Witnessing people organising their table of food to perfection before taking a photo from birds-eye view isn't a rare sight in restaurants nowadays. Food is officially the star of social media, with #food being on over 200,000 tags and counting on popular photo-sharing app Instagram.
Forget about rainbow macaroons and Oreo cheesecakes, the most recent food trend is something nothing less than magical; Unicorn Noodles.
Creation of Instagram foodie @theindigokitchen from the Netherlands, the noodles are taking social media by storm, and he describes the noodles as 'quick and simple' to make, with 3 ingredients.
Soak purple cabbage in water – the amount of water and time spent soaking will affect the concentration and intensity of colour you're left with. The purple cabbage essentially 'dyes' the water, so pop in your white or clear noodles to turn them blue, and add lemon or lime juice where desired to add hues of pink and purple. If you want to undo the purple or pinkness, adding an alkaline like baking soda will give you green-blue hues. Food chemistry is pretty cool, eh?
They're vegan and nutritious and can be added to a load of meals. Make a unicorn stir-fry, add to a curry, a salad – the options for magical, colourful food are endless according to AJ, the genius vegan chef behind The Indigo Kitchen.
Being so easy to make, and insanely aesthetically-pleasing, I can confirm I want to try these magical, colourful noodles immediately. I'm off to follow AJ on Instagram and stalk the #unicornnoodles tag.


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Q: php get returning unassigned values I have a simple test page that is meant to confirm the GET values
<?php
if ($_GET ['car'] = 'yes') {
echo 'You have a car. It is set to: ' . $_GET ['car'] . '
';
}
if ($_GET ['boat'] = 'yes') {
echo 'You have a boat. It is set to: ' . $_GET ['boat'] . '
';
}
?>

I am verifying with multiple URL strings:

*

*test.php?car=yes&boat=no

*test.php?car=no&boat=no

*test.php?car=no&boat=yes

*test.php?car=yes&boat=yes

If I navigate to the URL "test.php?car=no&boat=no" the echo function prints 'yes' instead of 'no'.
Please assist me in understanding why I am not receiving the desired outcome of 'no' instead of 'yes'. Thank you.

A: Your if statements are making $_GET['car'] equal to 'yes', instead of checking to see IF $_GET['car'] IS EQUAL TO 'yes'. Try this:
<?php
    if ($_GET['car'] == 'yes') {
        echo 'You have a car. It is set to: ' . $_GET['car'] . '
';
    }
    if ($_GET['boat'] == 'yes') {
        echo 'You have a boat. It is set to: ' . $_GET['boat'] . '
';
    }
?>

A: Assignment Operator
$a=$b

The basic assignment operator is "=". as "equal to". Don't.
It really means that the left operand gets set to the value of the expression on the right (that is, "gets set to").
Comparison Operator
$a == $b

Results TRUE, if $a is equal to $b after type juggling.

So, change your code to below code for comparing as you are not assigning.
<?php
if ($_GET ['car'] == 'yes') {
echo 'You have a car. It is set to: ' . $_GET ['car'] . '
';
}
if ($_GET ['boat'] == 'yes') {
echo 'You have a boat. It is set to: ' . $_GET ['boat'] . '
';
}
?>

