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City: Telling Everybody About the Hazardous Chemicals Stored All Over Town Wouldn't Be Safe
by Christine Gerbode
A Houston Chronicle attempt to get more info about the surprise chemical warehouse fire that turned Spring Branch Creek blood red earlier this year has been denied by the city, writes Matt Dempsey this week. The city has reportedly appealed to the state attorney general's office to block the records request, as well as the paper's broader request for "the name and address of every facility that files a hazardous material inventory form."
The early May fire spread from a residence on Laverne St., igniting still-unquantified amounts of still-unnamed chemicals stored at the Custom Packaging & Filling warehouse behind it — a business that didn't show up on the list of storage facilities the Chronicle was able to compile from local emergency planning groups, after the city and state blocked a previous request for similar info last year. The blaze left some firefighters with chemical burns and respiratory issues, and left stretches of nearby waterways decorated with festive biohazard signs and oil booms as the EPA did what they could about the mixture of pesticides and whatever else was killing the fish that drained from the site.
Mayor Turner told the Chronicle after the fire that transparency on hazardous chemical storage was important, given that "in the absence of zoning, you really don't know what's next door. At the very minimum, we should know what hazardous materials and the quantity that people are operating with when they're next door to you."
Assistant city attorney Nneka Kanu's letter to the state, however, reportedly argues that the information could be used by terrorists. The state has previously used the same line of reasoning to block requests for storage facility information; then-attorney-general Greg Abbott insisted in 2014 that "you know where they are, if you drive around."
City denies request for chemical data [Houston Chronicle]
Chemical Breakdown: Part 1 [Houston Chronicle]
Previously on Swamplot: Spring Branch Isn't Bright Red Today But You Still Really Shouldn't Go Swimming In It; Good Thing Spring Branch Had All That Flooding Last Month; That Blood Red Stuff in the Bayou May Not Be Spring Branch's Biggest Problem Right Now; What's On Fire in Spring Branch This Morning And Who the City Says Should Worry About It
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Bagby Street Insider July 7, 2016 at 7:46 pm
Apparently Brenda Stardig chairs the homeland security committee at city hall. Not sure how a fat, disgusting former realtor is going to be effective keeping our city safe from stuff like this. However, that is definitely in her perview as homeland security chair.
Memebag July 8, 2016 at 8:28 am
In software engineering, we call this "security through obscurity". It is discouraged. Always assume the opponent will know what you know.
Getoffamylawn July 8, 2016 at 9:23 am
Sounds like we need some more strict licensing and fire prevention regulations, as the notoriously invisible hand of the "free market" is useless in situations like this.
commonsense July 8, 2016 at 9:31 am
@Memebag, Fortran or nothing!
ZAW July 8, 2016 at 9:33 am
The City should at least release the names of hazardous materials that are not being legally stored. And as I said in my comment on Matt Dempsey's article, I'll bet many of them aren't. This way, the City can make the case that they aren't the ones to blame for anything that goes wrong. It's the companies that aren't properly storing hazardous materials that are to blame.
Then of course the City will need to answer to its lack of enforcement for hazardous materials storage, but they're going to have to answer to that anyway.
sylvester July 8, 2016 at 10:26 am
Superdave July 8, 2016 at 10:48 am
I file reports like these, and have for years. They are a tremendous pain-in-the-ass, and not that accurate. The rules for reporting are highly technical and allow a lot of exemptions. We provide it to the local fire department, who then in an emergency parks at the gate and watches from afar while our shit burns down. That being said, it would actually make me a smile a little inside if someone, one day, somewhere, actually used the data we submit – like in this public records request. There is nothing dangerous about disclosing such information. A terrorist can drive down Hwy 225 and see that there is a crap-load of explosive and dangerous chemicals being stored there. Hiding regulatory report info from the public will not change that.
GlenW July 8, 2016 at 1:39 pm
Surely the State of Texas will interfere with whatever a private business may do on its property.
HappyGoLucky July 8, 2016 at 5:41 pm
Frisking government agencies PROTECTING special interests !!!
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My male pyrador 7 month old puppy, seems to pant heavily. Looks like his heart is going to explode. He does this intermittently. He doesn't have to be running or over heated. At first I thought it was when he was hot, or ran around but that's not the case. It can be after he has chewed up a toy or bone. Or when someone stops by and gives him attention. So my question is, is it normal for this type of dog to pant heavily?
Your Lab/Pyr cross could have anything going on.
I suggest you take him to the vet for a check up.
It doesn't sound like overheating.
It could be pain, or any other number of things.
I would definitely take him to the vet and make sure his heart if ok. He's just beautiful!!!! My Saint Bernard also pants heavily and he does not have to be hiking or playing. Had him checked but he is fine just has a hard time in the heat plus is afraid of thunder and fire works. Boy does he pant then. Once your dog is checked for this problem you will feel a whole lot better. Treating younger dogs works really well. Best of luck!!!!
P.S. Vet told me if it were pain he would whimper.
If you're vet says he would whimper if he were in pain, you need a new vet. Many dogs, especially Pyrs, are very stoic and will whimper/cry if the pain is piercing. Panting can be a good indication of pain.
Puppy panting is normal at times.
Puppy panting when sleepy, or sleeping, is 100% normal and will slow down when he's bigger.
If he's short of breath during wakeful times, vomitting, or gagging/coughing when awake, or playing, or exerting energy - you need to see a vet ASAP.


