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FORECLOSURE…THE NEW "IT" THING? OWNERS STOP PAYING THE MORTGAGE…FANTASTIC!
Can you imagine if everyone just stopped paying that thing called mortgage but kept up with homeowners/condo associations (because these can foreclose faster than you can blink) Oh what a wonderful world!
This article really does not portray the majority. Some don't have a job period! If you can… get a great attorney, a loan audit and the lender to the table!
Owners Stop Paying Mortgage … and Stop Fretting About It
Chip Litherland for The New York Times Wendy Pemberton, a barber in Florida, with a customer, Howard Cook. She stopped paying her mortgage two years ago.
By DAVID STREITFELD NYTIMES
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For Alex Pemberton and Susan Reboyras, foreclosure is becoming a way of life — something they did not want but are in no hurry to get out of.
Foreclosure has allowed them to stabilize the family business. Go to Outback occasionally for a steak. Take their gas-guzzling airboat out for the weekend. Visit the Hard Rock Casino.
Chip Litherland for The New York Times Alex Pemberton and Susan Reboyras stopped paying the mortgage on their house in St. Petersburg, Fla., last summer.
"Instead of the house dragging us down, it's become a life raft," said Mr. Pemberton, who stopped paying themortgage on their house here last summer. "It's really been a blessing."
A growing number of the people whose homes are in foreclosure are refusing to slink away in shame. They are fashioning a sort of homemade mortgage modification, one that brings their payments all the way down to zero. They use the money they save to get back on their feet or just get by.
This type of modification does not beg for a lender's permission but is delivered as an ultimatum: Force me out if you can. Any moral qualms are overshadowed by a conviction that the banks created the crisis by snookering homeowners with loans that got them in over their heads.
"I tried to explain my situation to the lender, but they wouldn't help," said Mr. Pemberton's mother, Wendy Pemberton, herself in foreclosure on a small house a few blocks away from her son's. She stopped paying her mortgage two years ago after a bout with lung cancer. "They're all crooks."
Foreclosure procedures have been initiated against 1.7 million of the nation's households. The pace of resolving these problem loans is slow and getting slower because of legal challenges, foreclosure moratoriums, government pressure to offer modifications and the inability of the lenders to cope with so many souring mortgages.
The average borrower in foreclosure has been delinquent for 438 days before actually being evicted, up from 251 days in January 2008, according to LPS Applied Analytics.
While there are no firm figures on how many households are following the Pemberton-Reboyras path of passive resistance, real estate agents and other experts say the number of overextended borrowers taking the "free rent" approach is on the rise.
There is no question, though, that for some borrowers in default, foreclosure is only a theoretical threat for a long time.
More than 650,000 households had not paid in 18 months, LPS calculated earlier this year. With 19 percent of those homes, the lender had not even begun to take action to repossess the property — double the rate of a year earlier.
In some states, including California and Texas, lenders can pursue foreclosures outside of the courts. With the lender in control, the pace can be brisk. But in Florida, New York and 19 other states, judicial foreclosure is the rule, which slows the process substantially.
In Pinellas and Pasco counties, which include St. Petersburg and the suburbs to the north, there are 34,000 open foreclosure cases, said J. Thomas McGrady, chief judge of the Pinellas-Pasco Circuit. Ten years ago, the average was about 4,000. "The volume is killing us," Judge McGrady said.
Mr. Pemberton and Ms. Reboyras decided to stop paying because their business, which restores attics that have been invaded by pests, was on the verge of failing. Scrambling to get by, their credit already shot, they had little to lose.
"We could pay the mortgage company way more than the house is worth and starve to death," said Mr. Pemberton, 43. "Or we could pay ourselves so our business could sustain us and people who work for us over a long period of time. It may sound very horrible, but it comes down to a self-preservation thing."
They used the $1,837 a month that they were not paying their lender to publicize A Plus Restorations, first with print ads, then local television. Word apparently got around, because the business is recovering.
The couple owe $280,000 on the house, where they live with Ms. Reboyras's two daughters, their two dogs and a very round pet raccoon named Roxanne. The house is worth less than half that amount — which they say would be their starting point in future negotiations with their lender.
"If they took the house from us, that's all they would end up getting for it anyway," said Ms. Reboyras, 46.
One reason the house is worth so much less than the debt is because of the real estate crash. But the couple also refinanced at the height of the market, taking out cash to buy a truck they used as a contest prize for their hired animal trappers.
Chip Litherland for The New York Times Mark P. Stopa is a lawyer who says he has 350 clients in foreclosure, each paying him $1,500 a year in fees.
It was a stupid move by their lender, according to Mr. Pemberton. "They went outside their own guidelines on debt to income," he said. "And when they did, they put themselves in jeopardy."
His mother, Wendy Pemberton, who has been cutting hair at the same barber shop for 30 years, has been in default since spring 2008. Mrs. Pemberton, 68, refinanced several times during the boom but says she benefited only once, when she got enough money for a new roof. The other times, she said, unscrupulous salesmen promised her lower rates but simply charged her high fees.
Even without the burden of paying $938 a month for her decaying house, Mrs. Pemberton is having a tough time. Most of her customers are senior citizens who pay only $8 for a cut, and they are spacing out their visits.
"The longer I'm in foreclosure, the better," she said.
In Florida, the average property spends 518 days in foreclosure, second only to New York's 561 days. Defense attorneys stress they can keep this number high.
Both generations of Pembertons have hired a local lawyer, Mark P. Stopa. He sends out letters — 1,700 in a recent week — to Floridians who have had a foreclosure suit filed against them by a lender.
Even if you have "no defenses," the form letter says, "you may be able to keep living in your home for weeks, months or even years without paying your mortgage."
About 10 new clients a week sign up, according to Mr. Stopa, who says he now has 350 clients in foreclosure, each of whom pays $1,500 a year for a maximum of six hours of attorney time. "I just do as much as needs to be done to force the bank to prove its case," Mr. Stopa said.
Many mortgages were sold by the original lender, a circumstance that homeowners' lawyers try to exploit by asking them to prove they own the loan. In Mrs. Pemberton's case, Mr. Stopa filed a motion to dismiss on March 17, 2009, and the case has not moved since then. He filed a similar motion in her son's case last December.
From the lenders' standpoint, people who stay in their homes without paying the mortgage or actively trying to work out some other solution, like selling it, are "milking the process," said Kyle Lundstedt, managing director of Lender Processing Service's analytics group. LPS provides technology, services and data to the mortgage industry. DinSFLA: WHAT AN IDIOTIC THING TO SAY! Who is exactly milking what??
These "free riders" are "the unintended and unfortunate consequence" of lenders struggling to work out a solution, Mr. Lundstedt said. "These people are playing a dangerous game. There are processes in many states to go after folks who have substantial assets postforeclosure." DinSFLA: I invite you Mr. Lundstedt to look over this blog and see your "Free Riders". SIR!
But for borrowers like Jim Tsiogas, the benefits of not paying now outweigh any worries about the future.
"I stopped paying in August 2008," said Mr. Tsiogas, who is in foreclosure on his house and two rental properties. "I told the lady at the bank, 'I can't afford $2,500. I can only afford $1,300.' "
Mr. Tsiogas, who lives on the coast south of St. Petersburg, blames his lenders for being unwilling to help when the crash began and his properties needed shoring up.
Their attitude seems to have changed since he went into foreclosure. Now their letters say things like "we're willing to work with you." But Mr. Tsiogas feels little urge to respond.
"I need another year," he said, "and I'm going to be pretty comfortable."
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La 38 Grenadier divisionen der Waffen SS fue una división de las Waffen-SS creada el 24 de marzo de 1945 con personal y cadetes de la SS-JunkerSchule de Bad-Tölz, así como con unidades freiwilligen (voluntarias) estonias y volksdeutsche.

