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in: Heads of Drama at the BBC
Death date:
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Head of Drama
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Notable non-DWU work:
The Avengers, Armchair Theatre, Target Lunar, Pathfinders in Space
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Sydney Cecil Newman, OC (Order of Canada) (1 April 1917 - 30 October 1997[1]) was a Canadian film and television producer, best remembered for the pioneering work he undertook in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Initially a film editor with the National Film Board of Canada, he later moved into television with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he began his long association with drama.
Moving to Britain in 1958, he worked first with the Associated British Corporation (ABC) before moving across to the BBC in 1962, holding the role of Head of Drama with both organisations. During this phase of his career, he was responsible for initiating two hugely popular fantasy series, The Avengers (for ABC) and Doctor Who (for BBC), as well as overseeing the production of groundbreaking social realist drama series such as Armchair Theatre and The Wednesday Play.
It was during a 1958 broadcast of Armchair Theatre that Newman was involved in an infamous incident during a play titled Underground, which concerned a group of nuclear holocaust survivors living in the London Underground, when Gareth Jones, one of the lead actors, suddenly collapsed and died from a heart attack off-set in make-up between scenes of the live telecast. (By a spooky coincidence, Jones's character was to have died in the same way later in the play.) The play continued through improvisation, with Newman reportedly advising the director to treat the production "like a football match".
The website of the Museum of Broadcast Communications describes Newman as "the most significant agent in the development of British television drama." Shortly after his death, his obituary in The Guardian newspaper declared that "For ten brief but glorious years, Sydney Newman ... was the most important impresario in Britain ... His death marks not just the end of an era but the laying to rest of a whole philosophy of popular art."
1 Early career in Canada
2 Associated British Corporation
3 The BBC
4 Return to Canada
5 Critical analysis
6 References on Doctor Who
Early career in Canada[]
Born in Toronto, Newman was the son of a Jewish Russian immigrant father who ran a shoe shop. After leaving school at the age of thirteen, he later enrolled in the Central Technical School, studying commercial and fine arts. He initially attempted to follow a career as a stills photographer and an artist, specialising in drawing film posters. However, he found it difficult to earn enough money to make a living from this profession, so instead he switched to working in the film industry itself, where he gained a job as a film editor at the National Film Board of Canada. He was eventually to work on over 350 films while an editor for the NFB.
During the Second World War, the head of the NFB, John Grierson, promoted Newman to film producer, working on documentaries. In this role he oversaw acclaimed features such as Fighting Norway and Banshees Over Canada, along with various other wartime propaganda pieces. In 1949, Grierson again assisted Newman's career, entering him into the then-new television industry on a one-year attachment to NBC television in New York City. He quickly became highly interested in the industry, and in 1952, with Grierson's assistance, he gained a job working at Canada's state television broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
He initially worked in CBC's outside broadcasts department, of which he quickly became head, but after his experience of seeing the production of television plays in New York, he was eager to work in drama despite "knowing nothing about drama". He was nonetheless able to persuade his superiors at CBC to make him Supervisor of Drama Production in 1954. In this position he encouraged a new wave of young writers and directors, including William Kotcheff and Arthur Hailey, and oversaw shows such as the popular General Motors Theatre.
Several of the General Motors Theatre plays, including Hailey's Flight into Danger, were purchased for screening by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The productions impressed Howard Thomas, who was the managing director of Associated British Corporation (ABC), the franchise holder for the rival ITV network in the English Midlands and the North at weekends. Thomas offered Newman a job with ABC as a producer of his own Saturday night thriller series, which Newman accepted, moving to Britain in 1958.
Associated British Corporation[]
Soon after Newman arrived in the UK, ABC's Head of Drama, Dennis Vance, was moved into a more senior position with the company, and Thomas offered Newman his position, which he quickly accepted. He was, however, somewhat disparaging of the state in which he found British television drama. "At that time, I found this country to be somewhat class-ridden," he told interviewers in 1988. "The only legitimate theatre was of the 'anyone for tennis' variety, which on the whole gave a condescending view of working-class people. Television dramas were usually adaptations of stage plays and invariably about the upper classes. I said 'Damn the upper classes: they don't even own televisions!'"
Newman's principal tool for shaking up this established order was a Sunday night anthology series which had been initiated before he had arrived at ABC, but which he was to leave a firm mark upon. Armchair Theatre was networked nationally across the ITV regions on Sunday evenings, drawing huge audiences, and Newman used the strand to present plays by writers such as Alun Owen, Harold Pinter and Clive Exton, also bringing over associates from Canada such as William Kotcheff.
In 1960, Newman devised a thriller series for ABC called Police Surgeon, starring Ian Hendry. Although Police Surgeon was not a success and was cancelled after only a short run, Newman took Hendry as the star and some of the ethos of the programme to create a new series (not a direct sequel as is sometimes claimed) called The Avengers. Debuting in January 1961 - only a few weeks after the final episode of Police Surgeon and starring Hendry as Dr. David Keel with Patrick Macnee in the then-supporting role of John Steed, The Avengers eventually became a huge international success, although in later years its premise differed somewhat from Newman's initial set-up, veering into more surreal fantasy territory rather than remaining a gritty thriller. Nonetheless, Newman set in motion what would become a groundbreaking series in terms of depicting female characters on television - specifically Honor Blackman's Cathy Gale and Diana Rigg's Emma Peel, both of whom became TV icons and their actresses superstars as a result of The Avengers. Literally dozens of actors who later appeared in Doctor Who, including Jon Pertwee and Anneke Wills, as well as future Doctor Who producer Barry Letts, made guest appearances on The Avengers at some point in the 1960s.
Newman's great success at ABC had been noted by the British Broadcasting Corporation, whose executives were keen to revive their own drama department's fortunes in the face of fierce competition from ITV. In 1961, the BBC's Director of Television, Kenneth Adam, met with Newman and offered him the position of Head of Drama at the BBC. He accepted the position, eager for a new challenge, although he was forced by ABC to remain with them until the expiration of his contract in December 1962, after which he immediately began work with the BBC.
The BBC[]
There was some initial resentment to his appointment within the Corporation, as he was an outsider and he was also earning more than many of the executives senior to him, although still substantially less than he had been paid at ABC. As he had done at ABC, he was keen to shake up the staid image of BBC drama and introduce new outlets for the kitchen sink drama and the "Angry Young Men" of the era. He also divided the unwieldy drama department, with 175 staff under his control, into three separate divisions — series, serials and plays, headed by Elwyn Jones, Donald Wilson and Michael Bakewell, respectively, each reporting directly to Newman.