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On your journey throughout this country, one thing will become apparent very quickly - history of Italy has very deep roots and is quite complex when trying to grasp it at a quick glance. Some of this history can be felt first hand when visiting such places at the Colosseum, the leaning tower of Pisa, the Sistine Chapel or the ancient city of Pompeii just to name a few. Aside from being well known for many historical monuments in Italy, this country is also famous for its many landmarks, amazing architecture plus the creation of numerous technological advancements and Italian inventions, many of which are still in use today.
Italian history will tell us that an ancient civilization, now known as Italy - was one of the first civilized nations and its inhabitants are largely responsible for shaping the world as we know it. The first recorded dwellers came to the peninsula around 2000 BC and by 27 BC (the beginning of the Roman Empire period), it was one of the strongest, richest and most advanced countries in the world.
There are so many historical facts about Italy, that it's difficult to even decide where to start. It's worth mentioning however, that the Roman people created intricate governmental and judicial systems that still influence the way our societies are run. They developed such things as roads and indoor plumbing, as well as heating and air conditioning systems, and let's not forget their conception of the first postal service. We would be absolutely insane in trying to explain the whole story, which is why we will concentrate on the brief history of Italy & the fun facts that might be useful to a traveller here. For a more elaborate Italy history write-up for those that are interested, here is a link to it at wikipedia.
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Travel from Venice to Rome via Florence and Italy's coast Discover the sights and delights of Italy on this week long highlights tour. Begin amid the canals of Venice, visit the charming towns of the Cinque Terre, soak up beauty and history in Florence and wind up in the piazzas of Rome. With plenty of free time for independent exploration, and the freedom to discover Italian history and culture at your own pace, there's no better way to see this wonderful pocket of Europe.
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If you're looking to experience the best of Italy in just one week, this whirlwind 7-day tour to the country's top destinations is for you.
You'll start and end in Rome, continuing over seven days to Siena, Florence, Verona, Venice, Murano, Lake Como, Milan, Lucca, and Pisa—plus a few Cinque Terre villages.
Accommodation is included at 4-star hotels in four cities, and a guide leads you on fascinating sightseeing tours.
7-day highlights of Italy tour from Rome with an expert guide
Head to Tuscany to visit Siena and Florence
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One of the things Italians are know for, is the vast amount of brilliant inventors that, through history - brought us many things we use in the modern day without even thinking of the origin. Below are just some of more than 100 Italian inventions that are well known and used in our daily lives all around the world.
Anatomical theatre - large amphitheatrical shape room where people observed human or animal dissections or surgeries
Automatic rifle - Amerigo Cei-Rigotti invented the world's first automatic rifle which was self loading and gas-powered
Ballet - was invented in Italy and first performance recorded took place during the Italian Renaissance era in Florence
Bank - concept of banking as we know it evolved in the 14th century and the first one, which was the Bank of San Giorgio opened in Genoa
Barometer - instrument for measuring air pressure which helps predict short term weather was invented in 1643 by Evangelista Torricelli
Botanical garden - is a nursery with a wide selection of plants, their botanical names and other information, first one opened in Pisa in 1543
Carbon paper - was invented in 1806 by Pellegrino Turri, he coated one side of it with powdered ink & used it in his mechanical typing machine
Dentures - first seen in 700 BC & developed by the Etruscans, an ancient Italian civilization that resided around what is now Tuscany
Eau de Cologne - or perfume was first developed in 1709 by Johann Maria Farina, an Italian-born perfumer who lived in Germany
Espresso machine - first model was invented in 1884 by a Turin born inventor by the name of Angelo Moriondo
Film festival - was first established in 1932 and initially called Esposizione d'Arte Cinematografica which took place in Venice
Hyper Search - a search engine type on the world wide web, created by Massimo Marchiori in 1997, his invention made Google possible
Jacuzzi Spa - the first patent for this therapeutic tub was filed in 1963 by Candido Jacuzzi, an Italian immigrant to the United States
Jeans - believed to have originated in Genoa where cotton corduroy was first manufactured, is is also why the name sounds as such
Liposuction - sometimes called lipo was invented in 1974 by Dr. Giorgio Fischer, a pioneer Italian doctor in the field of plastic surgery
Medical thermometer - was invented in the early 1600s by Santorio Santorio - a Venetian physiologist, physician and professor
Mile - a unit for measuring distance which originated in ancient Rome and based on a span covered by 1,000 steps of a Roman legionnaire
Motorways - highways that have controlled access between cities, first one built was between Milano & Varese and opened in 1924
Newspaper - first newspapers started making their circulations around mid 1500s in Venice and were more like handwritten newsletters
Nuclear reactor - around the 1930's, an Italian born American physicist named Enrico Fermi created the first working nuclear reactor
Nutella - sweet spread that is loved worldwide; made from palm oil, hazelnuts & cocoa - first put on the market in 1964 by the Ferrero firm
Opera - earliest opera was an attempt to revive a Greek drama, Dafne was the title - written by Jacopo Peri and performed in Florence in 1597
Paddle boat - design of this popularly used vessel is accredited to non other than Leonardo da Vinci and dates back as far as 1490
Parachute - the earliest recorded design of this device dates back to an unknown manuscript from the Renaissance era in Italy around 1470
Piano - a stringed acoustic instrument was invented by an Italian born maker of musical instruments - Bartolomeo Cristofori in the year 1709
Pistol - was first created around 1540 in the city of Pistoia, where they were famous for gunsmithing during the Renaissance era
Radio - as a communication medium was created by Guglielmo Marconi in 1895, although it's development spanned for many years
Watermark - was first introduced in 1282 in Fabriano - a city famous for its paper-making tradition in Medieval Italy
More About the History of Italy
Besides being famous for Augustus - their first emperor, Julius Caesar - a notorious dictator and Caligula - who was cruel and unpredictable, Romans were also architectural masterminds. They were the first to develop concrete and to use it as a method to strengthen their buildings and were also the first to create apartments for their citizens. They were the pioneering civilization that started using the arch - one of the strongest load bearing structures still known to man. Partially for this reason, most of their architecture and ancient buildings are still in tact today and remain standing for world travellers to enjoy.
The early inhabitants of Italy were a very intelligent race of people. They were the civilization that devised a detailed number system of Roman Numerals which is still in use to the present day. They can also be given credit for reforming the solar calendar in 45BC, when Julius Caesar officially introduced an algorithm of adding a leap day every four years. This eliminated the dependency on the observation of the new moon and we still use this calendar system now.
Influenced by ancient Greek medicine - early Romans were excellent doctors and invented many surgical tools like the speculum, bone levers, cupping vessels, scalpels and many more. These tools were used while performing surgeries at the time, in fact - one of these early performed surgeries first recorded to be administered in ancient Rome was the cesarean section. Techniques of the C-section - although modernized, are still very much the same today. Some believe that Julius Caesar was named after an ancestor who was born by means of a C-section, which at that time was used for extracting babies from wombs of mothers who died while giving birth.
Many of the world's most renowned artists and thinkers have come out of Italy and have changed the way we think and view the world today. Leonardo da Vinci, perhaps most known for his creation of the Mona Lisa - was one of the world's greatest artists, sculptors, inventors and scientists with a vision far more advanced for the time in which he lived.
