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Cook County is the second most populous county in the nation. It is the 19th largest government in the U.S.
County ups pressure to close Oak Forest
SouthtownStar
by Phil Kadner
Cook County is threatening to sue the state if it refuses to grant the application to close Oak Forest Hospital.
While state law gives the county the authority to operate a hospital, according to county board President Toni Preckwinkle, "it does not impose a legal obligation on Cook County" to do so.
In a letter to the chairman of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, Preckwinkle states, "One concern with a denial of the Oak Forest application is that it may ultimately be deemed an attempt on the part of a State agency to require Cook County to maintain certain inpatient services which are not within its budget and, thus, would be tantamount to an unfunded state mandate."
Oak Forest is one of three hospitals operated by the county's Health and Hospitals Systems Board.
Due to an overall budget deficit and concerns about inefficiencies and spending on the hospitals, Cook County created an independent board to oversee its hospital system. After nearly two years of study and public hearings, that board devised a strategic plan that includes closing Oak Forest Hospital by June 1.
The hospital would eventually be replaced by an outpatient clinic on the current hospital grounds, near 159th Street and Cicero Avenue, around 2015. In the meantime, the hospital's emergency room would operate as an intermediate care center.
But the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board must grant permission for a hospital to close. In March, the state board announced its intention to deny the county's request to close Oak Forest Hospital.
Cook County has six months to persuade the state board to reverse its decision.
A spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Health told me that no one at the state agency could recall a time when it followed through with its "intent to deny" a permit to close a hospital.
All the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board is really looking for is some assurance from Cook County that Southland residents who now use Oak Forest would be able to find health care somewhere else.
State health officials also indicated a lack of trust in the county's plan to open an outpatient clinic and wanted the county to address the needs of Southland patients in a more expedited fashion.
William McNary, co-director of Citizens Action of Illinois, accused county officials of attempting to "muscle" the state board into reversing its decision.
"All the state wants, all we want, is to see a plan from Cook County to address the needs of indigent patients in the south suburbs," McNary said. "We keep asking for that plan, and all we get is a lot of talk about a lack of money.
"Cook County Health and Hospitals Systems' top priority is ensuring the availability of high-quality health care services for all medically indigent residents. That's what we should be talking about."
In her letter to Dale Galassie, chairman of the health facilities board, Preckwinkle says that Cook County's 2011 budget "provides funding for the staffing, equipment and construction needs of a Regional Health Center on the Oak Forest Campus to facilitate the transformation ..."
"As Cook County Board president," Preckwinkle stated, "I am in a unique position to provide assurance that the Regional Health Center on the Oak Forest campus will be funded as provided in the County's (fiscal year) 2011 budget."
William Foley, chief executive of the county health care system, announced his intention to resign from office shortly after the state denied the county's request to close Oak Forest Hospital. But Foley is expected to appear before the state board at its May meeting as part of the county's effort to get the board to change its mind.
In addition, Cook County has hired a Chicago law firm with connections to state health officials to make the argument for closing Oak Forest.
The county apparently has no contingency plan in place to keep the hospital operating. It has cut inpatient services over the last two years, and the long-term care unit now has only five patients.
While the state may have the authority to open or close hospitals, its ability to force a hospital operator to continue funding a hospital is questionable.
In fact, the state board has done nothing as the county has continued to cut the medical staff and reduce patient care at Oak Forest Hospital over the past few years.
Will Davis (D-Homewood), chairman of an Illinois House committee on health care disparities, has scheduled a hearing on the proposed hospital closing at 1 p.m. May 2 at Oak Forest City Hall.


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Personality of the Week: Ademola Adeleke
The travails of a dancing senator on executive journey
Senator Ademola Adeleke (PDP - Osun West)
He started his political career in 2001 alongside his brother, the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who died in April 2017.
Onyedika Agbedo
The road to yesterday's governorship election in Osun State was very rough for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, aka Jackson. Though Ademola, who became a senator through a bye-election following the death of his elder brother, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, is not entirely a neophyte in politics, he literarily began to experience the other side of the game the moment he emerged the candidate of the PDP for the Osun guber election.
His closest rival in the contest, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, had alleged that the election was rigged in Adeleke's favour and rejected the result. The squabble dragged on until September 5, when Senate President Bukola Saraki brokered peace.
Also, two members of his party had shortly after he emerged the candidate accused him of parading a forged O'level result. In the suit filed on July 24 at an Osun State High Court, they sought an interlocutory order setting aside Adeleke's election as the governorship standard bearer of the party, as well as to stop him from parading himself as one, insisting that he did not satisfy the constitutional requirements to contest the gubernatorial primary. The case was, however, struck out by the presiding judge after the parties reached a truce and withdrew the matter.
READ ALSO: Adeleke sat for May/April 1981 exams – WAEC
The development signaled an end to opposition from within the PDP to the aspiration of the energetic dancing senator, and paved the way for the execution of an all-inclusive campaign by members of his party. But few days after the case was struck out, two other concerned natives of the state approached a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, in Bwari, Abuja, to again seek Adeleke's disqualification based on the allegation of certificate forgery.
The presiding judge, Justice O. A Musa, while adjudicating on the case, ordered the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to produce Adeleke's result last Wednesday, an order that the examination body promptly complied with. WAEC had in its response clarified that Adeleke, who currently represents Osun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, was listed as number 149 out of the 221 candidates that sat for the May/June examinations of the council at Ede Muslim High School, Ede, in 1981. The result, however, showed that he sat for only English Language out of all the registered subjects, which included Mathematics, Literature-in-English, Islamic Knowledge, Geography, Economics and Biology. While his supporters were still savouring the reprieve that came with the clarification, the police declared him wanted for examination malpractice just moments later. He was alleged to have committed the crime during the conduct of the 2017 National Examination Council Examination (NECO) examination at Ojo/Aro Community High School in the state. Consequently, the police asked him and four others to report to its Special Investigation Panel at the Abuja headquarters for arraignment in court last Wednesday. But for the quick intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, who overruled the Inspector General on Police on the matter, Adeleke would not have had the time to tidy up his campaign and tighten all loose ends for yesterday's election.
READ ALSO: Osun guber: PDP candidate Adeleke expresses satisfaction with process
The senator, however, appeared unruffled while his travails lasted. He ran his campaigns like every other candidate. He is also expectant of victory like the other contestants. Popular for his penchant for displaying his dancing acumen publicly, which has earned him the sobriquet, 'dancing senator', he emphatically declared, at an interactive session organised with the Oduduwa Youth Development Initiative in Osogbo four days ago, that he would dance to Osun Government House after emerging victorious at the poll.
It will be interesting to watch him if the gods grant his wish, because he would definitely introduce some victory dance steps to mock his traducers.
As the police invitation is still waiting for him, a court has ordered that he should not be arrested. The last on this would be heard after the elections, whether he wins or loses just as hearing on the certificate forgery case continues on September 25. How things would pan out for him in the days is, therefore, difficult to predict at the moment. It could be 'dance on' or 'dance over' for the senator.
Adeleke was born on May 13, 1960 to the family of a Second Republic senator and political leader of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), the late Senator Raji Ayoola Adeleke, the Balogun of Ede land.
He started his political career in 2001 alongside his brother, the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who died in April 2017. He was a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) until he decamped to the PDP, the platform under which he contested for and won the Osun West bye-election after the death of his brother.
He emerged as the governorship candidate of PDP in Osun State on July 23, 2018, after defeating his major contender by seven votes.
READ ALSO: Osun guber latest: Adeleke wins Irewole, Oyetola clears Olorunda, Olaoluwa, Ife South
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There is some wind from the sea in the walk with Gintaras Grajauskas. Winter in Klaipėda smells of cold sounds of blues; don't get surprised that your brain will chill by the end of the broadcast too.
Don't think it is bad to become cold a little bit! Such a change in temperature is like a stroll along unknown streets – you see and realise better what the world is and evaluate where you live.
"I love objectivity and lack of permission to myself… I love to disassociate from a big emotion and to hide it behind some objects. Such deliberate objectivity when you control yourself all the time... All this is distance which grants beauty to this world," these words of Rytis' interlocutor remind that creation is not flying in the clouds.
The sound of the construction drill that accompanies these words reminds that it is not easy to "search for poetry in places where it seems not to exist but there is much of it in fact". Where is poetry in the construction site? Everything depends on the ability to see.
Nothing more to tell, you should watch yourself.


