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December Jobs Growth Decelerates,
But Still Solid
145,000 jobs were created in December, missing expectations of 160,000.
October and November employment reports were revised downward by a combined 14,000 jobs, putting the three-month average at 184,000 per month.
The unemployment rate and labor force participation were unchanged at 3.5% and 63.2%, respectively.
Average hourly earnings were up by 2.9% over the past 12 months, continuing healthy wage gains experienced throughout 2019. However, this was the first time that wage growth was below 3% on a year-over-year basis since July 2018.
Tempered employment and wage growth in December will give the Fed room to maneuver policy should negative developments in the economic outlook materialize.
November marked 111 consecutive months of jobs growth—the longest stretch in U.S. history—and the unemployment rate remained at a 50-year low.
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Office: Hiring in office-using sectors slowed in December. Professional & business services added 10,000 jobs and financial services added 6,000, bringing their respective three-month averages to 32,700 and 12,000 per month.
Health Care: Growth in the health-care sector remained strong with 28,100 jobs created in December, close to the three-month average of 30,400 per month.
Industrial: Warehousing & storage jobs decreased by 2,200 in December, bringing the three-month average to 700 per month. The manufacturing sector lost 12,000 jobs as trade tensions continued to weigh on the sector, bringing the three-month average to 300 jobs per month.
Retail: December's employment report showed strength in retail during the holiday season. Food services & drinking places added 15,900 jobs for the month. The broader retail sector added 41,200 jobs in December. Three-month averages show an average monthly gain of 28,200 food & beverage jobs and 19,300 retail jobs.
Construction: The construction sector added 20,000 jobs in December, well above the three-month average of 12,000 per month.
Multifamily: Drivers of multifamily demand remain intact. From a cyclical perspective, a strong labor market will support continued household formation. Over the long term, a structural demand shift will favor the multifamily sector.
Hotels: Continued employment gains across industries bode well for business travel demand in the near term. Nevertheless, heightened economic uncertainty remains and could weigh on business travel. Demand from leisure travel will be supported by a strong labor market.
Although December's employment report missed Wall Street expectations, it is respectable at this point in the cycle. Some estimates put required job growth to absorb new entrants into the U.S. labor force as low as 100,000 per month. Furthermore, monthly reports are volatile and when looking at three-month averages, most sectors are seeing very healthy growth. Where there is weakness, it is not unexpected. For example, trade tensions continued to weigh on manufacturing. Lastly, wage growth was lower in December likely due to timing of the survey, but average hourly earnings growth remained close to 3%.
CBRE expects economic growth will moderate in 2020, but near the U.S economy's estimated long-term growth potential of 2%. Importantly, an apparent easing of trade tensions appears to be developing between the U.S. and China. While a degree of uncertainty will remain, the strong consumer sector will propel the economy. Furthermore, nothing in December's jobs report constrains the Fed's ability to respond if economic conditions deteriorate. With supportive monetary policy and consumers in a strong position, the U.S. economy will continue to expand at a pace that broadly supports property market fundamentals.
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Bard College's Disciplinary Process
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Any member of the Bard community, or guest or visitor, who believes they have been subjected to sexual misconduct is encouraged to report a complaint to the Title IX Coordinator. The College recommends that complaints are reported promptly to ensure safety, obtain medical care, and to preserve evidence to assist the response of law enforcement and/or the college.
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League of United Latin American Citizens
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the largest and oldest Hispanic and Latin-American civil rights organization in the United States.[2] It was established on February 17, 1929, in Corpus Christi, Texas, largely by Hispanics returning from World War I who sought to end ethnic discrimination against Latinos in the United States. The goal of LULAC is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health, and civil rights of Hispanic people in the United States. LULAC uses nationwide councils and group community organizations to achieve all these goals. LULAC has about 132,000 members in the United States.
February 17, 1929; 93 years ago (1929-02-17)
"To advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States."
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132,000[1]
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1 Organization
1.1 Comparisons with the NAACP
2.1 Founders
2.2 Formation
2.3 Mexican Repatriation
2.4 Migration and assimilation
2.5 Role of women
2.6 After World War II
2.7 School desegregation
2.8 Chicano Movement
2.9 Late-20th century
3 Local council impact
4 Current activities
4.2 Legal campaigns
OrganizationEdit
LULAC helps to promote education among Latin Americans in America. LULAC councils provide about one million dollars in scholarships to Hispanics every year. LULAC provides educational programming to disadvantaged youth throughout America. They help out 18,000 Hispanics every year. They also help Hispanics train for jobs. They have programs that provide job skills and literacy training to the Hispanic community in America.
Comparisons with the NAACPEdit
With respect to organizational structure, the League of Latin American Citizens was similar to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). David G. Gutierrez said, "considering themselves part of a progressive and enlightened leadership elite, LULAC's leaders set out to implement general goals and a political strategy that were similar in form and content to those advocated early in the century by W.E.B. Du Bois and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: for an 'educated elite'".[3]: 77
Though the two civil rights groups may have possessed some institutional similarities, LULAC tried to establish distance from the African American civil rights struggle. As LULAC believed that blacks were more oppressed than Latinos; its members thought that joining forces would not strengthen its own struggle for equality. LULAC asserted that many Hispanics properly fell into the "white" category of the dichotomous black-white construction of race.[4]: 31 In 1936 the league "engaged in a series of lobbying activities as soon as it [the USCB] perceived that Mexican Americans would be categorized as part of a group of dark-skinned minorities."[4]: 32 They lobbied to demonstrate that Hispanic, Latino and Mexican American were not racial classifications, but cultural groups who were racially diverse, sharing a common Ethno-linguistic ancestry.[4]: 32
FoundersEdit
Ben Garza; Manuel C. Gonzales; Andres de Luna; Louis Wilmot; Alonso S. Perales; Rafael Galvan Sr.; Juan Galvan; Vicente Lozano; José Tomás Canales; Edwardo Idar; Mauro Machado; J. Luz Saenz; Juan C. Solis; E.H. Marin[5][6]
FormationEdit
The LULAC No. 7 hall in Laredo, Texas, first established in 1929[7]
LULAC was formed in 1929 as a result of the merger of several small groups also concerned with the status of Mexican Americans: the Order of the Sons of America (El Orden Hijos de America), the Order of the Knights of America (El Orden Caballeros de America) and the League of Latino American Citizens.[8][9][10] From an early date, women organized separate Ladies Councils within LULAC.[2] Overall, LULAC struggled to use the political system to erase discriminatory laws and practices in the U.S. Southwest. Although it was a nonpartisan group, it encouraged members to vote for candidates who were supportive of the group's ideals.[3]: 78
The first LULAC General Convention was held in Corpus Christi, Texas on May 18, 1929 at Allende Hall owned by Rafael Galvan, Sr. and Samuel Hinojosa. The first LULAC constitution was adopted. During the 1930s, LULAC's activities included voter-registration and petition drives; attempts to repeal the poll tax imposed in several states, which reduced its members' ability to register; and litigation to improve the conditions of Mexican Americans.[4]: 7 They also worked to improve education for Mexican Americans by conducting community-education campaigns and setting up a college scholarship program.[4]: 45 These activities conformed with existing institutional structures in the United States. A major event was the 1930 court case of Del Rio ISD v. Salvatierra, in which LULAC sued Del Rio Independent School District in for segregating Mexican Americans due to their race. Although the court was not fully favorable in its ruling, the case made an important inroad for desegregation cases to come.[11]
Mexican RepatriationEdit
LULAC's assimilation ideology emerged during the mass deportations occurring in the Mexican Repatriation.
LULAC followed an assimilation ideology which emerged among cholos groups around the time of the Great Depression in the United States. Although the United States had recruited Mexican workers during the first quarter century, the economic problems of the depression increased animosity against immigrants and minority groups as people competed for work. In response to such sentiment, the federal government deported an estimated 500,000 Mexican nationals and Mexican Americans (including some American citizens) during the Depression to keep more work for US citizens. As a result, the proportion of native-born Americans among the total ethnic Mexican population was higher than had been the case in previous decades, and many grew up in United States culture rather than among immigrant communities. Benjamin Marquez asserts, "This demographic shift favored the rise of a more assimilated political leadership".[12]: 3 Earlier organizations, such as mutual-aid associations (mutualistas) and labor-based groups, had emphasized pan-Mexican cooperation among recent immigrants from Mexico, Mexican national residents, and Mexican Americans to combat economic, cultural, and political discrimination. But as LULAC has been interested in assimilation to the US, it admitted as members only those ethnic Mexicans who were United States citizens.[3]: 75
