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First shipments of Pfizer vaccine leave Michigan manufacturing facility
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US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has begun shipping the first batches of its long-awaited and newly-authorised coronavirus vaccine out of a Michigan warehouse, setting in motion the biggest vaccination drive in American history at a time when the pandemic has killed nearly 300,000 people in the country.
The first trucks carrying the COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the US pulled out of a Pfitzer manufacturing plant in Michigan on Sunday, en route to 636 predetermined locations, amid a botched government response that has made the US the worst-hit country in the world.
The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorisation to the vaccine on Friday, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on Saturday to recommend it for people age 16 and older in the US.
The vaccine arrives at a critical moment for the US. Hospitalisations due to COVID-19 hit record highs for the seventh day in a row on Saturday.
With the winter holidays still ahead, experts warn that the pandemic could continue to get worse before the larger public receives the vaccination.
Under Operation Warp Speed, a total of 636 hospitals and clinics across the states will receive the vaccine this upcoming week.
According to CNN, freight trucks carrying about 184,275 vials of vaccine departed the plant, and the combined 189 boxes of vaccine vials are expected to arrive in all 50 states on Monday.
Another 3,900 vials are expected to ship later Sunday to United States territories, and 400 boxes packed with about 390,000 vials will ship Monday to arrive on Tuesday.
There are five doses of vaccine per vial, according to Pfizer, the news channel reported on Sunday.
Operation Warp Speed chief advisor Dr Moncef Slaoui told Fox News in an interview that they plan to have about 14 million doses of vaccine available and distributed in the US by the end of this year.
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Those would be both Pfizer vaccine and the Moderna vaccine.
"And the next month, we will have about 50 million to 80 million doses distributed in January, and another same number in February. So, all in all, we hope to have immunized 100 million people, which would be the long-term care facility people, the elderly people with comorbidities, the first-line workers, the health care workers, he said.
Slaoui said that they need to have immunised about 75 or 80 per cent of the US population before herd immunity can really be established.
"We hope to reach that point between the month of May and the month of June," he said.
Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine will set in motion the biggest vaccination effort in American history at a critical juncture of the pandemic that has killed 1.6 million and infected 71 million people worldwide.
The vaccine is offering hope in the fight against the pandemic that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans and infected 16 million people across the country.
Pfizer is expected to deliver an estimated 2.9 million doses this week via UPS and FedEx, Gen. Gustave Perna, chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed, said Saturday.
The vaccines leaving Portage a city just south of Kalamazoo have US marshal protection to ensure they arrive safely at the hospital systems selected to receive the doses, some as early as Monday, NBC News reported.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the company was leveraging manufacturing plants in Michigan, Missouri and Massachusetts to produce and distribute the vaccines quickly.
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"I couldn't be prouder of my fellow Pfizer colleagues and partners at BioNTech, Bourla said in a video statement. "Their historic science-driven effort has delivered a vaccine with the potential to help bring an end to the most devastating pandemic in a century," Bourla said.
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AUSTIN, TX. - Have You been thinking about buying your first Austin Texas home and are not sure if you should continue renting versus buying? You are not alone.
The Question of whether or not if you should continue renting versus buying is something that every homeowner deals with before they ultimately "take the plunge" and commit to buying their first house, that's why in this article we will share with you 4 signs that you are ready to buy your first Austin Texas home so you can have confidence that it's time to start the home buying process.
One of the first signs that you are ready to buy your first home is that you have job security. This is important because every mortgage loan professional requires home buyers to have steady, regular, income.
If your job is secure, and you have been working with the same company for more than one year, these are excellent signs that you're ready financially to purchase a home.
Another excellent sign that you are ready to buy in Austin Texas home is that you have a commitment to staying in the area. This is important because, when purchasing a home, you have to be committed to living in a house for up to seven years because, during the early years, most of your payments are going to go towards paying just interest, and you're going to have very little equity, so it literally pays to be committed to staying in one place while you build equity in your house.
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16 March 2022 — Cover
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by Andrew O'Connell
Andrew O'Connell is my name and I am a documentary photographer who hails from the community of St Teresa's Gardens in the Liberties. My image, Field of Broken Dreams, is part of my archive #brokencommunities, which captures the loss and change of facilities in the Liberties area.
I grew up in the blocks of St Teresa's Gardens, which backed onto the new Coombe Maternity Hospital and the Boys' Brigade grounds, which was used for many Boys' Brigade battalion events in its early period. Later, it was being sold to Dublin Corporation. It was the play space of my generation and older, the field of dreams of our youth, the place for battles, hideouts and drinking sessions at the weekend, where we grew up and learned to run hide and climb. It was also the home of many of my community's greatest footballers, including the great St Teresa's FC team of 81, which won the FAI junior cup. It was a carpet of green like the best carpet you'd find in the carpet mills on Thomas Street, long since gone as well. Now it's a jungle.
My image captures the harshness of nature as it has reclaimed the space during 15 years of being uncared for while big developers argue over their future plans. A jungle waiting to be concreted over. What's gone is lost forever. You can contact me through Facebook at St Teresa's Gardens Folklore Project, on Instagram @libertiesphoto and through andrewboconnell.com.
Andrew O'Connell:
16 March 2022 issue
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I do love my Nettie bodysuit hacks!
This one is for my latest Minerva Crafts Blogger Network post – a corset back Nettie!
Now by corset back I just mean it laces up in the back, not that it's actually corseted in anyway. If it was it would definitely make this body way too difficult to wear! Lol.
This seemed a great way to have the best of both worlds!
You can check out how I did it on the Minerva Crafts Blogger Network here!
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The U20 Hurricanes Heartland U20 Development side today (Poverty Bay/East Coast players absent because of travelling arrangements).
The Hurricanes Heartland U20 Team is a new representative team selected by the Council for the first time in 2017 from the five Heartland rovincial Unions in the Hurricanes region. The team will play the Hawke's Bay, Manawatu and Wellington Under 19 teams over the next three weeks, in the Central Region Shield Tournament.
Wanganui have win a three-peat of Hurricanes Development Series Trophy tournaments, coming from behind to beat Horowhenua-Kapiti to win their third consecutive match of this weekend.
Horowhenua-Kapiti led Wanganui 17-12 with less than 10 to play, but Wanganui left their best to last to overtake them and pull clear to win 31-17.
Wanganui halfback Cameron Davies was awarded the Player of the Development Series Cup for a consistent three games behind the base of the scrum.
In today's other match, Wairarapa-Bush defeated a determined Poverty Bay side 26-10, after leading 12-10 at half-time.


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As with all of our products, the detailed skirting boards are available pre primed and fully finished in satin or gloss paint. Because we hand-spray all of our skirting boards, we are able to achieve a far superior finish to anything that you could do with a brush, and on the more detailed skirting board this makes a real difference- definitely something worth considering.


