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package com.lewis.codingrode.utils;

import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Matrix;

import com.google.zxing.BarcodeFormat;
import com.google.zxing.EncodeHintType;
import com.google.zxing.MultiFormatWriter;
import com.google.zxing.WriterException;
import com.google.zxing.common.BitMatrix;
import com.google.zxing.qrcode.QRCodeWriter;
import com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder.ErrorCorrectionLevel;

import java.util.Hashtable;

/**
 * 生成二维码的工具类
 * 具体参考:
 * 1、http://blog.csdn.net/dgs960825/article/details/51200863
 * 2、https://github.com/vivian8725118/ZXingGenerator
 * Created by lewis on 2017/5/15.
 */

public class QRCodeUtil {

    private static final int SIZE = 500; //二维码的宽
    /**
     * 黑点颜色
     */
    private static final int BLACK = 0xFF000000;
    /**
     * 白色
     */
    private static final int WHITE = 0xFFFFFFFF;
    /**
     * LOGO宽度值,最大不能大于二维码20%宽度值,大于可能会导致二维码信息失效
     */
    private static final int LOGO_WIDTH_MAX = SIZE / 5;
    /**
     * LOGO宽度值,最小不能小于二维码10%宽度值,小于影响Logo与二维码的整体搭配
     */
    private static final int LOGO_WIDTH_MIN = SIZE / 10;

    /**
     * 生成二维码,默认大小为500*500
     *
     * @param content 需要生成二维码的文字、网址等
     * @return
     */
    public static Bitmap createQRCode(String content) throws WriterException {
        return createQRCode(content, SIZE);
    }

    /**
     * 生成二维码
     *
     * @param content 文字或网址
     * @param size    二维码的大小
     * @return
     */
    public static Bitmap createQRCode(String content, int size) throws WriterException {
        Hashtable<EncodeHintType, String> hints = new Hashtable<>();
        hints.put(EncodeHintType.CHARACTER_SET, "utf-8");
        //图像数据转换,使用了矩阵转换
        BitMatrix mBitMatrix = new QRCodeWriter().encode(content, BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE, size, size, hints);
        int pixels[] = new int[size * size];
        //下面这里按照二维码的算法,逐个生成二维码的图片,
        //两个for循环是图片横列扫描的结果
        for (int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
            for (int x = 0; x < size; x++) {
                if (mBitMatrix.get(x, y)) {
                    pixels[y * size + x] = 0xff000000;
                } else {
                    pixels[y * size + x] = 0xffffffff;
                }
            }
        }
        //生成二维码图片的格式,使用ARGB_8888
        Bitmap qrCodeBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(size, size, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        qrCodeBitmap.setPixels(pixels, 0, size, 0, 0, size, size);
        return qrCodeBitmap;
    }

    /**
     * 生成带logo的二维码
     *
     * @param content
     * @param logoBitmap
     * @return
     * @throws WriterException
     */
    public static Bitmap createQRCode(String content, Bitmap logoBitmap) throws WriterException {
        return createQRCode(content, SIZE, logoBitmap);
    }

    /**
     * 生成带logo的二维码
     *
     * @param content
     * @param size
     * @param logoBitmap
     * @return
     * @throws WriterException
     */
    public static Bitmap createQRCode(String content, int size, Bitmap logoBitmap) throws WriterException {
        int logoWidth = logoBitmap.getWidth();
        int logoHeight = logoBitmap.getHeight();
        int logoHaleWidth = logoWidth >= SIZE ? LOGO_WIDTH_MIN
                : LOGO_WIDTH_MAX;
        int logoHaleHeight = logoHeight >= SIZE ? LOGO_WIDTH_MIN
                : LOGO_WIDTH_MAX;
        // 将logo图片按martix设置的信息缩放
        Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
        float sx = (float) logoHaleWidth / logoWidth;
        float sy = (float) logoHaleHeight / logoHeight;
        matrix.setScale(sx, sy);// 设置缩放信息
        Bitmap newLogoBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(logoBitmap, 0, 0, logoWidth,
                logoHeight, matrix, false);
        int newLogoWidth = newLogoBitmap.getWidth();
        int newLogoHeight = newLogoBitmap.getHeight();

        Hashtable<EncodeHintType, Object> hints = new Hashtable<>();
        hints.put(EncodeHintType.CHARACTER_SET, "utf-8"); //容错级别
        hints.put(EncodeHintType.ERROR_CORRECTION, ErrorCorrectionLevel.H);
        hints.put(EncodeHintType.MAX_SIZE, LOGO_WIDTH_MAX);// 设置图片的最大值
        hints.put(EncodeHintType.MIN_SIZE, LOGO_WIDTH_MIN);// 设置图片的最小值
        //设置空白边距的宽度
//            hints.put(EncodeHintType.MARGIN, 2); //default is 4
        // 生成二维矩阵,编码时指定大小,不要生成了图片以后再进行缩放,这样会模糊导致识别失败
        BitMatrix bitMatrix = new MultiFormatWriter().encode(content,
                BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE, SIZE, SIZE, hints);
        int width = bitMatrix.getWidth();
        int height = bitMatrix.getHeight();
        int halfW = width / 2;
        int halfH = height / 2;

        int[] pixels = new int[size * size];
        // 下面这里按照二维码的算法,逐个生成二维码的图片,
        // 两个for循环是图片横列扫描的结果
        for (int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
            for (int x = 0; x < size; x++) {
                /*
                 * 取值范围,可以画图理解下
                 * halfW + newLogoWidth / 2 - (halfW - newLogoWidth / 2) = newLogoWidth
                 * halfH + newLogoHeight / 2 - (halfH - newLogoHeight) = newLogoHeight
                 */
                if (x > halfW - newLogoWidth / 2 && x < halfW + newLogoWidth / 2
                        && y > halfH - newLogoHeight / 2 && y < halfH + newLogoHeight / 2) {// 该位置用于存放图片信息
                    /*
                     *  记录图片每个像素信息
                     *  halfW - newLogoWidth / 2 < x < halfW + newLogoWidth / 2
                     *  --> 0 < x - halfW + newLogoWidth / 2 < newLogoWidth
                     *   halfH - newLogoHeight / 2  < y < halfH + newLogoHeight / 2
                     *   -->0 < y - halfH + newLogoHeight / 2 < newLogoHeight
                     *   刚好取值newLogoBitmap。getPixel(0-newLogoWidth,0-newLogoHeight);
                     */
                    pixels[y * width + x] = newLogoBitmap.getPixel(
                            x - halfW + newLogoWidth / 2, y - halfH + newLogoHeight / 2);
                } else {
                    pixels[y * width + x] = bitMatrix.get(x, y) ? BLACK : WHITE;// 设置信息
                }
            }
        }
        //生成二维码图片的格式,使用ARGB_8888
        Bitmap qrCodeBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(size, size, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        // 通过像素数组生成bitmap,具体参考api
        qrCodeBitmap.setPixels(pixels, 0, size, 0, 0, size, size);
        return qrCodeBitmap;
    }
}

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Skúsime to cez vesmír (which translates to Flying through the Universe) is the second album by Slovak rock band Tublatanka released in 1987 by Opus Records. It contains the hit singles Skúsime to cez vesmír and Dnes.

