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5 things to consider when using marketing automation
By Expert commentator 24 Feb, 2020
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Business owners must be careful to abide by the laws of various countries when tracking customer data online
The internet has erased many international borders when it comes to commerce and interactions. However, business owners must be careful to abide by the laws of various countries when tracking customer data online.
Marketing automation is the use of systems to collect and store visitor information with the goal of fine-tuning customer-directed messaging to produce income through sales. In its broadest sense, any collection of information from the computer or device used by a website visitor that identifies them can be considered marketing information.
Privacy policies are required to disclose what information a website or app will track and collect from the visitor. In recent years those policies have drowned in legalese and the consumer data potentially used for purposes other than marketing, all of which tarnished marketers and caused lawmakers to take notice.
Consumers are pushing back, too, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission notes, by manually clearing cookies or setting limits on tracking that people find intrusive, which can damage a company's ability to benefit from the common practice of buying data from third-party tracking companies.
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1. The current environment
Data breaches and complaints of overreaching, along with the evidence that data collection influenced the 2016 elections, have led to a widespread desire for more regulation. While changes to laws in other countries have prompted companies to be more transparent, they're also hoping to stay ahead of any future legislation that would limit their data collection, by showing Congress that they're good corporate citizens. That's because online marketing is valued at $192 billion per year.
Strong online privacy laws that were enacted last year in Europe, called General Data Protection Regulations, or GDPR, are affecting all businesses that collect marketing data. California and Vermont have passed laws with some similarities, while other states are beginning to tiptoe into data privacy and protection. Federal laws protect the privacy of children under age 13, as well as medical information.
GDPR requires businesses to notify customers of data breaches within 72 hours. The law also requires a Data Protection Officer to oversee the privacy of files and allows fines of ten million pounds or 2% of revenue for those that do not comply. Most notably, Facebook is expected to be the first hit with a major fine of over $1.5 billion for breaches, but Marriott, the query website Quora, British Airways, and Ticketmaster have all been targeted as well. The new law is both publicly unveiling breaches and highlighting their frequency, underscoring the need for compliance and enforcement.
Europe has created a "white list" of countries that have enacted and enforce similar protection laws, essentially condoning business with them. Japan was the first to receive this designation for its Act on Protection of Personal Information (APPI). Like GDPR, it requires data collection to be limited to that which impacts the business's ability to interact with the individual.
South Africa has a data protection law called the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) that is limited to firms within the country but may impose prison time as well as fines for illegal use of consumer data. It requires that protections extend to data collected on legal entities (corporations, etc.) along with individuals.
Australia's data protection law is seen as flawed due to its foundation in an information privacy statute created in 1988 and a provision that assigns responsibility based on company size, applying a more stringent data privacy protection requirement to those that do over $3 million in annual business. It also allows businesses 30 days to assess any breaches before reporting issues.
2. Where to start
Can your business exercise its best marketing tools while staying compliant? Start with a strong, transparent privacy policy that engenders trust. Customers will be more likely to provide information to a company with well-targeted content that is clear about its intentions and does not hide behind already-checked boxes and dense legal jargon.
In fact, many marketing experts are advocating for a return to basic, first-level relationships with customers rather than the scatter-shot approach of targeting anyone with a pulse who has a characteristic in common with the client demographic.
3. Laws and your privacy policy
Did you know that using online analytics to understand your customers requires a privacy policy? That's just the tip of the iceberg. If you're doing business with Canadian or European residents your site must also comply with international data collection laws.
A privacy policy should, at a minimum, spell out:
What information is collected and whether/how it's personally identifying.
Where the information is stored.
Whether the information is shared with others.
How a consumer can remove or opt out of data collection.
Hand-in-hand with a solid privacy policy should go analysis of your business to ensure the policy is effective, including:
Collection only of data that is necessary.
Safeguards from internal hacking.
Cross-departmental understanding of data privacy rights and protections to avert an unintentional misuse or breach.
A well-communicated breach-response plan.
4. Look to the future
The GDPR law states that companies that track residents in the European Union must comply with the regulations that took effect last year. Even if your business does not intentionally target or do business with Europeans, any marketing automation software must dump data gathered on those individuals unless you've done business with them in the past (called a soft opt-in). If your company has plans to expand into that market, you may want to start with a GDPR-compliant system rather than upgrading later.
The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed how user data was scooped up from unsuspecting participants – along with that of their friends – but the scope of the scandal wasn't enough to shift pro-business sentiment among American lawmakers. Some say that Europe's strict new law will trickle down, including from large multinational companies that have adjusted data collection to comply.
"Freely given, specific, and unambiguous" is the privacy standard for the GDPR. Similarly, California's new law says that customers should be able to opt out of data collection and have some say over how their personal data is used and disseminated.
Most new data protection laws passed by states cover only data breach, but Colorado's also requires safe storage and disposal of customer information. Vermont's law includes regulations on third-party data mining and requires companies collecting such information to register with the state. Utah and California require disclosure of how a customer's information may be shared with third-party companies.
First-party data is easier to collect because the individual is a customer. Third-party data, gathered through cookies, is sold to multiple companies and is, therefore, not unique. Industry experts suggest strengthening privacy policies and making it clear to customers and visitors that you value their information enough to protect it.
5. New old ways of tracking
Experts point to statistics that show high levels of mobile phone use for purchases through apps rather than websites, turning cookies-based customer tracking on its head. StoneTemple's research shows mobile usage growing to over 63% of page views, up from 57% in just a year.
The industry experts who say 352 billion mobile app downloads are expected annually by 2020 and that profiling users across multiple devices are ever-more challenging concur that email marketing is the future, allowing first-person, personally identifiable information to be targeted and mined for opportunities.
Others argue that location tracking via mobile device number is more accurate, beneficial to advertisers and less invasive than developing profiles through personally identifiable information gathered online.
Trust is also considered key for marketing, something that was replaced by reams of data for a while. Now, when consumers are shopping online they look for long-lasting brand names and even individuals, such as social media ambassadors, to recommend a product. If a customer can trust a company with his or her email it's a strong signal that the person intends to stay with the brand.
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An individual retirement arrangement (IRA) is a tax-favored personal savings arrangement, which allows you to set aside money for retirement. There are several different types of IRAs, including traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. You can set up an IRA with a bank, insurance company, or other financial institution.
You may be able to deduct some or all of your contributions to a traditional IRA. You may also be eligible for a tax credit equal to a percentage of your contribution. Amounts in your traditional IRA, including earnings, generally aren't taxed until distributed to you. IRAs can't be owned jointly. However, any amounts remaining in your IRA upon your death will be paid to your beneficiary or beneficiaries.
To contribute to a traditional IRA, you, and/or your spouse if you file a joint return, must have taxable compensation, such as wages, salaries, commissions, tips, bonuses, or net income from self-employment. For tax years beginning after 2019, there is no age limit to contribute to a traditional IRA. Compensation for purposes of contributing to an IRA doesn't include earnings and profits from property, such as rental income, interest and dividend income, or any amount received as pension or annuity income, or as deferred compensation. In certain cases, other amounts may be treated as compensation for purposes of contributing to an IRA, including certain alimony and separate maintenance payments received, certain amounts received to aid in the pursuit of graduate and postdoctoral studies, and certain difficulty of care payments received.
You can figure your allowable deduction using the worksheets in the Instructions for Form 1040 (and Form 1040-SR)PDF or in Publication 590-A, Contributions to Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) and claim your IRA deduction on Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return or Form 1040-SR, U.S. Tax Return for Seniors (attach Schedule 1 (Form 1040), Additional Income and Adjustments to IncomePDF). If you made nondeductible contributions to a traditional IRA, you must attach Form 8606, Nondeductible IRAs.
Use Form 8880, Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions and Do I Qualify for the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit? to determine whether you're also eligible for a tax credit. Enter the amount of the credit on Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR (attach Schedule 3 (Form 1040), Additional Credits and PaymentsPDF).
Distributions from a traditional IRA are fully or partially taxable in the year of distribution. To determine if your IRA is taxable, see Is the Distribution From My Traditional, SEP or SIMPLE IRA Taxable? If you made only deductible contributions, distributions are fully taxable. Use Form 8606 to figure the taxable portion of withdrawals when the traditional IRA contains nondeductible contributions.
IRA-to-IRA Rollover Limitation
You can only make one rollover from an IRA to another (or the same) IRA in any one-year period, regardless of the number of IRAs you own. A trustee-to-trustee transfer isn't a rollover and isn't affected by this rule. This rule also doesn't apply with respect to a conversion of a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.
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Distributions made prior to age 59½ may be subject to an additional 10% tax. You may also owe an excise tax if you don't begin to withdraw minimum distributions by April 1 of the year after the year you reach age 72. These additional taxes are figured and reported on Form 5329, Additional Taxes on Qualified Plans (Including IRAs) and Other Tax-Favored Accounts. Refer to the Instructions for Form 5329PDF, Topic No. 557 and Do I Meet an Exception to the Additional Tax on Early Distributions From IRAs or Retirement Plans? for exceptions to the additional taxes.
A Roth IRA differs from a traditional IRA in several ways. Contributions to a Roth IRA aren't deductible (and you don't report the contributions on your tax return), but qualified distributions or distributions that are a return of contributions aren't subject to tax. To be a Roth IRA, the account or annuity must be designated as a Roth IRA when it's set up. For more information on Roth IRA contributions, refer to Topic No. 309 and to determine if a distribution from your Roth IRA is taxable, see Is the Distribution From My Roth Account Taxable?
For additional information on the different types of IRAs, including information on contributions, distributions, as well as conversions from one type of IRA to another, refer to Publication 590-A, Contributions to Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) and Publication 590-B, Distributions from Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs).

