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'This isn't enough': Hong Kong protester fed up with polite resistance to Chinese authority
Many in Hong Kong are starting to wonder, 'Is this all we can do, walk around and ask nicely for our demands to be met?'
Brian Hutchinson
Oct 01, 2014 • Last Updated January 25, 2015 • 4 minute read
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Charles Choi stood in the middle of another teeming protest rally Wednesday morning and asked what many in this restless Chinese city are starting to think, yet seldom express in crowds: "Is this all we can do, walk around and ask nicely for our demands to be met?"
Then he began to scream. "This isn't enough," he shouted, as a group of young men and women pressed closer towards him. "Everyone should be speaking for what we want, but so many are afraid of the Chinese government. This movement isn't pushing hard enough. What do you think we can accomplish with this?"
Mr. Choi marched with thousands of young Hong Kong residents, most of them students, onto a cordoned square on the city's central waterfront area Wednesday morning to disrupt an official ceremony marking the People's Republic of China's 65th anniversary, an event that saw military helicopters fly a huge Hong Kong flag — and an even bigger Chinese flag — over jeering protesters.
People who gathered at Golden Bauhania Square shouted epithets and raised middle fingers as the aircraft flew over them, while dozens of local police officers stood behind barriers and watched.
This group says it has tried for years to protest at National Day but was foiled. Today it joins a huge throng. http://t.co/HmTeEdKQJv
Brian Hutchinson (@hutchwriter) September 30, 2014
Orderly end to this morning's National Day demo at Wan Chai district Hong Kong. Some told me students are too timid. http://t.co/0QEzx480e2
Brian Hutchinson (@hutchwriter) October 01, 2014
Bottled water and recycling demonstration should be this morning's headline from Hong Kong. http://t.co/nkVpB5UGqn
Wednesday marked the fourth day of mass protests in Hong Kong. Parts of the city remained at a standstill as pro-democracy demonstrators stepped up their efforts and bolstered their street blockades, while increasing numbers of onlookers gathered to watch and offer their support.
Entire families — mothers and fathers with young children in tow — came out Wednesday, an official holiday in Hong Kong and the rest of China. Unlike events Sunday, when police deployed tear gas and used pepper spray in their unsuccessful attempts to clear the protests — peace was maintained. Demonstrators are digging in, setting up large command centres well-stocked with food, water, and first aid supplies. Professional sound equipment — speakers and amplifiers — are replacing hand-held megaphones.
But tempers are beginning to fray, as businesses caught inside protest zones start to suffer and some residents push back at the crowds.
On Tuesday night, a man drove his car straight into a protest rally in Mong Kok, a shopping district in Kowloon across the harbour from Hong Kong island. A similar incident happened Wednesday in Tsim Sha Shui, another shopping area near Mong Kok, where a small protest zone had just been established. The demonstrators were "disturbing my work," the man driving the car explained.
A student protest leader apologized for any inconvenience to local shoppers and business owners, but he said there was no turning back. Another demonstrator told reporters that the Tsim Sha Shui blockade was put up in protest to mainland Chinese shoppers, who, he suggested, have taken over the neighbourhood.
Strain is also showing on people such as Mr. Choi, for whom polite resistance to Chinese authority seems futile. "The students aren't pushing hard enough," he yelled at the morning's Golden Bauhania Square rally.
An argument broke out, and Mr. Choi started pushing at a pair of men who tried to shout him down. Four students approached a reporter who witnessed the mild altercation and asked that he not report it. "We don't want people to think that this represents what is happening," said one of the students.
Nearby, in a scene more in keeping with formal Chinese National Day activities, Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying stepped to a podium and delivered a defiant speech to impassive-looking civic leaders and Communist Party of China loyalists.
Anyone who expected Mr. Leung to make concessions to pro-democracy groups and others who have demanded he step down immediately from his role as Hong Kong's political boss, a position he has held since 2012, would have been disappointed.
Mr. Leung was elected chief executive by a 1,200-member election committee consisting of local citizens and members of special interest groups, and then approved by the Chinese government.
Brian Hutchinson / National Post
Starting in 2017, all adult citizens of Hong Kong will be allowed to vote for their chief executive; however, China's central authority will maintain the right to approve candidates seeking the office. This caveat, announced in recent weeks, was received badly in Hong Kong and is the central issue for most protesters.
Mr. Leung did not speak directly to them on Wednesday, but he did defend Beijing's electoral reforms.
"It is definitely better to have universal suffrage than not," Mr. Leung told his audience.
"It is definitely better to have the chief executive elected by 5 million eligible voters than by 1,200 people. And it is definitely better to cast your vote at the polling station than to stay home and watch on television the 1,200 members of the Election Committee cast their votes."
Brian Hutchinson/National Post
Protest leaders had demanded that Mr. Leung step down as chief executive by Wednesday morning. They now say he has until Thursday.
While their tactics and demonstrations are slowly being accepted as legitimate by authorities, their ultimatum is far-fetched. The Chinese government will not listen to their demands.
Dissenters such as Mr. Choi say the movement and its followers should focus on Beijing, not simply on Hong Kong. "They just want our [chief executive] out, when it's the Chinese government that has to go," he said.
With files from the Associated Press
bhutchinson@nationalpost.com


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Barbie Becomes a Real Girl
Published at 11:03 am on March 7, 2014
Artist Nickolay Lamm is crowd-funding in order to make his version of Barbie a reality. Lammily, a Brunette doll with real-life proportions has articulated joints and wears plain clothing. Click through to see what she looks like.
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Lammily is a brunette doll with the proportions of an average 19-year-old American woman. Nickolay Lamm announced on a crowdfunding campaign on Wednesday to bring Lammily to the market. Click through to see more photos of the doll.
The Lammily line of dolls "promotes realistic beauty standards," according to creator Nikolay Lamm. Lamm's original project showed how distorted fashion dolls are in relation to typical human body proportions. He created Lammily to be a representation of standard female body measurements, using the CDC website for data on the measurements of a typical 19-year-old American woman.
The doll comes with articulated joints so that kids can put her in more realistic poses. "Lammily promotes a healthy lifestyle. She is fit and strong," said Lamm.
The tag line for the project is "Average is Beautiful." Backers of the project can receive a first-edition of the doll wearing a blouse, denim shorts and white sneakers.
EMPTY_CAPTION"Rather than waiting for change to happen, let's be the change," Lamm said.
Lamm first made a 3D printed model of Lammily using realistic images and then painting over the figure. After images of the doll went viral, Lamm worked on making Lammily a reality for kids everywhere.
Lamm has consulted with former vice president of manufacturing at Mattel to select a "highly qualified manufacturer."
As of Thursday afternoon, the project received nearly $133,000 in contributions. The doll is expected to ship in November.
EMPTY_CAPTION"[Lammily] has style, and wears minimal makeup," said creator Nikolay Lamm.
Lamm called on supporters to raise money for the project so that "our girls can grow up to become happy, stronger women, truly confident and proud in their own bodies."
Kids play with the first edition of Lammily.
Keep an eye out for updates on the Lammily line's path to production.

