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Famous for egg hunting, Malaysian battles to Save turtle
July 22, 2020 July 22, 2020 Tayyab Awan	1 Comment	Battles, Egg, Famous, for egg, Hunting, Malaysian, news, Save, to Save turtle, turtle, world science
Save turtle, Aziz Mustaffa used to collect turtles' eggs from a Malaysian beach and sell them. But nowadays, he makes a living as a ranger protecting the creatures' nesting sites.
Save turtle, His transformation is one success in an uphill struggle to defend the endangered reptiles who swim ashore to the tropical country from the South China Sea to lay their eggs in the sand.
Several species, including Green turtles, Hawksbills and Leatherbacks, nest on Malaysia's coasts, where the spectacle of babies hatching and scurrying into the sea has long been a major tourist draw.
But their numbers have dwindled dramatically due to worsening maritime pollution, coastal development, and people snatching their eggs, which are a popular local delicacy.
Save turtle, Conservationists have however been making progress. As well as persuading some people like Aziz to change their ways, Terengganu state, a major nesting site, has announced it will ban the trade in eggs.
"The turtles and eggs are our national treasure," Aziz, 44, told AFP, after watching a group of the reptiles emerge from the sea and lay eggs on a beach on Redang Island, in Terengganu.
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"I feel I am their god parent and I want to protect them for future generations. It gives me joy to see the huge turtles returning here to nest."
The 20-strong group of females came ashore at night, crawling up Chagar Hutang beach, with Aziz watching alongside several other conservationists.
Voracious appetite
They dug holes and laid thousands of eggs, before swimming back into the sea. On the same 350-metre (1,100-foot) beach, one of the busiest nesting sites in Malaysia, baby turtles were hatching and scurrying into the waters.
Humans are far from the only threat they face — monitor lizards eat their eggs, while many are gobbled up by sharks and predatory fish as soon as they make it into the waters.
Aziz, from a poor fishing family on the island, remembers how he used to hide in the bushes by the beach and race out to grab the eggs shortly after they were laid, with brawls often breaking out between rival collectors.
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The eggs were then sold to local traders or eaten, and were a key source of protein in limited diets, although that started to change as incomes increased and different food options became available.
At the same time, Aziz realised there were more benefits for the local community in protecting turtle nests than raiding them, as growing numbers of tourists flocked to the island to see the creatures.
"I realised that if these migratory species are protected, the villagers on Redang would be able sustain their livelihoods," he said.
So he started working for University Malaysia Terengganu's turtle research unit to protect the creatures, earning about $400 a month.
He now works with two other rangers and a group of volunteers to safeguard the eggs from poachers and predators like monitor lizards.
"Villagers on Redang Island now enjoy a stable income from tourism as a growing number of people want to watch the Green turtles lay eggs," he said.
Centuries old tradition
Mohamad Uzair Rusli, a biologist working on saving sea turtles at the university, agreed that giving locals a way to earn money from looking after the creatures was the best fashion to safeguard their future.
But he warned that without tackling the "voracious appetite" for eggs — considered an aphrodisiac by many — the creatures faced an uncertain future.
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Licensed collectors are still allowed to operate in Terengganu, on the northeast coast of peninsular Malaysia, and the sale of most species' eggs remains legal.
But state authorities have pledged to ban the trade in all turtle eggs by the end of this year, following sustained pressure from conservation groups.
Currently Terennganu only prohibits the trade in eggs of Leatherback turtles, after their numbers fell dramatically, but not other species commonly found in the state.
However, changing a centuries-old tradition will be tough.
On a recent visit, eggs were being sold openly at a busy market in state capital Kuala Terengganu, with buyers paying the equivalent of $12 for 10.
Trader Nor Jannah said business was brisk, and brushed off suggestions that eating the eggs was a threat to turtles.
"It is impossible turtles will become extinct," said the 32-year-old. "I have been eating and selling turtle eggs since I was 12."
This news was originally published at msn.com
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The Large Area Telescope (LAT) is the primary instrument on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi), an orbital astronomical observatory that was launched on 11 June 2008. Its tracker is a solid-state instrument that converts the gamma rays into electron-positron pairs which it then tracks in order to measure the incoming gamma-ray direction. The tracker comprises 36 planes of single-sided silicon strip detectors, for a total of 73 square meters of silicon, read out by nearly 900,000 amplifier-discriminator channels. The system operates on only 160 W of conditioned power while achieving > 99% single-plane efficiency within its active area and better than 1 channel per million noise occupancy. We describe the tracker's design and performance, and discuss in particular the excellent stability of the hardware response during the first two years of operation on orbit.


