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Sacred Funeral Home
Send Flowers for Marilyn
Marilyn McIntyre
August 1, 1954 ~ December 15, 2019 (age 65)
Marilyn McIntyre (Aka Ann/Annie Baby) was born on August 1, 1954 in Columbus Texas to the parentage of Willis LaFran Perkins Sr and Myrtle Toliver. She was the second to the oldest of four children. Her early school years were at Columbus High School in Columbus, Texas. She completed the LVN program at Blinn Jr College, Brenham Texas (1974-1975), she received her Associates in Nursing at El Centro College (1987), she became a RN in 1988. In 1990 she became Head Nurse in the Burn Unit at Parkland Hospital, and later passed the torch in May 2019. Per Marilyn "I was an Awesome Nurse, Parkland made me fat-not the edible, but the people. #1 priority was the Patients". During her 43 1/2 years at Parkland, she received several awards.
Marilyn married Sherman McIntyre on June 14, 1975 and the two of them shared parenting of two children, 1 daughter and 1 son.
Marilyn accepted Christ at an early age in Columbus, Texas. In 1988 she became a member of Trinity Temple Full Gospel Church in Dallas, Texas under the leadership of Bishop J. Bervin Ransom, where she was still an active member until her death. She served as a Sunday school teacher and was also a retired member of The Trinity Temple Full Gospel Choir.
Preceding her in death: her parents, her grandparents, 2 brothers, Marshall Toliver(Ricky), and Thomas Toliver.
She leaves to cherish her memories: her husband, Sherman McIntyre (Dallas); daughter, Shermetra LaTrice McIntyre; son, Sherman Andre' McIntyre; brothers, Herbert James Perkins, Willis LaFran Perkins Jr (Mary), LaRay Perkins (Shirley), and Brett LaMond Perkins; sisters, Kenny Annette Vanterpool (Glen), Kim Trahan (Eric), and Chakita James; special friend, Ms. Wanda Ruth Lee; God-grandchild, Janavia Sharee Outley, Parkland Family, and many nieces and nephews, family and friends.
To send flowers to Marilyn's family, please visit our floral section.
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The diary of Anne Frank is among the most widely read historical documents of the 20th century, but its provenance is often misunderstood. There has been endless debate about why this one particular diary by one seemingly ordinary teenaged girl has become the iconic and most recognizable narrative of the Nazi Holocaust. Hundreds if not thousands of similar personal accounts exist, written by those who survived and those who did not, but none achieved resonance in popular understanding comparable to this one.
Over the next week, the Frank family was joined in hiding by other Jews to whom Anne in her diary would assign pseudonyms, and it is by these names they have become known: her father's business partner Putti van Daan (Bob Mignarri), his wife Petronella (Katherine Kimmel), their son Peter (Jonah Coppolelli) who was two years older than Anne, and, after four months, by the van Daan's family dentist, Alfred Dussel (Jeff Blanchette). They lived in hiding, aided by the Dutch resistance and Otto's faithful non-Jewish employees Hermine ("Miep") Gies (Madison Frances Weinhoffer) and Mr Kraler (Mario Sasso), for more than two years until they were discovered and arrested by Nazi police on August 4, 1944; although it has traditionally been assumed that they were betrayed by some unknown person, recent research suggests that the Nazis may have stumbled upon them while investigating ration fraud. Of the eight, only Otto Frank survived the war, Margot at age 19 and Anne at age 15 dying of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp a few weeks before it was liberated in April 1945 by British forces.
Director Rachel Hanauer has assembled for the Arctic production a skilled cast headed by the extraordinary 15-year-old Isabelle Assaf as Anne, called upon to carry many scenes entirely alone while seated at her small writing desk and speaking to her diary using a remarkable facility and range of expression. Christopher Ferreira, as her father Otto, is effectively a co-lead, the central axis around which the entire play turns due to his wisdom and calm, repeatedly serving as peacekeeper and peacemaker in the tense circumstance of involuntary communal living for more than two years. Mignarri as Putti and Blanchette as Dussel are explosive neurotics who prove destabilizing at times, often needing the protective leadership of Otto. (Blanchette seems to be on a streak of playing neurotics at Arctic, after his recent turn in Breaking Legs.) Coughlin as the depressive Edith has an excellent scene where she confesses her hopelessness and despair. Kimmel as Petronella is realistically exasperated by everything from her husband to the rotten potatoes she is expected to cook. The 15-year-old Coppolelli as Peter has just the right mix of confidence and awkwardness as his character grows from 16 to 18. Duffy as Margot effectively commands a role that often relies primarily upon silence. Weinhoffer as Gies and Sasso as Kraler do what they can with roles that offer little to do. While a flawed script (for reasons explained below), Arctic's The Diary of Anne Frank is an expertly performed production of a moving story that is familiar to many.
Anne's diary, left behind when she was arrested, was quickly hidden by the woman mainly responsible for protecting and supplying those in hiding, Miep Gies, who after the end of the war when it became known that Anne was dead, turned it over, unread, to Anne's father. While still in hiding, Anne herself in 1944 began rewriting and revising her diary with a goal of eventual publication. Anne's father would eventually further edit the source material, synthesizing it into a version that was published in the original Dutch in 1947 and in English translation in 1952. At the suggestion of Lillian Hellman to Otto Frank, Hellman's friends Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett – a non-Jewish married couple who had worked on the scripts for It's a Wonderful Life and Father of the Bride – adapted the English translation of the diary into a play that was a substantial success on Broadway in 1955, winning the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and was filmed in 1959. It was the Broadway play that brought the book to the enormous public attention it enjoys today.
It should be acknowledged that the play, while generally historically accurate, simplifies the story to compress and accentuate the isolation and claustrophobic conditions of those in hiding. Arctic Playhouse creatively uses their limited space to construct multi-level staging that resembles a studio loft, but the actual hiding place, although undeniably cramped, consumed three floors of a building. The play also directly asserts that the only outside visitors to the hiding place were Miep Gies and Mr Kraler (Anne's pseudonym for Victor Kugler), but that's wrong: Johannes Kleiman had managed Otto Franks's business and continued to do so, and was imprisoned after the Nazi raid; Mrs. Kleiman was aware of the situation but was afraid to visit; Jan Gies, Miep's husband, was active with the Dutch resistance and the black market, obtaining food and other essential supplies for those in hiding; Elisabeth ("Bep") Voskuijl, Otto's secretary, frequently visited the annex and, because of her young age, became as close as a sister to Margot and Anne; Johannes Hendrik Voskuijl, Bep's father and Otto's warehouse manager, constructed the elaborate concealments for the hiding place including its now-famous hinged bookcase.
Much of the irony of the play will escape an audience not especially well versed in the subject matter, and some explanatory context in the program would have been useful. For example, at several points in the play, Anne has visions of her friend Hanneli, unaware whether she is alive or dead; in real life, after Anne's capture they met in the camp, Hanneli is one of the last persons known to have seen Anne alive and, as of this writing, Hanneli is still alive at age 90.


