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package com.wildsmith.material.presentation;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AbsListView;
import android.widget.AbsListView.OnScrollListener;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.wildsmith.material.R;
import com.wildsmith.material.core.CoreMaterialActivity;
import com.wildsmith.material.core.CoreMaterialListFragment;
import com.wildsmith.material.list.ListRow;
import com.wildsmith.material.presentation.rows.PresentationVideoRow;
import com.wildsmith.material.utils.ResourceHelper;
import com.wildsmith.material.utils.StringUtils;
import com.wildsmith.material.views.FloatingActionButton;

public abstract class PresentationListFragment extends CoreMaterialListFragment implements OnScrollListener {

    protected ListView mListView;

    protected PresentationListRowAdapter mAdapter;

    protected FloatingActionButton mFABButton;

    private int mPosition;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setRetainInstance(true);
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.presentation_layout, container, false);
        return view;
    }

    @Override
    public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
        if (view == null) {
            return;
        }

        setupFab(view);
        setupActionBarTitle(view);
        setupListView(view);
        setupParentAdapterRows();
        setupFabAttributes(view);
    }

    private void setupFab(View view) {
        if (mFABButton == null) {
            mFABButton = (FloatingActionButton) view.findViewById(R.id.fab_button);
        }
    }

    private void setupListView(View view) {
        mListView = getListView();
        if (mListView == null) {
            return;
        }

        if (mListView.getAdapter() != null) {
            return;
        }

        if (mAdapter == null) {
            mAdapter = new PresentationListRowAdapter(getActivity(), R.layout.presentation_action_bar_row);
            mAdapter.setArguments((CoreMaterialActivity) getActivity(), mListView, mFABButton);
        }

        mListView.setAdapter(mAdapter);

        if (isListViewScrollable() == false) {
            mListView.setEnabled(false);
        }

        mListView.setOnScrollListener(this);
    }

    private void setupParentAdapterRows() {
        if (mAdapter == null || mListView == null) {
            return;
        }

        if (mAdapter.getCount() != 0) {
            return;
        }

        setupAdapterRows();
    }

    private void setupFabAttributes(View view) {
        if (mFABButton == null) {
            return;
        }

        mFABButton.setImageDrawableColor(ResourceHelper.getColor(R.color.presentation_fab_drawable_color));

        mFABButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                if (mListView == null) {
                    return;
                }

                final int rowCount = mAdapter.getCount() - 1;
                int scrollPosition = mListView.getFirstVisiblePosition();
                if ((scrollPosition + 3) == rowCount) {
                    mFABButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                    mListView.setSelection(rowCount);
                    // mListView.smoothScrollToPosition(rowCount);
                    return;
                }

                mListView.smoothScrollByOffset(1);
            }
        });
    }

    public void setupActionBarTitle(View view) {
        if (view == null) {
            return;
        }

        TextView presentationActionBar = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.presentation_action_bar);
        if (presentationActionBar == null) {
            return;
        }

        final String actionBarTitle = ResourceHelper.getResString(getActionBarTitle());
        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(actionBarTitle)) {
            return;
        }

        presentationActionBar.setText(actionBarTitle);
    }

    @Override
    public void onScroll(AbsListView view, int firstVisibleItem, int visibleItemCount, int totalItemCount) {
        if (firstVisibleItem > 0) {
            makeActionBarSolid();
        } else {
            makeActionBarTransparent();
        }

        final int actualVisibleItem = firstVisibleItem + 1;
        if (mPosition < actualVisibleItem) {
            ListRow mRow = mAdapter.getRow(actualVisibleItem);
            if (mRow instanceof PresentationVideoRow) {
                ((PresentationVideoRow) mRow).startVideoView();
            }
        }

        mPosition = actualVisibleItem;
    }

    private void makeActionBarSolid() {
        View root = getView();
        if (root == null) {
            return;
        }

        View actionBar = root.findViewById(R.id.presentation_action_bar);
        if (actionBar == null) {
            return;
        }

        actionBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    }

    private void makeActionBarTransparent() {
        View root = getView();
        if (root == null) {
            return;
        }

        View actionBar = root.findViewById(R.id.presentation_action_bar);
        if (actionBar == null) {
            return;
        }

        actionBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    }

    public PresentationListRowAdapter getAdapter() {
        return mAdapter;
    }

    public FloatingActionButton getFAB() {
        return mFABButton;
    }

    @Override
    public void onScrollStateChanged(AbsListView view, int scrollState) {}

    public abstract boolean isListViewScrollable();

    public abstract void setupAdapterRows();

    public abstract int getActionBarTitle();
}


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Definition - What does Flextime Policies mean?
Flextime policies refer to employers granting adaptable schedules to employees based on certain permissible conditions. There are variable circumstances that are deemed as acceptable grounds for receiving a flexible schedule to accommodate employee needs and interests. Employers have the responsibility of determining whether or not flextime schedules coincide with current policy and procedure prior to official acceptance.
Flextime policies refer to conditional terms of adaptable scheduling that employers will periodically use for the personal benefit of its employees. While policy and procedure varies among companies, employees can be exempted from traditional workplace scheduling for a variety of reasons such as parental obligations, medical limitations prescribed by a doctor, disabilities (whether congenital or diagnostic), and temporary family issues can be equal denominators in terms of acknowledging flextime policies. However, these cut-and-dried exemptions, though important, are exclusionary circumstances to employees who may not share the same flextime privileges. Consequently, many employees are not parents, but they may have tantamount responsibilities outside of work that deserve identical flextime policy accommodations.


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Francesco Durante (Frattamaggiore, 31 de março de 1684 – Nápoles, 30 de setembro de 1755) foi um compositor da Itália.

Biografia
Francesco nasceu em Frattamaggiore, no Reino das Duas Sicílias, e ainda muito jovem encontrou no Conservatorio dei poveri di Gesù Cristo, em Nápoles, onde recebeu aulas de Gaetano Greco. Posteriormente, tornou-se pupilo de Alessandro Scarlatti no Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio. Supõem-se que ele também estudou com Bernardo Pasquini e Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni em Roma, e ainda no exterior, ainda que não exista evidência documentada. Ele sucedeu Scarlatti em 1725 como primo maestro no Sant' Onofrio, permanecendo até 1742, quando sucedeu Porpora como líder do Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto, também em Nápoles. A partir de 1745 passou a liderar também em Sant'Onofrio a Capuana. Permaneceu nos postos até sua morte treze anos mais tarde.

Influência
Francesco teve fama considerável como professor, e entre seus pupilos estavam Niccolò Jommelli, Giovanni Paisiello, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Niccolò Piccinni e Leonardo Vinci. Ao lecionar ele insistia na observação às regras, diferindo de Scarlatti, que tratava seus alunos como indivíduos. Uma coleção completa do seu trabalho foi apresentada por Selvaggi, um colecionador napolitano de arte, à biblioteca de Paris. Ele consistia quase que exclusivamente de obras sacras. A biblioteca imperial de Viena preserva uma coleção de manuscritos do compositor.

O fato dele nunca ter composto para os palcos das óperas resultou numa fama exagerada como compositor de música sacra. Apesar de ter sido um dos melhores compositores para igreja de seu estilo e período, atualmente ele é considerado inferior a tanto Leonardo Leo quanto Alessandro Scarlatti, e parece ter fundado a escola sentimental da música religiosa italiana. Entre suas obras estavam todos os gêneros litúrgicos e devocionais da época.

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Ligações externas

Compositores da Itália
Compositores do Barroco

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April 2018 is usually a superb month for me because it has a long school holiday in it. Which means I get to spend some time with my boy. I call him 'my boy' but at 16 he is turning into the most amazing young man. My heart bursts with pride whenever I see him.
April 2018 was a superb month because it had a long school holiday in it, which meant I got to spend some time with my boy.
Therefore, two of the lovely things I got up to in April involve me and him, Mother and son, hanging out having fun together. These are my favourite days.
However, April 2018 was also a bittersweet month and does have a sad story to tell too. These posts are my journal posts and I can't just include the good times without the sad. Life just isn't like that is it? It's a fine balance, the sadness makes you appreciate the good times even more right?
My boy and I went to the movies together. We have a lovely local cinema about 25 minutes drive from where we live. We love to do this when we have some time, the only problem is finding a film we both want to watch! For this visit we settled on "Ready Player One" a Steven Spielberg film which we both thoroughly enjoyed.
The very next day we both hopped on the train to london to visit the Tate Britain Art Gallery. Tate Britain, sits majestically beside the Thames.A classic and very beautiful building in its own right. We both wanted to see the French Impressionist exhibition.
The paintings were eye poppingly gorgeous, they took our breath away and for once my boy was quiet! Paintings that you have grown up seeing in print, or on the television, are so awe inspiring when you see them in real life.
Paintings that you have grown up seeing in print, or on the television, are so awe inspiring when you see them in real life.
Very proud of this one! Lazy Daisy Jones and I were featured in Woman and Home Magazine as one of 50 over 50 amazing women !
I met my dearest friend Laurie from Vanity and me style Blog in London. We visited a couple of press shows, walked and talked (a lot) and drank Tea in cafes of the beautiful back streets of west London.
Those are lovely days aren't they? When you are with a friend, the hours speed by and you still haven't had time to say all the things you wanted to say by the end of the day! So you end up on the phone the next day to finish the conversation.
The big question is "I wonder what May will bring?" for you and I. Whatever it will be I wish you joy!
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Highs and low's huh? You know I'll always be around with that shoulder and make you laugh! Plus I couldn't be more proud of my bestie getting featured. Well done you!
Hi Maria, thats life, onwards and upwards now! i dont want to waste a minute of it these days, must be my age?
Oh how was that you had to loose your cat. It s an awfull feeling and a terribke loss, believe me, I know.
What a great achievement to be in that magazine, isn t that just fantastic!


