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Q: How to loop over specific table rows I have a table and I have a jQuery object that represents one of the TD in the table.
I want to be able to loop through all the rows in the table starting at the next row from the row my jQuery'd TD is in to the end.
So if I have a table like this:

A	B	C

D	E	F

G	H	I

J	K	L

M	N	O

P	Q	R

And suppose I have a jQuery object representing the td with an H in it:
var theTD = $(...the H cell...);

In this case, I would want to loop through the last 3 rows.
So is there a nice succint piece of jQuery that would give me the equivalent of:
theTD.nextRow_to_lastRow.each(...

A: Something like this?
var td = $('td:contains("H")');

var tr = $('tr').length;
for(i= td.parent().index()+1; i < tr;i++){
   $.each($('tr:eq('+i+') td'),function(){
      console.log($(this).text());
   });
}

Check demo in the console

A: I think you're after something like this:
$('td').filter(function() {
  return $(this).text() == 'H';
}).parent().nextAll().each(function() {
  console.log(this);
});

Which would give you the rows:

J	K	L

M	N	O

P	Q	R

A: var all_td_in_a_table = $("#table-id td")

and then loop trough it with for or foreach and search for h/div/text or what you want

A: Your situation is quite complicated and I couldn't understand it completely, however; hopefully this helps:
by using
 var rows = $("#tableid tr td");

you will have all the cell. now you can iterate through each one and check the value or text. foreach in jquery:
 $(rows).each(function( index ) {
    console.log( index + ": " + $(this).text() );
 });

A: You can also use a for-loop which targets only the last three rows:
var table = document.getElementById('table'),
    row = table.querySelectorAll('tr');

for(i = 0; i < row.length; i++) {
    if (i >= 3) {
        console.log(row[i]);
    }
}

JSFIDDLE

A: With the help of ilan, I got there in the end:
theTD.parent().find("~ tr").each(

Other replys will do the job, but the above is what I was looking for

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With Valentine's Day falling in the middle of the week this year, you may not have gotten a chance to celebrate yet.
Some say Valentine's Day is overrated, just another made up holiday invented to sell greeting cards.
As a busy mom, I like Valentine's Day. It gives me a reason to slow down a bit and make the time to appreciate my husband.
With Valentine's Day falling in the middle of the week this year, you may not have gotten a chance to celebrate yet. It's not too late to impress your special someone this weekend, and there's even an affordable solution for those in need of a babysitter.
Escape the kids: The Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast is hosting Parents Night Out from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, giving busy parents just enough time to enjoy a romantic evening on the town. The $20 fee per child for non-members is a bargain, and includes a movie, dinner, popcorn, and museum exploration. Museum members get a discount at $15 per child. Space is limited, and parents must call 772-225-7575 to register their children.
Where to go: There are some new restaurants in Martin County that have been getting quite a bit of positive buzz, and this weekend is the perfect opportunity to try one.
Kyle G's Prime Seafood opened in 2017 at the site of the former Pietro's on the Ocean, at 10900 S. Ocean Drive on Hutchinson Island in Jensen Beach. The beachfront view is one of the best in the county, and the fresh seafood doesn't disappoint. For those who prefer turf over surf, they have a great selection of quality steaks. You can enjoy 2 for 1 drinks at the bar or on the patio only 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Consider Sunday brunch: Mornings on the beach can be romantic, too, and if a leisurely Sunday brunch is more your style, Kyle G's serves up breakfast favorites on Sundays from 8a.m. until 3 p.m., including an unlimited Bloody Mary and Mimosa Bar. Keep it simple with a Western Omelet or go all out with the Surf and Turf Benedict featuring filet mignon and lobster Hollandaise.
I recommend going between 10:30 and 2:30 to enjoy the sounds of Island Therapy Steel Drums. Reservations are recommended, whether you're choosing to go for dinner or brunch. Don't worry about overindulging; you can always burn some calories with a stroll on the beach afterwards. Visit www.kylegseafood.com or call 772- 237-5461.
April 11, 2019, 3:42 p.m.


This is one of those theological questions that has been pursued for generations. Why if God is "Love and Peace" does evil exist? To begin any discussion, let's take a look at one of the best and most concise definition of Christ ever written.
So we begin by establishing that there was something here in our Universe right from the very beginning, that is a time before our limited intellect can comprehend. The Apostle John chose to use the term "WORD" to define Christ. Christ was here at the beginning, was part of the design process, a component of the creation process and, therefore, is part of God. What we conclude from the Word of God, our Scriptures, is that this world and all that is in it was designed and created for a purpose. It is not inconsistent with reason to accept that the process of creation could very well even have been evolutionary.
We know little about evil. It seemed to be around when we were created and poor Adam and Eve fell victim to a slithery door to door or should we say, tree to tree sales snake in the grass. Punishment for not listening to God was immediate separation from God. And that takes us to a non-theological definition of evil: Evil exists when anything is separated from the very Creator that designed and built us, who loves us so much that became one of us, Christ.
Can you recognize places where evil breeds?
Are the stories of the Bible an inspiration for you that teach you how to see God in our world?
Have you picked friends that inspire you to open your eyes to a hopeful "light-filled" world?
Have you practiced sharing what you have learned about God and Christ with others?
Most importantly, have you made the choice to allow Christ into your life?
The Apostle John also gives us the strongest hint yet of how to avoid evil in our world.
On a bright sunny day, close your eyes tightly. You see nothing, you see no light. Yet, all of the beauty of our world, the sky, the mountains, the sea, the living things, the evidence of the Design and Purpose cannot be seen unless you are willingly open your eyes. That is what faith is, a choice.
It is darkness, the choice of closed eyes, that breeds human sin. The night is a frightening place to be without any source of light. The bad news was that we were given free will and constantly keep our eyes closed. The good news, however, is that we still have free will and Christ is here to be our guiding Light. Faith and eternal salvation is still just a personal choice away. Remember even a simple candle flame can overcome the darkest night.
Your Tip: Pray that the Holy Spirit will always lead you to reject sin, live with open eyes, so that your choice will always be Christ's redeeming work and God's light.


Yahoo released findings of its independent investigation into a major hack that led to Verizon lowering its offer to buy the company by about $350 million.
As a result of the investigation, CEO Marissa Mayer did not receive her expected cash bonus in 2016. Mayer also voluntarily gave up her 2017 bonus and equity grants. Yahoo's general counsel, Ronald S. Bell, also resigned from the company.
The investigation found that Yahoo's security team knew of the hacks that compromised millions of user accounts in 2015 and 2016. The attacks took place in 2014, but were not publicly disclosed until last year, saying 500 million accounts were compromised.
The investigation also found that some Yahoo executives "did not properly comprehend or investigate" the attacks. However, the findings also make clear that there was not an "intentional suppression of relevant information."
In other words, Yahoo did not intentionally hide the hacks from Verizon during the sale process or its users.


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Twitter Vulnerability that Allows to Tweet on Other People's Behalf
Martinez Athena
December 25, 2018, 1 year ago
After various social network hack, particularly with regards to Facebook, many have started giving careful consideration to the security of the social media account. Along these lines, a British security analyst as of late, figured out a genuine flaw on Twitter.
Richard De Vere is an ethical hacker and security researcher, who reported about, the Twitter flaw, saying that it can be exploited and used for sending tweets from other people's accounts. The flaw is actually very easy to exploit, and he supposedly worked out how doing it within minutes. It is not a complicated hack, but a simple flaw in the code.
How does the flaw work?
According to De Vere's report, the flaw can expose any account that has an associated mobile phone number. All that hackers really need is the knowledge of what the number is, and they will be able to send tweets, post images or videos, retweet content, and even send private messages. Not only that, but they can also get access to security settings, which allows them to turn the two-factor authentication off. That way, the real owner of Twitter account would never get a warning from someone trying to access their Twitter.
In the wake of finding the flaw, De Vere exhibited it to others by posting tweets from accounts he didn't have access to. He likewise revealed the subtleties of the hack to a security testing firm HackerOne. HackerOne is likewise an organization that runs bug bounty programs for Twitter and observes every single potential imperfection on the platform.
As of now the insights concerning how the hack is performed is unknown, as the vulnerability still needs to be fixed. Obviously, it is as yet conceivable that a few hackers might know about the bug, as De Vere said. As indicated by him, According to him, this might be the flaw that that was used for performing Twitter scams. Especially in cases where high-profile accounts tweeted fake promotions and then claimed no knowledge about it.
As of now, different specialists found out about the flaw, and many of them feel that this is a serious vulnerability. "A hacker might collect 10,000 phone numbers, and access just as many profiles, some of which may even be influential. If a said hacker used this to tweet about a BTC scam or some fake news, the number of repeats will definitely trick large amounts of people", said Ed Tucker, CEO of Byte. Tucker was Customs' former head of IT security, and he explained why such a flaw might be extremely dangerous.
Researchers were all praised De Vere's decision to quickly expose the flaw for. He also acknowledges that it is not possible to reveal such flaws to Twitter without reporting it to HackerOne.
De Vere also added that there is a possibility that Twitter will struggle with this issue quite a bit. Resolving it might mean switching off an important functionality on a world-wide scale. However, he still believes that Twitter can do it in a short while.
Scams and hacking attacks are more popular than ever on social networks and the internet in general. One such scam has allowed hackers to steal thousands of dollars, simply by posing as Elon Musk and tweeting about a Bitcoin scheme.
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Athena Martinez is a security expert/analyst geek with almost 5 years of experience, writes on various topics pertaining to internet security with latest happening in the IT world thoroughly.