Michelangelo is best known for his painting of the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, but his artistic and architectural expertise is still very influential today in many forms of art, design, architecture and so on.
Galileo was an Italian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer - he was a substantial contributor to astronomical advancements and science in general. Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Marco Polo and Ferdinand Magellan - just to name a few, were some of the world's bravest explorers.
As you tour throughout Italy - taking in all of the sights and sounds, don't forget to take a moment to remember this country's history and all of the worldly knowledge that came from this beautiful place. Italy has given birth to some of the most talented and sophisticated artists, writers, philosophers, mathematicians, composers, architects, scientists and explorers that the world has ever seen. Our entire civilization has tremendously benefitted from these great minds that were born here. Not only did their innovations help shape the face of the Roman Empire and the country that is now Italy, but they have moulded the entire history of the world and largely affected the way that many nations live today.
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French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950 exhibits approximately 65 works of art from the Brooklyn Museum's renowned European collection and positions France as the artistic center of international modernism from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. Ranging widely in scale, subject matter, and style, these paintings, drawings, and sculptures were intended for public display and for private collections, and were produced by the era's leading artists, those born in France as well as those who studied and showed there, including Pierre Bonnard, Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Henri Matisse, Jean-François Millet, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Odilon Redon, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, Édouard Vuillard, and more.
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A sign reading 'Stay safe' in Regent Street, in London, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday, and stocks plunged in Asia and Europe in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant.
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LONDON — The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus has popped up in more European countries, just days after being identified in South Africa., leaving governments around the world scrambling to stop the spread.
The U.K. on Saturday tightened its rules on mask-wearing and on testing of international arrivals after finding two cases. New cases were confirmed Saturday in Germany and Italy, with Belgium, Israel and Hong Kong also reporting that the variant has been found in travelers.
There are growing concerns that the pandemic and associated lockdown restrictions will persist for far longer than hoped because of fears that the new variant has the potential to be more resistant to the protection offered by vaccines.
EXPLAINER: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?
LONDON — South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in Gauteng, the country's most populous province.
It's unclear where the new variant emerged, but scientists in South Africa first alerted the World Health Organization and it has also been seen in Botswana and travelers to Hong Kong, Belgium, Israel and elsewhere.
Health minister Joe Phaahla said the variant was linked to an "exponential rise" of cases in the last few days, although experts are still trying to determine if the new variant is actually responsible. In a statement on Friday, the WHO designated it as a "variant of concern," naming it "omicron."
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Records fall as PSU Men's Indoor Track & Field takes second at LEC Championships
Brunnette double-winner; Panthers post highest finish in program history
PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Senior Sam Brunnette (Newport Center, Vt.) was a double-winner and classmate Warren Bartlett (Loudon, N.H.) also captured a Little East Conference (LEC) title to lead the Plymouth State University men's indoor track and field team to a second place finish at the LEC Indoor Track & Field Championship at George E. Davis '63 Track at the Bank of New Hampshire Field House on Saturday.
The second place finish is the highest-ever for the program at the LEC Championship.
Brunnette took home the LEC title in the 3000-meter run, his fourth in a row, and also captured a third-straight mile run title, while Bartlett was crowned the champion in the 1000-meter run for the fourth straight year. Bartlett also ran the anchor leg of the Panthers' winning 4x800-meter relay, which took first in school record time.
Plymouth State accumulated 99 points to finish second behind the University of Southern Maine (231), ranked #10 in the country in the latest National Rating Index.
LEC Indoor Track & Field Championships – 2nd of 8 Teams
How it Happened:
* Brunnette continued his mastery of the LEC with a dominant performance in the 3000m. His time of 8:34.88 was nearly 21 seconds faster than his closest competition, while he ran a season-best mile time (4:20.38) to win by over three seconds.
* Not to be outdone, Bartlett posted a school-record time in the 1000m, finishing in 2:29.50.
* Bartlett teamed up with freshman Ben Platt (Manchester, N.H.) and juniors Nate Belanger (Newmarket, N.H.) and Noah Byington (Hanscom AFB, Mass.) to set a new record on the way to the 4x800-meter relay title. The quartet finished in 8:06.21 to top the previous mark by over four seconds.
* Byington also took second behind Bartlett in the 1000m, finishing with a season-best time of 2:38.10.
* Sophomore Terrell Lewis (Nashua, N.H.) shaved 0.10 seconds off the school record in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing second in the preliminaries in 8.36. His 8.45 finals time was good enough for runner-up.
* Sophomore Marcus Cryan (Topsfield, Mass.) set a new school record in the 5000-meter run, finishing third with a time of 16:17.32, just shy of 12 seconds faster than the previous mark.
* Junior Leo Shattuck (Grafton, Mass.) led a trio of Panthers in the long jump. Shattuck took third with a jump of 6.43 meters, with Lewis finishing fifth (6.22m) and senior Evan Dolecki (New Hartford, Conn.) in sixth (6.20m).
* Dolecki added a fourth place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 13.11 meters.
* Freshman Marcus Roper (Cornish, N.H.) led the PSU throwing corps with a third place finish in the shot put after reaching 13.83 meters. Classmates Zach Wallace (Wayne, Maine) and Sam Pinto-Pannella (Land O' Lakes, Fla.) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
* Freshman Jacob Rigoli (Essex, Vt.) took fifth in the weight throw with a toss of 14.05 meters, with sophomore Tim Gray (Derby, Vt.) right behind in sixth after reaching 13.48 meters.
Straight from the Coach's Mouth:
"What a high-water mark for our program," said head coach John Ostler. "We were projected to finish third and score 81 points, so to capture runner-up and nearly get into triple digits is a nice success for us. Our guys are gamers; many of our biggest point-scoring performances happened the second event of a double, when guys are tired or beat up. Warren [Bartlett] and Sam [Brunnette] put a nice signature on a historic LEC indoor career. Winning their primary events four consecutive years is such a feat. I'm really proud of that 4x800 relay, too. We've been so close on that relay indoors that it's a relief to break through and win it."
* Qualifying athletes will head to the NCAA Division III New England Regional Championship next weekend at MIT.
Brunnette - Mile Run, 3000m Run 4x800m Relay (L-R): Platt, Belanger, Byington, Bartlett Bartlett - 1000m Run
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Q: Mitigate params in polymorphism as child requires diffrent params I have one interface, implemented in 4 classes.There are some overridden method that do almost same work in every child class. But problem is, there are some params in some methods that are mandatory for some children and unused for some children, It overlaps each other. I have to override method in all children that do not use that param and pass null too in some cases. I want to mitigate those params in such case that no null is passed, all usable params should be passed to overridden method.
My code is so complex, I tried to put example simple
public interface ParentInterface {
    void func1(String f1p1, String f1p2);