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Hero Citizen Stops Mass Shooting In A Church, Cops Show Up and Shoot Him—Media Silent
As news of the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida dominated the airwaves this week, a massive hostage situation—which was quickly turning into a mass shooting situation—was foiled by a hero in a church. That hero, however, is now in the hospital after police showed up to the scene and shot him.
The situation was well on its way to becoming one of the deadliest shootings in history as the gunman took over 100 people hostage inside the Faith City Mission church on Wednesday.
"They said there was a gun in the building everyone started running all different ways," said Clay Murdock, a student at Faith City Mission.
According to WLOX, Murdock said he tried to get as many people inside their sound room as possible.
"We're standing in there and everyone starts praying," said Murdock. "I went outside to see what was going on if I could get more people in there and right when as I went outside the guy was standing right in front of me with the pistol."
Murdock then ran outside.
According to the Amarillo police, the initial call came in around 8:45 a.m. and indicated that there was an armed suspect inside who was holding 100 people hostage.
Sergeant Brent Barbee told reporters that when officers breached the building, they encountered an individual who had a handgun.
"The officers fired shots that struck the man," said Barbee. "After some additional investigation, they've learned that the man that [had] the gun may have taken the firearm away from the original suspect in the call. The man who originally had the gun has been taken into custody."
Later that day, police clarified that they indeed shot the wrong man.
"The initial investigation indicates that the man the officer shot had originally been in a struggle with the original suspect and had taken away the gun from the suspect. The initial suspect has been taken into custody and is not injured. No other persons were hit by gunfire. This is very early in the investigation and more details will be available at a later time," read the report.
As Amarillo.com reports, the hero of the story is a student at Faith City Mission church. After he and the private church security officers wrestled the shooter to the ground and got the gun away from him, one or more Amarillo police officers opened fire on the student.
"Members of the security team took the gunman down and one of our students was able to wrestle the gun away," she said. "Our thoughts are with our injured student and we praise God for his protection while honoring the heroic actions of our security team, students and everyone else involved — which prevented the situation from becoming far worse."
The student was taken to a local hospital. The gunman, Joshua Len Jones, 35, of Amarillo was taken to jail unharmed.
Faith City Mission Executive Director Jena Taylor said the student, who was not identified, had surgery Wednesday but was in stable condition and remains hospitalized, reports Amarillo.com.
"One of our staff members visited the student that was shot and he is resting well after surgery," Taylor said.
Predictably, this story received no coverage in the mainstream media as it is showed brave citizens in a positive light while highlighting the fact that cops shot and nearly killed the hero.
Please share this story with your friends and family to spread a bit of good news in what has surely been a tragic week of reporting.
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Discussion in 'New Member Introductions - Site Assistance' started by mburkhart, Sep 1, 2010.
Been a mac user for awhile. Just started using iPad because I work for a school district that is starting to use them in the classroom. Loving it so far.
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Mix (Stellar album)
Asylum (2003 film)
Asylum (The Legendary Pink Dots album)
Asylum (comics)
Mix, mixes, mixture, or mixing may refer to:
In mathematics, science, and technology
In electronics and telecommunications
MIX, a mythical computer used in the textbook The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth
MIX (Email), a high performance email storage system for use with IMAP
MIX (Microsoft), a discontinued annual Microsoft conference
Chaum mixes, an anonymous email system proposed in 1981
Electronic mixer
Frequency mixer
Malta Internet Exchange, an Internet backbone for the country of Malta
Milan Internet eXchange, in Milan, Italy
