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Nether – Early Access Review (PC)
"People are strange when you're a stranger." – Nether
Back in the mid-1990s there were two big names in horror, Resident Evil and a masterwork known as Silent Hill. Resident Evil, as every gamer should know, is about being in a house and taking on zombies, as well as plants, sharks, and giant cobras. Silent Hill on the other hand is a game where, despite its hardware limitations, did it's hardest to try to scare the ever living piss out of you. A new generation of survival horror has arrived, taking form as Nether.
After an event known as "the cull", a massive event that has somehow turned two-thirds of the world's population into nightmarish Lovecraftian monsters, you are thrown into a post-apocalyptic city . Apart from that the rest of the storyline is completely open to speculation. The cull could have been caused by God, could have been aliens, it could even have been something as mundane as a solar flare. No one knows the truth, and as far as the player can see, we may never know. As soon as you select your character you are plunged into a cityscape that is loosely based on Chicago, but on a really bad day.
Within the city are safe zones, temporary havens that provide a break from fighting. Each safe zone contains Anti-Nether devices that can become disabled and must be repaired from time to time. If all repairs are not completed within an hour the entire safe zone will become unsafe for a short period of time.
A religious sect has formed in order to help survivors convert to the church and will offer supplies to members who trade in the body parts of previously defeated Nether monsters. You can buy weapons and weapon upgrades, as well as turn in escort packages that can be picked up from various points across the map. Missions and quests can sometimes be overtly difficult as you must turn in various combinations of items rather than just one item itself, so the ability to complete a mission may rely just as heavily on luck as it does on skill.
Nethers, the enemies of the game, come in a variety of flavors, some are ground based; with the worst of these being the Reaper, a rare creature that only appears at certain points. These sub bosses come with a crowd of other monsters and can kill you very quickly. The Mantis is a flying monster very reminiscent of Silent Hill's Air Screamers. These abominations must be strafed and attacked from a distance, as they can lick you and strike with brutal deadly force. Mantises are the bane of the camper's existence in Nether.
Nether's graphics are an interesting sight to behold, inside the safe zones they can be quite impressive, the worn cityscapes, still blazing with neon lights, and ambulance lights flashing telling you that help is here. On the outskirts however things become a bit underwhelming. Grass sometimes hovers over hilltops pulling you out of the dramatic environment for a bit of unintentional comedy. There is an island off the Eastern coast that just sort of floats off in the distance for no discernible reason.
Sounds are exactly what you'd expect from a game of this nature. Ambient sounds are good, they let you know what direction your enemies are coming from, and give a great impression of the loneliness you can feel if you are on your own. When you get into a battle with a Nether or get too close to one, music starts up to let you know it's time to fight.
Online functionality for this game works fairly well. Each server has a hard set limit of 64 players. We did experience some random server dropouts that should be taken into consideration. They also still have a lot of bugs to squash going into the future. Every sandbox needs sand of course, and there is plenty of it, enemies respawn sometimes too quickly and there is of course the threat of other players shooting you in the back, the front, or wherever else they possibly can with whatever instrument they currently have on hand. The problem with sandboxes comes when you have no pail and no shovel. Because of the way the story is set up there's no beginning no middle and no end. But the big problem with games like these is that you need a good group to play with. This is not a game you want to go into alone.
Nether can bring out the best or the worst in players, depending on who that person is and who they want to be. You can be a good guy, always seeking to help other players achieve their goals, team up and take on the wasteland in a group. Or you can be that bloody bastard that shoots people in the back. In the end the choice is yours. Nether is far from perfect, but it looks decent, plays well, and the bugs are more amusing than annoying.
Nether is currently available on Steam.
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Home › Creativity › GE fined $58M for providing misleading data
GE fined $58M for providing misleading data
By admin1 on April 9, 2019 • ( 0 )
GE had provided the misleading data during its bid to acquire Danish rotor blade maker LM Wind in 2017.
The European Commission has levied a fine of $58.4 million (52 million euros) on U.S. conglomerate General Electric for providing misleading information in its acquisition of LM Wind, a Danish rotor blade maker in 2017.
At that time, GE had told EU antitrust authorities that was not developing any other turbine apart from its 6 megawatt turbine. The EU came to know of this lie when a third party provided details.
Subsequently, GE withdrew its request and resubmitted it a month later with more data on future projects. GE got the go-ahead in March 2017.
In July 2017, the European Commission opened an investigation into GE's first notification in which it provided the misleading data. The imposition of this fine marks the completion of that probe.
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Well, unfortunately, having more time doesn't always mean getting more done. It doesn't guarantee getting the right things done either.
The secret to time management isn't more time management hacks at all.
It's knowing the vital few keys that really make a difference.
Sometimes I get more done in an hour than I can sometimes get done in a week. Why is that? For me, it's actually about energy. There are only so many hours in a day. While I can't make more hours in a day, I can use my energy better.
Sure there are lots of interesting little time savers, but there are also plenty of time wasters too. I find the force that makes the most measurable difference is the energy and engagement I bring to the table. Energy over time is a key concept in the book, The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz . The secret to managing energy is following your passions and playing to your strengths. Managing strengths to manage your energy is a key concept in Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance, by Marcus Buckingham.
Assuming I have all my energy ready to tackle my day, I need to distinguish between urgent and important. If I'm only reacting to urgent, then I'm missing out on opportunity to deal with important, whether that's job impact or personal growth. The moral of the story is, if I don't make time for the big rocks, the fillers in my day won't leave room. I like Steven Covey's perspective on urgent vs. important in his book, First Things First.
Well, I do. I've seen the pattern of me reacting to events I don't anticipate. While the corporate ninja expects the unexpected, I also find that with a little anticipation, a stitch in time saves nine. If I make project plans, and there's a major event I didn't account for, I shouldn't be surprised when suddenly nobody's around. At the same time, I'm sure I can find a way to leverage the sudden spurt of energy some folks have right after mid-year discussions.
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I find the energy point interesting.
When I can pick something actionable (aka well defined) off my list and say I'm going to do it now then I can really get stuff done. For me directing my energy is about choosing and then committing.
2. Taking action, and then having inspiration follow.
3. Deciding what to do and directing your energy.
#2 is surprising because it's counter-intuitive. That's why some people wait around for inspiration, but then never take action. Or when inspiration happens, they haven't built the skills to leverage it. On the other hand, athletes show up to practice and some days rock.
Do you want to know the real secret of time management? Focus on just doing it. Stop thinking about it and just do it. If you make a few mistakes along the way, correct them and move on.
Then, with regard to your comment about Drive instead of React is great. So many people walk around with a fire hat on and try to put out all of the fires. Unfortunately, this promotes a constant time deficit and everything is always pushed back and late.
So, overall, if you just focus on doing your tasks, you will become more successful at time management.
Good point. Nike definitely captured the essence! I think of it as, decide and go. Don't keep looking behind you while you're stealing the base. It's similar to writing … don't edit while you write. Just write. Edit when you're done. Learn and move on.
One of my friends is successful at running because she doesn't let herself think her way out of it. She wakes up, throws on her sneakers and just goes.
Right on! It's so easy to fall into an emotional vortex and spiral down … or play a mental game of ping pong and fall into the analysis paralysis trap.
Interesting on the energy… I'm going to look further into that.
I'm looking forward to your posts on anticipation for drive.
It's great your team is all in it together. That helps a lot.
The way I like to think of it is, improve your strengths, but limit your liabilities. In other words, don't try to make your weaknesses great, but don't let them get in the way of your success.


