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New mom, deployed dad welcome first baby of the new year in Henderson County
Rebecca Walter Times-News Staff Writer @BRNRebecca
The Casteel family welcomed Henderson County's first baby of 2020 on New Year's Day with baby Noah.
Noah Tyler Casteel was born at 1:08 p.m. Jan. 1, weighing 7 pounds and 3 ounces. He is the son of Amanda and Jordan Casteel of Hendersonville.
Noah's father is an Army specialist serving overseas. Jordan was able to see his son for the first time through video chat.
The new mother is doing well, and she and Noah are expected to be able to go home Friday afternoon.
"I love this boy a lot. I didn't think I could love something so much until I met my little boy," Amanda said, adding it feels good to have Noah be the first local baby born in 2020.
Noah's arrival came a handful of days early, as his original due date was Jan. 6.
On Thursday afternoon, Amanda said Noah slept well through the night and only woke up twice to feed and have his diaper changed.
"He slept really good last night," Casteel said. "He's been sleeping a lot."
It was difficult going through the delivery without her husband, she said. Luckily, his sister, Rebecca, was able to serve as the delivery coach.
"It was really, really hard not having him here with me, but his sister stepped in and helped me a lot. I'm glad she did," Casteel said.
Noah's Aunt Rebecca got her new nephew his first gift at the AdventHealth gift shop, a bear in an Army uniform that plays "The Army Song."
Noah will be able to meet his father face to face at the end of January or the beginning of February.
After Jordan returns home, the family will go to Fort Hood in Texas, where he is currently stationed.
On average, The Baby Place in AdventHealth Hendersonville welcomes about 700 babies every year, according to a news release from the local hospital.


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Q: Encrypting sms by a java app IS it possible to encrypt and then send the  sms to a gateway like txtweb.com .I want to develop a JAVA banking application which uses the inbuilt sms sending feature of a phone.
Since bank app has money transfers i want to encrypt the sms.Is it possible to to recieve  sms replies by the gateway in the MIDlet itself.

A: Yes, its possible and assuming that you are using J2ME, you should be able to use the in-built Messaging classes to send/receive the text messages.
As for encrypting, process the text as you would a normal String. For example, if you decide to use ROT13 encryption, you could take the text char by char and increment each by 13. Then after the encryption is done, just set the message load to the text you just processed, and then use the in-built functions of the Messaging classes of J2ME.
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Tadasana is the primary posture for all standing yoga stances and full reversals, for example, Handstand and Headstand. It is the posture from which each other standing posture in your training is conceived! The arrangement, muscle developments, and attitude you learn in Tadasana are connected each time you complete a standing yoga present. Along these lines, it's essential to figure out how to do it effectively. When you comprehend the best possible type of Mountain Pose, it will be simpler to pick up and keep up the arrangement for all other standing stances and reversals.
The name Bhujangasana originates from the Sanskrit word 'bhujanga' which means 'snake' or 'serpent' and 'asana' signifying 'act'. Consequently, usually alluded to as the Cobra Pose, as it mirrors the stance of a cobra that has its hood raised.
The Triangle Pose develops adaptability of the spine, adjusts the shoulders reasonably and tones the pelvic organs (and furthermore controls them). This position can treat neck sprains, decrease strength, expecting any, in the neck muscles, shoulders or knees. It also offers quality to the lower legs and is exceptional at trim the tendons of legs and arms.
Vrikshasana has taken from Sanskrit word Vriksha. It includes two words Vriksh implies tree and asana demonstrating towards a Yogic stance.Practising tree pose builds up the body and brain by bringing a lot of medical advantages yet is certainly not a substitute for a prescription. Tree pose is one of the basic hatha yoga poses.
The last posture of hatha yoga is cadaver present as it profound rebuilding: Corpse Pose additionally called as Final Relaxation Pose. Its Sanskrit name, "Savasana" starts from two words. The first is "Sava" means "body", and the second is "asana" connotes "present". Savasana derives a significance of release that goes past essential loosening up. This resting present takes your yoga practice to a place where you can thoroughly surrender.
These are the hatha yoga basic poses. These are the easiest, simple and effective yoga positions that anyone can try.


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Crypto Hero? Retiring CFTC Chief Bites Back at Anti-Bitcoin Bullies
Outgoing CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo revealed that the regulatory agency faced major pushback for its pro-bitcoin stance. | Source: SIFMA/YouTube
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The CFTC chief delivered more than an earful about the way some outsiders really feel about bitcoin. J. Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is nearing retirement when his term ends later this month. Known as Crypto Dad to the SEC's Crypto Mom Hester Peirce, Giancarlo might deserve the title as Crypto Hero, instead, considering the heat he has had to endure for refusing to stifle blockchain innovation.
Crypto Dad Defends CFTC's Blockchain Stance Against Bitcoin Skeptics
CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has more than earned his affectionate "Crypto Dad" nickname. | Source: YouTube
In a speech at the Eurofi Financial Forum in Bucharest, Romania, Giancarlo was generous with his opinions, citing Romanian poet Ion Luca Cariagiale who once said:
"Opinions are free, but not mandatory."
Giancarlo might think he used the platform to "put forth a few free opinions," but he also dropped a bomb with details of his experience as a regulator in the crypto space. While he didn't squeal on anyone, the CFTC chief said enough. Crypto Dad made it clear that while the CFTC's approach has been to nurture "the development of new derivatives products on crypto-assets like bitcoin," not everyone he comes across feels the same.
"We have resisted calls to use our legal powers to suppress the development of crypto-assets and the underlying technologies that support them. Instead, we have favored close monitoring of market developments while not hindering the introduction of new products like bitcoin futures, which have proven invaluable in letting market forces determine the appropriate value of the bitcoin."
This resistance Crypto Dad refers to has been a hurdle not only to innovation but also to the adoption of blockchain technology by businesses across jurisdictions.
CFTC's Crypto Openness Bittersweet for Bitcoin Speculators
Giancarlo referenced an economic letter by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In the letter, economists argued that the advent of bitcoin futures had created more of a balance in speculative demand among optimists and pessimists, the latter of whom were handed a way to bet on the decline in the bitcoin price.
Regardless how bitcoin bulls feel about BTC futures, if it weren't for Giancarlo's open mind, this institutional product would never have seen the light of day. While the commodities regulator wasn't responsible for approving the product, they did give the green light to the Chicago derivatives exchanges to launch their respective contracts. That has paved the way for exchanges such as Bakkt, which is poised to "pay out" its bitcoin futures contracts in crypto and is viewed as a catalyst for the crypto market in 2019.
Now that Giancarlo is nearing the end of his term, the crypto community will not be without an advocate in regulatory circles. U.S. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has embraced her role as Crypto Mom and seems prepared to carry the torch for both of them.
CryptoDad gave a great speech: "While markets are not always perfect, they have proven time and again to be the most effective means humans have to drive economic productivity and prosperity." https://t.co/mltC6tliWi https://t.co/TxGE7yjMn9
— Hester Peirce (@HesterPeirce) March 7, 2019
Nonetheless, Giancarlo's light-touch regulatory approach to regulation will be missed. He crafted the Project KISS initiative with the overarching goal to simplify CFTC rules and regulations. What the crypto community will miss most, however, is most likely his candor, including a second Ion Luca Cariagiale quote, which should resonate with blockchain folks:
"Do you want to get to know things? Look at them closely. Do you want to like them? Look at them from afar."
Gerelyn Terzo
Gerelyn is a fintech and cryptocurrency journalist who started her career writing about traditional finance/Wall Street. She has been reporting on financial services for the past 15-plus years. In full disclosure, she holds bitcoin (BTC).

