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Tracker Trail – Fire – Can of Coke and a chocolate bar
Well, we're gonna have to try this one: Starting a fire with a can of Coke and a chocolate bar.
Hazing at Pi Kappa Phi?
I am posting this here only because it's the same fraternity that I am a member of – I was never a frat boy, but I did join Pi Kappy Phi fraternity's Alpha Omicron chapter shortly before leaving Iowa State for California pastures. The worst the members did to us pledges was to lock us out of our rooms while we were visiting a different chapter and freeze all of our underwear together in a 30-gallon trash can full of water that they put in the walk-in freezer. Excite News – Hazing at Berkely.
No Schools Left Behind
Well, this is interesting. Several states are suing the Bush administration over funding issues with programs required by the No Child Left Behind act.
(As you may remember, I ran for our local school board last November because of budget problems in our district that continue to threaten our elementary schools, and I think this is a good sign of things to come.)
Mitch Hedberg
I was never a big fan of the recently late Mitch Hedberg, but that was only because I'd never heard of him. There are some jokes over here that are really quite funny, and I highly recommend reading through all of them, but my favorites are probably:
I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.
I think Pringles' initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said "Fuck it. Cut 'em up."
My friend said to me, "You know what I like? Mashed potatoes." I was like, "Dude, you have to give me time to guess. If you're going to quiz me you have to insert a pause."
We say a lot of dumb things…
This is interesting – I took a grammar/usage test that I saw over on Maya's blog, and I noticed as I went through it that there were several things that I say differently after 20 years out West, vs. when I was a kid growin' up in Iowa, towit:
Kid in Iowa:
10% Midwestern
0% Yankee
I should also mention that there were some questions in this test that didn't have an accurate answer for me, like I tend to say "Gym shoes" now vs. the "Tennis Shoes" that I grew up with or the "Sneakers" that they provided as the only other option.
"Soundless" Loudspeaker & Personal Aircraft
This is cool. Elwood "Woody" Norris has invented a couple of neat things. The link to an article about him in Popular Science appears to be broken, but here is a link to his website.
The Will to Believe
I continue to be astounded by these stories of "miraculous" appearances of the Virgin Mary in the most unlikely of places.
Perhaps I need to go reread William James's essay The Will to Believe.
Our Excellent Adventure
So we went to Florida and visited Disneyworld&#153, and Emily had a blast. She said her favorite ride was the Haunted Mansion&#153. Here are a bunch of pictures of stuff that we did and saw. I was pleased to learn that the daycare center onboard the ship had the same name as my office, "The Funzone."
I bought a new digital camera (Canon Powershot A85) to take on the trip, and I'm very happy with it. It takes movies as well as pictures, and our new host, Network Solutions, has streaming Windows media, so I'm going to test posting three movies: Homosassa Manatee, Palm Beach in Aruba, and Emily makes a Sand Angel.
Obligatory Mickey Mouse Shot.
Gator Pond
Gecko and Gator
Cool or over-the-top?
A Manatee
Florida's got Flamingoes
Emily Drives a Golf Cart
Us with Sol & Mickey Scott
Care for a spot of tea?
Emily Drives Formula 1
Emily Guards St. Thomas Sandcastle
St. Kitt's has Monkeys.
Big Boat
Emily in her bunk
Emily's Point of View
The on-board playcare center.
The dread pirate Emily.
Ever seen a sand angel?
We are back at last from a 2-week vacation of Florida visits and Caribbean cruising, and I have a huge set of updates planned, complete with picture posts, but in the meantime, I want to share a joke I made up at dinner the other night:
Q: How do you catch a jellyfish?
A: Put peanut butter on the hook!


"Sometimes the noise in my life bothers me. It hurts my ears." These are common things people with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) or Sensory Integration Disorder tend to say when describing what is happening to them. Find out more about what is sensory processing disorder, its signs, symptoms, treatments and take a mini quiz on different signs of over responsive sensory processing disorder.
Sensory Processing Disorder or sensory integration disorder is a condition in which the brain has difficulty receiving and responding to information that comes in through the senses. Some experts like A. Jean Ayres, PhD, linked SPD to a neurological "traffic jam" that prevents the brain from receiving signals or information needed to interpret sensory information correctly. Whether if you are biting into your favorite New York style pizza, driving a car, or simply texting, the completion of the activity requires precise processing of sensation and attention.
Sensory processing disorder may affect one or more of the senses like hearing, touch (tactile), smell or taste, movement (vestibular) and body awareness (proprioceptive sense). Some children may even seem unresponsive to the things they have difficulties with. For example, the sounds of a lawn mower may cause a child to experience headaches, then nausea, dizziness, confusion, trembling or panic. They may scream when touched or shy away from certain textures of foods. However, others may also seem unresponsive to anything around them. They may fail to respond to extreme heat, cold or even pain. This is very common among children with autism.
Hypersensitivity: Hypersensitive (or oversensitive) children may notice sounds that others do not, or have an extreme response to loud noises. They may be fearful of large crowds, unwilling to play on playground equipment or worried about their safety (falling).
Hypo-sensitive: Hypo-sensitive (or under sensitive) children, as mentioned above, may lack sensitivity to their surroundings. For example, because they might have a high tolerance for pain, they are known to be "sensory seeking" meaning they have a constant need to touch people or things, even when it's not appropriate. Some may be gustatory/oral seeking (crave certain textures and flavors excessively), olfactory seeking (crave certain smells excessively), auditory seeking (often speak louder than necessary), and visual seeking (crave bright lights).
Extreme response to change in environment: Kids may be fine in settings they are familiar with, however, in crowded environments like a wedding, they may experience a sensory meltdown such as throwing a tantrum and screaming.
Fleeing from stimulation: children who are undersensitive might get a fight or flight response from something that is too stimulating. For example, if a child flees from a playground or parking lot, oblivious to the danger, this indicates they may be heading away from something upsetting.
Resistance to change and inattention: they may be struggling with adapting to change and new surroundings. Some cognitive skills might be affected by this.
Problems with motor skills: the child may seem awkward and clumsy, an activity such as running or jumping may be hard for kids who may have difficulty knowing the orientation of their body. They may either move slowly or avoid activities they find challenging.
Lack social skills: oversensitive kids will most likely get anxious around other children and will avoid playing, making it hard for the child to be socially friendly. Under sensitive kids also lack social skills because they may be too rough which in turn may lead other kids to avoid them and exclude them from activities.
Sensory processing disorder has yet to be classified as an illness in the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), which is often used by psychiatrists and many other clinical professionals such as pediatricians and psychologists in diagnosis. However, it is identified as part of the assessment in the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood-Revised in the first clinical axis. Sensory processing disorder was first identified by occupational therapists as a source of distress for many children and for inexplicable behaviors. Sensory integration disorder can be often misdiagnosed due to its confusion with autistic children and their problematic sensory responses.
Below is a small quiz with common situations that may happen when a child has a over-response to sensory stimuli and may have sensory processing disorder.
1. We have to avoid public loud spaces such as malls, parks, etc. because the noise seems to hurt my child's ears.
4. When we buy clothes we have to take all of the tags off because my child can't stand the touch on his skin (not to be confused with normal discomfort).
*IMPORTANT: While this mini quiz can't diagnose a child with sensory integration disorder, it can be a helpful guide to see if additional testing should be done.
For diagnosis and treatment, it's generally recommended to see an occupational therapist. The therapeutic approach for occupational therapy, in this case, includes the use of sensory integration, which was originally created by A. Jean Ayres, PhD, and is formally known as Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI).
Many therapeutic activities will promote postural control and balance, which may include the use of special equipment such as suspended apparatus, scooters, and balls.
A child who is an avoider and under-sensitive may be overwhelmed by loud sounds and stressful stimuli. In this case, the child would need breaks from distressing sounds, unpleasant tactile stimulation, etc.
A child who is not as aware of their body would need to incorporate lifting, pushing and pulling heaving objects as an activity into their everyday life. These activities will help the child gain an understanding of their body.
For children who have tactile issues, it is sometimes recommended to have the child drink seltzer water to experience bubbles in their mouth.
Overall, there are many forms of sensory diets that are individualized based on the child's needs. You can create a sensory diet by working alongside your occupational therapist that will provide the correct form of activities to help the child.
Now that you know how to identify Sensory Processing Disorder and how to treat it, I hope you find this article useful and can become more aware of your child's behavior. Feel free to leave a message below.


