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On Trump: What is the word for 'beyond appalled'?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media June 25, 2016, on the golf course at his Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Carlo Allegri
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I hereby announce a reader contest to select or create the most fitting word to describe the appropriate reaction to Donald Trump's most recent campaign outrages.
The offenses against common decency come rolling off Mr. Trump's tongue so fast and furious that it is hard to keep up. The two that I have in mind from this week are the "Second Amendment People" comment and the "Obama founded ISIS" line from Wednesday night.
They join a long list of statements from the cesspool that individually would rank among the most offensive things ever said in a United States political campaign, and together should disqualify this particular person from even being considered for public office.
Personally, I consider both to at least come close to being incitements to political violence against specific human beings, which probably makes them worse than prior award-winning offenses, such as the Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists comments from last July and the war heroes who were not captured line about John McCain, but really, all are very, very deeply offensive.
In covering a normal political campaign, a religion-ethics blogger like me might be able to focus on the disputed social-cultural-ethical issues at play in the election, like, say, abortion, gay rights, or the death penalty. Or perhaps we could talk about the faith perspectives of the two candidates and how these shape their policies. All standard fare.
But in this election, the overriding, overwhelming, overarching story is how one of the two major political parties gave us a candidate who says the things that this one says on an almost daily basis. The offenses are so genuinely shocking that they crowd out the capacity of most of us to do anything other than respond to them — or to cover our heads with our pillows and try to drown out the noise.
I have vacillated between attempting to respond and attempting to cover my head with my pillow.
In a sense, everything I really want to say about Mr. Trump was said in a lengthy joint statement that I helped draft and was released around May 1. Here it is again. It's named "Called to Resist Bigotry," and the list of evidences cited there has only lengthened in the last one hundred days.
After a while, saying it again, and again, and again, seems almost to be complicit with Mr. Trump in the debasing of our public life. It would be like watching pornography over and over again and writing column after column about how debasing it is. I hope that this is my last Trump column, as I am sure some of my readers do as well.
I wish that Donald Trump would be disciplined enough or decent enough to allow us to debate some of the interesting and important issues that at one point he raised during his campaign. Trade, the erosion of America's manufacturing base, the perception of American weakness abroad, even the way he is recasting LGBT issues in the GOP context — these are all worthy things to talk about.
And I wish that he would allow his own party and campaign breathing room to focus on the problems present in the Hillary Clinton candidacy.
Because yes, there is much to criticize in the long public life of Hillary Clinton, and certainly many particular policy issues one could take up. She was not my first choice for president this year, and I was sufficiently troubled that if the GOP had nominated a normal candidate I might well have voted for him or her. I was hoping for O'Malley vs. Kasich, if you'd really like to know.
But that is not what happened. We got Hillary versus this version of Donald Trump, who we once thought was just kind of a brash and funny businessman and reality TV star. It turned out that we got a man whose character has interacted with the hottest national spotlight in a way that has badly damaged both himself and all of us.
Grief seems a more appropriate response than anything else.
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whitemice says:
"""I hope that this is my last Trump column, as I am sure some of my readers do as well."""
Agree, it is time to just turn our backs to him.
"""Trade, the erosion of America's manufacturing base, the perception of American weakness abroad,…"""
What bugs me here is that we always talk from the presumption that the claims are true; rather than first evaluating the claim and having the discussion from the evidence/data. THE DATA is that the manufacturing sector of the American economy is **growing**, and has been for years, and that by $$$ value we manufacture more than anywhere else in the world [including China]. Manufacturing has not eroded – manufacturing has changed. That is just one example of how these conversations have become decoupled from reality – regardless of party. We cannot help people by creating good policy unless we first talk about the real world; but we as a nation seem too fevered and touchy for that to happen.
"""We got Hillary versus this version of Donald Trump,"""
It is possible to view this contest as an election of The Coasts vs. The Midlands. It makes sense from that perspective. Not that that makes it any more pleasant.
floydlee says:
I don't know if Obama founded ISIS, but he DID promise to destroy ISIS. Just another broken Obama promise, to add to the 8-year pile.
Let's send the man a little reminder that broken promises "have consequences", to borrow a phrase of his. Vote TRUMP !!
Bob Smetters says:
Tony Blair claimed he, Bush and Cheney were responsible for ISIS, but I'm sure Trump knows more about it.
DougSlug says:
I think the word you are searching for is "numb".
Dennis Michael Ames says:
Trump keeps the debate in the public domain where it belongs and keeps it out of the sacred realm of progressive commentators and 'news' heads. He speaks a language we aren't used to in in the sanitized world of 'political correctness' and sentimental liberal social activism.
So many like you are 'appalled' because the discourse has taken a turn that is outside the long-standing and effete political structures that have shaped American politics for too long. Hillary Clinton is the embodiment of all that is worst in those structures and is the inevitable result of them.
Donald Trump has come to speak sacrilege into the temple of political and social progressive religion, and its high priests don't know what to do with him.
Oh, is "effete" what we're calling it when candidates don't call for the assassination of their opponents, mock the handicapped, attack Gold Star parents, attack firefighters for doing their jobs, bar babies for crying, insinuate their opponents are members of a cult, consider women's normal body functions to be "disgusting," etc.? Seriously, effete's a pretty funny word to be used by supporters of a candidate with a tiny penis (and who, many people are saying, contributes to NAMBLA).
Laurelmarycecilia says:
you need to read more than the headlines of the MSM, Luv.
I read a lot more than that, sweetheart. Is anything that I said untrue, or is that just another "gotcha question from the lamestream media"?
Spuddie says:
"He speaks a language we aren't used to in in the sanitized world of
'political correctness' and sentimental liberal social activism."
Yes, he is more forthcoming about appealing to bigotry than the usual "dogwhistle" approaches of seasoned politicians. This is not something to be proud of. All it means is his voter base are just terrible people who just want to be pretend expressing their prejudices is "political discourse" and not really just acting like a d-bag.
Her Leftness says:
How's this for "appalling?"
Main Entry: appalling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying
Synonyms: alarming, astounding, awful, bad, daunting, dire, disheartening, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, grody, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrific, intimidating, mean, petrifying, scaring, shocking, terrible, terrifying, the end, unnerving
Antonyms: comforting, encouraging, reassuring, satisfying
My favorites for trump are "harrowing, dreadful, ghastly, hideous." He is all of those things, and worse.
HenryWallace says:
The true story of this election cycle is not Donald Trump, it's you!
Every election has its dull, egotistical, authoritarian candidates who are quickly dismissed, and consigned to the political fringe. There is nothing particularly interesting about the star of Celebrity Apprentice; he's a twenty-first century P.T. Barnum.
No, the interesting thing here is you. Trump's convictions are only that of a showman and he has found the freakishly vile words that keep you coming back.
Ben in Oakland says:
Effete….
Is that what Trumpenstein keeps sticking In his mouth?
I'd just like to see David Gushee write a commentary wherein he does not wet himself.
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lisab2595 says:
Exactly. Watching the right-wing spin is like the "car races" we used to have in the back seats as kids. We were in a car race with all the other cars on the road. (There were no cell phones, just good old imagination to entertain us.)
