Looking performance record on shares of AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) we observed that the stock has seen a move -12.65% over the last 52-week trading period. The stock generated performance of -9.47% tracking last 3 months and -3.37% over the recent 6 months. Investors will be anxiously watching to see if things will turn around and the stock will start gaining or losing momentum over the next few months. If we look back year-to-date, the stock has performed -5.33%. Shares are at -0.80% over the previous week and 1.91% over the past month.
Investors tracking shares of AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) may be focusing on where the stock is trading relative to its 52-week high and low. At the time of writing, the stock had recently reached at $3.73. At this price, shares can be seen trading -22.13% off of the 52-week high mark and 11.34% away from the 52-week low. Investors often pay increased attention to a stock when it is nearing either mark. The Price Range 52 Weeks is one of the tools that investors use to determine the lowest and highest price at which a stock has traded in the previous 52 weeks. It has a market cap of $3556.11M.
Active moving action has been spotted in AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) on Thursday as stock is moving on change of -1.06% from the open. The US listed company saw a recent price trade of $3.73 and 636891 shares have traded hands in the session. There are 967.82K shares which are traded as an average over the last three months period.
Analyst Views: Fluctuating the focus to what the Wall Street analysts are projecting, we can see that the current consensus target price on shares is $3.3. Analysts often put in a lot of work to study stocks that they cover.
Watching some historical volatility numbers on shares of AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) we can see that the 30 days volatility is presently 1.33%. The 7 days volatility is 1.24%. Following volatility data can help measure how much the stock price has fluctuated over the specified time period. Although past volatility action may help project future stock volatility, it may also be vastly different when taking into account other factors that may be driving price action during the measured time period.
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) stock positioned -6.62% distance from the 200-day MA and stock price situated 1.60% away from the 50-day MA while located 0.82% off of the 20-day MA. AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) traded moved -2.36% from the 50-day high price and spotted a change of 11.34% from the 50-day low point.
RSI value sited with reading of 53.92. RSI readings range from zero to 100, with readings above 70 generally interpreted as indicating overbought conditions and readings below 30 indicating oversold conditions. Since the RSI measures the magnitude of recent price movements, it is most prone to generating false signals following sudden, sizable price changes. Generally, as the price of stock rises, the RSI will rise as well, because average gains will outstrip average losses. When the stock price falls, losses typically outstrip gains, causing the indicator to fall.


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Founded in 2005 and housed in a renovated Old Mill, as the name foretells, the Kohlenmühle is quite an impressive enterprise. The interior is a cozy, wooden affair but if there in warm weather, the courtyard offers nice outdoor seating. Adjacent to the already larger complex is a very scenic true self-service Biergarten, overlooking the river and mill. Unfortunately, it wasn't open yet when we dropped by but that's another reason to return.
Newish breweries aren't high on my list of do things in Franconia but after quite a few typical brewpubs offering up cold or very limited hot menus, the weekend had begun to wear on my wife so I wanted to find a place with good hot food. The Kohlenmühle sounded like just what we were looking for. It looked quite nice as we approached and sunny outside seating didn't hurt. I ordered their Moggerla, fine Kellerbier and never looked back.
I rarely order steaks in Germany but did just that and was glad I did. It wasn't cheap but it was very good value and probably the best steak I've ever had in my new home country. My wife was envious but her meal of beef tenderloin strips in a creamy mushroom sauce with potato pancakes was equally great. I ordered their dark Rabenschwarz for good measure. It was a notch below the Moggerla but certainly a good beer.
While I might not rush back just for the beer, I'm sure we'll be back for both the food and the beer. Hopefully, we can enjoy both in the Biergarten next time.


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species-brainstorming
Revision as of 14:52, 27 September 2006 by SXBRC (Talk | contribs)
1 Species Brainstorming
1.1 Andy Mabbett
1.1.1 Proposal
1.1.2 Straw man proposal
1.2 Bill Hull
1.3 Roger Hyam
1.3.1 Taxonomic Databases Working Group
1.4 See also
Species Brainstorming
Andy Mabbett
There should, I believe, be a "species" microformat for the markup of plant and animal names, to include their scientific names. Consider:
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
The microformat would allow user agents to be configured to perform look-ups on on-line databases of species, according to user preferences. Specification of the taxonomic class would help user agents to know which such databases were applicable (i.e., use database A for plants, but database B for mammals and database C for insects.)
It would also allow for more specific searching (do I mean "crow" or do I mean "Corvus corone"?).
The specification should encourage, but not mandate, the correct capitalisation of scientific names, so "Anas platyrhynchos'" not "anas platyrhynchos" nor (except historically) "Anas Platyrhynchos". A reminder that such names should be styled with italics will also be included.
Straw man proposal
I'm tending towards this model, nested according to components of the microforamt, not taxonomically:
sci (scientific name; aka botanical name) (better: taxon; also biota)
domain (alternatively: "superregnum")
kingdom (alt: "regnum")
subkingdom (alt: "subregnum")
class (alt: "classis")
subclass (alt: "subclassis")
infraclass (alt: "infraclassis")
superorder (alt: "superordo")
order (alt: "ordo")
suborder (alt: "subordo")
infraorder (alt: "infraordo")
parvorder
superfamily (alt: "superfamilia")
family (alt: "familia")
subfamily (alt: "subfamilia")
bin ("binomial name")
species (="specific epithet")
subsp ("subspecies")
var ("variety")
subvar ("subvariety")
subform
cult ("cultivar")
cultgp ("cultivar group")
cross (e.g. "F1")
? morph
trade ("trade name")
breed (e.g. Bull Terrier)
sense (botanical - see examples)
year (...of authority)
cname ("common name")
? gender (useful for species exhibiting sexual dimorphism - "find me a picture of a male Pintail"; "I want to buy a female Holly bush" - a binary value, "m" or "f")- see Future development
? age bracket (adult/ juvenile/ seed/ egg/ nymph/ nestling/ pup/ cub/ instar1/ instar2 etc. - needs more work) - see Future development
? count (a number, or represenattion of some other value - none, unspecified, "present", etc) - see Future development
where all except "bin" are optional, and it is possible to infer from simply:
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
that the genus is Anas and the species is platyrhynchos (and, thus, "bin" is to "sci"; as "adr" is to "hCard")
Extreme case (Pied Wagtail, a bird):

Eukarya
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Aves
Neognathae
Passeriformes
Passeri
Passerida
Passeroidea
Motacillidae

Motacilla
alba
yarrellii
Pied Wagtail
Linnaeus
1758
Simplified equivalent of the above:
Sub-species (animal, common name displayed):
Larus glaucoides
kumlieni
Variety (plant):
Pisum sativum
var. macrocarpon
Species (animal, common name displayed):

Thayer's Gull

Species (animal, scientific name displayed):

<span class="bin" Larus thayeri
Fungus, kingdom included:

Amanita muscaria
Species (animal, with authority and year):
Pica pica
Linnaeus,
(1758)
Re-classified species (animal):
The species was classified as
Tringa longicauda
by Johann Bechstein in 1812.
Expressing a species with a GUID. In the following case it is an NBN GUID and would be usable on the NBN Gateway, The NHM Species Dictionary, in Recorder 2002 and Recorder 6, in the forthcoming OpenRecorder online recording toolkit. As there are different GUIDs for different databases, the type of GUID can be indicated with a code followed by a hyphen followed by the GUID (e.g. nbn-NBNSYS0000005133).