Track listing
 "Vo veľkej škole dní"
 "Šlabikár II"
 "Neváham..."
 "Dotyk rúžom na pohár"
 "Skúsime to cez vesmír"
 "Dnes"
 "Mám byť iný"
 "Veľké nádeje"
 "Už som váš"
 "Tuláčik s dobrou povesťou"
Lyrics written by Martin Sarvaš
Music written by Maťo Ďurinda

Credits
BAND
Maťo Ďurinda - lead vocals (except on "Neváham"), lead and rhythm guitars, piano
Palo Horváth - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Neváham", co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8
Ďuro Černý - drums, percussion

Guests
Braňo Černák, Peter Uherčík, Paľo Sevský, Dušan Horecký, Peter Sámel, Jano Kuric, Peter Penthor, Robo Stanke, Ľubo Bočev, Tomáš Krnáč, Miro Binder, Peter Peteraj, Bohuš Dobál, Igor Skovay, Karol Vilček, Sergej Michalič, Maroš Hnidiak, Vlado Mrazko, Dušan Králik, Ilja Thurzo, Fedor Šrobár, Vít Fila, Jožo Hanák - backing vocals on "Vo veľkej škole dní"

See also
 The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time

References

1987 albums
Tublatanka albums

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WASHINGTON D.C. (CNN) – Joe Biden will be President in 30 days. Until then, the question is how much damage can be done by a vengeful, delusional soon-to-be ex-President swilling conspiracy theories, whose wild anti-democratic instincts are being encouraged fringe political opportunists.
Donald Trump will retain the presidency's powers until noon on January 20, and there's never been a time when he has been subject to as few restraining influences or has had a more significant incentive to cause disruption.
The President is spending day after day in his White House bunker, entertaining crackpot theories about imposing martial law, seizing voting machines, and staging an intervention in Congress on January 6 to steal the election from Biden.
Surrounded by the last dead-end loyalists, Trump is flinging lies and political venom like King Lear in a crumbling Twitter kingdom, alarming some staffers about what he will do next.
On Monday, he huddled with a cabal of Republican lawmakers who plan to challenge the election on baseless fraud claims at a special session of Congress to ratify the results on January 6.
Two ways Trump can hurt America
Trump can further damage the United States in the coming days in two ways — by an aggressive design and by the passive neglect of his sworn obligations to lead.
His attempts to crush American democratic traditions by claiming a landslide victory in an election that he lost, which was not incredibly close, fit into the first category. The President's behavior has sown massive mistrust of the U.S. political system's fundamental underpinning — fair elections — among millions of his voters. It threatens to compromise the legitimacy of Biden's White House.
CNN's Barbara Starr reported Tuesday that there is concern among executive office staff and the military's leadership that Trump could use his power as President and commander in chief in dangerous ways in the last days of his term. "We don't know what he might do," one officer in the Pentagon said. Another added: "We are in strange times."
Trump's indifference to multiple crises stirred by his rule makes up the second category of his political vandalism. This includes his apathy about a raging pandemic that has infected 18 million Americans and killed nearly 320,000 as an aching nation marks its darkest holiday season in generations.
There is no substitute in the U.S. governing system for a president's engagement during a massive national enterprise. But there is also no sign that Trump cares to offer leadership to ensure the mammoth vaccination program's success that holds the hope of eventually ending the pandemic. This, after he denied the virulence of Covid-19, undoubtedly worsened the death toll.
Trump is also running interference for Russia, prioritizing an adversary's interests over America's after a massive cyberattack blamed on the Kremlin.
These infractions add up to the dereliction of presidential duty on a grand scale. It is impossible to imagine any other president of the modern era behaving in such a way or for either political parties to tolerate his abuse of power. Former President George W. Bush's neglect during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 seems tame by comparison.
The current President's anti-democratic behavior since the election is validating the fears of critics — and more than 80 million Biden voters — who worried about his unchained behavior in a second term. Like many fading strongmen leaders, his antics are becoming more unhinged as the prospect of losing power becomes tangible.
Madcap schemes
Even Trump's White House staff is concerned about what happens next, at a time when Washington is already braced for a flurry of politically self-serving or legally dubious presidential pardons in the coming weeks.
"No one is sure where this is heading," one official told CNN's White House team on Monday in a disturbing behind-the-scenes glimpse at the mayhem unfolding in the West Wing. "He's still President for another month."
The madcap schemes of some of Trump's acolytes — such as retired Gen. Michael Flynn's mooted plan to send troops to battleground states to redo elections that the President lost — have no chance of playing out. Even if Trump's renegades had the competence to mount such a threat, the courts have shown zero tolerance for the President's autocratic attempts to destroy U.S. democracy. It is unthinkable the military would deploy to reverse a popular vote on U.S. soil.
Trump's extremism is also unfolding in the context of a landmark election after which the safety valves of the courts, the electoral safeguards in the states — and eventually on parts of Capitol Hill — stood firm in defense of democracy.
But the fact that a defeated President is even hearing theories about imposing martial law in the Oval Office is unfathomable in the world's oldest, most influential democracy.
Were it not for the outrageous assaults on the rule of law over the last four years and the evidence of a presidency tethered to the erratic personality of Trump. It would not be at all believable.
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Although Trump's most fervent loyalists have turned against him for his political apostasy toward the President, Barr remains a credible figure among many Senate Republicans. His comments will have strengthened Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's effort to stop any of his caucus seeking to mount a futile challenge to the election during a joint session of Congress to ratify the election result on January 6.
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Philly's New Sisterhood of Chefs
How collaboration has become the key to success
Sarah Maiellano
From left to right: Jezabel Careaba, Carmen Bones, Kiki Aranita, Cristina Martinez, Ange Branca, and Jillian Encarnacion (Photo: Hieu Pham of AH Pham Photography)
When we say the James Beard Foundation is about good food for good, it's not limited to sustainable agriculture, the Farm Bill, or reducing food waste. Another important aspect of our mission is highlighting the myriad hands that are helping to shape American cuisine. Below, Sarah Maiellano explores the growing community of female chefs and restaurateurs in Philadelphia's dining scene who look to each other not as competitors, but as collaborators and confidantes.
As Kiki Aranita was building furniture for her Hawaiian restaurant, Poi Dog, Ange Branca, the chef-owner of Saté Kampar, showed up. "She knocked on the door, saw that I was stressed, brought in burgers, and started putting prep tables together," Aranita said. "She wouldn't leave."
"That's what everyone does!" Branca said.
Aranita and Branca are part of Philadelphia's new sisterhood of chefs—women who lift each other up, collaborate constantly, and earn high praise from diners and critics alike for their cooking.
Though most of Philadelphia's best-regarded restaurants are owned and run by men, a glance at Philly Mag and the Philadelphia Inquirer's top restaurant lists shows that change is underway. Female chefs are making waves with modest restaurants serving the food of their homelands.
Embodying this sea change in Philadelphia is Cristina Martinez, who has earned attention nationwide for both her stellar lamb tacos and her activism on behalf of fellow undocumented immigrants. The South Philly Barbacoa owner was a 2018 James Beard Award semifinalist, and recently appeared on Netflix's Chef's Table.
Another 2018 Beard Award semifinalist, the restaurant Hardena/Waroeng Surabaya, opened nearly two decades ago with Indonesian immigrant Ena Widjojo at the helm. A few years ago, her daughters Diana and Maylia joined the restaurant, and—thanks to their collective industry experience and connections—media coverage followed. Hardena shifted from a 99 percent Indonesian customer base to mostly Americans, according to Diana Widjojo. "My mom thinks it's great," she said. "We've always been advocates for our food and culture. We're proud to show people the food we eat and our hospitality."
After years in the corporate world, Saté Kampar's Ange Branca met her now-husband in Philadelphia and settled in the city, but sought reconnection with her Malaysian roots and culture. "I was cooking every minute that I could find," she said. "My restaurant is preserving a memory of the place I came from—not just the food, but the experience and ambience. It's my way of connecting both sides of the world." In 2017, Saté Kampar was a Beard Award semifinalist and earned a coveted spot on the Inquirer's "25 best restaurants" list.
According to Branca, a group of female restaurant owners, including Poi Dog's Aranita and Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change alum Judy Ni of Baology, talk almost on a daily basis. "It's wonderful to have this family to turn to," Branca said. "[It's] been really helpful in terms of getting things done and keep[ing] my sanity." Widjojo agreed, saying she often turns to Branca for advice.
"We call each other sisters," Aranita said. "We are so tight. These are people that I talk to every single day to compare notes—we're trying to make each other's lives better."
Aranita doesn't believe that this type of collaboration would be possible elsewhere, like in New York where she previously lived. Widjojo, also a New York native, said her parents thought success was more achievable in Philadelphia because of its affordability and smaller restaurant community.
Collaborating is "what makes Philly so cool," said Aranita. "Everyone wants to mash-up their food together." She recently partnered with Branca, Ni, and Alexis Siemons of Teaspoons & Petals on a Chinese dessert bake sale.
Widjojo credits a specific collaboration with kicking off Hardena's growth. After culinary school, she worked at Joncarl Lachman's popular Dutch restaurant Noord and introduced him to Hardena. "He fell in love with the place," Widjojo said. Determined to support both Widjojo's personal success, and her family's Indonesian cooking, Lachman partnered with Hardena for a rijsttafel—a traditional, Dutch–Indonesian feast organized by Philly Mag's Alex Tewfik (another longtime Hardena devotee). After that, "we were on the grid," according to Widjojo.
Branca took collaboration dinners a step further: she created the non-profit Muhibbah to share global cuisine and support immigrant communities. In Malay, muhibbah describes a celebration that brings together people of different races, religions, and cultures in the spirit of peace and tolerance. "Every dinner pulls together chefs from different backgrounds to cook food that represents their heritage," Branca said. "It's the food that we grew up with; it has the stories of our beginnings."
Branca thinks that one of the city's strengths lies in bringing together diverse cultures. "You can walk anywhere in Philly and find people from [all] walks of life, cuisines, languages," she said. "It's the kind of place that allows cuisines of multiple cultures to exist in a casual, welcoming way. Most people just know Philadelphia for cheesesteaks, but there's so much more."
As a woman of Chinese and Hawaiian heritage, Aranita agrees. "I notice a lot more women who look like me [owning restaurants]," she said, mentioning Lalo (the newly opened Filipino stall in the Bourse Marketplace) and Rangoon (a Burmese standby opened by three female friends). "When we work together, we come up with great ideas, and I wouldn't have it any other way."
Branca says that her restaurant has simply added another thread to the fabric of diversity in Philadelphia. "I've never felt as much [a part of] a family in any industry as I do right now," she said. "I've had requests to open in other cities, but the community here keeps us alive."
Sarah Maiellano is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. You can find more of her work at sarahmaiellano.com and follow her on Instagram at @sarahmaiellano.
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Пархоменко Андрій Вікторович ( 27 грудня 1971, Одеса, Українська РСР, СРСР) — український футболіст і футбольний тренер.

