Large farms and feedlot operations produce large quantities of manure in a small area. Anaerobic digester units capable of producing pipeline quality methane installed at each farm or dairy could be instrumental in eliminating the difficulties associated with the transport of manure off-site. If consumed properly, use of manure-derived fuels also can protect against environmental problems such as groundwater leaching and greenhouse gas emissions (methane emissions) associated with land-filling of the farm wastes. The use of anaerobic digester gas reduces the amount of methane emitted into the atmosphere and provides a new and untapped resource of energy.
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Posted by Gareth Sneath on July 15, 2013 Comments Off on Keep on Moving!
Don't underestimate the importance (and value!) of movement during the day to help control your waistline.
I read an article recently, entitled 'Chair Today, Gone Tomorrow' which appeared in the Nutrition Action Health Letter, April 2008 (Centre for Science in the Public Interest). It is an interview of Dr. James Levine, an endocrinologist (Diabetes Specialist Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota), which highlights the fact that we sit too much meaning the food we eat is not 'burned' and therefore our waistlines get bigger. Being overweight is not good for blood pressure, cholesterol levels, or our aching knees.
The main message from the interview is the need to take the opportunity to move around more in our daily lives by making a conscious effort to walk more, sit less and climb stairs or anything that involves physical activity. Dr. Levine practises what he preaches, apparently there are no chairs in his office but there is a treadmill which he uses while working. It's the 'notion of motion' or increasing our physical activity which needs to be routinely incorporated into our daily lives if we want to control our waistlines and promote better health irrespective of whether we choose to go to the gym for a traditional workout.
Gareth Sneath is a Registered Physiotherapist working in downtown Toronto. He is an advanced manual therapy practitioner providing treatment at The Orthopaedic Therapy Clinic. He also provides onsite ergonomic assessments.
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"Peter Worrell" - 9 Total Result(s)
BATTERED GLOVES OF AN ENFORCER, 1997-2003
Peter Worrell's gloves got battered in his role as enforcer for the Panthers from 1997 to 2003. The fan favorite racked up 1,375 penalty minutes in his six seasons with the Panthers. He left brawling ...
MEETING FANS IN THE COMMUNITY
The Florida Panthers don't just interact with fans at games. The team values going out into the community to say hello to current fans and make a few new ones along the way. In 2001, Peter Worrell pro ...
PETER THE PEST ON PANTHERS PUB, 2000
Peter Worrell pestered opposing players during his six years as a Panther, especially in 2001-2002, when he led the league in penalty minutes.
PETER WORRELL HOCKEY PANTS, 2001-2003
A hardworking player can put a pair of pants through its paces and these Nike pants worn by Peter Worrell show it! There are a bunch of tears on the back legs, some of which had been sewn up and some ...
PETER WORRELL SIGNED PUCK
Peter Worrell was one of the best Panthers brawlers during his tenure from 1997-2003. He racked up 1,375 penalty minutes with the club in 342 games, notching 42 points along the way.
PETER WORRELL'S GAME-WORN SOCKS, 2000s
Peter Worrell was an effective and beloved enforcer from 1997-2003. These socks, though game-worn, are still so pristine that they may only have seen a game or two, probably in the early 2000s.
PLAYER, COACH & INSPIRATION
Throughout his seven-year NHL career, Peter Worrell was an inspiration to Black fans and players. As one of only a handful of Black players in the league, the enforcer was no stranger to racism. But h ...
PLAYING HARD, 2000
Game 2 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals was a close one, tied 1-1 until the 3rd period. Though the Cats ultimately lost 2-1, the team fought hard and racked up 8 trips to the penalty box.
WORRELL GRINS ON 2002 PANTHERS PUB COVER
Peter Worrell was a Panther from 1997 to 2006. He played 342 games during his six seasons. He was a fierce competitor who set a franchise record for the most penalty minutes in a season in 2001-2002.

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Is India's Internet Censorship Another Example of Limiting Freedom of Speech?
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It is feared that many other bans are yet to come in India before the next election in 2019.
Claiming to be the world's largest democracy, India recently blocked up to 857 pornographic websites. These events quickly led to a dispute relating to freedom of speech.
Last weekend, the Indian Minister of the Ministry of Communication and Information issued a 17-page government order requiring Internet Service Providers (ISP) across the country to block 857 freely accessible pornography websites. A spokesperson of the Department of Telecommunications, NN Kaul, says, "Free and open access to porn websites have already been brought under check, we don't want them to become a social nuisance." Many state-run ISP's, such as India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have already complied with the government order.
More and more Indian authorities are trying to get all sorts of high-sounding reasons to limit people's rights, and this time the reason seems fairly obvious.
In recent years, India has repeatedly been hit by a wave of sexual offences, shocking the entire planet. New Delhi has been dubbed the capital of rape by the public and has been endlessly tiring the government. Some people blame gender inequality in the Indian society, while others say it is because India is influenced by Western cultures.
Last month, India's Supreme Court overruled a lawyer's petition that indicated porn websites encouraged sexual offence. The court said people have the freedom to watch pornographic videos, but at the same time they demanded the Ministry of Civil Affairs to research and provide means to limit pornography resources.
Pranesh Prakash, policy director of the Centre for Internet and Society, points out that the Indian government apparently hopes they can implement the ban illegitimately, as it contradicts the spirit of the law.
Prakash says, "It is illegitimate because it is not as though the government has found these websites unlawful. This is a blanket ban and the government has not thought the consequences through."
He also adds, "Yes, the law does block certain obscene websites, but it does not authorize the government to wipe out all related websites."
According to a leaked copy of the government order, released by the Centre for Internet and Society, the legal basis for blocking the websites is the violation of Article 19 (2) of the Indian Constitution. The constitution states, "There may be reasonable restrictions for instances where the society's morality is violated."
PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, published a report last year, attacking the Indian law on harming public free speech. They said it was infringing people's ability to voice their opinions.
This is not the first time the government has limited Internet freedom. Last December, up to 32 websites were blocked, including Vimeo, Github, and DailyMotion. This March, India's Censor Board also blocked the movie, "Fifty Shades of Grey."
People started voicing their opinions after the new restrictions were publically announced. Besides the Twitter label #pornban going viral, the label #NextBanIdea also spread like wildfire on the Internet. They mock the government by saying they wonder what the next ban will be.
+ve effects of #PornBan – saw a lot of young men jogging on the beach early in the morning because they slept early.
— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) 2015 8月 4日
#NextBanIdea: Anyone who has an opinion different from yours must be banned. After all, you are always right. — Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) 2015 8月 3日
India's best-selling author Chetan Bhagat says on Twitter, "Porn ban is anti-freedom, impractical, not enforceable. Politically not very smart too. Avoidable. Let's not manage people's private lives."
Porn ban is anti-freedom, impractical, not enforceable. Politically not very smart too. avoidable. Let's not manage people's private lives.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) 2015 8月 3日
Former Minister of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Milind Murli Deora, believes the ban will bring India a step closer to Talibanization.
And the government takes one more step towards the Talibanization of India… https://t.co/SIHqBo0841 — Milind Deora (@milinddeora) 2015 8月 3日
India constantly taking measures to prohibit the spread of a particular images undoubtedly comes from authorization of the ultraconservative government. It is feared that many other bans are yet to come before the next election in 2019.
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Edited by Olivia Yang
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Regional Disparities of Education Levels in Japan -with Special Reference to University Education-
Tsutomu Kawada
The Human Geography
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Voter turnout for the Harris County election last November was the lowest it has been in over two decades, according to the Houston Chronicle. To Meredith McCain, that is terrifying.
McCain, a sophomore at Duncan College, is vice president of Civic Duty, a nonpartisan national nonprofit focused on increasing student civic engagement and activism on college campuses, and president of its Rice chapter, Civic Duty Rice. Planning for Civic Duty Rice started in the spring of 2016 in response to a perceived increase in political interest among students following the 2016 presidential election, according to McCain.
"I wanted to capitalize on [the] ambition that people had after the election and turn it into action, because I think that although our campus has a lack of activism, we have a lot of people who are very eager to do something," she said.
McCain approached Hanszen College juniors Sonia Torres, Akash Dhawan and Leya Mohsin with the idea of starting a nonpartisan civic engagement club at Rice, under the umbrella of her national organization. She found them extremely responsive.
"We saw a nascent conversation about civic engagement start on campus desperately needing nurturing," Torres, CDR's Executive Vice President, said.
Torres said she came up with the idea of a podcast to help students practice uncomfortable conversations about current events.
The podcast has allowed Dhawan to engage the Rice community and discuss issues that are important to him, he said. Last October, "In the Loop" released an episode about mental health, which he said was one of their most listened to episodes.
Each podcast episode focuses on a different issue and how it relates to students at Rice. The team is usually joined by a special guest who is an expert on the topic. Episodes conclude with a "call to action," a suggestion to students on what they can do to fight the issue, whether it be to call your representative or volunteer more with specific organizations.
Six episodes of "In the Loop" are currently available on SoundCloud and iTunes, but Dhawan said the team is looking to publish much more frequently this semester, aiming for about once a week. "In the Loop" has about 100 listeners and is growing, according to Dhawan.
"In the Loop" isn't the only thing CDR is working on this semester. According to McCain, the club is "hitting the ground running" with various events coming up.
On Monday night, the club co-hosted a panel of Democratic candidates competing in the primaries for Texas' 7th Congressional District along with Rice University Young Democrats, and are currently trying to organize a similar event for Texas' 2nd Congressional District with the Democrats and Rice University College Republicans.
The organization is also working on creating volunteer opportunities with BakerRipley, a local organization that develops community programs, and Mi Familia Vota, a nonprofit organization that engages Latinx youth across Houston and the country. McCain said she also hopes to bring current elected officials to campus to remedy what she describes as a lack of communication between Rice students and their representatives.
McCain co-founded Civic Duty in the summer of 2016 with friends she met at a national conference for high school students interested in government. Inspired by their passion for public service, McCain and her friends had the idea to create a nonprofit to encourage political engagement and activism at high schools and colleges across the country.
Today, McCain said Civic Duty focuses its efforts on its two most active branches: one at the University of Notre Dame and one here, at Rice University.
CDR is nonpartisan, but so far, CDR has not yet "explicitly" worked with Republican organizations, according to McCain. However, McCain said CDR hosted a nonpartisan HISD Board Candidate forum last semester in tandem with the political science department, and an upcoming Texas 2nd Congressional District event will also be nonpartisan.
The nonpartisan aspect of CDR is extremely important to McCain, who hopes to engage the greatest number of students possible.
"If we can't even see why the other side believes what they do, then how are we ever going to create sustainable policy?" she said.


