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Columbia Chess Club: Ashland XXI -Johnson & Hunt lead after Round 2!
Eighteen players compete in Round 2 of Ashland XXI. Klaus Johnson (1840) defended board 1 from George Morton (1726) to move into clear first with 2 points. Adam Shaw (1780) settled peacefully Erik Murrah (1720) as Gil Holmes (1756) took the point from Daniel Smith (1343) creating a 3 way tie for second at 1.5 points. Paul Farb (1901) scored the win over Russell Thurmond (1600) to finish the Open Section.
Round 3 will be Thursday, June 16.


Watch out, Netflix, because YouTube is now offering free movies! This October, YouTube quietly made some 100 titles available for free. The movies include classics such as Legally Blonde, The Terminator, and Rocky. The site also offers a number of comedies, action films, and documentaries.
YouTube has previously offered movies for a price, but the free content could mark the beginning of a more significant move for the site. "We saw this opportunity based on user demand, beyond just offering paid movies. Can we do ad-supported movies, free to the user?" director of product management Rohit Dhawan said to AdAge.
In the past, YouTube has caused controversy for attaching sponsored content to questionable videos. The system of free movies is a way to avoid this, allowing advertisers to offer specific movies directly.
The downside of this? The films will come with ads. This seems a small price to pay for free movie, especially given that YouTube hopes to expand its offerings. Dhawan told AdAge the new content may be expanded to offer "complimentary views and exclusive screenings." But in the meantime, free movies seem like a pretty good deal.
Browse the YouTube selection here.


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Tailored response in Alberta, Ontario and B.C. for South Asians addicted to opioids
Camille Bains	The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, January 10, 2018 4:30AM EST
An arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
VANCOUVER - A medical clinic in British Columbia and a social service agency in Alberta are set to expand their programs to meet the often-hidden and growing problem of South Asians battling addiction to opioids.
The Roshni Clinic opened last spring in Surrey to provide services for South Asian clients addicted to alcohol and stimulants including amphetamine and cocaine. But more programs will be offered in the coming months to deal with the use of opioids such as heroin, oxycodone and Percocet, said Dr. Rupinder Brar, an addiction specialist who works at the facility.
"Thirty per cent of the population in Surrey is Punjabi speaking," she said.
"There are physicians out there who've been there for a while providing services, and I'm sure these patients bring their friend or a doctor may have a translator but it would be nice to expand those services in a way that is culturally sensitive and provide therapy to the family as well."
However, she said immigrant patients urgently need treatment and counselling from health-care providers who speak Punjabi or Hindi, and that's what Roshni - which means light - will offer them.
Brar lauded the Alberta government for providing $560,000 in funding last December for Punjabi Community Health Services in Calgary and said she is hoping for increased resources from the B.C. government.
Rimpy Hehar, a registered psychologist with the Alberta social services agency, said starting in March, provincial funding will be used to offer culturally tailored services including counselling and distribution of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone as well as referral to harm reduction services at supervised consumption sites.
It's difficult to know how many people in the South Asian community are struggling with opioid use disorder in the Calgary area, Hehar said.
"We're finding that there is an overwhelming number of people within the northeast region of Calgary who are using opioids," she said, adding the area is home to a large South Asians population. "People may be less likely to seek help because of keeping issues of the family within the family house."
Providing support to family members who have shouldered the burden of a loved one's opioid use until finances and relationships may have collapsed will be key, Hehar said.
"What we find is that family structure, family support, those can play a huge role in recovery or even the way that addiction progresses within a family setting," she said.
In Ontario, naloxone distribution and counselling are already offered through Punjabi Community Health Services in Brampton and Mississauga, said CEO Baldev Mutta.
He said 90 per cent of their clients struggling with opioid addiction are Punjabi Sikhs and services are also available in Hindi, Gujarati and Malayalam, a language mostly spoken in the south of India.
Families are offered counselling in every case at the organization, which last year had its annual budget doubled to $180,000 as the opioid epidemic spread, said Mutta, who is also a social worker.
Opioid addiction is a big issue among men working in the trucking and taxi industries, he said.
"They are city and long-haul truck drivers," Mutta said. "All these youngsters who are between the ages of 21 to about 30, they are into the trucking industry and that's where these drug dealers prey on them."
Drivers are often offered $5,000 to make a round trip between the Toronto and Vancouver areas in four days, he said.
"They say, 'All the truck drivers do it.' And they hook them on a mixture of heroin and crystal meth. You just don't fall asleep and then you crash after about four days and you don't wake up for two days," Mutta said.
"They keep on driving long distances to make $5,000, only to realize that within six months they are spending more than $2,000 per month on their habit. So now you have not only a problem of taking heroin but in order to sustain your drug habit you become a drug dealer."
Many of the drivers are enticed to make money so they can get settled in Canada as new immigrants but often find themselves facing drug charges without any knowledge of the legal implications, he said, adding families often to end up financially ruined.
"Painkillers are becoming rampant because they are relatively cheap," he said of oxycodone as well as Tylenol 3s that are often mixed with a cola drink.
Mutta said he regularly raises the issue of opioid abuse on Punjabi TV and radio programs, but said more community leaders must step up to create awareness about the crisis.
"The silence is deafening in our community around it."
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Day 5 – VB, Le Hamel & Bailleul
Day Five and the choristers paid a visit to the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, to explore the newly built Sir John Monash Centre, which will open officially on Anzac Day.
This centre sits discreetly behind the towering memorial (our choristers will perform in front of the memorial for the Anzac Day Dawn Service).
The Sir John Monash Centre, Villers-Bretonneux (pic by Paul)
Choir conductor Paul Holley noted the centre was designed perfectly and respectfully.
"The design is fantastic and while it will add so much to the experience of people at the Australian National Memorial, the way it is hidden, largely underground behind the memorial, doesn't take anything away from the present site," he said.
"The information is presented so well with documentary style presentations throughout mixed with writings from soldiers, officers and historians. Visitors use an App which allows them to work through the presentations as they choose. It's such a fantastic place to visit – we needed to add time to our schedule to take it all in."
The centre is named after Sir John Monash, a significant figure of the First World War, who led the Australian Corps on the Western Front. This included a victory on 4 July 1918 at Le Hamel, a battle our July choir will help commemorate. Discover more about the centre here.
Tulips at the Australian National Memorial (pic by Paul)
At the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux (pic by Paul)
It was only fitting our choristers would also visit The Australian Corps Memorial Park, Le Hamel, which is an impressive memorial at the top of a hill.
Le Hamel The Australian Corps Memorial Park (pic by Brian)
More touring involved a visit to the Somme 1916 Museum in Albert to further delve into WW1 history.
Albert, France (pic by Brian)
Albert Museum (pic by Brian)
Once the day tour was finished, our choir arrived in Bailleul, greeted by the hospitable townspeople and Mayor. Here they were gifted beautiful commemorative cups.
Welcome to Bailleul by the Mayor in the Town Hall (pic by Brian)
A welcome reception from the Bailleul Mayor (pic by Brian)
The choir's conductor Paul and manager, Sue, presented a gift (pic by Brian)
Our choristers are gifted gorgeous commemoration mugs (pic by Brian)
Our choristers are greeted by the Mayor (pic by Brian)
Our choristers with their gift (pic by Brian)
This was followed by our choristers providing the town a concert at Eglise St Vaast Church, which was attended by about 140 people, including some students from the local trade school.
It was such a wonderful evening! A special thank you to Bailleul Mayor Marc Deneuche and his councillors, Bernard, Sebastian and Catherine and their delightful helpers Lucy, Olivia and Martine, and the community for welcoming our choir so warmly.
Today (Friday) the choir will visit the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Bailleul where the first Australian to die in Flanders in WW1 is buried. They'll then head to Vimy Ridge and other battlefield sites, and will enjoy a concert-free night, after four nights of performances.
Saturday will mark the first rehearsals for the Anzac Day Dawn Service. The anticipation is building.
More soon!
#vobanzac2018 #ww1 #lestweforget
Day 4 – Fields of Allonville
Day 6: On the battlefields of the Somme


