Democrats didn't walk away with a clear win Tuesday night. But they didn't have to. They essentially battled Republicans to a draw in a central Ohio congressional district that should have been an easy win for the GOP. Even a too-close-to-call result was a sign of Democratic momentum and offered clues for how to run in November.
Democrat Danny O'Connor's strong showing in Ohio's 12th Congressional District offers his party a roadmap to the House majority: Galvanize suburbanites to join the party's urban base and offset the Republican advantage in rural areas.
O'Connor came close to upsetting Republican Troy Balderson by running up his numbers closest to Columbus, performing better than Democrats recently have in the district's suburban core, and even managing to dent the GOP advantage in rural areas. O'Connor won 65 percent of the vote in precincts closest to heavily Democratic Columbus. He ran ahead of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential marks across the district: about 6 percentage points ahead of her mark in vote-rich Delaware, small-town Licking and rural Morrow counties.
Far from the city, Balderson answered with his own wide margins, peaking at 69 percent in rural Morrow County. In suburban Delaware County, Balderson led by 8 percentage points.
Many of the districts Democrats are hoping to flip in November are more favorable to them than the Ohio 12th. If they can compete there, they're well positioned in the key battlegrounds.
The tight outcome also underscores lingering questions about President Donald Trump's value – or liability – to Republicans in the districts that will determine whether the party maintains its control of Congress. Trump won the district by 11 percentage points in 2016, and he rallied on Balderson's behalf ahead of Tuesday's vote. While Trump declared Balderson the winner, the close margin, several thousand provisional votes and absentee ballots, and Ohio law putting off a final count means it will be weeks before the outcome is known.
There will be at least eight Democratic women running for governor in November.
Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Laura Kelly of Kansas joined the list Tuesday. Both will face Republican men. Unlike some of their fellow Democratic nominees in other states, neither would become their state's first female governors. Whitmer and Kelly both have extensive records as legislative leaders and pitch themselves as get-it-done pragmatists. That's not in line with some of the headliners of the #MeToo era and the anti-Trump resistance movement, but it may be Democrats' best shot to flip two governor's mansions that Republicans have held since 2011.
Two all-female races are set in Washington state. Democrat Lisa Brown, a university administrator and former state lawmaker, will take on Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the highest-ranking female House Republican, in an eastern Washington seat. Former state Republican chairwoman Susan Hutchison will try to unseat Sen. Maria Cantwell.
The narrow results in Ohio leave Democrats confident that they can win voters by running full-force against the GOP tax plan.
O'Connor watched Republican outside groups outspend him as they poured millions into the race. But the GOP barrage mostly steered clear of touting the tax cuts that Republicans once said would be the key to maintaining control of Congress. Instead, they dusted off their well-worn approach of tying Democratic nominees to unpopular national party leaders like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
O'Connor, meanwhile, hammered the tax law as a threat to Social Security and Medicare. It's a similar argument to what Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania used earlier this year to win a special election in heavy GOP territory.
Republican incumbents still insist that they'll champion tax cuts as the reason for strong economic numbers so far this year. But two high-profile special elections leave Democrats confident in their attacks on the signature legislation of Trump's first two years, and that ensures voters in battleground House districts will see and hear plenty of advertisements warning them about potential consequences of the Republican law.


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Papplewick Parish Council | History | Papplewick Lodge
Papplewick Lodge
Papplewick Lodge is a grade II listed building at the north end of Main Street. It was probably built by Frederick Montagu in the 18th century, and was once known as the 'Dower House'. The original building has been extended, probably in the 1930s
This extract is taken from the 25″ OS map for 1915, sheet 33.9
'The Lodge' lies on the sharp bend at the north end of Main Street. This view of the building from the east appeared on a postcard. It was probably taken in the 1920s, before the house was extended.
This view was taken in around 1910, and shows, on the left, the corner of the building from the south. and to the right the top row of cottages on Main Street. The space between, with the large trees is probably the original alignment of Main Street before the late 18th Century, when it was diverted away from Papplewick Hall.
This view shows that the building has been extended, and bay windows added. The stone frontage to the garden (seen to the right of the building) are thought to have been built of materials recovered from Papplewick Grange. The materials for the front extension, including the oriel window may also have been salvaged from Papplewick Grange when it was demolished in the 1930s.
Other Areas of Papplewick History
Crossroads garage
The village garage closed in 2005
The Diamond Jubilee
Millennium Celebrations
Life in Victorian Papplewick
Some extracts describing the activities of those living in Victorian Papplewick.
Papplewick pumping station
The victory plantations and their monuments
Papplewick Hall and the Montagu estate
The Montagu family controlled Papplewick for more than 250 years until the estate was sold in the 1920s.
The cotton mills on the Leen
From 1778 until 1830 Papplewick was an important centre for producing cotton thread.
The changes in population
Some extracts from the England and Wales census, showing the changes in population over the last 200 years or so.
The parish church in Papplewick is dedicated to St James

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Imagine a stereotypical neighborhood Italian bar transposed to the suburbs of Tokyo, and you might get something like Lo Spazio. It's one of those rare places where you can prop up the counter while sipping your espresso after work (or grappa, if it's got to that point in the evening), and even the slightly shabby decor is of a piece with the kind of places you might expect to find in a small town in continental Europe. Owner Haruhiro Nozaki honed his technique in Italy, and runs a barista school and seminars, while the shop manager is a trained sommelier. Lo Spazio ship their Alberto Verani beans direct from northern Italy, a point that's advertised on the menu and mugs, as well as with the prominently positioned fridge containing bags of the prized coffee (yours for just under ¥5,000 per kilo). The espressos are hard to fault, and while we could've done without the cartoon puppy etched in chocolate powder on the foam of our cappuccino, the drink itself is spot-on, starting smooth but packing a nice, lingering bitterness. The food menu puts the emphasis on hearty, casual grub, including agreeably al dente pasta and risotto, while the recent store renovation saw Neapolitan pizzas added to the mix as well.


When Megan discovers that she is gifted with 'The Glow' her outlook on life (and death) changes dramatically.
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There's no way to describe the silliness that is 200 bit fish other than by playing it. You control Sweetie Belle, who has been equipped with jetpacks, and are tasked with delivering a fish and dropping it into a bucket. That is until it is stolen!
This game is filled with absurdity, fourth wall breaks and so many unexpected events. One minute you'll be fighting against a red and black alicorn OC and the next you'll be floating in zero gravity in what can only be described as hell. While the controls are something you need to get used to, I'd highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for unique gameplay mechanics and a ton of madness!


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Q: Indentation Error in python 3.6 When i run this code in IDLE, i get a SyntaError(expected an indent block)
The thing is that i dont see any indentation problem.
What the code does:
It reads 'cities.txt' file(with string lines)
It then copies those lines in 'out.txt', after enumeration in each line
try:
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except FileNotFoundError:
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A: To ensure logic and format, you should write your code like this :
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The latest on new entrance at Sam's Club in Oakwood
Sam's Club has a new entrance off Thurmon Tanner Parkway in Oakwood. - photo by Jeff Gill
Happy New Year, Sam's Club shoppers, you have a new entrance.
A second entrance has opened to the store at 3839 Mundy Mill Road, off Thurmon Tanner Parkway, between Mundy Mill Road and Oakwood Road.
Shoppers are now able to turn right off Thurmon Tanner into the parking lot at Sam's or turn right from the parking lot onto Thurmon Tanner. Also, a median change was made so that northbound Thurmon Tanner motorists can turn left into the new entrance.
Thurmon Tanner is a busy four-lane road between Oakwood and Flowery Branch.
The project, which was finished earlier this month, later than the projected pre-Christmas completion, also features a new Sam's Club monument sign depicting gas prices at the Sam's Club station on the property.
"Adding this entrance and exit should improve traffic flow," Walmart spokeswoman Allison Van Matre has said.
Sam's sits next to Walmart in what is part of a larger development that includes a Wendy's restaurant, Wells Fargo bank and a strip shopping center.
For years, the primary entrance into the development was at 3875 Mundy Mill Road, sharing that busy intersection with University of North Georgia's Gainesville campus.
There is one other access point to the development — a road that runs from Mundy Mill Road to the development between Sam's gas pumps and Wendy's — but it only allows right turns into and out of the shopping center.
The Thurmon Tanner entrance has been in the works since at least 2018.