Odd title right? It's just that what does one dream of when they're sleepy? A pillow or their bed, no? Well, I'm dreaming of a nanny. One that helps me with my twins. She carries a magical wand and sings like Mary Poppins. Every time my son wants to turn into the Tazmanian Devil she shakes the wand at him and voila, Taz is happy. Every time my daughter wants to jump off of a high place, Magical Nanny is there to quickly catch her in midair and float her down to the ground gently. Sounds wonderful.
Don't worry, I'm not losing it.
It's just I've been having so much fun lately. My twins are 22 months old and currently transitioning into toddler beds (their cribs convert). My husband and I were not eager for this move, in fact we've been dreading it for a while. However, we don't want anyone to fall splat on their head. Last weekend we walked into the kid's bedroom to greet them in the morning and what started as a "good morninggg!!" suddenly turned into a "whooaa!" as my husband quickly grabbed our daughter who was trying to leap off of the top of her crib. I knew she'd be the first to do it.
We can't lower the cribs further as they are as low as they go so toddler beds it is. Only, trying to get two little playmates asleep when they can leave their beds is simply…sigh. Let's just say it's only been a few days and I already don't know how we're going to make it. They normally nap 1.5 to 3 hours around noon every day but lately? No nap. Instead, they get pretty cranky around 2pm and stay that way for several hours. By the time dad gets home he's wondering what happened to his little angels.
At night, the room is really dark and I guess they're not tempted to play. However, during the day, despite me shoving all the toys in the closet, they still got each other and apparently that's more than enough.
Yesterday, I kept laying them in their beds and asking them to stay. Five seconds later I'd hear a noise and go back in. They had climbed the changing table, were both standing on top with their tiny arms in the air as if they had just successfully climbed Mt. Everest. They probably wondered why I didn't cheer them on. Instead, I'm like, "Oh wow this is so dangerous!" At this point I notice that the painting above the changing table is on the floor. "So that's what they were after", I thought. The painting goes away into another room. It's their beloved painting made by dad of a tiger chasing another tiger with a green and black checkered tile background (Hey, you should see the blue tree I painted for them). The kids scream.
And I let them while I have some juice to fix my blood sugar which is lowering because of all the baby lifting. My back is starting to hurt because it's been an hour of repeat attempts at getting them to stay in their beds. Forget the kettle bell workout later, this is it.
Then, we try again. I go out onto the balcony and watch them from the window. They're back on the changing table. "You guys! What if you fall down?!" Out goes baby Everest. They really aren't happy, now. I've made their room boring. And the changing table has made my living room look wrong.
I try the whole process of asking them to stay in their beds, putting them back in their beds, over and over and over. Before I know it three hours have passed and like any normal person, I give up.
I test and find that I'm again in need of sugar. I have some chocolate almond milk and some broccoli and some licorice. It's all I've ate all day and lately, it's how I've been eating. Quick and on the go.
Anyway, you always hear stories of how lovely twin toddlers are because they play together. Well of course they're lovely but staying home with them all day is an exhausting full time job. Then the house is a part time job. My writing is a part time job. My diabetes is a full time job. Ha! No wonder the house is a mess. A diabetes cure would be ideal because I want to keep my kids, I don't think magical nanny exists, and because I like to write. The diabetes can go away, though.


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Jean Bérain the Younger (1678 in Paris–1726 in Paris) was a French designer, and son of Jean Bérain the Elder.

He was his father's pupil, and exercised the same official functions after his father's death. Thus he planned the funeral ceremonies at Saint Denis Basilica on the death of the Dauphin, and afterwards made the designs for the obsequies of Louis XIV. He is perhaps best known as an engraver. He engraved eleven plates of the collection Ornements de peinture et de sculpture qui sont dans la galerie d'Apollon au chasteau du Louvre, et dans le grand appartement du roy au palais des Tuileries (Paris, 1710), which have been wrongly attributed to his father, the Mausolée du duc de Bourgogne, and that of Marie Louise Gabrielle de Savoie, reine d'Espagne (1714), etc. His work is exceedingly difficult to distinguish from his father's, the similarity of style being remarkable.

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They're back! I found this gem yesterday at the local library and ooh what a treat! I just loved these books when I was younger. I picked up this one and was flipping through it when, to my pleasant surprise, offspring the elder wandered over to see what had my attention. I read aloud to him for about 10 minutes, and he was hooked. We brought the book home for a visit along with 2 other CYOA books and worked through to one of the endings last night - O the E was particularly tickled by the story ending of flushing the ant leader out the garbage chute of the spaceship. Bravo, R. A. Montgomery! I am not sure what brought this series back ( labeled "classic" ala a Coke) but I applaud the effort. For my game-oriented nascent reader, these look like they may catch his interest. I found a few sites earlier this summer that had similar text-based adventures along these lines. I contributed some to Quest of the Magician, as I appreciated the tongue-in-cheek adventurous sensibility; look for my text in the crabs vs. the leopards storyline.
Years ago, I read every one of these Choose Your Own Adventure books I could get my hands on. I'll have to take a look at the edithis site too. The kids and I had started a wiki on our home box doing the same type of thing.
I also came across QML - Quest markup language - at http://www.questml.com/ and had some fun with that for awhile. You might like it.


