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Q: How to install OS X 10.7 and 10.8 in VMWare Fusion, on a 10.9 host? I'm working on fairly new Mac Mini, running OS X 10.9.4 and VMWare Fusion Pro 6.0.4.
For software testing purposes, I want to install both a OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion inside a virtual machine. I have access to the developer downloads under http://developer.apple.com/downloads.
I can find numerous packages saying, for example "OS X Lion 10.7.2 Build XXXXX", but all of them seem to updates and are relatively small in size (~ 700 MB). I can't seem to find any image that would allow me to install a fresh 10.7 or 10.8 inside a new VM.
So how exactly do I go about creating those two virtual machines on my OS X 10.9 host?

A: If you don't have them in your Purchases in the Mac App store, you can order Lion and Mountain Lion directly from Apple for USD $19.99 each.
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By Huw Evans · March 12, 2018 • 512 Vues
Collision Management, Collision-News, Collision-Products & Services
Axalta Acquires New Manufacturing Facility
Axalta Coating Systems has acquired a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Sacramento, Calif. (Photo: Axalta Coating Systems)
Axalta Coating Systems has announced the acquisition of a state of the art manufacturing and distribution facility in Sacramento, Calif.
The new purchase is designed to support the company's growth in its North American Industrial and Refinish businesses. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
"Axalta has built an industry-leading business based on listening to, and reacting to, the increasing requirements of our customer-base," said Michael Cash, Axalta Senior Vice President and President, Industrial Coatings. "Axalta will continue to make these necessary investments to ensure we have the technologies our customers need to remain competitive and the manufacturing capability to get those products to them as quickly as possible."
The 150,000-sq. ft. facility has production capacity of more than 15 million gallons. Axalta will continue to produce products at the site for its Industrial Wood Coatings business and, over time, will expand production to include products for both its Industrial and Refinish coatings businesses.
"In the past three years, we have seen tremendous growth on the West Coast, at all levels of the collision repair customer base," added Troy Weaver, Axalta Vice President of Refinish Americas. "This investment in capacity will enable our Refinish business to be closer to those customers and differentiate our service offering."
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Bernard "Bunny" Brunel (ur. 2 marca 1950 w Nicei) – amerykański basista francuskiego pochodzenia. Od 1979 roku prowadzi solową działalność artystyczną. Współpracował ponadto m.in. z takimi wykonawcami jak: Didier Lockwood, Chick Corea, Michel Polnareff oraz Kazumi Watanabe. Ponadto od 2000 roku współtworzy supergrupę CAB.

Instrumentarium
 The Bunny Brunel Electric Upright Bass
 ESP Ltd Bunny Brunel Signature BB-1005FL QM BOR
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Publikacje
 Mel Bay's Complete Book of Bass Essentials for 4 & 5 String Bass, 1992, Mel Bay Publications,
 Slap Bass Essentials, 1995, Hal Leonard,
 J.S. Bach: Fifteen 2-Part Inventions for 2 Basses, 1999, Mel Bay Publications,
 Fretless Bass: A Hands-On Guide Including Fundamentals, Techniques, Grooves and Solos, 2002, Hal Leonard,
 Bunny Brunel's Power Bass, 2003, Backbeat Books,
 Bunny Brunel's Xtreme! Bass: Ideas & Exercises to Unlock Your Creativity, 2005, Backbeat Books,

Przypisy

Urodzeni w 1950
Amerykańscy basiści jazzowi
Amerykańscy kontrabasiści jazzowi
Ludzie urodzeni w Nicei
Muzycy jazzrockowi

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Indicator Post intended for use with gate valves controlling water supplies to sprinkler, deluge, water spray, foam, and standpipe systems used in fire service.
NRS Gate Valve design comply to: FM Approved Class 1130, UL 262 "Gate Valves for Fire-Protection Service."
Indicating Post design comply to: FM Approvals Class 1110, UL 789, "Indicator Posts for Fire-Protection Service."


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Q: Reducing time complexity to O(1) I coded a program that prints the number of numbers between 1 and d that can be divided by 4 differents ints: k, l, m, n. This has a time complexity of O(d). But I read that you can do the same thing with the time complexity of O(1), and I have no clue how.
int k = in.nextInt();
int l = in.nextInt();
int m = in.nextInt();
int n = in.nextInt();
int d = in.nextInt();

int sum = 0;
int i = 1;
while (i <= d) {
    if (i % k == 0 || i % l == 0 || i % m == 0 || i % n == 0) {
        sum++;
    }
    i++;
}
System.out.println(sum);

A: Suppose for each number i, you have a set S_i shows the numbers in [1, d] that are multiplier of i. Now we want to compute the size of the union of S_l, S_k, S_m, S_n. It is equal to
|S_l U S_m U S_n U S_k| = |S_l| + |S_m| + |S_n| + |S_k| - |S_l ∩ S_m| - |S_l ∩ S_n| - |S_l ∩ S_k|- |S_m ∩ S_n| - |S_m ∩ S_k| - |S_n ∩ S_k| + |S_l ∩ S_m ∩ S_n| + |S_l ∩ S_m ∩ S_k| + |S_l ∩ S_n ∩ S_k| + |S_m ∩ S_n ∩ S_k| - |S_l ∩ S_m ∩ S_n ∩ S_k|.
The only point that you need is the intersection size of two or multiple set here is equal to the d/lcm that lcm is the least common multiplier of the corresponding numbers of the set.
For example, size of |S_l ∩ S_m ∩ S_n ∩ S_k| is equal to d/lcm(l,m,n,k). Because, if a number is dividable by multiple number, it must be dividable by their lcm. Hence, the number of multiplier of their lcm in d can be counted by d/{lcm of the corresponding numbers}.
Now, if you can assume that computing lcm can be done in O(1), then you can find the size of |S_l U S_m U S_n U S_k| in O(1) as well.

A: O(1) solution:
int main() {
  int arr[4], d;
  for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
      cin >> arr[i];

  int d;
  cin >> d;

  int sz = 1 << 4;

  int odd, even;

  odd = even = 0;

  for(int i = 1, i < sz, ++i) {
    int p = 1;
    for(int j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
      if(i & (1<<j)) p = lcm(p,arr[j]);
    }
    if(__builtin_popcount(i) & 1)
      odd += d / p;
    else even += d / p;
  }

  cout << odd - even;

  return 0;
}


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New Mexico Human Services Department, Behavioral Health Services Division.
SAMHSA-NAADAC Workforce Forums focus on the rewarding benefits of the substance use and mental health disorder disciplines, opportunities for advancement and creativity, each state's workforce needs, state certification and licensing requirements, national certification opportunities, networking and mentoring connections, and other professional development opportunities. Finally, students are able to visit with local SUD treatment providers to learn more about employment and internship opportunities. All forums will be streamed online live and captured for future digital distribution through NAADAC.
In 2016, SAMHSA-NAADAC Workforce Forums were held in Colorado, Louisiana, the Northeast, and Ohio. In 2017, SAMHSA-NAADAC Workforce Forums were held in Alabama, Ohio, Puerto Rico, and West Virginia.