Lutra lutra
Alternatively, the GUID could be expressed as an element in its own right, with the GUID type being expressed as a secondary class name:
NBNSYS0000005133
Is "sci" the best attribute name for the top-level?
No - Scott Reynen
What do you think would be better? - Andy Mabbett
Assuming "sci" is short for "scientific name", I propose "scientific-name".
It is. That's 12 extra characters! - Andy Mabbett
Taxon is a far better solution [1]. It's short, meaningful and in keeping with the other class types. - Andy Mabbett
I think "taxonname" or "taxon-name" would be a better value for the class attribute. It is more descriptive of the data your trying to specify the format of. Taxon refers more to the classification grouping I thought. The class attribute is used frequently for the application of CSS styling so the top level class at least needs to be fairly distinctive I would have thought to avoid clashes with other class attribute values in the page and CSS files. - Tony Prichard
The OED defines taxon as "A taxonomic group". See also the URL cited, [2]. - Andy Mabbett
I agree that taxon would be the most suitable name. It could be considered as a shortening of TaxonConcept (or TaxonName), which is the term used by the TCS - Charles Roper
or Biota - Andy Mabbett
Should "bin", var", "cult", etc., be written in full? (I think not, to save bloating file sizes)
Yes - Scott Reynen
Should other attribute names be abbreviated for brevity?
No, brevity is not one of the naming principles. "bin", "var", and "cult" all leave ambiguous meaning, which is a problem. We should "Use class names based on names from the original schema," e.g. full words or phrases where they aren't especially long. - Scott Reynen
Fair enough, though I worry about some of my pages, with tens or hundreds of species listed! Also, note that "var" "sub" and suchlike are the proper abbreviations to use, in botanical nomenclature (see the posted examples). - Andy Mabbett
I think a balance will need to be achieved between brevity in the interests of avoiding bloated html in a page with many species names and giving a meaningful name - Tony Prichard
Would bloating really be an issue? Many, if not most, servers (including this one) now gzip,deflate content and thus transfer time aren't so much of an issue. The front page of the microformats site states "Designed for humans first and machines second[...]", so unabbreviated terms would be more consistent with this aim. - Charles Roper
341 species, 58Kb. 'Nuff said? AndyMabbett 11:53, 26 Sep 2006 (PDT)
Is "class" a potentially confusing attribute name, and what should replace it ("taxoclass", perhaps? or "classis"?)
Yes I would avoid class as it a frequent keyword in software languages - Tony Prichard
"bin" and "var" are also extremely common terms using in programming languages - Charles Roper
What other attribute names are needed, if any (we could do with help from a taxonomist!)
How to deal with: "Podiceps sp." (a grebe of unknown species)
How about the following, where we can infer an unknown species by the absence of that attribute?:
Podiceps
There are also species aggregates and groups to be considered Grey/Dark Dagger sp., where it is one of two species but where the genus Acronicta cannot be used as there are more than the two species in the genus - Tony Prichard
Any suggestions? Or other examples? - Andy Mabbett
Should we allow divisions of "bin" with no parent "sci", such as:
Larus glaucoides kumlieni
Is the "fungus" example OK, given that Amanita muscaria is not an abbreviation of "funghi"?
I do not like the use of the abbr tag at all in the examples given. The abbr tag is for abbreviations with the suggestion that the title is used for the full name. The implication in the Mallard example is that Mallard is an abbreviation for the scientific name, it is not it is a different type of name - Tony Prichard
Do the "authority" and "date" pair need a joint wrapper?
I first thought that "all except "bin" are optional"; now I'm not so sure. Should be be able to mark up:
An unidentified reptile
Is "bin" (short for binomial) the most appropriate term for a taxon name? When subspecies, var, subvar, etc. are nested, then surely it becomes trinomial? Would simply name or TaxonName not be more flexible? - Charles Roper
Animal hybrids
GUID (Globally Unique Identifier). When referencing to a taxon name, there is also often the need to provide a GUID which relates to a taxonomic concept database (such as the NHM Species Dictionary). By providing a GUID, ambiguity is removed. - Charles Roper
Thank you. Please can you provide some examples (on species-examples)? AndyMabbett 11:55, 26 Sep 2006 (PDT)
Instead of including gender, age-bracket and count, we could allow for a furture microformat, called, perhpas, "sighting", which might have the components:
species (a "species" microformat)
set (one or more)
age-bracket
location (hCard or geo)
See West Midland Bird Club's Latest news from Ladywalk and In and around South Staffordshire 2006 (blog) for simple examples.
Bill Hull
My website has 17000+ photos of 4700+ bird species. There are also a handful of butterflies (organized very poorly as I am unaware of any published butterfly world taxonomies) and shortly will have a number of dragon/damselflies. The site is made up of static pages but is built from a database so it is easy for me to add it new HTML tags to the pages. If you are interested in some prototyping at some point I can probably build stuff into the pages. - Bill Hull
Roger Hyam
Taxonomic Databases Working Group
TDWG is the organisation for standardisation in exchange of biodiversity data. The organisation is currently undergoing a degree of re-organisation and is developing an architecture to integrate the different standards it produces with each other and with those in use in the semantic web and geospatial communities. Part of this architecture will be a central ontology for things like scientific biological names.
Because of its role in bridging technologies the application that manages the ontology will need to be able to express the same basic semantics in multiple formats (e.g. RDFS, OWL, Geography Mark Up, OBO etc). It seems logical that this application should also generate basic microformat definitions for each of the classes it contains. If we have an ontology defining 'Taxon Name' and 'specific epithet' for example the same notion should be mapped to as many technologies as possible.
TDWG is also supporting a system for Globally Unique Identifiers based on Life Science Identifiers for biodiveristy objects such as taxon names, specimens, herbaria etc which it would be cool to integrate into any microformat.
There is a meeting in St Louis, USA, October 2006 where the way forward for the ontology will be discussed. Decisions made at the meeting will govern what is possible. It is difficult to take this further without concensus from that meeting.
If it is after October 2006 and you are interested in learning more please contact me (Roger Hyam).
Thanks, Roger - it's good to have the involvement of such an august body, especially just before such a fortuitously-scheduled event. Is there any chance (and I realise that this is rather late in the day) that this proposal could be on the agenda in St Louis (even if only through a note in the papers/ programme); or that someone from the microformat community could attend/ speak there? Or that the TDWG and/or conference websites could link to http://microformats.org/wiki/species? - Andy Mabbett
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The A's and first baseman Jesús Aguilar are in agreement on a deal that will pay him $3M. The deal for the MVP Sports Group client is pending a physical. The A's have a full 40-man roster and will need to make a corresponding move once the deal is made official.
The Mets are bringing back catcher Michael Perez, reports Mike Puma of The New York Post. Presumably, it's a minor league deal for Perez, who was outrighted off the club's roster in October. Perez, 30, has spent some time in the majors in each of the past five...
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Astros name new general manager
The Astros have hired Braves vice president of scouting Dana Brown as their new general manager, the team announced Thursday. He'll replace James Click, who held the position from 2020-22 but departed after the season. "We are excited to have Dana join our organization," Astros owner Jim Crane said...
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The Phillies announced a number of non-roster invitations to big league camp this morning. While most of that group was either already in the system or had previously been reported to have an agreement with Philadelphia, a trio of new names with MLB experience were among the batch: righties Jeremy Walker and Mark Appel, and left-hander Ben Bowden.
PHILADELPHIA, PA・ 2 DAYS AGO
The Hall of Fame announced Tuesday evening that third baseman Scott Rolen has been elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He is the only player inducted by the BBWAA in this year's election cycle. He will be elected alongside first baseman Fred McGriff, who was previously elected...
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Alex Cora, Chaim Bloom address biggest question about Red Sox's 2023 roster
The Red Sox brass met with reporters and fans at their Winter Weekend convention Friday evening. Manager Alex Cora and chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom each addressed the roster status with roughly two months remaining in the offseason. The middle infield is among the biggest questions. With Xander Bogaerts in...
Pirates designate notable veteran for assignment
The Pirates designated infielder/outfielder Miguel Andujar for assignment in order to make space on the roster for Andrew McCutchen, tweets Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Andujar, 27, came to the Pirates late in the 2022 season after being designated for assignment by the Yankees and turned in a .250/.279/.389...
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February 26, 2018: In January 2018 China introduced an army version of their Z-18 naval helicopter called the Z-18A. China has been working on this particular design since the 1980s, when China began producing (under license) the French SA321. The license also included the French Turbomeca Turmo 3C engines which the Chinese produced as the WZ-6. China insists that the Z-18is a Chinese design and not a copy of the SA321. To a certain extent China is correct. While the Z-18 (and earlier Z-8) and civilian version (AC313) share the same shape, weight and three engine configuration as the SA321 the latest Chinese version makes user of many lightweight composite or titanium materials in the airframe and their latest version of the French engines (WZ-6C) are apparently more powerful than the French original and about as reliable. Details of the licensing agreements are not made public but apparently China still honors them to some extent because the AC313 has been offered for export sale. France could block that with litigation and that alone would encourage the Chinese to keep their license deal up to date or at least still acceptable to the owners of the technology.
Meanwhile France retired the last of its SA321 Super Frelon helicopters in 2010. The French Navy had wanted to retire the SA321s since the 1990s, as these choppers date from the 1960s. This finally became possible when, in 2008, it was revealed that a third of the SA321s were unavailable for service because of age related maintenance issues. Then it was revealed that the SA321s also tended to fail at inopportune times in the combat zone.
Only 99 SA321s were built (plus hundreds of Chinese copies), and most were used by nine different nations they were exported to. Designed as a naval helicopter, most ended up serving as troop and cargo transports. The SA321 is a three engine, 13 ton aircraft with a crew of five and a capacity of 27 passengers. Naval versions were often armed (for anti-submarine worl) with four torpedoes or (for surface warfare) two anti-ship missiles, plus a 20mm autocannon. Endurance was four hours. The SA321 keeps flying, especially in China, where the Chinese version has been improved with new materials (the composites) modern electronics and more powerful engines.
China bought some SA-321s in the early 1970s, and by 1976 were working on reverse engineering them and producing their own, illegal, version. The first flight of the SA-321 clone (called the Z-8) took place in 1985. But only about twenty of the Z-8 have been built since then. Too many technical problems, plus the French were none too happy about this bit of theft, and made their displeasure known to the Chinese as well as some willingness to bargain. While negotiating China persisted and in 2010 the Z-8B was in production. At that point only a dozen were built. A more powerful engine, and hundreds of technical improvements, have still not produced a chopper the Chinese army was willing to pay for. The navy was happy with the original SA-321s, and the Z-8 clones, but these operated at sea level.
China persisted and the AC313 soon appeared with improved engines and much improved performance. The AC313 soon showed up as the Z-18. While similar in appearance to the Z-8, the Z-18 was heavier (13.8 tons) and could carry up to 30 personnel or four tons internally and five tons externally. The engines were powerful enough for the Z-18 to operate at high altitudes (as in Tibet). This convinced the Chinese army, which has added electronics that enable all-weather operation. The Z-18A is expected to eventually replace the Russian Mi-17s that have been the backbone of Chinese army aviation until now. The AC313 civilian version has attracted a lot of interest from potential foreign buyers.
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Canadian director Brad Peyton reunites with his San Andreas (btw, there's a sequel in the works for that) star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson for Rampage, a movie based on an '80s era arcade game where the players take on the avatars of gigantic, rampaging beasts on the war path to decimate entire cities while the military tries to take them out.
In the film, we're still rooting for some of these genetically gigantified creatures but now one has a human ally: Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson). Davis is BFF with a super-smart silverback gorilla called George who falls prey to a sadistic genetic experiment from outer space (yep) that turns the sweet primate into a classic movie monster. Soon, it's revealed that George isn't alone—there are other rampaging beasts on the loose and together, they're flattening every sign of civilization in their path (but, like, it's totally not their fault). It's up to The Rock's character to flex his science muscles to save his ape pal (and maybe put a halt to the city-destroying chaos, too).
If you've had a rough week at work and want to see a bunch of plate glass windows and concrete buildings get smashed as a trio of overgrown animals destroy block after block of prime downtown Chicago office space, put Rampage on your weekend itinerary. The Rock takes on this whole video game thing like he's Lana Del Rey (in a special message broadcast before the film, he mentions that it was one of his favourites back in this younger days).
The movie serves up precisely what you're looking for in a film starring Dwayne Johnson: wolves that can pluck choppers out of the air like frisbees, gila-monster-versus-tank battles, fiery explosions, t-shirt ripping biceps, and a gorilla who speaks sign language (including the one sign we all use when someone cuts you off in traffic).
The acting, too, is classically Rockian, with Johnson delivering lines like 'We've got to get that antidote' at the pinnacle of the storyline using next to no emotion. But no one goes to see these movies in the hopes that their star will hand in a performance worthy of the Academy's attention—we go to see the big guns (both Johnson's and the military's).
The Rock returns to theatres with Rampage on April 13, joined by Moonlight's Naomie Harris, Magic Mike's Joe Manganiello, The Final Girls' Malin Ackerman, and a giant CG ape. Check out the trailer below.


