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THE CHASE (Briar U #1) by ELLE KENNEDY
"Don't go…"
"Give me a reason not to…"
Elle Kennedy has written some of our favourite college sports romance books in the Off-Campus series. We never fail to fall in love with the characters, their passion and banter as well as the hilarious shenanigans. She's an awesome writer and once again we read one of her books cover to cover in one sitting.
"She's too everything…She's too beautiful. She's got too much energy. She's too open…Everybody is drawn to her. Everybody."
We loved Summer, she was adorable, endearing, funny and sassy. Whilst she has her personal struggles she oozed strength yet had a vulnerability and self-doubt which made us feel really emotionally protective of her. She's a bit of a contradiction, what with her lack of self-confidence mixed in with her super extrovert tendencies.
'Fitzy is short for Colin Fitzgerald, and he just happens to be THE UNICORN. The tall, sexy tattooed, hockey-playing unicorn of a man who I might have a teeny-weeny itsy-bitsy crush on. Okay, fine. A big motherfucking crush on.'
Oh how we love, Fitz (sorry but we just can't call this sexpot, Colin, HA!). He's a large, imposing and sexy tatted gamer nerd and everyone knows what a lethal combo this is for us. He too has his own demons stemming from his childhood which makes him a reluctant introvert and a man of few words. He was an absolute arse at times and needed a good smack round the head but when it counts, he's oh so lush-ious!
"I don't want to be with a woman who hides in the shadows with me, because that enables me to keep hiding."
Summer and Fitz have a lot of personal issues to work through in order to join each other on the romantic path of love and happiness which is what we lurveee being part of. Theirs is an odd, funny and angsty road which at times lost us a bit as the romance became secondary to other characters, but fundamentally we craved for them to get together as there was no question of their love for one another once the numerous added interruptions were out of the spotlight.
'For the first time ever, I truly feel like I'm living life instead of hiding in the shadows.'
Our favourite bits in The Chase was being back with the gang, the comedic nuggets and the silly banter. We were brought back to what we love about this Author and her books. For us we also loved how this story is all about #GirlPower, as the female characters shone as they dealt with issues that don't get enough airtime. No question, we will now count the days for Brenna's story!
'She has the kind of smile that makes a man want to start writing very bad poetry.'
We do wish there would've been more in depth character interaction between Fitz and Summer, it came late in the story and whilst we completely connected with them individually it took us a while to connect to them as a couple as well as the storyline. Saying that though, we did enjoy it and loved the characters. The latter part of Summer and Fitz's story was definitely the highlight for us and we can't wait for more of this series.
"What do you think, Summer? You want me to kiss you?"
A sexy standalone novel from New York Times and international bestselling author Elle Kennedy
Everyone says opposites attract. And they must be right, because there's no logical reason why I'm so drawn to Colin Fitzgerald. I don't usually go for tattoo-covered, video-gaming, hockey-playing nerd-jocks who think I'm flighty and superficial. His narrow view of me is the first strike against him. It doesn't help that he's buddy-buddy with my brother.
And that his best friend has a crush on me.
And that I just moved in with them.
Oh, did I not mention we're roommates?
I suppose it doesn't matter. Fitzy has made it clear he's not interested in me, even though the sparks between us are liable to burn our house down. I'm not the kind of girl who chases after a man, though, and I'm not about to start. I've got my hands full dealing with a new school, a sleazy professor, and an uncertain future. So if my sexy brooding roomie wises up and realizes what he's missing?
He knows where to find me.


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More than 200 Perinton-Macedon area residents sue Waste Management over High Acres odors
Meghan Finnerty Steve Orr
More than 200 residents of the Perinton-Macedon area are suing the owner of the High Acres Landfill, saying odors and noise from the facility are ruining their quality of life.
The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Rochester, asks a federal judge to scale back use of the landfill and require its owner, Waste Management Inc., to pay damages to area residents.
The grassroots group Fresh Air For the Eastside joined 214 individual residents of Perinton, Penfield, Macedon and Walworth in bringing the case.
The Democrat and Chronicle first reported of odor issues at High Acres in December. Officials from High Acres and Waste Management attributed the odors to new technology, construction, water levels and a clogged pipe and publicly stated they were committed to mitigating the odors and getting back to "good neighbor" status.
"We continue to work with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the host communities to ensure compliance with all of our permits, Waste Management said in a statement. "We have not reviewed the complaint and have no comment at this time."
The plaintiffs say the company's efforts to address problems at the landfill have failed, and that odors from decaying trash are persistent, noxious and offensive.
The document alleges that Waste Management has interfered with the ability to enjoy life and property.
The plaintiffs say in the legal papers that the odors are so bad their children can't play in their yards or they can't open their windows. Some say they're awakened at night by odors or by noise, or that they're embarrassed to have guests visit their houses. Others say they're trying to sell their houses and move, but no buyers can be found.
"The odors persist at an intensity and frequency that unreasonably impacts the community's comfortable enjoyment of life and property," the papers say.
Nighttime noise from the landfill's rail operation disturbs neighbors and can be heard for miles, the plaintiff's complaint alleges.
High Acres, which straddles the border between Perinton and Macedon, is the only landfill in New York state authorized to accept deliveries of solid waste by rail. Waste Management has a long-term contract to dispose of trash brought by special freight trains from New York City.
The imported trash has made High Acres the state's second-largest landfill.
The complaint also alleges tremors or reverberations cause windows to rattle and structural cracks to appear in nearby homes, that chemical deodorizers released by Waste Management to mask the landfill odors have made people feel ill, and that vermin are a problem in some locations.
The plaintiffs want the court to order Waste Management to reduce odors and other air emissions. To accomplish that, they want the order to permanently bar the company from using two sections of the landfill that have been implicated in the odor problems and to immediately reduce shipments of trash from New York City by at least 50 percent.
They also want rail-related operations restricted to daylight hours.
As well, they want compensation for loss of property values, loss of enjoyment and for health problems that residents tie to the landfill.
Questions surrounding whether the landfill is having an impact on residents' health has been brought up repetitively over the past nine months.
According to the court documents, Waste Management "is also causing imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment" due to their operations.
During a 12-week air monitoring program by the landfill company, approved by the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, two public health assessments were conducted.
One was at the request of the town of Perinton and another by Waste Management.
The results from the five air monitoring systems showed no dangerous levels of hydrogen sulfide, a gas that smells like rotten eggs, said Perinton Town Supervisor Michael Barker. The hydrogen sulfide readings were reported below what the town's Conservation Board requested. The board requested an even lower threshold than state requirements, he said.
The results show that hydrogen sulfide levels are not a public health concern, according to a statement from Waste Management.
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Get caught up on the topic
Read:Civil complaint filed against Waste Management
More:High Acres Landfill timeline
More:High Acres Landfill confident it will meet deadlines on odor issue
More:High Acres landfill in Perinton gets its hand slapped by state for odor issues
More:High Acres Landfill impact: What's next for Perinton?
More:Fairport Little League fields close; Perinton dissatisfied with High Acres Landfill efforts
More:Investigation: NYC dumping more garbage than ever in Finger Lakes area

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Q: How to commit my branch development to the git? I have two branches in our repository.
 master
    dev

I got checkout from my dev branch. (#git checkout -b origin/dev) And I did some development locally. I want to commit that changes to that  dev branch.
I tried.
#git add .
#git commit -m "aa"
# git push

But getting fatal error. repository 'https://github.com/lobdev/eps-portal.git/' not found
When trying status
# git status

I get
On branch dev
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/dev' by 2 commits.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working directory clean

How can I commit to the dev branch?
I tried ;
 #git remote show origin

And getting;
* remote origin
  Fetch URL: https://github.com/lobdev/eps-portal.git
  Push  URL: https://github.com/lobdev/eps-portal.git
  HEAD branch: master
  Remote branches:
    dev    tracked
    master tracked
  Local branch configured for 'git pull':
    dev merges with remote dev
  Local ref configured for 'git push':
    dev pushes to dev (fast-forwardable)

A: Show all remotes:
git remote show

Inspect a remote:
git remote show origin

The remote url might be wrong (sometimes it's renamed to a different url).
Remove it:
git remote remove origin

Add updated url:
git remote add origin something.git

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Internet Explorer keeps shutting down and restarting. It doesn't matter if I'm reading the email or surfing the web. Does anyone know what causes this kind of problem?
The same cause as 99% of all malware infections... you're using internet explorer. Stop it.
Switch to Chrome! Or Firefox! OK, so that's not entirely helpful but good advice nonetheless.
ha14 has it right. You definitely should be scanning for malware of all kinds before you do anything else.
possible windows is infected with malware or you have somekind of plugin or toolbar on IE, try to scan windows with malwarebytes antimalware and superantispyware in safe mode.
Hello, I would try to reset the browser. What version of IE do you have? When you reset the browser, it is as the first time you used it. You will have to configure it. Before doing this if possible, make sure to backup your favorites and stuff.
Can you try the steps detailed in this article?