    void func2(String f2p1, String f2p2, String f2p3);
}

public class Child1 implements ParentInterface {
    @Override
    public void func1(String f1p1, String f1p2) {
        System.out.println(f1p1 + f1p2);
    }

    @Override
    public void func2(String f2p1, String f2p2, String f2p3) {
        System.out.println(f2p1 + f2p3);
    }
}

public class Child2 implements ParentInterface {
    @Override
    public void func1(String f1p1, String f1p2) {
        System.out.println(f1p2);
    }

    @Override
    public void func2(String f2p1, String f2p2, String f2p3) {
        System.out.println(f2p1 + f2p2 + f2p3);
    }
}

public static void main(String[] argh) {
        ParentInterface pi1=new Child1();
        pi1.func1("c1f1p1 ","c1f1p2 ");
        pi1.func2("c1f2p1 ",null , "c1f2p3");
        ParentInterface pi2=new Child2();
        pi2.func1(null,"c2f1p2 ");
        pi2.func2("c2f2p1 ", "c2f2p2 ", "c2f2p3");
}

Is there any design pattern for this so that mitigation of null values can be possible?

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Are you looking for a nice and refreshing Vegan summer recipe? Then look no further. This recipe for Vegan Watermelon Mint Ice Cream is creamy, scrumptious, and so easy to make. This recipe is for all to enjoy regardless if you are vegan or not! You can bring it to your next summer outing or make as a healthy afternoon pick me up.
In a Medium Sized saucepan, combine agave or maple syrup, almond milk, coconut milk. corn starch and sea salt. Heat over medium-high heat while whisking. You are going to heat until it's thickened and bubbling. This should take 3-4 minutes. Place in fridge until completely cool before going to the next step.
Place watermelon and mint into a high powered blender. Blend on high for 30 seconds to liquefy the watermelon. I used about 3-4 cups of watermelon to get the desired about of 2 1/2 cups of watermelon juice.
Strain the watermelon juice to ensure a consistent product.
Place watermelon juice, coconut milk mixture, and vanilla extra into an ice cream maker. Follow the instructions of your make to make the ice cream.
After the ice cream thickens up, place in a loaf pan or airtight container and place into the freezer to set up. This should take a few hours. Once set, scoop & enjoy. I like to garnish with a sprig of mint.
Looks so yummy! T.V.B…you must bring all these tasty ideas to the market! Do have a bakery and are you bringing your food creations to the market? If no, why not? Because I will love to buy them…..Thanks, keep it coming!
I wish. It's on the bucket list.


(The Sports Xchange) - The Buffalo Bills announced a change at quarterback following a blowout loss, benching Tyrod Taylor to start rookie Nathan Peterman on Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Coach Sean McDermott made the decision Wednesday, three days after Taylor was replaced by Peterman with 4:53 remaining in the 47-10 loss to the New Orleans Saints that dropped the Bills to 5-4. Taylor completed 9 of 18 passes for 56 yards and an interception with a 33.6 passer rating before being benched, which drew cheers from the few remaining home fans.
Peterman, a fifth-round pick, led the Bills on a six-play, 75-yard drive ending in a 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end Nick O'Leary in Sunday's game. He finished 7 of 10 for 79 yards in his first NFL regular-season action.
Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer announced he will stay with quarterback Case Keenum as the starter for Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams.
The move was expected after Keenum threw for 304 yards and a career-high four touchdown passes with two interceptions in leading the Vikings to a 38-30 victory at the Washington Redskins last Sunday for their fifth straight win.
There was speculation Zimmer might turn to former starter Teddy Bridgewater, who was activated to the 53-man roster last week. Bridgewater, who suffered a devastating left knee injury in August 2016 and has not played in a game since, will serve as Keenum's backup for the second straight week, putting his 2017 debut on hold for now.
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has withdrawn his appeal of his six-game suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy, his agents announced in a statement on Wednesday.
Elliott sat out the first game of his suspension in Sunday's 27-7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. The 22-year-old will be eligible to return to the Cowboys (5-4) on Christmas Eve against the Seattle Seahawks.
Elliott had his most recent legal motion denied by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York last Thursday.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Elliott for six games on Aug. 11 after a 13-month investigation concluded he was in violation of the league's personal-conduct policy for an incident in the summer of 2016.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his three-touchdown performance in the 41-16 victory over the Denver Broncos.
The NFL also announced that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton earned the NFC offensive honor for Week 10.
Atlanta Falcons defensive end Adrian Clayborn was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week, while Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback A.J. Bouye took home the AFC defensive award.
The Denver Broncos promoted outside linebacker Deiontrez Mount from their practice squad to the active roster, the team announced.
In addition, the Broncos signed tight end Brian Parker and wide receiver Tim Patrick to the practice squad.


This is a continuation of my last post about my experiences at The Raw Union Festval in Oregon . . .
To skip this post and go directly to all the Raw Union pictures click here.
First off I want to start out by saying what a beautiful job the volunteers did at the festival. They decorated the alter with flowers, shells, branches, crystals, and young coconut husks with flowers inside of them. It looked magical and created a beautiful natural organic wedding ambiance.
The ceremony started out with a poetry reading/rap accompanied by a didgeridoo. Afterwards a singer songwriter sang a beautiful and touching song while playing his guitar. Then a lady came out and in the most beautiful operatic voice and sang Ave Maria while Angela walked up the alter with her father. She was wearing a sea goddess like dress in cream and seafoam green with long draping cream sleeves and she wore a beautiful bluegreen seed beaded circular headband reminiscent of a chakra!
When they were pronounced husband and wife the opera singer sang Climb Every Mountain and rose petals were thrown on the couple as they kissed. I couldn't help but tear up. I cry at most all weddings, but being surrounded by so many wonderful people in the raw food movement made it feel extra touching.
The gorgeous lemon coconut wedding cake was brought out and they cut a piece in front of the crowd and declared that it was the best ever wedding cake!
Then we sat down at circular tables each with colorful tablecloths in the colors of blue, purple, and green. Each table had a different decoration made of flowers, petals, shells, and branches. John, Nova, and I sat at a table with a sweet young raw food couple and 2 other very nice raw food ladies. As we conversed and had a good time, the volunteers brought out the food. The wedding feast was amazing! We got to try a little of each and then go back for more! There was so much food! Our wedding plates included Ani Phyo's Incan Berry Chutney, a Chinese flavored broccoli dish reminiscent of Au Lac's Da Mama, a very light Thai flavored kelp noodle dish topped with jungle peanuts, A light salad with these amazing black sun dried olives, very hearty flax crackers, a bell pepper pate, a nut cheese, and a raw basil pesto! My favorite was the sweet Incan berry chutney, and the Thai kelp noodles that tasted like they had lime and fresh herbs such as cilantro and basil. Icelandic Raw Food Goddess, Solla orchestarted the raw food feast and the beautiful wedding cake was made by Chaya.
Then it was time for dessert! Not only could we try a piece of the lemon coconut wedding cake, but there was a raw chocolate layer cake, coconut cream pie, and, a chocolate pudding! My favorite was the coconut cream pie, it was the same recipe as Café Gratitude's and I think that might be my all time favorite raw dessert. I do my own twist on it, and I'll have to post the recipe soon.
John, Nova, and I talked and laughed as we enjoyed our desserts. We were all in amazement that we were at a wedding where there was so much for us to eat!
Update: The delicious wedding recipes from the Raw Union Wedding are now available as an e-book Click here to purchase the Raw Union E-book! You'll find it when you scroll down to the bottom of the page.
My appreciation goes out to Angela and Matt for letting us be part of their wedding celebration and all the hoards of volunteers that made it happen!
It was the perfect ending to an inspiring life-affirming weekend. It made me feel so grateful to be part of a movement that isn't solely about the food, but that it's about people taking their health into their own hands and not listening to the establishment about what they are supposed to be eating or what medicines they are supposed to be taking. It was about people really breaking through the imposed limitations of our society and deciding to choose life.
Even though the raw movement has grown leaps and bounds through the internet, I urge you to get out once in an awhile and experience the positive energy and connection at one of these raw events which cannot be transferred through a computer screen!
To go directly to all the Raw Union pictures click here.
What would your dream raw feast be composed of? Don't forget to include dessert. Please answer in the comment section below.
I may have seen you there! I was in the kitchen helping make that yummy food.
Wow, you did a good job making all the food it was delicious! I just found out the recipes from the wedding are available as an e-book if you Click Here!
oh you bet i got the e-book!


