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Q: Можно ли получить доступ к директиве внутри компонента, на который повесили директиву? У меня есть следующий код:
<my-extremely-brilliant-component myDirective></my-extremely-brilliant-component>

Можно ли внутри компонента MyExtremelyBrilliantComponent получить доступ к директиве myDirective?

A: https://angular.io/guide/hierarchical-dependency-injection#directive-and-component

Components and directives on the same element share an injector.

Поэтому любую директиву можно получить из инжектора компонента посредством DI:
class MyExtremelyBrilliantComponent {
  constructor(@Inject(MyDirective) @Self() @Optional() myDirective: MyDirective | null) {
    if (myDirective !== null) {
      // Директива была привязана к компоненту...
    }
  }
}

@Optional() - это флаг, который говорит инжектору не кидать эксепшн No provider for MyDirective в случаях, когда директива не была привязана к компоненту.


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AI's Impact on Recruitment? Yeah, Nah.
13 March 2018| By Pete Dallimore
With the recruitment landscape in a constant flux of change, AI has caused quite the stir in recent times. OCG's Pete Dallimore discusses why AI will never replace our jobs as recruiters.
Recruitment is an industry propelled by change, and one of the latest developments that's causing a stir is automation through Artificial Intelligence. Touted as the answer to the struggle of time-pressed recruiters to keep up with their ever-growing workload, AI is anticipated to revolutionise the hiring process. However, interesting though it may be, AI in recruitment is not the be-all and end-all solution that its proponents are mooting it as – and it's certainly not a replacement for quality recruitment consultants. Here's why.
AI Only Measures Data, It Can't Measure Qualities
There is no doubt that AI has the potential to change the way recruitment works, cutting down involvement on otherwise time-consuming aspects of a recruiter's job. As any recruiter will tell you, manually sourcing and screening talent is one of the most laborious tasks they must undertake, and many welcome the automation of such a high-volume job. Yet, I would argue that AI is largely over-hyped in terms of the real benefits it can bring to the recruitment process and should be adopted with extreme caution.
Whilst the technology will likely continue to evolve and improve in its effectiveness, there is a fundamental flaw in the way it works: it can pattern match behaviour, but it cannot understand it. Consider the various ways that people might describe the same job vacancy or phrase their CV. AI may be good at analysing data, but it is not capable of understanding what lies underneath, and therefore cannot account for idiosyncrasies, hidden meanings and motivations that might be disguising quality talent. Consequently, it will fail to identify people who may not look right on paper but will be outstanding for the role in practice.
No One Has Programmed a Computer Yet to Understand "What Looks Wrong is Right" in a Candidate
AI is also unable to recognise potential in candidates, which can mean the difference between an individual that merely fits the job requirements and someone who is going to continue to grow and add value to an organisation in the long term. AI can never replace a good recruiter because of their ability to analyse the marketplace, appreciate brands and what they stand for, and understand the unique needs of the job seeker. Recruiters will work through all these factors with a candidate and place them on the right path to progress their future career – something that AI will never be able to replicate.
Chatbots Aren't Career Makers, But Recruiters Are
Another misconception about the advantages of AI is can be seen in the use of chatbots in the applications process. While they are intended to improve the candidate experience by making the process easier and more interactive, it often has the opposite effect, with many candidates finding chatbots to be impersonal and irrelevant. The problem is that chatbots are often a lot more artificial than they are intelligent and cannot compete with the empathy and critical thinking of a human being. The recent backlash to Telstra's "Codi" chatbot is just the latest in a long line of customer service solutions that fail to service customers.
I believe that the human element will never disappear in the recruitment industry. Past disruptors such as job boards and LinkedIn didn't kill off recruiters; if anything they became tools that augmented, not replaced, their existing work. I've yet to see a compelling case that AI in recruitment will be any different. Unlike AI, recruiters are in a position of knowledge rather than information. They comprehend what a candidate wants and match it to a company using the knowledge of what both parties hope to achieve, why they want it, and how they can work towards it.
There is also an argument that AI is the great answer to a problem that people seemingly can't solve: unconscious bias. However, while the technology is still developing (and, at some point, could prove to be a useful tool in this regard), high-profile slip-ups by the likes of Google and Microsoft shows us that AI is still very much imbued with the biases of its creators. In all likelihood, there is still a long way to go before we're able to tackle this effectively with tech, and I question whether there is a better solution to unconscious bias than becoming conscious of said biases, and accounting for them in the recruitment process.
Although it's true that AI is very good at ticking boxes and cutting down on time, it cannot develop a relationship with a candidate and client or replace cold calling, headhunting and networking. In the end, recruitment will always be a people industry, and it requires insight, empathy and the ability to follow through to give candidates a good experience and find high-performing talent.
At OCG, we pride ourselves on being career makers, and know that patterns and data can never replace genuine care, the drive to push the boundaries and a commitment to meeting the needs of clients and candidates. Our business is people, and this is at the heart of all the work we do. To find out more about how we can help match quality candidates and employers, and ultimately, build careers, get in touch with our team today.
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New task force nabs pair in drug bust
By submitted, 03/19/18 1:49 PM
HOPE – On Thursday, March 15, at approximately 2:38p.m., Officers of the 8th North Task Force went to the residence of Michael Shane Thompson, located at 506 Hempstead 12, in Hempstead County, in reference to him having a felony warrant with the Arkansas Board of Parole.
As officers were about to pull into Thompson's driveway from Hempstead 12, they observed Thompson working on some type of equipment, As they turned into the driveway, Thompson looked back and saw them and immediately began walking away from at a very fast pace. As officers exited their patrol unit they advised Thompson to come back that they needed to speak with him.
Thompson began to flee on foot north into the woods on the north side of the residence. Officers were able to catch Thompson about 150 yards from the officer's patrol unit. Thompson was advised to place his hands behind his back and he refused to cooperate and kept wanting to turn around. Officers asked him one more time and he refused. Officers deployed a electronic control device (TASER) and hit Thompson in the back. Thompson fell to the ground and he was placed in hand restraints without further incident.
Other HCSO Deputies arrived on scene and transported Thompson to the HCDF where he was turned over to the on-duty jail staff.
Officers made contact with probation and parole officers to ascertain if they had a valid warrantless search wavier on file, because Thompson had just been arrested on their warrant and officers have received information that he was involved in the use, sell and distribution of illegal narcotics, as well as being involved in some large thefts. Probation and parole officers stated he was reporting to stay at the residence and that the residence, property and vehicles where he has access are subject to search at any time due to Thompson being on parole.
Officers made contact with a female, Beth Burton, as she came out of an old trailer house on the property to see what was going on. Officers asked Burton if she and Thompson lived in that residence and she stated yes.
Other Deputies arrived on scene to assist. Officers began conducting a search of the residence. During the search, officers located one clear bag of crystal like substance suspected to be methamphetamine lying on the bed. There was another cellophane wrapper that contained two individual bags of suspected methamphetamine. Officers located a black digital scale commonly used for weighing narcotics on a night stand beside the bed. There was also a small black box that contained several used hypodermic syringes commonly used for injecting narcotics into the body. Also, there was one exposed hypodermic syringe lying on the bed that contained an unknown liquid suspected to be methamphetamine.
Burton was placed under arrest and transported to the HCDF where she was turned over to the on-duty jail staff for booking process. Burton was charged with possession of a controlled substance with purpose to deliver (methamphetamine), possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) and possession of drug paraphernalia. She will be held for first court appearance.
Thompson was charged with possession of a controlled substance with purpose to deliver (methamphetamine), possession of a controlled substance (marijuana), possession of drug paraphernalia and fleeing on foot. Michael will be held for first court appearance. He is also being held for the Arkansas Board of Parole on a felony warrant.