This is Joe and I am so excited that I have landed an auto mechanic apprenticeship. I've never wanted to do anything else. I grew up watching dad tinkering with his car on weekends and the desire to be around grease and oil has been in my veins ever since. Even though I've only been training for a year, I've learnt that car servicing and repairs are different from when I used to watch my dad. These days it is very hi-tech and involves researching online manuals when a less common car comes in. It has really made me aware that mechanics need to be well-qualified and dedicated to their job as carelessness can put you in serious danger. I want everyone to understand the complexities of auto servicing these days and this journal is the result. I wish the very best for you and your car. Take care.


The Dakar Dead Drop Fiction project takes as starting point the existing offline file-sharing network called 'Dead Drops', to distribute and reveal the fragments of a collective science fiction story on the future of Dakar, one of Africa's biggest cities. This project was initiated by Catherine Lenoble, French cultural producer and author & Julien Maudet, French game developer from Nantes. It was co-produced and hosted by Kër Thiossane, Villa for Art & Multimedia, organiser of the Afropixel festival.
The term 'dead drop' is a nod to spy culture, referring to a secret location where people can exchange messages or objects without having to meet physically. The 'Dead Drop' project was developed by Aram Bartholl at Eyebeam in New York in 2010. As an artist he explores the intersection between the online and offline worlds and the influence of digital technologies on our everyday actions and behaviours. In 'Dead Drops' the locations for the exchange are a multitude of USB sticks, cemented into the walls of buildings, embedded into the city architecture, that anyone can install, and use for dropping or picking up files. The works of Aram Bartholl literally take private digital practices onto the streets. 'I like this image of data literally being inserted into walls, and of people bending over to connect their 3,000 € laptop to the curb to maybe find some files. It inverts the idea of the portable memory stick. The city itself becomes an immobile USB drive that you have to go to it to plug in.' says Bartholl in an interview for Dazeddigital.com. 'I believe that natural corrosion and physical vandalism would be the main killers, that would make dead-drops drop dead.' writes a little cynically a commentator on the Dead Drops blog. Several other blog contributors have pointed that Dead Drops are an easy target for vandalism, illegal content and malware. But Bartholl doesn't see this as a real problem or an obstacle. ' There are viruses out there, on the web, that attack all kinds of machines. We know this, but we feel safe sitting at home with our computers and warm mugs of coffee. Moving this activity to the street makes the danger more obvious. If you want to plug into one of the Dead Drops, you need to protect your machine' explains Bartholl.
Bartholl has imagined Dead Drop as a platform for anyone to join. Catherine Lenoble & Julien Maudet, initiators of Dakar Dead Drop Fiction, saw the potential in it and decided to use it, incorporating a completely new dimension to it, 'augmenting it' in the context of Dakar. At the heart of the on-going Dakar Dead Drop Fiction is collective writing on the sci-fi mode and imagining the capital of Senegal in 2050. Africa can be seen as a 'Terra Incognita' in sci-fi terms. This idea of collective writing exploring the future of Dakar, by rendering the 'intuitions, dreams, doubts and hopes of women and men living in today's Dakar' was the starting point for Catherine & Julien.
Fragments of a collective story currently lie on dead drops in 13 locations throughout the city, consisting of text, sound and image files, intertwining French and Wolof. The first phase of this process has been the organisation of a collective writing workshop facilitated by Catherine & Julien. 'The call for participation to the workshop was published in the local papers, which is not a usual way for Kër Thiossane to communicate about their events. During the period preceding the workshop, people from Dakar more than usual were following the news, awaiting a hot presidential election. And this was a perfect time to get people to talk about future.' explain Catherine & Julien. Twenty persons with various backgrounds showed up at first, some familiar with Kër Thiossane, some not, some engaged in artistic practices, some not. At the end, during 20-29 March, 13 participants aged 20-55 worked on a collective story about 2050 Dakar.
The approach for the workshop was to create an horizontal situation where Catherine and Julien saw themselves as facilitators of the participants' expression, rather than teachers. Their strategy was also to combine dimensions of script writing and game, viewing the city as a giant board, unmarked and with multiple entries. Every participant came with 3 locations in mind that where pinned onto a Dakar wall map. The sharing of experiences about these locations was the starting point for the making of the story. From them emerged key words (such as story, water, dream, polemic, saturation, habit, sport, pollution etc.) and themes (such as education/knowledge ; culture/creation ; memory/history ; economics ; community ; space/movement) that were then used to weave a collective meta-fiction in small working groups. These locations were later on imagined deprived from their current characteristics, to let them reveal new future dimensions, using the fiction of opposites as a tool. Finally, characters and scenarios were introduced into the setting. Kër Thiossane is one of the 13 locations in the fiction. Following is a taste of Dakar 2050 envisioned collectively.
Story Pitch: '2050, Senegalese wrestling has become a major international sport. Dakar was assigned the title of World Sport Capital, acknowledging the rise of this discipline. Huge renovation projects have been launched throughout the city to welcome millions of visitors. People from Dakar though, are worried about the scale of the financial investment for this immense operation of promotion of sport, which forces transformation upon all kinds of infrastructures. Cultural centers are for instance made to become sport centers or even shops. In parallel the authorities are also implementing a 'Clean City' operation, that threatens the history of various symbolic locations.
Extract: From Kër Thiossane to Thiossane Sport Center!
Located a few kilometers away from the Demba Diop stadium, Kër Thiossane doesn't exist anymore. It has been transformed into a sport centre 'Thiossane Sport Center', packed from 6 am to 10 pm. However on a Monday of February 2050, people from the neighbourhood decide to rebel.
Giss Giss 2050 (2050 Visions in wolof) created in collaboration with Fred Laé, is a publication revisiting the content of the workshop, much like a new chapter towards an open evolving fiction. It was launched at the start of May on the occasion of the Afropixel festival and brings together extracts of texts and a map, inviting the reader to wander around in a 'possible' Dakar. The publication is accessible on all the 13 USB sticks in Dakar and here.
One reservation about Dakar Dead Drop Fiction, is the question of the access to the technology involved, especially in the African context. One indeed needs a laptop to actually be able to check out the content of the Dead Drops around the city. This is of course an aspect Catherine and Julien considered. One way for them to solve this, has been to pick locations that are close to a cultural organisation that can make laptops available for people who want to connect to the Dakar Dead Drop Fiction network. Choosing locations next to cultural organisations was a way to give both visibility and protection to the Dead Drops. However, it of course limited the possibility to use more informal locations for the project. Before Dakar Dead Drop Fiction, there was only 4 Dead Drops in the whole Africa. It's now for time to tell how the story will be continued, augmented, inverted and re-invented.
Because the story of writing is connected to the history of devices, with every new type of digital media and related practices emerging around it, writing is evolving and taking on new forms. There is so much to be explored in this area, and Dakar Dead Drop Fiction is a beautiful achievement. One can only hope for increasing experimentation in the crossings of literature, collectiveness and digital tools.
Based on an interview with Catherine Lenoble & Julien Maudet.


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Q: Actualizar página sem voltar a executar o código PHP Quero executar um código PHP com o botão submit. O problema é que sempre que actualizo a página, o código volta a ser executado. Utilizei isto:
  if (isset($_POST['carregar'])) {
      // pedaço de código...
  }

E o botão:
echo "<form method=POST action=#>";
echo "<input type=submit name=carregar value=Carregar>";
echo "</form>";

A: Como referido nesta resposta é só verificar qual o botão acionado:
// Verifica se foi feito um POST
if (filter_input(INPUT_SERVER, 'REQUEST_METHOD') === 'POST')
{
    // Verifica se o foi com o botão carregar
    if(isset($_POST['carregar']))
    {
        //código de inserção após clicar no botão
    }
}

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Q: The data_out value is updating in the next clock edge which is supposed to update as soon as b is assigned, why?     module memory(data_out,address,data_in,write_enable,clk,cs,rst);
        output  [3:0] data_out;
        input [3:0] address;
        input [3:0] data_in;
        input write_enable;
        input clk;
        input cs;
        input rst;

    reg [3:0] data_out,b;
    reg [3:0] memory [0:15];
    reg [3:0] temp,a;

    always @(posedge clk or posedge rst) begin
       if(rst) begin
         temp<=4'b0000;
         data_out<=4'b0000;
       end
       else
       begin
         temp<=a;
         data_out<=b;
       end
       end

    always @(posedge clk)begin
       if(cs==1'b1) begin
            if (write_enable==1'b1) begin
                memory[address] <= data_in;
                a<=data_in;
             end
             else begin
               b<=memory[address];
             end
        end
    end

   endmodule

A: You are updating data_out and b simultaneously on posedge clk which means at every positive edge of clk, data_out will be assigned the value of b and b will be assigned the memory[address], therefore data_out is assigned the old value of b
To get correct results, you can do this:
Do not update data_out <= b in first always block
Instead assign data_out <= memory[address] inside second always block itself.