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Goodbye to blowouts: Michelin presents airless tires
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Hong Kong Guide - The Best 10 Hotspots
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BURNABY, BC – Mustang Survival is named the Official Life Jacket of the Lake at the Toronto International Boat Show, January 11-19, 2014 at the Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, Ontario. The Lake is the world's largest indoor lake and will be hosting a variety of events including demos, seminars and performances by professional wakeboarders and wakeskaters throughout the show.
As the official life jacket of the Lake, Mustang Survival will be providing a booth full of demo products. Show attendees will have plenty of opportunities to learn more about Mustang Survival safety solutions while participating in free boating and paddling demos and seminars.
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Coober Pedy, South Australia to Marla Roadhouse, South Australia
Thursday, October 10th, 2019 – Coober Pedy, SA to Marla Roadhouse, SA.
Distance travelled only 250 km
In the morning we had breakfast in the shared basement kitchen and a discussion with the family in the "mirror"apartment. Then we packed up and left.
Because we needed, by virtue of the roadhouse "spacing", to make only a comparatively short hop to Marla, we decide to first explore the dubious delights of Coober Pedy.
The first place we went to, after successfully negotiating the "up" slope and the track, was the Old Times Mine and Museum (Crowders Gully Road). This was a fascinating glimpse into the hardships that miners experienced in the early 20th century. It was an old mine that was buried when it played out and was later rediscovered. With cruel irony, a rich new vein of opals was uncovered by the second dig – just 20 cm from where the previous miners had stopped excavating. Now it is just a museum. There is a short film showing how things worked and you can descend into the tunnels where mannequins show how the shafts were dug, how the miners were lowered into the pit on ropes and how difficult it was to uncover opals with bare hands during the local opal fever. That was in the 1920s and there have been significant changes since then. Today, almost every home in Coober Pedy has a mining machine parked in its back yard. The museum also included an entire underground dwelling, as it would have looked in the 1920s. This included a Post Office billed as "The only underground post office in the world".
Coober Pedy's other landmark is the "spaceship". This was left, in Hutchinson Street, by the filmmakers of "Pitch Black", one of the many post-apocalyptic films that have been shot there. It did not look much like a spaceship, but we went there and we saw it.
Satisfied that we had not missed anything from this town, we set off northwards again towards Uluru. By our recent standards, the trip to Marla was almost ridiculously short.
For about 50 kilometres after Coober Pedy the landscape was filled with piles of sand and mining machinery. None of this equipment appeared to be in use and, although we did not see a living soul, there must be some activity. For the record, Coober and Pedy, in the Aboriginal language, means "Man" and "Hole".
Finally, the ubiquitous piles of sand disappeared and there was only a bleak, arid desert landscape and a completely empty road stretching into the distance. It is so easy to understand why so many science fiction movies have been filmed there, it really is like another planet. The monotonous nature of the road must have a soporific effect on drivers. We passed a number of badly wrecked cars that had obviously left the road at some speed. This only added to the feeling of loneliness. The only thing that would have completed the image, but was (thankfully) missing, would have been the bleached bones of a human skeleton.
We only stopped once, for lunch and of course to fill the tank, at the Cadney Homestead, which claimed to be the "Gateway to the Picturesque Desert". As always, it had filling food and a cheery welcome. Petrol, so far from civilization, was steadily climbing in price and a sign on the door cautioned patrons not to take that fact out on the staff !
With such a short trip, we arrived in Marla quite early, sometime before three in the afternoon. It was really quite warm and we were glad that our room had air-conditioning !!
When we stopped at the front desk, that also serves as a self-service supermarket check-out, there were two nice girls in attendance. Lucie, obviously remembering my series of telephone calls, was tempted to ask which one was Trish and which one was Tracy. The guy I had also spoken to on the phone could only be the server in the restaurant. His voice sounded the same. He was from Brighton in the UK and had run out of money while traveling. He was working there to get enough money to go on to somewhere else – it was so lonely there I did not blame him.
Unusually, when everywhere else was booked solid, the roadhouse seemed to be half empty. This could well be related to the inability of the team of youngsters to accept reservations.
Evening meals in roadhouses are served at fixed times and so we went for a walk while we waited. It was still very warm as evening began to draw in and crowds of birds thronged the few sparse trees. Lucie, who like me has an interest in most things, had clearly been busy with the internet. She proudly identified the birds. The green ones were Musk Lorikeets and the grey and pink ones, which appeared, at rest, to be principally grey, were surprisingly, Pink Cockatoos. Australians call the latter the Galah and it was obvious, from their shrieking calls, why that is !
Roadhouses also serve as overnight camping sites and parking places for both caravans and freight. There were a number of Road-Trains parked along the road as it is hard for vehicles of such length to manoeuvre into the car parks. A hideous stench came from one, which turned out to be a cattle lorry, but filled with camels. We found out that their ancestors, which were used to carry goods, had been abandoned with the coming of the railways. Far from dying, they had taken to the bush and reproduced in large numbers. These unfortunates had been rounded up and were being shipped to, of all places, Saudi Arabia, for meat …. I can only presume the driver had no sense of smell at all.
We had a filling, but wholly unexciting dinner, served by the guy from Brighton. After our meal and another scarily priced beer, which is served in what seems to be a glass thimble and is called a "stubby" we spent some time on the telephone. That day, we had confirmed that leaving the booking of accommodation until the last minute would not be advisable. In general, the places to stay are very limited in number. This would be worse across the Nullarbor Plain, the crossing of which seems to be almost a "rite of passage" to many Australians. Roadhouses there are often up to 200 kilometres apart. It would be easy to get into a situation where, if there was no room at one, we would not have time to get to the next and would end up with nowhere to sleep. Lucie was keen to leave nothing to chance. My assurance that we could, if it came to it, sleep outside, fell upon deaf ears, She pointed out that it was still the end of winter and would be colder in the south, that she did not want to wake up with sand in unusual places and reminded me that just about the only thing she is afraid of is snakes. We had not seen any snakes, but Australians of our acquaintance had warned us that they are everywhere. Some are highly dangerous and there were printed notices, prominently displayed (with accompanying pictures Lucie would not even look at), of those we could possibly encounter.
Making a booking via Booking.com, our usual method, was completely out of the question in those parts. Trip Advisor was equally useless as everywhere was allegedly fully occupied. So the only thing we could do was to sit down with a telephone and pretend it was the 1980s. I actually proved myself and came up trumps. I managed to book rooms for all the nights we needed, even in those places that were sold out according to TA. In one place I snagged the very last room in one of the roadhouses. We had not even arrived in Uluru and we had everything booked all the way to Perth and then back again to Port Augusta.
To the east of Port Augusta there were plenty of possible options that were closer together, so we felt cool about that, but the worrying part was solved.
Relaxed and calm, we retired to bed. Tomorrow, Uluru !
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Q: PHP How to reverse engineer the day of the year 3212 (YDDD) into 2013-08-01 (YYYY-mm-dd) I have a date in YDDD format such 3212
I want to convert this date into default date string i.e. 2013-08-01 in PHP
Since the first value Y is the only character for Year, so I've decided to take the first three characters from the current Year i.e. 201 from 2013
The following is the code I've written for year
<?php
$date = "3212"
$y = substr($date,0,1); // will take out 3 out of year 3212
$ddd = substr($date,1,3); // will take out 212 out of year 3212
$year = substr(date("Y"),0,3) . $y; //well create year "2013"
?>