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Being beautiful is every girl's dream, isn't it? ❤ And Omorose hears your wish, girls! Omorose, meaning "Beautiful" in ancient Egyptian has launched a full range of makeup products from your face to eyes and lips just a year ago.
Honestly, I have not heard of this brand, but it's great to know that Omorose is a cruelty-free brand, all Omorose products are not tested on animals! Plus, they use only natural preservatives where necessary, NO parabens and phenoxyethanol at all. I'm impressed, well I mean how many brands nowadays still care so much about Earth, and I'm glad that Omorose does a great job!
All Omorose products are made in Taiwan, with an average shelf life of 3 years.
Now let's try them out!
Omorose BB Stick SPF35++ - Sunscreen Foundation Stick in "Light & Fair"
For the fair Asian shade I pick, it is perfect for full coverage and quick touch-up. This lightweight foundation is able to stay onto the skin for long hours with good hydrating and sun protecting properties.
The application is pretty easy-- Just stroke it lightly on the face. I find that the texture is quite fine and it can cover the imperfections well. But make sure you blend it well, to create the glowing, ethereal look.
Omorose Satyn - Superfine Finishing Powder in "Diamond"
For more long-lasting and matte coverage, I prefer setting the foundation with a touch of powder. And nothing beats the satin-smooth finish of this colourless powder that is formulated with Diamond Powder Lumiere.
If you feel like going without makeup today, just press the puff lightly onto the skin and you'll be surprised with the soft radiant effect! Plus, the shimmery "Diamond" shade is universal as it matches all skin tones.
SO CUTE RIGHT! It looks like those "eggs" from the vending machine I used to collect as a kid.
Omorose Hypnotic Eyes - Silky Eyeshadow Duo in "Come To Bed"
Omorose eyeshadows come in two matching hues coupled with a mirrored compact. Good for easy blending especially for newbies! Not forgetting the added Vitamin E to help prevent aging.
The rich pigmented eyeshadow can be easily glided using brush or finger. Love the shimmers of the purple hue that adds an electrifying effect onto the eyes! Long-lasting, crease and fade resistant too.
Omorose Lip Dressing - Vegan Lip Balm in "Strawberry Sorbet"
Rich in coconut oil, avocado oil, argan oil and Vitamin E, the 2-in-1 lip balm is amazing too--- It not only nourishes and protects dry lips well, but also contains highly pigmented shade that adds a hint of matte colour to the lips.
It smells so lovely like a strawberry too. Don't forget to add a layer of gloss for the shiny finish!
Omorose Rosey Glow - Cheek Tint in "Pretty Jessica"
Have you ever seen such a cute blusher?? This hydrating gel blush is so highly pigmented that one touch onto the cheek is sufficient to create the healthy, natural glow. So easy to use!
It's only RM328 for the 5-step makeup products, indeed worth every penny you spend!!
Thank you Omorose for keeping my makeup fresh and silky smooth all day long!
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Martyr Arethas and 4,299 Martyrs with him
The Martyr Arethas and with him 4299 Martyrs suffered for the Lord Jesus Christ in the sixth century. Arethas was prefect of the Christian city of Negran in Arabia. The Arabian (or Omirite) king, Dunaan, who was Jewish, decided to eliminate Christianity from the land. He issued an edict that all…
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Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves
Saint Arethas (12th century) was a hermit of the Near Caves in Kiev. He struggled at the Kiev Caves monastery and was buried in the Near Caves. Saint Arethas was from Polotsk. While living at the monastery, he kept many possessions in his cell. One day robbers made off with it. Grieving over his…
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Venerable Sisoes the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves
Saint Sisoes (13th century) was a hermit of the Near Caves in Kiev. He struggled at the Kiev Caves monastery and was buried in the Near Caves. In the general service for the Fathers of the Kiev Caves, Saint Sisoes is called "radiant in fasting." The general commemoration of all the…
Venerable Theophilus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves
Saint Theophilus (12th-13th century) was a hermit of the Near Caves in Kiev. He struggled at the Kiev Caves monastery and was buried in the Near Caves. Saint Theophilus, in the general service to the Fathers of the Kiev Caves, is called "resplendent in miracles." The general…
Blessed Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia
Saint Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia lived when Arabia was ruled by Dunaan, the oppressor of Christians. The pious Elesbaan was unable to look on indifferently as believers in Christ were being massacred. He declared war on Dunaan, but his military campaign was unsuccessful. Wishing to learn the…
Martyr Syncletica and her two daughters
The Martyr Syncletica and her two daughters suffered under the Arabian king Dunaan. Saint Syncletica was a descendant of an illustrious family. Left widowed while still quite young, she devoted herself to the Christian upbringing of her daughters, and she herself led a life both chaste and…
Saint Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Athanasius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1289-1293; 1303-1311), in the world Alexius, was from Adrianopolis. While still in his youth, thriving upon the knowledge of the wisdom of Christ, he left his home and went to Thessalonica, where he was tonsured in one of the monasteries with the…
Icon of the Mother of God "the Joy of All Who Sorrow"
The wonderworking "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Icon of the Mother of God was glorified in the year 1688. Euphymia, the sister of Patriarch Joachim (1674-1690), lived at Moscow and suffered from an incurable illness for a long time. One morning during a time of prayer she heard a voice say,…
Saint John, Hermit of Pskov
Saint John, Hermit of Pskov (+1616) lived an ascetic life during a terrible time of military troubles. In 1592 the Swedes besieged the city of Pskov. From 1608, for seven years, Polish forces attacked under the leadership of Lisovski. It was only in the week before the death of the monk, through…


Qcarbo16 Reviews 2018 [WARNING] Does It Work or Scam?
Qcarbo16 Reviews - What Is It?
DO NOT BUY Qcarbo16!!! You Must Read This Review!
Qcarbo16 is a detox drink that contains gentian root, creatine monohydrate, alfalfa leaf, barley grass, wheat grass, cayenne pepper, echinacea purpurea herb, milk thistle seed, juniper berry, and guarana seed extract. When taking this supplement, you are recommended to drink at least 20 ounces of water before and after consuming it. The supplement promises to remove toxins from the human body. It is available in a bottle, so it can be taken with you wherever you go. Qcarbo16 was introduced to the market in 1993 by the company called Herbal Cleanse.
The supplement claims to clean your body from all the harmful elements that have accumulated due to the bad lifestyle, dirty air, water and unhealthy food. It is important to decrease the amount of these toxins in order to support good health. Herbal Clean has been on the market since 1990 and offers some other products meant to maintain health. Qcarbo16 is manufactured for BNG Enterprises PO Box 1450, Tempe, Arizona 85280. Let us have a look at the ingredients in the supplement to understand whether it really works.
Ingredients of Qcarbo16 - Does It Really Work? Is It a Scam?
One serving of the supplement contains 220 calories, 57 g carbohydrates, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) 20 mg, Proprietary Eliminex Blend: Dandelion Root Extract, Creatine Monohydrate, Dandelion Leaf Extract, Juniper Berry Extract, Turmeric Root Extract, Echinacea Purpurea Leaf Extract, Licorice Root Extract, Apple Pectin, Ginger Root, Milk Thistle Seed Extract, Ligustrum Berry Extract, Uva Ursi Leaf Extract, Corn Silk Extract, Guarana Seed Extract. Other Ingredients include water, Fructose, Dextrose, Vegetable Glycerin, Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Malic Acid, Potassium Sorbate (preservative), Phosphoric Acid, F, D and C Red No. 40.
The main ingredient in the product is Dandelion Root Extract, however, there is insufficient evidence for its effectiveness in terms of treating inflammation of the tonsils (Tonsillitis), upset stomach, loss of appetite, intestinal gas (flatulence), arthritis-like pain, constipation, etc. More evidence is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of dandelion. There is no evidence that this compound works to decrease the amount of toxins in the human body.
When cleansing your body, it is highly advised to drink as much water as possible. Avoid additional toxins. It is better to take the product on an empty stomach; but you may eat something light if you have a sensitive stomach. As you can see, the supplement contains some natural ingredients but you can also see chemical compounds on the list. It means that the risk of side effects is very high, especially in allergic people.
The manufacturer of Qcarbo16 does not provide any information on possible side effects or adverse reactions associated with the use of this product. There is only a warning that this supplement should not be used by breast-feeding or pregnant women, as well as those who have kidney or gallbladder disease. This product should not be used for a long period of time. Qcarbo16 contains botanical herbs, however, it also has some chemical compounds too. When using Qcarbo16 you may experience such side effects as nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, and cramping. If you experience any of these effects, stop using the product as soon as possible. If these symptoms persist, you should look for medical assistance. As most dietary supplements, Qcarbo16 is not recommended for children too.
I am very concerned about side effects of Qcarbo16. Let me remind you that it is a detox supplement, so it is supposed to clean out the body, but its ingredients may negatively affect the intestinal tract and lead to negative side effects.
My next concern about the product is its ineffectiveness. I looked through some forums and found out that many customers are discussing the ineffectiveness of Qcarbo16. As you can see, this supplement can be troublesome. The official website lists some details about the benefits of the product, but DietSpotlight offers no solid science to back up the safety and effectiveness of the supplement.
"The claims of well-being due to the use of Qcarbo 16 are totally false. It doesn't work at all even though I followed all the given instructions on the label of the bottle. Moreover, I experienced severe side effects with the product. My stomach was aching for several days. Don't waste your money on this supplement."
"I am not satisfied with the product. I followed the instructions thoroughly but this supplement did not work for me. When I drank QCarbo16, I became very nauseous and my urine received a bright color."
"I failed to detox my system because Qcarbo16 simply didn't work for me. I am not happy with the service of the company. Every time I phoned the staff they were impolite with me. I regret buying this product."
The official website sells QCarbo16, but you can also shop for this product through online retailers. Most of them offer customer comments but the price may differ depending on the website (Amazon, Walmart, etc). The price of Herbal Clean QCarbo16 Tropical on GNC is $38.
Herbal Clean Q Carbo16 is a detox drink that is mainly used before passing drug tests. However, it can hardly be called a reliable choice. It would be wise to combine the Qcarbo16 with a proper over time detox product. When used alone, QCarbo16 only masks the toxins inside your body temporarily. Another problem about this supplement is that it is only designed for light-weight people, so you will need to increase the dose. What is like about the company is that it has been on the market for years and that the product contains several natural ingredients. Many users report of negative side effects and ineffective ingredients. Thus, I cannot recommend QCarbo16 to usage. If you want to remove toxins from your system, to boost your metabolism and to lose fat, look for a more reputable supplement on the market.