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import java.util.List;

import com.baidubce.model.AbstractBceResponse;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;

/**
 * Represent the response of ListClustersRequest.
 * <p>
 * The response contains a array of BMR Cluster objects.
 */
public class ListClustersResponse extends AbstractBceResponse {
    private String marker;
    private String nextMarker;
    private int maxKeys;
    private boolean isTruncated;
    private List<Cluster> clusters;

    public String getMarker() {
        return marker;
    }

    public void setMarker(String marker) {
        this.marker = marker;
    }

    public int getMaxKeys() {
        return maxKeys;
    }

    public void setMaxKeys(int maxKeys) {
        this.maxKeys = maxKeys;
    }

    public String getNextMarker() {
        return nextMarker;
    }

    public void setNextMarker(String nextMarker) {
        this.nextMarker = nextMarker;
    }

    public boolean isTruncated() {
        return this.isTruncated;
    }

    @JsonProperty("isTruncated") public void setTruncated(boolean isTruncated) {
        this.isTruncated = isTruncated;
    }

    public List<Cluster> getClusters() {
        return clusters;
    }

    public void setClusters(List<Cluster> clusters) {
        this.clusters = clusters;
    }
}

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How Your Kitchen Plays a Big Role in Your Carbon Footprint
By Jacob Wallace	• Published April 16, 2019 • Updated on April 26, 2019 at 4:28 pm
When it comes to issues of conservation, Washington residents might be understandably fatigued by consumer-focused restrictions like plastic straw bans or grocery bag fees. But when it comes to food waste, consumers are actually one of the biggest contributors to the third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
FAO estimates a third of all food is lost or wasted. This issue gets even worse when it comes to produce: Today in North America, roughly 20 percent of all fruits and vegetables are wasted by consumers.
Farmers are wasting about 20 percent of produce as well, but the difference is that farmers' livelihoods depend on their crop, whereas many consumers don't yet see directly the cost of the food they're wasting.
That's beginning to change though. New businesses are springing up that make a point of illustrating the issue of food waste before presenting consumers with solutions. One example of this is Imperfect Produce, a company that launched in Washington last month.
Ben Simon Imperfect Produce Pull Quote
Imperfect Produce delivers produce that might get rejected by a grocery store to the homes of consumers at a discounted rate. Founder Ben Simon, a Silver Spring native who first started combating food waste in the cafeterias of the University of Maryland, says that the issue is one that consumers need to start taking seriously.
"We've really built up this pretty massive consumer movement of people who are willing to overlook the skin-deep cosmetic issues," Simon said, "and look deeper than that and change their purchasing patterns to make a home for these fruits and vegetables in their fridges."
Imperfect Produce works with farmers to harvest food that grocers and large wholesalers reject, like sunburned apples and oddly shaped carrots. This food tastes perfectly fine but wouldn't get sold through traditional outlets because of cosmetic standards set by the USDA and grocery stores themselves.
"For farmers, this stuff historically, going back decades, has never had an outlet," Simon said. "To be able to now find an outlet and actually make a profit on that produce that they're growing really feels great to them."
A lot of food providers and caterers end events with pounds of food leftover. Atlanta-based Goodr, which launched in D.C. in April, makes it easy to bring that food to those who need it most.
Capturing What's Left Behind
Of course, buying produce that you ordinarily wouldn't doesn't necessarily capture your waste. It's the leftovers that are causing the biggest issue.
That's where start-ups like Goodr and Veteran Waste fill in the gap.
Goodr takes leftover food from catering and food service companies and brings them to shelters and non-profits like So Others Might Eat.
Veteran Waste, meanwhile, collects waste from everything from stadiums to single households and composts what they collect, selling that soil back to consumers.
For Goodr founder Jasmine Crowe, the issues of food waste and food insecurity have always been interconnected. Crowe got her start organizing "Sunday Soul" Pop-Up Dinners for homeless people in cities like Atlanta and Washington.
Jasmine Crowe Goodr Quote
When a video of one of her dinners went viral, people mistakenly reached out to her, thinking she had gotten her food donated and wondering where it came from. That led her to research how much food was being wasted by restaurants and caterers.
"I was very upset and it got me thinking, 'Hey, how about you go about connecting these people?'" Crowe said.
Goodr launched at the beginning of 2017 in Atlanta and immediately began hiring drivers who worked for services like DoorDash to take food from caterers and bring it to the places that needed it. Since Goodr's arrival in D.C., it's already hired hundreds of drivers.
"As much as we're spending on innovating on how we're going to get food faster," Crowe said, "we're not innovating on how we're going to address food waste, the climate and how we are going to feed people."
How to Clean Up the Mess We Made
It wasn't always this way. The amount of food wasted has increased steadily over the past fifty years. According to a report by researchers at the NIH, food waste has increased by 10 percent since 1970, even as agricultural practices evolve to get people food more and more efficiently.
Waste in agriculture, on the other hand, has received considerable attention from national and international agencies. For instance, The United States Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions, a program started by the EPA in 2016, commits its signatories to reducing their food waste by 50 percent by 2030. Recent signees include Kroger and Hilton.
Washington-area organizations like DC Central Kitchen are stepping up to recover that lost produce and put it on the plates of the people they serve.
Amy Bachman, director of procurement and sustainability at DC Central Kitchen, is a longtime food waste advocate. In her position, she has spearheaded efforts to take good food from farmers through gleaning programs and collecting leftovers from wholesalers and grocery stores. That food is then used for free meals at shelters.
Amy Bachman DC Central Kitchen Quote
Bachman says that food loss is being taken more seriously now than it was even when she started at DC Central Kitchen eight years ago.
"It was definitely more the conversation where we were reaching out to wholesalers saying 'Hey, what are you doing with your produce?'" Bachman said.
"While we use food as a tool, we know that food itself will never solve hunger, we know we're not gonna feed our way out of the issue of food and hunger, and so we're trying to break that cycle of hunger and poverty as well," Bachman said.
Though progress is being made, consumers can still do a variety of things to cut back on food waste themselves. One thing Imperfect Produce recommends people do is organize their fridge so that the oldest food is on top, in plain sight, with newer food down below. That way, when we first open our fridge we're reminded of what we need to eat first, not what we most recently bought.
Bachman argues that the issue of food insecurity suffers from the same sort of systemic issues as food waste. By thinking more critically about waste, it's possible that we'll find we have enough food for everyone.
"The connection for us is obvious: If there's food that is being wasted we'd rather have that, instead of going to a landfill, going to our kitchens," Bachman said. "It's perfectly good food that we want to use to give to families that are struggling to get by."
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Right now I wish I could cry, I wish I could scream.
I don't know what to think or who to believe.
I'm tired of everyone sharing their own opinions.
My thoughts are clouded. I don't know what to do or how to think anymore.
I love you, this I know.
You say you love me.
Sometimes I wonder...how can you treat me like you do?
Why do you make so much about you and so little about me?
I don't ask much, just some respect.
I'm tired of you telling me what to think.
I want to speak for myself.
I want you to be different.
You don't know this but sometimes I cry...in your bathroom.
You say things and make me feel small.
I think about my life and I don't like it.
I don't like the person I've become.
I want them to be proud of me.


