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ScreenJunkies Handles Sexual Harassment Apology With Sincere Video: Alamo Drafthouse Should Pay Attention
Five remaining staffers told fans about the YouTube channel/online movie magazine's internal and external improvements.
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Andy Signore at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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YouTube channel ScreenJunkies has released new content for the first time since creator Andy Signore was fired almost three weeks ago for alleged sexual misconduct. ScreenJunkies film critic and producer Dan Murrell, "The ScreenJunkies Show!" host Hal Rudnick, "ScreenJunkies News" editor-in-chief Roth Cornet, and "Honest Trailers" writers Spencer Gilbert and Joe Starr released a solemn, respectful, 11-minute video on Oct. 26 where they vowed to rebuild trust in the community and thanked fans for their continued patience.
"We'll be approaching some semblance of normalcy slowly," said Starr. "I think we all agree that it would feel fake if tomorrow we just gave you a 'Geostorm' review."
While Hollywood was reeling over the first allegations against Harvey Weinstein, multiple women on social media accused Signore of inappropriate behavior, including telling one woman that he masturbated to her picture and forcibly trying to use a dildo on another. The ScreenJunkies quintet still seemed a bit stunned that the channel, which turns seven in January, will proceed without Signore, host of its "Movie Fights" series and co-creator of "The ScreenJunkies Show!" and "Honest Trailers."
"This was news that was a shock to all of us," Murrell said in the video, while Rudnick called it a "gut punch." Murrell continued, "Andy was — I think for everyone here — not just our boss but someone that we counted as a friend. And we found out overnight that he was not the person that we knew or that we thought he was…We'd be lying to say that Andy wasn't a big part of ScreenJunkies, but Andy is not ScreenJunkies."
Besides meeting with parent company DEFY Media to establish new company policies such as a code of conduct for fan interaction and creator-driven advocacy initiatives — outlined in the statement below from DEFY CEO Matt Diamond — Murrell said they spent their sudden hiatus asking "some very serious questions on our own about what do we do, what can we do, do we even want to come back?"
Full statement from DEFY Media CEO Matt Diamond
Cornet addressed what Defy Media admitted in its Oct. 8 statement announcing Signore's dismissal: accusers had brought their concerns to human resources months ago, and the investigation launched in August did not include Signore's suspension. "We are aware that in addition to the horrific betrayal of trust to the community that we really do love and care about, there were serious questions about how Defy handled — DEFY HR in particular — handled the women who came forward and their cases," she said. "And we took that very, very seriously," adding that a third party will now investigate the events and make recommendations to avoid similar situations in the future. All ScreenJunkies will also receive sexual harassment training, Gilbert said, not just managers. Signore also served as the senior vice president of content for Defy; his Twitter bio has not been amended.
External changes are also in the works. "I think 'Honest Trailers' is going to continue until the entropic heat death of the universe, it'll always be around as long as ScreenJunkies is around," said Gilbert. "The rest of the stuff, we're figuring it out," although fans can already expect the first couple episodes of "ScreenJunkies News" to be "different in tone and have some conversations in public that we've been having in private."
Murrell said he's dedicated to "help make this a community that is more accepting," in real life and in the comments section. "We want this to be a place for movie fans to come and talk about movies and learn and grow and have their love of film appreciated and nurtured and not yelled at," he said. "There were some things we did that invited divisiveness, and that invited argument" — he did not elaborate — "and that's not what we want."
Everyone nodded as Murrell implored ScreenJunkies' 6.2 million subscribers to "return that support tenfold to every woman whose been brave enough to come forward and share her story…not just about Andy, but anyone who shares a story about anybody."
The video found multiple ScreenJunkies personalities presenting a united, occasionally-candid front to delineate corporate reforms and say that they believe the accusers. Notably, this strategy was far more effective than Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League's response last month, when Pajiba notified the public that he'd rehired Devin Faraci. The former Birth.Movies.Death editor-in-chief resigned for sexual assault in October 2016, and League missed the opportunity to be forthright about inviting Faraci back within four months, in what was originally a copywriting capacity.
League posted a public Facebook statement on Sept. 12: "Seeing the work that Devin has been doing to acknowledge his faults, to address his addiction, and to better himself, I thought it was important to contribute to his recovery process by helping him with some means to earn a living." That response was derided in a slew of comments for showing Faraci more compassion than his reported victims. After Faraci once again resigned, League wrote in another Facebook statement three days later, "I've realized that decisions I have made over these past months have been problematic," but failed to outline corrective measures beyond meeting with his staffers across the country.
Still in that very same month, it was revealed that League knew in 1999 or 2000 that a woman he would later employ at his company's Austin headquarters, Jasmine Baker, had recently been allegedly sexually assaulted by Aint It Cool News founder Harry Knowles on the property, but League did nothing. More Knowles accusers came forward, and Knowles pledged to depart his site — at least temporarily — on Sept. 26, the day League issued a third apology, which mentioned plans for a new board of directors.
The last few weeks have found a whirlwind of accusations within the film community and beyond it, as countless women have been speaking out around the world about sexual harassment. As these scandals continue to unfold in the public eye, institutions are struggling with finding the right words to acknowledge wrongdoings, ignorance and complicity as they chart paths forward. Ultimately, there may be no "right" way to handle these situations — but there's no question that each attempt to do so only further complicates a very significant cultural dialogue that seems unlikely to stop anytime soon.
Watch the entire ScreenJunkies video below.
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Li Ning Star Ladies is a Chinese women's road cycling team that was founded in 2022.

Roster
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Transaction layer for Node.js [LevelDB](https://github.com/rvagg/node-levelup).

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cshum/level-transactions.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/cshum/level-transactions)

```bash
npm install level-transactions
```

level-transactions provides in-memory locking mechanism for key based operations, isolation and atomic commits.
Also works across sublevels using [SublevelUP](https://github.com/cshum/sublevelup/).

level-transaction@2 rewrite introduces full compatibility with all common methods of [LevelUP](https://github.com/Level/levelup).

## API

#### `tx = transaction(db, [options])`

Creates a transaction object.
Accepts `options` of [LevelUP](https://github.com/Level/levelup#options) plus following:
* `ttl`: Time to live (milliseconds) of transaction object for liveness. Default to 20 seconds.

```js
var db = level('./db', { valueEncoding: 'json' })
var transaction = require('level-transactions')

var tx = transaction(db)
```

Transaction instance inherits LevelUP,
so one can expect all common methods of [LevelUP](https://github.com/Level/levelup#api) can be used with same behaviour.
The difference comes where key based operations are linearizable. Also result set are isolated within transaction, only persists atomically upon `.commit()` or discarded on `.rollback()`.

### Key Based Operations

* [**`tx.put(key, value, [options], [callback])`**](https://github.com/Level/levelup#put)
* [**`tx.get(key, [options], [callback])`**](https://github.com/Level/levelup#get)
* [**`tx.del(key, [options], [callback])`**](https://github.com/Level/levelup#del)
* [**`tx.batch(array, [options], [callback])`**](https://github.com/Level/levelup#batch)

Key based operations perform exclusive lock on keys applied.
Under the hood, it maintains an internal queue such that operations within transaction executed sequentially.

Keys acquired during lock phase of transaction ensure mutually exclusive access.
This makes `.get()` followed by a `.put()` a safe update operation.

All errors except `NotFoundError` will cause a rollback, as non-exist item is not considered an error in transaction.

```js
var tx = transaction(db)
var tx2 = transaction(db)

tx.del('k', function () {
  //k is locked by tx, tx2 gets k after tx commits
  tx2.get('k', function (err, value) {
    //tx2 increments k
    tx2.put('k', value + 1)
  })
})
tx.get('k', function (err) {
  //NotFoundError after tx del
})
tx.put('k', 167) //tx put value 167

tx.commit(function () {
  db.get('k', function (err, val) {
    //tx commit: val === 167
    tx2.commit(function () {
      db.get('k', function (err, val) {
        //tx2 commit: val === 168
      })
    })
  })
})

```

### Range Based Operations

* [**`tx.createReadStream([options])`**](https://github.com/Level/levelup#createReadStream)
* [**`tx.createKeyStream([options])`**](https://github.com/Level/levelup#createKeyStream)
* [**`tx.createValueStream([options])`**](https://github.com/Level/levelup#createValueStream)

Range based operations in level-transactions do NOT perform any locking.
Instead it adopts LevelDOWN's behaviour, [implicit snapshot](https://github.com/level/leveldown/#snapshots) at the time a read stream created.