In 1964, he initiated the new anthology series The Wednesday Play, a BBC equivalent of Armchair Theatre, which had great success and critical acclaim with plays written and directed by the likes of Dennis Potter, Jeremy Sandford, Ken Loach and Peter Watkins. There was also controversy, however — Watkins's The War Game was banned from transmission by the BBC under pressure from the government.
The department also had success with more traditional BBC fare such as the costume drama The Forsyte Saga in 1967, a Donald Wilson project which Newman had not been keen on initially, but which became one of the most acclaimed and popular productions of his era.
However, his best-remembered BBC project, and the part of his career for which he is most noted, was the creation of the science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which began in 1963 and ran until 1989 in its original form, and after a resumption in 2005 is still in production. Newman had long been a science-fiction fan: "[U]p to the age of 40, I don't think there was a science-fiction book I hadn't read. I love them because they're a marvellous way — and a safe way, I might add — of saying nasty things about our own society."
When BBC Controller of Programmes Donald Baverstock alerted Newman of the need for a programme to bridge the gap between the sports showcase Grandstand and pop music programme Juke Box Jury on Saturday evenings, he immediately decided that a science-fiction drama would be the perfect vehicle for filling the gap and gaining a family audience. Although much work on the genesis of the series was done by Donald Wilson, C. E. Webber and others, it was Newman who created the idea of a time machine larger on the inside than the out and the character of the mysterious "Doctor", which remain at the heart of the programme. He is also believed to have come up with the title Doctor Who (although actor and director Hugh David later credited this to his friend Rex Tucker, the initial "caretaker producer" of the programme).
After the series had been conceptualised, Newman initially approached Don Taylor and then Shaun Sutton to produce it, although both declined. He then decided on his former production assistant at ABC, Verity Lambert, who had never produced, written or directed but readily accepted his offer. As Lambert became the youngest — and only female — drama producer at the BBC, there were some doubts as to Newman's choice, but she became a great success in the role. Even Newman clashed with her on occasion, however, particularly over the inclusion of the alien Dalek creatures on the programme. Newman had not wanted any "bug-eyed monsters" in the show, and he regarded the Daleks as the epitome of such things, but after their huge success, he generally left Lambert to her own devices. Later in the show's run, in 1966, he took a more hands-on role again in the changeover between the First and Second Doctors. After his time at the BBC, though, as the series drifted further away from his initial semi-educational concepts, he became critical of its tone and production.
After also creating other popular series such as Adam Adamant Lives! at the end of 1967, Newman's five-year contract with the BBC came to an end, and he did not remain with the Corporation. Instead, he decided to pursue a return to the film industry, taking a job as a producer with Associated British Picture Corporation — coincidentally, the parent company of his former employers ABC Television. "I want to get away from my executive's chair and become a creative worker again," he told The Sun newspaper of his decision.
However, the British film industry was entering a period of decline, and none of Newman's projects ever went into production. ABPC was taken over by EMI, becoming EMI Films, and at the end of June 1969, Newman was dismissed from the company, later describing his eighteen months there as "a futile waste". Despite being offered an executive producership by the BBC, keen to regain his services on the very day he left ABPC, Newman decided to return to Canada. He left the UK on 3 January 1970, leading The Sunday Times to comment that "British television will never be the same again."
Return to Canada[]
His first post upon returning to his home country was as Director of Programmes for the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) in Ottawa — simultaneously, he became the Chairman of the National Film Board of Canada, returning to the same institution for which he had worked in the 1940s. He remained Chairman of the NFB until 1975, but left the CRTC in 1972 to become a Director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, another post he occupied until 1975. Towards the end of his active professional career, he was for two years Special Advisor on Film to the Secretary of State, and then briefly a part-time consultant to the Canadian Film Development Corporation.
In 1979, he returned to the UK on a short visit to participate in an edition of the ITV documentary series The South Bank Show, before returning to Britain on a longer-term basis in the 1980s following the death of his wife. His main reason for doing so was to attempt, unsuccessfully, to produce a drama series about the Bloomsbury Group for the new Channel 4 network.
In 1986, the then Controller of BBC One, Michael Grade, unhappy with the current state of Doctor Who, wrote to Newman to enquire whether he had any ideas for reformatting the series, which was at the time struggling in the ratings. Newman wrote back to Grade on 6 October that year with a set of detailed proposals and a suggestion that he take direct control of the series as executive producer. Grade suggested that Newman meet the current Head of Drama, Jonathan Powell, for lunch to discuss his ideas. Newman and Powell did not get on well, however, and nothing came of their meeting. He was also unsuccessful in an attempt to have his name added to the end credits of the show as its creator. Acting Head of Series & Serials Ken Riddington, to whom Newman's request had been referred, wrote to him that "Heads of Department who originate programmes have to be satisfied with the other rewards that flow from doing so".
Newman was awarded the Order of Canada in 1981, the country's highest civilian honour.[1]
Newman returned to Canada again in the 1990s. He died in 1997 of a heart attack at his home in Toronto. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth McRae, whom he had married in 1944, and their three daughters.
Critical analysis[]
In his book The Largest Theatre in the World about his career working for the BBC, Newman's successor as Head of Drama — Shaun Sutton, who served under the Canadian as a producer and later as Head of Serials — praised Newman's work in reinventing the BBC's drama output. "Sydney galvanised television drama," Sutton wrote. "He was brusque, sardonic, and straightforward; stern when one made mistakes, fiercely supportive if anyone dared to suggest that you had. He was passionate about writers and writing, demanding new plays by the score. He was contemporary, irreverent, and a determined enemy of cant and pomposity ... Sydney's accomplishment was the creation of a climate in which boldness paid. He wanted contemporary drama; he wanted to raise rumpuses and get questions asked."
The biography of Newman on the British Film Institute's Screenonline website echoes Sutton's praise for Newman's aims, pointing out that "Newman's concerns, incidentally, were equally with the viewer: he recognised that television was a mass medium that needed to appeal across the social strata, from porters to professors. His policy, therefore, was to present plays about contemporary life in a contemporary idiom."
However, it is also noted by critics and academics that the success of Newman's achievements at the CBC, ABC and BBC were not down to him alone. "His skill can be located in an ability to successfully exploit the best of already favourable circumstances with an incorrigible enthusiasm and clarity of vision," notes his biography on the Museum of Broadcast Communications website. They also posit that "In retrospect Newman's ... conscious characterisation of BBC drama output as static and middlebrow is unfair. His counterpart at the BBC during the late 1950s, Michael Barry, also attracted new young original writers ... and hired young directors ... However, it was the newness and innovation which Newman encouraged in his drama output that is most significant: his concentration on the potential of television as television, for a mass not a middlebrow audience."
