If you love Liane Moriarty's books as much as I do than I think you will also love Other People's Houses! I love that this book is centred around a neighbourhood, and how interconnected the lives of these characters end up being. I am sure I am not the only one who is a little bit nosy, and this is a book that takes you inside other people's house!
I really enjoyed that the majority of the book was told from the perspective of Frances, a very well meaning woman who unintentionally discovers a secret about her neighbour. Frances is so relatable! I think we all have a Frances in our lives. That is what I enjoyed most about Other People's Houses, the characters are so real and feel as though they truly could be your own neighbours.
Other People's Houses is chock-full of drama, humour, and relatable characters. If you are looking for a quick book to read this summer, you can't go wrong with Other People's Houses!
I can almost guarantee you that Tin Man will be on my list of top ten books I read in 2018! I do not think that I have ever read a book that is so quietly beautiful. It says a lot of Sarah Winman's talent as a writer that a book that is only 208 pages had such an impact on me. It is a story that sneaks up on you and truly weighs heavy on your heart.
I wish there were more books about almost love stories. I think a lot of us have experienced something similar, and always wonder what could have been. I appreciated that we are told the part of the story from both Ellis's and Michael's perspectives. While Tin Man is a love story, it is also a story about the power of friendship.
You may know that I always appreciated when art is an important part of the story, and that is certainly the case in Tin Man. Van Gogh's painting, Sunflowers, is referenced throughout the novel and plays a huge role in the story. That painting also inspired the gorgeous cover.
This is a book that I will recommend to everyone and anyone. It is one I will think about often, and will probably talk about on my blog until everyone has read it!
I've only heard wonderful things about Tin Man. Glad to hear you loved it so much, Kristin! I'll have to pick it up sooner rather than later.
It is so beautiful Jessie! I truly think you will love it!
Ah I want to read Tin Man so badly, just no time, and need to wait for a sale haha.
It is so good!! I hope it goes on sale soon because I really think you will love it.


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Opera with a Touch of Broadway…and a Lot of Love! — Of Maids and Men: Friday and Saturday, September 29 & 30 at 7:00, Sunday, October 1 at 2:00 — #LiveAtTheLyric!
Of Maids and Men:
Opera with a Touch of Broadway
and a Lot of Love!
Friday/Saturday, September 29/30 at 7:00PM Sunday, October 1 at 2:00PM
Of Maids and Men, a double feature of operatic comedy, will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29 and 30 and on Sunday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. at our historic Lyric Theater.
Soprano Genevieve Fulks, and baritone Marvin Murphree will sing some of your favorites from musical theatre to cover the range of a relationship from beginning to full maturity in the first act, then present the opera The Maid Mistress by Pergolesi as the second. Rich in meaning, yet bringing that meaning through humor and some of the most wonderful music the world has ever known, Of Maids and Men will leave the audience both touched and laughing.
Ms. Fulks recently portrayed Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera in the Ozarks in its 67th season, reprising the role she debuted with Springfield Regional Opera in its 2016 production of Figaro. Fulks is southern raised and trained, originally from the delta of Jonesboro. She made her professional debut with Opera Experience Southeast as Nella and Lauretta cover in Gianni Schicchi. She is at home in both opera and musical theatre and has since performed with Springfield Regional Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, Opera in the Rock, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra, The Messiah Project, Forum Sinfonia of Krakow, Poland, Ozark Family Opera Company, Conway Dinner Theatre, Springfield Little Theatre, and Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre.
Mr. Murphree has performed opera, oratorio and song recital throughout the United States, having sung with Lyric Artists of the West in Denver, Heartland Opera, Springfield Regional Opera, MSU Opera Workshop, Classic Arts Chamber Works, Branson Arts Council, as a University of Central Missouri guest artist, Jubilee Concerts in St. Louis, Kansas City Bach Festival, and many others in Missouri, Central OK Concert Series in Oklahoma City, as guest artist at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, and Trinity Concerts in Hutchinson, Kansas.
For tickets to Of Maids and Men, click any of our ticketing links or call (870) 391-3504.
Posted on September 28, 2017 October 2, 2017 Author WebmasterCategories Concert, Musical, Musical Comedy, Opera, Play, StandardsTags archive, comedy, concert, opera, play, shows, standardsLeave a comment on Opera with a Touch of Broadway…and a Lot of Love! — Of Maids and Men: Friday and Saturday, September 29 & 30 at 7:00, Sunday, October 1 at 2:00 — #LiveAtTheLyric!
LJ has released 17 critically acclaimed solo albums which feature his celebrated arrangements of popular tunes and genre-crossing compositions. In Fall 2010, he released the highly anticipated LJ Plays the Beatles Vol. 2. He was voted "Guitarist of the Year" by the readers of Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine and named one of the top acoustic guitar players of all time by Acoustic Guitar Magazine. A dynamic, entertaining performer and an accomplished clinician, LJ brings his passion for the guitar to venues around the world, creating a multi-faceted performance that belies the use of only one instrument. In Spring 2013 Laurence Juber released Under an Indigo Sky on Solid Air Records with a special limited edition vinyl for Record Store Day, and has just released LJ Can't Stop Playing the Beatles.
Posted on September 14, 2017 July 30, 2018 Author WebmasterCategories Americana, Blues, Blues-Rock, Concert, Folk, R & B, Rock, Standards, SwingTags Beatles, blues, British, classic, concert, Grammy, music, R & B, standards, world famousLeave a comment on Two-Time Grammy Winner Laurence Juber Returns! — Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 7:00 — #LiveAtTheLyric!
Golden Sounds of the Platters! — Friday, June 23, 2017 at 7:00 — #LiveAtTheLyric!
In Support of the Boone County Heritage Museum, It's Time to Spend
An Evening with the Golden Sounds of
The Platters!
On June 23 at 7:00pm, join us at the Lyric for a fundraiser for the Boone County Heritage Museum with An Evening with the Platters!
All ticket proceeds will go to benefit this vitally important and necessary organization. Come enjoy The Platters while they rock the house!
Special guest and longtime Harrison favorite James White will be opening the show.
Tickets are $16 (tax and fees included) and general admission and can be obtained at TheLyric.org or by calling 870-391-3504.
Come help us support this local treasure, the Boone County Heritage Museum!
Posted on June 13, 2017 June 28, 2017 Author WebmasterCategories Concert, R & B, Rock, StandardsTags archive, concert, music, R & B, shows, standards, world famousLeave a comment on Golden Sounds of the Platters! — Friday, June 23, 2017 at 7:00 — #LiveAtTheLyric!
Just a Little SWING for Christmas! – The Lisa Perry Quartet – December 10, 2017
Just a Little Swing for Christmas!
The Lisa Perry Quartet
Lisa Perry is a true renaissance woman. Any one of her talents would be enough to build a career on, but instead of so mundane an undertaking, she has followed the more enlightened path of building a life that integrates them all to bring joy and beauty to others.
Lisa grew up in a family that loves music and started singing and playing at a very early age. The daughter of a Texas Methodist minister, Lisa was surrounded by music both at church and in the home. Her grandfather—a cook on the Santa Fe Trail—played fiddle tunes for old-time barn dances. Her brother, Randy Crouch, fronts the Oklahoma band "Flying Horse" and has, for example, played fiddle and pedal steel on Lisa's "Canyon Rose" album.
Music, art and nature are closely linked in Perry's world.
"My maternal grandmother in Post, Texas would take us out to the canyons and we'd draw the things we saw," Perry said.
"My dad's mother was into working with thread and textiles." Embroidery has been one of her favorite mediums for a long time. "My embroidery art is kind of the result of things both my grandmothers were teaching me when I was young," she said.
~ Delania Trigg, Gainesville (Florida) Daily Register
As she and her husband relocated for work—from Texas to Florida to Arkansas, back to Texas and then back to Arkansas again—Lisa performed throughout the surrounding areas (and beyond), opening for headliners including Asleep at the Wheel and Jerry Jeff Walker. She's also shared the stage with Bonnie Raitt, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Hartford and Vassar Clements.
Consider those names for a moment, and you'll have an understanding of what the Lisa Perry Quartet brings; just for a start:
John Hartford won Grammys in three decades, wrote "Gentle on My Mind," and was central to the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou
Vasar Clements is called "The King of Hillbilly Swing"
Bonnie Raitt has won Grammys for the "Americana" style, but is generally considered a blues slide guitarist…and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Lisa brings that same sort of mixture to her performances, giving everyone something to enjoy. Her smooth jazzy vocal style has delighted audiences everywhere. A big fan of Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn, Lisa performs favorites from the 30's and 40's along with many standards and a host of original material (she has written literally hundreds of songs). As the Cibola County Beacon (Grants, New Mexico) said, "Although it might be a little difficult to categorize, the music by Lisa Perry is captivating and different."
Her renditions of nostalgic songs are enchanting to hear. It's especially delightful when she sings such favorites as "On a Clear Day," "As Time Goes By" and "Till There Was You."
~ Chet Callero, The Daily Commercial (Leesburg, Florida)
Painter, gardener, embroiderer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist Lisa Perry will bring her distinctive and captivating style to the historic Lyric Theater on the Harrison, Arkansas square to perform with The Lisa Perry Quartet on Saturday evening, December 10, 2016 at 7:00. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Beltone of Harrison, tickets for this concert, "Just a Little Swing for Christmas!" are only $5.00 and are on sale now through the OAC's ticketing web site or by calling (870) 391-3504.
Posted on November 17, 2016 January 10, 2017 Author WebmasterCategories Concert, Country, Standards, SwingTags archive, concert, showsLeave a comment on Just a Little SWING for Christmas! – The Lisa Perry Quartet – December 10, 2017
The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra RETURNS 7/8/17! #LiveAtTheLyric! #OnlyAtTheLyric!
July 8 at 6:00PM
The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra will be swinging back into the historic Lyric Theater on the Harrison, Arkansas square at 6:00 on July 8, 2017! After an initial pre-sale period to Ozark Arts Council members, ticket sales are now open to the public. (To be eligible for our ticket pre-sales—which for some events include ticket discounts—join the OAC today, and to be always up to date on OAC news, Be watching this site and subscribe to our OAC eNews.)
Just as it was in Glenn's day, the Glenn Miller Orchestra today is still the most sought after big band in the world. But when it comes to seeing the Glenn Miller Orchestra in Arkansas in 2017, there is exactly ONE place to do it: #OnlyAtTheLyric!
After the overwhelming response to the special appearance of the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra on June 26, 2016, the band will be returning to Harrison for it's only Arkansas performance of 2017, 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 8!
Posted on September 22, 2016 September 14, 2017 Author WebmasterCategories Big Band, Concert, Standards, SwingTags archive, big band, concert, shows, standards, world famousLeave a comment on The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra RETURNS 7/8/17! #LiveAtTheLyric! #OnlyAtTheLyric!

