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Counsel for President John Dramani Mahama in the presidential election petition at the Supreme Court Wednesday concluded his cross-examination of the petitioners' star witness and indicated that suggestions that about 2.6 million votes should be annulled were completely preposterous.
But Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the witness, insisted that those votes were tainted with many irregularities relating to over-voting, the nonsigning of pink sheets by presiding officers and duplicated serial numbers.
The witness also said the petitioners were not accusing the President of any malpractice, except that he was the beneficiary of the Electoral Commission's (EC's) conduct.
When Mr Tony Lithur asked the witness the legal basis for their findings, Dr Bawumia did not provide any legal basis but maintained that there were many irregularities.
The witness disagreed with counsel that the idea of duplicated serial numbers was compiled by the petitioners to only beef up their case.
Counsel and the witness engaged in a back-and-forth crossfire during the proceedings and the court intervened and warned that they should desist from any commentary or expansionist approach to putting and answering questions.
Mr Lithur said the actual results declared by the EC were not affected by the so-called malpractices alleged by the petitioners, but the witness replied that there was a clear case of irregularity between the actual number of ballot papers issued to voters and those declared.
Dr Bawumia said the petitioners were no longer relying on 704 polling stations, even though they might have filed exhibits relating to those polling stations.
Regarding the issue of double serial numbers for same polling stations, the witness said pink sheets that had the same serial numbers were used during the elections, thereby resulting in the malpractices complained about and hence the action in court.
The witness agreed with counsel that the polling agents of the petitioners were present at the various polling stations and that when he cast his ballot at Walewale he did not ask about the serial number on the pink sheet.
He said as a voter, he did not see it as a concern to look for the serial number because it was a requirement of the EC to validate a vote.
Counsel said the petitioners did not train their polling agents on serial numbers because that was unimportant, but the witness said they expected the EC to check the integrity of the pink sheets and that the serial number was an identifier, just like a cheque book.
According to Dr Bawumia, if the serial numbers were of no relevance, then their absence could open the floodgates for open substitution of data.
He said the polling station name and code, as two identifiers, could be handwritten, whereas the serial number, which was the third feature, was embossed on the pink sheets and that the security of the pink sheets was compromised if the serial numbers were taken away.
The witness disagreed with counsel that the only important identifiers of the pink sheets were their names and code numbers.
Dr Bawumia further agreed with counsel that in areas where serial numbers were allegedly duplicated, polling agents of the petitioners signed those pink sheets.
Counsel showed copies of pink sheets relating to voting without biometric verification and the witnesss was adamant that those could be errors and insisted they were not used in their analysis.
The witness said he was not present at the polling station to be in a position to state whether those who voted without biometric registration did not have their names in the voters register and that they received all sorts of reports about malpractices, the evidence of which was on the pink sheets.
When counsel asked the witness to provide one such formal complaint, Dr Bawumia replied that the formal complaint was what was before the court.
Mr James Quashie-Idun, counsel for the EC, also started his cross-examination of the witness, which related to the rudiments of voting.
The witness said he was unaware of the existence of pink sheets for the special voting conducted for the security agencies.
Asked whether any complaints were lodged by the petitioners over irregularities at the EC Headquarters, the witness replied in the affirmative and said they were asked to go to court.
Hearing continues today – Thursday.
Comments from afar:
Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor
Friends, on Day 6 of the Supreme Court's hearing of the NPP's petition, two main instances during the cross-examination of Dr. Bawumia during the proceedings have confirmed that the NPP's petition lacks substance and is crumbling. Regardless of what the party's followers stick to, the admissions being made by Bawumia in connection with the core issues of the petition are fast eroding the credibility of the petition and the petitioners.
Here are two instances at today's sitting that are pivotal to the crumbling of the petition:
1. Voting without verification When Tony Lithur questioned Bawumia if he was alleging that anybody voted who was not qualified to vote, Bawumia insisted that he didn't go to the polling station and that the evidence was on the face of the pink sheet.
When asked if he could produce a single evidence of complaint "in formal," Bawumia again said the formal complaint was his petition.
Asked again if he had any complaint at the polling station in prescribed form, Bawumia admitted to not having "any such complaint".
2. Ghost Polling Stations:
Bawumia admitted during cross examination by Quarshie-Idun, Counsel for the Electoral Commission, that the NPP had delegated a polling agent to a polling station the petitioners had described as unknown. (In his evidence-in-chief last Wednesday, Bawumia mentioned 22 polling stations as being alien to the NPP prior to the 2012 election. He argued that the details of the 22 polling stations were not part of the over 24,000 list of polling stations the EC provided to the various parties.)
However today, Quarshie-Idun challenged the allegations that the 22 polling stations were alien to the petitioners and presented a letter purported to have been signed by officials of the petitioners in which a polling agent was assigned to a polling station which fell in the category of what the petitioners claim were ghost polling stations.
Wondering how the petitioners would assign an agent to a non-existent polling station, he queried Bawumia. He denied knowledge of the presence of the letter but confirmed, on the face of the letter, that it was signed by an official of the NPP. Bawumia explained further that signing a letter to assign a polling agent to a polling station that is not recognized by law does not legitimize the presence of that particular polling station.
3. The role of the first respondent (President Mahama) in the irregularities:
Bawumia has so far not been able to say that President Mahama played any role in what the NPP is fighting in court. His answer that he was not aware of any role played by the President in the irregularities is damning to the NPP's own cause.
After all, Bawumia has no first-hand information with which to prove any of the allegations. Everything is based on the PINKIES and his analysis of the NPP-generated data. Not a good case to fight in court. Can it be a matter of hear-say not being relied on by the Court, especially when the primary document (the PINKIES) are themselves being expose as duplicated, mish-mashed, and padded to deceive the Court?
By Dr. Bokor
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The fashion industry's best independents provide inspiration on so many levels. Offering some of the best customer service in the fashion industry, indies know how to keep their customers happy – and keep them coming back. Good independents really understand their customers' lifestyles and interests and bring them into every part of the overall business strategy. They become local influencers, keeping them always at the forefront of their customers' minds.
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Heather Morris Bio, Husband - Taylor Hubbell, Was She A Backup Dancer For Beyonce?
Heather Morris Bio, Husband – Taylor Hubbell, Was She A Backup Dancer For Beyonce?
Heather Morris is an actress and singer but has become more popular for her prowess as a dancer and has been featured by music stars like Beyonce and Tina Turner. Heather has also made an appearance in the show Dancing with the Stars. Aside from dancing, her breakthrough role as an actress was in the popular dance drama series Glee.
Get facts about this dancing queen's bio, career and her husband below.
Born in Ventura County, California, on 1st of February 1987, Heather Morris has the full name, Heather Elizabeth Morris. She is of a mixed ethnicity that consists of English, Scottish, and German but via her birthplace, she holds an American nationality. Young Heather is said to have lost her dad when she was 14 and with respect to her mum, no info has been made public yet but the celebrity has two sisters named April and Crystal. From the young age of 9, Heather commenced dance training and though she was able to finish her high school education at Desert Mountain High School, Scottsdale, Arizona, the talented dancer opted out of her college education at the Arizona State University to concentrate on her dancing as well as acting.
The talented dancer who has also groomed herself into a seasoned actress made her first film appearance in the 2009 film Fired Up where she was cast as Fiona. Although the film did not launch her acting career, it definitely drew attention to her and subsequently, she landed her breakthrough role as Brittany S. Pierce in the sitcom Glee. Heather Morris is not just an actress but also a dance tutor as she was the one who taught the dance steps for Beyonce's song "Single Ladies". In 2011, when the Glee Tour was on, Heather performed the song "I'm a Slave 4 U" by Britney Spears. That same year, she co-wrote Nuthin' But A Glee Thang, a funny skit made from the original version, "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" produced by Dr. Dre. The actress also landed roles in films and TV series like Go-Go Boy Interrupted, Spring Breakers, How I Met Your Mother, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, Raven's Home and several others.
Heather Morris drew a lot of attention in March 2017 when she made it known that she would be participating in the Dancing with the Stars 24th season. Many people said she was not supposed to contest on the show as she was a professional dancer, unlike other participants. Notwithstanding the uproar, Heather was listed among the contestants as the organizers pointed out that even though she knew how to dance, she does not have the experience of dancing with a partner nor does she possess ballroom dance techniques. Heather started the competition with Maksim Chmerkovskiy as her partner but he sustained an injury during the first week which made her switch to Alan Bersten, with whom she danced from the 2nd to the 5th week. Upon Maksim's recovery, Heather danced with him in the sixth week but they could not make it through the next round.
The talented Heather Morris has also made appearances in music videos like the 2008 song "Nightlife" by An-Ya, "Candle (Sick and Tired)" by The White Tie Affair, "Drop the Girl" by Hit Lights and Leo Moctezuma's 2011 song "2 Da Left".
The film and dance star tied the knot with Taylor Hubbell whom she met back in high school and they were said to have stayed in touch via MySpace when she moved to L.A after her high school education. Their wedding was a very traditional ceremony held at Old Canyon Ranch, Topanga, California on the 16 of May 2015. Heather has always been open about her desire to marry Taylor and she even said in an interview that she could give up her career for his sake if it ever came between them. The love-struck actress was certainly over the moon to have finally settled down with her heartthrob.
Prior to their wedding, the pair welcomed their first child called Elijah Hubbel in 2013 and in February 2016, they became proud parents again to a cute little boy named Owen Hubbel.
Heather's husband might not be a celebrity but sources have it that he also has a decent job, serving as the Membership and Marketing Director for North Ranch Country Club and before that, he had worked for American Golf Corporation as its Membership Director.
Was Heather Morris A Backup Dancer For Beyonce?
If you have ever wondered whether Heather Morris was a backup dancer for Beyonce, the answer is yes! The talented dancer, in 2007, was a backup dancer for music diva Beyonce during The Beyonce Experience.
Aside from that, Heather has also performed at the American Music Awards, the Saturday Night Live, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Total Request Live and Today as well as at the Grammy Awards in 2008 for Tina Turner.


