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Mark Noeth Appointed as New Transportation Supervisor
Nov 6, 2019 | District, Transportation
East Greenbush Central School District's Head Mechanic Mark Noeth was appointed as the new supervisor of the Transportation Department at the Board of Education meeting on October 16. He will start his new position on December 23, succeeding MaryAnn Belmont who is retiring.
Mr. Noeth has worked in the Transportation Department for 24 years, starting as a mechanic and then in 2005, he became the head mechanic. He currently supervises six full-time mechanics and ensures the safety of the school bus fleet, which has a 99.2% safety rating from the NYS Department of Transportation.
We sat down with Mr. Noeth recently to discuss his new role and responsibilities.
Q: Why did you want this job as Transportation Supervisor?
A: It's not just about safety. To me it's about the people in the district, the students, the parents and I feel that I can continue our strong safety record, bring a good attitude forward and continue on with what MaryAnn has been doing.
Q: What do you see as the Transportation Department's role within the school district?
A: We're the first faces the students see in the morning so it's important for the drivers to be a good and steady influence on the students. It's more than driving back and forth to school. It's the drivers getting to know the students and being ambassadors to our families.
Q: To what do you attribute the Transportation Department's high safety rating?
A: It's all about maintenance. We bring the buses in, we check them out, and it's about our relationship with the drivers. Together we work as a team. We try to keep those communication lines open so we know what the drivers are experiencing, because nobody knows the buses better than the drivers.
Q: Have you thought about what your priorities will be once you take on this new role?
A: I'd like to find a way to retain the drivers that we have. We have an industry-wide problem that there's just not enough drivers. And everybody's been looking at how do we get more drivers. Well maybe the answer is really 'How do we keep the great drivers that we have? How do we keep those drivers happy? How do we keep those drivers working every day?' So that's a pretty big concern.
Q: What are you most looking forward to?
A: I am looking forward to the challenge. Even though the job is the same, it's a change in position and a change in my role with the district. So I'm looking forward to that challenge and my new relationship with our parents in the district. It's exciting but it's also a big responsibility.


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Community// October 25, 2019
Malcolm Gladwell's "Talking to Strangers:" Audiobook Review
Can a book be simultaneously riveting and wrong?
Ira Israel, Psychotherapist, Career Counselor, Authentic Relationship Coach, NLP Master Practitioner
Reading Malcolm Gladwell's "Talking to Strangers" would be akin to reading Beckett's "Waiting for Godot." Neither were intended to be read; they were written to be performed. And Malcolm Gladwell is nothing save the consummate raconteur.
"Talking to Strangers" — the audiobook — is like an 8 1/2 hour passionately narrated documentary film made for blind people. Riddled with seemingly disparate subjects, the book is seamlessly threaded together and neatly conjoined by cliffhanging end-of-chapter propositions. Wait for it… just wait for it…
There used to be filmmakers who documented phenomena over time. Since the last great and honest documentary, "Hoop Dreams," most documentarians know the outcomes of their narratives before they ever pick up a camera. Documentaries no longer document phenomena as they unravel "out there" in the world; rather, most documentaries today create the preconditions for the unraveling in order to "discover" facts that rise to meet the filmmakers' theories. Dear few documentaries turn out with the perfect and unexpected narrative twists that organically unfolded in "Hoop Dreams." Most docs today are tantamount to propaganda, preaching to choirs of liberals that already share our views, such as "Look how stupid and misguided those other guys are!"
This is one major flaw of "Talking to Strangers." We know from the beginning that Gladwell's and our sympathies will land squarely with Sandra Bland.
The only mystery that makes us willing to endure 8 1/2 hours of narration is "Why?"
And this is where Gladwell misses the mark. While busy convincing the listener that Sandra Bland's behavior is mismatched with her true persona and Officer Encinia mistakenly assumes transparency, Gladwell glibly skips over the most important realities of contemporary racism — namely, the American educational system and our media.
For example, I am a white, over-educated male who grew up watching far too many police detective television shows in the 1970s and 1980s. Here is what I learned as a white person from watching police dramas in the 1970s and 1980s, repeatedly viewing mostly white detectives and private investigators — Columbo, Rockford, Magnum, etc. — apprehend a preponderance of colorful perpetrators: I have the right to remain silent. Anything I say can and probably will be used against me either immediately or later in a court of law.
So when interacting with the police, I learned that LESS IS MORE.
"Yes, officer."
"No, officer."
"I respectfully decline to answer that question, officer."
Those are my three responses until I am arrested and my lawyer is present.
For some reason (say, endemic and systemic racism), minorities do not appear to have learned these responses. They appear unaware that — at best — running off at the mouth is going to get them arrested. At worst, it's going to piss off the police officer who might drag them out of their car and tase them in an effort to repair the cop's bruised ego.
Sandra Bland was guilty of both running off at the mouth and pissing off a police officer. But nothing else.
Next, if a police officer stops my (white person) car, I know that this situation represents the second greatest potentially lethal threat to that officer that day. The officer wants to finish her or his shift and go do whatever the officer enjoys doing during her or his leisure time (insert joke of choice here). The first place an officer is likely to be killed in the line of duty is answering a domestic violence call. The second place is during a routine traffic stop. Therefore, I need to go out of my way to make the officer feel as if I pose no threat to her or him going home at the end of her or his shift. No threat at all to the officer arriving at home and partaking in whatever leisure activities float his or her boat that day (insert second joke of choice here).
Here is how an over-educated white male interacts with a police officer:
Tinted windows — the officer's inability to see clearly into the car — freak cops out. If my windows are tinted and electric, then I use the electric controls on the door panel to lower all of the windows as soon as I pull the car over.
Then I place both hands on the steering wheel or dangle them lifelessly out of the window. The officer needs to be able to see both of my hands clearly at all times. Period. No exceptions.
I do not make any sudden movements or reach for anything (including my driver's licenses and/or registration) until I am asked to do so.
When asked to produce my driver's license and registration, I look the officer in the eyes and tell him where both are currently located and how I plan to retrieve them. For example, while keeping both hands resting calmly on the steering wheel, I say, "Officer, my license and registration are in the glove box. May I reach for them slowly with my right hand, please?" Or, "Officer, my license is in my wallet in my back pocket and my registration is tucked above the passenger side visor. May I slowly reach for them, please?"
Two important notes regarding police interactions:
If an officer asks you to please step out of the car, the worst thing you can do is ask, "Is that really necessary, officer?" The officer has already made his or her assessment and decided that you pose a threat. No officer is going to say, "You're right. I was hasty. It's not necessary that you get out of the car." You are just going to piss off the officer by having asked an inane question. Again, police departments have worked tirelessly for decades to develop protocols that insure the safety of their officers in these highly combustible situations. In Gladwell's accurate recounting of the interaction between Officer Encinia and Ms. Bland from the dashboard camera, Officer Encinia follows protocol courteously until Ms. Bland refuses to put out her cigarette and then starts running off at the mouth.
Law enforcement officials know language games. "May I search your car?" can be answered "Yes, you may search my car, officer" or "No, I do not give you permission to search my car without a search warrant, officer." However, with heightened emotions, the question "DO YOU MIND if I search your car?" may confuse some people. Actually, "YES, I DO MIND if you search my car without a search warrant, officer," is the proper response. But a flustered or nervous individual — especially before traffic stops were recorded by dashboard and body cameras — might mistakenly answer, "No" as in "No, you can't search the car," which could unintentionally give the officer permission to search the car because he could claim he heard, "No," as in "NO, I DON'T MIND if you search the car."
All of the above serves to demonstrate the systemic racism endemic in our educational system and what people of different races learn through the media and popular culture. For me, NWA's "Fuck tha Police" was ironic; for a young man who grew up in Compton, it was not.
The fact that Amanda Knox's or Bernie Madoff's or Sandra Bland's behaviors were mismatched with their situations and they were not transparent as perceived by outside observers, is not the real story. In the tragedy of Sandra Bland, the guilty party is the racism pervasive throughout our country. Assumptions of transparency, the human propensity to default to beliefs we (mistakenly) refer to as "truthes," and misguided gung-ho cops going "beyond the ticket" are secondary. Gladwell's argument would have been more convincing if it focused on subconscious racism and our failure to teach EVERYONE equally how to interact properly with authority figures.
Playing prosecutor, judge and jury in this riveting already-decided narrative of blaming Officer Encinia for misreading Sandra Bland's cues may tug at our heartstrings, but it offers no solutions. Teaching all people — including police officers — Social Emotional Learning and how to interact respectfully and compassionately with each other is the only thing that will preclude future Bland-Encinia interactions from unraveling so tragically.
— Published on October 25, 2019
Psychotherapist Ira Israel is the best-selling author of "How To Survive Your Childhood Now That You're and Adult: A Path to Authenticity and Awakening," which is endorsed by Sting, Reverend Michael Beckwith, Marianne Williamson, Jack Kornfield, Shauna Shapiro, Warren Farrell, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Jai Uttal, Joanne Cacciatore, Lorin Roche, Fred Luskin and many many others. Ira teaches "Cultivating Meaning and Happiness through Mindfulness and Yoga" workshops at Esalen and Kripalu and has written over 300 articles on psychology, philosophy, Buddhism, yoga, film, art, music & literature for The Huffington Post, Good Men Project, Mind Body Green, Thrive Global, Medium and many other websites. Ira is also the producer, writer and actor of the best-selling DVD series "A Beginner's Guide to Happiness," "A Beginner's Guide to Mindfulness Meditation," "Mindfulness for Depression," "Mindfulness for Anxiety," and "Yoga for Depression and Anxiety." He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and has graduate degrees in Psychology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. For more information please visit www.IraIsrael.com
Community// December 24, 2019
"The right way to talk to strangers is with caution and humility," Malcolm Gladwell
by Sunita Sehmi
5 Books on Leadership, Communication, Strangers, Focus and Business
by Shyam Ramanathan
5 Things I Learned From Malcolm X
by Lennox Kimtai

