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Casey at the Hoop?
Try as it might to resist the media frenzy surrounding the annual NCAA basketball tournament, Poetry & Popular Culture can't help but feel a little bit seduced by March Madness and the strange poetry—or poetic justice—that somehow underwrites the science of "bracketology" even if the poetry of March hasn't been as celebrated as the poetry of October has. It was with the joy of serendipity, then, that folks in the Poetry & Popular Culture office happened across Season 4, Episode 2, of Northern Exposure which originally aired October 5, 1992 under the title "Midnight Sun."
In this episode, the town's doctor—Joel Fleischman, a New York-trained Jewish physician who gets stuck paying back his med school bills by serving in the small Alaska town of Cicely—experiences 24 hours of sun for the first time and goes "light looney" when his biological clock can't adjust to the absence of night. Randy and manic, Joel takes over the head-coaching duties for Cicely's woeful community basketball team, the Quarks. One "night" when everyone else is asleep, he sits behind the microphone of the town's radio station KBHR and, with the music of John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" playing in the background, announces he's begun writing basketball's long-awaited epic, which he's titled "Casey at the Hoop." Here's the text of that scene, spoken as the station's regular host Chris dozes in the corner:
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not saying our nation is consumed by lethargy or enamored of the status quo, but why not ask a few hard questions of our legislators? For instance, "Why, sirs, is it engraved in steel that baseball is our national pastime?" Now, I understand the need to perpetuate exemptions from our antitrust laws. I mean, it serves the selfish interests of a few Steinbrennerish elitists, but why should hundreds of millions of citizens be deprived of a new and better candidate? The answer, my friends? Basketball! That's the true American sport. Oh, and I'm not saying that baseball doesn't have a claim on our collective psyche. After all, it had a half century jump on basketball, which was invented in 1891 by James Naismith in Springfield, Mass, site of the Basketball Hall of Fame, and which you should all visit as I did with my Uncle Nat and Cousin Lenny when I was 14. I loved it.
Hey, did I mention that baseball is sneaky? Yeah, very sneaky, see. 'Cause it uses poetry to invade our brains and stick to the walls of our unconscious. You take "Casey at the Bat": clever advertising campaign disguised as farmers' doggerel. Well, how is basketball supposed to fight such a folksy appeal to the hearts and minds of the American people? Well, up to last night it couldn't. But now there is a new weapon. If I may, I would like to recite a few words written at midnight last night. Herewith a sample of an epic to come:
And so, the rubber spheroid arced beneath the brilliant lights
Headed for a hoop of dreams he'd dreamt of all those nights.
The crowd gasped as the ball descended. Would it grant their fondest wish?
There was no doubt in Casey's mind: he knew it was a swissssh!
"Midnight Sun" ends, of course, when Joel—who has been wide awake for several days—involuntarily falls asleep and misses Cicely's big game, when the Quarks get crushed (as they do every year) by the neighboring town. In returning to his normal sleeping schedule, he also, apparently, never got around to finishing "Casey at the Hoop." Anyone out there want to, well, give it a shot?
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Q: Performance hit when comments are included in a SQL query? I've noticed that complex SQL statements gradually attract comments just like development code.  For example -
select
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from
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where
    -- exclude 1 just because
    key <> 1

Or, a multi-line comment.
What is the performance hit when comments are included in a SQL query or is this just premature optimization?  I know this is dependent upon the size, etc. and I could test myself, but still wanted to ask the question, feel free to make assumptions. I'm mostly curious about MySQL.

A: There is a performance hit but it is negligible compared to actually running your query. I am having trouble finding hard data but comments are largely ignored (unless they are version specific functionality comments).
They can be extremely useful. For example, Facebook will add PHP call stacks as comments in their MySQL queries so they can easily tell where a query came from.

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Movie Review: Trumbo (2015)
A biographical drama, Trumbo is a sharply written story of career survival set during the post-World War Two Red Scare.
It's the late 1940s, and Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) is one of Hollywood's leading screenwriters. He is also a proud member of the Communist party, along with several other prominent film industry figures, including fellow writer Arlen Hird (Louis C.K.). Dalton is happily married to Cleo (Diane Lane) and his children include the precocious Nikola (Elle Fanning). With the Cold War taking hold, a wave of anti-communist sentiment sweeps from Washington DC to Hollywood, fanned by gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren).
As a matter of principle Dalton and his fellow communists refuse to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). Convicted for contempt of Congress, Dalton serves time in prison, and is placed on the notorious "Hollywood 10" blacklist, barred from working for any studio. Meanwhile, other communist sympathisers including Edward G. Robinson (Michael Stuhlbarg) do testify to save their careers. Once released Dalton has to find a way to make a living, and Frank King (John Goodman), head of low-budget King Brothers Productions, offers a lifeline of endless uncredited work.
Directed by Jay Roach and written by John McNamara, Trumbo is fascinating, witty and often quite funny. Both a character study and a cautionary tale about social paranoia, the film sparkles with the cantankerous yet phenomenally smart and articulate personality of Trumbo, and the remarkable post-war U-turn when communism was transformed in the public consciousness from great ally capable of defeating fascism to a feared existential menace.
The film does not shy away from presenting Trumbo as a man full of faults and contradictions. He enjoys his success, living on a large farm with all the luxuries afforded to the fortunate by capitalism. And when the strain of making a living through round-the-clock writing becomes nearly unbearable, Trumbo lashes out at his family members, hurting those he is trying to support.
And yet intellectually he never betrays his beliefs, and finds the unlikely path to expose the witch hunt by undermining it from within. Uneducated and fear-mongering campaigns devoid of evidence wilt when exposed to the light, and Trumbo's work ethic eventually forces the hypocrisy into the open
Trumbo boasts a remarkably talented cast in top form. Bryan Cranston delivers a career-defining performance, embracing the writer's flawed humanity and happily occupying the inconsistency of a proud communist enjoying all the riches that a life of celebrity has to offer. The character of Arlen Hird is an amalgam of other communist writers, and Louis C.K. portrays the more idealistic stream of left wing thinking, more willing to resist the system rather than work within it.
Helen Mirren makes the smug Hedda Hopper an obnoxious and hate-worthy gossip, a representation of self-appointed thought police, pouring gasoline on the flames of public fear and wielding disproportionate power. John Goodman as Frank King introduces bombastic levity, and his scenes add a whole new dimension to Trumbo, providing insight into the wondrous world of successful low-budget studios. Diane Lane, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Elle Fanning all make notable contributions.
Trumbo succeeds as a portrait of a remarkable man and even more so as a critical commentary on the lunacy of fear-driven social agendas.
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Connetquot schools once again supported Lauren's First and Goal by hosting Patrice as a guest author at their fourth annual Literacy Luau. Many children, parents and educators came out to celebrate literacy in the community and in turn, supported LFG by purchasing copies of Hope is Here to Stay and Manual of Football Drill and Skills.
Lauren's cousin Hannah "suggested" to her fourth grade teacher Mr. Brennan that Amper would love to come and present Hope is Here to Stay to her class. Parents as Reading Partners Week at Idle Hour Elementary School provided the perfect setting for sharing the book and stories of fabulous kids in this very community who have become examples of empowerment and inspiration for helping those in need. Miss Griffith's fourth graders participated in their own presentation as well and collectively the entire group of fourth graders demonstrated exceptional enthusiasm, interest and maturity as an audience. Thank you once again for hosting a visit and supporting LFG!
The program has an annual tradition of supporting Lauren's First and Goal by hosting Patrice for an author's visit. Students had the opportunity to view the LFG website after the presentation enjoying Lauren's 2014 camp speech online.
During the month of September, the fabulous members of the East Islip Health and Fitness Center in East Islip, New York joined in a 5 class series of Yoga for Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month to benefit Lauren's First and Goal Foundation. Each participant had the chance to enjoy stretching, release, balance, re-energizing and even a little meditation! Lauren's quote art was raffled one lucky participant at the end of the month and Michele Nilsen was that winner! Congratulations and thank you for your fantastic work and generous hearts!
help of friends and family to help make hand made pins and lanyards to distribute in honor of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month in September. They used gold - the official color for kids cancer awareness and gray - the color for brain tumor awareness and created beautiful handcrafted pieces as well as information from the kids' version of the LFG website: www.laurensfirstandgoal4kids.weebly.com . Thanks cousins for helping to spread the word!
In November, long time LFG volunteer Amy, ran the New York City Marathon and collected sponsorship donations for her run to benefit the Foundation. Congratulations to Amy on your perseverance and success in this monumental achievement!
Easton Area High School Class of 2015 class gift voted to make a donation to the Foundation at the end of the school year.
We are so appreciative of all of the support from the students and staff at Easton School District. Lauren is so proud to have graduated with such a caring, spirited and generous group of students.
Easton HS – Almost Anything Goes competition.
For the 10th year in a row, the Almost Anything Goes student captains, voted LFG as the charity of choice for the annual AAG competition. Lauren was honored as Captain of the "One Ring to Rule Them All" team – a perfect choice for this Gollum loving freak of nature!! Thank you to the Easton Red Rovers for all your years of generous support.
A wonderful group of football parents from Franklin & Marshall College made their way to Easton to supply and operate the PA camp concessions in 2015, donating all proceeds to the Foundation. Their creative use of the 'Let us Keep the Change and Smash the Cymbal for Lauren' caught the attention of a generous camp sponsor, Coordinated Health, who jumped in on the giving bandwagon and matched the keep the change profits, totaling more than $2000!!
Led by Head Coach Paul Darragh, the Bloomsburg University football team contributed their time and talents to help in the fight against pediatric cancer by raising nearly $1,200 for LFG.
The Huskies split up into 10 teams to each raise money from supporters of the cause with each team competing in a workout competition during spring ball. The event featured 10-man teams competing against each other in 10 grueling events. Each team member solicited donations that were then donated to Lauren's First and Goal. Thank you to the Huskies and Coach Darragh for your generosity.
One of our youngest donors ever, Benjamin Bachman celebrated his 3rd birthday in October by collecting arts and crafts supplies to stock the LFG Kids Tent for June in lieu of gifts. Benjamin is the son of one of Lauren's most favorite history teachers at Easton High School, Brad Bachman. Thank you Bachman family for sharing your kindness and celebrating Benjamin in this awesome and generous way!


