The markets were abuzz when Betterment, a "robo advisor" blocked access to their customer accounts with no warning, as the Wall Street Journal reported on July 2, "Robo Adviser Betterment Stokes Concern Over Brexit Trading Halt," following the UK's decision to leave the EU or "Brexit" referendum vote.
To make matters worse, Betterment provided advance notice to the customers' "advisors", the "institutional" side, but not their retail customers.
However, Regulator Galvin apparently hasn't reviewed the fine print of Massachusetts' broker dealer retirement brokerage accounts and is not aware of the rampant blocking of access to retirement accounts –from viewing, withdrawing, and trading. The broker dealers' attitude to Mr. Galvin and to retirement investors is simple, "Read the fine print of your brokerage agreement".
There is currently carte blanche for broker dealers to block access to retirement brokerage accounts, spelled out in fine print agreements or interpreted by poorly trained FINRA arbitrators, that typically rule for their industry or to ensure their next appointment to a FINRA panel. The SEC does not care, nor does FINRA, when ERISA black out rules are violated in retirement brokerage accounts.
However, the abuse of this right, as Betterment demonstrated, is rampant by broker dealers, to the detriment of retirement investors' access to their life savings for trading, viewing and withdrawing, with NO notice, some times for over 10 consecutive days.
Imagine the uproar if a retirement investor went to their bank and could not withdraw their funds, move their funds or see their current account balances. The OCC and commercial banks have well established the ground rules on access to funds in a commercial bank.
Blocking access to retirement brokerage accounts (viewing, trading and withdrawing) is rampant in the brokerage industry, despite securities laws and ERISA Black Out rules that prohibit such, without advance notice to retirement investors. Since almost 99% percent of every IRA/SEP IRA is in a brokerage account, with wording that permits such abuse of client access to trading, withdrawing and viewing of their funds, the retirement investor has no recourse or protection from the SEC or FINRA.
All brokerage accounts (a retirement SEP account or 401k brokerage window account, for example) is subject to mandatory arbitration, overseen by the brokerage industry's FINRA, that has not yet trained its arbitrators on ERISA black out rules. The SEC has avoided the lack of regulatory oversight of retirement brokerage accounts' right to ERISA protection and does not mandate that FINRA enforce the rules.
The SEC Office of the Whistleblower has no concern about such unconscionable violation of the securities industry long-standing rule of "fair dealing and honesty and integrity". These words in a broker dealer client agreement ring hollow and the SEC pays no attention to the day to day breaches of securities laws harming the small retirement investor. The SEC Office of the Investor Advocate, mandated by Dodd Frank, will not take on SEC/FINRA's lack of enforcement of existing ERISA protections in small retirement (SEP) brokerage accounts. "Regulatory capture." Look who is in the Office of General Counsel at major broker dealers and their law firms.
Congress' securities laws, passed in the '40′s, after the Great Depression, never anticipated this revolving door. Nor did Congress anticipate the growth of retirement assets in brokerage accounts, now subject to out-dated securities laws and lack of a private right of action for a retirement investor, who also is subject to mandatory arbitration in every retirement brokerage account.
A retirement investor generally opens a SEP in a brokerage account and must agree to a mandatory arbitration; thus the retirement investor has no recourse when ERISA Black Out rules are broken.
The Department of Labor ERISA rules mandate that the employer/broker dealer inform the plan participants the beginning and end date of a black out, with a minimum of 30 days notice prior to the Black Out period. The brokerage industry ignores this ERISA regulation, since they know a FINRA panel will not enforce it, nor will the SEC.
The problem is never aired publicly since FINRA arbitrations are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the major broker dealers would never agree to "published" arbitrator findings.
Perhaps Mr. Galvin or Senator Warren will take notice, at the State level, with no enforcement at the Federal level of existing securities laws (and ERISA laws) by FINRA arbitration panels or the SEC.
The problems aren't just high fees for retirement investors. It is also a rampant disregard for ERISA and securities laws passed in the '40′s to protect investors' rights to fair dealing and access to their retirement assets.
Trillions of dollars of American's life savings now rest in the hands of broker dealers, who write the rules, interpret the rules and "enforce" the rules, all behind a cloak of secrecy.


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Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates / Defensores de los Derechos de los Inmigrantes del Condado de Jefferson
About JCIRA
JCIRA in the News
Free/Low-Cost Legal services
JCIRA Fund
JCIRA Community Calendar
Washington Resources
Biden's Record
JCIRA September Newsletter
Our mission is to support the rights of immigrants through legal services, standing witness, advocacy and community education.
Upcoming Events!!
Wednesday, September 18, 7:00 to 8:30 pm, JCIRA Introductory Presentation to Port Ludlow at the Beach Club, 121 Marina View Dr, Port Ludlow. The target audience is residents of Port Ludlow and surrounding areas, but all are welcome.The agenda includes Rev. Paul Heins describing his experience as a volunteer working with immigrants at Annunciation House in El Paso, TX.
For additional info.contact: Larry Jensen, lpjensen@abbnebraska.com or Linda Murphy, lindakaymurphy49@gmail.com
Thursday, October 3, 6:00 to 8:30 pm, Benefit Dance for JCIRA at Finn River Farm and Cidery in Chimacum. World Music DJ David Eggeler. All contributions benefit JCIRA. Bring your friends and family - children especially welcome. Enjoy the beautiful setting in Finn River in a comfortable covered space. Sip local cider, eat yummy food Share your commitment to helping immigrants here at home and on the Border.
For more info contact: jcirawa@gmail.com or Libby Palmer libbypalmer2@gmail.com
In Case You Missed It... (Here are the highlights from JCIRA's monthly meeting in August)
Joanne Murayama presented LIFE BEHIND BARBED WIRE, the moving story of her family's experience in a Japanese-American concentration camp during World War II. Discussion afterward drew parallels and differences between those camps and the camps being used for detaining migrants at the Southern Border today.
Rapid Response Team Report (see article in this newsletter) -- an escalation in the retaliatory measures taken by the Trump administration has demanded an increased effort on JCIRA's part to be ever vigilant and ready to respond in support of our community.
End Financial Support of Detention Centers through divestment (see article in the August JCIRA newsletter)
Backpack Project Update (see article in the August JCIRA newsletter)
JCIRA'S Rapid Response Team (RRT) Works to Protect Local Immigrants
Members of RRT have been meeting and reviewing their training in response to Trump's July 23 mandate to greatly expand "Expedited Removal" (ER). As of July 23, people anywhere in the country can be stopped by ICE or Border Patrol officers. These officials have been given complete authority to demand proof of citizenship, a visa, and/or proof that someone has been in the US for at least 2 years. They can then take immediate action, acting as on-the-spot judge, jury, and enforcer. It is unlikely that white people will be questioned, but all others must carry documents with them at all times – racial profiling at its worst. JCIRA wants to get the word out to as many immigrants as possible. For more details, or to join the Rapid Response Team, contact Katie at katiegagefranco@gmail.com, or Jean at jmwalat@gmail.com
"Public Charge" Explained
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a rule related to "public charge" on August 14, to take effect October 15, unless the numerous legal challenges prevent its implementation. The rule expands the list of publicly-funded programs, such as health benefits, nutrition programs, housing, and cash aid that would disqualify an applicant seeking admission into the United States or applying for adjustment of status. This provision of the law does not apply to all immigrants. Immigrants should consult with an immigration expert who understands public charge to learn whether the public charge rule even applies to them or their family. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center has prepared "Core Messages to Share with the Community":
In Spanish:https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/2019.08_carga_publica_mensajes_comunitarios-08.15.pdf
In English:https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/2019.08_public_charge_community_messages-08.15.pdf .
How You Can Help Right Now!
JCIRA's Postcard Writing Campaign:
PROTEST AGAINST THE PROPOSED NEW CHARGE RULE: The "Public Charge" test is used by immigration officials to decide whether a person can enter the US or get a green card. It considers age, health, family, financial status, education, whether there is a financial sponsor, and the person's skills (including English language skills). Even more important is that officials will examine use of public programs including food stamps, housing assistance, Medicaid and cash assistance programs – even if the applicant is currently qualified to receive these benefits. Click here to see who you can write to make your position known
PROTEST AGAINST POLICY OF DETAINING CHILDREN INDEFINITELY: On August 21, 2019, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order to detain migrant families and children for longer periods of time than currently allowed under the FLORES AGREEMENT, which has governed the care of migrant children in US custody for twenty years. Among other provisions it has prohibited the government from detaining families apprehended with children for more than 20 days. A federal judge has ruled against this Order but the Justice Department is currently appealing that decision. Click here for more info. and to send your postcards to those who need to hear from you.
SUPPORT H.R. 2662 - DEFUND THE "REMAIN IN MEXICO" POLICY: On May 10, 2019, Representative Veronica Escobar (TX-16) introduced H.R. 2662, the Asylum Seeker Protection Act The legislation aims to remove funds from implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) policy, known as 'Remain in Mexico.' This Trump administration policy sends asylum seekers into dangerous conditions in Mexico to await their asylum hearing. During that time, they don't have access to US lawyers to help them understand their case, they don't have safe secure places to live, and they don't have access to medical treatment. Despite the challenges of an increasing number of migrants at the southern border, the US response should uphold due process and never include cruelty. Click here for more info and to send postcards
SUPPORT H.R. 2415 Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2019: The Act would:
End the use of private prisons and county jails for immigration detention over a three-year phase-out period
Ensure all immigrants receive individualized and fair bond hearings by ending the use of mandatory detention of certain immigrants and requiring DHS to establish probable cause of removable status within 48 hours of detention
Improve detention standards for detention facilities housing immigrants by requiring DHS to match the civil detention standards set forth by the American Bar Association's Civil Immigration Detention Standards
Require the DHS Office of Inspector General to conduct random spot checks of all immigration detention facilities and stiffen penalties for facilities found to be in violation of DHS' improved civil detention standards
Require DHS to investigate all deaths of immigrants in its custody and issue a public report within 60 days Click here to learn more and to send postcards
URGE CONTINUED PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND TRAFFICKING: Years ago, Congress passed two important acts that protect vulnerable women and those subject to human trafficking. These are the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the Trafficking Victim Protection Act (TVPA). Recently the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed two changes to these Acts that would remove protections now given to persons applying to use those acts. Click here for more info and to send postcards
And lastly, HELP THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY IMPACTED BY THE HUGE IMMIGRANT RAID
Catholic Charities is directly assisting immigrant families: https://catholicharitiesjackson.org/ and go to "August 7 ICE Raids" at the top right of the website to see how you can help,
Or you could make a donation to:
UFCW Local 1529 is providing truckloads of food and other goods to shelters as well as assisting union members with rent and bills. To contribute, write a check to UFCW Local 1529 Strike & Emergency Fund. Mail checks to: UFCW Local 1529 8205 Macon Rd. Cordova, TN 38018 (901) 758-1529
JCIRA Needs!
Research Needed -- GEO Group and CoreCivic operate several for-profit immigrant detention centers, some of the worst in the country, including the NW Detention Center in Tacoma.They are reputed to be donors to legislators at every level around the country. We need someone who can do some fact checking and find out whether they have donated money to any of our elected officials in Washington, at the state and federal levels. There are online sources where this information can be found, including www.opensecrets.org.
If you are interested in doing this project (in the comfort of your own home, in your pajamas, no protest signs required), please email jcirawa@gmail.com and someone will contact you. Thanks!
English Language Learning Volunteers Needed - Weekly classes for adult language learners begin on Wednesday, September 11, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, at the Mountain View Commons (YMCA in Port Townsend) in the classroom below the gym and pool. You can teach as a substitute or on a regular basis and will work with students one to one or in a small group. If you are interested, contact Nancy Zamberlin at zamberchar@hotmail.com, and please include your telephone number. New and returning students are welcome--just come to class! Thanks!
AN IMMEDIATE LOCAL REQUEST FOR HELP - Nancy Zamberlin, the wonderful ELL teacher in all 3 public schools - and the YMCA - needs a few items to make her very small space more kid-friendly AND private. Does anyone have 2-3 Shoji screens and a small, perhaps narrow display rack for books?
Let Libby know libbypalmer2@gmail.com, and we can arrange to pick it up and deliver.
JCIRA's Ongoing Projects
JCIRA rack cards (Spanish/English) are now being distibuted to schools, restaurants, libraries, social service offices and government agencies.The rack cards describe JCIRA's legal services and include phone numbers to make appointments for low cost or free consultations. Volunteers for distribution are needed.
JCIRA Education Group is contacting principals, teachers and guidance counselors at local schools to share ways to help staff, students and their families when dealing with issues relating to immigrant rights.
JCIRA Legal Defense and Family Support Fund assists immigrants, detainees and others with legal fees, medical and housing costs, and educational expenses. Please help spread the word
Contact jcirawa@gmail.com for details
On the Lighter Side
The best LA BAMBA you've ever heard!
The song started in Vera Cruz, Mexico, has spread around the world and now, in this latest version, musicians around the world join to perform it together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dkwQY_tk&list=RDddLd0QRf7Vg&index=5
See info. on Deportation Defense here.
Donate to JCIRA!
JCIRA
We are an immigrant rights advocacy non-profit in the North Olympic Peninsula of Washington State