Speak of the devil, we're booked in without a group on May 16-23 ... hope that's not ominous. Anyone?
Longtime naturist and LS couple. We like being naked with other fun people.
Volleyball, social nakedism, talking in the hot tub.
First Hedo trip May 2014. Loved it. Second trip May 2019!!!


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Chicago Bears: Coming Out of the Bye, Things Could Get Worse
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The Chicago Bears entered the bye week in a downward spiral with a four-game losing streak. Coming out of the bye, things may get worse.
Things are very bad for the Chicago Bears. After starting out the season 5-1, they fell into a four-game losing streak and, despite still being in the playoff hunt, that is the least of their worries.
The offense has struggled all season long. Even when they won those games early, they needed explosions by the offense at the end of games to come away with those victories. They outscored the Detroit Lions 21-0 in the fourth quarter in Week 1 to win 27-23. They scored just 17 points against a putrid New York Giants defense and the defense had to mount a stand at the end of the game. Against another horrible defense, the Bears needed to outscore the Atlanta Falcons 20-0 in the fourth quarter to win 30-26.
When the Bears were riding high at 5-1, many in the national media called them frauds. Now, those same media members feel vindicated. The Chicago Bears offense struggled to score points for most of the games. During their losing streak, the offense practically shut down. In their first six games, they averaged just over 21 points per game. Even if they maintained that scoring average, they'd still rank just 25th in the league.
The Bears did not maintain that scoring average, however. During their losing streak, they average just under 16 points per game. Overall, their 19.1 points per game average is only better than the New York Jets (thank goodness for Adam Gase and the Jets). It's been ugly for a while, and only now is the record catching up to the ugliness.
Things likely get worse after the bye week
Things don't look much better for the Bears coming out of the bye week. This week, they face the Green Bay Packers. Despite losing to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 11, the Packers still own a comfortable two-game lead over the second-place Bears in the NFC North. There is also a matchup between the two teams in the final week of the season.
Normally, having two games against the team in front of you raises hope. That's not really the case here, though. Chicago's defense likely keeps the Bears in each game, but the Bears' offense just cannot mount a consistent offense to win either game. Also, with all the negativity surrounding the team, they also have to deal with a six-game losing streak coming out of bye weeks. Their last win coming out of a bye week was in 2013 when they beat the Packers. That season, though, things were reversed. They owned the second-ranked offense and the 30th-ranked defense. This season, the Packers own the third-best offense and 17th-ranked defense in terms of scoring.
The Bears play just two games against teams with a winning record. Both of those are against the Packers. Again, good news, right? Again, that is wrong. Without an offensive line to protect the quarterback and open holes for the running back, they'll continue to struggle. They have rematches against the Lions, who nearly beat them already, and the Minnesota Vikings, who already beat them. If the offense continues to struggle, those games could be losses.
The Bears have a game against the Houston Texans, who own a record of 3-7. The only reason they aren't in last place in the AFC South is because that spot belongs to the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are 1-9 and competing with the Jets for the top pick of next year's NFL Draft. The Jaguars, coincidentally, are the other team the Bears play.
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Normally, this is a good schedule for a team to try to mount a playoff run. With the troubles the Bears are dealing with, however, one win is a good possibility. As bad as the Texans are, their offense is still over three points better than what the Bears have. Also, Deshaun Watson really wants to beat the Bears so he'll do whatever it takes to beat them.
The Bears don't look equipped to get into another shootout against the Lions. The Vikings will keep Chicago in the game because of their faults, but in the end, the Bears need to make a big play on offense in a key moment.
Unless the Packers completely lay down and allow the Bears to win, it'll take a minor miracle for the Bears to beat them. That leaves the Jaguars as likely the only victory that is as close to a guarantee as possible. Hopefully, though, the Bears came up with some kind of miracle mix during the bye week.
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Residence Services engages with stakeholders from the university community and students across residences on topics that directly impact the student experience of living and learning on campus. Throughout the year, there are a number of topics being worked on in partnership between administration, student leadership, and students at large, in order to help Residence Services realize their mandate to provide a safe, supportive living environment that enhances student success and well-being.
Residence Services engages with our community stakeholders in a wide variety of ways, including: surveys, focus groups, informal on-the-ground discussions with students at large, open houses, town halls, committee meetings, and more. In addition, resident students are represented by their respective residence associations on numerous policy and operational committees, including the Joint Residence Oversight Committee, Residence Budget Advisory Committee, and the Residence Advisory Committee.
The Students' Union is the official body that represents all undergraduate students and acts as a strong advocate for students at the university, and at all levels of government.
Residence Associations represent and provide services to all students living in their residence. This includes, but is not limited to: representing the students to Residence Services, the Students' Union, and the Graduate Students' Association, coordinating social events; and providing services as needed.
Council of Residence Associations (CORA) is a consultative body that includes executive members from every Residence Association. It exists to ensure that all Residence Associations are knowledgeable about prevailing issues, to prepare for upcoming meetings of the Residence Advisory Committee, and to offer an opportunity to collaborate efforts.
Residence Advisory Committee (RAC) is the senior resident and administration committee that ensures open and effective communication between student resident associations and senior administration in relation to issues which have a direct impact on the student experience, with the exception of budgeting and rent issues which are dealt with by the Residence Budget Advisory Committee.
Residence Budget Advisory Committee (RBAC) is the student and senior administrative committee that ensures open and effective communication between the students and senior administration, in relation to Residence Services budgeting process and those budgeting issues that have a direct impact on student rent.
Joint Residence Oversight Committee (JROC) is the committee that informs, involves and engages the university community on matters relating to residence operations and residence life.
The University's Board of Governors votes on all non-academic fees, which include residence rates, meal plan rates, parking rates, and more. Although much of the final decision-making flows through formal governance processes, feedback from the residence community plays a crucial role in the development of Residence Services plans. Proposals regarding the important consultation and engagement issues outlined below are put forward to the Board of Governors.
Formal consultation is guided by the Student Participation Handbook. In 2013, the University of Alberta entered into a facilitated process with the Students' Union (SU) and the Graduate Students' Association (GSA) to seek consensus on the meaning and requirements of consultation — including the role, if any, of a mechanism to resolve disputes regarding consultation. Residence Services is committed to following the Student Participation Handbook regarding student consultation as it relates to engagement activities and the impact they have on students living on campus.
If you are looking to join the consultation on the engagements below, please view the consultation tabs in the lists. There are also opportunities to engage with committees in residence and across campus—view more information at the bottom of the page!
September 2017 - Consulted with the Office of the University Architect and the Community Relations department in the Office of University Relations regarding the process of choosing a name for the new building.
December 2017 - Formed the "Lister 5 Naming Engagement Working Group" made up of five student members of the Lister community.
December 2017 - January 2018 - Engaged with Lister students, the UAlberta community, and Edmontonians via an electronic survey to take name suggestions.
January 2018 - Consulted the working group regarding community values for the naming of the building.
February 2018 - Compiled the suggestions and brought them to the working group, which shortlisted eight recommended names.
February 2018 - Committee made up of members of residence, First People's House, the Student's Union, and the Office of the University Architect took student recommendations and chose a shortlist of two.
May 2018 - Naming proposal submitted to Board of Governors.
June 2018 - The University of Alberta Board of Governors approved the official name of Lister 5 as Thelma Chalifoux Hall.
May 30, 2018 - A public Open House took place at Lister Centre, and the online version of the first of three surveys was open on June 1st for two weeks.
June 19, 2018 - A focus group was held in Lister Centre to further discuss the content collected in the online survey.
June 23, 2018 - A community meeting was held in Michener Park to accommodate the MP community. The content discussed was what was presented in the online survey and first public open house.
July 2018 - A summary report of the first round of student engagement and consultation.
September 2018 - A summary report of the second round of student engagement and consultation.
October 2018 - A summary report of the third round of student engagement and consultation.
2015 - Lister Community Plan Steering Committee created.
January 2016 - Tour of renovated residences at the University of Michigan.
February 2016 - Visioning session for Steering Committee.
February 2016 - Steering Committee Tour of Lister Centre.
March 2016 - Space Utilization Program created (assessment of Lister Centre).
March 2016 - Interviews with key university participants, including students, professional and student staff, residence faculty members, university executive and administrative staff.
March 2016 - Student survey launched and assessed.
March 2017 - Lister Community Plan presentation (student and staff).