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Home » Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems Names Air Tech Heating Inc. 2019 Dealer of the Year
Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems Names Air Tech Heating Inc. 2019 Dealer of the Year
During the recent Bryant Dealer Rally, the company's annual meeting where its top dealers are honored, Air Tech Heating Inc. of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was named Bryant Dealer of the Year, the highest honor a Bryant dealer can receive. Each year, this award recognizes the company whose hard work, expertise and business acumen have helped it to stand out as a leader in the industry. Bryant, a national supplier of HVAC equipment, is a part of Carrier, a leading global provider of innovative HVAC, refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies.
"We're both honored and humbled to be selected as the 2019 Bryant Dealer of the Year," said Dan Price, owner, Air Tech Heating Inc. "I'm incredibly proud of the entire team at Air Tech and I appreciate being recognized for doing business our way, with honesty and integrity. We're proud to be a Bryant Factory Authorized Dealer and have the support of such a great company. I'm also grateful for the amazing relationships we've built with both Bryant and our distributor, Auer Steel, over the course of my 22 years owning the business."
Founded in 1997, Air Tech Heating Inc. has become known as the "Best Heating & Air Conditioning Company in the Fond du Lac Area" for 10 straight years by Gannett Readers' Choice. In 2018, Price's son, Jim, and his wife, Sarah, became co-owners of Air Tech Heating Inc., ensuring that it will remain a fixture in the community for years to come. It's even more fitting that Air Tech Heating Inc. was selected as the 2019 Bryant Dealer of the Year, as Price retired shortly after the Dealer Rally.
"Bryant dealers continue to help set the standard in our industry," said Matthew Pine, president, residential HVAC, Bryant. "Our 2019 Dealer of the Year, Air Tech Heating, Inc. is an exemplary organization and has risen to the top among the very best in our elite group of dealers. Dan and his team serve as ideal examples for other Bryant dealers of how to run a successful business and do 'Whatever It Takes' to care for our customers."
Bryant selected its 2019 Dealer of the Year from 22 Medal of Excellence winners, comprised of Bryant Factory Authorized Dealers from throughout North America. The candidates were judged on overall sales growth, high-efficiency and indoor air quality equipment sales, customer satisfaction and participation in dealer programs and promotions.
The 2019 Medal of Excellence Winners include the following:
Affordable Heating and Air Conditioning Inc.; Cudahy, Wisconsin
AGS HVAC Services; Westport, Massachusetts
Air Tech Heating Inc.; Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Bennett Heating and Air; Purvis, Mississippi
Bob's Heating & Air Conditioning; Woodinville, Washington
Chadds Ford Climate Control; Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Chapman Heating | Air Conditioning | Plumbing; Indianapolis
Chris Mechanical Services Inc.; West Chicago, Illinois
Cosby Heating; Mount Vernon, Ohio
Dave's Heating & Air; Lincoln, Nebraska
Design Air Inc.; Missoula, Montana
Evergreen Gas Inc.; Sherwood, Oregon
Family Heating and Air; Pensacola, Florida
Federal Elite Heating & Cooling Inc.; Dresden, Ohio
Fort Collins Heating & Air; Fort Collins, Colorado
GAC Services; Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gainesville Mechanical Inc.; Gainesville, Georgia
Haley Comfort Systems; Rochester, Minnesota
IERNA'S Heating & Cooling Inc.; Lutz, Florida
Precision Heating & A/C; Twin Falls, Idaho
Regal Inc.; York, Pennsylvania
Waychoffs Heating & A/C; Jacksonville, Florida
In addition to the Dealer of the Year award, Bryant named Peck & Weis Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electric of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, as this year's recipient of the Charles Bryant Award. The Charles Bryant Award, named in honor of the company's founder, recognizes a loyal Bryant Factory Authorized Dealer (FAD) that epitomizes the characteristics of Charles Bryant, including professionalism, quality, reliability and community spirit.
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Craig Sabol, Presidential Heating & Air Conditioning, Named ACCA 2019 Service Manager of the Year
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We reveal the 18 investment trusts and companies that scooped Citywire's performance and Best Board awards this year.
Seventeen performance awards and one 'Best Board' trophy were up for grabs at last week's prize-giving.
The performance awards went to trusts whose fund managers had added the most value by delivering superior risk-adjusted three-year returns on their portfolios compared to their stock market index benchmarks.
The Best Board award went to the investment trust whose board of non-executive directors were judged to have done a great job on behalf of their shareholders in recent years.
Next: who beat Scottish Mortgage?
Manchester & London beats Scottish Mortgage!
Independently run Manchester & London (MNL) delivered an upset in the competitive Global Equities sector where it beat the giant and frequently top-performing Scottish Mortgage Trust (SMT).
This is an intriguing result because £113 million MNL is a mini-SMT, holding big positions in many of the high-growth companies like Amazon and Alibaba that managers of the £7 billion Scottish Mortgage portfolio admire, including a position in Scottish Mortgage itself. It doesn't, however, invest in the unquoted stocks that have contributed to the success of the FTSE 100-listed SMT.
Our table below shows Manchester & London achieved a higher 'information ratio' (middle column) from its three-year growth in net asset value (NAV) at 31 August. This ratio measures risk-adjusted returns with MNL scoring 1.2 ahead of SMT's 1.05. Although its NAV total return was less than SMT's, MNL had a higher score because its returns were a bit smoother and less volatile. Its total return to shareholders (right hand column) was also better.
Citywire's Gavin Lumsden presented the award to Richard Morgan of Manchester & London's investment manager M&L Capital Management.
Source: Lipper, Morningstar data. Numis Securities sectors. Trusts ranked by their three-year information ratio based on NAV total return to 31/8/18. All trusts with less than three years performance history were excluded.
Any disappointment felt by Baillie Gifford at its flagship being pipped to the post in the Global sector was mollified by its clear victory in Japanese Equities. For the second year, Baillie Gifford Japan (BGFD) romped home with an information ratio of 1.31 compared to 0.48 by its nearest rival JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ).
The £715 million trust also beat stable mate Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS). Although the Japanese smaller companies trust generated higher growth in net asset value, it scored a lower 0.42 because its performance was judged against a different index: the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section rather than the country's mainstream Topix index.
Baillie Gifford sales manager Thomas Patchett collected the award on behalf of Praveen Kumar who took over the portfolio when Sarah Whiteley, its founding star manager, retired earlier this year.
Source: Lipper and Morningstar data. Numis Securities sectors. Trusts ranked by their three-year information ratio based on NAV total return to 31/8/18. All trusts with less than three years performance history were excluded.
Next: who's terrific in Asia Pacific?
Thomas Patchett was swiftly back on stage, collecting an award for Baillie Gifford fund managers Ewan Markson-Brown and Roderick Snell after Pacific Horizon (PHI) took the crown in Asia Pacific Equities from last year's winner JPMorgan Asian (JAI).
While Pacific Horizon has easily generated the best shareholder returns over three years, in terms of the underlying risk-adjusted growth in net asset value, it was a much closer contest with just 0.1 separating the information ratios of the top three trusts.
Global equity income funds have had a hard time as markets have fretted about the impact of rising interest rates on dividend-paying stocks. That can be seen in the fact both our short-listed trusts had slightly negative information ratios although their three-year returns on net assets and for shareholders were very positive.
Baillie Gifford's Scottish American (SCAM) – a £508 million trust that pays quarterly dividends and yields 3% - narrowly beat off a strong challenge from JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI).
Thomas Patchett returned for the third – and last time! – to collect the award on behalf of fund managers James Dow and Toby Ross.
Our approach of judging investment trusts' performance by the information ratio of their fund managers yielded another surprise in Europe. Alex Darwall's Jupiter European Opportunities (JEO) regularly tops the performance tables and indeed his three-year returns of around 69% are very good. But in terms of risk-adjusted returns, this arch stock picker is overshadowed by the less volatile performance of Fidelity European Values (FEV) under Sam Morse which scored 0.72 versus JEO's 0.63.
Alex Denny, head of investment trusts at Fidelity International, collected the award on behalf of Morse who has run the £886 million trust for nearly eight years.
It's been a tough year for emerging markets but fund manager Dale Nicholls' three-year record proves he has been a worthy successor to Anthony Bolton on Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS).
It beat its closest rival JPMorgan Chinese (JMC) and three India, Russian and Vietnam trusts with an 88.6% total return on net assets and information ratio of 0.34.
Alex Denny of Fidelity returned to collect the award for Nicholls.
Next: who did the double in North America?
North America Equities is a notoriously hard environment for active fund managers to beat the stock market indices. That said, we short-listed three trusts this year with respectable information ratios, two more than last year.
The arrival of some competition, however, was not enough to dislodge last year's winner JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) which under Don San Jose has continued to generate superb three-year returns.
Davina Walter, the investment trust's chairman and a former US fund manager, was present to accept the award on San Jose's behalf.
Next: which BlackRock trust wins UK Smaller Companies?
UK Smaller Companies is home to several star fund managers but eclipsing them all on the night was BlackRock Throgmorton (THRG), which has recently taken steps to distinguish itself from its highly competitive stable mate managed by Mike Prentis.
Yvonne Blake, vice-president of investment trust marketing at Blackrock, accepted the award on behalf of fund manager Dan Whitestone.
Having excluded Templeton Emerging Markets (TEM) after the unexpected departure of fund manager Carlos Hardenberg this year, just two trusts were vying for the top spot in Global Emerging Markets.
Last year's winner BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI) scooped the award. Despite a difficult year its three-year growth in net asset value (NAV) continues to give it the edge in its information ratio over its MSCI Frontier Markets index.
BlackRock's Yvonne Blake returned to collect the award on behalf of fund managers Sam Vecht and Emily Fletcher.
This has been a tough year for shareholders in Independent (IIT), last year's UK All Companies sector winner, with the share price's 20% premium unwinding and the three-month slide in smaller growth and technology stocks denting the portfolio run by Max Ward since 2000.
There's no denying the numbers though. In the three years to the end of August fund manager Ward doubled net asset value and achieved a far higher information ratio or risk-adjusted return than his nearest rivals.
Ward was unable to attend the presentation but Simon Elliott, head of investment trust research at Winterflood Securities, collected the award on his behalf.
Next: can Nick Train be de-railed in UK Equity Income?
No, is the short answer to the question on the previous page.
While it's been a difficult year for most UK Equity Income investment trusts, over three years there's one that stands head and shoulders above the rest.
That is last year's winner Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) managed by Nick Train who attained an impressive 1.11 information ratio with his low-turnover portfolio.
Will Hampsey-Cook of Frostrow Capital accepted the award on behalf of Train.
TR Property (TRY) burst the bubble of three technology trusts and Impax Environmental Markets (IEM) to win the prize in our eclectic Specialist Equities category.
The £1.2 billion investment trust invests mostly in the shares of real estate developers although it does hold a small amount of physical commercial property. Under Thames River Capital's Marcus Phayre-Mudge the pan-European fund has consistently added value against its real estate benchmark and yields 3%.
Alex Howe, sales director at BMO Global Asset Management, which owns Thames River, collected the award on behalf of Phayre-Mudge.
Next: who's secure in Property Specialist?
Moving away from publicly-traded equities, we come to the first of three categories where we dispensed with the information ratio approach and simply awarded trusts with the best total returns on net assets (middle column in table) over three years.
Property Specialist covers a range of real estate investment trusts (Reit) seeking to generate capital growth and good yields from specific areas of the property market.
Secure Income (SIR), a 3.7% yielding leisure Reit managed by property tycoon Nick Leslau's Prestbury Investments, won the day. Ben Walford, partner, at Prestbury Investments, collected the award on behalf of the team.
Source: Lipper and Morningstar data. Numis Securities sectors. Trusts ranked by their three-year NAV growth to 31/8/18. All trusts with less than three years performance history were excluded.
For our award for UK real estate investment trusts investing in direct, physical property we reverted to information ratios in our analysis. There is no denying the commanding lead here in our table of Picton Property Income (PCTN) with a ratio of 1.75.
This is the second year the 4% yielding investor in offices and industrial properties has won the award which was collected by investment director Fraser D'Arcy.
Source: Lipper and Micropal data. Numis Securities sectors. Trusts ranked by their three-year information ratio based on NAV total return to 31/8/18. All trusts with less than three years performance history were excluded.
3i Group (III), the biggest investment trust in the Private Equity – Direct sector, was too mighty for the competition, for the second year running its superior three-year return on net assets from investing in private, unlisted companies was way ahead of the opposition.
Shany Salem, 3i analyst, collected the award.
Superior three-year growth in net asset value saw BBGI (BBGI) overtake last year's winner 3i Infrastructure (3IN).
Ian Tayler, a director of the Luxembourg, but London-listed company, which offers a yield of 4.4%, collected the award.
Debt has been a huge growth area for investment trusts and closed-end funds in the past five years. Our shortlist underlines the variety of income-producing loans in which companies can specialise.
Fair Oaks Income (FAIR), our winner for the second year running, invests in highly geared bundles of corporate loans known as collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) that enable the £310 million Guernsey-based fund to offer an extraordinary 15% dividend yield to shareholders.
Chloe Wong, head of investor relations at Fair Oaks Capital, collected the award on behalf of fund managers Roger Coyle and Miguel Ramos Fuentenebro.
It was second time lucky for the board of Schroder Asian Total Return (ATR), which was shortlisted – but did not win – last year's Best Board award. By a narrow margin, the £290 million investment trust beat Syncona (SYNC) and two other trusts when our judges voted on this year's four-strong shortlist.
The award to the six-strong board of independent non-executive directors, chaired by David Brief, follows a period of improved shareholder returns after fund manager Henderson was dropped and the portfolio switched to Schroders, whose managers Robin Parbrook and King Fuei Lee have run the listed fund since March 2013.
Consistent marketing and use of share buybacks and issuance helped to re-rate the stock which until recently traded at a modest 2% premium over net asset value. The judges were also pleased to see five of the directors had 'skin in the game' and owned shares: two with substantial holdings, two equal to their annual fee and one less, according to a study by Canaccord Genuity.
James Lowe, investment trust business development manager at Schroders, collected the award on behalf of the board.
Many thanks again to our four judges for their time and effort in overseeing this year's awards.
They are (left to right): Charles Cade, head of investment companies research at Numis Securities; Genevra Banszky von Ambroz, fund manager and partner at Smith & Williamson; John Newlands, founder of Newlands Fund Research; and John Spiers, founder and chief executive of EQ Investors.
Hearty congratulations to all our winners.
The awards were presented at the Swan, Shakespeare's Globe, on the south bank of the Tames overlooking the City of London.


