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package org.apache.sysds.runtime.compress;

import java.util.EnumSet;

import org.apache.sysds.conf.ConfigurationManager;
import org.apache.sysds.conf.DMLConfig;
import org.apache.sysds.runtime.compress.cocode.CoCoderFactory.PartitionerType;
import org.apache.sysds.runtime.compress.colgroup.AColGroup.CompressionType;
import org.apache.sysds.runtime.compress.colgroup.insertionsort.InsertionSorterFactory.SORT_TYPE;
import org.apache.sysds.runtime.compress.cost.CostEstimatorFactory.CostType;
import org.apache.sysds.runtime.compress.estim.sample.SampleEstimatorFactory.EstimationType;

/**
 * Builder pattern for Compression Settings. See CompressionSettings for details on values.
 */
public class CompressionSettingsBuilder {
	private double samplingRatio;
	private boolean allowSharedDictionary = false;
	private String transposeInput;
	private int seed = -1;
	private boolean lossy = false;
	private EnumSet<CompressionType> validCompressions;
	private boolean sortValuesByLength = true;
	private int maxColGroupCoCode = 10000;
	private double coCodePercentage = 0.01;
	private int minimumSampleSize = 3000;
	private int maxSampleSize = 1000000;
	private EstimationType estimationType = EstimationType.HassAndStokes;
	private PartitionerType columnPartitioner;
	private CostType costType;
	private double minimumCompressionRatio = 1.0;
	private boolean isInSparkInstruction = false;
	private SORT_TYPE sdcSortType = SORT_TYPE.MATERIALIZE;

	public CompressionSettingsBuilder() {

		DMLConfig conf = ConfigurationManager.getDMLConfig();
		this.lossy = conf.getBooleanValue(DMLConfig.COMPRESSED_LOSSY);
		this.validCompressions = EnumSet.of(CompressionType.UNCOMPRESSED, CompressionType.CONST);
		String[] validCompressionsString = conf.getTextValue(DMLConfig.COMPRESSED_VALID_COMPRESSIONS).split(",");
		for(String comp : validCompressionsString)
			validCompressions.add(CompressionType.valueOf(comp));
		samplingRatio = conf.getDoubleValue(DMLConfig.COMPRESSED_SAMPLING_RATIO);
		columnPartitioner = PartitionerType.valueOf(conf.getTextValue(DMLConfig.COMPRESSED_COCODE));
		costType = CostType.valueOf(conf.getTextValue(DMLConfig.COMPRESSED_COST_MODEL));
		transposeInput = conf.getTextValue(DMLConfig.COMPRESSED_TRANSPOSE);
	}

	/**
	 * Copy the settings from another CompressionSettings Builder, modifies this, not that.
	 *
	 * @param that The other CompressionSettingsBuilder to copy settings from.
	 * @return The modified CompressionSettings in the same object.
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder copySettings(CompressionSettings that) {
		this.samplingRatio = that.samplingRatio;
		this.allowSharedDictionary = that.allowSharedDictionary;
		this.transposeInput = that.transposeInput;
		this.seed = that.seed;
		this.lossy = that.lossy;
		this.validCompressions = EnumSet.copyOf(that.validCompressions);
		this.sortValuesByLength = that.sortTuplesByFrequency;
		this.columnPartitioner = that.columnPartitioner;
		this.maxColGroupCoCode = that.maxColGroupCoCode;
		this.coCodePercentage = that.coCodePercentage;
		this.minimumSampleSize = that.minimumSampleSize;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the Compression to use Lossy compression.
	 *
	 * @param lossy A boolean specifying if the compression should be lossy
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setLossy(boolean lossy) {
		this.lossy = lossy;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the sampling ratio in percent to sample the input matrix. Input value should be in range 0.0 - 1.0
	 *
	 * @param samplingRatio The ratio to sample from the input
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setSamplingRatio(double samplingRatio) {
		this.samplingRatio = samplingRatio;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the sortValuesByLength flag. This sorts the dictionaries containing the data based on their occurences in the
	 * ColGroup. Improving cache efficiency especially for diverse column groups.
	 *
	 * @param sortValuesByLength A boolean specifying if the values should be sorted
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setSortValuesByLength(boolean sortValuesByLength) {
		this.sortValuesByLength = sortValuesByLength;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Allow the Dictionaries to be shared between different column groups.
	 *
	 * @param allowSharedDictionary A boolean specifying if the dictionary can be shared between column groups.
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setAllowSharedDictionary(boolean allowSharedDictionary) {
		this.allowSharedDictionary = allowSharedDictionary;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Specify if the input matrix should be transposed before compression. This improves cache efficiency while
	 * compression the input matrix
	 *
	 * @param transposeInput string specifying if the input should be transposed before compression, should be one of
	 *                       "auto", "true" or "false"
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setTransposeInput(String transposeInput) {
		switch(transposeInput) {
			case "auto":
			case "true":
			case "false":
				this.transposeInput = transposeInput;
				break;
			default:
				throw new DMLCompressionException("Invalid transpose technique");
		}
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the seed for the compression operation.
	 *
	 * @param seed The seed used in sampling the matrix and general operations in the compression.
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setSeed(int seed) {
		this.seed = seed;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the valid compression strategies used for the compression.
	 *
	 * @param validCompressions An EnumSet of CompressionTypes to use in the compression
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setValidCompressions(EnumSet<CompressionType> validCompressions) {
		// should always contain Uncompressed as an option.
		if(!validCompressions.contains(CompressionType.UNCOMPRESSED))
			validCompressions.add(CompressionType.UNCOMPRESSED);
		if(!validCompressions.contains(CompressionType.CONST))
			validCompressions.add(CompressionType.CONST);
		this.validCompressions = validCompressions;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Add a single valid compression type to the EnumSet of valid compressions.
	 *
	 * @param cp The compression type to add to the valid ones.
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder addValidCompression(CompressionType cp) {
		this.validCompressions.add(cp);
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Clear all the compression types allowed in the compression. This will only allow the Uncompressed ColGroup type.
	 * Since this is required for operation of the compression
	 *
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder clearValidCompression() {
		this.validCompressions = EnumSet.of(CompressionType.UNCOMPRESSED);
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the type of CoCoding Partitioner type to use for combining columns together.
	 *
	 * @param columnPartitioner The Strategy to select from PartitionerType
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setColumnPartitioner(PartitionerType columnPartitioner) {
		this.columnPartitioner = columnPartitioner;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the maximum number of columns to CoCode together in the CoCoding strategy. Compression time increase with
	 * higher numbers.
	 *
	 * @param maxColGroupCoCode The max selected.
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setMaxColGroupCoCode(int maxColGroupCoCode) {
		this.maxColGroupCoCode = maxColGroupCoCode;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the coCode percentage, the effect is different based on the coCoding strategy, but the general effect is that
	 * higher values results in more coCoding while lower values result in less.
	 *
	 * Note that with high coCoding the compression ratio would possibly be lower.
	 *
	 * @param coCodePercentage The percentage to set.
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setCoCodePercentage(double coCodePercentage) {
		this.coCodePercentage = coCodePercentage;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the minimum sample size to extract from a given matrix, this overrules the sample percentage if the sample
	 * percentage extracted is lower than this minimum bound.
	 *
	 * @param minimumSampleSize The minimum sample size to extract
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setMinimumSampleSize(int minimumSampleSize) {
		this.minimumSampleSize = minimumSampleSize;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the maximum sample size to extract from a given matrix, this overrules the sample percentage if the sample
	 * percentage extracted is higher than this maximum bound.
	 *
	 * @param maxSampleSize The maximum sample size to extract
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setMaxSampleSize(int maxSampleSize) {
		this.maxSampleSize = maxSampleSize;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the estimation type used for the sampled estimates.
	 *
	 * @param estimationType the estimation type in used.
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setEstimationType(EstimationType estimationType) {
		this.estimationType = estimationType;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the cost type used for estimating the cost of column groups default is memory based.
	 *
	 * @param costType The Cost type wanted
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setCostType(CostType costType) {
		this.costType = costType;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the minimum compression ratio to be achieved by the compression.
	 *
	 * @param ratio The ratio to achieve while compressing
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setMinimumCompressionRatio(double ratio) {
		this.minimumCompressionRatio = ratio;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Inform the compression that it is executed in a spark instruction.
	 *
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setIsInSparkInstruction() {
		this.isInSparkInstruction = true;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the sort type to use.
	 *
	 * @param sdcSortType The sort type for the construction of SDC groups
	 * @return The CompressionSettingsBuilder
	 */
	public CompressionSettingsBuilder setSDCSortType(SORT_TYPE sdcSortType) {
		this.sdcSortType = sdcSortType;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Create the CompressionSettings object to use in the compression.
	 *
	 * @return The CompressionSettings
	 */
	public CompressionSettings create() {
		return new CompressionSettings(samplingRatio, allowSharedDictionary, transposeInput, seed, lossy,
			validCompressions, sortValuesByLength, columnPartitioner, maxColGroupCoCode, coCodePercentage,
			minimumSampleSize, maxSampleSize, estimationType, costType, minimumCompressionRatio, isInSparkInstruction,
			sdcSortType);
	}
}