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Part of the material was said to be for "three aborted [Prince] albums conceived in 1986"
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The Prince estate has announced a massive reissue of the late musician's Sign O' The Times double album from 1987. Along with a remastered edition of Prince's ninth studio album, a vast collection of unreleased tracks from the late musician's vaults will be included on the Super Deluxe Edition.
Comprising eight CDs (or a whopping 13 LPs) and a DVD, the Super Deluxe Edition of Sign O' The Times packs a total of 63 previously unreleased tracks; 45 of which are studio recordings.
Notably, these tracks comprise music that Prince had intended "for three aborted albums conceived in 1986", according to superdeluxeedition.com. Other tracks, consisting of B sides, singles mixes and edits include alternate versions and takes of songs such as Strange Relationship, The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker and Forever In My Life. Take a listen to the unreleased track, Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1), below.
Two unreleased live gems have also been unearthed for the reissue: the first, a 1987 concert recording set in Utrecht, the Netherlands; and the second, a concert film from Prince's New Year's Eve 1987 show at Paisley Park, featuring a cameo from Miles Davis.
Additionally, a 120-page hardcover book – with a foreword written by Lenny Kravitz – will collect lyrics handwritten by Prince, previously unseen photograph and liner notes by audio engineer Susan Rogers, comedian Dave Chappelle and Minneapolis music scene commentator Andrea Swensson.
The Super Deluxe Edition of Sign O' The Times comes in various formats, from a 2-LP album to the aforementioned 13-LP, 1-DVD boxset. Learn more at store.prince.com.


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Iraq is making progress on its project to capture the potentially lucrative gas associated with oil extracted from its southern fields, which it has been burning off for decades.
Excess gas is burned off at a pipeline at Rumaila oil field in Basra, Iraq, Jan. 26, 2016.
Iraq plans to expand capacity at its oil refineries while at the same time reducing the amount of gas that is burned off during oil production. Instead of wasting the gas, the country will reap the benefits of putting it to good use.
New Oil Minister Thamer al-Ghadhban announced Oct. 31 that he will pay particular attention to oil-rich Basra in southern Iraq, an area where services have been neglected and people are angry.
Iraq continues to burn off most of the gas associated with oil production in its fields because it lacks sufficient facilities to capture the gas.
Iraq has a plan to stop burning off gas by 2021 and has already started using some of the oil-associated gas. Former Minister of Oil Jabbar al-Luaibi stated Sept. 29 that the country had begun capturing natural gas from oil fields in Dhi Qar. The process is of great importance for Iraq, which has burned off gas for decades, squandering the equivalent of $45 billion each year.
The project was set up June 12 with state-owned Dhi Qar Oil Company announcing that after technicians were done connecting a gas pipeline, the company would begin capturing associated gas from the Nasiriya oil field without burning it off for the first time. The goal is to pump up state revenues.
Natural gas remains an essential component of the world's energy supply. Compared with oil, natural gas is more efficient, costs less and produces lower emissions of air pollutants.
According to the OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin, Iraq remains the second-largest proven crude oil reserve among Arab countries, with 143.4 billion barrels.
Capitalizing on associated gas isn't easy, he said. Gas capturing has to be integrated with oil production and requires "an advanced transport network connecting the gas in Iraq's scattered oil fields to a single export point."
To deal with these challenges, Iraq signed a contract in April with General Electric's Baker Hughes company for technology to process associated gas as part of the country's efforts to end gas flaring by 2021. Iraq signed a similar contract in January with US Orion.
Moreover in April, then-Minister of Oil Luaibi inaugurated the Siba gas plant to produce a primary target of 25 million standard cubic feet (SCF) of gas daily in cooperation with Kuwait Energy and Turkish Petroleum Corporation in Basra.
He said, "Exporting gas doesn't just generate huge funds for the state budget, it will also provide the necessary supply for electricity generation and the petrochemical industry. It will also meet the local market's need of liquefied natural gas" and that of various facilities providing services to the sector.
Jihad said that another step is a new contract to process 200 million SCF of associated gas per day from Maysan fields and Nahran Omar field in Basra.
He expects gas flaring to end in 2020.
Mohammad Zaki Ibrahim, another oil expert for the Ministry of Oil, told Al-Monitor the government's main investments have been in the oil fields where associated gas is extracted: the Nasiriya and Gharraf fields. The Abu Amoud field also will be included.
Ibrahim added that the Nasiriya project was completed with South Gas Corporation and Oil Projects Corporation, and in cooperation with Italfluid Geoenergy Srl. Iraq is leasing the gas treatment plant in al-Qatia from the Italian company. He explained that the process used first removes water and vapor from the gas before it is fed to the dry gas pipeline, which runs 350 miles from Taji, north of Baghdad, to Basra.
It is important to end gas flaring and subsequent air pollution and start using the recovered gas to supply power plants. This is not to mention the project's social significance in the southern parts of Iraq, as it generates the necessary funds to provide and improve services there. It also creates more jobs in the area, especially in Basra, where people have been killed and injured in demonstrations that began in July protesting the poor economy and lack of services.