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2. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour and salt, then combine with the butter mixture on low speed until just incorporated. Mix in sesame seeds on low.
4. Form 1 tbsp. dough into a 2-inch crescent shape. Rolls in toasted sesame seeds and transfer to a cookie sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough. Chill 15 minutes.
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CEO Craig Anderson of The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC). PHOTO: Andreas Witzøe
"If Brexit happens, we can export all our fish to Asia and North America"
Andreas Witzøe
CEO Craig Anderson of The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) hopes to avoid losing his European customers because of Brexit, but he has the solution ready if there is an end to exports to Europe.
As the House of Commons hurries around for a final vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, if the Agreement is approved by parliament tonight, the UK will leave the EU on March 29 at 11 am.
In 2018, SSC exported 60 per-cent of its fish out of North America and Asia, a percentage that can rise to 100 if SSC is forced to sell outside Europe.
"If we are forced to do so, we are ready to find new customers and new markets outside Europe for the remaining fish. We have worked with alternatives for a long time and are well prepared," said Anderson to SalmonBusiness during SSC's quarterly presentation at Hotel Continental in Oslo on Tuesday.
The quarterly report itself was presented on March 1 and showed a volume increase of 20 percent year on year, which lifted the result for The Scottish Salmon Company.
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Anderson said they cannot sell all the fish in the short term, but solutions are also not far away.
"Short-term it is problematic. If we do not get our product sent out by trucks and flights to Europe for a period, we must have the fish further in the sea. In the slightly longer term, we can export everything out of Europe," he said, adding:
"We must work with the authority to be allowed to leave the fish in the sea while we find other buyers. It will give us some extra costs, but it is certainly an opportunity for us. But we are in daily contact with our customers in Europe and hope to keep them for the longest time possible."
Growth in North America
Even before the consequences of a potential Brexit, SSC has had a strategy to export more of the salmon out of Europe.
"It is certainly a strategy for us to expand more towards North America and Asia. There are very important markets for us. In 2016, we sold salmon for USD 200 thousand to North America, in 2017 this increased to USD 12 million, and the figures from 2018 show exports to North America for USD 25 million," Anderson said.
This year, SSC expects to export more than USD 30 million to North America.


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I chose to stay. Boy am I glad that I did.
After walking through the woods for over 30 minutes, we turned a corner—and there were the falls. Here was the scene. The place. All of those memories came back. Full on. I was transported to place in my mind where I was six years ago when I read her the following poem.
Will you care for our children?
Ummm…how romantic…how tragic…and yet here I am May of 2012 and I'm as happy and satisfied with my life as I have ever been. Not married.
I won't say that looking at the scene and feeling the energy of that place didn't cause me to become undone. It did. But…but, in those thoughts, in that moment I discovered a gift.
I got the gift of understanding what I really wanted in that moment in 2006. I wanted her to fix me. I wanted her to make me all better. To make me OK. When she said "yes" I was so happy and truthfully happy for my entire marriage because I believed that it was her…it was she…who was making me happy.
Truth. Only I can make me happy. I was making myself happy when I was married to her. I am making myself happy now.
Here's the takeaway for you. Choose to stay in the discomfort. There is something for you. Maybe a gift. Maybe a memory that allows you to grieve what could have been yet also shows you how you can live now. Stay.
Also—don't shame yourself for what could have been. I create my own life. I learn what I need to learn at the time I learn it.


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Mohammad Abu Jafar made DBL's additional MD
He was promoted by the board for guiding the bank in achieving substantial and consistent growth
Mohammad Abu Jafar Photo: Collected
Mohammad Abu Jafar has recently been promoted to the post of Additional Managing Director (AMD) of Dhaka Bank Ltd.
Before that, he was serving as a Deputy Managing Director (international banking) of the bank, according to a press release issued by the bank.
Abu Jafar joined Dhaka Bank on 5 August 2015. Since then, he has made a significant contribution on the business development of the bank, especially in the following sectors: Ready Made Garment (RMG) financing, enrichment of offshore banking, treasury business, and foreign trade financing international business.
He has also played a big role in improving Dhaka Bank's overall operational control functionalities.
He was promoted by the board for guiding the bank in achieving substantial and consistent growth.
Jafar has 30 years' experience in the banking sector. Before joining Dhaka Bank Ltd. (DBL), he was a Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) and Branch Manager at the National Bank Ltd. He started his professional journey in 1990 with Uttara Bank Limited as a probationary officer. Afterwards, he joined National Bank Ltd in 2006 as a Senior Vice President (SVP).
In both Uttara Bank and National Bank, he worked as a Manager of AD Branches for more than 15 years. He was also awarded several incentives and awards for his outstanding performance and profit-enhancing contribution in both banks.
Jafar comes from a respectable family in Chattogram. He obtained BSS with Honours and MSS in Economics from the University of Chattogram. He has also obtained a diploma from Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (DAIBB).
Throughout his career, he has attended different banking programs, training, seminars, and symposium both at home and abroad.
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State Visit (July): Maldives President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih Signed Open Air Agreement
Aug 6, 2019 | Indiplomacy News
(Source: www.presidency.gov.mv)
(Source: Singapore PMO)
ON 1st July 2019, the President of the Republic of Maldives, HE Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, had meetings with President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. President Solih briefed them on the priorities of his government, including on sustainable development. In this regard, Singapore will provide a two-year technical cooperation package, through the Singapore Cooperation Programme, for senior Maldivian officials including that of sustainable development.
Both sides also identified opportunities for further collaboration in healthcare, security, infrastructure and connectivity. PM Lee and President Solih also witnessed the signing of two agreements: An Open Skies Agreement and MOU on Cooperation between the Maldives' and Singapore's Ministries of Foreign Affairs to strengthen bilateral exchanges and cooperation between the foreign ministries.
During his visit, President Solih also met with members of the Maldivian community in Singapore to hear their particular concerns and experiences, and enquire as to how the Maldivian Government can be of assistance. Before leaving Singapore, the President went on site visit to Pulau Semakau, an offshore landfill managed by Singapore's National Environment Agency, to learn from Singapore's experiences and expertise in waste management (pictured below).
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Ring Donuts recalled due to undeclared egg
Updated Food Recall Warning (Allergen)
Allergen - Egg
Sunrise Bakery Ltd.
Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan
Ottawa, May 7, 2014 - The food recall warning issued on May 02, 2014 has been updated to include additional distribution information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) food safety investigation.
Sunrise Bakery Ltd. is recalling ring donuts from the marketplace because they contain egg which is not declared on the label. People with an allergy to egg should not consume the recalled product described below.
The following product, which was distributed by Dawn Food Products, Calgary, AB, has been sold in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.
Please note that the affected product may have been repacked or further decorated at retail so it may not be exactly as described above. Consumers who are unsure if they have purchased the affected product are advised to contact their retailer.
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This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) inspection activities. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.
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Lewis, L. A., Polanski, K., De Torres-Zabala, M., Jayaraman, S., Bowden, L., Moore, J., Penford, C. A., Jenkins, D. J., Hill, C., Baxter, L., Kulasekaran, S., Truman, W., Littlejohn, G., Prusinska, J., Mead, A., Steinbrenner, J., Hickman, R., Rand, D., Wild, D. L., Ott, S., Buchanan-Wollaston, V., Smirnoff, N., Beynon, J., Denby, K. and Grant, M. 2015. Transcriptional dynamics driving MAMP-triggered immunity and pathogen effector-mediated immunosuppression in Arabidopsis leaves following infection with Pseudomonas synringae pv tomato DC3000. The Plant Cell. 27, pp. 3038-3064.


