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Mayor de Blasio and Chief Judge Lippman Announce Justice Reboot, an Initiative to Modernize the Criminal Justice System
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Chief Judge of the State of New York Jonathan Lippman announced immediate changes that will modernize the criminal justice system and improve the quality of justice in New York City. This plan is the first stage of the administration's new initiative, Justice Reboot, which solidifies a long-term commitment to reduce unnecessary incarceration safely and promote confidence in the fairness of the justice system.
Three immediate steps will improve the criminal justice system dramatically:
Within 45 days, calendar for trial or plea all cases where the defendant is being held at Rikers and the case has been pending for longer than a year.
Within six months, resolve 50 percent of all cases where the defendant is detained at Rikers and the case has been pending for longer than a year.
Overhaul half of all criminal court cases by making the summons process easier to understand and navigate.
Over the last 20 years, New York City has cut its jail population by half, in part through a focus on reform efforts throughout the justice system. New York City was able to reduce incarceration while also achieving extraordinary success in driving down crime, with murders plummeting from 2,245 in 1990 to an all-time low of 333 last year. Justice Reboot will reduce unnecessary incarceration even further while promoting fairness by streamlining coordination among criminal justice actors, and using technology to identify, track, and solve problems in the City's criminal justice system.
Moving cases through the criminal justice system more quickly will reduce the average daily population in Rikers Island jails. Defendants who are detained in City jails for extensive periods while waiting for trial are the single biggest contributor to the size of the jail population. Just 5 percent of all defendants dismissed from Rikers Island in 2014 filled 44 percent of the jail's beds—because these inmates each spent over 270 days on Rikers waiting for their trial. The vast majority of defendants spent much shorter periods in city jails. Immediate reforms will focus on clearing the oldest cases first while ongoing work on systemic issues will ensure enduring progress.
Steps to reduce case processing times include:
Resolution of 50 percent of the cases pending for longer than a year within the next six months.
Deep, analytic dives into borough-specific problems and solutions.
A centralized coordinating body.
A sophisticated technological tool to track case trends in real time.
A 21st century scheduling system.
Making the summons process easier to understand and navigate will change how nearly half of the criminal court cases in NYC are processed. While the number of summonses issued in 2014 was down 35 percent from a high of 544,678 in 2009, the total number of summonses issued citywide (359,432) last year was roughly equal to the number of arrests (355,397). Although half of all criminal court cases involve summonses, only 27 percent of the summonses issued last year resulted in a conviction. Another 38 percent of summons issued resulted in a warrant for failure to appear in court, which may affect the likelihood of future detention. Immediate reforms will clarify the time, date, and location of court appearances and provide a wider window within which to satisfy the summons. This will make the summons process more transparent and improve the overall quality of justice.
Steps to ensure that people who receive a summons appear in court include:
A redesigned summons form that makes the date of appearance easier to understand. A comparison of the old form and the new form, and additional information about the science driving these changes, is available here.
A reminder system to ensure defendants appear in court.
Flexible appearance date and night court.
Steps to enhance transparency and improve the quality of justice in summons court include:
Publicly available quarterly data.
Real-time, electronic access to case files.
Online payment of fines.
Training on collateral consequences for 18-b attorneys and Judicial Hearing Officers.
For more information on Justice Reboot, including additional data and detail on these reforms, please click here.
De Blasio Administration Expanding Programs to Keep New Yorkers in Their Homes and Keep Neighborhoods Strong
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been met tenants at a Bronx building in the midst of major upgrades and renovations through City affordable housing preservation initiatives. Protecting and improving existing affordable housing is a major component of the Mayor's Housing New York Plan. Last year, the City initiated preservation work at 11,185 apartments. This year, the City is expanding its toolkit to reach more New Yorkers whose homes are becoming unaffordable or distressed.
The building visited by Mayor de Blasio at 2432 University Avenue is part of a four-building, 106-apartment Bronx group that will now be locked into a 30-year affordable rental agreement. That means current low-income tenants can stay in their homes assured that they can afford their rent, and units must remain affordable for decades to come. The $6.4 million City investment, along with low-income housing tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, will also improve conditions at the aging buildings by repairing the masonry, electrical and plumbing systems; replacing windows and doors; upgrading the lobbies and common spaces; and performing lead and asbestos abatement. The apartment renovations include new kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, doors and Energy Star appliances. Financing for the project closed last year and work on the buildings will be complete by March 2016.
The City employs a wide range of strategies and tools to keep New Yorkers in their homes, improve aging housing and bring more buildings into long-term affordability agreements:
Investing City funding and other critical subsidy sources in aging affordable housing to rehabilitate it and protect it from disrepair.
Preventing harassment of rent-regulated tenants, and preventing rent-stabilized housing from being unlawfully deregulated.
Renewing subsidy when older buildings' tax credits or programs expire, so long-time tenants can stay in their homes and apartments stay affordable for the next generation.
Bringing small, market-rate buildings into long-term affordability programs in exchange for funding for capital repairs or refinancing, and tax exemptions that reduce operating expenses.
The 10-year, five-borough Housing New York plan made major changes to preservation programs to deepen their reach and assist more tenants:
Increase opportunities for both lower and moderate income families: New guidelines expand eligibility and allow some vacant units in newly preserved buildings to be set aside for formerly homeless families and/or families earning up to moderate incomes, ensuring more New Yorkers have access to affordable housing and fostering stronger mixed-income communities.
Leverage more private investment and stretch public dollars further: By reducing financing costs, HPD is helping buildings more easily access private capital for repairs and investment, helping reduce the amount of City subsidy needed, helping keep rents more affordable and expanding the number of units preserved.
Engage tenants and owners before buildings become at-risk: Rather than waiting for buildings to become physically or financially distressed, HPD has created a new Office of Neighborhood Strategies to proactively reach out to stakeholders, conduct workshops and assist owners and tenants with navigating City programs.
Launch a Green Energy Savings Program: HPD will soon launch a new program to assist owners of small- to mid-sized buildings of five to 50 units in financing energy and water efficiency improvements to help lower operating costs, preserve affordability and improve the long-term sustainability of their properties.
To read a full transcript of the Mayor's remarks, please click here.
De Blasio Administration Reaches Agreement to Bring Thousands of Living Wage Jobs to Hudson Yards District
The de Blasio Administration announced a major agreement with Brookfield Property Partners to build a new office tower, One Manhattan West, that will generate more than 10,000 construction, office and retail jobs – all subject to the City's expanded Living Wage standard. It will be the first such project under the Mayor's recent Living Wage Executive Order, which increased wages to over $13 per hour and expanded the law's reach to building tenants for the first time.
The $2.2 billion, 2.1-million-square-foot project will rise at 401 Ninth Avenue on the northeast corner of West 33rd Street. Construction will begin this year and is expected to be completed by 2020. At its base will be a two-acre plaza, lined with trees and retail, with a Class A office tower above anchored by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, one of the nation's largest law firms. Brookfield's five-acre Manhattan West development is located in the Hudson Yards district.
The project is subject to Living Wage standards because of an Executive Order signed last year by Mayor de Blasio that built upon the law previously passed by the City Council. The Order eliminated exemptions for future development in the Hudson Yards District and for tenants at City-backed projects. Jobs in retail stores, parking facilities and office cafeterias – many of which are customarily minimum wage – will now see significantly higher hourly wages. The project is expected to generate more than 4,500 construction jobs and more than 6,000 permanent jobs.
The Living Wage – increased under the de Blasio administration – stands at $13.30 per hour without benefits, or $11.90 with benefits, and is adjusted each year to match changes in the Consumer Price Index. By 2019, it is expected to surpass $15 per hour.
Mayor de Blasio: City's Expanded Tax Credit Campaign Pays Off Big for New Yorkers
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Julie Menin announced that the City will help approximately 145,000 New Yorkers with low incomes file their taxes for free and claim important tax credits including the Earned Income Tax Credit and the NYC Child Care Tax Credit – ultimately translating to nearly $250 million in refunds and savings for New Yorkers this season. This represents a 50 percent increase from 96,000 filers last year – more filers than any year since the campaign began 13 years ago.
In order to increase access to and awareness of the tax prep services, the de Blasio Administration invested more than $3 million – a nearly 20-fold increase over prior years – in an unprecedented tax credit campaign that included $2.3 million for the expansion and increase of tax prep services from 140 sites last year to 200 sites across the boroughs in 2015. The advertising and outreach component of the tax credit campaign included transit ads, community and ethnic newspaper ads, radio ads, a television PSA, a direct postcard mailing to targeted households, a digital media campaign and ads, a texting campaign, community events, and robust on-the-ground outreach efforts in targeted neighborhoods. The comprehensive outreach and advertising activities included a five-borough trilingual phone-a-thon, and robocalls to 270,000 low-income households. DCA created an interactive online map of all tax sites, which allowed people to search for the most convenient free tax filing site based on a number of criteria, such as language of service, location, and hours of operation.
The Department of Consumer Affairs kicked off its tax credit campaign in January by encouraging New Yorkers who made $60,000 or less last year to file for free with the City's tax preparation services, which included nearly 200 in-person sites or drop-off sites and online preparation at NYC.gov/taxprep. The City provides this tax preparation through a network of partners including Food Bank For New York City, The Financial Clinic, Ariva, and others.
The EITC is considered one of the largest poverty reduction programs in the U.S. and is a federal, state and New York City tax credit for qualifying families, non-custodial parents (NYS EITC only), and single individuals who work full time or part time or are self-employed. For working families in New York City, EITC claims average $2,500 and can be worth as much as $8,293 in the 2015 tax season. Families with low incomes who are employed or underemployed and have child care costs for children up to age four could also be eligible for up to $1,733 with the NYC CCTC. Combined, these credits can total almost $10,000.
De Blasio Administration and Borough President Katz Announce Neighborhood Action Plan for Jamaica, Queens
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, and Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen announced the launch of the Jamaica Now Action Plan, which outlines 21 strategic actions for the revitalization and growth of Jamaica, Queens into a thriving residential and commercial neighborhood.
The Action Plan is a culmination of the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative, a nine month community-wide engagement process consisting of over 30 meetings between residents, businesses, leaders and other stakeholders, and two public conferences. Uniting new initiatives with ongoing projects, the Action Plan seeks to address the challenges that have faced the Jamaica area in recent years by providing workforce training and small business support, initiating new mixed-use development anchored by affordable housing, and improving the livability of the neighborhood through investments in safety measures, green spaces and more. The 21 strategic actions, 16 of which will be launched and implemented in the next three years, represent approximately $153 million in current public funding.
In addition to the items outlined in the Action Plan, Borough President Katz and the de Blasio Administration announced an agreement on the following, designed to augment the Action Plan:
Commitment of expense dollars for a marketing and branding program specifically for Jamaica.
Inclusion of the Downtown Jamaica Corridor into Phase 1 of LinkNYC Wi-Fi kiosk rollout.
A new program to make Jamaica's cultural institutions "Tourism Ready," drawing increased attention and audiences.
