I, the sister Ursula.
Ursula Läubli was born on October 13, 1964, in the Kantonsspital Glarus in Switserland.An uncomplicated birth, my mother said, and a cute baby she was.
Her first years Ursula spent in our family in Niederurnen at the foot of the Alps.After three years we moved to a suburb of Switzerland's biggest town Zürich. In Wollishofen Ursula attended the lower grades of primary school.In 1974 we moved to the city of Winterthur, where Ursula finished her primary school, attended three years of Sekundarschule and four years of preliminary teachers college.
A lot could be told about her youth, about her teachers, her family, about her fears and her growth. The most important characteristic of Ursula is, I believe, illustrated in our second screenshot:
In her classroom in de Lehramtsschule, the preliminary teacher college,, the grand old grey building on a hill overlooking the town of Winterthur.Ursula is sagging behind her desk, a sly but also uncertain grin on her face. Her wide-sweeping hippie clothes so much in contrasts to the conventional smug looks of her classmates, who are gathered at the window. They stare down at the sports field below. The pure white of freshly fallen snow glistens in their eyes.Now and then a shy glance to the side, to my sister.A glance of recognition here, a look of surprise there, of admiration and of bewilderment.Where did she get the courage, where did she find the nerve, where did she pick up the confidence, to do what she just did?Sure: They known her as defiant, even sometimes rebellious, but just as often as sad, withdrawn, insecure.Ursula is different, they agree, Ursula is unique, selective in her friendship, absolute in her loyalty. But where did she now get the courage to publicly announce in such an blatant manner, what everybody tends to think sometimes?There, down on the snow field stands written, in meticulous footprints stamped into the white snow, legible for the entire building, the feeling that to every student is oh so well known, Scheiss Schule! Shit school!
This screenshot, this image dear listeners, shows that Ursula did go her own way, from early on in her life. She went her own way and she dared to challenge the opinions and the common sense of the world around her.She, on one side so sensitive, so vulnerable, had, on the other side an inner strength that enabled her to express herself, to present herself, to position herself like no one in her surrounding. Of course, then it was still adolescent black and white thinking, school is shit, non the less it was Ursula's way to act. Responsible to her values, to her principles: I must be doing what I think is good, whatever it costs me, and I also have the courage to do it, I feel the inner urgency, I am alive.
There was little love lost between Ursula and the schools she attended. And I dare say: she did have bad luck with the teachers she had and the classmates she found. The most important event in her college days had nothing to do with school. It was certainly her exchange year in America, in Eden Valley, Minnesota.For the first time in her life her joy for travelling and for the discovery of the new and unexpected manifested itself.Her need for novelty and for distance. And also a second recurring quality of Ursula's life showed here: she was a peripheral thinker. It always drew her to the edge, to the border, to the suburbs and she rarely moved to the center.No New York, no Los Angeles, no Chicago – interesting was the flat Midwest with the endless plains, Americas heartland was for Ursula more important than its centers.And this went on during her whole life: Not Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris were interesting, but Potsdam, Kharkiv, Rhamalla and Derry.Ursula's tendency to move into periferal settings, showed itself early in life.
Finally, in 1984, she completed the preliminary teachercollege, knowing she would never be a schoolteacher.Ursula wanted to express herself artistically, wanted to dance, to mime, that came clear already in the year in America. She couldn't picture herself learning for another four years at the university. Again her drive for adventure prevailed: Ursula – inspired by her very first danceteacher in Switzerland – took the train to Amsterdam to do an audition at the school for pantomime of Rob van Rijn.And her courage paid off: she was accepted. A surprise even to her!Soon it became apparent though, that pantomime was too limited, too specific for Ursula and so she joined after a year the modern dance school of Amsterdam, de school voor nieuwe dansontwikkeling at the Da Costakade.A young school rich of pioneering energy, perfectly matching Ursulas needs.
