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How Karan Kanchan is making Japanese-trap commercial
It's been a swift rise to the top for Mumbai-based artiste Karan Kanchan, who produced the track, Naya sher, with the Royal Challengers Bangalore team, and artistes Divine and Jonita Gandhi. Only six years ago, the musician had been saving money to purchase essential instruments by signing up for short-term gigs on Fiverr. Today, he has projects like Gully Boy and Bazigar o bazigar on his resume.
In a World where individuals use freelancing platforms to strengthen their wealth portfolio, Kanchan's gigs served another purpose — his year-long hustle had him take on projects of diverse genres, a development which became his education of sorts in the music industry. "It is because of that exposure that I could work on an array of projects. If I've been part of the music of Netflix's The White Tiger, I've also done songs for dance championships, and other anthems. It also taught me how to understand [clients]. What a client may say may not necessarily be what they want. I understood that."
Also Read: Music, Films and Technology : The Versatile Genius of Sandeep Khurana
Having once assumed that dance music was the only means to commercial success, Kanchan had a change of heart after attending gigs of bigwigs. "The one thing that each of them had in common was something that made them stand out from the rest. I began to think about how people would recognise me, and that's when I began to work on myself." He was drawn to Japanese classical music, and began to blend it with trap music. "J-trap sounded fresh to me, and I began to explore it further."
Today in music
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January 23, 1965: Downtown made Petula Clark the first British female singer to score a US No.1 hit since 1952. The tune featured instrumentation from Jimmy Page.


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 Joahas (Israel), König im Nordreich Israel
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Q: How can I make jshint indent options work jslint can check indent by run 'jslint --indent 4 test.js', but I don't get it work in jshint.
I do it as the follow steps.

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*install jshint through "npm install -g jshint"

*edit ~/.jshintrc, my jshintrc looks like
{..., "indent":4, "white":false, ...}

*edit js file test.js

/jshint indent:4/
var condition, doSth;
if (condition)
doSth(); // expected to be invalid

*run jshint test.js, but the indent checking is not working. The 2 spaces started line can pass the check.

A: It's a version problem. I use 2.5.0 while 2.4 works.
Take a look at https://github.com/jshint/jshint/releases/tag/2.5.0:

We decided to label it 2.5.0 because—while it's backwards
  compatible—there are a few major changes.
The following options were removed: nomen, onevar, passfail, white,
  gcl, smarttabs, trailing. In addition to that, indent no longer
  provides warnings about indentation levels. You can still use it to
  set your tab-width but it will be used only for character locations in
  other warnings. JSHint won't error if you have these options in your
  config or your files; it will simply ignore them.
Thanks to our contributors, we fixed a lot of bugs in our parser. We
  also improved our ES6 support by adding basic support for template
  literals.

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Why Paper & Cyber Graphics?
More and more small businesses and non-profit organizations are beginning to realize that they need another way to "get their message out." They can utilize the World Wide Web, a.k.a. the Internet to help communicate and sell their services and products. With more people routinely searching for information on the Internet, the need for affordable, effective "web-sites" is growing daily.
I see this need and the need for an experienced helper for new Internet marketers.
Twelve years ago, after a 15 year career as a national sales manager for two small-medium sized companies, I began a new venture as a graphic designer for a local Hickory manufacturer.
I designed new packaging for a growing line of shoe care products. Soon, many of our customers asked me to design their private label packaging. I learned to produce art for everything from blister cards, small boxes, and bottle and can labels to shoe polish tins. We also needed to use my photography and photo-editing skills. I entered the digital photography age on day one and now use these skills daily.
As time went on I was producing advertisements for trade magazines, retail posters for point-of sale displays and a lot of different promotional literature. Of course during this time we also needed a web-site. I became our corporate 'web master'.
Ten years later I realized that I have a unique skill set. My years as a successful salesman and sales manager allow me to think like a salesman. I know how important it is to position a company before attempting to close a sale.
Salesmanship, web-mastering, photography and promotional support design skills have prepared me for something new. I discovered that I can efficiently help a lot of organizations with both their printed and their cyberspace marketing needs so I started a new company. That's why we are called Paper & CYBER Graphics, LLC.
Feel free to contact any of my clients as a reference. I am recognized as a valued part of each of their marketing teams. You will also have my personal guarantee of satisfaction as a Paper & Cyber Graphics client.


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Experience Modern Living in Historic Downtown
The City People Downtown Home Tour Returns
May 3-5th, 2018!
Retirees, college students, working professionals and others of all ages come together in one of Knoxville's most vibrant and eclectic neighborhoods — downtown.
There's nothing typical about residential life in downtown Knoxville. You can live in spaces that are industrial, modern, classic, mid-century, traditional or urban. You can live in a studio loft or a three-bedroom townhome. You can live in the bustle of Market Square, the serenity of World's Fair Park or the historic hum of the Old City.
But now, you don't have to live downtown to experience what it's like to do so. You just have to join us for City People's Downtown Home Tour on May 4th, and Saturday, May 5th, 2018!
City People
What We're About.
Ask many downtown residents what inspired them to move to downtown Knoxville and chances are they'll mention the City People Downtown Home Tour, which has been showcasing urban living for more than 25 years.
Founded in 1983, City People builds connections that enrich the vibrancy of downtown Knoxville. As the organization's only major fundraising event, the Downtown Home Tour helps make that possible. The proceeds from the event not only make it possible for the organization to operate, but also support City People's mission by funding its Small Grants Big Fun program, multiple free events for anyone downtown and more.
Help us build a more vibrant downtown community (and take a peek at the urban living lifestyle) when you join us for the City People Downtown Home Tour.
"The Downtown Home Tour has been instrumental in highlighting the benefits of downtown living and our outstanding properties," says Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero.
Learn More ABOUT CITY PEOPLE
Life In Downtown Knoxville
Living It Up in Downtown
Whether you're a foodie, craft beer lover, buy-local diehard, music nut, wine enthusiast or all of the above and more, downtown Knoxville has a little bit of everything for everyone.
It's a walkable downtown with an easy-to-use free Trolley system for days when it's too hot, cold or rainy.
We have some of the best restaurants in Knoxville and have cornered the market on the city's craft breweries. Downtown Knoxville also offers entertainment at the famous Tennessee Theatre, Bijou Theater or other bars and venues like the Mill and Mine.
You can access to the river from Billy Lush Board Shop or the Volunteer Princess and get a front-row seat on game day for the Volunteer Navy.
The city Greenway through World's Fair Park and the park's open lawn areas and playgrounds provide plenty of recreation space for kids and adults alike, while small pockets of parks throughout downtown offer quiet spaces to sit and watch the world go by.
(From American FactFinder for 37902 ZIP code in 2015): 2,097 people; 30.6 median age; 89.7% high school graduate or higher; $29,601 median household income.
Parking for Residents
Designated parking provided by many residential buildings; city-owned garages starting at $40 per month; parking-lot-specific permits starting at $22.50 per month; meters are free to everyone after 10:00 pm on Gay Street and 6:00 pm in other areas and free on Sundays, and city-owned garages are free to everyone after 6:00 pm and on weekends.
Residence Cost
Rental rates range from $1.00-$2.00 per square foot per month. Purchase options are available for studio, one, two and three bedrooms ranging from 800-3,465 square feet for a cost of $156-$418 per square foot ($192,000-$1.45 million).
PetSafe Downtown Dog Park at the corner of West Summit Hill Drive and Central Avenue with solar-powered lighting; downtown restaurants with dog–friendly patios areas; doggy waste stations located throughout town.
6 Grocery Stores Within 2.5 Miles
The Market at the corner of Gay and Union; Three Rivers Market on North Central Street; Food City on Western Avenue; Kroger on North Broadway Street; Publix and Walmart at University Commons; Kroger at Chapman Highway.
Walk to the Farmers Market
Fresh produce, eggs, honey, herbs, pasture–raised meat, bread, baked goods, salsas, coffee, artisan crafts and more Saturdays and Wednesdays, May through November.
Schools in the Area
Elementary Schools: Sequoyah or Green Magnet Academy
Middle Schools: South Doyle or Vine Magnet
High School: Austin–East Magnet
Hotels for Your Out-Of-Town Guests
The Oliver Hotel on Union Avenue; The Tennessean Hotel; Hilton on West Church Avenue; Crown Plaza on West Summit Hill Drive; Holiday Inn on Henley Street; Four Points Sheraton on 11th Street; Knoxville Marriott on East Hill Avenue; Hyatt Place in the Farragut Building on Gay Street.
Photos courtesy of Inside of Knoxville.
Downtown is beckoning.
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Special thanks to our sponsors.
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Q: Accidentally messed up URLs So I installed WordPress on my Apache server and I changed the URL in the WordPress Admin Control Panel to http://website.com/ from http://website.com/wordpress and now it's taking me to my old index.html I made before I installed WordPress, even though I moved all my old stuff to a backup folder. Now I cannot get back into my WordPress admin CP.
So my question is:
How do I switch the URLs inside the WordPress files instead of the Admin CP (Cause I cannot get to it).
How do I make the WordPress url to http://website.com/ instead of http://website.com/wordpress?
P.S. I didn't include http:// on the links because I can't post more than two links with my rep.