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Atlanta residents gathered in front of a large mural of US congressman John Lew to pay tribute to the late civil rights activist.
Lewis served for decades as a US congressman, died aged 80 on Friday, July 17th.
The African-American icon was nearly beaten to death by police, and later as a sitting congressman was arrested multiple times for protesting genocide or leading immigration reform sit-ins.
Lewis was a sharecropper's son whose fights for justice helped define an era, and whose moral authority as an indomitable elder statesman left a permanent imprint in Congress.
He was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in late 2019.
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Sunday 11 January 1662/63
(Lord's day). Lay long talking pleasant with my wife, then up and to church, the pew being quite full with strangers come along with Sir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes, so after a pitifull sermon of the young Scott, home to dinner. After dinner comes a footman of my Lord Sandwich's (my Lord being come to town last night) with a letter from my father, in which he presses me to carry on the business for Tom with his late mistress, which I am sorry to see my father do, it being so much out of our power or for his advantage, as it is clear to me it is, which I shall think of and answer in my next. So to my office all the afternoon writing orders myself to have ready against to-morrow, that I might not appear negligent to Mr. Coventry.
In the evening to Sir W. Pen's, where Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, and afterwards came Sir G. Carteret. There talked about business, and afterwards to Sir W. Batten's, where we staid talking and drinking Syder, and so I went away to my office a little, and so home and to bed.
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Mon 12 Jan 1662/63
Clement on 11 Jan 2006 • Link
"...it being so much out of our power or for his advantage..."
Perhaps Tom had the temerity to suggest to his father that he liked the woman. And perhaps dad tried to exert a little paternal influence on Tom's behalf.
Of course the match is no less a financial proposition for her side than it is for Sam, who married for love, as has been noted previously in the context of Tom's proposed relationship.
A. Hamilton on 12 Jan 2006 • Link
Sam simmers down
Sharp comment (on sermon, Tom's situation) but none of yesterday's overt hostility -- and see where Sam spends his evening!
it being so much out of our power
Sam acutely remembers how the lass's mother sharply cut her offer, and how the girl herself expressed aversion to Tom and his circumstances. Sam's father didn't have the advantage of this first hand impression; now Sam has to make the unpleasant facts as clear to his father as he dares.
Australian Susan on 12 Jan 2006 • Link
"lay long talking pleasant with my wife"
Yes, but he then neglects her for the whole of the day, which should be a day of rest, instead playing catch-up with office work or office networking I picture Elizabeth sitting around at home, chatting with Jane, doing some sewing or reading, maybe playing cards with Jane (or Will?) and glancing at their new smart clock on the mantelpiece or across the yard to the office, watching the candle still burning there and wondering when Sam will come home. She doesn''t even get to go to Church, unless Sam just doesn't record it. A lonely day for her.
dirk on 12 Jan 2006 • Link
The Rev. Josselin's diary today:
"A very cold wintery time. the smallpox in 5 families all taken from Hatch apprentice who died. all persons upward, lord be good to us in sparing our place, our poor sinful town. god good to me in the freedom of the Sabbath. Mr Calany committed to Newgate for preaching at the place where he had been minister."
A little bit of everything today. Smallpox -- and more problems with the Act of Conformity.
in Aqua Scripto on 12 Jan 2006 • Link
"... to carry on the business for Tom with his late mistress,..." I dothe not think this be about Mistresses that be applying for permanent residence and proper sealed official papers, but The one, that has no dowry but keeps the bed from being cold.
A. De Araujo on 12 Jan 2006 • Link
"and afterwards to Sir W. Batten's,where we staid talking and drinking Syder"
One day he despises Sir William Batten,next he is his drinking buddy!
Very volatile our Man!
Clara on 12 Jan 2006 • Link
I consider Sam lucky, Bess is only asking for a companion - which could easily be done for her by spending a little bit of his money, I know, that's not easy for Sam to be sure - but it would be worse for him, if she claimed him staying at home more often and not going to plays or staying with his friends and drinking... (sorry for mistakes, I must confess I am German)
Terry F on 12 Jan 2006 • Link
"all the afternoon writing orders myself to have ready against to-morrow, that I might not appear negligent to Mr. Coventry."
Presumably the occasion is the regular Monday meeting of the Tangier Committee. http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/5243/
Sign of the times, there be extremely few lasses that are in the position of Elizabeth, "Bess is only asking for a companion ",Thems that have the funds [Daddies or dead hubbies] would be off to the Hall, to find a better prize, the rest need pocket change which be very scarce, there being no welfare. Women had few opportunities to indulge in there own endeavours, they had a choice of being married, work in a household or have an indulgent Pops, or kill off the man of the house, then and only then could thee have control of the funds required to be entertaining and sipping a glass of sherry, if none of the above then it be to the Park and provide services. Thus there be others trying another path, be a companion.
In review Elizabeth be in an the most unusual position of not needing to wring chicken necks, iron the old mans stockings, Yet not have the connections [not enough females with up and coming partners] to play the Lady of the Manor.
Affluence be one of the deadly diseases along with retirement and welfare, if brain activity be not force on one, thrue hunger, cold and Ambition, then floundering takes place, all energy must be used, one way or another[+/-].
Todd Bernhardt on 12 Jan 2006 • Link
re: "all the afternoon writing orders myself to have ready against to-morrow, that I might not appear negligent to Mr. Coventry."
Or their regular Monday morning meeting with the Duke...
Perhaps Bess asks for a companion for cultural reasons? Given her personal background, this might be the pattern she is most used to --, she being a reader and letter-writer, but no Aphra Behn (1640-1689), she needs someone cultured with whom to converse (the household help will hardly do); moreover she is only 22, hardly finding fit the company of the other wives of Sam'l's older colleagues.
Great point "for cultural reasons", grown tired of those little soap operettas of the times, french novels, here be an missed opportunity to expand her thinking . Now Sam has physicaly trashed her writings, good or bad, has damaged her self esteem, Oh! many fragile minds have been lost in this manner .
Robert Gertz on 14 Jan 2006 • Link
A companion could discuss her favorite novels, the current plays, perhaps escort her to a few minor Court functions...A useful thing to have.
Obviously Bess thought to win Sam's possibly grudging respect with a well-thought-out letter listing her complaints and very likely noting how little ( probably some dress money, a companion, a little more attention from his Clerkness) it would take to make her content...And Sam thought it so good he kept it as well as feared it.
Now imagine the letter Barbara Palmer might have written...
Talking pleasant...
One can hope some of his Diary empathy for Bess seeped out and comforted her a little. Sam's no doubt a very charming fellow in private conversation.
Imagine if he told her he'd kept her torn letter out of admiration for the writing. Did he admit to her a little of his fear about the letter getting out and Coventry or others learning of the nightly (and occasionally daily) gaddings-about of nose-to-the-grindstone Pepys?
Terry Foreman on 22 Sep 2014 • Link
"a pitifull sermon of the young Scott"
Pepys suffered much from this young preacher, who served St Olave's sometimes for about a year from October 1662, and for Pepys always disastrously: e.g. "the Scott preached and I slept most of the afternoon.'' http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1663/10/25/ He is never named in the diary, and his identity can only be conjectured. (L&M note) "It is possible that he was the Alexander Mill, M.A., who received his preacher's license in Aug. 1662. An Alexander Milne took his M.A. at Aberdeen in 1658." (Companion, p. 393)
Sasha Clarkson on 11 Jan 2016 • Link
"One day he despises Sir William Batten,next he is his drinking buddy!"
Not at all. The Pepys' policy is to avoid the Battens socially, but this is business, as it it with Minnes and Carteret. The officers meet at the Sir Williams' because, even if their influence is waning, they are senior and wealthier: Perhaps their apartments are more suitable for entertaining too?
Which brings us to the causes of Elizabeth's loneliness: problems with status and pecking order. Pepys has the confidence, or bravado, to socialise with his colleagues as equals: although they are wealthy knights, he has a better education and family connections with the aristocracy, which they do not. Things started well enough with Lady Batten, In 1660 Pepys records: "Home, there hear that my Lady Batten had given my wife a visit (the first that ever she made her), which pleased me exceedingly."
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/11/26/
However, by the following summer relations had soured, because Lady B insisted on treating Bess as a social inferior. "I found my Lady Batten and her daughter to look something askew upon my wife, because my wife do not buckle to them, and is not solicitous for their acquaintance ..."
Thenceforward relations deteriorate and Bess, it seems, chooses not to be present at social occasions involving the Battens. This is especially understandable if Lady B is condescending in a way that Lady Sandwich, who has much higher status, is not. Unfortunately Lady Penn is managing the estates in Ireland and Pepys; parents are now in the country as is Lady Sandwich. So Bess has no social equals with whom she is happy to spend time, and she feels it necessary keep the servants in their place: another cause of domestic unhappiness and friction with Sam.
Today one might be tempted to regard social status might be an empty vanity, but in this era, especially for non-working women, it was a major component of self-worth!
Lady Penn seems to be a much more down-to-earth person, and when does appear in a couple of years' time, Bess spends a fair amount of time with Sam in her company.
San Diego Sarah on 12 Jan 2016 • Link
While I appreciate the points Aqua Scripto made on 12 Jan 2006 regarding how few lasses were in Elizabeth's position, "Bess is only asking for a companion." I would have thought there were a lot of educated but impoverished young women around ... widows and daughters of fallen Cavaliers, survivors of two Civil Wars and 10 years of persecution by the Puritans. Charles II tried to reinstate families to their original properties, but so much had been destroyed and there are many stories of Royalists dying years later in poverty. They needed MeetUp.com, The Lady and The Women's Institute. Or were there Want Ads back then?
"all the afternoon writing orders myself to have ready against tomorrow, that I might not appear negligent to Mr. Coventry." -- paranoia about Mr. Coventry again. Last week Sam was hiding in Westminster hoping not to bump into him. What is this about?
"Want Ads"? There weren't even newspapers! (Not in the modern sense anyway) :)
There were occasional official bulletins, and unofficial propaganda sheets, sometimes illegal and printed abroad to avoid suppression.
The first English newspaper with advertising was 'The Daily Courant', founded in 1702, just before Pepys' death, founded by businesslady Elizabeth Mallet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Courant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_British_…
All diary entries from January 1663


