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The Panthers are one of the best rebuilding teams in the NFL. The big moves of the Panthers' offseason was moving on from QB Teddy Bridgewater and trading for QB Sam Darnold from the Jets. Darnold should have a twinkle in his eye as he gets to throw the best weapons in his career. Running back Christian McCaffrey will look to be dominant after missing most of the season with an ankle injury. Darnold also gets to reunite with his old pal from New York in the speedy Robby Anderson and he gets some new friends to throw to in D.J. Moore and rookie Terrace Marshall. But don't get this twisted, the Panthers still lack talent in key positions, but they have pieces on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. We talked about the offense, but the defense isn't too shabby as they have DE Brian Burns, CB Donte Jackson and new free agent signing CB A.J. Bouye.
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#36 QB 6'3" 225 25 6/5/97 5 2018 1 3 USC
QB Matt Corral M. Corral 9
#46 QB 6'2" 205 24 1/31/99 0 2022 3 94 Mississippi
QB PJ Walker P. Walker 11
#46 QB 5'11" 210 27 2/26/95 3 2017 Temple
QB Jacob Eason J. Eason
#46 QB 6'6" 231 25 11/17/97 3 2020 4 122 Washington
RB D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman 33
#39 RB 6'0" 235 26 4/24/96 5 2017 3 89 Texas
RB Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard 30
#60 RB 6'1" 210 23 6/11/99 2 2021 4 126 Oklahoma State
RB Raheem Blackshear R. Blackshear 20
#116 RB 5'9" 190 24 6/5/98 0 2022 Virginia Tech
RB Spencer Brown S. Brown 41
#116 RB 6'0" 220 24 11/13/98 1 2021 Alabama-Birmingham
WR DJ Moore D. Moore 2
#18 WR 6'0" 210 25 4/14/97 5 2018 1 24 Maryland
WR Laviska Shenault Jr. L. Shenault Jr. 15
#74 WR 6'1" 220 24 10/5/98 3 2020 2 42 Colorado
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#104 WR 6'2" 200 22 6/9/00 2 2021 2 59 LSU
WR Preston Williams P. Williams 16
#113 WR 6'5" 224 25 3/27/97 4 2019 Colorado State
WR Andre Roberts A. Roberts 18
#113 WR 5'11" 195 35 1/9/88 13 2010 3 88 The Citadel
WR Rashard Higgins R. Higgins 17
#113 WR 6'1" 198 28 10/7/94 7 2016 5 172 Colorado State
WR Shi Smith S. Smith 12
#180 WR 5'10" 190 24 10/26/98 2 2021 6 204 South Carolina
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#212 WR 5'10" 190 26 9/15/96 2 2021 Ohio State
WR Derek Wright D. Wright 83
#212 WR 6'1" 195 24 8/13/98 0 2022 Utah State
TE Ian Thomas I. Thomas 80
#32 TE 6'4" 260 26 6/6/96 5 2018 4 101 Indiana
TE Tommy Tremble T. Tremble 82
#37 TE 6'4" 250 22 6/2/00 2 2021 3 83 Notre Dame
TE Giovanni Ricci G. Ricci 45
#72 TE 6'3" 240 26 10/16/96 2 2020 Western Michigan
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#72 TE 6'5" 245 26 11/28/96 1 2020 7 251 LSU
C Sam Tecklenburg S. Tecklenburg 68
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OL Bradley Bozeman B. Bozeman 56
#31 OL 6'5" 325 28 11/24/94 5 2018 6 215 Alabama
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#55 OL 6'3" 305 28 7/6/94 6 2017 3 70 Ohio State
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#12 G 6'4" 305 27 9/5/95 5 2018 2 33 Nevada
G Cade Mays C. Mays 64
#51 G 6'6" 325 23 4/26/99 0 2022 6 199 Tennessee
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G Deonte Brown D. Brown 77
#51 G 6'4" 335 25 1/15/98 2 2021 6 193 Alabama
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#24 ILB 6'3" 230 24 4/25/98 0 2022 Auburn
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#24 ILB 6'1" 226 27 10/12/95 5 2018 4 115 Western Kentucky
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#25 CB 5'10" 180 27 11/8/95 4 2018 2 55 LSU
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#152 CB 6'3" 195 23 5/3/99 2 2021 5 166 Washington
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Armoured Warfare in the Far East 1937 - 1945
Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating visual introduction to the armored battles of the Second World War in the Far East and Asia-Pacific regions, from 1937 to 1945. In contrast to the experience of the armies that fought in Europe and North Africa, in the Far East tanks remained an infantry support weapon, and their role is
Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating visual introduction to the armored battles of the Second World War in the Far East and Asia-Pacific regions, from 1937 to 1945. In contrast to the experience of the armies that fought in Europe and North Africa, in the Far East tanks remained an infantry support weapon, and their role is often neglected in histories of the conflict.
Japanese armor confronted tanks deployed by the Chinese, Russians, British and Americans. Early in the war, against Chinese forces which lacked armor, the Japanese had some success, but their light and medium tanks were no match for their Allied counterparts. Later Japanese designs were better armed, but they were built in such small numbers that they could do little to stem the Allied advance.
The role of armored vehicles in each theater of the war in the Far East is shown in a selection of over 150 rare wartime photographs that record armor in action in China, Manchuria, Mongolia, Malaya, Burma and during the battles fought for the Pacific islands.
Anthony Tucker-Jones is a former defense intelligence officer and a widely published expert on regional conflicts, counter-terrorism and armored and aerial warfare. He is the author of over thirty books, is security and terrorism correspondent for intersec – The Journal of International Security, and has freelanced for Channel 4 News.
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It was glad to see that some Australian investors are showing interests to bid for one of the largest infrastructure assets in Japan.
According to the Australian Financial Review today, Melbourne Airport's owners, IFM and AMP Capital, are among a long list of global infrastructure investors including Macquarie Capital bidding in Japan for the long-term lease on Osaka's main airport.
The sale of the right to operate Kansai International Airport, which was built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay in the 1990s, for as much as $US18 billion ($23.6 billion) is seen as a test case for plans by the Abe government to privatise large infrastructure assets in Japan.
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KLIF (Dallas): Top 40, 1954-1972
KLIF in Dallas ("The Mighty 1190") stands among the most celebrated stations in Top 40 history thanks to radio industry legend Gordon McLendon. He ran KLIF like a flame tank across the North Texas plains, commanding, at times, an audience share of over 50 percent. Among the station's widely copied promotional practices was the type of compilation album I've discussed previously, featuring representative playlist entries and DJ head shots on the cover. Volume 6 of the "KLIF Klassics" series, which was released in 1972, captures the station at a cruxpoint. McLendon had only just sold the station (for a bundle) the previous year and the Mighty 1190 eventually found itself sputtering amid changing radio industry terrain.
The tracklist reveals a station attempting to cover all of the newly emerging format bases while grappling for a unifying sound - tricky business in the crossover-oriented early '70s, when fragmentation masqueraded as a cheerful olio. (Not evident in this album is the station's concurrent attempts to behave like an MOR station and cash in on the housewife market by featuring a daytime Feminine Forum-style "sex talk" show with Dave Ambrose's Girl Talk). DJs featured on the back cover: Mike Selden, Cuzzin' Linnie, Dave Ambrose, Jim Taber, Paxton Mills, Chuck Murphy, and Michael O'Shea.
Tracklist: "Band of Gold" (Freda Payne), "Oh Girl" (Chi-Lites), "Too Late to Turn Back Now" (Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose), "I Gotcha" (Joe Tex), "Easy Livin'" (Uriah Heep), "In the Summertime" (Mungo Jerry), "Garden Party" (Rick Nelson), "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Sammi Smith), "A Horse with No Name" (America), "Timothy" (The Buoys), "Join Together" (The Who), "Stick Up" (The Honey Comb), "Walking in the Rain" (Love Unlimited), "I Saw the Light" (Todd Rundgren), "Popcorn" (Hot Butter), "On My Own" (BW Stevenson).
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In response to community requests and interest, UNAVCO provides an annual series of short courses focussed on UNAVCO tools and data streams. These courses are for current researchers who want to refresh their skills or explore the use of new tools, and for early career scientists such as post doctoral fellows, graduate students, and upper level undergraduates who want to learn the latest geodetic techniques.
Course Materials from previous short courses.
Times: Course will begin at 6 pm on Tuesday August 15th, 2017 and end at noon on Friday August 18th.
Time: Course will begin at 9am on Monday, June 19 and end at Noon on Friday, June 23, 2017.
Times: Course will begin at 9am on Tuesday October 10th, 2017 and end at noon on Thursday, October 12th.
Thursday afternoon will be open to work on your own data. Instructors will be available for assistance.
Date: Fri., 20 Oct., 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Instructors: Marianne Okal, UNAVCO; Christopher Crosby, UNAVCO.
Abstract: This one-day course will provide faculty, students, and professionals with an introduction to Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS—a.k.a., ground-based LiDAR) for research and education. TLS provides high-resolution three-dimensional images of geologic features and has emerged as a powerful tool for applications ranging from outcrop mapping to analysis of earth-surface processes. The course will focus on TLS technology, data collection, processing and analysis, and examples of science and educational applications. A combination of lectures and hands-on demonstrations of TLS equipment and data processing will be used. Limited financial support is available for students (see the UNAVCO Short Course Series page). This course can be taken alone or together with "High Resolution Topography and 3D Imaging II: Introduction to Structure from Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry" (course #513) for an introduction to 3D imaging technology that compliments TLS.
Date: Sat., 21 Oct., 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
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It's estimated more than 70% of the United States population owns a pet. Pets add so much value to our lives, mentally, physically, and emotionally. But is there any real evidence supporting what so many pet owners already know?
Zooeiya is a new term coined from ongoing research of the health benefits of interacting with animals. The word comes from the Greek root words "zoion" (animal) and "hygeia" (health). This research has indeed found some amazing benefits to owning a pet.
Emotionally, pets reduce anxiety, increase a sense of attachment, decrease isolation tendencies, provide comfort, and have been shown to reduce the severity of PTSD symptoms in veterans.
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Solange Reveals Battle With Health Issues, Cancels Afropunk Performance
The singer was set to headline Afropunk Festival Johannesburg on New Year's Eve.
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Solange Knowles and her upcoming performance at Afropunk Festival Johannesburg might have been the hottest ticket in the world. But fans hoping to see the singer and creative genius at work are most likely having a hard time processing the news that she won't be able to make the trip.
Using Instagram to share why she had to cancel the performance, Solange revealed she's battling health concerns right now.
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The past five months I have been quietly treating, and working through an Autonomic Disorder. It been a journey that hasn't been easy on me… Sometimes I feel cool, and other times not so cool at all. It's a complicated diagnoses , and I'm still learning so much myself, but right now, my doctors are not clearing me for such an extended lengthy flight, and doing a rigorous show right after.
Afropunk has yet to address the news and still has Solange in her headlining slot. Anderson.Paak is also slated to be on the bill along with some of the continent's best acts and DJs.
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Генера̀л То̀шево е град в Североизточна България. Той се намира в област Добрич и е в близост до границата с Румъния. Градът е административен център на община Генерал Тошево.

