Children at work in the Montessori Elementary class.
October is observation month at our Montessori school. Now that the classrooms have been up and running for six weeks and the children are mostly adjusted to being away from their parents, we invite the parents to spend 15 minutes in the class just observing to see what their children's days are like. Parents are given a clipboard with an observation sheet that asks some general questions about what they see. After class, the teachers read over the observation sheets and respond to any questions or concerns the parents may have at the upcoming Parent/Teacher Conferences. Observation month is offered again in April.
Parent observations are important to the teachers because they keep us focused on our own observations. "I'm seeing that this child rarely chooses to work by himself. I wonder if his parents will see the same thing? Is that how he is at home or only at school?"
Observations are important to parents because they can serve as an informative window into a child's day. "I didn't realize she had so many friends at school. Does she ever work by herself?"
Observations are also important to the children because every child enjoys when Mom or Dad come to visit. "Mom's at MY school watching ME work??? Awesome!" Being a part of your child's day promotes good feelings and almost guarantees terrific dinner conversation.
Children at work in a Montessori preprimary classroom.
So what can you expect during your in-class observation?
Your child is going to notice you. If MSGL had the facility of its dreams, each classroom would have a one-way window that would allow you to observe your children from the hallway without changing the dynamics of the class. But, we have the beautiful facility that we have, so we can only offer in-class observations. Your child, especially a very young child, may want to spend the whole time sitting with you and that's okay. You can remind her that she should continue doing what she was doing before you walked in, but don't push the issue. Tell her that you are just watching and not talking, and that may help. With so many children in the class, there is plenty to observe even if your child is sitting on your lap.
The teachers will be busy but not in control of the classroom. They will greet you politely then get back to their jobs of presenting, observing, and responding to the children.
Children will be doing lots of different things. Some children will be working with Montessori materials, others will be drawing, others will be having snack, and still others may be pouring beans into the dishwater. When you see things that make you curious (or even anxious), write them down! The teachers would love to discuss them with you at conferences.
You will see many good things. Ask yourself, are children Concentrating? Cooperating? Leading? Following? Smiling? Laughing? Moving gracefully? Being polite? Write those things down, too.
There will, occasionally, be chaos. The children may be adjusted to being away from home after six weeks, but the classrooms are far from normalized. Many children are still learning how to work independently, to share space and materials with others, to care for themselves in the bathroom, to join in group activities peacefully, and to clean up after themselves. Within the span of a 15-minute observation, dozens of things can happen that the teachers would prefer did not happen at all, let alone in front of innocent parents! But this is also the reason we invite parents in so early: we want you to see the tremendous changes that take place - in the classrooms and within the children themselves - between October and April.
Children working in the Montessori toddler classroom.
 Sign up for an observation time outside your child's classroom. We look forward to seeing all of our parents in our classrooms!
Miss Emily tries out a science experiment during the Teachers' Silent Journey and Discovery.
Have you ever wished you could experience Montessori through a child's eyes? We would like to offer you the next best thing. Please join us on Monday, September 22nd from 6:00 - 7:30 pm on the MSGL campus for the Montessori Silent Journey and Discovery. This is your opportunity to see the classrooms as your children do and to use the same materials they use to develop their bodies, minds, and spirits.
The Montessori Silent Journey and Discovery will take you on two guided tours of the school, starting as an infant and progressing through the Toddler, Preprimary, Extended Day, and Elementary classes. The first tour is silent. Your tour group will spend 5 minutes in each room looking at - but not touching - the classroom environment and the various materials. After the first tour, your guide will once again take you to each of the classrooms, but this tour will be the Discovery portion when you can use the materials, ask questions of the guides and teachers, and take part in the teachers' presentations. We will wrap up the Montessori Silent Journey and Discovery by gathering together for refreshments and discussion afterwards.
Miss Stacie presents the Squaring Chains.
We are very excited to offer this new parent education event and we highly recommend it for all new families and anyone who would like a hands-on experience in our Montessori classrooms. This is also a nice tour for grandparents and caregivers. The teachers practiced the Silent Journey and Discovery in August and really enjoyed the experience. You can read about one parent's experience with a Montessori Silent Journey and Discovery on the I Heart Montessori blog.
Childcare is available for children ages 2 and older who are currently attending MSGL or familiar with MSGL. All of our teachers will be on hand for this special evening and we look forward to seeing you there, too!
Please register for this fun event and sign up for childcare in the office or by phone by this Friday, September 19th.
MSGL students get to play outside every day that the weather allows. This means their shoes can get wet and muddy. To avoid tracking that dirt onto the carpet, we ask that you provide your child with one pair of shoes to wear inside the classroom. These shoes will stay at school.
Your child will probably change outdoor shoes with the seasons - from sandals to sneakers to snow boots - but indoor shoes can stay the same all year. Walking around in the classroom with bare feet is not allowed, so a comfy pair of shoes that the child enjoys wearing is a must.
Below are some good examples of indoor shoes that work well for the children. These styles of shoes keep a child's foot dry from spills, are non-slip, stay attached to the foot, and they allow the child to get them on and off by themselves.
Below are some examples of indoor shoes that DO NOT work well for the children. Slippers are not water-resistant and they can be difficult to walk in. If a child has not yet learned to tie, shoes with laces can be impossible for a child to get on and off by himself. Please save these types of shoes to wear at home.
If you want to be sure your child's belongings find their way home, you can order personalized labels for shoes, clothing, lunch boxes, and etc. online. This year, we are partnering with Mabel's Labels for a handy fundraiser. During August and September, 2015, you can buy labels and MSGL will receive a percentage of your purchase price.
Your thoughtfulness when shopping for indoor shoes will help put your child on the path to independence. Thank you!
"No matter what we touch, an atom, or a cell, we cannot explain it without knowledge of the wide universe."
The Elementary students present their space projects in these photos from 2000 - 2001.
Stay warm out there and have a terrific Wednesday!
15 years ago the Lafayette Journal and Courier announced MSGL's plans to add an elementary program and move all of its programs to a new space.
The Morton Community Center on Chauncey Avenue had been MSGL's home since 1985.
As the article states, the new elementary program was originally going to be housed in a home on Rainbow Drive that had been donated by an MSGL family. A change of plans relocated that first class to some available classroom space inside the Temple Israel on Cumberland Avenue.
In February 2001, all of our programs, from the parent-infant class through elementary, moved into our permanent home in the former Calvary Baptist church on Soldiers Home Road.
In 2007, the elementary classes moved into the Montessori House, a remodeled home adjacent to the campus.
MSGL has plans to expand once again in the near future to add a second toddler classroom and a gym/gross motor space.


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The Genesis Project team of experts ends a two-day training for pupils and professional staff of the elementary schools "Kiseljak", "Kiseljak 1", "Gromiljak" and "Brestovsko" in the municipality of Kiseljak today. The objective of the training is to introduce pupils and professional staff of the elementary schools with a manual entitled "Manual for peacebuilding and social cohesion trainings of adolescents".
- Participatory action research methodology.
The training lasts for two days and is attended by 20 pupils and one pedagogue or psychologist from each elementary school covered by the project.
The first trainings were conducted on the 27th and 28th of September 2018 in Novi Travnik and Travnik. The following primary schools were included in Novi Travnik: Novi Travnik, Mehmedalija Mak Dizdar, Fra Marjan Šunjić, Musa Ćazim Ćatić, Safvet-beg Bašagić and Edhem Mulabdić. In Travnik, the following primary schools were included: Travnik, Turbe, Kalibunar and Han Bila.
NGO Genesis Project from Banja Luka conducts the training of pupils and professional staff of the elementary schools in the area of 12 local communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina within the "Dialogue for the Future" project implemented by UNICEF, UNESCO and UNDP in partnership with the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The "Dialogue for the Future" project is financed by the the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF). The training is conducted in the following local communities: Banja Luka, Bijeljina, Brčko, Bugojno, Busovača, Doboj, Kiseljak, Kreševo, Novi Travnik, Travnik, Trebinje and Vitez.


