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Missing Excavators Found at Adenta
A picture of seized excavators parked at Adentan Aviation
As the nation awaits the resolution of the riddles surrounding the disappearance of some seized excavators, damning and frightening details continue to ooze out from security sources about the whereabout of the excavators.
A surveillance carried out at Abelemkpe, a suburb in the greater Accra Region by this Newspaper revealed that the excavators have been evacuated to somewhere around Adenta and Botwe.
A further investigation revealed that the seized excavators that had been declared missing by Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng were found parked and abandned on a piece of land owned by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority off Adenta -Botwe road.
However, the pick-ups and trucks confiscated during the stop galamsey operation is nowhere to be found.
Our sources revealed that the pick-ups and trucks were parked at the Methodist Church premises-Abelemkpe. But how the cars vanished from the Church yard remains a mystery.
The Ghanaian government through the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Frimpong Boateng confirmed the disappearance of the over five hundred excavators, but denied the figures attributed to former Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John-Peter Amewu, that a total of five hundred (500) excavators were seized.
He disclosed that hundreds of seized galamsey excavators have gone missing at the supervision of the various assemblies.
"That was not the case. We were told that 500 had been seized and given to the district assemblies. But later, when we out to check, the figure was far less than that" Prof. Boateng explained.
When asked to state the actual figure, the minister said: "I cannot tell you exactly what, but I can tell you it was far lower than the 500 put out".
According to Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, though the excavators were seized and taken to the district assemblies, the heavy-duty machines disappeared later from the premises of the assemblies.
"That was the case in most of the areas, so we sent people out there to talk to the district assemblies and we got Vanguard involved and most of them had disappeared" he revealed.
The Hawk Newspaper reliably gathered that the seized excavators were firstly parked and abandoned at Abelemkpe on a plot of land owned by Christian Swaniker but was later evacuated for failure to pay rent and breach of agreement to the Landlord.
Sources confirmed that the land was rented for a period of four years but not a cedi paid to the Landlord who forcedly abrogated the tenancy deed.
It was further learnt that before the seized excavators were dumped on Swaniker's land, some vital parts of the machines were stolen rendering the machines ineffective.
Ban on galamsey
The activities of miners in some parts of the country have led to the destruction of several water bodies including the Pra, Densu and Offin rivers.
This led to a temporal ban on the activities of small-scale miners in March 2017 as part of efforts to sanitize the sector and cleanse the water bodies which serves millions of households in Ghana.
The two-year ban was, however, lifted on December 17, 2018. The minister for environment, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng during a ceremony to announce the unveiling of the ban said only registered and validated small scale miners would be allowed to mine in their designated concessions.
But this has been called into question again after some people were spotted busily engaging in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, during an unannounced visit by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Kweku Asomah Cheremeh.
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng attributed the ongoing activities of illegal miners to "indiscipline" on the part of Ghanaians.
"How can young people from any country descend on their town, go to the bush with metal detectors and detect superficial nuggets and start digging and nobody says anything in that town.
"And the police too will be there without doing anything and they expect the inter-ministerial committee and operation vanguard to move from their FOBs to these areas to do that. We must know we have a precious thing and we need to protect what is precious to us" he charged.
SOURCETheHawkNewspaper.Com/Charles McCarthy /2020
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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-230 is kept in a secure room in Site-██. The room must have a controlled ventilation system so that air exiting the room can be properly filtered before it reenters the regular ventilation system of the complex. SCP-230 is to be given anything he requests that does not violate standard procedures for SCP containment. The door is set to automatically lock every time it closes and can only be opened from outside the room. Personnel entering SCP-230's room must wear a full HAZMAT suit with its own oxygen supply. Personnel exposed to the air in SCP-230's cell or who come in physical contact with SCP-230 or any of SCP-230's bodily fluids must be contained and held for observation for no less than one month. Personnel still exhibiting symptoms from SCP-230 after one month are to be terminated. If personnel are cleared by on-site staff after a month, they are then to be transferred and forbidden contact with SCP-230.
