Jodie O'Connell-Ponkos used a prosthetic arm for five years, until the day she threw it across the room in frustration. "Hate was an understatement," recalls O'Connell-Ponkos, who lost part of her right arm in an industrial meat grinder at the age of 16 in 1985. She didn't use another prosthesis for 20 years.
O'Connell-Ponkos' story is common among upper-limb amputees: Despite advances in engineering and availability, the rate of users abandoning upper-limb prosthetics hadn't changed in 25 years as of 2007, with up to 75% of users rejecting electric prosthetics.
One of the reasons may be that despite better materials, more powerful motors and additional joints, upper-limb prostheses still relied on controls developed in the 1950s. These used either body-powered maneuvers involving clunky cables and harnesses or myoelectric systems, which use electronic sensors resting on the skin of the amputation site to detect muscle activity and translate that activity into motion. The clenching of a bicep, for example, might bend an artificial elbow. It wasn't intuitive, and often required extensive practice.
Then, last year, O'Connell-Ponkos tried a prosthetic arm enhanced with an new control system that can recognize subtle nerve signals, built by Chicago-based engineering company Coapt. Unlike the prosthesis she used as a teenager, the new arm allowed her to move more naturally, even gracefully. Today, the outgoing horse trainer wears the prosthesis constantly, relying on it for everything from chopping wood to putting her hair in a ponytail.
This recent advance to a natural, intuitive control system for upper-limb prosthetics is notable, if largely overlooked. At this year's American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association conference in Boston, I had to search for Coapt's small booth, tucked away in the exhibit hall behind rows of splashy orthotics and leg prosthetics. There, O'Connell-Ponkos, now a paid spokesperson for Coapt, was promoting the technology, which is compatible with the five major prosthetic manufacturers.
Coapt hit the market in late 2013, and an estimated 200 individuals today use the system, says company co-founder and CEO Blair Lock. The system, encased in a small black box, consists of a circuit board and set of algorithms that use pattern recognition to decode electric signals from arm muscles, working as a bridge between the user's thoughts and the prosthesis.
Muscles act like loudspeakers to amplify nerve impulses—which are too quiet to be detected alone—and contain a "symphony" of information, says Lock. A traditional myoelectric system only detects the volume of the music, but pattern recognition software can link the pattern of a specific brain signal, like a particular song, to a movement.
The company has plans to premiere a smaller, second-generation version soon, and recently licensed an implantable electrode technology from Purdue University to read electrical signals from under the skin, though Lock was tight-lipped about plans for the technology.
Coapt isn't alone in changing the way upper-limb prostheses are controlled: Two other leading prosthetic efforts include advanced control systems. The John Hopkins' Modular Prosthetic Limb (MPL) can also be operated with pattern recognition software, and DEKA Research's "LUKE Arm," named for Luke Skywalker's prosthesis in Star Wars, has used the Coapt system and also boasts a wireless foot control system. Both the MPL and LUKE Arm were funded by DARPA. Neither is yet commercially available, though the LUKE Arm is scheduled to launch late this year.
The LUKE Arm can be controlled in several ways, including with the Coapt system, says Tom Doyon, part of the DEKA Research team that developed the LUKE Arm. Uniquely, the LUKE Arm can also be controlled with a wireless foot control that acts as a joystick to move the arm in preprogrammed patterns.
None of the aforementioned prostheses, however, can be controlled like a natural hand. Even the best control systems execute a set of pre-programmed movements, rather than total freedom. With the Coapt system, for example, an individual can pre-program about six to eight movements—such as pointing, or pinching, or making a fist—for everyday use.


Striving for Certification: Success at 60!
You know how they say that 60 is the new 40? My name is Susie Ripley, and I sure hope that is TRUE, because here I am at 60, contemplating what to do with my life...next. I have always said that your feet face forward, so you should always move in that direction, however, reflecting back on life has its advantages too.
As a Life and Community Coach, for the last 10 plus years, I am constantly asking people if they can remember a time that they felt aligned, happy and excited. When I asked myself those same questions recently, I immediately went back 10 years to a time when I was in the Health and Wellness industry. Working in Houston as the Health and Wellness Director of a large YMCA was one of the most challenging, yet rewarding times of my professional career. Every day I was excited about the work I did and fascinated by the science that was constantly coming out about fitness and health and the people I served. While I was in the industry as a fitness practitioner, at the beginning of my 20 year plus career, I was in management, programming and directing the practitioners. While the YMCA's have good training protocols, and in fact I was a faculty trainer for the YMCA of the USA Personal Training Program, I always looked to ACSM as the Gold Standard when evaluating protocols or had any question regarding protocols. Each year I would attend the ACSM Summit and could hardly wait until the next year's Summit. I always thought that if I had the money and the time, I would become ACSM certified. I believe now, as I believed then, that there is no better or comprehensive certification.
So when faced with another change in professional direction, I asked myself, why not now? What is stopping me? With the barriers out of the way, I am now embarking on a journey that will challenge me, to be sure, but also is making me feel more excited and alive, than I have felt …. In a LONG time! So, pass or fail, I will share with you my journey, in obtaining my ACSM CPT. I have no idea what this 60 year old will face with the challenges back into the Health and Wellness world, but I am willing to be transparent and share them with you. I have some fears, to be sure, but I am committed to pushing past them so that I can do what I am always encouraging and trying to inspire others to do… LIVE THE BEST LIFE EVER!


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Q: Android sqlite table into json Array I have SQLite database contains one table. In the table, I have five fields. For example
id, name, question, year, answer.That convert jsonArray.
I tried my code given below which return only one column.
      try{
          JSONArray jArray = new JSONArray();
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            while (cursor.isAfterLast() == false) {
                int totalColumn = cursor.getColumnCount();
                JSONObject rowObject = new JSONObject();
                for (int i = 0; i < totalColumn; i++) {
                    if (cursor.getColumnName(i) != null) {
                        try {
                            if (cursor.getString(i) != null) {
                                Log.d("TAG_NAME", cursor.getString(i));
                                rowObject.put(cursor.getColumnName(i), cursor.getString(i));
                            } else {
                                rowObject.put(cursor.getColumnName(i), "");
                            }
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            Log.d("TAG_NAME", e.getMessage());
                        }
                    }
                }
                jArray.put(rowObject);
                cursor.moveToNext();
            }
            cursor.close();
            Log.d("jsonA", jArray.toString());

The Above code  result is
                  [{id:"1"}{  id:"2"}
                                                       ]
I want return five row and their value in jsonArray
[{"id":"1", "name":"sh", "question":"yid", "year":"uyit", "answer":"uify"},
 {"id":"2","name":"sh","question":"syusyuytu","year":"uysrtuy","answer":"sturt"} ]

My Cursor query
public Cursor listoftest() {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
    Cursor cursor = db.query("list_of_question_set", new String[]{ "id","name","description","questions","duration","correct","negative"}, null, null, null, null, null, null);
    return cursor;
}

A: Try this one

Declare One Arraylist

  ArrayList<DataPojaClass > alUser = new ArrayList<>();

try{
 ArrayList<DataPojaClass > alUser = new ArrayList<>();

    JSONArray parentArray = jsonRoot.getJSONArray();

    for (int j = 0; j < parentArray.length(); j++) {

        JSONObject finalObject = parentArray.getJSONObject(j);
        // User
        DataPojaClass user = new DataPojaClass ();
        // Set user values
        user.setId(finalObject.getString("id"));

        user.setName(finalObject.getString("name"));

        user.setQuestion(finalObject.getString("question"));

        user.setYear(finalObject.getString("year"));

        alUser.add(user);
    }
    // Finally return user list
    dataset.addAll(alUser)
}
}catch(Exception E){

