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"As the director of a not-for-profit, you have to stretch every single dollar that is donated to your agency. It is critical to be a good steward of these gifts, and find creative resources that allow you to get the job done with a small staff and major funding cuts. Daybreak Virtual has most definitely helped us solve a "staffing problem and a too little money and not enough time dilemma." Their staff always gets the job done in an efficient and timely way. Thank you Daybreak!!"
Literacy groups provide services that have a ripple effect in their communities. In addition to providing a better quality of life for those who can learn to read, literate populations are more likely to develop economically, live healthier lives, and be more peaceful. These volunteer groups have been dealing with reduced donations because of the economy, and the de-funding that was caused by New York State's budget crisis. As a result, many of them are struggling with trying to maintain critical core programs. Literacy Orange is near and dear to us, so I would like to encourage you to support this group, or the literacy group that services your community. Thank you for your consideration.
We are approaching two years with Daybreak and they have proven themselves many times over. They are efficient and have excellent communication skills with us and our clients.
They work with us as a team as if they were working in the same space as us, offering suggestions to new systems we try to implement into our everyday routine. We were searching for a company like Daybreak for almost a year before we found them. I'm happy we waited.
"DayBreak has been an integral part of the client service side of our business. We were looking for a company to provide a similar friendly voice to service our clients calling our main phone lines; not a typical answering service. Our search was answered with DayBreak. We entrust DayBreak to log into our systems to process sales, change orders, schedule classes, relay sales info, and more. In doing so, they have allowed us more time to focus on growing our business. I highly recommend them to all my business associates."
"Daybreak's service is top notch. When you call one of their clients, you have no idea that it is an outsourced company that you are talking to. Daybreak's staff are all fantastic and extremely professional. I highly recommend Daybreak for anyone looking to get more out of their staff - without hiring a new employee."
"Daybreak Virtual Office is a life saver. They help me leverage my time to focus on revenue producing activities. Phone tag with clients to schedule appointments is eliminated and deals close more quickly. I cannot imagine running a successful business without their support."
"Valerie is both a team member and a principal at Daybreak Virtual Office, one of a hand full of firms that provide professional assistant/secretarial type services to individuals and companies. On more than one occasion as our needs have fluctuated, Valerie has been my right arm, handling phone messages, maintaining a complex and changing calendar, following through with sometimes vague priorities given out on the fly as I move from one location to another. All of these services and more that I am not thinking of are performed with a real commitment to doing the work and doing it right. Even more is what you don't see - and it becomes apparent only over time - is Valerie's deep and sincere caring for her clients - as customers, yes, and more profoundly as individuals. It is rare to find this in a business."
"My name is Scott Lask and I'm the owner and Chief Investment Officer of the Wealth Management Group in Monroe, NY. My experience with Daybreak Virtual Office Solutions has been tremendously positive and very effective. They give me the ability to stay focused on my tasks without having interruptions either for phone calls or follow-up calls. They give me the semblance of being a highly professional organization with a full office staff, and their people are incredibly diligent, efficient, courteous and very helpful to my clients. I can't say enough about how it's helped us improve our productivity, which I would say is up by at least 60%."
"It's an absolute pleasure to know I can leave the office to meet with clients or potential clients knowing that the phones are covered and with the assurance that people are watching the store. I would highly recommend Daybreak's services to anyone who would ask."
"When I started my business, I dreamt of the intelligent, charming & dedicated employees to help best serve our clients needs. I never imagined a virtual office would fill this great void & provide such immense value. After 6 years in business, I finally have more time to focus, relax & breathe. You are the business partner who anticipates my needs without a sick day, payroll taxes, workmen's comp, rising health insurance, pension plan or tantrum. The wide range of services you provide offers me more freedom to work on my business than I ever imagined. I am confident we will continue to grow together at a rapid pace. You & your dedicated staff check in to make sure I fully utilize your services or to see how much more you can take off my plate. I have discovered more time to work on my business & can take a day off without guilt. This is beyond excellent customer service. You ensure your staff has complete understanding of our business & that I am completely satisfied at every stage. Thanks for making every transaction an absolute pleasure & for supporting my growth. Please consider changing your tag line to "We'll give you freedom on an engraved platter with concierge service so you can find more time to work on your business, relax in Tahiti or on the golf course."
"It has been great working with Jeff. He's dedicated, responsive and graciously spends time and effort helping others expand their businesses. If you are looking for a connector, virtual business solutions, or any related services, Jeff is an excellent choice. Thanks Jeff!"
"The dedication of The Birches at Chambers on a hot July day attracted well over 200 people. A brunch was served to senior guests and residents and then, after the formal presentation, a luncheon was served to all guests. Our original planning was optimistic with 150 anticipated attendees. So if we didn't have a fairly accurate RSVP count, we would not have been prepared the overage of 75 guests.
Our staff was strapped and I was concerned that if the phone wasn't answered live, there would be unanswered questions or callers might just hang up. Plus there was additional information we wanted to garner, like email addresses and other demographic information from callers. Daybreak Virtual was our solution. They provided a phone number for us to use on our invitations. Their staff quickly absorbed our information. Daily spread sheets gave us fair warning that the count would be well over our earlier estimates, so the catering order was adjusted, more tables and chairs planned for, and lots more bottled water was purchased. And the reports gave us lots of additional information for our database. Daybreak even took the initiative to email me immediately concerning VIP's, questions that had been raised over and above the event itself, and requests for applications for our communities.
All in all, Daybreak contributed above and beyond to an extraordinary event for Birchez Associates."
"Daybreak was a large part of the success of DS Electric when we started working together in 2009 as well as an integral part of my strategy moving forward. I can't count the number of times my customers have gone out of their way to mention the courtesy and professionalism of 'my office.' They give my small business the image of being much larger, and my customers the sense of security that just isn't felt with a voicemail message.
We've kept customers happy with unprompted follow-up calls when others seem to 'disappear after the job is complete.' People always apologize when I inform them that it wasn't my wife or other family member who took the call, which is a common mistake. I always say "No need to apologize, we take it as a complement because they're like family and take the success of my business as seriously as a family member would!"
Because of this dedication to my success, far above and beyond what would be required, I'm not only happy to call Daybreak an integral part of my business, but to call Valerie and Jeff valued friends. Thank you, Valerie, Jeff and all the staff at Daybreak for all you've done and continue to do."
"I really like your service. Having a Personal Assistant has been a great experience. She has taken a load off my mind in such tremendous ways that I can now do the things that I have to do without interruption, knowing that my calls and appointments are being taken care of. Small tasks, that can easily pull me away from where I need to be, have been very helpful. For instance, I'll ask her to call a supplier to give them a customer's address. In the past, something as minor as that would have distracted me. My Assistant, however, has all my information so she seamlessly makes the call, determines availability and delivery confirmation, and then sends me an email with the information. If there's anything urgent, she calls me. This is a great service that I would recommend to all of my business associates, and have! Thanks, Jeff.
"I just want you to know that when it comes to dealing with all of my "stuff" (work, family, employees, time management, etc), it's comforting to have my Virtual Assistant watching my back. She handles my calendar and schedules my jobs, fields customer inquiries, answers my phones, protects me from telemarketers, and contacts me when it's necessary. This lets me focus on what I do best - plumbing, construction and maintenance. It's really great to know that there is someone who is obviously better qualified than I am at handling office tasks. I can't say enough about how much I love having the help of such qualified people. Please pass this on to the whole team and if you need my recommendation to anyone who is interested in your service, I'll be happy to speak to them. You folks are the best!
"My husband and I have music studios in Ulster and Orange Counties in New York State, and most recently in Manhattan. We were struggling with trying to juggle family responsibilities, including a toddler, as well as my husband's full time teaching job, with our music school duties. We were getting behind in billing, scheduling, and in returning messages. We love teaching, but needed help handling the administrative tasks. Daybreak Virtual Office Solutions quickly and inexpensively solved all of that. My Virtual Assistant and her team answer our phones, schedule our teaching appointments, and answer general questions on our behalf. They handle our billing and process our credit card payments. As a result, we now have a more efficient and professional operation, and we're able to spend more quality time with our daughter rather than worrying about all that we are not accomplishing. Daybreak Virtual Office has been a Godsend to us and I strongly recommend their services. (And they're also really nice people!)"
"Jeff and his staff have supported me on many different projects of On Belay. If you are a soloist or small mobile oriented firm I can't recommend Jeff and his firm Daybreak enough. They provide the detail orientation to my creativity. They are my stable office when I am on the go constantly. His team is always pleasant, smart and an incredible value. Save both your budget and peace of mind with Jeff and Daybreak."
"Jeff and Valerie Mehl own and operate Daybreak Office Solutions. This is a virtual office service that has great appeal for any size business that needs support from a daily to an occasional help. They go out of their way to provide what the client needs. That sounds so simple and pedestrian, but I have to say that the service one receives from them is anything but that. During a project they were working on with me last November with an impossible time line, everything I needed done was done and on time which in this case was no small feat. The plus side of doing this kind of project with a company is that, when they do an excellent job, you don't just have another business you can recommend to those who need them, but you also develop a friendship built on trust by going through that "trial by fire" together. If you think a hand with office staff is just what you need, give Jeff or Val a call at Daybreak. You will never regret bringing them in to work on your team."