Now How can I use $year and 212 to convert it into 2013-08-01 using PHP
EDIT
FYI: My PHP Version is 5.3.6

A: $yddd = 3212;
preg_match('/^(\d)(\d{3})$/', $yddd, $m);

echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime("201{$m[1]}-01-01 00:00:00 +{$m[2]} days"));

A: If you are running the code on PHP 5.3 or later, you can convert $year and $ddd to a usable date by using date_create_from_format. For example:
$date = date_create_from_format("Y-z", "$year-$ddd");
echo date_format($date, "Y-m-d");

A: // Formatted Date (YDDD)
$dateGiven = "3212";

// Generate the year based on the first digit
$year = substr(date("Y"),0,3).substr($dateGiven,0,1);

// Split out the day of the year
$dayOfTheYear = substr($dateGiven,1,3);

// Create a date object from the formatted date
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('z Y',  "{$dayOfTheYear} {$year}");

// Output the date in the desired format
echo $date->format('Y-m-d');

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A: $date = "3212";
echo DateTime::createFromFormat("Yz", "201$date")->format("Y-m-d");
// 2013-08-01

*

*DateTime::createFromFormat()

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Winter 2012-13 ›
Class Notes ›
10 Pride of ND
As I write this update, the Irish have a record of 8-0. I hope many of you have had the opportunity to share a part of this great season. I know that I saw many of you at Soldier Field watching the Irish defeat the U of Miami. Our short update for this quarter includes two very happy wedding announcements: Brittney Horan and Kevin Martin were married on July 7 in Oyster Bay NY. Their wedding party included four classmates: Amelia Schwingle, Katie McKenzie, Stephen Bant, and Patrick Rogers. Brittney and Kevin have made the move to Stoneham MA, where Kevin is auditing for Deloitte and Brittney is teaching at Melrose High School. Lindsay Johnson and Tom Pappas were married on Oct. 13, in Bloomington IN. Classmates Megan Kloet, Michael DesJardins, Nick Andert, John Minser, and Andy Gray were in the wedding party. — Matt Molloy; 602-510-7373; NDClass2010@gmail.com
10MBA Another Great Year
Jenny and Brent Piechowiak welcomed a new addition to their family in October. Lucas Brent Piechowiak was born on Oct. 26 and is doing great. Jessica Hartzell and Chris Neligon were married in Guilford CT, on the eve of Hurricane Sandy. They held the ceremony outside under blue skies, although 24 hours later the storm rolled into their area. They had planned a honeymoon on Cape Cod, but the storm cut their plans short. Instead they stayed at Chris's mom's house in Connecticut, playing board games by candlelight and cleaning up yard debris during the day. Chris reports that all of their friends and family in the area are OK. Another exciting East Coast event happened on Sept. 22, when Kelly Brennan married Eric Heller in Cape Cod MA. Mendoza alumni in attendance included: Kristin (Greenwood) Reilly '08, Bridget Higgins '11, Garrett Myers, Kasey Suryan, and Matthew Sullivan. Kelly and Eric spent the week leading up to the wedding in Cape Cod with their family and friends and enjoyed a honeymoon in Italy. Kelly is a new market development manager at GE Capital and splits time between Dallas and Los Angeles, where Eric is finishing his MBA. Mike Hurley proposed to Leah Exten on Aug. 18; the two plan to wed at the Basilica in August 2013. After dating long distance for a year and a half, and traveling every other week between Portland and Denver, Leah relocated to Portland in January. Mike works as a process engineer for Longview Fibre and Leah works as a procurement advisor for Geodis Supply Chain Optimisation. Casey Sponseller, after starting at Press Ganey Associates as an account manager in January 2012, has accepted a newly-created role as client experience quality specialist. On Nov. 3, Casey got engaged to his best friend, Nikki Benninghoff. Nikki is a competitive runner who also works at Press Ganey. They aim to exchange their vows in South Bend sometime in early summer. Sarah Duke shared that she bought her first single-family home this summer. It was a bit of a fixer-upper so she now spends free time remodeling bathrooms, learning to do yard work, and slowly painting the entire house. Sarah is a financial analyst for Zions Bancorporation. Meghan and Ted Kwartler welcomed twin girls Nora Irene and Brenna Rose in August. Brendan Condon accepted a position in London as a director in the European structured credit team at Fitch Ratings. He works and lives near Canary Wharf and has been to several game watches with the London club. Karl Jensen shared that he is still at Bank of the West in the Bay Area and was recently promoted to vice president, financial analysis manager for the wealth management group at the bank. He shared it has been an exciting and challenging opportunity. Victor Arias received a promotion to director of account management at Hispanic Communications Network. Mike Boyle, Dan Kirkconnell, and P.J. Hornik, with their ladies, met in Key West. Some highlights included catching and releasing a large mahi-mahi, spearing a big mutton snapper, and snorkeling for lobster. — John Gerberich; cell 847-331-4707; :jgerberi@alumni.nd.edu
10JD Big Deal
First, let's check in on Ashon McKenzie, living the good life in Columbus OH, where he works for the attorney general. He works on federal habeas cases and writes and argues briefs in front of the 6th Circuit. One of the cases he worked on will be heard by SCOTUS, so he'll go to those arguments. Next on the list is Bonnie Kellman, who made the large move (culturally) from NorCal to SoCal and now clerks in the US District Court in San Diego. She likes to explore the beaches, zoos, and hiking trails in the area, basically living the life of a tourist in America's Finest City. I've seen her several times and can attest that she has an awesome apartment in Little Italy and is within walking distance to ComicCon. On to lovely Lincoln NE, where Rachel Williams is clerking for the Nebraska Supreme Court. Her cats, Max and Minnie, are enjoying her apartment and have found that corn husks are a good aid to digestion. Rachel has gotten involved with her church and is playing in a community orchestra in her spare time. On a recent trip to ND for the BYU game, I saw many completely impressive Double Domers. Johnny McDermott '07, '10JD, who was watching the Yankees game in Reckers, is getting a master's in sports administration at Valparaiso U. As a sideline, he works in the NBC truck during the home football games doing statistics. After graduation, he attended seven World Cup games in South Africa and had a close encounter with a rhino in Pilanesberg. Both parties survived. Jessica Brock '05, '10JD, '11LLM, who was found drinking hot chocolate in LaFortune, is living in the nunnery at Saint Mary's and is on her way to joining the Sisters of the Holy Cross. The process apparently takes several years, and in the meantime, she works at the Legal Aid Clinic and makes music. A composition of hers, titled "In Her Name," is featured on the newly-released CD Spirit of Notre Dame, and is available on iTunes. Finally, Kyle Chamberlin '06, '10JD, who was spotted letting us park in his driveway, is in-house counsel for the commercial real estate firm CBRE/Bradley. In his spare time, when he's not attending every possible ND sporting event, he teaches an exploratory course at ND called "Giving Back Through Education." Kyle Chamberlin, who may be best remembered for shouting "More Gimmicks!" at halftime, is shaping young minds. — Susie Wine; 206 Via Vicini, Rancho Santa Margarita CA 92688; 574-514-3746; swine@alumni.nd.edu
12JD And So It Begins
Let me be the first to congratulate you for finally making it into the Alumni Section of Notre Dame Magazine. Let's all give ourselves a big pat on the back. This column will have short updates on the life milestones and professional/unprofessional achievements of our classmates, so take a look in each issue to see what's going on. There's just one caveat: if you want something included, you need to tell me about it. Examples of appropriate subjects include networking events, new jobs, babies, weddings, and anything else you don't mind sharing with every single living Notre Dame alum. If you have something you want included in the next installment, email me as soon as possible. I'll be the one to type it up, format it, and submit it to the magazine, for the rest of my life. It's a duty I did not know came with the secretary position, but it's one that I will gladly perform until the day I die. — Jimmy Champlin; jchampli@alumni.nd.edu