}
** Create DataPojaClass Class**
 public class DataPojaClass
{
    private  String id;
    private  String name;
    private  String question;
    private  String year;

    public String getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getQuestion() {
        return question;
    }

    public void setQuestion(String question) {
        this.question = question;
    }

    public String getYear() {
        return year;
    }

    public void setYear(String year) {
        this.year = year;
    }

    public String getAnswer() {
        return answer;
    }

    public void setAnswer(String answer) {
        this.answer = answer;
    }

    private  String answer;
}

A: Your query for cursor does not matches the expected output. year and answer are not present in your query columns
 public Cursor listoftest() {
    SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
    Cursor cursor = db.query("list_of_question_set", new String[]{ "id","name","description","questions","duration","correct","negative"}, null, null, null, null, null, null);
   return cursor;
}

and your expected output is
[{id:"1"name:"sh",question:"yid",year:"uyit",answer:"uify"}
{  id:"2"name:"sh",question:"syusyuytu",year:"uysrtuy",answer:"sturt"} ]

you need to resolve the conflict

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The Day of the Wombat
Peacay of BibliOdyssey posts "some delightful scratchy illustrations from the 1962 book by Ruth Park, 'The Adventures of the Muddle-headed Wombat'" in honour of Australia Day.
So here is my homage. Dante Gabriel Rossetti's lament for the death of his wombat, a beast which, according to some, also appears in Carroll's Alice:
© Trustees of the British Museum
'I never reared a young wombat
To glad me with his pin-hole eye,
But when he was most sweet and fat
And tail-less he was sure to die'
The inscribed verse is a parody of Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh (1817): 'I never nurs'd a dear gazelle / To glad me with its soft black eye, / But when it came to know me well / And love me, it was sure to die!' Instead of being layed to rest in the handsome tomb we see here, the unfortunate marsupial was actually stuffed and placed in Rossetti's entrance hall.
I can't remember where I got the image above, but it is in the same note as an essay by Harold White Fellow on "Rossetti's Wombat: A Pre-Raphaelite Obsession in Victorian England," in the National Library of Australia site. Of particular interest for lovers of Edward Lear:
But the most important development in the establishment of the wombat's English reputation was the appearance in 1855 of John Gould's de luxe The Mammals of Australia. Gould was in Australia much earlier, in the 1830s, and it was certainly through Gould that the artist Edward Lear, who illustrated Gould's Birds but unfortunately not the Mammals, made a wonderful sheet of whimsical drawings of the 'Inditchenous Beestes of New Olland', a rarity which is today in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. These are plausibly accurate caricatures of various species of kangaroo and wallaby, the platypus, the 'possum up his gum tree' and the Tasmanian Devil. There are also mad renderings of the bandicoot, echidna and native cat, not to mention representative appearances in the margin of the cow, the dog, the sheep and the horse. Splendidly rotund and occupying the largest amount of space towards the bottom centre of the sheet is the wombat, with his 'i'.
Below is a small scan of the Lear image, which was published in the Academy of Art exhibition catalogue.
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Die Laughing
By William Novak
Does anyone else remember ordering joke books in the Scholastic Book Order as a kid and eagerly gobbling up all the quips and antics, only to forget them minutes later? William Novak drew me back to this memory with his book Die Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks. This was a surprisingly pleasing random pickup on the heels of April Fools Day, but it's not as the title suggests only for "newly old folks." Anyone with a campy sense of humor about aging will find a chuckle in these pages.
The Harvey Way
By Carolyn Meyer
In the late 1800s and early-mid 1900s, the Harvey Girls were considered to be elite hostesses and servers for entrepreneur and businessman Fred Harvey. Harvey developed the concept of the 'Harvey House' dining areas along various railways across the United States, including the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe. These hospitality restaurants worked in tandem with the railways in order to provide first class service to passengers and railroad employees. Meals were served promptly on a strict schedule and all Harvey Girls were expected to follow a strict code of conduct that included a sp
The Lady From The Black Lagoon
By Mallory O'Meara
"Never underestimate the power of nerds." Self proclaimed nerd Mallory O'Meara pours her heart and three years of her life into The Lady From The Black Lagoon, a biography to uncover the lost legacy of Milicent Patrick.
New Releases in Fiction - April 2019!
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe
By Preston Norton
An engrossing story narrated by a wonderfully entertaining, snarky protagonist.
If You Ask Me: Essential Advice from Eleanor Roosevelt
By Eleanor Roosevelt
Rated by Melissa H-H
Eleanor Roosevelt served as her husband's eyes and ears throughout his twelve years in office; she knew every corner of the United States from personal visits and meetings with locals without a cocoon of Secret Service protection. Starting in 1941, the very hands-on First Lady solved the personal problems of worried Americans while she traversed the continent. Ladies' Home Journal included her first of several advice columns, entitled "If You Ask Me," which shares both its name and content with this book.
The Woman in White (DVD)
By Wilkie Collins (novel) & Fiona Seres (screenplay)
Rated by Bet M
This 5-episode miniseries, featuring two memorable female leads, expertly tackled Wilkie Collins's 656-page suspense novel (published in 1860) and kept me on the edge of my seat even more than many a modern thriller.
By Steve McQueen
To call Widows a heist film is reductive. It revolves around a heist, but that doesn't do the film justice.
Oh My, Don't Burn The Pie!: Celebrating Great American Pie Month
I'm going to start off with a confession: I have absolutely no talent as a baker or cook of any kind. At best I can boil water and at worst... well. Let's just say I have a bad habit of leaving out key ingredients and forgetting that I left food in the oven until the smoke alarm goes off. My completely inedible, rock-hard Rice Krispie treats are still something of a legend among my family.
"Tidying Up" Your Life to "Spark Joy" in Others Through Book Donations
Have you watched Tidying Up on Netflix? Are you thinking about listening to Marie Kondo and her KonMari method? Do you want to get rid of some of your books and clear out the clutter? Don't worry, we won't judge you. The Johnson County Library houses the books so you don't have to. Since February is Declutter for a Cause month, let's investigate where you can give your books a second life. If you want to donate books in the Johnson County area here are some places you can go.
Friends of the Johnson County Library will accept:


According to British scholar and China expert Martin Jacques, the Philippines must realize the United States is in decline in Asia and mend its ties with China if it has any hope of resolving territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Martin Jacques is the author of the global best-seller "When China Rules the World: the End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order". It was first published in 2009 and has since been translated into eleven languages. The book has been shortlisted for two major literary awards. He has been a columnist for many newspapers, made many television programmes and is a former deputy editor of The Independent newspaper. His talk on www.ted.com on how to understand China has had more than one million views.
Contact us at China Speakers Agency should you wish to engage Martin for your next event.