He was, a black and gray spotted cat, like a cow, with big green eyes. As a kitten, he was the runt of the litter. He was so small that for 2 months he lived in a rabbit cage so he wouldn't get lost in our home.
He grew however, tricking us into multiple feelings until he weighed a whopping 25lbs.
Hero was the king, the potentate the poshientate or Poshie for short.
He had his oddities, sleeping in impossible places, somehow balancing his girth, truly death defying with every new place he picked to sleep.
He has a booming purr and quite a loud meow.
We slept together at night, we played during the day. I married him to my best friend's cat (Lydia) in middle school.
And then one horrible day, I went to the library. When I returned, I called out to him and I heard a strangled meow. He had been having seizures, though he was only 12 years. One of his seizures landed him in a bad place. He broke some important things. We lived in the country, it was a Sunday. So we had to try to make him comfortable while my parents called around, trying to find someone to ease this horribleness.
We could not. He was the most beautiful, wonderful beast. I felt his loss so bitterly. I dreamed of his passing in great tormented detail.
So I did, and I woke up feeling much lighter, almost at peace.
I will never forget my little Hero and I hope my son will love cats just as much as I do because they are such living creatures. Truly more compassionate and empathetic than people like to believe.
Gah, I need to go hug my kitties.
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State health care information for the criminal justice system
This map of state health information for criminal justice practitioners is funded through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse its content (including, without limitation, any of the information links to other websites provide).
For a glossary of important terms in this profile, review the Key Terms for State Health Care Information for Criminal Justice Systems.
Basic Information on Health Reform in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has expanded its Medicaid program to cover low-income adults.[i] Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Plan) are safety net health benefit programs available in Massachusetts.[ii]
Health Insurance Exchange Information: Massachusetts is operating its own state-based health insurance marketplace. Visit the Massachusetts Marketplace, the Massachusetts Health Connector, to compare health insurance plans that can be purchased on the exchange and to take advantage of federal tax subsidies that apply.[iii]
Eligibility and Enrollment: People in Massachusetts can apply for and enroll in Medicaid or CHIP any time of year and coverage can begin immediately. They can purchase and enroll in marketplace plans during the annual open enrollment period, which begins November 15th of each year and extends through February 15th. If they meet certain criteria, such as having been released from custody in the last 90 days, they may be able to enroll in private coverage outside the open enrollment period. There are three ways people in Massachusetts can enroll or apply for these benefits and see if they meet eligibility requirements:
1) They can use Massachusetts's application for free or low cost health benefits. Link to the application.[iv]
2) They can visit their local health department.[v]
3) They can enroll by phone: 1-877 MA ENROLL Call (1-877-623-6765) or TTY 1-877-623-7773 for Customer Service.[vi]
Massachusetts Medicaid and Health Insurance Links
Link to Massachusetts's Medicaid agency website[vii]
Link to the Medicaid helpline number and important contact information[viii]
Link to a map and contact information for the nearest district Medicaid office[ix]
Link to a summary of Massachusetts's basic eligibility guidelines[x]
Link to Massachusetts's Medicaid State Plan[xi]
Link to more information on which benefits are covered by Medicaid in Massachusetts[xii]
Link to an Organizational Chart of the Massachusetts Medicaid Agency[xiii]
Link to the state Medicaid director[xiv]
Link to the Medicaid provider manual[xv]
State Health Information
How many people in Massachusetts are eligible to participate? According to the Kaiser Foundation State specific data, in 2013, 57% of Massachusetts' uninsured population is eligible to participate.[xvi]
How many are enrolled so far? 1,690,693 individuals have selected a plan as of January 2015. [xvii]
How many of the state's uninsured population are eligible for Medicaid? 36% of uninsured Massachusetts residents are eligible for Medicaid.[xviii]
Is Massachusetts a Medicaid health home state? No.
Who are the chairs of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing in the MA legislature?[xix]
House: Representative Jeffrey Sánchez (D-Jamaica Plain)
Senate: Senator James T. Welch (D-West Springfield)
Other Related Information and Links for Massachusetts
Link to information on the Massachusetts Department of Corrections[xx]
Link to information about the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services[xxi]
Link to information about the Massachusetts Health and Human Services, Department of Mental Health[xxii]
Link to the Association for Behavioral Wellness to get information about mental health and substance use disorder service providers in Massachusetts[xxiii]
General Information and Useful Links on Health Reform
Kaiser Family Foundation offers information on health reform in each state:
Link to specific health data and insurance coverage information for Massachusetts[xxiv]
Link to a calculator for possible subsidies available to people purchasing coverage on the exchanges[xxv]
Link to information about health insurance exchanges in each state[xxvi]
Government websites that offer useful information:
InsureKidsNow.gov offers general information on the CHIP program[xxvii]
HealthCare.gov offers links to local enrollment help in Massachusetts and answers to questions about health benefits.[xxviii]
Medicaid.gov offers general information on the Medicaid program[xxix]
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) offers an online directory of Federally Qualified Health Centers in each state offering free or low cost care[xxx]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) offers a director of substance use disorder and mental health treatment facilities in each state at: SA-Treatment Facility Locator and at: MH Treatment Facility Locator.
SAMHSA also offers the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, which has information on substance abuse treatment facilities by state, the types of programs available, and services they offer for justice-involved populations.
Click here to return to the map of state profiles: state-by-state healthcare profile map
[i] See HealthCare.gov, determine Medicaid eligibility at http://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/eligibility/.
[ii] See Medicaid.gov, Medicaid by State, Massachusetts, last viewed at November 09, 2014, at 10:38 a.m., http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-State/massachusetts.html.
[iii] See Massachusetts Health Connector, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 3:26 p.m., https://www.mahealthconnector.org/.
[iv] See Massachusetts Health Connector, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 3:26 p.m., https://www.mahealthconnector.org/.
[v] See Mass.gov, Health and Human Services, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 3:28 p.m., http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/consumer/.
[vi] See Massachusetts Health Connector, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 3:44 p.m., https://www.mahealthconnector.org/HomePortal/faces/faces/individual?_afrLoop=927204358639906&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=5h6484v79_128#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3D5h6484v79_128%26_afrLoop%3D927204358639906%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D5h6484v79_184.
[vii] See Mass.gov, Health and Human Services, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 3:28 p.m., http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/consumer/.
[viii] See Mass.gov, Health and Human Services, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 3:28 p.m., http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/masshealth/contact-info-for-masshealths-applicantsproviders.html.
[ix] See Mass.gov, Health and Human Services, last viewed at November 10, 2014, 3:38 p.m., http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/newsroom/dph/directory/directory.html#1.
[x] See MASSResources.org, MassHealth Eligibility Check, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 3:59 p.m., http://www.massresources.org/masshealth-eligibility-check.html.
[xi] See Medicaid.gov, State Resources, Medicaid State Plan Amendments, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 12:08 p.m., http://www.medicaid.gov/State-Resource-Center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments.html?filterBy=Massachusetts. (Provides state plan amendments and summaries).
[xii] See Mass.gov, Health and Human Services, Covered Services, last viewed at November 10, 2014, 4:11 p.m., http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/consumer/insurance/masshealth-member-info/covered-services.html.
[xiii] See Mass.gov, Health and Human Services, Departments and Divisions, last viewed at November 10, 2014, 4:20 p.m., http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/utility/contact-us.html#medicaid.
[xiv] See Massachusetts.gov, MassachusettsCare Services, Contact us, last viewed at November 3, 2014, at 3:56 p.m., http://www.Massachusetts.gov/dhhs/oms/contacts.shtml.
[xv] See http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/masshealth/regs-provider/regs-allprovider.pdf, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 4:25 p.m.
[xvi] See The Henry Kaiser Foundation, State Health Facts, Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population, November 9, 2014, at 12:27 p.m., http://kff.org/health-reform/fact-sheet/state-profiles-uninsured-under-aca-Massachusetts/.
[xvii] See The Henry Kaiser Foundation, Total Medicaid Enrollment, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 4:35 p.m., http://kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/total-medicaid-enrollment/.
[xviii] See The Henry Kaiser Foundation, State Health Facts, State Profiles: How Will the Uninsured Fare Under the Affordable Care Act?, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 4:44 p.m., http://kff.org/health-reform/fact-sheet/state-profiles-uninsured-under-aca-Massachusetts/.
[xix] See The 188th General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 5:05 p.m., https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Joint/J24.
[xx] See Massachusetts Department of Correction, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 5:08 p.m., http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/doc/.
[xxi] See Mass.Gov, Health and Human Services, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, last viewed at November 10, 2014, at 5:40 p.m., http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/programs/substance-abuse/.
[xxii] See Supra at 19.
[xxiii]See the Association for Behavioral Wellness: http://www.mhsacm.org/
[xxiv] See The Henry Kaiser Foundation, State Health Facts, November 10, 2014, at 2:55 p.m., http://kff.org/statedata/?state=MA.
[xxv]See The Henry Kaiser Foundation, State Health Insurance Marketplace Profiles, November 9, 2014, at 12:56 p.m., http://kff.org/state-health-marketplace-profiles/.
[xxvi] See The Henry Kaiser Foundation, State Health Insurance Marketplace Profiles, November 9, 2014, at 12:56 p.m., http://kff.org/state-health-marketplace-profiles/.
[xxvii] See InsureKidsNow.gov, last viewed at November 3, 2014, at 5:22 p.m., http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/chip/index.html
[xxviii] See localhelp.healthcare.gov
[xxix] See Medicaid.Gov, last viewed at November 3, 2014, at 5:22 p.m., http://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid-chip-program-information/medicaid-and-chip-program-information.html.
[xxx] See Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Finder tool: http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/Search_HCC.aspx
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This summer has felt like a festival – the joy from the heatwaves, Love Island and a certain football event. It's a credit to the FA's investment in grassroots football and the manager who has supported so many working-class kids to thrive on an international stage.
The spirit of this summer has even infected theatre. We're no longer just discussing whether it is still more difficult for the working class to get into the industry, but seeking solutions to open up theatre further.
We are proactively seeking to nurture young talent and support a more diverse generation of artists to create work that can get a nation buzzing. But there are no easy solutions.
It's not uncommon for drama departments in schools outside London, like my old one in the North East, to have little more than a cupboard full of hats gathering dust. This is the start of the problem. With no funds to introduce young people to theatre, how do we expect them to see it as a potential career? The innovative programmes that aided me, such as Creative Partnerships up north, have all lost their funding in recent years and no longer visit schools in working-class areas. Private funding still supports the larger establishments, but that doesn't trickle down to working-class children. Other cultural industries allow grassroots organisations in working-class areas to thrive, yet ours seemingly gather dust.
Government cuts have caused this loss of initiatives. So perhaps it's time to use the government money still available in a different way. For example, the FA uses money from government schemes and private investment to build programmes such as St George's Park training and education centre, which is centred around youth. Of course there's more money in football, but this grassroots model in sport has allowed young stars to progress, encouraged by the accessibility of youth teams.
The gatekeepers to theatre are the venues: they can make it hard for those with no funds to break in. We need to allow companies to create work without exorbitant upfront fees. We should take a hard look at venues and their business models to create a fairer playing field. Making art should be full of risk, but not all of it should be taken by the artist.
At Theatre N16 we have introduced a series of development schemes to help those from less well-off backgrounds find an easier path into the industry – from getting their first paid gig on stage to free training. We want to open the path for actors to write their own big breaks, allowing them to follow in the steps of the likes of Luke Barnes and Milly Thomas.
There should be access for all who want to create. Or at least a drive to introduce children and ignite the fire in their bellies early on.
It has to change. We need a broader, more representative body of work in our theatres. We are losing out on potential theatremakers as other industries do more to support children to succeed. We need to help those breaking through to thrive and grow their theatre dreams.