The final part of the trilogy marks a return to the retirement community. But the place no longer feels like home, and has turned into a state-funded, technology-driven pilot project in elderly care. The conclusion brings together characters lost along the way, and murky details are brought to light. Legal justice is also served – in unexpected ways. A natural, long-awaited death finally collects some, but still not all, of our main characters.


Billions of pounds of fresh produce are wasted in the United States every year, and wind up going to landfills – producing harmful greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are food insecure, without access to healthy, affordable meals.
Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur, Evan Lutz, is committing his life's work to ending food waste and hunger in America.
Evan is a 25-year-old social entrepreneur from Baltimore, Maryland who is passionate about food justice. He's a frequent guest on NPR and The Washington Post. He was featured on ABC's Shark Tank, where he made a deal with Robert Herjavec, and launched his present enterprise, Hungry Harvest.
Hungry Harvest is a produce delivery service on a mission to fight food waste and hunger. They purchase surplus produce from farms, assemble it into custom variety boxes, and deliver to their customers for 20% less than retail. For every box they sell, Hungry Harvest helps someone in need eat healthy through either a donation or a subsidy.
Evan attended the University of Maryland, where both his parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandma attended as well. He studied business and helped start several clubs, including Net Impact. For a senior year class project, he partnered with a local farmer to sell his off-grade product to college students. He set up a farm stand in the basement of a dorm, selling 5 pounds for 5 dollars. Shortly after he started, the stand had over 500 customers per week, with often a line stretching out the door.
This project was the foundation for Hungry Harvest, which he started in May 2014.
Evan envisions a world where food waste and hunger are eradicated and do not affect a significant portion of the population. He believes we should not use land the size of California and Texas combined to grow food that nobody eats. He also believes consumers have been brainwashed on what produce is supposed to look like, causing an increase in consumer standards and subsequently an increase in waste. Evan thinks that business is the most powerful tool on Earth to create social change, and he's committed to proving a business model that sustains profit, growth, and impact at scale.
Evan is prepared to combat the massive food distribution problem that is plaguing this country, one ugly apple at a time.


