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Q: How to create a responsive checkerboard background in CSS? I want to have a resposive checkerboard background that should look like the background in a color selector:

What I tried:

.chess {
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(90deg, #999 30px, white 30px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, white 30px, #999 30px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, #999 30px, white 30px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, white 30px, #999 30px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, #999 30px, white 30px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, white 30px, #999 30px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, #999 30px, white 30px);
  background-position: 0 0, 0 30px, 0 60px, 0 90px, 0 120px;
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  background-size: 60px 30px;
  height: 150px;
  margin: 15px auto;
  width: 30%;
}

.fas {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 10em
}
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.7.2/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-ggOyR0iXCbMQv3Xipma34MD+dH/1fQ784/j6cY/iJTQUOhcWr7x9JvoRxT2MZw1T" crossorigin="anonymous">

Problems:

*

*My result is not resposive. (I have fixed pixel sizes)

*I would need a lot of code if I have a larger background or smaller elements.

*I did not achieve to center the pattern or use background-repeat: round
If it is possible I don't want any cut off elements in the checkerboard background.
Not like this (cut off on the right and bottom):

A: Here is an idea that rely on conic-gradient:

.chess {
  background:
    repeating-conic-gradient(
        #fff 0 90deg,
        grey 0 180deg)
    0 0/25% 25%;
  margin: 15px;
  padding:10px;
}
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.7.2/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

You can also consider round of background-repeat if you want to have the same size and no cut off:

.chess {
  background:
    repeating-conic-gradient(
        #fff 0 90deg,
        grey 0 180deg)
    0 0/40px 40px round;
  margin: 15px;
  padding:10px;
}
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.7.2/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

For better support, you can replace the gradient with an SVG to have the same result:

.chess {
  background:
    url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg preserveAspectRatio="none"  viewBox="0 0 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><rect x="0" y="0" width="5" height="5" fill="grey" /><rect x="5" y="5" width="5" height="5" fill="grey" /><rect x="5" y="0" width="5" height="5" fill="white" /><rect x="0" y="5" width="5" height="5" fill="white" /></svg>')
    0 0/25% 25%;
  margin: 15px;
  padding:10px;
}
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.7.2/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

And with a fixed size:

.chess {
  background:
    url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg preserveAspectRatio="none"  viewBox="0 0 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><rect x="0" y="0" width="5" height="5" fill="grey" /><rect x="5" y="5" width="5" height="5" fill="grey" /><rect x="5" y="0" width="5" height="5" fill="white" /><rect x="0" y="5" width="5" height="5" fill="white" /></svg>')
    0 0/40px 40px round;
  margin: 15px;
  padding:10px;
}
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.7.2/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

A: Use this:

.chess {
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(45deg, #ccc 25%, transparent 25%),
    linear-gradient(-45deg, #ccc 25%, transparent 25%),
    linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 75%, #ccc 75%),
    linear-gradient(-45deg, transparent 75%, #ccc 75%);
  background-size: 60px 60px;
  background-position: 0 0, 0 29px, 29px -29px, -29px 0px;
}
.btn {}

.fas {
  color: black;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 10em;
}

.fas.f5em {
  font-size: 5em;
}

.fas.f35em {
  font-size: 35em;
}
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.7.2/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-ggOyR0iXCbMQv3Xipma34MD+dH/1fQ784/j6cY/iJTQUOhcWr7x9JvoRxT2MZw1T" crossorigin="anonymous">

OR you can use pattern image like:
https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/5705/alpha.png


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Q: objective differences between running `NetworkManager` and changing `resolv.conf` Are there any objective differences between running NetworkManager and changing resolve.conf in the following manners? See method #1 and method #2 below. They appear to produce identical results in Ubuntu 18.04.
Method #1: resolv.conf
sudo rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
sudo ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
sudo gedit /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
# then added the google nameservers to my file, adding this line.
nameserver 8.8.8.8

Method 2: NetworkManager

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Regional Reviews: Florida - Southern
Review by Jeffrey Bruce | Season Schedule
Ever since seeing the national tour of Waitress, I've been trying to decipher just what I saw. Initially, I thought it might be a non-union production until I checked the bios and saw a plethora of Broadway (past and current) credits, so that question was answered. I had heard so much that was positive about the show, I was looking forward to seeing it, but I was not very familiar with either the musical or the movie it was based on.
The predictable (to put it very mildly) story concerns a waitress in a small town pie shop, married to a brute and surrounded by a cliché group of co-workers, including the smart-mouthed, larger than life Becky (Charity Angel Dawson), who you just know is going to have a ceiling-shaking number, probably in act two, and the seeming simpleton and severely annoying Dawn (Lenne Klingaman), whose "slow" personality becomes extremely tiresome, and who meets the man of her dreams, Ogie (Jeremy Morse)—thank goodness, because Mr. Morse turns in the best performance of the evening and has the sole showstopper, "Never Ever Getting Rid of Me," which, unfortunately, comes late in the first act. Our titular waitress Jena (Desi Oakley) gets pregnant, has an affair with her handsome gynecologist Dr. Pomatter (Bryan Fenkart), has her baby, (finally) asks her brutish husband for a divorce, and lives happily ever after. I have attempted to abridge what happens because nothing much does that is not, well, predictable.
The score by Sara Bareilles is sweet and, sorry, predictable and the cast tries, in several cases, way too hard with it. They might be aware of just how slim the libretto is (book by Jessie Nelson), and director Diane Paulus, who, up until now I have had tremendous respect for, seems to have made the bad choice of having several of her supporting characters mug and "goon" throughout. Conversely, Ms. Oakley almost sleepwalks through act one until the final five minutes, when she gets it on with her gynecologist, whom she gifts with a pie she had made for the original doctor he replaced. Are you following this? In act two things are tied up with a nice, neat bow and we are sent home with thoughts of blueberry, lemon meringue and apple dancing in our heads.
Waitress has been running on Broadway for a while now, is a definite hit, and I am incredulous. The musicians do a nice job interacting with the performers throughout, since they are, handily, positioned onstage. The dancing is extremely minimal and credited to Lorin Lattaro. The sound, by Jonathan Deans, is disastrous. I thought it was just me until I asked my date at intermission, "can you understand one lyric?" She said she could not. The dialogue is crystal clear, but not one song lyric is intelligible. Ken Billington, that old lighting pro, has done lovely work presenting Scott Pask's sparse but pertinent sets.
I sincerely wish I had enjoyed the show—it hurts when something just doesn't rise to the occasion. Perhaps, when Ms. Paulus takes a good look at the tour, pacing will pick up, the sound will be perfected, and performances will be honed. If that happens, I would look forward to seeing Waitress again, with an open mind.
Waitress, through April 22, 2018, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, located at 201 SW 5 Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale FL. You may purchase tickets by calling 954-462-0222 or online at www.browardcenter.org. For more information on the tour, visit waitressthemusical.com/tour.