My mother was diagnosed with Dementia in May 2006 while my step-father was dying of lung cancer. Hospice was our saving grace. I had no idea how wonderful their support and advise would be during Dad's last few months of death. He died on my birthday, October 24, 2006.
On December 8th, 2009, Hospice was called in to help my mother since her health had deteriated so bad. I knew the routine and went through mourning on my way home from her place that day. Between Hospice and Sunrise her last month was very pleasant and I enjoyed every moment with her. She passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 14th. I had a traditional funeral with a cremation immediately following the service. I was told that 50% of families are now choosing cremation.
Since my mom's name is Rose, I am planting a gorgeous Rose Garden with her ashes this spring right in the middle of our circular brick paver drive. There is a huge stone there already, so I will have it inscribed with her name.
On Monday this week, Seasons Hospice came to my home to complete the paperwork to have my mom entered into their Hospice program. Although I used Hospice for my step father in 2006, I received a new insight from this meeting.
These are the most wonderful and kind folks and they offer such an amazing service. I remember when the doctor recommended Hospice for my step father when he was diagnosed with lung cancer at 86, I actually got mad thinking "I wasn't going to let him die". So I held off contacting them until it was really 'urgent' that we get some help.
Had I known how much support, education and services they offer, I would have been grateful to call them for my step father and then received support and guidance for the last full year of his life.
My mom is now in the last stages of her disease (Dementia) and is no longer walking, transferring or able to feed herself. She is on oxygen and they have just started morphine for pain. She is becoming very "stiff" it seems and it's hard for her to move anymore.
Yesterday, my daughters and I spent time together with her going through one of her photo albums that documented her pictures during her school years, plus all her class reunions. She has created over 40 photo albums and has documented every event during her life. This is a wonderful gift she is leaving all of us.
I am so glad that we took care of all her planning years ago by creating wills, trusts, power of attorney and long term care insurance for her and dad back when there were lots of options. This has allowed me to focus on mom and dad's quality of life and quality of care these last couple of years.
What do you do when the doctor recommends calling Hospice for your loved one? After visiting my mom on Thanksgiving and watching her finish her entire dinner, it was shocking to visit her just a week later to find her on oxygen. My daughters were in tears as we played a couple hands of rummy with her while I held her cards and played for her. Just weeks ago, she had been able to play independently…plus she actually beat me at a few hands. How does this happen so quickly? I called her doctor, and he recommended that we contact Hospice for a consultation.
I am very familiar with Hospice. My step-father was diagnosed with lung cancer at 86 in October 2005. We managed to keep dad healthy and enjoying life (beating all odd, the doctor said) and finally called in Hospice in June. Hospice was our saving grace until he died on October 24, 2006 on my birthday. I love Hospice. I'll share that story with you one day…now back to mom.
Yesterday, I surprised mom on her birthday. She is just 76 and suffering from dementia and a series of unexpected falls that have caused this sudden change in health. She was very excited to see me with her gift and cards in hand. She was just finishing up with her last therapy session that was related to her hospital stay and subsequent rehab stay at Fox Run. It gets complicated, doesn't it?
I have been crying on and off every day and feeling this pit inside my stomach since I realized that my mom really is declining. I have been asking myself did we do all that we could have, did I choose the right doctors, what chould I have done differently? It's funny how we do this to ourselves. I am sure I am not alone with these types of feelings, right?
When I look into my mom's eyes now she seems to be telling me all is fine and she is ready to go and be with Dale (my step father), and her mom, dad, bothers, and Aunt Madge. She smiles all the time and is just happy to be with me and grateful for the moments of time we have together right now.
I am joining Katana and the Designated Daughter team of caregiving and legacy experts. Each week, I will be posting my Words of Wisdom column and hope you enjoy it. Each post will focus on a quote, my words of inspiration and an action you may take. Our theme the month of November is "Forgiveness". You are invited to sign up to receive these WOWs in your email box by signing up for our RSS feed. Thank you!
When you live in the future you are strapped with the fear of the unknown and don't live today. When you hang on to stuff from your past and don't let go, you again are not living today. For each day that you choose to live in the future or in the past you lose the most precious gift of today. Life is too short and too precious to not enjoy it and live it. You get only one shot at life – it has been said this is not a dress rehearsal and you don't get a "do over" – all you have is today. Don't lose it because you are stuck in the past or are living in tomorrow. Today is a gift, treasure it, savor it, enjoy it, and share it because quite frankly this is all you get!
Purpose to live today. When you get up in the morning focus only on what is needed for today. Take captive every thought that either drags you into the past or pushes you into the future. When these thoughts come ask yourself… Is this something I can do today? The answer will either be yes or no. If your answer is yes, then ask yourself what you can do and then do it. If your answer is no then write it down on a piece of paper and stick it into a file that says "God's pile" – it is no longer mine to deal with. If it is something that brings you into the future the same rules apply. By the way, I don't mess with "God's pile" — it's not mine anymore. I get to live today and enjoy it free from the mess of the past or the fear of tomorrow.
Yesterday I visited my mother at Sunrise Assisted Living. She had just moved over to their Reminiscence – dementia section. At first I was worried that she would not like it, but after visiting, I found that the homey setting which resembles a very large open kitchen, dinning and living area was perfect for individuals at this level of need.
About six weeks ago, my mom had a short stay in the hospital and than spent three weeks in rehab at Fox Run, an Ericson Facility, my mother spent her days in bed, often in a hospital gown. Although their nurses and care was excellent, my mom was bored and sleep most of the time. At Sunrise, she is up and dressed, her hair and nails are done every Thursday. They even gave her a pedicure.
I visited mom yesterday, and she looked beautiful…she could not get the smile off her face. She loves her new room and we even played a game of cards. It's amazing how lucid she was after my experience last week when she barely recognized me.
Today while I was preparing turkey dinner, my brother ran over to see mom and had a Thanksgiving lunch with her. I even received a call from her nurse giving me an update on her condition. She said mom would not be able to travel to our home today, but she was doing much better after the "house call" from the Sunrise physician.
My heart goes out to all these wonderful caregivers. Thankyou for giving your lives in the service of others so our loved ones can maintain their dignity and quality of life.
Forbes Interviews Andrew and Danielle!
It's been widely reported across various websites in the last couple days that Farrah Fawcett's will has been revealed and it "shockingly" disinherited her longtime ex-boyfriend Ryan O'Neal (father to her son, Redmond). These reports are wrong on several levels.
First, the document was her Trust, not her will. You can read it here, courtesy of Radaronline.com. This is an important distinction. Wills are public records and must always be filed in probate to be effective, which allows anyone interested to read them. Trusts, on the other hand, are private documents, normally kept out of court and the public eye.
As I wrote in this article this past July, the contents of Fawcett's Trust were leaked by an anonymous "source" then, and now the whole trust document has been revealed. This is unusual. Normally that is one of the primary reasons why trusts are used, to keep affairs private (and out of probate court).
As the source previously leaked to the media (and as covered in my article on this blog in July), it was revealed then that Ryan O'Neal was not a beneficiary. So the recent exposure of the trust document is nothing new on that front. O'Neal said publicly that he was not surprised and had discussed with Fawcett that their son Redmond would be the biggest beneficiary.
So what did the trust reveal? The real surprising part here isn't that O'Neal was omitted (ex-boyfriends aren't usually included in a trust). Rather, to me, there were far more surprising elements, including that another of Fawcett's ex-boyfriends, Gregory Lawrence Lott, received $100,000. Further, her artwork was left to the University of Texas, her other personal property, including her household furnishings and vehicles, went to her nephew (who also received $500,000 outright), and her father received a trust fund of $500,000, from will benefit him while he is alive. Fawcett's charitable foundation is also a prominent beneficiary.
Who will manage this trust? Fawcett's business manager and producer, Richard Francis. He will be charged with the difficult task of overseeing these bequests — and more importantly — the trust fund established for Fawcett's troubled son, Redmond.
It has been widely reported that Redmond has struggled with drug addiction for years. Fawcett obviously knew this when she created this particular trust document on August 9, 2007. So, instead of leaving him money outright, she left $4.5 million to be used for his benefit through a trust fund. When he passes away, what is left from that fund will go onto her charitable foundation.
The specifics of how this will work are a good lesson for others to follow when they have a beneficiary who is not ready to receive a chunk of change all at once. The trustee of the Trust, Francis, will be required to pay the income from the trust fund to Redmond — or apply it for his benefit — at least 4 times year, and as often as monthly. If this $4.5 million is conservatively invested to generate even a modest 5% return, this would mean almost $19,000 per month would be available for Redmond, without ever spending any of the $4.5 million itself.
Francis can also tap into the $4.5 million itself for Redmond, but only to the extent it is advisable for his health. This means the money (again, other than the interest earned) cannot be used for things like education, housing, etc. — only health. Clearly, Fawcett thought this through, because she gave the same trustee rights to use the trust fund money set aside for Fawcett's father for many other needs beyond just health.
This trust provision allows Francis to carefully control the money so Redmond is benefited the best way possible. And, for a drug addict like he is reported to be, this means Francis can spend as much as he deems advisable for rehabilitation (which would clearly improve Redmond's health), without paying anything directly to him for fear of it being spent on drugs, etc.
The only flaw I see in the plan is that Francis is obligated to pay the interest on Redmond's behalf at least 4 times each year. This is still quite a significant sum of money to be spent on him, if his life isn't in a position to benefit by it. Plus, it is odd that things like education and housing wouldn't be included, but that appears to be what Fawcett wanted.
Often, in my law firm, we recommend crafting specific trust provisions for people with drug and/or alcohol addictions that requires them to prove sobriety before receiving money, or tying other specific strings to distributions of money so that this goal can be achieved (such as requiring payments for drug rehabilitation programs).
The beauty of properly-used trusts is that you can be creative and use conditions like this for all sorts of reasons, in addition to sobriety, including promoting hard work, maintaining good relationships, education, and many other goals. We explore how trusts can do this in our book, Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights!, which helps families learn from celebrity errors how to properly plan for their heirs.
Fawcett gets a lot of credit for using a trust the right way to protect her son and still allow him to benefit from her money. Too many rich and famous people don't do this. For example, as we discuss in Trial & Heirs, celebrities such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Jimi Hendrix, Sonny Bono, and Howard Hughes didn't even have wills, much less trusts.
Trusts are not just for rich people. Anyone with family members they want to leave money to when they die, but are worried what the money may do to them when they get it, should strongly consider creating a revocable living trust with the help of a good estate planning attorney.
Not sure how to find a good attorney? Click here for a new way to help you.