MIX (Z39.87): NISO Metadata for Images in XML, a standard for encoding metatdata about digital images and image collections
Other uses in mathematics, science, and technology
Mixture, a kind of chemical substance
Crossbreeding, also called mixing, a genetic concept
Mixing (mathematics), a concept in ergodic theory
Mixing (physics), a descriptive condition of a dynamical system
Mixing (process engineering), a unit operation for manipulating physical systems
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A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer and multiple sounds sources, such as turntables, CD players, digital audio players or computer sound cards, sometimes with the addition of samplers and effects units, although it's possible to create one using sound editing software.
DJ mixing is significantly different from live sound mixing. Remix services were offered beginning in the late 1970s in order to provide music which was more easily beatmixed by DJs for the dancefloor. One of the earliest DJs to refine their mixing skills was DJ Kool Herc.Francis Grasso was the first DJ to use headphones and a basic form of mixing at the New York nightclub Sanctuary. Upon its release in 2000, Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Presents: Another World became the biggest selling dj mix album in the US.
A DJ mix is often put together with music from genres that fit into the more general term electronic dance music. Other genres mixed by DJ includes hip hop, breakbeat and disco. Four on the floor disco beats can be used to create seamless mixes so as to keep dancers locked to the dancefloor. Two of main characteristics of music used in dj mixes is a dominant bassline and repetitive beats. Music mixed by djs usually has a tempo which ranges from 120 bpm up to 160 bpm.
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Mix is the debut studio album by New Zealand Pop rock band Stellar, released by Sony BMG on 29 July 1999. The album debuted at #2 on the RIANZ albums chart, and after seven weeks within the top 10 would finally reach the #1 position. The album would spend a whole 18 weeks within the top 10 on the charts. The album was certified 5x platinum, meaning that it had sold over 75,000 copies in New Zealand.
The album was re-released on 18 February 2000 as a limited edition which included a new cover art and a bonus CD-rom that included the music videos for the singles "Part of Me", "Violent" and "Every Girl" as well as three remixes (these had appeared on previous singles) and an 8-minute documentary. Even after the limited edition's run had finished, all subsequent pressings of the album would feature the new cover.
Mix became the 22nd best-selling album in 2000 in New Zealand. At the New Zealand Music Awards in 2000, Mix won the Album of the Year award.
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Asylum is a 2003 American short documentary film directed by Sandy McLeod. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
A young Ghanaian woman seeks refugee status in the U.S. when her father attempts to force her to marry against her will, and undergo female genital mutilation.
Asylum at the Internet Movie Database
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Asylum is a 1985 album by The Legendary Pink Dots.
The Prophet Qa'Spel – voice, keyboards
The Silverman (Phil Knight) – keyboards
Stret Majest (Barry Gray) – guitar
Patrick Q Paganini (Patrick Wright) – violin, keyboards, vocals
Poison Barbarella (Julia Niblock Waller of Attrition) – bass, keyboards, vocals
Adantacathar (Graham Whitehead) – keyboards
Steven Stapleton – tape editing
The SPV edition contains different artwork than that of the other editions.
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Asylum is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The first Asylum was a mental patient who was imbued with Darkforce energies that converted her body into a psionic mist that caused hallucinations in anyone who touched it. She later was able to use her Darkforce energies as an offensive weapon. She was vulnerable at the one solid part of her body, a golden mask. After being defeated while fighting solo against the New Warriors Nova, Firestar and Speedball, she seemed to dissipate except for her mask, and has not been seen in action since.
Asylum (Henrique Manuel Gallante)
