To develop, commercialize and capture significant market share with the Company's breakthrough photometric instruments and proprietary nanostructure reagents in large scale global markets including food safety, public health, environmental monitoring, process control, medical diagnosis, and other chemical and biological opportunities.
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Seeking a pragmatic scientist, an out-of-the-box independent thinker and problem solver who is eager to join a startup team and contribute to product definition and problem solving. This senior research scientist, principal organic chemist, or chemical engineer must be technically solid and highly capable of leading and directing development projects in versatile chemical applications. This individual must have proven and accomplished hands-on experience running, researching, developing, and conducting laboratory experiments, involving Raman Spectroscopy, chemical analysis, sample measurement and preparation, experimental techniques, data analysis…etc. The qualified candidate must have a wide knowledge base in chemistry and a strong technical knowledge in surface chemistry and interactions, to lead our efforts in developing methods and techniques applicable to Food Safety, Chemical, Biochemical, and Petrochemical industries using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and other techniques. Individual leadership and effective communication skills coupled with a strong desire to develop new and practical methods for elemental detection applicable in the above multi-billion dollar markets are essential requirements for this position. Demonstrated proficiency with chemical and analytical laboratory equipment, techniques, and instrumentation are critical. Desire to lead directly in a hands-on format, or direct others in technical and experimental efforts whenever needed are essential requirements. This senior technical individual must be highly organized, capable of collecting, documenting, analyzing, and presenting data, ideas, or alternative methods in clear and concise format. Good interpersonal skills, as well as effective verbal and written communication in English are essential, as this position will require regular interactions with other senior staff scientists and customer representatives. Only qualified and motivated individuals with advanced degrees and pertinent minimum experience of 5 years will be considered. Competitive salary and equity is commensurate with qualifications.
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Columbia oldies singers
Can't get enough of the Oldies? We've got just solution: book an Oldies Singer to perform at your next event! Whether it's a birthday, an anniversary celebration, or just a fun gathering with friends, our the Columbia, SC area directory will help you find the best one.
Columbia, SC Oldies Singers
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Piano from Charlotte, NC (82 miles from Columbia, SC)
DAVID PAYTON:#1 One-Man-Band & DJ!
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*GigMasters 'RISING STAR AWARD' Winner, GigMasters 'BEST OF' 2012-2018! - You get LIVE MUSIC or DJ or the BEST of BOTH! The Whole Package!* David has performed events for: Ed Sheeran & Crew, Home Depot, Bank of America, FedEx, Atlanta Braves, Masters Tournament, Sprint, Nokia, Kyocera, Samsung, Gold Strike & Golden Nugget Casinos, Georgia World Congress Center, Country Club of the South, Sweetwater Brewery, Barnsley Resort and MANY others! He has played for audiences of 25 to 25,000. Since... (more)
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WEDDING and EVENT Harpist, Melody Long Anglin brings over 30 years of performance experience, offering you infinite options for realizing your musical dreams. AWARDS: *BEST HARPIST in NORTH AMERICA with GIGMASTERS*, *BEST MUSIC in Central FL* WESH Channel 2 News. *BRIDES CHOICE AWARD*, *PEOPLES CHOICE*. The Apex Ensembles are world class adding violin/cello/flute/bass/sax/guitar/vocals/ to the HARP. Melody is an International Artist who has performed in Austria, England, Ireland, Columbia... (more)
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Greetings my name is Rashard Myles and I'm a professional R&B Singer. I have performed at a wide variety of events such as wedding ceremonies, birthday parties, job functions, as well as private events. Upon arrival at a event I provided my very own electronic performance equipment. PA System: Bose L1 Compact Portable w/ToneMatch (Client must provide a reliable power source). Client can choose from a wide variety of music to be performed at their event, choosing from genres such as R&B, POP,... (more)
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** "She captivated those in the audience with her refreshing, untainted voice. You may not know Carly yet, but you will." - Examiner ** Burned with the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Cash, the mistress of New Jersey's pine barren swamps, has emerged to Nashville, Tennessee. This spirited new blood chisels out of her generation through the greasy sound of raw soul and emotion. From Nashville's Bluebird, to some of the largest wineries on the West Coast, Carly is now paying... (more)
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Conservation genetics is an interdisciplinary subfield of Population Genetics that aims to understand the dynamics of genes in populations principally to avoid extinction. Therefore, it applies genetic methods to the conservation and restoration of biodiversity. Researchers involved in conservation genetics come from a variety of fields including population genetics, molecular ecology, biology, evolutionary biology, and systematics. Genetic diversity is one of the three fundamental levels of biodiversity, so it is directly important in conservation. Genetic variability influences both the health and long-term survival of populations because decreased genetic diversity has been associated with reduced fitness, such as high juvenile mortality, diminished population growth, reduced immunity, and ultimate to higher extinction risk.
Since the genes encode the information of the phenotype, genetic diversity determines the potential fitness of a population and ultimately its long-term persistence. Extinction risk has been associated with low genetic diversity because several researchers has documented reduced fitness in population with low genetic diversity. For example, low genetic diversity as low heterozigosity has been associated with low juvenile survival, reduced population growth, low body size, diminished adult lifespan.
The importance of genetic diversity has many reasons. For example, one can consider the probability of within any given population that at least one individual or a potential reproductive pair have the genetic composition encoding a phenotype capable of survival an environment event. If l the individuals are nearly identical. If new pressures (such as environmental disasters) occur, a population with high genetic diversity has a greater chance of having at least some individuals with a genetic makeup that allows them to survive. If genetic diversity is very low, none of the individuals in a population may have the characteristics needed to cope with the new environmental conditions. Such a population could be suddenly wiped out.
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The #Toronto Transit Commission continues with the work at the Queen Street West and Spadina Ave intersection. The intersection is closed to traffic as prefabricated streetcar rail sections are put into place like a big puzzle.
The work began on July 9, 2012 and is scheduled to end August 3, 2012 with a full traffic closure at the intersection until July 23, and with traffic lane reductions until August 3.
510 Spadina Replacement Buses and 501/301 Queen Streetcars will be diverted around the Spadina/Queen intersection during its beginning July 9 through to July 23.
"The work will involve the complete reconstruction of TTC streetcar tracks, reconstruction of the streetcar platforms, road resurfacing and some curb/sidewalk repairs. Rail panels (on flat-bed trucks) and other related equipment and material will be brought on-site and temporarily stored until rail installation begins."


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Terminal Choice was a German industrial rock band. It was formed by singer Chris Pohl (also of Blutengel, Tumor, Pain of Progress and owner of the Fear Section label) in 1993.

History
Their lyrics are sung in German and English. The sound was originally primarily electronic music, but with the 1998 album Navigator, guitars were added.

Besides Pohl, the original lineup included Jens Gärtner, who provided the drums and loops. In 1997, Manuel Selling was added as a guitar player.  He left in 2000 and Gordon Mocznay took over on guitar and bass guitar. Also in 2000, the band's album Ominous Future was ranked #15 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) Top 50 Albums of 2000.

A year later in 2001, Louis Manke joined the band as well, adding a second guitar to the band. An album entitled "New Born Enemies" was released in 2006 and four years later the band released the album "Übermacht".

In 2017, Chris Pohl revealed in his biography that Terminal Choice is no longer active due to lack of time. No official statement has been released. The last release were the compilation albums Black Journey 1–3 released in 2011, the band's last gigs were in 2010.

