What can we learn from the faith of Elijah and apply to our own lives?
Dr. Reagan: We are going to continue to study the life of the Prophet Elijah, one of the most interesting persons in the Bible, by discussing the story of Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of the false gods of Jezebel in 1 Kings 18. We have asked Don McGee, the founder and director of Crown & Sickle Ministries, and Nathan Jones, Web Minister for Lamb & Lion Ministries, to give us some application.
Dr. Reagan: Nathan, what do you see is the application of the story of Elijah to say the nation or to the Church today?
Nathan Jones: Elijah clearly proved to the people of that time that God exists. And, God clearly proves that He exists to the people of this time through the Bible which is His Word, through the complexity of Creation, and from the lives that are changed when people give their lives to Him by asking for salvation. So, today, we need to take that evidence and act on it and believe.
As a nation, we need to turn to the Lord and proclaim, "Yes, God exists!" We as a nation need to repent and ask Jesus to be our Savior and Lord of our nation once more.
Personally, I think we each need to shore up our faith on the fact that God does exist. We get a little timid thinking, "Well, it's been 2,000 years now. Is God even still around anymore?" But, God does exist, and our faith can stand on that fact.
As a Church, we need to not let false doctrine into the Church. We need to be as brave as Elijah and confront the false religions and teachings of Mohammed, Buddha, Krishna, and so forth. We need to declare to them, "You all are wrong! You are false! The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the Bible is the real deal."
Dr. Reagan: Boy! I'd say "amen" to that, because I think one of the biggest problems in the Church today is that the Church has been invaded by the world's attitude of tolerance. Just tolerate anything and everything. Elijah would not have been popular today.
Nathan Jones: Not at all. If these advocates of tolerance would just wait a little while longer, they'll witness Jesus coming back, and there's all the evidence they could ask for right there.
Dr. Reagan: Now you get me preaching on that!
Dr. Reagan: Don, what do you see as the application of the story of Elijah?
Don McGee: Nathan made an outstanding application in that I believe we need a lot of Elijah's and Amos' today. I like those two guys, because I think we need to confront evil.
But, you know, there's something else in this story that sometimes hides in the background. We don't really think about it as preachers so much because we like giving the action to people. We like to talk about the fire and the sacrifices and all that. But, what we see almost in a subtle way in the background, is the people watching. Notice their attitude. They said to themselves, "We really don't know if Yahweh is God, and we're really are not convinced that Baal is God, so we're going to watch this contest and we're going to see what happens." That's so descriptive of the spiritual mind-set of people today, and I'm not talking about the pagans and the heathens. I'm talking about people who warm a few square inches of pew cushion every Sunday morning.
Dr. Reagan: Well, yes, I would say that's true. I love the way Elijah really makes the application of his message so simple. He just simply says to the effect, "Hey, if you're God is Yahweh, chose Yahweh. If it is Baal, then chose Baal, but you've got to make a choice."
In the world today, people want everything. They want there to be many different roads to God, like there's the road of Buddhism and the road of Hinduism and the road of Judaism and so forth. They want so many different roads, but Jesus said, "I am the way. I am the truth. I am the life. There's no other way to God except by me." People need to make a choice.
Peter Marshall gave one of the greatest sermons I've ever heard in my life. I heard it on a tape, and it was all about this topic. When he got to the end of his sermon he said, "I say to you, the message of Elijah is this: if you're God be Yahweh, choose Yahweh. If you're god be Baal, choose Baal... and go to Hell!" I thought, "Boy, he preaches like Amos!"
Dr. Reagan: Nathan, tell us something else that the story of Elijah has impacted you with, maybe for our society as a whole.
Nathan Jones: I think when it comes to our society, many talk philosophy. They want to know, "What is the meaning of life? Why do I exist? What is my future?" Well, the Bible answers all those questions. We don't have to sit around scratching our heads and wondering if there's an answer out there.
God exists! He has a future for us. He has a plan for us. He has an eternity prepared for us in love. Everything that society searches for, God has the answer to.
But, we get scared of God's path, both individually and as a society. We want to find our own way to God which will allow us to continue sinning. When you make the decision for God, you have to give sin up, that's true, but you get so much more in return.
Dr. Reagan: Amen! I think those are some very good applications for both our society and the Church.
Dr. Reagan: I'd like to end this discussion of the faith of Elijah with something on a little lighter note, because this has been some pretty heavy application. And, the lighter note is this. About a year ago we had a special edition of our Lamplighter magazine on Elijah and his confrontation with the prophets. A lady called me and she said, "I'm the teacher of a youth class, and I really appreciated your story. It helped me to tell them the story of Elijah, so I appreciate your magazine, but I want to tell you something funny that happened." She continued, "After I got through with the whole story, I turned to the children and I asked, 'Who knows why Elijah put all that water on his sacrifice? The prophets of Baal didn't do that, why did he put so much water on there?' She said a little girl's hand shot up immediately and the girl said, 'It was for the gravy!'"
The the fourth and last segment on our study on the faith of the Prophet Elijah, we'll look at Elijah's future ministry.
What if we had a modern day similar situation? (Having trouble on wording the next sentence properly but the best I can do is...) Would just anyone (Christian) be able to have God put on such a demonstration?
I think not. Not until the two witnesses will we see such events again.
I don't think just anyone can pull off these types of events off. It has to be very special people chosen by God.


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Q: How can I add the compilation date to java project automatically Is there a way in Java to have a string contain the date the program was compiled? When I start my program, I want the date it was last updated to appear without having to manually update it before I compile every time. Is there possibly a setting in eclipse I can use to insert the date in the code every time I compile it?
public class test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String date = "2014-12-29"; //The string I want to automatically update.

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A: Add a file to your project which contains the date. Read it from the file when you start. Use a tool like Gradle, Maven or Ant to build your project. All of them have one way or the other to update the file with the date.

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Gary Bowyer called for his Blackpool side to be more ruthless after Rotherham came back from behind to win 2-1 at Bloomfield Road.
The manager was pleased with some of his side's play between both boxes, yet frustrated not to be taking anything from the game.
Speaking post-match, here's what he had to say…
Need to be ruthless.
We played some wonderful stuff and scored an absolutely stunning goal, but we've got to be more ruthless, it's as simple as that, when we're as dominant as we were and create the chances that we did.
I thought we progressed in the second-half because they come at us. We weathered the storm from them that we expected and made them change their shape. But again, it's individual mistakes which at this moment in time seems to be recurring and it's something that we have to address quickly.
Opportunities on the counter to score a second.
You have to take those chances. it's no good saying 'we conceded soft goals' because it's at both ends of the pitch and today we weren't so good at one end to convert those chances.
Poor goals to concede.
We knew all about their long throw and we had to deal with it. We can spend hours and hours practising but come match day, you have to have the bravery, courage and the desire to keep it out and today we haven't been good enough at that.
Mellor's goal and current form.
It's a wonderful strike, and it's great technique from him. He's in a rich vein of form in terms of goals. We know from last season he's capable of scoring goals and we need that from him, but we need the rest of the players to do the same.
Kyle Vassell's withdrawal.
It's a reoccurrence of his hamstring, which we have got to make sure we get right. We changed his training programme this week and it's just something that's blown up today again, so we have to go back to the drawing board with that.