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ROBERTA CHEVRETTE
Courses & Lectures
Competitively Selected Conference Papers:
Chevrette, R., & Duerringer, C. (2018). Bros before Donald Trump: Masculinity, civility, and nation in the #BROTUS memes. Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Santa Clara, CA. [Received a Top Four Paper Award from the Media Studies Interest Group].
Chevrette, R. (2017). Manifesting settler colonial memories in the Christians United for Israel. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Dallas, TX.
Chevrette, R. (2015). Holographic rhetoric: De/colonizing public memory at Pueblo Grande. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV [Received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Critical and Cultural Studies Division].
Chevrette, R. (2015). Assembling difference: Temporal rhetorics, public memory, and trans/national (non)belongings. Paper presented at the Communication, Postcoloniality, and Social Justice: Decolonizing Imaginations Symposium, Villanova, PA.
Chevrette, R., & Hess, A. (2015). Unearthing the Native past: Citizen archaeology and modern (non)belonging at the Pueblo Grande Museum. Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association Convention, Spokane, WA.
Chevrette, R. (2014). Assembling difference: Gendered rhetorics, affective borders, and materializing trans/national publics. Paper presented at the Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Chevrette, R. (2013). Beyond global sisterhood: Challenging the "common good" through transnational feminist public modalities. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC.
Braverman, L., & Chevrette, R. (2013). "She did get over it": Rhetorical abuses of pain and healing in narratives of war rape. Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association Annual Convention, Louisville, KY.
Chevrette, R. (2013). "Shop local, shop authentic": Consuming the authentic ethnic in Native American museums. Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Reno, NV. [Named as the Top Paper in the Intercultural Communication Division].
Chevrette, R. (2012). Brothers, fathers, terrorists: Masculine assemblages in Glenn Beck's rhetoric of U.S./Israel unity post 9/11. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Chevrette, R. (2012). A ghost story: Memories of my father. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Chevrette, R. (2012). The punitive theater of the western gaze: Staging orientalism in Eat Pray Love. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Chevrette, R. (2011). Beyond the sexy streets: A queer feminist critique of heteronormativity in interpersonal and family communication. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Chevrette, R. (2010). Has the discourse of the other in the war on terror "changed"? Terror and alterity in the rhetoric of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Paper presented at the Intellectual Intersections Annual Conference, Flagstaff, AZ.
Chevrette, R. (2009). National borders, bounded identities and belonging: The construction of difference across political divides. Paper presented at the Sacramento Anthropological Society Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA.
Competitively Selected Conference Panel Presentations:
Chevrette, R. (2018). From the Silent Sentinels to FEMEN's 2014 Fascist Epidemic protest and arrests. Performance to be given at the Communication and Play Spotlight Series at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.
Chevrette, R. (2018). Selfies, sex appeal, and #solidarity: Social media and (post-)feminist assemblages. Presentation to be given at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.
Chevrette, R. (2018). "Get lost and find yourself": Dis/locating neocolonial desires on the Boho Beautiful vlog. Presentation at the Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Chevrette, R. (2018). Pissing on the patriarchy. The fluid rhetorics of FEMEN's use of bodily excretion as a protest tactic. Presentation at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Santa Clara, CA.
Chevrette, R. (2016). Assembling colonial futures through rhetorics of the past. Presentation at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Chevrette, R. (2016). Israel's "Operation Protective Edge," intelligible violences, and inter/national belongings. Presentation at the Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Pullen, S., Ayotte, L., Chevrette, R., Ferderer B. B., Holmes, D., Idris, A., Prentiss, A. R., & Russo, S. (2016). To the in/famous members of the secret club: Letters on/when pregnancy ends. Performance at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.
Chevrette, R. (2015). Maintaining colonial futures through rhetorics of the past: Performing citizenship at the Pueblo Grande Museum. Presentation at the Western History Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR.
Chevrette, R. (2015). Staging the struggle for justice: FEMEN's preparation of the body for the public screen. Presentation at the Conflict Transformation Summit, Tempe, AZ.
Chevrette, R., & Hess, A. (2015). Trained incivility: Femen's body politics and preparing for the public screen. Presentation at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Spokane, WA.
Chevrette, R. (2014). (Wild) western assemblages and their borders: Whiteness, brotherhood, and the Israeli frontier. Presentation to be given at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Chevrette, R. (2014). Femen's "topless jihad": Affective geographies, feminist hegemonies, and (the) inter/national body politic(s). Presentation to be given at the National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Chevrette, R. (2014). Material memoryscapes of "difference": Gendered assemblages at the Pueblo Grande Museum. Presentation at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Anaheim, CA.
Pullen, S., Chevrette, R., Luther, J., Stahl-Ricco, G., & Murphy-Keith, R. (2014). (Re)Embodying abortion: Interrupting dominant discourses of reproduction through autoethnographic performance. Performance at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Anaheim, CA.
Chevrette, R. (2013). The looking glass other: (Post)colonial reflections of "modern" citizenship at the Pueblo Grande Museum. Presentation at the Critical Ethnic Studies Association Biennial Conference. Chicago, IL.
Chevrette, R. (2013). A ghost story: Memories of my father. Performance at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Reno, NV.
Chevrette, R. (2012). War metaphor. Performance at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Chevrette, R. (2012). Can the subaltern speak before the tenth week of the semester? Exploring postcolonial pedagogies of "not-knowing." Presentation at the National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference, Oakland, CA.
Chevrette, R. (2012). Dangerous gender bending or innocent family fun? Disciplining the social body in "Toemageddon." Presentation at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Albuquerque, NM.
Chevrette, R. (2012). When family secrets implode: Narrative landmines, parallel truths and (re)crafting memory. Presentation at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Albuquerque, NM.
Chevrette, R. (2012). Performing in the mirror: Reflections of gender in unexpected places. Presentation at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Albuquerque, NM.
Chevrette, R. (2011). Eat Pray Love and the nature of representation: Portraying the other in the journey of self. Presentation at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Monterey, CA.
Competitively Selected Roundtable and Pre-Conference Presentations:
Chevrette, R. (2019). Presenter. Cis-heteronormativity without evidence: Phobias and irrational fears concealed. Roundtable discussion with S. Eguchi, S. Abdi, B. Calafell, A. Cuomo, B. R. LeMaster, P. Prasad, & A. Spieldenner at the Western States Communication Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA.
Chevrette, R. (2014). Presenter. Transnational feminisms: A Frontiers special issue roundtable. Roundtable discussion with L. Briggs, A. H. Koblitz, C. Keating & W. Njambi at the National Women's Studies Association Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Chevrette, R. (2013). Presenter. Connecting rhetoric and qualitative methods: Ethnography, enactment, and embodiment. Roundtable discussion with A. Hess, Z. Justus, S. Senda-Cook, & M.-L. Paulesc at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Washington DC.
Chevrette, R., & Paulesc, M. L. (2013). Presenters. Connecting textual criticism and field work. Presenter and participant in the day long pre-conference facilitated by S. McKinnon, R. G. Howard, K. R. Chávez, & R. Asen at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC.
Competitively Selected Seminar and Summer Institute Presentations:
Chevrette, R. (2015). Presenter. Transnational rhetorical research. Workshop facilitated by S. McKinnon and R. Dingo at the Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, Madison, WI.
Chevrette, R. (2015). Presenter. "Subalternity" and "transnational literacy": The significance of Gayatri Spivak's scholarship for rhetoric and communication studies. Workshop facilitated by R. Shome at the Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, Madison, WI.
Chevrette, R. (2013). Presenter. Rhetoric & materiality. Seminar facilitated by N. Stormer, G. Dickinson, & B. L. Ott at National Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar, Winter Harbor, ME.
Chevrette, R. (2013). Presenter. History memory archive museum. Seminar facilitated by M. Bernard-Donals at the Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, Lawrence, KS.
Professional Panel Participation:
Panel Respondent for "Nevertheless, She Persisted: Female Identities and Experiences in Media," paper panel sponsored by the Media Studies Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, Seattle, WA (February 2019).
Panel Respondent for "Collective Memory, Epistemology, and Authenticity," paper panel sponsored by the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT (November 2018).
Panel Respondent for "Speaking Her Mind: Critiquing 'Power Feminism' and Contemplating Feminine Power," paper panel sponsored by the Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, Santa Clara, CA (February 2018).
Panel Respondent for "Affect, Identity, and Space: GLBTQ Communication Processes," paper panel sponsored by the GLBTQ Division of the National Communication Association, Dallas, TX (November 2017).
Panel Respondent for "The Body and the State," paper panel sponsored by the Feminist & Women's Studies Division of the National Communication Association, Dallas, TX (November 2017).
Panel Respondent for "Representation and Resistance: Critiquing Mediated Identity," paper panel sponsored by the Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT (February 2017).
Panel Respondent and Chair for "Rhetorics of Race in the Media," paper panel sponsored by the Media Studies Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT (February 2017).
Discussant. Transnational Feminisms Summer Institute. A collaborative five-day summer institute at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (June 2014)
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Igor Shesterkin appeared in four playoff games during the past week as SKA faced CSKA in the Western Conference Finals of the Gagarin Cup Playoffs. Shesterkin earned a win in three of the four games during the week, allowing two goals or fewer in each contest, and he made 27 saves to earn a win in Game 6 of the series on Apr. 7 and force a Game 7. The Rangers' fourth round pick (118th overall) in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft has posted a 1.94 GAA in nine playoff appearances with SKA this year. Shesterkin appeared in 28 games during the regular season in 2018-19 and posted a 24-3-1 record, along with a 1.11 GAA, a .953 SV%, and 10 SO. He led the KHL in both GAA and SV%, and he was tied for first in the KHL in shutouts this season. In addition, Shesterkin's 1.11 GAA during the regular season in 2018-19 is the second-best GAA a goaltender has posted in one season in KHL history, and his .953 SV% in 2018-19 is tied for the second-best a goaltender has posted in one season in league history. He also became the fourth different goaltender to earn at least 10 shutouts in one season in KHL history.
Nils Lundkvist recorded a goal, which was his first career SHL playoff goal/point, registered three shots on goal, and posted a plus-one rating in Game 1 of Lulea's series in the SHL Semifinals against Frolunda on Apr. 7. The Rangers' first round pick (28th overall) in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft is the only SHL defenseman younger than 19 years old who has registered a goal/point thus far in the playoffs this year. In addition, Lundkvist is one of only two defensemen younger than 19 years old who have recorded a goal in the SHL Playoffs over the last four years (dating back to the 2016 Playoffs), along with Rasmus Dahlin. Lundkvist registered 10 points (three goals, seven assists) and posted a plus-seven rating in 41 SHL regular season games with Lulea in 2018-19. Over the last 30 seasons in the SHL (since 1989-90), Lundkvist is one of 14 defensemen younger than 19 years old who have recorded at least 10 points in a regular season, and his 10 points during the regular season in 2018-19 were tied for the 10th-most by an SHL defenseman younger than 19 years old over the span.
Riley Hughes registered a point in both of Victoria's playoff games during the week (one goal, one assist). Victoria was eliminated in the third round of the BCH Playoffs. The Rangers' seventh round pick (216th overall) in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft registered 21 points (four goals, 17 assists) in 15 games in the playoffs this year. Hughes leads the BCHL in assists and ranks third in the BCHL in points in the playoffs this year; he also leads BCHL rookies in points. He registered 58 points (24 goals, 34 assists) in 53 regular season BCHL games in 2018-19; he ranked fourth among BCHL rookies in goals and assists, and tied for fourth among BCHL rookies in points during the regular season. Hughes is committed to play at Northeastern University for the 2019-20 season.
