When: Thursday, October 18 from 5pm to 8pm.
(Pueblo, CO) –– Parkview Medical Center is hosting its fourth annual, fashion-forward, fabulous and dazzling Spirit Girls' Night Out to inspire women to love the person they are every day. On Thursday, October 18, the hospital will welcome women to this event that will teach them how to get their groove back, hug their curves and face the woman in the mirror. This fun and informative event is designed to move women towards better overall health and vibrant living by providing education on breast health, heart health, influenza vaccines and Parkview's Breast Imaging Center of Excellence.
In addition to valuable and relevant education, women will also enjoy shopping with numerous vendors, a photo booth sponsored by ParkWest Imaging, Breckenridge Distillery will be providing a signature drink specifically designed for the event, weigh your handbag station and much, much more. Parkview was recently designated, by the American College of Radiology, as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, and will be on hand to schedule your annual mammogram. Women who schedule that night will receive a special gift.
Spirit Girls' Night Out is gaining momentum with over 75 hospitals in cities all over the US working toward the same goal – inspiring and empowering women to be okay with who they are and encourage action over their health and the health of their families.
Health education, health screenings, flu vaccines, Ask a Doc and fun activities will be woven throughout the evening to emphasize the importance of these health issues. This "don't miss" event will be held at Pueblo Convention Center.
Spirit Girls' Night Out is organized and hosted by Parkview Medical Center, a member of the Spirit of Women Hospital Network, with local sponsors, Susan G. Koman, Rocky Mountain PBS, Spradley Auto Network, DiSanti Farms and ParkWest Imaging as well as national support provided by Good Housekeeping magazine and Novo Nordisk.
Visit www.SpiritOfWomen.com/SpiritGirlsNightOut to find an event near you.
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My Trip to Philly
It had been a while since I was in Philadelphia. I'll start by saying that I've been many times before — but, never just for me. I was excited about this trip — it was a trip speckled with memories here and there, but focused on excitement about my future, which could potentially begin in yet another East Coast city.
Entering a dark NYC, 2nd Avenue. NYC, post-Sandy.
With a trip scheduled three days after Hurricane Sandy's foray across the tristate region, I thought I'd be ok. I had found cheap Amtrak tickets from Boston South Station to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station leaving Thursday afternoon and returning late Saturday night. The weather looked nice, and my schedule was wide-open. But, as many travels with Tavel go, it wasn't quite that simple.
Taxi in the dark. Midtown Manhattan.
As most of you know, there was still no electricity in downtown Manhattan and most tunnels were flooded. Penn Station was closed, all Northeast Corridor Amtrak trains were shut down, and buses were not able to pass through the darkened city. It was the day before my trip, so I knew I'd have to scramble up some plan Bs. I was absolutely determined to make it down to Philadelphia, and I was not about to let a little biggest-storm-to-hit-NYC-in-100-years stop me. I had come way too far to get to this opportunity, and I'd be damned if anything got in my way now! (In my experience, it is this attitude that will get you places…)
Amtrak at 30th Street station in Philadelphia, PA. Delays, and late arrivals… Mine was the 5:19 train.
I called Amtrak on Wednesday morning with a glimmer of hope in my heart, and anticipation of complications in my gut. They told me all trains leaving Boston were not operating except for two — one of which was MINE. I asked them to double and triple check the information, and they were equally confused and excited for me when they confirmed that mine was one of two trains still scheduled to depart on time.
Bus in the dark. Manhattan.
I felt pretty awesome, but decided to check back in the afternoon because something didn't feel right. They confirmed that my train was still scheduled to depart on time from Boston to Philly… I still didn't believe them. I called again, Wednesday night, at which point they told me the train was now going to be leaving Boston with a final destination of New Haven, CT. This made more sense, unfortunately. NJ Transit was not running, and trains couldn't get past Connecticut, so my problem had not been solved: it was time to explore other options.
Street view. Philadelphia, PA.
I looked up flights, which were either booked or in the $300-$450 dollar range (and apparently the closest I could get was Newark, not Philadelphia). That was way too much money, and still didn't solve the problem of how to get to Philadelphia. I quickly checked out bus schedules — and all buses were labeled as "Canceled." By now, it was around 4pm. Finally, I got an email (and a series of phone calls) from Amtrak telling me that my train had been officially cancelled. I had an appointment in Philadelphia at noon on Friday — that was my goal. I began to get tunnel vision (har har, no pun intended) for success… My heart started racing a little and I think I accidentally skipped dinner as I frantically began calling bus companies and looking up mass-transit news stories for the area. It became very clear that any train or bus service going through NYC (which is what I needed) was completely shut-off the day before I had to leave, and I wouldn't know if anything was running until the next morning.
I bought back-up bus tickets for Thursday, which were being sold with the promise that if the buses didn't run I would get a full refund. At this point, the earliest bus ticket I could find was a 2:30pm bus out of South Station, arriving in NYC at 6:15pm. There was a 7:15pm bus from 34th Street (NYC) to Philadelphia, but I worried that would be too risky, so I booked the 8:15pm bus from NYC to Philly in hopes that this would help me avoid any missing-of-the-bus stress. I HATE missing-a-transfer stress. Mind you, this bus was supposed to arrive at 34th Street and 7th Avenue, in the heart of the power outage zone… But BoltBus confirmed in the morning that all buses were running (and on time!), so I had no choice but to trust them and see what happens…
In these situations, you have to think positive travel thoughts. I can't tell you how many times I have gotten on buses or airplanes knowing that my destination might be completely out of my control. I've learned that sometimes you've just got to trust the travel fairies that you are going to make it wherever you are trying to go — and trust your gut.
