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Messin' with the curriculum vitae
While people on my social media the night I'm writing this are probably annoyed that I'm trying to double dip on the love for my recent award, this blog post is more about creating something to show my children in 30 years.
A rather grandiose fantasy that, in execution, will make my reference to a small social media post in 2019 superfluous. If you weren't already questioning the slight absurdity of my future self's apparent decision to show the children whom I may or may not even have by 2049 — while Replicants are running wild — a blog post about an award I won rather than showing off the physical award.
Though that's all a little too absurdely analytical for what is essentially a self-congratulatory post.
This afternoon I discovered that the story I wrote with Jennifer Garcia about restaurant health inspections around Cal State Fullerton won first place in the "Non-Breaking News Story" category for schools with 10,000+ students at this year's California College Media Association Awards.
That's a mouthful!
Because this was the big enterprise piece I co-wrote for Comm 471, featuring the interactive map I was incredibly proud of creating, I'm very happy to see it get the recognition it deserves — he said post-receiving the award.
This is actually the second year in a row I've had the pleasure of receiving an award from the CCMA ceremony, though I wasn't invited to the event this year. Nor did I find out from the DT staff in attendance on March 2.
Which is odd, but I'm willing to chalk it up to being disconnected from the team running the paper right now.
When I loaded up the ol' résumé to update it with a brand new award, I discovered there were a few other places left unfurnished on my October 2018 draft.
For instance, some actually substantial information on the kinds of things I've gotten to do as the SPJ Secretary at Cal State Fullerton:
Might also add that my name was included in a published editorial through the Daily Titan, but I haven't quite decided on that yet.
More importantly, I finally added in a brand new section for event planner, as I have been not-so-subtly teasing my intension to do in recent posts.
The Honors Program secretary also sent out our advertisement poster the other day, so I can officially share that sweet piece of digital paper:
I'll be throwing this puppy out on my social media sometime soon.
Though, again, that won't matter to anyone reading this 30 years down the line. So…
That's pretty much been the positive vibe of my day in a nutshell. While I was stuck at school all day for classes and meetings, I found out that I won a pretty huge award! Plus, I made some other kid's day when he saw my Master Sword umbrella and very loudly exclaimed, "I fucking love college."
Quite reminiscent of me during Freshman or Sophomore year seeing some kid walk around with the Pokéwalker peripheral from Pokémon Heartgold and Soulsilver.
Oh, and on top of that, we also played old text adventure games in my gaming class:
Colossal Cave Adventure!
All-and-all, not too much to complain about.
Technically I do actually have something to complain about in a post-post aside.
I've been a bit extra spotty on my "daily" blog writing lately, and I just wanted to address that as a result of school really kicking my ass between midterms, honors project writing and internship junk.
Hopefully it'll pick up again with this weekend hosting a new Fire Emblem banner and my trip to the cinema for Captain Marvel, but if it doesn't I'll apologize in advance here.
California College Media Association
Colossal Cave Adventure
Health Inspection
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Pokewalker
Text Adventure Games
Homeless in the South Bay
For the most part, this weekend has been quiet. The best thing I had to talk about a few days ago was doing homework, and one of the most exciting things I did recently was put my binders together for the semester.
Beautifully organized and poetic in their duality, but not very interesting.
But tonight my Mom pointed out a meeting dedicated to learning all about the homeless situation in the South Bay. Much more interesting writing fodder in a traditionally journalistic manner.
My interest was piqued two-fold. I spent a good amount of time covering homelessness about a year-and-a-half ago for Bonnie's Investigative Reporting class.
I covered the Point-In-Time homeless census that year and wound up winning the third place "Best News Series" award alongside my friends at the 2018 California College Media Awards.
So I have some experience in the subject, and wanted to see things happening much closer to home.
The event was held at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse, which is literally five minutes away from my house.
About as close to home as it gets.
In addition, I'm able to write off the whole experience as research, networking and sourcing for Gladeo. I'm on the clock for my internship class, so I'm looking to do as much extra work as possible.
That more cynical reason aside, I did learn a good amount and picked up a whole host of documents:
The panel was hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Beach Cities.
There were seven speakers on the panel who each gave spiels and answered a few audience at the end.
First came Jennifer Lamarque and Ivan Sulak from the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. Hahn was apparently slated to come earlier on but had to drop out, sending representatives instead.
Most of the discussion coming from Sulak, who is the supervisor for housing and homelessness in the 4th District. He was also apparently homeless himself.
He talked all about different initiatives being worked on across the District. The growth of a year-round shelter, more Emergency Response Team development and pushing more housing projects. A veteran-focused project in Downey, student-focused housing in Whittier and more.
"The end of homelessness is to get people in houses," he said before delving more into the fact that homeless people on the streets are just a snapshot, as the issue has "many different faces."
That snapshot came more into focus with the next speaker: Ashley Oh with the LA County Homeless Initiative: Measure H.
Because homeless counts for 2019 only occurred within the last week or so, the numbers we got tonight are technically outdated.
More to come from people like my friend Spencer over in Orange County.
At least 3,400 homeless people are sleeping on the streets of Orange County, according to unofficial numbers from the biennial Point in Time count, which finished late Thursday night after spanning two days. The number is likely to change.https://t.co/0R4QcaGi4I via @voiceofoc
— Spencer Custodio (@SpencerCustodio) January 26, 2019
Support local papers, y'all. Nudge, nudge.
That said, Oh pointed out that in 2018 there were more than 52,000 homeless individuals counted in LA County, with ~40,000 not sheltered. She said that was the first year in eight with an overall decrease.
A bit more of a breakdown.
One of the most interesting things about this event for me was seeing the break-down at a local level with some places I actually know a thing or two about.
I picked up a document from the South Bay Coalition to End Homelessness outlining findings from the 2018 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count which said Redondo Beach had 154 homeless, half in vehicles and half on the street.
Though it's great that the number was down about 41 percent from 2017, there's clearly still a long way to go. Over 150 people is nothing to scoff at.
From there the discussion went more into Measure H, a pretty big initiative here in the South Bay.
Oh mentioned that 51 strategies to combat homelessness have been developed which fit into six categories, including prevention, more affordable housing and increasing income.
That last point in particular led to discussions of working, as she pointed out that "most people think these homeless are comfortable living off government money, but that's not true. Many want to work."
Those three speakers had the most general information to hand out, so I figured I'd give the rest more of a quick-fire treatment.
Shari Weaver from Harbor Interfaith Services talked about her group's more intimate outreach work, claiming that their 40 or so staff members know about 80 percent of the unsheltered homeless in the beach cities.
She also brought the feel-good stories, such as that of a client who they housed that had lost his home in the recent Paradise fires.
Weaver was followed up by representatives of the Cities of Manhattan and Hermosa Beach who talked about city governments creating homeless plans, including a $150,000 multi-jurisdiction proposal between them and Redondo Beach that got funded by Measure H on January 24.
Finally, a lieutenant with the Manhattan Beach Police Department talked about officers across the beach cities working on more "holistic approachs" of homeless outreach on top of their usual enforcement.
All that remained was the Q&A, which was relatively short. It was hilariously obvious that most of the questions came from older members of the audience who simply do not like the homeless population being around.
Watching the panelists have to explain that private churches would be allowed to help the homeless whether or not there was a "centralized gathering location" to feed the needy was pretty great.
In the end I didn't have too much of a chance to talk to people after the event, but if nothing else I gathered a lot of names, contacts and general information for the future.
Plus I got a two-hour addition to my internship log while rubbing shoulders with folks like Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand.
So who knows, even if I get no Gladeo interviews out of this, it could be handy if I ever break into covering homelessness again.
Either way, I'd say this was an educational night well spent.
2018 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count
Bonnie Stewart
California College Media Awards
Emergency Response Teams
Harbor Interfaith Services
Hermosa Beach Playhouse
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LA County Homeless Initiative
LA County Supervisor
League of Women Voters of the Beach Cities
LWV
Measure H
Paradise Fires
Point-In-Time Count & Survey
South Bay Coalition to End Homelessness
Spencer Custodio
My ACP Midwinter 2018 Convention Experiences – Day Three
The last day of the Associated Collegiate Press 2018 Midwinter Convention was a long one. Not only did I do a bunch of stuff before heading to Long Beach, but I was there extra late for the California College Media Association awards that followed the closing keynote of the event.
That late awards ceremony was also the reason I didn't manage to get this out the night of like with my first two posts, by the way. If you even noticed that weird discrepancy and were curious about it.
But if you did not notice that and don't want to see my keep rambling on, I'll just jump right in.
For those of you who are just tuning in now for some reason, you can read my reflections on the first two days here [ Day One ] and here [ Day Two ].
Even though there were a few early sessions I was potentially interested in attending during the last day of the convention, ultimately I decided not to go over there yesterday morning. Other pressing matters presented themselves that needed to be addressed from Redondo.
First and foremost, I needed to take some photos regarding a story I've been working on for the Titan. The article is an opinion piece about surfing being considered to become the official state sport of California through a bill introduced by Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi.
It's getting published tomorrow, so if you want to know exactly what I'm thinking about regarding that issue, you'll just have to wait and see. #Cliffhanger