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David Dwork, Digital Journalist
Published: October 26, 2019, 3:53 PM
Tags: Local, Panthers, Sports, NHL, Broward, Coral Springs
Panthers add depth, sign veteran center Brian Boyle to one-year deal
Chirping the Cats podcast: Episode 2 - Oct. 15, 2019
Dynamic Duo: Quenneville may be on to something with Ekblad-Weegar pairing
10 Observations: After 10 games, Panthers progressing nicely in Quenneville's system
10 games in, Florida has just 2 regulation losses, sits in playoff spot
SUNRISE, Fla. – The starting gate is being pushed off the track and the quarter pole is just coming into view.
A new NHL season is off and running.
With the Florida Panthers reaching the 10-game mark of the season Thursday night in Calgary, it seemed like a good time for a new 10 Observations.
The first few weeks of the season have certainly had their ups and downs.
Starting out with losses in two of three, including that disaster against Carolina where the Panthers fell behind 5-0, was an early wake-up call.
It was going to take an extraordinary amount of work, both on and off the ice, for this collection of talented players and coaches to earn the accolades that many had bestowed upon them before a skate ever hit the ice.
Just because all the pieces were there didn't mean they'd magically fall into place.
That's not how complicated puzzles work, and make no mistake, there are few things more complicated than finding the perfect balance of 20 players and a coaching staff that will take you to the promised land.
But when things come together, magic can happen (see: 2019 St. Louis Blues).
1- Defensive coverage is improving. If we're looking at things that appear to be coming together, it seems Florida's work-in-progress defensive system is being grasped at an increasing pace by the Panthers.
After Tuesday's win over Pittsburgh, Panthers head coach Joel Quenneville was asked whether it was the team's best defensive game of the season.
He shrugged it off, saying the previous game (a 3-2 shootout win in Nashville three days prior) was also good, before ending his thought with a vintage Quenneville not-too-high, not-too-low quote.
"I think we're trending in the right direction, as far as playing without the puck in all zones," he said.
2- Denis Malgin may be finding his footing, finally. The fourth-year pro was a healthy scratch in two of Florida's first three games, but he hasn't missed one since.
During those seven straight games in the lineup, Malgin has picked up seven points (3-4-7) while averaging 13:59 of ice time per game. All of those stats would be career highs stretched out over a full season.
To be clear, I do not expect Malgin to maintain a point-per-game pace, but considering his high mark of 0.43 points per game in 2017-18, it's not far-fetched to think he may blow that number out of the water.
Denis Malgin, Evgenii Dadonov and Aaron Ekblad of the Florida Panthers celebrate Malgin's first period goal against the New York Islanders on October 12, 2019.
Another good sign for Malgin is that his ice time, while already higher than ever, is increasing. The coaching staff is giving him more opportunities, including some special teams work in the absence of Vincent Trocheck.
The key for Malgin is remaining consistent. He's done that over the past two weeks, and the opportunities will be there as long as he keeps it up.
3- The ascension of MacKenzie Weegar continues. He's spent the majority of the season paired up with Aaron Ekblad, meaning Weegar has earned the confidence of the coaching staff to play over 20 minutes a game (which he's done in seven straight contests) and in some big situations.
Expect nothing more than to see Weegar continuing to flourish as the 25-year-old hits his stride while having his craft honed by Quenneville and his staff.
4- Is Aleksander Barkov underachieving? In a word, NO.
He looks like his usual self in every facet of the game, minus the goal scoring. Barkov is still making plays on both ends of the ice, he's still a possession monster and he's got 12 assists in 10 games following Thursday's four-helper outburst in Calgary.
He's on pace for nearly 100 points. 10 games into the season. And he still hasn't scored yet.
Barkov may be the personification of the Panthers' start to the season. It certainly has not been perfect, and there are things that can be better, but how upset can you be about two regulation losses and a seven-game point streak through 10 games?
Aleksander Barkov of the Florida Panthers prepares for a face-off against the Carolina Hurricanes on October 08, 2019.
5- Q's Herb Brooks moment. We may be 10 games into a new hockey season, but there has already been a clear turning point, and it came just days after opening night.
It started with Florida's disaster of a first period against Carolina back on Oct. 8 and came to a head the following day at practice, when Quenneville skated the team, hard. A good 30 minutes went by without any drill requiring a puck. Players were hunched over, sticks on their knees, gulping down oxygen in-between reps.
It was the kind of thing you see during sports movie, just before the team bands together as one cohesive unit and goes on a miraculous run to reach their ultimate goal.
Obviously, it's going to be a while before we know how the story of the 2019-20 Florida Panthers will end, but since those two events took place, the Cats have picked up at least a point in each game they have played in.
This is traditionally the most difficult time of the season for most teams, but that has been especially true for Florida over the past decade.
Coach Quenneville, channeling his inner-Herb Brooks, may have given the Panthers a break from that struggle by working them, hard.
6- Speaking of Quenneville, one of his better-known attributes as a head coach is that he's not afraid to shake things up, moving around forward lines and defensive pairings on a whim.
It's a skill that he has put on display during his first few weeks behind Florida's bench, fulfilling a promise made early in training camp when he said that each player would likely skate with every one of their teammates at one point or another. But during the first handful of games? To coin a commonly-used Quenneville phrase, you betcha!
And apparently, it's working.
Now all that being said, there has been one trio of players seemingly immune to Quenneville's game of mix-and-match.
Florida's line of newcomer Noel Acciari centering Dryden Hunt and Colton Sceviour has been as consistent as anyone could ask for. Expected to unite as a strong defensive front with some offensive upside, the group has been extremely reliable on both ends of the ice.
Quenneville has put his trust in the Acciari line, regularly sending it out against the opposing team's top offensive players.
Game on the line late in the third period? Need a big penalty kill? These are the forwards that Quenneville counts on during the game's most important moments. It's telling, and it explains why he's kept the unit together and will likely continue doing so.
7- The talent pool is deep as ever. One of the reasons that the lack of goal scoring from some of Florida's more relied-on players isn't hurting the team is that this could be one of the deepest rosters that the franchise has ever had.
In past years, it would be a major problem if Barkov and Trocheck, Florida's top two centers, combined for just one goal during any 10-game span, let alone the first 10 games of the season.
Not this year.
The aforementioned Malgin and Acciari have three goals apiece. Top-six wingers Brett Connolly and Evgenii Dadnonov have scored four and five goals, respectively, and Weegar is leading all Florida defensemen with three goals.
Evgenii Dadonov of the Florida Panthers skates with the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes on October 08, 2019.
Leading the way for Florida with five goals apiece are Jonathan Huberdeau and Mike Hoffman.
Team-wise, the Panthers are eighth in the league, averaging 3.4 goals per game, but that number could be misleading, as they have picked up the scoring of late, with 19 goals in Florida's last five games.
8- The Bob and Monty Show. Florida's goaltending tandem of Sergei Bobrovsky and Samuel Montembeault has the potential of being one of, if not the best netminding duo in team history.
We know how good Bobrovsky is, and his skills will only be amplified as the team plays better around him.
With Montembeault, however, he's reached a level of his game that seemed a bit further away while evaluating him at this time last year.
Considering how much Bobrovsky and Montembeault should benefit as the team in front of them improves, it will become increasingly more difficult for teams to score on the Panthers as the season progresses.
9- The look of Florida's defensive pipeline has changed quite a bit over the past year. Names like Alex Petrovic and Ian McCoshen, once viewed as big parts of the defensive future with the Panthers, are playing for other teams.
Taking their place are Weegar, Josh Brown and Riley Stillman, each taking massive strides forward in their respective career development.
A bit further down the pipeline, there are a few other young rearguards that could be cause for excitement in the not-too-distant future. Max Gildon (NCAA - University of New Hampshire), Vladislav Kolyachonok (OHL - Flint) and John Ludvig (WHL - Portland), to name a few.
10- All things considered, Florida starting the season 4-2-4 though its first 10 games is fine.
Take into account the last time the Panthers started a season with at least 12 points through 10 games. All they did was go on to have the most successful regular season in franchise history, winning the team's first and only Atlantic Division title.
Most of the players on this Panthers roster, the core guys who have been here a while, are used to spending the months of November, December and January trying to dig themselves out of the massive hole in the standings that generally comes from year after year of horrible starts.
This year, things are different. The team is having its struggles, but it's also finding ways to pick up points.
We'll end this 10 Observations with some knowledge from Florida Panthers playoff legend Bill Lindsay.
Easy math for Playoffs is 10 gm segments. 12 pts every 10gms is the pace you need. Gives you 96pts-80 gms. 2 extra gms to help decide your fate. But 12 every 10 will get you in. 1st 10 on pace for the Panthers. Solid start. Shootouts-O/T will balance out over the whole 82 gms.
— bill lindsay (@LindsayBHockey) October 25, 2019
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The Florida Panthers added some forward depth Sunday, signing veteran Brian Boyle to a one-year, one-way deal.
Join host David Dwork on the Chirping the Cats podcast, welcoming Florida Panthers legend Bill Lindsay for a candid conversation about his career and how much the Panthers organization has meant to...
There has been an awful lot of learning going on at the Ice Den in Coral Springs.
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David Dwork joined the WPLG Local 10 News team in August 2019. Born and raised in Miami-Dade County, David has covered South Florida sports since 2007.