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Tieriek – miasto w Rosji (Kabardo-Bałkaria) leżące nad rzeką Terek. Liczy 18 tys. mieszkańców (1996 r.). Rozwinięty przemysł winiarski. Prawa miejskie od 1967 roku.

Przypisy

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Every year I see many sessions but some individuals have real impact with the members of my Groups.
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package it.istc.cnr.stlab.clodg.form;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.apache.jena.datatypes.xsd.XSDDatatype;
import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.Model;
import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.Property;
import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.Resource;
import org.apache.jena.sparql.vocabulary.FOAF;
import org.apache.jena.vocabulary.RDFS;

import au.com.bytecode.opencsv.CSVReader;
import it.istc.cnr.stlab.clodg.util.KnownPerson;
import it.istc.cnr.stlab.clodg.util.OfficialNameSpace;

public class ChallengesFormData implements FormData {

	public OfficialNameSpace ns;

	@Override
	public Model toRDF(CSVReader csvReader) {

		Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();

		model.setNsPrefix("foaf", "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/");

		model.setNsPrefix("cnr", "http://data.cnr.it/functions/");

		model.setNsPrefix("dcterms", "http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator");
		model.setNsPrefix("dc", "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/");
		model.setNsPrefix("odp",
				"http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/eswc/ontology.owl#");
		model.setNsPrefix("rdf", "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#");
		model.setNsPrefix("fn", "http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions");
		model.setNsPrefix("bibo", "http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/");
		model.setNsPrefix("swc", "http://data.semanticweb.org/ns/swc/ontology#");
		model.setNsPrefix("frbr", "http://purl.org/vocab/frbr/core#");
		model.setNsPrefix("owl", "http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#");
		model.setNsPrefix("rdfs", "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#");
		model.setNsPrefix("icaltzd", "http://www.w3.org/2002/12/cal/icaltzd#");
		model.setNsPrefix("swrc", "http://swrc.ontoware.org/ontology#");
		model.setNsPrefix("fabio", "http://purl.org/spar/fabio/");