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Q: CodeIgniter with Kendoui grid Before Posting, i searched over web about related problems, but couldn't find any relevant help for my problem.
I am working on web application under CodeIgniter.
in which i am using KendoUI.
KendoUi is installed.
Problem is i want to use KendoUi grid, but that grid followes the json format and someothers like xml.
But issue is, the documentation i saw over the web on kendoUi website, according to them i will need to have another data source file. which should include the echo query of database which will be used as data source for the grid.
But i want to know is it possible in codeigniter if kendoui grid directly load the data from the database instead of echoing the data on ohter php file and then putting it on the grid.
If and only if it is not possible then what approach should i follow for codeigniter mvc pattern for implement the grid? should i make another dir in with the name of data in my directory? or what should i do..
Really need all of your guidance in it.
New to KendoUi and codeigniter.

A: Kendo UI operates on the client-side. Your data is server-side. The only way to get your data into the grid is to pass it via a server-side function.
In your case, using CodeIgniter, this is very simple. Your controller needs to serve up the page that contains the Grid and the required JavaScript. The read section of the datasource's transport should point to a URL that serves the data.
In your case, that URL will be to a CodeIgniter method. Let's say you want your grid to display employee information, the read URL would point to employees\gridread (or whatever).
The employees\gridread method would make a call to the employees_model to gram the employee records. It then returns the employee data in JSON format. The controller might look something like:
    public function gridread()
    {
        $limit = $this->input->post('take',TRUE);
        $offset = $this->input->post('skip',TRUE);
        $sort = $this->input->post('sort',TRUE);
        $filter = $this->input->post('filter',TRUE);

        $data = $this->employees_model->GridRead($limit, $offset,$sort,$filter);

        if ($data):
            header("Content-type: application/json");
            echo json_encode($data);
        else:
            // send server error
            header("HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error");
            echo "Failed to read data!";
        endif;
    }

You would need a function in your model that handles the $limit, $offset, $sort, $filter values to return the requested data.
EDIT: There's actually a much easier way to hook up CodeIgniter (or whatever PHP framework) to work with Kendo Grids and that is to use Kendo's DataSourceResult.php which you can find by viewing a Grid demo and switching the source to PHP.
It handles the Ajax request, including any filtering, sorting and paging, and returns the data in the format the Grid requires.
I've edited it slightly so that it can be loaded using CI's $this->load->library method and it gets the database settings from the config file.