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Saint Andrews treasure yard sale and gold party, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Parish Hall, 9950 N.W. 29th St. in Coral Springs. Free. Call Eleanor at 954-501-4985 or Palma at 954-328-8379.
Parkland farmer's market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Equestrian Center, 8350 Ranch Road. Free. Contact Colleen O'Dea, special events coordinator, at 954-757- 4120 or codea@cityofparkland.org.
Coral Springs / Parkland Democratic Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Cypresshead Clubhouse, 7501 S. Cypresshead Drive in Parkland. Cost: free for guests, $10 annually for members. Nonperishable food bank donation sought. Visit www.bluebroward.org/cspk or call Club President Larry Fish at 954-346-1924.
KISS tribute band Destroyer in concert, 7 p.m. Feb. 7, Pine Trails Park Amphitheater, 10561 Trails End in Parkland. Free. The event is sponsored by JM Lexus.
Morning of reflection, 10:15 a.m. Feb. 7, 9950 N.W. 29th St. in Coral Springs. Cost: $5. Mass will be at 9 a.m. Angelique Montgomery-Goodnough, from St. Thomas University. She will be speaking on "why study Paul? What Catholic women should know." The event is organized by the St. Andrew Council of Catholic Women. Call Germaine at 954-344-8698.
Parkland farmer's market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 15, Equestrian Center, 8350 Ranch Road in Parkland. Free. Contact Colleen O'Dea, special events coordinator, at 954-757-4120 or codea@cityofparkland.org.
Community forum, on public transportation challenges facing Broward, 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 18, Northwest Regional Library, 3151 University Drive. Free. Visit www.broward.org/bct or call the Broward County Transportation Department at 954-357-8355. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals should call 954-357-8302 (TTY).
Artist's Night Out, Leo Stitsky - Arte Facts exhibition, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, Coral Springs Museum of Art, 2855 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs. Cost: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 students, free for members and those under 12. Call 954-340-5000 or visit www.csmart.org.
Gardenfest Coral Springs, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 21 and 22, Riverside Park, 205 Coral Ridge Drive. Free. The event is organized by the Garden Club of Coral Springs. Visit www.gardenfestcoralsprings.com or call Marcy DiMare at 954-253-9189 or e-mail madorchid@bellsouth.net.
Middle School Madness, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Feb. 21, March 21, April 18, Parkland YMCA, 10559 Trails End. Cost: $5 for members, $10 for others. Call 954-384-9622.
Coral Park Elementary School garage sale, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., Feb. 21, 8401 Westview Drive in Coral Springs. Free admission, $20 for vendor spots. Call Michele or Robyne at 754-322-5850 ext. 320.
Coral Springs career counseling workshop, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, Northwest Regional Library, 3151 N. University Drive. Free. Executive career consultant Ron Daratany, president and founder of DMR Global, Inc., will speak. Call 954-344-1148.
Catskills on Broadway, 2 p.m. Feb. 25, Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive. Cost: $47.70 for golden circle tickets, $37.10 for orchestra, mezzanine and balcony. Call the Coral Springs Center for the Arts box office at 954-344-5990 or visit www.coralspringscenterforthearts.com.
Performance by family friendly comedian Carl Guerra, 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 28, Pine Trails Park Amphitheater, 10561 Trails End. Free. Contact Colleen O'Dea, special events coordinator, at 954-757-4120 or codea@cityofparkland.org .
Parkland farmer's market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 1, 15, April 5 and 19, Equestrian Center, 8350 Ranch Road. Free. Contact Colleen O'Dea, special events coordinator, at 954-757-4120 or codea@cityof parkland.org .
A Rockin' & Rollin' Evening to Remember, 8 p.m. March 14, Coral Springs Center for the Arts, Coral Springs Drive. Cost: $60.42, $55.12 and $44.52; a limited number of gold circle tickets are available for $65.72. Group rates are available for groups of 20 or more. Call 954-344-5990 or visit www.supremeconcerts .com or www.coralspringscen terforthearts.com.
Evening with Linda Eder, 8 p.m., March 21, Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive. Cost: $63.07, $52.47 and $41.87; a limited number of golden circle tickets available for $72.61. Call 954-344-5990 or visit www.su premeconcerts.com or www.co ralspringscenterforthearts.com.
High tea of the St. Andrew Council of Catholic Women, 1 to 4 p.m. March. 21, Parish Hall, 9950 N.W. 29th St. in Coral Springs. Cost: $25. Call Claudette at 954-227-1640 or Alice at 954-973-2894.
Coral Springs Festival of the Arts fifth anniversary, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 21and 22, The Walk on University Drive, 2874 N. University Drive in Coral Springs. Free. Call 954-340-5992 or visit http://www.csfoa.org.
Beadmania, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, The Garden of Beads, 4691 N. University Drive in Coral Springs. Free. Beaders get together to work on their beading projects and meet new friends. Call 954-227-1115.
Free open beading, 1 to 6 p.m. Sundays, The Garden of Beads, 4691 N. University Drive in Coral Springs. Call 954-227-1115.
Yoga for Art Lovers, 8:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Coral Springs Museum of Art, 2855 Coral Springs Drive. Cost: $8 for each class; a 10-class pass can be purchased for $75. Call 954-340-5000.
Zumba, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Soref JCC / Heron Lakes Family Center, 5601 Coral Ridge Drive in Coral Springs. Cost: $6 for trial class; $10 per class or $36 for four classes for members; $12 per class or $40 for four classes for others. E-mail Zumbanic@aol.com or call 954-346- 0002.
Boot camp outdoor fitness program, 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays for beginners; 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays for intermediates; Pine Trails Park. Cost: $10 per 45-minute class, $75 for 10 classes, $150 for eight weeks of unlimited classes. Call Robyn Strauss at 954-661-1185.
Yoga, 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Coral Springs Aquatic Complex, 2575 Sportsplex Drive. Cost: $60 per month, $10 per class. Call 954-748-0607.
YMCA Enrichment Classes, ages 2 to 5 and second- to fifth-grade, Parkland YMCA, 10559 Trails End. For times and cost, call 954-384- 9622.
Clubs & Gatherings
Friends of One Planet United Crew meeting, 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, Coral Springs Gymnasium, Activities Room A, 2501 Coral Springs Drive. Free. For teens, ages 13 to 18. E-mail Rob Carhart at rob@opunited.org or call 954-535-0191.
After-school activities for students ages 12 to 18, 2:45 to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays (school days only), Northwest Regional Library, 3151 University Drive in Coral Springs. Free. Call 954-341-3900.
Homework help center for students in grades 6 to 8, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays (school days only), Northwest Regional Library, 3151 University Drive in Coral Springs. Free. Call 954-341-3900.
Awesome Toastmasters Club 2445, 7 a.m. Fridays, Country Club of Coral Springs, 10800 W. Sample Road. Free. Call Andrea Oken at 954-346- 5912.
Coral Springs Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m. Thursdays, Carrabba's Italian Grill, 2501 University Drive in Coral Springs. Visit www.coralspringsrotaryclub .org.
Rotary Club of Coral Springs / Parkland breakfast meeting, 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Tournament Players Club at Eagle Trace, 1111 Eagle Trace Blvd. in Coral Springs. Free. Call 954-753-7600.
The Walk on Wednesday, featuring live entertainment, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, The Walk, 2600 University Drive in Coral Springs. Free. Call Suzana at 954-340-6075.
Shari's Older Moms' Club, Wednesday mornings. Call 954-242-2271, or e-mail som club@bellsouth.net for times and locations.
Praying for peace, 7 p.m. third Sunday of each month, Royal Palm Christian Church, 9600 Royal Palm Blvd. in Coral Springs. Free. Call Paul Veliyathil at 954-695-9943 or the church office at 954-753-2383.
Blood pressure screening, 9 to 10 a.m. Mondays and Fridays, Harbor Chase in Coral Springs, 2975 N.W. 99th Ave. Free. Call 954-255-5557.
Tai Chi Qi Gong, 8 to 9 a.m. Fridays, Sartory Senior Center, 10150 N.W. 29th St. Cost: $5 per class. Call 954-345-2209.
Meeting of RSD Extremity - Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome support group, 6 to 7:30 p.m. last Thursday of every month, 3100 Coral Hills Drive, 1st Floor of Coral Springs Medical Center. Free. Call 954-344-3344 or 954-741-3494.
NMSS Coral Springs Afternoon Group meeting, lunch and socializing at 1 p.m. meeting at 1:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month, Coral Springs Medical Center community education center conference room A or B, 3100 Coral Hills Drive. Free but open to individuals with MS only. Call 1-800- FIGHT-MS or visit www.nms sfls.org.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Afternoon Group, 2 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month, Coral Springs Medical Center's Community Education Center, 3100 Coral Hills Drive. Free. Call Michael Myette at 954-255-0679.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society's After-work Group, 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month, Coral Springs Medical Center, 3000 Coral Hills Drive. Free. Call Stacey Borden at 954-956-2695.
Sticky Fingers classes, for ages 2 to 5; 10:15 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 9:30 a.m. Saturdays; 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Sartory Center, 10000 N.W. 29th St. in Coral Springs. Classes are 45 minutes each. Cost: $35 for four weeks. Call 954-682-1580.
Children's cooking class, 4 to 5 p.m. Mondays, Coral Springs Gymnasium, 2501 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs. Cost: $30 with a $10 food fee. There are four weekly sessions every month. Call Enid Weinraub at 954-255-9537.
To submit your event information, E-mail your event to coral springs@tribune.com.
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Q: InfoWindow not showing above Marker Google Maps JavaScript API v3 So I have created a jsFiddle demonstrating my issue: http://jsfiddle.net/6vpc2/1/
Hover over the marker in my jsFiddle to see InfoWindow placement.
I have a GoogleMap "object" the creates Google Maps. After creating a Google Map like so:
  var mapOptions = {
    zoom: 8, // The initial zoom level when your map loads (0-20)
    minZoom: 6, // Minimum zoom level allowed (0-20)
    maxZoom: 17, // Maximum soom level allowed (0-20)
    zoomControl: true, // Set to true if using zoomControlOptions below, or false to remove all zoom controls.
    zoomControlOptions: {
        style: google.maps.ZoomControlStyle.DEFAULT // Change to SMALL to force just the + and - buttons.
    },
    //center: location, // Centre the Map to our coordinates variable
    mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP, // Set the type of Map
    scrollwheel: false, // Disable Mouse Scroll zooming (Essential for responsive sites!)
    // All of the below are set to true by default, so simply remove if set to true:
    panControl: false, // Set to false to disable
    mapTypeControl: false, // Disable Map/Satellite switch
    scaleControl: false, // Set to false to hide scale
    streetViewControl: false, // Set to disable to hide street view
    overviewMapControl: false, // Set to false to remove overview control
    rotateControl: false // Set to false to disable rotate control
}