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These Virginia Bed and Breakfast Inns Offer Acres of Peacefulness
When you're ready for a weekend getaway, the kind that begs for a complete recharge, look no further than these two outstanding Virginia bed and breakfast inns! With nothing but acres of tranquility and gorgeous mountains, each offers their own slice of heaven.
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And you can always pull up one of the Adirondack chairs and revel in the spectacular Blue Ridge Mountains. Sip afternoon tea, walk in the lush gardens or enjoy time in a rocker. It's up to you!
In the colonial mansion, also called the Manor House, you'll find 9-over-9 windows that offer incredible views of rare and grand trees, ancient brick sidewalks, and breathtaking mountain sunsets.
Get to know the other guests and mingle with them in the same parlor that entertained General Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson.
Selected as one of the top 15 b & b's in America for 3 consecutive years, the Inn at Meander Plantation has achieved many accolades over the years for its outstanding service, and for all that the property has to offer.
Fodor's Travel Guides named it "One of the South's best Bed and Breakfast Inns." And Arrington's Book of Lists rated it "Most Elegant Bed and Breakfast," while World Property Journal selected the Inn as one of the "Top 5 Bed and Breakfast in America for 2017."
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It has five spacious suites and guests room equipped with either gas or electric fireplaces. Each has a private bath with double Jacuzzi tubs and other modern amenities.
There are also three cottages on the property, perfect for romantic hideouts! Each cottage is spacious and has cathedral ceilings with pine walls and ceilings, a hot tub on a private deck, double Jacuzzi tubs in the bathroom, gas fireplace, full kitchen, WiFi, flat screen TV with Direct TV service, and a gas grill.
Two of the cabins sit atop the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the third, which is dog-friendly, has a fishing pond and mountain pasture.
Breakfast, always hearty and delicious, is prepared with as many local ingredients as possible. Mountain View Farm supplies the sausage and cheese; bacon and other meats are bought fresh in Lexington from Donald's Meat Processing.
Vegetables, fruits, and bread are all purchased in season at the local farmer's market.
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I must have picked one of the wettest days in May to visit Kupp. And, with my notorious lack of any sense of direction, I quickly found myself going round in circles. Thankfully, when I arrived at the buzzing bar-restaurant, I was greeted by friendly staff and the offer of a glass of fizz while I waited for my dining companion. The-Hedonist and I have a long history of eating out together and he is often just a little late. But, when I sent him a text, he replied to tell me that he'd never actually got the confirmation e-mail from me. By the time he arrived, 40 minutes or so later, I was well into my second prosecco and feeling quite relaxed for all the wrong reasons.
The mushroom flan was perhaps just a bit heavy on the pastry. But, the light salad topping revealed a feast of mushrooms in a creamy Danish Blue sauce.
Beetroot and goats cheese salad is a classic dish, but here the goats cheese was whipped up to make a light creamy mixture. An excellent mixture of fresh, tasty ingredients.
While the grazing dishes include a good mixture of vegetarian and pescatarian options, the mains were just a little limited for a non-meat eater. Of course that didn't cause me any problem and I tucked into an excellent plateful of grilled venison loin with awith a ligonberry sauce, which came with beetroot and sour cream.
Meanwhile, The-Hedonist had just two hot main course options (salmon coulibiac or a roasted fennel dish) so opted for smoked mackerel & bulgar wheat salad with the roasted fennel on the side.
Now, I probably wouldn't have shared dessert under normal circumstances. But, given the lack of main course options, we agreed that sharing Sticky Chocolate & Hazelnut Cake with salted caramel ice-cream and then following with a cheese board. The dessert would satisfy the cravings of any chocoholic and even I liked the ice-cream.
While Kupp is a bar/cafe rather than a destination restaurant, the ingredients were good quality, the cooking and presentation for the most part faultless and the concept was one that makes a lot of sense.
This is the sort of place you'd like to have close to your office so that you could relax after work with a beer or a glass of wine and share some food. We understand that they plan to extend the menu and that they will be opening a number of new outlets over the coming months. And, I'd heartily recommend popping in and trying some Scandi dining for yourself. Oh, and when the weather is good, it will be an idyllic setting looking out over the Grand Union Canal – with a few outside tables that I suspect will disappear ultra quickly.
What a great dinner to experience. It looks like a great place to meet up with friends!


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Patient was 'still alive' when nurses put him in a body bag and sent him to the morgue
Jess Hardiman
Published 12:44, 06 October 2022 BST
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A patient was placed inside a body bag while he may have still been alive, according to a doctor's report sent to the coroner.
A 55-year-old man was in palliative care at Rockingham General Hospital near Perth, Western Australia, when he was declared dead on 5 September and subsequently placed in a body bag by staff.
According to Australian outlet Business News, which first broke the story after obtaining a copy of the doctor's report to the coroner, after family were informed of the death, the man was transferred to the morgue.
No death certificate was issued – a detail that proves to be a crucial one.
The next day, after an organ donation organisation contacted the hospital to ask for permission to take the deceased's organs, a male doctor was asked to go into the on-site morgue to certify the death.
But when he unzipped the body bag, he found fresh blood on the man's hospital gown from a wound on his arm, while two of his limbs were reportedly in a different position they had been placed in, and his eyes were open.
Rockingham General Hospital. Credit: Google
"I believe the frank blood from a new skin tear, arm position and eye signs were inconsistent with a person who was post-mortem on arrival at the morgue," the doctor wrote in his report to the coroner.
After opening the body bag and making the grim discovery, the doctor recorded the man's death as 6 September, but the report claims he was under pressure from senior staff to backdate it – something they refused to do, before notifying their department head.
"I also specifically asked about open disclosure and coronial discussions to which I was told the executive team would ensure this occurred if deemed necessary," the report added.
Speaking to Radio 6PR about the bizarre story, Business News reporter Gary Adshead explained: "When the bag is unzipped, according to the report that's been sent to the coroner, there are telltale signs that the patient could not have been post-mortem, could not have been deceased at the time they were placed in the bag.
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"The doctor has noted that he observed what they call 'frank blood', which is very present fresh blood, from a skin tear that was on the arm of the patient.
"The arm positions were not correct either compared to the way that they had been placed after they were supposedly passed, and the eyes were open.
"The doctor knew full well that last rites had been performed, and the eyes had been shut."
WA Deputy Liberal Leader Libby Mettam described what happened as 'simply inexcusable and horrific', calling for the Crime and Corruption Commission and a Royal Commission to launch an investigation into the state's health system.
"Our heart goes out to the family of the 55-year-old that is associated with these reports," Mettam said.
LADbible has contacted South Metropolitan Health Service, which runs the hospital, for comment.
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Ever since Congress helped speed up the Food and Drug Administration's rate of drug approvals in 1992, critics have complained that the relatively quick approval times put patients in danger. So when Merck's Vioxx was shown to cause heart attacks in 2004, a chastened agency slowed the process considerably. In September The New York Times reported that the 2005 approval rate was the slowest in a decade.
So what's the correlation between approval times and drug safety? According to a 2005 report by the Tufts University Center for the Study of Drug Development, there isn't one.
Researchers say the percentage of drugs withdrawn for safety reasons was 3.2 percent in the 1980s, rose slightly in the '90s to 3.5 percent, and fell in the new century to 1.6 percent. And approval time for drugs that are later withdrawn for safety reasons is not appreciably shorter than the average approval times for all drugs.
The good news is that the dangerous drugs are withdrawn from the market much sooner than used to be the case. The average time between government approval and subsequent safety withdrawal has dropped from 3.7 years in the 1980s to just 0.7 years today.


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Q: Need to install php5.4 on ubuntu 12.04 LTS precise I am using following instruction to install latest php on unbutu instance:
Add to /etc/apt/source.list
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all

Update apt-key
sudo wget -q  http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg
sudo apt-key add dotdeb.gpg
sudo apt-get update

install apache2 + php
`sudo apt-get install -y apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5`

Output:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libapache2-mod-php5 : Depends: libxml2 (>= 2.8.0) but 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4 is to be installed
                       Recommends: php5-cli but it is not going to be installed

I need a stable way to install latest php. Previously I was using ppa and decided to not use it bcz of security
sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php5-oldstable

I wonder if there is a better way to setup latest php+apache2+mysql , I have to script the process to automate the installation and invoke it through build script
Side note/problem background:
I am using Phing ssh task to invoke the script to setup php+apache2+mysql, which break with add-apt-repository command for weird reason
Reference:
 <ssh host="${deploy.host}"
             username="${deploy.user}"
             privkeyfile="${deploy.pem}"
             pubkeyfile="${deploy.pub}"
             command="${ssh_command}"
             display="false"
             property="ssh.output"
             failonerror="true"
                />

ssh_command where I invoke the script
Further tests:
 sudo apt-get install -y   apache2 php5 php5-cli libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql php5-gd  php5-memcache php5-mcrypt php5-xsl
Output:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libapache2-mod-php5 : Depends: libxml2 (>= 2.8.0) but 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4 is to be installed
 php5-cli : Depends: libxml2 (>= 2.8.0) but 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4 is to be installed
            Depends: libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-4) but 2.11-20080614-3ubuntu2 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