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Many Christians have a deep desire to "turn the corner" in their walk with Jesus. Some don't know where to start, others are held back by the past, and still others are blinded or calloused by sin.
King David, the man after God's own heart, experienced this very thing, and in Worn Out by Obedience he is presented as a spiritual mentor. David is both flawed and on fire. He is the person we are and the person we want to be. In studying his extended stay in Ziklag (1 Samuel 27–30), readers will see how God often molds our hearts in seasons of brokenness, loneliness, and disappointment—sometimes even in our disobedience.
If you are spiritually weary, discouraged, or exhausted, Worn Out by Obedience will help you to keep going—or start moving. You'll learn the signs of spiritual fatigue and how to avoid them. You'll see that God uses all our experiences—good and bad—to form Christ in us. And you'll remember God's great grace of rescue, recovery, and restoration.


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Singapore tops quality of living index for expatriates in Asia
20 Mar 2018 11:14AM (Updated: 20 Mar 2018 11:20AM )
SINGAPORE: Singapore retained its top position as the city with the highest quality of living in Asia for expatriates according to an annual Mercer index that was released on Tuesday (Mar 20).
Globally, Singapore ranked 25th, after cities like Vienna - that topped the list for the ninth year running - and Amsterdam, which was ranked 12th in the Mercer Quality of Living survey.
The findings are based on individual reports from each city that were largely analysed between September and November last year. The index is normally used to enable multinational companies and other organisations to compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments.
"An increasingly diverse workforce is both more mobile and digital with highly diverging requirements and aspirations in terms of career, lifestyle and ultimately where and how they want to work.
"Companies need to consider these factors in their value proposition to both their local and their expatriate employees," said senior partner and president of Mercer's career business, Ilya Bonic.
Singapore's quality of living and infrastructure have consistently outperformed the other cities in Asia, even though the index shows that other Asian cities have seen an "exponential increase in living standards" due to a "rapidly expanding middle class and more affluent populations".
Other Asian cities like Tokyo and Kobe tied at the 50th spot, and Shanghai came in at the 103rd spot. Singapore ranked higher than Hong Kong (71st), Seoul (79th) and Taipei (84th).
Shanghai had the highest increase in quality of living and its standard grew by 15.7 per cent. New Delhi and Guangzhou also showed significant increases at 13.8 per cent and 11.4 per cent respectively.
In Southeast Asia, Kuala Lumpur was ranked 85th, Bangkok was in the 132nd spot and Jakarta ranked 142nd.
Dubai ranked the highest for quality of living across the Middle East and Africa, while Vancouver took the top spot among the Americas.
The top five cities on Mercer's index are Vienna, Zurich, Auckland, Munich and Vancouver.
In a separate index by Mercer, cities' sanitation was also analysed as they are deemed to be "important aspects of a city's attractiveness for both talent and businesses", according to Mercer.
Honolulu topped the sanitation index globally and Singapore ranked 57th. Regionally in Asia, Singapore came in fourth place for sanitation after Japanese cities Kobe, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo.
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Art Prints. Apparel. Home Decor.
This set contains all five prints currently in the Faces of the Treaty Empire Series: Elder, Ally, Translator, Consultant and Oppressor. All prints are signed and will bear the same limited edition number on each print. Prints are designed to fit in standard 8" x 10" matt openings. The optional matts fit in standard 11" x 14" frames.
The prints are limited edition prints using the giclée method of printmaking. They were released in March of 2018 and printed by Andy Everson at the artist's own studio in Comox B.C. A total of 241 prints bear each title and are signed by Andy Everson: 200 in the primary edition bearing the numbers 1/200 through 200/200; 20 Artist's Proofs; 20 Remarques and 1 Printer's Proof. The acid-free 100% cotton rag paper measures about 8.5 x 11 inches. Image size measures about 7.7 x 9.7 inches.


I have commented 2 times previously.
I would urge everybody to have a look at the development application and notice that it is a full restoration of the Roxy theatre back to a theatre. the development is supported by a majority of "save the Roxy " and should be redeveloped as per the development application . If this is left up to Parramatta council nothing will happen and it will stay as it is , a mess.
Here is an opportunity to have the Roxy restored to its previous Glory we should all be supporting this developer.


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This lively little powerhouse is quite a watchdog despite his size.
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This durable leather checkbook cover featuring a Pomeranian cutie includes pockets to hold your checks and check register in addition to slots for your ID credit cards and more.


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Home » TV & Movies » Gov. Gavin Newsom Widens California Stay-at-Home Order
Gov. Gavin Newsom Widens California Stay-at-Home Order
Citing soaring COVID-19 case rates and the lack of hospital beds, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has widened the state's stay-at-home order.
The order is based on a region's available hospital capacity where ICU capacity falls below 15%. Once a region falls under the intensive care unit threshold, it will have 48 hours to comply with the order and must follow the new rules for at least three weeks. The new stay-at-home order bans nonessential gatherings and requires people to stay at home as much as possible to avoid transmitting the virus.
Newsom also said all non-essential travel is now temporarily restricted statewide.
"The bottom line is if we don't act now, our hospital system will be overwhelmed," Newsom said at a news conference announcing the new stay-at-home order.
Newsom said four out of five regions in the state — greater Sacramento, Northern California, Southern California and San Joaquin Valley — are on track to hit the ICU thresholds shortly.
Newsom announced the pending restrictions Thursday, three days after warning that the state's hospital system could be overwhelmed by record numbers of COVID-19 patients. The rules will allow people to continue essential activities like going to the doctor, buying groceries and picking up takeout. In addition, the order allows distanced outdoor exercise, like hiking, and outdoor religious ceremonies. Retail businesses will be limited to allowing 20% of their customer capacity inside at any one time.
On Thursday, California reported 18,951 new cases. California set records Wednesday with more than 20,000 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases out of 138,000 diagnostic tests and the total number of patients in California hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 surpassing 8,500.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an emergency targeted safer-at-home order for the city of L.A. late Wednesday evening, effective immediately. The order mirrors that of L.A. County and requires all residents to remain in their homes, ceases the operation of non-essential businesses that require in-person attendance by workers and prohibits gatherings with those outside of one's household. However, there is a long list of exemptions, including health care operations, grocery stores and restaurants providing takeout or delivery service. Beaches, parks, trails, tennis courts and golf courses will also remain open.
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High blood pressure in pregnancy occurs more often than you think, but it's not necessarily dangerous. You may have had high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, before you conceived, or you may develop gestational high blood pressure as your pregnancy progresses. You swore you were swelling up, but you don't need this kind of pressure!
What is blood pressure, and what's going on when you get hypertension during pregnancy? Blood pressure means the force with which blood pushes against your arterial walls as your heart beats. A certain degree of pressure helps the blood circulate in your body — yay! — but too much pressure causes problems — yikes.
Health care providers measure blood pressure by millimeters of mercury (mmHg), and this measurement contains two numbers. On top, the systolic number refers to the pressure of your heart contracting to pump blood, and on the bottom, the diastolic number refers to when your heart relaxes and blood flows into its chambers.
When people talk about your blood pressure reading, they may say, "120 over 80," the top being systolic and the bottom being diastolic. High blood pressure in pregnancy means you have a 140/90 reading or higher, and severe hypertension is 160/110 and up.
Gestational hypertension usually occurs after 20 weeks of pregnancy, but it's temporary and often clears up after pregnancy. Chronic hypertension occurs before 20 weeks of pregnancy or was there before conception. Many expecting moms who have hypertension can continue with a normal pregnancy, but the likelihood of complications increases.
What complications might arise when you have high blood pressure in pregnancy? Many expecting mothers with hypertension deliver healthy tiny humans, but the condition can increase the risk for stroke, heart disease and kidney disease. Additional complications include the following.
Cesarean delivery: Women are more likely to have a C-section if they have hypertension during pregnancy.
HELLP syndrome: HELLP syndrome, or hemolysis, occurs when red blood cells get destroyed as a more severe type of preeclampsia — your liver enzymes elevate and your platelet count runs low. Symptoms you may experience include headache, nausea, vomiting and upper ab pain. HELLP can damage multiple organs if not treated.
Low birth weight: High blood pressure reduces nutrient flow via the placenta to your baby, so it may not grow as you and your OBGYN expect.
Preterm delivery: If your baby doesn't get enough oxygen and delivery, the doctor may suggest preterm delivery.
Placental abruption: The placenta detaches prematurely from the uterine wall and requires immediate medical attention.
Preeclampsia: Toxemia of pregnancy, or preeclampsia, occurs with high blood pressure and indications of organ system damage, typically the kidney and liver.
You have a lot to deal with when you're pregnant, and some parts of your body complain more than others. You can deliver a healthy baby while having high blood pressure, but your risk of complications increases. You need treatment to avoid the possible dangers.
Your doctor can provide you with a safe hypertension medication that will control your blood pressure with the appropriate dosage. You should avoid angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, renin inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers while pregnant. Coordinate with your OBGYN, GP and cardiologist to construct a care plan that works for you.
Your doctor will conduct urine and blood tests frequently, and check your blood pressure and weight. They will also monitor your baby's health with regular ultrasounds. Once you have delivered your baby, you may breastfeed your child, but your doctor may want to change your medications.
To reduce the risk of complications, take your medication and keep all appointments. Follow your doctor's recommendations for a healthy diet and exercise. Dealing with high blood pressure in pregnancy is akin to the extra attention you'd normally pay to following a healthier routine, but with a little extra medication and doctor visits.