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Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 6: Netflix Release Date (Renewed)
Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 6
Was Voltron: Legendary Defender cancelled or renewed for season 6? When does it start on Netflix? Who will be returning for the new season? In this post, we have summarized everything we know so far about the next season.
What Is Voltron: Legendary Defender About?
Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 5 released March 2, 2018 on Netflix.
Five teenagers become the last line of defense for the galaxy in an intergalactic battle against the evil alien force led by King Zarkon.
Is "Voltron: Legendary Defender" returning for Season 6? When does the next season of Voltron: Legendary Defender come back on? 🤔 Find out below!
Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 6 Release Date
Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 6 release date is announced by Netflix.
Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 6 Premiere Date — ✔ June 15, 2018
For even more Voltron: Legendary Defender cancellation and renewal news, check out here. You can see all upcoming shows on our Upcoming Shows 2023 page. We also have a very handy "What's New" page where you can see all new tv and streaming shows.
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Where is Bobi Wine's age limit money?
Kyadondo East MP Hon Robert Kyagulanyi stage name Bobi Wine is missing in action. When he was elected to parliament through a by-election, he entered the first parliamentary session as an independent but came out wholly opposition.
He has since then joined forces with opposition strong holds like Hon Winnie Kiiza, Ibrahim Semujju Nganda, Mbarak Munyagwa and many more to fight against the amendment of Constitutional Article 102(b).
Bobi Wine holding the Ugandan flag & constitution with a red ribbon signifying his opposition towards uplifting the Age Limit.
Yesterday afternoon, a team of 9 opposition members of parliament led by Hon Ibrahim Semujju brought back the 29 million which was collectively sent to each of their accounts to use during consultation meetings in their constituencies. Bobi Wine who has on a daily basis been identifying himself with these opposition members and their anti Tojikwatako campaigns was however not anywhere to be seen.
Will Bobi return the 29 million sent to his account just like his fellow patriots or will he betray them?