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Q: Java Jackson writing object twice I have the following class which contains a String field and a Map field. I want to use Jackson to serialize it to json.
public class Mapping

    private String mAttribute;

    @JsonIgnore
    private Map<String, String> mMap;

    @JsonAnyGetter
    public Map<String, String> getMap() {
        //some logic to populate map
    }

    @JsonAnySetter
    public void put(// some params) {
        //some more logic
    }

    @JsonProperty(value = "attribute")
    public String getAttribute() {
        return mAttribute;
    }

    public void setAttribute(String aAttribute) {
        mAttribute= aAttribute;
    }
}

I instantiate a Mapping object and then use ObjectMapper to write it to a file.
ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
om.writeValue(destFile, myMappingObject);

For some reason, it's writing the Mapping instance myMappingObject twice. I'm assuming I've not set some visibility option somewhere but I don't know where.
The json looks like this, only it comes up twice in the file.
{
    "attribute" : "someValue",
    "map-key1" : "map-value1",
    "map-key2" : "map-value2"
}

There's this, but apparently it was fixed in previous version of Jackson. I also tried changing the name of the method to random() and it still gets called twice (the number of times it should).

A: The problem had nothing to do with the above class. I was using another class that had a list of Mappings. Before:
public class MappingsList {
    @JsonProperty
    private List<Mapping> mappings;

    public List<Mapping> getMappings() {return mappings;}
}

After:
public class MappingsList {
    private List<Mapping> mappings;

    @JsonProperty
    public List<Mapping> getMappings() {return mappings;}
}

And it worked. The cause is that the ObjectMapper was seeing two (2) properties in the MappingsList class and therefore doing serialization on both. First it would create json for the mappings field and then again for the getMappings() method.


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Kelapa Gading Barat is een kelurahan van het onderdistrict Kelapa Gading in het noorden van Jakarta, Indonesië.

Kelurahan van Jakarta

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Katy Perry - Not the End of the World Lyrics | BollywoodTracksLyrics
'Not the End of the World' is the new soundtracks presented by Katy Perry, from the album 'Smile'. The music is produced by Andrew Goldstein, Oscar Gorres. The track was released at 'Katy Perry' official youtube channel on August 28th, 2020.
Song: Not the End of the World (Lyric)
Artist: Katy Perry
Album: Smile
Composer Lyricist: Katy Perry
Composer Lyricist: Jacob Kasher Hindlin
Composer Lyricist: Michael Pollack
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Goldstein
Composer Lyricist: Madison Love
Producer: Andrew Goldstein, Oscar Gorres
Label: Katy Perry
Not the End of the World Lyrics:
It's not the end of the world
No, not the end of the world
Throw on your fancy attire, fears in the fire
Don't lose hope
It's no funeral we are attendin'
Actually, just the beginnin'
Throw on your fancy attire, fears in the fire
Don't lose hope
It's not the end of the, no, not the end of the world...
You can catch a star if the sky is fallin' down
There's a golden linin' up in every single cloud
You can take a frown, turn it all the way 'round
All the way 'round, all the, all the way 'round
A fortune-teller told me, "The power's in your mind"
You might see a cliff, but I see a way to fly
Flippin' off the flop, now I just enjoy the ride
Just enjoy the ride, yeah, I just enjoy the ride...
(Na, na, na, na) What a time
(Na, na, na, na) To be alive
(Don't say goodbye)...
Throw on your fancy attire, fears in the fire
Don't lose hope
It's no funeral we're attendin'
Actually, just the beginnin'
Don't lose hope
It's not the end of the, no, not the end of the world...
You can make a wish even on a satellite
On a plastic lash or anythin' you like
You can tame a dragon if you are not afraid to fight
Not afraid to fight, no, I'm not afraid...
(Don't say goodbye) Don't say goodbye...
It's not the end of the world
Don't lose hope...
Na, na, na, na
Don't say goodbye (Don't say goodbye)
Don't say goodbye...


Students from Years 4 to 6 were given the opportunity to participate in the district athletics at Ross Reserve. Events included a range of running races, long jump, triple jump, high jump, discuss and short put. Students had an enjoyable day out competing against other schools in the region.


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Niviventer cremoriventer — вид пацюків (Rattini), що живе в пд.-сх. Азії (М'янма, Таїланд, Малайзія, Індонезія, Бруней).

Морфологічна характеристика
Довжина голови й тулуба від 110 до 160 мм, довжина хвоста від 157 до 229 мм, довжина лапи від 26 до 37 мм, довжина вуха від 15 до 20 мм і вага до 105 грамів. Волосяний покрив густий і посипаний колючим волоссям. Колір спинної частини коричнювато-жовтий, щоки жовтуваті, а черевні частини кремові. Навколо очей є темні кільця. Лінія розмежування на стегнах чітка. Лапи короткі й широкі, кігті задніх значно більші від передніх. Зовнішня частина ніг біла з темно-коричневими відблисками. Хвіст значно довший за голову і тулуб, рівномірно темно-коричневий, з пучком волосся на кінці. Хромосомне число 2n = 46 FN = 54.

Середовище проживання
Живе як на дереві, так і на землі в первинних і вторинних лісових місцях існування, але не за межами лісів.

Спосіб життя
Це нічний і переважно деревний вид. Харчується частинами рослин, фруктами, насінням і навіть комахами.