In my desire to earn extra points for Comm 471, I decided to go take my own photos to accompany the surfing article. After all, I live literally five minutes away from the beach. So why not take my own photos?
Turns out, nature gave me a perfect reason why to not take my own photos.
Figures that the one day I need Southern California to be sunny, it literally rains on my parade. pic.twitter.com/sJZNKMZu9I
— Jason Rochlin (@jdrochlin) March 3, 2018
Seriously, what were the odds that I went out to take photos on one of the rainiest, lousy days I've seen in this part of the world in months.
At least there was a nice pier to hide under so I didn't completely ruin the camera I have rented from Bonnie.
Also, shout out to my Mom for taking this dope picture of me. Even if I look silly wearing a leather jacket out on the beach in hindsight.
On the bright side, we went and had a lovely breakfast together after escaping the torrential downpour.
We both look pretty lousy and waterlogged in this photo, but I think that adds to the charm. It was a fun adventure.
After our beach trip, I stayed home for a while longer to work on some homework. That's the unfortunate thing about going to a dope conference: Having to keep up with your regular life responsibilities at the same time.
Especially when those real life responsibilities include a Psychology Research Methods paper to write in perfect American Psychological Association document style. That's the funnest kind of assignment.
I did make some substantial progress on that during my morning time — though I didn't finish it, and I theoretically could probably be working on it instead of this… But those are semantics we don't need to get into right now.
Eventually, time dictated my necessity to go to Long Beach. I may not have gone to any other sessions, but there was one I absolutely had to go to.
My session.
Covering Milo Yiannopoulos
I think it's probably no surprise at this point that our biggest story on the Daily Titan in 2017 (for the second half of it at least) was the Halloween visit of conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.
There's no need for me to go into detail about every single story we wrote on the subject, so just check out the Daily Titan tag to get the gist of it if you're behind.
For our purposes here, know that I was essentially the project lead on our Milo coverage since I broke the news that he would be appearing initially. That's the magic of having connections with the club that was inviting him.
Because of the extensive work behind our Milo coverage, Bonnie got us a slot on the ACP convention schedule to talk about everything that went into it. Not only was that an awesome opportunity, but I had the honor of essentially leading the talk because I led most of our efforts!
That included everything, from the creation of a PowerPoint:
Nothing like spending an evening on @Starbucks Wi-Fi creating the presentation we're going to give on our @thedailytitan #MiloYiannopoulos coverage during the @acpress Midwinter College Journalism Convention next week.
Looking forward to that! pic.twitter.com/RbMkTLS6e9
To running through everything going on for our attendees:
#dailytian #2018acp #longbeach DT Milo Yiannopoulos presentation pic.twitter.com/8BcT1FWrVY
— Bonnie Stewart (@stewartbe) March 3, 2018
Of course I wasn't the only one talking, if the pictures above didn't make it obvious enough. I was joined by current Sports assistant Kathryne Padilla (left), Opinion editor Sophia Acevedo (middle) and News assistant Breanna Belken (right).
Our talk was pretty popular too, I'd say:
… I know it sort of looks like a half-empty room in this picture, but I took it toward the end of the session. There were more people there early on and a few trickled out throughout.
But there's no need to try and overcompensate or whatever, as just the fact that we got to speak to anybody like an expert in the subject was an absolute joy!
Probably my favorite part of it was the fact that people stuck around after the talk ended to ask extra questions. Specifically from me! Seriously, they staked out the room and hit my up after I left to find out a bit more about how I was able to stay objective with my reporting on the guy.
It's a pretty significant confidence booster to see people want your advice on how to handle something.
I may be wrong about this, but I believe it was UC Santa Barbara students that stayed around to talk with me after the talk. So shout out to them.
But if I'm wrong and you just so happen to be those guys and you're reading this, just let me know and I'll correct it. I feel bad about not being 100 percent sure, there was just a lot that happened after we talked.
The Ending Keynote: Dirty John
The Los Angeles Times took a chance in late 2017 by publishing one of their larger investigative stories in tandem with a series of podcast episodes. That podcast, called Dirty John, has been downloaded 10 million times since it was put out in October.
Christopher Goffard was the reporter and narrator for the print story and the podcast respectively. He was also the keynote speaker for the last day of the convention.
I was already pretty hyped up for his talk after Steve Padilla, an LA Times editor, advocated for the keynote and encouraged me to go see what he had to say. Luckily, I was not disappointed.
Goffard ran through the ten lessons he learned from working on a podcast:
The story always comes first.
You will eventually grapple with some kind of ethical issues.In his case, deciding whether or not to include certain sound clips to enhance the emotional connection of the story.
In a hyper competitive podcasting space, experience with prior reporting will offer an advantage.
Having the right equipment is important.
You will never know what words you have been mispronouncing your entire life until you have to say it in a professional space.
Even if your podcast can reach more people, use it to draw attention to print.
Always think about the cat (or whatever other noise obstructions there might be).
Your work shouldn't be about you, as interesting as you may be.
Stop saying 'uh huh' during your interviews on tape. Learn to nod your head.
You will not be murdered if you fail. Only staying in your comfort zone will kill you.
After getting through his points in speed running fashion, he spent a long time just answering questions from anyone and everyone in the audience who wanted his advice. It was super cool and useful, and after it ended I was excited to start listening to the podcast on my daily drives to-and-from Fullerton.
In fact, I've already downloaded it.
Excited to start listening to @realdirtyjohn on my drives after the #acpmw keynote this afternoon. An exciting way to end off an exciting weekend! pic.twitter.com/7dwzibvmj8
Pardon my dumb late-night repetition of 'excited' too many times.
Awards Galore
The Daily Titan squad, present and past.
The rest of my time at the conference was spent at two different awards functions.
The first bled right into Goffard's talk. A part of the ACP convention is a 'Best of Show' competition, where schools in attendance had the opportunity to enter what they considered to be their greatest work in various categories.
The Daily Titan entered one of the Homeless in OC-centric papers for 'Best Daily Newspaper,' the special Milo Yiannopoulos coverage reprint for 'Best Special Issue' and the Milo multimedia accompaniment for 'Best Multimedia.'
We won first place, third place and fourth place respectively.
Celebrating @csuf student journalism awards haul from @acpress and @Calcollegemedia #commcsuf #csuf So proud of @thedailytitan @Tusk_Magazine pic.twitter.com/5PDs91UxSO
— Jason M. Shepard (@jasonmshepard) March 4, 2018
Shout out to Tusk Magazine as well, which won sixth place in the feature magazine category.
Double shout out to the ACP organization, which gave us a first place trophy with the handle broken that they promised they would send a replacement for.
Triple shout out to everyone who was there with us, which in the picture above boils down to (from left to right) our advisor Bonnie, prior Tusk advisor and my old Comm 201 professor Frank Russell, assistant journalism professor Chelsea Reynolds, Spring 2017 Daily Titan EIC Hayley M. Slye and CSUF College of Communications department chair Jason Shepard.
That's a mouthful.
Once those awards were over, there was really no rest.
Just across the foyer from that main pavilion of the convention was a ballroom where the California College Media Association 2018 awards banquet was held.
The banquet was pretty great for a number of reasons.
First and foremost: The food.
It was all as delicious as it looks.
Dinner was almost comically on-point by offering us the opportunity to have both the meat AND the fish course, alongside some salad, mashed potatoes and cauliflower.
Then there were a number of desserts served throughout the night, and I was able to get my hands on a tiny tiramisu and a small thing of custard with gold-colored chocolate shavings and a coffee-ground base.
Though the food was delicious, putting it as my 'first and foremost' choice is honestly a bit of a joke.
Really, the coolest thing about the banquet was getting to see a bunch of old friends from the Titan who swung around to get awards!
Namely, my ex-co-editors Sarah Wolstoncroft (Twitter not included) and Megan Maxey, Ashlyn Ramirez and Kaleb Stewart came back into the fold to pick up various accolades. Bryant Freese was also supposed to be there to pick up his first place award for the sports story that got a coach at CSUF fired, but unfortunately he blew a tire on the way over (poor guy…)
Our ads department also won a couple of awards alongside the writers who were in attendance, with the most striking award featuring an amazing typo.
I don't think anyone got a picture of it, but essentially they gave the Daily Titan Ads Department staff an award for their advertising package, which was a "The Daily Californian" production from 2016.
So we technically got credit for something that UC Berkeley did I guess? I don't know, either way it was pretty hilarious.
What's most important for my purposes, however, is the award I received.
Megan, Ashlyn, Sarah, Bryant (who as I mentioned was not there) and I won third place in the News Series category for our work on the "Homeless in OC" stories that were produced as a part of Bonnie's Investigative Journalism class last year. It's a super huge honor, and I'm so proud that we were able to get that important work recognized!
Other Daily Titan stories that were awarded included Kaleb's "IT" movie review, the initial Canin striking a student story from Sarah and Brandon Pho and a group award for Hannah Miller, Tracy Hoang, Brandon, Megan, Gabe Gandara and Bailey Carpenter for the multimedia package around Brandon's Milo night-of story.
Gotta give credit where it's due, to all my hardworking peeps on the Daily Titan staff, past and present.
After the awards ended, we all stood around and took photos together, then made our way home.
After three days of fun and learning in Long Beach, the convention was over. By 11:00 p.m. when I got back to Redondo, I was ready to pass out.
And I did.
That's why this is coming out so late into Sunday instead of Saturday night. Because I fell asleep, then had to get up early to take beach photos again (this time more successfully) and have been doing my Daily Titan shift for our weeklong issue before half of our staff goes to New York for yet another conference.
Still kinda wish I had the opportunity to go to New York with them, but after my experiences in Long Beach I suppose I really can't complain. I had an amazing time with some of my friends, got to share my expertise with a national audience, learn from a number of professionals and won some awards.
Really, who can complain about that?
ACP Best of Show
CCMA Banquet
Hermosa Pier