Current members
Chris Pohl - Vocals (1993–2010)
Jens Gärtner - Drums (1997–2010)
Gordon Mocznay - Bass (2000–2010)
Louis Manke - Guitar (2001–2010)

Former members
 Manuel Selling - Bass (1997-2000)
 Sten Nitschke - Producer, Remixer (1997-2000) (he died in 2011)

Discography

Demo
1993: Terminal Choice
1994: Nightmare
1994: Facets of Pain
1994: Desiderius
1995: Degernerated Inclinations

Unlisted
1994: In Equal Shares / Split Tape
1994: Demonstrate The Power / titled as demo II

Full-length albums
1996: In the Shadow of Death
1998: Navigator
1999: Black Past (Rare - 1000 copies)
2000: Ominous Future – #15 DAC Top 50 Albums of 2000
2003: Buried a-Live (Live album)
2003: Menschenbrecher
2003: Reloadead ("Best of" album)
2006: New Born Enemies
2010: Übermacht
2011: Black Journey 1
2011: Black Journey 2
2011: Black Journey 3

EPs
1997: Khaosgott
1999: Venus
2002: Collective Suicide
2009: Keine Macht MCD

Singles
1995: Totes Fleisch
1998: Totes Fleisch Remixes
2000: No Chance – #39 DAC Top 100 Singles of 2000
2000: Fading
2000: Animal
2003: Injustice
2006: Don't Go – #11 DAC Singles

External links
 Official Website

References

German electronic music groups
Musical groups established in 1993
German electronic rock musical groups
German industrial rock musical groups
German industrial metal musical groups
German gothic rock groups

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as an inner class for a composite Id. I'm wondering why it's a static class.
It makes sense to use a static class here doesn't it? Sometimes you want to be able to pass around just the id of an entity, instead of having to pass the whole instance.


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Press center of ATO: Militants shelled the passenger bus near the village Volnovakha
War in Donbas & Eastern Ukraine Exclusive «G»
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As a result of direct hit 11 people were killed, 17 victims are on hospitalization
Photo: Vyacheslav Abroskin / Facebook
The press center of ATO confirmed the information of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the bus was directly hit from Dokuchayevsk which is under control of pro-Russian fighters.
Fire on the passenger bus near the village Volnovakha in the Donetsk region was applied from the multiple artillery rocket system "Hrad". This was reported on the page of the press center of anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in Facebook.
The press center of ATO confirmed that information that the fire started from the district of the village Dokuchayevsk.
According to a command staff, in this area there are no positions of the Ukrainian military. It testifies, "that terrorists consciously opened fire on civilians". According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), pro-Russian fighters aimed at a post of forces of ATO, but missed the shot.
The passenger bus was shot yesterday around 14.30. As a result 10 civilians were lost, 13 more got wounds. As it is reported on the site of Donetsk regional public administration, victims were taken to the central regional hospital in Volnovakha. "They are provided with all necessary drugs", – reported the administration.
OGA: The number of the dead at attack of the bus near the village Volnovakha grew to 11
On hospitalization there are 17 victims.
In hospital the woman who was injured during the attack of the regular bus near the village Volnovakha died.
It is noted that the woman got serious wounds and was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Doctors fought for her life, however they did not succeed in rescueing the victim.
Thus, the number of the victims of Volnovakha tragedy is 11 people – four men and seven women.
Also there are 17 victims on hospitalization, 16 of which are in Volnovakha, and one was transported to Mariupol.
Volnovakha is under control of the Ukrainian army, but militants from the so-called Donetsk national republic managed to fix their positions in Dokuchayevsk in September of last year. The distance between the cities is about 30 km.
Since December 9, 2014 "the quiet regime" acts on Donbass conducted by the president's team of Ukraine of Petro Poroshenko . According to National Security council and defense of Ukraine, leaders of the illegal paramilitary groups operating in the east are acquainted with arrangements on a ceasefire regime.
The command staff of anti-terrorist operation declares that militants regularly break the "quiet regime". For the last month, according to the General Staff, they opened fire 877 times.
Tags: Donbas, terrorists, Volnovakha
"Чувствует себя так хорошо". 49-летняя Клум сыграла мелодию на животе мужчины. Видео
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1. First prepare the ginger grilled duck. Combine the lime zest and juice, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and salt in a small bowl.
2. Cut deep criss-cross scores in the duck flesh and place in a shallow oven dish.
3. Brush the scored surface of the duck with the lime juice mixture and marinate the duck in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.
4. Preheat the grill to high. Brush the marinated duck with the honey and grill for 7 minutes on each side, turning and basting or until the duck is cooked and slightly pink in the middle.
5. Meanwhile, cook the sticky aubergine stir-fry. Cut the aubergines in half lengthways, then slice in half again and crosswise into wedges.
6. Heat a wok over high heat and add in the peanut and sesame oils, tilting the wok to coat all sides with the oils.
7. Add in the aubergine wedges and stir-fry until seared and sticky, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper, remove from the wok and set aside.
8. Add the spring onion, ginger, garlic, and chilli to the wok, stir-fry for 1 second then add in the soy sauce, rice vinegar and sugar.
9. Add the aubergine back to the wok, tossing quickly, until the sauce is absorbed.
10. Garnish the aubergine with the sesame seeds, Thai basil, and coriander.
11. Garnish the duck with the coriander and serve with the aubergine stir-fry.