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Blood of the Dead is one of three launch Zombies maps in Black Ops 4. For those that may be new to Call of Duty: Zombies, Pack-a-Punch is a machine that upgrades your weapons.
Upgrading your weapons can sometimes be tricky though, as you will need to complete a series tasks to unlock the Pack-a-Punch machine. However, once it is unlocked, you will be able to upgrade your weapons for 5,000 points (re-packing will cost 2,500 points), which will not only make the weapon stronger, but it will also have more ammunition, a new camo skin, and even special effects.
With that being said, here is the complete step by step guide on how to complete the Blood of the Dead Pack-a-Punch.
In order to first build the Zombie Shield, you are going to need to turn on the power.
The first Power Switch can be found by unlocking the following rooms in order. If you are unsure of your current location, be sure to always check the top left corner of your screen where you will find the name of your current location displayed in white writing.
Power Switch One: Richthofen's Laboratory > Model Industries > West Grounds > Power House.
Upon entering the Power House, you will find the first Power Switch in the top left corner of the room. This will be illuminated by a light and can be found right next to a large sign that reads 'Lights Out'.
Turning on the second Power Switch can be a little tricky though, as there are a number of rooms that you will need to unlock in order to get to the switch. Simply unlock the following rooms in the order below to find the second Power Switch.
Power Switch Two: Catwalk > Recreative Yard > Cell Block Entrance > D-Block > C-D Street > Cell Block 3rd Floor > Michigan Avenue > Citadel > Citadel Tunnels > China Alley > Building 64.
Upon entering Building 64, you will find the second Power Switch located in the small far right room. In this room, there will be three switches and the floor will read 'No One Escapes'.
Once you have turned on both of the Power Switches, a heavy enemy will spawn nearby called 'The Warden'. You must kill The Warden in order to obtain the Warden's Key, the key will be dropped by The Warden following his death and will glow bright blue.
This key will not only allow you to access specific areas of the map, but you will also use the key to charge up the Zombie Shield by sucking the souls out of zombies.
In order to build the Zombie Shield, you will need to collect three different parts.
To make the process of building the shield easier, obtaining the Afterlife Essence is usually best to be collected first, as in most cases you will pass at least one of its three different spawn locations while traversing the map to complete other steps of the Pack-a-Punch. It is also important to note that all Afterlife Essence's will be located on a red electrical box inside the Prison building.
Here are the three different locations that the Afterlife Essence may spawn in Blood of the Dead.
Location #1: Located within Time's Square, you can find the Afterlife Essence on the wall - near the stairs leading to the Showers - right next to the Auger DMR wall-buy. Time's Square is located just off of the Cafeteria.
Location #2: Located in Michigan Avenue, outside of the Warden's Office and directly beneath the Michigan sign.
Location #3: Located within the Library, you will find the Afterlife Essence right next to the doorway entrance.
The Zombie Shield can be found in the three different locations below.
Location #1: Located in the Citadel Tunnels, you will find the shield leaning against a wire and corrugated iron fence, not far from the locked elevator as you begin to walk down the winding staircase.
Location #2: As you exit the Citadel Tunnel staircase doorway, you will find the shield just to your left, leaning against a wall right next to a large pile of skulls. This is located just before you leave the Citadel Tunnels to lead into China Alley.
Location #3: Located right next to the Zombie spawn in China Alley, you will find the shield leaning against the alley wall.
To obtain the Warden's Key, you will need to kill the Brutus Boss Zombie in order to receive the key as a drop.
It is worth noting that the mini boss zombie will only spawn after activating both of the Power Switch. You can find our complete guide on turning the power on in Part 1 of our guide.
Location #1: Located at the Docks, you will find the workbench located just to the left of the door when exiting Building 64.
Location #2: Located on Cell Black 3rd Floor, a workbench can be found to your left when heading towards the Gondola, along a wall of corrugated iron.
With the Zombie Shield ready to go, along with the Warden Key, it is now time to head to the Roof. While you can simply keep heading higher up into Prison until you reach the Roof, you can also follow the order of rooms below.
In order to power up the Zombie Shield, you will need to drain the souls from at least three to five zombies. This can be done by using L1 / LB to aim with the shield, followed by L2 / RT to use the shield's special Soul Blast attack.
It's important to note though, if you happen to take too much damage while you are carrying the Zombie Shield (check the shields health bar on the HUD), it will be destroyed and you will need to head back to the workbench to obtain another one.
Once you have drained the essences from the required amount of zombies, the key will begin to glow bright blue. It is now time to activate the Punch-a-Punch machine.
Now that you have reached the roof and have successfully charged the Soul Key, use L1 / LB to aim with the shield, followed by L2 / RT to use the shield's special Soul Blast attack on the Voltmeter to activate the Pack-a-Punch machine.
There you have it, our complete Pack-a-Punch guide for Blood of the Dead.