It's a culinary style that fits the imposing-looking chef then, a cook who's so tall they lowered the kitchen floor at Quince Saigon by 30-centimeters to accommodate him. He also appears to have a missing front tooth, "which people always ask about expecting a story about a fight in a bar…but actually it just never grew properly and it's shorter than the rest…" he explains.
Chef of the year, Julien Perraudin, outside Quince Saigon at 37 Ky Con, District 1.
Since opening in early 2018, Quince Saigon has impressed so much that Julien carried away the Chef of 2018 prize at our Vietcetera Restaurant and Bar Awards—one of three-trophies they won that included runner-up for the People's Choice Restaurant of 2018 and runner-up for the Grand Jury Prize Restaurant of 2018.
Considering all this, you'd be forgiven for thinking Julien's had an easy ride to the top. But behind the chef's confident coffee-wood fire licked dishes made in a style he developed in restaurants like The Botanical in Melbourne is a tough ascent with lots of moments he almost threw it all in. So, we headed over to Quince at this grimy, industrial end of Ky Con to find out how Julien Perraudin made it this far, and what's got him all fired up.
Why name a restaurant after a rather obscure small fruit—the quince?
I think it may have originally been a reference to the music producer Quincy Jones. Plus the Quince is a fruit that's common in both Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines; both are strong influences on what we do here. And compared to apples, quinces are these kind of ugly, obscure fruits—not disimmilar to me!
At Quince Saigon, you've even made cauliflower cool. What's the story behind that dish? And is there any vegetable whose image you couldn't rehabilitate?
In Bangkok, I cooked with Pierre Bouko-Levy, the chef behind Paris' French-Israeli restaurant empire Miznon, a few times. He does a cauliflower in a similar way in his restaurant. He cooks the cauliflower whole in water then roasts it with oil and salt, then he serves it with a tahini sauce…and it's delicious. We do it the same way, but the cream or foam we use is a nod to French cauliflower gratin. Myself and Pierre plan to do a four-hand dinner here at Quince Saigion sometime in August.
And I'd serve any vegetable—I think we should all eat more. The less-attractive the better.
"I'm not one to walk through the restaurant greeting guests. I find those conversations awkward and inauthentic…I probably need to work on my social skills," the French-born chef admits.
Do guests at Quince Saigon ever complain that the food is burnt?
Haha, very rarely we might get a customer who complains—the bread does come out a little blackened…but not burnt. With the open kitchen I often pick up what couples are saying at the counter so I'm constantly getting feedback. I think that relationship is crucial.
I think visibility is important for a chef too. However, I'm not one to walk through the restaurant greeting guests. I find those conversations awkward and inauthentic…I probably need to work on my social skills.
No, there were many times I thought about quitting. The culture at my culinary college in Burgundy was so toxic—with horrendous bullying of young chefs like me—that I never wanted to work in kitchens. The college welcome alumni back to give talks. It's very tempting to return and tell the truth; that I became a chef despite them and not because of them….
Fortunately, I did an apprenticeship at a local Michelin-starred restaurant called Le Manoir de Sornat under chef Gerard Raymond. He strongly encouraged me to travel like he had done. First, I went to London, but even though I had the chance to work in restaurants like The Orrery I still felt disenchanted with the profession. I viewed it more and more simply as a way of traveling rather than a vocation. That changed when I arrived in Australia. Because of restaurants like The Botanical in Melbourne, and Salon de The in Sydney I fell in love with cooking again.
To you, what are the key components to successfully making wood-fire cooked food? And how much wood do you go through a week?
Of course, the oven and the grill are important. Ours were custom-made. And the grill has a special lowering mechanism. I wanted a grill like the one they have at Asador Etxebarri. In fact, we're making another to send to Bangkok for the reopening of Quince there.
The wood is important too. We go through one ton of wood per week. So far, we've experimented with different kinds. There's mangrove—which is very good wood but it's hard to tell how sustainable it is. We also used acacia, before settling on coffee wood.
With such a passion for locally-sourced ingredients, which ingredient is getting you most excited now?
We're constantly discovering new locally-sourced ingredients—Dalat figs, finger limes. Our chefs are always giving me suggestions too. They're very knowledgeable and understand what might be interesting to us—some ingredients we incorporate, others we don't.
The finger limes are particularly good—they're a fruit that tastes something like a citrusy caviar with wonderful floral flavors. A supplier's started growing them in Dalat, and they taste even better than in Australia. They're very expensive however so we use them sparingly.
Generally, how does Saigon compare to Bangkok for produce?
The vegetables are better here. Every European vegetable—perhaps due to the French legacy—is very good. In Bangkok you have to find boutique farms, with boutique prices, to get anything like the same quality. The quality and range of seafood is better here too. And the availability now, compared to when I was with KOTO Saigon, is far greater. The coffee here is excellent too—we use K'oh Coffee. However, in Bangkok you have access to better organic poultry and pork.
Neon lights on the Quince Saigon restaurant wall remind guests of the concept's journey.
Imagine you're visiting Quince Saigon as a guest—which night of the week do you come and what do you order?
I prefer not to eat out on Fridays or Saturdays. So, Wednesday night—as I think Wednesday is also generally accepted as the best day to visit a restaurant by foodies. I'm a late eater, so I'd come around 9pm. And I'd order everything—I don't believe in holding back when I visit a restaurant.
At Quince Saigon, lots of playful things are happening with the appetizers and vegetables. The mix of flavors and ingredients are exciting like the merguez with hummus which is something I make at home. I take my hummus very seriously—lots of garlic, because I'm French, olive oil, cumin, tahini. I like full in-your-face flavors, something I learned in Australia.
If I'm in the mood, I would order a steak afterwards. For me the key to a good steak is great meat that's well-cooked—that's all. The only thing we add—which is also typically French—is mustard. We home-make ours, like our paprika and oregano, tarragon, doenjang, smoked whiskey, and pickled mustard seed. And we just added Atlantic halibut with bacon dashi stock finished with butter and a lot of vegetables from Dalat to the specials menu. So I'd order that too.
Where will we find you in Saigon on your nights off?
I like Octo Tapas Restobar and Tomatito. I like to eat George's food at Stoker. I liked Calvin's tacos at Sanchos—I used to work in a Mexican-South Californian restaurant in Melbourne so I'm difficult to please, although Julio Gomez made us some tacos at Tomatito one night that were sensational. I also pay weekly visits to two places near to Quince: Marcel Gourmet Burger and Pho Vu Vuong. I also go to the Deck from time to time, and to Al Sham for their Middle-Eastern food. And my wife is from Issan Province in Thailand, so we visit Somtam Der for our fix of Issan food.
And if Vietcetera could fly you to any restaurant in the world for the night, which would you choose?
It's impossible to choose only one—can I have more? So, there's Momofuku in New York. El Celler de Can Roca in Spain. And Etxeberria. Then there's Septime in Paris. And I would like to say Noma, but I reserve my judgement on that restaurant until I've tried it. Then there are some places in Japan—like Narisawa where chef Toshio Tanabe serves a soup made from soil. Eating anything in Kyoto blew my mind—even the shittest izakaya made the most incredible dishes. So a trip to Kyoto would be fine for me too.
Finally, what's in your refrigerator at home?
A lot of Sapporo. Some shochu. And lots of cheese and salami and condiments like mustard, and some kimchi.
All photos for Vietcetera by David Kaye.