Henrique Manuel Gallante was a drug-addicted youth left abused and abandoned from his home and whose burgeoning mutant powers were driving him insane. He is placed in the Smythers drug rehabilitation clinic, but the doctors hold little hope for him. Unknown to the doctors, Gallante's mutant powers allow him access to the dimension of Darkforce, an extra-dimensional energy resembling tar. Although the energy possesses no true sentience, Gallante displaces his feelings of darkness and despair to it and allowed it to mimic an empathic sentience that feeds off and perpetuates Gallante's dark feelings.
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Veena Sahasrabuddhe | Raag Mala
Hindustani Vocal • 28m
In this rendition, Sahasrabuddhe splashes the listeners' canvas with myriad ragas, all performed back-to-back like a medley. A Raag Mala, which literally translates to "raga garland", is a non-stop rendition of different ragas, all strung together to create the most mind-bending effect. Sahasrabuddhe leaves her audiences in awe with this phenomenal recital because of her sheer ability to transit smoothly from one raga effortlessly.
The rendition is sung in Ektaal (12 beats) and is a mélange of 18 ragas, viz. Hindol, Bhoopali, Chayanat, Bilawal, Shankara, Desh, Tilak Kamod, Basant, Shree, Marwa, Puriya, Bhairav, Gurjri Todi, Bhairavi, Malkauns, Jaunpuri, Madmadh Sarang and Kharharpriya (Carnatic).
This might seem an overwhelming number of ragas for a single presentation, however, for an artist of Sahasrabuddhe's stature, it was a cadence filled with smoothness and ease. One needs an elaborate knowledge of ragas combined with a sense of beauty and understanding of the nodal points of transition from one melody to the other. Not just that, in Hindustani music, it also entails a transition from one mood to a completely different one and in no time. In this feat, Sahasrabuddhe surpasses most artists of her generation and stands out like a beacon.
Sanju Sahai and Tofail Ahmed bring in a serene, restrained accompaniment in-keeping with the gentle and sublime spirit of the veteran Sahasrabuddhe's performance. This takes the recital to better heghts and makes their contributions in the moment invaluable.
Veena Sahasrabuddhe
Veena Sahasrabuddhe (1948-2016) was an esteemed Hindustani classical vocalist. Her unique style drew from the Kirana and Jaipur gharanas as well as her university degree in Literature & Vocal Performance, and was showcased on over 40 albums throughout her lifetime. She found ample time to teach despite a successful performance career, demonstrating Indian music to schoolchildren and serious students alike.
Sanju Sahai
Precise, powerful, and intricately funky, Sahai embodies the Benares tabla gharana. As the sixth generation of his family's illustrious rhythm lineage, his talent was recognised early - at age 9 he was playing major festivals, and completed his music degree at 13 with a Masters following at 18. He is mindful of diluting classical tabla styles, but this has not stopped him taking them into a breath-taking array of contexts. Alongside accompanying top Hindustani musicians, he has collaborated with artists spanning flamenco and jazz to opera and Gregorian chant. He has played in schools and prisons
as well as for the Queen, and tutors tabla at SOAS in London. Today he lives in the UK, and travels the globe as a star accompanist and soloist.
Tofail Ahmad
Tofail Ahmad hails from Bangladesh. He started taking lessons from Ustad Kamruzzaman on the tabla and vocal music from Pandit Anil Kumar Shaha in Dhaka, Bangladesh. With complete dedication and perseverance, he was awarded the prestigious ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) Scholarship to study North Indian Classical Music in Delhi. He is currently settled in the UK.
Veena Sahasrabuddhe (khayal)
Sanju Sahai (tabla)
Tofail Ahmad (harmonium)
Priya Parkash (tanpura)
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Raag Mala
Raag Mala includes 18 ragas:
Hindol
Bhoopali
Chayanat
Bilawal
Tilak Kamod
Basant
Puriya
Bhairav
Gujri Todi
Bhairavi
Malkauns
Jaunpuri
Madmadh Sarang
Kharharpriya
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This wonderful excerpt is from our Director's Cut trove – a repository of some of the most special artists that the Darbar Festival has presented. In this clip, Sahasrabuddhe performs a tarana in Raag Ahir Bhairav with uncompromising clarity and delicacy. This concert being her last one in the UK...
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Q: Occasionally Connected Application with Flex Air It is the first time I work with this kind of application. Very little experience I have. And so do the stakeholders. They want something like an (flex AIR)application that is able:

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*save data locally if the application is close

*synchronize data with the server side if needed

Now, it is time for me to "do something" to this requirement before it get fixed. I have so many questions, but here are some less silly one:

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*The requirement is about "Rarely" connected, not "Occasionally" connected, right?

*If I can't change the requirement, what should I do, "hibernate" the AIR application like Windows OS or save only the data to local DB? Their possibility ?

Please give me some advice/recommendation.
Thanks,
P/S: Internally, we did discuss about ADEP Data Services features. And I have a sample from Adobe: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/enterpriseplatform/10.0/AEPDeveloperGuide/WS562be5d616a63050-3e6e4f7d131900899a6-8000.html ==> I don't think I have fully understood it :)

A: You could indeed save data locally in SQLITE on application close and next time the application is launched you can persist changes to server and retrieve updates if needed.
Depending on complexity and data volume of your application, you could:

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*[free] implement the synchronization logic by yourself using only remote
objects and polling

*[free] implement messaging on BlazeDS (data push) so the server can push
updates in real time if needed

*[expensive] use the all in one Adobe synchronization solution (LiveCycle)

It really depends on what kind of application and data we are talking about.
Cheers.

A: If possible you can use sharedObject...
public var _rememberSo:SharedObject;

_rememberSo = SharedObject.getLocal("loginData");
if (_rememberSo.data.username != undefined && _rememberSo.data.password != undefined)
{
    txtUserName.text = _rememberSo.data.username ;
    txtPassword.text = _rememberSo.data.password ;
    chkSavePassword.selected = true ;
    btnLogin.setFocus();
}
else
{
    txtUserName.text="";
    txtPassword.text="";
    txtUserName.setFocus();
}

I have used for locally save the password.. you can use it as per your data...

A: It may not be the best choice but we did choose ADEP stuff:

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*Data model driven:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle/articles/lcdses2_mdd_quickstart.html
--> which help to generate code for both server side DAO and SQLite DAO.

*Adobe synchronization solution : here we create our own lastModified property to compare offline data and server data

If anyone follow our path in the future, pls note 3 things:

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*it is commercial, no opensource

*the documentation is good but not STRAIGHTFORWARD

*the samples are good but not STRAIGHTFORWARD

I had to spend 2 days to understand things. And we are now confidence with a fully

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[Mobile Games] PUBG reveals the rebuilding of one of its maps and the return of the snowmobile
Locked [Mobile Games] PUBG reveals the rebuilding of one of its maps and the return of the snowmobile
December 2, 2022 in Mobile Games
The developer of the PUBG game, Krafton, has begun to look forward to redesigning one of the game's maps, which will be relaunched in the near future. Also, this will be accompanied by the return of one of the famous vehicles in the game, the Snowmobile.
The game is rebuilding another map from its previous maps, and the developer shared a first look at the new and improved Vikendi this week. It will be called "Vikendi Reborn" as it has been completely rebuilt from the ground up. It will also be accompanied by the return of the Snowmobile, a vehicle that has been attached to the snowy map in the past and will return alongside the rebuilt Vikendi.
Over the past week, the game's social accounts have been teasing us for the big Vikendi update with posts like the one below that show off mini-screenshots of the Vikendi Reborn map. We can see different points of interest highlighted throughout the broader overview of the map along with a pixelated image showing specific areas that players will likely be able to land in when they play the game on the new map.
The new PUBG map is supposed to be released on December 6th, so we won't have to wait long until we can explore it ourselves.
In addition to this teaser, the trailer also showed the return of the Snowmobile. Based on what we've seen so far, it's just a snowmobile and nothing more. However, it's still worth noting, since the PUBG team says it's been "improved" along with the new map in general.
This means that we should expect the Snowmobile to get modifications that might make touring more exciting than ever.
These teasers are just two of the ones we've had over the past few days, with more being shared across the game's YouTube channel and other social media. The developers recently held their own livestream where they talked more about Vikendi Reborn and gave away some G-Coin as well.
Also, one of the new tools that will be available with the next update is the performance of the "crowbar" or "crowbar" that you will be able to use to unlock locked doors and collect more resources. Also, this tool can be used to fight enemies, as we see in the video below.
The rebuilt Vikendi Reborn map, along with many new content, will arrive in PUBG on Tuesday, December 6, for the PC version. While it will reach the home version on December 16th. We expect that the update details will be revealed within the next few days or at the same date as the expected update.
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Five students of the six students who were caught on video bullying and assaulting a smaller boy were charged in juvenile court in Malaysia for rioting.
The video went viral after it surfaced online on Wednesday (Nov 5), sparking an uproar from the public who urged the police to act immediately.
The police are still looking for the sixth student, aged 15, while the remaining boys, aged between 13 and 14, were fixed bail at RM500 (S$193), reported The Star Online.
In the seven-minute video, six boys were were seen violently beating a smaller 11-year-old boy who can been seen crying and begging for mercy.
Post by Friends of BN - Barisan Nasional.
The incident happened in an orphanage in Perlis sometime between May 31 and June 1 this year.
The Star online quoting Datuk Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof, the Education director-general said that two of the boys has already been expelled from the school.