География
Генерал Тошево е разположен на 25 км североизточно от гр. Добрич.

История

Османски период
Първите исторически сведения за днешния общински център Генерал Тошево датират от 1573 г. в турския данъчен регистър на джелепкешаните, където селището се споменава с името, което носи до 1942 г. – Касъм. Селото е записано с името Семиз Касъм с хаджи Енбиялар и са посочени имената на осем овчари, дължащи общо 340 овце на държавата. Четирима от тези овчари носят фамилията Касъм, което е основание да се смята, че първият от тях, заселил се по тези земи, е дал името на селището. В документа се споменават имената и на другите трима мъже от фамилията Касъм и това са синовете на Семиз – Сюлейман Семиз Касъм и Муса Семиз Касъм, и Торсун, негов брат. В документа от 1573 г. се споменава и името на хаджи Енбиялар, но за него няма съхранени източници. През 1673 г. в турските регистри селището е записано само като Касъм, а през 1676 г. е променено на Семиз Касъм. Съществуват известни спорове във връзка с името на село Великово, което също се споменава като Семиз Касъм и още като Касъмджа, Касъм даде.

Има няколко предположения за това какво значи "Семиз Касъм". Семиз идва от турски и значи тлъст, угоен, изхранен. Това може да се тълкува в смисъл, че първият заселил се тук Касъм е бил пълен, тлъст, охранен и затова наречен Семиз Касъм. Касъм (още и Касим), освен че е собствено име, има и още няколко значения: делител, който разделя, т.е. 8 ноември – началото на зимата (празникът Димитровден); още и шепа, т.е. малко селце.

След Освобождението
През 1903 г. в селото се установява малка колония от 220 души добруджански немци. Те напускат Генерал Тошево през 1943 г. по програмата Heim ins Reich.

По време на румънската окупация на Южна Добруджа румънските власти провъзгласяват селището за околийски център на околия Свети Димитър, и селото официално получава името Свети Димитър () през 1926 г. През 1934 г. името на селото пак е променено, като отново му е дадено румънско наименование – Йон Георге Дука – румънски буржоазен политик, лидер на националлибералите, министър-председател на Румъния, убит на 29 декември 1933 г. на перон на гарата в град Синая от привърженици на Желязната гвардия. Според запазените писмени свидетелства към 1929 година селището претърпява чувствително стопанско развитие, когато до него достига железопътната линия Добрич – Черна вода.

След връщането на Южна Добруджа в пределите на Царство България се правят опити за подмяна на турското му име с българско. През 1941 г. местният общински съвет обсъжда замяната на Касъм с Кардамче, но предложението не е прието. Същата година е предложено друго име – Водниково, но то е отхвърлено, защото произлиза от "водник" – подигравателно обръщение на котленци към местните зетьове, за които се е смятало, че са напълно подчинени на съпругите си.

На заседание на Министерския съвет на Царство България от 19 септември 1941 г. е решено да се дадат нови имена на железопътните гари в Добруджа и Македония. По линията Ботево – Кардам са посочени новите имена на гарите. Старото име на гара Касъм да се смени на Генерал Тошев, на името на генерал Стефан Тошев – командирът на Трета българска армия, освободила Добруджа от румънската окупация. Със заповед № 2191 от 27 юни 1942 г. е решено "село Касъм да се преименува Генерал Тошево". Още тогава са заложени две имена – гарата е Генерал Тошев, която носи това име и до днес, а селото – Генерал Тошево.

След 1944 година
През 1952 г. поради идеологически причини се правят опити за нова промяна на наименованието на селището. По този повод се прави специално заседание на Изпълнителния комитет на Околийския народен съвет на депутатите на трудещите се. На 24 май 1952 г. този въпрос е поставен на обсъждане и решаване с мотива, че е недопустимо да се нарича "на генерал от бившата фашистка армия и то за в бъдеще не може да носи горното название". Предложени са имената Житомир (считано и за най-подходящо поради големия зърнодобив) и Орловград (на името на Добри Атанасов, с партизанско име Орлов, убит край град Добрич). Отправено е искане до Президиума на Народното събрание Генерал Тошево да се смени с Орловград, но е отхвърлено. Житомир също не е прието и името Генерал Тошево се запазва.

През 1956 г. близко разположеното село Маловец е слято с Генерал Тошево и заличено от списъка на населените места. С указ №5, обнародван на 8 януари 1963 г., село Пастир също влива в града и остава като квартал, запазвайки името си. С указ №38 от 30 януари 1960 г. (обнародван в "Държавен вестник" на 2 февруари същата година) село Генерал Тошево е обявен за град със същото име.

Демография
При преброяването през 2011 г. населението на Генерал Тошево е 6 928 жители. От етническа гледна точка по-голямата част от населението (84,02%) са българи, като малцинствата са роми (6,45%) и турци (2,26%). За 6,94% от жителите етническата принадлежност не е известна.

Състав на населението

Религии
Основна част от хората са православни. В града функционира православен храм "Свети Димитър Солунски".
 Християнство
 Ислям

Обществени институции
На 5 км от гр. Генерал Тошево се намира Институтът по пшеница и слънчоглед, основан през 1951 година, който носи името "Добруджански земеделски институт". Той се специализира като национално изследователско учреждение по селекция на пшеница и слънчоглед и разработване на промишлени технологии за тези култури.