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In "Shiv, Part Two," the latest episode of Stargirl, Pat "Stripesy" Dugan confirmed Sylvester Pemberton once went by Star-Spangled Kid during a heart-to-heart with Cosmic Staff.. A new generation of justice arrives in exactly one week. He first appeared in Starman (vol. Created by Geoff Johns, Greg Berlanti. in JLA #23. Teenager Courtney Whitmore joins the Justice Society of America. The first season of DC's Stargirl premieres Monday, May 18 on DC Universe, and TVLine has an exclusive look at the final trailer. Starman (Jack Knight) is fictional character, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics Universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America.He is the son of the original Starman, Ted Knight.Created by James Robinson and Tony Harris, he first appeared in Zero Hour #1 (September 1994). WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for "Shiv, Part Two," the latest episode of Stargirl.. Before Starman, there was the Star-Spangled Kid. Grandson of Cale Knight (Starman). First mentioned in Starman #1,000,000. After years of adventures dealing with the ghosts of his father's past, Jack settled down with his wife, The Mist's daughter, and their baby son, and passed his cosmic staff on to the JSA's new Stargirl. Based on the character from DC Comics. Member of Justice Legion A. First app. 2) #0 (October 1994). With Brec Bassinger, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington, Trae Romano. When Starman decided to end his superhero career and focus on his family in Starman … Starman of 853rd century (years leading up to 85,271 AD) Farris Knight. David Knight, a 1990s DC Comics superhero, was the son of the original Starman and elder brother of the 1990s Starman, Jack. 1) #26 (September 1990), having taken up his father's mantle, and was killed by an assassin in Starman (vol. She originally operated as Star-Spangled Kid using Sylvester Pemberton's Cosmic Converter Belt, but when Jack Knight left her the Cosmic Staff, she adopted the name Stargirl. Nash was the younger daughter of the first Mist, supervillain and archenemy to the Golden Age Starman. Courtney Whitmore is a young heroine who has been a member of the Justice Society of America and the JSA All-Stars. With the belt and the staff, she carries on the legacies of Star-Spangled Kid and Starman. (Courtney recently returned to the DC Rebirth universe thanks to Doctor Manhattan.) Unnamed daughter of Cale Knight (Starman), mother of Farris Knight (Starman). To make the Starman mantle his own, Jack modified the cosmic rod into a cosmic staff, and assembled his own original costume.
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Published by Fines on Tue, 06/05/2018 - 19:50
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Area law enforcement are looking for a "person of interest" in an alleged murder that occurred Tuesday night near the Lebanon High School.
As of press time Tuesday evening, law enforcement agencies were on the lookout for a black 39-year-old man from Lebanon in connection with the shooting death of a 47-year-old Lebanon man at about 5 p.m. Tuesday.
"We are currently working an active homicide investigation," said Lebanon Police Department Sgt. Kacie Springer. The LPD spokesperson was one of many law enforcement officers who were canvasing the apartments on New Buffalo Road, seeking information on the whereabouts of the "person of interest."
"It's an ongoing investigation, and we're still talking to a lot of people," Springer said.
According to Springer, the 47-year-old man was walking in the area of Sweet and Miller streets when another man came out of a house in the area and shot the 47-year-old with a handgun. The victim was declared deceased at the scene.
Springer declined to divulge any other details, including motive, in the crime.
The Laclede County Record will report more information as it become available.
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Road to 2021 College World Series – NCAA baseball tournament scores, schedule – ESPN
The College World Series returns after last year's NCAA baseball tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Arkansas is the No. 1 overall seed.
We have all the scores and updates, from the regionals until a champion is crowned in Omaha, Nebraska.
Here are the complete results and schedule (all times ET):
Fayetteville Regional
Friday, June 4:
Game 1: No. 1 Arkansas (46-10) vs. NJIT (26-22), 3 p.m. ESPN3
Game 2: Northeastern (36-10) vs. Nebraska (31-12), 8 p.m., ESPN3
Saturday, June 5:
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Sunday, June 6:
Game 5: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3
Monday, June 7 (if necessary):
Game 7: Rematch of Game 6
Ruston Regional
Game 1: No. 16 Louisiana Tech 40-18) vs. Rider (23-16), 7 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: Alabama (31-24) vs. NC State (30-17), 3 p.m., ESPN3
Stanford Regional
Game 1: No. 9 Stanford (33-14) vs. North Dakota State (41-17), 4 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: Nevada (25-18) vs. UC Irvine (40-16), 9 p.m., ESPN3
Lubbock Regional
Game 1: No. 8 Texas Tech (36-15) vs. Army (28-23), Noon, ESPNU
Game 2: North Carolina (27-25) vs. UCLA (35-18), 7 p.m., ESPN3
Tucson Regional
Game 1: No. 5 Arizona (40-15) vs. Grand Canyon (39-19-1), 10 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: UC Santa Barbara (39-18) vs. Oklahoma State (35-17-1), 4 p.m., ESPN3
Oxford Regional
Game 1: No. 12 Ole Miss (41-19) vs. SE Missouri State (30-20), 8 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: Florida State (30-22) vs. Southern Miss (37-19), 3 p.m., ESPNU
Greenville Regional
Game 1: No. 13 East Carolina (41-15) vs. Norfolk State (25-26), Noon, ESPN3
Game 2: Maryland (28-16) vs. Charlotte (39-19), 6 p.m., ESPN3
Nashville Regional
Game 1: No. 4 Vanderbilt (40-15) vs. Presbyterian (22-21), 7 p.m., SEC Network
Game 2: Indiana State (30-19) vs. Georgia Tech (29-23), 1 p.m., ESPN3
Austin Regional
Game 1: No. 2 Texas (42-15) vs. Southern (20-28), 2 p.m., Longhorn Network
Game 2: Fairfield (37-3) vs. Arizona State (32-20), 7 p.m., ESPN3
Gainesville Regional
Game 1: No. 15 Florida (38-20) vs. South Florida (28-27), Noon, SEC Network
Game 2: South Alabama (33-20) vs. Miami (32-19), 5 p.m., ACC Network
South Bend Regional
Game 1: No. 10 Notre Dame (30-11) vs. Central Michigan (40-16), 1 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: Michigan (27-17) vs. UConn (33-18), 7 p.m., ESPN3
Starkville Regional
Game 1: No. 7 Mississippi State (40-15) vs. Samford (35-22), 3 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: Campbell (35-16) vs. VCU (37-14), 8 p.m., ESPN3
Fort Worth Regional
Game 1: No. 6 TCU (40-17) vs. McNeese (32-28), 7 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: Dallas Baptist (37-15) vs. Oregon State (34-22), 2 p.m., ESPN3
Columbia Regional
Game 1: No. 11 Old Dominion (42-14) vs. Jacksonville (16-32), 7 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: Virginia (29-23) vs. South Carolina (33-21), Noon, ESPN2
Eugene Regional
Game 1: No. 14 Oregon (37-14) vs. Central Conn. State (28-13), 5 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: LSU (34-22) vs. Gonzaga (33-17), 10 p.m., ESPN3
Knoxville Regional
Game 1: No. 3 Tennessee (45-16) vs. Wright State (35-11), 6 p.m., ESPN3
Game 2: Liberty (39-14) vs. Duke (32-20), Noon, ACC Network
Super regionals
Friday, June 11, to Monday, June 14
Saturday, June 19, to Wednesday, June 30
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Q: Display all tags using acts_as_taggable_on I'm looking to just dump a list of tags that have been used on my Posts model.
Is there a way to do this with Acts_as_taggable_on?
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A: To get a list (with counts) you can do Post.tag_counts_on(:tags) which will return an array of objects that look like this:
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    #<ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag id: 2, name: "clowning", taggings_count: 2>,
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which you can then collect to get the names if you just want that


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Man killed by his own lion in the Czech Republic
A 34-year-old man was killed by his own in the Czech Republic. He kept the animal with a (pregnant) lioness in a cage near his house in the village of Zdechov, in the east of the country.
Special units of the police department shot both animals to death in order to be able to get to the dead man in the cage. Doctors could then only determine the death of the man.
The lioness of the thirties was no stranger to the Czech Republic. Last year the animal attacked a cyclist during a walk with his boss, which led to the necessary publicity. The cyclist was injured but survived because he managed to ward off the lioness with his bike.
The presence of the lions was, in any case, a major concern for the villagers. The local mayor regularly receives complaints from frightened citizens because the thirty-something with his lions on the leash pulled through the streets.
