The mid-1980s was a dark time for rural America. Crop, livestock and land prices plummeted, creating a financial strain for many farmers. Some survived and remained in agriculture, some didn't. Neighbors watched neighbors go broke. Some farmers contemplated suicide -- and even worse, committed it. No one was left untouched by the difficulties.
Out of this despair, Farm Aid was born. In 1985, a well-known trio of Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp jammed away at an outdoor concert near Champaign, Ill. The show, which was organized in less than six weeks, drew 80,000 people and raised more than $7 million for farmers in need of financial assistance. Buoyed by its first-year success, Farm Aid soon became an annual event. It even swept into Ames in 1993, along with record flooding.
Today, Farm Aid plays on. But don't be fooled by nostalgia and former number-one songs. Quietly and discreetly, Farm Aid has become a shrill voice for "specific" farming practices. Participating musicians gladly pose for the cameras wearing the familiar, red "Stop Factory Farms" shirts while raising millions to fund objectionable activities and organizations.
For example, Farm Aid condemns "factory farming," an emotional phrase activists love to use but never define. On the web, Farm Aid provides links to numerous animal rights groups including Farm Sanctuary and the Animal Welfare Institute. Farm Aid also uses the "Mad Cow" issue to push organic food sales, despises genetically enhanced food and blames modern food production for childhood obesity, food-borne illnesses and antibiotic resistance.
But give Farm Aid credit: it isn't afraid to put its money where its music is. The group doles out thousands in grants. Iowa's own Citizens for Community Improvement -- which has endorsed out-of-state activist groups like Waterkeeper Alliance and supports moratoriums on new livestock farms -- has accepted Farm Aid cash. Farm Aid has also bankrolled efforts to end commodity checkoff programs and supports groups that excel in political agitation and grandstanding.
As its 20th anniversary approaches, Farm Aid continues to tug on the heartstrings of America with its folksy blend of music and nostalgic grassroots activism. But don't be fooled. The tune being played by Farm Aid today isn't in harmony with farm families that want to have a future in their chosen profession.


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—Free Nightmares
Let my nightmares become yours
Chapter 4/ Book of Worlds
The door thumped closed behind him, and he immediately turned around and tried to open it, his mind racing, panicking in the suffocating dark. And then his fingers found a little round hole and he pushed in the key and the door opened again. He looked out into the forest, breathing hard.
'Calm down,' he said out loud. He often spoke to himself when he was terrified. Up until now, he'd only felt that kind of fear trying to climb one of the towering pines or when he swam too far out to sea and the current threatened to take him. This was something else. After a couple of minutes, he stepped back in and let the door close behind him. He had the key; he was alright.
Slowly, he fumbled in the dark, feeling around for purchase and finding it not on rough bark but on cool stone. Keeping one hand on the stone, he made his way through the pitch black, always remembering that every step forward was another he'd have to take back.
The air was suffocating. It was so thick that breathing was more like drinking. The asphyxiation was an illusion, however, and after a few minutes he found he only needed to take a breath every twenty or thirty seconds. That wasn't the difference, either. He felt heavy, weighed down. The hair on his head lay flat, and he could almost feel his joints compressing with every step. 'Different gravity,' he told himself.
At some point, he found he could see the wall beside him, and soon after that he could see all of the other walls. He was in a cave of some sort. It was quite narrow, maybe five steps from one end to the other, and it slowly curved to the left, uphill all the way. He guessed he'd been walking slowly for five minutes or so when he saw the light at last, rounding the last turn, and here the path levelled and straightened.
When he reached the cave opening, he leaned up against the rock wall on the right and just stared. He really was here. A totally different world. Not earth, but somehow so like earth it was unnerving. The cave seemed to open about halfway up a mountain, and from a ledge jutting out from the opening he could see the vast landscape that stretched out in all directions, the horizon limited only because a heavy mist hung over everything.
The mountain dropped below him in a series of steep but climbable steppes, ending in a boulder strewn field of long, red tinged grass. That ran on until it was taken over by an enormous forest full of white barked, black leaved trees which extended on into the mist. He couldn't make out the source of the sound of running water to his right but in the planes on that side of the forest a river met a sparkling green lake the far side of which he could not see, even from here. Even the sky was odd, pale green instead of blue and packed with more stars than he'd ever seen before, although it appeared to be daylight. He couldn't see a sun anywhere, but plenty of moons.
'Bloody hell.' He let out the breath he'd been holding and shook his head in wonder. He felt weak. It had to be a dream. Or a hallucination. He'd been so tired, after all. He was probably asleep in bed, or at the foot of the tree he'd carved. This could not be real.
But the cut in his hand still stung, and the feel of dusty stone under his palm was too real to ignore.
'Hey,' he said, a smile spreading across his face. 'I guess Santa's real after all.'
He was still sitting on the ledge almost half an hour later, daydreaming and marvelling at the scenery before him, when a passage from the Book of Worlds came to him and he jumped to his feet, terrified. 'SHIT!' He turned and sprinted back into the cave as fast as he could, forcing himself to slow down a little as the darkness enveloped him once more. He found the wall and kept his hand to it to steady himself as he hurried over the rocky ground, and when he reached the door he fumbled for the key with one hand while the other sought the lock, muttering under his breath. 'No, no, no, Oh, God, please make it okay.'
Finally, he jammed the key into the small hole and pushed as hard as he could, falling onto the muddy forest floor on the other side and rolling partway down the hill before he managed to recover his feet. He stared around him, breathing hard and trying to take everything in at once. The sun wasn't quite up, it looked like it was still morning, but what day was it? Checking his phone would be useless – it had gone with him into the world, after all.
He closed his eyes and calmed himself. He would close the door, go home, and look at the clock on his laptop. It would say 5.30am, 7th of July, 2010, and all would be well. And next time he would remember a simple fact that could end life as he knew it.
The key had fallen out of his pocket and he picked it up and stuffed it back, before pushing the door closed with a soft thud. He stood back and looked at it. It was possible to see the outline in the mottled bark, and the hole, but only if you were looking for it. He turned and headed home as fast as he could, covered in mud and pine needles, terrified, exhausted, and excited all at the same time.
He couldn't wait to tell the others.
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Lynn (@Sylar86) said: June 6, 20167:27 pm
…okay…waiting…please
Ben Pienaar said: June 7, 201612:48 am
Just for you, Lynn, next one's up tomorrow