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import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

import javax.microedition.lcdui.Alert;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.AlertType;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.Command;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.Display;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.Graphics;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.game.GameCanvas;
import javax.microedition.media.Manager;
import javax.microedition.media.MediaException;
import javax.microedition.media.Player;
import javax.microedition.media.control.RecordControl;
import javax.microedition.media.control.VideoControl;
import javax.microedition.midlet.MIDlet;

class CaptureVideoScreen extends GameCanvas {

	Player capturePlayer = null;

	Display display = null;

	private VideoControl videoControl = null;
	private RecordControl rControl = null;
	ByteArrayOutputStream byteOfArray = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

	// #ifdef captureVideo
	// [NC] Added in the scenario 08
	private Command start = new Command("Start", Command.EXIT, 1);
	private Command stop = new Command("Stop", Command.ITEM, 1);
	//#endif

	private Command back = new Command("Back", Command.ITEM, 1);

	boolean recording = false;
	public final static int CAPTUREPHOTO = 1;
	public final static int CAPTUREVIDEO = 2;
	private int typescreen = 0;

	public CaptureVideoScreen(MIDlet midlet, int type)  {
		super(false);
		System.out.println("[CapturevideoScreen:constructor] starting constructor..." );
		typescreen = type;
		System.out.println("[CapturevideoScreen:constructor] typescreen="+typescreen );

		display = Display.getDisplay(midlet);
		System.out.println("[CapturevideoScreen:constructor] display="+display);

		try {
			capturePlayer = Manager.createPlayer("capture://video");
			capturePlayer.realize();
			System.out.println("[CaptureVideoScreen:constructor] capture player="+capturePlayer);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println("[CapturevideoScreen:constructor] It was not possible to create and/or initialize the player "+e.getMessage());
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		videoControl = (VideoControl) capturePlayer.getControl("javax.microedition.media.control.VideoControl");
		System.out.println("[CapturevideoScreen:constructor] videoControl="+videoControl);
		try {
			if (videoControl == null)
				throw new Exception("No Video Control for capturing!");

			videoControl.initDisplayMode(VideoControl.USE_DIRECT_VIDEO, this);
			videoControl.setDisplayFullScreen(true);
		} catch (MediaException me) {
			videoControl.setDisplayLocation(5, 5);

			try {
				videoControl.setDisplaySize(getWidth() - 10, getHeight() - 10);
			} catch (MediaException e) {
				System.out.println("[CapturevideoScreen:constructor] error while setting display "+e.getMessage());
				e.printStackTrace();
			}

			repaint();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		// #ifdef captureVideo
		// [NC] Added in the scenario 08
		if (typescreen == CAPTUREVIDEO){
			this.addCommand(start);
			this.addCommand(stop);
		}
		//#endif

		this.addCommand(back);
	}

	// #ifdef captureVideo
	// [NC] Added in the scenario 08
	public void startCapture() {
		try {
			if (!recording) {
				System.out.println("capturePlayer="+capturePlayer);
				rControl = (RecordControl) capturePlayer.getControl("RecordControl");
				if (rControl == null)
					throw new Exception("No RecordControl found!");
				byteOfArray = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
				rControl.setRecordStream(byteOfArray);
				rControl.startRecord();
				recording = true;
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	public void pauseCapture() {
		try {
			if (recording) {
				rControl.stopRecord();
				rControl.commit();
				recording = false;
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	public byte[] getByteArrays() {
		return byteOfArray.toByteArray();
	}
	//#endif

	// #ifdef capturePhoto
	// [NC] Added in the scenario 08
	public byte[] takePicture() {
		try {
			Alert alert = new Alert("Error", "The mobile database is full", null, AlertType.INFO);
			alert.setTimeout(5000);
			display.setCurrent(alert);
			byte[] imageArray = videoControl.getSnapshot(null);

			return imageArray;

		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		return null;
	}
	//#endif

	public void keyPressed(int keyCode) {

	}

	public void paint(Graphics g) {
		g.setColor(0xffffff);
		g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
		g.setColor(0x44ff66);
		g.drawRect(2, 2, getWidth() - 4, getHeight() - 4);
	}

	public void setVisibleVideo() {
		display.setCurrent(this);
		videoControl.setVisible(true);
		try {
			capturePlayer.start();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.err.println("[CaptureVideoScreen:setVisibleVideo()]"+e.getMessage());
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}
//#endif


BETHLEHEM, PA—The smooth sounds of jazz will fill the ArtsQuest Center's Musikfest Café at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, as 21 high school jazz bands perform during the 8th Annual SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase presented by King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul Feb. 10 & 24 starting at noon. Tickets for the event's preliminary rounds are $7 per session and on sale now at www.steelstacks.org and 610-332-3378.
The jazz band showcase features talented scholastic jazz groups from Pennsylvania and New Jersey performing in front of a live audience and judging panel of music educators. Following the preliminary rounds, the top six groups, as determined by the judges, will advanced to the finals March 17, 4 p.m. at the ArtsQuest Center.
The SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase is a music-in-education program of ArtsQuest and the Moravian College Music Department's Jazz Studies Program and is made possible thanks to King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC and PSECU. For more information, please visit www.steelstacks.org or call 610-332-3378.


Meticulously maintained Drees home in Lakes on Legacy. Corner lot with beautiful pool, spa, arbor and board on board fence. Second bedroom downstairs is being used as an office.Three bedrooms and a media room upstairs. Crown molding, wrought iron spindles, built-ins, plantation shutters and more. The Master bedroom has a separate sitting area. Kitchen has built in desk area.Lots of natural light! Media room equipment stays with acceptable offer. Three car garage Roof replaced in 2013.Surround sound.Includes membership to Lakes on Legacy Tennis Academy.Comes with a certificate good for $500 off a tennis or social initiation fee or $2500 off of a golf membership initiation fee at Stonebriar Country Club. Must purchase through LA with-in 90 days of purchase.
This listing 4661 Mira Vista Drive, Frisco, TX 75034 is a residential listing with 4 full baths, 5 bedrooms and approximately 3,842 square feet on a lot of 10,454 sqft (or 0.24 acres). 4661 Mira Vista Drive was built in 1999. 4661 Mira Vista Drive is located in Frisco and in ZIP Code 75034. It has been listed on our site since 2019-04-11 05:55:06.


Tooth trauma. Tooth trauma can range from relatively mild, such as a slightly chipped tooth, to an injury that causes one or more teeth to completely dislodge. Tooth trauma can be caused by a number of events, but the most common culprits are accidents and sports-related injuries. Dental treatments will vary depending on the nature and severity of the injury, but it's important to seek help immediately for tooth pain related to tooth trauma.
Your toothache is severe. If your toothache is interfering with your ability to perform daily activities without significant pain, it's time to head to the dentist.
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Contact Caputo Dental in Naperville today to learn more about some common causes of toothache and how we can help you achieve your healthiest smile.