Migration and assimilationEdit
LULAC encouraged assimilation of its members into white U.S.A. culture.
LULAC promoted the full adaptation of its members into the dominant European-American culture, in the belief that this strategy would be the most successful way to combat discrimination. The organization claimed that discrimination was caused by racism, not by the economic or political systems. LULAC promoted capitalism and individualism; its leaders believed that, through hard work and assimilation into American culture, Mexican Americans could improve their socio-economic standing.[12]: 3–15
LULAC emphasized American patriotism as a path to assimilation. It asserted that Mexican Americans should disavow any allegiance to Mexico, remain permanently in the United States, and commit fully to democratic ideals.[4]: 23 The league's official song is "America"; its official language is English; and its official prayer is the "George Washington Prayer". The LULAC's constitution is modeled on the United States Constitution.
Because of LULAC's assimilation ideology and its advancement of the interests of Mexican-American citizens, it advocated restrictions on immigration. LULAC's central means of achieving equal status with European Americans was dependent on promoting the image of Mexican residents as conforming to the cultural norms of the United States. The League recognized that most of the dominant society did not distinguish among the cultures and attitudes of immigrants, citizens, and naturalized persons of Mexican descent.
New immigrants from Mexico resisted the assimilation strategy, as they had stronger ties to their native culture, limited English proficiency, and were willing to work for low wages. Some Mexican Americans knew that they would be lumped together with the recent immigrants and be perceived as "un-American", "backward", and "poor," and would be discriminated against. The league members shared the fear of many working-class Americans that the new immigrants, willing to work for low wages and contributing to job competition against Mexican Americans due to their numbers, would economically harm Mexican American citizens.[3]: 134–6 While other ethnic groups had similar tensions between more settled citizens and new immigrants (such as between German Jews and more recent immigrants of Eastern European Ashkenazi Jews at the end of the nineteenth century), a major difference for Mexicans and Mexican Americans was the continuing high rate of immigration into the United States, strengthening ties to the homeland culture and language.[3]: 3–4
Role of womenEdit
LULAC was one of the first national organizations to place emphasis on the role of women.[13] By 1938, the first women's national office was created. State coordinators for women carry out local programs for women. There are many different programs and conferences for women created by the league. Like "Adelante Mujer Hispana" and two-day conferences that discuss education and employment.
Belen Robles served as the first national president of LULAC, starting in 1994.[14][15]
After World War IIEdit
Braceros picking tomatoes. LULAC fought against the extension of the program, calling it "legalized slavery."
During World War II the membership and activity of the organization decreased significantly. Many of its members joined or were drafted into the armed forces. LULAC campaigned against the Emergency Farm Labor Program (also known as the Bracero Program), which began in 1942 to fill the farm-labor shortage that resulted from the draft following the US entry into World War II. Although Mexican workers in this program were under contract with the government to go to the United States to work and to return to Mexico after a set amount of time, LULAC saw the program as paving the way for increased permanent immigration from Mexico. LULAC's opposition to the Bracero Program was consistent with its support for restricted immigration, as described earlier.[3]: 134–6
After the war, LULAC was revived by the enthusiasm of returning veterans who sought to claim the civil liberties they believed they had earned by their loyal military service.[4]: 115 The group continued to help the Mexican community with local activities such as Christmas toy drives, sponsoring Boy Scout troops, and campaigns against poll taxes.
School desegregationEdit
Sylvia Mendez, the plaintiff in the Mendez v. Westminster case
During the 1950s, LULAC began the Little School of the 400 program, which was designed to teach Mexican-American children 400 English words before they began first grade. The project was initially run by volunteers, and shown after the first class to be successful in preparing children to do better in school; out of 60 participating children, only one had to repeat the first grade. The program expanded, and LULAC convinced the Texas legislature to underwrite it. Between 1960 and 1964 over 92,000 children benefited from the LULAC-initiated, English-centered preschool program.[4]: 51–52
LULAC also sued school districts which practiced segregation. Examples of successful cases include Mendez v. Westminster in 1945 and Minerva Delgado V. Bastrop Independent School District in 1948. In the Mendez case, Thurgood Marshall, then a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) filed an amicus brief in support of LULAC.[16] As Marquez notes, "Relying strictly on the volunteer labor of LULAC attorneys and their staff, from 1950–1957, approximately fifteen suits or complaints were filed against school districts throughout the Southwest".[4]: 54 These victories contributed precedents that were consulted in the deliberation by the United States Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) case. In 1965, the 146 Councils were distributed among eight states, and by 1977, LULAC had offices in 21 states.[2]
Benjamin Marquez asserts, "Segregated schools, inferior equipment, and the lack of qualified teachers were seen as the primary obstacles to the full economic and social assimilation of the Mexican American".[4]: 28 LULAC believed that the public-school system, with the aforementioned issues corrected, would serve as a central instrument in the assimilation process of children, and thereby the Mexican-American community as a whole. It fully supported education of its members and adoption of fluent English. They believed that through formal education, Mexican Americans would learn how to function in American institutions, socialize with European-American children, and gain education to qualify for higher skilled jobs.[13]
Chicano MovementEdit
The rise of more radical groups in the 1960s brought change to LULAC. They began to turn away from supporting assimilation. They began to use public protest to bring attention to their cause. The group also began to seek government funding and grants to help build support for the group.[13]
Late-20th centuryEdit
Senator Bernie Sanders at a USFWS and LULAC event in Oct. 2015
Despite national visibility, LULAC lost strength since the late-twentieth century, with declines in membership and operating funds because of competition from other Mexican-American groups.[4]: 105 According to Benjamin Marquez, LULAC found it difficult to meet the needs and desires of an increasingly diverse Mexican-American population, in which immigrants have made up an increasingly higher proportion.[4]: 105 He writes, "While the league's public profile grew in the mid-1960s, and the group was involved in a wide range of political activities, these events occurred with decreasing mass participation".[4]: 105
Local council impactEdit
Founded in Corpus Christi in 1929, LULAC expanded first in Texas, adding 18 councils the next year. More were added in the next decade, but again mostly in Texas. With World War II, LULAC began to extend its reach to California, Arizona, New Mexico, and later Colorado. Victory in a precedent-setting 1945 lawsuit challenging segregation of Mexican American students in Orange County, California, helped the organization grow. LULAC claimed 2,500 members in 1951 and the number of chapters reached 83 in 1955 shortly after another pivotal legal victory (Hernandez v. Texas). The next decade brought LULAC new influence and a new geography, reflecting the Tejano diaspora that was now spreading into the upper Midwest. In 1965 the 146 Councils were distributed among 8 states. By 1977, LULAC had a presence in 21 states yet the total number of Councils had declined. But in 1988, LULAC saw a resurgence in new Councils as 551 were founded bringing the total to over 600. LULAC Councils and state offices were in 32 states including Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and reaching new geographies in the Upper East Coast and Florida. From an early date women organized separate Ladies Councils.[2]
Current activitiesEdit
Pres. Obama addresses the League of United Latin American Citizens
EducationEdit
The LULAC National Educational Service Centers (LNESC) are part of a non-profit educational advancement organization which helps students with direct-service programs and scholarships.[17]
Legal campaignsEdit
Roger Rocha (born c. 1971), a health-care analyst from Laredo, Texas, was elected as the 2015 LULAC president at the annual meeting held in Salt Lake City, Utah. He vowed to push for unity in the organization.[18] In July 2017, Rocha strongly endorsed the lawsuit against Texas Senate Bill 4 which ends sanctuary cities in the state. The measure, signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott, permits law enforcement officers to inquire about the legal documentation of suspects detained for other reasons. Rocha claims that the bill was "specifically created to target Latinos," the largest minority group in Texas.[19]
In 2018, the Richmond Council for LULAC and four individual voters filed a federal lawsuit, LULAC of Richmond v. Public Interest Legal Foundation, in the Eastern District of Virginia against the Public Interest Legal Foundation for false reports about non-citizen voters published online. The lawsuit claimed violations of the Ku Klux Klan Act and the Voting Rights Act, as well as state defamation laws. The plaintiffs were successful.[20]
American GI Forum (AGIF)
NALEO, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
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National Immigration Forum
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Nativism (politics) in the United States#Hispanic targets
SVREP, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