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Terence Quotes (166 quotes)
"If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything."
―Terence
Eunuchus, Act I, Scene II
"In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before."
Comedies of Terence - Eunuchus (The Eunuch). Sometimes attributed to Jean Racine
"It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms."
Eunuchus, Act IV, Scene VIII
"It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends."
Adelphoe [The Brothers] (160 BC), Act V, Scene III
"Justice in the extreme is often unjust."
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
"Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it."
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor), Act IV, Scene I
"Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion."
"For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness."
The Comedies of Terence: Echard's Translation (Cassell, 1963), p. 164
"Fortune favors the brave."
Phormio, Act I, scene 4, line 25 (203)
"He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection."
"How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for."
"How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy."
Nationality: Roman
Bio: Publius Terentius Afer, better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170 160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him.
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The Bookplate Society has had an unusual but rather impressive history. In 1891 a group of serious ex-libris collectors met and founded the Ex Libris Society, which for eighteen years published a well-illustrated journal, still a useful source of information about British bookplates. Falling membership and a financial crisis brought the Society to a sudden end in 1909, with much remaining to be published. However, The Bookplate Exchange Club, a group formed in 1899 within the Society, continued to thrive. Participants sent in thirty bookplates monthly, or fewer in hard times, and these were circulated by post. A member moved up one place each month until at the top he had 'first pick', after which he started again at the bottom of the list. This congenial fellowship survived for over eighty years, and it was the natural, inexpensive and much loved successor to the old Society. During the 1920s and 1950s other bookplate societies were set up, but these did not survive.
From about 1970 Brian North Lee was discussing with Peter Summers FSA (1910-1994), the Exchange Club's last secretary, ways in which communication between collectors could be extended and enriched. They came up with the idea of founding The Bookplate Society. This began in 1972, and the plan was that it should hold meetings in London four times a year, and that a Newsletter should keep people in touch. This Newsletter began modestly, but was quickly expanded, and contacts with the international collecting fraternity grew. In 1979 we arranged a comprehensive exhibition of British bookplates at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and a meeting attended by a number of overseas visitors was held over a weekend at Gray's Inn Library. These were very exciting days, for not only were we as a society 'on the map' again, but we felt we had come of age, and this belief was confirmed when in 1982, as a member society of F.I.S.A.E. (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Amateurs d'Exlibris) we hosted the 19th International Ex-Libris Congress at Keble College, Oxford. The proceeds from this highly successful event enabled us, in 1983, to close the joint membership arrangements with The Private Libraries Association and to extend our publishing programme.
The Bookplate Journal was the brainchild of Professor William E. Butler, and it has gone from strength to strength. The Newsletter was cut down in size, but as a more than adequate compensation we started to supply a book free to members each year. The Bookplate Journal is published each Spring and Autumn and in 2003, under the editorship of Paul Latcham, started its Second Series in an enlarged and much improved format with 72 pages per issue. There are generally two or three substantial and well-illustrated articles, sometimes a book review, bookplates reproduced for identification, a detailed history of a bookplate, and an in-depth study of an artist's work, with a check-list. Although principally about British bookplates and their artists and history, the subject-matter extends to bookplates produced in other countries. Most back issues are still available. Indexes are printed and supplied to members frm time to time. The publications page on this website has a list of articles which have appeared in The Bookplate Journal during recent years. From the second half of 2009 Peter Youatt has taken over the post of editor following Paul Latcham's retirement from the role he carried out with great skill and success.
The Bookplate Society Newsletter, issued in A5 format, is now published half-yearly in July and February. It contains news of meetings, books and magazines, details of new members and their bookplate interests, bookplate competitions, illustrations of members' bookplates and a 'wants, offers and queries' section, free to members. An important feature is the detailing of lots in our popular bookplate auctions. These have rightly taken over from the old Exchange Club, for every member has an equal chance of acquiring ex-libris, and often half the lots go to postal bidders. Only members may bid in the auctions, of course. Every six or eight years we update and republish our list of members, and, since it also details particular bookplate interests, it is an invaluable means of putting collectors in touch with each other.
In 1983 we also began issuing a book to members as part of the subscription. The following have been published under the Society's aegis: The Bookplate Designs of Rex Whistler (with Private Libraries Association, with which we were affiliated 1972-82), 1973; Early Printed Book Labels (with PLA), 1976; Bookplates signed 'W.P.B.' (1896-1928) (with James Wilson), 1978; Bookplates in Britain (with the Victoria and Albert Museum, HMSO), 1979; J.A.C. Harrison Artist and Engraver (with Forlaget Exlibristen), 1983; London Bookplates (with the same), 1985; The Bookplate Designs of Franz von Bayros (with James Wilson), 1986; The Golden Era of American Bookplate Design: 1890-1940 (with Forlaget Exlibristen), 1986; The Ex-libris of Philip Hagreen (with the same), 1987; The Bookplate Designs of Austin Osman Spare (with the Keridwen Press), 1988; Some Yorkshire Bookplates (with Apsley House Press), 1991; Bookplate Collecting in Britain (with the same), 1992; Bookpile Bookplates (with the same), 1992; Bookplates by Lord Badeley (with the same), 1993; Bookplates from Mussett's Heraldic Office (with the same), 1994. Modern British Bookplates, published by Silent Books under their imprint only, was the 1990 free book. The members' volume for 1995 was Indian and Related Bookplates. Other annual books are detailed on the publications page.From 2007-8 the members book has been issued every two years, although there are exceptions: in 2013 the Society purchased, and distributed to members as their book for a single year, the residual stock of Brian Lee's British Royal Bookplates, 1992, which included information on royal dukes. Our latest book, issued for the two years 2014 and 2015, is Strawberry Leaves by Colin Lattimore, on the bookplates of non-royal dukes. The next book, already written by John Titford FSA and now being prepared for printing, will be for the three years 2016-2018 because at about 400 pages it is much larger than our standard book size. It covers some 800 bookplates of alumni of St John's College, Cambridge.
Another aspect of the Society's life has been the organising of major public exhibitions. Our venues have included the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), the National Book League, the University of London, University College (London), the London Guildhall Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge), the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Orleans House (Twickenham), the Mitchell Library (Glasgow), and Oxford Public Library. In 1995 we were involved in a major international ex-libris competition organised by Benoît Junod, in Belgrade. Two exhibitions relating to it were brought to Britain in the following year, one of them a comprehensive historical display of international ex-libris, the other the fruits of the competition. In 2003 an exhibition, displaying bookplates of heralds and other armorial ex-libris, took place at the College of Arms, London. We intend that our next exhibition, long overdue, will be in 2020 to celebrate the issue of our planned book on the bookplates of famous British people.
If non-members come to hear of our meetings, they are most welcome to attend any (including the auctions if they come as observers). Meetings have in the past included visits to bookplate collections, both institutional and private, we have been given slide shows of ex-libris in particular styles of from particular parts of the country, we have seen practical demonstrations by artists and printers of how they produce bookplates, and we have held many gatherings at which members have brought material to display. On most occasions there are some bookplates for sale and exchange.
Our meetings are generally held at 1.30pm on a Saturday, and mostly (but not always) in Central London. The Bookplate Society is informal and friendly. For 23 years from 1995 to 2017 our annual UK subscription has been held at £30, but we have introduced colour into the journal and have greatly increased the size of the members book, so to reflect rising print and postage costs we increased the UK subscription to £40 from 1st May 2017. Subscriptions alone are not sufficient to meet all the Society's costs, so we continue to make up the difference from other income, and the subscription remains extraordinarily good value. It provides a book, two journals, two newsletters, and the opportunity to participate in our meetings and auctions. Another benefit of membership is access to fellow members who may share your particular interests and be able to make exchanges with you or provide information. This provision of assistance is not limited to members - anyone who has a bookplate query is welcome to get in touch with the Society, and all letters will be answered.
One person, Brian North Lee FSA (1936-2007), was pre-eminent as both driving force behind the Society and prolific author of bookplate books and articles. His output was remarkable, bringing order and interest to a field that was insufficiently documented. At the end of 2002, upon the close of his long term as editor of the Journal, the Society presented to him a silver salver engraved with his recently granted coat of arms, as an award in appreciation of his outstanding contribution to exlibris literature. Though he is no longer with us, we shall continue to honour his achievements.


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Florida congressman mourned as strong industry advocate
U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw, a longtime Republican member of Congress in South Florida who helped repeal the luxury tax, died after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He was 74.
"I am very sad to report the passing of a very good friend to me and to the boating industry, former congressman Clay Shaw of Florida," Marine Retailers Association of the Americas director of legislative affairs Larry Innis wrote in an email to members. "He was one of the key members responsible for the repeal of the luxury lax."
Shaw spent 26 years in Washington and was among the first in a line of Republicans who helped transform Florida from a state dominated by just one political party into the battleground state that it is today, according to an Associated Press report.
He held positions in the city of Fort Lauderdale, including mayor, before riding into office with President Ronald Reagan in 1980. He survived several spirited challenges to his South Florida seat, only to finally lose his spot during a Democratic wave in 2006.
"Clay cherished his time in the U.S. Congress representing the people of South Florida," his wife, Emilie, said in a statement.
During his lengthy career in Congress, Shaw also led an effort to eliminate Social Security earning penalties for working seniors and pushed through federal legislation to help restore the Everglades.
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Which material for permanent tank?
Side Planking, Tunnel Sides, Decking & Cowl.
divorcing an engine from the out drive???
Miss Thunder... Or maybe Thunderegg?
Flotation for a large boat?
Jet Squirt in the Med.
Would an inboard squirt be possible?