Клубна кар'єра

Початок кар'єри
Вихованець одеського футболу. Перші тренери — Олександр Йосипович Розенштраух і Петро Павлович Русанов. У 1988 році провів 2 матчі за нікопольський «Колос» проти тюменського «Геолога» і пермської «Зірки».

У 1989 році перейшов в одеський «Чорноморець», за який провів лише один кубковоий матч проти запорізького «Металурга», який закінчився з рахунком 1:1.

У 1991 році грав за спортивний клуб «Одеса». У його складі зіграв 24 матчі й отримав багато ігрової практики.

У 1992 році, грав у складі російського «Терека». Там Пархоменко зіграв 19 матчів.

Повернення в Україну
У 1993 році потрапив до складу «Таврії», яка була у ранзі чемпіона країни. Але там він не закріпився і зіграв 3 матчі. Далі повернувся грати за СК «Одеса», де зіграв 33 матчі і забивав свої перші м'ячі в професійній кар'єрі. У 1994 році грав за «Поділля», в складі якого зіграв 20 матчів і забив 1 гол. У 1995—1996 роках виступав за «Ниву». А потім виступав за «Лотто-GCM» й зіграв 19 матчів за «Чорноморець».

У 1999 році покинув Україну й виступав у складі болгарського «Ботева». Там, за рік, він забив 16 голів.

Молдовські клуби
З 2000 по 2002 роки виступав за «Шериф» і зіграв 10 матчів. У 2001 зіграв 4 матчі в складі «Тилігула» на правах оренди. Також на парвах оренди виступав за «Тирасполь». Закінчив грати в Молдові за «Агро», на правах оренди, провівши 9 матчів і забивши 1 гол.

Завершення кар'єри
У 2003 році був граючим тренером аматорського клубу «Іван». Провів одну гру в 2004 році за «Закарпаття». У 2005—2006 грав за «Пальміру». Завершив кар'єру в російському «Сахаліні», де грав у 2006—2008 роках.

Тренерська діяльність
У 2003 році був граючим тренером аматорського клубу «Іван». Став найкращим тренером України серед аматорських команд. Потім продовжив кар'єру футболіста.
У 2007—2008 роках був тренером «Сахаліну». Потім тренував «Днісетр» і «Одесу». З 2014 по 2015 роки знову тренував російський «Сахалін». З 2015 року в «Балканах».

Досягнення

Командні
 Срібний призер Чемпіонату Молдови: 1999—2000
 Переможець Першої ліги України: 2003—2004

Особисті
 Найкращий тренер України серед аматорських команд: 2002—2003

Особисте життя
Одружений на Зотовой Юлії Миколаївні. Має чотирьох синів: Костянтина, Вадима., Тимура та Артьома. Брат, Дмитро — теж футболіст.

Примітки

Уродженці Одеси
Українські футболісти
Футболісти «Електрометалурга-НЗФ»
Футболісти «Чорноморця» (Одеса)
Футболісти СК «Одеса»
Футболісти «Ахмата»
Футболісти «Таврії» (Сімферополь)
Футболісти «Поділля» (Хмельницький)
Футболісти «Ниви» (Тернопіль)
Футболісти «СКА-Лотто» (Одеса)
Футболісти «Ботева» (Враца)
Футболісти «Шерифа» (Тирасполь)
Футболісти «Тилігула-Тирас»
Футболісти «Тирасполя»
Футболісти «Агро»
Футболісти «Івана»
Футболісти «Говерли»
Футболісти «Пальміри» (Одеса)
Футболісти «Сахаліна»
Українські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Росії
Українські футбольні тренери-легіонери
Тренери ФК «Балкани» Зоря


What If We Did Secret Scenta Instead?Where we exchange soap and candles?
Why Do I Keep Smelling Something That Isn't Really There?You might be experiencing phantom odors. Spooky!
Does Johnny Depp Smell Bad? He Says NoOnstage at this weekend's Beauty Awards.
People Sniff Their Hands After a HandshakeNew research to make handshakes just a little more awkward.
Why Can't You Smell Your Own Home?And why it's smart to worry about it.
Study: Humans Make Friends for Weird ReasonsSniff test.
Do You Want to Smell Like an Old Book? The scent of old books has been analyzed. There's vanilla up in there!
Find Out Why Old Books SmellIf we could wear Eau de Library, we would.
God Is Bingeing on Pancakes and Waffles AgainAt least it's not sardines.
Here Are the Ten Smelliest Puddles in MidtownIn case you were wondering.
Rotting Stench From Mysterious Apartment Not a Dead Person, for OnceA group of Queens neighbors had a pleasant, but puzzling and foul-smelling, surprise yesterday.
Greenpoint and Cobble Hill: Same Great Poopy Smell, Two Different Sources!If it ain't because of a subpar waste-treatment plant, it's gotta be a ginkgo-nut rainshower!
Where Is New York's Worst Smell?Summertime means smelly time in this town! Let us know what places we should be avoiding as the heat climbs to the hundreds.