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Did you have any of these stars in your Official Fantasy Bundesliga team on Matchday 17?
The Bundesliga is back and the first Official Fantasy Bundesliga points of 2017 have been handed out!
Click here to check your Official Fantasy Bundesliga team's tally after Matchday 17!
With Timo Horn still recovering from injury, Thomas Kessler has used the opportunity to prove his worth between the Köln posts. Kessler made a string of top saves to prevent 1. FSV Mainz 05 from scoring at home for the first time this season and was duly rewarded with his first double-digit tally of the season.
Scoring a 72nd minute winner against SV Werder Bremen, Lukasz Piszczek secured his place in the Team of the Week for the second time this season. His goal against 10-man Bremen brought the Polish international to a career-high four goals in 17 matches.
Marvin Compper became Leipzig's oldest Bundesliga goalscorer with his first goal in the top flight since May 2012 in the 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt. The 31-year-old also picked up as many points - six - for duels won.
In his fourth appearance in the Official Fantasy Bundesliga team this season, Leipzig's captain led from the back on Saturday evening. Winning 79 per cent of his duels, the highest of any player on the pitch, Willi Orban ensured Leipzig kept their eighth clean sheet of the campaign.
With a season-high 17 points, Pawel Olkowski won an impressive 20 challenges to keep 1. FC Köln at bay on Sunday evening, and all for just 5.25M!
With his first ever brace in a Bayer 04 Leverkusen shirt, Hakan Calhanoglu notched up a total of 18 points this week. The Turkish midfielder was a defender's nightmare on Sunday afternoon, providing the most shots and most crosses of any player on the field.
The 28-year-old Darmstadt midfield engine put in the miles in the bottom club's goalless draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach. His 20 completed tackles and 59 touches, the highest of any Darmstadt player, guaranteed his worth for his first appearance in the Fantasy team this season.
For the first time, Schürrle found himself leading Dortmund's attack on Matchday 17 in the absence of AFCON representative Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The ploy paid off for Die Schwarz-Gelben as Schürrle netted his first Bundesliga goal since signing for the club last summer.
A single goal was all Mario Gomez needed to secure the Wolves all three points against Hamburger SV. It was the German striker's second Bundesliga goal on the trot and fifth overall in Wolfsburg colours.
Scoring goals number 134 and 135, Robert Lewandowski overtook Giovane Elber and moved up to second in the Bundesliga's all-time list of leading foreign goalscorers. The Pole scored bonus points for his brace and his last-gasp winner.
Sandro Wagner guided TSG 1899 Hoffenheim to their seventh victory of the season against FC Augsburg. The 29-year-old netted his 10th goal of the campaign to put Julian Nagelsmann's side in front - the fifth time this season he has given his side the lead (a league high).