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Can I avoid destroying one or more factions in Fallout 4?
Alright, so far in my four playthroughs (one for each faction), I've always had to destroy another faction such as The Railroad for The Institute and vise versa. Is there any way to avoid this?
fallout-4
Timmy Jim
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Under normal circumstances, no, one or more factions will die.
However, there is a comprehensive guide on how to beat the game with no non-Institute factions killed, but it is not recommended because it is convoluted, you play the story missions in a very specific and sometimes unnatural order, and it makes the story really confusing.
It is best to beat the game once, then follow the guide if you ever want a save with everyone alive.
Long guide follows, along with obviously massive spoilers:
Step 1: Before completing "Reunions," complete all main and both side quests (once each) for the Brotherhood of Steel recon team. Talk Brandis down from being crazy.
Step 2: Complete "Reunions" and "Dangerous Minds." (For proper completion, keep Preston at the Castle.)
Step 3: (a) You will have received "Tradecraft" and "Shadow of Steel." DO NOT advance in either of these quests. (b) Focus on the Minutemen as you continue down the main quest line. Use the Minutemen to gain access to the Institute. © Get yourself banished from the Institute. You can play along and poke around for a bit first if you like, but if you do, you'll have to murder someone to get banished (might we suggest those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥s down in synth retention?). You may safely complete "Institutionalized," but do not progress any farther before getting yourself kicked out. Don't even speak to Father again after completing "Institutionalized." DO NOT complete "Synth Retention." (Give holotape to Sturges.)
Step 4: (a) You will have received "Form Ranks" for the Minutemen. DO NOT advance this quest. (b) DO NOT start "Defend the Castle." Don't even go to the Castle. © Complete all quests for the Brotherhood from "Shadow of Steel" to "Show No Mercy." DO NOT complete "Show No Mercy." Don't even get on the Vertibird. Grab ALL side quests from the Brotherhood and keep them open.
Step 5: Complete "Form Ranks" and "Defend the Castle." Start "The Nuclear Option" for the Minutemen but DO NOT complete it.
Step 6: Complete all Railroad quests from "Tradecraft" to "Randolph Safehouse 6."
Step 7: Complete "The Nuclear Option."
That's it! This process will result in all factions loving you. The heads of the Brotherhood will praise your actions (except Max, who is pouting and won't talk to you). From here on out, they will not start fights and will only kill mutants and raiders. Many of their quests and side quests are repeatable. The Railroad has a whole new line of quests for you, and there is fun to be had everywhere (however, don't talk to P.A.M. after this; she wants to start a war with the Brotherhood). Enjoy your (relatively) peace-filled Commonwealth!
(BTW, if one of your companions is being attacked by another faction, this is most likely because they got hit with some crossfire while in a multi-faction battle and then shot back. This happens often...and is annoying as hell. Danse will shoot down his own Vertibird then leave you because he is mad that you shot down his friends. Yeah.)
Once again this route offers all companions but 1. All factions will be at peace will all other factions and no companions will be hostile to any of them.
NelsonNelson
If you read further in the source thread, the conditions are actually more relaxed due to latest patch fixing a lot of the glitches. It's a pretty big thread with lots of people able to maintain peace between multiple factions. – Nelson Oct 28 '16 at 4:06
From the end of this article:
...no matter what you do, two factions will be destroyed, locking their quests forever.
This is because:
Each of the Act Three questlines involves destroying two factions, and once you've knocked off the first one you have one last chance to switch sides, either by betraying the Brotherhood to the Institute or vice versa.
In short, no. You can't avoid this. You have to take out two factions actually. Here is who you destroy if you side with a particular faction (read at your own risk!):
Minutemen:
Brotherhood of Steel and The Institute
Brotherhood of Steel:
The Institute and The Railroad
The Railroad:
The Institute:
Brotherhood of Steel and The Railroad
Whatever faction you don't destroy for each particular faction you side with, you can also ally with.
Timmy JimTimmy Jim
The Railroad spoiler isn't correct. In fact, if you get kicked out the Institute, The Railroad tell you to go work with the Minutemen to free the Synths. – SGR Oct 28 '16 at 12:29
The Railroad require you to kill both the Institute and the Brotherhood of Steel, but do not care about the Minutemen. – SGR Oct 28 '16 at 12:35
Ah I see. That was a typo on my behalf. Thanks for pointing it out. It's fixed. – Timmy Jim Oct 28 '16 at 12:49
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What Are the Benefits of Kokam Fruit?
Klebsiella Pneumoniae & Urinary Tract Infections
Cranberry Juice & the Herpes Virus
The Symptoms of Spanish Influenza
What Is the Incubation Period for the Flu?
Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin: In Vitro Inhibition of Human Influenza A Virus Infection by Fruit-Juice Concentrate of Japanese Plum (Prunus mume SIEB. et ZUCC)
Health Benefits of Japanese Ume Plum Concentrate
Human Influenza A
Written by Danielle Hall
Japanese ume plum has been used in Japanese and Chinese medicine. Although the current understanding of the active components is limited, it is suspected that Japanese ume plum contains antioxidants that protect cells from damage and may be able to reduce a person's chances of getting cancer. The inhibition of carcinogen formation is another factor that make the plums beneficial to health, according to the "Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention."
Japanese ume plum juice concentrate was found to help improve the ability of blood flow through the body. Bainiku-ekisu, the fruit juice concentrate of Japanese ume plum was found to promote a healthy environment for the formation of smooth muscle cells in the heart in a study published in 2002 in "Life Sciences." It was also found to protect heart cells from the damaging effects of reactive oxygen species. Reactive oxygen species are a natural byproduct of cellular metabolism that are highly reactive in the body and can be damaging to cells.
Japanese ume plum extract has also been found to protect against the flu, according to a study published in the "Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin" in 2005 2. However, it was only found to be protective against getting the flu before being exposed to the virus. It did not have an effect on reduction of flu-like symptoms after it was already contracted. The researchers suspect that the efficacy of the plum extract has to do with its lectin-like qualities, which allow it to bind to substances in the blood, preventing it from infecting its host.
Japanese ume plum has also been observed to reduce infection and inflammation in cases of people with chronic atrophic gastritis caused by helicobactor pylori infection. Helicobactor pylori is a bacterium that causes the inner lining of the stomach to become chronically inflamed, and causes ulcers. A study published in the "European Journal of Clinical Nutrition" in July 2010 found that less helicobactor pylori were present in the stomach through tissue biopsy in a sample of 68 adults.
Bainiku-ekisu, the fruit juice concentrate of Japanese ume plum was found to promote a healthy environment for the formation of smooth muscle cells in the heart in a study published in 2002 in "Life Sciences." It was also found to protect heart cells from the damaging effects of reactive oxygen species. Although the current understanding of the active components is limited, it is suspected that Japanese ume plum contains antioxidants that protect cells from damage and may be able to reduce a person's chances of getting cancer. The researchers suspect that the efficacy of the plum extract has to do with its lectin-like qualities, which allow it to bind to substances in the blood, preventing it from infecting its host.
"Life Sciences"; Fruit-Juice Concentrate of Asian Plum Inhibits Growth Signals of Vascular Smooth Muscle cells Induced by Angiotensin II; Hirotoshi Utsunomiya et al.; Dec. 27, 2002
Based in Southern California, Danielle Hall has been researching and writing in the area of health behaviors since 2007. Her area of expertise is health disparity reduction through behavioral change. Hall holds a Master of Science in psychology and a Ph.D. in psychology from Walden University.
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It's my opinion that SCO is doing everything wrong. In addition to the horrific, self-inflicted damage to its reputation, the licensing-lawsuit strategy is delivering a one-two punch to SCO's bottom line. Efforts to license Linux cost SCO $3.4 million in the first quarter. That's right, one-third of total revenue was wiped out. The payback? Twenty thousand dollars. That's not a typo. I know guys who make that much mowing lawns for a summer. Moreover, the balance sheet already currently lists $8 million in liabilities to legal firms. That number is likely to increase with the company's new lawsuit against AutoZone. With declining revenues, increasing losses, and an expensive and damaging litigation policy, SCO looks like one of the best short candidates I've seen in a while.
Ouch. There's another interesting story brewing on the sideline of the SCO tale which may or may not be true. An email, purportedly from the SCO Group basically says Microsoft is funding SCO to the tune of $60-80 million. No one knows whether this email is real, but it certainly might set conspiracy theorists chattering. As for me, I'm willing to give Microsoft and SCO the benefit of doubt for now. Why wouldn't Microsoft simply take the fight directly to Linux as they now seem to be doing? See the ad to your right, for example. "Get the true story about Linux cost of ownership" it reads. Yeah, the TCO from Er... from Microsoft. You just know that'll be factually unbiased research.