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Q: NetWork On main thread Exception Hi, I try to check network connectivity and Internet present by using following method

check = new ConnectionDetector(getApplicationContext());
conn = check.isConnectingToInternet();

public class ConnectionDetector {

private Context _context;

public ConnectionDetector(Context context){
    this._context = context;
}

/**
 * Checking for all possible internet providers
 * **/
/*public boolean isConnectingToInternet(){
    ConnectivityManager connectivity = (ConnectivityManager) _context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
      if (connectivity != null)
      {
          NetworkInfo[] info = connectivity.getAllNetworkInfo();
          if (info != null)
              for (int i = 0; i < info.length; i++)
                  if (info[i].getState() == NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED)
                  {
                      return true;
                  }

      }
      return false;
}*/

public boolean isConnectingToInternet(){
    try{
        ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager)_context.getSystemService
                                                    (Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        NetworkInfo netInfo = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
        Log.d("NetInfo", String.valueOf(netInfo));
        if (netInfo != null && netInfo.isConnected())
        {
            //Network is available but check if we can get access from the network.
            URL url = new URL("http://www.Google.com/");
            HttpURLConnection urlc = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            urlc.setRequestProperty("Connection", "close");
            urlc.setConnectTimeout(2000); // Timeout 2 seconds.
            urlc.connect();
            Log.d("NetInfo Response Code", String.valueOf(urlc.getResponseCode()));
           // Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), String.valueOf(urlc.getResponseCode()), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            if (urlc.getResponseCode() == 200)  //Successful response.
            {
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                 Log.d("NO INTERNET", "NO INTERNET");
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return false;
}

}
Note :
But this will return NetworkOnMainThread Exception like follows.kindly any one suggest me what mistakes i made.......
03-27 12:53:35.617: W/System.err(1095): android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException
03-27 12:53:35.627: W/System.err(1095):     at android.os.StrictMode$AndroidBlockGuardPolicy.onNetwork(StrictMode.java:1084)
03-27 12:53:35.637: W/System.err(1095):     at java.net.InetAddress.lookupHostByName(InetAddress.java:391)
03-27 12:53:35.637: W/System.err(1095):     at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByNameImpl(InetAddress.java:242)
03-27 12:53:35.647: W/System.err(1095):     at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:220)
03-27 12:53:35.647: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpConnection.<init>(HttpConnection.java:71)
03-27 12:53:35.657: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpConnection.<init>(HttpConnection.java:50)
03-27 12:53:35.668: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpConnection$Address.connect(HttpConnection.java:351)
03-27 12:53:35.668: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpConnectionPool.get(HttpConnectionPool.java:86)
03-27 12:53:35.677: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpConnection.connect(HttpConnection.java:128)
03-27 12:53:35.687: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpEngine.openSocketConnection(HttpEngine.java:308)
03-27 12:53:35.699: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpEngine.connect(HttpEngine.java:303)
03-27 12:53:35.699: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpEngine.sendSocketRequest(HttpEngine.java:282)
03-27 12:53:35.707: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpEngine.sendRequest(HttpEngine.java:232)
03-27 12:53:35.718: W/System.err(1095):     at libcore.net.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:80)
03-27 12:53:35.727: W/System.err(1095):     at com.slet.routemytrips.beta.ConnectionDetector.isConnectingToInternet(ConnectionDetector.java:50)
03-27 12:53:35.727: W/System.err(1095):     at com.slet.routemytrips.beta.Disclaimer$1.onClick(Disclaimer.java:178)
03-27 12:53:35.738: W/System.err(1095):     at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:3480)
03-27 12:53:35.738: W/System.err(1095):     at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:13983)
03-27 12:53:35.748: W/System.err(1095):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:605)
03-27 12:53:35.757: W/System.err(1095):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
03-27 12:53:35.757: W/System.err(1095):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
03-27 12:53:35.767: W/System.err(1095):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4340)
03-27 12:53:35.777: W/System.err(1095):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
03-27 12:53:35.777: W/System.err(1095):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
03-27 12:53:35.787: W/System.err(1095):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
03-27 12:53:35.797: W/System.err(1095):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
03-27 12:53:35.807: W/System.err(1095):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
03-27 12:57:05.237: D/dalvikvm(90): GC_CONCURRENT freed 666K, 10% free 12624K/14023K, paused 6ms+10ms

A: You can't make HTTP requests on the main thread, it would cause the UI to freeze up.  So it throws that exception.  You need to do it in an AsyncTask or another Thread.

A: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/NetworkOnMainThreadException.html
NetworkOnMainThreadException is thrown if you attempt to make a network request in the main UI Thread. So all network related operation should be done on the background thread.
AsyncTask is designed to be a helper class around Thread and Handler and does not constitute a generic threading framework. AsyncTasks should ideally be used for short operations (a few seconds at the most.) If you need to keep threads running for long periods of time, it is highly recommended you use the various APIs provided by the java.util.concurrent pacakge such as Executor, ThreadPoolExecutor and FutureTask.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html
class TheTask extends AsyncTask<Void,Void,Void>
{
          protected void onPreExecute()
          {           super.onPreExecute();
                    //display progressdialog.
          }

           protected void doInBackground(Void ...params)
          {
                //http request. do not update ui here

                return null;
          }

           protected void onPostExecute(Void result)
          {
                    super.onPostExecute(result);
                    //dismiss progressdialog.
                    //update ui
          }

}

An alternative to asynctask is Robospice. Can make multiple spice request. Notifies on the ui thread. https://github.com/octo-online/robospice
To check Netowrk Connectivity.
In your activity
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
   if(CheckNetwork.isInternetAvailable(MainActivity.this))
   {
       //call asyntask and make http request.
   }
 }

CheckNetwork class
public class CheckNetwork {

private static final String TAG = CheckNetwork.class.getSimpleName();

public static boolean isInternetAvailable(Context context)
{
    NetworkInfo info = (NetworkInfo) ((ConnectivityManager)
    context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE)).getActiveNetworkInfo();

    if (info == null)
    {
         Log.d(TAG,"no internet connection");
         return false;
    }
    else
    {
        if(info.isConnected())
        {
            Log.d(TAG," internet connection available...");
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            Log.d(TAG," internet connection");
            return true;
        }

    }
}
}

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The Friends of the Western Swamp Tortoise group is part of the Threatened Species Network, through the World Wildlife Fund and seeks to raise local, national and international awareness of the critically endangered status of Australia's rarest reptile, the Western Swamp Tortoise, by providing information and educational resources.
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Australian Freshwater Turtle Conservation and Research Association
Their mission is to protect Australian freshwater turtle species and to promote research and study of them both in the wild and captivity.
Australian Freshwater Turtles is an online forum discussing all things turtles.
AusTurtle was established in June 2004 to promote sea turtle conservation and research in northern Australia.
The Red Eared Slider turtle is not native to Australia but has established isolated populations in Australia as well as in other countries. The Red Eared Slider has significant potential to spread further in Australia so it is important to report any found in the wild.
The Turtle Survival Alliance is a global partnership of individuals, zoos, aquariums, biologists and researchers who have joined together to help conserve threatened turtle species around the world. Turtles are among the world's most endangered vertebrates, with about half of their more than 300 species threatened with extinction.