if (this.instances.length > 0) {
    return this.instances.pop();
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var googleMap = new GoogleMap();
googleMap.map = new google.maps.Map(googleMap.mapCanvas, mapOptions);
return googleMap;

I then set a var in a JS "object" to the returned googleMap value.
Then I use this.map, which is the returned googleMap from the above code, to set a marker on the map:
 this.latitude = latitude;
this.longitude = longitude;

var location = new google.maps.LatLng(latitude, longitude);

var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
    content: placeMarkerContent
});

this.marker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: location,
    map: this.map,
});

this.map.setCenter(location);

google.maps.event.addListener(this.marker, 'mouseover', function () {
    infowindow.open(this.map, this.marker);
});

google.maps.event.addListener(this.marker, 'mouseout', function () {
    infowindow.close(this.map, this.marker);
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The problem is the InfoWindow does not show above the Marker, see my jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/6vpc2/1/
Hover over the marker in my jsFiddle to see InfoWindow placement.

A: this.marker is undefined when you are using it in the mouseover listener. Inside the click listener function, "this" is the marker.
google.maps.event.addListener(this.marker, 'mouseover', function () {
    infowindow.open(this.getMap(), this);
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Le Docteur Ox är en opéra bouffe (operett) i tre akter och sex tablåer med musik av Jacques Offenbach och libretto av Arnold Mortier och Philippe Gille efter Jules Vernes kortroman Ett experiment av D:r Ox från 1872.

Historia
Offenbach hade redan 1875 tonsatt ett verk av Verne, Le Voyage dans la lune. Verne hade dessutom medverkat som librettist för flera operor på Théâtre Lyrique och Bouffes-Parisiens åren 1853 till 1855. Vad gäller Le Docteur Ox samarbete Verne mer intimt med Offenbach och dennes librettister, och närvarade vid flera av repetitionerna. En första genomläsning ägde rum den 18 november 1876 och under repetitionsarbetet utökades antalet scener från fyra till sex.

Till skillnad från Vernes originalhistoria förekom det kärlek i form av Prascovia, en fästmö till Ox, och ett förhållande mellan Suzel och Frantz. Offenbach krävde många specialeffekter såsom en preparerad hävert, som skulle avge ljud av utsläppt gas, klockor och ett brassband till kermesserna. Allt skapade en ansträngd spänning mellan Offenbach och teaterdirektören Bertrand.

Operetten tillkom under en svår tid för Offenbach. Nyss hemkommen från USA i mitten av februari 1877 utsattes han för våldsamma attacker och anklagades för att ha "förolämpat Frankrike" av tidningen Le Siècle. I en osignerad artikel förvånas tidningen över att den parisiska allmänheten kunde "föreställa sig att en tysk jude representerar det gamla franska gardet". Upphovsman till artikeln visade sig vara senatorn Lucien Arbel  och affären kom att plockas upp av många tidningar. Offenbach försvarade sig i åtskilliga artiklar, men de våldsamma attackerna lugnade inte ned sig förrän i mitten av mars.

Le Docteur Ox hade premiär den 26 januari 1877 på Théâtre des Variétés i Paris. Efter 40 föreställningar hade stycket förlorat sin lyskraft och ersattes av en nyuppsättning av La Périchole den 9 mars. Men vid premiären buade delar av publiken ut föreställningen medelst visselpipor, troligen en konsekvens av den lynchartade stämningen i pressen: uppsättningen av Offenbachs nästa operett, Maître Péronilla, kom därmed att försenas i mer än ett år.

Verket är tillägnat föreställningens stjärna Anna Judic. Hon var i sin entré klädd precis som i Henri Regnaults målning "Salomé" från 1870.

En engelskspråkig burleskversion, Oxygen, framfördes i både Storbritannien och USA i slutet av 1800-talet.