A Lindenwood University-Belleville student who went to the series dropped off a pennant for him.
A couple of women he thinks were from Lindenwood brought him a Cubs keychain. Several other people got him pennants or other items.
Kaiser, who is 80, said he was taking phone calls all day long after the big win.
He said he got a large plant from someone he doesn't even know, apparently someone who drives by frequently and sees all the signs.
Through the years Kaiser had endured a lot of good-natured ribbing for sticking with the Cubs, especially in the middle of Cardinals territory. A few years ago he even had a yard full of red brooms courtesy of his grandchildren after the Cardinals swept the Cubs in a series.
None of it deters him. He knows it's just jealousy.
"I always say you either are a Cubs fan or wish you were a Cubs fan," he said.
His main love is the game, which he coached for many years. But joking with his customers and friends is close.
"I have fun with it or else why bother?" he said.
He ponders a new year which could bring another title for a talented Cubs team loaded with young players. Being a frontrunner is a different feeling for a longtime Cubs fan, but one that he said he thought he could get used to.


Because Steven attends Forest Grove High School we decided to meet with him in Banks Oregon to do his senior photos. As you can see from these images his main interests are skateboarding and playing guitar. The skies were very stormy on the trip over to meet up with him and we actually thought we may have to cancel our photo shoot because of it. But I love stormy skies so we continued on despite rain hitting our windshield. Fortunately the rain stopped and held off long enough for us to capture these images.
A great bonus to the day was finding an old burnt out home we saw on our way into town. While photographing Steven with his guitar I told him it felt like I was shooting an album cover for him. He was thanking me for the great job we did and he had yet to see any of the images. Needless to say he loved what we came away with that day.
Kryss liked our style so much that she and her mom made the trip from Sandy Oregon to have her senior photos taken. We started out at The Japanese Gardens and then headed over to a few of our favorite urban areas in the Portland area. We happened upon a cool looking bus, thinking it was empty we snapped a few images but then we heard some rumblings inside so decided to moved along our way.
Thanks again Kryss for choosing us for your senior pictures!
I would say that one thing about Dan that stood out to me when I first met him was his piercing blue eyes. Dan is a great guy and quite athletic so with those killer eyes I'm sure he doesn't go unnoticed by many gals.
While photographing him at one of our favorite urban / industrial areas I noticed some chalk drawings on one of the pillars. So an idea hit me to incorporate an image of Dan into one of them with the help of Photoshop. The result is shown here in the first image. Dan graduated this year from Mountain View High School here in Vancouver, WA.
This was one of those senior photo sessions where just about every picture we took was a keeper, little to say it made for a very tough edit. Much of this had to do with Hannah trusting our vision and being open to anything we threw her way, she was a great subject. Adding to that was wonderful lighting at some of our special locations. These are just a few of our favorites we took in the 90 minutes we had with her.
Hannah is a graduate of Hudson's Bay High School here in Vancouver, Washington.