Забележителности
 Исторически музей
 Историко-етнографска сбирка. Съдържа копия на археологични находки и автентични етнографски експонати от общината.
 Паметник на император Александър Втори
 Паметник-бюст на Йордан Йовков
 Паметник на жителите на община Генерал Тошево, загинали в Балканските войни, Първата и Втората Световна война
 Бюст-паметник на генерал от пехотата Стефан Тошев – български военен деец и герой от Първата световна война.
 Народно читалище "Светлина 1941"
 Църква "Свети Димитър Солунски"

Редовни събития
Съборът на Генерал Тошево датира от 1925 г., когато румънските власти обявяват тогавашното село Касъм за център на околия Свети Димитър. И тогава християнската църква е носи името на светеца, чийто празник е на 8 ноември – Димитровден. Съборът продължава да се празнува на 8 ноември до 1970 г. От 1971 до 1980 г. съборът изместен на датата 22 април – рожденият ден на В. И. Ленин, но на практика градът е имал два събора – на 22 април и по традиция на Димитровден.

От 1980 до 1989 г. съборът се празнува на 7 ноември – Денят на Великата октомврийска социалистическа революция. Демократичните промени в България след 10.11.1989 г. отново връщат празнуването на сбора на 8 ноември. Празникът на града се отбелязва на Архангеловден с Решение на Общинския съвет от 21 октомври 1991 г.

"The Next Generation Rock" е рок и метъл фестивал, който се проведе през 2010 и 2011 г.

Личности
 Борис Бръмчийски – композитор, диригент
 Добрин Добрев (1972) – Добруджански народен певец и наследник на песните на Верка Сидерова. Общественик, Солист на БНР и БНТ, роден в с. Росица, Генерал-Тошевско Автор на книгите "Разпалени въглени" (2020), и "В Родината ми топли пепелта" (2017). Преводач от Гръцки език.
 Доц. д-р Тодор Тодоров – икономист, доцент, преподавател в ИУ – Варна, основател на катедра "Аграрни науки", народен представител в XXXVI и XXXVII НС, председател на Аграрната комисия към НС, починал през 1996 г.
 Енчо Малев – икономист, роден в с. Росица, народен представител в XXXVIII, XXXIX НС
 Милен Петков – футболист
 Пламен Паскалев – почетен гражданин на град Генерал Тошево, четвърто място по борба (свободен стил) на Олимпиадата през 1996 в Америка, треньор в Central Missouri State University (USA).
 Пламен Манушев – вицеадмирал, почетен гражданин на град Генерал Тошево. Народен представител в XLII и XLIII НС
 Живко Желев - роден в с. Красен, общ. Г. Тошево, Музикален ръководител на ПФА "Добруджа", кавалджия, композитор и диригент. Ръководител на орк. "Бисери" и приятели гр. Добрич. Реализирал е десетки записи в БНР, БНТ и МГ "Добруджа". Работи с едни от най - ярките пвеци - Вълкана Стоянова, Калинка Вълчева, Верка Сидерова, Янка Рупкита, Руска Добрева, Анелия Радева, Стоян Варналиев и други представители на фолклорната музика.

Химн на града
 Роден край, ти, земя ненагледна,
 първо в тебе пристъпва България
 с гласовете на битки победни,
 на певци и на морни жътвари.
 Припев:
 Роден град... На дланта си корава
 Добруджанската шир те въздига
 с генералския подвиг и слава
 на кръвта ни във вечната книга.
 Припев:
 Роден дом, мое мило огнище
 със цъфтящи бразди и предели.../ с бели птици и сини предели /
 Сред простора – за слънце отприщен –
 тръгват нашите пътища бели.
 Припев:
 Добруджанци, потомци честити
 на чутовен и древен народ,
 да изправим чела до звездите
 и да слеем мечти и живот.
 Автор на химна: Драгни Драгнев

Побратимени градове
Генерал Тошево е побратимен град с:
  Болград, Украйна
  Мангалия, Румъния
 Тараклия, Молдова

Източници

Външни препратки
 Официален сайт на Община Генерал Тошево
 Радио и телевизия в Генерал Тошево
 www.nsi.bg

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Question: How to conditionally combine IntegerList in the DataFrame more elegantly?
I used IntegerList to hold my data, and I got DataFrame in the list as an output of functions. However, I intend to combine DataFrame objects in very specific way, where firstly I am gonna combine second, third DataFrame in the list but must proceed duplicate removal, after that I am gonna combine it with first DataFrame but here I allow duplicate. I tried to use lapply functions to make this happen, but I got an error. How can I get my desired output more elegantly in function ? Any idea ?
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Q: Insert image with javascript on specific page Hi how do I insert a image on a specific page when users visit my site?
I want to show an image when users visit the url: http://ww.exsample.com/order/cart/
It can be done with java script but how exactly?
Is it as simple as this:
if(document.URL.indexOf("order/cart/") >= 0){
var image = new Image; image.src ="http://www.exsample.com/images/wow.jpg"
}
Thanks alot

A: You are missing the important step where you actually append the image to the document.
var image = new Image;
image.src ="http://www.exsample.com/images/wow.jpg";
// the last step needed:
document.body.appendChild(image);

Sidenote:
Using document.URL is okay, however I prefer document.location. In your case you could use document.location.pathname which would return only the path /order/cart/.
Edit:
To put the image into a div, you simple create an additional div:
if(document.URL.indexOf("order/cart/") >= 0){

    // create the wrapper div
    var e = document.createElement("div");
    // create the image and set the source
    var image = new Image();
    image.src ="http://lorempixel.com/400/200"

    // append the image to the div
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Could Chapter 11 work for you as an individual?
On behalf of Schwartz Bankruptcy Law Center posted in business bankruptcy on Wednesday, October 19, 2016.
Bankruptcy law is complicated. There are various kinds of bankruptcy, some most commonly suited for individual consumers and others more common for struggling businesses. In terms of consumer bankruptcy, most people go the routes of either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13.
While we have discussed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on this blog, we have done so more in terms of businesses that use the debt relief option. In truth, Chapter 11 laws can also help individuals. You might actually recognize some famous names who have chosen the route and risen above their Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings.
The above celebrities had earned millions before finding themselves in need to file for bankruptcy. Chapter 11 for individuals generally works when the person filing has clear and significant earning potential. Often, celebrities will put their millions into a bad investment, a failed company or bad habits. But they still have a career and, therefore, will be able to live up to a debt reorganization plan.
You don't have to be famous to find financial stability or business success after bankruptcy. There is likely a debt relief option that is best for you and/or your Kentucky business. It can be daunting to try to figure out your best options without the support of an experienced bankruptcy lawyer.
Bankruptcy doesn't have to be discouraging. In many cases, it is a stepping stone toward the success and stability you've been looking for.


On 29 January, the Bank of Lithuania will issue into circulation two collector coins dedicated to smelt fishing by attracting – a €1.5 coin from a copper-nickel alloy and a €10 silver coin. The advance sale starts today, on 22 January, via the Bank of Lithuania.
"We hear that fishermen are worried there will be no smelts this year, but there is nothing to worry about – if not on the plate, we will definitely have them in our wallets. Right before the smelt fishing season, we are issuing a new collector coin depicting a unique smelt fishing technique only used in the Curonian Spit. This is yet another addition to the coin series dedicated to Lithuanian nature, which has been launched almost two decades ago," said Deivis Stankevičius, Chairman of the Coin Creation Commission at the Bank of Lithuania.
On both sides, the coins feature a stylised method of smelt fishing by attracting: a wooden mallet knocking on the end of a wooden pole, partly dived into an ice-hole and sticking out from the water surface; as fish are very sensitive to sounds, they start approaching the source of vibrations, spinning around and ultimately getting entangled in the cast nets.
The coins were designed by Eglė Ratkutė. The reverse of the €10 silver coin depicts smelts glowing in various colours. The edge of the coin bears an inscription STINTA – PŪKI – a phrase to attract the smelt and the ruffe, which had long been called pūkis by Curonian fishermen. The silver coin will be issued in a mintage of 3,000 pieces. The €1.5 coin is uncoloured and minted from a copper-nickel alloy in 30,000 pieces. The coins were minted at the Lithuanian Mint.
Bank of Lithuania e-shop (coins.lb.lt). From 29 January the coins will be also available for purchase at the Bank of Lithuania cash offices and through official distributors of numismatic items.