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You want to get as much money for your house as possible. Who wouldn't? Many homebuyers make the mistake of being overly ambitious when it comes to the price their house will sell for. The day your house hits the market, it should be priced correctly! Don't price high and hope to snag a buyer. Your listing will slowly drop down the line and a high price up front will get it overlooked. Plus, potential buyers will be able to see any price changes you make. Continuously dropping the price will make you appear like a desperate seller or as if you don't know what you're doing. It can also give the impression something is wrong with the house because you aren't able to get your asking price. Do your homework, and price the property correctly from day one.
Selling and moving go hand and hand. Do yourself a favor, and pack up before listing your home. Box things up and put them in storage, the basement or even the garage. Removing as many of your personal effects as possible will make potential buyers feel less intrusive when they are viewing your home. In addition, your listing photos should be completely free of clutter. Ads with personal items front and center often get scrolled past. Packing up your non-essential items will save you a ton of work down the road. Getting this out of the way early will make the moving process much easier for you.
It might seem a little inconvenient having strangers walk through your house at any given moment, but you need to make viewing of your house as easy as possible. If your agent has a buyer who wants to see the house at 9 pm, let them. If your house is all packed up, short notice shouldn't be too much of a hassle. Do whatever you can to get your house seen. Don't limit your showings to certain times or alienate potential buyers in any way. You can't rely on an Open House to sell your home. In fact, the vast majority of houses sell through direct showings. Being hospitable and flexible to potential buyers will set the tone for a positive, future transaction!
We can't stress this one enough. Good photography is one of the most important things you will do when selling your house. Advertisements using bad photography, or with cluttered, messy or highly personalized rooms will likely be looked over. You have only a few seconds to capture someone's interest when they are looking through listings, and you do this with amazing photography. Your house needs to pop! It has to stand out and make people click on your listing to find out more. You should consider hiring a professional if your listing agent hasn't already. You might also consider creating an online virtual tour, or using drone photography.
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Q: TFS Error Publishing Log Files to non existent directory My Build Server has been running just fine for a couple months and then this week we started getting this problem (see below).
It's almost certainly a permission problem, but no one in IT will admit to having changed a permission somewhere.
Also, it's trying to publish a log file to a location that doesn't exist!

to '#/416/logs/msbuild/agent-2'

If I knew where this location was, I would happily fix it or turn this specific publish off. All the other logs are present and accessible (obviously I'm able to view the log of these errors).
using Visual Studio 2013 & TFS2013.
This is the same issue, but changing the drop folders didn't fix it:
TFS Error publishing log files to #/198/logs/msbuild/agent-2

Other Errors and Warnings
3 error(s), 0 warning(s)
Exception Message: TF270016: An error occurred publishing log files from
'C:\Builds\2\AppName\AppName\src\AppName\AppName.log'
to '#/416/logs/msbuild/agent-2'. Details: An error occurred while
sending the request. (type PublishLogFileException) Exception Stack
Trace:    at
System.Activities.Statements.Throw.Execute(CodeActivityContext
context)    at
System.Activities.CodeActivity.InternalExecute(ActivityInstance
instance, ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager)
at
System.Activities.Runtime.ActivityExecutor.ExecuteActivityWorkItem.ExecuteBody(ActivityExecutor
executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager, Location resultLocation)
Inner Exception Details:
Exception Message: An error occurred while sending the request. (type
HttpRequestException) Exception Stack Trace:    at
Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.FileContainerDropProvider.CopyDirectory(String
sourceDirectory, String targetDirectory)    at
Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.FileContainerDropProvider.CopyDirectory(String
sourceDirectory, String targetDirectory, String[] renameIfExists)
at
Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.PublishLogFile.Execute(CodeActivityContext
context)
Inner Exception Details:
Exception Message: Unable to connect to the remote server (type
WebException)Exception Stack Trace:    at
System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler.GetResponseCallback(IAsyncResult
ar)
Inner Exception Details:
Exception Message: No connection could be made because the target
machine actively refused it [::1]:8080 (type SocketException)
Exception Stack Trace:    at
System.Net.Sockets.Socket.EndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult)    at
System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure,
Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address,
ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception&
exception)
An error occurred while copying diagnostic activity logs
to the drop location. Details: An error occurred while sending the
request.
An error occurred while copying diagnostic activity logs to
the drop location. Details: An error occurred while sending the
request.

Update 12/29/2015
I've been able to confirm with IT that our main TFS instance was updated to 2013 Update 5.
Our build server is running TFS 2013 Update 4. My next priority will be getting the build server updated.

A: You can try to create a new build agent to see whether the issue persists.

A: The issue had nothing to do with TFS.
On the build server machine, we had a copy of Visual Studio installed (necessary for MSBuild and MSTest). The license we used had expired, and as a result Visual Studio installed in trial mode.
I don't know why this mattered, but reinstalling Visual Studio using a valid license fixed the issue.

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It was confirmed Saturday night that actor Paul Walker died in a car accident at the age of 40. Walker, who got his big break in 2001 with the first "Fast and Furious" movie of the franchise, also starred in such films as "Pleasantville," "Varsity Blues" and "Flags of Our Fathers." His most recent film, "Hours," which also stars actress Genesis Rodriguez, will hit theaters Dec. 13. The film is being distributed by Pantelion Films, a branch at Lionsgate that caters to Latino audiences.
Along with Rodriguez, Walker has worked with a number of Latino actors over the course of his 27-year career, including Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Freddie Prinze Jr., Eva Mendes, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Alba, Jacob Vargas, J.R. Villarreal, John Ortiz, Laz Alonzo, Jay Hernandez, Don Omar, Elsa Pataky and many others.