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Patoranking Biography, Net Worth and More (2022)
Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie, popularly known as Patoranking is a singer, songwriter, dancer, entertainer, and stage performer who majors in the reggae-dancehall music genre in the Nigerian music industry. He came into the limelight after collaborating with artistes such as Konga, Slam, Reggie Rockstone, and XProject, and has never looked back ever since, even going on to surpass the aforementioned music acts before him. Patoranking was associated with Dem Mama Records (Now DM Records) and became very popular following the success of his song Alubarika featuring Timaya.
Patoranking was born on May 27, 1990 in Ijegun-Egba, Alimosho, Lagos State. He is a native of Onicha LGA, Ebonyi State, in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. His stage name was given to him by a Jamaican artiste at Alpha Beach in Lagos when they met and it was gotten from his first name, Patrick.
Patoranking and his family lived in Ijegun-Egba, Satellite Town before they later relocated to Ebute Metta, all in Lagos. He had his secondary education at Citizen Comprehensive College Epe, before switching to Jibril Martin Memorial Grammar School in Iponri, Surulere.
After his secondary education, Patoranking took to dancing as his profession, performing at street jams and carnivals before kicking off his singing career.
Patoranking is a reggae musician who has credited the likes of Buju Banton, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Lucky Dube, Chaka Demus, Majek Fashek, Blackky, Blackface, 2Baba and Marvelous Benjy as the music icons who have greatly influenced his music.
In May 2012, he released a single titled Iya Bisi, which featured Qdot and Kbaj. The song fuses dancehall and fuji music genres. Patoranking credited Qdot and Kbaj as part of the composers of the song after they had shared ideas with him on how the song should be.
On September 12, 2013, Patoranking released the audio and video for "Alubarika" at the same time. He featured Timaya in the song and he described the song as a summary of his life as a musical artiste, emphasizing that it opened doors for him in terms of building a fan base and working with established musicians in the process.
Patoranking signed a record deal with Foston Musik in February 2014 and this effectively ended his affiliations with Timaya's Dem Mama Records. Without wasting any time, he released the hit single Girlie O, days after signing for his new record label and the song was produced by WizzyPro. The music video for the song was shot and directed in London by Moe Musa, and it was released on 5 February 2014.
"Girlie O" remix featuring top music star, Tiwa Savage was released on May 19, 2014 and it was well received by music loving Nigerians. The song debuted at No. 9 on MTV Base's Official Naija Top 10 chart. The music video for the remix was shot and directed in London by Moe Musa just as it was done for the original song.
He was featured on Seyi Shay's Murda single alongside Shaydee. The song was produced by Dokta Frabz and released on 1 April 2014. On May 11, 2014, the music video for "Murda" was uploaded onto Vevo. It was directed by Meji Alabi for JM Films.
Patoranking's Daniella Whine and My Woman, My Everything singles charted on MTV Base Official Naija Top 10 chart. "Daniella Whine" debuted at No. 4 in May and topped the chart at No. 1 in June, while "My Woman, My Everything" also appeared on the chart, peaking at No. 2.
In January 2016, Patoranking was announced as one of the judges for the inaugural edition of the talent hunt, The Voice Nigeria. He released his first ever studio album God Over Everything on August 1, 2016, featuring guest appearances from the likes Phyno, Wizkid, Sarkodie, Olamide, Elephant Man, and K1 The Ultimate. The album debuted at No. 4 on Billboard's Reggae Albums chart.
Patoranking is widely reported to have dated a lady simply known as Leila and they both have a child, a son from the relationship. It is alleged that they have now gone their separate ways but they see once in a while as they are bound by their love child. Patoranking also has a daughter by the name Wilmer.
PATORANKING HOUSE AND CARS
Patoranking lives in a townhouse in Metro Garden, Lekki, Lagos State. He has a recording studio in the house which enables him to work very easily. He also has a number of luxury cars which include a 2014 Range Rover SUV, a Red Porsche, and a Mercedes G Wagon.
PATORANKING NET WORTH 2022
This 2022, Patoranking has a net worth of $4 million which when converted to our local currency, and according to our current exchange rate, stands at about ₦2.2 billion. He has been able to rise from very humble beginnings to a wealthy and influential artiste, the bulk of his net worth coming from his music and music shows.
ALBUMS AND SONGS
Patoranking has three albums to his credit, "God Over Everything" released in 2016 and "Wilmer" which was released in 2019. On August 2020, he released his third studio album titled "Three", a twelve-track album that packs some very interesting songs.
Some of Patoranking's songs include the following:
Celebrate Me
Abule
Up In D Club
Iya Bisi
Park Well
Alubarika
Girly O
Girly O (Remix)
Daniella Whine
My Woman, My Everything
Gal Ting Riddim (Cover)
Make Am
Another Level
No Kissing Baby
Love You Die
Suh Different
Heal D World
Lenge Lenge
Mon Bebe
Yo body
Whine it
Do Me
Old Bra
Lion In The Jungle
Love Is The Answer.
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As we ring in 2018 here at Staunton Schools, it is a time of renewal that serves as an opportunity to share with you, our school family and community, where we are as a District, celebrate the good things happening, and briefly share some of the challenges and the opportunities ahead.
The District currently has a total of 1,306 students enrolled. We have 928 students enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade and 376 students at Staunton High School.
We have 7 Board members elected by the community to set policy and direction for the District. Employees of the District include 4 administrators, 67 certified teachers, and 50 classified staff including bus drivers, one chaperone, cooks, custodians, secretaries, teacher aides, one nurse, maintenance and transportation supervisors.
The School District, in an active partnership with families and community, will promote excellence in a caring environment in which all students will learn and grow. This partnership shall empower all students to develop a strong self-esteem and to become responsible learners and decision makers. The District is committed to developing and using a visionary and innovative curriculum and knowledgeable and dedicated staff.
In July of 2017 the District began the fiscal year with a fund balance of $2,496,609. The District maintains nine funds within the budget, of those four are considered operating funds: Educational Fund, Operations and Maintenance Fund, Transportation Fund, and Working Cash Fund. Our current fiscal year 2018 (FY18) estimate for revenue within the operating funds is $9,118,561 and the FY18 estimate for expenditures is $9,357,859. When building a budget the District overestimates expenditures and underestimates revenues to the most realistic extent possible given the unpredictable nature of state supported funding for schools. While deficit spending for FY18 is still projected, it is possible the District may have a balanced budget at the end of the year for the first time since 2008 if new state tier funding is disbursed to districts this spring. It is important to remember that current budget numbers serve as more of a guide, as figures used are conservative projections of the year's expenditures and revenues. Any one factor can dramatically change the calculations.
Since 2012 the Board of Education and District employees past and present have worked tirelessly with the support and backing of our community to reduce the District's deficit spending by over $1.1 million; all the while we have been able to maintain a high level of program offerings and services for our students! We thank the taxpayers of our community because we can regularly count on receiving the tax dollars levied to support our schools.
This past fall school districts and communities throughout Illinois scored a historic victory for our students by reforming the most inequitable school funding formula in the nation! This was done in no small part from the efforts of our teachers, board of education members, families, community, and administrators who advocated tirelessly for the best interests of our students.
At the present, however, we are disappointed that schools are still waiting on the new tier money that is mandated by law to be sent to schools. The Governor's amendatory veto (AV) of Senate Bill 444, a bill that was to be merely technical clean-up language, is especially disappointing because it does not put our students first. Once again, here we are with our schools and students being used as political pawns at a time when we should be talking about investing in excellence in education. The Governor's AV has tacked on additional issues related to private school tax credits. This AV is non-compliant and includes language to direct more public funds to private schools that are not registered, accredited, or under the same accountability standards as public schools. This is nothing short of unacceptable!
Our State has left far too many children disadvantaged far too long. After years of dysfunction, we're on the verge of making Illinois notable for something else: one of the most equitable school funding systems in the nation. We have fixed the formula, but students in schools throughout our state have not seen new funding.
It is far past time to end the years of uncertainty and instability for schools and focus on what matters most: investing in student excellence.
The educators in our district family care deeply about the social and emotional well-being of the students we serve. Over the past year the faculty and staff from each school has had regular discussions, professional development, and improvements to current practice on trauma informed practice. During this current year the district has partnered with Southwestern CUSD #9 to add additional counseling services to each district. The District has outstanding family contact and involvement. Families attend Back to School Nights, Open Houses, interscholastic events, and are involved with their child's education. As our district strives to build upon family engagement strategies and social emotional supports for students, we will continue to look for ways to communicate with families to meet their needs. Most recently the District has been selected as one of three recipients statewide to receive a mini-grant in partnership with the Real Learning for Real Life Coalition to conduct a pilot parent teacher home visit project. The goal of the project is to build capacity within school districts to work with families to achieve the promise of an education by closing achievement gaps and preparing the whole student for college, career, and life after high school.
Offering a wide variety of extra-curricular, co-curricular and fine arts is core value of the District strategic plan. Our Fine Arts programs are a key component of our community engagement. Crowds pour into our schools to see the outstanding talent displayed by students in our concerts, plays, art show, and fine arts night! The band program continues to impress as one of the top small school bands in our area. Choir and drama put on many outstanding performances throughout the year. Staunton boasts a wide variety of extra-curricular sports and clubs. Athletic programs have been on an upswing fielding teams of quality student-athletes. Our students who have so much talent and dedication in representing our schools are truly amazing!!!
Over the past year faculty and staff from the District have been charged with creating a shared vision for technology as part of the district strategic plan. A goal for this vision is to become a 1:1 technology district. With the help of the Staunton Education Foundation's $25,000 donation the District was able to get a jump start on the technology plan. Beginning in the fall a pilot program will begin where all 5th and 9th grade students will have personal laptops as part of their instructional resources.
Relationships between the Board of Education and the two collective bargaining units, the Staunton Federation of Teachers and the Custodial Council of the Staunton Federation of Teachers, are positive with all parties working collaboratively to provide the best learning and working environment possible. Most recently a four year collective bargaining agreement was made between the Board and teachers and a five year collective bargaining agreement was made between the Board and custodians.
We are fortunate that this community supports the District with not only money but time as well! The Staunton Education Foundation, the Parent Teacher Organization, the Athletic Boosters Club, the Band Boosters Club, the FFA Alumni along with the Staunton Federation of Teachers, the Retired Teacher's Association and many, many individuals, organizations and businesses support Staunton KIDS! Thank you!
Great learning opportunities begin at the Staunton Elementary School as children arrive in a safe community setting with a warm, dedicated and caring staff. The foundation for being successful students throughout school starts with our pre-kindergarten and primary grades, who are second to none. This past year our pre-kindergarten program was recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education as a Gold Star Rating program of excellence. The response to intervention program in grades K-2 continues to be an area of focus as teachers build upon instructional strategies and interventions to help students succeed at their highest levels. This effort will continue to expand throughout grade levels in future years. It is exciting to see a love for learning being instilled within students from teachers and staff who are caring, innovative, and treats each child as one of their own. Grade level teams collaborate with each other in such a way that challenges their peers and students while encouraging everyone's best. In addition to developing outstanding learners, it is a priority for Staunton Elementary to develop great people. Our students are the next generation's leaders. The generosity and caring attitude from others is often on full display, but especially so when others are experiencing difficult times. It is inspiring to see a school community rally around each other when others experience hardships.
Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth graders are at the Junior High where they are able to experience different teachers, changing of classes, and new challenges. Teachers at SJH instruct students at a very high level and are on the cutting edge of continuing to improve their craft of teaching. This attitude leads to engaging and exciting lessons for students. The teachers at SJH have outstanding relationships with students and truly understand how to assist them with learning how to navigate the social and emotional challenges of becoming teenagers. Looking ahead to the future, junior high students will look forward to a selection of elective courses that will help prepare them for what lies ahead in high school.
One cannot discuss charity and caring for others without mentioning SJH! Led by the student council and a staff full of innovative teachers who lead by example and have fun with kids, it takes only a quick look at the many events that raise awareness and funds for those in need to highlight the caring attitude and civic mindedness of students and staff!
Junior High Students are offered eleven extra and co-curricular programs in which they can participate throughout the school year. Many victories, championships, state appearances, and recognitions are prevalent throughout our programs in recent years. Teams and individuals have had great success in athletics that builds momentum for high school. This past fall marked the inaugural season for the Terriers Softball program. With the strategic plan as a guide, the district and community were able to partner together to offer this new program to our students at no financial cost to the district! Band and Chorus continue to build the foundation for what is a strong tradition of excellence in the Staunton Fine Arts Programs. During concerts it is common (and fun) to hear spectators comment that our student's performances sound as good as many high school programs! Despite all the accolades, the greatest success of our programs at the junior high are the values that our coaches, sponsors, directors, and volunteers work to instill within the young people involved in our many programs!
Freshmen through Seniors attend Staunton High School. SHS is known for excellence and continues to be a top tier school for academic learning as faculty and staff work very hard to prepare students for whatever path they may choose among the endless possibilities. Last year Staunton High School was recognized by the U.S. News and World Report as one of the top high schools in the nation with a bronze rating, the highest rating Staunton High School is able to receive! This recognition is a small reflection of the dedication, talent, and support of the entire district family! Teachers strive for and ensure that our students are well prepared. Twenty-two dual credit classes are offered providing students rigorous coursework, a head start in post-secondary education, and help families financially. The Vocational Department offers thirty-four classes in agriculture, business, family consumer science, and technology. The Fine Arts Department is overflowing with students as they choose art, band, and choir. Students are active as there are many clubs, organizations, and athletic teams for students to join and earn valuable leadership skills, a mindset of teamwork, and grow socially and emotionally. All of these things point to the high graduation rate and number of freshmen on track at Staunton High School.
The Macoupin County CEO class is offered to students throughout Macoupin County and is in the second year. Nine students are enrolled in CEO, leading the way in the county in what is a competitive admission process. In this class students learn to write business plans as well as operate a class business and their own individual business with real money, successes, and failures. These students also learn a very in depth set of skills in interpersonal communication and responsibility. This class prepares students to be successful in business and in life. We are proud of our SHS representatives as they serve as outstanding examples of the leadership traits we instill within our high school students!
SHS has had an amazing fall! Six students were named as Illinois State Scholars. These students represent our best of the best and are to be celebrated for not only their excellence but they also serve as examples of the rich academic tradition SHS has to offer. Just this past fall nearly 200 students were recognized during the annual Academic Awards Banquet for their achievements and heard an inspirational message from Dr. John Comerford from Blackburn College. Behind the successes of our students are our families, teachers, and staff! Inside and outside of the classroom our students are talented, work exceptionally hard, and they excel! Their performance is a treat for all and everyone should be very proud!
Staunton Schools are a source of pride within our community. Students are successful because of the outstanding relationships between them, their teachers, and support staff. As schools, we succeed because of the support from our community in time, money, and a belief in what we are doing to help everyone be their best.
Making student learning the first and foremost priority.
Building trust between the board, administration, faculty, staff, parents, students, and community.
Using the County Schools Facilities Sales Tax dollars to make $2.4 million in much needed repairs and improvements to our facilities. Thank you!
Worked to secure a more equitable funding formula for schools.
Working toward a balanced budget while still providing a high level of programming and services offered to students.
Identifying and renegotiating any agreements, contracts, or services in order to use taxpayer dollars as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Demonstrating open communication with stakeholders.
Rebuilding from the damage that was done after years of the State underfunding our schools in an inequitable manner.
Prioritizing programs and services to restore and add that will have the greatest return on investment for student learning outcomes.
Writing District and School Improvement Plans.
Addressing the statewide certified and substitute teacher shortage.
As superintendent, I am both humbled and honored to serve in a community that has great pride and support for its' schools! The community of Staunton and our schools are truly special places. Despite the challenges and adversity we face due to things outside of our control, we will continue to embrace the opportunities that lie ahead. Each day our families send us their best, their children. And it is our children who deserve no less than our best. I am looking forward to what lies ahead in 2018 for Staunton Schools, our students, faculty, staff, families, and community. Here is to leading, challenging, and achieving to do our best each and every day!