Due to recent events, subjects that have been exposed and cleared by staff are required to undergo regular psychological exams. If upon exam the personnel exhibits any of the traits shown in document 230-4436b, the personnel is to be terminated.
NOTE: Subject has made several escape attempts utilizing personnel exposed to SCP-230. This represents a low threat due to the fact that exposed personnel are usually impaired; however, personnel will become violent in order to stay in SCP-230's presence.
Description: SCP-230 is a male Caucasian with a lean build and gaunt appearance. SCP-230 is 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) tall, 68.04 kg (150 lbs), and appears to be in his early thirties. He wears bright clothing and prefers the colors pink and yellow. SCP-230 is a very cheerful individual who appears to be incapable of negative emotions.
SCP-230 secretes a chemical similar in composition to heroin from his pores. The chemical has been named Compound-███. Once secreted from his pores, it evaporates immediately and contaminates the air around SCP-230. Compound-███ seems to be effective in as little as thirty parts per million in gaseous form. When inhaled, Compound-███ causes extreme euphoria in subjects. Analysis on Class-D personnel under the effects of SCP-230 indicated they had dopamine levels greater than five times of what is expected during sexual climax. Subjects express impairment similar to the effects of heroin. Subjects become willing to comply with any request SCP-230 makes provided it does not involve leaving SCP-230's presence.
Compound-███ is present in all of SCP-230's bodily fluids. Exposure is possible even by contact with SCP-230's skin. Exposure to the compound will result in immediate addiction. Withdrawal symptoms are extreme and have a thirty percent mortality rate. Symptoms include: loss of appetite, tremors, panic, vomiting, diarrhea, irritability, dementia, insanity, blindness, and hemorrhaging, though symptoms vary from subject to subject. Symptoms typically last for around two weeks before subsiding. The symptoms appear to be determined by how much of Compound-███ the subject is exposed to. Subjects that ingest any of SCP-230's bodily fluid (i.e. saliva, blood, etc) have a mortality rate from withdrawal of 100%.
SCP-230 was found in an apartment in █████████ with twenty people acting as his servants. SCP-230 seemed to be actively attempting to limit the number of people he exposed. Several bodies of exposed persons were found on the premises. When questioned about them, SCP-230 replied, "Things were getting crowded, so I had to ask a few of them to stop breathing."
SCP-230 appears to be under the effects of Compound-███, but doesn't seem to be impaired by it in any way. Attempts to alter SCP-230's mood have proven ineffective. Use of various drugs known to cause depression only resulted in SCP-230 producing more of Compound-███ and thus were ineffective.
SCP-230 is a very friendly individual and will candidly engage in conversation with any personnel. SCP-230 is unaware of how or when he began secreting Compound-███. When questioned about his past, SCP-230 replied that he has been secreting Compound-███ as long as he can remember.
SCP-230 prefers to talk about things he considers "good" or "gay". SCP-230 has some psychological attachment to the word "gay". When asked to describe himself, SCP-230 used the word "gay" six times, "gaiety" four times, and the word "gayest" once when SCP-230 referred to himself as "the gayest man alive."
Note by Dr. ██████: SCP-230's preoccupation with the word "gay" has nothing to do with sexual orientation. SCP-230 doesn't appear to have a sexual orientation due to a lack of interest in sex entirely. This makes sense, seeing as SCP-230 experiences the same amount of pleasure doing any given activity, making sex unnecessary.
Addendum 230-1: Class 2 personnel researcher ██████ ███ was accidentally exposed to Compound-███ during research. ██████ ███ was detained and sent to treatment for the duration of withdrawal symptoms. After one month, ██████ ███ was released after being cleared by medical staff. Two months later, ██████ ███ was found trying to break into SCP-230's containment area. ██████ ███ reacted violently and injured several personnel before she was detained. ██████ ███ was terminated after examination, and precautions have been made to prevent further occurrence; see document 230-4436b.
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Q: preg_split does not work with price extraction I have these types of possible content in the strings I'm breaking up:
$string = "$100 USD per year"
$string = "$100USD per year"
$string = "100 USD per year"
$string = "100EUR per year"
$string = "€100EUR per year"
$string = "€100 EUR per year"