Personer

Handling

Akt I
Monsieur von Tricasse är borgmästare i Quiquendone, en fridfull stad där saker och ting tar tiofalt längre att utföra än normalt. Dr Ox har noterat att bristen på syre orsakar denna långsamhet och besvärar invånarna på många andra sätt. I sitt torn håller han nu på med att uppfinna en ny gas, vilken invånarna tror ska bringa lycka till staden medan han själv hoppas den ska liva upp och pigga upp dem. Tjänaren Lotché är opåverkad av den allmänna trögheten och retar Frantz (som är förälskad i Tricasses dotter Suzel), som i tre år har försökt få dr Oxs tillåtelse att gifta sig. Von Tricasse, Niklausse och Josse begrundar stadens finanser och den gas som dr Ox ska lysa upp staden med. De besöker laboratoriet tillsammans med dignitärer från grannstaden Virgamen. Prinsessan Prascovia och Schahoura anländer utklädda till zigenare och ber om tillstånd att få stanna i staden under festivalen. Dr Ox och assistenten Ygène kommer in. Ox blir förfärad när han ser Prascovia: de var tidigare förlovade, men på bröllopsdagen smet han.

Ox och Ygène förbereder experimentet. Prascovia, Schahoura och zigenarna anländer, redo för hämnd. Prascovia svär att hon ska ha Ox även om han smet från deras bröllop. Prascovia och Schahoura konfronterar Ox men han förhalar situationen till övermorgon - då han räknar med att bli utkastad från staden. Folket vill nu se Oxs gas. Ljus och gas får alla att bete sig mer livligt. von Tricasse attraheras av Lotché och madame von Tricasse faller för Niklausse. Prascovia försöker avslöja Ox som en andra rangens Don Juan, men ingen lyssnar på henne.

Akt II
Förklädda till köpmän intrigerar zigenarna mot dr Ox. För att förhindra äktenskapet mellan Ox och Suzel planerar Schahoura att kidnappa Ox och skicka iväg honom till Kaukasus. Ox sjunger en serenad nedanför Suzels fönster, men varnas av Ygène om att han kommer bli avslöjad vid kyrkmässan samma natt och att Prascovia kommer befinna sig i folkmängden för att fira. Ox klär ut sig till en förnäm person. Lotché klagar över den nya tjänarinnan (Lisbeth) i von Tricasses hus, i själva verket är det Prascovia. Ox kommer in som "Grand Personnage" och charmeras av tjänarinnan. De sjunger en duett. Prascovia berättar för de falska zigenarna att Ox kan kännas igen på sin förklädnad, men den riktiga förnäma personen kommer plötsligt in och kidnappas omedelbart av hopen.

Folket i Quiquendonne anländer för att betrakta Oxs demonstration. Prascovia bestämmer sig för att lägga beslag på huvudnyckeln. Ox och Ygène börjar demonstrationen och himlen lyses upp av gasen. Folket börjar bete sig underligt och nya par bildas: Suzel och Ox, Niklausse närmar sig madame von Tricasse, monsieur von Tricasse försöker förföra Lotché, men hon tjusas i sin tur av Schahoura. Ygène faller för Prascovia och ger henne huvudnyckeln.

Akt III
Från sitt torn kan Ox betrakta effekten som hans gas har. Prascovia kommer och jagar ned Ox. Väl nere på marken faller även Ox under gasens inverkan och säger att han älskar henne, varpå han ger henne kodordet till laboratoriet: "thesaurochrysonichochysidès". Då hon redan har nyckeln kan hon nu ta kontroll över laboratoriet.

Invånarna förfäras över att nu befinna sig i krig med grannstaden Virgamen. Ox försöker lugna ned stämningen och påminner soldaterna om att de nu är goda och fredliga medborgare. Nyckeln till gasen har kommit bort: Ygène har gett den till Prascovia, som gav den till Schahoura, som gav den till Lotché, som kastade den i brunnen. Men Ygène har blandat gaserna och plötsligt exploderar laboratoriet. Saker och ting blir som innan och alla går tillbaka till sina gamla partners. Trots att Ox misslyckades med sitt experiment har han nu återförenats med Prascovia. Han slutar med att konstatera att allt som hände i Quiquendone skulle kunna hända var som helst.

Referenser

Noter

Operetter av Jacques Offenbach
Musikåret 1877

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Home Crime Man busted for coronavirus-inspired robbery of Asian woman in Brooklyn
Man busted for coronavirus-inspired robbery of Asian woman in Brooklyn
on: March 22, 2020 In: Crime, Disaster, Health, Religion, Travel, World
Ns News Online Desk: A man was busted for allegedly robbing an Asian woman inside a Brooklyn train station and telling her to "go back to China" in a coronavirus- inspired attack, police sources told The Post.
The 26-year-old woman was inside the Fort Hamilton Parkway D station in Borough Park at about 11 p.m. Thursday when Oswald Jones, 60, approached her and began yelling, telling her to, "Get off the train. You Chinese."
"Go back to China. Get your temperature checked. You need to leave," Jones told the woman, then snatched her cellphone from her hand, sources said.
Cops busted Jones shortly after the incident — the latest in a wave of suspected racist crimes amid the spread of COVID-19. He was charged with grand larceny and aggravated harassment, police said.
The woman was not injured during the robbery.
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"Matt Christensen – Leading a State Championship Defense in South Dakota Ep. 150" Run The Power : A Football Coach's Podcast
by Rowdy Harper | Sep 15, 2019 | Article | 0 comments
On today's episode of RTP we talk with Matt Christensen. Coach Christensen is the DC for the 2018 State Champion Brandon Valley Lynx in Brandon, SD. Listen as we talk with Coach Christensen about his playing/coaching journey through HS, college, and his most recent state title, his defensive philosophy of building winners on and off the field, and how he gets involved with his state's coaches association as a board member. You can follow Coach Christensen on Twitter @mchristensenbv.
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I have two boys that have been playing for 3 years each...they are in 5th grade...we live in a wet area and their games are sometime on turf and sometimes on grass..their feet are killing them..what should they wear? turf shoes or cleats..and what kind would you recommend?
Another fantastic question. Check our pages on Lacrosse shoes I think you will find some good info there.
The type of cleat really does depend on the turf. On most of the newer synthetic fields you can wear plastic or rubber cleats as well as on grass.
But on the older turf fields cleats tend to slip especially when wet and regular sneakers or turf shoes are better.
As far as the sore feet question it really depends there are numerous possible reasons why their feet could be sore. I would strongly suggest that you see a doctor to make sure there are no larger issues.
That said, most sore feet problems have to do with tired feet from poorly fitting shoes. Wet feet also contribute, and it is important to try to keep their feet as dry as you can.
Good luck and great question!
We are seeing an EPIDEMIC of Severs Disease here - its not contagious - basically it is the bones growing faster than the tendons. The tight tendons put pressure on the growth plates. Normally it is not that noticeable, but with our kids (esp. boys) playing so hard and often, the growth plate becomes very inflamed. Seeing it in our area across all sports - lax, baseball (lax players aren't sure why :) ) , soccer, basketball, etc. Most prevalent in boys 10-14. Seeing many on crutches for periods. We have been dealing with it for 2 years. Supposed to stop @ 16 when the feet stop growing!
Special insoles DO help. Good luck!


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In a short segment near the end of the interview, Clinton told Hewitt: "A lot of really smart people, you know, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, a lot of really smart people are sounding an alarm that we're not hearing. And their alarm is artificial intelligence is not our friend." Clinton then mentioned two specific areas of impact: digital surveillance (when "everything we know and everything we say and everything we write is, you know, recorded somewhere") and job automation.
A little confusingly, Clinton's remarks conflated a few separate focuses of AI anxiety. For example, although Musk and Hawking have sounded the alarm bells about artificial intelligence, they're primarily worried about the hypothetical threat from super-intelligent computers, not the near-term effects of automation. And while it's true that AI is being used increase the effectiveness of digital surveillance, this trend was established well before the contemporary machine learning boom. See, for example, the use of intrusive surveillance programs such as PRISM by the US government.
On the economic impact of AI, though, Clinton is right to be worried. For years, economists and academics have been warning that advances in machine learning and robotics are going to have a dramatic effect on job markets. The threat, they say, is not only to skilled and unskilled manual labor, but also white-collar professions like law and accounting. Although experts disagree on exactly how serious or long-lasting the effects will be, it's clear this is a problem that needs more attention. One recent study suggested that for every new industrial robot installed in a given commuting area, between 3 and 5.6 jobs are permanently lost.


People send Jeffrey questions every day. The reason is simple: salespeople are looking for answers. Out of the thousands of questions that he's received and answered, the selections in this information-packed 40-page e-book are the ones that Jeffrey perceives to be the most generally applicable to all salespeople, regardless of their company or situation.