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With the growing competition mobile phone manufacturers can no longer be satisfied with only offer their products directly to the buyer. To attract consumers of advertising is widely used with famous and popular people. This helps to reinforce the visual perception of the brand, and in some cases even save it. And the company Samsung has decided very original way to compete with the dominance of iPhones in the hands of stars schou business and began to actively engage the world "celebrity" in the promotion of its line of smartphones Galaxy S.
I think all of you familiar with this method of distribution of goods, as network marketing, when, by promising mountains of gold producers involve human endless hunt for the buyer, thereby expanding their markets. The scheme is simple: you take a suitcase packed with products and to start going to their more familiar if you've managed to uboltat them, then the next time you take a couple of exactly the same suitcases and distributing them to their friends, who in turn, take the same most with their friends and colleagues, and so on to infinity.
Decided to do something similar, and marketing of Samsung. They developed a special program «White glove» («White Glove"), which is based in the free distribution of top smartphone among celebrities in the hope that his example of using those devices Samsung coerce its such a popular friends and acquaintances to use absolutely gratis Korean vehicles. Well, when numerous Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 and happy "star" owners, here and there flashed on the pages of magazines and television screens, then, according to advertisers Samsung, consumers can take simple bare hands.
So, it looks like in practice. The company sends a representative to any "star" party, that he had the opportunity to talk with a famous director or performer in an informal conversation to explain to him all the features and advantages of the Samsung smartphone before the iPhone, and then leave the celebrity with the device as a gift and baffled request , to carry out such a promotion of his fellow stars. Such a "non-intrusive" way Koreans have managed to "transplant" with its Apple devices such famous people as a producer of the film "The Social Network" Dana Brunetti, TV presenter and writer Martha Stewart and famous music artists Beyonce and Jay-Z.
Undoubtedly, Samsung has taken a great publicity stunt, using celebrities as free "conductors" of their devices, the more that is known to millions of fans around the world watching their idols and ready to emulate them in all aspects of life.
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You might be surprised to learn that Mark Fanciulli only put out his first record in 2011. Such was the reaction to "The Tide," though, that it was immediately apparent dance music had a new star. Since that debut on Joris Voorn's influential Rejected label, he has continued to command attention with releases such as "Sacrifice" on Saved and two EP's on Carl Craig's Planet E. Inhabiting a creative nether region between house and techno, they are tracks that fill rooms with physical drum lines and lithe synths and never fail to make floors move.
And it's the same when Mark DJs, whether he is playing to thousands in Buenos Aires, enchanting underground crowds at Output in New York or breaking new ground in Singapore, he is a supple selector who reacts to the moment, feeds and teases those front of him and looks outside the norm for his weaponry. The second half of 2017 will bring with it releases on Rejected, Seth Troxler's "Play It Say It", Moda Black and of course more of his Between 2 Points shows, again confirming that Mark Fanciulli is an artist with skills, sounds and selections well beyond his years in the game.
The terrace will also see Victor G, Axel Groove, Obadius and Otherkind alongside Mark Fanciulli in a mesmerizing sound journey meant to keep you on your feet and deliver the best music you could hope for on a Saturday night.
Upstairs in the box, The Sweatbox features the Girls Got Groove edition with Dora, Meliha, EJ Missy and a special DJ guest.
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Here comes the eagerly anticipated sequel to our first five volumes of 'Sweet Soul Music,' as well as the highly acclaimed, award-winning R&B series 'Blowin' The Fuse.' This is ehe sound that influences musicians who weren't even born when it came out, like Amy Winehouse and Joss Stone! All the greatest and most influential soul hits of the 1960s, including some surprisingly hard-to-find selections! Every song is the original version. The ultimate soul collection spread across ten individual CDs! The soul-searing soundtrack to the 1960s! Massive, beautifully illustrated booklets with detailed notes, incredible vintage photos, and ephemera.
Over the course of ten spectacular years, R&B morphed into soul music with a side order of funk, and became the soundtrack to a social revolution. The riveting story of that incredible decade is told in full for the first time on Bear Family's 'Sweet Soul Music' series. Some record companies have compiled anthologies from their own vaults, but Bear Family has gone the extra mile... and then some, licensing classic recordings from virtually every record label at the epicenter of '60s soul to compile the greatest hits with the finest sound quality.
The second five volumes, available now, cover the years 1966-1970. Though gospel remained the bedrock of soul music, the sound was transforming fast, thanks to Motown, Stax, the regional innovations of Chicago, New Orleans, and Muscle Shoals, and the funk revolution, led by James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone. The civil rights and antiwar movements were now rolling full speed ahead, and the messages at the heart of the music were often as powerful and invigorating as the grooves themselves. The second half of this incredible story is just as fascinating as the first. Bill Dahl's track-by-track commentary provides extensive biographical info on every artist on every disc.
The prelude to this series, 'Blowin' The Fuse,' definitively covered the history of R&B from 1945- 1960, garnering awards and general acclaim. The first five volumes of 'Sweet Soul Music' earned the same enthusiastic response. Now here come the other five jam-packed volumes of 'Sweet Soul Music,' compiled with love by Dave 'Daddy Cool' Booth. -- Hits' Too many to mention! Consult the track listing!
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Various - Sweet Soul Music - 24 Scorching Classics From 1970 CD 1
01 Love Bones JOHNNIE, Taylor,
02 Rainy Night In Georgia BROOK, Benton,
03 Gotta Hold On To This Feeling WALKER, JR. & THE ALL STARS
04 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
05 Give Me Just A Little More Time CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD
06 Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) THE, Delfonics,
07 Cryin' In The Streets Part 1 PERKINS, GEORGE & THE SILVER S
08 Turn Back The Hands Of Time TYRONE, Davis,
09 You're The One Part 1 SISTER, Little
10 Love On A Two-Way Street THE, Moments,
11 Band Of Gold FREDA, Payne,
12 Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is T THE, Temptations,
13 Stealin' In The Name Of The Lord PAUL, Kelly,
14 Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) Part JAMES, Brown,
15 War EDWIN, Starr,
16 Ain't That Lovin' You (For More Reasons Than LUTHER, Ingram,
17 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours STEVIE, Wonder,
18 Express Yourself WRIGHT, CHARLES & THE WATTS 10
19 Part Time Love ANN, Peebles,
20 It's A Shame THE, Spinners,
21 Love Uprising OTIS, Leavill,
22 Somebody's Been Sleeping 100 PROOF AGED IN SOUL
23 Groove Me FLOYD, King
24 The Tears Of A Clown ROBINSON, SMOKEY & THE MIRACLE
Sweet Soul Music It was a tumultuous era in African American music and culture. The rapid... more
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It was a tumultuous era in African American music and culture. The rapid evolution of the music mirrored the changing social climate. Everything seemed to be in play. Nothing was as it was. Through it all, it seemed as if every week yielded another batch of must-have singles.
This series follows on from Bear Family's award-winning 'Blowin' The Fuse' series that documented R&B from 1945 until 1960. Taking the story from 1961 until 1970, we'll witness the change from R&B to what became known as Soul Music.
Every disc is in rough chronological order based on release dates rather than chart peak. I attempted to adhere to a policy of one song per artist per year. Also, whenever good stereo was available, I used that in preference to mono, although I'm well aware that the original singles were in mono. Unfortunately, licensing restrictions meant that several artists, notably Sam Cooke and Ray Charles, were unavailable to us, but there is such a wealth of great music from this decade that they are hardly missed. I also tried to ensure that several important R&B labels, such as Motown and Atlantic, were not over-represented. So a few of your favorite songs from this era might be missing… but only a few.
Once again, I'd like to acknowledge my debt to the files of 'Billboard' and 'Cashbox'magazines, as well as Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Singles.Without them, compilations like these would be almost impossible.
Now let's get down with it!
DAVE 'DADDY COOL' BOOTH
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24 Scorching Classics From 1970
01 Love Bones
02 Rainy Night In Georgia
03 Gotta Hold On To This Feeling
04 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
05 Give Me Just A Little More Time
06 Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
07 Cryin' In The Streets Part 1
08 Turn Back The Hands Of Time
09 You're The One Part 1
10 Love On A Two-Way Street
11 Band Of Gold
12 Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is T
13 Stealin' In The Name Of The Lord
14 Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) Part
15 War
16 Ain't That Lovin' You (For More Reasons Than
17 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
18 Express Yourself
19 Part Time Love
20 It's A Shame
21 Love Uprising
22 Somebody's Been Sleeping
23 Groove Me
24 The Tears Of A Clown