This is the regular expression I am using (and it works in Expresso):
$pattern = "/\$?(\d+\.\d+)(\w{0,3})\s(.*)/i";

Basically, I want the end result to be an array like the following:
$arr[0] = "$100" // the "$" optional, also number might be integer or decimal
$arr[1] = "USD";
$arr[2] = "per year";

This is the sample PHP code I'm running but to no avail:
<?php
$content = "$99.37CAD per year";

$pattern = "/\$?(\d+\.\d+)(\w{0,3})\s(.*)/i";

$myArr = preg_split($pattern, $content);

echo "<pre>";
var_dump($myArr);
echo "</pre>";
?>

And the output is:
bool(false)

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

A: You need to match it not split..
Also the regex should be
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           |->this is needed since it would not always be 55.43..it could be 55

A: The problem is that the SPACE between the price and the EUR/CAD/USD, is not optional. So you just have to add a * to it, like \s*. With that you will tell RegEx that that space is optional so it can be or not.
Another thing is that you must match, not split. With the decimal digits optional.
DEMO Regex: [$€]?(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\s*(\w{0,3})\s*(.*)

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This church also tries to foster an image of liveliness and growth with a leafy image. If you look closely, the sprig has three leaves, representing the Holy Trinity. The thin, rounded lettering gives a friendly feeling while being plain enough not to detract from the simple beauty of the image. This logo design suggests a simple church with natural leanings.
The logo design here shows that this church will help people on their journey to a better life. A road is shown, which coincidentally looks like several stacked H's. The sunset at the end of the road suggests a beautiful ending. The orange color is youthful while also relating both to the harvest and the sunset, while the gray adds a more adult side to the image. The lower case writing is friendly, while the use of two different fonts, one round, and one newsy, adds to the sense of balance between opposites.
This logo design combines the strength of the square with the feeling of movement that a wave brings. The square is gently rounded for a more friendly feeling, while the wavy shape is formed into the letter V, tying into the name of the church. Again we see the orange color that implies youthfulness. Instead of using two different fonts, this logo uses the same font in two different sizes and thicknesses, creating an edgy modern look while bringing balance to the image.
Again we see the cross enclosed in a circle with a calming green color. However, there are a few key differences. Instead of a highly stylized image, this one is a little rugged and appears hand-drawn. Another commonality with other church logo designs on this list is the use of lower case letters in a rounded font imply friendliness and inclusiveness, while the tagline below shows one of the church's key values in hand printing. The many apparently handmade aspects of this logo design suggest that the people here really care about the finished product, which in this case is the quality of the spiritual leadership.
This church shows their human side with a cross made of thumbprints, complete with splatters. The deep blue is calming, suggesting a serene and non-stressful experience. Again we see two different thicknesses of writing and a rounded, friendly font. The tagline of this logo design is above the name, giving the promise of 'more to life' marquee treatment that shows how central this principle is to the church's brand.
This church has an extremely nontraditional logo design, which suggests a very nontraditional structure. The layered squares hint at tradition, but this message is softened by the rounded corners. The arrow is a symbol of a movement that suggests a congregation that is open to change and new ideas. The red color grabs attention while implying a need for urgency, while the taupe and black areas business-like as can be. The writing is extremely thin but still visible due to the high contrast of white on black. This logo is very modern and similar to that of a luxury hotel or other upscale business.
This logo design is very similar to a Web 2.0 logo, with rounded lower case letters and bright colors. The letters are friendly and informal, suggesting a less traditional church experience. The layered shapes suggest a multilayered and complex experience. The bright colors are modern and bright, which also implies certain things about the church. If a church wants to project a modern, friendly image, a logo like this will definitely promote their desired brand.
The North Star is the light that guides sailors in the correct direction, so this is an appropriate basis both for the name and the logo design of this church. The star in the image does not just tie into the name; it also suggests excellence. The top of the star is separated from the rest of the image so that it points up, which gives the impression that this church will help people grow and move onward and upward. The yellow adds to this impression because it is such a positive and happy color.
This logo is interesting because it incorporates the name into a shape, obviously the layered squares in the central image. This creates a substantial image that is befitting a church in the center of one of the country's most famous locations. The writing is plain and entirely upper case, adding to the strength of the logo design. As with many churches, a mixture of thick and thin writing is used to show balance. This is an attractive yet curiously nonreligious logo for a church located in an area known for less than religious behavior.
As you can see, there are a variety of ways to brand a church. Each of these churches has a logo design that is an ideal representative of the type of religious experience that they are offering. If your business needs a quality logo and brand, contact a professional logo designer today.


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Lady Sir. GaGa who while in aninsane rampage had chopped off one of Mr. Rogers arms which cause him to . . .
fluffy stuff and kittens and horses and puppies and duckings and bunnies and putting them all into a massive blender and making a bloody fluffy smoothie which tastes like brains, needless to say it was very popular with 12 year old zombie girls and gay cyborgs which so happened to be marching on Belgium at that very moment to . . .
Giant Airship shaped like an eggplant! Everyone was shocked and freaked out by this developement and mor than a few wet themselves, after spending several months gazing at it's sudden and aubergenic beauty everyone when about their usual business . . . which was to destroy everything! so . . .
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After deliberation, the staff has decided to move this topic to the Randomly Random Board.


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Singer, songwriter and digital media student Chloe Lacey is set to join the University of Hertfordshire's School of Creative Arts this September after accepting a place on the Songwriting and Music Production Degree course.
Chloe, who has been writing her own songs since the age of seven, recently produced and recorded three new singles with the support of The ChartHouse Recording Studio in Horndean. She's also been invited to audition for SYCO Music, the music division of Simon Cowell's joint venture with Sony Music UK.
Alongside Chloe's rapidly developing songwriting skills, she has also directed and produced multiple music videos as part of her Level 3 qualification in Creative Media Production with Highbury College.
Chloe said: "I wanted to study at Highbury College because it has the best media equipment and I love the atmosphere, it's great."
She added: "I'm so thrilled and excited to be going to university. There are many avenues my skills could take me down, I'm passionate about script and song writing and I'd love to work in musical theatre".
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Living a simple green life isn't just about buying greener stuff. We need a major change of consciousness.
Now that many businesses have jumped on the green bandwagon, it is possible to get more ecological versions of food, clothing, vehicles, building materials, and other things. This is to the good. It's also the case that a lot of the things being touted as green aren't very. But leaving that point aside for now, the fact is that just buying green is nowhere near enough to keep our environment from being horribly polluted.
Our society is based on the importance of buying things. For example, people want the economy to "grow" so the economic downturn will be over. It is so implicit in our culture that it's very, very hard for the thinking to get beyond it. If the growth causes pollution somewhere, well, that's a detail.
Gradually, this emphasis on buying is beginning to change. When I am in store now, looking for a particular item, I find I am more resistant to other impulse purchases than I used to be. I don't just decide based on what I can afford, but also on what the planet can afford. I am not alone in this.
A major change in consciousness is daunting to contemplate. Is it going to happen? Dunno. What would it look like if it did? Dunno. But I have some clues, and they go back to the wisdom expressed in every religion and spiritual tradition: Love your neighbor as yourself. I take this to mean. Love the people everywhere in the world who are suffering from the environmental degradation caused by industrialism. Love our earth and our environment enough to live more simply.