Heroes, Heroines, and History: A pinch of this and a dash of that!
A pinch of this and a dash of that!
Hi, folks. It's Louise M. Gouge again. When I teach my humanities classes, I tell my students that many ancient civilizations had their own forms of musical notation.
But because we have no idea how those notations translate into sound, we can't play their music.
A similar situation exists with recipes. If you have your great-grandmother's recipe for trifle, and it uses measures such as gills, scruples, pinches, or dashes, how can you tell how much of your ingredients to measure into the bowl?
My daughter and grandchildren were baking a favorite old recipe today, but they used our modern measures. Here's dessert, a Dutch apple pie we quickly devoured.
The following antique recipe comes from Laurie Alice Eakes, and sounds delicious but not all that easy to make. Makes me glad for readymade sweets.
Take double refined sugar, pound and sift it through a hair sieve, not too fine; then sift it through a silk sieve to take out all the fine dust which would destroy the beauty of the drop. Put the sugar into a clean pan, and moisten it with any favourite aromatic. Colour it with a small quantity of liquid carmine, or any other colour, ground fine. Take a small pan with a lip, fill it three parts with paste, place it on a small stove, the half hole being the size of the pan, and stir the sugar with a little ivory or bone handle, until it becomes liquid. When it almost boils, take it from the fire and continue to stir it: if it be too moist, take a little of the powdered sugar, and add a spoonful to the paste, and stir it till it is of such a consistence as to run without too much extension. Have a tin plate, very clean and smooth; take the little pan in the left hand, and hold in the right a bit of iron, copper, or silver wire, four inches long, to take off the drop from the lip of the pan, and let it fall regularly on the tin plate; two hours afterwards, take off the drops with the blade of a knife.
Sounds exactly like chocolate chips, doesn't it? Yum!
Do you have an old family recipe? Would you share it with us?
Louise M. Gouge writes for Harlequin's Love Inspired Historicals. She is an English and humanities instructor at Valencia College in Kissimmee, Florida. Please visit her Web site at http://blog.Louisemgouge.com . Her July 2013 release, A Lady of Quality, is still available at Amazon.com.
Catherine Du Coeur is determined to uncover the truth about wealthy Lord Winston, who falsely accused her father of treason. But the closer she gets to the handsome young nobleman, the more she wonders how such a benevolent gentleman could have conspired to commit such evil. Baron Lord Winston has had little success in finding an accomplished aristocratic bride who is suited to his diplomatic aspirations. But when he meets Miss Du Coeur, a countess's lowly companion, he finds that family connections are far less important than matters of the heart.
I don't have any with gills and scruples, that's for sure, but I have seen some odd things in old books. Thanks for the comparison list, Louise!
I love the old recipes we have, handed down and hand written. Such a treasure! I have many but I think it's great to have my grandmother's recipe for Red Velvet Cake, as it somehow made some big surge in popularity again. I don't know where that started (the recent interest) but it's definitely been around a long time.
I don't think I'll be making chocolate drops the old way either!
I have all my grandmother's old recipes and I learned to cook with dashes and pinches and fistful of ingredients when I was a very young girl. That led me to majoring in Home Economics in college. When I asked for old family recipes on my blog, I got some really good ones. Also found some great ones in the old cookbooks I have. I have so many cookbooks that I had to finally pick and choose which ones I really couldn't do without and the ones I could store away. The extras filled a large plastic storage container.
I have only a few recipes from my grandmother and mother, but I do treasure those and make them as often as I can.
Louise, I featured one of my grandmother's old German recipes, German Fruitcake on my post about our German culture in foods. I haven't made it in a long time, but maybe I will this year. It's a great Christmas cake.
wonderful post today, made me think of Mom's cooking, she never used a recipe that I know of -just used her hands and went to it, she was a great cook and cooked many things.
I loved your post today and found it most interesting. So many things change over time and I always find it wonderful to look back to the way things were. My grandmother was a wonderful cook and I can remember her in her kitchen stirring her pan of the delicious divinity she was whipping up for Christmas. Also, I can just see her beautiful pies, coconut, chocolate, and pecan setting atop her buffet. My mouth is watering just thinking back!
Wow, I'm so glad to have stirred up such great memories for all of you. I must tell the truth, however. Laurie Alice Eakes gave me the idea for this post and provided the information.
I love to cook, bake, & try new recipes - but am thankful I didn't have to do it in the time period you write of. Looks much more difficult!
Thanks for the interesting post - had no idea there have been so many different forms of measurement. I envy those people that can cook without using recipes.
What a wonderful post and so helpful! I love looking through old recipes and cookbooks. Handwritten recipes are my favorites!
Being a 4-H bred and raised adult 4-H'er...I can only cook by measuring! My friend measures NOTHING and our cookies come out exactly the same!
Many years ago, when my children were still at home, I did a lot of pinch and dash measuring, too. As for those many handwritten recipies gathered from friends, I gave them to my daughter when she married. Now that she's widowed and lives with us again, she's brought those recipes home again. She and I make them for the grandkids. It's a great legacy to pass on to the next generation.
Thanks for your post, Louise. I love old recipes. My husband's second cousin recently sent us a compilation of the Harris/Underwood recipes from the past. Your measurement guide is already helpful.
Oh, my goodness! That's exciting to hear. Let us know how your recipe turns out.


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Don't get me wrong, I'm a hustle and bustle kind of guy, but when I'm out with a child the friendly confines of a dimly lit Toby's after 4pm on a Friday are nowhere near as appealing. I can't imagine standing around the bar with a little one...so I don't. I get my bluegill fix at lunch time and when I realized it had been almost a year since I'd done so I remedied that situation. The lunch potion came with seven fillets this Friday and the school was all huddled up on the south side of the basket. Each was lightly breaded such that the skin still showed through on the underside (how it should be). They were perfectly fried without and hint of grease and the most subtle, yet alluring fishy flavor. Bluegill is all about the essence and this stuff has serious swagger. It's some of the best in the game to be sure.
Toby's is known for their hash browns with cheese and onion, and while an edge on my disc got a little overdone it didn't detract from the the overall excellence. Those dark spots were easily trimmed away and the resultant gooey goodness got gobbled up. Toby's tartar is also a show stopper and the sweet, thick, zippy, peppy, tangy, tartar slipped and slid all over the surface of the sunfish making it something more...something out-of-this-world.
A little crescent roll was a pleasant surprise as it stood in for the usual slab of French bread. Toby's isn't afraid to change the small things up which suits me just fine as the French can get a little stale (no pun intended).
Toby's house slaw also waffles from sugary sweet, to strictly creamy, but is always finely-chopped and plentiful. Today was a strictly creamy day, and it was a little less alluring but still perfectly palatable.
I'll reiterate, if you don't like crowds DO NOT GO TO TOBY'S ON FRIDAY NIGHT. If however you like to have a drink or two, shoot the breeze, and kick off your weekend in style swing by the supper club, I'm sue they'd be happy to see you. Overall, we highly recommend this Fish Fry whether in the daytime or the night. The fish is just too damn good not to.


