Children can make Thanksgiving turkey handprint crafts as favors and table decorations in preparation for their family holiday or while they wait for their Thanksgiving feast.
Thanksgiving will be here in just a short time! The days are getting chilly and darkness arrives too early which means the grandkids are inside more. Instead of watching TV, movies, or playing video and computer games, give them craft supplies to make Thanksgiving turkey handprint crafts to give as favors and gifts to those who join your family on Thanksgiving Day.
One of our daughters is a preschool teacher (and mother of Kaitlin, Emily, and Luke.) Poppy and I visited our daughter's pre-school class when we picked the girls up to go see Puss in Boots in 3D (NJ public schools were closed). On display she had two different turkey crafts and also a turkey favor her students had made, which could all be made with young children's handprints.
This turkey handprint craft is made with foam board and orange and black foam pieces cut from larger pieces to create a frame around the child's handprint turkey decoration.
First, dip the child's hands in orange paint and place one at a time on the foam board for the feathers, overlapping the palms a little.
Cut out the body, wings, and head from brown paper while waiting for the "feathers" to dry.
Cut out a yellow triangle and a red oval for the red mettle that hangs from the turkey's neck.
Let your child glue the pieces on with a little guidance, if needed.
Add a couple of eyes with a black marker or use squiggly eyes.
Attach a string or ribbon to the back of the board and hang for all to enjoy on Thanksgiving Day.
Follow the steps above for this handprint turkey craft to create a personalized Thanksgiving Placemat.
Substitute construction paper for the foam board background and trim.
Personalize each placemat with a family member's or guest's name and date.
Then laminate the Thanksgiving turkey craft placemats at a local office supply store.
Our daughter's preschool class is also learning about triangles this month. In celebration of Thanksgiving, they made a turkey with a triangle body. Emily, while waiting for us to arrive, decided she wanted to make wings using her handprints. She is a very creative (and cute) kindergartner. This turkey was given many colorful feathers, rectangle legs, circle head, and hair too!
This adorable Thanksgiving turkey craft mini pail favor can be used as favors to adorn your Thanksgiving table place settings. Let children fill each pail with treats such as Thanksgiving themed cookies (you can make together), candy or popped corn wrapped in favor bags found at party and craft stores.
Trace child's handprint on one piece of foam board and cut out.
Trace child's footprint on brown foam board and cut out.
Trace each of the 4 fingers on separate pieces of foam board for feathers, cut out, and glue onto hand piece.
Add squiggly eyes, yellow triangle, and red oval to face (heal of footprint) with glue.
Glue footprint onto front (tuck under pail and trim).
Glue handprint onto back of mini pail.
Add a name and use this Thanksgiving turkey craft as a place card, too.
Such lovely ideas! Thank you for the craft plans. Many of the grandparents I've spoken with who raise their grandchildren would rather they do anything but watch TV, so your suggestions are fabulous!


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When shovels hit soil in early August 2015 to launch the first phase of a renovation that will unify the 19 acres that comprise the Walker Art Center/Minneapolis Sculpture Garden campus, it was groundbreaking in both literal and figurative senses: the project is the physical manifestation of a reorientation toward our community that's also happening behind the scenes. As we move our front door from the bustle of Hennepin Avenue to the green expanse of the Garden, we're working to make the Walker even more open and responsive to artists and audiences alike.
• More welcoming: We consider the new main entrance, which opened on Vineland Place this November, as not just a doorway but a welcome mat. Set within the green, rolling landscape of the Wurtele Upper Garden, the new entry beckons visitors from across the street in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden with the new restaurant and bar Esker Grove, a new shopping experience, an artist project space featuring a rotating selection of new commissioned work, and the more visible Walker Cinema and renovated Bentson Mediatheque. The green roof above the entry will connect with winding, wheelchair-accessible pathways leading to 11 sculptures, including new works by artists ranging from Aaron Spangler and Nairy Baghramian to longtime favorites by Kinji Akagawa, Franz West, Alexander Calder, and others. A narrowed Vineland Place will slow traffic and provide a stronger visual connection between the upper garden and the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. And new greening on Vineland and Hennepin will reduce concrete, providing a verdant buffer around the building itself.
• More sustainable: Through a partnership with the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden will reopen in June 2017 with nearly 20 new artworks following a $10 million infrastructure renovation that will restore a beloved Minnesota landmark while providing new native habitat and protecting the waters of the Mississippi River. Features include a new meadow filled with native plants as well as enhanced turf that will be both beautiful and offer better drainage for the park, a former wetland. An 80,000-gallon underground cistern will capture water from the fountain-sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry, redistributing it to irrigate the Garden and the adjacent baseball field. The system will reuse nearly 5 million gallons per year—water previously destined for the city's storm sewer system and, ultimately, the river.
• More diverse: From top to bottom, the Walker's commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion initiatives across the institution is making a difference. Staff diversity continues to improve with the addition of more staff of color and people with disabilities. The diversity of the Walker Board of Trustees has also more than doubled since 2014. Both are the result of recruitment and hiring initiatives geared toward achieving board and staff demographics that match or surpass that of our state. Women comprise 45 percent of the Walker's workforce and board of trustees, including many top executive and leadership positions. Additionally, we've instituted a new education program that will connect 13 paid educators—half bilingual, and many with specializations in special needs and/or English language learners (ELL) education—to create programs specific to the needs of our audiences. We continue or work with a consortium of 10 Twin Cities arts organizations to leverage each other's diversity and inclusion knowledge and strategies. And our collecting and commissioning of artworks—from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to the Performing Arts season, our exhibitions program to the global films screened in the Walker Cinema—are increasingly diverse, mixing local and international artists, including Nairy Baghramian, Frank Big Bear, Theaster Gates, Philippe Parreno, and others.
• More connected: Along with physical and natural improvements to the campus, the year saw a big investment in virtual ones as well. Slated for a June 2017 launch, a new Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA)-compliant, mobile-first website will improve upon our industry-leading homepage, better serving visitors while continuing to provide the stories behind the art and artists we present. Wi-Fi will be available throughout the Walker campus, indoors and out, giving visitors access to the Walker site, or any website, from the grove, the garden, or the galleries.
Programmatically, the year combined bold artistic statements, innovative curatorial approaches, and strong support from audiences. Thanks in large part to the exhibitions International Pop and Hippie Modernism, we saw the highest paid gallery attendance in eight years and near-record-breaking free attendance. Outside, we hosted crowd-pleasing programs—from a very special Rock the Garden concert on Boom Island in June to Skyline Mini Golf, a rollicking nine-hole course sponsored by U.S. Bank FlexPerks that brought nearly 17,000 people to the Walker's rooftop terraces—while inside we continued our decades-long commitment to dissolving the barriers between artistic disciplines. Under artistic director Fionn Meade, who joined the Walker in 2014, we've expanded our staff of curators and educators with this focus in mind. We emphasized collaborations between our Visual Arts, Moving Image, and Performing Arts departments, through programs including the Moving Image Commissions, the New Circuits curatorial convening on performance curation, and in-gallery performances within the Sound Horizon rubric.
Being a vital part of our community means being a fiscally sound one. I am delighted to report that the Walker finished the year with a balanced budget for the 35th consecutive year and its endowment market value remained strong at $189 million. For all that we were able to accomplish, we are tremendously grateful to you—the many visitors, members, trustees, foundations, corporate partners, and government organizations that support us year after year. Your generosity allows us to maintain a strong financial position while presenting some of the most adventurous art and artists of our time. I would like to offer special acknowledgment to the voters of Minnesota for supporting the Walker through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating. Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, and to our Premier Partners—Delta Air Lines, General Mills, Star Tribune, and Target. Lastly, I want to express my deepest gratitude to our dedicated board of trustees—including outgoing president Pat Denzer and new president Monica Nassif—and our talented and passionate staff.
I am tremendously grateful for everyone's commitment, creativity, and collective efforts to advance the Walker's mission and support the many artists and audiences we serve. It was a memorable year!

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Князь Гіві Андукапарович Амилахвари (1689—1754) — великий політичний діяч Картлі-Кахетинського царства, що грав помітну роль у політичному житті Східної Грузії в першій половині XVIII століття. Глава Саамилахоро, сардал, командувач садрошо Верхнього Картлі, моурави Горі і Тбілісі. Спираючись на допомогу Туреччини і Персії, виступав проти об'єднавчої політики картлі-кахетинських царів.

