I pretty much agree with everything Steven says about book promotion. I paid a bunch of dough to sell at the Tucson Festival of Books and lost money at it. I enjoyed meeting readers, though, so there is that!
Sarcology ad card, sent to a convention. The entire shipment was lost.
A few months ago I thought I'd give another try to advertising at a convention that I couldn't attend. I wish I could've been more optimistic about the idea: Two years ago, I sent a box of beautifully-printed promo cards to a convention, paid to be added to every swag bag at the con; the entire box was lost; I was refunded my distribution money, but naturally I lost the printing cost… and no one ever saw a single card.
Nevertheless, I decided to try for something I knew would be seen: placing ads in the con program book. Everyone gets a book—many people even hold on to them as souvenirs of the con—and assuming they were printed well, it would result in nice snazzy ads in the hands of every convention-goer.
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Since then, Sharon had acquired two new acrylic eyes and a denture. She felt like a new woman. 20:20 vision and 20:20 teeth, her daughter said.
Sharon would murmur in half-hearted assent. There was rather a lot of text sitting on her computer, but it had successfully transmigrated intact when she recently changed her computer. Maybe that was a sign. On the other hand, something was still holding her back.
The time came for Denise's retirement. To be honest, 'The Quiet Office' was the last thing on Sharon's mind. She didn't recognise half the staff at the retirement dinner in the Thai restaurant in Pimlico.
Angelica had come to the dinner, from her new job in the publishing house; Solange was still working in the quiet office. There were some financial staff working upstairs including the very bubbly Lena. And the new treasurer Colin Hoechst and his wife attended.
Denise greeted everyone with surprise. Apparently the guest list had been a secret. She began the proceedings by offering a cameo of everyone attending. Angelica, she reminisced, had produced the first quiet office baby.
Sharon was prepared to be passed over. But to her great shock, Denise divulged that Sharon had written a history of the quiet office in her time.
"Not too steamy I hope" enquired Colin Hoechst.
Sharon was still reeling from 10 years of paranoia she had been shouldering, since Denise had read the opening chapters of 'The Quiet Office', and Sharon had detected it had been a major faux pas to write it.
"Whatever happened to that?" someone asked.
"I'm still writing it, technically" replied Sharon.
"Are you going to publish it?" asked Lena?
"Well if you google the quiet office there are a few excerpts online…" offered Sharon, emboldened.
It was time – time to write the Epilogue, brush up the first 3 chapters and submit them to a publisher.
I'm hoping the full novel materialises, anticipating a fun read.


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Q: Where can I find Neloth's apprentice? I cannot find Talvas Fathryon in Tel Mithryn. I never used him as a follower and have completed all quests for Neloth with the exception of his radiant quests. Any idea where he could be? I need him to buy spell tomes that i cannot find anywhere else.

A: With all of Neloth's quests completed up to Briarheart Necropsy, including the Reluctant Steward quest, Talvas can be found in the main room of Tel Mithryn 24 hours a day (tested by waiting).  More often than not he is peering down the magical lift from the railings.
This is after his own personal quest of "From the Ashes" is completed outside Tel Mithryn - before this point he remains outside the compound.

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Rural Libraries Across America Continue to Expand Programs and Resources
New Infographics Provide Snapshot of Nation's 4,000 Rural Library Systems
Washington, DC—Public libraries across the country play a critical role in connecting community members to vital resources and programs, now more than ever. The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today the release of new data on the many thousands of rural public libraries in the United States and how they function in American society.
Rural Libraries in America: An Infographic Overview provides an overview of the distribution, resources, and services of these important community assets. The brief uses IMLS data from the 2017 Public Libraries Survey and updates the agency's 2013 analysis of trends for small and rural library services.
"Libraries are a vital source of information, programs, and community engagement for people across the country, including rural America," said Cynthia Landrum, Deputy Director of Library Services. "Whether the issue is education, economic development, or access to broadband, this summary shows that rural libraries are expanding their importance as communications hubs for communities."
Highlights include:
About 30 million Americans are served by the nation's approximately 4,000 rural library systems. Their sheer number and broad distribution across the country speaks volumes about the value local communities place on library services.
In 2017, rural libraries ran nearly 750,000 programs with 12.5 million attendees. The fact that the number of library programs continues to steadily increase is a further testament to their resilience and continued relevance to rural life.
Between 2008 and 2017, the number of eBooks and downloadable audio materials has more than doubled, expanding resources available for rural residents. This increase in available resources is important to many of the patrons who are unable to visit their community library.
"The data in this summary really allows IMLS to analyze and discuss the impact of rural libraries on their surrounding communities," said Scott Carey, Chief Information Officer and Deputy Director of the Office of Digital and Information Strategy. "Using the information from the annual Public Libraries Survey helps us to see how rural libraries are providing resources and connecting with the community, in addition to what areas may need more focus."
For more on IMLS research, data, and publications, visit the IMLS website or subscribe to email updates.
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^ Doug Ramsay; Rhonda Koster; Guy M. Robinson. Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change. Rural Development Institute. 2010: 405–406. ISBN 978-1-895397-81-9.
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After a courageous battle, Gary Wacker's heart stopped beating in the early evening of June 24, 2015. Gary lived in Canyon Lake for 30 years and was active in the Men's Golf Club, CLAMS and the Tuesday Work Group. He will be sorely missed by his family and his many friends and, of course, his faithful companion, Tally.
Gary is survived by his wife, Rita; children, Cary (Wendy), Renee (Ed) and Terry (Staci); nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one more on the way.
The family would like to thank everyone for the many calls, cards and visits at this difficult time. A Celebration of Life was held at the Canyon Lake Country Club on July 2. The family is overwhelmed with the outpouring of caring and love shown by the community and wants to offer a special thank you to the Memorial Committee for the beautiful celebration of Gary's life. This truly is a wonderful community in which to live.


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TxDOT kicked off its annual "Click It or Ticket" campaign this past Tuesday statewide.
According to NewsWest 9, the campaign is designed to teach people about the dangers of not wearing your seat belt while driving or riding in a vehicle.
The event kicked off this year with a backdrop of 929 pairs of shoes which represents each Texan who lost their life because they did not buckle their seat belt.
The kickoff event featured many speakers like David and Wendy Mills of Spring, TX who lost their daughter Kailee because she did not buckle her seat belt and was killed in a car accident on the way to a Halloween party.
Other speakers told similar stories of losing loved ones and friends because they did not buckle their seat belt, as well as people who spoke as survivors after they walked away from an accident because they wore their seat belt.
TxDOT hopes that this raises awareness of the dangers of being in a vehicle without buckling up and helps reduce the number of seat belt related fatalities in the future.