At the brink of losing the idealistic love of her life, filmmaker Maja Borg takes us on a poetic road trip through the financial collapse: from a broken past, via utopian futures, to the possibilities we have today. Seeing the economy as a human relationship, and by questioning her own fears, hopes and desires, she invites us to explore how we could live differently. How much freedom are we prepared to give to the ones we love? And how much responsibility for our society are we ready to take on?
The answer he found was 'yes', and so he spent the rest of his life designing a 'Resource-based Economy' where every person on the planet would have enough food, clothing, housing and education without using ever money or debt – a pragmatic realisation of a free society through the 'intelligent application' of technology.
As Fresco's 70-year-old social designs seem more radical than any solutions presented today, Borg begins to retrace Fresco's life and theories – from encounters with Technocracy Inc., the forgotten social movement of the early 20th Century that even then questioned the suitability of a monetary-based system, to those at the forefront of technology today: the Free Energy Movement and 3D printing, whose work could not only revolutionise the production of goods and the supply of services, but transform our entire economy.
Future My Love challenges us to understand why we resist change as individuals and as a society – when we both can and have to.
Carefully weaving a texture of archive footage, black and white Super 8 film, and colour HD, Borg poignantly depicts the universal struggle between our heads and hearts in times of radical change.
A passionate, inventive epistle about the end of days. It's a rare, lovely, generous, caring, hurt, recovering film, like Adam Curtis meets Star Trek. I loved it.


Dental problems and infections are very common in cats – especially as they get older, and, knowing what toothache feels like, it's fair to say it's probably painful for our feline friends, too. Once any problems within your cat's mouth have been diagnosed and treated, you may be surprised by how much happier the cat seems. As with anything, prevention is better than cure, so implementing a good dental routine with your cat is very important.
Rubbing the mouth, scratching, or pawing.
Drooling excessively or producing more saliva than usual.
Seeming overly sensitive or sore around the mouth.
Redness or inflammation to the tongue or gums.
As well as regular checks of the teeth and mouth, your cat can be trained to tolerate having his or her teeth cleaned – though this may not be easy unless started at the kitten stage. Begin simply by slowly rubbing your cat's teeth, before adding the toothpaste and eventually introducing a soft brush. Special cat toothpaste and soft brushes specifically for cats are readily available. As with humans, this is the best way of removing food or plaque from the teeth and thus avoiding many cat dental problems before they even begin.
Feeding a good quality, specially formulated dry cat food. Dry cat foods are good for your cat's dental health because they exercise the teeth and gums. Some cat food manufacturers even produce dry cat foods specifically formulated for oral health, offering even more benefits than a good dry cat food. They contain fewer deposit forming minerals which could coat the teeth. The dry kibble is shaped to help clean teeth, as well as the special fibrous structure.
There are also many other products specially developed to promote feline oral hygiene. The efficacy of these is still to be proven. There are products which are designed to be applied directly onto the teeth, and some which can be added to everyday cat food or drinking water.
Damaged teeth – whether completely broken or just slightly chipped – should always be cause for concern. All but the most minor chips should be checked properly. If the gum is open or the root at all exposed, the damage should be treated as the cat could be susceptible to an abscess – which can cause terrible pain – or infection. Completely broken or loose teeth – possibly as the result of an altercation with a car or a fall (yes, cats usually land on their feet – but the chin can often take the impact, too) can compromise the cat's ability to eat healthily or cause the cat pain.
Sometimes a cat's tooth enamel can wear away, a condition which we still don't fully understand. Treatment is simply tooth extraction to ease the pain the cat feels, as the sensitive part of the tooth can become exposed.
Periodontis is generally triggered by a build-up of tartar and can cause the gums to recede. This in turn can lead to infection from bacteria getting into the resulting space between the tooth and the gum.
Gingivitis is a condition which causes inflammation and bleeding of the gums. This too can be caused by build-up on the gums, but often it's a symptom of another underlying health problem.
Viruses – including feline immunodeficiency and feline calicivirus – can also cause dental health concerns, and the overall state of the cat's oral health – and most pertinently the gums – can often be indicative of illnesses of the kidneys or other organs as well as various immune disorders.
Make good oral hygiene and dental care as much a part of your cat's routine as it is your own, and ensure rapid treatment should any problems occur. Keep up to date with vet check-ups and vaccination reviews and discuss any concerns with your vet. A happy mouth can mean a happy cat for much, much longer – and that's all most cat owners want for their pet – don't you?


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This build was then used in the pTRIP lentiviral shuttle vector previously removed in the CMV promoter. The causing plasmid (pTRIPCMV-Act-mRFP) was utilized to create lentiviral contaminants in 293FT embryonic kidney cells (Lifestyle Technology) after calcium mineral chloride tri-transfection as well as pGag/pol and pVSV-G plasmids (supplied by Vectorology system, INSERM U1037). 7 hours post transfection, DMEM+Glutamax (Gibco by Lifestyle Technologies) given 10% FCS was beaten up and changed with serum free of charge OPTIMEM+Glutamax (Gibco by Lifestyle Technology). Lentiviral contaminants had been gathered 48 hours afterwards and titer was quantified by stream cytometry (BD Accuri C6) on HT1080 cells (ATCC), transduced with serial dilutions of lentivirus. 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Vasil Petrov (; born 5 October 1986) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.

In 2007, at age of 17, Petrov started his own football academy, later registered as FC Sofia 2010 and in 2015 bought by Stoyne Manolov and transformed into Tsarsko Selo. In 2017, he started a new academy in Varna, called FC Varna 2017.

Academy ownership
In March 2007, under the initiative of his father Vladimir, Petrov established a football academy in Sofia. In 2010, after three consecutive years of growth, the academy formed a men's team and registered it with the Bulgarian Football Union under the name FC Sofia 2010. In the 2014–15 season, the team was playing in third league when it was bought by Stoyne Manolov. On 28 July 2016, the team was officially merged with Tsarsko Selo; the new team joined the Bulgarian Second Professional League.

In 2017, Petrov decided to start a new academy, but this time in Varna and called it FC Varna 2017.  In September 2022, FC Varna 2017 become a satellite of Spartak Varna academy, where Petrov become director month earlier.

Managerial career
In August 2020, Petrov was announced as the new manager of Spartak Varna in Bulgarian Third League. The team made а peremptory run, won the 2020–21 season and returned to the Second League. The team kept up the good performances under Petrov and ended the half season in first place. On 5 May 2022, after a 2:1 home win against Sozopol he secured a top 3 place and return to the First League for the 2022–23 season, after 12 years of absence for Spartak. His team ended up on 3rd place with having the same points with first and second team in group.  Petrov resigned as a manager on 11 August 2022, after his team scored just one point after the first 5 rounds in the First League. On 19 September 2022 he was announced as the new academy director of Spartak. Petrov become a manager of Spartak II on 26 October 2022.