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GRACE GAZETTE
Volume IIIssue 41
Published occasionally for Zion's mourners
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Hebrews 12::12-13
A TELLER OF DREAMS
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter. Daniel 2:22-23
The Bible is full of much grand and glorious imagery. On page after page of the Holy Writ we see the truth of GOD unfolded before us not just in the plain words which are spoken but also in the types and foreshadows, which colorfully illustrate the revealed truth of the LORD of glory. We must guard our selves against building doctrines from these images which are sometimes obscure to say the least, but we can be and are blessed by them as they undergird sound doctrine. We keep in mind as well that the LORD taught much in parables which were designed to convey truth to those whose understanding HE intended, and to cause confusion among those who would not and could not see. (see Matt.13:13-17; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Rom.11:8-10; II Cor.3:14)
No true imagery or type revealed in the Scripture will ever contradict sound doctrine nor will they magnify any one but the LORD JESUS CHRIST. These illustrations are given for the express purpose of exalting HIS name and portraying the work of redemption which HE has accomplished.
Quite often, truth is hidden in these types and foreshadows from the eyes of those who think that they can grasp the truth of GOD through human understanding. The Bible is always literally true in the message GOD intends to portray through it but everything in the Bible is not to be taken literally. Rolfe Barnard said it like this, "The Bible doesn't always mean what it says, but it always means what it means". For instance, much of the book of the Revelation is not intended to be taken at face value but requires an understanding which only GOD can give in order to plumb its depths and grasp its message. It is somewhat disconcerting to hear those, who demand a strict literal translation of all of the scripture, depart from their own mantra when they begin to explain the images contained in this particular book or even the book of Daniel which is before us. We are not interested in taking flights of fancy with the scripture but pray that we may be given eyes to see and behold the truth that is hidden in every line and page of the blessed Holy Book.
King Nebuchadnezzar dreamed a troubling dream which none of his astrologers nor magicians would attempt to interpret unless he told them what the dream was. He refused saying that if they could interpret the dream they should also be able to tell him what the dream was. They were astounded and dismayed as they realized their lack of power to do as the king demanded. He commanded that all of the "wise men" be put to death. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were all a part of this group. When Daniel heard why they were condemned he came before the king and said he would attempt to tell the king his dream and the interpretation of it. As Daniel is a teller of dreams we seem him as a type of "gospel preacher". (see Dan.chap 2)
Necessity was laid upon him to tell the king a message, it was a matter of life and death. So is everyone who proclaims the good news of the gospel. (see I Cor.9:16)
The message that he delivered was one he received directly from the LORD by revelation and not instruction. (see v.19) Paul relates the same in Gal.1:16 and II Tim.1:9.
The message was intended for a specific audience. (see v.24) The gospel message is for sinners; CHRIST said HE was not sent for the righteous but to call sinners to repentance.
The message that HE delivered was also the means by which he was delivered from the executioner. (see v.24) Daniel told Arioch (the executioner) that he knew the dream. A true preacher of the gospel has a personal interest in the message he preaches.
The message was one of power and in direct contrast to the impotence of religion. (see v.27,28) The gospel is the "power of GOD unto salvation" (Rom.1:16)not a religion to follow or a code of conduct to conform to.
The message answered the needful questions. (see v.29) The Phillipian jailer cried out in despair to know how he might be delivered, Paul and Silas replied,"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31)
The message uncovered secrets and revealed things to come. (see v.29,30) Through the gospel the LORD reveals to us our past and comforts us with our future.
He sought neither glory nor reward in the telling of this message. (see v.30)"For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?" (1 Cor 4:7)
The message was about a STONE not made with hands that became the HEADSTONE of the corner. (see v.34,45) Daniel delivered the same message to Nebuchadnezzar that is the message of the gospel from the beginning. (see Isa.28:16) CHRIST is the sure foundation for HIS people, a place of refuge, a covert from the tempest, the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. HE is the KING of kings and the LORD of lords. "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty GOD, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." (Isaiah 9:6-7)
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Edmonton support to Fort McMurray involved business, municipal and individual efforts
Edmontonians remember contributions a year after the evacuation
Liane Faulder
Noralta, a provider of work camp accommodation in the Fort McMurray area, made room for evacuees forced north from the fire-ravaged city into its lodges within hours of the evacuation order. Video by Ian Kucerak.
Edmonton's response to the Fort McMurray wildfire took on many forms.
The City of Edmonton unleashed a massive effort — part of its ever-ready disaster response plan — which saw the Expo Centre at Northlands house some 2,200 evacuees at its zenith, and feed many thousands more, serving a total of roughly 66,000 meals between when the centre opened May 3 and closed on May 27, 2016.
Fire Chief Ken Block and Edmonton Fire Rescue Services stepped up in a big way, deploying 300 personnel northward on a four-day firefighting rotation for more than 32 days.
Then there's the in-kind donation, estimated to be worth up to $1 million, that local business Noralta, provider of work camp accommodations in the Fort McMurray area, put into the effort by, in part, accepting evacuees forced north from the fire-ravaged city into its lodges within hours of the evacuation order.
There are a million stories in the big-hearted city. These are but a few reflections by those intimately involved in Edmonton's outpouring of support. The interviews have been condensed and edited.
Edmonton fire Chief Ken Block was head of the team responsible for the City of Edmonton's civic response to the fire in Fort McMurray. David Bloom / Postmedia
As chief of Edmonton Fire and Rescue Service, Block headed the team responsible for the City of Edmonton's response to the Fort McMurray wildfire.
On the call for help: "The province called on May 4, asking how many fire department resources could be freed up. The major consideration is that we have a city of 900,000 here to protect and we can't put Edmontonians at risk. But all the staff that went up there were on days off. We sent two pumpers, big units, and two tankers and five smaller support vehicles. When they lost their water supply, those tankers were invaluable."
On the Expo reception centre: "One thousand City of Edmonton employees spent time supporting the reception centre. The scale of the operation was something to behold and the Expo Centre was a really well-suited facility to this type of need. What struck me was the plight of the evacuees — the strain, the stress of being evacuated from their city. They were so appreciative of what the City of Edmonton was providing. Through our fire rescue volunteers, and employees with medical training and background, City of Edmonton employees have a lot of diverse skills and in a situation like this are invaluable."
On lessons learned: "Planning, planning, planning. We call it business continuity planning, and that is preparing for the worst, and you can't do enough of it. The good news is the system worked really well. But to run the Emergency Operations Centre effectively — that is 20 people engaged 24-7 — for an event of this duration, you play people out. They need time off as well.
"One of the lessons we learned is to focus on the capacity of people who are trained in many of the skills needed, to make sure that we have the 150 people trained that we needed for a job the size of Fort McMurray. We had maybe 60. I can tell you that we are now sitting at 120 with a plan in place to exceed that."
Cynthia Strawson
Cynthia Strawson looks at a children's book given to her by the Fort McMurray family that stayed in her home during the wildfire crisis last May in Edmonton. Ed Kaiser / 20079648A
Cynthia Strawson is an Edmonton homeowner who lived in the basement of her west-end home for six weeks, leaving the main floor to three evacuees from Fort McMurray: Alie Warnes, her husband Cam Wilson and their daughter, Isabel, who was seven at the time.
On making the decision to open her home: "I'd been watching Facebook and wondering what I could possibly do to help. I didn't have money to give, but I looked at my bungalow and I thought, 'I've got space.' Friends posted about a family with a child who wanted to be in the west end and to finish out the school year. They were literally driving up and down the streets looking for places that might be for rent."
On worrying about strangers in your house: "That was a concern, and I wanted to meet them, and they wanted to meet me. But they were incredible people, Alie has multiple degrees and runs a crisis support centre in Fort McMurray and Cam has an MBA and immediately I felt comfortable with them.
"I tapped my social community and had help moving out of my main floor and into the basement. I gave them the punch code number for the door and that was that. They treated my home like it was their home. They played with the cat and I read stories with Izzy. We didn't talk about rent at all but in the end, they were able to apply to the Red Cross for a rent supplement and did give me just under $1,500, which paid for some Ikea cabinets for when I moved downstairs."
On what was learned: "It reinforced for me that I had a lot to share and it didn't feel like a burden at all. I felt like I got so much more than I gave, and I learned a lot about Fort McMurray and that was amazing. I learned through Alie about what trauma does to people, and just how resilient people are. And I've learned people are so welcoming, like the people in my community here in Edmonton. My mom and her friends ended up making a quilt for Izzy."
Corey Smith, president and CEO of Noralta, says Edmonton and Fort McMurray have formed a strong bond after the fire. Kucerak, Ian / Postmedia
Corey Smith is president and CEO of Noralta Lodges, which provided a safe haven and offered food, water and shelter to upwards of 6,000 evacuees forced to head north from Fort McMurray in the first 30 hours of the evacuation,
On pulling together: "Sobeys called me that day and said, 'What do you need? We have 10 trucks ready to go in Edmonton with sandwiches and bottled water and we can get it to you.' We were able to take care of everybody, even if it was just a sandwich and soup."
On having the tables turn: "The first half of May, we were able to provide a safe haven. And then the winds turned and we went from being a safe area to being the ones under threat. They said, 'We forecast you're going to burn down in the next couple of hours.' That was a long night, May 16, and we weren't sure our assets would make it.
"But we had built a fire guard around our lodges and didn't know how fortuitous that would be. Because of the fire guard and the help we got from our neighbours at Syncrude and Suncor and the Fort McKay First Nation — the community came to our aid — and were able to help protect our assets from the fire."
On the impact of the fire today: "An interesting bond was formed between Edmonton and Fort McMurray. Sometimes Calgary is seen as more of the link just because Calgary is seen as finance head office. But the way Edmonton opened up its arms, businesses, families, evacuation centres, the record-setting donations.
"Edmonton just stepped in and they did it not because they were asked, but because they are Edmontonians. And I think of many friends from Fort McMurray who have an affinity for Edmonton now that they didn't have before. Because they developed a familiarity during their time of need, and that bond has been built."
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aw c'mon just go with me on this one.
what if i could still make the same cookies i've made all these years only just a little different?
so i couldn't wait to unwrap them and see the hat kisses!
i knew they were gonna be chocolate but i fixed that.
then i put those aside and made my usual peanut blossom cookies that i've made for the past a hundred million years (give or take a few years).
Well.....I'd call their photo of the red & white Kisses false advertising! But....not to let a little thing like that stop you, you went ahead and dipped them in red. Good for you. With your project you wouldn't even have to find the red/white bag of Kisses since you'll be removing the foil anyway.
I'm thinking - what if you cut out a tiny hole in the top side of the marshmallow (as opposed to the side of the marshmallow) and then put the hole on top of the point of the Kiss (gluing it with chocolate if it didn't stick by itself). Think that would work?
Lisa, they are so stinking cute, I love everything about them! I would have been thrilled to see the actual chocolate red and white under that wrapper!
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Q: Avoid Duplicate records while inserting in MS SQL Server 2008 from a java program I am working on a functionality where i am supposed to fetch data from oracle database and insert it into MSSQL Server 2008 Database Using Java Programming.(i know there are other alternatives like oracle golden gate,linked server.but this is what i am asked to do). I am able to fetch data from oracle server and insert it into sql server. But the issue is with the redunduncy. i.e Duplicate records get inserted whenever i trigger or run the program, as i am supposed to do it every 6,12,24 hours. i don't want it to happen. so how can i avoid it as the  source database has different connection and target database is different connection.
Following is the Code . Iwould like your help in working around to avoid duplicate data to be inserted.
/*TO Retrieve data from oracle database and insert it into sql server*/