Olof Lindbom stopped 24 of 26 shots (.923 SV%) and recorded a win on Apr. 7 to help Djurgardens' junior team earn a bronze medal in the playoffs in SuperElit.
Jacob Ragnarsson registered two assists and posted a plus-seven rating over two games during the past week with Almtuna IS as part of the Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan round-robin tournament. The Rangers' third round pick (70th overall) in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft registered is tied for fifth among all players in Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan in plus/minus rating. Ragnarsson registered six assists in 37 games with Almtuna this season. In December, he was named to the preliminary roster for Sweden's team at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Dominik Lakatos skated in three playoff games with Liberec in Czech Extraliga during the past week, and he tallied an assist on the game-winning goal in Game 3 of Liberec's series against HC Kometa Brno on Apr. 7. The Rangers' sixth round pick (157th overall) in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft registered 18 points (four goals, 14 assists) in 50 games in Czech Extraliga during the regular season in 2018-19, and he ranked fourth among players younger than 22 years old in the league in points during the regular season.
Nico Gross tallied an assist and posted a plus-one rating in Oshawa's playoff game against Niagara on Apr. 7.
Yegor Rykov continues to lead all KHL defensemen 22 years old or younger in assists (three) and points (three) in the 2019 Gagarin Cup Playoffs despite not playing in a game since Mar. 7. Rykov registered three assists/points in six playoff games with HC Sochi this year and averaged 21:36 of ice time per game in the playoffs. He also recorded nine points (three goals, six assists) during the regular season with HC Sochi; Rykov tied for second among KHL defensemen younger than 22 years old in points during the regular season in 2018-19.
Emerging From the Pack
Ryan Gropp registered three points (one goal, two assists) and posted a plus-two rating in Hartford's 6-2 win on Apr. 7 vs. Binghamton. He has recorded a point in seven of the last 11 games (three goals, seven assists) and in nine of the last 14 games (six goals, seven assists), and he has also registered 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) over the last 26 games.
Jake Elmer made his AHL/professional hockey debut on Apr. 6 vs. Utica and he tallied his first career AHL assist/point while skating in his second career AHL game on Apr. 7 vs. Binghamton. Elmer, who was signed by the Rangers as a free agent on Mar. 15, joined the Wolf Pack after completing his junior season with the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Elmer recorded 81 points (39 goals, 42 assists) in 68 regular season games with Lethbridge this season, and he notched six points (one goal, five assists) in seven WHL playoff contests with the Hurricanes.
Patrick Newell skated in three games with the Wolf Pack during the past week and he made his AHL/professional hockey debut on Apr. 3 at Springfield. Newell, who was signed by the Rangers as a free agent on Mar. 30, is a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the top collegiate player in 2018-19. He registered 47 points (21 goals, 26 assists) and posted a plus-35 rating in 39 games with St. Cloud State University this season, and he was a unanimous selection as the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Forward of the Year.
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Erick Meyenberg presents his performance piece "I Am the Future" at DIA on Wednesday, July 15. Part of the Biennial of the Americas.
DENVER, CO - JULY 11: Artist Sterling Crispin continues installation Saturday of his sculptures tilted COGNO, BIO, INFO, NANO, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. Biennial of the Americas comes to Denver celebrating opening week beginning July 14, 2015.
DENVER, CO - JULY 11: Artists Christopher Coleman, right, and Laleh Mehran continue work on their 3-D art installation at the Museum of Contemporary in Denver. Biennial of the Americas comes to Denver celebrating opening week beginning July 14, 2015.
DENVER, CO - JULY 11: Crews continue the installation for artist Andre Komatsu, right, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. Biennial of the Americas comes to Denver celebrating opening week beginning July 14, 2015.
Big art never comes easy, and that has meant more than a few bureaucratic hurdles for the creative minds bringing projects to this week's Biennial of the Americas.
Imagine the level of permitting artist Marcela Armas needed, first to drill 100 feet down in a Denver park to remove a piece of the Earth's core then to take her precious sample across the Mexican border for some creative analysis.
Or the negotiations between Denver International Airport and artist Erick Meyenberg, whose performance piece has youths from a local ROTC drill team marching through the main terminal — with their mock rifles.
At one point, curator Louise Martorano was copying 79 public officials on her e-mails securing the OK for her artists, among them Agustina Woodgate, who will paint the world's longest hopscotch board on the streets of seven city neighborhoods.
In the end, there were compromises, although mostly on materials and locations. Artistic visions remain solid and fitting for the biennial's goal of bringing the best art and ideas of the Western Hemisphere to Denver for a week, through exhibits, high-profile panels discussions and community parties.
This year's art program, directed by curator Lauren Wright, has several highlights, including two international group shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art and a lineup of exhibits and performances at the Biennial Pavilion at 1550 Wewatta St.
Here's a look at three projects that get at the overall aim, to use art to help people in the Americas understand each other.
All of them are big, and none of them were easy.
Few things span world cultures as completely as the game of hopscotch. Artist Agustina Woodgate has drawn those familiar, numbered squares on the streets of Buenos Aires, Krakow, Miami and other cities. And each time locals start that merry skip-hop, no explanation needed.
That commonality drives "Hopscotch" the ongoing installation that has her making paths of the game's one-two pattern in cities across the world. The trails travel along streets and sidewalks of one neighborhood, dip into sewer drains, and re-emerge in the next neighborhood down.
She started with square No. 1 in 2008 and keeps the numbers continuous. She brings it to Denver this week beginning with No. 3,083 and plans to end about 1,500 squares later. The public is invited to watch, help and, of course, hop.
"The idea is to be as sensitive as possible to the already-existing landscape but also have fun with it," Woodgate said.
Woodgate, who grew up playing hopscotch in Argentina, has researched the game, tracing it back to ancient Rome, where soldiers would use large block patterns during training exercises.
The way the game has transitioned from its military origins to an entertainment gets to the heart of her work. The path of her painting runs from wealthy neighborhoods to poor ones, past posh homes and the homeless.
In every city, she said, streets act as invisible barriers between the haves and the have-nots. Her hopscotch exaggerates those lines so people contemplate them. It also reminds people what they have in common.
She uses ordinary house paint and applies it with a brush. Spray painting would be faster, but it has mixed connotations in cities where graffiti is a divisive element of urban life.
"When you use spray paint, it might be vandalism, But when you use a paintbrush, you might be an artist," she said.
That adds to the labor but also makes her a bit of a curiosity.
Woodgate worked with curators Cortney Lane Stell and Ruth Bruno identifying her route. The project is part of a biennial-affiliated exhibit at Denver's RedLine gallery, called "Play Grounds," which continues through Aug. 16.
The hopscotch installation will start in Globeville on Tuesday, July 14, and continue on subsequent days through RiNo, downtown and Sun Valley, ending July 22 in Confluence Park. There's a schedule online at redline.org, and Woodgate hopes will people will show up to watch and assist.
Artists have an easier time working in Mexico City. Partly because people respect their occupation and stay out of the way. But also, because it's a place where people often act first and ask for permission later.
For Mexican artist Erick Meyenberg, that's meant a series of unexpected starts and stops putting together "I Am the Future," a piece that involves youths in the ROTC program at Denver's P.U.S.H. Academy in Montbello.
"I never pictured how difficult and challenging it was going to be to work with a group of, first , teenagers, and then teenagers that work under the protection of the Army, and in a borderline neighborhood," he said this week.
Meyenberg is a video artist primarily, although his work includes creating movement routines that also serve as live performances. The pieces are exciting to watch — choreography, sound, rhythm, a bit of determined acting on the part of the kids — though layered with meaning about class and social interaction.
"I Am the Future" is set at DIA. So, in addition to talking school principals and military officials into cooperating with an artist who is both unfamiliar and foreign, he's had to work through the airport's concerns over travelers and security. The students will be marching with something that resembles the shape and scale of actual rifles, although not with the more realistic gun models they're used to.
The piece takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Great Hall at Jeppeson Terminal, right next to escalators where people wait to greet arriving passengers. It's the culmination of weeks of work around the airport, where Meyenberg has filmed the students adapting the complicated drill routines they learned in school into something a bit more artful.
There's a point to it all. Meyenberg's work aims to draw attention to young people who live in the neighborhoods around DIA, in parts of the city where economic conditions can be harsh and opportunity limited.
"They live under marginalized conditions. So many people don't know that these neighborhoods in Montbello and Green Valley Ranch even exist," he said.
Parading around a public building like DIA gives the students a strong presence in a place where they can seem invisible. Many of the youths in the area frequent the airport, but as low-wage workers in the service industry, not as passengers jetting off somewhere.
"Many things have been said about Montbello, so they saw the project as a chance to show their communities and the city and people who will see them from abroad, that their neighborhood is not like a trash can," Meyenberg said.
The process has been collaborative. Meyenberg has basically tried to explain his intentions, and the basic layout of the work, and left it to the students to design their own steps. His goal is to bring out their individualism within a system that calls for strict regimentation.
Interestingly, they chose to do the actual performance out of their military uniforms and in civilian clothes. There's a simultaneous respect for the military-style routines that bring order to their daily lives and a breaking away from the idea that their best route to a better future is marched in precision.
"I'm conscious that art can't change the actual situation of the world, but it gives us a chance to think about other things," Meyenberg said.
People have a lot of ideas about the differences between Mexico and the United States, some positive, some not. But what if you could quantify those differences in academic terms, using science and social research to determine where the cultures overlap and diverge?
That's the question behind artist Marcela Armas' "Implant," which will have geologists and sociologists examining two bits of the Earth's core, one drawn from Commons Park here and the other in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. Viewers can follow along as experts explain how the samples tell about the evolution of the planet and the people who live on it.
The piece has a six-week life-span starting this week in Denver as the sample goes on display in the park, accompanied by video, text and talks by various researchers.
On Aug. 1, the action — along with the sample — travels to Mexico, where again a drill will reach 100 feet down, pulling out a cylindrical chunk about 2.5 inches in diameter. Denver audiences will be able to follow along via video at Commons Park, as well as through social media and the Web.
The final part of the project, and its more artful side, involves implanting the two samples back into the ground. The Denver sample goes into the hole in Chapultepec Park, the Mexican sample is buried here.
The project is co-curated by the biennial's Wright and Yameli Mera, of the National University of Mexico, and comes with its share of unpredictably. Both sites have their distinct histories. Commons Park is at the heart of the original European settlement here, a center of the gold rush and all that followed. Like a lot of Mexico City, Chapultepec Park is just the latest layer of civilization in an area occupied for thousands of years.
Armas and Wright hope the project will unfold as a story with chapters, on the technical elements of the extractions, what the transport of the cores tells us about physical and cultural distance, how scientists differ in their conclusions.
They want people to return to the parks again and again. "We'll have benches; we'll have shade. People can hang out talk about what's there," Wright said.


