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Mayo Clinic ending labor, delivery services at northwestern Wisconsin hospitals
Pregnant people in parts of northwestern Wisconsin will have to travel farther to give birth after the Mayo Clinic Health System announced it will end labor and delivery services at hospitals in Barron and Menomonie.
In a press release Thursday, the health system said labor and delivery services at the Mayo Clinic System's Northland location in Barron ended Aug. 26. Those services will end at Mayo's Red Cedar location in Menomonie Jan. 1, 2023, and patients will transition to Mayo's hospital in Eau Claire.
Mayo said it has been "aggressively recruiting" OB-GYN staff to fill vacant positions for the past two years.
"These relentless efforts have been unsuccessful in filling these critical physician openings, reflecting a worsening OB-GYN physician shortage across the country," said the release.
A spokesperson for the Mayo Clinic Health System said no administrators were available Friday for an interview on the announcement.
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The Mayo release quoted Mayo Clinic Northwest Wisconsin Regional Vice President Dr. Richard Helmers as saying administrators are grateful for contributions from staff who have provided labor and delivery services that will be ending in the rural locations.
"Our teams in Barron and Menomonie will continue to provide exceptional, high-quality prenatal and postnatal care, along with gynecological services to best serve the health care needs of our patients," said Helmers. "Mayo Clinic Health System is not leaving Barron nor Menomonie. We have thriving clinical and surgical practices at both locations. Hospital-based labor and delivery are the only services transitioning."
Patients delivering babies in Barron, Menomonie and the surrounding areas will now have to travel up to an hour away.
OB-GYN staffing difficulties in rural areas is not a new phenomenon. A July 2017 report by the American Medical Association found that 20 of Wisconsin's 72 counties had no OB-GYN.
A 2017 study by the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center found the percentage of rural counties in the U.S. that lacked hospital obstetric services grew from 45 percent in 2004 to 54 percent in 2014.
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Datta maintains that the Dutch had established a settlement in Chinsurah by 1653, in the midst of commercial and territorial competition from other European trading companies and political involvements in Bengal. The first of such involvements was in the Mughal campaign in Chittagong (1665-66) to contain the Magh pirates. In spite of temporary diplomatic alliances (such as the Anglo-Dutch alliance against the French), the situation was one of intense competition. Matters came to a head in 1756, when strained relations with the English ledNawabSiraj-ud-Daulah to storm Calcutta. The nawab had tried to use the Dutch (along with the French and Danes) in his anti-English enterprise, though the Dutch maintained neutrality and instead paid 4.5 lakh rupees to the nawab viagraspills.com.[vi]Post-Plassey, the English had unlimited control over Bengal trade, and an understanding was reached between Mir Jafar and the Dutch to overthrow the English yoke. The Batavian council dispatched Indonesian and European soldiers to Bengal in 1759, leading to an Anglo-Dutch naval engagement on the Hugli river, and a land engagement at Biderra (midway between Chandannagore and Chinsurah). The British under Colonel Forde defeated the Dutch under Jean-Baptiste Roussel, and henceforth the Dutch position became dependant on the goodwill of the English[vii]. In the wake of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch war Chinsurah came under the British during 1781-84. During the Napoleonic Wars Dutch possessions in India were placed under British protection and restored only by the Treaty of London (1814), being finally ceded to England in exchange for English possession in Sumatra (then called Bencoolen) in 1825.
[i]KalikinkarDatta, The Dutch in Bengal and Bihar:1740-1825 A.D. Patna, 1968: 1.
[ii]Ibid:2. See also Om Prakash, Europeans in Bengal in the Pre-Colonial Period: 34.
[iv]Aniruddha Ray, "The City of Hughli from Late 16th to early 18th Century", Modern Historical Studies 7, 2010-11: 10-12.
[vi]Datta, op cit: 16-20. See also NiharRanjan Ray ed. Dutch Activities in the East. Calcutta, 1945: Appendix A and George Bruce Malleson. The Decisive Battles of India: From 1746 to 1849 Inclusive. W.H. Allen, 1883.
[vii]For the Battle of Biderra see Datta, op cit:36-48;Malleson op cit; Percival Robert Innes. The History of the Bengal European Regiment: Now the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and How It Helped to Win India. HardPress, 2012; D G Crawford.A Brief History of the Hughli District. Calcutta, 1903: 29-35.