Commitment to obtain necessary capital improvements to activate the southern lawn of King Park in front of King Manor Museum for public and programmatic use, in addition to the improvements already underway.
Commitment to implement capital improvements needed at Brinkerhoff Mall Park in St. Albans, however determined in upcoming visioning and scoping sessions with local stakeholders.
The 21-point Action Plan outlines interagency action items for implementation within the next three years. Highlights include:
Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements
Jamaica Entrepreneurship
Enhanced Public Safety
Jamaica Arts Alliance
Redevelopment of 168th Street Garage
New Affordable Home ownership and Rentals
Activate Potential in AirTrain/LIRR Transit Hub
The Action Plan, in conjunction with other City investments, will support approximately 3,000 new housing units, 500,000 square feet of retail space and 800 hotel rooms in Jamaica through economic opportunities, cultural amenities and infrastructure. The strategic actions identified through the community engagement process will help transform Jamaica into a more attractive and affordable destination to live, work and visit.
Mayor de Blasio, Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Agarwal Kick Off 12th Annual Immigrant Heritage Week Celebration
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Nisha Agarwal announced the kickoff of Immigrant Heritage Week, an eight-day festival to honor the rich traditions and diverse fabric of the city's immigrants.
The citywide celebration, which includes events across the five boroughs from April 17-24, coincides with the oral arguments in the Texas vs. United States lawsuit delaying President Obama's executive actions on immigration.
Established in 2004, Immigrant Heritage Week kicks off on April 17, the day in 1907 when more immigrants entered through Ellis Island than any other date in the city's history. This year's Immigrant Heritage Week marks the 50th anniversary of the Hart-Cellar Act, which eliminated race-based quotas in the country's immigration laws and is widely viewed as a major victory for civil rights, while significantly contributing to the vibrant diversity of the United States today.
Immigrant Heritage Week was made an annual celebration by Executive Order 128, signed by the Mayor in 2009. To honor the historic and contemporaneous significance of immigration reform, this year Mayor de Blasio will participate in a roundtable event with dozens of immigration advocates to discuss the President's Executive Action on Immigration, strategies around implementation, and detailing a plan for longer term actions on comprehensive immigration reform.
To commemorate Immigrant Heritage Week, the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs will host three panels on issues related to immigration policy and immigrant rights:
Civil Rights & Immigration, Brooklyn Academy of Music. Saturday, April 18, 2 pm. RSVP to IHW2015@nullcityhall.nyc.gov
The State of Immigration: Executive Action, City College of New York. Monday, April 20, 7 pm. RSVP to IHW2015@nullcityhall.nyc.gov
Exploring the Results of the 1965 Hart-Cellar Act in NYC, The Tenement Museum. Tuesday, April 21, 6:30 pm. No RSVP necessary
For a full calendar of community events across the five boroughs throughout the month of April, please visit: http://www.nyc.gov/html/imm/html/ihw/ihw.shtml.
De Blasio Administration Announces 'Safe Sleep' Campaign to Reduce Infant Fatalities Caused by Unsafe Sleep
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the Safe Sleep campaign to increase awareness among parents and other caregivers about the potentially fatal risks of sharing a bed with an infant, and how to prevent injuries and deaths associated with other unsafe sleep practices, such as excessive bedding, bumpers and toys in cribs. At the core of the new campaign is a renewed effort by City-run health facilities to increase education on infant safe sleep practices to parents and caregivers during the prenatal and postpartum period.
The Safe Sleep campaign is being spearheaded by the office of Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, in collaboration with the Administration for Children Services (ACS), Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), Human Resources Administration, (HRA), Department of Homeless Services (DHS), and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Since 2007, DOHMH has partnered with the Cribs for Kids Program to provide cribs for eligible families. Through the Nurse Family Partnership and Newborn Home Visiting programs, families receive safe sleep education and, if needed, are provided with a crib. More than 35,000 families have received safe sleep education and 4,600 cribs have been provided to families in the Newborn Home Visiting Program. More than 9,500 mothers have received education in the Nurse-Family Partnership Program. It is important that safe sleep education is complemented with resources that will assist families to keep their infant safe.
The new Safe Sleep Campaign includes:
New materials developed by DOHMH and ACS to educate parents about the potentially fatal consequences of unsafe sleep practices.
A directive for all NYC human services agencies to identify points of contact with clients in which to disseminate messaging about Safe Sleep in all City-mandated foreign languages.
An educational campaign for subways, buses, taxis, and social media to raise awareness of this problem in communities around the city.
An advocacy and outreach campaign to engage community and private partners in awareness efforts.
An in-depth yearly review of infant deaths associated with unsafe sleeping practices that will inform ongoing education efforts.
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Council to Vote on Legislation Limiting Use of Employer Credit Checks
The Council will vote on the following legislation:
Introduction 261-A, sponsored by Council Member Brad Lander, would amend the City's Human Rights Law to make it an unlawful discriminatory practice to request or use an applicant's consumer credit history in making employment decisions. Employers often use consumer credit information to make hiring decisions, despite the fact that there is little evidence linking an employee's credit score or credit worthiness to job performance or trustworthiness. Credit checks may adversely affect those who have fallen behind on student loan payments, medical bills or have taken on other forms of consumer debt. Further, the use of credit checks for employment purposes has been shown to have a discriminatory impact on low income communities and communities of color. They also have a disparate impact on women and victims of domestic violence.
Introduction 727, sponsored by Council Member Vincent Ignizio, would allow New York City to limit any increases to assessed value caused by the reconstruction of Hurricane Sandy-damaged property so that a property's assessment would not be any higher than had the storm not happened. In short, this bill would ensure that property owners who rebuild properties severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy will not be penalized for rebuilding and that they will see the same tax bill they would have seen had the storm never occurred.
Introduction 271-A, sponsored by Council Member Donovan Richards, updates the New York City Air Pollution Control Code to improve the outdoor air quality in New York City. While the Air Pollution Control Code has been amended from time to time, it has not been comprehensively updated since 1975. Air pollution is a significant environmental threat in New York city, contributing to an estimated 6% of all annual deaths. For many years the City has strived to have the cleanest air quality of any large city in the United States, and this bill is another step in that process. This bill would bring the Air Pollution Control Code into compliance with more stringent air quality laws, rules and regulations promulgated by the federal government and the State, and would give the Commissioner more flexibility to adopt the new beneficial technologies through rulemaking. This law will result in boilers operating more efficiently, engines and generators operating more cleanly, less fuel consumption citywide and the reduction of thousands of tons of particulate matter per year.
Under Introduction 211-A, sponsored by Council Member Brad Lander, DOT would work with the MTA and gather input from the public to develop a citywide BRT plan, which would be due to the Council no later than September 1, 2017. The plan would consider areas of the City in need of additional rapid transit options, strategies for serving growing neighborhoods, potential intra-borough and inter-borough BRT corridors DOT plans to establish by 2027, strategies for integrating BRT with other transit routes, and the anticipated operating costs of additional BRT lines. Additionally, DOT would be required to update the Council on the implementation of the plan every two years, through 2027.
Introduction 433-A, sponsored by Council Member Andrew Cohen, would require that all outlets in public parts of new multiple dwellings and all outlets replaced in existing multiple dwellings be tamper-resistant. Additionally, the bill would require that owners of existing dwellings install protective caps or other obstruction devices over outlets in public parts of multiple dwelling buildings if the existing outlet is not tamper-resistant. Failure to install a protective cap or tamper-resistant cap may result in a class A violation.
Speaker Mark-Viverito, Council Finance Chair Ferreras and City Council Release FY 2016 Preliminary Budget Recommendations.
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Finance Chair Julissa Ferreras and the New York City Council released the Council's response to the Fiscal Year 2016 Preliminary budget. Dedicated to providing New Yorkers with a fair, just and fiscally responsible spending plan, the Council's recommendations for the upcoming year prioritize critical services and include:
Creating a Citywide Bail Fund
Investing in NYCHA
Expanding Services for New York City's Immigrant Population
Hiring 1,000 additional NYPD officers
Creating A Year Round Youth Employment Program
Expanding the Mayor's Office of Veteran's Affairs
Supporting Ending the Epidemic Initiatives
Baselining Support For Senior Center Operations
Providing Universal Free Lunch to City Students
Supporting Industrial Business Solution Providers
Restoring and Baselining Funding for Parks Enforcement Patrol
Investing in New York City Street Resurfacing
Supporting Priority 5 Vouchers
Speaker Mark-Viverito and New York City Council Unveil Council's Public Technology Plan
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Council released Council 2.0 — a roadmap for introducing civic tech initiatives toward opening government and meeting diverse New Yorkers where they are digitally active. The Council's Public Technology Plan was an element of sweeping rules reform passed by the Council in May of 2014. This Plan reflects the Council's commitment to transparency, diversity and support of open government.
The plan was developed by an internal Working Group on Public Technology and Civic Engagement in consultation with a range of experts in building open digital platforms and tools for civic engagement. The Working Group will continue to meet regularly to evaluate progress around the outlined objectives, assist with an inventory of the Council's data holdings and generate ideas for new tools for public access and participation. Staff will also study web and social media analytics to help study the type and substance of digital interaction. Key stakeholders will be consulted for input on the progress on the Council's open data initiative, and on what types of datasets would be useful to inform their work.
The creation of a Public Tech team to analyze open data, drive social media interaction, lead a re-design process of the Web site, and produce user-friendly content, with the objective of driving a digitally savvy culture at the Council.
A partnership with Civic Hall –a growing physical center for the civic tech community– to bridge this community and the Council and tap its talent and expertise towards digital solutions.
The introduction in Fall 2015 of "Council Labs" as an experimental, mobile-friendly website for new ideas and tools, such as those that will allow New Yorkers to understand and visualize the budget process.
A Digital Inclusion Summit hosted by the Council this July to convene voices from diverse communities to develop best practices for the Council's public tech initiatives.
A more accessible legislative database that presents information people are seeking upfront.
A soon-to-be available API (Application Program Interface) that will allow civic technologists to access and analyze legislative data in different ways.
A pilot and evaluation of engagement via texting.
A social media strategy for sharing information and crowd-sourcing questions and comments for hearings and other Council proceedings.
Comptroller Stringer Calls on City's Department for the Aging to Meet the Needs of Emerging Immigrant Senior Citizens Communities
New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released a letter in which he called upon New York City's Department for the Aging (DFTA) to outline what efforts it had taken to meet the needs of emerging immigrant communities across the City and to urge DFTA to ensure culturally-sensitive programming and staffing is available at senior center facilities throughout the five boroughs.
In recent months, the Comptroller's office has received complaints about the lack of language and dietary services offered to seniors of South Asian origin. The Comptroller called on DFTA to take the following steps:
Create a plan to address the needs of emerging immigrant groups in senior centers.
Ensure staff at senior centers are able to communicate and are culturally sensitive to seniors who belong to these emerging groups.
Survey emerging communities to ensure senior centers meet the dietary needs of these seniors.
Conduct programmatic planning to meet the cultural and religious needs of the emerging immigrant senior population.
To view the Comptroller's letter, please click here.
Comptroller Stringer Report: Raising Minimum Wage in New York City to $15 Per-Hour Will Put $10 Billion into the Pockets of Nearly 1.5 Million Workers