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VIBE Vixen's Boss Talk Podcast: Rapper Saweetie Is A Street-Smart Boss About Her Business
March 28, 2019 - 12:00 pm by J'na Jefferson TWITTER
"Our journey is important, and the more I get into my music, the more I'd like to share that."
VIBE Vixen's Boss Talk podcast amplifies the voices of women and she/her-identifying individuals in their respective industries as they discuss their journeys toward becoming the bosses we know today. From their demeanor and confidence and persevering through life's pitfalls to make a name for themselves in their own way, being a boss is much more than 'just running sh*t.'
Saweetie has impressed many music listeners with her confidence, charisma and catchy lyricism on tracks like "Icy Grl" and "Pissed," and she's just getting started.
On the fifth episode of VIBE Vixen's Boss Talk podcast, the Bay Area rapper chats with VIBE.com staff writer J'na Jefferson about her upcoming EP ICY, which drops Mar. 29. The 25-year-old worked with producers such as HitBoy, Murda Beatz, Nova Wav, London on Da Track and Cronkite on the seven-track project. Outside of production with an emphasis on 808-heavy "thump in your trunk" beats, ICY features a bevy of nostalgic samples and an assist from her boyfriend, Quavo of Migos.
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"I think [ICY] definitely shows growth," Saweetie said of the differences between this project and her debut EP, High Maintenance. "Now that I can record in a studio, I've become more comfortable… This time, I had some time to prepare, and there's a big difference as far as tone... I feel like [my fans are] coming deeper into my world." Listeners are sure to enjoy the vulnerable-yet-feel good track "Emotional," as well as "Tip Toes," where the MC gets a chance to playfully talk her sh*t.
Saweetie's road to rap stardom is an interesting one. After earning her Bachelor's Degree in Communications with an emphasis in Business from USC, she decided to go full-throttle with a career in hip-hop. She would "piggy back" off of other rapper's studio sessions in order to work on material, and recorded videos of herself rapping inside of her car, which eventually gained traction online.
She is one of many female rappers who have been celebrated in recent years for bringing fresh rhymes and an even fresher perspective to the table. After a period of time in the shadows, multiple women rappers at a time are getting the chance to shine.
"I feel like gatekeepers wouldn't shed light on us or put us on, but now, we can put ourselves on," she says of female rappers in 2019. "We're able to speak out and connect with people who feel like us. It's important, because not every song is for the same person… we don't feel like how men feel... women need a voice, and I feel like there have been a lot of dope voices out there."
Since exploding onto the scene, she's worked with Rich The Kid, G-Eazy and Kehlani, and other than being a street-smart boss bringing bars, Saweetie is a beauty with brains and business plan. She's garnered brand deals with Ciroc and Reebok and has plans to drop her own lipgloss line. She also continues to sell out of her signature ICY chain. She believes that her educated background has helped her navigate the industry differently from her counterparts, and that her knowledge of the business side helps with branding.
"I decided to give my hundred-percent into [school], graduate, and then pursue music," she says of her decision to focus on school before diving into the rap game. "I think because I went to school and because I'm a student, I'm so open and I'm a sponge, and I just wanna learn everything to make sure everything is perfect."
"When you're a college student interested in music, you hear all these rappers talking about dropping out," she continues. "For me, when I heard someone like J. Cole rapping about school and staying in school…it inspired me to keep going."
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Lalah Hathaway attends The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation Inaugural "Can We Talk?" Benefit Dinner at The Newseum on June 07, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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Lalah Hathaway To Perform At Future x Sounds LA
Five-time Grammy award-winning artist and activist, Lalah Hathaway will curate and perform at the Los Angeles edition of Future x Sounds LA at Ford Theaters (Aug. 31). The multi-city and art series will also present the sounds of Anna Wise, Justus West, Gwen Bunn, DJ Battlecat, and an appearance by Hathway's art collective, #realmusicrebels.
Future x Sounds invites artists, attendees, and society to question the world around them, with Hathaway leading the art journey. "L.A. welcomed me home at an early age and continued my music education. It kept me honest and kept me true to the eternal student within me," Hathaway said.
Celebrating the creative community and spotlighting the way music and education impact social change during an evening of live performances, collaborations, conversations, art installations and more, the event will host some of the most active and respected musicians in each city of the artistic community.
LA! #futurexsounds #futurexsoundsLA #shiftingthespotlight #realmusicrebels @annathewise @djbattlecat @justus.west @gwenbunn AUG 31!
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"Their curation [Future x Sounds] is based on mutual inspiration, respect and the will to support each other's individual projects. It's pretty beautiful and powerful. As one of the most respected and authentic voices music today, Lalah Hathaway was an ideal choice to showcase Los Angeles with our inaugural series in this city," said Future x Sounds founder and executive producer, Angela Gill.
Hathaway was most recently nominated for three Grammy Awards in 2019 including, Best R&B album. The artist is one of the most elite of her time with 30 years of music under her belt. As a singer-songwriter and producer, she has collaborated with an extensive list of hitmakers including Dr.Dre, Anderson .Paak, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and Pharrell Williams. Also gracing the stage with legends Anita Baker, Stevie Wonder, Prince, and Herbie Hancock.
With LA x Sounds being one of her final destinations of the summer, Lalah, will first open the 2019 Lincoln Center Out of Doors summer concert series (July 24).
Future x Sounds will kick-off its multi-city tour in New York where they will partner with Summerstage to celebrate Black Woodstock and the 50th anniversary of Harlem Culture Festival (Aug. 17).
You can purchase tickets here.
Bald & Boujee: A Guide To Cutting It All Off This Summer, As Told by Black Women
Summer is upon us, which means the temperatures are turnt up. And while the sunny season typically calls for cornrows and goddess braids, once the block gets hot, sometimes less is more. Considering becoming a bald baddie but not sure if you're ready for the clippers? Vixen asked four bald beauties to share their experiences to help you take the plunge.
Dee Williams, Photographer
Time for a haircut 陸
A post shared by Dee Williams (@hideexdee) on Jun 14, 2019 at 11:26am PDT
When did you first cut your hair, and what inspired you to do the big chop?
I cut my hair in November 2016. I don't have a cool awakening story, I honestly cut my hair because I was tired of doing it. I had dry, long, thick, 4b curly hair and the daily maintenance was driving me nuts. I'd spend my whole wash day doing my hair for it to look a mess in the morning. I swear every two seconds I saw photos of beautiful women that had shaved heads on Instagram (someone spying on me lol). I think it was meant to be.
How did you feel afterward? Did you regret it at all?
I felt amazing! I called my parents and my mother was pissed (laughs out loud). There is a lot of conditioning in the Black community that ties beauty with the length of your hair, especially within her generation. But, I felt like a million bucks and the most beautiful I have ever felt. My hair was always the main focus, but now it's my face and I love it.
Since cutting your hair, have you noticed that people have treated you differently?
I honestly don't think people have treated me different. I do get praised a lot and told I'm "bold and super confident" to rock a baldie, though.
What's your favorite thing about having short hair?
Dying my hair a rainbow of colors and not having to worry about it breaking off or damaging my hair. If I don't like a color, I just shave it off and try again. I didn't really get to do that too much with my hair before, because my hair was already super dry and I didn't want to make it worse. So I would only use henna or vegan hair dyes and not bleach it.
What words of motivation do you have for other ladies wanting to go low who may be a little hesitant?
I think all women should shave their heads at least once in their lives. It will grow back! That's about all the advice I give because it is a huge lifestyle change, one that you should 100% make on your own.
Nadirah Simmons, Editor and Producer
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I first cut my hair in February of 2017. I always wanted to have a buzz cut, and after having weaves, braids, and extensions and then cutting off all of my hair and returning it to its natural state in the form of a big afro, I knew it was time. I was also going through a bit of a transformation. I felt like I had relied so much on my hair and sometimes hid behind it.
I felt nervous. The crazy thing is when I first cut my afro off I actually didn't buzz it. My hair was long enough for finger waves. I still had some red dye in my hair from when I had my afro, and my hairdresser who's also my aunt couldn't get it all out with bleach. She kept trying to cut it short and I wouldn't let her. I was holding onto it and preferred to burn my scalp with bleach than go any shorter. Then a week or two later I got the courage, went back to the shop, and got it buzzed all the way down. My confidence skyrocketed and hasn't gone down since.
Men call me Amber Rose all the time! Or they tell me to get waves. I don't like waves in my hair. Just a lot of requests for what to do with my hair or which famous short-haired woman I look like.
All of the fun colors I can do without worrying about damaging my hair since I shave it all off every week!
Just do it! The more you think about the more you'll push it off!
Gynai Kristol, Filmmaker
"And when you see a nigga, please act like you know. Won't sit around here stressing on no old hoes..."
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I first cut my hair in 2008 because of Rihanna (LOL I am not ashamed of this at all). And then I ended up having to chop it all off in 2017 because of breakage from going blonde.
The initial cut in '08 made me feel like I was grown because I did it at the start of my senior year. But when I had to cut all the way off I cried because I'd never had my hair this short and automatically felt like I was going to look like a boy. But now, I'm more confident than ever and I don't regret cutting it off and I don't plan on growing it back anytime soon.
I'd say yes, mostly women though. I feel like I bond with more women over hair now whether it be about the color my hair is or them trying to convince themselves to cut it off.
The fact that my morning/night routine is much shorter. Like all I have to do is brush it and move on with my day. My ultimate favorite thing though is taking showers. I completely submerge myself under the water every time. I love it so much.
It's just hair! It will grow back and if it doesn't grow back quick enough for you, get you some cute head wraps, hats, or even a wig.
Sofiya Ballin, Journalist
"...and yet she willed herself into a goddess." ~ Ta-Nehisi Coates - - - - : @mama.photog MUA: @mua_taneishanichole Styled by @fasondeviv
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I cut my hair last year, July 2018. I've been natural my entire life and always had a thick, healthy head of hair, but I noticed it began thinning. My styles weren't coming out how they used to so I decided I should start over.
Also, I was always very curious about what I would look like with short hair. And I wanted to challenge myself to expand what I felt made me beautiful. My hair (short or long) was part of my beauty, but it isn't and will never be all of my beauty.
Cutting my hair was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life. After the first big snip, I thought "there she is." I felt like I really saw ME. At the time, I was so nervous, I convinced myself I wanted a tapered cut but I knew I was going to go lower because I saw her (me) under there.
A few days later I went to the barber and had them cut all of it off. I was shaking. I felt nauseous. But I had never felt more beautiful. It took about a month and a half for me to not have phantom fro, haha. I would wake up and forget I cut my hair and I'd get a pang of nausea or start questioning why I did it. But when I looked in the mirror and I saw that beautiful face and spirit that I hadn't seen so clearly before, I knew I made the right decision.
My confidence has increased because I feel like I've made my self-love more unconditional. Cutting my hair removed the condition or feeling that I needed to have hair to feel and be beautiful. Now, I feel beautiful no matter what. I care less about what other people think when it comes to beauty because when having a baldie/short cut, you'll learn real quick not everyone will be a fan.
Yes. Especially when it comes to men and dating. There are those who LOVE it and those who don't like it all. The first week I cut my hair, a guy felt the need to tell me he doesn't usually go for women with short hair but he'd "make me an exception."
Yeah, that was a dub.
For the most part, people have loved it. I think a lot of that has to do with the confidence I've gained since cutting. This confidence is a different breed. It doesn't need to be validated by anyone but me.
I love how it shows off my face and neck, I love how easy it is to maintain and love what it's taught me about patience. I've been growing my hair a bit, and since I've always been natural, this is my first big chop experience. I'm learning to fall in love with my hair at all of its stages. Like life, it's really about falling in love with the journey and my hair has helped me see that more clearly.
Definitely, be sure this a decision that YOU want for YOU. And also be prepared to feel free and liberated in a way you may not have felt ever or in a long time. It's an opportunity to reacquaint yourself with yourself.
And even if you're not feeling it, your hair will grow faster than you think.
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I cut my hair in January 2017. To be honest, I was scrolling through Pinterest one night looking at women with buzz cuts and decided to shave my head. No trauma. No man troubles. Just a late night decision.
How did you feel afterward? Did you regret it at all? Has your confidence changed in any way?
I had a few moments of uncertainty in the first couple of days of cutting my hair, but it never takes me long to find my groove. So the bounce-back was amazing. For the first time, I could see myself completely, my power started showing itself. And since then I have no desire to grow it out.
Oddly enough I started receiving more attention once I stripped myself down. Both men and women approach me about how well I wear my shaved head. Those encounters are always humbling because it feels like they're complimenting my being moreso than what I look like if that makes sense.
My top two favorite things about having short hair are the freedom and low maintenance. I don't spend a dime because I cut it myself. The wind doesn't bother me anymore and neither does water. I'm good on any block, ha! Except for when its cold out.
With anything in life, I would encourage someone to decide and commit. Make your decision, and commit to your decision over and over again. It might feel weird in the beginning, but once you find your pocket - get well acquainted with her.