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Колхозонь эряф (Колхозная жизнь). Мокшень литературно-художественнай и общественно-политическяй журнал. Мокшэрзянь АССР-нь писателень союзть правлениянц органоц. Лисенди кемоньце кизось, кафта ковти весть. — № 1 (36), Январь-Февраль ков 1937 киза. — с. 25—29
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1936 к. Октябрь
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Solomon Mikhoels is a prominent Soviet theatre actor, teacher, director and public figure, laureate of numerous national awards and prizes.
Solomon Mikhoels (born Shloyme Vovsi) was born in a Jewish family in Dinaburg (now Daugavpils) on the 16th of March 1890. Until the age of 13 he went to a heder, a traditional Jewish religious elementary school. After the graduation he started his self-education, including learning Russian.
Solomon was dreaming about a theatre career since he was a child; at the age of 9 he ever wrote his first play, but had to quit his dream at the insistence of his father. As the actor remembered later, his father thought that he should be occupied with something more useful for the society – to become a doctor, or a lawyer. Mikhoels graduated from the secondary school in Riga, studied at Kiev institute of commerce and he also studied law in Saint Petersburg.
Theatrical and Public Activities
Soon after the October Revolution Solomon Mikhoels joined the Jewish Theatre Workshop which was organized in Petrograd. Since 1919 he acted actively. The play "The Blind" by Maurice Maeterlinck was one of Solomon's works in which he managed to demonstrate his talent. Later the workshop established the Moscow State Jewish Theatre. In 1929 after the successful tour around Europe, Mikhoels became the director of the theatre.
Shakespeare's King Lear is considered the best role of Solomon Mikhoels. The actor always tried to thoroughly analyse the character he was going to play, and to understand it from a philosophical point of view. He was so good at this that very often directors accepted this ideas, and moreover, they even stepped back, and the theatre stopped being director's but became purely actor's.
Edward Gordon Craig, an English actor and director, one of the most distinguished modernist theatre practitioners went to one of the first presentations of the play "King Lear". That's what he said about Mikhoels's acting: "I was going to the theatre with unveiled distrust, and even asked Mikhoels to give me the place from which I could leave earlier, but I immediately understand that I mustn't leave this play. It's clear now why there is no real Shakespeare in English theatre – there is no such an actor as Mikhoels there".
Apart from his work at the theatre, Mikhoels was also involved in public activity, and he was respected not only in the USSR but also in the world Jewish community. During World War II he headed Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee founded in 1942. The main task of this organization was to attract political and financial support for the USSR fight with Germany.
In 1943 Mikhoels together with other members of the committees made a seven-month tour around the USA, Mexico, Canada and Great Britain. During the tour he met a lot of prominent people: Thomas Mann, Theodore Dreiser, Marc Chagall, Albert Einstein and many others. Mikhoels ran meetings to raise money to support the Soviet Army. He so much impressed people with his talent that they usually donated large sums of money.
In 1943 after his performance at Carnegie-Hall, the crowd overwhelmed with his speech rushed to the stage. The stage ruined under the people's weight, and Mikhoels fell down and broke his leg. The rest of his American tour he spent in a wheelchair and on crutches. After the performance, Marc Chagall said: "I have seen performances made on squares, at stadiums, circuses by major modern directors, but such a spectacle as anti-fascist meeting in New York in 1943 could be directed only by Mikhoels.".
Solomon Mikhoels died on January 12, 1948 in Minsk. According to the official version, the actor died in a road accident – hit-and-run car accident. The government organized his funeral; the Moscow State Jewish Theatre was named after Mikhoels. However, later it was found out that Solomon Mikhoels's death was assassinated by the USSR security services on Stalin's order. Mikhoels turned out to be a victim of the anti-Semitic campaign at the beginning of the 1950s. It was claimed that he was a Jewish nationalist and conspirator against Stalin. After Stalin's death in 1953 in the newspaper "Pravda" there was an article with the disclaimer of all accusations towards the actor.
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'I'm proud of Free SHS; it is working' – Akufo-Addo
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed satisfaction with the Free Senior High School policy introduced by his administration in September 2017, saying the performance of the two batches of 'Akufo-Addo graduates' is proof enough that the policy is working.
According to President Akufo-Addo, "five years on following the implementation of the Free Senior High School programme, which has guaranteed a minimum of Senior High School education for 1.6 million Ghanaian children, I want to state, without any equivocation, that I am very proud of the policy and of its results thus far."
Speaking at the 70th-anniversary celebration of the Tamale Senior High School (TAMASCO) in Tamale, on Saturday, 11 December 2021, the President stressed that the experiences of developed nations have shown that the most efficient way to create a society of opportunities, and, thereby, guarantee the future of a nation, is by investing in education and skills training of the youth.
Without an educated populace, he stated that Ghana cannot transition from the status of a developing to a developed nation, adding that "it is the people of Ghana, Ghanaians like you and me, and especially the youth of today, who are going to build Ghana."
The results of the 2020 and 2021 WASSCE results, the President stated, give further evidence of why the Free SHS policy has been a success so far.
"There were some who described Free SHS as 'a waste'; some said it would 'destroy our Ivy League Schools', and some indicated that the policy was going to compromise the quality of senior high school education. None of these has happened, and I am sure they have eggs on their faces now or should have", President Akufo-Addo stated.
He continued, "The 2021 WASSCE results of the second batch of the 'Akufo-Addo graduates' show 54.08% of students recording A1-C6 in English, as opposed to 51.6% in 2016; 65.70% recording A1-C6 in Integrated Science in 2021, as opposed to 48.35% in 2016; 54.11% recording A1-C6 in Mathematics, as compared to 33.12% in 2016; and 66.03% recording A1-C6 in Social Studies, as compared to 54.55% in 2016. Lest we forget, the 2021 batch of students were the pioneers of the double-track system, which elicited a lot of vilification and unfounded criticism on its introduction."
Another indication of the value of the Free SHS policy, he stated, is the dramatic increase in the percentage of students from TAMASCO, who have qualified to attend the university.
"In 2015, it was 29.2%; in 2016, it was 31.4%; in 2017, it was 34.7%; in 2018, it was 31.3%; in 2019, it was 46.3%; and in 2021, it was 45.8%. Surely, Chairperson, there can no longer be any controversy about the validity of the Free SHS policy and its consequential measures. It is working," he said.
The President, thus, appealed to all Ghanaians to "forgo partisan, parochial considerations, which confer little benefit, and all agree that Free SHS has to be a part of our national educational architecture, for, at least, a generation, if not forever. Our nation will clearly be empowered and enriched".
Reinforcing the government's commitment to ensuring the provision of quality, relevant education, President Akufo-Addo told the gathering that Government has introduced the teacher licensure regime aimed at professionalising teaching, and bringing it in line with international best practices. Thus far, the National Teaching Council has issued some one hundred and twenty-nine thousand (129,000) licenses to teachers.
Government, he added, has commenced the construction of twenty (20) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) centres across the country, with all twenty (20) at various stages of completion.
Additionally, out of the one thousand, one hundred and nineteen (1,119) projects, being constructed under the Free Senior High School Infrastructure Intervention, six hundred and fifty-seven (657) have been completed, with some two thousand, seven hundred and eighteen (2,718) vehicles procured and distributed by the Ghana Education Service to various institutions across the country.
With the completion of nine (9) Model Senior High Schools across the country being imminent, President Akufo-Addo told the gathering that "in 2022, the government will expand the Free SHS Programme to cover all first-year students in public TVET Institutes."
He assured further that the government will continue with the programme of implementing the various reforms and projects in the TVET sector, including the rehabilitation and upgrading of technical universities, upgrading and modernisation of the thirty-four (34) NVTI centres, retooling of TVET Institutes, and the establishment of ten (10) state-of-the-art TVET institutes.
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I have learned that May is a busy month. Hence the quietness on this blog for most of the month. May is always a busy month for us, but this year took the prize. Well, maybe not. Last year we were furiously packing to move into this house all of May!
First, today is officially the first day of summer vacation! And we got off to a delightful start with fresh blueberry muffins and a friendly game of sibling baseball in the yard. We finished Classical Conversations (our homeschool group) and had the presentation ceremony. I had my annual homeschool review. May is always busy with finishing up school, co-ops, and prepping for the review. We plan to keep up with reading and math games over the summer, but otherwise, summer fun, here we come!
May is also the month we celebrate three birthdays. The boys turned 7 and are obsessed with Legos and roller blades. I got to enjoy a dinner out at The Vineyard Wine Bar, which serves up deliciously fresh and interesting food every time.
Then there's the yard. And garden. Our yard is SO much bigger than our last one that it's a little overwhelming come spring. I enjoy the work and eventually it will get easier each year as we tame it. The previous owners did a lot of landscaping but some of the flower beds kinda went wild before we took over ownership. We're still identifying plants and learning how to trim bushes and plants we've not had before.
My mom moved from the house I grew up and lived in since I was 14 years old. That was a huge job that meant several weekends helping pack and two weekends of moving. But I'm so excited for her to be moved into her new home which will be so much easier for her to maintain!
Josh and I got to go to a Nickel Creek concert that just took my breath away: the energy, the music, the audience bursting into song. It was fabulous in every way! Check out their new album. I'm just so glad they're back together. Kinda makes up for The Civil Wars splitting up. I also got to attend my first ever book launch for my author-friend Dani Pettrey's fourth book, Silenced. It was super fun to support her and celebrate her success.
I finished listening to Harry Potter on audiobook. I'm missing the space it took up in my life. I looked forward to dinner prep and clean up because I'd be sucked into the world of Hogworts. In any case, the series totally went beyond my expectations in every way and was the most immensely satisfying series I've read in some time.
So that was my May. How was yours?