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Is diet soda a real health threat?
Artificial sweeteners may not be as safe as they seem
Official Diet Coke Facebook Photo
By Chandley McKenzie, Assistant Arts Editor
Have you ever had the lurking suspicion that the diet soda you reach for over and over again is more than just a refreshing low calorie beverage? Perhaps the diet soda quenched not only your thirst, but something else entirely. Perhaps you felt rejuvenated not only by sweet carbonation, but also by a phenomenon occurring at the molecular level.
Diet soda, typically zero sugar or zero calorie, is marketed toward people who want to lose weight or manage their sugar intake. This makes diet soda ideal for people with diabetes, since these sodas do not lead to heightened blood sugar levels, as regular sugars do. However, the sweetness has to come from somewhere. Diet sodas are typically flavored with artificial sweeteners such as saccharin (Sweet 'N Low), sucralose (Splenda), acesulfame, advantame, neotame and aspartame, which mimic the taste of sugar and contain significantly less food energy.
While this may seem like a solution for dieters and diabetics alike, it's not that simple. In recent years there has been widespread debate over not only the long term dietary benefits of these sweeteners, but their safety as well. Involved in this debate is Dr. Brian Hoffman from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University, who studied the link between artificial sweeteners and diabetes. Specifically, he studied the effects of glycosylation, which is the sugar modification of a protein, on the cardiovascular system. The study involved feeding rats diets high in glucose, fructose, aspartame or acesulfame potassium. By the end of the study, Hoffman found that the artificial sweeteners did in fact cause a change in the concentrations of fats and amino acids in the rats. Hoffman explains that these results show an alteration method in which the body processes fat and manages energy metabolism, and these changes point to sweeteners causing diabetes and obesity. Hoffman stresses that everything in moderation is key and that continued long term consumption is a health risk.
Various other studies have been conducted on specifically aspartame, one of the most controversial sugars sold under the brands NutraSweet and Equal. Originally produced accidentally in 1965 by chemist Jim Schlatter, aspartame is a dipeptide intermediate, scientifically known as aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester. It is 180 times sweeter than sugar and is used in various sugar-free products. One of the most well-known uses is in diet soda, especially Diet Coke and Coke Zero.
One study by the Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center of the European Ramazzini Foundation also used rats to test the sweetener's health effects, administering aspartame at various concentrations. This treatment was continued until the rats' natural death, and afterward all underwent necropsy. The scientists found that the prevalence of cancer, including lymphoma and leukemia, was significantly higher in rats who received the high dosages of aspartame. Therefore, the study found aspartame to be a carcinogenic agent. However, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of aspartame and deems it "one of the most exhaustively studied substances in the human food supply." A recent review supports the FDA's claims, finding no link between aspartame and cancer.
"Sweet Poison" by Dr. Janet Starr Hull, warns of the dangers of aspartame. Hull shares that she was personally affected by aspartame poisoning, which caused Graves' Disease symptoms. She claims that she used the Aspartame Detoxification Program to cure her symptoms and states that "the research and history of aspartame is conclusive as a cause of illness and toxic reactions in the human body." Others agree with her, supporting the claim that aspartame kills brain cells and that removing aspartame from your diet will cause symptoms of withdrawal, suggesting that it possesses addictive properties.
While the bodily effects of artificial sweeteners are still being contested, I always choose Diet Coke over regular Coke and most other drinks, and know others who do the same. I can't tell if it's the taste or something much more complicated, but I will continue to crave Diet Coke and I can only hope that the science will one day lean in my favor.
Chandley McKenzie can be reached at [email protected]
Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center of the European Ramazzini Foundation
Stephen Fox	• Sep 12, 2018 at 9:38 pm
The science is NEVER going to lean in your favor, because, for one thing from many reasons, the methyl ester is metabolized first as methanol, and then FORMALDEHYDE, which is what lodges in your RNA. Don't forget about Diketopiperazine, a product of aspartame assimilation that causes brain tumors.
Why don't you google ? This was a list that was compiled by the FDA till the Clinton FDA ended the practice about 1995.
In fact, every president since Reagan, excepting perhaps George Bush I, has consumed Diet cokes. Trump was recorded to consume about 12 a day.
You are just scratching the surface of the harmful neurodegenerative and carcinogenic effects of this poison. Don't forget birth defects, to boot!
https://dailycollegian.com/2018/09/is-diet-soda-a-real-health-threat/#comment-1844075
Betty Martini	• Sep 12, 2018 at 12:51 pm
https://www.opednews.com/articles/McCain-s-Glioblastoma-Sep-by-Dr-Betty-Martini-Aspartame_Brain-Tumors-Caused-By-Ajinomoto-Aspartame-180905-781.html
September is Aspartame Awareness Month. Aspartame is cumulative and addiction. It has a methyl ester which immediately becomes free methyl alcohol classified as a narcotic. It causes chronic methanol poisoning which affects the dopamine system of the brain and causes the addiction The Trocho Study shows the methanol converts to formaldehyde and embalms living tissue and turns them to plastic. Write your Senator and Congressman. This is Aspartame Awareness Month. Dr. Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible World Health Intl, http://www.mpwhi.com and http://www.holisticmed.com.aspartame
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You are here: Home / Electric Bike Advocacy / Interview with Larry Pizzi: President of Currie Technologies (IZIP, Haibike, eFlow) [VIDEOS]
Pete: Larry, you have been in the bicycle and e-bike industry a long time. Could you give us a brief history of your experience.
Larry: Yes, I joined Currie Tech in May of 2002 after being in the bicycle industry since I was a 14 year old, spinning wrenches at a local bike shop in Elkins Park, PA to support my passion for riding and racing bicycles and for buying new parts to continually upgrade my bikes.
One of the other shops I worked for had failed and an opportunity presented to open my own store with a partner. Bike Tech of Philadelphia was born in 1979 and I built it into a successful, three-store chain, selling it to a competitor in 1992.
I then went to work as an outside sales representative for a bicycle, parts and accessory distribution company. There was a lot of consolidation in the bike industry during the 1990's and my career accelerated pretty quickly.
Over a ten-year period, I held various management roles with Raleigh, Mongoose, Schwinn and GT, moving my family three times, from the east coast to the west, ultimately landing in Southern California, in 1999.
When I joined Currie, the company was struggling to get traction in the market. Dr. Malcolm Currie was really ahead of his time with the concept, because the product was simply too primitive in many ways and it was not possible to build a price-point eBike that could be successful in bike shops, so they looked for alternate channels that could sell the products they produced.
After a few years as VP of Sales and Marketing, Dr. Currie retired and I took over as the President in 2005, and began focusing on product development and strategic partnerships with vendors that were producing components for the more developed market in Western Europe.
Our dealer business began to slowly grow on better quality, higher-end eBikes and in January of 2012, we were acquired by Accell Group, a Dutch holding company, that owns many bicycle brands in Europe.
Accell is also responsible for getting the eBike category off the ground and taking it mainstream, with their Sparta brand in 2004, and became very successful with eBikes in all of the most important markets throughout Europe, so it seemed like a perfect fit for Currie Tech.
Pete: A lot has been happening at Currie Tech! Can you tell us about the new IZIP bikes and their recent redesign?
Larry: With the added resources and support of our new parent company, Accell Group, I was able to further enhance our in-house team, focusing on improved platform designs, mechanical and electrical engineering improvements and new product development.
We were also able to leverage Accell's supply chain relationships. In the fall of 2013, we introduced to the trade, our first round of new IZIP products that reflect all the work we have done with these added resources. My team and I are extremely proud of what we've accomplished in the short term and continue to work to further the state-of-the art in the IZIP products we produce for the North American market.
Pete: The new Haibikes with the Bosch mid drive system are making quite a splash. How has the response been to these high-end electric bikes and when can we expect to see Haibikes in shops in the US?
Larry: The response has been fantastic! Everyone that rides a Haibike loves the handling and responsive ride-feel. Deliveries of the US optimized Bosch Gen2 drive system were delayed however, the first shipments of Haibike Xduro eBikes will arrive the first week of June in the US and in stores a week or two following.
Pete: The eFlow E3 Nitro electric bike with it's integrated battery in the seatpost was a hit last year and it proved its toughness in the Iceland Challenge. Could you tell us about the new eFlow line for 2014?
Larry: Upgrades to the E3 Nitro include a larger capacity battery pack (from 11Ah to 14.5Ah), the option of a high-torque, or a high-speed motor, that enables the rider to choose the system that best suits their personal needs.
We also introduced a less expensive version called the Flight, with the same battery pack as the original Nitro, with a 1 x10 drive train, rigid fork and cable actuated disc's.
An awesome bike at $500 less then the original Nitro and still is available with either high-torque or high-speed motor options.
Pete: Currie Tech had a big presence at the Sea Otter Classic, a traditional bike event. What was the response like from the "traditional" bike crowd?
Larry: It was really interesting to see that cycling's enthusiast core is slowly changing their attitudes perception of eBikes, as the newest breed of ePerformance bikes hit the market. At Sea Otter, we talked to a lot of people that are beginning to age-out of sport cycling but want to stay active and get exercise.
Also families and couples that want to ride together but have had difficulty doing so because of varying levels of ability. These bikes change all that and as a result, were very well received. Of course, there are still some purists that don't get it but when I ask if they have every ridden an eBike, they generally say that they haven't. Getting them on one, typically changes their opinion, even if its not right for them.
Pete: Currie Tech has the slogan of "Getting more people on bikes!" Could you tell us how Currie Tech is accomplishing that?
Larry: It has always been one of my personal goals in life to get more people cycling and now, with the technology of eBikes finally being ready for prime-time, we are overcoming objections that North Americans have to riding a bike by leveling hills and making longer distance ride more achievable.
The smart bicycling advocates and bicycling advocacy groups, such as The League of American Bicyclists and People for Bikes, have supported eBikes for this very reason – overcoming objections, and they have done a fantastic job of getting our fair share of the transportation budget to build better bicycling infrastructure in the US, making it safer for people to ride, which has been one of the biggest objections to overcome.
Pete: Could you tell us about the IZIP Road Show; what is it and how is it going?
Larry: It all started about four years ago when our then, Director of Dealer sales, started seeing real value in taking our full selection of products out in the field during the fall and winter (low season) at retail. He realized that most customers and their employees had never actually ridden our products and was amazed by how the experience changed their thinking.
In July of 2012, we hired five new territory managers, bought them each a brand new, fully equipped high-top van, wrapped them to look like rolling IZIP billboards and put them into key markets around the country. They still call on dealers during the low-season, but most importantly, they put on demo events, partnered with our dealers so that people around the country have an opportunity to test ride our bikes.
eBikes are so experiential, meaning that we can talk about them for hours, but one good test ride, speaks volumes. We find our demo process to be one of the best ways for consumers to become exposed to eBikes, and when they are in this manner, it very frequently leads to sales. Once our dealers see how effective this is, they start putting on their own demo events in their communities, using the branded assets that we provide for them.
Pete: Currie Tech recently became a member of the Accell Group. What does that mean and how has it affected Currie Tech? (Electric Bicycle Competence Center, etc.)
Larry: As I mention earlier in the interview, being part of Accell has many advantages form a resource perspective, which has helped us advance our goals and objectives much more rapidly then we would have on our own. The other component is that we are part of a unified team in North America, partnering with our sister companies, Raleigh America, Raleigh Canada and SBS (Seattle Bike Supply).
Because eBikes have a core competency that is very different when compared to normal bikes, Currie has recently announced that we have formed a division within our company called EBCC-NA. The Electric Bicycle Competence Center of North America will serve all of the engineering, development, service and support needs for all of the Accell North America companies, on all brands of eBikes, as we bring them to market in the near future.
Pete: Since you have been in the e-bike industry a long time, what is your favorite customer success story (someone putting an e-bike to good use.)?
Larry: There are so many customer success stories so it's a bit hard to choose. We have lots of customers that have replaced cars for commutes, are now riding when they could not ride previously due to some physical issue, and those that a simply riding ten times as much as they were riding previously.
But one of the best success stories is one that we share with a competitor. Its about Rhonda Weber Martin, an amazing women from the San Diego area that was severely overweight and knew that she needed to change. Her doctors told her that she needed to change her diet and get exercise, but that was not a simple undertaking at 450 lbs.
An eBike made it possible for her to begin her journey that started on a Pedego cruiser that got her exposed. She then graduated to an eFlow Nitro and began commuting to work and the gym, a 30 mile round trip every day. After loosing over 200 lbs., she told me last fall that one of her goals was to compete in a triathlon, asking if I could assist with getting her a road bike.
Here is a link to her FB page, Living instead of Existing, with a post after completing her first sprint triathlon earlier this spring.
Pete: What exciting tech advancements can we look forward to in the future of e-bikes?
Larry: Continued improvements in battery capacity, drive systems and sensor enhancements along with new connected devices and communications technologies. These will continue to enhance the user and dealer experience, making eBikes more enjoyable to use, sell and service.
Pete: Do you have any other news from Currie Tech that you would like to share with us?
Larry: Keep your eyes open for more new and improved, complementary models for 2015. Many more advanced products are on the horizon!
End of interview with Larry Pizzi.
Thanks to Larry for taking the time for this interview!