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Q: Routing between pages with  &  returns the home page - ReactJS My target at this assignment is to redirect a page to the next one . Basically when user scans membership card there has to appear a pop-up that notifies him that everything is "OK" and Redirect him to the next page . Until now i get the state of the scan and the pop-up appears , but it wont redirect me to the next page . I wonder what should i do to fix that problem ? Here is my code until now :
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import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { BrowserRouter as Router } from 'react-router-dom'
import { Redirect, Switch } from 'react-router'
import Route from 'react-router-dom/Route';
import BarcodeReader from 'react-barcode-reader';
import SPage from '../pages/SelectionPage'

HomeJS.js - my function with the timeout
class Home extends Component {

  constructor() {
    super();
    this.state = {
      okRedirect: true,
      modalOK: false
    }
    this.handleScan = this.handleScan.bind(this)
  }

  handleScan(data) {
    console.log('barcode is' + data);
    this.setState({
      modalOK: true
    })

    setTimeout( function() {
      console.log('setTimeOut OK');
      this.setState({ okRedirect: true });
      console.log('state redirect: ' + this.state.okRedirect);

    }.bind(this) , 3000)
  }

HomeJS.js * - the rest of the code*
 render() {
    return (

      <Router>
        <Switch>
         <Route exact path="/" render={() => (this.state.okRedirect? (
          <Redirect to="/SPage" component={SPage}/>
            ) : (
        <Route exact path='/'/>
        )
      )}/>

            <BarcodeReader
              onError={this.handleError}
              onScan={this.handleScan}
            />

{this.state.result}

               ...
         </Switch>
      </Router>

A: Instead of Redirect use Route to go to your desired page.
<Route exact path="/" render={() => (this.state.okRedirect &&
          <Route path="/SPage" component={SPage}/>) }/>

or you may define your Route for /SPage and do the Redirect

A: Actually is not nesscecary to use <Redirect/> . The simple answer to my question is :
class Home extends Component {

  constructor() {
    super();
    this.state = {
      okRedirect: false,
      modalOK: false
    }

    this.handleScan = this.handleScan.bind(this)
  }

  handleScan(data) {

    this.setState({
      modalOK: true
    })

    setTimeout( function() {

      this.setState({ okRedirect: true });

    }.bind(this) , 3000)
  }

  render() {

    if (this.state.okRedirect) {
      console.log('State is changed');
      return (

        <SelectionPage/>
      );

    }

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All through October, the other Merry Monday hosts and I are going to be sharing cookie and dessert recipes with you. Once a week, I will post a new dessert recipe for you. We have also opened up the sharing to our Merry Monday linkers to share their favorite cookie or dessert recipes at the Merry Monday Link Party. We will be adding your recipes to a separate linkup that is at the bottom of this page. We've also included all of the recipes the hosts are sharing so you can find them in one easy place. Make sure to come back each week to see what everyone is sharing!
This past week I was really craving chocolate. Chocolate is, and always has been, my weakness. If it wasn't bad for you to, I would live on chocolate. These black bottom cupcakes really hit the spot. A mix of rich chocolate and cream cheese, they are the perfect combination! After all, who doesn't love chocolate and cheesecake?
These cupcakes are really rich, so you'll want to pour yourself a tall glass of milk to accompany one.
They really are pretty easy to make, so don't let the recipe instructions scare you. There are just a few extra steps, and an extra dish or two, but these cupcakes really are worth the little bit of extra effort.
Fill your muffin tin liners about 1/3 of the way full with the chocolate batter. And just to make the pan more fun to clean, go ahead and dribble some batter all over it. While you're at it, make sure to get some on the counters too.
Then you add a dollop of the cream cheese filling. Mmm, delicious. Remember these will rise up some so you don't want to over fill the muffin tins.
If you want your cupcakes to be more chocolatey (and who wouldn't?) you can add a smidge more chocolate batter over the cream cheese. Just remember, don't over fill!
You can serve these as is, or top with some whipped cream. Easy enough right?
Preheat oven to 350. Line muffin pan with tins and grease.
In a medium size bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a small bowl combine water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla.
Stir wet ingredients in to dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
Fill cups 1/3 way full with chocolate batter. Set aside.
Combine cream cheese, egg, sugar, and salt and mix until creamy.
Place a heaping tablespoon of batter over chocolate batter in muffin cup.
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News » Whistler
Employee, seniors housing proposed for Rainbow
Large-scale development could address Whistler's housing needs through 2010
by Alison Taylor
A development deal is in the works which could solve Whistler's employee housing problems right through to the 2010 Olympics.
If approved, there could be 300 new housing units, mostly employee housing, on a prime spot of land in between Alpine Meadows and Emerald Estates called the Rainbow lands.
"This is a whole new neighbourhood designed specifically for Whistler residents," said Rod Nadeau, a local developer and one of several partners in the Rainbow site, who confirmed that negotiations were taking place.
The deal as proposed will see a mixture of all types of employee housing, from 70 single family homes to 48 rental condos. In addition, 40 employee housing duplexes and 50 townhomes, both for purchase, are also part of the project.
To make the deal work for the landowners, it is proposed there be unrestricted market housing in the form of 35 single family homes and 16 townhouses.
Rounding off the residential development is 40 seniors housing units, both price restricted and unrestricted, as well as ownership and rental opportunities.
A new gas station, a fire hall, a small grocery store, a coffee shop and a day care facility are also part of the project.
The board of the Whistler Housing Authority has already seen the project and board member Councillor Gordon McKeever said this could be very good news for the hundreds of Whistler residents waiting for a chance to buy employee housing in Whistler.
"It's outstanding news for them," he said.
"The worst (thing) for most of those people is there was no light at the end of the tunnel. Even if it takes a year or two to deliver (this housing), knowing that it's there, well, it gives them another year or two to build their deposits. Knowing that it's there, they can have hope, they can stay on in the community instead of looking south of here… and looking north to Pemberton…"
If the deal moves ahead this summer, developers could begin in 2006 and build the housing in phases until 2010.
"It would take about four to five years to build it out," said Nadeau. "Essentially we'd be going about designing a whole neighbourhood."
Whistler's "housing expeditor," Steve Bayly, who was hired by the municipality last November to pursue employee housing opportunities, brokered the deal by bringing together representatives from Rainbow and the municipality. Bayly confirmed this week that both sides, the municipality and the Rainbow landowners, have agreed on the business terms and the guiding principles of the project to date.
The only thing yet to be worked out are the contingencies, or as Bayly explained, the "what ifs," particularly as the project will take place over several years. For example, what if interest rates spike in three years or what if construction costs go up?


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The work of Jonathan Sharp is divided into different projects and since early 90's he's spreading his vision of electronic body music through his various personal emanations: New Mind, Bio-Tek, Hyperdex-1-Sect, Hexedene and Takshaka are all different aspects of his personal music view. This THE CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE is the fourth Bio-Tek's album, the second released for Doppler Effect (the first two albums "A God Ignored Is A Demon Born" and "Darkness By Name Is" were released for the now defunct Zoth Ommog) and contains ten tracks of classic e.b.m. music. As for every kind of record which fit a specific genre there's the danger to follow a cliche but since Jonathan isn't a new comer he succeeds in keeping an high standard performing fiftythree minutes of good electronic distorted music inspired by twisted personalities such as Baudelaire (the "Sorrows Of The Moon"'s lirycs come from the poem "Tristesses De La Lune") and Aleister Crowley ("Prayer"'s lyrics are adapted from his "Gnostic Anthem").
Sounds of Mass Production's new release is a remixes album. After their third album they swithched label from ADSR to Invisible Records (Martin "PIL, Killing Joke, Pigface" Atkins' label) which re-released "Terminal" (just check the old reviews database) along with this new HACKED. The sound of the band which on the last album was basically a sequenced bass line with samples, synthesizer, guitar, drums and angry vocals (that sometimes have got the hip hop cadence) is slighty different in this remixes album as the various bands didn't use guitars but concentrated mainly on the dancefloor potential of the songs. So the various versions of "Chemicals", "September" and "Megaton" (which are the three tracks that have been remixed mostly with two, six and three versions) had every rhythmical and melodic aspect exploited and explored by bands such as Mindless Faith, Vers, Doll Factory, Akuma & Reverb, Codec, etc. The sixteen songs sound all fresh and energetic and various. It's amazing to notice the efforts that each band did to give a new life to the tracks and I appreciated that. You know that generally I don't like remix CDs but this is worth the purchase.
Five years (wow, time goes by!) after their highly acclaimed "Fragments of Memories", one of the most important and well-known Italian dark-wave bands is back with a new record. It's hard to make comparisons after half a decade (I don't have their previous album here with me) but I think it's safe to say that "Emotional Screening Device" maintains the classical dark wave approach, slightly reshaping it in favour of a more danceable electronic formula that is strong on rhythms, patterns, synthpads and obviously beautiful melodic male and female vocals! A great deal of importance is left up to the female singer, whose haunting and entwining excursions well complement the softer, mysterious, slower and more ethereal compositions (representing a fair amount of the 11 tracks) while the male vocal does the more nostalgic dark wave tunes. Add up beautiful and nostalgic with danceable and electronic and with ethereal and bewildering, and you'll likely get an "Emotional Screening Device"... This is Frozen Autumn ladies and gentlemen, there shouldn't be need to add much more to that, you know what to do if you are into this type of music. You can't afford not to have this among your records.
Unfortunately I only got a plain promo CD without the original artwork so I can't tell you much about it, but I am told that the first 1000 hand numbered copies will come in a luxury black leather box with two full color booklets, which I am sure must be astonishing! The regular edition will be digisleeve + booklet.


