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Mar 22, 2017 . What I do promise is that the advice here will protect you from the kind of catastrophic and premature failure of so many deck stain jobs. Think of the information here like marriage counseling for you and your deck. Keeping things looking good won't necessarily be a breeze, but I can guarantee that you..
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Apr 21, 2015 . Plastic decking will last for years without any treatment except the occasional cleaning. Color choices can be limited, and the colors will fade with time, particularly if the location provides a lot more sun than shade. On the plus side, it is possible to paint plastics (like vinyl, which we discuss in this article last..
If you've replaced a warped or damaged board, the new wood will not be the same shade as the rest of your deck. If you wish to stain immediately, use an opaque or semi-transparent stain to create a blended surface. An alternative to stains or sealers is applying a resurfacer or restoration product. These finishes are like a..
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David Morrell & Rambo, Back in Action
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David Morrell is no stranger to having his work adapted for the screen: his 1972 novel, First Blood, was the inspiration for the Rambo film franchise. Next up for Morrell '67 is a return to the small screen, as Deadline reported that a new series is in the works about John J. Rambo and his son titled Rambo: New Blood.
The series' executive producer will be the star of the series, Sylvester Stallone. There's no word on what Morrell's role will be, but according to his IMDb page, he is a writer for a Rambo television project. There is no word on when the show will debut, but it will reportedly air on Fox. It's also not 100 percent clear if this show will go beyond a pilot, as Morrell tweeted that Fox is only paying for a one-hour script.
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Michelle Dion
Michelle Dion is an Associate Professor of Political Science at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002. Professor Dion is the author of Workers and Welfare: Comparative Institutional Change in Twentieth-Century Mexico (Pittsburgh Latin American Series, 2010) and articles published in Political Analysis, International Studies Quarterly, Comparative Politics, Latin American Research Review, Latin American Politics & Society, Journal of Latin American Studies, Social Policy and Administration, and Social Politics, among others. Her research addresses the ways in which economic and political processes produce different social policy outcomes in the developing world, particularly in Latin America. She has also published work related to the gendered outcomes of public policy and cross-national public opinion on policy issues, including LGBT rights. Professor Dion's research has been funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (Canada), the US Social Security Administration, the García Robles-Fulbright Program, and the Social Science Research Council (New York, US).
Dr. Michelle Dion has extensive experience teaching introductory graduate-level quantitative research methods to students from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds and levels of preparation. She has taught in the ICPSR Summer Program since 2015. At McMaster University, she teaches graduate quantitative methods for political and public policy analysis, and has taught similar courses previously in Spanish at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE, Mexico City, Mexico) and at Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). Professor Dion is also active in Visions in Methodology (VIM, visionsinmethology.org), an organization that seeks to support women engaged in the quantitative study of politics.
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Team spirit. Creativity. Determination. Commitment. A great week for Year 7 team sports.
The week before half term saw Year 7 football and netball teams in action. As you will see from the match summaries below, written by our Director of Sport, Mrs Gill Sinden, our Year 7's are really showing the kind of qualities that we value here at Trinity.
The girls played two teams at Bramdean. The first game against Bramdean A team was extremely close ending in a draw of 9-9. The girls worked extremely well as a team and the shooting was exceptional. The girls then brought out a mixed team to face Bramdean B. The girls used this match to trial new formations and new team members. They worked hard as a team but the trial formations were not as effective as the original set up and they lost 5-0. Overall, the girls showed real determination and put in maximum effort during both games.
The team came back from 1-4 deficit to draw the match 4 – 4. Reverend Jonathon was particularly impressed by our boys' quality of passing and running into space as well as their commitment to play competitively against Bramdean for the whole match. Not one head went down even when they were losing 4:1 and they showed real team spirit in their fight back. A performance on the pitch to be proud of!
The girls played 4 matches and won all 4 convincingly. They beat Paignton 6-2, Brixham Community College 5 – 1, Churston Grammar School 4 – 0 and Stover 4 – 1. It was a great team performance from all seven girls.


Long before most had heard of Mike Hesson, he was strolling around the University of Otago Oval with Glenn Turner and plotting how to get the Volts to the top.
His hands would be trailing behind his back and his brow would be creased in deep thought.
That mind of his was always solving puzzles. How do we get Michael Papps out? Should Matt Harvie take the new ball? How do we get the most out of Mohammad Wasim and why is he going so hard at the ball so early?
He was still just the manager of the side but was already showing he was ready to take the step up and lead a first-class team.
Former Otago Cricket Association chief executive Ross Dykes gave him that opportunity in 2004-05 when Turner moved on.
Hesson came up against the same kind of resistance he faced eight years later when he was named Black Caps coach. He did not play cricket at the top level and that always meant he had to work a lot harder to prove himself.
That turned out to be a massive advantage. He had to earn his reputation and he did that through meticulous planning, consuming attention to detail, a willingness to work harder than anyone else and absolute loyalty to his players.
You will not find a news clipping where he throws one of his players under the bus after a loss.
He has always kept a level head in defeat and in victory. That could be frustrating when you were hoping for a provocative quote.
But he was concise and accurate in his comments. You knew behind every word there were hours of work spent researching the answer.
He drew a lot of confidence from his work ethic and demanded the same of everyone around him. Slackers were not accommodated - read Jesse Ryder.
His controversial appointment of Brendon McCullum as captain must have tested even Hesson's tenacity. It was a tumultuous time and a move that polarised public opinion.
It was always the right move. The team needed a different style of leadership. That said, it was not handled well.
The public swung in behind the popular Taylor. But some of the personal criticism Hesson had to put up with was disgraceful.
The pair found a way to continue working together despite a rift that will probably never be bridged. It is testament to Hesson's professionalism that he did not let the incident cloud his judgement when it came to Taylor's obvious merit with the bat.
If Hesson did have a weakness, perhaps it was that he was too structured and too conservative in his selections.
If someone new came into the fold, then they had most likely achieved two feats: they had had a productive summer the previous season, and had demonstrated the ability to play at a higher level through the New Zealand A programme.
It was textbook selection, whereas others may have gone with their gut more.
Hesson had McCullum to lean on for that, though. The pair were able to forge such a successful relationship because of, not instead of, their many differences.
McCullum was prepared to take a punt where Hesson would fall back on the statistics. But when McCullum wanted to bash his way through a block wall, Hesson was there to remind him it was reinforced with steel.
It was the perfect combination which almost carried New Zealand all the way to glory at the 2015 World Cup.
New Zealand played tremendous cricket during Hesson's six-year stint. The Black Caps earned respect on and off field and Hesson deserves a lot of credit for the example he set.


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So it's more about buying pictures than helping orphans, eh? Fine, fine. I suppose you can buy pictures AND help orphans.
Donate to charity at a UK comic show, get a cool comic sketch from one of your favorite artists!
In a nutshell: interested readers can turn up to a UK comics show, donate to charity and get a great sketch from a comics pro. We're heading to a show this weekend so timing is perfect.