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Q: Java+MySQL with JDBC connector mistake I'm trying to connect Java and MySQL with JDBC connector. So, I've downloaded connector from official cite, added it to classpath and added to the libraries of eclipse.
Now i'm using the code below
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

    public class LocalhostDBConnection
    {
        LocalhostDBConnection()
        {
        Connection connection;
        try {
            // Название драйвера
            String driverName = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";

            Class.forName(driverName);

            // Create a connection to the database
            String serverName = "localhost";
            String mydatabase = "AvtoKovriki";
            String url = "jdbc:mysql://" + serverName + "/" + mydatabase;
            String username = "root";
            String password = "";

            connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
            System.out.println("is connect to DB" + connection);

            String query = "Select * FROM users";
            Statement stmt = connection.createStatement();

            ResultSet rs = stmt.execute(query);
            String dbtime;
            while (rs.next())
            {
                dbtime = rs.getString(1);
                System.out.println(dbtime);
            } // end while

            connection.close();
        } // end try
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            // Could not find the database driver
        } catch (SQLException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            // Could not connect to the database
        }
        }
    }

But in string: ResultSet rs = stmt.execute(query); there is a mistake "Type mismatch: cannot convert from boolean to ResultSet".
I can't understand what the problem is. Need some help.

A: The Statement#execute method returns a boolean. You are looking for the Statement#executeQuery method, which returns a ResultSet.
Your code should be like this:
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);

A: Firstly, this has nothing to do with MySQL - you're not getting as far as running the code, and none of your code deals with MySQL-specific types. (My point is that you may or may not have the MySQL jar file in the right place; this error isn't due to that.)
If you look at the documentation for Statement.execute(String) you'll see that that returns boolean, not ResultSet. That's why you're getting the compile-time error.
You want executeQuery(String) instead - or you could call execute(String), and if it returns true, call getResultSet.

A: You need to use executeQuery(String sql) method
see javadocs for more details about the provided methods
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/Statement.html

A: stmt.execute(query);

returns boolean not ResultSet. You can get
ResultSet by using  stmt.executeQuery() method for queries that won't
modify data in the database.
If you want to modify data in your Database use the executeUpdate() method, which will return an integer to indicate whether data has been modified or not.


As a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton, Camp Wright provides Day and Resident camp programs for over 1,475 campers each summer.
Our programs include a variety of experiences and activities to encourage campers' social, physical, mental and spiritual growth. Camp activities include: boating, team sports, swimming, creative arts, nature exploration, environmental activities, and more. Activities in small and large groups, meal periods, and cabin time all are opportunities for friendship, learning, and fun. Each summer is unique, making each Camp Wright experience a chance for new adventures and discoveries.
Programs are designed to encourage campers to live and to play in an open community where they can explore life on the Chesapeake Bay, discover new aspects of their faith and learn more about themselves and one another.
Individuals of all faiths are welcome and encouraged to join us at Camp Wright.
Each person is a unique creation of God, with gifts to be affirmed.
Camp Wright is a place to develop friendships and practice community living skills.
Outdoor experiences provide meaningful opportunities for growth and learning.
The primary role of program staff is to be facilitators, coaches and partners with our campers.
Laughter, play and joy are key components to a healthy life.
We are called to be stewards of God's Creation.
Teamwork and cooperation are essential life skills.
Jesus is our example for living together and leading others.
Julia has long been with Camp Wright and the Diocese of Easton. Her relationship with Camp Wright began her first year as a camper in 1989. She joined the summer staff in 1999 and was made Associate Director in 2005 where she flourished until 2013. Her background and experience with Camp Wright, together with her pleasant personality and enthusiasm are a wonderful addition to the staff. We are thrilled to welcome Julia back!
Kaitlin grew up in Floyds Knobs, IN where she entered the world of camping at age 7. After graduating from Nova Southeastern University with a degree in Marine Biology she came to Camp Wright to work as Resident Camp counselor. She returned every summer serving as CIT Coordinator, Assistant Program Director, and working as a facilitator for groups in the spring and fall. In 2014 she became the Associate Director and oversees the Resident Camp Programming in her freshly ironed Partici-pants.
Each day we start and end with Devotions. We sing songs, tell stories, and seek God in our daily experiences. Through Serendipity, our Christian Education program, we encourage each of our campers to explore a personal relationship with God. Reflection and prayer help us live and care for one another and the world around us. Together, we look to follow Jesus's example of living together and servant leadership. A communion service at the end of each session celebrates God's presence and spirit among us.
Camp Wright is inspected and licensed by the State of Maryland each year. The kitchen and pool areas are inspected and licensed by the Queen Anne's County Health Department. Health Care at camp is supervised by a licensed nurse. A local physician and two hospitals are available for urgent medical care. In emergencies, we are served by both the Queen Anne's County and the Kent Island Fire Departments and EMS.
Camp Wright's motto is "Learning to live together in a Christian way." Campers are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that reflects this goal. Behavior deemed dangerous, inappropriate, or unmanageable by the administrative staff is grounds for dismissal from camp. Parents will be contacted if necessary for information, concerns, and medical information.
In 1994, Camp Wright was accredited by the American Camp Association http://www.acacamps.org (ACA). The ACA is a private non-profit educational organization serving camps and camp professionals. The ACA seeks to improve and develop professional practices in the camp industry.
ACA accreditation requires education, self-examination, and peer review. Accredited camps agree to uphold a rigorous code of camp management practices. At least once every three years, a team of camping professionals visits the program to observe the camp's operation and review its practices. Camp Wright is proud to be an active participant in this process and to have our program meet or exceed ACA standards.
Camp Wright's program staff are interviewed, screened and selected by the Associate Director. Fingerprints and Criminal Background checks are completed for each staff member. At the beginning of each camp season, staff participate in an intense, comprehensive staff training program.
Staff are hired on the basis of their character, their commitment to young people, their ability to teach and to share their faith. Specialized trainings and certifications are required for those staff leading archery, boating and aquatics activities. All staff hold certifications in First Aid and CPR. Camp Wright maintains a low camper to staff ratio with each group of campers supervised by at least two adults. For more information, or to apply for a position at Camp Wright, visit our Employment Page.