This is the iconic figure to where Frieza actually got hurt from Son Goku for the very first time by his 20× kaioken kamehameha assault!! Banpresto has done it again by capturing his rage straight from the show to this showcase figure. Come join me in this quick toy review and see if this is a figure you would also like to purchase!


Everyone loves a good disaster movie, even ones that don't involve sharks and tornadoes. Plus if it has Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on board as the main hero, it's guaranteed box office fun to start the summer. Writer Carlton Cuse and director Brad Peyton (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), offer a story with predictable dialogue and heavy on CGI mayhem. The April earthquake in Nepal that flattened many villages and cities leaving hundreds of thousands homeless, this movie will hopefully enlighten those living on the California coast, that building and populating areas on a major fault line is probably not a good idea. Neither is fracking in Texas.
The simplistic story line centers on Johnson as Ray Gaines who works as a LA Fire Department rescue helicopter pilot. The harrowing first scene has him rescue a young woman whose car went over a cliff and now dangles precariously on the side of a canyon. This is the first clue that the continuing movie means you should buckle in and enjoy the ride. Ray who is separated from his wife Emma (Carla Gugino) is having trouble accepting she is moving in with stupid rich boyfriend Daniel (Ioan Gruffudd) who is creating the tallest building in San Francisco. He's flying Ray and Emma's daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) to the bay city in his private plane with all sorts of reassurances that he's not trying to take her beloved fathers' place in her life. At the fancy building in SF she meets Ben (Hugo Johnson-Burt) and his little brother Ollie (Art Parkinson) as Ben his applying for a job with her new step dad to be.
Meanwhile at the California Institute of Technology, Lawrence (Paul Giamatti) and Dr. Kim Chung (Will Yun Lee) have discovered that their current research about earthquake swarms may be able to predict major quakes. While they gather information of an unknown fault on the Hoover Dam, the first big quake hits destroying the dam. Soon other major rumbles are set off along southern California and they are moving northward. With the help of reporter Serena (Archie Panjabi), he tries to get the word out through the media of the impending doom.
The film does impart some important information to those actually caught in an earthquake of "drop, cover and hold on" to protect oneself from falling or flying objects. That landlines will work when cellphones are out. And emergency preparedness along with a family communication plan for such events is something to think about in our own lives. The movie however suffers from an over abundance of spectacular destruction. But wait that's not all! There's a tsunami thrown in there for good measure. While millions of people are crushed, fall into crevasses, burned and drowned, we don't see their bodies as the story keeps us focused on Ray and Emma going to SF to save their daughter. Blake using her survival skills learned from her father, manages to impress Ben and Ollie as they try to find high ground for her father to come to rescue them. Girl power for having the young woman being the most resourceful.
Johnson does get a actual moment to display a little bit of dramatic angst while explaining the conflict that broke up his marriage. But the rest of the movie if filled with dumb forehead slapping verbal nonsense in between buildings falling over or errant shipping containers falling on the Golden Gate Bridge. It's a mindless adventure, that is both thrilling, fun and forgettable.