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Just keep swimming.
When some of the people I swim with started signing up for an open-water race this summer, I hesitated, then thought what the hell. The thing I always liked best about riding was getting away from the schooling ring circles and doing what the discipline called for — jumping fences, hacking out in the countryside, whatever.
So why not get out of the pool? In entering, I chose a distance other than the shortest one (1.2 miles, with the other choices being .5 mile, 5K and 10K), and set some goals, in order of escalating ambition and reverse order of likelihood of achievement:
1) Don't drown.
2) Finish.
3) Don't finish at the back of my age group.
4) Win my age group.
5) WIN THE WHOLE FUCKING THING, GIVE INTERVIEWS TO A CLAMOROUS GAGGLE OF SPORTS REPORTERS, RETIRE IN GLORY.
The swim was Sunday, and I made it to No. 3. It was way harder than I anticipated, mainly because open-water swimming layers on another skill neglected in the pool: Staying on course. Also, navigating a start, when a zillion people all plunge into the lake and start swimming for the first buoy. An older woman I was chatting with beforehand advised starting toward the back of the pack, but we still had a scrum before the faster people surged to the front and the rest of us strung out behind. At one point I reached forward for a stroke and my hand landed flat on some woman's ass. Sor-reee! But then the hard part started, i.e., figuring out why I'd sight the buoy and start off in that direction, and check again in a hundred yards and discover I was headed in a different direction. Nothing seemed to work, and I think I probably added a big chunk of yardage just zigzagging all over the place, trying to stay on course.
But the turnaround finally came, and as I started back, I thought, man, this is taking a long time. After I finished and collapsed on the grass to recover, a guy eating a banana next to me said he'd been wearing a swim watch, and the course was 2,800 yards, or nearly 1.6 miles. Oh, well. My time was atrocious — 1:05, but I finished fourth in my age group, which I believe was Pre-Medicare Crones. Three other crones were behind me. The age-group winner was 15 minutes faster, however, so better luck next year.
The distance group first-place finishers were 13 (M) and 27 (F). They were probably eating ice cream in Ann Arbor by the time I dragged my ass up the beach. But I'm glad I did it. The weather was perfect and I finally got to experience the culture of the professionally run amateur sporting event. Which is to say, I got a T-shirt, a medal and a new swim cap.
So. Monday is Eclipse Day, and in filling the nation's pages, feeds and airwaves with related garbage masquerading as journalism, NBC News went with the Scrooge angle: The eclipse will cost America almost $700 million in lost productivity. Please join me in a hearty fuck-you to whichever economist pulled that number out of his butt. Americans really love this sort of self-laceration, which in its own way beats anything ever put on a Soviet propaganda poster. I once read a lost-productivity analysis of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. OMG the carnage in the bottom line. I can't even.
If you're lucky enough to be in the path of totality and have clear skies, I hope you leave your work station, go outside and have the human experience of marveling at our cosmos. I plan to.
Some more bloggage, then? Sure:
I know what whattaboutism is, but I didn't know it was a Cold War tactic, only that it has in my experience been wielded mainly by certain conservatives I've known, who couldn't acknowledge the mistake of one of their own without saying, "But what about Bill Clinton? Huh?" Here's an explainer on the history of whattaboutism.
And just to tie up last week's threads, I'm not the only one who has noticed the peculiar influence of the College Republicans on the greater party:
The pool of people the Republican Party will be drawing from when selecting candidates a generation from now will contain these men and hardly anyone else. Cvjetanovic wasn't the only marcher photographed with a current Republican elected official. Allsup, the erstwhile WSU College Republicans president, was photographed with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. "I communicate with people from their office on a fairly regular basis," he told his student paper a few months ago, also mentioning that members of his organization had earned internships and jobs in her office.
This is the state of the GOP leadership pipeline. In a decade, state legislatures will start filling up with Gamergaters, MRAs, /pol/ posters, Anime Nazis, and Proud Boys. These are, as of now, the only people in their age cohort becoming more active in Republican politics in the Trump era. Everyone else is fleeing. This will be the legacy of Trumpism: It won't be long before voters who reflexively check the box labeled "Republican" because their parents did, or because they think their property taxes are too high, or because Fox made them scared of terrorism, start electing Pepe racists to Congress.
Hey, even the National-goddamn-Review has noticed.
Man, am I beat. "Game of Thrones," then off to bed for me. This girl is going to sleep well tonight. Hope you do, too.
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50 responses to "Just keep swimming."
Joe k said on August 20, 2017 at 7:48 pm
Congratulations on the swim, I have always heard a open water swim is tougher than a pool swim, kinda like a run outside is harder than a treadmill run. Where was the race held?
Pilot Joe
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RIP- Mr Lewis.
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Julie Robinson said on August 20, 2017 at 8:33 pm
NBC also led tonight with a breathless, BREAKING NEWS story on the death of Jerry Lewis. 'Cos, you know, there wasn't any real news going on this weekend. Seven minutes. Geesh.
Open-water swimming sounds terrifying to me, as someone who can't see three feet ahead of her face without glasses. More power to you.
Is anyone here on Nextdoor? I joined in our Orlando neighborhood to help with recommendations for some work we're getting done, and it's been interesting, to say the least. Lots of truly helpful people for recommendations/warnings, folks putting out their castoffs and posting curb alerts, heads-up on road work, break-ins, trash pick up changes, kids posting availability for babysitting and yard work, on and on.
There's also a lot of Gladys Kravitz types and people trying to sell their crap at over-inflated prices. Apparently if you buy from Pottery Barn you think your old stuff is still worth 4X its value.
Anyway, right now in Orlando if you want glasses for the eclipse you can get them for $25 a pair. Again, geesh.
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Connie said on August 20, 2017 at 8:57 pm
Congratulations. My husband ran in the Michigan senior olympics last week at Oakland U. He won a gold medal as the only runner in his age group in the 5K, and a silver in the 10K.
As to the eclipse libraries across America have been driven nuts by the search for eclipse glasses. They are sold out everywhere. My library has 200 pairs to give away tomorow, and will be livestreaming it on the big Tv. We have received way more phone calls than we have glasses. NASA with the support of foundations gave them to 6900 US libraries.
nancy said on August 20, 2017 at 9:00 pm
Half Moon Lake, in the Pinckney state recreation area.
Suzanne said on August 20, 2017 at 9:36 pm
Regarding navigating in open water, read Diana Nyad's book Find a Way about trying to stay on track while doing her swim from Cuba to Florida. It's pretty amazing. And exhausting.
I do think the GOP is finally discovering that the lunatic fringe that they have courted for years considers them the same elites as the Dems and hates them equally. They've been woke that they've help create Frankenstein's monster and it is about to turn on them. And they can't counteract it because they've trained their people that no one is telling them the truth. Trained them too well.
Sherri said on August 20, 2017 at 9:43 pm
My husband and daughter are in Tennessee at my MIL's to see totality. He ordered eclipse glasses weeks ago. We'll get to about 90% here, and I have eclipse glasses. My trainer and I will take a minute from my workout to look at the sun.
Congrats on the swim.
jcburns said on August 20, 2017 at 11:01 pm
Congratulations Nancy! Sammy's cousin lives about one lake south of Half Moon Lake, so we've been around there. That is a LARGE lake by my standards.
On edit: The NYT obit of Jerry Lewis had this line that made me smile: 'Their antics earned the notice of Billboard magazine, whose reviewer wrote, "Martin and Lewis do an afterpiece that has all the makings of a sock act," using showbiz slang for a successful show.'
Another sock act, Dick Gregory passed away this weekend. "I sat in at a lunch counter for nine months," Gregory said in one civil rights era monologue. "When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted."
Deborah said on August 21, 2017 at 12:47 am
Nancy, you are amazing, I can't get over the things you challenge yourself with. Good for you.
My husband and I have often done Jerry Lewis impersonations screaming, "Lady, LADY'. I haven't thought about that or him for ages.
I'm still creeped out watching Twin Peaks, I'm about halfway done with season 2. This is the original series. It's good but I'm anxious to be done.
What will Trump do tomorrow?
alex said on August 21, 2017 at 7:11 am
Poor Dick Gregory, eclipsed by a white asshole even in death.
basset said on August 21, 2017 at 7:15 am
Right in the eclipse's path here in Nashville, at work we'll be streaming NASA tv in one of the conference rooms and taking a break around totality time to go up on the roof and look at it.
I was gonna try taking some artsy photos but after forty-plus years in and around journalism I am finally learning that you don't have to record your whole life, sometimes it's OK to just live it. So I'll just watch…
adrianne said on August 21, 2017 at 7:32 am
Alex, your comment on the near-simultaneous deaths of Dick Gregory/Jerry Lewis made me laugh! And Nancy, you are truly an ironwoman – I stand in awe of your latest accomplishment.
Peter said on August 21, 2017 at 9:00 am
Jerry Lewis: I know I'm not the only person who's marking August 20, 2017 on the calendar so I can finally see The Day The Clown Died and find out for myself if it is as awesomely bad as Harry Shearer has been saying it is for the last 30 years – Jerry donated it to the Library of Congress on the condition it doesn't get shown until 10 years after he checks out.
And as much as I hated some of his films and the telethons, I think his performance in The King of Comedy owes a lot to the baggage he's carrying from his past.
Eclipse: Neil Sternberg mentioned it, and I read it elsewhere: All of the hoopla in Carbondale can be traced to a British amateur astronomer who e-mailed SIU three years ago and asked if they're doing anything special for the eclipse and their response was "you say we're the what on the when now?"
Connie said on August 21, 2017 at 9:02 am
At the library. At 8:30 there were four people in line for the 200 pairs of eclipse glasses we will begin giving out at 1 p.m. I did see the sheriff make a swing through as well. I called them last week and warned them of the possibility of madness over here.
Mark P said on August 21, 2017 at 9:06 am
My brother did an open-ocean swim when he lived in San Diego. As you may know, the North Pacific gyre brings water from Alaska down the West Coast, and it's still cold when it reaches San Diego. He said it took him the rest of the day to get warm again. And, speaking of my brother, he will be in Spring Lake, TN, for the eclipse. That's a little town that is almost exactly in the center of the path of totality. Down here in NW Georgia, we will get around 97% coverage. I made a cardboard viewing box. If my wife gets out of her doctor appointment in time, we'll watch in the parking lot. Back in the 1980's there was an annular eclipse visible in Atlanta, where I was in graduate school. We all stood on the front steps of our building and looked into cardboard boxes then, too.