Best Steak: Vintage Chophouse & Tavern — best of calgary.
Vintage Chophouse is one of those eateries and it's been leading that meaty pack year after year. The dining room boasts the prim and proper table-side service one would expect of a refined steakhouse. Big, comfy booths and subdued lighting making this restaurant work for anything from a serious business conversation to a special occasion date. It's lounge – or "tavern" as the restaurant likes to call it – is a popular spot for after-work drinks and you can also find live music here on Friday and Saturday evenings.


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Hi all! I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Today I am back to share another piece of our journey through Japan, starting with our visit to the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest in Kyoto. Earlier on this particular day, we had visited a temple in the area and had to walk a nice, long up-hill distance in the heat to get there, so by the time we made it to Arashiyama and saw a bike rental shop, we were sold.
When we first rode off from the rental shop, bikes seemed to be the greatest idea in the world. Once we entered the forest, however, they seemed like a cruel joke. Because the forest was so very crowded in most parts (definitely more crowded than the photo above), we ended up having to walk our bikes through the majority of it. All was redeemed though since the forest was beautiful and majestic, and because there were plenty of opportunities to ride our bikes once we exited.
The road through the forest was so very narrow that I couldn't believe that multiple taxis were attempting to drive passengers down it, despite the pedestrians trying to enjoy the path. Not the place for this!
We had a full, busy day in Kyoto, but I'm glad we made it here and decided to rent bikes for our adventure :) People in Japan ride bikes everywhere, and I wanted to join in on the fun! It is a good thing we decided to do that here in this quiet place though because in some areas it is scary to ride on the street next to the cars!
Have you heard of Arashiyama? I hope you're enjoying seeing bits of our trip so far!
I laughed out loud after the cruel joke comment. Renting bikes always seems like a good idea, but I guess you never know sometimes when you're traveling what will work or not work. The bikes made for good pictures though!
Thanks! He does a pretty good job of picking out his own outfits (with maybe just a liiiiitle guidance sometimes ;) ). Now if only I could convince him to do a his + hers outfit post haha that would never happen.


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Militant group Jaish al-Islam who accuse Assad of gas attack 'used chemical weapons' against Kurds
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:03 UTC
Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam)
The rebel group which is in control of the Douma region in Syria, the site of an alleged chemical attack which has been blamed on the Assad regime, was itself accused of using forbidden weapons on Kurds in 2016.
Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) was formerly known as Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) and is a coalition of Salafist Islamist militant groups based in the Douma and Eastern Ghouta regions of the Syrian capital of Damascus.
Douma was the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack where up to 43 people were killed and it has been blamed on the Syrian regime.
But according to reports from news outlet Kurdistan 24, the group admitted it used chemical weapons in a mainly Kurdish populated area in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria in April 2016.
In an official statement, Jaish al-Islam said: "One of the field commanders in Aleppo used weapons that he was not authorised to use in these kinds of confrontations."
The group claimed the brigade commander was summoned to a military court, adding: "He has been referred to the Military Justice to receive the proper punishment."
Redur Khalil, a spokesman for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syrian Kurdistan, said: "The group's statement came after many conclusive evidences and reports of chemical gas being used in shelling Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud district."
Syria: Jaish al-Islam admitted it used chemical weapons in a mainly Kurdish populated area
He added that Jaysh al-Islam and al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra have used forbidden weapons on Kurds many times before.
Director of The Kurdish Red Crescent Health Centre in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, Doctor Welat Mamo, said four civilians were poisoned due to chemical attacks.
He said: "Those affected by the assault demonstrated difficulty breathing which made it possible to affirm that they were poisoned as a result of the use of banned toxic gases such as chlorine or other agents.
"All our patients have similar symptoms."
It was also reported in the Daily Beast residents of al-Sheikh Maqsoud - the eastern half of Aleppo - said the rebel group were shelling the neighbourhood indiscriminately and killed hundreds of civilians as well as using shells filled with chemical gases.
Muhammad Hajji, Aleppo city head of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said: "Our children are under the rubble, civilians are under the rubble!"
The YPG is the armed wing of the PYD, the Syrian affiliate of the secular Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). It is considered to be a "terrorist" organisation by Turkey, who is currently waging an aggressive war called Operation Olive Branch to remove the YPG from northern Syria.
Turkey supports Jaysh al-Islam along with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and it is part of a larger coalition called the Islamic Front. Jaish al- Islam also described the Al-Nusra Front as "brother" fighters. The coalition seeks to make Syria a country ruled by Sharia Law.
But the group is considered a terrorist organisation by Syria's allies Russia and Iran, as well as Egypt.
In 2015, Jaysh al-Islam released a video of the execution of captured Islamic State fighters.
The group was also accused of using caged men and women as human shields in Ghouta.
Syria and its ally Russia have vehemently denied the chemical attack last Saturday took place and have accused the group of making "chemical attack fabrications in an exposed and failed attempt to obstruct advances by the Syrian Arab army".
Syrians Curse Ghouta: US-supported Jaish al-Islam might have killed up to 3800 civilians in the town of Duma
Islamist group Jaysh al-Islam admits using banned weapons against Kurds in Aleppo
Reunited families in Syria share stories of captivity and heartbreak at hands of Western-supported terrorists
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Going viral today: a breakdown of what happens to your body in the 60 minutes after you drink a can of Coca-Cola. But due to space limitations, they weren't able to list all the things that happen. As a public service, Salt in Wound is happy to provide this additional information.
—You see "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney" if you started drinking the Coke at the beginning of 60 Minutes (oh wait Andy Rooney is dead).
—Your heart grows three sizes (Grinch only).
—Clarence Thomas makes an inappropriate comment about a pubic hair.
—You get the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie-woogie flu.
—Discovery of soggy Cracker Jack prize.
—You get a nickel (California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, New York, Vermont) or a dime (Michigan).
—Your glasses are ready at LensCrafters.
I don't think Pearle does glasses in an hour.
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I am sensitive to Caffeine, how could I prepare a chocolate-like sauce?
I am sensitive to Caffeine as I suffer from a rare sleep disorder; I don't consume anything with caffeine rather on rare occasions.
I miss the taste of Chocolate sauces such as Hersey's.
How could I prepare a (vegan) decaffeinated chocolate-like sauce for pancakes, ice cream, and similar foods, if it is even possible by food engineering in December 2019?
substitutions chocolate vegan
FuzzyChef
What about white chocolate? Is that sufficiently chocolate-like for you?
– FuzzyChef
@FuzzyChef nice point --- I doubt that, sadly...
You kinda don't @JohnDoea, unfortunately.
... today I learned that chocolate (or rather: cacao) has caffeine. How can I live on this planet for close to 40 years and not be aware of that fact? Since it's in the bean, I think you're pretty much out of luck. Chocolate substitutes simply don't taste like chocolate, at all.
– Gimby
Humbly I think I am out of luck with finding a substitute particularly; I am as I am with other things.
There's actually very little caffeine in chocolate. So little in fact that decaffeinating it in any kind of economical fashion is next to impossible. Scientists have done it in the lab, but doing it on a scale where you could actually buy it at a reasonable price remains out of reach for most. If you feel like chocolate leaves you 'wired' it's probably down to the theobromine which is another chemical present in chocolate which is structurally very similar to caffeine, but it has a more pronounced affect on your body and heart rate than your head usually.
I'm not sure if this would work, but you could try steeping cocoa powder multiple times. Caffeine (and I'd assume theobromine as well) are very water soluble. For example, with tea approximately 75% of the caffeine will dissolve out of the tea leaves into the water after a single steeping. If you took cocoa powder and steeped it in hot water, and then filtered it through a coffee filter, and did this a few times you should be able to eliminate most of the caffeine and theobromine. You could then use the cocoa powder to make some sort of chocolate-like sauce by adding in some sweetener and coconut oil to make it vegan.
Or you could use carob.
Dugan Dugan
"There's actually very little caffeine in chocolate." How "very little" depends on the type of chocolate. Dark chocolate can contain 25mg per ounce (or more), which is only a bit less caffeine than a can of Coke (32mg). While theobromine can also have significant effects from chocolate, the amount of caffeine is not necessarily insignificant to those sensitive to it. (Admittedly, the Hershey's sauce brought up by OP is less likely to contain as much caffeine.)
@Athanasius, it's not "no caffeine," but compared to coffee, it's not much. According to some slightly dubious sources I found in a quick search, there's about 1.5 mg of caffeine per gram of cocoa powder and around 12 mg of caffeine per gram of coffee bean.
– Juhasz
@Juhasz: I wasn't comparing it to coffee -- but "not much" is relative. Again, for those sensitive to caffeine (as OP claims to be), it can still be significant. I too am very sensitive to caffeine, and a can of Coke before bedtime would likely keep me up half the night. Eating an ounce or two of some dark chocolates has too on occasion.
I read once that it would take 15 standard-size Hershey's Milk Chocolate bars to equal the caffeine in one average cup of coffee. Sorry, I don't recall the source. I too am sensitive to caffeine - I drink only decaf, even in the morning - but I eat dark chocolate every day. I can't eat too much or too close to bedtime, but even the dark is not close to the caffeine in coffee - in moderation.
– Mad Martian
There are products which are used as a substitute for cocoa. Carob comes to mind. While it obviously doesn't have the same aroma, you can still try making the substitution. Just use carob powder instead of cocoa powder.
If you also have to replace cocoa butter, it becomes more difficult. No other fat performs exactly like cocoa butter, but at least this is a sauce, not a chocolate bar. So shea butter can work, or, if enough liquid is included in the recipe, coconut oil. The fats alone won't taste of cocoa, you'll have to replace a "cocoa powder plus cocoa butter" or "dark chocolate" ingredient with a "shea butter plus carob powder" substitution.
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While chocolate is technically very low in caffeine, it has a not-insignificant amount of theobromine, a metabolite of caffeine. Unfortunately, if you are so sensitive to caffeine that Hershey's chocolate syrup (and I would suspect decaffeinated coffee) affects you, there may not be much you can do with raw chocolate. While CO2, solvent, and Swiss Water Process decaffeination could be applied to cocoa, there don't seem to be many on the Market. A quick search brings up a product called Wondercocoa. An avenue you may wish to explore is synthetic chocolate flavoring, or natural extracts of chocolate flavor and making your own syrups with them.
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Katiebabs AKA author KT Grant, is having a two week long lesbian lit appreciation week on her blog. There's a growing list of authors, publishers and bloggers who will be posting things during those two weeks to help support and give promo to lesbian lit/romance.
Any authors who write f/f and bloggers who talk about f/f who follow me and don't know about it yet, you can still contact Katie to participate.
And readers of this blog who loves reading f/f, please stop over to join in the discussion!
Looks like I may have to extend longer than 2 weeks!
Hey Katie- I hope a lot of people, readers, show up!