A drug dealer named Strike is just beginning to sell drugs on the streets. When Strike isn't selling drugs, he spends his time thinking of ways to get out of this mess. A head drug dealer named Rodney wants Strike to kill a fellow dealer for stealing cash. When this drug dealer is shot, Strike becomes a suspect. A cop believes there is a lot more to this situation and is determined to solve this puzzle.


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Q: how to do multi-language regex for a SPA routing in laravel? im using vue and laravel to do SPA application.
in my app im using vue-router in history mode, and its works like magic.
to make my SPA work properly even when you refresh a page im using:
Route::get('/{vue?}', function() {
    return view('main');
})->where('vue', '[\/\w\.-]*');

and it works, but, only in english.
when im trying to use Hebrew in my URL, its not working.
i thing the problem is the regex im using
please help me, thanks !

A: You can use
 '[\x{0590}-\x{05FF}\/\w.-]*'

It matches zero or more chars defined inside [...], a character class:

*

*\x{0590}-\x{05FF} - a range of Unicode code points that constitute a Hebrew character range

*\/ - a literal forward slash

*\w- word chars, i.e. ASCII letters, digits and an underscore

*. - a dot

*- - a hyphen.

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Q: Get Bézier curve coordinates calculated by glMapGrid1d/glEvalMesh1 I am using glEvalMesh1() to calculate the coordinates of a Bézier curve and draw the curve. To be honest I had a hard time finding out how this function works because I am a complete newbie in 3D graphics. Now I managed to draw the curve this way:
glLineWidth(PATH_LINE_WIDTH);
glMap1d(GL_MAP1_VERTEX_3, 0.0, 1.0, 3, PATH_CONTROL_POINTS, (double *) &(path->control_points[0]));
glEnable(GL_MAP1_VERTEX_3);
glMapGrid1d(50, 0, 1);
glEvalMesh1(GL_LINE, 0, 50);

I need to get the calculated coordinates for certain segments of the curve or the whole curve because I need to perform physics-related calculations.


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Q: How do I turn off text formatting on save in visual studio code? I don't know why my code is auto formatted on save and for some reason changing the layout. I figured out this was due to auto format on save. How do I turn auto save off in Visual Studio Code?

A: For others having the same problem and if Save without format is inconvenient to do every time and if you want permanent settings for saving without format here are the steps:
Edit the settings.json file. You can do that with the command "Open Settings (JSON)"
press Command + Shift + P (to open the command palette)
and start typing the command "Open Settings (JSON)" and select from the suggestions.

The setting is named formatOnSave and you should set it to false, to disable it. It can be present multiple times for different types of things.
"editor.formatOnSave": false
It is best to search for "OnSave", because there might also be other settings that are doing formatting on Save, for example:
"editor.codeActionsOnSave"

A: For Windows:
Here are the some basics steps to be followed to turn off auto complete.
Step:1 - Press Ctrl + Shift + P to open Command Palette. Then screen like below image appears.

Step:2 - Type Save without formatting and click the matching option available. It either commands on click or redirects you to next interface.
If it works on click then it's fine and if your are redirected to next screen just uncheck auto format option under onsave. For me it worked on cick to the shown command.
For Mac:
Cmd+K S

A: In mac you can save without formatting with the following shortcut, (No need to touch the config):

A: This was introduced in back in 2018, the keybinding (on MacOS) is:
Cmd+K S

For keybindings for your own system, search for the command saveWithoutFormatting in the Command Palette

A: Default: Ctrl + k + Ctrl + Shift + s on  Windows.

A: If you don't want to open the command palette every-time, you can change the Ctrl/Cmd + S shortcut to make the action  "Save without Formatting"
and remove the shortcut for "Save".


The Dark Elf society runs on a theocracy government, meaning that religion runs the government. Usually this person is the arch priest or priestess of Deuzulus, more commonly a priestess as Dark Elf women commonly are pushed towards the divine fields of magic. Who this person is typically is whoever is the strongest of the priest or priestess. This is because of the typical route of Dark Elf culture, which is the strong survive and lead. In any aspect of hierarchy in Dark Elf culture, the lesser usually attempt to take out the higher in hopes of achieving higher rankings in their society, this goes for any role, whether it be a baker and his apprentice or in this case a High Priest or Priestess and a Arch Priest or Priestess. Due to this, leaders in Dark Elf history don't always last as long as other leaders in different societies, some not even long enough to have a proper stating in history.
Dark Elves, sometimes referred to as corrupted Vishim, are the product of torture and experimentation of the Vishim, all for a product of an obedient slave. The whole process was a complete failure as the newly create "slaves" slaughtered their masters, and their saviors who tried to rescue them. The Mysmaal nest where they were kept became a new home to the newly founded race, and a newly founded dark power. They are truly dangerous in combat and do well to be feared in dark and light magic, with all their worship going to the god of hatred, Deuzulus. Dark Elves often view themselves as a superior race to all others due to the Mysmaal's selective choice of increasing the raw strength and the intelligence of the race, which leads the Dark Elves to compare themselves to the brightest of thinkers and the bulkiest fighters.


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Targeting global unmet need for rapid molecular diagnostic for human TB
PBD Biotech is announcing that is focusing its efforts on developing Actiphage as a rapid blood test for Human Tuberculosis (TB) and will be suspending its commercial Johne's Testing Service.
PBD Biotech is announcing that is focusing its efforts on developing Actiphage as a rapid blood test for Human Tuberculosis...
TB blood-test developers PBD Biotech appoint Dr Marie Roskrow as Chair
Identifying those most at risk of active TB disease becomes a priority as fatalities increase. In response to this need, PBD Biotech is announcing that it has appointed Dr Marie Roskrow to chair its board and has expanded its scientific...
Identifying those most at risk of active TB disease becomes a priority as fatalities increase. In response to this need,...
Words Matter – how a shared language will accelerate development of TB diagnostics
Creating a shared language for talking about tuberculosis has been identified by the Stop TB Partnership as being a constructive step towards achieving the United Nations political declaration to eliminate TB by 2030.
Creating a shared language for talking about tuberculosis has been identified by the Stop TB Partnership as being a constructive...
Detecting subclinical TB – Actiphage only blood test for mycobacteria highlighted in TAG pipeline report
Actiphage is the only test in development for subclinical tuberculosis that directly detects mycobacteria in the blood, it has been revealed by the TAG pipeline report
Actiphage is the only test in development for subclinical tuberculosis that directly detects mycobacteria in the blood, it has been...
Improved diagnostics priority in Global Plan to End TB
The Global Plan to End TB is a costed public health plan. It aims to cut deaths by 90% in 8 years. A key recommendation of the report is to universally replace sputum microscopy with rapid molecular diagnostics.
The Global Plan to End TB is a costed public health plan. It aims to cut deaths by 90% in...
WHO Target Product Profile (TPP) for Tuberculosis
For some of the world's most infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB), The WHO has developed target product profiles (TPPs) to assist developers of new diagnostics.
For some of the world's most infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB), The WHO has developed target product profiles (TPPs)...
Who is most at risk of developing TB?
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that is spread by inhaling tiny droplets in the air released when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Many people carry the disease without realising, creating a reservoir of disease in a population.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that is spread by inhaling tiny droplets in the air released when an infected...
Rapid screening of high risk populations for latent TB
Estimates suggest that a third of the people in the world have latent TB - this is more than 13 million people in the US. Not all are at risk of the disease, so diagnostics are needed for targeting treatment.
Estimates suggest that a third of the people in the world have latent TB - this is more than 13...
PBD Biotech raises further £2.4m for its breakthrough tuberculosis blood test
Human tuberculosis is second only to Covid as the world's most fatal infectious disease. PBD Biotech has developed a diagnostic with potential to revolutionise management of TB.
Human tuberculosis is second only to Covid as the world's most fatal infectious disease. PBD Biotech has developed a diagnostic...
Promising TB diagnostic Actiphage selected for evaluation by R2D2 TB Network
Ease of use at the point of need is vital for the roll out of a diagnostic, so PBD Biotech, developers of Actiphage - a rapid blood test for early-stage tuberculosis - is partnering with the Rapid Research in Diagnostics...
Ease of use at the point of need is vital for the roll out of a diagnostic, so PBD Biotech,...
See us at The Dairy Show
Ensuring consumer confidence in dairy products has never been more vital and we are delighted to have the opportunity to talk about our new blood test and bulk milk test with producers, cheesemakers, dairy companies and others across the industry...
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Mondana Cook joins PBD Biotech to bring human TB diagnostic to market
New Chief Operating Officer brings experience of tuberculosis vaccine and precision medicine.


