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Callander is pretty local but it's nice to be places when you wake up, it's like camping on Ben Lomond or the Arrochar Alps, logistically pointless but in reality: awesome.
Also Linda got us a voucher for a night in The Highland Guest House in the heart of the village, or is it a town now? Took a leisurely wander up and booked in.
What a lovely wee place. Warm and clean, hot drinks machine 24hrs and friendly banter. We also were handed two glasses of Prosecco and asked to come back down for afternoon tea whenever we were ready. We were ready.
It was a spire of sammidges and cakes, a crescendo of snacks, a comet of taste and when the owners misses came back and saw when what he'd given us the shock and surprise was evident, I think we'd got the whole week's allowance on one table. Magic.
It was getting dark and the rain was battering down, so we decided to go for a walk. Callander was deserted and rather pleasant to stoat about.
The river was over it's banks and the car parks were shallow seas where geese and ducks were fannying about oblivious to us and the car whose panic faced driver obviously thought they were trapped and doomed to drown. Misses, the exit was behind you.
We went back out later to the Tasty Fry chippy, long a destination of joy for me and it still doesn't disappoint. Chips and a can of ginger in the rain as we wandered the main street raising an occasional eyebrow at the shop window displays and happy just being.
The morning brought a little brightness and and breaking mist around Ben Ledi from the window which I know would have been glorious to be amongst with a little height, but so was that breakfast. Cooked fast, served with a smile and joy to taste.
Nice morning chat over breakast too with a couple from down south who were touring and then we were off to somewhere Linda fancied and I'd never been despite hundreds of visits here, Bracklinn Falls.
Oh, via the bakery. Supplies were wisely secured.
It's just beautiful. The last of the mist was clearing, it would have been full on Hammer Horror in the trees earlier, but enough lingered to make the light break past the branches in soft shafts as the leaves glowed a little golden as the summer green evaporated with the mist.
The falls are stunning and the bridge sits perfectly among the jumble of rocks and riot of branches. It makes it feel secret and intimate even with the vertigo inducting edges softened by the trees.
Really hard to get a photie too. Be back in the snow I think.
There's an extended loop you can do upstream but we had not the rucksack of supplies so we wandered back through the sunshine and headed west for cuppas.
The lochs were still as the sky quietly clouded over again and we found ourselves heading to Loch Katrine for lunch with a vague plan of doing the forest drive which we have repeatedly failed to do.
It was gorgeous though so we thought we'd take a wee wander along the lochside to take in the colours, the air, the lack of midges. We spotted a wee track that looked like it cut a corner through the woodland and it was just magic, warm colours, soft underfoot and very quiet. If only we'd had a tent.
But with no tent we had to find the way out and the intermittent track led to a short steep slope onto the road. I skipped down and turned to take Linda's hand or even say just go that way, it's fine…
Linda looked at me for a second then threw herself sideways, flipped over and then rolled down into the ditch beside me. Screaming like she was going to burst her lungs.
I wasn't entirely sure what to do and neither were the nearby family. I told them we'd be fine although I didn't necessarily believe it.
She did eventually get up but refused all attempts of giving help up to and including the valiant but likely heart attack inducting coal bag carry back to base.
We stumbled along with tensions and pain levels rising until another family insisted on helping. This time Linda did let me carry her a bit but her wee legs were just slipping off and I think it just made her pain worse so the attempt was abandoned.
The bloke of the family had stayed with us and the mum and daughter had gone for help which soon arrived in the shape on the wee golf cart they use around the jetty.
Linda got a ride back and I ran for it. Bless the kind folk we met that day.
I got her into the car and off we went. All we had to do now was choose a hospital.
The Vale of Leven minor injuries unit was nearest and that's where we went, mud, blood, tears and all. the Vale has a patchy reputation and deservedly so, but here they did good.
Linda was Xrayed which meant passing through reception there and back with some embarrassment and amusement and after about 90 minutes of treatment appears around the corner with the walking stick I'd seen going the other way in it's plastic bag. We looked at each other and just burst out laughing.
She stood there trying to stay upright with the support boot velcroed on up to her knee as she leaned on the walking stick and this time there were just tears of laughter. Medication is a wonderful thing.
Torn ligaments, it was bad and I still don't know how she did it, what she was trying to do and how it was possible to do so many bad gymnastic moves in such a short descent.
I suppose it's all because the water wasn't there to break her fall this time. I'll need to watch that.
And that is why we postponed Skye.
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Documentary filmmaking has long been at the forefront of the digital media revolution.
Making a Murderer, directed by Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi is and will be a powerful case study for many phenomena of our interconnected, media-immersed world.
Choose the course: Media Literacy and Digital Video Production; Criminal Justice; Sociology; Psychology; or many other fields of study or secondary school departments — this series can be used for ripe investigation in all of them.
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She explained her son's wish and asked if it was possible to give him a ride on a fire engine.
Bob thought a while about what he could do and said, "Look, we can do better than that.
Get your son ready at seven o'clock Wednesday morning.
We'll make him an honorary firefighter for the whole day.
He can come down to the fire station, eat with us, and go out on all the fire calls.
Three days later, Bob picked up Bopsy, dressed him in his fire uniform and escorted him from his hospital bed to the waiting hook-and-ladder truck.
Bopsy got to sit on the back of the truck when they went back to the fire station.


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Purpose/Objectives: To examine family caregivers' experience of mental fatigue, identify strategies they use to manage it, and ascertain the kind of help they would like from healthcare professionals.
Research Approach: Descriptive, qualitative study that was part of a larger mixed-methods study.
Setting: Metropolitan comprehensive cancer center in the midwestern United States.
Participants: 79 family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer who were participating in phase I clinical trials.
Methodologic Approach: Caregivers completed a semistructured, open-ended questionnaire and demographic and health history forms.
Findings: Caregivers were able to define mental fatigue and give many examples of it. They reported that mental fatigue did not interfere with patient care, but that it did have a negative effect on their own self-care. They identified strategies to manage mental fatigue. They wanted more information and support from professionals.
Conclusions: The majority of caregivers experienced mental fatigue, which manifested as trouble concentrating, difficulty remembering things, and irritability. The majority worked outside of the home and had health problems of their own.
Interpretation: Healthcare professionals need to assess caregivers for mental fatigue and find ways to help them reduce mental fatigue and restore their attention. Nurses are in a prime position to mobilize resources for caregivers to effectively manage burden and reduce mental fatigue.


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Coming this October from Universe Publishing, 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die sounds like the sort of book that could seriously chew up your free time from now until you die.
Compiled by an international team of critics, 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die is a collection of chronologically-ordered games from the 70s to 2010 that you probably don't have to play before you die. It's not like you're going to keel over if you don't play Space Invaders or Grand Theft Auto.
Actually, you are going to keel over if you don't play them. Or if you do. Death is inevitable. Perhaps the publisher should rethink the title.
Edited by longtime Edge editor-in-chief Tony Mott and packed with screenshots and reviews, it sounds like the book would make for some excellent bathroom reading, or the inspiration behind a video game playing online journal, in the same vein as that movie about Julia Child.
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die is coming out in October. You can preorder it now at Amazon on the slightly cheap.