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Home Leagues Premier League Everyone wants Liverpool to fall – Virgil van Dijk rants
Everyone wants Liverpool to fall – Virgil van Dijk rants
Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk have explained why everyone wants to see Liverpool fail after Premier League title success.
The reds were crowned league champions for the first time in 30 years last season but defender Virgil van Dijk believes the Reds face 'challenging times'
But it was last season that will live long in the memory of Van Dijk and all those associated with the club as Liverpool were crowned league champions for the first time in 30 years.
The Reds have now added the UEFA Super Cup, the Club World Cup and the Premier League title to the Champions League trophy that they lifted on June 1 last year.
READ ALSO Why Victor Moses will never make my Chelsea team – Frank Lampard
But Van Dijk believes the Premier League champions now face "challenging times" ahead because "everyone wants to see you fall" when you are successful.
"I think trying to stay at the top is the hardest thing to do," the Dutchman told Eddie Hearn's 'No Passion No Point' podcast.
Before continuing: "Everyone wants to see you fall when you reach the top. That is what life is about, especially these days.
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"For me I want to give everything I have got until I retire and then have no regrets after.
"I don't want any regrets afterwards, I think that would be the worst feeling you can have.
"It is going to be challenging times coming up. We are champions – something that took a while. We should enjoy the moment and go for it."
Van Dijk helped Liverpool reach a Champions League final within six months of joining them, then went one step further a year later and helped the Reds to their sixth European Cup.
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How to Reduce Suckers in Plum Trees
By A.J. Andrews
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Plum trees (Prunus sp.) are great starter trees for the novice gardener. They're compact, adapted to a wide range of growing conditions and need little maintenance other than regular pruning and thinning. Plum trees are usually vigorous growers with a wide, laterally spreading root system that grows close to ground level, often producing numerous basal shoots or suckers within three feet of the trunk on all sides. In addition to marring the visual harmony of a well-maintained plum tree, root suckers divert moisture and nutrients away from the main stem and thereby reducing overall yield, fruit quality and foliage production. Removing the suckers by hand as soon as possible is ideal, but well-established growths often require more drastic measures.
Scrape the soil from the base of the sucker where it attaches to the root with a garden trowel.
Grasp the sucker as close as possible to where it emerges from the root. If the sucker is very dense and tough, grip it tightly with a pair of combination pliers.
Tear the sucker from the root by hand or with the pliers. Tearing the sucker, as opposed to cutting it, removes most of the dormant basal buds that prompt regrowth.
Dig around the root the sucker is growing from using a small garden spade. Remove enough soil to expose about 6 inches above from where the sucker emerges to the end of the root leading away from the tree.
Undercut the root with the spade by about 2 inches. The goal is to expose as much of the root as possible so you can isolate the sucker without cutting close to the trunk.
Sever the root no more than 1 inch above the sucker, using a root saw if the root exceeds 3/4-inch in diameter. If the root is less than 3/4-inch in diameter, use lopping shears to sever it.
Mix together 1 1/2 ounces of an herbicide containing 41 percent of the active ingredient glyphosate with 1 gallon of water in a plastic container.
Pour the diluted glyphosate in a spray bottle. Drape a piece of plastic sheeting or garbage bag over the portion of root still attached to the tree.
Spray the root sucker and exposed root until covered. Even though the portion of root attached to the tree is covered with plastic, don't allow any glyphosate to come in contact with it.
Royal Horticultural Society: Trees and Shrubs: Removing Suckers and Seedlings
North Dakota State University Hortiscope: Questions On: Plum
Only use chemical methods of removal if dealing with one or two suckers. Removing too much of the plum tree's root system causes irreparable damage and risks transferring the chemical to surrounding plant life.
Always follow label instructions when using an herbicide containing glyphosate as concentrations may vary among manufacturer.
Treat the severed portion of root containing the sucker with glyphosate a second time if it rains within six hours of applying.
A.J. Andrews' work has appeared in Food and Wine, Fricote and "BBC Good Food." He lives in Europe where he bakes with wild yeast, milks goats for cheese and prepares for the Court of Master Sommeliers level II exam. Andrews received formal training at Le Cordon Bleu.
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Banks' strategic shift has led to the global homogenization and stratification of financial practices�and this in turn has been a key driver of processes of financial exclusion. Financial... The report finds that short-term global risks to financial stability have increased, mainly related to mounting pressures in emerging market economies and escalating trade tensions.
Macroprudential stress testing (MaPST) is becoming firmly embedded in the post-crisis policy-frameworks of financial-sectors around the world. MaPSTs can offer quantitative, forward-looking assessments of the resilience of financial systems as a whole, �... Moreover, global and national financial sector regulation and supervision have yet to play a significant role in restraining such risks to the global financial system.
Using risk models effectively in the 21st global financial system will require the widespread use of a decidedly pre-21st century tool - common sense. Roger Pielke, Jr. is the former director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (2001-2007).... London is the wholesale banking hub of the EU. Figure 1 illustrates inward banking from other EU countries and from third countries. Cross-border business from banks headquartered in other EU countries has declined from an all-time high of ?2.1 trillion in 2008 to ? 1.1 trillion in 2015.
We analyze whether four market?based measures of the global systemic importance of financial institutions offer early warning signals during three financial crises.


Judging from current statistics, most of us have experienced allergies at one time in our lives. In fact, allergies are currently the reigning reason for visiting the emergency room in Canada today. More than 2.5 million Canadians (adults and children) suffer from asthma. Twenty percent report suffering from hay fever.
These statistics point to the growing seriousness of allergies' impact on our health at any age. For parents, these statistics also underscore the urgency of providing clean indoor air for children to breathe.
Now that a clear link between exposure to air pollution and health consequences for infants has been established (see more here), the urgency of ensuring clean, pure air is heightened correspondingly.
In this post, learn how to protect your children by taking steps to purify your indoor air.
Different toxic air pollutants are linked to different health problems in infants. Some pollutants are known to be particularly dangerous when the mother is exposed while the infant is still in utero.
Other pollutants hold the potential for damaging an infant's still-developing lungs following labor and delivery.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are air pollutants expressed as fossil fuels consumed for energy. The primary effect is neurotoxic, which means these pollutants have a direct negative impact on the central nervous system by damaging nerve tissue.
Infants exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in utero or after delivery are at a higher risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Black carbon, fine particulates, nitrous oxide, nitrogen dioxide can cause and exacerbate asthma. Each of these pollutants is strongly associated with traffic exhaust fumes. In a recent study at the University of British Columbia, results highlighted how exposure in utero to highway traffic fumes increases the risk of asthma.
Specifically, mothers whose homes were geographically closer to highways had more infants who developed asthma before their fifth birthday (25 percent more).
According to the Centers for Disease Control-Canada, a recent study proved that infants exposed to traffic related air pollution during the first 12 months post-delivery were shown to have a higher incidence of allergies than infants who breathed purer air.
For parents, perhaps the scariest study, as reported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that infants exposed to toxic pollutants such as ozone and sulfur dioxide are more likely to experience sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), low birth weight, abnormal lung development, premature birth, and other dangerous complications.
Small size, intrauterine growth retardation, abnormal head size, birth length, and other complications were also reported as a result of infants' exposure to air pollution.
As a parent, you may be reading about these studies and feeling hopeless — how can you ever expect to safeguard your children against ambient outdoor air pollution?
The answer is that you can't. But you can have tremendous control over the quality of the air they are breathing inside your vehicle, your home, at school, and other indoor places they go. You can also control the quality of the indoor air you are breathing at work.
An indoor air quality test will run quietly in the background in your workplace or home for 24 hours. The testing equipment will measure the levels of a wide variety of pollutants in the indoor air supply and deliver a comprehensive report that shows you what needs to be addressed.
Results often include high levels of allergens (pet dander, mould spores, pollen, dust mites, etc.), too-high levels of carbon monoxide and/or ozone, high levels of tobacco smoke or chemical fumes, high levels of pesticides/herbicides/insecticide, and other pollutants commonly found in a work or household setting.
An indoor air duct cleaning is the best way to remove the most toxins in the least time. It is like rebooting a smart device — but you are rebooting the freshness and purity of your indoor air supply instead.
During the cleaning, your air duct system will be cleared and cleaned of all dust, debris, and toxins, which will prevent any detected toxins from getting reintroduced to your indoor air supply in the future.
Dryer vent cleaning is nearly always recommended in concert with an indoor air duct cleaning to ensure deeply stored pollutants in the back ducts of your clothes dryer are removed.
HEPA (high-efficiency particulate arresting) filters are currently the sole option equipped to block up to 99.97 percent of small particulate matter — meaning the toxins that are so tiny, they can penetrate skin and tissue and get all the way into the innermost systems in the human body.
You can opt for central or portable filtration or use HEPA-rated filters.
Here at Clean Air Solutions Hamilton, we are a third-generation, family-owned and -operated business. So we are parents first, professionals second.
If you need help purifying your indoor air at home or at work, contact us at 905-544-2470 or online.