Біографія
Представник старовинного грузинського князівського роду Амилахвари з Картлі. Син князя Андукапара Амилахвари. Його бабуся Тамара була дочкою царя Картлі Вахтанга V. Успадкував від батька велику володіння в Шида-Картлі (Верхній Картлі) і пост губернатора (моурави) в Горі.

Вперше Гіві Амилахвари з'являється на політичній сцені Картлі в 1722 році. Періодичні співпрацював і воював з турками-османами, які окупували Картлійське царство. В 1726 році він використовував свій вплив, щоб зберегти головний грузинський православний Сіонський собор у Тбілісі від первращения в ісламську мечеть. У 1727 році Гіві Амилахвари був призначений турками санджак-бей Верхній Картлі. Брав участь у турецьких експедиціях проти бунтівних кахетинських дворян і дагестанських мародерів.

Повстання проти Османської імперії
У 1734 році князь Гіві Амилахвари перейшов на бік Персії і підняв повстання проти турецького панування в Картлі. Він відбив у турків фортеця Горі і приєднався до іранського полководця Надір-шаха під Гянджой і допоміг вигнати іранцям вигнати турецький гарнізон з Тбілісі. Незабаром Надир-шах захопив шахський престол в Ірані і почав проводити активну зовнішню політику, прагнучи підпорядкувати своєї верховної влади всі Закавказзі. Східна Грузія (Картлі і Кахеті) була обкладена важкими податками. Грузинські допоміжні загони змушені були брати участь у завойовницьких кампаніях Надира в Афганістані та Індії. Багато грузинські князі в якості заручників були відправлені в Іран. Серед заручників перебував князь Гіві Амилахвари, який у 1735 році супроводжував Надір-шаха під час його походу на Кандагар. Гіві зміг втекти з іранського полону і повернувся в Грузію, де приєднався до эриставу ксанскому Шанше і князю Вахушти Абашидзе, підняв антииранское повстання. Гіві видав свою дочку Тамару заміж за князя Теймураза Багратіоні (майбутнього католікоса-патріарха Антонія I), племінника колишнього царя Вахтанга VI. Під час весільної церемонії перси захопили наречену в церкві, а її наречений Теймураз змушений був сховатися в монастирі. Невдовзі сам Гіві Амилахвари був узятий в полон і брав участь і відзначився під час військової кампанії Надір-шаха в Індію.

У 1741 році Надир-шах звільнив з полону Гіві Амилахвари, передавши йому у володіння Ксанское эриставство і призначивши його «векилом» (уповноваженим) Картлі. Ксанский эристав Шанше, використав загони дагестанських і турецьких найманців, позбувся підтримки місцевого грузинського населення. Бунтівний князь був розбитий і узятий в полон іранцями. Гіві Амилахвари вступив у володіння Ксанским эриставством. Незабаром Гіві Амилахвари став інтригувати проти кахетинського царя Теймураза II і написав на нього донос іранському наміснику в Тбілісі. У 1742 році, незадоволений висуненням на престол Картлі кахетинського царя Теймураза II і важким податковим гнітом з боку іранців, князь Гіві Амилахвари очолив повстання проти Ірану.

Союз і війна з Персією
У 1741 році Гіві Амилахвари був призначений іранським губернатором Картлі і отримав у володіння Ксанское эриставство, ставши найвпливовішою вельможею в Східній Грузії. У тому ж році він взяв участь у невдалої кампанії Надір-шаха проти Дагестан, яка коштувала шаху життів тисяч своїх солдатів і підірвала іранське панування в Грузії. У 1744 році кахетинський цар Теймураз II виступив проти свого ворога, ксанского эристава Гіві Амилахвари. Сам Гіві Амилахвари втік з своїх володінь. Реваз, двоюрідний брат Гіві, здав всі фортеці Ксанского эриставства цареві Теймуразу.

У 1744 році в Картлі вторглася турецька армія під командуванням Юсуф-паші, до якої приєднався князь Гіві Амилахвари. Кахетинський цар Теймураз II, з'єднавшись з перським намісником у Тбілісі, зазнав поразки від турків-османів під Гори. Однак царевич Іраклій, старший син Теймураза II, розбив частину турецького війська на річці Арагві. Юсуф-паша зняв облогу з Гори і відступив в Ахалціхе. У тому ж Надир-шах призначив кахетинського царя Теймураза царем Картлі, а його сина Іраклія — царем Кахеті.

У 1745 році картлийский цар Теймураз II разом з ірано-грузинським військом обложив бунтівного князя Гіві Амилахори, вкривався в Сурамську фортецю. Гіві Амилахвари був узятий у полон і відправлений до двору Надір-шаха в Іран.

Останні роки
Гіві Амилахвари був доставлений в Ісфахан, де під тиском Надір-шаха перейшов в іслам під ім'ям Шах-Кулі-хан. Надир-шах призначив Амилахвари командиром елітної шахської гвардії — куларагасом. В 1747 році відносини Надір-шаха з васальними царями Кахеті і Картлі зіпсувалися через прагнення останніх проводити незалежну політику. Шах зібрав 30-тисячне перське військо і призначив командувачем князя Гіві Амилахвари, наказавши йому відновити перське панування в Східній Грузії. Однак у червні 1747 року Надир-шах був убитий своїми воєначальниками. У Персії почалася тривала громадянська війна. У 1749 році князь Гіві Амилахвари, зібравши перебували в Ірані грузин, озброївши їх, з боєм пробився в Грузію. Він примирився з царями Теймуразом II і Іраклієм II, знову перейшовши в християнство.

Цар Картлі Теймураз II призначив його губернатором (моурави) Тбілісі. За ці роки Гіві Амилахвари фінансував кілька будівельних проектів з реставрації та зведення церков і фортець по всій Грузії.

В 1754 році Гіві Амилахвари помер і був похований у Шиомгвиском монастирі в ним же відновленої церкви Успіння Богородиці.

Сім'я і діти
Гіві Амилахвари був двічі одружений. Особистість його першої дружини не відома. У 1732 році вдруге одружився з Бангуа (пом. 29 липня 1766), дочки князя Вахушти Орбеліані. Діти:
 Андукапар (розум. 1742)
 Георгій (1739—1805)
 Давид (розум. 1800)
 Іван
 Тамара
 Маріам

Джерела
 Grebelsky, P. Kh., Dumin, S. V., Lapin, V. V. (1993), Дворянські пологи Російської імперії. Том 4: Князі Царства Грузинського. («Noble families of the Russian Empire. Vol. 4: Princes of the Kingdom of Georgia»), pp. 108—110. Vesti
 Allen, William Edward David (1932), A History of the Georgian People: From the Beginning Down to the Russian Conquest in the Nineteenth Century, pp. 191—193. Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0-7100-6959-6
Персоналії за алфавітом
Народились 1689
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The wounds are fresh, blood still soaking through the band aids, and things are not looking good for Tampines Rovers.
The Stags have dominated recent headlines with their cash-flow issues, and their performances seem to suggest that the boardroom infliction has spread to the pitch.
On Tuesday, V Sundramoorthy's charges suffered a 3-2 away defeat by Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi - a team they beat 4-0 just two months ago at Jalan Besar - in the AFC Cup.
They turn their attention to the Great Eastern-Yeo's S.League again, to face Warriors FC on Saturday, and Madhu Mohana is looking forward to giving the proverbial kick in the gut to a downed man.
"They are tired from the travelling, their morale will be low after losing that game in Bangladesh, and I think this will be a good time to play Tampines, we are eager to play them," said the Singapore international.
However, Madhu is also aware of how dangerous a wounded beast can be, with his team also struggling.
The Warriors are sixth in the nine-team league, having amassed just nine points from eight games. They are four spots behind second-placed Tampines, who have 17 points.
Their last win came more than a month ago, a 2-0 victory over league leaders Albirex Niigata, and Jorg Steinebrunner's side have been winless in their last three fixtures.
"We are definitely not doing well ourselves... We've had open chances to score, we don't score, and then we concede and lose the game - that has cost us in three games already," said the Warriors centre back.
"We're all feeling down at the moment, and we must stop being shaky in the final period of games, we must keep our concentration… and not concede goals, that's very important.
"We've worked hard (since last Friday's 2-1 loss to Home United), and we are eager to bounce back, and there's no better way to do it than get a win against Tampines."
The Stags have eight players from the disbanded LionsXII side on their roster, and Madhu believes the familiarity he has with his former teammates will help his cause.
Besides Madhu, the left-sided Shaiful Esah is the only other LionsXII alumnus on the Warriors' books.
"They've got several of my former teammates there, and I know them well from all the time we spent together, their strengths and weaknesses. I think that is to our advantage."
Although the Stags are on a low, Madhu knows they will be just as eager as his Warriors to bounce back.
He said: "We're not sure how true all the talk about financial issues are, but we cannot be complacent.
"They are not going to roll over for us. They are still a good side, and we must be at our best."