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Q: read .accdb file through php I am trying to upload  .accdb file and then try to read it but I am getting error
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A: Your server may not have the latest Access Database Engine installed.
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That time of year has arrived! Hallmark has released their holiday ornaments for 2017 and yes, there is another Beagle Scout Snoopy to add to the collection!
This year's ornament features Snoopy, Woodstock, and friends folding the United States Flag. Written on the Hallmark website: Known as the Beagle Scouts in the long-running Peanuts® comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, troop leader Snoopy and his small yellow bird friends show their patriotism. Scout families will really "flock" to this Christmas ornament that shows the lovable characters in the middle of a flag-folding ceremony.
As you know, if you have been reading this blog over the years, I collect these ornaments. I think they have nicely captured bits of the Scouting program. I plan to pick up at least two of the ornaments, one for the tree, and one to store away. Maybe I will even buy another one or two to give as gifts.
One little extra note this year is that Hallmark will donate $1.00 to Toys For Tots for each of these ornaments purchased this year. A win-win situation!
It can be found online at http://www.hallmark.com/ornaments/keepsake-ornaments/peanuts-snoopy-flag-folding-ceremony-ornament-1595QXI3295.html or at your local Hallmark store.
I am always keeping an eye out for Beagle Scout Snoopy items. I just like the combination of Scouting and Peanuts, I guess. After writing the last article I decided to have a quick look on eBay to see what other Beagle Scout Snoopy items were being offered for sale. Like usual, there are a lot of Hallmark ornaments for sale. One item in particular caught my eye because I never knew it even existed.
There is an auction for a vintage "new in box" Snoopy's Beagle Scouts Stand Up Colorforms Play Set. I remember playing with Chloroforms when I was a kid. I do not ever remember seeing this playlet on the store shelves. Of course, maybe this set is not that old. I am not able to see a date on the box cover. I thought it might be fun to have this in my collection… until I saw the price of $39.99, plus $14.00 postage. Sorry, I do not want it that badly.
I found another auction of the same playlet in used condition going for less than $10.00, plus postage. Notice the word "used". After reading the description I decided I did not want to bid on that one either.
I am not going to list the links here because they will soon be outdated, so if you wish to find the play set just do a search for it yourself. I still think it is a pretty cool item. What do you think?
Hallmark Snoopy – The Race Is On!
This year's Scouting themed Snoopy ornament is now on sale at your local Hallmark store. The 2015 piece features Snoopy the Beagle Scout, or scoutmaster, and three of his "Scouts" racing their Pinewood Derby cars. It is nice to see a Cub Scouting themed ornament this year.
I was not even thinking of this until I walked into the Crossroads Mall Hallmark store this afternoon. I was going to check if they had any of last year's ornaments at close out prices. I should have known this year's decorations would be on display already. It did not take me long to find Scoutmaster Snoopy. I bought two, like I do every year. One to put on the tree, and one to add to the collection.
Have you been collecting the Beagle Scout Snoopy ornaments?
It is August 1st, and that means this year's new Hallmark Keepsake ornaments are in the stores and ready to sell. Beagle Scout Snoopy and his friends once again make an appearance as the Scouting series continues. This year captures the Beagle Scout as he climbs to the top of the mountain with the help of Woodstock and his friends. It is a fitting theme when you think about how popular rock climbing has become with Boy Scouts and how many summer camps now feature climbing towers.
Unfortunately, it is not one of my favorite Beagle Scout Snoopy ornaments. To me it looks like the characters are climbing a piece of frosting covered chocolate. Maybe the characters are climbing a gigantic s'more instead of a mountain! That would be quite tasty. The sticky marshmallow topping would make the climb a little easier, or would it make it worse?
It looks like you may have to find a store to buy it. The Hallmark website does not to seem to include it as an online purchase. Will you be picking one up for yourself or that special Scout in your life?
It is that time of year again. Hallmark is now selling the new Snoopy, the Beagle Scout, 2012 ornament. It is available only at Hallmark stores and is not available for purchase online, although their site does have a page for it at http://www.hallmark.com/Product/ProductDetails/1795QXI2941_DK .
I guess I will be making a trip to St. Cloud to purchase a few of these. A couple will be added to my collection (one for the Christmas tree and one to put away) and a couple may find themselves under someone's tree Christmas morning.
How many do you plan to purchase? How many previous ones do you already own?


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Q: SQL Server 2008: The target name, "package0.event_file", is invalid, or the object could not be found What can cause the following error?
Msg 25623, Level 15, State 2, Line 1
The target name, "package0.event_file", is invalid, or the object could not be found

Given the following TSQL:
CREATE EVENT SESSION [CloudMigration]
    ON SERVER
    ADD EVENT sqlserver.sql_statement_completed
    ADD TARGET package0.event_file
    (SET
        filename = N'C:\PATH\TO\FILE',
        max_file_size = (2),
        max_rollover_files = (2)
    )
    WITH (
        MAX_MEMORY = 2048 KB,
        EVENT_RETENTION_MODE = ALLOW_MULTIPLE_EVENT_LOSS,
        MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY = 3 SECONDS,
        MAX_EVENT_SIZE = 0 KB,
        MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE = NONE,
        TRACK_CAUSALITY = OFF,
        STARTUP_STATE = OFF
    );
GO

The TSQL came from this Microsoft article:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/extended-events/quick-start-extended-events-in-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15


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EME Activity started in 2 meters around 2008 and the first QSO was completed on 15th November 2008 with KB8RQ thanks to JT65 digital mode . The station set-up was quite modest and included a TS2000 with 100W, a 9 elements yagi ( WIMO ) and a DB6NT 144 Mhz preamplifier.
The 9 elements allowed a gain of 12.4dBd ( 14.55 dBi ) and was enough to make QSO with the big guns . The attempt to couple two antennas ( fig. 1 ) was not very successfull as , due to space constraints, it was not possible to have optimum spacing .
The expectation was to gain 2.5-2.9 dB, but reality was about 1.5 dB with more ground noise !
The explanation is that two yagis must be spaced enough to avoid to cross the two effective aperture ( Ae ) and in the case of a Yagi with 12.4 dBd this spacing is roughly 3 meters .
The effect of narrower spacing was the increase of the side lobes and, consequently, the capture more ground noise.
The two 9 elements Yagi coupled with too narrow spacing .
EZNEC analysis of the two 9 elements Yagi showing side lobes around 45 deg.
DG8SAQ VNA analysis showing a second resonant frequency and some shift of the main frequency .
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Bill S-214
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International Mother Language Day ActRoutine Proceedings
December 14th, 2021 / 10:10 a.m.
See context
Ken Hardie Liberal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill S-214, an act to establish International Mother Language Day
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to sponsor Bill S-214, which is an act to establish February 21 each year as international mother language day in Canada. This bill recognizes that, in addition to Canada's official languages, French and English, there are over 60 different aboriginal languages spoken in our nation. It also recognizes the important cultural and societal values of the first languages of so many Canadians who have chosen this country as their home.
Our thanks and congratulations to our champion, Aminul Islam in Surrey, and to Senator Jaffer, who sponsored this bill in the other place.
(Motion agreed to and bill read the first time)
Message from the SenateGovernment Orders
December 9th, 2021 / 7:35 p.m.
The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota
I have the honour to inform the House that messages have been received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following bills to which the concurrence of the House is desired: Bill S-214, An Act to establish International Mother Language Day, Bill S-216, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (use of resources of a registered charity), and Bill S-223, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs).