A: Codex has an article on Changing The Site URL, you can edit values in database or override them in config.
To have your site work from root you can either relocate WP there altogether or configure it to support root of the site, while still residing in subdirectory. See Giving WordPress Its Own Directory on the latter.


The fourth meeting of the European network of Rail training centres took place in Lyon on 12th and 13th of March 2009, at SNCF facilities.
The key objective of the network, which gathers major European training providers, from both commercial and non commercial training centres, is to contribute to the opening of the European rail training market, by enabling active professional dialogue between rail training professionals to support interoperability.
The meeting was the opportunity for the network to get acquainted with SNCF training policy and activities. Bernard Chrétien, the Director of the Infra SNCF in house management School (Ecole Supérieure des Cadres de l'Infrastructure - ESCI) opened the meeting with a presentation about training at the SNCF, with a focus on the Infrastructure activity.
The first morning of the meeting was then dedicated to a workshop "screening of rail training centres in Europe: outlook and perspectives", organized in order to disseminate and discuss the results of the first phase of the training centre survey initiated by the NRTC.
The Survey which consisted of screening of railway training in Europe is the first step for the development of benchmarking activities between the training centres.
The IZVW Würzburg University in Germany which was contracted to analyse the data of the network's screening presented an analysis of the results, which were then discussed between the network members, a representative of the European Infrastructure Managers (EIM) as well as a representative of the European Railway Agency (ERA).
The final report gives an overview of the results from the group's analysis (24 training providers) regarding organisational characteristics, areas of training, policies, training approaches, and intention of future cooperation, as well as a summary and recommendation for further steps towards a more detailed benchmarking process.
As a result of the exchanges and debates, the network decided to focus the next step of the study on benchmarking activity aiming at the enhancement of the quality and efficiency of railway staff training at European training centres. The network also agreed to concentrate its efforts on specific safety-relevant roles and positions as well as certain types of training.
The afternoon session of the meeting was dedicated to discussions around further activities and actions for the network partly based on the brainstorm of the morning session, as well as on the exchanges of the previous meetings of the network. It includes the development of a dedicated website for the network, which would underpin the activities and enhance the professional dialogue between the training managers, as well as the network's activities as regards other relevant European Railway stakeholders.
The network also supported the idea of organizing regular European conferences on railway training. The first one could take place in 2010, to debate the issues of trainers' skills , capabilities and assessment methodologies.
(2) A co-financed project by EU Leonardo da Vinci programme "Development of common guidelines for a European e-learning module on "safety on or along the tracks" The project is coordinated by the UIC and is in partnership with DB training, Railinfra opleidingen and Mav Baross Gabor training centre.
Eventually, the network was acquainted with the European project INNOTRACK and the new research produced in the area of substructure, rails & welding and switches & crossings.
Bjorn Paulsson, coordinator of the project at the UIC infrastructure department established contacts with the training providers, in view of developing training initiatives to implement the projects' results.
The visit of the different training facilities enabled many exchanges between the SNCF trainers and the network.


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2022 Presidential Petition
Presidential Election Petition 2022
Judgements – Presidential Election Petition
Neutral Citation
Court Decision
Presidential Election Petition E005, E001, E002, E003, E004, E007 & E008 of 2022 (Consolidated)
Abridged Judgement
Odinga & 16 others v Ruto & 10 others; Law Society of Kenya & 4 others (Amicus Curiae) (Presidential Election Petition E005, E001, E002, E003, E004, E007 & E008 of 2022 (Consolidated)) [2022] KESC 54 (KLR) (Election Petitions) (5 September 2022) (Judgment)
Despite petitioners in a presidential election petition having made numerous averments pointing to possible irregularities and illegalities, the pointed illegalities and irregularities have to be of such magnitude as to affect the final result of the presidential election.
Full Judgement
Odinga & 16 others v Ruto & 10 others; Law Society of Kenya & 4 others (Amicus Curiae) (Presidential Election Petition E005, E001, E002, E003, E004, E007 & E008 of 2022 (Consolidated)) [2022] KESC 56 (KLR) (Election Petitions) (26 September 2022) (Judgment)
Preliminary Applications – Presidential Election Petition
Presidential Election Petition E005 of 2022
Law Society of Kenya
Odinga & another v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 8 others; Law Society of Kenya (Amicus Curiae) (Presidential Election Petition E005 of 2022) [2022] KESC 50 (KLR) (Election Petitions) (29 August 2022) (Ruling)
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) in the instant application sought to be joined as an amicus curiae. The court allowed the application and held that LSK was not make oral submissions but rely solely on its written brief.
Presidential Election Petition 1 of 2022
Benjamin Barasa Wafula
Wafula v Raila Amollo Odinga, Flag Bearer for Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Alliance & 5 others; Royal Media (Media Television) & 4 others (Subsequent Party) (Presidential Election Petition 1 of 2022) [2022] KESC 51 (KLR) (Election Petitions) (30 August 2022) (Ruling)
The applicant filed the instant application seeking to prosecute a draft preliminary objection and counterclaim as a pauper. While dismissing the application, the court noted that the applicant was not a petitioner and/or had not been sued as a respondent in any of the presidential election petitions before the court. The court further noted that the applicant had also not sought to participate as a friend of the court.
(Presidential Election Petition E003 of 2022
William Samoei Ruto
Khelef Khalifa & 3 others v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 3 others (Presidential Election Petition E003 of 2022) [2022] KESC 49 (KLR) (Election Petitions) (30 August 2022) (Ruling)
The application sought an order that declared that the Attorney General was wrongfully enjoined as a party in the Presidential Election Petition. The court held that Attorney General was not wrongfully enjoined as a party in the presidential election petition.
Odinga & another v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 8 others (Presidential Election Petition 5 of 2020) [2022] KESC 47 (KLR) (Election Petitions) (29 August 2022) (Ruling)
The applicant sought for the court to strike out the affidavits by John Mark Githongo, Martin E Papa and Benson Wesongo that were sworn in support of the petition. The court held that affidavits contained factual contestations which had been responded to substantively by the IEBC and by the 9th respondent. The court had to consider the totality of the evidence before it and as guided by the rules of evidence be able to discern the probative value and evidentiary threshold of each of the evidence adduced by each party. The application was dismissed.
Julianna Whonge Cherera
Odinga & another v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 8 others (Presidential Election Petition E005 of 2022) [2022] KESC 48 (KLR) (29 August 2022) (Ruling)
The applicants sought the admission of their replying affidavits and argued that some of the respondents in their replying affidavits had alleged that they attended a meeting with a delegation from the National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) to subvert the will of the people. The court held that it was fair and just, considering the serious nature of the allegations and implications of the same, that the applicants ought to be given the opportunity to be heard regarding the same.
David Waihiga
Odinga & another v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 8 others; Waihiga (Intended Interested Party) (Presidential Election Petition E005 of 2022) [2022] KESC 52 (KLR) (29 August 2022) (Ruling)
The applicant, who was a presidential candidate in the August 9, 2022 presidential election, filed the instant application seeking joinder as an interested party. The court pointed out that rule 17A(4) of the Supreme Court (Presidential Election Petition) Rules 2017, provided that an application by any person as an interested party would not be allowed in a presidential election petition. The court further held that none of the intended interested party's averments demonstrated the prejudice he would suffer if he was not enjoined and that the arguments the applicant proposed to make could be adequately argued by other parties in the petition.
Kenyan Section of The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya
Raila Odinga & another v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 9 others (Presidential Election Petition E005 of 2022) [2022] KESC 46 (KLR) (Election Petitions) (29 August 2022) (Ruling)
The applicant successfully applied to be enjoined as amicus curiae (a friend of the court).
Juliues Orenge
Odinga & another v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 8 others; Orenge (Interested Party) (Presidential Election Petition E005 of 2022) [2022] KESC 53 (KLR) (29 August 2022) (Ruling)
The applicant applied to be enjoined as an interested party. The application was dismissed.
Milton Nyakundi Oriku
Raila Odinga & another v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 9 others (Presidential Election Petition E005 of 2022) [2022] KESC 45 (KLR) (29 August 2022) (Ruling)
Election Petition E002, E003 & E005 of 2022 (Consolidated)
Youth Advocacy Africa (YAA) and Peter Kirika
Youth Advocacy for Africa (YAA) & 7 others v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 17 others (Election Petition E002, E003 & E005 of 2022 (Consolidated)) [2022] KESC 42 (KLR) (Election Petitions) (30 August 2022) (Ruling)
This was a successful application for inspection and scrutiny of the ballot boxes of the following polling stations:
Nandi Hills and Sinendeti Primary School in Nandi.
Belgut, Kapsuser and Chepkutum Primary Schools in Kericho County.
Jomvi, Mikindani and Ministry of Water Tanks Polling Stations in Mombasa County.
Mvita, Majengo and Mvita Primary Schools in Mombasa County.
Tinderet CONMO, in Nandi County.
Jarok, Gathanji and Kiheo Primary School Polling in Nyandarua County.
EBC was compelled to give the applicants supervised access to any server(s) at the National Tallying Centre for storing and transmitting voting information and which were forensically imaged to capture a copy of the Form 34C which was the total votes cast.
John Walubengo
Martin Mirero
Dr. Joseph Sevilla
Odinga & another v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 7 others; Walubengo & 2 others (Amicus Curiae) (Presidential Election Petition E005 of 2022) [2022] KESC 44 (KLR) (29 August 2022) (Ruling)
Presidential Election Petition E005, E002 & E004 of 2022 (Consolidated)
Odinga & 4 others v Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission & 7 others (Presidential Election Petition E005, E002 & E004 of 2022 (Consolidated)) [2022] KESC 43 (KLR) (29 August 2022) (Ruling)
In an application seeking for the court to strike out the 4 commissioners that termed tallying and verification process as opaque, the court held that Inclusion of IEBC Commissioners as respondents in the Presidential Election Petition did not violate section 15 of the IEBC Act which insulated them from being personally liable for any acts done in good faith in execution of the IEBC's powers.