When done well, daily and weekly planning rituals can help you travel gracefully through life in a peaceful, intentional manner. But overplanning can make you a neurotic, stressed-out person who feels like you would have been better off if you hadn't planned anything in the first place.
The way to reap the benefits of daily and weekly planning without unpleasant side effects is to take a more relaxed approach. Here are seven steps.
You wouldn't want to take a seat on a plane without knowing the destination. Similarly, the whole point of planning is that there's a decision about where you want to end up, and the proposed steps to get there. Sure, pilots need to adjust their flight path or even land if there are storms. But having a specific end point in mind vastly increases the chances that passengers will end up in the right place.
Similarly, you will have the best results when you set the course for your day. The next time something comes up that messes up your plans, remind yourself that your plan equips you to get to your desired destination eventually, even if you have to modify your course.
For most people, a great day is when you accomplish 60 to 70 percent of what you intended to get done. A perfect score, however, should be defined as having confidence that you made the right decisions about how you invested your time based on the data you had, your overall priorities, and the circumstances that arose throughout the day.
There is no perfect plan. The goal of planning should be to get just the right level of clarity, so you know where to focus your attention and how to evaluate opportunities that arise. Set a limit on how much time you invest in planning. For most individuals, an hour is the maximum time for weekly planning. Daily planning should take 15 minutes, tops.
Your plan for the day, the week, or even the year, is a road map that gives you an overview of the various paths you could take. Just as you may find yourself on a detour while driving and need to turn back to your map, having a plan to come back to after an interruption gives you insight to reroute your schedule. Instead of checking e-mail after an unplanned meeting or phone call, go back to your daily plan and if necessary, move items on your calendar or renumber your to-do list.
One of the greatest powers of planning is it gives you the ability to respond to the unexpected without massive stress. When you plan correctly, you're looking ahead and moving along activities ahead of deadline. When something comes up, you can address it without causing other complications because you have a margin. When you don't plan, you end up being so close to the edge that anything going slightly off kilter can create major problems. To dramatically reduce stress, complete items at least one day ahead of schedule.
If your plans — and then the accuracy of their implementation — form the basis of your self-worth, you're on shaky ground. We can't control life. We instead need to embrace it. When you find yourself becoming critical of what you did or didn't do, stop and ask, "What happened?" and "Is there anything I could do differently next time?" Then use your answers to inform your decisions moving forward.
Some artists sketch their scene before beginning, but that sketch on canvas is temporary — a guide — which should not be too detailed as to reduce a painter's spontaneity and hinder creativity in the moment.


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Q: ¿Cómo puedo editar el contenido de una línea en especifico en un archivo en Python? Básicamente tengo un archivo.txt con el siguiente contenido.
name=Hugo
id=good
city=Mexico

Si únicamente quiero editar el 'id', ¿Cómo lo puedo hacer?
Este es el código que tengo, itero porque tal vez 'id' no siempre esté en la línea 2, es por eso que hago uso de "startwith" pero el resultado es que me agrega el nuevo 'id' al final del archivo.
with open("prueba.txt", "r+") as file:
     filedata = file.readlines()

     for count in range(0, len(filedata)):
         if filedata[count].startswith("id"):
             file.write(filedata[count].replace(filedata[count], "id= "+new_id))
     file.close()

A: Podrías evitar el uso de readlines() (que para archivos grandes es ineficiente y en general, es innecesario) y probar algo como
import fileinput

for line in fileinput.FileInput("prueba.txt", inplace = 1):
    if line.startswith("id="):
        new_line = line.replace(line,"id=" + new_id)
        print(new_line)
    else:
        print(line, end='')

Que itera sobre el archivo y busca la línea. El print con end='' busca que no se añadan nuevos caracteres fin de línea (si lo quitas, pone líneas adicionales debajo de cada una del archivo original).
Referencia: SO original