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Editorial: 'Affirmative action bake sale' was in bad taste
The "affirmative action bake sale" hosted Friday on Bruin Walk by Young Americans for Liberty was a crude and offensive stunt. It did nothing but damage the campus conversation on the topic as well as the reputation of the organization.
The group certainly had the right to hold the event, misguided as it was. But as a self-proclaimed voice of political leadership on campus, Young Americans for Liberty should have had the foresight and taste not to engage in attention-seeking sensationalism.
The group priced its goods at the bake sale differently for customers based on race, presenting customers with prices ranging from 50 cents for Native Americans to $2.50 for Asian-Americans. The goal, according to group members, was to showcase that affirmative action is inherently racist.
The result was a grossly oversimplified look at the topic of race in higher education admissions and insensitive treatment of a subject that personally affects many students on this campus.
Young Americans for Liberty would have observers believe that under affirmative action students of minority backgrounds would have what amounts to a "free ticket," regardless of their other qualifications. Affirmative action allows for the consideration of race as an admissions factor, among many others – it is not a free pass.
After three days of discussion with administrators who urged the student group to find other ways to voice its opposition to affirmative action, Young Americans for Liberty decided to carry out the bake sale in order to make a statement in a conversation that it felt had ignored its voice.
But instead of engaging with other student groups in collaborative programming or voicing their concerns at meetings of the Undergraduate Students Association Council to communicate their point of view, the students who hosted this event merely elected to take the path of most resistance, intent on kicking up dust.
Indeed, the history of affirmative action bake sales and the outrage they engender indicates that Young Americans for Liberty was far more interested in creating a scene than engaging in a conversation about race-conscious admissions. Similar bake sales at UC Berkeley and the University of Texas at Austin have been divisive and the students who held this event had every reason to believe it would be equally controversial this time around.
Students seeking to advocate for or against affirmative action must approach the conversation in good faith, rather than intentionally drumming up controversy to turn heads.
That criteria applies to both sides of the conversation.
For example, speakers at a recent rally in protest of Proposition 209 hosted by the Afrikan Student Union and sponsored by several USAC offices, went so far as to unfairly characterize former chancellor Albert Carnesale as a racist. No matter the group or its ideological position, misinformation and shock value are unacceptable means for campus organizations to prove a point.
Such stunts create reactions rather than results. They impede cooperation in the search for a remedy to the decline of diversity at UCLA, and fly in the face of the understanding that, as Carnesale once said, "a diverse student body will, indeed 'lift the level of civilization of all of us'."
Moving forward, student groups of all stripes must make an effort to participate in honest, clear-minded and progressive activism that will not embitter the campus conversation on important and controversial issues.
Hah this is piece of garbage. Talk about biased press coverage
It's an editorial idiot.
"Affirmative action allows for the consideration of race as an admissions factor, among many others – it is not a free pass."
So, how is this statement not racist?
jaimeson
Racism is defined as 1) the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability, and that a particular race is superior to others, or 2) general discrimination or prejudice based on race.
Affirmative action, which allows for race (along with many other factors) to be considered in admissions doesn't assume race-based differences in character or ability, or racial superiority, nor does it discriminate on a racial basis. All it does is recognize the reality of racial inequalities in our society. This allows for a more complete picture of a potential applicant by acknowledging the incredibly important role that race plays in determining access to higher education. Recognizing race is not racist.
If I understand your comment correctly, you might think that being "colorblind" is the solution- a solution which assumes that racism no longer exists. This is the root of our disagreement. Racism still exists at both the individual and systemic levels, and simply ignoring it won't make it go away.
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Bunchy Carter
Exactly. Race still shapes opportunity in this country, and acting like it doesn't only perpetuates inequality.
Falsely assuming that all members of a race face the same statistical socioeconomic inequality is demeaning.
so, do
then, stop
so, do away with unequal treatment! unequal treatment based on sex or race only perpetuates this.
GoodbyeUSA
"Thou shalt pity thyself." Progressive Bible.
Asians experience just as much racism as any other group. They also have less political representation and less positions in high government jobs. However, they are discriminated against in college admissions. It makes absolutely no sense. Affirmative action perpetuates racism!
Life is inherently unfair. Should we also open up spots at top universities for those born less intelligent or with less intrinsic motivation? Those folks seem to be very underrepresented as well.
Should we be more willing to give someone a spot because their parents never pushed them to do well in school? Should a student be accepted because they tried very hard but still got mediocre grades? Should someone who is poor be accepted over someone who is wealthy? Should a minority student be accepted over a similar student with similar qualifications?
Where do you draw the line here?
Admissions should be based purely on merit. It is not fair to those minorities who deserve a spot, nor is it fair to qualified students whose spot was given to a less qualified minority applicant.
Well bake sale is the best they can do to compare racist-Affirmative-Action policies.
It is ridiculous to give a seat to rich black guy over poor white guy just for the sake of diversity.
Classify people based on wealth alone..
That's not how affirmative action actually works, just saying. If we were to follow your analogy it would be comparing a poor Black person with all A's and a rich white person with all A's. Learn how it works BEFORE criticizing it.
You then should understand the term "affirmative action." Socio-economic status is NOT considered in affirmative action, only RACE is taken account.
Statistically speaking, affirmative action only helps the middle-class minorities, not the poor ones.
Race is not the only factor taken into account. When Prop 209 passed and ended affirmative action, it prohibited "race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin" from being considered in admissions. Socio-economic status is already taken into account- that's why we fill out the FAFSA and have CalGrants.
And statistically speaking, affirmative action helps white women more than anyone else. (http://ideas.time.com/2013/06/17/affirmative-action-has-helped-white-women-more-than-anyone/)
and as a white woman, i can say that is horribly unfair. all this comes down to is treating people differently and it is unfair. how would a bi-racial person be treated? they have to choose which race to identify with and then they'll be treated accordingly? AA is completely racist, especially in a world where people of multiple races are becoming more and more common.
Prop 209 is being subverted.
Mifty Popularis
That's another lie. Affirmative action hurts white women along with white men when affirmative action benefits black/latino men and women over white/asian ones.
And there have been numerous studies showing that UCLA (and other schools) are surreptitiously and illegally STILL taking race into account under the guise of "holistic admissions" policies.
That's a lie. Studies have shown there are SAT differences of over 300 points and GPA differences of a full point (3.2 versus 4.2). between admitted those hurt by affirmative action (whites/asians) and the beneficiaries (blacks/hispanics). If you were comparing equal students, then it would be arbitrary who you picked and you would not need race-based admissions.
Of course it was a "grossly oversimplified look at the topic of race in higher education…" because the purpose was to take the idea behind race-based affirmative action to it's logical extreme.
It seems that when someone questions the fairness and effectiveness of race-based AA, the rebuttals usually don't deal with race, but instead deal with underprivileged individuals.
By simplifying the idea to a bake sale, they are making a very clear argument against race-based AA, not against the holistic admissions process which allows socio-economic affirmative action. Thus this could have been an earnest attempt at a discussion on race-based AA without getting side-tracked by related issues.
There is no socio-economic affirmative action. Affirmative action entirely race-based, and holistic review considers one's socio-economic status. Affirmative action is not the same as holistic review, and they are two distinct terms.
People should learn the difference before arguing for one side.
You're right I shouldn't have used the term "socio-economic AA."
All I was saying was that they simplified it to a race-based bake sale so that the conversation could actually be about race, instead of economic class. The editorial seemed to say the bake sale was 100% a stunt, when it seems to me they might have been actually trying to start an earnest conversation about using race in admissions.
no more racial assumptions
As a racial minority, I would be ashamed if my race allowed me to take a spot in my college class from somebody else who worked harder for college, but was white.
strange that no one is replying to you telling you how wonderful AA is, huh? you show how it hurts at the individual level and that is what this policy comes down to – the unequal treatment of individuals based on race or sex by the government.
Affirmative action is a disgrace. It does nothing but perpetuate racism and steal college admissions spots from hard working, deserving, students. Taking into consideration being the first in the family to attend college, family's income level, etc are much fairer metrics.
Kendi Kim
AA does 2 significant things, in my view, that I think you-all should think about: 1) It makes it harder for the majority, and 2) turns the minority into "slave-pedagogues" for the smaller group of elite majority.
#1 means, that less room for the majority (for example, white). That is, for example, less available seats at a University — which means, ultimately, the privileged class (for example whites) will have to work harder to be recognized for their merit. This does mean higher standards for that majority group, and perhaps a greater class difference within the same "racial group".
#2 means, that the minority students who take up those seats, are in essence, a kind of "teaching tool", or "tutors", to the elites of the majority who meet the higher standards. How are they "teaching tools"? Well, diversity is best experienced first-hand for one thing, which means that a diverse group of people need to populate the landscape. And secondly, for the "self" to exist, there must also exist beside it a contrasting "other"; without the other, there can be no definite boundary of the "self". So, diversity is a teaching tool, and THE diversity (ie, the diverse body of students) are themselves, unbeknownst "tutors" to that elite majority.
So the conclusion is this: before you get all riled up about what you think AA is supposed to be about, or for whom it was designed, or what you think it's supposed to do for you, consider that just maybe AA is designed originally to benefit the elite few, drawn from the group of the powerful majority. And by BENEFIT, I truly mean the benefit of having the insightful understanding and the richness of experience, that comes with being exposed to diverse perspectives. It is a part of education, that is more than just learning your ABC's.
On the other hand, what are the "slave-pedagogues" getting out of it? Some kind of education, I suppose, but what kind? From what I hear, it's not about learning anything important, like how to make good decisions in life and how to develop the mind's eye to see and appreciate the richness of this world – but rather, it seems to be about making a little bit of money. Of course, that would be just the sort of thing that slaves would care about.
Okay, so now that you know what I think as I read your comments, please respond accordingly.
Putting on a bake sale exposing the hard truths about affirmative action is in bad taste, but the actual practice of choosing unprepared black or hispanic students on the basis of their skin color (who are much more likely to fail out and be worse off in the end according to a large amount of research) over far more well-qualified white and asian students isn't in bad taste? Give it to liberals to hide behind terms like "damaging the conversation" when they can't force people not to speak truths they don't like.


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Published on 12 Jun 2020
A community-led consultation into the future of statues with links to slavery and colonialism on a building owned by Goldsmiths, University of London is being launched by the College.
Red paint was thrown onto Deptford Town Hall in protest at the statues
The statues of Sir Francis Drake, Admiral Nelson, Cromwellian admiral Sir Robert Blake and a fourth statue thought to be a "representative" figure, stand above the entrance to Deptford Town Hall.
The consultation is being launched in response to anger at the statues' connections to Britain's slave trade and colonial past and their impact on people today.
Over the coming weeks individual students, student representative groups, Goldsmiths employees, local residents and local representative groups and local elected representatives will be invited to give their views on what should happen to the statues, which had paint thrown at them this week.
The College has also asked for the statues to be included in the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm being undertaken by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London.
Professor Frances Corner, Warden of Goldsmiths, said: "The anger and upset provoked by these statues is clear and we hear and value these voices. It is vital the College responds and we will work urgently with our community to find a shared way forward.
"We remain committed to our comprehensive action plan addressing issues of racial justice at Goldsmiths and improving the experiences of BME students and colleagues."
Findings from the consultation will guide the College's actions over the statues amid calls for the figures to be removed. In addition to the statues the consultation will also address the weather vane which sits on top of Deptford Town Hall. It is a galleon which is said to represent the slave trade.
The building is Grade II-listed and was formerly owned by Lewisham Council before it was acquired by Goldsmiths in 1998 for use as a teaching, exhibition and administrative space. Due to the building's listed status statutory permissions are needed in order to make any changes, such as removing the statues.
The building was built in 1905 and was initially used as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford until it was disbanded in 1965 and the building was passed over to Lewisham Council.
Its decoration reflects the role Deptford played in Britain's naval history which is inextricably tied to the slave trade and colonialism.
Read notes on the history and context of the statues.