LAMary said on August 21, 2017 at 9:15 am
Amen, Alex.
The telethons gave us some great moments, though. Not sure on the exact wording and the guy's name eludes me right now, but the male singer with Dawn (Knock Three Times…) said, while introducing Jerry, "if you took all the love this man has given, and put it end to end, it would go to the universe and back and fill the black hole in space.'
Just though of his name: Tony Orlando.
Someone will find the exact quote I bet. I'm out the door for work or I would.
It's Spring City, not Lake. Kind of between Chattanooga and Knoxville.
Linda said on August 21, 2017 at 10:31 am
Clip with a very young Richard Pryor and Jerry Lewis: https://youtu.be/8jl8JjJJ4ME
Suzanne said on August 21, 2017 at 10:38 am
I feel a bit awkward saying this, but I never liked Jerry Lewis and never could figure out what the draw was. And when I heard he had died, my first thought was "He was still alive? I thought he passed a few years ago."
I have my eclipse glasses and I am ready for the show!
Sherri said on August 21, 2017 at 10:39 am
How long before there's a call to privatize trump's security, maybe with Erik Prince's thugs beating up protestors?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/21/secret-service-cant-pay-agents-because-trumps-frequent-travel-large-family/529075001/
I was just reminded that there was a solar eclipse around 5 years ago in late May, we were in NM at the time looking for an apartment in Santa Fe. I remember making a pinhole apparatus on the balcony of the hotel we were staying in, it was later in day. The next day we found this apt that we have now so it was a good omen, I guess.
Julie Robinson said on August 21, 2017 at 10:45 am
Suzanne, I'm with you and will risk more unpopularity to say I couldn't stand the telethons, which struck me as mawkish.
Anyone else notice that JC still has an edit button? Life is unfair.
alex said on August 21, 2017 at 11:03 am
No disapprobation from me. Jerry Lewis always struck me as an unsympathetic person even before he became a crotchety old fuckmook.
brian stouder said on August 21, 2017 at 11:52 am
I never thought the guy was all that funny, either; more grating – like Pee Wee Herman (before his trip to the movie theater)
Julie – I wouldn't have noticed it, had you not pointed it out…so now I'm ready to protest in the streets (metaphorically speaking!)
Sherri – an interesting point. I wonder whether a national privatized army would even pass Constitutional muster. If such a thing were created by Congress, I'd say it should trigger a Judiciary branch reaction (and be struck down) – but what do I know?
Jakash said on August 21, 2017 at 12:27 pm
Seems to me that if one is inclined to express antipathy toward Jerry or the telethons, this would be a pretty welcoming place to do it…
I was ambivalent, myself. Certainly not a fan, but I thought some of his shtick was funny. Though the telethons were not my cup of tea, and often mawkish, indeed, using his fame to help raise awareness of MD, while helping to raise a billion dollars, too, is hard for me to argue with.
Even in that little clip Linda posted @ 18, I thought he was funny. Not very gracious or friendly, but funny.
Pretty cloudy in Chicago for the big E-day…
Dorothy said on August 21, 2017 at 12:57 pm
alex @ 23 – thanks for resurrecting one of Ashley's sayings!
89% view of the eclipse is going to be here in Dayton. I got glasses from our eye doctor last Friday. My hubby works in a building about a mile from me so we're going to watch it together in his office parking lot. The next big one happens on our son's birthday, April 2024. That might need to be a bigger party since we'll be retired by then.
Deborah said on August 21, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Eclipse is happening now in Santa Fe, very close to half way through it. It's very cloudy here today wouldn't you know, one of the rare days when it's that way here. The quality of light definitely changed though seems more like twilight.
People at the gym appreciated my bringing eclipse glasses, and we took a break to go out and look. I got to explain the science of the eclipse to a six year old and a 73 year old, at different levels, of course. So maybe I get to keep my nerd card even though I didn't travel to see totality.
brian stouder said on August 21, 2017 at 2:31 pm
I just took a gander, with the special glasses on; pretty neat.
I recall seeing this when I was 5th or 6th grade at Weisser Park, which would be about 1972 or '73. At that time, we utilized the shadow-box method, to see it…but today strikes me as much darker than then
Powerball is up to over $600 million, after the eclipse it's time to buy a couple of tickets.
Peter said on August 21, 2017 at 2:55 pm
Just got back from Millennium Park in Chicago, and it was not too shabby! They had ABC on the big screen (would have preferred the NASA feed), but it was not too bad.
I had hoped to make it to Carbondale, but no such luck – looked a little cloudy down there anyway.
SIU is tearing down one of the dorm towers, and they rented it out this weekend at $850.00 per room – but you could fit four people in it. My son was in that tower; each floor had a lounge that looked to the south, and on the upper floors you could see for miles – now that would be a great spot to catch the eclipse!
Brandon said on August 21, 2017 at 2:59 pm
Dick Gregory at the premiere of The Hot Chick, in which he had a cameo.
My husband reported that totality was "stunning."
Jeff Borden said on August 21, 2017 at 3:25 pm
I understand the Orange King is going to speak to the nation tonight about his revamp of Afghanistan policy. The only thing this man ever said that I agreed with was that our country should stop stomping around in the conflicts of other nations. Now, it appears, we're sending more soldiers into that festering wound of a country. We never learn. Afghanistan is the graveyard of nations, already proven by Great Britain and the USSR.
Apparently, POTUS looked directly at the eclipse with no protective eyewear.
Mamma always said: stupid is as stupid does.
Heather said on August 21, 2017 at 3:56 pm
Kind of a disappointing eclipse here in Chicago–it was very cloudy. But I did at least get to see it.
Jeff (the mild-mannered one) said on August 21, 2017 at 3:57 pm
Julie, JC *is* the edit button. So there's that.
Charlotte said on August 21, 2017 at 4:08 pm
Oh we had fun building projector devices! Used a spotting scope (the most clear), a couple of boxes with pinholes, some cardboard with pinholes, even played with the binoculars (which seemed like they might catch the cardboard on fire). Not sure what our percentage was — high 90s though — totality was just south of us in Jackson Hole.
Got very quiet — not even any sounds from the highway. And temperature dropped about 15 degrees.
And now, back to work …
adrianne said on August 21, 2017 at 4:30 pm
I love New York. A bunch of my colleagues swarmed onto the street around 2:30 p.m., looking at the eclipse through our phones, and a kindly woman loaned us eclipse glasses. They really worked!
Judybusy said on August 21, 2017 at 4:45 pm
Congrats on the swim, Nancy! I never thought about how hard it would be to keep going in the right direction in open water.
The eclipse in Minneapolis was a bust; we had a lot of cloud cover. I am sure it was dimmer, and it began raining as the eclipse was waning.
jcburns said on August 21, 2017 at 5:26 pm
I am the edit button, goo goo ga joob.
I'm here to report that hanging out within the "zone of totality" (aka a Wal-Mart parking lot in Cornelia, Georgia) with some of my Northeast Georgia eclipseophiles was a fine, brief experience indeed. We all got along. There were no confederate flags. We were a diverse bunch of parked people. We oohed and ahhed in unison. And seeing the corona was quite wonderful.
ROGirl said on August 21, 2017 at 5:37 pm
Jerry Lewis live on the Champs Elysees
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alex said on August 21, 2017 at 5:44 pm
I watched from downtown Fort Wayne, looked up once through someone's borrowed eclipse glasses, otherwise photographed some shadows and took a ciggy break. Big woo.
Maybe it takes an experience like the eclipse to bring people together across the spectrum of this country… nah, never mind, wasn't gonna happen. Wish I wasn't so pessimistic, but there you go.
I was out at Mom's this afternoon and saw a big viewing party at the library branch nearby. She wasn't up to going over there so we watched it on TV. But I remember making a pinhole viewer back in 1963 when I would have been seven, and was mightily impressed.
Our daughter was viewing the shadow through a colander, but even better, the shadows were multiplied on the concrete around our pool as they filtered through one of the trees. There were hundreds of tiny crescents, in irregular patterns, and when the wind blew through the leaves they shimmered. She posted live in Facebook, and I wish I knew how to share it because it was pretty cool.
Just yanking your chain about the edit button, JC.
David C. said on August 21, 2017 at 6:52 pm
The eclipse was a bust here. The clouds got thin enough in order to see it for a couple of seconds. I was all set with a solar filter for my telescope, so it was probably my fault. It could have been worse. One of the other engineers I work with went down to southern Illinois, but it was cloudy. They heard that not too far away it was clear, but they couldn't get there because the traffic was at a standstill. There will be another one in the midwest in 2024. I hope I can get somewhere I can see the totality. Otherwise, I can wait until 2099 and we'll be right in the middle of the totality. I'll be 140 years old, so my eyesight may not be too good by then.
susan said on August 21, 2017 at 7:07 pm
david c. – Otherwise, I can wait until 2099 and we'll be right in the middle of the totality. I'll be 140 years old, so my eyesight may not be too good by then.
That made me laugh!
Jakash said on August 21, 2017 at 7:21 pm
"…the shadows were multiplied on the concrete around our pool as they filtered through one of the trees."
That's what I liked best about one when I was younger, Julie, minus the pool. Walking around and seeing little crescents all over the ground. Didn't happen here today, alas.
Diane said on August 21, 2017 at 7:36 pm
Connie, yes eclipse glasses were the hottest item in town. We have never gotten so many calls. We are a small public library in the mountains. We had said we would be giving them away last Tuesday and we had a line (a long line) outside our door when we opened. We gave away 400 pairs (remember we are small) in one hour and then had a bunch of annoyed patrons who came later that day after we were out. Sigh
Colleen said on August 21, 2017 at 8:25 pm
Congrats on the swim. Very impressive!
Re:Nextdoor…I was part of the group for the neighborhood I lived in in Fort Wayne. It was a good way to communicate neighborhood news. My development here in FL is too new to have its own group, so I am a member of neighboring groups. There is a lot of Mrs. Kravitzing…and a lot of worry about non existent nefarious happenings. We all live in neighborhoods behind gates, and people get all het up about "strangers " in the area. It is weird.
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The Marcy Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Vadim Zhushma as the winner of the 2016 $1,000 scholarship award. Each year a student is selected based on their scholastic performance and community commitment.
An employee of River Road Farm & Greenhouses, Vadim displays exceptional talent and work ethic. He is reliable and highly competent and assists in nearly all daily activities.
Vadim is enrolled in the 1+2+1 program at SUNY Polytechnic Institute and St. Elizabeth College of Nursing pursuing his bachelor's degree and certification as a Registered Nurse. After graduation, Vadim plans to pursue his degree through SUNY Upstate as a Nurse Practitioner.
Outside of work and school, Vadim is committed to spending time with friends and family while enjoying as much time outdoors as possible.