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World Two suspects held over murder of Kremlin critic Nemtsov
Two suspects held over murder of Kremlin critic Nemtsov
Saturday, March 07, 2015 20:42 Email Print
A portrait of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov and flowers are pictured at the site where he was killed on February 27, with St. Basil's Cathedral seen in the background, at the Great Moskvoretsky Bridge in central Moscow March 6, 2015.
Russia's Putin calls Nemtsov's murder 'political'
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Two suspects have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, Russian officials said, a week after he was shot dead near the Kremlin in the most high-profile killing of an opposition figure in years.
The Investigative Committee, the state body leading the investigation, named the two men as Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev. Russian President Vladimir Putin had been informed of the detentions, officials said.
"The individuals detained are, according to our investigation, involved in the organization and execution of the killing of Boris Nemtsov," the committee said in a statement.
Russian media reported the two were from the Caucasus, a violent and impoverished region on Russia's southern flank. They were expected to be formally arrested at a court hearing in Moscow on Sunday, the reports said.
Since Nemtsov was shot dead on the night of Feb. 27 as he walked home near Red Square, his friends have said they suspect the Kremlin of involvement. Russian officials deny it.
Associates of the 55-year-old Nemtsov said they would only be satisfied when whoever masterminded the killing was behind bars, not just the people who carried it out.
Scapegoats
Past high-profile killings in Russia have led to people being jailed for pulling the trigger -- often hired hitmen from the Caucasus -- while investigators have failed to track down those who ordered the assassinations.
"I want to believe that these ones are really the ones who conducted (the killing) and that once in a while law enforcement worked professionally and detained real assassins, and did not make a mistake," Ilya Yashin, the co-chairman of Nemtsov's party, said of the two suspects.
"The key task for investigators is to find and prosecute the ones who ordered this murder. If everything ends with the detention of scapegoats, irrespective of whether they are the real assassins or not, the practice of political assassinations will continue with no doubt."
Yashin and other associates of Nemtsov said that until Saturday they had never heard of the two men detained.
Nemtsov was a liberal who had served as deputy prime minister in the 1990s and later became a staunch critic of Putin. He was shot within sight of the Kremlin walls as he walked home from a cafe.
It was the most high-profile killing of an opposition figure in Putin's 15-year rule.
Putin has called the shooting a shameful tragedy and says he will do everything possible to ensure the perpetrators are found and punished.
Investigators have said the killing could have been a provocation to discredit the Kremlin, linked to Nemtsov's business dealings or his private life, an attack by Islamist militants, or connected to the conflict in Ukraine.
The killing caused shock among Russia's liberal opposition, but they draw their support only from the relatively small urban middle class. The vast majority of Russians back Putin. For them, Nemtsov was a marginal figure tainted by his role in government in the chaotic 1990s.
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Many in the liberal opposition believe the Kremlin stood to gain from Nemtsov's killing because it will act as a warning to other Kremlin critics that they should stay silent.
Some of Nemtsov's friends have asked why the police took so long to arrive at the scene of the crime and how someone could fire six shots at him and get away in an area monitored by closed-circuit television footage.
Nemtsov's closest aide told Reuters that the day before his death he clandestinely scribbled a note to her about how he was investigating the involvement of Russia's military in fighting in east Ukraine.
No one has produced any direct evidence the Kremlin had anything to do with Nemtsov's killing.
People from the Caucasus have been named as suspects in other assassinations, including those of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist critical of the Kremlin, in 2006 and of Paul Klebnikov, a U.S. citizen and journalist with the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, in 2004.
Politkovskaya's supporters say the Chechens sentenced for her killing were low-level foot soldiers, and that investigators failed to find out who was behind her murder.
Nemtsov's opposition colleagues have said they refuse to be intimidated by his killing.
They are rarely given air time on state-controlled television, the main source of news for most Russians, and have been unable to unite.
"There will be no let-up in our efforts, we will give up nothing. This act of terror has not achieved its goal," leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny said on Friday.
Rossiya-24 state TV on Saturday showed the place where Nemtsov died full of flowers, saying people were still bringing them to the bridge, a few hundred meters from the Kremlin.
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Viroqua distance to West Allis
How far is Viroqua from West Allis?
Shortest distance between Viroqua and West Allis is 149.66 miles (240.85 km).
Flight distance from Viroqua, WI to West Allis, WI is 149.66 miles. Estimated flight time is 00 hours 20 minutes.
It takes 00 hours 18 minutes to travel from Viroqua to West Allis with an airplane (average speed of 550 miles).
The driving distance from Viroqua, Wisconsin to West Allis, Wisconsin is: 169.44 miles (272.68 km) by car.
Driving from Viroqua to West Allis will take approximately 03 hours 03 minutes.
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Starting point in Viroqua: East Decker Street (-90.888748,43.55713)
Ending point in West Allis: West Greenfield Avenue (-88.007075,43.01665)
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The distance between Viroqua and West Allis is 273 km if you choose to drive by road. You can go 03 hours 01 minutes if you drive your car at an average speed of 90 kilometers / hour. For different choices, please review the avg. speed travel time table on the below.
There is no time difference between Viroqua and West Allis. The current time is 17:46:39.
A car with a fuel efficiency of 8.3 l/100 km will need 22.63 liters (5.98 gallon) of gas to cover the route between Viroqua and West Allis.
The estimated cost of gas to go from Viroqua to West Allis is $19.7 (diesel $21.86).
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Conference focuses on LGBT Elders
The fifth annual LGBT Elders in an Ever Changing World conference is being held on Friday, March 18, at Salem State University and is sponsored by The LGBT Aging Project, North Shore Elder Services, Salem State University's School of Social Work, Care Dimensions, and AARP Massachusetts.
This conference is a day-long event focusing on issues of older persons and caregivers who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Each of the first four conferences drew over 250 social service and health care professionals, including students and older adults themselves, interested in the subject of LGBT aging and caregiving.
The plenary session features remarks by the Rev. Irene Monroe, an award-winning writer, speaker and theologian. Monroe, a nationally renowned African-American lesbian activist, will speak on spirituality, sexuality, racism and homophobia. Fifteen workshops will cover diverse topics including housing, LGBT aging, transgender elders, sexuality, financial planning, and more.
"It is exciting to see this ground-breaking conference to be held once again at Salem State University" said Cheryl Springer, professor at the School of Social Work at Salem State University. "I know that social work and health care professionals as well as students will gain from a truly interdisciplinary learning experience that sheds light on the challenges facing LGBT elders and highlights the caring capacity of the LGBT community."
"The Elder LGBT Conference is a unique event bringing together human service workers, as well as LGBT elders themselves, with academic experts who have researched the issues of LGBT older adults and caregivers," said Paul Lanzikos, executive director of Danvers-based North Shore Elder Services. "Our participation is a direct result of our work over the past years with The LGBT Aging Project in Boston involving outreach and programming for LGBT seniors and caregivers on the North Shore and throughout the metropolitan Boston area.
"We are thrilled to partner with North Shore Elder Services, Salem State University, CareDimensions, and AARP to present such a comprehensive view of so many aspects of growing older in the LGBT community" said Lisa Krinsky, director of the LGBT Aging Project a program of Fenway Health. "This is the fifth annual convening which increases both knowledge about and resources for LGBT older adults and caregivers."
The conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Salem State University School of Social Work Marsh Conference Center, Central Campus71 Loring Ave., Salem.
The cost is $95 which includes conference, breakfast, lunch and reception; $45 for seniors (60+) and students with current student ID+; $30 for 4.5 Social Work, Certified Case Manager, or Nursing CEUs
The organizers are dedicated to presentations that integrate content pertinent to cultural competency, disabilities and creative programming, as well as direct and interdisciplinary practice with LGBT elders. CEUs are available for social work, mental health professionals, and nurses. Register online at www.regonline.com/lgbtelders2016. For more information contact 857-313-6614 or lgbtelders2016@gmail.com.
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Here are the creative ways people celebrated, hugged, visited and got married in 2020
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FACING SEPARATION FROM A LOVED TIME MIKE: ONLY ON 4, A TRIUMPHANT, LOUD, PARADE THAT LEFT A LOCAL TEENAGER WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, JUMPING FOR JOY. GARRETT STULLER'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS WANTED TO MAKE HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY EXTRA SPECIAL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS INVOLVING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC SO, AN ENDLESS STREAM OF CARS AND TRUCKS, INCLUDING OUR FIRST RESPONDER HEROES, BLASTED THEIR HORNS AND SIRENS, LETTING GARRETT KNOW HOW MUCH HE IS LOVED. >> THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER IS AWESOME. GARRETT LOVES SOCIAL ANYTHING SOCIAL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST MADE HIS DAY. MIKE: BRENDA SAID IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE SHE HASN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIR CRISIS. GIVING GARRETT A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE THEY WILL ALL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF THEIR
Restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 prevented many family gatherings, celebrations and many other aspects of normal life this year. But that didn't stop people from finding creative ways to carry on with hugs, parties and visits. Here's a look at some of those moments.Drive-by paradesBirthday parades helped people drop off gifts, honk their horns and celebrate despite COVID-19 restrictions. Garrett Stuller's family and friends wanted to make his 18th birthday extra special. In May, an endless stream of cars, trucks and first responders drove past the Pennsylvania home of the teenager with special needs. An endless stream of cars and trucks, including first responders, blasted their horns and sirens to let Garrett know how much he is loved."Garrett loves anything social. And he loves waving to cars, big trucks and fire trucks. This is something that just made his day," said Brenda McMahon, Garrett's mother.Watch the video above to see Garrett's reaction to the parade. Other parades celebrated adoptions, hospital discharges and holidays. This parade was held in Massachusetts to mark the adoption day of a 6-year-old girl. In Iowa, family, friends and strangers welcomed Mia Evans, a fifth grader with Down syndrome, home from the hospital.Mia's parents had taken her to the emergency room in Iowa City when she started complaining about her neck. Doctors told them Mia had atlantoaxial instability. The top vertebrae in her neck was broken and was pinching on her spinal cord. They had to operate as soon as possible. "She had like five days in the hospital before surgery and she'd look out the window and talk about parades," said Barb Evans, Mia's mother.Mia says she loves to watch parades, but wasn't able to see any this year because of the pandemic. But just a little more than a week after her surgery, Mia got her parade.A community in Mississippi recently held a socially distant Christmas parade, which required people to watch from their cars and wear masks along the parade route.Sky-high visitsVisitors were prohibited at many hospitals and nursing homes to prevent the spread of COVID-19, leading some people to find ways to see their loved ones. Daughters of a 93-year-old COVID-19 survivor in New Hampshire used a bucket truck to celebrate his recovery with him.Janet Thompson and Susan Hicks said they have been on an emotional rollercoaster since their father, Fred Penney, was diagnosed with COVID-19.After he was symptom-free, they were able to check in on him through his second-floor window at the Courville at Manchester in New Hampshire. Penney's daughters used a bucket truck to get up to their father's window. He showed off an award he was given for beating the virus.He also was able to see his grandchildren in England through FaceTime.Other people used firetruck ladders or stood outside windows for socially distant visits with loved ones. For residents of at this nursing home facility in Pennsylvania, firefighters provided an opportunity for face-to-face visits with family. Friends of Ryan Neighbors, who was born with spina bifida, crowded onto the ninth floor of the parking garage at Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville to wish her well 30 minutes before a surgery.While Ryan is just 11, it was her 48th surgery. It also marked the first time many of those friends couldn't line the hallways of the hospital to wish her well. When the Harvey-Carelis family welcomed Baby Maeve into the world, her older siblings weren't able to go inside a Massachusetts hospital to meet their new sibling.Instead, big brothers Rory and Cormac, along with big sister Paloma, were able to see their beautiful little sister through the window. Impromptu weddingsAntoinette Brown and Henry Bell commonly referred to each other as husband and wife for 14 years, but after Bell nearly died while he was hospitalized with COVID-19 for nearly two months, the couple opted to tie the knot in the hospital parking lot surrounded by the health care workers who helped save Bell's life."It was wonderful," Brown, 48, told CNN. "Me and my husband went home to start a new life, and thank God for life and all the staff and doctors that made this happen. It will be a day to remember forever."When Bell arrived at HCA Healthcare's Orange Park Medical Center in Florida, he was immediately placed on a ventilator. After weeks in the ICU, Brown was forced to decide between placing Bell in hospice or giving him a tracheostomy, a procedure that involves creating an opening in the neck to place a tube into a person's windpipe so they can breathe. Bell says he was sedated for most of the time he was in the hospital. He has no recollection of what happened or what he went through. But he does remember that the moment he woke up, he wanted to make Brown his wife."When I was aware and I saw her, all I wanted to do was marry her," he said. "I could not talk, so I acted as if I was putting a ring to propose to her." The couple married on Nov. 5. Doctors and nurses helped Bell get to the altar, where he was able to stand for the longest time since being hospitalized."We are touched and honored that Henry and Antionette wanted our caregivers present for their wedding," said Dr. Bradley Shumaker, chief medical officer at Orange Park."Throughout the pandemic, our colleagues have done tremendous work on the front lines," he said. "Witnessing Henry's remarkable recovery and being a part of this special moment was a great reminder of why they do what they do every day. We wish them many more years of happiness, good health and a speedy recovery."Brown and Bell weren't the only one who had an unconventional wedding during the pandemic. Steven Shoemaker and Kirsten Haigh tied the knot in the courtyard of a Los Angeles-area nursing home to ensure that Haigh's 89-year-old grandmother wouldn't miss it.Carlos Muniz was hospitalized for COVID-19 the same week he was supposed to get married. He spent nearly a month at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio and had a few close calls during his battle with the virus. His lungs have collapsed twice and he was eventually placed on a lifesaving machine.When hospital workers heard about Muniz's engagement, they decided to plan a ceremony for Muniz and his fiancee, Grace Leimann.Unique ways to hugA senior living center in Colorado figured out how to safely allow its residents to get something many around the world lacked in 2020 — the warmth of a hug.The Katherine & Charles Hover Green Houses in Longmont, Colorado, set up a tent with arm holes, allowing residents to embrace with loved ones through a thin sheet of plastic, KMGH-TV reported. "Oh gosh, that was marvelous. I just ... I couldn't hold her hard enough. She's so sweet. It's just wonderful," 97-year-old Vince Shryack told the station after hugging his daughter for the first time in about eight months.Amanda Meier, a project coordinator with the Conversation Project, told KMGH the supplies for the tent cost about $250. The idea came about from seeing similar tents being used elsewhere in the world.A grandmother in New Jersey also came up with quite an adorable way to hug her grandchildren for the first time in two months due to the pandemic.In the video posted to Instagram, the grandma walks toward her grandkids in a pink unicorn costume.One of the boys runs toward his grandma and literally jumps for joy to hug her.
Restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 prevented many family gatherings, celebrations and many other aspects of normal life this year.
But that didn't stop people from finding creative ways to carry on with hugs, parties and visits.
Here's a look at some of those moments.
Drive-by parades
Birthday parades helped people drop off gifts, honk their horns and celebrate despite COVID-19 restrictions.
Garrett Stuller's family and friends wanted to make his 18th birthday extra special.
In May, an endless stream of cars, trucks and first responders drove past the Pennsylvania home of the teenager with special needs.
An endless stream of cars and trucks, including first responders, blasted their horns and sirens to let Garrett know how much he is loved.
"Garrett loves anything social. And he loves waving to cars, big trucks and fire trucks. This is something that just made his day," said Brenda McMahon, Garrett's mother.
Watch the video above to see Garrett's reaction to the parade.
Other parades celebrated adoptions, hospital discharges and holidays.
This parade was held in Massachusetts to mark the adoption day of a 6-year-old girl.
In Iowa, family, friends and strangers welcomed Mia Evans, a fifth grader with Down syndrome, home from the hospital.
Mia's parents had taken her to the emergency room in Iowa City when she started complaining about her neck. Doctors told them Mia had atlantoaxial instability. The top vertebrae in her neck was broken and was pinching on her spinal cord. They had to operate as soon as possible.
"She had like five days in the hospital before surgery and she'd look out the window and talk about parades," said Barb Evans, Mia's mother.
Mia says she loves to watch parades, but wasn't able to see any this year because of the pandemic. But just a little more than a week after her surgery, Mia got her parade.
A community in Mississippi recently held a socially distant Christmas parade, which required people to watch from their cars and wear masks along the parade route.
Sky-high visits
Visitors were prohibited at many hospitals and nursing homes to prevent the spread of COVID-19, leading some people to find ways to see their loved ones.
Daughters of a 93-year-old COVID-19 survivor in New Hampshire used a bucket truck to celebrate his recovery with him.
Janet Thompson and Susan Hicks said they have been on an emotional rollercoaster since their father, Fred Penney, was diagnosed with COVID-19.
After he was symptom-free, they were able to check in on him through his second-floor window at the Courville at Manchester in New Hampshire.
Penney's daughters used a bucket truck to get up to their father's window. He showed off an award he was given for beating the virus.
He also was able to see his grandchildren in England through FaceTime.
Other people used firetruck ladders or stood outside windows for socially distant visits with loved ones.
For residents of at this nursing home facility in Pennsylvania, firefighters provided an opportunity for face-to-face visits with family.
Friends of Ryan Neighbors, who was born with spina bifida, crowded onto the ninth floor of the parking garage at Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville to wish her well 30 minutes before a surgery.
While Ryan is just 11, it was her 48th surgery. It also marked the first time many of those friends couldn't line the hallways of the hospital to wish her well.
When the Harvey-Carelis family welcomed Baby Maeve into the world, her older siblings weren't able to go inside a Massachusetts hospital to meet their new sibling.
Instead, big brothers Rory and Cormac, along with big sister Paloma, were able to see their beautiful little sister through the window.
Impromptu weddings
Antoinette Brown and Henry Bell commonly referred to each other as husband and wife for 14 years, but after Bell nearly died while he was hospitalized with COVID-19 for nearly two months, the couple opted to tie the knot in the hospital parking lot surrounded by the health care workers who helped save Bell's life.
"It was wonderful," Brown, 48, told CNN. "Me and my husband went home to start a new life, and thank God for life and all the staff and doctors that made this happen. It will be a day to remember forever."
When Bell arrived at HCA Healthcare's Orange Park Medical Center in Florida, he was immediately placed on a ventilator. After weeks in the ICU, Brown was forced to decide between placing Bell in hospice or giving him a tracheostomy, a procedure that involves creating an opening in the neck to place a tube into a person's windpipe so they can breathe.
Bell says he was sedated for most of the time he was in the hospital. He has no recollection of what happened or what he went through. But he does remember that the moment he woke up, he wanted to make Brown his wife.
"When I was aware and I saw her, all I wanted to do was marry her," he said. "I could not talk, so I acted as if I was putting a ring to propose to her."
The couple married on Nov. 5. Doctors and nurses helped Bell get to the altar, where he was able to stand for the longest time since being hospitalized.
"We are touched and honored that Henry and Antionette wanted our caregivers present for their wedding," said Dr. Bradley Shumaker, chief medical officer at Orange Park.
"Throughout the pandemic, our colleagues have done tremendous work on the front lines," he said. "Witnessing Henry's remarkable recovery and being a part of this special moment was a great reminder of why they do what they do every day. We wish them many more years of happiness, good health and a speedy recovery."
Brown and Bell weren't the only one who had an unconventional wedding during the pandemic.
Steven Shoemaker and Kirsten Haigh tied the knot in the courtyard of a Los Angeles-area nursing home to ensure that Haigh's 89-year-old grandmother wouldn't miss it.
Carlos Muniz was hospitalized for COVID-19 the same week he was supposed to get married.
He spent nearly a month at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio and had a few close calls during his battle with the virus. His lungs have collapsed twice and he was eventually placed on a lifesaving machine.
When hospital workers heard about Muniz's engagement, they decided to plan a ceremony for Muniz and his fiancee, Grace Leimann.
Unique ways to hug
A senior living center in Colorado figured out how to safely allow its residents to get something many around the world lacked in 2020 — the warmth of a hug.
The Katherine & Charles Hover Green Houses in Longmont, Colorado, set up a tent with arm holes, allowing residents to embrace with loved ones through a thin sheet of plastic, KMGH-TV reported.
"Oh gosh, that was marvelous. I just ... I couldn't hold her hard enough. She's so sweet. It's just wonderful," 97-year-old Vince Shryack told the station after hugging his daughter for the first time in about eight months.
Amanda Meier, a project coordinator with the Conversation Project, told KMGH the supplies for the tent cost about $250. The idea came about from seeing similar tents being used elsewhere in the world.
A grandmother in New Jersey also came up with quite an adorable way to hug her grandchildren for the first time in two months due to the pandemic.
In the video posted to Instagram, the grandma walks toward her grandkids in a pink unicorn costume.
One of the boys runs toward his grandma and literally jumps for joy to hug her.