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I made this "Adventure Knapsack" a few years ago and it turned out to be quite a time-consuming project, although it was worth it to see the children's faces light up with excitement.
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Justin Schwartz was among the penultimate day's survivors in the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Driven by his own volcano-like character, he recently addressed his rivals for a new challenge. The young online poker prodigy highlighted that he is ready to tee himself against anyone in a $ 25/50 blind pot-limit Omaha. In recent past, Schwartz was involved in a verbal clash against the Canadian poker pro, Daniel Negreanu, the scope of which was about some differences of points of view regarding internet-based poker. This time, Negreanu is poised to take on the challenge, yet, denying it as a revenge. According to him, the Kid Poker wants to give a life lesson to his opponent he considers as a little kid. Hence, valid is the Negreanu Vs Schwartz clash. If defeated, Schwartz is deemed to face weight loss challenge, do some reading, practice yoga and meditation while enrolling himself in a personal development program at Choice Center Leadership University.
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I got a call today from a friend who was just bounced around the health care system for a couple of stressful months of poking, prodding and heightened worry. The possible conditions and the series of expensive tests he went through had him whirling, physically and mentally. The experience left him asking, is this all really necessary?
Navigating the health care system can seem like finding your way through a complex maze. I've travelled that road many times, and learned what happens when you let go of the reins - It can be like riding a runaway horse! There is an easier way. Amy Sluss, RN, recommends in her book, Health Care Your Way, six steps that can make the experience run more smoothly. I met Amy at last year's Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference, put on each year by the American Journal of Health Promotion, and she and her book made a lasting impression on me - I realized that her new book, and the stories in it, embodied some of the meaningful work I do as a wellness and life coach. There is so much to understand about the health care system and how it works. I've worked in the health care system, in the human resources departments that negotiate with the system, and have lots of experience as a patient trying to navigate the system. And many learning experiences from when I hit some rough patches during the voyage!
In her book, Amy's recommends these six steps, notated in bold. I've added my insights and some tips for each step - It's a way to give you the inside scoop about what I've learned as a frequent voyager in today's always changing health care waters.
1) Learn all you can. I remember how hard it was for me to get comfortable asking questions of physicians and other health care professionals. One tip that worked for me was to write questions down before my appointments. Next, of course, i had to take notes about the answers - otherwise I found myself forgetting important details because there was so much information to absorb in a short amount of time.
2) Tell your story. I keep a running file that I use for healthcare visits - Lately I've been keeping track on my smart phone. It's simple to transfer the data to my computer when I synch phone and laptop. Here's how to get started: Make a few notes that will help you tell your health story clearly and concisely. Use a direct style of communication, get right to the point, and depict the whole picture in as few words as possible. I found out the hard way that it's important to share the entire relevant picture upfront and swiftly, or some of the story can be left out while clinic protocol flows quickly and efficiently along. Both you and your health care provider will benefit from taking into account your "whole person," so a bit of preparation helps make this happen.
3) Gather advice. When health care providers make recommendations, your job is to make sense of the opinions you receive, and make informed, sound decisions. I've found some ways that I better process the options I have to consider: I discuss them with people I trust - family, friends, other health professionals. And, I have found it is wise to get a second opinion when there are complex factors to consider.
4) Make decisions. It may not feel like it sometimes, but it's up to you. Each time you use the health care system, you weigh your choices, the pros and cons, and make your own informed decisions. How do you do that more simply and quickly? Take a sheet of paper and briefly list the information you've collected, in two columns: pros, or benefits, and cons, or potential consequences, like side effects, time issues, costs. Ask yourself, how much time are you willing to wait for your body's natural healing powers to take care of the discomfort? What are your other options, such as natural or complementary healing methods? What life circumstances do you need to consider?
5) Implement your plan. When it comes right down to it, you determine how you implement your plan. This is where I have been known to waffle, because life can be unpredictable, and so sometimes you've got to change course. Think ahead about what strengths you'll bring to the healing process, and how you will avoid or overcome any obstacles to your plan of action.
6) Evaluate your progress. So, when I bend like a river around obstacles in my way, I do OK. It's when I get rigid, or fail to see the full spectrum of gray between black and white, that I run into what can seem like insurmountable hurdles. Bottom line, if you stay flexible, and ready to change course when circumstances change, you're more likely to have a healthy outcome. The best way to do that is to evaluate your progress regularly, perhaps with the help of your health professional, to determine whether and when you need to take a different approach.
Freedom to Choose - Keeping these six steps in mind is second nature for me now. But to get there, I went through a whole lot of getting lost, reaching dead ends, enduring accidents, and aggravating conditions before I learned how these steps keep me moving forward, with the reins firmly in my own hands. It feels good to know how to find my way, and to be able to share this navigational know-how with you.