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I am regretting not having someone record at our wedding, because it was such a fun night. Especially the dancing at around 1am, when everyone had enough to drink to not care one bit about anything. I am talking about our 50+ year olds that we got to dance to soulja boy. HAHA oh what a sight. And Aleksanders uncle. If you knew the man you would have died from laughter to have seen him cranking that soulja boy on the dance floor….in case you don't know the song, I recommend you YouTube it. The superman part was the best part, we were going back and forth that room like mops. Im smiling just writing this because the image in my head is too funny! But let me take a breather and start from the beginning.
Our plan was to have the guests arrive at the party location and wait while Aleksander and I took our pictures. There was a nice sitting area, and they were served fruit and champagne.
When we arrived an hour or so after, we were greeted with champagne and everyone said welcome and gave us a toast. We then walked in to the main hall and our gifts were already opened.
It is Norwegian custom that while the couple is out taking pictures, the guests open all the gifts and display them around and set them on the designated gift table. We later got a list saying who got us what. I personally do not like this custom at all. The joy in opening a gift and seeing the recipient opening it is the best part. I wasnt the only one bummed by this, as I had several guests quite bothered that Aleksander and I wouldn't open our gifts personally. I will make sure that when my kids get married I ask them what they want….if they want the guests to open them or if they want to open them themselves. I was sad but I didn't let it ruin my day, nothing could have ruined it for me. Either way the gifts were lovely and of course mostly for me. Muahahaha. Since we got a lot of kitchen things and money on the side, Aleksander jokingly asked if he can have the money and buy himself a guitar since I got all the kitchen stuff. HAHA, poor guy. I definitely was more excited about my crock pot and pans than he was.
The rest of the evening was pretty normal compared to most weddings (speeches and toasts, I made them take a shot of tequila for the end of my speech)...except for the fact that I had 13 cakes.....I am not kidding. It is normal for guests to make and bring more cake. I had my main wedding cake which my dear friend and maid of honor Jenna baked for me, but I also had 12 others. Including one made out of marsipan rings, called kransekake. Its pretty much a hollow pyramid with approx. 16 rings. The custom with the kransekake is, its set in front of the couple and while theyre eyes are blindfolded, they both hold a spatula and sort of stab at the cake, well not really stab but more like point at it... then wherever theyre pointing at, they count to see how many kids they will have counting from the top to wherever the spatula is pointing at....Underneath you will see a picture of us trying to get no kids....but they made us do it again and we got seven, but I somehow lost 3 kids and was left with 4. The rings that represent our kids are left together and the couple is supposed to keep it as a memory. There are people who still have theirs from 20+ years ago. The rest of the kransekake is then taken to the kitchen to be broken apart for the guests to eat with coffee.
Something else that was different was that there are song packets and everyone sings different little fun songs throughout the night. There was a welcome song, a coffee song, a song that my mother in law wrote her self to the melody of "Those were the days", a song where it involved people to get up according to the lyrics (for example: All of those who snore at night, stand up....do a little turn... and sit back down), and a thank you for the food song and some other ones... It's different and I have never seen that done anywhere else but at Norwegian parties. I like it, it involves the guests more.
As is custom in almost all weddings, there was a father daughter dance and the couples first dance. My dad and I danced to a Mexican song called "El privilegio de amar"(The privilege to love), by Mijares and Lucero. My dad sang along to the song even though he didnt know all of the lyrics and cried. Hes such a big baby, and its him that I get my big babyness from. So we were both crying and he even made some of my guests cry. Aleksander and I danced to "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers. It really was our first official dance. Sure we've been to parties and danced but we've never danced a couples song/slow song.
After that the dancing started and didn't end till maybe 2:30. Even after the DJ left, we hooked up my phone and played more music and danced a bit more.
I was sooooo tired when the night ended....all those movies that show the newlyweds so energetic to go back to a hotel room and have more fun are liars....I went straight to bed while Aleksander went to the bathroom and that's the last thing I remember. I didn't even notice when he came to bed....that's how romantic it was, haha.
I was proud with all my planning and how the night played out and ever so thankful for everyone who helped. It was one of the best days/nights of my life.
Tables set up with utensils and cups. The center piece was to be filled with water and have floating candles.
Set up with utensils and cups.
The main table, still incomplete.
Main table from the front.
My place. The baggie on the left has a magnet and candy from Mexico. And in the center there is a song packet.
The main entrance with the guest book.
Where the champagne and fruit for the cocktail waiting time was to be served.
Sitting area right outside the main hall.
Aleksander and our niece, who was also my flower girl, Nora!
Cutting the kransekake and finding out how many kids were going to have...we obviously want 0 right now lol.
I somehow lost 3 kids.
Our guests watching a slideshow that my dad made for me.
He had to scrape off some frosting from the cake and try it.
Our beautiful wedding cake made by my friend Jenna. The doll is not part of the cake, she was just in the background.
My friend and maid of honor, Jenna! Om nom nom!
Nora!! I love this picture of her!
Te ves hermosa en las fotos de tu boda y sobretodo muy contenta!
Muchisimas gracias!! Contenta si lo estoy!!!
Me da mucho gusto que te gusta mi blog!
Un amigo que vive en Trondheim me lo envio para darme una idea de como era vivir en Noruega siendo extranjero.
De que parte de Mexico es tu familia?
Mi familia es de la ciudad de México y de Nayarit.
Jaja entonces no vives cerca de la frontera verdad? En san Diego, de donde soy, se puede comprar tortillas. Hasta hay taquerias.
Pero aquí? Jaja nada que ver.
Mi papi me tuvo que traer chiles a escondidas!
Vivo en Missouri y aunque si encuentro algunas cosas, no como me gustaria. Casi lloro cuando encontre chiles chipotles San Marcos y pulparindos!!
Me imagino que es dificil encontrar cosas alla, a sobrevivir con lo que se puede. Una amiga fue a Mexico hace unas semanas y me trajo miguelitos y paletas de mango y sandia con chile!
Ya me imagina a tu papa escondiendo las cosas en las maletas. Te llevo muchos?
Mmm que rico! Lo unico que encuentro aqui de Mexico, son los chipotles en salsa de adobo, la salsa verde, salsa ranchera, frijoles pinto y frijoles refritos, y todo de la marca La Costeña.
Finally got a moment to sit down and look at this. So beautiful! What a beautiful bride you are! And the cakes! Sounds like a great and fun party :) I've gotten teary-eyed!


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"I ask the Government to look at extending the enhanced capital allowances regime to small businesses more widely than just to those in the enterprise zones.
"I am a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rebalancing the British Economy, an excellent group that I recommend to the House. Of all the evidence that the group has heard, I have been most struck by that given by Brompton Bicycles, a firm that sells a conventional product but is successful in large part because its manufacturing processes are at the cutting edge of technology.
"UK small businesses desperately need to accelerate their adoption of new manufacturing technologies to complete and grow. They may not be high-tech in their products, but to be high-tech in their manufacturing tends to make them much more competitive and effective. Incentives to invest in these new processes for small businesses are crucial and I encourage the Government to put this high on their agenda."


The 34-year-old Jay Bowdy according to reports had the disturbing video on his page for over 8 hours before it was taken down by Facebook.
After his death, people kept sharing his live video until they were instructed to stop sharing it.
Bowdy had his first child at 18 and got married when he was 25. He and his wife have four children together, in addition to his two from a previous relationship.