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DynUnit
=======

Fork of ATG DUST for use with JUnit4 and various newer libraries.

Installation
------------

First, you'll need to make some symlinks to your local ATG JARs. Suppose your
`ATG_HOME` environment variable is set to something like
`$HOME/ATG/ATG10.1.2`. Then you should execute the following:

```bash
mkdir lib
cd lib
for module in DAS DPS DSS; do
    ln -s $ATG_HOME/$module/lib/classes.jar $module.jar
    ln -s $ATG_HOME/$module/lib/resources.jar $module-resources.jar
done
```

Next, build the DynUnit JAR file for use in your ATG module:

```bash
./gradlew jar
cp build/libs/dynunit-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar your/project/libs/
```

Usage
-----

A JUnit test runner is still in development, but DynUnit can be invoked without a special test runner using mostly
standard annotations from `javax.inject`. Any field which you wish to resolve a Nucleus component to must be annotated
with `@Inject`, and a class must add a `@Nuke` annotation to an injected `Nucleus` instance. Named components are
specified using the `@Named` annotation with their component path. For example:

```java
import atg.nucleus.Nucleus;
import atg.nucleus.logging.PrintStreamLogger;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.After;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.inject.Named;
import atg.tools.dynunit.Nuke;

import static atg.tools.dynunit.DynUnit.init;
import static atg.tools.dynunit.DynUnit.stop;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;

public class DynUnitTest {

    // we inject a Nucleus using the base config path specified
    @Inject @Nuke("src/test/resources/config")
    private Nucleus nucleus;

    // by default, Nucleus always creates this component
    @Inject @Named("/atg/dynamo/service/logging/ScreenLog")
    private PrintStreamLogger screenLog;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        // this injects the instances marked above
        init(this);
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() {
        // this stops the Nucleus service
        stop(this);
    }

    @Test
    public void testScreenLogDisabled() {
        assertFalse(screenLog.isLoggingEnabled());
    }
}
```

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(167341) Börzsöny, désignation internationale (167341) Borzsony, est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale.

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(167341) Borzsony est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale. Il fut découvert le  à Piszkesteto par Krisztián Sárneczky. Il présente une orbite caractérisée par un demi-grand axe de 2,75 UA, une excentricité de 0,02 et une inclinaison de 5,2° par rapport à l'écliptique.

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 Liste des planètes mineures (167001-168000)
 Ceinture d'astéroïdes

Références

Planète mineure découverte en 2003
Astéroïde de la ceinture principale
Objet céleste découvert par Krisztián Sárneczky

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Has anyone been on centerville out of the waterworks bar? Is it safe to walk out? I know the middle never really froze b4 the cold snap.
Im not sure about the ice on Centerville but there were cars on Peltier yesterday.
Old ice is 10" on Centerville. New ice area is 8". That was on Saturday. The fishing is slow. Even slower with the cold front here.
Thanks much fellows. Good luck Fishing.


Takes tab delimited data (including data copied from Excel), and converts it into a comma separated values (CSV) or comma delimited format where each field is surrounded by quotes. This helps in situations where each field in a CSV file needs to be quoted since saving a file as a CSV from Excel will only place quotes around fields that happen to have commas in them. There are no options in Excel to quote all output.


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Lindstrom kan avse:

 Lindstrom, Minnesota – en amerikansk småstad
 Lindstrom – ett efternamn förekommande bland svenskättlingar utanför Sverige, se Lindström
 Biff à la Lindström – en köttfärsbiff

Se även
 Lindstrom Lake
 Lindstrom Peak

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ja:リンドストローム
ru:Линдстрём


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Maintenance & Operations for Water-Wastewater-Streets
Wastewater Treatment & Storage Facilities
Water Reclamation Facilities
reatment Facilities
Our treatment plant occupies 74-acres. The current plant configuration consists of:
An Influent Pumping Station
Headworks
Two Bio-lac Aeration Basins
Secondary Clarification
Advanced Water Treatment Facilities
Sand Filtration
The Wastewater Treatment Plant staff is responsible for the treatment and storage of the Town's wastewater.
The Town has seven State Certified Wastewater Operators who operate the Wastewater Treatment Plant 24 hours a day/seven days a week. We also have a staff of six who maintain the collection and recycled water distribution system.
Effluent Storage Facilities
The Town of Windsor currently has five effluent storage ponds with storage capacity of approximately 122 MG. Ponds 7 and 5 are located on the south portion of the Town of Windsor treatment plant site. Ponds 8, 9 and 10 are located north of the Windsor Golf Course and south of Mitchell Lane.
To learn more about the quality of our produced wastewater click the link below:
Water Quality Comparison Report (2008)
To learn the rules which govern the Town of Windsor's Wastewater Program click the link below:
Modified NPDES Permit 2011-2006 (document may take several minutes to download)
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Search job openings in the Town of Windsor
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Windsor Chamber of Commerce
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What services are available to businesses?
Who is required to have a Business License?
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Q: Which geo-spatial clustering method should be used to implement clustering analysis with constraints on the USA map? I need to form clusters along with a constraint which limits the sum of a variable in each cluster to some value within limits. I am trying to implement this as an R or Python code
I'm trying to form 5-6 regions on the map where the sum of dollar value for the sum of datapoints in each cluster should be equal.
I have data points of zipcodes along with their latitude, longitude and Dollar value.
I tried implementing this using DBSCAN Technique. However, I am not able to add the extra constraint of equal dollar value.

A: Clustering algorithms won't just allow you to add such constraints as they will likely contradict the objective of the clustering itself.
Try treating this as an optimization problem, and use for example an integer linear programming solver to optimize this.

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OFRA Cosmetics' Limited Edition Rose Makeup Fixer ensures that you "slay all day." Makeup is protected all day long by an invisible film that feels comfortable, never sticky or clumpy, on the skin. Enriched with aloe vera, chamomile flower extract and vitamin E, this rose-scented mister protects skin against external damage caused by pesky pollutants, drastic temperature changes, and other skin irritants while delivering extra hydration to the skin.
Going makeup-free? Spray Makeup Fixer to keep your skin feeling fresh all day.
Mist liberally onto the face after makeup application to set all day. No time for touch ups? Spray Makeup Fixer on the face and use a tissue to pat dry to refresh makeup. Apply a touch of compact powder to smooth complexion and leave a velvety texture that can last all night.
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Prevent perfectly good food from entering the waste stream.
I think the best experience to recount is my journey to shift my career from for-profit to nonprofit.
I have a background in consumer goods and have been steadily climbing the ladder at a very prestigious Fortune 500 company. It was financially rewarding and intellectually challenging but ultimately left me unfulfilled.
I felt that there was more. I was spending a lot of time AT WORK. I wanted that time to make a difference at more than a company bottom-line. This became more evident with the birth of my children. I would often ask myself, what would make the trade of time from them worth it? And that's when I resolved to shift my work toward a social focus.
I worked as CEO of my first nonprofit in 2008 and my goal was to turn around an ailing nonprofit that had $5000 in the bank. I did so and after three years, we not only were in a stable financial position, we had expanded our services from one to five counties and doubled our capacity.
However, the financial trade-off or the salary cut was hard for my family and I went back to consulting. I traveled and worked long hours and in 6 months was able to recoup much of what we had lost in three years. But I was extremely unhappy.
I left that position in less than a year and felt that I had taken a hard step back in my career…in every direction. It was a low point.
I decided to take some time to truly learn what I felt I needed to focus on and I decided to go back to my passion, which is food. I wrote a weekly column for a local magazine that focused on health and food policy. And that's when I saw the glaring disconnect between food waste and hunger.
The big a-ha moment that brought together my interest in food, in technology (my graduate degree is in technology and public policy) and in people.
That's when I decided to launch a technology nonprofit that aims to solve two of our biggest problems today — food waste and hunger. Audacious goals for sure but ones that I feel like are truly within reach.
The journey to get here was challenging — and I feel amplified by many factors. I am an immigrant, a mother, a woman, a minority in many ways.
The biggest lesson I learned going back to consulting after my work in nonprofit is that I should not give in to fear. I feared failure and I went back to something that was a sure thing. But it did not give me the sense of fulfillment.
I have that balance now. The intellectual challenge, the mission-base.
I am up for all the challenges that this mission presents. But I am also committed enough to know that setbacks are par for the course and the big picture and goals are what matters.