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.Properties;

public class states {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String statecode, statename;
        try {
            Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver").newInstance();
            Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver")
                    .newInstance();

            // Connecting to Oracle
            Connection oracleconn = DriverManager.getConnection(
                    "jdbc:oracle:thin:@ipaddress:1521:orcl",
                    "uname", "pwd");
            // Connecting to SQL SERVER
            Connection sqlconn = DriverManager
                    .getConnection("jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=dbname;user=sa;password=pwd;");
            System.out.println("connected");

            // create Statement for sql and oracle

            /*
             * A Statement is an interface that represents a SQL statement. You
             * execute Statement objects, and they generate ResultSet objects,
             * which is a table of data representing a database result set. You
             * need a Connection object to create a Statement object.
             */
            Statement oraclestatement = oracleconn.createStatement();

            Statement sqlstatement = sqlconn.createStatement();

            /*
             * The ResultSet interface provides methods for retrieving and
             * manipulating the results of executed queries, and ResultSet
             * objects can have different functionality and characteristics.
             */
            ResultSet oracle_rs = oraclestatement
                    .executeQuery("select substr(TRIIDTX,1,2),TRINAMETX from  T_TRISTATE  WHERE TRIIDTX IS NOT NULL AND TRINAMETX IS NOT NULL AND TRINAMETX  not LIKE '%''%' ESCAPE '/'");
            System.out.println("TRICODETX   TRINAMETX \n");

            // String dummytable="tbldummystate";

            while (oracle_rs.next()) {

                System.out.println("     " + oracle_rs.getString(1) + "      "
                        + oracle_rs.getString(2) + "   ");

                // converting the string value into integer value

                statecode = oracle_rs.getString(1);
                statename = oracle_rs.getString(2);

                sqlstatement
                        .executeUpdate("insert into tblStates(StateCode,StateName) values('"
                                + statecode + "','" + statename + "')");

                // sqlstatement.execute ();

            }// end of while loop

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }// end of
}

A: Before doing the insert into tblStates... you could do a select on the sqlconn and check whether the record you want to insert does already exist. If so, skip the insert, otherwise, perform the insert.
However, this is not very efficient, as for each record, you will do a select. Imagine a table with 100k rows...
In order to improve performance, you could do the following. Before iterating over the oracle_rs, load all records from tblStates into a List. Since there is no primary key (according to your comments), I would suggest a List<Foo>, where you define a class named Foo containing the values for one row that is to be inserted in the target database. That allows you to do an in-memory check for existence in your target database. If your in-memory collection contains the record that you just fetched from the source database, do not insert it into the target database.
In pseudo-code, it would roughly look like this:
String selectAllQuery = "select StateCode, StateName from tblStates";
Statement selectAllstatement = sqlconn.createStatement();
ResultSet selectAllResultset = selectAllstatement.executeQuery(selectAllQuery);