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These Photovoltaic Cells Developed by ETRI Are Eco-Friendly
By Rahema Khushbakht Last updated Nov 3, 2020
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For the past several years, researchers have been searching for efficient renewable energy sources which could minimize any harmful or lethal drawbacks. Now, researchers in South Korea have successfully developed thin and flexible photovoltaic cells, or solar cells, which do not have any harmful effects on the environment.
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) developed eco-friendly colored copper indium gallium selenide, or Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS), thin-film solar cells. They are made by coating multiple thin films on a glass, plastic, or ceramic substrate, or on a flexible substrate.
Standard solar panels are thick and heavy, so installing them on rooftops or high platforms is an arduous task, and their rigidity also limits their uses. On the other hand, the CIGS solar cells are only 3µm in thickness and their flexibility broadens their applications and capabilities as a renewable energy source.
What makes these cells eco-friendly?
How efficient are these eco-friendly photovoltaic cells?
How were these photovoltaic cells manufactured?
How costly is the production of these photovoltaic cells?
What colors do these eco-friendly solar cells come in?
Cadmium is a heavy toxic metal found in most thin-film photovoltaic cells, making it difficult to promote their use. Now, ETRI has used zinc to solve this problem because it does not have any adverse environmental effects. They have replaced the cadmium sulfide present in the buffer layer, between the transparent conducting layer and the absorption layer, with zinc-based materials.
These solar cells have a relatively higher absorption coefficient among non-silicon based cells, resulting in high conversion efficiency and long stability. Where the standard commercial solar cells have a conversion efficiency of 15%, these cells have achieved a conversion efficiency of 18%.
The CIGS solar cells were manufactured through chemical bath deposition method (CBD) using different thiourea (TU) mole concentration. CBD is a technique used to deposit buffer layers in thin film photovoltaic cells by immersing a substrate in a liquid solution.
According to the scientists at ETRI:
"The solar cells showed a substantial increment in the performance after light soaking treatment. The performance increment was found to be in proportion to the TU mole concentration used in zinc layer deposition."
ETRI researchers monitoring the thin film solar cell process with CIGS deposition equipment. Source: ETRI
The ETRI researchers have described the cell in detail in 'Ultrafast wavelength-dependent carrier dynamics related to metastable defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells with chemically deposited Zn(O,S) buffer layer', which was published in Nano Energy back in August by scientists at ETRI; Woo-Jung Lee, Dae-Hyung Cho, Jung Min Bae, Myeong Eon Kim, Jaehun Park and Yong-Duck Chung.
CIGS solar cells require lesser raw material as compared to silicon-based cells, decreasing process and material costs. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the general cost of solar power is expected to reduce to US$0.039/kWh (approx. TWD$1.17) in 2021, which is a 42% reduction as compared to 2019.
These photovoltaic cells come in seven different slightly fluorescent colors, including pink, yellow, purple, green, and blue, without having to go through any additional process. These give them a remarkable appearance unlike the monotonous navy blue on standard solar cells, while cutting down on production costs.
ETRI also studies a mechanism for improving the conversion efficiency of solar cells with zinc-based buffer layer through photo-pumping terahertz spectroscopy. This particular study could provide a foundation for the next generation eco-friendly solar power.
As stated by ETRI chief researcher Yong-Duck Chung:
This technology will contribute to the solar power system development through the production of high value-added color photovoltaic modules.
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Editorial: The California Legislature has loads of good ideas that the state probably can't afford
By The Times Editorial Board
California is heading into the new fiscal year in unexpectedly good shape, with roughly $8 billion extra in its coffers. Yet state lawmakers are actually showing a degree of fiscal restraint. After filling the state's rainy-day reserve fund to its constitutional limit — 10% of the state's general fund — the Assembly's budget writers are proposing to spend $4 billion on new initiatives, and the Senate $2.9 billion.
But as the two chambers negotiate a compromise proposal to take to Gov. Jerry Brown, they need to keep an eye first and foremost on the sustainability of any commitments they make. Not only is the state budget being lifted by an influx of volatile capital gains tax revenue that may not recur, but many of the proposals they're advancing would be considerably more expensive in later years than they would be today.
Brown helped pull the state out of a years-long budget crisis, persuading voters to approve a tax increase in 2012 (which was renewed in part in 2016) and limiting new spending to one-time needs and programs that could be easily unwound in the event of a downturn. This combination of new tax dollars, disciplined spending and a steadily growing economy has led state revenue to exceed projections for several years in a row, while also building up the state's new rainy-day fund faster than anticipated.
Which brings us to where we are now, with the Senate and Assembly budget committees meeting to settle on a unified spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Brown, who is in the final year of his final term, has proposed spending $137.5 billion from the General Fund, while the Senate and Assembly — both of which assume the state will collect more in taxes than Brown projects — want to spend roughly $2 billion to $3 billion more, respectively.
Their proposals include badly needed one-time boosts in funding for affordable housing, mental health programs and aid to homeless Californians. Similar one-time outlays to shore up the state's pension funds and unemployment-insurance reserves would also be welcome.
Much of what lawmakers are suggesting, however, involves ongoing obligations. Some of those would be phased in over time and would be relatively easy to backtrack from, such as a much-needed increase in CalWORKs grants to help poor state residents move from welfare to work. And some, arguably, are fundamental to long-term economic growth and the battle against poverty, such as the increased funding for subsidized child care and the state's colleges and universities.
Lawmakers can't make a commitments without an eye on what would happen if the economy slumps again, which it is bound to do eventually.
Lawmakers in each chamber are also pushing to make health insurance available and affordable to more state residents. These proposals include extending Medi-Cal to low-income immigrants living in the state illegally who are between the ages of 19 and 25, as well as those who are 65 and older. Another idea is to offer state subsidies to citizens with low to moderate incomes to help them afford coverage at the state's Obamacare marketplace, Covered California.
There are good arguments for all three proposals. Bringing every Californian under the insurance tent will help promote efficient, effective care and help efforts to slow the crippling growth of health costs. And beefing up subsidies in Covered California would help counteract the Trump administration's deliberately disruptive actions that are driving up premiums while driving out consumers and insurers. Avoiding that outcome would be good for everyone — if more people go uninsured as a result of rising premiums in Covered California, more medical bills would go unpaid, leading doctors and hospitals to pass on more costs to people with insurance.
Yet like the CalWORKs proposal, the healthcare initiatives would cost far more in later years than they would in 2018-2019, jumping from $350 million to more than $1 billion a year by the administration's estimate. Lawmakers can't make a commitment like that without an eye on what would happen if the economy slumps again, which it is bound to do eventually.
One idea the Legislative Analyst's Office floated for CalWORKs is to set aside the dollars saved as the economy improves and the demand for welfare benefits shrinks. That reserve could help cover the rise in costs when the economy swings the other way. Similarly, the Senate has proposed creating an additional rainy-day fund just for safety net programs. These are the sort of fallback measures the state has lacked in the past, and they should be a prerequisite to any move to spend the dollars collected in good years on programs that could cost the state dearly in bad ones.
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"He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much" (Luke 16:10). Whether we are shopping for groceries or buying a house, how we make a purchase reveals whether or not we understand the total costs involved, the interests of the seller, the actual value of what we are purchasing, and the value of our time relative to that price. The skills described in this session, gleaned from a study of Solomon's proposal to the king of Tyre for the construction of the temple, will prove helpful for anyone who wants to learn the joy of negotiating the best buy. You will enjoy the highlights Jim Sammons brings from fifteen wise ways to control unnecessary spending and find the right price.


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I've been terrible about blogging! I had to take a mini break due to the craziness that has been my past week. Besides tons of work, Wednesday was my birthday, Thursday was the last day with our houseguests, and Friday, we left for St Louis and Illinois for an insane weekend!
I am back now, and how I've missed you, internet.. I definitely wanted to show you all pictures of my birthday dress (and since you asked, Ashley!). The velvet dress (intended for the shop, stolen by me) is a mini. I thought it would look good with a crinoline underneath, so I paired the two and the results are fun and girly. This might be one of my new favorites.
So, here's a bit of my birthday..
At midnight, Neil surprised me with a chocolate and cinnamon bundt cake with an amazing mocha sauce!
During the day, Joel, Neil, Zach and I hit up this great hot dog place. We also went shopping.. who knew so many places gave away nice, free stuff on birthdays? Free is always good with me. I received a cute Sephora lip gloss set as well as a Godiva truffle (which, of course, led to more Godiva chocolate purchases.. their devious sales plan worked). We also spent nearly two hours in a local fabric store, which was a dream. The guys spent their time dancing as I asked foreign questions about sewing tension and bobbins and poly thread.
At night, we headed over to my parent's house for an amazing meal - my dad's homemade pasta and my mom's famous hot fudge sundaes for dessert. And wonderful wonderful red wine. I was surprised with all sorts of good things (like Dan Brown's latest book and BEATLES ROCK BAND!) and good company.
I also bought these shoes at Urban Outfitters! They were on sale - only $20. I really wanted wedges. I still have some Urban money to spend, and I'm leaning towards those cool album cover frames (and God Help The Girl, which has beautiful, subtle album artwork - and we have an old record player that works decently).
In other, more recent news.. I made Ayn the Owl for Rachel's little girl earlier this month, and I finally had the chance to give Ayn to her rightful owner today! Here is Rach meeting Ayn for the first time! I was so pleased that she liked my weird owl friend.
I also wanted to make something small for Rach herself - I'm sure she's sick of seeing diapers and bottles at this point, right? So, I crafted some ivory bows for her - one bow, I attached to a safety pin for clothes wearing, and another, I attached to a hair clip.
I ended up making a bow pin for myself afterward.
A large part of our trip this weekend was to a wedding that Neil and I took part in. We had a memorable time - in all sorts of ways. Earlier this year, I found an 80's black and pink party dress at a vintage store in St Louis. While it wasn't 100% my style, the velvet bodice fit me perfectly, which meant I had to make it my new project. Well, I completed it in time to wear it to the wedding! I'll be posting pictures early this week.
I also have a blogger meet up later this week that I'm really excited about! You will hear more very, VERY soon.
I am exhausted. We got back from Illinois just a couple hours ago and while hotel rooms are fantastic and clean, I'm longing for my own messy bed tonight. Goodnight, all! If any of this writing is a little haphazard or incoherent, I blame the car ride and the crazy weekend.