Su primer comandante fue el SS-Obersturmbannführer Richard Schulze-Kossens (del 6 al 9 de abril de 1945) y el último el SS-Standartenführer Martin Stange (del 12 de abril de 1945 al 8 de mayo del mismo año).

Participa integrada en el XIII SS-Armeekorps en combates defensivos en el frente occidental en las áreas del Isar, Danubio y Alpen-Dornau, Baviera, donde se rendirá a las tropas estadounidenses el 8 de mayo de 1945.

Orden de combate (abril de 1945)
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 95
3x Battaillon
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 96
4x Battaillon
SS-Artillerie-Regiment 38
1. Abteilung
2. Abteilung
5. Batterie
6. Batterie
SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 38
2x Panzerjäger-Kompanie
1x Flak-Kompanie
SS-Pioneer-Abteilung 38
SS-Flak-Abteilung 38
SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung 38
SS-Ausbildung und Ersatz Abteilung 38
SS-Polizei-Bataillon-Siegling
SS-Wirtschafts-Battaillon 38

Comandantes
 Standartenführer Hans Kempin (1 de marzo de 1945 - 27 de marzo de 1945)
 Obersturmbannführer Richard Schulze-Kossens (27 de marzo de 1945 - 12 de abril de 1945)
 Brigadeführer Martin Stange (12 de abril de 1945 - rendición)

Véase también
 Divisiones de las Waffen-SS

Italia en la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Yugoslavia en la Segunda Guerra Mundial
38ª Division de Granaderos SS Nibelungen
Frente del Mediterráneo (Segunda Guerra Mundial)
Historia de Baviera
Frente Occidental (Segunda Guerra Mundial)
Unidades militares creadas en 1945
Unidades militares desaparecidas en 1945

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The Rest is Jazz
What we play is life
Taylor Ho Bynum/Matthew Harvey
December 23, 2020 December 23, 2020 / Tom Mooney
"The Temp", a thrilling new oratorio from composer Taylor Ho Bynum and librettist Matthea Harvey was recorded live in concert at Dartmouth's Spaulding Auditorium in February 22, 2020 – just weeks before the Covid 19 pandemic shutdown – with a 65-member ensemble combining two of the Hopkins Center's flagship student ensembles, The Coast Jazz Orchestra, under Bynum's direction and The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Filippo Ciabatti, with an exceptional group of guest soloists: vocalists Kyoko Kitamura and Michael Mayo, saxophonist Jim Hobbs, trombonist Bill Lowe, drummer Tomas Fujiwara, and violinist Erica Dicker.
"The Temp" is a secular oratorio for classical orchestra, jazz big band and choir, with four instrumental soloists and two vocal soloists. It features an original libretto by acclaimed poet Matthea Harvey, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow. Harvey used erasure processes on Shakespeare's "The Tempest", extracting words and phrases to craft a new narrative – a story of contemporary labour relations and a rebellion against corporate hierarchy that manages to be engaging, witty, and ultimately uplifting.
Composer Taylor Ho Bynum is best known for his long collaborations with creative music legends like Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor and Bill Dixon and forward-thinking peers like Mary Halvorson, Jason Kao Hwang, Ingrid Laubrock, and Tomeka Reid. While Bynum is intimately familiar with large-scale orchestral projects, having premiered compositions with the Scottish BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Tri-Centric Orchestra, and having produced and co-conducted Braxton's last two operas, "The Temp" is his most personally ambitious orchestra work to date. The music blends the pre-determined and the spontaneous through a series of movements that seamlessly shift between through-composed passages and conducted improvisations for the full ensemble. The composition uses two conductors, sometimes working simultaneously, with two of the instrumental improvisers and the two vocal soloists embodying the two lead characters, supported by a choir of workers' voices. Unlike many jazz/classical hybrids where improvisation is relegated to a light flavouring – in this work it is the main course, embedded within the performance practice of the entire ensemble.
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New Delhi: The annual retail and wholesale inflation accelerated in April, mainly due to higher fuel and food prices, and in response some economists changed their views to expect a more hawkish central bank at its next policy meeting next month.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), due to hold its next policy meeting on 6 June, is still widely expected to hold rates after having kept them unchanged for the fourth straight meeting in April. But with a faster-than-expected pace of retail and wholesale inflation, some economists have changed their mind about the RBI's next policy move.
"The Reserve Bank of India is likely to adopt a hawkish commentary in June," said Radhika Rao, an economist at DBS Bank in Singapore.
Annual retail inflation accelerated in April to 4.58 percent, after easing for three straight months, government data showed on Monday, mainly driven by faster increases in food and fuel prices. The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key data factored in by the Reserve Bank while deciding interest rate, was 4.28 percent in March. CPI inflation was at 2.99 percent in April last year.
Core inflation, mainly reflecting firming up manufacturing prices touched 5.9 percent, at a 44-month high, economists estimated.
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast April's CPI inflation at 4.42 percent, compared with March's 4.28 percent.
April was the sixth straight month in which inflation was higher than the RBI's medium-term target of 4 percent.
India's wholesale price inflation in April rose faster than expected, to 3.18 percent, separate data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday showed.
Annual retail food inflation, which contributes about half of the weight in the CPI index, rose 2.80 percent in April almost at the same level of 2.81 percent rise in the previous month.
Analysts worry that retail inflation could cross 5 percent mark in the next two to three months.
As the economy gathers momentum, capacity utilisation could tighten further, which will boost underlying price pressures, said Shilan Shah of Capital Economics in a note on Monday.
The biggest risk that Asia's third-largest economy faces is rising crude oil prices, which hit $78 a barrel last week, their highest since November 2014 following prospects of new U.S. sanctions on Iran.
India meets 80 percent of its oil needs from imports.
An increase in oil price of $10 a barrel could quicken inflation by about 1 percentage point and reduce economic growth by 0.2 to 0.3 percentage points, a senior finance ministry official told Reuters, before the release of the Monday's data.
The International Monetary Fund, however, expects India's economic growth could rebound to 7.4 percent in fiscal year 2018/19 beginning April, from an estimated 6.6 percent in the previous fiscal year.


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I keep hearing stories in the news and having random thoughts about which I think, "I should write about that in my blog," but I never do. I need to get more practice with going from the idea of "I should write about that" to actually posting something. So I got the idea that perhaps my friends and readers could help give me a push. Is there a topic you'd like to see me rant about? A question you think I should tackle? Here's your chance.
Suggest an issue in the news or a current subject of conversation. Ideally, this would take the form of a link to a news or comment piece (print only, no video or audio), with a "what do you think of this?" Alternatively, a relevant question about an issue that's been in the headlines lately would work.
Since the idea is to prod me to write, not to do research, don't ask me for things I don't have any background about, unless everything I need to know is contained in the page you link to.
In particular, don't ask me to comment about sports or celebrities, except to the extent that they make the regular news section.
I reserve the right to declare that I can't handle a particular topic, in which case you may select another.
The idea for this exercise is loosely stolen from cadhla's Iron Poet. Other people I know have taken the idea and changed the form from poetry to something more suitable to their skills, so I thought I would too. Which is not to claim that I think I'm anywhere near as brilliant a blogger as cadhla is a poet. This is a practice exercise; I just hope it will stimulate an interesting discussion or two. Also, if you think this is something you'd like to try in your own journal, go for it.
This round will close when I am overwhelmed, or when everyone seems to be ignoring me.