Once you've met those criteria you'll simply need to head over to the store and download the "Preview for Developers" app which will unlock the install.
Obviously this is a replacement for the "Windows Phone Enthusiast" program that never eventuated. Anyone can register for the program but it requires payment of the yearly $99 developer fee. More information is available here about the program.


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I am wondering the best way to go about the issue to get the title of the next post and a preview of the body (summary).
Should I use expression on the posts or the feeds. The code should also be efficient so that it doesn't loop unnecessarily through all items.
This is for Google's Blogger service.

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As far as displaying the post title instead of the next and previous posts (also known as "older post" and "newer post"), copy-paste the following code above the "/head"

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SUCH is the name of the strange-looking bird seen in the picture on this page. Its home is in New Zealand.
Get out your maps, and see where that is. Once this bird was very common, but now it is rarely seen.
It is very shy. In the day time it hides in deep recesses among the rocks, or among tree roots, or the tall ferns that grow in that country. It can run very fast indeed, and so it is hard to catch. As you would suppose by looking at this picture, the bird has no tail. As for wings, it has two little stumps, mere apologies; but it cannot fly with them, neither do they aid it in running. Scientists have called the bird the apteryx, or wingless bird.
The feathers are of a chestnut brown color.
Its beak is long and curved. The nostrils are small, and set on each side of the tip, so that the bird does, not have to depend on its eyes alone, when searching for its food; but it can smell the bugs and worms, just as some animals do. It has a curious way of jumping and striking the ground with its powerful feet, to attract the bugs and worms, of which it is so fond, to the top of the ground. Then it can, by means of its long bill, reach down into the soft earth, and get the food it needs.
It lays monstrous eggs, weighing fourteen or fifteen ounces. The bird itself weighs only four pounds, and is two feet in height. You may be sure it does not lay these eggs very often.
You would not think that people would care to hunt for such a homely bird, would you! The New Zealanders think a great deal of it. They go out at night, and hunt for it with torches and spears. Its skin is very tough, but yet it is flexible.


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FAIR HAVEN KICKS DPW HEAD TO THE CURB
The lines are a little wobbly, but temporary, says Borough Administrator Mary Howell.
By LINDA G. RASTELLI
In a cost-cutting move that Mayor Mike Halfacre says he's been suggesting for a year, Richard Gardella will become the borough's engineer and the public works superintendent has been "let go."
The "most visible example" of the need for a borough engineer, the mayor explains, was friction with its contractor, Earle Asphalt, of Farmingdale, over the height of new curbs downtown.
After an initial paving, the curbs were too shallow, and the council ordered Earle to do the job over. Strict oversight by a borough engineer could have prevented the problem, Halfacre says.
"The curbs just confirmed the direction we were heading in already," says Halfacre, who is trying to cut costs.
Meanwhile, the now-ex-superintendent, Tom Curcio, had been asking for a raise from his $83,000 salary after two years with the borough, Halfacre says. Instead, the borough will pay Gardella — who's leaving a similar position in Neptune — $90,000. He starts Dec. 17.
Curcio's position will be eliminated because Gardella will now oversee public works in addition to his engineering duties.
Curcio, of Point Pleasant, did not return a phone call from redbankgreen requesting comment.
Engineering is the third largest expense the borough has, after Public Works and police, and Halfacre expects the reorganization to save the borough "well into six figures.
"Having an in-house engineer will be significantly less expensive than having 100 percent of our engineering done by outside firms," he says. Now, the borough will bid out only the design of projects, and have Gardella supervise and manage them.
The town has been playing musical engineers in the last three years, with three or four different firms serving as the borough's principal engineer, which has been "not a great experience," says the mayor.
The borough's dispute with contractor Earle, meanwhile, appears to be resolved. Earlier this week, Administrator Mary Howell gave a the council favorable report about the repaving and remilling of the streets and curbs in the historic downtown. Earle is handling part of a $516,000 makeover of the sidewalks, street lighting and roadway.
"The [traffic] lines are not straight," Howell noted, but they are temporary, and the streetlights and crosswalks will be finished within two weeks.
"They did everything we asked, and worked until 2 a.m.," Howell said of the contractor.
Some of the seams that are now visible, the mayor explained later, will be covered by the application of "tire grip," a full parking-lane wide covering.
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Fairfax County School Board Approves First Solar Contract
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — Last night, the Fairfax County School Board voted unanimously to approve a pilot rooftop solar power purchase program at Annandale High School. The move will eventually be followed by solar initiatives throughout the school division, beginning with Chantilly High School, Hayfield and Robinson Secondary, Thoreau Middle, and Terraset and Mason Crest Elementary Schools. School Board members Dr. Ricardy Anderson (Mason) and Karl Frisch (Providence) sponsored the successful motion approving the Ipsun Power contract.
"Moving this pilot forward and committing to its expansion is essential to meeting the Board's goal of achieving carbon neutrality for all school division operations by 2040," said Board Member Frisch. "To address the climate crisis, every level of government must act. This vote further proves that our Board is committed to doing its part."
The effort was years in the making. In 2016, students at Madison High School formed a student-led group, "Solar on our Schools," to press the school division to install solar panels on Fairfax County Public Schools. In the years since, dozens of students from the group have lobbied the School Board and Virginia General Assembly to support renewable energy. In 2018, the School Board adopted a resolution tasking the Facilities and Transportation Department to take advantage of clean energy options, including solar. In 2021, the Board approved the school division's participation in Fairfax County's solar program. Since then, division staff has worked hard to hammer out plans and contracts.
Annandale High School was proposed by two separate vendors for the pilot program because of its overall solar viability based on roof type, roof age, solar generating capacity, etc. Ipsun's proposal provides energy cost savings projected over the 25-year term and a significant portion of Annandale's annual electricity requirements during that period. Ipsun's proposal has since been reviewed and verified by the Energy Solutions Division of CMTA, Inc. (CMTA), a third-party engineering firm that has evaluated and advised FCPS regarding projected energy savings and other aspects of Ipsun's proposal.
The school division's current, pre-solar energy conservation efforts save the school system $8 million annually — money that can be invested directly in classrooms and student success.
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Tussen twee aaneengebouwde voormalige kantoorgebouwen uit 1972 aan de Staalmeesterslaan en de Jan Evertsenstraat in Amsterdam staat een titelloos kunstwerk.

Het is een geometrisch plastiek ontworpen door Margot Zanstra. Haar man Piet Zanstra ontwierp de twee betonnen massief aandoende gebouwen. Tussen de gebouwonderdelen (een hoogbouw en een laagbouw) was een gezamenlijke entree. Toen het complex rond 2012 een andere bestemming kreeg werd die entree verwijderd en kwamen er twee afzonderlijke ingangen. Het kunstwerk moest daarop verplaatst worden; de landschapsarchitect betrokken bij de herinrichting wilde het beeld voor de plek behouden. In de gebouwen zijn nu een hotel en een hotelschool gevestigd.

Het beeld is typisch voor Zanstra's werk in dat het van alle kanten een ander beeld geeft. Sommigen zien een gelijkenis met het Sibeliusmonument in Helsinki van Eila Hiltunen.