A more flexible practice management solution that's easier to customize. Dentrix G6 delivers enhancements that improve your clinical management as well as your business management. The new tools and functionality in Dentrix G6 help make your job easier and your practice more efficient. Many new features are quickly becoming customer favorites.
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Now you can use more than three words in Medical Alert Notes to describe a patient's condition. You can add dates, medications, allergies and other notes to identify care issues.
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Global science, from a unique Australian perspective.
The Royal Institution of Australia Inc
There are around 200 described species of Daphnia, usually known as water fleas because their method of swimming resembles the locomotion of a true flea. The planktonic crustaceans range in size from 0.2 to 5 millimetres, so you don't expect to see them with this much detail and colour, the work of Polish biologist and photomicrographer Marek Miś. This image received an honourable mention in the 2020 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition (see page 48), in which Miś is a serial entrant: since 2009, 14 of his photographs have been cited for distinction, honourable mention or as a placegetter.…
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FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science – Australia's most prestigious awards for achievement in scientific research, research-based innovation and excellence in science teaching – have been celebrated in the Great Hall of Parliament House. This year, it was a digital-only event that invited the world to a party where the guests of honour are scientists, innovators and teachers. It was my great pleasure to host the Prizes again. And never have these groups deserved a party more: the scientists who worked around the clock to understand a new contagion; industry that retooled, seemingly overnight, to ensure we have respirators in abundance; and educators who moved the nation's millions of students entirely online, some in just a single weekend. Prize recipients included those who developed new treatments for…
Humans' relationship with the ocean and its denizens is complex: exciting, and dangerous, seductive and confronting. To celebrate the Australian season of saltwater swimming, we've dived right in for a fisheye view. First among story equals, novelist James Bradley takes us through the fascinating research pointing to fish cognition, and considers our relationship with fishes. Bradley's piece is the first of four in a series called "New ways of seeing", in which writers better known for literature consider an aspect of science. We're grateful to the Copyright Agency Ltd (CAL), for their grant to allow us to produce these pieces, and look forward to exploring scientific spaces from an unusual perspective in future issues. We stick with ocean research from the tropics to the Southern Ocean, through Pat Sheil's look at the…
cheers as spacecraft tags asteroid
In a brief moment that its principal scientist Dante Lauretta described as "transcendental", NASA's OSIRISREx spacecraft successfully played tag with an asteroid on 21 October. The manoeuvre, officially called TAG (touch-and-go), saw the spacecraft touch down perfectly in one of the few safe landing zones on asteroid 101955 Bennu, 300 million kilometres from Earth. It then activated its sample collection mechanism and safely backed away, without hitting any of the dangerous boulders flanking the tiny collection site, whose safe zone was a mere eight metres in diameter. "I can't believe we actually pulled this off," Lauretta said as the control centre exploded in cheers and pantomimed high-fives. "The spacecraft did everything it was supposed to do," he added, noting that the emotion of the success "is almost hard to process… Everything went just exactly…
a barcode of earth's climatic past
Climate scientists have compiled the first continuous, high-fidelity record of variations in Earth's climate extending back 66 million years to the time of the last great extinction. The global "reference curve" highlights four distinct climatic states and the natural million- and thousand-year variability that Earth's climate has experienced. It brings together research from 12 international laboratories using sample material from the ocean floor collected over more than five decades of scientific drilling expeditions by the International Ocean Discovery Program and its predecessors. The resulting colourful barcode – officially called CENOGRID (CENOzoic Global Reference benthic foraminifera carbon and oxygen Isotope Dataset) – provides a snapshot of past climate change, the researchers say, and a possible guide to the future. "We now know more accurately when it was warmer or colder on the planet and…
it happened in just a few zeptoseconds
German physicists say they have measured the shortest unit of time ever – 247 zeptoseconds. That's 247 trillionths of a billionth of a second (20 zeroes after the decimal point) and it's the time it takes for a photon to cross a hydrogen molecule, the team from Frankfurt's Goethe University reports in Science. It's not the first time we've been in this rarefied neighbourhood. In 2016, researchers led by Germany's Max Planck Institute revealed that the electron emission from helium atoms takes 856 zeptoseconds. Reinhard Dörner's team has raised the bar, however, working with the accelerator facility DESY in Hamburg and the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin. They carried out the time measurement on a hydrogen molecule that they irradiated with X-rays from the synchrotron lightsource PETRA III at DESY. "The proposed technique is generally applicable to…


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Boesen, P. E. The Twice-a-Week Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 69, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 28, 1906, newspaper, August 28, 1906; Amarillo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth281582/: accessed April 19, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .


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How could Brexit affect my business?
Brexit has the potential to directly or indirectly affect most businesses:
Suppliers need to consider how the market for their own products may be affected, as well as anything which may affect their supply chain.
Customers need to consider whether the price they are paying will remain competitive, and their own ability to use goods or services purchased under an agreement.
We as solicitors have summarised the main issues below.
Trade tariffs on goods
Various options are being discussed regarding UK's trading relationships with EU and non-EU countries. New or increased tariffs may be payable on both imports and exports may affect the costs of goods.
Freedom to provide services
Costs may be involved in complying with new requirements for the provision of services to EU member states or other countries.
Freedom of movement for workers
A UK businesses' ability to perform contracts or the costs of performance may be affected by the reduction in the freedom of EU migrants to work in the UK and UK nationals' freedom to work in EU member states.
Changes in law
EU Regulations will no longer have direct effect and the UK will be free to repeal or amend laws which implement EU Directives. The government has announced that it will initially preserve the status quo but then consider what changes to make.
Licences and consents
UK businesses may no longer benefit from EU-wide approval schemes or reciprocal arrangements between the EU and the rest of the world.
Fluctuations in the exchange rate between sterling and other currencies may have an impact on the value of sums paid and received under a contract.
Other financial factors
There may be a rise in the costs of borrowing and a dip in consumer spending.
Are you thinking about how Brexit could affect your business?


Communities across Afghanistan—especially the dispersed populations in rural areas—have long endured a lack of basic health services due to low numbers of trained health workers and chronic security issues. But this situation is improving. Today, a program to bolster women's inclusion in Afghanistan's mainstream economy is also serving to fill high-priority needs in maternal and infant care, vaccination, skilled nursing, and other health services.
In Afghanistan as elsewhere, culture norms require that only women may provide healthcare to other females, especially during intimate circumstances such as pregnancy and childbirth. Yet these countries often present complex and challenging environments that restrict women's access to training, leading to low numbers of midwives, nurses, and female community health workers, especially in rural locales. Hence, women and girls go untreated. In Afghanistan, this shortage has resulted in high rates of maternal, child, and infant mortality.
Due to cultural and safety concerns, women and girls in Kandahar province struggle to locate acceptable dental and healthcare. When WIE introduced a Basic Dentistry Training course, 13 women enrolled and 11 graduates found jobs, becoming among the first female dental practitioners in Kandahar. Laila became the first woman to work as a dental assistant in the Ahmadi Dental Clinic, prompting her employer to promote dental care for female patients. Since hiring Laila, the clinic's roster of female patients has steadily increased.
Loghnam Hakim Hospital was expanding from 70 to 100 beds and needed more trained health workers. The private hospital already employed 260 staff, including 140 women. Hospital manager Dr. Ejaz approached WIE and accepted 30 interns for on-the-job training positions as nurses, midwives, lab assistants, x-ray technicians, and administrative staff.
Loghnam Hakim Hospital has since enjoyed a 10 percent increase in revenue, which is increasing day by day as the number of female patients increase. The hospital adopted more thorough and transparent personnel practices, improved the quality and variety of care for female patients, and further improved its local reputation.
Twenty-nine-year-old Nooria, a resident of Mazar-i-Sharif, had medical education but no work experience. After completing a WIE-facilitated ultrasound technology course, she was soon hired to run Mazar's first-ever mobile health clinic. Sponsored by Marie Stopes International, the clinic is equipped with an ultrasound machine, medication, and other medical machinery. Nooria now examines 20 to 30 female patients daily.
Dr. Arzoo's family supported her wish to study medicine at a private university in Jalalabad, but upon graduation the 28-year-old was not qualified to operate the ultrasound machine, which is required in diagnostics.
Arzoo learned about a WIE-facilitated course in ultrasound technology, which she took for three months under a certified trainer. Upon completion, Arzoo struggled to find a job due to a lack of positions for women in government clinics, so she opened her own facility. She now sees female patients each day and earns as much as AFN 28,000 per month.
MANAGING MIDWIFE CARE: In Afghanistan, many midwife clinics offer valuable services but lack business management skills. Many have no bookkeeping systems, inventory control, or income statements, reducing their profitability and putting their sustainability at risk. WIE is collaborating with the USAID-funded HEMAYAT (Helping Mothers and Children Thrive) program and its network of 25 midwife houses in Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar, Jalalabad, and Herat. Skilled midwives provide standardized, fee-based family planning and maternal newborn care, and WIE delivers business skills training through four female business-degree graduates embedded within the network. These advisors work alongside clinic managers to install financial management and administrative systems so that clinic managers learn the cost control and financial skills needed to sustain their services.
WIE is also supporting the Afghanistan Medical Council (AMC) to enact licensing and registration procedures for doctors and dentists to ensure improved diagnosis and care. Funded by the Afghan government, the AMC will mandate high standards for professional conduct and medical ethics, and improve competency across registered medical practitioners, eventually to include midwifery, nursing, and other disciplines.


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Ollezy est une commune française située dans le département de l'Aisne, en région Hauts-de-France.

Géographie

Localisation

Urbanisme

Typologie
Ollezy est une commune rurale. Elle fait en effet partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Ham, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (79,1 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (79,1 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
terres arables (79,1 %), forêts (9,3 %), eaux continentales (6,6 %), zones urbanisées (5 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Histoire

Politique et administration

Rattachements administratifs et électoraux
La commune se trouve dans l'arrondissement de Saint-Quentin du département de l'Aisne. Pour l'élection des députés, elle fait partie de la deuxième circonscription de l'Aisne.