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High-Five This: Cops Not Welcome At Northampton Schools Because Illegal Immigrants May Feel Antsy
By NBP Staff | February 22, 2017, 6:55 EST
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Northampton police officers offer high-fives to students at an elementary school in Northampton in mid-December 2016. Photos from Northampton Police Department Facebook page
Police in the western Massachusetts city of Northampton won't be offering high-fives to elementary students as they come into school anymore because some residents think it may make illegal immigrants feel uncomfortable.
The High Five Friday program initially got a good reaction from school officials, students, and parents when it started in December.
But when Police Chief Jody Kasper described the program to the Northampton School Committee last month she got a mixed response. Some of the all-white committee members expressed concerns that illegal immigrants and members of racial minorities may be fearful of seeing police at their school.
"Shortly after the meeting, NPD was asked to pause the program, which we did," the Northampton Police Department said in a Facebook posting this past weekend.
After a follow-up meeting with about 12 to 15 people, police and school officials decided to scrap the program.
"NPD really enjoyed greeting kids as they arrived at school. But, as much as we enjoyed the visits, we also took time to listen to the thoughts of some school committee members, school staff, and past and present parents/families. For a large portion of our population this program may not seem controversial. However, we cannot overlook the fact that this program may be received differently by some members of our community," the police said in the Facebook posting.
Two Northampton police captains got the idea when they attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police meeting in San Diego last fall. It grew out of a task force report published in the wake of the racially charged riots in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 after a white police officer shot and killed a black man who had just robbed a convenience store.
Northampton police saw giving high-fives as a way to engage with kids in a friendly manner in order to develop positive relationships with them of the sort that the post-Ferguson task force report recommends.
"We liked it because we thought it would be easy to implement in our community. It was definitely youth-oriented. It was inexpensive-slash-free, which we always value. And it was something we thought would be good for both the students and the officers involved," Kasper told the Northampton School Committee during a 25-minute discussion of the program on January 12.
(You can watch the discussion here, from 41:59 to 1:06:56.)
Kasper got permission from the superintendent of schools and the principals to have police officers give students at one of Northampton's four elementary schools a high-five on their way into the building on one Friday a month, with police rotating among the schools every week.
The police chief said she took precautions to try to make children feel comfortable. The principals announced the program in their newsletters to parents, and police parked their marked cruisers far from the entrance of each school.
"One of our concerns was certainly that there may be kids who might not want to high-five a cop. I understand that. So the officers are told, you know, don't chase down kids and make them high-five you. Stand in a line on one side, and kids can pass by without high-fiving if want to," Kasper told the School Committee.
Kasper said students seemed to like it and she described a few instances where police got good feedback.
That wasn't reassuring for School Committee member Molly Burnham.
"I think it came up sort of suddenly for a lot of us, and that was a little upsetting," Burnham said during the meeting.
She said she didn't see quantitative evidence that the program was providing educational benefit.
"Saying that, I think that one of my questions is that I feel, like, I actually have no idea if it's working. I don't know what the rubric is. I have kids in the school, you've given me anecdotal evidence. And I feel very, like, O.K., what is the goal? How do we assess it? I mean, we're a school system. That's kind of what we're doing. And to just say, 'Some kids saw some police officers, and, you know,' I just, I can't quite get my teeth into it," Burnham said.
Kasper acknowledged that it's not always easy to gauge the success of outreach.
"I think a lot of our community research programs are hard to measure the impact," Kasper said. "… It's hard to measure impact, without doing a really wide sort of survey on that."
School Committee member Laura Fallon said she was "ambivalent" about the program, because she was worried that students on the margins of society may not give negative feedback to it.
But School Committee member R. Downey Meyer praised the police high-five program.
"The police are an important public institution. And to leave them out, to have the only contact be a negative contact … leaves people with a bad impression of police, and actually leads to more harm when people encounter police. And so I think that a thoughtful interaction like this … is a positive thing, and I would hope that we would encourage it," Meyer said. "… I hope that we don't say, 'Because we don't measure it, we don't do it'."
School Committee member Ann Hennessey said her kids loved the high-five program, but that it's the responsibility of what she called the school district's "white community of leaders" to reach out to "communities of color" to see how they feel about it.
"I feel like I'm almost looking in a fish tank and making these decisions. … Many of us are talking about communities that we're not checking in with there," Hennessey said.
Northampton is a so-called sanctuary city. Mayor David Narkewicz, who is also chairman of the School Committee, issued an executive order in August 2014 limiting cooperation by local police with federal immigration authorities.
The mayor didn't comment directly on the high-five program during the meeting.
A student representative to the School Committee, Elena Frogameni, asked Kasper if Northampton police receive training about racial bias.
Kasper said last year Northampton police officers received 755 hours of training on "biased-based policing."
"We expose that sort of training to all of our staff," Kasper said
This past Saturday, Northampton police tried to emphasize the positive in announcing the end of the program on Facebook:
"Luckily, we still accept high fives, low fives, and fist bumps. If you see any of us out there on the streets, feel free to ask for one!"
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A founding partner of Military Medical Malpractice Attorneys, Bruce Klores has been a trial lawyer for over 35 years. He is a fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, invitation-only organizations that limit memberships to the top 1% of trial lawyers. Mr. Klores represents victims of professional and medical negligence nationwide. He has won verdicts and settlements of over $290million.
Raised in a working class household with extensive and long standing military ties in Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Klores today remains dedicated to the underdog. He advocates on behalf of his clients to protect their rights before the U.S. Congress, D.C. City Council and other legislative bodies. He has worked tirelessly to revise and rewrite laws that affect his clients' ability to pursue justice in the courtroom.
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Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Klores held a variety of jobs, ranging from teaching high school social studies and coaching basketball in rural Maine, to selling hot dogs at the Statue of Liberty. These instructive and rewarding jobs fed Mr. Klores' passion for helping others, which soon led to the formation of his own firm, Klores and Associates. In 1983, with just one case, Mr. Klores opened his firm in a brownstone basement office in the historic Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Thirty years later, Mr. Klores has taken on a partnership with our legal team and still embraces each case and client matter with the same enthusiasm and commitment.
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Home India US-based GIP in talks to buy Engie's Indian solar power business
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US-based GIP in talks to buy Engie's Indian solar power business
June 15, 2019 Anand Gupta
AP issue - Only 6 companies called for the meeting yesterday along with NTPC and SECI
Anti-dumping investigation on the imports of "Aluminium and Zinc coated flat products" originating in or exported from China PR, Vietnam and Korea RP - Preliminary Findings.
SOFAR G3 Better Customized For Residential Project
Amplus Wins APVIA Award 2019 for its contribution to Photovoltaic Industry
JinkoSolar Ranked Among Fortune China 500 Companies for Fifth Consecutive Year Ranked First Among Solar Module Manufacturers
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO SOLAR PV INDEPENDENT POWER PROJECTS (IPPs) AT MANAH, SULTANATE OF OMAN
Rooftop solar power installations grow at 1,836 MW in FY19
French firm Engie Solar has an 1,100 megawatt solar portfolio in India of which 740MW is operational
Rothschild and Co. has been mandated to find a buyer for the assets
NEW DELHI: American investor Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in talks to buy the Indian solar power business of French energy firm Engie SA in a deal potentially worth around $500 million, a person aware of the development said.
GIP is interested in Engie Solar, which has an 1,100 megawatt (MW) solar portfolio in India, the person said on the condition of anonymity. Of this, 740MW is operational. Rothschild and Co. has been mandated to find a buyer for the assets.
Mint had earlier reported that private equity (PE) fund Actis Llp and Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus Fund were in talks to buy the French firm's Indian solar power business.
With the newly-elected Narendra Modi government articulating its vision for reliable and uninterrupted power supply to households in its second term, along with a focus on green energy sources, the interest in India's emerging green economy continues unabated. Last week, sovereign wealth funds GIC Holdings Pte Ltd and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority agreed to invest $495 million in Greenko Energy Holdings, in one of the largest funding rounds by an Indian clean energy producer.
In an emailed response, Engie India manager Malcolm Wrigley declined to comment on "market speculation". A GIP spokesperson, in an emailed response said: "We don't comment on market speculation."
M.K. Sinha, managing partner and co-head, GIP India, did not respond to Mint's queries.
An external spokesperson for Rothschild said: "I have been mandated to post to you that Rothschild & Co. does not comment on market speculations."
GIP has been present in the Indian clean energy space and led a group of investors to acquire Equis Energy for $5 billion in October 2017. The sale included liabilities of $1.3 billion and the Indian portfolio of the Singapore-based renewable energy developer, comprising green energy platforms Energon and Energon Soleq.
GIP has also set up an office in India, its first in an emerging economy. It also acquired the infrastructure investment business of IDFC Alternatives Ltd and plans to raise an India-focused fund, besides investing in buyout opportunities.
The two infrastructure-focused funds of IDFC Alternatives—India Infrastructure Fund and India Infrastructure Fund II—which have a total corpus of a little over $1.8 billion, have now transitioned to GIP. Globally, GIP manages over $51 billion for its investors.
Mint had on 19 March last year reported about Engie's plans to sell a stake in its solar power portfolio. With €60.6 billion in annual revenue, Engie is the world's largest electricity generator outside government control, with an installed capacity of 115.3 gigawatts (GW). Of this, 22% is from renewable energy sources. Engie plans to set up capacity of 2GW in India by 2019. It also has a 280MW wind power portfolio.
India has an installed renewable energy capacity of 74.79GW, of which solar and wind power account for 25.21GW and 35.14GW, respectively.
India is running the world's largest renewable energy programme and plans to achieve 175GW of renewables capacity by 2022 as part of its climate commitments. The government plans to award a mammoth 100GW of solar and wind contracts by March 2020. Given the ambitious 2022 target, the government's strategy is to complete the bidding process by March 2020 so that developers have enough time to construct these projects.
Source: livemint
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Q: ANT_HOME doesn't match up with ant -version I started out by trying to run ant on a java program in a RH terminal.
BUILD FAILED
/home/phuong3/soar/soarRepos2/soar/tools/trunk/build.xml:187: Compiler Adapter 'javac1.6' can't be found.