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^ a b c d Estrada, Josue. "LULAC and American GI Forum: History and Geography 1929-1974". Mapping American Social Movements.
^ a b c d e f Gutiérrez, David Gregory (1995). Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520202191.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Márquez, Benjamin (1993). LULAC: The Evolution of a Mexican American Political Organization. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292751545.
^ Olivas, Michael A. In Defense of my People: Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican-American Public Intellectuals. Houston, Texas: Arte Público Press. ISBN 9781611925241. OCLC 902678252.
^ "History of LULAC : founded February 17, 1929". The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
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PREDESTINATE SOULS, you who are of God, cut yourselves adrift from those who are damning themselves by their impious lives, laziness and lack of devotion----and, without delay, recite often your Rosary, with faith, with humility, with confidence and with perseverance.
Our Lord, Jesus Christ, told us to follow His example and to pray always----because of our endless need of prayer, the darkness of our minds, our ignorance and weakness and because of the strength and number of our enemies. Anyone who really gives heed to this Our Master's commandment will surely not be satisfied with saying the Rosary once a year (as the Perpetual Members do) or once a week (like the Ordinary Members) but will say it every day (as a member of the Daily Rosary) and will never fail in this----even though the only obligation he has is that of saving his own soul.
1. "We ought always to pray and not to faint."  These are the eternal words of our Blessed Lord Himself. And we must believe His words and abide by them if we do not want to be damned. You can understand them in any way you like, as long as you do not interpret them as the world does and only observe them in a worldly way.
Our Lord gave us the true explanation of His words----by means of the example He left us. "I have given you an example that as I have done to you, so you do also."  And "He passed the whole night in the prayer of God."  As though His days were not long enough, He used to spend the night in prayer. Over and over again He said to His Apostles: "Watch ye and pray";  the flesh is weak, temptation is everywhere and always around you. If you do not keep up your prayers, you shall fall . . . And because some of them evidently thought that these words of Our Lord constituted a counsel only they completely missed their point. This is why they fell into temptation and sin, even though they were in the company of Jesus Christ.
Dear Rosary Confraternity members, if you want to lead a fashionable life and belong to the world----by this I mean if you do not mind falling into mortal sin from time to time and then going to Confession, and if you wish to avoid conspicuous sins which the world considers vile and yet at the same time commit "respectable sins"----then, of course, there is no need for you to say so many prayers and Rosaries. You only need to do very little to be "respectable": a tiny prayer at night and morning, an occasional Rosary which may be given to you for your penance, a few decades of Hail Marys said on your Rosary (but haphazardly and without concentration) when it suits your fancy to say them----this is quite enough. If you did less, you might be branded as a freethinker or a profligate; if you did more, you would be eccentric and a fanatic. But if you want to lead a true Christian life and genuinely want to save your soul and walk in the saints' footsteps and never, never, fall into mortal sin----if you wish to break Satan's traps and divert his flaming darts, you must always pray as Our Lord taught and commanded you to do.
If you really have this wish at heart, then you must at least say your Rosary or the equivalent, every day. I have said "at least" because probably all that you will accomplish through your Rosary will be to avoid mortal sin and to overcome temptation. This is because you are exposed to the strong current of the world's wickedness by which many a strong soul is swept away; you are in the midst of the thick, clinging darkness which often blinds even the most enlightened souls; you are surrounded by evil spirits who being more experienced than ever and knowing that their time is short are more cunning and more effective in tempting you.
It will indeed be a marvel of grace wrought by the Most Holy Rosary if you manage to keep out of the clutches of the world, the devil and the flesh and avoid mortal sin and gain Heaven! If you do not want to believe me, at least learn from your own experience. I should like to ask you if, when you were in the habit of saying no more prayers than people usually say in the world and saying them the way they usually say them, you were able to avoid serious faults and sins that were grievous but which seemed nothing much to you in your blindness. Now at last you must wake up, and if you want to live and die without sin, at least mortal sin, pray unceasingly; say your Rosary every day as members always used to do in the early days of the Confraternity.
When our Blessed Lady gave the Holy Rosary to Saint Dominic she ordered him to say it every day and to get others to say it daily. Saint Dominic never let anyone join the Confraternity unless he were fully determined to say it every day. If today people are allowed to be Ordinary Members by saying the Rosary merely once a week, it is because fervor has dwindled, and charity has grown cold. You get what you can out of one who is poor in prayer. "It was not thus in the beginning."
Three things must be stressed here; the first is that if you want to join the Confraternity of the Daily Rosary and share in the prayers and merits of its members, it is not enough to be enrolled in the Ordinary Rosary or just to make a resolution to say it every day; as well as doing this you must give your name to those who have the power to enroll you in it. It is also a very good thing to go to Confession and Holy Communion especially for this intention. The reason for this is that the Ordinary Rosary Membership does not include that of the Daily Rosary, but this latter does include the former.
The second point I want to make is that, absolutely speaking, it is not even a venial sin to fail to say the Rosary every day, or once a week, or even once a year.
The third point is that whenever illness, or work that you have performed out of obedience to a lawful superior or some real necessity, or even involuntary forgetfulness has prevented you from saying your Rosary, you do not forfeit your share in the merits and your participation in the Rosaries of the other Confraternity members. So, absolutely speaking, you are under no obligation to say two Rosaries the next day to make up for the one you missed, as I understand it, through no fault of your own. If, however, when you are ill, your sickness is such that you are still able to say part of your Rosary, you must say that part.
"Blessed are (those) who stand before thee always."  "Happy they who dwell in your house! Continually they praise you."  "Oh, dear Lord Jesus, blessed are the brothers and sisters of the Daily Rosary Confraternity who are in Thy presence every day----in Thy little home at Nazareth, at the foot of Thy Cross on Calvary, and around Thy throne in Heaven, so that they may meditate and contemplate Thy Joyous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries. How happy they are on earth because of the wonderful graces that Thou dost vouchsafe to them, and how blessed they shall be in Heaven where they will praise Thee in a very special way----for ever and ever!"
2. The Rosary should be said with faith----for our Blessed Lord said "Believe that you shall receive; and they shall come unto you."  If you believe that you will receive what you ask from the hands of Almighty God, He will grant your petitions. He will say to you: "As thou hast believed, so be it done to thee."  "If any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God----but let him ask in faith, nothing wavering."  If anyone needs wisdom, let him ask God with faith, and without hesitating, and through his Rosary----and what he asks shall be given him.
3. Thirdly, we must pray with humility, like the publican; he was kneeling on the ground----on both knees----not on one knee as proud and worldly people do, or with one knee on the bench in front of him. He was at the back of the Church and not in the sanctuary as the Pharisee was; his eyes were cast down, as he dared not look up to Heaven; he did not hold his head up proudly and look about him like the Pharisee. He beat his breast, confessing his sins and asking forgiveness: "Be merciful to me a sinner"  and he was not in the least like the Pharisee who boasted of his good works and who despised others in his prayers. Do not imitate the pride of the Pharisee whose prayer only hardened his heart and increased his guilt; imitate rather the humility of the Publican whose prayer obtained for him the remission of his sins.
You should be very careful not to do anything out of the ordinary nor to ask nor even wish for knowledge of extraordinary things, visions, revelations or other miraculous graces which Almighty God has occasionally given to a few of the Saints while they were reciting the Rosary. "Faith alone suffices": faith alone is quite enough for us now that the Holy Gospels and all the devotions and pious practices are firmly established.
Even if you suffer from dryness of soul, boredom and interior discouragement, never give up even the least little bit of your Rosary----for this would be a sure sign of pride and faithlessness. On the contrary, like a real champion of Jesus and Mary, you should say your Our Fathers and Hail Marys quite drily if you have to, without seeing, hearing or feeling any consolation whatsoever, and concentrating as best you can on the mysteries. You ought not to look for candy or jam to eat with your daily bread, as children do----but you should even say your Rosary more slowly sometimes when you particularly find it hard to say. Do this to imitate Our Lord more perfectly in His agony in the garden: "Being in an agony, He prayed the longer,"  so that what was said of Our Lord (when He was in His agony of prayer) may be said of you too: He prayed even longer.
Furthermore, to give us more confidence in praying to Him, He has bound Himself by a promise: that His Eternal Father would grant us everything that we ask in His name.
14. John 16:24 and Matt. 7:7.