My best BIM experience would have to be on a recent school project I was design team leader for; where I finally managed to suggest a new way of working that was well received.
As part of our goal to reach BIM:2 we have been trialling a number of BIM related features in the office; these have ranged from layer naming conventions, file structures and standard templates. Up to this point most have been met with a lot of resistance.
The newest feature is a means to transfer our paper based room data sheets into Revit, which involved a modified room tag and a lot of shared parameters. The use of this tag allowed us to transfer from A4 RDS sheets, to A3 with a plan of the room alongside the tag.
These room data sheets allowed for a reduction in tender drawings as a lot of information could be transferred to A3. For example, our interior design drew furniture layouts, which allowed the RDS to also be used to co-ordinate the FFE.
Overall the idea has been well received. The M&E engineers who were not Revit trained were shown how to input data and were impressed at how easy it was to manipulate. This new method has been used on other schemes, and is incorporated as part of our Revit standard template.
As a result the office is now more open to some of my suggestion, and I feel that I have helped moved us a little closer to that 2016 goal.
I have learnt that change doesn't come easy. In an office such as ours where a large majority of the workforce is above 40, there is a natural aversion to new ways of working. This resistance, however, quickly dissipates when the advantages have been demonstrated. Having successfully changed how we deal with room data sheets it was renewed by enthusiasm to incorporate more BIM-related features into our standard workflow.
Ultimately I have learnt that BIM isn't about software, or technology. It is a cultural change, once we accept it is about doing things in a different way, adoption will come a lot easier.
Dan works in the public sector as a design team leader on many schemes from a new binstore to multi-million school extensions. He runs the office CPD seminars, informal software training, and along with another colleague is also responsible for championing BIM.
Outside of the office Dan is currently in the middle of a part-time PhD looking at the effects of poor IAQ from classroom refurbishment of schoolchildren; and aims one day to lecture on BIM / Architecture at University.


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High note: Mets closer Díaz trumpets saves in sound of Citi
By MIKE FITZPATRICKAugust 10, 2022 GMT
New York Mets relief pitcher Edwin Diaz (39) celebrates after a baseball game against the New York Yankees Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. The Mets won 6-3. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
NEW YORK (AP) — Trumpets blare, the bullpen door pops open — here comes Edwin Díaz, baseball's most dominant closer.
Cue the fiesta at Citi Field.
Once the regular target of angry boos, and decried a rotten egg in the Big Apple, Díaz has become the toast of the town with the New York Mets, one electric save at a time.
The All-Star reliever is overpowering hitters at a record rate during a sensational season, helping the Mets build their NL East cushion and putting him in the Cy Young Award conversation.
"How he's been able to kind of reinvent himself and really just maximize what he can do, it's just really special," Mets slugger Pete Alonso said.
"We know that when Eddie gets the ball, he's going to shut the door."
In addition to his pitching, Díaz's newfound popularity in Queens is largely due to his catchy entrance song " Narco " by Blasterjaxx & Timmy Trumpet. When the Mets take a lead into the ninth inning, "Sound the horns!" is what fans proclaim from living-room couches to the upper levels of Citi Field.
The tune sets off a two-minute party all around the ballpark — with Mr. and Mrs. Met pretending to play trumpets as Díaz jogs in from the outfield and warms up on the mound. Young and old bounce gleefully in the stands, clapping right along and mimicking the dancing mascots by using empty beer and water bottles for makeshift horns.
It's almost like a cut from the movie "Major League," with Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn summoned from the bullpen to "give 'em the heater" as the crowd goes crazy.
Then, most Mets fans remain standing, roaring and rocking with each pitch as a pumped-up Díaz often strikes out the side to secure another win.
It's a fun, familiar scene in New York this season that went viral nationwide last weekend while the hard-throwing Díaz saved three games in a pivotal series against Atlanta.
The only hiccup came Thursday night, when he entered earlier than usual in the eighth. Perhaps caught off guard with scheduled promotions running, stadium staff didn't get "Narco" going until Díaz was already on the mound.
"I was trying to run (in) at the same pace of the song," he said with a laugh.
Díaz used the same music years ago with the Mariners — though not everyone noticed back then.
"When I was in Seattle, they picked that song for me. I liked it. And when I got here, I changed it. My wife told me to put that song (on) again. People will love it," Díaz said.
He went back to "Narco" in 2020 with the Mets and it's become such a big hit, he even plays it at home for his kids.
"It's unbelievable. He had a good one in Seattle. This one is amazing," said Díaz's father, also named Edwin. "Every state's going to know that song."
Affectionately nicknamed Sugar, the slender right-hander from Puerto Rico entered Wednesday with a 1.39 ERA and 26 saves in 29 chances this year. He had a 0.86 WHIP to go with 91 strikeouts in 45 1/3 innings, and was chosen NL reliever of the month for June and July.
Mixing pinpoint 100 mph fastballs with 92 mph wipeout sliders, Díaz had whiffed 52.9% of the 172 batters he faced this season — the highest strikeout rate by a reliever through 45 appearances in major league history. He was averaging 18.07 strikeouts per nine innings. No other reliever was better than 16 per nine.
"I've been more sharp. My pitches have been better this year. My fastball command has been a lot better. My slider command is better," said Díaz, whose younger brother, Alexis, is a rookie reliever with Cincinnati.
"I put (in) a lot of work here with the trainer, everybody, to feel good every night, and it's paying off."
Díaz converted 15 consecutive save chances and compiled a 0.36 ERA since the start of June. He set a career high with 18 straight scoreless innings over 18 outings since June 22, and 37 of his past 50 outs came on strikeouts. New York (72-39) was 40-5 when Díaz pitches.
No reliever has won a Cy Young Award since Los Angeles Dodgers closer Eric Gagne in 2003 — in large part because starters throw so many more innings, a fact even more critical to voters these days.
It's hard to say if Díaz's dominance in short stints might be enough to challenge the likes of Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara, who was 10-4 with an NL-best 1.88 ERA in a major league-high 158 1/3 innings. But the Mets' ninth-inning man is pitching himself into the discussion, at least.
Of course, when Díaz first arrived in New York, his signature was no special song but instead the hanging slider.
He served up a whopping 15 home runs in 58 innings during his debut season with the Mets in 2019, going 2-7 with a 5.59 ERA and seven blown saves in 33 opportunities. He lost his job as closer down the stretch, and fans didn't dance when he entered games — they groaned.
"He's taken that and grown from it and actually used it as a springboard," Mets manager Buck Showalter said. "He treats every hitter with respect and goes after them. Gives them his best bullets."
Díaz led the majors with 57 saves and compiled a 1.96 ERA in 2018 for Seattle. He was acquired in a polarizing trade that also brought an aging Robinson Canó (and $100 million left on his contract) to New York for a package that featured touted prospect Jarred Kelenic — selected No. 6 overall in 2018 with the Mets' highest draft pick in 14 years.
The deal looked like a bust, but Kelenic has struggled to hit in the majors and Díaz rebounded with a strong pandemic-shortened 2020 season before converting 32 of 38 save attempts with a 3.45 ERA last year.
Now, he's setting himself up for a huge payday as a free agent this offseason.
"His emotions don't get away from him," Showalter said. "Obviously, he's got a good arm. But I think the resiliency, too. ... Some of the challenges, he'll tell you, were kind of self-inflicted. A lot of people don't rebound from that here — or anywhere."
AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum and AP freelance writer Jerry Beach contributed to this report.


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Here is our monthly Kiva update for you! We are super proud to share with you that with your help, we have now lent a total of $975, helping a total of 34 people/groups in 26 different countries so far. Please have a look below to read a little more about all the people who received our support.
Sponsored by Quest through Kiva: Inezayawe Group from Rwanda.
Beathe is a group leader, aged 28. She is married with two children, ages five and seven years old. The group is called Inezayawe, which translated into English means "goodness". The group members sell different products and they wish to expand their businesses to change their lives for the better.
Beathe owns a shop and she has been running in a business for five years. With the loan, she would like to buy shoe polish, Colgate and candles for resale. The profits from the business will be used to pay for medical insurance.
Sponsored by Quest through Kiva: Victory Group from Ghana.
This is the Victory Group, of five members, which are all connected to their field of business within the localities of Chorkor, in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.
Talaata is the group leader, who is an enterprising woman dedicated to commerce. Her main source of income is her business, which is the sale of charcoal. She works in her business by herself.
Talaata has had this business for 12 years. Her customers are mainly the neighbors in her community.
She is requesting the loan to buy more sacks of charcoal, to stock her store. Talaata dreams of expanding her business so it becomes the best-stocked store in the community.
Sponsored by Quest through Kiva: Shailesh from Suriname.
Shailesh is 40 years old and lives with his wife and two children. He comes from a farming family and has learned rice cultivation. Previously, he helped his parents in their fields. Now, he works independently with small loans from MFI Seva. Those loans he has repaid fully. Shailesh plants hire plots and wants to save for his own plots. To do this, he has expanded his rice areas this season. To cover the cost of this expansion Shailesh needs a loan of SRD 7,500 for the purchase of fertilizers and pesticides.
Sponsored by Quest through Kiva: Benkadi No.li Group from Mali.
Nouhoum is Malian and did not attend school. His hand is raised in the photo. He is a man of principle and takes his work seriously. He has always reimbursed the loans he borrows from RMCR. Aged 48, he is a married father of 11 children; one who is schooled and his wife is a housewife. Nouhoum raises sheep. He will purchase many rams with the loan from RMCR. He supplies himself in the surrounding fairs and resells his rams in town. He has been exercising his profession for more than 7 years. The estimated profit he earns per month is worth at least 20,000 FCA which enables him to provide certain needs to his family, among other things, food, his children's school fees, their clothes and shoes. He is often faced with difficulties of poor sales and the expensive costs of transportation of rams but he usually organizes the trip with his local farmers to meet the challenges.
Sponsored by Quest through Kiva: Bendia 27 (2) Group from Burkina Faso.
Bendia 27 (2) Group has just finished its first Kiva loan term. The reimbursement was made normally. Haoua, the featured member, thanks all the staff and lenders of Kiva for their support. With her share of the loan, Haoua was able to buy raw materials to make the soap she sells. She made a profit that permitted her to buy clothing for her children, make some other expenditures for the family, and especially to grow her business.
Haoua needs another loan to continue her business. After her sales, her profit will permit her to continue her activity.