This committee, in partnership with the PE teacher, organizes Mary Woodward's own version of the "Olympics".
You're invited to come cheer, run, and volunteer to make this fundraiser a success! Volunteer to tally laps on the field, help out behind the scenes or even dress up as Baldy, our student's beloved mascot. This is a fun event that you won't want to miss!


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November 13, 2015 Guest of Honor
Allison Janney's Show-Within-a-Show
The seven-time Emmy winner opens up about finding the levity in tragedy with "Mom"... and reveals her inner Notorious B.I.G.
Photo Credit: Kate Romero
Allison Janney has earned accolades for her performances in just about every medium, including a couple of Tony nominations. But she's probably best known as a TV star — especially as Press Secretary CJ Cregg on "The West Wing" — a role that won her four Emmys.
She's won two more for her latest role on the sitcom "Mom," on which she plays Bonnie, a recovering drug and alcohol addict living with her daughter — a single Mom who is also a recovering addict. Yes; it is a sitcom.
When Rico spoke to Allison, he asked about her first impressions of the show.
Allison Janney: Well, one of the things that drew me to it was the material, and that the backdrop of it was people in recovery. But I had no idea how big a role that was going to play. I didn't know how far into the recovery role they were going to go, and I don't know if the writers knew either.
So as season one went on, and season two, it came more to the forefront of the story. So we have essentially two family stories going on: The blood family… Christy and Violet and Bonnie and…
Rico Gagliano: People who are all related in the show, yeah.
Allison Janney: The people who are related, that's what I'm trying to say, I couldn't think of the word. Jeepers! "Related!" [Laughs.] My mind.
And then we have the sober family. The relationships that they've… uh…
Rico Gagliano: Recovered alcoholics and addicts who have sort of made a surrogate family?
Allison Janney: Yes, exactly. You're coming up with all the right words, thank you!
Rico Gagliano: That's me being a host [laughs]. But moving on — so you've got these two families…
Allison Janney: Yeah, the related one [laughs] and the adopted one.
Rico Gagliano: You're welcome.
Anna Faris (center) as Christy and Janney as Bonnie with Ellen Burstyn as Bonnie's mother, Shirley. (Photo Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS)
Allison Janney: No, they're great, and the writers have not shied away from dealing with subject matter that you wouldn't think would be on sitcoms.
Rico Gagliano: This is exactly what I wanted to ask you about: Is there not a danger — especially in a compressed half hour that does have to deliver punch lines — that you're going to give short shrift to these very heavy issues? Is there ever a worry about that?
Allison Janney: There isn't. We deliver great laughs. I think we earn them, and they are far more rewarding for the audience to have gone through what we go through and laugh. The laughs mean more. God, if you can't laugh going through tragic things… bad things happen to all of us, and there's always room for humor to help survive them.
Rico Gagliano: The way these characters talk about addiction, and the situations they find themselves in, feel so specific. Some of them must be real. Do you have maybe former addicts consulting, or writing for the show?
Allison Janney: Yeah. We have a number of consultants who are in recovery. I am no stranger to having… there's nobody in the world that doesn't have someone in their life that's affected by some sort of addiction, or in recovery, or alcoholism. I've gone to Al-Anon meetings. I've been to Open AA meetings. I've done…
Rico Gagliano: As a research for the role, or for yourself?
Allison Janney: Oh no, just for myself and issues in my own life that I've had to deal with. And I feel very proud to be doing a show that deals with it and destigmatizes it.
Rico Gagliano: I'd like to talk about another show I expect you're pretty proud of, "The West Wing." Created and written by Aaron Sorkin of course. He's known for his very verbose, super-fast dialogue. Tell me about memorizing all of those words every week, and having to deliver them at top speed.
Allison Janney: I loved it. Because I have such a fear of speaking in public as myself. Even now as I… I was getting self-conscious, because I have to have these headphones on, and I'm hearing myself talk.
So I don't… give me a 25-page monologue to memorize and I would be so happy, because I could get that down and then spit it out. I loved the fast pace. I always loved those Rosalind Russell movies of…
Rico Gagliano: Howard Hawks.
Allison Janney: …Fast talking dames, Howard Hawks' movies. It's just like [imitates Rosalind Russell voice], "Hey what's the big idea, coming in here, leaving the door open!" And those kind of dames — I love those dames! And CJ, of all the characters I've played, I wish I were most like her because of how quick-witted she was. It was really fun to play a character that smart.
Rico Gagliano: But you've been in shows like that — a "single camera" show, as they say — an hour-long comedy-drama. You've been in major movies. You've acted on the stage. But I've sat in the audience of sitcoms and I've always thought to myself, "This is the strangest situation for an actor."
Allison Janney: Yeah.
Rico Gagliano: Because you're basically inviting the audience into your creation process. The audience sits there while you do the scene over and over again, or while you take direction. Tell me about that from the point of view of an actor.
Allison Janney: It's very much a three-ring circus. And I found it very hard and nerve wracking. I'm used to coming out on stage fully prepared, and you come out and show the finished product. And it took me a while. I didn't like messing up and having the audience laugh. And they love it when you mess up! And it would make me nervous. But now I've embraced it, and see it's part of the show. It's just another show going on within the show.
Rico Gagliano: You treat that like a performance?
Allison Janney: Yeah, I do, sort of. After a take is over I'll have a prop in my hand, and I'll throw them the prop I was working with and say, "Somebody take this out of my hands! I don't want to do that scene again!" And then, behind the set, when they don't see me, that's where I go, "Oh God. I'm exhausted."
There's a lot of different performances going on in front of a live audience that way.
Rico Gagliano: We have a couple of questions we ask everyone on the show. The first one is: If we were to meet you at a dinner party, what question should we not ask you?
Allison Janney: Oh! Uh, uh… "How are you?!" [Laughs]
Rico Gagliano: Wow.
Allison Janney: [Laughing.] Don't ask me how I am!!
Rico Gagliano: That's pretty basic, Allison! What's…
Allison Janney: Oh God, it's such a weighted question, because I always feel the need to answer it honestly in all areas of my life. I just don't ever… Why can't I just say, "I'm fantastic!"
Rico Gagliano: You're doing pretty well — you won a bunch of Emmys recently.
Allison Janney: I did, and that's pretty fantastic, but I… yeah, don't ask me any questions about politics.
Rico Gagliano: OK.
Allison Janney: Don't ask me questions about politics.
Rico Gagliano: Oh yeah — you must get those all the time because of "The West Wing."
Allison Janney: Oh my God! People think… "What do you think about the political…" or whatever. I'm constantly embarrassed during this time, especially.
Rico Gagliano: Election season?
Allison Janney: I can't. I can't watch the debates. They… the dialogue is just not what I want to hear, or not what's important to me.
Rico Gagliano: If only Aaron Sorkin wrote the dialogue for the presidential candidates.
Allison Janney: Yes, oh my God!
Rico Gagliano: Here's our second question, which is: Tell us something we don't know.
Allison Janney: Well I don't know, I think I've said this before, but I don't know if everyone knows it. But I am a rap artist.
Rico Gagliano: Um… what?
Allison Janney: I'm lying! I'm just lying, I'm a liar, that's all I do is lie…
Rico Gagliano: That's what we didn't know about Allison Janney…
Allison Janney: … That I'm a liar!
You know what? I love rap music though. I don't know if too many people would know that about me.
Rico Gagliano: I don't know that I would peg you as a rap lover.
Allison Janney: I either have my Pandora on "Hip Hop Road Trip" or BackSpin Sirius. That's what's on in my car.
Rico Gagliano: We will end this interview, invariably, by bringing up some music, what hip hop track should we be playing underneath you right now as we say goodbye?
Allison Janney: Oh my gosh! Oh, now you're going to put me on the spot! Biggie, "Hypnotize." Play that.
Allison Janney: Hypnotize. Hypnotize.
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Quick Bite is a mix of bright blue shards/tiny bars and small green hexes in a blue-tinted base. I layered it over Zoya Robyn, a bright sky blue creme. Personally, while I love larger bar glitters, the smaller ones aren't my favorite, but this was a pretty color combo! Robyn is one of my favorite blues, and they look really nice together.
outdoors, sun -- see the blurry sparkles?!
Lovely!! Every one of them.
I love Be a Lil Naughty. I think it would look great over yellow or black.