We always won. Why? Because any car that passed was disqualified. This is the right-wing approach to "the media." Any concept or idea they don't want to deal with is just disqualified. Trump is a fourth grader with money, and if you got call that your kid was calling calling names, or claiming some kid stole his pencil when his pencil was *right there*, you'd be mad at your kid.
But with Donald, it's the media's fault for daring to point out that he's said things patently untrue, incredibly immature, or simply dangerous.
I would be ashamed if my child behaved this way in public.
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gapaul says:
Here are the sorts of things I'd love to hear from a Christian ethicist commenting on the election.
1) What is the witness from Christian history to similar moments? When a Roman ruler more obscene than the one before rose to power — are there writings that would shed light on how the early church saw itself, or responded emotionally? Of course they weren't free to say what they thought publicly, but do we have any inkling then, or throughout history– how religious people responded to extreme public figures? I have a vague idea, but could always hear more, about the Christian response to the early stirrings of fascism in Germany.
2) Grief, lament. . . is there anything interesting to say about what that might look like? Or is it just tsk-tsking over a beer?
3) What happens when we are exhausted by bad news? Is there a right way to respond? Should we keep watching, or turn off the news, or check more infrequently? What should we watching for, internally, as this story drags on?
4) What might be some imaginative ways to respond? Should we stay away from Trump rallies, or protest, or do something completely unexpected.
5) Trump plays on fear. Lots of people, including Christians, are afraid. Of course we can just say, "don't," — but is there anything else that might be said about fear. What would a pacifist Christian or a Niehbuhrian Christians say are our options in the Middle East, or regarding terrorism?
6) What if you are the sort of Christian who thinks abortion is the worst possible act (probably because you think it will cost more lives than poverty or war.) This is the reason you support Trump. Is there a response to you?
I'm sure there are more possibilities to consider, but this is a list that quickly occurs to me.
Merriam-Webster: Effete: "lacking strength, courage, or spirit. : resembling a woman."
Perhaps you've said more than you wish to say about Trump and his supporters. They've bought into some myth about masculinity and are determined to live it.
Alison Swihart says:
O'Malley v. Kasich. Brilliant!
My dear, forgive my relative illiteracy with respect to internet shorthand, what in the world does ROFL mean (Roll On the Floor Laughing)? In hindsight, my comment was too scatological, It would have been better to ask him to refrain from weeping in every article.
Yes, rolling on floor laughing. Because I have often wished more or less the same thing.
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Barry Bonds's alleged transgressions involving anabolic steroids, detailed in Ben McGrath's article, are emblematic of a larger scourge: cheating. ("King of Walks," March 28th). From term papers purchased online to the ransacking of the mortgage-financing system, the increasingly pervasive ethos of success at any cost threatens the foundations of fairness and justice on which our commonwealth depends. While the pursuit of corrupt bankers is undoubtedly a better investment of scarce resources than the prosecution of baseball players, at some level star athletes must also be accountable to standards of fair play.
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David Remnick blames Israeli isolation on Benjamin Netanyahu's unwillingness to make peace with the Palestinians (Comment, March 21st). But he notes that the Palestinian leadership, Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad, is "weak and suffers from its own issues of legitimacy." Unfortunately, he does not probe more deeply into this weakness, or its implications for Israel's confidence in the capability of Palestine's leaders to enforce agreements. If Israel is to give up territory in return for Palestinian commitments to live in peace with Israel and to actively prohibit its territory from being used to launch attacks, it must be confident that Abbas, Fayyad, and their successors can deliver.
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The family of Derry boy Stephen McConomy, who was shot and killed by a British solider in 1982, are to speak at an event in Derry this Friday supporting families seeking justice.
The 'Time for the Truth' event will include representatives of families from across the north still seeking truth and justice for their loved ones killed during the conflict.
It takes place at the Stephen McConomy Memorial at the steps on Fahan Street at 3.00pm.
Speakers will include Stephen's brother, Emmett McConomy.
Eleven-year-old Stephen had been out playing with friends on April 16, 1982 when a member of the British army's Royal Anglian regiment shot him in the head with a plastic bullet.
The St. John's Primary School pupil had made his Confirmation with his classmates just two weeks prior to his death.
The other guest speaker at the event in Derry will be Robert McClenaghan from Belfast.
At 8.45pm on December 4, 1971, a bomb planted by the Ulster Volunteer Force ripped through the Tramore Bar on the corner of North Queen Street and Great George's Street, near the nationalist New Lodge Road in North Belfast. The bar was run by Patrick McGurk.
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Published: August 19, 2020, 4:45 pm Updated: August 19, 2020, 6:28 pm
'Satanist' ex-soldier sentenced to 2 1/2 years in bomb plot
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Riley County (Kansas) Police Department shows Jarrett Smith. Smith, a former U.S. soldier described by prosecutors as a Satanist has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for distributing information through social media about building a bomb and making napalm. A federal judge on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, rejected a request from Smith's attorney for a lenient sentence of 15 months. Smith pleaded guilty in February to two felony charges of distributing explosives information. (Riley County Police Department via AP,File) (Riley County Police Department)
TOPEKA, Kan. – An ex-soldier described by prosecutors as a Satanist and linked to a neo-Nazi group was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for distributing information through social media about building a bomb and making napalm.
A federal judge rejected a request from Jarrett William Smith's attorney for a lenient sentence of 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised probation. Federal law called for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, but sentencing guidelines said the presumed punishment for a first-time offender like Smith was 2 1/2 years to a little over three years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree also ordered the three years of supervised probation for Smith after his release from prison. The judge said he was surprised that federal sentencing guidelines called for such a "low" prison sentence for "troubling and serious" criminal behavior, adding that Smith wanted to start a race war and shared on social media "multistep plans to create chaos." Crabtree
"His planned actions, if executed, would have endangered countless members of the public," Crabtree said from the bench.
In seeking the lighter sentence, Smith's attorney said that because of a cleft lip and palate, Smith had endured a lifetime of victimization, isolation and trauma, which led him to become involved with online extremist groups. The Anti-Defamation League has said Smith was associated with the neo-Nazi Feuerkrieg Division, which it says advocates for a race war and promotes some of the most extreme views of the white supremacist movement.
Smith, 24, was a private first class stationed at Fort Riley when he was arrested last year.
Federal public defender Rich Federico said Smith lacked the basic knowledge to actually build explosive devices and was often "just regurgitating" what he'd seen online.
"He's not far removed from adolescence," Federico told the judge. "He is particularly vulnerable to extremists online."
Prosecutors argued that Smith admitted to providing information about making explosives to an FBI undercover agent in September 2019 and that FBI bomb technicians determined that his recipes were viable. He pleaded guilty in February to two felony charges of distributing explosives information and admitted that he intended for it to be used.
Prosecutors said that Smith planned to overthrow the government, with attacking a news organization as a first step. They said he told an FBI agent that he distributed explosives information "for the glory of his Satanist religion," though they provided few other details, other than saying that Smith liked "black metal" music designed to attract people to Satan.
Federal investigators have said Smith had encrypted communications with a Missouri man who this year planned to bomb a Kansas City-area hospital because he was distressed by the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. That man killed himself in March during a firefight with FBI agents as they served an arrest warrant, according to the FBI.