Gainesville Girls Basketball team came oh so close to winning the first round game against River Ridge tonight. Gainesville took the early lead in the first period. River Ridge took the lead with 1:36 with Gainesville coming back to tie at the end of the first 13 all on last second free throws. Gainesville led the second period and at the half the score was Gainesville 28 River Ridge 23. River Ridge battled back and forth in the third to end in another tie at 38 all. Gainesville was down 3 with 6:30 in the fourth. Gainesville took a 1 point lead with 1:58 on the clock. River Ridge regained the lead only to have Gainesville take a 1 point lead with :23 left 53-52. River Ridge took the lead back with :14 by 1. Tija Blackwell put up a 3 with 1 second left to win the game but the ball rimmed off. Gainesville fell 53-54. Taylor Hawks ended with 30 points. Tija Blackwell had 12, Tia Shelton with 5, Tangi Miller with 2, Mikeisha Battle had 2 and Sydney Payne with 2. Gainesville season ends 17-10. Go Big Red!!!


Most sidewalk that we are asked to pressure wash are made of concrete or a similar material. However as you can see in the before and after photos above we occasionally are asked to power wash brick sidewalks and flagstone sidewalks. In either case a sidewalk in terms of difficulty is one of the easier do-it-yourself projects a homeowner can handle. I will emphasize the word difficulty in the previous sentence because while powerwashing a sidewalk can be easy it can also be extremely time consuming. A professional pressure washing contractor, like J&J Power Wash, will use a flat work machine, which looks similar to a floor buffer and cleans anywhere from a 12 inch diameter area to a 48 inch diameter area, depending on the size of the machine. A residential pressure washer on the other hand only covers an inch or two diameter area depending on the nozzle you use. If you have free time go ahead and try it yourself and if is seems like to large of a job give us a call.
The process of pressure washing a sidewalk, regardless if it is made of concrete, brick or flagstone, is quite simple. Just spray your cleaning agent on all exposed areas and wait several minutes to allow the cleaning agent to loosen any dirt or stains. You should start at the point of highest elevation so you do not have to power wash any areas twice. If there are several noticeable stains you may want to take a soft tip brush and scrub clean. Then, rinse clean by pressure washing every square inch of exposed concrete. Again, this is not a difficult project, just time consuming.


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As busy as ever, I have been writing Children's Stories as well as self-publishing books on my Sculpture, Photography and Poetry.
I am also writing a new book on my adventures when we drove Around the World in 80 days in a 1964 Facel 6 (the last of the Facel Vega Sports cars). In the Millennium year, 2000, we saved the life of a very brave young girl diagnosed with terminal cancer. It is the most incredible story and has never been written. Watch this space!!
Recently another new work has emerged from my studio.
I have named her Florence as she reminds me of the strength and yet love and tenderness shown by Florence Nightingale in the work she undertook in the Crimean War.
'FLORENCE'
Made first in wax as a small maquette and cast in bronze ……………….
Florence has now been enlarged in resin and will be cast in bronze at the Morris Singer Foundry in Basingstoke in the near future.
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As busy as ever…
A visit to the enlargers
Progress check at the foundry


This video provides step-by-step instructions for replacing the clutch lever on Craftsman and Husqvarna riding lawn mowers. The most common reason for replacing the clutch lever is when pressing the lever does not cause the blades to begin rotating.
u always save me a lot of time , love it!!!