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Another Jedi, another Sith.
News by Oli Welsh Contributor
Updated on 24 Nov 2009
The wraps have been torn off the final two character classes in BioWare's MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic. They are the Jedi Consular and Sith Inquisitor.
The classes made their first appearance in German magazine PC Games, as scanned by StarWarsMMO.net, translated by an official site forumite, and confirmed by BioWare's Sean Dahlberg.
They're the second Jedi and Sith to be added to The Old Republic's line-up - the Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior have already been revealed - meaning that four of the game's eight classes wield the Force. The others are the Trooper and Smuggler on the Republic side, and the Bounty Hunter and Imperial Agent for the Empire.
The Consular and Inquisitor are more focused on long-range combat than the Knight and Warrior, who are essentially melee fighters - although they do wield lightsabers, too. The Consular can heal or do damage, while the Inquisitor is more of a straight damage-dealer with Force lightning powers, and both have crowd-control abilities.
The new classes were shown to press at a recent EA event at which Eurogamer was present. Unlike the magazines, we're still under embargo, but we can reveal that LucasArts described the Consular and Inquisitor as Yoda and Emperor archetypes (as opposed to the Knight's Obi-Wan and Warrior's Darth Vader).
We got an extensive hands-on with the Inquisitor at the event, so look out for our impressions soon.
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Situated in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the coastal village of St Lucia is the gateway to the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park. Known as the jewel of KwaZulu Natal, with five distinct ecosystems and a unique biodiversity found nowhere else on earth, it is not hard to see why the earliest name for St Lucia, given by Portugese explorers, was "River of the Sands of Gold".
The ecosystems of the eastern shores, Lake St Lucia, Mkuze Swamps, the western shores and the Marine eco system are unique in Africa. Places to visit include False Bay Park, where the pink-backed pelican-breeding colony is found. Next to Lake St Lucia is Charters Creek which is very popular with fisherman. There are daily boat tours to the surrounding islands to view hippos wallowing in the lake waters. North of Charters Creek, is another favourite angling paradise called Fanies Island. Picnic spots are found right on the shore.


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French start-up Sigfox has raised 150 million euros ($160 million) to help build networks connecting everything from washing machines to smart meters to the internet, it said on Friday, confirming an earlier Reuters report.
Sigfox said its new investors include France's Total (TOT), San Francisco-based Salesforce.com (CRM), and Henri Seydoux, the founder luxury goods company Christian Louboutin and of drone maker Parrot.
Founded in 2010, Sigfox raised $115 million in February 2015 from investors including include Spain's Telefonica, France's Engie, NTT Docomo Ventures, SK Telecom, Air Liquide and Elliott Management, sources said at the time.
Since it was started by French entrepreneur Ludovic le Moan, Sigfox has built a global wireless network connecting more than 10 million objects to the cloud at minimal cost by relying only on surrounding sources of energy.
The latest round of funding will enable Sigfox, which competes with Cisco's Jasper, to expand its international network from 26 countries to 60 by 2018 and reach financial break-even, the company said.
"We are happy to accompany the development of Sigfox because the technology it offers can be decisive to accelerate the deployment of the Internet of things.", Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total, said in the statement.
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At work, we recently kicked off an effort to make sure that all of the emails coming from our applications are Outlook 2010 compliant…meaning that they render in a reasonably acceptable manner–at least as emails go. On the surface, this doesn't appear to be that big of a deal. However, for us it is, because the prior version for which we tested emails was Outlook 2003.
So what's the problem? Well, if you didn't hear, Microsoft made the brilliant move of deciding to switch their email-rendering engine from IE (Outlook 2003 and before) to Word. In short, this means a massive decrease in support for HTML standards, CSS support, etc. In fact, the move is so counter-standards that an entire movement has been started to try to pressure Microsoft into fixing the problem…so far, nothing.
Well, in case you live in a hole somewhere, the next three weeks are shaping up to be huge. In less than two weeks, God-fearing Americans will celebrate the day-before-Lent (Fat Tuesday) by more or less determining the identities of the Democratic and Repulican presidential nominees. In another week and two days, lovers across the world will commemorate their passions with cheap chocolates and over-priced floral arrangements.
Yet few realize that an even more momentous event will occur between these big days. But this event will be truly earth-shaking, and it will hit February 12th.
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Ok, so for those who know me, I've never exactly been the biggest fan of ANYTHING that Microsoft has forced upon the genearl computing public. IMO, Word is about the best thing that they've done, and even that is pretty lame.
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Q: How to select only one pragraph in html and to change color with jquery I have only one paragraph to select please tell me how select with jQuery the first paragraph

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A: you can select them in different ways
Here you can select the elements by number...
$("div").children(':nth-child(1)').css("background", "red");
// $("div").children(':nth-child(1)').html(); // for content

or
$("div p:nth-child(1)").css("background", "red");

than you could use the first-child selector
$("div").children(':first-child').css("background", "red");

or
$("div p:first-child").css("background", "red");

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$("div p").eq(1).css('background-color','#ccc');
$("div p").eq(3).addClass('bg-blue');

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A: $("div").children(':first-child').css('color', 'red')

or
$("div").children(':nth-child(1)').css('color', 'green')

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$("div p:first-child").css('color', 'blue')

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Q: Applying a global style/event to a MahApps.Metro textbox disables the watermark I am developing a windows app and utilizing the MahApps.Metro from NuGet, version 1.5.0. I ran into an issue where setting global properties causes the textbox to disappear. Here are the steps to reproduce:

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*Create new WPF application

*Install MahApps.Metro from NuGet (console or command line)

*Configure App.xaml and MainWindow.xaml (and .cs) to handle MahApps.Metro

*Create a simple textbox with the watermark property (Controls:TextBoxHelper.Watermark="<watermark here>" is default).

*Run application. Watermark shows up as intended.

Here is the .xaml for my sample app. Notice I changed Controls to mah (doesn't matter; I tried Controls and mah no difference was made):
<mah:MetroWindow x:Class="MahAppsTest.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:mah="clr-namespace:MahApps.Metro.Controls;assembly=MahApps.Metro"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MahAppsTest"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <TextBox mah:TextBoxHelper.Watermark="Test" Margin="5" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
    </Grid>
</mah:MetroWindow>

Now if I go into the App.xaml file and add the following:
<Style TargetType="TextBox">
    <Setter Property="Margin" Value="5"/>
</Style>

Remove the property from the textbox (or keep it there, doesn't matter) then run the application, the watermark is now gone. It does not matter if it is a <Setter> or <EventSetter>. The watermark shows up in the IDE, though.
I saw on their GitHub repo under issues that some people had this solved by adding BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TextBox}}" to the <Style> tag, but that all seems to be applied in the MainWindow.xaml or equivalent rather than globally in the App.xamlfile.
EDIT: I also tried adding the {x:Type ...} argument before making the post.
Has anyone experienced this and know a fix?
I am running MahApps.Metro v1.5.0 in Visual Studio 2017 programming in C# v4.6.1 (according to target framework) on Windows 10.

A: You need to base your style on the MahApps style.  As written, you will extend the default TextBox style (which has no watermark).  Try this:
<Style TargetType="TextBox"
       BasedOn="{StaticResource MetroTextBox}">
  <Setter Property="Margin" Value="5"/>
</Style>

I think that will work.  You'll need to make sure the MahApps styles are in scope at the point where you declare that resource, though.  If you're pulling the MahApps resources into your App.xaml, then just make sure this style is declared further down.
If for some reason this doesn't work, try replacing MetroTextBox with {x:Type TextBox}.  It looks like MetroTextBox is the style name, but I could be wrong.
I'm not sure what you mean by this, though:

Configure App.xaml and MainWindow.xaml (and .cs) to handle MahApps.Metro

If you mean that you are importing the MahApps.Metro style resources into both your App.xaml and MainWindow.xaml, then that is unnecessary.  Putting them in App.xaml ought to suffice.