Insight from the Turkish facility.
Cobwebs have been blown off of the all-new circuit of Afyon, Turkey, which is playing host to round eighteen of the FIM Motocross World Championship, as the practice sessions are complete and the first blows have been exchanged. A couple of points stood out from the on-track action, as well as discussions had in the paddock, and those are in the bullet points below.
– An interesting chat was had in the paddock this morning, as Steve Dixon was discussing ways to improve the Grand Prix of Great Britain and make it more accessible for fans. This really is a hot topic currently, as tickets for the event will go on sale to the public next week. The good news does not stop there, however, as it will cost just five pounds for a child (up to fifteen) to watch for the entire weekend. Madness! An adult ticket will be just fifty pounds for the entire weekend too, making it one of the cheapest events on the FIM Motocross World Championship calendar.
– Valentin Guillod is still struggling with the illness that surfaced following Indonesia. Guillod has nothing left when there are ten minutes to go in a moto and cannot train properly in the week, so things are not exactly going well in that camp. Guillod is determined to get to the bottom of the issue though and show his true self at the Motocross of Nations next month. The biggest issue that he is currently facing is that the lacklustre results are making it difficult for him to find a deal for next year. The second seat at Standing Construct KTM has already gone.
– A few fans have questioned why Pauls Jonass was sporting a bandage on his elbow yesterday. After washing out in the last turn at the Grand Prix of Bulgaria last week, he was left with a nasty gash on his elbow. The bandage is there to obviously stop it getting infected. It is nothing that will slow him this weekend, however, so those theories should be squashed. The times that he posted in practice today serve as proof of that anyway. Jonass has really mastered the art of possessing the intensity to record a single quick lap time.
– The track at Afyon is very similar to Qatar, but arguably has bigger jumps. There were a couple of leaps that the MX2 riders struggled to get over cleanly each lap. It is tough to say what sections are going to make a difference and separate the competition this weekend, as the track is still developing. There are no support classes this weekend and therefore it is going to take some time for the track to deteriorate. It was rather peculiar to see riders venture out onto a completely groomed track for their free session.
– Romain Febvre ended the free session at the top of the charts in a somewhat surprising turn of events. When was the last time that he actually managed that? It was at the Grand Prix of Great Britain two seasons ago. Febvre then crashed out of the timed session and was unfortunately taken away in an ambulance. Yamaha released this update on his condition.


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Magufuli who was a COVID-19 sceptic, passed away amid rumours that he succumbed to coronavirus-linked complications.
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Juanita Abernathy, the wife of the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and one of the last stalwarts who helped birth the modern Civil Rights Movement, has died.
Abernathy's family confirmed her passing in a statement late Thursday, calling her the "last remaining person who was actively involved from 'day one' of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Civil Rights Movement."
Ralph David Abernathy died of heart attack in 1990 at age 64.
According to the International Civil Rights Hall of Fame:
"As a foot soldier in the Civil Rights Movement, Juanita Abernathy participated in all of the pivotal protests of the era. She helped rally the black community in Montgomery, Alabama as her husband Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr. led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956). She remained fearless in the face of relentless death threats meant to stop her and her husband's activism. In January 1957 while her husband and King traveled to Atlanta to establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Juanita Abernathy and her infant daughter miraculously survived the bombing of their home by white supremacists. Abernathy continued her activism when she and her family moved to Atlanta in 1961. She worked to spur school desegregation in the city by enrolling her children in independent white schools. She accompanied her husband to the 1963 March on Washington and walked with him on the frontlines of the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. In 1966, Abernathy and her husband, along with Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta, resided in a Chicago slum to protest housing conditions for African Americans in what was then the most racially segregated large city in America. In recent years, Abernathy has traveled around the world speaking about her late husband's leadership role, her own experiences in the struggle and urging others to continue the fight for justice and equality.
Juanita Odessa Jones was the youngest of eight children born to Alex Jones, Jr. and Ella Gilmore Jones. Her father, a prosperous dairyman and cotton farmer taught his children to value education and never bow to racism. Abernathy met her future husband, Ralph David Abernathy, when she was a ninth grader at a boarding school for blacks in Selma, Alabama and he was an Army serviceman. The two married in 1952 after she earned a bachelor's degree in Business Education from Tennessee State University and became a high school teacher. The couple raised four children.
Abernathy served on the Board of Trustees for the Morehouse School of Religion. She was also on the board of directors for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and the Atlanta Fulton County League of Women Voters.
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Proptech – what is it and how will it affect the real estate industry?
The acronym "proptech" is often accompanied by terms like disruption and digitised but, although most people understand the gist of the concept, many are still not entirely sure what it means and how it is likely to affect the real estate industry in future.
Yael Geffen, chief executive of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty, explains: "Proptech is essentially the implementation of technology to streamline processes and make transactions more efficient, whether it intersects the planning, building, management, or even demolition stages.
"Exponential technologies are those which are rapidly accelerating and massively affecting major industries and, if not already, then will in the future, very likely touch all aspects of our lives.
Big Data – the term used to describe large volumes of data (structured, semi structured and unstructured). However, the volume of data is not important; rather the collection and analysis of all the data relating to your business which can then be converted into a valuable business case studies that offer insights for management to make better decisions and action informed strategic moves.
Smartphone connectivity to a building's network to assist users in populated buildings to best navigate and optimise their routes, for instance, finding free parking or open boardrooms.
To learn occupancy behaviour to maximise performance and cut down energy costs.
Blockchain – can be described as a digital ledger stored on a distributed network, which simply means the information is stored over several locations and updated instantly throughout.
Increase transparency and improve pre-purchase due diligence.
3D printing and modular construction – 3D printing is already an emergent trend internationally and I believe it's not too long before it will be introduced to the local property market as a low-cost housing alternative. Currently, a home can be printed and erected in 24 hours at a cost of around US$4 000 and it's likely to become even cheaper.
Autonomous Vehicles – Driverless cars will affect the industry in a number of ways, most notably the fact that parking facilities for these vehicles can be located on the outskirts of a city. Less demand for parking space means that existing parking can be converted to retail or storage space and, as these vehicles are electric, petrol stations will not be taking up as much prime real estate.
Geffen concludes: "Technology already enables several parties in the transaction process to share data and information quickly and often in real time, and it allows integrated data flow to and from internal systems, thereby creating operational efficiencies and potentially increasing the speed of financial decisions.
"Proptech, however, is a powerful new level of tech which is increasingly merging the digital world with the built environment and, as one of the fastest growing new sectors, it is poised to affect every aspect of the industry.