This returns merged result set from database with write operations applied within transaction.

```js
db.batch([
  {type: 'put', key: 'a', value: 'a'},
  {type: 'put', key: 'b', value: 'b'},
  {type: 'put', key: 'c', value: 'c'}
], function (err) {
  db.createKeyStream().on('data', ...) // 'a', 'b', 'c'
  ...

  var tx = transaction(db)
  tx.batch([
    {type: 'del', key: 'a'}
    {type: 'put', key: 'd', value: 'd'}
  ], function (err) {
    tx.createKeyStream().on('data', ...) // 'b', 'c', 'd'
    ...
  })

  var tx2 = transaction(db)
  tx2.batch([
    {type: 'put', key: '0', value: '0'}
    {type: 'del', key: 'b'}
  ], function (err) {
    tx2.createKeyStream().on('data', ...) // '0', 'a', 'c'
    ...
  })
})
```

### Transaction Specific

#### `tx.commit([callback])`

Commit writes, release locks acquired and close transaction.

Uses levelup's `batch()` under the hood.
Changes are written to store atomically upon successful commit, or discarded upon error.

#### `tx.rollback([error], [callback])`

Release locks acquired and close transaction. Can optionally specify `error`.
Changes are discarded and `commit()` callback with the specified error.

```js
tx.get('foo', function (err, val) {
  if(val) return tx.rollback(new Error('existed.'))
  tx.put('foo', 'bar')
})
tx.commit(function (err) {
  //if 'foo' exists, err [Error: existed.]
})

```

#### `tx.defer(fn)`

Utility method for deferring execution order,
which adds an asynchronous function `fn(cb)` to the internal queue.
Callback `cb(err)` with error argument will result in rollback of transaction.

```js
tx.put('foo', 'bar')
tx.get('foo', function (err, val) {
  //val === 'bar'
})
tx.defer(function (callback) {
  setTimeout(function () {
    tx.del('foo')
    callback() //execute next operation after callback
  }, 1000)
})
tx.get('foo', function (err, val) {
  //NotFoundError after del
})
```

### Sublevel

Transaction works across [SublevelUP](https://github.com/cshum/sublevelup/) sections,
by initiating transaction with sublevel `transaction(sub)`, or by adding the `prefix: sub` property.

```js
var sublevel = require('sublevelup')
var db = sublevel(level('db'))
var sub = db.sublevel('sub')

var tx = transaction(db) // initiate with db
tx.put('foo', 'bar') // put db
tx.put('foo', 'foo', { prefix: sub }) // put sub
tx.get('foo', cb) // get db
tx.get('foo', { prefix: sub }, cb) // get sub

var tx2 = transaction(sub) // initiate with sublevel
tx.put('foo', 'hello') // put sub
tx.put('foo', 'world', { prefix: db }) // put db
tx.get('foo', cb) // get sub
tx.get('foo', { prefix: db }, cb) // get db

...
```

## License

MIT

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« Help – my Spa Heater isn't Heating!
Do you lower your spa temperature during summer? Or keep it blazing hot all year 'round?
I wondered about this, so I took a short office poll, and I asked people on our facebook page this question.
Do you ever use your spa for cooling soaks, with lower water temperatures?
I didn't control for location, spa type, or any variables at all, actually – so not a 'scientific' study on spa use.
Nonetheless, the results were interesting!
Of the adults surveyed, 80% of them prefer to keep their spa or hot tub – hot all year around. Assuming of course, that there are no spa heater problems! 18% of respondents indicated that they do use their spa for occasional cool water soaking.
Of course I had some follow-up questions for those who said Yes! to cool water soaking. I asked them what they used it for, and compiled the comments. Most were related to "cooling off!", and quite a few mentioned exercise, or using cool water to perform low impact stretching or calisthenics.
I also wanted to ask a multiple choice question: "What's temperature is best for cool water soaks?" Some said they don't even check, they just shut off the heat, and it seems to stay around 70-75 degrees. But for those that I could pin down to a 5 degree range, most preferred the water to be 70-85° – except for the few polar bears out there, that are still using it with water temperatures in the 60's.
So how about you? Do you like to use your spa or hot tub at a lower temperature as a way to beat the summer heat? Or as a way for a low impact exercise, especially for illness or injury recovery?
Give it a try if you've never done it before! You can still turn the blower on, and put the jets on high for some hydrotherapy, and add some tropical spa scents to the water to enjoy it even more!
During the survey, I tried a cool spa myself, and I have to say it is great when the night air is hot.
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Appropriations to hear Dept. of Ag budget request
February 5th, 2008	 by Wyoming Livestock Roundup
Conservation district and predator funding to be discussed
By Jennifer Womack, WLR Managing Editor
Cheyenne – With the 2008 Budget Session of the Wyoming Legislature just a month away, members of the Joint Appropriations Committee (JAC) spent the bulk of December in Cheyenne. They're back in the Capitol City beginning Monday as they prepare the state's two-year budget for the session set to begin on Feb. 11.
John Etchepare, Director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA), will present his budget to the JAC first thing Monday morning on the third floor of the Capitol Building. With 96 employees it takes around $34 million to run the agency for two years, according to Etchepare. That includes around a million dollars in federal grants primarily directed at meat inspection and the mediation program. In comparison to other state agencies Etchepare says the Department of Ag is a small agency.
Despite its size, WDA Deputy Director Jason Fearneyhough says, "The WDA touches every individual in the State of Wyoming through our different divisions. With technical services, consumer health, and analytical services and beyond agriculture, we work for consumers out there as well and make sure they're getting the healthy product they're paying for. We have a pretty broad impact for a fairly small agency."
Etchepare says Wyoming is one of the few states in the nation where the department of ag continues to be funded with general fund monies. Most, he says, are run on grants, federal dollars and revenue generated by licensing, inspections and regulatory income. He says that's why so many ag departments around the nation have become involved in helping administer the large-dollar school lunch program.
Governor Freudenthal approved the agency's standard budget in its entirety and a great deal of the exception budget. Included in the standard budget are those items the legislature has allowed to be ongoing. Among the items the Governor approved in the exception budget are a new scale truck to replace the current 1970s model that's outdated, much-needed safety equipment and more.
Three of the $6 million requested for local predatory animal boards as grants through the Animal Damage Management Board (ADMB) was included in the standard budget. The remaining $3 million was included in the exception budget and did not receive Freudenthal's approval. Etchepare attributes that to a request from the JAC to revisit the funding. This is the second time the funding request has come before the legislature.
Also denied by the Governor was increased funding for Wyoming conservation districts. "It's vital to the water quality efforts in the state," says Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts Executive Director Bobbie Frank. With two water quality coordinators traveling 40,000 miles a piece in the state, Frank says one of the positions will be lost in the absence of additional state dollars. "The other part of the request is to allow grants for work on impaired and threatened waters," says Frank. She says the state's dollars are matched by local and federal dollars and needed to continue the work so important to Wyoming's water resources.
Increased operating money for the Wyoming State Fair was approved by the Governor as part of the exception budget. Etchepare says ongoing construction on the grounds is being handled through Capital Construction with an equine stalling facility, show rings and asphalt improvements already planned. Increased construction costs continue to pose challenges.
Of his nearly 100 employees, Etchepare says the majority are inspectors. He says goals of being able to offer more to the state's farmers and livestock producers are part of the reasoning behind his recent requests to see the Business Council's Agribusiness Division returned to his Department. Meeting with Business Council CEO Bob Jensen later this month, Etchepare says they intend to have a proposal compiled by April.
Employees in WDA's Natural Resource Division have the closest relationship with Wyoming agriculture. "I have a strong natural resource division," says Etchepare. "Right now we're pretty well staffed in natural resources. Their role also changed not too long after I got here because of Joint Agency Status. Years ago it was ranchers negotiating. Now we have to represent the agricultural community. It's put a lot of pressure on those people, but they've done an outstanding job."
When Etchepare goes before the JAC on Monday he says the committee receives his entire budget request, including those items denied by the Governor. "We cannot bring up any item that the governor did not approve. In other words, I'm basically an agent of the Governor." Appropriations can ask about items the Governor didn't approve at which time Etchepare can answer questions on the topics. Those items may be added throughout the process while others may be omitted.
"Those people who feel funding for predator boards and conservation districts is important," says Etchepare, "need to get a hold of their legislators on the Appropriations Committee." Budget discussions will continue throughout the upcoming session.
"To me our function is to make as many things available and possible for our people in agriculture to survive, to go on and to grow," says Etchepare. He says his agency keeps an eye on ensuring their services reach from young and beginning producers to the older generations and from small producers to large producers. "I think we're doing a good job," says Etchepare.
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The Atlantic Chapter Executive Committee (ExCom) sets Sierra Club conservation policy in New York State and administers the Chapter. The Chapter ExCom meets in person four times a year and has conference calls several times a year. Some ExCom members are chosen by their local Groups. Others, the nine at-large delegates, are elected by the statewide Chapter membership for two-year terms. This fall's election will fill five at-large seats beginning in January 2018. Every member of the Chapter is eligible. If you're interested in running for one of these seats, please let the Nominating Committee (NomCom) know by July 14. Send your name, address and membership number to the Nominating Committee, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, PO Box 38225, Albany, NY 12203 or by e-mail to atlantic.chapter@sierraclub.org. Please include a statement about your qualifications and reasons for running to help the NomCom decide whether to nominate you. The NomCom will notify you by July 28 if it's nominating you as a candidate for at-large delegate. If you're not nominated by the NomCom you can become a candidate by filing a petition signed by at least 50 members of the Chapter. The deadline for filing petitions to be a candidate is September 8. The NomCom has the option until September 8 to nominate more candidates. The deadline for all candidates to submit the final version of their ballot statements is September 8.