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2020 Census kicks into high gear next month with state taxpayer assist
By Tom Banse • Dec 20, 2019
This coming spring, U.S. Census workers will follow up with households that do not respond to questionnaire mailings.
The once-every-ten-years census count of everyone living in the United States starts next month, beginning with remote villages in Alaska. West Coast states are spending local tax dollars to boost the response when their turn comes beginning in March.
Oregon, California and Washington all budgeted millions of dollars of state taxpayer money to supplement the federal census effort. Most of that money is being pushed out in grants and contracts to community-level groups such as nonprofits, cities, libraries and tribes.
"We are trying to mobilize messengers who are trusted within the community, to reassure the community, to explain to the community about why this is important," said Lisa McLean, the 2020 Census coordinator for Washington state. "We think that's going to be the most effective."
McLean said the stakes are high, which is partly reflected in the naming of the state and local alliances as "Complete Count" committees. Census numbers guide the distribution of billions of federal dollars and determine how many congressional seats each state gets.
Oregon is on track to gain an additional U.S. House seat through reapportionment after 2020 if current population projections hold. An additional seat would raise Oregon's House delegation from five to six. Washington state gained an additional House seat after the 2010 Census and is not expected to get another this time around. California is on the cusp of losing one seat in Congress based on current projections.
California has made the biggest commitment of state resources to make sure hard-to-reach populations are counted in the 2020 Census. The $187 million budget for the California Census Office dwarfs the spending by any other state for this purpose.
Washington and Oregon's state-level Complete Count committees are also richly funded compared to most other states. The Washington Legislature allocated $15.5 million toward 2020 Census activities. Oregon seeded its Complete Count Committee with $7.7 million. Some large state governments in the South such as Texas and Louisiana are spending nothing on census promotion, reasoning that this task belongs to the federal government.
"This is a federal responsibility and a civic duty, but it is also a competition. It's a competition for federal funds that are allocated on formulas and there are only so many seats in Congress," said Marc Baldwin, an assistant director in the Washington state budget office. "So, it is in the state's interest to make sure the count is as complete and accurate as possible."
California and Washington state will spend a relatively small portion of their census budgets on TV and radio advertising. Baldwin anticipates that no Washington taxpayer money will be spent to hire people with clipboards to go door-to-door enumerating residents. He said that job remains solely in the federal domain.
The state and local Complete Count committees operate independently of the U.S. Census Bureau although they share common goals.
"We're fortunate to have a lot of cooperation from state and local governments," said U.S. Census Bureau regional spokesman Toby Nelson in an interview in Olympia on Friday.
Some of the planned state-funded activities include establishing questionnaire assistance centers, community organizing and outreach, social media promotion of the census, translation and printing of fact sheets in at least 13 foreign languages, and set up of electronic message boards.
The census count, allocation of House seats and electoral votes are based on total state populations, irrespective of citizenship. The decennial count includes prison inmates, green card holders, guestworkers, foreign students, people living in homeless camps and migrants in the country illegally. A controversial citizenship question that the Trump administration wanted to include on the 2020 Census was dropped after New York's attorney general and civil rights groups won a federal court case, which went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year.
The 2020 Census will be the first to offer an online option for Americans to respond. In mid-March, most Pacific Northwest households will get a letter in the mail inviting them to go online to fill out their census questionnaire. In most cases, the Census Bureau doesn't plan to mail a traditional paper questionnaire unless a household fails to respond online or by phone by the second week of April.
Once the census questionnaire portal opens in March, Nelson said the Census Bureau will publicly post real-time -- or nearly real-time -- response rates down to the neighborhood level.
"We know that a lot of people are interested in making sure their communities are counted, so we want to be as transparent with that information as possible," Nelson said.
Census Day is April 1, 2020, and serves as the reference date for how many people live at a given location.
Baldwin said real-time response rate data could guide a big "final push" by his state and its local partners to encourage people who had until then ignored the 2020 Census. He said allied groups were discussing how to rapidly deploy teams to areas with low response rates.
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Census Data Highlights Pacific Northwest Population Growth
By Anna Boiko-Weyrauch • Dec 27, 2017
States in the Pacific Northwest are among the fastest growing in the country. And according to the latest census figures, it's gaining people more than twice as fast as the national average.
Migration to the region—rather than births—made up the bulk of population growth.
How A Small Idaho County Became The Youngest Place In America
By Jessica Robinson • Jun 26, 2014
New federal population figures out Thursday show the nation's youngest county is in the Northwest. And it's not in an urban area. Madison County, Idaho, is in the midst of eastern Idaho's potato country.