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Hello! Is there anyone out there who will listen to me? How can I convince you that as a lifer, I have rehabilitated myself?
For the past few decades, I have been keeping in touch with the world through the newspaper, my one great luxury. For the past five years I have been reading about changes being made in the Michigan Department of Correction's parole process. All I can see from these changes is that more lifers will be growing old and dying in prison. I have read nothing about creating programs that rehabilitate lifers. For, after all, who would care to release a rehabilitated lifer?
While reading a January 2012 Prison Legal News, I came across a quote by Lewis E. Lawes, warden of Sing Sing prison, 1920-41 , which read: "Death fades into insignificance when compared with life imprisonment. To spend each night in jail, day after day, year after year, gazing at the bars and longing for freedom, is indeed expiation." I am a 60 -year old male, and the only crime I committed was being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and someone accidently shot and killed an innocent man. I am convicted of felony-murder. I am now trapped in a nightmare called life without parole. (LWOP) Michigan continues to be deeply attached to condemning huge numbers of offenders to this "other death penalty" despite mounting evidence that lengthy sentences have minimal impact on reducing the crime rate and enhancing public safety. Michigan's parole board, ignores any potential rehabilitation of those sentenced to life or LWOP.
In fact, Michigan's parole and corrections policies have taken yet another turn.over the past two decades urged on by crime-weary voters. Political leaders have been eagerly jumping on the get-tough bandwagon--supporting such widely claimed parole policies as "Life Means Life." While wealthy tazpayers have steadfastly applauded these increasingly retributive policies, the time has come to reassess just exactly who it is who has "struck out." No doubt, Michigan's prisoner population figures confirm that more offenders serving life sentences are behind bars that ever before in the state's history.
All kinds of people are thrown in Michigan's prisons. I sit here and watch, day after day. As I look around this prison, I see the pathetic ones (maybe the lucky ones--who knows?) who have lost there minds, elderly prisoners in wheelchairs, and the poor sick souls suffering in pain, who should be set free. We are all locked up together. Yet, governors, parole board members and other public officials remain deeply opposed to releasing lifers and long-time offenders. No matter how many decades they have served behind bars. No matter the pile of evidence showing they have turned their lives around. No matter the compelling research findings about deterrence, and aging out crime--Michigan continues its practice of life-means-life.
It is time for change as we have now reached a major threshold in this state. Educators and students alike have had their worst nightmares verified. Michigan now spends more on corrections than on education, and public schools are being closed. In fact, correctional spending has been increasing four times faster than spending on education in recent decades. This trend is projected to continue well into this century. Translated from dollars into human terms, this means that the state is investing more in those who are incarcerated than in those who represent its future. Perhaps that discrepancy would be more justifiable if the ever-escalating correctional price tag was buying hope for long term change instead of hardware for short term control. Mostly, however, taxpayers are funding an incredibly costly investment in the facilities, security and staffing needed to accommodate growing numbers of persons serving life sentences. That is not buying much potential for the future. It may not even be buying much in the way of justice right now.
If society's intent is to create justice for all parties: the victim, the offender, and the community, then the needs of each must be reflected in the practices of our criminal justice system. One cannot overshadow the others. Thus, Michigan's retributive "Life Means Life: policies must not overshadow rehabilitation for the person serving life which in reality, serves public interest best.
Whenever I think about Michigan's "Life Means Life" parole policies, forcing most individuals sentenced to life to die in prison, I think about rehabilitation. How do people who do wrong, become people who do right, and who can help them make that change? These questions central to American discussion of criminal justice for over two centuries, continue to torment. These attitudes towards rehabilitation are rarely positive as politicians responding to public outrage or for their own political ambitions pay more attention to retributive punishment than to reform.
The idea of rehabilitation deserves careful thought. There is substantial history behind it. A belief that man is malleable and that lost souls can be reclaimed shaped the American Republic's approach to crime and punishment from the earliest days. It does not deserve to be lightly dismissed. There are strong positive arguments for continuing to pursue it. As University of Michigan Law School Professor Paul D. Reingold recently pointed out: "For decades lifers who behaved well in prison would be released in about 15 years. Judges, Michigan Department of Corrections administrators and parole board members expected lifers to be evaluated just like people who committed similar crimes, but received sentences of 15-30 or 20-40 years. As Frank Bushko, a parole board member from 1962-1974, said: 'The fact that someone was a lifer....had no bearing on the case. The only quee inprison is of great consequence both to the individuals who receive these sentences and to the society that imposes them. While persons serving life sentences include those who present a serious threat to public safety, they also include those for whom the length of sentence is questionable: For example, persons convicted under Michigan's felony-murder doctrine. This rule which accounts for a large number of persons serving Life Without Parole sentences, refers to an instance where a defendant was present during the commission of a felony such as robbery, and someone is killed, even if the killing is unintentional. In addition, the rule and it's mandatory LWOP sentence is applied without the benefit of judicial discretion. Most importantly LWOP sentences often represent a misuse of limited correctional resources and discount the capacity for personal growth and rehabilitation that come with the passages of time.
For what purpose are so many people incarcerated for life in Michigan at an exponentially increasing cost? The rational for opposing the use of parole for persons serving a life sentence generally pivots around issues of punishment, retribution and incarceration in the interest of public safety. These goals conjure up the question of the appropriate duration of prison time. How are these various goals met by a life sentence, as opposed to a term of 15 to 25 years?
In this state, there is a central concern regarding life sentences. The failure to recognize the fact that someone who has been in prison for two decades is likely to be very different than when they were sentenced. The primary purpose of incarceration is to work toward rehabilitation. Parole and earned sentence reductions are intended both as a incentive for reform and a measure of one's suitability to be returned to society. Historically, life sentences were seen as indeterminate, with the possibility of parole as a catalyst for seeking personal redemption and growth. Michigan's consistent decline in granting lifers parole, or commutations, even in cases of clearly demonstrated personal change, undermines the incentives for reform and sends an inconsistent message to a person, regarding how to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
While concerns about public safety may fade as an individual ages in prison and becomes less of a threat, the rational of retribution, frequently linked to the heinousness of the crime, does not diminish at the same time. In many Michigan cases, the reasons for denying parole or commutation to lifers has little to do with concerns about safety or the person's unwillingness to accept the responsibility for their actions. Instead, these decisions to deny a lifer parole or commutation are based in the retributive desire to continue to punish on the details of their crime.
It is argued by many politicians that incarcerating people for decades, if not for the rest of their natural life, is necessary for public safety. This argument turns on the point that to release someone who has been sentenced to life will jeopardize the public because of an imminent threat of re-offending. However, Michigan's "Life Means Life" policy is almost exclusively reserved for those individuals convicted of some type of homicide. If its purpose is vengeance, life means life serves a purpose. On the other hand if it is designed to prevent such acts of violence, it is aimed at the wrong offenders. Murder is often a crime committed in the heat of passion, emotional strain or unintentional during the commission of a robbery, and its recidivism rate is very low. Those convicted of homicide generally do not repeat their crime if and when released from prison. This is supported by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation which recently reported that of 988 lifers who have been released in the past two decades, only 6 have re-offended by committing violent or serious crimes, none of which were murder. From a realistic point of view, retribution is the only goal truly achieved by the imposition of Michigan's "Life Means Life" policy.
Furthermore, the cost of incarcerating people for life will likely increase as a great number of these persons are 50 years of age or older. The aging lifer population is of great importance in contributing to the rising cost of health care for older prisoners. Older prisoners frequently exhibit higher rates of health problems that the general prison population. This is the result of a number of factors, including higher rates of substance abuse, physical abuse, and inconsistent access to health care. There are higher rates of incarceration among persons from low-income communities, and communities of color. This disparity is magnified further among older prisoners. The cumulative effect of an unhealthy life-style, coupled with a prison environment that is not conducive to healthy living and a poor health care system, results in declining standards of health among aging prisoners.
Thus, older persons in prison are substantially more expensive to incarcerate. Higher rates of chronic illness among persons over the age of 50 result in an increased frequency of medical visits, procedures, off-site hospital stays, and dispensed medication. While cost estimates vary for care of aging prisoners, it has been estimated to be more than three times that of incarceration of a younger healthy person. It has been estimated by The Sentencing Project that that cost to taxpayers is upwards of $1 million to incarcerated a life sentenced person for 40 years (from age 30 through 70). This intersection of increasing health care cost and a rapidly aging prison population has placed an enormous burden on Michigan taxpayers to pay for this required health care.
What can be done to curb the cost of life sentences? LWOP sentences in Michigan are costly, shortsighted and ignore the potential for transformative personal growth. Michigan, which has both life and LWOP sentencing, should amend its statutes to make all life sentences parole-eligible. An example may come from Canada, where all persons serving life are considered for parole after serving 10 to 25 years.
Such a change would not necessarily mean that all parole eligible persons would be released at some point during their term. In the interest of public safety, many individuals sentenced to life will serve the remainder of their natural lives in prison. However, this reform would provide that a decision to release be made by a professional parole board at the time of eligibility, seriously taking into account a person's personal growth and prospects for a successful transition to the community.
Persons serving life or LWOP must be prepared for release from prison. The emergence of re-entry as a criminal justice policy in Michigan has largely ignored persons serving a life or LWOP sentences. Typically, re-entry programs in Michigan are provided to persons within 3 to 6 months of their release date and offer transition help in the community upon release. It is quite different for persons serving life or LWOP, their release date is not fixed and they are most likely to be overlooked as policy and correctional administrators consider re-entry strategies. Additionally, persons serving a life sentence have unique re-entry needs based upon the long duration of their prison term.
Michigan's failure to design rehabilitation and re-entry strategies for persons serving life or LWOP neglects the possibility that a man is malleable and that lost souls can be reclaimed. Rehabilitation, re-entry and reintegration programs must be developed and extended to specifically target persons serving life sentences. Correctional programs can contribute to a successful release of lifers, and persons serving such sentences should be permitted and encouraged to access the types of programs that will help them transform their lives and improve their presentation before the parole board. If such programs are given the resources they need and are allowed to work, they easily prove their value, taking pressure off the Michigan prison system. They give persons serving life a chance to turn their lives around, to the benefit of everyone.
Incarceration with no goal beyond retribution is backward-looking in an era that demands forward thinking. Looking back enables society to learn from the past, but at some point, it is necessary to face the future. That inevitability will come when taxpayers begin to realize exactly who is "striking out" under current "Life Means Life" policies. Give lifers, who have made a choice to change their lives around a chance. Give those who are attempting to change their life, a chance by giving them rehabilitation resources needed to make that change. Surely it is time to begin investing more in the future than failures.
Sometime ago I read a poem. It was by Robert Browning. I think it was called "Rabbi Ben Ezra." It went something like this: "Grow old along with me, the best of life is yet to be." How can I begin to tell you hat growing old in prison is for me and agonizing, lonely nightmare? John E Dennenberg said it best in his article, Deaths Exceed Parole Releases: "one can only hope that the concept of 'human dignity', for state prisoners, invoked by Justice Anthony Kennedy in the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Plata, will eventually infuse reasons in to the parole decision-making process for lifers." (June 2012, Prison Legal News)
I am writing this because many lifers may live to be old like me, and by then it will be to late. They, too, will be stuck here and wonder why nothing is being done, and they, too well wonder if there is any justice in life. Right now, I pray every night that I may die in my sleep and get this nightmare of what someone has called life without parole over with, if it means living in this prison day after day, year after year, gazing at the bars and longing for freedom.
Fred (Corky) Proctor, LWOP #178602
National Lifers of America, Inc.
Chapter 1026-A
Michigan Reformatory
Ionia, MI 48846-1923