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The wife of murdered 33-year-old Michael McGibbon made desperate attempts to save his life after he was shot three times in the leg in a North Belfast alleyway last night.
The father-of-four was then rushed to the Royal Victoria Hospital, where his wife Joanne is understood to work, where he later died as a result of his injuries.
Launching a murder enquiry into the "paramilitary"-style shooting, PSNI Superintendent, John McVea, said: "What happened in that alleyway last night robbed a family of a treasured husband and father.
Police said that they were contacted after two men visited the home of Mr McGibbon, a taxi driver, in the Crumlin Road area of North Belfast on Thursday night. After he refused to come out of his home, police said that the men told him that they would be back.
At around 10.05pm the following night he was shot three times in the leg in an alleyway in Butler Place. After being taken to hospital for emergency surgery, he died.
Police have not confirmed if the visit and shooting are connected or if the attack was connected to a particular group.
Supt McVea said: "Michael was brutally and callously shot a number of times in the leg in an alleyway in a densely populated urban area.
"Michael McGibbon was a local man. As I've said, he was a husband and a father. He was also a taxi driver who was well known in his community.
"He was a man with no criminal record, no apparent criminal connections or associations and today we are talking about his murder.
"There is no rationalising that.
"This killing bears all the hallmarks of a paramilitary murder. Those who carried it out have no legitimacy in this community and today I am asking the community to help us find them. Help us bring justice to the McGibbon family.
Of the two men who visited the McGibbon home on Thursday, the first was described as being in his early 20s, of slim build and wearing a red hooded top and baseball cap.
The second is described as being in his late teens, also of slim build and wearing a grey hooded top and baseball cap.
The Supt also said that he is aware of other people in the area who may also have been visited in a similar manner in recent days and has asked for them to come forward.
He concluded: "Finally, I would like to reiterate that the support of the community and local information will be vital in this investigation. If you were in the area last night or if you know anything that could potentially assist with our investigation, then please call the incident room at Ladas Drive on 028 90700303.
Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly said that the murder was carried out by an armed gang which is "clearly at war with the local community".
Fr Gary Donegan, rector of Holy Cross church in Ardoyne, also condemned the attack.
He told Belfast Live: "There's a genuine sense of shock. It comes into that kind of "jungle law".
SDLP Councillor Nichola Mallon expressed her condolences to the family.
She said: "The community is reeling and has been left shocked and horrified by this brutal murder.
"My thoughts and prayers are with the victim's family whose lives have been plunged into darkness by this unspeakable crime.
"North Belfast has shouldered this kind of savagery in the past. There can be no justification for it. It was wrong then and it is wrong today.


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Katie Meade is the First Woman with Down Syndrome to Be the Face of a Beauty Campaign
She was chosen for being 'fearless'
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In February, GOOD shared the story of the father of a Down syndrome child who proudly believed the condition was "beautiful." "It's fun. It's brilliant. It's amazing. It's funny. It's kind. It's cuddly. They're great teachers, people with Down syndrome," the father said in a heartwarming video. Now, a hair care line has also found the beauty in Down syndrome and has shown it by hiring Special Olympian Katie Meade to be its spokesmodel.
Last week, Beauty & Pin-ups announced that the face of its new "Fearless" campaign is Katie Meade, making her the first woman with Down syndrome to have such an honor. "The Beauty & Pin-Ups brand is a celebration of the empowerment of a woman," Beauty & Pin-Ups CEO Kenny Kahn told PeopleStyle. "As soon as we came up with the name 'Fearless' it was really easy, we were like, 'Well Katie's fearless.'"
Meade's fearlessness has helped her beat the odds throughout her entire life. As a child she battled myriad health problems including two open-heart surgeries. She would overcome her health setbacks and eventually become a Special Olympics athlete, participating in basketball and gymnastics. Meade has also been fearlessness when dealing with intolerance. "Being born with Down syndrome can cause many problems, both physical and mental," she wrote in an interview for the Special Olympics. "Kids would make fun of me. I wasn't always accepted by the 'normal' kids and that hurt."