Applied Theatre: Research is the first book to consolidate thinking about applied theatre as research through a thorough investigation of ATAR as a research methodology. It will be an indispensable resource for teachers and researchers in the area. The first section of the book details the history of the relationship between applied theatre and research, especially in the area of evaluation and impact assessment, and offering an examination of the literature surrounding applied theatre and research. The book then explores how applied theatre as research (ATAR) works as a democratic and pro-social adjunct to community based research and explains its complex relationship to arts informed inquiry, Indigenous research methods and other research epistemologies. The book provides a rationale for this approach focusing on its capacity for reciprocity within communities. The second part of the book provides a series of international case studies of effective practice which detail some of the key approaches in the method and based on work conducted in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the South Pacific. The case studies provide a range of cultural contexts for the playing out of various forms of ATAR, and a concluding chapter considers the tensions and the possibilities inherent in ATAR. This is a groundbreaking book for all researchers who are working with communities who require a method that moves beyond current research practice.


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As a long time customer of the Double-Take product family, I'm proud to announce that Vision Solutions is joining the ranks as a sponsor for DiscoPosse.com. For those who haven't already been exposed to Vision Solutions, stay tuned as I'll be bringing you an introductory post in the coming days.
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Even as I write this, there are exciting announcements on the horizon from Vision with their upcoming Double-Take version 7.0 which will be in general availability by Q2 of 2013.
Take a look in the mean time at the Double-Take datasheets and visit http://www.visionsolutions.com for more information and to contact the sales and support teams for any and all questions you may have.


The purpose of this mandate ("Mandate") of the board of directors (the "Board") of Colliers International Group Inc. (the "Company") is to provide guidance to Board members as to their duties and responsibilities. The power and authority of the Board is subject to the provisions of applicable law.
Members of the Board shall carry out their responsibilities objectively, honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company. Directors of the Company are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of personal and professional integrity. Directors are also expected to set the standard for Company-wide ethical conduct and ensure ethical behaviour and compliance with laws and regulations. If an actual or potential conflict of interest arises, a director shall promptly inform the Chairman or Vice Chairman and shall refrain from voting or participating in discussion of the matter in respect of which he has an actual or potential conflict of interest. If it is determined that a significant conflict of interest exists and cannot be resolved, the director should resign.
The Board shall meet in accordance with a schedule established each year by the Board, and at such other times as the Board may determine. Meeting agendas shall be developed in consultation with the Chairman or Vice Chairman. Board members may propose agenda items though communication with the Chairman or Vice Chairman. The Chairman is responsible for ensuring that a suitably comprehensive information package is sent to each director in advance of each meeting. At the discretion of the Board, members of management and others may attend Board meetings, except for separate meetings of the independent directors of the Board.
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The goal for Projectmates is to be both intuitive and a platform you are already familiar with. Add to that the mobility aspect and availability on phones and tablets and you have a quick and easy solution to manage your capital projects as well as streamlining your cloud based project management software.
The reporting function was a big challenge that we overcame with Projectmates. There are a lot of executives and different leaders who rely on the weekly report that is automatically sent out. It's become a part of the way we do things."
— Tova Vance, Construction & Design Manager with U.S. Cellular.
The second feature to look for when finding a better way to manage construction is to look at bid management. Gone are the days of having to sort, classify, level and compare bids from separate entities. With Projectmates, the bids are simple with line items and a 4 step process to publish bids.
When it comes to taking care of paperwork, approvals and sign-offs on an awarded bid, what use to take a 2-week timeframe can now be done within 24 hours with Projectmates." — Dave Major, Senior Project Manager of Reading Hospital.
The third innovation created by Projectmates is the easy ability to make schedules. Project managers can create different schedules for the various aspects of their projects. Projectmates gives you the ability to manage multiple schedules, decreasing the need to have one massively cumbersome plan and instead lets you choose to have smaller, bite-size schedules that are easy to navigate.
Projectmates Capital Construction Program Management Software functions in any modern web browser, such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE 10 and IE 11. Moreover, with the new & streamlined Projectmates App, construction project team collaboration works seamlessly on a desktop, tablet, and smartphone with the modern responsive design.
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The easiest way to contribute to IMathAS is to use it! By reporting bugs to the support forum, problems can be fixed. If you feel a feature is missing, request it. If it fits with the mission of IMathAS and would be useful to other people, every effort will be made to add it.
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At a gun shop in rural Michigan I test drive a Wheatherby double-barrelled over and under muzzle-loader and try to pretend I know what all that means. The array of weapons is fearsome, the people who sell them quite the opposite.
Stop at a town called Indian River. It has one long main street and looks like most other small towns on the way to somewhere. My eye is caught by a low single-storey building in between Top Shoppe Resort Wear and Hair Creations Inc. It's a hunting store with a large ad for Winchester rifles on the door and puts me in mind of a passage I've just been reading in 'Fathers and Sons'.
Someone has to give you your first gun ... and you have to live where there is game or fish if you are to learn about them, and now, at thirty eight, he loved to fish and to shoot exactly as much as when he first had gone with his father. It was a passion that had never slackened.


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ECHELON named to Maclean's Growth 500 Ranking
TORONTO, September 2019 - Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. (Echelon) is proud to announce that the organization has been named to Canadian Business and Maclean's Magazine's 2019 Growth 500 list. The annual ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies lists the top 500 fastest growing companies in Canada over the previous trailing five years. Echelon was listed as the 5th Fastest-Growing company between $50-100M in revenues, with 1097% revenue growth over the past five years.
In its 31st year, the Growth 500 has become a staple of the business industry in Canada that highlight organizations that are national standouts in revenue growth. Ranking Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies by five-year revenue growth, the Growth 500 profiles the country's most successful entrepreneurial businesses. The Growth 500 is produced by Canadian Business. Winners are profiled in a special Growth 500 print issue of Canadian Business (packaged with the October issue of Maclean's magazine) and online at Growth500.ca and CanadianBusiness.com.
Successes over the last five years that have added to this growth include expanding from three locations to over 11 branches across Canada with 60 Investment Advisor teams to service wealth management clients and over $10 billion in completed capital market transactions. This growth has included an increase from 37 employees to over 240 today.
"This recognition belongs to every employee at Echelon that has helped make us a Great Place to Work® and contributed to creating a high-trust culture. Without trust, we would not have great relationships within the company, or with our clients. It is this trust that has propelled our growth, and I look forward to working hard to grow that trust further," says David Cusson, CEO.
Trust in the workplace is tantamount to our corporate growth as Echelon believes being a trust-driven organization ensures trusting relationships with clients as well, which is proven to drive profitability. This success would not be possible without the continued support and openness that Echelon employees have shown in the process of becoming certified as a Great Place to Work® and being named to the Best Workplaces™ list for Financial Services and Insurance companies in Canada, 2019.
About the Growth 500
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A Missoula-based media execution company, Pathlabs, is selected as a finalist in industry-leading WorkLife Awards among the top American advertising companies. Finalists for this award have excelled at creating exceptional workplaces and company culture. Listed alongside Pathlabs are five large agencies headquartered in major metropolitan areas.
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Pathlabs CEO William Lapointe says, "Every year, we hire dozens of recent college graduates, many of them right out of the class we help teach at the University of Montana. It's part of who we are. But even more importantly, we're proud to be recognized for developing those young graduates into true professionals and future industry leaders."
Over 80% of open positions at Pathlabs are filled through internal promotions, made possible thanks to its career development program, YourPath. YourPath starts with a digital media execution class taught at the University of Montana, transitions into a summer internship, and provides ongoing continuing education for employees at all levels.
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package com.gank.mainpager;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.util.Log;