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Corfu holiday carbon monoxide tragedy: Two children died after work 'bodged and botched'
Inquests into deaths of Bobby and Christi Shepherd - aged six and seven - begin in Wakefield more than eight years after they died on Greek island
Christi and Bobby Shepherd died in Corfu Photo: PA
By Camilla Turner
2:31PM BST 27 Apr 2015
A brother and sister who died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a family holiday in Corfu had been given an apartment where work on a boiler was "bodged and botched", an inquest into the circumstances surrounding their deaths was told yesterday.
Eight years after the holiday, the children's distraught parents were forced to relive events as they heard how a series of missed opportunities by the Louis Corcyra Beach Hotel and tour operator Thomas Cook led to the disaster.
Bobby Shepherd, six, and his sister Christi, seven, from Horbury, West Yorks, found dead at the four-star resort by a chambermaid . Their father, Neil, and his girlfriend, Ruth, who is now his wife, were both in a coma.
Opening the inquest, David Hinchliff, the coroner, said: "What should have been a very happy and relaxed half-term break became the most appalling tragedy." The boiler, which was shared with the neighbouring bungalow, was in an outhouse adjoining Bobby and Christi's room.
Harry Rogers, a heating engineer, said the bungalow "became available for this family to use because the previous occupants had become unwell and they had been detained in hospital for tests and treatment".
Mr Rogers said that on a scale of one to 10, where 10 was the worst possible example of installation and maintenance, this boiler was "in the 10 range".
He added that if it had been inspected in the UK it would have been ordered to have been shut down immediately, with the most serious issue the lack of a flue venting to the outside.
Nicholas Purnell, QC for Thomas Cook, intervened to say that the tour operator had been lied to by the hotel, who said they had no gas appliances for heating or water.
Mr Rogers asked why the tour operator had accepted the hotel's assurances without question, saying Thomas Cook had a "duty of care" to clients.
• Reps cleared over Corfu gas leak deaths of children
• Holidaymakers warned about carbon monoxide poisoning
Thomas Magner, another expert on heating, said there were gaps in the walls where air conditioning pipes went into the building and this allowed the lethal carbon monoxide into the ceiling space above the children's beds.
Mr Magner said that, by British standards, this work had been "bodged and botched". He said a safety cut-off device had been deliberately short-circuited, meaning that the Italian-made boiler, which was less than 10 years old, would not turn itself off.
He suggested that the boiler was likely to have been short-circuited by hotel staff a day before the Shepherd family started to feel unwell, when other people staying in a bungalow had complained about not having hot water.
Mr Hinchliff told the jury that the family arrived at the hotel on Oct 23, 2006, and were allocated a semi-detached two-bedroom bungalow. Ruth and the children started to feel unwell two days after arriving, with Bobby tripping on the floor and appearing dizzy. Later that night, Christi started to cry and be sick.
The adults went into the children's room but cannot remember what happened after that. Mr Hinchliff said a chambermaid let herself in the next day, at about 11am, and found Christi dead on the floor and Bobby dead in bed. The two adults were close by, both comatose.
Mr Hinchliff told the jury that a post-mortem in Greece concluded that Bobby and Christi died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The inquest continues.
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ID: on Democratic Republic of the Congo - 53rd Meeting, 34th Regular Session Human Rights Council
22 Mar 2017 - Interactive dialogue with:
- The situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo A/HRC/34/43
Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Introduction)
Mr. Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Introduction)
Member of LUCHA - the Struggle for Change, Mr. Fred Bauma
H.E. Ms. Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Concerned Country)
European Union Mr. Carl Hallergard
Tunisia (On Behalf of the African Group),	Mr. Yassine Salah
UNICEF,	Ms. Myriam Wischnewski
Czech Republic, Mr. Michal Dvorák
Germany, Ms. Antje Leenderste
France, Ms. Elisabeth Laurin
Switzerland, Ms. Corrina Morrissey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr.Belgium, Mr. Geert Muylle
Egypt, Ms. Chahinda Emadeldin Hussein Mohamed
Netherlands, Mr. Reinout Vos
Algeria, Mr. Chir Kamel
Sovereign Military Order OF Malta, Mr. Jean-François Kammer
United States of America, Ms. Jessica Carl
Botswana, Mr. Collen Diane
Sudan, Mr. Marwan A.M. Kair
Togo, Mr. Ousmane Afo Salifou
Ireland, Ms. Sarah Groarke
Central African Republic, Ms. M'bago Ophèlie
Mozambique, Ms. Francelina Romão
Congo, Mr. Luc-Joseph Okio
Chad, Ms. Sololta Marie Ngarmbatinan
World Evangelical Alliance	Mr. Michael Mutzner
Advocates for Human Rights, Mr. Petty Mark
Espace Afrique International, Mr. Wa Mukumadi Bilenga
Ensemble contre la Peine de Mort (Joint statement), Ms. Marie Salphati
Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs, Ms. Katala Anne
Association Dunenyo, Mr. Kalombo Mbayi
Comité International pour le Respect et l'Application de la Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (CIRAC)	, Mr. Ntumba Kabamba Kahumbu
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Final Remarks)
Mr. Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Final Remarks)
H.E. Ms. Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Final Remark)
34th Regular Session
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Introduction) 00:01:38
Mr. Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MONUSCO (Introduction) 00:14:03
Member of LUCHA - the Struggle for Change, Mr. Fred Bauma 00:23:25
H.E. Ms. Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Concerned Country) 00:33:00
European Union Mr. Carl Hallergard 00:39:35
Tunisia (On Behalf of the African Group), Mr. Yassine Salah 00:41:38
UNICEF,	Ms. Myriam Wischnewski 00:43:28
Czech Republic, Mr. Michal Dvorák 00:45:41
Germany, Ms. Antje LeendersteFrance, Ms. Elisabeth Laurin 00:47:52
France,	Ms. Elisabeth Laurin 00:49:53
Switzerland, Ms. Corrina Morrissey 00:51:51
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 00:54:03
Belgium, Mr. Geert Muylle 00:55:33
Egypt, Ms. Chahinda Emadeldin Hussein Mohamed 00:58:09
Netherlands, Mr. Reinout Vos 00:59:37
Algeria, Mr. Chir Kamel 01:01:51
Sovereign Military Order oF Malta, Mr. Jean-François Kammer 01:03:31
United States of America, Ms. Jessica Carl 01:04:59
Botswana, Mr. Collen Diane 01:07:27
Sudan, Mr. Marwan A.M. Kair 01:09:40
Togo, Mr. Ousmane Afo Salifou 01:10:56
Angola 01:13:17
Ireland, Ms. Sarah Groarke 01:15:31
Central African Republic, Ms. M'bago Ophélie 01:17:21
Mozambique, Ms. Francelina Romão 01:18:38
Congo, Mr. Luc-Joseph Okio 01:20:27
Chad, Ms. Sololta Marie Ngarmbatinan 01:22:29
World Evangelical Alliance, Mr. Michael Mutzner 01:24:23
Advocates for Human Rights, Mr. Petty Mark 01:26:31
Espace Afrique International, Mr. Wa Mukumadi Bilenga 01:28:39
Ensemble contre la Peine de Mort (Joint statement), Ms. Marie Salphati 01:30:48
Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs, Ms. Katala Anne 01:35:05
Association Dunenyo, Mr. Kalombo Mbayi 01:36:40
CIRAC, Mr. Ntumba Kabamba Kahumbu 01:38:46
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Final Remarks) 01:41:10
Mr. Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MONUSCO (Final Remarks) 01:43:33
H.E. Ms. Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Final Remarks) 01:50:21
ID: on Democratic Republic of the Congo - 30th Meeting, 35th Regular Session...
Democratic Republic of the Congo, High-Level Segment - 7th Meeting, 34th...
Panel Discussion on the State of Racial Discrimination Worldwide…
Item:2 and Item:3 General Debate (Cont'd) - 29th Meeting 28th…
Item:5 General Debate - 36th Meeting 25th Regular Session of…
HC/SG Thematic Reports and General Debate (Cont'd) - 29th Meeting…
Clustered ID (Cont'd): IE on Sustainable Evironment and Foriegn…
Item:5 General Debate (Cont'd) 29th Meeting 23rd Regular Session…