Red Star Bar & Grill – eating my way through Charm City!
I imagine tourists rarely walk down Fells street in Fells point. But, I think they got their name from when sailors used to dock in the harbor. Maybe that is why I like this place, the exposed brick, the history, and the fact that you can often grab a seat at the bar and a few drinks. There is a slightly more sophisticated and cultivated feel at Red Star, compared to most of Fells Point. But, its warm and approachable, and they have a few TVs, so you can catch some of the games. This was the first stop on a Sunday Funday, mostly because they have some great food choices, including huge salads.
I stuck with wine first for a little while. A smooth, medium bodied pinot noir from Poppy. I think Ronny was trying to give us a hint with the stemless glasses. But, hey, I said it was Sunday funday.
After snacking a little off my friend's plates, I eventually ordered. I skipped the salads, and went for the pizza – classic style with cheese and pepperoni. There are a ton of choices with some gourmet ingredients. It took a little while to come from the kitchen. And, as I was getting to the spot where I was wondering where it was, the bartender told me they burned it. So, they had to make a new one. When I finally got it, I was super excited. It was tasty. They have a super thin crispy crust, which is how I generally like my pizza. This one had three cheeses – fontina and mozzerella for great melting cheeses, and some parm to add some tang. I had a hard time finishing, as my eyes were much hungry than my stomach. Luckily my friends helped out by picking off the pepperonis.
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Die One People of Australia League (OPAL) ist eine Organisation der Aborigines, die 1961 in Queensland gegründet und von Mitgliedern christlicher Kirchen dominiert wurde.

Die OPAL eröffnete 1971 in Brisbane ein Sozialhilfe-Zentrum, ferner gab es ein vierteljährliches Journal von 1966 bis 1975 heraus.

Das politische Ziel der OPAL war die Assimilation der Aborigines in die weiße australische Gesellschaft. Mitglieder der OPAL lehnten das Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders ab, das eine andere Politik verfolgte und als "prokommunistische Organisation" betrachtet wurde.

Die OPAL trat nie der bundesweiten Organisation der Aborigines Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) bei, lehnte jegliche Form von politischen Protest ab und kooperierte mit der Regierung von Queensland, von der sie mit erheblichen Geldmitteln unterstützt wurde.

Neville Bonner war von 1968 bis 1975 Präsident der OPAL, das erste von Aborigines abstammende Mitglied eines Parlaments, der auch Senator in Australien war.

1975 änderte die OPAL seine Politik der Assimilation und trat für die Kooperation der Aborigines- mit den Weißen-Gesellschaft ein.

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The moment you understand and accept that it's a bad day and not a bad life, the turn around starts from there. A bad day is something we have all experienced and still probably will. Basically, it's inevitable. Most times, when things don't go as we have planned, and completely turns into a mess, it has a way of affecting our mood and by extension our day. When we experience one of such days, we're all up in our heads and thoughts, replaying and overthinking, sometimes cringing and wondering why it had to happen like that. The good news is that, you can always turn your bad day around with some of the tips I have included in this post, and reduce the chances of it recurring again often (because if we're being honest, we are always going to have those 'days').
I haven't been here since the new month started, so it's only right that I say Happy New Month TPH fam! Second quarter right? So surreal. Like I posted on my Instagram page a while ago, do what matters and leave the rest in this new month and quarter.
April didn't start off so good for me, In fact, It started off as a bad day. Thankfully, I didn't let it remain that way. After using some of these tips I'll be sharing in a moment, I felt better and could even joke about what had happened.
So, How Can I Turn My Bad Day Around?
Of course, embracing positivity just immediately after having been exposed to negative energy is not the easiest. In that moment, you just want to dwell on why it happened that way, but you know what that does? It only keeps you in that bad mood and robs you of the time you should be spending on turning it around. So go to your positive space where you draw your energy from (it could even be here on The Portable Hub!) , you could also listen to a positive podcast. The point is to make sure you're in a positive place, because that will help you see things clearly and help you know how to love forward from that point.
It's no news that the internet can be a really vile place. There are people who have saddled themselves with the responsibility of causing commotion, anger and controversy with what they post. Now, imagine digesting that coupled with having a bad day, it's going to be a very wrecking situation. So sometimes, turning around a bad day may require you to get off the internet for a bit and do something else. You can even journal, or channel your energy into something else that would turn out productive.
Of course, it has to be someone whom you trust, and is ready to listen objectively. This was actually what helped me turn my day around when I was feeling down the other day. I'm always grateful for the people I have in my corner, and the interesting thing is that they are people of different ages and personalities, so when I talk to them, I get different awesome views that I can then sync together and move forward. If you know me, you know how I'm always on about having a great support system, because they ALWAYS come in handy. Most times, letting it all out especially to someone who isn't judgemental or self involved helps out because, you realize that the more you speak about it, the less it feels worse. It's like an energy that needs to be released, and speaking about it really helps with the release.
I don't know about you, but I have different playlists that suit different moods, and so when I experience a bad day, I know just what playlist to put on. (Meanwhile, what are your song suggestions for turning around a bad day?) There are people who when they're having a bad day want to remain in that funk, so they put on songs that make them sadder and extra emotional. There are also some others that like to transition from the bad mood to a better mood, so after the sad songs, they listen to songs that make them feel better. My take is, put in whatever playlist makes you feel better.
You know exactly how you feel, and you're also at liberty to do whatever it is you can to make you feel better, and if that means pampering yourself a little, then by all means do that! It could be a glass of wine, a tub of ice cream, a solo date to the movies or spa, a new dress or my fave; a new shoe! Treat yourself to something amazing that brightens up your mood and turns your day around.
How do you turn around a bad day? Let's talk in the comments!


