The year leading up to marrying my wife Gemma, now over fifteen years ago, was perhaps, unexpectedly, one of the hardest I experienced. The prospect of getting married was a joyful one, but the process of laying down ministry that I'd been involved in for a number of years, and preparing to move from my current life and location towards the completely new experience of sharing life with another in marriage wasn't an easy one for me. It was actually quite a lonely and isolating time.
One Monday afternoon, when things felt particularly difficult, I decided to finish work early and drive the seventy miles from my workplace down to Ellel Pierrepont for their monthly Healing Service. The weather that Autumn afternoon and evening was terrible, with high winds and torrential rain, and all the way down to Pierrepont I heard a condemning whisper telling me how I was wasting God's resources, driving all that way, and I could just as easily have prayed to Him at home.
I finally arrived at Pierrepont, just in time for the start of the meeting. As I walked through the front entrance, I felt the warmth of God's embrace, and the accusing voice was silenced. When the person sharing the message that night stood up to speak, after the time of worship, her first words were, "Do you ever feel like you're in the wilderness?" I knew, as I heard those words, that I was meant to be there that night.
I learned two truths from the Lord that stormy evening at Pierrepont. Firstly, He's a generous loving Father, not a divine accountant, always criticising us for using too much of this or that resource. Secondly, and more importantly, I learned that when we move from one season in our spiritual journey with the Lord to a new one, we often have to travel through what seems to be a wilderness to get there.
We see that in the journey that the children of Israel made as they left Egypt, crossing the Red Sea, and then beginning to move through the wilderness towards the Promised Land. God's intention was never that they should die in that wilderness after going round and round in circles for forty years. It was only meant to be a passing through place, where they could learn vital lessons about Him, and also about themselves. Our scripture verses for today, from Deuteronomy 8, show God's higher purpose for them, and us, in wilderness times.
If life feels like a wilderness for you at the moment, be encouraged that the Lord hasn't abandoned you. Just as He was with the Israelites in their wilderness journey, He wants to sustain you and lead you into a new place with Him.
Prayer: Father,`Let me find You in the desert, `til this sand is holy ground. And I am found completely surrendered, to You, my Lord and friend` (Geoff Bullock 1994). Amen.
"He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord."


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Appeal of THOMAS REYNOLDS, on behalf of MICHAEL and SEAN REYNOLDS, from action of the Board of Education of the Spackenkill Union Free School District regarding residency.
Humbert V. Maggiacomo, Esq., attorney for petitioner
Donoghue, Thomas, Auslander & Drohan, attorneys for respondent, Rochelle J. Auslander, Esq., of counsel
MILLS, Commissioner.--Petitioner appeals the determination of the Board of Education of the Spackenkill Union Free School District ("respondent") that his sons, Michael and Sean, are not district residents. The appeal must be dismissed.
Petitioner owns a house in Poughkeepsie, New York, within respondent"s district and asserts that he and his two sons reside there. He also owns a house in Wappingers Falls, New York, outside respondent"s district, but asserts that he is separated from his wife who resides at that address.
Respondent"s superintendent obtained information from the Dutchess County Board of Elections that petitioner had registered on October 10, 2000 and voted in November 2000 using the Wappingers Falls residence as his address. An investigator employed by respondent observed petitioner"s house in Poughkeepsie between 7:00 a.m. and 7:20 a.m. on January 29, 2001 and witnessed a male exit the house and drive away, but did not see any children exit the house. On February 9 and 12, 2001, the investigator observed the house in Wappingers Falls between approximately 6:40 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. and witnessed a young woman exit the house and drive away in a vehicle with other young occupants. According to the surveillance report, the investigator was unable to obtain the license plate numbers of the vehicles or follow the vehicles to determine their destination.
On February 26, 2001, a residency hearing was held. By letter dated March 9, 2001, respondent"s superintendent of schools determined that petitioner was not a district resident based upon the surveillance report and documentation showing that petitioner had registered and voted using the Wappingers Falls address as his legal residence. This appeal ensued. Petitioner"s request for an interim order was granted on April 6, 2001.
Petitioner asserts that respondent"s residency determination was arbitrary and capricious. Respondent asserts that petitioner does not reside in its district and his children are not entitled to attend its schools without the payment of tuition.
Education Law "3202(1) provides, in pertinent part:
The purpose of this statute is to limit the obligation of school districts to provide tuition-free education to students whose parents or legal guardians reside within the district (Appeal of Lapidus, 40 Ed Dept Rep ___, Decision No. 14,408; Appeal of Epps, 39 id. 778, Decision No. 14,377; Appeal of Rosati, 38 id. 216, Decision No. 14,018). Residence for purposes of Education Law "3202 is established based upon two factors: physical presence as an inhabitant within the district and an intent to reside in the district (Appeal of Smith, 39 Ed Dept Rep 67, Decision No. 14,175; Appeal of Dimbo, 38 id. 233, Decision No. 14,023). Moreover, for purposes of Education Law "3202(1), a person can only have one legal residence (Appeal of Monahan, 39 Ed Dept Rep 188, Decision No. 14,209; Appeal of Ifill, 38 id. 97, Decision No. 13,992).
Although petitioner owns two houses, he asserts that he resides with his children in respondent"s district. The only documentary evidence submitted with his petition, however, is a New York State driver"s license issued subsequent to the residency determination and a copy of an envelope addressed to petitioner and his wife at the Poughkeepsie address. Although respondent"s superintendent requested additional documentation, and even extended the time period for its receipt, petitioner failed to produce any other documentation or information that would support his assertion that he resides in respondent"s district.
In his determination dated March 9, 2001, respondent"s superintendent states that a surveillance report over a three-day period shows that petitioner"s children were observed leaving the house in Wappingers Falls and being driven to school. In fact, the report indicates that young persons were observed leaving the Wappingers Falls property on two mornings but it does not indicate where they were driven. The value of the report, therefore, is questionable.
Respondent"s determination, however, is also supported by evidence that petitioner registered to vote and voted in the fall 2000 election using the Wappingers Falls residence as his address and the sworn affidavit of respondent"s District Clerk and Secretary to the Superintendent indicating that petitioner was at the Wappingers Falls residence on two occasions when she hand-delivered district correspondence there. Noticeably absent from the record is any supporting documentation (other than the driver"s license issued after the superintendent"s determination) or any statement from petitioner"s wife describing the custody arrangement with petitioner. Moreover, petitioner who is represented by counsel, failed to submit any reply to respondent"s answer or the sworn affidavits submitted in support thereof.
In an appeal to the Commissioner, petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a clear legal right to the relief requested and the burden of establishing the facts upon which he seeks relief (Appeal of S.H., 40 Ed Dept Rep ___, Decision No. 14,578; Appeal of Camille S., 39 id. 574, Decision No. 14,316; Appeal of World Network International Services, Inc., 39 id. 30, Decision No. 14,164).
Although respondent"s evidence is minimal, petitioner offers virtually no documentary proof of residency nor does he rebut respondent"s contentions. Essentially all petitioner submits is his assertion that he owns property in respondent"s district and that he resides there. Mere ownership of property, however, without more, does not establish residency (Appeal of Felenczak, 39 Ed Dept Rep 125, Decision No. 14,191; Appeal of Duhaney, 38 id. 94, Decision No. 13,991). Accordingly, on the record before me, I cannot conclude that respondent"s decision was arbitrary or capricious.