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Rural Iowa retail woes: Malls struggle as new wave of store closures hits small towns
Two-thirds of Ottumwa's mall will be empty when Herberger's closes this summer. It's one of 15 Bon-Ton stores, the rest Younkers, closing in Iowa.
Rural Iowa retail woes: Malls struggle as new wave of store closures hits small towns Two-thirds of Ottumwa's mall will be empty when Herberger's closes this summer. It's one of 15 Bon-Ton stores, the rest Younkers, closing in Iowa. Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: https://dmreg.co/2LP19Yq
Donnelle Eller, deller@dmreg.com Published 3:29 p.m. CT May 31, 2018 | Updated 8:13 p.m. CT June 4, 2018
National retail distress is emptying rural regional malls such as in Ottumwa. Rodney White, rodwhite@dmreg.com
Herberger's is closing at Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, shown here, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Photo: Rodney White/The Register)Buy Photo
Ottumwa's Target is gone.
So is Kmart, MC Sports, JCPenney, Vanity and soon Herberger's.
"The mall is pretty sad," says Amanda Cain, a teacher and mother. "Once Herberger's closes, we'll have no anchors."
About two-thirds of Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall will be empty with Herberger's loss, one of 15 Bon-Ton stores closing in Iowa this summer. Most of them are Younkers stores.
Bon-Ton, Toys R Us, MC Sports and others are bankrupt. JCPenney, Kmart and other department stores are closing unprofitable stores in their struggle to survive against growing online competition.
National retail distress is emptying rural regional malls, experts say. But long-term economic deterioration is driving their inability to bounce back: Fewer jobs and fewer people mean less money spent on TVs, couches and clothes.
Photos: Ottumwa looks to revitalize retail sales
Many revitalization grants are available to downtown building owners,such as facade grants to modernize store fronts in Ottumwa, Iowa, shown here, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
Artwork to spruce up alleys in downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
David Camphouse, right, executive director of Market on Main and Shiloh Seim, operations manager of Market on Main in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Market on Main is a unique nonprofit that offers space for entrepreneurs, artists, crafters and restauranteurs, along with providing event and performance space and a bar. Rodney White/The Register
Canteen Lunch in the Alley in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
Lindsey Newland, Canteen Lunch in the Alley manager in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
A parking lot behind downtown businesses that has permeable pavers to drain water in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
Roofs covered in vegetation on downtown businesses that helps conserve rainwater in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
Wappello County, where Ottumwa is the biggest city,Êhas 3.8 percent fewer jobs since 2007, while statewide employment has grown 3.7 percent, Iowa Workforce Development data show. National financial retail distress is helping to emptyÊrural regional malls, experts say. But long-term economic deterioration is driving their inability to bounce back: Fewer jobs, fewer people, less money spent on TVs, couches and clothes. Rodney White/The Register
Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. The southeast Iowa town's retails sales over the past two years have slumped 6.8 percent, while fast-growing Des Moines-West Des Moines spiked 5.4 percent. Rodney White/The Register
Herberger's is closing at Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, shown here, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
The southeast Iowa town's retails sales over the past two years have slumped 6.8 percent, while fast-growing Des Moines-West Des Moines spiked 5.4 percent. Rodney White/The Register
Ottumwa's retails sales over the past two years have slumped 6.8 percent, while fast-growing Des Moines-West Des Moines spiked 5.4 percent. Rodney White/The Register
City Council Member Holly Berg and Main Street Director Fred Zesiger in downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
Martha McAntire at Martha's Nook & Cranny in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
Amanda and Wes Cain, and children Lydia Roling, 12, and Kayden Cain, 8, at Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
Amanda and Wes Cain and children Lydia Roling, 12, and Kayden Cain, 8, at Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Rodney White/The Register
Ottumwa and most other small Iowa cities have failed to recover the jobs lost in the recession, said David Swenson, an Iowa State University economist.
Wapello County, where Ottumwa is the biggest city, with 24,450 people, had 3 percent fewer jobs last year than in 2008.
Even with mostly steady employment over the past two years, the city's retail sales have tumbled 6.8 percent.
Buying power follows workers, who are moving to Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and other metro areas for jobs. "They're going where the economies are stronger and they can make more money," Swenson said.
► RELATED: How Iowa's midsize cities have been left behind
Retail sales, for example, spiked 5.4 percent over the past two years in the Des Moines metro, and jobs have grown about 11 percent.
Jordan Creek and other metro malls will barely feel the loss of Younkers, with the space quickly filled with new retailers, Swenson said.
"The only alternative left in many of these rural areas is Walmart," he said.
Amanda and Wes Cain, and children Lydia Roling, 12, and Kayden Cain, 8, at Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Photo: Rodney White/The Register)
Cain, who's not a Walmart fan, does most of her shopping at Kohl's in Ottumwa.
"Whenever we can, we'll do an out-of-town shopping trip, spend a Saturday and do our shopping in Des Moines. ... We make it a fun outing," Cain said, whose family hits Jordan Creek and Valley West malls, TJ Maxx and other Des Moines-area stores she wishes were closer.
"It would be nice just to run to the mall whenever we want and find the stores we like," she said.
Too soon to say malls are dead
With the exception of Burlington, no other small Iowa city saw greater retail losses than Ottumwa over the past two years.
And a portion of Burlington's 10 percent tumble can be attributed to construction work ending on the Iowa Fertilizer Co. plant, a $3 billion project that drove annual sales to a $345 million high in 2016 before falling.
Many small urban centers are suffering, said Liesl Eathington, an ISU economist.
Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Photo: Rodney White/The Register)
Fort Dodge, Mason City, Clinton, Spencer and Keokuk are among small Iowa cities that posted annual retail sales losses, based on ISU's inflation-adjusted data.
"It's too soon to say the mall is dead," Eathington said. "But we may see a shakeout when there are fewer and fewer of them."
► RELATED: Sears and Kmart announce new round of store closings
Swenson said retail in small cities is likely struggling because manufacturing has suffered, both statewide and in rural Iowa.
Iowa factories still have been unable to replace 5.1 percent, or 11,500, of the production jobs lost in the recession a decade ago, even though total state employment has climbed 3.3 percent, adding about 50,000 jobs.
Wapello County is still down about 500 factory jobs, or 12.6 percent, even with strong manufacturers that include Deere & Co., the farm equipment manufacturer, and JBS USA, a pork processing plant.
Overall, the county has lost a similar number of total jobs.
"These communities and surrounding counties aren't as strong. They're not holding their own," Swenson said.
Power shifting to consumers
Online sales spiked 16 percent last year over 2016, while total sales climbed 4.4 percent, the U.S. Commerce Department reported.
Amazon and other e-commerce businesses made up about 9 percent of total sales, an ever-growing percentage, the data show.
"These are challenging times for retailers. ... There's a clear shift in power from the retailer to the consumer," said Mark Mathews, the National Retail Federation's vice president of research and development.
Ottumwa's Quincy Place Mall in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. The southeast Iowa town's retails sales over the past two years have slumped 6.8 percent, while fast-growing Des Moines-West Des Moines spiked 5.4 percent. (Photo: Rodney White/The Register)
"When I was younger, when I wanted to buy something, it was a question of what was open within driving distance. Now you can buy anything, anywhere," he said.
Store closings reflect shopping decisions that consumers have been making for years, Swenson said.
"We're demonstrating ... where we want to do our shopping," he said.
Ottumwa and other small cities are losing workers to Iowa's bigger metros, Swenson said.
► RELATED: Iowa has some of the nation's fastest growing housing stock. Yet 35 counties are still shedding homes.
For example, Des Moines and other metro areas saw a 4.4 percent gain in workers ages 35 to 44 from 2010 to 2016, Swenson's research shows.
Ottumwa and other small cities saw a 5.2 percent decline.
People are "flowing strongly into metropolitan areas of Iowa," creating losses in micropolitan areas, he said. The Census Bureau defines micropolitan areas as having 10,000 to 50,000 people.
"You're truly getting a shift in people's preferences on where they want to work and live," Swenson said. "The metro economies are outbidding the micro-economies."
► MORE: This map shows the stark reality of rural Iowa's population loss
New hope for downtown?
Several downtown Ottumwa stores are still empty, their windows boarded up.
Trash fills some. Others are used for storage.
But downtown Ottumwa is moving from blighted to revitalized.
Many revitalization grants are available to downtown building owners,such as facade grants to modernize store fronts in Ottumwa, Iowa, shown here, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Photo: Rodney White/The Register)
Ottumwa has snagged about $10 million in state and federal grants to change it, mostly over the past three years, said Fred Zesiger, the city's Main Street director.
Private owners also have invested about $16 million to peel decades of ugly metal off historic brick facades, renovate aging buildings and invest in second- and third-story apartments.
They'll have about 100 apartments when the work is completed. "People thought these buildings were worth saving, and they were right," Zesiger said.
Redevelopment of downtown gives Ottumwa leaders some opportunity to boost shopping, when most of the control lies with large corporations, said Holly Berg, an Ottumwa council member.
"This is something we can take into our own hands, instead of being at the mercy of national chains," Berg said.
City Council Member Holly Berg and Main Street Director Fred Zesiger in downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Photo: Rodney White/The Register)
"Just about every town of our size is having trouble. ... It's not just Ottumwa," he said.
Access to shopping is important to keeping talented workers, along with good-paying jobs, schools, parks, trails and entertainment, she said.
"I think a Target support group formed" after the chain closed its doors a couple years ago in Ottumwa, Berg said. "It's not just shopping. It's a chance to spend time with friends and hang out."
People want to be part of a moment
Danielle and Blaine Rupe considered opening up their bagel shop only in downtown Ottumwa.
They taught themselves how to make bagels after agreeing to sell them at a "pop-up" business Zesiger and others organized to let entrepreneurs test their ideas.
The pop-up became a permanent business six months later. "There's a lot of history, a lot of unused space downtown that's beautiful," said Danielle Rupe, 30.
► RELATED: Rural Iowa has a housing crisis. Here's how a handful of communities are solving it
► RELATED: How this tiny Iowa town banded together to save rural homes
Losses at the mall create opportunities downtown, Zesiger said.
"Young people want experiences, unique products. They don't want one of 10,000 shirts they can get at the mall," he said.
Lindsey Newland, Canteen Lunch in the Alley manager in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Photo: Rodney White/The Register)
Building on an Ottumwa institution, the 91-year-old Canteen restaurant, leaders have commissioned artists to create psychedelic murals and modern sculptures for the alley leading to the famous loose-meat eatery.
Canteen manager Lindsey Newland agrees that people want a unique experience, whether eating or shopping.
"People want to be part of a moment," said Newland, whose mother and stepfather now own the restaurant.
Artwork to spruce up alleys in downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Photo: Rodney White/The Register)
Disheartening to see another store go
Cain, the Ottumwa mom and teacher, said she likes the new restaurants, shops and businesses moving into downtown.
Combined with trails, concerts and other downtown events, it's a fun place for Cain's family.
But Cain also wants a vibrant mall. Now, it has only a few remaining stores she and her husband, Wes, would make the trip for.
He likes the Hibbett Sports. She likes Bath & Body Works. Their daughters, Lydia, 12, and Kayden, 8, like Claire's, a jewelry and accessories retailer that also has filed for bankruptcy protection.
A Hobby Lobby is nearby, and Bubba-Q's is a favorite with locals.
Dunham's Sports, slated to open this summer, will help.
Replacing big retailers becomes more difficult in smaller communities, said Scot Snitker, national portfolio manager at Lexington International Realty, the New Jersey company that owns the Ottumwa mall.
His company is looking to attorneys, doctors and other service providers to help fill space. And it's recruiting entertainment providers — mini golf in Ottumwa, paintball in a Minnesota mall and a hockey rink in a South Dakota mall.
"There are plenty of retailers that are expanding. But they require a bigger population base, higher earnings," Snitker said. "So we just have to get more creative" in smaller markets.
Cain said she believes "the community is trying very hard" to attract new retailers. "It's just a little frustrating and disheartening to see another business go."
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Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock | Mennonite Central Committee U.S.
KIPCOR and MCC Central States present the film Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock.
The film captures the story of Native-led defiance that forever changed the fight for clean water, our environment and the future of our planet.
Tens of thousands of people gathered at Standing Rock to join the peaceful demonstrations. Filmmakers Myron Dewey, Josh Fox and James Spione spent months on the front lines documenting North Dakota's violent response to the Peaceful water protectors.
Talk-back session to follow the film, featuring film Co-Director Myron Dewey, one of the most important journalistic voices to come out of the Standing Rock movement.
The program begins at 3pm on Sunday, January 14 in Krehbiel Auditorium in the Luyken Fine Arts Center on the Bethel College campus; the talk-back session begins immediately after the film.
This event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!