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A coffee shop, nail salon and massage boutique exists in the Lower East Side, and as its name suggests, it's pretty chill. The spot's laid-back, cool-girl vibe makes this the perfect spot to not only get your caffeine fix but indulge in some always-needed self-care. This downtown haven is the brainchild of Taste the Style founder Cyndi Ramirez and the team behind The Garret, so you know the drinks like a Gold Latte made with turmeric and the Henri Matisse–inspired nail art (featuring ever-changing designs and styles) are the definition of cool. There are also 25-, 50- and 80-minute massages, including one targeted at curing hangovers.The hotspot now offers an easy-to-use membership plan where patrons can collect monthly allotments coined "Chill Bills" to be used in exchanged for services. The array of perks include: 15 Chill Bills for $110 or 10 Chill Bills for $75, 10 percent off all additional treatments, 10 percent off all products available in store and on Chillhouse.com, 10 percent off cafe items, VIP access to members only events and panels, occasional treats from brand partners and more.


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Q: Add class when button clicked in react.js I've been working on React for a few weeks now, and while I've got most of the basic syntax down (props, states), I'm struggling to draw some connections with some concepts, most notably adding classes when a state has changed. I'm trying to build a simon says game, which contains four buttons, all built using a Button component. These are initially set to have a opacity of .3 and an active state of false. When clicked, the state "active" becomes true, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to add a css class that can give the button a full opacity. Here is my code:
class App extends Component {
  constructor(){
    super();
    this.state = {
      active: false
    }
  }
  handleClick(){
    this.setState({active: !this.state.active})
  }
  renderButtons(i, f){
    return <Button value={i} className="button" id={f} active= {this.state.active} onClick={() => this.handleClick()}/>
  }
  render() {
    return (

        {this.renderButtons("red", "buttonRed")}
        {this.renderButtons("blue", "buttonBlue")}
        {this.renderButtons("green", "buttonGreen")}
        {this.renderButtons("yellow", "buttonYellow")}

    );
  }
}

And my css:
.button{
  width: 100px;
  height: 45px;
  opacity: .3;
  margin: 0 auto;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
}
#buttonRed{
  background: red;
}
#buttonBlue{
  background: blue;
}
#buttonGreen{
  background: green;
}
#buttonYellow{
  background: yellow;
}

So, at this moment, I would simply like to add a class when clicking the button while still keeping the "button" class to the component. Can anyone help?

A: React has a couple of ways of doing this. The first is as suggested by Tudor Ilisoi, which is simply concatenating strings.
The second way is to give className an Object instead of a string. This way is arguably simpler but requires you to add the classnames module.
You can install it with either npm install --save classnames or yarn add classnames.
You can import it with:
import classNames from 'classnames';

And then you can use it in the following way:
<button className={classNames({button: true, active: this.state.active})} />

The first pair of curly brackets just tells react that we are passing a dynamic property, and the second is just the normal JavaScript syntax for objects.
Note that the object is wrapped by the classNames() function.
If we had declared it earlier, we could just as easily do:
render(){
    const classes = classNames({
        button: true, // we always want this class
        active: this.state.active, // only add this class if the state says so
     });

     return (
          <button className={classes} />
     );
}

A: change className="button" to className={'button ' + f}
The expression enclosed in curly braces is evaluated as javascript and it produces a string
Also note that when using the curly brace syntax you do not have to add double quotes "" around attribute value .
When your JSX is parsed, React will generate the proper HTML attribute, for example class="button red".

A: if you are looking for 2021/2022 answer:
Here is an example that uses react hooks, which add the class name app to a div element when we click on a Toggle class button.
 import React, { useState } from "react";import "./styles.css";

export default function App() {
  const [isActive, setActive] = useState("false");
  const handleToggle = () => {
    setActive(!isActive);  };
  return (

Hello react

       <button onClick={handleToggle}>Toggle class</button>

  );
}

A: Have you tried, pass an optional parameter to renderButtons, check it and add to class :
...
 renderButtons(i, f, c){
    var cssClass =  c&&c!=""? "button " + c : "button";
    return <Button value={i} className={cssClass}  id={f} active= {this.state.active} onClick={() => this.handleClick()}/>
  }
...

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Apco Aviation
APCO has been involved in the paragliding industry from the very beginning. Anatoly Cohn, the company's owner and founder, started in hang gliding, designing and building gliders from 1976 with Agur Gliders until 1982 when he founded APCO. He quickly realized that paragliding was the direction for sport flying and concentrated on developing quality gliders at a competitive price. Since that time the company has steadily grown, employing 60 people in 1996 and producing thousands of paragliders, harnesses and parachute reserve systems every year.
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The first paraglider produced by APCO was the 7 or 9 cell System K, staring in 1986. By 1996, a mere ten years later, APCO was producing an average of 3 new models a year and had already picked up 6 world records on its wings. A trend which was to continue into the next decade. By the beginning of 2006 APCO had brought out more than 40 models of paragliders and now has 11 world records set on APCO wings.
Apco produced over 2000 wings in 1997.
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ODB: Faces
Jun 8, 2018 /in Our Daily Bread /by YMI
READ: Galatians 5:22–26
We all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory. 2 Corinthians 3:18
When our granddaughter Sarah was very young, she explained to me what happens when you die: "Only your face goes to heaven, not your body. You get a new body, but keep the same face."
Sarah's concept of our eternal state was a child's understanding, of course, but she did grasp an essential truth. In a sense, our faces are a visible reflection of the invisible soul.
My mother used to say that an angry look might someday freeze on my face. She was wiser than she knew. A worried brow, an angry set to our mouths, a sly look in our eyes may reveal a miserable soul. On the other hand, kind eyes, a gentle look, a warm and welcoming smile—despite wrinkles, blemishes, and other disfigurements—become the marks of inner transformation.
We can't do much about the faces we were born with, but we can do something about the kind of person we're growing into. We can pray for humility, patience, kindness, tolerance, gratefulness, forgiveness, peace, and love (Galatians 5:22–26).
By God's grace, and in His time, may you and I grow toward an inner resemblance to our Lord, a likeness reflected in a kind, old face. Thus, as English poet John Donne (1572–1631) said, age becomes "loveliest at the latest day."
— David H. Roper
Lord Jesus, I want to be more like You each day. Help me to cooperate with the work You want to do in my heart.
There's nothing like the beauty of a loving heart.
Source: Our Daily Bread
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Why Do I Always Think I'm Not Good Enough? ODJ: Christ Our Commander


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Vutukuru Rami Reddy (1 July 1918 – 15 April 1995) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress.He did his graduation in Loyola College and his law degree in Madras Law College.

Reddy died in Andhra Pradesh on 15 April 1995, at the age of 76.