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You are here: Home1 / Press Releases2 / Merit Significantly Expands Biopsy Portfolio With Release Of New Bone Biopsy...
Merit Significantly Expands Biopsy Portfolio With Release Of New Bone Biopsy Systems
Patented perforating cannula available with the Madison™ and Huntington™ systems provides a controlled and effective alternative to powered access needles
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – September, 2018 – Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used in interventional diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy, is announcing an extensive expansion of its biopsy portfolio with the release of five new manual bone biopsy systems. Each of the systems has been specifically designed to optimize diagnostic yield in specialized settings, and, collectively, they provide multiple options for use in a wide variety of applications.
Featured in the new lineup are the Madison™ and Huntington™ Bone Biopsy Systems. The direct access Madison™ features a trocar-tip stylet that can be introduced through the cannula to assist with initial bone entry. The cannula also supports the use of a drill insert that helps traverse hard bone for small cortical abnormalities in axial and appendicular cases. The Huntington™ is designed with a tri-angled tip and longitudinal groove that both maintains accuracy even in oblique approaches and functions as a collection channel for tissue evacuation upon first contact in hard bone procedures and sclerotic lesions.
"The range of biopsy systems allows the physician to choose the needle best adapted to the bone density prior to or during the procedure," said Pr. Jean-Denis Laredo, Chief of the Radiology Service, Lariboisière Hôspital, and Professor of Medicine at the Public Hospital of Paris, University of Paris-Diderot. "Having a Seldinger-inspired guide wire approach to the spine assists both experienced and younger radiologists in safely placing a larger needle. The biopsy is almost achieved once the introducer needle is against the target. This also provides a better anesthetic for the patient, and less radiation caused by repeat scanning."
In addition to the Madison™ and Huntington™ Systems, Merit is also introducing the Madison Mini™ for small rounded bones that have little soft-tissue surroundings; the Westbrook™, designed to reach superficial lesions in soft- or normal-density bone; and the Kensington™ Bone Biopsy System, which was created for deep bone, upper spine and narrow access procedures. The Kensington™ is used with the Seldinger-inspired guide wire approach.
All of the systems utilize the Preston™ Bone Biopsy Needle, which is constructed with clockwise-cutting trephine teeth to support true cylindrical tissue retrieval and use even in sclerotic and blastic lesions. The systems also offer comfortable-grip handles that lock together to allow for more manual pressure if necessary, and depth stoppers to give a visual guide for biopsy needle protrusion beyond the introducer.
"The expansion of our biopsy portfolio allows us to better serve the needs of our customers and underscores Merit's belief that offering a wide range of products gives practitioners a fuller set of options for instrument selection," said Fred Lampropoulos, Chairman and CEO of Merit Medical.
More information about Merit's complete line of bone biopsy systems can be found on Merit's website.
About Merit Medical
Founded in 1987, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy. Merit is committed to furthering the growth of radial access through its specialized education program, ThinkRadial®, and a full suite of tailored devices for peripheral and cardiology radial procedures. Merit serves client hospitals worldwide with a domestic and international sales force totaling approximately 290 individuals. Merit employs approximately 5,000 people worldwide with facilities in South Jordan, Utah; Pearland, Texas; Richmond, Virginia; Malvern, Pennsylvania; Rockland, Massachusetts; San Jose, California; Maastricht and Venlo, The Netherlands; Paris, France; Galway, Ireland; Beijing, China; Tijuana, Mexico; Joinville, Brazil; Markham, Ontario, Canada; Melbourne, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; and Singapore.
Kara Stephens
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The Analytical Chemistry Group of the Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has established new methods and standardized old ones for the biological monitoring of numerous industrial chemicals. The analytical reliability and reproducibility of each of the methods has been determined by the author and confirmed by at least one examiner. The methods are therefore suitable for checking adherence to statutory limits such as the German BAT values (Biological Tolerance Values for Working Materials) and the American BEI values (Biological Exposure Indices) and for reliable detection of dangerous substances in the tissues of individual workers.


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Micromonsters in garden pond caught on film
25-DEC-2015 - Nikon Instruments Inc. unveiled the winners of the fifth annual Nikon Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition, awarding First Place to veteran winner Wim van Egmond of the Micropolitan Museum in The Netherlands. Judges were impressed with the thrilling video van Egmond captured of a ciliate predator devouring its prey.
The microorganisms in this slow-moving attack were scooped out of a backyard pond, as van Egmond hoped to inspire his friend to take more interest in her microscope. Luckily he had his camera ready when he recognized the predator and prey so close together, capturing a real-time recording when the attack began.
"Wildlife is so close to us, yet most of us never look close enough to see it," said van Egmond. "A pool in your garden is actually a miniature underwater jungle teeming with life. If you want to see the world, your backyard is a great place to start."
Trachelius ciliate feeding on a Campanella ciliate (film: Wim van Egmond)
Mr. van Egmond is a former first-place winner of Nikon Small World, Nikon's long-standing sister competition awarding still photography captured under the microscope. In recent years he has put more time in moving images, thanks to advancing DSLR video capabilities that allow him to capture movement and behavior of microorganisms. "For me, microscopy is about exploring living organisms - so you should see them alive and moving," said van Egmond.
It is this continued advancement of digital technology that led to the creation of Nikon Small World in Motion five years ago, as scientists and artists were suddenly able to show another dimension to life under the microscope.
"Wim exemplifies the evolution of Small World over the years, as technological advances push our ability to see and discover the world forward, and video takes center stage," said Eric Flem, Communications Manager, Nikon Instruments. "Beyond still images, video has become a powerful tool for artists and scientists to show the life and movement they see under the microscope every day. This competition serves as a platform to share those discoveries with the world, and hopefully inspire others to pick up a microscope and take a closer look."
Text: Nikonsmallworld.com


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Q: Conflicting packages in presentation (beamer vs. ethiop) I'm making a presentation and I have to include some text in Ethiopic script. For documents, the ethiop-package is a great help, but when in beamer mode, I get an error:

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ucs/ucsencs.def:16:
  Undefined control sequence.
  \eth@altchar #1->\def \eth@res
                                {\eth@doaltchar {#1}}
  l.16 ...2011/01/21 Fixes to fontencodings LGR, T3]

I think there is some conflict between beamer mode and the ethiop package. What should I do?
\documentclass{beamer}

\mode<presentation>
{ \usetheme{Warsaw}
  \usecolortheme{default}
  \usefonttheme{default}
  \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
  \setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]}

\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{ethiop}
\newcommand{\etp}{\selectlanguage{ethiop}}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}

{\etp 'ana negu'sa wa-'antemu 'agbertya .tabbabt}

\end{frame}

\end{document}

O, and this is my first presentation with LaTeX.

A: The package ucs and its utf8x option for inputenc are often cause for troubles and, in general, I don't recommend using them.
Your document compiles just fine if you change utf8x into utf8. However, I suggest not using \selectlanguage, but other features of babel:
\documentclass{beamer}

\mode<presentation>
{ \usetheme{Warsaw}
  \usecolortheme{default}
  \usefonttheme{default}
  \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
  \setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{ethiop}
\newcommand{\textetp}[1]{\foreignlanguage{ethiop}{#1}}
\newenvironment{etp}
  {\begin{otherlanguage*}{ethiop}}
  {\end{otherlanguage*}}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}

\textetp{'ana negu'sa wa-'antemu 'agbertya .tabbabt}

\begin{etp}
'ana negu'sa wa-'antemu 'agbertya .tabbabt
\end{etp}

\end{frame}

\end{document}

The two ways are essentially equivalent, but clearer.

As Ulrike Fischer remarks in a comment, you could also use utf8x, provided you pass the ucs option to the class:
\documentclass[ucs]{beamer}

otherwise the package is loaded too late. However, I don't think you need utf8x.