Willem de Weert was important to her in these first years in Amsterdam.He was her support in the big unknown city, he became her partner.Through him Ursula moved in the squatter scene of Amsterdam.But quickly she created her own circle of friends, in the émigré circles the city, among her fellow students, but also in the women scene.
And then, in 1989, she met the man, who would claim a very special place in her heart: Steve Batts was visiting senior-student at her school.He became her partner, her lover, her husband and he was her soulmate for the rest of her life.
Four years of school is a long time – too long for Ursula. As much as she loved her professional education, as much she was fascinated by the dancing, the movement, the breath – her striving for adventure got the better of her. In 1990 she took a sabbatical and did again something that no one would have expected: She went to Canada to plant trees. And she held her ground among rough minded forestry workers, more so: she felt comfortable among them.
In 1992 she graduated from her dance school.One of the first stations hereafter was Potsdam, where she participated in the build up of Die Fabrik, today a thriving cultural center in the city 30 kilometers from Berlin through giving dance and improvisation classes together with Steve.Her first genuine production came into being in these years, the duet with Steve Batts titled Willing Accomplice, which she took on tour, also among other places, in 1995 to Steve's homecountry, Northern Ireland, to Derry, to the playhouse there. This duet became the foundation, on which the two built up their own dance company.Echoecho, as company in residence at the playhouse.
But before that came a extended period of search.Ursula tried to settle with Steve in Switzerland.In her home country where her roots lay and which she visited during her life again and again. On March 9th of the year 1994 Ursula Läubli and Steve Batts married in the smallest circle. (I wasn't even invited!).Half a year they lived in Fruthwilen with her parents, half a year in Undervellier. In between came a long trip to Ukraine, which brings us to our next screenshot:
A dark, run-down Grandcafe in the Central Station of Krakow.Late afternoon, Ursula and Steve seek the coolness of the bar heated after a long train trip.Tired and exhausted, but also amazed of and satisfied from their journey, they order a beer and light a cigarette.A deep drag, a long sip, the smoke burns comfortably in their lungs, the beer wets the dusty throat.And then: Ursula … falls, Ursula collapses. like a felled tree, sawn through her trunk she strikes perfectly straight backwards onto the ground, exhausted, burned as struck by lightning she broke into nothingness.
Steve, shocked, of course, horrified, calls her: Ursula, Ursula, Ursula, but her eyes stay closed, Ursula, Ursula, her breath stalls, pale her complexion, like ashes, Ursula, Ursula….
Ten minutes later: the smelling salt of the station doctor has rendered Ursula conscious again, she reclines against the base of the wooden bar, confused but not frightened. She tells Steve about the dark, velvetwarm, black hole she had fallen in, where neighter top nor bottom, front nor back, today nor yesterday were no longer existing. Cold she felt not, but heat, fear not but peace, terror not but fulfillment. And in this undefined comfortable space, she heard far, far away a voice that called her, Ursula, Ursula, a voice – very weak, but very persistent, Ursula realized, that she was called back, she hesitated and then, then she decided, she followed the voice and now she is back.
Shall we buy something to eat? I'm hungry!
Steve told me that for a moment he thought she had died. It happened so suddenly, so unexpected, so abruptly. One moment she stands, the other she lay slain… he thought he had lost her… But that was just, how Ursula was: she did nothing halfway, nothing superficial.Even fainting from exhaustion, she took all the way and with her whole heart.And yet, that moment was also a sign on the wall for them, to collect themselves, to find a new home and to re-earth their life again.
Ursula and Steve decided to settle down in Ireland.The Playhouse in Derry offered them the status of a dance company in residence. Getting roots in Ursula's home country didn't succeed, now they would try in Steve's.
But naturally not just like that, – that wouldn't have fitted my sister.Steve moved to Derry in January 1997, Ursula had to undertake a little detour – around the whole world.Unexpectedly, Christoph Oertli had invited her to assist him as videographer on board on a world cruise.And while Steve built up the first contours of their new existence in Derry, Ursula sailed around the globe.She pampered the cruise guests with instant videofilms and namely she enjoyed this crash course of all cultures of the world.A world tour with countless anecdotes and stories, which she retold over the years again and again, and which gave also her artistic life new inspiration.