Every dog is different. Most go once or twice a day and others go more. How many times does your dog go? If it's not every day, then he needs to see a vet. If he has diarrhea, and its been on going, he Also needs to see a vet. Good Luck!
I agree with Kali your dog should be going at least once a day. My dog goes out three tines a day. If you dog is not going once a day take it to the vet ASAP.


Hello all! Hope you're having a great month and been having some good luck following the NCAA if you're into March Madness. We've had a lot more settling in since launch and things have been calming down a bit so I figured I'd push out a general announcement to give an update to wars as well as highlight a couple of rule changes that have taken place recently.
To start off war rules are now in their final stage of admin review. This process has been going on for over a week, going on two now, so please continue to show patience as we finalize the rule-set. I expect this to be wrapped up by the start of April so expect to see them come sometime in the first week or two of that month. Big shout-out to @ScreamingDingo for all the hard work he's put into the rule-set the past couple of months. Now onto the rule changes!
1: To re-highlight this one relates to button usage. There was some confusion over the purpose of this rule and since we are on a new map with builds designed around the rule the old reasons for it are obsolete. We've added a clarification to the rule to give it back the sense and clarity it once had.
2: This rule change relates to livestock issues we've been having. Despite most animals being sold in the Cloud Temple there have still been some not so nice players taking all the livestock from other players. While it was not technically against the rule we've clarified it now so that people can't kill all the livestock, but take them.
3: This final server rule change stems from a recent player report. After reviewing over the situation the outcome as enforced by the rules did not line up with our standards of roleplay so we've clarified the combat escape mention to include that the rp must be logical as well.
4: The final rule change related to raid rules. A long while ago we raised the cooldown cap due to the large number of settlements and how many raids were occurring. However, due to freebuild being pulled back drastically and there being far less settlements we've lowered it slightly. We've had some comments as to why we did not make the cooldown lower and the main reason why is this was a rather quick hot-fix to raids and we want to see how this impact settlements for a longer term. I highly doubt we will be lowering it any further without a larger restructuring of raids, but that is not in our near scope at the moment.
That is all for now, The general update log will be dropping next week and that will detail a lot more information and updates. Until then enjoy your week and happy roleplaying!


England's Under 15 and Under 13s successfully defended their Five Nations crowns yesterday after overpowering Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France in Dublin.
England's Under 15s which featured British Junior Open champions Jonah Bryant and Abd-Allah Eissa put in a clinical performance against Wales, Ireland, France and Scotland winning all but one of their 20 matches in the round robin event to claim the Under 15 title once again.
At 2-1 down to France, Alexander Broadbridge the current English Junior champion, took to the court and produced a remarkable comeback, coming from 6-1 down in the second to turn the match on its head and force a decider between England and France, winning 5-11, 12-10, 12-10, 12-10.
England's fate lay in Harry Bloomfield's hands in a topsy turvy match that went the full distance, before Bloomfield emerged triumphant winning 3-11, 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, keeping the trophy firmly in English hands.
"The Five nations event was fantastic and one of the best ones I've attended. The players bonded so well as a team and supported each other throughout the weekend.
"In the Under 13s, it was the closest final we have ever encountered. The players gave it their all, and at 2-1 down in ties and 1-0 down at the first string, it was looking very ominous.
"We did it. Five Nations champions! So proud to have done it with theses guys with the amazing Under 15s cheering us all the way. Special thank you to Tania Bailey and Adam Fuller for all your support this weekend and for looking after us. Had the best time, memories that will last forever."