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History and mystery blend in Bethlehem-based novel
By Ryan Kneller
Of The Morning Call |
The cover image of 'The Body in the Vat: Tales from the Tannery,' a new mystery based in historic Bethlehem. It was written by Charlene Donchez Mowers, president of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, and Carol A. Reifinger, retired senior pastor of Central Moravian Church. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
Walking through the Colonial Industrial Quarter in historic Bethlehem, it's easy to imagine what life may have been like there centuries ago. Log and stone structures conjure images of a bustling hub full of blacksmiths, masons, spinners and more.
In writing their new novel, "The Body in the Vat: Tales from the Tannery," Bethlehem residents Charlene Donchez Mowers and Carol Reifinger channeled these visions and added a degree of danger when they set the scene for a murder-mystery.
The 87-page, self-published paperback, which hit bookstores on Black Friday, tells the story of two modern-day sleuths uncovering secrets surrounding a Civil War-era killing in the 1761 Tannery building.
Christmas City landmarks such as the 1869 Luckenbach Mill, Hotel Bethlehem and Moravian Book Shop take center stage. The story also includes anecdotes about the Blueberry Festival, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Lehigh University and more.
"The goal was to create a fun read with danger, intrigue and historic Bethlehem as its backdrop," Mowers says after a book signing at the Moravian Book Shop. "We both enjoy mysteries and we're both interested in the history of Bethlehem. So we thought this would be a fun way to get others interested, too."
Mowers, president of Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites, and Reifinger, a retired senior pastor of Central Moravian Church, based the book's main characters on themselves. Mitzi is head of Bethlehem Historical Society and Adele is senior pastor of Central Moravian Church.
The authors drew on their work experience for several plots, including giving sermons, helping organize Moravian Days and assisting with family historical research.
Most secondary characters are inspired by people they know.
"Yes, Zeke would be my husband, who plays basketball at Sand Island," Reifinger says. "And yes, he actually gets banged up while playing."
While readers in the Lehigh Valley will appreciate the book's local references more than nonresidents, anyone can follow and enjoy the story. A map insert of downtown Bethlehem and the Colonial Industrial Quarter is included as a guide.
Mowers and Reifinger, who are longtime friends, began brainstorming about a nonfiction tale set in historic Bethlehem several years ago. The pair have been writing on and off for the past two years. They didn't envision the ending, a happy one, until the later stages.
"The story really evolved and took on a life of its own," recalls Reifinger, who also co-authored the book "Let Us Go Over to Bethlehem: A Guide to the Moravian Community" with her former colleague, the late Rev. Douglas W. Caldwell. "I put in several 6-, 7-hour days, especially at the end. The challenge was making sure the story came across as one voice, even though the both of us were writing it."
Mowers, who spent mostly evenings and weekends working on the book because of her full-time job, has authored several nonfiction works, including "Rise and Fall of Bethlehem Steel," a walking tour around the former Bethlehem Steel, and the "Historic Bethlehem Heritage Trail," an 80-stop self-guided tour around Bethlehem. "The Body in the Vat: Tales from the Tannery" marks her entry into the world of published fiction.
The story's suspenseful prologue, set in 1862, sets the tone for the rest of the book. A young soldier searches frantically for a place to hide a tin box inside the old Tannery. Right after he does, a shot explodes at his head.
"His last thoughts were of the young woman who loved him and the child he would never see," the prologue concludes.
No real-life murders are known to have occurred in the Tannery or the rest of the 10-acre site along the Monocacy Creek, Mowers says. However, several accidental deaths such as a drowning and a fall from a third-story window have been recorded.
"The Tannery itself is such a spooky building," she adds. "It's not hard to imagine something like this actually happening there."
Reifinger jokes, "For the longest time, Charlene had me believing there really was a body found in the Tannery."
The novel is appropriate for middle school-age children and older, says Reifinger, describing it as "sometimes threatening, but not violent."
For those who usually steer clear of whodunits, there also is a budding romance in the story with an ending you're not likely to see coming.
The novel does not mark the end of Mowers' and Reifinger's storytelling. The authors plan to release more mysteries based in historic Bethlehem, along with reoccurring characters, starting next year.
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"We've had several requests already from people wanting to be in future books," jokes Mowers.
"The Body in the Vat: Tales from the Tannery," $10.95, is available at Central Moravian Church's Star & Candle Shoppe, Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center, Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, Moravian Book Shop, Moravian Archives and Moravian Museum. It can also be mailed by calling the visitor center at 800-360-8687.
All proceeds benefit Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites and the 275th Anniversary Committee of Moravians in Bethlehem.
ryan.kneller@mcall.com
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•6:30-8 p.m. today, Moravian Book Shop, 428 Main St., Bethlehem. 610-866-5481, moravianbookshop.com.
•1-3 p.m. Saturday, Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center, 505 Main St. 800-360-8687, historicbethlehem.org.
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BBC Asian Network Holds Onto Title
The BBC Asian Network held onto their title of Radio Station of the Year at this year's Asian Media Awards.
The BBC Asian Network continues to break new ground and it celebrated its most successful year in the history of the station, reaching a record audience of 668,000 weekly listeners.
As well a huge variety of programmes in different languages, the network has built up its reputation in delivering hard-hitting in-depth investigations on issues affecting all parts of the Asian community.
Mark Strippel, Head of Programmes, BBC Asian Network said,
"It feels great. Last year we took home the award. It means a lot to us as a network.
"We posted record audience figures last week.
"We are growing as a network.
"Some of the panel have been in Asian broadcasting for over 30 years.
"To receive this accolade from our people, the industry our peers, this is something really special.
"We have grown as a network in terms of the impact of our journalism.
"Also, the ambition of our music is to take Asian artists to a much bigger stage.
"We have real ambition, real scale, real stature, but we are taking British Asian culture and discussion to a much stage. That's our real higher purpose."
The Asian Media Awards were held at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate and were sponsored by the University of Salford and Asons Solicitors.
Special awards on the night went to Krishnan Guru-Murthy who was named Media Personality of the Year; Nina Wadia who collected the Sophiya Haque Services to British Television Award and Waris Hussein who was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Media Award.
The Best Investigation Award went to Ross Kemp for the Extreme World: India episode. Chris Bisson was named as Best TV character.
Event partners included ITV, MediaCom and Press Association Training.
The event was hosted by Manish Bhasin from the BBC and Sam Ali Khan of ITV Central.
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A rescue helicopter has been called to Coochin Creek. Tobi Loftus
Jetski rider rushed to hospital in 'serious' condition
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26th Nov 2020 11:10 AM | Updated: 11:47 AM
UPDATE 11.45AM:
Paramedics have rushed a woman to hospital after a jetski incident in Coochin Creek.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the woman in her 20s was in a serious but stable condition after suffering face and head injuries.
She was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital via the road crew.
A rescue helicopter has arrived on scene at Coochin Creek after a woman was injured in a jetski incident.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said it was called to help treat the woman in her 20s with face and head injuries.
It was understood the woman is in a serious condition.
Paramedics have rushed to Coochin Creek to treat a woman who was injured in a jetski incident.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said paramedics were called to a location off Roys Rd about 10.10am on Thursday.
The woman in her 20s had suffered facial injuries but her condition was not yet known.
The spokesman said paramedics were currently bringing her into the jetty.
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To become a Knight Templar it is a prerequisite that you a member of the Holy Royal Arch. In order to become a Royal Arch Mason you must first be Freemason.
Freemasonry means different things to each of those who join. For some, it's about making new friends and acquaintances. For others it's about being able to help deserving causes – making a contribution to family and society. But for most, it is an enjoyable hobby.
Freemasonry is one of the world's oldest and largest non-religious, non-political, fraternal and charitable organisations. It teaches self-knowledge through participation in a progression of ceremonies. Members are expected to be of high moral standing and are encouraged to speak openly about Freemasonry. The following information is intended to explain Freemasonry as it is practised under the United Grand Lodge of England, which administers Lodges of Freemasons in England and Wales and in many places overseas.
Freemasonry is a society of men concerned with moral and spiritual values. Its members are taught its principles (moral lessons and self-knowledge) by a series of ritual dramas – a progression of allegorical two-part plays which are learnt by heart and performed within each Lodge – which follow ancient forms, and use stonemasons' customs and tools as allegorical guides.
Freemasonry instils in its members a moral and ethical approach to life: its values are based on integrity, kindness, honesty and fairness. Members are urged to regard the interests of the family as paramount but, importantly, Freemasonry also teaches concern for people, care for the less fortunate and help for those in need.
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Scientists Baffled: Most Straight People Do Not Want to Date Trans People
Big headline: Study finds that most straight people aren't gay.
Actually, the study also found that most gay people don't want to date trans people either.
I'm just going to venture a guess here: that's because people are attracted to people of a specific, real sex, not a made up one, or one you assert contrary to the biological facts on the ground because you "feel" that way.
By the way: Does the Brave New World of government-mandated orgy-porgy sex and soma require that sex be purely a hedonistic activity, and that normal men and women may have no interest whatsoever in childbirth?
I mean, is it even permissible to note that not only is childbirth a natural consequence of many/most sexual unions, but is sometimes even -- please don't deplatform me! -- a desired consequence?
A recent Journal of Social and Personal Relationships study found that nearly 90 percent of survey respondents are not interested in dating transgender people. In a Psychology Today article on the study, coauthor Karen Blair implies these findings demonstrate significant discrimination--or at least an unwillingness to be inclusive—in dating.
However, instead of pointing out the obvious truth that biological cues are foundational for sexual and romantic attraction, the author goes to great lengths to convey sympathy for the exclusion of transgenders in the dating field as if it's merely a social justice issue. This is yet another avenue progressives are using to encourage others to deny biological reality and normalize abnormal behaviors.
The results showed "87.5% of the participants who were asked this very question only checked off the cisgender options and excluded transgender and non-binary individuals from their hypothetical dating pool."
Blair explains how important finding love is to happiness. Hardly anyone would disagree with her there. Then she goes on to say, "If very few people are willing to date trans people, what does this mean for their health and well-being? If trans and non-binary people lack access to one of the most stable sources of social support, this could explain some of the existing health disparities within trans communities."
2/ (and yes I realize trans is a big umbrella covering everything from no transition to indistinguishable from cis folks, but the point is that people's attraction patterns, at root, largely have to do with biological sex cues. You can't ideology your way out of that)
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) June 18, 2019
3/ As more and more elites in progressive organizations decide either that they don't think sex is a thing anymore, or that it's too costly to defend the position that yeah, it's a thing, you're gonna see some weeeeeeeeeird stuff emerge
So thus begins the pressure for straight people to have sex with same-sex people.
Strange that it's a hate crime to suggest that gay people should try to be straight, but it's now a pet project of the left to pressure straight people to be gay.
Apparently this will help the 0.1% of the population that is trans.
You know what would help the 97% of the population that is straight and normal as far as sexual identification? If the oddly-sexed people would just act straight and normally-sexed, so we wouldn't have these bizarre flare-ups of rage and entitlement.
But we've decided that, as regards sexual minority, it's wrong to pressure them into being different than they are just in order to spare the rest of society some discomfort and awkwardness.
Why does this rule not extend in the opposite direction? Why are people with more bog-standard sexualities not permitted to be just as God made them -- Born This Way, you know -- without being hassled about it?
Why does the obligation to Live and Let Live only run in one direction?
Also: Given that this is now either a majority or near-majority position on the left -- isn't it time to start quizzing Democrat candidates about whether they believe that straight, cis people have a moral, social, and who knows, maybe one day legal obligation to be open to having sex with someone of the same sex?
George Stephanopolous asked Mitt Romney about banning birth control, and that was a far more fringe position on the right than the idea that straight, cis people should be open to gay sex is on the left.
BTW: Why don't trans people just date trans people?
Oh, right: Because they have an innate attraction to people of a specific sex.
So, they're permitted to be sexually attracted to whoever they're sexually attracted to, but the rest of us will just have to brainwash ourselves into having a different sexuality. We'll have to have sex with people we don't want to have sex with to show that we're not "transphobic."
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The Kosta Orchestra of Gary, Indiana was active in 1940's to early 1950's. It was headed by Kosta Apostoloff. Kosta was born in Village Chereshnitsa (Aegean Macedonia) in 1898 during the Ottoman occupation. He died in 1956 at the early age of 57 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Kosta married Tinka (Katherine) Glavcheva (another Macedonian) of Village Chereshnitsa in 1928. They were married in Canton, Ohio. They had a son, Carl, in 1929 and another son, Boris, 18 months later. Kosta ran the Gary Shoe Supply Company on 1549 Massachusetts Avenue in Gary, Indiana.
Kosta played the clarinet in the band. Members of the band that played for the recordings included his son Carl who played drums, son Boris (Bobby) who played the cornet, Angie Evanoff who played the accordion, and Boris (Bob) Evanoff who played the saxophone. Angie and Boris Evanoff were not related. It is interesting to note that in 1946 or 1947, when the recordings were made, the Apostoloff boys were in high school. Another member of the band that played after the recordings were pressed was Lillian Gulaboff who played the accordion.
All the recordings were recorded in one day in Chicago, Illinois. Most were done with just one take. I suspect that the studios of the Balkan Record Company were used for the sessions.
Carl Apostoloff is married and lives in Hobart, Indiana. Boris Apostoloff currently resides in Milan, Italy. After the band disbanded, he sang opera and taught English in the Italian schools. Boris never married. All other members of the band are deceased.
Carl thinks that there were 12 records recorded, a total of 24 tunes. This site has 7 of the 12 known records. Recordings not presented here would be appreciated. Remastering was accomplished by John Pappas in March 2007.
100 Chakalaro (Syrto) – 501A (100KA)
101 Malio – 502A (101KA)
102 Chifte-Chiifte (Daichevo) – 502B (102KA)
103 Zapcheto – 501B (103KA)
104 Aide Engelino (Narodno) – 503A (104KA)
106 Paidushko – 503B (106KA)
107 Chernozemsky – 601A (107KA)
108 Dzole Voivoda (shana) – 601B (108KA)
109 Ela Dimke Ela (Kastorianos) – 602A (109KA)
110 Mari Stanke – 602B (110KA)
111 Tsiganskoto (Eleno Mome) – 603A (111KA)
112 Shumensko (Narodno) – 603B (112KA)
117 Iati Iati – 606A (117KA)
118 Shareni Chorapi – 606B (118KA)