The investors, represented by the law firm of Gibbs & Bruns, went on to accuse Ocwen of costing them $26 billion, stating that if other mortgage servicers provided the services done by Ocwen for the residential mortgage-backed securities trusts in question, the investors would have received approximately $26 billion more in cash flows.
But now, after a yearlong independent investigation initiated by Wells Fargo, the deals' master servicer, found no evidence of the litany of accusations made by Gibbs & Bruns on behalf of the investors, Ocwen is off the hook.
Gibbs & Bruns later sent a letter to the deals' trustee, Wells Fargo, accusing Ocwen of a laundry list of failures as a mortgage servicer, and suggesting that Ocwen's actions cost the bond investors approximately $26 billion.
Ocwen repeatedly and vociferously denied the allegations levied against it by Gibbs & Bruns, stating that the investors had a far different goal than it appeared.
"Your letter obscures the ultimate objective of your investor clients: to stop servicers from modifying loans and force them to foreclose on and evict as many struggling homeowners as quickly as possible," Ocwen said in January 2015.
Ocwen also called the charges "baseless" and "groundless," and later Ocwen accused the bond investors of having a "pro-foreclosure, anti-modification" agenda.
"The notice is the latest effort in a long campaign by Blackrock, PIMCO, Kore Advisors, MetLife and Neuberger Berman Europe Limited to try and impose changes to standard servicing practices, with the goal of forcing more home foreclosures and fewer loan modifications," Ocwen said in March 2015.
Ocwen also claimed that the investors tried to push the servicer to expedite its foreclosure timelines, in direct opposition to the various stipulations and restrictions that Ocwen is currently under from various financial regulators, including the New York Department of Financial Services and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, among others.
"These investors' pro-foreclosure, anti-modification agenda is driven by their desire to increase their own financial returns on their specific tranche-level holdings in RMBS trusts, at the expense of long-term gains to the trusts as whole, through sustainable modifications," Ocwen continued.
At the time, Ocwen said that the bond holders had a clear goal – keeping underwater borrowers underwater.
According to Ocwen's letter, the bond holders did not want Ocwen to engage in loan modifications under the government's Home Affordable Modification Program, claiming that loan modifications yield lower cash flows to bond holders.
In the wake of the allegations, Wells Fargo, in its role as master servicer for 42 of the 119 RMBS trusts launched an investigation into the allegations to ensure that the mortgage bond investors were indeed getting their proper return. Wells Fargo engaged Duff & Phelps, a global corporate valuation and financial advisory firm, to conduct a thorough investigation into Ocwen's operations to determine if any of the investors' claims held water.
The investors accused Ocwen of conflicts of interests and use of affiliated vendors, imprudent modification practices, failure to account for principal and interest to the trusts, poor record-keeping and failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations, poor trust performance, recouping advances at time of modifications in violation of the pooling and servicing agreements, and use of trust assets to resolve investigations into Ocwen's servicing.
According to information released Wednesday morning by Ocwen, Duff & Phelps conducted a 12-month review of Ocwen's servicing operations, accounting, loan modifications, borrower compliance, and operations and governing practices, which included analysis of thousands of servicing files, data points, invoices, and a comprehensive review of the company's systems and records.
And after that yearlong investigation, Duff & Phelps found no evidence of the negligence and misconduct that Ocwen was alleged to be engaged in.
Unsurprisingly, Ron Faris, Ocwen's president and CEO, welcomed the results of the investigation.
"From day one, we knew that an independent review of the facts would confirm that Ocwen serviced, and continues to service today, loans in accordance with its contractual obligations," Faris said in a statement.