This is what I tried, and it worked for me:
App.xaml:
<Application x:Class="WpfTest.App"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
  <Application.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>

      <!-- MahApps.Metro Resource Imports -->
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Controls.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Fonts.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Colors.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Accents/Blue.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Accents/BaseLight.xaml" />
      </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>

      <!-- Global TextBox Style Override -->
      <Style TargetType="TextBox" BasedOn="{StaticResource MetroTextBox}">
        <Setter Property="Margin" Value="50" />
        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Crimson" />
      </Style>

    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Application.Resources>
</Application>

MainWindow.xaml:
<m:MetroWindow x:Class="WpfTest.MainWindow"
               xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
               xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
               xmlns:m="http://metro.mahapps.com/winfx/xaml/controls"
               SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight">
  <TextBox m:TextBoxHelper.Watermark="Test" Width="300" />
</m:MetroWindow>

Result:

A: I've tested this issue also without MahApps and became the same result (a base Style in a ResourceDictionary which is referenced in App.xaml).
After some trials and errors I found a solution which works with and without MahApps.
The trick is defining a base style with a key in a extra ResourceDictionary (can be also a separate one) and use this to define a base style which is now used everywhere.
<Application x:Class="WpfApplication16.App"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:controls="http://metro.mahapps.com/winfx/xaml/controls"
             StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
    <Application.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                <!-- MahApps.Metro resource dictionaries. Make sure that all file names are Case Sensitive! -->
                <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Controls.xaml" />
                <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Fonts.xaml" />
                <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Colors.xaml" />
                <!-- Accent and AppTheme setting -->
                <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Accents/Blue.xaml" />
                <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/MahApps.Metro;component/Styles/Accents/BaseLight.xaml" />

                <ResourceDictionary>
                    <Style x:Key="BaseTextBoxStyle" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TextBox}}">
                        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Goldenrod" />
                        <Setter Property="Margin" Value="5" />
                        <Setter Property="controls:TextBoxHelper.ClearTextButton" Value="True" />
                    </Style>
                </ResourceDictionary>
            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>

            <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}" BasedOn="{StaticResource BaseTextBoxStyle}" />

        </ResourceDictionary>
    </Application.Resources>
</Application>

Sample
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication16.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">

    <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">

        <TextBox Margin="10" Text="Test" MinWidth="200" />

    </StackPanel>
</Window>

Hope this helps!


On June 29, 2014, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo detailed a three-point plan to move us closer to the end of the AIDS epidemic in New York State. The goal is to reduce the number of new HIV infections to just 750 (from an estimated 3,000) by 2020 and achieve the first ever decrease in HIV prevalence in New York State.
Ending the Epidemic (ETE) in New York State will maximize the availability of life-saving, transmission-interrupting treatment for HIV, saving lives and improving the health of New Yorkers. It will move New York from a history of having the worst HIV epidemic in the country to a future where new infections are rare and those living with the disease have normal lifespans with few complications.
The following provides information on important advancements pertaining to Point 2 of the Governor's Plan, to link and retain persons diagnosed with HIV in health care to maximize virus suppression so they remain healthy and prevent further transmission.
Letters From Commissioner Howard A. Zucker, M.D. J.D.
Please see below for an important message from New York State Department of Health Commissioner Zucker. The first letter details important background on U=U and the second summarizes this information and speaks to our commitment to continue to engage stakeholders as we move forward.
U=U Webinar, New York State Department of Health June 2017. Listen to the recording!
The negligible risk of HIV sexual transmission with a sustained, undetectable viral load does not however extend to other activities documented to be associated with HIV transmission, namely: blood transfusions, transplants, breast-feeding and the sharing of syringes or drug preparatory paraphernalia/items. The evidence is either lacking or does not support the removal of prohibitions against these HIV risk associated events at this time.
On October 14, 2014, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced members of the Ending the Epidemic Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force was established to support Governor Cuomo's three-point plan. The Task Force developed and synthesized recommendations, presented in New York's Blueprint to end the epidemic.
Ending the Epidemic (ETE) Dashboard Has Launched!
We are pleased to announce the launch of New York State's Ending the Epidemic (ETE) Dashboard system, a public facing website to broadly disseminate information on the progress of New York's groundbreaking initiative to end the HIV epidemic!
The Ending the Epidemic (ETE) Activity Reports identify key implementation efforts that address the 30 Recommendations and 7 "Getting to Zero" Recommendations included in the ETE Blueprint and details the progress made.
On June 29, 2014, Governor Cuomo announced a three-point plan to end AIDS as an epidemic in New York State. The goal of the initiative is to decrease new HIV infections to the point where, by the end of 2020, the number of persons living with HIV in New York State will be reduced for the first time. In October 2014, Governor Cuomo established a Task Force in support of his three-point plan to decrease new HIV infections to 750 per year by the end of 2020. The Task Force developed and synthesized recommendations, presented in New York's Blueprint to end the AIDS epidemic. Up to 13 regional discussions will be held across NYS beginning in August and ending in the fall of 2015. These regional discussions will provide an opportunity to identify and implement community driven strategies and partners to address the Governor's three-point plan to end the AIDS epidemic by the end of 2020 in NYS.
The AIDS Institute is pleased to announce a webinar series designed to engage a wide range of health and human services providers and consumers in discussing how they can take action in their communities to implement the recommendations outlined in the 2015 Blueprint for Achieving the Goals Set Forth by Governor Cuomo to End the Epidemic in NYS by the end of 2020.
Engage stakeholders in discussions about their role in implementing the Blueprint.
Bring attention to recommendations in the plan related to specific vulnerable populations.
Share innovative strategies for HIV prevention, testing and linkage/retention in care.
The four committees of the Task Force (Care, Prevention, Housing & Supportive Services and Data) reviewed nearly 300 recommendations submitted online and received during regional Listening Forums held across New York State. Committees used this information to develop 44 committee recommendations (CRs) - including recommendations that move beyond the goal of 750 to zero infections.


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Q: about array declaration in Laravel hay, i have 2 array like this
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                        // ->with([
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                        //           ->join('mapel', 'mapel.id', '=', 'pembelajaran.mapel_id')
                        //           ->with('nilai.kkm')
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                        //     }
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                        // $q->with(['nilaiujianakhir'])
                            // ->with(['mapelujian' => function($q){
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                                $q->join('mapel', 'mapel.id', 'nilai_ujian.mapel_id')
                                // ->join('mapelujian','mapelujian.id','nilaiujianakhir.mapel_ujian_id');
                            // }])
                            ->get();
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                    }])
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                        $q2->join('mapel_ujian', 'mapel_ujian.id', 'nilai_ujianakhir.mapel_ujian_id')->get();
                    }])
                    ->with(['kelas' => function($q) {
                        $q->with(['ptk', 'sikap', 'prestasi'])
                          ->with(['pembelajaran' => function($q) {
                            $q->select('pembelajaran.*', 'mapel.id as mapelid', 'mapel.urut_rapor')
                                ->join('mapel', 'mapel.id', '=', 'pembelajaran.mapel_id')
                                ->with('nilai.kkm')
                                ->orderByRaw('ISNULL(mapel.urut_rapor), CAST(mapel.urut_rapor AS DECIMAL) ASC');
                          }])
                          ->orderBy('semester_id');
                    }])
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                    //     'kelas.pembelajaran' => function ($q) {
                    //         $q->select('pembelajaran.*', 'mapel.id as mapelid','mapel.urut_rapor')
                    //         ->join('mapel', 'mapel.id', '=', 'pembelajaran.mapel_id')
                    //         ->with('nilai.kkm')
                    //         ->orderByRaw('ISNULL(mapel.urut_rapor), CAST(mapel.urut_rapor AS DECIMAL) ASC');
                    //     }
                    // ])
                    ->orderBy('nama')
                    ->get();

and i merge array siswa with this function
$siswas     = new Collection;

    foreach($siswa as $value)
    {
        $siswas = $siswas->merge($value);
    }

in blade i call object like this for each relation
 $siswa->pribadi->berat_badan_diterima
$siswa->pribadi->berat_badan_keluar
$siswa->pribadi->tinggi_badan_diterima

and i get error trying get property berat badan diterima of non object
i already chage my code in blade file like this below format :
 $siswa->pribadi['berat_badan_diterima']
$siswa->pribadi['berat_badan_keluar']
$siswa->pribadi['tinggi_badan_diterima']

and code works,, but its not efective, i must change many line in blade file and many file blade for change the format,, i want changing code from controller this code..
$siswas     = new Collection;

foreach($siswa as $value)
{
    $siswas = $siswas->merge($value);
}

how to change the code controller above so that no errors occur trying get property of non object?
Thanks