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The cart activity shows all items before checking out, coupon code feature is also available.
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Killer Infographics brings more daytime desk action to Capitol Hill
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 10:34 am by Bryan Cohen
Inside Killer Infographics above Six Arms (Image: Killer Infographics)
One of the latest to companies to move its offices to Capitol Hill and bring more daytime activity to the neighborhood is Killer Infographics. The company moved its 23-member staff from Fremont to an office space above Six Arms last month.
To celebrate the move to Melrose and E Pike, the graphic design agency specializing in infographics created this Capitol Hill-inspired timeline:
Check out the full INFOGRAPHIC: A HISTORY OF CAPITOL HILL from Killer Infographics
For co-founder Nick Grant, moving to Capitol Hill brings the business closer to its downtown clients while putting his designers in a more dynamic urban environment.
"In Capitol Hill, none of our employees has to go far to experience a change of scenery, even if they're just taking a 30-minute lunch break," Grant said. The new digs are also big enough for the company to grow its staff, which Grant says he plans to do in the near future.
Finding new clients among Capitol Hill's varied small businesses also influenced the company's decision to relocate. "We have only worked with a handful of Capitol Hill-based clients, and that's one of the main reasons we're so excited about the move," Grant said.
Capitol Hill's office capacity is poised to grow significantly with spaces opening in the near future. Liz Dunn's nearly complete Chophouse Row development will add to the mix. Glympse, a Seattle-based mobile technology startup, will bring its employees to a 10,000-square-foot Chophouse office space.
As The Stranger plans to exit its longtime 11th and Pike home, the landmark-protected redevelopment of the building into Legacy Pine could replace the alt weekly and then some with more office space in the heart of Pike/Pine. And on north Broadway, new office space will be central to the preservation and development project at the Harvard Exit. Last year, a representative for Legacy Pine told CHS that his company has been approached by small to mid-size tech and creative companies already based in the area looking for space to expand.
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I am never going to recover from text in the purple "1912" box nearly touching the bottom of the box just for the word "completed," which could easily be moved up to the line before it, especially if the margin on the left of that box was consistent with the other boxes. Now I can't enjoy this infographic or the rest of my day. It's all ruined.
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Dr. Miriam Nelson, an internationally recognized author of women's health books, will discuss "How Strong Women Stay Young" in a special zoom lecture presented by Upper Chichester Library 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14.
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UPPER CHICHESTER — Dr. Miriam Nelson, an internationally recognized author of women's health books, will discuss "How Strong Women Stay Young" at a free zoom lecture offered by the Upper Chichester Library, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14. A link to participate in this program can be obtained by e mailing director@upperchichesterlibrary.org.
This selection is one of nine books in the Strong Women series, five of which appeared in the New York Times bestsellers list.
"Strong Women Stay Young shows women how to achieve the same remarkable benefits at home or in the office by working out just twice a week," explained Betsy Barnes, library director. "Individualized instructions get couch potatoes started and help exercise buffs break through plateaus, with significant improvements see after just four weeks."
The library is capitalizing on zoom technology during the pandemic by continuing its diverse offerings of book readings, crafts classes among other free programs.
Nelson is a social entrepreneur, researcher, international best-selling author and leader in higher education. She is currently acting President and CEO of Newman's Own Foundation and before that was president of Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. In her position as a professor of nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition and Science and Policy at Tufts University, she was the principal investigator of multiple studies on exercise, nutrition and public health. She has appeared in her own PBS special titled Strong Women Live Well and served as the chief scientific advisor for PBS' NOVA Marathon Challenge documentary.
She has strong ties to the Delaware County region, having grown up in the area. For more information contact Upper Chichester Library at 610-485-0200. www.upperchichesterlibrary.org
With generous funding from Delaware County's Delco Strong Grant Upper Chichester Library has created a new program to teach the ukulele. Library patrons can check out ukuleles with their Upper Chichester Library card and register for a Zoom class to learn to play the ukulele with musician Andrew Behringer.
The instructor suggests that the ukulele is a very easy instrument to learn but you do have to learn to tune the instrument with helpful YouTube tutorials that he created. Suggested age is five-years-old and above.
The first Zoom class starts 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14. If interested in checking out a ukulele, call the library as soon as possible to reserve. To register for the first Zoom Class with Andrew Behringer email director@upperchichesterlibrary.org. For more information about other library programs, call 610-485-0200 or visit www.upperchichesterlibrary.org.
Springfield Library announces winter programs
SPRINGFIELD— The staff at Springfield Township Library, 70 Powell Road, want residents to mark their calendars now for these upcoming winter programs so that when the holidays are over and residents return to their normal routine, they won't forget the following:
Crime & Cookies, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7: Participants can get their crime fix and their sugar fix with this evening of true crime, games and a chance to finish off left over holiday cookies. Andrea and Gina, two comedians and tough cookies, host a live, interactive comedy show focusing on true crime stories.
This program will be live on the Springfield Library Facebook page, so no registration is necessary. The program is not suitable for children.
Plants with Winter Interest, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, via Zoom: Master Gardner Keith Robertshaw, who is considered the in-house horticulturist for the Philadelphia Men's Garden Club, will guide participants on how they can add structure, texture, and color to their gardens during the winter months. Registration is not required but preferred at splib115@comcast.net. The Zoom information will be posted on the event pageat https://www.springfieldtwplib.org and on the library's Facebook page. For more information, call 619-543-2113.
J. Lewis Crozer Library announces services, programs
CHESTER— Even though the building of the J. Lewis Crozer Library, 620 Engle St., Chester, is not open to the public, patrons can still access many library services. Patrons should call 610-494-3454 or email crozerlibrary@delcolibraries.org to request books and other library materials available through contactless, curbside pickup. Faxing and photocopying is also available. The public may drop off and wait for documents to be faxed or photocopied, or documents may be emailed to jlcrozerlibrary@gmail.com and picked up when ready. Faxing and photocopying directions and email addresses are available at the library's website, www.crozerlibrary.org
With a library card, patrons can download or stream ebooks, comic books, and audiobooks, as well as movies, TV shows, or music at www.hoopladigital.com. Additional online resources, including ebooks and databases, are available at www.delcolibraries.org. More information is available at the library's website or by calling the library.
Library patrons are advised to save the date of Monday, Jan. 18. At 7 p.m., the Library will host an online book talk, "MLK in Chester," with Patrick Parr, author of "The Seminarian: Martin Luther King, Jr. Comes of Age."
The program will focus on the formative years that King spent at Crozer Seminary and Calvary Baptist Church in Chester. Parr will discuss both the book's content and his research experiences. One reviewer said that "The Seminarian" is "without question the most original and important book about King's life to appear in more than a quarter century." Register in the Event Calendar at the Library's website for the Zoom link.
Ridley Township Library presents January virtual events for adults
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP— The holidays are over, but Ridley Township Library is offering a number of special events to look forward to in January via Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants a day before each event.
On Thursday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m., the library will present "Sick in the City." The lecture will discuss West Chester's fight against infectious diseases in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
On Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m., in partnership with the Radnor, Swarthmore, Marple, and Upper Darby libraries, the library will present a conversation with Warren Hoffman, author of "Racial Identity and the Broadway Musical."
For trivia lovers, the next "Live Quizzo" virtual event is coming up on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.
People can create a masterpiece of their own by joining the "Winter Love Virtual Paint Party" on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. New members are always welcome to take part in the library's ongoing programs: "Spanish Conversations for Everyday Encounters" on Mondays, Jan. 11, 18, 25 at 6:30 p.m.; "The Ridley Writer's Circle" on Friday, Jan. 8 at 6:30 p.m.; and "Afternoon Book Club" on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 1 p.m.
The library is also offering "Medicare Individual Counseling" by phone on Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information or to register for any of these programs, go to ridleylibrary.org, or email reference@ridleylibrary.org.
Grant approved to update Haverford Public Library
HAVERFORD— State Rep. Greg Vitali, D-166 of Haverford, recently announced that a $1 million state grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program was approved for the Haverford Township Free Public Library.
"We are hoping to bring new life and space to the local free public library," Vitali said. "Libraries are one of the few places left in this world where you are not expected to pay anything to enjoy their facilities. We have to do everything we can to keep these spaces open for the public and also ensure that they have the means to stay up-to-date and provide us with the services we need. This funding allows them to take those steps forward."
The $1 million in state help will ensure that the building and facilities can fully support the library's mission and reflect the community's needs, Vitali said. The current library, located at 1601 Darby Road, will be renovated to be ADA-compliant and include state-of-the-art technologies with a redesigned layout.
RACP projects are authorized in the Redevelopment Assistance section of a Capital Budget Itemization Act, have a regional or multi-jurisdictional impact, and generate substantial increases or maintain current levels of employment, tax revenues or other measures of economic activity.
For more information, contact Vitali's office at 610-789-3900.
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Pursuant to section 28 (1) of the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 ("the Act"), I, Annette King, Minister of Health, hereby approve the following guidelines made by the Health and Disability Commissioner.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of March 2005.
The concept of rights is inherently linked to the empowerment principle. Advocacy is committed to the belief that consumers already have skills and experience on which to draw to assist them in resolving their concerns. Advocates are required to be a strong voice for those consumers who have limited ability to self-advocate, or who are likely to be experiencing institutional discrimination.
A consumer-centred and flexible focus with access to a continuum of empowering strategies is required to ensure the most appropriate approach for each consumer. Working in an empowering way is based on the belief that it is better to equip and support consumers to solve their own problems than to take over their problems and fix them on their behalf. The empowerment principle supports the consumer to resolve the current issue with assistance, and to learn skills and knowledge to develop confidence to self-advocate if and when similar issues arise in the future.
The intention of the Act and the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights ("the Code") is to promote resolution of complaints at the lowest appropriate level. Often the quickest and most satisfactory way of dealing with grievances is for the consumer to deal directly with the actual provider of the service. The nationwide advocacy service established under the Act is therefore fundamental to this aim of low-level resolution.
Advocacy service providers and advocates shall comply with the Code as if they were providers for the purposes of the Code, except where such compliance is inconsistent with these guidelines.
Advocacy service organisations and individual advocates shall refer any request for interpretation of the Code to the Commissioner.
Advocacy service organisations and individual advocates shall not offer opinions about the interpretation of the Code or other rights except to refer consumers, providers or media to any relevant decisions or statements by the courts, Human Rights Review Tribunal or the Commissioner and to assist consumers or providers to understand those decisions and statements.
It is important that the quality and effectiveness of the advocacy service is monitored and evaluated regularly and that improvements to the service are made on the basis of feedback from consumers, complainants, providers and advocates.
own behalf or it is culturally inappropriate for the consumer to speak on his or her own behalf and requests the advocate to do so, the advocate may accept instructions to act or assist on behalf of the consumer.
Advocates may have concerns about a provider's practice or any other matter that relates to the rights of health consumers or disability consumers or both (whether in relation to a particular consumer, a group of consumers or consumers generally).
a specific provider's practice or a specific system or process, it is sometimes referred to as being a "systemic" concern.
In order to protect the wider body of consumers and ensure the proper accountability of providers, an advocacy service may contact providers directly about the concerns raised, or draw the matter directly to the Commissioner's attention.
An advocate shall refer systemic and non-systemic concerns that cannot be dealt with appropriately with low level resolution directly to the Health and Disability Commissioner. A referral shall also be made where the concern has been raised previously by the advocacy service, and the provider has not responded or taken appropriate action.
?	mental illness and/or drug or alcohol addictions that may impede their ability to reason and/or be understood or taken seriously.
It is important for advocates to establish, build and maintain positive working relationships with informal and formal providers/caregivers where the consumer whose welfare is most at risk is required to use the ongoing services of the provider or caregiver.
When working with consumers, advocates assist and encourage them to develop their own support networks. This enables them to remain in control and take responsibility for their own issues, concerns and rights. Ongoing support networks may include family, extended family, friends and neighbours, other consumers, paid professionals or advocacy groups to meet their ongoing advocacy needs and to assist in the resolution of their issues. Health and disability consumer advocacy may be used in conjunction with a consumer's network of support people.
An advocate provides information, facilitates, and makes it as easy as possible for the consumer to pursue and resolve his or her concerns and issues with advocacy support. An advocate provides assistance to consumers to pursue a complaint through any informal or formal procedures, including proceedings before a health professional body.
An advocate assists a consumer to gain knowledge, and offers skill training to assist the consumer to develop confidence to represent herself/himself. This is so that the consumer is supported to resolve the current issue with assistance and to resolve future issues, where possible, using the skills and knowledge gained through working alongside an advocate.
When assisting a consumer, advocates shall not offer opinions as to whether there has been a breach of the Code. The advocate represents or assists the consumer to resolve issues. While advocates may need to obtain information about a consumer's concerns, they shall not investigate or adjudicate on issues raised, nor act as an impartial mediator.
If resolution is not achieved, the advocate shall, if requested by the consumer, assist the consumer in finding an appropriate forum where issues raised may be mediated or complaints may be investigated. This can involve the advocate in supporting a consumer through the Health and Disability Commissioner complaint processes and/or the Director of Proceedings processes.
Advocacy services and advocates support consumers who believe their rights under the Code have been breached. Advocates convey the consumer's issues, concerns and/or complaints, not their own. Advocates are on the side of the consumer and may present some challenging situations to the provider, but this does not prevent them from being fair, considerate and professional in all their dealings with providers.
has been a breach of the Code, nor are they impartial mediators, investigators or adjudicators. Advocates give free presentations to provider group, on advocacy services, the Health and Disability Commissioner role, the Code, and the complaints processes available to consumers. Presentations should, where possible, be in a format appropriate to the needs of the audience.
personal communications that identify individual consumers or providers, nor comment whether specific actions by providers, either real or hypothetical, are or would be in breach of the Code. Advocates shall comply with the Advocacy Service Organisation's media policy, which upholds this guideline.
Subject to the priorities imposed in Guideline 8 of these guidelines, advocacy service providers and advocates shall take positive steps to ensure that they are able to meet the needs of any particular person or groups of persons for whom they have contracted with the Director of Advocacy to provide services. Advocacy service providers shall therefore take positive steps to ensure advocacy services are equally accessible to all groups of consumers.
Specialist nationwide advocacy services may be contracted with the Director of Advocacy to provide consumers with specialised advocacy. Advocates shall inform consumers of the availability of such nationwide advocacy services and any existing specialised community support groups.
Advocacy service providers shall ensure that appropriate support systems are in place for individual advocates. This may include induction, training, performance management, peer supervision via support and review, risk management procedures, physical safety and appropriate specialist support.
Advocacy service providers, rather than individual advocates, are contracted to provide services to the consumer. Consumers shall be advised that the advocate is providing the service as an employee of the advocacy service provider.
Advocacy service providers shall establish and maintain effective links with relevant agencies, including community groups, and refer consumers to those agencies as and when appropriate.
The collection, accurate recording and transfer of information pertaining to the services provided by advocacy organisations, including trends in consumer issues, assists in the efficient and effective management of advocacy services. It provides valuable information as to the present and future needs of consumers and the need for any improvements to the service.
Reporting requirements in line with contractual obligations shall be facilitated by the use of information systems approved by the Health and Disability Commissioner.
The integrity (principles and professionalism) of the advocacy service is maintained by ensuring consistency in all publicity provided about the Health and Disability Commissioners' Advocacy Service.
to publication, for comment. Formal public speaking engagements and papers for publication by advocacy service providers and individual advocates will be notified in advance to the Director of Advocacy for comment.
were extended to a wide range of people and organisations that included representatives of health consumers, disability services consumers, health care providers, disability services providers and professional bodies.
The revised guidelines reflect the development and maturity of the nationwide advocacy service and have taken into account the responses received during the consultation process. The new guidelines also clarify the distinction between governing, management and advocacy practice guidelines.
Free copies of the guidelines will be available to the public on the Health and Disability Commissioners' web site http://www.hdc.org.nz or directly from the Health and Disability Commissioner, the Director of Advocacy or from any of the three advocacy organisations providing Health and Disability Commissioner's advocacy services by phone (0800 11 22 33) or email requests (hdc@hdc.org.nz).
Principal Edition, 24 March 2005.