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Laura G Owens ~ Writer
Humanity. Health. Happiness.
By Laura G Owens
In Social Issues
It's a rare and glorious moment to witness a Supreme Court ruling that makes rights for some, the law of the land for everyone.
I wasn't around when slavery and segregation ended or when women were given the vote. My rights as a citizen were fought for me and have been readily available, although gender equality still isn't done.
I can hear my future grandchildren say as I once did about women and the vote, "You mean gay people couldn't get married at one time? That's just stupid."
Today's Supreme Court ruling was fast-tracked social justice (in contrast to other social change) and a sign I think, of our evolving consciousness as humans.
Believe it or not we're getting closer to getting ourselves right, faster. This, despite the daily dousing of negative media images that distort our self-perception to one where humans are an innately decent well-intentioned species rather than merely a survival-based selfish creature DNA-designed to repeat the horrors of our past.
On the whole (not to dismiss the ugly realities of racism or extremists) I think we're less threatened by the "other" seated next to us in schools, churches, government and business. We spend time with "other" in our day-to-day and it turns out, they're not so unlike us.
They bleed. They breathe. They want safety, food, love, validation, prosperity and to smile.
As well, we're increasingly becoming an ambiguous blend of "contradictions" which in turn breaks stereotypes and opens dialogue. The gay conservative Republican. The self-proclaimed feminist male from the South. The conservative in favor of immigration reform. The Democrat not convinced by man-made climate change. The pro Obamacare Republican in favor of upping the minimum wage and gun control. The Democrat against all three.
Brown skin, black or Asian. Atheists chatting with Hindus at my UU church. Muslims and Christians sharing coffee with surprising opinions that wander from expectation. Modern Family is our family or at the very least, our neighborhood or our town. We remain distinct individuals, one of a splendid kind, and we still align with our culture or gender or religion or race or sexual orientation because humans are tribal creatures who crave connection inside our homogeneous circles.
While extremists grow more paranoid with the "other," and so more emboldened, the majority seems to accept we're a mixed bag with increasingly a la carte views.
The rational among us know factionism keeps humans from our original design, to cooperate through kinship, rather than conquer through tribal warfare.
But for people afraid of losing their distinctive identity, not to worry.
Whites won't disappear. Christians won't fade. Families won't disintegrate. Marriage won't wither in favor of singledom. God won't ever go out of fashion. Conservatives will remain. Liberals will stay.
I wasn't old enough to consider the impact of birth control and reproductive rights that changed the lives of women whose trajectory was decided by one unplanned pregnancy after another. Even so, I never had to consider what it would mean not to control my own baby-making because my biology made the choice for me.
At 19 I learned I had a benign pituitary disorder that meant if I ever wanted to get pregnant I'd need fertility intervention. I've only had to consider reproductive rights for the future of my daughter and other women.
I've never had to fight for the vote, child labor laws, worker's rights or marriage equality because my birthright and the work of others before me, did all the work.
And yet, the rights of "others" have always felt for me, like human rights. Without defending theirs how could I deserve mine?
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RA's Daily Russia News Blast – Sept. 28, 2007
By Citizen M | Published: September 28, 2007
Sergey Lavrov, minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation speaks to the press at the presentation of Russia Today and Rusia al-Yaum English and Arabic news channels, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)
In his first cabinet meeting since the reshuffle, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov chastised Russian banks for failing to offer credit to domestic companies and said it was a "disgrace" they had to turn to foreign banks for loans. A senior United Russia official, on condition of anonymity, said that first deputy prime minister and presidential front-runner Sergei Ivanov could be put at the top of the party's federal candidate list for December's State Duma elections. "This is a really good option. We are seriously considering it." The transfer of supervision over the federal target programs, worth over 500 billion rubles annually, from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to the Ministry of Regional Development is not proceeding peacefully. According to a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Fund, 53% of Russians think that Zubkov should change government policy, although only 2% of Russians looked negatively on Zubkov's appointment as prime minister. Could Vladimir Putin support Valentina Matviyenko, the governor of St Petersburg, in next year's presidential elections? Or has he convinced himself that "he is the only one who could "save" the Russian nation, and the job is unfinished"? A court in east Siberia has extended the custody of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, ex-head of Yukos, for another three months over a new probe. Steel pipe giant TMK said this year's first-half profits had risen 26%. VTB Group reported a 12.5% drop in first-half net profits but is "well positioned to sit out the global financial crisis". According to the Central Bank's deputy chairman, local banks will increase mortgage-lending rates and some may temporarily curb mortgage lending because of the rise in borrowing costs. Russian carmaker Gaz Group is to team up with Canada's Magna International, hoping to regain popularity "through radical restructuring and modernization". Russia is currently three to five times less efficient in its energy usage than Western European neighbors. Engineering company NPO Energomash, which makes rocket engines for U.S. firm Lockheed Martin, was approached by a lawyer for a €7m ($9.9m) bribe to reinstate its export license which was frozen in May, according to company spokesman Yury Korotkov. Another corruption scandal at the Accounting Chamber: chief inspector Sergey Klimantov and first deputy head of the administration of Vladivostok, Sergey Dubovitsky, were arrested for allegedly extorting $120,000 from a Moscow firm in exchange for removing violations from an audit. Surgutneftegaz will build a $6 billion refinery, capable of processing 12 million tons of oil a year, by 2011 to meet growing demand for gasoline and other oil products. The project to build a luxury island off of Sochi will taken on by Abu Dhabi-based Allied Business Consultants, who will spend $6.2 billion. Vladimir Yakunin, the president of Russian Railways, has been interviewed by the Moscow Times. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov exchanged harsh remarks over their stance on Iran at a working luncheon of G8 foreign ministers this week, due to "obvious tactical differences". According to French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, China and Russia will block any effort to impose further United Nations sanctions on Iran's nuclear program for as long as four months. Moscow wants to see a UN agency report on Tehran's past suspicious nuclear work before it will consider new sanctions. The joint Russian-U.S. naval exercise Pacific Eagle 2007, which has started in the Amur Gulf, near Vladivostok, will include mine-sweeping and anti-submarine operations. Interceptor missiles deployed in Poland as part of a US missile defense shield would be fast enough to target Russian intercontinental missiles, contrary to US assurances, says Ted Postol, a US researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. India and Russia held discussions on the possibility of cooperation in space exploration, manned space flights in particular. Roscosmos head Anatoliy Perminov emphasized that Russia regards India as its principal partner in the development of such a program. Chinese President Hu Jintao has met with Sergei Mironov, who's chairman of the Russian Federation Council to discuss Sino-Russian ties. Hu Jintao says this year's "Chinese Year in Russia" has received positive feedback, and said he hopes legislators on both sides will work for the development of relations between the two countries. A group of Saratov journalists has written an open letter to President Putin, asking him to protect them from persecution by officials of pro-Kremlin party United Russia. The letter cites a September report in the Saratovsky Rasklad weekly that State Duma Deputy Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin purportedly injured a woman with a spearfishin gun. Putin on the 2014 Sochi Winter Games: "When we talk about the environment, we unfortunately have to admit that at this point in a city of half a million people there is no proper sewage system, electricity supply or infrastructure. All this will have to be resolved in preparation for the Olympics." London is holding a new Russian Film Festival this fall. Papers released at London's National Archives show that the British felt the need to protect Rudolf Hess, who spent 42 years in prison as a Nazi criminal, from Moscow's desire that he "drink his retribution to the bottom of the cup", and that Russia blocked UK plans to release him.


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Q: apache2 RewriteRule target single question mark Could someone explain what a single ? placed at the Target of an RewriteRule in apache2 means?
Syntax:
RewriteRule pattern target [Flag1,Flag2,Flag3]

RewriteRule ^       ?      [END,E=error-notes:blacklisted-user-agent]
or
RewriteRule .*      ?      [F,L]

And where's the error-notes environment variable used?

What i know so far:

*

*END Flag is explained here.

*The pattern is an regular expression and means "match all", see here.

A: It effectively drops the query string, so for example /posts?page=5 would become to /posts?.
Not sure about error-notes.