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JULIETTE GORDON LOW AND THE HISTORY OF GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA by Sarah J. McNeal, Author of #TheWildingsSeries
Juliet Gordon Low
One of my greatest childhood pleasures was participating in the Girl Scouts of America. It wasn't just the fun of earning badges that brought me so much happiness; it was the joy of being with other girls and learning things together and sharing our successes.
Becoming part of a Girl Scout troop was more than campfires and roasted marshmallows. We learned how to be good citizens, helpful to others, and self-reliant. Like the Boy Scouts our motto was BE PREPARED. Every meeting we cited the Girl Scout Promise: On my honor I will try to do my duty to God and my country, to help other people at all times; to obey the Girl Scout laws.
There were ten laws for Girl Scouts:
1. A Girl Scout's honor is to be trusted.
2. A Girl Scout is loyal.
3. A Girl Scout's duty is to be useful and to help others.
4. A Girl Scout is a friend to all and a sister to every other Girl Scout.
5. A Girl Scout is courteous.
6. A Girl Scout is a friend to animals.
7. A Girl Scout obeys orders.
8. A Girl Scout is cheerful.
9. A Girl Scout is thrifty.
10. A Girl Scout is clean in thought, word, and deed.
The Girl Scout Handbook was our guide to learning responsibility and leadership that would stay with us for the rest of our lives. I still have that handbook. It's kind of worn out with packing tape holding the binding together, but it still holds good memories and accomplishments as I made my way from Tenderfoot to Curved Bar.
My old Girl Scout handbook and my badges (except I lost the 6 in Troop 246)
Juliette Gordon Low (October 31, 1860-January 17, 1927) is the founder of the Girl Scouts of America inspired by the work of Lord Baden-Powell who founded the Boy Scouts in England. She joined the Girl Guide movement while in England and formed the Girl Guides of Great Britain in 1911.
The following year in 1912 she returned to the United States and her home in Savannah, Georgia. In 1915 she established the United States Girl Guides which became known as the Girl Scouts. She became the first president and remained active until her death. Her birthday, October 31, is commemorated by the Girl Scouts as "Founder's Day."
Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon was born in Savannah, Georgia, the second of six children. Her nickname was Daisy. Her father, William Washington Gordon II, as a cotton broker with Tison & Gordon, later renamed W.W. Gordon & Company and her mother was Eleanor Lytle Kinzie, a writer whose family played a role in the founding of Chicago.
Her father joined the Confederate States Army six months after she was born to fight in the American Civil War in 1864 because of the close proximity of the Union Army to Savannah. Her mother moved with the children to Thunderbolt, GA. After the Union Army declared victory in Savannah, General William T. Sherman visited her family frequently since he was a friend of her uncle. Sherman arranged for Juliette's family to be escorted to Chicago in 1865. Shortly after they arrived in Chicago, Juliette contracted "brain fever", but recovered without severe complications. At the end of the war her father reunited with the family and they moved back to Savannah.
Juliette was accident prone as a child and suffered many injuries and illnesses including a head injury after falling out of bed, an injury to two of her fingers so severe, for a time, her parents considered having them amputated, frequent earaches, and recurring bouts of malaria.
She dedicated most of her time pursuing art and poetry, wrote and performed plays, and started a newspaper her cousins called "The Malbone Bouquet" which featured some of her early poetry. She and her cousins formed a club with the goal of helping others. "The Helpful Hands Club" members learned to sew and attempted to make clothes for the children of Italian immigrants. She was dubbed "Crazy Daisy" by her cousins and family due to her eccentricities. Her cousin, Caroline, described her by saying, "While you never knew what she would do next, she always did what she made up her mind to do."
Juliette was raised with traditional Southern values which emphasized the importance of duty, obedience, loyalty, and respect. As was customary at the time, Juliette was off to boarding school at age 12 attending several schools through her teen years which included Miss Emmett's school in New Jersey, The Virginia Female Institute, the Edgehill School, and Mesdemoiselles Charbonniers French finishing school in New York. She joined a secret group Theta Tau while at the Edgehill School in which members earned badges. (You can clearly see the beginnings of a Girl Scout in these accomplishments and social teachings of her youth.) After she finished boarding school she took painting lessons in New York and among her teachers was Robert Walter Weir, a prominent landscape artist.
When her sister, Alice, died in 1880, Juliette returned to Savannah and took over the household duties while her mother grieved. Meanwhile, she met William Mackay Low, the son of a family friend and they began secretly courting until William left Savannah to study at the University of Oxford. Three years later, Juliette traveled through Europe during their time of separation and learned some new skills which included shorthand, bareback riding, and hunting partridge. William Low proposed marriage in 1885 and they were married in Savannah on her parents' wedding anniversary, December 21, 1886. Later, they leased property in London and Scotland, spent the social season in London and the hunting season in Scotland. Due to Juliette's medical problems they spent most of their first two years apart. William's long hunting trips, gambling, and inability to have children began to strain their marriage.
While William spent his time in drinking, gambling, and affairs, Juliette painted, learned word and metal working. She even designed and built iron gates for her home in Warwickshire. She hosted parties and events at her house and received visits from HRH Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales who was a friend of her husband's and Rudyard Kipling whose wife was a friend of Juliette's mother. Though her husband was against it, Juliette spent a great deal of time involved in charity which included regular visits to a woman with leprosy. She gave food and care to the people of the village and joined a local nursing association.
Juliette and William spent less and less time together. William drank heavily, gambled, and began an affair with Anna Bridges Bateman, a widow who had stayed as a guest at the Low's home in Scotland. At first William had not wanted a separation or divorce, but later agreed to a permanent separation in 1901. She received an allotment of money from William which she wisely invested in the Low Home for herself in Savannah with the land surrounding it as well as buying the house next door to rent out for income, and invested in stocks and securities. When William died of a seizure following a long illness, he left his entire estate to his mistress. However, his two sisters contested the will and they awarded Juliette a generous sum of money since Juliette and William had never divorced. I thought this was a noble thing for them to do for Juliette.
Juliette traveled after the death of her husband and did charity work while she sought a project on which she could focus her skills and time. At a party in May 1911 she met Sir Robert Baden-Powell and was inspired by a program in which he had organized called Boy Scouts. At that time the Boy Scouts had 40,000 members in Europe and the United States. The program stressed the importance of military preparedness and fun which Juliette valued. The two became good friends and spent a great deal of time together over the following year.
In August 1911, Juliette became involved the Girl Guides headed by Agnes Baden-Powell, Sir Robert's sister and she formed the Girl Guides patrol in Scotland near her home. She encouraged the girls in her patrol to become self-sufficient by learning how to spin wool and care for the livestock. She taught them knot tying, how to read a map, knitting, cooking, and first aid. Her military friends taught her girls how to drill, signal, and camp. After that, she taught two Girl Guide patrols in London where she spent the following winter.
Juliette Gordon Low and Lord Robert Baden-Powell
Juliette and Sir Robert took a trip to America in 1912 to spread the scouting movement. Naturally, she wanted to start the movement in Savannah to teach girls practical skills and character development. She called her cousin Nina, a local educator and said, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all of the world, and we're going to start it tonight." In March of 1912 Juliette Gordon Low formed the first two American Girl Guide patrols with 18 girls.
With Juliette's social connections and her ambitious recruiting efforts by way of friend and advertisements in the newspapers, she was able to quickly gather a following of leaders and new members and Sir Robert assisted her by contacting others who were interested in Girl Guides such as Louise Carnegie. She also released a Girl Guides manual titled "How Girls Can Help Their Country" which was based on "Scouting For Boys" by Sir Robert Baden-Powell and "How Girls Can Help To Build Up The Empire" by Agnes Baden-Powell.
Juliette established the first headquarters in a remodeled carriage house behind the home in Savannah she inherited from her husband with meeting rooms for local Girl Guide patrols and the outside lot was used for marhing and signal drills and sports like basketball. Edmund Strudwick Nash who rented the main house offered to pay rent on the carriage house as his contribution to the organization and his son, Ogden Nash, immortalized "Mrs Low's House" in one of his poems.