Accused murderer Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas told a Saskatoon police officer she shot and killed 26-year old Dylan Phillips while trying to rob him.
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Sutherland-Kayseas, 20, said she didn't know Phillips but knew he dealt marijuana and needed money. She told Det. Sgt. Corey Lenius the shooting happened in a scuffle when she went to Phillips's home on the 1400 block of Avenue G North.
She loaded a gun before going into the home, she told Lenius. She said she asked where the drugs are and pointed a gun at Phillips. Phillips grabbed the gun, she pulled the trigger and a fight broke out, according to Sutherland-Kayseas.
At the beginning of the interview, which was played in court Thursday during day four of her first-degree murder trial, Sutherland-Kayseas appeared to be in good spirits and joked and talked rather openly with Lenius.
She told Lenius she was a bubbly person with a big heart who could never hurt anyone. When asked if she killed Philips she said no, and that she doesn't know him.
After a couple of hours she was brought to another room where Det. Sgt. Kyla Hicks outlined some evidence against her, including phone calls from jail in which she discusses the murder, DNA, and a statement from a woman claiming Sutherland-Kayseas bragged about killing someone.
Sutherland-Kayseas was left alone in an interview room where she put her hands in her head and swore. Lenius questioned her more about the murder and asked if she was lying when she told him she had a big heart. After some silence she eventually confessed.
She was with Trent Southwind and a youth, both who have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Phillips's death, but told Lenius she was supposed to drop them off and planned to go to Phillips's home alone.
Sutherland-Kayseas is charged with first-degree murder, committing murder for the benefit of the Terror Squad gang and the assault on Phillips's parents. Court heard his parents witnessed the murder.
Earlier in the interview, Lenius asked Sutherland-Kayseas about her gang affiliation to which she eventually said she is no longer in the Terror Squad. She said while she's no longer a part of the gang, they are like her family.
"It's how I grew up," she said.
Lenius pointed to a tattoo on her wrist and hand that reads "TS" and said he heard she's a respected member of the gang.
Sutherland-Kayseas told Lenius she first snorted meth when she was a teenager after her father died and that her mother was incarcerated for periods while she was growing up.
She lived in different cities in Canada before coming back to Saskatoon to be with her family and dropped out of school in Grade 9, court heard.
She expressed the importance of her siblings in her life and said her most proud moment is when she received her first paycheck, but quit her job shortly after.
A court exhibit showing T S tattooed on Sutherland-Kayseas's wrist.


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The Underground Railroad Discussion at The Phillips Collection March 2
February 27, 2019 | by Blue Plate
Evelyn Chumbow
Jeanine Michna-Bales
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Jeanine Michna-Bales, Decision to Leave. Magnolia Plantation on the Cane River, Louisiana
Join The Phillips Collection for an engaging panel conversation about the history and legacy of the Underground Railroad on March 2, 2019 starting at 4:00 pm. The discussion includes artist Jeanine Michna-Bales, historian Spencer Crew, and anti-trafficking activist Evelyn Chumbow. Moderated by Phillips Senior Curator Elsa Smithgall.
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Evelyn Chumbow is a survivor of child labor trafficking turned anti-trafficking activist and public speaker. She has focused her life's work on ending modern slavery. Chumbow was brought to the U.S. from Cameroon at age 9 and forced to cook, clean, and care for her trafficker's children. Today, Chumbow works tirelessly to raise awareness and help other survivors. She serves as an adviser to human trafficking nonprofits and has been invited to brief government agencies about human trafficking from a survivor's perspective, including the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the Department of Justice.
Spencer R. Crew is the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History at George Mason University. He has worked in public history institutions for more than 25 years. He served as president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and as director of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. His research interests and publications focus on African American Migration, Slavery, and the Underground Railroad. Among his publications, he co-authored Unchained Memories: Readings From The Slave Narratives (2002). He is currently working on a biography of Thurgood Marshall.
Jeanine Michna-Bales is an award-winning fine-art photographer and artist activist. Michna-Bales's photographs explore the sometimes-fraught relationship between the past and the present. The body of work Through Darkness to Light: Photographs along the Underground Railroad was created over more than a decade and a publication was released by Princeton Architectural Press in 2017. Michna-Bales conducted fastidious research, traveling from Louisiana to Canada, to make the unseen seen in her photographs of documented and undocumented stops and routes along the Underground Railroad.
Elsa Smithgall is senior curator at The Phillips Collection. In the past decade, Smithgall has directed over ten critically-acclaimed special exhibitions, among them People on the Move: Beauty and Struggle in Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series (2016-17), Whitfield Lovell: The Kin Series and Related Works (2016-17), William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master (2016-17); Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border (2011), and Stella Sounds: The Scarlatti K Series (2011). Smithgall was project director of the award-winning Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series website.
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Since the end of the 90s, Sao Paulo has seen countless numbers of health care organizations extending their business scope. According to the latest researches from Agencia Nacional de Saúde Suplementar (ANS) and Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) and to recent academic papers, there have been increases in supply and demand for private health care services in Brazil in the last years. In what follow, advances of new health care services and the growth in competition among health care providers, mostly in wealth metropolitan areas. This dissertation addresses the use of common concepts of market entry for a health care organization and investigates three distinct strategies of market entry carried on by this organization. The dissertation's main propose is to answer how these market entry strategies played a role at the birth of enterprises' resources and capabilities and their performances. Regarding this environment, the present work reviews the literature of Diversification, Market Entry and Resource-based View of the Firm, and also analyzes the Brazilian Health System. The field research is undertaken at Fleury S.A., based on a case study supported by interviews with top executives. Three enterprises - Check-up, Day-Hospital and NKB - are studied in deep and showed different entry characteristics, which varied according to their heritage and to the strength of their ties to Fleury. The analysis of the Fleury Case shows that strategies of market entry may improve the likelihood of new enterprises success, particularly when potential entrant has a clear understanding of its resources and capabilities and the needs of the potential market. On the other hand, the lack of experience at the potential market, mislead analogies and overconfidence are reported as the main causes of inappropriate market entry. Another important finding is the learning trajectory that follows the enhancement of company's resource and capabilities base.
Esta dissertação analisa como as estratégias de entrada de mercado adotadas por uma organização privada de saúde contribuíram para a formação dos recursos e capacidades dos seus novos empreendimentos e para o desempenho desses negócios. Para tanto, este trabalho recorre a revisão bibliográfica sobre Entrada de Mercado e Teoria dos Recursos da Firma (RBV) e aplica um estudo de caso no Fleury S.A., apoiado em entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os altos executivos da organização. Os empreendimentos Check-up, Hospital-Dia e a Holding NKB são estudados em profundidade e evidenciam características distintas de entrada, que variam conforme os laços de ligação com o Fleury: por meio do crescimento interno, da formação de uma Joint Venture e da criação de uma Spin-off. Como resultados, verifica-se a convergência da literatura de Entrada de Mercado e RBV, em que os recursos e capacidades do potencial entrante têm um importante impacto no modo de entrada, bem como em sua performance pós-entrada de mercado. Por outro lado, a inexperiência no novo mercado e as analogias equivocadas foram observadas como as principais responsáveis pela entrada inapropriada em um novo mercado.


As it gets closer to Christmas, I am reminded of something that I have always wanted to do but never found the resources or the time to do it. That is, making my very own Christmas wreath. This year, Lombok made my dreams come true and invited me to their very first store event to find out more about the Lombok and Little Greene brands and also have the opportunity to test our creative sides by making out very own Christmas wreaths.
The first part of the session was with Little Greene, finding out about the brand's history, their diverse collections of paint products and how each collection can be applied to achieve the perfect look, from woodwork to masonry, metals and walls. Whilst I feel that I am pretty knowledgable myself on paints and finishes, the introduction was incredibly insightful, teaching even the most familiar people to the product, something new.
The second part of the session was about making dreams come true and I was let loose on the Christmas foliage to make my very first wreath! Being given a simple metal frame each one of us taking part in the workshop appeared to go for our own unique style, being able to select different tones of foliage, dried fruits, pinecones and everything else that you would associate with the Christmas season. As you can see from the images above, we all had a fantastic time and I proudly placed my wreath on my front door for the world to see! Well, my neighbours!