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We charge an initial consultation with the amount of EUR 150.00 for the duration of up to one hour. But we leave the best till last: If you make use of our online booking system for your appointment, we can offer you the initial consultation at a reduced rate.
For the most part within the attorney industry work is billed according to an hourly rate. In such a case we will agree on an adequate hourly rate and bill this according to the actual accrued expenditure of time spent working. Of course you will be issued with a detailed list of all the services we provided for you.
The actual hourly rate is calculated according to the subject, the complexity and the urgency of the issue. An overview about different hourly rates employed by attorneys in different sectors is offered by the industry magazine Juve.
The main advantage of an hourly rate is the increased transparency of the invoice. Aside from that, all services provided by the attorney – no mat-ter if those are consultations, letters or negotiations – are valued at the same price. For historical reasons this is not the case when billing according to a bar tariff (see below).
In the case that our workload can easily be estimated in advance, it is possible to offer our services at a flat-rate. This is often the case when it comes to real-estate transactions and other contractual matters.
The main advantage of a flat-rate fee is that both parties can plan their costs in the best way possible. On the other hand, establishing a flat-rate fee in advance means that the attorney can plan his or her workload in advance.
If no other billing regulation is agreed upon, the legislature stipulates a system for attorney fees. Those regulations can be found in the Austrian Lawyer's Tariff Law (RATG), the General Fees Criteria (AHK) , and the Notary Tariff Law (NTG) which is referenced on occasion by the RATG. Invoicing according to the tariff is an option that can easily be verified and is viewed as particularly fair by law.
Billing according to tariff is recommended when facing a judicial dispute in court. This is because the prevailing party can claim legal expense com-pensation from the unsuccessful party. On the other hand, the attorney will focus mainly on the legal representation in court and potentially pro-vide rather dubious results in other aspects. In such a case it may be more advantageous for both parties to charge at an hourly basis or a flat-rate.
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I think it is required that on spring break, spring cleaning occurs. In keeping with that tradition, I'm trying to organize my office/craft room. Not an easy task! Today, I put photos in photo boxes. I have four of them, each labeled to help with organization. In one of these boxes, I have placed my school photos. I've been an educator for 29 years, so there were lots of pictures to rifle through. There were small wallet-sized school pictures of former students that had their names on the back, and sometimes an "I love you, Miss Morris!" Photos of old bulletin boards, student work, school programs, and Halloween parties were all piled inside this box. I so enjoyed remembering as I sorted through them.
There was the time my partner fourth grade teacher and I dressed in pioneer dresses and treated our students to a day of living like a pioneer for our unit on Missouri history. Thrown in the box were several photos of student teachers that had worked with my class. Oh, and several first days of school pictures, where students were eating an ocean treat with blue jello, graham cracker sand, and whipped cream waves.
And then there are the photos of students. Some individuals, some in groups, on the playground, working at their tables, or saying their lines in school programs. One made me chuckle. A little third grade boy, Logan, with glasses and the cutest smile…he now works at my school as a special education teacher. Their sweet smiles and funny poses took me back to the happiest years of my career. Although this chore took longer than most of my spring cleaning, it certainly has been the most fun!
Two nieces: They are almost like my own daughters. I just took one out for dinner last night.
Three cups: I enjoyed three cups of coffee this morning. I most enjoy my coffee when I can take it on my back porch.
Fourth grade: My first teaching job was teaching 4th grade in a little school for five years.
Five years: My husband and I have been married 5 years in May. For our anniversary, we are traveling to Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
Six visits: I've been to Hawaii six times. It's my favorite vacation spot.
Seven books: I have seven books in my "to read" pile. Included are The Light Between the Oceans (currently reading), The Little Paris Bookshop, The Lake House, and The Magnolia Story.
Eight years: I've been an instructional coach for eight years, currently in grades 5-8.
Nine innings: My husband and I enjoy watching baseball. Last night, we caught the game between Japan and the USA in the World Baseball Classic.
Ten years: It's been ten years since I've been in the classroom. I have missed it!
Eleven players: Our daughter plays soccer at our local university. Next year, she will be a senior; her last fall to play soccer. Hard to believe after all the games and tournaments she has participated in throughout her young life.
A dozen: Monday, I made 3 dozen of my husband's favorite cookies. Like tiny cakes with icing, they are truly the best cookies I've ever eaten.
I was born on the 13th of November and my grandmother was born on the 13th of July.
Thank you, Teri Cote for your slice idea!
She is slight and blond. All smiles and heart-shaped sunglasses. Popping into my living room at 6:30 am, she never stops. We visit about this and that and I smile each time she utters a word that ends in "r", as she pronounces it "r-ee". "I am four-ee!", she proudly announces.She loves the story I read to her about Big Al, and she patiently glues on fish scales as we create this sweet fish from a paper plate. The tent we created from a sheet and chairs is full of pillows, my battery-operated candles, coloring book and crayons, and her tea set. Her little hands help spread the jelly on our pb&j sandwiches we make for our picnic. Her humor surprises me. My husband brings home pictures of the hail that pelted the parking lot of his business. Her reply is, "Henny Penny said, 'The sky is falling, the sky is falling!'" The two of us color, and pretend to drink tea, and play with my knickknacks. Nap time arrives, and I chuckle as I listen to her whistle each time she breathes out, as she quietly snores her way through her nap. My heart melts when she gives me a spontaneous hug and plans for her next visit. It amazes me what she knows already. And as she proudly washes her hands all by herself, I know it won't be long until she's all grown up, and we will miss the tiny little piece of sunshine that we are blessed to spend our time with.
This weekend our family saw the new rendition of "Beauty and the Beast". Of course we enjoyed the show, including the singing, the animation, and the live action vs. the cartoon. Riding the trolley back to our hotel after the movie, we all talked about what we enjoyed. Our daughter summed it up best, "I liked that the lesson in the movie is that beauty is from the inside, not the outside." Sometimes when we watch this age-old French story, we forget about the message. In life, we forget about the message, too. We spend so much time coloring the gray out of our hair, buying the most slimming outfits, worrying about lines on our faces, and putting in countless hours at the gym. What do you suppose would happen if we all spent as many hours working on our insides? What if we practiced being kind in front of the mirror so much, that kindness just came out of our mouths, even when we were agitated? What if we let go of as much money on being thoughtful as we did on those new shoes? What if we flexed those smile muscles so that anyone would feel welcomed, no matter where they were? What if we loved everyone, even the unlovely, the gruff, or those who seemed to have no redeeming qualities at all?
Leave it to our children to just tell it like it is. It really IS simple, isn't it?