References

External links
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

1918 births
1995 deaths
India MPs 1957–1962
Indian National Congress politicians
Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh

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Some Like It Hot Musical in Development
The new work will feature a score by Tony Award-winning songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
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Casey Nicholaw will direct a musical adaptation of Some Like It Hot.
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The Shubert Organization along with stage and screen producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Jesus Christ Superstar Live) announced today that they have acquired the coveted rights to adapt Some Like It Hot as an all-new musical for the stage from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios. Some Like It Hot is scheduled to premiere on Broadway in 2020.
The new musical's score is by Hairspray Tony Award-winning songwriters Marc Shaiman (music and lyrics) and Scott Wittman (lyrics). The book is by playwright Matthew Lopez, whose two-part epic The Inheritance, which deals with gay life in the aftermath of the AIDS crisis, recently opened to rave reviews at London's Young Vic. Some Like It Hot will be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw (Mean Girls).
The 1959 Billy Wilder comedy Some Like it Hot follows two musicians who witness a mob-connected murder and flee town, disguising themselves as women in an all-female band. The work is the first show to be produced under the previously announced development and production deal between the Shubert Organization and Zadan and Meron. They also welcome Roy Furman, Robert Greenblatt, and the Nederlander Organization to the producing team.
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Biden Team Makes Embarrassing Error During Medal of Honor Ceremony
By Nick Arama | Dec 17, 2021 12:15 PM ET
Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee receives Medal of Honor. Credit: Charlie Spiering/Twitter
We've seen a lot of gaffes from Joe Biden and the Biden administration. Indeed, it seems like it's now happening every day. On Wednesday, Biden claimed that if you were vaccinated, you couldn't spread COVID. He also lied about his Build Back Better bill not costing a "single penny." The Biden team just keeps putting out nonsense and can't seem to get their act together
They had a very embarrassing gaffe yesterday during the Medal of Honor ceremony recognizing three people, two posthumously and one person who was still alive. In announcing the award for the recipient who was still alive — Master Sgt. Earl D. Plumlee — the White House military aide made a serious error, saying Plumlee was receiving it "posthumously" as Plumlee stood right there next to Biden, awaiting his award.
Narrator reading Biden's citation, announces that the Medal of Honor is being awarded to Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee "posthumously."
Plumlee is very much alive and standing right next to Biden. pic.twitter.com/h1LxmrBwDg
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) December 16, 2021
"Attention to orders," read Marine Lt. Col. William Kerrigan, military aide to the president. "The president of the United States of America, authorized by act of Congress March 3, 1863, has posthumously awarded in the name of Congress the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Earl D. Plumlee, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life and above and beyond the call of duty."
It wasn't clear if that was what was written down for the aide to read. It was reflected in the White House account of the remarks.
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— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) December 17, 2021
There may have been confusion because the other two awards for Army Sgt. First Class Alwyn Cashe and Army Sgt. First Class Christopher Celiz were posthumous. Plumlee was a Staff Sgt. at the time he earned the award; he's now a Master Sgt.
Plumlee was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in helping to fight off Taliban suicide bombers as a Special Forces soldier in Afghanistan in 2013. Insurgents dressed as Afghan national army soldiers and decked out in suicide vests blew a 60-foot hole in a perimeter wall and stormed the U.S. base. Plumlee responded with five others in two vehicles.
Using his body to shield the driver from enemy fire, he instinctively reacted, exiting the vehicle while simultaneously drawing his pistol and engaging an insurgent to the vehicle's right. Without cover and with complete disregard for his own safety, he advanced on the superior enemy force engaging multiple insurgents with only his pistol.
Upon reaching cover, he killed two insurgents, one with a well-placed grenade and the other by detonating the insurgent's suicide vest using precision sniper fire. Again disregarding his own safety, he left cover and advanced alone against the superior enemy force engaging several combatants at close range, including an insurgent whose suicide vest exploded a mere seven meters from his position.
Undeterred and resolute, he joined a small group of American and Polish Soldiers, who moved from cover to counter-attack the infiltrators. As the force advanced, he engaged an insurgent to his front left. The wounded insurgent threw a grenade before detonating his suicide vest. Staff Sergeant Plumlee then swung around and engaged another insurgent who charged the group from the rear. The insurgent detonated his suicide vest, mortally wounding a U.S. Soldier.
Staff Sergeant Plumlee, with complete disregard for his own safety, ran to the wounded Soldier, carried him to safety, and rendered first aid. He then organized three Polish Soldiers for defense, methodically cleared the area, remained in a security posture, and continued to scan for any remaining threats.
Biden said Plumlee's honor "has been too long in coming" and that's true. Unfortunately, it had to come from Biden whose withdrawal from Afghanistan was such a debacle, which so betrayed Americans and our allies. Indeed, Americans and our allies are still trapped there.
The Biden team is still flouting the law requiring them to apprise Congress as to the details of what they are doing to get people out and who they did evacuate from the country during the withdrawal. It's a continuing disrespect to all who served and all the allies who helped us while we were there.
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Arrón es el nombre de dos personajes de la mitología griega:

Arrón, un hijo de Clímeno, rey de Orcómeno. En venganza por la muerte de su padre atacó Tebas junto a sus hermanos, entre los que destacaba Ergino. Salieron victoriosos de la conquista, tras la que impusieron a la ciudad beocia un tributo anual del que sólo se libró pidiendo ayuda a Heracles.
Arrón, un hijo de Erimanto que fue padre de Psofis, el fundador de la ciudad homónima.

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Pausanias: Descripción de Grecia, VIII, 24, 1; IX, 37, 1.


I've been thinking about trust among tour guides, mortgage brokers, and doctors. I don't like not trusting people I hire to be my experts ' whether on tour, in a bank, or in the hospital.
I'm in a crisis of trust with banking and medicine. I like my investment guy…but I don't trust him. I don't understand that business, and I don't really believe he can do his work without being corrupted by the conflicts of interest he deals with when he advises me where to stow my money. It's the same with brokers who knowingly sold thousands of Americans mortgages they didn't understand and could never pay. This makes me sad.
I just gave a fundraiser talk for my HMO (GroupHealth in Seattle). One of my big fears is that my doctor will get me on some prescription medicine for the rest of my life in part because it is profitable to him (or the medical industry in general) for me to take that drug. I learned that my HMO has an ethic higher than that, and that the doctors there willingly make less money in order not to sell their souls by pushing pharmaceuticals on innocents like me. I told my HMO friend that I don't want "choice"…I just want accessible, efficient, and affordable medicine motivated by my body's needs, not a doctor's bottom line.
While tourism is small potatoes compared to banking and medicine, its corrupting influences can be instructive. I started my tour company 30 years ago out of a similar frustration with the existing system. Naive tourists were shuttled through Europe by slick tour guides who kept them in the dark and took them shopping for kickbacks. In Amsterdam, they skipped the Van Gogh Museum (which cost the tour company $10 a head and offered no kickbacks) for the diamond-polishing place (free and offering 20 percent kickbacks on diamonds purchased). Because of this violation of trust, a generation of Americans has seen diamonds in Amsterdam…but no Van Goghs.
Ages ago in my work as a tour organizer, I realized that the norm in the industry was to recommend trip cancellation and interruption insurance (both to avoid any liability if something went wrong, and to get a 30 percent commission from the insurance company). I figured the insurance companies were making a third, the travel agent was making a third, and the tourists were paying triple the actual value of the insurance ' which they often shouldn't have purchased in the first place. To recommend this (and get that 30 percent commission) might have been really profitable, but it seemed dishonest to me. Instead, I figured the overall cost of insuring all the travelers on my tour program would be something I could more efficiently include in the tour. By "self-insuring," I could provide that coverage while adding only about 30 percent of the cost of the normal insurance coverage to the cost of our tours.
This is related to what my HMO is attempting to accomplish ' and perhaps what our nation needs to do with medicine in general. (All statistics agree that Europeans ' who have defragged their health costs smartly ' spend one third what we do for health care.) I make money by offering a good tour, not by pushing a highly commissionable product. I like to think doctors want to do the same (but, as Flip Wilson explained, "The system makes them do it").
Considering the challenges confronting our government and society today, I keep coming back to this trust issue. I think of all the clever young students lured into professions in medicine and finance and banking because there's lots of money to be made, and I lament the loss of trust. Our money says "in God we trust"…but what about the rest of us?