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As we begin 2011, I am starting off the year with a bang.
I am kicking off the new year coordinating an event for a free health clinic in Glen Burnie, Maryland. This event raises awareness for individuals about the need for the clinic, as well as the clients the clinic will be serving, and generate funds to keep the clinic running.
I am very excited to be asked to do this grand event! It gives me a chance to give back to the community as well as to the charity which helps serve the homeless community. I will take lots of pictures, come back and visit my site to see the results of this event.


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Q: How to sort product at laravel by relationship? I filter and list the products listed with the code samples on my model page below with some data from the user.
I want to sort the listed products according to their prices. However, as it is seen in the minprice-maxprice sample code block, relation depends on several conditions.
From the period consisting of postFrom and postTo dates received by the user, if the daily is 0, it should be listed according to the old_daily price, if the daily is not 0, it should be listed according to the daily price.
How can I do that?
my model page
public $belongsTo = [
    'price' => [
        'ac\prices\models\Price',
        'key' => 'id',
        'otherKey' => 'pro_id',
    ],
]

public static $allowedSortingOptions = array (
    'name desc' => 'Name - desc',
    'name asc' => 'Name - asc',
    'price desc' => 'Price - desc',
    'price asc' => 'Price - asc',
);

public function scopeListFrontEnd($query, $options = []){

    extract(array_merge([
        'page' => 1,
        'perPage' => 10,
        'sort' => 'created_at desc',
        'postFrom' => null,
        'postTo' => null,
        'minPrice' => null,
        'maxPrice' => null,
    ], $options));

    if(!is_array ($sort)){
        $sort = [$sort];
    }

    foreach ($sort as $_sort){
        if(in_array($_sort, array_keys(self::$allowedSortingOptions))){
            $parts = explode(' ', $_sort);

            if(count($parts) < 2){
                array_push($parts, 'desc');
            }

            list($sortField, $sortDirection) = $parts;

            $query->orderBy($sortField, $sortDirection);

        }
    }

    if($minPrice != null) {

        if(!is_array($minPrice)){
            $minPrice = [$minPrice];
        }

        foreach ($minPrice as $mnPrice){

            $query->whereHas('price', function($q) use ($mnPrice,$maxPrice,$postFrom,$postTo){
                $q->where('daily', '==', '0')
                ->where(function( $query ) use ( $mnPrice, $maxPrice ) {
                    $query->where('old_daily', '>=', $mnPrice);
                    $query->where('old_daily', '<=', $maxPrice[0]);
                });
                $q->orWhere('daily', '!=', '0')
                ->where(function( $query ) use ( $mnPrice, $maxPrice ) {
                    $query->where('daily', '>=', $mnPrice);
                    $query->where('daily', '<=', $maxPrice[0]);
                });
                $q->when($postFrom == '0', function ($sq) {
                        $sq->where('id', '>', '0');
                    }, function ($ssq) use ($postFrom, $postTo) {
                        $ssq->where(function($q) use ($postFrom) {
                            $q->whereDate('start_date', '<=', $postFrom[0])
                                ->whereDate('end_date', '>=', $postFrom[0]);
                        })->orWhere(function($q) use ($postTo) {
                            $q->whereDate('start_date', '<=', $postTo[0])
                                ->whereDate('end_date', '>=', $postTo[0]);
                        });

                    });
            });

        }

    }

    $lastPage = $query->paginate($perPage, $page)->lastPage();

    if($lastPage < $page){
        $page = 1;
    }

    return $query->paginate($perPage, $page);

}

A: Without trying to decode exactly what you are trying to do here, I would be adding a sub-query select that pulls a sort_price field into the results that you can then orderBy.
$query->selectRaw('CASE WHEN daily = 0 THEN old_daily ELSE daily END as sort_price');

$query->orderByRaw('(SELECT sort_price)');

You can also do this directly in the sort condition as per MYSQL ORDER BY CASE Issue if you don't need this price in your result.
You can do this in the orderByRaw builder method.


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Areas are recovering from Rita's ravages
HURRICANE LEAVES DAMAGE, POWER OUTAGES
By LEWIS SPEARMAN
NORTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY – "Hallelujah – the great storm is over – lift up your wings and praise."
Thursday, before the storm hit one cold see the local skies in surreal blazon of orange as chemical plants burned off what was not stored underground. Friday morning, in the wee hours, bands of clouds obscured then revealed again a bright half moon shaped as a bowl.
But it was in the aftermath of the storm when Harris County officials learned that 33 residents had died, the vast majority after the winds had passed. Most of those claimed by the storm were victims of heat or lack of medical treatment. Two people in Houston were killed when a tree hit their house.
Power outages were mostly cleared up in Highlands and Crosby on Sunday with a few sections on Monday afternoon. Huffman had power outages through press time, Tuesday, along with Dayton. Massive gusts had twisted down transformers along FM 1960. Beaumont's Entergy power company had mostly been that area's source of generation. CenterPoint Energy indicates 100,000 customers are still without power at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday. Entergy indicates 256, 000 are still without power in Texas. Reliant indicates some 17,000 are still without power on Tuesday morning. Rotating blackouts and brownouts continue in Mongomery, Walker and Grimes counties as Liberty finds itself in the same shape for electric power as Port Author.
"All of us around here may all have family visiting with us for a couple of weeks or so from Dayton and up there," smiled Mr. Charles Lee.
All of us that survived this weather related crisis will remember that people fell into two categories of character: the courageous benefactors against the selfishly obstructive.
One courageous example is Don Hendrix Superintendent of Crosby ISD having opening the newly remodeled high school as an evacuee refuge. Some 1070 took shelter there Friday afternoon and Robin Creed and her husband cared for the evacuees' animals in the Ag. shop. Meals were prepared for the sheltered in place by Eva Bernard and Caroline Charping.
Harris County Sheriff's Deputies and Precinct 3 Constable deputies were making a show of force throughout the local areas prior to and during the "Great Bugout." Most officers appeared thoroughly tired by Sunday night, some say privately that they may have had as little as eight hours sleep since Thursday.
When no hospital was open, ESD#5 (Crosby ambulance service) set up a hospital inside the high school shelter doing triage, giving medication, treating the infirm, injured and helping those with child. Another example of the courageous, Christy Graves was still at work managing ESD#5 Saturday night into Sunday morning worrying that her oxygen tanks would run out soon and the ambulances were nearly out of gas.
Saturday afternoon San Jacinto Methodist Hospital became the first hospital to open outside Houston, East all the way to Alabama. Workers indicated some staff had evacuated Friday due to the hospital being able to withstand a Category 2 hurricane when a Category 5 was predicted to make landfall nearby. Many medical workers were staffing the hospital on a voluntary basis and yet the facility was at that time only about half staffed with patients coming from nine Texas counties and parts of Louisiana.
Friday night winds of up to 70 m.p.h. slowed firemen's' efforts to battle flames in downtown Galveston as Hurricane Rita was coming. Two historic homes and a commercial building blazed. One of the buildings was destroyed. It was unclear whether anyone was inside. On Saturday night, one could not avoid the smell of Galveston burning in Highlands and Crosby.
The evacuation of the Greater Houston/Galveston Area has been touted as a complete success by many officials. With more than 2 million people having fled coastal areas in advance of Hurricane Rita, Texas Gov. Rick Perry told citizens Friday, "We're gonna get through this."
The state has made preparations — partly the result of "extensive exercises" over the years, he told reporters in Austin. And Perry praised citizens for taking "this evacuation very seriously."
Evacuees who heeded government warnings to leave at-risk areas immediately found themselves mired in massive traffic jams, some stretching for more than 100 miles. Hurricane Rita is bearing down on the coast at a sluggish 10 miles per hour, but traffic in some areas has moved even slower.
Desperate motorists sat for hours in the sweltering heat, sometimes inching along one car-length at a time, sometimes at a complete standstill. Most gas stations in Houston and along the highway have either closed in preparation for the storm or run out of fuel themselves. In the hours of idling on the highways, some people say they have run out of food and water. Evacuees expressed anger and fear as the hours slipped by and they began to wonder if they would have to weather the storm in their vehicles.
Gov. Rick Perry said National Guard crews were delivering fuel and trying to relieve the congestion on the roads and when people look back, they will consider it "miraculous" that so many people were moved from endangered areas in a short time.
But the last word on the success of the evacuation may rest with evacuees that had different experiences.
Chelsea Connor, 16, of Freeport voiced her opinion during the evacuation, "This whole experience has been tiresome and emotional. At school we were getting ready for homecoming. Wednesday, I was told by dad that I had a 10 minutes to pack 10 things up and oh, yeah, the house probably would not be there when we got back. I will never forget the roadrage, we saw some guy shooting at someone, two guys fighting over a gasoline line and people driving like crazy. When I hear the politicians breaking their arms to pat themselves on the back over what a good job they did, I just hope those arms break off and get lost in the woods like us."
On Tuesday, September 27, Houston's Mayor Bill White announced that evacuees that left vehicles along Houston's roadways would not have to pay to get them back. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is said ready to reimburse the city $124 for each car towed under the Safe Clear Mandatory Tow Program.
It would be Tuesday before local stores had completely opened.
That same day, small water system customers have been asked by Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services to boil their water and let it cool before drinking.
Having issued dire warnings to residents urging them to flee the storm before Wednesday, Sept. 21, Mayor White began saying he had not ordered so many people to evacuate. Though the evacuation orders for Houston were largely voluntary except for residents of specific flood-prone areas and people who live in mobile homes, White's warnings last week had urged people not to wait for the storm, invoking the destruction caused by Rita's predecessor in Louisiana and Mississippi as an extra prod to encourage them to flee.
But authorities admitted they had not prepared for so many people to evacuate all at once.
Frank E. Gutierrez, the emergency management coordinator for Harris County, told the New York Times that in models they had projected 800,000 to 1.2 million people would flee, but that "well over 2.5 million" were clogging the highways.
Anger rose as aerial shots of the area's highways showed northbound lanes clogged and southbound lanes under used. Mayor White said he pleaded with state and federal officials to open southbound lanes to northbound traffic.
The Texas Department of Transportation admitted it initially had no plans to implement such a scheme, known as "contra-flow."
For the record, Rita was a Category 3 hurricane at landfall with top wind speed near 120 m.p.h., with higher gusts, her eye made landfall just east of Sabine Pass, La. at 4:40 a.m. CDT. Rita's Hurricane-force winds went out 85 miles from the center, and tropical storm-force winds out to 205 miles.