and those who pay Bitcoin/litecoin get 10% off. I can vouch for the owner -Andrey, as I've done many business deals with him without issues. Only thing is - the shipping takes a while....expect 14 days.
Sorry, no schedule IV and the likes here. Just thought I'd share - admins, please remove if not allowed to post here. Thanks.
id stay away. IMO. Russia..legit..don't usually go hand and hand. Hopefully someone has some actual real life experience and can comment.
I made an order here a few minutes ago. A small order, but an order nonetheless. There are a couple of items I want to try. Nootropics.....I will keep you posted.
Yes, Andrey has now added various other medications - some interesting pain killers, the active ingredients that we don't have in the US or at least I've never heard off, plus some antibiotics, antifungals etc.
I am just giving ya'll an update. I ordered 2 weeks ago. They sent tracking number quickly, 2 days and it has tracked really good all the way. I think I might receive the letter tomorrow. I'll post and let you know tomorrow afternoon.
package received all is well. Letter was very discreet. Medix is good with me.
Hey, did you have to sign for your package? I am so anxious about ordering from an IOP. I have yet to find one that I dont have to sign for.
Yes, it seems I sign for every that I get.
Have you ordered from Medixlife using "Express shipping" or standard?
It seems you had received your package within 14 days. I want to place an order using express shipping but wanted to check with you first. Their website says for express shipping 6-12 days to USA and standard 12-18 days. Pleased let me know.
It seems you had received your package within 14 days. I want to place an order using express shipping but wanted to check with you first. Their website says for express shipping 6-12 days to USA and standard 12-18 days. Please let me know.
I used the cheapest one. I think it was standard. It was fast anyway.
Is this OP still in business?
They seem to accept paypal, but after I submit an order, there is no follow up email with payment instructions. Can't seem to get any kind of reply from this website.
Yeah, still in business. No luck writing and getting a response but I placed an order for some iron, paid by BC and 2-3 days later received a note that it was shipped.


Performance management, it appears, isn't working.
HR departments have set themselves an ambitious agenda to marry organisational purpose and goals with individual actions and performance, business direction with employee communications and engagement, sophisticated assessment techniques and multiple information sources, and linking the disparate strands of HR practice: talent management, development, reward and diversity.
It all sounds fine and good, but concerns remain about the skills and attitudes of reviewing managers, the consistency and quality of approach across large organisations, the complexity of the paperwork and value of outputs. If it has all become too complex to be workable, what should be done?


This is awesome. Not to reveal too much, but I totally loathe the yellow pit stains. My sister and I talked about this problem we had in common, and wondered if it were deodorant related, esp. since one of my nieces indicated that she gets yellow stains on her white workout tee shirts along her bra/stomach line after strenuous workouts, so we were, for a time, wondering if it was sweat-composition related (i.e., hormones?) vs. deodorant-composition related. But this sounds like a good option to try! I also like the lack of aluminium chlorohydrate, which is a metallic (and for some, linked to breast cancer) additive to most deos. Thanks, Zoe!