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The imperfect goodbye
16/06/2015 by Aaron Gallagher
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. If a footballer's legacy to the game is to be summed up in their farewell match or testimonial, then they and the fans that try to imprint some lasting legacy on their beloved hero will always fall short.
Steven Gerrard fell short in more than one way in his send-off at the end of this season. Everyone wanted it to be perfect; most of all the man himself. It looked as though fate had glanced kindly and pityingly favourably on Steven Gerrard when a Luis Suárez-inspired 16 game winning streak look set to deliver Gerrard the holy grail that had eluded him his entire career: the Premier League.
But fate took a cruel and bitter turn for Gerrard. He slipped and fell short of the magical ending. When Gerrard lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy following that final, it all seemed like a hazy mirage, almost dreamlike. Who would believe it possible in the movie blockbuster-like career that was Liverpool's enduring captain that he would be given the chance at 34-years old to finally lift the Premier League?
But expectations were not met and even the late nicotine-patch stand-in send off of an FA Cup title on his birthday was not delivered. Twelve months ago Gerrard looked set to be cast away to the shores of America with the momentous and enduring image of him lifting the Premier League to keep him warm at night.
But it was not to be. When we try too hard to paint an image of our heroes as something they are not in reality, then the cold grips of what really unfolds in front of our eyes can be horrific and truly unsettling.
Gerrard won't have the spine-tingling afterthought of him as the final survivor of the institution of Liverpool Football Club lifting the Premier League, but instead will cast his mind back with reluctant horror to the piteous defending of Marc Muniesa – the Stoke defender – as he let Gerrard in on purpose to score his final goal for Liverpool.
It seems an almost American sporting cliché that the era-defining sports hero of a generation would go out in a heaving bellow of fire and victory. But in the more Anglo-centric football-focussed sporting agenda that has taken over this part of the world, our sports stars always seem to limp aimlessly and shamefully to their end.
This season saw the conclusion of four of the biggest names in world football's careers (lets park their MLS and Qatar-flown sabbaticals aside): Steven Gerrard, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and Xavi Hernández.
All reached their conclusion in completely different circumstances to each other – Gerrard we have already alluded to. Drogba's was rather quite bizarre. It all felt a bit forced and crass. But it meant something to the Chelsea fans to see their hero chair-lifted off the pitch by his teammates. Maybe it was a contrived metaphor that Drogba, after seasons and seasons of hard work and goals and titles for Chelsea, simply did not have the legs or the strength to see himself off the pitch for the final time.
Perhaps it shows the debt that Chelsea Football Club owes Drogba, the man that dragged them from the gutter to win = the Champions League in 2012 with the last kick of the game. But hold on, Drogba already got his fairy-tale send-off in 2012. His final act for Chelsea was winning them their first ever Champions League. Why did he come back and have to do the farewell goodbye all over again?
It seems as though Frank Lampard is the one player that leaves with a heightened sense of dignity. His final act, rather than being brought on in the final minutes for the sake of the crowd's applause, or be chair-lifted off in the duration of a game that was still being played, was to actually contribute a goal of note.
Lampard's final act in the Premier League was to score the most Frank Lampard-esque goal imaginable. A late run into the box, perfect positional sense, stamina unknown to any other 36-year old, and the finish. His adopted-club Manchester City even acknowledged the career of Lampard to hoist him up and toss him into the air as if he had been a loyal servant of The Citizens for years.
The sad fact that we cannot avoid is that there are simply too many good players and too few titles for each and every one to get their adieu. What we have and may never see is a footballer retiring at their peak. Imagine if Steven Gerrard had retired following the 2006 FA Cup final.
His legend would have stayed intact and immovable forever; not questioned like some foolish souls choose to do now. His legacy would have endured. He would have been remembered even in his old age as a fresh-faced 25-year-old. The concept of stars retiring, or in untimely circumstances, dying, at their peak – in terms of ability, achievement, fame or prominence – is that they will forever be remembered as they were when they departed or left the public image.
James Dean, Princess Diana, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix – we remember these people party because of what they achieved in their short time on earth but always because we love to speculate on what could have been.
But footballers are never going to retire at their peak, largely because there is money to be made and challenges to try elsewhere. And secondly because it is impossible for anyone – fans and the media – let alone the players themselves to tell when they have hit, are passed, or are at their peak. It is only with the gift of hindsight that these things become apparent.
Some thought that Lionel Messi had hit his peak in 2012 when he scored 92 goals. Others might have thought that he was slowing down in 2014 during the World Cup, and may now think in the wake of Barcelona's recent treble that he is now hitting his prime – but he and we will never know until the end of his career.
And this is why it is so hard to say goodbye. These players have given us so much joy, happy memories and sheer inspiration both as athletes and as people that we don't want to come to grips with the idea that they may be coming to the end of their time.
In hindsight it might have been wise for Steven Gerrard to retire a year ago, or for Drogba to cancel his anticlimactic return to Stamford Bridge, or even for Xavi to take a good look at what being an ambassador for Qatari football really stands for. We want to imprint a final image of these players as they were during their prime. The image of Xavi lifting the UEFA Champions League on his final appearance for FC Barcelona is a glorious one, but it is flawed.
When we look back at the images of Xavi's send-off, we won't see the fact that he came on in the 78th minute and took two touches of the ball, compared with his 60 passes with Andrés Iniesta in the 2011 final. You also won't see the fact that he has not yet retired but will leave Barça to become an ambassador for football in Qatar – a country famed for its slave-like working conditions in the build up to the 2022 World Cup.
So, like a good piece of art, we must stand back and admire our footballers and their respected send-off's from a distance. We must accept that not all legends of the game can leave with their title, that not all fairy-tales come true, but most importantly accept the fact that footballers are not movie stars; that they are flawed and they are human.
They do not live their lives and play their game by a script. They must write the script themselves and sometimes improvise. We cannot gauge a footballer by their send-off; we must look at them in hindsight and look back on their happier days with awe and a warm sense of nostalgia, because nothing lasts forever. All good things must pass.
By Aaron Gallagher. Follow @AaronGallagher8
Tags: champions league, drogba, gerrard, lampard, legend, premier league, retirement, xavi
Aaron Gallagher 16/06/2015