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Home Health COVID-19 Get Vaccinated to Protect our Lāhui and our Kulāiwi
Get Vaccinated to Protect our Lāhui and our Kulāiwi
Cheryl Tsutsumi
Dr. Kapono Chong-Hanssen views wellness from the perspective of both a doctor trained in Western medicine and a Native Hawaiian who is closely tied to culture and traditions.
He is the medical director of Hoʻōla Lāhui Hawaiʻi/Kauaʻi Community Health Center, a federally qualified health center serving Kauaʻi and Niʻihau whose mission is "to enhance the health and wellness of our community with an emphasis on culturally appropriate services for Native Hawaiians." Those services include ancient healing practices such as lomilomi, hoʻoponopono, and lāʻau lapaʻau.
A family medicine physician, Chong-Hanssen is treating patients with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and other life-threatening diseases, but this is the first time in his 12-year career that he is facing a nemesis as formidable as COVID-19. To date, it has taken the lives of more than 3.8 million people around the globe, and thousands more are at risk of debilitating, long-term complications from it.
On one hand, Chong-Hanssen recognizes vaccines are the most effective tools to end the pandemic; protect our ʻohana and communities; and once again enjoy travel and large gatherings with food, dance, music, and intimate greetings such as honi.
"Our best strategy to safely return to life as we knew it is to vaccinate as widely as possible," he said. "That way, the few who may not want to be vaccinated or are not able to be vaccinated because of contraindications or medical issues will be protected by the immunity of the majority of people in their social circle."
That said, he understands how history has fueled skepticism among some Kānaka Maoli, beginning with the arrival of foreigners in the late 1700s and the subsequent decimation of the Native Hawaiian population from measles, smallpox, and other infectious diseases from which they had no immunity. Just as devastating were Western business interests who disempowered Hawaiians and used them for financial and political gain, which ultimately led to the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893.
Chong-Hanssen believes this troubling pattern continues to this day, with tourism now acting as a neocolonial driving force.
"Hawaiʻi's public-health and health-care systems have often felt more imposed on our lāhui rather than developed by us," he said. "There's the feeling that government leaders prioritize the wealth generated by tourism, whose primary beneficiaries are foreign investors, over the health of our people and our ʻāina."
Negative impacts of tourism on Native Hawaiians range from the reinterment of sacred iwi to accommodate resort development and renovations, to the exploitation of precious land and marine resources, which some Kānaka Maoli need for subsistence. A long break from the stress of more than 10 million visitors per year allowed bays, reefs and rivers to make a dramatic recovery.
Some of Chong-Hanssen's patients remain reluctant to be vaccinated because they think it will pave the way for the return of high-volume tourism. They don't have confidence in government and public-health authorities and can't depend on them to look out for their wellbeing. The vaccines are one more reason to be wary.
"Strengthening our lāhui by vaccinating as widely as possible puts us in the best place to protect our people and our home in the future," Chong-Hanssen said. "But now that we've seen how a tourism-dependent economy can be detrimental, a renewed focus on economic diversification and sustainability, including production of more of our food, is warranted. Tourism can happen sustainably too; for example, controlling access to popular areas by requiring advance reservations, which is already being done at Hāʻena State Park on Kauaʻi. Under the leadership of John De Fries, the first Native Hawaiian to lead the Hawaiian Tourism Authority, there is new hope the industry will move toward sustainability in a more meaningful way."
According to Chong-Hanssen, managing a pandemic, vaccination program and tourism boils down to kūkākūkā. In his opinion, the entire breadth of travel regulations should be considered along with global data, not just information from states in the continental U.S. whose geography and culture are far different from Hawaiʻi's. New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan and Singapore – all island countries that actively promote tourism – made the safety of their residents a top priority and, interestingly, they experienced relatively little social and economic disruption.
Concerning vaccinations, Chong-Hanssen notes many Hawaiians' sense of wellbeing is influenced more by their relationship with nature, their family, and Ke Akua than by doctors and public health officials. He and other Native Hawaiian physicians would like to bridge that gap.
"Many of my patients who initially did not want to be vaccinated agreed to it after we discussed it," he said. "It's a scary, upsetting time. They just needed their questions to be answered in simple terms by someone who understands the science – and who they know really cares about them."
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CitationAnsótegui, C.; Bonet, M.; Levy, J. Towards industrial-like random SAT instances. A: International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. "21st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence". Pasadena, California: AAAI Press. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2009, p. 387-392.