Elle faisait partie depuis 1801 du canton de Saint-Simon. Dans le cadre du redécoupage cantonal de 2014 en France, elle fait désormais partie du canton de Ribemont.

Intercommunalité
La commune faisait partie de la communauté de communes du canton de Saint-Simon (C32S), créée fin 1994.

Dans le cadre des dispositions de la loi portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République (Loi NOTRe) du 7 août 2015, qui prévoit que les établissements publics de coopération intercommunale (EPCI) à fiscalité propre doivent avoir un minimum de  (sous réserve de certaines dérogations bénéficiant aux territoires de très faible densité), le préfet de l'Aisne a adopté un nouveau schéma départemental de coopération intercommunale par arrêté du 30 mars 2016 qui prévoit notamment la fusion de la  communauté de communes du canton de Saint-Simon et de la communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin, aboutissant au regroupement de 39 communes comptant .

Cette fusion est intervenue le , et la commune est désormais membre de la communauté d'agglomération du Saint-Quentinois.

Liste des maires

Démographie

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments
 Église Saint-Germain.
 Le carré militaire au cimetière contient 27 tombes de soldats morts pour la France.
 Sur la place de l'Église se trouvent le monument aux morts, une fontaine, un stèle avec cadran solaire.
 Manoir d'Ollezy.
 Une chapelle-oratoire.
 Lavoir sur la Sommette.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Communes de l'Aisne

Liens externes
 Ollezy sur le site de l'Institut géographique national
 Ollezy sur le site de l'Insee

Notes et références

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This might have become a real series if the 22nd-seeded '09-'10 Vancouver Canucks had not blown a 3-0 lead in Game 3, which they eventually lost in overtime. The 6th-seeded '82-'83 Edmonton Oilers did blow the Canucks away in Game 1, but other than that they're average margin of victory was only two goals.
As the title says, the top line for the Oilers exploded offensively, which is not all that surprising, but most of it did come in a 13-3 Game 1 blowout victory. Mark Messier led the way for that top line with 14 points while Wayne Gretzky finished second with 13 points and Glenn Anderson in third with 12 points. Overall, eight players finished the series averaging at least a point per game for Edmonton. Messier also led the Oilers in goal scoring with eight during the five games. Gretzky was second with five while Anderson was tied with defenseman Ken Linseman in third with four. Anderson and Gretzky were tied for the team lead in helpers at eight apiece while defenseman Paul Coffey was right behind them in second with seven assists. Goaltender Andy Moog had a decent series for Edmonton, but his performance dipped a bit from last round. He posted a 4-1-0 record with a 3.40 goals against average to go along with a .916 save percentage.
To nobody's surprise, it was the Sedin twins that led the way offensively for the Canucks. Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin were both tied for the team lead in points with seven apiece. Meanwhile, Ryan Kesler and Mikael Samuelsson were tied for second with five points. There was another tie for the team lead in goals, between four different Canucks. Alexandre Burrows scored three times during the series to tie with Kesler, Samuelsson and (Daniel) Sedin. Kyle Wellwood was the only other Canuck to score more than once with his two goals. Only three other players scored for Vancouver during the five games. Also to nobody's surprise, the two Sedins were atop the team's assist leaderboard. Henrik was the overall leader with six while Daniel was tied for second at four with defenseman Sami Salo. This was a tough series for Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo, but that only makes sense seeing the opponent is an Oilers team from the '80s. This was by far Luongo's worst series in his UNP career. He posted a 1-3-1 record with a 4.20 goals against average and a .870 save percentage. Just to show how good Luongo was coming in to this series, his overall GAA and SV% after this series still only 2.57 and .918%.
The '82-'83 Oilers are the third different team to represent Edmonton in the Ultimate NHL Playoff. In each of the previous two tournaments, the Oilers representative has been able to reach at least the Quarterfinal. Now the '82-'83 Oilers have gotten there and they will face the 19th-seeded '05-'06 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, who defeated the 30th-seeded '85-'86 Hartford Whalers earlier in the Third Round. The '09-'10 Canucks are in their first UNP and have been able to tie the franchise mark for longest run in the UNP. Last year was the first time that Vancouver had reached the Third Round and they have matched that this year.
Up next in the Third Round, the 24th-seeded '84-'85 Washington Capitals face the 25th-seeded '09-'10 San Jose Sharks!
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To Save the Library, Don't Leave Good Ideas on the Shelf
Home » Tax and Budget » To Save the Library, Don't Leave Good Ideas on the Shelf
Sometime in the next three months, the Multnomah County commissioners will decide whether to place on the May ballot a measure creating a new taxing district for the county library system. If approved, this would become the chief source of tax support for the district, replacing the five-year operating levies that have been the norm since 1990.
However, before commissioners spend too much time debating the measure, they should back up and ask how much money the library system really needs. There are several indications that the costs of operation are too high.
The most troubling sign is the comparison with other medium-sized urban libraries. The Multnomah County system includes 18 branches, and we spent $62 million to operate it in fiscal year 2010-11. Denver has 22 branches and spent only $30.9 million. How does Denver operate more branches at half the cost?
Seattle has 27 branches that the city operates on a $50 million budget, while Minneapolis has 40 branches with a $69 million budget.
Not only are Multnomah County costs high in comparison, they are rising at a rate much faster than inflation. For example, in 1993-94 the annual library operating budget was $19.5 million, which supported 325 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions (roughly $60,000 per FTE). In today's dollars, that would equate to $92,000 per FTE, all else being equal. Yet in 2010-11 we spent $127,000 per FTE.
There has to be some fiscal restraint even for services we love. But in traditional public sector collective bargaining, restraint is virtually impossible. Management represents a government monopoly, and across the table is a labor cartel (otherwise known as a union). A monopoly negotiating with a cartel is unlikely to result in a low-cost outcome.
The solution is to shop around and take multiple bids. Jackson County, Oregon shut down its library system in 2006 due to financial strain. As soon as officials were in a position to consider reopening, the county took competitive bids for operations. A private firm in Maryland, Library Systems and Services, offered a bid several million dollars lower than the public employee union. That bid was accepted and allowed the county to open the library system again.
LSSI operates library systems in 17 locations around the United States. By specializing, it is able to offer a better user experience at a lower cost.
Library purists may be hesitant to embrace this model, but it's commonplace in other sectors of the economy. Timberline Lodge, Crater Lake Lodge and the Oregon Garden are all operated by private concessionaires. Central Park in New York and Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square are both managed by private non-profits.
As part of its due diligence, Multnomah County's Board of Commissioners should compare the cost of our library system with the cost of libraries in other similar cities, then seek competitive bids for operation. The bidding process will provide valuable information that can never be gained by mere study. That information is essential for sound management decisions.


Remember the fish I drew which I wrote about earlier today? Well, when Joey saw it he created a nice image blend based on it.
Not much later, when I linked someone else who had seen both of those images to a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn of Europa, she said she was looking for my fishy in it. So I decided to take the initiative and I made a quick manipulation of the picture.
Then I suddenly realised it could work quite well as a meme. In case you're interested, I saved what I used in the painting as a transparent PNG. So if you're interested in making my fishy into a meme, I doubt it could get any easier.