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Cassius – New single and in New York at SummerStage
Zdar will represent the electronic duo Cassius, on June 23th for a free show in Central Park at SummerStage!
Cassius first started working together in 1988, producing albums for the iconic French rapper MC Solaar and doing remixes for the likes of Neneh Cherry, Björk, Daft Punk, Air and Depeche Mode.
Producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard—better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass—have since harnessed the pop appeal with an underground heart that defined the French house wave they contributed to in the late 90s.
They just released their new single 'Rock Non Stop' !
Listen to 'Rock Non Stop'
2 years ago in New Releases, Tour Dates
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// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules;

import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Attribute.attr;
import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.BuildType.LABEL;
import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.BuildType.NODEP_LABEL;
import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClass.Builder.STARLARK_BUILD_SETTING_DEFAULT_ATTR_NAME;

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleDefinitionEnvironment;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config.BuildConfigurationValue;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.Label;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Attribute.LabelLateBoundDefault;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.BuildSetting;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClass;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClass.ToolchainResolutionMode;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Type.ConversionException;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.LateBoundAlias.AbstractAliasRule;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.AutoCodec.VisibleForSerialization;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.SerializationConstant;

/**
 * Native implementation of label setting and flags.
 *
 *
While most build settings are completely defined in starlark, we're natively defining
 * label-typed ones because:
 *
 *

 *
they're essentially special Alias targets
 *
we don't have a known use case where you'd want to manipulate a label-typed build setting
 *       in its implementation section.
 *

 *
 *
Once we do have (2), we can consider switching over to starlark implementation. The dangers
 * there involve the implementation function returning a label we've never seen before in the build.
 * And since label-typed build settings actually return the providers of the targets they point to,
 * we'd have to be able to load and configure potentially arbitrary labels on the fly. This is not
 * possible today and could easily introduce large performance issues.
 */
public class LabelBuildSettings {
  @SerializationConstant @VisibleForSerialization
  // TODO(b/65746853): find a way to do this without passing the entire BuildConfigurationValue
  static final LabelLateBoundDefault<BuildConfigurationValue> ACTUAL =
      LabelLateBoundDefault.fromTargetConfiguration(
          BuildConfigurationValue.class,
          null,
          (rule, attributes, configuration) -> {
            if (rule == null || configuration == null) {
              return attributes.get(STARLARK_BUILD_SETTING_DEFAULT_ATTR_NAME, NODEP_LABEL);
            }
            Object commandLineValue =
                configuration.getOptions().getStarlarkOptions().get(rule.getLabel());
            Label asLabel;
            try {
              asLabel =
                  commandLineValue == null
                      ? attributes.get(STARLARK_BUILD_SETTING_DEFAULT_ATTR_NAME, NODEP_LABEL)
                      : LABEL.convert(commandLineValue, "label_flag value resolution");
            } catch (ConversionException e) {
              throw new IllegalStateException(
                  "Getting here means we must have processed a transition via"
                      + " StarlarkTransition.validate, which checks that LABEL.convert works"
                      + " without error.",
                  e);
            }
            return asLabel;
          });

  private static RuleClass buildRuleClass(RuleClass.Builder builder, boolean flag) {
    return builder
        .removeAttribute("licenses")
        .removeAttribute("distribs")
        .removeAttribute(":action_listener")
        .add(attr(":alias", LABEL).value(ACTUAL))
        .setBuildSetting(BuildSetting.create(flag, NODEP_LABEL))
        .canHaveAnyProvider()
        .useToolchainResolution(ToolchainResolutionMode.DISABLED)
        .build();
  }

  /** Rule definition of label_setting. */
  public static final class LabelBuildSettingRule extends AbstractAliasRule {

    public LabelBuildSettingRule() {
      super("label_setting");
    }

    @Override
    public RuleClass build(RuleClass.Builder builder, RuleDefinitionEnvironment environment) {
      return buildRuleClass(builder, /*flag=*/ false);
    }
  }

  /** Rule definition of label_flag */
  public static final class LabelBuildFlagRule extends AbstractAliasRule {

    public LabelBuildFlagRule() {
      super("label_flag");
    }

    @Override
    public RuleClass build(RuleClass.Builder builder, RuleDefinitionEnvironment environment) {
      return buildRuleClass(builder, /*flag=*/ true);
    }
  }
}


Now known to be Pengerang Gas Solution Sdn Bhd (PGS), the JV company will also build a state-of-the-art industrial air gas facility that will produce gaseous oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2) to supply the needs of PETRONAS' Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Complex (RAPID) in southern Malaysia.
As such, PGS will build two large air separation units (ASUs) and all associated gas facilities under a total investment of €150m ($168m).
It is understood that PETRONAS will hold a 51% stake in the JV, with the Malaysian branch of the Tier One corporation obtaining the other 49%.
Construction on the project is expected to start in the third quarter of 2016, with commissioning anticipated by the end of 2018.
Technip has been awarded by Tecnicas Reunidas a significant contract to supply three hydrogen reformers as part of the hydrogen production facility at Petronas' Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project located in the state of Johor, Malaysia.
Linde Eastern Oxygen Sdn Bhd (Linde EOX), a subsidiary of Linde Malaysia Sdn Bhd, has announced plans to build an air separation unit (ASU) in Tanjung Kidurong, Eastern Malaysia.
Linde Malaysia has become the latest business unit of industrial gas conglomerate, The Linde Group, to deploy advanced software for cylinder distribution optimisation.


I was lucky to be able to not only meet this gorgeous family and spend a few precious hours with them, but also to shoot this wedding alongside one of my oldest friends, Azariah Anderson.
Also this may be the calmest wedding I've ever been at. The men got ready, singing music the groomsmen wrote themselves. Gabe's father and mother delivered last minute loving advice, and we drove to Sunset Cliffs. California bathed us in warmth as we hiked down to the wedding location, waiting for Rae to arrive, and the wait was worth it. With her came happiness, and bridesmaids, and the dearest of the couple's friends who witnessed their love and commitment among a bevy of surfers and curious onlookers. And in brief moments between daylight and sunset, two very loving families were united.