Peacock singled up the middle.
Sarno, F singled through the right side.
McAlpin, J singled to second base; Sarno, F advanced to second.
Spear, J singled to left field, RBI; Sarno, F scored.
Page reached on a fielder's choice; Iturrey advanced to second on a fielding error by ss; Welch advanced to third.
Peacock flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Welch scored, unearned.
Page stole second; Iturrey stole third.
Lindemann doubled to right center, 3 RBI; Kember scored, unearned; Page scored, unearned; Iturrey scored, unearned.
Lindemann advanced to third on a passed ball.
Parillo, J struck out swinging, reached first on a passed ball.
Manai, N singled to third base, bunt; Parillo, J advanced to second.
Tuttle, C walked; Manai, N advanced to second; Parillo, J advanced to third.
Page doubled to right center, RBI; Welch scored.
Trice, V singled to center field.
Spear, J singled to right field; Trice, V advanced to second.
Schmutz, T reached on a dropped fly by cf; Spear, J advanced to second; Trice, V scored.
Schmutz, T advanced to second on a wild pitch; Spear, J advanced to third.
Manai, N singled to first base, bunt, RBI; Schmutz, T advanced to third; Spear, J scored, unearned.
Tuttle, C singled to second base, RBI; Manai, N advanced to second; Schmutz, T scored, unearned.
McAlpin, J hit by pitch.
Hannon singled to third base, bunt, advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b.
Sholar pinch hit for Kember.
Toscano to 3b for Sholar.
Tuttle, C singled up the middle.
Welch homered to left field, 2 RBI; Hannon scored.
Spear, J singled up the middle.
Leff, C pinch hit for Parillo, J.
Manai, N singled to left field; Spear, J advanced to third.


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Q: Change multiline EditText cursor position without opening keyboard I am creating a dialog that has a EditText in it. The dialog takes more than half the screen and the logic of the dialog doesn't allow to use a keyboard.
I was using this solution Android 4.0 EditText without soft keyboard and with cursor positioning but I found out that when you have a multi line EditText, it doesn't work since you can only select the first line.
Is there a solution available for multi-line EditText?
For single-line, this works:
if(v.getId() == R.id.emo_text_field){
    Layout layout = ((EditText) v).getLayout();
    float x = event.getX() + v.getScrollX();
    int offset = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(0, x);
    if(offset>0){
        if(x>layout.getLineMax(0)){
            ((EditText) v).setSelection(offset);     // touch was at end of text
        }
        else{
            ((EditText) v).setSelection(offset - 1);
        }
    }
    return true;
}

A: As requested, this is the solution I found for this:
public void disableSoftInputFromAppearing(EditText editText) {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
        editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
        editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);
    } else {
        editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
        editText.setFocusable(true);
    }
}

And in your onCreate, just put:
disableSoftInputFromAppearing(editTextView);

That way, the keyboard won't appear on any SDK version of Android. Hope it helps someone else.


Yesterday was a big milestone for me in terms of my yoga practice. Sometimes it is hard to see improvement in something you do regularly.
I was talking to a friend awhile back about yoga and she said "So, can you touch your toes?" And my response was, well, yes. But I have always been able to touch my toes, so that wasn't really the focus of my physical practice. Which led me to thinking about what was the focus. I have been somewhat vocal on this blog about the mental aspect of practicing yoga, which is truly what keeps me returning to my mat each day (or so). In the beginning though, certainly I had some sort of physical aspiration or focus…There must have been a turning point somewhere when my practice went from external to internal. I cannot, however, remember it for the life of me.
I do remember Downward Dog and how it hurt my wrists and it made my arms ache and I could not for the life of me figure out how it was a resting posture. I remember when I could not get my left arm to cooperate in Eagle. I remember when I could not get my leg past my ankle in Tree. I remember when I thought Dancer was the enemy. I remember when I could not get into a Squat. But I do not remember when I finally made enough progress in these poses that I actually started to enjoy them – it just happened naturally.
As I finished up my New Rules work out yesterday, I noticed that my left wrist was tender. Again. It seems that my left wrist has trouble with repetitive 90 degree angles (such as you find in high plank). And I am pretty positive that this is aggravated by weight lifting. Last night, when I got to Victoria's class, I knew my wrist was acting up but figured I could eek out the last bit of stability it had before I hit the 'injured' phase. And as I started to cringe into my first high-to-low plank I had a major moment…Why was I not listening to my body? What was up with my ego? I immediately got into downward dog and avoided any 90 degree postures for the rest of class. This meant squatting when Victoria said Crow. And getting onto my elbow instead of hand in Side Plank. And using my core to stabilize Side Angle and not my hand. In other words, I modified my practice without having to be told how to.
Physically, this was a milestone for me. I have learned enough about my body, my practice and the basic postures to know how to modify them and still get a satisfying physical workout. In fact, with the focus off my wrist, I was forced to really explore my poses and pay attention to my alignment more so than usual.
So yes, I can touch my toes…but I can also recognize when my body is asking me not to. In yoga, I think that is the point. You get the physical workout no matter what…you will improve in the postures organically with practice. But to learn to listen to your body and not your mind or ego is truly a sign of improvement.