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The Art of the Simon and Kirby Studio
Publisher: Abrams Comicarts
Price: $60.00 US / $69.00 CAN
I have followed the work of Jack Kirby for years and thought of him only in terms of his career with Marvel Comics, and somewhat with his brief work for DC Comics. But I never realized that those times weren't the beginning of his story. Enter Joe Simon and the Simon and Kirby Studio.
I'll leave the details of how these two creative geniuses met for when you read the book, but safe to say it is one of those 'meant-to-be' stories! They started out in the 1930's and definitely left their mark.
The Simon and Kirby Studio was prolific, employing many artists as needed, and covering such material as:
Space Epics
Superheroes (The Fly, pictured above)
I learned that Simon would go out and get jobs for the studio by promising any kind of story that was needed to fill publications at the time. They were primarily a studio-for-hire at this point. Then Kirby would burn the midnight oil to churn out the images. Although Simon was more of a writer and business man, he also did artwork and other duties. In fact, everyone at the studio was expected to do whatever it took to meet a deadline!
Superheroes are probably what most readers buying this book will know Jack Kirby for. Perhaps thinking of Captain America or the later characters co-created by Stan Lee, like The Mighty Thor, among others. But in the early days it was The Sandman, Fighting American, and The Fly.
This book is mostly a reprinting of classic Simon and Kirby stories, in part or in their entirety. The book starts with a brief introduction by Mark Evanier and concludes with an even briefer afterward by Jim Simon.
COOL FACTOR: 3.5/5
I was expecting more of an in-depth look at the men and the studio they created, but instead got over 300 pages of comic strip panels. The artwork was amazing (if you appreciate the drawing style of Jack Kirby, as I do) but most of the stories were very dated. I didn't know most of the characters, as they came from the 30's and 40's, so this too was a bit disappointing.
The Cool Factor will be much higher for diehard Kirby fans, and completests, but for the average comic book fan, it may not be what is expected.
For more on Jack Kirby, check out this blog entitled the Jack Kirby Museum. The curator has stopped posting new material, but it is still filled with many posts that delve into Kirby's life and art.
Book Review, Books, Captain America, DC Comics, Jack Kirby, Jim Simon, Joe Simon, Mark Evanier, Marvel Comics, Sandman, Superheroes, The Art of the Simon and Kirby Studio, The Fly
Would Walt Disney Approve of Modern Disney?
I don't really know how many times I've heard a Disney employee say: "I think Walt would have liked this (or that)!" But I think it's safe to say that it happens often. A new Promotion comes along, and it's just what Walt would have thought up. A new Attraction is built, and it's just what Walt would have designed. A new balloon color is chosen, and all of a sudden, it's Walt's favorite color!
Top Executives and Imagineers alike are apt to claim that they are certain that they have Walt's stamp of approval. But if Walt Disney were here today, would he approve of the Modern Disney?
To answer that, we need to look at another question: Did Walt Disney approve of everything in his day? After reading more books on the man than I can remember, I feel safe in saying 'No'.
Starting in the early 1930's, Walt always argued with his brother Roy about how to build their fledgling company. And almost always got his way. On into the 1940's, Walt pushed the boundaries of Animation his way, often against the will of his staff. Many of these early Animators claim that the only way to get your idea approved was to make Walt think that it was actually his idea. On into the 1950's and television, Walt reinvented the medium to reflect his vision of what it could be. And then went on to reinvent the Amusement Park, turning it into his own thing: The Theme Park.
I think we get the idea!
Walt Disney did things his own way. So if he walked down Main Street at Walt Disney World (which he never got to do as he died in 1966, with the Park opening in 1971) one must believe that the first thing he would do would be to notice some little thing that should have been 'plussed'. Then he would likely launch into an elaborate description of what the whole thing could, or should, be!
Does this mean that Walt would disapprove of the Modern Disney?
He definitely hated corporate structure, even in his day. So it is likely that he wouldn't enjoy how involved the Hierarchy of his company has become. But I believe that as he would look at the overall results of his legacy, he would be proud of how it has all turned out. But would he be satisfied?
He might look at Soarin' and say: "Why not have it fly over the world?" He might look at Splash Mountain and ask: "Where's Uncle Remus?" He might look at… just about anything and say: "We can make that better!" And knowing him, he could! So the good thing about worrying if Walt would approve is that the final product is bound to be the best it can be, without Walt's direct supervision. But can we ever claim that Walt would approve, without even one suggestion to improve it?
No. But kudos to the Modern Disney for trying to gain Walt's approval anyway!
Disney's California Adventure, Disneyland, Mickey Mouse, Plussing, Walt Disney


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package me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.common.ui.launchdetail.launches.agency;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;

import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

import com.afollestad.materialdialogs.MaterialDialog;
import com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout;
import com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager;
import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentPagerAdapter;
import androidx.swiperefreshlayout.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout;
import androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager;
import butterknife.BindView;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;
import butterknife.OnClick;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.common.R;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.common.R2;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.common.base.BaseActivityOld;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.common.ui.settings.SettingsActivity;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.common.ui.views.custom.BadgeTabLayout;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.common.utils.Utils;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.data.models.main.Agency;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.data.networking.DataClient;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.data.networking.responses.base.AgencyResponse;
import me.calebjones.spacelaunchnow.common.ui.supporter.SupporterActivity;
import retrofit2.Call;
import retrofit2.Callback;
import retrofit2.Response;
import timber.log.Timber;

public class AgencyLaunchActivity extends BaseActivityOld implements UpcomingAgencyLaunchesFragment.OnFragmentInteractionListener,
        PreviousAgencyLaunchesFragment.OnFragmentInteractionListener, SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener {

    @BindView(R2.id.toolbar)
    Toolbar toolbar;
    @BindView(R2.id.tabs)
    BadgeTabLayout tabLayout;
    @BindView(R2.id.appbar)
    AppBarLayout appbar;
    @BindView(R2.id.container)
    ViewPager viewPager;
    @BindView(R2.id.main_content)
    CoordinatorLayout mainContent;
    @BindView(R2.id.swipeRefresh)
    SwipeRefreshLayout swipeRefresh;
    @BindView(R2.id.menu)
    FloatingActionButton menu;

    private SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;
    private UpcomingAgencyLaunchesFragment upcomingFragment;
    private PreviousAgencyLaunchesFragment previousFragment;
    private ArrayList<String> agencyList;
    private List<Agency> agencies;
    private boolean upcomingLoading = false;
    private boolean previousLoading = false;
    String lspName;
    String searchTerm;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_agency_launch);
        ButterKnife.bind(this);

        Intent intent = getIntent();
        if (null != intent) { //Null Checking
            lspName = intent.getStringExtra("lspName");
        }
        setTitle();

        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
        // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
        // primary sections of the activity.
        mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());

        // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
        viewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);
        viewPager.addOnPageChangeListener( new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onPageScrolled( int position, float v, int i1 ) {
            }