The sting from Friday's 35% plunge was quickly erased by an opportunistic analyst upgrade.
What: Shares of NeoPhotonics (NYSE:NPTN) closed 28% higher on Monday. The stock posted a quick bounce back from the 35% plunge seen on disappointing second-quarter results last Friday.
So what: Analyst firm Raymond James already liked NeoPhotonics just fine, keeping an "outperform" rating on the stock before Friday's roller-coaster plunge. Now, the firm calls NeoPhotonics a "strong buy" instead. I don't have access to the full research note, but would guess that valuation plays a large part in this upgrade.
Now what: NeoPhotonics offered weak sales guidance for the third quarter but held full-year targets steady. A couple of large orders from Chinese clients were reportedly pushed into the fourth quarter, explaining the need for lower short-term revenue goals. But the long-term story never changed.
You don't have to be a gambler to see that background story coupled with a 35% discount and call it an opportunity. And it's not like NeoPhotonics is standing alone here. Other fiber-optics vendors have reported similar market trends, and the whole trend matches up perfectly with macroeconomic news coming out of China. That massive economy is headed for rampant investments in wireless networks over the next few years, but there's no immediate rush to get that party started early.
So Raymond James simply took action on a temporary buy-in opportunity. In the process, the recommendation itself helped erase the discount. I think Schroedinger's cat would appreciate that paradox, but he's having a beer with Heisenberg and I'm afraid to ask. One of us might end up dead.


Equity story The Adecco Group is the world's leading provider of HR solutions, offering a wide variety of services including temporary staffing, permanent placement, Career Transition (outplacement), Talent Development, outsourcing and other services. We have more than 31,000 FTE employees and place more than 650,000 people at work every day through a network of around 5,100 branches in over 60 countries and territories.
Our core competences include providing flexible workforce solutions and matching clients' needs with candidates' skills. In an environment of cyclical and seasonal changes in demand, we help our clients to adapt their workforce needs accordingly. More customisation and made-to-order manufacturing impact the production cycle and reduce the predictability of our clients' business development. We help our clients manage their business cycles by providing them with the required human resources with the right skills, at the right time. We help smooth seasonal impacts on businesses through flexible workforce solutions allowing for rapid adaptation to peaks and troughs in demand during the year. Thanks to our global presence we can deliver geographic mobility and organise work migration to match clients' needs with candidates' skills to meet the diverse needs of labour markets.
Our temporary staffing and permanent placement services, which constitute over 90% of our total revenues, are cyclical and dependent on the level of economic activity in the countries where we operate. These services expand during periods of economic growth and contract during recessions. On the other hand, Career Transition, where we offer outplacement services, is counter-cyclical and expands during difficult economic periods.
Through organic initiatives and past acquisitions we have improved our business mix. Today we are the largest player in Professional Staffing, having increased our exposure to this higher-growth and higher-margin business. We are also the leader in the Career Transition and Talent Development segment, where we achieve very attractive double-digit EBITA margins.
The profitability of the Group is dependent on revenue level, business mix, country mix, pricing and the way we manage our cost base. While revenue development to a large degree hinges on economic activity, we actively practise price discipline to optimise gross profit and we consistently manage our cost base very strictly, to protect profitability in downturns and to deliver increasing returns in upturns.
While our business offers operating leverage, we limit financial leverage and will always aim to maintain our investment grade credit rating. The application of the 'Economic Value Added' (EVA) concept ensures that the interests of our shareholders are met and that our daily decision-making processes are geared towards value creation. We have paid a dividend to our shareholders every year since the creation of Adecco in 1996, even in economically very challenging times. Given Adecco's solid financial position and strong cash flow generation, the dividend pay-out range was increased for the year 2011 and going forward to 40–50% of adjusted net earnings. In addition, the Company is committed to pay at least a stable dividend compared to the previous year even if the pay-out range is temporarily exceeded, barring seriously adverse economic conditions.
We are confident that we are in good shape to enhance our leadership position in the HR services industry. We continue to be very focused on reaching our EBITA margin target of above 5.5% in 2015. Based on the good progress on our six strategic priorities, recent trends and more favourable economic conditions expected going forward, we remain convinced we will achieve this target.
Dividend history The Company steadily increased its dividend from CHF 0.60 for 2002 to CHF 1.50 for 2007, a level it maintained for 2008. Even during the severe recession in 2009, thanks to the healthy financial position of the Company, Adecco was in a position to pay a dividend of CHF 0.75 per share, in line with the historical pay-out ratio of 25–30% of adjusted net earnings. For 2010 a dividend of CHF 1.10 per share was paid, equivalent to a 30% pay-out ratio based on adjusted net earnings. Subsequently, the pay-out ratio was increased to a range of 40–50% of adjusted net earnings and the dividend paid was CHF 1.80 per share for 2011 and 2012. At the next Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors will propose a dividend of CHF 2.00 per share for 2013 for approval by shareholders. This amount represents an increase of 11% compared to the dividend paid for 2012 and is equivalent to a pay-out ratio of 47% of adjusted net earnings.
Share performance report After a 22% increase in 2012, the Adecco share price started 2013 at CHF 48.04. The shares continued to rise by more than the market in January and February, as the US economy continued to grow steadily and expectations formed for a European recovery in the second half of 2013. March saw the release of the Q4 2012 results, which were somewhat lower than market expectations. This, together with the re-emergence of broader macro-economic concerns in Europe, caused the shares to fall back, ultimately giving up their relative outperformance from the first part of the year.
At the beginning of May, Adecco's Q1 2013 results highlighted an improving revenue trend and outlook, pushing the shares to a price of CHF 57.15, their high point for the first half of the year. However, by late May the possibility of an end to the stimulus programme from the Federal Reserve pushed markets lower and the share closed at CHF 53.85 at the end of June.
Economic data during the months of July and August showed the end of the recession in Europe, while it became clear that the accommodative monetary policy would not change in the short term. This helped markets move gradually higher during the third quarter and Adecco shares outperformed, helped by the release of good Q2 2013 results and the announcement of a new share buyback programme of up to EUR 250 million. At the end of September, the shares stood at CHF 64.40, up 20% from the end of June.
In September and October, continued good employment reports and the reaching of an agreement to raise the debt ceiling in the USA, together with positive corporate results, further lifted the equity markets. Following strong Q3 2013 results, the Adecco share price rose further to CHF 70.45, in mid-November. After a brief dip in early December, our shares ended 2013 at CHF 70.60, the highest level of the year.
Over the year 2013, Adecco shares increased 47% and closed at CHF 70.60 on December 31, 2013, compared with CHF 48.04 on December 31, 2012. Adecco shares outperformed the Swiss Market Index (SMI) by 27% (in CHF), but underperformed a basket of key competitors  in the staffing industry by 33%. Adecco's market capitalisation, based on issued shares, was CHF 13.4 billion at the end of 2013, compared with CHF 9.1 billion a year earlier.
SMI and Basket of competitors (Manpower, Randstad and Kelly Services market capitalisation weighted in CHF) relative to Adecco's share price: 1.1.2013 = CHF 48.04.
Includes weighted-average outstanding shares and shares delivered under the prepaid forward (for details refer to page 106, Note 15).
Based on basic earnings per share and share price at year end CHF/EUR per year end 2013: 1.23 (year end 2012: 1.21).
Enterprise value equals net debt plus market capitalisation at year end; CHF/EUR per year end 2013: 1.23 (year end 2012: 1.21).