Smith admitted in his plea agreement that he spoke to others about his desire to travel to Ukraine to fight with "a violent, far-right paramilitary group."
Smith previously was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. He was discharged from the military after pleading guilty to the two charges.
Federico said in a court filing that Smith endured a near-daily barrage of bullying as a child and had repeated, painful reconstructive surgeries.
In 2010, when he was a freshman in high school, Smith learned he had been on a classmate's "hit list" as the intended target of a school shooting and bomb plot. The attempt was thwarted.
"That has a huge impact on who you are," Federico told Crabtree on Wednesday.
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Mattivi countered that Smith wasn't examined for or diagnosed with a mental illness.
"What the defendant experienced is sad, and I have sympathy for him," Mattivi told the judge. "But it has to be balanced against what he did."
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Controversial striker Nile Ranger has taken to social media to express his surprise that relegated Championship club Blackpool have taken the option to extend his contract.
Ranger moved to Bloomfield Road last August in an attempt to rebuild a career that has been blighted by off-field problems.
However, the former Newcastle United man made the last of his 14 appearances for the club on November 29 in a 1-1 draw against Rotherham United.
Former manager Lee Clark stated in December that the striker had gone AWOL and it appeared as though his short time at Blackpool was at an end.
Blackpool striker Ranger goes AWOL
But Ranger posted a picture on his Instagram account that showed an email stating Blackpool had taken up an activation clause in his current contract.
Ranger's post was accompanied by a hashtag that read: "REALLY!?!".
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Posted by Jenna King October 28, 2021
MEDFORD, Ore. —While the pandemic has taken a toll on the business community, the city of Medford is seeing some new business downtown.
"Most of them are still here and doing well," said Renatta Tellez with the Downtown Medford Association.
Since April, the Downtown Medford Association says it welcomed around 30 new businesses. Ranging from a new pilates studio to a cheerleading studio, to new coffee shops, restaurants, and more.
"It never really ends. I think that's the exciting part, sometimes we feel sad about the circumstances, but we honestly haven't had a single month where we didn't have a new business," said Tellez.
While some smaller businesses are just starting out, others are expanding to new locations.
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One familiar face is also returning. The longest-standing brewery in Medford is now back serving the community. Bricktowne Brewing Company closed in late July because of a lack of staffing and supplies. Under new ownership, an official grand re-opening is Friday.
"I feel like we have a pretty good chance of doing a really good job here and keeping this brewery a place that people of Medford can count on for great food and drinks," said Bricktowne General Manager, Nathan Hendrick's.
Now operated by the owner of Jefferson Spirits, another downtown establishment, Bricktowne is working on offering a broader array of drinks and even cocktails in the future.
"We're applying for some new licensing to kinda bring a fresh appeal to the place and get a wider demographic that would like to come in here," said Hendricks.
The Downtown Medford Association says as a result of all the activity, the city is on a good path moving forward.
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Liveblogging: House debating removing Jessica's Law of Death penalty provision
By Texas Moratorium Network On February 28, 2007 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
Rep. Dutton has introduced an amendment to HB 8 (Jessica's Law) that would remove the penalty of death for second offenses of sexual assault against a child. A motion has been made to table the amendment and will be voted on shortly.
One reason that the death penalty provision should be removed is that it could endanger some children. As we said in an earlier post,
"It is frightening to think that this death penalty provision may result in the death of a child who otherwise would not be killed, if the criminal thinks he has to murder the victim in order to eliminate the only witness to the crime. If the punishment for raping a child is the same as the punishment for raping and murdering a child, then a child may one day be murdered who otherwise would not be murdered because some nut is going to reason that he might as well get rid of the only witness since the punishment is the same anyhow".
Another reason to remove the death penalty provision is that, despite what Rep Riddle just misleadingly represented to the House in an exchange with Rep Terri Hodge, applying the death penalty in cases where a child is not murdered is probably unconstitutional. Riddle is misleadingly arguing that there is consensus in the legal community that her bill is constitutional and that she has been told by attorneys that it is, but UT law professor Rob Owen testified to the House Criminal Jurispridence Committee that the Supreme Court would most likely rule it unconstitutional. There is currently a case from Louisiana working its way up to the Supreme Court on this issue.
As we wrote in an earlier post:
In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Coker v. Georgia that the death penalty for people who commit rape of an adult is unconstitutional, because the punishment is disproportionate to the crime. The Court has not ruled on whether they would also consider the death penalty for a person who rapes a child as disproportionate, but it is highly likely that it would. There has not been an execution in the United States for non-homicide crime since 1964. There are provisions for the death penalty for some crimes that do not involve murder, such as treason, but treason is eligible for the death penalty because the assumption is that treason can result in the deaths of people. For example, Robert Hanssen, who is the subject of the current movie "Breach" could have been given the death penalty for his treason, which caused the deaths of at least three people, who were executed by the KGB after Hanssen told the Russians that they were working for the U.S. Hanssen received a sentence of life in prison without parole, instead of the death penalty for which he was eligible, because he cooperated with prosecutors.
Texas Moratorium Network (TMN) is a non-profit organization with the primary goal of mobilizing statewide support for a moratorium on executions in Texas. Significant death penalty reform in Texas, including a moratorium on executions, is a viable goal if the public is educated on the death penalty system and is encouraged to contact their elected representatives to urge passage of moratorium legislation.
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Execution Vigils
Huntsville - Corner of 12th Street and Avenue I (in front of the Walls Unit) at 5:00 p.m.
Austin - At the Texas Capitol on the sidewalk on 11th Street facing Congress Avenue from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.
Beaumont - Diocese of Beaumont, Diocesan Pastoral Office, 703 Archie St. @ 4:00 p.m. on the day of an execution.
College Station - 6 to 7 PM on execution days, corner of Texas Avenue and University Drive.
Corpus Christi - at 6 PM in front of Incarnate Word Convent at 2910 Alameda Street
Dallas - 6 pm, SMU Catholic Center, 3057 University Blvd (University Blvd. and Airline Rd)
Houston - To learn location or if a stay has been granted before you come out, call Burnham Terrell, 713/921-0948.
Lewisville - St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 1897 W. Main Street. Peace & Justice Ministry conducts Vigils of Witness Against Capital Punishment at 6:00 pm on the day executions are scheduled in Texas.
McKinney - St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Community located at 110 St. Gabriel Way. We gather the last Sunday of the month, following the 11:00 Mass to pray for those men/women scheduled to be executed in the next month and to remember the victims, their families, and all lives touched, including us as a society.
San Antonio (Site 1) - Archdiocese of San Antonio, in the St. Joseph Chapel at the Chancery, 2718 W. Woodlawn Ave. (1 mile east of Bandera Rd.) at 11:30 a.m. on the day of execution. Broadcast on Catholic Television of San Antonio (Time-Warner cable channel 15) at 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on the day of execution.
San Antonio (Site 2) - Main Plaza across from Bexar County Courthouse and San Fernando Cathedral - Noon
Spring - Prayer Vigil at 6 PM on evenings of executions at St Edward Catholic Community, 2601 Spring Stuebner Rd for the murder victim, for family and friends of the murder victim, the prison guards and correctional officers, for the family of the condemn man/woman, for the man/woman to be executed and to an end to the death penalty.