One of the most important museums of Barcelona bears the name of Joan Miro (1893-1983), its famous artist, sculptor and citizen born here. This peculiar building, which sits on Montjuic hill, was designed by a prominent architect and close friend of Miro, Josep Lluis Sert, especially for the museum. Rational snow-white building contrasts with the surrounding green landscape while a typical Mediterranean patio, a system of arches and passages fill museum's halls and galleries with sunlight. Presented by Miro to the city and completed with art collections of Miro's admirers, the greatest set of the artist's works was presented to public in 1975. Placed chronologically throughout these spacious halls, the display reflects every artistic period and technique of Miro's work, starting from his childhood when he was 8 years old through the surrealism and fauvism to abstract paintings. There are all kinds of masterpieces at this museum, from great canvas to small book illustrations, and from intricate small statues to some huge simplified sculptures in the garden outside the building.
In Miro's bright and vibrant paintings filled with vivid colors a special emphasis was made on such images as Moon and the stars, birds and women (Man and Woman in Front of a Pile of Excrement (1936), Women and Birds at Sunrise (1946), The Gold of the Azure (1967)). This museum also gives an opportunity to see some masterpieces presented to Miro by other outstanding artists and sculptors, such as Antoni Tapies, Eduardo Chillida, Henry Moore, Marcel Duchamp. Here you will also meet the unique Mercury fountain by Alexander Calder. The museum often hosts modern art exhibitions.
You will also come across Miro's creations in the city streets. If you land in the T2 of Barcelona's airport you can go sightseeing straight away. In 1970 Joan Miro and his friend ceramist Josep Llorens decorated the terminal's facade with bright ceramics measuring 5x9 meters.
Miro park, located next to Las Arenas shopping mall, features the last masterpiece of the artist, a 22 meter high sculpture named Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird).
A few steps from the Gran Teatre del Liceu and Casa Bruno Cuadros, near Liceu metro station and Plaça de la Boqueria there is a masterpiece right under your foot, on the pavement – this bright mosaic was made by Joan Miro. It is no coincidence that in 1976 the artist decided to place it here. This part of the Rambla boulevard is located not far from 4 Passatge del Crédit, where Miro was born.
After you enjoy Miro's creations, you might want to have something to eat, in which case you can drop by the museum's restaurant or walk up to 31 Avinguda de Miramar to taste some fine delicacies in El Xalet de Montjuic, a restaurant offering great panoramic terrace views over the city. Excellent Catalan and Mediterranean cuisine and quick service. Open daily: 1 pm – 4 pm, 8 pm – 12 am.
Opening hours: October - June Tue-Wed, Fri-Sat 10 am – 7 pm, Thu 10 am – 2.30 pm; July - September Tue-Wed, Fri-Sat 10 am – 8 pm, Thu 10 am – 9 pm, Sun and holidays 10 am – 2.30 pm; сlosed on Mondays, except for holidays; one of the 6 city museums available for visit with a single ticket without waiting in lines (Barcelona Museum Pass).


Waiting on pins and needles for your mortgage to go through processing can be pretty stressful. We aim to alleviate that stress so you can have a happy home buying experience from start to finish.
1. Don't apply for new credit.
Give your loan officer a heads up before opening any new accounts (or even borrowing money from retirement funds). Adjustments to your credit profile can cause delays, change your financing terms, or even prevent closing entirely.
2. Don't switch jobs or your employment status.
Avoid any career changes because they may have a negative impact. For example, changing from full-time to part-time, salary to commission, or receiving a new bonus structure can put a wrench in mortgage processing.
3. Don't make undocumented deposits.
Try to keep your deposits separate and small. The source of large and even some small deposits will need to be verified. Make copies of each check and deposit slip. Avoid depositing cash.
4. Don't wait to liquidate funds.
If you need to sell investments, do so as soon as possible and document the transaction. There's always a risk that the market will move against you which can leave you short of cash at closing.
5. Don't be afraid to ask questions!
Your loan officer will provide answers if you're not sure what you should or shouldn't do while your mortgage is being processed.
1. Do make yourself available.
Underwriters may need to collect various documents and financial records from you. Keep your phone close and check your email often. Even if a request seems intrusive, remember the request wouldn't be made if it wasn't necessary to process your mortgage.
2. Do prepare to verify your income and assets.
Underwriters typically verify your income and tax documents through your employer(s), CPA, and/or IRA tax transcripts. Be ready to share information as needed. Keep all pay stubs and asset account statements in a safe place.
3. Do follow the rules on receiving gift money.
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If you're a renter, continue paying rent on time and keep proof of payments. If you're selling your current home, be prepared to show your Settlement Statement.
If you will be renting out your current residence, you may have to show sufficient equity, a lease, and receipt of the first month's rent and security deposit.
5. Do keep your credit shining.
A negative change to your credit profile can cause you to lose the prequalification. Although your credit is sometimes not fully in your hands, one important thing you can do is continue making all payments on time to keep your credit as stable as possible.
Always consult with your loan officer before making any financial decisions during loan processing. This approach can save you from headaches that could be avoided.


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Robert Edwards of 2006's political satire Land of the Blind, has been roped to adapt the book.
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According to a US magazine, Pitt was caught red-handed by Jolie massaging the back of their "pretty young nanny" in their twins' bedroom.
While Pitt tried to calm the situation, the infuriated actress is said to have slapped him across his face.


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Let's face it, most industry people don't have a clue. Only a few have the power to break new artists and the knowledge, finances and contacts to support, develop and nurture them to success.
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Miss Udagawa enthusiastics to be a war correspondent.
"To tell the truth, I have hoped to go to the field as embedded journalist if I have a chance."
Ayako has wanted to confirm the truth firsthand.
"It's natural as an author in the time of war.
Ayako seems to be offered as a member of the pen unit by Miss Hasebe.
And Miss Udagawa targets Hyakuren.
She criticizes Renko about her love romances.
Mitsuyo Udagawa rides on the wave of the era and Renko rebles against it.
Miss Hasebe gets Hanako into the discussion.
Hanako wants to defend the dreams of children while Hasebe ans Udagawa dye into the madness of the time.
"i don't know why they can sink into one color."
Eiji listens to Hanako talking her distress.
"I envy you, dad, mom."
E: Once upon a time, I went to Shuwa Jogakko for borrow a dictionary and strong woman throw me.
B: Your English has improved.
E: Thank you very much.
S: Miss Blackburn will go home Canada soon. So she wanted to say goodbye to you.
H: I'm going to miss you.
B: In the future, I don't know what will happen between our two countries but what I do know is... we will be friends forever.
B: Wherever I may be, I will be wishing for your happiness with all my heart. Your translation's our symbol of friendship our two country share.
H: Miss Blackburn, your words are always in here. The best things are never in the past, but in the future.
B: Hana. Please keep this dream of mine alive. Love and peace for everyone in the country.
You can look back on the strory here.
And here you can find the speace of Miss Blackburn indluding her words, "The best things are never in the past, but in the future."
He looks around and close the door.
"Don't close to Renko's house for a while."
"You don't have to think of it. Do as I said. Understand?"