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Pflugerville, TX – The HOLIDAYs approacheth. This seasonal offering, inspired by an oatmeal raisin cookie, is a joyous occasion all in itself. Specially formulated with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, oatmeal, and vanilla, Holiday will help you cope with last minute shopping and difficult relatives. It could be so nice. Available now in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding areas.
Whether you just spent a long day seeking out the elusive pink polka dot Furby or slaved in the kitchen preparing a 40 lb pheasant, Holiday Ale weighs in at 9.6% to calm those nerves and bring a little color back to your cheeks.
This is only the 2nd time we have released this beer. Last year it flew off the shelves and we even know someone who bought a case of them! Fear not, we made a lot more this year. We recommend buying three at a time. One for right now, one to bust out during an upcoming holiday, and one to age for next year. You'll thank us later.
Hand crafted, small batches of craft beer made fresh in North Austin. Debuting in March of 2012 with 2 beers, Rogness Brewing Company now delivers to Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Waco and the surrounding areas.
We are a production brewery but have beer for sale in our taproom on Fridays (4-9) and for our monthly tour on the 2nd Saturday (1-4). There are six different taps and we'll try to always feature at least one brewery-only release. You are welcome to bring your kid and/or dog and enjoy our outdoor biergarten featuring a few handmade picnic tables.


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The Ipswich recycling firm with an eye on the future
PUBLISHED: 09:28 12 September 2019 | UPDATED: 09:28 12 September 2019
James Carr
Sackers Recycling held a two week work experience for young adults through Inspire Step Up. Photo: Tom Elsom.
An Ipswich recycling firm is investing in the future of the industry and giving the next generation a helping hand.
Sackers Recycling, in Great Blakenham, staged a two week work experience programme for young adults through the Inspire Step Up scheme.
The course provides young adults, aged between 16 and 24, the opportunity to gain industry related training and qualifications.
Combining a mixture of practical on-the-job training and theory training the course proved a success.
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Of the five youngsters who completed the course, three were offered jobs by the well-known recycling firm.
"This was very new to us, and it was more successful than we could have ever expected it to be", said compliance manager Kevin Harrington.
"We had good calibre of students all willing to learn and were reliable and engage. I was really impressed."
Managing director Adrian Dodds added: "Recruiting is hard at the moment, so it's important that we invest in giving these young adults opportunities to grow and support them into careers.
"We are lucky that we have a varied business that allowed them to try different areas and we could see where their skills were."


MC Grafite is a relative newcomer to Second Life, having joined the platform just five months ago. However, at 13:00 SLT, on Tuesday 13th December, she is opening her new gallery featuring her work (and only the second time she has publicly exhibited her art!). I took the opportunity to drop in ahead of the opening, while MC was still setting up to gain something of a sneak peek.
Also known as Marisa Camelo, MC is an artist in the physical world focusing on pencil-based drawings. She notes she spends around nine or ten hours a day drawing, her work covering a range of topics, including portraiture, animals and wildlife, costumes, tattoo designs, cars, and more. And if I were to try to define her art in a single word or phrase, it would be: striking.
Within a simple, but effective gallery setting of stone pillars and plain white walls, MC presents a broad portfolio of her work, from simple-looking sketches, located outside of the main entrance in an enclosed courtyard, through to a series of exquisite set of white-on-black images of quite exceptional beauty and depth.
Her portraiture is also shown, within pictures of actors, celebrities and film and literature characters mounted on the rear walls of the gallery. I admit that her Baby Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2) and her It immediately drew my eyes to them. Both capture the vitality and mischief inherent in the first, and the sheer malevolence of the second quite perfectly. I found Eye, located directly beneath It equally mesmerizing – although this should not be taken to mean there is anything lacking in the remaining portraits; quite the reverse in fact: each has its own unique attraction.
But I must admit to being completely captivated by the etching-like black-on white pieces she presents; there is something about this approach to art that I've always found enamouring, and the pieces MC offers are stunning in their presentation and beauty. As a cat lover, Cat Reflex and Cat in the Moonlight simply (both seen in the image at the top of this article) entranced me.
Further pieces are available on the upper mezzanine of the gallery, one or two of which might be considered NSFW. However, as MC was still setting-up on the upper floor when I visited, I only had a quick cam up to it, in order to avoid disturbing her too much.
As well as her own art, MC also offers a commissioned art service. Details of this can be found via the information givers located next to one of the stairways leading up to the Mezzanine level.
The gallery officially opens at 13:00 SLT on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018, as noted. But whether you can make the opening or not, I do recommend the MC Grafite Gallery as well worth a visit.