The site relaunch (or site wipe) is an event that happens on the NaNoWriMo website in October. It is when the forums are wiped for a new season of Nano and is considered the "start" of the new November NaNoWriMo season.
While the NaNoWriMo staff strive to have the new site up in early October, technical hiccups do happen. The site relaunched on the 10th in 2011 and the 12th in 2014, as an example.
Every year, the forums are wiped to give them a clean start without the clutter of previous years. The posts are kept in a database, possibly to be added to the website as a read-only archive. In addition, a new Breaking News (and in previous years, NaNoVideo) is put out to welcome users to the site. The forums in December and Beyond are also moved to the bottom of the forums until December. The store is updated with new information on the donor goodies. In past years, users who had halos from the previous season of Nano will have them reset; as of 2015, halos are reset at the beginning of a new calendar and fiscal year.
In 2014 only forum threads not posted in since August 1 were wiped, leaving recent conversations (and occasionally older conversations with recent posts) on the forums. This changed in 2015, when only threads created before September first were wiped. 2015 also marked the beginning of a more gradual relaunch; some new pages and features would appear on the main NaNoWriMo site in late September. Examples of this include the introduction of the LGBT+ Fiction genre forum and the word sprint timer in 2016.
In addition, major changes are often implemented during the site relaunch. The switches to Xoops, Drupal, and later Ruby on Rails was implemented during the site launch. New forums may be added, or old forums with no further use may be removed, and new or changed features may be added to allow them to be tested with some significant traffic before the actual start of Nano. New merchandise may be added at this time in preparation for the new season as well. The NaNo staff also sends out reminders of the new season to anyone who hasn't logged in since a certain date. The exact date used is currently unknown.
The Young Writers Program also relaunches around the same time.
Camp NaNo's 2012 Relaunch was in January; 2013's relaunch (and all years since then) was in March. Before Discontinuation, the Script Frenzy relaunch was in late February or early March.
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Man, what don't you have down there. You got cool azz pets, beautiful scenery.
Well is there a story as to why you have them so young? Put another way, was this a planned parenthood or did you come by them some other way?
How much for all three? Can u ship all in one box?
I have 2 pairs and these offspring are unrelated.I'll finish taming them out and in about a year theyll be having younguns to release here.
Is that the food in the middle?
I've read quite a bit about some of the former cattle ranches being re-forested down your way the past few years. Mostly managed forests with a mixture of native hardwoods and a few hybridized varieties for controlled harvest. Are you going that route, or just doing your own private eco-friendly project? In either case it is a great idea.
awwwww is the land next to yours for sale?
I'm going with trees specifically benefitting the wildlife on this place. My property across the street has about 15 acres of primary forest ( hundreds of years old) and my plan is to entice the wildlife here for feeding and nesting.
I've eliminate the fer de lance (terciopelo) from this piece of land by natural methods... the mussurana snakes I brought in eat terciopelo....so... in essence. I'm crating a safe haven for birds and monkeys to breed/feed.
I am absorbing all this.....wonderful!!
Doug, I can tell you love Costa Rica.


The TURN Festival Feast is an evening of cuisine, conversation and camaraderie while savoring the unique culinary styles of award-winning chefs. This one-night-only, earth to table experience features Marcus Daniel, Abbi Merriss, Eli Laidlaw, Brad Gates, Alan Sternberg, and Erin Kem.
Marcus joins Joseph Decuis from New York City's Michelin star rated restaurant, The Breslin Bar & Grill and the John Dory Oyster Bar, both under the direction of the renowned Chef April Bloomfield. Prior to his experience in New York, this Fort Wayne native graduated from Ivy Tech's culinary program and worked locally before moving to Los Angeles and New York City to broaden his culinary experience. Over 12 years, Marcus has gained a reputation for creativity and innovation, matching technique and flavor in artful presentations. Marcus is passionate about the farm to table movement in America.
Raised on a steady diet of potpies, casseroles, and "traditional American whatever," Alan Sternberg has worked in kitchens since his first job as a dishwasher at age 17. He went on to earn a renegade reputation at Muncie's Restaurant 2 Oh! 4, where he insisted on making the pasta by hand. He then served as chef de cuisine at The Local Eatery & Pub and as sous chef at Mesh on Mass before taking over Cerulean's head-toque position in 2014. Next, Alan and Audra Sternberg launched Common House, Indianapolis's premier pop-up supper club.
Brad Gates first became enamored with cooking while in high school. After training with Jacques Pepin and Alain Sailhac at the French Culinary Institute in New York City, he worked in a wide variety of creative restaurants around the United States before returning to the midwest. After a stint in business for himself, his next culinary adventure is the opening of the Kimbal Musk project Hedge Row, recently opened on Mass Ave.