import com.android.volley.VolleyError;
import com.gank.app.App;
import com.gank.bean.BeanTeype;
import com.gank.bean.IosNews;
import com.gank.model.StringModeImpl;
import com.gank.detail.DetailActivity;
import com.gank.model.OnStringListener;
import com.gank.util.Api;
import com.gank.util.Network;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.litesuits.orm.db.assit.QueryBuilder;
import com.litesuits.orm.db.model.ConflictAlgorithm;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Random;

/**
 * Created by Swy on 2017/6/9.
 */

public class IosPresenter implements IosContract.Presenter {
    private static final String TAG = "IosPresenter";
    private IosContract.View view;
    private Context context;

    private StringModeImpl model;

    private Gson gson=new Gson();
    private ArrayList<IosNews.Question> list=new ArrayList<>();

    private int CurrentPagerNum;

    public IosPresenter(IosContract.View view, Context context) {
        this.view = view;
        this.context = context;
        this.view.setPresenter(this);
        model=new StringModeImpl(context);
    }

    @Override
    public void start() {
        loadPosts(1,true);
    }

    @Override
    public void loadPosts(int PagerNum, final boolean cleaing) {
        CurrentPagerNum=PagerNum;
        if (cleaing){
            view.showLoading();
        }
        if (Network.networkConnected(context)){
            model.load(Api.GANK_IOS + PagerNum, new OnStringListener() {
                @Override
                public void onSuccess(String result) {
                    IosNews news=gson.fromJson(result,IosNews.class);
                    if (cleaing){
                        list.clear();
                    }
                    for (IosNews.Question item : news.getResults()){
                        /**
                         * issue1.数据库查重:首先检测数据库中是否已经储存过该条数据
                         * issue2:因为每次重启后都是在网络上重新下载数据 如果是数据库已经存在的数据则不会重新加载,也导致了这些数据当前id值为空
                         * ,所有要绑定对应的id值.
                         */
                        if (!queryIfIdExists(item.get_id())){
                            App.DbLiteOrm.insert(item, ConflictAlgorithm.Replace);
                            Log.i(TAG, "insert success");
                        }else {
                            Log.i(TAG, "data is exist");
                            ArrayList<IosNews.Question> iosList=App.DbLiteOrm.query(new QueryBuilder<IosNews.Question>(IosNews.Question.class)
                                    .where(IosNews.Question.COL_ID+"=?",new String[]{item.get_id()}));
                            IosNews.Question iosItem=iosList.get(0);
                            item.setId(iosItem.getId());
                        }
                        list.add(item);
                    }
                    view.showResult(list);
                    view.Stoploading();
                }

                @Override
                public void onError(VolleyError error) {
                    view.showError();
                    view.Stoploading();
                }
            });
        }else {
            if (cleaing){
                QueryBuilder queryBuilder=new QueryBuilder(IosNews.Question.class);
                queryBuilder.appendOrderDescBy("id");
                queryBuilder.limit(0,0*CurrentPagerNum);
                list.addAll(App.DbLiteOrm.query(queryBuilder));
                view.showResult(list);

            }else {
                view.showNotNetError();
            }
        }
    }

    public boolean queryIfIdExists(String _id){
        ArrayList<IosNews.Question> queryList= App.DbLiteOrm.query(
                new QueryBuilder(IosNews.Question.class).where(IosNews.Question.COL_ID+"=?",new String[]{_id}));
        if (queryList.size()==0){
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
    @Override
    public void reflush() {
        loadPosts(CurrentPagerNum,true);
    }

    @Override
    public void loadMore(int PagerNum) {
        loadPosts(CurrentPagerNum+=PagerNum,false);
    }

    @Override
    public void StartReading(int positon) {
        IosNews.Question item=list.get(positon);
        Intent intent=new Intent(context, DetailActivity.class);
        intent.putExtra("type", BeanTeype.TYPE_IOS);
        intent.putExtra("id",item.getId());
        int id=list.get(positon).getId();
        Log.i(TAG, "StartReading: "+id);
        intent.putExtra("_id",item.get_id());
        intent.putExtra("url",item.getUrl());
        intent.putExtra("title",item.getDesc());
        if (item.getImages()!=null){
            intent.putExtra("imgUrl",item.getImages().get(0));
        }else {
            intent.putExtra("imgUrl","");
        }
        /**
         * Content的startActivity方法,需要开启一个新的task。如果使用 Activity的startActivity方法,
         * 不会有任何限制,因为Activity继承自Context,重载了startActivity方法。
         */
        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        context.startActivity(intent);
    }

    @Override
    public void LookAround() {
        if (list.isEmpty()){
            view.showError();
            return;
        }
        StartReading(new Random().nextInt(list.size()));
    }
}

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This treatise came into existence between 1979 and 1984 as a critique of and alternative approach to the Marxist-Leninist philosophy. It is presented here in its nearly unchanged original. This may help to explain some surprises in the preface as well as at several points in the text.
Societal problems consistently require new conceptual approaches. In my view, these can only originate from the applied sciences at this point in time. Religions and ideologies are obsolete, having failed often enough. They might serve as an instrument of wielding power but they are not suitable for a conscious democratic evolution.
The demand for researching the societal evolution and creating a conscious awareness of it is one of the points emphasized in this work. It has not lost its topicality, not after having overcome Stalinism, either. The problems which communism originally set out to solve are still there, and they increase in intensity again.
As the approach is held very general, only oriented to the flow of information, the resulting considerations should be universally valid. I am convinced that the approach chosen here is the only correct one, and that only the intensive research of evolutionary processes will yield adequate solutions. For this purpose, we cannot resort to Darwin´s theories as toolkit. Darwin is the crystallization core for a science of the evolution of large systems. As was shown in the treatise, Darwin only describes the beginning and the passive part. It was shown that one could open up a new world therefrom – a world which society would desperately need for its orientation. A homogeneous interpretation of the beginning of the evolution of biological systems all the way to contests/conflicts between societies is capable of fulfilling that task. Here we also have sensible research targets for biology – which hasn't really progressed beyond Darwin up to now.
For this purpose, the mental blockade of a perceived contradiction between evolution and entropy has to be overcome. The chances to do so are now better than 20 years ago. If we are the result of evolution, then this took place in accordance with the increase in entropy – or another mechanism will be found. The second facet of the principle of entropy specified here, the general evolutionary criterion, solves this contradiction – which possibly only seems to exist – for biology and a general systems theory.
Approaching the nature of information is extremely difficult. This is the only way to explain why there haven't been any advancements in the direction indicated here. Up to now, cybernetics only dealt with concrete control loops and not with large systems. It is not aware of any relationships to biology and social sciences, either. This might possibly change. What would be needed for that purpose is to break free from the classical concept of information, or to complement that concept.
The vocabulary of concepts used in this field poses a certain problem. What is being expounded in this treatise collides with established concepts here and there. Basically, this cannot be avoided unless one consistently wants to invent new names for concepts.
Due to these problems, the first approach of this treatise was abandoned around 1983, and the vocabulary of concepts was structured in a new unit of time. Concepts are subject to change and evolution as well.
I believe it has been shown in a comprehensive way that this approach is feasible. I do hope that the suggestions will be picked up soon. Likewise, I always appreciate feedback from readers. Just drop an e-mail message at carsten@thumulla.com. Please indicate the subject matter with "BoS" (Battle of Systems) to facilitate filtering.