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The Canyons Aquatic Club is well known in the Santa Clarita Valley, but the name continues to grow nationwide. Canyons Aquatic Club sent 21 swimmers to the 2018 USA Swimming Futures Championships in Santa Clara, California, which takes place from Aug. 2 to Aug. 5. The Futures Championships are a stepping stone for competitors who are aiming to reach meets at Junior Nationals and National Championships. The swimmers at the meet includes a bevy of All-SCV swim team members from last season. Izabella Adame (Valencia), who earned All-SCV Girls Swimmer of the Year honors, leads a group that includes Maxine Catig (Hart), Ellie Horst (Hart), Genesis Lewis (Hart), Reagan Nibarger (West Ranch) and Sophia Morici (West Ranch). Angelene Estiandan (West Ranch), Emma Hiett (Valencia), Hope Hill (Hart), Viviana Raker (Saugus) and Julia Unas (Valencia) round out the girls squad. All-SCV Boys Swimmer of the Year Kevin Childs (Canyon) helms the boys team, which includes All-SCV team members Ted Hwang (West Ranch), Justin Morsch (Saugus), Dylan Parente (Valencia), Jonathan Quick (Hart) and Dawson Waage (Hart). Cade Brower (West Ranch), Joshua Lee (Valencia), Ronit Shrestha (Valencia) and Keane Alejandro, who attends Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, complete the boys roster.
Session one of nine began Thursday night, with the girls 800-meter freestyle. Raker finished No. 21 (9:25.90), Horst finished No. 23 (9:27.24) and Estiandan finished No. 30 (9:34.97). Raker, Horst, Estiandan and Nibarger comprised Canyons' girls 800-meter freestyle relay A team, finishing in the No. 13 spot (8:45.57). Canyons' girls B team, consisting of Adame, Hill, Morici and Unas finished two spots behind the A team (8:47.54). In the boys 800-meter freestyle relay, Canyons' A team constituting of Brower, Morsch, Parente and Shrestha finished at the No. 12 position (7:57.88). The B team made up of Childs, Hwang, Quick and Waage finished No. 20 (8:07.23). During Friday's second session, Adame finished first in the girls 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries (1:12.27), earning her a spot in the finals later that afternoon. Adame finished second in the finals (1:11.19), .14 seconds behind first-place finisher Lydia Jacoby of Seward Tsunami Swim Club in Alaska. Canyons Aquatic Club capped the night with a sixth-place finish in the the boys 400-meter freestyle relay final (3:35.35), after qualifying earlier Friday morning. The A team was comprised of Morsch, Parente, Shrestha and Waage. The competition will continue through Sunday, as more Canyons Aquatic Club swimmers will compete in a variety of races including the 100-meter backstroke, 100-meter butterfly and the 400-meter individual medley. Stay up-to-date with the latest results.
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By George Prentice @georgepren
The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday proposed some of the most sweeping changes in decades to the Endangered Species Act, the 1973 law that helped bring the bald eagle and the Yellowstone grizzly bear back from the edge of extinction. The New York Times reports that The Trump White House says the ESA is "cumbersome" and "restricts economic development."
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Blue-green algae blooms have closed a second Treasure Valley pond in as many days. Officials at the City of Boise Parks and Recreation Department said Pond No. 1 at Esther Simplot Park is closed, including the children's beach area. City staff said they're working with the Department of Environmental Quality to test and treat the water, but in the meantime people need to steer clear. Officials also remind the public that dogs are no longer allowed in Quinn's Pond at Esther Simplot Park, including ponds No. 1 and No. 2.
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Ian has a number of senior positions within the agricultural sector. Including Chairman of Dairy Genetics business Cogent Breeding Ltd, Chairman of UK Agrochemical distributor Zantra, has a consultancy with food safety specialist Anitox Ltd and is a Non-Executive Adviser to Wheatsheaf Group. He also continues to Chair his own private portfolio of companies. Ian holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Agriculture from the University of Edinburgh.
Dr. Nik Willoughby
Nik is an Associate Professor in Bioprocessing at Heriot-Watt University. After graduating from University College London with a BEng and PhD in Biochemical Engineering he spent 3 years as Senior Purification Scientist at Metris Therapeutics, developing purification processes for proteins from mammalian cell culture. He then returned to UCL for 4 years to help establish the Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre for Bioprocessing, an industrial-academic collaborative centre to aid rapid bioprocess development and scale-up. In 2006 Nik moved to Heriot-Watt University to establish a Bioprocessing research group.
Alan Harper
Alan joined Heriot-Watt in 2006 following a long and eclectic career with organizations including ICI, AstraZeneca, Avecia, National Industrial Symbiosis Programme and University of Edinburgh. His experience in sustainable processing and industrial symbiosis through NISP projects led to Horizon Proteins. Alan's diverse research and consultancy practice tops off his process engineering teaching at Heriot-Watt, energy at Edinburgh and distillation in the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling.
Prof. Paul Hughes
Paul graduated with a BSc and PhD in chemistry. He spent the next 17 years with the UK's Health and Safety Executive, BRI and Heineken International. In 2005 Paul joined Heriot-Watt University, where as Professor of Brewing and Distilling he was ICBD director and research director for Life Sciences. In 2014 Paul established a consultancy and publishing company, Yasigiworld Ltd, providing international expertise in research, education and knowledge exchange in the alcoholic drinks sector. He publishes widely and is visiting professor at KU Leuven. Paul is a co-founder of Horizon Proteins.
Dr. Dawn Maskell
Dawn is an Assistant Professor at the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University. Dawn has a PhD from Oxford Brookes University in brewing yeast physiology and a degree in Brewing and Distilling from Heriot-Watt University, as a result of this Dawn has an extensive network of contacts across the industry. Previously she worked on the valorisation of brewery and distillery co-products, including on the development of the Horizon Proteins research project. Dawn is a member of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling and through them has a Diploma in Brewing and is an accredited Chartered Scientist. Dawn is also on the Board of Examiners for the Institute of Brewing and Distilling.
Dr. Julio Traub
Julio is a chemical engineer with nearly 15 years of industrial and academic experience. He has fulfilled a number of roles, involving process improvement, plant cost budgeting, quality control and health and safety standards, for a multinational processing company with plants throughout Australia, New Zealand, Chile and the Philippines. Julio holds a masters degree in Bioprocessing and PhD on the development of the recovery of proteins from whisky distillery by-products from Heriot-Watt University. Within Horizon Proteins Julio promotes the development of engineering and the economics of the process.
Dr. Jane White
Jane is a Research Fellow at Heriot-Watt University. She has over ten years of experience in processing and adding value to whisky and brewery by-products in Scotland. With a PhD from Dublin City University and extensive research in biomass processing, separation and fermentation technologies, she contributes to the development of the Horizon Proteins technology, product characterisation and process scale-up in addition to the wider goals of commercialisation and market development.
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Abou is a Research Associate at the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University and an Enterprise Fellow at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He holds a PhD in Food Sciences from the University of Nottingham after graduating with a BSc in Biochemistry at Heriot-Watt University. His research focus has been to optimise the utilisation of nutrients in animal feeds through biological processes. In addition he has been an Associate supporting a knowledge Transfer Partnership between the University of Nottingham and a feed manufacturer. Abou is a board member of Cereals & Europe (the European section of the AACCI) and has been part of the organising committee of the European Young Cereal Scientists and Technologists Workshop since 2011.
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Joe Biden calls Donald Trump 'most incompetent president in US history'
Joe Biden called Donald Trump 'the most incompetent president in history'. Picture: PA
President-elect Joe Biden has called Donald Trump 'the most incompetent president in US history' and said he is 'not fit to serve'.
It comes after Donald Trump said he will not be going to Joe Biden's Inauguration, tweeting on Friday: "To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration".
Responding to the US president's announcement that he would not be going to the inauguration, Mr Biden said it was a "good thing".
He said the response was 'one of a few things he and the incumbent president agreed on'.
He then went on to say that Mr Trump had "embarrassed" the US around the world and was "not fit to serve".
"He has exceeded even my worst notions about him," said Mr Biden.
It comes as representatives are said to be planning an impeachment against President Trump.
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Donald Trump has said he will not attend the Inauguration. Picture: PA
It is the first time in 152 years that a US President has refused to attend their successor's inaugural ceremony, and Barack Obama attended Trump's in 2017.
There have only been three US President's in history who refused to attend the following one - John Adams in 1801, John Quincy Adams in 1829 and Andrew Johnson in 1869.
Trump's announcement comes as calls grow for his impeachment or to be ousted from the Oval Office early after he encouraged his followers to storm the Capitol in Washington DC.
It is believed Vice President Mike Pence will still be attending the Inaguration.
Earlier on Friday, Nancy Pelosi today called Trump an "unstable president" and said she was seeking advice on how to prevent Trump from accessing the codes for a nuclear strike.
In a statement she said: "This morning, I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike. "
Ms Pelosi and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer have called on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to force President Trump from office.
It is a process for stripping the president of his post and installing the vice president to take over.
President Trump is set to leave on January 20 when Mr Biden is inaugurated.
President Trump could be prevented from running again in 2024 or ever holding the presidency again. He would be the only president to be impeached twice.
The House impeached him in late 2019, but the Republican-led Senate acquitted him in early 2020.
Democrats are discussing acting quickly to impeach President Trump as soon as next week if his Cabinet does not first try to remove him.
Most Democrats, and many Republicans, put the blame squarely on President Trump after hundreds of protesters bearing Trump flags and clothing broke into the Capitol and caused destruction and mass evacuations.
On Friday, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said that US President Donald Trump incited an assault on democracy by violent rioters - a rare direct criticism of Mr Trump by him.
Mr Trudeau has been careful not to criticise Mr Trump over the last four years as 75% of Canada's exports go to the US, but Mr Trudeau told reporters on Friday that Mr Trump and other politicians are to blame for an event he called "shocking, deeply disturbing, and frankly saddening".
"What we witnessed was an assault on democracy by violent rioters, incited by the current president and other politicians," Mr Trudeau said on Friday.
He said that democracy is not automatic, it takes work every day, and that it is a real accomplishment to have a political system in which the losing side gracefully concedes.
But Mr Trudeau said democracy is resilient in the US, Canada's closest ally.
Mr Trudeau said Canadians expect "debate that is grounded in shared acceptance of the facts".
Asked if he worries his comments could damage relations with Republicans, Mr Trudeau said: "It's extremely important that we be there to defend democracy.
"Words have consequences.
"Choices made by people in power can have direct impact on behaviours and institutions," he added.
Mr Trudeau and Mr Trump have largely got along, but Mr Trump previously called Mr Trudeau "weak" and "dishonest."
And Mr Trump vowed to make Canada pay after Mr Trudeau said he would not be bullied in trade talks.
Mr Trump threatened tariffs on cars and imposed them on steel and aluminium.
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Rally Rewind: Tour de Corse 2008
We are rewinding a long way this time - to 2008 when the Tour de Corse Rally de France was last included in the WRC. Back then we were smack in the middle of the Loeb era, Ford were busy with tactical shuffles and a future champion secured a crucial result.
Run from 10 - 12 October, the 2008 Tour de Corse followed just four days after Rally Catalunya as the second in a double-bill of tarmac events.
Driving Citroën's C4, Sébastien Loeb had won in Catalunya - and the three rounds before that - and was well on his way to a fifth drivers' title. It was no surprise then that he shot into the lead as soon as the Ajaccio-based event got underway.
Loeb's team-mate Dani Sordo had finished second in Catalunya, and it looked like being a similar story here until he crashed his Citroën on the third stage and retired with a damaged roll cage.
That left a trio of Ford Focus RS cars in pursuit, headed by works drivers Mikko Hirvonen and François Duval, then the semi-works Stobart car of Jari-Matti Latvala. The Subaru Imprezas of Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson were fifth and sixth.
On paper that's how the positions remained until the end. But the reality was more complex because Ford had to manipulate the order of its cars to maximise championship points after a series of punctures on the final day.
Loeb and Ogier both had reasons to celebrate in Corsica
First Hirvonen and then Solberg lost time with flat tyres, which left title contender Hirvonen trailing both his stable-mates. To correct things, Ford ordered Duval to check in two minutes early and Latvala nine minutes late to the final stage. The penalties promoted an appreciative Hirvonen from fourth to second.
Other notable WRC finishers were Mads Østberg, who celebrated his 21st birthday with ninth place in a Subaru Impreza and Ford Focus RS driver Andreas Mikkelsen who came 11th.
The Tour de Corse was also a round of the Junior WRC and the entires included a number of familiar faces. Martin Prokop was the pace-setter, winning the category in a Citroën C2 S1600, while Kevin Abbring secured the 2008 Federation Trophy for KNAF in a Renault Clio.
Top billing in the juniors however was the title decider between Citroën's rising star Sébastien Ogier and Aaron Burkart. Ogier had crashed out of the previous round in Spain and needed only to finish ahead of his rival to seal the championship. He did that with ease, taking second to Burkart's fifth to secure an historic first FIA title.
Latvala crash ends VW Corsica test
German squad forced to cancel pre-event test
Citroën won't hurry 2016 driver decisions
Driver line-up could be unknown until mid-December
Østberg hopeful of Corsica return
Norwegian recuperating after Australia crash