The Faculty Improvement Program, established in conformity with Section 3345.28 of the Ohio Revised Code, provides extended periods for professional growth and development. All full-time, tenured members of the faculty with teaching loads who have served at least seven (7) years in any rank in full-time service are eligible for a Faculty Improvement Leave. It enables faculty development away from campus and requires seven years of fulltime service for eligibility.
This program is crucially important for enabling the improvement of teaching techniques, extending the frontiers of knowledge, and maintaining the vitality of individual faculty members and programs.
The program provides release from teaching duties and other University assignments, either full compensation during one semester or two-thirds compensation during two semesters, continuation of University-provided insurance benefits and fee waivers, and eligibility for salary increment and promotion. For participants in the State Teachers Retirement System, contributions will be made as allowed by law. For participants in the Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP), contributions will be made as permitted by the plan.
Specifics of the program are outlined below.
Application for a Faculty Improvement Leave is initiated through the department chair to the dean, Provost, and President.
In any single year, because of commitments to teaching and service as well as to faculty development, the University customarily will not authorize more than thirty (30) Faculty Improvement Leaves.
Professional leave taken as a Faculty Improvement Leave shall not normally be deemed to be in lieu of Assigned Research (assigned duty in connection with a specific research, scholarly, or creative program).
A Faculty Improvement Leave ordinarily does not involve additional funding for a department. A request for Faculty Improvement Leave must indicate how the department will cover the load of the staff member applying for the leave. In rare instances when extreme hardship would result in a department if a Faculty Improvement Leave were granted, funds may be authorized by the Provost or dean to hire replacement staff.
Faculty Improvement Leaves are granted on the basis of the contribution that the appointee will make to the University upon returning to normal assignment. Years of service are crucial for determining eligibility, but are not a major factor in discriminating among aspiring candidates.
A person may not receive a second (or "the next") Faculty Improvement Leave until seven (7) years have elapsed from the end of the previous Leave.
A request for a Faculty Improvement Leave should detail the activities proposed for the year or the term and indicate their significance for the mission of the University. They may relate to professional growth, disciplinary research, a research project dealing with the effectiveness of various instructional methods, or teaching development.
Persons receiving a Faculty Improvement Leave are obligated to remain at Miami during the ensuing academic year and to make a full report of the results of the assignment to the chair, dean, and Provost within ninety (90) days of the completion of the Leave. If a person does not return to Miami University during the ensuing academic year, he or she is expected to reimburse the University a prorated portion of University salary received during the Faculty Improvement Leave for the portion of the post leave year that is not completed.
Recipients of Faculty Improvement Leaves may receive money for approved study or research or other activities expressly related to the purpose of the leave without prejudice to their receipt of income from Miami, provided that the total remuneration from all sources (including Miami) does not exceed the recipient's annual Miami University salary.
In addition to salary, special arrangements may be made for grants to defray travel and similar coincidental expenses. These arrangements must, however, be approved in advance of the leave.
Applications for a Faculty Improvement Leave should be received in the Academic Personnel Services Office by December 1 of the academic year preceding the leave period if one is to receive most favorable consideration.


Shipyard is a map used for the missions Day 6: Early Launch (Security) and What-If: Operation Babel (Resistance).
Shipyard is a two-part map. In the first part Security must repair a loading crane being guarded by Resistance. If Resistance holds out, the map ends in their victory. Otherwise, the map moves to part two, where Security must hack into missile controls. If Security Operatives manage to do this before time runs out, Security wins the map.
Over the years, The Ark has collected a wide variety of abandoned and disused ships. Those no longer seaworthy are broken up at a floating drydock for spare parts and scrap metal - a scarce and vital resource on the Ark. Odd pieces of a wide variety of old boats and ships are scattered all about - ocean liners, cruise ships, pleasure boats, even a scuttled navy destroyer - held together like a patchwork quilt by a network of platforms and cables. Over time, the 'yards and hulls have also been taken over by refugee squatters: living space is scarce and they literally have nowhere else to go.
The Shipyard is used during the Security campaign in Day 6: Early Launch. Captain Mokoena tells the Security that they have discovered an armed missile on one of the destroyers in the Shipyard that is aimed at Founder's Tower. The security team are told to covertly move in via boat to take the destroyer and disable the missile but are discovered and come under fire from the shipyard. Mokoena tells the Security to forget about stealth and go in hot to disable the missile. If the Security are successful in their objectives, the missile is not disabled but set to an earlier detonation. The missile fires but brings down a Security helicopter instead of Founder's Tower.
For the Resistance campaign, the Shipyard is used in What-If: Operation Babel. After being stifled by the Security, the Resistance chooses to use a surface-to-surface missile to strike the Security in the heart: Founder's Tower. The Resistance must prevent the Security from disabling the missile. If they are successful, a cutscene will show the missile firing into Founder's Tower.
Sniping from the Resistance spawn in Area 2 is easily countered by sniping from the portholes of the Destroyer.
In Area 1, there are multiple paths through the ship around the crane, so keep an eye open for attacks from above and alternate routes.
When watching the Resistance cutscene, you can see the Ark is undeniably and unreasonably small, as the slim missile seems to be quite large when compared to the Tower right before it hits it.
During the development of shipyard, Bethesda decided to summon Satan himself to help create the map.
View towards the second area, past the barricade.
View of the first objective, the Crane.
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Road Safety Authority and Macra Na Feirme launch partnership to improve road safety behaviour in rural communities
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and Macra Na Feirme, the voluntary organisation representing young people from rural Ireland, have announced a partnership aimed at encouraging better road safety behaviour among young people from rural communities nationwide.
The partnership will focus on four key areas including – the dangers of mobile distraction, the importance of wearing seatbelts, be safe be seen and how to prevent driver fatigue. Another element will be the education and awareness around farm machinery safety with a special emphasis on knowledge around the towing of trailers and what regulations are in place. The RSA will be offering training to Macra Youth Leaders on how to create a positive environment for educating their own members.
Macra na Feirme represents a rural community of over 10,000 young people with members aged between 17 and 35. Working in conjunction with the RSA, Macra Na Feirme's Rural Youth Committee are leading out the partnership which will be bringing road safety awareness training to their members around the country.
Mr Sam Waide, CEO of the Road Safety Authority said: "We recently released figures showing that 78% of road fatalities so far in 2021 have occurred on rural roads*. We cannot get complacent, early intervention with local communities can help us to tackle this. We urge all vehicle drivers to slow down, be mindful of agricultural vehicles on rural roads and vulnerable road users, particularly as the evenings get darker and driving conditions deteriorate in the winter months. Working with Macra na Feirme is a key partnership for the RSA and we look forward to engaging with their members to raise awareness and provide essential training to help reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads."
Mr John Keane, President of Macra na Feirme said, "We are delighted to be working with the RSA to raise awareness of vital road safety measures with all our members. As COVID-19 restrictions ease we know that people are using the roads in greater numbers and Macra members are getting back in their vehicles, we want to make sure they do so safely. We are urging our members to remember the dangers of mobile distraction, the importance of wearing seatbelts and to be safe and be seen by ensuring flashing beacons on agricultural vehicles are maintained and in working order. Road safety is a shared responsibility and our aim with this partnership is to instil responsible behaviours in our members so that we can do our part to keeping Irish roads safe."
Superintendent Michael Corbett, Community Engagement Bureau, An Garda Síochána said: "We welcome this partnership between the Road Safety Authority and Macra na Feirme. Gardai regularly have to confront the devastation caused due to dangerous behaviour on rural roads so we are pleased with efforts to improve road safety awareness and education amongst a younger, rural cohort of road users. Each of us have a shared responsibility to improve road behaviour and we look forward to working with the RSA and Macra na Feirme to engage and educate communities at a local level."


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Три-Си́стерс ( — Три Сестры) — гора в Канаде, близ города Канмор в провинции Альберта. Имеют 3 вершины (2936 м, 2769 м, 2694 м).

Горы Альберты
Горные вершины Канады


Yesterday's Heroes doesn't pretend to be a definitive list of the best horses over fence and timber, instead it is an entertaining and informative look at some of the finest and most fascinating horses jump racing has ever seen.
Every horse hero featured in the book has his own unique, sometimes heartbreaking, story. Be it a titanic battle of champions racing head-to-head, the emergence of a new superstar or the final hurrah of an aging favourite you will want to read again and again. From the tragic story of One Man to the brilliance of Desert Orchid, the majesty of Silver Buck to the faltering steps of Crisp, there is something here for everyone to enjoy. More recent heroes such as Viking Flagship, Baracouda and Moscow Flyer stand alongside old favourites such as Sea Pigeon and Comedy of Errors.
The final chapter takes a dispassionate look at the age old question 'who is the greatest,' offering insightful arguments regarding the main choices.
Yesterday's Heroes is based on Graham's columns of the same name written for Racing Ahead magazine.
Writing for Racing Ahead magazine has allowed me to indulge in one of my greatest passions in life. Here I am able to present the best of the Steeplechase and Hurdler articles in book form.
Without a doubt my favourite piece of writing was the article on Yahoo. Totally unique it was a challenge yet this is the one which people who have read my work generally refer to as their favourite.
If Yesterday's Heroes: National Hunt Edition goes well, I hope to bring out a Flat Racing version towards the end of 2012.
Brilliant. Best Christmas present ever. Some of the stories even made me sry.
Horses, in one way or another have occupied the greater part of my life.
From the countless games of Totopoly and Escalado as a child and standing outside the bookies from around the age of ten while my older brother placed my pocket money shillings on my chosen fancies I have loved racing.
Occasional visits to racecourses such as Brighton further fuelled my interest to the extent that in the summer months I would rush home from school before catching the train to Windsor for their evening fixtures.
In 1980 I took my future wife racing at Kempton on Boxing day for our third date. We're still married and go racing whenever we can. Many years later I was fortunate when Mrs Christine Feather, the owner of Silver Buck, who won the big race that day, kindly gave me one of the racing plates he wore in that very race. It holds pride of place on my wall.
A small inheritance was spent on shares in racehorses with Martin Pipe where we had many winners, including Hopscotch, Tri-Folene and Silver King. Later I started working in the racing industry for National Hunt Racing Plates of Great Britain.
Since 2005 I have been writing the "Yesterday's Heroes" articles for Racing Ahead magazine.
Over time I have built up an extensive library of nearly 200 racing books.