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Sydney Supernight: Supercars' Get Ready for Bathurst 1000
The world's greatest touring car championship, Supercars, blasts back into prime time on the Seven Network this weekend, when the stakes will be sky high at the season's penultimate event, Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight.
Shane van Gisbergen will be out to clinch the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park this weekend, which would cap an extraordinary year for the flying Kiwi when not even a broken collarbone and fractured ribs could slow him down.
This weekend's two 250km Supercars races are also shaping up as crucial final tune-ups for drivers and their teams as they prepare to tackle Australian motorsport's ultimate event, the Repo Bathurst 1000, live and free on Seven and 7plus from 3 December to 5 December.
The round's opening Supercars race roars into action at 7.00pm AEDT this Saturday on Channel 7, 7mate and 7plus, when fans can look forward to two-and-a-half hours of elite motorsport action in prime time.
Saturday night is just part of a huge weekend of motorsport on Seven, with the live and free coverage from Sydney Motorsport Park kicking off at 4.30pm AEDT on Saturday on 7mate and 7plus, before continuing on Sunday from 12.30pm AEDT on Channel 7 and 7plus.
In addition to Saturday's and Sunday's Supercars races, the high-octane action on Seven will also include Supercars Top 10 Shootouts and support categories.
Fans will once again be able to watch both Supercars races uninterrupted during commercial breaks via cutting-edge picture-in-picture (PiP) technology.
Leading sports broadcaster Mark Beretta and rising star Jack Perkins will again lead Seven's broadcast from Sydney Motorsport Park, while Australian Rally Champion Molly Taylor returns to Pit Lane reporting this weekend, following a highly successful year racing overseas that sees her leading the Extreme E Championship for Nico Rosberg's team, RXR.
Motorsport icons Neil Crompton, Mark Skaife, Craig Lowndes and Garth Tander will also be part of the telecast.
Managing Director Seven Melbourne and Head of Network Sport, Lewis Martin, said:
"It's set to be a huge weekend of Supercars on Seven as we reach crunch time in the 2021 Championship.
"Fans will again see the world's best touring car drivers do battle under the bright lights of prime time, while this year's Champion could be crowned by the end of the weekend.
"After three weeks of sprint racing, teams will also be desperate to finetune their pit strategies and gain some momentum ahead of their date with destiny at Mount Panorama in two weeks' time. The countdown to Australian motorsport's most iconic race, the Repco Bathurst 1000, is well and truly on."
In addition to this weekend's live and free racing, viewers will also enjoy a trip down memory lane when 7's Motorsport Classics returns to relive some of the greatest moments in Australian motorsport, with thanks to Shannons.
Join host Jack Perkins for episode seven, The Streets of Surfers Paradise, at 4.00pm AEDT Saturday on 7mate and 7plus, when we look back at some of the great racing that has unfolded on the unforgiving streets of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.
Episode eight, Championship Deciders, revisits three incredible championship-deciding races that saw the title fight go down to the wire. Relive all the action on Channel 7 at 12.00pm Saturday in Adelaide, on Sunday at 12.00pm in Sydney and Melbourne, and 2.30pm in Perth, and on 7plus nationally.
On both race days this weekend, Seven will show a 90-minute highlights package, with viewers in all capital cities able to catch the very best action on 7plus just a few hours after the day's racing finishes, and then on demand. Saturday's highlights will also be shown on Channel 7 at 12.00am Sunday in all capital cities, while Sunday's highlights will screen on Channel 7 at 12.00am Monday in all capitals.
A three-hour encore featuring both Saturday's and Sunday's highlights will also run in all capital cities next Monday on 7mate, starting at 1.30pm local time.
Next Monday on 7th GEAR, Seven's unmissable new motorsport show covering every angle of world racing, Chris Stubbs, Jack Perkins and Garth Tander will bring viewers up to speed with all the fall-out from the Sydney SuperNight at 4.30pm nationally on 7mate, 7plus and 7Sport social platforms.
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The 10 Best City Hotels in Africa and the Middle East in 2018
Photo: Courtesy of Ellerman House
Africa and the Middle East are home to some of the most stunning natural landscapes on earth. But for every palm-fringed island or lush desert oasis, there's a vibrant city worth exploring — from ancient capitals like Cairo to glimmering metropolises like Cape Town. And once you're there, you'll find an abundance of hotels to serve as perfect jumping-off points for discovering these spectacular locales. Every year for our World's Best Awards survey, T+L asks readers to weigh in on travel experiences around the globe — to share their opinions on the top hotels, resorts, cities, islands, cruise ships, spas, airlines, and more. Hotels were rated on their facilities, location, service, food, and overall value. Properties were classified as city or resort based on their locations and amenities. Related: The 2018 World's Best Awards While our list represents six countries in diverse regions, one destination emerges as a favorite: South Africa, home to four of the top properties (including the winner). Cape Grace, which claimed the No. 3 spot on our list, is located on its own private quay in Cape Town. Beloved by readers for its harbor views and elegant design (think chandeliers, antiques, and French doors), the 120-room icon is also a favorite of celebs like Beyoncé and the Obamas. The Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem provides all the creature comforts one would expect from a modern property in the heart of a historic city: 225 opulent rooms, three restaurants (two of which are kosher), and an indoor pool. "Excellent, first-class hotel," said one respondent. But this year's list is also studded with properties that invert our expectations of what an urban hotel looks like. The modern, low-lying alcazar that is La Mamounia in Marrakesh has 207 opulently decorated rooms and suites surrounded by tiled courtyards and fragrant orange trees (one reader even went so far as to describe La Mamounia as her "dream hotel.") Also on the list is Giraffe Manor, a colonial home on the outskirts of Nairobi, whose 12 private, forested acres are home to a herd of Rothschild's giraffes.. Our winning property this year is also a city hotel unlike any other — a serene collection of suites and villas that feels worlds away from its prime location in South Africa's largest city. Read on for the full list.
10. Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza
Courtesy of Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza
9. Four Seasons Hotel, Amman, Jordan
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8. Table Bay, Cape Town
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7. Waldorf Astoria, Jerusalem
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6. Four Seasons Resort, Marrakesh, Morocco
Courtesy of Four Seasons Resort Marrakech
5. Giraffe Manor, Nairobi, Kenya
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4. Ellerman House, Cape Town
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3. Cape Grace, Cape Town
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2. La Mamounia, Marrakesh, Morocco
Courtesy of La Mamounia
1. Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Courtesy of Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa
Situated on 10 acres of manicured gardens, the intimate Saxon Hotel is the ultimate city refuge — in fact, it was where Nelson Mandela worked on his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. Yet it is also just minutes away from central Johannesburg. Before you hit the streets, take advantage of all the spoils at your doorstep, from the giant infinity pool and Grei, the new 30-seat fine dining restaurant, to the award-winning spa, which has a hammam and a Himalayan-salt sauna. Said one reader: "We stayed at Saxon for a couple of nights following seven weeks of safaris and wine tasting (hard work, that!) before returning home. Everything is simply stunning. We felt we were special people in very competent and caring hands."
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Greetings from IN and Welcome to the Favorites thread! !! My DD and I are on vacation at my sister's house. She spoils us so! I hope everyone has enjoyed a nice summer week! It's still too busy for my liking! Our DD (my baby) turned 14 yesterday! Oh my!
I hope you had a chance to play in VSN this week! There are a lot of beauties in the galleries! Stop by and check them out if you haven't had the chance yet.
Sunday the 15th is Dirty Girl Reveal day!!! You don't want to miss out on the fun the Dirty Gals have created for you. There is also the fun new challenge: Dirty Spies Fan Club Challenge and the winner will be picked Sunday afternoon!
Gorgeous card, incredible that she is creating on the couch!!!!!!
stampit74, wannabcre8tive, vdm and 1 others like this post.
Each week we have newcomers to these threads. EVERYONE is invited to join in. The more participation we have, the more interesting this thread will be.
Instead of quoting, scroll down and either type your response in the Quick Reply box or click the Go Advanced button. This thread will be easier to read without all the same link lists quoted over and over again.
When you say "thank you," you're encouraged to also link to at least one of your own Favorites from last week.
Thanks Angie, for getting us started this week!!
Marti Crapo, JBgreendawn, Holstein and 3 others like this post.
Thanks for getting us started Angie, enjoy your trip!
here are a few I found (today) I have had no time for the gallery this week sorry guys!
CherylQuilts, vdm, frou frou and 2 others like this post.
Vicki....once again you have made my day......thx for mentioning my Ocean Gazing card. Thanks also to Angie for letting me know. Hugs to you both.
vdm and ohmypaper! like this post.
Thank you Vicki (post #3) and Stacy (post #4) for listing my card in your favourites this week !!! So awesome !!!
To pay it forward, here are several that landed in my favs folder this week. I think I clearly have a thing for leaves and botanical images!!!
Thanks Angie for starting the thread tonight.
what you found this week!
wannabcre8tive, JBgreendawn, vdm and 3 others like this post.
Each week the gallery is filled with some incredible cards! Here are some of the ones I found although I did miss a few days.
Angie, thank you for taking time on your vacation to do this!
allee's, vdm, Stamperrobin and 1 others like this post.
A beautiful day here in the wonderful Tennessee Valley. Such a great place to live.
vdm, bejoyce, Weekend Warrior and 1 others like this post.
Thanks so much for all the inspiration! You are all so very talented.
Angie! Thanks for starting the thread this week and notifying all the way from Indiana! So impressed with your dedication. Thanks, also, for choosing neckties as a favorite. Jazzed!
Stamperrobin and ohmypaper! like this post.
and A VERY LATE posting of this favorite because it is just so amazing I couldn't resist posting it!
Thank you so much to our team of notifiers. You are each and everyone so appreciated!
vdm, didlet, Stamperrobin and 1 others like this post.
Hello everyone - it seems to have been another creative week and therefore my list is quite long but I am sure does not cover 1% of the goodies out there. Been trying to get Christmas cards moved on here as I am way behind on my CCC14 challenge.
Angie thanks for choosing my flower blocks card.
vdm, didlet, Holstein and 1 others like this post.
Have a creative week everyone.
Got to dash, busy day here today.
Here are mine, though - I prepped a list last night .
vdm and Weekend Warrior like this post.
Thanks so very much Cindy, for the mention of my card here and to Angie for letting me know...so appreciated.
Weekend Warrior likes this post.
Thanks, Peggy (jasonw1), for mentioning my Santa card in your list of favorites. And thanks too to Mary (jandjccc) for letting me know. Nice way to start off the week!
A big thanks to you, Angie, for mentioning my "Envie Full of Flowers. I am so happy you liked it.
I'm sure you are enjoying your visit with your sister. Happy Birthday to your daughter. They grow up very fast.
Thank you, Mary, for your notification.
Many thanks to Cindy (Weekend Warrior), Mary (jandjccc) and Sabrina (Cook22)for including my Woodland Father's Day card in faves this week and Nancy (Stiz2003) for picking out my Birthday Olives card!
Thanks to Mary for the gallery heads-up too - much appreciated!
What a wonderful morning! Thank you so much Mary (jandjccc), Peggy (jasonw1), Linda (Holstein) and Niki for including my cards in your list of favourites this week. You have no idea how up-lifting it is to be recognized by some of the most outstanding artists on this site! Thank you so very much it means so much to me. Big thanks to Brenda (tessaduck) and your crew for your tireless work bringing happy messages to everyone. Here are my favourites this week. Sorry the list isn't longer but I ran out of time.
Have a fabulously creative week.
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Thanks so much Jay Bee for mentioning my card "Always with You", you made my day and thanks to Brenda for letting me know!!!!
Mary, I appreciate so much that you mentioned my Bunch of Blossoms card this week. Thank you!
Thank you Mary and Sabrina !
Janine (Jay_Bee), thank you so much for listing two of my cards in your favourites - what a wonderful way to wake up on a cloudy Sunday morning. And thanks to Vicki for the notification.
My previous post should have said "thanks Janine, for listing three of my cards" - I just went back to my email and discovered you'd listed a third card. Wow - I'm blown away by the compliment!
Thank you so much, Janine, for mentioning my Wedding Birds card as a favorite!!! So nice to be mentioned here!
Thank you Vicki for letting me know!
Oh my word! Y'all know how to make a girl smile and smile! I had so much fun reading all the comments on "My Artsy Vacation" and then today 4 favorites to the card!!!! I am grinning! Thank you Mary, Brenda, Peggy, Janine!!!
Thanks Angie for the shout out about three of my cards this week! WOW!
I am really overwhelmed! Hugs to you all, and Happy Father's Day to all our guys!
Janine, I appreciate so much that you mentioned my Bunch of Blossoms card this week. Thank you!
Happy Father's Day to all the guys out there and to us wives who spend the day trying to make their day special...have a happy time today as well!
Thank you Vicki-Vdm...you are one of the special people who are so faithful to notify each week (even the holidays I might add!!!!) Thank you so much!! AND thank you for listing my "Get Well Teddy" and "Sorrows in the Sand" cards in your favorites!!!! What talent you have, feel very blessed my friend!
Thank you Ohmypaper!-Angie for liking my "Swingin and Sippin" card!! You're a sweetie too and so talented!
Thank you Holstein-Linda for mentioning my "Sorrows" card and my "Rays of Sunshine". You are da bomb! So much talent in those little finger and you like mine! Yay!!
Thank you Stiz2003-Nancy for listing my "Sorrows" card, so glad you like it my friend and talk about talent, Wow!! You always say such nice things to encourage others too!
Thank you Jandjccc for liking my "Get Well Teddy" card, you are such a sweetie pie! Oh and for all the notifying you do too!
Thank you Tessaduck-Brenda for liking my Hummer card! That was a surprise to be sure! Thanks for your work with the notifiers as well!!
Thank you Jasonw1-Peggy, I always get such inspiration from you!! Such a layer/die cut artist! Wow, wow, wow!! Thank you for liking my "Sorrows" card my sweet friend!
You ladies are soooooooo talented and caring and sweet!! I LOVE being a part of SCS and to rub shoulders sorta speak with all the ladies here! I have never felt so much kindness from so many ladies in my life!! Thank you all!
Thank you, Janine, for including my card this week and to Angie for letting me know! And thank you Brenda for choosing my card and to Angie for letting me know! Have a wonderful week, everyone!
Thank you so much cook22! I'm absolutely blown away, I still consider myself an amateur (especially compared to so many crafters on here!), so this means so much to me!
A big thank you to Holstein, OhMyPaper and Mrs Noofy for mentioning my cards as your favs. You have made my sunny day even sunnier. Thank you to all the ladies who kindly notifies us of these honors.
Thanks to Vicki and Niki for mentioning my card. I am thrilled. And thanks to Brenda for letting me know.
Thank you so much, Brenda, for mentioning my Post-It note Easel holder. Stacy, thank you for letting me know. A nice day just became even nicer!!