City officials on Thursday said the tax brought in $5.7 million in January, well above its own estimates released just days before.
Philadelphia's new tax on sweetened drinks is still bubbling with opposition.
City officials said on Thursday that the Department of Revenue collected at least $5.7 million from the soda tax in January, well above the $2.3 million that was forecast bya city financial report.
Metro reported on the $2.3 million January projection in an article on Wednesday, with some wholesalers and store owners who oppose the tax saying they may have to lay off workers to compensate for lost profits.
The tax, which began on Jan. 1, is the first of its kind in a major American city. It was expected to bring in $91 million a year, or about $7.6 million a month. Proceeds will help finance universal pre-kindergarten programs and the rehabilitation of city recreation centers, parks and libraries.
The $5.7 million the city actually collected from the tax in January should increase because not all payments have been processed, according to the Department of Revenue. Additionally, "it is anticipated that somedistributorsand dealersmay beslow to register, file and pay," the department said in a statement.
Revenue from the tax may also rise in the coming months when retailers who may have stocked up on sweetened drinks before the tax kicked in have to re-stock, the city said.
Local retailers and wholesalers, meanwhile, are still crying foul. They claim the tax will lead to diminished sales and could force them to lay off hundreds of workers.
Sean McMenamin, owner of ShopRite grocery stores in the city and a member of Ax the Bev Tax, agrees that the tax is driving away customers.
Philadelphia is also delaying a full rollout of its universal pre-k program until a lawsuit filed by the American Beverage Association against the tax is resolved. Because of the lawsuit, the city will not seek a $300 million loan and will delay adding another 1,000 pre-k seats as planned in September, Billy Penn reported.


Bilişim Hukuku Günlüğü: Do We Have an Instinct For Privacy?
In October 2012 a woman from Massachusetts called Lindsey Stone went on a work trip to Washington DC, and paid a visit to Arlington National Cemetery, where American war heroes are buried. Crouching next to a sign that said 'Silence and Respect', she raised a middle finger and pretended to shout while a colleague took her photo. It was the kind of puerile clowning that most of us (well me, anyway) have indulged in at some point, and once upon a time, the resulting image would have been noticed only by the few friends or family to whom the owner of the camera showed it. However, this being the era of sharing, Stone posted the photo to her Facebook profile.
Within weeks, a 'Fire Lindsey Stone' page had materialised, populated by commentators frothing with outrage at a desecration of hallowed ground. Anger rained down on Stone's employer, a non-profit that helps adults with special needs. Her employers decided, reluctantly, that Stone and her colleague would have to leave.
More recently, Edward Snowden's revelations about the panoptic scope of government surveillance have raised the hoary spectre of 'Big Brother'. But what Prism's fancy PowerPoint decks and self-aggrandising logo suggest to me is not so much an implacable, omniscient overseer as a bunch of suits in shabby cubicles trying to persuade each other they're still relevant. After all, there's little need for state surveillance when we're doing such a good job of spying on ourselves. Big Brother isn't watching us; he's taking selfies and posting them on Instagram like everyone else. And he probably hasn't given a second thought to what might happen to that picture of him posing with a joint.
Stone's story is hardly unique. Earlier this year, an Aeroflot air hostess was fired from her job after a picture she had taken of herself giving the finger to a cabin full of passengers circulated on Twitter. She had originally posted it to her profile on a Russian social networking site without, presumably, envisaging it becoming a global news story. Every day, embarrassments are endured, jobs lost and individuals endangered because of unforeseen consequences triggered by a tweet or a status update. Despite the many anxious articles about the latest change to Facebook's privacy settings, we just don't seem to be able to get our heads around the idea that when we post our private life, we publish it.
At the beginning of this year, Facebook launched the drably named 'Graph Search', a search engine that allows you to crawl through the data in everyone else's profiles. Days after it went live, a tech-savvy Londoner called Tom Scott started a blog in which he posted details of searches that he had performed using the new service. By putting together imaginative combinations of 'likes' and profile settings he managed to turn up 'Married people who like prostitutes', 'Single women nearby who like to get drunk', and 'Islamic men who are interested in other men and live in Tehran' (where homosexuality is illegal).
Scott was careful to erase names from the screenshots he posted online: he didn't want to land anyone in trouble with employers, or predatory sociopaths, or agents of repressive regimes, or all three at once. But his findings served as a reminder that many Facebook users are standing in their bedroom naked without realising there's a crowd outside the window. Facebook says that as long as users are given the full range of privacy options, they can be relied on to figure them out. Privacy campaigners want Facebook and others to be clearer and more upfront with users about who can view their personal data. Both agree that users deserve to be given control over their choices.


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NHL News : Players can opt out of 2020-21 NHL season
Players can opt out of 2020-21 NHL season
Some players might be too scared of putting their family's health in jeopardy…
Published on Wednesday, December 9 2020 by HockeyFeed in NHL News
While the National Hockey League is inching closer to puck drop for the 2020-21 season, there is still lots to get done with protocols and logistics to get the next campaign safely underway.
The NHL could draw inspiration from the Return to Play format it put together for the playoffs in the summer, though the league would prefer to see teams play in their respective arenas, if skyrocketing COVID-19 numbers can come down…
However, if it remains an issue, Darren Dreger believes players will once again get the possibility of opting out for the season. During the summer, the NHL decided to let players the option to opt out of the league's Return to Play if they choose without consequence. Six players made the decision to opt out, including Travis Hamonic, who was the first player to officially opt out of the NHL's Return to Play, not wanting to hinder his daughter's health in the process.
Nothing is set in stone for what players will be allowed to do if ever they choose to opt out of the season, however, Dreger explained on last night's Insider Trading on TSN how it could be an option, once again offered by the NHL.
"Everyday we're reminded of how devastating COVID-19 is. And the National Hockey League and Players' Association, along with the government leaders, are very sensitive to that. I'll remind you, in the summer going into Return to Play, there was an opt-out option for any player or team personnel who didn't want to participate, didn't want to deal with the risk of COVID-19. And a number of people took advantage of that. Well, there is going to have to be opt-out language in the 2020-21 season prep work as well.
In addition to that, what about vaccinations? Testing was mandated by the NHL and the NHLPA as part of Return to Play. When the vaccine is ready and is available to NHL players and club personnel, will it be mandatory? Both the opt-out and mandatory vaccinations have to be discussed and agreed upon between the NHL and the NHLPA."
One player that has been quite vocal on his decision to return to action in link with the format is veteran defenseman Zdeno Chara. The unrestricted free agent has yet to re-sign with the Boston Bruins, or any team for that matter, stating that he's waiting to see what the NHL and NHLPA can hammer out as another return to play plan.
We might get a better feeling for his answer soon now that things are falling into place for a 2020-21 season starting on Jan. 13th.
If not, he may be one of a few players choosing to opt out of action for the upcoming season.
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Start your day with an easy-to-make, healthy smoothie from Food Network.
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If you have a library card, you could start saving on your monthly cooling and heating bills.
We have thermal cameras on loan through the Fairfax County Public Library. These cameras, which attach to your smartphone, allow you to see hot and cold spots in your home that aren't visible to the naked eye. You'll be able to see your way to savings by finding air leaks and poor insulation.
These easily fixable problems may be costing you. On average, $200 to $400 per year could be going to waste as a result of drafty doors, windows or other air leaks, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Go to the library catalog and search for "thermal camera." More than 50 cameras are available to loan for this free program, though you'll likely need to place a hold on one because of the program's popularity.
"You could save 17 percent on your cooling and heating costs by sealing and insulating your home well," said Jessica Lavender, a utilities analyst with the county, citing research on homes in our area from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The cameras are easy to use (and work with many versions of popular smartphones; view these iPhone or Android instructions to see if your phone is compatible). The cameras can also take spot temperature measurements and show results in a variety of color palates.
Just as easy are many of the improvement suggestions posted online, Lavender said. For example, most hardware stores sell sweeps for drafty doors and weather stripping for leaky windows. These improvements don't cost much, so homeowners will recoup their cost quickly and start saving money. Learn more about common areas for air leaks or missing insulation and how to fix them .
We're offering the cameras through a partnership with the library and Energy Action Fairfax , a program to help homeowners save money, cut energy use and reduce their carbon footprint.