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Written by identical twins Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli, the book chronicles the stories of Olympic team members who trained thousands of hours for their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory in Moscow only to become pawns in a political Cold War chess match between superpowers. The book also outines the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that led to the boycott, efforts by some athletes to overturn to the boycott by legal means and the entire 1980 team's eventual ceremonial gold. Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale wrote the book's foreword.
Beardsley, a native of New York, N.Y., resident of Chatham, N.J., and a standout swimmer at the University of Florida set the world record in the 200 butterfly at the 1980 Olympic Trials.
Don Paige (Athletics) Philadelphia, Pa.
Gwen Gardner (Athletics) Los Angeles, Calif.
Gene Mills (Wrestling) Pompton Lakes, N.J.
Bill Hanzlik (Basketball) Beloit, Wisc.
Amy Koopman (Gymnastics) Arlington Heights, Ill.
Isiah Thomas (Basketball) Chicago, Ill.
Carol Blazejowski (Basketball) Fairview, N.J.
Luci Collins (Gymnastics) Englewood, Calif.
David Kimes (Shooting) Monterey Park, Calif.
Brian Gust (Wrestling) Lakeville, Minn.
Linda Cornelius Waltman (Athletics) Ft. Worth, Tx.
Thomas Schuler (Cycling) Birmingham, Mich.
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A solo exhibition about symbiotic relationships in the natural world.
Good For You is a body of work highlighting the unexpected symbiotic relationships found in nature.
As an artist, I am continually drawn to the mysterious aspects of our natural world. I seek to understand our natural environments better, and to share these beautiful realities with others. It seems that there are infinite lessons to be learned from the way that chemicals, bacteria, species, and ecosystems, interact.
In an era where mankind feels fractured, I have found comfort in the natural and beneficial relationships between species in all types of environments. If these species can empower one another, we as humans should learn to peacefully engage with one another as well.
All three types of symbiosis (mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism) can be found in human relationships, and in our relationship with nature. This show focuses on mutualism, where both entities are benefiting equally.
I have fused two personal artistic styles, allowing familiar creatures to be seen in a new way. I seek to demonstrate the seen and unseen efforts and benefits that come from working interdependently with the planet and one another.
My hope is that humanity will learn to be in a symbiotic relationship with our planet.
Learning more about our natural world allows us to know and love the incredible earth we have more deeply, and care for it more fully.
Parasitism: one gains while the other suffers.
WARTHOG AND MONGOOSE || This unusual friendship was first discovered in Uganda. Warthogs will lie in mud and welcome the mongoose to come and pick off its ticks and other insects, ensuring the warthogs grooming and health, and the mongoose gets a meal.
CROCODILE AND EGYPTIAN PLOVER || After a meal, crocodiles have been found to sit on the river bank with their mouth wide open. This signals the plover to enter and they clean their teeth by picking off food remains which prevents infection. The bird gets a good meal and the crocodile remains dentally hygienic and healthy.
Their secondary function is that the bird easily senses danger and lets out warning cry's that signal the crocodiles dash into the safety of the river where they disappear.
SHARK AND REMORA || Remora are small fish that eat the parasites on the sharks skin and clean it's mouth and teeth as well. They are also known to consume any scraps the shark may drop after a hunt. They keep the shark healthy, and in return they are offered meals, protection, and transportation through the vast arts of the ocean. Sharks recognize the need for the care of the remora fish so much so that if necessary they will risk danger in order to slow down and receive care.
OSTRICH AND ZEBRA || Though they may be an unlikely pair, they balance each other well. Ostriches have poor sense of hearing and smell, while the zebra has poor eyesight. Together however they are a power couple and help each other avoid predators. What one lacks, the other shines in, together they help to keep each other safe.
CLOWNFISH AND SEA ANEMONE || Clownfish rarely leave their anemone. During the day the clownfish will search for food near the sea anemone, and at night return to cuddle in its tentacles. It is immune to it's sting and poison. In turn the Clownfish protects the anemone from Butterfly fish that eat anemones.
According to National Geographic, new discoveries show that the clownfish also fertilizes the anemone with it's waste. They also have found that the fish help the anemones breathe at night. Anemones rely on currents to provide oxygen and nutrients. Clownfish remain active during the night, allowing water to flow through the tentacles and for the anemone to receive oxygen and nutrients that are critical to its health and growth.
GROUPER AND OCTOPUS || Much like the coyote and badger, the grouper and octopus are able to better catch prey together than a part. The grouper will find prey and signal to the octopus where the prey is hiding and together they trap the prey. A stunning documentation of this hunt can be found on Blue Planet II.
COYOTE AND BADGER (not pictured) || Coyotes and badgers are known to team up to help each other hunt. Both species tend to lead solitary lives and tend to struggle with certain prey on their own. The elusive prairie dog and ground squirrel has led them to form this unlikely alliance. Coyotes will chase the prey into the grasslands. As they run from the coyote and attempt to find shelter in their home, the crafty badger greets them at the entrance of their hole, having tucked itself into their home. Together they ensure that both hunters don't go hungry.


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iHeartMedia, the largest radio broadcaster in the United States, is buying podcast company Stuff Media for $55 million. Stuff Media makes over 25 shows, such as How Stuff Works and — with 5.3 million monthly listeners — is the fifth largest podcasting company according to Podtrac. About 73 million Americans listen to podcasts at least once a month, so this is at the very least a hedge and at the very most a bet on the medium from the traditional audio company.
Anne Steele and Benjamin Mullin, The Wall Street Journal
What would it actually cost to manufacture the iPhone in the United States? Estimates show that — ignoring the enormous costs of relocating specialized technological supply chains across an ocean — making the product in the U.S. would only cost about $30 to $40 more per phone, and only about $100 more per phone if every part was made in the U.S., which given Apple's 64 percent profit margin is not all that much, all things considered. Now realistically, that logistical shift would be bananas. But lost in the weeds here is that China, where the phones are manufactured, only makes an estimated $8.46 per iPhone made out of the $240 factory cost, which can be misleading when investigating trade surpluses and deficits.
Emily Stewart, Vox
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Political Perception
I know this may come as a shock to many of you, but some people in the U.S. strongly disagree about politics these days. Republicans are more likely than Democrats to rate the Democratic Party as very liberal, and Democrats are more likely than Republicans to rate the Republican Party as very conservative. A full 55 percent of Republicans consider the Democratic Party as very liberal on an 11 point scale, while 35 percent of Democrats rated the Republican Party as very conservative on the same scale.
A survey found 60 percent of small business owners felt that advertising on Facebook was ineffective, and a new lawsuit brought by an investing website alleges that Facebook is actually misleading advertisers about the efficacy of their offerings. Facebook made $13 billion from ads last quarter, but the new suit claims that while the social network purports 89 percent accuracy when reaching target audiences, Investor Village found the rate to be closer to 60 percent. I mean, I am shocked, just shocked to learn that people don't trust claims made by Facebook.
Jasmine Garsd, NPR
Bad news, Whigs: while 68 percent of Americans say the two major parties don't adequately represent the American people and desire a third party — a 20-year high — new research underscores why that pent-up demand doesn't coalesce around an actual third party. Namely, of those who crave a third party, 18 want one to the left of the Democrats, 23 percent want one to the right of the Republicans, and 37 percent want it somewhere in the nebulous center, and good luck getting a coalition out of that spread.
Lee Drutman, William A. Galston and Tod Lindberg, Voter Study Group
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Lincoln Towing Service — the bane of the Chicago motorist — has had its commercial vehicle relocators license revoked. From July 2015 to March 2016, of 9,470 vehicles towed by Lincoln at least 800 were unauthorized. Their reportedly exorbitant rates and frightful reputation literally inspired a folk song called "Lincoln Park Pirates."
Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal
A new study found that 49 percent of clinical trials in the European Union since 2004 did not report their results following the conclusion of the trial. This is bad for patients, as failure to report results — good or bad — obscures information that doctors and regulators may really need to know to improve patient outcomes. There are 104 entities that have at least 50 trials in the works, and only 11 of those major sponsors had a 100 percent compliance rate.
Jane C. Hu, Quartz
A new study finds men speak far more than women on earnings calls. The average earnings call has 14 people contributing, with the average makeup being three male corporate representatives, one female corporate representative, six male analysts, two female analysts, and two participants where the gender wasn't determined. In 2018, women made up 11.1 percent of call participants and accounted for 8.7 percent of talk time.
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Administration of Freedom of Information Requests
The audit objectives were to assess: the appropriateness of agencies' policies for dealing with requests for information in accordance with the FOI Act; and assess agencies' compliance with the provisions of the FOI Act, in relation to selected requests for information.
Australian Federal Police; Attorney-General's Department; Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts; Department of Veterans' Affairs; Australian Customs Service; Civil Aviation Safety Authority
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Management of Protective Security
The objective of the audit was to assess whether protective security functions in selected organisations were being effectively managed. In considering effectiveness, the audit assessed whether protective security arrangements: - were designed within the context of the business framework and the related security risks identified by the organisation; and - provided an appropriate level of support for the organisation's operations and the delivery of its services.
Attorney-General's Department; Department of Family and Community Services; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
Financial Delegations for the Expenditure of Public Monies in FMA Agencies
The objectives of the audit were to: assess whether financial delegations associated with the expenditure of public monies were determined, applied and managed in accordance with applicable legislation, Government policy and applicable internal controls; and identify better practices and recommend improvements as necessary to current practices.
AusAID; Australian Competition and Consumer Commission; ComSuper; Department of the Treasury; Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; Department of Finance and Administration
Management of Repatriation Health Cards
The objective of the audit was to examine DVA's implementation of the Repatriation health card system, which aims to ensure that veterans can obtain health care through community-based providers and facilities.
Published: Wednesday 31 March 2004
Corporate Governance in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Follow-up Audit
In April 2002, the ANAO tabled Audit Report No.40 2001-02 Corporate Governance in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ( the 2002 audit). In August 2003, the ABC submitted a report to the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) on its progress in implementing the recommendations from the 2002 audit and the JCPAA report. This follow-up audit examined the ABC's implementation of recommendations from both reports, using the ABC's progress report as its base.


