Many people knee deep in debt don't see the warning signs of impending financial doom until it's too late. Still others will do anything to avoid filing bankruptcy, only to find that bankruptcy was their best option all along. At The Law Offices of R.J.Atkinson, we have helped thousands in Texas eliminate, reduce, and reorganize their debts through bankruptcy. People who need debt relief the most, will often deny having any debt problems at all. It's easy to not see a situation clearly when you are in the middle of it. If you have debt problems, or if any of the following warning signs are familiar to you, then you may want to contact us for a free bankruptcy evaluation.
If you have overwhelming debt, the following are some of the warning signs that you might want to consider bankruptcy.
1.	You have stacks of unopened bills.
Many people with mounting or overwhelming debt simply don't open their mail. They literally let their bills pile up. When bills pile up they continue to add up. Credit card companies, collection agencies, and medical collectors will often send various notices when you are past due or delinquent. These bills seen through a windowed envelope may change color as time goes by, from white to yellow, to orange to pink, and back again. Whatever color they change to, if you are familiar with this phenomenon and your mail remains unopened you may be heading for trouble. If you have stacks of unopened mail and are weary of opening it, then you might consider your options in bankruptcy.
2.	You are not certain as to how much money you owe.
If your debts can't be determined within a few thousand dollars then you may have more problems than you think. Most people don't know how much money they owe down to the penny or dollar, but managing your debt or at least having an idea within 1 to 2 thousand dollars is better than plain old generalities. More specifically, we're talking about the person who believes they owe "about" $25,000.00 or "say" $30,000.00 "or so". It's often these people who end up in the office for a free initial consultation who say about what they owe, but when it gets put to paper, and their credit reports are pulled, they oftentimes owe double plus what they guesstimated.
In addition to the individual cases we've seen who aren't sure of the magnitude of their debt, there are the married couples that don't know the extent of their spouse's debt. You may have heard the phrase "the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing". With married couples, it isn't uncommon to have one spouse really not know what the other spouse's debt is. Not communicating with each other or knowing what your spouse owes can hit you when you least expect it. It's certainly not our place to tell married couples how to communicate with each other, but not knowing the financial obligations or your spouse can have a negative effect on your financial future if you don't communicate, and may be a sign to consider bankruptcy.
3.	You borrow from one creditor to pay another.
You have probably heard the saying "Robbing Peter to pay Paul". If you are robbing Peter to pay Paul, or getting a cash advance from one credit card to pay another credit card, then you may be a candidate for bankruptcy. Whatever you call it, incurring debt to stave off other debt generally isn't good financially. The cycle of borrowing from one creditor to pay another is an escalation to a potentially bad credit crash. Eventually, borrowing more and more will take its toll and backfire on you. Borrowing like this only incurs more debt.
Now despite the fact that credit cards companies make it easy to transfer balances, get cash advances, or send checks which seem like cash, you are just digging and digging a deeper hole of debt. If you do end up filing for bankruptcy, these same credit card companies who once enticed you to transfer balances, or rob Peter to pay Paul, may cry fraud or try to make a case that you never intended to pay their debts since you were insolvent, and had no money when you made the charges.
If you are borrowing from one creditor to pay another, you may want to consider bankruptcy before it all catches up and collapses.
4.	You are being sued for a debt or have a pending lawsuit against you.
If you have received a lawsuit from a credit card company or been sued by anyone of your creditors, bankruptcy may be around the corner. It takes a lot for a credit card company, or anyone for that matter, to file a lawsuit. That's because if it has come to filing a lawsuit, it's likely that the party suing has tried to collect for sometime. Since lawsuits cost money to file and prosecute, that means that the creditor believes there is something to get from you, and that they are at the end of their friendly means of collection.
Once you have been sued, it becomes a matter of public record and is reflected in your credit reports. What ever you do, it's unlikely that you will be obtaining new credit in the near future or while the lawsuit is pending. Very few potential creditors welcome those who are being sued for other debts they did not pay. The worst part of a lawsuit is if the creditor gets a judgment against you. That's when things can go from bad to worse. Depending on what assets you may have; they can garnish your wages, put a lien on your home, personal property, bank accounts, and any other nonexempt property.
If you have a lawsuit pending against you, you might want to consider filing for bankruptcy to stop the lawsuit and to prevent the party suing you from ever getting a judgment.
5.	If you're behind on House or Car payments, and can't convince the creditor to accept a partial payment.
Most people who owe money or have debt of any kind have probably fallen behind or gone past the actual due date at least once. Creditors, especially secured creditors, can sometimes be forgiving in those occasional situations. Many creditors have programs to defer your regular payment or may allow you make a partial payment, if you anticipate falling behind or not being able to make a full payment timely. When not making a payment on time becomes chronic, or you have fallen so far behind that the creditor won't even accept a partial payment, then its possible that you will soon be facing a potential foreclosure, repossession, or lawsuit by that creditor. It's also a sign to at least consider filing for bankruptcy before any of those possibilities become a reality.
6.	You are afraid to answer your phone for fear of collection calls.
If you cringe every time the phone rings, or you let all unknown calls go to voicemail, then you may want to consider filing for bankruptcy. Although you might not be literally afraid to answer your phone, you probably just want to avoid the rude & incessant collection calls by your creditors. Many bill collectors will let the phone ring until someone answers the phone. They can be relentless.
Nobody wants to deal with a rude bill collector. Oftentimes their tactics can be obnoxious. Constant, incessantly rude calls all throughout the day and night can make people apprehensive to answer their phone. If this sounds like your situation, maybe bankruptcy is an option to stop the collection calls, and allow you to answer your phone without worry.
7.	You kite checks, write hot checks, or questionable ones.
Writing a hot check is a criminal act. If you write a check knowing that there are no funds available to pay it, then it is considered a crime. Don't let creditors and bill collectors make you a criminal. When you write a check to a creditor knowing the money isn't there yet, but hope the money will be there at some point it can become a very bad situation. Writing bad checks will make a bad debt situation worse. Even when creditors induce you or scare you into to post dating a check for a future date, they can process them earlier to your detriment. Payday loan companies and others prey on those in need and may invite you to post date a check for a higher amount in order to get more money from you. Don't let this happen to you.
When you send out a credit card payment in the mail but have no money in your bank account, yet hope the check won't hit the bank buy the time you put money in the account, that is called "kiting". Kiting is illegal and you shouldn't let bill collectors make a criminal out of you. If your debt has gotten out of hand, and you are kiting checks, you should consider filing for bankruptcy.
8.	The IRS-Internal Revenue Service is garnishing your paycheck or has levied your bank account.