		Resource phdPaper = model
				.createResource("http://purl.org/spar/fabio/ChallengePaper");

		String phdNs = ns.challengePaperNs;

		String personNs = ns.personNs;
		String eswcOntology = ns.eswcOntology;

		Map<String, Person> knownPersons = KnownPerson.knownPersons;

		Property hashtagProperty = model.createProperty(eswcOntology
				+ "hashtag");
		Property titleProperty = model
				.createProperty("http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title");
		Property abstractProperty = model
				.createProperty("http://swrc.ontoware.org/ontology#abstract");
		try {
			String[] line = null;
			while ((line = csvReader.readNext()) != null) {
				String id = line[0].trim();
				String authorsString = line[1].trim().replace(" and ", ", ");
				String title = line[2].trim();
				String category = line[3].trim();
				String hashtag = line[4].trim();
				String abs = "";
				try {
					abs = line[5].trim();
				} catch (Exception e) {
					System.err.println("abstract not present for paper "
							+ title);
				}

				String[] authors = authorsString.split(", ");

				Property authorlistProperty = model
						.createProperty("http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/authorList");
				Property foafMakerProperty = model
						.createProperty("http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/maker");
				Property foafMadeProperty = model
						.createProperty("http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/made");
				Property dcCreatorProperty = model
						.createProperty("http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator");
				Property swcHoldsRoleProperty = model
						.createProperty("http://data.semanticweb.org/ns/swc/ontology#holdsRole");

				Resource paperAuthorRole = model
						.createResource("http://data.semanticweb.org/conference/eswc/2015/author");

				Resource paper;
				Resource authorList;

				paper = model.createResource(phdNs + id, phdPaper);
				authorList = model.createResource(phdNs + id + "/authorlist");

				paper.addLiteral(hashtagProperty, model.createTypedLiteral(
						hashtag, XSDDatatype.XSDstring));
				paper.addLiteral(titleProperty,
						model.createTypedLiteral(title, XSDDatatype.XSDstring));
				if (!abs.equals(""))
					paper.addLiteral(abstractProperty, model
							.createTypedLiteral(abs, XSDDatatype.XSDstring));
				paper.addLiteral(RDFS.label,
						model.createTypedLiteral(id, XSDDatatype.XSDlong));

				paper.addProperty(authorlistProperty, authorList);

				Property lastNameProperty = model.createProperty(FOAF.NS
						+ "lastName");

				int i = 1;
				for (String author : authors) {
					Person knownAuthor = knownPersons.get(author);

					String firstName = null;
					String lastName = null;
					if (knownAuthor != null) {
						firstName = knownAuthor.getFirstname();
						lastName = knownAuthor.getLastname();
					} else {
						String[] names = author.split(" ");
						for (int j = 0; j < names.length; j++) {
							names[j] = names[j].trim();
							if (names[j].endsWith("."))
								names[j] = names[j].substring(0,
										names[j].length() - 1);
						}

						if (names.length == 2) {
							firstName = names[0].trim();
							lastName = names[1].trim();
						} else if (names.length == 3) {
							firstName = names[0].trim() + " " + names[1].trim();
							lastName = names[2].trim();
						} else if (names.length == 4) {
							firstName = names[0].trim() + " " + names[1].trim();
							lastName = names[2].trim() + " " + names[3].trim();
						} else if (names.length > 4) {
							firstName = names[0].trim() + " " + names[1].trim();
							for (int j = 0; j < names.length; j++) {
								lastName = lastName + " " + names[j].trim();
								lastName = lastName.trim();
							}
						}
					}
					String personId = StringUtils
							.stripAccents(firstName + "-" + lastName)
							.toLowerCase().replace(" ", "-");
					Resource person = model.createResource(personNs + personId,
							FOAF.Person);
					person.addLiteral(FOAF.name, model.createTypedLiteral(
							firstName + " " + lastName, XSDDatatype.XSDstring));
					person.addLiteral(FOAF.firstName, model.createTypedLiteral(
							firstName, XSDDatatype.XSDstring));
					person.addLiteral(lastNameProperty,
							model.createTypedLiteral(lastName,
									XSDDatatype.XSDstring));
					person.addProperty(foafMadeProperty, paper);
					person.addProperty(swcHoldsRoleProperty, paperAuthorRole);

					Property p = model
							.createProperty("http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#_"
									+ i);
					i += 1;
					authorList.addProperty(p, person);
					paper.addProperty(foafMakerProperty, person);
					paper.addProperty(dcCreatorProperty, person);
				}
			}
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		return model;

	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ChallengesFormData formData = new ChallengesFormData();
		try {
			CSVReader csvReader = new CSVReader(new FileReader(new File(
					"src/main/resources/data/eswc2015_challenge.csv")), '\t');
			Model model = formData.toRDF(csvReader);
			csvReader.close();
			OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(
					"src/main/resources/data/eswc2015_challenge.rdf");
			model.write(out);
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