Luke (which means "a native of Lucania" in Latin) never saw Jesus. His Gospel was based on the direct testimonies of witnesses, including women. There is a strong female presence in his Gospel, first and foremost of course, the Virgin Mary: Luke is careful in his descriptions of her, focusing on her words, gestures and silences. He stresses Jesus' infinite mercy, his meekness mixed in with his omnipotence and that force he emitted which healed everyone.
The Acts of the Apostles describe the first expansion of the Christian Church outside Palestine, with the problems and traumas that this universalisation involved; in the second part, the focus is on Paul's apostolic actions in Asia and Europe.
But who is Theophilus – the unknown figure whom Luke praises at the beginning of his Gospel and his Acts of the Apostles? He was probably an influential and important Christian: Luke has the habit Classic writers had, of dedicating their works to distinguished personalities. This detail confirms the Evangelist's Hellenistic education.
Luke studied, he was a doctor and was the only non Jew among the Evangelists. He may have hailed from Antioch of Syria (present day Antalya, in Turkey). He was a convert and a former pagan. Paul of Tarsus became a close companion of Luke's in his apostolate. He calls Luke a "fellow worker" (Philemon, 1:24) and in the Epistle to the Colossians he refers to him as a "beloved physician" (4:14). The "physician" follows Paul everywhere, even to prison: twice. The second time, as he awaits torture in a tough prison, Paul writes to Timothy saying that everyone has abandoned him. Except for one person: "Only Luke is with me" (2 Timothy 4:11). This is the last confirmed piece of news from the Evangelist. According to an ancient legend, Luke had also painted numerous portraits of the Virgin Mary. According to other sources, Luke went to preach outside Rome after Paul's death; and many locations are mentioned. But in actual fact, after Paul's letter to Timothy from prison, we know nothing about Luke.
What is certain is that Luke's Gospel is still being announced – alongside those of Matthew, Mark and John – all across the planet and so are the Acts of the Apostles. So Luke continues to preach, even in the 21st century.
St. Luke the Evangelist is the patron saint of doctors, sculptors, artists, painters and surgeons.


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Lysimachia is placed in Myrsinaceae by some authors, see:
Flora N. Amer. Vol. 8.
List of Lysimachia Species
Lysimachia nummularia Lysimachia ciliata Lysimachia clethroides Lysimachia hybrida Lysimachia punctata Lysimachia quadrifolia Lysimachia terrestris Lysimachia thyrsiflora Lysimachia vulgaris Lysimachia x producta
References to Lysimachia
Arthur, M. A.; Paratley, R. D. 1998. Single and repeated fires affect survival and regeneration of woody and herbaceous species in an oak-pine forest. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 125: 225-236.
Bennell, A. P. 1983. The pollen morphology and taxonomy of Lysimachia. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 425-458.
Coffey, V. J.; Jones, S. B. 1980. Biosystematics of Lysimachia section Seleucia Primulaceae. Brittonia 32: 309-322.
Hao, G. et.al. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Lysimachia (Myrsinaceae) based on chloroplast trnL-F and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 323-339. (other spp.)
Hao, G. et.al. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships in Lysimachia (Primulaceae): A cladistic analysis. J. Tropical Subtropical Bot. 9: 93-100.
Kallersjo, M. et.al. 2000. Generic realignment in primuloid families of the Ericales s.l.: A phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from three chloroplast genes and morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 87: 1325-1341.
Lewis, P. M. et.al. 2000. Photoperiod affects growth and flowering of Lysimachia clethroides Duby. Hortscience 35: 596-599.
MacDougal, D. T. 1901. Propagation of Lysimachia terrestris (L.) BSP. Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 82-89.
Mack, R. N. 1991. The commercial seed trade: an early disperser of weeds in the United States. Econ. Bot. 45: 257-273.
Manns, U.; Anderberg, A. A. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of Anagallis (Myrsinaceae) based on ITS, trnL-F, and ndhF sequence data. Int. J. Plant Sci. 166: 1019-1028. (other spp.)
McCall, C.; Primack, R. B. 1985. Effects of pollen and nitrogen availability on reproduction in a woodland herb Lysimachia quadrifolia. Oecologia 67: 403-410.
Oh, I. C. et.al. 2008. Comparative seed morphology and character evolution in the genus Lysimachia (Myrsinaceae) and related taxa. Pl. Syst. Evol. 271: 177-197.
Ray, J. D. 1956. The genus Lysimachia in the New World. III. Illinois Biol. Monogr. 24: 1-160.
Simpson, B. B. et.al. 1983. Floral biology and floral rewards of Lysimachia Primulaceae. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 110: 249-256.
Wilson, S. D. 1991. Plasticity morphology and distribution in twelve lakeshore plants. Oikos 62: 292-298.
Zika, P. F. 2003. Notes on the provenance of some eastern wetland species disjunct in western North America. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 130: 43-46.