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Arsène Oka (born December 20, 1983) is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for KidSuper Samba AC in the Eastern Premier Soccer League.

Career

Professional
Oka played in his native Ivory Coast for Stade d'Abidjan, Stella Club d'Adjamé and Africa Sports National, helping the latter team to the runner-up spot in the Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division in 2005 and subsequently playing in the CAF Champions League, before signing with New England Revolution of Major League Soccer in September 2006.

Having found opportunities in MLS difficult because of a persistent MCL injury, and having made just 1 senior appearance for Revolution against the Chicago Fire in his two years with the team, Oka signed with the Portland Timbers for the 2008 season, eventually featuring in 7 games and scoring 1 goal. He then signed for the newly promoted USL First Division side Cleveland City Stars for the 2009 season, and played 13 times for the team, before the club folded at the end of the season.

Having been unable to secure a professional contract elsewhere, Oka signed with Vermont Voltage of the USL Premier Development League, scoring the winning goal in their opening match of the 2010 season.

References

External links
 Cleveland City Stars bio
 Portland Timbers bio

1983 births
Living people
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Association football midfielders
Ivorian expatriate footballers
Ivorian footballers
New England Revolution players
Footballers from Abidjan
Portland Timbers (2001–2010) players
Cleveland City Stars players
Major League Soccer players
USL First Division players
Stella Club d'Adjamé players
Vermont Voltage players
USL League Two players

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As of November 2017, we now have a Mobile Command Post Vehicle! Thank you King County Explorer Search and Rescue for donating it to us. We will take good care of her.
Now the work begins to restore, repair, and customize this vehicle to meet our needs. When finished, this dedicated communications vehicle will bring all of an incident's communication needs into one place, streamlining communication and minimizing errors. It can also help us link together all responding organizations when multiple agencies are on site, as well as enable GPS tracking and satellite communication.