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New Interactive Exhibits from Living Computers: Museum + Labs Opens at Bellevue Xfinity Store
"At Living Computers, we offer visitors of all ages a world class, hands on experience with computer technology from the birth of computing to the present," says Aaron Alcorn, Curator at Living Computers: Museum + Labs. Alcorn was at the Bellevue Square Xfinity Store this week to unveil satellite exhibits made possible by a new collaboration with Comcast and the Living Computers: Museum + Labs.
"This collaboration was born from a common passion we have with the local Comcast team to see technology as a way to inspire, surprise and delight. We believe that in order to understand computing technology, you need to experience it firsthand. This partnership with Xfinity allows us to extend our mission even further by reaching a new audience outside of downtown Seattle, added Alcorn."
The exhibit at the Bellevue Xfinity Store is free and open to the public and will be available to visit during the Bellevue Xfinity store's normal hours. A third collaborative satellite exhibit is also on display at the Living Computers: Museum +Labs in Seattle. The exhibits will run for a limited amount of time and are designed to help visitors at both locations visualize the power of internet connectivity and the role it plays in building and enhancing technology, in a fun and interactive way.
"There is a natural relationship between the internet and the technology we use every day, and these exhibits are a great way for everyone to see that association and power of connectivity in fun and immersive displays," said Anna Luckowski, Director of Sales Support & Marketing Operations at Comcast. "This new, state-of-the-art Xfinity store and this partnership with the Living Computers: Museum + Labs represent where our company is headed as a technology and service provider that understands connectivity is at the center of everything our customers do."
The Living Computers: Museum + Labs Bellevue Store Exhibits
Garden of Light Flowers Display
This playful installation presents a magical 'flower' garden made up of 6-8' tall light flowers. Each flower is made up light panels that respond to ambient sound and directed sound like music or clapping nearby. The exhibit is accompanied by a free-standing fixture to explain its capabilities to customers and encourage them to play and experiment with the piece.
Twitter Bench
This interactive installation visualizes the surprisingly circuitous journey of a tweet. When someone sits on the Twitter Bench, it generates an automatic Tweet (and cute birdie noise). An accompanying graphic simulates the progress of the tweet through the back channels of the Internet.
The Internet of Things Workshop Powered by Xfinity at The Living Computers: Museum + Labs
In addition to the Garden of Light Flowers and Twitter Bench exhibits at the Bellevue Xfinity Store in Bellevue, an Internet of Things Workshop powered by Xfinity is a featured exhibit on the Mezzanine level of the Living Computers: Museum + Labs.
The curatorial direction for this exhibit is rooted in playful exploration. Interpretive content about the Internet of Things surrounds a large communal table that contains several smart hubs, which can control a host of internet connected devices around the room. Motion sensors placed about the room trigger pre-programmed routines. The exhibit entrance is delineated by a co-branded Smart Door, featuring a video doorbell, a smart lock and motion sensors that welcome visitors to the space.
Bellevue Xfinity Store Information
The new Bellevue Xfinity store opened in June 2019 and is one of the nation's largest retail locations for the company. One of only two premier Xfinity stores in the U.S., the 8,400-square-foot retail center will deliver a best-in-class brand experience, built to encourage customers to explore, learn about and interact with the latest Xfinity products and services.
The new Bellevue Xfinity store is part of Comcast's work to transform the customer experience. It will offer an immersive and memorable experience for customers based on their individual needs that goes beyond the traditional transaction-based retail environment. Through it, we will build a more positive, emotional connection to the Xfinity brand.
The new store is the latest example of the investment already made in the greater Seattle area. Comcast has invested $2.5 billion in its technology and infrastructure since 2011. Comcast has nearly 20 company-owned Xfinity retail locations throughout Washington and employs more than 4,500 people across the state.
To find the nearest Xfinity store or device support center in Washington state, visit www.xfinity.com/local/wa.
About Living Computers: Museum + Labs
Living Computers: Museum + Labs offers visitors of all ages a world class, hands on experience with computer technology spanning from the onset of computing technology to the present. Where most museums put glass in front of their artifacts —we put a chair. Boasting both the world's largest collection of fully restored and usable machines representing icons of computer history and interactive galleries that offer modern experiences with robotics, artificial intelligence, self-driving cars and more. Living Computers: Museum + Labs also offers educational programs focused on the rapidly changing world of computer science and computing history. Founded in 2012 by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen, Living Computers: Museum + Labs is located in Seattle, Washington.
Learn More: https://livingcomputers.org/
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package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.benchmark;

import java.util.Random;

import javax.jcr.InvalidItemStateException;
import javax.jcr.Node;
import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
import javax.jcr.Session;

/**
 * Test case that traverses 10k unstructured nodes (100x100) while 50 concurrent
 * readers randomly access nodes from within this tree.
 */
public class ConcurrentReadTest extends AbstractTest {

    protected static final int NODE_COUNT = 100;

    protected static final String ROOT_NODE_NAME = "test" + TEST_ID;

    private final int backgroundReaderCount;

    private final int backgroundWriterCount;

    private final boolean foregroundIsReader;

    private Runnable foregroundTask;

    protected ConcurrentReadTest(
            int backgroundReaderCount, int backgroundWriterCount,
            boolean foregroundIsReader) {
        this.backgroundReaderCount = backgroundReaderCount;
        this.backgroundWriterCount = backgroundWriterCount;
        this.foregroundIsReader = foregroundIsReader;
    }

    public ConcurrentReadTest() {
        this(getScale(20), 0, true);
    }

    @Override
    public void beforeSuite() throws Exception {
        Session session = loginWriter();
        Node root = session.getRootNode().addNode(ROOT_NODE_NAME, "nt:unstructured");
        for (int i = 0; i < NODE_COUNT; i++) {
            Node node = root.addNode("node" + i, "nt:unstructured");
            for (int j = 0; j < NODE_COUNT; j++) {
                node.addNode("node" + j, "nt:unstructured");
            }
            session.save();
        }

        if (foregroundIsReader) {
            foregroundTask = new Reader();
        } else {
            foregroundTask = new Writer();
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < backgroundReaderCount; i++) {
            addBackgroundJob(new Reader());
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < backgroundWriterCount; i++) {
            addBackgroundJob(new Writer());
        }
    }

    private class Reader implements Runnable {

        private final Random random = new Random();

        private final Session session = loginWriter(); // TODO: anonymous is slow

        public void run() {
            try {
                session.refresh(false);
                for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
                    int a = random.nextInt(NODE_COUNT);
                    int b = random.nextInt(NODE_COUNT);
                    session.getRootNode().getNode(ROOT_NODE_NAME + "/node" + a + "/node" + b);
                }
            } catch (RepositoryException e) {
                throw new RuntimeException(e);
            }
        }