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Oak Hills in search of first CIF-SS Title, following regular season finale
November 8, 2014 · by James H. Williams · in Football, Sports. ·
By Tony Zarate
The Bulldogs of Oak Hills High School defeated the Hesperia High Scorpions, 50-22, to clinch their first undefeated Mojave River League Championship in school history on Nov. 7 at Hesperia High.
The Bulldogs' victory gave the team an 8-2 overall and 5-0 league record to end the regular season. The season was dominated by a powerful offense as well as a rock solid defense.
After the win, defensive tackle Robert Hoskins felt as though the "defense started off weak but picked it up." Hoskins, who missed the 2013 season due to injury, collected two tackles in the win over the Scorpions. With the Bulldogs going into the first game of CIF playoffs next week, the morale and momentum are set high for the Bulldogs.
"We go in as winners with confidence," Hoskins said."We are champs at one thing and we can do it again."
The Bulldogs have yet to win a CIF championship in the school's short 5 year history.
A key piece in the Bulldogs' puzzle to success is explosive and dynamic wide receiver, Jeremiah Lorick.
Lorick led the team this year in receiving with a whopping 557 receiving yards. He also brought home a touchdown in Friday's game to increase his season total to five. With a core of offensive weapons that will be graduating after this season, including wide receivers Faizon Knight, Gino Mastandrea and running back De Zhontey Fletcher, Lorick is expected to be a top tier offensive weapon for the Bulldogs going forward.
"I like the pressure on my shoulders but we also have a lot of other great athletes," Lorick said.
He displayed his pure talent on the football field by leading his team in receiving yards during the season.
"… I would have expected one of the older cats to do it but I stepped up," Lorick stated.
His sense of cool, calm and collectiveness is something that should be watched in his bright future.
All season long the Bulldogs played with a great sense unity within the teammates themselves and with the coaching staff. They have a full plate going into the 2014 CIF-SS playoffs being rated number one in the Eastern Division. This will be a challenge for the Bulldogs this year in the playoffs and it will be a thrill to see what it amounts to.
Tags: Bulldogs, Championship, CIF, De Zhontey Fletcher, Football, Hesperia, Jeremiah Lorick, Mojave River League, Oak Hills, Robert Hoskins, Scorpions, Tony Zarate
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Directly Responsible for entire operations within Tax Services department in Poland servicing clients form EMEA location. The department consists of almost 100 employees, therefore the head of the department should display strong leadership skills, managerial skills, ability to run large scale operations, strong change management as well as client servicing skills. Relevant industry experience is an asset.
Develop and build up a strong relationship with internal and external clients.
Assume senior managerial oversight of all operations conducted by the assigned team(s) in Poland.
Ensure sufficiently trained staff is available to service the client/s and deliver quality service.
Assume responsibility for the implementation of client specific, global and local projects (new business development review, planning & roll out).
Conduct Performance appraisals and objective setting.
Provide timely updates on issues and carry out necessary corrective actions.
Manage on-going relationships with the goal of meeting / exceeding service delivery standards.
Work to broaden scope of services in Poland to support overall European strategy.
Represent State Street by serving on internal and external committees and industry associations.
Evaluate current methods and strategies. Communicate and manage implementation of changes and improvements.
Responsible for execution of overall business plan in assigned areas.
Responsible for the direction and development of subordinate managers at all levels as well as junior staff.
Resolve employee complaints and escalations.
Strong time management and communication skills both written and verbal. Ability to effectively communicate on all levels.


I am a multimedia artist (music composing and graphic designs / visualisations, from the center of Germany: Kassel. As the general lifestyle and habits of an artist are reknown, as a little ´strange´ and ´other´ - these characteristics fit perfectly to me, but I am a nice and gentle person - not too ego concerned. I don´t expect to find my ideal, female, match here from sketch, but I am very interested and simply curious what I will expect here... and with you.
all in scandinavia - all boundary nations of germany - I would love to travel to south america. mexico especially.


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Definitions for "Penguin"
Keywords: flightless, flippers, bird, fly, wings
Related Terms: Ostrich, Passerine, Emu, Covey, Goose , Quail, Trogon, Grouse, Snipe, Curlew, Guillemot, Rectrices, Godwit, Plumage, Partridge, Grackle, Roost, Redwing, Fantail, Aves, Nightjar, Sparrow, Fledged, Robin, Talon, Ratite, Coverts, Avian, Dodo, Cockatoo, Underwing, Dipper, Feather, Parrot , Loon, Ibis , Pheasant, Preening, Wader, Martlet, Waterfowl, Bustard, Swift, Coot, Magpie, Remiges, Pelican, Blackbird, Owl, Quetzal
Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.
Sea-fowl of southern hemisphere with wings developed into scaly flippers with which it swims under water. Most penguins answer to the name 'Pembroke'.
rpg.net
(also PENGE, PENGY) Angie DuPree, who usually manifests in aquatic-bird form.
netside.net
short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
a bird, but it doesn't fly -- it has flippers instead of wings for obtaining its food
globalclassroom.org
a bird who thinks he is fish
razaali.wordpress.com
a flightless bird, a truck is a heavy road vehicle, and a marriage in our society is defined as the union between a man and a woman
telusplanet.net
a flightless bird that swims in the arctic
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a water bird that can't fly
42explore.com
A member of the Womens Royal Air Force. Nickname, because they cannot fly.
anu.edu.au
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere.
Keywords: bob, supervillain, chesterfield, oswald, cobblepot
The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot), is a DC Comics supervillain and an enemy of Batman. He was introduced by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, he first appeared in Detective Comics #58 (December 1941).
Penguin is an album by British/American blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). Released in 1973, it was the first Fleetwood Mac album to feature Bob Weston and the only one to feature Dave Walker.
Keywords: kongsberg, gruppen, norw, forsvarsteknologi, kog
The Penguin anti-ship missile (U.S. designation AGM-119), made by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA)Early development of the Penguin was done by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (NDRE; Norw. FFI) during the 1960s. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) was formerly a part of Kongsberg VÃ¥penfabrikk (KV) (1814–1986) and Norsk Forsvarsteknologi (NFT) (1987–1994), and is now part of Kongsberg Gruppen (KOG). of Norway from the early 1970s and continually upgraded since, is a passive-IR seeker based short-to-medium range naval cruise missile.
Keywords: freecell, pinguin, bromelia, solitaire, spiny
The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges.
Penguin is a solitaire card game which uses a deck of 52 playing cards. Because of its game play, it belongs to same family of solitaire card games as Freecell and Eight Off.
Keywords: waddle, sobs, tummy, lazy, cute
a cute little creature which tends to waddle or slide on their tummy (lazy SOBs)
Keywords: pumpkin, santa
Pumpkin Santa
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Keywords: carnivore
a carnivore
Keywords: poolen, cyd, printer, buy, credit
a printer credit which you can buy from CYD-poolen
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Keywords: amphibian, beak, augmented, clearly, warm
a clearly a beak-augmented warm-blooded amphibian
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Keywords: wallah, ground, see
See ground wallah.
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Keywords: geophysical, polar, investigations, acronym, atmosphere
Acronym for Polar Experiment Network for Geophysical Upper-atmosphere Investigations.
geoinfo.amu.edu.pl
Keywords: toolkit, api, desktop, never, abstract
Never thought to develop only one version of the same software for the desktop and web? Penguin is an abstract window toolkit API enabling software to run virtually on all media and platforms.
Keywords: peripheral