}

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Glenview Naval Air Station, Ill. (UPI) -- The pilot of a British Vulcan bomber, who died in a crash along with three crew members, apparently intentionally aimed the plane for a garbage dump to avoid hitting a residential area.
"It would be a miracle in a way if he just landed there (in the dump) accidentally," said John Egbert, chief of the naval station's public information office. "That is the only open area surrounding the naval center and it's entirely possible he was headed there to avoid a bigger tragedy."
Federal and local aviation officials said their investigation of the Friday crash should be completed next week.
The British Vulcan bomber crashed and burst into a ball of flames shortly after takeoff from the Glenview Naval Air Station, killing all four Royal Air Force crew members aboard and scattering their bodies several feet from the wreckage in a nearby landfill a mile north of the naval station.
The Commander, CHRIS EDWARDS, 31.
Air Electronics Officer, JAMIE HAMILTON, 36.
The delta-winged bomber, which was to practice maneuvers for Chicago's Lakefront Festival air show during the weekend, developed trouble several minutes after takeoff, officials said.
Bil Kozuch, 26, an employee of an auto body shop near the station, said he watched the plane climb after takeoff.
"It started to nosedive and he (the pilot) banked left toward Northbrook, where a lot of people live," Kozuch said. "He made that left hand bank and then he banked back to the right and went right into the dump and crashed."
"He obviously turned to miss going into the residential area and causing a catastrophe."
The charred body of the pilot was found about 100 yards from the crash site lying near a railroad trestle. Another body was found under a wing of the plane. Two others were discovered several feet from the craft, which shattered into dozens of smaller smouldering fragments, many lost amid tiny heaps of acrid garbage.
I was working at Green Acres Country Club in Northbrook and was on the 1st hole (caddying) and saw the plane momentarily in a very steep left bank turn. A few seconds later, I saw the horrible black smoke from the crash.
I was a pilot with VR51 at the time and was returning to NAS Glenview in a C-118B the next day and well remember flying over the still smoking crash site, just prior to landing. We heard later that the pilot was attempting a hammerhead turn/split S. At the very top of the climb at or near a stall, the pilot supposedly reduced power on two of the four engines to increase the turn rate from near straight up to straight down, but was too low and hit the ground before the engines could get spooled back up to full power. Very sad.
I was also a caddy at Sunset Ridge C.C. Our foursome was on the 17th green, which offered an unobstructed view of the trash dump. We all watched the plane turning back toward the navel air station and sensed something was wrong. It was very unsettling witnessing the cloud of black smoke rise up and then hearing the sound of the explosion moments later.
I was not quite 18 when this happened-we were used to all the planes flying over head…we lived in the path of the planes for over 30 years…it was a true tragedy.
other then , we met on the 4th October 1964 when we entered the RAF College CRANWELL .
and lectures together as part of our flying training.
but with good memories , and I was happy to have had the privilege of meeting his parents in Northwood Hills during our College years .
What unbelievable grief you must have gone through when your husband died, I know this is of little consultation but your husband was a hero for his actions.


Grieving for a pet is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do in my life. For those who are not animal lovers, there is little understanding that the grief is the same when someone looses a pet compared to loosing a human family member.
Last week, my beautiful little ginger boy was killed. Whilst some people might see him as 'just a cat', he was part of my family and one of my children. The loss of him is devastating. I miss him like crazy and long for him to come home. Meowing his way into the house, rubbing up against my legs, jumping up on the bench and head butting my husband when it was meal time. He had his own quirks and I loved every one of them.
He was my sleeping buddy and slept with me every night for nearly four years. He left behind his brother, who after nearly 11 years of being together is struggling without him. Barely leaving his room, not eating and over sleeping. I know he misses him too.
The house is quiet without him now and things will never be the same.
I think because I am an animal trainer, people may expect me to be ok with the death of one of my fur-children. To be able to accept it, come to terms with it, understand it and move on.
To the contrary, every day I cry for my little ginger boy who was taken away so suddenly. I feel very angry and very sad. He is in my thoughts every minute and I will shed a tear for him each day just as I have for my beautiful border collie who passed away 11 months ago.
The pain is unbearable and distraction is a good coping method for me at the moment. Having to deal with the death of two of my fur-children within 12 months is just too much to bear. I loved them deeply and each of them gave me such joy and fulfilment that life feels so empty without them. I am a robot, going through the motions.
They say with time the pain will subside. It may somewhat, but it is always there in some form. You carry it around with you, in your heart. Because all you have left are the precious memories that were created in the short time they were here.