List<Foo> cache = new ArrayList<Foo>();
while (selectAllResultset.next()) {
    cache.add(new Foo(selectAllResultset.getString("StateCode"),
                      selectAllResultset.getString("StateName")));
}

while (oracle_rs.next()) {
    statecode = oracle_rs.getString(1);
    statename = oracle_rs.getString(2);

    if (!cache.contains(new Foo(statecode,
                                statename))) {
        sqlstatement.executeUpdate("insert into tblStates"
            + "(StateCode,StateName) values('"
            + statecode + "','" + statename + "')");
    }
}

With a Foo class like this:
public class Foo {
    private String stateName;
    private String stateCode;
    // Insert constructor with two arguments
    // Insert equals() implementation based on the two instance variables
}

A: Maybe using MERGE would do it?
Something like:
.executeUpdate("
MERGE INTO tblStates AS Target
USING (VALUES ('"+ statecode + "','" + statename + "'))
       AS Source (StateCode, StateName)
ON Target.StateCode = Source.StateCode
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN
    INSERT (StateCode, StateName) VALUES ('"+ statecode + "','" + statename + "');
)";

Edit: if you want to update the StateName for a StateCode that already exists in the target table if it's changed in the source table you can add the following to the statement before the WHEN NOT MATCHEDclause:
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET StateName = ('" + statename + "')"

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Swaledale is one of the northernmost of the famous Yorkshire Dales, and in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is the dale forged by the River Swale which cuts through the North Riding of Yorkshire from the east side of the Pennines towards the lower land leading east to the Vale of York.
The head of Swaledale is the east of Nine Standards Rigg, the prominent ridge with nine ancient tall cairns on the western boundary of Yorkshire at the main east–west watershed of northern England. To the west lies Kirkby Stephen and the Westmorland Limestone Plateau.
The moors on the eastern flank of the Rigg's moorland become more and more concave as they descend, to become the narrow valley sides of upper Swaledale at the small village of Keld. From there, the valley runs briefly south then turns east at Thwaite to broaden progressively as it passes Muker, Gunnerside and Reeth.
The dale itself ends at the market town of Richmond, where an important mediæval castle still watches the important ford from the top of a cliff. Below Richmond, the valley sides flatten out and the Swale flows across lowland farmland to meet the Ure just east of Boroughbridge at a point known as Swale Nab. The Ure becomes the Ouse, and eventually (on merging with the Trent) the Humber.
From the north, Arkengarthdale and its river the Arkle Beck join Swaledale at Reeth. To the south, Wensleydale runs parallel with Swaledale. The two dales are separated by a ridge including Great Shunner Fell, and joined by the road over Buttertubs Pass.
Swaledale is a typical limestone Yorkshire dale, with its narrow valley-bottom road, green meadows and fellside fields, white sheep and white stone walls on the glacier-formed valley sides, and darker moorland skyline. The upper parts of the dale are particularly striking because of its large old limestone field barns and its profusion of wild flowers. The latter are thanks to the return to the practice of leaving the cutting of grass for hay or silage until wild plants have had a chance to seed. Occasionally visible from the valley bottom road are the slowly-fading fellside scars of the 18th and 19th century lead mining industry. Ruined stone mine buildings remain, taking on the same colours as the landscape into which they are crumbling.
Swaledale is home to many small but beautiful waterfalls, such as Richmond Falls, Kisdon Force and Catrake Force.
Sheep-farming has always been central to economic life in Swaledale, which has lent its name to the Swaledale breed of round-horned sheep. Traditional Swaledale products are woollens and Swaledale cheese, which was formerly made from ewe's milk. These days it is made from cow's milk. During the 19th century, a major industry in the area was lead mining.
Today, tourism has become important, and Swaledale attracts thousands of visitors a year. It is very popular with walkers, particularly because the Coast to Coast Walk passes along it. Unlike Wensleydale it has no large settlements on the scale of Hawes or Leyburn, nor an obvious tourist hook such as former's connection with James Herriot, and so, like Coverdale, it enjoys a quieter tone, especially as it is more remote compared to, say, Wharfedale, which is much further south and easily accessible from the West Yorkshire metropolis.
In May and June every year, Swaledale hosts the two-week long Swaledale Festival, which combines a celebration of small-scale music and a programme of guided walks.
Since 1950, Swaledale has been the host of the Scott Trial, a British motorcycle trials competition run over an off road course of approximately 70 miles, raising money for the "Scott charities", a range of local non-profit making organisations.
↑ "Swaledale Festival". Swaledale Festival. http://www.swaledale-festival.org.uk/. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
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Gene Dattel
Dattel: Relics of a racist era
Gene Dattel 12:00 am, Feb 24, 2011
When I entered Yale in September 1962, I was the only student from the Mississippi Delta in my class. That year also marked James Meredith's integration at the University of Mississippi. The accompanying violence and media attention directed an endless series of questions toward me. In 1966, the year of my graduation, few noticed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s frustrating attempt to bring the civil rights movement north to Chicago. Within four years, the complexity of de facto segregation had replaced the moral clarity of the struggle to end legal segregation.
Little did I know that a recent visit to Yale would produce weighty observations. Sometimes you have to physically be at a place to see a connection. My studies under the mentorship of Robin Winks coalesced into a book which gave me a fresh pair of eyes. While walking by Calhoun College and Timothy Dwight College, I realized that their namesakes yield devastating clues about our country's racial challenges.
Calhoun College has been a lightning rod for criticism because of the pro-slavery, secessionist position of John C. Calhoun. Timothy Dwight College, named for a former president of Yale, however, bears no such stigma.
Yet the anti-slavery Timothy Dwight's 1769 opinion of free blacks had crucial implications for the destiny of African-Americans after emancipation and up to the present. Historians downplay Northern racial animosity. But, these antebellum derogatory views confined emancipated slaves to the South, fostered a separate, unassimilated black community and relegated African-Americans to the lowest status in the economy.
It is important to ask not only what antebellum Americans thought about slavery; we must also ask what they thought about free black people. Then we will understand why today's major American cities with large black populations and no (or minimal) history of slavery, legal segregation or sharecropping have similar racial issues to those which did have slavery, legal segregation and sharecropping.
In a sermon delivered in 1810, Timothy Dwight was scathing in his description of free blacks:
"[T]hese people … are, generally, neither able, nor inclined to make their freedom a blessing to themselves. … [T]hey are turned out into the world, in circumstances fitted to make them nuisances to society. … The hatred of labour … becomes habit. … They have no economy; and waste, of course, much of what they earn. They have little knowledge either of morals or religion. They are left, therefore, as miserable victims of sloth, prodigality, poverty, ignorance and vice."
For Dwight, the only possible avenue for black advance was absolute dependence on white charity and white tutelage. Was this charitable paternalism similar to plantation, government or philanthropic paternalism? Should we question whether the effects of allegedly benign Northern slavery and harsh plantation slavery were comparable?
In 1811, when the free black population of Connecticut was under 2 percent, Dwight wrote:
"Their vices are of the kinds, usually intended by the phrase 'low vice.' Uneducated to principles of morality, or to habits of industry and economy, they labour only to acquire the means of expense, and expend, only to gratify gross and vulgar appetite. Accordingly, many of them are thieves, liars, profane, drunkards, Sabbath-breakers, quarrelsome, idle. … [T]heir ruling passion seems to be a desire of being fashionable. … The difference between them, and the whites, who are nearest to them in circumstance, is entire. The whites are generally satisfied with being decent, with being dressed in such clothes, and living in such a manner, as they can afford."
White Americans were consistent. In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wanted "a branch of our national police force" to supervise free blacks who should be trained for jobs that "require but little skill." In a nod to white flight, citizens of New Haven in the 1790s warned that free black migration would depreciate property values by 20 to 50 percent. Harriet Beecher Stowe exiled the heroes and heroines of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to Africa; further, when asked to contribute to a school for free blacks, she refused and condescendingly wrote, "Will they ever learn to walk?" Powerful anti-slavery politician William Henry Seward remarked in 1866, "The North has nothing to do with negroes. I have no more concern for them than I have for the Hottentots; they are God's poor; they always have been and always will be so everywhere. …" The New York Times (February 1865) wanted cotton production resumed with "White ingenuity" and "black labor" while, "The negro race … would exist side by side with the white for centuries being constantly elevated by it, individual [African-Americans] … rising to an equality with the superior race." The white psyche allowed room for a black elite — eerily similar to W.E.B. Du Bois's "talented tenth."
What were the future implications of antebellum Northern attitudes? Blacks of the Great Migration were employed in the grittiest and lowest jobs. Deindustrialization has had its severest impact on vulnerable African-Americans in the last few decades. Residential and school segregation and a large black underclass are indelible features of American society.
Timothy Dwight would not be surprised. Both Calhoun and Dwight are very much part of our tragic racial legacy.
Gene Dattel is a 1966 graduate of Berkeley College and the author of "Cotton and Race in the Making of America: The Human Costs of Economic Power."