Raising the minimum wage to $15 per-hour in New York City by 2019 would boost wages by $10 billion a year and benefit nearly 1.5 million workers in the City, according to a new Economic Brief released by Comptroller Scott M. Stringer.
The Comptroller's report shows how a $15 per-hour minimum wage would impact millions of workers in each borough:
In Queens, 456,300 workers would see a $3.2 billion annual wage increase.
In Brooklyn, 453,400 workers would see a $3 billion annual wage increase.
In the Bronx, 256,300 workers would see a $1.9 billion annual wage increase.
In Manhattan, 237,100 workers would see a $1.6 billion annual wage increase.
In Staten Island, 52,800 workers would see a $311 million annual wage increase.
New York City currently has the nation's highest cost of living and, when adjusted for cost-of-living, the City's minimum wage is the lowest of any major U.S. city. New York State's minimum wage is set to rise to $9 per-hour in 2016. Comptroller Stringer's report analyzes the impact of raising the wage in New York City based on the New York State Assembly's proposal to increase it to $12.75 per-hour in 2017, $13.75 per-hour in 2018 and to $15 per-hour in 2019.
Manhattan Borough President Brewer and NYC & Company Foundation Announce Grants to Support Cultural Institutions and Tourism in New York
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and the NYC & Company Foundation have announced this year's Manhattan recipients of the Borough Cultural Tourism Development Grant Program.
This program is designed to promote tourism in all parts of the borough and raise domestic and international travelers' awareness of the wide range of cultural opportunities available in Manhattan. The grants will fund the cultural organizations' development of programming and production of marketing material to reach new audiences.
"Manhattan is the most diverse 23 square miles in the world, and this year's grantees are part of a constellation of neighborhood institutions that make our borough one of the world's most interesting destinations," said Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer. "When visitors experience what our whole borough has to offer, it's a win-win for our neighborhoods and for New York City tourism as a whole."
Staten Island Borough President Oddo issues 2015 Litter Report
The Borough President issued his 2015 Litter Report, read it here.
Bronx Borough President Diaz: Alfredo Thiebaud, Businessman & Philanthropist, To be Inducted Into the 2015 Bronx Walk of Fame
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced that Alfredo Thiebaud, a longtime borough business leader and philanthropist and the founder of Delicioso Coco Helado, would be posthumously inducted into the 2015 Bronx Walk of Fame.
Mr. Thiebaud, who passed away following a tragic work accident in September 2014, founded Delicioso Coco Helado from his South Bronx apartment in 1967. Over the years the company grew to employ hundreds of individuals at any given time. His pushcarts became a summer staple in New York City, supplying kids of all ages with a tasty treat during the hottest months from a selection of dozens of flavors—including the coconut ice that made his company famous.
Mr. Thiebaud was also a well-known Bronx business leader and philanthropist, and was well known for his support of Little Leagues, youth groups and other community organizations. Mr. Thiebaud will be officially inducted to the Bronx Walk of Fame as part of the 44th annual Bronx Week, a program of The Bronx Tourism Council.
Bronx Borough President Diaz: NBA Hall of Famer Dolph Schayes to be Inducted in the Bronx Walk of Fame
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced that Dolph Schayes, National Basketball Association Hall of Famer and a Bronx native, would be inducted into the 2015 Bronx Walk of Fame.
For his contributions to the game and the league, Schayes was named into the NBA 25th Anniversary Team, the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, and inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972. He was also inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the U.S. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Jewish American Sports Hall of Fame.
Schayes will be officially inducted to the Bronx Walk of Fame as part of the 44th annual Bronx Week, a program of The Bronx Tourism Council. Bronx Week is an annual highly-anticipated 11-day event where the entire borough, including government, business, and the community-at-large, come together to celebrate "The Best of The Bronx" through festivals, concerts, health fairs, parades, performances and a host of other activities.
Bronx Week 2015 will take place from May 7-17. At the end of the 11-day celebration, our hometown heroes like Schayes are honored with induction into the Bronx Walk of Fame, where their names are emblazoned on a street sign to reside on the historic Grand Concourse forever.
For more information about Bronx Week 2015, visit ilovethebronx.com.
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Department of Housing Preservation and Development: HPD Commissioner Been, Council Member Rodriguez, Development Partners Cloth and Alembic, and Tenants of 552 Academy Street Celebrate Return to Newly Rehabilitated Apartments
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Executive Director of Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) Yvonne Stennett, Vice President and New York Market Leader of Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise) Judi Kende, Alembic Community Development, Capital One Bank and JP Morgan Chase gathered to celebrate the completion of the $22.3-million rehabilitation of the 72-unit building at 552 Academy Street in Inwood.
With the extensive renovation and upgrades completed, the families who once lived in deplorable conditions under the old ownership have now returned to newly renovated apartments at affordable rents. The City-sponsored rehab project also provided amenities that didn't exist prior to the renovation including a brand new elevator and a community room.
In 2011 the tenants of 552 Academy were vacated by the City because of immediately hazardous conditions brought on by years of neglect by the previous owner, including structural issues that threatened to destabilize the building. Following the vacate order, a comprehensive effort was undertaken by HPD, Council Member Rodriguez, CLOTH and others to temporarily relocate all of the tenants, stabilize the building, find a new owner, and secure the funding necessary to rehabilitate the property and ensure the rights of the tenants to return once the project was complete.
CLOTH, a Washington Heights-based community nonprofit, rehabilitated the property through a joint venture with Alembic. HPD's Office of Preservation Finance helped to facilitate the financial plan through which CLOTH and Alembic were designated as the development team responsible for the renovations. The gut rehabilitation of 552 Academy Street included three major additions championed by Councilman Rodriguez – provisions for the installation of a future green roof, a new elevator line to what was previously a walk-up building, and a new community facility space. Other renovations included upgrades to mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, new boilers, repairs to common areas, window and doors replacements, and new kitchens and bathrooms.
Department of Housing Preservation and Development: HPD, SBS, and Partners Congratulate the First Graduating Class of New Professional Development Workshop to Create Opportunities for Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises in Affordable Housing Development
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been, and New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Deputy Commissioner Kerri Jew were joined by the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH), the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group, Holland & Knight, and the Minority Business Development Institute (MBDI) to celebrate the completion of the inaugural series of capacity building workshops designed specifically for Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs). The workshops are part of Building Opportunity, HPD's multi-pronged M/WBE initiative. They provide valuable insight and instruction into industry best practices to aid M/WBE's seeking to compete more effectively for HPD-supported affordable housing development work. The free courses provided by HPD and SBS met twice a month from October 2014 to March 2015. There were 28 firms recognized as workshop graduates in a ceremony held last night to celebrate the program's participants.
The City's investment in affordable housing must be tied to greater M/WBE participation in housing development, and the effort to expand opportunities for M/WBEs reflects the values and priorities in Mayor Bill de Blasio's Housing New York: A Five-Borough Ten-Year Plan to build and preserve 200,000 affordable units for New Yorkers at the very lowest incomes to those in the middle class.
Strengthening M/WBE participation supports community growth and economic opportunity as many of these small firms work and hire locally. It also expands the pool of developers that have the experience and capacity to build and manage affordable housing in New York City, which increases competition and strengthens the housing industry. This new pipeline of developers will be critical as the City ramps up affordable housing production under the Housing New York plan over the coming years.
Department of Housing Preservation and Development: In Partnership with LMDC and HUD, HPD Commissioner Been Issues a Notice of Funding Availability and Request for Qualifications for the Preservation of Affordable Housing in Lower Manhattan
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been announced the availability of $11.8 million in funding through the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to encourage the preservation of affordable housing in Lower Manhattan, south of Houston Street. In partnership with LMDC, a joint City-State corporation created in the aftermath of September 11th to coordinate the efforts to rebuild and revitalize Lower Manhattan, HPD has revamped the Lower Manhattan Acquisition Program to spur greater acquisition activity and to better leverage available funding to generate and preserve affordable housing.
The Lower Manhattan Acquisition Program helps to advance the goals of the Mayor's Housing New York: A Five-Borough, Ten-Year Plan by infusing additional resources into the preservation of quality, affordable housing in New York City neighborhoods that are thriving, thanks in part to the efforts of LMDC. Through the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) released HPD seeks to attract a diverse group of sponsors to acquire, rehabilitate, and manage affordable housing projects in Lower Manhattan south of, and including properties on, Houston Street. The geographic area has been expanded, and is now bounded by the Hudson and East Rivers. Not-for-profit organizations who qualify under the RFQ may identify housing properties that fit the eligibility criteria for purchase and long-term ownership.
This RFQ is open to not-for-profit entities that have the experience and organizational capacity to successfully rehabilitate and manage affordable housing buildings. More information regarding the RFQ and NOFA can be found on http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/developers/request-for-proposals/chinatown-lower-east-side-acquisition-program.page. Questions can also be submitted via email to HPDPres@nullhpd.nyc.gov.
Department of Housing Preservation and Development: HPD, SUS, Enterprise and Partners Announce the Completion of The Truxton Residence, a New Supportive and Affordable Housing Development in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) joined Services for the UnderServed (SUS), Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise), Bank of America and other project partners to celebrate the housewarming of The Truxton Residence, a 48-unit supportive and affordable housing development in the Ocean Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Residents of this development have on-site access to critical supportive services through SUS. To mark the building's opening, officials planted a blueberry bush in the building's landscaped backyard for the enjoyment of all residents.
The Truxton Residence was constructed on formerly city-owned land. The new five-story building includes 48 studio units for residents. The building also features 5,000 square feet of community space and a landscaped outdoor recreation space with seating and tables. The development was designed to meet Enterprise Green Communities criteria, the national standard for green building in affordable housing.
All of the apartments in The Truxton Residence serve low-income individuals with 80% of the units reserved for formerly homeless individuals with mental health challenges. The development is affordable to households earning at or below 60 percent of the Area Median Income, or an annual income of no more than $34,860 for an individual. Rents for units for the formerly homeless are subsidized with Project-based Section 8 vouchers. Residents will be expected to contribute 30 percent of their monthly income toward rent payments. The income levels for this development were set according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s 2012 calculations.
On-site supportive services available to residents of The Truxton Residence are funded by DHS and DOHMH and provided by SUS. These supportive services include individualized case management and personalized recovery programs based on identified needs. Daily life skills training, employment training and job placement services, and structured social and recreation activities will also be offered to the building's residents.
The total development cost of The Truxton Residence is approximately $12.2 million. HPD awarded over $6 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, which Enterprise syndicated and for which Bank of America served as the investor. HPD also provided $4 million in HOME Funds towards permanent financing, $125,000 in City Capital and $1.5 million in NSP2 Funds. The project also received $137,179 in NYSERDA Multi-Family Performance Benefits. The building is currently fully leased, with all units occupied. Marketing of the apartments and the application process for the lottery typically begins when construction is approximately 70 percent complete.
Current RFPs: Week of November 11, 2019