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Exposé Online » Reviews of releases for 1969
Items found : 46
Bent Wind - Sussex
Here's an obscure Canadian band of the garage/psych variety. It's on the heavier side, along the lines of Vanilla Fudge or Blue Cheer, with messy distorted guitar and unpolished vocals....
(Posted by Jon Davis 2007-03-01)
Ars Nova - Sunshine and Shadows
A few issues back I reviewed the reissue of Ars Nova's 1968 first album. Here we have their second and last...
Third Ear Band - Alchemy (Expanded and Remastered)
This is where it all began for a band so unusual and outside the 'rock box' that many at the time may have dismissed them as being too far out. When I first heard Alchemy, I...
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2019-06-30)
Organisation & Kraftwerk - Tone Float, Kraftwerk 1 & 2, Ralf & Florian
Kraftwerk, like many of the long running German outfits, was a completely different creature at its inception then after they rose to popularity. These albums, including the pre-Kraftwerk...
(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1995-11-01)
Hasting's Street Opera - Slippery When Wet
In the late 60s a group of young friends (Harry Wellott, Gordon Carlisle, Don Hathaway, and Chris Nelson) in Montclair, NJ formed the Hasting's Street Opera, named after an old Detroit blues...
(Posted by Henry Schneider 2019-06-23)
Van der Graaf Generator - Aerosol Grey Machine
That it took so long to have this, the 1969 debut from Van der Graaf Generator, released to CD is a wonder. But that we have it is better than not, I suppose. Plus there's the rare first single...
(Posted by Paul Hightower 1997-10-01)
Alrune Rod - Alrune Rod
This is the first of about seven albums by this Danish five-piece. Their sound at this early juncture is a mix of nimble heavy organ progressive rock and trippy spacy, sometimes plodding,...
Wendy Carlos - Switched-On Bach & The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
Given the limitations of the synthesizers available in 1968, the choice of Bach as a focus for Wendy Carlos's pioneering recordings makes perfect sense: the instruments could play only one...
Claude Lombard - Claude Lombard Chant
Claude Lombard is a Belgian songstress active in the 60s and 70s who placed seventh in the Eurovision 1968 song contest and sang songs on many TV cartoon shows. In 1969 she recorded an experimental...
Colosseum - Those Who Are About to Die Salute You
John Mayall often gets lost in the list of influential musicians but it wasn't just the blues alone that he had a powerful influence on. Just off the top of my head, he was largely responsible...
East of Eden - Mercator Projected
East of Eden's debut is one of the great late-60s albums, following on the way the Beatles started occasionally fusing their music with the sounds of other cultures. However, where the Beatles...
The Soft Machine - Volume Two
McLatchey's Second Tier
One thing's for sure, no one ever sung the alphabet with the kind of humor and musical brilliance as Robert Wyatt did on the band's second...
Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago Transit Authority
Progressive rock is often considered a European phenomenon, at least in its symphonic sense, but if you look at it from its birthplace in the 60s, where nearly every genre experienced a psychedelic...
Jodi - Pops de Vanguardia
In the late 60s, two Paraguayan brothers of German descent, Joern and Dirk Wenger, began playing together in a beat / psychedelic band The Rabbits. The Rabbits released a very rare EP and then the...
This is probably, marginally, my favorite Beatles album, not only in that I listened to it more than any of the others as a youth, but also feel that it's possibly the quartet's most...
Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei
If I was to take a census of Amon Düül II fans, favorites are usually Yeti (mine), Dance of the Lemmings, or Wolf City, and then the others usually line up right after....
The Collectors - The Collectors & Grass and Wild Strawberries
The Collectors hailed from Vancouver, Canada, not exactly a hotbed of the worldwide psychedelic scene, which maybe helps explain why they didn't make a bigger impact. Their two albums, though...
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Early reissues
Here we have the long-awaited reissue of Marc Bolan's earliest recordings, back when Tyrannosaurus was spelled out in full and electric guitars were unusual coloring rather than the...
Apple - An Apple a Day
Here we have the long-awaited CD release of one of the most collectible LPs of British psychedelia. Those of us who can't shell out hundreds of dollars (or pounds) to hear the original can...
Jody Grind - One Step On
This obscurity from 1969 is definitely a "close-but-not-quite" attempt at something special. The something in this case is psychedelic rock with heavy guitar and organ combined with a...
Tasavallan Presidentti - Tasavallan Presidentti, Lambertland & Milky Way Moses
The first eponymous album Finnish band Tasavallan Presidentti recorded was a cross between folk, blues, and jazz-rock with pop influences. A really diverse album with an immaculate rendition of the...
(Posted by Roel Steverink 2005-03-01)
Ultimate Spinach - Ultimate Spinach, Behold & See & III
Long before the British domination of all things progressive, progress was being made in the post-San Francisco underground scene in many US cities, among them Boston. The fact that producer Alan...
Soft Machine - Spaced
The material on Spaced was originally recorded in 1969 (circa Third) for a special choreographed multi-media one-week event of the same name at the London Roundhouse. Although the...
Third Ear Band - Alchemy
There really was no other quartet like the Third Ear Band, they were even singular in 1969, showing up on the Harvest label next to Pink Floyd....
Grateful Dead - Fillmore West 1969
OK, here's one of the few items I'll be covering that I don't actually own a copy of. Some years back when the Grateful Dead vault keepers...
Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief
A couple of weeks ago I realized I needed to reevaluate the early Fairport Convention albums — every so often I try to do this with major groups and artists that I don't seem to rate so...
Limbus 3 - Cosmic Music Experience (AKA New Atlantis)
Germany is a virtual goldmine of experimental music, and it still awes me how cutting edge some of the music was from the late 60s / early 70s. Limbus 3 were a very unusual outfit, bridging...
Stormy Six - L'Idee di Oggi per la Musica Domani & L'Unità
Stormy Six are perhaps better known for their involvement with Rock In Opposition in the late 70s and early 80s. Their later output such as Al Volo were interesting pop rock albums with an...
Plus - The Seven Deadly Sins
One look at the cover and it should be clear that producers Simon Napier Bell and Ray Singer (who also penned about six of the tracks here) were trying to capitalize on the look and feel of...
Wilde Flowers - Tales of Canterbury: The Wilde Flowers Story - Brian's Tale
For those of you still uninitiated, Canterbury was a place in the UK where a music scene originated in the 60s (complementary to that of San Francisco Haight-Ashbury). Several known European groups...
(Posted by Jeff Melton 1995-11-01)
An engaging and groundbreaking early British progressive band, East of Eden used electric violin, dual saxes, flute, recorder and bagpipe to add texture to their guitar based rock. The end product...
(Posted by Mike Ohman 1995-11-01)
The Shiver - Walpurgis
It's generally not a good sign when a band's best material is written by other bands. The Shiver is a case in point. This Swiss band's forte was covering British blues-rock, but...
Xhol Caravan - Electrip
Amongst the annals of the most psychedelic German rock of the early 70s stand out the legendary Xhol, a band that remains one of the most challenging that that country had to offer. Initially a band... » Read more
Soft Machine - Live at the Paradiso 1969
Oh yeah! More gold mined from the Soft Machine treasure troves! Softs re-releases are innumerable between the UK and USA in the past two years (and will continue to be through 1996), but somehow... » Read more
Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy, Whatevershebringswesing, Shooting at the Moon & Banamour
Ex-Soft Machine bassist Kevin Ayers left that group after their full-on live U.S. assault with the Jim Hendrix Experience in 1969. After that time, Ayers spent the following years putting together...
Silver Apples - Silver Apples / Contact
Frankly, this is one of those reissues I thought I would never see. The (now long defunct) Kapp label issued these two albums in the late 60s, after which they quickly faded into obscurity. At a time... » Read more
Tea & Symphony - An Asylum for the Musically Insane