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I am having a panic/in pain/sick day, bad. It's been really bad like this ever since I had a cyst burst, about a week ago. Maybe. Time never lines up right anymore. I am not sure what happened when, or in what order. I'm ignoring it for the most part. Keeping my notebook, a play by play diary of every pill I have to take, everything I eat, everything I do.
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In Conversation With Luca Pronzato Of We Are ONA, The Collective Leading A New Wave Of Culinary Talent
Luca Pronzato, the founder of creative culinary collective We Are ONA, needs no introduction. Turning the traditional restaurant experience on its head by breaking it up into immersive pop-ups from Milan to Mexico City, sommelier and restaurateur Pronzato creates offbeat dining experiences in mysterious and often disused spaces. More recently, the nomad sommelier and restaurateur is laying down roots and opening a We Are ONA food studio in Paris, his home city, just around the corner from where he's settled with his young family.
Founded in 2019, We Are ONA — "ona" meaning wave in Catalan — is a catalyst for empowering young chefs by giving them the opportunity to explore their talent and the freedom to express their creativity. The result of this inspiration powerhouse is pretty special and has become a reference on the dining circuit, the chefs serving the highest quality of local and sustainable produce. Drawing an arty crowd from all over the globe, We Are ONA is blossoming into a transient hub where artists, writers and designers can convene with like-minded creatives, no matter which art fair they happen to be hopping to next.
Born in France and raised by an Italian father and Spanish mother who had an Italian deli on rue des Petit Champs in Paris, questions around well-sourced produce were part of daily life for this 30-year-old visionary. So it was no surprise that he went on to work at restaurants and bistros before interning at Selosse Champagne when he was 18.
"At that time, I didn't know what I wanted to go into but I knew that I was passionate about wine, wine-making, food and service," says the young entrepreneur. "I wanted to learn everything I could and I was curious about how things were done abroad too."
His thirst for knowledge of the sector led him to travel for almost a year, during which he went to 30 countries, soaking up how things were done elsewhere. "It was an exceptional way to learn about a lot and meet incredible, talented, people along the way."
Pop-up with chef Robert Mendoza and hosted by hosted by design firm Uchronia last September at an … [+] old goldsmith's in Paris.
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By the time he returned to Paris, the idea of a nomadic restaurant concept that could bring together top-notch local produce, chefs' savoir-faire and natural wines from all over, without being limited to a single space, started to form.
"Before setting anything up, what I wanted to do next, something I felt was missing from my experience, was to work at a renowned restaurant. So I spent the next three years working at Noma in Copenhagen, Mirazur in Menton and Central Restaurante in Lima, which were incredible experiences for me; to be able to work with chefs and teams of that kind of caliber. Again, it allowed me to learn a lot about operations, service and how to take care of diners with very high standards and food and wine knowledge."
When Noma closed and went to Mexico, Pronzato followed. "It was an eye-opening experience because I saw what it was to open a new restaurant in a new place where you have to build a network of producers, farmers, wine-makers… it was a challenge," he explains. "And that's when I realized that what I loved the most about the industry was this element of challenge."
Following his various experiences and travels that took him all over the globe, when it was time to come home to Paris, he knew he wanted that transient lifestyle to continue, and in 2014, he created We Are ONA, the collective with global culinary clout today.
"The idea was to continue traveling all over the world while growing this community of creative chefs, producers, wine-makers, farmers. I wanted to help them express their creativity. I wanted to help young chefs I was meeting travel and share their cooking with people everywhere."
We Are ONA pop-ups began taking place, some overlapping, all over the world, from Costa da Caparica in Portugal to Kaplankaya in Turkey by way of Paris, Basel, Mexico City, Lisbon, Arles, Venice, Milan and Zermatt. "It was a huge operation to have multiple pop-ups happening at the same time, as well as our events for brands," explains Pronzato. "It certainly was intense, but it was fun!"
We Are Ona pop-up in Arles with chef Antoine Villard.
When Covid hit, it slowed the company's momentum to a near halt until they launched We Are ONA food baskets and then started filming chefs making recipes at home. Not one to rest on his laurels, Pronzato put his mind to launching a new brand, Canetta, natural wine made by small wine-makers that comes in single helpings in little red or yellow cans. "I was filming wine tastings while we were all locked up at home, and I was throwing away so much wine for these tutorials. It's when the idea of selling a glass of wine in a can came to me."
As well as the pop-up experiences for a select group of diners who manage to nab a seat at the sell-out dinners, the We Are ONA team also designs events for brands and worked with big names like Yves Saint Laurent, Hermès, Chanel and Jacquemus. "We work on absolutely everything, from scouting venues to finding great chefs, as well as the whole scenography from the flowers to the lighting. And it's what I love – this challenge, again, to build something incredible from nothing each time; something that's going to surprise people."
The wow-factor of each pop-up is woven into every aspect but the most memorable is probably the venue. Usually offbeat and secret, scouring cities to find the perfect place is what Pronzato loves. "The idea really is to find a place that's unique and that goes well with the theme of our pop-up or event. It's also a way of discovering parts of a city you never knew! I remember once, I was in Venice, desperately looking for a venue for our next pop-up, which was fast approaching, and it's only on my way to the airport as I was about to leave, that my taxi driver told me about this palace Casanova was rumored to have lived in but that wasn't well known at all. I went to see it right away and it was perfect!"
This month's pop-up in Paris with chef Thomas Chisholm from Chocho with a focus on sustainable … [+] produce and design.
So what's next for the clan? Having just wrapped up their last pop-up of the year with the brilliant Thomas Chisholm of Chocho restaurant in Paris in an old garage, they have launched a year-long chef's residency with first up, the award-winning chef Jacob Harth from Portland, Oregon, known for his seafood, which was designed by India Mahdevi and is at Hotel Condesa in Mexico City.
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10 players who got snubbed out of a September call-up in 2018
We all know that Vlad Jr. and Eloy Jimenez deserve to be in the majors this month, but here are a few more worthy minor-leaguers who got snubbed.
By Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker Sep 10, 2018, 11:00am EDT
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September 1 has long been a day that baseball fans have circled on their calendars, as rosters expand from 25 to 40 players. For many years, that meant that highly-regarded prospects would come up to the majors for a late-season trial run, often contributing off the bench for contending clubs and getting extended playing time in low-pressure games for non-contenders. But due to a variety of factors in recent seasons — premium prospects rising through the minors and often debuting earlier than in the past, other premium prospects being kept in the minors longer than they should be as front offices try to game MLB's service-time rules, and the league becoming more top-heavy, making it more feasible for contenders to acquire proven veterans from non-contenders at the trade deadline and beyond — we're seeing fewer intriguing September call-ups than in the past.
Though a few intriguing players have been afforded opportunities thanks to rosters expanding in September — veteran infielder Brandon Phillips, who's resurrecting his career with the Red Sox, plus prospects such as the Nationals' Victor Robles, the Padres' Francisco Mejia, the Tigers' Christin Stewart and a slew of young Braves who had made cameo appearances earlier in the season — this year's September call-ups to date have mostly been extra bullpen arms or role players who had spent time in the big leagues earlier this year.
Listed below are 10 players who probably should have received major-league opportunities this month but, for whatever reason, were kept in the minor leagues due to service-time concerns, clogged 40-man rosters, or other peculiar decisions by front offices. (For the record, I'm giving a pass to teams that made the Triple-A playoffs here in the perhaps-misguided hope that they'll call up their best Triple-A players if it makes sense once their minor-league playoff runs are complete.)
Peter Alonso, 1B, Mets
At least the Mets didn't leave anyone hanging with their decision on Alonso. Radio broadcaster Howie Rose announced back in June that the 23-year-old Alonso wouldn't get called up this season "no matter what," and the team confirmed as much in late August. The decision to postpone his major-league debut to 2019 or later is a business decision — one that is just slightly less egregious than the ones involving Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Eloy Jimenez — that will allow the Mets to keep an extra 40-man roster spot open and delay Alonso's service clock during a season where they're not competing anyway. As teams almost always do in these types of sitautions, the Mets attempted to save face by expressing concerns about his defense; co-interim GM John Ricco told media members that Alonso's defense "continues to be something he needs to be working on." Despite the relative ease of the position — one that the Mets have largely taught both of their current primary first-base options, Wilmer Flores and Jay Bruce, to play at the major-league level — the front office obviously feels that it's a spot where Alonso is not yet reliable.
Alonso, who saw action for the Mets' Double-A and Triple-A affiliates this season, tied with Reds A-ball slugger Ibandel Isabel for the minor-league home run crown with 36 (15 in Double-A, 21 in Triple-A). After posting a ridiculous .314/.440/.573 line at Double-A Binghamton, he wasn't quite as dominant but was still great at Triple-A Las Vegas, hitting .260/.355/.585. He's ranked as the No. 61 prospect in baseball, the No. 2 first base prospect overall, and the Mets' No. 2 prospect by MLB Pipeline. And he'd obviously have the potential to impact a Mets offense that ranks 12th in the NL in runs (596), 11th in homers (148), 14th in batting average (.237), and 12th in OBP (.312), slugging (.390), and OPS (.703).
The decision to send Alonso home for the year would be more understandable if the Mets were giving an earnest tryout to 23-year-old Dominic Smith, who was regarded as the top first base prospect in baseball as recently as last season. Instead, however, Smith has shuttled between Triple-A and the majors all year. Smith — who, to his credit, has slimmed down quite a bit this year but had never played the outfield professionally prior to 2018 and isn't really built for the position — has made seven of his 19 MLB starts in left field this year. Meanwhile, the Mets have been rolling primarily with Flores, a career utility infielder, at first base for the last few months and have recently incorporated Bruce (who, ironically, has been almost exclusively an outfielder over his 11-year career) into the mix as a platoon option. It's pretty clear that that first-base platoon isn't going to propel the Mets back to NL East dominance, so unless they're going to openly tank next year, it seems foolish not to take a look at Alonso, who should have a chance to be their Opening Day starter at the position next March. Sending him home for the year certainly doesn't positively impact the organization's relationship going forward with Alonso, who told MLB.com's Anthony DiComo that the decision was "really disheartening and disappointing."
Rusney Castillo, CF, Red Sox
To be clear, it's understandable why Boston didn't call up the 31-year-old Castillo — and why he'll essentially be in baseball purgatory for the remainder of his prime. Castillo, a Cuban defector who signed a seven-year, $72.5 million contract with the Red Sox in 2014 under the watch of former GM Ben Cherington, still has two years and roughly $37.8 million remaining on his deal after this season. Though the Red Sox outrighted him off the 40-man roster in 2016, after he had posted a solid but unspectacular .262/.301/.379 slash line in 337 big-league plate appearances, that was under the old CBA — when outrighted players' salaries no longer counted towards the major-league payroll in seasons after they were moved off the 40-man roster. Under the new CBA, outrighted players' salaries continue to count towards the payroll (and thus the luxury-tax threshold) through the end of the deal, so if the Red Sox bring him back up and he fails to produce, they're stuck with him counting towards the payroll through the end of the 2020 campaign. That's highly unfortunate, because Castillo won the International League batting title with a .319 average while stealing 13 bases and posting an impressive 15.7% strikeout rate that made up for his less-than-ideal 5.7% walk rate. Sure, Castillo isn't perfect — he doesn't have a lot of power and he doesn't walk as much as he should — but he obviously can make contact and is above-average as a baserunner and a defensive center fielder. It's sad that he's done pretty much everything he can to get back to the big leagues, and yet he's being punished by his no-brainer decision to accept a huge contract from a GM that has since been replaced.
Josh Fuentes, 1B/3B, Rockies
The 25-year-old Fuentes certainly doesn't have the profile of your typical big-leaguer. He played just one year of varsity baseball in high school, walked on to play JuCo ball at Saddleback College in California, transferred to play at the NAIA level at Missouri Baptist, and then signed with the Rockies organization as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He rose above all that adversity, however, and was one of the best hitters in the Pacific Coast League this year, winning the league's MVP award. He ranked sixth among qualifiers in batting average (.327), 10th in slugging (.517), and 11th in OPS (.871) while hitting 14 homers in 586 plate appearances. Yes, Fuentes could stand to improve on his strikeout (17.6%) and walk (3.6%) rates, and his production was undoubtedly boosted by playing his home games in Albuquerque. But consider his 2017 numbers at Double-A Hartford in the Eastern League, one of the most pitcher-friendly leagues in affiliated baseball: a .307/.352/.517 slash line with 15 homers in 450 plate appearances. That followed a 2016 season during which he posted a combined .307/.366/.505 line with 13 homers between Low-A and High-A. It should be clear by this point that while he has some areas in which he can continue to improve, Fuentes is a really good contact hitter with enough power and defensive versatility that he has a chance to succeed as a bench player in the majors. He's Rule 5-eligible this winter, so the Rockies will need to add him to the 40-man roster if they want to protect him. In fairness, they have a full 40-man right now and will be better equipped to add him when free agents come off the books after the season. On the other hand, it would've been justifiable for the Rockies to add Fuentes rather than acquiring Drew Butera from the Royals — or after acquiring Butera, they could've DFA'd fourth catcher Tom Murphy, who is out of options after this season.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 3B, Blue Jays
Heading into this season, it would've been totally understandable if you didn't expect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to contribute in the big leagues this season. On one hand, he did post pretty good (not earth-shattering) numbers in a season split between Low-A and High-A in 2017 and delivered a moment that would arguably go on to be the most exciting of the 2018 Blue Jays season when he hit a walk-off homer in a late-March exhibition game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. But on the other hand, he turned 19 years old just before Opening Day, the Jays already had an established third baseman in Josh Donaldson, and (as his 2017 stat line indicates) Guerrero had never played above A-ball prior to this season.
Despite those obstacles, Guerrero did everything in his power to reach the big leagues this year. Through 61 games at Double-A New Hampshire, he hit a ridiculous .402/.449/.671 with 14 homers. Though he missed nearly six weeks with a knee injury, he returned by mid-July and was promoted to Triple-A Buffalo for the last month of the season, where he hit .336/.414/.564 with six home runs. He finished the year with a combined .381 batting average, a .636 slugging percentage, a 1.073 OPS, and a 194 wRC+ that all ranked first among full-season affiliated minor-leaguers, a .437 OBP that ranked third among that group, and a 9.3% strikeout rate that is absolutely unheard of for a 19-year-old power hitter in today's game — particularly one who is the son of perhaps the most famous free swinger in major-league history. With the in-season graduations of Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuna Jr. from "prospect" status, Guerrero is now ranked as the No. 1 prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline.
With his ridiculous minor-league success this year, you'd think that the 19-year-old would be promoted to the majors for the last month of the season, particularly since the Jays traded Donaldson to the Indians on August 31. With utility infielder Aledmys Diaz and longtime catcher Russell Martin currently splitting time at third, one would think Guerrero would have the potential to provide a major upgrade. Unfortunately, Guerrero won't make his big-league debut this year because the Blue Jays are delaying his service-time clock — or, if you listened to Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro on MLB Network Radio earlier this month, because "the best thing for him developmentally is to play in Arizona and continue to develop." But considering that many front offices are wary of having position players debut right off the bat to open the regular season — and rightfully so, as hitters tend to press quite a bit while dealing with chilly March and April weather, and rookies already press enough while trying to prove themselves — that means that Guerrero's big-league arrival may be pushed back to some time beyond Opening Day next season, which would be unfair to Blue Jays fans who have watched their team go from an ALCS participant to an absolute trainwreck over the last two years.
Eloy Jimenez, OF, White Sox
As much as Yoan Moncada was hyped as a prospect, it now seems pretty clear after 829 major-league plate appearances that he's not the type of hitter who's going to be the anchor of the lineup for a competitive White Sox club. On the other hand, 21-year-old Eloy Jimenez very well might be that guy, and with a window possibly opening up for the White Sox to rule the AL Central as soon as next season, it'd make sense for the Sox to see what he can do with a big-league opportunity in September. Jimenez, who is rated as Chicago's top prospect and the No. 3 prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline, absolutely deserves that opportunity — after all, he posted a combined .337/.384/.577 slash line with 22 homers in 456 plate appearances between Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte this year, taking the unusual step of getting better after being promoted and hitting .355/.399/.597 in Triple-A.
There'd be absolutely no stress involved in calling up Jimenez — he's already on the 40-man roster, and even if he wasn't, they have an open spot available anyway. Unfortunately, because the White Sox know they can delay his free agency another year by sending him home for the rest of the year and then keeping him in the minors until mid-April of next year, they chose not to bring him up this month. As is usually the case in these types of situations, GM Rick Hahn criticized Jimenez's defense (which, to be fair, has not always received rave reviews) and insinuated that it's not yet major-league ready, saying that "we're not developing a 21-year-old DH," as the Chicago Sun-Times' Daryl Van Schouwen wrote earlier this month. The White Sox can further cover their tracks by saying that they kept the roster rather small in September, also sending home notable players such as Charlie Tilson and Carson Fulmer rather than bringing them back. With Jimenez having such a pivotal role in the team's future plans, though, it's hard to really understand how it'd be harmful to take a look at him in totally inconsequential September games — especially with Jose Abreu injured, they could even use him at DH for now and have him work on his defense in winter ball and next year's spring training.
Like with Guerrero (and guys like Ronald Acuna Jr. and Kris Bryant before them), the lack of a September call-up for Jimenez opens up the possibility that he won't break camp with the big-league club next March — and in this case the service-time issue all but insures that he'll start next year in Triple-A — further delaying a major-league debut that White Sox fans have already had to wait too long to see.
Richard Lovelady, LHP, Royals
The 23-year-old Lovelady, a 10th-rounder in the 2016 draft, ranked second among Pacific Coast League pitchers with at least 70 innings pitched in ERA (2.47), third in opponent batting average (.200), and best in WHIP (1.01) this year while posting an impressive 24.7% strikeout rate and a respectable 7.3% walk rate. All of this is even more notable considering that Lovelady posted a stellar 1.62 ERA and 0.95 WHIP with 77 strikeouts and 17 walks over 66.2 innings between High-A and Double-A last year. Ultimately, Lovelady's quick rise through the minors might be hurting him most, as he's not Rule 5 eligible for another year — thus meaning he doesn't need to go on the 40-man roster this offseason — and with the Royals being non-competitive, there's not that much they can deduce from his performance this September that they couldn't also see in spring training or more minor-league games next year. On the other hand, Kansas City may have a bit of a 40-man crunch, but with nearly a half-dozen guys on the roster right now who have little or no role and are very unlikely to contribute to the next competitive Royals team (Jason Adam, Brandon Maurer, Burch Smith, Paulo Orlando, and Bubba Starling come to mind), it wouldn't be that hard to clear a spot for Lovelady, who is more than deserving. It's not as if Kansas City has a shutdown lefty right now anyway — Brian Flynn has generally been solid and Tim Hill has had his moments, but Lovelady has much more upside. The logistical reasons for not bringing him up right now are somewhat understandable, but if he's still doing this by early next season and doesn't get a shot in the big leagues, it'll be more troublesome.
Austin Riley, 3B, Braves
From a level-headed, long-term-focused point of view, it's understandable why the Braves didn't call up the 21-year-old Riley for the stretch run. He only has 75 games of Triple-A experience, he isn't on the 40-man roster yet and doesn't need to be added this offseason to be protected from the Rule 5 Draft, and he probably wouldn't receive much playing time down the stretch with Johan Camargo serving as Atlanta's everyday third baseman and playing well. In addition, if they want to deal for a big-name controllable piece like Carlos Martinez or J.T. Realmuto this offseason and want to float Riley as a trade chip — which wouldn't be the craziest thing in the world with as good as the 24-year-old Camargo has been this year — then it'd make him more attractive to other clubs if Riley isn't taking up a 40-man roster spot.
On the other hand, Riley is a premium prospect (ranked No. 43 overall, No. 4 among Braves prospects, and No. 3 among third basemen by MLB Pipeline), he now has 156 games under his belt in the upper minors and doesn't have a whole lot left to prove, and he's been really good this year, posting a combined .294/.360/.522 slash line with 19 homers in 108 games split between Double-A Mississippi, Triple-A Gwinnett, and a six-game rehab assignment in rookie ball. While plenty of hitters experience a drop-off after making the jump to Triple-A, Riley was just fine playing against a bunch of older players, posting a .282/.346/.464 line with 12 homers over 324 plate appearances.
It's no sure thing that he'd immediately be an impactful hitter in the majors, particularly since he'd mostly be coming off the bench, but over the final month of the season, he could've be a fairly major weapon as a pinch-hitter and would've be a welcome addition to their current right-handed pinch-hitting contingent of Charlie Culberson, Lane Adams, Adam Duvall, and whichever two catchers are sitting out between Tyler Flowers, Rene Rivera, and Kurt Suzuki. Of course, there'd also be the hassle of adding Riley to the 40-man roster for September, but if they were going to add him they theoretically could have held off on re-acquiring Preston Tucker or calling up Adams or Ryan Flaherty. With the Braves having a really good chance to represent the NL in the World Series this year, they might as well have their 25 best players on hand as the playoffs begin, and there's a possibility that Riley is one of those 25 right now.
Tyler Rogers, RHP, Giants
This year, Rogers — the twin brother of Twins lefty Taylor Rogers — has the best ERA (2.13) among Pacific Coast League pitchers with at least 60 innings pitched. Last year, he ranked second among that group with a 2.37 ERA. Oh yeah, and he has one of the most deceptive deliveries in professional baseball:
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In fairness, the Giants do have a pretty deep bullpen, but with Rogers having done about as good of a job as possible of preventing runs in one of the most hitter-friendly leagues in the world over the past two years, it seemed like a given that he'd finally get a shot in the majors this September. Then again, San Francisco does have a 40-man roster crunch. It'd be a real shame if they were to lose (checks…) 30-year-old lefty Josh Osich, who has a 6.67 major-league ERA over the past two seasons and didn't get a call-up this September, or second baseman Miguel Gomez, who posted a .648 OPS in Triple-A this year and was the only one of 10 healthy infielders on the 40-man roster not to get a call-up. They could have even made a move as simple as placing outfielder Steven Duggar, who had season-ending shoulder surgery, on the 60-day DL, but clearly they didn't want to deal with any more offseason DFA drama than they already have to. Rogers' strikeout and walk totals aren't totally ideal (he had 7.98 strikeouts-per-nine and 3.06 walks-per-nine over 67.2 innings this year), but with him having been so great at keeping runs off the board for a couple years now, there's really no downside to taking a look at him now that he's 27 years old. The Giants' front office has passed him over time after time — he hasn't even gotten an invitation to major-league spring training yet — and at this stage, the only logical explanation for his lack of opportunity is that the powers that be must just not like him all that much.
Frank Schwindel, 1B, Royals
Schwindel, a converted catcher who was taken in the 18th round of the 2013 draft, certainly hasn't taken the most traditional path to prospect status. The St. John's product struggled in his first tours through High-A and Double-A, but he's now hit at least 20 homers in each of his last three minor-league seasons, and since being promoted to Triple-A in May of last year, he has posted a stellar .302/.338/.516 slash line with 41 home runs in 962 plate appearances. He won the Royals' minor-league Hitter of the Year Award last fall, and this spring he tied for the combined lead among Cactus and Grapefruit League players with seven home runs while posting a more-than-impressive .366/.381/.976 slash line over 42 plate appearances. Sure, spring numbers don't mean that much, but combined with his gaudy Triple-A numbers, they're hard to ignore. As the front office looks to find players who can contribute to the next good Royals club, there's really no reason that they shouldn't be taking a look at Schwindel. Sure, Ryan O'Hearn has entrenched himself at first base recently and the Royals have a lot of other young hitters to evaluate, but there's little reason to believe they couldn't get Schwindel at least a couple starts per week at DH over the last month of the season. As stated above with Lovelady, the Royals have quite a few players who they could rather easily move off the 40-man in order to make room for him, and while they may want to keep spaces available to protect minor-leaguers from the Rule 5 Draft this winter, Schwindel — who will be Rule 5-eligible for the second straight year — seems to have a better chance at being an impactful big-leaguer than most if not all of the pending Rule 5-eligible players in the Royals' system anyway. With Jorge Bonifacio having disappointed for most of this season, Schwindel might be the best fit for the Royals' DH position next year, and if that's the case, it's unfortunate that they're not taking advantage of the opportunity to evaluate him this month.
Mike Tauchman, OF, Rockies
Tauchman wasn't too impressive (.094/.194/.125) through 37 plate appearances in a pair of big-league cameos earlier this year, and the Rockies currently have seven outfielders on their active roster. Otherwise, though, it's a mystery as to why Tauchman didn't get a September call-up, as he's already on the 40-man roster and was one of the best players in the Pacific Coast League this year (though it's worth noting that he played his home games in a ballpark that is about as hitter-friendly as Coors Field). Among qualifying PCL hitters, Tauchman ranked seventh in batting average (.323), third in OBP (.408), and fourth in slugging (.571), OPS (.978), and wRC+ (153). He ranked eighth in walk rate (12.7%), tied for 10th in home runs (20), stole 12 bases, and saw action at all three outfield positions. The 27-year-old Tauchman, who also tore the cover off the ball at Albuquerque last year, isn't getting any younger, and with Carlos Gonzalez, Matt Holliday, and Gerardo Parra all expected to hit free agency this winter, it would've been nice for him to get some more time with the big-league club down the stretch. He may not have gotten a ton of playing time with the Rockies being in the division and wild-card races, but getting more comfortable around the major-league team — and getting to spend time around the accomplished veteran outfielders listed above — may have boosted his chances to effectively contribute next season.