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Hot chocolate kind of day!
Iam popping in with a cute snowman card which i made for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Fall/Winter.
As Newton's Nook Designs is a Super Sponsor of this event, i wanted to use this adorable little snowman from the NND Frozen Friends stamp set.
I stamped and coloured the snowman with the mug using Copics and fussy cut the image. I used a black marker to run around the edges and make any kind of imperfection disappear. Then i due cut the scalloped frame from the Frameworks die set several times: a couple from white cardstock and one from dark red. I layered them on top of each other for a chipboard look.
On one of the inner pieces i did some Distress Oxide ink blending using Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass inks. I added some white paint splatters to imitate snowfall. It is a quick and easy way to add an extra touch to your cards. When it was all dry, i stamped the sentiment from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set.
I used the Landscape border dies to cut a snowy hill from white glitter cardstock and assembled the little scene on a piece of patterned paper from the Doodlebug Milk and Cookies collection. I gae it a light blue mat and adhered it to a white card base. As a finishing touch i used my clear shimmer pen to add some sparkle to the cap and scarf, some glossy accent to the nose and mug and a black glaze pen on the snowman's eyes.
I will link this project up to the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop.
Hope you like my card and will return soon for more inspiration!
Iam on the LDRS Creative Blog today with a foxy Christmas card. I love to mix and match stamps and dies from my LDRS Creative stash to create a totally new look and use stamps for other occasions than what they were designed for.
These foxes from the Arctic Snowfall stamp set were begging me to colour them for a while now. I just could not resist any longer, i used my alcohol markers to add colour to them. Then i fussy cut them out with my scissors, and used a black marker on the edges to make any imperfection disappear.
To set the scene for my fox family, i die cut the rectangle from the Eyelet Lace Rectangle die set from a patterned paper (Arctic Snowfall paper pad) and also from white glitter paper. I used the stitched slope die from the Snowy Day border die set to cut the snowy slopes.
I cut another patterned paper from the same collection to cover an A2 sized card front and stamped the sentiment from the Love in blooms stamps set using Mrs Periwinkle Hybrid Ink. I love how well it coordinates with the patterned paper i used in the background!
The other half of the sentiment is a die cut Christmas: i cut it from dark grey cardstock and from glitter cardstock which i layered on top of the grey one a bit offset. I assembled the card and adhered the foxes in place using a thin 3D foam tape. I used a black glaze pen and a white gel pen on the noses and eyes as a finishing touch.
I hope you got inspired to stretch your stamps and make holiday cards with them. Until next time, happy crafting!
I am on the Pink and Main Blog today with a fun Christmas card perfect for coffee lovers!
As Pink and Main is one of the Super Sponsors of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, I wanted to use the coffee theme for my post today.
I started with stamping and colouring one of the coffee mugs from the Christmas Mugs stamp set along with the candy canes. I used alcohol markers and I die cut the images with the coordinating dies.
I also die cut a green glitter cardstock wreath using the Wreath base die, it looks gorgeous with all the sparkle! I used the same die to cut another wreath from heavy weight vellum to mute the background a bit behind the coffee mug.
I chose a pretty and colourful snowflake patterned paper from the Jolly paper pad, trimmed it a but smaller than an A2 sized card front and adhered it to a dark red card base. I stamped a sentiment in black on the bottom and adhered the wreath with the vellum in the middle. I added the mug in the middle using liquid glue and popped up the candy canes with 3D foam squares.
Then I added a bit of sparkle with a clear shimmer pen and used glossy accents on some parts of the images. I love the shiny raised look!
I will upload this card to the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Fall/Winter and to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything goes.
I hope you got inspired to participate in the Blog Hop and to make some coffee themed cards for the holidays. Until next time, happy crafting!
I am so excited for today's post as it is part of Mona Toth's Lawn Fawn Holdiay Card Series. She is a wonderful cardmaker with super talent and a great heart! Check out her blog, Instagram and you tube channel every day for a new Lawn Fawn Tutorial this week, she is amazing.
For my card today I chose Lawn Fawn Winter skies stamp set from the newest release. I stamped and coloured the polar bears along with some pine trees and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.
To set the scene I created a purple night sky on Bristol Smooth cardstock usink Distress inks: Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord and Black Soot. I added water sprinkles to it and also splattered it with a white acrylic paint for the snowy look. When it was all dry, I white heat embossed the sentiment on the top.
I die cut some stitched hillside borders from white glitter cardstock and layered it over the distressed background. Then I added all the scene elements with liquid glue.
I also added a die cut Merry Christmas sentiment (Merry Christmas Line border die), and framed the card with a doubled up Reverse Stitched Scallop Rectangle window.
As a finishing touch I added clear shimmer to the scarf and emphasized the noses with a black glaze pen. I also scattered a few snowflakes from Studio Katia.
Please make sure to watch Mona's video tutorial and leave her a comment on her blog to be eligible for the prize: a 50USD voucher to scrapbook.com.
I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration and hope you will pop in tomorrow for more Christmas cards!