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SS: Dear Evan Hansen (12A)
12A - See more about BBFC ratings here.
Ben platt, Julianne Moore, Amy Adams
The award-winning musical hits the big screen
Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high-school senior with a severe social-anxiety disorder, whose letter to himself that was not meant to be seen by others, lands wrongly into the hands of a classmate who, as a result, commits suicide. This incident sends Evan on a journey of self-discovery and gives him the chance to finally be accepted by his peers and live the life he never dreamed he could have
Silver Screen is a strand of great movies aimed at an older audience, but all ages are welcome. Running every Monday morning at 11am. Tickets are just £4 and include free Tea/Coffee and biscuits. Tea and Coffee served from 10.15am. In an effort to become more environmentally sustainable, we will only be serving free tea and coffee to customers who bring their own cup/mug.
BBFC Insight: mental health theme, suicide references, sex and drug references, language


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Reports » USDA GAIN: Oilseeds, Cotton, Sugar, Grain and Feed » USDA GAIN: Pakistan Sugar Semi-Annual 2012
USDA GAIN: Pakistan Sugar Semi-Annual 2012
Post has revised its MY 2012/13 (Oct/Sept) sugar production forecast to a record 4.65 million tons, up13 percent from the initial forecast of 4.1 million tons, owing to the favorable effects of the monsoon rains on the sugarcane crop. Current year's (MY 2011/12) production estimates are revised up 200,000 tons to 4.5 million tons, a four percent increase. MY 2012/13 sugar consumption is forecast at 4.4 million tons, slightly higher than last year's. Exports have been revised-up in tandem with sugarcane productivity, with 350,000 tons in FY 2011/12 and 300,000 tons in MY2012/13. MY 2012/13 ending stocks are forecast at 1.31 million tons.
This year's opportune monsoon rains will yield a bumper sugarcane crop, consequently Post's forecast for MY 2012/13 sugar production is increased 550,000 metric tons to 4.65 million tons. Additionally, production estimates for MY 2011/12 are revised up 200,000 tons to 4.5 million tons. Both years' forecast are based on an 82 percent crushing rate and a 9.2 percent sugar recovery. Sugar consumption in MY 2012/13 is forecast at 4.4 MMT, marginally higher over the current year's estimate of 4.3million tons.
Current year's sugar exports are increased and are estimated at 350,000 tons. Sugar exports for MY 2012/13 are forecast at 300,000 tons. MY 2012/13 ending stocks are forecast at 1.31 million tons.
Sugar Cane for Centrifugal
Sugarcane is an important cash crop and is mainly grown for sugar production in the country. Pakistan is the world's fifth largest producer of sugarcane in terms of acreage, and the 15th largest producer of sugar. Sugarcane is grown on approximately a million hectares and provides raw material for 84 sugar mills established in the main sugarcane producing regions. The sugar industry is the country's second largest agro-industry sector after textiles. Sugar industry byproducts are also helpful in producing other essential items for industries like chip board, paper, confectionery, uses in chemicals, plastics, paints, synthetics, fiber, insecticides and detergents. Sugarcane production in the country has increased over time.
In MY 2012/13, Pakistan's sugarcane production is forecast at a record 61 million tons, up 10 percent (55.6 MMT) from Post's initial forecast due to increased productivity. Although monsoon rains were later-than-usual, their heavy spells were critical for increasing production. The heavy rains were also responsible for damages in some districts of Punjab and Sindh where torrential rains created flooding that affected the sugarcane crop. However, the losses are likely to be more than compensated from the increase in productivity throughout the rest of the sugarcane growing regions. Additionally, experts and farmers have expressed that these rains have been helpful in controlling a disease named Sugarcane Pirella that, otherwise, would have required pesticide sprays and would have lowered yields. However, the delayed rains are likely to delay the crushing season, which will impact negatively on the timely sowing of wheat in some areas of the country.
MY 2011/12 sugarcane production has increased due to increase in area and productivity. Accordingly, sugar estimates are revised up 200,000 tons to 4.5 million tons, a four percent increase over the initial estimates.
Sugarcane Area and Production by Province
Sources: Provincial Agriculture Departments and FAS/Islamabad
Production Policy
The Federal Government generally does not procure sugarcane, but it authorizes provincial governments to fix respective sugarcane prices in consultation with representatives of both the sugar industry and farmer organizations. During the MY 2011/12 crushing season, the provincial Governments of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhawah (KPK) announced a sugarcane procurement price of Rs.150 per 40 Kg ($40 per ton). Farmers fear that due to increased production the sugar mills will not pay them the support price.
Following table shows the history of procurement prices per province, since 2000-01 to date.
Prices of Sugarcane by Province
(Rs. per 40 kg)
Source: Federal Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan
Sugar, Centrifugal
In MY 2012/13 refined total centrifugal sugar production is forecast at a record 4.65million tons, 13 percent higher than post's initial estimate of 4.1million tons. The increase in sugar production is based on an increase in sugarcane productivity by 10 percent. Industry experts report that average sugarcane yield is expected to increase by 9 - 11 percent based on favorable moisture conditions due to opportune monsoon rains throughout the sugarcane growing areas. Current year forecasts are based on an 82 percent crushing of the total harvest and a 9.2 percent sugar recovery rate.
MY 2011/12 sugar production estimates are revised up 200,000 tons to 4.5 million tons, a four percent increase over initial estimates.
Consumption:
Sugar consumption in MY 2012/13 is forecast at 4.4 MMT, marginally higher over the current year's estimate of 4.3million tons. Analysis of monthly retail prices shows that during 2010 and 2011, sugar prices remained volatile illustrating abrupt behavior by sugar millers and sugar hoarders. Heavy rainfall followed by favorable conditions helped increase sugar production and accordingly the prices of sugar eased in the domestic market. Total consumption over the years is increasing mainly due to the growing demand by the processed food sector. Bulk sugar consumers such as bakeries, candy, ice cream and soft drink manufacturers account for about 60 percent of the total sugar demand.
Market prices of sugar during 2012 are expected to hover around Rs.53 per Kg ($564 per ton), 25 percent less compared to last year prices based on increased local sugar production coupled with ample stocks in the international market.
Monthly Average Retail Prices of Sugar
(Rs. per kg)
Source: Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS), Government of Pakistan
In MY 2012/13 sugar exports are forecast at 300,000 tons, double than the Post's initial estimate. In MY 2011/12 estimates for sugar exports are increased to 350,000 tons. Trade sources reveal that sugar export is in process to UAE, Bangladesh, Iran, Sri Lanka, Yemen etc. Anticipated sugar export in both years is the result of increased sugar productivity.
Ending stocks in MY 2012/13 are forecast at 1.31 million tons based on projected supply-demand scenarios and trade expectations.
Ending stocks in MY 2011/12 are estimated at 1.34 million tons.


[USPRwire, Sat Sep 29 2018] Free2Luv® is bringing a cirque to Los Angeles on Saturday, November 3rd for an anti-bullying benefit performance for the entire family to support underserved youth at the historic Regent Theater.
Proceeds raised from UNSTOPPABLE: TOUR DE FORCE will support Free2Luv's music and art empowerment initiatives designed to create a kinder, braver, more loving world for underserved youth. TOUR DE FORCE will be staged at The Regent DTLA, 448 S Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90013. You can sponsor an underserved teen or reserve your space https://free2luvtourdeforce.eventbrite.com.


Matt Dalton returns to Adelaide after seven years in Europe to try to save the company for his estranged father who is suffering from Alzheimer's. He hires computer expert, Lauren Taylor, to find and fix the glitzes in the firm's system. Personal conflicts hamper the growing attraction between them and must be resolved before they can find happiness together.


Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday and those who participated in my giveaway party!
Winner of the along for the ride shop credit is Tracy!
Winner of the Pretties by Meg shop credit is Christa!
Winner of the elle.mnop cards is Laura!
Winner of the Rags to Stitches shop credit is Caroline!
Winner of the c. jane create shop credit is Lauralee!
I will email the shop owner and recipient together to put you in touch so you can get your winnings! I can't wait to see what everyone picks! If you blog about your 'prize,' please comment on this post with a link - I'd love to read all about it!
Vary special thanks and appreciation go out to the wonderful ladies who contributed to my party. I'm extremely happy that I could hold this fabulous set of giveaways!
Oh my gosh! I was having the worst day yesterday and finally checked to see who the winners were on my iPod touch...talk about making my day! I stopped unloading the dishwasher to do a little dance! Em came in wondering what I doing. :) Thanks so much for hosting such an awesome giveaway, and for YOUR birthday!