I actually got to South Station 45 min early and managed to get off of standby for the 2pm bus. With an extra 30 minutes of wiggle room, I felt some good travel-mojo. I began to relax a little. The bus ride was perfectly smooth, with surprisingly few delays. It only got weird when we slowly crossed a bridge into NYC, and I could see — for the first time — the darkened skyline from the bus window. As we drove past the cops, who were checking to make sure there were at least 3 people in every vehicle entering the city, the whole bus took on a hushed tone. Suddenly, we were in the city — but it was a ghost city. As the bus drove down Second Avenue, I couldn't believe what I saw (or, what I couldn't see). It was pitch black. The only lights were the occasional cop car, street sign or taxi cab. I looked up at black buildings, and down at quiet restaurants. Every now and then, we'd pass a series of lit up blocks. When we entered midtown, it was one of the weirdest NYC moments I have ever had: The city that never sleeps was being forced to take a nap. And like a cranky child, NYC does not do nap-time well.
Finally, the bus pulled into 34th Street at 6:35pm. I was determined to get on standby for the 7:15 bus, and sprinted off Bus #1 to get in a huge line of people on standby. I pushed to the front and asked if this was the bus to Philadelphia. It was. They were boarding, and obviously there was a little tension in the air, so the guy was pushy and said "Yeah yeah, just get on, hurry, come on…" And within 1 minute I was on another bus (total time on the ground in NYC: 5 minutes). So much for my plan to grab dinner!
Philly Street. Philadelphia. PA.
When the bus began pulling away at 6:40pm, I was a little confused (the buses to Philly left hourly at 6:15, 7:15, 8:15…). Concerned that I had taken a wrong turn, I asked the girl next to me "Is this the 7:15 bus to Philly?!" She said "No…" (Me: GULP.) Her: "…It's the 6:15." Ahhh! A smile spread across my face when I realized, finally, that not only was I going to get to Philadelphia after all this chaos — but I was going to get there even earlier than I had planned! It was one of the most satisfying travel moments that I've had in a while. I was anticipating the opposite kind of moment, so it felt that much sweeter. As the bus journeyed through the darkness, I settled in, blasting happy music, and six hours after leaving Boston, I had arrived in Philly.
City Hall. Philadelphia. PA.
Ah, Philadelphia. I've always really liked Philly, despite bittersweet memories of many heartfelt hellos and goodbyes out of that 30th Street train station (the lasting imprint of a long distance relationship). The city has always given me a good vibe. It comes across as a mixture of New York and New Orleans, with a smaller dose of lights and energy than Manhattan (in a good way), coupled with the bruised and impoverished outskirts of the city that seem completely disconnected yet immediately accessible from the Philadelphia most people imagine (like New Orleans). I love that it is a foodie city, even if it doesn't come off that way at first. Because it's definitely a little more rough around the edges than Boston, I might actually feel more at home in Philly than in New England. I was excited to be there, and to really look at it with the eyes of someone who might call it home.
Philly homes. Philadelphia, PA.
Everything I did during my quick trip, I would do again. On Saturday night, a small group of us kicked things off with unbelievably delicious cocktails at The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., a speakeasy-style lounge in the Rittenhouse Square area that I would have never noticed if my friend A hadn't picked it. With a seven-page cocktail menu ranging from what I'd call a category 1 storm (listed as "Easy Going" drinks, such as the Apocalypstick — Rittenhouse Rye Whiskey, Yellow Chartreuse, Maurin Quina, Cynar, fresh lemon juice, house blackberry) to a category 5 storm (listed as "I Asked for Water, She Brought Me Gasoline" drinks, which includes the Art School Timeline — Lairds Bonded Apple Brandy, Buffalo Trace Bourbon, New York Madeira Wine, Rothman Winter Apricot Liquer, cane syrup, hopped grapefruit and mole bitters served on a rock). I could have spent many, many hours exploring the cocktail menu (and many, many dollars), but we had dinner to attend to afterwards, so my ginger-infused play on a Dark and Stormy (recommended to me by the waiter when I couldn't decide) would have to do. Oh, and it DID.
Clothing Pin. Philadelphia, PA.
With a strong cocktail in our systems, we headed to First Friday — where we could stroll the streets of Philadelphia at night, going from art gallery to art gallery, and enjoying the quirky and sometimes odd street performers/artists along the sidewalks. After working up an appetite, we found ourselves devouring melt-in-your-mouth gnocchi with a couple bottles of our own wine (apparently PA has strange liquor laws and wine/beer-serving restaurants are hard to come by) at Giorgio's. Giorgio himself was there, and from the moment a bowl of roasted garlic soaked in olive oil arrived at the table, I knew that if I do in fact end up in Philadelphia — Giorgio and I will meet again.
Sidewalk, homes. Philadelphia, PA.
It would be a quick trip. After a majorly satisfying and exhausting Saturday (I had a 4.5 hour interview with no lunch… oy), I was able to enjoy a light brunch and visit the perfectly relevant-to-my-trip Mutter Museum (this had been on my Philly to-do list for YEARS). This museum is a must for anyone who likes anatomical oddities or random small but packed museums. It is a pre-Doctor of Physical Therapy student's perfect museum, and since I am currently taking Anatomy and Physiology, my visit couldn't have been more appropriately timed, nor more appreciated. The brisk walk back to my home base through Rittenhouse Square's cheery farmer's market to the slightly quieter South Philadelphia 'hood made it very easy for me to see myself living there.
Rittenhouse Square. Philadelphia, PA.
I got back to Boston at 1am last night. Luckily, my return train was fully functional, although 1.5 hours late (making it a 7.5 hour journey… oooof). I'm back now, after passing from a potential future home (Philadelphia), through my real home (NYC), to my current home, in Boston. I have a happy tummy and a happy, hopeful heart. I'll have to be patient as I figure out where I might be able to live next year (it's not totally up to me).
For now, I can confidently say that if it is Philadelphia, I'd be absolutely thrilled. Sometimes it's all about where we've been. But right now — for me — life's much more about where I'm going.
On my way home, the lights were back on in NYC. Amtrak view of NYC skyline.
As always, I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
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Published December 19, 2016	Climate science , General Science , Personal Musings , Public Figures , Society Closed
Tags: Donald Trump, fascism, racism, sexism
Why American scientists should care about the political state of the nation.
Humans are very good at self-deception, and at believing we're thinking rationally and dispassionately when the opposite is true. One way we deceive ourselves is thinking and saying that "science is apolitical". What we really mean, of course, is "science should be allowed to pursue the ends we like, without undue interference from politics" (with hands out for government grant money).