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from flask import render_template, Blueprint, url_for, redirect, flash, request, abort
from flask_login import login_user, logout_user, login_required, current_user

from app.server import bcrypt, db
from app.server.models import User, Account, Transaction, Currency
from app.server.user.forms import LoginForm, RegisterForm, NewAccountForm, NewCurrencyForm, NewTransactionForm

user_blueprint = Blueprint('user', __name__,)

@user_blueprint.route('/register', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def register():
    form = RegisterForm(request.form)
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        user = User(
            email=form.email.data,
            password=form.password.data
        )
        db.session.add(user)
        db.session.commit()

        login_user(user)

        flash('Thank you for registering.', 'success')
        return redirect(url_for("user.accounts"))

    return render_template('user/register.html', form=form)

@user_blueprint.route('/login', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def login():
    form = LoginForm(request.form)
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        user = User.query.filter_by(email=form.email.data).first()
        if user and bcrypt.check_password_hash(
                user.password, request.form['password']):
            login_user(user)
            flash('You are logged in. Welcome!', 'success')
            return redirect(url_for('user.accounts'))
        else:
            flash('Invalid email and/or password.', 'danger')
            return render_template('user/login.html', form=form)
    return render_template('user/login.html', title='Please Login', form=form)

@user_blueprint.route('/logout')
@login_required
def logout():
    logout_user()
    flash('You were logged out. Bye!', 'success')
    return redirect(url_for('main.home'))

@user_blueprint.route('/accounts', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def accounts():
    form = NewAccountForm(request.form)

    if request.method == 'POST':
        if form.validate_on_submit():
            currency = Currency.query.filter_by(id=form.currency_code.data.id).first()
            if currency is None:
                abort(400)

            account = Account(user_id=current_user.id, currency_id=currency.id)
            other_account_in_category = Account.query.join(Account.currency).filter(Currency.category == currency.category).first()
            if other_account_in_category is None:
                account.primary_account = True

            db.session.add(account)
            db.session.commit()

            flash('New account for {} ({}) has been created.'.format(currency.code, currency.name), 'success')

        else:
            flash(form.errors, 'danger')

    return render_template('user/accounts.html',
                           form=form,
                           accounts=Account.query.filter_by(user_id=current_user.id).all())

@user_blueprint.route('/currencies')
@login_required
def currencies():
    form = NewCurrencyForm(request.form)
    return render_template('user/currencies.html',
                           form=form,
                           currencies=Currency.query.all())

@user_blueprint.route('/transactions', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def transactions():
    form = NewTransactionForm(request.form)
    if request.method == 'POST':
        if form.validate_on_submit():
            value = 100.00
            stake = 0.00
            transaction = Transaction(user_id=current_user.id, value=value, from_currency=form.from_currency.data,
                                      from_volume=form.from_volume.data, to_currency=form.to_currency.data,
                                      to_volume=form.to_volume.data, stake=stake, from_wallet='', to_wallet='',
                                      broker='', tx_id='', notes='')

            db.session.add(transaction)
            db.session.commit()

            flash('New transaction has been logged.', 'success')
        else:
            flash(form.errors, 'danger')

    transactions = Transaction.query.filter_by(user_id=current_user.id)
    return render_template('user/transactions.html',
                           form=form,
                           transactions=transactions)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Poll: Do you feel stressed at work?
A new campaign aims to raise awareness of its affects.
Two others were taken to hospital, but neither are believed to be in a critical condition.
Natalie Marr says she posts about her mental history despite concerns that it might affect her job options.
They should stay out of the way, a new research paper says.
The first pictures of the headset have been released as it repositions itself as a tool for the workplace.
All employees need to develop skills to manage some of the emotional barriers that prevent them from thriving at the workplace.
Do you get a hammock as well? Some people get a hammock.


Toyo Engineering Corp. has been awarded a contract by Tosoh Corp. to construct a naphtha cracking furnace of for producing ethylene at its Yokkaichi Complex. TOYO had participated in this construction project from an early stage.
This naphtha cracking furnace employs advanced technology developed by CB&I Technology Inc. (Lummus Technology) with which TOYO maintains a mutually beneficial relationship for more than half a century. The cracking furnace is of the latest type with improved ethylene yield based on Lummus' method, which is the first to be introduced in Japan. Lummus' technology has been adopted in approximately 40% of the world's ethylene plants. TOYO has constructed 45 Lummus-based ethylene plants and will continue to cooperate with Lummus to be engaged in more ethylene projects.
TEC Project Services Corp. (TPS) will take part in the construction work.
TOYO and TPS will cooperate to promote our business in Japan.


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Rere Ki Uta, Rere Ki Tai (The Journey)
This 1988 film details a mission by 100 men to paddle a huge waka taua (war canoe) from Waitangi to Whangaroa, chronicling their spiritual and physical journey en route. The camera takes in training, the gruelling 10 hour, 70 kilometre passage, and the vessel's arrival in Whangaroa Harbour to mark Whangaroa County's centennial. The waka, Ngātokimatawhaorua, was named after Kupe's original ocean-voyaging canoe. Beached at Waitangi Treaty Grounds, it is the largest waka in existence. This was veteran filmmaker Tainui Stephens' first documentary as a director.
The ITM Fishing Show - First Episode
ITM Fishing Show host Matt Watson tried to convince his wife fishing was fun by making his own TV show. He succeeded, and has since featured on David Letterman's Late Show jumping from a helicopter to nab a marlin, and helped everyone from Richie McCaw to Joseph Parker get their catch of the day. This episode is the opener to the first TVNZ run of the series. Watson's team head out to Northland's Whangaroa Harbour and the Cavalli Islands, where they test lures and compare tackle with an Aussie guest. They cast for kahawai and kingfish, and spot an elusive marlin.
Tale of the Fish
Haunui Royal directs this 1999 documentary on the people who live in the Far North, and their guardianship (kaitiakitanga) connection with the land and sea. Royal looks at how this traditional ownership is under pressure: from urban sprawl, pollution, and changing land use. Kaitiaki include farmer Laly Haddon, fisherman Rick, paralegal Ani Taniwha (whose work with ōi (shearwater) helped deepen her connection to the land); Ngāti Kuri members looking after Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Reinga), and a group of rangatahi from Auckland.
Captain's Log - Episode Two
For this 2001 series Peter Elliott retraced Captain James Cook's first voyage around Aotearoa. The second episode heads from Mercury Bay to Cape Reinga. Elliott diverts from Cook's wake to Waitemata Harbour to investigate New Zealand boatbuilding history, and sail a Team New Zealand America's Cup yacht with Tom Schnackenberg. Elliott then boards HMNZS Te Kaha to "hoon" up the coast to rejoin The Endeavour's path. In the Bay of Islands he meets Waitangi waka paddlers, crews on tall ship R Tucker Thompson, and dives to the Rainbow Warrior wreck off the Cavalli Islands.
Shipwreck - The Tragedy of the Boyd
This episode of Greenstone Pictures' documentary series about maritime misfortune recounts the fate of the Boyd — a shipwreck created by a bloody act of revenge. Presenter Paul Gittins travels to Whangaroa Harbour in the Far North where, in 1809, local Maori slaughtered more than 60 passengers and crew. This savagery — and the cannibalism that followed — severely strained early Maori-Pakeha relations for decades. Gittins carefully examines the lead-up to the attack and former Race Relations Conciliator, and local resident, Hiwi Tauroa provides further context.
Rupert Julian
Director, Actor
From his early days on the stage, Percy Hayes was known for singing and impressions; but it was as actor Rupert Julian that he made his name in Australia, then in the pictures in America. After earning a million dollars as director, producer, writer and star of The Kaiser, his directing career peaked with The Phantom Of The Opera in 1925, starring Lon Chaney. He stayed on in a mansion in LA's Hollywood Hills, until his death in 1943.Image: courtesy of Marc Wanamaker/Bison Archive
Tainui Stephens
Producer, Director, Presenter [Te Rarawa]
Tainui Stephens is a Kiwi screen taonga. Since joining Koha as a reporter in 1984, he has brought many Māori stories to television, and worked on everything from Marae to Māori Television's version of It's in the Bag. Among the notable documentaries he has directed are Māori Battalion doco March to Victory and award-winning show The New Zealand Wars. He was a producer on Vincent Ward film Rain of the Children.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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Jim Mora piecing UConn staff together
Four assistants are reportedly set to come aboard, including an FCS head coach as offensive coordinator.
Zach Barnett
Jim Mora is beginning to piece together his first staff at UConn.
Nick Charlton will leave his post as Maine's head coach to coordinate UConn's offense, sources told FootballScoop on Sunday. Matt Zenitz of On3 first reported the hire.
Charlton will also be UConn's associate head coach and quarterbacks coach.
Maine represented Charlton's first full-time coaching job, landing the Black Bears' wide receivers job in 2015 after serving as a graduate assistant at Boston College. He was promoted to offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach in 2018, then named head coach days before his 30th birthday in December of 2018.
In three seasons on the job, he went 14-13 overall and 10-10 in CAA play. The Black Bears finished fifth in the conference in scoring (25 points per game) and passing efficiency (123.4) this season.
Elsewhere, Louisiana Tech outside receivers coach John Allen will coach UConn's receivers and serve as passing game coordinator, Middle Tennessee linebackers coach Siriki Diabate will coach the same spot, Carolina Panthers staffer EJ Barthel will coach running backs, Illinois senior football analyst John Marinelli will coach tight ends, Ryan Osborne will coach the defensive line, and Preston Pehrson will serve as general manager and director of player personnel. Pehrson previously served in the same role at Texas Tech.
Marinelli is the former head coach at Greenwich High School in Connecticut.
Dalton Hilliard has also been hired to an as-yet-unspecified position. The defensive coordinator, defensive backs and offensive line jobs remain open.
As always, stay tuned to The Scoop for the latest.
Jim MoraNick CharltonUConn
Zach has been FootballScoop's national columnist since 2012. A Texas graduate, he is married with three children and lives outside Fort Worth, Texas.
NCAA Football Oversight Committee recommends two changes to spring practices
The proposals, which would both further limit tackling during the spring session, could be approved Wednesday and would go into effect immediately.
The Big 12 will split into divisions in 2023. Which alignment makes the most sense?
As of now, the Big 12 will go from 10 teams to 14 one season from now. Figuring out a divisional structure is no easy task.
An update on Bill O'Brien
A few weeks ago Bill O'Brien had been mentioned as a favorite for the Jags head coaching opening, if it were up to GM Trent Baalke, but it appears that has changed.
Sources: Air Force, Troy Calhoun nabbing former Falcons' standout for defensive staff
Air Force last week lost a pair of defensive coaches to Virginia
Sources: Furman hiring former Kentucky standout, Florida State assistant to OL
Clay Hendrix now has completed his retooled Paladins offensive staff