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When it comes to ad blocking on Android, there's no better app than AdAway. The popular root mod filters out ads at the hosts file level, so no extra processing power is used, and your phone is literally incapable of loading most ads.
But one thing AdAway doesn't do is get rid of the space that the ads used to occupy. Other mods, like MinMinGuard, are capable of doing this, but they don't quite block ads with the same efficiency and effectiveness as AdAway.
So to give us the best of both worlds, developer Wang Han resurrected an abandoned Xposed module that works in conjunction with AdAway and other hosts-based ad blockers. It's a solid ad blocker in its own right, but the key is that it removes those pesky ad frames in your apps. Pair that with AdAway's legendary ad blocking, and you won't be able to tell that there were any ads in the first place.
For better ad blocking, head to the Download section in your Xposed Installer app and search for AdBlocker Reborn, then tap the top result. From there, swipe over to the Versions tab, then hit the "Download" button next to the most recent entry and press "Install" when prompted. When you're done there, make sure to activate the module and reboot to make your changes take effect.
When you get back up, it would be a good idea to open AdBlocker Reborn and familiarize yourself with its interface. This is a very powerful ad-blocking app, so it may block ads in apps like Google Search, which would disable "Suggested Results" as well as Google Shopping entries.
So if you don't want to block ads in any particular app, tap the "Application Whitelist" entry, then select the app from the list. While you're in here, you may also want to enable some of the additional ad-blocking methods for better results, but make sure to remember what you changed in case you experience any issues after enabling extra options.
When you're done setting things up, you'll notice that your ad blocking is better than ever. When combined with AdAway, AdBlocker Reborn will ensure that even those left-behind ad frames are now gone, so you won't even be able to tell that ads were ever there in the first place.
Arcus Weather with only AdAway (left), and with AdAway plus AdBlocker Reborn (right). Note the ad frame at the bottom.
Honestly, this is a relatively small feature, but it goes a long way towards cleaning up the appearance of ad-driven apps.


Carbohydrates have a number of functions, including energy storage and metabolism, but their use as a bioreceptor in cell-to-cell communication is their most intriguing function. Therefore, the synthesis of a range of oligosaccharides or glycocunjugates for screening purposes is of considerable interest. However, the synthesis and purification of these biomolecules remains a formidable task.
The web site "Carbohydrate Synthesis" is an excellent starting point for both a researcher new to the field as an expert who is looking for a intuitively organized web site about this subject.


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Formal definition of genetic fitness
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Postby Eebster the Great » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:41 am UTC
I've taken a number of college-level biology classes but never had the opportunity to take a proper statistical one that assumes an understanding of differential equations. So I've always wondered about the definition of fitness in relation to multigenerational effects.
Wikipedia defines absolute fitness as "the proportional change in the abundance of that genotype over one generation attributable to selection." (The phrase "attributable to selection" has a meaning in population statistics not completely explained in the article but which sounds like a sort of partial derivative.) The key phrase here that surprises me is "over one generation." Does this mean that a gene which for most individuals leads to producing a large number of infertile offspring (rather than a moderate number of fertile offspring) would be by definition very fit? What about a gene that produced a large number of fertile offspring, none of which would be likely to ever actually mate? Or what if these problems usually occurred only two or three generations down the line? Surely such genes would be selected against in the long run. So it seems at first like these mutations ought to be considered to have poor fitness even though Wikipedia's naive definition assigns them high fitness.
A more relevant example is a mutation in a female that, were it present in a male, would make it fitter, or vice-versa. For instance, consider a peacock with impressive tail feathers which otherwise has done nothing to stand out from the crowd. Since this individual has overcome the handicap of heavy plumage, we expect this peacock to be rather strong, but since it is forced to carry this plumage, it's not clear that it has any overall advantage over its competition. (Indeed, since the presence of the handicap is obvious and the compensating strength merely inferred, it seems like the population ought to evolve to reject such mutations, not prefer them.) But the peacock's daughters might inherit these strong genes without inheriting the male-specific hindrance of the heavy tail. This gives a strong peacock with a compensating handicap a long-term advantage in expected number of descendants over an average-strength peacock without said handicap. But this is fundamentally multigenerational.
This is hardly a novel idea, so I wonder if there is more precise terminology used. Can "fitness" be given a precise mathematical definition in population statistics that is somewhat model-agnostic, the way temperature can? If so, is my expectation that variation in "fitness" in this precise sense is the main driver of natural selection correct?
Re: Formal definition of genetic fitness
Postby Soupspoon » Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:04 pm UTC
I'm not going to drill down into the whole wikipedia article, right now, but the words "the proportional change in the abundance of that genotype over one generation attributable to selection", as they stand, seem pretty clear to me whether or not they are clearly the right words to use to describe what they ate meant to explain.
The "attributable to selection" seems like it would (amongst other things) deal with the proportionate chances that a father's genetic contribution is of one or other half of the paternal genetic pairing. Assuming nothing in that load creates no change in the container-gamete (compared to sibling gametes with the other load option) then luck plays most/all of the part in the most-likely-to-fertilise measure. The variation of build of the container that makes it faster/more durable and chemically more/less keyed to the egg that it might find is not (SFAIK) a function of the loaded sample. So statistical variation (roughly, as you say, a partial derivative) can up/down the resulting allelle frequency outside of the selectability.
Note that if ever get to the routine stage that genetic selection is performed by shining a scanner on gametes and only allowing 'approved' loads to go that extra step, that would now be counted as selection-not-luck upon the loadout(s). As are current zygote screenings, where that occurs; as are other tests (emryonic and foetal) where they occur - where that is artificial selection, but nonetheless selection. Performed generationally, the loadout mechanism may develop a skew of what is loaded relating to the standards of fitness (oh Brave New World that has such creatures in it!). But, absent of that, right now it's the current luck of the draw adding an error-bar to the ends-up-as-fit distribution.
With that caveat dealt with, the other part is a direct comparison. One could ask that the frequency of alleles of one generation's offspring be compared to the frequency of that new generation's offspring (the suitability of genes that have survived childhood, mated, born fruit to at least the same stage) or of one generation of adults against the adults that follow (have proved matable, fertilely so, of young that were capable of maturing) or conception-to-conception (having fused, which genetic ancestry will get to the point of fusing again).
Conceivably (NPI!) those three different measures will reveal different results, but only where the curve of fitness is changing rapidly inter-generationally through differently-timed fitness mechanisms, so you're potentially catching the edges of up/down-swing differently on a single gap. With two or more adjacent measures, the choice of where the 'tick/tock' of life's cycle is should smudge away.
You can even measure post-breeding frequencies against the post-breeding frequencies of the next generation, for creatures with a 'grandparent' support system. How post-menopausal matriarchs shape the next level of post-menopausal matriarchs, in species where this is a thing. And fitness of mules/etc can be measured aganst their separate parentages, albeit you'd have to deliberately span the comparison to start and end before the breeding-age to not discover the inflection point and discern only that mules are highly unlikely to breed true, not what fitness the parental genes must have to make a mule.
Alas, that's a lot more words than I thought I'd tap out. And without even (now) going into the sexual dimorphisms of peacock-tail-genes (was mostly going to go into that as part of the tick/tock choice, if you want to work it out for yourself).
I know what I think that phrase is meant to mean, and inmmy head it seems simple before I neex to try to conversevabout its subtleties in human lamguage. Amd I'm not entirely sure it's written to mean what was intended, as I said. And I'm likely to have mis-said my own words along the way, never mind the horribly ill-edited nature of it. Also, IANABiologist. So it is an armchair-understamding of this subset of the field, at best, maybe coloured more by my (again, amateur) exposure to computational evolutions like Darwinian Poetry.
Postby SuicideJunkie » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:10 pm UTC
Perhaps "the abundance of that genotype" should only be tallied over those individuals that are still members of the species?
Mules and others no longer capable of breeding with the original population are discounted.
That doesn't catch the long term problems, but that's a case of 'currently very fit, but declining'.
In terms of the temperature metaphor I think it works. What I believe you and I are thinking of when we say 'fitness' is simply more long-term.
A trait could be "hot" right now for creating the next generation, but unless it is "flammable with a decent energy density", it'll become "cold" soon.
Being a dead end path doesn't change the fact that siring a thousand mules will generate a huge increase in your genetic biomass next year and whatever you did to get selected for that is very hot
Postby Xanthir » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:23 pm UTC
Any tracking over multiple generations has to take into account the changing environment the genes find themselves in, which greatly complicates the idea of a stable "fitness" score you can assign cross-generationally. So it's not unreasonable to take the simple route and classify it in a single generation; yeah, that super-fertile-but-next-generation-is-infertile gene is *extremely* fit in one generation, but extremely unfit in the next.
(The gene itself couldn't be responsible for the change, after all; it stayed the same in both generations. Clearly there's some second-order effect in gene interactions that's causing the children to be infertile, which counts as a "change in environment" if you're being sufficiently technical.)
Postby Eebster the Great » Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:47 pm UTC
SuicideJunkie wrote: Perhaps "the abundance of that genotype" should only be tallied over those individuals that are still members of the species?
But tallied when? Like, the next generation, or fifty years later? It's not terribly mathematically precise here. Mules aren't a serious problem in any case. The real issue is a trait that will confer different fitness at different generations, not hybridization.
Xanthir wrote: Any tracking over multiple generations has to take into account the changing environment the genes find themselves in, which greatly complicates the idea of a stable "fitness" score you can assign cross-generationally. So it's not unreasonable to take the simple route and classify it in a single generation; yeah, that super-fertile-but-next-generation-is-infertile gene is *extremely* fit in one generation, but extremely unfit in the next.
A change in the chemical environment of the gene perhaps, but not necessarily a change in the environment of the organism or the population.
Anyway, I was hoping there was a more rigorous approach possible, something that captures the idea of a trait that is likely to succeed over time in the population due to selection.
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Postby Copper Bezel » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:44 pm UTC
There's that happened with with North American cat species having selection pressure for larger body size because it's better competition for mates while pressing them to an unsustainable size to actually live on the available prey species - long enough term to certainly seem like an advantage. I kinda think you'd have to decide a cutoff at a number of generations. One seems awfully short, though, since I think you'd lose any interactions that involve more than the two involved - not good for humans, orcas, and elephants with "good grandparent" genes....
So much depends upon a red wheel barrow (>= XXII) but it is not going to be installed.
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Postby SuicideJunkie » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:54 pm UTC
Eebster the Great wrote:
Tallied for the next generation since to be fair, you need to scale things relative to the genetic effects instead of random astronomical phenomena.
You could perhaps define a series of scores; FitnessN, for the relative change in abundance N generations later. Determining a value for Fitness∞ won't happen however. In some cases, it may appear to rapidly approach a limit, and you could make educated guesses, but you can't measure it until it has happened and become trivial, and the environment isn't static for projections.
Postby Soupspoon » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:57 pm UTC
Copper Bezel wrote: One seems awfully short, though, since I think you'd lose any interactions that involve more than the two involved - not good for humans, orcas, and elephants with "good grandparent" genes....
I gave a way that you could deal with that, in a one-generation span of comparison.
Shit, you're right, sorry. Hell, even missing the spoiler, I should have realized it's the same math in reverse. Sorry.
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During his childhood days in Mandello del Lario on the shores of Italy's Lake Cuomo, chef Matteo Venini and his friends would chase each other around with bunches of nettles, doing their best to avoid the herb's stinging touch. Years later, he's using the plant in gnocchi at the newly-opened Lupo Verde Osteria (4814 MacArthur Blvd.) in the Palisades.
Venini, who also works with Lupo Verde on 14th and T St. NW, says nettle is something different to offer diners.
Nettle has been used throughout history in both the kitchen and as a way to treat ailments like muscle and joint pain. Coming in contact with fresh nettle is no joke, though. The plant's leaves and stems are lined with small hairs that sting exposed skin. Cook it down though, and it becomes an edible ingredient favored in Italian cuisine. Venini remembers how his mother used the herb often herself, usually in a rice soup with potato.
Venini begins his gnocchi by blanching the nettles to make them safe to handle and eat. Next, he adds them to a sautée of shallots and leeks. That mixture gets finely chopped and folded in with baked potato, egg, salt, Parmesan cheese and flour to form the pasta dough. The final dish is topped with morel mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, green peas, lemon zest and ramps.
Lupo Verde Osteria sources its nettles from a farm in Pennsylvania. Since peak growing season only lasts a couple of months, the restaurant is buying and storing as much as it can get.
Venini says he expects the dish to stay on the menu throughout the summer. The only pain for diners will be when the supply of this unique herb runs out.