Joon Hwang was born in Korea, grew up in Canada, and began his children & youth ministry as a college student of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL. After graduating from college, he continued to study (M.Div from the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School & M.A. from the North Park Theological Seminary) and led several youth ministries in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago. He came to New Life Church as a youth pastor in 2004, became an English Ministry pastor in 2010, and is now the lead pastor of New Life Covenant Church since May of 2011. He is ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church. Joon loves to meet people, network with pastors and churches, and eat all kinds of food. He also has a burning passion to see revival and the transformation in the Chicago region. Joon is married to Julie and they have 2 sons and 2 daughters.
Julie was born in Korea, raised in the USA and Korea as an ambassador's kid. She is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, majoring in Missions and also studied Christian Education. Her calling is to serve Jesus in anyway or form He calls her to and her mission is to live out for Jesus to the extreme. She sees everything in her life as a training session and an opportunity to be intimate with the Lord. Her favorite thing to do personally is writing a journal with a cup of coffee and yummy bread of some sort.
Leo (Taechol) Kim was born and raised in South Korea and became a Christian in the Philippines where he spent his early 20s. He came to the U.S. as an undergraduate student in 1997 and earned a B.S. in Business Administration at Murray State University. He continued his studies at the University of Kansas and graduated with a M.A. in economics. Additionally, he was trained in the Discipleship Training School (DTS) program at Youth With A Mission (YWAM), and continued to serve as part of the staff in Chicago. He has also served as a worship leader in many local churches. Before joining New Life Covenant Church, he earned a Doctorate Degree in Practical Ministry from the Wagner Leadership Institute in Chicago and subsequently served as a director at the Wagner Leadership Institute. Leo is currently pursuing his Master of Divinity from North Park Theological Seminary. He is licensed within the Evangelical Covenant Church. Leo loves all kinds of music and people from all nations. He has passion for building the Kingdom of God here on earth. Leo is married to Esther and they have three daughters: Olivia, Nora and Evania.
John Kim was born and raised in the Chicagoland area and began attending New Life Covenant Church in 2015. It was here that he found his call for ministry so he recently resigned from his sales career to begin his studies at North Park Theological Seminary in order to begin a new journey in pastoral ministry. John assists with Children's Ministry, Prayer Ministry, and the Chicago Small Group. He has a heart for the lost, the marginalized and the youth. John enjoys watching basketball and football, playing the guitar, and listening to blues, jazz and rock music. John is married to Esther and they have two daughters, Sofia and Lucille and son, Elisha. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19.
Dennis Gilmer was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his call to study at Mount Zion International School of Ministry in Grantville, PA (now called Summit International School of Ministry) by much prayer in Alabama where he spent a few years of his life. Dennis started school in the fall of 2006 and graduated with a diploma in the spring of 2009. He then began to further his studies at Lancaster Bible College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and earned a B.S. in Bible Christian Life and Ministry. Dennis moved his family to Chicago in August 2013 and found New Life Covenant Church in January 2016 and it has now become their home church. He is now enrolled in the MDIV program at North Park Seminary and has a great desire to help others know Christ as well as help others grow in their relationship with Christ. He is married to Zaya and they have 1 daughter, Liana.
Grace Lee (left) land Michelle Hur (right) both have a heart for the next generation as they have been involved in many different youth and children's ministries and programs. Michelle is currently an elementary school teacher while Grace is pursuing social work as a student. They hope to see the children at New Life Covenant Church find their identity in Jesus and become intimate, passionate, and radical followers of Christ.