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This is my first post on Sports Agent Blog after getting my start at Entertainment Agent Blog. Being from outside the Philadelphia area, I'm heartbroken the Phillies lost to the Yankees. But now that the season is over, the Phillies should reflect on their season and think about who will be returning next year. The Phils got Cliff Lee along with Ben Francisco on July 29th, in a trade for SS Jason Donald, P Jason Knapp, P Carlos Carrasco, and C Lou Marson in no doubt the best bargain of the season. Without question, the trade paid immediate dividends for the Phils and at a bargain price.
The Phils didn't give up that much in return for Lee. None of the prospects did much of anything this year. Carrasco went 0-4 for the Indians with an ERA close to 9.00. Lou Marson batted .250 in 14 games, Knapp went 0-0 with an ERA of 5.40 in the minors and struggled with injuries, and Donald batted .257 with one R.B.I. In 10 games for the Indians AAA affiliate. While some of these prospects may make it to the Majors, none of them have really shown potential to be everyday players. On the other hand, Lee had a stellar second half with the Phillies and arguably one of the best postseasons in recent memory, all for a bargain price of their share of the $5.75 million he was due this year.
What makes the deal even sweeter for Philadelphia is that Lee also has an $8 million club option for 2010. That means the Phillies could have at least one more year with Lee before he becomes a free agent. The club option is relatively cheap for someone who went 7-4 with a 3.39 ERA in the regular season and 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA in the postseason. Management would be stupid to not pick up the option. Letting Lee become a free agent will almost assuredly mean that he can command big money in the free agent market.
I think it is inevitable that the Phils will pick up the club option for next season. The real concern for management is locking him into a long-term deal with the club. If he performs next year like he did during the later part of this season and postseason, there is no telling what kind of price he is likely to demand in free agency. He could demand a contract similar to what C.C. Sabbathia received from the Yankees. There are only a handful of teams able to dish out that kind of cash. If it comes to that, I hope the Phillies are one of them.
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Q: CentOS 7, PostgreSQL 9.2.18 - Can't access $libdir/postgis-2.0 this is my first question on StackOverflow, hope I found some answers :D
I'm currently working on a database that I got to restore using Postgis. I installed that extension, but Postgres is unable to find it.
I'm working on a VM based on CentOS 7 that my boss gave me to troubleshoot this issue. He told me the VM, for prod purposes, had to use Postgre 9.2, that I installed using the following command :
yum install https://cbs.centos.org/kojifiles/packages/postgresql92-postgresql/9.2.18/1.el7/x86_64/postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
https://cbs.centos.org/kojifiles/packages/postgresql92-postgresql/9.2.18/1.el7/x86_64/postgresql92-postgresql-contrib-9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
https://cbs.centos.org/kojifiles/packages/postgresql92-postgresql/9.2.18/1.el7/x86_64/postgresql92-postgresql-libs-9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
https://cbs.centos.org/kojifiles/packages/postgresql92-postgresql/9.2.18/1.el7/x86_64/postgresql92-postgresql-server-9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
https://cbs.centos.org/kojifiles/packages/postgresql92/1.1/20.el7/x86_64/postgresql92-runtime-1.1-20.el7.x86_64.rpm

Next I created a symlink for libpq :
ln -s /opt/rh/postgresql92/root/usr/lib64/libpq.so.postgresql92-5 /lib64/libpq.so.postgresql92-5

And added the PATH in the /etc/profile :
# Rajout du PATH pour postgres
PATH=$PATH:/opt/rh/postgresql92/root/usr/bin

Next I created folder for the datas to be saved here :
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# ll /app/data/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 4 postgres postgres 29 31 mai   15:40 postgres
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# ll /app/data/postgres/
total 4
drwx------. 15 postgres postgres 4096  1 juin  11:01 data
drwxr-xr-x.  3 postgres postgres   18 31 mai   16:31 tbs
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# ll /app/data/postgres/data/
total 48
drwx------. 5 postgres postgres    41 31 mai   16:42 base
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres  4096  1 juin  11:01 global
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres    18 31 mai   16:42 pg_clog
-rw-------. 1 postgres postgres  4232 31 mai   16:42 pg_hba.conf
-rw-------. 1 postgres postgres  1636 31 mai   16:42 pg_ident.conf
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres    58  1 juin  00:00 pg_log
drwx------. 4 postgres postgres    36 31 mai   16:42 pg_multixact
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres    18  1 juin  11:01 pg_notify
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres     6 31 mai   16:42 pg_serial
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres     6 31 mai   16:42 pg_snapshots
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres    25  1 juin  11:52 pg_stat_tmp
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres    18 31 mai   16:42 pg_subtrans
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres    19 31 mai   16:46 pg_tblspc
drwx------. 2 postgres postgres     6 31 mai   16:42 pg_twophase
-rw-------. 1 postgres postgres     4 31 mai   16:42 PG_VERSION
drwx------. 3 postgres postgres    60 31 mai   16:42 pg_xlog
-rw-------. 1 postgres postgres 19834 31 mai   16:42 postgresql.conf
-rw-------. 1 postgres postgres    86  1 juin  11:01 postmaster.opts
-rw-------. 1 postgres postgres    95  1 juin  11:01 postmaster.pid
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# ll /app/data/postgres/tbs/
total 0
drwx------. 3 postgres postgres 30 31 mai   16:46 DV3F
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]#

And I created the tablespaces with a symink in /app/data/psotgres with the right permissions for postgres user :
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# ll /var/lib/pgsql/9.2/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 postgres postgres 22 31 mai   16:04 tbs -> /app/data/postgres/tbs
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# ll /app/data/postgres/tbs/
total 0
drwx------. 3 postgres postgres 30 31 mai   16:46 DV3F
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]#

Next I modified the /usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql92-postgresql.service file to add the database folder for PGDATA :
# Location of database directory
#Environment=PGDATA=/opt/rh/postgresql92/root/var/lib/pgsql/data
Environment=PGDATA=/app/data/postgres/data