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ISP Stories November 20, 2014
Google can now launch up to 20 of its Internet-serving Project Loon balloons in a single day
- Nov. 20th 2014 3:11 pm PT
Tech Industry Loon ISP
Google is busy working on bringing Internet access to the masses through its balloon-powered Project Loon program and today the outfit shared some impressive statistics related to the project's progress. One of the company's biggest advancements is that its balloons can now last 10 times longer in the stratosphere than they were able to last year. The tech giant also noted that most of its floating Internet stations are lasting 100 days and some even surviving up to 130 days.


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Michigan Can Afford a Tax Cut
State revenue has grown for years
March 1, 2017 |
By James M. Hohman
In a statement explaining why he voted against a bill to slightly lower income tax rates over time, Rep. Chris Afendoulis, R-Grand Rapids Township, remarked, "This plan will jeopardize our state's bond rating and will create a structural deficit in the general fund of over $2 billion by 2022." However, Michigan's budget picture is rosier than he suggests: Revenues have grown and are growing. Michigan can afford a modest tax cut.
The small rate reduction voted down in the House would have lowered the rate from 4.25 percent to 4.15 percent starting on Jan. 1, 2018, with further reductions coming later. The reduction would mean that residents keep $195 million more of their income and Lansing would receive $195 million less from this tax. If the tax cuts continued as scheduled, this number would increase to $463 million the year after.
This would require no budget cuts at all since the reductions are smaller than the expected increase in state revenue. The governor's budget for next year alone proposes spending $777.5 million more than the state does now. The proposed tax cut would only reduce the rate at which the state government increases its budget.
The tax-cut proposal comes after a large increase in tax revenue. Since 2010, Michigan tax and fee revenues increased by $5.8 billion, a 23 percent gain.
Michigan's fiscal situation is even stronger than those numbers suggest. Lawmakers employed some tricks that depress state revenue. One method is to spend taxpayer dollars in the form of "refundable tax credits." When some "taxpayers" claim credits that exceed what they owe in taxes, they get a check that comes from other taxpayers. The state considers this spending as something that "lowers revenue," even though it transfers cash from all taxpayers to politically favored interests.
Likewise, the state can give money to other entities without having to recognize it as spending, further understating the amount it spends. For example, the state earmarks one of its taxes to local governments to reimburse them for cutting property taxes levied on business equipment. Local units will get $321.5 million from the state this year, all of which is not considered state spending.
When it comes time to reduce the burden on regular taxpayers, though, lawmakers do not explore such gimmicks.
And as Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, pointed out, the state's appropriations process is set up to prioritize spending. The state's $55.4 billion budget covers a lot of ground, and a modest $195 million tax cut can be a part of that process.
Lawmakers tend to find ways to come up with the money when pressed. Before raising fuel and vehicle registration taxes, they found $400 million in the budget to pay for road repairs. They freed up cash for bailouts of Detroit and the Detroit Public Schools. They found the money when the $1 billion bill for Granholm-era business subsidies came due. Asking lawmakers to come up with a way to spend $195 million less than they would otherwise is a reasonable request.
Michigan's budget continues to grow. It is disappointing that lawmakers feel like they need to spend all that comes in, and more. That is the message they've sent to residents when they voted down the modest decrease in tax rates.
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Parma ou pármula era um escudo romano de forma arredondada e bastante leve, porém muito resistente, utilizado por cavaleiros ou infantes com armadura leve (vélites e leves). Era pequeno, medindo apenas 91 centímetros, e tinha uma estrutura de ferro para reforçá-lo e às vezes pedras preciosas para adorno. Na dança pírrica, o parma foi erguido acima da cabeça dos soldados e espancado com uma espada de modo a emitir um alto ruído de toque. O termo parma por vezes foi aplicado para o cetra, outro tipo de escudo circular pequeno que assemelhava-se a este escudo.

Virgílio, em sua Eneida, em certa passagem associa o termo ao clípeo do Paládio, pois, sendo pequena a estátua, o escudo também o era em proporção. No Museu Woodwardian havia um parma votivo, gravado e dourado, no qual há uma representação provável do saque de Roma em  por Breno e sua recuperação por Marco Fúrio Camilo nas bordas e uma bossa com uma face grotesca com chifres de carneiro, folhagens e uma barba torcida. Provavelmente fora feito no reinado de Cláudio  ou Nero .

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Q: creating symbolic link from select file type in a folder i have a folder with many different types of files...but i want to create a symbolic link of only files that are of a certain file type (the data files with extension *.txt.mrg) in this case...i want to have the same file names for the symbolic links as the original files...how do i do this? i want to be able to create all the symbolic links in one command for that file type.

A: find /your/source/dir/ -iname '*.txt.mrg' -exec ln -s '{}' /your/dest/dir/ \;

Warning: to make this one-liner work, you must use absolute paths.


This note is from Marsha from Indiana. My husband and I met you on a trail by Snowbird last April. (It was our honeymoon!). You were leading a hike with women and you gave us your card/information. You added me to your mailing list of hikes, trips, groups, classes and activities.
I just wanted to let you know how much I love receiving the emails. I was so captured by Utah, and I appreciate seeing pictures of it. I am so impressed of all the activities and trips that you offer! I so wish that we could participate. I have told Todd that I loved the area so much I have sights on retiring there, and he agrees. I do so hope when or if that day comes that you are still in the area and can introduce us to all the wonderful experiences you offer. Of course until that day comes, I hope we make another trip there.
On particularly weary days for me at work, it gives me great joy to open your emails and see beautiful pictures of Utah, think back of our trip, and to yearn for the day I can return.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful world with me!