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Through the courtesy of Mr. Arthur Gilman (secretary) we have received a copy of the proof-sheets of the forthcoming third annual reports of the treasurer and secretary of the "Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women," at Cambridge, popularly known as the Harvard "Annex." We summarize the chief points mentioned in these reports. The most important advance made by this institution during the past year has been the securing of a charter of incorporation from the State by its friends. In accordance with the avowed object of the society aiming at the introduction of coeducation into Harvard University the charter has been made to state the objects of the organization to be to promote "the education of women with the assistance of the instructors in Harvard University," and for this purpose it empowers the society to "employ teachers, furnish instruction, give aid to deserving students, procure and hold books, suitable apparatus, and lands and buildings for the accommodation of officers, teachers and students," to "perform all acts appropriate to the main purpose of the association," and to transfer "the whole or any part of its funds or property to the president or fellows of Harvard College" whenever the same can be so done as to advance the purpose for which the society is chartered, in a manner satisfactory to the association.
The society is now in a position to receive endowments and bequests, and these it hopes to receive in the near future. "It may be said with some confidence that a fund of one-tenth the size of that represented by the property and endowments of Harvard University, contributed to the society now, will give women greater privileges than are within their reach in America, and will make them permanent."
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monday in manchester
By Mick in news
At around 22.30 last Monday, Manchester was subjected to an horrific attack at a pop concert. As the world now knows, a suicide bomber deliberately targeted young people and their friends and families as they were leaving a concert by the young pop singer Ariana Grande. In that attack, 22 people, including children as young as 8 years old lost their lives. Many, many more received life changing injuries.
This is the first confirmed suicide bombing attack in the UK since 7 July 2005. On that day, 12 years ago, I was working in London. I can vividly recall the aftermath of that attack. Shock, horror, disbelief, later turning to anger. But I also vividly recall the reactions of Londoners and visitors to London I met, talked to or simply listened to over the days that followed. Only a few days after the 7th I was travelling by bus to a meeting when quite unbidden a middle aged American couple, obviously tourists, told me and everyone else on the bus that they shared our pain and that they were praying for us. I am not a religious man, indeed, I have no faith whatsoever, but I was deeply moved by that couple's sincerity. Later, towards the end of July, my wife and I were travelling by Tube towards St Pancras on our way to Paris for our wedding anniversary. The driver of that Tube welcomed us (and everyone else) aboard the "up yours al-Qaeda express". This show of defiance in the face of horror actually raised a number of smiles from those around us. London survived, Londoners endured.
The citizens of Manchester are now all facing profound shock and grief. That shock and grief will also be felt by anyone who has any shred of humanity within them. London was bad – 52 people lost their lives in that series of co-ordinated attacks. But somehow, Manchester feels worse, much worse. The London bombers targeted morning Tube and bus travellers – mainly commuters, some of whom were late for work because of earlier rail disruption that day. They were a soft target. But the Manchester bombing was callously and deliberately aimed at the ultimate soft target – kids; youngsters and their families emerging from what should have been a wonderful night out. Kids simply enjoying themselves at a concert many would have been planning for and looking forward to for months. Ariane Grande's fanbase is primarily young women and girls. The attacker would have known that and yet he deliberately chose to detonate his bomb at that time and that place. He, and any accomplices he may have had, deserve nothing but our contempt. Manchester will survive, and Mancunians will endure. They have faced this before in the IRA truck bombing in June 1996. That attack didn't break them. This one won't either.
Meanwhile, everyone must grieve for the loss of so many young lives in such a pointless, pitiless attack. My thoughts, and those of my family, are with Manchester.
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Rinse the soaked turtle beans and replace the water and boil them for 10 mins. Drain the water once boiled.
In a mini chopper, chop the onions, tomato and garlic very finely (add some water to assist the chopper).
Add the chopped mixture to the beans.
Add the cumin seeds, coriander powder, turmeric powder and garam masala to the mixture.
Add 200ml fresh water to the mixture and stir well.
Cook covered on a low heat for 60 minutes, stirring twice between.
Add the fresh coriander, green chili and roasted cumin seeds and stir well.