No permission of Keeping wild animals in the Czech Republic and that is not uncommon. According to figures from the Ministry of the Environment, at least 44 lions, 98 leopards, 49 pumas, 20 tigers and 15 ocelots (also a feline) are kept in private land in the country.
This man reportedly had no permission to keep the animals. Several attempts by the authorities to remove them had no effect.
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The long-run decline in the real interest rate, often dubbed Secular Stagnation, can be well explained by the introduction of the contraceptive pill in the developed world. Its implications were particularly marked in Germany, where the cohort born in 1995 is half the size of that born in 1968. This leads to excess savings and a fall in the real interest rate, until just before the retirement of the large pre-pill cohort. Hence, demography, not central banker?s policy is the ultimate cause of the fall in interest rates. Low interest rates will persist for another 15 years. This might lead to bubbles, e.g. in house prices, which would increase financial instability. Sovereign debt should increase to avoid this. In the Eurozone, this runs counter to the Stability Pact. Since Japan?s demography leads that of Europe by 15 years, it provides a laboratory for what awaits Europe, though the impact in Europe might be even more severe.


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Life with Charlie Crews: Season Two, Episodes 1-3
Welcome back, everyone! It's Tuesday, and we're spending all our Tuesdays this summer with our favorite fruit-chomping LA detective, Mr. Charlie Crews!
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When we last saw Charlie, he was celebrating his full exoneration. His case and conviction had been previously overturned, but the doubts had still lingered. If not Charlie, then who? Well, through diligent detective work, Charlie spent season one tracking down the answer- Kyle Hollis. We left him dragging Kyle through the squad room, and then enjoying a fruit cup, alongside his partner, Dani Reese.
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What I left off was the cliffhanger ending-episode 11 of season one ended with one doozy of a twist. The damsel in distress, the darling brunette, the devoted but caught-in-the-crossfire daughter of Kyle Hollis, was none other than Rachel Sebold. Yes, the daughter of Tom, the remaining member of a slain family. She was not only in the house when her parents died, but also through some twist, Kyle felt compelled to atone, to be "cleansed" by the fire and take responsibility for the girl he orphaned.
And we found out, through a phone call from Jack Reese, that Rachel was in Jack's care. The last remaining witness, an innocent victim still in this whole debacle-injured and in the hands of the enemy, stolen from the hospital and taken to who knows where!?
Well shit.
So here we are. It's a fresh start, but also a continuation. The writer's strike had cut our first season short, and also caused the exodus of the writing team from season one. You can see and feel the shift, in many ways. They picked up where the others left off, yes, but I feel like the handling of some of the characters suffered, but others flourished.
We have a new Captain at the station- a transplant from the East Coast, Captain Kevin Tidwell. He's played by Donal Logue, who seems to be an expert when it comes to playing skeevy yet lovable slime-balls. He's rough, he's sloppy, he's got several ex-wives, but underneath all that he's a rather great cop. His instant infatuation with Dani made me feel VERY uncomfortable.
Like this photo is everything wrong with Dani Reece in season 2
I think that could kinda sum up my feelings on how Dani was treated this season. We all know that things had to change, toward the end of the season/series, as she was pregnant. But I feel like this writing team really un-did all the strength and character she had. I feel like she definitely become a side kick to Charlie, and wasn't given anything really outstanding, as far as moments go.
The new season kicks off with some familiar elements: Charlie eating his beloved fruit(oranges, probably from his own grove!) while riding public transportation(darn you, Charlie, get a car-but just don't get attached!). He finds technology that he's failed to encounter since his release(automatic sinks!) and displays his ability to be a little less than scrupulous(he didn't even count to three-he shot on two!!). While he searches for the missing Rachel Sebold during his free time, on the job he and Dani are on the hunt for a connection between people found in numbered trunks.
People are being put in these trunks and left to suffocate in the sweltering LA heat. Charlie's attention to detail soon draws the pieces together-folks who are finding their happiness, their success, are disappearing. One deranged kid is at the center of it all. He's got major mommy issues, a bedroom full of morbid "souvenirs" of his crimes, and a collection of smiley faces! Charlie catches on quick, John is dropping bodies across the city in a smiley face pattern-and it sure is making him happy! They find a missing bride with probably only moments to spare.
Episode two of season two starts off with a brutal crime-a man is tied to a chair, beaten to death. A devoted and hard working family man, poor Max Horta met a horrible end, all in an effort to protect his daughter. A nasty group of spoiled, rich brats are responsible.
Plant evidence? That's so east coast. In LA, we start fights.
While the investigation plays out, Charlie keeps up his search for Rachel, squeezing Kyle Hollis, who sits in prison. Kyle isn't talking to Charlie, but he's obviously speaking to Jack Reese. Jack, in turn, puts the screws to poor Ted. In a move to threaten Charlie, he goes after Ted, threatening to frame him, to put him back in prison. How would Ted do in prison, without Charlie? No one wants to find out.
The least odd of oddcouples ever.
What Charlie does want to find out is where Rachel is, and he returns to a youth hostel he visited previously, and finds her hidden in a secret room. He invokes the words of Kyle Hollis, and convinces Rachel to come with him, since "the fire" sent him to get her. It's a sad moment, when you think of the scary, religious brainwashing Rachel was probably subject to. Did she know Kyle did it? Did she ever figure out it was him, while he was raising her? Did he ever confess to her?
She's gorgeous, I get it.
With Rachel safely in Charlie's care, he tries to break through her silence. He enlists the other person she may remember from her childhood-Charlie's former wife, Jennifer. Jennifer tries to jog Rachel's memory, but only seems to jog her own memories about being with Charlie. A tender moment of hand holding becomes passionate kisses, which becomes bodies entangled in the back seat of her husband's car. Ultimately, she cannot go through with it. Her former life, the one with Charlie that she was robbed of, is calling to her, but her current reality and the life she has built with her new husband, calls louder. Charlie is left frustrated and really bemoaning his lack of a car-mostly for the backseat!
Pictured: Charlie Crews in better, car owning times.
Max Horta's murder is solved through some tricky police work, pitting one member of this wolf pack against the another. Together the pack was strong, with their charismatic and well connected alpha at the head of things. But each member buckled, one by one, and ultimately rolled on Patrick Bridger as he rolled on them. There was no loyalty in the end, with Patrick giving his muscle, the "beta dog" in his pack an overdose of steroids, but then his "clown", the guy that made him laugh and hooked them up with party spots, rolled right back on him. And his lady? Well, she needed to get away from LA, and get away from Patrick and his toxic behavior-she was on her way to Paris. Even their $500 an hour therapist rolled on them all, in the end.
What's the Bechdel Test?
Episode three, I admit, is one of my favorite re-watches. I probably re-watch this one just as much as I re-watch the season one finale. It's goofy, and twisty and silly and fun. A cancer researcher is frozen dead by a canister of liquid nitrogen, which was switched out for the oxygen tank he normally used to stay awake for extended hours in the lab. After an unfortunate run-in with an overly curious Charlie Crews, the doctor is left shattered in pieces.
Once again, the writers seem to have made Dani not only a side kick, but an ever-present source of tail for the characters to chase. The captain keeps up with his skeevy comments, and too-long leers, and he's not the only one. The owner of Brenford Laboratories, the pharmaceutical company Dr. Auerbach worked for, uses the only pick up lines he knows- a desire for a specimen of her un-medicated perfection. Blood or urine, whatever she prefers. What a strange bird. I guess a guy will use whatever lines he knows. Maybe that worked in medical school? "Hey baby, wanna be in my study?"
Dr. Auerbach had his own questionable past, when it came to women. His former assistant, Deborah Lee, broke off her professional and personal relationship with the doctor in a spectacularly dramatic fashion. Could his murderer be his former lover, was she out to get revenge? A note from her, found shattered in the doctor's lab coat pocket, was a good lead-but where was she? She had vanished.