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Hope fades for boy, 10, trapped inside deep pit in Vietnam
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Rescuers race to free Vietnamese boy trapped in shaft (EPA)
More than 200 rescuers in Vietnam have been working round the clock to free a 10-year-old boy who fell inside a narrow open shaft of a concrete pile on New Year's Eve as hopes of his survival started to diminish.
Ly Hao Nam, along with his friends, was searching for scrap metal at a bridge construction site in the southern province of Dong Thap when he fell into the pile on Saturday.
The government pressed soldiers, engineering experts and specialised equipment on Tuesday to pull the 35-metre-long concrete pillar from the ground before cutting it to bring the boy out.
Le Hoang Bao, director of Dong Thap's transport department, said the team was determined to pull the pillar up by Tuesday. Cranes will be used to pull the pile out of the ground, he said.
"The boy has been trapped inside the small pillar for four days, with an assumption of multiple injuries. Hope for him to be alive is limited," Doan Tan Buu, deputy chairman of the Dong Thap provincial people's committee, was quoted by Tuoi Tre News as saying.
"We had tried our best to rescue the boy using on-the-spot measures and equipment," Mr Buu said. "We later had to report and asked for help from national levels and people with expertise."
A firefighting officer from Ho Chi Minh City said the boy's case is very "very complicated" as he is stuck in a pillar that is too narrow for any rescuer to climb into. The pile is only 10 inches wide.
"The only solution is to pull the pillar up," he told VnExpress newspaper.
Rescuers look down into the site of where a 10-year-old boy is thought to be trapped in a 35-metre deep shaft (AFP via Getty Images)
A wider 19m-long metal pipe has been lowered around the concrete pillar to allow the rescuers to remove mud from around the pile in which the minor fell. Rescuers have pumped oxygen into the support pillar and have softened the soil.
Water was given to the boy but since Sunday there has been no sign of using the water.
Senior lieutenant colonel Tran Minh Cong from the Combat Engineer Brigade 25 said rescuers on Monday night used specialised equipment to conduct the rescue plan despite extremely unfavourable conditions. "Despite tremendous efforts, [the rescue has yet to finish] as the incident is rare," he said.
Earlier on Monday, Vietnamese prime minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered the country's ministers for defence, public security, transport, and construction to assist the effort to rescue the trapped boy.
US trade shifts on Covid and China tensions, but no 'decoupling' yet
US trade flows are realigning on the back of pandemic shocks and tensions with China, but efforts to reduce interdependence between the superpowers have not brought a swift decoupling."The recent (Inflation Reduction Act) and Chips Act, and related sanctions are clear indicators of the Biden administration's efforts to decouple from China" in these areas, said Koopman.
F&B outlets selling alcohol must display sales hours from 1 March
Food-and-beverage outlets selling alcoholic drinks will be required to display notices regarding their hours of sale from 1 March.
Adani fails to stem stock rout at Indian business empire
Gautam Adani's vast Indian business empire lost billions more dollars in value on Monday after its rejection of claims of widespread fraud failed to reassure investors.On Monday the 60-year-old was eighth in the ranking, which put his wealth at $88.2 billion, down from almost $130 billion before the allegations.
RBI to hike repo rate by 25 bps in Feb, ending tightening cycle: Reuters Poll
The Reserve Bank of India is expected to raise its main interest rate by a modest 25 basis points to 6.50% at its meeting one week after New Delhi's Feb. 1 budget, before leaving it at that level for the rest of the year, a Reuters poll of economists found. Like many other major central banks, the RBI is expected to then pause, waiting for inflation to fall before considering a shift toward a stimulative stance as Asia's third-largest economy slows. More than three-quarters of economists, 40 of 52, expected the RBI to raise its key repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.50%, according to a Jan. 13-27 Reuters poll.
An emotional Novak Djokovic called it "the biggest victory in my life" after sweeping past Stefanos Tsitsipas to win a 10th Australian Open title and equal Rafael Nadal's 22 Grand Slam crowns on Sunday.Djokovic, who was more emotional than usual, added: "Only my team and family know what we have been through in the last four or five weeks and this is why I'd probably say this is the biggest victory in my life considering the circumstances."
S.Africa not ditching coal 'just like that', Ramaphosa cautions
Coal-rich but energy-starved South Africa will not immediately abandon its fossil-fuelled electricity generating plants as it transitions to cleaner forms of power, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday.South Africa, one of the world's largest polluters which generates about 80 percent of its electricity through coal, is in the grip of an energy crisis.
France and Australia announced a deal to jointly produce 155 mm artillery shells for Ukraine on Monday after a ministerial meeting in Paris that showcased efforts to relaunch ties between the Pacific allies."Several thousand 155 mm shells will be manufactured jointly," French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said at a joint press conference with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles, as well as the countries' foreign ministers.