I'll write two entries about my exhibition that started last week. One practical one, that might help artists looking to organize an exhibition. And this first one more as what it gives to my right side of the brain.
First of all it was truly fun. Having a first showing is a great chance to invite all friends and just enjoy. I'm really happy about everyone who showed up – even though it was impossible to give everyone the attention they deserved. Then again: Not that I was needed, everyone was busy meeting new people – all is well.
There is a lot to be learned about your own art at such an event. You see your images in a new light. Adding frames makes an immense difference. Some pictures that look average when lying in a huge pile at home, turn out into swans when getting a real frame with lots of space.
Here are some pictures showing the setup.
Thomas presents... the main wall with the oil colors. I'm not posing!
Wall two with watercolors and drawings.
Seeing the reaction of visitors is priceless. You can learn what they gravitate to – what they like and don't like.
Surprising to me: My little sketches that I do in 5 minutes found a lot of fans. I do love them myself but I thought they are too personal for others to relate. I have a story about each image, but the viewer does not know them. Still, lots of good feedback.
The oil paintings were the center and did also get a lot of reactions. Viewers read a lot into images – it was surprising how strong you can affect people sometimes. The images and drawings that mean much to me did also get most reactions interestingly. Sometimes though the opposite of what I felt. The intensity comes through, the intention not always. And every now and then viewers see things I just didn't realize. Painting happens to me sometimes like a trance, and I have to discover the image myself.
There was also some straight forward critique to images. Something very hard to find, and worth every effort.
What I take from all that: I am moving in the right direction. But there is a looooong way to go.
Painting more friends will be one way to get honest expression in my work. And I want to combine the looseness and depth of my sketches with the quality of the oils. This is my task and I hope I can find the time and money to go for that.
I sold some art, and I got some new opportunities through this. But if it really worked out I will judge when it is over – the gallery is still open every Friday and Saturday. Then I will also write the second self-review.
Here are more photos – thank you all for the great time.
The first people just came when I put up the last image.
The critics! They'll find any mistake!
...with the idea that I draw patterns on top of the stamp design.


As you know, I adopted my children from foster care in 2016, but a lot of you don't know about our journey. I began fostering them in March of 2014. At the time my daughter was just shy of 2 years old and was only 19 pounds. The doctors said that she was Failure to Thrive(FTV), but after seeing her eat I thought maybe she was just malnourished. I quickly began feeding her smoothies on a regular basis. I made them with yogurt, fresh fruit and Pediasure. I wanted to give her a fighting chance and show the doctors that it might not be FTV. While she was malnourished to the point that her hair was falling out, my son seemed to be healthy for the most part. After a couple of weeks, things started to come together. She was gaining weight, and he was starting to crawl and pull himself up but one thing still bugged me. He would cry and cry when I wasn't holding him, and then when I held him he cried as if he didn't want me to touch him. This went on for a couple of weeks with me thinking that it was some sort of withdrawal symptoms. After a couple of weeks, the mama bear kicked in and I realized that something wasn't right so I started looking into reasons why this might be happening. One of the other odd things that he did would happen when we were riding in the car. If we came to a stoplight, he would start fussing, crying and or screaming. Then as soon as we started moving again it would stop. Not knowing exactly what I was looking for, I somehow stumbled upon Sensory Processing Disorder(SPD). I knew immediately that this is what we were dealing with so I started looking at options for dealing with it and stumbled onto a reference to weighted blankets. I ordered him a weighted blanket from Etsy and while it was rather expensive, I took a chance with the hopes that it would work. The first time I laid that blanket on him, I could just see his body relax. It was pretty amazing and worth every penny. When he was 2, we started seeing more problems mostly with eating, but also with clothing and noise. I haven't figured it out but for whatever reason noises seem to bother him more now than they did when he was younger. He holds his hands over his ears any time that he hears a loud noise, most specifically a loud, CONSTANT or reverberating noise. He is currently 3 and now we are starting to see some of the behavioral issues that go along with SPD. For example, this weekend we were shopping with a friend and he became completely inconsolable and caused a huge scene in the middle of a store. I always thought, "That will never be my kid"…. Well, guess what it happens and it happens more often than I like. It was SO embarrassing and I felt terrible for my friend because I know she wasn't prepared for that.
Another example happened today. We were in the car headed to Daytona Beach for a Mother's Day lunch and he started yelling out and getting fussy. When I say yelling out, he makes extremely loud inappropriate noises. It's almost like he's trying to get our attention. He did this in a parking lot the other day to strangers and they didn't like it at all. When he did it yesterday I decided to hold his hand for a little while and guess what…He stopped. Just the simple rubbing and squeezing of his hand was enough to have him change his course of action and focus on something else. He began to rub my hand and fingers; feeling all of the lines, nails, and then all the way up my arm.
I love my kids more than life itself, but sometimes he is just so hard to deal with and it makes me sad because I know it's not who he is. I have had him evaluated and they have confirmed that he does indeed have SPD. They recommended occupational therapy but at the time, I wasn't in a place where I could take off work to get it done. My situation has somewhat changed now, so I'm getting him started in a program as soon as possible. I am also quite certain that my daughter has it as well, just not to the extent that he does.
Sensory processing (originally called "sensory integration dysfunction" or SID) refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses. A person with SPD finds it difficult to process and act upon information received through the senses, which creates challenges in performing countless everyday tasks. Motor clumsiness, behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, school failure, and many other problems may impact those who do not have effective treatment.* A complete list of symptoms can be found here.
*All statements and information with an asterisk (*) are from the website for the STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder.
This is the rollercoaster that I have been on for the last 3 years and while some days are EXTREMELY challenging, I wouldn't trade it for anything. For the most part, my kids are healthy, happy kids who just happen to dance to the beat of their own drums. I do hope that you follow along on our journey.