"Ban animal torture" was sprayed on the walls. Its the name of an animal right's group who targeted Dr. Auerbach's work. Was it them? They are radical, they disobey the police, but in their campaign to "protect life" would they really take one?
Charlie's newly acquired Maserati probably doesn't have a big back seat, but he swears he will not become attached. One attachment he can't seem to let go of, his ex wife Jennifer, proves a major distraction. In some sort of disastrous attempt to be honest and "do the right thing", Charlie asks Jennifer's husband for permission to sleep with her.
look at me when I am talking to you, Cruise.
Charlie. God dammit.
The struggle is real.
Don't you hate it when a show you loved the first time you watched it turns out to be filled with misogyny and sexism, upon re-watch? Aaah, the dangers of being "woke". At least Charlie stopped when Jennifer said stop, this season. Season one's "kiss"(aka: sexual assault) has always bothered me. I am sure the writers meant that to be sweet, somehow, but it was anything but. Charlie was fresh out of prison, where he probably took what he wanted when he wanted it….so it was sort of in character. But I don't think that was in the writer's mind's when they wrote that scene. Aaah! Ok, sorry. Feminist rant over…for now. 🙂
Ok, so Charlie earned that punch in the face from Jennifer's husband. And the slap from her at the end of the episode.
He had it coming.
Between those things happening, so much unfolds. The leader of "ban animal torture" turns out to be the missing Deborah Lee, living under an assumed name, atoning for the crimes she committed while working for Dr. Auerbach. Of course she becomes a suspect, but her alibi prayer vigil holds up, with videotaped evidence. The scenes with these animal activists feature lots of fun critters, and most prominetly a chimpanzee named "Bamba", who shares bananas with Charlie, among other monkey business.
At the precinct, Charlie spots Constance. She's been given a position with the District Attorney's office. And suddenly, for whatever reason, she's now unable to recall the part of Kyle's confession that named Jack Reese as the mastermind. Charlie doesn't push-he knows that Jack also has Constance in a precarious position. There's no telling what he has on her, how he's managed to get her to betray Charlie. The plot thickens!
Dramatic photo!!
Charlie returns to the lab to investigate, to spend time at the crime scene to help inspire his mind. He accidentally breaks a bottle of chemicals, and inhales the fumes. He turns to Deborah Lee for help, and while she says he should be fine, he might start experiencing "psychic disturbances". Jennifers start appearing everywhere he looks. And just in time to have a meeting with Ted's perspective job at a college! This is no way to act as a reference…as each person in the room slowly turns into Jennifer.
A janitor who found the body soon becomes the prime suspect, and seems to be the perfect criminal. He lied about Deborah Lee being in the lab, he was treated horribly by Dr. Auerbach, he lied about his alibi…he had means, motive and opportunity. And then the clincher-he's seen trading drugs from the study for something in an envelope. Corporate espionage! But all is not as it seems.
The janitor, Abel Bustamante, has been skimming medication, but not to sell to competitors. It turns out his own son is sick with a rare type of cancer. This medication was working, but he was caught stealing it. Dr. Auerbach's current assistant, Jill Abraham, catches him in the act, but convinces Bustamante to be her fall guy. She promises to keep the medication coming, as long as he plays along. But Bustamante kept his own counter-blackmail. He found the calculations Jill made to calibrate the nitrogen tank to kill Dr. Auerbach, and stashed the note for safe keeping. When the detectives realized he didn't do the deed, but was covering for someone else, he turned over the evidence.
Turns out the study was a bust, and Jill's carreer was up in smoke. 7 years of her life wasted to a failed study, and she wanted revenge.
There's a happy ending, in the end, as the detectives have the killer, and they "lose" the pill evidence, handing it over to Bustamante instead of letting them languish in a police evidence room.
A not so happy ending is in store for Charlie and Ted, for although the dean of the college understood the wild circumstances that left Charlie unfit for their previous meeting, Jennifer crashes the meeting and delivers the aforementioned slap to Charlie, and gives his ass a chewing for asking her husband if they could have sex.
You've had it coming for a long time, bro.
Sorry, Charlie.
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Fruit Count: oh my, the new writers like the fruit thing. So we opened with an orange, of course the itty bitty cute kumquat, and also an apple in there(with bonus protein worm), and the monkey-delivered banana!
Join us all down in the comments-we wanna hear from YOU! What do you think of the direction the show goes in season two?
Author HolliedazzlePosted on July 26, 2016 July 28, 2016 Categories LifeTags Charlie Crews, Dani Reese, Sarah Shahi
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for some days I watch LIFE, what a great actor!
I think that without "KEANE", producers, looking BOB, Forsyte and Life, have really been able to take Damian for Homeland!
In these three series, one can see all facets of talent Damian! Joy, sadness, grief, and the strength of character !!
Damian's great!
Thank you, Monique! We think he is great, as well! And he has GREAT fans like you. 🙂 Thank you for always stopping by to comment, we love your feedback.
Wonderful kick off to Season 2! This summer is so delicious with Charlie!
I agree with you that Dani is not what she used to be in Season 2. She is more of a side kick than Charlie's equal. And it's a shame because Charlie and Dani are perfect together. They cannot be more similar in some ways and they cannot be more different in others and their relationship dynamics makes the show. Yeah I think Sarah Shahi's pregnancy played a role there that her role had to be reduced somehow but they did not really elaborate it that Dani does not come across as deep as she used to in Season 1. I think the writers' strike — even though it happened in Season 1 — doomed the show after all.
Ah I love your 2008 version and present version, too! I would also call myself a feminist. And I am never okay with Damian characters (or any character) when they do wrong with women! Brody hurting Jessica (even though he had his own demons… but still…) or Bobby when he ignores Lara as he makes his decisions… Or Henry VIII… But I just cannot get pissed with Charlie. Probably because I could never bring myself to like Jen. There is no way I can believe that my husband killed his friend. And I just cannot believe Jen believing that about Charlie and moving on with her life. That is probably why, even when Charlie did wrong with her, I just could not get pissed with him. And I could never completely understand why he still wanted her. Maybe because he did not have a closure with her and just needed to sleep with her one last time?
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Great wright up Hollie. Season two was not without its problems. I did notice while doing my own reviews the fact Charlie seemed to be the one discovering most clues and answers. Still, it has its good moments and I love episode 3 as well. Charlie shattering the victim was hilarious and just so him.
I devoured season one, but am iffy about season two. The feel and style were different. Season two lacked focus and was disjointed. It felt like a puzzle that's missing some pieces and the mismatched pieces were forced together. As much as I like the comedic elements injected by Tidwell, I didn't care for the removal of strong female characters. The captain is gone with no explanation. Dani lost her edge. Constance drank the koolade, so to speak. Charlie's unrequited advances on Jen from season one was humorous. She had moved on with some regrets and remorse. Jen's waivering and leading on in season two made her unattractive. I don't know what to think about the Rachel angle. For now, her presence neither add value or detract from the flow of things. Writers' strike stinks. I'll wait and see how the rest of season 2 pans out.
I think you say it all in the end: Writers' strike stinks! You are right that the writing changes big time in Season 2. I LOVE the comedic elements of the show, and not just Tidwell, but Charlie also brings in hilarious moments and I love it that Damian has this opportunity to show the brilliant comedian in him that we have not had the opportunity to see otherwise! I would have loved to see more of Constance in a substantive context (I rooted for Charlie and Constance love story!) but I admit I never liked Jen — my least favorite character in both seasons.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 2
Summer's over, and Dill heads back home to Meridian.
The narrator looks forward to joining the kids at school for the first time instead of spying on them through a telescope like a pint-size stalker.
Jem takes the narrator to school, and explains that it's different from home—and he doesn't want his first-grade sibling cramping his fifth-grade style.