Beeld in Amsterdam-West

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By 1964, the civil rights movement had scored numerous victories through boycotts, student sit-ins, and mass marches. The state of Mississippi, seen as the "stronghold of segregation," was the next testing ground. In Mississippi, activists faced an entrenched system of segregation and white supremacy upheld by both vigilante violence and state-sanctioned repression.
Civil rights activists had been organizing in Mississippi for years, yet little had been achieved. In order to force a national response and focus attention on the brutal racism of Mississippi, a coalition of national and community groups, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), along with local community groups, organized the 1964 Summer Project.
"Freedom Summer," as it was known, brought over a thousand middle-class, mostly white college students from the north to work with Black community groups and movement activists in Mississippi. The focus of the project was twofold: first, an ambitious voter registration drive, and second, community organizing. The summer was enormously successful as a crucible for civil rights activists, and also marked a turning point for the militant wing of the movement. At the same time, Freedom Summer brought to national attention the lengths to which white supremacists would go to uphold segregation: before the project even started, three volunteers, one black (James Chaney) and two white (Michael H. Schwerner and Andrew Goodman), were murdered by a group of white police officers and vigilantes. Thousands more would be arrested and there would be scores of bombings, shootings, and beatings before the summer was over.
The voter registration drive was the main focus of the project. When efforts to register Black people were largely unsuccessful, volunteers formed the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), a racially nonexclusive grassroots party that aimed to challenge the official, all-white, segregationist Democratic Party delegation at the 1964 Democratic Party convention. When the MFDP was refused a seat at the convention, a debate began within the movement about the limits and possibilities of trying to reform the political establishment.
The second focus of Freedom Summer, and one of the most successful in community organizing and developing Black-led institutions, was the establishment of over 30 "freedom schools," which used alternative and collaborative teaching techniques to provide classes on African American history, politics, and literacy free of charge to adults and children in Mississippi.
Freedom Summer succeeded in bringing attention to racial oppression in Mississippi, and strengthened the resolve of movement activists to continue their struggle. Many of the volunteers, influenced by their work in Mississippi, went on to become leaders in the Black Power, New Left, and women's movements of the 1960s. Most importantly, Freedom Summer marked a turning point for the developing civil rights movement, as the experiences of the MFDP, state repression, and the inability to fundamentally alter the situation for poor Blacks raised questions about the orientation, strategies, and tactics of the radicalizing movement.