A well-placed testimonial can transform landing page conversion rates, create credibility and trust, and persuade would-be customers to take the leap. It's no wonder social proof has a direct impact on sales revenue.
But social proof is notoriously hard to come by, and it seems to be harder than ever to persuade customers to share their testimonials.
Thankfully, I have a solution. Today, I'm walking through a 7-step method for collecting powerful social proof, using nothing more than a free survey tool.
Customers. This survey works best when it's emailed to engaged, active customers (even a handful will work).
Survey tool. All the examples shared in this post are from JotForm. It's free to sign-up & get started, and the most intuitive form builder I've found to date. This tutorial should help you to achieve the same in other tools (like Survey Monkey or Google Forms), but there may be extra steps required.
Incentive. Social proof is valuable, so you need to offer something valuable in return. Incentivise completion of the survey by offering a free package upgrade, a discount code, or even access to a new beta product.
This link. Click the link to view the actual survey I made during this tutorial (designed for a fictitious SaaS company called CloudStretch).
In a handful of sentences, your introduction should explain what the survey is trying to achieve, and what reward your customer can expect in return.
So whether you're soliciting feedback via a website page, an email, or some other means, you'll want to emphasize why it's worthwhile for someone to weigh in.
Specifically, what will your organization do with the information your respondents provide? Why should your respondents care about that? How will your respondents benefit from sharing their perspectives?
Next up, I used a "Scale Rating" form element to create a simple 10-point scale, posing the question "How likely are you to recommend CloudStretch to a friend or colleague?".
The Net Promoter Score (or NPS) is valuable in its own right, allowing us to quantify customer happiness over time. But by opening our survey with an NPS, we're also increasing our chances of getting powerful social proof.
There's something in psychology called the "commitment and consistency" principle: people are more likely to do something if they've already committed to it.
In our case, this means that responding positively to the NPS will make people more likely to provide a great testimonial: they've just committed to recommending your product to others, and they'll want to be consistent with that decision by providing a testimonial.
Benefits to time, productivity and profitability.
Advantages over other potential solutions.
Most survey tools (including JotForm) have some form of "Sub-Label" option, which is great for providing explicit guidance about the type of feedback you're looking for. The more guidance you can provide, the better the feedback (and social proof) will be.
The above fields are great for satisfied customers, but what happens if we get a negative response to our NPS? Will they want to talk about the product's benefits?
The form is getting pretty long, and presenting someone with a dozen form fields is a fast-track towards form abandonment.
For example, any "detractors" from our Net Promoter Score (those that score lower than 7) are unlikely to share positive testimonials - we might even annoy them by asking.
So if the NPS selected is lower than 7, we can use conditional logic to show them the "How can we improve?" field. If the score is greater than 6, we can show the feedback forms instead.
"By ticking "Yes", you'll allow us to help other customers by sharing your experiences on our website."
This uses another principle of psychology: automatic compliance. Whenever a request is followed by a reason (even a bad reason), the chances of someone agreeing to the request increase dramatically.
I've also reduced friction by selecting "Yes" as the default option, and making it a required field. If a customer wants to say "No", it has to be a conscious decision.
If you're sending the survey out to existing customers, you'll already have access to their name, company and even job title. But you're still missing the most crucial part of social proof: the photograph.
Testimonials with photos were significantly more effective (p-value = 0.0035) at generating viewer recall than testimonials with no photos.
When it comes to recognizing variants among treatments, photos are memorable, logos and numbers are not.
Photos are even more valuable than feedback, so you'll probably need to offer an additional incentive.
Adding this into the survey could reduce the overall submission rate. This introduces a trade-off: do you want as much social proof as you can get? Or are you after the best quality social proof possible? For a happy medium, make the photo an optional part of the survey.
This strategy is incredibly effective at generating social proof, but it's reliant on one thing: happy customers.
There are no substitutes for a great product, but if you're willing to spend time helping your customers, they'll be willing to spend time helping you.


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The div "maininner" has information inside it, I just didn't add it as it would take up to much space. I have tried to change the URL of the css image in different ways "../images/" and moving it in different folders just in case but I still can't get the image to show.
What am I doing wrong?
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Pyrgus cacaliae — бабочка из семейства толстоголовок.

Этимология названия
Cacalia (латинское, ботаническое) - какалиа - название растения.

Описание
Длина переднего крыла 13 - 15 мм.

Ареал и места обитания
Центральная и Юго-восточная Европа. В Восточной Европе известна только из Южных Карпат на территории Румынии.

Бабочки населяют кустарниковые заросли, субальпийские и альпийские луга на высотах 1800 - 2300 метров над уровнем моря.

Биология
Развивается за год в одном поколении. Время лёта длится с июня по август. Бабочки летают среди травяной растительности и низких кустарников.

Самки откладывают яйца поштучно на нижнюю сторону листьев кормовых растений, которыми выступают различные виды лапчатки.