When I was in charge of business meetings at Avon Products, I discovered how much I enjoy songs, songwriting, and especially … lyrics. Back then, the words of my songs were designed to help create a 10% bigger Christmas selling season. But no matter what the subject, I found that I loved working with words that could be set to music.
Years later, after I'd left corporate life and done some marketing consulting, I became a Creative Gun for Hire, working for meeting production companies and for some corporations directly.
For a client's event in Cancun, Mexico, for example — intended to make its sales achievers feel great about themselves — I wrote a song with these words: "You've earned your own fiesta. Because you are the Best-a!" It's not Shakespeare, I know … but the clients and their audience loved it.


In the recent November 2013 election, three of four northeast Colorado communities voted in support of a five-year ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Hydraulic fracturing is a process for extracting natural gas and petroleum from underground rock that has proven to be one of the most contentious legal issues of the electoral season in northern Colorado.
The ongoing conflict between economic necessities and the desire to preserve and protect the natural environment remains at the forefront of the current fracking debate in the United States and elsewhere.
When you have an industry that is exempt from the most basic provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Air Act, something is obviously wrong. This says that the fracking industry cannot survive unless it passes the cost of doing business – be it health effects or air and water contamination – onto the communities in which they are drilling.
The concerns voiced by Mendell and others, however, are not universal. Former Colorado State House Representative B.J. Nikkel, who has advised private companies interested in opening the Front Range area to fracking, told the Daily Camera that the election results in Broomfield are more likely to reflect divided, but still very open, public opinion on this subject.
Within the swirl of ongoing debate about fracking, energy policy, consumer interests and environmental protection, one issue remains relatively clear: fracking is here to stay and consumers are urged to inform themselves about its potential risks and benefits.


From the beginning of October 2016 I have started a year long journey of visiting and learning form eco-communities. This journey was inspired by recent time spent over the summer in Irelands first Eco-village in Cloughjordan and in the UK's oldest Eco-village in the Findhorn Foundation, Scotland. In both communities I recognised them as places where I could offer my skills as an artist, architect and teacher in ways that I felt were more like co-creation; ways that felt deeply rewarding and were closer to the sense of truly giving and receiving of gifts and learning that were mutually beneficial. I am curious about the positive impacts we can have in our lives and in the world around us when we create and work together. So I am dedicating this year to offering and learning form eco-communities and sharing my experiences along the way in the hope that they will inspire positive eco-living opportunities in your life too.


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Porter: City crackdown hits park pizza nights
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The Junction, Toronto
By Catherine Porter, Toronto Star
Down the path north into Christie Pits Park, you stumble upon a little gnome's house.
It has wooden sides, a shingled, peaked roof, a little chimney and a window shuttered in black metal and locked tight with a padlock. It's a community bake oven.
It was built 10 years ago by park staff and volunteers. The staff did the building; the volunteers brought the architectural drawings, construction supplies and refreshments. It was an ideal collaboration – community fundraising and spirit, city land and sweat. A win for everyone. That spirit is captured by the words on the commemorative plaque that celebrates the parks worker who built the oven. It reads: "This bake oven is dedicated in loving memory of Luis Antonio Andrade."
Two summers ago, some parents watching their kids at the playground nearby noticed the little house. They looked at the plaque. They looked at the padlock. A great idea struck them: community pizza nights.
How could that not go off like wildfire? Just think – fresh pizzas under the trees with your neighbours after a long week of work. Moms, dads, kids all lounging on picnic blankets. Beautiful. Who needs a cottage?
It did go off beautifully. The volunteer group Friends of Christie Pits Park stretched out the dough every week, slathered on the tomato sauce and sprinkled the pies with mozzarella they'd brought. A city recreation staff member worked the oven. Some nights they baked as many as 80 pizzas. Everyone was happy. The city paid for a staff worker, true. But how can you quantify what was achieved by having up to 100 people sitting in the park together every Friday night – the reduced crime, the cigarette butts and empty pop cans removed, the sense of neighbourhood pride and park ownership.
"We've become a community," says Monica Gupta, a mother of two and the chair of Friends of Christie Pits. "It shows what passion we have for our community. We want to keep it going."
Why wouldn't they keep it going?
Well, they've fallen prey to a recent crackdown by the city on irregular recreation programming.
That means that if they want to keep running pizza nights, they will have to get a permit every Friday and pay city recreation staff to work the oven, Gupta says.
That will be expensive. A permit alone costs almost $100, she says. And rec staff? "We can't afford it. We are all just volunteers."
This is a repeated refrain I've heard this week.
Three weeks before the ninth annual "Icycle" event at Dufferin Grove rink – which features 50 people on bikes racing across the ice before a crowd of 200 – earlier this month, organizer Derek Chadbourne was told it was no longer considered part of the recreation programming and he'd need a permit and insurance. Same thing for the family skate day at the Wallace Emerson rink. And the Women of Winter Outdoor Shinny Tournament, which has been considered the showcase event for women's pickup hockey in the city for five years now. (In the end, the city waived the fees, organizer Deirdre Norman said, but told her she would need to pay next year.) "When you add fees to volunteer events, you effectively end them," says Norman. "Why would you discourage things that cost the city nothing and bring so much to the community and facilities that are underused? We do this for the love of our community."
That's a very good question. The response is vague.
Malcolm Bromley, the city's director of recreation, said his aim was to build more programs, not destroy existing ones. But he also said programs need to be regularized.
He didn't think the Christie Pits pizza nights were delisted from the city's recreation program. I'm still waiting for him to get back to me.
The evidence shows the easy days of collaboration between people who work in the parks and people who use and love them are over and that – if not this summer, then next – the Christie Pits community pizza nights are doomed.
That padlock will rarely come off.
The irony, of course, is that the city never owned the Christie Pits bake oven.
Further down on that plaque, right after that parks worker's name, is a single line.
It reads: "Created with love for all to enjoy."
If you are as outraged as I am by this, send a protest email to Janet Davis at councillor_davis@toronto.ca.
She is the chair of the city's recreation committee.
Catherine Porter usually appears on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Email: cporter@thestar.ca
It's dreadful that the City is basically ending many innovative local uses of public spaces like parks due to regulation. People came together to actually use the parks for enjoyment regularly in large numbers as a community.
A lot of our local parks are well used, but definitely not to their potential as public spaces. The result is often neglect like litter and garbage accumulating, vandalism, and criminal activity. Events like these pizza nights need to be officially encouraged, not stifled.


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CROATIA - The third Offshore Mariculture Conference entitled Exploring the progress and prospects for offshore mariculture in European and international waters, will be held at the Hilton Imperial Hotel, Dubrovnik, Croatia from 16-18 June 2010.
As in previous years, the two day technical conference will be followed by a third day dedicated to a visit to a fish farm which, this year, will be a Seabass and Seabream farm.
The Conference is supported by the European Aquaculture Society, the European Aquaculture Technology Innovation Platform, the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers, the Global Aquaculture Alliance, the Danish Aquaculture Association and HGK, Grupacija akvakulture, the aquaculture affiliation of the Croatian Chamber of Economy and member of FEAP.
The programme will include presentations on policy and research updates (EATiP, FAO and NOAA), practical offshore farming operations, spatial planning and monitoring, spotlight on Croatia and case studies from Croatian and international fish farmers.
The conference is aimed at farming companies, research organisations and suppliers looking to update themselves on the latest policies, products, research and case studies within the fin/shell fish and seaweed offshore farming industries. The specific focus on Croatia will enable Government officials from farming nations to learn how they can adapt Croatia's successful spatial planning policy into their own Ministries of Fisheries/Environment and Tourism. International farming companies and suppliers looking to enter/invest in the Croatian market will also be in attendance.
For more information see http://www.offshoremariculture.com/.