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ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips shares latest on conference expansion
Dan Morrison•10/13/22
Article written by: Dan Morrison
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While speaking at ACC Basketball Media Day, conference commissioner Jim Phillips spoke about conference realignment. In particular, he wanted to present a unified front and project stability moving forward for the ACC.
"The intensity doesn't stop," Jim Phillips said. "Maybe out in the public world. You continue to monitor what's happening. You continue to try to make the very best decisions. You continue to look at all options. I feel really good about where we're at. We met – we meaning the ACC board – and myself and our executive staff, met in Durham three weeks ago or so for our normal two days of fall meetings. That's a unified group. It really is.
"It's a collaborative an unified group that's working together that feels good about not only where we're at right now but where we're headed."
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Along with pointing out that he and the rest of the ACC are happy with the conference's current membership, Jim Phillips also wanted to emphasize the importance of stability. That includes stability within the conference and college athletics as a whole.
"Some of those things have settled down some, and we need it to. You can't always be in a state of chaos, whether it's expansion, whether it's the NCAA restructuring, whether it's the college football playoff. I mean, you put the situation in there. You have to have some stability and you have to start moving forward in a clear way," Jim Phillips explained.
One major problem Jim Phillips is still facing is the ACC's current media deal. The deal runs through the 2035-36 academic year. The Grant of Rights attached to that deal could keep the conference together through that time, but it's such a long contract that other Power 5 conferences are going to be able to negotiate multiple new deals in that time. Frustration from this could lead to issues down the line for conference members.
"But feel good about where we're at and feel good about where we're going," Jim Phillips concluded.


Unemployment has been stuck near 9 percent since the recession ended more than two years ago. The jobs report for September on Friday sent the clearest signal to date that the crisis will last through next year's elections.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment has been stuck near 9 percent since the recession ended more than two years ago. The jobs report for September on Friday sent the clearest signal to date that the crisis will last through next year's elections.


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Anti-inflammatory protein promotes healthy gut bacteria
Scientists have discovered that the anti-inflammatory protein NLRP12 normally helps protect mice against obesity and insulin resistance when they are fed a high-fat diet. The researchers also reported that the NLRP12 gene is underactive in people who are obese, making it a potential therapeutic target for treating obesity and diabetes, both of which are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and other serious conditions
The study, published in Cell Host & Microbe, showed that NLRP12's anti-inflammatory effect promotes the growth of a "good" family of gut-dwelling bacteria, called Lachnospiraceae, that produce small molecules butyrate and propionate, which in turn promote gut health and protect mice against obesity and insulin resistance.
"Obesity is influenced by inflammation, not just by overeating and lack of exercise, and this study suggests that reducing inflammation promotes 'good' bacteria that can help maintain a healthy weight," said study senior author Jenny P-Y Ting, PhD, a William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Genetics. "In mice, we showed that NLRP12 reduces inflammation in the gut and in adipose fat tissues. Although a direct causal effect is difficult to show in humans, our collaborators did help us show there are reduced expression levels of NLRP12 in individuals who are considered obese."
In humans, NLRP12 is produced by several types of immune cells and appears to function as a brake on excessive inflammation. Ting and colleagues in recent years have published studies showing that mice lacking the NLRP12 gene are highly susceptible to excessive inflammation, including experimental colon inflammation (colitis) and associated colon cancer.
In recent years, researchers have found evidence that inflammation in the gut and in where fat is deposited promotes obesity. About 40 percent of adults and 20 percent of children and teens age 2 to 19 in the United States are considered obese, according to recent government estimates. Being obese or even overweight can lead to a host of other conditions, including heart disease, stroke, cancers, and diabetes. Ting and colleagues in this study therefore sought to determine whether mice lacking the NLRP12 gene are more susceptible to obesity. The findings showed that they are.
The scientists fed mice that lacked the NLRP12 gene (NLRP12-knockout mice) and ordinary mice a high-fat diet for several months. The NLRP12-knockout mice ate and drank no more than their healthy cousins but accumulated significantly more fat and became heavier. The knockout mice also showed signs of insulin resistance, which involves a reduced ability to clear glucose from the bloodstream and tends to follow the development of obesity.
The absence of NLRP12 in these mice led to increased signs of inflammation in the gut and in fat deposits, but it wasn't clear how this led to extra weight gain until the researchers moved the animals from one facility to another. Following standard safety protocols to prevent disease spread, the researchers dosed the mice with antibiotics before the move.
"We noticed that the mice treated with antibiotics gained less weight than the mice that stayed in the old facility," said study co-first author Agnieszka Truax, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the Ting lab during the study. "That led us to suspect that gut bacteria were involved in promoting obesity."
Further tests showed that when NLRP12-knockout mice were kept in a bacteria-free condition, the mice did not gain weight because there were no bacteria. The deficiency of NLRP12 didn't matter as much. This suggested that "bad" bacteria had been driving the excess weight gain during a high-fat diet.
Remarkably, the knockout mice were also protected from excess weight gain when they were co-housed with control mice, hinting that "good" bacteria from the control mice were getting into them and helping to protect them.
Scientists have known that high-fat diets, as compared to low-fat diets, tend to reduce the diversity of bacterial species in the gut by suppressing some species and allowing a few others to proliferate abnormally. The UNC researchers confirmed this in their high-fat-eating mice, and they observed that the loss of bacterial diversity was much worse in the Nlrp12-knockout mice.
The experiments suggested that inflammation caused by a high-fat diet and worsened by the absence of NLRP12 was a major cause of this shift. Killing off rival bacterial species allowed a sharp rise in the levels of a bacterial family called Erysipelotrichaceae. These microbes became more prominent as gut inflammation worsened and exacerbated the weight-gain from a high-fat diet when put into the guts of otherwise germ-free mice.
By contrast, the Lachnospiraceae family of bacteria, which tended to die off in mice fed a high-fat diet, appeared to be highly beneficial. The researchers fed Lachnospiraceae to NLRP12-knockout mice prior to and during three weeks of high-fat eating and found that these "good" bacteria reduced gut inflammation, eliminated the hegemony of harmful Erysipelotrichaceae, and promoted more bacterial diversity. The Lachnospiraceae also significantly protected the animals against obesity and associated insulin-resistance.
"All the inflammatory and metabolic changes we had seen in the NLRP12-knockout mice during a high-fat diet were essentially reversed when we re-supplied Lachnospiraceae," Truax said.
Lachnospiraceae contain enzymes that convert carbs and fiber into small molecules called short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). The scientists observed that two in particular, butyrate and propionate, appeared in significantly greater abundance when Lachnospiracea levels rose. Butyrate and propionate are known to have anti-inflammatory properties that promote gut health. The UNC team fed these SCFAs to the NLRP12-knockout mice and found that SCFAs protected the animals from the absence of NLRP12 just as well as the Lachnospiraceae had done.
Butyrate, propionate, and other SCFAs are already widely available as health supplements. But are these results in mice relevant to humans? A further test suggested that they are. Collaborating scientists Mihai Netea, MD, PhD, and Rinke Stienstra, PhD, from Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands examined fat cells from obese human patients and observed that the higher the measure of obesity -- the body-mass index -- the lower the activity of the NLRP12 gene tended to be.
Thus, treating people with "good" bacteria or the beneficial SCFAs they produce might one day be a relatively inexpensive strategy to combat obesity as well as diabetes and other obesity-driven conditions. Ting and colleagues plan to continue their investigations in that direction.
Agnieszka D. Truax, Liang Chen, Jason W. Tam, Ning Cheng, Hao Guo, A. Alicia Koblansky, Wei-Chun Chou, Justin E. Wilson, W. June Brickey, Alex Petrucelli, Rongrong Liu, Daniel E. Cooper, Mark J. Koenigsknecht, Vincent B. Young, Mihai G. Netea, Rinke Stienstra, R. Balfour Sartor, Stephanie A. Montgomery, Rosalind A. Coleman, Jenny P.-Y. Ting. The Inhibitory Innate Immune Sensor NLRP12 Maintains a Threshold against Obesity by Regulating Gut Microbiota Homeostasis. Cell Host & Microbe, 2018; 24 (3): 364 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.08.009
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Q: Displaying data from XML file using AJAX I need to make a communicator using AJAX and XML file. I've already done function to download the data from the form and send it via AJAX to the server(XML file). The code below is in JavaScript.
function send(){
    var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 20) {
        download(this);
    }
    xhttp.open("GET", "file.xml", true);
    xhttp.send();
}