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Video: Bryan Believes Tour Is Good For Morale
Thursday, July 23rd 2015
Joe Bryan is adamant the pre-season camps with Bristol City have helped the squad grow stronger as a group.
The two-week trip to Portugal is the second tour of the 21-year-old's career after last season's fortnight in Botswana and South Africa with most of the same crop of players.
City's time in Africa showcased the high team morale at the club and Bryan feels it was the reason for last term's double-winning campaign.
He told Bristol City Player HD: "We wouldn't have been so successful last year if we didn't enjoy spending time with each other.
"You are locked up in hotels and buses together for a long time and you have to get on.
"With the running we're always digging each other through. Training with these boys shows the togetherness."
City have enjoyed two matches in Portugal so far drawing both 1-1 with SC Farense and Europa League qualifiers SC Braga.
Almancilense are the final test Steve Cotterill's men face before heading back to England, and Bryan believes the two weeks has been perfect preparation.
"I've enjoyed the whole lot – it's been a good tour," he said.
"Once we get back from Portugal, we've got the Yeovil game and then we're straight into it.
"We've got the same bunch of boys and we now know that come the first week of August we've got to kick on again.
"We know our goals and we're ready for the new challenge. We're looking forward to it."
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2016 Life Insurance Industry Client Forum Recap
Thank You for attending the 2016 Client Forum in Nashville, TN.
Please use the links below to access the presentations of our speakers.
This year's Forum was held September 14th-16th and hosted in Music City, USA, Nashville Tennessee. Thanks to all of you who were in attendance and made this year's event so special.See you in 2018!
2016 Client Forum Agenda
2016 Client Forum Guest Registry
Rip Tilden, Makarios Consulting LLC, leader in strategy and execution and Keynote Speaker at Andesa's Client Forum 2016, hosted in Music City USA, Nashville, Tennesee
Rip has more than 35 years of leadership experience as a senior executive. He is highly regarded in his field as an effective team builder and leader with a proven ability to lead change, grow organizations and deliver strong results in intensely competitive industries.
Mr. Tilden is the practice leader for Makarios's strategy and execution practices and is actively engaged in coaching leaders in business, higher education, and in the non-profit arena. He is a certified EOS Implementer who works with a wide range of private and public companies and non-profit organizations to help them clarify their vision, gain traction in implementing that vision by driving successful execution of their growth plans, and build healthy and effective leadership teams to sustain strong performance. He and his business partner, Tim Thomas, are the authors of the recently released book: Leading on Purpose – Sage Advice and Practical Tools for Becoming the Complete Leader.
Mr. Tilden is also a project faculty member at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he works with MBA students on international strategy and marketing projects and with leadership teams of international companies to help them strengthen their leadership effectiveness, sharpen their business strategies, and execute to deliver superior results.
For Rip Tilden's Client Forum presentation, Click Here.
Laura Garnett, Performance Strategis, TEDx speaker, creator of the Zone of Genius and guest speaker at Andesa's Client Forum in Nashville, September 14-16th.
Laura works with highly motivated CEOs, executives, and managers to help them gain clarity around their mission and values, identify their performance barriers, and access a new level of engagement at work. Prior to launching Garnett Consulting, Laura honed her marketing, branding, and career-refining skills at Capital One, American Express, IAC, and Google. She is a regular contributor at Forbes, Inc, Fast Company and Success.
Hear more from Laura during her presentation/workshop: Genius Performance during the Client Forum. Lauragarnett.com
For Laura Garnett's Client Forum presentation, Click Here.
Most business leaders don't realize that meaning and peak performance is within their control. They are unaware of their personal genius and how they can leverage it for greater success. Which results in a lot of wasted talent and potential, That is where I step in.
Jason Young, President of Leadsmart, Inc., Author, speaker and trainer on high performance culture. Meet Jason at the Andesa Client Forum.
Jason Young has been called a "rare breed" when it comes to developing leaders, teams and custo mer service initiatives. As a former senior-level manager at Southwest Airlines, Jason learned the value of a successful workplace culture. During his 10 years with the airline, he was a key driver in creating and developing the company's innovative training programs for its successful leadership and customer service culture that have become renowned in the business world today. Jason separated himself from the pack, left the airline and launched his own consulting practice to focus on corporate training and development services. As a highly sought after motivational speaker, Jason offers insights and practical ideas that can be implemented immediately. His keynote presentations and training programs are in demand for audiences of all types. Jason's messages reach to the core of every audience member with his unique style and engaging presentation skills. His newest book is Servicetopia – the ultimate customer service experience, which is a playbook for customer service excellence.
Join us and Jason at the Client Forum for his presentation, Servicetopia: The Ultimate Customer Service Experience.
For more info, contact: Kurt Baxter • 469.252.2900 • kurt@culturetopia.com • www.culturetopia.com
For Jason Young's Client Forum presentation, Click Here.
Raymond Farmer, Director, SC Department of Insurance, presents the NAIC Guidelines for Cybersecurity at the 2016 Client Forum.
Ray Farmer was appointed by Governor Nikki Haley to serve as Director for the South Carolina Department of Insurance November 13, 2012. With more than forty years experience, Mr. Farmer received his degree in Insurance from the University of Southern Mississippi and earned his law degree from Atlanta's John Marshall Law School.
Mr. Farmer served as the Deputy Insurance Commissioner of the Enforcement Division for the Georgia Department of Insurance and more recently Vice President for the American Insurance Association. As a part of his service, Mr. Farmer has served for over thirty years on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Arson Control Program, an organization aiding fire fighters and prosecutors combating arson. Mr. Farmer is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and a member of the Tort and Insurance Practice section as well as the Workers' Compensation section.
In 2012, Ray was awarded the Herman Hass Award by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia for service to the insurance industry and in 2012 he received a Presidential Citation for Outstanding Service to the insurance industry from the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia. Most recently, Ray was named Industry Person of the Year for 2014 by Independent Agents and Brokers of South Carolina.
Mr. Farmer is a native of Atlanta and he and his wife, Gayle, have two children and five grandchildren.
For Director Farmer's Client Forum presentation, Click Here.
Meet James M. McKeone, Senior Managing Principal, Institutional Insurance Group, LLC and guest speaker at the Forum.
Mr. McKeone has been in the industry his entire career and focused exclusively on BOLI and other institutional markets in 1997. Since then, he has helped banks and large corporate clients customize solutions across a variety of products and market conditions. Prior to IIG, Mr. McKeone was a Senior Consultant with Clark Consulting as a result of the LongMiller acquisition by Clark. Prior to that he was a product and financial analyst within the M Financial Group. He brings an extensive experience within the banking industry and large corporate insurance markets as well as product and investment expertise valuable in institutional markets.
Mr. McKeone has a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing from Michigan State University and a Master of Business Administration magna cum laude from the FW Olin School at Babson College and was granted membership in the Golden Key International Honour Society. He holds the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (CHFC) designations, is a Registered Securities Representative, and a licensed insurance representative. He is also a member of the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting.
For James McKeone's Client Forum presentation, Click Here.
PwC's Insurance Advisory Leader, Jamie Yoder, to Speak at This Year's Client Forum.
Jamie Yoder is PwC's Insurance Advisory Leader. He has over twenty five years of experience advising senior executives of leading U.S. and International companies in Insurance and Financial Services on a range of Competitive and Operational strategy and management issues. He has led multiple engagements in linking business, operational and information strategies, from strategy definition and planning through execution and successful realization of the projected benefits.
More specifically, Mr. Yoder has advised leading insurers on business design and transformation initiatives such as growth, customer, and operational strategies, organization and operating model design, innovation, channel excellence, customer segmentation and experience design, information and analytics strategies, and digital transformation. He also leads PwC's global research program on the "Future of Insurance", and has met with hundreds of executives to help them understand and address the potential opportunities and risks for the insurance industry driven by changes around social, technological, economic, environmental, and political factors.
For Jamie Yoder's Client Forum presentation, Click Here.
Rob McIsaac, Senior Vice President of Research and Consulting for Novarica, Presents at the 2016 Forum.
Rob McIsaac is a Senior Vice President of Research and Consulting at Novarica with expertise in IT leadership and transformation as well as technology and business strategy for life, annuities, wealth management, and banking. He has broad experience in IT strategy and management in the insurance and financial services industries. Prior to joining Novarica, he served in a series of senior technology management positions including leading the Business Transformation Office at Nationwide Insurance and as the CIO for First Citizens Bank, a rapidly growing regional firm based in Raleigh, NC. Rob spent the majority of his career at Guardian Life, where he was the Divisional CIO responsible for annuity, distribution and broker dealer operations and at Prudential Insurance, where he held a variety of positions including leading e-Business development efforts. Rob holds a BA in Economics from Montclair State University, an MBA in Information Systems from Seton Hall University and has received a number of business and technical designations including FLMI and LLIF. He can be reached directly at rmcisaac@novarica.com.
For Rom McIsaac's Client Forum presentation, Click Here.
Justin Brown, Vice PResident of Legislative Affairs for the AALU, Speaks at the Client Forum.
Justin Brown is the Vice President of Legislative Affairs for the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU).
Mr. Brown is responsible for the management of the AALU's policy efforts, which includes supervising AALU counsel and policy staff. Additionally, he is responsible for the AALU's relationships with Republican Members of Congress, as well as the day-to-day management of the AALU's Life Insurance Task Force (LITF). Mr. Brown also works closely with the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) on policy issues, as well as with ACLI member companies and the AALU's Issues Alliance partners.
In all capacities, Mr. Brown conveys the life insurance agent community's message to Capitol Hill and develops strategies to either advance legislative opportunities or cope with legislative threats. Recent work includes responding to threats to the tax treatment of life insurance posed by various legislative efforts on tax reform, specific work on COLI/BOLI pro-rata expense disallowance proposals, non-qualified deferred compensation risk of forfeiture proposals, and drafting a workable best interest standard for broker/dealers operating under ERISA.
Mr. Brown established the AALU's groundbreaking "Ambassador" program – a key contact program that ensures the AALU has solid working relationships with the top 150 Members of Congress to the life insurance industry. Mr. Brown is also a key contributor to the AALU's political messaging efforts and is a decision-maker on the disbursement of funds from the AALUPAC.
Mr. Brown has written numerous articles for the AALU Quarterly, Advocacy Brief and Weekly Briefing. He has also written articles for other industry publications. Mr. Brown has appeared in various political involvement videos and spoken to numerous groups – both in and outside of the life insurance industry. Mr. Brown began his career in Washington in 1997 at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. He has worked on three local General Assembly races, two Congressional races, one Senate race and two Presidential races.
For Justin Brown's Client Forum presentation, Click Here.
Vince Collier Andesa's Executive Vice President and Interim CTO and Chris Shalbert, our Chief Implementation Officer provide our Strategic Technology Roadmap.
Vince who is our Executive Vice President has more than 20 years of experience as a senior executive and Chief Information Officer in the insurance industry. Vince was Pres ident of ADASTAR™, LLC, a provider of illustration and plan services to the Executive Benefits market, prior to its merger with Andesa. Vince holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Berea College and a Masters in Business Administration from Morehead State University.
Chris, our Chief Implementation Officer, serves as the central resource and driving force to ensure Andesa's service offerings will be effectively and efficiently designed, developed and launched while working in close collaboration with Andesa's Business Development, Technology and Operations areas. He joined Andesa in 2001 after spending six years performing back office support and analysis in a Financial Planning and Consulting firm located in Allentown, Pa. Chris attended LaSalle University where he obtained a degree in Mathematics with concentrations in Computer Science and Risk Management & Insurance.
The two will be providing a joint presentation on our Strategic Technology Roadmap.
For Vince and Chris's presentation on Andesa's Strategic Technology Roadmap, Click Here.
Ron Scheese, Andesa's Own President and CEO to Provide Closing Remarks at the 2016 Client Forum
Andesa's President & CEO, Ron Scheese will conclude the 2016 Client Forum with his President's address–entitled "The Voice." He will be discussing the strategic vision and plans for Andesa, reviewing the current pressures facing our industry and sharing insights into how Andesa is competing and succeeding in order to continue to provide support for our client partners.
Ron Scheese, Andesa's CEO since January 2011, is responsible for guiding the company toward its present and future goals. Prior to being elevated to CEO, Ron had served as Andesa's Chief Administration Officer and Chief Financial Officer since 2006. Before coming to the company, he worked at Phoebe Ministries, a not-for-profit network of long-term care, housing, and support services for seniors, where he was the Senior Vice President of Finance/CFO. He has also worked for three years with QuadraMed, a software and services solutions company, as the Product Line Manager in Decision Support Services.
Ron is a CPA with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Albright College.
For Ron's latest blog and wrap up of the Client Forum, Click Here.