    }

    private class Writer implements Runnable {

        private final Random random = new Random();

        private final Session session = loginWriter();

        private long count;

        public void run() {
            try {
                session.refresh(false);
                for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
                    int a = random.nextInt(NODE_COUNT);
                    int b = random.nextInt(NODE_COUNT);
                    Node node = session.getRootNode().getNode(
                            ROOT_NODE_NAME + "/node" + a + "/node" + b);
                    boolean done = false;
                    while (!done) {
                        try {
                            node.setProperty("count", count++);
                            session.save();
                            done = true;
                        } catch (InvalidItemStateException e) {
                            // retry with a fresh session
                            session.refresh(false);
                        }
                    }
                }
            } catch (RepositoryException e) {
                throw new RuntimeException(e);
            }
        }

    }

    @Override
    public void runTest() throws Exception {
        foregroundTask.run();
    }

    @Override
    public void afterSuite() throws Exception {
        Session session = loginWriter();
        Node root = session.getRootNode().getNode(ROOT_NODE_NAME);
        for (int i = 0; i < NODE_COUNT; i++) {
            root.getNode("node" + i).remove();
            session.save();
        }
        root.remove();
        session.save();
    }

}


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High School Extra / Scores, news and notes
By Staff|Published Sat, Sep 29, 2012
Will East, Clarence stay unbeaten
The Williamsville East boys soccer team made it 10 wins in a row to start the season with a 6-0 victory over West Seneca East on Friday in ECIC II. Coach Jeff Librock said it's the Flames' best start in at least a decade.
Goalie Nick Smith had his sixth shutout of the season. The team's top two scorers delivered as well. Brandon Schick had three goals giving him 18 for the season. Brett Librock also had a hat trick bringing his season total to nine. "Brandon has a lot of speed and also brings a wealth of experience, he's started four years on the varisty," said coach Jeff Librock. "I thought we were going to do well because of our experience, but anytime you roll 10 in a row it's pretty exciting."
Elsewhere, No. 1 ranked Clarence got first-half goals from Taylor Helms and Patrick Schulz in a 2-0 victory over Williamsville North. Goalie Mike Biedny withstood North's pressure in the second half to collect his fifth shutout.
Ryan Doyle scored a pair of goals as Newfane moved to 6-1 in the Niagara-Orleans League with a 3-2 victory over Medina.
Cutrona's hat trick carries South
Carissima Cutrona had a hat trick, scoring all three goals in the first half, as the Williamsville South girls soccer team (7-0-1) started the second half of its ECIC II schedule with a 5-1 win over visiting Iroquois. Cutrona leads the Billies with 13 goals goals and five assists.
Deanna Kocher punched in a pair of goals to lead Alden to a 3-2 victory over visiting Eden.
Clarence field hockey moves to 7-1-1
Jillian Willer, Giovanna Fafanello and Kasey Thur scored as the Clarence field hockey team moved to 7-1-1 with a 3-0 victory over host Sweet Home in the ECIC. Courtney Sefanik had the shutout, including a penalty stroke. The Red Devils jumped out to a 2-0 lead at the half.
The Red Devils played most of the game in the Sweet Home end thanks in part to the play of defenders Katherine Weyant and Jocelyn Mogavaro. The team's next game is Monday at home against Starpoint.
McQuaid Invitational today
Over 50 schools from Section VI will participate today at the McQuaid Cross Country Invitational, one of the largest scholastic meets in the U.S. Teams from 18 states and two Canadian provinces have been invited. The 2011 meet drew over 6,100 runners from 228 schools in five states and Ontario.
The 48th annual event covers a 3.0-mile course through Genesee Valley Park, on the southern outskirts of Rochester. The course is mostly grass; moderately hilly and runners find it deceptively difficult. The boys course record is 14:35 while the girls is 16:52.2. There are seven boys varsity races (three seeded, four unseeded) and six girls races (three seeded, three unseeded).
East Aurora's boys and girls teams are ranked No. 1 in the state in Class B while T.J. Hornberger of Lake Shore will likely run one of the fastest times of the day. East Aurora's girls expect a challenge a challenge from Sweet Home, but the Blue Devils depth will likely prevail.
*Kyle Patterson and Drake DeJesus finished with nine kills each and Matt Donn had five aces as the Kenmore East boys volleyball team beat rival Kenmore West in three games in what was the first meeting of the season in the Niagara Frontier League. The Bulldogs improve to 6-2 overall.
The match was part of a boys-girls doubleheader. Kenmore West won the girls match in four games. Dana Mancuso had 18 kills, and Elizabeth Gallagher 10 kills as West beat East for the fourth time in the past five starts.
*Rebecca Winnert of Williamsville South broke the Maryvale pool record in the 500 freestyle, swimming a 5:14.13. The previous record of 5:30.96 had been held since 2009. The Billies also won the meet, 108-60.
John Krieger and Connor Barleven carded 38s as Albion edged Medina by two shots (232-234) in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match.


Brethren, we have come together to hear God's most Holy word. Let us therefore kneel and examine ourselves in silence, seeking God's grace that we may draw near to him with repentance and faith.
O GOD, the Giver of all good gifts, we beseech thee graciously to accept this offering of thy people, and so to bless it to them that peace and goodwill may abound throughout the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who hast not spared thine own Son, but delivered him up for us all, and who, with him, hast freely given us all things: Receive these offerings which we bring and dedicate to thee; and enable us, with all our gifts, so to yield ourselves to thee, that with our body, soul, and spirit, we may truly and freely serve thee, and in thy service find our deepest joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