And I added to repo my boss told me for installing Postgis :
yum-config-manager --add-repo http://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/

yum install postgis

This is where the troubles begin. When I check for postgis files, I have the following :
    [root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# ll /usr/share/pgsql/contrib/postgis-2.0
total 5060
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    1239  2 avril  2016 legacy_gist.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    2508  2 avril  2016 legacy_minimal.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   54418  2 avril  2016 legacy.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   64582  2 avril  2016 postgis_comments.sql
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root  146957  2 avril  2016 postgis_restore.pl
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  149552  2 avril  2016 postgis_upgrade_20_minor.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   69411  2 avril  2016 raster_comments.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    5787  2 avril  2016 rtpostgis_legacy.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  186351  2 avril  2016 rtpostgis.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  204888  2 avril  2016 rtpostgis_upgrade_20_minor.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3593962  2 avril  2016 spatial_ref_sys.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   13756  2 avril  2016 topology_comments.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  271709  2 avril  2016 topology.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  271597  2 avril  2016 topology_upgrade_20_minor.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   14401  2 avril  2016 uninstall_legacy.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   35990  2 avril  2016 uninstall_postgis.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   47073  2 avril  2016 uninstall_rtpostgis.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   10198  2 avril  2016 uninstall_topology.sql
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# find / -name postgis
/usr/share/postgis
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# ll /usr/lib64/postgis-2.0/
total 5060
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    1239  2 avril  2016 legacy_gist.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    2508  2 avril  2016 legacy_minimal.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   54418  2 avril  2016 legacy.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   64582  2 avril  2016 postgis_comments.sql
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root  146957  2 avril  2016 postgis_restore.pl
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  149552  2 avril  2016 postgis_upgrade_20_minor.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   69411  2 avril  2016 raster_comments.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    5787  2 avril  2016 rtpostgis_legacy.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  186351  2 avril  2016 rtpostgis.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  204888  2 avril  2016 rtpostgis_upgrade_20_minor.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3593962  2 avril  2016 spatial_ref_sys.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   13756  2 avril  2016 topology_comments.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  271709  2 avril  2016 topology.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  271597  2 avril  2016 topology_upgrade_20_minor.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   14401  2 avril  2016 uninstall_legacy.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   35990  2 avril  2016 uninstall_postgis.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   47073  2 avril  2016 uninstall_rtpostgis.sql
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   10198  2 avril  2016 uninstall_topology.sql
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]# ll /lib64/pgsql/
total 1148
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 659728  2 avril  2016 postgis-2.0.so
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 511528  2 avril  2016 rtpostgis-2.0.so
[root@bdx-re-postgres02 lib64]#

And when I check if postgis is installed in psql, it's the case
But, when I try to activate the extension using CREATE EXTENSION postgis, i get an output like this :
bash-4.2$ psql
psql (9.2.24, serveur 9.2.18)
Saisissez « help » pour l'aide.

postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
ERREUR:  n'a pas pu accéder au fichier « $libdir/postgis-2.0 » : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
postgres=#

Translated from french : ERROR: could not access file "$libdir/postgis-2.0" : No such file or directory`
I spend the past 2 days to solve this, but none of the solutions I found worked.
Maybe Postgre is unable to find the correct folder ?
If someone can help me it would be very perfect.
Edit :
I found on this link that the $libdir can be changed within the postgresql.conf file. But I don't know what to append to the "dynamic_library_path", maybe one of the output of pg_config --pkglibdir ?


You are about to plan your city trip for autumn or even already spring? A little bit of sun at the Atlantic ocean – good wine, friendly people and beach? Porto is the up-and-coming city in Europe, recently in development and has a lot to offer! Here is what to do when taking a few days off and enjoying the Portuguese flair.
As you might have read in my latest blog entry I enjoyed surfing while staying in Peniche every day. Except one. It was "the day of the island trip" – our visit of Ilha da Berlenga. A day I won't forget for a long long time.
… and I didn´t see anything. Ok thats too dramatic, but yes, I did not see a lot.
I love combining city trips with sporty excursion, as it somehow gives me even more feeling for what else this place has to offer – besides the touristic cultural parts (which I by the way also like a lot!). And YES – you can surf in Lisbon – and when I read, that it takes only a short bus ride to catch some waves I immediately planned one day of our city trip to Lisbon and Porto in April to drive down to Costa da Capricia.