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THE SSC TUATARA HYPERCAR IS FINALLY HERE
After nearly a decade delay the SSC Tuatara Hypercar is here after being unveiled at the Philadelphia Auto Show ...
A hypercar unlike any other the Tuatara is the culmination of over a decade of research and development to produce a road legal, high performance vehicle capable of delivering an otherworldly driving experience. Created by SCC (Shelby SuperCars), the Tuatara is heavily influenced by fighter jet aerodynamics and performance and if looks are to go by it's striking profile is futuristic in its function, yet timeless in its form.
The striking body of the Tuatara was designed in collaboration with world renowned designer Jason Castriota. The alluring curves offer simplistic and aerodynamic qualities, while maintaining a unique profile that stands out from the rest. Butterfly doors offer both spacious cab egress and stunning curbside attraction. A riveting transformation occurs when the front and rear deck lids are lifted, exposing the robust carbon fiber monocoque and intricate suspension system. In the forward deck, a storage compartment offers room for luggage and other possessions to be stowed. In the rear, the powerful and jaw-dropping powertrain is unveiled, a work of automotive art.
The interior of the Tuatara embodies the same precocious functionality and simplistic guise found in its exterior. The teardrop canopy provides the driver and passenger with sweeping views. An advanced and beautiful HMI (Human-Machine Interface) gives the driver critical driving and vehicle information on a digital driver display, as well as a centrally located information console, where almost all functionality and information is available at the touch of a finger.
Performance is the centerpiece of a hypercar. The Tuatara brings an unprecedented amount of power and performance to the road, driven by a bespoke V8 engine and robotized manual transmission it offer an experience unlike any other. The engine is paired with an Italian seven-speed, single-clutch CIMA manumatic gearbox said to execute shifting in less than 100 milliseconds.
The Tuatara's unprecedented power is transferred to a CIMA 7 speed transmission, integrated with a state-of-the-art Automac AMT system that operates the engagement and selection of movement in the gearbox. The system includes hydraulic driven components and sensors to produce high force engagement, position accuracy, and load control within milliseconds. The clutch and gear selection actuation are electrically operated, providing high precision and strategic operation. The core of the system is powered by a powerful automotive microprocessor, ensuring exceptional safety and performance.
SSC originally aimed for the Tuatara to be the first production car to hit 300 mph, but Bugatti achieved this last year with the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
Only 100 examples of the car will be made to sell to the public, no exact pricing structure has been revealed but don't expect much change from $2million
NEW LIMITED EDITION ANNIVERSARY MODEL: BOXSTER 25 YEARS
ELATION REVEALS "FREEDOM"
BRINGING SERENITY TO THE CITY AND BEYOND - THE NEW BENTAYGA HYBRID


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Q: Partials in Coffee HAML (.hamlc) I am using backbone.js on a rails backend with HAML Coffee, which is compiled by haml_coffee_assets. There is some duplication in my templates.
Is there a way to create rails-like partials to dry up my templates?
Addition: Can I do content_for(:something) in Coffee HAML?

A: There is no content_for helper in Haml Coffee, but you simply can render another template within a template.
Without Local Variables
For example, you've a template test:
%p My Partial
%ul
  %li Is included

You can include it within another template like this:
%p Another template
!= JST['test']()
%p That includes a partial

The trick is to unescape the rendered HTML with !=.
With Local Variables
To pass local variables, just send them to the JST function. If this is your partial (articles/_comments.jst.hamlc):
%h2=@title
%p=@content

Then this may be your template:
%h1 Comments for this article
- for comment in @article.comments
  != JST['articles/_comment'](comment)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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Incentives to filmmakers part of I&B Ministry's J&K package
Edited By Odishatv Bureau Published By IANS On Aug 21, 2019 - 5:53 PM
Pic Credit: Economic Times
New Delhi: The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry is planning several incentives for film and television production companies to take their projects to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
As part of the massive development push for the region by the government, the I&B Ministry has held closed door consultations with representatives of the entertainment industry to chalk out a plan to encourage them to look at the region as a viable centre.
Among the proposals on table is a corporate package for production houses keen to visit Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with their units for shooting films and television serials.
The government is also open to amend the radio guidelines for setting up new FM stations in the region. Currently, a small number of private FM channels are operating in the Valley.
A capital investment for erecting new screens in the region is also on the cards along with developing other infrastructure required for film making.
Sources said that after taking inputs from the stake holders, the government will roll out it's incentive plan so that the region, known for it's beautiful locations, is used extensively for film production.
The film crews had almost stopped shooting in the region since the early 1990s when militancy destroyed peace in the Valley.
After the abrogation of Article 370 and reorganisation of the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to film makers to see Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as potential work areas.
The Prime Minister had appealed to the representatives of Hindi, Tamil and Telugu entertainment industry to look at Jammu and Kashmir as a destination for their projects.
Walking the talk, the government now wants to meet all the infrastructure demands of the industry to smoothen bottlenecks.


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C. (Reid) R. McMillan
Robert (Rob) R. Smith, II
South Carolina Legislative Update - December 5, 2014
House Organizational Session
The South Carolina House of Representatives met on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week for an organizational session. Representative Jay Lucas (R-Darlington) was elected as Speaker of the House and Representative Tommy Pope (R-York) was elected Speaker Pro Tempore. The following members were elected committee chairmen of the standing committees of the House:
Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs - David R. Hiott (R-Pickens)
Education and Public Works - Merita A. "Rita" Allison (R-Spartanburg)
Ethics - Kenneth A. "Kenny" Bingham (R-Lexington)
Interstate Cooperation - Mark N. Willis (R-Greenville)
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions - Jimmy C. Bales (D-Richland)
Judiciary - Gregory "Greg" Delleney, Jr. (R-Chester)
Labor, Commerce and Industry - William E. "Bill" Sandifer, III (R-Oconee)
Legislative Oversight – To Be Determined
Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs - Leon Howard (D-Richland)
Operations and Management - Garry R. Smith (R-Greenville)
Regulations and Administrative Procedures - To Be Determined
Rules - Alan D. Clemmons (R-Horry)
Ways and Means - Brian White (R-Anderson)
In addition, the House amended and adopted their rules (H. 3001) for the 2015 and 2016 sessions of the General Assembly this week. A few of the changes are:
Term Limits on Speaker/ Speaker Pro Tempore (five consecutive terms)
Prohibition of Leadership PACs
Formation of Two New Committees – Legislative Oversight and Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committees.
Prefiled Legislation
The Senate prefiled over 170 pieces of legislation on Wednesday – measures ranging from tax reform to ethics reform to infrastructure were submitted. To review prefiled legislation, please click here.
The Senate will prefile again on December 17 and the House will prefile on December 11 and December 18.
Columbia to put body cameras on all police
Columbia police and City Hall, sounding themes of transparency and trust, announced plans Thursday for body cameras and more training of all officers as well as the creation of a commission to investigate discrimination or abuse in any city agency.
Spartanburg woman elected chair of House education committee
State Rep. Rita Allison, R-Spartanburg, became the first woman elected as chairwoman of a House committee in more than a decade Wednesday.
SC, other states sue President Obama over immigration
South Carolina joined 16 other states in a suit against the Obama administration for what they consider an illegal overreach of executive privilege in the president's executive order on immigration, Gov. Nikki Haley and Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Wednesday.
New leader, new rules for SC House
Newly elected House Speaker Jay Lucas told fellow members Tuesday that they "should have nothing to fear from sunlight, but the public has much to fear from the darkness of secrecy." State representatives gathered Tuesday to start their organizational session, electing new officers and voting on new rules. "It's going to be a new, brighter day in the House," said the Darlington Republican who has served as acting speaker since Bobby Harrell stepped down, was indicted on public corruption charges and resigned.
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott sworn in, not eyeing governor's office
Political prognosticators can cross one GOP rising star off their list of politicos who might by eyeing the 2018 S.C. governor's race. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, who was sworn Tuesday morning to finish a two-year unexpired term, said he plans to run again for the Senate seat in 2016 and has no plans or desire to run for governor two years later when the seat opens up. "Never say never," Scott said on a conference call with reporters. But, he added, "If there is a plan that is very close to never, this is it."
Grand Strand legislators to introduce bills aimed to settle state permit challenges sooner
Grand Strand legislators plan to propose bills in the House and Senate next year that would require groups or individuals appealing state construction permits to go before a judge to give cause for the appeal before it moves forward. Groups would still be able to appeal permit applications, but would have to show cause for the appeal early in the construction process instead of stalling projects for years and potentially costing the developer money.
Hearing scheduled for ex-state Senator Robert Ford
Ex-Sen. Robert Ford is expected in court to face charges including a felony forgery charge, and seven misdemeanor charges for campaign finance abuses and misconduct in office. Ford resigned last year after two decades in the state Senate. He was indicted last month.
No Meetings Scheduled.
10:00 am -- Gressette Room 408 -- Agency Head Salary Commission
10:00 am -- Blatt Room 516 -- Investigation and Enforcement Subcommittee of the House Ethics and Freedom of Information Act Study Committee
11:00 am -- Blatt Room 110 -- Joint Legislative Committee to Screen Candidates for College and University Boards of Trustees
10:00 am -- Blatt Room 110 -- Senate General DSS Oversight Subcommittee
For more information or to be added to our distribution list, please feel free to contact our South Carolina Legislative team.