A: I had a similar situation.
The place where I was working was using an old version on PHP (5.3.8).
I installed the latest version of Ubuntu in my desktop and then I realised that downgrading from 5.5 to 5.3 was almost impossible, too many dependencies to handle, the best solution I could find was to use an "all-in-one" package like XAMPP.
Even though I hate those solutions I changed my mind after a couple of hours, it did exactly what it was supposed to do, I didn't have to do any sorcery in the package manager or alter any configuration files.
Here is the XAMPP version I would use in your case (1.8.2-3 version - PHP 5.4 based)
It contains

PHP 5.4.22
MySQL 5.5.34
Apache 2.4.7
phpMyAdmin 4.0.9

More info: here and here

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Yeon-woo Jhi has been competing in bodybuilding events for nearly a decade, but it was only a couple of years ago that she became a mainstream online celebrity. Photos of the muscular beauty went viral online and people just couldn't get over the contrast between her cute, doll-like face and her brawny body.
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"Give Him Smack In Head Special ..."
Romper Stomper is about the rise and fall of a neo-Nazi skinhead group in suburban Melbourne. The gang of skinheads, led by Hando, attack two teenagers of Vietnamese descent at a subway station. Hando and friend Davey beat the two boys near death before fleeing. Hando meets a drug addict named Gabrielle. Gabrielle is a constant victim of her rich father's sexual abuse. Martin, Gabrielle's father, also orchestrates an attack on her boyfriend, another drug addict. However, Hando and Gabrielle become close and start a romantic relationship.
Some of the other skinheads visit Hando and go out for a long night of drinking and violence. Two members of the gang go to a pub owned by a Vietnamese businessman. Hando learns of this and orchestrates an attack on the owner's sons. While the attack occurs, another Vietnamese boy calls for help. The gang is soon confronted by a mob of armed Vietnamese men. A few skinheads are killed in the melee.
The skinheads find a new home at a warehouse. They kick out the homeless tenants living there before taking over. They soon begin a plan to retaliate against the Vietnamese. The gang members plan to buy weapons in order for the attack to be successful. Gabrielle urges the gang to break into her father's house. Martin is beaten by the gang while his house is being robbed. Gabrielle informs Martin that the robbery was payback for his abuse to his daughter. Martin manages to escape and scares off the gang with a gun. Meanwhile, Davey contemplates leaving the gang. Eventually, he does. At the same time, Gabrielle and Hando end their relationship.
Davey tells Gabrielle life with the gang before the two spend the night together. Infuriated, Hando accuses Gabrielle of going to the police about the gang. Hando attempts to kill Gabrielle, but is stabbed to death by Davey.
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My Parents, Sister and her kids are visiting me for about 2-3 weeks! I've spent quite a bit of time over the past 2 months getting the house ready and they are finally here.
Its been a slow start. Day 1 (28 May 2010) they arrived and reached home about 3pm. Basically spent the day getting settled in and making a stop to Costco and Walmart for food and minor shopping.
Day 2 was pretty lazy. They all most got up at 4am (Jet Lag) and we spent most of the morning watching Top Chief Masters (I had 3 episodes on DVR). Then to Cheesecake Factory for lunch and a walk around the mall. And finally home again where jet lag has everyone's system Topsy-Turvy.
And tomorrow morning, we are all headed to Jackson Hole Wyoming to visit the Spotted Horse Ranch where we'll spend the week.


Changes to the CLP regulation came into effect on June 1st 2015. The revisions focus on a redesign of hazard labelling for hazardous substances.
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The new labels are broadly similar to those which are outgoing, and as an end user your main priority concerns the use, handling and storage of hazardous substances (Chemicals) rather than the labelling.
It is important for those responsible for the management of hazardous substances, and the completion of COSHH risk assessments to understand and accurately interpret the new hazard labels and to provide suitable information, instruction and training to those relevant staff that may be affected by the revisions.
The use of the new symbols will take a few years to completely replace packaging labelled with the old symbols; the HSE has stated this may take as long as June 2017.