Join us for a morning of discovery and see how ordinary citizens are changing and transforming Petaling Jaya positively by working in an integrated and synergistic partnership. 2019 , a time for all PJ folks to contribute to a BETTER PJ through responsible citizenship.
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The biggest problem with not having a full-time home is having to buy the same things over and over again. Mrs. Meyer's lavender hand soap. Maldon smoked sea salt. Colman's dry mustard. Honey Vanilla Chamomile tea. Viva paper towels. Enough Cote-du-Rhones that if there's a natural disaster, you're good and covered.
When our daughter was born five months ago, my husband said we couldn't keep moving around like this. Her name is Fox Buttercup. Her eyes are slate and when you look into them, you can see honest fairy tales. My husband says she'll need constancy, to feel safe in her childhood, the way he didn't in his.
I am writing this book and shuttling my family across the country, stick figures whirling across the atmospheres of many different cities. We go where the book leads us. We know where the very best Whole Foods in America is.
In the past three years we have lived in New York City, Indiana, Los Angeles, Martha's Vineyard, and Washington D.C. Now we are here in East Hampton, down Three Mile Harbor in Springs, in the cool woods in a house we do not own but rent, and fill with all of our usual things. Maldon smoked sea salt can make even a muslin tent in Morocco feel like home. But now we have a small russet-haired Fox in our midst, and it's harder to pretend you don't need a home where the things are always in the same place. Where the mayonnaise can live for months. My husband begins most conversations, When your book is done… and ends them with …when we have our own home.
I don't bring Fox around to Pottery Barns. What I do is I bring Fox around to breathing living rooms, I take pictures of her touching fluttery live peonies, and marbled sand, and the rich sunned grass in our rented yard, and the wood grain across the sauna that we don't use because we have a baby but no baby monitor.
When you were four months old, I write in her journal, you lived in East Hampton, in a woodsy little enclave named Springs, down a winding shaded road that looped beside the glittery harbor with the boats, and the little farms with the woven baskets of white peaches and bursting tomatoes and you, my love, were the princess of Harbor View Lane.
When you were four months and five days old, we took you to Two Mile Hollow beach. We pitched a little tent and you nursed from the shade, while Mommy lay beside you in the sun and burned the backs of her legs. It was airless and orange that day, and we brought your feet to cool at the rushing water. On the way back, we bought corn-and-quinoa cakes from Round Swamp Farm for a picnic at home. We asked for twelve dollar's worth of the sixty-dollar-a-pound lobster salad, and back at our rented home we spread a white blanket on the grass and ate at your ground level.
When you were four months and nine days old, we took you on a boat to Shelter Island. We strategized about who would unfasten you from the car seat in the event the leased car sunk into our rented ocean. Later that evening as the sun dropped into the water, we set you atop a blanket from India on the wooden tables outside the Pridwin. Steam rose off of clams swimming in grey broth on wobbling paper plates. All around you children much older ran and laughed, and we looked at you and each held a tiny hand, as we dreamed of your first crush someday chasing you around a cookout like this one.
When you were four months and thirteen days old, we brought you to Amagansett Square for a nighttime showing of the Princess Bride. We captured a picture of your face beside the face of Princess Buttercup on the screen, for whom you are middle-named. We ate popcorn and lost both our phones in the dark grass.
On Sundays we drive through Sagaponack, we get milky coffee from Levain and chocolate rolls and we read the New York Times with you on our laps. We get sandwiches from the Sagg Store and mushrooms from the mushroom man. We drive down Peter's Pond Lane and look at the houses and talk about where we'd put your studio above the garage smackly in view of the beach, when we have our own home. We drive through Sag Harbor and the girls in Cavaniola's say you are the prettiest thing they have ever seen. We drive through Greenport and eat oysters at Little Creek and take pictures of you in the line with the shucking gloves. In case you want to be a writer like your parents, we drive by the places where James Salter and E.L. Doctorow wrote. In case you want to be a doctor like your grandfather, we let you watch the dog get her shots at a vet that is not our regular vet, because nothing is our regular these days, nothing is our usual. The only constant is you.
And so when my husband says to me …When we have a home, and I'm feeling confident in the book, and confident in myself—probably I have just returned from yoga on a surfboard on dry land, and I feel my body coming back, and look at you and your eyes that are greater than any sea I'll ever see, and when they smile the liquids inside them come crashing onto the shores of your fat rare cheeks—I say, This is our home, this is our daughter's home at four months and fifteen days, where we first fed her mashed avocado from Balsam Farms after letting her tiny hand select among the deepest greens. This is our daughter's home at four months and twenty-two days, where she laughed at the dog on the deck for twenty unbelievable seconds that I caught on film.
And though we rented a series of homes and did not own one, she had the most beautiful time, because we never left her side. We took her with us to work, and aren't we, after all, very lucky for that?
When she is old enough to look at pictures, and to wonder what her early days were like, I will start with the picture of our daughter in her father's arms at Shagwong Marina. Fox is lifted high in the air and I know by her smile that she feels safe. Beyond their bodies the sun is a bleeding apricot and the boats in the harbor are swishing a note more violent than gentle. A beach ball has fallen into the brothy water and is lapping up against the pier. Fox looks at this, then back at her father. To get here, to this moment with my daughter in the arms of the man I love, I had to own the early and sudden deaths of my parents, the miscarriage of our first child, and the last breaths of my first dog. I had to own a lot of sorrow, to rent a little peace. When my daughter is old enough to look at pictures, I will show her this one. I will tell her that she spent her first summer in a beautiful place where some people could afford many pounds of the lobster salad, and some only a few fork's worth. Still others would never try it at all, but all around us, everywhere, we are surrounded by the democracy of water, by the bleeding sun and the swishing boats and back at home, the Maldon sea salt lives for a time in the lovely rented cupboard. I will say, When you were four months and twenty-four days old, you, my love, were the Princess of The Springs, and everywhere we went that summer, we were home.


Today: Mostly cloudy. Patchy morning fog about the ranges. Medium chance of showers about the ranges, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm about the ranges during this afternoon and evening. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures between 15 and 19.


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The Fairfield Museum is pleased to continue celebrating the exceptional work of talented regional photographers through the IMAGES 2021 Juried Photography Show. A jury of three professional photographers will select approximately 40 photographs for the exhibition, and the selected photos will be shown alongside the remarkable work of Camille Seaman.
To submit your work to IMAGES 2021, please click here.
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Featured Photographer: Camille Seaman
Camille Seaman was born in 1969 to a Native American (Shinnecock) father and African American mother. She graduated in 1992 from the State University of New York at Purchase, where she studied photography with Jan Groover and John Cohen. Her photographs have been published in National Geographic Magazine, Italian Geo, German GEO, TIME, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Newsweek, Outside, Zeit Wissen, Men's Journal, Seed, Camera Arts, Issues, PDN, and American Photo among many others. She frequently leads photographic workshops. Her photographs have received many awards including: a National Geographic Award, 2006; and the Critical Mass Top Monograph Award, 2007. She is a TED Senior Fellow, Stanford Knight Fellow as well as a Cinereach Filmmaker in Residence Fellow.
Camille Seaman strongly believes in capturing photographs that articulate that humans are not separate from nature. To learn more about her extraordinary work, please visit Camille Seaman's website.
IMAGES 2021 is presented in memory of Marcia B. Saft. A former Fairfield Museum Board Member and devoted community leader and philanthropist, Marcia Saft (1945-2016) was an enthusiastic supporter of Fairfield's history and artistic legacy.
IMAGES 2021 Juried Photography Show
The 13th Annual IMAGES 2021 Juried Photography Show provides an excellent opportunity for artists to connect with prominent collectors, gallery owners, fellow photographers, and the public. Professional/Serious Amateur, and Student photographers from Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts are invited to participate. The award for the Professional/Serious Amateur winner is a six-week exhibition of their own work. The Student winner will receive a professional portfolio review.
Submissions will be accepted from January 1, 2021 through midnight on Sunday, February 28. IMAGES 2021 Juried Photography Show will open on Saturday, April 17 and runs through Sunday, June 6 in the Jacky Durrell Meeting Hall at the Fairfield Museum and History Center.
To submit your work to IMAGES 2021, please visit: https://www.gogophotocontest.com/fairfieldmuseumimages2021
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Our Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded, thank you! You can now purchase the deck on my site!
My love for tarot cards goes way back to when my mother gave me my first deck at 16 years old. The tarot and its history has always fascinated me. It has a direct way of communicating, clarifying, and healing our stories through a divine channel. It was an easy transition to move on to using oracle decks. I began to use them in my painting workshops, retreats, and women's circles. The students seemed to rejoice and get just as excited as I always have. The cards seem to have a way to uncover, reassure, ground, and direct our lives. They are like gifts or messages from higher realms represented here on the Earth plane. How can anyone resist that?
The Mysteries of Love deck came about as a natural collaboration between my mother, Jane Hennessy, and I. My mom has a classical timeless style, which complements my bright and wild aesthetic in perfectly imperfect contrast. Having spent hours outside as a child with her encouragement, we both share a deep admiration for the natural world and all the mysteries within it. She painted the main illustrations of each subject and I designed the rest of the card, with the help of designer friends. It speaks of the Creator's love and masterful artistic side—each animal, plant, and flower spirit represents some aspect of the mystery. We have spent almost a year and a half working on this and we hope you love this creation as much as we do! Our hearts are brimming to be able to offer this to you.
Our intent for this deck is for it to feel like a golden blessing or treasured gift. Gold leaf adorns the gorgeous and intricate design of the box, as well as the back of each card with a flower of life design and a heart in the center.
The oracle includes 48 cards with guidance from the flower or creature realm. Each card measures a generous size of 3.75 x 5.5 inches. The Mysteries of Love Oracle also contains a guidebook that further shares the message of each card.
"I absolutely love this deck! Everything about it is if he highest quality—the stock, the book, the box, the edging.


Great views of the bay !!
Lot Size: 411 sq. m.
Very nice flat lot that is ready for you to build your dream home. Located steps from the bay, walking distance to JJ's, restaurants and the Cholla Mini Market. You can build a 2 story and have great views of the mountains too. Check this lot out !!


I'm ashamed to admit I did compromise my character in the last job I held. At the time I felt I had no choice but we all have choices. I guess that's why I wasn't upset when they laid me off. During the eleven months I was there I had to work with dishonest, disloyal, unfriendly, and unfair people. People who didn't say hi or smile a welcome unless I made the effort first.
It was difficult lowering my work ethics working for these people. At times I felt forced to act and do something totally unlike me. Nothing illegal. But it bothered me. Especially coming from the strong Disney background that I did.
I made a promise to myself that I won't do that again. The money was nice but it wasn't worth it.
Debbie aka Tory...I applaud you for putting on your big girl pants and coming away from the experience knowing yourself better. Being honest with ourselves leads to growth.
LOL...I try to stay true to myself but you're right, we've all been there.