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Our culture tells us we need to "get ahead." What if Kingdom living wasn't "climbing the ladder" of success, but being the ladder for others to reach success?
We try to protect ourselves but every person and circumstance in life leaves a mark on us.
It's attractive to think we can work and effort our way toward a better version of ourselves. With God, the best version of "you" is the REAL "you" with all of its imperfections and weaknesses.
We all love comfort, but sometimes it takes a little discomfort to jar us from complacency in order to embrace change and growth.


The Howlin' Mudbugs are an acoustic Folk and Roots Rock group with New Orleans' Zydeco and Blues influences. The band was formed in 2005 by Kraig Greff and Chris Huntington, core members of the popular East Coast band, The Crawdaddies.
The Howlin' Mudbugs are Kraig Greff on accordion and vocals, Chris Huntington on vocals and guitar, and Dan Hones on acoustic bass and vocals. Each road-seasoned member hosts an impressive and diverse musical/performance resume: Greff has been a guest artist with the Baltimore Symphony, toured with Barry White and Diana Ross and is an award-winning composer. Huntington is a Grammy-nominated guitarist and award-winning songwriter. Hones is the eye candy.
While sustaining a solid level of musicianship, the band continues to energize audiences with its up-beat songwriting and engaging live show, earning performances at numerous festivals, concert venues and corporate functions across the mid-Atlantic USA.
The Howlin' Mudbugs sound can be heard on their debut CD released in late 2012. The honest recording was made "old school" using only two high quality condenser microphones in front of the group performing live in the studio. This CD is already receiving rave reviews from across the world.
Fun, engaging and raw musicianship that's sometimes tongue-in-cheek and always entertaining!


Art as the Property of Citizens is a proposal that addresses the following question: how can we conceive of participatory art in its socially engaged tendencies and contingencies? It reads the relation of art and citizenship in two ways: art as a process that becomes 'owned' by citizens and art as creativity defined as an inherent 'quality' of citizens. Art, in the praxis of socially engaged participatory works, is an experiment with a new constellation of the social that can exist within the parameters of daily life and can empower its participants to produce solutions to issues of concern. Aesthetics is in the process of creating new constellations in relations and new configurations in exchange systems that could initiate a type of social transformation.