The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States really brings the political nature of science to the forefront. Even before he has taken office, Trump has met with antivaccination groups, tweeted that climate change is a hoax perpetrated by China, and threatened government regulations on food safety, water quality, and environmental protection. Some of these things are more obviously science than others, but they are all areas that are informed by science, and affect all of us.
Climate research is an obvious branch of science that is and has been under political attack. Trump spokespeople have already said NASA's climate studies will be defunded in favor of other programs. Since NASA Earth-observing satellites provide a lot of the essential publicly-available data for climate research, this will have a huge impact on the whole field. And that's not to mention the NASA-employed scientists, engineers, and support staff for these programs. (We can and should also talk about how NASA Earth-observation programs often have many roles, including ocean current observations and monitoring conditions of drought or flooding.)
Climate change is real. Demanding NASA not study it won't make it go away. And more to the point: politicizing what science is done and what isn't will have impacts on the life and health of hundreds of millions of people. Atlantic science writer Ed Yong outlined many of the stakes of an anti-science President and a like-minded Congress:
The cumulative effect of these acts would be to "gut the scientific foundation of many of our landmark health and public safety laws, like the Clean Air Act," says [Michael] Halpern. "They're not going after the laws directly but going after how the government can use science to fulfill those laws." If all this happens, it will be more than just a war on regulation. It will be a war on expertise itself, on the role of science in informing American society.
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Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest for all technical endeavors concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and distribution of goods—in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse for mankind. Never forget that in the midst of your diagrams and equations.
—Albert Einstein, addressing Caltech students in 1931
New York Times science writer Dennis Overbye penned a rather odd (to put it charitably) piece on the future of NASA programs in the Trump era. While he mentions the problems of politicization of NASA (and the lack of transparency already in evidence in the Trump transition team), the tone of the piece is bizarrely upbeat, reading the tea leaves to indicate a potential return of astronauts to the Moon. He even cites Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great", which Trump has largely used in nationalistic and jingoistic terms.
Overbye's piece is strange, but he's not alone among those who think Trump could be good for certain types of science. The American Physical Society, the premier professional society for physicists in the US, issued a press release with problematic nationalist overtones, calling for Trump to commit to science. It was retracted and the APS apologized. A few have argued that moving NASA priorities away from climate change frees money and resources toward exploring other planets.
These views are phenomenally short-sighted. The problem with declaring some branches of science OK and others not is that the division can always be moved again. Cutting off funding to regulatory agencies and climate funding isn't a hard choice made under duress; it's Darth Vader making a blaster-point "bargain" with Lando Calrissian. Trump and his administration could alter the bargain again, deciding other areas of science should also be cut off.
Journalist Sarah Kendzior is an expert on authoritarian regimes, and she has sounded the warning loudly for more than year. "Your loyalty to Trump won't be rewarded," she writes. Dictating which science is acceptable science is another way of saying no science is safe from government interference and censure.
My eternal warning (now extended), this time for the "journalists" pic.twitter.com/yB3TkrJGsq
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 19, 2016
It's a lesson we should learn from the 20th century totalitarian regimes: Hitler, Stalin, Mao. When the government decides some science is unacceptable, scientists lose their jobs; sometimes they lose their possessions, families, freedom, countries, and lives. Einstein fled Germany when the government seized his house; Landau went to the gulag. Many Jewish scientists and others guilty of practicing "Jewish science" lost their jobs. Other scientists died under Nazi and Stalinist purges. (People who say "we've survived worse" miss the fact that others didn't survive. We're not the best examples to use.) Now we hear about building walls, rounding up immigrants, and monitoring American Muslims. Some of those "undesirables" are scientists…or could be, if we get our prejudices out of the way of our science.
Science has always been political, whether we admit it or not. Perhaps the most important ways science is political is who is allowed to be a scientist, and how they're allowed to do their science. In the US, racist and sexist laws have kept science largely white and male; educational segregation still keeps science largely white. And that's in "ordinary" times, without openly racist and xenophobic national leadership. We white scientists were just able to ignore it better because it didn't seem to affect us directly.
Now we have to stop playing pretend. We can't ignore the fact that science could soon be Lysenkoized: both scientists and research accepted or rejected based on authoritarian whims. We can't assume studies of Mars are safe because they haven't been targeted yet; Martian studies are used in understanding climate on Earth, and it's only a matter of time before someone notices that. If you're a white American but have Iranian or Mexican colleagues, you can't assume you're safe if your colleagues aren't. (And if you don't care what happens to them, you suck.)
This goes for science writers, journalists, and other communicators as well. If science is hurt, our jobs are going to suffer too. But there's also the attacks Trump and his surrogates have made on our profession, threatening journalists who write things they don't like. We're not excluded from that category.
Like it or not, we're political writers, and political actors. And we have much more at stake than our own lives and jobs.
Science can supply information as input to a moral decision, but the ethical realm of "oughts" cannot be logically specified by the factual "is" of the natural world—the only aspect of reality that science can adjudicate. As a scientist, I can refute the stated rationale for Nazi evil and nonsense. But when I stand against Nazi policy, I must do so as everyman—as a human being. For I win my right to engage moral issues by my membership in Homo sapiens—a right vested in absolutely every human being who has ever graced this earth, and a responsibility for all who are able.