There's not two albums like this in the world (with the possible exception of the band's second album, Jo Sago, not yet out on CD). Tea and Symphony were a trio of Jef Daw (guitars, flutes,... » Read more
Music Emporium - Music Emporium
Music Emporium's self-titled 1969 album is one of the rarest gems of the late 60s LA psychedelic scene, with only 300 copies originally pressed and an elaborate die-cut sleeve. Unlike some... » Read more
The Merchants of Dream - Strange Night Voyage
Blame it on The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper's. In the wake of that landmark concept album, everybody and their brother was trying to get in on the concept album thing, from The Beach Boys to... » Read more
Saturnalia - Magical Love
This particular obscurity in Akarma's campaign to rescue lost or legendary albums is an odd beast. The overall impression is much like the first incarnation of Renaissance with less appealing vocals... » Read more
Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls
This is one of the freakiest things I've ever heard — a psychedelic rock recording from the late 60s entirely based on a kind of horror-movie Satanism, including more than thirteen minutes devoted... » Read more
Blodwyn Pig - Ahead Rings Out
Perhaps one day this classic by the Jethro Tull offshoot led by original guitarist Mick Abrahams will get a proper reissue, but until then this latest remastered version from EMI will have to do (and... » Read more
John Surman - Way Back When
John Surman (saxes), John Marshall (drums), John Taylor (electric piano), Brian Odgers (bass guitar). For many readers, that list alone puts this on the must-have list. Throw in the recording date of... » Read more
Strawbs - Live at NEARfest & Hugh's Room – Strawbs line-ups have undergone quite a few changes in recent years. Having never seen Brian Willoughby, I was happy to view his guitar stylings since they are substantially different from Dave... (2006) » Read more
Die Engel des Herrn - Live! As Hippie Punks – Some people may be familiar with the name Klaus Dinger. For the uninitiated, he was an early member of Kraftwerk, the founder of Neu! and La Düsseldorf, and current godfather of Die (b)Engel des... (1995) » Read more
Mantra Sunrise - Mantra Sunrise – Another brainchild from John Miner of Art Rock Circus. The bulk of the sound ekes in time with the style of 80s album-oriented rock and a leaning towards tuneful new wave vocalization. Overall, this... (2006) » Read more
The Wrong Object - Platform One & Stories from the Shed – Platform One from last year is properly credited to The Wrong Object featuring Annie Whitehead and Harry Beckett, British jazz trombonist and trumpeter respectively, continuing this Belgian jazz-rock... (2008) » Read more
Il Segno del Comando - Il Segno del Comando – After a minute or so of chanting, wind-sounds, and church bells, the mighty Hammond organ casts its spell, followed by dual guitars, drums, and bass, marching onward into the title track (named after... (1997) » Read more
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Tha Gàidhlig ga cheangal an diugh ri Innse Gall, agus tha e furasta dìochuimhneachadh gum b'e Gàidhlig cainnt na coimhearsnachd uaireigin do sgirean gu math faisg air Baile Ghlaschu fhèin. Chan eil ach dà ghinealach no trì bho chaidh Gàidhlig na tàmh ann an sgìrean Chomhghall, Arain, Bhòid, is pairtean de Shiorrachdan Dhùin Bhreatainn, Siorrachd Shruighlea agus Siorrachd Pheairt.
Thathar fada an comain an Dr Mìcheal Newton a cheadaich na mapaichean seo, gu h-àrd is gu h-ìosal, a chleachdadh. Seo bhon leabhar, M. Newton, 'Bho Chluaidh gu Calasraid. From the Clyde to Callander' (Grimsay Press, 2010), tdd. vi-ix.
Bha sgìrean na 'Gaidhealtachd' leis an seo – sin far an robh sluagh na tìre a' bruidhinn na Gàidhlig tòrr mòr na b' fhaisge air baile Ghlaschu na shaoileas daoine an diugh. Chithear sin gu soilleir air a' mhapa gu h-àrd, a' sealltainn crìochan na Gàidhlig mu àm Bliadhna Theàrlaich (1745-6). Bha seo an dèidh linn na dhà de chrìonadh-cànain ann an àitean mar Siorrachd Shruighlea is Siorrachd Dhùin Bhreatainn.
Na h-ainmean-àite le dreach na Gàidhlig orra. Thathar fada an comain an Dr Mìcheal Newton airson cead am mapa a chleachdadh. M. Newton, Bho Chluaidh gu Calasraid (Grimsay Press, 2010), vi-vii.
Cha deach Gàidhlig a theagasg aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu mar chuspair a ghabhadh oileanach mar phàirt de chùrsa-ceum gu 1906-07. Ach tha Gaidheal air a bhith a' frithealadh an oilthigh on a chaidh a stèidheachadh ann an 1451, agus gabhaidh buidhnean beaga de Ghaidheil am faicinn am measg an t-sluaigh ann an gach linn fa leth aig an Oilthigh. Chan eil ach mu 1% de dh' Albannaich a' bruidhinn na Gàidhlig anns an latha an diugh, ach an rèir Iain Major, Prionnsabal an Oilthigh, 1518-23, bha dàrna leth de shluagh na h-Alba a' bruidhinn Gàidhlig mar chiad cainnt anns an latha aige fhèin.  Chan ann a-mhàin ann an sgìrean "Ghaidhealach," far am biodhte an dùil ris an leithid, ach cuideachd shìos mu dheas ann an sgìre Charraig (Siorrachd Air). B' ann à Carraig a bha am bàrd ainmeil Ualtar MacUalraig a cheumnaich le MA o Oilthigh Ghlaschu, 1478. Chaidh MacUalraig a chàineadh airson a chuid Gàidhlig agus a chuid cleachdaidhean Gaidhealach ann an aoir a rinn Uilleam Dunbar, bàrd ainmeil eile air, is an dithis aca a' magadh air càch a chèile. Fhreagair MacUalraig gum b'i a' Ghàidhlig a bu chòir do dhaoine treibhdhireach, ceart, a bhith a' bruidhinn. Is fhiach a bhith mothachail, ge-tà, nach eil lorg againn air sgrìobhadh sam bith le MacUalraig ann an Gàidhlig ged a tha grunnan mhath de dhàin aige a chaidh a sgrìobhadh ann an Scots (lean an ceangal eadar MacUalraig is Oilthigh Ghlaschu oir chaidh a mhac, Ualtar eile, a dheanamh mar reactor an Oilthigh ann an 1524). [ 4 ] Tha sin na chomharra, gu ìre, air seasamh an dà chànan ann an inntinn dhaoine. Ged a b' i a' Ghàidhlig a bh'air bilean an dàrna cuid dhan t-sluaigh mu 1500, b' e Scots agus Laideann a bha a' cunntadh mar chànanan "adhartach" ann an seagh foghlam, malairt agus riaghladh – gu h-àraid ann am mòr-bhailtean na Galldachd.
Tha e glè fhollaiseach dè bha daoine a' sgrìobhadh (ma bha na daoine sin a' sgriobhadh ann an Scots), ach tha e do-dhèante a radha le cinnt dè na cànanan a bha daoine a' bruidhinn gu h-eachdraidheil. Ach mas ann do sgìrean Ghaidhealachd a bhuineadh iad feumaidh e bhith gu robh Gàidhlig aca. Lean na h-uaislean uile ann an sgìrean Gaidhealach le labhairt na Gàidhlig gu ruige meadhan an 18mh linn, ged nach robh iad ri sgrìobhadh na Gàidhlig ach corr uair. Far nach robh comas labhairt aig daoine ann an Gàidhlig air Ghaidhealtachd ge-tà – gu h-àraid sagairtean agus ministearan – bha seo a' togail ghearainean – no ga chleachdadh mar leisgeul airson ghearainean. [ 7 ] Far an robh gearainean, bha pàipear, agus ma chaidh na pàipearan an glèidheadh tha fianais againn orra. Tha gearainean leithid seo a' ciallachadh gu bheil sealladh eachdraidheil againn air cleachdaidhean cainnt dhaoine ron Ath-leasachadh (1560). Tha leabhar ùr aig Iain G. Macdonald, Clerics and Clansmen, air sgrùdadh a dheanamh air an aimhreit a bh' ann an Earraghaidheil nuair a chaidh sagartan gun Ghàidhlig a sparradh air choitheanalan san sgìre [http://www.brill.com/clerics-and-clansmen]. Tha e soilleir o na gearainean sin nach robh Gàidhlig aig na coigrich ach chan eil teagamh ann gu robh Gàidhlig aig sagartan le ainmean 'Ghaidhealach' às an sgìre fhèin. Is e glè bheag de chlèir na h-eaglais an Earraghaidheal a bh' air an oideachadh aig Oilthigh ro 1451. Ach thug stèidheachadh Oilthigh Ghlaschu buaidh mhòr air an sgìre. A rèir MacDonald, thug an Oilthigh ùr grad thionndadh air foghlam an Earraghaidheal agus na h-eileanan mu dheas, le deann dhiubh a' cur aghaidh air foghlam an Glaschu. Thill aona dhiubh sin Archibaldus Campbell (Gilleasbaig Caimbeul), 1453, bho Oilthigh Ghlaschu a dh' Eilean Lios Mòr (far a bheil Gàidhlig fhathast ga bruidhinn) agus bha e na shagairt an sin. Bha corra dhuine o Earraghaidheil a' frithealadh oilthighean eile anns a' chiad-ceud bliadhna an dèidh dhan Oilthigh tòiseachadh an Glaschu agus chithear cuideachd daoine leithid na Combaich agus clann Bhochanain bho na sgìrean mun cuairt. Tha iomradh ann an clàraidhean an Oilthigh ann an 1470 air còignear oileanach ann an le ainmean annasach: Finlaus Scot de Insulis, Archibaldus de Insulis, Gilbertus de Insulis, Moricius de Insulis agus Dominus Malcomus de Insulis (gu h-ìosal).
Liosta de dh' oileanaich mar a tha iad sgrìobhte ann an clàraidhean an Oilthigh, 1470, còigear bhalaich leis an t-ainm 'de insulis,' de (no às?) na h-eileananan, nam measg. An dealbh seo air a chleachdadh le cead o Thasglann Oilthigh Ghlaschu (University of Glasgow Archive Services, University collection, GB0248, GUA 26613/38).