Spring usually brings change—the blooms, the pollen, the itch to get outside. The change for AEA this spring is a new location for the Summer Institute. While the previous location was cost effective, it no longer met the needs of a growing attendee base—in 2016 that number grew to 584! Therefore, we have selected a new location and designed a new look/theme for this year. The Summer Institute for 2017 will be held at Omni Hotel at the CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. This new location offers plenty of room for more attendees and additional offerings.
A Pre-Conference offering by The Evaluators' Institute on the topic of Culture and Evaluation. This course will provide participants with the opportunity to learn and apply a step-by-step approach to conduct culturally responsive evaluations. It will use theory-driven evaluation as a framework, because it ensures that evaluation is integrated into the design of programs. The workshop will be led by Leona Ba.
A new workshop on the topic of Social Impact Measurement and Evaluation, led by Veronica Olazabal and Karim Harji, the chair and co-chair of the new Topical Institute Group, on the topic of Social Impact Measurement.
Stephanie Evergreen's Presenting Data Effectively, May 16 and May 18. Register here.
Stephanie Wilkerson & Billie-Jo Grant's Introduction to Infographics and Strategies for Use in Evaluation, starting June 21. Register here.
We are also introducing a new format called Lunch Break. These one-hour sessions are just the right size (in between the 20-minute coffee break format and the more intensive three-hour e-studies) for topics that need a deeper dive but can be presented in a shorter timeframe. The premiere Lunch Break, June 15 and 22, will be on the topic of Getting Published led by AJE and NDE Editors. More information to come soon.
Sometimes change is bittersweet. Gail McCauley, AEA's Operations Manager, will retire this month and head into new opportunities of her own. She has been with AEA for approximately three years. We appreciate her dedication, professionalism, and diligence on AEA programs and projects. She will be missed by the team and members alike.
Another change is an addition to the team—Milos Popovic. He joins the membership and operations team as an Associate. He attended Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service with a major in international politics. He has led his own non-profit to benefit autistic children in his hometown in Serbia and is quite excited to be joining the AEA team.
In March, the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) held its 8th conference in Kampala, Uganda. The 687 delegates in attendance represented more than 70 countries, with the United States having the third largest attendance after Uganda and Kenya. The conference offered delegates 60 workshops and 19 session strands. Forty-two donors, including AEA, supported the event.
In particular, AEA, in partnership with the South African M&E Association (SAMEA), organized and sponsored the strand on Professionalizing Evaluation. A prominent point of discussion throughout the meeting concerned the challenges faced by voluntary organizations for the professionalization of evaluation to address and support the Sustainable Development Goals. Multiple sessions in the Professionalizing Evaluation strand focused on ongoing efforts around the world to support professionalization in evaluation.
AEA President Kathy Newcomer, Cindy Clapp-Wincek, AEA representative to IOCE and EvalPartners, and former AEA board members, Robin Lin Miller and Donna Podems, attended the conference through AEA's Peer-to-Peer Grant program on behalf of AEA. Kathy Newcomer was one of seven international leaders who addressed delegates at the opening plenary, speaking on how evaluation can be used to promote socially just societies and encourage those societies to be reflective.
Robin Lin Miller and Donna Podems offered a one-day course on evaluation theory to help inform ongoing discussion within AfrEA about developing evaluation theories made in Africa, and whether and how Western theories might be adapted to the African context. Robin was so engaging that a monkey perched on the windowsill to listen to her talk about how practice can improve theory and how theory can support practice! Robin and Donna continue to work with the workshop participants by email to support their exploration of theories and models that are pertinent to the participants' practice.
Robin and Donna's workshop supported one of AfrEA's conference themes, Made in Africa. Other sessions on the theme explored how to draw on and give recognition to ways of knowing and conducting evaluation that are rooted in non-western contexts and cultures. Cindy conducted a peer-to-peer discussion that supported the Made in Africa theme within the Conflict and Fragility strand.
The U.S. Department of State provided AfrEA a grant for the Conflict/Fragility strand and to develop a guide on local African solutions for monitoring and evaluating democracy, human rights, and governance programs. A community of practice will conduct three monthly webinars to further explore these topics. The webinars will be led by a French-speaking African evaluator and by Cindy.
The conference allowed AEA and AfrEA to strengthen their relationship. Kathy, Cindy, Robin, and Donna look forward to greeting their new African friends and colleagues at AEA's conference in November, and to providing them with the same level of warmth and hospitality generously extended to AEA's delegates by AfrEA.
P2i Site and Resources Gaining Attention!
We were pretty excited to get the job done and start sharing the great news and resources, and others have already started to take notice. P2i received a couple of great "shout outs" recently from other organizations.
AEA member Kylie Hutchinson of Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation wrote an article for the 2017 Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Conference. Read Three Quickie Tips to Rock Your CES2017 Presentation for her suggestions and links to other great presentation resources as well.
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Center for Association Leadership featured a discussion on their internal site in which one member asked, "This year we want to create a resource center for our conference speakers with tips on presenting and tools to enhance their presentation [i.e., PowerPoint template]. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on other resources we could include." Another member answered, "The American Evaluation Association has built a great resource center via their Potent Presentations Initiative (p2i). I happened across this a few months ago and was very impressed." Our AEA Executive Director, Denise Roosendaal, also participated in the discussion by contributing some background information on p2i.
The waiting game… If you submitted one or more proposals for Evaluation 2017, you know how hard it is to wait for that acceptance notice in summer! While it may feel premature to start crafting your message or designing slides, now is a perfect time to acquaint (or reacquaint) yourself with our treasure trove of p2i tools and resources. Download a few today and start thinking about how you might use them.
New tools! New tools! We're putting the final polish on a handouts tool that will be available soon, and a guidance tool for using images.
What other tools or resources would you like to see on the p2i site?
I'm a relatively new evaluator with just over five years of professional practice under my belt. Since my first dip into the evaluation pool, AEA has been a rock to stand on, a means of connecting with colleagues near and far, and a place to learn. Right now, I'm figuring out a new job, completing my Ph.D., and working with my Hawai'i evaluation crew to put on our best conference ever. The connection point between all of these changes and responsibilities is my identity as a professional evaluator. At points of transition, it's good to reflect; I'm going to take this opportunity to reflect on my own practice as an evaluator and as a leader in my evaluation community, using the AEA Value Statements as a guide.
High quality, ethical, culturally responsive evaluation. I'm in that awkward stage of knowing enough about evaluation to get an inkling of how much I don't know. A few years back, a colleague summed it up well saying that evaluation is a professions where you must always be learning and adding to your toolbox. There is no point where you can say, "OK, I'm there. I know everything I need to know."
However, within that journey, there are experiences that push you to learn more quickly. I experienced that recently taking a new position within a Native Hawaiian serving organization with a mission to ensure a thriving Hawaiian people. I needed to learn quickly what culturally responsive evaluation looked like in practice and, specifically, what this concept might look within my organization. However, my biggest lesson within that experience was that cultural responsiveness and inclusivity practices embedded within the AEA values are essential in all situations, not just those directly involving individuals coming to the table with different cultural values. In reality, we're always working with groups coming to the table with different values and the prominence of cultural responsiveness in AEA values is absolutely necessary and something I've come to greatly value.
Continual development of evaluation professionals. In addition to being an evaluator in transition, I'm also the current president of the Hawaiʻi Pacific Evaluation Association (H-PEA). Since its inception ten years ago, H-PEA strives to connect Hawaiʻi's evaluators with opportunities to further their practice. One of the groups we support is graduate students interested in program evaluation. Our smart and dedicated H-PEA committees have come up with new ways to engage this group by soliciting and offering scholarships to cover students' registration fees.
This year we went further and will be inaugurating a poster contest with an award named in honor of Lois-elin Datta, a long-time supporter of H-PEA. The goal of these efforts is to expose new and up-and-coming evaluators to learning opportunities both within our walls and through our networks. Due to our location, it can be difficult for evaluators in our state to pursue professional development outside of the islands, both for cost and time needed to travel. Taking the AEA value of continual development to heart, I will commit to work with our H-PEA ʻohana to provide new and relevant learning opportunities to our community in these islands, recognizing it may be one of the only development opportunities for evaluators available.
Reflection is essential to culturally responsive evaluation and, I would argue, evaluation practice as a whole. Mahalo to the AEA community for providing me this platform to reflect on my own practice and for providing the values and guiding principles that help define us as professionals.
Sena Pierce is cheerleader for program evaluation and helps promote its practice as an internal evaluator with educational programs in Hawaiʻi. Sharing evaluation findings with teachers and school administrators led Sena to learn more about data visualization and evaluation use, which is the focus of her dissertation currently in progress. Sena is a senior research associate with Kamehameha Schools in Hawaiʻi.
In this issue, we extend our congratulations to the Office of Performance Evaluations, Idaho Legislature—Rakesh Mohan, Director, and Lance McCleve, Project Lead.
The Office of Performance Evaluations is an independent, nonpartisan agency of the Idaho Legislature. Established in 1994, the office's mission is to promote confidence and accountability in state government through evaluations of state programs and policies. Although small in size—eight staff—the office has been highly effective in bringing to its legislature findings and recommendations that identify ways to improve government.
As the director of the office, Rakesh Mohan is fortunate to have staff who are committed to excellence and transparency. They carry out his vision of being responsive to the legislature's information needs while maintaining evaluator independence—two seemingly contradictory tasks in a political environment. His awesome staff are Amanda Bartlett, Margaret Campbell, Hannah Crumrine, Tony Grange, Ryan Langrill, Lance McCleve, and Bryon Welch. They use their collective skills and experiences to find creative but practical solutions to complex problems affecting the people of Idaho.