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Are your kids proud of what you do?
Are your kids proud of what you do? I really hadn't stopped to think about this question until a few months ago when I was prepping for an interview with some fellow actor-moms. We were seated in a quiet corner of the restaurant, each looking to one another to help poke sticks at this strange lifestyle we share.
For one thing, some kids might not appreciate the acting profession unless his or her parent is in a film that can be watched at Movie Tavern. But what if you're mostly in theater? And what if most of THAT is child-inappropriate or borderline disturbing — what if you play a scary person your child will fear, or what if you die on stage or cry on stage or lie on stage? In an ideal world, a realtor-mom or an accounts-receivable-mom would not be risking this sort of trauma on Bring Your Child to Work Day.
Maybe a better question is — am I proud enough of what I do not to be daunted by my kids' opinion?
When my friend Lisa was getting back to work when her daughter was about four years old, she was in a play where she had to curse a fair amount. She asked the stage manager if he could turn down the volume in the dressing room monitor whenever a certain scene would inevitably crop up and threaten to bulldoze little Tierney with a Jon Deere tractor of profanity. I loved the image of a preschooler napping on a green room couch as the ASM discreetly turned the little black nob so she wouldn't hear her mother littering the stage with F-bombs. While lighting matches, naked. (This is how I'm picturing it, yet I have no idea what that scene entailed.
Sorry, Lisa.)
Mostly, I've just had to shield my own kids from shows when I have to kiss other men. They don't see a whole lot of those juicy roles, and I think my husband would also like to take a rain check and drink whiskey alone. After a while, it must seem weird to kids that their mother is doing all of these things they are not allowed to see, which makes me think of how mafia parents handle it. "No, Charity, you can't come with mommy today; I've got to bury a body just off the turnpike."
As little Tierney grew up, Lisa says there was definitely conflict and angst about Lisa's work, especially when Lisa was working with child-actors who were Tierney's own age and thought Lisa hung the moon and the stars. (Which she did, by the way.) "My mom is NOT cool," she would helpfully inform them. "You don't have to live with her." OUCH. My daughter Madeline, who is eight, has seen me mother other children on stage multiple times but has yet to complain. I wonder if/when that will end.
I suppose all parents want their children to at least take a passing interest in their job, and I think this is because we want the people we love the most to understand and celebrate the thing we love to do the most. Maybe if I didn't love acting so much, I wouldn't care what the kids thought, but I do. And I do. It's all just a big love fest, really. And there's a part of me that wants them to absolve me of the guilt I feel when I have to miss soccer games and field trips.
Lisa recalls fondly the time Tierney (in her 20s at this point) overheard a director gushing about her parents to some friends. (Lisa's husband Kim is also an actor.) She had leaned into the conversation in what must have been a very jaunty and charming way, and said, "My name is Tierney Titus, and my parents ARE amazing."
(Hashtag goals. Hope abounds!)
At any rate, I think my kids are proud of what I do for now — when they think about it. Which can't possibly be very often, and this is just as well. I'm certainly proud of THEM whenever I see them standing in the lobby after a performance, crumpled programs in hand, waiting with smiles to see their mommy — before asking what's for dinner and can they have the candy at the concessions counter and when can we go home, and...etc. etc.
GIVING GRACE
A couple months ago, I was in a production of "Into the Woods." We met at a church to rehearse, at night, on a road that divides a nicer section of town from a rougher section. We pulled our chairs around a piano against the far wall of the Fellowship Hall next to the door.
For any uninitiated reader, "Into The Woods" is a brilliant mash-up of famous fairy tales. It won multiple Tonys and is probably Stephen Sondheim's most popular achievement in his long and illustrious career. The characters converge in the wood and try to achieve their various means of happiness, which succeed, more or less, until Act II when all pandemonium breaks loose in the form of a renegade giant, a philandering Prince Charming, a runaway Rapunzel, and multiple murders and accidental deaths. It's so brilliant.
On that second night of rehearsal, we were gathered like novices, ready to take our vows to Father Sondheim, penitent for lesser theatrical efforts in our former performing lives. We had begun tackling the Finale, when the door next to the piano opened.
It was a woman who walked in through the open door. The music director stopped playing. We looked up from our scores.
"Excuse me, is there someone from the church I can talk to?" she said. "Me and my kids need $34.95 to spend the night at the hotel. Ain't got a place to stay tonight."
Our fairy tale had been interrupted.
If you looked around our group at that moment, you would have seen a variety of people — here's a young adult guy who waits tables and acts at night; here's an older lady with a jewelry business and an MBA. But we all had this OTHER thing, this other privilege: we each had the privilege of using our time to make art instead of finding shelter for our children.
The woman had come to a church building to find help in her moment of crisis, but instead of a minister, she got a Witch. She got a Witch, Cinderella, and various others, some of whom were maybe agnostic or of another faith all together, and all of whom did not attend that particular church. We pooled our cash — more than she needed — and gave it to her.
The moment made me think about the breadth of Jesus' reach, the highways and byways he travels to reach people that for all our programs and planning and praying, a church staff cannot anticipate. I'm not sure if someone would have been at that particular church building at that particular time on that particular night at this woman's particular moment of need. But there we were, a combination of believing misfits and unbelieving misfits, singing show tunes, and she saw the light on.
The Bible describes a Kingdom. A reality of fairy-tale proportions with a Prince and a King and a world lost in the dark woods. As actors, we had a chance to mirror the deep magic of this reality, but on that night with that woman, we also had a chance to embody it. Maybe that moment wasn't so much an interruption of our fairy tale as it was an incarnation of its deeper truth. Even those among us who didn't believe in the kingdom narrative were still given the privilege of participating in it, which is deeper grace still.
And maybe all of us who follow Jesus should anticipate as a matter of course strange and unexpected moments where our vocation or hobby or job swerves into a chance to personify grace to hurting people. Jesus goes out into the alleys, the promenades, the thoroughfares and under bridges and into country roads to invite people to his banquet, and detours must not be uncommon. Let's anticipate these moments, watch for them so they no longer seem odd, and celebrate them when they come.
Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. - Matthew 9:35
First published at irvingbible.org June 27, 2018.
So this is fun. I love to act AND I love to write, so when I get to write about acting, I become very jealous of myself. Check out the new issue of "MadeWorthy" magazine, out this month: Madeworthy Magazine – Issue 4 – Tanglewood Moms. I'm on page 24, writing about our upcoming production of "Into The Woods" at Stolen Shakespeare Guild. Enjoy!
Little women review
Me, to Madeline (my 7-year-old), after the show last night: "What did you like about Little Women?"
Madeline: "Basically, the whole thing."
I need to provide some full, robust disclosure right off the bat: Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" was one of my favorite books growing up. "Little Women" was one of my favorite movies as a tween (Christian Bale = Laurie = swoon). And Stolen Shakespeare Guild is one of my favorite places to perform as an actor. And make it a date with my own little woman? A Christmas miracle!
And it really is. I had never really thought of "Little Women" as a Christmas show before, but few stories come close to capturing the comforts of hearth and home and the nostalgia of the-years-falling-away-like-snowflakes quite like this one. The show opens during the Christmas season, when the March sisters are fully aware both of their increasing poverty and of the even deeper poverty of their neighbors. Each of the sisters is introduced by turn in Emma Reeves' cogent adaptation, and we are quickly drawn to the second-oldest sister Jo (played by Madeline Ruth Pickens), whose story this ultimately becomes. Pickens plays her with all of the natural, playful freedom that a willful and unconformist Jo should embody. Marmie, played by the dear Lisa Fairchild, draws such a lovely contrast as the gentle mother wholly capable of both embracing and tempering each of her daughters' particular personalities. (Side note: Lisa once played my mother figure in SSG's "Persuasion," so I left last night feeling like a March sister myself. Weird.)
One of the loveliest (can I use that word again?) relationships we enjoy throughout is between Jo and younger sister Beth, the shy, soft-spoken wisp of a girl with no particular aspirations of her own. Samantha Snow was ethereal, understated, and completely well cast. As are Laura Smith (a warm, likeable Meg), and Emmie Gelat (a very funny, endearing Amy).
Here's what you're going to like about the show: it is very true to the spirit of the book. It was, well, so Little Women-ish, down to Amy's horrified exclamation upon realizing Jo has chopped her hair: "Oh, Jo! How could you? Your one beauty!" The script doesn't swerve into too much sentimentalism; it retains its humor and the natural ebb and flow of sisterly relationships, and when things get bleak or downright tragic, those moments are played with a fortitude and sincerity that reminds us why this story is so enduring: a family is always changing, but it never has to lose hope. It never has to lose love. Hope and love take on different colors in different seasons. They shape-shift, but they never go away.
Here's what else we love about "Little Women": the idea that even a misfit can find her way. This is Jo's triumph, one she shares with any of us who have ever felt not-enough or too-much of something. SSG does a nice job bringing this out and setting it center-stage. More kudos to Madeline Ruth Pickens, who was, in the most important ways, a consummate Jo March.
SSG's production features the gorgeous Civil War-era costumes, lush work regulars have come to expect from Lauren Morgan and her team. The set is expansive and made to work well as various locations. The pacing is good, as is the use of music and singing for effective transition moments. Standout Christian Teague, a Dallas Opera-ite, shares his talents as both singer and actor as Professor Bhaer. Veteran Cynthia Matthews is also a welcome presence as the feisty, imperial Aunt March whose machinations are equally funny and infuriating.
Christmas is a wonderful time to be staging this adaptation. In a season that can bring stress and remind us of loss, "Little Women" raises us high to see the life of a family from above, over the course of years, fighting to stay connected and at peace in a time of war and uncertainty. It's worth bringing all your little women (and men) to see.
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Dear Dr. Universe: How do lasers work?
May 14, 2019 adriana
Humans use lasers for everything from scanning barcodes and putting on light shows to performing delicate eye surgery and measuring the distances between objects in space.
Cats also like to chase lasers, but I wasn't sure how they worked. I asked my friend Chris Keane, a physics professor at Washington State University. Keane came to WSU from the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he helped work on a laser as big as a football stadium.
A pumpkin-splattering good time
November 5, 2018 adriana
WSU Physics and Astronomy Club celebrates 14 years of tossing squash from Pullman's highest point.
For the past 14 years, Washington State University's Physics and Astronomy Club has experimented firsthand with the explosive capabilities of pumpkins.
WSU hosted the club's annual pumpkin drop Saturday, where attendees painted around 80 of the doomed gourds with an array of brightly colored acrylics before they were heaved from the top floor of Webster Hall, splashing stringy orange innards against the cheering crowd below.
Brian Saam
"It's the oldest experiment," WSU Physics and Astronomy Chair Brian Saam said. "Drop two objects and watch them fall at exactly the same rate, regardless of how big they are or how heavy each one is."
The event offered hot drinks and pumpkin pie to those in attendance as well as variety of physics-related demonstrations.
Many of the demonstrations were interactive experiments displaying the idiosyncrasies of various physical phenomena such as the curious properties of liquid nitrogen and the insistent pull of electromagnetism.
"It's a smattering of different disciplines throughout the physics realm," Physics and Astronomy Club President Trevor Foote said. "It's just a little bit of all the different major groups of physics—electrodynamics, gravity-related magnetism—that sort of thing."
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Technology company started by WSU professors receives grant
September 28, 2018 adriana
New microscope costs less, shows promise for university researchers
A startup company launched by a WSU professor has received a $740,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue research and eventually commercialize a new, less expensive and easy-to-use microscope.
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Matt McCluskey
Matthew McCluskey, a professor in the department of physics and astronomy, filed for a provisional patent five years ago for his design.
His company, Klar Scientific, designed and manufactures a spectroscopic confocal optical profile (COP) microscope, which collects more information about materials in less time and at a lower cost than what is currently on the market, McCluskey said.
He and co-founder Rick Lytel, an adjunct professor of physics, launched Klar Scientific after having difficulties gathering data with a standard confocal microscope. Certain types of confocal microscopes use fluorescence to find impurities or defects in a sample.
"Fluorescence occurs when you shine a laser on a sample and some molecules emit a different color of light," McCluskey said. "It is similar to if you attended a blacklight party. The UV from the blacklight may make molecules in paint glow green or red."
By comparison, McCluskey's design is better at detecting small defects and uneven textures.
Daily Evergreen
Dr. Universe: How does sand stick together?
August 2, 2018 adriana
Sand is actually made up of lots of different things. When we look at it under the microscope, we can see cooled lava, coral, seashells, and other kinds of wonderful, colorful rocks.
If you add just the right amount of water to sand, it transforms into a pretty good material for shaping towers, walls, and spires for a sandcastle. At first, I thought the wet sand stuck together because of a chemical reaction. But it turns out this interplay of sand and water creates what scientists call a physical reaction.
That's what I found out from my friend and physicist Lauren Barmore, a graduate researcher at Washington State University who is very curious about matter and how things work on our planet.
She explained that if you had two rocks and put a bit of water in the middle, the water would be attracted to the rocks and form a kind of liquid bridge between them. One property of water is that it doesn't like to touch the air. Water would rather hang onto something else.
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A view of space from space
July 10, 2018 adriana
WSU professor shows Hubble Space Telescope's greatest images, details history
About 50 people tilted their heads back, gazed up at the Washington State University Planetarium dome and took in images from space Sunday at Sloan Hall on the WSU campus in Pullman.
Long before Sunday's sunset, viewers sat in the dark room looking up at sharply-focused images of planets, stars and galaxies. One image showed a detailed shot of a purple ring at the top and bottom of Jupiter.
Guy Worthey
Guy Worthey, WSU associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, displayed the images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Worthey discussed the history of the telescope, named after the late American astronomer Edwin Hubble, and how it revolutionized astronomy.
He said American physicist Lyman Spitzer developed the idea in 1946 of a telescope beyond the atmosphere rather than on the ground, as turbulence and air currents make telescope views from the ground blurry.
"If you were to go above the atmosphere, you could defeat that completely," Worthey said.