Smartphone Mount - Great for Instagram Workout Videos!
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Association of plasma leptin, pro-inflammatory adipokines and cancer-related fatigue in early-stage breast cancer patients: A prospective cohort study.
Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Acupuncture for Primary Insomnia: An Updated Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
1 Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Multipronged Treatment of Insomnia - Outcomes from an Apex Sleep Disorders Clinic in India.
Behav Sleep Med 2019 Apr 21:1-14. Epub 2019 Apr 21.
a Division of cardiac prevention and rehabilitation , University of Ottawa Heart Institute , Ottawa , ON , Canada.
Objective: There is little research assessing the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) among patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), even less on the effects of CBT-I on CVD risk factors such as anxiety and depression, and to our knowledge, only limited studies of the efficacy of CBT-I protocols with cardiac disease-specific modifications. The objective of this study is to evaluate a group-based CBT-I intervention tailored to patients with CVD on sleep quality, duration, and mental health.
Assessment of the anti-inflammatory, analgesic and sedative effects of oleuropein from Olea europaea L.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2019 Jan 31;65(1):52-55. Epub 2019 Jan 31.
Department of Anesthesiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital of South Central University, Hunan Province, China.


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© Naturpark BL, Inga Dohmann
NATURE PARK EXPLAINED FOR KIDS
Hello and welcome to the Nature Park!
Nature park, huh? What's that?
© VDN/Meike Freud-Raber
Nature park is a compound word. If you break it down, you get the words NATURE and PARK.
A nature park has no fence and you don't have to pay an entrance fee. A nature park is simply an area with a special landscape where people, plants and animals can feel at home. Some parts of the nature park are protected. These parts are called nature reserves and you are not allowed to enter them. Rare animal and plant species live there, and you'd better not disturb them.
The Bergisches Land Nature Park starts at the top (or in other words in the north) with the Bergisch cities of Wuppertal, Solingen and Remscheid and extends down (in the south) to behind the Sieg (which is a river). On the right (i.e. in the east), the nature park extends as far as the Sauerland, and on the left (in the west) as far as the city of Cologne. That's a really big area, about as big as the island of Tenerife in Spain. To drive from the north to the south takes about 1.5 hours by car.
What exactly is so special about our nature park?
Lots of water: There are 17 dams in the nature park, some of them are drinking water dams, others are recreational dams. The recreational dams are used for many leisure activities. There are sailing clubs, camping sites, boat rentals and restaurants there. The paths around the dams invite for cycling and hiking.
The drinking water reservoirs not only supply the Bergisches Land region with fresh drinking water. The water pipes lead all the way to the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Drinking water dams are especially protected and you often can't even get to the banks - swimming is strictly forbidden. The water is transported in the many rivers and streams, which also characterize the landscape in the nature park.
Where there is a lot of water, there is always a lot of green. That's why there are so many forests and meadows in the Bergisches Land.
In many places in the nature park you can find castles from the age of knights (e.g. Castle Burg in the north of the nature park) and fairy-tale castles (e.g. Castle Homburg in the center). These historical buildings and ruins are the traces of people who lived far before our time and they tell the story of the Bergisches Land.
So there are many, very different places to discover - and protect!
""The Christ Child also lives in the Bergisches Land Nature Park, namely in Engelskirchen. " "
Do you actually know why the Bergisches Land is named like that?
Yes, the Bergisches Land is mountainous, but no, that's not why it's called that. Otherwise it would have to be called Bergiges Land. The name comes from the Counts and later Dukes of Berg.
What exactly can you do in the nature park?
There are many great hiking trails in the nature park, including special trails for you children. Hiking with the popular "mouse" known from TV is a special experience. On six Bergische Streifzügen, which are particularly well signposted hiking trails, the mouse explains many things to you. So you can always discover exciting things along the way and look forward to the next "mouse panel".
The children's adventure trails along the Sieg also offer great action: learn the language of bees, see a flower meadow through bees' eyes - on "Melli's Bienenlehrpfad" you can learn new things about bees and other forest animals at interactive stations. The experience stations on the artist's path are aimed at little artists: building natural aeroplanes or towers out of little stones is how art and nature come together.
Broschüren + Infos für Kinder
Thanks for the funny drawings to © VDN/Meike Freud-Raber


"The recipe says to add boiling water."
"You should drink clean water."
"The restaurant serves tap water."
"She accidentally swallowed sea water while swimming."
"The fisherman took the boat out into the open water."
"They were caught in stormy waters."
"The water is safe to drink."
"He drinks water throughout the day."
"The children were spraying water on each other."
"They are contaminating the water with trash."
"Please boil some water for tea."
"Water is dripping from the pipes."
"Water was running down the street."
"We can see something in the water."
"The toy boat floats on the water."
"The fish swim quickly through the water."
"The water temperature is warm."
"The water pressure is low."
"The small village does not have good water supply."
"We need to replace the water filter."
"Water pollution is a growing problem."
"We need more water bottles."
"He likes to play water sports."
"He waters his lawn daily."


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A command-line tool that issues a SQL query a MySQL database and outputs each row as
a JSON line

## Setup
Install dependencies with Pip
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

## Sample Usage
#### Using and in-line query
```bash
python app.py \
  --host="localhost" \
  --port="3306" \
  --database="my_database" \
  --user="root" \
  --password="$MYSQL_PASSWORD" \
  --query="SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE ID >= 100" \
  --charset="utf8mb4"
```

### Using a query file
```bash
python app.py \
  --host="localhost" \
  --port="3306" \
  --database="my_database" \
  --user="root" \
  --password="$MYSQL_PASSWORD" \
  --query_file="/path/to/file.sql" \
  --charset="utf8mb4"
```

## Params Documentation
```
python app.py --help
```
```
usage: app.py [-h] [--host HOST] [--port PORT] --database DATABASE [--query QUERY] [--query_file QUERY_FILE] --user USER [--password PASSWORD] [--charset CHARSET]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --host HOST           MySQL server host. Default: localhost
  --port PORT           server port. Default: 3306
  --database DATABASE   default database
  --query QUERY         an SQL query
  --query_file QUERY_FILE
                        an SQL query file
  --user USER           username
  --password PASSWORD   password
  --charset CHARSET     character set. Default: utf8mb4
```

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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How Your Name Could Cost You a Mortgage Loan
Mortgage loan originators discriminate against people with black-sounding names, according to a new study.
Nathan Collins
(Photo: wwworks/Flickr)
Researchers know it's harder to get a home loan if you're black. What they might not have known until now is that the difficulties start very early on in the lending process. According to a new experiment, being black makes it harder to get so much as a response from key gatekeepers—roughly the same effect, in fact, as a 71-point drop in a person's credit score.
The experiment closely followed the methods used by researchers Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan in 2004, which showed that people with white-sounding names got 50 percent more job interviews compared to those with black-sounding names, despite submitting exactly the same resumes. It's one of the clearest examples of racial prejudice you can find—literally the only difference potential employers could see was a name.
A decade on, Marquette University economist Andrew Hanson and his colleagues wondered whether something similar might be true in the home loan market. "There are substantial documented differences between African Americans and whites in the price paid for credit," the economists write in the Journal of Urban Economics. Estimates vary, but blacks seeking home loans pay around 10 basis points (or 0.1 rates) higher interest rates on home loans than whites do.
"An African American name reduces the probability that an MLO responds by the same magnitude as does reporting a credit score that is 71 points lower."
Assuming, of course, they're able to get a loan. In fact, Hanson and his team report, black Americans might have a hard time even getting someone to talk to them about a loan. Using New York City birth records and United States Census data, the economists constructed 20 names with a high likelihood of being either white or black—names like Jake Krueger and Kadeem Jefferson. Then, they wrote two emails to more than 5,000 mortgage loan originators (MLOs), the people who are most borrowers' entry point into the home loan market. The two emails differed either in a potential borrower's race (as suggested by their name), credit score, or both.
Emails from people with white-sounding names received slightly more responses than those with black-sounding names—68.3 percent versus 65.7 percent. But to put that in context, the team compared those numbers to the response rates based on credit score. MLOs responded to 69.5 percent of emails that indicated a credit score between 700 and 750—considered high—compared to 65.8 of those that indicated a score between 600 and 650, generally considered low. Those numbers "suggest an African American name reduces the probability that an MLO responds by the same magnitude as does reporting a credit score that is 71 points lower," the team writes.
"The level of discrimination we find is large for a characteristic that should not matter (race) relative to one that should matter (credit score)," the authors write, and it's especially problematic that discrimination happens so early in the lending process. "If African American borrowers are less likely to receive communication from an MLO ... it makes submitting a loan application more difficult, and the remainder of the home purchase more arduous."
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Dr. Maisonet was drawn to pediatric emergency medicine during medical school, when through a National Health Service Corps Scholarship, she worked in an inner-city clinic in Philadelphia. There, she saw how crack cocaine devastated families and neighborhoods. She knew then that she wanted to care for patients in the inner city, a desire that led her to become a pediatrician at Montefiore Medical Center.
At Montefiore, Dr. Maisonet is honored to care for so many children. At the Hispanic Center of Excellence at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, she was one of the first recipients of the Faculty Development Scholarship and was able to study and obtain a master of science degree in the Clinical Research Training Program. This program has given her the tools to practice clinical medicine in the Emergency Department with a research approach, particularly to examine the way health disparities continue to affect and influence people who live in inner-city areas.