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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica has expressed concern over the attack on the Teletica TV channel in Costa Rica.
PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter has condemned the attack on station and urged the concerned authorities to immediately investigate the matter and determine the motive behind the attack on Teletica.
According to the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), at around 11:30 p.m. on July 27 an explosive device was blasted, damaging one of the window of TV station. However, no one got injured.
The judicial authorities have stated that the footage caught three individuals while placing an object on the electric light post at some five yards from the station building.
IAPA President María Elvira Domínguez and editor of the news portal La Silla Rota, Roberto Rock asked the concerned authorities to investigate the matter and find out if the attack is in retaliation against Nicaraguan journalist in exile Carlos Fernando Chamorro.
Chamorro, is an editor of the program "Esta Noche y Esta Semana" (Tonight and This Week) on Teletica. Chamorro is in exile in Costa Rica since January 2019, after the Ortega government' police force raided and destroyed his offices in Managua.


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Overlooking the Sea of Cortes, at the last outpost of development before the comforts of modern civilization give way to rugged, unspoiled coastline, the Puerto Los Cabos golf course will take you on a journey you won't soon forget. With spectacular ocean views from every hole and dramatic elevation changes this composite course, bearing the proud signatures of Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman, two of the great masters of the game, will challenge and thrill you.
Golf at Puerto Los Cabos presents a unique opportunity in that our opening 18 holes are a composite design consisting of 9 holes from Jack Nicklaus and 9 holes from Greg Norman.
Aerial view of Golf Course holes at Puerto Los Cabos
Two Great Champions, Two Spectacular Courses
Capitalizing on the site's natural beauty was a principal goal for both these champions. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Course, which will be the Resort course, is certain to rank as one of Los Cabos' best public courses. The Greg Norman Signature Course will be the private course, reserved solely for the homeowners of the community. Both of these fabulous courses will faithfully carry out the vision of two of the greatest players of all time.
Golf Director: Sergio Castillo
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Aerial Views of Puerto Los Cabos Golf Courses. Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, July 2017.
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Discover the evolution of an Indianapolis landmark from a German clubhouse to a hub of modern urban life on guided tours with Indiana Landmarks and the Athenaeum Foundation.
Photo by Chris Bucher
Explore a German-American Landmark on our Athenaeum Tour
NOTE: To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, masks may be recommended for tour participants, pending local health directives.
The Athenaeum, built in 1894 and 1898 as Das Deutsche Haus, remains true to the "sound mind in a sound body" ethos of its freethinker German founders. Author Kurt Vonnegut's architect grandfather's firm Vonnegut & Bohn designed the German gymnasium and clubhouse, which the author declared his favorite of all of his ancestor's works. Anxious to preserve their culture, and accustomed to clubs, German-Americans created societies for music, recreation and social activity, political and philosophical discussion, theater, exercise, and more.
In partnership with the Athenaeum Foundation, Indiana Landmarks proudly offers guided tours of this National Historic Landmark.
On the 60-minute guided tour of the Athenaeum, tourgoers will:
Learn about the Athenaeum's unique German-inspired architectural features.
Explore the evolution of the building from a German clubhouse to a hub of modern urban life, with a theater, YMCA, and the Rathskeller, a restaurant/pub in continuous operation since the landmark's earliest days.
Discover how the Athenaeum was saved when it faced an uncertain future and restored, still fulfilling the role of clubhouse for cultural development and physical health.
See spaces usually inaccessible to the public, including rooms overlooking the Biergarten and gym, and the theater's stage. Please note these spaces are subject to room availability and all spaces may not be available depending on building programming.
Please be advised that the tour includes trips up and down three sets of stairs. If you need accommodations for a more accessible route, please alert your guide prior to the tour.
Tours are offered on select Sundays, May through November. In 2022, tours will depart at 1:45 p.m. and 2 p.m. on the following dates:
Tours last approximately one hour and depart from the vestibule inside the Coat Check Coffee entrance to the Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis.
Parking: Park at meters on the surrounding streets. On-street parking nearby is typically free on Sundays.
The tour costs $10 per person age 12 and up; $8 per member of Indiana Landmarks; $5 per child (age 6-11); and is free for children ages 5 and under.
Secure your spot by purchasing tickets in advance via the form below, by visiting athenaeumtour2022.eventbrite.com or by calling Indiana Landmarks, 317-639-4534 or reservations@indianalandmarks.org.
Bier and Building Experiences
A special, adults-only Bier & Building experience is offered on select Thursday evenings, June through August 2022, on the following dates:
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Another time? We offer Athenaeum tours for groups, arranged for the date and time of your choosing. Visit the Indianapolis Group Tours & Field Trips page for full details.


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Music Industry Education Summit Comes To Nashville
Nashville, TN (November 21, 2006)--The Producers & Engineers Wing (P&E Wing) of The Recording Academy, Nashville's Belmont University (Mike Curb College Of Entertainment and Music Business) and the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA) hosted a two-day "Music Industry Education Summit" last week. The Summit was a series of workshops and educational seminars focusing on the current and future direction of the music industry.
Nashville, TN (November 21, 2006)–The Producers & Engineers Wing (P&E Wing) of The Recording Academy, Nashville's Belmont University (Mike Curb College Of Entertainment and Music Business) and the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA) hosted a two-day "Music Industry Education Summit" last week. Shown (l-r) are the panelists from Session IV – Record Technology/Production: George Massenburg (Little Feat, James Taylor), P&E Wing executive director Maureen Droney, Jeff Balding (Keith Urban, Megadeth), Justin Niebank (Rascal Flatts, Los Lonely Boys) and Trina Shoemaker (Sheryl Crow, Queens of the Stone Age). Photo courtesy of The Recording Academy. Photographed by: Tim Jackson/WireImage.com(c)2006.The Summit was a series of workshops and educational seminars focusing on the current and future direction of the music industry.
The Music Industry Education Summit brought key music educators from around the country to Music City the weekend of November 10-11 to interact with leading publishers, lawyers, artist management, record label executives, music marketing professionals and Grammy-winning producers and engineers with the goal of improving the quality of music and entertainment education.
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Long story short neatly 15 years ago right after I turned 21 I got drunk at a family gathering at my inlaws house and of course acted stupid. To this day they still hold this against me. From time to time they demand another apology, they insult or make fun of me. They never take anything I say seriously ever. If I try to have any conversation at all they usually either ignore me, scuff at me or tell me that what I have to say is not important. They label me as a drunkard and say that I'm an alcoholic although I hardly drink like I use to when I was young and in college. One of the family members even works in a drug rehab center (the person is not a doctor). At family gatherings since then, everytime they offer me booze and they feel the need to tell me where the alcohol is located and everytime I'm always telling them no I don't want anything. They are always hanging this over me.
What I don't understand is why do they do this? When they did stuff like cheat on their spouses, get arrested or had drunk driving related incidents NO ONE is allowed to bring it up or discuss it yet it's perfectly fine to discuss my shortcomings from nearly a decade ago.
I have gone through alot in my life from almost being killed by a family member trying to set me on fire, to being raped. I forgave those who hurt me to help me heal. So I don't understand why my inlaws can't forgive me for my bad actions so long ago and I get treated this way.
Is there a name for the behavior that they are displaying? How should I handle this?