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Q: Bootstrap tooltips not working on iOS or Android I have Bootstrap (popper.js) tooltips working great on desktop Chrome, Firefox and Edge, but for the life of me I can't get them working on iOS (iPhone and iPad) or Android (a Nokia Blue), as well as various BrowserStack devices. Here's my code
HTML

    <button class="btn-submit btn btn-primary d-inline-block mt-3 align-middle" type="submit" id="calc1" style="width:92px;">Calculate</button>

    <input id="res1" type="text" class="results form-control d-inline-block mt-3 align-middle" readonly>

        <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-clipboard" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
            <path d="M4 1.5H3a2 2 0 0 0-2 2V14a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h10a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V3.5a2 2 0 0 0-2-2h-1v1h1a1 1 0 0 1 1 1V14a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H3a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V3.5a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h1v-1z"/>
             <path d="M9.5 1a.5.5 0 0 1 .5.5v1a.5.5 0 0 1-.5.5h-3a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5v-1a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h3zm-3-1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 5 1.5v1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 6.5 4h3A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 11 2.5v-1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 9.5 0h-3z"/>
        </svg>

JS (main.js)
$(document).ready(function(){

    function clipboard_handler(e) {
        var t = "#" + e.trigger.id,
            f = $(t).closest("form"),
            i = f.find(".clippy"),
            b = f.find("[readonly]");
        b.blur();

        if (e.text == "") {
            i.empty().append('<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-x" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path d="M4.646 4.646a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0L8 7.293l2.646-2.647a.5.5 0 0 1 .708.708L8.707 8l2.647 2.646a.5.5 0 0 1-.708.708L8 8.707l-2.646 2.647a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L7.293 8 4.646 5.354a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708z"/></svg>');
            setTimeout(() => {
                i.empty().append('<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-clipboard" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path d="M4 1.5H3a2 2 0 0 0-2 2V14a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h10a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V3.5a2 2 0 0 0-2-2h-1v1h1a1 1 0 0 1 1 1V14a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H3a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V3.5a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h1v-1z"/><path d="M9.5 1a.5.5 0 0 1 .5.5v1a.5.5 0 0 1-.5.5h-3a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5v-1a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h3zm-3-1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 5 1.5v1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 6.5 4h3A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 11 2.5v-1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 9.5 0h-3z"/></svg>');
            }, 600);
        } else {
            i.empty().append('<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-check" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path d="M10.97 4.97a.75.75 0 0 1 1.07 1.05l-3.99 4.99a.75.75 0 0 1-1.08.02L4.324 8.384a.75.75 0 1 1 1.06-1.06l2.094 2.093 3.473-4.425a.267.267 0 0 1 .02-.022z"/></svg>');
            i.tooltip({title: "Copied!", delay: { "show": "1", "hide": "600" }});
            setTimeout(() => {
                i.empty().append('<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-clipboard" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path d="M4 1.5H3a2 2 0 0 0-2 2V14a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h10a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V3.5a2 2 0 0 0-2-2h-1v1h1a1 1 0 0 1 1 1V14a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H3a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V3.5a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h1v-1z"/><path d="M9.5 1a.5.5 0 0 1 .5.5v1a.5.5 0 0 1-.5.5h-3a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5v-1a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h3zm-3-1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 5 1.5v1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 6.5 4h3A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 11 2.5v-1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 9.5 0h-3z"/></svg>');
                i.tooltip("dispose");
            }, 600);
        }
    }

    $(".clippy").on('click touchstart tap',function(){
        clipboard.on('success', function(e) {
            clipboard_handler(e);
            e.clearSelection();
        });
        clipboard.on('error', function(e) {
            clipboard_handler(e);
        });
    });
});

Bootstrap 5.1, clipboardjs and my own JS

EDIT:
I've also checked the console log on the BrowserStack sessions, and there is no errors reported.
EDIT:
I've also changed my js code to the below, and it doesn't make any change in the mobile devices listed above, and still works on desktop.

i.tooltip({title: "Copied!"});
setTimeout(() => {
    i.tooltip("dispose");
}, 600);

A: I'm agreeing with the comment from Cooleronie. I was rushing through implementing a small feature and failed to read the docs (and then over-thinking it)! My original aim of having tooltips reading "Copy to clipboard" on hover with desktop devices, and "Copied!" on copy with desktop and mobile works great now, without it being glitchy. I've tested the below code on Windows 10, Ubuntu, iOS (iPad and iPhone), and Android.
Here is the (truncated) code:
HTML

JS
$(document).ready(function(){

    function is_touch_enabled() {
        return  ( 'ontouchstart' in window ) ||
                ( navigator.maxTouchPoints > 0 ) ||
                ( navigator.msMaxTouchPoints > 0 );
    }

    document.querySelectorAll('.clippy').forEach(function(a) {
        if (is_touch_enabled()) {
            $(".clippy").attr("data-bs-trigger", "manual");
        }
        var b = new bootstrap.Tooltip(a);
        a.addEventListener('mouseleave', function() {
            b.hide();
        })
    });

    function clipboard_handler(e) {
        var t = "#" + e.trigger.id,
            f = $(t).closest("form"),
            i = f.find(".clippy"),
            b = f.find("[readonly]");
        b.blur();

        if (e.text == "") {
            i.tooltip("hide");
            }, 600);
        } else {
            i.attr('data-bs-original-title', 'Copied!');
            i.tooltip("show");
            setTimeout(() => {
                i.tooltip("hide");
                i.attr('data-bs-original-title', 'Copy to clipboard');
            }, 800);
        }
    }

    $(".clippy").on('click touchstart tap',function(){
        clipboard.on('success', function(e) {
            clipboard_handler(e);
            e.clearSelection();
        });
        clipboard.on('error', function(e) {
            clipboard_handler(e);
        });
    });

});


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"Ukraine will break…": Zelensky meeting with Putin acquires new details
magictr | October 30, 2019 | Politic | No Comments
Negotiations in the "Norman format" in which to meet the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin, could be held until the end of November
However, as the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadim pristayko in interview "to Gromadsky", not all the participants in the talks approved the date.
"I think that Ukraine will be involved in the forum in the format we want. We hope that this will happen next month," said the Minister.
He added that the meeting was postponed for technical reasons, but the President's team is doing everything that it held.
In addition, Pristayko said the train Vladimir Zelensky in Golden, where he communicated with the local population. According to the Minister, the President wanted to reassure people that the steps that Ukraine is making in "Norman" format, are not dangerous for them.
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"We agreed on two things — formula "Steinmeier" and withdrawal of troops. With three locations we have dissolved completely in one — in the Village of Lugansk, build a bridge there. You can go look, how it becomes modern. The second question we raise in Gold. Left of Petrovskoe, now we're going to start. This is all the conditions that we, as presidential advisers, agreed. I see no other reason for the Russians not to find time for meetings," he added.
Also earlier it was reported that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky warned that he was careful in his arrangements, which he concludes with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Today many talk about the breeding of forces in Donbas and on the long-awaited world. The talk may be correct, but you have to understand that for Ukraine in the face of the world can only be a win. Victory is not only the liberation of the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas from Russian invaders and their mercenaries, but also the return of the Crimea.
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Political analyst Vitaly Bala said, really a rhetorical question, to bring the world the removal of the APU on its territory, which started the Ukrainian government? In fact, peace with the aggressor may not be as long as the Crimea will return to Ukraine. Therefore, you can only talk about the armistice, not to die Ukrainian military and civilians.
Recall Zelensky held a private meeting with the "Servants".
As reported Politeka, Romanenko revealed details of the scandal with Zelensky in the Donbas.
Also Politeka wrote about the fact that Zelensky was struck by a "gift" for the wedding of famous Ukrainians, such President have not done.
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Jonathan Nicholson is a Chartered Accountant in England and Wales. He is the former Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Company and Head of Corporate Management at KPMG in the Cayman Islands. He has an extensive background as director of several important and sizable investment entities.
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Q: How to replacte whole string or part of string from in Swift4 I'm new to Swift, and stuck in-between development task.
I want to replace existing label string with another string or I want to replace part of string, also need to add this in my existing Swift in-built classes so I can further use it.
I'm very new Swift..please ignore any syntactical issues...
if str1.contains("ed"){
     str1.replacementObject(for: "MyNewString")
}

I'm getting error on this..."cannot convert value from string to expected argument type 'NSKeyedArchiver'"
I'll be more happy, if you could help me.