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Q: How to make this rounding algorithm work with negative numbers? I wrote this simple rounding method in C#, which will round any floating point number (input) to the nearest multiple of any target number (target):
float RoundToFloat(float input, float target)
{
    float quotient = input / target;

    if (quotient - Mathf.Floor(quotient) < .5)
    {
        return Mathf.Floor(quotient) * target;
    }
    else
    {
        return Mathf.Ceil(quotient) * target;
    }
}

However this seems to break when the input is a negative number. What do I have to do to make it work? I've tried calculating the absolute value of the quotient, and flipping whether I use ceil / floor if the input is negative, but keep getting weird results either way.
Any advice would be much appreciated!

A: Got it ... you need to reverse the applications of Floor and Ceiling for negative numbers, because the rounding has to be in the 'correct direction' with respect to 0.
Floor always goes more negative, while Ceiling does the opposite.
You can do this with a "simple" addition to your if: an "iff", also known as "Boolean equals".
if (quotient - Mathf.Floor(quotient) < .5) ==
   (quotient >= 0) {


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Tag: houston food bank
Spring 2020 Food for Thought market dates set
Galveston College has announced spring 2020 distribution dates for the Food for Thought mobile food distribution on the college's main campus at Avenue Q 1/2 and 39th Street and at the Charlie Thomas Family Applied Technology Center, 7626 Broadway Street.
Volunteers are needed to assist with set up, check-in, distribution and clean up.
Market dates and times are as follows:
Galveston College Main Campus
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, March 18 3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 15, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, May 6, 10 a.m.
Galveston College Charlie Thomas Family Applied Technology Center
Friday, Feb, 7, 10 a.m.
Thursday, March 5, 3 p.m.
Thursday, April 2, 3 p.m.
Thursday, April 30, 10 a.m.
Food for Thought is a partnership between Galveston College, the Galveston County Food Bank and the Houston Food Bank through its Food for Change food scholarship initiative.
The Food for Thought market gives students access to fresh produce, meats and other groceries on the Galveston College campus, enabling them to save money for other necessities and to maintain their focus on school.
Currently enrolled students can obtain client ID cards in the Galveston College Counseling and Advising Center on the first floor of Moody Hall on the main campus or the office at the Applied Technology Center and enroll online by visiting the Food for Change page on the Houston Food Bank website.
Students also can locate unrestricted Food for Change markets by using the Houston Food Bank Mobile App. Food for Change markets are labeled to help clients identify all markets available to all Food for Change recipients.
For more information and to volunteer to assist with the program, contact Ron Crumedy, associate vice president for student services, at rcrumedy@gc.edu.
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Galveston College Food for Change
Food Scholarships Training
Thursday, February 14th at 1pm
Seibel Wing West
We are looking for faculty, staff, and students that would like to give back to our campus community by dedicating time to assist with food distributions on the Galveston College campus.
Training will include:
A briefing of the program
Intake and data entry
Setting up and taking down the food distribution
Share Your Holidays Food Drive
Now through December 5th at 5:00 pm
Donation locations will be set up throughout the campus, or you can bring to the Cheney Student Center Room SC-105. Deadline to donate is Wednesday, December 5th at 5:00 pm. For more information contact Cynthia Parra at 409-944-1234 or email cparra@gc.edu
Underway on Campus
Galveston College is the newest community partner in the Share Your Holidays Food Drive benefiting the Galveston County Food Bank.
Coordinated by Ball High School students and faculty, the 38th annual ABC13 Share Your Holidays Food Drive will culminate this year on Friday, Dec. 7, at Ball High School, 41st Street and Avenue O.
Non-perishable food items or monetary contributions will be accepted by the Galveston College Student Government Association and other student organizations on the Galveston College campus from now until Thursday, Dec. 6.
Collection boxes are located throughout the main campus and the Charlie Thomas Family Applied Technology Center.
The Galveston College SGA and other student organization leaders will travel to Ball High School with Cynthia Parra, coordinator of Student Activities, at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, to appear on ABC13.
All contributions benefit the Galveston County Food Bank for distribution to those in need throughout Galveston County. Most-needed items include cereal, whole-grain pasta and rice, peanut butter, canned fruits/vegetables, canned meats, beans and soup, hygiene and household items, paper products, and kid-friendly snacks (e.g. fruit cups, juice boxes, granola bars) and for seniors — nutritional shakes and drinks, as well as adult hygiene products.
WHITECAPS TOOLBOX
QLess
Whitecaps Portal
SACSCOC Student Achievement
View GalvCollege's profile on Facebook
View GalvestonEdu's profile on Twitter
View galvestoncollege's profile on Instagram
View galvestoncollege's profile on Pinterest
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (college closed)
Spring 2020 Welcome Back Coffee Break
Spring 2020 Classes Begin
Spring 2020 First 8-Week Classes Begin
Galveston College closed Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Spring 2020 general registration is Jan. 13-15
39th Annual Share Your Holidays is huge success


What's the biggest difference between people who are successful in sales and those who fail? Linkedin has many different groups to belong to – I have chosen to be part of a few of these groups that fit with our Hiring Simulation business. One of the groups is based on Sales Management. In these groups a member can ask a question and the group can respond with their thoughts and advice.
There have been 862 responses to this one question. It is a simple question but I can tell you from reading different members' responses that there are widely held opinions – some with strongly opposing views! With this in mind, how does a Sales Manager or business owner know what they are looking for in a "successful" sales candidate when they are in a hiring situation? Specifically when there are so many opinions on what someone successful in sales looks like compared to the average?
The answer is "you need to see the candidate in action, in key elements of the job, before hiring them". For the past 9 plus years we have been working with sales teams – specifically on managing the risk of hiring key ("successful") sales people.
Our experience shows that until you see sales candidates in action, the hiring team will never know which candidate has the greatest chance for success. Seeing is believing! Seeing when they are on the job is a little too late! Check out our Job Simulation to make sure you are going to hire the most successful sales candidate.


text:
import matplotlib as mpl
from matplotlib.patches import ArrowStyle

from . import _color

def draw_text(data, obj):
    """Paints text on the graph."""
    content = []
    properties = []
    style = []
    ff = data["float format"]
    if isinstance(obj, mpl.text.Annotation):
        pos = _annotation(obj, data, content)
    else:
        pos = obj.get_position()

    if isinstance(pos, str):
        tikz_pos = pos
    else:
        # from .util import transform_to_data_coordinates
        # pos = transform_to_data_coordinates(obj, *pos)

        if obj.axes:
            # If the coordinates are relative to an axis, use `axis cs`.
            tikz_pos = f"(axis cs:{pos[0]:{ff}},{pos[1]:{ff}})"
        else:
            # relative to the entire figure, it's a getting a littler harder. See
            # <http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/274902/13262> for a solution to the
            # problem:
            tikz_pos = (
                f"({{$(current bounding box.south west)!{pos[0]:{ff}}!"
                "(current bounding box.south east)$}"
                "|-"
                f"{{$(current bounding box.south west)!{pos[1]:{ff}}!"
                "(current bounding box.north west)$})"
            )

    text = obj.get_text()

    if text in ["", data["current axis title"]]:
        # Text nodes which are direct children of Axes are typically titles.  They are
        # already captured by the `title` property of pgfplots axes, so skip them here.
        return data, content

    size = obj.get_size()
    bbox = obj.get_bbox_patch()
    converter = mpl.colors.ColorConverter()
    # without the factor 0.5, the fonts are too big most of the time.
    # TODO fix this
    scaling = 0.5 * size / data["font size"]
    if scaling != 1.0:
        properties.append(f"scale={scaling:{ff}}")

    if bbox is not None:
        _bbox(bbox, data, properties, scaling)

    ha = obj.get_ha()
    va = obj.get_va()
    anchor = _transform_positioning(ha, va)
    if anchor is not None:
        properties.append(anchor)
    data, col, _ = _color.mpl_color2xcolor(data, converter.to_rgb(obj.get_color()))
    properties.append(f"text={col}")
    properties.append(f"rotate={obj.get_rotation():.1f}")

    if obj.get_style() == "italic":
        style.append("\\itshape")
    else:
        assert obj.get_style() == "normal"