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Narayanpur Population - Nadia, West Bengal
Narayanpur is a large village located in Haringhata Block of Nadia district, West Bengal with total 1055 families residing. The Narayanpur village has population of 4548 of which 2388 are males while 2160 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Narayanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 400 which makes up 8.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Narayanpur village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Narayanpur as per census is 905, lower than West Bengal average of 956.
Narayanpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Narayanpur village was 77.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Narayanpur Male literacy stands at 82.32 % while female literacy rate was 72.84 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Narayanpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Narayanpur village.
Narayanpur Data
Total No. of Houses 1,055 - -
Population 4,548 2,388 2,160
Child (0-6) 400 210 190
Schedule Caste 2,634 1,400 1,234
Schedule Tribe 20 10 10
Literacy 77.82 % 82.32 % 72.84 %
Total Workers 1,564 1,400 164
Main Worker 1,453 - -
Marginal Worker 111 78 33
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In Narayanpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.92 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.44 % of total population in Narayanpur village.
In Narayanpur village out of total population, 1564 were engaged in work activities. 92.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1564 workers engaged in Main Work, 258 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 822 were Agricultural labourer.
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2 Chandigarh 9,258
3 Puducherry 2,547
4 Daman and Diu 2,191
5 Lakshadweep 2,149
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The 157 meter long passenger cargo vessel Swaraj Dweep suffered water ingress in the Bay of Bengal off Car Nicobar Island, India. The vessel had 250 passengers bound for Nancowry when the vessel sprung a leak in cargo hold 2. The vessel's pumps were unable to control the flooding and was in danger of sinking. The crew requested assistance with the Indian Coast Guard vessel responding. The Coast Guard provided a dewatering pump which was able to dewater the cargo hold and bring the flooding under control. Another vessel was dispatched to the scene to unload the passengers off the Swaraj Dweep. No reports of injuries.
On April 4, the 156 meter long, 4963 dwt passenger cargo vessel Nicobar ran aground on the Hooghly River near Kolkata, India. The Nicobar was departing Kolkata when ran aground blocking the channel. The passenger vessel was able to free itself and returned to Kolkata where it was inspected for damage. No reports of injuries, damage or pollution released.
The 111 meter long, 10959 dwt cargo vessel Hai Duong 09 capsized while in port at Visakhapatnam, India. The Hai Duong 09 had emptied its ballast tanks and dock workers had begun the loading a cargo of iron billets. After some 1200 metric tons of cargo had been loaded, the cargo shifted to starboard and developed a heavy list. The vessel struck the quay and partially capsized at the berth. Six of the 26 dock workers on board were injured during the incident. Reports state the cargo had been improperly loaded and not secured which resulted in the capsizing. Port authorities have stated that the cargo will be removed and the Hai Duong 09 will be righted. No details on damage to the quay or vessel and if any pollution was released in the incident.


