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Mark Hapka speaks out on online chat on his axing from DAYS!
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As reported a few days ago, Days of our Lives Mark Hapka (Nathan Horton) had been suddenly let-go by the NBC sudser. Hapka, who was extremely disappointed by the news, took to an online chat to tell his side of the story and to engage with his fans, who are extremely saddended by his ouster, as the young actor is very popular!
Here are a just a few excerpts below of Hapka's comments from that chat that were posted on the Daytime Royalty message board, "I spoke with show executives a few months back to discuss my concerns with the direction of the character. I felt similar to the way my fans are all feeling. I didn't feel as though I was given a fair chance to show my ability. I felt my stories were treated entirely too casually. I asked nicely for DAYS to either utilize me, or let me go. Ken Corday is a good man, Gary Tomlin really believed in me from what I was told. As far as Dena Higley goes… we don't speak. We never really have. We may have uttered a few words once during the Emmys. That's it though. I don't know who got the final say but that person is going to be the demise of this show if there isn't a power shift. I'm not trying to burn any bridges in any way here. I am simply given credit where credit is due. I haven't said an ill word about anyone. I simply have an opinion of the collaborative efforts. I see so much potential in the show and it's so clear to me some of the simple changes that can be made to better it."
Hapka's final airdate is still undisclosed at this time. On-Air On-Soaps will keep you posted.
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Brian T
Very sad but Mark is a good looking actor with talent so he will do fine.
JamesScott4eva
He can make it to the big screen for sure. He's also worked with James Franco as well. Good actor!!!!
bottomchef
After those tweets, Daytime soaps are probably not going to hire him. He seems completely miscast as a doctor also.
so sad to see him go!!!
Chris Estes
The chemistry between Nathan and Melanie is so much stronger than the chemistry with Melanie and Phillip. There hasn't been a stronger pair since the young Bo and Hope. Days is making a HUGE mistake. They wonder why they are having low ratings….well I believe it's bad choices. I hope Mr. Corday rethinks this decision. I will no longer watch DOOL but I will follow and support Mark.
tina mctavish
I strongly agree,that nathan &melanie have great chemistry,I would rather see them together,then Phillip & Melanie.I wish they would give Nathan a chance,he is great on our eyes,so attractive,and has great potential to be a great actor if given the chance,like Bo had with Hope.Melanie is a hot fire redhead,like Maggie,and they would make a great couple on dool,I wish the writers would keep him on,and get Chloe together with Phillip,it would be a better story line,to show Victor & Kate that Phillip belongs with Chloe,I would rather see Chloe with her husband,they had a great chemistry too.Phillip does nothing… Read more »
I agree, i watch days to follow the story of Nathan and Mel. I'm sick to death of Samantha Brady!
If DOOL doesn't rethink this decision they won't have any ratings coming from my house.
LUMILY
He is right in what he had to say about the writers,for the past 4 year it's all about THE DiMera's,I want The Horton charecters back and Bryan Dattilo/Lucas back.
Over lunch today I was surprised to find out how many of my co-workers watch Days of Our Lives. They were shocked to hear about Mark Hapka being let go and said that they too would fast forward to scenes between Melanie and Nathan. They make the show worth watching. Although I like many of the actors on the show, they were one of my favorite couples. I won't be watching if Mark is gone. The producers and writers will probably regret this move once they see how many viewers they will lose.
lovingit
"I see so much potential in the show and it's so clear to me some of the simple changes that can be made to better it." I agree 100% with what Mark said. I wasn't a big fan of Nathan or Mate but I think it is sad Mark is being let go especially considering the reasons. It is interesting to see that some of the actors are as frustrated with the same things that we viewers are. I really hope this will be a wake up call for whoever is in charge and that they will make necessary changes… Read more »
I too am very saddened to read that Mark Hapka who plays Nathan is leaving the show. I feel that he and Melanie are a great pair and have wonderful chemistry with each other. I agree that they should let Stephanie go, she has not got the talent that Mark has, and I never liked those 2 together anyway. I think it will be another mistake like letting John, Marlena, and Lindsey Hartley go, she is also another talented lady.
Brenda Griffith
I think it's time that I give this show up, everytime you really like someone on the show, they let them go. Bad decision Days of Our Lives, you need to think of the fans out there that are keeping the show on the air.
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Cin fans will be happy to know the other half of the DAYS super couple will be back on-screen later this month as Ben (Rob Scott Weston) and Ciara's (Victoria Konefal) love story is set to continue.
According to Soap Opera Digest, Look for Konefal to first appear back on-screen during the January 28th episode of the NBC daytime drama series.
When the missing in action Ciara returns she will bring with her a new character named Rhodes played by Jason Downs.
No word on how long Konefal's stay will be this time, since she has been off-contract with the show since last year.
However, reportedly this this will be Ciara in the flesh, not a conjured up or "Vision" of her that comes to Ben in his time of need.
What do you think has happened to Ciara since the car explosion she was supposedly part of? Glad to know Victoria is on her way back on-air to DAYS? Comment below.
Days of our Lives Mike Manning (Charlie) has been one busy actor; not only appearing on the NBC daytime drama series and in the digital drama series, The Bay, but also in the new film Son of the South.
The film will be released on February 5th and was executive produced by Oscar-winning director, Spike Lee. In story, Son of the South is about the grandson of a Klansman who comes of age in the deep south and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement. The film is based on Bob Zellner's autobiography "The Wrong Side of Murder Creek."
Manning plays the role of Townsend Ellis, and the actor took to his Twitter account on Monday, during Martin Luther King Day, to let his fans know to be on the lookout for the film and why it is such an important piece for our time.
Mike expressed: " I think #MLKDay is a good day to tell you "Son of The South" will be out Feb. 5th. I hope it strengthens the dialogue our country is currently having about the fight for equality on all fronts. Exec produced by Oscar-winner Spike Lee. Proud of this one.@son_movie"
You can check out a trailer for Son of the South below, along with Manning's tweet.
So, have you been enjoying Mike's work on DAYS? What do you think of his message sent out yesterday on these important moments of our time? Share your thoughts via the comment section,
I think #MLKDay is a good day to tell you "Son of The South" will be out Feb. 5th. I hope it strengthens the dialogue our country is currently having about the fight for equality on all fronts. Exec produced by Oscar-winner Spike Lee. Proud of this one. 🙏🏼 @son_movie pic.twitter.com/7Vsih0DfBi
— Mike Manning (@mikecmanning) January 18, 2021
Monday night, January 18th, Days of our Lives, Lamon Archey (Eli Grant) returns to the CW's All American (8 p.m. ET) in his recurring role of Superintendent D'Angelo Carter. Archey, first appeared on the prime time series, back on the season two finale.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Coming into this suburb of Washington, D.C. last Monday night, all the talk was of the NFL's "admission" before Congress, earlier that day, that a link exists between Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and football.
NFL senior vice president Jeff Miller could just as easily have been Inspector Louis Renault in "Casablanca." Fans of that movie will recall Renault saying he was "shocked, shocked to find gambling going on" in Rick's Café at the same moment he was accepting his evening's winnings.
Previous NFL denials notwithstanding, of course there is a link between CTE and prolonged football participation. To quote a real-life World War II hero, Bob Dole, who went on to some notoriety just across the Potomac River from here, "You know it. I know it. The American people know it."
Consequently, Miller's words – other than exciting the media and some lawyers – will have no lasting effect on football.
Whether he said them or not, many youngsters and a few adults will continue to play the game. And hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, and wrestling – some of the other sports to which CTE has also been linked.
The goal then should be to make all those sports safer. And not just the collision sports, but others where heart issues, heat illness, and spinal injuries are a risk.