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Regional breakdowns showing where in the UK dads over-index in specific parenting activities and their consumer spend.
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4k00:15CALIFORNIA - CIRCA 2018 - Aerial over outrigger canoes racing in a rowing race on the Pacific ocean near Ventura, California.
4k00:11Thailand, Koh Lan Island 4.12.2017 Tien Beach, the sea, boats, people swim, play in the water.
hd00:08Yachts and boats on the background of water and coast in the Maldives. Pleasant journey into the world of beautiful nice nature. A unique landscape.


This year's NATSO Show is packed with keynote sessions led by innovative experts focused on ahead-of-the-curve trends. Monday, Feb. 20 brings two keynote sessions that operators won't want to miss.
Monday morning Joe Bona, CBX, Nicholas Scherzer, Insight Research, and Bob Etchingham, Applegreen, will give attendees access to the latest truckstop and convenience store design innovations from around the world in their keynote on Retail Innovations from Around the World. The panelists will share video case studies with insights from the United Kingdom and Ireland formats as well as U.S. and international retailer CEO video interviews on the direction the industry is heading in the next five years.
At lunch, Tom Kloza of Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) and Joe Petrowski of Cumberland Farms Gulf Oil Group will present "The Outlook of Fuel." In this 90-minute session, Kloza and Petrowski will examine current supply and demand issues, as well as why diesel is suddenly the hottest product on the planet and how upcoming refinery projects and new pipelines may lead to incredible diversity in wholesale (and retail) diesel and gasoline prices throughout the United States.
Read about more educational opportunities you'll find at The NATSO Show.
Invest in your truckstop and travel plaza by attending The NATSO Show. Take the time to gather good advice from fellow operators, learn great business ideas and find the latest products.
The NATSO Show, Feb. 18–22, 2012, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nev. Register today at http://www.natsoshow.org.


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Q: How to transmit of stream of data to multiple devices using sockets in Android? I am trying to transmit a continuous stream of data to multiple devices over a portable hotspot connection using sockets.
I am facing two problems:

*

*The message only gets displayed to the client AFTER all the messages are displayed in msg TextView on the server end. So if I use an infinite while(true) loop instead of for(int i = 0; i < 1000; i++), in ServerSocketReplyThread, the message never gets transmitted, and the client eventually crashes

*I am unable to connect another client to the server until all the messages have been transmitted to the first client.

How do I structure the code to ensure simultaneous, real-time transmission to multiple clients?
Here's what the code looks like:
I am using an activity called Transmit activity, where I am instantiating the msg Textview, which replays the sent messages, and a server object.
msg = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.server_replayed_messages);
Server server = new Server(this);

The Server class is as follows:
public class Server {
TransmitActivity activity;
ServerSocket serverSocket;
String message = "";
static final int socketServerPORT = 8080;
ArrayList<Socket> socketList = new ArrayList<Socket>();

public Server(TransmitActivity a) {
    this.activity = a;
    Thread socketServerThread = new Thread(new SocketServerThread());
    socketServerThread.start();
}

public int getPort() {
    return socketServerPORT;
}

public void onDestroy() {
    if (serverSocket != null) {
        try {
            serverSocket.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

private class SocketServerThread extends Thread {

    int count = 0;

    @Override
    public void run() {
        try {
            // create ServerSocket using specified port
            serverSocket = new ServerSocket(socketServerPORT);

            while (true) {
                // block the call until connection is created and return
                // Socket object
                Socket socket = serverSocket.accept();
                count++;
                message += "#" + count + " from "
                        + socket.getInetAddress() + ":"
                        + socket.getPort() + "\n";

                activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        activity.msg.setText(message);
                    }
                });

                SocketServerReplyThread socketServerReplyThread =
                        new SocketServerReplyThread(socket, count);
                socketServerReplyThread.run();

            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

private class SocketServerReplyThread extends Thread {

    private Socket hostThreadSocket;
    int cnt;

    SocketServerReplyThread(Socket socket, int c) {
        hostThreadSocket = socket;
        cnt = c;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        OutputStream outputStream;

        for(int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
            String msgReply = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(new Date());

            try {
                outputStream = hostThreadSocket.getOutputStream();
                PrintStream printStream = new PrintStream(outputStream);
                printStream.print(msgReply);
                printStream.flush();

                message += "replayed: " + msgReply + "\n";

                activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        activity.msg.setText(message);
                    }
                });

            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
                message += "Something wrong in SocketServerReplyThread! " + e.toString() + "\n";
            }

            activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    activity.msg.setText(message);
                }
            });
        }
    }
}
}

On the client side I have a ReceiveActivity, where I am using the following code when a "Connect" button is clicked:
Client myClient = new Client(editTextAddress.getText()
                    .toString(), Integer.parseInt(editTextPort
                    .getText().toString()), response);
myClient.execute();

The Client class is as follows:
public class Client extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

String dstAddress;
int dstPort;
String response = "";
TextView textResponse;

Client(String addr, int port, TextView textResponse) {
    dstAddress = addr;
    dstPort = port;
    this.textResponse = textResponse;
}

@Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {

    Socket socket = null;

    try {
        socket = new Socket(dstAddress, dstPort);

        ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1024);
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];

        int bytesRead;
        InputStream inputStream = socket.getInputStream();

        /*
         * notice: inputStream.read() will block if no data return
         */
        while ((bytesRead = inputStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
            byteArrayOutputStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
            response += byteArrayOutputStream.toString("UTF-8");
        }

    } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
        response = "UnknownHostException: " + e.toString();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
        response = "IOException: " + e.toString();
    } finally {
        if (socket != null) {
            try {
                socket.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
    return null;

}

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
    textResponse.setText(response);
    super.onPostExecute(result);
}

}

Any help would be much appreciated.

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The past two days have been amazing for the crypto market because the much-awaited bulls arrived.
Bitcoin managed to trigger excitement for crypto enthusiasts when it surged past $5,000 making sure to lead the way for all the other cryptocurrencies as well.
A particular coin that enjoyed the benefits of the most recent bull was Ethereum.
The coin is currently priced at $164.67 on Coinmarketcap, and it's seen a 20% rise over the past seven trading days with a further 31% price surge over the past month.
Investinblockchain crypto experts believe that another surge is on the way and the token could reach $200.
The online publication continues and details all the tech indicators which support this prediction, and we recommend that you head over to the original article and take a look at their explanations.
Crypto analyst ScienceGuy9489 is back with more predictions, as reported by Investinblockchain.
The man recently had a Twitter forecast in which he claimed that ETH has the potential to reach a high of $2,090.
"He had calculated this figure by taking the support at $80 from the 2018 high at $1,420 ($1420 – $80 = $1340). He went on to divide the result by 2 and then added this figure to the 2018 high to reach $2,090," the online publication explains.
ScienceGuy seems that he did not stop there are he took things even further saying that ETH will have a breakout date: April 24.
Things have finally started to move in the crypto space pricewise as well, and it's like a breath of fresh air after the bearish trend that dominated the market throughout 2018.


Mobile payments is the classic chicken an egg problem. How do you get vendors to support your service if people don't have your app? Why would people download your app if no one supports it? This is one reason why many believe that mobile payment systems will be driven by large companies. The main hurdle is market-based, not technology based. However, let's look at how Square is solving this problem.
It started with a simple idea that solved a real problem for a (relatively) small market. Let businesses, too small or unsophisticated to accept credit cards, accept them using a smart phone and a free piece of hardware. Fast-forward a billion dollars and they are doing $4M in transactions a day. Sounds great, but now what? I think you can do the math ($4M*2%*365 will not get them to the $10B valuation that will make KPCB happy).
Well, earlier this year, Square released Card Case, a (really well thought-out and executed) more conventional mobile payments solution. Many of the merchants that supported square (especially those that used their point of sale system) have to do very little to now support Card Case. Square does not have to spend time and money to convince them to invest resources in setting up a system relying on a startup which, frankly, could be gone in a year, because they have already done this to accept the Square device. So now, when I sign up for Card Case, I see several merchants that already support Square, which means I might actually use it. And Card Case is one step in the direction toward a capitalist-utopian future where we can buy things without having to lift a finger. It also has the potential to greatly increase Square's market because they now provide value to merchants who already accept credit cards.
What if Square had skipped straight to Card Case? Well, then they would look like all of the other failed mobile payments systems, trying to solve both ends of the chicken/egg problem with a massive marketing campaign. Not a cheap way to start a business. This is not to say that Square has solved the problem. They started with a small market and a small number of merchants, that gives them a small number of consumers to start with Card Case. This will (hopefully) incentivize larger merchants to adopt the system, and therefore more consumers, and so-on.
Time will tell if this actually works. But what I find interesting is that a company that many thought were addressing a niche market with a somewhat gimmicky device has suddenly created a very real presence in a very large and difficult market. That is the bait-and-switch.
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Well …. the design doesn't appear too obnoxious (neighbors' opinion may vary) and they DID save the glass house si I guess I won't be throwing any stones.
Are they really doing nothing to save all of those old houses?
It's sorrowful that they are tearing it down. But I guess after a while you have to accommodate for what people in this generation want. Which is out with the old in the new.I feel they could have kept a couple of the old structures.
This was such a precious space… what a shame it is gone!