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Obama's Doubletalk on Political Dissent
President Obama traveled all the way to China to praise the free flow of information. It's the only safe place he could do so without getting heckled. With a straight face, Obama lauded political dissent and told Chinese students he welcomed unfettered criticism in America. Fierce opposition, he said, made him "a better leader because it forces me to hear opinions that I don't want to hear." How do you say "You lie!" in Mandarin?
While the kowtower-in-chief's press shop feeds paeans to free speech into Obama's globetrotting teleprompter, the White House is still waging war on vocal foes at home. Obama has lectured his critics in Washington to stop talking and "get out of the way." He has stacked his carefully staged town halls with partisan stooges and campaign plants throughout the year. The president recently derided limited-government activists in the Tea Party movement with a vulgar sexual term used by left-wing cable host Anderson Cooper on CNN and the MSNBC smear merchants (just Google "teabagging" and you'll see what they mean).
There are now more muzzled watchdogs in the Obama administration than on the sidelines of the Westminster Kennel Club show.
Most recently, two EPA lawyers critical of the "fatally flawed" cap-and-trade system—peddled by their agency, the White House and the Democratic majority—were told by their superiors to yank a video they posted to YouTube explaining their views. Despite including a caveat that the opinions expressed were their own and not the agency's, the couple faces possible disciplinary action by the feds. While demanding the video be yanked, the EPA disingenuously claims it tolerates all dissenting views of its employees.
The clampdown follows on the heels of the Obama EPA's stifling of veteran researcher Alan Carlin's dissent. He dared to challenge the agency's reliance on outdated data to support its greenhouse gas "public endangerment" finding. Carlin's report was squelched; his office is now on the chopping block.
In China, O proclaimed himself "a big supporter of non-censorship." But his FCC "diversity" czar, Mark Lloyd, is bent on re-engineering public airwaves by redistributing free speech rights from conservative haves who earned their success to minority have-nots who demand talk radio entitlements in the name of "media justice."
And among Obama's closest advisers is a husband-and-wife duo who specializes in marginalizing and stifling the Democratic Party's most effective enemies. Just days after White House interim communications director Anita Dunn—the administration's resident Mao cheerleader and Fox News-basher—stepped down to take a planned role as a "consultant" behind the scenes, her husband, Robert Bauer, stepped up and shoved aside White House counsel Greg Craig.
The problem? Former Clinton lawyer Craig wasn't tough enough for Chicago-on-the-Potomac. Obama needed an intimate ally who will put hardball politics ahead of policy and the law. Bauer fits the bill.
A partner at the prestigious law firm Perkins & Coie, Bauer served as counsel to the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Obama for America. He has served as Obama's personal attorney, navigating the corrupted waters of former Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pay-for-play scandals in Illinois. He also served as legal counsel to the George Soros-funded 527 organization America Coming Together during the 2004 campaign.
That get-out-the-vote outfit, helmed by Patrick Gaspard (the former Service Employees International Union heavy turned Obama domestic policy chief), employed convicted felons as canvassers and committed campaign finance violations that led to a $775,000 fine by the Federal Election Commission under Bauer's watch.
During the 2008 campaign, Bauer pooh-poohed GOP complaints about voter fraud. While decrying the Republicans' "fear message," it was Bauer who was on a fear-inducing crusade—pulling out all legal stops to silence conservative critics of Obama's ties to the radical left.
As I've noted previously, and in light of Obama's self-serving praise for political dissent abroad, I note again: It was Bauer who lobbied the Justice Department unsuccessfully last fall to pursue a criminal probe of American Issues Project (AIP), an independent group that sought to run an ad spotlighting Obama's ties to Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers.
It was Bauer and his legal goon squad who attempted to sic the DOJ on GOP donor Harold Simmons and sought his prosecution for funding the ad. In a parallel effort launched the same week as Bauer's legal efforts, a nonprofit called "Accountable America," spearheaded by a former operative of the Obama-endorsing MoveOn outfit, began trolling campaign finance databases and targeting conservative donors with "warning letters" in a thuggish attempt to depress Republican fundraising.
It was Bauer who tried to bully television stations across the country into pulling the spot. Team Obama then summoned their troops to bombard stations, many of them owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Communications, with 93,000 e-mails to squelch the commercial.
With Bob "The Silencer" Bauer now working from the inside and Anita "News Commissar" Dunn working from the outside, Obama has a state media police apparatus the Chinese regime itself could love.
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Edgar awakens in the morning, finding himself still in the kennel. The smells overpower him, and he only gradually remembers the events of the night before. He steps outside and finds that the rain has stopped. He finds the syringe, shattered in a puddle. He takes the pieces and goes up the road to throw them into an old silo. He returns home, circling the house, not wanting to go in yet. He climbs up into a tree, where he watches the house. He can see the window over the kitchen sink, the curtains parted. He sees Almondine come into the kitchen, apparently all right from her fight with Epi. He sees his mother come out from the bedroom, with Claude coming soon behind her. Claude sits in Gar's chair to drink his coffee. Edgar is afraid that he will see Claude and his mother kiss. Claude pets Almondine, and then rises to wash out his cup at the sink. He looks out the kitchen window and sees Edgar up in the tree. Claude realizes that Edgar is watching him, so he steps back. He wonders if this is a prank, but soon he wonders what else Edgar saw. He looks at Edgar and gives him an awkward smile.
Edgar climbs down the tree and goes into the barn, where his mother and Almondine had just entered. Trudy asks him questions about why he is soaking wet. Edgar thinks about telling her, but he decides not to. He begins the tasks of the day, and by midmorning he begins to wonder if the previous night's events had really happened. At noon he goes up to the hay mow and goes to sleep. He dreams of seeing his father working down in the kennel. Smoke rises up through the ceiling beams. As Edgar goes down the stairs, his father keeps working, ignoring the smoke.
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Use of force for security in retail environments
Widely reported in national media is another incident of a fatality involving a security officer and a suspected shoplifter.
The BBC reports:
'a security guard was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after an alleged shoplifter was tackled to the ground and bled to death when bottles he was carrying smashed'.
People in the security industry on all social media channels have been giving their opinions on the subject. However, most of these so-called professionals and security 'experts' are totally wrong when it comes to use of force. Therefore, please enjoy this post on use of force in security by Tatry Group.
Security staff should not leave the premises
Unlike other providers, Tatry Group has the view that leaving the premises to engage in the pursuit of a shoplifter is gross misconduct. This is because by leaving the premises, they are entering an uncontrolled environment which greatly increases the risks – to themselves, the shoplifter and the company. The pursuit will increase stress on the cardiovascular system, and, if followed by a lengthy struggle, can and has led to deaths in the past.
Best practice is not to arrest
Many security staff are not properly trained on arresting in the absents of police. Best practice, therefore, is to ensure security staff do not make arrests – unless, of course, the security supplier takes the time to ensure proper training; which is highly unlikely. If done incorrectly, it may be considered unlawful and a breach of the suspect's rights.
Reputational damage
In most cases, reputational damage will be costlier than whatever would have been stolen. Generally due to lack of facilities, restraint situations can quickly become viral on social media.
Flawed key performance indicators
Many retailers request in house or contract security suppliers to subscribe to their key performance indicators which worrying create arrest targets. This creates pressure to meet those targets against the best interests of security or the public. In addition, this encourages reactions to situations rather than proactive deterrence.
Good security is proactive not reactive
Of course, there must be contingency plans and procedures for security personnel to respond effectively to incidents. However, at first instance, security personnel should be a proactive deterrent. There are many studies which prove this theory but it is ignored by management with little expertise in risk management.
Lone workers