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Project Updates 2017
Project updates on films I have worked on. All projects listed below were Cast in whole (or part) by Katz Kasting / Katrina Cook. If you worked on something and find the info before I do, let me know! If you work on something, you can check this list, and I will try to keep it up to date. Older projects are not listed on this page.
FILMS are listed at the top, MUSIC VIDEOS are at the bottom. Everything else is in between : )
FILMING:
CIY: CALL TO GO (Dallas)
Cast / Filming in Jan
POST PRODUCTION:
THE RELIANT (Ohio):
Wrapped! Post Production!
Pics on FB page www.facebook.katzkasting1
DOCUMENTARY FILM "Hidden in the Heart of Texas" [Dallas, TX] - Hide & Go Seek documentary.
Wrapped! Filming is completed!
Photos from set: https://www.facebook.com/katz.kasting/media_set?set=a.10152348481856133.1073741836.587336132&type=3
FILM "Red All Over" [Houston, TX] -
Trailer: http://youtu.be/g7QUwzQLuWA
FILM " The Price" (previously known as "The Virtuoso") - Cast extras only
TRAILER: http://vimeo.com/95604520
FILM "BAD KIDS GO 2 HELL" [Dallas, TX] - starring Sean Astin, Gina Gershon, Ben Browder & more!
Renamed to "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy"
Watch now on Amazon, Itunes, Fandango Now & Vudu
FILM "AMERIGEDDON" [TEXAS]
Watch on Amazon, Itunes & Vudu
FILM "KNUCKLEBONES" [Dallas, TX]
Watch on Amazon Prime, Itunes & Vudu Official trailer: http://youtu.be/Nz2z4BQ-D7I
FILM: HURRICANE BIANCA
Watch on Netflix, Amazon, Itunes & Vudu
TV SERIES: THE BREAKDOWN (Nashville TN)
Watch online: http://www.dancenetwork.tv/series/breakdown
FILM " A HORSE TAIL" Previously known as "A Christmas Promise" [Dallas, TX] - Starring Charisma Carpenter, Patrick Muldoon & Dominique Swain!
Watch on Amazon Prime, Itunes & Vudu
Trailer:http://www.fabricationfilms.com/screeners/a_horse_tail.html?type=trailer
Movie Poster: http://www.fabricationfilms.com/screeners/?ref=a
FILM: ADRENALINE: (North Carolina)
Watch online: Amazon, Itunes & Vudu
EMBASSY CHURCH PROMO:
https://youtu.be/EPpM4yc4gGY
CIY: DUNCAN & THE PAPER AIRPLANES:
GFA - FORGOTTEN CHRISTMAS:
http://forgottenchristmas.org/
CIY: BELIEVE
FILM "Dancer & the Dame" [Monroe, LA] - Pure Flix Films, starring David AR White, Billy Gardell, James Denton, Eva LaRue & more!
Official Trailer: http://vimeo.com/111141802
Photos of Extras: Feel free to tag yourself if you can find you in any of the pics! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.631318130270582.1073741828.297579623644436&type=1
FILM "Princess Cut" - Producer Paul Munger, filmed in NC
Watch on Amazon or Itunes.
Has won several film festival awards
First look movie poster: https://www.facebook.com/PrincessCutMovie/photos/a.517037168370469.1073741828.506337186107134/719517178122466/?type=1&theater
Promo clip: http://kck.st/T66ZrU
Actress Mimi Sagadin has a film in Sundance 2014 "Return to the Hiding Place"
In Post-production.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3175798/combined
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrincessCutMovie
FILM "SuperKids Academy" [Dallas, TX] -KCM Ministries Kids Curriculum.
Available online: http://www.superkidacademy.com/volume7/
View Trailer: Same link above, under "Lesson Transmission"
Click here to see who was cast: https://www.facebook.com/katzkasting1/posts/629896437079418
FILM "Summer's Shadow" - Director Steve Franke, Producer: Liz Franke , Hungry Bear Productions
Watch online: Amazon
Available for purchase at Walmart & other retailers
TRAILER: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=622355134494852&set=vb.555473664516333&type=2&theater
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SummersShadow
DORITOS COMMERCIAL:
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FILM "Revelation Road 3" - [Amarillo, TX] RELEASED FILM called "The Black Rider: Revelation Road" - Pure Flix Films, starring David AR White, Kevin Sorbo, James Denton, Michael Bailey Smith & more!
In Walmart & Christian Bookstores Now! Or Buy now: http://bit.ly/BlackRiderDVD
Watch online: Amazon & itunes
Official Trailer: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=955302581153020
Trailer posted to Flixster: http://www.flixster.com/movie/revelation-road-3-the-black-rider/
Nice Article posted in the Amarillo newspaper: http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2014-01-14/happy-hosts-kevin-sorbo-local-extras-film-revelation-road-3
FILM "Mission Air" - Producer Mike Norris, starring Tom Arnold, Paul Rodriguez, Jamie Kennedy, Allie DeBerry
Available in Bible Bookstores & Streaming on Netflix: http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Mission-Air/80012534?trkid=226872
Official Trailer: http://youtu.be/NUn0oIUDrHc
Trailer posted to Flixster: http://www.flixster.com/movie/mission-air/?lsrc=mobile
FILM "Veil of Tears" - Producer Kyle & Kenny Saylors, Narrarated by Natalie Grant
Trailer: http://youtu.be/FKkBaHMGIfU
Watch online: Amazon & Itunes & Vudu.
Currently available for Purchase at Bible Bookstores. (Lifeway/Mardel)
Screening at Cannes Film Festival 2014
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veiloftearsmovie
Website: http://veiloftearsmovie.com/
FILM "8 days" - Director Jaco Booyens , After Eden Productions
Watch online: Amazon , Itunes or Vudu
TRAILER: http://youtu.be/aKBU7MrGbYw
PROMO VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhquIGx12cw
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/8daysfilm
Congratulations to Austin Williams for becoming Mrs. USA. Austin was with us last month on set of 8days. She played a role as a reporter in our film.
See the newly crowned Mrs. America - Austen Williams, as she discusses winning the crown, bringing awareness to human trafficking and preparing for the Mrs. World competition in Bulgaria in May! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fr4DgxpP2XQ — with Chris Franz and 3 others. Austen Williams Mrs america 2013 Ask the Crown Season2 Ep 1
Website: www.8daysfilm.org
FILM "Red Wing" - Director Will Wallace, with Luke Perry, Bill Paxton, Glen Powell
Watch online: Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
Currently available for purchase at WAL-MART.
"Red Wing" star Breann Johnson wins "Best Actress" at the Idyllwild International Festival Of Cinema!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdOn_nvYGLU
Nice article write up:http://tablet.olivesoftware.com/Olive/Tablet/AustinAmericanStatesman/SharedArticle.aspx?href=AAS%2F2013%2F10%2F10&id=Ar02703