If you owe the IRS money for anything which has evolved into a garnishment, lien, or a levy, then you probably have some debt problems, at least with the IRS. Although it may be a surprise to many people, bankruptcy stops garnishment, even from the IRS. Bankruptcy can also get rid of certain income taxes and allow the taxes that can't be eliminated in bankruptcy, to be repaid over time.
Bankruptcy and taxes can be complicated subject but whatever the particular facts of your case may be, you might want to consider your options in bankruptcy since an IRS wage garnishment or an IRS levy is usually not a good thing.
9.	Creditors are calling your friends, relatives and neighbors.
Creditors will go to great lengths to get you to pay. When you stop taking their rude and incessant phone calls, they may escalate the situation to shame, embarrass, or aggravate you into paying. If a creditor can't reach you at home or your work, they usually have the authority to contact friends, relatives or anyone else you may have put down on the initial credit application. When you signed the application there was probably a question which asked for a name, address, and telephone number of a relative not living with you. Most likely, it also asked for the same contact info for some friends or neighbors. If a neighbor, friend, or relative is passing on messages to you from your creditors, it can be sign that you might want to consider filing for bankruptcy.
It's embarrassing to have friends, relatives, and neighbors know your personal financial affairs. Despite the frustrating and tacky collection technique of calling friends or relatives, it's usually not illegal for the creditors to do so. When creditors are hunting you down, and uncle Joe, your best friend, your employer, or your next door neighbor have collection messages for you, it's a sign that you should consider bankruptcy.
10.	You use your credit cards to pay for everything including basic living expenses.
If you are using credit cards to buy groceries, gas, pay utilities, or anything else considered to be a basic necessity, then you may want to step back a moment and see what the problem is. It is very easy to run up huge debts using your credit cards for basic living expenses. If you don't pay them off at the end of the month, you essentially are paying interest to eat, and the debt never seems to go away. It just gets bigger. When you pay for everything with a credit card, it can seem like you're not spending real money which may cause to buy items you wouldn't usually buy. When you get your credit card bill, you may be surprised what you purchased with your card as opposed to what you might buy if you were paying in cash. If you never have any cash, or never seem to pay off your credit cards because you use them for basic living expenses, you may consider bankruptcy as an option to get rid of your credit card debt.
11.	You can't even afford the minimum payment due on your credit cards.
When you have a lot of credit card debt, high balances, or are over the limit on your credit cards, that means the credit card interest is growing and your minimum monthly payment is growing as well. When you first got your credit cards, the minimum payment due was probably low, maybe $20.00 to $40.00 or possibly nothing at all. After charging awhile, a few setbacks, some more credit cards, and you could find yourself with $300.00 to $500.00 to even $1,000.00 plus minimum payments each month. Once you are no longer able to make the minimum payments, problems are usually right around the corner. If you can't even make your minimum payments on your credit cards then you may want to see what filing bankruptcy can do for you.
12.	You are stuck in the payday loan cycle or use payday loans to make ends meet.
If you are in the cycle of payday loans or have been for sometime, then it may be time to consider filing bankruptcy. Bankruptcy gets rid of payday loans once and for all. If you never seem to be able to pay them off, you're not alone. It's quite common for people to use a payday loan once and then get stuck using them over and over, to the point where a $100.00 temporary payday loan has ballooned to a $1000.00 not to mention all the interest they have paid. It can be worse if there is more than one payday loan. It compounds interest and compounds the problem.
If you can't live without using a payday loan to get by, that can be a serious problem. You may not be making enough money or living beyond your means. Either way, the cost of using payday loans to make past due credit card payments, medical bills, or any other unsecured debt should be weighed against filing for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy can eliminate payday loans. So if you are caught in a payday loan cycle, you might consider bankruptcy as an option to get rid of the debt.
13.	All of your most valuable personal items are pawned or are frequently in and out of pawn shops.
If the manager of a pawn shop knows you by your first name, you may want to consider bankruptcy. That is to say if he or she isn't a personal friend or relative, but knows you as a regular customer who pawns things weekly or monthly, you may have serious debt problems that bankruptcy may eliminate. Pawn shops, like payday loan companies charge exorbitant interest rates. So much so that it can get you hooked on paying their interest to the tune of 4, 5, or 6 times the money you originally borrowed against your own property. Once you pawn something, and then something else, and something else, you start working for the pawn shop. Once you start that cycle, it is difficult to stop if you want to keep your property.
If you pawn your personal property to make minimum payments on past due credit card payments, medical bills, or any other unsecured debt, or pawn things to just to get by, you may want to consider bankruptcy. Bankruptcy Law, allows you to keep specified amounts of personal property, including jewelry, household goods & appliances, guns, and most other items you'll find in a pawn shop. If you have debt problems, and are pawning items to pay other debts, you may be throwing your money away. You should consider your options in bankruptcy before it's to late.
14.	Your car is going to be repossessed.
If your car, truck, RV, SUV, or any other vehicle you may now own is being hunted by the repo man, you may want to consider filing for bankruptcy. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy will stop repossession and allow you to repay any money you are behind over 3 to 5 years. If you car has been recently repossessed, bankruptcy may allow you to get it back. Don't wait until the repo man is in the driveway or your repossessed vehicle is on the auction block before you consider bankruptcy. If you are eligible, Bankruptcy stops repossession. So when you car, truck, RV, or SUV, is soon to be repossessed, you may want to consider filing for bankruptcy to keep your vehicle.
15.	Your house is up for foreclosure and going to be sold at the next foreclosure sale.
Foreclosure is usually never a good sign, so if your home is posted for foreclosure, you may want to consider filing for bankruptcy. Even though there are several options to stop foreclosure, many of those options don't always lend themselves to timeliness, nor do they absolutely stop foreclosure. If you are eligible to file for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy then filing bankruptcy will stop foreclosure. So if your home is up for foreclosure, you may want to consider filing for bankruptcy before your home is sold.
If any of the Bankruptcy Warning Signs above seem to be happening to you, then you may want to consider your bankruptcy options. Many people have filed for bankruptcy to deal with their debt. In fact, Bankruptcy Laws were enacted to help people to relieve their debts and get a fresh financial start.
If you are having financial difficulty or are drowning in debt, contact, The Law Offices Of R.J.Atkinson. As Austin Bankruptcy Lawyers, we have helped thousands in Texas to eliminate, reduce, and reorganize their debts. Contact us for a free bankruptcy evaluation and a free bankruptcy means test to see if you are eligible to file for bankruptcy. If you are eligible, we can help you file for Chapter 7, Chapter 11, or Chapter 13 to reduce, reorganize, or completely get rid of your debt.
Whether you live in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Waco, San Marcos, Temple, Kyle, Buda, Baytown, College Station, Bryan, Dennison, Round Rock, Georgetown, Plano, Garland, Irving, McKinney, Carrolton, Denton, Katy, Richardson, Sugarland, New Braunfels, Seguin, Humble, Boerne, Kerrville, Addison, Arlington, Victoria, Sherman, or most anywhere else in Texas, we can help you determine your eligibility to file for Bankruptcy and can help you decide if Bankruptcy is and viable option for you.