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Gender distribution of newspaper journalists in the U.S. 2017, by publication
Published by Amy Watson, Jun 16, 2020
The statistic shows the gender breakdown of journalists employed at selected newspapers in the Unites States as of November 2017. According to the report, 41 percent of the journalists reporting for the New York Times were female as of the date of survey, and 48 percent of journalists at The Philadelphia Inquirer were women. The publication with the lowest share of female journalists was USA Today with 31 percent of women working for the newspaper in that role.
Gender distribution of journalists at selected newspapers in the United States as of November 2017
USA Today 31% 69%
Chicago Sun Times 32% 68%
The Wall Street Journal 36% 64%
Houston Chronicle 38% 62%
San Jose Mercury News 38% 62%
The New York Times 41% 59%
Chicago Tribune 42% 58%
New York Post 42% 58%
Los Angeles Times 43% 57%
Newsday 43% 57%
The Washington Post 44% 56%
The Dallas Morning News 44% 56%
The Arizona Republic 46% 54%
The Philadelphia Inquirer 48% 52%
September 1 to November 30, 2017
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*A total of 52,584 pieces of content were analyzed by the source during the given time period.
Women in Media
Employment in the U.S. media industry 2009-2017, by sector
TV, Video & Film
Hourly wages in radio and TV broadcasting in the U.S. 2019
Books & Publishing
Leading newspaper companies in the U.S. 2018, by circulation
Trust in news media in the U.S. 2019
Research expert covering media
Statistics on "Journalism"
Television news work force in the U.S. by ethnicity 2014-2019
Median pay in local TV news in the U.S. 2017, by job title
Most awarded media in the U.S. 2018, by number of Pulitzer Prizes won
Interest in journalism in the U.S. 2017
Local newspaper employment from 2013 to 2017
Local TV news average employment in the U.S. 2017-2018, by role
Multi-media journalist use in local TV news in the U.S. in 2017
Reprisals against journalists, bloggers and media worldwide 2014-2019
Attitudes to the U.S. government removing press credentials in the U.S. 2018
Attitudes to the government removing press credentials in the U.S. 2018, by politics
Uses of AI by news publishers worldwide 2017
Trust in media sources worldwide 2019
Most trusted sources of general news and information worldwide 2012-2020
Trustworthiness of news media worldwide 2020
People who think the media misleads people worldwide 2018
Level of trust in national/local news in the U.S. 2019, by source
The New York Times accuracy level perceptions in the U.S. 2018
The Wall Street Journal accuracy level perceptions in the U.S. 2018
Degree of press freedom worldwide in 2019
World population by degree of press freedom in 2019
Number of imprisoned journalists worldwide from 2000 to 2019
Number of journalists killed worldwide 1995-2019
Number of journalists killed worldwide 2014-2018, by region
Number of journalists killed worldwide 2014-2018, by country
Share of journalists killed worldwide 2017-2018, by gender
Number of killed women journalists worldwide 2012-2018
Gender distribution of journalists in the U.S. 2017, by format
UK: level of concern among journalists over social media risks & influence 2012-2014
Journalists who think it is harmful to report on false information U.S. 2018
Survey on journalistic trust in institutions in Sweden 2014
Survey on important things in journalistic work in Norway 2013
Profits of the dpa news agency in Germany 2006-2019
Changes in news media content in the U.S. 2014
Types of social media regularly used by journalists in the U.S. 2016
Gender distribution in newspaper jobs in the U.S. 2015
Popularity of journalists on social media in U.S. 2014
Journalists who are trained in how to deal with false information U.S. 2018
Survey on ethical orientations of journalists in Norway 2013
Female winners of the Pulitzer Prize 2016, by category
UK: journalists views about the extent to which social media changed their work 2014
Number of African American journalists in the U.S. 2010-2015
Survey on changes in journalism in Sweden 2014
Distribution of journalists in the U.S. by gender
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Year-on-year growth in the revenue of the media industry Spain 2012-2017
Survey on perceived influences on journalists in Sweden 2014
Women in Media Movie Industry Television in the U.S. Newspaper Industry Print media industry
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VistaJet Reveals Bombardier Global 7500 Fleet
23rd October 2019 //	By Alex Martin
VistaJet is the first private aviation company to introduce access to the Bombardier Global 7500 jet
VistaJet has become the first private aviation company to introduce a commercial fleet of Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft, the largest and longest-range business jet in the world.
The state-of-the-art jet has set new industry standards in a number of different areas since its official launch earlier this year. It is the longest in its class at just over 54ft; it is also the only purpose-built jet with four living spaces; and it's the fastest, reaching speeds up to 710mph.
In March, it broke speed records between Los Angeles and New York, hitting Mach 0.925 and sustaining that speed for more than two hours to complete the coast-to-coast flight in three hours and 54 minutes. Later that same month, it broke the New York to London record with a flight time of five hours and 26 minutes under seasonal winds.
Finally, and perhaps most impressively, it already owns the title of the longest-range business-jet flight in history by traveling 8,152nm nonstop from Singapore to Tucson, Arizona.
Thomas Flohr, VistaJet's founder and chairman, said: "Today's announcement is yet another gamechanger for our current fliers and the many additional customers we continue attracting from our competitors. The 7500's speed, range, space and technology will have a significant impact on aviation, and I am so pleased VistaJet is the first and only company to offer it.
Founder and chairman of Vista Global Holding, Thomas Flohr, hailed the news as a "gamechanger"
"We have had an incredible response from fliers interested in experiencing the 7500 which is reflected by the fact we are already planning the introduction of five additional jets to arrive throughout 2020."
Each of the jet's four living spaces is customizable and VistaJet has decided to include a permanent private stateroom suite and the largest gallery in business aviation from which Michelin-inspired cuisine will be served. The living area includes a six-seat table and introduces the first new seat architecture in business aviation for 30 years, with a patented comfort and deep recline.
VistaJet, which already has an impressive worldwide fleet of 115 aircraft, will offer members the chance to fly the 7500 to 187 countries, and 96 percent of the world. Notoriously arduous journeys such as New York to Hong Kong and San Francisco to Singapore will also be offered as a single flight for the first time in private aviation.
VistaJet members will have the opportunity to request Global 7500 immediately for flight services commencing in January 2020. Throughout the year, the company will be building its portfolio of 7500s and will operate a fleet of up to six by the end of 2020.
XO has launched its own "Know What You Fly" service
The news was swiftly followed by another big announcement from another Vista Global company, XO, which has launched its "Know What You Fly" service to bring transparency and truth to the private aviation industry. The new promise allows members to know exactly what aircraft they are flying on before they book.
The company has categorized its fleet of 115 aircraft into three service classes: Classic, Premium and Luxe. Classic represents the most affordable jets while Luxe guarantees a journey on the company's newest jets. Every jet will go through the same vetting a verification process.
"We are thrilled to be able to offer our members the much-needed 'Know What You Fly' promise," said Flohr. "We believe that the combination of innovative membership options, and the breadth and diversity of the aircraft in our network – more than 1,600 across all our Service Classes – will extend our leadership role.
"We are committed to meeting the needs of every flyer who seeks new alternatives that go beyond the travails of commercial flying, the over-priced and inflexible model of fractional ownership, and the inherent inefficiencies of traditional brokers and jet cards."
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All kinds of different artists impress me from Realism, Impressionism to Abstract. I like especially Monet and bought a rather inexpensive painting of one of his for the wall. I read a biography about Vincent Van Gogh and learned about how he had a brilliant artistic ability but had a troubled and pained life. I have looked up the abstract artist, Jackson Pollock's pictures online and they are quite erratic but there is something appealing about his art work.
There is a high end magazine called "Architectural Digest". It has articles and shows the insides of homes of the extremely rich. It is so interesting to see how many will have the ultra expensive living rooms and bedrooms and hallways with big abstract paintings on the walls. You would think these paintings don't go with the furniture. But, they surprisingly do. My Mother, takes a subscription to that magazine and when she is finished reading them, she passes them on to me. I enjoy reading and looking at the photos in that magazine.
Was that a reproduction Monet painting or the real deal? I have been to his home and studio in Giverny in France and seen his best works in the Parisian museums.
I own some impressionist art prints, and very much enjoy them. I recently wrote for an art website about Dali and the Dada and Surrealism movements. I just jump at stuff like that, as it gives me the ability to take time to research the works and the people who created them.
Always fascinating, I love to get lost in the imagination and vision.
I prefer a more realistic type painting. But have seen some of those that appealed to me.
Many of the great artist--writers, painters, musicians--had / have troubled, painful lives.
I know about 'Architectual Digest'. It is fun to look at for I know I will own a house like what is in that magazine.
I love Architectural Digest and call it "the designer's bible". I have an issue that I use in my color theory class to illustrate the various uses of color in interior design.