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Pritam fails to enchant with 'Hello Darling' music
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Though Pritam has many chartbusters to his credit, the composer fails to create an impact with the soundtrack of "Hello Darling". The film's music lacks freshness and most of the songs have a 'heard before' feel.
The movie stars Javed Jaffrey, Celina Jaitley and Gul Panag, and is directed Manoj Tiwari.
The album offers five originals and one remix.
The first song is the new version of Lata Mangeshkar's classic cabaret "Aa jaane jaan". By adding extra beats and new lyrics, Pritam has tried to tweak the song, but the effort hasn't yielded good results.
Sung by actor Javed Jaffrey along with Akruti Kakkar and Antara Mitra, the track fails due to an overdose of electronic elements.
Then there is Richa Sharma, Ritu Pathak and Rana Mazumder singing "Band baaja", a song with a strong Punjabi influence. The song is neither bad nor brilliant. It is engaging in the beginning, but listners are likely to lose interest as the track progresses.
Next is "Dil toh saala", a very dry composition with Sunidhi Chauhan behind the mike. This is the title track of the film, but the song has no potential to make it big owing to its unimpressive lyrics and heard-before musical arrangements.
"Attrah baras" crooned by Suzanne D'Mello is a fast-paced dance number. This song too offers nothing great though it might find some place on DJ consoles for a few weeks.
Finally there is "Working girls" with vocals by Shweta Pandit, Ritu Pathak and Priyadarshini. The song is average and does sound interesting in parts, but on the whole, it fails to engage the listener.
The soundtrack may not do any good for the film and none of the songs is likely to become chartbusters.
(Ruchika Kher can be contacted at [email protected])
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Japan's only national film institution and the country's largest film archive, established in 2018, beginning with the film program of the National Museum of Modern Art, established in 1952, followed by the opening of the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, in 1970. As a base for preserving and passing on film and film culture to the future, the National Film Archive works to preserve, research, and present films and film culture to the public.
In the Nagase Memorial Hall OZU and the Small Hall, special screenings are held based on themes such as director, actor, country of production, genre and period. In the exhibition rooms, film-related materials such as posters, photographs, film equipment and belongings of the filmmakers are exhibited. The permanent exhibition introduces the history of Japanese film through the valuable materials in the collection, and the special exhibition introduces film culture from various angles. The library has a library of film books, domestic and international film festival catalogs and major film magazines.
Address 3-7-6 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
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Closed*2 Mondays, during preparation for screenings/exhibition changes, and during the year-end and New Year holidays (the library is closed on weekends and holidays).
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Entrance Fee*4 Screenings: ¥520 for adults, ¥310 for high school and college students, ¥310 for seniors over 65, ¥100 for junior high school students and ¥100 for elementary and junior high school students, different fees for special programs. Exhibition: ¥250 for adults, ¥130 for college students
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Peter Chadwick's Tricorn Centre, Trinity Square car park and Wellbeck Street car park posters
Peter Chadwick's beautiful Brutalist car parks
Though some are threatened by the wrecking ball - in the designer's posters these concrete beauties live on
Car parks tend to favour function over formal beauty. Few of us like to linger in these concrete behemoths, after clicking our vehicle's doors shut and picking up a ticket. Yet the London graphic designer, artist and Phaidon author, Peter Chadwick, still finds a certain brutal beauty in these buildings.
He included a good few in his book This Brutal World and has now created a line of modernist-style posters dedicated to these somewhat-overlooked works of 20th century architecture.
Peter Chadwick's Trinity Square poster
The range includes well-known edifices such as Trinity Square in Gateshead, made by the noted Brutalist architect Owen Luder and featured in the 1971 Michael Caine film Get Carter; Michael Blampied and Partners' Wellbeck Street car park in London; and US architect Paul Rudolph's Temple Street parking garage in New Haven, Connecticut.
Many of these buildings, including Wellbeck Street and Trinity Square, have either been demolished or are facing demolition. So we should be thankful for Chadwick's posters, which preserve and memoralise these concrete tributes to the automobile age.
A series of Temple Street parking garage posters by Peter Chadwick
You can find out more by emailing info@thisbrutalhouse.com (tell Peter we sent you) and get a better understanding of the beauty in Brutalism by buying a copy of This Brutal World.
This Brutal WorldPeter Chadwick
A curated collection of some of the most powerful and awe-inspiring Brutalist architecture ever built
This Brutal World is a global survey of this compelling and much-admired style of architecture. It brings to light virtually unknown Brutalist architectural treasures from across the former eastern bloc and other far flung parts of the world.
It includes works by some of the best contemporary architects including Zaha Hadid and David Chipperfield as well as by some of the master architects of the 20th century including Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph and Marcel Breuer.
Peter Chadwick is a London-based art director and tutor in graphic design and communication at Chelsea College of Arts. Peter's work has been published in over thirty publications worldwide and his work has been exhibited in the UK, Europe and Asia. With over 25 years experience working in the music, fashion, retail and arts sectors, Peter has worked with clients and major recording artists including Primal Scream, Beth Orton, Groove Armada, Defected, Ministry of Sound, Harvey Nichols and Paul Smith. Peter shares his passion for Brutalism and all things concrete and modern via his twitter account (@BrutalHouse) and instagram account (@thisbrutalhouse).
"Gorgeous new book preaches the gospel of Brutalist architecture."—Wired.com
"A visual love letter to one of architecture's most controversial styles."—Curbed
"A fascinating visual resource." —Creative Review
"A handsome hardback book." —Grafik.net
"[Chadwick] has an eye for the stark abstract purity of the best brutalism (and its silent but essential ally, great black and white photography)." —Wallpaper.com
"A love song to the beauty of concrete." —Independent.co.uk
"As much a handsome coffee-table addition as it is a stamp-collector's private collection - a pictorial homage with poignant lyrics from favourite bands." —The City Magazine
"Lavishly illustrated... lets the architecture speak for itself." —Aesthetica
"A celebration of controversial concrete." —Atlas Obscura
"Even if you don't go anywhere in May, be sure to read this... black-and-white images as provocative and jarring as their subjects." —Conde Nast Traveler
"In a world where architecture is mostly wafer-thin curtain walls or brick slips, the thickness and roughness of brutalism is catnip." —Icon
"A love letter to all things stark, imposing and concrete... catalogues the ugly-beauty of the globe's Brutalist buildings." —Sunday Times Travel
"A wide and celebratory view of Brutalism, redefining and expanding the term 'Brutal' to include buildings usually considered outside the movement... The book demonstrates the international reach of Brutalism... [and] the ongoing influence of the movement today." —Architects Datafile
"Remarkable for its black-and-white photography. Shorn of the distractions of colour, form alone is free to do the talking in a voice that is profoundly eloquent." —Morning Star
"London's brutalist architecture is enjoying a new wave of appreciation. Peter Chadwick, graphic designer and author of This Brutal World, picks six of his favourite examples." —Time Out
"Ambitious... [Chadwick] heard Joy Division, and realized that this brutal world was the one they were describing... One thing that Chadwick's free selection of projects does make clear is how little being big and aggressive has to with Brutalism." —London Review of Books
"The lack of colour brings out the poetry of the buildings, capturing how the rough textures and space-age shapes make dramatic plays with light and shadow." —The Globe & Mail
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A Misty Merry Provençal Christmas
Going to Provence for Christmas with old friends is as perfect a holiday as a holiday can get. There was nothing we "needed" to do — only those things we "chose" to do, which included often doing absolutely nothing at all.
Barb W. has a beautiful warm and cozy, but large and spacious village house in one of the Luberon's loveliest villages — Ansouis. When it's not filled with her friends, she rents it, all five bedrooms, five+ bathrooms on three levels with a terrace and patio, to discerning guests. (Tell her I sent you!) Ideal for a family or group of friends (like us), there is always a place where you can be, alone or together. The big fireplace has been stoked all weekend with the dried lavender that the village "sanitation workers" deposited in a huge pile in front of her garage for gratis. Slouched on the comfy white sofa in front of the flames is where much relaxation has taken place, not to mention the times we have all been in the kitchen on stools at the large center counter from where we can nosh, cook, read emails, schmooze.
We've been dining both in and out. Stops to the open-air Provençal markets has stocked us up with fresh fruits and vegetables to be our delicacies. I had never made Jerusalem artichokes before, but what was labeled as "tompinabours" at 2.50€ per kilo looked interesting and worthwhile to try. Boiled lobster dipped in butter or lemon accompanied the exotic root vegetable, having baked them for about an hour encrusted in olive oil and herbs. If you've never tried them, do — one might describe them as a cross between a potato, a carrot and a turnip…a bit crunchy and woodsy.
The elegant village of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, about 60 kilometers away was very quiet on Christmas eve with only a handful of shops and restaurants open to catch every last little bit of business. The morning started out misty as we took the road to the famous Provençal enclave — so misty as to create a setting that seemed as if you were literally inside an impressionist painting. Then the fog lifted suddenly rendering the sky a bright blue. The vivid color acted as a contrasting backdrop to the stark leafless "platane" (plane) trees that line the wider streets and circular boulevard. One restaurant that appeared at first to be shut tight, was actually quite busy serving families. Le Bistrot de Marie was filled from floor to ceiling with 18th and 19th-century Provençal cuisine-related artifacts which surrounded us as we savored beautifully prepared country cooking.
The village has seen a lot of life in its many years of existence. While wandering around the village we came across the very birth place of Michel de Nostradamus, on December 14, 1503. A French physician, he published a collection of prophecies that much of what he predicted, has come to pass, even many major world-changing events such as Hitler's rise to power and Donald Trump's presidential victory. Interpretations of his predictions for 2017 by a bevy of followers include the demise of Italy's financial stability and a "hot war" over global warming. I say "interpretations," because no doubt, there are many ways to view and consider his writings.
We made a short trek from Saint-Rémy to Les Baux and its famous Carrières des Lumières limestone quarries in which a sound and light show is the region's cultural masterpiece. I've never understood why it's not more well-known, because a walk through the massive caverns are like an inspiring and healthy cultural trip on a hallucinogenic drug. On only until January 8th, this is the last hurrah for the current multi-media show of "Chagall: Midsummer Night's Dreams" — a discovery of the impressive works of Marc Chagall digitized, animated and screened on 5,000 meters of limestone. Chagall was an artist of Russian origin
who obtained French nationality in 1937 — one that makes France's proud of his accomplishments.
Ansouis, not as well-known as some of the other Luberon towns, such as Gordes, La Coste or Roussillon, is one of France's most charming perched and crowned medieval villages. The fortified medieval fortress of a castle of the Sabran family (13th-century) sits high above the old stone houses below along the narrow cobble-stoned streets. Every direction we took, a sweet cat came out from nowhere looking for attention by rubbing up against our legs and meowing in our faces. One female full of kittens looked like she might burst.
In the spirit of Chanukah, Barb and I drove into Aix-en-Provence for a movie — not one I'd recommend you see: "Manchester by the Sea." We had no idea it would be so depressing and not what we had in mind for a Christmas day movie. No matter, the sky at dusk driving to Aix was singularly the most spectacular sky I've ever seen. I took dozens of photos as it appeared to be on fire and changed every few moments as the sun sunk further down.
This afternoon we're off to a truffle-hunting excursion sponsored by Les Pastras which includes a tour of the plantation, a crash course on how truffles are cultivated, how the dogs are trained to sniff them out and some of the "tricks of the trade." Naturally we get to taste them and my daughter has already instructed me not to come home empty-handed.
Tomorrow I head out early to catch the bus to Nice where I'll be spending the end of 2016 and the beginning of a very bright and happy new year. On Wednesday you'll be hearing from me from my sunny apartment overlooking rue Masséna where I will be welcomed by "Henri-le-Cactus" who grows taller by the day.
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// CHECKSTYLE:OFF
// Turn off checkstyle for this class because of a checkstyle bug in handling nested typed collections