Juliette traveled along the east coast to introduce Girl Guides to other communities and, upon returning home to Savannah, spoke with President Taft who was visiting the Gordon home hoping to recruit his daughter Helen as a patron of the Girl Guides, but she was not successful in that endeavor. I Juliette Gordon Low well enough to know she wasn't about to knuckle under to a little competition. She decided to change the name from Girl Guides to Girl Scouts deciding that the word Scout would be reminiscent of the pioneer spirit in America. She had some push back from West who led the Boy Scouts of America because he felt Scout trivialized the Boy Scouts name. (Nice…right?) Sir Robert preferred the word Guide after the British Girl Guides, but he supported Juliette's decision. Naturally, being Juliette, she forged ahead with the name Girl Scouts and made their national headquarters in Washington D.C.. The national headquarters was set up for the girls to purchase their badges and to buy her guide book titled "How Girls Can Help Their Country."
She worked to recruit leaders and members in every state and spoke to groups at every opportunity. She designed the trefoil badge against West's wishes since he thought the trefoil should belong only to the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts should have no right to use it. Juliette traveled back to London that summer where she met King George and Queen Mary of Teck and received the Girl Guide Thanks Badge from Princess Louise for promoting Guiding.
Juliette formed the Honorary Committee of Girl Scouts and elected her family and friends to the committee. Using her ample supply of connections she was able to convince Susan Ludlow Parish who was Eleanor Roosevelt's godmother, Mina Miller Edison (the wife of Thomas Edison), and Bertha Woodward (The wife of the House of Representatives majority leader) to become patrons. Even with all these patrons, Juliette still funded most Girl Scout expenses herself.
When World War I broke out, Juliette rented Castle Menzies in Scotland and let a family of Belgian refugees to temporarily move in.
She sailed back to the United States on February 13, 1915 on the RMS Lusitania to continue her work with the Girl Scouts. She now had 73 patrons and 2,400 registered members. She built a stronger central organization for the Girl Scouts by writing a new constitution that formed an executive committee and a National Council and held the first National Council meeting under the name, Girl Scouts, Inc. on June 10, 1915, and was elected the first president of the organization.
At the entrance of America into World War I in 1916 Juliette expanded the Girl Scouts through publications in newspapers, magazines, events, and film and relocated their headquarters from Washington D.C. to New York City. Juliette returned to England to fund raise for a home for relatives of wounded soldiers where she volunteered 3 nights a week. In November she returned to America to continue her work with the Girl Scouts.
To help with the program enacted by the United States Food Administration to teach women to conserve food, the Girl Scouts in Washington D.C. began growing and harvesting their own food and canned perishable foods. Herbert Hoover wrote a letter to Juliette to thank her for the contributions of the Girl Scouts and expressed the hope that Girl Scouts in other states would do the same. Of course, Juliette responded in typical Juliette fashion by organizing the Girl Scouts to help the Red Cross by making surgical dressings and knitted clothing for the soldiers. They also picked oakum, swept workrooms, created scrapbooks for wounded soldiers, and made smokeless trench candles for soldiers to heat their food. Note: Oakum picking is a tedious and laborious task of picking apart rope which in then used as a kind of caulking to seal off openings and usually sealed over with hot tar. I had to look this up since I had no clue. Just sayin'…
At the end of 1917 Juliette had convinced Lou Henry Hoover to become the National Vice President of the Girl Scouts and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (President Wilson's second wife) to become Honorary President of the Girl Scouts.
Juliette stepped down as the National President of the Girl Scouts in 1920 in order to devote her time to creating the International Council of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and attended the first international meeting in London representing the United States. She continued her work in many directions for the sake of Girl Scouts including a plan for a camping facility in Cloudland, Georgia to be used to train leaders and Girl Scouts together. The name Cloudlands was later changed to Camp Juliette Low.
In 1923 Juliette Low developed breast cancer which she kept a secret. After an operation to remove the malignant lumps, she developed the flu. She managed to cover after a year, but had 2 more operations to cure breast cancer, but was informed in 1925 that she had only 6 months to live. She went to London to receive cancer treatment from Dr. William Blair-Bell which consisted of an IV fluid containing lead. She developed lead poisoning, returned home to Savannah where she died on January 17, 1927 at age 66. An honor guard of Girl Scouts escorted her casket to her funeral at Christ Church the next day. 250 Girl Scouts left school early that day to attend her funeral and burial at Laurel Grove Cemetery. Juliette was buried in her Girl Scout uniform with a note in her pocket that read, 'You are not only the first Girl Scout, but the best Girl Scout of them all." Her tombstone read, "Now abideth faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love."
Juliette Gordon Low never had children, but she left a legacy of devotion to thousands of girls and for generations of girls to follow.
I originally only intended to write a 3 paragraph blog, but I found Juliette Low's life so fascinating and filled with accomplishments and good works I just had to write more. Still, I left out a LOT!
I was a Girl Scout and loved it for years of my youth and earned the Curved Bar badge before I finished. When my mother took over as leader for my Girl Scout troop she and Pop planned a memorable trip for my troop to visit the Juliette Low home in Savannah. It was one of the most memorable times I ever had.
Were you in a scouting group growing up? What do you remember most about your experience? Did you have kids in Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts?
Labels: Author Sarah J. McNeal, Girl Scouts of America, Juliette Gordon Low, Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Kristy McCaffrey August 7, 2019 at 3:50 PM
How interesting. I was a Brownie and briefly a Girl Scout before my family moved. I loved it!
Sarah J. McNeal August 7, 2019 at 8:24 PM
Me too, Kristy. I wish you could have stayed in it longer.
Thank you for coming over to read my blog--I know it was kinda long. LOL
Elizabeth Clements August 7, 2019 at 5:43 PM
WOW, Sarah, what a great article about an amazing woman. I fully understand your statement about intending to write three paragraphs....hence my last blog had to be split into two parts. I participated only one year in Brownies. It was hard to arrange to get to the meetings because my mom didn't drive and living out on the farm, I had to catch the school bus after school. I think that's why in some ways I resented living on the farm, being away from social activities after school. Luckily, a neighbor a few miles down the road worked at the dairy until six, so I could always arrange a ride home with her. Thanks for sharing the history of this wonderful and important organization, Sarah.
I was lucky in this instance that I lived in the city. Mom did drive and was even a scout leader for a while. When my parents bought a house the scout meeting were held midway between the school and home so several of us walked from school to scouts and then we walked to our homes after the meetings because we lived close to the Presbyterian church where our meetings were held.
This sure was a long article, wasn't it? There was so much about Juliette I wanted to say, but I didn't intend for it to be THIS long.
I am so glad you came and stuck it out through this lengthy article, Elizabeth. I still think you were lucky to get to live on a farm. My maternal grandmother had a farm for a few years and lived in an old Victorian farm house with a coal burning stove as heat and for cooking. She didn't really have the necessary skills to run a farm and eventually sold it (smart move), but I loved visiting her there.
Thank you so much for coming and commenting. I always love to see you.
C.A.Asbrey August 9, 2019 at 7:39 AM
Really interesting lady. Thanks for giving us so much of her fascinating life. I was asked to leave the Brownies. I came home and told my mother I needed bacon for my hostess badge, which she duly provided. I then set off the next week all ready to learn how I was going to use said bacon in my skills as a hostess. It turns out the Scottish accent was the problem. I should have turned up with bakin' (baked goods like fairy cakes, shortbread, and scones). Not bacon...
Sarah J. McNeal August 9, 2019 at 8:33 AM
Bless your heart, C.A., it was such an innocent mistake. I thought you were going to tell some devil-may-care story of your actions in the Brownies that brought you to such a low. I take it you didn't earn that all important Hostess Badge. LOL
Thank you so much for coming and reading my article about the founder of American Girl Scouts--and for that charming comment which I am still laughing about.
Nope, never got the badge. Lol!
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10. Supercritical airfoil - During the 1960s and 1970s, Whitcomb led a team of researchers to develop and test a series of unique geometric shapes of airfoils, or wing designs, that could be applied to subsonic transport to improve lift and reduce drag.
The resulting "supercritical airfoil" shape, when integrated with the aircraft wing, minimizes drag and helps improve the aircraft's cruise efficiency. Compared to a conventional wing, the supercritical wing is flatter on the top and rounder on the bottom with a downward curve at the trailing edge.
Results of the NASA flight research at what today is known as Dryden demonstrated that aircraft using the supercritical wing concept would have increased cruising speed, fuel efficiency (about 15 percent), and flight range over those using conventional wings. As a result, supercritical wings are now commonplace on virtually every modern subsonic commercial transport.