But I don't know how to make function that is sending an AJAX request to the server to download new messages and displaying them in the communicator.
function download(xml){
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("author");
}

I am downloading the data from the input in HTML and this is the way I save it to the XML file.
<?php

$author = $_GET["author"];
$message = $_GET["message"];
$file = 'file.xml';

if (!empty($author) && !empty($message)) {
    $xml = simplexml_load_file($file);
    $entry = $xml->addChild("entry");

    $sxe = simplexml_import_dom($xml);
    $sxe ->addChild("author", $author);
    $sxe ->addChild("message", $message);

    $xml->asXml($file);
}
header('location: index.html');
?>

My XML file looks like this after the send function.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<entry>
  <author>gnow</author>
  <message>BAKDA</message>
<entry/>

A: somthing like that...
function downloadXML()
  {
  let xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest()

  xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function()
    {
    if (this.readyState===4)  /* DONE */
      {
      if (this.status!=200)  /* not LOADING */
        {
        console.warn("Error %d on load %s !", this.status, 'fileName.xml' )
        }
      else
        {
        let xmlDoc  = this.responseXML
          , author  = xmlDoc.querySelector('entry author').textContent
          , message = xmlDoc.querySelector('entry message').textContent
        }
      }
    }
  }

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P-51 Mustangs of the 359th Fighter Group, 20th Fighter Group, 353rd Fighter Group and 357th Fighter Group with a P-38 Lightning at Debden. Taken by Edward Richie Written on slide casing: 'CV:Q at Debden.'
P-51 Mustangs of the 359th Fighter Group, 20th Fighter Group, 353rd Fighter Group and 357th Fighter Group with a P-38 Lightning at Debden. Image via Ed Richie. Written on slide casing: 'CV:Q at Debden.'
20th Fighter Group
In August 1943, the 20th Fighter Group arrived in Clyde, Scotland, before travelling to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, which was to be their base for the rest of the war. The Group flew 312 missions before their last mission on 25 April 1945. The...
353rd Fighter Group
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Edward Richie
Military | Warrant Officer | Shop Superintendent (Aviation)
Edward Richie took many of the colour photographs of the 4th Fighter Group that are in the American Air Museum's Roger Freeman Collection.
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RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons' of volunteer American pilots...
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Added information to the caption as received by Ed Richie's son Mark Richie, VP, Association of the 4th Fighter group WWII http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/