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Books by Bradley Convissar
Twitter: @bconvisdmd
Brad Convissar is a dentist by day, a writer of dark fiction at night, and a father, husband, and not-so-proud pet owner when time permits.
He is the author of several dozen short stories, four novellas, and will be releasing his first novel, Blood, Smoke and Ashes, a supernatural thriller, in early 2013.
When not filling cavities or performing root canals or extracting teeth or fabricating dentures, or writing, he spends his time playing with his kids, playing video games, reading comic books, reading non-illustrated books, and impotently rooting on his beloved Philadelphia Phillies or less than beloved Philadelphia Eagles.
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Pandora's Children Book 1: In the Chair
by Bradley Convissar
In "The Devil's Toothache", a late night emergency visit changes the course of a young dentist's life. (6,800 words). In "Dentures", a man who has lost his teeth looks to get a new pair of dentures so that he can feel young again (7,900) The total cost of all six Pandora's Children books (1-5 and Dark Interludes), if purchased...
Categories: All Horror; All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers
Blood, Smoke and Ashes
In the Fall of 1955, the state of Nevada used the electric chair to execute a prisoner for the first time. It was also the last time. Molly Blackburn, nicknamed Jane the Ripper by the Las Vegas press after killing eleven men while posing as a prostitute, was strapped to the chair without incident. The switch was flipped.Everything...
Reflecting on Midnight : Volume 2
Reflecting on Midnight Volume 2 includes the three novellas found in Bradley Convissar's Pandora's Children: The Complete Nightmare collection. Not a fan of short story collections but enjoy novellas? This collection is for you! Three frightening ghost stories you don't want to read with the lights off. The Transfer- A transfer...
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From the novella collection Reflecting on Midnight- 4 novellas for only $2.99 After divorcing his wife of two years, Gary Lettner thinks he has found the perfect house for himself and Molly, his eight-year-old daschund.But when the throats of the dead begin to cry out in a voice that only Molly can hear, and when evidence...
Reflecting on Midnight: Four Novellas
Reflecting on Midnight contains Brad Convissar's four previously-released novellas. Purchased separately, the four stories (which combine for 76,000 words) will cost you $4.96; purchased together in this collection, only $3.99. Now what does it include?"Dogs of War"- After divorcing his wife of two years, Gary Lettner thinks he has...
Damnation (Bloodlines: A Serial Thriller, Episode 4)
Damnation is the fourth episode of Bloodlines, a 5-part serial novel.Jamie Whitman has it all. A beautiful girlfriend he hopes to marry one day. A mother and stepfather he loves. Great friends. And a bright future as a dentist. He's built himself a new life and left the horror of his past behind.His abusive father is gone. The crimes of...
Abomination (Bloodlines: A Serial Thriller, Episode 1)
Abomination is the first installment of Bloodlines, a 5-part serial novel.Jamie Whitman has it all. A beautiful girlfriend he hopes to marry one day. A mother and stepfather he loves. Great friends. And a bright future as a dentist. He's built himself a new life and left the horror of his past behind. His abusive father is gone. The...
Meet dentist Brian Mallory. He's always considered himself a grounded man. A rational man. A reasonable man. But what he finds in the mouth of nineteen year old Amy Gladwell one afternoon during a routine cleaning makes him begin to question his own sanity. It's amazing how quickly everything can change in the blink of an eye. From...
Categories: All Horror; All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers; All Sex & Erotica
Extinction (Bloodlines: A Serial Thriller, Episode 5)
Extinction is the fifth episode of Bloodlines, a 5-part serial novel.Jamie Whitman has it all. A beautiful girlfriend he hopes to marry one day. A mother and stepfather he loves. Great friends. And a bright future as a dentist. He's built himself a new life and left the horror of his past behind.His abusive father is gone. The crimes of...
Brutalization (Bloodlines: A Serial Thriller, Episode 2)
Brutalization is the second episode of Bloodlines, a 5-part serial novel.Jamie Whitman has it all. A beautiful girlfriend he hopes to marry one day. A mother and stepfather he loves. Great friends. And a bright future as a dentist. He's built himself a new life and left the horror of his past behind. His abusive father is gone. The...
Pandora's Children: The Complete Nightmares Book 2
For the first time, the twenty-two stories found in Pandora's Children books 1-5 and Dark Interludes have been combined into two easy-to-navigate volumes. This collection contains almost two dozen dark stories, tales where men become monsters, monsters become men, and no one is ever truly safe. You will find ghosts, demons and...
Corruption (Bloodlines: A Serial Thriller, Episode 3)
Corruption is the third episode of Bloodlines, a 5-part serial novel. Jamie Whitman has it all. A beautiful girlfriend he hopes to marry one day. A mother and stepfather he loves. Great friends. And a bright future as a dentist. He's built himself a new life and left the horror of his past behind. His abusive father is gone. The crimes...
"Butchered" contains 2 new short stories from the author of "Dogs of War", "King of the Merge", and the Pandora's Children collection of short stories. "The Butcher"- A mass murderer discovers that he may have bitten off more than he can chew when he abducts his latest victim (3,700 words) "Drop House"- A trio of men patrolling the...
King of the Merge
From the novella collection Reflecting on Midnight- 4 novellas for only $2.99 William Brookshire is just a simple college student, out collecting a couple of items for a late night rendezvous with the girl who used to be the love of his life, when a spontaneous street race turns his life upside down.He knows it isn't his...
I Never
From the novella collection Reflecting on Midnight - 4 novellas for only $2.99 Welcome to The Tavern at the Edge of Forever. I hope you survive your experience. Marco Conti and his three brothers, the children of Chicago-area crime boss Adolpho Conti, have been abducted from their homes in the dead of the night....
The Madame Penitent
A Pandora's Children SingleI have decided to pull five of my favorite stories from my Pandora's Children collection and release them as $.99 standalone stories. In "The Madame Penitent", teenager dying of cancer ventures out for one last thrill. But what he finds something waiting for him in the Nevada desert isn't what he...
Roadside Memorial: A Novella
A Pandora's Children Single I have decided to pull five of my favorite stories from my Pandora's Children collection and release them as $.99 standalone stories. In "Roadside Memorial", an elderly ex-con is targeted by the men he helped to send to prison a decade ago. But when a bullet meant for him finds a young child...
FotoShop of the Gods
From the novella collection Reflecting on Midnight- 4 novellas for only $2.99 Douglas McIntire is just an average college student, looking to buy replacement parts so he can fix his old computer. But when he leaves the small computer store, he caries with him not just new parts, but a mysterious disk as well, one that...
Pandora's Children Book 5: Speaking with the Dead
In "Gone in a Flash", a flash mob in quiet section of Philadelphia goes horribly wrong (2,950). In "Swim", a mother faces the consequences after her three children die in a late night car accident on an icy road (6,000). In "Up the Dial", a radio talk-show host finds himself directing the dead after he dies (11,000) The total cost...
Pandora's Children: Dark Interludes
Seven stories, 20,000 words, endless horror. A child's playhouse contains something it shouldn't (As Seen on Craig's List)A thirty-year reunion between Vietnam Vets (For Don)A horrific traffic accident (On the Curb)An intersection in New Orleans that shouldn't exist (Four Corners)A woodchipper (Woodchipper Blues)An earthquake survivor...
A Pandora's Children Single I have decided to pull five of my favorite stories from my Pandora's Children collection and release them as $.99 standalone stories. In "Swim", a mother faces the consequences of her actions after her three children die in a late night car accident on an icy road (6,000 words) Please note that...
Wood Chipper Blues
A Pandora's Children Single I have decided to pull five of my favorite stories from my Pandora's Children collection and release them as $.99 standalone stories. In "Wood Chipper Blues", a dentist is forced to consider whether or not one of his patients is a murderer after the police come to his door one night carrying the...
A Matter of Faith, A Matter of Balance
A Pandora's Children SingleI have decided to pull five of my favorite stories from my Pandora's Children collection and release them as $.99 standalone stories. In "A Matter of Faith, A Matter of Balance", an elderly religious leader has his faith tested when he is taken into custody by the sheriff of a small Nevada town. Will his arrest...
Pandora's Children Book 4: The Wretched Ones
In "Stolen Honor" , a beer delivery man learns the cost of pretending to be what he isn't (12,500). In "SM Services", the housewife of a rich banker learns that not everything in her new house is what it seems (6,075). In "Pandora's Children", a rapist and murderer is given a second chance at...
Note: These stories contain adult language, adult situations and violence that may not be suitable for all ages. You have been warned...For the first time, the twenty-two stories found in Pandora's Children books 1-5 and Dark Interludes have been combined into two easy-to-navigate volumes. This collection contains almost two dozen dark...
Last Dance of a Black Widow
Meet Abbey Whistler. She's just died at the age of eighty and waits in her hospital room to be taken to the afterlife. But she quickly learns that crimes committed while alive actually do have repercussions when you die, though Death isn't completely cruel. From the author of the Pandora's Children collection of short stories, the...
Bloodlines: The Complete Serial Thriller
For the first time, all 5 episodes of Bloodlines: A Serial Thriller (Abomination, Brutalization, Corruption, Damnation and Extinction) are contained in a single, exciting volume.Jamie Whitman has it all. A beautiful girlfriend he hopes to marry one day. A mother and stepfather he loves. Great friends. And a bright future as a dentist....
Pandora's Children Book 3: Death Bleeds Into Life
In "Just Meat" , a first year medical student learns the consequences of defiling her cadaver late at night in her gross anatomy lab. (3,300). In "The Madame Penitent", a teenager dying of cancer ventures out for one last thrill and finds something waiting for him in the Nevada desert. (10,600). In " A Matter of Faith, A...
Pandora's Children Book 2: Too Young To Die
by Dr. Bradley Convissar
In " A Little Snack", a depraved attorney learns the cost of forbidden pleasure (5,500). In "Higher", a father and parole officer makes the ultimate decision when his son comes to his house with a gun looking for drug money. (7,900). In "Roadside Memorial", an ex-con tries to right a horrible wrong in a most brutal fashion...
Always into the Darkness (A Leo Stevens Thriller Book 1)
Predator or PreyHunter or HuntedCat or MouseBetter know which one you are before you step into the lion's den.(Note: This 2nd edition has been re-edited)A serial killer has come to New Orleans. The local police believe they are up to the challenge even though they have no leads. But when a state senator's daughter becomes the...