As we're entering radio week in ds106, I started to think about my first venture into this project. I joined ds106 several years ago as an open online participant. Now I'm teaching it, so I guess the students has become the master. Anyway, in my situation, I didn't know anyone in the course, and I was so far away that I was unlikely to ever meet anyone, and I had my day job so even trying to video conference was a problem. I had no ideas either. We didn't use themes back then, so it was anything goes. It's still like that, but a theme at least give a bit of focus, or a starting point.
A couple people on Twitter said they could use some help on their project, so I offered a hand. They had some tentative ideas, so I gave my thoughts on one of them. It took their idea in an entirely different direction, probably because I didn't really understand what they wanted to do with it. But they liked where it was going, so I put together a Google Doc where we could share ideas, and shared a Dropbox folder so we could share recorded content.
Our idea was to do a kind of investigative news show. I played the role of a remote reporter, and recorded a series of field reports on my own, and may have suggested some bits of miscellaneous audio. The other guys did the opening and closing, and a couple of in-depth interviews with the assistance of a couple volunteer interview subjects. We ended up with a lot of material to work with. I suggested aggressively editing the interviews, and intercutting them so that they would play off each other. That would have been a lot of time-consuming work though, so they decided to use the interviews whole, back-to-back, and splice my bits and the commercials and bumpers in between and among them. There are pros and cons to each approach. We compromised and the show got done.
So there are a few lessons that came out of this. One is that you can do a project like this without ever meeting, or even having synchronous conversation. Two is that it's all in the planning. We let some people ad-lib, and even they they gave us great stuff to work with, we then had to go back and decide what to do with it, when the deadline was quickly approaching. Three is that some great ideas come out of the give-and-take of collaboration. None of us would have come up with what we did on our own. Compromise would be a fourth lesson. If you're going to truly work together, you have to do it.
This is some very helpful advice. I've never done audio outside of this class before, and working on it with a group who can't meet face-to-face does pose a challenge. We are making it work, though, and I am more excited than ever to see it come together in the end! Still, it's refreshing to know that the master of this course has gone through a similar process. Thank you for this insight!


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Raise Your Voice calls on health minister to explain absence of an obstetrician/gynecologist at St. Judes Hospital
By Raise Your Voice St Lucia
(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia Inc. calls on Hon. Mary Isaac, Minister of Health & Wellness to update the public on serious gaps in service delivery and absence of key medical personnel including an Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, at St. Jude's Hospital.
We understand a number of women already in the advanced stages of labour are referred to Victoria Hospital without proper arrangement for their safe transfer which has resulted in infant mortality and major health complications for both mother and child.
We wish to remind Minister Isaac along with the Executive Director and Board of St. Jude's Hospital, they are the custodians of the main institution which delivers health care services to the citizens of the south and there is need to normalize this very dangerous situation.
Over a prolonged period under their watch the public health system in the south seem to be operating without the necessary technical resources and endangering lives, Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia insists that the situation be remedied immediately, to preserve lives and calls on the Government of Saint Lucia to open Owen King EU Hospital and complete and open St. Jude's Hospital as soon as possible.
MYMYMY
What A big LIE SEalys, Do your research. Even if I dont like UWP but thats untrue.
This administration, under it's leadership focusses more on the wellbeing of others more than the locals.
Bring in foreigners, while frustrating and keeping away local specialists - that's the way of every administration. Why stop now?
The Righteousness of God in Christ.
New Testament Verse of the Day:
"It was not because of his sins or his parents' sins," Jesus answered. "This happened so the power of God could be seen in him."
UWP supports government healthcare plans (0)
Raise Your Voice calls for the immediate resignation of the Minister of Health (8)
Donation of wheel chairs to Victoria Hospital (3)
Canadian ear, nose and throat doctors providing free services at Victoria, St. Jude Hospitals (0)
Emotions run high at opening for OK-EU Dialysis Unit (8)
St Jude Hospital responds to Raise Your Voice misleading statements (6)


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Inaugural Asia-Pacific aviation safety summit to be held in Singapore March 22-24
The summit will discuss how to ensure aviation safety as the sector recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. PHOTO: REUTERS
Fatimah Mujibah
https://str.sg/wt3C
SINGAPORE – A three-day Asia-Pacific aviation safety summit to be attended by 300 government and industry leaders from around the world will be held in Singapore from March 22 to 24, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) said in a joint release on Wednesday.
The inaugural summit will take place at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands.
Discussions will focus on safety challenges regionwide, why and how safety incidents happen, and initiatives to strengthen aviation safety, including addressing human factors issues and leveraging operational data and technology, the joint statement said.
The summit will also discuss how to ensure aviation safety as the sector recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, while still facing challenges such as the availability and proficiency of skilled personnel, the airworthiness of aircraft returning to service from storage, and adjusting to new procedures and safety regimes, CAAS and FSF said.
Aviation companies also face additional financial pressure to better their service.
The sector has been further disrupted with the introduction of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and unmanned aviation systems, which, while creating exciting new opportunities, also pose unique safety risks, CAAS and FSF added.
CAAS director-general Han Kok Juan said: "Singapore is privileged and honoured to be able to develop, launch and co-organise this regionwide summit with the FSF. While countries have their own national regimes, aviation is cross-border and airlines operate across national boundaries. Regionwide cooperation is necessary to assure aviation safety."
He added that the summit is timely as industry stakeholders and aviation bodies can better grapple with safety challenges and incidents as air traffic volume returns to pre-pandemic levels.
International aviation experts are expected to be present at the summit as keynote speakers, such as Mr Stephen Creamer, director of the Air Navigation Bureau at the International Civil Aviation Organisation; Mr Christopher Hart, former chairman of the United States National Transportation Safety Board; and Mr Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
For more information on the event programme and to register, members of the public may visit https://flightsafety.org/ap-sas2023/
Air India fined $49,000 for its handling of unruly passenger who urinated on woman
US House eyes creating task force on flawed aviation computer system
CAAS/Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
Aviation/Aerospace sector


Established in 1890, Chateau Tanunda is a family owned icon of the Barossa Valley.
Rob Geddes Master of Wine gives insight into the wines and wonders of Chateau Tanunda.
Chateau Tanunda is one of the best wedding locations in Australia. Take a look at this short video to get a quick impression of that special day.
Learn why Barossa is suited to making more balanced wines with Chateau Tanunda's John Geber.
Jeff Lawrie, Fine Wine Manager reviews Château Tanunda Medley Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2010.


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Relaxation and Information Center
Facebook testing new features to prevent user harassment
Moderator, News & Information, BSOD Kernel Dump Analyst, Contributor
Facebook is testing three new features that should help prevent or at least minimize harassment of users on its platform.
The first will alert users if someone tries to impersonate them on the social network by using the same name and profile photo they are using.
The alerts go out automatically, and users will be able to review the matter and say whether they believe the profile in question is impersonating them or not. Then, the Facebook team will review each of these cases manually.
Facebook's Head of Global Safety Antigone Davis told Mashable that the feature is already live about 75% of the world, and will soon be rolled out completely. Online impersonation of users can and is often used by malicious individuals as a harassing tool.
Report photos
The second feature will make it easier for victims of nonconsensual intimate image sharing, which has been prohibited by Facebook since 2012, to report the photos and to identify themselves in them. When victims choose to do that, they will be provided links to helpful outside resources such as support groups for victims of abuse or information about legal options they might take advantage of. Of course, the reporting also triggers a review of the photo.


Happy Eighth Birthday to Julia Grace Ball! We Love You!
Breakfast this morning went much better. Joseph gobbled up everything on his plate. We didn't leave for sightseeing until 10 am so we went back to the room and tried to teach Joseph how to play quietly with us.
We sat in the floor and colored together. At first he shook his head "no." He didn't want to color. But Mike and I began to color together and soon he joined with us. I learned he is left handed - just like all my other kids! We tried making sticker pictures, but he preferred putting the stickers on our cameras and everything in the hotel room.
We have so much hard work ahead to teach Joseph how to live in our family. The skills that helped him survive in the orphanage like grabbing, hitting and kicking aren't appropriate for life in a family. I'm so thankful for these weeks alone with him in China, but every day is hard work.
Joseph melted down in the silk factory so we had to leave abruptly. We came home, put on music and insisted on rest time for everyone.
So much more to write, but I'll close with this photo of Mike at Tiananmen Square trying to look like a photo of Chairman Mao.