There were also some elements within the British theatrical and television industries who were openly hostile to Newman's influence on the drama genre. Director Don Taylor, in particular, did not welcome Newman's arrival at the BBC in 1963. "Sydney was not formally educated ... He also had a contempt for 'intellectuals'... I was in a group lunching with him one day after Philip Saville's production of Hamlet was screened ... It was clear that Syd didn't know the play, hadn't read it, and had seen it for the first time on screen ... To put it brutally, I was deeply offended that the premier position in television drama, at a time when it really was the National Theatre of the Air, had been given to a man whose values were entirely commercial, and who had no more than a layman's knowledge of the English theatrical tradition, let alone the drama of Europe and the wider world."
In contrast to Taylor's views, John Caughie, author of the book Television Drama: Realism, Modernism, and British Culture, which analyses British television drama from the 1960s to the 1990s, believed that it was Newman's concentration on material written directly for television rather than adapted from other sources, the very non-theatrical nature which Taylor professed to despair of, which was his greatest contribution to the genre in the UK. "Newman's insistence that the series would use only original material written for television made Armchair Theatre a decisive moment in the history of British television drama, and both he and Ted Kotcheff, the ambitious young director he brought with him from Canada, belonged to a television culture which had no particular reverence for the classics of theatre and literature."
References on Doctor Who[]
The BBC Wales version of Doctor Who has paid tribute to Newman on two occasions. In the 2007 episode Human Nature, the Tenth Doctor, in his second life as human John Smith, tells a woman that his parents were named Sydney and Verity — the latter being a reference to Verity Lambert. Later in The End of Time, one of the final humans the Tenth Doctor saw before his regeneration was Verity Newman, a descendant of Joan Redfern, an obvious combination of the two names.
Sydney Newman at the Internet Movie Database
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Parkinson's, a degenerative brain disorder, has no known cause or cure. Its symptoms include unsteady walking, tremors and difficulty with body movements. Falls are common. The condition can also cause mood disturbances, problems with thinking, and memory loss.
"When I first met Kent, he was anxious and very discouraged," said Steven C. Kosa, a neurologist with Meritas Health Neurology. "He was told his life was over, and that there wasn't anything he could do about it. He became reclusive and depressed, and his Parkinson's symptoms worsened. I worked on his medications, and I recommended the hospital's Rock Steady Boxing therapy program." Suddenly, Kent had hope in his corner.
Why would a neurologist recommend someone with Parkinson's take up boxing? Because it gets results. Rock Steady Boxing, the first boxing program of its kind in the U.S., is exclusively for people with Parkinson's.
It was founded in Indianapolis in 2006 by Scott C. Newman. Scott, a former county prosecutor, was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's at age 39. A few years after his diagnosis, he took up boxing training. The intense workouts resulted in significant improvements in Scott's physical health, agility and daily functioning. Eventually, he opened a Rock Steady Boxing gym. The program expanded, and currently, there are more than 500 programs around the world, including the one at North Kansas City Hospital.
Rock Steady Boxing applies boxing techniques in a gentler way, meaning participants don't get hit and they don't spar with each other (but they do spar with the certified instructors). It's all non-contact, and no one gets hurt.
The class is set up in stations that address many of Parkinson's symptoms. For example, warm-up stretching helps with joint and muscle stiffness, the footwork improves balance, sparring strengthens eye-hand coordination and punching helps steady tremors. Classes consist of intense, forced, instructor-led exercise, which research has shown may help slow the progression of Parkinson's.
Dr. Kosa learned about the program from a CBS Morning News segment and contacted NKCH's Community Health & Wellness department. Not long after, staff members Jill Sartain and Shanna Watt were on their way to Indianapolis to become certified Rock Steady Boxing instructors.
NKCH is the first hospital in the Kansas City area to offer the program, which has four different class levels. Jill and Shanna assess each new participant to determine the appropriate level.
When Kent walked into the workout room for his first class, he wondered if he'd made a mistake in agreeing to give it a try. "There were people with various levels of the disease doing exercises that I thought were pretty basic and that didn't make any sense to me as being helpful. I remember thinking, 'I don't belong here.' But, he gave it a try. Three stations in, he had to sit down to rest. "It was harder than it looked!" he recalled.
When Kent started Rock Steady, his gait was so limited that he struggled to walk 20 feet without falling. Now, he can walk a few miles most days. He took a trip to Europe last fall. For him, Rock Steady has been a life-changing experience.
In fact, after seeing the benefits of Rock Steady, Kent decided to join a few other classes at NKCH. "I do a yoga class twice a week that has really improved my balance, and I recently started a spin class for a little extra cardio.
While Rock Steady Boxing can be beneficial, medication is still a vital part of a treatment plan. Dr. Kosa also recommends adding a physical therapy component. "A dedicated PT program would be helpful, whether that's through the NKCH outpatient rehabilitation department or an aquatic therapy class," he said.
Kent has made so much progress in recent months that Dr. Kosa recently told him he could wait a year for the next follow-up appointment.
NKCH offers two therapy programs for people with Parkinson's.
Explore RockSteadyBoxing.org. Then, call 816.691.5020 to schedule an assessment for NKCH's program.
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Ideal Candidate Statement:
Previous clerical, administrative, or dispatching experience;
Experience in emergency dispatching, law enforcement, &/or emergency-related services is highly desirable;
Ability to operate a variety of communications and office equipment;
Poise; alertness; keenness of observation; firmness; tact; reliability; good judgment; and a state of physical and mental health consistent with the ability to perform assigned duties;
The ability to communicate effectively with others who may be agitated, have an altered state of consciousness, injured, hysterical or angry, and from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds;
Ability to quickly prioritize and take appropriate actions;
Ability to minimally meet all Public Safety Dispatcher Selection Requirements as prescribed by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (CA POST), POST Administrative Manual sections 1956-1960
Ability to successfully pass the CA POST Public Safety Dispatcher Basic Training within 12 months of employment
Position is 75%, 12 month, classified position.
Salary and benefits prorated for less than 100% position.
Flexible schedule is a must. Must be available for Evening/Swing Shift.
Ohlone prides itself as a Learning College with the motto of A World of Cultures United in Learning and we are looking for staff who embrace diversity in serving students of varied backgrounds and learning styles, highly ethical, trustworthy, credible, loyal and is respectful of diverse views and opinions;
The college has a firm commitment to environmental sustainability and looks to all employees to support this important goal.
Job Description Summary:
Under the direction of the Chief of Campus Police Services, receive and transmit routine and emergency radio messages and telephone calls from personnel and the public; process and respond to requests from field personnel for information; dispatch police, fire and medical personnel as appropriate; maintain related records and logs; provides general clerical support to the department.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Telephone and radio procedures, techniques and etiquette.
Oral and written communication skills.
Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
Data control procedures and data entry operations.
Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary.