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Three Canada takeaways from Gold Cup defeat to USMNT
By Peter Galindo @GalindoPW
The Canadian men's national team settled for second place in Group B at the Concacaf Gold Cup after a 1-0 loss to the United States in their group-stage finale at Children's Mercy Park Sunday.
Here are three takeaways from Canada's defeat.
Attack is finally extinguished
For the first time since the 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup, Canada failed to score in a competitive game. That ends a 21-game run with at least one goal, not counting friendlies. This also snapped a nearly two-year unbeaten run since, ironically, the 4-1 defeat to the US in Concacaf Nations League in November 2019.
It wasn't for a lack of trying. After a disastrous start, conceding just 20 seconds into the match, Canada responded well following a tactical shift from a 3-4-3 to a 4-4-2 after a hydration break in the 30th minute. Prior to that, though, the USA were dictating the tempo and conceded very little to their opponents.
"I thought the US were able to cause that back five problems," Canada coach John Herdman said in his post-match press conference. "Obviously Gregg [Berhalter] had put some work in to just put [Sebastian] Lletget in positions that were difficult for us.
"But I think we adapted at the water break and we were able to shift into a 4-4-2 in that three-box, three attacking and started to take control of the games."
Those tweaks enabled Tajon Buchanan to be deployed further forward and he caused a ruckus as a result. The New England Revolution attacker had three key passes and four shots, most of which were generated once he moved into an attacking role.
Most of Canada's chances were generated down the flanks once the US sat off following Shaq Moore's goal. They pressed and recovered possession well, but couldn't produce any clear-cut chances once they progressed the ball into the box.
Herdman said there were discussions with the squad ahead of the game about sending in early crosses to get the ball in behind the American backline, but they were unable to do so.
"I think we had enough shots, we got into enough good areas," Herdman said. "I don't think we were threatening enough when we got in and around that penalty area. There were moments we just had to serve the ball into the box. We've got real predators in there in [Cyle] Larin, [Lucas] Cavallini. We just wanted that extra pass to come back across and I just thought that was a big missed opportunity."
Piette the deputy
Losing Stephen Eustaquio to suspension was a bitter blow for Canada, but Samuel Piette was a valiant replacement on Sunday.
The CF Montréal midfielder was everywhere. He was breaking up play, transitioning the ball forward and he was even hitting line-breaking passes, which isn't usually his forte. In total, Piette logged 65 touches, completed 48 of 53 passes and won five of his six duels in a complete performance.
In fact, if it wasn't for Piette and midfield partner Liam Fraser, Canada might've struggled to play themselves back into the match for the final hour.
"It was the pitch control that Piette and Fraser were able to establish," Herdman said when discussing the swing in momentum. "We shifted our defensive structure, but we were able to move into that three box, three [attacking], which is how we would attack.
"I just thought that those two guys were key to being able to establish the possession because we were able to win it back and we were most sound centrally and they were closer to our center backs on the regains so it just meant that we could move it into Tajon quicker."
Even without pure ball-progressing midfielders like Eustaquio and Mark-Anthony Kaye from the start of the game, this served as another reminder that Piette – and even Fraser – are still valued members of the national team.
Potentially costly injuries
In a match that was somewhat overshadowed by injuries for both teams, Canada might have some selection dilemmas for the quarterfinals.
Ayo Akinola was forced out after 20 minutes with a suspected knee injury, then Cyle Larin had to exit with a knock of his own in the second half. Akinola hasn't been a reliable starter like Larin, which is why the latter is the biggest concern for Herdman.
However, those fears were alleviated after Herdman claimed Larin is likely dealing with "a dead leg." The 26-year-old has scored a national-team record 10 goals in a single calendar year, and it's still July. Losing the Besiktas striker would've been disastrous given his form.
Akinola's status, on the other hand, is less certain.
"He just felt a little twist in the knee as the player came across him," Herdman said. "Sometimes they'll look worse than they are, and he definitely had some mobility. It wasn't that he was getting stretchered or crutched out of here. I think it was maybe more precautionary from the medical team."
It was an unfortunately early finish for Akinola, who faced the US for the first time since filing his one-time switch of nationality to represent Canada. He has logged 37 minutes for Les Rouges at the Gold Cup thus far.
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Ad Optimizer AdMeld Raises $8 Million, Opens UK Operations
Just a little over a year ago Michael Barrett was shown the door at Fox Interactive/MySpace – he was, said insiders, the guy that unfairly took the fall when the company missed its $1 billion revenue target.
Fast forward a year and things look pretty good for Barrett. His former boss is long gone from Fox Interactive and shuffled to a new job at News Corp. MySpace is on the ropes. Meanwhile Barrett, landing solidly on his feet, is running one of the hottest online advertising startups in New York: AdMeld.
The company already raised $7 million in funding late last year. Today they'll announce a new $8 million round, bringing the total to $15 million. Existing investors Spark Capital and Foundry Group led the round.
The AdMeld platform optimizes and manages multiple ad networks and exchanges for publishers. Customers, which include Discovery, FOX News, Huffington Post, IAC, Thomson Reuters and WWE, use Admeld to manage those various networks and maximize revenues. AdMeld does things like locate undervalued ad inventory and replace it with higher performing stuff.
Publishers like this kind of thing, and the ROI is easy to prove out. AdMeld also offers publishers centralized reporting and other features.
The company is also opening a London, UK office and data center, they say, to expand European operations.
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I went home for a week and was able to get out on the water for an overnight trip to the Canyon with some good buddies. We left out of Barnegat Inlet in New Jersey at about 9pm and settled in for the 70 mile ride to the Hudson Canyon.
The plan was to shark until first light and then get on the troll and try to find the tunas. The water was a little warm for makos but we had heard of a couple caught the night previously. We started sharking at about 1am and through the night had one run off about an hour into the drift. We came tight on it but the fish ended up spitting the hook a couple minutes later.
At about 4:30 am we brought everything in and went on the troll. We were looking to capitalize off that first light bite and we started working the tip of the Hudson Canyon. We had seen bait there through the night while we were shark fishing. Tons of squid and mackerel were swimming through the lights all night so we were hopeful.
Unfortunately we didn't get bit and it sounded like there were a few boats inshore of us that did so by 7:30 we headed in that direction. Along the way we saw pods of dolphin working and a couple nice rips.
We stopped at some lobster pots and pulled some mahi off of them. The biggest was about 10 pounds.
We trolled the area where we heard the bites were but still no luck and the bite had faded out. We decided to go back to where we had started because we had seen all that life and figured it would be a matter of time til the fish started feeding.
Around noon we got our first bite and we were pretty stoked because it had been a long morning with not too much action. The fish ate a spreader bar in close to the boat and was about a 40-50lb yellowfin.
We got the lines back out and within 5 minutes we had another bite on a ballyhoo that missed the hook. I switched the bait out and 10 minutes later we got tight on another fish. This one was a little bigger, about a 60lb yellowfin. We were stoked they were finally biting.
I believe we missed one other bite on a ballyhoo that missed the hook and decided to bring it in and head for the barn.
Overall it was a great time on the water with great friends and thats what its all about!
I did a sketch inspired from the trip which can be seen below.


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R3250 for those who have completed 15 years of service.
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Award-winning novel House of Sighs, by Aaron dries has been out of print for some time. Now, through Crystal Lake Publishing, the novel is once again available and now comes with an exclusive sequel novella, The Sound of his Bones Breaking. Described as reading "like a sick and twisted extreme horror Speed," this is one we should all be looking out for on 11 May. Pre-order your copy here.
Xtro, the alien exploitation horror classic from the 1980s heyday of video nasties, is to receive its first ever Blu-ray release, in a limited edition box set with trailers, alternative endings, documentaries and enhanced resolution so that the horror can be relived as never before. Xtro's limited edition release will be available from 18 June and you can pre-order yours, here.
From Stephen Stromp, author of In The Graveyard Antemortem, comes Where the Cats Will Not Follow, a novel which has received high praise from Dread Central, Horror Talk and others. Released through Amazon's Kindle Press imprint, the novel focuses on a young man coming-of-age against the backdrop of his struggle to understand whether he really does possess the ability to read minds, or if it is simply mental illness. The book is part fantasy part horror and part surrealism and refuses to sit comfortably in any of those boxes, instead straddling multiple genres. You can get hold of your copy, here.


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Geografie
 Italië, Europees land met een president als staatshoofd
 Koninkrijk Italië (1861-1946), voormalig koninkrijk in Europa
 Koninkrijk Italië (1805-1814), door Napoleon Bonaparte gesticht en geleid koninkrijk
 Italiaanse Republiek (1802-1805), een land in het noorden van het huidige Italië
 Rijks-Italië, het land binnen het Heilige Roomse Rijk
 Koninkrijk Italië (774-962), noordelijk deel van het huidige Italië
 Longobardische Rijk (568–774)
 Ostrogotische Rijk (493–553)
 Rijk van Odoaker (476–493)
 Katapanaat Italië, een provincie van het Byzantijnse Rijk
 Italia (Romeinse Rijk), deel van het Romeinse Rijk
 Italiaanse Sociale Republiek, (ook bekend als: Republiek van Salò), fascistische marionettenstaat in het noorden van Italië
 Italia (gletsjer), op het Chileense deel van de Zuidpool
 Italy (Texas), plaats in Texas
 Little Italy, wijk met Italiaanse inwijkelingen in de Verenigde Staten
Toerisme
 Italië (Epcot), paviljoen in World Showcase in het Walt Disney World Resort (Florida)

Zie ook
 Lijst van koningen van Italië
 Lijst van presidenten van Italië

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Q: How to show graph on JFrame I have a JPanel to create a graph which cannot be editable.
When the graph shows, the edge name is covered by boundary of JFrame.
How can I show that edge name without being covered by JFrame?
My Example