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Tarantino's Django Unchained is right on target
No one quite makes films like Quentin Tarantino. With a taste for excessive, darkly comedic violence, a flair for sharp-tongued dialogue, and a love for retro stylings, there's no mistaking the markings of the celebrated, controversial and foul-mouthed filmmaker. Now, over three years since QT's last and most successful film, Inglourious Basterds, comes the eagerly anticipated, Django Unchained. Tarantino fans who have been left salivating in the run up to the film's release will be thrilled to know that Django Unchained exceeds expectations.
With its events set throughout the Southern United States two-years prior to the Civil War, Django Unchained is very much a slave's story that isn't bothered with being about slavery itself. Greatly indebted to 1966 Spaghetti Western Django, Tarantino introduces the audience to Jamie Foxx's Django, who trudges along in shackles, whilst Luis Bacalov's "Django" (his original theme from that very film) plays in full. It's the first of many eclectic, oft anachronistic, tracks that add a special touch that only Tarantino can integrate into a film this well. When German dentist King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) makes his entrance, it's only a matter of time before Django is, indeed, unchained. The unlikely pairing set out to hunt down wanted outlaws and re-unite Django with his enslaved wife. As much a love story as it is a revenge tale, Django Unchained, though lengthy, is a fast-paced, enthralling drama full of over-the-top bloodiness, coarse language and rich characterisation. Of course, as always with QT, it's all delivered with a certain level of tongue-in-cheek humour (including an odd cameo appearance from the man himself) that ensures Django Unchained is utterly enjoyable from beginning to end.
Tarantino never fails to bring together stellar, star-ridden casts and Django Unchained is no exception. With Academy Award winning Waltz again teaming with QT and fellow Oscar winner Jamie Foxx in the title role, the leading performances are fantastically captivating. Exhibiting an effortless chemistry together, the duo is perfectly suited as partners seeking to extract their own measures of justice on the unsuspecting rogues. As the antagonists, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L Jackson are scintillatingly smarmy. DiCaprio's Calvin Candie, owner of the infamous Candieland plantation, is a guilty treat, especially once tensions flare and it becomes clear that his Francophile isn't such a pushover after all. Jackson, meanwhile, channels the nastiest of Uncle Tom characters possible, delivering continual f-bombs in the way only SLJ can. At times, it feels like Jackson takes the character a step too far into caricature, but it remains an exceptionally wicked performance, nonetheless.
It is worth noting that the language in Django Unchained is as blue as any prior Tarantino film, if not more so, with the added caveat that it holds true to certain word-usage of the time. It's certainly uncomfortable to hear, but that doesn't mean it should have been whitewashed. More important is the fact that Tarantino's dialogue is a blast. Banter over the suitability of bags is classic, gut-busting Tarantino wit at its best. It's also one of the moments that create a moderately jarring break in the tone of the film. If there's one thing that Django Unchained lacks, it's a more natural flow to the editing and overall structure. Still, if there was no better way of weaving the bag scene into film, it proves, overwhelmingly, to be to the film's benefit that it was left in.
Django Unchained is almost certainly the most Tarantino-esque of Tarantino's resume. A slick, meticulously framed homage to his wide variety of influences, Tarantino exploits his ability to incorporate scenes containing unnaturally vivid imagery without ever snapping the viewer out of the film's spell. While the climax settles into a tense confrontation, the eventual outcome delivers exactly what is expected of Tarantino, and gloriously so.
It might have a few rough edges, but Django Unchained is not only a great film, but a potent cultural work that exemplifies what one of America's greatest filmmakers is all about. An infectious must-see (and see again), Django Unchained is Tarantino's most entertaining outing in years. A spectacular cast and QT's expertly crafted script help Django Unchained score an easy bull's-eye. 9.5/10
Django Unchained is in UK cinemas 18 January 2013
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E!Online has revealed that Tyler Hoechlin will be reprising his role of Clark Kent, aka Superman, in Supergirl's season 2 finale.
Hoechlin first made his debut on Supergirl as Kara's famous cousin in the season 2 premiere. He appeared in the first two episodes of the season before returning to Metropolis leaving the door open for his return.
Well, that door is wide open now.
While assuming the mantle of the Man of Steel is always a daunting task, Hoechlin managed to create his own iteration of the character in a way that was fresh and welcoming. And all of that in just two episodes!
We can't wait to see Kara and Clark team up once again in what's shaping up to be an epic season finale. Though if Kara is calling for help from her cousin, the circumstances must be pretty dire with Cadmus or Rhea or whoever is wreaking havoc on our Girl of Steel and National City.
Supergirl returns with its final episodes of the season on Monday, April 24 at 8/7c on The CW.


I have a confession: I don't like raw blueberries by themselves. Something about their grainy taste and consistency just turns me off. But, I know that these little blue gems are so full of nutritional benefits that leaving them out of my diet would be a mistake. So every summer, when farmers' markets start bursting at the seams with this tiny powerhouse fruit, I have to find creative ways to work them into my food to reap their benefits without being turned off by their raw taste.
The list of blueberry benefits is extensive. They are jam-packed with phytonutrients, which function as antioxidants and as anti-inflammatory compounds in the body. According to the George Mataljen Foundation, blueberries also have properties that fight cardiovascular disease. And probably, they are most noted for their anti-cancer properties, with a study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showing that certain compounds in blueberries can inhibit colon cancer growth. They also aid in abdominal fat loss, ward off depression, protect the brain, and can act as a natural pain reliever. That's quite a big list of benefits for such a tiny fruit!
When picking blueberries, perhaps the number one thing to look for is whether they are organic or not. This is not only because blueberries rank high on the list of the Environmental Working Group's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, but because a recent study found that organic blueberries have significantly higher concentrations of antioxidants than conventionally grown blueberries. When in doubt, go organic!
Some of the best news to come out about blueberries recently is how they retain their antioxidant profile even when frozen. So in December, when blueberries are out of season, you can find comfort in knowing that the berries in your frozen foods section not only were probably packaged when they were in season, but are just as nutrient dense as their in-season fresh versions.
So even if you're like me and don't think you can down blueberries, I hope these recipes help you jump that hurdle. They add that perfect punch of color to any plate, along with their laundry list of nutrition! Whether you try one of these recipes, have another dish to share, or just eat them solo, I'm excited to see what you made. Use #IDfoodchallenge to add to our collection of healthy dishes.
I made these for my parents and they loved them. They're really easy so they've become a breakfast staple. The lemon and blueberry are perfect together.
This seemed like a really strange recipe at first, but I swapped out the pasta for zucchini noodles and it was delish! If you're looking for a vegetarian option, you can easily omit the chicken and sub vegetable broth without a problem.
Oh my goodness, this was an amazing dish. Easy and really delicious. I never would have put pork and blueberries together, but they definitely complement each other beautifully.