And then finally, in the summer of 1997, Ursula arrived in Derry. Her new home. She came as a pioneer, an pioneering work she did. Again, Ursula sought the edges, the fringes of the cultural world of Europe to create something new, something different.We had an attitude which was not located in the past , recollected Steve Batts, and through this we could take part in the peaceproces in a manner local people could not.
The first years were hard.They stayed with friends in shared apartments, together and separately, in musty old buildings, in cold damp ground floor apartments, but they built.They built the Echo Echo dance-company.Their first exlamationmark was the production Telling Times, in the winter of 1997, where they brought twenty befriended artists from Germany, Switzerland, England, Russia and Estonia to Derry for a festival.These three weeks of workshops and performances left the scent mark of Echoecho in Derry, whereupon they were able to cement their name and to finally be allotted cultural subsidies from governmental institutions.
What followed was a tough buildingproces.Ursula danced, choreographed, taught, beginners and advanced, children and adults, her youngest apprentice was a baby, her oldest a woman of a hundred years.Years of passionate work, again and again interrupted by long trips.Adventures in the new, as a counterpoint to the gruntwork.
The turn of the century then brought two major changes: Ursula and Steve separated as a couple and Ursula found her cottage in Meedinmore, finally her own home, a harbor for all the trips into the world, her own safe retreat.A place where she quickly found contact with the neighbors, where she was surrounded by comforting green hills larded with hedges and trees, where she could watch the sheep in the pasture in front of her door.A house, where she could ground, A house like a nest, where she could withdraw to in times of anguish, where she could re-energize and become calm.
And here we come to our fifth screenshot of Ursula's life:
A beach north of Derry, windswept sky, shreds of clouds on a milky blue sky, a gentle but steady breeze from the land, rippling waves crawl onto the sandy beach and slowly tumble back into the sea.There: a gleam in the water, a stone?, no, a seal, a young seal sticks his head out of the waves and laughs silently.And there: on the beach, between the creeks of returning water, between the stones scattered in the sand, black and gleaming like the head of the seal, there… suddenly, there:Ursula dancing, like a feather, like a bird, like an antelope: Long black hair, windblown and yet one with the movement, with the jump which seems a hovering. One arm outstretched, reaching beyond the horizon, the other trailing back in time to the place where she jumped off.A movement of sublime vitality, agile and full of harmony, floating, yet purposefully grounded.Ursula dancing, In her face no smile, no sadness, but the concentrated, marble serenity of a Greek goddess.
In her last ten years Ursula moved at artistic peak. She choreographed and lectured.In Derry and abroad.She taught dance and improvisation, and later moving meditation and self-reflection through movement.She developed her own dance stile for wheelchair dancers. She also taught dance at the University of Derry.She found connections to Israel and Palestine, and brought there – as she did earlier to Potsdam and to Derry – her dance, her thinking, her whole being.She stabilized the company, anchored it in the community and strengthened it by granting promising young dancers space and responsibility, And she worked on herself, widened her spiritual background, by following retreats and teachings of Zen.
And she danced:
In 1999 Pulse, in 2003 – just to mention her most important productions –the solo: Under observation, where she worked with visual artist Christiene Muntz, in 2005 she made a second duet with Steve Batts: Resonance, which they took on tour throughout Europe.
Yes, with Steve, from whom, like I already told, she had separated in 1999. Well, separated … Steve remembered: We weren't lovers anymore, but we kept on loving each other. The two managed to do something unique: they broke their romantic relationship but kept on working together, dancing together, managing the company together. EchoEcho remained Ursula and Steve. And even divorced – the two stayed each others confidants.Though both of them found in later years, new, and certainly also deep relationships, Steve and Ursula remained connected in a manner only true Soul Mates are able to.