FILM "Charlie: A Toy Story" - Director Garry A Brown, filmed in TX
Available on DVD at WalMart & Amazon.
Screened at DIFF
Netflix: http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Charlie-A-Toy-Story/70268902
Scene clip: http://youtu.be/0Cc9mcQwpKY
Dove Foundation Awards "5 Doves" the Dove "Family-Approved" Seal for all ages. http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=8653#
FILM "Season of Miracles" - DP Josh Moody , Director Dave Moody (I cast John Schneider) filmed in Nashville, TN
Watch online: Amazon , Itunes
Oct 1 DVD Release - now available in Wal-Mart &walmart.com http://www.walmart.com/ip/28379256
DVD Available at Christian Cinema: http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4689#
iTunes Movies: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/season-of-miracles/id699024931
Season of Miracles Trailer: Starring John Schneider. http://youtu.be/alJ19o0jKCI
Season of Miracles is an Official Selection at this year's DiXiE FiLM FeSTiVaL in Atlanta, GA
Twitter: @MiraclesMovie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seasonofmiracles
website: www.aseasonofmiraclesmovie.com
LIVE PRODUCTION: "The Passover Experience" - Producer Tammy Lane
Project completed for the year! Check out the photos on my FB page.
http://www.tammylaneproductions.com/the-passover-experience
News Article from the STAR TELEGRAM - http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/03/13/4679739/capernaum-prepares-for-passover.html#storylink=cpyWEATHERFORD
FILM "Bad Kids Go to Hell" Producer Barry Wernick , Director Matthew Spradlin In Target!
April 9 marks the DVD release of Bad Kids Go To Hell! Read about our journey from script to DVD: http://badkidsgotohell.com/
Streaming on Netflix! http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Bad-Kids-Go-to-Hell/70264285
Trailer & On Demand Sites: http://www.badkidsgotohell.com/2/badkidsfb/fb_video.html
Limited Theatrical Release in USA & Canada
Variety write up: http://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/bad-kids-go-to-hell-1117948916/
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Palomar Family: http://www.veria.com/video/webisode-sports-dads-youth-boxing-s1e11/
Spain Family: http://www.veria.com/video/webisode-sports-dads-bull-riding-rodeo-s1e6/
Lewis Family: http://www.veria.com/video/deion-sanders-parental-intervention-sports-dads-webisode-1-track-field-star/
Mowles Family: http://www.veria.com/video/webisode-sports-dads-mma-jujitso-s1e7/
Hall Family: http://www.veria.com/video/webisode-sports-dads-bmx-racing-s1e5/
Saffold Family: http://www.veria.com/video/webisode-sports-dads-softball-s1e10/
CHURCH VIDEOS for UP2UFilms: Dallas, TX
7 Telly awards were won for these 7 videos that I cast extras for last year! Here's the links to all of them... it's the church videos we did at the Square in Lewisville
http://www.youtube.com/user/UP2UFilms/videos
CORPORATE TRAINING VIDEO: Dallas, TX
COMMERCIAL: WFAA - Ron Corning
http://www.youtube.com/v/-X8198Nc1nM
"Treasured" SHORT FILM: CIY Ministries (Joplin, MO)
View entire film online: http://vimeo.com/77556849
FILM "New Years Resolutions" - Producer: Brandon Carmichael , Director: Jason Walter Vaile
New Year's Resolutions wins best short film at TAFF 2014
NYR Screened at USA Film Fest
NYR is nominated for best Romantic Comedy Short film at the Bare Bones International Film Festival.
FILM "STATIC" - Producer: Brandon Carmichael , Writers: Jason Walter Vaile & Alan Tregoining
Our Last years 168 Film Project - Static just picked up four award nominations at next months Attic Film Festival in Austin. Best Short under 10 Minutes, Best Performance for Morgan, Best Editing and Best Screenplay. http://www.atticfilmfest.org/taff-2013-nominated-films/
RUNNER UP Best Short Film at San Antonio SAICFF
WINNER Best Short Film, Best Actress (Morgan Alana Taylor) at Gideon Film Festival (7 Nominations, 5 Wins)
RUNNER UP for Audience Choice Award - NAB 2012
WINNER Best Actress (Morgan Alana Taylor) at 168 Film Festival (10 nominations, 1 win)
SHORT FILMS: Films for Christ In Youth Ministries (Joplin, MO)
Ru'ah: http://vimeo.com/56775655
Four Friends: http://vimeo.com/56777975
Jenna: http://vimeo.com/56775656
Joel: http://vimeo.com/56775654
FILM "Czech Beautiful" Director Jeff Peeples
official Selection of the 2013 Bare Bones Film Festival. Check out the trailer! http://youtu.be/U0HoKFZCS4o
SHORT FILM "Heroes" - Produced by Covenant Church. Cast Ironman & Batman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUGEoACZQcI Played during all services on Easter 2013
FILM "El Guitarist" - Director J Fabian
Public Screening: Texas Theater August 19th, 2013 from 8-10pm.
FILM "The Traveler" - Director Mark Blitch , Dallas Team #70 for 168 Project Video Race
Teaser Trailer http://youtu.be/T1zgt87w4QQ
Film Festival screening in LA August 2013, Official Selection at 168 Film Festival (Top 22 films)
MUSIC VIDEO: "Texas Farm Girl" Artist: Billy Dawson. Filmed in Sunray, TX
http://youtu.be/LeKfa1QClfY
MUSIC VIDEO: "Hurt & the Healer" Artist: Mercy Me
http://www.youtube.com/v/Q13_J5Nrfpg
MUSIC VIDEO "Born To Lead" Artist: Billy Dawson (Nashville, TN) Played on CBS during the Lombardi awards.
MUSIC VIDEO "Little Drummer Boy" Artist: John Schlitt (lead singer of PETRA) Grammy & Dove award winning vocalist. (Nashville, TN)
http://youtu.be/HmdIszzUtMs
MUSIC VIDEO " Walls" Artist: Sean Guerrero (Nashville, TN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_1KJ382vLQ
Nice article on video: http://ventsmagazine.com/lamon-records-artist-sean-guerrero-warns-suicide-viral-music-video%E2%80%8F/
MUSIC VIDEO "Simple Life" Artist: Kimberly Patrick
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▪ CB Trae Waynes, Michigan State: Waynes, who checked in at 6 feet and 186 pounds, is in the mix as the draft's top cornerback prospect, and his blistering 40-yard dash time of 4.31 will only help his case. He may not play to that speed, but it was important to see that he does have good athleticism.
▪ CB P.J. Williams, Florida State: His 40-yard dash time of 4.57 40-yard dash won't wow anybody, but at 6 feet, 194 pounds, he has very similar size to the Chiefs' third-round pick in 2014, Phillip Gaines. Williams also has quick hips and is battle-tested, and should be able to play both outside and vs. the slot. That makes him a good option with the No. 18 pick.