Total time: 0 seconds

I was told that this problem would be fixed if I updated ant from 1.6.5 to 1.7.1.  1.7.1 already exists on the system at /opt/apache-ant-1.7.1/bin.  So I changed ANT_HOME to this directory, and appended it to PATH.  Now the state is:
[**** trunk]$ echo $ANT_HOME
/opt/apache-ant-1.7.1/bin
[**** trunk]$ ant -version
Apache Ant version 1.6.5 compiled on August 30 2006

So I'm presumably missing a very fundamental step.  Can you tell me what it is?
EDIT: Bump.  I really could use a hint on this.  Is there more information I can provide?  Basically what I need to know is, once I already have the Ant 1.7.1 binaries in the system, and ANT_HOME set to this directory, what else do I have to do to make 1.7.1 be the version that's used?

A: Solved it myself.  Explanation to the best of my ability: Since when I typed in ant, the OS iterated through PATH until it found a directory which contained an executable called ant, the first one it found was going to be the right one.  The one I wanted it to execute was LAST in the path.  So in bash_profile, instead of export PATH=$PATH:/opt/apache-ant-1.7.1/bin, I did export PATH=/opt/apache-ant-1.7.1/bin:$PATH.  Now, the desired version of ant shows up first and is the one executed.

A: I've just encountered the same symptoms, but with a different cause.
At some point in the past I must have placed a copy of ant-1.6.5.jar in ~/.ant/lib. This means ant always tried to use that jar. Solution was to remove the jar from ~/.ant/lib.


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Despite the addition of the newly built, 1,800-room Revel casino in its first full month after its official opening, the Atlantic City casino business continues to dip, albeit slightly. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement announced that the Atlantic City casinos' total June winnings fell by 0.6 percent to $274.7 million. Slot machines, which make up the bulk of the casinos' take, actually rose 0.6 percent to $201.6 million while table game winnings decreased by 3.7 percent to $73.1 million. This translated into $18.6 million in taxes on casino gross revenues in June. Win reflects the net amount of money won by the casinos, not profit.
In Revel's first full month of official operation -- the casino actually began operations in April but had its official opening over the Memorial Day weekend -- it took in $15 million in winnings. This ranks as eighth out of the 12 Atlantic City casinos. The Borgata casino had by far the largest take with $53.3 million but it was down 6.4 percent from last year. The two Trump casinos are suffering the most: the Trump Plaza was down 31 percent in June to $9 million and the Taj Mahal dropped 23.4 percent. The Trump Plaza is up for sale. Four casinos actually showed an uptick in winnings: Tropicana, Atlantic Club, Caesars, and Golden Nugget.


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First instalment arrives from Yonghong Li: the situation
By Isak Möller - 4 June 2018, 22:27
The first instalment of the capital increase (€10m, €40m in total) requested by the minority shareholder has been paid by Yonghong Li, according to Italian media.
Yonghong Li's transfer of €10m to AC Milan needed to arrive today, which is the first instalment of capital increase requested by the minority shareholders at the last board of directors meeting.
Due to some technical issues, as reported by Ansa, the €10m will be visible first tomorrow in the accounts of Milan. This tranche had to be paid in order to avoid the intervention of Elliott. The failure to respect the commitment by the president would have triggered a so-called 'covenant', the protection clauses provided in the contract with the US fund. Now the majority shareholder will have to pay another €30m by the end of June.
Meanwhile, today there was a summit between Massimiliano Mirabelli and the coach, Rino Gattuso, to discuss the future, transfer market and other organisational issues.