Источники
 Львовский А. Л., Моргун Д. В. — Булавоусые чешуекрылые Восточной Европы (Определители по флоре и фауне России), М.: КМК, 2007

Примечания

Темнокрылки (чешуекрылые)
Животные, описанные в 1839 году
Насекомые Евразии

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Home » Home » Donate » Endowment Contributions
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– Lord Robert Baden-Powell
Please consider making a donation or giving a gift to the endowment trust fund managed by the Boy Scout Foundation of the Longhorn Council. Your donation or gift will help our Council in many ways to remain strong in making the complete Scouting program available to the young people in our area. Your contribution will be added to the corpus of the endowment trust fund and wisely invested by well-qualified people to produce the income used to maintain and update our Council camps, equipment, and facilities.
The corpus of the endowment fund is never spent. It always remains as the capital invested to produce interest income to meet the needs of the Longhorn Council.
There are several ways to make contributions to the Endowment fund. Many have significant impact on your tax situation so discuss this with a tax advisor. The Council may be able to help provide information on different products and avenues but cannot give investment advice. The various means may broadly be described as: James E. West Fellowship (an outright gift for yourself or putting a Legends Award in for an honored colleague), Heritage Society (joining the local council society with a gift through the will, utilizing the National Council's various gift levels of deferred gifting, or giving additional money to the local council through the James E. West Fellowship), Planned Giving for Estates (such as Charitable Remainder Trusts, Gift Annuities, Insurance or Land gifts, etc..), or a Legends Award (presented in honor of a Scouting volunteer of "legendary" stature within the district and funded by volunteers who know the selected individual).
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James E. West Fellowship
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A great place to start is by giving to Scouting's future by becoming a James E. West Fellow or sponsoring someone else. Everyone is invited to join. Membership expresses support for and belief in the Longhorn Council endowment effort.
Individuals who contribute $1,000 or more in cash or securities to the Longhorn Council endowment trust fund qualify for the James E. West Fellowship Award, a national recognition. This contribution is in addition to, and does not diminish or replace, the donor's annual gift to the Council's Friends of Scouting campaign.
In addition to individual James E. West Fellowships, organizations or individuals may contribute an award in honor of someone – an Eagle Scout, a Silver Beaver recipient, the Council President, a District Chairman, a business associate, a special Scouter, or in memory of a loved one.
Levels of recognition are $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 and $15,000 and above.
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For those who are looking for another excellent way to provide financial support for the Longhorn Council endowment, please give careful consideration to joining the Heritage Society. The purpose of the Heritage Society is to encourage, inform, educate and inspire individuals who believe in the Scouting program to make an outright or planned gift of at least $5,000 to the Longhorn Council endowment trust fund. A planned gift can be in the form of a codicil to your will, a charitable trust, life insurance, or any other deferred gift approved by the Longhorn Council. Also, the Heritage Society serves as a means to recognize and thank the members. Each year a special Heritage Society dinner is held to honor all members.
Those who are James E. West Fellows are welcome to join the Heritage Society for an additional outright or planned gift of at least $5,000.
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In Her Tracks (#8 of 8 Tracy Crosswhite series) by Robert Dugoni
In Her Tracks by Robert Dugoni
ISBN-10 : 1542008379 Paperback $15
Publisher : Thomas & Mercer (April 27, 2021), 384 pages.
Review copy courtesy of the publisher and NetGalley
The blurb: What family secrets are behind two disappearances? Seattle detective Tracy Crosswhite is determined to uncover the truth in the latest installment of New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni's heart-stopping series.
Returning from an extended leave in her hometown of Cedar Grove, Detective Tracy Crosswhite finds herself reassigned to the Seattle PD's cold case unit. As the protective mother of an infant daughter, Tracy is immediately drawn to her first file: the abduction of a five-year-old girl whose parents, embattled in a poisonous divorce, were once prime suspects.
While reconstructing the days leading up to the girl's disappearance, Tracy is brought into an active investigation with former partner Kinsington Rowe. A young woman has vanished on an isolated jogging trail in North Seattle. Divided between two critical cases, Tracy has little to go on except the treacherous deceptions behind a broken marriage—and now, the secrets hiding behind the closed doors of a deceptively quiet middle-class neighborhood.
To find two missing persons, Tracy will have to follow more than clues, which are both long cold and unsettlingly fresh. Given her own traumatic past, Tracy must also follow her instincts—to whatever dark and dangerous places they may lead.
My review: I am a huge fan of the Tracy Crosswhite series by Robert Dugoni. As In Her Tracks makes clear, Detective Tracy Crosswhite worked hard for every promotion and award. No one smoothed her way but she's proven herself many times over and won the respect of her colleagues. She's not free from the intrigue and politics that permeates the workplace. Certainly, her police chief takes great pleasure in making her life difficult. This latest time is particularly bad. Tracy returns from a leave of absence to find another woman has been given her slot in Serious Crimes and been assigned to her partner. Tracy can take a lateral move to Cold Cases where she would work alone and be subject to greater emotional distress or she can retire. And she's given the day to decide.
Cold Cases had been managed by one officer and he cared deeply about the victims. He appeals to Tracy's empathy with the victims and their families. Though Tracy expects that Cold Cases will be difficult emotionally, she takes it on.
Soon, her old partner asks for her help with an active case -- a young woman has been abducted and might still be alive. Tracy investigates but under the cover of her cold cases. As she zeroes in on a suspicious family, she searches for dark secrets and another young woman who went missing.
Dugoni delivers another suspenseful and satisfying mystery in In Her Tracks. We are drawn into Tracy's struggle but even the antagonists are human. In Her Tracks gives us a well developed, character driven mystery. I read straight through the night and am looking forward to finding out what is next in Tracy Crosswhite's life.
About the Author: Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite series, which has sold more than six million books worldwide; the David Sloane series; the Charles Jenkins series; the stand-alone novels The 7th Canon, Damage Control, and The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, for which he won an AudioFile Earphones Award for narration; and the nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary, a Washington Post best book of the year. He is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Book Award for fiction and has twice won the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for best novel. He is a two-time finalist for the International Thriller Awards and a finalist for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, the Silver Falchion Award for mystery, and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards. His books are sold in more than twenty-five countries and have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Visit his website at www.robertdugonibooks.com.
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Prodigal Son (An Orphan X Novel #6 of 6) by Gregg Hurwitz
ISBN-10 : 1250252288 Hardcover $ 27.99
Publisher : Minotaur Books; 1st Edition (January 26, 2021), 432 pages.
Review copy courtesy of Minotaur Books and NetGalley.
The blurb: As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name—The Nowhere Man—and a new mission, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer—in exchange for an unofficial pardon, he must stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man. Now Evan has to do the one thing he's least equipped to do—live a normal life.
But then he gets a call for help from the one person he never expected. A woman claiming to have given him up for adoption, a woman he never knew—his mother. Her unlikely request: help Andrew Duran—a man whose life has gone off the rails, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, bringing him to the deadly attention of very powerful figures. Now a brutal brother & sister assassination team are after him and with no one to turn to, and no safe place to hide, Evan is Duran's only option. But when the hidden cabal catches on to what Evan is doing, everything he's fought for is on the line—including his own life.
My Review: Even though I've read every Orphan X novel over the past few years, it took reading Prodigal Son to remind me just how much I missed the character Evan Smoak. I'm a bit of thriller/mystery fiend and these Orphan X novels are a bit like stepping into a righteous James Bond scenario. Except in Prodigal Son you peek into just how awful things were for young Evan as an orphan growing up in the system. When this is juxtaposed against his incredible physical and mental skills and his sense of justice, it is hard to stop reading.
In this last installment, Evan has won a pardon which can be revoked if he undertakes to save another person as Nowhere man. Evan has started to live a normal life - meeting people, relaxing, appreciating his gorgeous condo, etc. Just as he was starting to relax he gets a call for help from someone claiming to be his birth mother. She asks him to step back out as Nowhere Man and to save someone in a dire situation. The victim has had all sorts of bad luck but has been trying to do right by his young daughter. Incurred all sorts of debt but is up to date on his child support, etc. As Evan weighs the consequences of helping versus walking away, we can't help but be so upset at the unfairness of life and drawn into the story.
I should have been working on my taxes, tidying up our home, getting ready for our move, etc. but all I wanted to do was read Prodigal Son. So, if you're looking for a satisfying escape - grab this book. If you have tons of things you need to get done ASAP, you'll be hard pressed to put this book down.
About the Author: GREGG HURWITZ is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including the #1 international bestseller Orphan X, the first in a series of thrillers featuring Evan Smoak. He has also written young adult novels: The Rains and its sequel, The Last Chance. Hurwitz's books have been shortlisted for numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been translated into twenty-eight languages.
Hurwitz is also a New York Times bestselling comic book writer, having penned stories for Marvel (Wolverine, The Punisher) and DC (Batman). Additionally, he has written screenplays for many major studios and written, developed, and produced television for various networks.
Hurwitz resides in Los Angeles with two Rhodesian ridgebacks.
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Nearly 30 years ago, Philippe Coquard left France to make wine in Wisconsin. Leaving behind a family full of winemakers, he came to Prairie du Sac on an agricultural exchange program. Now he and wife Julie Coquard (née Wollersheim, daughter of proprietors Robert and JoAnn) preside over Wollersheim Winery.
We know what people have historically thought of wine from Wisconsin, the land of beer and brandy: They're all disgusting plonk like those fruit wines from Door County, right? That may have been the case, but lately we've detected a shift.
First, this author was gobsmacked by the bright and nuanced Wollersheim Prairie Blush at the 2011 International Cold Climate Wine Competition where we awarded it a Double Gold medal. Then, Wollersheim was awarded Winery of the Year at the 2012 San Diego International Wine Competition after raking in Platinum medals for six wines. Finally, a Decanter columnist verified Wollersheim's prowess by recounting their equally impressive performance at the 2012 International Eastern Wine Competition.
What gives? When did Wollersheim turn the corner? As best we can tell, the answer lies with Prairie Fumé.
Now about as pervasive as a Wisconsin wine can be, Prairie Fumé is a light white full of lip-smacking citrus from New York-grown Seyval Blanc grapes. It's an undeniably fresh, unobtrusive, and effortless sipping wine that accounts for a third of Wollersheim's output (they made around 70,000 gallons of Prairie Fumé last year). At $9 retail, it would instantly replace this author's everyday Chilean Sauvignon Blanc if they distributed in Minnesota.
First released in 1989, Prairie Fumé's success is what allowed Wollersheim to become the regional behemoth it is today (it's the highest-volume winery in Wisconsin with 1.1 million bottles produced last year). It allowed for the purchase of new equipment and facilities, and greater investment in making quality wines in varying styles.
Those that think Wisconsin's red wine is all vapid sugar water should be lining up to try Wollersheim's Domaine Reserve ($20), made from the 40-year-old Marechal Foch vines on the steepest hill behind the winery. "We've been making it since, I think, '78. We changed the name [to Domaine Reserve] in '81." says Julie, as we survey a case of 30-year-old wine medals.
They've been able to coax a deep, enveloping richness out of these Foch grapes, not just due to the age of the vines, but also by means of a "green harvest" – the elimination of slower-ripening bunches midway through the growing season, allowing the vine's full vigor to be concentrated in the remaining grapes. A barrel sample of their 2011, in oak since October, had a delightful blackberry-toffee-allspice way about it.
Their specialty, Marechal Foch, is a light, small-berried French-American hybrid grape. Foch is often in the periphery among cold-climate wine grapes. Not many wineries place a premium on it, and if anything, it's currently losing favor among local growers. New red vine planting, especially in Minnesota, is tending toward more recently engineered varieties like Marquette and Frontenac.
The Minnesota Grape Growers Association notes that Foch produces wines "Burgundian" in character. Perhaps this is because it takes well to carbonic maceration – a technique that involves fermenting whole clusters of grapes under pressure and is prominently used in Coquard's native Beaujolais. He uses it for a few Foch bottlings, most obviously a Beaujolais Nouveau-style wine that gets released right before Thanksgiving just like the real stuff.
The newest notable development for Wollersheim is their first run of brandy, targeted for release in April 2013. Wisconsin changed a law two years ago prohibiting wineries from distilling and vice versa. Wollersheim applied for a distiller's permit right away and bought a beautiful copper pot still from Portugal.
Distilled from estate-grown St. Pepin grapes, the first batch is about halfway through its planned two-year stint in Wisconsin oak. Coquard is experimenting with five different toast levels (the extent of char on the inside of the barrel) in the hopes that after a few batches he'll have zeroed in on the perfect barrel treatment.
Their tasting room is open daily, just an easy half hour northwest of Madison. Besides the Fumé, two other $9 standouts to pick up on your visit are the aforementioned Prairie Blush and their racy Dry Riesling (the 2012 International Eastern Wine Competition Best of Show) full of tart, zesty green tree fruit notes.
Wollersheim is now in its 40th year of production (practically ancient for a winery around here), and they seem to be hitting their stride. They do the light and flirty sweet sips Midwesterns have come to expect from local wine, but in a balanced manner you might not expect. And their more serious wines – the Reserve, icewine, lees-aged Chardonnay, and a particularly stunning tawny port – show wonderful integrity and reflect the true potential of cold climate winemaking.
Many years ago we came to your unknown winery. We loved your Baco Noir. We were young with 2 small children and little money. But we use to buy a case of Baco Noir for those nights when kids, work, etc was just one glass away from comfort time for my husband and I. Well our daughter remember those nights. So when she was in Binney, she spotted your label. It's wasn't the Noir, but she gave us a bottle for Christmas. Which we will open on New Year's Day. We are wine drinkers now. I remember I kept 1 bottle for good memories. So I looked for it in our cool cellar and there I found our 1 bottle of unopened 1973 Baco Noir. It holds so many memories within that bottle and I guess for my adult children too. I don't think I could open it at this time but maybe one day. I just wanted to share this memory with you. You not only have made wine, but wonderful events in our life's.
HAPPY 2015 and enjoy each day.