Good morning!!! I hope you all had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend! Our weekend was so full of happy moments. I have to share the highlights with you guys………thanks for letting me skip the Stampin' Stuff today……….it is all about family today!
We started our weekend by cleaning up the house and smoking two very large briskets so we could enjoy birthday festivities and entertaining friends over the weekend. We had a small family party on Saturday night for our precious little one. He was so handsome in his new little polo shirt! I love how the lighter colors look so good on him! (they always washed out my albino children) The shirt was a great idea, until it got mixed with red frosting! Never fear, I have many years of stain-fighting experience under my belt! We must have taken 100 photos……..he was so adorable. Loved the dinner, loved the gifts, loved the attention focused on him, loved the ice cream……….it was just a glorious evening. His favorite new toy came from Grammy…….some little plastic balls with different textures. Sometimes the little things mean the most!!!
On Sunday night, we had the joy of having another get-together……..we weren't out of brisket, yet! We had the Millhouse family over to eat. They adopted our very first foster baby, Matthew. Many of you will remember this precious baby that we had for the first 5 months of his life. He holds such a special place in our heart. We are so blessed that his family lives close by and we have developed such a wonderful relationship with the entire family! Matthew is now 3 1/2 years old, talking up a storm, and rotten as ever! I know that we didn't have anything to do with that, though! 🙂 This photo was taken in January at his 3rd birthday party………just couldn't resist showing you how cute he is!!!
Since I didn't post over the weekend, I have to back up to Friday and share some more great news! My middle daughter, Lindsey, had her awards ceremony at school. She will finish her 8th grade year this week, and graduates from Middle School on Tuesday night. She is graduating 3rd in her class! We are so very proud of her. She has continued to excell in all subjects, and we couldn't be happier to show you this photo of her with her Top 10 Award.
Thanks for letting me share and "brag" a little bit today! I am so thankful for little moments like this. It is really hard for me to see my children (and our foster children) grow up, but it is proud moments like this that make it more bearable. I will return to some papercrafting tomorrow. I have LOTS of teacher gifts to make in the next 2 days, so I will show them to you soon!
Have a super week……..it is a shorter week, which should make it a little faster for us all! And by the way, we still have brisket left over if any of you want to come over for dinner! Just give me a call!!!
It is absolutely amazing how different the baby looks with his hair cut. He's a little man now!! I love his birthday cake pictures.
Can't believe how different and grown up he looks now with his new cut! Congrats to Lindsey on her awards. Zachary has his graduation tonight; I can't believe I will have two in high school.


Orchard House is a small, family run and family friendly bed and breakfast style guest house on the outskirts of Watford in Garston. We have six ensuite bedrooms as well as bedrooms with separate facilities. We also have available an additional house with four bedrooms which can be rented out by the room and by the night.
Orchard House is conveniently located in between the M1 & M25, being convenient to not only Watford, but also St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Rickmansworth and indeed Luton Airport.
Local attractions include Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studios, The Butterfly Gardens in St Albans as well as Intu Shopping Centre in Watford. Apart from leisure visitors we can also accommodate many business visitors as well as tradesmen working in the local area.
We are non-discriminatory against age, gender, sexuality and religion. We will also accept small house trained pets by arrangement. Tradesmen working in the local area will be made very welcome.


Located at Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, where Stanley is reputed to have met Livingstone and given the famous greeting "Dr. Livingstone, I presume". The Mahale Mountains, like Gombe, are one of the last natural home to chimpanzees and are rich in birdlife. The park is a unique ecological zone with lowland forest, Miombo and open woodlands, moist and dry Savannah grasslands. Wildlife in the park includes primates, kudu, eland, roan and sable antelopes, giraffe, buffalo, elephant, lion and leopard. Access is by boat or plane, both of which are available for charter. There are no roads and all game viewing is done on foot. It is virtually the only Tanzanian park where you can walk around.


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Thanks, Judi! I'm enjoying your poems this month too.
The perspective of the photograph is really neat! Well done!


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Rankings, contract projections for the top 50 MLB free agents
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How much will Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, Trea Turner, Jacob deGrom and others get paid this winter? Kiley McDaniel breaks down this year's free agent class. ESPN
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Welcome to the offseason! Here's a quick rundown of what you need to know about these 2022-23 MLB free agent rankings and projections, since I think you'll likely scroll immediately to the players and then return back here when you have a question.
For simplicity, players are ranked in the order of their projected guaranteed contracts, not how good I think they are. The contract projections are a mix of my opinions and those of agents and executives, but the aim is to try to predict what will happen -- not what I think they're worth.
Some players with slam-dunk options of various kinds won't be listed here, including Tim Anderson and Chris Sale, even if some of those might not yet be finalized. Edwin Diaz, Charlie Morton and Adam Wainwright are the notables who would've been on this list but already signed.
The qualifying offer is back, meaning teams can offer a one-year, $19.65 million deal. If the free agent turns it down and signs with another club, the team losing the player will get draft-pick compensation (the system is too complicated for me to fully explain here). Players must be offered a QO by Thursday, and then they have 10 days to either accept or decline. Players who were traded in 2022, have been offered the QO before or aren't on an MLB roster can't be offered it. Not having that offer tied to them means they'll have a more robust market because that compensation is worth millions to certain clubs. It's almost a certainty that the eligible players in the top 15 of this list will get a QO, so there are only eight cases in which whether the player will be offered one is a real question: Mitch Haniger, Sean Manaea, Jameson Taillon, Nathan Eovaldi, Tyler Anderson, Anthony Rizzo, Ross Stripling and Zach Eflin.
Last winter, teams set a record for free agent spending at $3.625 billion, breaking the previous mark of $2.4 billion. I had last year's group projected at under $3 billion but missed low on some of the top players. I've adjusted a bit this year and now have this year's group projected at roughly $3.2 billion, so this year does have a chance to break that record and should be in the top two all time either way.
Lastly, I missed on the low side for some of the top players in last winter's class, and I think some of the same market forces are present this year: leaguewide revenues (still strong!), owners/organizations looking to be aggressive with that revenue to upgrade their clubs (still a lot!), and the cost of trading young players to get multiple years of control of good, younger big leaguers (still high!). So, I've rounded up a bit on the projections for top players in cases where I'm less sure about where their market lands.
Now here are my top 50 free agents available this winter, with my projected contract for each player.


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Calling all Steel-Hers Cheerleaders! Here are the sweaters you have been waiting for. Proceeds from the sweaters will go to Steel-Hers Cheerleading, so support our team! These sweaters are for Steel-Hers 'Cheerleaders' ONLY. Please see the alternate campaigns for Junior sized sweaters and sweaters for parents and fans!


A bit late for this story, but figured I would still share it because it is so heart warming!
This past Sunday, Mother's Day, the SeaWorld Rescue Team responded to rescue a distressed mother manatee – and her still-nursing calf – near Satellite Beach, Fla. and brought the pair to SeaWorld. The mother has a collapsed lung, which creates buoyancy issues, so SeaWorld outfitted her with a "manatee wetsuit" the park designed for such rescue cases. The wetsuit helps assist the manatee with floating and allows the team draw out trapped air and fluids.
The mother manatee weighs 1,070 pounds, is 9 feet long and is estimated to be 10 years old. It was determined that her injuries were caused by a water craft strike. The calf is estimated to be 2-3 years old and, although he was unharmed by the water craft, he is still nursing and dependent on his mother. It is important that the pair remain together as the calf continues to grow and learn from its mother.
Over the next several weeks, the SeaWorld Orlando Animal Rescue team will closely monitor the manatee's progress.
So far in 2015, SeaWorld Orlando's Animal Rescue Team has rescued 27 manatees and returned 27. The goal, as with every rescue, is to return the manatee back to its natural environment once strong enough to survive on its own.
Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news, photos and more from SeaWorld!