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Climax In Music
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The Relationship Between Dance And Music
What Is Inspirational Music?
Jazz music which is considered an artwork creation of the American blacks during the early many years of the twentieth century has been an important subject of the social historical past of US. It gained popularity not only as an art form however it additionally helped the hapless blacks, who had been the offspring of the enslaved African origin blacks brought into America by the white settlers to use them for their labor needs, to realize a social standing by way of the facility of music. When musicians play three or extra totally different notes at the identical time, this creates a chord In Western music , including classical music, pop music, rock music and many related types, the most typical chords are triads – three notes normally performed on the identical time.
By the mid 2000's the Mp3 format would overtake the CD participant in popularity. This helped to unfold musical kinds. A popular form of spiritual music is bhajans. Computers and plenty of keyboards will be programmed to supply and play Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) music.
ANSWERING PHRASES: In some music, pairs of phrases of the same length sometimes appear to match one another. The DMA is a relatively new diploma that was created to offer a credential for skilled performers or composers that wish to work as college professors in musical efficiency or composition.
Musicians often disagree about the place phrases start and end. There was a robust tendency in the aesthetics of music to emphasize the paramount significance of compositional construction; however, other points concerning the aesthetics of music embody lyricism , concord , hypnotism , emotiveness , temporal dynamics , resonance , playfulness, and color (see additionally musical growth ).
The music that composers make may be heard by way of several media; essentially the most traditional manner is to listen to it reside, within the presence of the musicians (or as one of many musicians), in an outdoor or indoor house resembling an amphitheatre, live performance hall , cabaret room or theatre For the reason that 20th century, reside music may also be broadcast over the radio, tv or the Web, or recorded and listened to on a CD participant or Mp3 player.
The invention of sound recording and the power to edit music gave rise to new subgenre of classical music, including the acousmatic 50 and Musique concrète schools of electronic composition. In the event you're unable to find out the music publisher, you might discover some hints by checking the songs in the databases of the entities that handle performance rights: ASCAP; BMI; and SESAC.
And generally a number of songs will share a title. On the identical time, nonetheless, the actual songs that turned hits have been totally different in several worlds, just as cumulative-advantage principle would predict. A examine by researchers on the university of Illinois shows listening to music could improve the output of employees in all varieties of jobs.
Most of us have finished it or seen others doing it, however is learning with music good or unhealthy? To read music notation, a person must have an understanding of music idea , concord and the performance practice associated with a particular tune or piece's genre. In Western classical music a easy ternary type has a third section that could be a recapitulation of the first (ABA).
Janata led a workforce of scientists who reported some areas of the brain are 5% larger in expert musicians than they are in people with little or no musical training, and that the auditory cortex in professional musicians is a hundred thirty% denser than in non-musicians.
Usually, it is either the musical sounds or the lyrics themselves that kind the hidden phrases. Here improvisation hardly takes place, and the efficiency value lies within the uniformity and the pre-decided conduct of tone and music velocity (tempo). Some firms did well with the change to a digital format, though, reminiscent of Apple's iTunes , an online music retailer that sells digital information of songs over the Internet.
Performance is the physical expression of music, which occurs when a music is sung or when a piano piece, electric guitar melody, symphony, drum beat or other musical half is played by musicians. They point out to the musicians all types of issues like music speed, rhythm, expression like loud and comfortable enjoying and bringing within the instrumentalists on the correct place.
Music And Its Influence On Behavior
The Web has proven to be the place music might be found, reviewed, discussed, shared, and purchased. Performers, together with singers and instrumentalists, can add musical expression to a song or piece by adding phrasing , by including results comparable to vibrato (with voice and some instruments, reminiscent of guitar, violin, brass devices and woodwinds), dynamics (the loudness or softness of piece or a section of it), tempo fluctuations (e.g., ritardando or accelerando , that are, respectively slowing down and speeding up the tempo), by adding pauses or fermatas on a cadence , and by changing the articulation of the notes (e.g., making notes extra pronounced or accented, by making notes more legato , which implies easily connected, or by making notes shorter).
People aiming to develop into skilled musicians, singers, composers, songwriters, music lecturers and practitioners of different music-associated professions corresponding to music historical past professors, sound engineers , and so on examine in specialized submit-secondary programs offered by faculties, universities and music conservatories Some institutions that train individuals for careers in music offer training in a wide range of professions, as is the case with most of the prime U.S. universities, which offer degrees in music performance (including singing and taking part in devices), music historical past, music idea, music composition, music education (for individuals aiming to change into elementary or highschool music academics) and, in some circumstances, conducting.
Equally, quicker Landlers are sometimes utilized by musicians to showcase technical prowess, since they usually function more note-intensive passages than their Classical cousin, the Waltz.
Music is a type of artwork which plays an essential a part of our on a regular basis life. To offer one instance, while Bebop -era jazz makes use of very advanced chords, including altered dominants and challenging chord progressions , with chords altering two or more instances per bar and keys changing a number of instances in a tune, funk locations most of its emphasis on rhythm and groove , with total songs based mostly around a vamp on a single chord.
Strive having the learners full a concept-checking or different written train whereas giving them the interval it takes to play musical choice all through. More complicated Classical, pop and traditional music songs and pieces might have two keys (and in some cases three or extra keys).
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Musicians would purify their hands earlier than taking part in stringed instruments such as the Lyre. Cassettes had been like a musical precursor to social media, because you might report a track off the radio, after which file another song you preferred later, and so on, till the tape was full.
What's a climax in music? Music could be divided into genres (e.g., nation music ) and genres will be further divided into subgenres (e.g., nation blues and pop country are two of the numerous nation subgenres), though the dividing strains and relationships between music genres are sometimes refined, sometimes open to non-public interpretation, and occasionally controversial.
Many sorts of music, corresponding to traditional blues and folks music weren't written down in sheet music ; as a substitute, they had been originally preserved in the reminiscence of performers, and the songs were handed down orally , from one musician or singer to a different, or aurally, wherein a performer learns a music " by ear ". When the composer of a song or piece is no longer known, this music is usually classified as "traditional" or as a "people song".
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The Traveling Wilburys aren't only one in every of my favourite groups because they made some superb music but additionally as a result of the group consisted of a few of my favourite artists. In truth the answer to this question is still a resounding sure, since numerous research research do prove that finding out music contributes unequivocally to the positive improvement of the human brain. Doctors now consider utilizing music therapy in hospitals and nursing houses not only makes people feel better, but in addition makes them heal quicker.
Extra broadly it refers to any research of music, usually associated in some kind with compositional considerations, and may include mathematics , physics , and anthropology What is mostly taught in beginning music theory classes are tips to jot down within the fashion of the frequent practice period , or tonal music Idea, even of music of the common observe period, might take many other types.
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The Indian music characteristics are evident once you examine it with Western music. The lyrics of their songs, especially the improvisation technique used in the Jazz which allows the singer to sing without even the tune, had been expressive of their true feelings and their social sufferings on being the isolated and neglected portion of the society.
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Quick Answer: How Did Taoism Historical Development Impact Chinese Societies Today?
1 How did Taoism impact Chinese society?
2 Where is Taoism most influential today?
3 How does Daoism influence Chinese governance?
4 How did religion impact society in ancient China?
5 How did Confucianism impact society?
6 What religions are banned in China?
10 How does Daoism influence modern life?
11 How did Daoism influence Chinese medical theories and practices?
12 How did Confucianism and Daoism influence Chinese culture?
13 Do the Chinese believe in God?
14 How did ancient China impact the world today?
15 Did the Chinese believe in one God?
How did Taoism impact Chinese society?
Taoism significantly influenced Chinese culture from the Shang Dynasty forward. The recognition that all things and all people are connected is expressed in the development of the arts, which reflect the people's understanding of their place in the universe and their obligation to each other.
Where is Taoism most influential today?
Today, the Taoist tradition is one of the five religious doctrines officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. It is also a major religion in Taiwan and claims adherents in a number of other societies, in particular in Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia.
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How does Daoism influence Chinese governance?
So, the primary influence of Daoism is to prevent evolution of the Han/HuaXia culture to allow Han/HuaXia culture more robustly deal with evolved cultures that China encountered after the 14th c The governments of China have always bounced between Legalism (Qin, PRC etc…) and Confucianism (Song, Ming etc…).
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How did religion impact society in ancient China?