            @Override
            public void onPageSelected( int position ) {
            }

            @Override
            public void onPageScrollStateChanged( int state ) {
                enableDisableSwipeRefresh( state == ViewPager.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE );
            }
        } );
        tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(viewPager);
        swipeRefresh.setOnRefreshListener(this);
        getFeaturedAgencies();
    }

    private void enableDisableSwipeRefresh(boolean enable) {
        if (swipeRefresh != null) {
            swipeRefresh.setEnabled(enable);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        setTitle();
        super.onResume();
    }

    private void getFeaturedAgencies() {
        DataClient.getInstance().getFeaturedAgencies(new Callback<AgencyResponse>() {
            @Override
            public void onResponse(Call<AgencyResponse> call, Response<AgencyResponse> response) {
                if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                    List<Agency> agencies = response.body().getAgencies();
                    agencyList = new ArrayList<>();
                    for (Agency agency : agencies) {
                        agencyList.add(agency.getName());
                    }
                    menu.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                } else {
                    menu.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call<AgencyResponse> call, Throwable t) {
                menu.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
        }, 50);
    }

    @Override
    public void setUpcomingBadge(int count) {
        if (tabLayout != null && count > 0) {
            tabLayout.with(0).badge(true).badgeCount(count).name("UPCOMING").build();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void setPreviousBadge(int count) {
        if (tabLayout != null && count > 0) {
            tabLayout.with(1).badge(true).badgeCount(count).name("PREVIOUS").build();
        }
    }

    private void showAgencyDialog() {
        new MaterialDialog.Builder(this)
                .title(R.string.select_launch_agency)
                .content(R.string.select_launch_agency_description)
                .items(agencyList)
                .itemsCallback((dialog, view, which, text) -> {
                    lspName = String.valueOf(text);
                    refresh();
                })
                .positiveText(R.string.filter)
                .negativeText(R.string.close)
                .show();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.launcher_menu, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();

        if (id == android.R.id.home) {
            onBackPressed();
            return true;
        }

        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            Intent intent = new Intent(this, SettingsActivity.class);
            intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
            startActivity(intent);
            return true;
        }

        if (id == R.id.action_supporter) {
            Intent intent = new Intent(this, SupporterActivity.class);
            startActivity(intent);
            return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    @Override
    public void showUpcomingLoading(boolean loading) {
        upcomingLoading = loading;
        showNetworkLoading();
    }

    @Override
    public void showPreviousLoading(boolean loading) {
        previousLoading = loading;
        showNetworkLoading();
    }

    @Override
    public void onRefresh() {
        lspName = null;
        searchTerm = null;
        refresh();
    }

    private void refresh() {
        if (upcomingFragment != null) {
            upcomingFragment.onRefresh(lspName, searchTerm);
        }
        if (previousFragment != null) {
            previousFragment.onRefresh(lspName, searchTerm);
        }
        setTitle();
    }

    private void setTitle() {
        if (lspName != null) {
            toolbar.setTitle(lspName);
        } else if (searchTerm != null) {
            toolbar.setTitle(searchTerm);
        } else {
            toolbar.setTitle("Select an Agency");
        }
    }

    private void showNetworkLoading() {
        if (upcomingLoading || previousLoading) {
            showLoading();
        } else {
            hideLoading();
        }
    }

    private void showLoading() {
        Timber.v("Show Loading...");
        swipeRefresh.post(() -> swipeRefresh.setRefreshing(true));
    }

    private void hideLoading() {
        Timber.v("Hide Loading...");
        swipeRefresh.post(() -> swipeRefresh.setRefreshing(false));
    }

    public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

        public SectionsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
            super(fm);
        }

        @Override
        public Fragment getItem(int position) {

            switch (position) {
                case 0:
                    return UpcomingAgencyLaunchesFragment.newInstance(searchTerm, lspName);
                case 1:
                    return PreviousAgencyLaunchesFragment.newInstance(searchTerm, lspName);
                default:
                    return null;
            }
        }

        // Here we can finally safely save a reference to the created
        // Fragment, no matter where it came from (either getItem() or
        // FragmentManger). Simply save the returned Fragment from
        // super.instantiateItem() into an appropriate reference depending
        // on the ViewPager position.
        @NonNull
        @Override
        public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
            Fragment createdFragment = (Fragment) super.instantiateItem(container, position);
            // save the appropriate reference depending on position
            switch (position) {
                case 0:
                    upcomingFragment = (UpcomingAgencyLaunchesFragment) createdFragment;
                    break;
                case 1:
                    previousFragment = (PreviousAgencyLaunchesFragment) createdFragment;
                    break;
            }
            return createdFragment;
        }

        @Override
        public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
            container.removeView((View) object);
        }

        @Override
        public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
            switch (position) {
                case 0:
                    return getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.upcoming);
                case 1:
                    return getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.previous);
            }
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return 2;
        }
    }

    @OnClick(R2.id.menu)
    public void onViewClicked() {
        showAgencyDialog();
    }
}

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House & Gardens
Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia
Southeast Piazza
Rose Campion
An article courtesy of the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. Click for more.
Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of the Qur'an, which was the second edition of a 1734 translation by George Sale, a two-volume set published in London in 1764. This set was sold to the Library of Congress in 1815, and rebound by the Library in 1918. The daybook of the Virginia Gazette records the purchase of this edition by Jefferson in Williamsburg in 1765.1 There are no other known records of Jefferson reacquiring this work, suggesting perhaps that it survived the fire at Jefferson's family home, Shadwell, in 1770.
In 2007, Jefferson's copy of the Qur'an was used by United States Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) to take his oath of office.
- Anna Berkes, March 20, 2009
Further Sources
Hayes, Kevin J. "How Thomas Jefferson Read the Qur'an." Early American Literature vol. 39, no. 2 (2004): 247-61.
Prange, Sebastian R. "Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an." Saudi Aramco World vol. 62, no. 4 (2011): 2-7.
Sowerby, 2:90. See also this item's record in the Thomas Jefferson's Libraries Project.
"Thomas Jefferson's Copy of the Koran To Be Used in Congressional Swearing-in Ceremony." Library of Congress Press Release, January 3, 2007.
Widmer, Ted. "People of the Book: Adams, Jefferson and the Koran." Keynote address, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson: Libraries, Leadership and Legacy, Boston and Charlottesville, Va., June 21-27, 2009.
Look for further sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal.
1. Virginia Gazette Daybooks, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Books, Religion
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The American Board of Pediatric Dentistry is pleased to have Dr. Rochelle Lindemeyer serving in the position of Vice Chair of the Qualifying Examination (QE).
The American Board of Pediatric Dentistry is pleased to have Dr. Edward Ginsberg serving in the position of Chair of the Oral Clinical Examination (OCE) Committee.
Self-regulation is crucial to modern-day professionalism, and indeed essential to ABPD for it to remain relevant and thrive.
For many board certification represents a culmination of professional and personal achievement, the reward of personal sacrifice, and a commitment to excellence and the highest quality of care to our patients.
What happens if my Renewal of Certification requirements are not completed annually?
The American Board of Pediatric Dentistry (ABPD) Qualifying Examination will be held on Monday, May 13, 2019 in the PearsonVUE Center network of testing locations.
Congratulations to the 2018 Richard C. Pugh Achievement Award Recipients!
ABPD would like to recognize and give thanks to the 2018 Examination Committee for their time, support and dedication to the field of Pediatric Dentistry!
The American Board of Pediatric Dentistry (ABPD) 2019 Oral Clinical Examination application will open online on January 2, 2019 at 9 a.m CST.