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DOST-SEI and Smart bring S&T courseware to remote schools
Filipino students in remote areas will soon have access to the DOST Courseware – an interactive science and math resource conceptualized and produced by the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI).
Photo shows Smart Communications education program head Stephanie Velasco-Orlino (left) and DOST-SEI director Josette Biyo
Thanks to a recent partnership between DOST-SEI and Smart Communications, students in the most far-flung schools in the country will be able to use the DOST Courseware app.
The app will come preinstalled in the tablets included in every Smart School-in-a-Bag package and will be given to students and teachers from 32 schools in Tawi-Tawi, Davao, Cagayan, Benguet, La Union, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Capiz, Iloilo, Cebu, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, and Maguindanao.
DOST-SEI provided sets of the courseware to Smart during the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing held last August at the DOST-SEI office in Taguig City.
The sets include modules in science and mathematics for elementary schools, Grades 1-6 mathematics, and Grades 7 and 8 science and mathematics.
While the app is primarily designed for use of students, teachers will find the K to 12-aligned resource valuable in enhancing their teaching of science and mathematics.
DOST-SEI director Josette Biyo encouraged teachers and students to take advantage of the DOST Courseware.
"The DOST Courseware is engaging, educational, and designed with Filipinos in mind. The characters, stories, and activities are relatable to Filipino students," she said.
The DOST Courseware is a project of the DOST-SEI in partnership with DOST-Advance Science and Technology Institute and in cooperation with the Department of Education, Philippine Normal University and UP National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education.
Schools may request free copies of the DOST Courseware. The app is also available for free download on Google Play with versions compatible for Android and Windows users.
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Олександр Григорович Бацманов ( 27 серпня 1977, Лутугине, Луганська область, УРСР) — український футболіст, півзахисник.