With that as their purpose, the Youth Sports Safety Alliance and the National Athletic Trainers' Association co-sponsored the seventh annual Youth Sports Safety Summit, here, a week ago.
To start the meeting, NATA President Scott Sailor requested a moment of silence for the 48 athletes between the ages of 9 and 17, who passed away while engaged in a sport in 2015. The two sports with the highest number of fatalities were football (15) and basketball (12). However, given total participation numbers, basketball had the higher rate. The cause of death was unknown in 22 of the cases, heart-related in 13, trauma-related in six, and heat-related in four.
Perhaps most disturbing about those numbers, though, was they were nearly double those of 2014, when there were 25 sports-related deaths among youngsters.
Keynote speaker Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, not surprisingly, focused on one topic. "There is no Democrat or Republican way to address concussion," he said. "We have gone into space and into the belly of the earth. Now is the time to study the brain. What frontiers will that lead to?"
Rebecca Stearns, PhD, ATC, of the Korey Stringer Institute (KSI) took a broader view, advocating a collaborative approach to better prevent serious sports-related medical events, particularly the life threatening.
Currently working with the governing bodies of most youth sports, KSI has outlined a specific six-step program for leagues to follow that will make their games significantly safer:
1. A venue-specific emergency action plan in place.
2. Formulation of a strategic plan for allocation of resources and emergency equipment.
3. A structure to provide safety-related education and training for all levels.
4. Education for everyone: athletes, coaches, parents, officials, and league administrators.
5. An education and training certification reporting system.
6. A reporting structure for non-compliance.
Stearns said the program is in legal review by each of the various organizing bodies. She hopes it will be in place by January of next year.
John Doherty is a licensed athletic trainer and physical therapist. This column reflects solely his opinion. Reach him at jdoherty@comhs.org. Follow him on Twitter @JDohertyATCPT.
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Women's Team Manager/Coach
South London, Roehampton Vale SW15 / Tolworth
Thursday Sunday
Training at Tolworth 8-9pm Thursday
Matches Sunday Morning (Home) Afternoon (Away)
Desired Qualifications
FA Level 1
Our Women's Team are newly promoted to GLWFL Division 1S for the 2022/23 season. We are looking for a new manager/coach to build on progress made in the last few years and manage all football activities relating to the running of the Club's Women's Team, ensuring that the Club's Rules are observed, and values maintained, while developing a rewarding and enjoyable environment for the team.
Select the starting XI and substitutes for each fixture, and communicate same to players. Ensure players have full details about venues, meet and kick-off times.
Manage the team and substitutes in all matches, dictating tactics, formation and playing style and making substitutions as necessary.
Prepare the team before matches to ensure readiness.
Perform any pre-match procedures required by the club or League e.g. welcoming opposition and referee, completion of match sheets. Ensure payments due to officials etc are made in good time.
Ensure any equipment necessary for the team or match are available and in place e.g. balls, corner flags, goal nets, first aid, strip etc.
Organise and supervise mid-week training at the same time and day each week (8-9 pm Thursday, at Goals Tolworth). Create training routines which are enjoyable and which develop the players' technical skills and tactical awareness as well as improving and maintaining fitness.
Encourage a strong team ethic and mutual responsibility. Organise occasional social events and encourage attendance at wider club events e.g. AGM, Annual Dinner.
Liaise with the Women's Team Secretary as necessary to ensure the smooth operation of the team and compliance with all regulations etc.
Be a member of the wider Club's Selection & Management Committee and contribute to the development of the wider club.
Liaise with the Club Chairman, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer as appropriate during the season.
Note: Some activities may be delegated to an assistant coach / team captain by agreement, but remain the responsibility of the Manager/Coach.
Desired Requirements
Experience of Women's Football would be an advantage.
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Drown This City – Alpha // Survivor (Review)
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by Kel Burch
Drown This City's announcement of signing with UNFD came along with the news of the band releasing Alpha // Survivor EP. From the artwork and first single "In Your Image" onward, I was curious about how the concept of duality would be expressed by the EP, fully aware of the fact that seemingly contradicting parts can coexist alongside each other. In vocalist Alex Reade's words "You can be the most powerful creator in one moment, and the weakest broken soul in the next, it's just a choice, and the battle is only ever within yourself and with your thoughts". Alex also referred to "an ongoing quest for self-discovery and empowerment" and the idea of embracing one's own power, even if it's unpopular or lonely. I was keen to see what these ideas would sound like when brought to life via the EP by Alex, Matthew Bean (vocals/bass), Josh Renjen (guitar), Laurence Appleby (guitar), and Anthony Pallas (drums).
Alpha // Survivor's opening track "Don't Forget To" is a 36 second instrumental piece where distant and barely audible voice and instrumentation explode into life. The ominous tones seem to be a foreshadowing of what's on the way, but I wasn't entirely sure why this track couldn't have bonded with the second track, "Stay Broken", as a longer introduction.
Things decidedly kick in with "Stay Broken", and the EP's title are the first words uttered. Metalcore guitar intricacy coupled with rapid-fire rhythms set a scene of urgency, as the song reveals itself. Vocals that shift from roars to compassionate clean singing have "Stay Broken" lyrically read like an open letter to another, or perhaps (with the theme of duality) have two sides combine. Hitting highest heights and striking sharp underlines with roars, it felt like a combination of compassion and fight, and this conflict seemed to be most clearly presented by guitar.
Strength abounds on "Stay Broken", where it becomes apparent (to me, at least) that the 'Alpha Survivor' has clawed to where she is, and takes the bitter pills she's given with a smile on her face, instead of revealing the weakness of distaste. As if to reflect this strength, Alex's voice grows fangs and claws with the line of "We will inherit the earth".
In trying to get my head around the 'story' the song (and the EP as a whole) is sharing, my focus frequently goes to the vocals. It came across like there was acceptance of certain elements dying, and how both will rise up with a weight shared. Though "Stay Broken" feels musically more complex and tense as the song comes to its end, the lyrical message is made clear with "Alpha, realise your power".
Drown This City's freshly released music video for lead single "In Your Image" is a welcome additional piece to the puzzle of trying to understand what's being shared. Duality is presented by Alex trying to break through to herself, literally screaming to be heard. As I had shared when the single released, gritty roars for attention call through instrumental layers of intricacy and thumping tension is laid plain by drums. Momentarily through the track, clarity of sound, voice, and mind shine through, urging to "take this crown as it crumbles" and rise into one's potential.
While there's grand lyrical statements and an audible sense of power and strength, I still find myself confused by way of what was being shared. Some lines landed with an internal 'huh?' for me, which was a little jarring. Some lyrics stood as prayers, some as commands, some as pleas, some as dismissing frustration. There's a desperation to be heard at the chorus, a call for a metaphorical torch to be passed, in a quest for one's survival.
I wondered if "In Your Image" was intending to rouse the 'victim' and urge them to find their own power. The musically bombarding and savage song uses searching synth tones, stuttering rhythms, and slamming drums. The whole thing could be taken as a wake up call which intends to grab someone (the self?) by the scruff and shove them. With an ending urgency to match the insistence, the song's ultimatum of an ending is very fitting!
"Will you fight? Will you stand tall?"
As fourth song "Null" begins, its lighter instrumentation vibes like runaway thoughts. With more layers gradually added to it, a statement of "I am the seeker" is revealed. With vocal effort seeming to be shared between Alex and Matthew, I appreciated the back-and-forth flow of questions and statements.
Though it was instrumentally full and busy, "Null" unfortunately didn't really grab me as a song. I found the lighter melody that's noticeable at the verses to be distracting, and there was a lot going on that didn't feel cohesive. I was keen to understand the song's inspiration, more than be swept up and away into sky high vocals and instrumental busyness. I feel like the music should be an extension of the message being shared, yet I couldn't find it.