Operation of a computer and assigned software.
Record-keeping techniques.
Modern office practices, procedures and equipment.
Receive and transmit routine and emergency radio messages and telephone calls from personnel and the public.
Process and respond to requests from field personnel for information.
Dispatch police, fire and medical personnel according to established guidelines and procedures.
Maintain a variety of records and logs.
Assure confidentiality of records.
Learn policies and objectives of assigned program and activities.
Learn local geography, street locations, important buildings and landmarks of the area.
Learn police, fire and medical organization, operations, radio procedures and dispatch guidelines.
Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
Complete work with many interruptions.
Operate a computer and assigned software.
Work confidentially with discretion.
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Respond to radio and telephone calls and perform clerical duties simultaneously.
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Perform specialized and complex clerical duties involving independent judgment and action within an assigned office and requiring in-depth knowledge of an organization-wide function or program; assist in assuring smooth and efficient office operations.
Receive calls and send radio messages to and from security personnel; route calls and dispatch officers to campus locations; coordinate flow of communications between organizational services to assure appropriate and timely response to local needs and emergencies.
Respond to informational requests from personnel; utilize an assigned computer system to input data and extract information related to incidents and reports; input ticket, appeal and hearing information into an assigned database; establish and maintain automated records as directed.
Maintain various logs concerning daily activities, services dispatched and related information; maintain records related to dispatch activities, incidents and assigned duties; research, compile, prepare and maintain statistics relating to the Jeanne Clery Act.
Operate standard office and dispatch equipment including a telephone, radio system, computer and assigned software.
Communicate with campus administrators, local police, fire, animal control and medical emergency units to exchange information, coordinate activities and resolve issues or concerns; confer with outside fire, police and medical agencies to request and provide assistance and information as needed.
Monitor inventory levels of office supplies; order, receive and maintaining inventory of office supplies. Order and maintain inventory of a variety of materials.
Respond to inquiries and provide general information to the public regarding security services and procedures; issue and distribute keys and parking permits to staff.
OTHER DUTIES:
Any combination equivalent to: graduation from high school and sufficient training and experience to demonstrate the knowledge and abilities listed above.
Range 32 ($47,184 - $60,252)
Posting Detail Information:
Posting Number: S123-14
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Position End Date (if temporary):
Close Date: 1/29/2020
Open Until Filled: No
Foreign Transcripts: Transcripts issued outside the United States require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from a certified transcript evaluation service verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. This report must be attached with the application and submitted by the filing deadline.
Benefits Statement:
HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS *
1. Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, EAP and LTD
2. Membership in Public Employees Retirement System Candidates hired on or after January 1, 2013 are subject to restrictions imposed by PEPRA)
3. Contribution to O.A.S.D.I. (Social Security)
4. Paid vacation
5. Paid sick leave
6. Paid holidays and district-paid floating personal days
7. Longevity pay step increase based on your years of service
8. IRS Section 125 Flexible Medical Spending Plan
9. 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan (employee contributes)
10. 403(b) Tax Shelter Annuity Plan (employee contributes)
*Benefits will be prorated for positions less than 100%
Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986:
Applicants selected for positions will be required to provide identification and employment eligibility as outlined in the federal Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986.
District Statement:
A multi-campus single community college district, Ohlone College is located in the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay in California; serving 12,000 students per year. The District has a main campus in the City of Fremont and a newly constructed campus in the City of Newark. Ohlone College is an ethnically diverse institution that promotes innovation and continuous improvement in departments and divisions. The College is named for the native population living in the area when Mission San Jose was founded. The Fremont campus is located just south of the historical Mission. The Newark Campus is located near Interstate 880 and emphasizes programs in health, environment, and technology.
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The District is strongly committed to the principles of equal opportunity and to hiring qualified staff who reflect the diversity of our community. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, military and veteran status, pregnancy/childbirth/breastfeeding or related medical condition or any other protected basis in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. The college encourages applications from all qualified applicants.
If you have a disability and are in need of special services, equipment, or facilities in order to apply or interview for this opening, please call the Human Resources office at: (510) 659-6088.
Offers of employment are contingent upon Governing Board approval. Employment with Ohlone Community College is not complete or official until applicants meet all pre-employment requirements. All new employees are required to submit official transcripts and proof of freedom from tuberculosis. In addition you will be required to provide identification and employment eligibility as outlined in the federal Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986. Pre-employment tests and/or medical examinations may be required. Ohlone Community College does not sponsor H1B visas. Employees must sign the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance and submit fingerprints for CA Department of Justice clearance.
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The Ohlone Community College District is a multi-campus single community college district located in the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay in California. Serving almost 17,000 students per year, the District has a main campus in the City of Fremont and a newly constructed campus in the City of Newark. Ohlone College (pronounced "oh loh nee kol ij") is an ethnically diverse institution that promotes innovation and continuous improvement in departments and divisions. The College is named for the native population living in the area when Mission San Jose was founded. The Fremont campus is located just south of the historical Mission. The Newark campus is located near Interstate 880 and emphasizes programs in health, environment, and technology.The Ohlone Community College District is a multi-campus single community college district located in the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay in California. Serving almost 17,000 students per year, the District has a main campus in the City of Fremont and a newly constructed campus in the City of Newark. Ohlone College (pronounced "oh loh nee kol ij") is an ethnically diverse institution that promotes innovation and continuous impro...vement in departments and divisions. The College is named for the native population living in the area when Mission San Jose was founded. The Fremont campus is located just south of the historical Mission. The Newark campus is located near Interstate 880 and emphasizes programs in health, environment, and technology.
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Q: Is there good way to backup and delete and backout the document from couchdb? I have some couchdb document need to be removed, Is there good way/steps to backup and delete and backout those document from couchdb?