The color orange is a power color.
Although the color red is associated with fiery, burning heat, orange color is softer and is more connected to the warmth of the sun.
Orange is still an active, vibrant color and associated with movement, but it does not carry with it the connection to passion and extremes that the color red does. It marries the vitality of red with the stability of endurance.
Orange color stimulates creativity. People who love orange are often curious and love exploring new things. They are thought of as sincere and thoughtful.
Orange is thought to be the best emotional stimulant and can be helpful if you are depressed, bored or lonely. It helps to bring out the joy we have inside us.
If you favor an the color orange, you are considered to be a social person who is able to get along with many types of people. You exhibit a sincere desire to like people and also want people to like you.
An orange lover is seen as loving freedom and is always looking to expand his or her interests and to succeed in life.
Preference for an orange colour can also indicate someone who has a desire to be successful in whatever you do. The meaning of orange indicates an optimism about the future and a natural enthusiasm about life and living life to the fullest.
An orange colour in the room or in clothing can increase the craving for food. That's great if you want to put on weight, but not so great for the rest of us. If you notice yourself craving food more when you wear orange, you may want to cut down on wearing it. If your kitchen is painted orange and you notice this issue comes up with you, you may want to get out the paint can and repaint.
Because the meaning of the color orange is a toned down physical energy and includes a fondness for food, it is a good color to have in a dining room or a room where you want to host family and friends. The color orange also activates intellectual vibrations and is a good color for a room where you may want to study or read intently.
Overall, the positive aspects of the color orange include a joy in living, enthusiasm for life and new activities and interests. It indicates a sociable nature, high energy, self-assuredness and creative thinking and ideas. Orange is spontaneous, independent and indicates a fondness for food.
As with all things in life, there is a ying and a yang, a positive nature as well as negative aspects.
The negative qualities associated with the color orange include aspects of a destructive nature, including food issues and a misuse of alcohol. Excessive orange in a persons aura can indicate someone who feels self-pity or is fickle in their friendships. As I indicated above, orange can also increase cravings for food, a negative for many people.
The color orange is associated with the second chakra, most often referred to as the sacral chakra or the spleen chakra.
The areas of the physical body governed by the sacral chakra include the spleen and the reproductive organs or gonads. Creative energy is thought to be initiated in the area of the gonads, which is why orange color is associated with creativity.
As with everything, balance is important in our etheric chakra system. If the sacral chakra is out of balance and you have an excess of orange energy, you can be overly sensitive to how others feel about you and try to hard to satisfy others to your own detriment.
Misuse of stimulants and extreme indulgence are also symptoms of the orange color chakra being out of balance. That can include excessive participation in eating, sports or in sexual activity.
Orange colored gemstones include Carnelian, Fire Opal, Sunstone, Orange Calcite, Tangerine Quartz, Orange Kyanite and Orange Elestial.
Orange gemstones contain aspects of the passionate and fiery attributes of the color red, but are gentler. They carry a more creative energy.
Place the color orange gemstones around your home or in your office, or keep one with you if you desire to stimulate creative ideas and expression, increase the ability to handle change well and increase your self esteem.
You want to increase your creativity and generation of new ideas.
You want to feel more joy and spontaneity in your life.
You are bored or depressed and want a pick me up.
You want to lighten up the mood.
You have a need to bring out the joy you have within.
You want to have a feeling of well being.
On a physical level, the color orange is of benefit to add to your surroundings if you have chronic eczema or other skin conditions, if you have asthma or allergies, or if you want to increase your appetite.
If you have issues with food or alcohol.
If you have a tendency towards self-pity.
There are times that wearing the color orange can help to balance your emotions. It is particularly helpful if you are feeling stressed.
An orange color can help you to embrace new ideas with joy and bring out your creative side.
Wearing the colour orange makes you shows caring of others and thoughtfulness. It expresses an interest in others and it helps to express joy.
Too much orange can make you seem dependent on others and self-pitying. It can also make you appear to be insecure.
The color orange means creativity and warmth. Learn more about the meaning of colors here.


SYSPRO, a developer of best-of-breed, award-winning enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for on-premise and cloud-based utilization, today announced that Hely & Weber, leading manufacturer of orthopedic braces and supports, reveals that SYSPRO software has enabled the company to streamline processes, while enhancing quality and recall capabilities without having to add employees.
Rose Gregory, General Manager of Administration, Hely & Weber, states that SYSPRO ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software has enabled the Santa Paula, Calif., company to adopt "just-in-time" concepts, coordinate off-shore manufacturing, accommodate shipping delays and facilitate lot tracing capabilities -- all without adding additional personnel. "We utilize SYSPRO 'back-flushing,' treating the products from our China manufacturers as components and issuing them, along with all other materials, including packaging, labels and instructions, to production orders at the end of the assembly process to save time," she says. "Because the paperwork that accompanies the items is bar coded, as they move through various warehouses, both virtual and real, the company has full visibility where every item is located without having to actually issue Work in Process (WIP) paperwork."
According to Gregory, other SYSPRO functionalities instrumentalin the ability of Hely & Weber to "lean" operations include Inventory Optimization and Customer Relationship Management (CRM.) "Not only does SYSPRO Inventory Forecasting enable us to employ a 'just-in-time' concept, but it allows us to deal readily with delays of overseas shipments," she says.
Hely & Weber, which also does custom production work at its Santa Paula facility, utilizes SYSPRO Return Merchandise Authorization module to process returns, while noting the reasons for the return. The information is populated into SYSPRO CRM (Customer Relationship Management) service tickets, where it facilitates the tracking of vendor quality.
"SYSPRO software lets us to do away with manual paperwork," says Gregory. "Thanks to SYSPRO's integration with Crystal Reports, I'm able to do reports at the drop of a hat - reports that would have taken forever to do manually. In addition, the fact that SYSPRO software utilizes Visual Basic Scripting lets us utilize customer class codes to indicate things such as which items are taxable."
Gregory sums up Hely & Weber's utilization of SYSPRO software: "We've taken SYSPRO tools, optimizing them fully in practice. We really appreciate SYSPRO."


Partner Donald Vella heads the tax department at the firm and is a key figure in the team.
During the research period Vella advised an investment manager on the structuring of a Maltese carried interest vehicle regarding structured investment funds and advising on the potential tax implications of the structures.
Deloitte Maltese has one of the largest tax practices in the market with seven partners and more than 90 tax professionals. The tax team provides advice to domestic and international clients on their cross-border transactions and challenges by the tax authority.
The firm has a dedicated tax team for specific areas such as business tax, M&A, private client, VAT and also has a dedicated expatriates' employer group.
The firm points to industry specialities in areas such as iGaming, shipping, aviation and real estate transactions.
Conrad Cassar Torregiani is a notable figure and is the partner leading the international tax group.
During the research period Deloitte strengthened its VAT team with the appointment of Chris Borg, a VAT specialist and former CEO of Boston Consulting Group, as a principle.
Borg led the team advising a cruise line operator on its VAT, customs duty and excise duty issues relating to a cruise line operator.
Fenech & Fenech, one of the oldest Maltese law firms and has been active in Malta for more than 25 years for its private and corporate clients. The tax practice mostly advises international clients.
The firm focuses on direct and indirect tax including import and excise duties, transfer duty, VAT, immigration and relocation services, and tax disputes.
Rossane Bonnici leads the tax practice and specialises in financial services, group restructurings and cross-border structuring.
Bonnici led the tax team that advised a large gaming group on its cross-border reorganisation during the research period.
Gauci-Maistre Xynou (Legal | Assurance) provides tax legal services and specialises in maritime law. The firm has increased its focus on personal and corporate tax following the increase in demand for citizenship and residency programmes during recent years. The firm also advises on structuring and licensing, investment funds and trusts. Partner Despoina Xynou leads the tax practice.
During the research period the firm advised a client on the tax aspects of the acquisition of a yacht including developing the corporate structure and advising during the acquisition.