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Вихованець луганської «Зорі», де його тренував Юрій Робочий. У 1992 році став гравцем лутугинського клубу МАЛС з чемпіонату Луганської області. У складі команди став переможцем обласної першості сезону 1992/93 років. З наступного сезону команда змінила назву на «Металург». Влітку 1995 року перейшов в луганську Зорю-МАЛС. У чемпіонаті України провів один матч, 29 липня 1995 року проти тернопільської «Ниви» (1:3). Потім Бацманов повернувся в лутугинський «Металург». У 1996 році грав за ровеньський «Шахтар». У 1997 році став переможцем Кубку Луганської області. Востаннє зіграв у складі «Металурга» грав у 2006 році.

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The recent Taco Bell 'meat' lawsuit raises questions about what Americans are actually consuming through some foods. Cellulose, that is, wood pulp, is in many foods we eat each day.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Are you getting what you pay for on your plate?
"As commodity prices continue to rally and the cost of imported materials impacts earnings, we expect to see increasing use of surrogate products within food items. Cellulose is certainly in higher demand and we expect this to continue," Michael A. Yoshikami, chief investment strategist at YCMNet Advisors, told TheStreet.
Manufacturers use cellulose in food as an extender, providing structure and reducing breakage, said Dan Inman, director of research and development at J. Rettenmaier USA, a company that supplies "organic" cellulose fibers for use in a variety of processed foods and meats meant for human and pet consumption, as well as for plastics, cleaning detergents, welding electrodes, pet litter, automotive brake pads, glue and reinforcing compounds, construction materials, roof coating, asphalt and even emulsion paints, among many other products.
Cellulose adds fiber to the food, which is good for people who do not get the recommended daily intake of fiber in their diets, Inman said. It also extends the shelf life of processed foods. Plus, cellulose's water-absorbing properties can mimic fat, he said, allowing consumers to reduce their fat intake.
Perhaps most important to food processors is that cellulose is cheaper, he added, because "the fiber and water combination is less expensive than most other ingredients in the food product."
Inman said that in his 30 years in the food science business, he's seen "an amazing leap in terms of the applications of cellulose fiber and what you can do with it." He said powdered cellulose has a bad reputation but that more of his customers are converting from things like oat or sugar cane fibers to cellulose because it is "snow white in color, bland and easy to work with."
Most surprising, said Inman, is that he's been able to remove as much as 50% of the fat from some cookies, biscuits, cakes and brownies by replacing it with powdered cellulose -- but still end up with a very similar product in terms of taste and appearance.
"We're only limited by our own imagination," Inman told TheStreet. "I would never have dreamed I could successfully put 18% fiber in a loaf of bread two years ago."
He said cellulose is common in processed foods, often labeled as reduced-fat or high-fiber -- products like breads, pancakes, crackers, pizza crusts, muffins, scrambled eggs, mashed potato mixes, and even cheesecake. Inman himself keeps a box of Wheat Thins Fiber Selects crackers, manufactured by Kraft Foods ( KFT' Nabisco brand, at his desk, and snacks on them daily, clearly unmoved by the use of wood pulp in its ingredients.
"Most consumers would be shocked to find these types of filler products are used as substitutes for items that they believe are more pure," Yoshikami said. "We would expect increased disclosure to follow increased use of cellulose and other filler products as the practice increases in frequency."