package org.apache.samza.operators.impl;

import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import org.apache.samza.context.Context;
import org.apache.samza.operators.functions.FoldLeftFunction;
import org.apache.samza.operators.functions.MapFunction;
import org.apache.samza.operators.functions.SupplierFunction;
import org.apache.samza.operators.impl.store.TimeSeriesKey;
import org.apache.samza.operators.impl.store.TimeSeriesStore;
import org.apache.samza.operators.impl.store.TimeSeriesStoreImpl;
import org.apache.samza.operators.spec.OperatorSpec;
import org.apache.samza.operators.spec.WindowOperatorSpec;
import org.apache.samza.operators.triggers.FiringType;
import org.apache.samza.operators.triggers.RepeatingTriggerImpl;
import org.apache.samza.operators.triggers.TimeTrigger;
import org.apache.samza.operators.triggers.Trigger;
import org.apache.samza.operators.triggers.TriggerImpl;
import org.apache.samza.operators.triggers.TriggerImpls;
import org.apache.samza.operators.windows.AccumulationMode;
import org.apache.samza.operators.windows.WindowKey;
import org.apache.samza.operators.windows.WindowPane;
import org.apache.samza.operators.windows.internal.WindowInternal;
import org.apache.samza.operators.windows.internal.WindowType;
import org.apache.samza.storage.kv.ClosableIterator;
import org.apache.samza.storage.kv.KeyValueStore;
import org.apache.samza.task.MessageCollector;
import org.apache.samza.task.TaskCoordinator;
import org.apache.samza.util.Clock;
import org.apache.samza.util.TimestampedValue;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