Most retail security personnel work alone due budgets, to poor security strategies and unprofessional security contractors just doing the bare minimum that is asked of them. Security personnel working alone are lone workers, regardless of whether they have sales assistants around them – there is legislation protecting them that needs to be adhered to.
No to 'no touch policies'
Some people suggest that a 'no touch' policy would have avoided such incidents. This can lead to criminal and civil litigation for the policy makers. As a policy, this is in breach of the Criminal Law Act 1967 which states that people have a right to use reasonable force in certain situations, and a breach of the common law right to self-defence.
Root cause – organisational risk management
This is an organisational risk management problem. If we take any similar case and perform both a root cause analysis, we can see that, as usual, the causes are poor management, poor understanding of security and risk management, poor training and, lastly, some poor individuals either losing their lives or losing their future for minimum wage. Mistakes made by staff are reflections of mistakes made by management.
Contact us today for a free no obligation meeting to discuss how we can add value to your organisation with our range of security consultancy and manned guarding services.
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The Forest - Download & System Requirements
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The Forest – Download & System Requirements
Games, PC, Reviews, Software, Windows
Product is rated as #54 in category Games
Open-World Environment with Cross-Platform Compatibility.
Support for Variety of Weapons and Unpredictable Enemies.
Lot of Scary Moments in Co-Op.
The Forest is a survival video game that takes place in a dark and dense forest. The players have to survive there with other animals and threats as well. It was first released in the year 2018. Also, this game is developed and distributed by Endnight Games. It is run on the Unity game engine. The storyline is quite gripping and exciting. A plane has been crashed in a forest and there are two survivors from it. There are the main characters in the game who are referred to as Eric Leblanc and Timmy, his son. Plus, the game is set up in the Peninsula forest. The gameplay is such that the player can build, kill, escape, and loot in order to survive. Moreover, the game is set up in an open-world environment. Other than that, there are also weapons and other tools which help you to battle with obstacles.
Along with the above features, The Forest is a cross-platform which is available for multiple platforms. Those platforms include:
PlayStation.
There are several villages and caves as well in the game. The graphics are very fluent and amazing. You will surely like it. It has support for both single-player and multiplayer modes. This means that you can enjoy the game solo as well as with your friends. Most importantly, the game has on-going development. It means that you will receive new updates with the latest features and features frequently.
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The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog: Does Disclosure Trump Net Blocking?
Does Disclosure Trump Net Blocking?
The FCC's recent Network Management Order concerning Comcast's broadband network management practices purported to establish rules of "reasonable" network management in the context of an "adjudication" of an advocacy group's "formal complaint" concerning Comcast's treatment of P2P traffic on its network. I have written elsewhere about the legal and procedural defects of the Commission's approach that I believe will doom the action's chances on appeal. Here I discuss one relatively unexamined feature of the Order, which is the FCC's conclusion that "a hallmark of whether something is reasonable" is whether a provider discloses the practice to its customers. What will this mean in terms of future FCC enforcement actions?
The bulk of the FCC's analysis of reasonable network management in the Order was focused on whether the practice in question interfered with a consumer's ability to run applications of their choice, access lawful content of their choice, and attach lawful devices of their choice over their broadband Internet connection. After finding that Comcast's practices concerning P2P traffic violated so-called "federal Internet policy" by discriminating among applications and protocols in a manner that interfered with its subscribers' P2P uploads (and relatedly, according to the FCC, their downloads), the FCC rejected the company's arguments that its practices constituted reasonable network management. The practices used (DPI and RST injection) were faulted as non-standard in the industry, according to the FCC's analysis of the views of "experts in the field," and as posing "significant risks of anticompetitive abuse" that could be justified only if they "further a critically important interest and be narrowly tailored or carefully tailored to serve the interest." In Comcast's case, the FCC assumed, without deciding that "easing network congestion" is a "critically important interest." Comcast's methods flunked this strict scrutiny-like test, according to the FCC, because they were both under inclusive, by missing some congested times and areas, and over inclusive, by interfering with traffic during times of no network congestion. The FCC intimated, without either citing record evidence of otherwise providing serious competitive analysis, that anticompetitive motive was behind Comcast's practices. In the agency's "expert judgment," therefore, "Comcast's practices do not constitute reasonable network management."
Although the FCC previously had not mandated general disclosure requirements for broadband network providers, it claimed that "the anticompetitive harm perpetuated by discriminatory network management practices is clearly compounded by failing to disclose such practices to consumers." The FCC was apparently referring to subscriber use of P2P protocols to access on-line video programming services offered by, Vuze, whose petition for declaratory ruling was part of the docket in which the FCC ruling was homed. The FCC reviewed Comcast's prior terms of service disclosures and found them wanting, without addressing the adequacy of Comcast's revised (and current) disclosures. It was in this context that the FCC stated that "the hallmark of whether something is reasonable" is whether a provider discloses it to customers, and directed Comcast that if it wished to employ capacity limits, "it should disclose them to customers in clear terms." But the FCC failed utterly to articulate the reasonship between this "hallmark" of reasonableness, and its strict scrutiny test for network management practices that would find a practice reasonable only if it furthered "a critically important interest and be narrowly tailored or carefully tailored to serve the interest." In other words, can a network management practice that has the purpose and effect of limiting a subscriber's ability to access certain Internet content or use a particular Internet protocol-based service such as VoIP, be immunized if the provider simply discloses beforehand that it will not permit its network to be used for this particular purpose? Admittedly, the FCC did not say that disclosure is "the hallmark" of a reasonable practice, but it did imply that a provider could limit end user access if such limitations were disclosed.
This lack of clarity is not surprising, given the FCC's decision to enforce "federal Internet policy" in an adjudicatory proceeding against a single broadband network provider rather than through an industry-wide rulemaking. It is easy to declare, after the fact, that inadequate disclosure of network management practices in a particular case "compounded" harm, but it tells us little about the outcome of case number two.
Why does this matter? In the Sunday edition of The New York Times, Joe Sharkey penned an essay entitled "Internet in the Sky: Surf but Don't Call." American Airlines has decided to offer the Aircell in-flight broadband Internet access service, called "Gogo." Both the airline, which, in this case, arguably is acting as a network provider, and Aircell, the ISP and application provider, have determined to block use of the Internet connection for VoIP services, even though the technological capability is there, to protect the rights of airline passengers who do not want to fly across the country in the equivalent of a jammed-packed flying phone booth. As the article noted, "[w]orried about the in-flight equivalent of road rage, airlines have been less enthusiastic about any form of voice-call capability," and have reacted by imposing the most restrictive solution: blocking voice call capability rather than narrowly tailoring their network management practice by say, permitting first and business-class customers to use their laptop connections for VoIP, while prohibiting it in the more densely-packed "economy" sections of the airplanes, or simply setting aside "quiet" sections in each fare class.
Does the "federal Internet policy" newly articulated by the FCC apply to American Airlines and/or Aircell as broadband ISPs? Should a complaint be filed against the airline and Aircell at the FCC? Does American's upfront publication of the VoIP ban to potential customers render the practice reasonable even though American chose the most restrictive method of achieving its aims? We don't know! But now we all have to think a about it. And that is just one of the many, many problems with the FCC's ad hoc approach to broadband network management issues.