College dormitories are well-known for germ infestation and dissemination. What can you do to protect yourself if your roommate is sick? And what should every college student know about the most common infections on campus?
If you've had your own bedroom your entire life, suddenly having to share one may come as a little bit of a shock. Although if you are lucky to score a good roommate, it can truly make your freshman year a more positive experience. No doubt, it still can take some getting used to. You are now forced to share a small living space, and like a new husband and wife, you will be learning to compromise—an imperative life skill.
Learning to share a physical living space is one thing, but sharing each other's germs is another. Germs tend to disseminate much more rapidly between close contacts. And it doesn't really get much closer than sharing a 200-square foot room.
So how can you protect yourself when your roommate is sick? And just as vital, how can you protect your roommate when you are sick?
There are many types of bugs that can infest a dorm room. I discussed a few that are surprisingly contracted via your feet. But what about everywhere else? Spreading germs through your hands and the air are even more common.
By far the most common two categories of bugs that tend to disseminate like wild fire in college dormitories are the cold/flu viruses and those dreadful stomach illnesses. So let's delve into the two in detail and learn how you can protect yourself from getting sick while in college.
In fact, the typical course often begins with the first three (sore throat, fever, malaise) initially, and continues to worsen in severity as each day passes. The severity often peaks somewhere on day 3 to 5, and then as those symptoms dissipate, the next three set in. By day 7-10, most patients have good improvement. They will unlikely be back to their normal selves, but they feel like they can finally get on with their lives. However, that nasal discharge and post-nasal drip that causes that annoying cough can be persistent even beyond day 14. But it should continue to improve through time.
1. The runny and stuffy nose: This is by far one of the key features of the common cold virus. In the typical cold virus, there tends to be an overwhelming amount of snot drainage. With the flu virus, not so much. Nasal symptoms may be present, but they are not overwhelming.
2. Body aches: Generalized aches and pains all over are usually caused by the flu virus, and not the common cold.
3. Fever: Although variable, the flu virus tends to cause a more pronounced spike in temps when compared to the common cold. Although, there are some patients with the flu who may never display a fever.
5. Risk level: Each year, up to 50,000 people die from the flu virus each year. And some are very healthy and/or young. It is a shock to see, but it happens too much.
Should You Wear Shoes in a College Dorm and Dorm Shower?
What's the Hoopla Over Whooping Cough?


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package google_api

import proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
import fmt "fmt"
import math "math"

// Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
var _ = proto.Marshal
var _ = fmt.Errorf
var _ = math.Inf

// ### System parameter configuration
//
// A system parameter is a special kind of parameter defined by the API
// system, not by an individual API. It is typically mapped to an HTTP header
// and/or a URL query parameter. This configuration specifies which methods
// change the names of the system parameters.
type SystemParameters struct {
	// Define system parameters.
	//
	// The parameters defined here will override the default parameters
	// implemented by the system. If this field is missing from the service
	// config, default system parameters will be used. Default system parameters
	// and names is implementation-dependent.
	//
	// Example: define api key and alt name for all methods
	//
	// system_parameters
	//   rules:
	//     - selector: "*"
	//       parameters:
	//         - name: api_key
	//           url_query_parameter: api_key
	//         - name: alt
	//           http_header: Response-Content-Type
	//
	// Example: define 2 api key names for a specific method.
	//
	// system_parameters
	//   rules:
	//     - selector: "/ListShelves"
	//       parameters:
	//         - name: api_key
	//           http_header: Api-Key1
	//         - name: api_key
	//           http_header: Api-Key2
	//
	// **NOTE:** All service configuration rules follow "last one wins" order.
	Rules []*SystemParameterRule `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=rules" json:"rules,omitempty"`
}

func (m *SystemParameters) Reset()                    { *m = SystemParameters{} }
func (m *SystemParameters) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
func (*SystemParameters) ProtoMessage()               {}
func (*SystemParameters) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor14, []int{0} }

func (m *SystemParameters) GetRules() []*SystemParameterRule {
	if m != nil {
		return m.Rules
	}
	return nil
}

// Define a system parameter rule mapping system parameter definitions to
// methods.
type SystemParameterRule struct {
	// Selects the methods to which this rule applies. Use '*' to indicate all
	// methods in all APIs.
	//
	// Refer to [selector][google.api.DocumentationRule.selector] for syntax details.
	Selector string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=selector" json:"selector,omitempty"`
	// Define parameters. Multiple names may be defined for a parameter.
	// For a given method call, only one of them should be used. If multiple
	// names are used the behavior is implementation-dependent.
	// If none of the specified names are present the behavior is
	// parameter-dependent.
	Parameters []*SystemParameter `protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=parameters" json:"parameters,omitempty"`
}

func (m *SystemParameterRule) Reset()                    { *m = SystemParameterRule{} }
func (m *SystemParameterRule) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
func (*SystemParameterRule) ProtoMessage()               {}
func (*SystemParameterRule) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor14, []int{1} }

func (m *SystemParameterRule) GetParameters() []*SystemParameter {
	if m != nil {
		return m.Parameters
	}
	return nil
}

// Define a parameter's name and location. The parameter may be passed as either
// an HTTP header or a URL query parameter, and if both are passed the behavior
// is implementation-dependent.
type SystemParameter struct {
	// Define the name of the parameter, such as "api_key", "alt", "callback",
	// and etc. It is case sensitive.
	Name string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=name" json:"name,omitempty"`
	// Define the HTTP header name to use for the parameter. It is case
	// insensitive.
	HttpHeader string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=http_header,json=httpHeader" json:"http_header,omitempty"`
	// Define the URL query parameter name to use for the parameter. It is case
	// sensitive.
	UrlQueryParameter string `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=url_query_parameter,json=urlQueryParameter" json:"url_query_parameter,omitempty"`
}

func (m *SystemParameter) Reset()                    { *m = SystemParameter{} }
func (m *SystemParameter) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
func (*SystemParameter) ProtoMessage()               {}
func (*SystemParameter) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor14, []int{2} }

func init() {
	proto.RegisterType((*SystemParameters)(nil), "google.api.SystemParameters")
	proto.RegisterType((*SystemParameterRule)(nil), "google.api.SystemParameterRule")
	proto.RegisterType((*SystemParameter)(nil), "google.api.SystemParameter")
}

func init() {
	proto.RegisterFile("google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/serviceconfig/system_parameter.proto", fileDescriptor14)
}

var fileDescriptor14 = []byte{
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Peppy San Badger (1974–2005)  was an American Quarter Horse stallion who won the National Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) Futurity in 1977 and the NCHA Derby in 1978. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) Hall of Fame in 2008.

Life and show career

Peppy San Badger, foaled in 1974 and also known as "Little Peppy", was a sorrel American Quarter Horse stallion bred by Joe Kirk Fulton of Lubbock, Texas by the cutting sire Mr San Peppy and out of Sugar Badger, a daughter of Grey Badger III. He was born at Fulton's ranch and began early basic training there before he became ill with strangles. Upon recovering from the illness, Peppy San Badger was sold to the King Ranch of South Texas in 1977, where he remained a breeding stallion until his death.

Peppy San Badger was trained by trainer and rider Buster Welch, the same trainer who had ridden his sire, Mr San Peppy, to the win in both the 1974 and 1976 NCHA Open World Championships. Peppy San Badger won the NCHA 1977 Futurity with Welch as rider.  Shortly after the Futurity, Welch bought "Little Peppy" after the King Ranch decided they did not need him as a junior stallion because they already owned his sire Mr San Peppy. Welch owned him for a year before agreeing to sell him back to King Ranch to become a part of their breeding program. Peppy San Badger, with Welch riding again, won the NCHA Derby in 1978 and reached 10th place in that year's year-end standings.

Peppy San Badger's success continued into the 1980s, being named the 1980 NCHA Reserve World Champion. He was also inducted into NCHA Hall of Fame in December of that year. In 1981, he won the Open Division of the NCHA finals and accumulated $172,710 in earnings over the course of his showing career.  Peppy San Badger was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2008.

Career as a sire

Peppy San Badger's career as a sire had a large impact on the Quarter Horse breed. He was the all-time leading sire of the NCHA for many years up until 2003. Peppy San Badger sired 2,325 foals registered with the AQHA in 19 seasons. Those foals have earned over 7,200 points in all divisions and have accumulated more than $25 million in earnings.

Some of his notable offspring include: Lil Ruf Peppy, who was the National Reining Horse Association's (or NRHA) ninth $3 million sire, Vintage Little Taris, inducted into the NRHA Hall of Fame in 2008, and Little Tenina, who won the NCHA Futurity in 1991.

Death

Peppy San Badger was euthanized on July 8, 2005 at the age of 31 as a result of his failing health due to his old age. He was buried at King Ranch Headquarters in Texas.