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Q: MySQL/MariaDB find one or more numbers in list, matching lottery numbers with past results I have a MariaDB table with an archive of past lottery results, imagine EuroMillions or Powerball lotteries.
For example on EuroMillions numbers go from 1 to 50 and then the extra balls from 1 to 12, each result is 5 numbers form the main pool and 2 from the extra pool. So my historic results table could look like this:
Lottery Results table
(other columns like id, date, draw number, etc) | main_numbers | extra_numbers | (timestamp columns)
... | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,2 | ...
... | 3,12,34,35,45 | 5,11 | ...
... | 4,15,34,39,45 | 10,11 | ...
... | 7,11,25,28,44 | 10,12 | ...
(you get the idea, I have thousands of records...)

So I could select main_numbers and get result "3,12,34,35,45" for that second example row. And for the extra_numbers I would get "5,11".
What I want is to given a set of numbers for main and extra to see if they match any of my results, finding any number of numbers (numbered lottery balls).
So for example if I SELECT to find main_numbers "5,9,22,34,45" with extra_numbers "2,11" I would get (from my extracted example) two records:
... | 3,12,34,35,45 | 5,11 | ...
... | 4,15,34,39,45 | 10,11 | ...

Matching two main numbers and one extra number, in this case finding lottery prizes in the results table. Makes sense?
I'm using MariaDB and I'm a bit lost on how to proceed, I tried WHERE IN, FIELD_IN_SET, etc.
Is there a way to perform a SELECT to find results in only one statement or do I have to pick all records and then iterate elsewhere, php for example?
My aim would be to have it in one statement, so I could just send the numbers and get the matching records... Possible?
I hope this makes sense.
Many thanks for your answers.

A: Consider the following.
For simplicity, let's say that a lottery comprises 3 main balls, and two bonus balls:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS lottery_results;

CREATE TABLE lottery_results
(draw_id INT NOT NULL
,ball_no INT NOT NULL
,ball_val INT NOT NULL
,PRIMARY KEY(draw_id,ball_no)
);

INSERT INTO lottery_results VALUES
(1,1,22),
(1,2,35),
(1,3,62),
(1,4,27),
(1,5,17),
(2,1,18),
(2,2,33),
(2,3,49),
(2,4, 4),
(2,5,35);

And we want to find all results where 34, 35, or 36 were drawn as a main number...
SELECT draw_id
  FROM lottery_results
 WHERE ball_no <=3
   AND ball_val IN(34,35,36);

+---------+
| draw_id |
+---------+
|       1 |
+---------+

A: Thanks Strawberry,
I found a solution if I have all numbers in distinct columns, but could I find if they are in the same column in CSV?
So if I put my CSV in distinct columns for numbers (n_1...n_5) and extra numbers for the stars in (s_1, s_2) I can seek matched in those multiple columns.
This is using multiple columns:
To find matches numbers 1,2,3,4,5 with stars 1,2...
In EuroMillions you get a prize with 2 or more numbers and any star (one or two).
SELECT
main_numbers, extra_numbers,
((n_1 IN (1,2,3,4,5)) +
(n_2 IN (1,2,3,4,5)) +
(n_3 IN (1,2,3,4,5)) +
(n_4 IN (1,2,3,4,5)) +
(n_5 IN (1,2,3,4,5))) AS matched_numbers,
((s_1 IN (1,2)) +
(s_2 IN (1,2))) AS matched_stars,
created_at
FROM `lottery_results_archive`
HAVING matched_numbers >= 3 OR matched_numbers = 2 AND matched_stars > 0
ORDER BY matched_numbers DESC, matched_stars DESC, created_at DESC

Makes sense?
Thanks.


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Q: rename files script - how to use current directory for context menu I have the following script with the line below pulling a context/browse menu for the users to easily navigate to a file of their choice and rename a file.  Instead of using a static location for the directory, how can I grab the current directory that the script is launched from, or current directory?
EDIT:  I forgot to mention I also want to be able to rename each file individually(prompt user for each file in the folder selected) instead of renaming every file the same thing.
FYI:  I use a .bat file to fire up this powershell script.
##########################################################################
#Functions
##########################################################################

# Show input box popup and return the value entered by the user.
function Read-InputBoxDialog([string]$Message, [string]$WindowTitle, [string]$DefaultText)
{
Add-Type -AssemblyName Microsoft.VisualBasic
return [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox($Message, $WindowTitle, $DefaultText)
}

# Show an Open Folder Dialog and return the directory selected by the user.
function Read-FolderBrowserDialog([string]$Message,
[string]$InitialDirectory, [switch]$NoNewFolderButton)
{
$browseForFolderOptions = 0
if ($NoNewFolderButton) { $browseForFolderOptions += 512 }

$app = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
$folder = $app.BrowseForFolder(0, $Message, $browseForFolderOptions, $InitialDirectory)
if ($folder) { $selectedDirectory = $folder.Self.Path } else { $selectedDirectory = '' }
[System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($app) > $null
return $selectedDirectory
}

##########################################################################
#Start Code
##########################################################################

$i = 1

$directoryPath = Read-FolderBrowserDialog -Message "Please select a directory" -NoNewFolderButton -InitialDirectory 'P:\'
if (![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($directoryPath)) { Write-Host "You selected the directory: $directoryPath" }
else { "You did not select a directory." }

$acctdol = Read-InputBoxDialog -Message "Please enter the Account_DOL" -WindowTitle "Account_DateOfLoan" -DefaultText "########_MMDDYYYY_XXX"
if ($acctdol -eq $null) { Write-Host "You clicked Cancel" }
#elseif ($acctdol -eq "Something") { Write-Host "Thanks for typing Something" }
else { Write-Host "You entered $acctdol" }

If(!$acctdol){
$isnull++
}
else{
Get-ChildItem -Path $($directoryPath)*.pdf -Recurse -Force |
ForEach-Object {
$newname = "${acctdol}_{0}.pdf" -f $i
$i++
Rename-Item -Path $_.FullName -NewName $newname
}
}

##########################################################################
#Closing
##########################################################################
if ($Host.Name -eq "ConsoleHost")
{
Write-Host "Press any key to continue..."
$Host.UI.RawUI.FlushInputBuffer()   # Make sure buffered input doesn't "press a key" and skip the ReadKey().
$Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyUp") > $null
}