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Q: Entity Framework, Prevent duplicate records, simultaneous connections If i use entity framework as the backend for a MVC Web API one controller might look something like this (quick mockup):
   public class PersonController : ApiController
   {
        [HttpPost]
        public void AddPerson(Person val)
        {
            DbContext context = new DbContext();
            if(!context.Persons.Any(x=>x.Email == val.Email))
            {
                context.Persons.Add(val)
                context.SaveChanges();
            }
        }
   }

The problem being that if this operation was called 50, 100 times every few seconds (probably not a good example) there is a high possibility that multiple entries could be added with the same email address.
If the val parameter was a list of Person you could check the changetracker to see if someone had been added with the email address before you SaveChanges() but this doesn't work when you have lots of calls from different sources.
You cannot have a static DBContext either as it will throw an exception saying its busy.
One idea i did think of was the same setup but having a static method which returns a instance (the same instance) of a dbcontext but with a lock() on it creating a kind of like queue but this could impact performance an isn't a great idea.
How do you get around this?
The example is not relevant to what I'm doing but just something simple to explain the scenario. It doesn't have to be specific too i guess.
Thanks
Steve

A: put a unique constraint index on the email table?
or
change your SQL Transaction Isolation level to Serializable?
or
lock a static object so 1 method can go through that method at a time?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c5kehkcz.aspx

A: I don't know who or what the consumer is of this service. But why would the same user be added multiple times per second?
Multiple Addings of a Person with the same email address should indicate the same person, but other properties may differ. The question is then which do you want to "win", the first or the last?
A simple and effective way is to set a unique constraint on the Email property in the database and handle the exception in a suitable way.

A: If you don't need the DB to be updated real time, you might as well queue each request, and just have a single worker that would process the queued requests.


The Alcoa Scholars program is a unique opportunity for 63 high school students from diverse backgrounds and nationalities to learn and grow in two of the United States' most beautiful protected lands: Yosemite and Olympic National Parks. This two-week program is designed to develop future environmental leaders as it takes students on a challenging physical and academic journey into spectacular wilderness. Scholars participate in a multi-day backpacking adventure, conduct hands-on science projects, help take care of the national park through a service project and explore environmental issues from a global perspective.
Supported by a new group of friends from around the world, Scholars return home with a deeper connection to the environment, empowered to make a difference in their home communities.
This program is free, including necessary travel expenses, thanks to a generous grant from Alcoa Foundation.
In the heart of California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, Yosemite National Park is home to some of the world's most striking and iconic views. Towering granite domes, gushing waterfalls and diverse habitats provide the perfect setting for hands-on environmental science education.
Thank you for your interest in the NatureBridge Alcoa Scholars program! The 2019 application submission period is now closed.
Updated April 2, 2019: Scholars will be announced by the end of this week and confirmed upon completion of the NatureBridge medical exam.
Click on each link (above) to be directed to the appropriate form.
Important: If accepted into the program, students will need to provide a NatureBridge Medical Exam that has been completed by a doctor within two weeks of acceptance (by April 17). Early medical exams are accepted. If you choose to wait to get a medical exam, please be sure to still schedule it now. Applicants will not be fully accepted into the program until the NatureBridge medical exam is reviewed and approved by NatureBridge staff; those who are given preliminary acceptance but have not submitted their NatureBridge medical exam by April 17th will forfeit their position in the program.
You will encounter challenges which make you a better person, you will meet people who inspire you and you will find something bigger than what you were searching for. You will realize how great life is, how many opportunities you have and how thankful you are. You will need less and will want to give more.
Lára participated in the 2018 Alcoa Scholars program in Shenandoah and created a video about her experience.
Andreea participated in the 2018 YOlympic Scholars program and wrote an essay about her experience.
Daniel participated in the 2018 YOlympic Scholars program and wrote an essay about his experience.
Fanni participated in the 2018 Alcoa Scholars program in Shenandoah and created a powerpoint about her experience. She then shared her presentation with her class at school. You can see the powerpoint she created below.


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Q: Can I read B.csv and write to A.csv in new columns without read A.csv? A(csv file) record stock price which crawl from a stock-website everyday.
Stock_num     Stock_name       20201201
0001           appl             201.3
0002           goog            1001.5

B(csv file) newest data crawl from same stock-website
Stock_num     Stock_name       20201202
0001           appl               208.3
0002           goog               999.8

I want to use pandas to write B into A in below format(without read A).
Stock_num     Stock_name       20201201    20201202
0001           appl             201.3         208.3
0002           goog            1001.5         999.8

I had try below:
B.to_csv('A.csv',index=False,mode='a', encoding='utf_8_sig')
But what I got is:
Stock_num     Stock_name       20201201
0001           appl               201.3
0002           goog              1001.5
Stock_num     Stock_name       20201202
0001           appl               208.3
0002           goog               999.8

I know I can read A.csv and concat with b.csv then output.
But is there a way I can write B.csv into A.csv without read A.csv?

A: See if dask helps it run faster. You are still reading in both files, but it could be hundreds of times faster/more memory efficient with dask:
import dask.dataframe as dd
A = dd.read_csv('Desktop/A.csv')
B = dd.read_csv('Desktop/B.csv')
df = A.merge(B)
df = df.compute()
df.to_csv('C.csv', index=False)


Solihull School is a coeducational independent school situated in the centre of Solihull in the West Midlands. Dating back to 1560, the school has a proud history as a centre of educational excellence.
As part of the schools continual improvement programme a refurbishment of the sports hall was carried out in 2013. Mikrofill supplied a combination of equipment including an Ethos 50kW condensing boiler, pressurisation package and an Extreme 300 litre HWS loading cylinder c/w unvented kit.
The new equipment provided heating to a VT circuit within the sports hall and over 1100 l/hr of HWS to the shower block. The Extreme loading cylinder maximises efficiency by ensuring a low return temperature to the Ethos boiler when producing HWS.
The new system was designed and skilfully installed by Midlands based mechanical contractor William Austin Engineering Services Ltd.


Expressionism is a seeking of the artist to express elemental feelings that are inherent in a real world. The artist sees the conflicts in nature an in the human being and tries to express this on canvas. Vincent Van Gogh, the forerunner of this movement, strove to paint what he felt and to feel what he painted. the Expressionists after him have branched out into all directions, but all of them expressed their feelings through their art.
Vincent, the greatest and most revolutionary Dutch painter after Rembrandt, was born in Groot Zundert in the province of Noord Brabant on March 30, 1953. He was the first live child born to Anna Cornelia Carbentus Van Gogh and Theodorus Van Gogh. The second of the six children, Theo, was born four years later.The Van Gogh family history can be traced back to the sixteenth century. They were primarily preachers and artists. Van Gogh's father was a preacher, and he had three uncles who were art dealers. These two strains exerted strong, and often contradictory, influences on Vincent all of his life.
Herrin, Paula, "Vincent Van Gogh: How His Life Influenced His Works" (1970). Honors Theses. 409.


The seamless tie up of the old with the new office space provides a sense of homogeneity to the free flow of the design language, expressed as the salient feature of the project.
The efficiency in the office design comes with the adept spacing out of the respective work zones, beginning from the staff workstations to the cubicles and senior management cabins, along with the public spaces, inclusive of the cafeteria and akin utilities. In the advent of a reinvented, largely contemporary reception space, exclusive to the managing director, another accompanies the former positioned at the reverse end catering to visitors and customary requisites. Inseparable from the design – the panoramic view of the Nariman point seascape is inherent in almost every workspace, boosting productivity and enhancing the work environment.
The client's fearlessness in the design brought about a freedom of expression in conception and execution, coming forth in its unique style. The outsourced Italian furniture and the customized wooden fabrication and finishes, collectively unfold into a holistic design flanked by a high level of detail and precision. The balance maintained between the vibrant-contemporary furnishings and the subtle yet classical character is fresh and a trend-setter.


Description: Join us for a tasty 2 hour tour! Enjoy the history and tastes of the town on a leisurely stroll. Meet owners and artisans and almost walk off the calories. The walking tours start in the Dock Square area.


No more job, no more flat. I returned them to their respective owners on the 31st October. It did feel strange. But I have enough other things to worry about. I had to collect my laptop and tent from their respective repair workshops. The former didn't come back and will never do, so I had to quickly buy another one and wait for a refund of the first one. The keyboard is in French and it seems hard to re-adapt. And the layout is quite cumbersome for typing English. I'll get key-stickers to stick over the punctuation signs.
I got the tent back today, 2 days before my planned departure. I was thinking of leaving on Sunday, and unless the small forecasted rain turn into a storm, I will leave this Sunday 04 November, to Lucerne.
On the weather side, the mild temperatures of Autumn are abruptly gone. We had snow storms last weekend. It was much colder this week, with temperatures below 0 in the morning and in the evening. It is going better and seems to be around 10 °C during the days now.
I hope those little unexpected events will count towards my quota of bad luck for the trip.
A brave decision and for sure a great adventure in front of you. Take care!


Paladin, Ranger & Mercenary Armory is another outstanding Skyrim Special Edition armor mod for the PlayStation 4.
While it doesn't add "new" armor to the game, it modifies existing armor and gives it a few lore-friendly themes including Paladin, Knight, Warrior, Fighter, Ranger, and Mercenary. All of them are classified as light armor.
To give you some idea, there are 10 armors, three helmets, five robes, three different sets of clothes, 12 hoods, four pairs of boots, 10 bracers, 10 two-handed weapons, 12 one-handed weapons, six shields, and seven bows that come with buffed arrow variants. It's a huge mod.
Unlike some of the other Skyrim mods we list here, these items can be crafted from the get-go. There aren't any limitations in place.