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30 thousand displaced by new eruption in Sumatra
by Mathias Hariyadi
This morning a column of smoke and ash 2 thousand meters high. Further 8 000 people transferred from the slopes of Mount Sinabung. A man dies from breathing problems caused by airborne ash. Lava flow expected. Indonesia has over 500 active volcanoes.
Jakarta (AsiaNews) - More eight thousand people have fled the slopes of Mount Sinabung after a new volcanic eruption in northern Sumatra, bringing the total to at least 30 000 displaced persons.
The volcano was dormant for 400 years, but for the past two days it has continued to emit smoke and ash and many expect possible lava floods. This morning, the eruption occurred at 6.30 (local time), creating a massive column of smoke 2,000 feet high at least. At least 31 villages six kilometers from the mouth of the crater were evacuated. Mount Sinabung is located in North Sumatra province, 1300 km northwest of Jakarta.
The National Civil Protection is advising residents and displaced people to wear masks. In fact a man died from breathing problems because of the ashes scattered in the atmosphere.
Volcanologists have had to admit little knowledge of the characteristics of Sinabung Mountain, since it's remained dormant for a long time.
Indonesia is considered the area with the highest number of active volcanoes in the world: at least 500, of which 68 are the most dangerous because they are situated in populated areas like Java and Sumatra.
Sinabung volcano erupts: at least seven dead
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Staff Editorial: Evacuations a must
Posted by therambler | Sep 28, 2012 | Archives | 0 |
On the morning of Sept. 14, University of Texas at Austin received a phone call from a person claiming to be connected with the Islamic militant group, Al Qaeda. The man on the phone claimed to have placed bombs all around the campus and said they would go off in 90 minutes.
Almost an hour later, the school began to evacuate its students, faculty and staff.
North Dakota State University and Hiram College in Ohio also received bomb threats, and immediately evacuated faculty, staff and students. After hours of searching, no bombs were discovered at either school, and the schools reopened.
Who knows what was really going on? Were the threats serious? Could the calls have been a well-orchestrated prank by a group of friends who all attend these colleges?
Either way, it was a good thing the schools didn't take a chance and ignore the threats completely. If it was indeed a prank, then shame on those who thought this would be a funny joke amid all the violence currently going on in United States embassies around the world.
While we have to question the logic behind UT Austin's waiting almost an hour to evacuate its faculty, staff and students, it is a good thing they did eventually.
UT Austin's emergency system, similar to Wesleyan's Emergency Message System [WEMS], sent out text messages and emails to warn students, faculty and staff of the emergency.
While the threats were false, schools should always take these threats very seriously. It would be unfortunate for students, faculty and staff at any institution of higher learning to lose their lives because the campus president thought a bomb threat was a joke.
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Belgian company Imec has proposed an effective CPU cooler crafted out of silicon and only a couple hundred micrometres deep. This microchannel chiller is capable enough to dissipate massive quantities of heat from its relatively low square-footage, plenty enough for current CPU or GPU designs, and could even reside inside the chip itself.
With a growing need for compute power, the energy efficiency of today's CPUs and graphics cards is more crucial than ever to their eventual implementation. There's a tradeoff for all that power within a single package, after all: waste heat. And current cooling methods are exponentially larger than the chips themselves in order to dissipate enough heat for smooth operation.
But Imec has proposed a solution over at the Embedded World Conference 2019 (via HardwareLuxx). Built from silicon, its tiny chip chiller features miniscule channels just 32μm x 260μm big, and these are capable of cooling up to 600W/cm2 at under 100°C. Even Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti could be a potential candidate – its 754mm2 die necessitating just a 260W TDP. And the company aims for a price tag of just one dollar a piece.
This tech could be put to good use now that Intel, TSMC, and even AMD are all talking chip stacking.
TSMC put forward its own stacking tech last year called Wafer on wafer (WoW), which allows it to pile chips up on top of one another – similar to how HBM memory is many die stacked atop of one another. Each individual chip would be connected via through-silicon-vias (TSVs), allowing for speedy, high-bandwidth interconnectivity.
Intel similarly has put forward its own stacking technology, Foveros. It plans on incorporating TSVs into its chip IO, allowing for chips to be mounted on top of this layer, incorporating more tech into less space. The first SoC built using Foveros technology will be Lakefield, which, once paired with storage, peripherals, and IO, will become Project Athena: fully-fledged PCs just 11-inches big.
And AMD, which hasn't yet spoken in-depth about any stacking technology but its datacentre VP has made it very clear that the company is going in that direction.
While stopping short of high-performance logic on top of logic, a chip of that description seems a near-certainty at this point. All that waste heat will need to be dealt with efficiently to make this approach feasible, and a cooler like Imec's, while a significant departure from how we package semiconductors today, could be a potential solution for a vertical future.


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Notice of Candidate Filing for Special City Election
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Big Lake City Council has ordered a Special Election be held on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 to fill a vacancy on the City Council. The candidate filing period for this seat will open at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 and close at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. The City of Big Lake shall elect the following at the April 13, 2021 Special City Election:
One (1) Council Member seat for the term expiring January 1, 2023
Affidavits of Candidacy will be received weekdays in the Office of the City Clerk located at Big Lake City Hall located at 160 Lake Street North, between the hours of Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Vacancy on the Parks Advisory Committee
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Big Lake is presently seeking applicants to fill one (1) upcoming opening on the Big Lake Parks Advisory Committee. The 3-year term for this seat will run from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023.
The Parks Advisory Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month and is an advisory group to the City Council on all issues facing parks and trails including maintaining existing parks and trails, creating new parks and trails, helping staff create programming at parks, recommending developers either dedicate parkland or donate cash in lieu, etc. The Committee takes action on these issues and forwards that information to the City Council for final approval.
Any City resident interested in serving on the Parks Advisory Committee should submit a letter of interest that includes a description of the applicant's employment and educational background which may be relevant to the position as well as their reasons for applying and their aspirations for the future of the Big Lake parks and trails system. Questions pertaining to the vacancies should be directed to Recreation and Communication Coordinator Corrie Scott at 612-297-6331 or cscott@biglakemn.org.
Letters of application can be submitted by:
Mail or delivery: Big Lake City Hall
Attn: Corrie Scott, Recreation and Communication Coordinator
160 Lake Street North, Big Lake, MN 55309
E-Mail: cscott@biglakemn.org
Applications will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021.
ORDINANCE NO. 2021-01
The Big Lake City Council passed an Ordinance on January 13, 2021 Amending Chapter 2 (Operations and Administration), Section 200 (City Elections) identifying procedures for Regular City Elections and Special City Elections. The Ordinance specifies that if a vacancy occurs on the City Council, the seat must be filled by Special Election if there is more than one year remaining until the next regular city general election. A printed copy of the Ordinance is available for inspection during regular office hours in the office of the City Clerk. Adopted by the Big Lake City Council this 13th day of January, 2021.


It was the opportunity to move her classroom to an outdoor, hands-on setting that prompted North Hagerstown High School teacher Wendy Fraker to seek grants for an overnight learning experience at Catoctin Mountain Park in Thurmont, Md., in the fall.
Fifty-five students in her International Baccalaureate biology and IB physics classes traveled Oct. 19 and 20, 2011, to Camp Greentop for the experience.
Fraker began writing the grant proposal in April 2011, with the funding covering food, camp rental, and transportation to and from the camp.
The result was a collaboration with the National Park Foundation, Park Ranger Debbie Mills at Catoctin Mountain Park and Fraker. NPF offered 20 park steward grants to any national park, and Fraker was selected to receive one of them.
According to a news release from Mills, in the 1960s and 1970s, Catoctin Mountain Park was the site for residential outdoor education for Washington County and Frederick County Public Schools.
Washington County Public Schools based its residential outdoor education at Camp Misty Mount at the park until the late 1970s, when Fairview Outdoor School, now called Claud E. Kitchens Outdoor School at Fairview, was built. Frederick County sixth-graders used Camp Greentop for their residential program until 1996, when the program was discontinued.
The North High students are the first public-school students to participate in residential environmental education at Catoctin Mountain Park since 1996, according to the release.
Fairview keeps a full schedule during the school year hosting WCPS fifth-graders overnight, and offers day programs for middle- and high-school students, but not overnights, Fraker said.
"We're hoping the model we've created will help teachers in Frederick and Washington County," Fraker said.
Besides the curriculum-based activities — which included macroinvertebrate and water-quality studies — Fraker's students also completed service learning, which included removing Japanese barberry, a compact shrub that is invading natural areas, earning student service-learning hours for their efforts.
Several students said the experience brought back fond memories of their overnight experiences at Fairview when they were fifth-graders.
The first day at camp, it rained all afternoon and evening, but the rain cleared out for the second day, allowing the group to take a hike down to the creek for macroinvertebrate studies.
Fraker is in her 16th year teaching at North High and her fourth year with the school's IB program.
The grant required 40 days of service in some capacity by Fraker, who worked at Catoctin Mountain Park last summer, collaborating on a junior ranger booklet, working at the visitors center, and with Scouts and day-camp programs, as well as planning for this project.
The high school students also were learning and preparing for the next phase of the experience — serving as peer mentors and educators for 100 Northern Middle School sixth- and seventh-graders in April at Camp Greentop.