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Deceased praying mantis. Arms pointing to my home.
Ok friends, here's another animal one for the blog. The other day, I told you about the gas leak and propane leak at the house. I also mentioned the dead animal smell in the backyard. I never found the dead animal because I didn't want to go looking for it honestly. I'm not a gal who likes to see those types of things. But the good news is that the smell has dissipated. Thank goodness.
The gas leak is repaired. Woo Hoo! Hot shower here I come! But as I ventured out to put out my garbage yesterday, I saw on my patio a dead praying mantis. You may remember that I recently wrote about seeing a praying mantis and its symbolism here. But a dead one? I have scoured the internet looking for what it means to find a dead one facing my home (photo above). However, I've found no answers to my question.
Last night on my way to bed, I saw a shadow in my kitchen window. What in the world could it be? So, me being me, I pulled back the curtain and it was a live praying mantis walking on the window outside. I focused and took a bunch of photos of it and watched as he/she moved around. I also peeked outside on the patio to confirm that it wasn't the one I had previously seen dead because that one is still in the same position (and head was intact so if you were wondering if he had previously mated, apparently she wasn't hungry). If you don't know what I'm referring to, I've read that the female praying mantis may eat the male after/during mating sometimes. Can you imagine?
I saw a shadow of something through the kitchen curtains. As I lifted the curtains, I saw it was a large bug. It took about 20 minutes for me to watch the praying mantis walk around the window to realize what it was. What a lovely special visit before bedtime!
Anyway, I thought it was interesting to note how the deceased praying mantis and the new live one on the window came into my life yesterday. Just for the record, does anyone have any intuitive messages about this? Please feel free to share. Thank you!
Power Up ~ Let's Write Your Success Story!
Let's Write a Success Story ~ YOURS!
This is your life. There, I said it ~ whoops, I mean, I wrote it. Not that you need me to tell you this, but sometimes I think we need to remind each other that we are in charge of our own lives. It's our decisions and our choices which have led us to this place called the Present.
The success or failure of our life rests in our capable hands.
How's that for a truth?
What do you think about that? Are you happy with your Present? Do you wish to change it? Well, you can! It's simple. Starting now, take baby steps to change what you don't like and grow what you do like!
What? You don't know what you want? You can't think of what you need? You don't know how to get it? Are you feeling a bit overwhelmed?
Ok, let's start at the beginning my friends…Step One ~ take out a piece of paper and write down your ultimate fantasy life ~ no holds barred, without limits, what would it look like? Include all that you would like to enjoy in your life ~ does that include a loving partner? Children? Pets? Home? Car? Job? More money? Happiness? More Love? Peace? Friends? Family? Joy? More free time?
Just free-write and list what you want to see in your life. When you've exhausted your mind and added all that was swirling around, put down your pen and take a deep breath. Now reread what you've just written. Do you see a trend? Is there a theme of what you want in life?
Are there any bits that you can accomplish today? Do you have any of them already? Can you 'see' yourself having them today or tomorrow or by the end of 2013?
There's no need to do any more today, unless of course, you remember something else you want to add to your list. Perhaps you should keep it with you this week as you go about your daily routine. You never know when you'll be inspired to add something else to your life list!
YOU HAVE THE POWER to live your life exactly how you want to live it provided that it brings love, happiness and harmony to yourself and others!
The Shift to Feeling Delicious!
Through synchronicity last week, Hay House delivered to my inbox, the opportunity to download The Shift by Dr. Wayne Dyer for the incredibly low price of $1.99 . Being the bargain shopper that I am, I immediately checked out the preview footage and being intrigued, I dug out my credit card to get the 2 hour movie to stream to my computer. Now the next hurdle was how, as a busy Mom, wife and business owner, was I going to carve out 2 hours to watch it? However, last Friday, I finally sat down to watch the movie…and it changed my life.
Usually I am not speechless when it comes to my blog (or to anything for that matter), but I have been unable to find the words to explain The Shift except to say that when the movie was finished, I laid down on my couch, closed my eyes for a few moments to take in the experience and felt a blissful peace that I hadn't felt in years. The words remarkable, stunning and life-changing come to mind ~ but I think the best is ~ I felt DELICIOUS!
Delicious? Did she just write delicious? That's how food tastes, it's not a feeling!
I know, I know…but have you ever felt delicious? It's a feeling I had never experienced until now and quite frankly, it's one that I won't forget in the near future. Words escape me in explaining it more…but it was a calm, an inner healing, a feeling of complete happiness in my soul that I experienced and I've been able to call up that feeling for the last few days when I've gotten quiet and asked to feel it again.
I wanted to share it with you because it's a new year and this was a new experience for me, one that I think you'll enjoy, appreciate and one that may change your life for the better as it's done to mine. Whether you are a man or woman, this profound movie will easily touch you. You don't need to be an enlightened being to 'get it' nor does being an enlightened being make the move boring to you either…it's one for all ages, for all people and for myself, it's a keeper.
I've been quiet the last few days because I've been trying to figure out how I could tell you what 'I feel delicious' means…but I've decided that I'm just putting it out there for you to taste and see the delicious experience that The Shift brings. Be open, let it gently wash over you and then let me know what you think!
Do you want to feel DELICIOUS too?
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I had an epiphany recently which I thought I would share as it goes along so beautifully with this card, summer and life! This year I declared was MY YEAR, but it hasn't worked out the way I planned it to at all. But then, sometimes the Best Miracles arrive without fanfare, without warning and certainly not within our control.
I am a worrier at times and I know the saying, "worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair ~ it gets you nowhere even though you keep rocking" or something like that… I can't ever seem to get the exact quote, but please tell me that you get what I'm trying to say? Anyway, as a family, we often take our boat out to an island which is about an hour away. It is an ever popular spot amongst boaters as it marries the bay and the ocean via an island which allows you to anchor nearby and enjoy the day.
My thoughts and life have been changing this year and the proof was in the day yesterday that I've come a long way, Baby! For the first time in years, I sat on our boat and enjoyed the day without driving my husband crazy by worrying about the other boaters who are not always careful when they are 'parking' and anchoring their boats. Because it is such a popular spot, many people try to squeeze in-between boats in order to have the closest spot to the island. We get there early so that we get a prime spot before the droves arrive and it's that worry that someone will anchor too close that used to have me worrying the entire time we were there. I would enjoy the day, but I couldn't keep the worry out of my head nor out of my mouth. I would motor on as such in a diatribe of worry that it drove my family crazy as well.
Yesterday was the first trip of the season (better late than never) and as the other boats neared, I smiled instead of scowling and simply enjoyed my day. When the first boat came too close, my first reaction was to worry immediately if they were going to hit us, run over our anchor etc, and the peaceful thought of "Everything is fine," allowed me to relax and stop the incessant worry which had plagued me for too many past summers. And…it was WONDERFUL! I let go!
I am finding that my life is changing for the better when I allow it which is more and more often. My first thought it to imagine the worst, but it's simply a bad habit which I've grown accustomed to over the years and I now know, has not served me well. Like many habits, it's breakable which is great news and it's simply consistency in my thought process to change it. Notice I am not being negative about breaking this undesirable habit of mine, I am being positive ~ positive that with time, effort and confidence I can have it licked soon!
Enjoy the Miracle of Today!