It would go too far to memorize now Ursula's stations of life in this new millennium, to recount all the lectures, teachings, relationships and encounters, all the performances and productions.The enormous mass of condolancemails that has reached us gives evidence of this fertile period of her life, bears witness to how far and how deep her influence extended, how deeply she touched people.
In 2007, Ursula encountered at the Zen meditation center in Belfast Chris Ardill.Chris was the first man since Steve, with whom Ursula saw perspective to built a long lasting love relationship. We were immediately happy in each others company, Chris described it to me.
Sadly this new fresh step in Ursula's lovelife was colored only six months later by her sudden illness. At the end of August 2008, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.In the following, I will not further recount Ursula's medical history, but what must be established is, that she couldn't have wished to have a better partner to face this challenge than Chris. His support, his solidarity, his calmness in humility before the terrible eased it for Ursula, to face the disease, face it as she faced all of life's challenges: holistic, uncompromising and positive.
Ursula saw the disease as a chance to evolve, to shape her life and find new meaning.In this sickness, which I – and I think many others too- which I would have experienced as an ultimate expression of life's futility, Ursula found the courage and the power to live in the moment en to enjoy what ever she had left. Ursula did not wrangle with her fate, – she prevented her fate to take away her joy of life.
She did not fight her body, which deserted her, but she stayed cherishing it, stayed loving it while she asked the utter most of its endurance.Ursula kept on dancing, with whatever ability she had left, she stayed dancing. And Steve said, that he never saw her dance so beautifully.
Also in practical life Ursula did not give up, but lived on. She moved with Chris to Carrickfergus near Belfast, to a beautiful apartment overlooking the sea.She kept on teaching and traveling.And towards the end of her life, she gravitated back to her roots, back to her parents, back to Switzerland.
She passed away after a long, not only brave, but courageously and positively accepted illness in the Lukas Clinic in Arlesheim in Switzerland at twenty minutes pas three on a sunny afternoon on Thursday April 14th 2011 .
Which brings me to my final screenshot:
A warm April day, the spring sun, shining full of promise, enters softly veiled the curtained room, where she lies, scented by incense, surrounded by candles: Ursula Läubli.Requescat in pacem.She lays on white linnen, with folded hands holding one white rose, she is encircled by spring flowers and fresh herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, her clothes carry warm colors, red, brown and earthy, her black hair, speckled white, frames her even and calm face. Eyes closed, brows relaxed, the mouth slightly open, the lips a tiny smile, she lies, she lies worthy, in the dignity, in the beauty of a matured, ripe personality, here lies an old wise woman, an icon from the old days, marble pale in eternal wisdom, a priest of the ancient Egyptians, the Aztecs, the Maya… here lies,
Ursula Läubli.
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In an email sent to authors Friday, Christina Brashear, publisher of Samhain Publishing, a mostly digital romance publisher, said the publisher will begin to shut down its publishing operations due to a steady decline in e-book sales.
"It's with the heaviest of hearts and a great sadness I bring you the news of Samhain beginning the process of winding down due to our market share's continuing decline. We're approaching the point where we cannot sustain our business," Brashear wrote.
In the letter, Brashear said e-books sales at Samhaim have been declining steadily over the last two years. Attempts to renegotiate terms with Amazon for better placement on their site, "have been met with silence."
She said the house, which was founded in 2005 and was a pioneering publisher of romance fiction in e-book formats, will layoff most of its staff and freelancers. About five staff employees will remain to wind down publishing operations. Brashear said she will not shut Samhain down immediately, and will continue to publish scheduled titles, sell books, and pay royalties as long as possible to satisfy creditors.
Brashear said royalties will be processed on a normal schedule. She said titles that are completed and ready will be published on schedule; and authors whose titles are not finished will have their rights reverted back to them. Brashear also said while she intends to revert all the rights of all books back to their authors, she cautioned that it will not happen immediately.