Real will be crowned Spanish champions if they avoid defeat at La Rosaleda.
Real Madrid can clinch their first La Liga title in five years by avoiding defeat against Malaga at La Rosaleda on 21 May.
Malaga's four-game winning run in La Liga came to an end as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Real Sociedad at Anoeta on 14 May. The Andalusian club have lost six of their last eight meetings with Real Madrid.
Zdravko Kuzmanovic, Bakary Kone and Roberto Rosales are all sidelined through injury for the hosts.
Real Madrid moved three points clear of Barcelona by beating Celta Vigo 4-1 in midweek. The capital club will be crowned Spanish champions if they get a point against Malaga, regardless of what happens in Barcelona's clash against Eibar at Camp Nou.
Gareth Bale and Dani Carvajal could both feature after recovering from calf and hamstring injuries, respectively.


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Actress Releases New Album 88 As A Free Download
New Music July 16, 2020 9:39 AM By Chris DeVille
Actress, the longstanding project of Wolverhampton-born electronic producer Darren J. Cunningham, is back with a new album called 88. It's his first solo effort since 2017's AZD and first overall since the following year's LAGEOS, a collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. As of last night the new project is available as a free download, with all its songs piled onto one 48-minute track, from a newly set up Bandcamp page.
Downloads of 88 include a PDF featuring the tracklist for another Actress album called Karma & Desire scheduled for release in October. That one apparently spans 17 tracks and includes numerous features, though all the guests' names have been replaced by rows of triangles. By comparison, 88 seems to be a fully instrumental affair, as alternately brisk and bleary as you'd expect from hip-hop-adjacent British experimental electronic music. Cunningham remains one of the more fascinating composers in his scene, creating club music that thumps and skitters like busy London streets but darts unpredictably just when you think you've got a handle on it.
Download 88 for free at Bandcamp.
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CCHR Files over 2,300 Complaints on Psychiatric Abuse in Florida
Mental health watchdog, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, files over 2,300 complaints on psychiatric abuses in Florida in an ongoing effort to clean up the field of mental health.
- March 8, 2017 /PressCable/ —
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the eradication of abuses committed under the guise of mental health, has filed over 2,300 complaints on psychiatric abuse in Florida in an ongoing effort to clean up the field of mental health.
As a non-profit mental health watchdog that has, for 48 years, worked to protect patients' rights, CCHR receives numerous reports, through its investigations and otherwise, of alleged abuse or fraud and since 2015 the Florida chapter has filed over 2,300 complaints with the appropriate government agencies and state officials in an effort to clean up psychiatric abuse in the state.
"Filing complaints on behalf of these victims is just one of the actions we are taking to change the mental health system and protect all citizens under the law," said Diane Stein, President CCHR Florida. "We are the voice for those who have suffered at the hands criminal psychiatrists."
CCHR Florida has a psychiatric abuse hotline that receives complaints from people who have been the victims of abuse within the mental health industry. The types of abuse range from unlawful detainment, to over drugging, sexual assault and even death.
The hotline is manned by staff and volunteers trained in the mental health law, commonly known as the Baker Act, through the Florida Department of Children and Families. When a person calls for help they are educated on their rights under the law, given assistance to address the situation they are calling about and the abuse they or their loved ones suffered is documented so that a complaint can be filed on their behalf and with their permission.
Victims of psychiatric abuse, as well as their friends and family, are encouraged to call the hotline at 800-782-2878, to fill out an abuse case report form on the CCHR website or to come into the center at 109 N. Fort Harrison which is open seven days a week. The assistance provided by CCHR is free of charge.
About CCHR:
Initially established by the Church of Scientology and renowned psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Szasz in 1969, CCHR's mission is to eradicate abuses committed under the guise of mental health and enact patient and consumer protections.
It was L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, who brought the terror of psychiatric imprisonment to the notice of the world. In March 1969, he said, "Thousands and thousands are seized without process of law, every week, over the 'free world' tortured, castrated, killed. All in the name of 'mental health.'"


I just got turned down on my appeal for ssdi. Will my court date go any better or am I done. I do have a lawyer.
Have you already asked your lawyer? What does he have to say about this?
Still have a shot once the judge actually sees me.


Lets Switch Bodies Comic 5. XDDD. Wallpaper and background images in the Hetalia Couples! club tagged: hetalia couples aph love uk france us japan.
This Hetalia Couples! fan art might contain venn mchoro, mchoro venn ya, and mchoro wa veni.