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29th Electoral Cycle Communique for Chief Official Agents, Issue Twenty-Six
Election Readiness, Plans for AVSM
Election Readiness
In Saskatchewan, a fixed-date election approach has been in place since 2008.[i] At the same time, legislation is not inflexible with respect to calling an election before the date specified, retaining the prerogative of the Crown to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and cause an election.[ii]
Elections Saskatchewan has been preparing for an October 26 election date since the passing of The Legislative Assembly (Election Dates) Amendment Act, 2018 on May 15, 2019.[iii] For more than a week, however, Premier Moe has stated consistently that, while the election date is set for October 26, he retains the right to call an election earlier.[iv]
Given this uncertainty, I have revised Elections Saskatchewan's (ESK's) planning schedule for the 29th general election to ensure that our team across the province has the capacity to conduct an election as soon as possible.
To be clear, this does not mean an election will be called early. It simply means that ESK will be ready if one is called. As Chief Electoral Officer for the province, I must be in a position to fulfill my mandate—to be ready to conduct an election upon receiving an order from the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Earlier this week, I gathered about 150 members of our Field Leadership Team here in Regina for pre-writ training. Today, our team began looking for returning offices, reaching out to prospective office staff, and inquiring about voting locations. I will provide more updates on our plans for election readiness and how they may impact you, your political parties, and your candidates in future Communiques.
Advance Voting Services Modernization
By expediting ESK's election readiness in the way described above, the parameters of the election we had been planning for will need to change. Registered Political Parties will be well aware of the strategy for modernization that was outlined originally in Volume IV of my report on the 28th General Election[v] and subsequently adopted in legislation—particularly the advance voting services modernization (AVSM) initiative.
After deliberation, I have determined that it will be impossible for AVSM to move forward on a compressed time schedule. I have decided, therefore, that we must suspend all plans for AVSM for this electoral cycle.
Elections Saskatchewan does not have the capacity to prepare for a traditional and modernized election in parallel. Because of this, I have given instructions to close down the AVSM initiative in a manner that will allow it to begin again immediately following the 29th General Election, whenever it is held.
From the start, the AVSM project was one step on a path towards modernizing our election system. I am confident that we will be able to rejoin that path after the administration of the province's 29th general election.
Future Communiques
Given the change in pace of our election preparation and planning position, I will be engaging with you through Communiques more frequently. Within the next few days, I will have information for you on legislative changes brought into force this past January and an update on our ELMS online filing tool.
2020.03.04 Communique (v1.0) FINAL
[i] While 2011 was the first general election held under fixed-election date provisions, The Legislative Assembly and Executive Council (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Act, 2008 was passed by the Assembly in April 2008.
[ii] References to election timing are found in section 8.1 and 8.2 of The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007.
[iii] The Legislative Assembly (Election Dates) Amendment Act, 2018 was passed in conjunction with a bill making changes to The Local Government Election Act which fixed the date of municipal elections as November 9, 2020.
[iv] See, for example, "Moe refuses to rule out early provincial election in Saskatchewan," February 26, 2020 in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, and "Premier Scott Moe cagey on potential for spring election," CBC News, February 26, 2020.
[v] A Report on the Twenty-Eighth General Election – Volume IV – Chief Electoral Officer's Recommendations for Legislative Reform was published in April 2018 and can be found on our website at https://www.elections.sk.ca/reports-data/.