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Mizzou Celebrates Scholarship Established By Kertz Family
Representatives from the University of Missouri's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) celebrated Dr. Alois "Al" Kertz and his family for their generosity in Ste. Genevieve on April 6 at the DuBourg Centre.
The Kertz family has a scholarship named in honor of their father, Alois, that provides funds to support a student studying animal sciences or food sciences, preferably to students graduating from Valle Catholic High School or Ste. Genevieve High School.
Family, friends and community members from Ste. Genevieve joined faculty and staff from the University of Missouri to celebrate the Kertz award.
Kertz had a unique education experience. One of seven children, his parents took on a significant financial burden to send all of their children to Valle Catholic High School. His education at Valle Catholic served as a spark that encouraged him to continue on, completing two degrees at the university: a B.S. in agriculture focused on dairy husbandry in 1967 and a master of science studying dairy cattle nutrition in 1968.
After serving several years in the military, he attended Cornell University, where he completed his Ph.D., focusing his work on animal nutrition.
In 2018, he received a Citation of Merit Award from the CAFNR Alumni Association, recognizing his career and research.
Professionally, Kertz has had a significant impact in his field, traveling extensively both inside and outside the U.S. to consult on the nutrition, feeding and management of dairy cattle. He worked for many years for Ralston Purina/Purina Mills and is currently the founder and principal of Andhil LLC Consulting Services.
Kertz has four children, three of whom are University of Missouri graduates, and nine grandchildren.
Scholarships in CAFNR are an essential part of the recruitment and retention strategy for the college.
Thanks to generous donors like the Kertz family, CAFNR is able to offer $1.5 million in scholarships each year; 83 percent of eligible continuing students who applied received a CAFNR scholarship. CAFNR is home to 12 undergraduate degree programs, 12 graduate degree programs, and many research opportunities and real-world laboratory experiences.
(Information in a release from the University of Missouri's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.)
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Ste. Genevieve's two late-winter activities will both be taking place Feb. 4. The annual Chocolate Walk will see participating downtown merchants dispersing chocolate to those taking part in the event. Only 300 tickets are available, and they always sell out in advance. To purchase tickets go to: downtownstegenevieve.org. This event is sponsored by Downtown Ste. Genevieve. Meanwhile, in a tradition passed down from France to Canada, and on to the Illinois Country, the annual King's Ball returns. Bad weather forced its cancellation last year. It will be held Feb. 4, at the Ste. Genevieve VFW Lodge at 852 Memorial Drive, 6-11 p.m. Fiddle virtuoso Dennis Straughmatt will perform, and will also bring a dance caller, Deborah Hyland, with him. Traditional dress is encouraged, but not required and dance lessons will be provided. Each male will receive a piece of La Galette des Rois or "the king's cake." Whoever gets a tiny Jesus figure in his piece is crowned king and then gets to choose his queen. Each year a couple is honored as the Le dame and Le Chevalier. This year the honor goes to Mary and Paul Hassler.
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Q: Python 3.9 datatable to.csv() gives error when I use sep argument I'm trying to write python code for saving datatable Frame to .csv with semicolon as separator.
When I try to do that I receive error.
The issue is not present when I use fread function.
Also, to_csv() works well when separator is not specified.
According to documentation to_csv() should take sep as argument.
Error:
Method datatable.Frame.to_csv() got an unexpected keyword argument sep
My code (df is a pandas data frame):
import datatable as dt
...
dtf = dt.Frame(df)
dtf.to_csv('test.csv', sep=';')

Win10
Python version: 3.9.13
datatable version: 1.0.0
Thank you for help

A: As @ThePyGuy suggested in the comments I've checked documentation of different versions of the package and it seems that all separator was introduced in v1.1.0 which is still on development.
Thank you for guiding me


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UNFPA implements numerous measures at Bo Government Hospital to improve obstetric care services
A doctor and a midwife speak to an expectant mother in the High Dependency Unit © UNFPA Sierra Leone/2020/Suliaman Stephens
BO, Sierra Leone, 24 November 2020 - The Bo Government Hospital is a busy health facility which provides vital services to pregnant women on a daily basis. Serving over a million people, the facility is the only referral hospital in the southern province that caters for Pujehun, Bonthe and Moyamba districts.
Sierra Leone ranks among the world's highest maternal mortality ratio. The 2015 Sierra Leone DHS indicates that maternal deaths account for 36 per cent of all deaths of women aged 15-49 years.
One major challenge facing the health sector in the country is the inadequate number of qualified and skilled health personnel, particularly skilled birth attendants who are critical to the prevention of maternal deaths. This is in addition to the inadequate infrastructure of health centres and hospitals and the critical equipment needed to provide quality maternal health services.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sierra Leone, is the UN's sexual and reproductive health and rights agency that works towards reducing maternal and newborn deaths. Interventions across the country include supporting the Government in transforming the health care delivery system such as establishing specialised maternal health facilities.
With financial support from UK Aid through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) Saving Lives in Sierra Leone Programme, UNFPA works with Doctors with Africa CUAMM to support the Bo Government Hospital to improve quality obstetric services to reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Such measures include the extension and refurbishment of the labour ward and the establishment of a dedicated maternal High Dependency Unit (HDU) to address obstetric emergencies.
The In-Charge of the hospital's HDU, Christiana Elliot, explained that with the new monitors, oxygen concentrators and different equipment supplied by UNFPA to the HDU in May 2020, that there has been a decrease in number of maternal deaths in the hospital.
At 27 years of age, Modupeh Cole who is a mother to three, is one of several new mothers to have benefited from UNFPA support to the Bo Government Hospital. On 28 September, 2020 after having a caesarean section, she delivered healthy twins in the maternal ward of the hospital, renovated by UNFPA.
Modupeh holds her twins girls with a midwife from Bo Government Hospital.© UNFPA Sierra Leone/2020/Suliaman Stephens
Modupeh said she remains thankful for the service she received at the hospital. "It was a difficult situation for me because when I arrived at the hospital, I had no money. However, an emergency operation was carried out and I thankfully didn't have to pay", explained Modupeh joyfully.
Angelique Reid, UNFPA Sierra Leone, Communications Specialist
Tel: +232 78340044 - Email: areid@unfpa.org
Improving quality obstetric care services to reduce maternal and newborn mortality in Sierra Leone
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Not so much a movie as an advertisement for a soft drink or tampons or sneakers or a cell phone for fresh! active! fun! young! people.
Imitation is suicide," scolds celebrity dance DJ James Reed (Wes Bentley: Interstellar) to the hot up-and-comer, Cole Carter (Zac Efron: Neighbors), he has taken under his wing. Which is highly ironic, because We Are Your Friends couldn't be more derivative of every single hungry-young-artist movie you've ever seen. Cole loathes his crappy workaday life in the unfashionable San Fernando Valley and dream of bigger and better things in the more glamorous parts of Los Angeles on the other side of the Hollywood Hills. Are Cole's less enlightened friends holding him back and embarrassing him in front of James? Will James's gorgeous and much-younger girlfriend, Sophie (Emily Ratajkowski: Entourage), threaten to come between mentor and mentee? You know it. But director and coscreenwriter Max Joseph, in his feature debut, isn't content to merely ape narrative tropes of an already overly explored genre: he has made a movie that looks like an advertisement for a soft drink or tampons or sneakers or a cell phone — any product that wants you to associate it with fresh! active! fun! young! people. Efron's usual appeal is lost among it. Not lost, because it's so literal, so on-the-nose, is Joseph's depiction of all the personal experience and tragedy that goes into a man's art, as Cole electronically samples the sounds of the Valley and turns them into a dance soundtrack for fresh! active! fun! young! people to groove to. Or perhaps to buy sneakers to.
See also my #WhereAreTheWomen rating of We Are Your Friends for its representation of girls and women.