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The Kids from West Eugene
Posted on May 15, 2018 by John R Bruning
Gerald R. Johnson, Oregon's top ace who left the University of Oregon to join the Air Corps during his junior year in 1941.
A Tuesday morning tale.
In 1991, I sat in a house in Eugene, Oregon and peered into a USAAF locker box filled with letters, diaries, photo albums, home movies and personal effects of a fighter pilot long forgotten by the state he loved. In all those letters, and through his writing, I met an entire cast of kids from Eugene's west side who grew up in the Depression, started school at the University of Oregon and ultimately ended up scattered all over the globe as a result of WWII.
I wrote a grad school paper on the kids in this neighborhood, and how the war affected this little community around West Broadway. The war was brutal to this neighborhood and the friends who bonded playing together as kids. It destroyed the pre-war social fabric. In its place, a new one gradually was cobbled together as some of them came home. Others were killed in action. Others found careers elsewhere. One ended up as a 3rd world dictator's personal pilot. Some stayed in the military, returning to Eugene only after they did their 20 years.
John Skillern, who lived behind Gerald Johnson in Eugene, served in the 10th Mountain Division as a ski and climbing instructor. When the division deployed to Italy, he served in the front lines in combat as an infantryman through the final, climactic battles of the war.
All that became the basis for my M/A thesis, then eventually my second book, Jungle Ace. For the book, I had to strip out most of the stories from the neighborhood to concentrate just on one of its sons, Gerald R. Johnson.
Today, I head back down to Eugene to give a speech about these kids. Some of them I never met, some of them became dear friends in the 1990s. One was in my wedding party. Preparing for this speech as been like returning to a part of me I'd left behind sometime after I wrote the Sandbox in 2005.
Major Tom Taylor's bomb group, the 305th was one of the first to see combat from England at the start of the strategic bombing campaign against Germany.
So. today I'll be talking about men like Major Tom Taylor, commander of the 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, killed in action in early 1943 over German-held Europe. Aaron Cuddeback, killed in action during a raid on Germany in March 1943, Jim Bennett, killed by a kamikaze in the Pacific while serving aboard a PT-Boat. Joe Jackson and Brian Flavelle, killed a year apart during raids on the Ploesti oil fields, and Gerald Johnson, Oregon's ace of aces who vanished in a typhoon in October 1945.
Brian Flavelle's bomb group training for Operation Tidal wave, the low altitude raid on Germany's vital oil facilities in Ploesti, Romania. Brian's aircraft crashed en route to target with a loss of everyone on board.
The U of O is a very different place than it was in 1941. There were over 220 alumni killed in WWII. If there was a battle, a U of O Duck was almost certainly somewhere in the mix. From the first days of the war in the Philippines, to the final shots in the Pacific, kids who once were chatted up by recruiters in Eslinger Hall bore witness to history, and often helped make it.
Jim Bennett initially couldn't get into the military, as he was working at Boeing in Seattle in a job considered vital to the war effort. In 1942, during a short family vacation to Utah, people on the street spit on him for not being in uniform. The humiliation drove him to do everything he could to get out of his work at Boeing. He ended up in the Navy, serving aboard PT-Boats. He was killed in the summer of 1945 in a Kamikaze attack.
Telling these stories, keeping their memories alive? That's why I'm here.
Categories: Uncategorized, World War II, World War II Europe, World War II in Europe, World War II in the Pacific, Writing Notes	| Tags: #universityoforegon #305thbombgroup #geraldjohnson #10thmountaindivision, #wwii	| 3 Comments
Oshkosh Eye Candy
Posted on August 2, 2017 by John R Bruning
Last week, I was supposed to only be at Oshkosh for Monday and Tuesday. I ended up staying until Sunday morning, shooting photos on the flight line for up to fifteen hours each day. I was simply amazed at the diversity of aircraft coming and going in the morning, long before the official air show began. Seriously, if you love aviation, get to Oshkosh sometime in your life if you've never been. It is the holy grail of warbird events.
Here are some of my favorite moments from the week:
Panchito, a B-25 belonging to the Delaware Aviation Museum, makes a pass over the field.
A MiG-17 going for altitude
Seriously, one look at a B-2 and I start to believe all the Roswell myths.
The hunters warming up. Two beautiful F-86 Sabres ready to launch.
An F4U Corsair with a Bearcat on its wing, return to Oshkosh in the rain.
The venerable C-47 Skytrain.
A B-52 makes a low altitude run over Oshkosh.
At the break: A P-51 and an F-35 Lightning II during the final pass of the Heritage Flight.
The show-stopper for me was this Douglas A-20 Havoc, the world's only flyable one. I never got to see it fly, but it stole my heart because it represents the 5th Air Force's 312th Bomb Group and because Pappy Gunn modified the 3rd Attack Group's A-20s before he tore into the B-25 in the spring and summer of 1942. Hence…this next image:
Categories: World War II in Europe, World War II in the Pacific, Writing Notes	| Tags: #oshkosh #warbirds #P51 #B25 #A20 #F35 #B52	| 2 Comments
The Mitchells of Oshkosh
Last week was a very special one for me. After finishing up doing research at the Richard Ira Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, I drove south to Oshkosh, pitched a tent and spent five days photographing the aircraft.
This was a bucket list event for me, and I've wanted to see this amazing event for most of my life. Being a West Coast native, getting to Oshkosh in the middle of busy summers just wasn't in the cards. This year, it coincided with my transcontinental research trip, so I camped out, got filthy, grew an almost-beard, and shot photos fifteen hours a day.
Talk about bliss.
The highlight for me this year was the B-25 squadron that showed up. Seriously, I've never seen so many B-25's. They had so many that two seemingly went into overflow parking in Warbirds Alley!
In the rain at dusk one night last week, the B-25's lined up exactly like Doolittle's planes had been arrayed on the U.S.S. Hornet before the April 18, 1942 raid on Tokyo. I was down right on the flight line to see this amazing tribute as, one after another, the Mitchells roared down the runway and into the air.
Breathtaking. Here are some of the photos I took of that spectacular display, an homage to an era where our nation produced some of the greatest aircraft and aviators in history.
The first two Mitchells warm up before launch.
This CAF B-25 was restored to memorialize a USMC B-25 from VMB-612 that was lost on its 23rd mission in the Pacific.
This rare bird is the oldest surviving B-25 Mitchell. It was fourth off the North American production line, served as General Hap Arnold's personal transport, was used later by Howard Hughes and ended up in Mexico and Indonesia before returning home to be a featured aircraft of the Long Island, NY American Airpower Museum.
Barbie III, a 1st Air Commando B-25H Mitchell, rolled off the assembly line in 1943. Owned now by the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, it was the second H model produced during the war. Barbie III is also the only B-25H flying with an actual 75mm cannon in the nose.
Put it in black and white, and that could be Dobodura, New Guinea, in the summer of '43.
This is the Yellow Rose, a B-25J also built in 1943. It served with the 334th Bomb Group stateside and was used in aircrew training as late as the mid-1950s. It belongs to the Central Texas Wing of the CAF.
Mitchell in the Golden Hour.
Oshkosh is just about the coolest place I've ever been. How many times do you get to look up at sunset and see this?
Champaign Gal touches back down in the rain after the demonstration flight. It is part of the Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, Ohio.
Briefing Time, owned by the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, is painted in the markings of a B-25 that flew with the 340th Bomb Group during the Italian campaign.
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum owns this beautiful eight-gunned B-25, "Hot Gen" and carries the markings of 98 Squadron, RAF in honor of the Canadian crews who flew the Mitchell in that unit.
When the last B-25 touched down, it felt like I'd just seen a once-in-a-lifetime event. What an homage to an aircraft and its crews who played such a key role in winning the air war over the SWPA and in the MTO.
For those of you out there who want to learn more about the B-25 and some of the characters who modified and flew them in the Pacific:
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The U-Boat Killer
A U.S. Navy armorer loads a long belt of .50 caliber ammo into the nose turret of an Atlantic Theater Consolidated PB4Y2 Privateer patrol bomber. Very long range aircraft like this variant of the B-24 helped ensure German U-boats had no safe place to surface and recharge their batteries while on patrol in the Atlantic. U.S. Liberators and Privateers are credited with sinking at least 23 U-boats in the course of the war.
The last flying PB4Y2 Privateer airborne over Chino in May 2017. The nose turret was removed when it was used as a fire bomber, starting in the 1960's. It served in that capacity until 2006. It just went through a thorough restoration and is now on the air show circuit.
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Stories from Golden Gate II
Men of the 381st Infantry Regiment advance on Big Apple Ridge, June 12, 1945.
The 96th Infantry Division trained at Camp Adair, Oregon in 1943-44. Known as the "Deadeyes," the division was one of four that called Adair home, but it was the only one sent to the Pacific. The other three went to Italy and Western Europe.
PFC Castaneda and his regiment served on Leyte Island in the Philippines first, then took part in the Battle of Okinawa in the spring and summer of 1945. In eighty-one days of continuous combat, Castaneda's division lost over 10,000 men killed, wounded, or missing in action. Thirty-two Deadeyes are still classified as Missing in Action from Okinawa. Only the 6th Marine Division suffered heavier losses.
Louis Castaneda was killed on Okinawa on June 12, 1945, just shy of his 24th birthday, during an assault on Big Apple Ridge, a key position in the last Japanese defense line on the island. He is laid to rest at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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The Planes of Fame Air Show Aviators
Last weekend concluded one of the best warbirds air shows in the country. The Planes of Fame Air Museum puts on an astonishing display of military aviation heritage every May in what has become a major tradition within the warbirds community.
For most who attend, myself included, the amazing aircraft are the stars of the show. Thousands of photographers carrying insanely expensive gear turn out to capture these rare birds in flight. If you're a member of any of the warbirds of WWII Facebook groups, no doubt you've been seeing their results.
It dawned on me this year that the aviators and crews who keep these aircraft functional are the real stars. Who wakes up one day and says, "Gee, you know, I'd really like to spend my life working on Pratt & Whitney R2800 engines from the 1940s?" I mean, the market for that skill has got to be pretty limited. Ditto with the pilots like Steve Hinton, his son, Chris Fahey and Mark Foster. Some are prior service military aviators, others are legacies drawn to the family's passion. It has to be something akin to a monastic calling.
So today, I want to share a few moments I captured on the ground and in the air that highlight these remarkable folks who have taken the road less traveled to a unique and unusually special life. It is a dangerous one, as the many crashes, lost friends and aircraft can attest. Jim Maloney. Jimmy Leeward. Jay Gordon. Marcus Paine last year at Madras. The list is a long one. Yet, that does not dissuade them from climbing into the cockpit of aircraft built seven decades ago to carry men into battle at the cutting edge of their nation's technological envelope. What a wild ride that must be.
Here's to a safe 2017 season and many more spectacular moments with these remarkable historical artifacts.
John Kerpa in period attire at the controls of an SBD Dauntless.
When your P-63 King Cobra's door won't latch….who ya gonna call?
Seriously, how cool would it be to put on your resume, "Pilot of the only complete airworthy A6M5 Zero on the planet?"
John Kerpa channels Bill Ault on the weekend of the 75th Anniversary of The Battle of the Coral Sea.
Mark Foster makes a low level, high speed pass in Wee Willy, a P-51 painted in the markings of the 357th Fighter Group's Captain Calvert Williams. Willaims scored the legendary 8th Air Force group's first kill during Big Week in February, 1944.
In the CAF's homage to top Navy ace David McCampbell is Chris Liguori, who has been flying since he was 14 years old. Got his pilot's license before his driver's license.
Lt. Col. (ret) Robert "Lips" Hertberg in the cockpit of this AT-6 Texan. Col. Hertberg flew F-16's, initially with the 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and later became an F-16 instructor.
John Hinton, Steve Hinton's brother, in the cockpit of a Desert Air Force P-40.
Another shot of Lt. Col. Hertberg in the T-6.
Jason Somes Taxis this beautiful late model Spitfire. Jason earned his pilot's license at age 19 and has been racing at Reno since 2003.
Steve Hinton watches his brother depart in the P-40.
Jason returns from a flight to a very eager ground crew.
Chris Fahey in the only flying P-38J left in the world.
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Chino's Legendary Planes of Fame Airshow
Posted on May 8, 2017 by John R Bruning
For one weekend every year since 1957, the skies over Chino, California fill with the sights and sounds of World War II aircraft. Nestled on an old Army Air Force base where the likes of 24 kill ace Gerald R. Johnson once trained, hosts this incredible event as one of its main fund raisers. These days, lucky visitors to Chino can see upwards of forty warbirds thunder overhead.