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Maine Heritage Policy Center
Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) is a conservative think tank located in Portland, Maine. According to its mission statement, the MHPC is "a research and educational organization whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise; limited, constitutional government; individual freedom; and traditional American values–all for the purpose of providing public policy solutions that benefit the people of Maine.[1] It has encountered controversy regularly in pursuing its goals.
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In August, 2011, MHPC and the Maine chapter of Americans for Prosperity distributed a videotape produced by conservative activist James O'Keefe which "hint[ed] at" Medicaid fraud.[2][3]
One report at the time of his leaving said director Terry Bragdon "helped lead an organization that has played a major and often controversial role in policy debates over such hot-button issues as government spending, welfare reform and, most recently, Maine's pension debt."[4]
In early 2011, Bragdon angered some state employees for suggesting that many state retiree pensions were "lavish" compared with those in the private sector.[4]
MHPC published "the salaries of all state employees while refusing to release the names of the center's donors," according to a news report.[4]
In 2006, MHPC was prominently involved in the unsuccessful campaign for the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) in Maine.[5]
MHCP is a member of the State Policy Network.[6]
In August, 2011, Lance Dutson was hired as chief executive officer. Dutson, a Portland native, was most recently the spokesman for Maine House speaker Robert Nutting. Dutson, earlier, founded one of the state's first political blogs, Maine Web Report, and also has served as an online communications consultant to U.S. senators Susan Collins of Maine and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.[7][8] He was also a party to a 2006 case in which he, as blogger, was sued by advertising firm Warren Kremer Paino (now WKP-Spier LLC[9]) and successfully defended by Media Bloggers Association and, among others, MBA general counsel Ron Coleman.[10]
Tarren (Terry) R. Bragdon, who in early 2011 was a leader of the transition team for incoming Republican governor Paul LePage, left MHPC later in the year. Bragdon had been CEO of MHPC for 3-1/2 years. His plan upon departure was to move to Florida to start a similar organization to MHPC there. Bragdon, with undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Maine and Husson University, respectively, was reported to have earned more than $100,000 a year. At the time of his departure, Bragdon said he had known Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Republican Florida legislators for several years.[4] The new organization was said to be locating in Naples, Florida.[8]
Stephen Bowen, most recently director of the Center for Education Excellence at MHPC, was named by LePage as Maine Department of Education commissioner in 2011. Bowen, with a bachelor's degree in political science from Drew University and a master's degree in education from George Mason University, had earlier been a teacher and a legislator from Camden, Maine 2002-6.[11]
In 2006, MHPC president and executive director was Bill Becker and its lawyer was Dan Billings.[5] Becker was the founder of the MHPC, finance director for Peter Cianchette run for Maine governor in 2002, and campaign manager for Republican gubernatorial hopeful Matt Jacobson in 2009.[12]
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Peter Anania, President, Anania & Associates
John Chandler, Managing Partner, Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker
Michael A. Duddy, Esq., Partner, Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman; chairman of MHPC board[7]
Jinger Duryea, President, C. N. Brown Company
Neal B. Freeman, Chairman, The Blackwell Corporation
W. R. Jackson, Jr., Retired President, Pitt-Des Moines
Jeff Kane, President, National Distributors
Jean Ginn Marvin, Innkeeper, Nonantum Resort; former legislator
Joel Allumbaugh, National Worksite Benefit Group
Deborah Dunlap Avasthi, HRH Northern New England
Joe Bruno, Community Pharmacies
David Crocker, Solicitor
Ronald Drouin, Retired
Scott Fish, As Maine Goes
Susan Hamill, The Dette Company
Philip E. Harriman, Lebel & Harriman
Chet Jordan, Digital Architecture
Lisa G. Martin, Manufacturers Association of Maine
Mark McAuliffe, Apothecary By Design
Jennifer Riggle, Germani & Riggle
Mark Robinson, Robinson PR
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Joe Crosby, Council on State Taxation
James Frogue, Center for Health Transformation/Gingrich Group
James Hamilton, For our Grandchildren
Roy W. Lenardson, Strategic Advocacy
John Mahon, University of Maine, Orono
Jon Reisman, University of Maine, Machias
Margo Thorning, American Council for Capital Formation
Wendy P. Warcholik, Public Choice Analytics for the U.S. States
^ a b c d "About Us", MHPC webpage. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
^ Higgins, A.J., "LePage: Secret Video Reveals Poor Training, but not Fraud", Maine Public Broadcasting, 08/11/2011. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
^ Russell, Eric, "Secret video hints at Medicaid fraud potential; critics say it's 'gotcha' without the 'gotcha'", Bangor Daily News, Aug. 11, 2011 11:26 a.m. Retireved 2011-08-12.
^ a b c d Russell, Eric, "LePage adviser heading to Florida", Bangor Daily News, April 06, 2011, 12:35 am. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
^ a b Farmer, David, "Ethics staff backs panel member", Sun Journal, Nov 30, 2006 12:00 am. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
^ "Directory: Maine Heritage Policy Center", State Policy Network web page. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
^ a b Russell, Eric, "Heritage policy center picks new leader", Bangor Daily News, Aug. 02, 2011 3:39 pm. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
^ a b "Lance Dutson to Lead The Maine Heritage Policy Center", Maine Web Report. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
^ "WKP-Spier LLC: Company Overview", Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
^ "Maine Blog Libel Suit Update", Instapundit blog, May 5, 2006. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
^ Bouchard, Kelley, "Bowen sworn in as education commissioner", Portland Press-Herald, August 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
^ Cover, Susan, "Becker to manage Jacobson's campaign", Kennebec Journal blog post, 11/06/2009 10:20. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
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package com.cengallut.asyncsample