ORA-20001: Person type must be either APL or APL_EX_APL while using API HR_EMPLOYEE_API.HIRE_INTO_JOB to hire applicant as employee?
Why does HR_EMPLOYEE_API.HIRE_INTO_JOB API give error 'ORA-20001: Person type must be either APL or APL_EX_APL.' while hiring an applicant as an employee?
ORA-20001: Person type must be either APL or APL_EX_APL.


Adwait Yoga School provides the Meditation classes to meditation seekers, by the highly experienced Meditation Masters, at its centres, as well as at seekers' homes.
Meditation in Sanskrit is called Dhyana, Jhana in Pali, Chana in Chinese, and Zen in Japanese. Meditation enables you to realize the Truth, your True Nature, and the mysteries of the life and Existence.
Meditation is the Seventh part of Sage Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga, and the Eighth or last part of Lord Buddha's Ashtanga Yoga. The dhyana itself becomes Samadhi when it reaches its ultimate state. Dhyana requires the complete involvement of your whole being. So, to involve your complete being, you need to first collect, compose and concentrate yours whole being. Therefore, its earlier parts, (as described by Sage Patanjali or Lord Buddha) are imperative to practice in order to enter into deep Dhyana.
Since Meditation requires the involvement of your whole beings, it gets transformed during its process only, and your being becomes Divine, Enlightened and Blessed in degree of transformation, whosoever comes in your contact feels solace, peace, energy, brilliance and blessings.
There are certain scientific, highly effective yet easy-to-do techniques, described by different ancient and contemporary masters of east and west. Meditation, being a part of Yoga, ought to be learned from a Real Yogi, but not from philosophers who just talk, lecture and do intellectual conversations only, but not have experienced.
Sage Patanjali and Lord Buddha have shared their empirical knowledge of Meditation, along with their disciples, which are found in their authentic text books. Sage Patanjali's Sutras are found in 'Yoga Darshan', and Sage Buddha's in 'Diamond Sutra', 'Lankavatara Sutra', 'Lotus Sutra', etc. Their Sutras are very scientific and most authentic. Lord Shiva has also shared His Sutras of Meditation / Dhyana with His first disciple Godess Parwati, which are compiled in different books, like Vigyan Bhairava, Shiva Samhita, etc. Also Lord Vishnu has shared His most Scientific, very easy yet highly effective Sutras with His disciples, collected in 'Yoga Tattva Upanishad'. Lord Brahma's Dhyana Sutras are kept intact by Guru-Shishya (Master-Disciple) tradition by Rishis, in some Classical Upanishads, like Isha Upanishad, Kena Upanishad, Katha Upanishad, Mundaka Upanishad, Mandukya Upanishad, Taittiriya Upanishad, Chhandogya Upanishad, Brihadaranyak Upanishad, Kaivalya Upanishad, etc. Sage Vyasa has also shared His empirical Sutras through His text book named 'Brahma Sutra'. These Classical Scriptures are filled with most Scientific, Authentic and Effective Sutras of Dhyana.
•	The ability to focus your mind.
•	The ability to decide and carry on your decisions.
•	Better functioning in daily life, whether at home or at work.
•	The ability to study and comprehend more quickly.
•	Stop being carried away with every passing thought.
•	Freedom from needless and annoying thoughts.
•	Think when you want to, about what you want to think.
•	Help in developing psychic abilities.
•	More powerful and efficient creative visualization and guided imagination.
•	True and perfect logic.


Over 380 journalists dug through millions of documents and began releasing what they found this week. Turns out Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross profited from business dealings with Putin's son-in-law and a Russian oligarch under sanction. Oops, he forgot to mention that on his disclosure forms! There are loads of revelations in these stories— the more you dig, the more you'll discover.
Robert Mercer funded Trump's campaign and Steve Bannon's "America First" crusade with cash stashed offshore in Bermuda. (Some Democratic funders and lefty celebrities are mentioned throughout the Panama Papers as well.) Oh, and Apple doesn't stash their money on a Caribbean island, turns out they hide their offshore dough on a tiny island in the English Channel. Be sure to dig into this reporting, it's fascinating stuff.


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Thanks for the follow-up. I'm using the predefined operation. I'll try and get a sample file and email it as you say. I wonder if the associated schema rules are causing Oxygen to insert those attributes.


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Alicia Silverstone's 'Bad Therapy' Moves to On-Demand Release in April
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Gravity Ventures won't be releasing "Bad Therapy" in theaters due to the COVID-19 closings, but the film is releasing on-demand on April 17th. Bill Teitler directed the comedy, which stars Alicia Silverstone, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, Anna Pniowsky, Haley Joel Osment, and David Paymer.
The official description reads, "Married couple Bob and Susan Howard (Rob Corddry & Alicia Silverstone) decide to see a marriage counselor named Judy Small (Michaela Watkins), who recently relocated close to their home in Los Angeles. When Bob and Susan first meet Judy, she appears competent, intelligent, and trustworthy, with a track record of other couples that she's treated successfully without incident. But Bob and Susan's particular emotional dynamic is a trigger for Judy's dark and conflicted impulses. Suggesting that she see them separately, Judy subtly puts them at odds with one another and brings their marriage to the breaking point in a comically escalating series of manipulations."
You may not get to see "Bad Therapy" in theaters, but the on-demand release does give you a new option to stream while you're staying indoors. Universal Pictures also decided to rush its films to on-demand services during the outbreak. Vin Diesel's "Bloodshot" is releasing on-demand on March 24th, and the action-thriller stars Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, and Guy Pearce. If you're looking for something age-appropriate for little moviegoers, Universal Pictures "Trolls World Tour" is hitting on-demand services on April 10th, the same day it was scheduled to debut in theaters nationwide. The animated-musical features an impressive voice cast, including Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, J Balvin, Rachel Bloom, Flula Borg, Kelly Clarkson, James Corden, Ester Dean, Jamie Dornan, Gustavo Dudamel, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Kunal Nayyar, Ozzy Osbourne, Anderson Paak, Anthony Ramos, Sam Rockwell, Betsy Sodaro, Karan Soni, Kenan Thompson, Charlyne Yi, with George Clinton, and Mary J. Blige.
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Potential – Word of the Day
Redgate Beach, south of Margaret River. The beach was closed yesterday, in fact, I couldn't even see it. The winds were gale force earlier in the day, and still strong in the afternoon, whipping the water in to shore, and making it difficult to keep a steady hand for filming. The western shore contains a variety of examples of rock formations that have been weathered by waves, and when you see the power of the water, it is no wonder.
Water is powerful, and in many ways. Wave power as an idea, a theory, has been around for years, though one the earliest attempts is still recent – Scotland, 1991. The long history of shipping has relied on water, and has also suffered from the volatility of storms at sea. The same can be said for the fishing industry, tourism, military purpose, exploration and more. Rivers and other sources of land based water have been critical for the survival of all species. Plants and animals vary as to percentage but all have a foundational volume of water that constitutes their being. Science has variably said that water is 80% of the human body, I say variably because others say it is even higher.
Water is fundamental for survival, dehydration is deadly for any species. And water, though abused by, is also fundamental to industry and manufacturing at every level. We know the absence of water contributes to desertification, and evidence from other planets shows that lack of water equals lack of life.
The potential of water goes back to the dawn of time, and onwards to the floating gardens of the Aztecs, Roman baths and aqueducts, the farming of rice, fish farming, reticulated agriculture, and the generation of electricity (hydro-power).
With climate change as a reality, even fiction, like the post apocalyptic story of Waterworld, seems less far fetched than when it hit the cinemas in 1994. Water is seen as part of our daily survival need, but also part of our future as once again, floating gardens, floating communities, hydroponics, aquaculture, and responses to climate problems like flooding, see Practical Action have become exciting options for ways forward.
And yet, we are far more diverse than water. The human is complex, and, beyond the primitive brain, unique in brain capacity for problem solving, design, learning, creating, conceptualising, and comprehension, to name a few potentials. We too can be a positive power in the world, veritable tsunamis of ideas, science, engineering, chemistry, the arts, and more. We too generate energy. And we have the potential to creatively solve the issues before us.
We can contribute to life, we are powerful, we can be creative, eroding and wearing down the barriers and the negatives, shaping and sustaining life and potential worlds and communities, we too are fundamental to nature though by good or ill, depending on how we value nature. We have the potential to turn around the whole climate change issue. Like water, we have to pool, pond, and gather together to get it done. Even the formation of water, hydrogen and oxygen is a metaphor for working together to achieve an outcome. One drop of water is just one drop of water, but many drops are potential, are power, resource, possibility, together we are an ocean of potential.
The ground was hard
many seeds to be planted
neighbours helping
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Affinity With Nature
Affinity – Word of the Day
Yet another winter storm was coming, hot on the heels of the first of the season, the waves were really pounding all along the shore. Thankfully the strong winds had pushed the first lot through to the wheat-belt. The dark, rain leaden clouds were a wonderfull counterpoint for the sunset, accentuating the colour.
Nature never ceases to amaze me, whether it be the thought of galaxies beyond, our own solar system, or that part of the earth where I live, there is always something to marvel at from the most simple to the really complex. Colour, texture, smell, sound, taste, it's all there.
We are dependent on nature, we need food and water for starters, oxygen, resources.
But I think we can be interdependent. As we live into the environment, we can manage our carbon footprint, manage our extraction and usage of both finite resources and renewables. We can help to establish regrowth of vegetation, and help repair after disasters, we can return some land to native vegetation, and we can value add what we harvest or remove, there is no limit to what we can positively do in this relationship.
Nature heals, forest bathing, meditating in the open, natural medicines, audio and visual pleasure, olfactory stimulus like petrichor, touch, the sun on skin, the wind around me. My mind is stimulated too, so much to learn, so much adventure, so much to reflect on. Just to be in nature is a wonderful experience for me.
I feel an affinity, a closeness, with nature. I love the feel of sand and rock, and they tell their own story. The streams, rivers and ocean speak, sing, and invade the senses. Eucalyptus like a balm. Dolphins and birds communicating. Sunrise and sunset drawing awe and emotion. I feel whole in nature, I heal better in nature, body, mind and soul. I feel at peace, and am often content in nature. Nature is always conversing, always reaching out to me. And I get perspective, I am part of something bigger than myself, that in itself is medicine for the soul. It's not about me, it's not just about everyone, it's about everything, every relationship of nature.
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It's truly a rare treat to witness just how a whiskey you've sipped for years is made. Last week, I had the opportunity to do just that, given that I was one of a handful of writers invited to visit the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee. I've visited distilleries before, but more so on the smaller, local scale, so I was in for quite the treat upon visiting the Jack Daniel's Distillery. The property really is stunning. From their limestone spring that boasts a seemingly limitless supply of spring water to the flames billowing from the staples of wood burned to create charcoal, all of it just looks amazing.
I took a ton of photos while at the Jack Daniel's Distillery, so I wanted to share a few of them with you guys before I recap my Lushworthy adventure at the distillery in a later post.
Our first stop at the Jack Daniel's Distillery was Cave Spring Hollow where the pure, spring water used to make Jack Daniel's is found. From there, we trekked to the area where stacks of maple wood are burned to create charcoal for the charcoal mellowing process.
View more photos at LUSHWORTHY.com.