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Q: Is there a more efficient or concise way to divide a df according to a list of indexes? I'm trying to slice/divide the following dataframe
df = pd.DataFrame(
    {'time': [4, 10, 15, 6, 0, 20, 40, 11, 9, 12, 11, 25],
     'value': [0, 0, 0, 50, 100, 0, 0, 70, 100, 0,100, 20]}
)

according to a list of indexes to split on :
[5, 7, 9]

The first and last items of the list are the first and last indexes of the dataframe. I'm trying to get the following four dataframes as a result (defined by the three given indexes and the beginning and end of the original df) each assigned to their own variable:
   time  value
0     4      0
1    10      0
2    15      0
3     6     50
4     0    100

   time  value
5    20      0
6    40      0

   time  value
7    11     70
8     9    100

    time  value
9     12      0
10    11    100
11    25     20

My current solution gives me a list of dataframes that I could then assign to variables manually by list index, but the code is a bit complex, and I'm wondering if there's a simpler/more efficient way to do this.
indexes = [5,7,9]
indexes.insert(0,0)
indexes.append(df.index[-1]+1)

i = 0
df_list = []
while i+1 < len(indexes):
    df_list.append(df.iloc[indexes[i]:indexes[i+1]])
    i += 1

This is all coming off of my attempt to answer this question. I'm sure there's a better approach to that answer, but I did feel like there should be a simpler way to do this kind of slicing that what I thought of.

A: you can use np.split like
df_list = np.split(df, indexes)


LOS ANGELES – A Commerce company is accused of manufacturing or distributing garments with an infringing fabric design.
Kilina America Inc. filed a complaint on March 30 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Cornerstone Apparel Inc., doing business as Papaya Clothing, alleging copyright infringement.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that it suffered damages to its business. The plaintiff holds Cornerstone Apparel Inc. and Does 1-10 responsible because the defendants allegedly sold garments made out of fabrics that bear plaintiff's KSP-54387 design without authorization.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks to enjoin the defendants, award all profits to the plaintiff, statutory damages, interest, all legal fees, and any other relief as the court deems just. It is represented by C. Yong Jeong and Amy J. Choe of Jeong & Likens LC in Los Angeles.


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WILLETTE LAB OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
Pubs & Media
Dr. Demian Willette
Demian is an instructor in the Biology Department at LMU and an Assistant Project Scientist in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. Click here for Demian's CV.
Sofia Esteves
Sofia joined the lab as an undergraduate student in 2015. Sofia's current project is using genetic methods to test the validity of seafood certification schemes to accurately trace the origin of seafood products. Sofia and Nick were co-authors on the Sushi Fraud paper and have received awards at multiple conferences for their presentations. She is working to receive her B.S. in Biochemistry from Loyola Marymount University. Sofia is also a part of the Heller organic chemistry lab and plans to attend medical school after graduating.
Nick Pilaud
Nick joined the lab in 2015 and is a junior in the Environmental Studies Program and is interested in conservative ecology and biology. Nick and Sofia were co-authors on the Sushi Fraud paper and have received awards at multiple conferences for their presentations. Nick's current research is using DNA barcoding methods to examine mislabeling rates in L.A.'s newest restaurant trend, poke bowls. In his free time Nick practices Muay Thai and Brazilian jiu jitsu and plans to attend graduate school.
Kelcie Chiquillo
Kelcie is a Ph.D. candidate at UCLA and joined the lab in 2015. She is a member of the lab's multi-university and agency team of scientists and managers working on the invasive Caribbean seagrass Halophila stipulacea. Her dissertation uses a combination of cutting-edge molecular genetic tools and in-situ manipulative experiments to describe the impact of the invasive seagrass on native Caribbean marine communities. Kelcie has her bachelor's degree in Biology from xxx and her Masters in biology from California State University, Sacramento. Kelcie has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences, is the recipient of multiple grants and scholarships, and is currently working on two forthcoming scientific publications.
Quinn Lanners
Quinn joined the lab in 2016 and is currently studying abroad in Europe. He'll resume his research on valuing ecosystem services in Fall 2017.
Jackie Galvez
Sophie Deen
Candice Cross
Candice is a junior in Biology at LMU and joined the lab in 2017. Like Kelcie, she is a member of the lab's multi-university and agency team working on the invasive Caribbean seagrass Halophila stipulacea. Candice's current research examines the nutritional value of the invasive seagrass for native green sea turtles, and has recently started a second project looking at the capacity for the California seagrass, Phyllospadix, to function as a 'blue carbon' sink. Candice is also a McNair Scholar and teaching assistant at LMU and enjoys scuba diving and dancing in her spare time. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. program in marine science after graduation.
Kesterlyn Wilson
PAST LAB MEMBERS
Sarah Shapiro
Our lab frequently works with top-notch scientists and experts from around the world. Below is a list of some of our collaborators!
Dr. Sascha Steiner
Sascha is the founder and director of ITME and TROPIC and has been a long-time collaborator and colleague of the lab on our invasive seagrass work, primarily in Dominica (West Indies).
Dr. Mudjie Santos
Mudjie is a Research Scientist II in the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (Philippines) and has partnered on multiple food security and fisheries management projects with the lab. He also was a teammate of Demian's on local basketball leagues in the Philippines.
Dr. Peggy Fong
Peggy is a Professor at UCLA and partners with the lab on ecological studies on the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea in the Caribbean. She is also a cherished mentor of Demian's.
Dr. Anna Toline
Anna is a marine scientist and Ocean Program Coordinator for the National Park Service Southeast region and partners with the lab on risk assessment and management strategies targeted at the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea within US National Parks, including the Virgin Islands National Park and the Coral Reef National Monument.
Dr. Gidon Winters
Gidon is a researcher at the Dead Sea & Arava Science Center (Israel) and partners with the lab in investigating the genetic basis for the rapid, global expansion of invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea.
Dr. Eli Meyer
Eli is an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University and partners with the lab in the use of cutting-edge molecular methods, and is the co-organizer of our summer workshops on Catalina Island.
Dr. Paul Barber
Paul is a Professor at UCLA and partners with the lab in using molecular genetic tools to help address challenges with Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud. He is also an esteemed mentor of Demian's.
Dr. Elizabeth Sbrocco
Elizabeth is a research scholar with the Ronin Institute and partners with the lab in on-going ecological niche modeling of the invasive seagrass, Halophila stipulacea, in the Caribbean.
Dr. Anchana Prathep
Anchana is a Professor at Prince of Songkhla University in Thailand and has and continues to collaborate with Demian on multiple scientific education programs.
Dr. Samantha Cheng
Sam is a post-doctoral scholar with the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at UC Santa Barbara and partners with the lab on a range of fisheries management topics.
Mr. Duncan Leadbitter
Duncan is the director of Australia-based fisheries and natural resource consulting group Fish Matter, and a fellow at the University of Wollongong (Australia). Duncan has collaborated with the lab on marine fisheries research.
Dr. Ines Gonzalez Viana, Dr. Lucy Gillis, and Dr. Rapti Siriwardana-de Zoysa
Ines, Lucy and Rapti are current research collaborators investigating social, ecological, and biological questions related to the invasive seagrass across the Caribbean Sea.
Links to Collaborating Partners and Institues
ITME/TROPIC
Genetic Fingerprinting Lab at NFDRI
NorthEast Trees
Barber Lab
Meyer lab
Copyright 2017-2021 Demian A. Willette.
Website and Graphic Design by Jo.M Design & Prints.