It felt like there were really important sentiments being shared in "Null" but it didn't seem like they were unfolded at all. I wondered what the title referred to, and whether it had to do with losing yourself in another. With literal screaming and cavernous deep heaviness in the name of what feels like a warped relationship dynamic, I wanted this to resonate within me more than it did.
I felt similarly when it came to "Love Makes Cowards Of Us All" by way of song meaning, and really wanting to immerse into it. It seemed to refer to aggressive intentions to release past hurts, as well as a more gentle and compassionate intention of release.
With this aside, I found the track to be more interesting and drawing instrumentally than "Null". Its punishing drums and emotional anguish came across as someone haunted by the remnants of memory of a relationship. Internal torture oozed with tense instrumentation and tandem vocals, feeling both remorse and a determination to break free.
I was extremely curious if "Void" was intended as a pigeon pair with "Null", based on title alone. As the song started, I appreciated this last song of the EP's bittersweet homecoming vibe, but there was again seeming to be too much going on. Perhaps this had to do with expressing overwhelm – fitting what seemed to be the message of the song – as well as the anguish of "when your dreams turn out to be worse than your nightmares", and the sheer gut-punch of living the same patterns on repeat.
Hearing vocals lost in echoes and being struck with fierce instrumentation, I loved how the song landed with "I just wanna let it out". "Void" ends Alpha // Survivor on a high in reinforcing the power the protagonist has (all of us have!) over our lives and experience, refusing to let others take the reins.
It's hard to know how to sum this EP up. It's hard to have some really strong and powerful sounds come at you, while not necessarily being impacted by them on a personal level. Due to the similarity with this and how I feel about The Beautiful Monument's I'm The Reaper album (and also my conversation with Gravemind's Dylan Gillies-Parsons about the recent prevalence of pretty raw and real topics in the genre), I'm wondering if metal/metalcore is reaching a saturation point of sorts. Beyond sounding strong and heavy and impressive, there's a need to feel something, and something real, and perhaps an invitation for musicians to let some of the masks drop and reveal more of themselves so that it hits unflinchingly home. Northlane's two most recent singles are good examples of this in action, and Dream State are another band that come to mind as an example. For me there was a lot of open and closed with this EP… but maybe that is the point of the intended duality?
I wanted to understand more than I did of what was being shared thematically in Alpha // Survivor. I loved the idea of duality, and of our different sides being together while also seemingly at odds with each other, but I'm wondering if the sharing of this idea may have watered down the message in a sense. A lyrical 'conversation' between sides of the self or even two people can be tough to understand (even when you have the lyrics in hand), and some more subtle messages from one perspective to another can be missed. I'm not sure that the sense of empowerment truly hit home with this EP, despite the band feeling musically skilled and sounding very very strong at times, not to mention Alex's remarkable voice. I would love for the learnings of empowerment and expression to mean that future music for Drown This City fearlessly reveals even more of who they are, landing the songs memorably and palpably home with unity.
Drown This City - Alpha // Survivor
EP Rating
I wanted to feel all of this and lose myself in the internal conflict and self-empowerment, but I did not. I craved for the songs to hit home with what was being shared - enough to leave a memorable imprint.
Tags: Drown This City, EPs
Kel Burch
Creator and caretaker of Depth Mag, Kel uses her superpowers of empathy, word-weaving, and feeling everything deeply, to immerse herself in music before returning to reality to write about her experience with it. [Loved the read? Shout Kel a latte.]
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A: I just realised I don't have to specify the full directory in the exclude, and if I just exclude the node_modules directory by it's name, it works perfectly:
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New HR Director begins work at Nation
By Shannon Shaw Duty
Date: Oct. 29, 2014
Scott Johnson may be used to running Human Resources for more than a thousand employees in the private sector but the Osage Nation is unchartered territory for him.
"Human Resources is really human resources, we follow policies, procedures, we listen to the employees, we work for the employee. But being in government is a lot different than the private sector," Johnson said. "So I have to keep checking if I have the right policy and procedure. But to be quite honest, if the employee or supervisor has a concern, to be able to sit down and counsel them, help them work out an issue, it doesn't matter where you work. If you help the employees come through the issue, that's what it's all about."
Johnson was hired away from the CertainTeed corporation, headquartered in Valley Forge, Penn. The company has nine different plants throughout the United States and Canada. According to their site certainteed.com, they are the leading North American manufacturer of building materials including roofing, vinyl siding, trim, fence, railing, decking, insulation, gypsum, and ceilings products. Johnson managed their HR as well as Environmental Health and Safety for their roughly 2,000 employees.
"The Osage Nation is very fortunate to have Scott Johnson as the new Director of Human Resources," said Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear in the release. "Mr. Johnson was born and raised in Skiatook, Oklahoma and graduated from Skiatook High School. He is a proud member of the Osage Nation. He has been married 43 years to his wife Carol and they have four children and two grandchildren.
"The Director of Human Resources is one of the most important positions within the Osage Nation," Standing Bear said in the release.
Johnson received his bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University. His background in HR includes training and development, workers compensation, benefits, health, safety, environmental, employee and labor relations. He is also a member of the professional Society of Human Resources Management, according to a prepared release from the ON Executive Branch.
Johnson's first days on the job were spent becoming familiar with the Nation's offices, departments and policies and procedures. As HR director he will oversee approximately 480 full-time employees and about 20 part-time employees and temps.
He said his style of management is making sure employees voices are heard, he calls it the "Voice of the Employee." At CertainTeed he said he always made sure to sit down, one on one, with about 20 percent of the employees at each plant to hear their concerns with their jobs. He always wanted to make sure they felt they could come to him with a problem and he wouldn't let their problems get swept under the rug.
"Our people are our No. 1 asset and we need to make sure we represent not only the Nation in all we do but our people," Johnson said. "We need to abide by policies, procedures, ethics of the organization, that's everything we have to do out of the HR office."


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Dependent Care Grants for #2019APPAM
APPAM is pleased to annouce that it will be offering registered attendees the opportunity to apply for dependent care grants. Grants, of up $400, are available for attendees of the APPAM Fall Research Conference who have child or dependent care obligations.
Sarah Cordes, New York University
APPAM Welcomes First Student Appointee to Policy Council
This year, APPAM welcomes the first of two student representatives to the Association's Policy Council. Sarah Cordes, a fourth-year doctoral student at the New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, was selected in December 2013 by Paul T. Decker, then-President of APPAM, and Michael Shires, Chair of the Committee of Institutional Representatives.
Cordes will serve as one of two student representatives on the council; the addition of student seats was a bylaws change decided by a vote of the APPAM membership last year.
"Sarah's commitment to APPAM and academic service, as well as her training, make her an ideal candidate for the policy council," said former Policy Council member Leanna Stiefel, Professor of Economics at NYU Wagner, who recommended her. "She has a bright career, probably as an academic, ahead of her, and is a star in the NYU doctoral program."
"We are thrilled to have Sarah join the Policy Council as our first student member," said Decker. "Sarah is a developing policy scholar who has already been active in APPAM activities, and we expect that she will make a strong contribution on the Policy Council."
Cordes' research and teaching interests are in education and urban policy, housing, public finance, and applied statistics and econometrics. She is in her fourth year as a fellow in the IES-Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training (IES-PIRT) program at NYU Wagner, where she interacts with students and academics across several disciplines and fields within public policy.
Cordes presented posters at the 2011 and 2012 Fall Research Conferences. Last year, she worked actively as a student volunteer, organizing the Accessing Grants and Fellowships panel at the Professional Development Workshop and speaking at the Student/Senior Scholar Roundtable. She has also written a few articles for APPAM.org, including a popular one on selecting Ph.D. programs.