    # From matplotlib/font_manager.py:
    # weight_dict = {
    #     'ultralight' : 100,
    #     'light'      : 200,
    #     'normal'     : 400,
    #     'regular'    : 400,
    #     'book'       : 400,
    #     'medium'     : 500,
    #     'roman'      : 500,
    #     'semibold'   : 600,
    #     'demibold'   : 600,
    #     'demi'       : 600,
    #     'bold'       : 700,
    #     'heavy'      : 800,
    #     'extra bold' : 800,
    #     'black'      : 900}
    #
    # get_weights returns a numeric value in the range 0-1000 or one of
    # 'light', 'normal', 'regular', 'book', 'medium', 'roman', 'semibold',
    # 'demibold', 'demi', 'bold', 'heavy', 'extra bold', 'black'
    weight = obj.get_weight()
    if weight in [
        "semibold",
        "demibold",
        "demi",
        "bold",
        "heavy",
        "extra bold",
        "black",
    ] or (isinstance(weight, int) and weight > 550):
        style.append("\\bfseries")

    # \lfseries isn't that common yet
    # elif weight == 'light' or (isinstance(weight, int) and weight < 300):
    #     style.append('\\lfseries')

    if "\n" in text:
        # http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/124114/13262
        properties.append(f"align={ha}")
        # Manipulating the text here is actually against mpl2tikz's policy not
        # to do that. On the other hand, newlines should translate into
        # newlines.
        # We might want to remove this here in the future.
        text = text.replace("\n ", "\\\\")

    props = ",\n  ".join(properties)
    text = " ".join(style + [text])
    content.append(f"\\draw {tikz_pos} node[\n  {props}\n]{{{text}}};\n")
    return data, content

def _transform_positioning(ha, va):
    """Converts matplotlib positioning to pgf node positioning.
    Not quite accurate but the results are equivalent more or less."""
    if ha == "center" and va == "center":
        return None

    ha_mpl_to_tikz = {"right": "east", "left": "west", "center": ""}
    va_mpl_to_tikz = {
        "top": "north",
        "bottom": "south",
        "center": "",
        "baseline": "base",
    }
    anchor = " ".join([va_mpl_to_tikz[va], ha_mpl_to_tikz[ha]]).strip()
    return f"anchor={anchor}"

def _parse_annotation_coords(ff, coords, xy):
    """Convert a coordinate name and xy into a tikz coordinate string"""
    # todo: add support for all the missing ones
    if coords == "data":
        x, y = xy
        return f"(axis cs:{x:{ff}},{y:{ff}})"
    elif coords == "figure points":
        raise NotImplementedError
    elif coords == "figure pixels":
        raise NotImplementedError
    elif coords == "figure fraction":
        raise NotImplementedError
    elif coords == "axes points":
        raise NotImplementedError
    elif coords == "axes pixels":
        raise NotImplementedError
    elif coords == "axes fraction":
        raise NotImplementedError
    elif coords == "data":
        raise NotImplementedError
    elif coords == "polar":
        raise NotImplementedError
    else:
        # unknown
        raise NotImplementedError

def _get_arrow_style(obj, data):
    # get a style string from a FancyArrowPatch
    arrow_translate = {
        "-": ["-"],
        "->": ["->"],
        "<-": ["<-"],
        "<->": ["<->"],
        "<|-": ["latex-"],
        "-|>": ["-latex"],
        "<|-|>": ["latex-latex"],
        "]-": ["|-"],
        "-[": ["-|"],
        "]-[": ["|-|"],
        "|-|": ["|-|"],
        "]->": ["]->"],
        "<-[": ["<-["],
        "simple": ["-latex", "very thick"],
        "fancy": ["-latex", "very thick"],
        "wedge": ["-latex", "very thick"],
    }
    style_cls = type(obj.get_arrowstyle())

    # Sometimes, mpl adds new arrow styles to the ArrowStyle._style_list dictionary.
    # To support multiple mpl versions, check in a loop instead of a dictionary lookup.
    latex_style = None
    for key, value in arrow_translate.items():
        if key not in ArrowStyle._style_list:
            continue

        if ArrowStyle._style_list[key] == style_cls:
            latex_style = value
            break

    if latex_style is None:
        raise NotImplementedError(f"Unknown arrow style {style_cls}")

    data, col, _ = _color.mpl_color2xcolor(data, obj.get_ec())
    return latex_style + ["draw=" + col]

def _annotation(obj, data, content):
    ann_xy = obj.xy
    ann_xycoords = obj.xycoords
    ann_xytext = obj.xyann
    ann_textcoords = obj.anncoords

    ff = data["float format"]

    try:
        xy_pos = _parse_annotation_coords(ff, ann_xycoords, ann_xy)
    except NotImplementedError:
        # Anything else except for explicit positioning is not supported yet
        return obj.get_position()

    # special cases only for text_coords
    if ann_textcoords == "offset points":
        x, y = ann_xytext
        unit = "pt"
        text_pos = f"{xy_pos} ++({x:{ff}}{unit},{y:{ff}}{unit})"
    # elif ann_textcoords == "offset pixels":
    #     x, y = ann_xytext
    #     unit = "px"
    #     text_pos = f"{xy_pos} ++({x:{ff}}{unit},{y:{ff}}{unit})"
    else:
        try:
            text_pos = _parse_annotation_coords(ff, ann_xycoords, ann_xytext)
        except NotImplementedError:
            # Anything else except for explicit positioning is not supported yet
            return obj.get_position()

    if obj.arrow_patch:
        style = ",".join(_get_arrow_style(obj.arrow_patch, data))
        the_arrow = f"\\draw[{style}] {text_pos} -- {xy_pos};\n"
        content.append(the_arrow)
    return text_pos

def _bbox(bbox, data, properties, scaling):
    bbox_style = bbox.get_boxstyle()
    if bbox.get_fill():
        data, fc, _ = _color.mpl_color2xcolor(data, bbox.get_facecolor())
        if fc:
            properties.append(f"fill={fc}")
    data, ec, _ = _color.mpl_color2xcolor(data, bbox.get_edgecolor())
    if ec:
        properties.append(f"draw={ec}")
    # XXX: This is ugly, too
    ff = data["float format"]
    line_width = bbox.get_lw() * 0.4
    properties.append(f"line width={line_width:{ff}}pt")
    inner_sep = bbox_style.pad * data["font size"]
    properties.append(f"inner sep={inner_sep:{ff}}pt")
    if bbox.get_alpha():
        properties.append(f"fill opacity={bbox.get_alpha()}")
    # Rounded boxes
    if isinstance(bbox_style, mpl.patches.BoxStyle.Round):
        properties.append("rounded corners")
    elif isinstance(bbox_style, mpl.patches.BoxStyle.RArrow):
        data["tikz libs"].add("shapes.arrows")
        properties.append("single arrow")
    elif isinstance(bbox_style, mpl.patches.BoxStyle.LArrow):
        data["tikz libs"].add("shapes.arrows")
        properties.append("single arrow")
        properties.append("shape border rotate=180")
    elif isinstance(bbox_style, mpl.patches.BoxStyle.DArrow):
        data["tikz libs"].add("shapes.arrows")
        properties.append("double arrow")
    elif isinstance(bbox_style, mpl.patches.BoxStyle.Circle):
        properties.append("circle")
    elif isinstance(bbox_style, mpl.patches.BoxStyle.Roundtooth):
        properties.append("decorate")
        properties.append("decoration={snake,amplitude=0.5,segment length=3}")
    elif isinstance(bbox_style, mpl.patches.BoxStyle.Sawtooth):
        properties.append("decorate")
        properties.append("decoration={zigzag,amplitude=0.5,segment length=3}")
    else:
        # TODO Round4
        assert isinstance(bbox_style, mpl.patches.BoxStyle.Square)

    # Line style
    if bbox.get_ls() == "dotted":
        properties.append("dotted")
    elif bbox.get_ls() == "dashed":
        properties.append("dashed")
    # TODO Check if there is there any way to extract the dashdot
    # pattern from matplotlib instead of hardcoding
    # an approximation?
    elif bbox.get_ls() == "dashdot":
        s1 = 1.0 / scaling
        s3 = 3.0 / scaling
        s6 = 6.0 / scaling
        properties.append(
            f"dash pattern=on {s1:.3g}pt off {s3:.3g}pt on {s6:.3g}pt off {s3:.3g}pt"
        )
    else:
        assert bbox.get_ls() == "solid"