Is e Earraghaidheal an sgìre dhan Ghaidhealtachd is dlùithe de Ghlaschu agus b'e ceannardan na Caimbeulaich na daoine a bu chumhachdaich anns an t-siorrachd sin. B' e Gilleasbaig Ruaidh Òig a theirte ri ceann-fine nan Caimbeulach, 1529-1558 (an 4mh Iarla). Chaidh iompachadh chun chreideamh Phròstanach mu 1536, agus lean an fhine e air fad. Thug ceannardan nan Caimbeulach cuireadh dhan searmonaiche ainmeil, Iain Nocs a thighinn a theagasg dhaibh ann an 1556. Bha seo a' ciallachadh, air thàillibh taic nan Caimbeulach, gum b'e a' chreideamh Pròstanaich a bu bhuadhach san sgìre sin agus bha am fine daingeann nan cuid taic do dh' Ath-leasachadh na h-Alba, nuair a chaidh gabhail ri Eaglais ùr Phròstanach na h-Alba mar eaglais stèidhichte na dùthcha ann an 1560 agus cùlaibh a chuir ris an eaglais Chaitligeach. [ 10 ] Ach, eaglais ùr ann no às, bha a' cheart uiread de dh' fheum aca air foghlam, agus chuir an eaglais ùr luach mhòr air oideachadh aig oilthighean leithid Ghlaschu.
Bha aonan de na h-oileanaich sin air a bheil iomradh gu h-àrd, Seán MacColgáin, no John Colgan, a bha aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu, c. 1605-1607, air fear dhiubh sin a rinn air tìr mòr na Roinn Eòrpa. Thathar dhan bheachd gur e am fear seo an aona Seán MacColgáin (c.1592-1658) a bha na bhràthair Francisganach agus na sgoilear chliùiteach aig Colaiste an Naomh Anthony ann an Louvain. B' ann o theaghlach ainmeil de phearsachan-eaglais a bhuineadh Mgr MacColgáin, o sgìre Innis Eoghain ann an Dún na nGall. Cha robh mòran chothroman ann a thaobh dreuchd nan sagart ri linn tuineachadh Ulaidh, 1609, agus is dòcha gur ann air thàillibh sin a dh' imich e gu tìr mòr na Roinn Eòrpa uaireigin mu 1612. Chan eil e soilleir càite an robh e trèanadh mar shagart, ach chaidh a thoirt a-steach mar bhall dhan Cholaiste ann an Louvain e ann an 1620.
An dealbh-camara, deas, le Patrizio Gioberti, Roma, de fresco a chaidh a dheanamh le Friar Emanuale da Como, mu 1670 ann an Caibeal San Isidoro, An Roimh, de Mhgr Seán MacColgáin. Le taing don t-Àrd Oll. Mícheál MacCraith, Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, airson cead na dealbh seo a chleachdadh.
Bha pròiseact aca aig Colaiste Louvain ann a bhith a' sàbhaladh, a' dìon, agus a bhith ag ath-chruthachadh nan seann làmh sgrìobhainnean chràbhaidh bhon t-seanna-Ghàidhlig, leithid cunntasan-beatha nan naomh, agus gan ath-fhoillseachadh (ann an Laideann) mar dhòigh air neartachadh a' chreidimh Chaitligeach. Leis na comasan a bh'aig Mgr MacColgáin mar sgoilear Laideann agus Gaeilge, cha robh e ro fhada gus an robh e an sàs anns an obair sin. Bha MacColgáin na àrd-ollamh diadhachd aig Louvain o mu 1635. Dh' fhoillsich e iomadach cunntas-beatha nan naomh, leithid an Naomh Colm Cille, an Naomh Pàdruig agus an Naomh Brìghde. Ged nach robh a shlàinte ro mhath fad grunnan bhliadhnachan, chuir e mach iomadach leabhar ann an Laideann anns an dòigh seo, le bhith a' tarraing stuthan o sheann-sgrìobhainnean Ghaidhealach agus gan cuir an clò san Laideann, leithid Acta sanctorum Hiberniae (1643) agus, Triadis Thaumaturgae (1647).
Duilleagan aghaidh dà leabhar le Mgr Colgan ann an leabharlann Oilthigh Ghlaschu. An Acta Sanctorum (1645) agus Triadis Thaumarargae (1647). Na dealbhan seo air an cleachdadh le cead bho Special Collections, Leabharlann Oilthigh Ghlaschu.
[ 1 ] '…I myself remember a time when the inhabitants of the shires of Stirling & Dumbarton spoke pure Gaelic. But nowadays that tongue is relegated… …so that one rarely comes upon any who speak it…' Briathran Sir Thomas Craig an seo air eadar theangachadh on Laideann chun Bheurla le, C.S. Terry, ed., De Unione Regnorum Brittaniae Tratatum, by Sir Thomas Craig. Edited from a manuscript in the Advocates' Library (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1909), 288-9. Seallaibh cuideachd, M. Newton, Bho Chluaidh gu Calasraid. From the Clyde to Callander. Gaelic songs, poetry, tales and traditions of the Lennox and Menteith. In Gaelic with English translations (Grimsay Press, 2010).
[ 4 ] Priscilla J. Bawcutt, 'Kennedy, Walter (1455?–1518?)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15395, accessed 2 Dec 2013]. http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH18032&type=P&o=&start=60&max=20&l= Airson a mhac, Reactor ann an Oilthigh Ghlaschu, seallaibh cuideachd: C. Innes, ed., Munimenta Alme Universitatis Glasguensis [MAUG] (4 vols., Maitland Club, Glasgow, 1854), ii, 150.
[ 6 ] N. Lamont, ed., Inventory of Lamont Papers, 1231-1897 (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1914), 38. [Chithear leabhar mu phàiprearan Chlann MhicLaomuinn air an t-eadar-lìn, aig: <https://archive.org/stream/scottishrecordso54scotuoft#page/n7/mode/2up>]. Durkan & Kirk, The University of Glasgow, 1451-1577, 306, 400.
[ 7 ] I. G. MacDonald, "That uncouth dialect': English-speaking clergy in late Medieval Gaelic Scotland', ann an Records of the Scottish Church History Society, 43 (2014), 1-29, aig 2, 29.
[ 8 ] Airson buill-teaghlaich cheannardan Chloinn Dòmhnaill, Triathan nan Eilean, seallaibh, J. Munro & R.W. Munro, eds., Acts of the Lords of the Isles, 1336-1493 (Edinburgh, 1986), 278-315.
[ 9 ] Ian Macdonald, Clerics and Clansmen. The Diocese of Argyll between the Twelfth and the Sixteenth centuries (Brill, Leiden, 2013), 208-209, 210-212, 218-223, 362-365. C. Innes, ed., Munimenta Alme Universitatis Glasguensis [MAUG] (4 vols., Maitland Club, Glasgow, 1854), ii, 70. Chithear an leabhar seo aig: <https://archive.org/stream/munimentaalmeuni03mait#page/n7/mode/2up>. Airson teaghlaichean nan Aos-dàna, seallaibh ri alt leis an t-Ard Oll. Ruairidh MacThòmais, nach maireann, ceannard na Ceiltis aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu (1963-1991). D.S. Thomson, 'Gaelic learned orders and literati in Medieval Scotland,' ann an Scottish Studies 12 (1968), 57-78. Seallaibh cuideachd alt leis an Dr Màrtainn MacGriogair, òraidiche an Eachdraidh aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu: M. MacGregor, 'Church and Culture in the late medieval Highlands,' ann an J. Kirk, ed., The Church and the Highlands (Edinburgh, 1998), 1-35.
[ 12 ] MAUG, iii, 3-24, 60-95.
[ 16 ] J. Durkan (J. Reid Baxter, ed.), Scottish Schools and Schoolmasters, 1560-1633 (Scottish History Society, Woodbridge, 2013), 192. 'Extracts from the Registers of the Presbytery of Glasgow, from November 1592 to March 1602' ann an, J. Dennistoun & A. Macdonald, eds., Miscellany of the Maitland Club, vol 1, part 1 (Glasgow, 1833), 51-96, aig, 90, 94.
[ 17 ] MacCuarta, Catholic Revival in the North of Ireland, 1603-41, 28-29 B. MacCuarta, 'The Catholic Church in Plantation Ulster,' ann an, É Ó Ciardha & M. Ó Siochrú, eds., The Plantation of Ulster. Ideology and Practice (Manchester, 2012), 119-142, aig 121-2. Ged a tha sin ceart anns an fharsaingeachd gheibhear duine ann an siud is ann an seo nach robh a' tighinn leis a' phàtran àbhaisteach, leithid, Jeremie O' Queine, Èireannach aig an robh Gaeilge mar chainnt agus a cheumnaich o Oilthigh Ghlaschu ann an 1644. Ged a b' e Gaidheil Èireannach a bh' ann an O' Queine bho thùs bha e na chlèireach à Siorrachd Aontram. Chaidh dreuchd mhinisteir aig Inbhir Aora thabhainn air aig aon àm – ged nach eil fianais ann gun do fhreagair e an cala sin. F. Macdonald, Missions to the Gaels. Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Ulster and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Edinburgh, 2006), 111-112.
[ 18 ] C.N. Ó Clabaigh. 'Colgan, John,' anns an Dictionary of Irish Biography (Royal Irish Academy & Cambridge University Press), air an t-eadar-lìon: http://dib.cambridge.org/. P. Ó Riain, 'The Louvain achievement II: Hagiography,' ann an E. Bhreathnach, J. MacMahon & J. McCafferty, eds., The Irish Franciscans, 1534-1990 (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2009), 189-200. C. Mooney, 'Fr John Colgan and the Louvain school,' in N. Ó Muraíle, ed., Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, his associates and St Anthony's Colllege, Louvain (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2008), 225-230. Thathar fada an comain an Dr Geraldine Parsons, Oilthigh Ghlaschu, airson fiosrachaidh.
[ 19 ] N. Canny, Making Ireland British, 1580-1650 (Oxford, 2001), 442, 450-454. Bha oileanaich a bha a' frithealadh Oilthigh Ghlaschu rè na seachdamh agus na h-ochdamh linn deug gu math tric a' sgrìobhadh gu robh iad nan Èireannaich le bhith a' cur 'Hibernus' no rudeigin leithid sin ri taobh an cuid ainm. Ach b' e ainmean leithid Cunningham, Caldwell is Montgomerie a bh' air a' mhòr chuid aca, a' sealltainn gur ann o shliochd Albannach a bhuineadh iad. Ged is e 'Hibernus' a sgrìobhadh iad b' ann mar Albannaich no mar Shasannaich a bha iad gam faicinn fhèin agus gu math tric, gu h-àraid o na 1690an air adhart, bha iad sin na bu bhuailtiche air a bhith a' toirt Anglo-Hibernus no Scoto-Hibernus orra fhèin nuair a bha iad a' clàradh aig an Oilthigh. MAUG, iii, 41-59. 115-256.