I still feel like summer barely even had a chance to begin, and yet here we are celebrating the end of it.
My only hope is that the warm weather lasts as long as possible, and that the winter flies by because there are too many pleasant distractions to be depressed by sunsets at 4:30 pm and mountains of snow.
To those who celebrate, happy Labor Day.
Only 266 days until Memorial Day.
I'm with you on the Memorial Day countdown...I hate the cold!
I have my fingers crossed for a mild winter too!
Haha, I love that you already started a memorial day countdown!
LOL you and me both sister! Amen!!!!
Hope you are enjoying your Labor Day! I'm am right with you for hoping the warm weather lasts well into fall.
The 4:30 sunset is truly a killer. Unbelievably depressing.
i am kissing summer goodbye!! i think it has to do with being pregnant and hot and that not being a pleasant combo?
I don't want to see summer go. Can we just go into autumn and then to spring? Just so I can wear tights, and maybe some gloves sometimes? Ah, if only.
4:30 sunsets are the worst! I am already sad that the days are getting shorter. Happy Labor Day!
I'm the opposite I can't wait for summer to be over I really love the fall and winter with the big coat and scarves.
I'm always sad to see summer go but I am looking forward to Fall this year. I only wish the seasons would go Summer, Fall, Spring, and repeat. I can do with out the winter, bleh!
So sad...and yet I am ready for fall!
great photo and haha, love... only 266 days til memorial day. awesome.
Today we were having a bbq to close down my aunts pool - nobody went in the water because it was too chilly... so yes, i'd say fall is here.
Let the holiday countdown begin!
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Do it with me: deep breathe in, deep breathe out. Do you smell that clean, crisp air and the wet earth? Spring is in the air my friends.
I love rainstorms and thunderstorms. You know the saying 'April showers bring May flowers'? Well, here in Seoul, it has rained a few times in the past week so for me March showers bring April… joy? I don't know.
The colors are so bright and welcoming. They just lift my spirit. Not to mention the smell of flowers is intoxicating.
Can't forget the sounds, I haven't yet experienced Spring in Seoul, but I imagine it will still have that melodious soundtrack of the birds.
Spring is the time of year when everything becomes beautiful and I wanted this month's freebie to capture that in a simple phrase. When I think of Spring, I think of new life and simplicity in the beauty of it all. These three desktop wallpapers come in white, pink, and grey; with the phrase 'la vie est belle' to pose as a reminder that life truly is beautiful.


The reasoning behind this Competition is the opportunity of extending the current Park, in terms of capitalisation of the territory and from a functional perspective as well. In this manner, it would be possible to develop new areas intended to assume novel, modern functions related to the Open-Air Ethnographic Park, which at this moment works as a museum (cultural heritage objects located within premises reproducing the rural landscape specific to different areas, specific visiting hours, guided tours, restricted access to protected areas, preserved premises etc.). Thus, the Museum Park will develop into a functional complex, where cultural values will be complemented by learning values, direct experimentation, recreational and leisure opportunities etc.
This upgrade of the area enhances the intelligent urban development of a valuable city neighbourhood, with a view to creating a future landscape facilities hub for the city, which will extend its sightseeing map.
This opportunity was emphasised throughout 2015 and 2016 within the Preservation – Restoration and capitalisation on the Petrindu and Cizer wooden churches project, following which the Nordic Urban Design Association specialists drafted a Master Content Plan related to this matter, highlighting not only the utility of this urban development, but also the need to organise a Solutions Competition to represent the starting point for the implementation of this endeavour.
The Promoter of this Competition is the Cluj County Council, which is also the landowner and the beneficiary of the Competition outcome.
The Organiser of the Competition is the Romanian Order of Architects.


Gun Shot: First or Last?
Jodi's Sworn Testimony: Gunshot first. As he was charging her (in "linebacker" fashion) the gun accidentally went off, hitting him in the right temple – but that did not stop him from continuing the attack.
* Medical examiner's report says the brain was not penetrated.
* There are many instances of people who continued functioning after receiving a gunshot to the head, especially after being shot from any distance other than point-blank range with a mousy little .25-caliber gun.
* Contradicts the State's original theory of "gunshot first" which changed only after Jodi said that the gunshot was indeed first.
Dr. Kevin Horn and Det. Esteban Flores: Perjury?
Aug 7, 2009 – Det. Flores' testimony in pre-trial Chronis hearing: Based on conversations with Dr. Horn and from his own study of the scene, Travis was first shot. Flores repeated this theory of the crime in interviews and sworn statements to Jodi's legal team.
Could Travis have still been able to function after being shot in the head?
The gun stolen from Jodi's grandfather's house in late May 2008 was loaded with hollow point bullets. According to the State's theory, Jodi removed these more powerful bullets and replaced them with the less powerful round point bullets. But the State gives no theory as to why someone plotting a murder would do such a thing.
For information about the difference between round and hollow point bullets, see this YouTube video.
The State also contends that the gunshot was last based on the fact that the bullet casing was found on top of a pool of coagulated blood. First of all, during such a violent event, there is no telling where a bullet casing might end up after the shooting. And is there any proof that those who found his body didn't accidentally kick it (maybe with that unknown boot that left an unidentified bloody print at the scene)?


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Kimberly Schreiber is an Attorney, approved mediation trainer, professor, author and Tennessee Supreme Court Listed Mediator in Civil/General and Family Mediation, Specially Trained in Domestic Violence Issues. She is the founder of Training Resolved, LLC and runs a free mediation clinic in the community. Additionally, her firm is an approved provider for the Mandatory Parent Education Class in three Judicial Districts. Kimberly is an international speaker and is part of a group of online providers educating Solicitors and Barristers in the topics of Elder Mediation, Reflective Practice and Negotiation in the United Kingdom. She is a certified Face Reader and uses her face reading skills at the negotiation table and to assist with jury selection. Kimberly is a NTSA certified trainer for DUI and teaches defense attorneys the standardized field sobriety tests. She particularly enjoys working with Public Defenders and consulting in cases as an Expert Witness in DUI. She is a six time Judge at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Mediation Competition and one of the authors of the collaborative book Mediation Practice: 8 Cultures, 16 Cases 128 Creative Solutions which was released in 2016 by the ICC. She has a local radio show on KWAM 990 that educates the community about the benefits of mediation. Kimberly teaches in the Masters Program for Conflict Resolution at Bethel University. Her law degree is from Indiana University School of Law. She also holds a B.S. in Accounting. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and raising her four sons.