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May 6, 2021 COVID-19 Update: 128 Cases (99 O'ahu, 10 Maui, 10 Hawai'i Island, 4 Kaua'i, 5 Out-of-State); 1 Death
May 6, 2021, 2:53 PM HST
Maui Memorial Medical Center vaccination clinic. PC: Maui Health
The state Department of Health reports that there were 128 additional COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai'i on Thursday, including 99 on O'ahu, 10 on Maui, 10 on Hawai'i Island, four on Kaua'i, and five in Hawai'i residents diagnosed while out of state. There were a total of 1,218 cases logged over the past two weeks, 174 of them in Maui County.
Hawai'i's COVID-19 deaths increased to 486 with one new death reported today on O'ahu. The death involved an O'ahu woman in her 70s, who had been hospitalized, with underlying conditions.
The state Department of Health has linked 11 cases to specific zip codes on Maui, since the previous day's report. The newly categorized cases include: three in Wailuku, three in Kīhei, two in Kahului, two in Lahaina, and one in Haʻikū.
There are six individuals hospitalized in Maui County with COVID-19, according to counts last updated on May 6, 2021, from the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency.
There are 14 ICU beds being used in Maui County at this time (out of 31 currently available). One of the ICU beds was being used by COVID-19 patients. Seven ventilators (out of 38 available) are being used in Maui County, one of them by a COVID-19 patient.
Through May 6, 2021, an estimated 1,266,849 doses of vaccine have been administered statewide, including 182,923 pharmacy doses, 142,824 federal agency doses, and 941,102 state doses Hawai'i. The state's total population is 1,415,857.
On Maui, the DOH reports that 51 percent (67,354) of the population have initiated vaccine; and 35 percent (46,227) have completed full vaccination. In total, Maui County has administered 112,077 doses among a total population base of 167,488. *The county tallies does not include doses from federal pharmacy programs, long-term care facilities and nursing homes or other federal agencies.
Kauaʻi continues to lead the state with first dose vaccinations at 60 percent, followed by Maui at 51 percent, Hawaiʻi Island at 50 percent, and Oʻahu at 46 percent. For second doses, Kauaʻi is at 50 percent followed by Hawaiʻi Island at 38 percent, Oʻahu at 36 percent, and Maui at 35 percent.
Of the 3,609 cases documented in Maui County over the course of the pandemic, Kahului has the most current infections on island over the past two weeks with 44 cases. Other areas in the medium yellow category (11-50 cases over two weeks) include: Lahaina which had 42 cases over the past two weeks; Wailuku has had 30 cases; and Kīhei had 30.
The cumulative total of cases in Maui County is 3,609 cases over the course of the pandemic. To date, there have been 37 cases on the island Molokaʻi and 111 on Lāna'i and 3,461 on Maui.
Of the 3,609 cases documented in Maui County over the course of the pandemic, Kahului had the most cases (899), followed by Lahaina (723), Wailuku (705), Kīhei (500), Makawao (202), Lānaʻi (111), Haʻikū (119), Kula (78), Spreckelsville (54), Molokaʻi (37) and Hāna (15).
Hawaiʻi County: 2,721 (10 new; 61 within last 14 days; 120 required hospitalization; and 53 deaths)
Kauaʻi County: 287 (four new; 82 within last 14 days; nine required hospitalization; two deaths)
Maui Island: 3,461 (10 new; 173 within last 14 days; 215 required hospitalization; 52 deaths)
Residents diagnosed outside of Hawaiʻi: 1,080 (five new; no data is available for cases within last 14 days; nine required hospitalization; and three deaths)
Cluster report: Updated Weekly (May 6, 2021)
There are 12 COVID-19 clusters identified in Maui County, according to an updated report issued on Thursday, May 6, 2021. This includes: seven in the travel/lodging/tourism sector; two from social gatherings; and one each at an educational setting, food supplier and restaurant.
The cluster report indicates that there are 124 cases identified in the travel/lodging/tourism sector, including 99 associated with the primary setting and 25 that are outside of the primary setting. These 124 cases are from seven different clusters. This represents a 16 percent decrease in cases (down 24) from last week's cluster report when 148 cases were identified in this sector.
Cases with onset in the last 14 days have been in all areas of Maui, except for the island of Lānaʻi, according to DOH mapping.
The island of Molokaʻi was added back to the active map on Feb. 11, with a new case reported at the time, additional new cases were reported on: Feb. 15 and 18; March 12, 18, 21, 22 and 24; and April 15 and 23, bringing the island wide total to 37.
On Lānaʻi, 105 infections were associated with the outbreak, first reported on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Large social gatherings and household transmission have been identified as the main drivers of this outbreak. A safer-at-home order concluded on Nov. 30, 2020, and the island returned to an act-with-care status as of Dec. 1, 2020. Lānaʻi had new cases reported on Jan. 28, Feb. 5 and 6, and March 17, 23, and 31 2021, for a total of 111 cases to date.
In the East Maui town of Hāna two new cases were reported on April 12, and additional cases occurred on April 14 and 30 bringing the total over the course of the pandemic to 15 cases for the zip code.
Inter-Island Vaccine Travel Protocol Program to Launch on May 11
(March 30, 2020). Governor David Ige offered condolences to the family of an individual, as the state reported it's first death linked to the COVID-19 virus. The individual passed away on March 20 and was identified as an older adult male resident of Oʻahu who was hospitalized with multiple medical issues and did have a positive COVID-19 exposure, according to state Health officials. The presumptive positive result came back from a private lab
Jan. 10, 2021 COVID-19 Update: 200 New Cases (128… January 10, 2021
Nov. 8, 2020 COVID-19 Update: 128 New Cases (106… November 8, 2020
May 3, 2021 COVID-19 Update: 74 Cases (49 O'ahu, 11… May 3, 2021