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With its massive cobalt bar magnet and smooth hornlike tone, the ES-150 pickup captivated an entire generation of formative jazz plectrists, including Barney Kessel, Jimmy Raney and legions of others. Dutch luthier Daniel Slaman has been producing the most faithful faithful reissues of this historic instrument for some time. Now, this innovative guitar combines true prewar tone with a modern cutaway design that optimizes playability, and twin pickups for unprecedented versatility.
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Review: Life Of Pi
by Erin Croasdale January 4, 2022 January 5, 2022
ERIN CROASDALE reviews Life of Pi at the Wyndham's Theatre.
A bestselling novel, an Oscar award winning film, now adapted into a theatrical spectacle. After debuting at the Sheffield Crucible in June 2019, Life Of Pi recently made its West End opening at London's Wyndham's Theatre. The production pushes the boundaries of what is possible in a classic West End theatre; a boat-shaped stage with a revolve, puppet animals hauled up from the stalls doors, and lighting and smoke serving to immerse the audience. Storytelling is at the heart of the production, as teenager Pi Patel explains to investigators how he ended up the sole human survivor of a shipwreck, his only companion on his long journey across the Pacific in a lifeboat being an adult Bengal tiger.
Life Of Pi's innovative staging brings its story to life. Its scenes shift from the present, where Pi tells his story to investigators in a hospital room, to flashbacks to his journey across the Pacific ocean. The dark stormy seas are a contrast to the empty and pale setting of the clinical hospital environment. The stage's revolve moves the scenes forward, and creates a lively and electric atmosphere, whilst simultaneously demonstrating the technical precision of the production. Every animal and prop has to enter the stage at the perfect timing to allow the show to continue smoothly, testament to the skill of the cast and director Max Webster.
This adaptation of Life Of Pi is more true to the original novel than the film, emphasising its philosophical elements. The themes of belief and religion run throughout, as one of Pi's initial questions to the investigator is whether or not he believes in God. Although disagreeing with the investigator's choice of atheism, he respects the firmness of this decision, explaining that agnostics are those he cannot understand: 'choosing doubt as a philosophy of life is like choosing immobility as a mode of transport'. A contemplative teenager, Pi struggles to choose between different religions, describing them as 'different versions of the same story', a metaphor played upon throughout the show.
Image source: London Theatre Direct. Photograph by Johan Persson.
The moral compass of the play is balanced out by its wit, emphasised by the exuberance and child-like curiosity which Hiron Abeysekera brings to his portrayal of Pi. His delivery of dialogue, such as 'I've had a terrible trip', dryly describing his journey in comparison to the investigator's simple plane ride, is charming and amusing. Moments of the production often lead the audience to fits of laughter; Pi's challenging choice between his commitment to vegetarianism and survival provide both humour and wisdom in bounds.
However, the real star of the show has to be the tiger, Richard Parker. It is easy to be sceptical upon learning about the show's reliance on puppetry, but Life of Pi easily reaches, or arguably even surpasses, War Horse levels of elaborate creativity. Immersed in the landscape of Pondicherry Zoo in the early section of the play, the animals feel real. Richard Parker is performed by three members of the cast, an extraordinary feat of teamwork and coordination. They bring the tiger to life and are particularly impressive in the fight scenes where it jumps up with a breathtaking roar. The transitioning relationship between Pi and Richard Parker, from foes to allies by the end of their journey across the Pacific, is touching to watch.
Night after night as the cast take their bows, audiences give standing ovations and exultant cheers fill the auditorium. They are mesmerised by the feeling of seeing something unlike anything else they have seen on the West End. From its gorgeously colourful Indian market scene to its gripping oceanic fight sequences between man and tiger, Life of Pi transports you to a place you have never been before. Through theatre, this play provides an escape from reality, something everyone needs from time to time, but now more than ever.
Life of Pi currently runs at Wyndham's Theatre until 29th May 2022. Find out more here.
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Who We AreSara Goff2020-05-27T15:07:56-04:00
Sara Goff is a graduate of Oswego State University. She attended Sewanee Writers' Conference and received two fellowships to Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia and Nairobi, Kenya. During the 16 years she lived in Manhattan, she loved her work as a writing instructor for Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Writers Workshop, founded by author Ian Frazier, and for The National Arts Club's creative writing program for students.
Sara founded Lift the Lid in 2010 and Bridging Minds in 2019, a company that promotes civil political discussions by bridging different perspectives and diverse social and economic backgrounds in America.
She wrote the novel I Always Cry at Weddings (WhiteFire Publishing, 2015), and all proceeds from the book go towards Lift the Lid.
Jonas Nilsson is a graduate of Harvard Business School and United World College. Currently, he helps develop for-profit companies for a living. He is also passionate about technology and has made software development a hobby since he got his first computer in 1981. Lift-the-lid.org became his non-profit focus after meeting Sara and travelling together with her to Kenya.
Joash Bii got us started with our first school in Kenya. He is committed to taking technology to remote rural areas where children would otherwise complete their education without touching a computer. He is a graduate of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya with a MSc. in Software Engineering and a Phd. in Computer Science. He currently serves at Maasai Mara University as Lecturer in the Department of Computing and Informatics, and he's the Founder/Principal of Keneni Academy elementary school in Kecheiyat.
Cheri Peters was the child of Christian missionaries to the Philippines, where she learned to love the country and its people. After graduate studies at Northwestern University in English Renaissance literature, she began working with the Sewanee Writers' Conference at its inception in 1990-and began reading more contemporary literature. Retiring in 2010, she has found in Lift the Lid a most satisfying way to unify the different aspects of her life experience, while at the same time being of service to underprivileged children.
Lasinda McDaniel is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine master's degree program in economic development. She has 15 years of experience working as an executive director of private nonprofit organizations. After raising three children, she is excited to join Lift the Lid in our efforts to aide the schools and students we sponsor. Lasinda is passionate about education and helping other people, which makes her a perfect fit for our organization!
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It feels so good that there are people who are willing to share much of themselves to others. I hope I can have some part in helping others as well.
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There is a full service drop-off recycling center on Highway 21, south of Huntersville, that will accept other trash and recyclables. The center is open Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You must separate your trash and place it in large metal containers at the recycling center.
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For The Habesha Community, Nipsey Hussle's Murder Is 'Incomprehensibly Awful'
By Victoria M. Walker
While millions of fans mourn Eritrean-American rapper Nipsey Hussle's untimely passing, Habeshas in the U.S. and around the globe are honoring one of their own.
Friends and fans around the world have mourned his death but for Eritrean Americans, the loss is particularly painful. Nipsey was proud of his Habesha heritage and made note of it in several interviews. Nipsey's Eritrean heritage comes from his father's side. In 2004, he visited the country for the first time and said the experience "filled in a blank spot for me, as far as understanding myself."
Nipsey, born Ermias Asghedom, was a Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist from Los Angeles. On March 30, while taking photos with fans outside of his store, The Marathon Clothing Company, Nipsey was gunned down in broad daylight. Police are searching for 29-year-old Eric Holder, who was identified as a suspect in the slaying.
His father, Nipsey said in a 2018 interview, fled war in Eritrea and settled in the United States. In an interview with Complex in 2010, he explained that his father tried to keep him connected to his culture. He visited the country again in 2018 and sat down with Billion Temesghen, an Eritrean writer, for an interview.
"More than anything I am proud of being Eritrean," Nipsey told Temesghen. "The history of our country, our struggle and the underdog story, the resilience of the people and our integrity is something that I feel pride in being attached to."
Nipsey was loved and revered across the globe. During a trip in 2018 with his brother and father, he visited local textile factories in Asmara, met with children and explored business opportunities.
The love people had for him was worldwide; Eritrea Boys & Girls Saying Hi to Nip in Asmara Eritrea at Beraki Tesfay House in the Mountain hill pic.twitter.com/T1aJJh8KyI
— Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) April 2, 2019
People across the diaspora reacted to the news.
"Extremely saddened," Eritrea's Minister of Information Yemane G. Meskel said on Twitter.
Charge d'Affaires for Eritrea Natalie Brown, who met Nipsey during the 2018 visit, said she was saddened by his death.
"All I know is we think a lot alike probably because we from the same place South Central LA and Eritrea," Tiffany Haddish wrote on Instagram. Haddish, like Nipsey, is Eritrean-American.
"Grew up on maps that ain't acknowledge us, to seeing someone that genuinely personified us," tweeted Master Tesfatsion, an Eritrean-American writer for Bleacher Report.
"This is so incomprehensibly awful oh my god," said Hannah Giorgis, a staff writer for the Atlantic who is Ethiopian-American.
"He is a legend. Compassionate compatriot. We miss him," Temesghen wrote.
Eritrea, a tiny nation in the Horn of Africa, is home to over four million people. According to the 2017 census, over 38,000 people living in the U.S. were born in Eritrea.
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Victoria M. Walker is an award-winning multimedia journalist and full-time lecturer in the Department of Media, Journalism, and Film at her alma mater, Howard University. She was previously the breaking news and viral content video editor at The Washington Post.
Visit The Upside Down & Celebrate The Return of Stranger Things In Brooklyn This 4th Of July Weekend
Celebrate the 4th of July weekend with a spooky Stranger Things-inspired carnival experience at New York's Coney Island. From July 5 through July 7, Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park will transform into a 1985 sci-fi dreamscape to celebrate Season 3 of the edgy Netflix thriller. Venture into the upside down dimension between 11am until 6pm, […]
South LA Post Office Renamed After Soul Icon Marvin Gaye
Want to know "What's Going On?" with that package that never arrived? Angelenos can now head on over to the Marvin Gaye Post Office on Vermont Ave to find out. Representative Karen Bass introduced legislation to rename the former Dockweiler Post Office after the "Prince of Motown," saying, "Marvin Gaye's music has transcended generations and […]
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Set up your flight alerts now because Lin-Manuel Miranda's new web series is sure to have you pining for Puerto Rico. "Discover Puerto Pico with Lin-Manuel Miranda" is a new, eight-episode collaboration between the Hamilton actor and Discover Puerto Rico. In the series, Miranda returns to his homeland to give viewers his personal recommendations […]


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Q: char pointer corrupted after passing as parameter I have a function like this
#define LEN 10
#define MAX 200
void f(char test[][LEN])

I have a code like this
char test[MAX][LEN];
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f(test);

Now when I trace the code using dbx.
Immediately Before the calling of the function f, I print the variable, the array are all empty. And then afher the function f(test) is called, the pointer is corrupted and some element of the array is pointing to crap memory. It happens just after the parameter is passed.
What might be the reason?
I am working on this for a long time and totally lost.
Could anybody offer a hint?