The narrator's teacher is a young woman by the name of Miss Caroline Fisher, who's from North Alabama, otherwise known to the native Maycombians as Crazy Land.
Miss Caroline reads the class a story about cats and seems blithely unaware that she's already completely lost her audience, a bunch of farm kids who the narrator says are "immune to imaginative literature" (2.8).
Miss Caroline puts the alphabet up on the board. All of the class already knows it.
Amazing! Is it a class full of geniuses?
Nope. Most of them are starting first grade for the second time.
Miss Caroline asks the narrator to read, and is not pleased that she's already good at it.
See, the teacher assumes that Atticus has taught the narrator how to read. Apparently, these lessons must stop because Atticus isn't a licensed teacher and therefore is doing his child more harm than good.
Even though she's already a fluent reader, when the rest of the class is repeating first grade.
The narrator gets the impression that reading, which seems to come as naturally as breathing, is something like a sin when it's done out of class.
Trying to stay out of further trouble, the narrator zones out till recess, then complains to Jem.
Jem says that Miss Caroline is at the center of educational reform in the school, which he calls "the Dewey Decimal System" (2.25).
This new system results in boring class time, so the narrator starts writing (in cursive) a letter to Dill. Miss Caroline makes the narrator stop, saying that first graders print, and cursive isn't taught until third grade.
The narrator remembers that Calpurnia had passed rainy days by giving writing lessons.
Miss Caroline is halted in her inspection of her students' lunches by Walter Cunningham, who doesn't have one.
She tries to lend him a quarter for lunch, but he refuses to take it.
The narrator, whose name we now learn is Jean Louise, steps in, explaining to Miss Caroline that Walter is a Cunningham.
That explanation, crystal clear to Jean Louise, doesn't mean much to Miss Caroline, so she explains further: the Cunninghams won't take anything from anybody, preferring to get by on the little they have.
Flashback: Jean Louise knows about the Cunninghams because Walter's father hired Atticus for some legal work, and paid for the service by barter rather than in cash.
Back to the schoolroom present: Jean Louise wants to explain but can't, so she just says that Miss Caroline is making Walter ashamed by trying to lend him money he can't pay back.
Miss Caroline cracks at this, and calls Jean Louise up to the front of the class, where she pats her hand with the ruler and makes her stand in the corner.
The class breaks out laughing when they realize that the ruler taps were supposed to be corporal punishment.
The bell rings and everyone leaves for lunch. Miss Caroline collapses with her head in her hands at her desk.


If you chance to meet Amanda Stevens, don't be fooled by her sweet, southern smile. She's one scary thriller writer-chick. After you read her very timely post here at the Handbasket, you'll want to check out her novels: the ultra-creepy The Dollmaker (where's the film? that's what I want to know!), The Devil's Footprints and her March 09 release, The Whispering Room. You'll want to read her blog, too. I cruise by regularly and not just because she sometimes has Clive Owen Wednesdays….
Plus, Amanda may be the only other person here who knows who Echo and the Bunnymen are!
The protagonist in my WIP is a taphophile, a person who loves cemeteries and funerals (not to be confused with a necrophiliac, which would be a whole nuther story). I wouldn't say I'm a full-blown taphophile, but I do share my character's fascination for old cemeteries, gravestone symbolism and burial rituals.
• In Germany, a cemetery plot is 'leased' for only a certain amount of time–ten, fifteen, twenty years. If you don't renew your lot fee, they dig you up and remove the headstone.
• Corpses are no longer decaying in many German cemeteries. Instead, the deceased become waxen, an uncanny process that has disturbed the natural cycle of decay.
• The bone cathedrals in Rome use human remains for decorations, including bones fashioned into chandeliers.
• In New Orleans, family members can share the same vault as long as the previously deceased family member has been dead for at least two years. If a family member dies within that two-year restriction, local cemeteries are equipped with temporary 'holding' vaults.
• Washington Square served as a potter's field where the indigent of New York City were buried for several decades. A lawsuit was recently filed to halt any changes to the square, claiming that it would be disrespectful to the 20,000 or so dead souls that lie beneath. The argument was justifiably overruled, seeing as how the city turned the graveyard into a public park in 1827 and ran Fifth Avenue straight through it.
• Graveyard tourism is a growing phenomenon around the world.
• After scratch marks were found inside several dug up coffins, the 'bell' custom was instituted in England. A string tied around the corpse's wrist was also attached to a bell on the surface to eliminate the possibility of being buried alive. Graveyards sometimes hired workers to sit all night listening for these bells (the graveyard shift).
• Hollywood Forever Cemetery (once known as Hollywood Memorial Park) offers biographies of the deceased in video kiosks, GPS disks to easily locate gravesites, and Cinespia, a summer film series where classic films are projected onto the side of a mausoleum for Saturday night audiences.
• Old cemeteries are what some theologians have called "thin" places, where the veil separating our world and the next is translucent.
Lucy and I have visited some beautiful cemeteries throughout the South, but our aspiration is to one day tour Highgate Cemetery in London. We would be in good company because authors Tracy Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring) and Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife) have been known to volunteer as guides there. Not to mention that Highgate is where George Eliot, Karl Marx and Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) enjoy their perpetual slumber. But as the London Times puts it, the biggest attraction is the all-pervading gothic gloom.
Isolation, desolation and eerie atmosphere–what more could a thriller writer–or a taphophile–ask for?
Thanks so much, Amanda! I used to be so afraid of exploring cemeteries–not because I thought they were haunted, but because I thought I'd get in trouble. I think we should revive that quaint Victorian habit of picnicking in cemeteries.
What a great cover for THE WHISPERING ROOM!
Amanda Stevens is one fantastic author. So sweet and innocent and just down right scary. You are correct. I am an avid reader of hers. I cannot wait till the new novel is out. Thank you for having her.
That is just wild about the German corpses. What's in the ground over there, I wonder?
Danielle–I'm so thrilled you liked The Dollmaker. As you've probably deduced, I love creepy dolls, old cemeteries and most anything that goes bump in the night. Halloween is my favorite time of year!
Heather–Thanks! I'm happy they went back to blue and green so that it will match my website again!
"So sweet and innocent and just down right scary…" How you warm the cockles of my heart, Lesa! Thanks for stopping by!
It's something in the soil, Alex. Creates a real problem for recycling the graves.
Is the story behind "The Devil's Footprints" based on a real legend?
It is, Jane. It's based on the footprints that were (supposedly) found in Devon, England in 1855. I moved it to Arkansas and set in the 1920s during the oil boom because I liked the notion that the devil might be coming up through one of the wells.
Is Amanda gaining an unfair advantage in the competition by her ratio of comments to other readers comments? I think she should only be counted once for the choco choco chocolate bar. I mean, c'mon.
On another note, I'm Amanda's biggest fan. When I read her books, which are the ultimate in creepy and weird and fantastic, I almost feel like we're related. But then I think, oh weird, no. I don't think I could handle being close to someone so dark and sinister!
Just joking, I love you. Great post. I can't wait for more from you on this cemetery stuff. Totally your fortay.
You're crazy, Leanne. And weird. I couldn't be prouder.


Today, the Department of State designated Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, also known as Abu Du'a, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224. The consequences of this designation include a prohibition against knowingly providing material support or resources to, or engaging in other transactions with Abu Du'a, and the freezing of all property and interests in property of Abu Du'a that is in the United States, or comes within the United States or the control of U.S. persons. Today, the Department's Rewards for Justice program is also offering a $10 million reward for information that leads to the location of Abu Du'a.
Abu Du'a is the leader of al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI). AQI is listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and was listed by the UNSCR 1267 Committee in 2004.