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CURATORIAL WRITING FOR JASON PHU
WHAT IS PASSED DOWN
TEXT BY LAUREN CARROLL HARRIS
Jason Phu, 'The fruit was sweeter then. The fish were more plentiful.' at Alaska Projects, commissioned and curated by Antidote Projects
An energetic amalgam of video, installation and sculpture, Sydney artist Jason Phu's recent show at Alaska Projects works toward unravelling a single, grand narrative: the resonance of the past in the present. His family's migration from China to Australia continues to leave a trace on the big long now, but Phu's approach is livelier and nimbler than a meditation on heritage may sound. Like a browser with dozens of open tabs, personal experiences are connected in collage, migrating across forms:
Flat screens unspool clips of Phu driving with his mum and prepping hooks and sinkers with his dad in the garden.
A giant painted fish swims on the gallery wall.
A small Buddhist shrine motions to the migrated rituals of the diaspora.
A plastic bag of fishing hooks is nailed to the wall beneath the video.
Stapled sheets display a text of snippets and memories from Jason's childhood, fluttering as a fan on the floor turns its head. "My dad and my uncle pull up a string ray," reads one A4 page, "it fills the whole tinnie with only just enough room for us to stand. They're laughing to each other at the ridiculous situation, they're laughing like the two best friends they are. For a moment they are individuals free from their histories."
Across the gallery space, Phu is tracing a path, searching for clues and presenting material evidence in a similarly peripatetic route as curator Anthony Bond in his 1999 Liverpool Biennale, themed TRACE. But where Bond's show contemplated the moments when the past finds you, Phu thinks about when you might escape it. No other storytelling looks like this: the combination of visual and verbal elements all amounts to something more like memoir than most contemporary art, and yet more abstract and nonlinear than any prose or podcast could ever accommodate. The associations are intimate, connecting identity with global politics and local geography via an endless pool of memory and familial bonds. Everyone's family tree is defined at different branches by migration. Not 'migration' as a vague concept, but places loved and people changing, how the water felt on that specific day. We don't choose the foundational details of our lives' contexts – to whom we were born, where, when, the communities to which we belong – and our predecessors' actions ripple on, and on, and on. In Phu's work – folding in the random, pragmatic dimensions of lives lived across generations and continents, and now, across artistic forms – the process of gathering up small moments of his past becomes the new story. After all, we'd all like a present of our own.
ANTIDOTE PRESENTS: THE TRACE – CURATORIAL WRITING BY GRACE PARTRIDGE WITH INPUT FROM ANTHEA MENTZALIS.
Image: Zanny Begg with Elise McLeod, 'The City of Ladies', 2017, still from single-channel durational video – looped variation.
Historically, across the broad oeuvre of contemporary conceptual art, an ever-present notion of crisis—and crisis in representation—has constantly reoccurred. The relationship between art and the real has been one of constant debate. What kind of relationship has danced in the space between our perception of reality and illusion of appearance? How have modern artists sort to redefine their often-complex relationship between life and art, and what does this mean in relation to the real? It is curator Anthony Bond's TRACE – A Historical Contextualisation of the theme that encouraged broader contextual explanation in understanding these histories and their broader conceptual connection to the function of trace. His belief was that the opening of dialogue between artist, artwork and viewer had the inherent power to connect internal and external worlds. The work holds its own as a malleable entity; and with every viewing, recreates itself anew. This function—caught in the abstract space between form and viewer—operates in the present, whilst functioning as an absent referent and sign of the past.
We live a shared experience where social, personal and political histories have left their trace on the way we interact with world around us. Our fractured trauma is a shared one. We have been hurt, buried, forgotten, hunted, displaced, removed and erased—a collective annihilation of experience that has spread across global communities, and one which continues to dig into the centre of our humanity, identity and consciousness. In a contemporary society that is constantly moving forward, faster than ever before, we must continue to value those that take the time to pause and look backwards at their own personal histories. Our materiality is underpinned by the re-animation of historical memory and presence. Our re-understanding of history creates meaning that stretches across temporality. Memory, both past and present, can be experienced concurrently. Yet, it is contemplation and afterthought that turn traumatic dissonance into catharsis. Security, through understanding can be offered post-trauma, delivering a depth of presence by re-contextualising the past.
It is this theory—one where the trace of objects and materials can act as signifiers of history—that inspired Antidote's The Trace. Presenting a body of work that explores this multiplicity of experiences, punctuated by hybridity, rupture, fragmentation and reunion—the audience is offered an opportunity to face the living past in the dying present. Past, present and future simultaneously inform how we live our lives. The Trace allows moments and stories pervaded by violence and volatility to not only be acknowledged, but recognised by both artist and audience. The viewer is welcomed by the artist into an incredibly personal moment of afterthought—invited to contemplate their present experience as they are faced with these inescapable traces of past history.
The Trace opens this space between the internal and external worlds of Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Rushdi Anwar, Zanny Begg, Justin Dingwall and Lindy Lee. Traces deeply influence the practice of these contemporary artists. Their works cover a social and personal space, delving into themes from gods to racial beauty, feminism to terrorism, history, culture, philosophy and diaspora. Each piece strives to bring these traces to the forefront and into the light. Their collective past histories provide the backbone for rich visual narratives of violence, volatility, loss and misfortune. And yet, despite this trauma, each artist's trace ignites individual strategies for adaption and survival.
Many of the artists involved in the exhibition have deep, personal involvement in history, memory and trace. Displacement is no stranger to Rushdi Anwar. After living and practicing in Melbourne, the now Thailand-based artist holds an incredibly unique insight into violence, displacement and erasure. Born in Halabja-Kurdistan, Anwar has experienced the turbulent nature of war, his Kurdish heritage influencing the basis of his artistic practice. As a socio-political refugee, he seeks to create work informed by the transience of his personal experience. Past in the present (2016) is a two-panel installation work, a further iteration of Anwar's six-part, 2012 series. This piece reflects on the genocidal massacre of the Kurdish people near the end of the Iran-Iraq war. Anwar documents the 1988 Halabja poison gas attack through a series of photographs; each image individually treated with smoke and sandpaper, detailing notions of erasure and loss of clarity. These intimate portraits chronicle Anwar's Iraqi diaspora in Australia; yet simultaneously offer a modern approach to historical analysis—fighting against the destruction of history and memory. Anwar's photographs act as a bridge between his personal and social narrative, capturing the traces left behind as his past and present experiences combine.
Comparatively, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah's practice explores history and narrative through a cultural lens, influenced by his Australian-Muslim upbringing. As a Western Australian artist, it is this impact of cultural identity—and the importance of memory, narrative and the domestic environment—that allows him to engage with elements of his Muslim heritage. Abdullah's solo exhibition, Among Monsters, explores childhood experiences of fear—growing up in urban Australia while living in a Muslim home. It is proximity to the supernatural and spiritual realms that force us to negotiate our relationship to fear. Offerings (2017) combines the cultural fear that exists between humans and gods. In Islamic mythology, it has been said that humans were derived from clay, Angels from light, and Djinn from smokeless fire. Djinn function outside the range of human perception, sustaining themselves on bone, leaving traces of ash as they pass. The installation of blackened bones made from charred wood, connotes this ashen trace which these gods leave behind. By exploring life through the lens of Islamic mythology, Abdullah considers what it means to be human.
Much like the stories of folklore and fiery ash in Abdullah's work, a fire of transformation is equally important in the works of Lindy Lee. Flame from the Dragon's Pearl: Open as the Sky (2013) uses this notion of fire as a perennial theme in her Buddhist-related practice. Lee uses fire to invoke that which is elemental in our existence. She mediates on nature and life, incorporating influences from Taoist and Buddhist philosophies to consider the transition of her story from China to Australia. Her bronze sculptures become a natural extension of the 'flung ink'. Using element of Ch'an Zen practice to explore her own experience with diaspora, transition and loss, Lee throws the searing molten bronze liquid across her foundry floor to create 'accidental' cosmic marks. Her connection to history, combined with the traditional Chinese practice that influences her process, encapsulates the totality of our universe—releasing the internal self out into the world.
Justin Dingwall's Albus (2015) is an ongoing development, which echoes the connections between social and personal history. As a South African photographic artist, Dingwall's series of collaborative portraits with Sowetan Thando Hopa raise intense cultural questions about aesthetics and the accepted racial definition of beauty. By illuminating the current and lived experience of a black African person with albinism, Dingwall draws attention to prominent political issues of discrimination and death. There are those that believe the bones and body parts of people with albinism have magic powers, and they are hunted for this. Dingwall delves into an ongoing, violent history that is still being written.
Whereas Dingwall's work positions itself firmly in present narrative, Zanny Begg takes a step back into the past. Inspired by Christine de Pizan's 'The City of Ladies' (1402), Begg and Australian, Paris-based director, Elise McLoud have created a twenty-minute, non-linear film installation. The video draws loosely on materials cross-time to engage with current issues that affect women in Paris today. In a city divided by social and political rifts, The City of Ladies (2017) collaborates with young activists and feminists, using traces of spoken fragments to compile over 300,000 possible narratives and readings of feminism and its relationship to misogyny. The Trace will display a looped variation created by Begg, running for a film-length hour and a half. Begg's work reimagines and presents an alternate feminist future—built, governed and populated by women—enhancing the multiplicity of how we understand feminism.
Traces are an entity—able to enhance our depth of understanding and personal narrative—existing in a space that hovers, cross temporally, between history and meaning. The Trace unites our collective narratives. Each artist and their work force us to embrace catharsis and heal ourselves, exploring contemporary conflict that reverberates across the present. This artistic collaboration calls into question the potential of our own trace as we enter a shifting future. Traces influence our personal narrative. By combining something so personal and subjective, The Trace transfers the power of past experiences to present identity. These moments left behind are collectively re-contextualised. We use this to heal ourselves—illuminating the visceral echoes of our potential via a contemporary lens.
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Many individuals would rather use a currency deflation, notably individuals who.MSI GAMING Radeon 8GB Graphics Card RX 470 ARMOR 8G OC Mining Bitcoin. but the reserve price.If I were to build another mining rig, I would probably use GTX 780 cards.For european readers, the power use is a bit more important. 1kwh of power costs on average around 0.25 euro.
Capricoin Mining Gtx 970: The Future of Digital Finance: Blockchain.
This is also not justly correct that only a few people get access to it and most people of the world is not having a chance.The only effect countering this deterioration in profitability would be an increase in the dollar value of the bitcoin, which is uncertain and unpredictable.Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 7770 vs GeForce GTX 970M. GeForce GTX 970.
At the current rate, my modest mining farm will help me pay off.Bitcoin is the chief cryptocurrency of the net: a digital money standard.Hope it helps:) If you have any questions please feel free to ask.We cover news related to bitcoin exchanges, bitcoin mining and price.There is no Corelation to alternative universal dimentional shifting of exchange goods in virtuality, when there still is nothing but virtuality in existance.Can anyone please recommend which type of coin I should mine.With Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli promising that Crysis 3 will melt your PC due to its uncompromising next-generation visuals,I recently upgraded to Nvidias GTX 670. Truth.
After creating new worker for the second Gpu, it still doesnt work 0 Mhashes the first gpu at 304 Mhashes clock at 970 Mhz 60% fan speed temp 74 degrees Celsius.
The first reason is that the AMD architecture relies on a large number of simple ALUs, while NVIDIA relies on a fewer number of more complicated ALUs.
How do you perceive that something exist when one person tells you that it exist, and masses of people join that ONE person to confirm that it exists.
I have the GTX 560 TI and I am getting 138 Mhps with that card.
I did an analysis of the energy costs, which really should be factored in.Nvidia GTX 750 Ti Mining GPU. well beyond the maximum hash rate you will see from any GPU currently on the.Power cost has become the most important factor in mining profitabilty.
Crypto Mining Performance of the New Nvidia. mining. The initial price of the GTX 980 however could be a reason for miners to go to the slightly slower GTX 970.IBC 2017: AMD Radeon Pro Graphics Cards Will Support External Graphics Card (eGPU) Docks.The second reason is that There is a cpu instruction that is heavily used when mining, and the AMD architecture implements this instruction in a more efficient way.
So I think it would be better to put the emphasis of the article on parallel computing performance and to use bitcoin merely for illustrative purposes.
It is easy for people to understand that they can make money from computing power, but it takes some very careful reading to understand that by design, this whole enterprise will become less and less profitable over time. Also would really like to see how the new ATI 7xxx series cards perform.After the Litecoin mining craze the GTX 980 and 970 launched.Hey Bro, This was a very use full video to know about bitcoin mining.Allowed HTML tags: Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.You also seem to be missing the most basic flags for GUIMiner running poclbm: -v -w128.