There are a lot of great collaborations out there, but this collab is definitely one for the books! Two of Portland's most loved heritage outdoor brands have united in the form of a boot. Beckel Canvas, known best for their signature canvas tents and bags and Danner, known best for their well-made American boots, have partnered to create a classic Danner boot made from leather and Beckel canvas. The collaboration includes three men's styles and one women's style—which just launched today. In celebration of the launch, we are giving away one pair of the women's collaboration boot ($340)!
To enter the giveaway: Leave a comment below telling us where you'd take your boots if you won. We'll announce the winner here and feature a photo of the winner's favorite spot on Instagram too! Good luck!
The winner is lea who said she'd take her boots to "Acadia National Park in Maine, her family's favorite place!" E-mail me lizziegarrett(at)gmail(dot)com and we'll get your Danner x Beckel boot out to you! Congrats!
Incredible giveaway! I would be stoked to win it. I would take my boots around the South Island of New Zealand - into the back country and the foothills of the Southern Alps!
I'd be wearing these up in the mountains in Penland, NC while I am at my printmaking residency this summer. It's a lot of work but there is plenty of inspirational nature to experience while there.
I'm gearing up for a trip to Iceland - these would be amazing for hiking over lava rock this summer!
I recently fell in love with the breathtaking lakes and National Parks of Croatia and Slovenia. I would make sure to take my Danners to the pristine waters of Lake Bled in Slovenia and all around the Plitvice Lakes and Krka National Park!
Not much time for a getaway, so I would take mine to Nichols Arboretum here in Ann Arbor.
Gorgeous! I'd love to tell you I'd take these boots to exotic locations, but I'll be honest and admit that I'd be wearing these around town.
Mine would be out in the broadleaf and pine woodlands where I work every day, on the south coast of England. Sunny and beautiful amongst the flowering bluebells, and occasionally dangling down from the limb of a tall tree.
These are so lovely! I'd take them out to Valley Green (a big park on the outskirts of Philly, where I like to hike) and climb some trees.
I would take them to my favourite city: Kelowna, British Columbia! Best hiking, walking, & wine-tasting!
I'd take them on a trip to Bergen, Norway and then test 'em out hiking around the Hardangerfjord and Sognefjord.
Hands down, one killer giveaway! I'm planning a trip to hike & bike the Mae Hong Son Loop in Thailand. These Danner x Beckel boots would graciously replace my mother's 20+ year old Merrell's that have served us well.
Mine would go with me to the insanely beautiful Eastern Sierras next month, where I try to as often as possible during the summer months. Next, they'll be on a roadtrip to Utah, where they will get fully broken in while canyoneering and spending time by the fire with me and my pup. I think they'll live a good long life with me!
What a great giveaway! I would definitely wear them on my next trip hiking around Gros Morne, Newfoundland. One of my favourite places on earth!
TOO GOOD. i'd take them hiking through the santa cruz mountains next month and the adirondacks all summer long.
I'd take these amazing booties to a special place. It's always hard to find comfort, form and style in hiking boots but yet these look like a treat. My boots would take me walking to a spectacular valley in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, which is near the beautiful Banff National Park. From here I explore all that nature has to offer!
What a great giveaway! I'd wear mine to a trip to Hawaii - more specifically - down to Waipio Valley, up the Muliwai Trail (aka the Z trail), through tropical jungle and forest, to Waimanu Valley.
Those boots are beautiful! I love Danner (PDX dweller). I would definitely take them to Lost Lake, Oregon this summer for some hikes around the lake. Let the camping plans begin!
I'd take these beauties to Big Sur to romp around on forested trails and then test them on the sand and jagged rocks along the coast.
Such beautiful and functional shoes! I would love to wear them hiking on my trip this summer to Zion National Park and then trekking in Patagonia next winter! Such beautiful places!
I'd take these boots on hikes all over SE Idaho, culminating in an end-of-summer hike up Mount Borah.
In the near future, I'd wear these boots everywhere whether it be down the street or on a grand adventure in some foreign land! In the end though, I'd definitely wear these boots when I travel to Chile for the first time since being adopted from there as a baby. Fantastic boots + cool country = a unique and wonderful adventure!
I'd take these boots on a road-trip down the west coast, from Bellingham, WA down to San Diego, CA. I'd also wear them around my university!
Dandy boots for wandering souls indeed! I would say Morocco, Iceland and Oregon US!
EVERYWHERE! Community market,biking around town, hiking and canoeing the local greenbelt behind my house AND they will absolutely accompany my fly fishing trip in the Rio Grande Gorge this summer.
I would take these beautiful boots to the rugged and stunning Isle of Skye of Scotland.
I'd take them to Ireland and go hiking!
Okay, why not?! These are amazing. Where would I wear them? All around and up and down the hills of/surrounding my neighborhood. Also, to someday adventures in Japan and Germany.
I would walk them through every terrain and they would walk straight into my heart.
I would take these throughout the Midwest prairies, up in the Pacific Northwest, and hopefully down in South America.
I'd love to wear these beautiful boots to hike through the cemeteries of Scotland. Not sure when I'll be back there, so I'd wear them on my trip to Italy that will hopefully be happening in the fall!
What beautiful boots. I would take mine on a hike around Yosemite to see the falls.
Gorgeous boots! I would love to go hiking with them in the Pacific Northwest where I live. Cedar trees and mountains... yes, please!
If I won these boots I would immediately lace them up and hike to the top of Potato Chip Rock on the Mount Woodson Trail, arguably San Diego's most infamous and photogenic hiking destination. :) Fingers crossed!! These boots are amazing!
I would wear these boots while my husband, inlaws and I visit the bourbon trail in Kentucky this summer! They would be perfection.
These are amazing! I live in Wisconsin, and would take them everywhere, including hikes around Devil's Lake!
Hmm.... up and down in the Bavarian Alps!
I track my boots to journeys left undiscovered. They will be my history in footprints as I travel across the globe. They will age as I will age.
These boots'd be the kick start I need to finish recuperating from hip surgery.
I would take these lovely kicks all over Carmel, California. I've been wanting to get back there since touring through in 2008. So gorgeous!
I love those boots Lizzie! Besides wearing them throughout the OC, I'd wear them to Graignamanagh, Kilkenny Ireland. I am planning on seeing my mother's birthplace for the first time this summer.
Awesome boots! I'd wear them on a Half Dome hike, in Yosemite. These boots would inspire me to hike all over!
I'd hike to the Hollywood sign in these boots!
I would wear these lovelies while visiting my son in Seattle to hiking our local Catalina mountains in the Sonoran Desert of Tucson, AZ---they look like they could handle any climate from sun & dust to clouds & rain!
Wow these boots are stunning! I'm so glad they finally came out with a women's collection. There's no way I can afford to buy a pair on my budget so I will keep my fingers crossed for this giveaway!!
I would take these boots (and my dog!) on hikes around my favorite NorCal spots.
I'd take these boots with me on my next trip to Smith Rock or Crater Lake. As a recent transplant to Portland, I can think of no better place to break them in than surrounded by magnificent cliffs.
I will wear them to the Oregon Coast, redwood forests, and all up and down the California coast on my road trip this summer.
In my dreams I'd take them everywhere, but in reality I'd take them to some of my favorite spots locally. Sabino Canyon, Tumamoc Hill and Mount Lemmon.
Oh, man. These are gorgeous and the specs look great.
They'd be hiking with me in Joaquin Miller Park (redwood forest) daily during the summer and often during the rest of the year - since I work as a naturalist in the park and assist in overseeing and managing it.
I would take them immediately to Yosemite!
Totally awesome! I would wear these boots while hiking at the Rachael Carson Wildlife preserve that is next to my home on the ocean in Kittery Point, Maine.
I would take my amazing boots to a ranch out in Wyoming to adventure with!!
I will be going to Naboutini, Fiji, working with an organization that builds homes in a remote village. I would wear those boots throughout my trip, whether I am hiking, building or running around the island. I'll do the boots proud!
Dreaming of a trip to Maine...with these in tow.
I'm hiking the Inca Trail in Peru for my 30th birthday; I'd love to be wearing these beauties!
These boots are amazing! Recraftable? Perfect, because I'd wear them everyday to work on my beautiful vegetable farm and I'd love nothing more than to have a pair of boots I can repair instead of throw away.
My favorite spot was in the country side of Ireland. Loved traveling through Cobh in Ireland!
I'd wear them on the Welch Dickey Loop in New Hampshire.
I would hike them all through the hills behind my parents' house. Then I would wear them to my wedding. Then I would wear them to your mom's wedding.
If these boots were mine, they would have plenty of Wyoming and Arizona dirt on them!
I would take them to Florence, Italy with me. I am currently working on a term paper about sculptures and Florence is the perfect spot to get cultured for an art history student with these babies on my feet. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
With these boots, tan and green, I would walk the streets of Columbus, LA, and New York City; travel to Paris and to Pakistan; and admire them at home. I'd work their functional and fashion element. And I'd finally have some boots to rival my brother's redwings!
I would take this books on a trip to BIG SUR to hike on the gorgeous California coast! Woo!
I'd take these boots to Iceland! But in the meantime, I'd wear them around Chicago.
Perfect timing! I am about to embark on a long roadtrip through the US, down the west coast all the way through the southern states and back up on the east coast. Since I will be doing a lot of surfing and hiking, cooking on a camping stove and drinking a beer on the roof of my car whilst sunset watching, these boots would be perfect companions. As a german girl in the US, sporting a pair of sturdy made-in-the-usa boots that take me anywhere would be a dream.
These are beautiful! I'd take my boots to the natural soap company where I work, gardening, renovating my little historic house and the weekend farmers market--oh, and of course to the festivals I go to selling soaps! They are perfect for a (Monroe) Georgia girl, versatile in country or day trips to Atlanta and the mountains.
I would definitely take these boots with my feet to my favorite Appalachian off-shoot trail in NJ: Eagle's Nest. Me and my boots would hike it up to the top, then relax and enjoy the view of the Delaware River.
I would take them with me on my annual summer trip to Zion National Park in Utah!
One year ago my answer would be different...these days, these boots would be trekking Milwaukee's paths along Lake Michigan next to my retriever, behind a stroller.
I would take these boots with me, wherever life takes me. I have a somewhat nomadic lifestyle these days, taking me back and forth between the big city of Philadelphia, and the rugged tundra and mountains of Alaska. I love these boots so much, I would wear them in both settings, as I blaze new trails in the woods, and the concrete jungle alike.
A camping/hiking trip to Big Sur would definitely be in order!
To my brewery where I'm learning to be a brewer!
I live and work on a guest ranch in northern Wyoming. I would use the boots to hike to my favorite place in the Big horn mountains near the ranch - packing my fly fishing poke to fish along the way!
Man oh MAN. I think the better question is where would I NOT take these shoes, and I don't really have an answer. But really. I would take them hiking in the Catskills before I graduate from college in upstate New York. I'd take them back to LA. I'd take them through the forests path along the River Boyne in Ireland. Honestly, I'd wear them wherever and whenever the occasion called for this. Everywhere and always.
i would wear these everywhere! but if i had to pick a place to go - norwegian fjords. yes.
I'm a lucky duck to live in Montana, so on an average weekend I could wear these beauties to places where everyone else dreams of vacationing to!
My BFF for over 50 years are planning on hiking up and down the mountain at Squaw Valley in June.
These boots would be so cool to wear on that trip.
These boots look awesome. Big Bend National Park is on my list for this year and I'd love to take a pair of these Danners with me!
It would only make sense to take these beautiful Portland-made boots on a hike in the gorge to see multnomah falls! They are beauties--I'd stomp all over the earth in them.
Hopefully I can take them on my trip to Portland this summer!
Great giveaway! If wear those babies all around Yosemite, California's finest spot.
I'd wear these boots during my sunset viewings at Olympic Sculpture Park here in Seattle. These boots are stylish for the city jungle.
Those boots are a thing of beauty. I'd wear them to take the kids to school, and then when summer hits, on hikes in the mountains of the west Kootenays of B.C.
Adventures through the back alleys of the inner west, ending up for a fireball whiskey at Midnight Special of course.
I would wear my boots walking in Harriman state park in. NY!
I'd take these boots to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands and hike through the woods and along the beach.
First, these puppies would get an outing to the German region Trier for work during Rally Germany. They would fit right in around the military training ground near Baumholder, an area known for its heinkelsteins (large rocks for tank roads).
Then they would keep my toes warm for Rally France-Alsace as autumn sets in around the wineries.
Finally, they'd come with me on holiday back to Sweden to frolic in the Scandinavian forests and snuggle around a nice fire.
These are perfect. I would wear them around Portland, and in Forest Park, near our brand new (to us) home. My fiancé and I just started hiking together, and we are hooked.
I'd take these boots with me to my summer backpacking trip across Vietnam, Cambodia and Nepal and of course back home to Tokyo where I'll walk around the city. The boots seem practical, versatile and absolutely gorgeous.
All these comments make me discover places I've never heard of and make my feet itchy for new adventures... I'd love to take these boots for an urban hike in Maputo to look for and explore the amazing work that Pancho Guedes left there.
How Cool! I would definitely wear them to Hetta-Pallas route in one of the most beautiful walks in Finnish Lapland. I'm planning an all-girl-trip there next summer with my two best girl friends and my dog Bilke.
I took the Hetta-Pallas route a couple of years ago with my guy and it struck me as something rough, beautiful and most definitely worth all the trouble.
I love Danner and I love these boots. I'd lace mine up for daily hiking in New England, and a trip to a local farm or two.
These boots are brilliant! If I were lucky enough to win, I would were them hiking the dunes of the National Seashore in Provincetown, MA!
I'd love to take them to Machu Picchu, if I'll ever make it there. Otherwise I am sure they would work well when I am teaching in a classroom in Halmstad, Sweden too. They look like a nice everyday pair of boots!
"I'd take them mountain climbing and hiking and camping this summer in the white mountains in New Hampshire. Then I'd take them all over town running errands with the kids! They look awesome!
I'd take them for a spring time hike to Cape Split in the Midas Basin, Nova Scotia. Incredibly Gorgeous!
the Danner x Beckel canvas collab boots for a hike in the Burren county Clare. your instagram from Griffith park reminded me that although these places are very far apart there are many of similarities.
I am going to see snow for the first time in my life (I live in hot hot tropical Brazil!) and these boots would be perfect for my first step on ice!
Picacho Peak, near Tucson AZ. Hands down. Take a look, a morning climb and an absolute fabulous view of the sonora desert.
Camping with my kids in the Adirondacks, and hiking up Blue Mountain.
My sister and I will be hiking the Scottish Highlands on a National Geographic expedition. I plan to wear my boots while sipping single malt Scotch!
I would finally take a trip to hike the Appalachian Trail!
I'd wear these all around Minnesota and Vermont, looking for new places to hike and adventure this summer and beyond!
I'd wear these around Minnesota and Vermont, looking for new places to hike and adventure this summer and beyond!
these awesome boots are just what I need for my visit to Portland to visit my sons living in Portland. We plan to have some adventures in the mountains, and along the coast. I can't wait to gaze at the waterfall in the Columbia river gorge. I have been lusting over the Danner boots forever!
I would take mine to the beautiful Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, where I grew up.
I'd wear 'em to survey the piece of land I just bought in northern Ontario.
I'd be taking these on walks around where I live, somewhere like the North Downs here in Kent.
These well-made boots would outfit me on my morel mushroom & ramp hunts all over our rocky wooded land outside of Luck Wisconsin.
i would take the boots to work at my office. BUT ALSO, they would be perfect for hiking in the north woods of Wisconsin!
Would love these for our next trip to Gatlinburg!
Gorgeous boots! Would love to take them with me to Chile's Atacama desert!
My husband and I are taking our first anniversary trip to Iceland this year and have begun hiking the Appalachian trial in small weekend trips. These boots would be the perfect addition!
My everyday life is an adventure living at the top of a hill by the mediterranean see in the south east of France. So I would wear these beautiful and smart boots walking down to school every morning with my three children, with an amazing sightseeing of the see and breathing the special smell of pine forest.
I would be wearing these everywhere...but I'd also totally use them as an excuse for a long stroll in the NC Appalachians, somewhere gorgeous like Bryson City.
I would wear my boots to hike in the mountains of Austria this summer. These boots are look just great!
These beautiful and so feminine boots would give me the daring of adventure for my everyday life. So I would feel so dauntless wearing them that I could stroll during hours in the streets of Marseille, looking after the spirit of the times.
I'm heading from the Mid-Atlantic to Lake Tahoe this summer to meet up with my west coast friends. I would love to rock these boots exploring the trails and other sites--suggestions are welcomed!
Great boots! I would love to win them so I could wear them exploring and hiking around the pacific northwest this summer!
I'd take my boots to Allsopp Park and run around with my lab Hudson!
I would wear these boots everyday this summer as a Farm Assistant at an organic farm in Monkton, MD!
I would wear these boots everyday this summer! They are both stylish and practical for my job as a Farm Assistant on an organic farm in Monkton, MD.
Well, living down in New Orleans ... these boots would be great for those rainy days and adventuring around the bayou ... Not to mention, I'm back home in the mountains of Colorado more often than not (my most favorite spot, the Grand Mesa in western CO) ... I can't imagine a better and more beautiful boot to take me through all my adventures here and there, all day every day!
I think the trouble would be where I wouldn't wear boots like these! I'll be doing more hiking this summer with potential trips to Missoula, Montana and Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch. I'd also be seen stomping around in them in the plant where I work.
Hell, I'd sleep in them.
I'll take them anywhere and everywhere! I'll break them in while hunting for morel mushrooms in central ohio!
I'd take those awesome boots to the mountains of Switzerland.
I'd take them to Iceland - we're traveling there in August!
I would wear these hiking along Big Sur, my new playground.
Urban exploring all over Houston! Trekking across London and the English country side when I visit my family! All over the great state of texas - I have big plans to visit all the swimming holes! The question is...where WOULDN'T I wear them?
Those are BEAUTIFUL. I'd wear them at the New England Literature Program in New Hampshire, where I teach literature & creative writing and lead backpacking trips in The White Mountains and Maine.
These are cool and cute at the same time! I'd wear them to explore the coastline north of Boston: Marblehead, Beverly, Newburyport and Gloucester!
Where wouldn't I go in those boots? I live in Colorado and my kids are wanting to do the 14ers we have here so those boots would get me to the top in some serious style!
So beautiful! I'd take them all over Vancouver Island, through the Juan de Fuca and show them the Pacific!
I would take my boots to Antarctica. More specifically on a little hike around Adelaide Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. I'm fortunate to be a scientist who gets to work down there. It's one of the most stunning places on the planet.
I live in NYC, but fell in love with San francisco, so I would take them to Lands End state Park.
I'd be wearing mine while hiking the kumano kodo in Japan this summer.
I would take them through southeast Kentucky. Appalachia.
It's the time of year to visit all the old family cemeteries scattered on mountainsides, to clean up and deliver flowers. The time to remind us where our roots really start.
I would take these trekking up dusty inclines at Griffith Park and hiking in the San Gabriel mountains this summer. During the winter, I'd use them to help me navigate the snowbound, perilous walkways of my Western Massachusetts college campus. I would also honestly just wear them everywhere: food trucks and summer concerts and Sunday dim sum trips and coffee shops and cross country meets and apple picking and for virtually every activity that requires close-toed shoes.
I would totally use these in the French and Swiss Alps. I feel home there.
Hiking in northern Michigan this summer! What a treat these boots would be.
These are amazing! I'd take them to Joshua Tree and when I go back to Kauai!
Oh! I'd wear them on a trip this summer to Asheville and the Smoky Mountains.
We're heading to the Northwest in early June so I'd definitely take these groovy boots with me!
I'd take these beauties tree-planting through the mountains of central British Columbia. Rolling hills, pine forests, and incredible open skies.
These would be perfect to bring back home to Alaska this summer, and for tromping around on future adventures!
I'd take them for some camping and hiking along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula!
Oh, I'd take those boots to the Oregon Coast, no doubt.
I would wear my boots to Marvao Portugal! I'll be hopping a plane in 2 weeks to go house sit in this sleepy village. These boots would love to walk along the historic medieval fortress!
I would wear them to re-vist Yosemite and hike the trails there.
And Napa. I would wear them to find wine.
I would pretty much take these boots with me where ever I go. Whether that is to Minnesota, Big Bend park in Texas, norther California, or just around any of the cities that I travel too. They'd also get a good wear while I was sculpting.
These boots make me nostalgic for places I have never been and places I hope to return. This summer marks a long awaited trip back east to Virginia. They would take me to the home my father built in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Those boots would take me everywhere. This summer they would be my favorite companion on a girls trip to So. Cal and a family trip to the PNW.
I would take these babies for the adventure of a lifetime in Mongolia. Mongolia is my favorite place I have ever visited and can't wait to go back!
These boots would go with me on every single trip I take to the stunning 100-Mile Wilderness in Maine.
I'm lucky enough to spend my days as a member of the team that is preserving this beautiful land for future generations!
It's harder to leave every time!
Boots to inspire one to great heights! I would like to think I would wear my new hikers to many exotic locales. But, sometimes a little inspiration to help us through our daily "life hikes" of monumental proportions is warranted. Thus, I will wear my boots to class as a message to my college students: Aim for the peak, one step at a time, enjoy the journey, and protect your "sole" along the way.