Abu Du'a is in charge of running AQI operations currently based in Iraq and is responsible for managing and directing large scale operations, such as the August 28, 2011 attack on the Umm al-Qura mosque in Baghdad, which killed prominent Sunni lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi. In a statement eulogizing Usama bin Laden, Abu Du'a threatened violent retaliation for bin Laden's death. Three days after bin Laden's death, Abu Du'a claimed responsibility for an attack in Hilla, Iraq, that killed 24 policemen and wounded 72 others. The group claimed 23 other attacks south of Baghdad between March and April 2011; all of these attacks have been carried out under Abu Du'a's guidance.
On August 15, 2011, a wave of AQI suicide attacks began in Mosul, Iraq, which has resulted in over 70 deaths. Shortly thereafter, AQI, under Abu Du'a's direction, pledged on its website to carry out 100 attacks across Iraq in retaliation for bin Laden's death. The statement claimed the campaign would include varied attacks, including raids, suicide attacks, roadside bombs and small arms attacks in all cities and rural areas across Iraq.
This designation plays a critical role in our fight against terrorism and is an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to abandon terrorism.
Information about Abu Du'a is located on the Rewards for Justice web site (www.rewardsforjustice.net/dua). We encourage anyone with information on Abu Du'a's location to contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate, any U.S. military commander, or the Rewards for Justice office via the website, by e-mail (RFJ@state.gov) or by mail at Rewards for Justice, Washington, DC 20520-0303, USA. All information will be kept strictly confidential. Since its inception in 1984, the Rewards for Justice Program has paid more than $100 million to more than 70 persons who provided actionable information that put terrorists behind bars or prevented acts of international terrorism worldwide.


In many computer vision applications we often have to deal with huge amounts of data: processing can therefore be slow and requires a lot of memory.
In order to achieve faster processing and a smaller memory footprint, we sometimes use a more compact representation called a skeleton.
A skeleton must preserve the structure of the shape but all redundant pixels should be removed.
In this article we will present how to compute a morphological skeleton with the library OpenCV.
The skeleton obtained is far from perfect but it is a really simple method compared to other existing algorithms.
As described on Wikipedia, a morphological skeleton can be computed using only the two basic morphological operations: dilate and erode.
At each iteration the image is eroded again and the skeleton is refined by computing the union of the current erosion less the opening of this erosion. An opening is simply an erosion followed by a dilation.
We now need an image to store the skeleton and also a temporary image in order to store intermediate computations in the loop. The skeleton image is filled with black at the beginning.
We have to declare the structuring element we will use for our morphological operations, here we use a 3x3 cross-shaped structure element (i.e. we use 4-connexity).
And now the core of the algorithm, the main loop. We need a boolean variable in order to check if there is at least one pixel remaining. Operations are done in-place when possible.
The use of the minMaxLoc function deserves an explanation. We want to check if there is still at least one pixel in the image, unfortunately I have not found a function for this task in OpenCV, therefore I just check if the maximum value is 0. minMaxLoc stores the minimum value in the second parameter (ignored if NULL pointer) and the maximum in the third parameter. A short-circuit OR function would be nice for this task.
The loop is over, we have our skeleton, let's display it!
As discussed with Arthur Kalverboer in the comments below, it is possible to optimize the computation in several ways.
First of all we can notice we perform the open operation and just after we perform an erosion on the same image, but an opening is just an erosion followed by a dilation, so we can perform the erosion and save it to a new image eroded, and at the end of the loop we copy eroded to img.
The second optimization concerns the use of cv::minMaxLoc in order to check if an image still has white pixels, computing the norm (cv::norm) of the image is faster.
EDIT2: Abid Rahman told me the function 'cv::countNonZero' is even faster, I didn't know this function existed, thanks!
Finally the last optimization is to replace the and and not operations by a simple set difference operation (cv::subtract). This works because we only manipulate binary images.
Also, don't forget to crop your images before processing. The two images I gave as examples are not cropped, cropping them (manually or using OpenCV) also improves execution time.
Lately I have been interested in the library OpenCV. This library, initially developed by Intel, is dedicated to computer vision applications and is known to be one of the fastest (and maybe the fastest ?) library available for real-time computer vision.
And yet, if you think the library is not fast enough you can install Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (IPP) on your system and benefit from heavily optimized routines. If you have several cores available on your computer, you can also install Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB). And if it's still not fast enough, you can run some operations on your GPU using CUDA !
All these features looked really exciting, so I decided to experiment a little bit with OpenCV in order to test its interface and expressive power. In this article I present a simple and very short project that detects the skew angle of a digitized document. My goal is not to present an error-proof program but rather to show the ease of use of OpenCV.
The detection of the skew angle of a document is a common preprocessing step in document analysis.
The document might have been slightly rotated during its digitization. It is therefore necessary to compute the skew angle and to rotate the text before going further in the processing pipeline (i.e. words/letters segmentation and later OCR).
We will work on 5 different images of the same short (but famous) text.
The naming convention for those images is rather simple, the first letter stands for the sign of the angle (p for plus, m for minus) and the following number is the value of the angle.
We assume here that the noise introduced by digitization has been removed by a previous preprocessing stage. We also assume that the text has been isolated: no images, horizontal or vertical separators, etc.
First, let's declare a function compute_skew, it takes a path to an image as input and outputs the detected angle to standard output.
First we load the image and stores its size in a variable, very simple.
Of course as characters have an height, we find several lines for each actual line from the text. By fine tuning the parameters used later or by using preprocessing we can decrease the number of lines.
So, how do we find lines in the image ? We use a powerful mathematical tool called the Hough transform. I won't dig into mathematical details, but the main idea of the Hough transform is to use a 2D accumulator in order to count how many times a given line has been found in the image, the whole image is scanned and by a voting system the "best" lines are identified.
We used a more efficient variant of the Standard Hough Transform (SHT) called the Probabilistic Hough Transform (PHT). In OpenCV the PHT is implemented under the name HoughLinesP.
minLineLength – The minimum line length. Line segments shorter than that will be rejected. This is a great tool in order to prune out small residual lines.
maxLineGap – The maximum allowed gap between points on the same line to link them.
This could be interesting for a multi-columns text, for example we could choose to not link lines from different text columns.
We use a step size of 1 for and for , the threshold (the minimum number of votes) is 100.
minLineLength is width/2, this is not an unreasonable assumption if the text is well isolated.
maxLineGap is 20, it seems a sound value for a gap.
In the remaining of the code we simply calculate the angle between each line and the horizontal line using the atan2 math function and we compute the mean angle of all the lines.
For debugging purposes we also draw all the lines in a new image called disp_lines and we display this image in a new window.
angle /= nb_lines; // mean angle, in radians.


The Fairey Flycatcher was the archetypal between-the-wars Fleet Air Arm fighter. The idiosyncratic biplane was loved by crews and public alike, despite its unlikely appearance and moderate performance, and it was famed more for its aerobatic prowess and public demonstrations than glory on the field of battle. The Flycatcher was agile yet forgiving, tough, reliable, and fully aerobatic, and, bedecked in a dazzling range of bright, colourful markings, was the perfect mount for expressing the youthful high spirits of naval pilots in the 1920s and 30s.
The Flycatcher was never engaged in a war, though it played a significant role in 'colonial policing' of trouble spots in the British Empire, and served the Royal Navy doing everything from tackling pirates off the Chinese coast to entertaining crowds at Schneider Trophy events with aerobatic displays.
This book is the most comprehensive on the Flycatcher yet published, with numerous photographs of the aircraft in service, several of which have never been published before, walkaround photographs of the replica built by John Fairey, illustrations from contemporary manuals, and colour artwork.


At our last Alamo Square meeting, Sgt Tony Manfreda from SFPD's Northern Station attended to give us an update on safety around Alamo Square and answer questions.
The hot topic was car break-ins and how SFPD tracks them.
Sgt. Manfreda followed up with us via email to inform us that as of January 2018, online reporting is included in the SFPD's crime statistics.