For those of us who follow Minor League baseball and prospects, the Arizona Fall League is one of the most exciting parts of the year. In the 25 years that the Arizona Fall League has been in existence, more than 1,200 players that have competed have gone on to appear in at least one major league game, including names such as Jeter, Piazza, Pedroia, Pujols, and more recently Bryant, Harper, Acuna and Arenado. The league is loaded with talent and is a great place to look if you're trying to find that future star who'll be breaking out in a year or two. The group sent by the Pirates is no exception. With a couple of top 10 organizational talents, let's see what future Pirates will be in Arizona this fall.
Tucker spent the entire 2018 season with Double-A Altoona, as one of the younger players in the league. Spending the first half of the season at 21 years old, Tucker got off to a slow start slashing only .232/.301/.307, while being caught stealing on 6 of his first 11 attempts through the end of May. The last 3 months of the season were a different story for Tucker. Tucker slashed .271/.349/.378 the rest of the way, hitting all 5 of his home runs and stealing 28 bases in 34 attempts. He definitely shows the kind of potential the Pirates are looking for.
Reynolds first season with the organization didn't exactly get off to the start he hoped, after requiring hamate surgery just 4 games into the season. The injury would cost Reynolds the rest of April and almost all of May. Upon making his return to the lineup, Reynolds produced like the centerpiece of the Andrew McCutchen trade should have. In August, he truly hit his stride, slashing .342/.409/.470 with 3 HR and 12 RBI in 117 at-bats. Reynolds spent half of his time in centerfield in 2018, but likely profiles as a top of the lineup left fielder, as his average and on-base percentage continue to rise.
After slugging 37 home runs and slashing .347/.461/.623 in 3 seasons at Wake Forest, expectations were high for Craig in Pittsburgh. Craig has shown a willingness to take a walk, and hit for a solid avg in his 2 stops in Low A West Virginia and High-A Bradenton. Everyone kept saying the power would come and did it ever in 2018. Craig more than doubled his career total with 20 home runs while slugging .448. He slugged below .375 each of his first 2 years. The average and on-base percentage dropped off significantly though, so Craig still has some work to put everything together, but finding the power stroke was a good step forward.
The only player on the 40-man roster to play in the AFL, Agrazal will pick up some valuable innings in Arizona after an injury shortened season for Altoona. A strained shoulder cost Agrazal all of June and more than half of July. While on the mound, Agrazal showed that he could eventually be a back of the rotation option for Pittsburgh. He posted 9 quality starts in his 16 opportunities and kept a very low BB/9 at 1.2. Agrazal lacks a dominant out pitch, but he keeps the ball in the yard and the team in the game. Had he stayed healthy all year, he likely would have seen time in Triple A and could be an option in Pittsburgh in the not too distant future.
Pabst, a 12th round pick in the 2016 draft, found himself in a tough situation this year. After being more or less classified as a glove first catcher, Pabst showed some more potential with the bat in his first taste of action at High-A Bradenton. Slugging .515 while hitting 8 home runs and 22 extra base hits in 171 at bats, earned him a promotion to Double-A in July. Playing time was tough to come by in Altoona though, as Pabst managed only 57 more at bats the rest of the way in a crowded situation. The extra at bats against a higher level of competition will go a long way in seeing what the Pirates have in Pabst.
It's not often you get much out of a 29th round pick, but it's starting to look like the Pirates may have a solid contributor in Hartlieb. The 6'6" righty has progressed nicely through the Pittsburgh system since being drafted in 2016. Hartlieb brings a mid to high 90's fastball, which produced an 8.6 K/9. He will need to raise that number a bit and lower his 3.7 BB/9 if he wants to reach an elite level in the major leagues, but he appears to be not far away from being a major league contributor.
Eckelman, another late round pick from the 2016 draft, has found his way to the back end of the bullpen. While the above-mentioned Geoff Hartlieb notched 10 saves in Double-A, it was actually Eckelman that led the Curve in saves with 11, all of which came after a June 27th promotion from High-A. The Arizona Fall league will be a great test for Eckleman though, as his K/9 (8.2, only 6.2 in Double A) and BB/9 (4.3, but 5.5 in Double A) leave a bit to be desired.
Weiman saw time across 3 levels in 2018, moving quickly from West Virginia, through Bradenton to Altoona. Weiman has shown a bit more of the strikeout stuff thus far than Eckelman or Hartlieb, posting better than a 10 K/9 in each of his first 2 stops this past season. He has done a great job of limiting walks, 1.2 BB/9, as well, leaving me most excited for Weiman. Another big tall reliever, the 2017 8th round pick will get to throw some quality innings that may show just how quickly the Pirates can continue to move him up the ladder.