I just wanted to share with you a few words of testimony from our Honduras 2016 trip. The Lord did so much and moved everywhere we went. I have several examples of His work being done and I will continue to share them as I can in the future.
This was my first mission trip anywhere and in preparation prior to departing, I began to pray for the Lord to deepen my faith, to burden my heart, to open my eyes, to empower my life and to direct my path. I prayed God … Use Me and change me! I went, "Not knowing,"
from these men and the Lord revealed many things to me that definitely opened my eyes to a different level of spiritual maturity and He allowed me to see things in a different perspective by simply focusing on others and laying hands on people in prayer.
I can honestly say my life has been changed and my walk with these men, but more importantly, my walk with Jesus Christ has grown by leaps and bounds! Thank you Lord Jesus for this privilege of being your hands and feet and allowing me to experience you, the way I did; we did!


The majority of car crashes result from a combination of four factors: the driver's behavior first and foremost, the failure of the equipment, the design of the road and its poor maintenance. Speeding accidents are some of the frequent and serious problems that appear on public roads: every year speed kills thousands of people or changes the lives of millions involved in car crashes. Most drivers have the tendency to blame the other party involved in the accident; recent studies show that 80% of the people that have caused serious speeding accidents believe that the other driver could have done something to prevent the misfortune.
No matter what type of car you are driving or what sort of "wonder" accessories you may have on it, speeding accidents are lethal in very many cases; the faster you drive, the higher the risk to get crashed. Sometimes exceeding the speed with only five miles per hour in the wrong place could be incredibly dangerous; the control over the car drops exponentially as the speed increases. Feeling all confident will not make the car react better to a sudden break or a brisk turn of the steering wheel. Experts claim that speeding is a calculated behavior when the drivers are fully aware that they are breaking the law but they ignore the risk of causing speeding accidents.
Most speeding accidents occur because there is not enough breaking space in case of a sudden reaction on the part of the driver. If a pedestrian appears in front of a car riding with more than the legal limit chances are that the driver will not be able to stop the car in due time to prevent injuring the person. Speeding accidents have some of the most terrible consequences that you can imagine for the driver, the passengers and the other people involved in traffic. Furthermore, besides the human casualties, the material loss can rise out to thousands of dollars.
Speeding accidents occur because velocity as such reduces the time of reaction; people need time to process information and to see what should be done. Reasoning and not reflexes is the one that can reduce the driver's ability to prevent an accident before it's too late; yet, in many cases, people ignore such logical facts and press the pedal even further. The braking time and space is directly related with the speed: the faster you go, the more difficult it will be to stop. Stay alert and stick to the traffic regulations, it's the only safe way for you, your family and the other people on the road.


According to data released yesterday by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), electric cooperative consumer members are significantly more satisfied with their co-op energy provider than consumers who receive power from either investor-owned or municipal-owned utilities.
In a year when consumer satisfaction overall dropped to a two-year low, electric cooperatives received an average satisfaction score of 82, eight points higher than the median score for investor-owned utilities (74) and nine points higher than the median score for munis (73).
2011 is the first year the well-regarded ASCI included cooperative electric utilities as a separate category. The survey included a random sampling of co-op consumer members from across the country.
The average score for electric cooperatives topped that of FirstEnergy, the top-scoring investor-owned electric utility (78), and matched the score of Salt River Project, the top-scoring municipal (82).
"These scores validate the unique co-op business model," said NRECA CEO Glenn English. "Owned by the people they serve, cooperatives put affordable electric bills above profits and dividends. At heart, electric co-ops are local consumer advocacy organizations."
The 723 Touchstone Energy Cooperatives scored higher than any other utility sector with an ASCI score of 83.


The pill was determined to be an over the counter pill used to treat motion sickness or nausea, vomiting or dizziness.
On November 4th 2016, a concerned parent attended the Port Colborne Detachment of the Niagara Regional Police Service to report that her children had located a pill hidden inside their Halloween Candy.
Marshall Avenue and Kilgor Avenue in the City of Welland.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Niagara or the Welland Criminal Investigation Branch of Niagara Regional Police.
Tiny pinholes or tears in wrappers. Is it still sealed or air tight?
Homemade items, fruit or baked goods should be discarded unless you personally know who gave them.
If you find something in the candy that appears to have been an attempt to cause injury please contact the police.


Britain's Got Talent is on our screens again on Saturday nights, and the audition shows so far have already thrown up some interesting, hilarious, and above all, talented performers. There's a long way to go until we reach the semi-finals, where the remaining 45 acts will perform in a series of daily shows throughout the week, to decide who appears on stage in the grand final.
A £250,000 prize and the chance to appear at the Royal Variety Performance are on offer, which makes this one of the biggest talent shows in Britain. The fact that it is open to any kind of act, including those under 16, sets it apart from other 'talent' shows such as the X Factor and The Voice, and the winners of the previous eight series are an eclectic group.
The first series was won by unassuming Paul Potts, the mobile phone salesman who wowed the judges and audiences with his operatic singing voice. Season two was the first to go to a performer under 16, as 14 year-old George Sampson won with his street dance act. Series three also went to a dance act, with group performers Diversity taking the competition. Season four was also won by a dance act of sorts, as acrobatic gymnastics group, Spellbound, took the prize with their impressive stage show.
We had to wait until series five for another singer to win the show, when Scottish singer/songwriter Jai McDowell was victorious. Series six was famous for Ashley and Pudsey, the dancing girl and dog act, which the nation took to its collective heart. Series seven was won by yet another dance/performance act, as shadow theatre group, Attraction, came out on top. Finally, last year's show was won by Collabro, a boyband with a very classical feel – they performed a hit from the musical Les Miserables in their first audition.
With that in mind, when we look at the betting we should consider all different types of act.
Calum Scott has been steadily supported into favouritism since his rendition of Robin's 'Dancing On My Own'. You can watch his audition here. He performed immediately after his sister, who received four No's, so it was an emotionally-charged performance, and one which the cynics might say was beautifully engineered by the show's producers. Either way, there was no denying that he has a cracking voice, he looks the part, and Simon Cowell pressed the Golden Buzzer, so he has a great deal going for him in the competition. The price is possibly a bit too short to get involved now though.
Boyband are the other act to receive a Golden ticket to the semi-final, after Ant & Dec ran on stage after their performance to press the button on the judges desk. They caused a surprise among the audience and judges after a sheepish entrance led to a dynamite performance. They're an energetic dance group of five young lads, and will probably have plenty of opportunities ahead of them. Can they win this competition though? It's a tough one. It's been revealed that they reached the final of a similar talent show on Sky TV, and that sort of thing can sometimes put the voting public off. Fans of this show generally want to feel that they've unearthed a talent, rather than vote for a group that has been 'on the circuit'.
Cor Glanaethwy brought a 162-strong choir to the auditions, and produced an outstanding performance. They were given a standing ovation, and are just the sort of act that would perfectly suit a Royal Variety Performance. The Welsh Choir had performed as a 50-piece group in a previous year, but came back bigger and better this year to wow the judges and audience alike. They are definite contenders in our book, and will be worth keeping an eye on.
Becky O'Brien is another inspiring performer, who brought her five children along to watch her smash a cover of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' out of the park. It was an uplifting performance but to be ultra-critical, from a betting point of view, one wonders if she has that something special to beat the other stand out acts in the competition.
One act that impressed for a variety of reasons was 12 year-old singer/songwriter Henry Gallagher. He showed confidence beyond his years to bound on stage with his guitar and sing a self-penned song about a girl that he's too shy to ask out. The little back story certainly earned him favour with the judges and audience, but his song impressed too, sounding a bit like a 'Busted' or 'McFly' number, and for one so young, he's sure to get plenty of public support.
Jamie Raven was another performer to impress, and the magician caused an unusual turn of events when his tricks led to Simon Cowell declaring that he believes in magic! His chances might have been dented somewhat by the media revealing you can buy his trick online for less than a tenner, but that doesn't necessarily rule him out. Most people are aware that tricks are just that – tricks – but it's the performance and the style in which they are carried out that makes the magician. One thing is for sure though, he will have to keep on upping the ante and producing better and newer tricks to retain the wow factor, and it remains to be seen if he can do it.
We're recommending bets on two of the acts that have auditioned so far, and both provide a bit of value. Cor Glanaethwy didn't hit a bad note between them and are just the sort of act that would grace a Royal Variety Performance, while young Henry Gallagher could easily become the housewives' favourite.