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Q: Selecting data from more than 2 tables using join I am trying to combine data from 3 tables and I am having trouble getting the exact syntax.
I have a set of data as below, showing the history of who has done what with a record. The unique identifier for each record is shown in 'ID' and 'Rec No' is the sequential number assigned to each interaction with the record.

ID  Rec No Who     Type
1   1      Bob     New
1   2      Bob     Open
1   3      Bob     Assign
1   4      Sarah   Add
1   5      Bob     Add
1   6      Bob     Close
2   1      John    New
2   2      John    Open
2   3      John    Assign
2   4      Bob     Assign
2   5      Sarah   Add
2   6      Sarah   Close
3   1      Sarah   New
3   2      Sarah   Open
3   3      Sarah   Assign
3   4      Sarah   Close

I need to find all of the 'Assign' operations. However where multiple 'Assign' are in a certain ID, I want to find the first one. I then also want to find the name of the person who did that.
The code I have at the moment is-
mysql> SELECT IH.WHO, COUNT(IH.ID)
    -> FROM INCIDENTS_H IH
    -> JOIN(
    -> SELECT ID, MIN(RECNO) AS RECNO
    -> FROM INCIDENTS_H
    -> WHERE TYPE = 'ASSIGN'
    -> GROUP BY ID
    -> )IH2
    -> ON IH2.ID = IH.ID AND IH2.RECNO = IH.RECNO
    -> GROUP BY IH.WHO
    -> ;

which produces the output

+------+--------------+
| WHO  | COUNT(IH.ID) |
+------+--------------+
| Bob  |            1 |
| John |            1 |
+------+--------------+

So far so good. However I also need to restrict the output based on the date, which is held in another table called Incidents. The data in this table is in the format-

+------+------------+
| ID   | ADDEDDATE  |
+------+------------+
|    1 | 2011-06-01 |
|    2 | 2011-06-03 |
+------+------------+

The ID column is the same number in both tables and therefore can be used to find out which ADDEDDATE to use. So can anyone assist with the code to restrict the output to records with an added date of 2011-06-03, by modifying the code above?
So ideally the output would be-

+------+--------------+
| WHO  | COUNT(IH.ID) |
+------+--------------+
| John |            1 |
+------+--------------+

I am using mysql 5.1.40

A: Just join to incident and add a where clause :
SELECT  IH.WHO,
        COUNT(IH.ID)
FROM INCIDENTS_H IH
    INNER JOIN(
        SELECT ID, MIN(RECNO) AS RECNO
        FROM INCIDENTS_H
        WHERE TYPE = 'ASSIGN'
        GROUP BY ID
    )IH2
        ON IH2.ID = IH.ID AND IH2.RECNO = IH.RECNO
    INNER JOIN INCIDENTS I
        ON IH.ID = I.ID
WHERE I.ADDEDDATE = DATE('2011-06-03')
GROUP BY IH.WHO

A: This is my attempt, based on how I understand the question.
If I'm not understanding it correctly, please leave a comment and I will improve what I've put.
I think you're almost there, and that the following should work for you:

SELECT  IH.WHO,
        COUNT(IH.ID)
FROM    INCIDENTS_H IH
JOIN   ( SELECT ID, MIN(RECNO) AS RECNO
         FROM INCIDENTS_H
         WHERE TYPE = 'ASSIGN'
         GROUP BY ID
        ) IH2
ON      IH2.ID = IH.ID
AND     IH2.RECNO = IH.RECNO
JOIN    INCIDENTS I
ON      I.ID = IH.ID
WHERE   I.ADDEDDATE = "2011-06-03"
GROUP BY IH.WHO

Just as a note: the primary key for INCIDENTS_H is (Id, RecNo).
Also, it may be worth noting that in order for the database to be in 4th Normal Form, there needs to be a table whose primary key is "Id".  Such a table will make your life easier.

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INTERVIEW: resolving conflicts key to stemming global displacement, says new UN refugee chief
UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII
Migrants wait in line to be registered in Berlin, Germany.
Multiple conflicts have resulted in the massive displacement of men, women and children around the world in record numbers. Last year alone, more than one million refugees and migrants crossed the Mediterranean to Europe. And yet, the arrivals in Europe represent only a fraction of the world's current 60 million refugees and displaced people – the highest level since the end of the Second World War.
As UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, heads the agency tasked with protecting, assisting and finding solutions for refugees, internally displaced people and stateless populations. A veteran UN official who was most recently Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Mr. Grandi spoke with the UN News Centre just days after taking up his new post about his priorities, the critical shortfalls in humanitarian funding and what motivates him to work with refugees.
UN News Centre: You've just taken up your post as High Commissioner for Refugees. Can you tell us what your priorities are going to be?
Filippo Grandi: Forced displacement of refugees, internally displaced people and other people seeking refuge from war, human rights violations and other forms of hardship has become a very central feature, unfortunately, of our world. The number of people of concern to my office, to UNHCR, has multiplied and we're now dealing with 60 million, plus 10 million stateless women and men. And this is a staggering figure, the highest that has existed since the Second World War. So our priorities are really to ensure that all of these people enjoy protection of their lives and rights, and that we are able to respond to numerous emergencies, created mostly by war. And a very important priority, which is enshrined in our mandate, is also to help States seek solutions for these people.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) with Filippo Grandi, newly sworn-in UN High Commissioner for Refugees on 11 January 2016. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
UN News Centre: UNHCR and other agencies launched an appeal for nearly $8 billion for the Syrian crisis. How do you plan to make that happen when financing has been an issue?
Filippo Grandi: Yes, this is a major problem. We managed to keep the financial ask in that huge appeal – which is for inside Syria, internally displaced and other people in need, and for outside Syria, for refugees and for host communities and States hosting them – we managed to keep the ask at a level which is not much higher than last year, although the needs have multiplied as you can imagine. The real problem here is that on the one hand, the volume is such and there are so many other crises that these appeals are on average 50, 60 per cent funded, which means that part of the needs are not met. This creates additional hardships on host communities but also on refugees.
Filippo Grandi discusses his agency's priorities and why assisting the most vulnerable is so important to him. Credit: United Nations
We've seen this very clearly in the Syria crisis – people receiving insufficient assistance, moving on to other countries, in particular to Europe. This is not the only cause for this secondary movement but certainly it is an important cause. This is how people in the end use trafficking networks, die in the sea, and go through very difficult journeys towards other countries, causing, in doing so, further problems… or becoming a very difficult issue to deal with.
Let me just add here that to address this particular phenomenon, we're working with States on another conference which will take place in Geneva at the end of March which will address the issue of how we can help people that want to move from first asylum countries to other countries… thus, sharing the burden better. How can we help them follow legal ways to get out rather than adopt or go through trafficking networks… so resettlement, scholarships, family reunification and so forth.
In June 2013, then UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi (second from left) accompanies Heidi Hautala, Finnish Minister for International Development, during a visit to the Summer Fun Weeks programme in Gaza which provides activities such as football, kite flying and drawing for the territory's children. UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan
I elaborated a bit on your question to show that the lack of funds has many consequences, but until the war ends in Syria and in many other places, not just in Syria… Yemen, Libya, many countries in Africa and so forth… until there is a peace process that is successful and peace holds, the cost of the consequences will continue to rise.
UN News Centre: Which calls for innovative solutions?
Filippo Grandi: Which calls for, number one, solidarity towards the victims. Number two, or perhaps another number one, really looking at mechanisms to solve conflicts. The mechanisms that are in place are old ones. There has to be much more political will and better configuration of this mechanism to make them effective and find quicker solutions. On our side, we will continue to be very innovative, I can assure you, in how we take care of those that are the victims of this situation – internally displaced, refugees and others – and since we have to do more and more with less and less, innovation is indispensable.
Newly-arriving refugees wave as the large inflatable boat they are in approaches the shore, near the village of Skala Eressos, on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII
UN News Centre: You've worked with refugees throughout your career, and you've taken on this very challenging post now at a moment, as you've said, of crises. What is it that makes you want to work for refugees? What is it that has made you want to take this position on?
Filippo Grandi: You know there's a lot of discussion about vulnerable people. The central theme of the Sustainable Development Goals is no one left behind. I think very few categories around the world are as vulnerable as refugees, internally displaced people, stateless people. It is very important that we don't leave them behind. I have worked with refugees since I was a young volunteer. I know the pain of exile very well from having experienced it in many places. And this has given me the motivation to continue to work for people. This is not bureaucratic, abstract work. This is very concrete and person to person.
UN News Centre: Can you tell us a story that impacted you?
Filippo Grandi: When I was a young volunteer, I visited for the first time a refugee camp in Thailand. In those days, there were Cambodian refugees and I saw a small child die of malaria in front of me. This affected me greatly because I realized that this child would never have died in another context but because he was in that refugee camp, because he was a refugee, he died. And this was a powerful, if dramatic, motivation to start working for refugees, and here I am 30 years later still doing it.
UNHCR|Migrants and refugees
Ingredients for a new life: how cooking helps refugees and migrants blend in
Interview with Karen AbuZayd, Special Adviser on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants
New compact to improve refugee response 'a chance to chart a different course' – UN agency chief
Solutions needed to stem global refugee crisis, says new UN agency chief
With record numbers of refugees and displaced people worldwide, the new head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is urging greater diplomatic efforts to find solutions to the conflicts and abuses driving people from their homes.