Having to parse the RenderMan Shading Language (RSL) is so far the most difficult problem in RibTools/RibRender because it's something I just haven't done before in any remote form.
..the return value is however completely ignored (!), and the operators are not really replaced by the actual assembly instructions such as add and mul.
But, those are details.. ..actually, getting the return value is not such a detail ! And I'm working on that right now but, before that, I need to get function calls and pseudo-constructors such as vector( x, y, z ) working.
The thing is that I've been indiscriminately interpreting all commas as comma operators and been wondering how that fits with the order by which parameters are passed to function calls ..being those also separated by commas.
This is not to say that there are any formal ambiguities.. it's just that the context is necessary to resolve the usage of such a basic symbol, and that complicates things a bit.
I guess that if I had to design C (C-like languages) from scratch, I'd probably choose different symbols for the comma operator and the comma separator. But would that be good for the human programmer or just for me to make compiler writing a simpler task ? ummmummm !
By the way, I also added loading of immediate values a compare and jump operator in the virtual machine !! Which required me also to handle labels in the assembly compiler.. which by the way, it's so much nicer to write than a high-level compiler 8) No trees, no deductions !!
See the before and after (I suggest maximizing the browser) the immediate load and compare & jump.
Another thing I added is uniform registers. Shaders work on N samples at once, but to effectively use SIMD, jumps have to happen all at once, so, looping variables ought to be uniform (or equal for all samples).
The if then conditional stuff needs to be handled differently, and that's where the masked SIMD stuff like in the LRB opcodes come in handy... but that's a whole different topic for another time !
Actually it's all about reinventing the wheel in a sense. Or rather re-implementing the wheel.. which is what makes the thing interesting and opens the door to innovation.


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module Minidown
  class ListGroupElement < Element
    IndentRegexp = /\A\s{4,}(.+)/
    StartWithBlankRegexp = /\A\s+(.+)/

    attr_accessor :lists, :indent_level

    def parse
      nodes << self
      while line = unparsed_lines.shift
        #handle nested list
        if (line =~ UnorderListElement::NestRegexp && list_class = UnorderListElement) || (line =~ OrderListElement::NestRegexp && list_class = OrderListElement)
          li, str = $1.size, $2
          if li > @indent_level
            list_class.new(doc, str, li).parse
            @lists.last.contents << nodes.pop
            next
          elsif li == @indent_level
            list_class.new(doc, str, li).parse
            child = nodes.pop
            if LineElement === nodes.last
              @lists.last.p_tag_content = child.lists.first.p_tag_content = true
            end
            if child.is_a?(ListGroupElement)
              nodes.push *child.children
              @lists.push *child.lists
            else
              @lists.last.contents << child
            end
            next
          else
            unparsed_lines.unshift line
            break
          end
        end

        doc.parse_line line
        child = nodes.pop
        case child
        when self.class
          if LineElement === nodes.last
            @lists.last.p_tag_content = child.lists.first.p_tag_content = true
          end
          nodes.push *child.children
          @lists.push *child.lists
          break
        when ParagraphElement
          contents = @lists.last.contents
          if line =~ StartWithBlankRegexp
            doc.parse_line $1
            node = nodes.pop
            if TextElement === node || ParagraphElement === node
              if TextElement === contents.last
                contents.push(contents.pop.paragraph)
              end
              node = node.paragraph if TextElement ===  node
            end
          else
            if @blank
              unparsed_lines.unshift line
              break
            end
            node = child.text
          end
          contents << node if node
        when LineElement
          next_line = unparsed_lines.first
          if next_line.nil? || next_line.empty? || StartWithBlankRegexp === next_line || self.class.const_get(:ListRegexp) === next_line
            child.display = false
            nodes << child
          else
            unparsed_lines.unshift line
            break
          end
        else
          @put_back << child if child
          break
        end
        @blank = (LineElement === child)
      end
      children_range = (nodes.index(self) + 1)..-1
      children.push *nodes[children_range]
      nodes[children_range] = []
      nodes.push *@put_back
    end
  end
end

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Along with his long time friend Jay Feldman, CEO of Feldman Automotive Group the Transformers and Ted star purchased Bobby Layman Chevrolet of Columbus, Ohio. Renaming it Wahlberg Chevrolet, the pair immediately began the process of turning it into an upscale dealership with a focus on maintaining the business' unprecedented customer service.
"It was a dealership that came up that had a great facility, that had a great reputation," Feldman said.
Their facility does a brisk business, moving about 200 new and used vehicles a month from the 15 1/2 acre, 70,000 square foot dealership. For Feldman, this is the ninth dealership in his Feldman Automotive Group holdings. The pair also jointly own several Wahl burgers locations.
"Let me tell you something: With hard work, dreams come true. I've always been a car fanatic. Now, I'm able to be part of such an amazing, iconic American brand."
"I'm so blessed. Make sure you come check it out. Wahlberg Chevrolet, Columbus, Ohio. And I'll be there soon."
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Bob LaRose (March 6, 1946 – April 25, 2022) was a Canadian football player who played professionally for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

References

1946 births
2022 deaths
Winnipeg Blue Bombers players

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TangerKIDS Grant Program, an initiative that gives award money to schools within the communities of Tanger Outlet Centers, is now accepting entries within Deer Park and adjacent communities. The program was designed to fund local schools for things such as programs, rebuilding equipment, academic materials, and supporting athletic or band programs. More than $200,000 is awarded to schools in need each year.
Applications for Deer Park and the adjacent areas opened on Jan. 11 and will be accepted until March 15. Teachers and administrators from schools in the area can submit applications for programs and projects in need of a grant. The majority of the program or project must be completed between August 2019 and May 2020. Each school can submit multiple requests, with each being considered separately.
In order to submit an application, visit the grants page on the Tanger Outlets website.
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Contributing
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Run the tests
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1. Install `tox <https://tox.wiki/en/latest/>`__.