Conference tournaments began earlier this week with the Patriot League holding their quarterfinals Tuesday. They have their semifinals and title game Friday and Sunday respectively on Navy's campus. The ACC Tournament will be the second tournament that kicks off beginning with the semifinals tonight and the title game Sunday afternoon in Chester, PA.
This is the second year of a "new" ACC, with the only subtraction coming in the form of Maryland going to the Big Ten. So with five teams in the conference this year, Virginia, who went winless in conference play, will play Penn Saturday at 7:30. This game won't affect Penn at all, as they are currently sitting outside of the Ivy League Tournament. If they want to make it, Brown has to lose to Dartmouth Saturday. Virginia should be safely in, so this game should only play a part about seeding and whether or not they will host a first round game.
Now let's talk about the teams that will play in the ACC Tournament, first with Notre Dame. The #1 team in the nation clawed back against North Carolina last week at Arlotta Stadium after having a two-minute locked-in penalty and scoring three goals in the process to win by a single goal. Notre Dame's only blemish came early in the season with an OT loss at Denver. They look like a team that is poised for a run at the national championship.
The number two seed is North Carolina, who also looks like they might win it all this year for the first time in over twenty years. UNC has an explosive attack and deadly midfielders that will cause havoc against any defense that they face. Steve Pontrello's status is still unknown after missing last week at Notre Dame. They'll be coming out angry and wanting to play a full 60 minutes compared to last week.
UNC's opponent will also come out looking for revenge. Syracuse lost to UNC 17-15 about two weeks ago at Fetzer Field after falling behind early and pulling Bobby Wardwell at halftime. Wardwell will be in the cage Friday but will need to make saves on low shots, which has been his weakness the entire year. Better shooting early also has to be different, as the Orange didn't test Kieran Burke early in their first meeting. Randy Staats is now 100% and Henry Schoonmaker should play.
The two-time defining national champions will look to pull off a huge upset against Notre Dame. Duke hasn't had the season that they had the past two years, but have players such as Myles Jones, Deemer Class, and Justin Guterding to make another run into May. They lost 15-10 to Notre Dame at home a few weeks back, but maybe the Blue Devils can pull something out of their sleeve and have some luck of their own.
I think any of these teams can take the tournament, including Duke. The winner will more than likely take the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, since there is no AQ for winning the ACC due to the number of teams in the league.


In a month that has seen several controversial Supreme Court decisions, the Justices may have saved the biggest one for last.
On Wednesday, the Court handed down its decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which challenged the constitutionality of requiring government employees to pay dues to a public employees union.
Mark Janus, the plaintiff in the case, argued that the agency fees he paid to the union — and which could be used to advocate for positions he opposed — amounted to compelled political speech.
In other words, government employees across the country may opt out of joining their state's public employee unions and no longer will have to pay dues or fees.
Hawaii's policymakers anticipated the Janus decision. In April, Gov. David Ige signed HB 1725, which will allow government employees a 30-day period once a year in which they can opt out of paying union dues.
With the Janus decision only a few days old, it remains to be seen whether it will be followed by mass departures of union members. Some are bracing for a hit to both union membership and union coffers. However, a few unions from right-to-work states say it is possible to keep workers, and even attract more, when membership is voluntary.
In addition, states may look for new ways to support public employee unions. Some have suggested that states fund the unions directly. Others have proposed that legislators create "members only" unions, i.e. unions that only represent and negotiate for only their members. Non-members would not gain the same benefits as those under a union contract.
If Hawaii lawmakers choose to address the Janus decision, they will have to do so with the knowledge that the Court found the free-rider argument insufficient to overcome the First Amendment concerns. They will have to approach the issue in a way that balances Hawaii's longstanding union tradition with the civil liberty considerations brought forth in the ruling.