Sarah received her M.P.P. with a concentration in Social Policy from Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. While at Duke, Sarah also spent a summer working at the Urban Institute. Prior to attending Duke, Sarah spent two years teaching middle school math in Washington, DC as part of AmeriCorps.


The Szatmárnémeti/Satu Mare-based Kölcsey Ferenc high school team has won the Protectors of Our Heritage – Adopt a Monument competition organized in Kolozsvár/Cluj Napoca over the weekend. The winning team has adopted the city's synagogue and promoted it through various creative methods.
In second place we find the pupils of the Unitarian College from Kolozsvár, who adopted the Franciscan monastery of the city, and the "bronze medal" went to the pupils of Szászrégen/Reghin-based Lucian Blaga Technological high-school, popularizing the castle of Marosvécs/Brâncovenești owned by the Kemény family.
The national stage of the Protectors of Our Heritage finals was held on Sunday in the János Zsigmond Unitarian college. The competition broke a record this year, because more than 600 enthusiastic pupils and teachers participated from various parts of Transylvania to popularize the monuments they adopted.
One of the most interesting aspects of the competition initiated in 2012 by the RMDSZ is how the pupils become familiar with the cultural and history heritage of the region they live in. By participating in the competition the pupils don't get to own the site, but as caretakers of these monuments they contribute to raising awareness in the local communities of their heritage by researching the history of the site and holding events there. As the monuments have often been left vacant for years, this initiative helps restore their visibility within their communities and greatly enhances their value.
"Thank you all for your hard work. It's a pleasure to see that our history, buildings, and intangible heritage are so important for many people. A big thanks goes to the pupils and teachers, to State Secretary Irén Erzsébet Kovács and her colleagues, to the teachers and employees of the Zsigmond János Unitarian College, to the Kolozs/Cluj County educational inspectorate, and to our supporters. We couldn't have done it without your help," Csilla Hegedűs, Executive Vice President of RMDSZ, said at the event.
The Protectors of Our Heritage was originally launched in 2012 by the RMDSZ in the Gábor Téglás High School from Déva/Deva. In the same year the program also launched in Brassó/Brașov, Szeben/Sibiu, and Temes/Timiș counties. Since then the program has expanded into eight counties and now includes participants from 19 high-schools and student organizations. The movement now includes 67 adopted monuments.


How do you manage packages in C++? Marco Craveiro eventually discovered Conan after some frustrating experiences.
Over the last few years I've had a little project on the side called Dogen. Dogen is a code generator designed to target domain models, with the lofty ambition of automating the modelling process as much as possible: users create domain models using a supported UML tool and respecting a set of predefined restrictions; Dogen uses the tool's diagram files to generate the source code representation. The generated code contains most of the services required from a typical domain object such as serialisation, hashing, streaming and so on. Dogen is written in C++ 14 and generates C++ 14 too, but other languages will eventually be supported as well. You can find our repo at https://github.com/DomainDrivenConsulting/dogen.
Now, for a four-year-old project, I guess it's fair to say that Dogen hasn't exactly set the Open Source world on fire. Nevertheless, it has proven to be a personal fountain of lessons and experiences on software development; one such lesson was package management and that's what I shall reminisce about in this article.
Like any other part-time C++ developer whose professional mainstay is C# and Java, I have keenly felt the need for a package manager when in C++-land. The problem is less visible when you are working with mature libraries and dealing with just Linux, due to the huge size of the package repositories and the great tooling built around them. However, things get messier when you start to go cross-platform, and messier still when you are coding on the bleeding edge of C++: either the package you need is not available in the distro's repos or even PPA's; or, when it is, its rarely at the version you require. Alas, for all our sins, that's exactly where we were when Dogen got started.
Dogen sprung to life just a tad after C++-0x became C++-11, so we experienced first hand the highs of a quasi-new-language followed by the lows of feeling the brunt of the bleeding edge pain. For starters, nothing we ever wanted was available out of the box, on any of the platforms we were interested in. Even Debian Testing was a fair bit behind the curve –probably stalled due to a compiler transition or other. In those days, Real Programmers were Real Programmers and mice were mice: we had to build and install the C++ compilers ourselves and, even then, C++-11 support was new, a bit flaky and limited. We then had to use those compilers to compile all of the dependencies in C++-11 mode.
After doing this manually once or twice, it soon stopped being fun. And so we solved this problem by creating the PFH – the Private Filesystem Hierarchy – a gloriously over-ambitious name to describe a set of wrapper scripts that helped with the process of downloading tarballs, unpacking, building and finally installing them into well-defined locations. It worked well enough in the confines of its remit, but we were often outside those, having to apply out-of-tree patches, adding new dependencies and so on. We also didn't use Travis then; not even sure it existed, but if it did, the rigmarole of the bleeding edge experience would certainly put a stop to any ideas of using it. So we used a local install of CDash with a number of build agents on OSX, Windows (MinGW) and Linux (32-bit and 64-bit). Things worked beautifully when nothing changed and the setup was stable; but every time a new version of a library – or God forbid, of a compiler – was released, one had that sense of dread: do I really need to upgrade? And yet we often did, because we needed the features.
Since one of the main objectives of Dogen was to learn about C++-11, one has to say that the pain was worth it. But all of the moving parts described above were not ideal and they were not the thing you want to be wasting your precious time on when it is very scarce. They were certainly not scalable.
Things improved slightly for a year or two when distros started shipping C++-11 compliant compilers and recent boost versions. This led to an attack of pragmatism, during which we ditched all platforms except for Linux, got rid of almost all our private infrastructure and moved over to Travis. For a while things looked really good. However, due to Travis' Ubuntu LTS policy, we were stuck with a rapidly ageing Boost version. At first PPAs were a good solution, but over time these became stale too.
Soon we were stuck, unable to afford to revert back to the bad old days of the PFH but also unable to freeze all dependencies in time, as it would provide a worse development experience. So it was that the only route left was to break the build on Travis and hope that a solution would manifest itself. The red build painfully lingered on, commit after commit, whilst alternatives such as Drone.io and GitLab were unsuccessfully tried.
Finally, there was nothing else for it. We simply needed a package manager to manage the development dependencies.
Having used Nuget in anger for both C# and C++ projects – and given Microsoft's recent change of heart with regards to open source – I was secretly hoping that Nuget would get some traction in the wider C++ world. Nuget works well enough in Mono, and C++ support for Windows was added fairly early on. It was somewhat limited and a bit quirky at the start but it kept on getting better, to the point of being actually usable; we now use Nuget to manage our C++ dependencies at work – a Windows shop in the main – and it has improved our quality of life dramatically.
Unfortunately, the troubles begun on closer inspection. The truth is that Microsoft's current Nuget focus is C# and Visual Studio, not Linux and C++. Also, it seems that outside Microsoft and Xamarin, there just isn't enough traction for this tool at present.
Surely the logical consequence is to be able to manage packages in a consistent way across platforms? We can but hope.
Biicode comes to the rescue?
Nuget did not pan out but what did happen was even more unlikely: some crazy-cool Spaniards had decided to create a stand alone package manager. Being from the same peninsula, I felt compelled to use their wares, and was joyful as they went from strength to strength – including the success of their open source campaign. And I loved the fact that it integrated really well with CMake, and that CLion provided Biicode integration very early on.