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Q: Button Command inside a popupbox, binding not working I have a button (x:name="MyButton") inside a PopuBox in wpf.
<materialDesign:PopupBox PlacementMode="BottomAndAlignRightEdges"
                         StaysOpen="True"
                         Padding="0 0 -1 0"
                         VerticalAlignment="Center">
        <materialDesign:PopupBox.ToggleContent>
                <materialDesign:PackIcon Kind="Calendar"
                                         Foreground="{StaticResource PrimaryHueLightBrush}"
                                         Width="20"
                                         Height="20"
                                         VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                      </materialDesign:PopupBox.ToggleContent>
                              <Button Content="Ok"
                                      x:Name ="MyButton"
                                      Style="{DynamicResource MaterialDesignFlatButton}"
                                      Margin="0 5 40 5"
                                      Command="{Binding ClosePopUp}"/>
</materialDesign:PopupBox>

The problem is that when i click the button (MyButton), the command won't work. I think that has to do with the binding. Every button outside the popubox works correctly.
Any idea what's wrong?
EDIT
The PopupBox is inside a DataTemplate

A: I resolved by replacing Command="{Binding ClosePopUp} with Command="{Binding DataContext.ClosePopUp, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=UserControl}}"
The datacontext of the button should be equal to its parent.

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I. Faculty Resources
1. Request Access
2. I Need Help
II. Assignments
3. School Proposal Paper
4. Children's Television Review Rubric
III. Module 1: Introduction to Child Development
5. Nature vs. Nurture
6. Development of the Human Brain
7. Introduction to Life Span, Growth and Development
8. Lecture: Introduction to Life Span, Growth and Development
10. Cultural and Societal Influences on Child Development
11. Periods of Development
IV. Module 2: Foundations of Growth
12. Video: The Chemical Mind
13. Growth Stages 1: Infancy and Early Childhood
14. Early adverse experiences: what does the latest brain research tell us?
15. Moral development: forming a sense of rights and responsibilities
16. Socioemotional Development in Childhood
17. Small children, big cities
V. Module 3: Research Strategies
18. Creating APA References Entries
19. Library and Research Sources
20. Appendix C: The Reflective Practitioner
21. APA References Page Formatting
22. Why Is APA Documentation Important?
23. APA Order of Major Sections
24. APA First Main Body Page Formatting
25. APA In-Text Citations
26. APA Title Page Formatting
27. APA Formatting: The Basics
VI. Module 4: Theories (Part I)
28. Cognitive Development: The Theory of Jean Piaget
29. Social development: relationships,personal motives, and morality
30. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
31. Major theories and models of learning
32. Behavioral Psychology
VII. Module 5: Theories (Part II)
33. Incentive Theory of Motivation and Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation
34. Motivation as self-efficacy
35. Cultural Psychology
36. Constructivism and Social Constructivism in the Classroom
VIII. Module 6: Language Development
37. Human Language Development
38. Introduction to Language
39. The Structure of Language
40. Human Language and the Brain
41. Linguistic Relativity
IX. Module 7: Infancy
42. Physical Development
43. Nutrition
44. Cognitive Development
45. Language Development
46. Psychosocial Development
47. Video: What Do Babies Think?
X. Module 8: Prenatal Development
48. Introduction to Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth
49. Prenatal Development
50. Environmental Risks
51. Pregnancy
52. Childbirth
53. Maternal Mortality
54. Conception to birth -- visualized
XI. Module 9: Early Childhood
55. Lecture: Early Childhood
59. Childhood Stress and Development
XII. Module 10: Middle Childhood
62. Developmental Problems
64. Learning and Intelligence
65. Learning Approaches
XIII. Module 11: Adolescence
66. Introduction to Adolescense
69. Social Development
70. Lecture: Adolescence
XIV. Module 12: Intelligence and Facilitating Complex Thinking
71. What Is Cognition?
72. Video: The Growth of Knowledge
74. Creative thinking
75. Problem-solving
76. Broad instructional strategies that stimulate complex thinking
77. Individual styles of learning and thinking
78. Multiple intelligences
79. Measures of Intelligence
80. The Source of Intelligence
XV. Module 13: Frameworks for Maturation
81. Social and Personality Development in Childhood
82. Relationships and Families in Adulthood
83. Teaching is different from in the past
84. What are Education Philosophies?
85. Defining Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
86. Gender and Sociology
87. Video: Second Infancy
XVI. Module 14: Early Adulthood
88. Lecture: Early Adulthood
92. Types of Love
93. Activity: Love Attitude Scale
94. Work and Personality
10 Cultural and Societal Influences on Child Development
Culture plays an important role in influencing childhood development, and what is considered "normal" varies greatly from one culture to the next.
Examine the influence of culture on childhood development
The society and culture in which one grows up influence everything from developmental milestones and parenting styles to what kinds of hardship one is more likely to face.
While biological milestones such as puberty tend to be universal across cultures, social milestones, such as the age at which children begin formal schooling or individuate from their parents, can differ greatly from one culture to the next.
Effective parenting styles also vary as a function of culture. While the authoritative parenting style is the style that is most encouraged in modern American society, other cultures value more authoritarian styles.
Race and racial stereotypes can have detrimental effects on a child's development. Children are taught the stereotypes that go along with their race(s) and the races of others, and these stereotypes can have a strong influence on their development.
Race is also closely linked to class, and children of color are still statistically much more likely to lack access to basic resources and to experience economic hardship.