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Near-Death Becomes Us All
My God this season has seen football take a battering. Tevez and his touchline tizz; JT and co undermining the manager, plus his own ongoing court battle which has seen his legal team preparing request to deny the court lip-readers; Luis Suarez, his hands unwrung and unshaken and his club's absurd support; the peerless ruination of clubs by the blind staggering inebriates in charge of Portsmouth and Rangers (and Darlington, come to that).
"Hands up who likes Luis?"
We're about to enter a new phase of churlish shit-stirring as the Mancs lock horns over the Premier League run-in. Mancini was furious after his team's visit to Stoke on Saturday, as if he was surprised that Pulis's pit-bulls crashed into his delicate vases like chimps armed with claw-hammers. It is what they do.
I don't see Citeh winning it. I really don't. It's called bottle and there's a lot of muddled heads running around in sky blue right now, not least upfront. If Balotelli's not plodding around like a bewildered foal you've got Dzeko doing an impression of Dimitar Berbatov, but with less finesse and half the work-rate.
Ferguson meanwhile ploughs his team onward. The squad that couldn't beat Basle or Bilbao should have more than enough to win the title in this substandard year.
But... Well sometimes all this crap gets turned on its head. Of course it takes something truly horrendous to do it. On this occasion it was the apparent death and miraculous resurrection of one Fabrice Muamba.
I haven't prayed for the lad, cos I don't know who to address the remarks to. Often when God gets involved in this sort of thing He gets the credit for the upsides but never the condemnation for the cardiac arrest in the first place.
All I've done is offered up my warmest hopes to the man and his family. But, whatever the cause of Muamba's remarkable survival, be it the brilliance of medical practitioners at White Hart Lane and the London Chest Hospital, or the divine intervention of the beardy mysterious mover upstairs, the knock-on effect has been brilliant.
Football fans have united – poor choice of word as it'd be nice to do without United – have 'come together'. Numpties who commonly crowd the terraces and think supporting a football club is a simple act of badmouthing the opposition have sung, chanted, daubed on sheets, the name of a fellow human being who nearly died playing the game we all love.
Footballers and managers, in particular at Bolton Wanderers, have proved themselves to be genuine, eloquent human beings.
Owen Coyle has been a model of dignity and responsibility. This has not been an easy season for him. Maybe Muamba's near-fatality has put the trauma of a relegation dog-fight into the perspective it deserves.
Top man.
Kevin Davies, a man whose elbows would be handed in if Greater Manchester Police declared an amnesty for dangerous weapons in the Bolton area, has been immense. This is a club captain who has spent much of the season warming a bench. He's not refused to get his tracky bottoms off when called upon. Davies wondered aloud why it takes something like this to bring people together. I agree.
Except there's a little more to it than that. It's more a case that those fans, the huge majority, who simply go along to suffer or celebrate are the ones whose true opinion has come to the fore.
This vast majority is the teeth-clenching cringers bowing their heads as some half-brained bollock hollers some obscenity at a member of a different ethnic group. It's the happy band of travellers that find no amusement in references to Heysel, Munich or Hillsborough; that doesn't feel the need to question the officials' parentage, even if they are doing a shit job at the time; that can shrug helplessly if someone waltzes past their wooden back four and fires it in from twenty-five yards.
Of course some'll say it's only a bit of terrace banter. Well not if, for example, you're at Craven Cottage happily chanting that Mohammed Al Fayed's son is dead. Or you're bawling out the usual grim witless stuff cos Tottenham Hotspur are paying you a visit.
There's a folly in believing that them that shout loudest are the true representatives of a particular group. Those that hollered the name of Fabrice Muamba over the past nine days or so are the heart and soul of football:
those that weep every other week; that married their second love, cos football never says 'yes' when asked.
Personally, I'm fed up with all the seething malice that sticks to footy like so much clag to the side of a men-only household's pan. It's pointless. I think there is a lot in football to feel frustrated about. Luis Suarez encapsulates it perfectly. Half the time he is a sinuous swivel-hipped genius. Half the time he's a racist cheat. As for John Terry... well there's only so often you can read the word 'allegedly' before the whole paragraph loses its meaning.
At the Reebok, football didn't seem to matter much. Except that young Fabrice apparently saw his team-mates winning a football match on Match of the Day and I'm sure that helped him immeasurably. And that it was a match entirely blessed by Muamba's family, who know, despite their son and partner's circumstance, the importance of football.
So, off we pop to watch the next instalment of ours and our team's life. Momentarily, but hopefully for longer, it'll be with a greater sense of what unites football fans than what divides us. It's getting too Biblical to say that a near-death and resurrection did that. Despite the dives, dodgy deals and downright dirt, football is bloody brilliant. As are most of the people who play it and watch it.
Get well soon, Fabrice.
There's always something disturbing about listening to someone like Alan Green and finding out that you agree with him. It'd be like watching Clarkson and then digging out a tweed blazer to wear with your jeans.
But Green's right about video technology. Just get the hell on with it.
The naysayers down the Blue Bell have come up with various arguments against:
We love a debate. That's what footy's about. Human error's all part of the game. Well yes. We love jeering the poor sap of an official if he gets it wrong. But how do we know he got it wrong? Cos Sky TV have 347 different camera angles to tell us he's wrong. (Notice I don't say 'she' cos as far as I can tell Sian Massey's understanding of the offside rule surpasses most referees', if not Andy Gray's.)
In other words we, the watching post-match pundits and fans, CAN'T FAIL to get it right but the people who actually make the decisions are allowed to be wrong. Bonkers.
And do we really need a blatant injustice to start a heated debate? I nearly came to blows with some Man United fan just the other day cos I happened to question Michael Carrick's worth. It was the sort of debate that would happily have graced the cloisters of Oxford University.
'He's shit' said I.
'You're shit' said he. 'And so's your football team. It's a shit club in a shit town.'
'Au contraire' I riposted while me mate Tony Thompson grasped on to me drawn-back fist.
Another argument is that it'll slow the game down. I just don't get this one. The object of the game is to score a goal. When it appears that one may well have been scored, thirty seconds spent checking this either way is time well spent. Particularly if you're a Man City fan and your team are playing away for proof of a goal would be a rare thing indeed.
Others get into the practicalities. When do you stop play to look at the telly? I heard one bloke say 'Well what would've happened had Bolton gone up the other end and scored? Eh? EH!? Tell me that!' And he sat back in his chair and folded his arms as if he'd just proved the existence of God.
Well, Colin – for that was the poor unfortunate's name – you'd have looked at the replay while Bolton's players were running around celebrating and you'd have discovered that their goal had to be disallowed cos QPR had scored twenty seconds earlier. In other words, tough shit, Bolton. End of argument.
Or if the attacking team feel like they've scored a goal you can appeal and go straight to the video footage.
If this isn't the picture that ends the arguments I don't know what is.
Then there's the 'floodgate' argument. If you allow this then the argument against using the TV for all decisions is irresistible. Except it isn't. Cos a ball has either crossed the line or it hasn't. And, I would add, a player is either offside or he isn't. These things are specific, measurable, provable. And there technology ends.
For the rest of the decision-making has to be down to interpretation. One man's foul is another man's dive. One man's two-footed lunge is another man's reasonable attempt to obtain the ball. It's the job of a referee to decide on this, and get pilloried by half the crowd for favouring the opposition.
So there we are. Still plenty to debate and to infuriate. Why does Ashley Young suddenly find himself bouncing off one of two dozen randomly placed trampets when he gets inside the penalty box? How is it that United continue to not give away blatant penalties at Old Trafford?
But more pertinently the big question (now the use of goal-line technology is a given) is, can a bunch of skilful overpaid mercenaries keep going when the going gets tough?
Mancini's done pretty well this season, but his players do get downright sulky, don't they? It's easy to focus this discontent into the shrugging petulant form of Balotelli.
Perhaps Mario was still seething from his fine last week – which as me good pal Andy Smart remarked, doesn't so much affect him as the citizens of Manchester who have come to expect the odd wad of a Friday night from out the back of Mario's Ferrari. Well, them and the North-West's biggest vendors of fireworks.
But it wasn't just Balotelli. Barry chuntered as he left the pitch too – and he should be grateful that he gets off the bench at all in my book. Silva looked uninterested. And I've seen a higher work-rate during a Mexican siesta.
When you compare that to the busy bees at OT you realise that Mancini is always going to suffer from the fact that the main principle guiding the players in his squad is self-interest – and that does not a team make.
Still Tevez'll be back soon so that'll make all the difference.
Compare and contrast with the sides that David Moyes has scratched together over the past ten years and you'll see why a team ethic is the absolute minimum requirement.
So, given their run-ins it's United again to win the title (yawn); and to go down..? Well, Bolton look like they might slip free; Blackburn are playing better than the other four; Wolves are shot (Terry Connor wears the expression of a man who's spent three years trapped in a revolving door); QPR have the sort of run-in that would make the bloke who presents The Deadly 60 turn pale; and Wigan can't score which as any fool will tell you (and last night that fool was Steve Bruce) really doesn't help.
Terry looks down, cos that's where he's headed, poor lamb.
Wigan v Wolves is the last game of the season and I'm pretty sure both teams will be wearing black. As for QPR, if they finish a point beneath Bolton, that ghost goal will be the festering splinter of next season's fingernail.
As I Write It's TTFN AVB!
Not the best time of the week to be blogging but the Tyne-Wear derby's on the box and well I don't feel like I should be looking, really. It's a bit like watching your neighbours' pit-bulls tearing into one another, and after last night's parmo I don't have the stomach for it.
(I do, in fact, have an excellent stomach. Not so much ripped abs as a sympathetic pregnancy. Six-pack? I call it my one-pack.)
As a Boro supporter you might suppose that my indifference is a front for deep-seated envy – and you'd be right. Except that I know for a fact that the Riverside would be currently hosting six-pointers against former Lancastrian mill towns in crisis.
The way things are looking we might just be playing all three of them in the Championship come August: Wigan, Bolton and Blackburn. The managers of the last two have somehow maintained a chirpiness that I don't associate with Glasgow – unless you're from the green half in which case I'm guessing you're already celebrating winning the Scottish League title – for the next five years .
Owen Coyle managed to watch a completely different game form the rest of the world at the Etihad. The realists witnessed one Mario Balotelli trying to prove that late-night clubbing is a crucial part of a top striker's preparation. He scored in the end, and nicked a goal on Saturday too.
I'm sure Zat Knight behaved himself on Friday evening and then spent Saturday afternoon trying to pull Balotelli. Which he did, all over the penalty box. You've never seen a side so bored with the comfort of its victory and yet Coyle pointed to one brilliant save by Joe Hart and suggested that 'had that gone in' it might have been different.
You might Coyle's in la-la land but to be fair he did have a bad night's sleep after being awoken by the tooth fairy. He must know that Bolton were crap.
Blackburn are little better but they do have Paul Robinson leaping about the goal like some animated king-sized blanket. And if they do stay up it'll be his fault. Kean continues to stride perkily around like a free-range bantam who hasn't realised that someone's stuck the words 'Fox Food' on his backside.
You can only assume their optimism is as forced as the smiles on the faces of people who have to shake the hand of Michael Gove in public. Maybe it's a better stance than that of poor old Mick McCarthy whose last press interview as Wolves manager was the longest face seen since Ruud van Nistelrooy's last trip to a hall of mirrors.
As for Wigan, well even Dave Whelan has broken cover on the subject. Martinez has unshowily kept a collection of rare finds and bit parts up for the past three years. There's no point in kicking him out now. Whelan is one of the most supportive chairmen out there so it must be bad.
I told you it was a bad idea to start blogging now. Villas-Boas has just been sacked. End of project. You just have to wonder what Roman Abramovich thinks he's doing.
Here's a bloke who has, due to I'm sure the most upright procedures both morally and legally, walked out of the shadow of communism with his trousers stuffed with the sort of money even Carlos Tevez might have a problem conceiving of.
There's not a thing Roman hasn't been able to get, or rather buy... except the Champions League. Theoretically it ought to have its price, though, didn't it? And if you've paid enough then why the hell has it not happened?
Well the first thing Roman can be certain of is that it's not his fault. The first person to blame was that lousy tosser Mourinho. A few League titles and FA Cups – ha! Chicken feed (which is tangentially what Boris Johnson recently called his £240k a year salary as London mayor – which begs the question what the hell does he feed his chickens?)
And furthermore the Special One thought he knew best when it came to team selection. Who does he think he is?
Still at least Avram Grant did what he was told. But lost out to United twice over. And in the process made Mick McCarthy look like a children's TV presenter.
That's why you had to go for Scolari. You pillock, Abramovich! England were desperate to have him as manager – wasn't that warning enough? Scolari's team were like some mean-spirited next-door neighbour. They wouldn't let you have your ball back but they wouldn't do anything with it either. Your average shore-crab had more go-forward.
Hiddink was respected, but unfortunately respected himself too much to hang around while you told him how to do his job. Ancelotti stood it for as long as he could but sadly for him could only muster a League and Cup double. (For fuck's sake!).
So then in your wisdom you make a long-term appointment. A manager who can talk, dress and crouch with some style but who looks like he's got his coaching notes in a satchel along with his geography homework. Still give him time and let him work through the project, and the chippy old lags who don't take kindly to some wet-behind-the-ears philosophy student giving it his best Wenger.
In short, I don't blame AVB. He appears to be a nice bloke. He can't be a terrible coach, it's just he took on the stupidest job in football – working for a man who doesn't realise that the joy of football is that it is played by human beings with all the frailty and uncertainty that that involves, and even your slush-pit of wealth doesn't guarantee EVERY BLEEDING THING.
God help the next stooge!