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Q: Is Visual Studio Required to run Coded UI tests on a build server? I have references to
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting;

But I'm building on a server without Visual Studio installed.
My builds are failing because these dlls can't be found (their path is in the VS install directory on my local machine)
Does this mean VS is required to run these on the build server?  Or can I just copy the dlls into some project folder and add them as references?

A: The recommended approach is to install VS on the build server and the licensing is such that you are able to do that.  The team know that this is not an ideal solution but it's the only one we have today.  Note that the build server images provided by Microsoft in the hosted environment (tfs.visualstudio.com) have VS2012 and VS2010 installed into them for exactly this type of reason.

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Active Query Builder ActiveX Edition is a visual query builder control that allows your end-users to build complex SQL queries via an intuitive visual interface. Active Query Builder can be used in any software project which supports ActiveX controls as well as in the .Net projects.
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The Truth Behind Meat and Dairy | Hallelujah Acres | Raw Life, Inc.
Howard Lyman built his small organic family farm into a large corporate chemical farm. By the world's standards, this fourth-generation Montana farmer was a huge success. Following a near-fatal bout with cancer, however, Lyman became a vegan and vowed to dedicate his life to exposing the dangers of meat and dairy consumption, including Mad Cow Disease. He came to the forefront when he, along with Oprah Winfrey, took on the entire food industry in court, and won. This enlightening video is Lyman's address to the Hallelujah Diet® Health MinistersSM in 2002.


Ontario is moving full speed towards legalization, but the restrictions accompanying it make it basically meaningless.
Ontario just tabled a cannabis law that makes it near impossible to smoke weed.
First Texas dispensary is set to open up in December, something that is a long time coming.


Altair (Troy, MI, US) has released HyperWorks 2017, with several functionalities added in areas such as model-based development, electromagnetism, nonlinear structural analysis, modeling and meshing, multiphysics and multi-disciplinary analysis, lightweight design and optimization.
Electromagnetics (EM) Analysis and Design: Flux for EM simulation of static and low frequency applications, and WinProp for propagation modeling and radio network planning are added as complements to FEKO, focused on high-frequency EM simulations related to antenna design, placement, radiation hazard and bio-electromagnetics.
Material Modeling and Manufacturing: Multiscale Designer is a tool for development and simulation of accurate models for heterogeneous material systems including laminated composites, honeycomb cores and reinforced concrete. Manufacturing offerings now include solidThinking "Click2" products for extrusion, casting and metal forming process simulation.
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You are here: Home / News / Athena Pathways Launches to Train 500 BC Women in AI in 18 Months
Athena Pathways Launches to Train 500 BC Women in AI in 18 Months
March 5, 2020 by Robert Lewis
Increasing British Columbia's capacity in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science (AI/ML/DS) is of strategic business, economic and social importance today and will only get more important in the future as every major industry is deeply affected by AI/ML/DS.
And yet, BC faces a major challenge in developing its workforce to sustain competitiveness: women are highly underrepresented in this field.
Athena Pathways intends to change that.
Women comprise approximately 20% of the tech industry workforce in BC, below the national average of 25%. In universities, women earn 50% of bachelors degrees but only 18% of computer science degrees, and the percentage has been dropping over 30 years.
Gender imbalance is a particular threat to the performance of AI technology because models are algorithms fitted to data, and diversity is a critical part of accurate models. Meanwhile, numerous studies show that financial performance significantly lags in companies that lack diversity.
Led by the Artificial Intelligence Network of BC (AInBC) and industry players MetaOptima, Teck Resources, Careteam, KPMG, SCWIST and D-Wave, Athena Pathways is a partnership with Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster, UBC, SFU, BCIT and Northeastern University to deepen BC's pool of scientific/technical expertise and make it more inclusive, while delivering real value in the form of trained interns, workers and executives to businesses currently starved of talent.
Under the program, the four educational institutions are developing courses and workshops in AI/ML/DS for women at the highschool, post-secondary and career levels. Over 300 scholarships are available to women who enroll in many of these courses.
In addition, the corporate consortium partners, along with dozens of other hiring partners in industry, are providing internships, full time positions and mentorships to women in AI.
Athena's near term goal of enrolling 500 women in high-school and university courses, internships and mentorship programs could approximately double the number of women currently working for industry in these fields today as well as delivering $2.7 million in direct, quantifiable benefits to the economy plus benefits not immediately measured totalling far more.
Courses, scholarships, internships and mentorships are now open for applications online.
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This my original track. Hope you enjoy it.
Hey! so here I am in the Bit Chute community and to kick things off I thought i'd start with just a tiny bit of blues whilst I get my head around things.
Reformed on Windows 7 dinosaur computer and ancient historical software..
Q. How many winged monkeys does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Why do you REALLY want to know?
Shot on location early one morning from the roof of the parking garage at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
Jonathon "Mox" Moxon's (James Van der Beek) inspirational "Heroic" speech.
One of the most prolific and talented delta blues artists of he 1930's.
" The Sensational Saxophone Hit " .
Whiskey Bliss is an original singer songwriter from Seattle USA. This is an EP she recorded in Adelaide South Australia 2015 with my band mates from Iron Dwarf. Produced by Lord Stompy. Rob Wallace violin.
Donate to the poor: https://www.paypal.me/LordStompy My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LordStompyHarp Support my original music here: http://lordstompy.kicktone.com/ My reverbnation music channel: https://www.reverbnation.com/lordstompy Find me here: https://www.minds.com/LordStompy or Lord Stompy / Iron Dwarf on FB.
N.B.: The discords are intentional and should be played exactly like written to get the proper effect - The composer.
The Memphis Blues" is a song described by its composer, W. C. Handy, as a "southern rag".
Subtitled "Mr. Crump", "The Memphis Blues" is said to be based on a campaign song written by Handy for Edward Crump, a mayoral candidate in Memphis, Tennessee.
Original song I wrote for $500 commission for someone's birthday. Support ORIGINAL Aussie musicians! Cheers. Donate to the poor: https://www.paypal.me/LordStompy My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LordStompyHarp Support my original music here: http://lordstompy.kicktone.com/ My reverbnation music channel: https://www.reverbnation.com/lordstompy Find me here: https://www.minds.com/LordStompy or Lord Stompy / Iron Dwarf on FB.
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We all know that Henry Mancini wrote Baby Elephant Walk, and the Baby Elephant Boogie is based on THAT song. However, this is so much more uptempo in comparison that I claim it is a unique arrangement. Besides, I made two glaring performance mistakes that defy logic. The song was only included because those two young men had such a creative and spontaneous "pogo dance" that I had to share the video with everyone on youtube.
Henry Mancini was one of the great composers of the 20th century. Along with Burt Bacarach, The Beatles, Elvis, Irving Berlin, Hank Williams and a few others he defined a new music. Each composition is a type of mathematical proof, where every line contributes to the form of the whole. If the song is a common folk song, it is a proof that we have seen many times before, with perhaps a unique or clever substitution. But original and memorable composers seem to invent an entire new world of music in much the same way as a novel mathematical concept leads to an entirely new branch of mathematics. For me, Henry Mancini is one of these types of composers. His music stands unique and unchallenged defining an entire world that no one else has. Peter Gunn, Baby Elephant Walk and many others have become immortal.
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One of the great joys of playing music is seeing children spontaneously and enthusiastically dance to the music with genuine enjoyment and abandon. In my childhood there was no dancing and no singing. There was no joy. We were always well behaved or we got punished. To this day, I cannot sing or dance very well. One of the reasons I love Boogie Woogie music is that it is the happiest music on earth. You cannot listen to Boogie Woogie music without wanting to dance and be happy. It is always a special gift to help others enjoy life and be happy.
Scarborough Fair is a traditional song from England.
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The easiest thing you can do to lose weight: avoid restaurants at all costs
By Julia Belluz@juliaoftoronto Jan 25, 2016, 9:00am EST
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You should view the dishes at your local Chinese and Italian restaurants with the same suspicion you reserve for Big Macs.
If you want to lose weight, there's one simple thing you can do that will definitely help — and it doesn't require starving yourself, avoiding gluten, or buying magic weight loss supplements.
Just cook at home.
The most recent scientific evidence for this advice comes in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, led by Tufts University researcher Lorien Urban. She and her co-authors examined the nutrition content of more than 360 dinner entrees at 123 non-chain restaurants in San Francisco, Boston, and Little Rock between 2011 and 2014.
The restaurant dishes contained 1,200 calories, on average — about half of the 2,000 or 2,500 calories recommended for moderately active women and men in an entire day. American, Italian, and Chinese restaurants were the worst offenders, with nearly 1,500 calories per meal, on average.
Greek, Japanese, Vietnamese, Mexican, and Thai restaurants generally had fewer calories in their dishes. Still, overall the non-chain meals rivaled the calories found in meals at popular chains, and nearly 92 percent of the dishes examined exceeded the energy requirements for a single sitting.
All this suggests you should view the pasta dish at your local Italian restaurant with the same suspicion you reserve for a Big Mac.
The rise in restaurant eating is a big reason for the rise in calorie consumption
This isn't the first time researchers have come to such startling conclusions. As the authors point out, meals consumed out of the home have been recognized as "an important contributor to the increase in energy intake since 1970."
People typically eat 20 to 40 percent more calories in restaurants compared with what they'd eat at home.
A less scientific analysis of restaurant foods, from the Center for Science in the Public Interest in 2014, highlighted some of the most caloric dishes in America for their Xtreme Eating Awards.
The Cheesecake Factory featured heavily on the list. The chain's "bruléed French toast" with a side of bacon contained 2,780 calories (more than a day's worth), 93 grams of saturated fat (about a week's worth), and 24 teaspoons of sugar (about four times the daily recommended intake of added sugar).
That French toast was only rivaled by the chain's creamy farfalle pasta with chicken and roasted garlic, which contained 2,410 calories and 63 grams of saturated fat.
These may be the outliers, not the averages, but they serve as a warning about the extent to which your favorite restaurant foods can derail your diet.
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Q: TypeError: cannot concatenate a non-NDFrame object appears only when I run the same script in a parameterized function I am trying to plot the progress of COVID-19 vaccinations over time in different countries. The script was working fine as long as it is reading and preprocessing the data separately for each country. I get the error when I try to run the same script on a list of country names using a function.
Checking Stackflow I see the solutions proposed to this type of error has been case specific and I can't draw a general conclusion to apply it to my case.
Does anyone have any idea how I can  fix the issue?
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline

mpl.style.use(['ggplot'])
parameter = 'total_vaccinations'

def covid_vaccines(countries):
    covid_vaccinations = []
    for con in countries:
        url = "https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data/blob/master/public/data/vaccinations/country_data/" + con + ".csv?raw=true"
        df = pd.read_csv(url, index_col = 0)
        #print(df.head, type(df))
        country = df.loc[con,['date', parameter]]
        #print(country.head, type(country))
        #converting the dataframe to series with 'date' as index
        country = country.set_index('date').squeeze()
        country.name = con
        print(country.head, type(country))
        covid_vaccinations = pd.concat([covid_vaccinations, country], axis = 1)
    return covid_vaccinations

countries = ['Sweden']
vaccinations = covid_vaccines(countries)
vaccinations.plot()


This is a kids clock with a built-in camera you can hide in plain sight. It is a great choice for a nanny cam. Many children love this cartoon and would be happy to hang this fun clock in their bedroom or playroom.
Covert. It looks like an every day child's cartoon themed clock. Even if the camera is removed from the wall, the electronics are sealed inside.
Quality video. Records VGA quality (640 x 480) video. Either record continuously, or use the motion detection setting. It can record continuously for approximately 5 and a half hours. See our sample video below.
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Q: How to change the Title of the command prompt window How can I change the title of the command prompt window every time I execute a dos-based program by double clicking it, in c language. Should I use the Windows API?

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title Windows Title (quotes unneeded)

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MB&F Legacy Machine No. 1
The Legacy Machine no. 1 is a watch from MB&F.
Introduced in 2011, the LM1 differs greatly from the Horological Machine No. 1 and its successors. It has the appearance of a traditional round watch, though it is no less technically advanced than its predecessors.
The LM1 features two subdials at 3 00 and 9 00 with a large balance suspended above them at the center via two bridges mounted around 12 00. The movement was created by a team lead by Jean-François Mojon and is constructed by Kari Voutilainen. It was designed to evoke classic pocket watches. The 14 mm balance beats at just 18,000 A/h, becoming the focal point of the watch face under a domed crystal. Also visible above the dial are a Breguet overcoil hairspring and the escapement.
Unlike the four-barrel Horological Machine, the Legacy Machine uses a single barrel and escapement to drive two separate time dials. These may be set independently using crowns on each side at 4 00 and 8 00. Only the 4 00 crown is used to wind the manually-wound movement. An unusual vertical power reserve indicator is placed at 6 00, measuring 45 hours.
The case is quite understated for MB&F, measuring just 42 mm in diameter and 16 mm thick, though it appears larger.
The LM1 was priced starting at US$92,000 and is not a limited-production piece.
MB&F won both the Men's Watch Prize and Public Prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève for the Legacy Machine No. 1 in November, 2012.
Domed sapphire
Dual time dials
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MB&F Legacy Machine No. 1 Watch
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In this thought-provoking session, Cat will present some of the underlying shifts and undercurrents that are converging to impact the ways in which organisations are set to identify, hire, engage and retain key talent in the future, based on Working the Future's carefully-curated data points. As commercial landscapes become increasingly agile and technology-centric, Cat will share insights from key emerging future of work trends to help business leaders understand how to leverage opportunity and remain in demand.
Cat is a Co-Founder of Working the Future, a management consultancy on a mission to help UK business leaders make sense of the complexities of the future of work and build easy-to-implement future-proofing strategies. With a 25-year career in staffing and workforce planning, and experience of growing her own recruitment businesses, Cat recognises the critical importance of human connection in driving team engagement and, by extension, productivity. As our workplaces become increasingly digital, automation technology creates amazing new opportunities for business to design and offer more bespoke and customised client experiences, to drive loyalty and ensure ongoing commercial success.