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Djokovic 'so sorry' after testing +ve for Covid-19 at own tournament
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Novak Djokovic has come under severe criticism for exposing hundreds of people to COVID-19 infections during his tournament
The World's top ranked Tennis player Novak Djokovic has become the first top flight Tennis player to test positive to COVID-19 after taking part in tennis tournaments he organised in Serbia and Croatia.
But following the positive results, the Serb said he was 'so sorry' for organising the tournament so soon.
In a Twitter post, Djokovic said it had been "too soon" to stage the tournament.
"I am so deeply sorry our tournament has caused harm," added Djokovic.
He said the tournament had been organised with "good intentions" and a belief that they had "met all health protocols".
"We were wrong and it was too soon," Djokovic said.
Following the tests, the rest of the games were cancelled.
Novak is among some of the superstars who have always downplayed the severity of the pandemic still wreaking havoc across the globe.
He was quoted in April saying he didn't see it necessary for players to be vaccinated against coronavirus before they went for competition.
He said he was against taking a vaccine for the virus even if it became mandatory before he traveled. Djokovic was tested in Belgrade, in Serbia and the results were positive. He had contracted Covid-19.
Novak Djokovik is the world's number one in men's tennis. He tested positive for Covid-19 after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organised in Serbia and Croatia.
The tennis superstar is the fourth player to test positive for the Covid-19 after first playing in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, and then again in Zadar, Croatia last weekend. His wife Jelena Djokovic also tested positive for Covid-19.
"The moment we arrived in Belgrade we went to be tested. My result is positive, just as Jelena's, while the results of our children are negative," Djokovic said in a statement on Tuesday, June 23.
Djokovic has been criticized for organising the Adria Tour and bringing in players from other countries during the coronavirus pandemic with spectators cheering them in the stands.
The superstar recently stated he was reluctant to travel to New York for the U.S open in August 2020.
Players are likely to be subjected to stringent restrictions and mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 during the U.S open which he thought was unnecessary.
Djokovic and other players who have so far tested positive for coronavirus were filmed recently in Belgrade, Serbia completely ignoring social distancing regulations.
They danced, kissed, hugged and freely mingled with people in night clubs in Belgrade. Djokovic and his colleagues posed for pictures with spectators.
They went to Belgrade restaurants and always partied in congested places with their faces unmasked.
They never observed social distancing while competing in Croatia and Serbia too.
However , Djokovic says authorities in Croatia and Serbia told them it was safe for them to gather and compete even without observing strict social distancing rules since the pandemic had weakened in Zadar and Belgrade.
"Everything we did, we did with a pure heart and sincere intentions," Djokovic said. "Our tournament meant to unite and share a message of solidarity and compassion throughout the region."
"It was all borne with a philanthropic idea, to direct all raised funds towards people in need and it warmed my heart to see how everybody strongly responded to this," Djokovic said.
"We organised the tournament at the moment when the virus has weakened, believing that the conditions for hosting the Tour had been met."
"Unfortunately, this virus is still present, and it is a new reality that we are still learning to cope and live with."
Djokovic, who was asymptomatic, said he would remain in self-isolation for 14 days and repeat the test in 5 days. He also apologised to anyone who became infected as a result of the series.
He added that his intention was to provide established and up and coming tennis players in the Balkan region "a chance to get some competitive matches under their belt."
Despite the positive test, Djokovic defended the exhibition series. Novak Djokovic becomes the latest player among those who participated in Corotia and Serbia tournaments, organised by Djokovic, to test positive for Covid-19.
Other people who tested positive for Covid-19 include: Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki and his pregnant wife, Djokovic's coach Marko Paniki, Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov and his coach Christian Grob. Borna Coric, a Croatian tennis player also tested positive for coronavirus.
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Q: Where to put data for your Android application Context: school assignment where I have to make a quiz for an Aphasia-diagnosis (in Java).
It's a quiz with 3 different types of questions and the type will be chosen in the first activity.
 One of the type of questions is "choose the X" with 4 different images portraying something different.
Say I have 10 questions, that makes 40 images for that type of questions only.
As it is my second application in Android, I'm totally not familiar with the system (my main knowledge is WPF where u just had to throw it in some directory and then you could access everything you like) and I wonder where I have to put all my files (also textfiles with the questions, in a hierarchical file system)
Googling told me I should put all my images in res/drawable... but that seems absurd to me. Plus, as questions (and thus images) should be able to added later, I assume I need to have 1 file where everything is stored according to some taxonomy without having to change any code, right?
I've tried doing it by making an main/assets folder, and storing everything there, but I don't seem able to access those files via an .xml file.
I put in a screenshot of how my FS is organized.

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A former partner of the legendary design firm Parish-Hadley, award-winning designer Brian McCarthy founded his eponymous firm Brian J. McCarthy Inc. in 1992. Since then, he has worked on projects and residences around the globe. In 2005, Brian was invited by the U.S. Ambassador Robert H. Tuttle to design the private quarters and refurbish the State Rooms in Winfield House, the official residence of the Ambassador to the Court of St. James. A graduate of New York City's Pratt Institute, Brian is a proud member of Architectural Digest's AD100 and Elle Decor's A-List and his work has been featured in many publications, including Architectural Digest, on the cover of Galerie magazine, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, New York magazine (100 Best), the New York Times, and Veranda, as well as in several books. Brian is also the author of Luminous Interiors and Parish Hadley Tree of Life, which he co-authored with Bunny Williams, and he lectures about his work and design around the country. Brian lives in New York City with his partner, Danny Sager, and their beloved dog, Daisy.
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Q: How to animate searchbox length from focusing on the textbox class CSS3? hi there i am currently trying to make a search box(.pullDown) that animates when you :focus on the textbox(.name) and it should change the size of the div below is the code i tried but it only changed the textbox size not the div i wondered if anyone has any advice on how to make it only change the div height i have tried experimenting with nesting classes but could not get the right results
.pullDown{
    height: 150px ;
    -webkit-transition: width 1s ease, height 1s ease;
    -moz-transition: width 1s ease, height 1s ease;
    -o-transition: width 1s ease, height 1s ease;
    -ms-transition: width 1s ease, height 1s ease;
    transition: width 1s ease, height 1s ease; ;
}
.name:focus, .pullDown{
    display:block;
    height:276px !important;