The 24th EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference took place in Stockholm in Sweden from 31st October – 3rd November 2016.
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Young mum joins growing band of women choosing post-pregnancy plastic surgery
With the pressure on young mums to get back into shape after pregnancy and images of all those 'snap-back' celebrities like Kate Middleton and Victoria Beckham making it look like a breeze, many women are looking to cosmetic surgery to return to their shapely selves after having children, especially in this 'Yummy Mummy' era.
Every woman who has been pregnant knows the body can change dramatically after giving birth and breastfeeding. One of the biggest changes can affect the breasts, which can sag as well as increase or decrease in size.
Joanna Lumb, 30, from Huddersfield, is one of a growing number of women having cosmetic surgery to help restore their pre-pregnancy shape. Joanna, who works for her partner's graphic design business in Leeds, opted for breast augmentation at Spire Leeds Hospital.
Following the birth of her daughter, Lila, two years ago, Joanna was upset to see the toll it had taken on her body. "I was happy with my shape before pregnancy, however, after childbirth I lost the baby weight and my breasts disappeared," she said.
For Joanna, the problem was highlighted when she went on holiday. "It had already started to bother me although I felt fine in my clothes as I wore a padded bra. However, when I saw myself in a bikini there was nothing there; I could only see the breastbones. It made me feel self conscious."
When she returned from holiday, Joanna talked to a friend who had recently had breast implants, who recommended a cosmetic surgeon; Ms Grainne Bourke at Spire Leeds Hospital. After doing some research Joanna made an appointment to see her.
"I had a long list of questions and Grainne went through them with me. She then recommended that I go away and think about it before making a decision although I was pretty certain at that point and soon after that I returned and booked the procedure."
Consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Grainne Bourke, performed the procedure at Spire Leeds Hospital which increased her size from an A to a D cup.
"The care was excellent. I'm an anxious patient and because of this they moved me up to the first on the operating list on the morning of surgery so I would not have to wait around feeling nervous. I was really grateful for that."
"I wanted a natural shape and chose a teardrop rather than a round implant as I'm quite petite and wanted to look like before I had my daughter, just a little bigger. Grainne helped guide me through the choices about the type of size of implants that would be best for me and I felt total confidence in her advice."
Grainne Bourke said, "Young women have always wanted to get back into pre pregnancy shape and are very motivated - as some celebrity mums are portrayed as achieving this quickly and apparently easily, it does add pressure."
She explained the changes pregnancy can make to the body, "During pregnancy and breast feeding there is a significant increase in the volume of breast tissue. This is a normal process and prepares the breast for the possibility of milk production in the future. After pregnancy and breastfeeding as hormones gradually revert to pre-pregnancy levels the breast tissue gradually shrinks. However the breast pocket has been stretched and the shape and appearance of breasts is altered permanently."
"Women tend to either want to restore the breast shape and size they had before having children or they want to maintain the larger breast size they got used to having during pregnancy," added Grainne Bourke.
Record numbers of Britons are having cosmetic surgery procedures.Last year, more than 50,000 operations were carried out in the UK by members of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons with breast augmentation remaining the most popular procedure in the UK.* As only one in three plastic surgeons is a member of the organisation, the true figure is likely to be much higher.
Grainne Bourke advises patients to wait at least six months after giving birth and breastfeeding before even considering any type of cosmetic surgery procedure.
Joanna went home the day after surgery and was back at work after about two weeks. She said she is very happy with the result, "I chose to have the surgery for myself. It was the right choice for me and I feel like I did it for the right reasons. It's made me so much happier with my body. My breasts are even better than before I was pregnant and it's made me feel more confident and feminine."
Grainne Bourke added, "Joanna had considered surgery very carefully and was well researched on breast implants and the risks involved with surgery as well as the positive side. This is important as it indicates she took time to weigh up the pros and cons of surgery and made an informed choice to proceed."
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TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2016 /CNW/ - TD Direct Investing announced today the addition of conditional order types to its flagship trading platform, WebBroker. As the first Canadian bank-owned brokerage to bring this offering to market, the new order types will provide self-directed investors with greater control and flexibility in managing their portfolios, even when they're away from their computer.
"Investors look to TD Direct Investing to deliver innovative solutions that empower them to achieve their financial goals, and we're thrilled to be introducing this powerful suite of new order types," said Calvin MacInnis, President, TD Direct Investing. "These are tools that professional traders have enjoyed for a long time, and will be a real game-changer for retail investors."
The new conditional order types will enable investors to determine entry and exit strategies up-front and automatically execute their trading plans with greater ease and precision. The abilities range from triggering an order to sell at a higher price once a buy order is completed, to more complex order strategies which actively monitor market conditions to automate a sequence of trades in order to limit downside risk or lock in gains.
"The market changes quickly and investors can now keep up with fully automated, pre-determined trade order executions, rather than making on-the-spot decisions or missing out altogether", adds MacInnis. "Whether you're an active trader or a longer-term investor, our offering of these new order types opens up a lot of possibilities to help achieve your investing goals."
For more information about TD Direct Investing, visit tddirectinvesting.ca.
About TD Direct Investing
TD Direct Investing is Canada's largest online broker[1], a division of TD Waterhouse Canada Inc., a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
About TD Bank Group
The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group ("TD" or the "Bank"). TD is the sixth largest bank in North America by branches and serves approximately 25 million customers in three key businesses operating in a number of locations in financial centres around the globe: Canadian Retail, including TD Canada Trust, TD Auto Finance Canada, TD Wealth (Canada), TD Direct Investing, and TD Insurance; U.S. Retail, including TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, TD Auto Finance U.S., TD Wealth (U.S.), and an investment in TD Ameritrade; and Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities. TD also ranks among the world's leading online financial services firms, with approximately 10.8 million active online and mobile customers. TD had CDN$1.2 trillion in assets on July 31, 2016. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades under the symbol "TD" on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges.
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Home/Featured Slider/Tong Garden Centre: Dinosaur Discovery attraction to be launched
Tong Garden Centre: Dinosaur Discovery attraction to be launched
A small army of mechanical dinosaurs are preparing to take over woods in Bradford ? part of an attraction 65 million years in the making.?Dinosaur Discovery is based on land behind?Tong?Garden Centre in Tong Lane and once it opens will wow visitors with animatronic prehistoric beasts.
The brainchild of Christian Cristobal ? a dinosaur enthusiast who has created several theme park attractions in the Far East ? the interactive park is expected to open by spring.
He is opening his project in partnership with the garden centre, which will complement it by opening a new dinosaur-themed gift shop.
Once open, Mr Cristobal hopes to add new dinosaurs and features every few months.
The attraction will include animatronic dinosaurs, static beasts and hydraulic models that visitors will be able to control themselves, ranging from the early days of the Triassic era to the Ice Age.
As they walk through the lakeland woods there will be information about the different dinosaurs, which include a fierce Dilophosaurus, towering Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pteranodon and Velociraptor.
Other prehistoric creatures get a showing too. A woolly mammoth, neanderthal hunter and prehistoric snake are among the creatures that will find a home there. The creatures are made from a mix of silicone, rubber, foam and fabric, all wrapped around a metal skeleton.
Mr Cristobal has been hard at work since Bradford Council?s planning department gave the idea a roar of approval in October.
He has battled terrible winter weather to install the dino models and landscape the site so it could be open by spring. While the heavy wind and rain did not wipe the dinosaurs out like the fateful asteroid all those millions of years ago, it did cause some setbacks. One large dinosaur was blown into a lake on the site and had to be fished out and repaired.
The goal is for the park to be interactive and children will even be given a chance to become a dinosaur with a specially created costume that allows its wearers to walk with dinosaurs.
Mr Cristobal moved to Yorkshire from the Philippines more than a decade ago and has previously created ghost trains and similar attractions in China. He had wanted to set up a dinosaur attraction in the area for several years and after some research decided Tong Garden Centre would be the perfect place for it.
He said: ?The site is really beautiful and the garden centre really liked the idea. It has been a big challenge to do it. We wanted to open by the end of February, but that seems impossible because of the weather. In the past few days dinosaurs have been blown over by the wind so we are going to have to re-build a few, but we will hopefully be open by spring.
?Most of the dinosaurs have been set up for animatronics. Every few months I?m going to upgrade them. With a dinosaur park, or any kind of attraction, it is a process of non-stop building. You have to have new things every few months to give people a reason to come back.
?I have so many ideas to keep upgrading the park. There is going to be an area where the kids will be able to operate some dinosaurs.?
He admits many people were sceptical about such an unusual plan, adding: ?People were saying to me, ?you must be crazy?. It just came out of nowhere.?
Despite this he has managed to turn around the bulk of the project in the space of a few months.
He said word of mouth of Dinosaur Discovery is already spreading and schools have already enquired about visits.
In the past few weeks his team, including artists and volunteers, have been working on decorating the dinosaurs and building the impressive Jurassic Park-style gates to the attraction.
While there are other parks in the UK where visitors can walk among dinosaurs, most of these have fibreglass or static models. The Tong dinosaurs will all have the ability to move and roar.
There will also be appearances by Mr Cristobal?s T-Rex costume, a mechanical suit that allows him to become a walking ?king of the dinosaurs?.
Additions that he is already planning include a huge Brachiosaurus, a caveman dwelling and a prehistoric sea creature rising up from the lake which the dinosaurs are based around.
Angela Palmer, one of the garden centre managers, said: ?We?re really looking forward to this opening up.
?When we were approached about it by Christian it sounded really different.?
She said that as well as a dinosaur gift shop there will be a new menu for the cafe to cater for the visitors and a play area.
Entrance fees have yet to be set, but Mr Cristobal hopes to keep them low that so families can visit multiple times.
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They say that creativity often finds you when you're not looking. As the case for Witches, the alternative/indie rock duo from Chicago, whose project sprouted after an impromptu jam session between its members. "We had no expectations or idea that we'd be starting a new music project," explained guitarist Andy A. "We had so much fun with those first couple of jam sessions that it organically grew into something bigger than we expected."
From the start Andy, along with singer and keyboardist Ivan Gaona, found momentum with their collaboration. They both sought a new outlet to express their creativity. Having already worked with Gaona on several photo and video projects, he introduced the idea of writing a song together. The result: the formation of Witches.
"I think our biggest goal is to create a connection for people through our melodies. That is what we want people to take away when they hear our music" Ivan says.
Brewing in the cauldron: an indie pop concoction that's simmered with dashes of dark alternative, reminiscent of bands like TV on the radio, Interpol, LCD sound system, Fobia, and Soda Stereo. The band's forthcoming debut EP summons the spirits of 80s new wave, blending It with a diverse range of influences from indie rock and pop. Their focus is melody and mood, to capture and communicate a vibe to listeners. "Surrender," the duo's debut single, embodies that notion and serves as a precursor for what is to come.
Currently wrapping up the songwriting process for the forthcoming EP, the effort is expected out in late 2018. And according to the band, it's a sound that will find its niche in the Windy City and beyond in the months to come.
"We're excited to see how we can fit into other music scenes as well, like L.A. and New York. We'd love to share our music out there. We're just excited to connect with others through our new music and see how they will respond to our sound"
Witches releases a new Single "Surrender"
a precursor for what is to come with their new EP
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Marlins Comeback Falls Short In DC Thanks To Walk-Off Win By Nats
CBS Miami | July 3, 2019
Related Topics: National League East, Washington, D.C., Trea Turner, Dave Martinez, Anthony Rendon, Tyler Skaggs, Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins, Patrick Corbin
WASHINGTON (CBSMiami/AP) — A somber feel encompassed the game between National League East rivals on Tuesday.
Patrick Corbin wanted to pitch one day after the death of his close friend. In doing so he honored Tyler Skaggs and lifted his Washington Nationals teammates.
Corbin pitched seven strong innings on an emotional night, Trea Turner doubled home the winning run in the ninth and the Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 3-2.
"Yea, it's been hard. I've just been thinking of Tyler, his wife Carli, his family. You can't believe he's gone," an emotional Corbin said after the game.
See full article at CBS Miami