South Dakota is an exceptionally snowmobile-friendly state, providing 1,500 miles of trails and unlimited off-trail snowmobiling in the Black Hills National Forest. The state offers a voluntary snowmobile safety course. The course is conducted by local clubs affiliated with the South Dakota Snowmobile Association. South Dakota's Sno-Wats phone service is available at 1-800-445-3474 for riders to check snow and trail conditions.
Super 8, Comfort Inn and Black Hills Inn and Suites are only a few of the lodging options located in Deadwood adjacent to the Mickelson Trail. Comfort Inn offers an indoor heated pool, hot tub, exercise room and truck parking. Black Hills Inn and Suites supplies cabin accommodations, luxury rooms and suites. Pets are welcome. The inn has an indoor pool, a hot tub and a large parking lot for trailers and snowmobiles. The Stay and Sled package is available for snowmobilers.
Spearfish Canyon Lodge, 17 miles outside of Deadwood, offers a One- or Two-Day Snowmobiling Adventure package including lodging, cocktails and two sleds. The facility also operates a winter sports center where riders will find full- and half-day snowmobile and equipment rentals. Each snowmobile rental includes a helmet. To rent, visitors must have a valid driver's license and be 18 years of age or older. The center carries snowmobile trail permits. Located on trail head no. 4 of the Black Hills Snowmobile Trail system, the Spearfish Canyon parking lot offers restrooms.
Mad Mountain Adventures supplies single- or double-rider snowmobiles for rent from December 15 to March 30. Half- and full-day rentals are available. The facility stocks SkiDoo 550cc and Arctic Cat 570cc machines. The business will rent to children age 14 and over with a parent present. Helmets are included with each rental. Riders need a credit card for security deposit on snowmobiles.
The temperature in South Dakota in April tends to be very predictable, so you can generally count on the forecast and travel light.
The temperature in South Dakota in April is somewhat unpredictable, so be on the safe side and prepare for a variety of conditions.
The temperature in South Dakota in April is highly unpredictable, so use the forecast as a guide, but be ready for anything!
The Black Hills Snowmobile Trail system includes 350 miles of groomed trails. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks department provides a snowmobile trail map marked with local features and amenities for snowmobilers and operates a Twitter feed on the latest trail conditions.
Mickelson Trail 7 passes through the area around Deadwood. The sledding season runs from December 15 to March 31. The Custer Peak parking lot sits south of Mad Mountain Adventures in Deadwood and offers restrooms. Farther south along the trail, the parking lot at Dumont offers a warming station near Trail 7's junction with Trail 2.
Riders should assume "No Trespassing" signs also signify "No Snowmobiling" along the trail, as private property is located along the trail. Check the trail status before you begin your journey, as closings and reroutes may occur. Stay on your snowmobile and keep moving if you encounter wildlife.
Residents pay a $20 fee for a two-year license, while nonresidents pay $40 for a five-day permit as of 2011. Permits are available at the county treasurer's office. Snowmobiles licensed in another state can be used in South Dakota, while unlicensed machines require a special five-day permit available from trail-side vendors. Liability insurance is required if you ride on road right-of-ways or public trails. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks website outlines these regulations.
Moon, Alice. "Snowmobiling Near Deadwood, South Dakota." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/snowmobiling-near-deadwood-south-dakota-34856.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.
The South Dakota State Capitol building in Pierre, South Dakota.
General map of the US state of South Dakota. Shown are the state's topography, major cities and roads, boundaries, and bodies of water.
Eastern (downstream) side of the Beaver Creek Bridge, which carries Highway 87 over Beaver Creek near Hot Springs in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. Built in 1929 in the present boundaries of Wind Cave National Park, the bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


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January 19th, 2018 - 1:46pm
NV Energy corporate headquarters as seen on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)
The Clark County School District is considering leaving NV Energy's service territory and entering into an agreement with a trio of companies that could lower electric costs and deliver solar-powered energy to schools and administrative buildings.
The board of trustees is scheduled to hear a presentation next week about energy savings that might be realized if the district enters in to a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with Capital Dynamics, Tenaska Power Service and Switch. The group says the move could lower and lock down electric rates while ensuring more than 70 percent of the school district's electricity will come from renewable sources.
District officials didn't elaborate on the proposal beyond indicating that they were open to the idea.
"CCSD has been approached about utilizing renewable energy for a significant cost savings," district spokeswoman Kirsten Searer said in a statement. "We are always happy to consider ideas on how we can save taxpayer dollars and invest more in our classrooms."
Capital Dynamics — an international investment firm that invests in clean-energy infrastructure — would file and fund the school district's exit application with the Public Utilities Commission and pay a likely costly exit fee to NV Energy. The company also plans to build a 195-megawatt solar project in Nevada, which would be run by energy development and management company Tenaska Power Service. The Nebraska-based, private energy company also provides similar energy management services for MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment.
NV Energy did not immediately return requests for comment.
The group didn't give an estimated regulatory rate if the district decides to enter into a Power Purchase agreement, but the presentation noted that the proposed annual savings would be worth millions. It said that the group needed to make a decision in "early 2018" to lock down low electric rates, given the lowering rates of a solar asset investment tax credit that's due to reduce from 30 to 26 percent at the end of 2019.
The district spent approximately $46.2 million on electricity in the 2016-2017 school year, though power costs have remained relatively flat over the last several years, and consumed 486,660 megawatt-hours of electricity in 2016. Of the $40.95 the district spends each day per student, $1.52 goes toward electric, gas and utilities.
School Board President Deanna Wright said Rick Neal, the district's chief operating officer, alerted trustees in December that an energy discussion was underway and may be brought for their consideration. She's eager to hear more details but cautious of what she termed "unintended consequences."
"Everything has two sides, and it's just important to weigh those sides," she said. "And if it's going to save us that much money that it's worth us going through (the process), then that's what we should do."
Trustee Kevin Child shared the open-minded approach to the discussion. He said the district needs to be "good stewards" of taxpayer money and find more savings, especially in light of the reorganization effort, which, in theory, pushes more budgeting and decision-making power to the schools.
"I think there's going to a be a lively discussion," he said.
It's unclear how soon a decision would be made. Wright said the timeline depends on what questions and information surface during next week's board meeting. The school district's desire to possibly leave NV Energy, however, didn't shock her.
"Honestly, I think this is the natural progression of where and how services are going to be delivered moving forward," she said.
Nevada's so-called 704B process (named after the provision in state law) allows large energy consumers to petition state regulators and leave NV Energy's monopoly service, in exchange for an exit fee that helps defray the cost to other customers and the utility itself, which plans expected electric supply and demand in 3-year cycles.
The primary users of the 704B law have been some of Nevada's top casinos and mining companies, including MGM Resorts, Barrick Gold, Wynn Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and the Peppermill. But the 2001 law specifically allows governmental entities, including those that provide "educational or health care services," to apply to leave the grid, as long as they average an annual load of one megawatt — a unit of measuring power — or more.
The Clark County School District is the second-largest employer in the state, with a network of 358 schools that serve more than 320,000 students.
This story has been updated with comments from school trustees.
Disclosure: MGM Resorts, Switch, NV Energy, Wynn Resorts, and Caesars Entertainment are financial supporters of The Nevada Independent. A complete list of Indy donors and sponsors can be viewed here.
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/clark-county-school-district-mulling-exit-from-nv-energy


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Q: Custom Calculation Functions in JavaScript I am trying to create a custom formula evaluator in JavaScript that allows for nested functions. I have been able to create basic calculation functions such as AVERAGE, SUM, and MIN, (amongst many other functions) but I am having trouble with nested functions and I could use some help.
The desired behavior is as follows:
The user enters a formula into a text input, using the syntax funcName(arg1, arg2, ...), where funcName is the name of the calculation function, and arg1, arg2, ... are the arguments to the function. Arguments can either be numbers or other functions (i.e. AVERAGE(1,2) or AVERAGE(SUM(1,2),2). I would like the formulas to have an arbitrarily complex form so long as they are coded in appropriate syntax.
The user presses a button to evaluate the formula.
The result of the calculation is displayed on the screen.
Here's another example of what a formula might look like: AVERAGE(SUM(1, 2), 4). This formula should evaluate as follows:
The SUM(1, 2) function is evaluated first and returns 3.
The AVERAGE(3, 4) function and therefore the final output, is evaluated next and returns 3.5.
So far, I have been able to create the basic calculation functions such as sum and min, but I am having trouble with the nested functions. I would greatly appreciate any help or guidance that anyone can offer.
Thank you in advance!
Below is one of several different attempts I have made;
      function sum(...args) {
        return args.reduce((acc, arg) => {
          if (isNaN(arg)) {
            return acc;
          }
          return acc + arg;
        }, 0);
      }

      function min(...args) {
        return Math.min(...args);
      }

      function avg(...args) {
        if (args.length === 1 && typeof args[0] === 'number') {
          return args[0];
        }
        return sum(...args) / args.length;
      }

      function evaluate(formula) {
        let match = /^(\w+)\((.*)\)$/.exec(formula);
        if (!match) {
          return parseFloat(formula);
        }

        let [, func, argsStr] = match;
        let args = argsStr.split(',').map(arg => evaluate(arg.trim()));

        switch (func) {
          case 'SUM':
            return sum(...args);
          case 'MIN':
            return min(...args);
          case 'AVERAGE':
            return avg(...args);
          default:
            return NaN;
        }
      }

      let formulaInput = document.getElementById('formula');
      let evalButton = document.getElementById('eval-btn');
      let result = document.getElementById('result');

      evalButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
        let formula = formulaInput.value;
        result.innerHTML = evaluate(formula);
      });

I've been toying around with various approaches, and so far have found some success with this approach, but I don't believe this is the best path forward. For instance if I don't include the "if (isNaN(arg))" or some other variation of this, in the console I get: {Array(3): 0:NaN 1:3 2:3} for the first argument, when trying to create a complex formula like: SUM(AVERAGE(1,3), 3) with an output of NaN.