A: I've written a blog post about the three ways to delete a document from CouchDB which may be helpful. I'll summarize here:

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*saving a document with a _deleted:true field removes it from most views, but the final values of other document fields are still available. This deletion replicates.

*using DELETE /{db}/{docid} ends up setting a _deleted:true field like above, but clears all other document fields instead of leaving them. (This deletion likewise replicates.)

*using POST /{db}/_purge makes the local server forget a document ever existed (at least after compaction is done). This will NOT replicate.

My guess from your "backout those document from couchdb" is that you accidentally uploaded something that you want completely removed, in which case you might look into the _purge option. Otherwise your CouchDB library probably has a method for normally deleting documents just as easily as creating them.

A: Using CouchDB 1.X you can just save *.couch files corresponding to your databases. Then later you'll be able to use these files to recover your data.
Using 2.X I have no idea how to do achieve that since each database is split in shards and the _dbs.couch seems to be needed to restore data. Then you can have a complete backup but not a single database backup. If someone knows how to do that I need the answer too :)

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Q: Using different simulation functions in each core with parallel::clusterApply() in R I want to use the parallel package for my study. However, each simulation has different parameters. I tried the code below, but it did not work.
require(snow)
library(parallel)

tasks = list(
  job1 = function(t, n) sim(t=5, n=30),
  job2 = function(t, n) sim(t=5, n=50)
)

cl = makeCluster( length(tasks) )
clusterExport(cl, ls())

out = clusterApply(cl, tasks, function(f) f(t, n))

Any help and suggestions will be appreciated

A: You could use parallel::parLapply() for this:
library(parallel)
cl <- makeCluster(2)

## simulation function
sim <- function(t, n){
    ## do things
    paste0("input args are: t=", t, ", n=", n)
}
clusterExport(cl, "sim")

## argument configurations
args <- list(config1=list(t=10, n=1),
             config2=list(t=20, n=2))

## run the function for all argument configurations in parallel
parLapply(cl=cl, X=args, fun=function(x) do.call(sim, x))
$config1
[1] "input args are: t=10, n=1"

$config2
[1] "input args are: t=20, n=2"


text:
<?php

namespace Mangocele\coreBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

use Mangocele\coreBundle\Entity\Empresas;
use Mangocele\coreBundle\Form\EmpresasType;

/**
 * Empresas controller.
 *
 */
class EmpresasController extends Controller
{

    /**
     * Lists all Empresas entities.
     *
     */
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $entities = $em->getRepository('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas')->findAll();

        return $this->render('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas:index.html.twig', array(
            'entities' => $entities,
        ));
    }
    /**
     * Creates a new Empresas entity.
     *
     */
    public function createAction(Request $request)
    {
        $entity = new Empresas();
        $form = $this->createCreateForm($entity);
        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
            $em->persist($entity);
            $em->flush();

            return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('admin_empresas_edit', array('id' => $entity->getId())));
        }

        return $this->render('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas:new.html.twig', array(
            'entity' => $entity,
            'form'   => $form->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
    * Creates a form to create a Empresas entity.
    *
    * @param Empresas $entity The entity
    *
    * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\Form The form
    */
    private function createCreateForm(Empresas $entity)
    {
        $form = $this->createForm(new EmpresasType(), $entity, array(
            'action' => $this->generateUrl('admin_empresas_create'),
            'method' => 'POST',
        ));

        $form->add('submit', 'submit', array('label' => 'Create'));

        return $form;
    }

    /**
     * Displays a form to create a new Empresas entity.
     *
     */
    public function newAction()
    {
        $entity = new Empresas();
        $form   = $this->createCreateForm($entity);

        return $this->render('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas:new.html.twig', array(
            'entity' => $entity,
            'form'   => $form->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
     * Finds and displays a Empresas entity.
     *
     */
    public function showAction($id)
    {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $entity = $em->getRepository('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas')->find($id);

        if (!$entity) {
            throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Empresas entity.');
        }

        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($id);

        return $this->render('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas:show.html.twig', array(
            'entity'      => $entity,
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),        ));
    }