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This War of Mine Review
by Colm Ahern on November 14, 2014
PlatformPC
Developer11 Bit Studios
Publisher11 Bit Studios
More often than not, the video game medium presents war as a sexy, explosive, fun time. You've got an AK47 in your hands and you're told to shoot anything that moves, normally, in a country that's being decimated before your eyes. This War of Mine looks at things from a more human level. You're just trying to survive by accumulating scraps of all kinds, rather than attempting to maim on the battlefield. In fact, the battlefield is the last place you want to be, especially if you're bringing a knife to a gun fight.
In This War of Mine, you have to come prepared, or else you'll fall at the hands of your enemy, and your enemy is everyone in this now dilapidated environment. The city you once called home is now a warzone where scavengers hunt for crafting materials, food, weapons – anything. You are in control of three citizens that have somehow found each other and must overcome this life-threatening situation. By converting an old house into a headquarters of sorts, the three survivors are looking to do what they can in order to live through the war.
This War of Mine splits into two sections: day and night. During the daytime, you control the movement of all three characters around a large 2D environment and must manage the group's resources. Clearing away rubble, scrounging your humble abode for all types of materials (at the beginning, until you can scrounge no longer), eating, medicating, crafting and the like, are all on the daily to-do list. Once your newly found base has been relieved of all its hidden away trinkets, you must go out and search other buildings, and the perfect time to do that is, of course, during the dead of night. Once 8 o'clock comes, you have the option to send out one scavenger, and let members of the group have a rest by going to sleep, or keep them awake and have them guard the premises.
While there's light there, you have a chance to work your characters by having them use the metalwork bench to craft weapons out of all sorts of materials you got in the previous night's haul, or cook a few meals for your ever starving residents. It can get tedious as the days pass by, but that boredom is a reflection of this life the characters are leading. On occasion you'll be raided at night, but this random event can't be stopped during gameplay – it just happens. You have to constantly worry about trying to keep your group alive, and that doesn't just include controlling their hunger. You have to make sure they're not tired or sad, too. By having books, a guitar, or even a bottle of booze or a few cigarettes in the house, you can attempt to keep spirits up in this dire time. Each character has their own little bio (diary, basically) which is updated sporadically – generally after a relatively large event. For example, during my time with This War of Mine, one night, the scavenger of the group went out and robbed an old couple blind as they were inside their house, pleading with him not to kill them. The following day, the other house dwellers were either praising or ridiculing him for doing so in their bios. It's a nice touch to attempt to flesh out these people, but it never goes far enough. You don't know an awful lot about these survivors, therefore it's hard to truly feel for their struggles. There are inconsistencies here, too. Every now and again, something resembling a speech bubble will appear above a character's head informing you that they're tired, sad, or whatnot. There are multiple occasions where a character will mention how stealing is necessary to survive in their bio, but then say the exact opposite in their dialogue.
Sometimes, a random survivor will call to your door looking to exchange some of their items for yours. And while that's a help, some of them will even reassure you that they aren't looking for trouble. The thing is, they're never looking for trouble. Not once in my time playing did one of these door-to-door knockers ever try and brute force their way into the house and attempt to loot any of my group's belongings. This War of Mine is definitely a very personal experience, (my playthrough will be different to yours) but in my time with it, I didn't see any threat during the day, and that added tension would have been welcome.
At night, you only worry about controlling a single person as you put the rest of the group on guard duty or let them get some sleep. Before your foraging escapades begin, you must pick a prime location to loot. Locations are displayed on a map, which also gives you a few details on what you're walking into. The brothel might have to be approached with caution because bandits are regularly seen there, but there's plenty of food on offer, and the local church has suffered some infrastructural damage, so bringing a shovel to get through the rubble is recommended. Prior to embarking on your trip, these descriptions are a must read. Rather than enter an area and be unprepared for a thug beatdown, you're thankfully informed of the risks and rewards before you set off, so you can appropriately plan your course of action. This War of Mine shines in these instances as personal stories are created. While you may enter an area and stealthily takedown all onlookers, another person might see danger from the very beginning and opt to head back to camp. And stealth is very important. Each building doesn't display itself fully to you, at first. Rooms in your direct line of sight will be completely visible, while others will be greyed out. Red circles on the ground will be displayed in areas that you can't see, to signify movement; this could be a rat, just as much as it could be a nutcase with a gun. There's a wonderful sense of dread when you enter an area, as you don't know exactly what's waiting for you behind every corner. The tension of night is a welcome change to the calm of day.
However, there is no major difference in how This War of Mine looks at any hour – it's relentlessly bleak. Rarely will you spot an area offering up a primary colour, as this world has been been broken by battle, and that's reflected in the monochrome visuals. It exudes despair within the art style, and the sound design, too. Clean electric guitar and percussion builds during a nervous encounter with the military, while a more relaxed setting is perfectly accompanied by subtle piano keys.
This War of Mine wants you to care about the people who have been affected by the war, rather than soldiers on the front-line. Via conflicting thoughts the characters have, the cast's paper-thin stories and an elementary crafting system, it never fully reaches its potential. But the moments where you're racing across an outpost trying to dodge military fire and robbing someone blind right before their eyes; those are the points where this war does genuinely feel like mine.
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Tense nighttime sequences.
Terrific music.
Bleak artstyle.
Characters don't feel human.
Daytime lacks an urgency.
While the human element of characters isn't as fleshed out as it could've been, This War of Mine is an interesting take on the war genre.
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Dermal fillers are substances that can be safely injected into or under your skin in order to restore smooth texture and youthful shape. Dermal filler also contours of your face, lips, hands, or other area of the body which appearance needs to be rejuvenated. Examples of dermal fillers are Radiesse® and Juvederm®.
Dermal Fillers fill defects, deep wrinkles and depressed scars, and to re-create facial contours lost with aging. By them-selves, or combined with other techniques such as Botox or laser treatments, fillers can be used to make you look years younger without the risks and discomforts of surgery.
The filler plumps up the area where it is injected. Because fillers are a natural substances, your body gradually metabolizes them. Fillers also stimulate collagen production in your skin, giving you a longer lasting effect. Thus, any treatment with the above fillers isn't permanent, but lasts 6 months to 2 years, depending on the filler and the treatment.
Dr. Pinkhasik uses a very fine needle to place fillers in key regions of your face where loss of volume has created changes, resulting in an aged and tired appearance.
Corners of the mouth: also called the oral commissure, if these are turned downward it can make you look as though you're sad or angry.
Jowl: the area on either side of the chin, where skin can sag due to loss of facial volume.
Tear Troughs: the area below you eye that create "bags and hollows under the eyes".
We have seen amazing results in men and women with the placement of Radiesse, Juverderm and other fillers. This treatment will instantly take years off your face.
Here, a soft tissue filler had been injected into naso-labial folds and into lips, restoring volume lost due to aging, and resulting in a smoother, rejuvenated appearance.
Here, Radiesse was injected into Zygomatic (cheekbone) areas, Maxillary areas (under eyes), Naso-labial folds, Marionette lines (at corners of mouth), and chin. Total 4 syringes of filler material were used.
Here also Radiesse was injected in Zygomatic (cheekbone) areas, Maxillary areas (under eyes), Naso-labial folds, Marionette lines (at corners of mouth), and chin; 8 Syringes in total.
Naso-labial folds injected with Hydroiodic acid.
Are there any pre or post care instructions for Dermal Fillers?
Yes, there are pre and post care instructions that we like all our clients to follow.
How soon will I see results with Dermal Filler, and how long will they last?
Immediately upon injection, Dermal Filler restores volume to smooth out the signs of aging. The natural-looking results may last up to a year or more in many patients depending on the filler used and your body's response.
The skin is numbed just before injection, and lidocaine (local anesthetic) is mixed with the fillers, so the pain sensation is blocked. You may feel some temporary pressure or fullness in the area injected with fillers. This makes the procedure much more comfortable.
Come and visit our clinic for Dermal Fillers.