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// (c) Copyright 2003- by Jeongnim Kim
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//   Jeongnim Kim
//   National Center for Supercomputing Applications &
//   Materials Computation Center
//   University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
//   Urbana, IL 61801
//   e-mail: jnkim@ncsa.uiuc.edu
//   Tel:    217-244-6319 (NCSA) 217-333-3324 (MCC)
//
// Supported by
//   National Center for Supercomputing Applications, UIUC
//   Materials Computation Center, UIUC
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// -*- C++ -*-
#ifndef QMCPLUSPLUS_WFMC_UPDATEALL_H
#define QMCPLUSPLUS_WFMC_UPDATEALL_H
#include "QMCDrivers/QMCUpdateBase.h"

namespace qmcplusplus
{

class WFMCUpdateAllWithReweight: public QMCUpdateBase
{

public:
  int Elength,Eindex ;

  /// Constructor.
  WFMCUpdateAllWithReweight(MCWalkerConfiguration& w, TrialWaveFunction& psi, QMCHamiltonian& h, RandomGenerator_t& rg, int length, int index);

  ///destructor
  ~WFMCUpdateAllWithReweight();

  void advanceWalkers(WalkerIter_t it, WalkerIter_t it_end, bool measure);

private:
  /// Copy Constructor (disabled)
  WFMCUpdateAllWithReweight(const WFMCUpdateAllWithReweight& a): QMCUpdateBase(a) {}
  /// Copy operator (disabled).
  WFMCUpdateAllWithReweight& operator=(const WFMCUpdateAllWithReweight&)
  {
    return *this;
  }
};

}

#endif
/***************************************************************************
 * $RCSfile: VMCUpdateAll.h,v $   $Author: jnkim $
 * $Revision: 1.5 $   $Date: 2006/07/17 14:29:40 $
 * $Id: VMCUpdateAll.h,v 1.5 2006/07/17 14:29:40 jnkim Exp $
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Vintage Concepts was founded in 1981 in Napa, CA and is the creator of the Winelight®. A Winelight® is a ceramic, glass, metal, or marble "cork" with a cotton wick through it that allows any glass bottle or container to be used as an oil lamp.
The Winelight® was first sold in the winery tasting rooms and then to gift shops around the United States. It was developed so that the customer could save that special wine or champagne bottle and when empty recycle it into a decorative and romantic oil lamp. Additionally, crafters began using the Winelight® and often paint or decorate bottles by filling them with dried flowers, silk flowers, etc. use the Winelight® to finish their project into the perfect oil lamp.
The Winelight® is made in nine (9) different sizes to fit virtually any bottle opening from 1/4" to 2 1/4". Additionally, the original Winelight® concept has now been expanded to over 75 styles, everything from the standard ceramic colors to the pewter designs. The company manufactures and distributes various accessories for this main product line. The Winelight® Flame Protector is a glass chimney that fits over the neck of a wine or champagne bottle so that the Winelight® may be used outdoors or in a drafty area.
The company also manufactures the Winelight® Tube Lamp, this product consists of a glass tube that drops down into a bottle and allows lamp oil to be held separate from the bottle's contents. A tube lamp allows the customer to make an oil lamp in a bottle of bath salts, in imported olive oil bottles (while the olive oil is still in them), in sand painting bottles, even in floral arrangements, the uses are limitless. This unit includes the hollow glass tube, a natural Marble Winelight®, and a Flame Protector™.
The next time you think "Wine Bottle Accessory" or "Bottle Wick", think Vintage Concepts !!!