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News from Sugar Land | Missouri City
People Feature: Sugar Land City Manager Allen Bogard to retire in January 2020
By Beth Marshall | 8:00 AM Dec. 1, 2019 CST
When Sugar Land City Manager Allen Bogard first came to work for the city almost 25 years ago, he had no intention of staying long term. Now, after serving as Sugar Land's second city manager for nearly two decades, Bogard will retire in January 2020.
"I never intended to stay, but I went ahead and accepted the job as the assistant city manager in January of '95," Bogard said.
Bogard started out helping Sugar Land's first city manager, David Neely, with contract work in the community development realm, he said.
"The city was growing like crazy, and I had been involved in growing cities both in Plano and in Keller," Borgard said. "I helped him get some folks hired, and during that process I decided that this wasn't too bad of a place to land for a while."
As assistant city manager, Bogard handled all departments except public safety, and when Neely retired, City Council offered Bogard the role of city manager in 2001. And he accepted.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in Arkansas, Bogard moved after high school to the Dallas area, where he got his start working as a storeroom clerk and tractor and tire repairman for the city of Dallas while going to college, he said.
"I had no support," he said. "I was on my own. I worked my way through school and finished in four years and one summer semester."
Bogard went on to get his master's degree and continued to work his way up in city government, going on to become city manager of Winsboro and then Keller before making it to Sugar Land.
Through it all, Bogard said he credits his mother for his servant-heart leadership style.
"My dad died when I was 7, so I grew up with a with a single mom," he said. "I had younger siblings, so the idea of caring for people and having that service orientation, I think, begins with my mom expecting that I help take care of my younger siblings."
In his retirement, Bogard wants to take a break from the responsibilities of public service for a bit and assess the future for himself and his family as well as how he can provide service in another way.
"I don't have any particular plans or aspirations about that, but I'm still relatively young, and so I'd like to continue to serve in some way, I just don't know exactly how yet," he said.
What is a milestone in Sugar Land that has been the most important to you?:
From a service perspective, the city taking responsibility for ambulance service through the fire department [about five years ago] I think is one of the most impactful decisions that we have made during my time. I think it significantly enhanced the safety of our citizens. Prior to that, 911 calls went to Fort Bend County. ... Our experience was there were not enough ambulances. There were not enough paramedics in the county to be able to respond in a time frame that hit the standards of care that we wanted to it to achieve. So, we explored it and concluded that we can take resources that were already assigned to the fire department and reorganize them. By using the fees that were generated and reassigning resources already within the fire department, we were able to add ambulance service at no additional cost to the residents.
As the potential bond election in November approaches, what goes into determining what would go into a bond package?
The needs of the city in the way of drainage are completely new and beyond anything that was expected. ... So the City Council has elected to go forward with a bond election, recognizing that that will put all of the projects moving forward out to the voters. ... The bond election that's currently being talked about—the largest portion is drainage. It's not that there aren't other needs. If all we had was drainage, we could do that. But we're not a levee district or a drainage district. We're a city. Our police department has needs. Then you have the animal shelter, and that is a desire that has come forward to us from our citizens through our animal board.
What has been the biggest challenge of managing a growing city and expanding staff over the last couple of decades?
You get to a point with the size of the organization that you have to accept that you're not going to know everybody anymore. Years ago, when the size of the city was [smaller] and the organization was not as complex as it is now, you can pretty well have a feel for who everybody was. But that those days are behind us. Through that growth, you have to use a different skill set to influence the organization in the direction that you want it to go. You have to move from relying on personal relationships to building the culture of the organization. And that's what we've spent a lot of time on is setting very high expectations of our organization.
What do you feel prepared you to become city manager?
I don't like cliches, but I don't know another way to describe it other than I have a servant heart. I get joy out of helping, and that's what this job is all about. Now, there's a lot of other things that are involved, too, like managing money and hiring people. But in its essence, it's about doing good and helping people. ... Every job I've had in public service has been a 24/7 job. Now, I don't bear the burden the way that a police chief or a firefighter does. But I hire the police chief. So ultimately, I am accountable for everything that goes on. You have to have a pretty strong core of who you are.
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By Beth Marshall
Born and raised in Montgomery County, Beth Marshall graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in communication and a minor in business. Originally hired as a reporter for The Woodlands edition in 2016, she became editor of the Sugar Land/Missouri City edition in October 2017.
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In our latest travel package to Kerala we have bundled up all the major sightseeing destinations along with exciting tourist activities so our clients can enjoy to the fullest.
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And that's not all we also offer our Muslim clients with experience Muslim Guides and Drivers so they can enjoy to the fullest without any discomfort.
If you are planning your holidays from Gaziantep to Kerala then flights can be taken from Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport which is around 21kms from Gaziantep.
Once you reach to Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport you can take your flight and head to Cochin, Kerala (Cochin International Airport). The flight will be around 12.40 hours so come with your entertainment items or you will get bored.
As you reach Cochin you would be heading straight to your hotel where you can take your meal and have proper rest so you can be fully charged to explore this beautiful heavenly state known as Kerala.
This beautiful state is one of the biggest tourist hub of the world that seduces tourists from all sides of the globe. So be prepared to be blown away by its rich natural beauty and its great cultural heritage that will truly make your holiday memorable and worth cherishing for the rest of your life.
Kerala is jam-packed with tons of natural gifts that will truly make you speechless by its charm & beauty. Here you can enjoy it's green painted landscapes, spellbinding beauty of palm fringed backwaters, gorgeous sandy beaches alongside coconut trees, shallow lakes & lagoons, foggy hill station alongside rich tea & spice plantation, lush green paddy field and exotic wildlife along side its lush wildlife sanctuaries that will truly make you feel like you're sitting on the lap of mother nature.
And if you happen to be a nature lover or an adventure lover then believe me my friend you are up for something special. Kerala is a superb host that offers its visitors with awesome & thrilling activities like water sports, paragliding, nature trekking, bike riding, mountain climbing, rock climbing and jungle safari etc that will further add excitement to your vacations. And if you are into photography then my friend you are gonna enjoy this place most.
But wait that's not all your journey to Kerala cannot be complete without experiencing the cultural side of Kerala. If you love culture then trust me you will have great time exploring it. Here you can enjoy lots of awesome cultural destinations such as Bekal fort, Pallakad fort, Pallippuram Fort, St.Angelo's Fort , Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, Attukal Bhagavathy temple, Synagogue at Mattanchery, Ambalavayal Heritage Museum, Dutch Palace and the list goes on & on & on. So do not miss them I promise you will have lots of fun.
The Ritual theaters are one of the landmark activities of Kerala which is hugely famous among tourists. Here in ritual theaters you will witness the true portrayal of Kerala's culture & tradition by the means of its traditional music, dance & drama. These awesome ritual theaters are really really entertaining especially the makeup done by the performers will render you speechless.
Ayurveda Practices is undoubtedly the most famous tourist activity of Kerala which lures people from all parts of the world. These Ayurveda Practices includes soothing massages and therapies that provide a perfect gateway to leave all your stress & health issues behind, so you can feel rejuvenated from both mind and body. Try them at least once! I bet you will love it.
So what's holding you in my friend? Stop thinking about all the What or What if and start planning your holidays in Kerala I bet you won't regret your decision in fact you will fall into love with it.