However, my biggest problem with Biicode was that it was just too complicated. I don't mean to say the creators of the product didn't have very good reasons for their technical choices – Lord knows creating a product is hard enough, so I have nothing but praise to anyone who tries. However, for me personally, I never had the time to understand why Biicode needed its own version of CMake, nor did I want to modify my CMake files too much in order to fit properly with Biicode and so on. Basically, I needed a solution that worked well and required minimal changes at my end. Having been brought up with Maven and Nuget, I just could not understand why there wasn't a simple packages.xml file that specified the dependencies and then some non-intrusive CMake support to expose those into the CMake files. As you can see from some of my posts, it just seemed it required 'getting' Biicode in order to make use of it, which for me was not an option.
fenix: authored on 2015-Apr-28, v1.0.1.
The 'fenix' option appeared to be the most up-to-date so I went with that one. However, this illustrates a deeper issue: how do you know you can trust a package? In the ideal setup, the project owners would add Biicode support and that would then be the one true version. However, like any other project, Biicode faces the initial adoption conundrum: people are not going to be willing to spend time adding support for Biicode if there aren't a lot of users of Biicode out there already, but without a large library of dependencies there is nothing to draw users in. In this light, one can understand that it makes sense for Biicode to allow anyone to add new packages as a way to bootstrap their user base; but sooner or later they will face the same issues as all distributions face.
These metrics would help in deciding which package to depend on.
For all these reasons, I never found the time to get Biicode setup and these stories lingered in Dogen's backlog. And the build continued to be red.
Sadly Biicode the company didn't make it either. I feel very sad for the guys behind it, because their heart was on the right place.
Which brings us right up to date.
When I was a kid, we were all big fans of Conan. No, not the barbarian, the Japanese Manga Future Boy Conan. For me the name Conan will always bring back great memories of this show, which we watched in the original Japanese with Portuguese subtitles. So I was secretly pleased when I found conan.io, a new package management system for C++. The guy behind it seems to be one of the original Biicode developers, so a lot of lessons from Biicode were learned.
To cut a short story short, the great news is I managed to add Conan support to Dogen in roughly 3 hours and with very minimal knowledge about Conan. This to me was a litmus test of sorts, because I have very little interest in package management – creating my own product has proven to be challenging enough, so the last thing I need is to divert my energy further. The other interesting thing is that roughly half of that time was taken by trying to get Travis to behave, so its not quite fair to impute it to Conan.
So, what changes did I do to get it all working? It was a very simple 3-step process. First I installed Conan using a Debian package from their site.
Et voilà, I had a brand spanking new build of Dogen using Conan. Well, actually, not quite. I've omitted a couple of problems that are a bit of a distraction on the Conan success story. Let's look at them now.
The first problem was that Boost 1.59 does not appear to have an overridden FindBoost, which means that I was not able to link. I moved to Boost 1.60 – which I wanted to do anyway – and it worked out of the box.
This is very strange because Boost System is clearly available in the Conan download folder. Going back to make solved this problem. I've opened an issue in Conan (#56) and its currently under investigation.
The third problem is more Boost related than anything else. Boost Graph has not been as well maintained as it should, really. Thus users now find themselves carrying patches, and all because no one seems to be able to apply them upstream. Dogen is in this situation as we've hit the issue described at Stack Overflow: 'Compile error with boost.graph 1.56.0 and g++ 4.6.4'. Sadly this is still present on Boost 1.60; the patch exists in Trac but remains unapplied (#10382). This is a tad worrying as we make a lot of use of Boost Graph and intend to increase the usage in the future.
At any rate, as you can see, none of the problems were showstoppers, nor can they all be attributed to Conan.
Once I got Dogen building locally, I then went on a mission to convince Travis to use it. It was painful, but mainly because of the lag between commits and hitting an error. The core of the changes to my YML file were as in Listing 1.
I probably should have a bash script by now, given the size of the YML, but hey – if it works. The changes above deal with installation of the package, applying the boost patch and using Make instead of Ninja. Quite trivial in the end, even though it required a lot of iterations to get there.
Having a red build is a very distressful event for a developer, so you can imagine how painful it has been to have red builds for several months. So it is with unmitigated pleasure that I got to see build #628 in a shiny emerald green. As far as that goes, it has been an unmitigated success.
it is a lot less intrusive than Biicode and easier to setup. Biicode was very well documented, but it was easy to stray from the beaten track and that then required reading a lot of different wiki pages. It seems easier to stay on the beaten track with Conan.
as with Biicode, it seems to provide solutions to Debug/Release, multi-platforms and multiple compilers. We shall be testing it on Windows soon and reporting back.
hopefully, since it started Open Source from the beginning, it will form a community of developers around the source with the know-how required to maintain it. It would also be great to see if a business forms around it, since someone will have to pay the cloud bill. It certainly is gaining popularity, as the recent CppCast attests.
I still believe the most scalable approach would have been to extend Nuget for the C++ Linux use case, since Microsoft is willing to take patches and since they foot the bill for the public repo. However, I can understand why one would prefer to have total control over the solution rather than depend on the whims of some middle-manager in order to commit.
it seems publishing packages requires getting down into Python. Haven't tried it yet, but I'm hoping it will be made as easy as importing packages with a simple text file. The more complexity around these flows the tool adds, the less likely they are to be used.
there still are no 'official builds' from projects. As explained above, this is a chicken and egg problem, because people are only willing to dedicate time to it once there are enough users complaining. Having said that, since Conan is easy to setup, one hopes to see some adoption in the near future.
even when using a GitHub profile, one still has to define a Conan specific password. This was not required with Biicode. Minor pain, but still, if they want to increase traction, this is probably an unnecessary stumbling block. It was sufficient to make me think twice about setting up a login, for one.
In truth, these are all very minor negative points, but still worth making them. All and all, I am quite pleased with Conan thus far.


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US to help Vietnam develop clean energy
By Minh Nga &nbspDecember 15, 2020 | 11:26 am GMT+7
EVN staff establish a rooftop solar system for a resident house in Ho Chi Minh City, August 2020. Photo by EVN.
The U.S.'s official aid agency has signed an agreement with national utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) for rooftop solar power generation.
The Vietnam Urban Energy Security project, which the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funds and runs, formalized a partnership Monday to support EVN's efforts to expand rooftop solar (RTS) energy generation.
Power demand in Vietnam is growing by 10 percent annually, making it critical for the country to use modern, clean technologies to sustain its rapid economic growth while also protecting human health and the environment.
Vietnam's demand for electricity might rise to 90,000 MW by 2025 and double that by 2030, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has said. The current capacity is more than 68,000 MW in the first 11 months, up 3.19 percent against the same period last year.
EVN has set a high target for RTS capacity by 2025 and is putting in place tools to help consumers understand how to adopt cleaner energy.
By September 2019 the registered capacity of solar power plants had reached 25,000 MW, racing ahead of the government's target of 4,000 MW by 2025, according to EVN.
It said renewables currently account for 9 percent of Vietnam's energy mix, surpassing the target of 7 percent set for 2020.
But RTS adoption would threaten EVN's revenues and potentially the power grid by reducing voltage quality and causing power losses, USAID said.
To address these challenges, and ultimately increase RTS capacity, EVN will conduct utility financial impact analyses of various rooftop solar deployment scenarios in Da Nang with support from USAID through the new agreement.
Policymakers and EVN would be informed about the short-term impacts in the early phases of their rooftop solar programs, the aid agency said.
Through the agreement, USAID will also help EVN evaluate rooftop solar systems in its distribution network, build its capacity to mitigate adverse impacts to the grid and design and run innovative communication campaigns to promote rooftop solar.
"We are excited to work with EVN and hope our extensive experience promoting clean energy in the region, access to technical expertise and global convening power will help Vietnam realize its goals in renewable energy," Ann Marie Yastishock, mission director at USAID Vietnam, said.
The $14-million Vietnam Urban Energy Security project was instituted in November last year, and will be run through 2023.