import com.cengallut.asyncpackage.AsyncPackage

package object samplepackage extends AsyncPackage

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Verde's Canine Calming is an herb based chew containing L-Tryptophan; with the added support of Chamomile, Saint John's Wort and Passion Flower. Our unique formula can help reduce tension and relax your dog in the most stressful situations.
Verde's Canine Calming containing L-Tryptophan, Melatonin and Chamomile, is exclusively formulated to help reduce tension and anxiety during stressful situations such as: fireworks, thunderstorms, travel, vet visits and separation.


The world got to know a sad story about Amelia Earhart after she disappeared while in one of her adventures. Passionately flying across the Atlantic Ocean, an American aviation pioneer, and author disappeared and later was announced dead.
American female pilot Earhart set many records and authored best-selling books about her flying experiences. was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-nine which is the organization for the female pilots. The resolved circumstances of Earhart's disappearance attracted a great body of other claims relating to her last flight. Several unsupported theories have become known in popular culture. In her early 20s, Earhart delivered medication and food to the wounded World Wars I soldiers in Spadina Military Hospital.
Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, U.S. She was the daughter of Samual Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Amy. She was the second child and of German descent.
Amelia Earhart was named after her two grandmothers Amelia Joseph Harres and Mary Well Patton. From her early childhood, she was an adventurous girl and spent many hours playing with her sister Pidge climbing trees, hunting rats with a rifle, belly slamming and sled downhill. Some biographer characterized her as a Tomboy because of her rough and tumble play.
Earhart saw her first aircraft at the Lowa State Fair in Des Moines. Amelia's father inspired her and her sister in taking a flight.
On December 28, 1920, Earhart and her father visited Long Beach where Earhart took her first flight which cost $10 for ten minutes of flight. She then determined to be a pilot and learned a flying lesson. Facing lots of difficulties, she managed to learn flying.
Earhart purchased a secondhand bright yellow Kinner Airster Biplane and nicknamed it The Canary. On October 1992, she flew the Airster to the height of 14,000 ft which made the world record for female pilots.
With all these difficulties Amelia Earhart was a successful female pilot, and she was probably pleased to get her dreams come true. Besides of her untimely death, she achieved what she wanted to be and has been an inspiring character.
Amelia Earhart was also an amazing writer. She was a successful and heavily promoted writer and served for Cosmopolitan Magazine from 1928-1930 as an aviation editor. She wrote magazine articles, newspapers, columns, essays and published two books about her experiences of her flight adventures.
She wrote 20 hrs 40 mins in 1928 which was the journal of her experience as a first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight. Again in 1932, She wrote another book named The Fun of it which was a memory of her flying experiences and an essay of women in aviation.
Furthermore, in 1937 she scripted another book named Last Flight which featured the periodic journal she sent back to the U.S during her world flight attempt.
Amelia Earhart's death was quite a mystery in the world history. In 1937 during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in Purdue Funded Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan both disappeared over the central Pacific ocean over the Howland Island.
After the disappearance of Amelia Earhart aged 37, on July 2, 1937, which was the mystery to the world. She was declared dead after two years on January 5, 1939, at the age of 41. Scientists are still researching the fact about her disappearance that made the whole world curies and speechless, such a personality.
Amelia Earhart inspires every person with her story, and her dedication and contribution will make her remember forever. The record holding pilot and the author left an appreciating mark in the history of women pilot.
1. Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897.
2. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
3. She was engaged to Samuel Chapman; broke off the engagement on November 23, 1928.
4. Amelia's father inspired her and her sister in taking a flight.
5. On December 28, 1920, Earhart took her first flight.
6. She paid $10 for ten minutes of her first flight.
7. She was declared dead after two years on January 5, 1939.
8. She turned down six proposals and married George P. Putnam on February 7, 1931.
9. Amelia served as an aviation editor for Cosmopolitan Magazine from 1928-1930.
10. She designed and developed flying clothes for the Ninety-Nines, advertised in Vogue.


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#import "SameMenuButton.h"
#import "RoundedRect.h"

@implementation SameMenuButton

@synthesize title;

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
	if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame])
	{
		self.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
		selected = NO;
	}
	return self;
}

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
	CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

	CGRect drawRect = CGRectInset([self bounds], 3, 3);

	CGContextSaveGState(context);

	CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 2);

	if(selected)
	{
		CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(context, 0.9, 0.9, 0.9, 0.5);
		CGContextSetRGBFillColor(context, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 1.0);
	}
	else
	{
		CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(context, 0.9, 0.9, 0.9, 0.5);
		CGContextSetRGBFillColor(context, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
	}

	CGContextAddRoundedRect(context, drawRect, 10);
	CGContextDrawPath(context, kCGPathFillStroke);

	[[UIColor whiteColor] set];
	[title drawInRect:CGRectInset(rect, 0, 12) withFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:20.0] lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeMiddleTruncation alignment:UITextAlignmentCenter];

	CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}

- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
	selected = YES;

	[self setNeedsDisplay];
}

- (void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
	selected = [self pointInside:[[touches anyObject] locationInView:self] withEvent:event];

	[self setNeedsDisplay];

}

- (void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
	if(selected)
		[self sendActionsForControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

	selected = NO;