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pyapi-gitlab is a python wrapper for the [Gitlab API](https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/tree/master/doc/api).

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## Requirements

- requests

## Naming convention

pyapi-gitlab has its own versioning in which the 2 first numbers indicates the Gitlab version that its supported for that library. a 7.5 version means that its compatible with the Gitlab 7.5 and lower API versions.

## Installation

```bash
pip install pyapi-gitlab
```

pyapi-gitlab supports python version 2.6, 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4

# Versions tested

| Gitlab version | Status |
|:-------------:| :-----:|
| 7.9.X      | :x:1 |
| 7.8.X      | :heavy_check_mark: |
| 7.7.X      | :heavy_check_mark: |
| 7.6.X      | :heavy_check_mark: |
| 7.5.X      | :heavy_check_mark: |
| 7.4.X      | :heavy_check_mark: |
| 7.3.X      | :heavy_check_mark: |
| 7.2.X      | :heavy_check_mark: |
| 7.1.X      | :x:2 |
| 7.0.X      | :x:3   |

1. 3 out of 17 tests failing: Seems that create snippet wall note now returns true/false instead of the created snippet. Snippet creating now does not return the created snippet. And move project does not return a dict either.
2. Label creation is not supported on this version.
3. Contributors endpoint seems to not exists in this version. Label creation is not supported on this version.