}

thanks very much for your help
p.s. i am looking for a css way to do it only if possible

A: Based on your fiddle, I see that there are a few errors that need to be handled correctly.
First, changing the display value of an element will have the same result as readding the element, why no transitions will ever be triggered. To solve this, you will need to make sure that the input has the same display value both before and after focus (for example block in this case).
Secondly, you are adding transitions to the container div and not the actual input element that you are changing the height of. Transitions are not inherited if that is what you are assuming. You should thus move the transition to .name instead.
Thirdly, animation should only be applied between to distinct values, especially when working with input elements who have a tendency to render rather strange between different browsers. In this case, you can for example set the height of .name to 1em or similar.
Lastly, for some reason you first set the height of .pullDown to 150px, but then you immediately after overwrites this to 276px. If you want the div to change size when the field is in focus, this is not the way to do this (actually, it's currently not possible to select the parent of an element with CSS). Comma separated selectors are entirely disjunct from each other. A solution to this can be to replace the height attribute with a min-height. This will ensure that the div expands to fit the form if it grows larger than the div.
Here's a fiddle to help you out
Hopefully this will help!

A: So what you want to do is when the textbox is selected change the height of .search, which is a parent element of the textbox?
Unfortuantly this is not possible. Css does not support parent selection. You can do this however with javascript/jQuery so when the textarea is focused you change the height of .search.
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Brescia University Trustees Extend President's Contract
The Brescia University Board of Trustees is pleased to announce Fr. Larry Hostetter's contract as President of the University has been extended until May 31, 2020. Vicki Stogsdill, Chair of the Trustees, led the board in a vote on Thursday, June 25, 2015.
"The Board is very pleased to confirm that Fr. Larry will continue to lead Brescia University as President," said Stogsdill. "Under his leadership, Brescia University has flourished reaching an enrollment landmark of 1,000 students and seeing the kickoff of a $10 million "Campaign for Brescia University: Gateway to the Second Century." As Brescia truly embarks on their second century, we are confident in the leadership of President Hostetter and the outstanding Cabinet, faculty, and staff."
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Q: IOS - Threads are stopped during web service call I am running an application with multiple threads. My application has set of queue objects(simply array).The input for the thread will be from this queue. Each thread will get a queue object as an input.  And I am creating and starting this thread in simple manner as below.
threadOne = [[NSThread alloc] initWithTarget:self
                                                  selector:@selector(initThread:)
                                                    object:nil];
[threadOne main];

Likewise I am starting multiple available threads for every objects.
When I run my application in debug mode during my webservice call, My current running thread doesn't wait for response (approximately my webservice call will take 2-3 seconds to generate response). Here my queue process gets stopped due to web service call.
Below is the code for reference.
dispatch_sync(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{

        [service genID:self action:@selector(genHandler:) username: username password:password ];

    });

I want to run multiple threads in parallel, in my application. Is there any solution to accomplish the above.

A: You probably have a deadlock because you are calling
dispatch_sync(dispatch_get_main_queue()

from main thread. You can find an excellent explanation in this answer.
As a side note, I would recommend using NSOperationQueue or Grand Central Dispatch, because Apple does not recommend using NSThread objects directly:

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FDA bans shock device used on mentally disabled patients
by: MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press
Posted: Mar 4, 2020 / 09:56 AM CST / Updated: Mar 4, 2020 / 05:31 PM CST
FILE – In this Aug. 13, 2014 file photo, a therapist checks the ankle strap of an electrical shocking device on a student during an exercise program at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton, Mass. The student, who was born with a developmental disorder, wears the device so administrators can control violent episodes. On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is banning a class of controversial devices used to discourage aggressive, self-injurious behavior in patients with mental disabilities. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday banned electrical shock devices used to discourage aggressive, self-harming behavior in patients with mental disabilities.
The announcement from the Food and Drug Administration follows years of pressure from disability rights groups and mental health experts who have called the treatment outdated, ineffective and unethical. The agency first announced its intent to ban the devices in 2016.
For years, the shock devices have been used by only one place in the U.S., the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center of Canton, Massachusetts, a residential school for people with autism and other psychiatric, developmental or mental disabilities. The FDA said Wednesday it estimates 45 to 50 people at the school are currently being treated with the device.
School administrators have called the shocks a last resort to prevent dangerous behaviors, such as head-banging, throwing furniture or attacking teachers or classmates. The center has continued to use the shock devices under a decades-old legal settlement with the state of Massachusetts, but needs court approval before beginning use on each resident.
School officials said in a statement they plan to challenge the government ban in court. A parents' group also defended the practice and said it would fight the ban.
"FDA made a decision based on politics, not facts, to deny this life saving, court-approved treatment," the school said.
Electric shocks and other painful or unpleasant treatments known as "aversive conditioning" were more widely accepted decades ago. But mainstream psychiatry now relies on behavioral modification, prescription drugs and other therapies that have proven more effective.
"Through advancements in medical science, there are now more treatment options available to reduce or stop self-injurious or aggressive behavior," said Dr. William Maisel, a director in the FDA's device center, in a statement.
The Rotenberg school has used shock devices carried in students' backpacks, which were attached to their arms and legs via electrodes. School staffers could trigger a two-second shock to a patient's skin by using a remote controller.
Some patients from the Rotenberg center have compared the shocks to a bee sting or worse. The school has faced several lawsuits brought by families who said their children were traumatized by the shocks.
Other parents say that the technique is the only thing that prevents violent, sometimes life-threatening behavior in their children.
"We will continue to fight to keep our loved ones safe and alive and to retain access to this treatment of last resort which has allowed them to live a productive life," said members of the Rotenberg's parents association, in a statement. "There is simply no alternative."
The FDA, echoing psychiatric experts, said that the shock therapy can exacerbate dangerous behaviors and lead to depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. Patients have also suffered burns and tissue damage due to the device, the agency said.
Regulators said patients should instead receive treatments that focus on eliminating factors that trigger the behaviors or teaching patients coping skills to deal with them.
The FDA has only banned two other products in more than 40 years of regulating medical devices — powdered surgical gloves, which can cause allergic reactions, and fake hair implants, which caused infections and didn't work.
Typically, the FDA addresses safety issues by adding new warning labels or modifying instructions for devices. But the agency concluded that the problems with the shock devices could only be addressed by banning them.
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Q: Issue in adding decimal values stored as varchar I have a staging table with two amount columns, created as varchar2 types to allow import from excel. Later these fields are validated to make sure they contains numeric data & summation of values for each row should greater than zero, before making the updates to actual table.
I have a function to validate whether the column contains any non numeric data, which works as expected.
   FUNCTION f_isnumber (pin_string IN VARCHAR2)
      RETURN INT
   IS
      v_new_num   NUMBER;
   BEGIN
      IF TRIM (pin_string) IS NOT NULL
      THEN
         v_new_num := TO_NUMBER (pin_string);

         RETURN 1;
      END IF;

      RETURN 0;
   EXCEPTION
      WHEN VALUE_ERROR
      THEN
         RETURN 0;
   END f_isnumber;

Next is I wanted to list all the rows where value of two amount field is zero. Below query works where I am just selecting the total of both columns.
WITH CTE1
     AS (SELECT TO_NUMBER (PURCH_AMT) + TO_NUMBER (SELL_AMT) AS Total, ROW_ID
           FROM STG_MAINTENANCE
          WHERE     PKG_MAINTENANCE.f_isnumber (PURCH_AMT) > 0
                AND PKG_MAINTENANCE.f_isnumber (SELL_AMT) > 0)
SELECT TO_NUMBER (Total), CTE1.*
  FROM CTE1