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Radio City Christmas Spectacular canceled for first time ever
The Radio City Rockettes, pictured with Santa Claus in 2013, will not be performing this year's Christmas Spectacular. Credit: Charles Eckert
By Frank Lovece Special to Newsday Updated August 4, 2020 6:53 PM
The coronavirus has put coal in our stocking, with the annual Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes being canceled for the first time in 87 years.
"We regret that the 2020 production of the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes presented by Chase has been canceled due to continued uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic," Radio City Music Hall owner MSG Entertainment said in a statement Tuesday that also appeared on the Rockettes' official website. The season had been scheduled to run from Nov. 6 to Jan. 3.
"We are disappointed for everyone involved with the show, as well as for the many fans who make the Christmas Spectacular a cherished part of their holiday tradition," the statement continued. "We look forward to welcoming audiences back for the 2021 production, which is on sale now. All tickets for the 2020 production will be automatically refunded at the point of purchase."
The decision appeared to have come quickly, with the Rockettes' social media only on Monday having continued to express hope for the show. "We're celebrating Christmas in August!" the troupe wrote on Twitter and Instagram, alongside a rehearsal video captioned, "New York at Christmas kickline."
The Christmas show, with its precision-line dancers and such traditions as "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" and the "Living Nativity," has been performed since the stage act's inception on Dec. 21, 1933. This came a year after Radio City Music Hall itself opened on Dec. 27, 1932, with a troupe then dubbed the Roxyettes, who performed to the song "With a Feather in Your Cap."
They soon became the Rockettes, but not before the first, 30-minute Christmas show in 1933. "The Roxyettes, who always promenade their collective charm in perfect unison, were never more effective than they are as Christmas tree ornaments," wrote The New York Times reviewer identified only by the initials B.R.C., in an addendum to critic Mordaunt Hall's review of the accompanying movie and cartoon short. The Christmas show included a Nativity scene and "a jubilant ballet in a toy shop," the unnamed writer said, recommending the show as "not merely for adults, but for the most adultly critical of children."
The Christmas Spectacular even continued through World War II, with the Rockettes dressed as ration coupons for at least one number. The troupe itself volunteered for United Service Organizations (USO) shows to entertain the military, and with Eleanor Roosevelt hosted a War Bond Rally at Madison Square Garden.
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Court of Protection update 2014
BDB Pitmans LLP
United Kingdom February 25 2014
The Court of Protection has recently published new guidance to take effect from 3 February 2014 to bring an end to the veil of secrecy that arguably shrouded the court that makes life-changing decisions on behalf of mentally incapacitated people.
The media together with families of vulnerable adults has long been campaigning for greater transparency in the court to improve public understanding of its process and to build confidence in the court system. The court has previously been criticised as being a 'secret court' and the lack of publicised judgements has been held to make it difficult to understand how the court operates to protect vulnerable adults.
The new guidance is a welcome step in transparency in the court process. It essentially provides that a judgement should be published unless there are compelling reasons not to do so. The guidance distinguishes between two types of judgement; those that the judge must ordinarily allow to be published and those that may be published. It is provided that permission to publish a judgement should always be given whenever the judge concludes that publication would be in the public interest and whether or not a request has been made by a third party or the media. In all other cases, permission should be given unless there are compelling reasons why the judgement should not be published. Due to the nature of the cases decided in the court anonymity will be afforded to the person who is the subject of the proceedings in the court and other members of their family. It is not intended however that anonymity shall be extended beyond this unless specifically ordered otherwise.
The judgements which now must be ordinarily published include those relating to the making or refusal of any order authorising a change of the placement of an adult from one with a family member to a home, involving a deprivation of liberty, involving the giving or withholding of significant medical treatment, or involving a restraint on publication of information relating to the proceedings.
Increased public awareness of those cases that are heard in the Court of Protection can only lead to a greater understanding of the issues that families face on incapacity. This will also serve as an important reminder that appointing an attorney under a Lasting Power of Attorney for health and welfare can be just as important as appointing somebody to look after their finances on incapacity.
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Cleveland Cavaliers have been receiving lowball offers for Kyrie Irving
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The Cleveland Cavaliers remain engaged in trade talks for Irving, but they have been receiving lowball offers.
by Vahan Shakhpazyan (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
August 6, 2017 at 2:32 AM August 6, 2017 at 2:32 AM
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been attempting to trade disgruntled point guard Kyrie Irving since news surfaced that he has demanded a trade from the team. Many teams have already contacted the Cavaliers about a trade, but there doesn't seem to be any reasonable offers.
The Cavaliers remain engaged with several teams about an Irving trade, but they have been receiving lowball offers, according to Fox Sports Ohio.
The Phoenix Suns have made an offer
The Phoenix Suns are the most recent team to make an offer for Irving, putting Eric Bledsoe, Dragan Bender, and a 2018 first-round pick via Miami on the table.
However, the Cavs are not interested in a trade with the Suns unless it involves rookie Josh Jackson.
The Suns are reluctant to give up Jackson in a trade for Irving, so Cleveland could use a different approach. Perhaps they can ask the Suns to give Marquese Chriss, who had a pleasant rookie season, in return.
Cleveland's primary goal is to receive a starter, a young player on a Rookie Scale Contract, and a first-round pick. While Phoenix's offer meets those requirements, it is simply not enough.
Los Angeles Clippers' offer
The Los Angeles Clippers have also made an offer for Irving, including Patrick Beverley and DeAndre Jordan, which is obviously not enough. The only Clipper player on a rookie scale contract is Brice Johnson.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Timberwolves are not going to include Andrew Wiggins in a trade since they have offered him a max extension worth $150 million for five years, which he is expected to accept very soon.
The Denver Nuggets have become another significant threat to land Irving, but it remains to be seen if they would offer Jamal Murray or Gary Harris.
The New York Knicks are unable to complete a trade with the Cavaliers because Carmelo Anthony is not interested in going to Cleveland anymore. Outside of Anthony, the Knicks don't have anything else to offer since Kristaps Porzingis has suddenly become untouchable.
Nonetheless, the Suns and Nuggets probably have the best assets to offer Cleveland, but both teams have been trying to lowball the Cavaliers so far.
The Cavaliers are reportedly remaining patient. Although Irving is frustrated and wants to be moved, they are not going to accept these weak offers. However, the reason why the Cavaliers have been receiving lowball offers is that Irving refuses to commit long term to any of the teams hoping to acquire his services.
A deal isn't expected to be completed anytime soon. In fact, the Cavaliers could end up holding onto Irving and try trading him again before the trade deadline in February.
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Q: How to stop animating GIF in SDWebImage? I'm using SDWebImage to fetch images from web and display them.
But some are GIFs, how to stop the GIF?