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Q: How to use `addMP3PlayerListener` with JACo MP3 player library I am trying to create an automatic radio station using the JACo MP3 library.  I have code to generate a random hour long playlist, and I can get JACo MP3 to play it no problem.  What I need to do is somehow get JACo to notify me when the playlist has completed playing so that I can then generate a new hour long playlist and start playing the new list.
I think I need to use the method "addMP3PlayerListener" method, but don't know how to.
Right now my playlist will play, then the program just sits there.
Here is the code I have:
private void startStationActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)
{
  boolean isStopped = true;
  while(isStopped)
  {
    int djID = getCurrentDjID();
    DiskJockey dj = new DiskJockey();

    songListing = SongOpenedController.getSongList();

    ArrayList<Song> theCurrentDJsSongs = dj.getDjPlayList(songListing, djID);
    clearTable();
    updateTable(theCurrentDJsSongs);

    MP3Player myPlayer = new MP3Player();
    for (Song song : theCurrentDJsSongs)
    {
      myPlayer.addToPlayList(new File(song.getSongPathName()));
    }

    myPlayer.play();

    isStopped = myPlayer.isStopped();
  }// end while
}

A: You don't actually need addMP3PlayerListener(). It's surprisingly simple, actually.
All you need to do is check if the music is stopped (myPlayer.isStopped()) and do it then.
Ryan