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Recording tall tales: the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
People love to look up and marvel at tall buildings, and some like to peer down from up high. There's just something fascinating about skyscrapers, and one organization has its eyes on them even more than tourists do.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) regularly publishes statistics and reports on the world's tallest skyscrapers. The organization's data on high-rises is an important resource for the designers and builders that make vertical urbanization possible.
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH Journal Editor and newly appointed China Office Director at CTBUH, introduces his organization and provides insight into the history, status quo and future of tall buildings, as well as their role in urbanization.
What is your favorite high-rise building?
Beacons of urban sustainability – Today's urban city planning creates future beacons for cities which convey the new messages of sustainability, green choices and living responsibly.
The roots of the CTBUH
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat was founded in 1969 in the unlikely location of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Structural Engineering professor Lynn S. Beedle at Lehigh University saw that important research was going on within academia, and at the same time observed a trend towards increasingly tall buildings, with the construction of the World Trade Center, Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center, all which employed new and different techniques in steel construction.
Beedle recognized the importance of creating a platform for structural engineers and academics to build up a general body of knowledge. Now, all kinds of tall building stakeholders take part in the CTBUH from around the world to promote a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of tall buildings and urban habitats.
Today, the Council aims to continue building upon its body of information on tall buildings, and explore their relationship with the urban environment. The CTBUH thereby serves as an essential resource for all building stakeholders.
John Hancock Center
Sears Tower
Sears Tower observation deck
Daniel Safarik is the CTBUH Journal Editor. He grew up near Chicago where he encountered many tall buildings, including the Willis Tower – formerly the Sears Tower and world's tallest building from 1973 to 1998. In fact, Safarik's grandfather worked as an electrician in the Sears Tower while it was under construction. As a child, he was deeply impressed by a picture of his grandfather standing on the 101st floor with nothing but air behind him and the city some 400 meters below.
Daniel Safarik's unique background in journalism and architecture makes him perfectly suited to life at CTBUH. His work in the organization involves penning and editing press releases, books and research reports, as well as technical publications and general statistics. As if writing about architecture all day weren't enough, he also authors his own blog called Unfrozen.
When asked about his favorite building of all time, Safarik showed both his romantic and practical side: "The Chrysler Building will always win the beauty contest – nothing expresses the roaring twenties and American ingenuity like that building." The Chicago native, however, could not forget his roots: "The John Hancock Center and Sears Tower in Chicago were the most influential in my personal development."
The developments tall buildings stand on
The skyscrapers of today owe their height to their history. Drawing on the example of multi-use buildings, Safarik explains how current developments have been made possible by innovations from the past.
"The increasing number of mixed-used buildings owe their existence and potential for beauty to two architectural developments more than any other: outriggers and megaframes." This kind of building requires a structural system that not only keeps it stable, i.e. prevents over-swaying and discomfort during wind and seismic events, it must also be flexible enough to adapt to various needs that can change over time.
Outriggers are a key component to achieving this flexibility. Skyscrapers must have a highly stable and strong core. Outriggers – rigid frameworks that extend out from the core – are built out in cantilevered fashion approximately every 10 or 20 floors, providing extra lateral stability. The floors of the building in some cases "hang" from the outrigger above them, allowing for unobstructed interiors that do not require rigid structural elements like pillars.
Schematic drawing of building outrigger design (exemplarily shown for Shanghai Tower)
Megaframes, for their part, provide further stability from the outside, reinforcing a structure's façade. They act as a building's exoskeleton and are especially important for poetic, twisting and curving exterior shapes. Outriggers and megaframes are just two of many developments that have made some of the most flexible and beautiful buildings a reality.
"It's more likely that we'll see more horizontal connections than to find 1-kilometer-tall buildings in every city."
Daniel Safarik
Director, China Office, Editor, CTBUH Journal, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Predicting the future: cities in the sky?
For the future, one thing is certain: urban populations will get denser. What is not so sure, however, is how exactly cities will cope with this consolidation. Though sci-fi classics like Metropolis and Blade Runner have offered some intriguing visions of futuristic cities, it is probably more reliable to ask an expert in skyscrapers and urbanization such as Daniel Safarik.
According to Safarik, increased urbanization will probably not result in a large amount of spectacularly tall buildings, but more and more 20-50 story buildings – and people are going to need more connections at higher levels. In order to make living in the upper floors more attractive, developers will have to bring many of the things available at the ground level skyward.
This means that all the necessities and attractions available on the ground need to start moving up. More connections between buildings via skybridges will also help one building's attractiveness to build upon that of its neighbors.
Changing demands on transportation
Both in terms of space utilization and energy consumption, the world's population has already grown past the point where it is no longer possible for every family in the world to have a big yard with a white picket fence and a golden retriever. This means that humanity's occupation of the vertical realm is not just a fad, it's a necessity.
If we assume that we will also need more connections between buildings, this would surely result in a more integrated transportation environment. Safarik put it clearly and succinctly: "Vertical and horizontal transportation will need to converge."
People's demands on transportation will rise as more and more people come to live in cities, whether they want to travel from building to building, metro to mall, or home to office. The arrival of multi-carriage elevator systems, such as MULTI with its potential for horizontal travel, will be one important step in that direction.
Skyscrapers and the environment
Safarik also praises a current trend that balances the logistical need for vertical habitation with the basic human need for access to nature: green walls. The history of green walls goes back to the early 1990s in the work of ecologist/architect Ken Yeang, who showed how a building can support more greenery than the lot it is built on.
Green walls can be implemented as gardens located inside of buildings, making internal spaces more welcoming. Set for completion in mid-2015, the Shanghai Tower will offer several such sky gardens as open atria with restaurants, coffee shops and convenience stores.
In November 2014, CTBUH named One Central Park in Sydney "Best Tall Building Worldwide" for 2014. The complex puts its green walls outside the buildings, creating the overgrown vine look reminiscent of old college buildings. The greenery also plays a major role in the building's shading strategy.
Smart Building "One Central Park" in Sydney
Skyscraper factfinder paradise
The CTBUH's mission is "to disseminate multi-disciplinary information on tall buildings and sustainable urban environments, to maximize the international interaction of professionals involved in creating the built environment, and to make the latest knowledge available to professionals in a useful form."
The information provided at the CTBUH's Skyscraper Center website is even fascinating for non-building professionals. Plus, it is a much easier way of surveying tall buildings than the method Daniel Safarik admitted to using as a child: "As a kid I used to climb my town's local landfill to catch a glimpse of the Chicago skyline."
New York Chrysler Building:
Image 1: Photograph "New York Chrysler Building" by Flickr User Jacob Bøtter, CC BY 2.0
John Hancock Building:
Image 2: Photograph "John Hancock Building" by Flickr User Kyle Monahan, CC BY 2.0
Sears Tower:
Image 3: Photograph "Sears Tower" by Flickr User Allan Henderson, CC by ND 2.0
Image 4: Photograph "Sears Tower" by Flickr User Neal Jennings, CC BY-SA 2.0
Shanghai Tower:
Image 5: Photograph "Shanghai Tower" by Flickr User ronghualu, CC BY-ND 2.0
One Central Park Sydney:
Image 6: Photograph "One Central Park Sydney" by Flickr User Rob Deutscher, CC BY 2.0, Design architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel. Collaborating architect: PTW Architects
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New State Law Impacts Local Ballot Questions
By: Mark E. Nettleton
On January 5, 2016, Governor Snyder signed new legislation that impacts local governments with respect to local ballot questions.
Act 269 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 2015 ("Act 269") amended Michigan's Campaign Finance Act, Act 388 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1976 ("Act 388") and included language in Section 57(3) of Act 388 to prohibit a public body, or a person acting for a public body, from using "public funds or resources" for a "communication" that "references a local ballot question" and is "targeted to the relevant electorate where the local ballot question appears on the ballot" during the 60 days prior to the election on that ballot proposal. A violation of the provision by an individual can result in a misdemeanor conviction and a maximum $1,000 fine. If a public body violates the provision, the public body may be fined up to $20,000. Act 269 was given immediate effect and, therefore, is now applicable to local governments.
The text of Section 57(3) as amended by Act 269 is as follows:
(3) Except for an election official in the performance of his or her duties under the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, a public body, or a person acting for a public body, shall not, during the period 60 days before an election in which a local ballot question appears on a ballot, use public funds or resources for a communication by means of radio, television, mass mailing, or prerecorded telephone message if that communication references a local ballot question and is targeted to the relevant electorate where the local ballot question appears on the ballot.
Prior to the adoption of Act 269, a municipality could spend public funds on preparing and disseminating an objectively worded fact statement on a proposed local ballot proposal. For example, a township could spend township funds to prepare, copy and mail a fact sheet on a proposed township fire millage to township voters. The sheet could not urge electors to "Vote Yes" or "Support the Millage" or "Vote in Favor of the Fire Department," but it could factually describe the need and impact that the millage, if adopted or defeated, would have on the department, for example. With the enactment of Act 269, such a statement or information sheet, if mailed to electors within 60 days of the election, would violate Michigan campaign finance laws.
To be clear, this is not a prohibition on local elected officials from expressing their personal opinion on a local ballot proposal. This does restrict, however, the ability of local government from using public funds to widely disseminate factual information about a ballot proposal in the 60 days prior to the election on the proposal. This would include spending funds to create an objectively worded fact sheet and mailing such a sheet or "advertising" on the radio or television or by prerecorded phone message. It is unclear from the statute, but appears that it would be acceptable for a public body to post an objectively worded fact statement on a local ballot proposal on the municipality's website or have the information printed and sitting out at the township hall.
In signing the legislation, the Governor indicated he may ask the Legislature to adopt legislation to clear up inconsistencies in Act 269 or clarify the intent of certain provisions, including perhaps the language of Section 57(3). However, the Governor, in his letter explaining why he signed the legislation, indicated that such clarifying legislation may be limited and only permit the expenditure of public funds to inform local voters of (1) the date of the election on the local ballot proposal, and (2) the text of the proposal. If your community is considering a local ballot proposal for a millage or other local matters, please be aware of this change.
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singing. There were several children's choirs taking part and a program that extended from folk songs to Christmas carols to classical choral pieces. When I booked the tickets, I thought that this would be a very "Swiss" event, perfect to get into the Christmas spirit of our adopted hometown. I was not expecting to find, featured prominently among the several local community choirs, that of the International School of Zug and Lucerne; and later, wedged in-between the many lovely German and Swiss-German tunes, a section of the concert dedicated to English ones. Not to mention the interspersed orchestral pieces by a Polish composer and a traditional Estonian Christmas song. "Jingle Bells," Benjamin Britten and "Grüezi wohl, Herr Samichlaus" somehow all fit perfectly together. A slightly different, and perhaps more powerful experience than I had expected.
that the Swiss only become Swiss upon leaving the country. Until then, they are Genevans or Zurichers, or otherwise defined by wherever they happen to come from.
One would have expected that focus on one's home and roots would be accompanied by a certain neglect towards the outside; a lack of interest leading to a lack of attention. Nothing like the pure openness that I felt at that Christmas concert. As a foreigner, I was not simply an observer of a beautiful holiday tradition; I was invited to become part of it. I felt included, welcomed, embraced.
identity. That's a big part of why I – and many other foreigners – feel at home here. At that concert, I did not feel any less of a foreigner than I usually do. I did feel, however, that my foreignness is something enriching; something to be appreciated and celebrated.
Holidays can be a confusing time for those of us who have chosen to lead a mobile life. Sometimes we are torn between so many different traditions and customs, that we don't know which one(s) to choose and when we do, often our choices seem like an incoherent mishmash. Last weekend, the Swiss taught me that might not be such a bad thing after all.


I get to visit different companies, and experience unique things every day - it's the perfect job for someone curious like me..
Sometimes I get to work with the same company regularly. And sometimes I become a part of the corporate family. I get to invent their concepts and their look with them, and then I continue to be consistent with that feel. Sometimes we become so familiar with the marketing team that we talk in short-hand, because we understand each other, and what needs to be done.
This is the relationship I have with Hilton Singapore. We work together every few months to create new images for their image library and to promote new dishes. We catch up on each other's news, I find out the ins and outs of the hotel's fortunes, and we make beautiful images together.
I stumbled on their social site today, and was inspired to share some of the things we have done in the last few years - including at least two mothers days!


ChronoPoints team member, Rob Michlowitz, has located software from potree.org that will enable you to view and manipulate our laser scans!
At the left of the viewer, there are a number of tools that will enable you to enhance the point cloud based on your computer's performance.
The McKinney House in La Mesa is the first example – more to follow.