• Fishing through my wallet for a $5 Canadian bill to pay for a beaver tail at a concession stand plopped atop a frozen canal.
• Teetering while waiting for my snack, on legs wrecked from an hour-plus twirl, on skates.
• Head steaming from the exertion of said skate in 14-degree weather.
• Standing on a block of frozen water that is five feet deep in warmer times.
This is a skater's life atop Ottawa's Rideau Canal.
Every winter, the canal turns to ice. Under the stewardship of the National Capital Commission, a 7.8-kilometer stretch (approximately 4.8 miles) freezes to become the Rideau Canal Skateway. It measures 165,621 square meters, about the size of 105 National Hockey League rinks. Once the ice's thickness reaches its 12-inch minimum threshold, skaters are free to glide onto the canal — for free, at that.
Transformation from water to skate-safe surface, however, is not solely nature's responsibility.
Ottawa is cold. As a Boston Bruins reporter, I have visited Canada's capital to cover games for 12 seasons. I have never been more uncomfortable than during a 50-yard wind-lashed stagger one year from the parking lot to the entrance of the Senators' rink.
Ottawa's breathtaking cold comes alive. It is mean, biting, and relentless, the kind you would decline to encounter in a dark alley. The natives shrug it off by wrapping extra scarves around their necks and continuing their routines, most of them outdoors.
Even Ottawa's frigidity is not enough to turn the canal into a rink. According to the NCC, the average season over the last five years is 48 days, usually from mid-January to late February or early March. Last winter, the skateway was open for skating for 25 days of its 36-day season. One day prior to my arrival, the canal was closed because of poor ice conditions.
Snow, rain, and warmth degrade ice. The worry is not about skaters plunging into the drink. Cracks, caused by the ice's expansion and contraction, can snake around the surface. Bubbles form when air gets trapped between layers.
Such blemishes act like magnets for skate blades to enter, causing their wearers to splatter onto the deck. Nature's hands-free touch requires assistance from on-site human care to ensure a smooth and skateable sheet.
So even in January, crossed fingers are required to time a twirl right. I packed my skates in my carry-on, curious about two things: whether TSA would clear my blades for boarding, and if the approaching cold (highs in the teens the next day) would allow the canal to reopen.
My skates sailed through the X-ray machine. By the time I landed in Toronto, my connection to Ottawa, the NCC had flashed the green light for skating at noon the next day. I celebrated by grabbing an extra handful of free shortbread cookies and a second Coke Zero at Billy Bishop Airport's inimitable Porter Airlines lounge.
While I was traveling to Ottawa, nature and the canal's personnel were working to reopen the skateway. The plunging temperature gave the ice a good freeze. Meanwhile, pumps, via holes drilled into the ice, were circulating 35,000 gallons of the canal's free-flowing water onto the surface from under the ice to create a skate-safe layer. The finishing touch was a canal-length pass by the Froster, the NCC's custom version of a Zamboni. That night, the Froster, which is equipped with two three-foot wings, would apply a final frosting-like sheet of ice.
The morning of my skate was frigid, wind-blown, and dry. Or Thursday, as they call it in Ottawa. It was 1 degree. My usual reaction is vulgar. This time, I pumped my fist.
After a morning of work at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa's NHL rink, I grabbed my skates and drove downtown. Kilometer 0.0 is at the Rideau Locks, a slap shot away from Parliament. I entered one of the heated changing stations along the pathway, tucked my sneakers into a cubby, tied on my skates, and began my first outdoor skate.
I did not stay upright for long. As a rookie, I expected the smoothness of an indoor sheet. It took one pass, either over a pimply patch or into a crack, to send me tumbling. From then on, my eyes, for the most part, focused on the ice ahead to scan for hazards.
It was impossible, however, not to let my gaze drift. The scenery was gorgeous — the hazy sun shining through clouds, the richly dark hues of natural ice, even the underpass of Highway 417, the region's major motorway. Students from nearby Carleton University skated back to campus. Natives clambered down the walkways along the canal and changed into their skates. Even a mother skated past while pushing her child's stroller.
At Jim Roche Community Arena, my neighborhood rink in West Roxbury, finding open ice is not easy. On weekends during public skating, it's like rush hour on Route 128. High-speed sprints are impossible. Collisions take place, especially with young and oblivious waterbugs flitting about. After a good 10 strides, it's time to turn and continue your counterclockwise loop. The din is relentless, from the laughing and screaming to the tunes that echo off the metal bleachers.
In comparison, I would imagine that driving on a deserted Montana interstate is a good comparison for skating on the canal on a weekday afternoon. There are no boards, only the banks of the canal to guide your trajectory. You skate and skate and skate. It is an experience of isolation, barely disrupted by fellow skaters.
I felt every puff of smoky air I exhaled. I skated to the metronomic skritch, skritch, skritch of my blades digging into the ice. When my ears throbbed from the cold, I put back on the hat I had removed to cool my steaming head.
It was an exercise of temperature modulation. Long underwear, two more layers, parka, hat, and gloves made me overheat. But after several minutes, I was re-zipping my jacket and reaching for my hat. I tried to take a picture near Kilometer 7.8, the skateway's southern terminus. My phone, tucked into an outer pocket, blipped off when I opened the camera. I slipped my phone into a warmer pocket and resumed skating. When I turned it back on, the battery, which started near full power, had dropped to 6 percent.
After taking a few crossovers at Dows Lake near the end point, I pivoted north for a hard return leg. My skate into the wind to Kilometer 7.8 was tough, nothing like an effortless indoor glide. But as I skated back to Rideau, the tailwind, which usually travels in a northerly direction, steered me to my destination.
I celebrated my return with a beaver tail. It is a slice of dough, shaped like its namesake, fried to order and dusted with cinnamon and sugar. I sat on a picnic table atop the ice and attacked my snack.
Before, my wish of skating the canal was hopeful and anxious. Ottawa natives grew up on skates. Stepping onto their canal would be like dipping a surfboard into Oahu's waters. These people are pros. I am not. Less than two years ago, I would have needed a stack of milk crates to help me negotiate the ice.
Children, however, can persuade their parents to do unexpected things. As my kids learned to skate, I convinced myself that joining them on the ice was a healthier and more engaging experience than loitering in the snack bar. With practice, I progressed from pawing at the boards to my current level, which I'd classify as novice.
It takes me a few yards to brake to a stop. Skating backwards is not happening. But I can now skate to the point where I can fake my way around the ice. Even that of the world's largest naturally frozen rink.


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Reithrodontomys darienensis é uma espécie de roedor da família Cricetidae.

Apenas pode ser encontrada no Panamá.

Referências
  Baillie, J. 1996. Reithrodontomys darienensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Dados de 9 de Julho de 2007.

Reithrodontomys
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¡Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias! Students draw what they see in the little square onto a grid to create a holiday picture--THANKSGIVING EDITION--DRAW A FUNNY TURKEY! Cute, fun, and great practice for Spanish numbers 1-30. This is a great assignment to keep students engaged in Spanish before Thanksgiving break!