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Painting a rosy picture
A small Fortuna
Plasma power
Cement goes digital
Coping with the new normal
Floating prospects
North Sea opportunity knocks
Put a plug in it
Mud, glorious mud
Downhole disintegration
Payment on results
A 'Valiant' effort
Sounding the alarm
Wireless wonder
Stop competing, start collaborating
FEEDing recovery in Asia Pacific
Up to the challenge
Propelling subsea innovation
Jerry Lee takes a look at Bastion Technologies' PYRO-Accumulator, which could potentially help meet requirements laid out in BSEE's new well control rules.
Two 7gal, 10,000psi rate PYRO-Accumulators Photos from Bastion Technologies.
Gas charged accumulators are widely used as the hydraulic power source for subsea blowout preventers (BOPs). To compliment these conventional accumulators, Bastion Technologies has developed a PYRO-Accumulator, which uses a solid fuel source, like the booster rockets used to send vehicles into space, instead of gas.
Conventional accumulators use pressurized gas to deliver the hydraulic power used to actuate a BOP. Bastion's technology burns a solid propellant charge made of fuel and an oxidizer, PYRO, to produce a gas that provides hydraulic power.
The PYRO-Accumulator is composed of a gas generator (pyrotechnic section), a piston, and a hydraulic section. The propellant charge and igniter are housed in the pyrotechnic section, and a discharge port is located at the end of the hydraulic section opposite the piston. To provide hydraulic power, the igniter initiates a controlled burn of the propellant. As the propellant burns, hot gas is rapidly produced, which drives the piston and compresses the hydraulic fluid held in the hydraulic section. The fluid is exhausted through the discharge port, which is connected to the BOP, to actuate the BOP.
Cut pipe from the February demonstration.
PYRO-Accumulators are capable of producing over 10,000psi of pressure, and over 100 gal/min flow rates. The propellant charge can be reloaded, has a service life of 10 years, and if greater pressure is required, more propellant can be loaded. In addition, the critical systems, including the electronic control unit, are dual string, which can achieve a reliability of 99.99% and a Safety Integrity Level of 4 (1 being lowest). Higher reliability can be achieved as more strings are added.
The technology can be used in failsafe subsea or land applications as a powersource for BOPs or operating valves.
Conventional vs PYRO
For decades, nitrogen accumulators have sufficiently functioned as a subsea hydraulic power source. However, as operators develop fields in deeper waters, the efficiency of conventional accumulators decrease; they are capable of delivering less of its hydraulic fluid capacity. As depth increases, the subsea pressure the rams need to overcome increases, and the temperature decreases.
Propellant section being loaded.
"Since conventionals are charged with gas on the surface, where temperatures may be over 100°F, when the accumulators are lowered to seabed, where temperatures can be 32°F or even lower (due to pressure of seawater), the gas cools, reducing the gas pressure available for use by as much as 20% or more," says Nazareth Bedrossian, Bastion Technologies' director for oil and gas. "Also, because BOP's must be closed quickly, conventionals undergo a rapid adiabatic discharge that reduces its temperature, and the pressure of the gas available to pressurize the hydraulic fluid. In deepwater, it is not uncommon for a 15gal capacity conventional accumulator to only provide 0.5gal of usable fluid."
In addition, because the pressure is stored in a gas, they need a hydraulic capacity that is multiple times the usable fluid volume they can deliver subsea. In order to deliver the hydraulic fluid required by the BOP, more accumulators need to be added, which increases the weight of the BOP stack.
PYRO-Accumulators, on the other hand, are designed to always deliver 100% of their hydraulic capacity regardless of depth. Because of the 100% efficiency, the PYRO-Accumulator weighs 70% less and has a smaller footprint than comparable conventional accumulators, Bedrossian says. As energy is stored in a chemical reaction it can generate 200% or more hydraulic pressure. It also provides built-in water depth compensation.
Conventional accumulators also require topside equipment to operate. Not only does this take up valuable space on the rig, but a technician is required to operate it.
The PYRO-Accumulator does not require surface equipment, umbilicals, or a subsea support system. This, and the capability for direct connection to the shear rams, removes two sources of hydraulic losses, which allows the rams to shear pipe 50% faster, Bedrossian says. Additionally, the power source is self-contained and on-demand, and only requires a 25V subsea battery to remain operable. The system can be activated by acoustic signaling, a pre-programmed pressure switch, or an electronic command for fail-safe applications or when intermittent power is needed.
RPSEA
In 2014, Bastion presented the technology to the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, (RPSEA), of which it is a member, for funding and was rated highly by the ultra-deepwater program advisory committee.
"Shear ram BOPs are the toughest to work, and require a lot of energy. Having the energy source at the wellhead instead of coming from the surface was something we were very interested in," says Bill Head, ultra-deepwater program manager, RPSEA. "And, if the PYRO-Accumulator was not being used as an energy source, it could be used as a safety release for possible casing gas buildup. This thing is a safety device that needs to be developed," he says. "It's smaller, stronger, and can be autonomous."
Bastion continued the development of this technology, going to Seattle, Washington, for testing earlier this year. Using two 7gal PYRO-Accumulators to actuate a 13.625in blind shear ram with 3000psi working pressure, the objective was to shear a 20.8lb/ft pipe with a 5.56in outer diameter, and .375in thickness. Within 9 seconds, the PYRO was ignited, sheared the pipe, and the rams were at 100% stroke. The test was also witnessed by three BSEE representatives.
"Now we know it will work, so we (Bastion and RPSEA) are trying to do research to make it better, more autonomous, stronger, and safer," Head says. "We're developing a JIP (joint industry project) with Bastion to try to get the prototype testing funded."
Offshore applications
Many BOPs are older and have been in operation for years (although they have to be inspected once every five years per API 53). For operators interested in redundancy or automation, the PYRO-Accumulator is focused on providing enough energy for the shear rams when it is needed.
"With some modifications, it could be put on everybody's equipment," Head says.
Earlier this year, the BSEE released its new well control rules, three of which apply to accumulators. The long-awaited post-Macondo revisions now require a dedicated subsea accumulator with the capacity for autoshear and deadman. The PYRO-Accumulator meets these requirements because it does not require a control system, and it can be connected directly to the shear rams.
Within five years, BSEE will require the use of dual shear rams in subsea BOPs to shear currently unshearable elements, such as a tool joint. However, with the capacity to generate pressures in excess of 10,000psi, PYRO-Accumulators could address the issue of unshearable elements.
Also within five years, BSEE requires greater accumulator volumes to enable the well control system to close and hold, unassisted, against the maximum anticipated surface pressure while remaining a minimum of 200psi above the pre-charge pressure in the bottle.
"Given the inefficiencies of the conventional accumulators, meeting the new rules with conventionals would be costly both from weight and footprint perspective due to space limitations on BOPs, crane capacity, BOP and rig structural integrity," Bedrossian says. "The efficiency of PYRO-Accumulator to supply 100% of its hydraulic capacity results in BSEE's requirements being met, while providing a cost effective solution as it reduces weight and footprint by 70%."
With one technology, all three rules pertaining to accumulators in BSEE's new rules are met. The PYRO-Accumulator is one of BSEE's STAR technologies; STAR No. 28.
"This technology is on the road to becoming a failsafe device we can rely on as an additional tool, not a substitute," Head says. "We need more testing, and we need to get the industry to see that this is an innovative alternative, which can provide an increased safety margin and a whole lot more reliability."