Sleeping Beauty, Hercules and Don Juan are sitting around a table discussing who the best person in the world is. Sleeping Beauty claims that she is the best because she is the most beautiful person in the world.
Hercules claims that he is the best because he is the strongest person in the world.
Don Juan claims that he is the best because he has loved the most women in the world.
So they decide to go speak to the wise man and see who is the best. They agree to go in alone so as not to be embarassed in front of the others.
Sleepy Beauty goes in first and came out smiling. She says that she truly is the most beautiful person in the world.
Hercules goes in next and also came out smiling. He says that he truly is the strongest person in all the world.
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With this feature, users are able to provide feedback directly while navigating through the process. The feedback is created as a Jira item and can be triaged, planned, and tracked within Jira. Every generated Jira item contains a link back to the original process element where the feedback was being created, so full traceability of process change requests is assured.
For configuration a Jira project is necessary. In Stages changes in config.xml and metamodel are required.
First of all, create a Jira project where the feedback will be collected. If you want to collect more information than the summary and a description, you have to add custom fields to your Jira project and add them to your Create Issue Screen. To locate the correct fields, use the Jira assistant "Where is my field?" for more info.
To configure Stages, ids of the Jira custom fields are required. There are several ways to find them out in the Jira documentation. The ids consist of the prefix customfield_ and a number e.g. customfield_10101.
The user will be asked to enter the following text fields. All text fields are optional.
- The "ident" must be unique and is used to identify the right translation property.
- The "type" defines if the field is a multi-line text ("text") or a single line string ("string").
- The "target" defines the id of the custom field in Jira (e.g. "customfield_10101").
- workspaceName e.g. "Software Engineering"
- workspacePath e.g. "Company | Software"
The "target" defines the id for the custom field in Jira (e.g. "customfield_10101").
After all, don't forget to execute update.bat / update.sh and restart your Stages.


The Life of a Single Mom is accepting nominations from now through April 20, 2019 at 12:00am CST for the National Single Mom of the Year Award. This award is designed to honor and recognize the role single mothers have in creating and building the lives of children and successful communities. The goal is to encourage single mothers to build character, courage, and commitment in their homes, while highlighting their commitment to Christ through the journey.
The 2019 National S.M.O.T.Y. Award Ceremony details are to be announced at a later date. Get your single mom nominations in now!
Nominee must be 18 years or older.
Nominee must be available to travel to awards ceremony and must be present to receive award.
Nominee must have contributed to improving the quality of her life and that of her children.
Nominee should be exemplary – someone who serves as an appropriate role model for people of all ages and backgrounds to emulate Christ.
Application processing fee must be received for application to be considered complete.
Honoree agrees to be photographed. Photographs will be used for promotion.
The Life of a Single Mom assumes no liability in case of injury, inaccurate data retrieval, and applicant releases TLSM from any liability, as such.
Judging Committee shall be independent and shall not include any current employees of The Life of a Single Mom.
No TLSM employee or family member shall be considered.
All identifying information, including but not limited to city, state, name, address etc. will not be available to judging committee, so as not to impact any decisions, based on geographic location.
No refunds shall be issued for nomination fees paid, as 100% of proceeds go directly to fund packages for winner.
If for any reason the National Single Mom of the Year could not travel the weekend of the awards ceremony, the runner-up would be selected.
Why do I have to pay $10?
The Life of a Single Mom Ministries uses the nomination fee to fund this program. Since most nominations are made by family, friends, or co-workers of single mothers, this cost is generally not paid by single mothers themselves, but rather a single mom supporter. The winner receives all-expense paid accommodations, including travel costs, meals, hotel stay at four-star hotel, award, awards ceremony, cash prize, and an additional awards package. Additionally, the top 5 nominees will receive an awards package by mail. While the fee will not fully pay for the event, this helps The Life of a Single Mom (a not-for-profit organization) off-set costs and continue programming for future years, as well as put our operating dollars to use in supporting single mothers in other ways.
If you know more than one single mother who has done an amazing job and has a story worth highlighting, you are very welcome to submit more than one nomination. The judging committee does not know how many nominees any one applicant has submitted, nor does it positively or negatively affect the outcome in any way.
What does the Single Mom of the Year do after she is selected?
Beyond being able to travel to the official awards ceremony the weekend of the event to receive her awards package, there are no additional responsibilities for the National Single Mom of the Year the remainder of her reigning year. Previous winners have opted to attend other TLSM sponsored events, but there is no requirement of such participation. The National Single Mom of the Year must also sign a waiver to agree to her image and likeness to be utilized in national media venues.
Can single dads apply too?
We recognize that single dads who are raising children alone can have amazing stories and many are doing an exemplary job in raising their children. However, in keeping with the primary mission of our organization in seeing no single mom walking alone, this award is designed specifically for single mothers. This does not in any way diminish our support of single fathers or reflect any less significance to their role in children's' lives.
You can also download the printable PDF Nomination Form, and email, fax, or mail the form. Contact information is located above.
Please note: There is a $10 Processing Fee Per Entry. Please contact us at our office if you would like to submit your nomination through mail by check. Nominations are not considered complete until payment has been received in our office. Please also consider detailing what hardships applicant has faced, how she has overcome, any special accomplishments, and number & ages of children.