Mike talks with Esme Murphy on WCCO 4 CBS Minnesota, July 8, 2018.
The video can be viewed on WCCO's web site at https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/category/home-garden-gardening/3895690-ag-candidate-mike-rothman-talks-state-of-the-race or on MSN at https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/l/ag-candidate-mike-rothman-talks-state-of-the-race/vp-AAzJYiN.
Don't forget to watch the extended Facebook Live interview with Esme that allowed Mike to expand on his views at https://www.facebook.com/CBSMinnesota/videos/10156782886898825.


With its legendary herbal kick, this classic soup has a refreshing, bold blend of fragrant chili, lemongrass, Galangal, shallots, lime leaves, fish sauce and lime juice. This soup gets its body from straw mushrooms and succulent fresh prawns. Having particular smell reminding you of exotic aroma, it is a versatile dish that can actually make its combination with any meal and you can feel the invigorating sour-spicy-hot taste of this soup just screaming 'Thailand'.
Som Tum or the Spicy Green Papaya Salad is the outlandish dish, which belongs to the Northeast state of Isaan. Made of chilies, garlic, cherry tomatoes, shredded raw papaya and green beans by getting them dramatically pulverized in a mortar and pestle, this dish releases an unforgettable rounded sweet-sour-spicy flavor. To catch its new grabbers by surprise, peanuts, salted crab or dry shrimp into the blend is sprinkled topically by regional variations.
Gaeng Daeng is the rich aromatic curry of Thailand, which always finds those taste buds tingling, is made with morsels of red curry paste, meat, smooth coconut milk and topped off with a scattering of excellently sliced leaves of Kaffir lime. As the taste of this dish is sweet, delicate aromatic and mild, a charming woman could love having it, when the meat is stunningly soft at its best. Its grabbers miss this dish much if it is absent in their meal.
Tom Kha Kai, which has a mild, tamer twist on Tom Yum, is the iconic soup made of thinly sliced young Galangal, fiery chilies, delicate strips of chicken, stalks of lemongrass and crushed shallots. The spicy blow of this soup is softened by lashings of coconut milk, unlike its more watery cuisine. Being compelling and creamy, it's a sweet-fragrant concoction, which is topped off with fresh lime leaves.
Pad Thai (Thai style Fried Noodles) has become famous as the default international Thai dish from Cape Town to Khao San Road. Before disembarking for the closest plate, a steamy minute-long dance alongside crunchy bean sprouts, egg and onion is made by dropping in a searing hot wok, fistfuls of small, wide or thin noodles. This dish is prepared by using a quartet of additional condiments – sugar, fish sauce, excellently ground peanuts and chili powder.
Khao Pad, which is a famous lunch dish served authentically with slices of cucumber and a wedge of lime, is prepared by using the necessary ingredients – fried rice, onion, egg and a few herbs. The simplicity of this dish makes the clue of unpretending. In the process of converting a wonderful pauper into a gastronomic prince, Thais use everything – crab, chicken, prawns, basil, leftover vegetables and chili.
Prepared in a piping hot wok with lots of sacred basil leaves, pork, large fresh chili, soy sauce, a little sugar and green beans, Pad Krapow Moo Saap (Fried Basil and Pork), which is an incredibly renowned 'one plate' dish for lunch or dinner, is really one of the most famous Thai dishes. Blended with the steamed white rice for a finely fulfilling meal, the fatty, minced pork is oily. On demand of an egg with it, this dish is topped with a fried egg (Kai Dao).
Famous like a 'Salad Hall of Fame', 'yam' or 'zesty own breed of Thailand', Yam Nua or Spicy Beef Salad is made with the sprightly blend of coriander, onion, lime, spearmint, delicate strips of beef and dried chili to provide its grabbers the experience of fiery, fresh thrill of this dish. Yam Nua is considered as one of the mouth-thrill of all Thai salads.
To prepare the body of this seminal curry named Gaeng Keow Wan Kai or Green Chicken Curry, the humble ingredients are generous handfuls of sweet basil, sprigs of coriander, delicate bamboo shoots, cherry-sized eggplants and morsels of fresh chicken. As the spoons of green curry paste is stirred furiously into hot creamy coconut milk, this dish gets so gloriously green. Having the extreme opposite, Gaeng Keow Kan Gai is served alongside a bowl of aromatic Thai rice.


No. of Beds 2 + sofa bed kingsize.
This apartment is named after the Venetian noblewoman Bianca Cappello, who became Grand Duchess of Tuscany in 1574 and wife to Francesco de' Medici. It is a 33-square meter apartment situated on the ground floor and divided into a bottom floor and an upper wooden mezzanine floor. The mezzanine holds one king-sized bed (or two single beds upon request) and a walk-in closet, all under a beautifully arched ceiling, and its walls are decorated with authentic 14th century frescoes. The ground floor offers a fully-equipped kitchen, a comfortable and easy-to-use double sofa bed and a bathroom with shower and small window. Large arched windows in the main room reach from the floor to the ceiling and allow in abundant light, making the apartment a wonderful and cozy place to call home. This apartment is ideal for couples or two co-travelers, but also for families with two to three children.
Originally, in the fourteenth century, this space was the entrance foyer of this typical medieval townhouse and was more recently, up until 2000, a local ironsmith's workshop.
The rate is for the apartment per night per n. 2 guests – in case of use of sofa bed for extra guests € 25,00 per night to be.