A: What you can do to stop the animation is to simply set your SDAnimatedImageView to for example
sdAnimatedImageView.image = SDAnimatedImage(named: "your.gif")?.animatedImageFrame(at: 0)

that way you will get one frame of your gif only and it will not be animated :)
its a hack but does the job

A: Assuming you are using >= v4.0; from the docs:

Starting with the 4.0 version, we rely on FLAnimatedImage to take care of our animated images.

From FLAnimatedImage's docs; there are 2 ways to control playback:

// An FLAnimatedImageView can take an FLAnimatedImage and plays it automatically when in view hierarchy and stops when removed.
// The animation can also be controlled with the UIImageView methods -start/stop/isAnimating.


Whether you are a Fort Wayne native or you've moved here from a different part of the globe, Coney Island offers a bit of history with each bite of their famous Coney Dogs. Put your imagination to the test and step back in time to 1914 when Coney Island's doors first opened. With one taste of these delicious, unique hot dogs, you'll be craving more and more with each visit. Don't think a Coney Dog will be enough for your appetite? Try their chili! Served with oyster crackers, Coney Island's chili is enough to spice up your meal.


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Your team must include an undergraduate student or a graduate student (current or within three years of graduation as of December 31, 2013) from any masters-level or post-graduate higher education program in any area of study in the world; the student must be actively involved in the venture (i.e., actively participating in development of the business plan or actively working on the business).
Your team should include a statement in the business plan describing the graduate student/recent graduate's level of involvement.
The student or recent graduate must be the plan's presenter (and must be available to answer judges' questions regarding the business) in the final round of the competition.
Teams are strongly encouraged to include at least one seasoned entrepreneur or professional with relevant skills and experience.