The concept of intersectionality is important to keep in mind when examining the cultural influences of various forms of discrimination on child development.
racializedCategorized or treated in a particular way based on race.
milestoneAn important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.
stereotypeA conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
Child development refers to the biological, psychological, and emotional changes that occur in humans between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy. Culture plays an important role in influencing this development, and what is considered "normal" development varies greatly from one culture to the next. The society and culture in which one grows up influence everything from developmental milestones and parenting styles to what kinds of hardship one is more likely to face.
The normative approach to development examines the question "What is normal development?" In the early decades of the 20th century, normative psychologists studied large numbers of children at various ages to determine the average ages at which most children reach specific physical, cognitive, and psychosocial milestones in development (Gesell, 1933, 1939, 1940; Gesell & Ilg, 1946; Hall, 1904). Not all of the milestones were universal, meaning they are not experienced by all individuals across all cultures. Biological milestones such as puberty tend to be universal, while social milestones, such as the age at which children begin formal schooling or individuate from their parents, can differ greatly across cultures (Gesell & Ilg, 1946).
Effective parenting styles also vary as a function of culture. While the authoritative parenting style (characterized by the parent giving reasonable demands, setting consistent limits, expressing warmth and affection, and listening to the child's point of view) is the style that is most encouraged in modern American society, this is not necessarily the case in other cultures. American children raised by authoritative parents tend to have high self-esteem and social skills. In contrast, authoritarian parenting (characterized by parents placing high value on conformity and obedience, tightly monitoring their children, and expressing less warmth) is seen as more beneficial in other cultures. For instance, first-generation Chinese American children raised by authoritarian parents did just as well in school as their peers who were raised by authoritative parents (Russell et al., 2010).
The effects of parenting style: different parenting styles influence children differently depending on cultural norms and standards.
Race, Class, and Intersecting Identities
Race and other identities are often sites of discrimination and oppression in societies; as such, they can have a tremendous impact on childhood development. The United States is a very racialized society, and children—especially children of color—often become aware of the dynamics of racism at a very young age. Children are taught the stereotypes that go along with their particular race(s), as well as the races of others, and these stereotypes can have a strong influence on their development.
Stereotypes and racialized expectations often contribute to stereotype threat, in which a child experiences anxiety or concern in a situation that has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about his or her social group. For example, if an African-American child is given the message that black people are not as "smart" as white people, she may worry if she is not doing well in school because it will, she fears, confirm the negative stereotype. Importantly, stereotype threat has been shown to be something of a self-fulfilling prophecy—not because the negative stereotype is accurate, but because fear of fulfilling that stereotype can lead to additional anxiety, which in turn can reduce performance. For example, stereotype threat can lower the intellectual performance of black students taking the SAT, due to the stereotype that they are less intelligent than other groups, which may cause them to feel additional pressure and anxiety.
Examining Intersectionality
Intersectionality is the study of the intersections, or the relationships, between different forms or systems of discrimination or oppression. This theory suggests that—and seeks to examine how—various biological, social, and cultural categories such as gender, race, class, ability, sexual orientation, religion, caste, and other areas of identity interact and contribute to various forms of social inequality. Intersectionality holds that different forms of discrimination—such as racism, sexism, biphobia, ableism, transphobia, and classism—do not act independently of one another; instead, they interrelate and create a system based on multiple forms of discrimination.
All of these factors are important to keep in mind when examining the cultural influences of such discrimination on child development. For example, the experience of growing up as an African-American girl in the United States cannot be understood only in terms of being black or of being female; instead, the ways in which these identities interact and frequently reinforce each other must be examined. Race is also closely linked to class, and people of color are still statistically much more likely to lack access to basic resources and experience economic hardship. These resources include everything from proper nutrition and healthcare to good education systems and neighborhood parks. All of these societal factors intersect and interact to influence a child's development, so much so that a child from a middle-class white family has many more opportunities than a child from a lower-income family of color.
Previous: Culture
Next: Periods of Development
Child Development by Lumen Learning is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Q: Vim: Find text in a specific column When searching for text in Vim (specifically gVim, but it shouldn't matter), how do you specify what column to search? I'm looking for values in one column only.

A: If you're talking about character columns, then you might have luck with /^.\{33\}mytext/ which will search your file for 'mytext' beginning at column 34. Note that the number in the search is one less than the column you want (it's matching 33 characters of anything at the beginning of the line, followed by your text).