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Oilers Could Be Ideal Fit For Burdasov
By Rob Soria September 20th, 2019
After spending the past ten seasons on a variety of different teams in the KHL, Anton Burdasov has decided to take a crack at trying to land his dream gig…playing in the NHL. Though the hope of securing a one-way deal from an organization did not come to fruition, the Russian winger signed a PTO with the Edmonton Oilers earlier this week. A surprise to some but from the player's perspective, it was likely an easy decision to make.
Russia's Anton Burdasov, right, takes out Team Sweden defenceman Klas Dahlbeck, left, during first-period action, 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)
The combination of opportunity and open roster spots must have made Edmonton an easy choice. Yes, the Oilers already have a ton of bodies in camp vying for said openings but most seem better suited as bottom-six pieces. Burdasov could be an ideal fit as a "middle-six" forward if everything were to go according to plan. Not surprisingly, his agent Ritch Winter and general manager Ken Holland were able to work something out.
Burdasov Is Worth the Look
Having a guy arrive in the middle of training camp is never an ideal situation for the player. Add to that the fact Burdasov has zero North American experience on his resume and you can bet this won't be easy. However, on a team that is searching for complimentary wingers to employ inside the Oilers top nine, and preferably top six, the 28-year-old might fit the bill perfectly.
Related: Oilers: Ethan Bear and Opportunity
Burdasov has never been a big goal scorer in the KHL but according to what Sport-Express' hockey writer Igor Eronko told Sportnet's Mark Spector, "his biggest weapon is a wrist-shot. In that, he could be compared to Tarasenko. It's really lethal". One would think said comparison is a stretch and yet Winter shared the following with Oilers NOW host and radio-colour man Bob Stauffer on Wednesday's show:
PTO signing Anton Burdasov out with the #Oilers second group. 👀 pic.twitter.com/GQnu4sd8t2
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) September 18, 2019
"I talked to Ben Scrivens and in his mind, having played with him and practiced against him, that he has a prolific shot. He would put him not quite in the Top Ten shooters in the NHL but not much further behind that. He said he is one of the top shooters that he's ever faced."
Now, we can take that for what it's worth, as it's coming directly from the player's agent but to his credit, Winter was upfront about his own "intel" on the player. He said right out of the gate he didn't know much about him, added Scrivens comments into the equation and mentioned the player is likely to have challenges adjusting his game to the smaller ice surface.
Burdasov Will Need to Adapt
In my mind, that sounds less like an agent laying it on thick about his client and more like a guy giving an honest assessment to a question he was asked. For good measure, he also threw in the potential of playing with some "decent centers" made Edmonton an attractive option, which only further cemented my original take on the signing. A left-handed shooting right-winger with an elite-level caliber shot, where do the Oilers sign?
Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl take part in training camp. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)
By the sounds of it, Burdasov isn't the greatest of skaters but is far from an anchor. Meaning if he can make the cut, playing alongside the likes of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl or Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would not be out of the question. Hence, giving Dave Tippett another option to use on the wing inside the Oilers top six and that in itself can be viewed as nothing other than a positive. The more competition, the better.
Related: Oilers News and Rumors: Burdasov, McDavid, Russell, More
Heading into last night's game against the Vancouver Canucks, it appeared as if Burdasov would be making his debut tonight against the Calgary Flames. That would leave the talented winger three additional games to make an impact and grab a spot in this lineup. Time is of the essence and if he hopes of having any shot of sticking around, he will have to hit the ground running.
On Burdasov: He will not practice today, and will meet media tmw after practice. English is not strong. He is a right winger with good size and an above average wrist shot. Rumoured to have agreed on a one-year deal should he make the team, but we'll investigate further.
— Mark Spector (@SportsnetSpec) September 18, 2019
When listening to both Holland and Tippett, when realizes this is by no means a done deal. However, if Anton Burdasov shows enough over the next week to ten days, don't be surprised to see him in the Edmonton Oilers opening night lineup. The holes on this roster are obvious and a lack of scoring depth up front could once again come back to haunt this group. In other words, show us something and the opportunity is yours.
Also available from Rob Soria:
Connor McDavid: Hockey's Next Great One
Anton Burdasov
Ken Holland


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Relating to establishing a firefighters death benefit fund; relating to establishing a firefighters death benefit fund; and to provide a continuing appropriation.
Relating to the attorney general's approval of licensing and auditing of parimutuel wagering.
Relating to notification of alleged pesticide damage; relating to reports of loss resulting from pesticide application; declare an emergency.
Relating to sales and use tax refunds for purchases by contractors for tax-exempt entities; relating to use tax payments by contractors; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to viatical settlement contracts; relating to the definition of viatical settlement contract; relating to viatical settlement contracts; and to provide a penalty.
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Edmond Speelman (1819–1886) was a Belgian ecclesiastical writer.

Life
Speelman was born in Ghent on 10 September 1819. He was educated at the Jesuit college in Aalst and in 1836 joined the Society of Jesus himself. He taught rhetoric at Jesuit schools in Drongen, Tournai and Namur, and then Church history in Leuven. In 1859 he left the Society but continued in the priesthood and as a teacher in Catholic schools. As a writer, he produced Church history and college drama. He retired in 1880, and died in Lede on 9 February 1886.

Writings
Speelman was a regular contributor to the Revue catholique and Précis historiques.

His other writings include:
 Cornelius Smet, Belgique catholique: Saints et grands hommes du catholicisme en Belgique, translated by Edmond Speelman (3 vols., Leuven, 1852-1853; reprinted Tournai 1858, 1868 and 1877).
 La Vierge immaculée, patronne de la Belgique (Tournai, Casterman, 1856)
 Trois drames historiques. I. Le faux baron de Rochemaure. II. Ogier le Danois. III. Edwin (Tournai, Casterman, 1857)
 Belgium Marianum: Histoire du culte de Marie en Belgique (Tournai, Casterman, 1859)
 Deux drames du temps des gueux: Jacques Blommaert, ou le triomphe des gueux à Audenarde. Jean de Hembise,  ou la chute des gueux à Gand (Ghent,  S. Leliaert, A. Siffer et Cie., 1888).

References

1819 births
1886 deaths
19th-century Belgian Jesuits
Belgian educators
Belgian non-fiction writers


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Q: Using nested breakpoint with bourbon neat i would to test bourbon neat grid and i try actually to do a mobile first approach grid.
My structure look like:
#general
    #header
            .headHaut
            .headBas
    #content-global
        #left-content
        #content-inner
        #right-content
    #footer

My grid settings:
$mobile-size:em(320);
$tablet-size:em(720);
$desktop-size:em(1000);

// Bourbon Neat Breakpoints - règle le nombre de colonnes
$mobile: new-breakpoint(min-width $mobile-size 4);
$tablet: new-breakpoint(min-width $tablet-size 8);
$desktop: new-breakpoint(min-width $desktop-size 12);

My scss:
body #general{
    //Approche mobile-first,réglage pour mobile
    @include outer-container;
    padding-top: 2em;
    background: transparent;

    #header{@include span-columns(4);}
    #content-global{@include span-columns(2);}
    #left-content{}
    #content-inner{}
    #right-content{}
    #footer{@include span-columns(4);
            @include background-size;}

    @include breakpoint ($desktop) {/*    //Dimensions pour les pc*/

        background: transparent;
        #header{@include span-columns(12);}
        #content-global{@include span-columns(12);}
        #left-content{@include span-columns(2 of 12);}
        #content-inner{@include span-columns(8 of 12);}
        #right-content{@include span-columns(2 of 12);}
        #footer{@include span-columns(12);
                @include background-size(auto);
        }