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UPDATED: STUSU proposes referendum on new mental health fee
by Sarah Betts March 12, 2018
(Caitlin Dutt/AQ)
The St. Thomas University Students' Union will hold a referendum on installing a new mental health fee over the next four years through the university's capital campaign.
Vice-president administration Matt LeBlanc said students will vote on the idea March 28 and 29.
"The mental health fee will be a donation to the capital campaign as a restricted fund earmarked exclusively for mental health services and programming," LeBlanc told The Aquinian on March 12.
"The Students' Union would have influence on how student services spends that money."
The proposed fee would be one of four STUSU fees students pay each year, costing $33.91 for full-time students. Part-time students would pay $3.40 per three-credit hour course.
The fee will go through STU's capital campaign, a funding initiative aimed at rebuilding scholarship endowments, assisting residence renovations and supporting mental health services.
If students say yes, St. Thomas University could see an extra $300,000 go toward its mental health services and programming over the next four years.
STUSU referendum could give $300,000 to mental health services
The STU Students' Union passed a motion to strike an ad hoc negotiations committee regarding the mental health fee referendum on March 15. The committee would meet with STU president Dawn Russell to discuss the possibility of a $50,000 transfer from STUSU accounts as a donation to the university's capital campaign.
LeBlanc proposed the idea on March 12. He said he came up with the referendum after months of dealing with the ins-and-outs of STU's health plan coverage and almost four years of seeing peers struggle with mental health on campus.
By the number, STU's student health plan coverage shows depression or anxiety medication is the third most popular prescription students use.
"My responsibility here [is] to get money on the table and I hope to empower future Unions and future students to make the decisions on how the money will be spent specifically," he said.
"So future students will have a lot of agency in terms of working collaboratively with student services to identify where the funds should be allocated, what sorts of activities should occur and what sorts of stigma-ending initiatives should be put in."
The fight for funding
LeBlanc said this funding cannot wait any longer.
"This is overdue and the time is now. St. Thomas students suffer disproportionately with mental health concerns if you compare us with universities across the country."
The most recent National College Health Assessment shows the struggle with mental health is above the national average for STU students.
In 2013, 78 per cent of STU students identified as being very lonely, 69 per cent felt hopeless and 51 per cent said they felt so depressed they were unable to function.
It also showed 18 per cent considered suicide and 2.7 per cent had attempted. The national average for self-harm sat at 6.6 per cent, while STU's average was more than double at 13.4 per cent.
Nationally, 6.1 per cent of students said they had been diagnosed or treated for depression and anxiety. STU's number was 13.4 per cent.
The university does fund mental health services already, including counselling and a newly-opened peer support centre.
Mental health services at STU: Do I have your attention now?
But LeBlanc said it can never be enough.
"Mental health is underfunded at this university and I would rather we adjust mental health funding now than when a wake up call comes," he said.
LeBlanc said this referendum is one of four ways STU can increase mental health funding. The other three ways include grants from both levels of government, tuition increases or STU creating its own mental health fee.
Those options range from being "overwhelmingly unlikely" to taking the agency and choice of where the money goes out of students' hands, LeBlanc said.
St. Thomas hasn't held a referendum since 2006 when the campus-wide bus pass was created.
As referendums operate similarly to elections, students have until March 20 to apply to STUSU's chief returning officer to create and join "Yes" or "No" committees. Those committees will campaign from March 21 to 27.
A public forum on the referendum question will take place March 26 at 6 p.m. in the off-campus student lounge.
Increased fees, increased stress?
Concerns from fellow STUSU representatives have been raised about rushing into the idea too quickly, as well as the paradox of increasing students' fees when financial burdens are often the cause of stress.
The 2013 health assessment showed 53 per cent of STU students dealt with financial struggles. The national average was only 36.8 per cent.
Nicholas Decarie, an at-large representative for STUSU, said he and others who are against the referendum are not opposed to providing mental health services.
However, he said "it is emphatically wrong to conclude that the responsibility to provide those services falls on the backs of students."
Decarie said he fears STUSU will set a precedent for the university to continue asking the Union for money. He also questioned why STUSU does not, for example, continue lobbying the government to fund more services for students instead.
"The solution being posed by [STUSU] is a temporary fix to try and give the university more time to solve a major problem that the university has put on the back burner," Decarie said in a message.
"The university does not need us to pay more money to squander so they can find a solution. They need to find and implement a permanent solution which does not depend on imposing more financial burdens on students."
But LeBlanc said he cannot foresee any adverse effects stemming from this additional fee.
Instead, he said the university needs to do a better job advertising financial aid opportunities for students.
"If a student is worried that they can't afford an extra $33.91 fee, they are precisely the students that the university has a duty to provide financial aid to," he said.
"The benefit of a sizable donation to mental health offsets the harm done to a few students that are struggling financially."
Former vice-president student life Brianna Matchett said it's not STUSU's job to collect money for the university.
"I think there's a problem with the Students' Union collecting money to give to the university for a service that they won't have complete control over," Matchett said.
"Ultimately the money is being collected by the Union, but it's being directly handed back to the university."
Matchett, an advocate for mental health awareness, doesn't think this is the right way to go about combating mental health struggles on campus.
"It's almost like they're issuing an ultimatum, like if we don't do something [then] something bad is going to happen. As a person with mental illness, that's just disingenuous to me," Matchett said.
However, she said she still thinks STUSU has done a great job advocating for mental health services this year.
"They're advocating at a national and provincial level for governments to give more money to mental health, they've played a role in the creation of a mental health framework for the university [and] they've allocated a budget line toward mental health activities," she said.
"I think the Students' Union has done a lot for mental health … I think the university needs to step up and do their job without the Union's help."
LeBlanc said the fee would institutionalize collaboration and communication between STUSU and student services.
"Our goal is to hone a mental health regime at St. Thomas that is inclusive for everybody and that will not adversely effect anyone."
University 'thrilled and excited'
Jodi Misheal, STU's interim vice-president advancement and alumni relations, said the university is glad the Union has taken up this initiative.
"With this referendum and the Students' Union coming to say, 'This is the area that we would like to support as part of our support for the campaign,' it gives us a huge advantage and a great tool to be able to go out to not only friends and alumni, but corporations, because mental health is a significant touchpoint for many organizations at the moment," Misheal said.
Associate vice-president communications Jeffrey Carleton agreed and said the university is "thrilled and excited."
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Happiness Continuum: When Are the Best Years of Our Lives?
Is there a predetermined peak age for happiness, before which our normal outlook is gloomy and melancholy and after which we slump back into these non-euphoric ways?
Like trying to define why some people are born to be joyful and others to play the role of curmudgeon, this issue has long intrigued psychological and social science researchers. While no singular conclusion has been reached, there are a number of compelling hypotheses…and you may be pleasantly surprised to learn that a number of studies suggest a U-shaped happiness curve with peaks for young and old, giving us not one but two stages of life to savor. Mid-life can be stressful, full of the challenges and demands of raising a family and sustaining a career, but according to some experts, there is indeed a light at the end of the tunnel.
The Economist's international survey of happiness gathered data from America's General Social Survey, Eurobarometer and Gallup finding an upward trajectory of happiness until age 30, a downward trend into midlife, with the lowest point reached at age 46, and up to higher levels again after the 50's. Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the 2018 book, The Happiness Curve, says although its effects vary between individuals, there appears to be a subtle but insistent tug that makes happiness more difficult to achieve in midlife and then reverses direction when we least expect it. Other research supports this finding, including a University of Chicago retrospective study of 28,000 Americans over a 32-year period which showed older age groups were consistently the happiest. Interestingly, Dr. Dilip Jeste, director of the UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging, describes it not as a curve, but more of a linear improvement in mental health that occurs even as physical and cognitive function declines. In particular, today's women may find some of their sweetest times between ages 50 and 70, according to an in-depth lifestyle study spanning three decades conducted by the TrendSight Group. The take-away for younger generations: "Aging isn't a dirty word, with it can come incredible confidence, strength and freedom," says study author Marti Barletta. Even better, a full 59% of women ages 50 to 70 felt their greatest achievements were still ahead of them.
Experts theorize a number of reasons that happiness may increase with age, including increased wisdom or psychological intelligence in handling challenges, fewer aspirations and expectations of self, greater appreciation for life, living in the moment with less worry about the future, greater ability to regulate emotions and less worry about pleasing everyone all the time. Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen's Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, which is grounded in the unique human ability to monitor time, suggests that relative to younger people, older adults focus more on positive than negative information and prioritize emotionally meaningful activities – notably, deepening close relationships – over those related to individual achievement and exploration.
Recent findings from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the world's longest studies of adult life, begun in 1938, also point to the vital role of relationships in happiness at older ages. According to the research, these ties protect people from life's discontents, help to delay mental and physical decline, and are better predictors of long and happy lives than social class, IQ or genes. Dr. Robert Waldinger, study director and psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, acknowledges that the research shows correlation, not necessarily causation. However, after following the subjects (including both Harvard graduates and inner-city residents) for many decades and comparing the state of their health and their relationships early on, he is confident that strong social bonds play a causal role in long-term well-being.
Perhaps 19th century journalist David Grayson had the best advice of all: "The other day a man asked me what I thought was the best time of life. 'Why,' I answered without a thought, 'now.'"
When Are the Best Years of Our Lives? The Healthy Aging Brain…a Continuing Series