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Five for the Fourth
As my boss and Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel wrote in Editor's Cut, The Nation's "definition of patriotism is fighting to make sure your country lives up to its highest ideals." In that spirit, here are five measures worth supporting on this Fourth of July. All would help us form a more perfect union.
1. Health Care for All
More than 47 million Americans are now living without health coverage, and even if you have health coverage you've still got a great chance of getting screwed, as anyone who's seen Michael Moore's Sicko knows. Representative John Conyers's United States National Health Insurance Act (HR 676) would create a single-payer healthcare system by expanding Medicare to every resident. Pledge your support and get involved to help pass HR 676.
As my boss and Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel wrote in Editor's Cut, The Nation's "definition of patriotism is fighting to make sure your country lives up to its highest ideals." In that spirit, here are five measures worth supporting on this Fourth of July. All would help us form a more perfect union.
More than 47 million Americans are now living without health coverage, and even if you have health coverage you've still got a great chance of getting screwed, as anyone who's seen Michael Moore's Sicko knows. Representative John Conyers's United States National Health Insurance Act (HR 676) would create a single-payer healthcare system by expanding Medicare to every resident. Pledge your support and get involved to help pass HR 676.
2. End Torture, not Habeas Corpus
Presidential candidate Senator Chris Dodd has made defending our Constitution a focus of his campaign with the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007, S. 576. The bill addresses the egregious wrongs of last year's Military Commissions Act. It would restore habeas corpus–the right of any person held in US custody to appear before a court to determine whether imprisonment is lawful. It would require that the United States live up to its Geneva Convention obligations on torture. And it would hold any government official accountable for torture and abuse–whether in an interrogation room or handing down orders from on high. Contact your representatives and ask them to co-sponsor Dodd's bill or the House version (HR 1415). You might also ask Dodd's fellow-presidential candidates–Senators Clinton and Obama – why they haven't signed on yet.
3. Voting Representation for DC
The House of Representatives passed legislation that would give approximately 600,000 Washingtonians a voting representative in Congress for the first time. Now, the Senate has the opportunity to help finish the job by passing the DC House Voting Rights Act (S. 1257). Contact your Senator and urge support for this critical legislation.
4. The Right to Organize
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would strengthen workers' freedom to organize by requiring employers to recognize a union after a majority of workers sign cards authorizing representation. It would also create stronger penalties for management violations of the right to organize when workers seek to form a union. The House approved EFCA, but the legislation couldn't get past Senate Republicans who–as Ari Berman recently posted–have the Senate "in a state of permanent filibuster." So today, help elect a Democratic Senate that is filibuster-proof, and a Democratic President who won't veto this legislation if it does get passed. As Senator Sherrod Brown said of the EFCA effort, "We will keep coming back, year after year after year."
5. Save Internet Radio
Internet radio has become a tremendously popular source of news and views plus music. In just the last year the online radio audience increased from 45 million to 72 million listeners each month. The founding fathers couldn't have anticipated the wonders of the electronic world. But I think it's safe to say that the democratic free-for-all of internet radio would have met with their approval as a crucial part of the fourth estate that Jefferson held was critical to a functioning democracy. Unfortunately, the future of Internet radio is in doubt as royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board. The only hope is that sufficient grassroots pressure can be applied in support of the Internet Radio Equality Act, recently introduced by the unlikely duo of Senators Ron Wyden and Sam Brownback. The bill would put internet radio on par with satellite radio and undo a prohibitive $500 per channel royalty fee. Please implore your senators and reps to co-sponsor and vote in favor of the Internet Radio Equality Act (HR 2060) and ask your friends to join the coalition to save internet radio.
Watch Bruce Springsteen sing what he calls the "greatest song ever written about America"–Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land.


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The doctoral program in Early Modern History at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and the University of Cantabria (UC) was officially approved in October 2013 and was awarded the Quality Mention in the latest call by the Ministry of Education. It is an inter-university program that, along with the equally inter-university Master's program "The Monarchy of Spain, 16th-18th Centuries", constitutes the postgraduate offerings in Early Modern History at these two universities.
The doctoral program brings together experts from the two universities along with researchers from other universities and collaborating institutions in Spain and from the rest of Europe, in order to provide advanced training in research in Early Modern History. The program sharpens the skills and knowledge students have received as undergraduates by focusing on researching and writing doctoral dissertations in the following fields: political and social identities, international relations, urban politics, social and political conflicts, and economic as well as cultural activities in all the territories of the Spanish Monarchy, both in Europe and overseas. Its purpose is to train doctoral students in high-quality research through exposure to documentary research techniques, familiarity with archives and specific bibliography, usage of new technologies, and developing the proper written and oral expression of research results—all qualities which will help students face the challenges of creating new knowledge and transmitting it to society at large.
Political Culture and Identities in Early Modern Spain (UAM)
Court and Courtiers in Early Modern Europe (UAM)
Religion, Spirituality and Inquisition (UAM)
Personal Writing in Early Modern Europe (UAM)
On Nobles and Nobility in the "Spanish Monarchy" (UAM)
Cultural History and AnthropologyC (UAM)
Urban and Rural Economic History (UAM)
Women's History and Gender Relations (UAM)
Power, Economy and Society (UC)
Urban History (UC)
Art, Culture and Religiosity (UC)
Latin American History and the Atlantic World (UC)


Until the Reformation, two religious houses were established around Wünschendorf. The Dominican Convent, of which only ruins remain today, was founded in 1238 as a home for unwed noblewomen. At that time, it was the wealthiest convent in the Vogtland and was the final resting place for the Lords of Weida.
Back then, the monastery of the Premonstratensians of Mildenfruth was located only a short walk away. The monastery can be traced back to 1193, and remains of the pillared basilica, the chapel hall and other buildings from the late Romance period can still be viewed today. From time to time, concerts and other events take place on the grounds of the monastery.