Hey y'all! I did my first Whole 30 last March, and in a few short days I will be done with my second. I figured before I do a write-up of the current Whole 30, I'll provide you my thoughts from the first go around - I an already tell that they will be pretty different in terms of my attitudes and takeaways. I wrote this last March, and I'll do another write-up after this month is over. See below for my exhaustive thoughts from my first round of it!
Like all good ideas, the idea to embark on Whole 30 came about while procrastinating homework and lazily doing nothing on the couch with my college housemate. She mentioned the idea of doing Whole 30, to which I scoffed at. While I applauded her for wanting to take control of her health and challenge herself, I thought to myself, "How would I live without oatmeal, or greek yogurt, or peanut butter?" It wasn't even foods like chocolate, ice cream, or tortilla chips that made me anxious, it was other 'healthy' foods that weren't Whole 30 approved.
A few weeks later, the Whole 30 book arrived at our house for my housemate. Out of curiosity, I read sections of it, and I was intrigued by hype around Whole 30. After skimming the book, I turned to the internet to learn more about this "diet". I put that word in quotation marks because I hate that word - I like to think of it as a lifestyle change. Back to my Internet research: US News had ranked Whole 30 as one of the worst diets for people, stating that it is extremely restrictive, is not promising with its long-term results, and is generally difficult to follow. But at the same time, the co-creator, Melissa Hartwig, points out that Whole 30 isn't meant to be a long-term approach, but rather a thirty day reset. After reading this, and a plethora of personal accounts regarding the program, I thought to myself: I don't have a ton of social commitments in the next month, I'm bored and seeking a challenge, and I would be a good friend by doing this alongside my housemate so we could encourage one another.
I ultimately decided to do Whole 30 on a condition: I could have alcohol on special occasions. It was my senior year, and I wanted to drink and have fun at my sorority formal, on St. Patrick's Day, etc. without feeling restricted. My housemate was in complete agreement as well.
We started Whole 30 the first week of March, post our Caribbean Cruise for spring break. Looking back, this was a great time to do it - we felt bloated and greasy after eating boat food for a week and drinking our weight in margaritas. A day after we got back, we went to Costco, Trader Joe's, and Kroger to get our Whole 30 staples: lots of fish, bacon, all of the produce, nut pods, and compliant bars like Rx and Lara Bars for our busy class days. Also, before I go through my week-by-week experience I want to point out that I wasn't obsessive about following Whole 30. For example, I still had a campus meal plan and ate veggie bowls with meat from the dining hall without obsessing over what type of oil the food was cooked in.
Week 1: The first week honestly felt great. I felt the salt and alcohol leaving my body from spring break and was relieved to be fueling my body with a crap ton of vegetables. I made homemade Rx bars as a way to use up Egg White Protein I had bought from Trader Joe's earlier in the year, which were surprisingly good. The problem with this was that I would eat the bars as a "dessert" which is prohibited in the guidelines. To which I said, IDGAF. In order to keep a healthy mindset during Whole 30, I made allowances such as these. Overall, I did feel hungry more frequently during this first week. I started playing around with my carb vs. fat consumption to figure out what would keep me satiated.
Week 2: The second weekend, I did a ton of meal prep to get me through the week. I found that making 1-2 meals on Sunday, and then another 1-2 on Wednesday or Thursday was worked best for me on a college schedule. Between sharing a fridge with 6 other girls, and the amount a single person can eat, it was better for me to space out my meal prep. I also started eating more on campus this week, usually for lunch. My go-to options were omelettes or bowls with kale, protein, veggies, and seeds. This weekend was St. Patrick's Day, and when it came time to drink, I used Kombucha as my mixer of choice - and it was delicious! I had one slip up that week, where I had a few bites of a cupcake after my shenanigans from the holiday, to which I fessed up to my roommate. She admitted she ate queso that same day, and we both agreed to move on and just hop back on the wagon (which is a lot easier when you aren't drinking).
Week 3: I must admit, I began getting a bit bored of my spaghetti squash bake and eating meat all of the time. I did not really have many cravings - the only foods I really missed were chocolate, my Steaz iced tea (which has stevia so I couldn't have it), and the occasional margarita. But all in all, my cravings were not strong at all. In the Whole 30 book, it describes a cycle of ups and downs in the experience, with strong cravings and withering willpower. My path was unlike that in the book, which I attributed to my current eating habits which limited processed foods and grains. I found that I wasn't missing certain foods such as hummus and cheese as much as I thought I would. In fact, cutting out dairy made my skin look better, which I was surprised about because I had a very limited dairy consumption to begin with (think 1/4 c cheese 2-3x a week). I also felt less bloated, which is something I struggle with due to my IBS.
Week 4: The end was finally in sight! I was excited to introduce oats back into my diet, but I did feel like I could continue eating mostly according to the Whole 30 guidelines. I finally felt in the groove with eating on campus, meal prepping, and finding what foods kept me satiated. However, I was excited to go out to eat again and not worry about having Whole 30 compliant options always around.
I did not weight myself before and after, because I don't weigh myself. I definitely felt leaner which I think was inevitable (thank you, cruise food) but overall felt less bloated and more lean.
My skin felt like it was glowing, which I attribute to cutting dairy out.
While I consider myself to be educated on reading food labels, the challenge reminded me of the importance of educating yourself on ingredients.
I did not miss foods such as hummus, grains, or dairy.
Changes I've Made Since: I eat VERY limited amounts of non-cow cheese, beans and legumes, and grains. This has made me feel better overall and helps keep my IBS at bay. I try to limit my sugar intake, being more mindful of hidden sugars in things like almond butter, protein powder, etc. The process also helped me stop eating "fake" ingredients once and for all. I found that I didn't miss oats as much as I thought I would and don't eat them as frequently. In addition, peanut butter tends to disagree with my stomach unless it's organic. One of the biggest lessons Whole 30 taught me was how to eat a more diverse diet. I used to eat the same meals nearly every day, but with Whole 30 it was easy to get bored so I worked to switch things up through meal prep more frequently.
Would I do Whole 30 again? Probably not. I believe that the point of challenges such as this are to help instill permanent changes in a person's diet rather than "cleanse" the body only for you to return to prior eating habits. Perhaps down the line I would consider doing it again, maybe a few years down the line, but I think I've extracted as much as I could benefit from Whole 30 for now. If you're looking for a way to clean up your diet and just give yourself a challenge, this could be a fun project for you if you are a health geek like me!


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Balanco é o nome comum das seguintes espécies e subespécies vegetais:

Avena fatua, espécie do género Avena, família Poaceae
Avena barbata subsp. barbata, subespécie do género Avena, família Poaceae
Avena barbata subsp. lusitanica, subespécie do género Avena, família Poaceae
Avena sativa subsp. macrantha, subespécie do género Avena, família Poaceae

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Avena sterilis, nomes comuns; balanco-bravo; balanco-maior
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NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet's radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05a.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
The two satellites, each weighing just less than 1,500 pounds, comprise the first dual-spacecraft mission specifically created to investigate this hazardous region of near-Earth space, known as the radiation belts. These two belts, named for their discoverer, James Van Allen, encircle the planet and are filled with highly charged particles. The belts are affected by solar storms and coronal mass ejections and sometimes swell dramatically. When this occurs, they can pose dangers to communications, GPS satellites and human spaceflight.
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Women in Israel and Palestine have consistently been leaders in the process to bring peace to the Middle East, including by demonstrating against the occupation on International Women's Day in March 2015. Damaged infrastructure, reduced services, food insecurity and displacement caused by the occupation and subsequent conflicts have had a particular impact on women, notably in the marginalized Palestinian territories.
Neither Israel nor Palestine has a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security as per Resolution 1325, and although both are parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), significant obstacles remain to gender equality— including outdated personal status laws that are still enforced in both areas. Despite the frequency with which the Security Council discusses the situation in the Middle East, the gendered aspects of violence against civilians and its effects on women and girls has never been debated within the Council.
Based on the work of NGOWG members and their partners, the NGOWG advocates for remedying this discrepancy by calling for the effective and meaningful inclusion of women in all actions taken by the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO). The Council should further ensure a focus on women's rights and gender issues in all aspects of current and ongoing peace and security processes in Israel and Palestine.
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Israel/Palestine (June 2021)
As the Security Council considers the situation in Israel/Palestine, issues related to women's rights and meaningful participation must be made central to all discussions. The Council's discussions on Israel/Palestine provide a stark example of how the Council instrumentalizes women's rights and experiences in order to make broader peace and security points while simultaneously failing to concretely address legitimate barriers to inclusion and violence faced by women living under Israeli occupation. Palestinian women, including activists, peacebuilders and HRDs, regularly face violence, threats, arrest, intimidation, restriction on movement and discrimination as a result of Israeli policies that violate international humanitarian and human rights law. Further, due to the humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the Israeli occupation, women in Gaza are at a higher risk of GBV, including domestic violence. However, GBV support services in Gaza, including the two existing safe houses, were closed in the midst of the recent violence with survivors sent back to their homes, leaving women with no recourse should they face violence from family members. The use of explosive weapons in populated areas has both long- and short-term gendered impacts which must be addressed, including undermining access to medical services, including sexual and reproductive health care. For example, significant damage was sustained by nine hospitals and 19 primary healthcare centers in Gaza, which will have a grave impact on the estimated 16,500 women who will be giving birth over the next three months, 2,500 of whom will face complications requiring additional medical support. Finally, forced displacement continues unabated throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Council must call for an end to the continued expansion of settlements, settler violence and forcible transfers.
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package emlab.gen.role.market;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.data.neo4j.support.Neo4jTemplate;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

import agentspring.role.AbstractRole;
import emlab.gen.domain.market.Bid;
import emlab.gen.domain.market.ClearingPoint;
import emlab.gen.domain.market.DecarbonizationMarket;
import emlab.gen.domain.market.electricity.ElectricitySpotMarket;
import emlab.gen.repository.Reps;

/**
 * Calculates {@link ClearingPoint} for any {@link Market}. If demand is smaller
 * than supply, a clearing price of the lowest supply is given, but the clearing
 * volume is set to 0.
 *
 * @author Emile Chappin
 * @author JCRichstein
 */
public abstract class AbstractMarketRole<T extends DecarbonizationMarket> extends AbstractRole<T> {

    @Autowired
    Neo4jTemplate template;

    @Autowired
    Reps reps;