Managerial statistics

Career honours

Head coach
Spartak Varna

Third League:
Champions (1): 2020–21

See also
 FC Sofia 2010

References

1986 births
Living people
Bulgarian footballers
FC Septemvri Sofia players
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PFC Spartak Varna managers
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Ernest ("Ernie") Patterson, Jr. was born on July 2, 1968, in Tulare, California to Vella and Ernest "Sonny" Patterson, Sr. In 1971, Vella relocated her family to San Jose, California.
Ernie was a happy and "busy" baby with loads of energy. Luckily Ernie fell in love with sports at an early age. He channeled his energy to basketball, baseball, and football. He played football with the Milpitas Knights and Little League baseball. He received many All-Star and Most Valuable Player Awards. Ernie attended Morrill Middle School where he made a big impact on the school sports programs. In high school, Ernie was a star point guard for Independence High School. He was a three-year varsity starter who helped his team go to a state championship game.
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Like copper, lead has also been a familiar metal used by human beings since ancient times. Lead, a highly malleable and easy to melt metal, is widely used in various industries even today. However, due to its highly toxic nature, the use of lead has been facing pressure from environmentalists in recent years.
The pressure to end manufacture of lead-based paints is an example of the growing concern on the potential health hazards caused by lead. Plastics, aluminum, tin, and iron are replacing the use of lead in construction materials, containers, packaging, etc. Tin and other metals are being used to replace lead as a solder in some applications where lead could poison people, such as in drinking water systems.
Lead is a very corrosion-resistant, dense, ductile, and malleable blue-gray metal that has been used for at least 5,000 years. Early uses of lead included building materials, pigments for glazing ceramics, and pipes for transporting water. The castles and cathedrals of Europe contain considerable quantities of lead in decorative fixtures, roofs, pipes, and windows.
Prior to the early 1900's, uses of lead in the United States were primarily for ammunition, brass, burial vault liners, ceramic glazes, leaded glass and crystal, paints or other protective coatings, pewter, and water lines and pipes.
The advent of the electrical age and communications, which were accelerated by technological developments in World War I, resulted in the addition of bearing metals, cable covering, caulking lead, solders, and type metal to the list of lead uses. With the growth in production of public and private motorized vehicles and the associated use of starting-lighting-ignition (SLI) lead-acid storage batteries and terne metal for gas tanks after World War I, demand for lead increased.
Most of these uses for lead continued to increase with the growth in population and the national economy. Contributing to the increase in demand for lead was the use of lead as radiation shielding in medical analysis and video display equipment and as an additive in gasoline. By the mid-1980's, a significant shift in lead end-use patterns had taken place. Much of this shift was a result of the U.S. lead consumers compliance with environmental regulations that significantly reduced or eliminated the use of lead in nonbattery products, including gasoline, paints, solders, and water systems.
More recently, as the use of lead in non-battery products has continued to decline, the demand for lead in SLI-type batteries has continued to grow. In addition, the demand for lead in non-SLI battery applications also has continued to grow. Lead is processed & refined from lead scrap batteries. Non-SLI battery applications include motive sources of power for industrial forklifts, airport ground equipment, mining equipment, and a variety of nonroad utility vehicles, as well as stationary sources of power in uninterruptible electric power systems for hospitals, computer and telecommunications networks, and load-leveling equipment for electric utility companies. By the early 2000's, the total demand for lead in all types of lead-acid storage batteries represented 88% of apparent U.S. lead consumption.
Other significant uses included ammunition (3%), oxides in glass and ceramics (3%), casting metals (2%), and sheet lead (1%). The remainder was consumed in solders, bearing metals, brass and bronze billets, covering for cable, caulking lead, and extruded products. Lead is mined in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Peru. More than 1 million tons of lead is recovered in recycling annually, the majority of which is from the recycling of batteries. Australia and China are the leading suppliers of lead in the world. China, India, Japan, US and European Union are the main consumers of lead in the world. Lead is traded mostly as soft lead, animated lead, lead alloys and copper-based lead scrap.
India imports nearly 50 percent of its lead requirement every year. Lead production in India is estimated to be around 82,000 ton, mostly from secondary sources. Lack of any major lead ore deposit is the main constraint for enhancing domestic lead production. The domestic industry is characterized by the presence of only a few players in the primary segment. The primary lead industry in India is divided between the following main players: Binani Industries Limited and Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. (Hndustan Zinc Ltd.). Due to increasing use of lead in domestic market both players are expanding their smelting capacities for lead. Lead in the global market is traded as soft lead, animated lead, lead alloys and copper-base scrap.
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Antimony Sb 0.001 (max)
Arsenic As 0.001 (max)
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Copper Cu 0.001 (max)
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Iron Fe 0.001 (max)
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Selenium Se 0.0005 (max)
Cadmium Cd 0.0005 (max)
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Lead Pb 99.970 (min)
Production of Recycled Lead; Lead has the highest rate of recycling of all metals. Because of its corrosion resistance, lead scrap is available for recycling decades or even centuries after it is produced. New environmental regulation in many countries has greatly reduced the dissipative uses for lead such as paint, leaded gasoline, pigments, stabilizers, solder, and ammunition.
At present time, just under half of the total world lead production of 7.62 million tons comes from recycling of scrap materials. Lead has the highest rate of recycling of all metals. Because of its corrosion resistance, lead scrap is available for recycling decades or even centuries after it is produced. New environmental regulation in many countries has greatly reduced the dissipative uses for lead such as paint, leaded gasoline, pigments, stabilizers, solder, and ammunition.
At present time, just under half of the total world lead production of 4.7 million tons comes from recycling of scrap materials. There has been very little change in recent years in the total amount of lead production or in the percentage of recycled lead. Only in the past few years has the amount of recycled lead increased. The rate of lead production from scrap materials is expected to increase dramatically in the future.
The major source of scrap lead for recycling in the United States and throughout the world is lead acid batteries. Scrapped lead acid batteries and the associated manufacturing plant scrap represent over 90% of the contained lead available for recycling. Used automobile batteries represent about 85% of the lead acid battery scrap materials. Other lead recycled scrap materials are sheaths from telephone and power cable, lead pipe and sheet, weights (particularly automobile and truck wheel weights), anodes, printing metals, dross's, residues, sludge's, and dusts.
In Europe and throughout most of the rest of the world, scrapped lead acid batteries represent only about half of the lead scrap input to recycling plants. Scrap cable covering, lead sheet and pipe, and miscellaneous metal scrap items represent a much higher percentage of input scrap to recyclers in these countries than those in the United States. As the number of vehicles increases, the percentage of scrap represented by lead acid batteries will increase.
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Using a new technology called "differential epistasis maps," an international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has documented for the first time how a cellular genetic network completely rewires itself in response to stress by DNA-damaging agents.
The research – to be published in the December 3 issue of Science – is significant because it represents a major technological leap forward from simply compiling lists of genes in an organism to actually describing how these genes actively work together.
Think of it as the difference in the informational value of a photograph versus a video. In the photo, details and data are restricted to what's contained in a single, captured moment. There's no way to determine exactly what occurred before or after, or how players in the picture changed. In a video, on the other hand, whole sequences of events– dynamic processes and responses, interactions and relationships – can be chronicled, identified and studied.
Epistasis refers to the interaction of genes and how they suppress, amplify or alter each other's functions. To create a differential epistasis map, the researchers focused on 400 or so genes that govern the signaling pathways in a yeast cell. They then created 80,000 double-mutant cell lines in which each line carried mutations in a different pair of the 400 genes. When double-mutant cells grow much more slowly or quickly than expected, these mutant genes are said to interact.
To create the differential map, interactions were identified both before and after exposure to a DNA-damaging compound similar to drugs used in chemotherapy. These two networks were then subtracted, one from the other, to reveal differences. Remarkably, researchers found that most of the interactions identified with the drug were not present without it, and vice versa. In other words, the genetic network was completely reprogrammed by DNA damage.
As researchers progress in mapping these networks, their dynamic nature is both enlightening and depressing, said Ideker. Scientists had hoped cellular networks might not change greatly across different conditions or from cell to cell. That they do so suggests greater challenges and complexities ahead.
"As we look to extend this approach to mammalian systems and ultimately to human cells, new challenges will arise – the ability to selectively control the genetic makeup of cells, the redundancy in genes, transcription factors and other molecules that make more advanced systems more robust, but also more complicated to study," said David Balshaw, program officer for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, which funded the study.
Co-authors of the study are Sourav Bandyopadhyay, Katherine Licon and Janusz Dutkowski of Department of Medicine, UC San Diego; Monika Mehta and Michael-Christopher Keogh of the Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York; Dwight Kuo, Ryan Chuang and Wilbert Copeland of the Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego; Min-Kyung Sung and Won-Ki Huh of School of Biological Sciences and Research Center for Functional Cellulomics, Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea; Eric J. Jaehnig of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego; Bernd Bodenmiller and Ruedi Aebersold of Institute of Molecular Systems Biology and University of Zurich, Switzerland; Michael Shales and Nevan J. Krogan of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UC San Francisco; Dorothea Fiedler and Kevan M. Shokat of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UC San Francisco and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Richard D. Kolodner of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and the Institute for Genomic Medicine, all at UC San Diego.