A: You could replace the string from inside to out with the values from the most nested function.

function calc(s) {
    const functions = {
        SUM (...args) {
            return args.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
        },
        AVERAGE (...args) {
            return args.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / args.length;
        }
    }
    let t = s;
    do {
        s = t;
        t = s.replace(/([^(),]+)\(([^()]+)\)/, (_, fn, v) => fn in functions
            ? functions[fn](...v.split(',').map(Number))
            : NaN
        );
    } while (s !== t)
    return t;
}

console.log(calc('SUM(AVERAGE(1,3),3)'));
console.log(calc('SUM(AVERAGE(1,3),3,AVERAGE(5,7))'));

A: As pointed out in the comments, you need a proper language parser for this. The good news, you can use a parser generator instead of coding the parser by hand. One good parser generator is PEG.js, for which your grammar could be like this:
Expression
  = head:Term tail:(_ [+-] _ Term)* {
    return tail.reduce((t, n) => [n[1], t, n[3]], head)
}

Term
  = head:Factor tail:(_ [*/] _ Factor)* {
    return tail.reduce((t, n) => [n[1], t, n[3]], head)
}

Factor
  = "(" _ expr:Expression _ ")" { return expr; }
  / Integer
  / Funcall

Funcall
  = name:Ident '(' _ ')' { return [name] }
  / name:Ident '(' args:Args ')' { return [name, ...args] }

Args
  = head:Expression tail:(_ ',' _ Expression)* {
    return [head, ...tail.map(t => t.pop())]
}

Integer = _ [0-9]+ { return parseInt(text(), 10); }

Ident = [A-Za-z]+ { return text() }

_ = [ \t\n\r]* { return null }

You can experiment with it on https://pegjs.org/online, then simply click "download parser" and you're ready.
This grammar converts the input to so-called s-expressions, which are nested arrays like [operator-or-function arg1 arg2 etc]. For example,
 FOO(1+2, BAR(3*4), 5)

will be parsed into this:
[
   "FOO",
   ["+", 1, 2],
   [
      "BAR",
      ["*", 3, 4]
   ],
   5
]

Evaluating this shouldn't be a problem.

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The inaugural Leon Katz Award for Teaching & Mentoring was given to Paul Walsh.
The Leon Katz Award for Teaching & Mentoring, a $1000 award honoring the legacy of Dr. Leon Katz, recognizes an individual's service to their mentees within the academic and professional fields. To commemorate the long-term, widespread influence Leon had on his students and colleagues, excellence is measured by the impact mentors have within their communities. Eligible candidates may be, but are not limited to, college/university educators, freelance/resident dramaturgs, literary managers overseeing development programs, activists or literary agents.
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ABOUT LEON KATZ: In a career spanning more than six decades—at Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, UNC Chapel Hill (Frey Distinguished Professor of Dramatic Art), Yale University (Professor Emeritus), among several others—Dr. Katz taught theatre history & criticism and dramatic literature to generations of professionals working throughout the American theatre and entertainment industry, as well as scholars around the world. His essay, The Compleat Dramaturg (1984), is an influential tool for the discipline. As a dramaturg in the professional theatre, he fostered new work with companies including the Mark Taper Forum, and curated collections and seasons, such as while director of the 99¢ Floating Theatre. He wrote dozens of plays and adaptations, produced throughout the US and abroad, pulling from a wide range of source materials—from traditional children's stories and Yiddish theatre to commedia dell'arte and de Sade. In 2004, Katz was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Teaching from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Early in his career, he became known for interviews with Alice Toklas, which became significant within the field of Gertrude Stein scholarship.
Says longtime LMDA member and former Katz student Adam Versényi: "Leon had so many different facets: tremendous erudition and appreciation for some of the most abstruse theatre, enthusiasm for the cutting-edge, perceptive production dramaturgy, an unerring ability to put his finger on the pulse of a young playwright¹s budding creativity. He was a consummate mentor and teacher to so many both in the academy and the profession."
ABOUT THE LEON KATZ MEMORIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE: Shortly after Leon's passing on January 23, 2017, a small group of passionate colleagues, students, friends and mentees of Leon came together and organized a Memorial Celebration at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California, which took place on June 12, 2017. The committee is made up of Debra De Liso, C. Raul Espinoza, Randy Fullerton, James Gardner, Travis Michael Holder, Mike Kindle, Don Marinelli, Jared J. Stein, and Nausica Stergiou. During the processes of organizing Leon's memorial, the spark for creating an award to honor Leon was first presented to the committee by Scott T. Cummings. Scott's initial efforts led the committee to LMDA.
To see portions of Leon's Memorial Celebration, click these links:
Memorial printed program: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwBFJIsRFkXNdURPRHB0TkZCVjA
Testimonial Videos presented during Leon's memorial: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg_XrXjpDgDicPwqc63pd257uM_BQtc7b
To read Scott T. Cumming's American Theatre Magazine In-Memoriam for Leon Katz , visit: https://www.americantheatre.org/2017/02/06/playwrightdramaturg-leon-katz...
2019 APPLICATION GUIDELINES were as follows:
All applicants, with or without a membership to LMDA, are welcome to propose a nomination for themselves or someone else. There is no application fee. Forms and writing prompts to submit for the award will be available on the LMDA website under the "Grants and Awards" tab on January 23rd at 12:00 AM PST every year (this is also the beginning of the application period). Proposals should be sent to awards@lmda.org and will be accepted until April 1st at 11:59pm PST.
The recipient will be decided in mid-May by a panel, a month before the annual conference (June)—where the recipient will be announced. Feedback on your application may be provided, by request, after the recipient is announced.
Who are you nominating and why (up to 250 words)?
How has this person been a mentor (up to 250 words)?
How is their impact noticeable in the field (up to 250 words)?
If you identify the nominee as a dramaturg, they are a dramaturg. If you come from a culture that does not view dramaturgy as separate from other parts of the creative process, or does not have a word for dramaturgy, feel free to contact us at awards@lmda.org to have a conversation about how you feel your potential nominee commits acts of dramaturgy.
Only one application per person.
Although we welcome applicants from anywhere in the world, currently we can only process an application in English or Spanish. If you use another language (besides English or Spanish) as your primary language, we are growing towards a system in which we can accept applications not in English or Spanish, and we look forward to your application in the future when we have readers and translators in your specific language.
You have up to 250 words to answer each question. There will be equal consideration for what you write alongside how its written, so feel free to be yourself. Within the previously stated boundaries, say as much or as little as you need to be clear.
At this time, we do not have the capability to review secondary materials such as videos or slideshows. Although their inclusion will not disqualify an application, they will not be reviewed. No letters of reference are needed - nor will they be read if sent.
Send your application in PDF format to awards@lmda.org, with your contact information inside. Please name the file "surname_firstname".
The grant recipient is required to sit on the next year's adjudication panel.
Feel free to peruse the criteria for strong applications that our panelists evaluate by:
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If you have any further questions, feel free to contact Bernardo Mazón Daher, VP of Grants and Awards, at awards@lmda.org. If you don't receive an acknowledgement of your application within 7 days, please contact lmdanyc@gmail.com.
To include in your PDF file:
1. APPLICANT INFORMATION
Name of Institution (if applicable): ___________
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School or Organization's Mailing Address:____________________________ ______________________
Phone: ______________ Web Site: _______________
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Q: springfox generating REST operations on all HTTP methods I'm attempting to use springfox 2.6.1 (springfox-swagger2 and springfox-swagger-ui) with a Spring MVC application to generate swagger docs. My application has many existing REST api's however I only want to swaggerize one of them at the moment. It resembles the following:
@RestController
public class MyController {

    @RequestMapping(value = "/getapi/{key}", produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
    @ApiOperation(value = "get something", response = MyEntity.class)
    @ApiResponse(code = 404, message = "Not found")
    public ResponseEntity<String> find(@ApiParam(value = "", required = true) @PathVariable String key) {
        ...
    }

I've followed a couple of examples to help me get started:

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*http://www.baeldung.com/swagger-2-documentation-for-spring-rest-api

*A 'simple' way to implement Swagger in a Spring MVC application
After starting the application and navigating to http://host/my-app/swagger-ui.html I see the docs for my REST controller, however under the list of operations is every possible http method. That is a GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc for the same REST endpoint. I would expect to see only a GET operation. Below is my bean configuration. Is something missing or misconfigured?
@Configuration
@EnableSwagger2
public class Config{

    @Bean
    public Docket api() {
        return new Docket(DocumentationType.SWAGGER_2)
          .select()
          .apis(RequestHandlerSelectors.withMethodAnnotation(ApiOperation.class))
          .build()
          .apiInfo(apiInfo());
    }

    private ApiInfo apiInfo() {
        return new ApiInfoBuilder().title("My API").version("v1").build();
    }

}

A: SpringFox by default generates swagger for all the HTTP Verbs if one is not specified in your request mapping. In your controller's 'find' method, specify a request method. This will fix your problem.
Example:
@RequestMapping(value = "/getapi/{key}",
method=RequestMethod.GET,
produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)

A: I couldn't find the exact reason why this was happening, however I was able to resolve it by adding annotation io.swagger.annotations.Api to the rest controller, and additionally modifying the Docket to:
    return new Docket(DocumentationType.SWAGGER_2)
            .select()
            .apis(RequestHandlerSelectors.withClassAnnotation(Api.class))
            .build()
            .apiInfo(apiInfo());

A: Annotate your method with @ApiIgnore which you don't want to expose and try once.