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import inspect

from mistral.actions import base
from mistral.actions import std_actions
from mistral import exceptions as exc
from mistral.workbook import tasks
from mistral.workbook import actions
from mistral.openstack.common import log as logging

LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)

_ACTION_CTX_PARAM = 'action_context'
_STD_NAMESPACE = "std"

_NAMESPACES = {}

def _find_or_create_namespace(name):
    ns = _NAMESPACES.get(name)

    if not ns:
        ns = base.Namespace(name)
        _NAMESPACES[name] = ns

    return ns

def register_action_class(namespace_name, action_name, action_cls):
    _find_or_create_namespace(namespace_name).add(action_name, action_cls)

def get_registered_namespaces():
    return _NAMESPACES.copy()

def _register_standard_action_classes():
    register_action_class(_STD_NAMESPACE, "echo", std_actions.EchoAction)
    register_action_class(_STD_NAMESPACE, "http", std_actions.HTTPAction)
    register_action_class(_STD_NAMESPACE,
                          "mistral_http", std_actions.MistralHTTPAction)
    register_action_class(_STD_NAMESPACE, "ssh", std_actions.SSHAction)
    register_action_class(_STD_NAMESPACE, "email", std_actions.SendEmailAction)

def get_action_class(action_full_name):
    """Finds action class by full action name (i.e. 'namespace.action_name').

    :param action_full_name: Full action name (that includes namespace).
    :return: Action class or None if not found.
    """
    arr = action_full_name.split('.')

    if len(arr) != 2:
        raise exc.ActionException('Invalid action name: %s' %
                                  action_full_name)

    ns = _NAMESPACES.get(arr[0])

    if not ns:
        return None

    return ns.get_action_class(arr[1])

def _get_action_context(db_task):
    return {
        'workbook_name': db_task['workbook_name'],
        'execution_id': db_task['execution_id'],
        'task_id': db_task['id'],
        'task_name': db_task['name'],
        'task_tags': db_task['tags']
    }

def _has_action_context_param(action_cls):
    arg_spec = inspect.getargspec(action_cls.__init__)

    return _ACTION_CTX_PARAM in arg_spec.args

def _create_adhoc_action(db_task):
    task_spec = tasks.TaskSpec(db_task['task_spec'])
    full_action_name = task_spec.get_full_action_name()

    # TODO(rakhmerov): Fix model attributes during refactoring.
    raw_action_spec = db_task['action_spec']

    if not raw_action_spec:
        return None

    action_spec = actions.ActionSpec(raw_action_spec)

    LOG.info('Using ad-hoc action [action=%s, db_task=%s]' %
             (full_action_name, db_task))

    # Create an ad-hoc action.
    base_cls = get_action_class(action_spec.clazz)

    action_context = None
    if _has_action_context_param(base_cls):
        action_context = _get_action_context(db_task)

    if not base_cls:
        msg = 'Ad-hoc action base class is not registered ' \
              '[workbook_name=%s, action=%s, base_class=%s]' % \
              (db_task['workbook_name'], full_action_name, base_cls)
        raise exc.ActionException(msg)

    action_params = db_task['parameters'] or {}

    return std_actions.AdHocAction(action_context,
                                   base_cls,
                                   action_spec,
                                   **action_params)

def create_action(db_task):
    task_spec = tasks.TaskSpec(db_task['task_spec'])
    full_action_name = task_spec.get_full_action_name()

    action_cls = get_action_class(full_action_name)

    if not action_cls:
        # If action is not found in registered actions try to find ad-hoc
        # action definition.
        action = _create_adhoc_action(db_task)

        if action:
            return action
        else:
            msg = 'Unknown action [workbook_name=%s, action=%s]' % \
                  (db_task['workbook_name'], full_action_name)
            raise exc.ActionException(msg)

    action_params = db_task['parameters'] or {}

    if _has_action_context_param(action_cls):
        action_params[_ACTION_CTX_PARAM] = _get_action_context(db_task)

    try:
        return action_cls(**action_params)
    except Exception as e:
        raise exc.ActionException('Failed to create action [db_task=%s]: %s' %
                                  (db_task, e))