    @Transactional
    public ClearingPoint calculateClearingPoint(DecarbonizationMarket market, long time) {
        double clearedVolume = 0d;
        double clearedPrice = 0d;
        double totalSupplyPrice = calculateTotalSupplyPriceForMarketForTime(market, time);
        double totalSupply = calculateTotalSupplyForMarketForTime(market, time);
        logger.info("total supply {} total price {}", totalSupply, totalSupplyPrice);
        double totalDemandForPrice = calculateTotalDemandForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, totalSupplyPrice);
        logger.info("total demand {} for price {}", totalDemandForPrice, totalSupplyPrice);

        double minimumSupplyPrice = calculateMinimumSupplyPriceForMarketForTime(market, time);
        double demandAtMinimumSupplyPrice = calculateTotalDemandForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, totalSupplyPrice);

        if (demandAtMinimumSupplyPrice <= 0) {
            clearedPrice = minimumSupplyPrice;
            clearedVolume = 0;
        } else if (totalDemandForPrice > totalSupply) {
            // Not enough to meet demand
            clearedVolume = totalSupply;
            if (market.isAuction()) {
                clearedPrice = calculateTotalDemandForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, 0d);
            } else {
                clearedPrice = market instanceof ElectricitySpotMarket ? ((ElectricitySpotMarket) market).getValueOfLostLoad()
                        : totalSupplyPrice;
            }
        } else { // Supply exceeds demand
            double totalOfferAmount = 0d;
            double previousPrice = 0d;
            for (Bid offer : reps.bidRepository.findOffersForMarketForTime(market, time)) {
                double price = offer.getPrice();
                double amount = offer.getAmount();
                double demand = calculateTotalDemandForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, price);
                if (demand < totalOfferAmount + amount) {
                    if (demand == 0) {
                        if (getCurrentTick() > 0) {
                            ClearingPoint cp = reps.clearingPointRepository.findClearingPointForMarketAndTime(market,
                                    getCurrentTick() - 1, false);
                            if (cp != null)
                                previousPrice = cp.getPrice();
                        }
                        clearedPrice = previousPrice;
                        clearedVolume = totalOfferAmount;
                    } else if (totalOfferAmount >= demand) {
                        clearedPrice = previousPrice;
                        clearedVolume = totalOfferAmount;
                    } else {
                        clearedPrice = price;
                        clearedVolume = demand;
                    }
                    break;
                }
                totalOfferAmount += amount;
                previousPrice = price;
            }
        }
        ClearingPoint point = new ClearingPoint().persist();
        point.setAbstractMarket(market);
        point.setTime(time);
        point.setPrice(Math.max(0, clearedPrice));
        point.setVolume(clearedVolume);
        point.setForecast(false);

        // set bids to accepted and check for partial acceptance
        // DEMAND
        double previousPrice = markAcceptedBids(point, false);
        // if auction - last accepted demand bid sets the price
        if (market.isAuction()) {
            point.setPrice(Math.max(0, previousPrice));
        }
        // SUPPLY
        markAcceptedBids(point, true);
        return point;
    }

    private double markAcceptedBids(ClearingPoint point, boolean isSupply) {
        long time = point.getTime();
        DecarbonizationMarket market = point.getAbstractMarket();
        double clearedPrice = point.getPrice();
        double clearedVolume = point.getVolume();
        double totalBidVolume = 0d;
        double previousPrice = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
        double accpetedSamePriceVolume = 0d;

        Iterable<Bid> bids = isSupply ? reps.bidRepository.findOffersForMarketForTimeBelowPrice(market, time, clearedPrice) : market
                .isAuction() ? reps.bidRepository.findDemandBidsForMarketForTime(market, time) : reps.bidRepository
                        .findDemandBidsForMarketForTimeAbovePrice(market, time, clearedPrice);

                for (Bid bid : bids) {
                    double amount = bid.getAmount();
                    totalBidVolume += amount;
                    accpetedSamePriceVolume = bid.getPrice() == previousPrice ? accpetedSamePriceVolume + amount : amount;
                    if (totalBidVolume < clearedVolume) {
                        bid.setStatus(Bid.ACCEPTED);
                        bid.setAcceptedAmount(bid.getAmount());
                    } else {
                        double lastAvailableBidSize = clearedVolume - (totalBidVolume - accpetedSamePriceVolume);
                        double samePriceVolume = calculateBidsForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, bid.getPrice(), isSupply);
                        double adjustRatio = lastAvailableBidSize / samePriceVolume;
                        for (Bid partBid : isSupply ? reps.bidRepository.findOffersForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, bid.getPrice())
                                : reps.bidRepository.findDemandBidsForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, bid.getPrice())) {
                            partBid.setStatus(Bid.PARTLY_ACCEPTED);
                            partBid.setAcceptedAmount(partBid.getAmount() * adjustRatio);
                        }
                        break;
                    }
                    previousPrice = bid.getPrice();
                }
                return previousPrice;
    }

    private double calculateBidsForMarketForTimeForPrice(DecarbonizationMarket market, long time, double price, boolean isSupply) {
        try {
            return isSupply ? reps.bidRepository.calculateOffersForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, price) : reps.bidRepository
                    .calculateDemandBidsForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, price);
        } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
        }
        return 0d;
    }

    private double calculateTotalDemandForMarketForTimeForPrice(DecarbonizationMarket market, long time, double price) {
        try {
            return market.isAuction() ? reps.bidRepository.calculateTotalDemandForMarketForTime(market, time) : reps.bidRepository
                    .calculateTotalDemandForMarketForTimeForPrice(market, time, price);
        } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
        }
        return 0d;
    }

    private double calculateTotalSupplyPriceForMarketForTime(DecarbonizationMarket market, long time) {
        try {
            return reps.bidRepository.calculateTotalSupplyPriceForMarketForTime(market, time);
        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        }
        return 0d;
    }

    private double calculateTotalSupplyForMarketForTime(DecarbonizationMarket market, long time) {
        try {
            return reps.bidRepository.calculateTotalSupplyForMarketForTime(market, time);
        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        }
        return 0d;
    }

    private double calculateMinimumSupplyPriceForMarketForTime(DecarbonizationMarket market, long time) {
        try {
            return reps.bidRepository.calculateMinimumSupplyPriceForMarketForTime(market, time);
        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        }
        return 0d;
    }

    public abstract Reps getReps();
}

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← Oromia: Irreechaa, a Festival That Promotes Unity and Peace, is undertaking in Bishoftu.
(Addis Ababa September 28/2018) The Irrecha festival that takes place at the end of this month is a "gateway to happiness and bright days for the Oromo", according to historians. For the Oromo, Irrecha is a thanksgiving day to Waaqa (God) for ending the rainy season and ushering in the brighter and sunny days.
In an exclusive interview with ENA, the history professor Tessema Ta'a of Addis Ababa University said Irrecha festival is the part and parcel of the Geda system.
When the rains go, the rivers subside and allow people to cross and meet one another. So they greet one another and express their joy and happiness, the professor elaborated.
Professor Tessema noted that "Irrecha is one of the meeting places where the elders, the youth and children meet to express their happiness and thank God.
"I think this practice and principle of Irrecha associated with the Geda system has to be registered as a strong cultural heritage of the Oromo by UNESCO", he underlined.
"If they know their indigenous system they would understand the working system of the modern world very easily. They can easily transmit it. So, I think one has to know from where he has come? And where he is? And where he will be going?", the historian expounded.
Speaking about the importance of Geda system to which Irrecha belongs, the professor noted that it has to be promoted as it is a world heritage in the first place.
"Geda is a compressive system," Professor Tessema said, adding that the government has to understand that it is one of the most important elements in peace making and conflict resolution.
The historical and cultural aspects of Geda system are important for unity, integrity, and tolerance, and accommodate other members of humanity other than Oromos.
Author and Oromo historian Dirribi Demmise said Irrecha has value among Oromo communities in bringing unity, solidarity and reconciliation.
"Before they go to the rivers, they reconcile and make peace. It is a day of happiness among the Oromo communities. It is a day of peace and reconciliation with nature, God and the people, too" he stressed.
Furthermore, it also create opportunity to pray to God to make the year productive, children and cattle healthy, and people become prosperous and lead long life.


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Europe is, without a doubt, a digitally sophisticated region. As our infographic shows, 20% of the world's internet users are European – not bad when we only make up 12% of the world's population. Investment in broadband and technology has contributed to this share. Internet penetration, especially broadband, is significantly higher than the rest of the world.
Europe is also rapidly adopting smartphones and tablets. By 2014 there will be an estimated 35 million tablets in the area. Multi-screen browsing is becoming normal behaviour.
Taking too broad a brush to Europe would be wrong. There are still countries that lag behind in accessing the internet (e.g. Greece) and there are notable differences in country behaviours for social networks or even web design trends.
Language also plays a huge role. Russian is one of the fastest growing internet languages and this is shown in its millions of users, participation in social media and the number of searches it conducts. English is also popular but you cannot assume that everyone is speaking or reading in it.
Developing for desktop, phone and tablet screens would be the best approach if you are trying to reach more than one country in Europe.
Facebook is the most popular social network and has slowly been encroaching on native websites such as Hyves (the Netherlands) and nk.pl (Poland). However, in Russia, the popularity of VK has held. While VK holds more than a passing resemblance to Facebook, it's popularity is partly due to its integrated BitTorrent file sharing so films and videos can be viewed and downloaded from the website.
The UK, Germany and the Netherlands love shopping online but Italy doesn't. Broadband penetration will play a part in this (Italy has less than 60%) but offline challenges such as reliable delivery methods and distribution channels also contribute to whether habits are taken up.
Language – make sure you communicate in the right one.
Behaviours – what countries currently exhibit the behaviours you want? For example, if you want users to buy online, Italy is probably not the best country to start in due to its low ecommerce rates.
Screen sensitivity – Europe looks mobile-centric on the face of it, however, in some countries such as Turkey, desktop browsing is increasing as more and more of the country has access to broadband. Developing for desktop, phone and tablet screens would be the best approach if you are trying to reach more than one country in Europe.