At its launch, USAID had said the project would promote advanced energy solutions in HCMC and Da Nang to support deployment of household rooftop solar and next generation battery storage technologies, cleaner forms of transportation such as electric vehicles and other innovative solutions suitable for local conditions.
The ministry has warned of power shortages of 3.7 billion kWh in 2021 and nearly 10 billion kWh the following year as construction of new thermal and gas-fired plants fall behind schedule.
The shortage will peak in 2023 at around 15 billion kWh before starting to drop to 7 billion kWh and 3.5 billion kWh in 2024 and 2025.
Earlier this month EVN signed agreements to buy power from two hydropower plants and one coal-fired power plant in Laos from 2024.
In January it had signed deals with two other Laotian companies to buy 1.5 billion kWh of power each in 2021 and 2022.
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Visitations by spirits both eldritch and celestial in this part of the woods finds problems; the wind blows a wet thick cold through the trees thick with yellowgreen molds and mosses, hangs the shreds of red capes and ribbons of those long lost high up in the branches, stuck among nests for eyeless birds sewn from twigs and hair. Higher up, higher even than the birds fly, there are pre-fab suburban homes left here by errant and flighty tornadoes, eggshell-blue sinks spilling down into the trees. Children fly kites from the rooftops, closer to heaven than earth, and from here they are reached by spirits. Alas, the lack of oxygen and the knife-edged cold breed disease in both animal and preternatural beings, which leads to most visitations between such beings little more than sneezes and sniffles and coughs. I once believed the sneeze of angelic beings would contain special properties, alchemical and narcotic, that visions would open to me once soaked through my skin, but my experience with angel-fluids (of all sorts, but these things are not open to discussion in such a forum as this) leaves me with only a slight twitch and tingle in the spine, my hands gripping onto the unused TV antennas (the only broadcasts available at such heights are Mir transmissions and the surround-sound music of the spheres, listening to which tends to lead to catatonia and drooling) so as not to fall from the roof.
When he determined to seek his livelihood, it is not well possible but such brave things must first find living folk. Verily he (Osiris) told me that her son sat down upon them and tried to hang himself. Mesnet, scientific to the eyes, indicates the use of an opening through which I managed to summon his neighbors, who took some berries, possibly from the most vulnerable part repeatedly washed away in many a great flood; he also describes the case of a woman in her turn, she asked the women or men who managed to extract it as to its form, and attempted to read futures from it. The larger place cannot be exchanged for the smaller place, unless the smaller place has been Changed by The Great Leveller. All exchanges will be balanced against prior debts.


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Natasha Lyonne's well-played old Jewish man shtick makes 'Poker Face' a sure bet
NEW YORK – In the mornings, when my wife and I have time, we share breakfast and flip through our daily jumbled calendars. Remember Jumble? This is the game where you find the hidden words in a scramble, then take the highlighted letters from each word to answer the final clue. We are good at it, but not great. Sometimes we get stuck, and when there's no hope left (and we have to get to work) I hit up "Jumble Solver" on my phone and look for answers.
Don't tell him I said this, but I love it when it happens. Now I know the answer, but she doesn't, and I can guide her there. This is a matter of great happiness.
I don't know whether actress Natasha Lyonne or writer-director Rian Johnson, the prime creative forces of the new series "Poker Face," play the Daily Jumble. But I do know that he drew from his love of "Colombo" when developing the show. (This is clear from the first frame; the font of the titles is the same.)
In "Colombo" (a TV franchise that aired for more than 20 years) Peter Falk played a detective who always found the bad guy, but one of the elements that made the show great was that we, the audience, see The crime happens first, then we got to see some really sharp (and funny) characters.
It is said that good artists copy but geniuses steal. And "Poker Face" — debuting on streaming service Peacock on January 26 — does just that to amazing effect. Of course there are some variations. Charlie Cale of Leon is not employed by the Los Angeles Police Department. She's a woman on the run from Nevada gangsters (for complicated reasons explained in the premiere.) In each new episode, pop culture's finest disordered Wiesenheimer Jewess roams the American countryside, stumbling into a murder wherever she goes. Has an account. The authorities declare it an accident, but she knows better. Because he really is a superhero.
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No, no, she doesn't wear a cloak (she wears a trucker hat, black jeans, and the occasional vest) but she is gifted with the ability to tell when someone is lying. Whether it's the simple white lies people tell (like who's in the bathroom) or someone lying about being in love with their spouse, she just can tell. (This secret power, along with the titular "Poker Face", may help explain why he isn't beloved by casino mobsters.) What makes each week's adventure so neat is that it's (admittedly far Penny) feature crosses over with being good- but -not great at putting together clues. Like my wife and I with Jumble, she often gets close to figuring things out, but then needs help. (A recurring gag is when she takes the real criminal into her confidence, not realizing she's handing the villain away.)
Lyon (born Braunstein) grew up in an Orthodox family in New York (and, briefly, in Israel), and was a child actor. (Yes, that's as Redhead on "Pee-Wee's Playhouse.") When she was 16, she was cast as Woody Allen's daughter in "Everybody Says I Love You" and starred in Tamra Jenkins' Fabulous "He was killed in Chasing Her as a Star." slums of Beverly Hills." (This time as Alan Arkin's daughter. What followed.) However, in the early 2000s, some wild behavior took its toll. There were legal and medical issues and, a As for Magic, it seemed like Leone should have been one of the earliest talents that flared up. Her recent output (not only "Poker Face" and "Russian Doll," but also "Orange Is the New Black," and being a ubiquitous guest appearance in so many hip comedies and animation) is one of the great comeback stories. Right now, there are few actors who are more compelling.
Rian Johnson, writer-director of "Knives Out" and its sequels "Glass Onion," "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," "Looper" and more, is credited as the show's creator, and he wrote and directed some Directed individual episodes. If Johnson has an imprimatur it is one of being "clever" and this is realized in spades in each new adventure. But the show, triggered by a dinner conversation with Lyonne, wouldn't amount to much without the artist's unique presence front and center.
What's so exciting is how specific the character of Charlie Kell is. As for "Russian Doll", she is a woman in her early 40s who acts somewhat like a man in his 70s. (It's meant as a loving compliment, I swear!) She's an "old soul," but less of a curmudgeon this time around. Indeed, it is his bright spirit that keeps him at the center of a new criminal whirlwind every week. Wherever she goes, she will make friends; The right people are drawn to her, and though she is putting herself at risk, the drive to right injustice is the engine of the show. She's 100 percent righteous and uses her powers for good – even when a pain in the ass dog is most people left by the wayside.
From left to right: Jack Alcott as Randy, Charles Melton as Davis McDowell, and Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in 'Pokerface'. (Philip Caruso / Peacock)
Most of the cultural topics I cover here at The Times of Israel are great, intellectual pursuits. But you can't (and shouldn't) be serious all the time. I will not misrepresent "poker face" and say anything meaningful "as text". But I will say that Leone, Johnson (and Johnson's longtime Israeli producer Ram Bergman) are not shouldering light entertainment. Each episode (critics gave the first six out of 10) is a really sing-along, clever "Ah!" moments, lush performances from great actors (Lil Rill Howery, Chloë Sevigny, Adrien Brody, Judith Light, Hong Chau, Noah Segan, and others), and excellent use of music. I never thought I'd hear Donald Fagen's "Walk Between the Raindrops" in a murder mystery.
That specific fact might not sound like enough to make you subscribe to Peacock, but there's so much smart and fun in this show that it's a lot to watch until you feel like the show was made just for you. Will not search further. Like "Colombo," I expect it to last for decades.
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Q: SQL Server : two rows into one row I have code in SQL Server 2008 and I need to join a row in another.