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Professor Ian Craddock
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Using technology to improve healthy living and healthcare practices
Medical Profession
Health at Home
Professor Ian Craddock is University Lead for Digital Health which sees him leading teams of researchers that are exploring how the use of technology can be used to address health and medical problems.
Projects underway include developing sensors for use in the home to diagnose and to manage health conditions, addressing heart failure through a soft robotic heart that consists of a robotic shell, using artificial muscles and sensors to enable natural motion, examining the gradual responsiveness of particular medications, and analysing patient data for better healthcare management and planning. Professor Craddock also leads on the education of medics and healthcare practitioners in the use of technology.
Professor Craddock's earlier career was focused on computational electromagnetics. He developed practical, working systems for landmine detection and the world's first clinical radar imaging system for breast cancer detection. More recently his research has broadened to include a range of technologies for pervasive health monitoring and the emergence of more data-driven healthcare and personalised health. His team has been rated top in the Health category of the World Technology Network awards.
University of Bristol: B.Eng., Electronics and Communications 1995
University of Bristol lead project using WiFi for medical radar
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The technique uses an innovative radar system developed by a team at Bristol University, led by Professor Ian Craddock and Professor Alan Preece.
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Professor Ian Craddock of the university's Centre for Communications Research said: 'Trying to communicate data through several kilometres of glacial ice is a major technical challenge. 'It will require highly novel solutions using a suite of communications technologies, along with innovative methods to unscramble the data.'
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A year later, woman's drowning ruled accidental
Local | April 3, 2018
The death of a 62-year-old Sacramento woman found dead last year in the Upper Truckee River has been ruled an accident.
Pamela Suwinsky's body was found within a mile of the South Lake Tahoe Motel 6 on April 9, 2017.
A long-time friend and ex-husband of Suwinsky reported that she left Motel 6 sometime 1-3:30 p.m. April 3 on foot.
The El Dorado County coroner has ruled her death as an accidental drowning after a year-long investigation into the circumstances.
In Alpine County, searchers have yet to locate missing skier Thomas Mullarkey, 65, who was reported missing March 14 after he failed to return to his Arnold, Calif., cabin.
Mullarkey's vehicle was located at Bear Valley Mountain Resort not long after his wife made the 11:30 p.m. report, according to Alpine County Undersheriff Spencer Case.
Bad weather prevented helicopters from aiding in the search that weekend.
Alpine County Sheriff's deputies have continued to search areas surrounding the resort over the past three weeks without finding him.
Case said search & rescue efforts are focused on Bear Valley Resort because there was no evidence Mullarkey skied out of bounds, and the extreme avalanche danger in the surrounding wilderness.
"Search and Rescue personnel have conducted a thorough and methodical search operation during periods of heavy snowfall, white-out conditions, and single-digit temperatures," Case said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Case at 530-694-2231, ext. 357.


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"""
PKMeter Configuration
"""
import json, keyring, os, shlex
from pkm import APPNAME, CONFIGPATH, SHAREDIR
from pkm import log, utils
from pkm.pkwidgets import PKWidget
from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtWidgets
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
from xml.etree import ElementTree

NAMESPACE_ROLE = 99

class PKConfig(PKWidget):
    TEMPLATE = os.path.join(SHAREDIR, 'templates', 'config.html')

    def __init__(self, pkmeter, parent=None):
        with open(self.TEMPLATE) as tmpl:
            template = ElementTree.fromstring(tmpl.read())
        PKWidget.__init__(self, template, self, parent)
        self.pkmeter = pkmeter                          # Save reference to pkmeter
        self._init_window()                             # Init ui window elements
        self.values = self.load()                       # Active configuration values
        self.listitems = []                             # List of items in the sidebar
        self.datatable = self._init_datatable()         # Init reusable data table
        self.pconfigs = self._init_pconfigs()           # Reference to each plugin config
        self.setWindowFlags(Qt.Dialog)
        self.setWindowModality(Qt.ApplicationModal)

    def _init_window(self):
        # Load core stylesheet
        stylepath = os.path.join(SHAREDIR, 'pkmeter.css')
        with open(stylepath) as handle:
            self.setStyleSheet(handle.read())
        # Init self properties
        self.setWindowTitle('PKMeter Preferences')
        self.setWindowModality(Qt.ApplicationModal)
        self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon(QtGui.QPixmap('img:logo.png')))
        self.layout().setContentsMargins(10,10,10,10)
        # Init window elements
        self.manifest.tabbar.setExpanding(False)
        self.manifest.tabbar.addTab('Settings')
        self.manifest.tabbar.addTab('Data')
        self.manifest.contents.setSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(
            QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding,
            QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding))
        self.manifest.tabbar.currentChanged.connect(self.load_tab)
        # Init the ListWidget
        listwidget = self.manifest.list
        for module in sorted(self.pkmeter.modules.values(), key=self._sortKey):
            if getattr(module, 'Plugin', None) or getattr(module, 'Config', None):
                item = QtWidgets.QListWidgetItem(utils.name(module), parent=listwidget, type=0)
                item.setData(NAMESPACE_ROLE, utils.namespace(module))
                listwidget.addItem(item)
        self.manifest.list.itemSelectionChanged.connect(self.load_tab)

    def _sortKey(self, module):
        name = utils.name(module).lower()
        return '__pkmeter' if name == 'pkmeter' else name

    def _init_datatable(self):
        template = ElementTree.fromstring("""
          <vframe>
            <hframe>
              <QLineEdit id='filter' name='input_xlarge' placeholder='Filter'/>
              <stretch/><pushbutton text='Refresh' click='refresh_datatable'/>
            </hframe>
            <vframe id='table'/>
          </vframe>""")
        # Build the datatable
        self.datatable_wrap = PKWidget(template, self)
        datatable = QtWidgets.QTableWidget(0, 3, parent=None)
        datatable.setSelectionMode(QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.SingleSelection)
        datatable.setHorizontalHeaderLabels(['Variable', 'Value', 'Type   '])
        datatable.horizontalHeader().setSectionResizeMode(0, QtWidgets.QHeaderView.Interactive)
        datatable.horizontalHeader().setSectionResizeMode(1, QtWidgets.QHeaderView.Stretch)
        datatable.horizontalHeader().setSectionResizeMode(2, QtWidgets.QHeaderView.ResizeToContents)
        datatable.horizontalHeader().resizeSection(0, 200)
        datatable.verticalHeader().setVisible(False)
        datatable.verticalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(19)
        datatable.setParent(self.datatable_wrap)
        self.datatable_wrap.manifest.table.layout().addWidget(datatable)
        # Connect the filter input
        self.datatable_wrap.manifest.filter.textChanged.connect(self.filter_datatable)
        return datatable

    def _init_pconfigs(self):
        pconfigs = {}
        for module in filter(lambda m: getattr(m, 'Config', None), self.pkmeter.modules.values()):
            pconfig = module.Config(self.pkmeter, self)
            pconfigs[pconfig.namespace] = pconfig
        return pconfigs

    def btn_reset(self):
        for pconfig in self.pconfigs.values():
            for field in pconfig.fields.values():
                self._reset_field(pconfig, field)

    def _reset_field(self, pconfig, field, index=None):
        from_keyring = field.get('save_to_keyring', False)
        field.value = self.get(pconfig.namespace, field.name, field.get('default'), from_keyring)
        field.lastchecked = field.value
        if field.input: field.input.set_value(field.value)
        if field.status: field.status.setText('')
        if field.help: field.help.setText(field.help_default)

    def btn_apply(self):
        for pconfig in self.pconfigs.values():
            for field in pconfig.fields.values():
                self.set(pconfig.namespace, field.name, field.value)
        self.save()
        self.pkmeter.reload()

    def btn_save(self):
        for pconfig in self.pconfigs.values():
            for field in pconfig.fields.values():
                to_keyring = field.get('save_to_keyring', False)
                self.set(pconfig.namespace, field.name, field.value, to_keyring)
        self.save()
        self.hide()
        self.pkmeter.reload()

    def get(self, namespace, path, default=None, from_keyring=False):
        path = '%s.%s' % (namespace, path)
        if from_keyring:
            value = keyring.get_password(APPNAME, path)
        else:
            value = utils.rget(self.values, path)
        return value if value is not None else default

    def load(self):
        self.values = getattr(self, 'values', {})
        log.info('Loading config: %s' % CONFIGPATH)
        if os.path.isfile(CONFIGPATH):
            with open(CONFIGPATH, 'r') as handle:
                self.values.update(json.load(handle))
        return self.values

    def save(self):
        log.info('Saving config: %s' % CONFIGPATH)
        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(CONFIGPATH), exist_ok=True)
        self.set('pkmeter', 'positions', [w.position() for w in self.pkmeter.widgets])
        with open(CONFIGPATH, 'w') as handle:
            json.dump(self.values, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)

    def set(self, namespace, path, value, to_keyring=False):
        path = '%s.%s' % (namespace, path)
        if to_keyring:
            keyring.set_password(APPNAME, path, value)
        else:
            utils.rset(self.values, path, value)