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Is it possible to turn a nine month humanitarian crisis into a positive opportunity for much needed development in Timbuktu? Despite the suicide bomb attack over the weekend, Caravan to Class and other NGOs, some new to the region, are launching projects to improve educational opportunity for the children of Northern Mali.
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On April Fools' Day, April 1, 2012, Founder and Executive Director of Caravan to Class, Barry Hoffner, awoke to an early morning phone call from Mr. Hamadou Toure in Timbuktu, Mali. Mr. Toure, the head of Nord et Developpement, Caravan to Class' locally-based NGO partner, which administers their education projects, anxiously relayed the news that Timbuktu had been taken over by Ansar Dine, a group linked to Al Qaida. Hoffner had only just returned to San Francisco, California, where Caravan to Class is based, from a trip to Timbuktu to visit six of their schools.
Only a few days later, Mr. Toure and his family were robbed at gunpoint by the militants and their car was stolen. These events set off an exodus of people from this fabled town. Shortly after the takeover, the few NGOs that were left were forced to close their doors and flee, including Mr. Toure and his family. The UN World Food program shut its office and left as did the Timbuktu Ministry of Education whose offices were ransacked shortly thereafter by the militants, according to a report by IRIN News, Africa in April 2012.
With many of the people from the eight villages where Caravan to Class has school leaving as refugees to neighboring Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, Caravan to Class was forced to temporarily suspend its activities in Mali. "I told myself, let's just wait three months and see what happens, surely the Malian military and the international community would not let a militant group of outsiders take over more than half of Mali's territory", said Barry Hoffner. However, three months went by and the situation got worse, there were shortages of food and fuel, all business were shuttered, schools were closed, and locals were physically beaten and often worse for minor transgressions of Islamic Law which was imposed in Timbuktu.
Thankfully this all changed towards the end of January, 2013 when the French liberated Timbuktu and the rest of Northern Mali. With increased stability by March, 2013, Caravan to Class made the decision to work with the Ministry of Education and the UN World Food Program to reopen its schools. In the past three months, Timbuktu has seen a significant increase in the number of NGOs starting projects in Timbuktu, many who did not have activities in Northern Mali before. "The sentiment in the North has changed", says Hoffner. "With the recent elections and pressure from the international community, Mali has finally realized that if it wants to hold onto the North long-term it will need to better prioritize development there." Despite the very recent suicide bombing in Timbuktu, the first deadly incident in Timbuktu in many months, progress has been made in terms of security for aid organizations to increase their presence.
While organizations like the Red Cross and Medecin San Frontiere have continued emergency food assistance in the North, new NGO are emerging to focus on previously underserved areas like education. In addition to Caravan to Class, which was previously one of the few NGOs building and funding schools in Timbuktu, Plan International and Save the Children have been active in starting projects in areas other than disaster relief. "It is fertile ground for development organizations to work together to bring needed services particularly to villages around Timbuktu" says Hoffner. He adds "as an example, Caravan to Class and its local partner NorDev have partnered with a German NGO, Arche Nova, to bring needed water and sanitation to the villages where Caravan to Class has built and supports schools."
There is still a long way to go. With over 950 villages in the Timbuktu region, less than half with schools, and only one third with schools that are open, there is still significant need to educate children in the Timbuktu area. Hopefully, with increased stability both in Northern Mali and at a governmental/political level, conditions will be in place to finally make significant progress in education in Timbuktu.
Barry Hoffner
Caravan to Class


Children will work in small groups and rotate between stations containing different types of LEGO® builds or challenges. Our Program includes opportunities for children to work with LEGO® motors, gears and axles and scheduled time for creative free-play. We have breaks outdoors for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea and let off some energy with some active team games & challenges.
What ages are our Workshops suited for?
Our Workshops are suitable for children from ages 5 and up. We have a recommended age for each workshop as some workshops more suitable for older kids. If in doubt, please give us a call to discuss.
We limit our Workshops to 24 kids unless otherwise stated.
How many staff will there be? Will they have a Blue Card?
Our staff ratio is usually 1 to 8-10 kids. While our activities with LEGO® bricks are safe, child safety is a high priority for us. At least one staff member at every workshop will have a valid First Aid certificate. All staff hold valid Blue Cards. We always establish our BRICKS 4 KIDZ Workshop rules with the children from the start.
For full day workshops, please pack some morning tea, lunch & afternoon tea. For half day workshops, please pack either morning or afternoon tea. A hat and drink bottle will also be needed for our breaks outside.
Do the children get to take the LEGO® bricks home?
Children do not take the LEGO® bricks home. However, all children will receive a special BRICKS 4 KIDZ gift at the end of each workshop. Children may also take home craft items which they make during the workshop.
We always offer Early Bird specials and discounts to those who have subscribed to our mailing list. For group bookings, please give us a call to discuss.
What if my child can't make the Workshop?
If your child is visibly sick or carrying a high temperature on the day of the class, please keep your child at home! We will make up the workshop at the next opportunity. Make up classes & transfers for other reasons will be accommodated as long as there is room in the class.
We are happy to accommodate a transfer or a credit for a future workshops if you have to cancel a booking. However, if a refund is requried, please make note of our cancellation policy: • Cancellations made at least THREE weeks from the start date of the school holiday workshop will receive an 80% refund. • Cancellations made TWO to THREE weeks from the start date of the workshop will receive a 50% refund. • There are no refunds for workshops cancelled LESS than TWO weeks prior to the scheduled date of the workshop.


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[ARCHIVED] Weekly Crime Report 06/04/2021 - 06/11/2021
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06/02/2021 21-0482 Evading
At approximately 3:09 PM, an officer observed a vehicle traveling southbound in the 6300 block of Weslayan with an expired Texas temporary tag. Upon attempting to conduct a traffic stop for the violation, the vehicle began to elude driving at high rates of speed and disregarding traffic signs. The vehicle came to a stop and the driver (Dora Elva Rivera) was arrested for Evading Arrest without incident.
File Date Court Offense
1/4/2016 174 Poss CS
4/12/2014 185 Poss CS
9/6/2009 3 Poss CS
21-0483 Theft At approximately 2:38 PM, a police officer of the West University Place Police Department was dispatched to the 2900 block of Tangley in regards to a Theft of Property, which had already occurred. The victim stated an unknown person(s) stole her property from outside her front door. Information was gathered and a report was generated.
No Crime Reported
06/07/2021 21-0484 Burglary of Building An officer was dispatched to the 3100 block of Robinhood for a call of a theft that already occurred. It was reported that several pieces of building material were taken from a construction site overnight Friday (06/04), into Saturday morning (06/05). Information was gathered and a report was generated.
06/07/2021 21-0485 Criminal Mischief An officer was dispatched to the 4000 block of Coleridge to speak with a victim. The victim stated that an unknown person(s) intentionally scratched their vehicle, causing damage. Information was gathered, and a report for criminal mischief was generated.
06/08/2021 21-0486 Fraud An officer was dispatched to the West University Place Police Department, in regards to an identity theft report that had already occurred. The victim, said an unknown person(s) used their personal identifying information to file for Texas unemployment benefits without their authorization. A report was generated.
The West University Place Police Department's Crime Report represents basic data of crimes. There are limitations associated with the information provided.
Initial crime classifications may be changed at a later date based upon further investigation. In addition, changes to call types after the initial report will not be reflected.
Information may include mechanical or human error. The information provided is not intended as a representation of official crime statistics.
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Nothing brings me greater joy than my client's coming back year after year. My heart is just absolutely full after seeing this adorable family again! Little Marceline is bursting with personality, and super sweet sassiness, more than I've ever seen packed into such a tiny human! She was seriously cruising around AveNue Orchard, being silly, cracking herself up(mom, dad, and me too!), and excitedly yelling "I have an idea for a picture!!!"(btw her ideas were all awesome). There is so much love and joy just spilling from every image. Travis and Cassandra have their hands full in the best way ever, so if you haven't already started scrolling, get to it!
And then a certain someone was just so done with pictures. Lol!