	[self setNeedsDisplay];
}

@end


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Brandon Flowers "Made An Ass" Of Himself In Front Of Morrissey
20 September 2017, 13:30 | Updated: 20 September 2017, 18:13
The Killers frontman has recalled spending time in a hotel with the Smiths legend to make up for his embarrassing first encounter as his busboy.
Brandon Flowers has recalled being Morrissey's busboy when he was 18, and revealed how he tried to "redeem" himself with a chance meeting with the Smiths man years later.
"I hung out with Morrissey at this hotel," Flowers revealed in an interview with Yahoo Music. "I came in one night at around 11 and everything was kind of shut down, but there was this one little light in the restaurant. And I grew up just idolizing him. I instantly got excited, obviously, and I ended up getting the courage to introduce myself and stay for a few hours out there with the Moz.
"It was an incredible experience. I was his busboy when I was 18 at Spago in Vegas — served him a mushroom pizza and Earl Grey tea, and I totally made an ass of myself (by saying) 'Mushrooms are really cool.'"
The Run For Cover singer concluded: "So I don't know that I redeemed myself completely with this experience with him, but I tried."
Watch The Killers play All These Things I've Done The O2 Academy Brixton:
Meanwhile, Morrissey launched his official Twitter account and shared his Spent The Day In Bed single this week.
Watch the lyric video for the track here:
Meanwhile, The Killers are preparing to release their fifth studio album, Wonderful Wonderful, this Friday (22 September).
So far they've released The Man and Run For Cover from the new album, as well as new track The Calling-which they debuted at their gig in The O2 Academy Brixton.
Plus, they had a little help from Hollywood A-Lister Woody Harrelson, who read a Bible verse ahead of the their performance.
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Tag Archives: Brian Ortega
Brandon Moreno Defeats Deiveson Figueiredo by TKO to Reclaim UFC Flyweight Title
Posted on January 22, 2023 by Tom Castaneda
Brandon Moreno has come away the champion in UFC's first-ever tetralogy.
The 29-year-old Mexican professional professional mixed martial artist finished Deiveson Figueiredo in their fourth meeting in a span of 25 months.
A cageside physician waved off the flyweight title fight before the start of the fourth round, after Figueiredo's right eye closed from swelling caused by a Moreno left hook. The 125-pound title unification bout co-headlined UFC 283 inside Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
The finish was somewhat unfortunate, in that such an important fight was stopped due to injury, but the injury was clearly caused by a legal punch from Moreno.
Figueiredo (21-3-1) reached for the right eye immediately after Moreno landed the left hook, protesting what he thought might have been an eye poke. The punch had a devastating effect on the Brazilian. He fell to his back shortly after the shot and spent the rest of the round in a defensive mode off his back. The eye was badly swollen and bloodied.
Moreno (21-6-2) was ahead on all three judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage: 29-28, 29-28 and 29-27. He out-landed Figueiredo in total strikes 85 to 24 and had 6:52 of control time compared to just 35 seconds for Figueiredo.
The victory closes out the first tetralogy in UFC history. The two first met in December 2020, when Moreno fought Figueiredo to a draw as a massive underdog. Moreno won the rematch in June 2021, before dropping a close decision in the third fight last January.
Immediately following the loss, Figueiredo, 35, said he intended to move up to the 135-pound division.
Moreno mixed up his offensive attacks well, although Figueiredo did force him to defend dangerous submission attempts in the first and second rounds. Figueiredo caught him in a guillotine in the opening seconds of the fight, and again with the same submission in the second round. He also looked for a heel hook at the end of the first round.
Moreno showed good composure in enemy territory, however, and started to find his range with left hooks to the body and head. The doctor's stoppage result was the first time that has happened in a UFC title fight since Max Holloway defeated Brian Ortega in a featherweight title bout in 2018.
Posted in Deportes | Tagged Brandon Moreno, Brian Ortega, Deiveson Figueiredo, flyweight, Jeunesse Arena, Max Holloway, UFC, UFC 283 | Leave a reply
Yair Rodriguez to Fight Josh Emmett for Interim UFC Featherweight Title
Yair Rodriguez is headed Down Under…
The 30-year-old Mexican professional mixed martial artist will fight Josh Emmett for the interim UFC featherweight title in the co-main event of the February 11 card in Perth, Australia, according to the UFC.
The UFC is making an interim title, because undisputed champion Alexander Volkanovski will move up to lightweight and challenge champion Islam Makhachev for that title in the UFC 284 headliner.
ESPN has Rodriguez ranked No. 4 in the world at featherweight, and Emmett is ranked No. 7.
Rodriguez (14-3, 1 NC) is coming off a victory over Brian Ortega at UFC Long Island in July. The Mexican-born striker has just one loss in his past five fights.
Emmett (18-2) has won five straight. The 37-year-old California resident is coming off a split decision win over Calvin Kattar in June.
Posted in Deportes | Tagged Alexander Volkanovski, Brian Ortega, Down Under, Islam Makhachev, Josh Emmett, UFC, UFC 284, UFC Long Island, Yair Rodriguez | Leave a reply
Brian Ortega to Fight Chan Sung Jung in UFC Fight Night Event in October
Posted on August 19, 2020 by Tom Castaneda
Brian Ortega has lined up his next opponent…
The 29-year-old Mexican American mixed martial artist will fight Chan Sung Jung in a highly anticipated featherweight bout, according to ESPN.
The 145-pound contest will headline UFC Fight Night on October 17 at a to-be-determined location.
The fight was originally supposed to take place in December in Jung's native South Korea, but Ortega was forced to withdraw because of a knee injury. Jung ended up staying on the card and knocking out former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar.
Ortega and Jung have gone back and forth on social media seemingly ever since.
Earlier this year, Ortega was involved in a brief public scuffle with one of Jung's friends, rapper Jay Park, at a UFC event in Las Vegas. Ortega later apologized for the incident.
Milenio.com first reported the featherweight fight's date.
Ortega (14-1) hasn't fought since he challenged then-champion Max Holloway for the UFC championship in December 2018. Ringside physicians stopped the fight after the fourth round due to damage to Ortega's face. It was the first loss of the 29-year-old's professional career.
Jung (16-5) has been on a tear since returning from a four-year absence from the sport to serve in the South Korea military. He is 3-1 since coming back, with first-round knockouts of Dennis Bermudez, Renato Moicano and Edgar. His only loss came in November 2018 to Yair Rodriguez, in which he was knocked out in the final second of a bout he was leading on the scorecards.
Posted in Deportes | Tagged Brian Ortega, Chan Sung Jung, Dennis Bermudez, ESPN, Frankie Edgar, Jay Park, Max Holloway, Renato Moicano, UFC, UFC Fight Night | Leave a reply


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  <name>hash</name>
  <summary>pHASH Message Digest Framework</summary>
  <description>
   Native implementations of common message digest algorithms using a generic factory method
  </description>
  <license>PHP</license>
  <maintainers>
    <maintainer>
      <user>pollita</user>
      <name>Sara Golemon</name>
      <email>pollita@php.net</email>
      <role>lead</role>
    </maintainer>
    <maintainer>
      <user>mike</user>
      <name>Michael Wallner</name>
      <email>mike@php.net</email>
      <role>lead</role>
    </maintainer>
  </maintainers>

  <release>
   <version>1.1</version>
   <state>stable</state>
   <date>2005-12-00</date>
   <notes>
Fixed PECL bug #6183 - haval source file entries missing in package.xml

Supported Algorithms:
 * md4, md5
 * sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
 * ripemd128, ripemd160
 * tiger128, tiger160, tiger192 (3 and 4 passes)
 * haval128, haval160, haval192, haval224, haval256 (3, 4 and 5 passes)
 * crc32, crc32b, adler32, gost, snefru, whirlpool
   </notes>
  </release>