A: Even, if I tend to use the same solution as roe, you can also use \%c -> :h /\%c
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For those who don't find the documentation very explicit.
Let say my buffer contains
dog
1dog
12dog
123dog
1324dog
12345dog
132465dog

Then, :echo search('\%5cdog') would give me: 5 (the line number 5).
You could also set 'hlsearch' to on -> :set hlsearch and observe the which text matches on /\%5cdog, /\%<5cdog and \%>5cdog

A: You could use some sort of visual selection and then :/(searchterm) to find what you're looking for. For instance CTRL+V allows you to do column selections, then with everything selected do :/(term) <enter>.


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The Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge protects the lower course of the Bill Williams River, to its mouth at Lake Havasu reservoir, in western Arizona.  It is located within eastern La Paz and Mohave Counties, in the Lower Colorado River Valley region.

The federal wildlife refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Recreation activities include nature walks, bird watching, hiking, and kayaking on the Bill Williams River.

Natural history
The habitats of the refuge are a unique blend of Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert uplands, desert riparian zones, and marsh wetlands habitats, provides for a diverse array of flora and fauna.

Flora
The ecosystem within the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge is situated in an ecotone (transition zone) between Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert ecoregions, increasing diversity of plant species present within it, There are few places in the Arizona deserts where one can view saguaro cacti forests, wetland broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia) stands, and cottonwood woodlands in a single viewshed.

The refuge protects the largest remaining stand of the cottonwood-willow forests plant community along the lower Colorado River, with Fremont's cottonwood (Populus fremontii) and Goodding's willow (Salix gooddingii) the primary tree species.

Fauna
The rare desert context riparian habitat of Bill Williams River NWR supports diverse resident fauna, and draws a variety of neotropical migratory birds, from Central and South America en route to their breeding grounds in the north.

The refuge is host to some endangered bird species, including the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), which nests on the refuge; and the Yuma rail (Rallus obsoletus yumanensis) which lives in the marsh's broadleaf cattail colonies, and is endemic to the Lower Colorado River Valley.

This refuge's wildlife includes:
 Birds: southwestern willow flycatcher, vermilion flycatcher, yellow-billed cuckoo, western tanager, lazuli bunting, Yuma rail
 Mammals: North American beaver, bobcat, cougar, gray fox, collared peccary, mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, ring-tailed cat.
 Amphibians: Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius)
 Fish: razorback sucker and bonytail chub.

Friends of the Refuge
The Friends of the Bill Williams River and Havasu National Wildlife Refuges is a non-profit membership organization that supports the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge and the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge up on the Colorado River. They advocate for and strive to obtain grants to support refuge projects, conduct fund-raising activities to support environmental education programs, assist refuge staff with several of the refuge's annual events, and help the Fish and Wildlife Service operate and maintain the refuge facilities and programs by providing volunteer labor.

See also
 :Category:Natural history of the Lower Colorado River Valley
 :Category:Wilderness areas within the Lower Colorado River Valley

References

External links

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Official Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge website
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Bill Williams River introduction + overview
 Official Friends of the Bill Williams River and Havasu National Wildlife Refuges website
 Bird Checklist for Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge

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Protected areas of the Mojave Desert
Protected areas of the Sonoran Desert
Protected areas of La Paz County, Arizona
Protected areas of Mohave County, Arizona
Wetlands of Arizona
Landforms of La Paz County, Arizona
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Gaming versions of small-form–factor (SFF) desktops, like the Falcon Northwest Tiki (2015) and the Origin Chronos (X99), are starting to become dominant players on the game grid. However, if you want to build one yourself, you'll have to look for a graphics card that can fit in smaller cases, like the Zotac GeForce GTX 960 Amp Edition ($210). It has the power to play 3D games at full HD (1080p) resolution on a single monitor, at a decent price for a midrange enthustiast GPU.
A black-painted, metal-back plate gives the GTX 960 Amp Edition a bit more stability, which can help when you're transporting your SFF desktop in your car's trunk on the way to a gaming session at a friend's house. I/O ports are plentiful, with one dual-link DVI port, one HDMI port, and three DisplayPorts on the double-width back panel. That means you can hook up several monitors for playing multiple game sessions simultaneously, or simply connecting a second display for looking up game tips and keeping your IM communications open. The card uses a six-pin external power connector, rather than the eight-pin one used by more power-hungry designs.
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Several European countries announced travel bans from the U.K. to combat the spread of a new, more contagious strain of coronavirus days before Christmas.
Netherlands and Belgium banned passenger air travel from the U.K., leaders from both countries announced Sunday, while France, Germany, Italy, Ireland and Israel were expected to introduce restrictions of their own, the BBC reported. The U.K. informed the World Health Organization Saturday that the mutant strain of coronavirus could spread quicker than previous strains.
"This is a precautionary measure and we will see later if we need additional measures," Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Sunday, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Apparently this game has been delayed at least for U.S. until Oct. 3. I can't say exactly if it's true,but game stores changed their shipping date and gamespot.com has changed its release date on the info page.
Don't trust stores. If this game was delayed, I would have gotten an email by now.
I think it's been pushed back. And there probably is a reason.
I went to gamespot and it said that it would be released November. I don't think so. I think the release date is Sept. 12. Im keeping my hopes up in the clouds.
Stores can never really be trusted with game dates. especially the online ones. I mean, At least one online store was setting out pre-orders for a Final Fantasy 7 PS3 remake, right after Square denied that a remake was being made. Back before much info had come out on FF3 DS, I saw an online store setting out pre-orders for it, showing box-art with Kefka's CG face, and describing it as "The SNES RPG classic, reborn on the DS!"
I wrote a complaint, got a message saying that the site would "Look into it," and then watched in dismay as the pre-order stayed on the site untill around E3, when it was made very obvious that their pre-order was fake.
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Grable-to-English translation: Does anyone know when Final Fantsy 3 is coming out in the UK?
I don't think they have said, yet.
Grabble? Did I miss something? What did he change?
Oh. Now I understand. Yeah, it helps to not use letters or numbers in replacement of syllables as to not confuse people when trying to have an intelligent conversation.
Maybe the stores are just making it up. The release dates that is.
Game spot told me I was getting my copy of Final Fantasy XI on December 12th, I got it Febuary sometime.
Moral of the story: Gamespot are idiots and don't trust them when they tell you when something comes out because they are probably lying.
They have said many times (square enix, 4 times i think officially) September for EU which i have stuck by and hope for, but gamespot has all of a sudden changed it to Q1 2007 for EU, i don't believe it but it is still worrying (i live in the UK also).
Well, they are releasing it in the US in November, and judging by the majority of past releases, EU will be getting sometime after (just bassed on the majority of release).
Even though September is BEFORE November. And it has actually been said by square enix on at least 4 different occasions (i think) that it will be out in September for Europe, so how do people still say America are getting it first!?
it's septemeber now and no UK based online stores are announcing the imminent release of this.
it's frustrating when something gets delayed that you're looking forward to, but everyone has to remember that for the sake of a few months, you'll be getting a game that is actually solid, and bug free.
The thing that pisses me off the most is that it was planned to be released worldwide at the same time (if I recall, to share the 'only FF never released outside of Japan' all around the world at the same time), and now there's a huge delay for no good reason and mass confusion among people about the release date. Way to go, Square.
Because of many factors. One is that (Based on most past releases) US usually gets it first. Secondly, it had also been said on four different occasions by Square Enix that North America was getting it in September, and... then suddenly changed it to November.
Availability: This item will be released on November 14, 2006. Pre-order now. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
I figure Amazon probably knows the score.
Game releases get pushed back all the time. From a retail perspective it doesn't matter too much as long s it is released in time for the Christmas shopping season. Besides, we've waited more than 15 years for this game to be released outside Japan. How hard will it be to wait another couple months?
So yes, 'how hard will it be able to wait just a little bit longer!!1one' 'obtuse marketing logic' doesn't make me any less irritated. I feel even worse for the people outside of North America, they'll have to wait even longer (well, usually, I've heard it'll get released in Europe in September).
Oh well, this still isn't as bad as Advent Children...then again, I'm more excited about this than most any game that's been/going to be released this year.
they should release two versions.
the unfinished one, and then the finished one a few months later. all the impatient children will go and waste their money on the unfinished one, get exactly what they deserve, and the rest of us will be safe.
and overall square will probably make more money since some people will have to buy two versions!
That makes no sense as there is an actual finished copy, the japanese version. How would that be dissapointing?
It crossed my mind to actually import the Japanese version. I won't understand half of it, but that's how much I really want this game.
Square is teaching you patience. Trust me, you can wait a little longer.
i hope that your version comes with japanese text.
Did anyone else choose to get the Japanese version? I ordered it from yesasia.com on August 25th and it still hasn't gotten to me....I'M DYIN' HERE! (I speak Japanese so I can understand it and thus prefer the Japanese version anyway- I'm not just a spaz.) I don't know what I would do if I had to wait a matter of months. Probably lose all control of my bowels.