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Q: Как объединить последовательные коммиты с одинаковыми именами? Представьте себе такой git-репозиторий:

Как видно, что в таком git-репозитории есть две группы коммитов, которые имеют одинаковые имена и идут последовательно:

*

*сделал фичу A

*сделал фичу A

*сделал фичу B

*сделал фичу B

*сделал фичу B

Как сделать команду git filter-branch такой, чтобы она объединила такие коммиты?
В результате я хочу получить это:

Я не хочу потерять изменения. Суммарные изменения должны попасть в объединённые коммиты.
Это лишь пример, на практике в git-репозитории около 15к коммитов, в которых такие повторения встречаются до 50 коммитов подряд. Так что мне нужна такая команда git filter-branch, которая будет действовать "по правилу". Я не могу знать заранее какие коммиты нужно будет объединить, потому что их очень много.

A: Вам нужен интерактивный rebase.
Команде нужно передать диапазон комитов, которые вы можете, при желании, изменить, слить, удалить, разбить комит на несколько:
git rebase -i HEAD~6

В результате выполнения, откроется редактор который покажет вам историю комитов, с подсказками какие операции возможны:
pick f7f3f6d git init
pick 310154e feature A
pick a5f4a0d feature A
pick ffaabbd fix
pick a5fbb0d feature B
pick b5f4a03 feature B
pick f5fea00 feature B

# Rebase 710f0f8..a5f4a0d onto 710f0f8
#
# Commands:
# p, pick <commit> = use commit
# r, reword <commit> = use commit, but edit the commit message
# e, edit <commit> = use commit, but stop for amending
# s, squash <commit> = use commit, but meld into previous commit
# f, fixup <commit> = like "squash", but discard this commit's log message
# x, exec <command> = run command (the rest of the line) using shell
# b, break = stop here (continue rebase later with 'git rebase --continue')
# d, drop <commit> = remove commit
# l, label <label> = label current HEAD with a name
# t, reset <label> = reset HEAD to a label

Теперь комиты, которые хотите оставить не трогаете, т.е. действие в первой колонке должно быть pick - взять как есть, а для тех, которые нужно слить в предыдущие отбрасывая их собственное сообщение, меняете действие на fixup:
pick f7f3f6d git init
pick 310154e feature A
fixup a5f4a0d feature A
pick ffaabbd fix
pick a5fbb0d feature B
fixup b5f4a03 feature B
fixup f5fea00 feature B

и сохраняете и закрываете редактор.