Building Burglary (Supplement) You have already filed a report with an Officer for the burglary of a building (residential, commercial, garage etc.) and you are updating or have completed your list of stolen and damaged items. The officer took a burglary report at your home or business, and said to make a list of any additional items taken in the burglary.
Fraudulent Use of Credit / Debit Card A credit / debit card is used to make purchases without the authorization of the cardholder. An unknown person uses your credit / debit card to make purchases without your permission.
Lost Property When property is missing or lost. Property that is missing, leaving items in restaurant, bus, train, or missing from home.
Theft Property is taken without your permission other than from a vehicle. Property is missing or stolen and not lost. The theft of firearms, passports, Social Security cards, vehicles or license plates cannot be reported online.
Vandalism The act of changing, modifying or defacing public or private property, including graffiti. Knocking over mail box, throwing rocks through windows, marking / painting of personal property other than to a vehicle, etc.
Vehicle Burglary Property is stolen from a locked vehicle. Stolen equipment or belongings from a vehicle.
Vehicle Tampering Tampering with a motor vehicle including vandalism, graffiti of a vehicle and thefts from unlocked vehicles. Keying, broken windows, or attempts to remove parts. License Plate thefts cannot be reported online.


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The Very early Years: A blog around Drew's early years maturing in an acting household.
Drew Barrymore had terrific success as a child starlet, as well as has attained a new level of acclaim as a grown-up, starring in numerous successful films. She has actually likewise made a name for herself as a manufacturer of films and also supervisor of a film.
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Join us in the studio on Monday the 27th February for one of our Artist Talk Series with current ELP Artist in Residence, Nica Harrison.
Our latest course at East London Printmakers allows you the opportunity to enter into a new world of mark-making possibilities, by learning how to etch the surface of lino with a caustic solution. As well as introducing printmakers to this exciting – and sometimes unpredictable – technique, Steve Edwards will share the methods he uses to register multiple plates in order to create his dramatic large-scale landscapes.
The course will take place over 5 evenings throughout March and April, so if you are already a fan of the linocut then this course will give you the opportunity to add an exciting new dimension to your practice. To find out more about the course and book your place, have a little look at this.
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Pedestrian Fatalities Continue to Occur at Record Rates
*This post was originally published on March 28, 2018. It has been updated to include new information.
Despite the efforts of policymakers, safety advocates and law enforcement in recent years, pedestrian fatality rates continue to increase. The Governors Highway Safety Administration (GHSA) reports that nearly 6,000 pedestrians were killed in 2017, a 1.7% increase from 2016. These numbers represent the highest rates of pedestrian deaths since 1990.
Over the past several years, pedestrian deaths have risen as other types of traffic deaths have declined. In 2007, pedestrian deaths accounted for 11% of all traffic fatalities. In 2016, that number increased to 16%. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there was a 9% increase in pedestrian fatalities in 2016, following a 9.5% increase in 2015. Unfortunately, the problem does not appear to be decreasing, despite increased awareness and safety efforts, as well as improvements to vehicle safety.
Last year was the second deadliest year for pedestrians in the Coachella Valley this decade. A total of 19 pedestrian fatalities occurred in 2018 in the region. The worst year this decade was 2016, in which 26 pedestrians lost their lives on Coachella Valley roadways. Four of this year's pedestrian deaths occurred on Ramon Road in Cathedral City. In November, city officials announced that signs were being put up in the medians on Ramon Road to discourage jaywalking. Authorities have cited jaywalking as a primary factor in many of the 2018 pedestrian fatalities, but there are certainly other factors contributing to these crashes.
What is Causing Increase in Pedestrian Deaths?
The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute has collected data on crash fatalities, and reports that more young people are being injured in crashes. However, older adults are more likely to be killed in a pedestrian accident. The institute has pointed to distracted driving, as well as distracted walking, as potential explanations for the increase in pedestrian fatalities. Considering the total number of multimedia messages sent has more than tripled since 2010, the role of cell phones in driver and pedestrian distraction cannot be ignored.
However, there are certainly other possible contributors. There are more cars on the road now than just a few years ago. The economy has improved, which has led to higher populations in urban areas where pedestrian fatalities most often occur. The number of miles traveled by vehicles increased nearly 3% from 2015 to 2016. Alcohol continues to be a problem as well. According to the GHSA report, pedestrians or drivers had elevated BAC levels in nearly half of the fatal crashes that occurred in 2016. Walking at night is another factor, as 75% of fatal crashes occurred after dark.
The report also suggests that perhaps the legalization of marijuana in several states over the past few years has contributed to the problem. Washington, D.C. and the seven states that legalized recreational marijuana use from 2012 to 2016 have seen a collective 16.4% increase in pedestrian fatalities for the first half of 2017. Compared with the combined 5.8% increase experienced by other states, the number certainly raises some questions.
What Can Be Done to Curb Pedestrian Deaths?
In a similar approach to distracted driving laws, some cities are passing ordinances to ban the use of cell phones while pedestrians cross the street. But will such laws be effective? Most states have laws on the books preventing drivers from texting while driving, and 14 states, including California, prohibit the use of any mobile device while driving. According to the Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), data on laws prohibiting distracted driving shows mixed results. David G. Kidd, a senior researcher at the institute, says that, although laws coupled with strong enforcement can change behavior, there has not been a reduction in crashes that would correlate to a change in distracted driving behavior.
Safety advocates are also turning their attention to automakers to help curb the problem. Crash avoidance technologies, such as forward-collision warnings and emergency braking, should help reduce pedestrian accidents. Of course, these technologies don't prevent drivers or pedestrians from being distracted on the road. But they can help bring down the astonishingly high number of pedestrian fatalities, which is desperately needed at this point.
Improvements to vehicle headlights could also potentially reduce fatal pedestrian crashes. According to the IIHS, headlights on most vehicles are outdated, which poses a risk for pedestrians at night—when a majority of fatal collisions occur. The group determined that two-thirds of lighting packages available on 21 small SUV models delivered poor performance. Ten midsize car and seven pickup truck models were also given a poor headlight performance rating. Despite the technology being available—adaptive beam technology is widely used in Europe and Japan—regulators have not changed old rules to allow the technology. Adaptive beam headlights automatically adjust to oncoming traffic, reducing glare and helping drivers see better in the dark.
While self-driving car technology is currently being tested, it will still be quite some time before autonomous vehicles are on the roads. Experts believe self-driving vehicles will greatly improve driver and pedestrian safety in the long-run. However, until that technology is perfected and introduced to the public at large, it is up to drivers and pedestrians to eliminate distractions and focus on safe driving.
"It is troubling that we continue to see such high rates of pedestrian deaths. Drivers and pedestrians alike need to prioritize safety on the road," said Attorney Walter Clark, founder of Walter Clark Legal Group.
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Q: OnItemLongClick force selection to listview row instead of a control on the listview row I am using drag/drop to move rows in a listview. Each Listview row has an Entry control  and a button control. When I LongClick the Entry element of the ListView row, the Entry control is selected. I want OnItemLongClick event to select the ListView row for dragging not the Entry control.
Can I force the selection to the Listview row in OnItemLongClick whenever a  control element on the ListView item is selected (i.e. Entry element of the ListView item)?
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The hunting definition or moose hunter's glossary is here to clear up some of the terminology that novice hunters may not understand. Written with the novice hunter in mind, experienced hunters may also benefit from some of the terms and definitions.
A lot of writers, including myself, often forget that the reader of any given article may not understand the terminology used in the editorial.
Therefore I will attempt to add some clarification to some of the terms used by outdoor writers.
Outdoorsmen/women are looking for information on how best to locate wild animals. I write my articles to help you succeed in your goals. Unfortunately there are often times when a writer, with good intentions will write an article that to the inexperienced will just-not-make-sense!
Have you ever read an article and come across a term or theme based article that just doesn't gel? There are many studies written by biologists, scientists and PhDs that are meant for scholars. Do you or have you ever read one of those papers? Sometimes the language used, takes what could be a very interesting article and turns it into gibberish.