A: This can be fixed by using method type in RequestMapping
@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/associates/{associateId}")


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from django.db import migrations

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('ebooks', '0079_auto_20191006_1715'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.RemoveField(
            model_name='book',
            name='parts',
        ),
    ]

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During the weeks leading up to my internship as an account manager at Glantz Design, I binge-watched Mad Men. Although Glantz isn't an ad agency, there are many parts of the show, like the creativity and ingenuity of their work, that made me very excited to begin my internship this summer. Fast-forward 7 weeks (and 5 seasons of Mad Men… I'm a little ashamed of my lack of self control). Were my expectations accurate?
If you eliminate the typewriters and copious amounts of hairspray, the values of what makes companies like Sterling Cooper and Glantz Design successful are similar. Clear communication, creative yet purposeful design, and a passion for challenging and developing one's skills remain just as relevant today as sixty years ago. These lessons greatly influenced the way we, as interns, approached writing, collaborated with others, and viewed creative design.
Whether you are reading this as a prospective intern, client, or fellow designer, we thought the best way to illustrate the experience of interning at Glantz Design would be to walk you through some of the highlights of Glantz's internship program through the eyes of an account management intern (me, Sarah N) and a design intern (Sarah W).
As a Northwestern student, it was great to have the opportunity to work locally. Glantz is submerged within Evanston's community, whether it be supporting nonprofit organizations in the area, sponsoring community events—such as Evanston MashUp (a project I was able to help plan) — or doing business with local companies.
Coming from a post grad design background, I was given the opportunity to work as a design intern. Glantz is a smaller sized agency with designers and project managers who wear multiple hats. The overall atmosphere is welcoming and the team is supportive of one another and their clients.
I got to witness the design process from start to finish. Due to Glantz's small size and collaborative values, there are a number of projects that get touched by almost everyone. From drawing on our dry-erase board walls during brainstorming sessions to the detail-oriented process of proofing an annual report for an anti-tobacco organization, I was able to see strategy and design unite to create compelling content. A significant amount of thought and energy go into each project at Glantz, which constantly pushed me to improve and learn.
The design process at Glantz was eye opening coming from a heavily print influenced design background. As a design team, Glantz thrives in creating functional web designs for their clients. During my first two weeks, I was given the opportunity to sit in on a variety of meetings and white-boarding sessions to begin creating a concept and wireframe out potential ideas for a site. This taught me how to view a site as a user would and experience firsthand how designers work with one another.
Website design and development surprised me in being one of my favorite projects. I loved that I got to collaborate with people I didn't usually work with and gained an understanding of how websites operate, which was far outside my comfort zone. My coworkers taught me that yes, website development can be complex and laborious at times, but the finished product is well worth the sweat.
In accepting the design internship at Glantz, I hoped to build on my previous work experience by designing web-based projects and enhancing my print design skills. While working as part of the design team, I was assigned a variety of projects such as designing a template for an annual report, collaborating for the Glantz 10 Year Anniversary, and wireframing out a site's redesign. Throughout the summer, one of the projects I enjoyed the most was collaborating with Sarah and another designer in researching design resources to update a previous Glantz blog post. I loved creating hand-drawn illustrations that would cohesively become a visual system as well as asking designers for their feedback and suggestions.
ffice. There are only two rules set by Keith: 1) No Justin Bieber. 2) Country is permitted, but tread lightly. I was trusted with an afternoon slot my second week, and thoroughly enjoyed writing copy to The Police and Foster The People.
The Glantz team welcomed me from the start. During the first two weeks I was eased into meeting everyone and sitting among them to hear what projects they were working on. During my experience, I participated in Glantz Lunch n' Learn presentations and was given the opportunity during my last month to present a topic to the team. This presentation gave me the chance to practice my public speaking skills and feel comfortable sharing my insights with my peers.
Not many interns can say they immediately interacted with clients and contributed to projects. On my first day, I participated in the weekly status meeting by taking notes and was proofing page numbers for a food catalogue index all before noon. I felt entirely comfortable taking risks and stretching myself, thanks to my coworkers, and ended up learning a lot. I never expected to be in charge of creating social media posts for a community event or writing blog posts for Glantz's website.
Throughout the summer, I was trusted to apply my design skills to projects. One of the projects I worked continuously on was an extensive annual report. I worked independently from the beginning to the middle of the project, and then collaborated with another designer to finish up the project. This project really helped me grow: to trust myself as a designer, to think independently about my creative process, and to better understand working with a client.
Glantz gave Sarah W. and I the opportunity to observe and participate in the design process from the moment a client communicates their vision to writing it as a "win" during status meetings. Whether it was matching colors from the Pantone guide, brainstorming on the pool deck, learning WordPress in our "super pod"*, or researching design inspiration for the Glantz blog, each task was assigned to us with a purpose.
We never went on coffee runs or got stuck with meaningless work, which was significant because it gave Sarah W. and I the confidence to believe our work had value. It helped us communicate and become more comfortable sharing our ideas. Most importantly, my work at Glantz taught me that with an open mind and the right team I can push myself to learn new skills and create content that can positively impact others. Thank you, Glantz Design team, for providing Sarah W. and I with a summer full of creativity, companionship, and plenty of coffee.
*Super Pod: noun. A group of designers that lock themselves in the conference room and work to the Harry Potter soundtrack to spark creativity.


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Q: Restrict button from being clicked based on the time of the day ANDROID I need a way to restrict a button from being clicked in my android app based on the time of day. For instance I need the app to not place orders after 9pm, so I want to disable the button after that time. I've looked into in it and saw "Time now = new Time();" there is an after method that says it takes a time input. I tried 900, 9:00 and 9:00pm with no luck, does anyone know how this could be done?

A: My experience with Joda time is a bit limited so i'm not sure if exists better ways, but that's how i would do it
DateTime now = DateTime.now();

if (now.getHourOfDay() >= 21)
{
    System.out.println("Disable it.");
}
else
{
    System.out.println("Enable it.");
}

The same could be done with the Java API
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

if (calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) >= 21)
{
    System.out.println("Diasble it.");
}
else
{
    System.out.println("Enable it.");
}

But if you need to work with dates/etc. you could start to use JodaTime.
It will be enabled from 0 - 21, disabled from 21 - 23
Use this code inside onResume


took 'All I Want' to a UK No.2.
reached No.9 with 'All About You'.
was a UK No.1 for Ace of Base.
gave Kid Rock a US and UK No.1 place.
gave The Small Faces their first UK No.1 high.
on Island, was a UK No.1 for McFly.
reached No.12 for Eric Carmen.
saw Oasis put their fourth UK No.1 to bed.
reached a UK No.4 on CBS.
gave Jimi Hendrix Experience a Top 5 success.
for Air Supply, made No.11.
gave Bill Parsons a UK No.22 place.
ensured Diana Ross owned some Top 10 space.
for Alison Moyet, a No.8 entry.
took Lisa Stansfield again into the Top 20.
was Curtis Stigers at No. 6.
on Dark Horse label, at No.13, the last in this mix.