    def show(self):
        self.btn_reset()
        self.resize(*self.initsize)
        self.manifest.list.setCurrentRow(0)
        self.load_tab()
        PKWidget.show(self)

    def load_tab(self, index=None, refresh=False):
        self.manifest.tabbar.setTabText(0, '%s Settings' % self.manifest.list.currentItem().text())
        tab = self.manifest.tabbar.currentIndex()
        utils.remove_children(self.manifest.contents)
        self.load_tab_settings(refresh) if tab == 0 else self.load_tab_data(refresh)

    def load_tab_settings(self, refresh=False):
        namespace = self.manifest.list.currentItem().data(NAMESPACE_ROLE)
        pconfig = self.pconfigs.get(namespace)
        if not pconfig:
            return self.load_message('No configuration for this module.')
        for field in pconfig.fields.values():
            pconfig._validate(field, force=True)
        pconfig.setParent(self.manifest.contents)
        self.manifest.contents.layout().addWidget(pconfig)

    def load_tab_data(self, refresh=False):
        namespace = self.manifest.list.currentItem().data(NAMESPACE_ROLE)
        data = self.pkmeter.data.get(namespace, {})
        data = utils.flatten_datatree(data, namespace)
        if not data:
            return self.load_message('Data not available for this module.')
        self.datatable.setRowCount(len(data))
        for row in range(len(data)):
            for col in range(3):
                item = QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem(data[row][col], 0)
                self.datatable.setItem(row, col, item)
        if not refresh:
            self.datatable_wrap.manifest.filter.setText('')
        else:
            self.filter_datatable()
        self.datatable_wrap.setParent(self.manifest.contents)
        self.manifest.contents.layout().addWidget(self.datatable_wrap)

    def filter_datatable(self, _=None):
        try:
            text = self.datatable_wrap.manifest.filter.text()
            searches = shlex.split(text.lower().strip())
        except:
            searches = text.lower().strip()
        for row in range(self.datatable.rowCount()):
            teststrs = []
            for col in range(self.datatable.columnCount()):
                teststrs.append(self.datatable.item(row, col).text().lower())
            teststr = '||'.join(teststrs)
            showit = True
            for search in searches:
                if ((search.startswith('-') and search[1:] in teststr) or
                   (not search.startswith('-') and search not in teststr)):
                    showit = False
            self.datatable.setRowHidden(row, not showit)

    def refresh_datatable(self, event):
        self.load_tab(1, refresh=True)

    def load_message(self, message):
        layout = self.manifest.contents.layout()
        layout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel(message, parent=self.manifest.contents))
        layout.addStretch(1)

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Classically shaped porcelain brush rest with lovingly painted landscape decoration. A decorative and useful element that can often been seen in studios of Chinese brush painting masters.
Oh, the brush rest. It is a necessity for your art space, as you have to have some where to put down one brush while you are using another or to let all your brushes dry when you are finished painting. But there are so many styles—made out of so many materials—it can be hard to know exactly where to start.
The Wonderland-Chinese Porcelain Brush Rest is a great brush rest made of porcelain. Since it holds up to seven brushes, it can grow with you as you expand and use more and more brushes in the creation of your artworks. Additionally, the grapes painted on the porcelain in blue provide a nice contrast to the white brush and add a little tradition to the brush rest.
Blue has long been an important color in Chinese culture, and often represents immortality. With this addition, the brush rests takes on a more traditional look and will make a great addition to your art studio, whether it is in use or just serving as a decoration while you are between projects.


And his friend? 'God I'm bored.
As for Jolly Jack, I don't believe a word.
Roger McGough, born in Liverpool and now resident in Londen, has two volumes of his selected poems 1967-87 published by Penguin, Blazing Fruit and You at the Back. His most recent collection is Defying Gravity, 1992.


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The Vietnam War is also known in Vietnam as the Resistance War against America. Additionally, it is referred to as, The Second Indochina War. The war took place in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, beginning in 1955 and continued until Saigon fell in 1975. It lasted nearly 20 years!
After World War II, most of the world was divided into two camps: the communist allies (China, Soviet Union, North Vietnam, East Germany), and the anti-communist allies (United States, Great Britain, France, West Germany, Philippines). This division kept a "cold war" brewing for nearly 50 years. Vietnam was divided into two regions: North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The North was supported by the communist allies and the South was supported by the anti-communist allies. There was great fear that South Vietnam would fall into hands of the communists. The U.S. practiced a policy of containment, in which they were attempting to stop the spread of communism. They viewed the threat of communism to be a threat to national security. This created tensions throughout the world.
The Viet Cong or the National Liberation Front were both a political organization and an army with ties to the North Vietnamese. The Viet Cong had its own army and used guerilla tactics to lead the resistance against the South Vietnamese and their allies. Eventually, the resistance would prove to be a worthy opponent to South Vietnam.
Three Million Died, Including 58,000 Americans in the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam War was an expensive war that lasted nearly 20 years. Not only was the cost of the war astronomical, the fact that 3 million people died in the war, including 58,000 Americans, is staggering. Additionally, 150,000 were injured and 10,000 went missing in the war.
The Vietnam War is the longest war the United States has ever been involved in. The war was an unpopular war with the people at home in the United States. Due to the unpopularity of the war, veterans of the war were often mistreated when they returned home. Many believed that the United States should never have gotten involved in the conflict. The war in Vietnam was considered a civil war by some, in which case, it followed that the United States did not belong in the conflict.
The United States never declared war on North Vietnam. Technically, it was actually a conflict, rather than a war. It has been argued that the Vietnam War had very little to do with Vietnam at all. In fact, the conflict could be considered a war by proxy between the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States policy of containment caused constant tensions between the two countries, leaving other regions, such as Vietnam, Laos, the Philippines, and Cambodia in the middle.
In ancient times, Vietnam was under the rule of China. Then, in the 1800's, France conquered Vietnam and established the territory as French Indochina. During the 20th century, a sense of nationalism grew throughout Vietnam and attempts to diminish French influences began to emerge.
Ho Chi Minh was a communist party leader of North Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh was born in Vietnam. Soon after World War, Ho Chi Minh was a young man, living in France. He became interested in Vietnamese independence and was inspired by the Bolshevik Revolution. He traveled to the Soviet Union and joined the communist party. While living in France, Minh organized other Vietnamese and petitioned the government of France to grant equal rights. In 1930, Minh was one of the founding members of the communist party in Vietnam. In 1941, Minh helped to found the Viet Minh, also known as the League for the Independence of Vietnam. After World War II, Minh saw the opportunity for Vietnamese independence and worked his entire life to this cause.
The Vietnam War lasted throughout five presidencies. The presidents were: Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1963, John F. Kennedy was shot and Lyndon B. Johnson was the succeeding president. Three weeks before the assassination of President Kennedy in the United States, South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu (who was also one of Diem's most powerful advisors) were brutally murdered. These events had an important impact on the outcome of the Vietnam War.
Who Fought in the War?
About 70% of the military in the Vietnam War volunteered for military service. The remaining 30% of Americans men that fought in the Vietnam War were drafted. The draft was conducted by way of lottery. On December 1, 1969, two lotteries were drawn for military service. Those included in the draft were those with birthdates between the years of 1944-1950. Those that were drawn on that date were used for the calendar year of 1970. The utilization of the draft further increased the public objections to the war.
During the end of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, the Vietnam War was beginning to de-escalate. In 1969, United States President Richard Nixon began the withdrawal of troops in Vietnam. Anti-war sentiments and public outrage about events in the war were impossible to ignore in the United States. Nixon began to pursue détente with the Soviet Union and relations with China had improved.
Learn more with these Vietnam War websites.
"10 Facts About the Vietnam War." Surfnetkids. Feldman Publishing. 15 Jul. 2016. Web. 20 Apr. 2019. <https://www.surfnetkids.com/go/3647/10-facts-vietnam-war/ >.