A: You are possibly corrupting the stack.
It could be some function which is called before f and needs to return a value and not all execution paths end in a return statement.

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Har Gobind Khorana (ur. 9 stycznia 1922 w Raipur w Pendżabie Zachodnim, wówczas Indie Brytyjskie, obecnie Pakistan, zm. 9 listopada 2011 w Concord, Massachusetts) – amerykański biolog molekularny pochodzenia pendżabskiego, laureat Nagrody Nobla w dziedziny fizjologii lub medycyny.

Ojciec Har Gobind Khorany pełnił funkcję patwari (urzędnika zajmującego się podatkami rolniczymi w Indiach Brytyjskich, dlatego członkowie jego rodziny (córka i czterech synów, z których Har Gobind Khorana był najmłodszy) byli jedynymi piśmiennymi mieszkańcami wsi liczącej ok. 100 osób.

Har Gobind Khorana uczęszczał do szkoły średniej (D.A.V. High School) w Multan, a następnie podjął studia na University of the Punjab w Lahaurze, uzyskując B.Sc. w 1943 i M.Sc w 1945. W tym samym roku uzyskał stypendium rządowe i wyjechał kontynuować edukację na University of Liverpool, gdzie w 1948 roku uzyskał tytuł doktora. W latach 1948–1949 odbywał staż podoktorski na ETH w Zurychu, gdzie współpracował z Vladimirem Prelogiem .

Po krótkim pobycie w Indiach ponownie przyjechał do Anglii i podjął pracę na University of Cambridge. Spędził na nim dwa lata (1950-1952), prowadząc badania dotyczące białek i kwasów nukleinowych. Współpracował wówczas z George'em Kennerem oraz Alexandrem Toddem . W 1952 wyjechał do Kanady, gdzie pracował na University of British Columbia, do 1960 roku. W latach 1960–1970 pracował na University of Wisconsin-Madison, a od 1971 na Massachusetts Institute of Technology. W 1966 roku uzyskał obywatelstwo amerykańskie.

Badania prowadzone przez Har Gobind Khorana w latach 60 potwierdziły ustalenia Marshalla Nirenberga, który postulował, że sposób, w jaki cztery różne typy nukleotydów są rozmieszczone na spiralnych "schodach" cząsteczki DNA, determinuje skład chemiczny i funkcję nowej komórki. 64 możliwe kombinacje nukleotydów odczytywane są wzdłuż nici DNA co prowadzi do wytworzenia aminokwasów potrzebnych do budowy określonych białek. Khorana uzupełnił badania Nirenberga, wskazując które szeregowe kombinacje nukleotydów tworzą konkretne aminokwasy. Udowodnił również, że kod jest zawsze przekazywany do komórki w grupach po trzy nukleotydy, zwanych kodonami.

W latach 70 zespół badawczy Har Gobind Khorana, doprowadził do otrzymania pierwszego syntetycznego genu drożdży. Badał on również molekularne mechanizmy leżące u podstaw widzenia kręgowców, w tym badania budowy i funkcji rodopsyny.

Nagrodę Nobla otrzymał w 1968 roku wraz z Robertem Holleyem i Marshallem Nirenbergiem za odszyfrowanie kodu genetycznego i jego roli w syntezie białek. Również w 1968 roku otrzymał Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, a w 1987 roku – National Medal of Science.

W 1994 Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza przyznał mu tytuł doktora honoris causa.

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Amerykańscy biolodzy molekularni
Amerykańscy genetycy
Doktorzy honoris causa Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Nobliści – fizjologia i medycyna
Odznaczeni orderem Padma Vibhushan
Urodzeni w 1922
Wykładowcy Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zmarli w 2011
Laureaci National Medal of Science
Absolwenci Uniwersytetu w Liverpoolu


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Ore. Developer Looks for Buyer of Monaco Site
By: RVBusiness|Published on: Aug 21, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized| 0 comments
With designs on reviving a work force still staggered by the economic downturn, an Oregon developer is actively marketing the former manufacturing campus and headquarters for Monaco Coach Corp. that encompasses nine stand-alone facilities situated on 69 acres in Coburg.
Steve Lee and his wife, Sally, finalized the purchase in late June from a division of Navistar International Corp., which acquired Monaco after an industrywide plummet in sales that forced the venerable manufacturer into foreclosure three years ago and left around 2,000 people unemployed. While acknowledging the property's potential to be parceled out to different buyers – each building is self-sufficient – Lee's long-time ties to Monaco and the industry have him hoping that "Coburg North Industrial Park" will once again house an RV manufacturer looking to establish a West Coast presence.
"Sally and I developed the Coburg site and also Monaco's Holiday Rambler facilities in Wakarusa, Ind.," Lee said. "The quality of construction was far above what you see in the RV industry. Both sites are the Cadillac of industrial complexes with not only top quality construction materials but also an emphasis on energy efficiency and overall aesthetics."
But, according to Lee, one of the most attractive selling points is the area's veteran work force.
"We have people that are primed and ready to go to work with no training required," said Lee. "And unlike Elkhart County, you don't have the competition for skilled laborers from all the other RV companies. Sally and I truly have a passion for bringing work back to the area."
He added, "My son, Ryan, who was director of marketing for Monaco, has given a lot of tours to potential buyers. I asked him what it was like to see all those empty buildings. He told me that wasn't the problem, it was not seeing the faces of all the people that are missing."
The centerpiece for the property is a 336,849-square-foot production facility, which over the years produced towables and gas motorhomes, and later Monaco's high-end diesel coaches. Ryan Lee says it's "absolutely ideal for an RV manufacturer," adding, "It's basically in move-in shape. A company could be up and running in 72 hours."
The plant boasts 8,600 square feet of office area and 340,988 square feet of production space along with an expansive covered storage area, covered loading dock and multiple loading docks and cranes. "It's first class," said Ryan Lee. "There are even copper air lines, which are great for tools."
Lee noted that Navistar is still leasing a facility for its customer service department, but said the company recently moved all towable production to Harrisburg, Ore.
Other features of the property include:
"¢ Nearly 1 million square feet under roof.
"¢ Buildings constructed by Butler Manufacturing.
"¢ Mature landscaping around buildings.
"¢ 200 electric roll-up doors.
"¢ Facilities include a former Monaco medical building and wellness center, and a 12,000-square-foot office building.
"¢ Several manufacturing buildings previously used for chassis production, paint and final finish and component production.
"¢ Close proximity to shipping docks in Portland and also Interstate 5, the main north-west connector on West Coast.
"¢ Wood products all produced in Oregon.
Steve Lee said that he had already shown the property to several commercial developers and was currently conducting two or three major tours a week. "We will probably start off leasing the buildings," he said. "But if someone wanted to buy it outright we could work them. The local and state governments are also motivated to put people back to work so there should be some incentives available."
For additional information on Coburg North, visit www.coburgnorth.com or contact Jeff Elder with Evans, Elder & Brown at [email protected] or (541) 345-4860.


The first week of our Brand X residency has finished. These are photos from our research progress.
Depth Residency Round 2 Started!
Today we started round 2 of our Depth research thanks to a Brand X residency.
Hello. We had a little 'Depth' showing for 60 young people at a primary school in Bondi.


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Our vinyl siding in CT is resistant to a wide range of factors. It will not fade, rot, and can keep moisture away. With these features, rest assured that moisture will not enter and cause discomfort in your home. In addition, you only need to use mild soap and water to clean it. It won't cost you much effort and money just to keep them looking good.
We offer vinyl siding that can serve as a sound barrier. It can reduce noise made by your neighbor's dog, lawnmower, and or vehicles. This feature will ensure that your home's interior enjoy a quiet atmosphere.
Our siding can offer you other benefits. You can choose from a wide range of colors and styles that can enhance your home's curb appeal. Our siding products are also eco-friendly as they are manufactured from recycled materials. As these are installed by manufacturer-certified crew members, our siding will surely serve you well for years.
Let Vinylume help make your home livable this summer. Feel free to give us a call today at (866) 244-8029 or fill out our contact form for your siding needs.