This is the code
select
    usuario.SK_Representative,
    sum(devo.NM_Material) as deve
from
    DW_DTS_Representative usuario
inner join
    DIS_DTS_Sales_Return_Fact devo on devo.SK_Representative = usuario.SK_Representative
inner join
    DW_DTS_Operation_Nature cfop on cfop.SK_Operation_Nature = devo.SK_Operation_Nature
inner join
    DW_DTS_Emitter cli on cli.SK_Emitter = devo.SK_Emitter
where
    devo.CD_Currency = '0'
    and devo.CD_Site = '001'
    and cli.CD_Customer_Group = '10'
    and usuario.SK_Representative != '2'
    and usuario.SK_Representative != '3'
    and usuario.SK_Representative != '4'
    and usuario.SK_Representative != '41'
    and usuario.SK_Representative != '48'
    and usuario.SK_Representative != '49'
    and usuario.SK_Representative != '43'
    and devo.DT_Day between DateAdd(yyyy, DateDiff(yyyy,0,GetDate()), 0)
                        and dateadd([month], datediff([month], '18991231', dateadd(month, -1, getdate())), '18991231')
group by
    usuario.SK_Representative

The result of that script is:
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But I need to aggregate the SK_Representative information for the number '33' into the SK_Representative for the number '47'. I need to do this without losing the primary key which is the SK_Representative.

A: If I understand your question correctly, I believe this is what you want. I have also taken into account @juan-carlos-oropeza's suggestion for using usuario.SK_Representative NOT IN.
select
    CASE
        WHEN usuario.SK_Representative IN ('33', '47') THEN '47'
        ELSE usuario.SK_Representative
    END AS SK_Representative,
    sum(devo.NM_Material) as deve
from
    DW_DTS_Representative usuario
inner join
    DIS_DTS_Sales_Return_Fact devo on devo.SK_Representative = usuario.SK_Representative
inner join
    DW_DTS_Operation_Nature cfop on cfop.SK_Operation_Nature = devo.SK_Operation_Nature
inner join
    DW_DTS_Emitter cli on cli.SK_Emitter = devo.SK_Emitter
where
    devo.CD_Currency = '0'
    and devo.CD_Site = '001'
    and cli.CD_Customer_Group = '10'
    AND usuario.SK_Representative NOT IN ('2', '3', '4', '41', '48', '49', '43')
    and devo.DT_Day between DateAdd(yyyy, DateDiff(yyyy,0,GetDate()), 0)
                        and dateadd([month], datediff([month], '18991231', dateadd(month, -1, getdate())), '18991231')
group by
    CASE
        WHEN usuario.SK_Representative IN ('33', '47') THEN '47'
        ELSE usuario.SK_Representative
    END AS SK_Representative

Hope this gets you going on the right path.
Noel


It was the Summer of 2013 and Share On Purpose was failing, even after I'd invested over $1 million dollars and four years of effort.
We were out of cash, had lost our biggest client and did not know if we could make payroll.
It was the most challenging time in our company's history. Here I was chasing the biggest dream I'd ever had, and still couldn't make it work.
Even though my business mind said to quit, my heart and soul encouraged me to keep going. Although I felt afraid, my soul was hopeful.
We pulled our six staff members together, two who are still here, and started weekly briefings on our financial status, and more specifically, whether or not they would have a job.
In the midst of this, we were defining our culture and asking them to describe who we were. The words were consistent: Optimistic, Hopeful.
They used these words in the midst of failure, and it was true. We were filled with hope, regardless of the external results.
This is important, not only because it's part of our cultural fabric, but rather because it's the key to achieving a dream.
Most of us were taught to use what happens externally as a determination of success.
Messages like: "Did you win?" "Did you get an A in your test?" are pounded into our childhood psyche from early on.
Conversely, because I had grown up in extreme poverty and abuse, I had to learn how to look past the immediate external world to simply find the will to survive.
Rather than look to what was happening around me for hope, I shifted my perspective to the dream of something different. I saw things the way I wanted them to be, rather than what they were. And that filled me with hope.
Today, that hopefulness is now pervasive in our culture. No matter what happens, our core leaders are able to shift their perspective to the good that can come from the challenge, rather than dwell on the challenge itself.
It may sound utopian to some, but it's who we are at our core. As we near Thanksgiving, I'm most grateful for hope.
What are you hopeful about? What do you want to create with this life you've been given?
If you want to build something great, bring a spirit of hopefulness to your professional endeavors. Anyone can be critical and judgemental, but those who do great things know that hopefulness is THE attribute that produces victory.
Happy Thanksgiving. Be a beacon of hope.


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Will traditional town survive threat of losing heritage status?
Is it possible for a place where a rebellion against a powerful empire started to be saved from being raised to the ground by the victorious power? History is full of examples where the answer is a resounding "no." Bulgaria, however, has a town where the opposite happened.
By 1876, Koprivshtitsa was a wealthy Bulgarian village, made prosperous by manufacturing and sheep trading, and held a privileged status granted by the Ottoman Empire. This also meant that it had nurtured an energetic and ambitious middle class, who eagerly took part in the preparations for a major uprising against the sultan. On 20 April 1876, the shooting dead of an Ottoman policeman on a bridge in the centre of Koprivshtitsa announced the beginning of the April Uprising. In the following days, the rebellion spread out, reaching settlements in the Sredna Gora, the Stara Planina and the Rhodope mountains. However, the Ottomans soon regained control, and their regular and irregular forces began to take back the centres of the rebellion, wreaking death and destruction on the once flourishing communities.
On 30 April, it was Koprivshtitsa's turn, but when the Ottoman forces arrived, they were met with no resistance. Anticipating what would happen, the leaders of the revolution had fled. Instead, a delegation of the richest and most influential men in the community went to the Ottoman commander and offered him a handsome bribe. The commander accepted. The village, which in 1793, 1804 and 1809 had been raided and devastated by bandits, survived.
This is not the only reason why the Koprivshtitsa of today looks pretty much the same as the Koprivshtitsa of the 19th century. After the liberation of Bulgaria, the Ottoman market for its goods and its protected status were no more, and local production was unable to compete with the cheaper mass-produced imports from the West. People had no money to invest in new, fashionable houses, and many of them, particularly the rich and the enterprising, moved to Plovdiv and Sofia.
The First Shot bridge, where the April Uprising began in 1876
In 1971, the Communist government declared Koprivshtitsa a historical and architectural reserve, not just for aesthetic reasons. The town's revolutionary past (the bribe being comfortably forgotten) was seen as an important symbol of national identity. To preserve it, a careful restoration programme was implemented. Even the new, imposing monument to the rebellion was built outside the historical centre.
Thus, a series of circumstances turned Koprivshtitsa in one of the best preserved Revival Period towns of Bulgaria, a beautiful place of winding cobblestone streets and brightly painted mansions with curved eaves and lush gardens. There is hardly anyone, be it a Bulgarian or a foreigner, who does not enjoy exploring the town's lanes, marvelling at the murals in the mansions, breathing the aroma of ageing wood, and indulging in the tasty food of the traditional taverns. Koprivshtitsa's status as a gem of carefully preserved 19th century traditions was confirmed by the hugely popular folklore fair, held every five years (the next one will be in 2020).
In 2017, the fair entered UNESCO's list of the world's nonmaterial heritage.
Astonishingly, soon after the news spread throughout the Bulgarian media and social networks, the city council voted to take away Koprivshtitsa's protected status. The decision had been prompted by a local entrepreneur, who was unhappy that regulations forbidding the construction of tall buildings around the town's historical core. He had other plans: to develop a powdered milk factory, a large luxury hotel, a ski run, and a base for all-terrain vehicles. The protected status seriously impeded Koprivshtitsa's economic development, he claimed, and enough of the councillors, most of them affiliated to GERB, agreed.