I recently encountered a young woman online who wrote about her dream to someday be a mother. She reflected that, these days, a dream of raising children to be good people doesn't seem to be widely understood or valued, and she'd encountered some tough criticism from friends. One friend could barely contain his disgust.
"Seriously?" he'd replied. "Don't you want to contribute to society?"
A sharper comment than most, perhaps, but it's representative of how our culture often views the role of mothers. The problem is not that moms are being encouraged to pursue a job outside the home, which many mothers do very well. No, the real issue here is that moms today live in a world that believes a career defines them, makes them a whole person, and that without such an occupation, women aren't using their brains or playing a meaningful role in our world.
Don't you want to contribute to society? I wish I'd been at the table during that conversation. After all, without us moms, there wouldn't be a society to contribute to. As a mother, I'm responsible for showing my kids how our world works, how they can understand or make sense out of it, and how they can live healthy lives in it.
I'm responsible for teaching my children how to do everything from chewing food to driving a car. I prevent psychological, physical and spiritual disasters on a regular basis. I am a director of security, health, education and welfare, and I take frequent shifts as financial planner, travel agent and personal adviser.
Of course, as moms we don't always have such a high view of our job. During the years we spend raising our kids, the work can often seem overwhelming and under-inspiring. I can look back now with joy, seeing it all in perspective, but there were stretches of time when I felt motherhood was sapping my strength and dreams from me. My time wasn't my own, my body wasn't my own, demands were placed on me every waking hour — and during many of my sleeping hours, too.
Not long ago, I received a desperate phone call from my friend Kay, who was in the trenches of motherhood. "Is there light at the end of this tunnel?" Kay asked. She told me she was in over her head with parenting her young children. Kay is a capable, intelligent woman and a trained psychologist. But she certainly wasn't feeling very capable then.
In fact, she sounded a bit like she was ready to throw in the towel with the entire mothering adventure. It had been a long journey from the halls of academia to the changing table, and at the moment it seemed like the wrong direction. Kay pleaded incompetence. She felt trapped, breathless. The endless clutter was closing in on her.
"I'm tired all the time," she said. "I can't get on top of anything. These kids have insatiable needs and demands. Sometimes even they don't know why they're crying."
By her own admission, Kay was "freaking out." (Psychologists can be so clinical.) The 2-year-old seemed bent on destroying everything in his path. The baby was always screaming or needing a diaper changed. "Help!" she begged.
Coincidently, that same week I'd received a pair of letters from my two older boys, who were away at college. After a moment of consideration, I decided to read the letters to my friend. These letters told of how thankful my boys were to have me as a mom, how they recognized and appreciated all the sacrifices I'd made over the years: the taxi service, the help with homework, the time we spent together talking and laughing and learning about our world and how God is working in our lives. It was the kind of sentiment that children rarely express while they're growing up, and the letters had filled me with a warm glow that week. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
By the time I finished reading the letters, I could hear that Kay was trying to hold back tears. "Thank you," she said. It is sometimes difficult to remember the big picture, she agreed, and it was nice to have a little perspective restored. It's the ultimate paradox of motherhood: We forge the future, contributing more to human society than any force on the planet, yet while in the trenches we are often completely unaware of our significance.
As moms, we often need to look beyond the day's obstacles and glimpse the bigger goals of tomorrow, of raising kind, resilient children who pursue God's plan for their lives. "I need my short-sighted vision of motherhood corrected with an eternal perspective," writes Gloria Furman, mama of four and author of Missional Motherhood. "Otherwise, we will not keep our gaze fixed on the horizon of eternity."
I once worked part time at a department store during special sales, the kind of seasonal events that bring shoppers stampeding into the aisles when the doors opened. Witnessing that rush always reminded me of my life at home, nearly overrun by the demands of mothering my little ones.
Most moms feel this way, I suppose, during the wild years when the investment is just being made, long before we get to enjoy any of the dividends. In those times, you need a vision to focus on. You need to know, even though it may not look as if your efforts are bearing fruit, that they will pay off one day. Every little thing you do has its impact.
All three of our sons love sports. Since I loved tennis, I saw an opportunity to pass along that joy to my boys. I took each of them to the local tennis courts when they were middle schoolers to teach them the game. I spent hour after hour hitting the ball, returning volleys and helping them develop a serve.
I don't know which was harder, hitting thousands of tennis balls or being an encouragement to keep my sons going. One of my boys had a hard time, making mistakes and getting down on himself. He really wanted to succeed, but for a while it was a challenge for him. Day after day, I was his cheerleader. And eventually, his game began to click.
As my two older boys, Kent and Blake, entered high school, they played as doubles partners on the school team and became district champions. When Kent graduated, Blake found another partner, and they repeated the championship. Later, both boys went on to play competitively in college, and Kent later competed as a tennis pro. Ryan, our youngest, was a varsity letterman on his high school team.
Was the effort worth it? The boys have told me it was. Tennis scholarships allowed them to travel internationally, something we could never have afforded. Kent's earnings as a tennis pro helped pay for his graduate school.
My sons learned perseverance, self-discipline and how to win and lose gracefully. They had the satisfaction and pleasure of their accomplishments, and they continue to have confidence in life.
So much of this started by taking the time to hit the ball, build them up, hit the ball again, and build them up again.
"You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, and training them up in God's fear, and minding the house, and making your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts."
If you are in a dark season of motherhood right now, if you can't see the influence you have and everything feels amiss, then remember that what you do every day is an honorable calling. Keep your hands busy on the day's tasks and your eyes focused on the long-term goal.
Trust that there really is light at the end of the tunnel.
This article first appeared in the April/May 2019 issue of Focus on the Family magazine and was originally titled "You've Got This, Mom!" If you enjoyed this article, read more like it in Focus on the Family's marriage and parenting magazine. Get this publication delivered to your home by subscribing to it for a gift of any amount.
© 2019 by Linda Weber. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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Story Lines That Will Be the Most Relevant at CES 2017
By: Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK | January 02, 2017
"Consumer" is the "C" in the title of the show, but so many personal devices are used in business environments that the nickname "CES" is outdated.
The International Consumer Electronics Show 2017, which opens Jan. 3 in Las Vegas, is expected to attract 177,000 attendees for its five-day run at several locations in the desert city.
This is the only time in the year in which one will see widely disparate companies such as Ford, Lenovo, Seagate LaCie, Dok Wireless, Dell, Skybuds, GDU Drones and a gazillion others all within walking or Uber distance of each other at the Convention Center and a dozen other places. Comfortable shoes, hiking or whatever, are definitely in order if you want to see enough of this event to make it worth your while.
CES is all about devices, whether for consumer or business use. Yes, "Consumer" is the "C" in the title of the show, but so many personal devices now are used in business environments that the nickname "CES" is outdated.
Artificial intelligence in just about everything, virtual reality, the internet of things, voice control of everything, connected autos, drones, video gaming, streaming and conventional television, security of devices and systems at all levels, and the usual crazy inventions that one would never expect are the main themes.
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Innovation Still Emanating from Consumer IT
At eWEEK, however, we look first at the enterprise side of IT, fully realizing that a high percentage of new ideas that come into it originate in the consumer development world. After all, if there's such a thing as "quick money" and control for software developers--and if they are lucky on what they focus--the consumer app world is a much more likely place for that to happen.
Dublin, Ireland-based Accenture is one of the world's largest and most successful IT integrators, employing more than 394,000 professionals in 120 countries worldwide. This outfit knows where the trends are, because they're always working on new installations of all types.
John Curran, Managing Director of Communications, Media and Technology at Accenture, assessed the most important themes of this year's CES and sent the following information in short bites to eWEEK.
--"Artificial Intelligence Mindset"
--"Think Intelligent Assistants"
--"Still a Very Big Thing: The Insecurity of Things"
--"Facing Virtual and Augmented Realities"
--"At Your Services"
Story One: Artificial Intelligence Mindset
Curran: "Thinking artificial intelligence is doing to be the prevailing mindset at CES 2017."
--Artificial intelligence has been a growing storyline at CES in the past few years. But at CES 2017 it will be a more dramatic and pervasive story them than at any previous CES. In fact, AI could very well be "The Story of the Show."
--Expect AI stories focused on experiences powered by AI though not necessarily visible to the consumer. This story is about the convergence of AI capabilities, such as machine learning, natural language processing, and analytics, that spawn more fidelity and more personalized responses.
--AI uses software algorithms and programs to make computers think, predict, learn, and solve problems more like humans to create more efficiencies and other benefits in peoples' lives. Thus far this goal has not be completely achieved because computer intelligence hasn't attained human levels of intelligence. But various types of substantial progress is being made towards this end.
--Expect to hear about more new AI applications technologies, products, services and applications than you ever have at this event. These would include AI applications for the automotive, smartphone, robotics, and health and fitness markets.
--There will be stories focused on experiences powered by AI though not necessarily visible to the consumer. AI is becoming a key part of the infrastructure of the consumer electronics market. Anticipate stories about new robotics process automation technologies that can be used to accelerate manufacturing of consumer electronics products such as smartphones.
--Look for news about AI use in smartphones to ascertain that you have a defect and alert you to this problem. You may receive an ad on your fitness monitor of high relevance to you.
--AI can use historical data and trends to predict the future such as peoples' buying behaviors. For example, the consumer electronics industry is already leveraging machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to increase the number of consumers reached with well-targeted advertisements. You will see how the technology more fully integrates into our lives.
--The AI market is riding a fast growth trajectory. By changing the nature of work and spawning a new relationship between people and machines, Accenture research finds that AI could double annual economic growth rates by 2035 and boost labor productivity by up to 40 percent.
AI will: 1) enhance lives of humans and drive tremendous economic growth in the process; 2) transform business processes by making them more intelligent; and 3) provide a more effective way for humans to interact with machines to allow us to take maximum advantage of a machine's data processing capabilities
--According to BofA Merrill Lynch Global research, the U.S. AI and robot market is estimated to be $153 billion by the year 2020 -- $83 billion for robots and $70 billion for AI.
Story Two: Think Intelligent Assistants
Curran: "Intelligent assistants will take center stage at CES 2017"
--While the first story to watch is more about experiences of AI though not necessarily visible to consumers, this second story is about how AI is emerging is as front and center to them. The story will be about the availability of platforms upon which intelligent assistants can plug into.
--These platforms provide real-world utility to the interactions, everything from telling you the weather to playing music to controlling the temperature in your home. For example, intelligent virtual assistants, such as Siri and Alexa, will be one of the biggest artificial intelligence stories at CES and bigger than ever at this event.
--Holiday sales of intelligent assistants are expected to be brisk. Expect there to be more introductions of these products at CES than ever.
--Anticipate plenty of news about higher-performing and more reliable intelligent assistants in which consumer electronics technologies interact verbally with humans such as to ask questions and make suggestions.
--Intelligent assistants can help send messages, for example, and update a person when he or she is running late for a meeting.
--Two trends are driving demand for intelligent assistants: growing dependence on messaging for communications and the availability of platforms for building intelligent assistants.
--Messaging platforms such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, which have become popular with more than a billion monthly users, could evolve to become a one-stop shop for messaging, entertainment and payments. Expect news about these platforms being more widely used in consumer electronics products.
--Accelerated by the emergence of Amazon Echo and Google Home, intelligent assistants are transforming our lives by making everyday tasks easier. Examples include prioritizing emails and making their users more effective and efficient.
--The growth in sales of digital assistants could help accelerate the Internet of Things market, creating new applications and services to make devices more valuable and useful.
--The global intelligent virtual assistant market is projected to expand at 32 percent from 2016 through 2024, according to Transparence Market Research. The market was sized at $627 million in 2015 and projected to be $7.9 billion by 2024.
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Q: Null Pointer Exception in my BroadcastReceiver class I want to search a db and toast a specific column on the startup of the phone. The app keeps crashing and getting an exception even though I feel as the code is correct.
@Override
public void onReceive(Context ctx, Intent intent) {
    Log.d("omg", "1");
    DBAdapter do = new DBAdapter(ctx);
    Log.d("omg", "2");
    Cursor cursor = do.fetchAllItems();
    Log.d("omg", "3");
    if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        Log.d("omg", "4");
        do {
            Log.d("omg", "5");
            String title = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("item"));
            Log.d("omg", "6");
            // i = cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex("id"));
            Toast.makeText(ctx, title, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        } while (cursor.moveToNext());
    }
    cursor.close();
}