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Let's Talk About X – and Y and Z: How to overcome a fear of age diversity
Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z, Workforce
January 17 @ 7:21 am CST
A friend recently posted a photo of her five-year-old daughter playing with teddy bears and Barbies, just as children have done for many decades. But there was something different about how the treasured toys were lined up and the child was holding a thermometer. As it turns out, she was playing COVID hospital. We've all been impacted by the pandemic. It is an unprecedented, shared global experience and a defining, historic moment. But we have not been impacted the same. What children learn and observe about the world at an early age is hugely influential to their development. During those brain-developing years behaviors, values, and attitudes are shaped. Like trees, we mature, and adapt to outside forces, but the foundation from which we start is always there. Our roots are ever-present and undeniably strong. This is how generations are formed. Shared childhood experiences lead to the formation of similar responses to those experiences. Regrettably, there have been efforts to squelch the exploration of generations, with some people believing the practice leads to stereotyping. Other pundits have referred to generational research as a waste of time, believing all people are more or less the same. While I can appreciate the intent to rid the world of stereotypes and find similarities, there's a fatal flaw in each of these arguments: Inclusion doesn't happen by ignoring our differences. It can only happen when we learn to recognize, understand, accept, and celebrate our differences. Here and now, in the aftermath of the George Floyd incident and #MeToo movement, conversations about race and gender have become more prominent, and equity initiatives have edged closer to the forefront of priorities for social change. But all too often, conversations about age diversity are considered too controversial and too difficult, and the perspectives of younger generations consistently end up being dismissed or ignored. Delve deeper and you'll understand why: Young people are the personification of change. They are a reminder change is necessary and…
How to Bring Belonging Back
Associations, HR/Business, Workforce
Early in my career, I was recruited to sit on an association's board of directors and given the opportunity to spearhead a priority initiative for the organization. I was thrilled and jumped at the opportunity to take on such a prominent role. Imagine my disappointment when I attended my first board meeting and the initiative was tabled. The next several meetings I attended, the initiative continued to be backburned. It wasn't long before I found myself feeling frustrated, unappreciated, and overlooked. My admiration for the association and passion for the project waned. I felt like I no longer belonged. Feeling like we don't belong is a feeling we can all relate to, yet many organizations are struggling to foster a sense of belonging – and have been for quite some time. We know this to be true because most associations have reported declining membership trends for the past decade, just as employers have reported declining levels of employee engagement. And here and now, the workforce turnover is so massive, this era is being referred to as the Great Resignation. Belonging by definition means two things: ownership and a secure relationship. We feel like we belong when we're invited to actively contribute and share our opinions and ideas, and we are listened to, respected, and positively encouraged. In the late 1990s, belonging began to transition. From workplaces to membership associations, the same trend was observed: Young people were less likely to join/stay/engage/renew. In other words, young people were less likely to feel like they belong. Why the sudden shift? And why have so many organizations struggled to re-engage young people? I've spent a lot of time researching this trend in an effort to find the answers. The answer is quite complex, but here's the condensed version: The shift in belonging is a direct result of significant social change and the era during which younger generations have come of age. Young people are wary of forging connections and…
Losing Our Empathy: How to Team-Build When People Could Care Less
General, General|Generation Z, HR/Business
Blame it on a 24-hour news cycle, social media, corruption, the increased use of profanity, or savage political campaigns, but one thing has become very apparent, we have lost what connects us to each other — our empathy. Whether we're arguing about politics or vaccinations, guns, or abortion, or which lives matter most, our society has been unable to successfully cooperate or community-build for quite some time now. In my line of work, this means more clients calling with concerns about teambuilding and inclusion. Employers are observing increased conflict and lower tolerance. Young employees are less likely to stick around in a setting like this, so the lack of empathy is also contributing to turnover. Empathy is the ability to emotionally understand what other people feel and how they see things from their point of view. Empathy leads to compassion and the desire to care for or help someone else. And our empathy is currently missing. New scientific research revealed adults today are caring less for others and more about themselves — and this has negatively influenced youth and young professional development. According to the research from Indiana University, declines in empathy among young people started happening in the early 2000s alongside a rise in mental health problems. Both outcomes are believed to be directly associated with burn-out. With the mainstreaming of technology, shifts in parenting and education, and a greater social emphasis on competitiveness, testing, and success, children were facing challenges earlier generations didn't face. Researchers believe this generation's self-care and care for others was backburnered to focus on personal success and survival. Here and now, children are observing communities in conflict, even during a global pandemic. Time will tell how this experience will influence their development, but the research indicates the conflict and lack of compassion is already more prevalent among adults than at any other time in history. The questions at the top of mind right now for many leaders and teams is:…
How Cancel Culture Will Change Your Organization
Associations, Leadership, Membership, Workforce
Given the opportunity to time travel, would you choose to visit the past or the future? I was participating in a virtual happy hour when this question popped up. Some experienced professionals jumped in, sharing moments in history they wanted to visit. The conversation was bubbly; people were happily caught up in their imaginations of what it would be like to experience a bygone era. Then a student from Georgetown University spoke up, and just like that, the mood shifted. "I want to visit the future", she said. "I want to visit the future to see how much damage has been done by the actions of our society today." Gen Z (1996-2009) are the teens and early 20-somethings who have become largely renowned for holding up the mirror to society, forcing us all to take a closer look. Under their watch, the concept of cancel culture has been trending for most of the past year, which has become a polarizing topic of debate. Regardless of age or experience, feeling ignored drives people to disengage, quit, protest, and cancel. The process of 'canceling' usually goes like this: A public figure or organization does or says something offensive. A public backlash, often fueled by political views and social media, ensues. Then there's call to take away their cultural cachet, whether through boycotts or disciplinary action. Cancel culture has been referred to as a mob mentality, encouraging lawlessness, censorship, and the erasing of history. It's also been referred to as a long overdue way of holding people accountable for propagating racist and sexist ideas, toxic behaviors, and making unethical, immoral decisions without any regard for others. Although it started as more of a political debate, cancel culture has now moved into the arena of generational debate. In 2019, the OK boomer meme and videos were an attempt by Gen Z to 'cancel' the generations that came before them. OK boomer was meant to be cutting and dismissive; a snarky…
Why They Quit: How To Retain Young Talent
Associations, Generation Z, Leadership, Membership, Talent Development, Workforce
As vaccines are being distributed, there is hope the worst of the pandemic is nearing an end. But if research is any indication, another kind of crisis may just be heating up. As SHRM defines it, a "turnover tsunami" is brewing, with more than half of employees surveyed planning to look for a new job this year. Employers were experiencing high rates of turnover prior to the pandemic. In fact, voluntary turnover had been steadily rising since 2010, and was cited as a chief global concern by both the UN and World Economic Forum. When the pandemic hit, quit rates reached their lowest level in nine years – and now they're bouncing back. Just this week, I've heard from three executives lamenting the loss of young talent. The fact remains that professionals under the age of 39 account for more than half of all voluntary separations. Why? Increased employee turnover is the outcome of a shift in workforce needs and values, and it's a shift that is here to stay. This is a topic I've researched a great detail and the answer is quite complex. In brief, here are two reasons why young professionals are three times more likely than other generations to quit: Inclusion We're observing an ever-widening gap between twentieth century managed organizations and twenty-first century raised workers. Young professionals don't understand the management processes and hierarchies common throughout the past century. These generations have only known a world powered by innovation, collaboration, globalization, instant gratification, knowledge, acceptance, and access. They struggle to comprehend why decisions can't be made on the fly, why they can't have a seat at the decision-making table, and why it's always been done 'that way.' Stability Millennials came of age during the Great Recession-the worst economic decline our country had experienced in 70 years. Gen Z has come of age during the most disruptive decade in history. These experiences have shaped the career trajectories of young professionals in more…
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Calgary parents, charged with neglect, to appear in court next week after severely emaciated adult son found unresponsive
Undated photograph of Jonathan Grunewald and Malinda Phillips who face charges following an investigation into alleged neglect of their adult son who suffers from a medical condition. (supplied)
Calgarians Malinda Phillips and Jonathon Grunewald are scheduled to appear in court next week. The couple is charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life and negligence causing bodily harm.
Phillips, 47, and Grunewald, 52, were charged after their dependent adult son was discovered in their Falconridge home unresponsive and malnourished.
Police confirmed the 27- year-old's parents found him in his bedroom on Oct. 24, 2020 weighing just under 20 kilograms (43 pounds).
He was taken to the hospital by ambulance and admitted in acute medical distress before being transported to a long-term care facility.
The couple were scheduled to appear in court on Friday, but the case was put over until Dec. 10.


Samsung has launched its plus variant of flagship smartphone called Samsung Galaxy S8+ in India. The mobile phone has been launched with a price tag of RS. 64,900. It will go on sale from next month.
The company has launched Exynos variant in India. Samsung Galaxy S8+ was announced last month with Snapdragon 835 and Exynos 9 SoC variants. Like every year Samsung has chosen to launch Exynos SoC variant in India.
Samsung Galaxy S8+ flaunts a 6.2 inch Quad HD+ (1440 x 2960 pixels) Super AMOLED Infinity Display at 570ppi. Its screen is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 5. It comes with 4GB RAM. It is powered by a 64-bit Octa-core Exynos 9 8895 Processor with Mali-G71 MP20 GPU.
Its connectivity options include 4G LTE, GPRS/EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS/AGPS, NFC, Bluetooth, and Micro-USB. It packs a 3,500mAh battery which comes with fast charging support and wireless charging support. It comes with fingerprint sensor on its back side.
Samsung Galaxy S8+ runs on latest Android 7 Nougat with a layer of TouchWiz UI. It is a dual sim device with dual standby support. It is water and dust resistant with IP68 certification.
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Recorded on November 29, 1984 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium's Speaking of Music series, Charles Amirkhanian interviews American composer, critic, and former musical director at KPFA, Charles Shere, about his opera "The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even". The opera, which is inspired by the Marcel Duchamp painting of the same name, uses Duchamp's notes for much of the libretto. Shere, who was heavily influenced by the new music of John Cage and others, describes in detail Duchamp's iconic work and then talks about how he has tried to capture it's spirit in his avant-garde opera. Shere highlights his remarks with slides and excerpts from the opera.