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Dispatches from LALA Land: The Road to New Plays
Posted by Holly L. Derr under HowlRound, Interview, News, Theater | Tags: Brittany Knupper, Jennie Webb, Jennifer Haley, LA Stage Alliance, LA Stage Day, new plays |
Originally posted at HowlRound
It was a sunny day in May and LA Stage Alliance was hosting LA Stage Day, a gathering of Los Angeles theater folk centered around inspirational presentations, workshops, and breakout sessions. So I ventured down the 5 to University Hills, just off the 10, where participants in small group discussions like "Leading Diversity on the LA Stage," "New Media in the Rehearsal Room," and "Blue Sky: What Are Your Dream Ideas?" were sharing best practices, brainstorming new ideas, and challenging their own assumptions about how theater works.
As part of a day geared around questions like how to engage new, increasingly diverse, tech savvy audiences, the playwriting workshop stood out for advocating the safest route to getting produced. Led by four men and one woman, "Play!: The 60-minute Everything-You-Need-to-Know-About-Playwriting-in-LA Marathon" offered such revelatory tidbits as "cast a name actor or no one will come see your play," "every story has to have a protagonist and a resolution," and "plays only get produced when they have small casts and one set." Now these things are all well and good if that's the kind of play you want to write, but what if the best actors you can get have impeccable training but aren't names? What if the world as you see it or as you want to show it has multiple protagonists and locations, lots of people, and conflicts that don't necessarily get resolved? What if you want to make art more than you want to sell tickets? What if you're a woman?
In search of more fertile ground for innovative new play development, I headed up the 101 to Silver Lake for a reading of Crazy Bitch, a new play by Jennie Webb, presented by The Playwrights Union. As if the theater gods had heard my cry, Webb's 70-minute play has not one but four protagonists, one of which is a character called The Immortal Jellyfish who is described as 4.5mm wide and lives in a petri dish. And though the play, which is set in LA, deeply investigates questions of life and death, the actual plot is left unresolved. Asked to what extent her play was consciously created in relation to the commercialism of Los Angeles, Webb said:
I've lived here all my life but this is the first play I've set here. I just got tired of all the new plays set in New York and gave myself a challenge to set one in LA. But I'm not savvy enough to write what's producible. I write what I write and I hope it speaks to someone. I'd rather write plays where a woman loses body parts or shoes start raining from the ceiling. I call it "domestic absurdism," with domestic meaning everyday life, because I find that life is absurd, especially for women.
In contrast to the male-heavy representation among speakers at LA Stage Day, a full five of the seven readings done that weekend by The Playwrights Union were by women. The Union, which began in 2009 as a meeting of interested colleagues in organizer Jennifer Haley's backyard, hosts an annual February challenge to write a play in a month. Participating playwrights gather over a long weekend to read and talk about one another's plays. They do another round of rewrites and then host a weekend of public readings with actors. Haley, whose own play The Nether recently premiered at Center Theater Group's Kirk Douglas Theater, told me:
We have about 30 members, and there was a time when we had to recruit men in order to achieve parity. Right now it's about even, but more women participated in the February Challenge that lead to these plays.
Asked how her writing functions in relation to the commercial culture of Hollywood and the idea of what's "producable," Haley offered:
I've worked as a playwright in Austin, Seattle and all over the East Coast. Studying at Brown with Paula Vogel, I learned to play with both experimental and traditional forms. I think circulation in a variety of theater communities helps you look at different models… there are new Playwrights arriving all the time in LA, and it will be interesting to see if this influences the kind of work being done here.
Though many playwrights are drawn to Los Angeles to write for television, others come here to study and end up making the city their home. Brittany Knupper, a recent grad from the playwriting program headed by Alice Tuan at the California Institute of the Arts–just up the 5 from the Valley–talked to me about her first year living here as a writer:
A lot of people their first year out of school have an existential crisis. Maybe mine just hasn't hit yet but it hasn't been that bad. Then again I constantly feel like I'm in an existential crisis, so maybe I'm just used to it. At CalArts I felt like I wasn't being experimental enough as a writer, but in Hollywood people think what I do is too experimental. LA is such an industry town: People are trying to do anything they can to make a connection. You can feel the desperation. It's funky and weird and gross, and I kind of like how dirty and weird it is.
Knupper has found an artistic outlet in storytelling, a popular form of Los Angeles entertainment in which people gather in theaters, bars, and homes to hear individuals read stories, usually autobiographical but sometimes fictional. These pop-up salons feature the work of playwrights, journalists, fiction writers, and essayists and provide writers with regular opportunities to present work and receive feedback from within a supportive community.
Because the nightmare of driving in LA keeps most Angelenos locked in their own neighborhoods, writers who want to reach a city-wide audience have to create communities like these, organized around the discipline rather than through established institutions. Jennie Webb and writer/mythologist Laura Shamas formed just such an association in 2009–the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative–to coordinate efforts to get more plays by women produced on local stages. Webb related,
LA is almost pridefully inaccessible. We needed an organization that would bring women together and spread the word that women writers exist. We are focused on connecting artists to one another, supporting one another by going to see each others plays, and getting the message out that it pays to produce work by women.
Clearly LA is not lacking in women playwrights, yet a study done by LAFPI in conjunction with LA Stage Alliance revealed that between 2000 and 2010, only 20% of plays produced in Los Angeles were written or co-written by women.
Hopefully next year's LA Stage Day will address the lack of gender diversity on our city's stages. Organizers at the Alliance should start by asking more women to speak and conduct workshops and should include breakout sessions addressing the issue. For their part, producers need to recognize that the only way to appeal to new audiences is to tell stories in new ways, which is why I'm going to stay on the trail of the LA writing underground, where work by women–and experimental work at that–is flourishing. In fact, on Sunday I'm hosting a reading of Knupper's play, Galatea, in my backyard. If you can make it up the 405, then come on out.
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Marc Rosen Named New Head of Levi Strauss Americas
Levi Strauss & Co. January 14, 2020
With the departure of Roy Bagattini, Marc Rosen, executive vice president and president of Direct-to-Consumer, will become the executive vice president and president for Levi Strauss Americas.
Rosen will be responsible for leading the company's largest commercial operations, spanning all brands and channels across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and the balance of Latin America. He will also retain leadership of the Direct-to-Consumer business.
"Over the past six years, Marc has proven that he is an agile and collaborative leader who brings deep expertise and a growth mindset to every challenge," said Chip Bergh, president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. "Marc has a proven track record, having led our Direct-to-Consumer business through 15 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth."
Roy, executive vice president and president for Levi Strauss Americas, is leaving Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) to assume a group chief executive officer position. Roy's last day is February 16. During his tenure, he served in numerous roles and helped set the strategic foundation for a strong, diversified business.
"Today, we are set up for continued success," Chip said. "I am grateful for Roy's contributions to the strong foundation in place at LS&Co., and I know that he will be a high-impact CEO in his next role."
Marc is a veteran retailer who has held roles in ecommerce and international expansion during his nearly 15-year tenure at Walmart. While there, he was responsible for designing, building, operating and expanding Walmart's ecommerce platforms globally. He was also a senior vice president of information systems, with responsibility for Walmart's global merchandising, supply chain and store systems. Additionally, he held senior leadership positions for Walmart's international business unit and Ernst & Young.
"Marc's passion for the consumer, paired with his extensive experience working with wholesale customers, makes him the perfect choice to lead our largest and most complex business," Chip said.
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Claflin University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Claflin University was founded in 1869 and is the oldest historically black college or university in the state of South Carolina.
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On March 15, 2016, the City adopted the 2016 Economic Development Action Plan.
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The City's Economic Development Committee is looking for new members to help advise City Council on economic development matters, make recommendations on the annual economic development work plan, provide input to other city boards and commissions, review progress towards achieving long range economic development goals, encourage community involvement, and serve as a resource to residents, businesses and other community members.
The Economic Development Committee meets on the 4th Thursday of the month at 7:00p.m. in El Cerrito City Hall's Hillside (upstairs) Conference room. For more information, please visit the Economic Development Committee webpage.
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