A: Оставлю решение, которое получилось у меня.
Допустим, git-репозиторий находится в директории /path/to/git/.
Создаем копию этого репозитория во временной директории:
cp -r /path/to/git /tmp/git-original

Позже напишу, зачем это нужно.
Далее нужно создать такой скрипт по пути /tmp/check-skip-commit.sh:
#!/bin/bash

CURRENT_DIRECTORY=`pwd`;
GIT_COMMIT="$1"
GIT_ORIGINAL_PATH="$2"

cd $GIT_ORIGINAL_PATH
CHILDREN=`git rev-list --all --not $GIT_COMMIT^@ --children | grep "^$GIT_COMMIT" | sed -E "s/[^ ]+ |$GIT_COMMIT//"`
cd $CURRENT_DIRECTORY

if [ -z "$CHILDREN" ]
then
   exit 1
fi

if [[ $CHILDREN == *" "* ]]
then
   exit 1
fi

cd $GIT_ORIGINAL_PATH
COMMIT_MESSAGE=`git log -1 --pretty=format:%s $GIT_COMMIT`
CHILD_MESSAGE=`git log -1 --pretty=format:%s $CHILDREN`
cd $CURRENT_DIRECTORY

if [ "$COMMIT_MESSAGE" = "$CHILD_MESSAGE" ]
then
   exit 0
fi

exit 1

И делаем его исполняемым:
chmod 777 /tmp/check-skip-commit.sh

Этот скрипт принимает первым параметром hash коммита, а вторым - путь к директории git-репозитория.
Этот скрипт проверяет, нужно ли пропустить коммит или нет. Для тех коммитов, у которых имеется только один дочерний коммит с таким же именем, скрипт вернет exit code равный 1, а иначе 0. Пропуск коммита по сути означает его удаление, а изменения коммита будут перенесены в его дочерний коммит, что по сути является объединением двух коммитов.
Дальше осталось запустить процесс, переходим в директорию с репозиторием:
cd /path/to/git/

И запускам команду:
git filter-branch -f --commit-filter '
    if /tmp/check-skip-commit.sh $GIT_COMMIT /tmp/git-original
    then
        skip_commit "$@";
    else
        git commit-tree "$@";
    fi' -- --all

В этой команде используется наш скрипт /tmp/check-skip-commit.sh. Вторым аргументом для него передается путь к копии репозитория /tmp/git-original.
Это нужно для того, чтобы скрипт мог получить имя коммита и имя дочернего коммита. Использовать оригинальный репозиторий /path/to/git/ не получится, потому что он уже в процессе перезаписи (по крайней мере у меня так не работает, выдает ошибки).

Можно усложнить условие объединения. Для этого в скрипте /tmp/check-skip-commit.sh можно изменить это условие под себя:
if [ "$COMMIT_MESSAGE" = "$CHILD_MESSAGE" ]
then
   exit 0
fi


High-energy powerhouses are made from a variety of fresh, organic vegetables and leafy greens including celery, cucumber, broccoli, cilantro, parsley, spinach, kale and mint. Cold-Pressed Green Juuices pack a healthy punch of phytochemicals, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Great for detoxing your body.


Who hasn't plunked down a pretty penny to join a health club or invest in pricey running shoes with the intention of starting a fitness routine "for real this time" — only to let the gym membership languish or the shoes morph into chew toys for the dog?
About half of all folks who try to commit to regular exercise, that's who. Research shows that 50 percent of people who start a fitness routine drop out within six months. Some quit because they're self-conscious, others because they aren't getting the results they want. But for some the reason their shape-up plans don't take shape is they just can't get into the habit.
If you feel like the only thing standing between you and the health and feel-good benefits of regular exercise is an inability to get into a groove, new research may hold the key. The study, published in the journal Health Psychology, looked at "whether a habit of instigating exercise might be more related to exercise frequency than a habit of executing exercise," says author Alison Phillips, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Iowa State University.
Phillips' research found that creating what are called instigation habits is highly effective at helping people hit the gym or head to yoga class. An instigation habit is one that prompts you to perform another behavior automatically. For example, turning on the coffee machine each morning may remind you to take your vitamins.
Let's say you want to exercise after work each day. You might create a series of behaviors that you do every evening that leads you to the gym. First you clear off your desk (pencils in drawer, papers filed, computer off), refill your water bottle and grab your workout bag and head to the gym.
Or perhaps you're an early bird — you know the best time to work out is the morning, but despite your best intentions you dawdle in the a.m. until it's too late to go for a run. Put your running shoes by your bed instead of slippers and get into the habit of lacing them on first thing in the morning. Then come up with a couple more things to do each day before you run (brush your teeth, feed the cat).
You'll have to follow your instigation routine deliberately at first, of course. Phillips says that typically it takes about a month for a habit to catch hold. And while it would be ideal to do it every day, three days a week should do the trick if you keep it up.
"As long as the context in which a person exercises is consistent, it should develop into a strong habit," Phillips says.
A cure-all for all exercise dropouts?
Phillips points out that for some people, having a specific routine can be comforting and build confidence, but others might find this approach boring.
If you want to try it, though, make your instigating routine as enjoyable as possible. Maybe you'll want to add listening to upbeat music in the car as you drive to the gym after work, for instance. "The more intrinsically motivating a behavior, the stronger the habit-instigating cues become," Phillips says.


The Olathe Water Treatment Station #2 in Olathe, KS, agreed to participate in a field test and with the assistance of Grundfos Distributor, Pump & Power of Lenexa, KS, the Multi-Stage CR-H was installed in April, 2009 in a backwash application for membrane wash.
The Multi-Stage CR-H pump (15hp), along with another pump brand (end suction, 20 hp), alternates operation in a system where a flush occurs approximately 10 times per hour and lasts two to five minutes. In this continuous operation, each pump is used equally.
Pumping System Assessment Tool (PSAT) is used to demonstrate the energy usage information. The data from PSAT showed that the 15 hp CR-H uses 13 kWh and the end suction 20 hp pump uses 17.1 kWh. At 4,380 hours of operation annually, and an average of three minutes of run time per start, the end suction averages an energy consumption of 74.8 MWh and the CR-H averages 57.9 MWh. The CR-H offers 16.9 MWh in energy savings compared to the end suction, which results in an annual energy savings of $1,700.