If you've ever been to a community swimming pool, you know that sharing the water with dozens, if not hundreds, of people, is unavoidable. Those who have a swimming pool at home have no such issues and can enjoy a relaxing swim whenever the weather allows it. Unfortunately, swimming pools, no matter where they are, can be the scene of less-than-comforting incidents. In this piece, we cover four unusual stories related to swimming pools that occurred in 2016.
Sydney is typically associated with beautiful weather, golden beaches, and a party atmosphere. However, in June, residents of Collaroy on the city's northern beaches faced terrifying waves of up to 25 feet in height. The waves crashed into beachfront properties and traveled approximately 150 feet onto the main road.
As well as destroying the local beach club, and homes, it also claimed the indoor swimming pools of one of the properties along the shore. Incredibly, the waves smashed into the building and caused its swimming pool to go mobile right along with it. It ended up about 15 feet out to sea! It was the worst storm in the area in decades. In this instance, even swimming indoors wasn't a guarantee of safety!
If there was ever a case for purchasing your own swimming pool, it is the story of the chemical spill that resulted in 22 swimmers going to Colorado hospitals in March. The incident occurred at a Lafayette recreation center pool, reported as a chlorine gas spill. The majority of those rushed to hospitals were children, and swimmers reported symptoms including nausea and coughing.
The exact nature of the chemical spill went unreported, and the Fire Chief of Boulder County acknowledged that it was a hectic situation. A witness reported that a number of people who emerged from the water had difficulty breathing. A Hazardous Materials Team was unable to detect lingering chemical or gas levels, and other pools in the area were unaffected.
We return to Sydney for our next surprising pool moment. This is a bit of a cheat since it didn't happen in a swimming pool; it occurred in a pool chemical store. One night in early April, a fire suddenly broke out in the store. The blaze was so intense that 50 people had to leave their homes. The fire quickly spread from the shop to other units in the complex, but a team of 50 firefighters managed to keep the damage to a minimum.
The store contained chlorine, acid, and a variety of other swimming pool chemicals that were involved in the fire. There were concerns that a wind change could blow the hazardous smoke back into the houses of residents. If nothing else, this story should remind all pool owners to store their chemicals safely!
This was unquestionably the biggest swimming pool shocker of the year and quite possibly of the century as it happened on the grandest stage imaginable: the Olympic Games. During the Games, the diving pool faced closure because the water had turned green! Issues with the cleanliness of the water plagued Rio from the beginning. Water polo players were unable to see while in the water and complained that it was hurting their eyes, likely due to excess chlorine levels.
It took days for Olympic officials to identify the root cause of the problem: improper combination of chlorine and hydrogen peroxide. We reported on this and 6 other ways not to use pool chemicals to help avoid unpleasant memories like this.
If you're looking for an easy way to ensure the water in your pool or hot tub stays balanced no matter what time of year it is, consider a pHin smart monitor. This little device constantly monitors your water and automatically sends you exactly what you need to keep the water in your pool or hot tub healthy. If you're looking for someone to service your equipment, Pool Service on Demand instantly connects you to local, qualified pool techs.
We hope that 2017 will bring many fun and positive memories in and around your pool and hot tub!


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CODE OF BOWLING ETIQUETTE The etiquette of the game of Bowls is a combination of good manners, sportsmanship and scocialability. These courtesies are best described as the" unwritten Laws of the Sport". They are extras and designed to promote social ability and the excellent reputation for friendliness the game of bowls has rightly earned. 1. Be conversant with the Laws of the Sport of Bowls and observe them at all times. 2. Be punctual to set up rinks, to commence play at all matches and always play your bowl with minimum delay.. 3. Keep quiet and refrain from moving when players are on the mat. 4. Stand behind the mat while your opponent is delivering a bowl. 5. Always stand still at the head when a player is about to bowl as movement, talking or gesturing at the head or mat end is very distracting and is considered gamesmanship. Do not use gamesmanship to beat your opponent. Win on the green. 6. Never deliver your bowl before the previous bowl has come to rest as doing so violates your opponent's possession of the rink. 7. Always pay your skip the respect of waiting for his / her decision. Don't step onto the mat and indicate which way you intend playing. Wait for the skip's instruction. 8. Keep track of play; be ready to bowl when it is your turn. 9. Always allow your opponent possession of the rink (mat-end and head-end) as spelled out in the Laws of the Sport of Bowls, because failure to do so, decreases enjoyment of the game. 10. When an umpire is called, retire away from the head as you no longer are part of the decision making. Respect the decision made. 11. Every player at the mat end should assist in collecting bowls when the end is completed 12. Walk close to the center of the rink with minimum delay when changing ends as you could distract play on the adjoining rinks. 13. Never applaud lucky bowls - accept them graciously. 14. Never complain about lucky bowls - they tend to equal each other out over the season. 15. Respect the green surface at all times. Do not drop bowls onto the green. Stand on the bank. Walk in the ditches when the geometry permits it. 16. Always inform your opponent if you wish to leave the green. 17. If you lose, be a good loser, don't blame your loss on other people, the green, weather conditions, etc. 18. Win or lose, always shake hands with your opponent and thank them for the game. Don't be too taken with your win today as the position may be reversed tomorrow. 19. Be quick to help put the equipment away. 20. When playing singles, whether you have won or lost, be sure to thank the marker. Remember that markers are usually volunteers and have given their time to assist you in your game. You can repay him or her by being courteous in return. 21. It is polite to thank the umpire of the day before leaving the green. 22. Learn to be a good marker. Remember a marker can make or break a game. Obtain a current copy of the Laws of the Sport of Bowls to learn the duties of a marker. 23. Skips should always remember that the players on their team are doing their best and that they are not always perfect themselves. 24. Above all, enjoy the game of bowls for the pleasure and the lasting friendships it provides.


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Bertus van Mook (bij Breda, 7 december 1935) is een Nederlandse golfleraar.

Van Mook begon als caddie op golfclub Toxandria en werd daar in 1963 assistent-trainer onder Jan Ottevanger. Hier bleef hij tot 1966. Vervolgens ging hij naar Wittem, waar hij André van Pinxten opvolgde. In 1974 werd hij golfleraar bij Golf & Countryclub Geijsteren. Hier gaf hij les tot zijn pensioen.

Van Mook werd achtmaal Nederlands kampioen. Ook speelde hij 9 maal de world cup. Regelmatig speelde hij in het Nederlandse team op de Interland Holland - België. In 1993 won hij het Senior Profkampioenschap op Golfclub de Dommel.

Referenties

Mook, Bertus van


The court system in Cottonwood, Arizona is a government institution of Arizona to settle disagreements involving residents of, or events that occurred in, Cottonwood.
If you are involved in a lawsuit, or any legal dispute, in Cottonwood, Arizona, it's very likely that you will have some contact with the court system.
Jury Duty: All adult U.S. citizens who live in Cottonwood are eligible to be called for jury duty in Cottonwood, Arizona. This is the only way that many people interact with the court system. If you are called to serve in jury duty (usually, every person is eligible to be called for jury duty once per year), when you get the letter from the court telling you to show up for jury duty (usually a few weeks after the letter arrives), you are legally obligated to do so on the appointed date. You are then placed in a large "juror pool," and called into a courtroom that has an upcoming trial. The lawyers for each side of the case will then ask each juror some questions to determine if they are biased. If the lawyer doesn't want a juror serving on the jury, they can dismiss the juror (they only have a limited number of dismissals, however). If you are dismissed, you're done. If you end up on the jury, you are now serving a very important role in the justice system, and it's important that you follow all of the judge's instructions.
Filing a Lawsuit: if you sue someone in Cottonwood, Arizona, you will most definitely interact with the local court system - a lot. Even if the case never goes to trial, you will have to deal with pre-trial motions, discovery requests, and case management conferences. You will definitely become more aware about the Cottonwood, Arizona court system than you ever wanted to be.
Being Sued: If you face the unenviable prospect of getting sued in Cottonwood, Arizona, you'll be spending a good deal of time dealing with the courts. You will have to file an answer to the complaint, discovery requests, motions, and many other documents with the court. Majority of these will happen whether or not the case even goes to trial.
Divorce: Most divorces in Cottonwood, Arizona are fairly quick, and don't require a lot of involvement from the courts. Some, however, can get combative, and the local court system may be obligated to resolve disputes between the parties.
How Can A Cottonwood, Arizona Tort Lawyer Help?
Most people don't have to go to court in Cottonwood, Arizona unless they're dealing with some perplexing legal issues.
You will probably need assistance navigating these legal issues. You should definitely consider retaining the services of a qualified litigation lawyer in Cottonwood, Arizona if you believe that you are going to have significant contact with the court system sometime soon.