It is an awe-inspiring sight.
My dad found the museum one day in the mid-1950s. He was out driving around with his best friend from high school and looked over to see a Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter just sitting in a field. Both boys had grown up on the Southern California coast during the war and had fallen in love with aircraft as they watched F4U Corsairs and P-38 Lightnings zooming over their homes. A Corsair even crash landed in front of my dad's place on the Balboa Peninsula in 1945.
So of course, they stopped. The museum back then was basically a field full of WWII aircraft discarded by the military and somehow acquired by the founder of Planes of Fame, Ed Maloney. One plane, a Japanese J2M Raiden fighter, had been a plaything for local kids at Griffith Park in Los Angeles before Ed acquired it. Rumor has it that some thief had pulled the seat out of it and pawned it, and Ed had to go to the shop and pay $50.00 to get it out of hock and re-install it in this incredibly rare warbird.
Back then, you paid a quarter at a tent that denoted the museum's entrance, then walked through part of a bomber's fuselage to enter the field of warbirds.
As a kid living in the Silicon Valley, my dad would sometimes take me down to the Chino air shows. I still have snapshots I took in the 1970s with a 126 instamatic camera of the museum's A6M5 Zero that had been captured on Saipan's Aslito Field in 1944. Years later, while in graduate school at the University of Oregon, I discovered my landlady had been in charge of checking in and documenting captured Japanese aircraft as they arrived in Southern California. Quite possibly the initial paperwork the U.S. Navy generated on the Planes of Fame Zero had been filled out by Marge Goodman.
Anyway, the trips down to Chino became a father-son thing for us Brunings. In 1986, we stopped going. I left for college that fall, and as graduate school and a career up in Oregon dominated my time, the chance to get to Planes of Fame became a pipe dream. Then came marriage, two kids and a new career as a military historian and writer.
Finally, after I came home from Afghanistan, we revived the tradition. Five of the last seven years, we've road tripped down to Chino for the air show. In 2013, we brought my son and made it a tri-generational road trip.
This year, my dad and I returned and spent the weekend out at the Chino Airport, amazed and inspired by the thousands who turned out to see the old birds fly.
World War II is slipping from modern memory as the few remaining veterans of it pass. It won't be long before we won't have anyone alive who experienced the war at all. But thanks to Planes of Fame, the visceral sensation, the raw power and speed of the planes our grandparents flew in defense of our nation will endure and live in the memories of succeeding generations. Ed Maloney was a visionary, and thanks to his aircraft rescue efforts long before anyone saw value in those aluminum bodies, the sounds and sights of these amazing machines will continue to fill the skies over Southern California for years to come.
It is a truly special place. If you love aircraft, make a point of coming here someday. You won't be disappointed. You'll be in the heart of the warbirds community.
Below are some more photos I took this weekend at the 60th Planes of Fame air show.
The Planes of Fame P-38J Lightning in 475th Fighter Group ace Parry Dahl's markings.
Warming up the CAF Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Saturday May 6, 2017
Pilot Chris Fahey at the controls of the POF P-38. The sound of this plane's twin Allison engines is like crack to your friendly writer. After spending nine years researching and writing a biography on P-38 ace Col. Gerald R. Johnson, this aircraft became very dear to my heart. In the 90's, I interviewed a lot of men who flew them in New Guinea and the Philippines during the war, and they swore by its firepower, range, speed and one-engined flight abilities.
Mark Foster at the controls of this beautiful P-51 Mustang. It wears the markings of the 357th Fighter Group, a crack 8th Air Force unit that included Chuck Yeager and ace Bud Anderson.
The Planes of Fame B-25 Mitchell making a pass over the Chino airport. This bird's been used as a photographic aircraft for various aerial scenes in movies for several decades. After writing Pappy Gunn's story in Indestructible, the side pack .50 caliber machine guns endear this bird to me. Every time I see it fly, I think the spirit of Pappy Gunn flies with it.
A Red Air Force Yak prepares for a flight with the Korean War demonstration part of the air show.
This year's show included this stunning bird, a Consolidated PB4Y2 Privateer U.S. Navy patrol bomber.
I'd never seen a PB4Y in flight before. The first pass it made during the airshow left me absolutely speechless. Loud, slow and huge, the plane is a dominating presence. I checked my Fitbit after it thundered by and saw my heart rate was at 150. I got credit for cardio, so props to the pilots for bringing on the work-out inducing excitement in their low-altitude passes.
When I was in 3rd grade, my Uncle Dean gave me a book for my birthday entitled, "Greatest Fighter Missions of the Top Navy and Marine Aces." I read it in a recliner next to the T.V. for hours every night after school. I still have it, though it is beat up and missing its dust jacket. One of the chapters is called, "Trapped By Zekes at Rabaul" and details one of ace Ike Kepford's most harrowing missions in the South Pacific. This weekend, a Corsair in Kepford's markings went blasting past me, and I was taken instantly back to those nights curled up in that 70's-era chair, engrossed by Edward Sims' recounting of Ike's miraculous escape from pursuing Japanese fighters.
Morning on the flight line, Saturday's sunrise shoot.
Steve Hinton piloting an F4U in Korean War markings from VMF-214's 1950-51 deployment.
A bit of movie history. This was a modified BT-13 trainer altered to look like a Japanese Aichi D3A Val dive bomber, then used in the film, "Tora Tora Tora."
The only place I know of where you can see two Japanese A6M Zero fighters fly. The bottom one is Planes of Fame's Saipan Zeke.
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A Moment at Port Moresby, 1942
In the summer of '42, Pappy Gunn flew up to Port Moresby in one of the light attack bombers he'd modified. While there, he made several bombing and strafing runs against Japanese troops advancing on Moresby through the Owen Stanley Mountain Range's treacherous Kokoda Trail. In one of those attacks, he was wounded, and his pet lizard Sam was killed by anti-aircraft shrapnel.
Back at Moresby, Pappy endured several Japanese bombing raids. During one of those attacks, the Japanese planes destroyed Pappy's living quarters–just a tent with a dirt floor– and blast to pieces several of the 3rd Attack Group's precious B-25 Mitchell bombers.
The loss of those planes was critical, but Pappy suffered an equally serious personal loss that day. Inside his tent was a satchel full of receipts. He'd been using his own money to hire Aussie contractors and machine shops to build the parts he needed to modify the 3rd Attack Group's aircraft. He intended to get the U.S. government to reimburse him later once the chaotic command and logistical situation in Australia was straightened out.
No luck. The Japanese bombs destroyed more than ten thousand dollars worth of receipts. Pappy was never repaid. In today's dollars, Pappy contributed at least $155,000 to the creation of the first strafer gunships.
He flew back to Australia dispirited, wounded, lizardless and out enough cash to buy a good sized house.
For more Pappy stories….
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Not forgotten. 12-7-41.
In December 2000, I was in Tuscon interviewing survivors of the USS Arizona's catastrophic destruction. Listening to the stories of the men who were aboard, or later returned to the wreckage of their ship to recover the remains of their brother sailors was a life changing moment.
It is imperative we stand vigilant and strong so that such a catastrophe never happens again.
Thousands of Americans died today 75 years ago. Tens of thousands more would die fighting across the Pacific over the ensuing four years. Remembering them is vital. But today, I will also be remembering those in the Philippines who lost their lives on this same day as the Japanese Empire launched a massive onslaught on Southeast Asia. Ultimately, 900,000 Filipinos died as a result of the storm the Japanese unleashed on December 7th 1941.
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The Legend of Pappy Gunn 59 Years Later
Posted on October 11, 2016 by John R Bruning
On the night of October 11, 1957, Paul Irvin "Pappy" Gunn was flying a Beech 18 in the Central Philippines. A sudden downforce slammed his low flying aircraft into the ground. Props damaged, fuselage and wings torn up, the Beech was probably doomed right then. But Pappy Gunn, with over 20,000 flight hours, somehow managed to firewall the throttles, gain a bit of altitude and start to turn for the nearest airfield. If he had only a few more feet of altitude, he might have made it. Instead, he struck a tree, and the Beech crashed with the loss of everyone on board.
Pappy used to say he would die before he was sixty with his boots on and the throttles firewalled. That is exactly how he went out 59 years today.
In a fluke of circumstance and serendipity, today our biography of Pappy Gunn and his family reached bookstore (and Costco) shelves around the country he so loved.
When I was a kid, I read about the legend of Pappy Gunn in an Air Classics Magazine article. Later, I read General Kenney's book about him. Those of you who have been in my life since college know I pretty much became obsessed in the 1990s with telling the story of Oregon's top ace, Gerald Johnson. While researching Gerald's life, I encounter many men who also flew with Pappy Gunn. They told me crazy stories about this remarkable man that made me want to write about him as well someday.
I spent a lot of time on road tripping around the country from 2010 on; many of you have followed my shenanigans here on FB as I've passionately explored our beautiful country and its history from the left seat of the Goat. I've met a lot of people, had a lot of special moments from walking the Selma Bridge and sitting at Rosa Parks' bus stop to chance encounters with destitute and desperate Americans, farmers and people my age grimly trying to build a second career after losing their first one in the 08 recession.
On those trips, it has felt like we're a country that has lost its way. People want to believe in the American dream, that all things are still possible, but too many of us have been clinging to what we have, desperate not to lose our houses or cars or families in the midst of war, Recession and domestic turmoil, that the pride we once felt in who we are and what we have accomplished has been dimmed.
Pappy Gunn always inspired me. In moments where I was bullied in school, or feeling trapped in the cubicle world of the computer game business, or smothered by red tape as I tried to do something positive for my community on the city council and school board–his never say die spirit reminded me that great things can be accomplished by average Americans.
Why? Because we are an exceptional people. I don't care your color, gender, sexual identity–we are a tapestry of unusual awesome. No other country has such a vast spectrum of human experience, talent, ability, values, and outlooks. Yes, it makes us fractious and nasty at times like now, but collectively it gives us the power to change the world. And we have been doing that for two hundred plus years. From the first imperfect, but radical ideas of freedom and liberty to the hundreds of thousands who perished in combat to extend freedom's reach, to the social and technological revolutions we have started–computers, television, vehicles, industry, psychology and space travel. Historians and football players can say America was never great, but to say Americans are not exceptional is to insult every great one who has found the courage to stride into the wind and change the world for the better. Rosa. Martin. Ike. Lincoln, Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Blackburn. Pappy Gunn. The list could go on for thousands of pages.
Great Americans come from all walks of life. In Indestructible, I wrote about one family that came from humble origins to face challenges few of us today could ever imagine. They handled it as a family: full of love and trust for each other. Devoted and willing to do anything to ensure each other's survival.
I wrote Indestructible as my twentieth book because Pappy Gunn is a quintessential American hero. I wrote Indestructible now at this point in my life because underneath Pappy's story is the story of his wife and children. He was not the only hero in his family. Courage was a trait they all shared.
It seemed to me as I drove around the country that if I could just remind my readers of who we are and what we can accomplish when our backs are to the wall, well, maybe we can all take pride in our national identity again. I didn't have the courage to take a leap and try to do that until my daughter gave me a push. Hachette and all the incredible people there who believe in the book and the power of Pappy's story made this dream a reality.
I suck at selling stuff, always have. But if you've looked around our country these past years and felt like I have–that we just need a win. If you want to feel good about ourselves again and be reassured that we are stronger than recession, war, elections and domestic turmoil—then I hope you will crack open a copy of Indestructible. Pappy's story carried me through some of the darkest times of my life and inspired me to turn into the wind and fight for a future that I believe in. If his story inspires the same response in my readers, then I will consider this my most meaningful professional success.
Thank you for reading to the end of this massive missive. Bless all of you, my friends. And thank you for all the love and support you have shown me and my family these many years.
John R. Bruning
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Andrea Schöpp (born 27 February 1965) is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.