Pedigree

Notes

References

External links
 All Breed Pedigree Database pedigree of Peppy San Badger

Cutting horses
American Quarter Horse sires
1974 animal births
2005 animal deaths
AQHA Hall of Fame (horses)
NCHA Hall of Fame (horses)

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Technically developed projects
The Coronavirus Response Fund in the ASAN payment system
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Payments to the Coronavirus Response Fund have been integrated into the "ASAN Payment" system managed by the E-GOV Development Center under the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Thus, any legal entity or individual wishing to donate to the Coronavirus Response Fund can make payments 24/7 from anywhere in the system. A person who wants to make a payment to the fund click on the "Coronavirus Support" button by entering the "other service payments" section on the www.asanpay.az portal or in the "ASAN Payment" mobile application. After that, makes a payment by searching for PIN or TIN.
At present, payments for fines, tax duty, utilities, leasing, loans, service fees and payments for more than 600 services in other areas of 241 government agencies, including 30 central executive authorities, 79 local executive authorities, 113 judicial bodies, 7 public legal entities, 10 state-owned legal entities and 2 educational institutions, 2 educational institutions are made through the "ASAN payment" system.
The Coronavirus Response Fund was established on March 19, 2020, by the Decree of President Ilham Aliyev on measures to protect the public health in the Republic of Azerbaijan and strengthen the countermeasures against the coronavirus infection.
EGDC participated in the UN event on e-participation
EGDC won two nominations of the "NETTY 2021" National Internet Award
A meeting with members of the "Foreign MBA" Club was held at EGDC
Within the framework of the "Digital executive power" project awareness-raising activities have been launched in the regions
The next meeting was held between EGDC and the Government Digital Service of the United Kingdom
The presentation ceremony of the "Digital Executive Power" portal of the EGDC was held
A memorandum was signed between EGDC and "Azericard"
More than 2 million "ASAN Visa" were issued
Trainings were held in Masalli and Ganja within the framework of the "Digital Executive Power" project by EGDC
EGDC participated in the international conference
The State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Today we are sharing an adorable camping scene created by Andrea! She used our adorable Cozy Campers Stamp Set to create the camper, table and chairs and flamingos. Aren't those tiny flamingos just the cutest!!? She colored the images using fun bright colors using copic markers and a white gel pen for extra accents! Then she cut all the images out using the Cozy Campers Die Set to add to her scene. For her scene she used our Land Borders Die Set to create a hill from lime green paper and layered that over a blue sky. Then she added birch trees on either side using our Forest Scene Builder Die Set. She framed the whole scene using the negative cut that you get when you cut out a big postage edged shape using our Framework Die Set. How fun is that!?
She finished the scene off by adding a few clouds into the sky using our Cloudy Sky Stencil and added the sentiment from the Cozy Campers Stamp Set. She also added some tiny heart sequin shapes too! How adorable is this? It reminds me of a lovely postcard image!
Super cute card. Love that camper. Great addition of the trees to your card.


"Modern life feels rather undead." So goes the subtitle of a 2010 New York Times piece comparing knowledge work to zombie movies. Zombies aren't particularly scary on their own. They shamble thoughtlessly and noisily along. But, en masse, they become truly terrifying. In the same way, our modern inputs (emails, texts, Facebook), when taken together, threaten us with streams of endless commitment. We feel like we have no choice but to find the highest perch and headshot the tasks one at a time, hoping we don't run out of ammunition.
The article itself is depressing and apt. We wonder: is there another way?
McKeown defines three myths of the "non-essentialist" and gives their essentialist counterparts. The non-essentialist believes that he doesn't have a choice, that every single zombie must be killed. The essentialist believes she does have a choice, that she can choose where to put her efforts and energy.
The non-essentialist believes that more is better and tries to take on every good thing that comes his way. The essentialist believes in doing "less, but better" and chooses to focus on those things that allow her to work at her highest level of contribution.
The essentialist imposes self-defined limitations for the sake of the good she wants, her "essential intent." She explores many options before deciding on the one that will have the biggest impact. She eliminates the non-essential in order to focus on those things that really matter. She makes the essential tasks and relationships routine, in order to live a life of greatest contribution.
And, surprisingly, the life of the essentialist, McKeown says, is not one of painful self-denial, though metanoia does require sacrifice. The essentialist lives a life of deep happiness, satisfaction, and joy. She lives a life that matters.
Sometime in the course of listening to this book, I realized that what McKeown outlined was a life of what we might call secular holiness. Oriented on her goal, the essentialist ruthlessly but kindly strips away everything that distracts her. She opens herself to play and freedom and joy, all because she has chosen to live within the limits necessary to make her highest contribution.
Late in the book, McKeown explicitly makes the connection of essentialism to holiness when he walks through the lives of some of the most influential people in the world, including the Buddha, Confucius, Mohammad, Gandhi, and Jesus. All lived essentialist lives, he says, focused solely on the end to which they believed humanity is called. McKeown doesn't believe that religious holiness is necessary for human happiness, but he does believe that a life of secular holiness is.
I found this book painfully convicting. Essentialism prompted me to prune my to-do list by 75%, which was a surprisingly difficult task, emotionally and physically. One of the hardest lessons for this priest was the reality of trade-offs. I want to believe that I can accomplish every good thing that comes my way, but a trade-off isn't between a good thing and a bad thing. Trade-offs involve sifting and prioritizing one of two good things. When a church obligation conflicts with a family obligation, I am forced to make a trade-off, one that isn't always easy. I can't be in both places at once, even though I desperately want to be.
In other words, the way to be happy in the modern zombie apocalypse is to deny its inevitability. We are not truly victim to an onslaught of mindless tasks. We can choose. We can do less but better. We can make the trade-offs for things that really matter. Life truly begins when we start trading in the good for the best. And living the life God has given us is what holiness is all about.
The featured image is "Zombies invade San Francisco!" (2006) by Scott Beale. It is licensed under Creative Commons.


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O arco aórtico, também referida como crossa da aorta, está localizado no tronco e é a saída comum do sangue bombeado pelo coração. Situa-se logo após a válvula aórtica.

Desenvolvimento embrionário
O desenvolvimento deste se dá durante a 4ª semana, junto à formação dos arcos faríngeos que recebem as artérias do coração.
Os arcos aórticos (artérias) nascem a partir do tronco arterioso e terminam na aorta dorsal. Seu desenvolvimento finaliza na 8ª semana do desenvolvimento.

Durante este período irão surgir seis pares, entretanto nem todos estão presentes ao mesmo tempo, pois alguns se degeneram.

Os derivados dos 1º e 2º pares de arcos aórticos desaparecem em sua maior parte. Dos primeiros arcos, suas porções remanescentes formam as artérias maxilares (suprem ouvidos, dentes e músculos dos olhos e da face);
Dos segundos arcos persistem as partes dorsais e forma os troncos das artérias estapédicas (pequenos vasos que no embrião irrigam o estribo).

Os derivados do 3º par de arcos aórticos dão origem às artérias carótidas  comuns (irrigam estruturas da cabeça).

Os partes distais juntam-se às aortas dorsais e formam as artérias carótidas internas (irrigam os ouvidos, órbitas e encéfalo com suas meninges).

Os derivados do 4º par de arcos aórticos na esquerda forma parte do arco aórtico (crossa da aorta) e na direita forma a parte proximal da artéria subclávia direita . A parte distal desta artéria forma-se a partir da aorta direita e da sétima artéria intersegmentar direita.

Os derivados do 6º par de arcos aórticos forma na esquerda a parte proximal persistente como parte proximal da artéria pulmonar esquerda e a parte distal forma o Ducto Arterioso (DA) que comunica a artéria pulmonar com a aorta; Na direita a parte proximal persiste como parte proximal da artéria pulmonar direita. A parte distal, degenera-se.

Derivações
Do arco aórtico se derivam as artérias coronárias, comum esquerda, subclávia esquerda e o tronco braquiocefálico.

Artérias
Artérias do tórax
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Injury forces Kompany to miss his own testimonial
London - Vincent Kompany will miss his Manchester City testimonial on Wednesday due to a hamstring injury.
The former City captain had been due to feature in the star-studded charity match that will see a City legends team face an all-star XI of former Premier League players to raise money for his homelessness charity Tackle4MCR.
Kompany left the Premier League champions in May to become player-manager at Anderlecht and, much like the latter half of his City career, was hit by a muscle injury in defeat to Genk last month.
"Unfortunately I can't start or even play. I have a slight hamstring injury and can't risk it. It's typical me," said Kompany.
However, the Belgian international played down his frustration at missing out with the most important goal raising funds for charity.
Current City stars David Silva and Sergio Aguero will line-up alongside the likes of Mario Balotelli in a team managed by Pep Guardiola.
They will face an all-star side littered with former Manchester United greats like Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, but also boasting Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie in attack.
"We are specifically dealing with homelessness in Greater Manchester. You can't have a successful project without Manchester United involved. We have our differences - that is clear - but if we can get together for these sort of events the city is stronger."
City failed to replace Kompany in the summer transfer window and are now short at centre-back with Aymeric Laporte facing a lengthy spell out injured.
However, Kompany is confident that Guardiola will ensure Laporte's absence is not as costly as it seems over the next few months.
"By losing Laporte you lose a big player. You need big players in the bigger games but the key strength of this Manchester City team is relying more on the system than the individuals.
"I don't see City weakening. Pep is way too aware of this danger to let it happen."
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As a sperm donor you're entitled to receive compensation of up to £35 for each clinic visit. This compensation is to cover any financial losses incurred in connection with your donation. If your expenses for things such as travel, accommodation and childcare are higher then there is provision to claim for more.
Different clinics have different policies as to how and when you will receive your compensation. For example, some clinics only pay half of the £35 at each clinic visit and pay the remainder as a lump sum at the end of the donation period after the final blood test. To avoid any confusion, ask your clinic at your very first appointment what their compensation payment policy is.
If you're not a permanent UK resident then you will be compensated in the same way as a UK donor but you won't be able to claim an excess to cover any overseas travel expenses.