/**
 * Implementation of a window operator that groups messages into finite windows for processing.
 *
 * This class implements the processing logic for various types of windows and triggers. It tracks and manages state for
 * all open windows, the active triggers that correspond to each of the windows and the pending callbacks. It provides
 * an implementation of {@link TriggerScheduler} that {@link TriggerImpl}s can use
 * to schedule and cancel callbacks. It also orchestrates the flow of messages through the various
 * {@link TriggerImpl}s.
 *
 * <p> An instance of a {@link TriggerImplHandler} is created corresponding to each {@link Trigger}
 * configured for a particular window. For every message added to the window, this class looks up the corresponding
 * {@link TriggerImplHandler} for the trigger and invokes {@link TriggerImplHandler#onMessage(TriggerKey, Object,
 * MessageCollector, TaskCoordinator)} The {@link TriggerImplHandler} maintains the {@link TriggerImpl} instance along
 * with whether it has been canceled yet or not. Then, the {@link TriggerImplHandler} invokes onMessage on underlying
 * its {@link TriggerImpl} instance. A {@link TriggerImpl} instance is scoped to a window and its firing determines when
 * results for its window are emitted.
 *
 * The {@link WindowOperatorImpl} checks if the trigger fired and returns the result of the firing.
 *
 * @param <M> the type of the incoming message
 * @param <K> the type of the key in the incoming message
 *
 */
public class WindowOperatorImpl<M, K> extends OperatorImpl<M, WindowPane<K, Object>> {
  // Object == Collection<M> || WV
  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WindowOperatorImpl.class);

  private final WindowOperatorSpec<M, K, Object> windowOpSpec;
  private final Clock clock;
  private final WindowInternal<M, K, Object> window;
  private final FoldLeftFunction<M, Object> foldLeftFn;
  private final SupplierFunction<Object> initializer;
  private final MapFunction<M, K> keyFn;

  private final TriggerScheduler<K> triggerScheduler;
  private final Map<TriggerKey<K>, TriggerImplHandler> triggers = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
  private TimeSeriesStore<K, Object> timeSeriesStore;

  public WindowOperatorImpl(WindowOperatorSpec<M, K, Object> windowOpSpec, Clock clock) {
    this.windowOpSpec = windowOpSpec;
    this.clock = clock;
    this.window = windowOpSpec.getWindow();
    this.foldLeftFn = window.getFoldLeftFunction();
    this.initializer = window.getInitializer();
    this.keyFn = window.getKeyExtractor();
    this.triggerScheduler= new TriggerScheduler(clock);
  }

  @Override
  protected void handleInit(Context context) {

    KeyValueStore<TimeSeriesKey<K>, Object> store =
        (KeyValueStore<TimeSeriesKey<K>, Object>) context.getTaskContext().getStore(windowOpSpec.getOpId());

    if (initializer != null) {
      initializer.init(context);
    }

    if (keyFn != null) {
      keyFn.init(context);
    }

    // For aggregating windows, we use the store in over-write mode since we only retain the aggregated
    // value. Else, we use the store in append-mode.
    if (foldLeftFn != null) {
      foldLeftFn.init(context);
      timeSeriesStore = new TimeSeriesStoreImpl(store, false);
    } else {
      timeSeriesStore = new TimeSeriesStoreImpl(store, true);
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected CompletionStage<Collection<WindowPane<K, Object>>> handleMessageAsync(M message, MessageCollector collector,
      TaskCoordinator coordinator) {
    LOG.trace("Processing message envelope: {}", message);
    List<WindowPane<K, Object>> results = new ArrayList<>();

    K key = (keyFn != null) ? keyFn.apply(message) : null;
    long timestamp = getWindowTimestamp(message);

    // For aggregating windows, we only store the aggregated window value.
    // For non-aggregating windows, we store all messages in the window.
    if (foldLeftFn == null) {
      timeSeriesStore.put(key, message, timestamp); // store is in append mode
    } else {
      List<Object> existingState = getValues(key, timestamp);

      Preconditions.checkState(existingState.size() <= 1, String.format("WindowState for aggregating windows " +
          "must not contain more than one entry per window. Current size: %s", existingState.size()));

      if (existingState.size() == 0) {
        LOG.trace("No existing state found for key {} Invoking initializer.", key);
      }
      Object oldVal = existingState.size() == 0 ? initializer.get() : existingState.get(0);
      Object aggregatedValue = foldLeftFn.apply(message, oldVal);

      timeSeriesStore.put(key, aggregatedValue, timestamp); // store is in over-write mode
    }

    if (window.getEarlyTrigger() != null) {
      TriggerKey<K> triggerKey = new TriggerKey<>(FiringType.EARLY, key, timestamp);
      TriggerImplHandler triggerImplHandler = getOrCreateTriggerImplHandler(triggerKey, window.getEarlyTrigger());
      Optional<WindowPane<K, Object>> maybeTriggeredPane =
          triggerImplHandler.onMessage(triggerKey, message, collector, coordinator);
      maybeTriggeredPane.ifPresent(results::add);
    }

    if (window.getDefaultTrigger() != null) {
      TriggerKey<K> triggerKey = new TriggerKey<>(FiringType.DEFAULT, key, timestamp);
      TriggerImplHandler triggerImplHandler = getOrCreateTriggerImplHandler(triggerKey, window.getDefaultTrigger());
      Optional<WindowPane<K, Object>> maybeTriggeredPane =
          triggerImplHandler.onMessage(triggerKey, message, collector, coordinator);
      maybeTriggeredPane.ifPresent(results::add);
    }

    return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(results);
  }

  @Override
  public Collection<WindowPane<K, Object>> handleTimer(MessageCollector collector, TaskCoordinator coordinator) {
    LOG.trace("Processing time triggers");
    List<WindowPane<K, Object>> results = new ArrayList<>();
    List<TriggerKey<K>> keys = triggerScheduler.runPendingCallbacks();

    for (TriggerKey<K> key : keys) {
      TriggerImplHandler triggerImplHandler = triggers.get(key);
      if (triggerImplHandler != null) {
        Optional<WindowPane<K, Object>> maybeTriggeredPane = triggerImplHandler.onTimer(key, collector, coordinator);
        maybeTriggeredPane.ifPresent(results::add);
      }
    }
    LOG.trace("Triggered panes: " + results.size());
    return results;
  }

  @Override
  protected OperatorSpec<M, WindowPane<K, Object>> getOperatorSpec() {
    return windowOpSpec;
  }

  @Override
  protected Collection<WindowPane<K, Object>> handleEndOfStream(MessageCollector collector, TaskCoordinator coordinator) {
    List<WindowPane<K, Object>> results = new ArrayList<>();
    Set<TriggerKey<K>> triggerKeys = new HashSet<>(triggers.keySet());
    for(TriggerKey<K> triggerKey : triggerKeys) {
      Optional<WindowPane<K, Object>> triggerResult = onTriggerFired(triggerKey, collector, coordinator);
      triggerResult.ifPresent(results::add);
    }
    return results;
  }

  @Override
  protected void handleClose() {
    if (foldLeftFn != null) {
      foldLeftFn.close();
    }
    if (timeSeriesStore != null) {
      timeSeriesStore.close();
    }
    if (initializer != null) {
      initializer.close();
    }
    if (keyFn != null) {
      keyFn.close();
    }
  }

  private TriggerImplHandler getOrCreateTriggerImplHandler(TriggerKey<K> triggerKey, Trigger<M> trigger) {
    TriggerImplHandler wrapper = triggers.get(triggerKey);
    if (wrapper != null) {
      LOG.trace("Returning existing trigger wrapper for {}", triggerKey);
      return wrapper;
    }

    LOG.trace("Creating a new trigger wrapper for {}", triggerKey);

    TriggerImpl<M, K> triggerImpl = TriggerImpls.createTriggerImpl(trigger, clock, triggerKey);
    wrapper = new TriggerImplHandler(triggerKey, triggerImpl);
    triggers.put(triggerKey, wrapper);

    return wrapper;
  }

  /**
   * Handles trigger firings and returns the optional result.
   */
  private Optional<WindowPane<K, Object>> onTriggerFired(TriggerKey<K> triggerKey, MessageCollector collector,
      TaskCoordinator coordinator) {
    LOG.trace("Trigger key {} fired." , triggerKey);