A: You do not specify if the PS script is in the same location as the batch file, so I'm not going to assume that it is and treat this like the path to the script is hard coded into the batch file, and that the batch file could be anywhere on the machine.
As Squashman points out, %~dp0 is the current path in the batch file. What I would do is create a parameter in the PS script that accepts a path, and then pass the current path for the batch file to the PS script when you call it. So start the script off like:
[cmdletBinding()]
Param(
    [string]$CallingPath
)

Then you can refer to that for your BrowseForFolder call if you want. In the batch file you would call it like:
%windir%\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -file c:\Path\To\script.ps1 '%~dp0'

Edit: As for naming each file, I'm guessing that giving the user the option to name the files sequentially or name each file would be a good idea, then if they choose to name each one prompt for each file. For asking their preference I like the Windows.Forms.MessageBox, for which I have this function that I toss into the beginning of scripts that need it:
Function Show-MsgBox ($Text,$Title="",[Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]$Button = "OK",[Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]$Icon="Information"){
[Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("$Text", "$Title", [Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::$Button, $Icon) | ?{(!($_ -eq "OK"))}
}

Then you can just do:
$NameEach = Show-MsgBox -Text "Do you want to rename each file sequentially based on the Account_DOL?`nIf you select No you will be prompted for a name for each file." -Title "Auto-Rename?" -Button YesNo -Icon Question

If you're writing this in the ISE it'll pop up options for what buttons and icons are available for you to select, or tab complete works for both the ISE and console.
Then for naming files I would use the Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog window (I like using the Windows.Forms dialogs because they're familiar to people). Here's a function for that:
Function Get-OutputFilePath{
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
    [String]$Filter = "All Files (*.*)|*.*",
    [String]$InitialDirectory,
    [Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
    [Alias('DefaultFileName')]
    [String]$FullName,
    [Switch]$Force)
    BEGIN{
        [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.windows.forms")
    }
    PROCESS{
        If($FullName -match "\\.+$" -and !$InitialDirectory){$InitialDirectory = Split-Path $FullName;$FullName = Split-Path $FullName -Leaf}ElseIf(!$InitialDirectory){$InitialDirectory=[Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop')}
        $SaveFileDialog = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog
        $SaveFileDialog.initialDirectory = $InitialDirectory
        Try{$SaveFileDialog.filter = $Filter}Catch{Throw $_;Break}
        $SaveFileDialog.FileName = $FullName
        $SaveFileDialog.OverwritePrompt = !$Force
        If($SaveFileDialog.ShowDialog() -eq "OK"){$SaveFileDialog.FileName}
    }
}

It looks worse than it is, really. But with that included in your functions you can do this in your ForEach loop when you're cycling through file to rename them:
$newname = If($NameEach -eq 'Yes'){$_|Get-OutputFilePath -Filter 'PDF File (*.pdf)|*.pdf|All Files (*.*)|*.*'|Split-Path -Leaf}Else{"${acctdol}_{0}.pdf" -f $i}
If($_.Name -ne $newname){$_|Rename-Item -NewName $newname}

That will prompt them with a Save File dialog defaulting to the correct directory, and name for the current file, and then set the $newname variable to whatever they select. Plus it does some things that are handy like prompting if they want to overwrite files, validating file names and paths, and stuff like that. Last thing I did was make sure they specified a new name so that we don't get errors trying to rename a file to the exact same thing.
Bonus function! I notice that you pause at the end of the script, so I wanted to pass along the function I use to pause since it doesn't fail in the ISE, and allows you to pass a message to it to display. In the ISE it pops up a dialog box with the message and an OK button, in the console it displays the message and a 'Press any key to continue...' message, much like yours does. For your script I'm sure what you have works perfectly, I just wanted to share.
Function Invoke-Pause ($Text){
    If($psISE){
        [Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("$Text", "Script Paused", [Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]"OK", [Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]"Information") | ?{(!($_ -eq "OK"))}
    }Else{
        Write-Host $Text
        Write-Host "Press any key to continue ..."
        $Host.UI.RawUI.FlushInputBuffer()
        $x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
    }
}


Farmers Union Network of Liberia (FUN) has expressed graved concern over the manner in which agriculture projects are being carried out by government and partners in the South-eastern part of Liberia.
The Union has therefore disclosed plans to engage the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and partners in addressing the challenges of food production in that part of the country.
The National Coordinator of FUN, Reverend Robert Bimba, made the disclosure to the Daily Observer recently in an exclusive interview at his office in Paynesville.
FUN is the umbrella organization of Liberian farmers that seeks to address all of the critical issues confronting agriculture in the country.
Studies have shown that the South-east is one of the places of Liberia that is considered food insecure.
Speaking to this paper on Wednesday, Rev. Bimba said serious challenges still remain toward the production of food in the South-east.
"We have observed that the implementation of agriculture projects in the South-east does not seem to be yielding its desired results. Farmlands that have been laid out by government and its partners are being abandoned by local farmers. It could be that these projects are lacking sustainability. It is a serious problem we are calling the MoA's attention to," he stated.
He said that sustainable measures such as identifying potential farmers and providing adequate support were very critical to the enhancement of food production.
"What is important, based on our assessment, is that the sustainability component is lacking with some of these interventions aimed at improving agriculture in that part of the country," he said.
The FUN coordinator did not, however, make mention of the specific agriculture project being carried out in the South-east.
"We are still investigating all of our findings to make sure the facts are established so we can have a better understanding of the matter. This is necessary to help us find the way forward in enhancing food security in the South-east," he concluded.
The Farmers Union concerns come after the completion of a recent farmers' consultation held in River-Gee, Maryland, Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru and Sinoe Counties respectively.
The meeting was intended to organize the farmers in order to attract the needed support from government and its partners.


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Portugal
Batalha, Portugal, a municipality
Batalha Monastery (officially Mosteiro Santa Maria da Vitória), monastery in Batalha, Portugal
Batalha Square, a historical public square in the city of Porto
Brazil
Batalha, Alagoas, municipality in Alagoas, Brazil (15,000 inhabitants)
Batalha, Piauí, municipality in Piauí, Brazil
Batalha River, river in São Paulo

People
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Martha Batalha, Brazilian journalist
Rui Batalha, Portuguese footballer

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There was another murder over the weekend that police have to crack. Just before midnight on Sunday, a City Council employee was shot and killed. Thirty-five-year-old Luis Dominguez, better known as Esse, was at a yard in the Kings Park area when a gunman unleashed a barrage of bullets that found their mark on him. He died instantly. Dominguez was considered a family member and a frequent visitor to the house where his life was taken. It is known that the gunman took aim at another house while fleeing the scene. The motive for Dominguez's murder is still not determined. News Five's Duane Moody reports.
Just before midnight on Saturday, there was yet another murder in the Old Capital, this time in a quiet neighborhood in King's Park on the north side. Thirty-five-year-old Luis Dominguez sat on a chair around this table at a residence on Eight Street, when a lone gunman entered the yard and opened fire on him. Dominguez was hit multiple times to the chest and died within minutes.
While police are reviewing surveillance footage from the area, a motive for the crime has not been established.
Dominguez was affectionately known to family and friends as "Esse." Up to his untimely death, he was employed with the Belize City Council in the works department. Councilor Dion Leslie says that too many staff members have tragically lost their lives in the past year and a half.
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