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MoH issues urgent instructions over Chinese disease outbreak
January, 22/2020 - 08:15
The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday issued an urgent dispatch on prevention and control of the acute pneumonia disease outbreak from China.
An official from the health ministry reviews the quarantine protocol for suspect international arrivals at Hà Nội's Nội Bài international airport on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday issued an urgent dispatch on prevention and control of the acute pneumonia disease outbreak from China.
The dispatch asked hospitals and clinics nationwide to set up measures for early detection and prevention to the disease, caused by novel coronavirus (nCoV).
According to the dispatch, all hospitals must set up rapid reaction teams to confront the high risk of the disease spreading.
Việt Nam was at high risk of transmitting the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus from China, said Dr. Lương Ngọc Khuê, director general of the MoH's Medical Examination and Treatment Department.
To cope with the disease, classification of patients would be implemented at the registration desks and patients with symptoms of an acute respiratory infection such as cough and fever must be isolated and examined in separate sections in hospitals or clinics.
Those who were in China within the last 14 days must be checked in terms of epidemiological factors.
If acute pneumonia is suspected, hospitals must temporarily isolate the patient and notify preventive health agencies to take samples.
Health workers must follow disease precaution standards such as wearing masks and regularly washing hands when examining patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection.
Hospitals and clinics must prepare isolation areas and resuscitation medications as well as check medical equipment such as breathing machines, patient monitoring machines, personal protective equipment, and disinfectant chemicals.
Healthcare entities were told to strictly follow the instructions of diagnosis and treatment for the nCoV-pneumonia by the MoH issued on January 16.
They were also urged to spread awareness among healthcare workers and citizens to detect and control the disease as well as to encourage people to report their travel history in countries affected by the disease.
So far, China has reported 62 people infected with the disease, which killed six people.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that the new coronavirus could be contagious between humans.
The new strain of coronavirus, first discovered in China's Wuhan City, has caused comparisons to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that killed nearly 650 people in mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002 and 2003. — VNS
Long An Province reduces poverty with efficient credit programme
Residents of island commune delighted with volunteer doctors help
Completing frameworks for national standards, technical regulations a focus for 2023
Transport ministry urges stricter safety compliance on construction sites
HCM City keeps close eye on COVID amid surge in travel during Tết
Standard set helps lift hospital quality
Dr Lương Ngọc Khuê, director general of the Administration of Medical Service, Ministry of Health, talks to Vietnam News Agency about how hospital quality standards improved healthcare after being introduced in 2012.
Journeys of love take poor people home for Tết
In the central city of Đà Nẵng, the provincial hospital and other sponsors helped more than 200 poor patients go home to nearby provinces such as Quảng Nam and Quảng Ngãi.
Cà Mau to put all administrative procedures online
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau aims to have all of its administrative procedures handled through its electronic one-stop information system this year.
HCM City leader commends religious dignitaries during pre-Tết visits
Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân on January 20 extended best wishes to religious dignitaries and followers in the city on the occasion of the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, which starts this weekend (Jan 25).
Self autonomy is the right way to go for Vietnamese universities
Professor Hoàng Minh Sơn, president of the Hà Nội University of Science and Technology, talks to Khoa học Phát triển (Science and Development) newspaper about granting self-financing autonomy to universities.
Việt Nam's health sector in 2019: achievements and drawbacks
Last year witnessed significant achievements in Việt Nam's healthcare sector, bringing hope for more patients. However, severe medical incidents raised the alarm of poor management that needed to be improved to ensure every citizen can live a healthy and happy life.
Outstanding workers gifted air tickets for Tết
The HCM City unit of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union has provided free air travel to more than 1,000 outstanding workers in HCM City and Đồng Nai and Bình Dương provinces for returning home for Tết (Lunar New Year).
New cable car at Bà Đen Mountain opens in Tây Ninh
A new two-line cable car system has opened in the southern province of Tây Ninh, taking visitors to the top of Bà Đen (Black Lady) Mountain and Bà Đen Pagoda.
Five family members killed in a major fire
Five members of the same family have died after a fire broke out in their HCM City home on Tuesday morning.