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Why Some Believe That Camilla Parker Bowles Is Not Yet Ready To Be Queen
Mark Alcala | Sep 11 2019, 02:04AM EDT
Camilla Parker Bowles may not be as popular as Prince Charles' first wife, Princess Diana, but there's no doubt that she'll become queen consort once the Prince of Wales ascends the throne. However, not everyone is thoroughly convinced that the Duchess of Cornwall is ready to handle the responsibilities of a queen just yet.
Apparently, there are doubts about Camilla's ability to handle the undeniably busy schedule of a queen. According to Express, the Duchess of Cornwall only undertook 57 percent of Queen Elizabeth II's number of engagements this year so far.
The busiest royal so far this year is Princess Anne, who undertook a total of 137 official engagements. Meanwhile, Prince Charles is a close second with a total of 131 engagements.
Her Majesty, on the other hand, undertook a total of 122 royal engagements so far this year, which places her at the third spot. However, Camilla only appeared in 69 events this year, which is roughly around half of the Queen's workload.
Understandably, critics were not impressed with the figures. "None of the royals work hard, and Camilla is no different," the antimonarchy group Republic stated. "But if she expects to have the status and profile of being Britain's next Queen then she could at least turn up and do something."
The group even computed just how hard the duchess worked this year so far. "Royal engagements typically last just an hour, so by these figures Camilla has done 10 full days of work since January," Republic added.
Of course not everyone shares the group's sentiments. Many believe that just like Charles, Camilla is also being prepared for the role.
For instance, the Duchess of Cornwall was made Grand Dame Cross of the Royal Victorian Order back in 2012 by Her Majesty. A few years later, the Queen also appointed Camilla into the Privy Council in 2016.
Last year, Camilla was also very active in doing tasks for the Crown and appeared in a total of 219 engagements. This is reported to be more than the number of engagements undertaken by other royals, such as Prince Harry and Kate Middleton.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Prince George of Cambridge; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Harry; and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (R), watch the fly-past from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping The Colour ceremony. Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Tags: Entertainment, Camilla Parker Bowles, Queen Consort, Queen Elizabeth
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(Send Image) HA GARI - Japanese term for leaf pinching.
HA MIZU - Japanese term for moistening LEAVES with water - or MISTING.
(Send Image) Ha ZAshi - Japanese term for leaf PRUNING.
HACHI-UYE - Tree size classification within the "Large BONSAI>BONSAI" category, measuring between 102 and 152 cms.
Also referred in Japan as "6 Handed" indicating how many men it would take to carry it.
CHIUTSURI>HACHIUTSURI - Term used to describe the situation where the tree and the pot are in perfect harmony, each complementing the beauty and charm of the other.
BONSAI>BONSAIPOTS>HANDMADE BONSAIPOTS - Aims to provide a one off selection of Quality Hand Made BONSAI POTs. Each one is unique and can not be recreated. You will find Handmade pots created by: Bryan Albright, Derek Aspinall, Ian Baillie, Dan Barton, Gordon Duffett, Erin Pottery, John Pitt, Tongre Ceramics, Wallsall Studio Ceramics amongst others.
BONSAI>BONSAIPOTS>HANDMADE-BONSAIPOTS - This site provides a selection of Quality Hand Made BONSAI POTs, each of which is unique.
Many pieces are Ceramic Art and can be enjoyed either with a tree in or in their own right for decorative purposes.
You will find Handmade pots created by: Bryan Albright, Derek Aspinall, Ian Baillie, Dan Barton, Gordon Duffett, Erin Pottery, John Pitt, Tongre Ceramics, Wallsall Studio Ceramics amongst others.
(Send Image) HARDEN OFF - The progressive adaptation of a tender plant to the full brunt of harsh outdoor conditions.
HARDY - A plant which will withstand overwintering without any protection such as the BONSAI>BONSAI COTONEASTER (COTONEASTER) shown on the left.
HARI GANE KAKI - Japanese term for branch WIRING.
(Send Image) Hasami ZUKURI - The process of completing a tree without the use of wire i.e. literally means scissor work.
This is done in order to bring about a more natural look to the tree, and tree SHAPE is achieved only by PRUNING with scissors. The scissors work process is said to bring out the quality of the tree branches in accordance with the age of the tree.
Known in the west as PINCH AND GROW.
HASTATE (LEAF) - ELONGATED trianle with basal lobes. Very like a child-like rocket SHAPE.
HAWTHORN (CRATAEGUS) - DECIDUOUS TREE with small green LEAVES, prickly branches and profuse blossom from white (in common hawthorn : crataegus monogyna) through pink to deep red (in the HYBRIDs : cratagaegus lavigata - especially Paul's Scarlet), followed by orange/red berries.
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Miami Heat Blog
ASK IRA: Has Udrih provided Heat more than they expected?
We'll have to wait until Christmas to see who the Heat start at point guard against the Pelicans (Michael Laughlin, Sun Sentinel/South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
MIAMI — Q: Mario who? -- Freddie.
A: Look, let's not go too far with Beno Udrih at this stage, even after he stepped forward Tuesday night against the Pistons. But a move that had luxury-tax advantages for the Heat, the trade of Mario Chalmers to the Grizzlies, at least for one night, did not leave the Heat at a deficit. Without Beno, the game likely wouldn't have been as close as it was, the Heat wouldn't have had those late opportunities. It's been a similar story for Udrih in most of his NBA stops. He may not put you over the top, but he rarely sets you back. You could see Tuesday why there was more faith from Erik Spoelstra in Udrih than Josh Richardson. But you could also see from a depth standpoint how essential it is for the Heat to have Goran Dragic and Tyler Johnson. Now the question is how "minor" those injuries are with Dragic and Johnson. Dragic left with a brace on his left wrist and a splint on his right thumb, hardly the most encouraging wardrobe. The Heat's depth on the wing still is limited, on a roster overloaded with big men who don't play. Another ballhandling wing certainly wouldn't hurt. It's not as if Chris Andersen, Amar'e Stoudemire or Jarnell Stokes are getting minutes.
Q: Ira, would Josh Richardson benefit from being sent down for a couple of weeks to get some more minutes under his belt? Also, what's the maintenance program for Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh going to look like in January? -- Gabriel, Denver.
A: Based on the ailments that Dragic and Johnson are dealing with, Richardson is a roster necessity at the moment. And based on the players the Heat have at Sioux Falls, I'm not sure they would want to bring in someone who could take minutes of Tre Kelley, Briante Weber and Corey Hawkins, players they have made a commitment to at that level. I, too, am curious about the upcoming plans for Wade, with the Heat to open their lone four-games-in-five-days set on Christmas Day against the Pelicans. How the Heat proceed with Wade in that one could offer a telling perspective on their plans with him in their remaining 13 back-to-back sets. As for Bosh, the Heat have never utilized a maintenance plan with him to this point, so I can't see why they would start now. But Tuesday's game shows how heavily the Heat are leaning on Wae and Bosh at this stage of their careers.
Q: Ira, this Christmas there is only one thing I want from Santa and only one thing: to see Chris Andersen on the court one more time in the Heat uniform. Man, what happened to the Birdman? Why aren't they using him? He can help this team so much? Why is he not being utilized? Other teams would give anything to have such a dedicated and fun player to have on their roster? I am frustrated for not seeing him play. -- Masoud, Tucson.
A: First, if other teams would give anything, Bird already would be with one of those other teams, with the Heat still looking to get below the luxury-tax threshold, and with Andersen's salary just about the amount needed to get below the tax, and, therefore, for the "repeater" tax. I do agree, though, that if ever there was a day for Birdman's beard to make an appearance, it would be Christmas. More than anything, I think the changes in the game have conspired against Chris (and Amar'e Stoudemire and other post-based big men around the league). Agility is now the key at every position, with much of the league playing a spread offense. While Chris takes great pride in his 3-point work ethic, it's not as if he's a floor spacer. Unfortunately, Chris' time may have come . . . and gone.