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The Short History of the Texas Town Named in Honor of a Famous Agnostic August 24, 2019 Hemant Mehta
The Short History of the Texas Town Named in Honor of a Famous Agnostic
For ten years, beginning in 1875, there was a small city in Texas named Ingersoll — in honor of "The Great Agnostic" and legendary orator Robert Green Ingersoll.
Texas Standard has the fascinating story of why the city was named after him — and why it (fairly quickly) changed to Redwater.
Here's a bit of history about the man if you're not familiar:
From 1860 to 1899, he was one of the highest-paid speakers in America, and mostly he spoke about the dangers of religion, even though he himself had been a Presbyterian minister's kid. The subjects he spoke about, like "Some Mistakes of Moses" and "The Frightful Dogma of Hell," were considered blasphemous by many, but he nonetheless packed the halls where he spoke with believers and skeptics alike. He called his religion "humanity." His central doctrine was this: "Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so."
If you're ever in Dresden, New York, consider stopping by the Ingersoll Museum, too.
(Image via Wikipedia. Thanks to Brian for the link)
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Blawg Review Networking
This past week, I've been traveling around California, meeting up in the real world with some of the law bloggers who have already hosted Blawg Review.
Last night, we partied from after work to past midnight at the offices of the The Williams Lindberg Law Firm in Newport Beach, where my new best friend Craig Williams hosted the Fifth Annual Fall Harvest Open House. Most of the guests were area lawyers, judges, appellate justices, clients, vendors and hangers-on a.k.a. bloggers. Dan Hull was there, and we three stayed late in Craig's sumptuous corner office and talked about law blogging with a Hollywood actress and a lovely young law office administrator -- who knew law blogging could be so captivating when shared with good food, great wine, and interesting people.
Earlier in the week, I was a fly on the wall at a law bloggers presentation at Stanford University, and later that evening met up with Professor Ann Althouse and other stars of the blawgosphere at the Bay Area Blawgers get-together organized by Professor Eric Goldman of the Santa Clara University School of Law's High Tech Law Institute, hosted in downtown San Francisco at the offices of Fenwick & West. It was a great gathering of about 75 law bloggers, many of whom knew each other only online. Quite an experience.
It was wonderful to meet everyone there, especially our steadfast blawg sherpa and back-up editor of Blawg Review, Colin Samuels, who stands ready to take over as editor if I get disappeared for flying while anonymous. A few of us, including the effervescent Cathy Gellis, went out on the town afterwards to discuss blogging over beers. By the time the bar closed around 1 a.m. it was just me and Kevin O'Keefe, like old war-buddies left to stagger back to our hotels, saying to ourselves, "Isn't it freakin' amazing the people we've made friends with through blogging."
Good times. In the end, all this blogger networking reminded me of Hugh MacLeod and his cartoon on the back of a business card that illustrates how the network is more powerful than the node. That would be a good business card for Ed, I thought, pretty well summing up what Blawg Review is all about.
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The Leadership Team are pleased to announce that, on 13th September 2021, Medical Imaging Partnership Ltd was crowned Diagnostics Provider of the Year 2021 at the prestigious Health Investor Awards.
The Health Investor awards, which were held at an exclusive gala ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel, recognised outstanding achievements, innovation and excellence in the independent healthcare sector and with 181 finalists this year's competition was fierce.
The judges were looking for organisations and individuals that had made an outstanding contribution to healthcare between March 2020 – March 2021. Given the extraordinary challenges a global pandemic has placed on the healthcare sector during this period, it was with no small amount of pride in our people, their efforts and diligence in supporting our patients, that we accepted the award.
During this time our teams worked together to maintain services in support of our patients, overcoming obstacles that ranged from practical matters of social distancing through to technical solutions for remote consultations and patient support. At every turn the team found new solutions to the problems presented to them and, because every person mattered, without faltering, they prioritised the needs of almost 40,000 patients during the pandemic period that might otherwise have had delays to their treatment pathway.
CEO, Andrew Lennox thanked Medical Imaging Partnership staff for all they have achieved and said: "This is a huge industry wide recognition of the work that everyone has done in the past two years, and an accolade not easily won.
"It has been a very hard few years, none more than the past two – but I am so pleased that what you are doing and the excellence you bring is recognised externally by our peers, competitors, and the wider industry."
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Migrant workers unprotected and uninformed
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Seven years ago, in her small Myanmar hometown, Tha Zin, 30, a garment factory worker, watched as one of her closest friends - a girl just a few years younger - sickened and finally died of an AIDS-related illness.
As her condition worsened, most people in the community stayed away but Tha Zin, much to the chagrin of her parents, continued to visit her dying friend, comforting her as best she could, despite her own uncertainty over whether she could be at risk.
Tha Zin, then 22, didn't really know what caused the condition, though the rumours in the neighbourhood were that it had to do with her friend's relationship with a certain 'sugar daddy'. "At that time, I didn't know much about this disease and how it could be transmitted, but I thought that I had a pure heart so I should be okay."
Today, she has a far better grasp of HIV transmission. In the Thai border town of Mae Sot, where she arrived 3 years ago in search of work, she has attended several AIDS awareness sessions organised by the charity, World Vision, as part of a US$12 million, 5-year project to help foreign migrant workers in Thailand reduce their risk of contracting the virus.
Tha Zin is now an informal peer educator in the factory where she works, sharing her newly acquired knowledge with other workers, mainly younger Burmese women who have come to Thailand alone.
Talking about HIV to these young women is a tough task. "It's very difficult to share awareness and knowledge," she told IRIN/PlusNews. "When I explain, some people look down on me. They think, 'she knows everything about this disease, so she must have been a prostitute'. In their experience, they think the disease is only from sex workers and drugs. They don't know you can get it from needles and bleeding."
Low levels of knowledge and awareness
Thailand is thought to have nearly 2 million foreign migrant workers, mainly toiling in low-paying jobs in factories, on farms, construction sites, and fishing boats - the so-called "three Ds", for "dirty, dangerous or degrading" - jobs many Thai's are unwilling to do.
Most foreign workers live in highly concentrated areas like Mae Sot, a town on the Burmese border that has become a centre of the Thai garment industry, and Samut Sakhon, 28km southwest of Bangkok and a hub of the labour-intensive seafood processing industry.
While precise figures on the number of migrant workers in Thailand are not available, the overwhelming majority - an estimated 90 percent - are from neighbouring Myanmar. In Myanmar, the highly conservative military junta publicly recognised HIV/AIDS as a threat to its population only about six years ago, after years of insisting that the country had no such problem.
Behaviour is changing. It's not enough, but its changing.
The regime still tightly controls efforts to raise awareness about the disease: non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have complained of limits on the number of people who can attend HIV workshops, and prohibitions on their operating in many parts of the country, particularly sensitive ethnic minority areas.
This means most Burmese workers arrive in Thailand with little understanding of HIV/AIDS or how to protect themselves when they move away from their families and find themselves at greater risk of HIV. Similarly, migrants from Cambodia and Laos, coming from the poorest regions of their countries, often also have a poor understanding of the virus.
HIV prevalence statistics for migrant workers are not available, as the Thai government does not survey migrants separately, but sample reports, primarily among foreign fishermen and sex workers in border towns, showed high but fluctuating prevalence rates between 2002 and 2004, according to the Prevention of HIV/AIDS Among Migrant Workers Project (PHAMIT) in 20 of Thailand's provinces.
For example, in 2004, HIV prevalence among fishermen, who are mainly Burmese, was 9.6 percent in Chumpon Province, and 5.6 percent in Phuket Province; among the mainly Burmese sex workers in Ranong, a major port in Ranong Province, which borders Burma, HIV infection rates stood at 28 percent; and among the mainly Cambodian sex workers in the province of Trad, bordering Cambodia, it reached 38 percent, the health ministry said.
PHAMIT, funded by the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, consists of NGOs and works with the Ministry of Health to increase foreign labourers' knowledge about HIV/AIDS.
As part of the project, the Global Fund has financed the development of information, education and behaviour-change communication material in Burmese, Cambodian and several ethnic minority Burmese languages to help migrants understand issues like HIV, reproductive health and family planning, and how to access Thai health care.
Reaching out to migrants
Yet, even with the support of the Thai health ministry, efforts to reach out to foreign workers have been beset with difficulties, mostly stemming from their precarious position, given their illegal status, constant risk of deportation and often gruelling work schedule.
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An HIV/AIDS poster in Myanmar. The overwhelming majority - an estimated 90 percent - of migrant workers in Thailand are from
Although Thailand depends heavily on foreign workers, around half of them are unregistered and, technically, illegal, leaving them vulnerable to police harassment as well as serious exploitation by their employers, according to labour rights organisations.
In Mae Sot, where World Vision and other humanitarian groups have sought to train women in every garment factory to serve as informal peer counsellors, many of the women, who are in Thailand illegally, are forced to work six days a week and late into each night, with some getting only a single day off each month, which gives them little or no free time to attend training sessions on health or other issues.
To conduct all-day in-depth trainings, charities have to appeal directly to factory owners to release some of their workers for a day. Many are reluctant to do so, or agree, only to change their minds on the day of the planned training.
"It's up to the employer," said Mie Mie, a Burmese HIV/AIDS coordinator with World Vision. "Sometimes they say, 'Yes, you can come and do counselling,' but on the day we come, they say, 'we have so many orders'." The charities also have to pay the women for the wages lost during training time.
Dr Ei Ei Khin, a Burmese physician and technical advisor to World Vision's migrant worker projects in Thailand, said even when workers understood how to protect themselves from HIV, their more immediate fear was the risk that they would be arrested and held in immigration detention centres before being either freed or deported, thus losing many days of work and wages.
This often deters garment workers in Mae Sot from leaving their factory compounds, where they normally live, and restricts access to condoms unless charitable groups supply them to directly to the workers quarters in the compound. "If there is no NGO working for that factory, it's very difficult for the workers to get access to condoms," Khin said.
In recent years, the authorities' attitudes towards the migrants, especially in some provinces, have been hardening, with new restrictions being introduced to curtail the mobility of migrant workers. In several provinces, local authorities have prohibited migrants from using mobile phones, riding motorbikes, being out after 8 p.m., or gathering in groups of more than five.
Despite these hurdles, Khin believes the message is slowly reaching Thailand's foreign labourers. "Behaviour is changing," she said. "It's not enough, but it's changing."
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Globetrotting owner Fergus McVicar brings Barcelona, a pinch of Berlin and a sprinkle of Paris to this side-street joint.
Tucked along Mitchell Lane Tabac's sleek interior of dark wood floors, black leather seats and Parisian street lamps is a welcome escape from the hectic city centre. The food menu offers pizza, burgers and home comforts but with an experimental twist, such as a chicken burger with kimchi slaw, jalapeño jam and strawberry mayo. Here the often humble fishcake is packed with fresh Shetland salmon and haddock and served with creamy spinach, sweet roast tomatoes and a perfectly poached egg. The main menu is served all day, with a great specials board of inventive options and an express lunch for those in a hurry. Those not can linger over 14 taps of European draft, a well chosen wine list and prosecco by the glass. The sophisticated space with huge portraits and leafy pot plants is ideal for longing over cocktails and the smoking-themed menu features only the best spirits, from Seaside Edinburgh Gin in the Navy Cut to coconut infused Mount Gay black barrel rum in the Black Cat.
There's never a wrong time for a cocktail, so we've highlighted some of Glasgow's best for you to pop in and try. Whether you're into rum, vodka, gin, tequila or all of the above, the bartenders of Glasgow will mix you up something tasty.