This project, which will run for 2 years - until June 2009 - and involves partners from Latvia, Gran Canaria and Cyprus.
The first project meeting will take place from 4 - 10 December 2007 at Shawlands Academy.
Click on the gallery icon to view the posters depicting the shared values of pupils participating in this project.


Heading into the new season with a top-four finish in their agenda, Arsenal are working around the clock to construct a team capable of challenging in the Premier League.
With Arsene Wenger stepping down and the team out of the Champions League for the second consecutive season, all eyes are on the new boss Unai Emery who is lining up a list of transfer wishes.
The Gunners are said to have identified Argentina star Cristian Pavon as their primary target.
Emery is a huge admirer of Pavon's talents and it is Argentinean media outlet AS that claims Arsenal boss will sanction another approach for the 22-year-old after seeing the initial bid worth £27 million rejected by Boca Juniors.
Pavon was the standout performer in otherwise disappointing Argentina side at the World Cup.
His reputation is still soaring high despite Los Albiceleste crashing out of the competition in Russia much earlier than anticipated.


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Here is a list of all leaked and upcoming skins that will be added shortly in Fortnite Battle Royale. Some items may be added this week, or in the future, we will have to see what Epic Games will do.
All of the leaked skins can be found in the source file of Fortnite; we use UE Viewer (Unreal Model Viewer) for datamining through the game files. If one of the cosmetic items has been added in the game and is still on the leaked page, please let us know by adding your comment below.
Find the new Egg Launcher in #BattleRoyale and tear down opposing structures with explosive eggs!
Let's see if you can go par for the course in Baller Golf, created by @HELLRAISERGamin !
Grab a sniper rifle and become a Sure Shot while playing as Rabbit Raider Jonesy, available in #SaveTheWorld!
Make your way through the low gravity and speed pads in Geometry Parkour! by gamerzhits.
Add and customize explosives on your #FortniteCreative Islands with Explosive Devices!


I am a serving Police Officer with Police Scotland, formerly Strathclyde Police with 19 years police service.
In July 2006 I started dating my husband Gregg who was also a serving police officer. Our relationship blossomed and we went on to have two beautiful children now aged 7 and 6.
Back when we first joined Strathclyde, on your first day you are handed all sorts of paperwork to tick and sign to agree to all sorts of different benefit schemes, one of which is the St Georges Police Children's Trust.
You sign them all having an awareness of what they are for, the minimal amount of money comes directly off your wages and you don't give it a second thought, all you hope is that you will never need to use it and through time you forget about it and the subscription isn't an issue it's just part of your salary.
Then in January 2015, our world was suddenly turned upside down. Gregg suddenly became seriously ill, suffering an acute psychotic episode which subsequently led to him committing suicide.
NEVER SAW THAT COMING!!! NO ONE DID!!!
Gregg had no previous history of mental health and was in overall good health, loved his kids with all his heart, was the best Dad ever, loved me. Even on his last day on this earth he was telling friends this but through his psychosis he was suffering severe paranoia, having delusional thoughts that if they were true would have significantly impacted on our lives. Unfortunately when someone suffers paranoia and delusional thoughts through psychosis they have no perception of reality, this is their reality!
I was faced with a new reality for the kids and I, my husband, best friend and best daddy ever was gone, our hearts were/are broken and along with this came insecurity around my financial stability for the kids and I.
In the days to come after Gregg's death the Police Federation came and advised me of the benefits that the kids would be entitled to including the St Georges Children's Trust as Gregg was a paying member (as am I).
I completed the application form pretty much expecting that I would not be entitled to anything and was pleasantly surprised to find that I was granted an allowance for the kids which gets paid to my bank account along with a lump sum for each of my kids at Xmas. There is also the availability for me to apply for extra funding should the need arise to assist the kids in their education or grants for expensive items e.g. musical instruments should they ever show an aptitude for playing one.
The aftermath of dealing with such a tragedy is horrendous and we are still dealing with it to this day. Nothing will bring Gregg back and I would love nothing more than to be not telling this story and our lives back to the way they were but unfortunately I am.
However, the funding from St Georges Police Children Trust helps the kids and I immensely. It helps towards me being able to go part time allowing a better work life balance for the kids whilst assisting us with an annual holiday and having the funding at Xmas alleviates the pressure from me at what can be a very expensive time of year.
You may be thinking you or your family will never need such help, I know I did!
At the time of joining I regarded the Police as a part of my family and was happy to help by paying my subscription to help my bigger family in their time of need, never in a million years did I think that I would indeed be needing help.
So thank you to my colleagues/friends/family who are contributing to the St Georges Police Children's Trust for all your support and for anyone who has opted not to, please remember you never know what is round the corner, life can change in an instant and unfortunately your family will not have this much needed support in their time of need.


Time has passed me by.
A reminder to clean your bird feeders and keep the water sources fresh and clean.
Yolanda went had surgery Friday morning and is still there, for "Cleanup Procedure" on her spine and incision area.
A rather large lump developed and the doctor wanted to go in to clean it up, and check things out.
Until lab results come in, there are no real answers.
It appears to have been a leaky suture on the spine.
Yet it could be an infection.
We had hoped to have her home this past weekend.
You stand and fight, for the enemy will try at least one last assault.
You stand when you think you cannot stand another minute.
"Greater is He who is in me, than he who is in the world." (1John 4:4).
Here is a brief reminder from last week, and some neonic products you may have in your garage or shed.
Neonicotinoids are a group of insecticides that are used widely on farms, as well as around our homes, schools, and city landscapes.
Used to protect against sap-sucking and leaf-chewing insects, neonicotinoids are systemic, which means they are absorbed by the plant tissues and expressed in all parts, including nectar and pollen.
Unfortunately, bees, butterflies, and other flower-visiting insects are harmed by the residues.
Birds and other wildlife are also dying directly and indirectly from neonicotinoids.
inclusion of these insecticides in home garden products.
Home garden products containing neonicotinoids can legally be applied in far greater concentrations in gardens than they can be on farms.
Sometimes at concentrations as much as 120 times as great which increases the risk to pollinators.
As a gardener, you have an unique opportunity to help protect pollinators by avoiding the use of these insecticides.
Ask your local nursery or garden center if plants have been treated with neonicotinoids.
Encourage your city or park district to use alternatives to neonicotinoids on plants that are visited by bees or are bee-pollinated.
Enough voices were heard, and the The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (without fanfare) will phase out neonicotinoids.
The phase out of neonics is to occur by 2016.
Refuge managers will have to have an approved 'Pesticide Use Proposals' and completed 'Endangered Species Act'.
Consultation documentation before using neonicotinoid pesticides, including the planting of neonicotinoid-treated seed to grow agricultural crops.
Here is a sample list of Neonicotinoids, product name and what they are used for.
Listed first, is the chemical, followed by the use, and last is the company and brand name.
Foliar spray for turf and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs; soil drench for garden fruits and vegetables, and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs; trunk injection for trees; granules for turf and ornamental flowers, shrubs, or trees.
Granules for turf, and ornamental flowers, shrubs, or trees.
Foliar spray for turf and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs; granules for turf and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs.
Amdro Quick Kill Lawn & Landscape Insect Killer.
Granules for turf and ornamental flowers, shrubs or trees; soil drench for ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs.
Foliar spray for garden fruits and vegetables, and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs.
All the creature pictured are affected by these pesticides.
You must ask yourself some questions.
Are plants totally free of insects worth a lifeless planet?
It is no secret that Karen and I are tired.
We have been beat up in every way possible.
When we found out Yolanda once again was heading for surgery, I told a friend "I'm crushed by it all".