This is my code:
package myapp;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import com.mxgraph.layout.mxIGraphLayout;
import com.mxgraph.layout.hierarchical.mxHierarchicalLayout;
import com.mxgraph.model.mxICell;
import com.mxgraph.swing.mxGraphComponent;
import com.mxgraph.view.mxGraph;

public class CreateGraph extends JFrame {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 8083868183987456695L;
mxICell a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h;

public CreateGraph() {
final mxGraph graph = new mxGraph();
Object parent = graph.getDefaultParent();

graph.getModel().beginUpdate();
try {

    a = (mxICell) graph.insertVertex(parent, null, "a", 0, 0, 80, 30);
    b = (mxICell) graph.insertVertex(parent, null, "b", 0, 0, 80, 30);
    c = (mxICell) graph.insertVertex(parent, null, "c", 0, 0, 80, 30);
    d = (mxICell) graph.insertVertex(parent, null, "d", 0, 0, 80, 30);

    graph.insertEdge(parent, null, "ab", a, b);
    graph.insertEdge(parent, null, "bc", b, c);
    graph.insertEdge(parent, null, "cd", c, b);
    graph.insertEdge(parent, null, "cd", c, d);
    graph.insertEdge(parent, null, "da", d, a);

    graph.setCellsEditable(false);
    graph.setCellsMovable(false);
    graph.setCellsSelectable(false);

} finally {
    graph.getModel().endUpdate();
}

// define layout
mxIGraphLayout layout = new mxHierarchicalLayout(graph);
layout.execute(graph.getDefaultParent());

mxGraphComponent graphComponent = new mxGraphComponent(graph);
getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
getContentPane().add(graphComponent, BorderLayout.CENTER);

}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    CreateGraph frame = new CreateGraph();
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setSize(800, 600);
    frame.setVisible(true);
}

}

A: Maybe don't want to use a BorderLayout, since you don't really have a use case like How to Use BorderLayout or Border Layout not working.
Your edge is at X-position 0, which just inside your layout.
One option is solving your problem withing JGraph itself, by adding a constant like private final double X_OFFSET = 10 and then add it to the X-coordinate of every graph operation.


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Tipperary man, 76, is jailed for raping girl, 6, in his home 40 years ago
Case involved 'severe brutality and unusual cruelty'
Tipperary Star reporter
news@tipperarylive.ie
A Tipperary man, 76, has been jailed for raping girl, 6, in his home 40 years ago
A North Tipperary man has been jailed by the Central Criminal Court in Dublin for the rape of a six-year-old girl almost 40 years ago.
The man, who is now 76 and suffers from Parkinson's Disease, pleaded to rape on full facts of two other charges of sexual assault between June 1979 and September 1979.
Mr Justice Michael White sentenced him to six years in prison, but suspended the final four years.
He said that the case had involved severe brutality and unusual cruelty. Judge White said that there had been gratuitous violence that had had a serious impact on the victim. She had suffered serious injuries and that the impact of sexual violence was lifelong.
He stated that in mitigation there had been a full and frank plea. Even if delivered very late it provided significant mitigation.
The man had no previous convictions and because of his serious physical condition, he had lived in a nursing home for the last six years.
Judge White said that even though Colman Cody, SC, for the defence, had sought a fully suspended sentence he could not agree to same.
The headline crime deserved a sentence of nine years.
However he was taking off three years for the plea of guilty and no previous convictions, which left six years of which he was suspending four due to the man's health.
The sentence will not take effect until a date in June.
Earlier, the court had heard that the girl recalled two occasions when she was in the defendant's house when he grabbed her and inserted his fingers into her vagina.
On another occasion, she had been playing outside with her sisters and the man grabbed her and brought her into his room and he threw her down on his bed. She started bawling and he started shouting at her get out get out.
The injured party recalled feeling so scared that she ran out the door and went home.
She recalled that during the summer of 1979 she had been in the defendant's house helping his mother match up socks. She was asked to leave socks into the man's bedroom. She was told he was home sick from work and she was not to waken him.
However, he woke and she hid under the bed. The man grabbed her by the legs and he pulled her out from under the bed.
He threw her up on to his bed and he held her hands behind her back. Her legs were hanging down over the side of the bed. He then raped her.
She blacked out as if she became unconscious and when she woke, he stopped and he forced her to perform oral sex on him.
The man's mother came into the room and asked what he had done to the girl. She told him to take her to her own bedroom and she gave her ice-cream, which she vomited back up.
She could hear her sisters playing outside and when they came to ask where she was they were told she had taken ill and that she would come home later.
Her nanny came into the house and there was a lot of shouting in the kitchen before she came into the bedroom and took her home.
When they got home, her nanny took off her clothes and she was covered in blood.
She washed her. She was bruised around her stomach so she wrapped her in elasticised bandages and gave her a thimble of whisky.
When her father came home that night and asked what had happened, her nanny told him that she had fallen off the bike.
Her nanny had been friendly with the man's mother but they never spoke after the incident and her father closed a gap in the ditch. They were not allowed down to the man's house.
The court heard that the gardaí made enquiries following the allegations and discovered that the man was living in a nursing home. Though he had Parkinson's he was mobile and walked with the aid of a stick.
His psychiatrist said he was capable of being interviewed. He was interviewed in October 2017.
The man's legal representative would not agree to be present unless his client was arrested and the man would not speak to the gardaí unless his legal representative was present.
The DPP decided that the man should be charged. He pleaded guilty to the offences on March 25, 2019.