According to Dr. Kyle Frandle at the Los Gatos Dog & Cat Hospital, the dog flu floating around Silicon Valley this winter is serious.
"In the last few days there have been confirmed cases of Canine Influenza H3N2, known as dog flu, in our area. Canine Influenza is a highly contagious virus.There are two variants of the virus – H3N8 and N3N2. They are host specific and they're found all over the world.
"They were first recognized in greyhounds around 2003, and they've since been diagnosed in over 36 states. Experts feel dog flu is now endemic in Colorado, Pennsylvania, Florida and now here in California. There's some controversy over where it originates from; some experts think it came from horse influenza and some think from avian influenza.
Can it spread to people or other animals?
"The symptoms are respiratory in nature and can vary from dog to dog. Some have no symptoms, while others become severely ill. Fever, lethargy, loss of appetite, runny nose, coughing and vomiting have been reported.
Where can a dog get this flu?
"Common areas of exposure would be parks, grooming salons, boarding facilities or doggie daycare. Unfortunately a dog may have the virus and not be showing symptoms but could still be spreading the virus.
Have you been treating a lot of dogs recently?
What else can dog owners do to keep their pets safe?
"We are taking this outbreak very seriously, as infected dogs are getting very ill. If your dog is not vaccinated already for canine influenza, we strongly recommend calling the hospital at 408-354-6474 to discuss whether this vaccine is appropriate for your dog. We charge $38 for the vaccine and we come out to your car to administer it so that your dog won't come into contact with other dogs at our hospital.


How To Flush Opiates From Your System To Pass Drug Test?
Home Health Opiate Withdrawal How To Get Opiates Out Of Your System Fast?
Are you about to undergo a drug test? Do you feel anxious that your result might appear positive for drugs such as morphine, heroin or codeine?
If yes, then you would be speculating about ways to flush the opiates out of your system. It all depends on the types of drugs and the drug test you are about to face.
Let's discuss opiate. You must be wondering that what opiates are. They are a type of drug which is derived from plants mainly "Opium Poppy." Opiates are essential medicines for pain killing and sedative properties. However, heroin is an illegal drug which is derived from morphine.
Opiates have an extreme addiction potential whether given on a prescription or purchased illegally from black markets. The World Drug Report from 2012 by UNO reports the opiate abuse by 26.4 to 36 million individuals.
Opioids ex. Oxycontin takes 2 to 3 days to flush out of your system. However, you can clean them quickly by purchasing real green tea from the drug store, vitamin B3 (i.e. niacin pills) and a multivitamin.
Have a mug or glass full of hot green tea and drink it throughout the day. Consume niacin in 1000 mg dosage after you wake up (i.e. 500 mg in the daytime while other 500 mg at the end of the day).
You will realize that your body is flushing out opiates and it is very distressing, and you will require frequent visits to the bathroom. However, you will pass your test if you perform this consecutively for two days.
Have multi vitamins after you are done with opiates flushing. Drink water in large amounts. On the trial day, drink as much water as possible and have multivitamins. It will result in you peeing vitamin water.
However, they will check your urine tests for dilution so your urine must contain Creatinine. So you can purchase powder mix which works well however they are expensive. If you cannot afford these, then consume fish or red meat after drinking water and absorbing vitamins.
PLEASE, keep in mind that niacin may result in severe skin flushing, dizziness and heart palpitations.
It takes around 72-80 hours for opioids to flush out of your system with vitamin B complex along with lots of water. Avoid sugary drinks.
For how long opiates remain in your urine?
For heroin, consume a large amount of water all through the day as heroin is water soluble. It allows your system to get rid of this drug easily.
Opiates remain in urine for around three days except for methadone which can be detected for around 10-50 days and possesses a variable half-life. However, most of the opioids ex. Heroin stays in urine for up to 3-4 days.
Oxycodone takes around 3-4 days to flush out of your system. You can get through the test by drinking plenty of water.
Opioids have very short half-lives; they tend to flush out of the system quickly. However, their effects last for many hours. There are multiple factors which depend on that for how long the opiates will come positive in the drug test.
Other drugs such as heroin are usually smoked, injected or snorted which results in fast effects along with sooner flushing out of the system.
Other factors include the metabolic rate of an individual, the ingestion forms, body mass, fat content, and weight.
It depends on the age of an individual, health condition of kidneys and liver.
What type of opiate have you consumed and for how long? The most common types of opioids include hydrocodone, morphine, heroin, and codeine.
It depends on the quantity of water present in your body, the drug quality.
For how long can opiate be detected in your drug tests?
Heroin has an extremely short life with fast-acting properties. Saliva test helps in detection of heroin for 5-6 hours after the last dose while blood tests work for around 5-6 hours.
Urine tests are used for detection of heroin as they come active even after 3-7 days. Hair follicle test is the best as they come active after 90 days of heroin consumption.
Morphine takes a longer time to work and produce effects when compared to heroin.
Blood tests can detect morphine for around 12-14 hours after the last dosage while urine tests can detect it for 3-4 days.
However, saliva tests are very efficient and detect morphine for around 4-5 days.
Hair follicle test is again the best drug test as it comes active for 90 days after the last consumption.
Hydrocodone has a short half-life, and it flushes out faster.
Saliva tests work for around 12-38 hours while urine tests detect hydrocodone for 3-4 days.
Hair tests are effective for detecting hydrocodone for 90 days.
Codeine is the fastest opiate to leave the system. A blood test can detect it for 24 hours, and urine test is positive for 1-2 days.
The Saliva tests have been used to detect opiates for 2-4 days. Hair follicle test is the best as it detects the codeine for 90 days.
If you use drugs for the long term, then it will build in fatty tissues, and these limits will extend if you are a heavy drug user.
How to flush opiates and meths from your system to pass the urine drug test?
Drink Luke warm water,i.e., 2-3 gallons. If your urine test provides you with instant results, then it is better to pass the test by water thing.
However, if the lab performs it then don't carry out this water thing as you will be found guilty. The results will show water load, and they will know that you attempted to dilute your urine.
Drop down to the GNC store and ask for a drink that helps you rinse your system. This drink usually comes in Grape flavor, and it is very disgusting to ingest. However, these beverages work amazingly with the money back guarantee if you do not see the results.
Opt for a cranberry juice which helps in detoxification without that bitter taste.
Consume niacin pills, but it will cause stomach pain. However, if you are getting lab tests, then you will be detected with overdosage of niacin.
Take few vinegar shots which helps in flushing out your system.
Pee for around 4-5 times after using these tactics which allow you to get rid of the nasty toxins.
Consume diuretics which help in more urination and allows you to flush opiates out of the system. These diuretics include tea, coffee along with cranberry juice. You can also use potent diuretics such as Furosemide which is available on prescription.
*Pee before you apply for the drug test and drink lots and lots of water. You can also consume half a gallon of water with 2-3 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and empty your bladder before taking the test.
Your colorless sample of urine may be disqualified so for that take one to two Vitamin B complex or Vitamin C few hours before taking the test.
How to flush opiates from your system to pass hair drug test?
Drugs get locked in your hair permanently which means that opiates can be detected for around 90 days.It is tough to fool the hair drug tests as a minute amount of evidence will be enough to get positive results.
If you wash your hair repeatedly, you cannot pass the test; this is not the trick. It is claimed that re-dying or bleaching and washing hair with baking soda may help individuals to pass the hair drug test.
Another alternative to passing the hair drug test is to use Zydot's Ultra Clean which comes with money back guarantee. So you do not need to apply these home remedies if you can afford this product.
How to pass saliva, blood or hair test?
Delay your blood or saliva test as opiates take 3-4 days to flush out of your system.
You can manipulate saliva test by swabbing your teeth rather than rubbing your lower gums or cheek. It may work if you cannot delay the saliva test.
You cannot manipulate the blood tests as the blood is drawn on the spot.
You cannot tamper your head test instead you can shave your body and head before taking the hair drug test. Make excuses like your hair were thinning or you attempted to go for a new fashion trend with your head.
Find ways to ask for a different test, i.e., .ask for a urine test rather than saliva, blood or hair test because you can pass the urine test as your urine is diluted. You can exercise the laws in your favor and know the drug laws. Ask for a second chance to be tested as urine tests can sometimes give you false results.
The only way to pass these tests is to discontinue the drug use as they cause detrimental effects on your body. However, still, if you cannot stop using them we have mentioned few tricks to pass the drug test and ways to flush your system from opiates.
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Costco is selling a giant donut covered in pink icing, sprinkles and M&M's
This is our version of a birthday cake. 🎉
Updated: 11:28 AM EDT Jun 18, 2019
Caitlyn Fitzpatrick
Instagram @ourtabletaelamade
Costco jumbo donut
SOURCE: Instagram @ourtabletaelamade
It should be illegal to make a Costco trip without strolling through the bakery section. Between the fresh-made Kirkland cookies, muffins, and pastries, at least one dessert finds its way into our carts. For those in Australia, that includes a jumbo iced donut.The jumbo donut looks similar to a Dunkin' Strawberry Frosted donut, except the over-the-top version is covered in round sprinkles and M&M's. According to one buyer, the giant donut is 900 grams, which comes to nearly 2 pounds. So ditch your birthday cake this year and opt for a huge donut that can feed all your family and friends!Sadly, it appears to only be available in Australia — specifically Queensland — locations. The packaging shows that the each donut is $15.99 AUD, which is $10.97 in the United States. Let's use this time to send out good vibes into the universe that the brains at Costco bring the dessert offering to the U.S.
It should be illegal to make a Costco trip without strolling through the bakery section. Between the fresh-made Kirkland cookies, muffins, and pastries, at least one dessert finds its way into our carts. For those in Australia, that includes a jumbo iced donut.
The jumbo donut looks similar to a Dunkin' Strawberry Frosted donut, except the over-the-top version is covered in round sprinkles and M&M's. According to one buyer, the giant donut is 900 grams, which comes to nearly 2 pounds. So ditch your birthday cake this year and opt for a huge donut that can feed all your family and friends!
A post shared by Costco Bear (@thecostcobear)
Sadly, it appears to only be available in Australia — specifically Queensland — locations. The packaging shows that the each donut is $15.99 AUD, which is $10.97 in the United States.
Let's use this time to send out good vibes into the universe that the brains at Costco bring the dessert offering to the U.S.