Today, Ray Jr. follows up the release of his remix of 'Same Crew' with the official music video. The video is directed by Ced Lynch and enlists children to perform the verses of each of the artists, including the features from Dej Loaf, Young Dolph, Machine Gun Kelly and Troy Ave. Check out the visual above and stream the mp3 of this remix here.


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The 10: Jerusalem Quartet concert, Freedom Rider at ASF, and lots of jazz ahead
Jerusalem Quartet performs for MCMO season finale
On Thursday at 7:30 p.m. the Montgomery Chamber Music Organization will present Jerusalem Quartet at Wilson Auditorium in the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. This is MCMO's season finale. Since the ensemble's founding in 1993 and subsequent 1996 debut, the four Israeli musicians have embarked on a journey of growth and maturation. This journey has resulted in a wide repertoire and stunning depth of expression, which carries on the string quartet tradition in a unique manner. Tickets to the pre-concert dinner are sold out. For more information, call 334-277-3505.
Freedom Rider at Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Now through Sunday at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, catch performances of Freedom Rider. In May 1961, four young students join others aboard a southbound bus in Washington, DC, to challenge segregated spaces in interstate travel. They ended up changing themselves and the nation forever. Inspired by real events, this powerful play — sometimes funny and ultimately uplifting — celebrates the heroic and watershed journey of these young people. asf.net.
Earth Day Safari at the Montgomery Zoo
Friday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Montgomery Zoo and Mann Wildlife Museum, 2301 Coliseum Parkway, is offering an Earth Day Safari. Help learn how to save the planet and protect the environment on Earth Day. Spend a fun-filled day at the Montgomery Zoo learning about how simple changes in our daily habits can affect the environment and the planet on which we live. It is fun, educational, always a wild adventure, and an awesome learning experience for all ages; especially school groups. 334-625-4909
See local school bands perform at Tallassee Jazz Fest
Tallassee Jazz Fest is Friday from 3:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Southside Middle School gym, 901 Eb Payne Sr. Drive, Tallassee. College, high school and jr high jazz bands, plus the Montgomery Recreators. 3:30 Prattville Jr. High, 3:45 p.m. BTW, 4 p.m. Montevallo, 4:15 p.m. BB Comer, 4:35 p.m. Shades Valley, 4:50 p.m. Pike Road, 5:10 p.m. Smiths Station, 5:30 p.m. Faulkner, 6 p.m. Auburn, 6:30 p.m. Southside, 6:45 p.m. Daleville, 7:05 p.m. Carroll of Ozark, 7:25 p.m. Opelika, 7:45 p.m. Eclectic, 8 p.m. Prattville, 8:20 p.m. Wetumpka, 8:40 p.m. Montgomery Recreators, 9:10 p.m. Tallassee. Performance times may vary slightly from schedule.
Submit art for the 17th annual Youth Art Show in Prattville
The city of Prattville and the Prattauga Art Guild are excited to host the 17th annual Youth Art Show in May at the Prattville Creative Art Center and Gallery, and local youths can be a part of it if you act this Friday. Students in grades K-12, take out your paints, crayons, clay or cameras and get creative! This art show is for students in grades K-12 in Autauga County public, private, or home schools. It also is open to youth who live in Autauga County, take art classes in Autauga County, or have created work in children's workshops sponsored by the Prattauga Art Guild and the City of Prattville. There are six categories of artwork, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media and collage. There are four grade categories: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Award ribbons and participation ribbons will be given in all categories and age groups. Artwork will be accepted on Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, June 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Prattville Creative Art Center at 342 South Chestnut Street in downtown Prattville. The exhibit will open with a reception on Sunday, May 1, at 2:00 p.m., and awards will be announced at that time. There will be an online exhibit as well beginning at 2:00 p.m. on May 1 at www.prattvilleal.gov/departments/prattauga-art-guild. Artwork will be on exhibit in the Gallery through May 29. The arts center is open Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m., or by appointment by contacting the Cultural Arts Office at 334-595- 0850. For more information, contact the Special Events office at 334-595-0850.
Open Studios at Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Join Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for Open Studios at MMFA with renowned artist Gary Chapman. River Region artists looking to be inspired by new scenery, work on collaborative projects, or just get out of their own studio and socialize with creative peers! Registration is requested, especially to reserve the use of an easel, please visit www.mmfa.org.
Take a Getaway Cruise on the Harriott II riverboat
Come watch the sunset on the Alabama River aboard the Harriott II Riverboat on Saturdays this spring. The Getaway Cruise is a great way to get your weekend started! During this two-hour cruise, we offer live entertainment, a full bar of delicious beverages and our Wheel House Grille offers a variety of meal selections for purchase. Don't miss the boat! *Inside General Admission seating is located inside one of our two climate-controlled decks, Outside Patio seating is located on the outside top deck and is first come first serve to seat. Patio seating is not handicap accessible. Please purchase boarding tickets before purchasing an Add-On Package.
April Walking Tours
As part of the Alabama Tourism Department's April Walking Tours, they will offer free, guided tours of Montgomery's downtown historic district. These walking tours are set for 10 a.m. on Saturday and April 30. Some of the stops along the tour include the Court Square Fountain, Rosa Parks Statue and Bus Stop area, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, and the State Capitol. Contact Jennifer Grace at 334-262-0013 for more information.
Jazz on the Riverfront
Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Riverfront Park, 355 Commerce St. in the amphitheater. The free concert will feature local food vendors and live jazz music from featured artist Trey Daniels and fellow musicians including Amon Robinson, Bo Berry, Emery Kidd, Byron Thomas, Choko Aikens, Jeffrey Perry, Tom Wolfe and Belinda George Peoples. WVAS-FM 90.7 radio personality Jazzie K. Ward will emcee the afternoon of music and fellowship.
Hampstead Food Truck Takeovers
Hampstead presents Spring Food Truck Takeovers with several new food trucks making their debut! Sunday Fundays will be Sunday and May 22 from noon until 3 in the Hampstead Town Center. Bring your friends/family, enjoy live music and delicious food from ten trucks. The Tipping Point will be open for libations. 5272 Hampstead High Street, Montgomery.