    }
    @include breakpoint($tablet) {/*   //Dimensions pour les tablettes*/
    }
}

For example, i change background color depending on breakpoint, and on a pc screen, the color is override by the mobile one..but columns number is the right one...strange.
thanks for help
EDIT1: i need to specify the breakpoint to apply settings for mobile.Like this:
body #general{
    //Approche mobile-first,réglage pour mobile
    @include outer-container;
    padding-top: 2em;
    background: transparent;
@include breakpoint ($mobile){}
    #header{@include span-columns(4);}
    #content-global{@include span-columns(2);}
    #left-content{}
    #content-inner{}
    #right-content{}
    #footer{@include span-columns(4);
            @include background-size;}

    @include breakpoint ($desktop) {/*    //Dimensions pour les pc*/

        background: transparent;
        #header{@include span-columns(12);}
        #content-global{@include span-columns(12);}
        #left-content{@include span-columns(2 of 12);}
        #content-inner{@include span-columns(8 of 12);}
        #right-content{@include span-columns(2 of 12);}
        #footer{@include span-columns(12);
                @include background-size(auto);
        }

    }
    @include breakpoint($tablet) {/*   //Dimensions pour les tablettes*/

        #header{}
        #content-global{}
        #left-content{}
        #content-inner{}
        #right-content{}
        #footer{}

    }
}

but i get troubles with inside parts of the page.do i need to specify the container or just span columns mixin is enought ?

A: You need to make sure you @import 'neat-helpers'; before you declare your breakpoints. See the Getting Started instructions here: https://github.com/thoughtbot/neat#getting-started


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Four Catholic priests - an hour long show - what could go possibly wrong? Come find out! Vatican You is a weekly walk through the teachings of the Church right smack dab in the middle of every day life. Come join the fun!
Vol. 2, Ep. 4 "Justice and Mercy"
The gang's all here for this weekend's upcoming Vatican You! All four co-hosts are back together for this edition of Vatican You, rounding our the last paragraphs of Pope Francis' writings setting this Holy Year of Mercy in motion. In this episode, building on Fr. Chris' 2-Minute Drill, we explore the relationship between justice and mercy, and how that is cause for great joy.
Catch up with Fr. Shaun back from his newsworthy and globetrotting adventures.
Find out why its important to go right to the source with Pope Francis, and not rely on the quick headline.
Explore how justice and mercy are really in harmony when we understand them correctly, and how the "rules" that God gives us are born from both justice and mercy.
Discover what all this has to do with "indulgences" - and see how truly indulgent the Father is with His mercy.
A patron saint...for plumbers? You bet! Find out on this week's Patron Saint Roulette.
All this - plus how to apply this in everyday life, on this week's Vatican You!
Vol. 2, Ep. 3 "Making Room for Mercy"
We discuss Pope Francis' wisdom in not giving us a sound-byte definition of mercy - and how what he does give us is the perfect invitation to encountering mercy in a new way (with a BIG shout out to Fr. Harry Hagan, OSB from St. Meinrad).
Fr. Chris and Fr. Jerry tout the 'perfect solution' for Fr. Shaun when he's stranded in a snowstorm for more than 24 hours on the Pennsylvania Turnpike - "pocket coffee".
Fr. Jerry gets this week's last, last word.
Listen right from this page! And be sure to subscribe to Vatican You's podcast on iTunes.
Vol 2, Ep 3 "Making Room for Mercy"
The virtues of "pocket coffee", why its helpful that Pope Francis doesn't give us the soundbyte definition of mercy in his writing on the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, and the relationship between pilgrimage, holy doors, and the importance for us all to make room for conversion are all part of our walk through par. 11-19 of Misericordiae Vultus this week. See what all that has to do with "making room for mercy," along with Fr. Alan's 2 Minute Drill, Fr. Chris spinning the Patron Saint Roulette wheel, and Fr. Jerry's last, last word. Enjoy!
Vol. 2, Ep. 2 "The Never Ending Story"
This week we get into the meat of Pope Francis' teachings in Misericordiae Vultus - that is, of course, after Fr. Alan fires his laser to get that worked out of his system. Fr. Chris takes this week's 2-Minute Drill pointing out that if there's anything never-ending about the human story, it is God's infinite and patient mercy.
Hear Fr. Shaun's famous 'creative Latin' and let it give you a fun chuckle.
Discover how God's mercy (and patience) is rooted in His divine nature.
Fr. Jerry takes this weeks "Pop Quiz Hotshot" question - "What is an indulgence?"
Hear the absolutely certainly not to ever be used in any capacity Vatican You "pitch" for a new Breadbox Media jingle.
Reflect on the ways that we're called to show mercy because God has shown His mercy toward us; and the obligation we create for ourselves to be merciful every time we pray the "Our Father"
In other news, our iTunes "explicit" rating has been rescinded, so that's good news! Check out this episode.
Vol 2, Ep 2 "The Never Ending Story"
Jump right into the meat of what Pope Francis' has to say about God's mercy in this episode (after Fr. Alan fires off his laser to get that out of his system). Fr. Chris' 2-Minute Drill points out that if there's anything never-ending about the human story, it's God's mercy. Fr. Shaun's famous 'creative Latin' will give you a chuckle. We explore how God's infinite mercy is rooted in His divine nature, and how our need to show mercy is rooted in God's mercy toward us. And Fr. Jerry takes this week's Pop Quiz Hotshot question, "What is an indulgence?" Enjoy!


"There are still thousands of families still rebuilding four years after Sandy. Many of those families are struggling pay the mortgage on an uninhabitable home, while paying rent on a temporary one. This bill is a short term solution that can help people and communities recover. It is the least we can do for New Jerseyans still rebuilding.