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Freddie Bartlett
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Laughter filled the street where 12-year-old Freddie and his Gannie, Chris, lived. The pair were big fans of fun and refused to let even a diagnosis of lung cancer get in their way. This positivity is something Freddie continues to carry with him as he tries to help make a difference to others living with the disease:
"Gannie lived next door to us and we shared a lot of lovely times together she would always make me laugh and loved being silly. I remember when we were out with my mum and my sister, Charlotte, in Exeter, she bought me a Whoopee cushion which provided a lot of entertainment at the restaurant we went to for lunch!
Her cupboards were always filled with goodies and she would always give me a cheeky bar of chocolate or packet of something if I was good. She made the best spaghetti bolognese and was always cooking something tasty for me, because 'I was a growing lad who needed fuel in my boiler!'
Gannie was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2018, just a few weeks before her 70th birthday. I didn't really know what lung cancer meant, but I knew that she was really poorly, and I wanted to help her feel better.
We threw the biggest birthday party with balloons and a big cake and invited all her friends and family. We didn't want cancer to take away the fun times and she really wanted a birthday party.
We tried to make every day special. Mum bought her a purple wheelchair, so we could try and take her out as much as possible but a lot of days she was too tired and struggled to breathe. On those days, I would let her rest.
She had a big oxygen machine that helped her to breathe and a big bed that would go up and down, she had to take lots of tablets to ease her pain, she used to say that she rattled when she walked!
She stayed with us right to the very end and I got to see her every day. We watched the World Cup together in the summer and we had an England shirt printed with her name on the back so she could wear it when England played.
I miss her so much. Gannie had two Yorkshire Terriers called Harry and Daisy. Everywhere Gannie went, Harry and Daisy followed. Daisy had underlying health problems. She became poorly and passed away 3 days after Gannie. It was really sad but I feel that Daisy couldn't live without her.
I now look after Harry for Gannie and he helps me when I feel sad about her not being here anymore as he lost her too. Gannie loved dogs. It is my dream to set up a dog's home for unwanted dogs in her memory when I am older.
Until then, I'm following in my mum's footsteps and raising money to help people like Gannie.
Mum's been fundraising for Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation for a while. She runs marathons and is hoping to run another one again when the lockdown ends. She also had a gin tasting afternoon tea in January. Gannie loved gin and baking cakes. It raised over £1000. I wanted to do something too and thought a 5k would be a good idea.
I go out running with Mum and we talk about Gannie and remember the nice times we had together. I like that I can remember her this way and hope to raise some money to make a difference to those who have to live with this disease like my Gannie had too."
Freddie's mum, Emma, is understandably incredibly proud of her son:
"Freddie was really close to my mum and, because we kept her at home right to the end, he saw her disease first-hand. We spent nine months keeping her as comfortable and helping her get as much quality of life as we could. Freddie was very caring and empathetic to many of her needs in those final months.
Mum knew she couldn't fight it and win. She knew it would eventually kill her so instead we chose to face it head on and tried to manage it as we could. We had many open conversations about it so he understood and could process what was going on. It was incredibly tough at times, but I feel blessed that we were able to look after her at home.
I have been raising money and trying to create awareness for the charity for the last year so, when Freddie wanted to get involved, I was really gratified. I am so proud of him and that he wants help others who are going through a similar journey as Mum did."
You can show your support for Freddie by donating to his JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Freddie-Bartlett
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Whole Foods gets permit for $4.74M project in Basalt
Scott Condon
Janet Urquhart The Aspen Times
BASALT – Whole Foods Market has obtained a building permit to finish the interior of its future 27,000-square-foot grocery store at Willits Town Center in Basalt.
The project is valued at $4.74 million, according to Basalt building official Jim Wilson. The town government reaped $67,760 in permit fees to cover review of the plan and the issuance of the building permit.
Mariner Real Estate Management, owner and developer of Willits Town Center, is constructing the shell of the building that will include Whole Foods. The building is 47,000 square feet with several smaller spaces for other shops and restaurants. Whole Foods Market typically has its own crews finish the interiors of its grocery stores.
Mariner's exterior project was valued at $5.15 million. It paid building and development fees of $177,813 for the project last fall.
Whole Foods officials previously said they want to finish the store in June or July. Basalt Town Manager Bill Kane told the Town Council this week that the grand opening might be pushed back to August.
The grocery store will create about 100 jobs. Of those, 60 to 65 will be full-time positions, Whole Foods Regional President Will Paradise told The Aspen Times in November.
In addition to the infusion from the building fees, the town coffers will benefit from additional sales tax once the store opens. Kane said the town staff intentionally kept sales tax projections flat for 2012, but they will grow by some amount thanks to the new grocery store and other shops that could be opening alongside Whole Foods.
The town's fiscal year started with a bang. Sales tax revenues from December were up 4.5 percent over the same month in 2010. The town collected $385,442 in December compared with $368,582 for the month in 2010.
Restaurants with bars had a particularly strong month, with sales nearly 79 percent over December 2010, the town's sales tax report showed. The general retail category, which includes the mom-and-pop shops, was up 17 percent, the report showed. Sporting retail shops managed to post a 2 percent gain.
The retail food category, which includes the existing two grocery stores in Basalt, saw sales increase by less than 1 percent in December. That category generates the most sales tax for the town.
scondon@aspentimes.com
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When I was 13 years old, I created a Facebook account with the simple goal of connecting with friends and posting horrific selfies. Since then, I have been on and off with my usage of the social networking site, and needless to say, a lot has changed since I first created my account. While on the app, I have found that most of my newsfeed consists of the "older" generation (family relatives, parents of old friends, neighbors, etc.) sharing or commenting, on what it seems like, every post that they see. I suppose this is fine, but problems arise once politics get involved.
We know that companies like Facebook and Twitter have been under fire recently about the authenticity of their content on news feeds. It is obviously a problem that there are fake accounts creating misleading stories, but I feel it is just as dangerous that there are so many people who are quick to read and share click-bait. Research has shown that Facebook is cracking down on the fake accounts, but I'm afraid that won't stop the spread of fake news.
Foreign or domestic, a clear way to determine if a post on Facebook is authentic is to confirm it with a more credible source. I believe Facebook should insert a special feature that allows the reader to immediately fact check an obscure article by taking you to links of more credible sources. The best way to help readers differentiate authentic from non-authentic news is to provide them the proper resources needed to make an educated decision to believe or disregard a post.
It is time for users to take back their news feeds.
I also agree with that the problem of inauthentic information on Facebook is made even worse by the fact that there are so many people who are quick to believe and share click-bait. I believe that more focus needs to be made on improving media literacy and I think that you're idea of Facebook adding a special feature allowing users to immediately fact-check articles is very interesting although I'm not sure how feasible that would be given the magnitude of fake news out there.
I really enjoyed reading your article and thought your title was very clever. I agree with you that the best way to help readers differentiate authentic from non-authentic news is to help them understand the difference and provide them with resources to do so because many of them don't know the difference and these people can be the ones to share and post fake news on Facebook.
I think that you captured the issue with a humorous tone which I thought was awesome. I also liked how your humor didn't detract from the topic. You were speaking about the current reality of the platform and I thought it was great. I also liked the embedded link and thought that ht e tweets you added were appropriate. Be careful about using tweets from the company/platform being criticized because they might have a skewed opinion about the issue. Other than that I thought it was a great post overall.
I immediately was drawn into wanting to read your post because your title was engaging and creative. I thought the fact that you started out the blog post by making it somewhat personal to you, was a great way for the readers to be able to relate. The tweets you chose made your post strong and added more credibility to the thoughts you talked about like the inauthenticity information.
First off, the creativity of your title immediately drew me in and heightened my desire to read to your post–it is very clever! Secondly, I find your article to be very relatable and intelligent. I can agree with the fact that I first created a Facebook account for the same reasons as you, and I can agree that times have changed with the demographics of Facebook users. I found it interesting that you stated that you think that the creation of fake accounts is just as dangerous as the people who share fake news, as I never thought about it in that perspective, but I completely agree. This post got me thinking in a new way in regards to the danger levels of fake news and user engagement.
I found this article very interesting because you raised a few points I didn't think of and you had a really good idea. The first thing I liked is that you recognized that the audience for Facebook is becoming older and that those people are very eager to click share. I've experienced this for myself, as I find the majority of my newsfeed these days is comprised of older people/adults sharing a lot of non-sense articles and posts. Sharing non-sense articles is harmless but you're right, the sharing has gotten very political lately and it's dangerous now because this group is now sharing things that may not be accurate and spreading these false ideas. I never really put those two things together. Also, I think your idea about Facebook integrating some sort of fact checking tool would be genius and really helpful to the whole Facebook community, as now everyone involved would instantly be able to see whether the thing they want to share is actually true, which would really make the whole Facebook platform a much safer, legitimate, and less detrimental place. I really like the way you thought of this and that you came up with a solution too!
your article was very easy to read. I liked your introduction to the topic. The posts you added to the text fit to the story. Maybe it would have been even better to show a concret example of a story that got factchecked. Still, I liked your personal style and how you descriped the whole evolution on Facebook.
Really great article Austin, I definitely agree with you as I got a Facebook account when I was around 13. Similarly, I never thought of its possibilities as a news outlet and only saw it as a place to connect with people I wasn't able to see in person. This may be why we see so many problems on the site because it wasn't originally geared to be a source of news and as it continues to evolve and become a media giant we need to see drastic changes like the ones you've mentioned. My only question would be if these changes were implemented would you as a user be willing to shoulder some of the additional costs on possibly a subscription basis if it meant the data and information provided were rigorously analyzed and verified.
Great post Austin! I feel like the majority of Facebook consumers our age have watched it change from the social platform that once housed our embarrassing youth to a news dominated platform. I also think your idea to integrate a way for readers/users to fact check within the app is an interesting one. I know they're always trying to use human-moderators to fact-check at the moment, but maybe there's an easier way than that? Thanks for sharing!


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