What was your motivation to become a writer?
Maureen: It's kind of funny that since I have a background in science (degree & long term career) you might think being a fiction novelist would be the furthest thing from my mind. But here I am! I actually always felt very deeply that I was a writer. I received my Masters from a program at Wesleyan University that focused on writing and I was lucky enough to have some poetry published. Then life came along; kids, career, pets, etc., and I took a hiatus – a long one – before getting serious about committing to the marathon of writing a novel. I am so glad and feel so blessed that I took the leap of faith and 'went for it.' I think LITTLE LOVELY THINGS is a special story with many layers and I hope others feel the same way.
What was your inspiration in writing "Little Lovely Things"?
Maureen: I used to believe it had something to do with having my third child later in life, after which I noticed so many abduction stories on TV and in the news (I was probably just really sensitive to these stories post-partum), but the more I think of it, the more I believe that this is a story that was in me for a while, one that I would like to have read and was not yet written – which is actually similar to a quote by the great Toni Morrison. So the short of it is that I am not absolutely certain – and I'm happy with how that stand – as it leads me to believe that I am open to creating many stories not yet written!
What are your goals for your readers to take away after reading "Little Lovely Things"?
Maureen:Oh so many!!! But the main theme is about self-rescue. This is based on experience. No one can help you change the direction of your life. They can guide, cajole, support – but the change needs to come from within. This story places people in truly difficult – sometime tragic – situations and they must 'feel' their way forward to overcome. While most of us won't deal with such extreme circumstances as child abduction, I like to think that parts of the experience rings true for everyone.
What is a typical day in the life of Maureen Joyce Connolly?
Maureen: Now that I am a full-time author my life looks very different than only a year ago! I spend a great deal of time reading and writing and way too much on social media. I also schedule 'blank' time to let my imagination do its thing unfettered. I tend to be a slow writer (at least I think so) and hope to capture the first draft of my second novel by the end of 2019.
5.What are some of your favorite recipes to make?
Maureen: Other than fancy martini-type drinks? I have some tried and true recipes like goat cheese chicken, mozzarella and melon salad, the best darn chili in the world – but I also love to try new things and enjoy receiving recipes that feature ethnic ingredients or ones with a twist on old classics.
6.What are your hobbies or other things that you like to do in your downtime.?
Maureen:Spending time with my family and my dog and cat and friends is my favorite activity – not necessarily in that order! I belong to a Dragon Boat team which is very active in the spring and summer and is a blast! One thing I seem to never have enough time for is for painting and photography – I am an amateur at both, and will probably never improve. Did I mention gardening yet? I have an obsession for perennials which drives my photography & painting.
Maureen:Advice is so tricky. I think of this often as I want to be supportive to others. Other than the very cliché 'keep at it', I would probably encourage any writer to finish their first draft before showing it to anyone. You don't need input too early – just write, write, write. Also, you must train yourself to listen internally before you seek other opinions of your work –it is the only way to assess whether the input you receive is helpful or not.
8.What are your favorite genres to read? Write?
Maureen: Literary fiction, psychological suspense, memoir, non-fiction with a science focus.
What are some of your new writing projects that you can share with us?
Maureen: Second novel. But I won't talk about it yet as I find that mucks up the creative process.
If "Little Lovely Things" were to become a screenplay, and movie, what actors would you like to see as your characters?
Maureen: I absolutely think Rooney Mara would be a terrific Moira. Definitely a Colin Farrell –type actor type actor. I waver on who should play Glen, but right now I'm feeling Chris Pratt. Andrea should be Vivien Lyra Blair, the actress named 'Girl', in The Bird Box. She blew me away. Haven't decided on Claire as it's so critical. All I am certain of is that it needs to be a strong actress that can display her vulnerability without making her look weak. Jay, well, he is so special…maybe Adam Driver? Also, I would love to see an unknown Native American actor in that role.
How would you like readers to connect with you.?
Maureen: The best way to connect with me is to DM me on Instagram or Facebook or use good old fashioned Gmail at maureenjconnollyauthor@gmail.com. Please be patient with me! I still make a lot of mistakes on social media (like missing messages or accidentally erasing). Never be afraid to follow-up if you don't hear back soon. I really don't mind, I do it to people all the time – I used to be a project manager in my previous life. Please be certain, I truly want to hear from you!
Thank you so much, Maureen Joyce Connolly for this delightful, entertaining, and informative interview!! Our deepest thanks again.


Experts agree that animals are almost like people.. As long as they've got a nice place to live and something to keep them entertained, they can do without freedom … In a good zoo, where they're well-fed and have a chance to socialize, most animals are happier than they would be … in lonely and dangerous freedom.
That quote neatly summarises the attitude of the Communist regime in 1950's Soviet-dominated Czechoslovakia. Kovály's novel demonstrates the impact of such on the citizens of Prague, or more accurately the impact on a microcosm of society, the 2 usherettes and their manager at the Horizon Cinema in Steep Street, who come under the close scrutiny of the security services following the murder of a young child in the projection room.
The ladies all have uncomfortable secrets. At the centre is Helena Nováková, whose husband has been falsely imprisoned on charges of espionage. Guilty by association, fired and spurned by her former publishing colleagues, she is now working at the cinema because it is the only way she can earn a living. The regime cannot, however, accept her innocence, and so begin to track her every movement. The manager is a state informant, tasked to do just this. The second usherette is having an affair with a local police inspector, who, despite having solved the child's murder, continues to keep a watchful eye on the cinema.
The puzzle of who is who and what they are up to is not easy to piece together – deliberately so, to reflect the realities and paranoias in 1950's Prague. Chapters often begin with a knock on the door and the entry of an as yet unidentified character. There's no way of knowing whether the entrant is friend or foe. The culmulative effect of this found me breathing a sigh of relief when it wasn't state security on the threshold.
In Part I the focus is firmly on Helena, whose experiences draw much from the life of the author herself (explained in the introduction by Kovály's son). The narrative, often in first person, takes us deep into the thoughts of a lonely, confused woman who wants nothing more than to ease her husband's predicament. She is convinced by others that the best way to do this is to have an affair with a powerful man, Hrůza, who may be able to help. For his part, Hrůza, who works for State Security, only wants to get closer to her to find evidence of her husband's guilt (because, of course there is none). He uses their relationship in the most cynical way with tragic consequences. The big question is can Helena be said to have colluded with the State?
Thus ends Part 1 and Part II begins with the actual murder of the title. The victim is Nedoma, the local police inspector, who has infiltrated his way into almost all of the various intrigues. The result is that he knows too much and everyone has motive to kill him. Some more than others. Enter Vendyš, the official in charge of the case, a man with no political agenda, his concern a straight-forward murder investigation. Did I say straight-forward? No chance. Although Vendyš, based on Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, is an ample match for the twists and turns that present themselves in the case, no-one can match the interference from the powers that be.
There are many misdirections in the denouement. Only one character in the whole sordid tale has a crisis of conscience and seeks redemption with a confession that satisfies the needs of the authorities. That this isn't the whole story is revealed only in the final chapter when two fat men (one fat, one even fatter) converse. Who these men are and what the information is passed onto them in the cinema is never revealed, but there is a delicious irony that, despite the intense levels of surveillance by the authorities, there are times when they can't see what is right under their noses.
Innocence, or Murder on Steep Street is clever and satisfying. It demands patience, however. There are a lot of characters, many addressed by more than one name. Action is often not on the page, but indirectly observed during conversations. At the heart is an expose of an inhuman and corrupt society but more than that, a hard and depressing lesson that true innocence in such is unsustainable. To quote the epigraph from Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, All things truly wicked start from an innocence.
This sounds wonderful! I've put it straight on my wishlist!


Homemade soup and handcrafted bowls by local potters will be the highlight at The Central Vermont Empty Bowl Benefit, a fundraiser for the Vermont Foodbank, on Sunday, February 15 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. at The Mud Studio in the Red Hen complex on Route 2 in Middlesex. Those attending the event will select a ceramic bowl to take home with them and their choice of two soups and locally sourced accompaniments to either eat at the studio or carry out.
"Our idea is that people coming to the event will take their soup bowls home, and when they go to fill it, will remember that an empty bowl is a sad reality for many Vermonters, who find it a constant challenge to put food on their tables," said Mike Sullivan, owner of The Mud Studio.
Last year's event raised $4,370 for the Vermont Foodbank, the state's largest hunger relief organization.
In 2014, the Foodbank provided 9 million pounds for food, 1.2 million of which was fresh produce, to 153,000, or 1 in 4 Vermonters in need of food help.
Businesses donating to the event are Mud Studio, Capitol Copy, Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Dog River Farm, Greenfield Highland Beef, Hunger Mountain Coop, Lazy Lady Farm, MiddleGround Florist, Misty Knolls Farm, North Branch Café, Pete's Greens, Red Hen Bakery, Sarducci's, The World, Willow Moon Farm, and several professional area potters.
The minimum adult donation is $25, which includes a bowl, soup and accompaniments. Tickets for children ages 5-12 are $5 for a meal only, and children under 5 are free for a meal only. All proceeds will go to the Vermont Foodbank.