# Registering standard actions on module load.
_register_standard_action_classes()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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MP3: @RyanRiback feat. @IselinSolheim – Do You Care
VannDigital November 4, 2017
Buzzing Melbourne producer, DJ, and artist Ryan Riback releases his new single, "Do You Care" featuring Iselin Solheim. The track will be distributed through RBCK Records in North America, along with Disco:wax, Liberator Records, and BMG, and is available to stream and purchase on all major digital retail outlets.
Riback has made major waves since remixing Starley's "Call On Me" in early 2016, multi-platinum around the world and currently nominated for an ARIA award. As he gained support from heavy hitters such as Tiësto and Kygo, the remix impressively racked up over 500M+ Spotify streams and 7.41M+ SoundCloud plays. Meanwhile, his debut single "One Last Time" quickly generated 4.67M+ Spotify streams and was followed up with "Go 2.0," a collaboration with DJ/producer Burak Yeter, released via Spinnin' Records, which currently sits at 4.11M+ streams.
Riback has continued releasing remixes, notably Fifth Harmony's "That's My Girl," Maroon 5's "I Don't Wanna Know," Andy Grammer's "Fresh Eyes," Kelly Clarkson's "Love So Soft," Terror Jr's "Come First," and LAUV's "I Like Me Better." All have millions of streams across Spotify, making Riback one of the most in-demand remixers.
Referring to his remix for Kelly Clarkson, PopCrush wrote:
"The second take on "Love So Soft," which PopCrush is premiering above, trades the track's original production — a groovy, thick composite of horns, bass and background harmonies worthy of sermons — for progressions that'll send you straight to the dance floor. It's EDM-gone-soul, in which each breakdown is likely to draw a well-deserved Amen."
"Do You Care" is a slight departure for Riback, with the apparent softness of the record; however, its memorable melody and Iselin's haunting vocals prove to be the combination to take this seemingly downtempo record onto the dance floor.
About the song, he comments:
"'Do You Care' is one of my favorite records. It's a sad song lyrically, she's asking if someone she loves cares about her; but that sadness is juxtaposed with this sweet melody and production. Something about Iselin's voice really spoke to me when I heard her sing for the first time. I love her soft tones and beautiful harmonies! So, while producing this record, most of my inspiration came from the tone of her vocals to guide the style of the instruments."
"Do You Care" continues a massive 2017 for Riback. Be on the lookout for more from one of the world's hottest young producers.
You can connect with Ryan Riback via Facebook | Instagram | SoundCloud | Spotify | Twitter | YouTube
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Android-powered Nokia Lumia phone rumored
Website @evleaks reports that Microsoft is planning a Lumia phone that runs on Google's Android OS, instead of Microsoft's own Windows Phone system.
Ben Fox Rubin
July 7, 2014 5:42 AM PDT
The Nokia Lumia 630, powered by Windows Phone. CNET
Microsoft's Nokia handset business is working on an Android-powered phone for its flagship Lumia line, website @evleaks said Monday.
Big news: Android-powered Lumia incoming, from Nokia by Microsoft - http://t.co/KKLstDDVVO
-- @evleaks (@evleaks) July 7, 2014
Microsoft purchased Nokia's handset business in April for about $7.2 billion, in an effort to gain more market share for its Windows Phone mobile operating system and to catch up in the cell phone business against Samsung Electronics and Apple. Nokia, which remains in business as a networking company, was already Microsoft's closest partner in smartphones prior to the acquisition and was one of the biggest backers of the Windows Phone operating system.
Using Google's Android operating system in Nokia's Lumia line would seem to go against Microsoft and Nokia's
Microsoft closes Nokia deal
Microsoft launches dual-SIM Lumia 630
A vibrant, cheap alternative to Android
long-term commitment to Windows Phone. However, the benefits of providing an Android-powered phone could help boost sales, as Google's operating system benefits from a thriving selection of apps and is widely used, while Windows Phone remains an also-ran for developers looking to come out with new mobile software.
Android currently dominates the smartphone operating system market, capturing 81 percent of market share as of the first quarter, while Windows Phone only had about 3 percent share, according to researcher IDC.
A Microsoft representative wasn't immediately available for comment.
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News » News Features
Councilman Joe Santiago has big plans for his West Side ward. Not everyone loves them.
by Denise Grollmus
Councilman Joe Santiago
Walter Novak
Santiago dreams of revitalizing his ward, while residents fear being displaced by yuppies.
Councilman Joe Santiago shuffles into his muggy office off Clark Avenue, carrying a file full of hate mail.
The burly 40-year-old empties an envelope that contains only a red cloth napkin. He holds it up between his index finger and thumb before lightly tossing it aside. "I think they're trying to tell me I've been tagged for a hit," Santiago says.
From other envelopes pour vitriol accusing him of being a liar and a thief. One letter suggests that he consider suicide. "They're testing me, because I'm the new guy," Santiago says of his constituents. "Fine, test me. I've got more important things to do than fight with a group of psychos."
It's been only seven months since he assumed leadership of Ward 14, which includes touches of Tremont and Ohio City, stretching to West 48th. It hasn't been easy.
Santiago beat incumbent Nelson Cintron by a mere 118 votes -- though Cintron had spent the previous eight years dancing around accusations of wife-beating, loan fraud, and owning a bar best known for drug-dealing.
And the victory only left a greater challenge. "I've inherited a mess," Santiago says.
Beyond the revitalization of Tremont and Ohio City, the heart of his ward is a shell of littered streets, more than 500 abandoned houses, and high crime. It's also incredibly diverse, a place where Slovakian seniors live next to black families who share duplexes with third-generation Puerto Ricans who watch idealistic yuppies renovate cheap Victorians to the east.
It's complex terrain for any newcomer -- especially someone like Santiago, who is the first openly gay person elected to city government.
"Joe's got a tough time," says Councilman Joe Cimperman. "Even though Cleveland is becoming more open-minded, people still have a way of disparaging him. We'll be out in the community and people will ask me, in their own nuanced way, 'What is it like working with a gay?' It's gotta eat at him, but I never see him react. Joe's bigger than that. What more do you want in power than a person who has been abused by that very power?"
Not everyone agrees. A handful of residents gripe that the councilman is set on gentrifying their neighborhood.
"He's tearing our neighborhood apart," says Brent Thompson, owner of a café on West 25th and a member of the Clark Metro Development Corporation board. "All the progress we made in the few years before Joe came along has been ruined. He's made it clear that it is his way or the highway."
Thompson points to various bars and nightclubs in the area -- Envy, La Copa, and the now-defunct Starkweather and Modä. They're linked to the crime that plagues their neighborhood, say critics -- the shootings, the drug-dealing on Scranton Road, the noise and graffiti that spill into side streets after last call.
After years of fighting these businesses under Cintron, Thompson and others pressured the former councilman to raise objections to their liquor licenses. They celebrated when the Starkweather finally closed and Modä shut down.
But as soon as Santiago opened his office on Fulton Road, he withdrew Cintron's objections and has worked closely with bars to reopen establishments.
"I'm not going to fight small business," Santiago says. "If people want to invest in this community, I'm going to let them."
Santiago argues that crime is not the bars' fault. "The shooting in front of Envy was unfortunate, but it was a jealous psychopath that was dead set on killing that guy," he says. "If he killed him in front of the Save-a-Lot, should I try to help close the Save-a-Lot? It was an isolated incident. The people living around there know that. I've talked to the residents. I've spoken with the owners. We can't keep fighting these people. We have to communicate with them and work with them."
But where Santiago sees revitalization, Henry Senyak sees a young Turk messing with this terrain. "We want to maintain the residential character of our neighborhood," says Senyak, chairman of the Lincoln-Heights/Scranton-Starkweather Block Club. "The people who live here have been here for 50 or 60 years. We're old. We're poor. We're not all Tremont, and we don't want to be Tremont."
Santiago understands Senyak's frustration. As a longtime member of the Tremont West Corporation, Santiago watched residents battle Tremont's redevelopment. "Change is hard," Santiago says. "People hated us for what we did in Tremont, but now look at it. Most of my ward is still eight years behind."
In his office are photos of blighted blocks. Adjacent to these pictures are sketches of what Santiago would like them to be -- Bostonian storefronts, converted lofts. He points to a photo of a run-down strip mall on West 31st, then gestures to his dream. "This is now becoming a reality," he says. "Save-a-Lot is moving in and investing $2 million to renovate this space. We need to continue to encourage developers to come into our neighborhood and build."
While his vision may turn off folks like Senyak, other residents are invigorated by Santiago's plans. After Cintron, the Hispanic community has embraced Santiago as a breath of fresh air. "He's doing an absolutely great job," says Rose Bardwell of the Spanish-American Committee. "He's really trying to mobilize his community. Of course, there's a learning curve for anyone who is new, but his values and morals are in the right place."
Stefan Was, who owns a manufacturing company and moved into the ward nine years ago, is another supporter.
"I think he's a visionary," Was says. "He's not content just collecting a paycheck and fixing a few potholes. He's really trying to get to know the community and change it for the better."
But Was, the son of Polish immigrants, also understands people's skepticism. "Santiago's got a lot of support from the Hispanic community, which is huge, and I think it freaks out the older folks, people like my family of Polacks. They're worried about getting thrown by the wayside."
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Do you find that you are more fire fighting life than enjoying it?
How much of your time is being spent on doing the things that feel you have no control over – dealing with urgent issues, trying to hit deadlines, reacting to stressful situations and feel like burnout city is the next town on?
How much would you rather be working towards your dream goals, investing time for your health, spending quality moments with loves ones and working on developing yourself in all areas of your life?
Well I've got good news for you my friends – awareness of the Time Management Matrix, will help you become aware of where your attention is focussed.
What box do you spent most of your time?
Start writing a list of a typical month's activities. List the items that take most of your time – what box do they sit in?
How You Could Spend Your Time?
So I wonder where all your time is going and how beneficial your focus is. Let's take a look at how things might be better with a shift on what you COULD spend your time on.
• What has to be completed before things get worse?
• What could you do that would benefit your personal or professional life in the long term?
• Where could you spend more time that you currently are?
• What is your vision, your plan, your strategy?
• What at first appears important, but can wait?
• What could you give up that would give you more energy?
• What makes you feel worse, tired or unproductive?
• Who do you spend time with that constantly brings you down?
One you start writing out your schedule, you can see what a typical week or month starts to look like. Tot up your hours for a typical month and convert them into a percentage. How different does your month's split look like from the table above.
I guarantee the more time you spend in the top right box – the more productive, fulfilled and content you will become.