    /**
     * Displays a form to edit an existing Empresas entity.
     *
     */
    public function editAction($id)
    {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $entity = $em->getRepository('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas')->find($id);

        if (!$entity) {
            throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Empresas entity.');
        }

        $editForm = $this->createEditForm($entity);
        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($id);

        return $this->render('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas:edit.html.twig', array(
            'entity'      => $entity,
            'edit_form'   => $editForm->createView(),
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
    * Creates a form to edit a Empresas entity.
    *
    * @param Empresas $entity The entity
    *
    * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\Form The form
    */
    private function createEditForm(Empresas $entity)
    {
        $form = $this->createForm(new EmpresasType(), $entity, array(
            'action' => $this->generateUrl('admin_empresas_update', array('id' => $entity->getId())),
            'method' => 'PUT',
        ));

        $form->add('submit', 'submit', array('label' => 'Update'));

        return $form;
    }
    /**
     * Edits an existing Empresas entity.
     *
     */
    public function updateAction(Request $request, $id)
    {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $entity = $em->getRepository('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas')->find($id);

        if (!$entity) {
            throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Empresas entity.');
        }

        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($id);
        $editForm = $this->createEditForm($entity);
        $editForm->handleRequest($request);

        if ($editForm->isValid()) {
            $em->flush();

            return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('admin_empresas_edit', array('id' => $id)));
        }

        return $this->render('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas:edit.html.twig', array(
            'entity'      => $entity,
            'edit_form'   => $editForm->createView(),
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
        ));
    }
    /**
     * Deletes a Empresas entity.
     *
     */
    public function deleteAction(Request $request, $id)
    {
        $form = $this->createDeleteForm($id);
        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
            $entity = $em->getRepository('MangocelecoreBundle:Empresas')->find($id);

            if (!$entity) {
                throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Empresas entity.');
            }

            $em->remove($entity);
            $em->flush();
        }

        return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('admin_empresas'));
    }

    /**
     * Creates a form to delete a Empresas entity by id.
     *
     * @param mixed $id The entity id
     *
     * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\Form The form
     */
    private function createDeleteForm($id)
    {
        return $this->createFormBuilder()
            ->setAction($this->generateUrl('admin_empresas_delete', array('id' => $id)))
            ->setMethod('DELETE')
            ->add('submit', 'submit', array('label' => 'Delete'))
            ->getForm()
        ;
    }
}

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text:
PICS: Dumyat Hill Race returns for 2019
By Mark Connor @markconnor7 Senior reporter
HUNDREDS of runners braved the elements earlier this month to take on the gruelling Dumyat Hill Race.
Athletes from all over the United Kingdom descended on the Menstrie hill on Wednesday, May 8, to tackle one of the area's most difficult sporting events.
More than 400 hardy souls battled chilling winds and driving rain to take part, with many sports students from the nearby University of Stirling also taking part.
And it was two students who won the races in their respective categories with Kirsty Dickson of the University of Glasgow who was first placed female athlete in this year's race, in 43mins 13secs,
The University of Edinburgh's Alexander Chepelin won the men's race and overall title, in a time of 32:39 – 16 seconds shy of the course record set by Murray Strain in 2012.
The popular event was conceived in 1972 following a £1 bet by a university psychologist who claimed no one could run to the top of Dumyat and back to campus in less than an hour.


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Q: Best way to redirect to referring page I have a question similar to my previous question.
In the same app I have the VoteHandler that adds +1 when users click on the up arrow and then redirects to the same page.
Now that I added the url parameters to the pages and urls look like this
/dir?type=tshirt

I need to be able to redirect to the correct page.
And as mentioned here by Nick Johnson referrer is not a good way of redirecting.
I would appreciate help about how to fix VoteHandler so that it redirects to the correct page.
Thanks!
class VoteHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
    def get(self, id):
        id = int(id)
        item = Item.get_by_id(id)

        user = users.get_current_user()

        if user:
            greeting = ("%s (sign out)" %
                           (user.nickname(), users.create_logout_url(self.request.uri)))

            #--check if user voted on this item before--#
            query  = SiteUser.all()
            query.filter("liked_items =", (str(item.key().id())))
            already_voted = query.get()

            if already_voted:
                self.redirect("/onevote")
            else:
                query = SiteUser.all()
                query.filter("site_user =", users.get_current_user())

                data = query.get()

                data.total_votes += 1
                data.liked_items = str(item.key().id())
                data.site_user = users.get_current_user()

                db.put(data)

                item.points += 1
                item.put()

                if self.request.referrer == 'http://localhost:8083//newest':
                    self.redirect('/newest')
                elif self.request.referrer == 'http://localhost:8083/hot':
                    self.redirect('/hot')
                #How do I fix this line to get the correct url parameter?
                elif self.request.referrer == 'http://localhost:8083/dir?type=tshirt':
                    self.redirect('/dir/tshirt')
                else:
                    self.redirect("/")
        else:
            greeting = ("Sign in with your Google account or register." %
                           cgi.escape(users.create_login_url(self.request.uri)))

UPDATE
The answer by systempuntoout works great but I had to change the vote link in Directory from
/vote/%s

to
/vote/%s?type=%s

so that I could get the merchandise_type in VoteHandler:
self.response.out.write("
")
for item in items:
    self.response.out.write("""

                                    ^ %s (%s)

                                     %s points %s by %s  |

 """ %
                                    (str(item.key().id()), merchandise_type, item.url, item.title, urlparse(item.url).netloc,
                                    item.points, item.date.strftime("%B %d, %Y %I:%M%p"), item.user_who_liked_this_item, str(item.key().id()), str(item.key().id())))

self.response.out.write("
")

A: I would use the type parameter in this way:
class VoteHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
    def get(self, id):
        id = int(id)
        item = Item.get_by_id(id)
        merchandise_type = self.request.get("type", "")
        ..
        self.redirect('/%s' % merchandise_type)


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Each card depicts grains of sand falling down the hourglass starting with 100 grains and dropping down to 0. The alpha card in this set is the 100-rank card and the omega is the 0-rank card.
Each card in the Spacetime Set has a primary rank from 0 to 100. It includes two copies of the 0-rank and 100-rank cards. Each card also has a secondary rank of I through V in roman numerals (20 cards with each numeral). Additionally, each card has a bit symbol which can be interpreted as either a 0 or 1(looking at the white part), or as a 1 or 2 (looking at the number of circles in the symbol).