And now, with dolphin-assisted birth, DAT [Dolphin Assisted Therapy] is taking another step in the exploitation of both species.
What to say about the hapless, happy couple who flew from South Carolina to Hawaii in hopes of having a "dolphin-assisted birth"? It takes the scam known as dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) to a whole new level.
Heather Barringer, who's due to give birth in July, and her husband, Adam, say they've been led to this after experiencing "signs" all through her pregnancy.
"It is about reconnecting as humans with the dolphins so we can coexist in this world together and learn from one another," Heather told the Charlotte Observer. "Dolphins are very intelligent and healing which in turn calms mother and baby for the whole process."
Dolphins are indeed highly intelligent. Smarter, frankly, than this couple, who have been spending much of the pregnancy living out of their car, hippie-style, and taking odd jobs as needed.
But the plan has captured the attention of news media around the world – and that's a boon to the Sirius Institute of Hawaii, which is seeking your donations so that they can sell lots of dolphin-assisted births and even "dolphinize the planet."
It's hard to know exactly where to draw the line between delusion and scam, but it's always drawn with $$$ signs – and no less so when the "therapy" is in Sedona, Arizona, the New-Age capital of the United States, hundreds of miles from the nearest living dolphin. That's where Linda Shay and David Rosenthal can bypass the ocean entirely at their Dolphin Heart World and introduce you to the dolphin living inside of you.
One of Linda and David's Dolphin Energy Sessions will set you back $111, while a Personal Journey Session ($188) may bring you an actual message "from Dolphin, other spiritual sources, or your soul." After that, you can go on a Journey of Discovery with Archie, who is described as "the Dolphin aspect of the Archangel Michael" and "spokesdolphin for the Cetacean Spiritual Council that has guided our service in the world from the beginning."
Better yet, you can pay $1,222 to join a Dolphin Attunement Session.
At one such session, as captured on video, one of the participants seeks advice from a dolphin or her inner dolphin on whether or not to leave her job at a dog training school. On the one hand, she doesn't believe her boss is running the business with integrity; on the other, she needs the money – as is apparent when you see her big toe poking through a large hole in her sock. So she writes each of the two options, stay or quit, on a paper plate and asks The Dolphin to guide her while Ms. Shay shuffles the plates and puts them face-down on the carpet. The dog trainer lady then says the magic words "Field activate!" and chooses one of the plates. The guidance is clear: Stay at the dog training school.
Well, at least that way she'll have enough money coming in to pay for another weekend session and more guidance from The Dolphin.
And now, with dolphin-assisted birth, DAT is taking another step in the exploitation of both species.
As far as we know, while the Sirius Institute has been around for several years and money has certainly changed hands, no dolphin-assisted births have yet taken place. But scientists who understand the nature and behavior of dolphins are alarmed – and for both species. Certainly, dolphins are among the largest-brained, highly intelligent, socially and culturally complex of all animals. But they're not reincarnations or ambassadors of the Archangel Michael, and if they take a dislike to you, or indeed become attracted to you, they can do a lot of damage.
According to Paradise Newland, founder of the Sirius Institute, one dolphin "will help massage the baby down." After all, she says, "What could be easier than having a dolphin help your baby be born?"


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    closing_month: string;
    pay_limit: string;
    company_name: string;
    company_zip: string;
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Five years ago, Barrick's data and storage servers were housed at five data centers around the world. Soon they will be housed at just one: the Switch data center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The consolidation is part of an aggressive push by Barrick to reduce costs and become more efficient in all areas of its business. Everything from mine design to energy management to data management and storage is constantly being evaluated for ways to innovate and improve.
"Innovation is key to all we're doing," says Barrick's Chief Operating Officer Richard Williams. "If our ambition is to be world class at an operational level, it's not enough to have great mining assets. We must also develop our data management capabilities. Real-time visualization and data analysis is available today.
Switch is a world leader in information technology services. Its data center campus in Las Vegas is the largest in the world, and located just 20 minutes from Barrick's global information technology hub in Henderson, Nevada. The two-million square-foot campus is 100-percent powered by renewable energy and has more than 1,000 clients, including marquee companies like Google, Cisco and eBay.
Founded in 2000 by Rob Roy, a world leader in data center design, Switch is the largest purchaser of telecom services in North America. This allows the company to provide telecom and Internet connectivity to clients at wholesale prices. As a result, Barrick will generate significant savings in its global networking costs.
"We're able to do some incredible things with Barrick in terms of cost savings, while improving the company's Internet connectivity to South America, and other operational hubs around the world," says Adam Kramer, Executive Vice President of Strategy at Switch.
Barrick is transitioning its data servers to Switch in phases. The transition is about 75 percent complete with the last phase being the transfer of the company's South American servers to the Switch data center. When the transition is complete later this year, Switch will be the global repository for Barrick's Oracle and Livelink database applications, as well as the company's email servers.
Barrick's partnership with Switch is rooted in a chance meeting in 2013 between Switch Founder and Chief Executive Rob Roy and Michael Brown, President, Barrick U.S.A.
Brown took Roy up on his offer and was amazed by what he saw.
Barrick's decision to consolidate into one data center occurred at roughly the same time that Brown was becoming acquainted with Switch. At the time, Barrick was also looking to shift its information technology function outside of its corporate headquarters in Toronto. Brown, along with several colleagues who had toured Switch, recognized that not only would Switch be a good fit for Barrick, but that there was an opportunity for Barrick to establish its global information technology hub in southern Nevada.
Nevada is home to Barrick's Goldstrike, Cortez and Turquoise Ridge mines. All are located in the northeast region of the state, and collectively the company employees nearly 4,000 people in northern Nevada. But, while Barrick supports numerous community development activities in southern Nevada, it had never had a permanent presence there before 2015. The Henderson office, which officially opened last September, changed that. The office currently employs 55 people, nearly half from southern Nevada. By year end, headcount is expected to grow to 75 employees.
"Establishing the office in Henderson has benefited from the proximity of Switch and generated new jobs in a region still feeling the aftershocks of the Great Recession," Brown says.
Both Brown and Switch's Kramer believe there will be opportunities for the two companies to partner on community development initiatives in the southern Nevada area.
NOTE: This is a republished version of an original article written by Stuart Weinberg, external communications manager with Barrick Gold Corporation. His featured story appeared on Barrick's Beyond Borders website on February 28, 2016.


Central Arizona College will be closed from December 21, 2018 through January 7, 2019. Any applications received during the Winter Break will be contacted when the school opens January 7.
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The Youth and Young Adult Program's mission is to help people between the ages of 16 and 24 overcome obstacles that prevent them from receiving an education and finding a great career. This program will help equip you with the tools you need to complete an educational program and find gainful employment. Each Youth Program participant is partnered with a Career Planner who will work to create a customized plan for academic and employment success – all at no cost!
The ARIZONA@WORK Pinal County Youth Program is a WIOA Title I program, and is provided by Central Arizona College, a proud partner of the American Job Center Network.
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class PingPongClockUsermod : public Usermod
{
private:
  // Private class members. You can declare variables and functions only accessible to your usermod here
  unsigned long lastTime = 0;
  bool colonOn = true;

  // ---- Variables modified by settings below -----
  // set your config variables to their boot default value (this can also be done in readFromConfig() or a constructor if you prefer)
  bool pingPongClockEnabled = true;
  int colorR = 0xFF;
  int colorG = 0xFF;
  int colorB = 0xFF;

  // ---- Variables for correct LED numbering below, edit only if your clock is built different ----

  int baseH = 43;  // Adress for the one place of the hours
  int baseHH = 7;  // Adress for the tens place of the hours
  int baseM = 133; // Adress for the one place of the minutes
  int baseMM = 97; // Adress for the tens place of the minutes
  int colon1 = 79; // Adress for the first colon led
  int colon2 = 80; // Adress for the second colon led