2. Run a supported version of MySQL or MariaDB.
   This is easiest with the official Docker images.
   For example:

   .. code-block:: console

       docker run --detach --name mariadb -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=hunter2 --publish 3306:3306 mariadb:10.7

3. Run the tests by passing environment variables with your connection parameters.
   For the above Docker command:

   .. code-block:: console

      DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_USER=root DB_PASSWORD='hunter2' tox -e py310-django40

  tox environments are split per Python and Django version.

  You can run a subset of tests by passing them after ``--`` like:

  .. code-block:: console

    DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_USER=root DB_PASSWORD='hunter2' tox -e py310-django40 -- tests/testapp/test_cache.py

  You can also pass other pytest arguments after the ``--``.


Candy Blade knows her pretty feet are stinky as hell, so she decides to make some fun with her footsniffer Clarissa and teach her obedience. Clarissa must remove Candy's sneakers and deeply inhale the smell. Obviously she has a hard time doing so, but there's no chance of dodging the stink, she must obey and continue on smelling Candy's sweaty socks. But that's just the warmup, she must open her mouth for the warm damp socks and smell Candy's sweaty bare feet with her socks stuffed in her mouth! Finally, she has to stick her tongue out and let Candy wipe the sweat of her hot soles into it.


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The Roper River scrub robin (Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi), also known as the allied scrub robin, is a putative subspecies of the northern scrub robin, a bird in the Petroicidae, or Australasian robin family.  Whether it ever existed is doubtful; if it did it is almost certainly extinct.

History
The subspecies was described in 1914 by Gregory Mathews and named subspecifically for the collector, M. J. Colclough.  The description was based on two skins obtained in 1910, supposedly from the tropical monsoonal Roper River region of the eastern Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia.  The specimens were taken by an ornithological collecting expedition sponsored by wealthy amateur ornithologist and oologist H. L. White.  The expedition was in the Roper area from 15 July until 22 November 1910.

Description
There are only two specimens of the scrub robin, the holotype, a male held in the American Museum of Natural History (registered 585473), and a female in the Queensland Museum. Of these, Mathews said in his original description that the taxon differed from the nominate subspecies D. s. superciliaris, confined to the northern end of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, more than 800 km north-east of the Roper, by "being much redder on the back and entirely reddish-buff on the undersurface". Simon Bennett, in a 1983 overview in the Emu found that there were valid, though slight, differences between the birds from the two localities, in particular with the Roper male having its "throat, ear-coverts and forehead washed with rufous". However, Richard Schodde and Ian Mason commented in 1999 that the Roper River specimens did not differ significantly in colouration and measurements from those of the Cape York Peninsula.

Validity and status
The validity of the taxon is primarily based on whether a population of scrub robins existed in the Northern Territory, the only records of such being the two skins collected by Colclough in 1910 on the Roper River.  Another member of the 1910 expedition, E. D. Frizelle, collected several clutches of eggs purporting to be those of northern scrub robins from the Roper.  Some of these clutches are now in the H. L. White Collection at the National Museum of Victoria, but upon reappraisal have been found to be those of misidentified buff-sided robins.

Several dedicated, though fruitless, searches for scrub robins along the Roper were undertaken in 1980, during the data-collection phase of the first Atlas of Australian Birds project (1977–1981), by Simon Bennett and others.   Bennett accepted the validity of the original collection location, though he admitted that the poor documentation of the specimens raised the issue of credibility.  He suggested that they represented a relict population inhabiting small and isolated thickets of vegetation on the banks of permanent watercourses.  He speculated that the population had been adversely affected by the advent of extensive cattle grazing and changes in fire regime since European settlement of the Roper region.  He also raised the possibility of birds surviving along rivers north of the Roper in eastern Arnhem Land. The subspecies is listed by the Australian Government as Extinct and by the Northern Territory Government as Data Deficient. Schodde and Mason have opined:

References

Drymodes
Controversial bird taxa
Birds of the Northern Territory
Birds described in 1914
Taxa named by Gregory Mathews
Bird extinctions since 1500
Extinct birds of Australia


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In Staffordshire
St John's, Wall
By 1842, Sir George Gilbert Scott and Moffatt were becoming increasingly recognised as church architects in different parts of England. It was in Staffordshire and the adjacent counties that Scott and Moffatt were able to obtain their next phase of churches, presumably through Scott's friendship with the Poor Law Commissioner Thomas Stevens, whom he had met when they were working on Lichfield and Belper workhouses and was now the curate of Keele in Staffordshire. In 1839, Scott and Moffatt invited tenders for a new church at Wall, which is only three miles from Steven's headquarters at Lichfield, but it was some time before it was built. Unlike the other churches, St. John's, Wall, is vaguely Perpendicular in style. Perhaps this was an attempt to produce something different from the ubiquitous Commissioners' style and it may have been this work and Stevens's High Church views which started Scott's climb out of the abyss. It is built from dark stone, is aisle-less, has a short chancel and a thin western steeple. Wall Church was finally consecrated in 1843.