An important aspect of Chinese religion, whether Taoism, Confucianism, or Buddhism, was known as "hygiene schools" which instructed people on how to take care of themselves to live longer lives or even achieve immortality. Hygiene schools were part of the temple or monastery.
How did Confucianism impact society?
Confucius believed that every person had there place in society. He enforced through his philosophy, and turned Ancient China into a structured society. Confucianism did create a society which had a stable structure and was very stable for the majority of the time it was used as an example of a perfect society.
What religions are banned in China?
Most ethnic Tibetans practice a distinct form of Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism. The Uighurs, who primarily live in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, are predominantly Muslim. Over a dozen religious or spiritual groups are banned in China as "evil cults," including Falun Gong and the Church of Almighty God.
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How does Daoism influence modern life?
Daoism Today Daoism has influenced Chinese culture for over 2,000 years. Its practices have given birth to martial arts such as Tai Chi and Qigong. Healthy living such as practicing vegetarianism and exercise. And its texts have codified Chinese views on morality and behavior, regardless of religious affiliation.
How did Daoism influence Chinese medical theories and practices?
Daoists had faith healers and hygienists who would had medical knowledge. In Daoism Medicine considers a patient as a whole not only their illness. It is said that it sees a lack of harmony with nature and because of that its a major reason why disorders, illnesses and other ailments occur.
How did Confucianism and Daoism influence Chinese culture?
The structure of Chinese society and its focus on rituals, familial respect and obligation, worship of ancestors, and self-discipline, remains greatly influenced by Confucius and his teachings. Taoism (also called Daoism ) is a Chinese religion that developed a bit after Confucianism, around two thousand years ago.
Do the Chinese believe in God?
Basically, Chinese religion involves allegiance to the shen, often translated as "spirits", defining a variety of gods and immortals. These may be deities of the natural environment or ancestral principles of human groups, concepts of civility, culture heroes, many of whom feature in Chinese mythology and history.
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How did ancient China impact the world today?
Ancient China has had many contributions to the modern world, especially their inventions. They have made inventions like porcelain, paper money, compass, gunpowder and fireworks. China today still are inventing things, something's that have been created before was made by accident like the gunpowder.
Did the Chinese believe in one God?
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What Impact Did Taoism Have On Art And Architecture?
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What are community land trusts? And what could they do to address the Twin Cities' affordable housing crisis?
Why some advocates say the idea could play an important role in easing the area's housing crunch.
By Solomon Gustavo | Staff Writer
MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan
Community land trusts boast programs that offer a way to buy and maintain homes for people who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford them.
Molly Van Avery still remembers walking over the random papers and toys strewn on the floor of the previously foreclosed home she was examining in Minneapolis' Powderhorn neighborhood. Food was rotting in the kitchen. Pictures of the family that previously lived in the house still hung on the living room walls.
It was 2009, and, at the time, Van Avery couldn't afford to buy the home on the open market. Over the previous decade, she had moved from apartment to apartment and made a modest salary as a nonprofit administrator and public artist, and she didn't have much to put toward a down payment.
"I had zero dollars," she said.
But she still wanted to buy a home, prompted by the fatigue of moving around and the high and growing cost of rent in south Minneapolis, the area she grew up in and where she wanted to stay.
It was a desire that eventually led her to an organization called the City of Lakes Community Land Trust. As one of the largest community land trust organizations in the country, City of Lakes Community Land Trust has helped hundreds of low- and middle-income people buy a home since the group's inception in 2002. In recent years, it's been joined by other community land trusts (CLT) in the Twin Cities and around the state, all boasting programs that offer a way to buy and maintain homes for people who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford them.
That includes Van Avery, who, ten years on, remains a proud homeowner. It also makes her the sort of success story that some advocates tout in pointing to community land trusts as one possible way to help alleviate critical housing issues in the metro.
How community land trusts works
Community land trust organizations are often nonprofits, though they can be backed by private firms, and they often receive money from city and county governments in the form of grants. And here's how they operate: CLTs buy real estate or secure mortgages on the open market, then resell the properties to lower-income people at lower, more affordable prices. CLTs are able to do that by retaining ownership of the property's land while selling the home to the buyer, who then leases the land from the CLT. That lease can be as low as $15 a month, and though lease terms may vary, most CLTs offer a 99-year lease with the sale of each home.
Without having to pay for the land, more people are able to afford the home. In fact, some of those who are able to buy a home via the CLT model in Minneapolis make only 31 percent of the area's median income. "Talk about reducing homeownership disparity," said City of Lakes CLT executive director Jeff Washburn.
City of Lakes also makes home buyers agree that should they decide to sell, they will only sell to other people who need the assistance of a CLT to afford the home. If that happens, the homeowner enjoys 25 percent of the profit, while City of Lakes retains the equity in the land. The rest of any profit from a sale goes back to the organization, which uses the surplus to subsidize the sale of the home to the next buyer.
Advocates say this "shared-equity" model offers an affordable housing option that can virtually last in perpetuity, while also helping the home seller amass wealth to enter the open housing market. "We have a number of those success stories," said Sherry Timmermann Goodtaster, executive director of Two Rivers Community Land Trust in Woodbury, which places people in homes in Washington County.
After determining that a certain family or individual can handle the cost and burden of owning a home, CLTs begin their relationships with prospective homebuyers by putting them through a crash course on the housing market and how to maintain a house.
CLTs also invest in necessary upgrades to homes, in what is referred to as a grant on the property. The value of the grant stays with the home, and is passed on to successive homeowners. If a homeowner wants to make improvements themselves, CLTs offer guidance in finding trustworthy contractors.
Different CLTs have different criteria for homebuyers. For example, the Rondo Community Land Trust typically approves people who make less than 80 percent of the area median income, and have a credit score above 640. But the organization is flexible. "If your credit score isn't good enough, it doesn't mean we're slamming the door in your face," said Rondo CLT staffer Jamie Kanazawa.
The role of CLTs in addressing the Twin Cities' housing shortage
Though they provide affordable housing and avenues for accruing wealth through homeownership for hundreds of people, the CLT organizations around the Twin Cities have yet to be deployed on a grander scale, and some advocates are skeptical about how big a role the organizations can play in addressing Twin Cities' housing crisis.
Kanawaza, with the Rondo CLT, said she is a believer in the CLT model but thinks it is just one option in what needs to be a multifaceted effort in providing adequate housing across the Twin Cities. Services that specifically help the homeless are a step that obviously comes "far before the CLT model."
Others, like City of Lakes CLT director Washburn, are more evangelical in their belief that the model provides real opportunities for addressing housing gaps, even among the homeless in Minneapolis, even if he acknowledges that it would take huge sums of money.
"For about $900 million dollars, which is a ton of money, we could achieve parity for Black and white homeownership," said Washburn. "That is less than what we spent on US Bank Stadium. These are solvable problems."
Washburn also thinks that the notion of a "straight-line continuum" of housing stages and needs — from homelessness to a shelter, to an affordable rental, to a market-rate rental, and finally to homeownership — doesn't reflect reality. He cites a City of Lakes program for homeowners who have paid off their mortgage but are on a fixed income and cannot afford their property taxes. In that scenario, the homeowner is at risk of swiftly tumbling from the top of the proverbial housing totem all the way to homelessness.
Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are looking toward CLTs as part of the continuum of options to address housing needs. Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority set up a CLT financing program in 2019, and though the initiative experienced a "COVID-sized hole" in its initial timeline, senior project manager Nick Boettcher says the city is now in the process of drafting development agreements with multiple community land trust organizations.
In Minneapolis, the city has continued to provide grant funding to City of Lakes CLT, but it's also created — after completing a year-long study — a program on "perpetually affordable homes" that borrows elements of the land trust model. The city anticipates development applications for the new program in early 2021, said city spokesperson Kelly Stacken.
'What everyone deserves'
Van Avery counts herself as one of the success stories of the community land trust model. Having safe, stable housing, she said, has given her the foundation to start a family and go back to school to pursue a master's degree.
And as someone who lives in the "wake," she says, of another family's foreclosed home, Van Avery wants more people's lives improved by homeownership. In her capacity as an artist, Van Avery participated in a project in which those who live in a foreclosed home expressed their guilt and sadness, and spoke about harnessing those passions into pushing for housing models that keep people in their homes, or offer homes to those who cannot buy one on the open market.
"The thing that I love so much about the land trust model is how much respect and integrity it gives us as people," said Van Avery, adding that other affordable housing options tend to come with a cap on personal income or other restrictions. "In the land trust model, it's like, 'Live your life, we trust you and believe in you and know you can thrive.' That is the piece that I feel is what everyone deserves."
Solomon Gustavo
Solomon Gustavo covers local and regional government for MinnPost. Email him at sgustavo@minnpost.com.
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What are community land trusts? And what could they do to address the Twin Cities' affordable housing crisis?