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Il partido di Almirante Brown è un dipartimento (partido) dell'Argentina facente parte della Provincia di Buenos Aires. Il capoluogo è Adrogué. Si tratta di uno dei 24 partidos che compongono la cosiddetta "Grande Buenos Aires".

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Il partido è intitolato all'ammiraglio irlandese William Brown, fondatore e comandante della marina militare argentina durante la guerra d'indipendenza e la guerra contro il Brasile.

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Newsmakers: Pier 1 selects new CEO with worldwide experience
(Bloomberg News photo by David Paul Morris).
Pier 1 Imports Inc. has named Alasdair James, 46, as president and CEO, starting May 1.
James comes to Pier 1 from Sears Holdings, where he has been president of Kmart since 2014. He has 15 years of retail experience in the United States, the United Kingdom and China. He began his career in international marketing and account managing with PepsiCo, then did similar work at pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC. He then joined British retailer Tesco PLC, where he was executive vice president and commercial director of Tesco China.
"I look forward to working with such an accomplished executive team who have, over the past five years, successfully transformed the company to a fully functional omni-channel business," he said. "The company's exceptional brand recognition, loyal customer base and special and deeply rooted company culture provide a strong platform for future success. I believe there is a significant opportunity in front of us to continue to transform the business and drive growth and shareholder value in today's quickly evolving retail landscape."
James will succeed Terry E. London, who has been interim president and CEO since the end of the year. London will continue as Pier 1's board chairman. London took over for CEO Alex Smith, who left at the end of 2016 after nearly a decade in that position.
"In our search for a new leader to navigate Pier 1 Imports through this challenging and exciting retail environment, our board sought an innovative, customer-centric and proven leader with a visionary perspective," said London. "Alasdair comes to us with the strong, consumer-focused background, track record of success and strategic capability we were seeking. We are thrilled to have him join Pier 1 Imports to lead our future success.
Specialty retailer Pier 1, like many retailers, has gone through some rough patches lately, but a recent report on preliminary fiscal fourth-quarter results beat expectations, indicating that the company's discounts and cost cutting have paid off.
FWISD coaching legend Hughes
now in Basketball Hall of Fame
Fort Worth high school coach Robert Hughes Sr., the high school boys basketball coach with the most winning record in the nation's history, has been named to the 2017 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame honors international and American professionals and amateurs and is described as the most comprehensive Hall of Fame among major sports.
Hughes coached in the Fort Worth Independent School District for 47 years and ranks first on the all-time winning list for boys' high school coaches. He led Dunbar High School and, before that, I.M. Terrell High School teams to 35 district championships and five state championships. His overall high school coaching record is 1,333-247 (.844)
"Congratulations to Coach Hughes Sr. on this well-deserved honor," said FWISD Superintendent Kent P. Scribner. "In an era where the term 'legendary' is overused, Coach Hughes Sr. truly meets and exceeds the definition of the word. He has led and inspired generations of Fort Worth students, their families and the entire community, and continues to do so with his record of excellence."
Hughes also was head coach of the McDonald's All-America Game West team in 2001. He was named the NHSCA National High School Coach of the Year in 2003 and received the Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
Hughes was inducted into the Texas Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
Northwestern Mutual–Dallas has merged with the Northwestern Mutual office in Fort Worth, which also serves Wichita Falls, Abilene, Amarillo and Lubbock. Jason Luce – photo – will head the Fort Worth office. Luce started as a financial representative with Northwestern Mutual in 2005 and became recruiting field director in 2008 and a district director in 2012. He was named managing director in 2017. The Fort Worth office is located at 1300 Summit Ave., Suite 200.
Enercare Inc., parent company of Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning, has appointed Scott Boose as president and CEO, effective May 1. Current CEO Scott Boxer has announced his retirement. Boose was most recently president of Direct Energy Services, which operated in 48 states and two Canadian provinces and served over 1 million customers annually.
Burleson-based roofing product manufacturer FWave LLC has added Tasha Gore as human resources administrator.
The North Texas Community Foundation approved the 2017-18 board slate at its March meeting, including new officers, committee chairmen and board members.
Incoming board members are: Victoria "Tori" Adams, community volunteer; Erika Beltran, program director of Leadership ISD; Daniel H. McCarthy, partner at Wick Phillips Gould & Martin LLP; Buddy Puente, president of Southwest Office Systems Inc.; and Dr. Elizabeth Trevino, community volunteer and former CEO of the North Texas Area Community Health Centers.
Officers are: Chairman James B. DeMoss, retired president of The DeMoss Co.; Vice Chairman Ralph D. Heath, retired president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; Secretary Al Saenz, president of Multatech; Treasurer Stewart Alcorn, market president of Frost Bank; at-large member Anne Holland, CFP; and past Chairman Phillip W. McCrury, Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP.
Returning board members are: Cynthia Adams, president of Concorde Asset Group; Elizabeth Fleischer, community volunteer; Michael Appleman, Cantey Hanger LLP; Joseph DeLeon, president of Texas Health Harris Methodist; William Slater, retired dean and professor emeritus at Texas Christian University; and Mark Walton, controlling manager of The Walton Group.
Chairmen emeriti include: Chris Huckabee, Huckabee & Associates; Jeff Alexander, HCM Investments; Tom Cravens, retired, Southwest Bank; Allen Hodges, The Hodges Companies; Leland Hodges, The Hodges Companies; William Landreth, The Landreth Co.; Garland Lasater; Ann Louden; and Nick Martin.
Send newsmakers to Robert Francis at rfrancis@bizpress.net.
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Stylaster carinatus är en nässeldjursart som beskrevs av Hjalmar Broch 1936. Stylaster carinatus ingår i släktet Stylaster och familjen Stylasteridae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Applying to college can be an overwhelming and challenging time. Course selection, standardized testing, and extracurricular activities are all just part of the process. When and how does a family begin? Large school or small? Far away or close to home? How do family values, finances, and vision impact this choice? Join us as Jodi Rosenshein Atkin, MA, LLC, an independent college admissions counselor, helps you develop an initial roadmap to the process. Learn how to begin the family discussion, maximize the value of college visits, explore the different cultures that schools may reflect and discover what life may be like for a student on those campuses.


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Zefiryn (Zefir) Alojzy Ćwikliński (ur. 6 lutego1871 we Lwowie, zm. 24 lipca 1930 w Zakopanem) – polski malarz, znany przede wszystkim jako malarz Tatr.

Życiorys
Ukończył gimnazjum we Lwowie, następnie przez rok studiował filozofię na Uniwersytecie Franciszkańskim we Lwowie, później, po przeprowadzce do Krakowa – w latach 1887-1889 – kształcił się w krakowskiej Szkole Sztuk Pięknych u Floriana Cynka, Władysława Łuszczkiewicza, Feliksa Szynalewskiego i Izydora Jabłońskiego. W roku 1893 otrzymał stypendium i kontynuował studia w Akademii wiedeńskiej u malarza historycznego i portrecisty Christiana Griepenkerla. Zajmował się tam malarstwem historycznym, portretowym i rodzajowym. Z braku środków finansowych zmuszony był do powrotu do kraju. Po powrocie do kraju był nauczycielem rysunków w Brodach i Jarosławiu. Wskutek zatargów politycznych z władzami szkolnymi zwolniony z pracy. W 1898 roku wyjechał do Włoch i Dalmacji, gdzie przez półtora roku studiował malarstwo krajobrazowe. W 1904 roku należał do "Grupy Sześciu" we Lwowie.

Twórczość
Początkowo tworzył obrazy symboliczne, sceny baśniowe i legendarne, pracował również jako ilustrator (zamieszczał ilustracje w lwowskim dwutygodniku "Faun", ale również ilustrował książki). Był wtedy pod silnym wpływem Władysława Podkowińskiego. Około 1897 roku zajął się również malarstwem pejzażowym, malując okolice Lwowa. Przyjeżdżał do majątku Stanisława Hofmokla, który we wsi Zarzecze kupił majątek ziemski i dwór od Kostheimów. Ćwiklińskiego urzekły tu krajobrazy i stara zarzecka kapliczka, "uważał bowiem Zarzecze za jeden z najpiękniejszych zakątków Polski". W roku 1908 zamieszkał na stałe w Zakopanem i odtąd malował głównie krajobrazy i motywy tatrzańskie, pokazywane na wystawach i popularyzowane poprzez licznie wydawane pocztówki. Te pocztówki, z reprodukcjami jego obrazów, gdzie często głównym motywem były pasące się na halach owce, ugruntowały sławę Ćwiklińskiego jako malarza Tatr.