I study the religious and political thought of early modern Britain in European and colonial context. My doctoral research explores the relationship between religious toleration and Protestant expansion during the English Revolution of the mid-seventeenth century.
Themes from my dissertation can be found in my article, "Protestant Unity and Anti-Catholicism: the Irenicism and Philo-Semitism of John Dury in Context," published in the April 2017 issue of the Journal of British Studies. I am also the co-author of a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations (2016) on "Protestantism and non-Christian Religions." At Hopkins, I taught an undergraduate course on "Persecution and Toleration in early modern Europe" in spring 2018.
I hold a Bachelor of Humanities (2007) from Carleton University in my hometown of Ottawa, Canada, and a Master of Arts (2012) from the University of Alberta. My research is supported by a Doctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).


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Energy. Environment. Economy.
Radioactive Drilling Waste Sparks Concern
Marie Cusick
As the Harrisburg reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania, Marie Cusick covers energy and environmental issues for public radio stations statewide. She's also part of NPR's energy and environment team, which coordinates coverage between the network and select member station reporters around the country. Her work frequently airs on NPR shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. Since 2012, Marie has closely followed the political, social, environmental, and economic effects of Pennsylvania's natural gas boom. Her work has been recognized at the regional and national levels– honors include a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and a national Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association. Previously, Marie was a multimedia reporter for WMHT in Albany, New York and covered technology for the station's statewide public affairs TV show, New York NOW. In 2018, she became StateImpact's first FAA-licensed drone pilot.
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The disposal of radioactive gas drilling waste has become a concern at landfills.
According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, there has been a fivefold increase in garbage trucks setting off radiation alarms at landfills over the past three years:
Between 2009 and 2012, radiation alarms went off 1,325 times in 2012, with more than 1,000 of those alerts just from oil and gas waste, according to data from the Department of Environmental Protection.
The state's landfills have to one day be fit for people to live on after they close, so the state has to make sure they aren't allowing a dangerous build-up of radioactivity, officials said.
Oil and gas waste can contain naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM). The concern has prompted the state Department of Environmental Protection to begin a year-long study of the NORM associated with drilling wastes.
The DEP launched the study last month and will be sampling sites throughout the state, including areas producing dry gas in Northern and Central Pennsylvania as well as at least one wet gas site in the Southwestern part of the state.
DEP spokesman Kevin Sunday says at this point, there's no reason to believe the public is in danger.
"There's nothing out there to indicate the public or industry face any kind of risk of radiation exposure."
DEP: The Department That Regulates and Oversees Drilling
Drilling Waste
'Trump on Earth' podcast: So long, Clean Power Plan. What will the president's new rule bring?
Possible future uses for PES refinery call into question cleanup plans there
Trespass charges dropped against Atlantic Sunrise pipeline protesters
Fracking in Ohio: Citizens stepped in to protect water when the state did not
About StateImpact Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania is a collaboration among WITF, WHYY, WESA, and The Allegheny Front. Reporters Marie Cusick, Reid Frazier, Susan Phillips, and Amy Sisk cover the commonwealth's energy economy. Read their reports on this site, and hear them on public radio stations across Pennsylvania.
This collaborative project is funded, in part, through grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Wyncote Foundation, and William Penn Foundation.
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Twenty-year-old Zach Condon's war-torn alias is just the start of his obsession with conflict. The title of his debut album evokes Stalin's notorious labour camps and he's found inspiration in the battle-scarred spirit of the Balkans. Yet his music is a sublime mix of optimism and resignation. Mandolin, ukelele, horns and simmering percussion conjure up mournful celebrations; violins strike the tangled melee like shards of lightning.
Condon's tremulous vocals add an even-handed tension: light and hazy while a dense rhythm rumbles below him in Prenzlauerberg; heavy as lead as he swallows back his tears during Scenic World, oblivious to the kitsch Casio-keyboard melody. Bleeps and shifting rhythms punctuate the sepia sound of old eastern Europe, but it's the ageless warmth and humanity that makes the clashing elements work.


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That is one nasty fishy – nothing zany about him.
Buffoonery…. hehehehe. I like that.
Well you know what some judges are like.


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In Exclusives Featured Festivals Reviews Short Film
Kerry Film Festival – Orchestrate – Short Programme
1st November 2017 4 Mins Read
Eleanor McSherry conducts a report from Orchestrate – Shorts Programme at the Kerry Film Festival.
Orchestrate, the first of the screenings I attended, straight off the bus from Limerick, was a real education. This selection of short films were chosen as they exemplified the mastery of the film score and, to be honest, they did not disappoint. It is surely one of the most difficult parts of making a film, selecting the most appropriate music to match your story. It is a very important skill that is usually way down the list of priorities when making the film, which is a big mistake.
There were seven short films selected for this screening, covering a very diverse set of themes from paramilitary shootings, faith, salvation, Irish Myths, expressive dance and tragedy.
The films screened were: The Visitor (Bel), The Long Wet Grass (Irl), The Yellow Room (USA), Pendulum (UK), Maeve and the Moon (Irl), Wrongheaded (Irl) and Milo's Home (Swiss) .
Two of the films deserve special mention and these are: The Visitor and Wrongheaded.
The Visitor – Directed by Ali Baharlou
A priest faces an unexpected problem while preparing the church to welcome and help out some guests. It is holiday and a pipe has burst in the church. It seems that he cannot find any plumber, until a mysterious man shows up to help.
This film uses dialogue very cleverly. A fairly minor discussion on plumbing hides the real discussion about God, trust and faith. It is beautifully shot in a church and the music is fantastic. Not surprisingly it has won the Best Music Award at Frame by Sound Festival in Dominican Republic and screened all over Europe. The immensely talented composer, Raf Keunen, best known for his work on the Oscar nominated film Bullhead composed the music for The Visitor. It was a magnificent collaboration, with hopefully more to come.
Wrongheaded – Directed by Mary Wycherley
A dancing body's response to the 8th amendment, bringing together spoken word poetry, film and dance.
Not surprisingly this film won best music score at the festival. It is a fantastic dance film beautifully choreographed by award-winning Liz Roche and Score by Ray Harman. I always feel so amazed by how dance films can give so much meaning through the merging of music, lighting, dance and film. Voice-over was by a new young political poet, Elaine Feeney, while dancers Sarah Cerneaux and Justine Cooper moved elegantly in the piece. It is a wonderful movement that stretched the very boundaries of film. I often wonder if I am qualified enough to even comment on these kind of films. It was a very moving and beautiful piece!
ORCHESTRATE – Shorts Programme took place on Friday, 20th October 2017 at Cinema Killarney as part of the Kerry Film Festival (19 – 22 October 2017)
Full Screening Details:
Orchestrate
1. The Visitor (BEL)
A broken pipe in a church triggers the meeting of a priest and a mysterious man.
2. The Long Wet Grass (IRL)
In a remote lakeside location, a strong-willed woman and a dedicated paramilitary are at an existential impasse. Can their interwoven past save her?
3. The Yellow Room (USA)
Through a series of lush encounters, two dancers are forced to confront their inherent dualities
4. Pendulum (UK)
Two friends seek spiritual salvation in India before the collapse of the Cosmos.
5. Maeve and the Moon (IRL)
After hearing her mother is 'asking for the moon', a young Irish girl takes the expression literally – setting off to find the moon and bring it home.
6. Wrongheaded (IRL)
Intense physicality in confined spaces and abstract poetic narratives portray a deep sense of desperation, struggle, loss and unrest.
7. Milo's Home (SWISS)
A tragic event causes Dagmar to face her own loneliness.
Review: Belfast
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Q: ProGuard rules and line number in crash report I my using LibGdx based android game, I have used the below Gradle, proguard-rules.pro. In the crash report, I do not see source file and its line number. Anything I am missing ?
Gradle
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled true
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-project.txt', 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

'proguard-rules.pro
-keep class com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider
-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable

Crash Report - Android Developer console
java.lang.NullPointerException:
at com.a.b.g.a (g.java:110)
at com.b.b.a (b.java:11)
at com.a.b.d.g (d.java:492)
at com.a.b.d.a (d.java:485)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.k.a (k.java:356)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.j.onDrawFrame (j.java:457)
at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.guardedRun (GLSurfaceView.java:1522)
at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.run (GLSurfaceView.java:1239)

A: You need setup your proguard rules according official article. In my case rules not required:
-dontwarn android.support.**
-dontwarn com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.AndroidFragmentApplication

Make sure that file proguard-project.txt stored in android module, not in project root.