Imagine Africa: wormy red tracks and vegetation so intensely green you can almost taste the colour. This image comes alive in Western Cameroon. The country's economic heart intermittently beats in Douala, and from here it's a short hop to the haze and laze of beach towns like Limbe and the savannah-carpeted slopes of the magnificent Mountain of Thunder – Mt Cameroon. In the Anglophone northwest you can slip between sunburnt green hills while exploring a patchwork of secret societies, traditional chiefdoms and some of the country's best arts and crafts, particularly the wooden masks that are so often associated with this continent.


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The Klonoa Wiimake made a fatal mistake in renaming Joka. It better not happen again.
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Don't have much to post so far, but I do have some decent ones to say the least:
MECHA KLONOA:
Mecha Klonoa is designed purely as a reference to the confusion newer Klonoa fans have by comparing him with Sonic characters, hence how I decided to design my own OC that was parallel to Metal Sonic, in that it's a robotic doppelganger to Klonoa. I had fun designing this thing since I actually had a good use for the long ears, by making them capable of acting as powerful, extra limbs with sharp claws. Also noted is that he has the "Metal Ring", which is on his left hand and is an evil counterpart to the Wind Ring. The Metal Ring has the same basic powers as the Wind Ring, but has the added bonus of being able to grab things that are armored due to Mecha Klonoa's increased strength. However, if he were to be a player character, he'd only do half damage by throwing things. He does 1.5x damage with his clawed "ears".
EMPERIUS:
Emperius is a Legendary Zauridon designed in a set of 24 other Zauridons, for a total of 25. Emperius holds the record for being the largest Zauridon in terms of measurements, but is the third heaviest despite being so huge. Emperius stands about 120 meters tall, and is a hybrid of various Zauridons, using parts from Carnivosaur (Head), Triterrasaur (Horns and frill), Qdrasaur (Wings), Spinersuchus (Arms, legs, body, and sail), and Thoranosaur (Tail). The reason Emperius is only the third heaviest is because two other Zauridons have their own bodies composed of materials that are much heavier than organic matter (Dragora is made of Anti-Matter, and Grandis is made of an unknown metal alloy). Emperius, until you encounter the next few Legendaries in the set, is the most powerful Zauridon that doesn't require post-game unlocking. Emperius also makes a cameo in E.S.W.N. as a minor antagonist, and the optional boss of it's own dungeon, in which it has the largest sprite of any character in the game.
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Oh, wow, Emperius looks awesome!
The Dragon[/spoiler]
The Dragon is the main antagonist of a story called Last Epilogue, which is a book that exists in multiple universes, and perhaps nearly every universe possible, since nobody knows how many copies of the book exist. The story is a simple Paladin, Maiden, Dragon tale, but with some twists and turns with how the characters behave. The Dragon, for instance, is not actually evil. He is simply doing what his own species does, and given how he is the last Dragon alive, all he is trying to do is survive. However, he still at least "pretends" to be the villain solely to fuel his own archenemy's ego, as such to lure him into a trap and kill him. Ultimately he is killed, however, but that is not to say The Dragon is not aware that it's in a book, and that it's constantly trying to find ways of breaking free from this endless loop whenever the book is not being read.
Mika[/spoiler]
Mika is a main character designed for my game project E.S.W.N. in the process of creating her, she was meant to be designed as the typical "Tsundere" type of female. How her behavior IS, though, ultimately depends on a social link stat she has with the main character Sirryu. Sirryu is either for the most part helping to fuel her own arguments by being harsh, or he could actually give in to what Mika asks of him, but when he does the latter, Mika almost shows no signs of any actual anger when Sirryu doesn't mistreat her. She primarily is a healer for the main characters as a whole, but isn't directly involved in their actions for the most part. She's more or less on the side lines most of the time. She DOES have a storyline that can be accessed as a sidequest in which you temporarily gain access to the most powerful character in-game for use against it's end boss. Afterwards any anger she has almost completely vanishes.
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Klonoa Fanart by MightyFan217
First off, my other art topic is more or less my general artwork topic, so it should be moved to Non-Klonoa related given the chance. Thank you in advance.
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Teaching respect #BeginsWithMe
Mon, 11/28/2016 - 7:28am -- deanna.pitre
Contributor: Jennifer Goss
In the aftermath of the brutal 2016 election season, educators are dealing with some familiar and some unprecedented challenges in our classrooms. Stereotyping, bullying and discrimination are sadly not new occurrences; however, the level of despair and fear accompanying these instances have increased in many of our situations following November 8.
As educators, we are asked to help our students effectively process the outcome of our elections and the implications it may have in their communities. In doing so, we need to find ways to provide them a safe and supportive place to understand their changing roles.
Although as I write this, the results of the election have not been finalized by the Electoral College, I have already told my students that our democratic system is dependent on the acceptance of the results of our elections. I then clarify that acceptance and unquestioning support are two different things. The former is part of our role as citizens but the latter is dangerous to the sustainability of our democracy, regardless of who wins. It is from this entry point that we then begin our conversations.
Testimony can play a powerful role in inspiring students to rise to the occasion
The range of emotions runs nearly the full gamut in my classroom. Our diverse school includes students of the "First Families" of Virginia through individuals who have only been in our nation a few weeks or months. Students hail from many different ethnic groups and classify themselves according to a varying range of sexual preferences. While many students express anger at the outcome of the election, others have voiced support and other individuals have voiced fear. I told my students in our very first conversation on the topic that my goal for each of them is to think about how they can approach this situation, considering their backgrounds and ideological viewpoints, in the most positive fashion for our nation.
Empowering students, especially those feeling abject despair, can be challenging. The use of visual history testimony can play a powerful role in inspiring students to "rise to the occasion" in difficult times and to show each of them that they have the ability to make positive change in our society. USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive and IWitness provides a wide range of testimonies that can be used to inspire our students. A few of my favorites include:
Genocide: Holocaust survivor Itka Zygmuntowicz
Holocaust survivor Itka Zygmuntowicz on the last time she saw her mother.
Jan Karski on the Warsaw Ghetto