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Weekend Movie Guide: Cowboys & Aliens & Brohawks & Smurfs
Vince ManciniFacebookTwitterSenior Film & Culture Writer
MOVIES OPENING THIS WEEK: Cowboys and Aliens, Attack the Block (in select cities), Crazy Stupid Love, The Smurfs. If you don't want to go through the trouble of reading all the rest of this, let's put it this way: Attack the Block is the one you want to see, at least until The Guard comes out.
COWBOYS AND ALIENS: Jon Favreau takes a break from Iron Man to film Bourne in the desert with James Bond and Indiana Jones. It has other things boys like as well, like aliens, 'splosions, and Olivia Wilde. No dinosaurs though. Weak, dude.
RottenTomatoes: 44%
Gratuitous Review Quotes:
Actually, the ampersand in the title is a tad misleading, since the genres never fuse into an extraterrestrial horse opera. A more accurate label would be Cowboys, Then Aliens, Then Cowboys Again, Then a Big Mess of Aliens. There's no whole, just parts. -Rick Groen, GlobeandMail
Cowboys & Aliens has fun moments, but it's a plodding entertainment because it mostly tastes like leftovers. -Owen Glieberman, Entertainment Weekly
The movie gets by on the strength of agreeable talent who enjoy playing along and can endure the horse manure and space goo being shovelled. -Pete Howell, Toronto Star
Armchair Assessment: Yeah, it's pretty stupid.
FUN FACT: Spielberg has produced three movies so far this year (four, if you count I Am Number Four, which came from his company, Dreamworks), all of them about alien invasion (Super 8, Transformers 3, Cowboys & Aliens). Maybe he knows things.
NEXT PAGE: Attack the Block
ATTACK THE BLOCK: Edgar Wright's buddy Joe Cornish does a British version of Super 8 that doesn't suck. In other words… 's about aliens attackin' da block, innit, bruv. Trust.
Irreverently funny without ever being spoofy…The one-liners are hilarious, and Cornish has a deft touch at weaving social commentary on urban gentrification into the narrative. – Ian Buckwalter, NPR
"Attack the Block" is the other alien-invasion movie opening today, the lousy one, the one from Britain. In Britain, it's probably just a regular bad movie, but here – with accents that are barely comprehensible and in-jokes about council flats, not to mention a swerving handheld camera and some of the cheapest effects since "Night of the Lepus" – it's surprising this thing ever got released. -Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle, quite possibly my least favorite critic in the history of film criticism.
Attack the Block strains somewhat to deliver a climactic moral, but the way it slyly shifts our sympathies to Moses and his crew (at the expense of another species, granted) without overplaying their deprivation puts more serious-minded indies to shame. -Marc Holcomb, Village Voice
Armchair Analysis: Well, here's the long version. The short version is, while this summer needs another alien invasion flick like Brett Ratner needs another hot pocket, this one's by far the best of the bunch. Plus it's got black people with British accents. How do they come up with this stuff?!
NEXT PAGE: The Smurfs
THE SMURFS: The Smurfs are back, and now they're in New York for some reason! Also, they have funny accents and dance to hip hop.
Okay, so the plot of Smurfs is that these pointless blue things live in a mushroom village in a magical land (or "The Middle Ages" if you're whatever stupid person edited the Smurf Wikipedia page) where they get all hopped up on magic berries and dance jigs for 20 hours a day, and are eternally being chased by a bald guy in a dress named Gargamel (Azaria) who wants to "extract" their "essence" (I WILL GIVE YOU $500 IF YOU CAN PROVE THAT ISN'T A WEIRD SEXUAL THING). But, apparently, once in a "blue moon" (not a thing), a watery butt-tunnel opens up to New York City. So of COURSE the stupid Smurfs (plus Gargamel) fall through the magic hole and have to go live with Neil Patrick Harris and learn/teach a few lessons about the importance of family and believing in yourself and gardening and whatever.
There's Clumsy Smurf, whose "personality" is f*cking everything up. There's Gutsy Smurf, who wears a kilt and is constantly throwing himself off of tall buildings for no reason ("SMURFABUNGA" IS NOT A WORD. ALSO, WHY ARE YOU SCOTTISH?). -Lindy West, The Stranger
Armchair Analysis: You know, I think Lindy pretty well covered it.
NEXT PAGE: Crazy, Stupid, Love
This is how it made Baby Goose feel that I didn't get to see this film.
CRAZY STUPID LOVE: Baby Goose plays Hitch, helps Steve Carell win his wife back after she cheats on him. Written by Dan Fogelman and directed by the guys who wrote Bad Santa (Glenn Ficarra and John Requa).
A multi-threaded and well-organized comedy full of pleasant surprises and appealing characters. -Eric D. Snider, Film.com
The workmanship and effort are evident in every straining moment, but the end result is so completely phony as to be without value. -James Rocchi, MSN
Pity the crowds expecting another cute comedy like "Date Night" who wind up at "Crazy, Stupid, Love." It'll be like asking for a burger and getting served escargot. -Kyle Smith, NY Post
Armchair Analysis: I had a hard time getting past that part of the synopsis where Steve Carell has to win back a wife who cheated on him, or the dumb pick-up artist/mentor story again, or the ladies-man-discovers-he-cares story, or… honestly, it looks like a pile of broad comedy clichés got jizzed into a dramedy. But I enjoy Ficarra and Requa, and the good reviews have me second-guessing myself. Hey, girl, somethings never go out of style. Also, the kid in it is named "Jonah Bobo." I mean, it's no Yolanda Squatpump, but still, a humorous name.
Topics: #Steven SpielbergTags: Attack The Block, cowboys and aliens, CRAZY STUPID LOVE, JONAH BOBO, steven spielberg, the smurfs, WEEKEND MOVIE GUIDE, YOLANDA SQUATPUMP


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Skateboarders See a (Kick)Flip Side to the Government Closing
With Washington Plazas Empty and Patrols Down, a Banned Sport Is Suddenly On
Normally plazas around D.C.'s federal buildings are off-limits to skateboarders. But with the government shutdown, there are fewer police to keep them out.
Elizabeth Williamson
Elizabeth.Williamson@wsj.com
Updated Oct. 11, 2013 10:18 am ET


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The Silicon Review lauds Trianz among '10 Fastest Growing Microsoft Solution Providers 2018'
Santa Clara, California, August 30, 2018 -- Trianz, a global digital transformation consulting and technology services firm, today announced its certification as one of the '10 Fastest Growing Microsoft Solution Providers 2018' by The Silicon Review, a leading US-based online and print publication for business and technology professionals.
A senior editorial member of the publication explained the selection criteria by saying, "Winning a spot on The Silicon Review's '10 Fastest Growing Microsoft Solution Providers 2018' edition indicates that the company is one of the most trusted Microsoft Azure Managed Services Partners known for its simple, yet flawless IT and digital solutions. We chose Trianz based on its strategic plans, reliable solutions, highly skilled/talented workforce, and the ability to contribute to the digital world at large."
In the cover profile titled 'With Strategic Direction and Tactical Approach, Trianz Is Helping Enterprises to Adopt Azure Cloud Services,' The Silicon Review highlights how Trianz is optimizing Azure's potential to offer scalable, on-demand processing power to clients – helping them develop, plan and execute strategies focused on extending infrastructure to Azure. The article also talks about the three tenets of digital transformation that guide Trianz -- Agility, Customer Centricity, and Data -- and how the firm uses a 'business-needs-come-first' approach to empower these migrations.
Expressing his delight on the recognition, Ira Horowitz, Vice President - Client Relationships at Trianz, said, "Being selected by The Silicon Review among its fastest growing Microsoft Solution Providers list is a matter of pride for us. It is a reflection of our successful track record in Azure Managed Services." "From the very start, our approach has been to minimize surprises and avoid expensive re-engineering for our clients, while providing a holistic solution that lives up to expectations and offers continuous long-term gains," he added.
"Our strategic partnership with Microsoft and our proven real-world proficiency enable us to carry out clients' critical engagements successfully – right from datacenter migrations, to the management of cloud-borne applications. The Silicon Review's acknowledgment is an opportunity for us to take our focus on client centricity a notch higher," Prashant Bhavaraju, Vice President – Marketing at Trianz, said in a statement.
To know more and view all 10 companies recognized by The Silicon Review, click here.
About The Silicon Review
The Silicon Review is the world's most trusted online and print community for business & technology professionals. Our community members include thought-provoking CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, IT VPs and managers, along with jillions of diverse business professionals. It is the pre-eminent platform that shares innovative enterprise solutions developed by established solution providers and upcoming hot enterprises emphasizing as a neutral source for decision makers. This is the place where senior level buyers and decision-makers come to learn and also share their experiences in regards to products, technologies and technology trends. For more information, visit http://www.thesiliconreview.com.
About Trianz
Trianz simplifies the digital evolution of companies from strategy through execution. With a unique, multi-disciplinary and collaborative model, Trianz works with clients to transition to new business models, digitalized processes and deliver great experiences utilizing analytics, digital, cloud, infrastructure, and cyber security technologies. Leveraging a portfolio of digital platforms covering digital workplaces, cloud and infrastructure, and analytics, Trianz helps clients accelerate their transformations.
Trianz portfolio of technologies and services have been rated #1 by a Fortune 1000 client base for five years in a row. Trianz has been ranked as one of the best Consulting Firms by Forbes and was recently certified as a Great Place to Work. To learn more about Trianz, email [email protected] or visit www.trianz.com.
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Our engagement with Trianz has now exceeded three years, and together we have delivered many significant initiatives in that time. Many of our successes could not have been achieved without our partnership. In many ways, Trianz has already put our products ahead of the curve.
Director of Quality Assurance
Top 10 US Life Insurance Company
The white glove approach, agility, and flexibility of the team helped us to tap opportunities in the ever-changing business environment.
Director of Customer and Partner Services
A Leading Global IT And Networking Organization
Trianz team worked side-by-side with us to transform our sales operations. Now, we have complete visibility into everything from our supply chain to sales and pricing. Our partnership with Trianz has been exceptional.
Director – Accounts and Cost
A National Cattle Feed Supplier
The team at Trianz worked tirelessly to propose a system that overcame our business challenges. Rising to the occasion, they simplified our processes, enhanced the system and increased productivity. There's no doubt; our ongoing success was enabled by our partnership with Trianz.
A Leading Commercial Automobile Liability Insurance Provider
Trianz commitment to taking end-to-end ownership of developing the e-commerce web app is exemplary. Their dedicated involvement was key to us garnering the advantages of automated test suite development and manual testing
VP of Marketing
Global Storage Systems And Data Management Company