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The Sulawesi harpy fruit bat (Harpyionycteris celebensis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia where it is found in Sulawesi and in Soloi on Buton island.

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Why did Calgary cave to chemophobes over fluoridation?
André Picard
When Calgary city council decided to end water fluoridation in 2011, one outcome was clear: The number of cavities in children was going to go up.
Five years later, we have the hard evidence that the perfectly predictable has indeed come to pass.
A study published in the journal Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology shows that Grade 2 students in Calgary had an average of 3.8 more cavities in 2013-14 than they did in 2004-05. In Edmonton (which continued to fluoridate its water), during the same time period, the number of dental caries (or cavities) increased by 2.1, on average.
In other words, ending fluoridation is not the sole reason oral health has deteriorated, but it is a significant factor.
So, why did Calgary city councilors make a decision that has caused a lot of children unnecessary pain and that will cost their parents a good chunk of change in dental bills?
They essentially bought into the unscientific rantings and overblown fears of a small but loud minority of self-centered chemophobes.
There are four principal arguments raised by opponents of fluoridation:
– Fluoride is a "chemical" that is poisoning people;
– By putting fluoride in municipal water, people are being treated against their will;
– Adding fluoride is a waste of tax dollars because you can get fluoride elsewhere;
– There is a growing scientific "controversy" about the safety of fluoride.
None of these arguments hold any water (fluoridated or otherwise), but let's examine them anyhow.
Yes, fluoride is a poison – in the same way that salt is a poison. If you ingest too much of it, you can get sick and even die.
Toxicity depends on dose, and fluoride is added to water in minute quantities – about 0.7 parts per million. By comparison, toothpaste contains up to 1,500 parts per million of fluoride.
To get fluoride poisoning from tap water, you would have to drink a couple thousand litres of water without peeing – and if you did that, fluoride would be the least of your problems.
Adding fluoride to water is a cost-effective way of preventing one of the most common diseases on Earth – dental caries. People are being "forced" to ingest fluoride in the same way emission controls "force" them to breathe clean air.
The American Dental Association estimates that every $1 spent on fluoridation saves about $50 in the cost of dental treatment – a good return on investment.
It costs a little less than $1 a person to fluoridate municipal drinking water – about $750,000 in Calgary. Without question, the greatest beneficiaries are low-income children. Research shows that, for a variety of reasons – chief among them poor access to dental care and poor diets – these kids tend to have dismal oral health, including more cavities, that has life-long repercussions.
When it cut the fluoridation program, Calgary city council allocated the savings to an "anti-cavity program" aimed at poor children. About 3,000 kids were treated – an average cost of $250 per child – and only after they had cavities and were in pain.
The reason cavities are on the rise even in cities that do fluoridate water, like Edmonton, is that the number of families with dental insurance is falling, there are many new immigrants who have never had access to dental care or fluoridated water, and more people are drinking (non-fluoridated) bottled water.
The biggest myth is that there is growing "controversy" about fluoride. There is not. What there is is a trend by municipalities to reject fluoridation for non-scientific and conspiracy-driven reasons.
Today, fewer than 45 per cent of Canadians drink fluoridated water. In some provinces, like Quebec, fewer than 3 per cent of citizens have the benefits of fluoridation. (And it's not a coincidence that Quebec has the highest rate of dental caries.)
Alberta was once a leader, with 75 per cent of homes having access to fluoridated water but, in recent years, that number has plummeted by half.
When fluoridation was first introduced – about 60 years ago – the impact was immediate and dramatic. The public health measure reduced cavities by about 50 per cent. Today, the gap in dental caries between fluoridating and non-fluoridating communities is much less because of better access to dentists and the promotion of preventive measures such as brushing and flossing.
But the benefits of fluoridation still far outweigh the risks. Politicians – in Calgary and elsewhere – should grit their teeth and fluoridate, in the name of science and child health.
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This Dream Job Pays $5K/Week to Travel & Review Fancy Hotel Pools
By Dustin Nelson Published On 06/18/2019
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By Dustin Nelson @dlukenelson Published On 06/18/2019
It's a solid summer to have two weeks of vacation time just hanging around unclaimed. First, Reynolds Wrap announced a two-week gig where you get paid $10,000 to travel the country eating BBQ. Now, Hotels.com is offering a similar opportunity.
The company is hiring a "Poolhop" to research the "most epic hotel pools" in the United States. As absurd as that sounds, the job is pretty straight forward. Over the course of two weeks in August, the Poolhop stops at six hotel properties, has some drinks, swims, takes photos, and pockets $10,000 for their trouble. Pretty solid deal, right?
There really aren't any other duties. You have to document the experience and "report back to reward-loving Hotels.com fans." In addition to the cash, your travel and lodging are covered, and you'll also get one year of Gold Rewards member status on Hotels.com.
"No one wants to be sitting at a desk all summer," Katie Junod, general manager of the Hotels.com brand in North America, said in a statement. "There are so many incredible hotel pools to explore across the country and we want to give travelers a first-hand look at the crème de la crème."
Best of all, you're not just checking out the leafy pool at Lucky's Roadside Motel & Diner in South Dakota. You're hitting the Four Seasons Hualalai in Kona, Hawaii; the Mondrian Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California; the SLS Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada; the Garden of the Gods Club and Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado; The William Vale Hotel in Brooklyn, New York; and the National Hotel in Miami, Florida.
Interested potential pool connaisseurs can apply for the gig from June 18 to June 25. It's a simple form. You're writing 100 words on why you should get the gig and serving up a 100-word review of a hotel pool. Don't forget to pack the sunscreen.
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Jacques Belhomme est une personnalité de la période révolutionnaire, né au Mesnil Conteville le  et mort à Paris ( ancien) le , propriétaire de la pension Belhomme.