    TriggerImplHandler wrapper = triggers.get(triggerKey);
    long timestamp = triggerKey.getTimestamp();
    K key = triggerKey.getKey();
    List<Object> existingState = getValues(key, timestamp);

    if (existingState == null || existingState.size() == 0) {
      LOG.trace("No state found for triggerKey: {}", triggerKey);
      return Optional.empty();
    }

    Object windowVal = window.getFoldLeftFunction() == null ? existingState : existingState.get(0);

    WindowPane<K, Object> paneOutput = computePaneOutput(triggerKey, windowVal);

    // Handle different accumulation modes.
    if (window.getAccumulationMode() == AccumulationMode.DISCARDING) {
      LOG.trace("Clearing state for trigger key: {}", triggerKey);
      timeSeriesStore.remove(key, timestamp);
    }

    // Cancel all early triggers too when the default trigger fires. Also, clean all state for the key.
    // note: We don't handle late arrivals yet, So, all arrivals are either early or on-time.
    if (triggerKey.getType() == FiringType.DEFAULT) {

      LOG.trace("Default trigger fired. Canceling triggers for {}", triggerKey);

      cancelTrigger(triggerKey, true);
      cancelTrigger(new TriggerKey(FiringType.EARLY, triggerKey.getKey(), triggerKey.getTimestamp()), true);
      timeSeriesStore.remove(key, timestamp);
    }

    // Cancel non-repeating early triggers. All early triggers should be removed from the "triggers" map only after the
    // firing of their corresponding default trigger. Removing them pre-maturely (immediately after cancellation) will
    // will create a new {@link TriggerImplWrapper} instance at a future invocation of getOrCreateTriggerWrapper().
    // This would cause an already canceled trigger to fire again for the window.

    if (triggerKey.getType() == FiringType.EARLY && !wrapper.isRepeating()) {
      cancelTrigger(triggerKey, false);
    }

    return Optional.of(paneOutput);
  }

  /**
   * Computes the pane output corresponding to a {@link TriggerKey} that fired.
   */
  private WindowPane<K, Object> computePaneOutput(TriggerKey<K> triggerKey, Object windowVal) {
    WindowKey<K> windowKey = new WindowKey(triggerKey.getKey(), Long.toString(triggerKey.getTimestamp()));
    WindowPane<K, Object> paneOutput =
        new WindowPane<>(windowKey, windowVal, window.getAccumulationMode(), triggerKey.getType());
    LOG.trace("Emitting pane output for trigger key {}", triggerKey);
    return paneOutput;
  }

  /**
   * Cancels the firing of the {@link TriggerImpl} identified by this {@link TriggerKey} and optionally removes it.
   */
  private void cancelTrigger(TriggerKey<K> triggerKey, boolean shouldRemove) {
    TriggerImplHandler triggerImplHandler = triggers.get(triggerKey);
    if (triggerImplHandler != null) {
      triggerImplHandler.cancel();
    }
    if (shouldRemove && triggerKey != null) {
      triggers.remove(triggerKey);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Computes the timestamp of the window this message should belong to.
   *
   * In the case of tumbling windows, timestamp of a window is defined as the start timestamp of its corresponding window
   * interval. For instance, if the tumbling interval is 10 seconds, all messages that arrive between [1000, 1010]
   * are assigned to the window with timestamp "1000"
   *
   * In the case of session windows, timestamp is defined as the timestamp of the earliest message in the window.
   * For instance, if the session gap is 10 seconds, and the first message in the window arrives at "1002" seconds,
   * all messages (that arrive within 10 seconds of their previous message) are assigned a timestamp "1002".
   *
   * @param message the input message
   * @return the timestamp of the window this message should belong to
   */
  private long getWindowTimestamp(M message) {
    if (window.getWindowType() == WindowType.TUMBLING) {
      long triggerDurationMs = ((TimeTrigger<M>) window.getDefaultTrigger()).getDuration().toMillis();
      final long now = clock.currentTimeMillis();
      // assign timestamp to be the start timestamp of the window boundary
      long timestamp = now - now % triggerDurationMs;
      return timestamp;
    } else {
      K key = keyFn.apply(message);
      // get the value with the earliest timestamp for the provided key.
      ClosableIterator<TimestampedValue<Object>> iterator = timeSeriesStore.get(key, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE, 1);
      List<TimestampedValue<Object>> timestampedValues = toList(iterator);

      // If there are no existing sessions for the key, we return the current timestamp. If not, return the
      // timestamp of the earliest message.
      long timestamp = (timestampedValues.isEmpty())? clock.currentTimeMillis() : timestampedValues.get(0).getTimestamp();

      return timestamp;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Return a list of values in the store for the provided key and timestamp
   *
   * @param key the key to look up in the store
   * @param timestamp the timestamp to look up in the store
   * @return the list of values for the provided key
   */
  private List<Object> getValues(K key, long timestamp) {
    ClosableIterator<TimestampedValue<Object>> iterator = timeSeriesStore.get(key, timestamp);
    List<TimestampedValue<Object>> timestampedValues = toList(iterator);
    List<Object> values = timestampedValues.stream().map(element -> element.getValue()).collect(Collectors.toList());

    LOG.trace("Returning {} for key {} and timestamp {}", new Object[] {values, key, timestamp});
    return values;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable list of all elements in the provided iterator.
   * The iterator is guaranteed to be closed after its execution.
   *
   * @param iterator the provided iterator.
   * @param <V> the type of elements in the iterator
   * @return a list of all elements returned by the iterator
   */
  static <V>  List<V> toList(ClosableIterator<V> iterator) {
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(iterator);

    List<V> values = new ArrayList<>();
    try {
      while (iterator.hasNext()) {
        values.add(iterator.next());
      }
    } finally {
        iterator.close();
    }
    return Collections.unmodifiableList(values);
  }

  /**
   * State corresponding to a created {@link TriggerImpl} instance.
   */
  private class TriggerImplHandler {
    // The context, and the {@link TriggerImpl} instance corresponding to this triggerKey
    private final TriggerImpl<M, K> impl;
    // Guard to ensure that we don't invoke onMessage or onTimer on already cancelled triggers
    private boolean isCancelled = false;

    public TriggerImplHandler(TriggerKey<K> key, TriggerImpl<M, K> impl) {
      this.impl = impl;
    }

    public Optional<WindowPane<K, Object>> onMessage(TriggerKey<K> triggerKey, M message,
        MessageCollector collector, TaskCoordinator coordinator) {
      if (!isCancelled) {
        LOG.trace("Forwarding callbacks for {}", message);
        impl.onMessage(message, triggerScheduler);

        if (impl.shouldFire()) {
          // repeating trigger can trigger multiple times, So, clear the state to allow future triggerings.
          if (impl instanceof RepeatingTriggerImpl) {
            ((RepeatingTriggerImpl<M, K>) impl).clear();
          }
          return onTriggerFired(triggerKey, collector, coordinator);
        }
      }
      return Optional.empty();
    }

    public Optional<WindowPane<K, Object>> onTimer(TriggerKey<K> key, MessageCollector collector,
        TaskCoordinator coordinator) {
      if (impl.shouldFire() && !isCancelled) {
        LOG.trace("Triggering timer triggers");

        // repeating trigger can trigger multiple times, So, clear the trigger to allow future triggerings.
        if (impl instanceof RepeatingTriggerImpl) {
          ((RepeatingTriggerImpl<M, K>) impl).clear();
        }
        return onTriggerFired(key, collector, coordinator);
      }
      return Optional.empty();
    }

    public void cancel() {
      impl.cancel();
      isCancelled = true;
    }

    public boolean isRepeating() {
      return this.impl instanceof RepeatingTriggerImpl;
    }
  }
}


Tiny changes, one at a time, are happening in our home. Almost one year ago we replaced paper towels with cloth :: just as a trial to see if it would work for us. We haven't looked back.
When I stumbled upon this set of wool dryer balls at Laundry Tree, I hoped they would be the answer to the chemical-laden sheets we've been using for far too long. In addition to being healthier for our family and the environment, I knew they'd make me smile with every load.
Holiday company's given these little wool treasures quite a workout. In fact, one guest slept for two nights with a dryer ball in her pillowcase (I was wondering what happened to number six). She didn't complain.
I can safely say we've made another small change in our quest for a healthier home. No more store-bought dryer sheets for us. These whimsical works of art are here to stay.
Wishing you peace and health in 2012.