  <filelist>
   <file role="src" name="config.m4"/>
   <file role="src" name="config.w32"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_md.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_md.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_sha.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_sha.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_ripemd.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_ripemd.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_whirlpool.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_whirlpool.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_whirlpool_tables.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_tiger.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_tiger.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_tiger_tables.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_snefru.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_snefru.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_snefru_tables.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_gost.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_gost.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_gost_tables.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_adler32.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_adler32.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_crc32.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_crc32.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_crc32_tables.h"/>
   <file role="src" name="hash_haval.c"/>
   <file role="src" name="php_hash_haval.h"/>
   <file role="doc" name="README"/>
   <dir role="test" name="tests">
    <file role="test" name="hmac-md5.phpt"/>
    <file role="test" name="md4.phpt"/>
    <file role="test" name="md5.phpt"/>
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    <file role="test" name="sha384.phpt"/>
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    <file role="test" name="tiger.phpt"/>
    <file role="test" name="whirlpool.phpt"/>
    <file role="test" name="gost.phpt"/>
    <file role="test" name="snefru.phpt"/>
    <file role="test" name="crc32.phpt"/>
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Q: GKE ingress resources are not working. getting 404 error I created ingress resource but it is not working.
Please note - I have not deployed the ingress controller using gke default ( is this mandatory to deploy ingress controller in managed gke )
I have created two nginx deployment and  nodeport service respectively
here is kubectl get all
NAME                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
pod/app1-57df48bcd9-d48l9   1/1     Running   0          69m
pod/app2-8478484c64-khn5w   1/1     Running   0          69m
pod/test-d4df74fc9-kkzjd    1/1     Running   0          42m

NAME                 TYPE        CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)          AGE
service/app1         NodePort    10.121.13.120   <none>        8080:32252/TCP   67m
service/app2         NodePort    10.121.15.112   <none>        80:31412/TCP     58m
service/kubernetes   ClusterIP   10.121.0.1      <none>        443/TCP          79m
service/test         NodePort    10.121.13.108   <none>        6060:32493/TCP   42m

NAME                   READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
deployment.apps/app1   1/1     1            1           69m
deployment.apps/app2   1/1     1            1           69m
deployment.apps/test   1/1     1            1           42m

NAME                              DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   AGE
replicaset.apps/app1-57df48bcd9   1         1         1       69m
replicaset.apps/app2-8478484c64   1         1         1       69m
replicaset.apps/test-d4df74fc9    1         1         1       42m

=========================
and deployed ingress resource as per below
yaml
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: connection
spec:
  rules:
  - http:
      paths:
      - path: /app1
        backend:
          serviceName: app1
          servicePort: 8080
      - path: /app2
        backend:
          serviceName: app2
          servicePort: 80

Ingress description
Name:             connection
Namespace:        default
Address:          xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Default backend:  default-http-backend:80 (10.56.0.9:8080)
Rules:
  Host        Path  Backends
  ----        ----  --------
  *
              /       app1:8080 (10.56.2.4:80)
              /app2   app2:80 (10.56.1.4:80)
Annotations:  ingress.kubernetes.io/backends:
                {"k8s-be-31412--b52155807170af3c":"HEALTHY","k8s-be-32252--b52155807170af3c":"HEALTHY","k8s-be-32504--b52155807170af3c":"HEALTHY"}
              ingress.kubernetes.io/forwarding-rule: k8s-fw-default-connection--b52155807170af3c
              ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
              ingress.kubernetes.io/target-proxy: k8s-tp-default-connection--b52155807170af3c
              ingress.kubernetes.io/url-map: k8s-um-default-connection--b52155807170af3c
              ingress.kubernetes.io/use-regex: true
              kubernetes.io/ingress.class: gce
Events:
  Type    Reason  Age   From                     Message
  ----    ------  ----  ----                     -------
  Normal  ADD     58m   loadbalancer-controller  default/connection
  Normal  CREATE  57m   loadbalancer-controller  ip: xxxxxxxxxx

when I am trying to access http://ingresLBip/app1 or http://ingessLBip/app2 I am getting 404 not found error
if I configure ingres resouce with single backend then it is working for single service.
Is anyone face this issue on gke?
do i need to install nginx controller as well?

A: I am assuming your applications are listening to / and not /app1 or /app2 paths. That would explain why the single backend is working. There seems to be a limitation in gce-ingress controller that it doesn't support rewrite-target annotation. If that thread is current then either you have to update the applications to work with the paths or you will have to ditch gce-ingress and use nginx-ingress.

A: You could use nginx ingress because support for rewrite-target annotation in GKE ingress is not there yet.
Install nginx ingress following the docs. Change the ingress resource as below
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: connection
  annotations:
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
spec:
  rules:
  - http:
      paths:
      - path: /app1
        backend:
          serviceName: app1
          servicePort: 8080
      - path: /app2
        backend:
          serviceName: app2
          servicePort: 80