Biographie

La personnalité de Jacques Belhomme tient de la légende tant les versions des historiens varient, qui en font soit un authentique médecin, soit un aventurier. Menuisier du village de Charonne, il devient tenancier de « pension bourgeoise »  puis geôlier, lorsque les Jacobins lui envoient des détenus à partir de la fin 1793.

Il doit sa célébrité à un scandale qui éclate bien après sa mort, lorsque le comte de Sainte-Aulaire publie un article accusant Belhomme d'avoir profité de la Terreur pour rançonner de riches suspects. La réalité s'avère plus complexe.

Il est inhumé au cimetière du Père-Lachaise ().

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Bibliographie

 Frédéric Lenormand, La Pension Belhomme. Une prison de luxe sous la Terreur, Paris, Fayard, 2002,  .

Personnalité de la Révolution française
Personnalité inhumée au cimetière du Père-Lachaise (division 21)
Naissance en juin 1737
Décès en septembre 1824
Décès à 87 ans


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 * Class for exceptions when there is a network error, status code error, etc.
 */
class APIException extends Exception
{
    /**
     * Error message
     * @var string
     */
    private $errorMessage;

    /**
     * HTTP context
     * @var Http\HttpContext
     */
    private $context;

    /**
     * The HTTP response code from the API request
     * @param string $reason the reason for raising an exception
     * @param int $responseCode the HTTP response code from the API request
     * @param string $responseBody the HTTP response body from the API request
     */
    public function __construct($reason, $context)
    {
        parent::__construct($reason, $context->getResponse()->getStatusCode());
        $this->context = $context;
        $this->errorMessage = $reason;

        if (get_class() != 'APIException') {
            $this->unbox();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Unbox response into this exception class
     */
    public function unbox()
    {
    }

    /**
     * The HTTP context from the API request
     * @return Http\HttpContext
     */
    public function getContext()
    {
        return $this->context;
    }

    /**
     * The HTTP response code from the API request
     * @return int
     */
    public function getResponseCode()
    {
        return $this->context->getResponse()->getStatusCode();
    }

    /**
     * The HTTP response body from the API request
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function getResponseBody()
    {
        return $this->context->getResponse()->getRawBody();
    }

    /**
     * The reason for raising an exception
     * @return string
     */
    public function getReason()
    {
        return $this->message;
    }
}


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 Потоцкий, Николай (1595—1651) — польский магнат, государственный и военный деятель.
 Потоцкий, Николай (1517/1520—1572) — государственный и военный деятель Речи Посполитой, генерал.
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AmericaTowne and ATI Modular Announce License to Operate in Anhui Province
Jul 19, 2017 | Business
Raleigh, NC, July 19, 2017 –(PR.com)– AmericaTowne, Inc. ("AmericaTowne") and its subsidiary, ATI Modular Technology Corp., announced today that Anhui Ao De Xin Modular New Building Material Co., Ltd received its charter and license to operate in Anhui Province, Chizhou City China.
Anhui Ao De Xin Modular New Building Material Co., Ltd. received its license from the government of Chizhou China to operate the Company's International Export and modular and smart technology business in China.
The Company previously negotiated the occupancy of the plant and office complex located at Anhui Province Jiangnan Industrial Concentration Zone New Energy Industry Park A1, A2, A5 Plant, Chizhou City, Anhui Province China. The facilities will not only be used for modular and smart technology production. The modern facility will also serve as the headquarters in China and base for the AmericaTowne community and import and export activities in China.
AmericaTowne's and ATI Modular's Chairman of the Board, Alton Perkins, commented, "The Charter and license, as well as the facilities and office complex, provides our companies with a presence and base of operations that will help implement our business initiatives for our AmericaTowne Concept, exports and modular construction initiates in China."
About AmericaTowne and ATI Modular
AmericaTowne is incorporated in the State of Delaware. AmericaTowne's objective is to provide upper and middle-income consumers in China with "Made In The USA" goods and services allowing customers to experience the United States' culture and lifestyle. In addition, AmericaTowne sees opportunities in developing countries, such as Africa, in implementing business solutions considered mainstream in America, but relatively new in these developing countries. AmericaTowne is deploying resources, research and expertise in evaluating these opportunities as part of its overall growth model. AmericaTowne is a publicly reporting company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and its quarterly and annual reports, and periodic disclosures may be found at www.sec.gov/edgar and also at www.americatowne.com.
ATI Modular Technology Corp. is incorporated in the State of Nevada (www.atimodular.com). ATI Modular is a related party to AmericaTowne by virtue of AmericaTowne's majority and controlling interest. The intent is for ATI Modular to provide AmericaTowne, and other unrelated parties, in developing countries, in introducing, implementing, educating and facilitating the benefits of modular construction. ATI Modular is a publicly reporting company, and is listed on the OTC Pink as "ATMO."
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements may be identified by use of words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," or "potential" or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends. Statements such as those concerning potential acquisition activity, investment objectives, strategies, opportunities, other plans and objectives for future operations or economic performance are based on the Company's current expectations, plans, estimates, assumptions and beliefs that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Any of these statements could prove to be inaccurate and actual events or investments and results of operations could differ materially from those expressed or implied. To the extent that the Company's assumptions differ from actual results, the Company's ability to meet such forward-looking statements may be significantly and negatively impacted. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and the Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, future events or other changes.
Contact: Alton Perkins, 919-436-1888, [email protected]
www.americatowne.com
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Q: Slowing Down Each Iteration of Loop Dom Manipulation I have having some trouble with slowing down the loop of a for and while loop in javascript.
const insertion_sort = function (array) {
  for (i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
    let key_item = array[i];
    let j = i - 1;

    while (j >= 0 && array[j] > key_item) {
      array[j + 1] = array[j];
      j--;
      //change HTML through dom manipulation;
    }

    array[j + 1] = key_item;
  }
  return array;
};