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import {ApiRequestBuilder, ApiResult, ApiVersion, ObjectWithEtag} from "../../helpers/api_request_builder";
import {SparkRoutes} from "../../helpers/spark_routes";
import {PipelineGroup} from "./admin_pipelines";

export class PipelineGroupCRUD {
  static get(group: string) {
    return ApiRequestBuilder.GET(SparkRoutes.pipelineGroupsPath(group), ApiVersion.latest)
                            .then(this.extractObjectWithEtag);
  }

  static update(groupName: string, updatedPipelineGroup: PipelineGroup, etag: string) {
    return ApiRequestBuilder.PUT(SparkRoutes.pipelineGroupsPath(groupName),
                                 ApiVersion.latest,
                                 {
                                   payload: updatedPipelineGroup, etag
                                 })
                            .then(this.extractObjectWithEtag);
  }

  private static extractObjectWithEtag(result: ApiResult<string>) {
    return result.map((str) => {
      return {
        object: PipelineGroup.fromJSON(JSON.parse(str)),
        etag: result.getEtag()
      } as ObjectWithEtag<PipelineGroup>;
    });
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace Panels
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var windowName = "Panels." + (sender as Button).Content + "Window";
            var window = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CreateInstance(windowName) as Window;
            window?.ShowDialog();
        }
    }
}


You just described all the PL forwards, even Sir Harry Kane does it every time.
I thought Morrison would cheat with a wrestling/rugby challenge, no attempt to get the ball, and was right. A foul anywhere on the pitch.
Tactic - long balls to an isolated Niasse, now Zohore, who's surrounded by defenders. When CH uses that tactic in a loss, he gets slaughtered.
15:05 - Triggaaar quoted AmexRuislip in post Shane Duffy and Lewis Dunk today.
13:24 - AmexRuislip quoted LamieRobertson in post What are you doing tomorrow?
07:31 - AmexRuislip quoted Frankie in post Why were Huddersfield playing for a draw?
07:31 - AmexRuislip quoted edna krabappel in post Why were Huddersfield playing for a draw?
03:45 - sydney quoted AmexRuislip in post Shane Duffy and Lewis Dunk today.
01:40 - Frankie quoted AmexRuislip in post Why were Huddersfield playing for a draw?
01:23 - edna krabappel quoted AmexRuislip in post Why were Huddersfield playing for a draw?
21:49 - AmexRuislip quoted Sussex Nomad in post Why were Huddersfield playing for a draw?
21:41 - AmexRuislip quoted Giraffe in post Old bloke removed from the North Stand today?
21:31 - Thunder Bolt quoted AmexRuislip in post Does anyone have any footage of Andone's celebration?
21:08 - Weststander quoted AmexRuislip in post Does anyone have any footage of Andone's celebration?
20:47 - Harry Wilson's tackle quoted AmexRuislip in post Does anyone have any footage of Andone's celebration?


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R. C. Gorman
Artist R.C. Gorman was born in Chinle, Arizona, on July 26, 1931. Descended from generations of Navajo craftsmen, holy men, and tribal leaders, he was encouraged by a teacher at a mission school to develop his talent for art. After several years in the US Navy, he attended Arizona State College (now Northern Arizona University), but it was a visit to Mexico (1958) and then a year at the Mexico City College (now University of the Americas) that solidified his desire to be an artist.
After spending several years in San Francisco developing as a painter, he moved to Taos, NM. In 1965 he received a one-man exhibition in the Manchester Gallery there, and by 1968 his work was enjoying enough success that he bought the gallery, changed its name to Navajo Gallery, and began to exhibit and sell his own and other artists' work.
The gallery was the first in the United States to be owned by a Native American. It remained for many years as his residence, studio, and gallery, where he was often present to deal personally with the growing numbers of other artists and the public who came by. From the 1970s, as his reputation spread throughout the USA and abroad, he moved on from working with oil,
acrylic, and pastel to lithographs, ceramics, and occasional sculptures. Although he usually drew on Southwest Native American themes, he transformed them by his art into more universally significant, and aesthetic, subjects.
Reputed to be a genial, accessible man, known to be interested in food and cooking, and someone at home in the worlds of both his ancestors and international museums and academies, he is arguably the first Native American to be internationally recognized as a major American artist. Gorman died November 4, 2005, at a hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico.