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Costain signs M60 J18 Simister Island improvement contract with Highways England
Smoother, safer journeys through one of the North West's busiest motorway-to-motorway junctions are a step nearer after the appointment of Costain as the Delivery Integration Partner to design and build the Simister Island interchange improvement project, which is a £138 million scheme.
Highways England, responsible for the plans to improve the interchange – which serves the M60, M66 and M62 – has appointed Costain and partner Jacobs to design and manage the construction of the junction improvement.
The Simister Island interchange is one of the busiest motorway junctions in the North West, used by around 90,000 vehicles each day. The junction struggles with high volumes of traffic, far above what it was designed for, and as a result suffers from congestion and poor journey time reliability. The scheme will improve the journey experience for users of this section of network by reducing peak congestion and providing faster average speeds, delivering more reliable journeys and reducing journey times overall.
A public consultation on the scheme is now being planned for this winter, and a planning application is due to be submitted next year. If the plans are approved by the Government then work on the project could start by spring 2025.
Malcolm Bell, Costain programme director, said: "This is a critical project supporting economic growth in the North of England; improving traffic flow that connects businesses and communities. Costain will deploy digital tools to improve productivity and effectiveness throughout the programme to enable the timely delivery of safer, greener and more efficient roads."
Find out more about Costain's approach to major national infrastructure delivery.


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2011 Sargent Shriver Award Winner
Henry Williams of Independence, Kansas, and community partner of the SEK-CAP, will receive the 2011 Sargent Shriver Annual Achievement Award, one of two prestigious recognitions presented annually by the national Community Action Partnership. Williams will be presented with the award at the annual CAP conference in San Francisco the week of August 22nd.
Henry Williams began working with SEK-CAP in 2000 and quickly achieved economic self-sufficiency, and in 2003, SEK-CAP presented him with a Personal Responsibility and Achievement Award. Happily, Henry's amazing story did not end there. His desire to give back to his community led to the establishment of The Uppercut Boxing Club, the only stand-alone youth development organization in Independence, Kansas, focusing on enabling youth in a positive manner and preventing delinquency. Working out of his home in the beginning, Henry helped young people train for amateur boxing four nights a week, mowing lawns to obtain the funds necessary to purchase basic boxing equipment. Through persistent contact, he gained the support of churches, schools, and local law enforcement. The Club has developed a positive reputation through the local school district, Community Colleges, churches, banks, businesses, and social service agencies. The Club obtained a grant from the Kansas Health Foundation, and many community partners participated in fundraising efforts. Additionally, individual and community supporters serve as board members and volunteers in the program.
SEK-CAP provided continuous encouragement and sometimes, financial support for boxing equipment, computers, and supplies. Today, The Uppercut Boxing Club operates out of a bona fide gym in the heart of Independence, and is open to all children and youth from 10 to 17 years of age, and at no cost.
Steve Lohr, SEK-CAP executive director said, "Over 1500 people, representing nearly 1,100 community action agencies across this country, will gather together in San Francisco to learn, to share experiences, and to acknowledge a few very special people who are making America a better place to live. Henry's efforts and successes illustrate the tangible results of the Promise of Community Action. Through his interactions with SEK-CAP, Henry regained hope and bettered his life, and now he is improving his own community, making Independence Kansas a better place to live."
The Community Action Partnership established the Sargent Shriver Achievement Award in 1995 to recognize and honor achievements by individuals who, with the assistance of a Community Action Agency like SEK-CAP, have changed their lives and achieved independence. With this award, the Community Action Partnership seeks to honor those individuals who have turned hope into reality.The Award is named after Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, and represents what Community Action is all about: Helping People and Changing Lives.


A teenage girl is home alone at night for the first time when a storm knocks out the lights. She calls her father.
"Are the lights on in the neighborhood?" he asks.
Over the line, he hears his daughter walk from the living room into the kitchen, and then listens to the creak of the basement door as it opens.
He can hear her breathing quickening.
They both say, "Two," and she takes a second step.
Once she has her stride, it becomes easy. She counts loudly, "Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eleven." But she hesitates on the last step.
"I think someone's down here." She pans her cell phone around the basement, but its light is so dim she can't see anything.
The line is still connected, but there is no sound, none at all, not even the background noise of the storm. He leaves the connection open and races home. When he arrives, he finds all the lights are on. He's relieved because this meant she fixed the breaker. But when he gets inside, she's not there. He climbs down the basement steps and calls for her, but there is no answer. Just to be sure, he counts the steps. There are twelve. Quickly, he searches every room. Nothing, even in the attic. But his cell phone shows that they are still connected! The silence is deafening. The phone company cannot explain it. His daughter's and his phone remain linked together, so long as he doesn't hang up. So he keeps his charged, and it is never far from his ear. Officially, his daughter is a runaway, but he believes she's lost in the basement. Every night he turns off all the lights and stands atop the basement stairs. In the darkness he slowly counts, calling out her name with every step: one, two, three, four… With each footfall he prays that this time he'll reach the thirteenth step.
Richard M. O'Donnell's works have appeared in Sniplits, North Coast Review, Binaryorganic, Mind Fair, Kaleidoscope, Heartlands, Many Voices, The Gamut, Diskazine, The Alchemist, Telescope, Intro and The Plum Creek Review. His short story collection, Rice Wine, was published on Disk 1983, and he has received two Ohio Arts Council grants. His has a MFA from BGSU. He is the co-founder of The Oberlin Writers Group where he is working on a mystery novel, Measure Twice, Cut Once. His online publication links are Placebo Effect, Genesis of the Easter Seals Society: The Memorial Trolley Car Disaster, and Desperate Reference.


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"If My Pregnant, Drug Addict Daughter Doesn't Come to See Dr. Phil, I'm Done With Her"
Joelle says her 28-year-old former high school cheerleader daughter, Kaitlin, is now 6 months pregnant with her third child and claims she is addicted to heroin.
But Kaitlin's sister Amy says she blames their mom for Kaitlin's "addiction." She claims she's an enabler and that she even helped Kaitlin buy drugs on the streets of Los Angeles the day before Kaitlin met Dr. Phil. Kaitlin says she can kick her habit on her own, but when Dr. Phil offers her a referral to rehab, see how she reacts.