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Tumbler – Delicate and refreshing, this punch features Aquavit infused with ginger and pomegranate, Contratto Bitter Aperitivo, Campari, Foro Organic Extra Dry Vermouth, Manzanilla Sherry, grapefruit, and whey. Garnished with freshly grated nutmeg.
Highball – A variation on the classic cocktail from the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, this is a fruited and refreshing cocktail made with Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin, fresh lemon juice, Elixir Combier, Cherry Heering, aromatic and citrus bitters, and a healthy splash of Fever Tree Club Soda. Garnished with a twist of orange peel and Luxardo maraschino cherries.
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The primary and private dining rooms are located in the original first floor gathering spaces. The intimate restaurant deftly juxtaposes modern orange vinyl chairs with black and white portraits of Bridgehampton's agrarian history, handblown glassware with delicate seasonal flowers. Featuring one-on-one service, the restaurant cozily seats 50 while offering a more relaxed atmosphere in the warm months on our private patio, which has been reconfigured to capture the beauty and peacefulness of our Inn's garden.
Our thoughtfully playful dinner menus change monthly, with the season, and feature the best available, locally-gathered ingredients. That means hundreds of recipes a year - how exciting! With our dinner menu, small plates is our big thing. Each week you'll find a few plates under the following categories: Soups & Salads, Flat Breads, Sliders & Buns, Pasta, Land, Sea, Farm, Inn Favorites and Desserts.
Brian Szostak, has served more than two decades as the hands behind some of the East End's most talented chefs, but the edgy edible artist is finally getting his time to shine as the Bridgehampton Inn's new Executive Chef. He is not only known for his excellent execution of classic dishes, but for adding his own fiery playful signature twist to set his fare apart. A seasonally-minded chef, Chef Brian will continue Bridgehampton Inn's commitment to variety through a consistently evolving menu based on freshness, taste, and availability. Those who have been blown away at Amarelle, Jedediah Hawkins, the Riverhead Project, Stone Creek Inn, or Noahs during the past few years have already tasted dishes hand-crafted by Chef Brian, so if you're still looking for the magic, find it here at the Bridgehampton Inn.
An extension of the restaurant itself, the bar is located in the original 1795 tavern room and is fashioned with a magnificent walnut bar, handcrafted by Shimon C. Peretz. Loaves & Fishes family member Kyle curates the drink menu and tends the bar, creating imaginative cocktails which purposefully compliment the menu. The wine list is growing organically representing local and imported wines.
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Home In The Dome
By: Nancy Anderson, Ph.D.
A new scientific study suggests that location matters when it comes to carbon dioxide emissions.i While it's been known for a decade that CO2 "domes" can form over cities, a Stanford scientist now reports that such domes increase the respiratory health impact of other air pollutants like ozone. Could this be a case of science having an impact on the public in real time? Here's why I ask.
By now, it's impossible to deny that, unlike passions mobilized around other types of pollution or facility siting with all the anthropological overtones of defilement and threats to health which register at a personal level, climate change has remained just an intellectual threat for the public. However, if the public health consequences of this CO2 dome research pan out, the threat becomes personal, visceral if you will.
And this can pack a serious political punch. If the findings hold up, they shred the logic of cap and trade as the basis for federal climate legislation because cap and trade would allow urban polluters to "offset" their carbon emissions out of town, but do nothing to enhance local health and safety. Time to hit the restart button. Substantiating this research could also drive a deeper wedge in American politics between cities and everywhere else and tell urban dwellers they are on their own. Good luck.
Driven wedges and a deepening gloom are in evidence everywhere on the climate action front in 2010. The litany is by now both familiar and painful. No federal climate legislation, no new international climate treaty, attacks on the entire climate enterprise in the wake of the leaked British university memos, detection of minor errors in the IPPC report and polls that find swooning support for any concerted climate action, especially among Republicans voters. But don't despair! Instead, consider what it means to legislate.
A crucial underlying reason for passing laws, rather than relying on the market and the zeitgeist, is that legislative goals are not universally shared or practiced. Laws, at the time of their enactment, express disagreement and conflict, not consensus, and one side or coalition of interests prevails. Only then do statutes start to generate their own support and legitimacy (or get thrown back into the political realm or overturned in court).
Let's rewind the tape and look for a more positive message in the CO2 dome study. Let's assume (because I don't know for certain) this CO2 that collects over cities rises up from urban sources rather than is attracted, magnet-like, from far away. In other words, it behaves more like the air pollutants we traditionally regulate at the state and local levels, ozone, acid gases and soot. Let's also assume that CO2 domes form over definable metropolitan areas rather than stopping neatly at political boundaries. So, San Francisco would include Oakland, Richmond and Berkeley. New York City encompasses counties in the tri-state area greater Los Angeles extends beyond the county line and ditto for Dallas-Fort Worth. We're talking about a lot of people.
Add to this the crucial fact that for the first time we have reason to believe that carbon dioxide is dangerous to the public's health right here, right now. Unlike climate change, which is harder for many to get alarmed over because it's not happening right here, right now (or if it is, its consequences are harder to detect), local sources of CO2 can been seen as dangerous and worthy of prompt public action and large-scale private initiative.
And that's not all. Can we dare to hope for the renaissance of urban influence in American politics? If the Stanford research proves robust, federal climate legislation — especially legislation that's economy wide and contains a stringent and declining cap — would highlight cities as high-value carbon resources, which will attract investment dollars for energy efficient, low carbon projects. Think of American cities as offset magnets that are hard to game. But a cap and trade regime is not the only feasible mechanism. If legislation relied on carbon taxes, cities could be assigned a favorable tax status to fast-track carbon dioxide reduction schemes. As money-magnets, cities could add funding to their own green building or clean energy laws, and don't forget mass transit and other programs new and old that are far in the lead of anything the federal government has done, but lack the resources to innovate and invest at a scale that will make a difference. Think of it as the chance of a lifetime to live under the stars, not under a dome.
i Mark Z. Jacobson, "Enhancement of Local Air Pollution by Urban CO2 Domes", Environmental Science & Technology, March 2010
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Turkey is waiting to see if President Abdullah Gul will ratify the government's controversial Internet bill, which opposition parties, civil society and the international community call a major restriction on freedom of expression.
First, it was Youtube. Now, if the government of Sindh has its way, it could well be goodbye to Skype, Whatsapp, Viber and Tango for the people of this province in southeastern Pakistan. At least for the next three months.
In an extraordinary move, a civilian has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for posting a picture on Facebook of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dressed in a Real Madrid soccer outfit and kicking a ball. The sentencing is among several instances of a targeting of media in Palestinian areas.
As negotiations in Turkey's efforts to join the European Union remain stalled, many worry that the Turkish government has little incentive to curb its ongoing crackdown on media freedoms and freedom of expression.
George Sahhar opens the door to a closet-sized control room, where a cacophony of wires, routers, papers, and computer screens are messily strewn across a desk.
As the political science department at a major Israeli university has been threatened with closure in the 2013 school year, professors and students say the move reflects the politicisation of Israeli academia, and threatens basic freedoms.


Hot money ticket ebbs Is this a good time to choose the technology "big cow"?
A shares failed to replay the "519" market. In the past two days, the market has stepped into adjustment, and the volcano has not been surprised.
do you remember? In the articles on March 3, March 10, and March 11, Volkswagen pointed out that the funding line is under strong pressure.Shanghai indexFaced with the pressure of the demarcation line between the bulls and bears, there are more 3,000 points above the set, and the market replays the "519" market.
On the 14th, the biggest decline in the Shanghai stock index was close to 2%.GEMThe biggest drop in the session was around 3.8%. The number of daily limit shares has also been greatly reduced, and the number of downside shares has increased.
In the March 3 article, Volcano Jun pointed out that "from the current situation, the fund line confirmation has reached the bottom of history, which will have important implications for the market in the next 1-2 years." This shows that in the funds The online line can find some answers for when the market ends.
From the perspective of historical law, when the capital line sees the bottom of history, the market will enter a structural market, and individual stocks will be heavier than the broader market. An important sign on the 14th was that the floating ticket for the down limit began to increase, and the funds began to return to the outstanding stocks.
Judging from the Shanghai index on the 14th, the Shanghai index is operating below the boundary between the bull and bear. At present, the position of the bull-bear boundary is at 3046, which is currently suppressed by the line.
In the article on March 10, Volcano Jun pointed out that "historically, in the bear market, after the fund line first saw the bottom of the history or the bottom of the big, it will trigger a wave of intermediate rebound. In the process of rebound, the fund line A sharp upward breakout of the boundary between the bull and the bear. After the rally ended, the fund line was adjusted to the bottom of the history, and some were adjusted to the vicinity of the boundary between the bull and the bear." "Because the boundary between the bull and the bear is upward, so As time goes by, even if the fund line is adjusted to the boundary between the bull and the bear, the adjustment of the fund line will be less than 40%."
On the 14th, the fund line fell by 3%, indicating that funds have flowed out. If the fund line is adjusted to the vicinity of the bull-bear line, the fund line will likely fall by 40%. If the Shanghai Stock Index adopts a slow and volatility to adjust, from the adjustment time, it is estimated that it will take at least one to two months. If you take a quick fall, the adjustment time will be much shorter.
From the point of view of the Shanghai Stock Index, if the 20-day moving average and the 30-day moving average cannot stop adjusting, then it may fall to the 250-day moving average. The gap gap left on February 25 is also a very important support.
After the fund line and the broader market step into the rest, the differentiation of individual stocks will increase, the market enters the structural market, the quality of individual stocks is more critical than the broader market, and some stocks will not rise with the broader market.
For example, on the 14th, the Shanghai stock index fell, the liquor sector rose against the trend, Guizhou Maotai rose 3.18%, Wuliangye, Luzhou Laojiao also turned red. On the 14th,QFIIHeavy position andfundThe heavy warehouse style index is all red.
However, those hot money tickets in the previous period were turned off on the 14th, such as Dongfang Network, Shunyi Shares, Shibei Gaoxin, Yingfangwei, Longyun shares and so on.
This shows that the funds are beginning to return to the blue-chip stocks, and the spring of the blue-chip stocks has come.
2. Where is the technology "big cow"?
Recently, Gao Yuncheng, the general manager of the old-fashioned 10,000-yuan private equity fund, said that a major feature of the recent A-share operation is that "the market atmosphere is active and the liquidity is good". "Most of the stocks that are hot speculation are not fundamentally excellent. company of". But in the long run, the market "has to havePerformanceSupport has gone far." For the investment strategy of Jinglin Assets, Gao Yuncheng said that the most important thing is to find "excellent companies with real core competitiveness", without too much care.
The volcano is more agreeable. We can go and see the follow-up trend of stocks such as Tellus A, Sichuan Shuangma, and *ST Yida, which were squandered in the past few years. It can be seen that the stocks after the hot money speculation have a greater risk of falling in the following years.
In the next few years, technology stocks will be a major investment theme, which is the market consensus. Recently, some technology concept stocks have continuously pulled up the daily limit, and some new terms have appeared: such as ubiquitous power Internet of Things, digital hygiene, and hyper-converged software. . . . . .
Some time ago, there was a paragraph on the Internet saying that the company owner sawBrokerResearch reportLater, I discovered that my company was so powerful. It can be seen that in the process of researching technology stocks, it is necessary to avoid those pseudo-tech stocks and concept stocks. It is necessary to study whether the company is creating concepts, how high the company's technology content is, and how much is the annual investment in research and development. How likely is this technology to be surpassed by peers? Is it a domestic exclusive technology, and how big is the technology gap with global giants?
In the US stock market from 1980 to 2000, some real technology stocks with competitive advantages rose enormously, such as Motorola, Texas Instruments, Intel, Amgen, and Genentech. Genentech, which developed new drugs in 1980, was listed on NASDAQ with a market capitalization of only $35 million. The company continued to introduce heavy-weight genetic drugs. In 2008, the company's market capitalization was as high as $100 billion, and its market value in 2008 increased by more than 2,800 times. However, there must be in-depth research on such enterprises, and investment in these enterprises must have a high degree of professionalism.
It can be seen that the potential of high-quality technology stocks is huge. So how do you choose quality stocks?
In the process of entering the market, the market will give the answer, thosethemeStocks and concept stocks will gradually return to their original shape, and those genuine quality stocks will go out of the independent market, so this adjustment is a good time for stock picking.
For example, in the precise medical treatment of medicine, for some patients, many tests have been done, and the money has also been taken for medicine, but it has been found that the medicine has no effect and there is no right medicine. Accurate medical treatment is to solve this problem, to find the root of the disease for different individuals, the right medicine. This will have a very large impact on the entire pharmaceutical industry.
Volcano Jun found that at the beginning of December last year, there was an investment in the photovoltaic industry at that time, and that the energy storage industry is expected to grow at an average annual rate of more than 100% in the next few years, but the current volume is still too small, the secondary market still lacks investment targets. . From now on, the stocks in the photovoltaic industry are indeed eye-catching. It seems that the energy storage industry is worth studying.