Diamondbacks readying themselves for new rule regarding mound visits.
Like every other team in baseball, the Diamondbacks are walking their pitchers and catchers through MLB's new rules regarding mound-visit limitations.
Diamondbacks catcher Jeff Mathis had only a few extra minutes to spare when he was asked the other day about Major League Baseball's new pace of play rules this season, specifically the limitation of only six visits to the mound per nine innings by a catcher or anyone else when it doesn't involve making a pitching change.
He said enough in a short amount of time to make it clear that, like every other team in baseball this season, the Diamondbacks are surely going to have their hands full with exactly how to approach and tackle one of the sport's stranger and more unpredictable new directives.
"At first glance, everybody was like, 'Whoa, what the heck is this?'" Mathis said after the new edict came down from Commissioner Rob Manfred's office. "I'm that way, because I know everything that goes into it in that communication. When you're 60 feet, six inches away, you can't just shout. You can't just holler certain things at the pitcher.
Manfred and MLB officials decided they needed to implement the rule in an effort to increase the speed of games. Unlimited mound visits, they contend, were dragging baseball to a crawl.


An incredibly rare ocean front home in La Jolla with a swimming pool and direct beach access.
You've found it! This Santa Barbara-style home is sited on the westernmost piece of beach front property at the exact dividing point between Windansea Beach and Marine Street Beach in prestigious Lower Hermosa.
This exceptional coastal San Diego residence features view decks, spacious patios and a grass yard, all set against the back drop of the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean. When staying at this ocean front estate home, you won't need to search for parking or have to walk to a public beach; right off your back yard is a private locked gate that gives you direct access to two of the best local beaches in San Diego, away from the crowds at La Jolla Shores and Mission Beach.
Secure and gated, Playa Vista is located in a very exclusive La Jolla neighborhood on a quiet cul-de-sac with an unassuming street presence. As you enter the property, you are greeted by a sunny and protected interior courtyard with a swimming pool, spa and lounges. There is a built-in Dacor stainless outdoor grille for cooking your favorite meals and dining table for al fresco dining. From the courtyard, you will enter the home through a foyer and into the great room with a 15' high open beamed ceiling. Saltillo tile flooring, tasteful furnishings and a built-in fireplace topped by a 65" curved flat-screen HDTV all conspire to create a wonderful space for groups to gather and spend time together. As impressive as the great room is, you'll find your eyes are always drawn to the large bay windows that frame the spectacular and expansive views of the ocean and this very special stretch of California coastline.
Step outside of the great room onto the ocean front patio and gaze north towards Marine Street Beach; a body surfers and sun-bathers paradise. To the south is Windansea Beach; incredibly picturesque and featuring one of the most famous surf breaks in California, as well as the setting and inspiration for Tom Wolfe's novel, The Pumphouse Gang. Step down from the patio onto the grass lawn where you can lounge or meditate to the mesmerizing sounds of the ocean, or walk out the private gate and your toes are in the sand! Take a morning stroll and watch the whales and dolphins play in surf, or grab your board and hit the waves or grab a beach chair and soak in the San Diego sunshine. It's all here and waiting for you!
Playa Vista La Jolla has a rich heritage and notable history as well. Because of the incredible location, this property was selected and purchased as a summer home by one of the founding members of one of Hollywood's biggest and most famous studios. Over the years Playa Vista has hosted major stars, political figures and behind the scene movers and shakers. Now you have the opportunity to experience this one-of-a-kind vacation rental and discover why this is one of the most coveted pieces of property in all of Southern California.
We invite you to call and learn more and make this your own private retreat!


While the release of Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment is still four months away, Namco Bandai is definitely going all out to promote the PSP JRPG adaptation of the popular anime/light novel/manga series.
Today they released a new trailer that gives us a quite extensive glimpse on the game that we probably won't ever be able to play (at least in English), ranging from the story to the cast, passing by the combined attacks that can be done together with a partner or multiple.
If you aren't weirded out (as I'll admit I am) by seeing Leefa in Aincrad, you can enjoy the trailer below. Now, can someone make a MMORPG of this? Pretty please?


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The Ashokan Center (formerly the Ashokan Field Campus, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Ashokan Field Campus Historic District is an outdoor education, conference, and retreat center located in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.  Schools have used Ashokan's "classroom" of forests, waterfalls, stream-fed ponds, and open meadows for over 40 years.  Music camps, blacksmithing conferences, and retreat groups have called Ashokan home while schools are not in residence.  The name Ashokan means "place of many fishes" or "where waters converge" in the Iroquois language.

The location was the inspiration for Jay Ungar's song "Ashokan Farewell", which was used as the theme music for PBS's The Civil War. In 2019 it was listed on the NRHP.

History
The first homesteaders on the land were a third generation Dutchman named Jacobus Bush and his wife, Eycke Vandermerke, born in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York in 1692 and 1687 respectively.  Jacobus Jr. and his wife Annetje Merkel recorded their ownership on a deed of remembrance in 1762.  In 1755, his brother Thomas and his wife's sister Elizabeth built a homestead a few hundred yards up the road.  This is the house from which his son Fredrick's children were kidnapped by Tory inspired "Indians". Thomas was an outspoken proponent of the patriot cause.  This was the frontier during the American Revolutionary War and it was a common practice for Tories and their Indian allies to raid frontier homes.  It had become such a problem that General Washington authorized the building of a fort at Shokan, now under the waters of the Ashokan Reservoir.

The property was owned and operated by SUNY New Paltz's College Auxiliary Service as the Ashokan Field Campus from 1967 until 2008.