By Solomon Gustavo | Staff Writer

Sept. 11, 2020

Molly Van Avery still remembers walking over the random papers and toys strewn on the floor of the previously foreclosed home she was examining in Minneapolis' Powderhorn neighborhood. Food was rotting in the kitchen. Pictures of the family that previously lived in the house still hung on the living room walls.

It was 2009, and, at the time, Van Avery couldn't afford to buy the home on the open market. Over the previous decade, she had moved from apartment to apartment and made a modest salary as a nonprofit administrator and public artist, and she didn't have much to put toward a down payment.

"I had zero dollars," she said.

But she still wanted to buy a home, prompted by the fatigue of moving around and the high and growing cost of rent in south Minneapolis, the area she grew up in and where she wanted to stay.

It was a desire that eventually led her to an organization called the City of Lakes Community Land Trust. As one of the largest community land trust organizations in the country, City of Lakes Community Land Trust has helped hundreds of low- and middle-income people buy a home since the group's inception in 2002. In recent years, it's been joined by other community land trusts (CLT) in the Twin Cities and around the state, all boasting programs that offer a way to buy and maintain homes for people who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford them.

That includes Van Avery, who, ten years on, remains a proud homeowner. It also makes her the sort of success story that some advocates tout in pointing to community land trusts as one possible way to help alleviate critical housing issues in the metro.

How community land trusts works

Community land trust organizations are often nonprofits, though they can be backed by private firms, and they often receive money from city and county governments in the form of grants. And here's how they operate: CLTs buy real estate or secure mortgages on the open market, then resell the properties to lower-income people at lower, more affordable prices. CLTs are able to do that by retaining ownership of the property's land while selling the home to the buyer, who then leases the land from the CLT. That lease can be as low as $15 a month, and though lease terms may vary, most CLTs offer a 99-year lease with the sale of each home.

Without having to pay for the land, more people are able to afford the home. In fact, some of those who are able to buy a home via the CLT model in Minneapolis make only 31 percent of the area's median income. "Talk about reducing homeownership disparity," said City of Lakes CLT executive director Jeff Washburn.

City of Lakes also makes home buyers agree that should they decide to sell, they will only sell to other people who need the assistance of a CLT to afford the home. If that happens, the homeowner enjoys 25 percent of the profit, while City of Lakes retains the equity in the land. The rest of any profit from a sale goes back to the organization, which uses the surplus to subsidize the sale of the home to the next buyer.

Advocates say this "shared-equity" model offers an affordable housing option that can virtually last in perpetuity, while also helping the home seller amass wealth to enter the open housing market. "We have a number of those success stories," said Sherry Timmermann Goodtaster, executive director of Two Rivers Community Land Trust in Woodbury, which places people in homes in Washington County.

After determining that a certain family or individual can handle the cost and burden of owning a home, CLTs begin their relationships with prospective homebuyers by putting them through a crash course on the housing market and how to maintain a house.

CLTs also invest in necessary upgrades to homes, in what is referred to as a grant on the property. The value of the grant stays with the home, and is passed on to successive homeowners. If a homeowner wants to make improvements themselves, CLTs offer guidance in finding trustworthy contractors.

Different CLTs have different criteria for homebuyers. For example, the Rondo Community Land Trust typically approves people who make less than 80 percent of the area median income, and have a credit score above 640. But the organization is flexible. "If your credit score isn't good enough, it doesn't mean we're slamming the door in your face," said Rondo CLT staffer Jamie Kanazawa.

The role of CLTs in addressing the Twin Cities' housing shortage

Though they provide affordable housing and avenues for accruing wealth through homeownership for hundreds of people, the CLT organizations around the Twin Cities have yet to be deployed on a grander scale, and some advocates are skeptical about how big a role the organizations can play in addressing Twin Cities' housing crisis.

Kanawaza, with the Rondo CLT, said she is a believer in the CLT model but thinks it is just one option in what needs to be a multifaceted effort in providing adequate housing across the Twin Cities. Services that specifically help the homeless are a step that obviously comes "far before the CLT model."

Others, like City of Lakes CLT director Washburn, are more evangelical in their belief that the model provides real opportunities for addressing housing gaps, even among the homeless in Minneapolis, even if he acknowledges that it would take huge sums of money.

"For about $900 million dollars, which is a ton of money, we could achieve parity for Black and white homeownership," said Washburn. "That is less than what we spent on US Bank Stadium. These are solvable problems."

Washburn also thinks that the notion of a "straight-line continuum" of housing stages and needs — from homelessness to a shelter, to an affordable rental, to a market-rate rental, and finally to homeownership — doesn't reflect reality. He cites a City of Lakes program for homeowners who have paid off their mortgage but are on a fixed income and cannot afford their property taxes. In that scenario, the homeowner is at risk of swiftly tumbling from the top of the proverbial housing totem all the way to homelessness.

Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are looking toward CLTs as part of the continuum of options to address housing needs. Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority set up a CLT financing program in 2019, and though the initiative experienced a "COVID-sized hole" in its initial timeline, senior project manager Nick Boettcher says the city is now in the process of drafting development agreements with multiple community land trust organizations.

In Minneapolis, the city has continued to provide grant funding to City of Lakes CLT, but it's also created — after completing a year-long study — a program on "perpetually affordable homes" that borrows elements of the land trust model. The city anticipates development applications for the new program in early 2021, said city spokesperson Kelly Stacken.

'What everyone deserves'

Van Avery counts herself as one of the success stories of the community land trust model. Having safe, stable housing, she said, has given her the foundation to start a family and go back to school to pursue a master's degree.

And as someone who lives in the "wake," she says, of another family's foreclosed home, Van Avery wants more people's lives improved by homeownership. In her capacity as an artist, Van Avery participated in a project in which those who live in a foreclosed home expressed their guilt and sadness, and spoke about harnessing those passions into pushing for housing models that keep people in their homes, or offer homes to those who cannot buy one on the open market.

"The thing that I love so much about the land trust model is how much respect and integrity it gives us as people," said Van Avery, adding that other affordable housing options tend to come with a cap on personal income or other restrictions. "In the land trust model, it's like, 'Live your life, we trust you and believe in you and know you can thrive.' That is the piece that I feel is what everyone deserves."

This article first appeared on MinnPost and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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Home Latest news Colchester Borough Council's benefits advice team shortlisted for national award
Colchester Borough Council's benefits advice team shortlisted for national award
Date issued: 23 November 2018
The team providing holistic welfare benefits advice for people affected by cancer in north, mid and south Essex has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
The Essex Macmillan Welfare Benefits Service, managed by Colchester Borough Council, has been shortlisted in the Team of the Year category in this year's LGC Awards – dubbed the 'biggest celebration of excellence in local government'.
The team is funded by Macmillan Cancer Support and has been delivered by Colchester Borough Council under a partnership arrangement since 2011.
In 2017/18 – its most successful year so far – the Macmillan team supported 2,188 clients affected by cancer and facilitated £7.4m in benefit gains, exceeding both the £1m target in benefit gains and number of cases per officer.
In the same year, the team also achieved AQS Accreditation and was commended for its work during the onsite inspection for attaining the standard so successfully and without the need for remedial work.
The benefits advice service provides free, confidential guidance, information and support to help soften the financial blow for people affected by cancer, including their carers and families and the recently-bereaved.
The team can identify eligibility for benefits, assist with completing forms and provide support to challenge unfavourable benefit decisions, ensuring those affected by cancer receive the support and help needed to maximise their income.
The service is currently delivered from four NHS Trusts, offering face-to-face clinics as well as telephone and online access. Referrals can be made either by the client or on the client's behalf by a friend, relative, representative or professional.
Cllr Tina Bourne, Colchester Borough Council's Portfolio Holder for Housing and Communities, said: "I'm thrilled our Macmillan Welfare Benefits Service has been shortlisted as Team of the Year in these prestigious national awards.
"It is tremendously gratifying to see the expertise, dedication and sheer hard work of the whole team recognised like this.
"Their helpful and friendly advice about the financial support people living with cancer are entitled to claim not only give patients and carers one less thing to worry about, but also sets an exemplary standard of professional excellence – so I'm not surprised they have been shortlisted for such a major award.
"I congratulate them on this success and wish them every luck in the finals."
Judging for the Team of the Year category had been delayed, after the competition was swamped with a record number of entries. This year's winners will be announced in a ceremony on 13 March 2019 at Grosvenor House, London.
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