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Bad Ideas in Sacramento County
July 23, 2012 by David Edmondson 1 Comment
These really aren't the same thing. Photos by road_less_trvled and Brave New Films
Sacramento has done great things lately. A new light-rail line extends from downtown to a rapidly redeveloping neighborhood near the river. A strong Sustainable Communities Strategy was recently approved by the region. Smart growth is taking root in the sprawling region.
Unfortunately, old habits die hard. The Sacramento Bee reports that Sacramento County supervisors approved a smart-growth redesign of Watt Avenue, an aging, low-density commercial strip, and immediately granted a waiver for Wal-Mart to move in to the very heart of the corridor, the part closest to the city and closest to light rail.
Staff argued that Wal-Mart would generate jobs, provide access to cheap groceries, and help catalyze growth in the area. Supervisors reportedly were only concerned with pedestrian safety and not the store's traffic or the store's design. It also apparently didn't occur to them that supermarkets would move in on their own as the corridor developed.
I can't comment on the wisdom of a smart-growth corridor extending in a thin, four-mile line through some fairly suburban neighborhoods far from the central city, though at first glance the land-use and parking requirements don't seem particularly progressive. What I can comment on is placing a suburban-style, car-centric Wal-Mart where the supervisors want to encourage anything but driving.
In short, it's crazy, a poison pill. Nobody likes to walk by a strip mall parking lot. When was the last time you walked next to a 10-acre parking lot on a summer day? What about walking through it to get to the bus? Now imagine doing that in a Central Valley summer. I shudder to consider it. If Sacramento County wants to build a walkable, transit-oriented corridor, they need to stop granting approvals for projects that stand in direct contradiction to their goals.
It's like saying you want to lose weight, but you still let yourself have McDonald's for lunch every day. Your goal is at odds with your actions, and any progress you might make will be slowed or stalled entirely because of it.
One of Wal-Mart's planned DC stores. Image from JBG.
Department stores, the classier ancestors of the big-box genre of stores, were once an integral part of walking around downtown. Macy's, now more associated with the mall, even throws a parade in New York on Thanksgiving to celebrate its connection with that most urban of communities. Wal-Mart is trying to recapture that feel in Washington, DC, building urban-style stores with apartments and offices above and smaller shops along the sides. The parking lot is an underground garage.
Wal-Mart, in other words, didn't need a waiver from the density minimums and could have anchored the smart-growth corridor with a smart-growth store. The Sacramento County Board and staff should have pushed for something better, but instead they will be saddled with a strip mall in a place that is supposed to be the opposite.
Thankfully, Marin's governments are a bit more savvy, and Marin's residents are much more wary, than to allow such a fiasco. What we do allow, though, are sprawl projects that take life out of our downtowns. Hanna Ranch, for instance, could have been a major boost to downtown Novato had the city been willing to push the project there. Instead, it will be a greenfield sprawl development beyond that giant dead-end called Vintage Oaks.
While we draw up new general plans, our governments and people need to keep in mind their more philosophical goals: to protect the character of each town, to strengthen and preserve town centers, and to focus what growth we do allow in ways that will do those things. Otherwise, we risk just the sort of near-sighted foolishness exemplified in Sacramento County's decision, and that would be a tragedy.
Filed under Monday Update Tagged with Sacramento, smart growth
Mid-Week Links: Crashworthy
November 10, 2011 by David Edmondson Leave a comment
One of the reasons for SMART's higher-than-expected cost is Federal crashworthiness standards that forced the agency to look for custom-built heavy DMUs. Yet, as explained by Market Urbanism, the regulations were made for a time before intelligent, lightweight materials were available and force the US to forego the engineering standards used everywhere else in the world. As shown above, the new materials are perfectly capable of keeping vehicles safe. It's too late for SMART to change their order, but this regulatory regime can and should be changed for all the other transit agencies looking to hold down costs.
In case you missed it, there were off-year elections this past Tuesday. Urbanism won the day for the most part, fending off avowed anti-city challengers in Novato and San Anselmo. Many disagreed with San Rafael's new mayor, Gary Phillips, on Target but he has a firmly pro-business stance and will serve downtown San Rafael well. Across the country, Greater Greater Washington looks at what makes a candidate electable, the Center for Transportation Excellence has posted the status of transit measures nationwide and Half-Mile Circles looks at a few of the big-ticket items.
The County is considering regulations on smoking within multi-unit dwellings, I guess because a home is only private space when it's got a half-acre of land around it.
There will be no Terrapin Crossroads, says Phil Lesh. Fairfaxians are heartbroken.
A driver struck a teen in Novato last week along pedestrian-unfriendly Novato Boulevard. He's doing okay, although he's also lucky to be alive.
SMART plans to spend up to $200,000 to polish its image and push back against opponents.
Novato's Hanna Ranch development would be built without affordable housing while creating low-income jobs. This is suspiciously inconsistent. Deciding on final approval, meanwhile, has been punted by the Council to November 29.
California may have a massive infrastructure maintenance deficit, but at least Mill Valley is behaving responsibly.
Mill Valley's Chamber of Commerce plots a comeback.
A proposal has surfaced to create dedicated, separated bus lanes on Van Ness Avenue, speeding buses along the corridor with significantly more efficiency than currently allowed. Since Golden Gate Transit uses Van Ness for a number of its lines, this change would benefit Marinites as well as San Franciscans.
Want to save a state park otherwise slated for closure? Stop by the Parks Coalition brainstorming session on November 15.
If there's one thing Marin does well, it's loving local businesses.
Using open, real-time location data, Eric Fischer mapped the speeds for the transit system. Click to enlarge.
Cotati is considering revamping a short stretch of Old Redwood Highway near their hexagonal downtown to make it more pedestrian-friendly and less of the car thoroughfare it currently is. Local businesses want to entrench the 40 MPH status quo.
The City of Napa is considering something similar: a $38 million redesign of their downtown.
San Francisco apparently boasts three of the best bars in the world, and there's no better way to enjoy a bar than to take transit. Don't stay out too late, of course: your last bus to Marin leaves at 12:30am.
Oakland residents are dedicated to historic preservation, going so far as to wield shotguns to defend their heritage.
Shockwaves from the $98 billion (nominal) price tag for California High-Speed Rail continue to ripple through the blogosphere. On one side are engineers, who say it is far, far too overbuilt, and on the other are those who look at the big picture to argue it's still a good deal. I say, if you can save money by foregoing massive viaducts through San Jose, forego the viaducts.
Sacramento might not get its rail line for a while yet, but where to locate a station is still troublesome for officials.
We love our green initiatives. Unfortunately one of the most popular, Cash for Clunkers, was a bust.
Congress did something bipartisan today and unanimously passed out of committee a two year extension of the federal transportation bill, MAP-21.
Bad traffic designs that create gridlock create exhaust which seems to hurt our neurological health.
Lastly, in a testament to how budget cuts can even cut efficient programs, the General Services Administration no longer will have the money to make their headquarters an example of solid office design and will instead remain in the big, bureaucratic office building that looks just like you expect.
Filed under Mid-Week Links Tagged with California High Speed Rail, Cotati, Marin County, Mill Valley, Napa, Novato, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, SMART, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, Terrapin Crossroads