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Q: How to install and use a font in my maven project? I'm working with JasperSoft to generate .pdf files and Java as my backend to generate my dynamic data to fill the pdf. I need to add my new font as a dependency in my pom.xml and be able to use it in my Java code like:
new Font("Font Family Name", Font.PLAIN, 7);

How can I do that, please ?
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More information about my problem. I can't get my family name correctly in Java. Debugging I found that always come with the wrong family name:
"java.awt.Font[family=Dialog,name=GothamNarrow,style=plain,size=8]"

This is my dependency in my pom.xml:
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.company</groupId>
    <artifactId>jFreeChartFontsCobaGothamNarrow</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1</version>
</dependency>

And this is my folder structure in the maven-repo folder:
valter@company:$ ls -lthaR jFreeChartFontsCobaGothamNarrow/
jFreeChartFontsCobaGothamNarrow/:
total 16K
drwxrwxr-x 30 valter valter 4,0K Okt 23 09:30 ..
-rw-rw-r--  1 valter valter  331 Okt 23 09:23 maven-metadata-local.xml
drwxrwxr-x  3 valter valter 4,0K Okt 23 09:16 .
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The IECA's blog
Compassion eclipses deception when it comes to talking our way to a greener future
Submitted by The IECA on March 15, 2016.
For Immediate Release, March 15, 2016
When it comes to talking about the environment, the Pope's message of compassion stood in clear contrast to Volkswagen's fraudulent marketing in 2015.
Experts in communicating about environmental issues have voted Pope Francis the "Environmental Communicator" of the year for 2015, and chosen Volkswagen as the "Environmental Miscommunicator" of the year.
"It's difficult to imagine a greater ethical difference in communication than between these two," said Mark Meisner, Executive Director of the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA), the organization behind the awards.
"While the Pope used his position to call upon the world to address our urgent environmental issues with openness and love, Volkswagen was manipulating its well-meaning customers and lying about the environmental benefits of its vehicles."
In overwhelmingly voting for Pope Francis, IECA members mentioned how his Encyclical, Laudato Si, fostered widespread discussion of global warming, created an "inclusive dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet" and effectively "made climate change a moral imperative." Indeed, research by IECA members has shown that there was a "Francis Effect" with the Encyclical having "a significant impact on public understanding of and engagement in the issue."
The Environmental Communicator of the Year award is intended to honour an individual or organization who stood out as making a significant positive impact on environmental awareness and problem-solving through their effective communication efforts.
IECA members voted Volkswagen "Environmental Miscommunicator" of the year because the company marketed their cars as being "clean" and environmentally friendly, when in fact they were rigged to cheat on pollution tests and then emit up to 40 times the legal limits of unhealthy exhaust.
"This wasn't a typical greenwashing case of exaggerating environmental benefits; it was an egregious deception of the public," said Meisner.
The Environmental Miscommunicator of the Year award was created to draw attention to an individual or organization who misled the public in order to impede society's vital efforts to effectively address environmental issues.
The IECA was founded in 2011 and is the world's foremost professional membership organization for those engaged in research and action to improve communication about environmental concerns. Its mission is to foster effective and inspiring communication that alleviates environmental issues and conflicts, and solves the problems that cause them. It publishes the journal Environmental Communication and runs the biennial Conference on Communication and Environment.
Mark Meisner, Executive Director, International Environmental Communication Association, mark at theieca dot org • +1 (513) 620-4322
Jennifer Good, Awards Committee Chair, International Environmental Communication Association, jen dot good at theieca dot org
Download a PDF of this press release.
Photo of Pope Francis by Casa Rosada (Argentina Presidency of the Nation) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Photo of VW Golf TDI by Mariordo Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


Okay white belt students. It's day one of the journey to White Belt Master. I'm excited for you. I'm excited because I know that you want a better life than you feel you have today. In order to achieve that, it probably is a safe bet that you need to change some things in your life. Maybe better habits. Maybe taking action to move towards goals you have set for yourself. It all begins here, with one small step. But rather than just provide you with a cheer leading session, I'm going to do more than that. Over the next month, I'm going to show you how to do it step by step. I'm also going to train with you along the way.
Your first step is to read the Dojo Kun. These are the training rules of the Dojo here at the Black Belt Project. One rule I want to review today is the one that talks about doing.
My vision for you and for all members of the Black Belt Project community is that we will be action takers. It's all fine and well to talk about what we want in life but talk is cheap.
Not too long ago, I met a guy by chance at a restaurant. He was a talker that is for sure. He told me he didn't just talk the talk. He walked the walk. But the funny thing was that after he talked for a while, I got quite a different impression. That was, that he was probably just all talk.
You've probably encountered that situation before or been guilty of it as I have too. We all have lofty dreams and great aspirations. But just talking about them, doesn't make it happen. It takes one secret ingredient. That secret ingredient is that you must take action to make dreams a reality.
That's why, I've got one very important rule as you train here and it's going to form the basis for all our future growth. That rule is that we as students of our lives can only talk about what we have actually done.
This means that if you go to the forums and talk about what you want to achieve, instead of what you have done to achieve a result, if I see it, I'm going to ask you to revise it.
I see this as the biggest challenge to our membership. It's going to be easy to talk about what we would like to accomplish and quite another to actually do. Keep in mind, that the first main rule is that we only talk about what we have done.
With that said, your first mission as a white belt is to learn how to install change in your life. And to do that, you begin a thirty day challenge. The psychology behind the thirty day challenge is simple. It is to show you that you can change something in your life for thirty days. If you can do it for thirty days, you can do it for longer.
How do I know that? Well, you were strong enough to do it for thirty days. I know you are strong enough to continue it. The problem is that no one probably expects it of you. Most often, we don't expect it of ourselves.
It's often been said that it takes thirty days to change a habit, but no one really talks about how to keep it. I mean, what happens after thirty days. You can't just forget about it. So once you complete this first challenge, then that's where you set the bar. You must continue that change after the thirty days is up. You then begin another challenge.
With that in mind, it's important, especially with your first challenge to make it something easy. Make it something that you know you can do. Make it something you need to do. But make it something that you know you will do for sure.
Look at it like going to the gym and lifting weights. This first time out, I'm only asking you to lift the bar without any weights. Once you show me you can lift the bar, then I'm going to ask you to put some one pound weights on it and do it again. Every month, we are all white belts. We're just adding a little more weight to our bars.
I found it easy to not do something the first time out. I gave up diet coke. It required no effort. I found this the easiest thing to do. Give something up. Once you have a few successes like that, it begins time to start a challenge that requires effort. For me, that was to start walking. After a few successes though, I was up for it and did complete my walking challenge easily. I just didn't walk too far. I started with ten minutes a day.
You'll be tempted to take on more than you can mentally do for thirty days and beyond at first. It's only natural. My advice, go easy at first. Don't create a strain. Also, I'd also focus on one challenge at at time. You can do other things. You just can't make it an official challenge you measure yourself by.
For me, I've been doing this for a few months now. My thirty day challenge is to walk three miles each day. At first, that would have been a lot for me. But now, I know that I am strong enough at this point to do it. No problem. You will get to this point too.
So as you begin your challenge, you might notice that stating your challenge is not congruent with the major rule here at the Black Belt Project which is you can only talk about what you have done.
Here's how you deal with that. You can only reveal your thirty day challenge once you take one action to complete it. I walked for three miles today. I completed my challenge. I'll keep you posted on my challenge but only after I complete it each day.
You should do the same. I've included a podcast here for you as well that talks more about getting started. I'll talk to you in day 2 tomorrow.
I've been very guilty of talking the talk as well. I started my 30 day challenge on Day 1 as well. It's going well so far.
I'm glad to hear that you got a challenge going. Great to hear!