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Witness charged for false licensing
bferry@timesobserver.com
A Cheswick man has been charged with perjury after testifying as an expert witness in Warren County court.
Joel H. Burkett, 75, of Cheswick, is charged with perjury, and impersonating the holder of a professional or occupational license.
According to police, Burkett was introduced as an expert witness in a September 2019 trial at Warren County courthouse.
He testified that he was a Pennsylvania-licensed chiropractor, according to the affidavit of probable cause.
"The defendant was then asked under cross-examination to confirm his license number and if he was licensed," according to the affidavit. Police said Burkett confirmed and said he was licensed.
"The defendant was shown a printout from the Licensing Authority, which displayed an expiration date of Sept. 1, 2016," police said in the affidavit. "The defendant stated he renewed the license… and continued to purport that he holds a valid license."
Police checked with the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, according to the affidavit, discovering that Burkett was not licensed.
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Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden (book review)
At about nine p.m. last night, I picked up 'Against the Tide' by Elizabeth Camden, intending to read a few chapters and get a feel for the story. At a little after midnight, I closed the last page regretfully, as saying goodbye to Lydia, Bane, Admiral Fontaine, and the rest was difficult.
Set in the late 1800s, this novel focused on a period that is usually given a paragraph, at best, in a history textbook: the time of peace when the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence freely gathered information about the navies of other countries, and freely gave the same information about U.S. conditions. This was also the time when unsuspecting people were becoming addicted to opium through the wonders of such over the counter medicines as "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup", which was being marketed for infants and toddlers. It was a long battle for the reformers who saw the evil of opium.
It is in this world that Lydia lives. Lydia is a woman whose circumstances (and language skills!) could hardly be more different than mine, and yet who quickly entered my heart as a woman I both cared for and identified with in many ways. She was real, she was broken, she looked for answers and fulfillment in the wrong places, yet she possessed tenderness, ready wit, and a steely courage that won the admiration and eventually the heart of Alexander Banebridge.
And speaking of Banebridge, he was a genuinely satisfying hero. Not a one dimensional hero with a cape who comes in and saves the day, he is instead this amazing blend of a man who earns the nickname 'Adonis', and yet turns his back on what he could have had in the high society world and dalliances with the hundreds of women who would fall under his charms. This is a man who has found Christ, or to be more accurate, a man whom Christ has found, who yet battles every day with the demons of his past. A man with murky depths of secrets, and a usually suppressed longing for a normal life and someone to share it with. A man who puts the woman he loves into extreme danger, yet loves her passionately and truly through her worst days. He has those hard to define qualities that are in the makeup of every good man, in literature or in real life. (A few of his characteristics strongly reminded me of Sir Percy from The Scarlet Pimpernel)
This novel wasn't perfect. There were a few jarring sentences that could have been tightened up with some editing, and I wasn't completely satisfied with the way the spiritual journey of Lydia was handled. I also found it interesting how Bane had two reasons throughout the book for not marrying Lydia- first, his circumstances, and secondly, something to do with her. But that something to do with her was not that she wasn't a Christian. That didn't ring true for me. It would be one thing if he wrestled with that and pursued her anyway (plenty of Christians fail in this area, and it would have fit in the novel just fine) Instead, we have what almost appears a tacit approval of Bane's opinion that she was searching for God without knowing it, and she would eventually come to Him. That was the weakest point of the novel.
However, I still loved the book, and gave it five stars on Amazon. It pulled me in, the characters (even the secondary ones who are only given a few paragraphs) are well developed, and the story is still stirring in my head and heart today.
I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys historical fiction -particularly some that is NOT from the oversaturated periods of the Civil War or America West-, inspirational fiction, and romance. It's well worth the read.
~Against the Tide was given to me for review by Bethany House Publishers. This is a fair and unbiased review; the opinions are my own~


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The camera is the dominant factor in a smartphone for many buyers when they think about buying a new device. It is the essential tool to capture the memorable moments while on the go. So, we have made a list of top 5 smartphones with dual-rear cameras and amazing camera quality which will never let you down. Let's begin…
The Apple iPhone 7 Plus was launched last year in India in three variants- 32GB, 128GB and 256GB storage models. The iPhone 7 features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) LED-backlit display. The USP of the device is its 12MP+12MP dual-rear camera setup. It also has a 7MP selfie snapper at front.
The cameras on iPhone 7 Plus is rated to capture professional-level photographs. It has every camera mode you could ever think of a smartphone. The device has a 64-bit A10 Fusion chipset which is the best ever chipset used on iPhone. All and all, Apple iPhone 7 Plus is the best camera phone if budget is not a concern and Android is not your preference.
Honor 6X is another smartphone with the dual-rear camera module. The handset is available in two variants- 3GB RAM for a price of Rs 12,999 and a 4GB RAM for Rs 15,999. The device has 12MP + 2MP rear camera setup with PDAF and LED flash. It has an 8MP front camera as well.
The rear camera provides enhanced depth of field and bokeh effect. The device is equipped with Kirin 655 octa-core processor paired with 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of storage. The 3340mAh battery is enough for hours of photography.
Huawei P9 was launched last year in August in India for a price of Rs 39,999. The Huawei P9 offers 12MP + 12MP sensors with monochrome and RGB sensors. The combination of both sensors provides sharp and detailed photographs in low light conditions as well. For selfie lovers, the device has an 8MP front camera.
Huawei P9 has a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080p) display powered by Kirin 955 octa-core processor coupled with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. It has a 3000mAh battery.
The Coolpad Cool 1 is another budget option if you are looking for a dual-rear camera smartphone. The smartphone packs dual 13MP sensors out of which one takes care of colours and other captures depth, brightness and details. Up front, it has an 8MP selfie shooter with 80-degree wide-angle lens.
The Coolpad Cool 1 offers a 5.5-inch full-HD display and packs a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor, 3GB/4GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage. The device is powered by a 4000mAh battery.
Lastly, the LG V20 features dual-rear camera module of 16MP + 8MP sensors which together captures the perfect picture of every moment. Secondly, there is a 5MP selfie snapper at the front for selfies and video calling.
The LG V20 boasts a Snapdragon 820 processor paired with Adreno 530 GPU, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of internal storage. A 3200mAh battery completes the package.
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Adam Drury acknowledged a bit of delayed communication ultimately cost Norwich City the opening goal at Ewood Park.
The veteran left-back and Andrew Surman appeared to leave Maura Formica free at the far post as the Rovers number 10 volleyed home Morten Gamst Pedersen's superb centre to get the strugglers a crucial first goal at the weekend, four minutes before the break.
"I think he should have stayed with him . . . " joked Drury, speaking on Sky Sports' Goals on Sunday.
"I had this chat with him (Surman) at half-time. Once he got back he did actually say for me to take him, but because it was too late I couldn't then go and he said if he'd shouted it as he was running back then we would have been all right.
"But it was a great finish. I think maybe down a league or two you might get away with that, he might not finish it. But at this level, you make a mistake or there's a bit of a lack of communication or anything like that, and you get punished for it straight away.
Junior Hoilett's sublime effort four minutes after the break arguably did more damage, as Norwich failed to get a foothold in the contest after the break. And Holt hailed the forward's performance – especially given Hoilett scored in similar fashion during the 3-3 draw shared by City and Rovers in October.
"He was a threat all afternoon and when he gets the ball on the right and comes inside, he can hit it – and it was pretty similar to the one he scored against us at the start of the season," said Holt.
Holt added: "We were disappointed with the goals that have gone in but on the day we performed well, I thought. In the first half we moved it really well and just couldn't get that goal. They hit us just before half-time and just after, which killed. But credit to them. They were under pressure and they held on.