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Get Lit with All Of It: Brit Bennett
Originally Aired: Thursday, October 1, 2020
Watch a live video stream as Alison Stewart, host of WNYC's All of It, continues her virtual book club series with acclaimed author Brit Bennett. They'll discuss her novel, The Vanishing Half, a New York Times best-seller about identical twin sisters growing up in a southern Black community and their lives decades later after fate has pulled them apart. Allyson Hobbs, writer and Director of African and African American Studies at Stanford University, joins Bennett and Stewart to illuminate some of the issues that the novel touches on. Viewers are encouraged to submit their questions for the author on Twitter and Instagram.
Plus, Alison will be joined by Aloe Blacc for an exclusive musical performance.
Once again, All Of It teams up for this event with the New York Public Library so that New Yorkers can access the book for free through the NYPL app.
Get the book, reach out to a friend to join, and read along with Alison and Team All Of It
Follow @allofitwnyc on Instagram where you'll find polls, questions, fun facts and pictures of other readers
Watch the live video stream here on this page as Alison talks with the author
Credit: Photo by Emma Trim.
About Brit Bennett
Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction. In 2014, she received the Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers.
She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, and her debut novel The Mothers was a New York Times bestseller. Her second novel The Vanishing Half was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Her essays have been featured in The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Jezebel.
About 'The Vanishing Half'
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect?
Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.
About Get Lit
Join Alison Stewart, host of WNYC's All Of It, alongside bestselling authors and fellow book lovers on the air and online for this new book club series. We'll read books and share our progress on Instagram, and Alison will talk with a marquee author during a live video stream event.
We know that New Yorkers need to feel a sense of community and fun, even as we remain apart. And that's why we are excited to announce that the New York Public Library is partnering with WNYC to present a virtual stay-at-home book club experience!
Photo courtesy of guest.
About Allyson Hobbs
Allyson Hobbs is an Associate Professor of American History, the Director of African and African American Studies, and the Kleinheinz Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University. She is a contributing writer to The New Yorker and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, and The Washington Post. Allyson's first book, A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life, won the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize for the best first book in American history and the Lawrence Levine Prize for the best book in American cultural history. The book was also selected as a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2014, a "Best 15 Nonfiction Books by Black Authors in 2014" by The Root, a featured book in the New York Times Book Review Paperback Row in 2016, and a Paris Review "What Our Writers Are Reading This Summer" Selection in 2017.
About Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc grew up in a family of Panamanian immigrants in Southern California. As a child, he was surrounded by the sounds of salsa, merengue, and cumbia. Across three albums, Blacc has paid homage to that musical heritage, and to American soul, with powerful lyrics and soul-stirring vocals. His upcoming album, All Love Everything, is the singer-songwriter's first collection of material written as a father.
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PRC Diplomacy: "If you repond to my agression, you are an agressor!"
By SLD Team
In its recent Air Defense Identification Zone sprung without warning on the world, the PRC leadership seems amazed that no nation large or small in the region seems amused.
But instead of self reflection, the PRC leadership continues on the offensive.
In almost a case of Alice in Wonderland logic, the reactions of others are considered the source of the aggression.
Of course, it is not unusual for authoritarian regimes to blame everyone but themselves for their difficulties.
The "other" is simply to validate the legitimacy of the "self's" actions.
A particular target is democratic Japan for the PRC to accuse of getting in the way of "peace" in the region.
As a recent Japanese news source reported:
Japan's opposition to the establishment of a Chinese air defense zone over the East China Sea is "utterly unjustifiable," China's foreign ministry said Wednesday, amid moves by Tokyo to bolster its military with an eye on Beijing.
Japan plans to set up a new amphibious military unit and deploy surveillance drones in its southwest, according to its new defense guidelines to be approved next week, amid rising tensions in the region over China's declaration last month of the air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
The Chinese air zone is mainly viewed as an attempt to bolster Beijing's claim over a set of islands at the center of a bitter territorial dispute with Japan. The islands are called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan.
"It is utterly unjustifiable for Japan to point fingers at China, based on its erroneous position on the Diaoyu Islands issue," ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a regular briefing.
Hong blamed Japan for trying to change "the status quo in the East China Sea."
"China will, in accordance with relevant international law and practices, exercise its effective management of the East China Sea ADIZ," Hong said.
"At the same time, we would like to communicate with relevant countries on technical issues based on the principle of equality and mutual respect so as to jointly maintain the security and order of flights in the related airspace," Hong said.
"We urge the Japanese side to take a correct attitude, stop provoking and create conditions for the management of differences through dialogue," Hong said.
The PRC and North Korean Relationship: In Case of War?


Only three miles from Stratford-upon-Avon, this property offers easy access to the local shop and pub and features open-plan accommodation, stone tiled floors, exposed beams and a large garden from which visitors can enjoy wide country views. Able to sleep four people in one double and one twin bedroom, this is a great property for a holiday with friends or family. With so much to do and see in the local area, you're sure to find something to make the holiday a wonderfully memorable experience.
Oil central heating. Electric cooker, microwave, fridge, dishwasher. Washing machine & tumble dryer in shared utility room. TV, DVD, CD player, small library of books/games/DVDs. All fuel and power inc. in rent. Bed linen and towels inc. in rent. Travel cot. Off road parking for 2 cars. Shared lawned garden with furniture and BBQ. Sorry, no pets and no smoking. Shop 2.5 miles, pub 1 mile.


The Camp Danny show is about Jewish camp, songleading, and Jewish Music. It's a fun show with serious conversations about the powerful experiences we have at camp.
The Bill and Bonnie Nichols interview.
Dan shares his vision for what the podcast will become. Dan tells a story about a song that changed his life. Finally, Dan welcomes his parents to the show to tell their story of how they became a Jewish family.


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The Rays Tank: Cespedes Signs; Oswalt Doesn't; Spring Training Inches Closer
By Steve Slowinski Feb 14, 2012, 8:26am EST
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Now that Yoenis Cespedes is off the market, Roy Oswalt is essentially the Last Man Standing of the off-season. I'm not entirely sure where he expects to land at this point, but the latest rumor is that he's waiting for the Rangers to clear some payroll space and sign him. Uhh, I hate to break it to you Roy, but the Rangers have a pretty full rotation as is. I'm sure Oswalt will end up latching on somewhere, but it would certainly help if he stopped being so picky.
But anyway, on to the links:
Ever wonder which pitcher has the best fastball in the game? There's a series running at FanGraphs this week, looking at the best pitches in baseball, and Carson Cistulli kicked things off by looking at the best fastballs. The first two pitchers aren't that big a surprise, but I certainly didn't anticipate #3.
In the wake of the Yoenis Cespedes signing, R.J. Anderson wrote about Billy Beane's recent success (or more to the point, lack thereof) and tried to untangle if he's lost a step over the years (sub. required). And over at FanGraphs Audio, Brad broke down the deal with Cistulli.
Rob Neyer put together a piece on the history of prospects ranked at #31 in their organization by Baseball America. Do these prospects ever amount to something, or are they completely irrelevant? The answer is about what you'd expect: there are some successes, but they are quite rare.
Over at The Rays Way, Yossi Feins put together a piece looking at why Matt Moore has the potential to be even better than David Price. It's a good piece, including some Pitch F/x data, and it drives home how special this year's rotation could be.
USF has had a rough couple weeks. First the news about Memphis coming to the Big East, and now Senator J.D. Alexander is trying to cut their entire school's budget state funding by 72%. I hope there's little chance the bill passes, but it's frustrating enough that this sort of proposal ever sees the light of day.


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Tom Johnston was educated at Leeds Art College and London University. In the 70s he published the satirical magazine Duck Soup, in London, which lasted into the 80s. The owners of Viz magazine came to him for advice on starting their new magazine.
In 1978 he formed the band THE THE with Matt Johnson. By the 80s he was the political cartoonist for the London Evening Standard, the Daily Mirror, the Sun and the News of the World.
He also had a radio show on LBC in the 80s. In the 90s he was still working as a political cartoonist for the Daily Mirror and used to read the newspaper reviews on Sky TV.
He now lives in Cushendall, Co.Antrim.
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			totalSubSets.addAll(subSubSets);
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Q: Benefits of creating a custom mvc framework Would creating a custom php mvc framework from scratch be completely pointless for a small digital agency?
I have heard recently from a friend that His colleges are infact spending time on such a project within their agency. Their argument against using another such as cake or zend being that they come with so many unused features and therefore lots of unnecessary code.
I would have thought that such an endevour is completely pointless and indeed a waste of time and money. Surely it would make more sense to pick a framework that matches your needs as close as possible and then customise/extend it. On such frameworks as zend the code is surely going to be of a much better/tested level than that of 1 or 2 programmers could create in a few months.
It just doesn't make sense to me - can anyone pursuade me otherwise?