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Major League WTF?: This Politician Paid $140 For Sex, But All He Got Was This Lousy Scandal
What do you get when you mix a politician and Craigslist......well a brand new sex scandal it seems. In Indiana's state legislature, Rep. Phillip Hinkle,64, has made a real career out of soapboxing his Christian faith, helping to write and promote legislation to put "In God We Trust" on the state's license plates as well as sponsoring antiGay legislation. But it all turns out to be clever window dressing to hide a sexual interest in young African American boys. It seems that Hinkle hired young, 18 year old. Kameryn Gibson aka DuJuan Diamond from a Craigslist ad for a sexual encounter in a hotel room, but Gibson got creeped out when Hinkle told Gibson he was a politician and then dropped his towel and exposed himself and grabbed Gibson's rear end in a desperate gesture. It had to be a lovely scene.
Gibson was so creeped out by Hinkle's pervo behavior that he ran in the hotel room's bathroom and called his sister for help to leave. It was eerily similar to that creepy moment in Charlie Sheen's hotel room when a porn star had to call for help to leave. That must be normal prodigals for persons hired for sex. You run to the bathroom and call for help from the weirdo pervs.
So far Hinkle refuses to resign his office. Maybe there's a lot of registered sex offenders and pervs in his district who support him or something. None of this is good news to Indiana state Republican leadership who just hate the embarrassment that Hinkle is causing them. He's their equivalent of Democrats Anthony Weiner or David Wu, both of which finally resigned their offices after intense party pressure. Hinkle is a problem that just won't go away without being forced to do so. For his part, Hinkle continues to lie about the whole incident, claiming that the whole event is some sort of "shakedown". Yeah, I guess that some folks wanted Hinkle out so bad that they called up a gay escort, put Hinkle in a hotel room naked and forced him to do some gay grab ass stuff.
But things couldn't be much better for Gibson who is now a celebrity and has signed a new lucrative contract with a gay modeling website thanks to the publicity surrounding the scandal.
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Last year, BlaBlaCar, a global long distance ride sharing service, entered India, after noticing how commute exhausted Indians were constantly looking out for ways to make their travel convenient. The eager adoption of cab hailing services like Uber and Ola was a good starting point for the French firm, which connects drivers with empty seats to people travelling the same way. How about the demand for comfortable inter-city travel? This question was the genesis for the launch of BlaBlaCar in India. For the 10-years-old French firm, the first six months went into creating awareness about ride sharing and another six months in getting people to try ride sharing as a way of commute inter-city. Today, their patience seems to be paying off - over 3 million seats have been offered on the platform across 700 cities in India, making it one of their most important markets. Founded in 2006 by a former NASA employee Frédéric Mazzella and two others, BlaBlCar is owned by France-based Comuto SA. It is present in 22 countries and has a monetisation model in at least seven of them. By 2017, the Paris-based company will start a monetisation process in India too, charging a small fee from the co-traveller.
How has been the journey so far? In the last one and a half years a lot of people in India have become familiar with long distance ride sharing concept and we have seen a strong take off in the market. Between Delhi and Chandigarh, Dehradun, Agra, Jaipur, we are seeing very strong usage and similarly, for cities between Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai, we are also witnessing strong usage. We are a marketplace in which on one side there are car owners and on the other side there are co-travellers. So far, more than 3 million seats have been offered on the platform from over 700 cities in India. We are not just seeing traction coming from big cities but we are also connecting smaller cities in a better way in India.
India is a culturally different country when it comes to ride sharing. What are the challenges you faced? When we launched ride sharing and long distance ride sharing in India it was fairly a new concept. In the past, we have travelled by taxi or ordered food from restaurants via app but have never travelled in somebody else's car, so the experience was new for the Indian commuters. It took some time to inform people about the ride sharing and how it works. Also, there was a trust and safety concerns in India which was higher than what we had seen in Europe, France or Germany, so we spent some time understanding those concerns and also added features on our platform which are relevant to address those trust and safety issues. For example we have started asking individuals for Government ID's and it is the first for BlaBlaCar. Also we have made connecting on the BlaBlaCar via Facebook important.
BlaBlaCar is already live in 22 countries, how India is different from other markets? India is a big market , and the biggest difference between India and Europe is that in France or in Germany public transport is very well developed, bus or train tickets will be available but the catch there is, it may be expensive, on the other hand India train tickets for tomorrow morning will be most likely be unavailable. Given that the public transport is not sufficient, hence we are complementing the public transport with the ride sharing concept.
Will you be able to replicate the kind of success you had in other markets in India as well? There are two aspects to this, one is the opportunity part of it and second is how long it will take to replicate the success here in India. There is no doubt in my mind that we will more than replicate the success. From opportunity stand point long distance travel is little difficult here because public transport is either not available or is not comfortable, and then for a car owner fuel is expensive. What we are enabling is reducing those expenses and giving a commuter a far more comfortable way to travel, so there is a big opportunity. In the first six months after our launch we spent time informing and updating people about what ride sharing is and what BlaBlaCar is, in the second six month a lot of people started trying ride sharing, and as they saw the benefits we are now seeing tremendous growth and our usage is now hitting the hockey stick kind of growth and we will see that building up quite rapidly in future.
Although you are a long distance carpooling platform, during the odd even experiment in Delhi there was spike in the users using carpooling for shorter distances as well? Any plans to start inter-city carpooling? During odd-even we saw people using BlaBlaCar for distances like Gurgaon to Noida which is still an hour and a half kind of a trip, which we also see otherwise on BlaBlaCar, but outside of that we are very focussed on long distance travel for now and that's where our focus will continue to be.
When do you think you will start to monetise from Indian market? When we launch in any country we start by not charging a fee to our member and the approach is to let the members use the service and see value in the services we are offering and only then we start to charge a small fee from the members. In the first half of next year we might start to monetise in India, and will charge a fee on the co-traveller side, when we do that we will offer additional services as well.
What all countries you are monetising from? Out of 22 countries that are we are live, we have started to monetise from 7-8 countries, namely France, UK, Italy, Spain and some of the countries in the Eastern Europe.
How is the traction coming from Tier 2 and tier 3 cities? We have divided the traction into city groups. In the first bucket, we would focus on traction coming from big cities to big cities, the second group is from big cities to small cities for example, we see a lot of people doing Delhi to Yamuna Nagar, Bangalore to Salem and we have started seeing good usage, especially to smaller cities as they might not have best connectivity from a public transport stand point. And third group is small city to small city, for example Yamuna Nagar to Rorkee and that will come gradually as our usage grows in India.
There are other startups like Airbnb, highly successful in western markets but couldn't replicate the success in India, do you think BlaBlaCar will meet the same fate?
We have already crafted a strong runway and I don't think it is no longer a question mark whether India will adopt ride sharing or not, and we will see further growth on top of that.


Description: I wanted a sandtable for my two girls but could not find a proper one. So I NaNoed an NaNophotoNics Sundvik childrens table and a Samla box into a proper sandtable.
It's a really simple NaNo. The Samla box (45 litre / 56x39x28cm) fits perfectly in the Sundvik table.
The easiest way to do the NaNo is while the legs of the Sundvik aren't attached.
1.) Draw the lines on the tabletop where you have to saw. From the edges in the length it's 7cm and 11,5 in the width.
2.) Drill two holes in the tabletop in the opposite corners with a wood-drill size 10.
3.) With a power-jigsaw cut out the tabletop and 4 incisions on each (width)side.
4.) Screw on the legs, put in the Samla-box and fill it with sand.
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Q: Remove ASCII signs - problem with regexmatch function in AMPScript I'm trying to remove from the beginning and end of the word the \x00-\x20 signs. I don't know what is not working when I'm applying the code I'm not receiving any result. Any thoughts?
SET @regex = regexmatch(@OrderID, '^[[:alpha:]]+/$' , 0, 'IgnoreCase', 'Multiline')
This one is only working on the RexEx checker but not in Marketing Cloud
SET @regex = regexmatch(@OrderID, '[\x00-\x20]' , 0, 'IgnoreCase', 'Multiline')
Not working at all

A: If you just want to strip any non-numeric characters, you can do something like this in your AMPscript block:
%%[

var @OrderID, @i, @char, @OrderIDNum
set @OrderID = "*12345!"

for @i = 1 to length(@OrderID) do

  set @char = substring(@OrderID, @i, 1)

  if not empty(regexmatch(@char, '[0-9]', 0, "IgnoreCase", "Multiline")) then
    set @OrderIDNum = concat(@OrderIDNum, @char)
  endif

next @i

output(concat("
OrderID: ", @OrderID))
output(concat("
OrderIDNum: ", @OrderIDNum))

]%%

Output:
*12345!
12345

Reference:

*

*regexmatch

*Jake314159


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Q: Underline text with line when selected The idea:
I want to have the text underlined (preferably in a color gradient like here) when selecting a text section instead of changing the background. According to Mozilla text-decoration is possible, so also text-decoration: underline.
The problem:
(text-decoration with ::selection does not work for me (Chrome & Edge) - solved).

The solution idea:
Is it at all possible to underline the text as a gradient when making a selection (in CSS)? One idea of mine is to use JavaScript to see if the text is selected and then add an id="underline" or so between the text, which then contains the CSS code for the gradient line.

Progress:
The whole thing is not achieved with pure CSS. I have now changed the code, so that when a selection is also the text is suitably underlined.
Problem with the progress:
The line remains even after clicking away the selection.
The current code:

    function wrapSelectedText() {
        var selectedText = window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0);

        var selection = window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0);
        var selectedText = selection.extractContents();
        var span = document.createElement("span");
        /* Styling */
        span.style.backgroundImage = "linear-gradient(120deg, #84fab0 0%, #8fd3f4 100%)";
        span.style.backgroundRepeat = "no-repeat";
        span.style.backgroundSize = "100% 0.2em";
        span.style.backgroundPosition = "0 88%";

        span.appendChild(selectedText);
        selection.insertNode(span);
    }

    document.onmouseup = document.onkeyup = document.onselectionchange = function() {
        wrapSelectedText();
    };
::selection {
  background: none;
}

This is an example text.

A: The text-decoration needs to exist already on the element, by defining text-decoration: underline overline transparent; on the p element it does work.

::selection {
  background: yellowgreen; /* To check if the text is selected */
  text-decoration: underline overline #FF3028; /* Only works on elements that have the same decoration properties set already */
}

p {
  color: black;
  font-size: 18px;
  text-decoration: underline overline transparent;
}

This is an example text.


What is a Member's Page ?
A Member's Page is a PCAC member's own individual website page on which they can publicise themselves and their art.
your art out there for people to see.
Exhibition history and any awards won, etc.
Suggestion: Check other members' pages for a guide.
If you should need help with images for submission, please let us know, and we will try to help with suggestions.
Tips: Images should be at least 650 pixels at longest side (they will appear as thumbnails and in a slideshow with images at 650 pixels on PCAC website). Images may be sent via e-mail, DVD or USB stick.