Jan Karski speaks on being smuggled into the Warsaw Ghetto to report on the horrible conditions and the destruction of Polish Jewry. He also recalls how he recently met, just months prior to his interview, a very successful business man, who as a child followed Karski around in the ghetto.
Alicia Appleman-Jurman on courage
Alicia describes when her house was attacked. She recognizes one of the attackers, and she makes a speech to him that causes him to leave.
Roméo Dallaire on the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi Genocide
Roméo Dallaire describes how quickly violence escalated in Rwanda in 1994 and his disappointment in the lack of support from the international community.
Carl Wilkens on neighbors speaking up
Carl Wilkens, an aid provider during the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide, describes the courageous acts of his neighbors.
Providing students with positive examples of individuals who make a difference in challenging times can inspire conversation and ideas for action. Although the outcome of this election may not be what an individual had hoped for, I tell each of my students that it is within their power to make an impact on the future.
By taking small actions such as becoming politically informed, writing their legislators, donating to groups which support their beliefs and advocate for them and working to end bullying and discrimination in their local communities, these young people can help to build a better future - not just for themselves but for everyone around them.
About Jennifer Goss
Jennifer Goss teaches AP U.S. Government and Politics, Virginia/U.S. History and a Holocaust and Genocide Studies elective at Robert E. Lee High School in Staunton, Va. Goss has a Master's in Holocaust & Genocide Studies and is an United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Fellow. She uses Echoes and Reflections, the multimedia Holocaust education program co-produced by USC Shoah Foundation, ADL and Yad Vashem, and leads Echoes and Reflections teacher training sessions. Goss has also authored multiple IWitness activities including New Beginnings: Journey to America and Information Quest: Kristallnacht.
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Rounded, organic shapes soften a bathroom's style
(ARA) - The Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) is not only the launching pad for a number of new kitchen and bath products; it's also the place where key trends are announced. At this year's spring event in Chicago, the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) held its annual design competition, at which 10 key trends were revealed. A major concept unveiled this year in bath design was "soft geometry" - using rounded, organic shapes in room structures and products to soften a bathroom's style. Learn how you can use this top trend, as well as others, in your next remodeling project.
Soft geometry
"We started seeing the introduction of softened geometries over the last few years. It actually began with soft modern products, and has evolved from products to overall room architecture," says Judy Riley, vice president of design at Moen. "Soft geometry can be seen in the edge of a counter, an arch over an entryway or in the lines of a light fixture or other bath product. It's really about softening the angular features of a room, which are especially prevalent in bathrooms."
To incorporate the soft geometry concept in your bath decor, Riley suggests beginning with products that are traditionally very linear - such as faucets, bath accessories and lighting. Moen has a new bath collection, which launched at KBIS and falls directly into the soft geometry trend. Blending clean lines and soft curves, the Method suite makes a modern statement with its minimalist styling, available in either a single- or two-handle faucet option. To complete the look, the Method collection also has a number of coordinating accessories - including towel bars, robe hooks, a pivoting paper holder and even a toilet tank lever - which feature the same soft geometry styling as the faucets.
Scaling of elements
Another trend introduced at the show is all about scale. Scale is an important consideration in the overall composition of a kitchen or bath. Shapes, textures (both actual and implied) and thoughtful placement of fixtures are all elements that can be used to create focal points, functionality and visual appeal, according to the NKBA.
The bathroom is the perfect room to test the "scaling of elements" trend, even if you're not in the midst of a remodeling project. Experiment by placing traditional objects in non-traditional places. For example, instead of placing a single towel ring or bar next to the sink, create a visual display of three towel rings, placed at uneven heights, on the wall directly across from the sink. Not only will it allow you to inexpensively create a focal point in the room, but it also gives you a spot to display beautiful hand towels - and change them with the seasons, or as often as a new color or pattern strikes your fancy.
Color with energy
Gone are the days when neutral tones and muted shades ruled bathroom decor. Instead, NKBA reports that bold colors are creating a vibrant splash in room palettes for 2010, with rich blues, purples, greens and citric yellows making confident appearances. Try using bold colors that act not merely as a passive backdrop for the room, but bring life to the space through lighting, wall colors and wood tones.
Incorporating bold colors is simple to accomplish in a bathroom, since it is typically a smaller place where colors can really pop. Try accent colors first - with vibrant vases, candles and hand towels. If you have a bit more time on your hands, use paint and wallpaper to quickly add a brilliant splash of color to the room.
Art integration
Finally, another trend outlined by NKBA is "art integration" - the concept of personalizing your bath space as a reflection of your own personal style to create an immediate sense of intimacy and originality. According to NKBA, many of today's designs start with one piece - perhaps a framed painting or an antique sculpture - which becomes a springboard for colors, fixtures, finishes and theme elements.
"We've seen this concept quite a bit, as well - it's a macrotrend we call 'fingerprinting,'" says Rebecca Kolls, senior director and consumer strategist of home and garden at Iconoculture, a global consumer research and advisory company. "It's all about self-expression and being empowered to make your own personal statement in your home decor. That might mean anything from shopping garage sales and on Craigslist to attending in-store design classes or working with virtual interior designers."
And using art-inspired items doesn't have to be expensive. Today, more and more homeowners are turning to artisans on websites like etsy.com, where you can select hand-made items that often have more character and style than similar store-bought items. From glassware and art to paintings and photographs, etsy has something for virtually every taste.
For more information about the Method collection from Moen, call (800) BUY-MOEN (800-289-6636) or visit moen.com. Additional information on the 2010 NKBA trends can be found at NKBA.org.
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Q: Parse json to Case Class I've got the following JSON that I need to map 2 values to a case class
These values are job_id and state
The JSON is the following
{
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      "url": "http://localhost/mirror/52ea1b22e4b0e133507b209b",
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      "id": "92342eed1fd14c354d9365cbbd3e35ea1fc45df2",
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  "win_res": "1024x768",
  "orientation": "portrait",
  "mac_res": "1024x768"
}