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Will it be a Monday finish at the 83rd Masters?
The weather forecasts are out for the 83rd edition of the Masters, and it's not looking very good for the Green Jacket hopefuls over the weekend. In fact, Sunday's forecast is looking particularly dismal with a distinct possibility of play being abandoned and the players asked to come back on the Monday to finish the tournament.
You'd have to go back to 1983 to find the last time the Masters finished on a Monday. On that occasion, the weather was so atrocious on the Friday that play was abandoned for the entire day without a shot being hit. With that in mind, does the impending bad weather hold any omens for the players this weekend?
It depends on what you want to read into it, but the winner back in 1983 was one Severiano Ballesteros, that's right, Seve prevailed in the poor conditions to win himself a Green Jacket for the second time. If you were sat in the hot seat on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Chris Tarrant asked you who won the 1983 Masters after a weather delay, you would naturally be drawn to Seve as the answer given his brilliance in adapting to whatever situation he found himself in on the golf course.
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All of this suggests the winner will have to be a player with a bit of imagination who can keep it together when battling the elements. This may actually rule out some of the early favourites like Rory Mcilroy and Dustin Johnson. The question, then, would be; does that include ruling out the Big Cat? Well, if you were to look at Tiger Woods' master odds, you'd find he is at 14/1. This doesn't make him the outright favourite, but history tells us that the 14-time major winner struggles when the weather turns.
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The third round of the Open at Muirfield in 2002 has been referred to as the worst day of major weather in history. It was around 2p.m. when a wall of wind and rain arrived off the North Sea to lash every part of Muirfield. At the end of his round, Woods finished on an 81, which remains his worst score over 18 holes as a professional.
Tiger Woods' record at the Masters as a pro:
1997: 1st
1998: T8
1999: T18
2008: 2nd
The bottom line is that everyone struggles when the weather is bad, but there are some who wilt quicker than others. 2015 Masters winner Jordan Spieth could be thrown a lifeline by some poor weather despite coming into this tournament with his putter the coldest it has been during his career. Wet greens may mean it comes down to ball striking and that's something the Longhorn graduate is more than capable of doing in the wind and rain. Born in Texas, Spieth battled the elements throughout his youth and also has a fondness for Augusta National, well most of it anyway, if you exclude the 12th hole.
It's never straightforward when the clouds close in, and there will be a few big names cursing their luck as well as their smartphones, as their weather apps reveal what is in store for the 2019 Masters.
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Anyone who has ever tried to piece together a family history knows about Census Records. What do they really tell us? The first U.S. census was done in 1790 and since that time one has been done every 10 years! This class will discuss not only U.S Federal Census Records but State Census Records as well. You will learn who was counted and why, what questions were asked, which schedules are available for each census, researching special populations and how to put all of this together to learn more about your family! Anyone who has ever tried to piece together a family history knows about Census Records. What do they really tell us? The first U.S. census was done in 1790 and since that time one has been done every 10 years! This class will discuss not only U.S Federal Census Records but State Census Records as well. You will learn who was counted and why, what questions were asked, which schedules are available for each census, researching special populations and how to put all of this together to learn more about your family!
There are very few people who haven't heard of Laura Ingalls Wilder or Little House on the Prairie! Thanks to her books and the television show that followed, we have been able to get a glimpse into the life of these pioneers. In reality, Laura's story begins long before she was even born. Where did her family come from and what prompted them to move from a little house in the woods of Wisconsin into the uncharted frontier of South Dakota. Learn the true story of Laura and her family as we compare and contrast the books and television series with what really happened in their lives. Join me in discovering the ups, downs, triumphs, and tragedies of this beloved family.
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1、Fate is a funny thing.You don't know if that the prophecy actually means.Remeber what I said?Only you can shape your destiny.But if you believe you are evil,then that is what you will become.
3、You'd be surprised what people are willing to do when the right circumstances present themselves.
5、If the choice is love or power,then having a heart is a liability.
6、When you steal for yourself,that makes you a thief.But when you steal for someone else,that makes you a hero.
7、You and me I--we understand each other.Look after yourself,and you'll never get hurt,right?
9、I know what it's like to not have the life you wanted...the life you feel you deserve.
12、You know,I will never forget that moment...The moment the world sort of blows you backwards,and the one person you thought would always be there to catch you...but he isn't there.
13、You don't have a home,until you just miss it.
14、Rumplestilskin,the things we have,it's never been easy.I've lost you so many times,I've lost you to darkness,to weakness,and finally,to death.But now I realize,I realize that I've not spent my time losing you,I've spent my life finding you.
15、Everyone wants some magical solution for their problem and everyone refuses to belive in magic.


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Q: Angular 7 error in application can't read 'ceil' of undefined I have an angular 7.0.2 project,
Everything works fine when angular build optimisation is false,
But when i build using the :
 "optimization": true

the build finishes with success, my app start without any error, then when i try to sign in with Aws Amplify i got the error :

can't read 'ceil' of undefined

when i set
 "optimization": false

every things works fine.
UPDATE
It's a possible bug from amplify-angular

A: The issue was in the terser plugin. it is now fixed in terser@3.10.10.
Angular CLI does not depend on terser directly, but you can force it to update by following these steps:

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*Check the current installed version of terser: npm ls terser

*Install and uninstall terser to update your lockfile npm install terser@3.10.10 npm uninstall terser

*New terser upldate is good

That worked for me.