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Dywizja Kräutler - utworzona w kwietniu 1944 roku jako grupa dywizyjna przy 20 Armii Górskiej. We wrześniu 1944 roku otrzymała oznaczenie Dywizyjny Sztab do Zadań Specjalnych nr.140 (Divisions-Stab z.b.V. 140), ale dalej zwana Grupą Dywizyjną Kräutler. Działała w Finlandii i Norwegii, tuż przed końcem wojny przemianowana na 9 Dywizję Górską. Jej jedynym dowódcą był generał-major Mathias Kräutler.

Skład
 139. pułk strzelców górskich (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139)
 3. batalion strzelców (Jäger-Bataillon 3)
 sztab 931 pułku artylerii do zadań specjalnych (Artillerie-Regimentsstab z.b.V. 931)
 inne pododdziały dywizyjne

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne
 lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de
 okh.it

Dywizje górskie III Rzeszy


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'Lady Jags' create history, qualify for CAC Games
May 17, 2010 Sports
– as best second placed team from Group F&G in WGC qualifying
Guyana's 'Lady Jags' have qualified for the Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico in July as the best second place team following competition in the Women's Gold Cup second round qualifying competition, groups F&G in Trinidad and Tobago, last week.
The Caribbean Football Union announced last month that the winners of the respective second round groups, Puerto Rico and the best second place team will qualify for the CAC Games.
Guyana's only loss in the second round was to host Trinidad and Tobago who won the rubber 3-0, the Guyanese ending after two wins with a +8 goal average, scoring 11 goals and conceding 3.
Trinidad who won the group ended with a +13 goal average in group F. Group G was won by Haiti who put aside the bad memories following the devastating earthquake to end with a perfect record undefeated after three games.
The Haitians beat Antigua & Barbuda 4-1; Cuba 3-0 and Puerto Rico 2-0. Cuba ended second in the group with 6 points the same as Guyana from group F but with a +3 goal difference.
The Cubans edged Puerto Rico 4-3, lost to Haiti and defeated Antigua & Barbuda 6-1 but it was not enough to deny the 'Lady Jags'. (F. Wilson)
Following are the point's standings for Groups F & G.
Country Played Won Lost Points GF GA GD
Trinidad 3 3 0 9 14 1 +13
Guyana 3 2 1 6 11 3 +8
Barbados 3 1 2 3 4 11 -7
St. Lucia 3 0 3 0 4 18 -14
Haiti 3 3 0 9 9 1 +8
Cuba 3 2 1 6 10 4 +6
Puerto Rico 3 1 2 3 11 6 +5
Antigua 3 0 3 0 2 18 -16