As you may know, Google has been busy updating it's search algorithm. When these things change, there's always the question of, "what's going to happen to my SEO?" Well depending on what you're currently doing for your SEO, it could do a lot, for the worse, or all could be fine and life goes on. One thing to know is that all of the changes that Google is making are to bring to the top of the search results, the most relevant information for what people are searching. The SEO companies of the past were good at building links and sort of "gaming" the system to achieve higher results. Those days are long over and in fact will result in negative counts against you, which in turn, drops your site down further and further on the search results.
We're about half way though the year and here at Vitamin D we've compiled a list of 17 SEO myths you should leave behind in 2015. Click on the image below to download your free copy and use it to see how you measure up on your SEO game.


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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using FullSerializer;
using System;
using IBM.Watson.DeveloperCloud.Connection;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using IBM.Watson.DeveloperCloud.Utilities;
using IBM.Watson.DeveloperCloud.Logging;
using System.IO;

namespace IBM.Watson.DeveloperCloud.Services.DocumentConversion.v1
{
    ///
    /// This class wraps the Document Conversion service.
    /// Document Conversion Service
    ///
    public class DocumentConversion : IWatsonService
    {
        #region Private Data
        private const string ServiceId = "DocumentConversionV1";
        private fsSerializer _serializer = new fsSerializer();
        private Credentials _credentials = null;
        private string _url = "https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/document-conversion/api";
        #endregion

        #region Public Properties
        ///
        /// Gets and sets the endpoint URL for the service.
        ///
        public string Url
        {
            get { return _url; }
            set { _url = value; }
        }

        ///
        /// Gets and sets the credentials of the service. Replace the default endpoint if endpoint is defined.
        ///
        public Credentials Credentials
        {
            get { return _credentials; }
            set
            {
                _credentials = value;
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_credentials.Url))
                {
                    _url = _credentials.Url;
                }
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Constructor
        public DocumentConversion(Credentials credentials)
        {
            if (credentials.HasCredentials() || credentials.HasAuthorizationToken())
            {
                Credentials = credentials;
            }
            else
            {
                throw new WatsonException("Please provide a username and password or authorization token to use the Document Conversion service. For more information, see https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/unity-sdk/#configuring-your-service-credentials");
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region ConvertDocument
        private const string ConvertDocumentEndpoint = "/v1/convert_document";

        #region Callback delegates
        ///
        /// Success callback delegate.
        ///
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of the returned object.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="response">The returned object.</param>
        /// <param name="customData">user defined custom data including raw json.</param>
        public delegate void SuccessCallback<T>(T response, Dictionary<string, object> customData);
        ///
        /// Fail callback delegate.
        ///
        /// <param name="error">The error object.</param>
        /// <param name="customData">User defined custom data</param>
        public delegate void FailCallback(RESTConnector.Error error, Dictionary<string, object> customData);
        #endregion

        ///
        /// The delegate for loading a file, used by TrainClassifier().
        ///
        /// <param name="filename">The filename to load.</param>
        /// <returns>Should return a byte array of the file contents or null of failure.</returns>
        public delegate byte[] LoadFileDelegate(string filename);

        ///
        /// Set this property to overload the internal file loading of this class.
        ///
        public LoadFileDelegate LoadFile { get; set; }

        ///
        /// Convert document to use in other Watson services.
        ///
        /// <param name="successCallback">The success callback.</param>
        /// <param name="failCallback">The fail callback.</param>
        /// <param name="documentPath"></param>
        /// <param name="conversionTarget"></param>
        /// <param name="data"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public bool ConvertDocument(SuccessCallback<ConvertedDocument> successCallback, FailCallback failCallback, string documentPath, string conversionTarget, Dictionary<string, object> customData = null)
        {
            if (successCallback == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("successCallback");
            if (failCallback == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("failCallback");
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(documentPath))
                throw new ArgumentNullException("A document path is needed to convert document.");
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(conversionTarget))
                throw new ArgumentNullException("A conversion target is needed to convert document.");

            RESTConnector connector = RESTConnector.GetConnector(Credentials, ConvertDocumentEndpoint);
            if (connector == null)
                return false;