## Changelog

# 7.8.5

 - Use ```requests.json()``` instead of decoding everything (@satreix)
 - Add getmergerequestchanges (@bor-sh)
 - Add getmilestoneissues (@JonathonReinhart)
 - Add editproject (@nelg)
 - Add editgroupmember (@)
 - Fix hook metadata creation #137 (@jzelinskie)
 - Fix addprojectmember (@btall)
 - Fix Raise exception instead of returing it in creategroup (@brenard)

# 7.8.4

 - Just a bumped version, now that its tested and fully supports Gitlab versions up to 7.8

# 7.5.4

 - Change license to Apache 2.0
 - getproject now accepts a namespace/projectname as well like the gitlab api

# 7.5.3

 - New function wrapper ``getall`` to get all results from any function that provides pagination [Anirudh Dutt]
 - Remove pagination params from ``getdeploykeys``, ``getbranches`` and ``getsshkeys`` as they dont support it [Anirudh Dutt]
 - Add oAuth tokens to the login method [Ken Cochrane]
 - You can now add the type of hook when creating it [tonicbupt]
 - Allow Project Issues to be filtered by passing kwargs [Nick Whyte]
 - Update docs [Itxaka Serrano]

# 7.5.2

 - Support for the full Gitlab 7.5 API
 - Fix python 2.6 compatibility
 - All methods have documentation (Inside the library only, the docs are lagging a bit behind).
 - New fork api that allows to actually fork a project instead of doing fork relations
 - New label methods (getlabel, createlabel, editlabel, deletelabel)
 - All get* methods that return more than one item support pagination. Check page and per_page args. Default to first page and 20 items per page.
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Old sudo arg in methods to execute as other user is gone. Now there is a method setsudo(user_id/user_username) which will setup the header, so all the subsequent API calls will be done as that user. To get back to your user just do a setsudo() and the sudo parameter will be cleared
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Some methods were returning True or False instead of the object created. Now all the methods in which there is something returning from the server is returned as a dictionary/list of dictionaries to the user
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Some methods now use kwargs for the optional parameters so the code is more easy and readable. Methods affected: createproject, createprojectuser, createmilestone, editmilestone, updatemergerequest
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Project wallnotes does not exist anymore, seems that they have been moved to project snippets (getsnippets, getsnippet, createsnippet, deletesnippet)
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Removed getreadme method as its not part of the gitlab api, nor was it ever.
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Old methods that started with list* are not get*. This is done in order to have a proper naming convention instead of having mixed listsomething and then getsomething. The actual
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Old methods with new names: getownprojects -> getprojectsowned, getallprojects -> getprojectsall

## Examples/Documentation

Check the docs at [readthedocs.org](http://pyapi-gitlab.readthedocs.org)

## License

pyapi-gitlab is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Check the LICENSE file.

## Built with PyCharm

Thanks to Jetbrains for giving me an Open Source license for PyCharm, it has helped making development much faster!

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Thank you Speaker De Venecia; Vice President Noli de Castro; President Fidel Ramos; Senate President Drilon; Chief Justice Davide and the Justices of the Supreme Court; honorable members of the Senate and the House of Representatives; His Excellency Archbishop Franco and the excellencies of the diplomatic corps; members of the Cabinet; commanders of the Armed Forces; officers and members of the Philippine National Police; fellow workers in government; distinguished guests; ladies and gentlemen.
Angelo de la Cruz is home.
Why was Angelo de la Cruz saved? Because I stuck to my oath. Since I first became President in 2001, my declared foreign policy focus has been to protect the vital interests of the nation, including our 8 million overseas Filipinos.
You have a government—indeed, you have a country—that cares. Your life is held more dearly than international acclaim. And you have a President who is your friend.
Wars are for combatants. As I speak soldiers are being held hostage by communist insurgents, but they don't expect to be released except by the compassion of their captors or a military operation.
We have been fighting the longest-running communist insurgency in history. We have been coming to grips with fundamentalist terrorism long before 9/11.
As the leader of the nation, I say in behalf of the Filipino people to the world: We are strong and principled believers in democracy. Four generations of fighting Filipinos have ceaselessly struggled against totalitarians and terrorists for our freedom, for the freedom of our people and the people of the world.
We have fought the enemy, and taken as good as we gave—not from a safe distance but in close quarters. Bataan and Corregidor, Korea and Vietnam, East Timor, Kosovo, Liberia, to name a few.
I did not sacrifice policy to save a human life. I applied policy for that purpose. [Applause] The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives.
Ask yourselves this: If Angelo de la Cruz had been sacrificed, what would change for the better in Iraq today?
I want to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both.
But it can only be done with focus, with energy, and with a common purpose to do that which still lies within our power: put our economic house back in working order [applause] before it finds itself beyond hope of repair and doomed to share the fate of failed nations.
We made a head start in the last three years; we must take bolder steps forward in the next six.
New investments, foreign and, better yet, domestic, were made. Three million more of our people found jobs in the last three years compared to half a million in the three years before that.
Malaki ang pag-unlad sa pangunahing pangangailangan—malinis na tubig, health insurance, tirahan, paaralan, aklat.
As a further sign of the people's overwhelming support, they gave me a huge majority in Congress, and and a huge majority among the local governments.
The season of bitter partisanship is over; the season of service is upon us all—majority, minority, opposition, administration.
In my inaugural address, I laid down a 10-point agenda for the next six years—not utopia but something practical we can achieve and accomplish on time.
Ipinangangako ko—iiwanan na natin ang ligalig at alinlangan.
The next six years, we hope, is when we finally get things right.
All that's needed is to clear away a couple of obstacles, as I intend to do with five key reform packages: (1) job creation through economic growth; (2) anticorruption through good government; (3) social justice and basic needs; (4) education and youth opportunity; and (5) energy independence and savings.
Tough decisions will have to be made. It's going to be tough love from hereon. It must be tougher on those who've had it easy than on those who've had it tough already.
Ang kanilang sikreto'y pagkakaisa ng mamamayan, suporta sa liderato, at sakripisyo ng bawat isa.
Maraming magsasabi: matagal na silang nagsasakripisyo. Ngunit hinihingi ko sa inyo: konti pang sakripisyo.
Our most urgent problem is the budget deficit. Sometimes it's unavoidable; but chronic deficits are always bad.
Sometimes stamping out deficits too vigorously can slow down growth. But ignoring them can kill the economy. It sends the wrong signal that we don't understand our fiscal predicament and will not help ourselves. This will drive away investments, exacerbate the deficit, and hurt job growth.
Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs.
Chronic deficits mean undertaking less social services that private charity will never provide but without which social war is inevitable. This is a surefire formula for national failure.
So, we must raise revenues, expand government services, yet cut costs—all at the same time. It boils down to right priorities.
All the solutions require profound, even personal, changes. Politicians will need to focus on the job at hand rather than on their prospect of re-election.
The worst offender yet the hardest to pin down is corporate corruption. Businessmen must adopt an attitude of tax acceptance not tax avoidance. They must stop trying to outrun the tax collector. They must recognize that only a fiscally stronger government can create a more congenial business environment: [applause] greater security, better infrastructure, cheaper credit, more business.
My administration will undertake reforms to raise or save P100 billion. [Applause] I ask Congress to pass eight revenue measures that will collect P80 billion more.
Alam kong maaasahan ko ang mga mambabatas upang burahin ang deficit, upang ituloy ang magandang trabaho, at upang itaguyod ang saligan ng matapat na gobyerno at malakas na ekonomiya.
Investments in infrastructure and energy provide the greatest multiplier effect for growth and job creation. 'Pag maganda ang imprastraktura gaya ng kalsada, tulay, pantalan, telepono, kuryente, maraming mamumuhunan. Maraming magkakaroon ng trabaho.
To this end, NAPOCOR power-generating plants and transmission lines must be privatized but not in a fire sale. [Applause] Delivering electricity to virtually an entire country as big as ours cannot possibly be worth nothing but the trouble of running it.
Kaya ang aking agenda para sa maralita ay hanapbuhay; reporma sa lupa; tubig, gamot, at kuryente; pagtatanggol at kapangyarihan para sa mahina.
In fact, we will now be able to bring clean water to the entire country because during my previous term, you, Congress finally passed the Clean Water Act; because in my first days as president in 2001 I signed the Solid Waste Act—thank you also for giving me that opportunity—and because we are reforesting our watersheds.
The growing industrial, service, and microenterprise sectors will take care of some, a thriving agribusiness sector will keep more in the countryside rather than burdening a Metro Manila that is already cracking under the weight of overpopulation.
Some say that is it cheaper to die than to get well from an illness, that it is impossible to find clean water in this rainfall country, that in this modern day and age, part of the country still sits in darkness. This is a terrible waste and a terrible shame. Kaya ang aking agenda para sa maralita ay hanapbuhay; reporma sa lupa; tubig, gamot, at kuryente; pagtatanggol at kapangyarihan para sa mahina.
Land reform covers agrarian reform, urban land reform, and ancestral domain land reform. I ask Congress to qualify farmland as bank collateral and reform the system of urban land titles.
Ang kapangyarihan ng taong bayan ay puso ng demokrasya. Dapat kasama sila sa paghugis ng kanilang kapalaran.
Dadalhin ko ang aking mga reporma sa taong bayan. Ako'y magpapaliwanag, ako'y makikinig.
Economies have exhausted the possibilities of the division of labor; the way further forward now is a better-educated, more adaptable workforce.
But that's no reason to spare public services from the test of competitive performance.
I have abolished 80 offices under the Office of the President. I will abolish 30 more.
I ask Congress to pass a law on government reengineering, with silver parachutes for redundant offices.
Once we have proved to our people that we have done what we can within the present structure of government, we can move on to changing the system to one that enhances our freedom and flexibility to do more.
I do not ask for unprincipled support because it will not hold.
I do not want a honeymoon period after which we can forget the country and go after each other again. I want a marriage not of convenience but of conviction, across the spectrum of parties and groups, encompassing the range of intelligent political, religious, and economic views. I want a marriage for at least the life of this Congress.
This time I will say it again, adding only that past presidents were right. And that each time change doesn't happen, makes change harder and less likely to happen the next time around.
This time, let me say, let's just do it!