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SHIKSHIN 2010 EUROPEAN GO CHAMPION
Thursday August 12, 2010
Ilya Shikshin 7d (l) of Russia is this year's European Go Champion, winning the main tournament at the recently-concluded European Go Congress in Tampere, Finland. Click here for complete results in all EGC tourneys, including the Weekend, Rapid, Pair Go and more. Six Congress Bulletins with reports on the EGC were published and are available online as well. Click here for Congress photo albums and news. There are also some reports on EuroGoTV. photo of Shikshin by Judith van Dam, EuroGoTV
Categories: World
WORLD GO NEWS ROUND-UP: August 2-9
Tuesday August 10, 2010
Lee Sedol vs. Lee Changho in Price Information Cup: Lee Sedol 9P defeated Won Sungjin 9P by resignation in their semifinal match on August 8 to advance to the finals of the Price Information Cup. The title match is a best-of-three series that will begin on September 1. The winner will challenge current title holder Kim Jiseok for the 2010 Price Information Cup title. More information and the game record can be found at JustPlayGo.com. Surprising Advances at the Samsung Cup Qualifier: Two players who were not expected to advance have played their way into the main Samsung Cup. The qualifier tournament finished on August 6 with Min Sanhgyun, a Korean amateur, defeating several professional opponents to advance. In addition, the only Japanese player to advance was Murakawa Daisuke 5P. He is not a high profile Japanese pro, but is the second youngest Japanese pro in the modern era, just one month older than Cho Chikun was when he qualified. Click below for more information and game records.
– JustPlayGo.com
RECORD E-JOURNAL TEAM COVERS 2010 GO CONGRESS
Monday August 9, 2010
Earlier this week, Keith Arnold jokingly asked me if the E-Journal Congress Team was as big as the 32-player Ing field yet. Actually, it's larger, as it turns out (see below for the complete list; not all are pictured). Forty terrific volunteers contributed to 56 hours of broadcasts, 55 game records, 11 game commentaries and 38 reports published in the E-Journal and on the website. I'm honored to have had the opportunity to work with such a great group of people, from the main broadcasting team — the Todds, Steve, Akane, Matt, Sol, Chris B and Richard — to the game recorders, professionals, reporters and photographers, all of whom played a key role in bringing this year's Go Congress to the world and I thank them on behalf of go players everywhere. Thanks also to Karen Jordan and the Congress team for bringing us all together for such a great event, especially the tournament directors – especially Chris Kirschner, Ken Koester and Sam Zimmerman — who worked so closely with us this week and to the AGA Board of Directors and President Allan Abramson for all their support of the E-Journal's work. Finally – but always first in my heart – thanks to my wife, Lisa, who has so generously shared me with the go community for the last 25 years. See you next year in Santa Barbara!
– Chris Garlock, Managing Editor; photo by Roy Laird
2010 E-JOURNAL/WEBSITE/KGS REPORTING/BROADCASTING TEAM: TEAM COORDINATORS: Steve Colburn, Todd Heidenreich; KGS TEAM: Akane Negishi, Matt Heymering; VIDEO STREAMING/ING FINAL TRANSCRIBING: Todd Blatt; YOUTH EDITOR: Paul Barchilon; REPORTERS: Jake Edge, Lee Huynh, Laura Kolb; PHOTOGRAPHERS: Roy Laird, Gen Zhang, Edward Zhang, David Weiss; PROFESSIONALS: Yasumasa Hane 9P, Seong-Yong Kim 9P, Mingjiu Jiang 7P, Ryo Maeda 6P, Cheng Xiaoliu 6P, Jennie Shen 2P, Shigeko Hane 1P, Xuefen Lin 1P, Cathy Li 1P; TRANSLATORS: Yoshi Sawada, Shoji Honsono & Jonathan Kim; US OPEN/ING GAME RECORDERS: Solomon Smilack, Chris Burg & Richard Dolen; ING GAME RECORDERS: Gordon Castanza, David Weimer, Myron Souris, Ryan Bernstein, Jim Hlavka, Michael Huang, Mike LePore & Daniel Smith; REDMOND CUP GAME RECORDERS: Justin Teng, Ashish Varma & Hugh Zhang; Pro Pair Go: Josh Larson.
Categories: U.S. Go Congress,U.S./North America
BRESLER APPOINTED AGA RATINGS VP
Jonathan Bresler has been appointed Vice President for Ratings of the American Go Association, AGA President Allan Abramson announced. "We're confident that Jonathan will do an outstanding job in the care and feeding of our ratings system," Abramson said. "It's an honor to build on the more than 20 years of work by Paul Matthews, as well as Phil Waldron's recent updates and work to further integrate the ratings code with the AGA Go Database," said Bresler. "We now have an updated, open source ratings system downloadable from the ratings website, and Phil's latest work is the "Provisional Ratings Calculator." Bresler says "There are other projects in the works and more in the planning stages: stay tuned!"
MYUNG-WAN KIM 9P THREE-PEATS AS U.S. OPEN CHAMPION
Saturday August 7, 2010
Myung-Wan Kim 9P repeated as U.S. Open Champion Saturday, sweeping all six games and collecting his third straight Open title. He finished off his perfect run this week with a 161-move win by resignation over Canadian James Sedgwick 6D. His toughest challenge was from Tianyu (Bill) Lin 7d, the Canadian 13-year-old who held a lead for 90 moves in the first round but fell behind after missing a tesuji. Jie Liang 7D and Francis Meyer 7D also gave him a run for the money but were behind on points, while both Yongfe Ge 7D and Eric Lui 7D lost big groups to lose by resignation. The E-Journal's complete Congress tournament coverage online includes the US Open crosstab and results, including game records, the North American Ing crosstab and results as well as Redmond Cup game records and commented US Open and Ing games. The complete final winner's reports for all the Congress tournaments will be posted online and in the EJ soon.
– report/photo by Chris Garlock
U.S. GO CONGRESS: Friday Photo Album
photos by Chris Garlock & Andrew Jackson
Categories: Go Photos,U.S. Go Congress,U.S./North America
NORTH AMERICAN ING MASTERS: FINAL ROUND COMMENTARY BY YASUMASA HANE 9P (& FRIENDS)
This game between Ing finalists Eric Lui 7d and Huiren Yang 1P — the first Ing final appearance for both — was projected on two large screens in the main playing area of the 2010 U.S. Go Congress to a crowd of several hundred attendees,while hundreds more watched on KGS: on one screen was the actual game and a cloned game with Hane's commentary, on the other was a live video feed showing the players. Hane began the game commentary and eventually it was taken over by Maeda and Shigeko; all three — with the able assistance of translators Yoshi Sawada and Shoji Honsono — kept everyone entertained and engaged. At the three-hour mark the two players were still battling it out but the crowd, the commentators and the translators were transfixed, and the detailed commentary continued right through the end of the 4-hour, 3-point marathon game, which didn't finish until after 11 p.m.
2010 North American Ing Masters Tournament
Round 5, Board 1 (Final)
Played at UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
Broadcast live on the KGS Go Server
W: Eric Lui 7D
B: Huiren Yang 1P
Commentary by Yasumasa Hane 9P, Maeda Ryo 6P & Shigeko Hane 1P
Translation by Yoshi Sawada & Shoji Hosono
Recorded by Solomon Smilack, transcribed by Todd Blatt.
KGS support by Akane Negishi and Matt Heymering
EJ coordination by Chris Garlock and Steve Colburn
Categories: Game Commentaries,U.S. Go Congress,U.S./North America
CONGRESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Organizing Go Congresses takes a huge amount of hard work by a lot of people who volunteer their time and energy to pull together the annual gathering of hundreds of go players, professionals, go club and AGA volunteers. Here's a few of the folks who helped make this year's Go Congress a reality: Karen Jordan, Director; Ken Koester, Co-Director; Deedee Eckles, Pro Coordinator; Paul Barchilon, Youth Coordinator, Redmond Cup & Youth Tournament TD; Jim Michali, Treasurer; Bob Sorenson, Site Manager & Vendor Liaison; Erin Jordan, Registrar; Hal Small, Nakayama Memorial: Steve Colburn, Webmaster; Jon Hilt, web programmer; Cate Harris, Go Congress Book; Carmen Sears, Great Deals Guru; Xingshou Liu, Chinese Translator; Jason Kim, Korean Translator; Yoshi Sawada, Japanese Translator; Sam Zimmerman, Chris Kirschner & Ken Koester, US Open/NAMT Directors; Greg Alexander, Self-Paired TD; Lisa Scott, Women's Tournament TD; Haskell & Rachel Small, Club Team TDs; Martin Lebl, Midnight Madness & 9×9 TD; Dave Weiss, 13×13 TD; Jim Hlavka, Lightning TD; Terry Benson, Crazy Go. photo (l-r): Karen Jordan, Deedee Eckles, Stan Yamane (Karen's dad) & Joyce Yamane( Karen's mom). photo by Chris Garlock
THE KGS TATTOO GALLERY
Official E-Journal broadcasting partner KGS tattoos were ubiquitous this week at the 2010 U.S. Go Congress. The temporary tats showed up on the most unexpected people — including Cyberoro and Tygem commentator Seong-Yong Kim 9P and in the most unlikely places, including, according to some reports, some nether regions, but we were unable to get to the bottom of this story.
– photos by Chris Garlock & Steve Colburn
Categories: Go Photos,U.S. Go Congress
SHOTWELL PREVIEWS UPDATES TO "GO! MORE THAN A GAME"
Peter Shotwell, author of Go! More Than a Game, stopped by the U.S. Go Congress Friday evening to talk about some of the updates coming in a new revision of the book due in the next few months. In the seven years since the publication of the first edition in 2003, Shotwell has done additional research in several areas that will appear in the new edition, including a re-examination of the attitude of Confucians toward go, advances in computer go, the combinatorics of go, and the possible spiritualization of Tibetan go. It was long presumed that the Confucians did not think very much of the game of go, said Shotwell, identifying it with gambling and laziness, but a better dating of some of the source documents has led him to see an evolution in their thinking — including seeing some value in the game by the time of the last mention. The Confucian writings were from the third century B.C. but the game was not explained at all, which implies that it was very well known and thus quite old at that time. The earliest go board that has been found was from 141 B.C.E. in the guardhouse of a Han emperor's tomb and go was alternately praised and damned in the writings of the Han period. By the Three Kingdoms period in the third century, go was played by many and by 600 it was getting high praise in poetry. An archeological find along with a game that Shotwell played in Tibet got him thinking about the connection between spirituality and go in Tibet. He played with a government official while visiting Tibet and found out that there were some very different rules including only being allowed to move up to one space or a knight's move from an existing stone, bein g awarded five points for taking the center, and losing twenty points if you lose all of the corners. The starting position placed five stones of each color in a pattern on the fourth line around the whole board, which made for a kind of "race to the center." Shotwell thinks that these rules may have added a spiritual air to the game, which may have been done to "convince the early Buddhists that this new game from China was OK." Two stone boards from the seventh century have been found in Tibet since the first edition and interestingly, one of the boards had two depressions on each side, which may indicate that Japanese scoring with prisoners may have been used.
There have been huge advances in computer go since 2003 as well. At that time "any kid could beat the computer programs." But, since the advent of Monte Carlo simulations and advances in the tree pruning algorithms in 2006 and 2007, "the top programs are at an amateur 1D level." Once in a while, those programs can beat professionals when getting seven stones on the 19×19 board. On the 9×9 board, some programs are at a mid-level professional strength. Those programs use a lot of computer power, though, with up to 112 cores allowing them to do 100,000 simulations per second. Shotwell also pointed out some advances in go combinatorics, which is a branch of probability that studies the number of possible go games or positions. Two of the more interesting results from studies by Dr. John Tromp compared possible chess positions with that of go: for go it is a 171-digit number whereas for chess it is only 46 digits. Even more astonishing, perhaps, is that just the number of digits in the total number of possible go games is larger than the total number of possible chess games. Much of that information will be reflected in the new edition of his book, but Shotwell has also contributed numerous essays to AGA's Bob High Memorial Library.
– Report/photo by Jake Edge
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Martin Luther School Students on Kids Speak!
APRIL IS NATIONAL HUMOR MONTH, AND STUDENTS FROM MARTIN LUTHER SCHOOL IN BISMARCK TELL THEIR FAVORITE JOKES ON "KIDS SPEAK"!