            ConvertDocumentRequest req = new ConvertDocumentRequest();
            req.SuccessCallback = successCallback;
            req.FailCallback = failCallback;
            req.CustomData = customData == null ? new Dictionary<string, object>() : customData;
            req.ConversionTarget = conversionTarget;
            req.Parameters["version"] = Version.DocumentConversion;
            req.OnResponse = ConvertDocumentResponse;

            byte[] documentData = null;
            if (documentPath != default(string))
            {
                if (LoadFile != null)
                {
                    documentData = LoadFile(documentPath);
                }
                else
                {
#if !UNITY_WEBPLAYER
                    documentData = File.ReadAllBytes(documentPath);
#endif
                }

                if (documentData == null)
                    Log.Error("DocumentConversion.ConvertDocument()", "Failed to upload {0}!", documentPath);
            }

            if (documentData != null)
            {
                req.Headers["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";

                req.Forms = new Dictionary<string, RESTConnector.Form>();
                req.Forms["file"] = new RESTConnector.Form(documentData);
                req.Forms["config"] = new RESTConnector.Form(conversionTarget.ToString());
            }

            return connector.Send(req);
        }

        private class ConvertDocumentRequest : RESTConnector.Request
        {
            ///
            /// The success callback.
            ///
            public SuccessCallback<ConvertedDocument> SuccessCallback { get; set; }
            ///
            /// The fail callback.
            ///
            public FailCallback FailCallback { get; set; }
            ///
            /// Custom data.
            ///
            public Dictionary<string, object> CustomData { get; set; }
            ///
            /// The conversion target.
            ///
            public string ConversionTarget { get; set; }
        };

        private void ConvertDocumentResponse(RESTConnector.Request req, RESTConnector.Response resp)
        {
            ConvertedDocument result = new ConvertedDocument();
            fsData data = null;
            fsResult r;
            Dictionary<string, object> customData = ((ConvertDocumentRequest)req).CustomData;

            if (resp.Success)
            {
                if ((req as ConvertDocumentRequest).ConversionTarget == ConversionTarget.Answerunits)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        r = fsJsonParser.Parse(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(resp.Data), out data);
                        if (!r.Succeeded)
                            throw new WatsonException(r.FormattedMessages);

                        object obj = result;
                        r = _serializer.TryDeserialize(data, obj.GetType(), ref obj);
                        if (!r.Succeeded)
                            throw new WatsonException(r.FormattedMessages);

                        customData.Add("json", data);
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        Log.Error("DocumentConversion.ConvertDocumentResponse()", "ConvertDocumentResponse Exception: {0}", e.ToString());
                        resp.Success = false;
                    }
                }
                else if ((req as ConvertDocumentRequest).ConversionTarget == ConversionTarget.NormalizedHtml)
                {
#if NETFX_CORE
                    result.htmlContent = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(0).GetString(resp.Data);
#else
                    result.htmlContent = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(resp.Data);
#endif
                    customData.Add("json", data);
                }
                else if ((req as ConvertDocumentRequest).ConversionTarget == ConversionTarget.NormalizedText)
                {
#if NETFX_CORE
                    result.textContent = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(0).GetString(resp.Data);
#else
                    result.textContent = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(resp.Data);
#endif
                    customData.Add("json", data);
                }
            }

            if (resp.Success)
            {
                if (((ConvertDocumentRequest)req).SuccessCallback != null)
                    ((ConvertDocumentRequest)req).SuccessCallback(result, customData);
            }
            else
            {
                if (((ConvertDocumentRequest)req).FailCallback != null)
                    ((ConvertDocumentRequest)req).FailCallback(resp.Error, customData);
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region IWatsonService interface
        /// <exclude />
        public string GetServiceID()
        {
            return ServiceId;
        }
        #endregion
    }
}


Perfect Pink Rosebuds is Back in Stock! We're so happy to have brought back our Signature Pink Rosebud Handkerchief. This series has perennially been on our Bestseller List and after a hiatus we're glad to have this design back!


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Official opening for Sir William Henry Bragg Building
8th June 2022 /in Estate Services/by Prue Griffiths
The Sir William Henry Bragg Building had its official opening on Monday 6 June 2022.
Marked by a series of events as part of the opening ceremony, the building is home to the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and a state-of-the-art integrated teaching and research facility, designed to help the University achieve its strategic aim of making a positive difference in the world.
Open for use in October last year, it has achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating for sustainability. The light-filled atrium provides social breakout and collaboration space for staff and students, including the 1915 Café.
How 'The Bragg' was built
Work began in May 2017 with the clearance of an office building, plumbing and locking workshops and an old boiler house.
The Portland stone façade of the Grade II listed Old Mining Building, built in 1930, was retained and incorporated into the design, blending the past with the present.
Behind it, a walkway connects a new seven-storey glass and steel complex with teaching rooms and laboratories.
At the heart of the design is a desire to break down traditional boundaries. In robotics, for example, the new space will allow computer science experts to work with colleagues from electronic, electrical and mechanical engineering.
This theme is reflected in a sculpture by artist Sara Barker on an exterior wall called 'The Worlds of If', a reference to the possibilities unlocked when experts share ideas.
Cutting-edge facilities
When finalised, the building will house:
A mock operating theatre where engineers can work with clinicians on robots for medicine and healthcare.
The Wolfson Imaging Facility which will enable scientists to see molecules interacting in real time in more detail than ever before.
Work in the Bragg Centre for Materials Research will help establish the UK as a centre for the design and manufacture of new advanced materials to solve some of the big problems facing the world.
The University is a founding partner of the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials, and the Institute's work at Leeds will be co-located in the building with the Bragg Centre for Materials Research. Work will focus on manipulating and developing materials at the scale of individual atoms.
About the Braggs
The Braggs were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915 for their pioneering research at Leeds. Their work involved the proposal of an equation that allowed the position of atoms within crystals to be determined from X-ray photographs.
Take a look at the Bragg Building in action…
Find out more about the construction of The Sir William Henry Bragg Building.
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The figure falls under the cap the education board imposed on itself last spring, coming in at a 7.99 percent higher than the present year, or $4.8 million.
Staffing for students, employee benefits, transportation, special education, technologies and maintenance of facilities are all budget drivers.
"Transportation costs and special education costs are the two areas where the budget has stabilized," Freeston said Monday. "There was not a big fluctuation in special education over this year, and transportation is at the lowest increase it has been in years."
The budget drops the number of contracted buses from 36 to 35 by lengthening some of the bus routes. It also reflects a negotiated discount with Baumann & Sons bus company and competitive bidding for out-of-district bus runs.
Freeston and school administrators took a "low frills" approach to setting the budget. Special education costs were cut in part by shifting management control of the programs in the middle and high schools to the principals. Freeston also said the per student instructional cost is within reason, with 5.2 special education teachers per a 1,000 student population.
Education costs overall are being reined in. While five new full-time equivalency instructors will be added at the high school, some classes would be dropped and others would be suspended. Courses in auto and small engine repair, and clothing and fashion design courses would be dropped. Child development and some culinary arts courses would be suspended.
New instructors would keep high school core classes, such as English, at reasonable sizes.
"We've got too many classes over the desired maximum size of 25 at the high school," Freeston said, "and they're almost all in core subjects."
A "bare bones" approach is also being taken at the middle schools. While some art classes will be added to accommodate increased enrollment at Scotts Ridge Middle School, eighth-grade technical education courses would be discontinued at both middle schools.
There will still be an emphasis on course development at the middle and high schools with the beginning of a redesign of the math programs. There will also be a study of World Language programs to determine what languages can be dropped and what need to be maintained to keep Ridgefield students competitive for college.
A large budget driver in Freeston's request is employee benefits. The total benefits costs in the 2005-06 budget is $11 million, driven significantly by a health benefits cost of $8.89 million.
Technology costs are also up. As technology has increased with the schools building projects, the district has incurred costs to maintain that technology and to educate staff and students about it.
While the budget is going up, Freeston noted in some areas the potential for added expenses to the taxpayer were met by individual parent contributions and the privatization of contracted services.
"A typical parent will pay the schools nearly $6,000 out of pocket for each child in the district from kindergarten through grade 12," he said. "That's assuming each child plays one sport and has no musical instrument. PTA dues are not included in this figure. That is the equivalent of $2.8 million coming to the school system annually."
Freeston also noted the school system privatizes more than $8 million of services annually - something that was suggested last year as a way to keep budget costs down. Those services include food service, boiler maintenance, custodial services for supplemental cleaning and all exterior maintenance.