A: You may use replacingOccurrencesOf function of String.
   let aString = "abcdef"
   let bString = aString.replacingOccurrences(of: "abc", with: "def")
   print(bString) // defdef

A: I'll guide you to implement this in the proper way, so you can reuse it further.

*

*Add this extension outside you class

extension String {
    func replace(string:String, replacement:String) -> String {
        return self.replacingOccurrences(of: string, with: replacement, options: NSString.CompareOptions.literal, range: nil)
    }
}

*Now you can use it as part of built-in functionality of String, as show below:

label1 = "MyOldString"
self.label1.text = self. label1.text?.replace(string: "Old", replacement: "New")

Output :- label1 = "MyNewString"

That's it!
Now you can use it anywhere in your project.


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Home Business Ford Increases F-150 EV Production By 50% Due To Strong Interest
Ford Increases F-150 EV Production By 50% Due To Strong Interest
It is obvious that Ford has gone to great lengths to electrify its lineup, especially its most popular nameplates. First up, the Mustang, which now features a fully electric crossover version in the form of the Mustang Mach-E, hits showrooms next month. The best-selling vehicle in the United States, the Ford F-150, will also be available in a fully electric version by mid-2022. Just recently, the E-Transit has come into the light of day, completing Ford's first three battery-electric vehicles.In fact, Ford has announced that it spends over $ 5 billion a year on engineering in the United States, which includes the development of these three Blue Oval electric vehicles.
In its press release, the company also mentions the increased production of the F-150 EV. This is due to the strong interest shown by consumers at the beginning since its official announcement in September. Of how much? The official statement indicates that the increase will be 50% of the original plan.
In order to take this into account, the automaker is adding 200 new jobs to Dearborn. This is in addition to the 300 jobs previously added as part of the $ 700 million investment in its River Rouge manufacturing complex – all to speed up production of the first fully electric F-150 truck.
"We are investing heavily in our vehicle programs as well as strengthening our manufacturing capabilities," said Hau Thai-Tang, director of product platform and operations. "This will allow us to evolve rapidly as customer interest in these new products grows. "
In addition to EV production in Dearborn, Ford is also investing $ 1.35 billion in its Oakville assembly complex in Ontario, Canada. The money will be used to transform the plant to include next-generation battery-electric vehicles starting in 2024. This will be the first time an automaker will produce electric vehicles in Canada for the North American market.
"Our electric vehicle business is a dynamic source of growth," said John Savona, vice president, North American Manufacturing. "We are preparing for profitable business now and in the future. "
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Q: Approximate future date - not circa? Obviously we can use "circa" for approximate dates in the past.
But it doesn't feel correct for use with future approximate dates.
e.g. "The release will go into live circa 20th May."
It still doesn't feel correct even if we're using years rather than specific dates.
e.g. "The new development will be completed circa 2019".
Thoughts?

A: There's no problem whatsoever with using circa for future dates in exactly the same ways that it's used for dates in the past. It's a bit odd talking about a single day next month with it, but it'd be just as odd talking about a single day last month as well.
If you aren't feeling latinate or just dislike the idea, just fall back on any of the native English words that mean exactly the same thing as circa: about, around, sometime near...

A: It's somewhat pretentious to use it for past dates, when "around" or "about" or even "approximately" would all serve perfectly well for either past or future dates.


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Q: How to fetch TPU utilization details in coral developer board using tflite_runtime or linux command I am just trying to fetch the TPU utilization details in coral dev board. But can't find any relevant for the same..!
Please share your findings / suggestions..!


Making the transition from prison to an independent, positive life is a challenge.
Amicus Sisters Helping Sisters is an innovative transitional program, which Female inmates at MCF-Shakopee who are nearing release have the opportunity to participate in.
A 12-week group with other female inmates that helps develop personal accountability, inner strength and gain personal empowerment through sharing and support.


So you want to buy a bike?
"So where is a good place to buy a bike?... but I don't want to break the bank."
"I want to start riding, what type of bike should I get?"
"Should I buy a used bike or new bike?"
Everyone asks these questions, and many more, before the first bike purchase. So here are some simple pieces of advice to take into account before you make that first big purchase.
A. Road Bikes - Road bikes are the designed to be the fast with skinny of tires and strictly used on paved roads. These types of bikes are what you would see the riders in the Tour de France using. While you may not have aspirations of racing in the classics overseas, you would definitely love to begin biking longer distances; perhaps with your friends. If you ever would consider the possibility of road racing you should get a road bike.
B. Cross Bikes - You want to ride on the road, perhaps even some group rides, but you want the freedom to take your bike on some gravel and dirt roads. You don't want to hit the local mountain trails filled with rocks but a nice smooth single track path through the country side would be great. Cross-bikes offer a nice mixture between the road and dirt. They are not meant for very bumpy terrain, but they can handle smooth dirt, mud and grass no problem. Also, the bike could be outfitted with the right wheels to go on your local group rides and keep up. In most cases, for a rider who is unsure of whether they want to ride strictly paved roads or have the freedom to ride dirt, I would recommend a cross bike.
C. Mountain Bikes - You want to go off-road and hit the trails. You wouldn't mind running over curbs, logs, rocks or whatever comes in your way.
D. Time Trial (Tri) Bikes - These bikes fit a very specific classification of riders. You are either a) strictly going to be a triathlete or b) experienced racer who wants to attempt to win a stage race. These bikes often are NOT allowed on group rides given their aggressive nature and design. You should not buy this bike unless you are certain you know you have no interest in group riding or you already have a road bike and you want a second faster bike.
E. Hybrid Bikes - You want to enjoy the ride with some style and comfort. You don't care how fast you get from point A to B but you want to be comfortable, have a reliable bike and maybe even some style along with it. You might even be considering commuting to work as it is within 5 miles from where you live.
Once you have decided where and how you want to ride, you can begin determining how you are going to get your dream bike.
2. New or Used? - If you decide to buy used and want to use craigslist, beware. Make sure you have someone look at the bike you are going to buy who knows what they are doing. I cannot count the number of bikes I have seen on their website labeled as "vintage" and selling for $600. In reality the bicycle is worth $50, it's rusted out and you would be better off throwing it in a stream and walking away.
Another option is to buy your parts one by one. If you go this route make sure you have the tools and knowledge to properly assemble a bike. If you have a good friend who is experienced in this area it is a great opportunity for learning but it is also the most time consuming. It can be the cheapest of all options, especially if you get lightly used parts at a discount. DO NOT go to your local shop with an assortment of parts you purchased and ask them to build your bike. They may not even be willing to do so. Even if they are, it is an unwritten rule to do so. They will not talk kindly of you when you leave that day.
If you buy new, go to your local bike shop. These guys know what they are talking about. All of my personal bicycles were purchased from shops and NOT online. They will take the time to answer all of your questions, make sure you have the right size and should anything go wrong with your bike they are there to help. Also if you need some additional accessories they will almost always give you a discount on them. Buying a prior year model is always a great cost savings option as these bikes are usually discounted anywhere between 10-30%.
3. How much do I spend? - In all honesty it depends on how fancy you want to get. The nicer the parts, the more expensive it gets. Best advice, make sure you get a solid built frame. You can always upgrade your components later on. You can get a brand new and very nice bike for around $300 (hybrid) - $1,000 (road/TT) depending on what style bike you want.
1. Decide what type of bike you want.
2. Used - Will be cheaper but might run into issues if you don't know what you're doing.
3. New - A little more expensive but you will be happy with your purchase. Buy last years model if you want a discount.
4. The fancier, the more expensive it gets. Start with a solid frame.
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this is a very useful tips for buying a new bike, I am also seeking for a bike. this will be useful tips for finding a good bike.
There is a lot of bikes available online, so you can buy one for yourself.
Buying a new bike is a good idea. I have also bought one last month in hurry and it was not good. so take your time and choose a good bike.
At my point of view, I likes a hybrid bike. Because it is a general-purpose bike that can tolerate a wide range of riding conditions and applications.
If you're willing to spend a little extra for a high quality bike, then let no review stop you from acquiring the Schwinn Discover.The rear gear carrier is something that's rarely found among bikes of this type and it features many top-of-the-line parts.
For something a little different, you should try an electric bike. The newest models, like the Wave Electric Bike, have higher top speeds, run longer distances, and are much less expensive then eBikes of the past.
Though hybrid bikes is the combination of both mountain bike and road bike. So i prefer hybrid bikes while buying. I have already stored 2 hybrid bikes in my garage.
My wife and I see a lot of couples biking, and we thought it would be fun to get our own bikes and join them. I love that you mention figuring out what you want to do with your bike to begin with. Since we only want to ride around our neighborhood, we will definitely have to look into more casual bikes.
I think that it makes a lot of sense to look into the amount that you are willing to spend. This is a big deal when you are trying to find a solid build for a bike. My uncle might like knowing this tip as he looks into getting a bike for better transportation in his area.