The code is above. I do have a function that changes the dom that actually does work when I put it into my function. It only shows the end result which is align with what I want. However, the problem is the loops executes very fast and it's not able to show the dom manipulation at each iteration of the loop. What I think I should do is I should slow down the loop, but the set time out function does not seem to work. As far as I can tell, promises don't work either since it's asynchronous so I am not exactly sure how I would slow down the loop so that a user is able to see each iteration of the dom manipulation. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Or perhaps my understanding of timeout function and promises is not correct. Thanks!

A: Did you tried something like this:

const val = document.getElementById('test')
const array = [500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000]

function someAPICall(time) {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      resolve("Resolved")
    }, time);
  })
}

array.forEach(async(i) => {
  const res = await someAPICall(i);
  val.innerHTML = i
})

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https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-Council-raises-car-tax-12428124.php
Bridgeport Council raises car tax
By Brian Lockhart
Updated 5:06 pm EST, Wednesday, December 13, 2017
BRIDGEPORT — Despite opposition from a handful of members, the City Council this week raised the car tax to start to recoup millions of dollars lost to cuts in state aid.
Bridgeport's tax or mill rate for motor vehicles is rising from 37 mills to 39 mills, which, according to the city, translates roughly into an $8 to $12 increase for the average $200 bill.
The change will be reflected in tax notices the city is mailing out this month and is expected to bring in $933,131.
"It's not fair. I pay car taxes too," lamented new Council President Aidee Nieves. "(But) we have to start closing this (budget) gap."
Freshman Councilman Kyle Langan told his colleagues that he heard over and over on the campaign trail complaints about Bridgeport's property taxes — some of the highest rates in the state: "Now I'm being asked with my first action to increase them (taxes)? I will not."
"Run Kyle for mayor, right away," cheered audience member Clyde Nicholson.
Tuesday's 12 to 6 vote for upping the car tax had its origins in the spring. The prior council and Mayor Joseph Ganim, all Democrats, had to adopt a new $542 million budget months before the state's contentious budget process concluded in late October. So the city balanced its fiscal plan with state aid projections that did not come to pass.
Finance Director Ken Flatto and Budget Director Nestor Nkwo told the council Tuesday that Bridgeport is facing a $15 million to $17 million shortfall — including $6.5 million the city was supposed to receive from the state as a car tax reimbursement.
State lawmakers in 2015 capped municipal car tax mill rates at 37 mills to address the higher bills city drivers paid versus suburban car owners. In return, the state was supposed to pay back places like Bridgeport that, with a 42.2 car tax, would lose money.
Then the 2017/18 state budget gave cities and towns the option of going up to 39 mills by Dec. 15 — something other big cities like Hartford and New Haven have also taken advantage of. The increase was unanimously adopted last week by the Bridgeport City Council's Budget Committee.
Councilman Ernie Newton on Tuesday portrayed the tax increase as something "that we have to do, whether we like it or not" because Bridgeport was "shortchanged" by the state. He passed a resolution pledging to try to lower the car tax again next year.
But council freshmen Peter Spain and Langan, who won their September primaries and November's general election in part by campaigning against the city's high property taxes, questioned whether the council should raise motorists' bills.
Spain asked Councilwomen Denese Taylor-Moye and freshman Maria Zambrano Viggiano, the budget committee's co-chairs, whether they had pushed the Ganim administration to find cuts to save the $933,131 being raised.
Zambrano Viggiano argued the city is struggling to address the full $15 million to $17 million shortfall: "It (the car tax increase) certainly does not make the city of Bridgeport whole."
Langan started asking questions of Flatto and Nkwo. Councilwoman Eneida Martinez sought to cut off discussion and force a vote, arguing council members should attend committee meetings to ask questions. Ganim, who runs council meetings, agreed with her.
But Langan pushed back and was allowed to continue speaking. Langan, who is white, lambasted the state for shifting the burden of Connecticut's budget woes "on to our black and brown cities." But he was also skeptical City Hall had sought alternatives.
"We do not have to go along with this," he told his colleagues right before the majority on the Council voted to raise the car tax.
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Man dies after shark attack off Cape Cod | video
Sep 15, 2018 at 3:07 PM Sep 15, 2018 at 6:12 PM
WELLFLEET, Mass. — A man who was bitten by a shark at a Wellfleet beach Saturday has died, according to police. It's the first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts in 82 years.
Wellfleet police Lt. Michael Hurley confirmed at 2:25 p.m. that the shark attack victim died of injuries at Cape Cod Hospital.
The victim was a 26-year-old man from Revere.
Leslie Reynolds, chief ranger at the Cape Cod National Seashore, confirmed the incident that happened about 300 yards south of Newcomb Hollow Beach.
Reynolds said Seashore rangers and Wellfleet police performed CPR on the victim on the beach after the bite. The person had not been pronounced dead at that time, Reynolds said.
A 61-year-old New York neurologist was bitten by a great white shark Aug. 15 at Long Nook Beach in Truro. The man survived the bite.
The most recent fatal shark attack in Massachusetts was at Hollywood Beach above Mattapoisett Harbor in Buzzards Bay in 1936. Nearly 40 years prior, in 1897, a man fishing south of Lynn was killed.
Witness Joe Booth described a harrowing scene at the Wellfleet beach when the incident occurred.
"I saw a worst nightmare unfold here," Booth said. "Some gentlemen got bit by a shark. We never wanted anything like this to happen, ever. Anywhere," he said.
Booth said it was a quite day at the beach and he noticed a couple people body surfing in the water before he saw some commotion.
"Just a giant eruption of water. 15 feet-wide. I saw a tail and a lot of thrashing," Booth said. "You could tell by the body language of the guys in the water something wasn't right."
People were screaming to call 911 and alert authorities that there was a shark attack, he said.
He said the man was unconscious when he was pulled out of the water and onto the beach. "He definitely looked like he was in a world of hurt."
Statistics on fatal, unprovoked attacks in Massachusetts are rare because there simply isn't enough data, Gregory Skomal, a senior scientist at the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, told the Times in July.
Before the August bite in Truro, the most recent shark bite on the Cape occurred in 2017, according to the Global Shark Attack File, when a great white nibbled Cleveland Bigelow's boogie board in the waters off of Marconi Beach in Wellfleet. Bigelow escaped unscathed. In 2012, Christopher Myers suffered deep lacerations on both legs after an encounter with a great white while body surfing by Truro's Ballston Beach.
Wendy Northcross, CEO of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, said the Cape doesn't have a lot of experience in how to manage these shark attacks.
"This is rough," she said about two shark attacks in one season."This is not good."
Wellfleet police confirmed at 1 p.m. that the victim was en route to Cape Cod Hospital by ambulance.
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5 takeaways from the Georgia Senate runoff between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker
Phillip M. Bailey
One of the most expensive and bitter Senate contests ended with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock prevailing over Republican challenger Herschel Walker on Tuesday.
The Georgia race, which cost $380 million in total, did not change which party controlled the Senate in the upcoming Congress, but it did underscore how deeply and evenly the country is divided going into 2023.
For months the race was a tale of major contrasts as Warnock, a Baptist preacher, and Walker, a former NFL star, were opposites in experience, political beliefs and speaking styles.
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Here are the big takeaways from Tuesday's contest:
High turnout breaks fatigue talk
For the past two years Peach State voters have been asked to participate in a marathon of contests – the 2020 presidential election, two separate 2021 Senate runoff contests and the 2022 midterms.
Then came another runoff after Warnock and Walkerfailed to reach the necessary 50% threshold in November and dragged the 2022 election cycle into overtime.
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But if the months of rallies, national attention and negative ads exhausted Georgians, there were no signs of voter fatigue in terms of showing up to the polls.
The Georgia secretary of state's office said Tuesday that roughly 3.3 million people voted either through absentee ballot, early voting in-person or Election Day.
Trump missing in action
Donald Trump might have hyped longtime friend Herschel Walker to enter the Georgia Senate contest in the year leading up to the race, but the former president was largely absent in the final stretch.
Trump never joined Walker on the campaign trail for any in-person event as other high-profile Republicans did, but he did host a "tele-rally" for the former football star on Monday night and posted on his social media site Truth Social.
Republicans are split on the former president's campaign effectiveness as of late after a disappointing midterm.
A month ago, many Trump-backed candidates who ran on denying the 2020 election results lost in important states like Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The Warnock campaign, however, didn't mind drawing attention to Trump's online event for Walker in a Dec. 6 tweet showing a headline about the "tele-rally" and featuring a photo of the two Republicans embracing each other.
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Georgia makes history
Warnock's victory makes him the first Black senator elected to a full six-year term in Georgia history.
The Atlanta minister, who is pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. presided, was already in the history books as the state's first Black senator after beating Republican Kelly Loeffler in the 2021 runoff.
But that was to finish out the term of Sen. Johnny Isakson, who resigned in 2019.
By the way, Warnock is just the 11th Black senator in U.S. history.
Manchin-Sinema 'insurance policy'
Georgia's runoff means nothing in terms of which party controls the Senate.
But talking to progressive activists, giving Warnock a full six-year term mattered for two reasons. The obvious one was to keep Walker out of office, they said.
The other point, however, was making sure Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona – two more conservative-leaning members of the Democratic caucus – had less power.
Brandon Tucker, a senior director of policy and government affairs with Color of Change PAC, a national racial justice group, said Black voters in particular were keen on how the two Democrats have stood against many progressive policy goals.
"It is an important insurance policy right now," he said.
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Overall Georgia was flooded with about $380 million in campaign spending, which made this the most expensive race in 2022.
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The edge went to Warnock and the Democrats.
As USA TODAY reported, super PACs alone poured in about $16 million more on Warnock than Walker ahead of the runoff election. The groups backing Warnock doled out roughly $40 million, while organizations backing Walker spent about $24 million.
The largest came from Georgia Honor, a Democratic-aligned group that spent more than $19 million in total supporting Warnock, according to the Federal Election Commission. That included one week's worth of TV ads for $5.83 million.
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Virtual Realm: Kendall Campus English professor Christine Robinson plays the Second Life online game inside her office in the English Department.
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Kendall Campus Professor Fuses Technology Into English Curriculum
March 17, 2017 March 26, 2017 Adriana Falero	0 Comments Christine Robinson, Professor Spotlight, Technology, Virtual Reality
Students in professor Christine Robinson's ENC 1102 course sit in a dimly lit computer lab with 25 iMacs and two large screen projectors—a classroom setting that is expanded with a virtual reality experience that transports them to Ernest Hemingway's colorful Key West house and Edgar Allan Poe's somber temporary home in Richmond, Virginia.
"To summarize it in one word, I would say engagement," Robinson said. "I like to add whatever tech I can to the class [because] my students are certainly entertained and engaged. Students who are engaged just learn better."
The lively technology enthusiast currently teaches two blended ENC 1102 classes at Kendall Campus and a Virtual College ENC 1101 course.
Last fall, Robinson bought 30 iBlue cardboard headsets online for about $1.50 each, which were used in her ENC 1101 blended class for an essay assignment that requires students to chronicle an emerging technology of their choice. As an example, Robinson brought her "brick" Motorola cell phone to class to discuss the evolution of cell phones and the future of 3D technology.
In the ENC 1102 course, students compare author Ernest Hemingway's novels such as The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms to some of writer Edgar Allen Poe's famous pieces by exploring how they are radically different in style. To further grasp the contrast between the two authors, they take a walking tour of their houses through the VR headsets.
Robinson likes to enhance her lessons with virtual reality because of its visual and hands-on nature. This growing technology is used in other subjects, such as in biology for dissecting bodies, according to her. She foresees web VR, currently available in Chrome 56, will become more prevalent as it allows for a three dimensional experience directly on websites.
Robinson has always exhibited an interest in technology. She and English professor Cary Ser were the only ones, that she knew of, to use Commodore Amiga computers in the 1980's, which were among the earliest personal computers. She taught herself basic computing skills, such as working with word processors and spreadsheets.
Originally from New York, she moved to Miami at the age of two. After her teachers in secretarial school convinced her mother of her potential, she enrolled in Miami Dade College as this was the only higher education institution her parents could afford.
Robinson graduated with a general associate's in arts degree from North Campus in 1968 and continued her studies at Florida Atlantic University, where she obtained a bachelor's in English education in 1970. Two years later, she earned her master's in English from the University of Miami. In 1975, she received an education specialist Ed. S. degree and an Ed. D. in higher education in 1976, both from FAU.
In 1975, Robinson started working at the College as a grant writer and became an English professor at Kendall Campus three years later.
"[Robinson] is an overachiever," said Michael Vensel, the chairperson of the English and Communications Department at Kendall Campus. "She works tirelessly on creating lessons while keeping her students' best interest in mind. She has great ideas and is not afraid to try new things in her classroom."
According to Robinson, her modern approach to education appeals to her students. Apart from using their smartphones for the VR experience, they also download their books from the Google Play mobile app and access their assignments through the Blackboard app on their phones.
When deadlines near, Robinson sends students video reminders through Blackboard with a Voki avatar she created of herself. She also introduced them to augmented reality by hiding figures of cats, easter eggs, and sandwiches in their paper handouts that can be seen with the Aurasma app.
A New Dimension: ENC 1101 students in professor Christine Robinson's class watch a virtual reality YouTube video with their phones and a cardboard headset last November.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MDC MEDIA SERVICES.
She estimates her student drop rate to be around two students per class and her return rate from ENC 1101 to ENC 1102 to be around 60 percent.
An anonymous review about Robinson found on RateMyProfessors.com reads: "She is a great teacher and I'm taking her for ENC 1102. If you are considering not taking the class because it's a blended course, don't worry, it's awesome!"
Her usual schedule is four blended classes and four Virtual College classes, but this semester she is dedicating time to imparting information about virtual reality at the Center for Institutional and Organizational Learning, the training arm for the College, in which faculty and administrators learn how to navigate the College's online system.
She compiled a list of YouTube videos she recommends to watch with the cardboard headset and shared it in the workshop. Any YouTube video can be watched with a cardboard headset on a smartphone with the latest version of YouTube installed by clicking on the More Options icon in the upper right corner of the video and selecting "View in Cardboard." Robinson encourages the use of cardboard virtual reality headsets in the classroom because of its low cost and potential in any discipline.
"Given the fact that our students are infused with technology, I believe it is a great way to teach them about new advances in education and to learn to appreciate literature that much more," said Marisol Varela, an English professor at Kendall Campus. "Dr. Robinson has taught me several things about technology. Every time I have an issue or question, I always go to her first."
An avid reader, Robinson conducts her personal tech research via a technology thread on Google News. She prefers Google products and services because they are either free or low priced, and she says the company's intent is to make education democratic so that anyone anywhere can have access to knowledge.
The original Google Cardboard headset costs $15. However, since Google released the cardboard headset model, other brands are selling it at much lower prices. Robinson purchased her class' headsets on eBay and assembled them herself. Although it took her quite some time to assemble all of them, she says it's not that difficult, especially with the countless YouTube tutorials explaining the process.
"People are surprised because I'm not a young male, and for people of my age and female it's unusual to be that enthralled with tech," Robinson said. "I think if I were to re-do my education, I might do a STEM of some kind, certainly in this job market."
Robinson is the tech-savvy one at home now that her son is in Seattle working as a software engineer for Yelp. She helps her husband, a law professor at UM, cast from a smartphone to the TV using Google Chromecast.
In her spare time, Robinson enjoys jewelry making and visual arts. She makes jewelry using watercolor paper, construction paper and wires. Her picturesque office is decorated with multiple art pieces, including wall hangings and a painting of a woman created by herself. She was initially an interior design major, but she says she has never regretted the switch to education.
As far as plans for the future, Robinson wants to continue implementing virtual reality in her classes and kindling students' interest for technology.
"As people understand that they can see a very decent selection of VR everything with a little cardboard headset, I think there will be more and more of that," Robinson said. "Use technology tools to the extent that they can make your life not only more comfortable and efficient but also so you can have fun."
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We manage all financial matters for a project, including: establishing and maintaining bank accounts; providing cash management and investment functions; budgeting and forecasting; performing all accounting and financial statement preparation; managing accounts payables and receivables; ensuring compliance with financing covenants and other obligations pursuant to financing arrangements; and providing required financial statements and reports. We can also manage all administrative and back-office matters, including: maintaining the project's books and records; ensuring compliance with and providing required reports and notices under financing and other agreements.
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We can also manage a facility's decommissioning process, including overseeing: salvage and repurposing of useful equipment; demolition, remediation and restoration activities; management of legal and regulatory issues; evaluation of redevelopment options; and resolving litigation threats and construction disputes.
PurEnergy can provide acquisition support services to potential equity participants seeking to acquire project assets. We offer business development, internal due diligence and commercial support for acquisitions. We have experience transitioning and on-boarding both stand-alone projects as well as project portfolios.


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