This is just a quick post to share what we did in class this week. I'm not sure if you are all aware of the programs that the University of Western Ontario provides through their engineering department, but they are very engaging and cost effective! They have a variety of workshops that are available and the great part is that they will come to you.
Here is a video of my students during one of the workshops we did on Monday. I have a great bunch of kids and it was a really fun day.
Thanks for posting about your workshop! It looks like your students really enjoyed the experience. Would you mind sharing the link to the site where you can learn more about the programs UWO is offering?
Thanks Leigh, I try 🙂 I'm glad that you liked it!


If you're new to DreamBox and haven't explored the Classroom Overview report yet, now is the perfect time—especially since you're probably in the throes of preparing your students for your mandated state assessments. The Classroom Overview report will make it easier for you to identify which students are on track and which would benefit from your intervention to help get everyone on track and assessment ready.
Based on the "Time Spent" and "Lessons" columns, it looks like some of my students haven't spent enough time learning on DreamBox. What should I do?
To get the most out of DreamBox, we recommend that students in grades K–2 use DreamBox for 45 minutes a week, and students in grades 3–8 use it for 60 minutes a week. Talk to your students about staying focused during their math time on DreamBox. If you're having trouble finding class time for DreamBox, remember that there are a lot of ways to incorporate the program both inside and outside of the classroom. Consider adding DreamBox to your station rotations or small group instruction or try allocating library or computer lab time to DreamBox. Many schools offer opportunities to log on to DreamBox before and after school, during recess, and at home.
Based on the green progress bars, it looks like some of my students are not yet fully proficient at on-grade level standards. What should I do?
First, make sure that students who appear to be struggling are actually using DreamBox for the minimum weekly recommended time (identified above). Keep in mind that students with significant gaps may benefit from spending additional time on DreamBox to build their foundational and conceptual knowledge.
Next, click on each student's name in the Classroom Overview report to view their proficiency and growth progress, and to see what concepts they're working on. You can use this data to prioritize where you want to focus your one-on-one time to make the biggest impact.
Often, number sense, operations, and algebraic reasoning are key areas where students benefit the most from additional focus. Don't forget to celebrate their successes and learning gains to keep the motivation level high!
Based on the green progress bars, it looks like some of my students are already proficient in their on-grade level standards. What should I do?
Try facilitating small groups to discuss different mathematical strategies, vocabulary, and concepts that they have been working on to solidify mathematical thinking and reasoning. You can use the Classroom Activity tab in your Insight Dashboard to dig into what lessons your students are working on, and identify groups that are working on the same concepts at the same time.
Based on the green progress bars, it looks like some of my students are proficient on above-grade level standards. What should I do?
Continue to challenge your learners with exposure to new math concepts, and keep the dialogue going. You don't have to be an expert in the specific math concepts they're working on to use inquiry to get them thinking deeply about what they're learning. If you want a refresher on a particular topic or to plan ahead, you can always access professional learning content on demand right from your Insight Dashboard. Just look for the blue PD icon to access MyFlexPD™ modules that are relevant to what your students are learning in DreamBox. Best of all, you'll be able to immediately apply what you learn in your classroom to improve student learning outcomes.
I'm hosting a live event on March 5th that'll include more tips on how to use DreamBox data to monitor student progress. I'll also be fielding attendee questions, so register now if you want to take a deeper dive and get even more out of reports like the Classroom Overview in your Insight Dashboard™.


What do you get when a former TUF star gets in the ring against one of the best judo practitioners in MMA today?
On August 17, 2006 we got a taste of that when Diego Sanchez downed Karo Parisyan in one of the most exciting fights of the year via decision.
Well, at UFC 71 we're in for another such treat. This time Parisyan's opponent will be Josh Burkman, an excellent ground fighter in his own right.
Keep reading to find out the skinny on the bout.
Josh Burkman holds an overall MMA record of 8-3 with two (T)KO's and three submission victories on his resume. In short, Burkman has excellent takedowns and takedown defense, good strength (though we're not talking Hughes or St. Pierre - like power), and average technical striking skills. Further, he's won four of his last five, all in the UFC.
That said, on April 4, 2006 Jon Fitch seemed to expose his ground skills as less than what had been determined earlier (he also seemed to wear him down). Of course, Burkman is very good on the ground. But is he elite? Was the Fitch fight simply an off day or a preview of things to come?
Karo Parisyan owns a professional mixed martial arts record of 16-4 with nine submission victories to his credit. Along with this, he possesses an outstanding motor, great cardio, top flight submission skills, and the best judo takedowns in all of the UFC. Further, his technical striking skills have improved dramatically to the point that they are now average for the division. That said, he doesn't have much power in his stand up game (has never knocked out an opponent). In fact, if there is one weakness in his overall game it can be found in power. Parisyan- on the rare occasion that he has lost- has tended to have trouble with powerful fighters like Georges St. Pierre, Sean Sherk, and Diego Sanchez.
That said, Burkman may have excellent takedowns; but Parisyan probably is better in that regard. Burkman also has nice submission skills.
But you've got to think that Parisyan's are again better. In the end, this one has good fight written all over it. Still, Parisyan would seem to have the better overall skills and the edge.
But don't count Burkman out. He's certainly good enough to surprise us all.


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Shawnee City Commissioner Ed Bolt's art accepted into Durango exhibition
By Vicky O. Misa | Vicky.misa@news-star.com | (405) 214-3962 | Twitter: @Vicky_NewsStar
When retired photographer Ed Bolt toured Cuba in 2013 he had no idea that one of the photos he shot there would eventually be accepted as part of a national art exhibition.
It wasn't a deep-laid, long-planned idea to enter; when he came across a contest for artists to submit entries he simply thought, "Why not give it a try and just see what happens?"
It was a good idea that he did.
A month later he said he received the call.
He knew he had been very pleased with a particular photo he titled "Yanqtank for hire;" his art piece turned out to be equally pleasing to the national art show's judge.
Bolt's single entry had made the cut, accepted into an exhibition to run all next month in Colorado. His art piece is a photo of what he estimates to be a late 1950s Ford Edsel taxi, which was parked on a Cuban street just a couple hours outside of Havana.
Yanqtank ("Yanque" or Yankee tank) is what the Cubans nicknamed the large older — typically pre-1950s — American cars imported before the U.S. Embargo, Bolt said.
The eight-by-10 inch photograph on wood has a price tag of $150, so if someone decides to purchase his artwork he may not get his entry back.
The show opens next week — featuring artworks from May 3 to June 1 — and is the Durango Arts Center's 43rd annual juried exhibition, in Durango, Colorado.
The professional juried exhibit is for artists working in all media. The national competition was established to broaden creative expression, both in and outside of Durango's community, the website reads.
This year's exhibit juror is Louise Martorano, the Executive Director of RedLine, a non-profit contemporary art center and residency in Denver, Colorado.
Bolt will find out how his artwork fared after an awards reception which will be next week, on May 3. Cash prizes are going to be awarded to Best in Show ($500); Second Place ($300); and Third Place ($100).
Bolt, however, said he will be unable to attend the art reception since, as a Shawnee City Commissioner, he will instead be going to the city's regular commission meeting that Monday, the 6th.
"I'm hoping Phyllis and I will get to go at some point to see the exhibit, though," he said.
Bolt is no stranger to featuring his photography in art shows around the state — like the Plaza and Paseo — but the Durango show is his first experience on a national level. He said he will likely look into participating in larger exhibitions/shows again.
For more information about the exhibit, visit durangoarts.org.