Wśród jego prac można znaleźć takie tytuły jak:
 Pejzaże śródziemnomorskie 5 obrazów współoprawionych, olej na tekturze, 31,7 × 54,5 cm
 Cyprysy, olej na płótnie, 123 × 81 cm
 Pejzaż, olej na tekturze, 8,5 × 11,5 cm
 Portret góralki, olej na tekturze, 63 × 68 cm
 Góralka, po 1910, olej na tekturze, 63 × 60 cm
 Portret dziewczynki, akwarela na papierze, 22 × 16 cm
 Kozi Wierch, 1911-1912, olej na płótnie, 90,5 × 116 cm
 Pniak w lesie, 1913, olej na tekturze, 30,8 × 41,5 cm
 Czarny Staw, 1920, własność prywatna
 Krajobraz górski, 1922
 Pejzaż górski z limbą, olej na płótnie
 Pejzaż górski, olej na tekturze, 30 × 40 cm
 Baca z owcami, 1923, olej na tekturze
 Hala Kondratowa, olej na tekturze
 Wypas owiec w górach, 1921, olej na tekturze
 Wypas owiec w górach, 1924, olej na tekturze, 31 × 35 cm
 Wypas owiec, 1924, pastel na tekturze, 49 × 68,5 cm
 Pejzaż tatrzański, 1925, olej na sklejce
 Kwitnąca jabłoń, 1926, olej na tekturze, 35,5 × 30 cm, własność prywatna
 Łąka w górach, olej na tekturze, 21,5 × 38 cm, własność prywatna
 Czarny Staw, 1926, olej na tekturze, 31,5 × 36 cm, własność prywatna
 Limby nad Morskim Okiem, 1927, olej, tempera na tekturze, 30,8 × 35,5 cm
 Owce na hali tatrzańskiej (fragment zachodniej części Doliny Stawów Gąsienicowych z widokiem na szczyty Kościelca), 1927, olej na tekturze, 30 x 35,2
 Cielę przed szałasem w górach, 1929, olej na tekturze.

Jego ulubione techniki to akwarele, pastele na tekturze, olej na płótnie, sklejce lub tekturze, rysunek.

Sygnując swoje obrazy podpisywał je "Z. Ćwikliński" wraz z roczną datą często pozbawioną pierwszej jedynki.

Członkostwo w organizacjach
Ćwikliński należał do zakopiańskiego Związku Plastyków, działał również w Towarzystwie Biblioteki Publicznej.

Wybrane wystawy
 Wystawy w krakowskim Towarzystwie Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych (1892, 1893, 1894), a także we Lwowie.
 Pierwsza wystawa tematyczna pejzażu tatrzańskiego w pensjonacie "Jutrzenka" w Zakopanem, grudzień 1909.
 Nieustająca Wystawa Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie, luty-marzec 1912, 48 krajobrazów tatrzańskich Ćwiklińskiego.
 W Zakopanem w 1931 roku odbyła się jego pośmiertna wystawa.

Wystawiał we Lwowie, Warszawie, Krakowie i Łodzi, a także za granicą (Londyn, Kijów, Wiedeń, Budapeszt, Chicago). W roku 1930 na międzynarodowej wystawie alpinistycznej w Budapeszcie wyróżniono jego obraz pt. Limba.

Prace w muzeach
Obrazy Ćwiklińskiego wystawiane są m.in. w:
 Muzeach Narodowych w Warszawie, Krakowie i Wrocławiu,
 Muzeum Kornela Makuszyńskiego będącym filią Muzeum Tatrzańskiego im. dra Tytusa Chałubińskiego w Zakopanem,
 zbiorach malarstwa polskiego o tematyce wiejskiej Muzeum Okręgowego w Lesznie.

Poza tym prace tego malarza pojawiają na wielu aukcjach sztuki.

Życie prywatne
Ćwikliński po powrocie z Włoch i Dalmacji zamieszkał w Zubrzy pod Lwowem i w Dublanach.

W 1908 roku ożenił się z Janiną Aleksandrą Promińską i osiadł w Zakopanem. Wynajmował pokój u Czechów (dom przy Pl. Niepodległości, gdzie dziś mieści się Muzeum Bronisława Czecha). Uczył malarstwa Bronisława Czecha, narciarza, trzykrotnego olimpijczyka. Od 1924 roku Bronisław Czech zaczął malować obrazki na szkle. Podejmował tematy religijne i legendarno-góralskie. Jego obrazki przedstawiały zbójników, kosiarzy, oraczy, tańczących górali, szałasy, ale najczęściej przewijającym się motywem były krokusy. Tematy te ujmował nieco inaczej, niż malarze na szkle. Kładzenie cieni, dążenie do poprawności proporcji rysunku, operowanie płaską plamą, zbliżały jego prace do obrazów Michała Stańki, którego dobrze znał. Malował dużo, a dochody uzyskane ze sprzedaży obrazków przez szereg lat stanowiły jego główne źródło utrzymania. Prace Bronisława Czecha można było nabywać w księgarni Gebethner i Wolff, mieszczącej się wówczas obok budynku poczty w Zakopanem.

Mimo znacznej popularności, Ćwikliński zmarł w nędzy. Jego grób (kwatera-pas-kolejność w pasie: XXII-CD-5) na Nowym Cmentarzu w Zakopanem jest zniszczony, nie ma na nim nawet tabliczki z nazwiskiem.

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Bibliografia
 Śp. Zefiryn Ćwikliński. "Wierchy", t. 8, 1930, s. 173-174.
 Biogram [w:] "Słownik Artystów Polskich". ISPAN, Ossolineum 1971. s. 417-418 (opr. Hanna Bartnicka-Górska).
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Q: Loading view trying to remove previous view from stack Scratching my head on this:
I have a viewController with a "loading..." view that is called when I load another viewController with a MapKit view which searches for a location.
On this "Loading..." view there is a cancel button which when clicked switches the view to the starting viewController. What is happening is when I switch to the starting view, the Map View still in the stack and updating the location in the background. I tried [locationmanager stopupdatinglocation] and I cannot get it to stop updating. All I need is to remove the map view from the stack alltogether,
Can anyone help ?
Thanks
This is the back button code from the loading... view:
-(void)back{
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible=NO;

Car_Park_AppViewController *appView = [[Car_Park_AppViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"Car_Park_AppViewController" bundle:nil];
appView.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
[self presentModalViewController:appView animated:YES];

[appView release];

}

map view code
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];

mapView.mapType = MKMapTypeSatellite;
mapView.showsUserLocation=TRUE;

loading *loadingView = [[loading alloc] init];

[super.view addSubview:loadingView.view];

locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
    locationManager.delegate=self;
    locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone;           locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;
    [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

    CLLocationCoordinate2D location;
    location.latitude = mapView.userLocation.location.coordinate.latitude;
    location.longitude = mapView.userLocation.location.coordinate.longitude;
}
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation
{
MyManager *mng = [MyManager sharedManager];
mng.startLocation = newLocation;

MKCoordinateSpan span;
span.latitudeDelta=.00001;
span.longitudeDelta=.00001;

MKCoordinateRegion region;
region.center = newLocation.coordinate;
region.span=span;

[mapView setRegion:region animated:TRUE];

i++;

NSTimeInterval locationAge = -[mng.endLocation.timestamp timeIntervalSinceNow];
NSLog(@"Accuracy %f",newLocation.horizontalAccuracy);

if ((locationAge < 5.0) && (newLocation.horizontalAccuracy < 30.1)){
     [self recLocation];
     i=0;

 }
haveAlreadyReceivedCoordinates = YES;
}

A: Try using UINavigationController:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UINavigationController_Class/Reference/Reference.html
http://www.iosdevnotes.com/2011/03/uinavigationcontroller-tutorial/
Then you will have a stack of views where you can push and pop views, just like you wanted.

A: Have some flag for that. Once the cancel is pressed, set that flag to NO. And sont reload the view if the flag is NO.