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Organizers of the annual Polar Plunge for Catholic Education are calling this year's event one for the record books.
"This is the biggest year yet for the Polar Plunge," event chairman Jim Shaw said enthusiastically as some 500 in the water and hundreds on the beach concluded a triumphal march up the sandy shoreline after taking an icy dip in the Atlantic Ocean.
The event, which unfolded under sunny skies in the waters off the Sea Bright Municipal Beach Jan. 27, raised some $206,000. The monies are earmarked for a host of projects by the 22 participating Catholic schools around New Jersey.
In keeping with tradition, the 2019 Polar Plunge coincided with the start of National Catholic Schools Week.
This was the fourth year mother and daughter Anne and Fiona Olsen of Howell's St. Veronica School took part in the event.
Fiona Olsen said it gives family and friends a chance to participate in Catholic education. "They are helping us get a new gym floor," the sixth-grader said.
Since its inception in 2007, the Polar Plunge has raised about $1.2 million, with 100 percent of the money retained by participating Catholic schools. The funds are used for scholarships, financial aid, endowments and facility projects according to the needs determined by the individual schools.
Shaw helped found the fundraiser, sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians' Patrick Torphy Division 13, years ago and has seen it grow steadily over the years, thanks to school participation and that of their PTA groups. Now, schools from around the four counties of the Trenton Diocese, the neighboring Metuchen Diocese and north Jersey schools such as Hudson Catholic take part.
At a reception after the plunge held at Tommy's Tap House, where checks were distributed, Craig Palmer, Middletown's St. Mary School principal, shared how the event has helped that institution acquire resources such as Wi-Fi and climate control units throughout the building that would otherwise have exceeded the school budget.
This year, St. Mary's fundraising effort focused on funding an "Information Commons" featuring a library, media center and computer lab that Palmer, Shaw and others, including Gerry McGahran, said would bring the school into a new age of technology and communication.
In Red Bank's St. James School, the PTA and the dad's club known as The Royals work hard to raise funds for general upgrades as well as the plunge. Over the years, funds from the Polar Plunge have enabled the school to install air conditioning and a new gym security system, among other improvements.
"Everyone has a lot of fun," Tania Sarabic, PTA co-president, said of her son and the 50 students, family members and friends who took the plunge.
Travis Sutphin, whose second-grade son, Connor Patrick, has taken the plunge every year since pre-school, agreed. Sutphin, a member of the Royals, said helping to raise funds is a good way to give back to the school, which has done so much for the children. "The teachers are phenomenal; the administration is phenomenal," he said.
Meanwhile, Edison's Bishop Ahr High School decided to "really make the most of it this year," assistant principal Harry Ziegler said. Ziegler said the 50 students, faculty and staff who jumped in the waters were elated by the $90,000 raised, which will go toward creating a state-of-the-art STEM program.


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Q: React Router doesn't render components after build to ftp server I built react app with yarn build.
To get the app running On my server, I added "homepage": "./" to the package.json file.
The app is stored in a folder on the server, and I access the app with https://my-url.com/appname
The App.js get's rendered, but I don't see my components:
function App() {
  const [navigationState, setNavigationState] = useState(false);

  return (

      <Router>

        <Switch>
          <Route path="/" exact component={Home} />
          <Route path="/contact" exact component={Contact} />
        </Switch>

      </Router>

  );
}

In the Header component I have my links like
<Link to="/">Home</Link>
<Link to ="/contact">Contact</Link>

When I click on Home the URL switches to https://my-url.com/ and I see the Home component.
After clicking on Contact the URL switches to https://my-url.com/contact and I see the contact.
My .htaccess looks like:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.html$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
  RewriteRule . /index.html [L]

</IfModule>

What do I need to do, to keep the folder path and render the home component on the first call?

*

*https://my-url.com/ 404

*https://my-url.com/appname shows App Component but doesn't render the Home component

*https://my-url.com/appname/contact 404

*https://my-url.com/contact 404
After clicking on the Home link I get
-https://my-url.com/ showing the home component
After that clicking the Contact link, I get
https://my-url.com/contact showing the contact component
Reloading the page on both urls gives 404.
This is my package.json:
{
  "name": "appname",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^4.2.4",
    "@testing-library/react": "^9.3.2",
    "@testing-library/user-event": "^7.1.2",
    "react": "^16.13.1",
    "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
    "react-scripts": "3.4.3"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "BROWSER=firefox PORT=2000 react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": "react-app"
  },
  "browserslist": {
    "production": [
      ">0.2%",
      "not dead",
      "not op_mini all"
    ],
    "development": [
      "last 1 chrome version",
      "last 1 firefox version",
      "last 1 safari version"
    ]
  },
  "homepage": "./"
}

A: To get it working, I did the following steps:

*

*Add .htaccess file to public folder:

Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.html [QSA,L]

*

*Modify the package.json and add:

"homepage": "http://my-url.com/foldername"

*

*In the App.js add the folder name to the <Route path="<<here>>" />:

<Route path="/foldername/" exact component={Home} />
<Route path="/foldername/contact" exact component={Contact} />

A: I faced this problem in previous project because it was GoDaddy Linux host with apache so I added this line

"homepage": "my-url.com"
to your package.json

then I edited my .htaccess file added my main rout on it
the file I used has this content
RewriteOptions inherit
RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
  RewriteRule . / [L]

A: I think it might be related to the way the react-router is handling rendering either by the client or server-side rendering (SSR).
Please check this docs fragment to set it up correctly for client-side
https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment/#serving-apps-with-client-side-routing
or Try to change the config of rendering to SSR and it should be okay.

A: Had the same problem! I solved it to switch from BrowserRouter to HashRouter in my App.jsx. My FTP doesn't handle BrowserRouter.
After I updated everything it works fine.


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BAU SDG9
About SDGs
BAU Mapping Tool
Higher Education, the world over, is currently facing countless challenges. This has pushed universities towards urgently needed transformations to facilitate the adaptation with the surrounding circumstances. Based on its firm belief in the important role of universities in supporting communities and disseminating the culture of sustainability, Beirut Arab University (BAU) seeks to be one of the leading universities responsible for the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Since 2018, the International Association of Universities (IAU) has entrusted BAU to address the targets of SDG9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure. With the beginning of the new millennium, BAU strove to become a major beacon of sustainability in Lebanon through expanding its campuses, widening the green areas, reducing the emission of CO2, as well as amalgamating the culture of SDGs in the intended learning outcomes (ILOs) of various curricula and programs. Beirut Arab University, thus, endevours to make a valuable contribution by promoting this goal through teaching, research, and community engagement, while creating a sustainable learning environment. We have a great hope that our involvement in the realization of the SDG 9 targets may fill certain gaps in the Lebanese community on the industrial scale through new innovative initiatives, start-ups, and solutions for the disrupted infrastructure.
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President of Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Message of the BAU Representative in HESD
Since the announcement of its participation in the Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD) in 2018 and becoming the SDG 9 leading institution, BAU has set a strategic plan based on four pillars: Education, Research, Operations & Governance, and External Leadership. Thus, from day one, we formed a committee to organise the implementation of this strategic plan according to the following steps:
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BAU Representative in HESD
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