Unfortunately scholarly papers are, for most part not meant for us laymen to read or understand. The accompanying tables, charts and figures often leave us more perplexed than if we had never read the article in the first place.
My wish is for The Hunting Definition - Moose Hunters Glossary, to shed some light on these eye-blurring-doctorial papers and to define some common terminology used by writers.
This page I am sure will have its shortcomings, so I will ask for your forgiveness in advance. If you know of a term or definition that I haven't listed or have more information about; please contact us and we'll be more than happy to consider your contribution.
The process of hunting and gathering has been with mankind for millennia. The act of hunting may include the use of modern day weapons or those of centuries past, the primitive.
Most authorities believe that man arrived in North America via the Beringian Connection which was a land connection (as the ice fields receded) between the old world and the new world. It is believed that man and moose arrived at about the same time period, somewhere between 10,000 and 70,000 years ago.
In the north where food was scarce it was often feast or famine. Because caribou were of the migratory type; as a food source, were not always available.
The moose however were available as a food source year round. The early natives' hunted moose, using primitive weapons, such as knives, spears and clubs.
Natives across the moose range have said the moose is the most difficult animal to kill while the buffalo is the easiest. Teddy Roosevelt said he thought hunting moose was par with hunting whitetailed deer, being they were somewhat more wary than elk or mule deer.
As moose populated North America they spread across the entire tundra, the boreal forest, the pacific coast and the northern intermountain and eventually the southeast. Moose are not tolerable of extreme temperatures and at least initially inhabited areas of temperature ranges of -20° C (-5° F) to 15.5° C (60° F). Moose in winter coats are stressed at temperatures above 5.1° C (23° F), moose in summer coats suffer stress at temperatures above 14° C (59° F). It is unknown exactly what the lower threshold temperature is for moose. They have been observed at temperatures below -40° C (-40° F) and thriving.
The easiest time of year to hunt moose is during the rut. The rut (moose mating season) typically is 15th of September through the 30th of October (rough dates). The peak of the rut is usually the first two weeks of October. Of course these dates can vary from region to region.
Moose are easiest to hunt at this time of year for a few reasons.
1) They are vocal at this time of year. Both sexes become vocal. Cows will moan (Ahhhh, with a quivering pitch) and bulls will grunt (Orgh) in response.
2) Because both sexes are looking for mates they tend to be less cautious in their travels through the forest.
First nation's tribes used various methods of hunting moose before the introduction of the firearm. These methods included but were not limited to: chasing moose by canoe while they swam (bulldogging), spring moose hunting in deep crusted snow, snaring and driving moose into narrows or traps.
Governed by authorities has typically regulated moose hunting to the fall seasons. Today's moose hunting techniques are limited to firearms (smokeless and black powder) and archery tackle. Archers equipment consists of the long bow, compound bow and much to the chagrin of some archers (the purists)... crossbow archers.
One of the most satisfying ways to hunt moose is to call them. Calling moose originated in the Northeast and was documented as early as 1855. Calling moose during windy periods is not considered an effective moose hunting technique as the moose are more wary during times of windy conditions.
To call moose within a few yards is an exciting experience. The hunters or photographers can be close enough as to actually hear the great animals breathing.
Hunting Definition - Stalking or "Still Hunting"
Not so still actually. The act (or art) of still-hunting actually involves movement. The hunter or photographer moves slowly, stealthfully towards the intended target. The technique of still hunting involves for the most part – taking a few steps then watching and listening, scanning the area 360 degrees looking for sign. Possibly an ear or patch of fur that will be visible though a small opening, may be the only clue an animal is close at hand.
This method of tracking moose or deer can be quite rewarding too! The watchful eye may notice freshly browsed willows on which some saliva still clings. Imagine your excitement at finding a partially chewed leaf, dropped while the feeding animal reached for a new mouthful of leaves or grass. You would know your quarry is close at hand.
When approaching an animal that is, or was feeding you may find them bedded down. Wistfully ruminating, resting before the next feeding period. Always try to approach an animal from the downwind side, if they smell you or hear your approach they will surely escape before you discover them.
Moose have a habit of circling downwind just before they bed down, this way they back-track and will discover predators that may be following.
Generally, stalking or still hunting is considered to be the most difficult to be successful at. This is because a moose (or deer) at rest is completely aware of his surroundings and will detect seemingly imperceptible sounds and movements. Moose will bed in the thickest areas of the forest to avoid detection, the stalking hunter must use his absolute best moose hunting techniques to outwit a moose at rest.
Food made from boiled and pulverized moose bones and moose marrow.
The traditional call made from rolled birch-bark. Also known as a Moose Horn.
The period of time in which a cow moose will allow a bull to mount. The estrus can last for as little as 1 hour to as long as 36 hours, the average being from 15 – 26 hours.
It is generally understood that moose have poor eyesight; although little is known of the acuteness of their vision. However; it is known that moose must move their heads in order to see objects at close range. Unlike humans moose have the ability to move their eyes independently. Moose rely more upon their keen sense of smell and hearing than that of vision.
Moose will feed during a moonlit night or from an hour or so before sunrise to about an hour after sunrise before going into the forest to bed down and ruminate. Again in the evening moose will become active and browse until well after dark. Moose are most easily called and enticed in the morning, especially if the pursuer begins calling an hour or more before sunrise. Getting their interest and having a moose expose himself is much easier before they bed down. Once bedded, they will listen with great interest to your calling; later once the moose begins his feeding pattern he may investigate the luring sounds which you were wistfully sending out into the woods. Too bad for you if you are not still there!
Sometimes moose will not investigate right away; it may take several days before he gets to the area from where you were calling. Most experienced moose hunters will target a specific area for several days in a row before moving to a new location.
Bear Grass - Xerophyllum tenax. Bear grass looks like grass but is really part of the lily family.
Moose have large ears and extremely sensitive hearing.
Sufficient hunting gear to equip the moose hunter to facilitate in the location of moose, be comfortable and safe while hunting.
The moose nose has sensitivity far superior to that of humans. Moose have huge nasal cavities which are lined with millions of moist smell-sensing cells. When a molecule of odor is sensed by one of these sensitive cells a signal is sent to the brain, and a response is triggered.
The Jacobson's organ is found in the roof of the mouth. It is believed the Jacobson's organ is used to detect primarily sexual smells or odors. In order for a moose to use his Jacobson's organ he must tilt his head up, his upper lip back and open his mouth. This process of odor detection is called "flehmen".
Although moose are large animals they are very difficult to count unless the inventories are competed during ideal conditions. The poor results or non-existence of these studies of some jurisdictions limits wildlife managers in their abilities to manage and estimate moose populations. In many areas of North America the study methods vary leaving it difficult to compare results from one area to another. However; often enough data is collected to achieve a confidence level of moose population densities.
A firearm with capable of discharging a bullet with sufficient energy to dispatch a moose humanely and efficiently.
In past millennia first nation's tribe had certain firm beliefs regarding moose.
One belief of significant proportions was that moose would give themselves up to hunters who showed respect and dignity to the survival of the species. Hunters, it was believed, could search for and attempt to locate and kill a moose; he would be unsuccessful until the moose allowed himself to be found. The moose, only revealing himself to those hunters who were competent, solicitous and reverent. The spirituality of the hunter was affirmed on each hunt.
Bull moose will begin to create scent pits as early as the beginning of September, although the breeding season does not usually begin until the middle of the month. Areas of soft ground which a bull moose will scrape with his hoof and then urinate and salivate in; this is done to attract the female cow moose. This muddy area will have a distinct aroma; the male will wallow in it to perfume himself. The bull moose will check his wallow several times from creation until after the breeding cycle to see if any interested cow moose are waiting.
An area where there is a sufficient food source, shelter from: severe weather, deep snow and extremely cold or overly warm temperatures.