For a reclusive 36-year-old with no prior government experience, Jared Kushner's power and potential drawbacks in his role as President Trump's trusted adviser were on full display Monday.
The president announced he was appointing Mr. Kushner, his son-in-law, to run a new White House office aimed at reforming the federal government. It's a massive job for anyone, let alone someone who's been working in Washington for all of 66 days.
On the same day, Mr. Kushner agreed to meet with investigators for the Senate Intelligence Committee, who want to question him as part of the panel's broad probe into ties between Trump associates and Russian officials.
The White House revealed that Mr. Kushner had met during the transition with the head of a Russian bank that the U.S. had placed on its sanctions list after Moscow annexed Crimea and backed military action in eastern Ukraine. While no one has accused Mr. Kushner of wrongdoing, it's a highly sensitive issue now extending into the president's inner circle.
Add those high-profile subjects to Mr. Kushner's already-bulging portfolio, which includes a role as potential broker of Middle East peace, the president's unofficial campaign manager and political sounding board. He was also among a select group of advisers, including Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., who dined with the president at the White House in late January when Mr. Trump approved a special operations raid in Yemen that resulted in the death of a U.S. soldier.
"We have an opportunity to identify and implement solutions by combining internal resources with the private sector's innovation and creativity, enabling the federal government to better serve Americans," he said.
Having been thrust into all of this with no previous government experience is "a little bit more of a learning curve," said Anita McBride, who served as an assistant to President George W. Bush and chief of staff to first lady Laura Bush.
Mr. Kushner is married to the president's daughter, Ivanka, and they have three young children. Until joining his father-in-law's presidential campaign, Mr. Kushner had been running his family's billion-dollar real estate company.
Mr. Trump trusts him completely and values his advice enough to have appointed him as a senior presidential adviser after he won the election. The president relies on Mr. Kushner's judgment so much that there were reports of Mr. Trump being angered last week when his son-in-law left Washington for a brief ski vacation with his wife and children in the Rocky Mountains during the crucial buildup to House consideration of a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, a huge test that the new administration lost when GOP leaders pulled the bill.
The White House on Monday downplayed Mr. Kushner's discussions with the Russian bank chief, saying Mr. Trump had designated his son-in-law as the transition team's main liaison with foreign governments before the inauguration.
Asked by a reporter if Mr. Kushner believes he owes the public an explanation, Mr. Spicer replied heatedly, "For what, doing his job?
"You're acting as though there's something nefarious about doing what he was actually tasked to do," Mr. Spicer told a reporter. "Based on the media frenzy that existed around this, he volunteered" to talk to Senate investigators.
The administration has been trying to beat back accusations since the campaign that Russians hacked into Democratic campaign officials' records and emails to help Mr. Trump win the election. Mr. Trump's first national security adviser, retired Gen. Michael Flynn, resigned after misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the extent of his conversations with a Russian diplomat during the transition.
The White House acknowledged Monday that Mr. Kushner had met with Sergey N. Gorkov, the chief of Vnesheconombank, at the request of Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak. A White House official told The New York Times that nothing of consequence was discussed.
Mr. Kushner got another hat to wear Monday as the president announced he will lead the newly created White House "Office of American Innovation," which will try to bring more efficiency and cost-effectiveness to government operations and services. Mr. Spicer said the office will focus on "modernizing the technology of every federal department, identifying transformational infrastructure projects" and reforming systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Mr. Kushner will work with business leaders such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Tesla founder Elon Musk to address chronic inefficiencies in government.
Mr. Kushner shuns the media spotlight and is described as soft-spoken. He's also been described as learning quickly how to succeed in West Wing power struggles.
During the transition, the president even expressed confidence that Mr. Kushner would help to bring about a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Mr. Kushner's father, Charles, founded the family real estate company in 1985. The son took over as CEO in 2008 after his father was sent to prison on his guilty plea for tax fraud, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations.
The federal prosecutor in the case was Chris Christie, now governor of New Jersey and a Trump ally.
When Ivanka Trump married Mr. Kushner in 2009, she converted to Judaism from Presbyterianism. As Orthodox Jews, the couple observes the Sabbath, refraining from using technology or working between sundown Friday and sundown Saturday.


It's hot. It's at least 95 degrees with 100 percent humidity and no breeze. The air covers me like a wet blanket, clingy and persistent. I know my hair has reached new extremes in the frizz department making me look the equivalent of a fluffy red troll doll. No, you cannot rub my tummy for a wish. People pay good money to sit in the heat and let the sweat roll from their skin. It's healthy, they say. It's good for the skin, they say. It purges the body of toxins, they say.
The second I can leave I'm getting a Coke.
"They" probably aren't at an indoor pool for an hour and a half wrestling a one year old while the other two children are learning not to drown. While they call these swimming lessons, we are still at the "how to keep alive" stage. I suppose in time they might learn how to propel themselves through the water but for now, first things first.
There's no amount of explaining that helps a youngster realize that these lessons are for their own good. In their eyes the teacher is doing her best to kill them. She pushes them into deep water where they can't touch bottom, forces them to flail to stay afloat, and calls the exercise "treading water." Then she holds them by their heads and insists they can float on their backs. All they can think about is that their breathing bits are mere inches from going under and the only thing keeping them afloat is the same gal that pushed them into the deep water.
I have seen improvement in my kids not drowning skills, so it's all worth it. As for me nothing sounds better than heading home.


Justice of Peace notes appointing highway surveyors in Lawkland parish in 1822.
2. Conditions re Joining/maintenance of Poorhouse. 3. Minutes of meeting held 27 January 1823. 4. Undated letter re concern for unity. 5. Dissolution document dated 10 December 1836. 6. Letter dated 10 February 1823 re unification.
1. Agreement document dated 29 July 1823.
Little used book giving assessments for the period 1834-1837.
A collection of assorted documents relating to financial and administrative matters in Lawkland parish.


We are well into January, so how are your resolutions coming along? You know, the ones about writing more, submitting more, or improving your writing skills? Whether you call them goals, resolutions, plans or dreams, this is about the time when those New Year's promises start to get a little shaky.
Never fear! I've got the perfect way for you to shake those post-resolution blues.
Drum roll, please . . . . enter a writing contest!
No, seriously, just do it.
One of my writing partners suggested I enter the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge last year. I can honestly say this contest, and others like it, have greatly improved my writing.
Go here and sign up. The entry deadline is January 25th.
Here's how it works. There are three rounds of this competition. The first starts on January 26. You'll be assigned a genre, a subject, and a character and you'll have eight days to write a 2,500 short story given those constraints.
If you make it to the second round on March 29th, you'll get new criteria and three days to write a 2,000-word story. The final round begins on May 11th. The finalists will have 24 hours to write a short story of 1,500 words.
The winners will be selected from the final group.
Possible genres you may be assigned range from Fairy Tale to Mystery to Crime Caper and everything in between.
Last year I did not win this competition. I didn't even make it into the second round, but I wouldn't miss it for the world, despite the $55 entry fee.
Why bother with writing competitions?
First, there's nothing like the adrenaline rush when you get your assignment, except maybe the excitement of submitting your story.
Second, you'll either get a genre you're familiar with, or you won't. Chances are, your subject and character will be things you would never have thought of.
Third, and most important, is the critique you'll get from the judges. You will find out what the judges liked and what they think needs work. These comments are worth far more than the cost to enter the challenge.
Nice kitty . . . .
Last year I was assigned horror as a genre. I had to write about a bulldozer operator on the set of a television pilot.
I'm not a big fan of horror and know next to nothing about bulldozers, except that sometimes they're yellow.
Despite these limitations, I wrote a short story called "Gravel." It wasn't my best work, to be honest, but the feedback from the judges will be invaluable when I dust it off someday and resubmit it somewhere else.
There are a bazillion, give or take, writing contests out there. I encourage you to enter one or more this year.
My goal is to enter six competitions in 2018. That's one every other month, totally doable. Wanna join me?
As always, keep track of your submissions! If you don't know how to do that, wait until my next blog post when I'll critique several methods.
My new favorite app! The Hanx Writer! A fun little app that makes your iPad sound just like an old-fashioned typewriter.
It was written in collaboration with Tom Hanks, who is not only a wonderful actor but is a typewriter aficionado.
It makes even a grocery list seem significant!
Thanks for the motivation, Ronda! I might have to finally give Midnight Ink a try.