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(Source: CD/Håll ihop Sverige, 'Keep Sweden Together')
From being a humanitarian superpower, Sweden has now become a brutal country for numerous unaccompanied minors who since 2015 are waiting for justice and a dignified life to start.
Sweden's asylum policy from the autumn of 2015 entailed major changes in both legislation and government practice. Sweden was one of the countries in the EU that received the most refugees in 2015. In the summer of 2016, a temporary law was passed restricting the right to asylum. In the coming years, several new laws came into force and strangled human rights severely.
Many of Sweden's unaccompanied youth, who sought protection from war and persecution, have lived in an inhuman uncertainty about their future since they were welcomed to Sweden five years ago.
During an unacceptable and inhuman waiting period with young lives being put in a limbo, these young people in need of protection have tried to adapt to constantly changing laws and regulations.
Many have committed suicide, or fallen into drug abuse, and/or surrendered to the Swedish sex trade in order to survive. The fear of being sent back to a war-torn country without any connections or future is creating depression and many are already suffering from PTSD.
With all this inhumanity and much more the Swedish campaign Håll ihop Sverige ('Keep Sweden Together') with its "ambassadors", a group of well-known Swedes, lawyers, doctors, artists etc., have decided to file a complaint to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Rights Council in Geneva against the government of Sweden for its consistent pattern of gross and reliably attested violations of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of unaccompanied minors since 2015.
Extracts from the Håll ihop Sverige complaint to the UN
Over 35,000 unaccompanied children sought asylum in Sweden in 2015, a stark increase over previous years. Most came from countries where they faced violence and persecution.
The majority are from Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Eritrea, Iraq and Ethiopia. About half were 15 or younger. These children traveled on their own to Europe or became separated from their families in transit and have often experienced trauma and violence. Human Rights Watch and MSF have since 2016 documented the general lack of psychosocial support for this group in Sweden.
Sweden has severely compromised its commitments to right to asylum, the rights of the child, right to legal certainty and rule of law, right to life where everyone has the right to liberty and security of person for thousands of unaccompanied children arriving in Sweden in 2015.
Håll ihop Sverige requests an "intervention of the United Nations" based on the following facts:
Arbitrary age revaluations with unscientific medical assessments resulting in an age increase of children becoming adults overnight and being denied their rights as children… The Swedish Migration Agency's own quality analysis showed many shortcomings in determining the age of these unaccompanied children.
Legally insecure asylum investigations and lock-in in the Swedish Migration Board's detention center. Swedish lawyers and administrators at the Migration Board lack an ample knowledge of the situation in Afghanistan while handling delicate asylum processes. Making the legal uncertainty a central issue at hand, with no equality before law.
The government is not taking the steps it could to provide oversight of the care of the children. No national agency has the responsibility to track guardianship appointments, living arrangements, school enrollment, health screenings, or assessments by social workers. The general health condition is unacceptable, with, PTSD, anxiety, depression, nutritional deficiencies, dental problems, etc.
In addition, forced deportations to war-torn countries such as Afghanistan continue, contrary to recommendations from e.g. the UN, International Red Cross and Amnesty International.
Several young people have already committed suicide and almost weekly media reports confirm the same. The risk of suicide is tenfold increased as compared to the similar age-group with Swedish residency.
Some have become drug addicts or involved in sex trade in order to survive.
Hundreds of fairly integrated young people are fleeing Sweden today in the hope of finding a place that gives them protection, for instance to France. This particular youth have finished their high-school education in Sweden but face threat of deportation mainly to Afghanistan. In addition to ruined young human lives, they are separated from their new families in cases where they have been welcomed into Swedish families, school classes and sports associations around Sweden, greatly undermining trust in both authorities and politicians.
Inhuman deportations to Afghanistan from Sweden bear witness of disappearances, starvation, involvement in criminality and death. Many of the deported have been forced, where possible, to flee abroad again. According to the Swedish Migration Board, the number of people with deportation decisions who actually traveled to Afghanistan during 2017- April 2019 was 1,063. In November 2019, the border police stated that there were over 7,000 people in Sweden, including 1,000 children, who had current deportation decisions to Afghanistan, and that the police had difficulty in enforcing all deportation decisions. The Swedish government in its statements acknowledges the human rights situation in Afghanistan to be very difficult.
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"Nasty", "deeply disrespectful": vandals attack Catholic church in Gothenburg, Sweden (photos)
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It didn't snow in June, which was a good thing. The Pi hosted Walt Mossberg, the personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Mossberg had been scheduled to speak at the February General Meeting, but the weather forecast was decidedly grim. June, on the other hand, was warm and friendly.
Mossberg's presentation was eagerly awaited, and drew a large crowd. But you'll have to read about everything else we did first.
As usual, there were many interesting questions, sparking multiple discussions, some simultaneously. One of the first questions concerned a CD-ROM stuck in a drive. Should the computer be sent in for repair? The answer was: "Maybe." But before taking the trouble to visit your local Apple Store and Genius Bar, try something first. Hold down the mouse button and restart the Mac, and continue holding down the mouse button until either the CD-ROM pops out or the Mac fully boots. Since the release of the original Macintosh, holding down the mouse button at startup (or reboot) will eject any removable media, be that a 3.5" diskette or a CD-ROM or DVD. If the removable media does not eject, you may need technical assistance. As an added note: never, ever put a CD or DVD with a paper label into a slot-loading drive. The labels tend to come off inside, necessitating a costly repair.
What is the best way to run Windows on a Mac, with Boot Camp or Parallels Desktop for Mac or VMWare Fusion? This isn't a simple question, but the options can be summarized as: all three require an Intel-based Macintosh, and all three require a licensed copy of Windows XP or some version of Windows Vista. Boot Camp requires that you boot your Mac directly into Windows; when running Boot Camp, you have no access to Mac functions or capabilities. Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMWare Fusion both allow Windows to run within Mac OS X as "just another application." You can work side by side with Mac applications and Windows applications, and even exchange data between the two. Ideally, you should have at least 1.5 to 2 GB of RAM to use Parallels or Fusion, plus lots of disk space. As a bonus, Parallels and Fusion allow you to make copies of the Windows virtual disk, so that if you corrupt Windows in some way (not all that uncommon), you can simply throw that image in the trash and use another. You can't do that with Boot Camp.
If you are testing a drive, which is more effective, writing zeros to the disk once, or seven times, or 35 times? If you are just testing the drives, writing zeros to every byte is a great test. If you are erasing data, various parts of the US government require overwriting everything seven or 35 times, depending on the level of sensitivity of the data and the paranoia of the agency. Keep in mind that writing to every byte on a large disk takes a long time; doing this multiple times (as Disk Utility allows) will take longer. If you have the patience, go for it.
Can you use an older Airport Extreme to extend the wireless network of a newly purchased Time Capsule? Absolutely. Set up the Airport Extreme to "bridge" to the new Time Capsule, and it should effectively extend the range of the wireless network. Do note, however, that while a Time Capsule supports the very fast 802.11n protocol, older versions of the AirPort Extreme may be limited to the considerably slower 802.11g protocol, and any device connecting to the slower router will have a slower connection.
An Apple Genius moved all my files from my old PC over to my new Mac, but now some of the old files are "locked;" how do I throw them away? Put the entire directory of files you want to erase into the trash, then – while holding down the Option key – select Empty Trash from the Finder menu.
How do I get my Internet and Airport base station working after I have been gone from home for a while? This could be complicated, since a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) uses different technology from a cable modem, which in turn uses different technology from Verizon's FiOS (Fiber Optic) service. But generally speaking, first turn on the router or cable modem or other box you got from your Internet Service Provider (ISP), make sure it is getting a signal (look at the blinky lights), and then turn on your AirPort base station. You may have to call your ISP directly if their network has "forgotten" how to connect to your equipment.
Following the Q&A session, Bob Jarecke took the stage to go over some recent organizational changes. He first announced the results of the May Pi election and, with a hint of resignation, announced that the new Board had -- again -- elected him President. He mentioned that the Board still had two vacancies, and was actively looking for volunteers to fill them. And if all goes as planned, the membership will have a chance to vote on some organizational changes at the July General Meeting.
Kitty's Koffee Klatch, the officially unofficial name for the morning coffee break, followed Bob's announcements. Many in the audience took the opportunity to continue the Q&A session, while others ravaged the coffee and donuts. As Walt Mossberg's Wall Street Journal columns and blogs are widely read, the Pi had visitors from the Richmond Mac User Group, the Virginia Mac User Group, the National Capital Apple Mac User Group, and the Capital PC User Group, making the coffee break both louder and more interesting than usual. People came from West Virginia, Lynchburg, VA, Pennsylvania and Delaware,, as well as from Washington, DC and Maryland.
Following the break, Bob valiantly tried to rein in the chattering masses, thanked the visitors from far-flung lands, and introduced our key presenter, The Wall Street Journal columnist, Walt Mossberg.
Speaking very casually and without notes, Walt Mossberg immediately grabbed, and held, the attention of the audience. He spoke for about 40 minutes on personal technology, and while Macs and iPods and iPhones were featured prominently, his presentation was more generally focused on how we use personal technology in the 21st century, what we've managed to accomplish, and what still remains to be done.
One of the first things Mossberg said was that this was not his first Washington Apple Pi meeting. Many years ago, after watching the initial round of personal computer introductions from the sidelines, he decided to spend around $3,000 and bought an Apple IIe. His next task was convincing his spouse that this was a wise investment rather than an expensive toy. He joined Washington Apple Pi to learn how to do useful things with the Apple IIe, and eventually managed to turn his hobby into his present job. A couple of decades later, he thinks his spouse has finally forgiven him -- a good thing, as their home now has at least seven computers. The Apple IIe, alas, has long since moved on.
Mossberg noted that, in the early days, the personal computer was the center of its own universe. You could use a modem to reach out to a bulletin board (BBS) and exchange information, but most of the time the computer and its user were not connected to anything else. Today, a new generation of devices such as the iPhone and the iPod touch are designed to be connected to the Internet, episodically or all the time. Many users have their personal computers on the Internet constantly, so that the computer has become essentially a peripheral of the Internet, and derives much of its purpose and value from the connection.
While the original iPhone (the meeting was held two weeks before the iPhone 3G went on sale) has been a success, Mossberg pointed out that only a few people seem to realize what it really is: a small computer, with a computer operating system, that fits in your pocket. And yes, it can make phone calls. The new iPhone 3G should make this capability far more obvious, not because of the cell phone features but because of the faster Internet connectivity and a host of new applications designed to take advantage of the device as a computer. Though not as widely touted, the iPod touch, too, is essentially a shirt-pocket computer that can also play music and video, and the forthcoming iTunes Apps Store should greatly expand on this capability.
At several points, Mossberg stopped to reemphasize his focus on personal technology. His column and blogs do not concern themselves with Apple as a corporation or with its stock value, or with corporate enterprise computing. Corporations are interested in making profits, and enterprise computing is aimed, in many cases, at maintaining control. Personal technology, on the other hand, should be focused on the user, and extending the user's capabilities.
From this perspective, he felt it was a mistake for Palm to divorce itself from the Palm OS. Just as Palm was entering the mobile phone market, it did so without control of a good, modern operating system, and it hasn't thrived. Microsoft took a different route with its Windows Mobile operating system. This OS has nothing to do with Windows, though, aside from using the name to show corporate affiliation, and Windows Mobile devices have struggled to integrate with Windows personal computers, despite the presumptive compatibility.
The iPhone, on the other hand, by taking a modern operating system, Mac OS X, and adapting it to a mobile platform, created something that "just works." The iPhone has more capability than most of its owners realize, yet that power does not come at the expense of complexity.
After Mossberg's opening presentation of roughly 40 minutes, he opened the floor to questions. Unlike most Pi guests, Mossberg does not pretend to be a computer expert, so the Pi event planners weren't entirely sure what kinds of questions would be asked. Would the audience try to turn it into a technical Q&A session? Would they ask about The Wall Street Journal's recent purchase by Rupert Murdoch? The Pi's event planners didn't know what to expect.
What they got: one of the liveliest question and answer sessions in years. Mossberg deftly channeled the questions toward his area of expertise: writing about personal technology. When someone asked about Steve Job's health, Mossberg replied that, while he has met Jobs on a number of occasions, health questions are a personal matter, and he's never been so rude as to make inquiries. When someone tried to tie Jobs' health to Apple stock prices, Mossberg responded by saying, again, that health was a personal matter, and his column didn't cover any company's stock prices, much less Apple's. He did add that, when he saw Jobs at the June Developer's Conference, Jobs looked fine.
Mossberg pointed out, more than once, that he does not own stock in computer companies, and that all the technology that he reviews and writes about was purchased using his own funds. (His Web site, Personal Technology, has an extensive ethics statement.) He does not write about technology companies as a business, or about investments or finances. Instead, he writes about personal technology and how technology issues affect consumers.
Because of his consumer focus, his comments about Apple, in particular, have not always been positive. He recommended that consumers stay away from Apple products in the late 1990s, which he considered a "dark" period. When one member asked if Mossberg thought AppleCare was "the single most important acquisition after purchasing a new Mac," Mossberg disagreed with the premise. He pointed out that, while he's had a great many Macs over the years, only one of them ever gave him sufficient trouble that he had to use AppleCare. Strictly from a consumer point of view, Mossberg didn't think AppleCare should be considered a necessity.
When someone asked if Mossberg knew of any Apple plans for a "headless" Mac, along the lines of the late Mac Cube, Mossberg said that he was privy to no Apple secrets. But he dismissed the need, disagreeing with the questioner's premise that the Mac mini lacked the power to do "serious" work. In Mossberg's view, the Mac mini is very much a serious machine, and if you really want a "headless" Mac (i.e., a Mac without a built-in monitor), the Intel-based Mac mini can probably do anything you might want.
Mossberg also had praise for Amazon's Kindle. He has tried, at one time or another, all the portable electronic "book" readers, and the Kindle comes closest to being a genuine book replacement. Amazon uses a clever, unobtrusive wireless system to deliver books, newspapers and blogs to the Kindle, without any particular effort on the part of the user. The Kindle's storage capacity is more than adequate for most people, and the battery is robust enough to make the Kindle a suitable companion on a long plane flight. But the Kindle does have weaknesses, most notably the inability to make annotations or highlight items as you can with a "real" book.
The audience seemed like it would have happily continued asking Mossberg questions until he collapsed from hunger or thirst. Fortunately, Bob Jarecke rescued him after about 90 minutes; he thanked Mossberg for coming, and offered him an honorary membership in the Pi.
As the June meeting was also the Pi's 30th Anniversary celebration, the audience turned its attention to birthday cake and Papa John's pizza. Bob Jarecke had looked up the address of the nearest Papa John's on the Web and, since Bob's laptop was plugged into a projector, the audience got to watch. Mossberg noted that this was a first, for him; while he'd heard vague stories about ordering pizza with a computer, this was the first time he'd actually seen it done, and for 120 people, too.
Before making the pizza disappear, the audience sang "Happy Birthday" to the Pi, which sounded better than expected. In addition to pizza, there were two large anniversary cakes, which vanished quite rapidly. During the refreshments, Mossberg was mobbed, as was Dana Schwartz, one of the first 50 Pi members.
The General Meeting adjourned at that point, and people divided up to attend the Special Interest Group (SIG) breakout meetings. The iLife SIG remained in the large multipurpose room; the Beginners SIG and new Genealogy SIG convened in two adjoining classrooms.
It was a grand event. From start to finish, everything ran smoothly, with lots of time for informal social interaction and enlightenment. Walt Mossberg proved to be as polished a speaker as he is a writer. If you missed the meeting, or want to hear more from Mossberg, check out his Web site, http://walt.allthingsd.com/, or read his columns in The Wall Street Journal.
After a weather cancellation of the February meeting when Mr. Mossberg was to speak, we have rescheduled. We have a tentative "yes" from the noted Wall Street Journal technology columnist so keep your fingers crossed!
This meeting will also be our 30th Anniversary gala. The Pi has endured for three decades and we think that is a fine accomplishment, so break out the party hats and kazoos and celebrate in fine style. We will have plenty of refreshments, eats and cake for everyone. And, when the noise has died down, we will adjourn to separate rooms and continue with the SIG sessions.
This meeting should be a memorable and fun event.
In June we return to our regular time and location, with the Question and Answer session starting at 9:30 a.m. at Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA.
By public transport: take Metro to the Dunn-Loring station. The school is on the same side of Gallows Road as Metro, and is about a 20 minute walk from the station. If you prefer to take a bus, the 401 Fairfax Connector leaves the station at 9:18 a.m.