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Ling Xiong Kong
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Ling Xiong Kong, age 72, passed away on December 8, 2022. Born on September 7, 1950, in Hubei Province, China, Ling grew up with 2 brothers, Ling Jie and Ling An Kong, and 2 sisters, the eldest of which he is proceeded by. He was born to his father Rongson Kong and his mother Fu; his Aunt raised him during his early life in China. Ling is survived by his loving wife, Wen Yun Sun, and their sons Jin (Lauren) Kong, and David (Katherine) Kong. He is also the grandfather of Jin and Lauren's son, Oscar.
Ling began his medical training at the Chinese Academy of Medicine, which led him to become a physician and scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) Program in 1984. Ling completed his postdoctoral studies at the University of Southern California (USC) in 1987 and began work as a research scientist at the University of Cincinnati (UC) in 1991. Over his long career at UC as a researcher, Ling published numerous scientific papers to many journals on the topics of molecular biology.
Services for Ling are being scheduled at the convenience of the family. Ling is a man of science and in lieu of flowers or donations, Ling would ask that we all continue to learn, contribute positively, and love one another unconditioned.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Ling Xiong Kong, please visit our flower store.


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Welcome to My Neighborhood: St. Louis, Missouri
Every community has its special places. Let 10-year-old Khalil Taylor be your guide to his St. Louis.
Students Show Us Donaldsville, Dayton, and St. Louis
Everyone loves to have an insider guide. We asked three students in towns where Teach For America places corps members (Dayton, Ohio; St. Louis; and Donaldsonville, Louisiana) to show us the places that are special to them in their communities.
Education can feel like a force that pushes a person to look elsewhere to find opportunity or adventure. These three students showed us the beauty, the places, and the people worth seeking out right in their home communities.
Khalil is just starting fifth grade. He lives with his father, Jamal Taylor, and his grandfather in their three-generation, all-male household in College Hill, a neighborhood of brick houses with friendly front porches.
Khalil's grandfather is retired from the Ford plant where he worked as a quality inspector, and his hobbies—painting watercolors and playing guitar—dominate their home's front parlor. Khalil makes a lot of art with his grandfather in this house (lately 3-D drawings in charcoal). He is also learning to play guitar and the kalimba (an African thumb piano).
© Photo Michael Thomas Khalil lives with his father and grandfather on a street of brick houses with friendly porches in the College Hill neighborhood.
Khalil's father has built his life around his exuberant, opinionated, goal-oriented son, who is 15 years younger than his sister and 20 years younger than his brother. Jamal Taylor chose to send Khalil to school at EAGLE College Prep Elementary, even though the school is far from their home, because it's close to where he works. His schedule gets him to school every afternoon to pick up Khalil and assist at every basketball practice. And last year, he liked to frequently check in with Khalil's fourth grade teacher, Chelsea Conwell (St. Louis '18).
Khalil and his father rise every school day at 4 a.m. "He drops me off at my auntie's house, and I go to sleep," Khalil says. "She wakes me up at 6:45 so I can brush my teeth, put on my shoes," and get to school.
© Photo Michael Thomas O'Fallon Park is where Khalil and his father like to run basketball drills, just like his school coach does them.
© Photo Michael Thomas Khalil's neighbor, Miss Theresa, has pictures in her kitchen of all the College Hill neighborhood children who have been her friends through the decades.
Miss Theresa's House
Khalil wants to show us his branch library, where everybody knows his name. But first he needs to circle home to get his summer reading tracker, so it's a good time to stop in to see "Miss Theresa" Walker.
She lives two doors down from the Taylors with her dog Ryu and a refrigerator plastered with photos of the College Hill children she has known. "She was my friend when I was growing up, and now she's Khalil's friend," Jamal says. Khalil visits Miss Theresa most frequently on Fridays, when he cuts her grass.
Though there are some empty homes on his street, Khalil is happy here. "I like when people come out on their porch," he says.
© Photo Michael Thomas Khalil is such a frequent visitor to the Divoll branch library, everyone greets him by name.
Khalil doesn't have to say a word when he walks into the Divoll neighborhood branch library. Librarians assure Khalil he's first on the list for when the next book in the Big Nate series is published. "I was going to buy it for my dad for his birthday," he says, "but I think I'll just read it here."
Khalil loves his library, but that's not why we're here. He read many more than the eight summer books required for him to pick up his reward today: four free tickets to a Cardinals game.
© Photo Michael Thomas His fourth grade teacher, Chelsea Conwell, says Khalil always had a Monday story to share about his weekend adventures with his family.
EAGLE College Prep
There's still a summer quiet hanging over school when Khalil pops in to visit Miss Conwell, who is setting up her classroom. It's not the first time she's heard from Khalil this summer. "The number of students who have called just to ask what I'm doing is really something," she says.
Khalil leads an extremely thorough tour, not skipping a closet in his small school, which has about 30 kids in each grade from K-6. When he spots another teacher down in a learning lab, she finds him a grape freeze pop left over from field day.
Khalil's favorite moment in Miss Conwell's class was the end-of-year spelling bee. "That was a fun day," he tells her. "I want to do a whole school spelling bee next year. Can we do that?"
Tower Grove Park, a jewel of St. Louis with its lush gardens and 32 Victorian-era pavilions, is across the street from Khalil's school. It's not his park. He's polite, but he has zero interest in those flowers.
© Photo Michael Thomas There's nowhere in the world Khalil would rather be (or could get a warmer welcome) than at the garage where his father repairs and maintains trucks.
In the historic Soulard neighborhood, not far from Anheuser-Busch headquarters, a large open-air garage is filled with the cabs of 18-wheelers. Khalil's father, a member of the Teamsters union, repairs and maintains trucks here. As we arrive, Khalil hops out of his father's car and goes running into the garage, where he is greeted as if he was Steph Curry walking on to a pick-up game. "Khalil!" From every direction, a mechanic is gleefully calling his name or walking over to swing him off the ground in a bear hug.
Jamal's single-minded devotion to Khalil is legendary among his coworkers, and there's nowhere Khalil would rather be than here. He's not allowed to roll under a truck with Dad as he would like to, but he can watch the action from a high stool behind the desk of his friend, the garage manager. He can do his homework and eat snacks in the break room.
"This is where my Dad works, and it is just really cool," Khalil says. "He can do anything that anyone needs, and he works hard. Everyone in my family works hard."
© Photo Michael Thomas The Cardinals sponsor the league in which Khalil's team, the Raptors, played ball last spring.
Fox Playground
Maybe it's inevitable that a St. Louis kid would end his tour by tugging on his "Redbirds Rookies" shirt and taking us to the Fox Park playground, where he plays in a league sponsored by the Cardinals. "I have a lot of great times with my friends playing baseball here," he says. Many kids from his school were on his team this year, the Raptors, which Jamal coached.
Khalil is planning for a four-sport year in fifth grade (he's signed up for volleyball and French Club too), and he will certainly finish out his full baseball season. His reward will be two more free Cards tickets. Who needs the Rams?
Other Stories in this Series
Welcome to My Neighborhood: Dayton, Ohio
by Leah Fabel October 1, 2019
Welcome to My Neighborhood: Donaldsonville, Louisiana
by Susan Brenna October 1, 2019
This School Went All-In on Culture and Is Seeing Results
Rethinking Student Engagement
Turn of the Decade: Looking Back, Looking Forward


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Prince Ibeh, Isaiah Taylor lead Longhorns in Big 12 honors
Point guard Isaiah Taylor powers to the basket in a Feb. 16 game against West Virginia. In a Feb. 22 matchup against Kansas State, the junior scored a team-high 19 points including a crucial 3-pointer that put Texas up four with 45 seconds left.
Photo Credit: Zoe Fu | Daily Texan Staff
Published on March 6, 2016 at 11:41 pm Last update on March 7, 2016 at 12:02 am
After lifting the Longhorns from a bubble team to a solid No. 5 or 6 seed in the NCAA, senior center Prince Ibeh and junior point guard Isaiah Taylor received recognition for their efforts from the Big 12.
Ibeh was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year, while Taylor was named to the first team All-Big 12, the Big 12 announced Sunday.
Ibeh, a six-foot 11-inch center, stepped up after fellow senior center Cameron Ridley went down with a broken foot in practice in December. He settled in to the starting role, averaging four points, 5.2 rebounds and two blocks in 30 games.
Ibeh broke out in the last week of January, averaging 15 points and 10.5 rebounds against TCU and Vanderbilt. He's the third player in Texas history to win the award, joining LaMarcus Aldridge and Doğuş Balbay, and also made the conference's All-Defensive Team.
Taylor was the only Longhorn to make any of the three All-Big 12 teams with his first team selection. Taylor averaged 15 points and 4.8 assists per game this season, but was slowed last week by a nagging foot injury.
Freshmen guards Kerwin Roach Jr. and Eric Davis Jr. rounded out Texas' haul in the Big 12 awards by being named to the Big 12's All-Newcomer team. Roach led the Longhorns to a win Friday night against Oklahoma State, scoring nine of the team's last 14 points. Davis, like the rest of the freshmen, struggled to find consistency, but posted double digits in points in four–straight games in late February.
Texas opens the Big 12 tournament against Baylor on Thursday at 11:30 a.m.