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FOOD REVIEW: Tin Can Fish House & Oyster Bar, Sandy Springs, GA
Submitted by GA Lottery
Monday, January 10th, 2011, 9:43am
We'd been hearing good things about Tin Can Fish House & Oyster Bar for weeks and, being seafood lovers, we were dying to check it out.
Our time came however, at the end of a long day shopping and battling traffic for the last hour. To top it all off, the GPS left us in front of an Animal Clinic wondering how in the world with this type of technology it can still be so wrong? Fortunately, we called and they talked us down. Needless to say neither of us were in the best of moods when we walked in, but Ahmeed changed all of that.
Students Meet, Exceed Standards at 30 North Fulton Schools
Thursday, January 6th, 2011, 4:47pm
FULTON COUNTY, GA -- Thirty North Fulton County schools were recently recognized by the Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement for meeting the office's high standards for public schools.
Awards were presented to the schools for reaching certain levels of the Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS), a mandate of the No Child Left Behind legislation.
Seven of the North Fulton schools earned the SSAS Bronze award, while the remaining schools earned the Silver (eight), Gold (nine) and Platinum (six) awards, all for Highest Performance.
The minimum requirements for Highest Performance revolved around a school's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status and whether or not its student body meets and exceeds standards.
The qualifications for Highest Performance for each award are:
Bronze: More than 20% of the sch
Alpharetta: Home to Tasty Adventures and Dining Delights
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011, 1:11pm
ALPHARETTA, GA -- Winter is officially upon us: the days are shorter, the air is brisk and Georgians are craving hearty and delicious meals that will chase away the chill.
Just south of the North Georgia Mountains and only 22 miles north of Atlanta is Alpharetta, offering over 150 dining options representing every cuisine imaginable, not to mention the state's only Publix Apron's Cooking School (4305 State Bridge Road, 30022).
Alpharetta restaurants feature a multitude of ethnic foods from the diverse cultures that call the city home.
Estate Taxes and the New Tax Bill: More and Less Certainty
Submitted by msleff on Tuesday, January 4th, 2:46 pm
ESTATE TAXES & THE NEW TAX BILL - MORE AND LESS CERTAINTY
The estate planning measures passed in the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 beg the question "what do we do now?" This new bill reinstates the estate tax with an exemption amount of $5 million dollars for an individual and a maximum estate tax rate of 35% on values above the exemption amount. Married couples will have the ability to pass $10 million dollars of assets before any estate tax will be due. In addition, all assets included in an estate will have their basis automatically "stepped-up" to fair market value. This means that assets will likely have no capital gains tax if they are sold soon after death since their value is stepped-up. The generation skipping tax exemption was also increased to $5 million dollars.
Does this mean that single persons with less than $5 million dollars and married couples with less than $10 million dollars no longer need to w
Fulton County Schools' Hardship Transfer Applications Due Feb. 15
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011, 1:59pm
FULTON COUNTY, GA -- As of Tuesday, Jan. 4, applications are available for parents who wish to apply for a 2011-12 hardship transfer or to renew a current transfer to another Fulton County elementary, middle or high school.
Parents can use an online form, available under the "Parents" section of the Fulton County School System's Web site, to enter their information and print it to obtain signatures and/or supporting documentation.
Although using an online form will help expedite processing time, applications can also be picked up at all Fulton schools as well as the Fulton County Schools Administrative Center (786 Cleveland Avenue SW, Atlanta, 30315).
The deadline for submitting a transfer application is Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 4:30 p.m.
Transportation Officials to Hold Georgia 400 Open House
Monday, January 3rd, 2011, 5:10pm
ALPHARETTA, GA -- On Wednesday, Jan. 5, transportation officials will hold one of five Georgia 400 Corridor Improvement Projects Open Houses at the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce (11605 Haynes Bridge Road, Alpharetta, 30009).
The meetings are designed to determine which new projects should be funded along the Georgia 400 corridor, which includes the Windward Parkway entrance near Milton.
The money for the projects comes as a result of a September 2010 Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) and Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) vote to extend the ground lease for the Georgia 400 Toll Road and its 50 cent toll for up to 10 years.
Happy New Year from Where U Live!
Thursday, December 30th, 2010, 5:49pm
It's hard to believe that Where U Live is less than six months old. We've come so far in such a short amount of time.
And the sites are only going to get bigger and better in 2011.
I'd like to take the opportunity to give a heartfelt "thank you" to everyone who has helped us build Where U Live. We are overwhelmed and extremely grateful at the positive and enthusiastic response we've received so far. Keep the story ideas, community events and "good news" coming!
Have a safe, happy and healthy new year. See you in 2011Alive!
esawicki@wxia.gannett.com


Three years ago I thought the Plantagon vertical farm in a dome was pretty much vaporware, that a dome made little sense, and I was, like many others, tired of all of these architectural fantasies. Since then, some small test facilities have actually been built, and some serious academic work has been done to give the concept some substance. Now, they are actually breaking ground on one, using a very silly three handled shovel that is an interesting analogy to the vertical farm: yes, you can make one, but why would you, and does it work any better than the traditional technology?
A new type of greenhouse for vertical farming; an international Centre of Excellence for Urban Agriculture; a demo-plant for Swedish clean-tech and a climate-smart way to use excess heating and CO2 from industries. The potential is tremendous and ambitions high for the new greenhouse being built in Linkoping, Sweden, near the regional energy company, Tekniska Verken.
The basic idea is to grow vegetables in pots. The pots are then put into trays, which are transported around the growing helix where the cultivation takes place. The trays are equipped with a light sealed nutrient solution reservoir, and the pots are irrigated about three times per day using an ebb-and-flow technique. A capillary mat at the bottom of each tray protects the individual plants from drought. Excess nutrient solution is collected and reused after disinfestation.
They are not kidding around when they say they can scale the thing, proposing this "Plantascraper."
The different system designs basically all have the same production flow and location of equipment. The machinery is located in the basement on one or two floors and the trays are transported to the top of the helix by a special tray elevator. The crops grow during the slow transport down the helix and are ready for harvesting when they reach the end of the helix at the basement level. Food is harvested in batches using an automatic harvesting machine. After harvest, the trays and pots are disinfected, and the pots are separated and replanted with another seed for the next round in the cultivation loop. After germination, the pots are recombined with the trays and elevated to the top of the growing helix to repeat the process.
Like Gordon Graff's proposal, the Plantagon appears to use plant residues and local manure in an anaerobic digester to generate biogas, to run boilers and chillers for heating and dehumidification. They are building their demonstration plant next to a generating plant to use its excess heat as well.
Is this all more sensible than a three handled shovel? Or is it, as Adam Stein called it, Pie in the Sky? We shall see. More at Plantagon.
Three years ago I thought it was just vaporware, but something is being built in Sweden.


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Hospitality suffers 540,000 jobs in 2020
by Sophie Scott | 19 Feb, 2021
Hospitality Suffers 540,000 job losses in 2020 and is on the verge of losing a significant amount more.
There are many industries that have suffered throughout 2020, but hospitality has been near uniquely placed at the forefront of every conceivable damage the pandemic and social restrictions could throw at it. That's not to say that other sectors have not had it hard, but few will have to had to navigate the never ending variations of restrictions and closure hospitality has.
Analysis from S4labour shows that the result has been 539,000 job losses; circa 20% of total hospitality employees, during the full calendar year. By contrast, every other year (we looked back to 2010) has had positive growth of hospitality employees.
Hospitality employment has always had peaks and troughs, however, last year, we can quite clearly see figures align, not with the usual seasonal trends, but with government policy announcements. The first spike in job losses occurs in weeks 11-13, in March 2020 where 91,000 employees were let off in a three-week period, just as the crisis hit and hospitality was shut; government support was not foreseen at this point. There was another spike of job losses that occurred of 42,000 in one week just as the government announced the November restrictions and all but cancelled Christmas.
The only occurrence of a positive new starter rate since March 2020 occurs in the week 3rd August; the start of the EOTHO scheme. However, this was just after two spikes of job losses in July, likely to have been caused by the end of fully supported Furlough, covering NI, holiday pay and pensions.
Trends identified in this research shows clear lack of foresight by the government, as has followed for the whole of this crisis; a lack of clear communication with the industry that accounts for 5% of UK GDP and 10% of UK employment. S4labour demands that hospitality is provided with a roadmap, a clear and concise mission aimed at the opening of hospitality, to prevent another huge round of job losses in the next few weeks, following the announcements on Monday. The lack of foresight and the suggestion of just outside pubs and bars opening, will bring yet another round of job losses to those pubs and bars with no option to serve outside. It simply isn't enough to say that pubs and bars can only open with very aggressive restrictions, as this does not bring profit that is desperately needed at a time where the industry is run to the ground. Pent up demand and the knowledge that it is safe to go to a socially distances pub cries for pubs to be given a clear opening date on the 22nd Feb when we are to hear whether we sink or swim in the next few months.
Chief Customer Officer Sam Wignell added "It is crystal clear, it is not the viability of these hospitality jobs that is the issue, it is the lack of reasonable communication and clarity. If the government is serious about keeping jobs, when we are on the verge of losing a significant amount more, a clear road map and a stimulus package similar to EOTHO is required."