In the wake of several shocking and devastating deaths within the industry making news headlines within the past week, bringing awareness in regard to the importance of mental health has reached an all-time high. Just days following the conclusion of Mental Health Awareness month in May, two loved and known celebrities took their lives in apparent suicides. With depression being a rumored cause behind the suicides of designer Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, several celebrities are speaking out yet again about the importance of mental health. And as people struggle to seek help, Lady Gaga is making a call for everyone to be kind. As it was reported by E!, on Sunday the 32-year-old spoke out on the topic while presenting her mother Cynthia Germanotta with the Global Changemakers Award at the Children Mending Hearts' Empathy Rocks fundraiser.
The singer and her mother were both recognized for their work with the Born This Way Foundation. During being presented with the award, Gaga took the time to address themes of mental health, mental illness, and suicide and how the empathy of others can help ease the process for those scared to speak up. "We bring people together to have real, honest conversations and to be kind," Gaga started her speech with.
Gaga was also candid with the audience about her own struggles, in particular, her own mental health challenges, but told the crowd that keeping it inside and not talking about it or seeking help does more damage than good.
Closing out her speech, Gaga made it a point to acknowledge her mother and urged everyone to be kind for the sake of anyone and everyone struggling.


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Q: codesign failed with exit code 1 I'm trying to submit my first app to the app store. When I compile (configuration set as 'Distribution') I get the error below:

CodeSign
  build/Distribution-iphoneos/xxxxx.app
  cd /Users/xxxxxxx/Documents/xxxxxx
  setenv
  IGNORE_CODESIGN_ALLOCATE_RADAR_7181968
  /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/codesign_allocate
  setenv PATH
  "/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
  /usr/bin/codesign -f -s "iPhone
  Distribution: XXXXXXXXXX"
  --resource-rules=/Users/xxxxxxxx/Documents/Legginit/build/Distribution-iphoneos/xxxxxxx.app/Entitlements.plist
  --entitlements /Users/xxxxxxxx/Documents/xxxxxxx/build/xxxxxx.build/Distribution-iphoneos/xxxxxxx.build/xxxxxx.xcent
  /Users/xxxxxxx/Documents/xxxxxx/build/Distribution-iphoneos/xxxxxxx.app
/Users/xxxxxxx/Documents/xxxxxx/build/Distribution-iphoneos/xxxxxx.app:
  invalid resource selection rule(s)
  Command /usr/bin/codesign failed with
  exit code 1

I've double checked the following:
1) Code Signing Identity is set to 'Any iPhone OS Device' and on the right hand side my Distrbution certificate.
2) I've created Entitlements.plist unchecked get-task-allow.
3) Bundle Identifier matches my Distribution Provisioning Profile.
4) Keychain Access has two certificates, 'iPhone Developer' and 'iPhone Distribution'.
There are plenty of threads with people receiving this error, but I've been looking at them all morning and I don't see anything different from what I have done.
Any help is very much appreciated.
Stephen

A: Problem solved, I created a new projected and copied all the my classes over. It compiled cleanly.

A: I just had this same problem.... I resolved it by creating a new publish settings profile and reconfiguring all my build settings there.

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Anima Anandkumar is a Bren professor at Computing + Mathematical sciences department at Caltech. Anima Anandkumar's research interests span theory and practice of large-scale machine learning. In particular, she has been spearheading the development and analysis of multi-dimensional (tensor) algorithms for machine learning. She is the recipient of several awards such as the Bren endowed chair professorship at Caltech, Alfred. P. Sloan Fellowship, Microsoft Faculty Fellowship, Google research award, ARO and AFOSR Young Investigator Awards, NSF Career Award, and several best paper awards. She received her B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in 2004 and her PhD from Cornell University in 2009. She was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT from 2009 to 2010, an assistant professor at U.C. Irvine between 2010 and 2016, a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research New England in 2012 and 2014, and a Principal Scientist at Amazon Web Services between 2016-2018.


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New and long-time members alike will love it. Chuckle on your own or with a group (newmembers' classes, small groups, pre-profession classes). Or give it to someone as a truly one-of-a-kind gift.


Convocation 2011 marked 100 years since the first Reed College classes convened. Heralded by John Stanley's stirring trumpet voluntary, 374 freshly minted Reedies gathered under the big top on the Great Lawn to be welcomed by President Colin Diver and the faculty bedecked in full academic regalia. "You arrive here at an auspicious moment," Diver told them, "almost exactly a hundred years from the day when a handful of intrepid souls attended the very first classes ever offered at an upstart college in Portland, Oregon, called Reed College.
The Vollum Award for distinguished accomplishment in science and technology was bestowed upon Lynn Riddiford, emerita professor of biology at the University of Washington, for her work on the biochemical basis of insect metamorphosis. Ken Brashier [religion 1998–] delivered the first humanities lecture of the year, comparing the underworld of Homer's Odyssey to the afterlife of ancient China.
For more details, including text of the speeches, visit Convocation 2011.


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