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Leeds United inledde säsongen 2009/10 i engelska ligasystemets tredje nivå, League One, med tolv matcher utan förlust. Laget ledde serien efter halva säsongen, tappade något mot slutet men lyckades säkra en andraplats och automatisk uppflyttning genom att vinna säsongens sista match hemma mot Bristol Rovers med 2-1. I Ligacupen åkte laget ut i tredje omgången mot Premier League-laget Liverpool och i FA-cupen åkte laget ut efter omspel i fjärde omgången mot Premier League-laget Tottenham efter att i tredje omgången ha besegrat Manchester United FC med 1-0 på bortaplan. Leeds deltog dessutom i Johnstone's Paint Trophy där de tog sig till den norra delfinalen som dock förlorades mot Carlisle efter straffläggning.

Laget gjorde hela 77 ligamål under säsongen, varav Jermaine Beckford bidrog med 25. Totalt gjorde Beckford 31 mål i samtliga turneringar under säsongen och utsågs dessutom till Årets spelare i League One.

Lagets supportrars och klubbens spelares utmärkelser till Årets spelare gick båda till Patrick Kisnorbo och utmärkelsen till Årets unge spelare gick till Aidan White.

Spelare

Spelarstatistik

Nedanstående tabell visar statistik av matcher och mål för spelare i Leeds a-lagstrupp inberäknat säsongen 2009-2010.

 Uppdaterad till och med 8 maj 2010. Matcher = det totala antal matcher som spelaren spelat från start samt gjorda inhopp för Leeds. Mål infattar mål i samtliga turneringar dvs i ligan (inklusive slutspel), FA-cupen, ligacupen och Football League Trophy. Fri = spelaren kom på s.k. Free transfer, Ungdom= spelare som avancerat från klubbens egen ungdomsverksamhet. Positioner: A = Anfallare, MV = Målvakt, MF = Mittfältare, F = Försvarare.

Den oftast använda laguppställningen

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Den oftast använda laguppställningen är baserad på lagets vanligaste spelsystem 4-4-2. De namngivna spelarna är de som spelade i respektive position flest gånger.

Ledande målskyttar säsongen 2009-2010

Innefattar enbart tävlingsmatcher under pågående säsong.

Utmärkelser

Externa officiella utmärkelser

  Årets spelare i League One: Jermaine Beckford

Klubbens interna utmärkelser

Offentliga utmärkelser som Årets spelare, etc

Leeds United utmärkelser säsongen 2009-2010.

  Årets spelare:  Patrick Kisnorbo
  Årets unge spelare: Aidan White
  Spelarnas val till Årets spelare: Patrick Kisnorbo
  Årets mål: Jermaine Beckford (mot Manchester United FC, FA-cupen 3:e omgång, 3 jan 2009)
  Utmärkelse för Främsta samhällsbidrag: Leigh Bromby, Jonathan Howson och Ben Parker
  Ordförandens Specialutmärkelse: Ben Parker

Säsongens matchfakta

Ligaplacering per omgång

Ligan (League One)

FA-cupen

Ligacupen

Johnstone's Paint Trophy (Football League Trophy)

Försäsongen

Noter

Engelska fotbollsklubbar säsongen 2009/2010
2009/2010


Some people might find the tour pretty boring as it is more a documentary than a true interactive Virtual Reality environment. It might be much more interesting in a 100 years' time to visit the Whitehouse Christmas virtual reality tour than it is today and to see how the first Black American president decorated their house for Christmas.
Some people may be terribly disappointed by the virtual reality tour of the Whitehouse because none of the secret passages or chambers are revealed. While others may find it interesting to see how and what the Whitehouse looked like in 2015.
Dog lovers also got the opportunity to see the Obama dogs running through the house.
Come to think of it, the idea isn't really that bad. In order to see the White House and its interiors one would have to spend a fortune getting on to plane and visiting America. Instead you can sit in the comfort of your living room put on your Virtual Reality headset and take a virtual tour.


Home Norway Politics Norway's Predicament- Kill Or Keep Wolves?
There are around 90 wolves living in Norway and around the Swedish border.
In December, the Minister of Climate and Environment Vidar Helgesen said no to shooting 32 wolves in Norway. The debate on whether wolves should be protected or shot due to the danger they impose on humans and their pets has been heated and highly reported on in the media.
Wolves are classified as a critically endangered species in Norway, but not globally.
She says that she no longer understands people that think the wolves should be protected. She worries about the safety of her two remaining dogs and multiple horses.
Those that are against shooting wolves argue that it is illegal and that animals eating each other is part of the circle of life. According to WWF, the last documented time a wolf attacked a human was over 200 years ago.
According to Helgesen, shooting the wolves would be illegal. The Left Party isn't willing to make changes to the Nature Management Act. Without the Left Party on board, they don't have the majortiy vote, which is needed to change the act.
Helgesen promises that it will eventually be easier to get a permit to kill wolves that pose a threat.
"Killing wolves isn't out of the question. We are going to have a low threshold, and we will consider lowering it even more. We will also strengthen efforts to assess and monitor the species. If a wolf acts as a threat near a kindergarten or another populated area, we will not hesitate to remove it," Helgesen said in press conference on January 4th according to VG.