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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:59 pm Post subject: St Mary's School, Melrose
While trawling through old editions of the 'Kelso Chronicle' for 1919 recently, I came across this reference to a memorial donated to this independent school in Melrose.
When I contacted the school, the headmaster's wife was unable to say where it was or even if it still existed. However, a little persistence paid off and the secretary has just sent me the attached photo.
Even when enlarged, some of the names are hard to decipher and the names on the WWII memorial below are particularly difficult to make out so I plan to visit myself in the near future and take further images.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:48 pm Post subject:
Well "persisted" Ian - you can see why they missed it.
and it has been researched http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=7659
Easy sort of thing to overlook...
I will visit the school after the Easter holidays are over and take some more detailed photos. I haven't seen the book in any of the local shops but I will have a look in Melrose when I'm there.
DerekR
Location: Hawick, Scotland
Well done Ian.
Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:37 pm Post subject:
I went along to St Mary's school this afternoon and took some more detailed photographs.
A rather fine memorial but the third panel of the 14-18 section raises a question - what had the Scottish Veterans Garden City Association got to do with the school?
The memorial mentions a "cottage" - I'd guess that this cottage - if it still exists?, was provided at St.Mary's by the Scottish Veterans Garden City Association?
The surnames of Lumgair, Sanderson and Wade listed on the memorial all ring bells with me.
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 6:54 pm Post subject:
PAT GIFFORD
Named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial in Kirkcudbrightshire as:
SQUADRON LEADER PATRICK GIFFORD DFC RAF
Patrick (Pat) Gifford, Distinguished Flying Cross � age 30 � Squadron Leader (90188) 3 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Patrick was educated at St Mary's Preparatory School in Melrose and at Sedbergh School, Yorkshire (now Cumbria) before he studied law at Edinburgh University (1929-33) After qualifying as a solicitor he became a partner with his father in Castle Douglas. He had joined the Auxiliary Air Force in 1931 and in 1939 he was a Flight Commander with 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron flying Spitfires out of RAF Turnhouse. He was awarded the DFC (Source: London Gazette 28/11/1939 p.7961)
�Flight Lieutenant Patrick Gifford, Auxiliary Air Force (90188). During October, 1939, this officer, leading a section of his squadron, sighted an enemy bomber over the mainland heading towards the sea at high speed. Flight Lieutenant Gifford led the attack with skill, daring and determination, and as the result of a final burst of firing from his own guns the enemy aircraft crashed into the sea. Later in October, 1939, this officer's section intercepted a bomber apparently engaged in reconnoitring a British convoy. The enemy aircraft attempted to take cover in the clouds but Flight Lieutenant Gifford led his section after it, firing short bursts as opportunity offered. The pursuit continued some eleven miles out to sea where the raider, showing signs of having been hit, turned and crashed into the sea.�
Patrick was posted to 3 Squadron, flying Hawker Hurricanes, and was promoted to Squadron Leader in January 1940. When the German offensive began on 10 May 1940, 3 Squadron was rushed to France. Ten days later the squadron was back in the UK, having lost almost its entire strength during the collapse. Patrick was reported to have been shot down over Belgium.
Born 1910 at Castle Douglas in Kelton Parish. Son of Patrick and Helene Alma (Cohen) Gifford of Forneth, Castle Douglas.
Missing in Action on 16 May 1940 and named on the Runnymede Memorial, Windsor.
Also named on a family memorial and on the WW2 Memorial in the St. Ninian's Episcopal Church, Castle Douglas, and on a memorial outside Castle Douglas Library. Also on the St. Mary's School and Sedbergh School memorials, on the Edinburgh University Roll of Honour and on the Old College Memorial.
Patrick Gifford is credited with being the first pilot to bring down an enemy aircraft over UK airspace in the Second World War, flying a Spitfire with 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force.
stuartn
Posted: Sun May 13, 2018 11:08 am Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number
WMR 76296
R. B. ANDERSON.
Named on the Jedburgh War Memorial in Roxburghshire as:
ANDERSON, R. B. LIEUT. K.O.S.B.
Robert Ballantine Anderson � age 27 � Lieutenant, 1/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Robert was educated at St. Mary's School in Melrose, Roxburghshire and at Edinburgh Academy before becoming a Student of Law at Edinburgh University 1908 to 1912. He was appointed a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh in 1913. He enlisted as a Private in the 1st Lovat Scouts in September 1914 and was commissioned in January 1915. He joined his battalion at Gallipoli in July 1915 and later served in Egypt and Palestine where he was promoted to Lieutenant in June 1916 but where he was killed at Gaza.
Born 1890 in Jedburgh. Son of Robert Ballantine Anderson and Agnes (MacMillan) Anderson, of Glenburn Hall, Jedburgh.
Killed in Action on 19 April 1917 and buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.
Also named on the Edinburgh Academy memorial and on the Edinburgh University's Roll of the Fallen.


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Pro-Bono Service by Law Students
If there was ever a sign that the "avaricious Eighties" were over at Law Schools, a news conference by law students from law schools across the country a few days ago should be it. Hailing from Harvard to the University of Hawaii, these students announced they were "fed up" with the pretense that there is "equal justice under law." They said: "It is time for our legal educators, the leaders of our profession, and the Bush White House to realize that our legal system is not delivering on its promise of justice for all."
Their elders in the legal profession have failed to deliver, they declared, citing a report of the American Bar Association that shows nine out of ten legal needs of the poor go unmet.
So what are these students doing about it? With admirable organization and determination, they have launched a new group called "Law Students for Pro Bono," to push for a curriculum requirement at all law Schools that at least 50 hours of pro bono work a year be a pre-requisite for graduation.
Jason Adkins, Harvard Law Student, estimated that if each of the nation's 129,000 law students performed 100 hours of pro bono work per year for citizens in need, they would be providing 12.9 million hours of legal services. Assuming that the average pro bono case takes 10 hours, over one million Americans can be helped. And the helping law students would he helping themselves to learn about the gap between the laws promise and its neglect.
Scott Saiki, a law student from Hawaii put the challenge nicely: "We find people evicted because they cannot afford to go to a housing court, we find battered women who do not have the money to hire a lawyer, and we find elderly people who cannot enforce their rights under the law because of lack of money. These problems must be incorporated into our education so we can start doing something about them now, and so that we will be better equipped to deal with them when we graduate."
A pro bono requirement already has been adopted by Tulane, University of Pennsylvania, Valparaiso and Florida State Law School. The momentum is growing at other law schools.
Law students usually graduate with large debt loads — $45,000 or more! They are lured into corporate law firms with large salaries ranging from $50,000 to $80,000 a year. There they represent polluters, not the environment, landlords. not tenants, the wealthy, riot the poor. Law schools charge a hefty tuition and law firms help subsidize the students with $1200 a week summer jobs after their first and second years.
For years, this relationship was cozy for all three parties — students, law schools and law firms. The firms simply charged it to their corporate clients who rarely questioned the bills. Times are beginning to change. The shaky economy is also the shaking corporate giants with their shaky leverage buyouts and heavy debt. The big law firms are feeling some cold air and are reducing their hiring of new lawyers. The bloom is off the Doom.
At the same time, the demand for justice is growing and not just from the poor. People are fed up with corruption in government and greed in corporations who mock, dilute or violate the laws of the land almost with impunity. The law is supposed to curb raw power, but the opposite is happening and the students know it.
As I sat in the audience at the law students press conference, I noticed an intensity and genuiness among these young people that have been absent for almost twenty years. Watching Steve non7ider and Sandra Hauser and Juliette Williams and others take their turn explaining to the reporters why they were there and what they were determined to do, I sensed an awakening mood of controlled indignation nourished by a factual awareness not present since the Sixties and early Seventies at Law Schools.
Let's hope it thrives. (For more information contact Michael Caudell-Feagan at (202) 462-0120).
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Hmmm, thinking of coming here from Iowa State for reasons that might have to do with Quizbowl and definitely not academic at all. I'd love to help establish another strong Quizbowl team in Illinois if you'll have me.
Looks like this lone high-schooler will be playing as an FA. I know about 80% info from all Pokemon games if anybody wants to pick me up.
I plan on going to Iowa State and most definitely plan on playing quizbowl there, if it can stay together long enough for me to get there. It seems they like to disband a lot.
THANK GOD IOWA STATE IS NOT IN THE MIDWEST SECTION!!
Just saying Addison Hagerman and Jose Santillan would love to play as the key blade masters.
If you are still accepting sign ups, I would love to participate.