Saunderson House is pleased to announce that the firm has been shortlisted for The Magic Circle Awards 2015 as Financial Advisory Firm of the Year.
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Check out a running timeline of one of the most iconic moments in MMA's young history, as Holly Holm knocked out Ronda Rousey to seize the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 193.
Kid Nate and Zane Simon look back at UFC 193 featuring Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm and Joanna Jedrzejczk vs. Valerier Letourneau with complete results, comments and instant analysis.
First there was just a rap song about Ronda Rousey, but now there's a video.
UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm full results and live fight analytics, featuring Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm and Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valerie Letourneau.
MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani, along with Submission Radio's Kacper Rosolowski and Denis Shkuratov, break down the top storylines coming out of Saturday's UFC 193.
Holly Holm's coaches, Greg Jackson, Izzy Martinez, and Mike Winkeljohn, discuss how Holly Holm shocked the MMA world by defeating Ronda Rousey at UFC 193.
The underdog strawweight title challenger's head coach Mike Brown tells FOX Sports that she is unlike any fighter Joanna Champion has ever faced before.
UFC Flyweight Danny Martinez talks about his decision victory over Richie Vaculik at UFC 193. Martinez also says he wants Neil Seery or Louis Smolka for his next fight in the UFC.
Richard Walsh talks about his decision victory over "boring" Steven Kennedy at UFC 193, fighting in his home country of Australia, and more.
James Moontasri talks about the spinning back-kick and spinning back-fist that finished Anton Zafir at UFC 193, learning to embrace his taekwondo style, moving up to welterweight, and more.
Jared Rosholt kept rolling with his third straight victory in a lackluster affair with a unanimous decision victory over Stefan Struve at UFC 193.
It was mostly kicks to the legs and body from the big men as they opened up the fight, Hunt throwing to the legs while Silva looked to attack the body. As the two began to get comfortable in the striking exchanges and open up with punches, a left hook put Silva on his heels before a perfectly placed glancing punch to the temple and follow-up blows on the ground brought the action to a halt at the 3:41 mark of Round 1.
But on Saturday at UFC 193, Hunt (11-10-1 MMA, 6-4-1 UFC), an Australia resident, took "Bigfoot" Silva (19-8-1 MMA, 3-5-1 UFC) out in the first round by landing a big punch behind the ear. The rematch was a featured fight on the main card at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
Following an injury to Thiago Alves, the UFC's first card in South Korea has a new main event as Jorge Masvidal will step in to face former champion Benson Henderson in the five-round headline fight in the welterweight division.
alan belcher on Periscope: "Are you ready? It's time"
But not only would Kennedy survive the first, he also managed to turn the tables, taking Walsh down, securing back mount, then beating him up from full mount near the end of the round. Unfortunately for Kennedy, that would prove to be the highlight of his night, and after Walsh survived that change of fortunes he got right back to dominating the stand-up in the next two rounds.
A total of 26 fighters got the chance on Saturday as part of UFC 193 at Melbourne, Australia's Etihad Stadium. Now that UFC 193 is in the books, it's time to commence MMAjunkie's "Three Stars" ceremony.
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Moontasri would move back to full guard and then was able to return to his feet. Once standing, Moontasri found his range and landed a beautiful spinning back kick to the body followed by a backfist. The combo sent Zafir crashing to the floor. Moontasri would follow up with some short punches causing the ref step in and stop the bout.
Nguyen was able to land an knee early on that sent Benoit crashing to the mat. Ben quickly moved in with punches from the top and ended up in the mount position. Benoit attempted to scramble but gave up his back. Nguyen dropped some more punches before eventually sinking in the rear-naked choke which forced Benoit to tap out.
Hear what Dana White has to say after Holly Holm pulls off a shocking upset against Ronda Rousey at UFC 193. Watch the latest UFC ON FOX content: http://foxs.pt/ZEONsH Connect with UFC ON FOX Online: Visit the UFC ON FOX WEBSITE: http://www.foxsports.com/ufc Like UFC ON FOX on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/UFCONFOX Follow UFC ON FOX on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX About UFC ON FOX: The official FOX Sports home of UFC coverage. Every fight night we see every punch, kick and submission attempt and share it with you, THE FAN. Our talent includes past and current UFC Fighters, Kenny Florian, Rashad Evans, and Daniel Cormier. UFC ON FOX content includes clips from UFC Tonight, UFC Ultimate Insider, The Ultimate Fighter and the best from the top athletes in MMA from Ronda Rousey, Anderson Silva, Cain Velasquez, Rashad Evans, Anthony Pettis, UFC President Dana White and more.
Holly Holm shocked the world when she defeated UFC superstar and former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey at UFC 193. Hear from Holm, Dana White and the other stars from UFC 193 with these post-fight press conference highlights.
UFC 193 staff picks: Anyone picking massive favorites Rousey, Jedrzejczyk to go down?
For the first time in UFC history, two women's titles will be on the line at the same event – and both champions are favorites of historic proportions.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk shows respect and emotion after defending her title on a huge stage at UFC 193. Watch the latest UFC ON FOX content: http://foxs.pt/ZEONsH Connect with UFC ON FOX Online: Visit the UFC ON FOX WEBSITE: http://www.foxsports.com/ufc Like UFC ON FOX on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/UFCONFOX Follow UFC ON FOX on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX About UFC ON FOX: The official FOX Sports home of UFC coverage. Every fight night we see every punch, kick and submission attempt and share it with you, THE FAN. Our talent includes past and current UFC Fighters, Kenny Florian, Rashad Evans, and Daniel Cormier. UFC ON FOX content includes clips from UFC Tonight, UFC Ultimate Insider, The Ultimate Fighter and the best from the top athletes in MMA from Ronda Rousey, Anderson Silva, Cain Velasquez, Rashad Evans, Anthony Pettis, UFC President Dana White and more.
The Ronda Rousey show, aka UFC 193, goes down on Saturday at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Rousey's reign over the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight division -- a division that was instituted because of her presence in the sport -- has her star shining brighter than the gold around her waist. Rousey will defend her title against Holly Holm in the headliner of what promises to be the UFC's biggest event to date, at least from an attendance standpoint. The current record of more than 55,000 fans was set by UFC 129 in Toronto in April 2011 and will likely be surpassed, as Etihad Stadium is scaled for some 15,000 more spectators than the Rogers Centre. The UFC seems to be pushing its current generation of stars into stadium shows around the globe, and Rousey is at the forefront of the movement. Paired with an undefeated former boxing champion in Holm, Rousey will be defending the women's bantamweight title for the third time this year. A victory would tie her with Demetrious Johnson for fourth place on the UFC's all-time list for successful title defenses with seven, trailing only Jon Jones, Georges St.
Holly Holm fought the perfect fight. Holm (10-0, 3-0 UFC) knocked out Ronda Rousey with a second-round head kick and follow-up punches, as she captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship women's bantamweight crown in the UFC 193 headliner on Saturday at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. The shocking end came 59 seconds into round two, with Rousey (12-1, 6-1 UFC) supine on the canvas. The tone was set early. Holm circled away from the champion throughout the first round, countering with accuracy and power. She tipped her spear with a surgical left cross but also mixed in a beautiful stepping standing elbow and a surprising takedown. Rousey returned to her corner after the first five minutes with a bloody lip and reddening around the nose and mouth, a look of bewilderment on her face. Early in the second round, Holm clipped the judoka with another straight left. Rousey briefly turned her back and let down her guard. A kick to the neck came next and put Rousey on the canvas in a semi-conscious state. Holm pounced with punches and hammerfists, leaving referee Herb Dean no choice but to intervene.
Kim originally was slated to meet Masvidal but now faces Waters, who hopes to rebound from a setback in his UFC debut against George Sullivan. Previously, Waters had rattled off three straight wins on the regional circuit.
Watch as Holly Holm's teammates back home in New Mexico celebrated her knockout win over Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 in Australia.


On this page and the next you will meet the cats in our current breeding program.
Three catteries share several males. It is a huge advantage to have so many males available to our breeding programs. Besides the three pictured on this page we have Bodrouex who lives at Kittakiss cattery, and soon to visit, Dreamabout's Hollywood coming from West Virginia. In addition Eclypse Pedro, a champagne kitten, has just arrived from Montreal.
This kitten is Ch Panthat Ptesan, S'more's son. He is now 10 months old and has joined the breeding program. His name is Lakota Sioux for White Buffalo.
Eclypse Pedro of Panthat beginning his show career.