A: Using your own framework has one big advantage over other solutions. It means you have total i mean TOTAL! controll over it. No matter what happens to other frameworks, because one day you have open source software and another day it could be abbandoned or stopped project. And your framework will still be developed. Even if it means you will need to constantly add some features to it, with time it will pay off. Besides, PHP is like one huge framework after all, and it's evolving. Writing your own framework will keep you up to date with this technology :) Of course keeping with other frameworks or CMSes is also good idea, because maybe your clients will want to use them, and you can also learn from them and move some solutions to your software :D

A: No, I think you will find most here would agree with you - I certainly feel it is a complete waste of time. Especially given that they are a small agency, their limited resources could be better spent elsewhere.
Since they are concerned about a bloated framework, I suggest that instead they investigate using a lightweight PHP framework such as CodeIgniter and Kohana.

A: I see it pointless. But it's a curse of PHP programmers who tend to invent wheel again and again. I know what I'm talking about. I tried it too.
The best approach seems to be to learn a framework and if it doesn't suit you ask friends who knows other frameworks to learn how is the particular problem solved in other frameworks and if none of them seems good then MAYBE it's time to start work on a new framework.
The point with lots of unused code is not completely valid. Zend contains classes that can be stripped off as far as I know.
EDIT: Performance of PHP can be enhanced via eAccelerator for example. I find it easier than building a brand new framework.

A: MVC FW is less than 5% of average project code base, so I strongly recommend building MVC for every project and adapt it to the project specifications.
If someone has enough knowledge about MVC pattern and some experience in using and building MVC frameworks, it can be built in some days.
General arguments are speed and performance given by the custom FW.

A: Sometimes when people are afraid of changes and learning new things, they come up with all kinds of silly reasons why somethings is bad and should not be used.
I once worked in company that was determined to write their own web framework instead of using Django. One of the developers that was working on "admin" part of framework said i wanted him to lose his job cos Django has auto generated admin.
Unless is it very specific framework and you have very good reasons and enough fundings for project it is never a good idea to reinvent the wheel specially if you can't make it the same or better quality then what is already out there.

A: It depends on what kind of projects they do, and what are their needs. Never forget that in software, the 'best' always depends on what you are doing. There is no 'one golden solution' for everything. This includes mvcs.
There are various reasons to code your own mvc :

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*You can tailor it to your exact specific needs

*You can keep it closed source, reducing exposure, increasing security due to obscurity

*You can continue developing it, and then release it to the world when it is mature and fulfills a major purpose - a lot of current mvcs came to being in that way anyway.

*You can continue developing it, keep it closed source code, and build massive SaaS services and applications on it, to which you will retain full rights. Can be done with apache license too though.

*You can fulfill a purpose that is not fulfilled by any other mvc. Despite every mvc has its zealots who believe that they have the one and all solution, every mvc has its downsides. And believing that 'everything that can be done, has been done' because there are 15-20 mvcs out, is as stupid as saying 'all that can be discovered has been discovered'. And there were people saying the latter at the start of 20th century.

Not to mention that with an external mvc you are using, you are obliged to that mvc's project team for many things. They may already have or may introduce things that you dont like, or even hamper your specific applications.
Not to mention they may just get abandoned. Can happen to the biggest. Codeigniter was all the rage. What happened ? Ellis is dumping it basically. Development slowed down to a halt. Probably soon totally halting. Being open sourced does not guarantee a project either - there have been many open source projects which went similar ways.
What's going to happen to people who had coded major applications with Codeigniter ?  Are they going to undertake the security of the Codeigniter installations they have themselves ? Therefore de facto becoming maintainers of their own mvc ? Or are they going to hire external parties to maintain the mvc for them ?
Not a good future investment.
My preference for coding my own mvc is mainly to have a mvc that fits my own style of coding. My criteria for a mvc :

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*Fast development

*Fast modification

*Low maintenance

*Speed

*Security

*Extreme simplicity

*Reliability in regard to future development

I have coded a major mvc for myself before. and i am still successfully running it on one of my hobby websites which handles ~600,000-1,200,000 unique visitors per month. At a given moment, 250+ visitors (google analytics - it doesnt include any bots) can be present on the site, hammering page after page. And it does not even blink. I like that. Despite it has various shortcomings that i dont like, it works spectacularly.
In the current mvc im doing, im using the lessons i learned from the previous one, as they apply to my specific purposes.
Not to mention it is a great way to hone and develop new skills.
But one thing is a must: plan it very well, and keep building on it, changing and improving it.

A: For any framework
Pros

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*get exact functionality you want

*control over small details important to your project

*familiarity with code

Cons

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*everything that breaks you must fix yourself

*don't get to learn from the mistakes of the past

*won't get as many bugs noticed due to smaller audience

Personally I recommend exploring existing frameworks before even considering writing your own. Just remember that it's okay if you don't understand it all in a day!

A: It's a waste of time.  Unless they are building a site with the traffic of Facebook, the performance hits they will get using something like Yii vs. their own should matter very little

A: It's not necessarily a waste of time but I agree with you, I tried it myself too. I've been using Zend, Code Igniter and Fuel depending on what project that I'm working on.
The consequence that I had in creating my own framework is the deadline. If you're working on a project with a very tight deadline then creating your own framework would be a bad idea.