The WTI Crude Oil market continues to try to go higher during the trading session on Friday, but as you can see struggled a bit. The $68 level should continue to be an area of resistance, but I think if we can break above that level, I think that the market should then go to the $70 level. I believe that short-term pullbacks will be a buying opportunity, as the uptrend line has kept this market intact to the upside. I think that if we were to break down below the uptrend line, then of course things change. I believe that the market should have plenty of support at the $66 level, and if the US dollar can continue to struggle, that could also send this market higher. With tensions in the Middle East, it's likely that oil will continue to have a bit of a bit underneath it.
After a downgrade buy, the EIA, as far as production is concerned for 2018, natural gas price went up. We also had a bullish inventory number this week, so that has provided a little bit of a boost. However, I think there's plenty of resistance above, especially near the $2.85 level, and of course the $3.80 level after that. I'm looking for signs of exhaustion on a daily candle that I can start selling, with the $2.60 level being a target, and an area that begins a significant resistance down to the $2.50 level. If we were to break down below the $2.50 level, I think that the market could then breakdown significantly. Natural gas is a market that I sell only and have no interest whatsoever in buying as longer-term we still have major issues.


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Q: $f_n(x) = x(1-x)^n$ converges uniformly to $0$ on $[0, 1]$? I am trying to show that the sequence of functions $f_n(x) = x(1-x)^n$ converges uniformly to $0$ on $[0, 1]$.
Well at $0$ and $1$, $f_n(x) = 0$ for all $n$.
So let $x \in (0, 1)$.
$f_n(x)$ converges uniformly to the zero function if there exists a sequence of values $\alpha_n$ that converges to $0$ and $|f_n(x) - f(x)| < \alpha$ for all $x$ and all $n$.
Well let $1 - x < k < 1$.
Then we have that $(1-x)^n < (1-k)^n$ and $(1-k)^n \to 0$ as $n \to \infty$.
And as $x \in (0, 1) \implies x(1-x)^n < (1-k)^n$
Hence $f_n(x)$ converges uniformly to the zero function.
Is that correct?

A: Hint: Notice that:
$$f_{n}'(x)=(1-x)^{n}-nx(1-x)^{n-1}=(1-x)^{n-1}((1-x)-nx)=(1-x)^{n-1}(1-(n+1)x)$$
hence maximum at $x=\frac{1}{n+1}$ (Boundary terms evaluate to $0$).

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Home Defense After Criticism, Army Reinstates High School Diploma Requirement as Recruitment Plummets
After Criticism, Army Reinstates High School Diploma Requirement as Recruitment Plummets
Army recruits need to have a high school diploma after all. Some of them, at least.
After briefly signaling they would waive the minimum education requirement for "a limited number" of recruits, Army leaders have reversed course and reinstated the need for a high school diploma or GED, an Army spokesman said Tuesday.
The service on June 23 began allowing people to enlist in the regular Army without a high school diploma or GED, as long as they scored 50 or higher on the military's entrance test, called the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, and met all the other standard enlistment criteria, said a spokesman for U.S. Army Recruiting Command, which posted additional details in a press release. The service said it wanted to consider candidates who may have a reason for not completing their education, such as "caring for a terminally ill family member."
The change was short-lived. Army officials reinstated the education requirement one week later. The reversal was first reported by Military.com, citing an internal memo. On Tuesday, Army spokesman Matt Leonard confirmed that the policy change was suspended, but could not provide any additional information.
The Army, which is the U.S. military's largest service branch, is struggling to attract qualified candidates at a rate that has alarmed top generals. According to Defense Department data, only 23 percent of 17- to 24-year-old Americans are eligible to enlist without a waiver of some kind, down from 29 percent in recent years, an Army spokesman said in an email. Only 9 percent of those are willing to join the military, the lowest share in 15 years.
In March, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said recruiting challenges were behind the reduction in the Army's maximum number of soldiers Congress authorizes it to keep, a figure known as "end strength," in the fiscal 2023 budget request. Last year he told Congress the service needed to grow, but he said he now is focused on meeting standards.
"We're in a war for talent and the secretary [of the Army] and I want to have a high quality Army. To me, quality is more important than quantity," McConville said during a meeting with reporters.
Dropping the high school diploma requirement for some recruits was just the most recent attempt by Army leaders to increase recruiting numbers, said Thomas Spoehr, a retired Army lieutenant general and director of the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation. The Army has already changed its tattoo policy, reduced some minimum contract lengths, and increased bonuses, he said. Last month, one bonus was bumped up from $25,000 to $35,000 for going to basic training within 45 days after signing a four-year contract, according to a press release.
"I mean this is almost like the last thing they had to try and change, in order to try and change the trajectory of their 2022 recruiting program. So, not surprised to see them try this," he said.
Attaining a GED or high school diploma isn't so much about a recruit's education as much as it is used as a reliable predictor of whether they will complete their initial enlistment, Spoehr said, which means without this milestone in a recruit's background, the Army would only have been trading one problem for another.
"That gets you more people in the front end, but then you lose them—you will lose a higher percentage due to attrition. And attrition is already a pretty significant factor in the Army," he said.
A 2020 RAND study found that the Army had the highest attrition rate among the military services at 29.7 percent after the first 36 months of service.
Spoehr is glad for the Army's reversal, which he believes happened because of the amount of public comment and ridicule they received. He doubts they would have recruited a significant amount of eligible people.
So far, Pentagon officials have not publicly detailed why they believe recruitment is so rapidly plummeting. Over the past 20 years since the start of the post-9/11 wars, the Army has tried a variety of gimmicks and bonuses to reach its end strength goal. Historically, military recruitment tends to rise when jobs and the economy are down. But other factors such as race, economic status, the likelihood of combat danger, the rise of the private tech job sector, politics, and the reemergence to post-pandemic life have all challenged recruiters. During the height of the unpopular Iraq War, recruitment was falling so fast, especially among some minority groups, that Army recruiters lowered required ASVAB scores and allowed waivers for some recruits with low scores or other demerits, including minor criminal offenses. "In 2006, nearly one in five incoming soldiers did not have high school diplomas," the Boston Globe reported in 2007.
An Army Recruiting Command fact sheet reviewing fiscal 2021 statistics described the current environment is the "most challenging labor market since the inception of the all-volunteer force," which was created after the Vietnam War. About 71 percent of youth in America do not qualify for U.S. military service for several reasons, including obesity, misconduct, and aptitude. In fiscal year 2021, 94.2 percent of regular Army recruits had a high school diploma, with the remainder having a GED or state equivalent. About 62.2 percent scored above 50 on the ASVAB, just barely meeting the Defense Department's requirement that at least 60 percent of the Army's recruits do so.
Additionally, the Army has already kicked out more than 1,000 active duty soldiers for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, and tens of thousands of unvaccinated Reserve and National Guard members will not be able to participate in drills or training after not meeting the vaccination deadline at the end of June.
So far this year the Army has achieved almost 40 percent of its enlisted recruiting goal for fiscal year 2022, the Army spokesman said in an email, without providing specifics about what that goal is. Most of the service's recruiting goals are met within the fourth quarter of the year, he said, after high school graduations have passed.
"Everyone I talk to says that 2023 is gonna be worse still, and on and on," Spoehr said. "So there's no, like, pot of gold at the end of this rainbow. They're gonna have to adapt their methods in order to survive."
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Q: How to specify names of columns for x and y when joining in dplyr? I have two data frames that I want to join using dplyr. One is a data frame containing first names.
test_data <- data.frame(first_name = c("john", "bill", "madison", "abby", "zzz"),
                        stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

The other data frame contains a cleaned up version of the Kantrowitz names corpus, identifying gender. Here is a minimal example:
kantrowitz <- structure(list(name = c("john", "bill", "madison", "abby", "thomas"), gender = c("M", "either", "M", "either", "M")), .Names = c("name", "gender"), row.names = c(NA, 5L), class = c("tbl_df", "tbl", "data.frame"))

I essentially want to look up the gender of the name from the test_data table using the kantrowitz table. Because I'm going to abstract this into a function encode_gender, I won't know the name of the column in the data set that's going to be used, and so I can't guarantee that it will be name, as in kantrowitz$name.
In base R I would perform the merge this way:
merge(test_data, kantrowitz, by.x = "first_names", by.y = "name", all.x = TRUE)

That returns the correct output:
  first_name gender
1       abby either
2       bill either
3       john      M
4    madison      M
5        zzz   <NA>

But I want to do this in dplyr because I'm using that package for all my other data manipulation. The dplyr by option to the various *_join functions only lets me specify one column name, but I need to specify two. I'm looking for something like this:
library(dplyr)
# either
left_join(test_data, kantrowitz, by.x = "first_name", by.y = "name")
# or
left_join(test_data, kantrowitz, by = c("first_name", "name"))

What is the way to perform this kind of join using dplyr?
(Never mind that the Kantrowitz corpus is a bad way to identify gender. I'm working on a better implementation, but I want to get this working first.)