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Star Ocean: The Divine Force, we tried the new Tri-Ace title
The Tri-Ace are a special team to say the least: clearly supporters of the "gameplay first" philosophy, they have been known for a long time for the creation of titles valid in systems, but far from the technical sector that one would expect from productions of high level. However, the lack of evolution of this eclectic team of developers has not prevented him from collaborating several times with Square Enix and to carry on, in a very fluctuating way, one of his most famous series of JRPG. We are obviously talking about the Star Ocean, a sci-fi saga clearly inspired by Star Trek, which over the years has been able to distinguish itself as well as disappoint its fanbase.
The latest chapter of the series, Star Ocean: the Divine Force, is now in the home straight and we were able to try it in London during the Square Plays event. Waiting for the demo to become available to everyone, therefore, today we will try to analyze what we have seen. And be careful, because if on the one hand the technical shortcomings of the Tri-Ace are once again crystal clear, on the other hand there seem to have been multiple evolutions, despite the elements that are still unknown for sure. Let's find out in our Star Ocean: the Divine Force trial.
A soup of fantasy and sci fi
Star Ocean: the Divine Force: the combat system of the game is rather intuitive and fast, but if it were not for the DUMA it would perhaps be too basic We played the demo as Raymond, a beefy space merchant whose ship is forced into an emergency landing on an unknown planet due to an attack. When we talked about influences from Star Trek we weren't kidding, as the assault appears to have been orchestrated by the Pangalactic Federation, an initially charitable organization that has turned into an expansionist empire in recent decades. Lost on a planet on the list of "developing worlds" still far from the technology needed for space travel, Raymond meets Princess Laeticia, who noticing her "alien" abilities asks him for help to repel the assault of the aggressive kingdom. bordering.
As you may have noticed, on the whole, the premise of Star Ocean: the Divine Force is a pretty solid mix of fantasy and science fiction, which carries on two parallel conflicts: on the one hand, the one in which Raymond is involved in the young princess, and on the other the one with the Pangalactic Federation, which we do not doubt will reappear during the campaign. Impossible at the moment to evaluate the overall quality of the story, we are aware of it, however solid foundations usually lead to a respectable narrative, so we remain quite confident. Let's just hope that everything is carried out with discrete criteria, without getting lost in the usual formulas typical of more dispersive JRPG, often rich in fillers and expedients to lengthen the broth.
Our tried-and-tested (which is rather massive in terms of contents), at least allowed us to try not only the prologue of the game, but also a good chunk of the following quests. We have therefore been able to test the fundamental mechanics of the combat and movement system of this new Star Ocean quite thoroughly, which once again seem to be the focus of the experience. Tri-Ace's work also managed to surprise us from this point of view, because what appears to be a very limited action JRPG from the first minutes of testing, turns quite suddenly into something more elaborate as soon as a very important drone named DUMA is reached. .
To fly, but also to lead
Star Ocean: the Divine Force: this is the DUMA drone, essential during battles and exploration due to the movement abilities that The DUMA offers is the core of the gameplay of Star Ocean: the Divine Force, also because, deprived of the drone, the mechanics of the game are actually extremely basic. The basic system is in fact built on three possible combos, each assigned to an attack button. These combinations are customizable with various skills (which require action points of a bar and are not abusable), so it is useful to insert techniques with specific functions between the shots to ensure that you always have multiple options in battle; however, if you choose to keep the keys pressed, you can perform an alternative action, to which it is usually useful to assign an object. Overall this is a gimmick that makes the battles a little more "active" than most of the JRPGs out there, but functionally the differences are really marginal compared to more classic titles.
Once you put the hands on the drone, however, everything changes: the DUMA allows you to perform fast approaches in the air, and is the fulcrum of the game's defensive mechanics. Keeping it activated creates a protective barrier and if you change direction during the sprint approach you will perform sudden dodges that can take the enemy by surprise and increase the damage dealt. If that wasn't enough, the DUMA is essential against enemies of enormous size, because combined with targeting it makes it possible to carry out attacks in the air in their raised weak points (the head of a giant golem, to give a practical example). Considering that all these possibilities are linked to an energy bar that recharges rather quickly, and in the game it is possible to change characters at any time - up to four usable at the same time - the variety is certainly not lacking. Already after a few minutes, in fact, it becomes second nature to move at wind speed around the field, or to brutally assault groups of opponents, or to activate barriers and heals on one's teammates (yes, there are obviously also magical and support among the characters available in the game). The only complaint? The difficulty felt really low to us, and never a single time in the demo did we even remotely risk losing a member of the group. The challenge level at greater difficulty or against more difficult opponents will be evaluated in more detail in the future.
Star Ocean: the Divine Force: in the game there are not only offensive classes, of course. This little girl is a healer with remarkable support skills. The white talking drone protagonist of the fights also plays a central role during exploration, by the way. It is in fact possible to use the DUMA to take flight while wandering around the maps and glide gracefully from one place to another without difficulty. This gimmick tends to make navigation very fast, despite the locations being fairly extensive, and we hope that it will also be used in generally more complex locations (or perhaps more linear dungeons) in a creative way.
The technical sector, on the other hand, is not very good, predictably ... The Divine Force doesn't look like a modern title, due to not particularly detailed three-dimensional models, certain grainy textures that sent a shiver down our spine, and a graphic impact generally far from excellent . If nothing else, everything felt very fluid to us during the test; is already something.
While technically it leaves a lot to be desired, Star Ocean: the Divine Force has teased us a lot, thanks to the rapid exploration of the maps and the interesting combat mechanics related to the DUMA drone. Moreover, it seems that there are several other systems to be unlocked in the full game, which could make this already pleasant combat system even more valid. If the narrative and the structure of the campaign were to take the same blow, we could have one of the best works of Tri-Ace on our hands. You just have to wait to see if it will actually be like this.
Combat system interesting and fast, thanks to the DUMA drone and its mechanics Interesting premise and with excellent narrative potential if well managed DOUBTS Generally low difficulty during the test Graphically mediocre to say the least Did you notice any errors?
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The Tic110 protein of the inner chloroplast envelope membrane is a constituent of the inner membrane protein import apparatus. It has been designated (1) Tic110, (2) IEP110, (3) IAP100 and (4) protein import- related anion channel (PIRAC) by various investigators. It is 996 residues long and exhibits 2 putative TMSs near its N-terminus at positions 74-92 and 101-120. Biochemical analyses suggest that this protein is part of a 600 kDa complex (generated by cross linking an in transit precursor protein to the translocation complex). Most of the Tic110 protein is probably in the intermembrane space (between the outer and inner membranes) (Lübeck et al., 1996). In this system, transport across the outer and inner membranes probably occurs by two independent processes (Kessler and Blobel, 1996).
Tic110 appears to be the protein import-related anion-selective channel. The evidence includes complete inactivation of the channel activity by addition of anti Tic110 antibody. The pore size was estimated to be about 6.5Å (van den Wijngaard and Vredenberg, 1999). Tic110 has two proposed functions with naturally exclusive structures; a protein-conducting channel with 6 TMSs, and a scaffold with 2 N-terminal TMSs followed by a large soluble domain for binding transit peptides and other stromal translocon components. The x-ray structure (4.2Å resolution) of Tic110B and C from Cyanidioschyzon merolae is known (Tsai et al. 2013). The C-terminal half of Tic110 posesses a rod-shaped helix-repeat structure that is too flattened and elongated to be a channel. The structure is most similar to the HEAT-repeat motif that functions as scaffolds for protein-protein interactions (Tsai et al. 2013).