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Underground stations across London have been very creative with the advertising screens you see on the walls running alongside the escalator. Traditionally these were posters, many still are, but increasingly they are digital displays with adverts which rotate over time or are sometimes even linked together to show animated adverts that effectively travel with you as you progress up or down the escalator.
Whilst returning from a client meeting in London the advert to the right caught my eye so I wanted to capture it. I reached for my phone but wasn't quite quick enough so I had to wait at the bottom of the escalator for it to come round again, much to the bemusement of passing passengers.
I snapped the advert and posted it on Instagram and used the in-app feature to share it to Twitter & Facebook at the same time, all with the caption "I wonder what Pret A Manger have done to upset Low Cost Holidays that prompted this advertising campaign!"
I didn't tag anyone and I used no #hashtags. There were no immediate likes and nobody shared it, yet, within 2 hours, both Pret A Manger and Low Lost Holidays had responded via Twitter, tagging me in the process, as you can see on the left.
So, will this make me into a Twitter sensation and have people flocking to connect with me, reading my various blogs and wanting to be associated with me? No, but that isn't really the point.
Twitter is fleeting; it's a tiny snapshot in time where tweets come and go in the blink of an eye and where only a relative few followers actually see the posts in their time-line (Tweets last about 8 seconds) but, to be associated with and on the radar of big brands, even for a moment, is another notch carved into the walking stick on the journey through social media brand awareness.
At the time of writing, Low Cost Holidays had about 9,600 followers whilst Pret A Manger had over 53,000 (that says something about our relationship with food vs holidays!) so, for a fleeting moment of mildly amusing banter, my name was [potentially] visible to an audience of over 60,000 people that I would otherwise have had no access to. If this led to even one person checking me out and making the connection to my [Paramount] business website it would make it all worthwhile.
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How Not To Raise Fees In Hard Times
Fees, Recession, Ventura
In the second of three recollections of his time in office during the last big budget crisis -- drawn from his book Talk City -- Bill Fulton reminds us that people are willing to pay higher fees if they see the payoff -- but not to cover deficits if they don't see the benefit to themselves. >>read more
No Magic Bullet in Hard Times
Budget, Recession, Ventura
In the first of three excerpts from Talk City, Bill Fulton -- former Mayor of Ventura -- recalls how difficult it was during the last recession to make the tough choices when the chips were down. >>read more
What I Learned on The City Council
By: William Fulton on Aug 13, 2018
In an excerpt from Talk City, Bill Fulton talks about how political discourse has been coarsened -- even at the local level. >>read more
California's Local Government Meatgrinder
Books, Ventura
In Talk City, his collection of blogs from the Ventura City Council, Bill Fulton talks about the difference between talking and doing in politics -- and the emotional toll it all takes. >>read more
Freeway Caps May Reshape California Urban Areas
By: Josh Stephens on Jul 22, 2017
Caltrans, Freeways, Glendale, Los Angeles, Oakland, Santa Monica, SCAG, Ventura
Impediments remain -- but experts say neither engineering nor financing are the problems in reclaiming urban land. >>read more
Insight: Does Supply Create Its Own Demand?
By: William Fulton on Jul 27, 2015
California, Housing, Housing Supply, Insight, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, SPUR, Ventura, Vol. 30 No. 7 July 2015
A couple of weeks ago, the satirical newspaper The Onion reported that the City of San Francisco was looking to relocate because its current location had become too expensive. Funny though this was, I expected the follow-up story to focus on the economic development incentive package being put together to keep San Francisco where it is. >>read more
A week or so later, Gabriel Metcalfe - head of the respected San Francisco urban planning organization SPUR - published a provocative piece in CityLab blaming the city's affordability crisis on progressive politics - especially progressive politics of the no-growth kind. Progressive San Francisco, he argued, "had a fatal, Shakespearean flaw that would prove to be its undoing: It decided early on to be against new buildings. It decided that new development, with the exception of publicly subsidized affordable housing, was not welcome."
All up and down California - especially in the expensive coastal enclaves around San Francisco and Los Angeles - community activists have been lately decrying how the rising cost of housing is making it impossible for normal people with normal incomes to live in these towns. Yet, as Metcalf points out, most of the time these same community activists are arguing that the trend toward high housing cost must be countered with... less housing construction. Or at least less market-rate housing construction.
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Bill Fulton, parking management, Ventura, Ventura County
At about 10:30 this morning, I stepped out of my office a block from Main St. in Ventura to get a cup of coffee. Almost immediately, I noticed something different.
The parking lot on Oak Street, usually two-thirds empty in the morning, was mostly full. And the on-street parking spaces along Oak and Main Street, which are mostly occupied on a typical morning at this time, were mostly vacant.