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Q: The constructor file(string) is not visible I get an error saying 'the constructor file[string] is not visible. Why am I getting this when I have declared both my method and class as public.
package appium1;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;

import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript.host.file.File;

import io.appium.java_client.remote.MobileCapabilityType;
import io.appium.java_client.remote.MobilePlatform;

public class desiredcap {

@Test
public void test() {
    File appDir = new File("src");
    File app = new File(appDir, "BookMyShow.apk");

    DesiredCapabilities cap = new DesiredCapabilities();
    cap.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM,MobilePlatform.ANDROID);
    cap.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DEVICE_NAME, "Android Emulator");
   }
}

A: You propably did import File class from the wrong package. What you want mostly is java.io.File

A: You are not using the normal Java File class, but rather something from Gargoyle Software.

A: You probably imported wrong a class, try
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Ravi Karunanayake Says Sri Lanka Will Build Floating Power Plant By November: Project To Add 100 MW To National Electricity Grid
Power and Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake said the Ceylon Electricity Board would set up a floating solar power plant in Maduruoya, with the Canadian assistance.
Karunanayake, addressing an event today, added that the project was a brainchild of President Maithripala Sirisena.
The Minister said the establishment of the plant could be completed by November this year, and it would add 100 MW to the national electricity grid.
Karunanayake thanked the Canadian government for responding to the President's request and offering to set up the floating power plant.
Meanwhile, the Power and Energy Ministry has assured that there will be no power cuts in the country from tomorrow.
The decision comes following the CEB's move to purchase 500 MW of electricity from the private sector to overcome the current power crisis.
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jQuery countdown timers make it easy to present the time left to an event. This can be remaining time until a new website launches, until a large sport even kicks off, Christmas, anniversaries etc. jQuery is used all over the Internet and and responsible for many cool and interactive features seen on websites. Just as an example check out page-flip effects that simulates the turning of pages in a book; the bubble pop-ups in jQuery tooltips; and of course the transition effects used in most WordPress sliders.
What makes some of these jQuery timer scripts cool is their animation effect making them look like real digital clocks. You can find them in different styles, colors and sizes. There are many jQuery countdown timer scripts available for download and lot of these jQuery timers are free to use. Thus, you can have a countdown feature on your website without spending. To have a broader choice however, we are including a collection of premium items as well.
If you know any jQuery countdown plugins or scripts that we have not covered in this article, yet worthy to be mentioned, please share its link in the comment section below. You are also welcome to post your comments and suggestions. Don't forget to share this article to your friends it you find it helpful.
A countdown system for you to put up on your site to notify people and keep them posted before your site actually launch.
The countdown is a jQuery plugin that comes with many powerful features, the template its very easy to skin with any image or color. It is easy to setup and integrate in any project.
Included are 14 different skins to choose from and a template file (png format) to make your own.
Nice jQuery based countdown timer. Header text depending on countdown status (counting down or finished). A lot of options available. Upon time expiration the module will display the expiration message for the amount of time set in back-end. When this time reaches its limit the module will restart the countdown until next event.
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fresh Parallax Under Construction upgrades your "Coming Soon" page with a dynamic 3D cloudy sky with your logo or item of choice in focus.
Fancy Countdown is a highly customizable jQuery plugin that lets you create an outstanding countdown. It´s very easy to use. You can set an own target date with a timezone. The plugin comes with an extensive API.
New, modern, user friendly countdown page that lets your visitors know when you will launch your website. Has a custom countdown counter and the possibility to create an endless number of new themes as you please.
This jQuery plugin features a new design supports lot of the real-time AJAX and jQuery animations.
Easy adaptable countdown, under construction – page. Including manual for easy set-up.
KK countdown is a jQuery countdown plugin that counts down to specific dates in the future.
This script allows you to create a rapidshare.com like countdown and to animate the CSS font-size of each second and present a reward at the end.
This tutorial will teach you how to build a neat jQuery plugin for displaying a countdown timer. It will show the remaining days, hours, minutes and seconds to your event, as well as an animated updates on every second.
Uji Countdown allows you to display a countdown on your post or page.
Countdown is a jQuery plugin to render countdowns. Instead of unicorns this plugin does not have any magic, but if you like countdowns to be rendered the way you want, this plugin might become your best friend.
The Final Countdown is plugin that let's you in control where and how you will display the countdown, this mean that the plugin doesn't make any assumption on how the html will be displayed and it's up to you to do it, with the help of the jQuery selectors.
This cool plugin for jQuery, which lets you make quick "countdown" clocks for your website.
This is a jQuery plugin that sets a div or span to show a countdown to a given time. There are tons of options available and everything is supported by good examples and code snippets.
T(-) Countdown will display a highly customizable, flash-free countdown timer as a sidebar widget or in a post or page using a shortcode.
Dynamic Countdown script lets you count down to relative events of a future date/time. This future date, while the same for everyone, occurs differently depending on the time zone they're in (ie: Christmas, your mom's birthday, April 1st 2015 etc). This script is extremely flexible- you can customize exactly how to display the output, or even specify a custom action to perform at the end of the countdown (ie: go to another page), by passing in your own custom format function.
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U.S. Navy releases video it says shows aircraft launching from USS George H.W. Bush in support of military action against Islamic State in Iraq. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) The U.S. Navy released video on Sunday (August 23) showing sailors directing aircraft during flight deck operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Saturday (August 22) and Sunday. The Obama administration earlier this month launched an air strike campaign to protect U.S. personnel from the Islamic State and to ensure northern Iraq's minority Yazidis were not subject to systematic violence at the hands of the militants. The U.S. military said on Sunday U.S. military forces continued to attack Islamic State targets, using attack and remotely-piloted aircraft to conduct two airstrikes in the vicinity of Irbil and Mosul Dam. U.S. strikes this month have helped drive Islamic State back from sensitive Kurdish regions.