A: This is more a workaround than a real solution. You can create a new object test_data with another column name:
left_join("names<-"(test_data, "name"), kantrowitz, by = "name")

     name gender
1    john      M
2    bill either
3 madison      M
4    abby either
5     zzz   <NA>

A: This feature has been added in dplyr v0.3. You can now pass a named character vector to the by argument in left_join (and other joining functions) to specify which columns to join on in each data frame. With the example given in the original question, the code would be:
left_join(test_data, kantrowitz, by = c("first_name" = "name"))


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Theft cases up in Lincoln
Theft in Lincoln was the top crime reported in Lincoln during the month of May.
In a monthly report submitted by Lincoln Police Chief Paul Adams showed various crimes committed using the uniform crime reporting system that is used by the State of Illinois and is then turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigations to be used in statistics. Lincoln officers responded to 1,055 incidents in May and of those 111 case reports were written.
Lincoln had 17 theft reports in May which was significantly up compared to April 2019 that only had eight theft reports.
The top five citations for the month were: 17 were for speeding, 14 were for operating an uninsured motor vehicle, eight tickets for unlawful use of electronic communication device, six tickets for cannabis, synthetics and paraphernalia and six tickets for improper lane usage.
In May, Lincoln Police K9 duty were called to four incidents and out of those calls three seized drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Detectives of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Lincoln Police Department conducted further investigation on 15 active criminal investigations for the month. Three were narcotics related that dealt with the manufacture/delivery of controlled substances and methamphetamines. Three investigations involved sexual offenses involving both adults and child victims with offenses of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse.
Six investigations were for aggravated battery, drug induced homicide, domestic battery, and child abuse. Only three investigations were property related that dealt with arson and felony theft.
Lincoln Community Resource Officer Butterfield handled an array of disciplinary offenses during the month of May. The most common offenses were Harassment/Bully, class misconduct, general disciplinary offenses with parental contacts, social/emotional and theft. Officer Butterfield helped with the Health Department on creating a vape/tobacco and addiction course. Officer Butterfield completed a search and seizure course that will benefit the collection of evidence for offenses.
During the month of May DARE made donations to the Special Olympics and Lincoln Youth wrestling. On May 17 DARE hosted its annual pizza and dance party. Northwest, Washington Monroe, LJHS, Carroll Catholic and Central School were all given DARE T-Shirts.
Fines collected, by the Logan County Circuit Clerk, for Lincoln during the month of May were $6,360.67 with $139 collected for parking tickets.


OCEAN COVE - 16 East First Street Unit 305 - PRIVATE ELEVATOR - Private parking space under building next to elevator - This third floor, oceanfront condo features four bedrooms and two baths. The two bedrooms on the main level have a queen bed in each, and both bedrooms have TV's. The oceanfront bedroom has a private bath with a small jaccuzzi tub in the bedroom and a great view of the ocean. There's also a hall bath on the main level. One of the bedrooms upstairs has a queen bed and a single, and one bedroom has two double beds. The dining table seats six and there are four stools at the kitchen bar for additional seating.
Amenities include community pool and community hot tub, Jacuzzi tub in the master bedroom, cold water outside shower, wet bar, central heat and air, washer and dryer, dishwasher, and microwave oven, blender, ceiling fans, DVD player, iron/ironing board, and secure Wi-Fi. The private balcony offers fantastic views of the beach and ocean. There are Hibachi grills and two picnic tables on the premises, towards the east side of the building on the street side.
Although this condo rents for partial weeks in the off season, before June 7 and after August 24, there's a two-night minimum stay required. All our properties have pillows and bedspreads. PLEASE NOTE: Sheets, towels, paper and soap products are not provided. ALL OUR UNITS ARE NON-SMOKING, AND NO PETS ARE ALLOWED.


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Making changes to your home isn't something that should be taken lightly. Your home is a huge investment and home additions can be rather expensive at times. However, there are some definite reasons that adding on to your home is the right decision.
The main ingredient for good kitchen space planning is knowing what cabinetry features are on the market.
Major demolition phase has been completed at this Arcadia Home Remodeling project. Demo is not limited to only the kitchen area, as other areas of the home are effected by the remodeling scope.


The Finnish Forest Industries Federation, the Federation of Agricultural Employers, Metsähallitus, the Association of Private Forestry Employers and the Wood and Allied Workers' Union have successfully concluded negotiations for a new collective labour agreement that includes several productivity-enhancing changes. Wages will increase by a total of 10.1% over the contract period, which ends in May 2010. The size of the wage increases matches the other agreements reached in the forest industry.
To offset cost increases, the parties to the agreement have agreed on the implementation of productivity-boosting measures, such as a modernisation of the remuneration system and the possibility of new arrangements with regard to annual leave. The possibility of adopting a working-time bank scheme will also be examined during the contract period.
The generally-binding collective labour agreement applies to about 3,000 employees in total, most of whom work in forestry.


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Tags 4 hour meeting, company sadist, donuts, invited, no agenda, suppose to hurt
The sadist approaches Dilbert handing him a piece of paper and says, "You're invited to my four-hour meeting." As Dilbert reads the paper, the sadist says "There's no agenda. It's just supposed to hurt. Dilbert asks, "Any donuts?" The sadist replies, "Yes, but I'll drop one on the floor and hide it with the others. Dilbert then says, "I like those odds."
Saturday August 12, 2000
Tags casserole, surgery, ten year service party, medical
Carol enters Ted's cubicle and says, "Ted, your ten year service party will be on Tuesday." Ted replies, "I'm having surgery on Tuesday." Carol responds, "Maybe you could drop off a casserole on your way."
Tags bad performance review, tape measure, measure twice
The boss is at a table flanked by Dilbert and Wally. The boss says, "My philosophy is: measure twice.." The boss continues, "Then cut twice, then uh..." Wally says, "Give the tape measure a bad performance review?" Dilbert giggles, "Hee hee!..Ooh."
Monday April 23, 2001
Tags weekly wally report, stock options, maple, someone lost more
The boss, Wally and Dilbert are at a table. Wally says, "Now for the weekly Wally report." Wally says, "Wally struggled to maintain his morale despite the ninety percent drop in his stock options." Wally continues, "Then he remembered that someone lost much, much, much more that he did."
Sunday June 24, 2001
Tags email down, ancients do, combustible material, coworker scared, hold me, entire life, hug, bad hug, have coffee, drop off
Dilbert sits in front of his computer. He screams, "GAAA!! E-mail is down!" Dilbert thinks to himself, "Don't panic...think...how would the ancients handle this?" Dilbert stands at the entrance to his cubicle and thinks, "I've got combustible materials...I can start some sort of fire." Susan walks into Dilbert's cubicle and says, "E-mail is down...Hold me." Dilbert allows Susan to hug him, holding his arms out ahead of him. He thinks, "I'll keep my arms straight out so I don't seem too eager." Dilbert continues thinking, while Susan hugs him, "This may be the least satisfying hug of my entire life." Wally walks into the cubicle and says, "E-mail is working again." Carol asks, "So, would you like to have some coffee?" Dilbert answers, "Sure! I'll be doing my e-mail. Just drop it off."
Tags anyone offers food, dont eat, fill in receptionist, impression visitors, face of company
The Boss comes to Carol's desk and says, "Carol, I need you to fill in for our receptionist today." The Boss continues, "Remember, you will be the face of our company, the first impression for visitors." Carol is seen at the receptionist's desk. A visitor stands at the desk looking surprised as Carol says, "If anyone offers you food, don't eat it."
Tags one project, finished one, measure worth, number of projects, track roi, losing, competition amongst mothers, dilberts mom
Dilbert and his mom are eating dinner. Dilbert's mom asks, "Why have you only finished one project at work this year? Norma's son did three." Dilbert responds, "You can't measure someone's worth by counting the number of projects he does." Dilbert's mom says to her friends, "Maybe we should track R.O.I. instead." One of her friends replies, "Why, because you're losing?"
Tags drop lawsuit, fight dirty, dispatch goons, billy blanks on ur butt, mother, dilmom, suing company, Family
Dilbert's mom is cooking dinner. Dilbert says to her, "Mom, you have to drop your lawsuit against my company. They fight dirty." Dilbert's mom swings around and exclaims, "Bring 'em on! I've been watching my 'Tae Bo' videos! I'll dispatch their goons to hell!" Dilbert says, "They sent me. I'm their goon." Dilbert's mom waves her arms in the air and says, "After dinner, I'm going Billy Bonkers on your butt!"
Tags get fired, mother, drop lawsuit, despicable wesels, enjoy challenge, demand dna test, Family
Dilbert and his mom are eating dinner. Dilbert says, "Mom, I'll get fired unless you drop your lawsuit against my company." Dilbert's mom replies, "Why do you work for a company that's managed by despicable weasels?" Dilbert responds, "They tell me it's because I enjoy the challenge." Dilbert's mom says, "I demand a DNA test."
Tags drop by iq, measure of drop by visitor, stay in cubicle, one hour
Dilbert is sitting on the couch at home. Dogbert says, "I've developed a new theory of intelligence that I call 'Drop-by-I.Q.'" Dogbert continues, "It's a measure of how long a drop-by visitor will stay in your cubicle when you're trying to work." The Boss is standing in Alice's cubicle. He says, ..."And that's why I'm afraid of bananas." Alice looks at her clock and thinks, "One hour and counting."