Career
Schöpp is a two-time World champion ( and ), seven-time European champion (, , , , , , ) and 1992 Winter Olympics champion (demonstration). Schöpp has skipped every team she has played for in international events - except when she plays at the European Mixed Curling Championships, where she usually plays third for her brother, Rainer.

Schöpp made her international debut in 1980, at the age of 15. She skipped the German team to a bronze medal at the European championships that year. She also won silver medals at the Worlds in 1986 and 1987 and a bronze in 1989. She continues to curl, although she has had less success in the last decade. Her fourth-place finish at the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was her highest placement since 1996 at the Worlds. She won the  in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada with an extra-end victory over Scotland's Eve Muirhead.

Schöpp won a gold medal at the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship as a part of the team skipped by her brother Rainer.

Personal life
Schöpp studied statistics at the University of Munich and earned her diploma in 1991. She completed her doctorate in 1996, and has been employed by the University of Munich from 1991.

Schöpp's brother, Rainer Schöpp, is also a curler.

She was born hours before her longtime teammate, Monika Wagner, in the same hospital.

Teammates

Works
Alternative Parametrisierungen Bei Korrelierten Bivariaten Binären Responsevariablen. Vol. 1, Anwendungsorientierte Statistik. 1997.

References

External links

 Andrea Schöpp - Player Profile - Curling - Eurosport UK

Living people
1965 births
Sportspeople from Garmisch-Partenkirchen
German female curlers
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers of Germany
World curling champions
European curling champions
German curling champions
Continental Cup of Curling participants

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Looking Back and Ahead - EdResearch for Recovery
As 2021 draws to a close, we on the EdResearch team wanted to take a moment to share highlights from the past year and preview what's ahead in 2022. Some of you may know the work of Chip and Dan Heath, who in their 2017 book write about "peak moments" - notable experiences that stand out among others for their ability to elevate us, give us insight, serve as sources of pride, and connect us. In a year with many ups and downs for all of us, personally and professionally, we thought sharing the EdResearch project's "peak moments" would be a nice way to reflect on the past 12 months.
Peak Moment #1: To date, we've released 19 evidence briefs on crucial recovery topics ranging from how to design high-dosage tutoring programs to how to support teacher well-being. We have two briefs in production – one on instructional coaching, the other on school counseling – that will be released in January and several more in the queue. Our work has been:
Used to inform federal and state recovery guidance;
Featured in national news outlets including in the Examining the Evidence webinar series run by EdWeek; and, most significantly:
Used by district and school leaders to inform critically needed student supports. We set out with a vision of creating useful, usable research syntheses that would be of practical value to educators as they navigate the ongoing pandemic and recovery efforts, and we are pleased with what we have been able to contribute in a relatively short time span.
Peak Moment #2: We have had the privilege of connecting directly with district leaders across Rhode Island through our ongoing practitioner network. Using our EdResearch for Recovery brief as a foundational resource, we focused heavily on supporting the launch of high-dosage tutoring programs, which will continue to be a central topic in the coming year. Learning from and alongside district staff and school administrators as they use research evidence to design programs that address their communities' needs and contend with myriad practical implementation challenges has been both gratifying and humbling.
Peak Moment #3: We formalized our participation in a new collaborative effort between TN SCORE, the Tennessee Education Research Alliance, TNTP and EdResearch for Recovery to support a research-to-practice network for eight districts in Tennessee. These eight districts will work together to design, implement, measure and continuously improve evidence-based summer learning programs in 2022. With $1.2 billion in federal relief funds earmarked for summer learning, and strong evidence demonstrating its effectiveness, we are grateful for the opportunity to learn and contribute to the national knowledge base about what it takes to design and implement successful programs that bring joy and strengthen academic outcomes for students.
Peak Moment #4: We expanded our team in wonderful ways, bringing on Sam Stockwell, Carrie Conaway, and Heather Boughton. Each has quickly become integral to our project's success. As a result, we are well-positioned to continue to expand our library of research briefs, research-to-practice networks, and resources to the broader field.
Looking ahead, we are excited to continue to expand our library of evidence briefs, and encourage you to share your ideas about the kinds of topics we should be taking on (which you can do here). We look forward to continued partnership with our network of incredibly talented researchers, student-centered practitioner advisers, our state and district network participants, and the organizational partners who have helped shape, strengthen, and share our work. Beyond new briefs, we anticipate gaining new knowledge and insight into what it takes to translate often complex research evidence into practice, and are eager to convert what we learn into useful tools that education leaders at all levels can use during this very important recovery period.
Thank you for partnership and support, and wishing you a peaceful transition into the new year.
The EdResearch for Recovery Team Sara Kerr
Nate Schwartz
Christina Claiborne
Sam Stockwell
Heather Boughton
Laney Umland
Carrie Conaway


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Q: Spring security cannot access userService while login NullPointerException When making post request to login this error shows up telling me that userService is null.
When I create an object of UserService instead of autowiring it it passes it but tell me that the repository called in userService is null. The repository is autowired and i cannot instanciate it because its an interface.
Here is the service class:
@Service
public class MyUserDetailsService implements UserDetailsService {
    @Autowired
    UserService userService;

    @Override
    public UserDetails loadUserByUsername(String s) throws UsernameNotFoundException {
        return new MyUserDetails(userService.getByUsernameOrEmail(s));
    }
}

And this is the security configuration class:
Also I am creating an object of MyUserService because spring cannot autowire it telling me that no bean have such name.
@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class UserSercurity extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
    @Override
    protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
        auth.userDetailsService(new MyUserDetailsService());
    }