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Marjory Diane Lyons to present storytelling writing workshop in CWC's tent
by Deborah Trefts on July 19, 2021 632 views
DEBORAH TREFTS – STAFF WRITER
Everyone has a life story to share. Some people are comfortable doing so in public, while others only let their closest friends in on it, and still others open up only to family.
Celebrities, executives, politicians and people in the news often secretly hire professional writers to pen their memoirs and other texts on the condition that the attribution for the writing go to themselves, rather than to the writer impersonating them. There are so many ghostwriters in the United States, in fact, that there are ghostwriting organizations, such as the Association of Ghostwriters and United Ghostwriters.
For over 20 years, Marjory Diane Lyons has encouraged others to share their life stories, and she has helped them to do so without the subterfuge of ghosting.
At 4:30 p.m. Monday, July 19 in the tent on the front lawn of the Chautauqua Women's Club, she will lead a workshop titled "Telling Your Story in Words and Pictures."
This is Lyons' fourth visit to Chautauqua. In 2014, she taught a Special Studies course on the same topic.
"I have been a writer and educator all my life, starting in first grade when I 'played school' with my little sister, writing the alphabet on the blue walls of our playroom — with our mother's permission," Lyons said. "I still write and teach; it is my passion."
Hailing from Port Jefferson, New York, on Long Island's north shore, she said she majored in English and minored in history at New York State College for Teachers at Albany, which after World War II became the State University of New York at Albany.
"I had an excellent education that I often spoke about," Lyons said. "I got married, and I had four children, and they all went on to college and graduated. I have four great-grandchildren as well."
As it happens, one of her sons, Tim Jefferson, is the CWC's new house manager.
"I then spent five years teaching in the public schools on Long Island — first in Huntington and then Shoreham," Lyons said. "Huntington was on the 'wrong side of the track.' For the first two years I taught kindergarten, I taught wherever there was room (for me)."
In 1970, Lyons moved to Indianapolis.
"I went on to get my master's in guidance and counseling at Butler University in Indianapolis – the same June 1964 that my daughter graduated from college in Connecticut and my second son graduated from high school," she said.
After someone suggested that Purdue would be interested in her, Lyons said, she taught extension classes there in English.
"I had all boys," Lyons said. "Then the school merged and it became Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis. What I did then was I went to the Indiana Department of Instruction and wound up as assistant director of the Projects Division."
At the time, schools across America were being desegregated.
"We gave workshops on how to integrate schools," Lyons said. "People resisted it and they did not know what to do. I stayed with that work until I went to Florida in 1986."
I have been a writer and educator all my life, starting in first grade when I 'played school' with my little sister, writing the alphabet on the blue walls of our playroom — with our mother's permission. I still write and teach; it is my passion."
– Marjory Diane Lyons,
Writing instructor, coach
She also earned her doctoral degree from Walden University before heading to Fort Lauderdale to be near her family. She served for 22 years as a college professor in English and doctoral studies.
"During that time, one of my colleagues asked me to write his memoir, and I established Telling Your Story in 2001, to write and produce books of memoirs," Lyons wrote on her company website. "I continue that work today."
Since her retirement from teaching in 2008, Lyons has "been giving book talks, teaching writing for adults, and holding memoir-writing workshops in Vermont, Maine and Florida."
For 15 years, every Friday from October to June, writers in Broward County have been gathering for "Marjory's Friday Writing Workshop" in Pompano Beach, Florida.
"In 2018, I wrote two books in the Think you can't write? series on the craft of writing with co-author, Beverly Johns," Lyons wrote. Her short story "Good-bye, Volvo" won several awards and was later published in Lighthouse Point Magazine.
A live reading of her play, Revisiting To Kill a Mockingbird, will be performed at various places in Fort Lauderdale in early 2022.
"During this workshop, I will speak about how participants can utilize their own photographs to record their life story or memoir," Lyons said of her CWC presentation this afternoon. "The story can be a glimpse of a life history, or telling the entire life history."
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Ann Marie Lapkowicz is a friend of mine. Her daughter is now an international celebrity.
The story begins when Ann Marie's daughter Mary was in 4th grade. As PennLive.com reports, her friend Ben Moser worked hard to make sure that Mary was included in the games the other fourth graders would play.
Mary has Down Syndrome. But to Ben, Mary was not a statistic—she was a friend.
Ben informed his mother that, when he was old enough, he would invite Mary to the high school prom.
He also said his mother has never been prouder of him.
Mary's mother, my friend Ann Marie, told me she was wondering if allowing PennLive to publicize the story was the right thing to do. After all, she is protective of her children, and is even reluctant to post pictures of them on Facebook.
But she had heard that such positive stories can save the lives of Down Syndrome children (It has been estimated that 90 percent of Down Syndrome babies are aborted.). If it could save one life, she figured the discomfort of the spotlight would be worth it.
I have watched Mary grow up into a beautiful young woman. I have known her to rise very early to attend church with her family on weekday mornings. She is a very special girl, and it is heartwarming that the world has come to recognize that through the "prom-promise" made by an equally special young man.
Ben and Mary's friendship should provide a lesson to us all.
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