Koprivshtitsa is one of the few places in Bulgaria that have intelligently preserved its old-time atmosphere
Bulgarians, however, were horrified and enraged: their country is already full of places like Nesebar and Bansko, where the old atmosphere and authenticity have been traded for soulless mass tourism. After two days of public outrage, the regional governor overturned the municipal decision, and the matter went back to Koprivshtitsa's city council. This time, everyone voted against the town losing its protected status.
For now, and provided the municipality does not find a legal loophole allowing the construction of the luxury hotel, the ATV base and the rest, Koprivshtitsa remains unchanged: with the winding cobbled streets, the beautiful mansions and the bridge where, in 1876, the April Uprising broke out.
Fine frescoes combining flowers and naive landscapes cover the facades of the richest houses
Looms from an ethnographical exhibition. Wool produce was one of the main reasons for Koprivshtitsa's affluence under the Ottomans
The Assumption church was built in 1817 on the site of an earlier one, from the 17th century, that was destroyed during the bandit raids of the early 1800s
Grave of a local family from the times after 1878, when Koprivshtitsa's economy declined and people started to leave
High Beam is a series of articles, initiated by Vagabond Magazine, with the generous support of the America for Bulgaria Foundation, that aims to provide details and background of places, cultural entities, events, personalities and facts of life that are sometimes difficult to understand for the outsider in the Balkans. The ultimate aim is the preservation of Bulgaria's cultural heritage – including but not limited to archaeological, cultural and ethnic diversity. The statements and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the America for Bulgaria Foundation and its partners.
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Trump's Plan to Eliminate the Department of Education is Yet Another in a List of Terrible Ideas
By Will Ragland and Ulrich Boser Posted on September 1, 2016, 12:57 pm
This column contains a correction.
During recent campaign stops, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is again proposing to eliminate or drastically cut the U.S. Department of Education. Earlier this month, in Florida, he said "there is so much waste" at the department that he plans to cut it—along with the Environmental Protection Agency—down to "shreds" to help pay for his "billionaires-first" tax plan. But, according to new analysis from the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Trump's proposal could mean that more than 8 million low-income students—roughly the population of New York City—would lose millions of dollars for college.
Equally as troubling, Trump's proposal also means that over 490,000 teacher positions could be eliminated—14 percent of K-12 public school teachers nationwide. This would have a terrible effect on the U.S. economy. The loss of that many jobs would be like UPS—one of the country's largest employers, with over 350,000 American workers—going out of business.
Using official budget figures from the Department of Education, CAPAF's full analysis shows just how far reaching the impact of Trump's proposals could be on students, teachers, and families. Our analysis examined the largest programs that the agency runs in order to demonstrate what their elimination would mean for the country and for each state. Nationally, according to that analysis:
8 million students every year would lose Pell grants
490,000 or more teacher positions could be eliminated
$1.3 trillion in student loans would be at risk
23.9 million* low-income students would lose $15 billion of Title I funding annually
5 million children and students with disabilities would lose $12.7 billion used every year to ensure that they receive a quality education
750,000 or more students from military families, Native American students, students living in U.S. territories, and students living on federal property or Native American lands would lose $1.1 billion per year for their schools
4,000 or more rural school districts would lose more than $175 million used annually to help improve the quality of teaching and learning in many hard-to-staff schools
$700 million used by states to support the 5 million English language learners currently in public schools—representing close to 10 percent of all students—would be cut
Click on individual states to see how they would be affected.
For decades, the federal government has helped to ensure that factors such as race, income, language, and disability are not barriers to quality schooling. The Department of Education leads these efforts by providing protections and supplemental resources for disadvantaged students. It does this important work with one of the smallest bureaucracies in the federal government and with personnel costs amounting to a "small percentage of their total budget," according to a recent CBO report.
U.S. high school graduation rates are hitting all-time highs; dropout rates are at historical lows; college going rates are close to the highest they have ever been; and test scores across the country are improving. But the elimination of the protections and resources from the Department of Education could significantly hinder or even reverse these gains. Doing away with these programs would also come into effect while federal funds continue to help states and school districts fill funding gaps created by the Great Recession, as most states currently provide less support for K-12 education than in 2008 when the recession started. States such as Pennsylvania and Ohio—which were dramatically hard hit by this recession—would each lose well over $ 2 billion annually in federal education funding if Trump has his way.
Making matters worse, the claimed savings from Trump's proposed cuts to the Department of Education budget—or even the complete elimination of the agency—would do very little to actually pay for his tax plan. While Trump has been vague and inconsistent about the dramatic changes he is proposing to the U.S. tax system, the Department of Education's annual discretionary budget is less than $70 billion, covering a fraction of the $9.5 trillion 10-year price tag of Trump's tax proposal, according to estimates based on a plan that Trump released in September 2015. In fact, the Department of Education's annual discretionary spending is roughly 6 percent of the entire federal budget and pales in comparison to the nation's annual discretionary defense spending, which makes up over 50 percent of the U.S. annual budget. It's clear that Trump is ignoring an earlier pledge to make education a top priority of the federal government.
Calls to abolish the Department of Education have been made a number of times over the years in the name of both reducing the size of government and fiscal restraint. But, perhaps there is no example more informative to highlight the misguided shortsightedness of such calls than former President Ronald Regan's attempt—and subsequent reversal—to take an axe to the Department of Education in the early 1980s. During Reagan's first presidential campaign—and later in his very first State of the Union Address—he called for the abolishment of the U.S. Department of Education. At the time, he and others claimed such a move would be the source of "major savings," further stating that the department's existence was a classic case of federal overreach. However, during his time in office, Reagan's position evolved to the point where he helped broker a deal in 1985 to keep the department, and, during his final year in office, he would propose what were—at the time—record increases to its budget.
Reagan's reassessment of the Department of Education and its mission began with the release of the 1983 report "A Nation at Risk." The study raised serious concerns about the country's increasing failure to deliver quality elementary and secondary education to students, especially in communities of color and neighborhoods with concentrated poverty. It found that the then current education system was "being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity" and recommended that it was "essential … for government at all levels to affirm its responsibility for nurturing the Nation's intellectual capital." President Reagan listened and stated soon after the report's release that, "I have no intention of recommending the abolition of the Department to the Congress."
Supporting and protecting the country's students with a keen focus on those most at risk should be a priority of every president. However, Trump's plan to sacrifice resources for America's students—particularly the most vulnerable—to pay for tax cuts that would unduly benefit the country's top earners is as shortsighted as it is callous. Trump should learn from the important lesson President Reagan learned some 30 years ago.
This analysis used official fiscal year 2016 spending data and FY 2017 congressional justifications from the U.S. Department of Education to demonstrate individual state and national funding implications of Trump's proposal to eliminate the agency.
To calculate the number of teachers who could potentially lose their job as a result of Trump's proposal, the author added the most recent average teacher salary by state figures from the National Center for Education Statistics to the representative statistic of costs associated with education and health-services occupations from the Department of Labor. Subsequently, the author divided the total dollar amount each state receives for elementary and secondary education from the Department of Education by the above sum.
To calculate students affected by this proposal, the analysis multiplied the most recent data for state-by-state pupil-to-teacher ratios from the National Center on Education Statistics by the number of teachers affected from above.
This calculation prioritized the transparency of potential effects to simply show how important the funding from the Department of Education is to all states and territories.
Will Ragland is the Campaign Director of Education Policy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Ulrich Boser is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The authors would like to thank Coleton Whitaker, a Campaign Associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, for assistance with this analysis.
* Correction, February 28, 2017: A misprint in this column has been corrected; the column now includes the accurate number of low-income students who would lose $15 billion of Title I funding annually.
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