North Little Rock, Arkansas is the 553rd largest city in the United States as of 2017.
North Little Rock, Arkansas is a city.
North Little Rock, Arkansas is as large as it has ever been. In 2017 North Little Rock had its largest population ever.
North Little Rock, Arkansas's growth is below average. 67% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.


You know what happens when Red Lodge High School students volunteer and help out the community? A ton! This semester, students have given their time to play music, shovel sidewalks, assist in public programs at the library, coach younger kids, haul pet food, represent at leadership conferences, share their ideas with local boards, build a green house, play act for the local EMS trainings, decorate our town with flags and lights, support the Fun Run, wax skis, and so much more! Our youth step up to make positive impacts in our community. So we say 'thank you' and celebrate their success!
Last week, Red Lodge Pizza Co, sponsored a pizza party at the high school to celebrate nearly 3,700 volunteer hours and you can bet they are not even close to done!
It is not all about hours students serve, but also what they choose to. During this celebration, Travis McKenney and Hannah Johnson were recognized with the Principals Choice Award. This acknowledges students that seem to be doing something a little different in the Community. With so many students giving their time this is a difficult choice to make.
Travis McKenney has been involved in community service for all four years. This time he used some of his amazing orator skills to present in the Imagine Red Lodge brainstorming and planning sessions. He used his insight as a performing artist and brought the youth voice to the table AND then presented his group's ideas to a large group of 50 citizens on the fly.
Hannah Johnson has also been an involved volunteer throughout her high school career. She has been involved in a little bit of everything, from steering committees and making mailers for fundraisers, inventory of the Broadway flags and loads of school events. Recently, Hannah has taken up refereeing table top volleyball for local seniors. The Willows and Cedar Wood Villa residents have been playing a fast game of table top beach volley ball on Wednesdays and Hannah has been stepping in to keep score. Such a cool intergenerational way to volunteer.
Thank you to the Red Lodge High School students for working hard and making our community brighter through service. If you are interested in the Future of Montana Volunteer Corps program or have some volunteer opportunities of your own, contact Rue at the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation at 406-446-2820, stop by 122 S Hauser Ave, or email youth@rlacf.org.


Rukshana Nanayakkara is the Advocacy Manager for Sustainable Development Goals at Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S) in Berlin, Germany. His work involves supporting TI chapters and other regional and international networks in prioritizing SDG anti-corruption targets in SDG implementation and monitoring. To this end his programs focus on creating knowledge on SDG issues, building capacity of TI chapters in implementation and monitoring of SDGs and working with regional and international networks and coalitions for effective advocacy. He is also the co-chair of the Transparency, Accountability and Participation (TAP) Network. Rukshana has been working for TI-S since January 2011. Prior to that he was the Deputy Executive Director of Transparency International Sri Lanka chapter. Before joining the TI movement he taught at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo and was a researcher at the Law & Society Trust, Colombo. Rukshana is a Fulbright Scholar and a Summer Fellow of the Centre for Democracy, Development and Rule of Law of Stanford University, USA. He holds two LLM degrees, one from George Washington University in International and Comparative Law and another from the University of Hong Kong in International Human Rights. He obtained his LLB from the University of Colombo, and is an Attorney at Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.