But as soon as I add where clause, the query fails with error "ORA-01722: invalid number"
WITH CTE1
     AS (SELECT TO_NUMBER (PURCH_AMT) + TO_NUMBER (SELL_AMT) AS Total, ROW_ID
           FROM STG_MAINTENANCE
          WHERE     PKG_MAINTENANCE.f_isnumber (PURCH_AMT) > 0
                AND PKG_MAINTENANCE.f_isnumber (SELL_AMT) > 0)
SELECT TO_NUMBER (Total), CTE1.*
  FROM CTE1
 WHERE Total = 0

Table contains both valid numbers, spaces & valid decimals, zero etc. I was hoping inner where clause will eliminate all non numeric values & I would only get valid decimal values & if user has imported 0 or 0.00
But somehow invalid number error comes up.
Sample Data:
Create table STG_MAINTENANCE (ROW_ID INT, PURCH_AMT VARCHAR2(500), SELL_AMT VARCHAR2(500));

INSERT INTO STG_MAINTENANCE values(1, 'A','4.5');
INSERT INTO STG_MAINTENANCE values(2, '0','0.0');
INSERT INTO STG_MAINTENANCE values(3, '5.5','4.5');
INSERT INTO STG_MAINTENANCE values(4, '','4.5');
INSERT INTO STG_MAINTENANCE values(5, 'B','C');
INSERT INTO STG_MAINTENANCE values(6, '','');

A: I think The way Oracle is processing your query causes the error in your query.
For your example, You can use MATERIALIZE hint and write your query like the following:
WITH CTE1 AS (
    SELECT /*+MATERIALIZE*/
        TO_NUMBER(PURCH_AMT) + TO_NUMBER(SELL_AMT) AS TOTAL,
        ROW_ID
    FROM
        STG_MAINTENANCE
    WHERE
        PKG_MAINTENANCE.F_ISNUMBER(PURCH_AMT) > 0
        AND PKG_MAINTENANCE.F_ISNUMBER(SELL_AMT) > 0
)
SELECT
    TO_NUMBER(TOTAL),
    CTE1.*
FROM
    CTE1
WHERE
    TOTAL = 0

You can learn more about MATERIALIZE hint from oracle docs.
Hope this is helpful to you.


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Vandalism damages Yakima Valley's rock art
By Jane Gargas
Yakima, Washington (AP)
Here's the rub: The rock of ages may not be.
The Yakima Valley is blessed with a strikingly rich palette of cultural heritage, a legacy of rock art left as many as 1,000 years ago.
That legacy is under siege.
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"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the lead single from the band's 1995 double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The song won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.[1] This song was the band's first Top 40 U.S. hit, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also spent six weeks at number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and peaked at number 4 on the Album Rock Tracks chart.
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Coming out and its impact on the sports industry was a career-defining moment, said Jason Collins, retired NBA Player and the first openly gay man to play in the NBA, at an event on Tuesday.
The AARP event, hosted in collaboration with SAGE and the City of Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs, brought together members of the LGBT community, along with community organizations and local stakeholders, to discuss cross-cultural competence and challenges the LGBT community often faces.
Attendees spoke out about the importance of cultural sensitivity and diversity inclusion during the roundtable discussion moderated by Terri Clark, SAGECare Trainer.
Amber Hikes, Executive Director of the Office of LGBT Affairs, stressed the importance of inclusion when decision-makers put forth policies.
Hikes, who recently attended a discussion about caregiving for older adults in the LGBT community, highlighted the importance of taking a multi-generational approach to addressing issues such as health care access, discrimination and access to resources.
By the year 2030, the LGBT community age 65+ is expected to almost double, from 2.5 million to as many as 4.7 million.
"It is critical we address these issues to support the 50+ LGBT community," states Angela Foreshaw-Rouse, AARP Pennsylvania Manager of State Operations and Outreach. "That's why we're working closely with the City of Philadelphiaand SAGE." AARP Pennsylvania has been working on the issues of housing discrimination, diversity inclusion, and caregiving, to advocate for and support the 50+ community in Philadelphia.
During the forum the keynote speakers, which included Collins, Hikes, and Clark, discussed the greatest challenges they face in raising cultural awareness and sensitivity beyond the LGBT community.
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New Orleans is set to lose its AAA minor league baseball team after the 2019 season. The city of Wichita is set to announce the relocation of the New Orleans Baby Cakes to the city starting in 2020. The story was first broke by a local Wichita TV station.
The New Orleans Baby Cakes may not be in New Orleans for very much longer.
Sources have told WGNO Sports that the Baby Cakes are likely moving to Wichita, Kansas.
When reached for comment, Baby Cakes general manager Cookie Rojas said the team will definitely remain in the New Orleans area for 2019, but would not comment any further.
This leaves the door open for a double A franchise to possibly move to New Orleans, according to WGNO Sports Director Ed Daniels.
WWL 870 AM has confirmed WGNO's report.
Relocating the Baby Cakes to Wichita, a city with one-third the market of New Orleans would be in many ways the final act of betrayal by owner Lou Schwechheimer. First, Schwechheirmer changed the team name from the Zephyrs, which New Orleans embraced, to the Baby Cakes. The name is loathed by most in the New Orleans area.
The ostensible purpose of minor league baseball is to develop baseball players for the majors. But it really isn't. The real purpose of it is to create logos, names, and gimmicks in order to scam fans into watching subpar baseball and the occasional retread who hasn't gotten the memo that their professional sports career is over. The name Baby Cakes had a limited shelf-life in New Orleans and now Schwechheimer is taking his team to a new-ish stadium that he conned Wichita taxpayers into rebuilding for him. The team will now make Schwechheimer money as the Wichita Cornpoppers or something.
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5 Reasons Why Ni-Ki Should Be Your ENHYPEN Bias
Here's why you need to stan Ni-Ki right now.
Formed on Mnet's I-LAND, Big Hit Entertainment and CJ E&M's new boy group ENHYPEN is already attracting a huge fanbase. But with so many talented, handsome, and lovable members, how can anyone possibly decided which one to bias?
Need a little help working out the perfect member to own your heart? Here are 5 reasons why you should stan Japanese member Ni-Ki right now.
1. He's so talented for his age
Despite his young age and very short training period of just 8 months, Ni-Ki boasts incredible choreo skills that have everyone convinced he's going to be ENHYPEN's main dancer.
Fellow member Jay was shocked at how quickly Ni-Ki could pick up moves, learning choreo routines in as little as 20 minutes. And, no matter how quickly he picks things up, his dancing is always clean, sharp, and fluid.
2. He used to dance with SHINee
One of the biggest testaments to Ni-Ki's skills is that I-LAND wasn't his first time on a stage. At the age of just 11, Ni-Ki became a dance for SHINee on their Japanese tour. Ni-Ki played a young version of Key on stage and did a great job of matching up to his senior's prowess.
Since then, Ni-Ki has stayed a huge fan of SHINee. In a letter he wrote to Key, he revealed that Key took over his role model spot from the legendary Michael Jackson. Hopefully, Ni-Ki gets to achieve his dream of performing at Tokyo Dome like SHINee as part of ENHYPEN.
3. He's the cutest maknae
At just 14 years old, Ni-Ki is the youngest member of ENHYPEN, making him the maknae of the group.
And what a cute maknae he is! With his soft features and adorable smile, it's impossible not to fall for his sweet charms.
4. He's very ambitious
If you're looking for an idol who will inspire you, Ni-Ki could be the member for you. His ambition as an idol is something anyone could look up to.
Alongside performing at Tokyo Dome, some more of his dreams include receiving a Billboard Music Award within 10 years and holding a concert as soon as possible after debut.
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Despite being the maknae of the group, Ni-Ki's personality type means he's a natural-born leader. He has all the charisma and altruism needed to be just as valuable to the team as the true leader. ENFJs like Ni-Ki are also great team players and great at appreciating other people's opinions.
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