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Raytheon Awarded $32 M for U.S. Navy's GPS-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Service
Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $32.2 M U.S. Navy contract for the Global Positioning System-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Service program for Navy surface and subsurface platforms.
GPNTS, designed to replace the current Navigation Sensor System Interface, supports mission-critical real-time positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) data services, including weapons, combat systems, and other command, control, communications and intelligence systems that require PNT information. Raytheon is providing an open architecture solution that allows hosting of data in a common computing environment and true "system of systems" architecture, enhancing the ship's operability with onboard systems.
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"By leveraging our extensive ship systems and integration experience, we were able to offer an affordable, low-risk solution to our Navy customer," said Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' (IDS) Kevin Peppe, Vice President of Seapower Capability Systems. "Our experience leading large, complex ship integration programs, including LPD 17, DDG 1000 and the open architecture Ship Self-Defense System, makes us uniquely qualified to deliver this critical capability to the fleet."
The contract follows successes Raytheon has achieved with the Next Generation Navigation System (NAVDDX) produced as part of the DDG 1000-class destroyer program, for which Raytheon is the prime contractor for mission systems equipment. NAVDDX is a modern open architecture solution that distributes navigation and high-precision time data to ship mission systems.
Under the GPNTS contract, Raytheon IDS will be responsible for the design, development, testing and delivery of GPNTS. The company has partnered with Argon ST, an experienced provider of systems and sensors for the command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance markets. Raytheon will also leverage the capabilities and expertise of small business partners.
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We have covered plenty of awesome self-defense tools here in the past. They help you get yourself out of dangerous situations by buying you some time. The Strike Spike happens to be a watch, cap, or shoe attachment that enables you to better defend yourself. This non-magnetic attachment enables you to gather an attacker's DNA while sending a message.
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"""
This module implements a rainbow effect renderer.
"""
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import print_function
from __future__ import unicode_literals

from asciimatics.renderers.base import StaticRenderer

class Rainbow(StaticRenderer):
    """
    Chained renderer to add rainbow colours to output of another renderer.
    The embedded rendered must not use multi-colour mode (i.e. ${c,a}
    mark-ups) as these will be converted to explicit text by this renderer.
    """

    # Colour palette when limited to 16 colours (8 dim and 8 bright).
    _16_palette = [1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 6, 6, 4, 4, 5, 5]