The land was sold in 2008 to the Open Space Conservancy, part of the Open Space Institute.  The property was divided with a portion sold to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and the rest to the non-profit Ashokan Foundation. The Ashokan Foundation continues to support and develop environmental education programs for schools in partnership with non-profit partner the Ashokan Center. Additionally Ashokan's Music & Dance Camps for adults and families have remained in continuous operation since 1980 and additional new arts programs are currently in the works.

Geology
The story of Ashokan begins over 400 million years ago during the Devonian Period.  The vastly swollen Esopus Creek struggled to find its present path through Ashokan which was well-blocked by glacial moraine.  Winchell's Falls and Cathedral Gorge are relatively recent (past ten-thousand years) features.  The newly uncovered till (glacial soil) was rocky and sterile, and much like northern Canada today.  It was covered by tundra where feeding mammoths and other ice age mammals migrated along the un-crossable Esopus.   As the climate continued to warm, the open landscape gave way to spruce and fir of the boreal forest.  Mastodons and woodland caribou took over the trail blazing begun by earlier mammals.  At some point during this time, the first people entered the area hunting the ice-age "mega-fauna".  Evidence of these first people is scant in this area, but they undoubtedly followed the game trails along the Esopus.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Ulster County, New York

References

External links
Ashokan's Website

Education in Ulster County, New York
Nature centers in New York (state)
Protected areas of Ulster County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Ulster County, New York
Historic districts in Ulster County, New York
1967 establishments in New York (state)
Catskills

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Kim Kardashian On Abusive Ex-Hubby: "I Asked Permission To Leave The House"
Before she was a major reality TV star, Kim Kardashian played the role of a wife, though she quickly divorced Damon Thomas because he abused her.
According to a report, Kim married the music producer back in January of 2000 and it all went downhill rather quickly.
Kardashian revealed that Damon repeatedly beat her and demanded to know where she was at all times. Three years after the marriage began, she divorced him.
"Damon decided what we would do and when we would do it. He was very much the 'King of the castle.' He said he did not want me to have contact with my old boyfriends who would be able to reach me at the clothing store. He said he wanted to know where I was at all times."
Thomas also reportedly gave Kim $3,650 to get liposuction surgery because he said she was fat. He also gave her an additional $1,000 for further cosmetic procedures.
View her legal filing below:
Mom Embarrasses Ray J When Talking Sex Tape On "Wendy"
Kim Kardashian & Joy Bryant Go Nude For Harper's Bazaar
abusive	, Damon Thomas	, divorce	, Kim Kardashian


Forums › VoIP › 2talk international faxing issues.
My wife has tried a few times to send a international fax through the 2talk fax system. i.e. send an email to with a pdf to FaxNumber@2fax.co.nz but the fax has never gone through successfully.
In the 2talk call logs, the call is always about 8 to 10 seconds, which is just a couple of seconds after the remote end picks up.
If I call the number myself, there is a fax answering the call.
Has anyone else had issue with the fax service. Any ideas how I can get it to work?
We did have one go through successfully, but it was a long time ago and now they always seem to fail.
I've also had issues sending to international numbers via 2talk fax.
Looking at the call logs, it always seemed to be mis-interpreting the IDD number. From memory, It seems to be ignoring the '00' and trying to dial it as a local number. I could never work out what format it wanted.
Eg. Trying to send a fax to Australia on say 61 3 9999 9999.
If it sent it as +613.... it failed.
Or something like that. Never got it working.
It has issues when the PDF is quite large I found. Seems to be quite hit and miss though. Personally I stick to POTS for sending and just use Fax-to-Email for incoming. Seems to be the best way.
SPA112 apparently can do T.38 but, again, seems hit and miss.
From my experience, you are wasting your time trying to get International Faxes working through any kind of VoIP system. I tried iTalk, 2Talk and VFX, and had no luck with any of them. There are some things you just can't beat a good old POTS line for, and this is one of them.
Hmm, it seems it interpreted the number ok. It shows 00886 in the failure message.
2talk have replied to my support email saying that 00 is the way to do international, but that they do not recommend international faxing and tell me very rarely do international faxes go through.
I don't have a landline, nor a fax machine. The problem is some overseas countries don't seem to have moved on from faxing.
Does anyone know if there is any service available for the couple of faxes we need to do each year.
mikerussellnz: Hmm, it seems it interpreted the number ok. It shows 00886 in the failure message.
Country Code 886 is Taiwan. The phone lines to there are often congested which makes matters worse.
mikerussellnz:Does anyone know if there is any service available for the couple of faxes we need to do each year.
Some international carriers will use g729 codec as their preferred one, which is unsuitable for faxing.
Drop into your local post shop; cost should still be less than cost of having a landline for a year.
There are some free online services that you can use to send an electronic document to a fax.
I had to use one some time ago when I was out of town and had to fax a document overseas.
Google comes up with a few hits.


Toddler Cups There are 149 products.
This allows Straw Bottle older kids to drink upright (with the straight straw attached) or by tipping the bottle up (with the straight straw removed).
Pura's is the very first (and still the only!) 100% plastic-free straw module available for sippy cups and bottles.


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Sonia Rosenberg
July 10, 2019, 2:03 pm Edit
Sonia Ehrich Rosenberg, 93, of South Orange died June 26, 2019. She was born in Newark and resided and raised her family in Hillside.
Mrs. Rosenberg graduated from Weequahic High School in Newark, and attended New York University.
She was an active community member and longtime congregant of Shomrei Torah in Hillside. She was later a congregant of Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael in Springfield and Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn.
She was a life member of Hadassah, and contributed to other organizations, including American Cancer Society.
Predeceased by a daughter, Barbara (Robert) Halper, she is survived by her husband of 71 years, Curt; a daughter, Sharon (Arthur) Draznin; her son, Marc (Amy); 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services were held June 28 with arrangements by Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, Livingston. Memorial contributions may be made to Hadassah or American Cancer Society.