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Weavers Way Co-op Leads Urban Agriculture Revolution in Philadelphia
By: NCBA CLUSA Published: Thursday, September 14, 2017 Share: Print: Subscribe
Nationwide, urban agriculture is transforming communities by making healthy, sustainable and local food accessible and affordable. Weavers Way Co-op in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is at the forefront of the region's urban agriculture space. National Co+op Grocers published this article:
Weavers Way Co-op is on a mission to link more people with local food. One way they are doing this is through their three co-op-owned farms, located right in the city. Weavers Way Co-op and Weavers Way Community Programs, a nonprofit arm of the food co-op, currently manage the three farms, which are a powerful example of how urban agriculture can transform the environment and the food on our plates.
It all started when a group of Weaver Way members wanted to show kids where food comes from, in a way that was personal and easy to explain. The members acquired a garden plot at the Awbury Arboretum and volunteered their time to plant seeds, harvest the produce and show kids around.
"The purpose was to educate neighborhood youth, and people got really excited about it," said Nina Berryman, farm director for Weavers Way Farms.
Several years later, the farm added a focus on production, expanding to a full acre and adding paid farmers. The farm continued to grow and the two-acre Mort Brooks Memorial Farm now supplies fresh produce to the food co-op and local farmers markets. "Everyone has a special affinity for the food that comes directly from our farms," Berryman said.
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The co-op added two other farms to their operations: Henry Got Crops! Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), a farm run in partnership with W.B. Saul High School; and the Hope Garden at the Stenton Family Manor. Henry Got Crops! CSA has 2.5 acres, and students at the high school are involved in every aspect of farm operations. They do everything from growing the food to harvesting it for CSA members, learning real-life business skills along the way.
"They also eat the food they grow," Berryman noted, as the farm has inspired students to develop healthier eating habits.
Hope Garden is a quarter-acre plot located at a homeless shelter. Managed by Weavers Way Community Programs, the co-op's nonprofit, it is truly a labor of love for the community involved. "The garden has created a safe space at the shelter, and residents can eat the food, and the children play in the garden," Berryman said. "It's a full experience."
Berryman said the main reason the co-op operates these farms is because "our co-op members want us to do more than simply be a destination for great food." She said they want their co-op to support urban and regional agricultural systems, and give people tools for understanding why it matters. "That's the heart of it," she said.
To find out more about Weavers Way Co-op and its farms, go to www.weaversway.coop
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Top 10: Fast Ford Mustangs
Ben Zachariah
We explore 10 of the fastest Mustangs offered in recent memory.
As one of the most prolific muscle cars ever made, the Ford Mustang has a long and significant history.
In this list we will focus on the most recent shape of the pony car, the FN and FM models, looking at some of the most iconic models to ever wear the Mustang badge.
While not all of the variants listed here are available in Australia, we're still spoiled for choice, with options for buyers who want a performance Ford with a bit of heritage, a proper driver's car, or just a coupe offering big horsepower.
Here are the Top 10 fast Ford Mustangs.
10. Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R
Engine: 5.2-litre naturally-aspirated V8
Performance: 393kW/582Nm
While we never got it in Australia, the Shelby GT350R was widely touted by those who know, as being the driving enthusiast's choice from the entire Mustang line-up. Designed as a track version of the highly-praised GT350, the R lost its rear seats, gained Recaros up front, and had worked suspension to get the most grip from the ultra-sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres fitted to carbon-fibre wheels (made by Aussie company, Carbon Revolution, no less).
But the car's centrepiece was its 5.2-litre V8 engine. The flat-plane crank – a feature normally associated with the likes of Ferrari and McLaren – provided a soundtrack which elevated the GT350 to cult status among enthusiasts in the US.
9. Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
Engine: 5.2-litre supercharged V8
This is the most powerful production vehicle Ford has ever made – which is saying something for an American car company with a strong history of making muscle cars. The Shelby GT500 is the only Mustang to use a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, sending power to the rear wheels via a limited-speed differential, which gets its own oil cooler to keep temperatures down.
A launch control system helps the driver get all 567kW to the ground, resulting in a claimed 0-96km/h (0-60mph) time of 3.3 seconds, and 10.7 seconds down the 400 metre (quarter mile) drag.
8. Ford Mustang Shelby Hertz GT350-H
Price: US$399 per day in 2016
One of the most desirable Mustangs ever made was the 1966 Shelby GT350-H – with the H meaning Hertz. The vehicle was designed and built just for the rental car company, giving people the opportunity to experience a proper muscle car for a weekend. Jump forward to 2016, and Ford produced a new GT350-H to celebrate the model's 50th anniversary.
While the newer version used the same powertrain as the regular Mustang GT, it did get the black and gold livery made famous by the Hertz Mustang, as well as a few other styling enhancements. It also helped introduced the V8 Mustang to a whole new generation.
7. Ford Mustang Bullitt
Price: $73,688 plus on-road costs
As an homage to one of the most famous movie cars of all time, the Mustang Bullitt came with Dark Highland Green paint, retro 19-inch wheels, special badging, and a few other styling changes.
Mechanically, the Bullitt also received some tweaks, with the 5.0-litre V8 from the Mustang GT massaged to around 358kW, with the only transmission option a six-speed manual featuring a white cue-ball gear knob – just like Steve McQueen's car in the film. Seven hundred examples of the special Mustang Bullitt made it to Australia with a price tag of $73,688 plus on-road costs.
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6. Ford Mustang R-Spec
Performance: Estimated 522kW/830Nm
Price: From $99,980 plus on-road costs
What do you do if you're Ford Australia and you really want a supercharged Mustang? You make one yourself. The Mustang R-Spec was our answer to the GT500, using a 2.65-litre supercharger kit from Ford Performance/Roush in the US and putting out north of 500kW.
Power is only estimated, as Ford never officially provided performance figures, curiously. Working with local tuning house Herrod, the R-Spec was limited to just 500 examples, and featured upgrades front-to-rear, with engine, suspension, and styling changes delivering a truly unique high-performance Mustang to the Australian market.
MORE: 2020 Ford Mustang R-Spec review
5. Ford Mustang Mach 1
In reviving a long lost nameplate, the recently-announced Ford Mustang Mach 1 is a bit of a parts-bin special – but to dismiss it as such does the car a disservice. The Mach 1 borrows some of the best bits from a wide variety of models across the Mustang line-up, with the powertrain from the Bullitt, an intake manifold and oil cooler from the Shelby GT350, and aerodynamic bits borrowed from the Shelby GT500.
Suspension components have also been donated from the Shelby Mustangs to give the Mach 1 the sharpest steering response on an Australian pony car, according to Ford. Unlike the Bullitt and the R-Spec, the Mach 1 is available with a choice of either automatic or manual transmissions.
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4. Ford Mustang Tickford Trans-Am
Price: From $32,995, plus a car
The Tickford Trans-Am pays its respects to legendary racing car driver, Canadian Allan Moffat. Moffat's Australian Touring Car Championship career blossomed in a Ford Mustang Boss 302, given to him by Ford management in the US. The Tickford Trans-Am features livery replicating the Boss racing car, and comes with upgraded suspension, a 400kW engine tune, and wide 20-inch Minilite-inspired alloy wheels, as well as a number of interior enhancements. The biggest difference with the Trans-Am is you'll have to purchase a red Mustang beforehand, and organise delivery of the vehicle to Tickford's workshop in Melbourne.
3. Ford Mustang Harrop S550 GT TVS2300
Price: Approximately $112,066
One of the oldest performance Mustangs in this list, Harrop's supercharger kit pushes power close to the Shelby GT500, offering a claimed 550kW and 800Nm. Plenty of attention has been given to the Harrop Mustang, with a more subdued exterior styling package, premium Alcantara interior, and plenty of suspension and mechanical upgrades added for the money. Among those, Harrop's own differential replaces the unit from Ford, while Shockworks improves things in the suspension department.
2. Ford Mustang SM17 by Herrod
Another tribute to a racing car legend we've adopted as our own, Herrod recently announced its own special edition Mustang, the SM17 – named after Supercar champion Scott McLaughlin, with 17 denoting the number on the door of his Mustang race car. Using a 3.0-litre supercharger kit, the SM17 gets a healthy 578kW from its 5.0-litre V8 – the second most powerful Mustang in this list – as well as lowered suspension, adjustable anti-roll bars, and 20-inch wheels shod with Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S tyres. It's expected approximately 100 will be available locally, with around 30 heading to McLaughlin's home country of New Zealand.
1. Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Hennessey Venom 1200
Engine: 5.2-litre twin-turbo V8
Performance: 895kW/1356Nm
Price: US$100,000+ estimated
Hennessey decided its Venom 1000 kit (with 746kW) wasn't quite enough, so it created the Venom 1200. Arguably the most wild road-going Mustang available to buy, the supercharger is swapped out for a pair of turbochargers, helping to crank the power to 895kW and torque to 1356Nm when running on E85 or race fuel. To handle the extra power, the clutch pack is upgraded. Hennessey doesn't do much for the brakes or suspension on the GT500, instead focusing its attention on extracting as much power from the V8 as possible.
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