    # Colour palette for 256 colour xterm mode.
    _256_palette = [196, 202, 208, 214, 220, 226,
                    154, 118, 82, 46,
                    47, 48, 49, 50, 51,
                    45, 39, 33, 27, 21,
                    57, 93, 129, 201,
                    200, 199, 198, 197]

    def __init__(self, screen, renderer):
        """
        :param screen: The screen object for this renderer.
        :param renderer: The renderer to wrap.
        """
        super(Rainbow, self).__init__()
        palette = self._256_palette if screen.colours > 16 else self._16_palette
        for image in renderer.images:
            new_image = ""
            for y, line in enumerate(image):
                for x, c in enumerate(line):
                    colour = (x + y) % len(palette)
                    new_image += '${%d,1}%s' % (palette[colour], c)
                if y < len(image) - 1:
                    new_image += "\n"
            self._images.append(new_image)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Hedge Funds Are Warming Up To BB&T Corporation (BBT)
Published on December 7, 2019 at 8:00 am by Nina Todic in Hedge Funds,News
Is BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) a good place to invest some of your money right now? We can gain invaluable insight to help us answer that question by studying the investment trends of top investors, who employ world-class Ivy League graduates, who are given immense resources and industry contacts to put their financial expertise to work. The top picks of these firms have historically outperformed the market when we account for known risk factors, making them very valuable investment ideas.
BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) shareholders have witnessed an increase in hedge fund sentiment in recent months. BBT was in 26 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2019. There were 23 hedge funds in our database with BBT holdings at the end of the previous quarter. Our calculations also showed that BBT isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video below for Q2 rankings).
So, why do we pay attention to hedge fund sentiment before making any investment decisions? Our research has shown that hedge funds' small-cap stock picks managed to beat the market by double digits annually between 1999 and 2016, but the margin of outperformance has been declining in recent years. Nevertheless, we were still able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that outperformed the Russell 2000 ETFs by 40 percentage points since May 2014 (see the details here). We were also able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that underperformed the market by 10 percentage points annually between 2006 and 2017. Interestingly the margin of underperformance of these stocks has been increasing in recent years. Investors who are long the market and short these stocks would have returned more than 27% annually between 2015 and 2017. We have been tracking and sharing the list of these stocks since February 2017 in our quarterly newsletter. Even if you aren't comfortable with shorting stocks, you should at least avoid initiating long positions in stocks that are in our short portfolio.
John Overdeck of Two Sigma Advisors
Unlike the largest US hedge funds that are convinced Dow will soar past 40,000 or the world's most bearish hedge fund that's more convinced than ever that a crash is coming, our long-short investment strategy doesn't rely on bull or bear markets to deliver double digit returns. We only rely on the best performing hedge funds' buy/sell signals. Let's take a gander at the recent hedge fund action encompassing BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT).
What have hedge funds been doing with BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT)?
At Q3's end, a total of 26 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of 13% from one quarter earlier. By comparison, 20 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in BBT a year ago. With hedge funds' capital changing hands, there exists a few notable hedge fund managers who were adding to their holdings substantially (or already accumulated large positions).
Among these funds, Gillson Capital held the most valuable stake in BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT), which was worth $64.1 million at the end of the third quarter. On the second spot was Arrowstreet Capital which amassed $61.2 million worth of shares. Two Sigma Advisors, Holocene Advisors, and Millennium Management were also very fond of the stock, becoming one of the largest hedge fund holders of the company. In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position Gillson Capital allocated the biggest weight to BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT), around 5.87% of its portfolio. Interval Partners is also relatively very bullish on the stock, dishing out 0.41 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to BBT.
Now, some big names have been driving this bullishness. Interval Partners, managed by Gregg Moskowitz, created the biggest position in BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT). Interval Partners had $10.6 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Matthew Hulsizer's PEAK6 Capital Management also initiated a $6.5 million position during the quarter. The other funds with new positions in the stock are James Dondero's Highland Capital Management, Donald Sussman's Paloma Partners, and Jeffrey Talpins's Element Capital Management.
Let's now take a look at hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) but similarly valued. These stocks are Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG), SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), ING Groep N.V. (NYSE:ING), and Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI). This group of stocks' market values resemble BBT's market value.
DG 45 2157250 8
SYY 22 3016032 -9
ING 9 542281 1
ATVI 70 3014968 24
As you can see these stocks had an average of 36.5 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $2183 million. That figure was $371 million in BBT's case. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand ING Groep N.V. (NYSE:ING) is the least popular one with only 9 bullish hedge fund positions. BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) is not the least popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still below average. This is a slightly negative signal and we'd rather spend our time researching stocks that hedge funds are piling on. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 37.4% in 2019 through the end of November and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 9.9 percentage points. Unfortunately BBT wasn't nearly as popular as these 20 stocks (hedge fund sentiment was quite bearish); BBT investors were disappointed as the stock returned 3.4% during the first two months of the fourth quarter and underperformed the market. If you are interested in investing in large cap stocks with huge upside potential, you should check out the top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds as 70 percent of these stocks already outperformed the market in Q4.
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Egypt's Supreme Council of Culture: Online activities to resume online after proving success
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 - 04:26 GMT
In light of the suspension of major cultural activities to battle the spread of COVID-19 in accordance with the decisions of the Council of Ministers, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Culture Hisham Azmy said that since March 2020, the council has not stopped broadcasting its cultural activities online.
Heliopolis Library presents a series of seminars to raise awareness about COVID-19
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The first of these seminars will be held on January 17 at the Heliopolis Children's Library entitled "Awareness and Dealing with COVID-19".
Into seminars? Tune in to the Supreme Council of Culture's various seminars on Oct. 27 - 28
Mon, 26 Oct 2020 - 01:18 GMT
The Supreme Council of Culture is organizing through its Committee on Philosophy, Sociology and Anthropology a seminar entitled "Critical thinking and mechanisms for countering extremism" on October 27 at 6 p.m. in the council's main hall.
Min. of culture reveals ministry's plan for 2019
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 - 09:45 GMT
The plan aims to emphasize the support of cultural and artistic ties between Egypt and Africa.
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MIPI TouchSM is a family of four publicly available specifications that work together, as a system, to enable faster, more flexible design and implementation of touch applications in devices that use a display as the primary user interface. The specifications optimize the integration and performance of touch technologies in smartphones, tablets, laptops, computers, automotive systems and many other applications.
Developers expected to use MIPI Touch include application processor companies and those that design or integrate touch sensors, among others.
MIPI Touch provides significant interoperability conveniences that alleviate previous challenges associated with touch, sensor and software integration the broad and diverse device market. A primary benefit is a standardized write "write once" approach that enables a developer to write a single driver that can be used across operating systems for touch implementations in a wide range of devices. MIPI Touch also provides significant performance benefits: When all four specifications are used as a solution, it yields the highest throughput and lowest latency for touch products.
The MIPI Touch Command Set (MIPI TCS), a set of high-level commands that harmonize the writing of device drivers across operating systems.
The MIPI Touch Adaptation Layer for I3C (MIPI ALI3C), which translates the touch commands for use on the MIPI I3C protocol.
The MIPI I3C Host Controller Interface (MIPI I3C HCI), an optional specification for advanced systems that makes it possible to use touch commands and multiple data streams to add differentiating touch features to a design. Application processor companies can apply the specification to standardize the HCI method used in their devices.
The MIPI I3C v1.0 specification, which connects an application processor to a touch sensor.
Membership in MIPI Alliance is not needed to access the specifications, but companies are encouraged to join MIPI Alliance to realize the many benefits membership provides. For membership information, visit Join MIPI.