What amazes me in the number of Conservative signs... The CPC won't win, but it seems like they are stealing support from the Liberals. Possibly this is the older, socially conservative Portugese crowd reacting to the gay marriage issue. That bodes well for the NDP... unless its supporters switch to the Liberals in hopes of blocking a Harper government.
I am now willing to go out on a limb and say I think the NDP can take this one. Some of my Portuguese neighbours that previously had Silva signs up have taken them down and replaced them with Rodriques. If Silva's core Portuguese vote is starting to shift away from him to the Conservatives, he has no hope to beat a surging NDP in Davenport.
I live in this riding between Bloor and Dupont and while there is a liberal base here, I believe the last 3 years have seen a swing in the demographics of this riding (which partially explains RUi Pires strong showing during the last election). My block alone in the last 3 years has seen 8 portuguese/italian/polish homeowners sell their homes to 8 young couples (my wife and I amoung them). The reason for this is simple - this area is one of the few remaining in Toronto that is affordable to buy a house for those who want to live in downtown area without having to resort to buying a condo. These new homeowners are generally well educated and lean left.
a) the liberals think davenport is already won. it seems the silva campaign has lost resources to other ridings, because i haven't gotten any lit or knocks on the door.
e) voter turn-out will decline in Davenport, many liberals who can't stomach voting for anyone other then the libs, will stay home. On my street, the only neighbours that plan to vote are those voting NDP or PC.
g) The NDP candidate had solid green credibility, fewer voters will vote Green than before.
h) my two italian neighbours, usually liberal voters, are still pissed because of the "Caccia manoeuver"
i) in the two articles about Davenport that i've read (in the Toronto Star & NOW magazine), Silva comes across as arrogant, saying that Perks is an unknown & that he is a one-issue candidate (he than says that he is an 'imigration' guy (!): that's only one isue too! the liberals should know by now that percieved arrogance hasn't played well in this election.
j) unlike in Trinity-Spadina, strategic voting is not so much a factor. Most voters here aren't really that worried about the conservatives. Some people i spoke with mention the 'broken promises' and 'they had their chance' a lot, again, the desire for change seems much bigger now than in 2004.
Un peu d'histoire: Davenport has been Liberal since 1962, when Walter Gordon took it. In 1968 he made way for Charles Caccia, who held the riding through ten (!) consecutive general elections. Even the Mulroneyite tide of 1984 did not come close to loosening his grip. Resentment over his forced departure from politics explains the surprisingly strong NDP vote in 2004, but that will probably not carry forward into 2006. Unless some total disaster overtakes the Grits during the next three weeks, Davenport will stick with Mario Silva. It may stick with him in any case: this is one of the safest Liberal seats outside English-speaking Montreal and the West Island. The NDippers have an outside chance; the Conservatives are about as viable here as Liberals in Medicine Hat.
If the NDP was determined to win this riding, I believe they could. However, Layton's numbers in Southern Ontario are tanking. That means resources that might end up here to divert votes are going to be spent holding seats in Windsor, picking up Beth Phinney's riding, and trying to maintain "what is expected" of the NDP; they can't afford to target Davenport when they might not hold the seats they've got, and this will result in the Silva victory everyone and their aunt is expecting.
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Mario doesn't have the significant Caccia spectre hanging over him this time, and has the magic of incumbency behind him.
Most of all though, he now has a virtual strangle-hold on the Portuguese vote (as Rodrigues is a known quantity), now that Rui Pires is not running again. Make no mistake the Portuguese population in the middle and north of this riding is growing faster than the pockets of gentrification in the south. To not see this is an extremely myopic anglo-centric view of these neighbourhoods.
Perks is neither Italian, Portuguese or Spanish and doesn't have significant inroads of any kind to those communities. That's strike three in Davenport.
Mario will win by a good chunk more than before I'm guessing.
Despite Silva's history in the riding he only won by 5,000 votes last time. The demographics of the riding are changing as the older Portuguese population are moving away or dying. The riding is becoming yuppified with the influx of younger, university educated artists and professionals, a pool of voters that is more promising for the NDP. Gord Perks comes from the Toronto Environmental Alliance which has a lot of experience with door to door canvassing so the volunteers he brings with him will give him an organizational boost Rui Pires didn't have. Also, now that Silva is out as being gay, this may hurt him amongst conservative Portuguese voters and drive some of them to the Tory candidate.
Look for a much closer race this time, particularly if the national NDP camapign gains steam in January and creates a "rising tide lifts all boats" effect for NDP candidates in general.
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A Liberal stronghold for over 40 years, there is no strong movement in the riding for most Liberal voters to even consider a switch to the NDP. It's just one of those really safe seats for the Grits.
The old-school inner-city "poor immigrant" riding par excellence, long the solid Liberal bastion of Charles Caccia; but gentrification and the GTA's demographic evolution is rapidly blunting that age-old superlative, to the point where it may soon be seeming (at least, S of Dupont) paradoxically *more* WASPy than the Toronto norm, rather than less. No wonder that following Caccia's quasi-forced retirement, and fueled by Jack Layton's leadership, the NDP finally broke through and became competitive in '04--so competitive, it did better here than in the erstwhile stronghold of Beaches-East York! And now w/Gord Perks, they're making an even more aggressive pitch for the "Charles Caccia environmentalist" constituency--though it might work better if he had an Italian or Portugese surname. It isn't like Davenport's gone *that* far in the Dufferin Grove/Gladstone/Drake direction, y'know. True, Mario Silva has yet to shake off a certain "former municipal councillor" greenness, and he's so mild that one barely notices he's, incredibly enough (and with the qualified exception of ex-PC Scott Brison), the first uncloseted Liberal MP--though amidst all Gomeryesque turmoil, his relative innocuousness might be his electoral saving grace. Still, any seat where NDP took over 1/3 of the vote shouldn't be taken for granted.
With Gord Perks as the NDP candidate in Davenport, I think it's time to call this as a Liberal hold. Whatever people think of Mario Silva personally won't effect the outcome that much. Perks will have trouble outside of the gentrfying areas around Trinity Bellwoods Park which have a lot of young, highly-educated, NDP voters. This group is not a large enough base for an NDP victory here. I just can't see Perks doing that well among the working class Portuguese and Italian voters who dominate the riding. Silva will win with a bigger margin.
Gord Perks got the NDP nomination the other day. He should be a higher profile candidate than Rui was last time. If the Conservatives can field a good candidate to siphon off some Liberal votes from the right, and if the Gomery anger kicks in half as much as it should, the NDP can squeak by here.
I can't really see anyone other then the liberals winning this riding anytime soon. While it might not be the most liberal riding in the country in terms of votes, it certainly is one in terms of the heart and soul of the voters. Being a liberal here means something, it's a social and cultural statement, and at the end of the day this large number of bedrock supporters will help them beat any NDP drive.
Even though the NDP had a strong showing in this riding, with the Conservatives being virtually non-existent, Mario Silva should probably hold this albeit by a smaller margin than last time around. It will be more competitive but the NDP realistically will only pick-up some of the downtown ridings and this is just outside of where the NDP is strong.
This one will be close. Mario Silva hasn't been seen a lot, and after he deprived Caccia of the nomination in 2004, the Liberal majority dropped by 10 000. Of course, Rui Pires was a fairly strong NDP candidate. The CPC won't be a factor in this riding (Teresa Rodrigues didn't even win back her deposit last time), but the NDP and Liberals will make this one interesting.
It's hard to say what will happen here. Rui Pires did better than most expected last time around and he wasn't a "big-name" candidate" but rather a very community-oriented one in this solidly working class riding (yes, there's been some gentrification around Queen St. and in Dufferin Grove, plus the riding includes affluent Regal Heights, but yuppies are still a small minority here). It depends on how much the NDP vote last year was really a Charles Caccia vote, and whether Caccia Liberals are now solid NDP voters, and on how many more will migrate to the NDP due to the drop in Liberal support nationally.
Easy win for Mario. I hope for the Conservatives sake they select a candidate who actually cares about running.


Miss Alice Plunkett, 1949, who attends school in La Crosse, spent the weekend here.
Miss Margaret Perman, 1946, of Menomonie, spent the weekend here.
Justin Sloniker, 1939, of Stevens Point, spent Sunday here.
The sympathy of the Alumni is extended to Delbert Sloniker, 1943, and Edward Sloniker, 1944, on the death of their brother.
Mrs. Archie Daggett (Irene Drake), 1935, of Omro, and Mrs. Milton Sjuggered (Dorothy Drake), 1935, of Amery, spent the weekend here.
Mrs. Fred Huntzicker (Maud Miller), 1912, spent Sunday at Lindsey.
Mrs. Daniel Olson (Alice Wendt), 1941, spent the weekend at Madison.
Clayton Afkend, 1927, of Abbotsford, spent Sunday here.