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Q: Issue with hibernate entity manager on multiple servers I am using hibernate in dropwizard framework.
Configuration of application: having a loadbalancer for the backend for multiple servers.
The issue is when i am saving a new record, the records get saved in the database. But when i am trying to fetch the record from different server pointing to same database, i am not able to get the newly created row. It only exist in that server on which it was created.
Hibernate cache are marked as false in the properties.
Can anyone pls suggest what i am missing? or any tips.
Code :
Save api:
@Transactional
public ID save(T entity) {
    EntityManager em = getEntityManager();
    if (em.contains(entity) ) {
        em.merge(entity);
    } else {
        em.persist(entity);
    }
    em.flush();
    return (ID) entity.getId();
}

GET api:
  public T findOne(final ID id) {
    EntityManager em = getEntityManager();

    T entity = em.find(getEntityClass(), id);
    em.flush();
    return entity;
}

A: This is a problem that JPA has.
JPA does some magical operations in the background that speed up transactions with the database. (thats a basic overview)
Some of what the entity manager does to speed things up is caching, and batch queries.
The caching is a problem because:
Server 1 commits a new object to the database, and the data is flushed
Server 2 fetch request to get objects
    Server 2 has the data its fetching in cache so it returns the data without the new object

There are different ways to make sure this doesnt happen:
1.)  have one entity manager     set up a service on a server that handles all the DB interactions.
2.)  Set up a master Entity manager that sync's (cache) data between other server's entity managers.
There are other ways to work around this but I believe these are the best two approaches .
Better Answer ----
JPA with Multiple Servers
Based off of eclipse link.

A: Although we can't be sure without seeing the relevant code, this sure sounds like the data either doesn't get written to the database at all, or doesn't get commmitted and thus isn't visible to other transactions.
In order to verify, this is the cause of the problem, active logging for sql statements and transactions and verify

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*that your data gets written to the database. You should see the sql-statements for this in the log.

*that the transaction gets commited afterwards.

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Clark's flaming of Machado was the hottest take for Feb. 22-28.
Sporting News columnist DeCourcy's argument that Zion Williamson would be unknown without playing for Duke topped the hot takes this week.
The author of "23 ways NOT to be a CUCK in 2019" obviously has a lot of insight into genetics and the NBA.
"You're celebrating, 3 days after losing to the Colts as the starting quarterback? The pain of a loss in the playoffs can't go away that quickly. There's something wrong with this picture."


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Robot Learns How to Dress People Through Computer Simulations
Conn Hastings Geriatrics, Rehab
Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a technique that allowed a robot to teach itself to pull a hospital gown onto someone's arm. By analyzing nearly 11,000 computer simulations of the procedure, the robot learned how to successfully pull the gown over an arm without imparting dangerous forces. The technique could lead to robotic systems that can help to dress incapacitated patients.
Over one million Americans need someone to help them get dressed. In many cases, these people are elderly, injured or suffer from a disease. A robotic system to help people get dressed in the morning would be very useful, but manipulating cloth onto limbs is a complex task for a robot. To help address this issue, the Georgia Tech research team developed a technique to allow a robot, called a PR2, to learn some of these skills through trial and error.
"People learn new skills using trial and error. We gave the PR2 the same opportunity," said Zackory Erickson, a researcher involved in the study. "Doing thousands of trials on a human would have been dangerous, let alone impossibly tedious. But in just one day, using simulations, the robot learned what a person may physically feel while getting dressed."
The robot doesn't use vision, but rather measures the forces it feels as it is applying a garment to the arm. By analyzing nearly 11,000 computer simulations of the procedure, the robot became skilled at estimating the forces it applies to the arm, and identified the best techniques to gently and successfully pull the gown over the arm.
However, the robot is not just responsive, but can also plan ahead during the dressing procedure. "The key is that the robot is always thinking ahead," said Charlie Kemp, another researcher involved in the study. "It asks itself, 'if I pull the gown this way, will it cause more or less force on the person's arm? What would happen if I go that way instead?"
At present, the robot can dress one arm in a hospital gown, but a robotic system that allows for a more complete dressing will require further research.
See the robot in action in this video:
Read the paper: Deep Haptic Model Predictive Control for Robot-Assisted Dressing…
Via: Georgia Tech…
Conn Hastings
Conn Hastings received a PhD from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland for his work in drug delivery, investigating the potential of injectable hydrogels to deliver cells, drugs and nanoparticles in the treatment of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. After achieving his PhD and completing a year of postdoctoral research, Conn pursued a career in academic publishing, before becoming a full-time science writer and editor, combining his experience within the biomedical sciences with his passion for written communication.