The frustrating part is that I don't see any of my "omg" logs show up in logcat. I only see when my application crashes.
I get three lines of errors in logcat.
10-19 12:31:11.656: E/AndroidRuntime(1471): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver com.test.toaster.MyReciever: java.lang.NullPointerException
10-19 12:31:11.656: E/AndroidRuntime(1471):     at com.test.toaster.DBAdapter.fetchAllItems(DBAdapter.java:96)
10-19 12:31:11.656: E/AndroidRuntime(1471):     at com.test.toaster.MyReciever.onReceive(MyReciever.java:26)

For anyone interested, here is my DBAdapter fetchAllItems code:
public Cursor fetchAllItems() {
    return mDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE, new String[] { KEY_ITEM, KEY_PRIORITY,
            KEY_ROWID }, null, null, null, null, null);
}

A: The problem is that mDb is null in fetchAllItems(), you need to initialize mDb before trying to use it.
This just a guess but many DBAdapter designs have an open() method, does yours? If so, you simply need to call it before calling fetchAllItems(). If not, you still need to call mDb = ... somewhere in your adapter.


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First Photos from Todd Phillips' New Movie 'Arms and the Dudes'
Source: SlashFilm
Meet your new Arms Dealers, David and Efraim. After making three The Hangover movies, what is director Todd Phillips up to next? This is his next project, a movie called Arms and the Dudes, "based on a true story" of two young men who were contracted by the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan. Miles Teller plays David, Jonah Hill plays Efraim, to friends who suddenly start bidding on military contracts, but then they end up in-over-their-heads with the Afghanistan deal. This sounds like it might be really good, especially coming from the comedic mind of Todd Phillips. SlashFilm found four new photos posted online.
Here's the new photos from Arms and the Dudes, from Todd Phillips on his Instagram @toddphillips1:
Based on a true story, Arms and the Dudes follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a $300 million deal to arm the Afghan Military—a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Arms and the Dudes is directed by Todd Phillips (of Road Trip, Old School, Due Date, The Hangover Trilogy previously), from a screenplay by Stephen Chin and Todd Phillips. Warner Bros will releas Arms and the Dudes in theaters everywhere on March 11th, 2016 next spring. Arm up & stay tuned.
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YES!!! I'm super excited for this. Not only is it an interesting story, I think Todd will give this a nice spin.
Adam on May 22, 2015
Wow Jonah and Miles on the same movie?! You know this is gonna be good.
Rock n Rollllll on May 22, 2015
They replaced Michael Cera with another thin white guy. And what happened to Hill? He had lost so much weight and now...he looks almost as big as he was in SUPER BAD.
DAVIDPD on May 22, 2015
Wow, Hill looks like he did in Accepted.
IamSlave on May 22, 2015
Jonah-San look so good. Nice he found all the weight he lose.
Kesuke Miyagi on May 23, 2015


In 2017, I made Fancy Fries a lot. It's such a simple way to enjoy Tinicum CSA root crops. Also, it's like eating pizza, because you get to cover the roots with shredded cheese.
Note: Feel free to alter the number of each veggie according to your preferences.
1. The only veggies that need peeling are the celeriac & rutabaga.
2. Slice all of the roots into french fry slices, and scatter over an oiled baking sheet.
3. Scatter chopped onion and minced garlic over the roots.
4. Sprinkle salt, pepper, nutritional yeast, cayenne pepper & turmeric over all. The nutritional yeast can be whatever amount you want, it gives the dish a more cheesy texture.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour. The goal is to make the fries a little crispy. While baking, stir them around a few times.
6. Remove from oven and sprinkle shredded cheese over all. Turn off oven and return the pan to the oven for 2 minutes. This will allow the cheese to melt.
7. Serve with sautéed collards.