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Q: Angular2 routing configuration (route with two parameters) I'm configuring my routes on my angular2 application:
So, on app.routes.ts:
export const ROUTES: Routes = [{
   path: '', redirectTo: 'login', pathMatch: 'full'
  }, {
    path: 'app',   loadChildren: () => System.import('./layout/layout.module')
  }, {
    path: 'login', loadChildren: () => System.import('./login/login.module')
  }, {
    path: 'validate/:id/:token', loadChildren: () => System.import('./validate/validate.module')
  }, {
    path: 'error', component: ErrorComponent
  }, {
    path: '**',    component: ErrorComponent
  }
];

Currently, I'm facing up with two problems:

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*When I go to http://localhost:3000, it's redirected to http://localhost:3000/Living%20User%20Platform#/login: I don't quite to figure out why this Living%20User%20Platform# is added to url, instead of http://localhost:3000/login.

*As you can see I'm setting a route with two parameters: validate/:id/:token. Nevertheless, when I'm writting this url (http://localhost:3001/Living%20User%20Platform#/validate?id=sdfsdf&token=sdfsdf) on browser, it goes to error route:

ValidateModule.ts:
export const routes = [
  {path: '', component: Validate, pathMatch: 'full'}
];

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    // Components / Directives/ Pipes
    Validate
  ],
  imports: [
    CommonModule,
    FormsModule,
    RouterModule.forChild(routes),
  ]
})
export default class ValidateModule {
  static routes = routes;
}

Any ideas?

A: You are getting Living%20User%20Platform into your route because may be you have not set correct <base href="/"> in your HTML and for URL validate/:id/:token you need to check with UTLhttp://localhost:3001/Living%20User%20Platform#/validate/sdfsdf/sdfsdf

A: I've changed my routes (validate/:id/:token by simply validate path):
export const ROUTES: Routes = [{
   path: '', redirectTo: 'login', pathMatch: 'full'
  }, {
    path: 'app',   loadChildren: () => System.import('./layout/layout.module')
  }, {
    path: 'login', loadChildren: () => System.import('./login/login.module')
  }, {
    path: 'validate', loadChildren: () => System.import('./validate/validate.module')
  }, {
    path: 'error', component: ErrorComponent
  }, {
    path: '**',    component: ErrorComponent
  }
];

In order get query parameters from component using ActivatedRoute:
constructor(private router: Router, private route: ActivatedRoute, private userService: UsersService)
  {
    this.user = undefined;
  }

  ngOnInit():void {
    this.route.queryParams.subscribe(params => {
      this.id = params['id'] || undefined;
      this.token = params['token'] || undefined;
    });
  }


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Liverpool fans continue to celebrate PL trophy lift
Fans from around the world tuned in to witness the historic moment and it was no different in South Africa.
Fans celebrate Liverpool winning the Premier League title outside Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north west England on 25 June 2020, following Chelsea's 2-1 victory over Manchester City. Picture: AFP
Liverpool Gauteng supporters club
Michael Pedro | 181 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - Liverpool fans are still reveling in the scenes from Anfield on Wednesday night where Jordan Henderson became the first Reds captain to lift the Premier League trophy.
Liverpool beat Chelsea 5-3 as a precursor to the ceremony itself.
Chairman of the Liverpool Gauteng supporters club, Ian Parker, was among those fans.
"Its been a long time coming. We've been close but no cigar for a while, so it was great to see it last night (Wednesday) and to be a part of it on the fan wall was also really cool.
"Liverpool are the leading club in the United Kingdom in terms of fan base, we have the most supporters clubs in the world, with the most supporters so it just shows what a global family we are," Parker said.
Parker's association to Liverpool goes back to when he was playing under 5 football for Kempton Park, with the club displaying similar colours to that of the Liverpool kit at the time.
"That's basically where it started from and it's just grown from there," he said.
In terms of the squad and the backroom staff at the club, Parker believes that Jurgen Klopp has made all the difference.
"I've had the opportunity to meet Jurgen and he just exudes this presence about him that you wouldn't get from normal people. I made a call a while ago that he is going to be as big as [Bill] Shankly and I think he is still going to prove that," he said.
The lifting of the Premier League trophy caps of an amazing 12 months for Liverpool in which they won the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup.
So where does this current crop of players rank among the all time great teams to wear the famous red shirt?
"The football played today is different to the football that was played 30 years ago. In those days a tackle could put in the third row of the stands, nowadays there's no tackles like that, but if you look at the modern football era, this is a team that can go down in greatness," Parker said.


Preserve and reveal the best of the past while setting the stage for a brilliant future. That was the challenge of the four-year-long renovation of the Hotel Lutetia, an iconic luxury hotel in Paris, and the only one of its caliber on the city's Left Bank. Opened in 1910 to host clients of the nearby Bon Marché department store, the Lutetia became the meeting place of choice for the colorful denizens of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its creamy, Art Nouveau walls and popular Brasserie discreetly welcomed merchants and musicians, debutantes, and the demi-monde. James Joyce wrote "Ulysses" while staying at the Lutetia. A young army officer named Charles de Gaulle spent his wedding night there. But by the turn of the millennium, the Lutetia was sorely in need of refreshment to bring it up to today's standards for the top-rated hotels in Paris while preserving its historic beauty.
To accomplish this, the hotel's owners, Alrov Properties & Hospitality, turned to Wilmotte & Associés, a prestigious Parisian firm with deep experience in five-star hospitality and an impeccable French pedigree. "This hotel really belongs to Paris," says Alfred Akirov, the chairman of Alrov. "I wanted an architect who understood and respected that." The first challenge was to open up the building's structure, to bathe the interior spaces with natural light. Out went the roof over a ground-floor restaurant to reveal a soaring interior courtyard paneled in period-perfect white Métro tile and decorated with a sparkling cream-and-gold mosaic of a sailing ship on the high seas—the symbol of the city of Paris.
The Saint-Germain restaurant with its modern colored glass ceiling.
Even the underground spa and pool receive natural light.
The Bar Joséphine, with its rediscovered ceiling frescoes, is a neighborhood meeting spot.
This hotel really belongs to Paris. I wanted an architect who understood and respected that.
The courtyard is now the heart of the Lutetia's public area, surrounded by light-filled spaces for dining, drinking, reading and relaxing. Natural light also pours into the underground pool and spa area, and into the painstakingly redesigned and renovated guest rooms. Meanwhile, researchers pored over decades of old blueprints, photos and sketches to gain a feel for the Lutetia's history and heritage. This led to some remarkable discoveries, such as the delicate, classical-themed ceiling frescoes hidden under thick layers of paint in what was the breakfast room at the front of the hotel. The frescoes have been restored to their original splendor and the room is now the lively Bar Joséphine, named for the American jazz singer Josephine Baker, who was a frequent guest.
As the decoration took shape, treasures from the Lutetia's extensive art collection started appearing around every corner: sculpture by Philippe Hiquily, paintings by Arman. A vibrant stained-glass mural by the artist Fabrice Hyber, inspired by the hotel's colorful history, adds a whimsical touch to the ceiling of the Saint-Germain restaurant and pairs perfectly with sleek bespoke furniture designed by Wilmotte in a timeless Art Deco style. The result is a seamless blend of new and old—an homage to the past and a promise that the best is yet to come. "The Lutetia is now what it was meant to be," says Isabelle Bouvier, general manager of the hotel. The renovation, she says, was meant "to restore all that was authentic while pushing into the 21st century. And it has succeeded, with joy."