    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http.csrf().disable().authorizeRequests()
                .anyRequest().hasRole(UserType.ADMIN.toString())
                .and().formLogin();
    }

    @Bean
    public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
        return NoOpPasswordEncoder.getInstance();
    }
}

A: You cannot instantiate method or variables in your repository as it is an interface but you can autowire your repository class to use your method declared in userRepository interface, you have to autowire your repository class.You can do it this way as I have done in the below code.
Your service class should be like this:
@Autowired
private UserRepository userRepository;

@Override
public UserDetails loadUserByUsername(String username) throws UsernameNotFoundException {
    Users user = userRepository.getUserByUsername(username);
    if (user == null) {
        throw new UsernameNotFoundException("Could not find user");
    }
    return new MyUserDetails(user);
 }

And your repository should be like this:
@Repository
public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<Users, Long> {
  @Query("SELECT u FROM Users u WHERE u.name = ?1")
  public Users getUserByUsername(String username);
}

And also autowire UserDetailsService in your configuration class and pass the instance userDetailsService in your configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) method, UserDetailsService provides you instance of your MyUserDetailService class.
 @EnableWebSecurity
 public class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
 @Autowired
 UserDetailsService userDetailsService;

@Bean
public PasswordEncoder getPasswordEncoder() {
    return NoOpPasswordEncoder.getInstance();
}

@Override
protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
    auth.userDetailsService(userDetailsService);
}

@Override
protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
    http.authorizeRequests()
            .antMatchers("/").permitAll()
            .and()
            .formLogin().permitAll()
            .defaultSuccessUrl("/", true)
            .and()
            .logout().permitAll()
            .logoutSuccessUrl("/");
}

Try to implement in this way, If this is solution of your question please let me know and if you still have doubt feel free to ask.


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The chamber in the machine gets rid of grounded organic and inorganic particles from the wastewater source. After this, the tertiary process ensures that left-over substances in the secondary phase is totally swept off, either by filtration or through a specific membrane barrier (Environmental Protection Authority 2005, 9). The final stage of the treatment is optional, depending on the eventual use of the treated wastewater--either for human ingestion or use in various agricultural activities. There is an extensive disinfection guideline involved, such as the application of chemical materials and ozonation (UV) processes (Barcelo and Petrovic 2008, 3).
The organized system of activity necessitates a treatment plant near the dam site. Such accessibility ensures speedy recharging of treated wastewater in the dam--increasing water supply in a shorter notice. Application of HIA Process in the Project Proposal The project proposal is developed as a tribute to the growing demand for alternative water sources. Evidently, the project requires the application of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in calculating its capability in protecting the public health aspect. Pursuant with this, several principles seem to make up the fundamental structure, including "screening, scoping, monitoring and evaluation" ("Module 4: The Value of Integrating Health" n. d.).
By incorporating these sets of factors in the discussion, much of the project proposal can be explained in terms of society's health and well being. Screening. With the process of the proposal briefly summarized, there is a general consensus on the exercise of HIA-- it is deemed appropriate to extract facts behind the whole operation of the proposal. As the end-product, treated wastewater can generate doubts from both health critics and local citizens, since the origin of the water supply is questionable.
Therefore, there is a need to review the recharged dam's wastewater treatment process for possible technical loopholes--strict scientific failures can result in several public health hazards and possible degradation of the environment. Scoping. As the project proposal takes shape, several environmental concerns have also risen. The determination of the project's scope is highly esteemed for it specifically pinpoints issues that need to be discussed in full scale ("Module 5: The HIA Process" n. d.). By this, every avenue of the project must be examined for possible nuances.
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Sharp, whistled "tew" and a musical twitter. Warbling song heard only on breeding grounds.
Description: Bill is black in summer, orange-yellow in winter; large white wing patches. Breeding male is snow white with black back, shoulders, tips of flight feathers, and tail. Winter male is white with buffy crown, ear patch, collar, and back; black tail, primaries, and shoulder patch. Breeding female has brown and sparrow-like upperparts; light brown streaking on head; and white underparts. Winter female is duller version of winter male. Juvenile is similar to breeding female but has grayish wash on head and breast.
Habitat: Migrants and wintering birds are found on open plains, roadsides, and snow-covered fields.
Where in Nebraska: Rare winter visitor, mainly in northern counties.
Field Notes: Often seen in large flocks amid Lapland Longspurs and Horned Larks.
Fun Facts: The Snow Bunting places its nest in rock holes or crevices, so while it is relatively safe from predators the nest must be well lined to fight against the cold.


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Albert Vinicio Baez (/ˈbaɪ.ɛz/; November 15, 1912 – March 20, 2007) was a prominent Mexican-American physicist, and the father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña. He was born in Puebla, Mexico, and his family moved to the United States when he was two years old because his father was a Methodist minister. Baez grew up in Brooklyn and considered becoming a minister before turning to mathematics and physics. He made important contributions to the early development of X-ray microscopes and later X-ray telescopes.
Baez earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Drew University in 1933 and then a master's degree in mathematics from Syracuse University in 1935. In 1936, he married Joan Chandos Bridge, the daughter of an Episcopalian minister. The couple became Quakers and had three daughters: Pauline, Joan and Mimi. Together they moved to California, where he pursued a doctorate in physics. In 1948, along with Stanford University professor Paul Kirkpatrick (1894–1992), Baez developed the X-ray reflection microscope for examination of living cells. This microscope is still used today in medicine. Baez received his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford in 1950. After graduating, he developed zone plates — concentric circles of alternating opaque and transparent materials that use diffraction instead of refraction to focus X-rays. Much of this work's impact came decades later with the development of very high intensity synchrotron X-ray sources.
In 1949, Albert accepted a position as an experimental physicist at Cornell University where he ended up heading the Cornell University's division of the CIA's infamous MKULTRA program. As the Cold War arose in the 1950s, Baez's talents were in high demand for the developing arms race. However, influenced by his family's pacifist beliefs, he refused lucrative war industry jobs, preferring instead to devote his career to education and humanitarianism. Although, some would consider this ironic in light of his work in the field of mind-control and propaganda during the MKUltra years.
Read more: http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ca-Fi/Farina-Mimi.html#ixzz3QEENOV4V From 1950 to 1956, he held a professorship at the University of Redlands, where he continued his X-ray research. Baez took a yearlong leave to work with UNESCO in 1951, stationing his family in Baghdad to establish the physics department and laboratory at Baghdad University. In 1959, Baez accepted a faculty position at MIT, and moved his family to the Boston area. In 1960, working with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, MA, he developed optics for an X-ray telescope. Later that year he moved to the faculty of Harvey Mudd College, and moved his family to Claremont, California. From 1961 to 1967, he directed science teaching for UNESCO in Paris.
Baez was the author of the textbook The New College Physics: A Spiral Approach (1967). He was also the co-author of the textbook The Environment and Science and Technology Education (1987) and the memoir A Year in Baghdad (1988). Baez was not limited to print media, though, making almost 100 films about physics for the Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corp from 1967 to 1974. Baez also chaired the Commission on Education of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources from 1979 to 1983.
In June 1974 Baez was awarded an honorary degree by the British Open University as Doctor of the University.
After his retirement, Baez occasionally delivered physics lectures and was president of Vivamos Mejor/USA, an organization founded in 1988 to help impoverished villages in Mexico. Its projects include preschool education, environmental projects, and community and educational activities. In 1991, the International Society for Optical Engineering awarded him and Kirkpatrick the Dennis Gabor Award for pioneering contributions to the development of X-ray imaging microscopes and X-ray imaging telescopes. In 1995, the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC) established the Albert V. Baez Award for Technical Excellence and Service to Humanity. Baez himself was inducted into the HENAAC Hall of Fame in 1998.
At a private dinner in 1982, when asked how it was to be the father of a famous person, Baez told the following story with great delight: "I was at a conference dinner, and as usual a young man was looking carefully at my name tag. Finally, he got up the courage to ask the inevitable question about my relationship to Joan Baez. But instead he asked, 'Are you Albert Baez, the inventor of the X-ray microscope?' Now, THAT was a compliment!"
^ Liberatore, Paul (March 20, 2007). "Noted scientist was father of Joan Baez and Mimi Farina". Marin Independent Journal.
^ Mellada, Carmela (Spring 1991). "Professional Profile: Albert Baez". The Hispanic Engineer: 23.
^ Levy, Dawn (May 16, 2007). "Memorial service set May 24 for physicist, X-ray optics pioneer Albert Baez". Stanford University News Service.
^ http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=111395125&m=111501603 -- see the intro to Forever Young, which she says she sang at her parents' second marriage ceremony.
^ "Albert Baez, 94, Scientist and Singers' Father, Dies". The New York Times. March 27, 2007.
^ Robert W. Schmieder, private communication.
Fimrite, Peter (March 25, 2007). "Albert Baez -- scientist, author, father of Joan Baez". The San Francisco Chronicle.
Title:	Albert Vinicio Baez and the promotion of science education in the developing world 1912-2007, Fernando Reimers, UNESCO.


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