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Awards and Honours EDI News Postdoctoral Riley Group News
The Knomo Award is a platform to celebrate extraordinary and entrepreneurial women. Dr Filipa Simões' nomination reflects her commitment to producing leading research, the hard work she puts into her flourishing career alongside raising a young family, while also finding time for outreach.
Filipa Simões is a finalist for an exciting new award launched by design company, Knomo, linking their 15 year anniversary with International Women's Day 2019.
Filipa was nominated by her husband, André Neves, for her leading academic research on cardiovascular regenerative medicine, and pushing to keep on top of her career alongside raising two children, while also finding the time to further the interests of undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Cardiovascular disease leading to myocardial infarction is the major cause of ill health and death in humans. Filipa's work centres around the issue of the irreparable damage that heart attacks cause in humans. While this damage leads to permanent loss of cardiac tissue in humans, zebrafish maintain an ability to regenerate cardiac muscle lost by injury.
To understand how the heart in this vertebrate repairs itself, I decided to focus my research on identifying the regions of the zebrafish genome that give heart cells their defining regenerative characteristics. Interestingly, many of the genes that give the zebrafish heart its regenerating properties are found in the genomes of non-regenerative mammals, including mice and humans. By gaining novel mechanistic insights into the genomic regularly code preventing the mammalian heart from switching from a scar-based repair to regeneration in response to injury, we are setting the stage for new approaches to stimulate the human heart to mend itself following injury.
- Dr Simões
Alongside this, Filipa works hard to raise the profile of undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds by providing the opportunity for them to gain top quality experience in the lab.
I am committed to foster the interest of girls and young women in science, to which non-stereotyped role models are so important. I have been able to secure funding to host bright female undergraduates over the summer, who can experience first-hand biomedical research in a world-class setting, encouraging their consideration to embrace a future career in science.
Cardiovascular regenerative medicine is an extremely competitive scientific area, and Filipa has faced the challenge of combining a demanding job with significant family commitments over the past few years. She successfully juggles her full-time job and demands of a young family through a high degree of planning, organisation, and a supportive and flexible laboratory environment.
I am incredibly lucky to be surrounded by enthusiastic and inspiring mentors, who nurture my scientific and personal development. I constantly push myself out of my zone of comfort and that keeps me passionate about what I do. I am at a critical point of my career, when so many successful female scientists begin to fall behind their male colleagues and are unable to progress to lead an independent team. Initiatives that can raise awareness to this fact and that can somehow help override the day-to-day challenges that arise when trying to combine my vocation for science with my wonderful family are truly welcome!
You can find more information about the Award here.
Full details on the finalists including a video from the judging panel can be found here.
Cardiac Theme Postdoctoral Publication Research
The earliest known progenitor of the outermost layer of the heart has been characterised for the first time and linked to the development of other critical cell types in the developing heart in a new paper from the Srinivas group led by BHF Immediate Fellow Dr Richard Tyser.
Postdoctoral Research
In a new study into the longer-term damage amongst patients recovering from COVID-19, DPAG Research Fellow Dr James Grist of the Tyler Lab has been running a novel scanning technique that shows a dramatic decrease in the ability of the lungs to diffuse gas in to the blood stream after COVID infection. This work may shed light on the problem of breathlessness after COVID infection and help guide us in understanding therapeutic selection and efficacy.
New research led by Oxford BHF CRE Intermediate Transition Fellow Dr Kerstin Timm shows that a recently developed imaging technique pioneered by the Tyler Group can detect early metabolic changes in the heart caused by a commonly used chemotherapy drug, which is known to increase risk of heart failure in cancer survivors.
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme
Associate Professor Neil Herring has been awarded a Senior Clinical Research Fellowship and a Project grant from the British Heart Foundation to further critical research into the mechanisms behind heart attacks and heart failure and potential drugs to combat them. Given the 50% reduction in research investment this year from the BHF due to the impact of COVID-19, Prof Herring is to be congratulated on these awards.
Awards and Honours Head of Department's News
Congratulations are in order to Pawel Swietach on his conferral of the title of full Professor. Research in the Swietach Lab is driven by an interest in how biological processes are affected by chemical acidity.


The non-partisan National Peace Council (NPC) has called for a national policy on resettlement of the war-displaced, on 30 May. In its press release, NPC also said that Muslim resettlement is one of the tragic problems, stressing the need for an 'administrative mechanism to ensure resettlement in a fair and transparent manner'.
Google Maps to go offline – finally, the long wait is over!
Google announced on Thursday that its immensely popular map app, Google Maps, will be available offline this year, much to the amazement of millions of daily global users, who rely on it to a range of tasks from simple navigation to exploring business connections.
in association with Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple hosted eminent Mumbai-based Bharathanatyam dancer Nandini Ganesan for a dance recital in Hanuman temple auditorium in Glen Oaks in Long Island, New York this weekend.
Is the Fraud & Corruption Investigation Division (FCID) agenda the mother of all political witch hunts in Sri Lanka?
The Sri Lanka Gazette notification 1901/20 dated the 13th February 2015 setting up the Fraud & Corruption Investigation Division (FCID) within the Sri Lankan Police Department (as per copy below) is unambiguously clear that it will investigate complaints forwarded to it by the Secretariat established by the cabinet subcommittee under the patronage of the Hon Prime Minister, and any special complaints forwarded to it directly by the cabinet subcommittee which is headed by the Prime Minister.
Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen, in his statement, says that some weekend press reports about him using vehicles of Consumer Affairs Authority 'are false' -and appointing a Committee to look into it.


Finding Solutions for Kitchen Organization can be a challenge. These organizing ideas will help crush your clutter and make it easy to store and find things in the space you use most – the kitchen.
The kitchen is the heart of the home. So much happens there – from cooking and baking to entertaining and mess making – it's the most used room in the house. If your kitchen isn't organized, you waste valuable time and energy searching for things – making the time spent there much less efficient and frustrating.
These Simple Solutions for Kitchen Organization take care of all that! Your cabinets will be organized as well as your pantry and drawers. No more clutter! These are the products I use and recommend to get your kitchen organized once and for all!
Investing in things like a crockpot will save your valuable time so you can focus on the things that matter most. This is what being organized is all about. The moms that seem to have it all use these solutions to be more efficient and you can too!
The other thing that makes you more efficient in the kitchen is meal planning. If you're not doing it already, I highly encourage you to give it a try. Once you incorporate the practice into your weekly or month routine, you'll wonder how you got along without it! It saves time and money, plus you tend to eat healthier. Here's a guide to get your started meal planning that comes with a FREE printable meal planner.
If you crave an easier more simple home life overall and want more detailed organization and household management solutions to everything from clutter and meal planning to time management and self care, then you have to get my new eBook – Simplicity @ Home.


of 3 million euros to Unipost, the company contracted to distribute the electoral material of the illegal referendum of the past one of October, according to one of the last reports that the Civil Guard has delivered in the Court of Instruction number 13 of Barcelona in which the organization of the 1-O is investigated.
In the aforementioned document, to which Europa Press has had access, a contract found in the register carried out at the registered office of Unipost is reported, which is attached as an annex. Joan Tarradellas Expuny is representing the company Avançsa – Industrial Promotion and Location Company of Catalonia – and Pablo Raventós Sáenz, representing Unipost.
The writing is October 2016, but the authorization is earlier. As stated in clause five of the document itself intervened by the researchers, the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia had authorized this loan on March 17, 2015.
The interest is the 12-month Euribor plus 300 basis points and the maturity was fixed at five years, with 100 percent amortization of the maturing capital. It also has an unlimited personal guarantee from the borrower and additionally a real estate mortgage on two farms. The first of them in Hospitalet de Llobregat and valued at 8.3 million euros and the second, registered Zaragoza, worth 583,400 euros.
The contract is dated October 2016, however, Unipost filed voluntary bankruptcy in July in the commercial court number 7 of Barcelona and the insolvency administration asked the judge in December the liquidation of the company.
A bankruptcy administration that was already being exercised when the illegal referendum was convened on October 1 and when the company was hired to distribute the electoral documentation, more than 45,000 letters certified with the constituents of the polling stations and 5,346,734 ordinary units that covered all the electoral census.
However, according to the report issued by the Civil Guard in the Court, which has been accessed by Europa Press, this contract was concealed from the bankruptcy administrator and did not account for the service in its computer control systems.
This fact, warns the report the armed Institute, "is not trivial, because the responsible ones tried to transmit the image that was treated of legitimate elections with all the guarantees".
The list of people who were used to send the certified mails was located by the investigators in a file seized from David Palanques Bonavía, worker of the Department of Labor, Social Affairs and Family, whose General Secretary, Josep Ginesta Vicente is the author of the file "communication model and electoral board member", which was used for the appointments that Unipost was going to distribute.
The Civil Guard also found the invoices issued by this company to collect the distribution of electoral materials. He located them in the email of the Director of Heritage of the Generalitat, Francesc Sutrias. This was the person who signed on behalf of the Catalan administration the extension of the contract "CCS 2015 11" between Unipost and the Generalitat.
And it is the recipient of the email sent by Pablo Raventós, CEO of Unipost and one of its shareholders, with the five invoices for the collection. One of these five invoices was tried twice and both were rejected. One automatically and the other manually by an employee of the Generalitat.