"Many of you are going to ask for your rights back, I expect. Please be patient and understand it will take time to process those titles where rights are available to be returned. If your titles haven't yet reached the point to have your rights returned, we won't be making any mass releases at this point. We need the income to continue while we wind down and ask that you understand that we will release the books when we can and we won't be abusing your trust."
Brashear writes that, "Samhain has commitments to vendors other than writers and to turn it all off now would put me in bankruptcy. I hope you don't want that any more than I."
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After a very succesful first Open Beta week, SOEDESCO and Creazn Studio have announced that the Open Beta period will be extended. The Beta, that was originally scheduled from April 12-17, is now playable until April 22nd, at 6PM CEST.
Marten Buijsse, Community Manager at SOEDESCO, explains: "We've received tons of feedback over the last week, and we're very grateful for that. The developer has worked hard to address the feedback in a patch focusing on improving the online multiplayer mode. To test this patch and give everyone the chance to try the multiplayer, we've decided to extend the Beta until after the weekend".
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To quote Happy Gilmore – "somebody learned how to play". I'm pretty sure he says "putt" rather than "play' but the analogy works the same. A recent look at Alfredo Morelos and his form for Rangers tells you everything you need to know. Not only is he grafting and bodying defenders for ninety minutes, but he is also adding craft and guile. What has caused this sudden transformation from sulky kid to prolific marksman? Good old fashioned coaching, pure and simple.
Morelos' attempted first-time shot from Candeias' cross at 0-0 v Hearts is indicative of his new confidence. Yes, he missed. But it was the right option, take it early, all the best strikers do. It's a sign that he now backs himself. Good strikers miss chances, sometimes there is more to be read in how they miss rather than how they score. If you know what I mean?
It is easy to assess definite progress when you have objective, concrete evidence in front of you. If we rewind only a matter of months to the early games of the season and watch Morelos. In particular, have a look at how he approaches crosses into the box. Carrying on from last year, he would be frequently offside and take an unnecessary touch, allowing defenders/goalkeepers to close him down. He would be passive. By this, I mean he would let the ball hit him rather than being positive and attacking the ball.
Sunday's game against Hearts highlighted this perfectly. When he misses the early chance, he has missed it in a positive way. He attacked the ball, aiming to strike the ball first-time before the keeper is set. If he takes a touch, the defender and/or keeper would close him down. I read some fans suggesting he should have brought it down and laid it off to the onrushing Arfield some 20-odd yards away. But if he doesn't score, you know what is coming – "why didn't he hit it the first time?!".
Yes, Morelos missed (and in fact score a harder chance later on) but because he was positive he doesn't let it affect him. There is no "what if" reflection, only a "next time I'll catch it better" thought process, and he did.
Morelos has had four goals disallowed for offside when he was clearly onside. Each of these goals was a confident, first-time finish. Even on Sunday (for his disallowed goal), although he was miles off, he took a positive touch then passed it into the net. He didn't look nervous or unsure, he was just doing his job.
The coaching team at Ibrox is working wonders. Not just with Morelos either. We rarely seem to make the same mistake twice with regards to shape, formation, tactics and substitutions. Likewise, players seem to be correcting mistakes. For example, Tavernier, post-Motherwell has improved at set pieces and defending his back post. A more obvious example that may have gone un-noticed is Glenn Middleton. Against Kilmarnock, with the score at 1-1, he had a great chance to score what would've been a late winner. He controlled the ball onto his preferred left foot which allowed the defender to get across and make the block. Less than two weeks later an identical chance presented itself against Motherwell. This time, he hits it first time with his "weaker" right foot. He scores, and with some aplomb. It's not a coincidence. There was the result of practice and training, having the confidence to hit the shot first time.
This Rangers team hasn't been together long but already we are starting to see individual and collective improvements. We know we can trust the players and coaching staff. We are only going to get better.