Last month I had the chance to fly with Alaska Airlines to vacation with my darling daughter for some Disneyland travel! I can't tell you how fun it was to go on a trip with just one child and have that special one-on-one time. If you get the chance to do that, take it! We packed in the memories!!
I'm guest posting over at the Alaska Airlines blog, sharing all the fun we had together. I've got 10 tips that are a must-do when on a Disneyland Vacation! Really, Alaska Airlines is the way to travel on a Disney trip, making the memories begin right from the start. Look at this amazing airplane!! And be sure find out more about Disneyland's Diamond 60th Celebration to make the most of your trip.
If you too have something planned for Disney, countdown your days with our DIY Mickey paper chain tutorial!
*Thanks to Alaska Airlines and Disneyland for sponsoring our vacation, making this magical trip happen with my little cutie!


FORT WORTH, Texas – For the second time this season, Hendrick Motorsports swept the front row in qualifying with Jimmie Johnson earning the pole and William Byron securing the outside pole.
In fact, the organization swept the top-three starting positions for Sunday's race at Texas Motor Speedway with Chase Elliott capturing the third starting spot – his best start at Texas.
This is Hendrick Motorsports' seventh pole at Texas and the second time this season the organization will lead the field to the green flag. Sunday's race will mark the first time since October 2015 at Talladega Superspeedway where the organization will start one-two-three in a race. It is also the organization's 217th pole victory.
Friday produced a solid day for Johnson and the Kevin Meendring-led team. Not only did they start the day off by capping the lone practice session off by finishing at the top of the speed chart, they were the fastest car in all three rounds of qualifying. This is the 12th time a driver has swept all three rounds in qualifying and the second time this season.
Byron's second-place starting spot marks his second-best career start – his best start came earlier this year when he won the Daytona 500 pole.
"That is just a credit to the guys really, just giving us a fast car," stated Byron. "Teamwork man! Just keeping the communication going to get out of that hole that we did. It's all good; it's awesome!"
Alex Bowman qualified 24th but will start Sunday's race from the rear of the field after making contact with the wall during Round 1 of qualifying that resulted in the No. 88 team moving to its back-up car.
Sunday's 334-lap race at Texas Motor Speedway takes place at 3 p.m. ET and will broadcast live on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.


The 2015 Annual Meeting will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bay Front, April 30- May 2. The Call for Papers is now available.
Also available are the Member-Initiated Meetings forms, Exhibit and Advertising information, and the Travel Award Application, PAA said.