From the top of the station, this walk heads towards the shops, down the stairs and to the road next to Gordon Station bus depot.
Continue straight: From Gordon Station bus depot, this walk heads up the hill of St Johns Ave to the Pacific Highway. The walk crosses to the other side at the pedestrian crossing. From here, this walk follows the shop fronts up the Pacific Highway, then turns left onto Moree St. This street is followed until the walk turns right onto Vale St. This walk continues along Vale St for a short time to the intersection with the bush track on the left of the street.
Turn left : From the intersection next to house No. 31, this walk heads past a gate to follow a line of houses on the right. The track continues down a slight gradient for approximately 300m, turning left to come to the intersection, approximately 10m above a concrete sewerage inspection hole.
Veer left: From the intersection, this walk heads down the hill, passing a concrete sewerage inspection hole on the right. The trail continues along the creek line for another 20m, to the intersection which leads down to the creek on the right.
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the creek downstream for approximately 200m to the signposted intersection.
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the left-hand arrow on the 'Blackbutt Creek Track' sign, down the hill. The track contours with the creek on the right, and the houses high on the left, for approximately 1km to then steeply descend to the intersection above the concreted water-crossing.
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk heads down the hill, across the concrete ford (creek), to then turn right and follow along side the creek. The trail tends left away from the creek, up to a white gate.
Turn left : From the white metal gate, this walk heads up the hill along Lady Game Dr, crossing to the right side where safe. This walk then turns right on De Burgh Rd, then right again onto Beaumont Rd. At the end of Beaumont Rd, this walk turns left onto Blaxland Rd, then comes to an intersection at 'Allen Park' at the end of Blaxland Rd.
Veer right: From the corner of Terrace and Blaxland Roads, this walk heads around the locked gate and then straight across the grassy clearing of 'Allen Park'. The walk soon tends left at the 'Lane Cove National Park' sign and follows a wide trail down through the bush for about 60m, coming to an intersection where a 'Terrace Rd' sign points back up the hill.
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk follows the 'Great North Walk – Deburghs Bridge' sign downhill along the wide management trail. The trail soon bends right and follows the power lines down, stepping over a partially buried, green metal pipeline (sometimes hissing). After this, the trail follows a GNW arrow left as the trail significantly narrows and leads down a series of timbers steps then across the rocky Blackbutt Creek. Here, the walk follows the GNW arrow up onto the rock platform, where the track turns left then leads along the flat to a T-intersection with a GNW arrow post, and a set of steps (up to your right AND down to your left).
Veer right: From the intersection, this walk follows the 'The Great North Walk' sign along the dirt management trail, keeping the Lane Cove River to your left. After about 80m, the trail leads under some high tension power lines, where there is a mostly clear view over the river (to your left). The trail then gently leads down through the valley for about 400m to come to an intersection with Cove St trail, marked with a GNW arrow post.
Veer left: From the intersection, this walk follows the GNW arrow post downhill along the management trail for about 30m to cross a small culverted creek. The walk then follows the trail up the short hill to come to an intersection with the signposted 'STEP track' (on your right).
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the GNW arrow post and STEP Track markers along the management trail, whilst keeping the river to your left. The trail undulates through the valley (weedy in places) and tall forest for just shy of 600m, to come to a clear intersection at the bottom of a sealed management trail (on your right). This intersection is marked with another 'STEP Track' map/sign and a 'The Great North Walk' sign.
Veer left: From the intersection, the walk follows the 'The Great North Walk' sign gently downhill along the management trail, directly away from the face of the 'STEP Track' map/sign. Keeping the river to your left, the trail leads downhill for about 80m to come to a Y-intersection, where there is a 'Lane Cove Valley' map/sign and a 'Lane Cove River Park' sign pointing back along the trail.
Veer right: From the intersection, this walk follows the 'Thornleigh Station' sign past the 'Lane Cove Valley' map, initially keeping the other trail and river to your left. The trail follows the valley floor, keeping the river just to your left, for a bit over 500m, to then cross the Lane Cove River at a rocky ford. This crossing may become impassable after heavy or prolonged rain. On the other side of the river, this walk continues along the trail for about 400m (with the river now close by on your right) to come to an intersection with a faint track (on your left, that leads up towards Pennant Hills Park).
Turn left : From the intersection, this walk follows the 'Baden Powell Scout Centre' sign gently down along the side of the hill for just shy of 40m to come to a four-way intersection, where a 'Thornleigh Oval' sign points back along the track.
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the 'Baden-Powell Scout Centre' sign and the GNW arrow post west along the narrow track. The track leads through the dense heath for about 120m to come to an intersection and clearing at a rocky outcrop, marked with a GNW arrow post.
Turn right: From the clearing, this walk follows the GNW arrow post north, downhill along the narrow track. After about 120m the rocky track leads to a small flat clearing where this walk turn left (following the GNW arrow post) passing through about 20m of heath to come to another clearing (with a campfire scar). Following the GNW arrow post, this walk soon bends right to step down to the edge of a creek. Here the walk turns left and follows the creek downstream for about 20m to then bend right and cross Scout Creek. The walk then heads uphill along the widening track for about 130m (passing a few scout constructions, and a track on the left) then walks up under the high ropes course. About 20m after the ropes course, this walk comes to an intersection with a dirt driveway, beside the green Pioneer Hut (shed on the left). There is also a tap and drinking fountain here.
Turn right: From the intersection, this walk follows the gravel driveway east, away from the Pioneer Hut and towards the picnic shelters. After about 30m (just after the left bend), this walk comes to some of these picnic shelters and several tiered platforms (on your right) – this is the camping area (there is a stone building up to your right).
The Baden Powell Scout Centre is a large camping and training area on the edge of Pennant Hills and Thornleigh (at the end of Pomona St). There are several large buildings including dining and training halls. For walkers, there is dorm/hostel style accommodation and several bush camping areas. Bush camping – is found near the lower (south-eastern) end of the grounds for $9 per person per night. Facilities include tap water, picnic shelters, toilets and even a shower block. They also provide an indoor area in case the weather turns during the night and you need to retreat. There are kitchen facilities available for an extra $5. Dorm-style accommodation – at $29 per person per night, you can share a room with other campers in a bunk room, you will need to bring a sleeping bag and towel. Hostel-style accommodation – at $35 per person per night, you will be provided a smaller room (still shared) with bedding (sheets and blankets) as well as access to a kitchen. The friendly staff here are also happy to put together a food hamper for your meals, or organise a delivery meal, just chat with them when booking. Pre-booking is essential, phone Michael New (02) 9484 2278 (weekdays).
Turn around: From the camping area, this walk follows the gravel driveway south, whilst keeping the valley to your left. The driveway bends right and, after about 30m, comes to an intersection with a wide track (on your left) just before a green shed – the 'Pioneer Hut'.
Turn left: From the intersection, this walk follows the track downhill, initially keeping the green Pioneer Hut (shed) on your right. After about 20m, the track begins to narrow and heads under the high ropes course. The walk continues downhill for about 130m (passing a track on the right and a few scout constructions) to cross Scout Creek. Here the walk bends left and follows the creek for about 20m before turning right, and stepping up, at a faint intersection. The track then veers left to find a clearing (with a campfire scar) then about 20m through the heath on the other side, this walk finds another flat clearing. Here the walk turns right and follows the GNW arrow post up along the rocky track for about 120m to come to a rocky outcrop and clearing marked with another GNW arrow post.
Turn left: From the intersection, this walk follows the GNW arrow post up over the rocky outcrop to head east (ignoring the faint track on your right). This narrow track leads through the dense heath for about 120m to come to a four-way intersection, where a 'Baden-Powell Scout Centre' sign points back along the track.
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the 'Thornleigh Oval' sign gently up along the side for the hill for about 40m to come to an intersection with 'Lorna Pass' (on your right), and a large Great North Walk sign pointing back to the 'Baden Powell Scout Centre'.
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the GNW arrow post and 'Thornleigh Station' sign uphill along the wide rocky track. After just over 150m, the track bends left (ignoring a faint track on your right) and heads uphill for another 40m to come to the back (south-east corner) of Thornleigh Oval, marked with a 'Lane Cove National Park' signpost.
(16.85km) Int of Bellamy trail and Morgan Rd tracks → Zig Zag Creek Bridge int.
13km of this walk has short steep hills and another 8km has gentle hills with occasional steps. Whilst another 3.6km is flat with no steps and the remaining 1.6km is very steep.
11km of this walk follows a formed track, with some branches and other obstacles and another 10km follows a clear and well formed track or trail. Whilst another 2.7km follows a smooth and hardened path and the remaining 1.4km follows a rough track, where fallen trees and other obstacles are likely.
14km of this walk has directional signs at most intersection and another 11km is clearly signposted. The remaining (800m) has minimal directional signs.
16km of this walk requires no previous bushwalking experience and another 9km requires some bushwalking experience. The remaining (990m) requires a leader a with moderate level of bushwalking experience.
Around 22km of this walk is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation), whilst the remaining 4.1km is affected by storms that may impact your navigation and safety.
Around 16km of this walk has limited facilities (such as not all cliffs fenced), whilst the remaining 10km is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats).
A list of walks that share part of the track with the Gordon to Hornsby (overnight at Scout camp) walk.
A list of walks that start near the Gordon to Hornsby (overnight at Scout camp) walk.
http://new.wildwalks.com/wildwalks_custom/includes/walk_fire_danger.php?walkid=nsw-lcnp-gthwoabpsc Each park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information.