With the case class being
case class JobInfo(job_id: String)

object JobInfo {
  implicit val fmt = Json.format[JobInfo]
}

This works fine but i want to add the screenshot 'state' into the case class without having to have the whole scrernshot as I am only persisting job_id and state so something like the following
case class JobInfo(job_id: String, state: String)

object JobInfo {
  implicit val fmt = Json.format[JobInfo]
}

I'm reading the response like this below but screenshot is an array so wanted to know how I could extract the JSON key 'state' from it and map it to the case class
    .map {
                response => {
    val jobInfo = Json.parse(response.body).as[JobInfo]
     }
   }

A: You'll need to define a custom Reads[JobInfo] object to handle the parsing.  Assuming you intend to grab the first element from the screenshots array to find the state, you could do it as follows:
import play.api.libs.json._
import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._

object JobInfo {
  implicit val jobReads: Reads[JobInfo] = (
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  )(JobInfo.apply _)
}

Your original call to parse the json will now work; however, you should be using the validate method to properly handle the case where your JSON is not formatted as expected, i.e.:
Json.parse(response).validate[JobInfo].fold(
  jobInfo => {
    //do something with your jobInfo
    println(jobInfo)
  },
  errors => {
    //handle JSON parsing errors
    println(errors)
  }
)

This way you handle parsing errors more gracefully.  The Play documentation describes this more in detail here

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'Doubt' (2008)
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It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear-based discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences.
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Groups For Growth
The New Testament instructs us more than 50 times to love one another, encourage one another, pray for one another, care for one another, and bear another's burdens. The best way to obey these commands is in a Small Group! Small Groups provide excellent support in times of crisis, change and stress. They offer a sense of stability and security because there are people who truly care for you and will stand with you. The Bible says…"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Every day they continued to meet together…they broke bread in their homes and ate together…and the Lord added to their numbers daily those who were being saved." Acts 2:42, 44,
The Bible teaches that every believer has certain talents or gifts to benefit others in the family of God. As you share and participate in a relaxed Small Group setting, you will discover your confidence and self-esteem rising which can help you at work, at church, and in every other relationship. Select a group type of your interest, in the menu listing to the left.
The Small-Groups Ministry Team wants to help everyone in the community and at The Praise Zone find and be a part of an active small group. We believe small groups are the key to connecting in a biblical way with other members at The Praise Zone. A small group provides healthy fellowship in a community marked by Christian love and oneness. Small groups can help you to "grow up" as a Christian, including helping you discover and learn to use your spiritual gifts.
Do you desire to become more like Christ?
Are you looking for a way to connect more deeply with others at The Praise Zone?
Are you wanting to grow in prayer, Bible study, service, support and accountability?
Are you in a small group which is looking to grow in focus and influence?
If so, then The Praise Zone's small-groups ministry is for you!
It's easy to get lost in a crowd—to feel lonely even though you may be surrounded by worshipers on a given Sunday. That's why The Praise Zone has a small-groups ministry. We want everyone to have the opportunity to be known and cared for and to find their niche in ministry. People grow faster spiritually in a caring, interactive group where they can feel free to ask their real questions and sense the support of the group.
The small group is as much "church" as the larger convening of believers. Jesus' ministry was in small groups as well as large. All of the "one another" commands in Scripture (love one another; pray for one another; be kind to one another) can only be truly obeyed and experienced in a small group.
We are interested in having about 10 small groups of The Praise Zone people that meet throughout the week in various places and at various times. Their leaders/coordinators are all to be volunteers—people who love to help others grow as disciples of Christ.
The Praise Zone's small groups are as different as they will be many. There are to be men's groups, women's groups, groups for couples with young children, for mothers of young children, college and career groups, and still others getting ready to start up.
Our groups have a varying focus on a wide variety of topics/functions:
Task oriented
Caring and support
Ladies in Fellowship Together (LIFT) social outings
Man to Man Bible Study Group
Prayer Covenant/accountability
Mixed agenda
The Praise Zone's small-group ministry team seeks to: Launch new small groups at The Praise Zone for those who would like to participate—especially for prospective, new and recent members. Link those who are looking for a certain type of small group with one that is open for new members. Give Lift to existing small groups by offering training in group dynamics, disciple-making in small groups, and leadership development.Contacts If you'd like to get involved with a non-member care small group at The Praise Zone, e-mail smallgroups@praisezone.org. If you are interested in volunteering to work with one of the member care groups send an email now to
membercare@praisezone.org


I guess technically it doesn't say don't use a lower rating. Still for me, I'm not going to buy a $50k car then cheap out at the pump to save a couple bucks.
True. Still interesting they've revised the manual. Now I'm wondering if people out there have been experienced problems that prompted the updated.
Kia most likely published the power ratings using premium fuel. And will derate with lower octane fuels. I'm also curious with how much of a drop in power with 87 octane?
This is what I have been harping on about for the last month and peeved that such simple info has not been available. Looks like the mystery is becoming clearer now...but still no official numbers to confirm anything.


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