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High level lighting (6 lamps) - 1 token for 30 mins, 2 tokens for 1 hour.
Low level lighting ( 4 corner lamps) – 1 token for 1 hour.
Floodlighting is programmed to go off at 9pm.
Users of the final session ( 8-9 pm) should note that lights will go off at 9pm sharp and we advise that the facility is vacated at 8:55pm to facilitate the departure under floodlit conditions. There is no lighting available in the car park or on the path from the MUGA to the car park. A torch is recommended.


Potassium Hydroxide is used for making liquid soaps, but we can only offer this for customers picking up from our store, as we can not ship this item.
Yay for DIY liquid soap!
Bought this to try my hand at making my own olive oil based liquid castile soap. It worked! Next is a coconut castile soap!


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There are many creative ways to include flax seeds in your diet. Flax seeds are commonly mixed into hot and cold cereals, granola, salads, protein salads made from tuna and chicken, and ground meat dishes. They can be eaten raw or cooked.
Whole Flax Seeds can be ground and used as a thickening agent in sauces, gravies, and dressings.
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The Animoko rig was named by Kommer Kleijn, the VFX Cinematographer who came to us with the request and collaborated on the specification and design of the product, and as the name implies it is designed specifically for animation and table top shooting, where low cost and high precision are important but speed is not.
Precision though is kept sufficient for the 2K cameras used in this application by the high quality ballscrews mounted in the telescopic columns and the Harmonic gearboxes used. The rig runs from Flair software and of course can be expanded to include up to 32 axes of motion.
Another requirement that the school had was when not used the system be compact enough to fit through a door into a closet. Hence the Animoko can easily glide away using its floor castors.


I am running DNS services on three Windows 2012 r2 domain controllers for redundancy. For some reason one of our linux servers keeps being dropped from DNS. I found the event audit log showing that a system userid is doing it, but I can't figure out why. Any ideas?


Kasey manages the calendar and handles travel arrangements and all related correspondence for the Dean of Arts & Sciences. She acts as liaison to Alumni and Development on operational matters. Kasey also provides logistical support and preparation for meetings of groups convened by the Dean.