IT outsourcing has become a trend among organization nowadays. Many organizations involve in outsourcing activities because they believe that certain business functions can be done effectively by an outside vendor. Generally, outsourcing refers to procurement of goods or services from an outside vendor (Lankford and Parsa, 1999). Kishore et al. (2003) defined IT outsourcing as "the contracting of various information systems functions such as managing of data centers, operations, hardware support, software maintenance, network, and even application development to outside service providers". According to Taylor(2005), IT outsourcing becomes popular due to many organizations have been forced to control their in-house IT operational cost and at the same time they feel the need to have high quality information systems that made them to consider IT outsourcing activities. In this context, a company can hire outside organization that has the specialize skills to provide IT outsourcing services to them if they do not want to use their internal resources to build or operate the IT or IS functions. Other than that, as difficulties in managing IT are arise, thus it become the reason for top management to hand over the job to someone outside the organization. If organization manages their IT outsourcing properly, they could reduce their operational cost significantly, they be able to transform fixed costs into variable costs, able to focus on core competencies and also have access to industry leading external competencies and expertise (Hoecht and Trott, 2006). In Malaysia, IT outsourcing has attracted at least RM11.4 billion (USD3 billion) of the global outsourcing business that is projected to be worth RM1.9 trillion (USD500 billion) by 2008 (Husnayati et al., 2006). The involvement includes from the private sector and also Malaysian government agencies.


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/*!
 * @file sukat_util.h
 * @brief Random utility functions
 *
 * @defgroup sukat_util
 * @ingroup sukat_api
 * @{
 *
 */

#pragma once

#include <getopt.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

/*!
 * @brief Formats the \p opts with \p explanations to a usage string.
 *
 * The parsing is stopped when opts[i].name is null (which is kinda the
 * same behaviour getopt_long uses anyway). Just make sure explanations
 * cover each part (with e.g. a static assert).
 *
 * @param opts          Array of options.
 * @param explanations  Array of explanations matching options.
 * @param output        Output file.
 */
void sukat_util_usage(const struct option *opts, const char **explanations,
                      FILE *output);

/*!
 * @brief Set flags O_NONBLOCK and FD_CLOEXEC on the fd.
 *
 * @param fd    FD to modify.
 *
 * @return 0    Success.
 * @return < 0  Error.
 */
int sukat_util_flagit(int fd);

/*! @brief Types of input range. */
enum sukat_util_range_input_type
{
  SUKAT_UTIL_RANGE_INPUT_INTEGER, //!< Regular integer.
  SUKAT_UTIL_RANGE_INPUT_IP, //!< IPv4 or IPv6.
};

/*! @brief Types of values. */
enum sukat_util_range_value_type
{
  SUKAT_UTIL_RANGE_VALUE_4BYTE, //!< E.g. uint32.t
  SUKAT_UTIL_RANGE_VALUE_16BYTE, //!< e.g __int128.
};

/*! @brief Storage for range conversion result */
struct sukat_util_range_values
{
  enum sukat_util_range_value_type type; //!< Type stored.
  //!< Start, end and count of results. All values are in host-byte order.
  union
    {
      uint32_t start4;
      __int128 start16;
    };
  union
    {
      uint32_t end4;
      __int128 end16;
    };
  union
    {
      uint32_t count4;
      __int128 count16;
    };
};

/*!
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 *
 * if no dash is present, start == end and count == 1.
 *
 * @param range Range string to convert.
 * @param type Type expected of range.
 * @param values Place to store values.
 *
 * @return == true Success.
 * @return == false Failure.
 */
bool sukat_util_range_to_integers(const char *range,
                                  enum sukat_util_range_input_type type,
                                  struct sukat_util_range_values *values);

/** @brief Host to network for 128-bit integers */
__int128 sukat_util_ntohlll(__int128 orig);

/**
 * @brief Increse file descriptor limit.
 *
 * @param minimum Minimum to increase. The default increase is double the
 *                 minimum
 *
 * @return true Success.
 * @return false Failure.
 */
bool sukat_util_file_limit_increase(const unsigned int minimum);

/*! @} */


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Strontium is a metal that rapidly turns yellow when exposed to open air. In nature is it not radioactive but can occur in the form for radioactive isotopes, such as strontium-90 (Sr-90), a byproduct of nuclear fission with a half-life of 29 years. As far as drinking water is concerned, strontium is an unregulated contaminant that is tracked but not regulated by the EPA at 1.5 milligrams per liter (mg/L).
Unlike Sr-99, ingesting small amounts of naturally occurring strontium has not been found to be harmful in humans.
Strontium Basics
Chemical symbol: Sr
Atomic number: 38
MRL: 0.3 µg/L (parts per billion)
HRL: 1500 µg/L (parts per billion)
MCL (Maximum Contaminant Level): 4 millirems per year
Strontium in Drinking Water
Strontium is widely present in nature because of nuclear weapon testing, which largely took place in the 1950s and 1960s but also entered the environment from nuclear accidents like fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and 2011's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (though neither had a significant impact on US levels). Given the half-life of the material it is decaying over time, but it can still be found in amounts well above the minimum reporting level (MRL) in the water of parts of the United States. Strontium also has assorted industrial, commercial (for example radio-luminescent markers), and medical uses so it's more widely prevalent than one might suspect.
Strontium — in this case Sr-90 — is taken into the body through both food and water (not normally breathed in in significant amounts), where it acts like calcium. This is problematic because, like calcium, it enters the teeth and bones. It is a carcinogen for the bones, tissue around bones, and marrow. Strontium is not considered to be overly toxic, but can be particular concern for pregnant women and small children who are rapidly taking on calcium that will be with them for many years to come.
Treatment for Strontium
If you are concerned about radioactive strontium in your water, the EPA has recommended ion exchange and reverse osmosis filtering as the as Best Available Technologies for removal. (Source, EPA Radionuclides Notice of Data Availability: Technical Support Document, March 2000)