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***UPDATED SCHEDULE*** HALLMARK CHANNEL'S ANNUAL 'SUMMER NIGHTS' FEATURES SIX ALL-NEW ORIGINAL MOVIES
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HALLMARK CHANNEL'S
ANNUAL 'SUMMER NIGHTS'
FEATURES SIX
ALL-NEW ORIGINAL MOVIES
Network's Annual Programming Event Starts July 27
"Summer Nights" features a slate of six all-new original movies, starting with "Rome in Love" on Saturday, July 27 (9 p.m. ET/PT), followed by "Love and Sunshine" on Saturday, August 3 (9 p.m. ET/PT), "A Taste of Summer" on Saturday, August 10 (9 p.m. ET/PT), "A Summer Romance" on Saturday, August 17 (9 p.m. ET/PT); "All Summer Long" on Saturday, August 24 (9 p.m. ET/PT); and "My One & Only" on Saturday, August 31 (9 p.m. ET/PT).
"Rome in Love" image: Hallmark Crown Media
'ROME IN LOVE'
A Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere
Saturday, July 27 (9 p.m. ET/PT)
Stars: Italia Ricci, Peter Porte, Vincent Riotta
Amelia Tate's (Ricci) world is turned upside down when she is plucked from obscurity in Bend, Oregon to star in a remake of the classic film Roman Holiday. After being flown to the Eternal City for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Amelia is obliged to spend time with American reporter Philip Hamilton (Porte), who has been assigned by an Italian magazine to write the story that will introduce her to the world.
images: Hallmark Crown Media
'LOVE AND SUNSHINE'
Saturday, August 3 (9 p.m. ET/PT)
Stars: Danica McKellar, Mark Deklin
Recently retired military dog Sunshine has been living with American Rescue volunteer Ally Craig (McKellar) and helping her to put her life back together after a dissolved engagement. When her military partner Jake Terry (Deklin) returns to claim her, he and Ally discover that loving Sunshine is not the only thing they have in common.
"A Taste of Summer" image: Hallmark Crown Media
'A TASTE OF SUMMER'
Saturday, August 10 (9 p.m. ET/PT)
Stars: Roselyn Sanchez, Eric Winter
Sous-chef Gabby (Sanchez) opens a restaurant and must contend with former high school baseball hero Caleb (Winter), the competitive owner of a popular eatery. A star in culinary school, Gabby is unconcerned until opening night, when her restaurant has few customers due to Caleb's wings promotion. Deciding to enter the Taste of Summer to win $10,000 and stellar reviews, Gabby is stunned when Caleb enters a similar dish, but heartened when he helps after her sous-chef burns himself. With the contest winner still unnamed, there's lots of competitiveness in the air, but now it's mixed with a hint of romance.
'A SUMMER ROMANCE'
Stars: Erin Krakow, Ryan Paevey
Samantha "Sam" Walker (Krakow), the owner of her family's picturesque ranch in Bighorn, Montana must decide whether to sell her land to wealthy developers or risk losing it in foreclosure. When New York real estate developer Richard Belmont (Paevey) arrives at the ranch to convince her to sell, he learns some life-changing lessons from Sam about the country lifestyle and the importance of home. Despite the budding romance that develops between them, the pressure on Richard from his colleagues to close the deal grows and threatens to undermine everything he's come to love since arriving in Bighorn.
'ALL SUMMER LONG'
Stars: Autumn Reeser, Brennan Elliott
Tia's (Reeser) dream job of captaining a dining cruise hits rough water when her ex Jake (Elliott) is hired as the restaurant's chef. Will they be able to open a new business, navigate the sea, and each other?
'MY ONE & ONLY'
Stars: Pascale Hutton, Sam Page
Contestants on "The One," Stephanie (Hutton) and Oliver try to determine if they're fated to be together. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Stephanie and Alex (Page), the handsome ranch owner who acts as their guide.
I hope you all enjoy Hallmark Channel's
Summer Nights!
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Serbian environmental protesters reject lithium mining plans
Environmental demonstrators hold banner showing an image of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, reading: "A traitor!" as they block a highway during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Hundreds of environmental protesters demanding cancelation of any plans for lithium mining in Serbia took to the streets again, blocking roads and, for the first time, a border crossing. Traffic on the main highway north-south highway was halted on Saturday for more than one hour, along with several other roads throughout the country, including one on the border with Bosnia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Environmental protesters demanding the cancelation of plans for lithium mining in western Serbia took to the streets again Saturday, blocking key roads and for the first time a border crossing.
Traffic on the Balkan nation's main north-south highway was halted for more than an hour in Belgrade, the capital, along with several other roads throughout the country, including one by Serbia's border with Bosnia.
Minor incidents have been reported with angry drivers trying to push their way through the crowds. Witnesses told N1 television that a man was injured in one incident in the western town of Sabac.
Environmental groups want Serbia's populist government to halt the possibility of lithium mining in western Serbia. Activists have pledged to press on with blockades until their demand is met and the Rio Tinto mining company is "expelled" from Serbia.
Thousands joined similar demonstrations several weeks ago, forcing the government to withdraw two laws that activists said were designed to speed up the country's mining plans.
"This is an ecological catastrophe, that I think Serbia is already one foot in, and even a worse one (catastrophe) is threatening," said Belgrade resident Mirjana Podolsek.
Another protester, Janko Krizan, believes that "it is our duty to come here."
"Rio Tinto will not only pollute Serbia, but it will pollute everything else, entire system, everything," he said.
Rio Tinto has performed explorations in western Serbia but environmental groups want the project abolished, saying that lithium mining would devastate nearby farmland, waters and the area's entire ecosystem.
Environmental issues have become a public concern in Serbia because the nation of 7 million people is facing bad air pollution, poor waste management and many other environmental problems that have accumulated after decades of neglect. Serbia must tackle those environmental issues to advance in its bid to join the 27-nation European Union.
Follow all AP stories on climate change and pollution at https://apnews.com/hub/climate.
by The Associated Press / Jan 19, 2022
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A hospital in New Orleans says it has identified two patients infected with a rare drug-resistant fungus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Candida auris has already been found in at least 20 other states including Georgia, Florida and Texas.
The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reports that officials at University Medical Center in New Orleans say the two cases there are the first detected in Louisiana. The CDC considers it an emerging global threat and says it is especially dangerous to hospital and nursing home patients with serious medical problems.
Traffic stop on I-20 lands California couple in jail on drug charges