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Panasonic Agrees to Help Tesla Build Battery 'Gigafactory'
Alan Ohnsman, Craig Trudell and Grace Huang, Bloomberg 7.31.14
Los Angeles and Tokyo — Panasonic Corp. agreed to help set up the battery factory that Tesla Motors Inc. Chairman Elon Musk needs to sell more electric cars, without settling its share of the investment costs.
Panasonic will build cylindrical lithium-ion cells and provide equipment, machinery and other tools for Musk's "Gigafactory," the Osaka, Japan-based company said today in a joint statement with Tesla. The companies said they were still discussing the details, including Panasonic's financial contribution to the facility, which Tesla has estimated could cost as much as $5 billion by 2020.
"We will reach a plan that is profitable," Panasonic Chief Financial Officer Hideaki Kawai said at a news conference in Tokyo. "We will do step-by-step investment to meet the gradually growing needs."
Tesla has courted Panasonic to invest in the factory Musk is counting on to produce cheaper batteries and help transform the company from a seller of $71,000 Model S sedans into a mass- market carmaker capable of producing 500,000 vehicles a year. Panasonic, which owns 1.1 percent of Tesla, signed a preliminary agreement to participate in the project in May after voicing hesitancy about the level of investment risk.
Separately, Panasonic reported profit of 37.9 billion yen ($368 million) for the three months ended June, missing analysts' estimates. Its shares rose 0.6 percent to 1,257.50 yen in Tokyo today. Tesla gained 1.7 percent to $228.92 yesterday in New York and has surged 52 percent this year.
'Significant Risk'
Panasonic is cementing its participation in the project after Tesla raised about $2.3 billion in March to help fund it. Musk faces skeptics in his effort to build a factory with enough scale to cut battery costs by about 30 percent. Standard & Poor's slapped Tesla with a junk credit rating in May and cited "significant risk" in its Gigafactory plans.
"If Tesla's EVs do not sell in line with Tesla's expectations, Panasonic may not be able to recoup its investment," Masahiro Wakasugi, a Tokyo-based analyst at BNP Paribas, wrote in a July 10 report. "The negative impact, if the plan is not a success, would be considerable."
Cheaper batteries will be crucial for Tesla to introduce more affordable models beginning with the Model 3 sedan due by 2017. Tesla plans to sell the car at a base price of about half the U.S. cost of its flagship Model S.
Musk, who also runs rocket maker Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and SolarCity Corp., plans to build stationary batteries to store power at homes and buildings with solar panels from the plant.
"Not only does the Gigafactory enable capacity needed for the Model 3 but it sets the path for a dramatic reduction in the cost of energy storage across a broad range of applications," JB Straubel, Tesla co-founder and chief technical officer, said in the statement.
Tesla is studying potential sites for the Gigafactory in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas and may initially select three for preparation work. The company will choose which site to build to completion late this year, Musk said during an annual shareholder meeting in June.
Simon Sproule, a Tesla spokesman, declined to discuss whether the carmaker will name the initial factory sites today when it releases second quarter results.
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Q: how to do DFT on different functions in time and frequency domain? I am beginner at FFT and i am trying to learn FFT very well IN MATLAB. but i have problem with concept of FFT and difference of time and frequency domain.
I have 2 questions and i will be grateful if someone help me to learn them.
1- DFT can be implemented both in time and frequency domain??? what is the difference between sampling in time and frequency domain???
2- I want to do DFT on Step function ( t=45 seconds and sampling interval in time domain was given 0.01 s) anyone can help me how to write this code in MATLAB ????
Thanks,

A: 1.A DFT is a transistion from time domain to frequency domain and and IDFT does the opposite (f->t).
Sampling in time means you look at the signal in time intervals (e.g. 0,001s).
In frequency domain it tells you how much frequency is between each value. The last value in frequency domain is the inverse of the sample time (in the example above 1000Hz). So if you do a DFT with 1000 samples you get a spacing of 1Hz.

*Just instert 45s/0.01s samples into the DFT. Make sure that you get exactly one period of the function, else you get window leakage.


Even if things aren't going the way we want right now, we will always get through it.
I want something good to die for. . . to make it beautiful to live.
Life never goes according to plan. That's okay, because often our plans are much smaller than life intends. Probably EASIER, but smaller.
We'll see Heaven together. I promise with all my heart I'll never leave you alone.
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During the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, the tower of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, the town's iconic symbol, collapsed to the ground. The tower was believed to have been rendered vulnerable to collapse because of 20th-century renovations to the tower's observation platform,...


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Q: How to update ENV variables in a Process without restarting it (NodeJS)? I have a server running on NodeJS. Is there a way to update the environment variables in the process without restarting the server?
What I'm looking to do is:

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*Start my server npm start

*type something into the console to update ENV variable

*Server restarts with new environment variable

A: From a programmatic standpoint, you should be able to update the process.env variable that was passed into the running process.
For example, running:
cmd_line$: MY_VALUE=some_val node ./index.js

with code:
console.log(process.env.MY_VALUE)
process.env.MY_VALUE = 'some other value'
console.log(process.env.MY_VALUE)
process.env.MY_VALUE = 4
console.log(process.env.MY_VALUE)

output in terminal:
some_val
some other value
4

From a server admin standpoint for an already running application, I don't know the answer to that.

A: It's possible to debug Node.js process and change global variables:

On *nix, it's possible to enable debugging even if a process wasn't started in debug mode. On Windows, it's possible to debug only processes that were started with node --inspect. This article explains both possibilities in detail.
Obviously, this will work only if environment variables are used directly all the time as process.env.FOO.
If their values are initially used, changing process.env.FOO later may not affect anything:
const FOO = process.env.FOO;
...
console.log(FOO); // it doesn't matter whether process.env.FOO was changed at this point

A: If you make a change to env variables they will take place immediately only if you make the change via the main Properties dialog for the system which is going to my computer -> Advanced properties -> Environment Variables.
Any program which is already running will not see the changes unless we handle it in the code explicitly.
Logic behind it is that there is an agent which sends a broadcasting a WM_SETTINGCHANGE message and make changes to all applications inorder to notify for that change.

A: Here's a good explanation on how to setup environment variables in mac OS. Additionally, as others have already answered, you can set them with process.env.ANY_VARIABLE = 'some value'.

A: I am trying to find a cross-platform answer to this (mac, linux, windows)
For mac, a workaround that I found is using
const shell = require("shelljs");

console.log(shell.exec('launchctl getenv TEST'));

It only works if you set environment variable (e.g. in other terminal tab) using launchctl setenv TEST blahblah

A: You can try to use this javascript tiny library to update env variables without restarting the node server:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/runtime-node-refresh
Hope this help.


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In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with Stephanie Sandberg the new Executive Director of LPAC which is the country's only political action committee that is committed to empowering and engaging LGBTQ women. Now in its sixth year LPAC builds the political power of LGBTQ women by electing candidates who champion LGBTQ rights, women's equality and social justice issues. LPAC achieves its mission by increasing the political power and engagement of LGBTQ women and their allies. With the 2018 Midterm elections in November it is crucial to back candidates that support our LGBTQ values and stop the Trump administration's attempt to erase the progress our LGBTQ community has achieved. LPAC has successfully raised millions of dollars to reach these goals and on June 20th at The Town Hall in NYC they will be presenting "Levity & Justice For ALL" a comedy benefit for LPAC. For the past three years LPAC has honored a true Champion of Change who embodies the values of their organization and this year they will be honoring equality activist and tennis legend Billie Jean King. Melissa Etheridge will be the special guest presenter and their stellar entertainment line up will include comedians Chaunté Wayans, Judy Gold, A. B. Cassidy, Pat Brown, Kate Clinton, the musical group Betty and more. The event is produced by Barbara Gaines, Bruce Roberts and Urvashi Vaid. We talked to Stephanie about what she hopes to accomplish at LPAC and her spin on our LGBTQ issues.
When asked how she sees our LGBTQ community moving forward in this Trump administration Sandberg stated, "First of all we're not moving forward in terms of rights and protections, we're moving backwards and with this administration doing everything from trying to ban trans soldiers in the military to literally erasing the community from federal websites not to mention implicitly or explicitly supporting states' rights to discriminate against our community. That said, it's fired us up; I'm fired up. I was thinking this morning if it wasn't for Trump I wouldn't be quite so angry when I get out of bed every morning and I'm sure a lot in the community share that. So I think we really need to use this moment to channel our energies towards stemming the anti-LGBTQ agenda of this administration and of course I think that LPAC is one terrific outlet for women in particular seeking to engage in that fight and that's the only way we're going to move forward."
Stephanie Sandberg brings a diverse set of business, political and organizing experience to LPAC. Most recently she was Managing Director of OUT leadership the first global business providing companies 'Return on Equality' by helping them optimize their strategic LGBTQ inclusion efforts. Prior to her work with Out Leadership Stephanie served in a variety of executive leadership roles in media and consulting from the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek and the New Yorker to The New Republic where she served as President and Publisher. Funds raised by "Levity & Justice for All" on June 20th at The Town Hall in NYC will be used for political education, organizing and mobilization efforts to support LPAC endorsed candidates.
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