But I fielded a lot of questions about HOW I make my books and what to do with all my digital photos, so I thought I'd create a very brief list of thoughts to help you on your journey. These ladies are my online mentors and most of what I do is borrowed from projects they have created.
Ali Edwards is a genius at documenting everyday life in an easy way. Check out her Week in the Life and December Daily projects. She also is exploring creativity and inspiration in her email newsletter this year and it is awesome.
Becky Higgins created a kit called Project Life that I used for 2 years to take a photo a day and capture family memories. I wrote a little about my experience with this kit in this post. Things I love about Project Life: it is affordable, trivially easy, beautiful, flexible, and all of what I need is included in the kit. You should check it out if what you can handle is printing your 4x6 photos and writing down some words. There are now hundreds of women using this system in a very creative way - you should google it and join the Big Picture Classes free community for inspiration.
Elise Blaha creates the cutest 4x6 books that you can also buy in her etsy shop. I think she is the queen of minibooks.
Shimelle has a series of videos that will break it down for you and inspire you to use up your 4x6 photos. There is a ton of content on this website.
Cathy Zilske has an awesome school year scrapbook solution for simply capturing each school year. Becky Higgins has a good one too that she does with her kid's classes called a personal yearbook.
Project 365 is a whole thing. Check it out. I am using this free iphone app this year.
Big Pictures Classes offers lots of affordable how-to with videos and a whole community to help you out. One of the albums I shared was from one called "All About Me" by Stacy Julian. I can't find the link for that one - though I'm sure I have a pdf I can share if you'd like.
Amy Tangerine products and kits I used for the 4x6 album I shared. You can take a mini class from her here. Sasafrass Lass is no longer in business but you can see their papers and look for something similar. There are lots of kits and paper pads that you can buy online or at local scrapbooking stores.
Polaroid application that I use on my computer to create simple images I then import to word to resize and print.
My calendar and the photobooks I've printed easily. Also check out this blurb book using instagram.
I hope this helps and inspires you to start a new project!


17 March 1990, Murrayfield: the stage is set for a climatic end to the Five Nations' Championship with the Championship, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup all to be decided by the outcome of the Scotland v England match.
The match was preceded by a media bombardment both sides of the border and tensions were running high, with the Scots believing the England squad saw the game as a foregone conclusion in favour of the red rose.
Captained by EAFC's David Sole, rather than running out of the tunnel, Scotland walked out onto the Murrayfield pitch, making a strong psychological statement of intent. Having scraped a 13-10 win against Ireland in Dublin, the Scots went on to thrash France 21-0 at home but had another tight game against Wales in Cardiff, emerging the victors by only 13-9. On paper, they were undoubtedly the underdogs against England but their determination and the fervour of the Murrayfield crowd worked to their advantage.
With so much at stake, it was never going to be an especially free-flowing game. Scotland opened the scoring with two penalties, then came the only try of the first half, for England, and another Scottish penalty, taking the half-time score to 9-4.
Scotland came out on the attack in the second half and Tony Stanger scored the crucial try from a Gavin Hastings chip kick. The score was 13-4, leaving all the pressure on England who would have to score at least twice to secure even a draw. The Scots dug in and closed down any English attack, only allowing England to gain three more points from a penalty goal. As the final whistle went the score was 13-7 and the celebratory roar could be heard across the city.


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Q: quit the application by setting NSTimer? is their any better way to quit the application programmatically?
recently i made a radio application that have a user setup to set a time using NSTimer for quit the app process ( i mean sleep time). when the time reaches the app should be stop its process and quit.
i used these statements to quit the app when time reaches,
  [[UIApplication sharedApplication] suspend];
  [[UIApplication sharedApplication] terminateWithSuccess];

theTimer=[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:(1.0/1.0) target:self selector:@selector(countTime) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];

counter-=1;
timeLeft.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:@" %d",counter];
if (counter==0.0) {

    [theTimer invalidate];
  [[UIApplication sharedApplication] suspend];
  [[UIApplication sharedApplication] terminateWithSuccess];

is their any problem by using [[UIApplication sharedApplication] suspend];
      [[UIApplication sharedApplication] terminateWithSuccess]; methods
any other better way to quit the app, or at least freeze the app process..
i need help?

A: Apple will not approve any application that deliberately suspends or terminates itself. You may use only those methods listed in the official documentation, which does not include suspend or terminateWithSuccess.

A: I've always used exit(0). I suppose that if you have to run code before the app quitting you should call it before exit(0).
Apple discourages the use of exit() because from the user point of view it looks like a crash. But they also say there is no API call to gracefully terminate your app.
If you're looking for a way to terminate your app without the user pressing home, during sleep time, I assume he won't confuse it with a crash, since he won't be paying attention to your app and exit() leaves no crash log.
So, your options are:

*

*Forget this and just beep after some time to remind him to close the app. (terrible!)

*Close the app using your private calls and risk Apple's rejection.

*Close the app using exit() and stick with POSIX (accepted) calls.

A: tanq for your replays, so i just forget about quitting my application programatically. next way is to stop playing my MPMoviePlayerController object. got the next level problem
my settings page for sleepTime and music playing pages, both are different viewControllers
so i can't access MPMoviePlayerController object directly in time settings page, so i created a method on music playing page
MPMoviePlayerController *player=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.radioparadise.com/musiclinks/rp_64aac.m3u"]];
[player prepareToPlay];
[player play];

- (IBAction)StopPlay:(id)sender
{
 [player stop];
}

so i created an object for music playing page and i called this method from settings page.,
this is my code in settingsPage
@class MusicPlayingPage;
 @interface secondView : UIViewController
{
MusicPlayingPage *audio;
}

and called the method in settingsPage
[audio stopPlay];

control reaches correctly to streamingPage, but it seems like player is not stoping play, i can't access any of these player options [player stop]; , [player pause];
any problem for this method in musicPlayingPage
- (IBAction)StopPlay:(id)sender
{
 [player stop];
}

sorry if my question is not understandable.


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