  // Matrix for the illumination of the numbers
  // Note: These only define the increments of the base adress. e.g. to define the second Minute you have to add the baseMM to every led position
  const int numbers[10][10] =
    {
      {  0,  1,  4,  6, 13, 15, 18, 19, -1, -1 }, // 0: null
      { 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1 }, // 1: eins
      {  0,  4,  5,  6, 13, 14, 15, 19, -1, -1 }, // 2: zwei
      {  4,  5,  6, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, -1, -1 }, // 3: drei
      {  1,  4,  5, 14, 15, 18, 19, -1, -1, -1 }, // 4: vier
      {  1,  4,  5,  6, 13, 14, 15, 18, -1, -1 }, // 5: fünf
      {  0,  5,  6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 18, -1, -1 }, // 6: sechs
      {  4,  6,  9, 13, 14, 19, -1, -1, -1, -1 }, // 7: sieben
      {  0,  1,  4,  5,  6, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 }, // 8: acht
      {  1,  4,  5,  6,  9, 13, 14, 19, -1, -1 }  // 9: neun
    };

public:
  void setup()
  { }

  void loop()
  {
    if (millis() - lastTime > 1000)
    {
      lastTime = millis();
      colonOn = !colonOn;
    }
  }

  void addToJsonInfo(JsonObject& root)
  {
    JsonObject user = root["u"];
    if (user.isNull()) user = root.createNestedObject("u");

    JsonArray lightArr = user.createNestedArray("Uhrzeit-Anzeige"); //name
    lightArr.add(pingPongClockEnabled ? "aktiv" : "inaktiv"); //value
    lightArr.add(""); //unit
  }

  void addToConfig(JsonObject &root)
  {
    JsonObject top = root.createNestedObject("Ping Pong Clock");
    top["enabled"] = pingPongClockEnabled;
    top["colorR"]   = colorR;
    top["colorG"]   = colorG;
    top["colorB"]   = colorB;
  }

  bool readFromConfig(JsonObject &root)
  {
    JsonObject top = root["Ping Pong Clock"];

      bool configComplete = !top.isNull();

      configComplete &= getJsonValue(top["enabled"], pingPongClockEnabled);
      configComplete &= getJsonValue(top["colorR"], colorR);
      configComplete &= getJsonValue(top["colorG"], colorG);
      configComplete &= getJsonValue(top["colorB"], colorB);

      return configComplete;
  }

  void drawNumber(int base, int number)
  {
    for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
      if(numbers[number][i] > -1)
        strip.setPixelColor(numbers[number][i] + base, RGBW32(colorR, colorG, colorB, 0));
    }
  }

  void handleOverlayDraw()
  {
    if(pingPongClockEnabled){
      if(colonOn)
      {
        strip.setPixelColor(colon1, RGBW32(colorR, colorG, colorB, 0));
        strip.setPixelColor(colon2, RGBW32(colorR, colorG, colorB, 0));
      }
      drawNumber(baseHH, (hour(localTime) / 10) % 10);
      drawNumber(baseH, hour(localTime) % 10);
      drawNumber(baseM, (minute(localTime) / 10) % 10);
      drawNumber(baseMM, minute(localTime) % 10);
    }
  }

  uint16_t getId()
  {
    return USERMOD_ID_PING_PONG_CLOCK;
  }

};


It is very hard to choose "favorites" among all the images I have made. However I am trying. This page does not update often, though.
An incredible sunrise over one of the most spectacular landscapes on the surface of this planet.
Finalist, 4th Annual Nature's Colors Photo Contest, Outdoor Photographer Magazine.
On a chilly autumn morning, I captured one of the most amazing scenes I had ever witnessed.
Vestrahorn Stokksnes, the 'Horny' Mountains of Iceland. Perfect Reflection. Perfect Light. A Perfect Morning.
A silvery veil of mist floated over the surface of the pristine Sparks Lake of Oregon on a quiet chilly June morning.
First light on the peaks of Patagonia at the Torres del Paine National Park.
The rays of morning Sun shines through the magnificent Grand Canyon.
Fiery clouds on the sky above the famous Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park.
of compositions. This time around I chose the panoramic format to further emphasize the graceful lines on the cayon walls.
Sunrise behind the impossibly jagged peaks and glaciers of a remote Alaska area on a stormy morning.
My friend Marc Adamus and I had to be picked up by a helicopter a few hours later because of the approaching storm.
since at such a low temperature, it was very difficult to adjust the focus ring or do any adjustment.
A very unique and original angle of the world-famous Horseshoe Bend.
Mysterious auroras swirl the midnight sky of this extremely remote mountain ranges near the Arctic circle.
sharp foreground image under such difficult dark conditions. The reflection was captured using ISO 12800/f2.8/8 seconds.
shutter speed would have blurred its magical shape.
A brilliant sunset outside a hidden sea cave in Oregon coast.
Melting water from glaciers tumbles down from the surrounding high peaks.
by soaring peaks, blue glaciers, and countless waterfalls, as far as the eyes could see.
"Golden Lines", Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Epic waves crashed into the cliffs near Cape Kiwanda during golden sunset time.
"A White Autumn", Patagonia, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.
scenery into a fairytale-esque landscape.
In the midnight, an elegant white geyser suddenly erupted under the breathtakingly beautiful velvet sky full of stars.
that it drowned in bright moonlight on the sky.
tack-sharp from near to far. The aurora was relatively static on the sky so I could use a slow (30 seconds) shutter speed to capture more light.
Each year, Mr. Rainier puts on the best wild flower show on Earth. These breathtakingly beautiful flowers last less than two weeks.
"The Burning Ice Lake", Lake Torre, Patagonia, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.
"Flaming Blue", Canadian Rockies, Canada.
Sunrise over the frozen Abraham Lake. The lake surface was full of ice cracks and frozen ice bubbles.
High wind and raising tide bring huge waves crushing to the shore of Oregon coast.
The Magnificent Milky Way glows over the deepest and cleanest lake of USA.
A really, really cold morning (-38C) in the Canandian Rockies after a snow storm that lasted four days.
The snow hung magically in the trees and on the mountains, turning everywhere the eyes could see to a winter wonderland.
My tripod would not extend because of the cold temperature. The LCD screen of my cameras stopped working.
However, the view in front of me was unforgettable.
unusual and mystery winter wonderland.
Dramatic sunset over Sparks Lake,a shimmering jewel hiding in Central Cascade.
Charred Trees dotted the rugged mountains of Canadian Rockies.
like fairies dancing on the roof of an extravagant castle.
A fiery sunset lights up the sky over Lake Superior.
"Sunset Worshipers", Glen Canyon National Recreation Area , Utah, USA.
A view so stunning that you will never forget it for the rest of your life.
A place so remote that it probably has never been seen by anyone on the surface of this planet.
A beautiful sunset lit up a no-name peak of wild Alaska coastal mountain range.
the so called "Fire Mountains of the West"
Huge waves splash on the shore of a remote island of Olympic National Park.
Ocean waves exploded at the foot of a soaring sea stake at the Olympic National Park.
Fire and smoke raise to the sky from a nearby bush fire above the famed tufas of the Mono Lake.
by the moonlight. A flash head with color gel was used to shine that shadows of the arches.
One of my favorite pictures was taken only minutes away from my home.
which move across the dry lake-bed mystically, leaving long trails behind them.
on the south, you can very clearly see the orange-hued light pollution coming Los Angles, which is 200 miles away!
the ground is bathed in a faint, warm glow. The experience was very surreal.
an impressive red sandstone tower, filling the air with heavenly fragrant smell.
A spectacular aurora borealis show erupted on the night sky of the Ogilvie Mountains of Yukon Territory.
the snow-covered mountains on the background.