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Nissan ex-chair set for first public appearance after escape
By ZEINA KARAM
BEIRUT (AP) — The disgraced former chairman of Nissan is expected to speak to journalists in Beirut on Wednesday, more than a week after his dramatic escape from Japan ahead of his trial for alleged financial misconduct.
The highly anticipated news conference by Carlos Ghosn will be his first public appearance since he smuggled himself from Tokyo to Beirut, arriving in the Lebanese capital where he grew up and is regarded by many as a national hero.
Dozens of local and international journalists gathered outside the press syndicate where he was to hold his news conference, several hours before his scheduled appearance. Lebanese authorities have not made any comments about the news conference and it was not immediately clear whether they intend to summon him for questioning.
Ghosn's daring and improbable escape has perplexed and embarrassed Japanese authorities after he skipped bail and managed to flee the country despite supposedly rigorous surveillance.
Media reports have said that he left his residence alone, met two men at a Tokyo hotel, and then took a bullet train to Osaka before boarding a private jet hidden inside a case for musical equipment. He flew to Istanbul and was then transferred onto another plane bound for Beirut, where he arrived Dec. 30.
On Wednesday, Tokyo prosecutors raided a Japanese lawyer's office where Ghosn had visited regularly before he fled. Japanese media reports said prosecutors had likely seized the computer to track down how Ghosn escaped and who might have helped him.
An hour before the scheduled press conference, a Lebanese prosecutor said Ghosn will be summoned "in the coming hours" over a visit to Israel more than 10 years ago, according to the state-run National News Agency.
Two Lebanese lawyers had submitted a report to the Public Prosecutor's Office against Ghosn last week, saying he violated Lebanese law by visiting Israel. The two neighboring countries are technically in a state of war. Prosecutor Ghassan Khoury met with the two lawyers who filed the case on Wednesday and asked them to bring additional evidence, adding he would summon Ghosn in the coming hours.
Ghosn visited Israel in 2008 and met officials including the prime minister and the president. At the time he announced the launch of electric cars in Israel.
Lebanese authorities have said Ghosn entered the country on a legal passport, casting doubt on the possibility they would hand him over to Japan. Lebanon last week received an Interpol-issued wanted notice — a non-binding request to law enforcement agencies worldwide that they locate and provisionally arrest a fugitive.
Lebanon and Japan do not have an extradition treaty, and the Interpol notice does not require Lebanon to arrest him.
Ghosn, who is Lebanese and also holds French and Brazilian passports, was expected to go on trial in Tokyo in April. In statements, he has said he fled to avoid "political persecution" by a "rigged Japanese justice system." He also said that he alone organized his departure from Japan and that his wife, Carole, played no role.
On Tuesday, Tokyo prosecutors obtained an arrest warrant for Carole Ghosn on suspicion of perjury. That charge is not related to his escape. Lebanon's justice minister said Tuesday that Lebanon has not received any request related to that warrant.
Japanese justice officials acknowledge that it's unclear whether the Ghosns can be brought back to Japan to face charges.
Ghosn's former employer, Nissan Motor Co., said it was still pursuing legal action against him despite his escape, adding that Ghosn engaged in serious misconduct while leading the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi alliance. Ghosn denies all the charges.
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Birthdays are always special occasions and landmark anniversaries are even more worthy of celebration. It's amazing to think just how far the Trust has come in 60 years, it's hard to imagine how things must have looked to those Essex pioneers back in 1959. It takes a great deal of courage, determination and self-belief to start something from scratch, particularly if it's bucking a trend or challenging convention.
The volunteers that set up the Essex Naturalists' Trust (which became Essex Wildlife Trust in the early 1990s) might not have felt particularly brave at the time, because they were merely following their passion, but there is no doubt they took a leap of faith and were probably seen by many people as quite radical.
The political, financial and social landscape is undoubtedly a very different place 60 years on and the way that we achieve success has definitely had to move with the times. For many years, conservationists saw a network of reserves as really being the only way truly to protect species or landscapes; whereas today we use a whole suite of tools to engage, inspire and educate, still with the overall aim of protecting wildlife around the county.
Sculpture trails, cafés, ecotourism, corporate partnerships, forest schools and social media may not have been on the agenda back in the early days, but as an organisation, it's fundamentally important that we have been able to evolve our way of getting across our message and highlighting the value of wildlife and wild places, to an increasingly varied audience.
Wildlife in Essex needs a voice more than ever before and we'll be shouting loud and proud to protect our natural heritage for the next 60 years!
This year we have so many wonderful ways you can get involved to celebrate our 60th year.
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NAHB Member Homes Win DOE Housing Award
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Ted Clifton's award-winning Zero Energy Ready Home
A home built by Ted Clifton, an NAHB member based in Coupeville, Wash., and president of and , is one of 26 this year to receive a U.S. Department of Energy's .
This means that his award-winning home has met the requirements of DOE's and produces as much energy as it uses.
Clifton, who has won this award every year of the program's existence, said he is honored to be recognized again for his hard work in the green building sector.
"We made a science of building high-performance homes," said Clifton, who is incoming chairman of NAHB's Environmental Issues Committee. "We figured out the most cost-effective ways of getting there from here."
Clifton credited the DOE award for helping him transition to a teacher and expert in the green building space.
"The recognition has really advanced my credibility as a professional," he said.
Clifton said NAHB has been helping lead the way in sustainable building activities, particularly at the . "Builders are coming to IBS to see the latest, newest green stuff that you've never seen before," he said.
All other Housing Innovations Award winners, which include a number of other NAHB members, can be viewed on the DOE's .
For more information on NAHB's green activities, please contact Jaclyn Toole.
Tags: DOE, high-performance building
Kim Shanahan says:
Congratulations Ted Clifton. A well deserved recognition. Your dogged perseverance to make our association build better homes, as shown from nearly two decades of excellence, is much appreciated.
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Q: ImageMagick is installed, but php extension of Imagick is not enabled Hy there,
I have a shared hosting account. They installed Image Magick on my request. But I get this error.

PHP Fatal error:  Class 'Imagick' not found in /home/hamrohos/public_html/test.php on line 6

I told them what was wrong. They replied

ImageMagick is installed, but php extension of Imagick is not enabled on shared accounts

Now my question is Can I use Image magick or its any features if its php extensions are not enabled?
Currently I am using GD library but it doesnot have all features of image magick.
I have following features disabled too.
phpinfo(), exec(), system(), passthru()

A: Without enabling ImageMagick extension in PHP, you won't be able to use the functions it providesdirectly.
The only way to use ImageMagick in this scenario would be to call it with a system function and execute everything as a shell script. You would have to save the image data on disk to do this and after processing them with imagemagick, you would have to load them again.
Thus, It would definitely be feasible, but with severe overhead and changes to your scripts.


You're going to have to wait a REALLY long time for The Death Cure.
Dylan O'Brien was injured in a freak accident while filming a stunt for the upcoming Maze Runnersequel, The Death Cure, back in March. Although it was expected that he would be able to return to filming on soon after, his injuries were more severe than expected and he ended up needing more time to heal.
Now, it looks like The Death Cure's release date is getting pushed back as a result of Dylan's extended recovery.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Fox is pushing the film's release date back an entire year, from Feb. 17, 2017 to Jan. 12, 2018.
Even though it's a catastrophic bummer that you'll have to wait an entire year longer for The Death Cure, Dylan needs to be all healed to continue playing Thomas.
Guess rewatching the first five seasons of Teen Wolf and catching Dylan's new disaster film, Deepwater Horizon, when it hits theaters in September will have to do while you wait!
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