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Ohio's Black Pride 4 Were Arrested at the Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and Parade
"I am still coming to terms with the price tag of my freedom."
By Prince Shakur
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On June 17, a demonstration planned by a coalition of queer and trans people of color in Columbus, Ohio, made national headlines after organizers were arrested. In November, there was a court proceeding for four young activists — Wriply Bennet, Kendall Denton, Ashley Braxton, and DeAndre Antonio Miles-Hercules, known as the Black Pride 4 — who face charges including aggravated robbery, resisting arrest, causing harm to a police officer, failure to comply with a police officer's order, and disorderly conduct. A trial is set for February 2018.
The action took place during the Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and Parade, the annual pride celebration in the capital of Ohio, where a small group of activists peacefully disrupted the event to highlight the previous day's acquittal in the trial of Jeronimo Yanez, the St. Anthony, Minnesota, police officer who killed Philando Castile one year prior. In a press release, the organizers wrote that they had planned the demonstration to raise awareness "about the violence against and erasure of black and brown queer and trans people, in particular the lack of space for black and brown people at pride festivals" and to highlight the high number of trans women of color murdered in 2017, which in June had already reached 14.
Troubles in Columbus also fueled their protest, as racial and economic problems plague the city. Though it is considered a hub for the LGBTQ community, Columbus's people of color face discrimination and inequality. Police violence is rampant, according to a report earlier this year: Since 2013, the Columbus Division of Police has killed 28 people, 21 of whom were black, and over two dozen lawsuits are currently filed against the department, many claiming civil rights violations. The homicide rate among Columbus citizens is also high, and 2017 has been the deadliest year in the city since 1991.
Wriply, a trans woman of color and one of the activists arrested, says that before taking to the street, she witnessed a white lesbian make a derogatory comment about a black man selling T-shirts at the event, a microaggression that further compelled her to take a stand. While planning the demonstration, she considered possible reactions from the crowd of onlookers, who were mostly white gay people. "We step in the middle of their big, happy, white gay pride...and if we're lucky, maybe they're gonna beat our asses to the point that the police won't gonna do anything," were her thoughts, she tells Teen Vogue.
According to an interview with news source AJ+ about the pride demonstration, Wriply claims that a white woman spit on her after laughing as she was arrested. Video of the demonstration shows Columbus police attempting to remove protestors from the street as the pride parade continues to pass.
Since its start in 1981, Columbus's Stonewall Pride has become the second largest pride in the Midwest. Within moments of entering the street to block the parade, which was held on a downtown roadway, police moved in to stop the 10 protesters, who were predominantly black. Of those that blocked the roadway, four were arrested and have become known as the Black Pride 4. After the arrests, a Facebook post from the Columbus Division of Police said the "suspects wouldn't obey officers orders to leave the roadway at the parade this morning."
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On June 23, Dr. Tom McCartney, the chairman of the Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and Parade, made a statement on the organization's Facebook page that acknowledged that "members of our board were and are deeply concerned by the arrests and charges filed against protestors at this year's pride parade." This statement was met with community criticism, and those who believed the pride organizers should've done more to protect the Black Pride 4 then disrupted a public conversation hosted by the organization a month after the arrests occurred.
Lori Gum, the former pride festival and program coordinator for Stonewall Columbus, spoke with Outlook Ohio after resigning from her position following the arrests. "In the spirit of reconciliation, healing, and hope, I personally call for the dismissal of all charges against the four protesters. Regardless of how one feels about what the protestors did, they have sparked a brutal and necessary community conversation that needed to happen long ago, and this is the only way they could have done that."
DeAndre, 21, who was arrested on charges of "aggravated robbery and accused of attempting to remove an officer's firearm," declined to speak about the demonstration with Teen Vogue but noted that their bond was set at $100,000 at the time. They say the use of the bond system "continues to capitalize upon black pain in service of the prison industrial complex."
"I am still coming to terms with the price tag of my freedom," says DeAndre.
Since the arrests, local organizers have resorted to a variety of tactics, including a selfie campaign with the hashtag #FreeTheBlackPride4 , a petition drop at the city prosecutor's office, hosting local fund-raisers, and requesting that community members attend the court hearings. Despite rampant community criticism, Columbus's prosecutor's office has decided to postpone the trial until February 2018, according to the Black Queer Columbus Twitter page.
Wriply says she and fellow arrestees faced a legal double standard after their demonstration. Many organizations, like the ACLU, fear that such cases show an emerging state level trend to dissuade protesting. (At Ohio University, whose campus is about an hour south of Columbus, administrators have recently introduced an anti-protesting clause known as Freedom of Expression after student protests against Trump's travel ban; it has received backlash from Ohio's ACLU chapter.)
"We were brutalized in the streets, and we were unjustly arrested. We were disrespected and dehumanized, but we're still alive," Wriply says, noting how quickly a trial date was set for the group. "But black folks have been murdered in this city, and it will take forever for them to get a trial date — they weren't considered 'high profile.'"
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After a November 20 court hearing, trial for the four activists was scheduled to begin early next year. If found guilty, they could face jail time and pay $40,000 in legal fees, collectively. Those interested in supporting the arrestees can follow updates on Black Queer & Intersectional Columbus or donate to the Black Pride 4 legal fund.
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What we're going to do is take you back… way back... back to when you had posters of your favorite rappers were on your wall… back to when your fist and knuckles were the breakbeat to your freestyle, back to when the argument was Devonte or Mr. Dalvin… back to Cross Colors and Girbaud's… back to Cash Money Taking over for the 9-9 and the 2000… 1990 – 1999 a decade of good music, fun and the flyest gear we could put our hands on. Hop in your time machine and party with us! Don't be afraid to bring your Huaraches, Karl Kani, and FUBU; but, since it's summer time leave your leather eight ball and starter jackets at the house. We're providing the lavish buffet, quality open bar and the 90's soundtrack. You dust off your Locs, roll four deep like real Gs do and party with a purpose! All profits benefit The Shades of Blue Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving women before, during and after childbirth with mental health advocacy, treatment and support. We are Fundraising to start production on our Docu-series "Someone Like Me" Which take you along the journey of 5 women who have and/or experiencing Maternal Mental Health Issues. We Greatly Appreciate Your Helping In Making This Project Come To Life.
Kay is working on selecting a charity so you can support 90's Throwback Fundraiser Party.


Tuesday Night is PTO Meeting and Z'Mariks night!
Join us at 7:00 PM in the Media Center for our November PTO Meeting, but first… go to Z'Mariks and tell them you are with Ashland Ridge. Z'Mariks gives back 50% of sales!!! Go grab dinner and maybe lunch for the next day while you are there!
Due to the weather forecast for Tuesday, Jag Jog has been postponed until Friday, October 13th. Please check back for more details!
Jag Jog is Tuesday!!! We are currently at $17,000 towards our $25,000 goal. This goal helps the PTO with our yearly commitments towards bettering the school: planners for 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade. Being able to provide a special lunch for Field Day for each student. And being able to help teachers get the extras they need for their class. Any money raised above our yearly budget goes toward the purchase and installation of an outside classroom that will benefit every student!
We will accept donations at any point!
Bookfair sign ups are up!
Jag Jog is next week, get those donations in!
This is the type of Outdoor Classroom we are trying to raise money for! Imagine classes sitting outside learning about the weather or taking a reading break!
Monday, October 9th at 6:00 PM, meet at the playground, bring some chalk and let's decorate the walking/running path for the Jag Jog!! The more the merrier!! We can write inspiring messages all along the route.
Sign up to bless the teachers with a meal on Tuesday during conference week!
Hi Ashland Ridge Families! We've got our first few volunteer opportunities coming up!
Spirit Wear Orders Due Friday!
Don't forget Spirit Wear orders are due by Friday, September 1st! All orders are online orders!
Whether you're sad or excited for the first day of school, you can treat yourself!
All parents are welcome. After you drop off your kids, swing by Porch Light Coffeehouse in Uptown Ankeny.
If you're headed to work, grab a cup of coffee.
If you're wanting to meet other parents, plan to sit down and chat for awhile.
Ashland Ridge Kindergarten parents – watch for special coupons handed out by the PTO.
Special thanks to Porchlight for offering the special discounts to our Kindergarten parents.
Don't forget to come meet fellow incoming Kindergartners on Friday!
Class lists posted Aug 8th!
Class lists will be posted August 8th at the school same as previous years.


Designer's Collection, fur and textile products from the Italian company Nello Santi.
In 1976 Nello Santi inherited his paternal-run family business, in the fashion industry. It was located in one of the most beautiful, historical and culturally rich areas called Maremma Toscana. After only one year his sister joined the business. Their hard work and complete dedication have contributed significantly to development of the business, to its success, its national and international statement through a collection of furs, leather goods, shearling which are destined for a medium-high market.
In life and business the "Santi Family's goal" is quality, and their most important successes are derived from this passion which naturally has been handed down to the staff.


Osiris may have been an Egyptian god in a prior life, but now a days he's a shiny black cat with bright yellow eyes who's waiting to be adopted at the SPCA of Hancock County!
Osiris perks right up when he sees someone, and does his best to lure them in for some attention. If we don't come to him, though, Osiris is just as happy to hop up and come with to us! He's a very social little fellow.
Osiris has been at the SPCA shelter for several weeks now, and we fear that he's being overlooked despite his wonderful personality.
Osiris is about six years old, but he still has a kitten-like sense of humor. He loves to pounce and chase toys. Such an outgoing cat will surely be a vibrant addition to the household despite his midnight coloring. Go get him!
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Don't forget that the SPCA is still running the Celebrity Pets of the Maine Coast Photo Contest! There are now more than fifty entries to vote on. 1 vote = $1, and proceeds benefit the SPCA. Winning entries will be featured in the 2020 Celebrity Pets of the Maine Coast Calendar. To vote, go HERE! Support your local SPCA of Hancock County!