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What Child Support Payments Can Be Paid Toward?
Child support was created to make the lives of children of divorced or separated parents as comfortable as possible. By court order, the noncustodial parent must make monthly payments based on their income that will help maintain the child's accustomed standard of living. Because custodial parents are not required to report on their child support spending, it's possible they may attempt to spend the child's money on their own personal needs. To avoid potential court-ordered mediation, here is a reminder of approved child support payment purchases.
Designed to allow financial assistance to cover a child's basic needs, child support should fund a child's food, housing, clothing, and any other expenses related to a child's growth. While spending is not necessarily governed by statute, custodial parents are meant to use the support to help cover the costs associated with raising a child.
Additional Child-Related Expenses
Raising a child often involves much more than the costs associated with their basic needs.
Health Insurance- children are fragile and require healthcare and medical insurance coverage.
School Fees- children need school supplies, books, activity fees for field trips, and sometimes private school uniforms and tuition.
Childcare- Employed custodial parents often rely on daycare or after-school care to keep their children occupied until they get off work. These programs can be costly, especially for multiple children.
If you are a parent looking to receive additional child support from a noncustodial parent or suspect your child support payments are not going toward your child's basic needs, contact our The Rfamily law attorneys at The Roberts Family Law Firm in Orlando today. Our experienced attorneys are familiar with Florida child support guidelines and will aggressively represent your needs. For more information, call us today at 407-426-6999 or fill out the online form provided on this page and we will contact you shortly.
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Blacks, the outdoor leisure retailer, is continuing to experience boardroom upheaval with the resignation of Marc Lombardo as its finance director. Lombardo leaves to take up a new position but will stay on at Blacks until December.
Blacks said in statement today that its Nomination Committee had already begun the process for identifying and appointing a successor.
Peter Williams, interim chairman of Blacks, said: "Marc has helped steer Blacks through some challenging times in retail. On behalf of the board I would like to thank him for the significant contribution that he has made to the company over the last three years and wish him every success in his new role."
The news follows the announcement last month that David Bernstein had resigned as chairman after the company's largest investor, Sports Direct, voted against his re-appointment at the company's annual general meeting in July.
Blacks has struggled with falling sales in recent months and has been forced to extend its banking facilities. Ex-Figleaves CEO Julia Reynolds joined Blacks last month as its new chief executive. She has been tasked with turning the business around.


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Shelton resident earns National Merit Commended honor
Fairfield Prep senior and Shelton resident Matt Hansen.
SHELTON — Fairfield Prep senior and Shelton resident Matt Hansen has received a Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Competition.
Commended students have placed among the top 50,000 scorers out of more than 1.5 million nationwide test takers on the 2019 PSAT.
This recognition supports Hansen's academic career at Fairfield Prep, where he has earned the highest grade in every class. Hansen is Summa Cum Laude, a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and is the recipient of the Dartmouth Book Award.
Within Prep's Campus Ministry program, Hansen has served as an usher, lector and eucharistic minister at school Masses while also attending a Kairos Retreat and the Ignatian Family Teach-In in Washington, D.C. He was named co-chair of Fairfield Prep's annual freshman retreat, an event with 300 participants and leaders. He is also an altar server at his home parish, and he trains new servers for Masses.
At school, he has been on the varsity track and freshman soccer teams. He volunteers at school for events such as the open house and entrance exams for prospective students. He has also volunteered service for the Spooner House in Shelton, the Hero Box project, and went on an Urban Plunge immersion trip.


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Softball team hosts Daytona State in home opener
The Eastern Florida State College softball team will host Daytona State College in the home opener Tuesday afternoon at Titan Softball Complex.
The Titans are coming off a sweep against the Florida State College at Jacksonville as pitchers Olivia Everett and Kaitlyn Wilfert each posted complete game shutouts.
Everett comes into the doubleheader with a 1.91 ERA in six appearances for the Titans. Wilfert is a freshman and has a 3.00 ERA in five appearances.
The duo is expected to take the mound Tuesday against an unbeaten Falcons team that is hitting .347 as a team. Giavonna Auricchio leads the Falcons in hitting with a .462 average. On the mound, Cloee-Anna Smith is among the leaders in the state with a 0.85 ERA in six appearances.
Offensively for the Titans, sophomore first baseman Caitlin Meyer is among the FCSAA leaders in home runs with four in the first 10 games this season while teammate Hailey Profeta comes in hitting .440 in 10 games.
"The team just had a nice sweep over the weekend and has been practicing hard and looking forward to finally playing at Titan Softball Complex, which we feel is the nicest stadium in the state of Florida," Eastern Florida State College softball coach Jim Beitia said. "We are getting healthy and feel good about the direction we are heading."
It is the first of eight straight home games for the softball team, who will also be at Titan Softball Complex on Friday and Sunday this week.
Tuesday's game begins at 4 p.m. and fans can watch it live online on the EFSC Titans YouTube page.