Do you like this picture? Do you think it represents a special moment?
I've been in Seattle a while now, taking lots of walks and keeping my eyes open as I go. There is always something on display. Lately it has been the sunsets, several of which are on my Instagram collection if you want to see them.
I started thinking about those special moments when we catch an unbelievable photo or have a chance encounter with another person that is significant, or when we realize we have overcome a big hurdle or reached a personal goal. Last night Charlie and I set out on our evening walk with a goal. West Seattle has an amazing terrrain and Alki Beach where we always start is at sea level on Puget Sound. On different occasions I have looked up to a high ridge above us and seen an unusual house with many windows and turrets outlined in white. I wanted to find it.
I had been giving Charlie (and myself) exercise in the evenings anyway, the difference this time being that we needed to go up instead of walking the along the beach as usual. Honestly, there are streets here that are so steep you wouldn't think a car should be driving on them, and they are narrow, twisting and full of parked cars. I studied my Google earth map and decided which streets might give me the quickest route to the top of the ridge. It was impossible to know for sure which house was my turret house but I knew a couple of streets to try.
It was a climb, for sure. Charlie was panting and I had to go slow. We rested when we needed to catch our breath. I kept looking for the highest streets and ones with a view of the Sound. I came to a sign indicating a dead end ahead but decided to go a little farther. Had I not done so I would have missed the photo above. I could see the sun through a clearing ahead and it was turning the world red. A blazing trail across the water glowed almost as bright as the sun itself. I noticed the sailboat approaching and hung around taking shots as it moved across that shimmering stripe. It was a special moment, an unplanned one, and I was so thankful to have caught it.
There really is no limit to the amount of surprise and wonder I want in my life. I hadn't yet found the turret house so went along the ridge in the opposite direction, up a heartbreaking hill. I could see no higher area anywhere around but none of the houses I passed were the one I was looking for. Some other walkers were coming up a flight of steps along the street (yes it was steep enough to make steps instead of sidewalk) and I asked them where they were coming from. One lady had lived in the neighborhood for over twenty years and when I described what I was looking for she said "Oh, you mean the turret house! My daughter used to babysit there for their kids." She told me it was one street over and around a corner.
I found the house, looked at it as long as I could without being reported as a stalker, and headed home. It was a great feeling to have accomplished the goal and more than wonderful that the whole way home was downhill. Charlie and I both felt energized and pretty pleased with ourselves.
Have you had a special moment recently? Tell me what it was! Don't keep it a secret!
I don't know that I've had a special moment as breathtaking a view as yours. 🙂 But I did enjoy watching a family of hummingbirds come by our feeder for a drink.


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The Libertarian Party of the United States and other libertarians consider military conscription to be involuntary servitude in the sense of the Thirteenth Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court disagreed with that interpretation in Arver v. United States, relying on text of Article I and the prerequisites of sovereignty. Some libertarians consider compulsory schooling involuntary servitude. John Taylor Gatto, a retired schoolteacher and libertarian activist critical of compulsory schooling writes of what he terms "The Cult Of Forced Schooling". Many libertarians consider income taxation a form of involuntary servitude. Republican Congressman Ron Paul has described income tax as "a form of involuntary servitude", and has written, "... things like Selective Service and the income tax make me wonder how serious we really are in defending just basic freedoms.
Some have also argued that, should Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), be overturned by the United States Supreme Court, a constitutional right to abortion could still be sustained on the basis that denying it would subject women to involuntary servitude contrary to the Thirteenth Amendment. However, no U.S. court has yet accepted such an argument. Differing views have been expressed as to whether the argument is so unpersuasive as to be "frivolous". One major difficulty with the argument relates to the claim that pregnancy and child-bearing are within the scope of the term "servitude".
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GOP, IG take Justice Dept. to task
A Republican House committee chairman said a watchdog report on a bungled gun-trafficking probe is a step toward restoring public faith in the department.
WASHINGTON — House Republicans eagerly joined the Justice Department's inspector general in taking the agency to task Thursday for its bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that allowed hundreds of weapons to reach Mexican drug rings.
At a committee hearing, Democrats fought an uphill battle as the committee's Republicans, led by its chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa of California, wrapped themselves in the findings of Inspector General Michael Horowitz about Operation Fast and Furious.
Horowitz faulted the Justice Department for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures in a gun-tracking operation that he said disregarded public safety.
"There needs to be supervision; there needs to be oversight," and law enforcement operations like Operation Fast and Furious need to be referred from the start to "the highest levels" of the department, Horowitz testified. His report faulted mid-level and senior officials for not briefing Attorney General Eric Holder much earlier.
Issa declared that Horowitz's 471-page report, released Wednesday, "is a huge step forward toward restoring the public faith in the Department of Justice."
The report proves "to both sides of the aisle that you could" do the job of looking into the facts of Operation Fast and Furious, "and I want to personally thank you," Issa told Horowitz.
The inspector general was walking a fine political line between vociferous Republican criticisms of the operation begun during the Obama administration and Democratic defenses of Holder.
"We found no evidence that the attorney general was aware" of Operation Fast and Furious or the much-disputed "gun-walking" tactic associated with it, Horowitz told Democratic delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia. Fast and Furious began in October 2009 and Horowitz said subordinates should have told Holder about it well before 2011.
President Barack Obama, in an appearance Thursday on Univision, a Spanish-language television network, also said the gun-trafficking probe in Arizona was "completely wrongheaded" but said he retains confidence in Holder.
"He has shown himself to be accountable" by taking action against those who directed the operation, Obama said.
Obama said ultimately he himself was responsible, but he noted that Horowitz found that "people (in the Justice Department) should have known in some cases even if they didn't actually know" about the operation.
Another point on which Horowitz vindicated Democrats was that risky gun-walking experiments originated in the administration of Republican President George W. Bush when the department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Tucson, Ariz., launched Operation Wide Receiver. That operation in 2006-2007 resulted in ATF losing track of 400 guns.
Gun-walking was an experimental investigative tactic, barred under longstanding department policy. ATF agents in Arizona allowed suspected straw purchasers, believed to be working for Mexican drug gangs, to leave gun stores with weapons in order to track them and try to bring charges against gun-smuggling kingpins who long had eluded prosecution, but they lost track of most of the guns.
The experimental operations were a response to widespread criticisms of the agency's anti-smuggling efforts. Because of thin ATF staffing and weak penalties, the traditional strategy of arresting suspected straw buyers as soon as possible had failed to stop the flow of tens of thousands of guns to Mexico — more than 68,000 in the past five years.
But outside scrutiny of the Arizona experiments soared after two of the 2,000 weapons thought to have been acquired at Phoenix-area gun stores by illicit buyers during the Fast and Furious investigation were recovered at the scene of a shootout that claimed the life of U.S. border agent Brian Terry. About 1,400 of the total have yet to be recovered.
Fast and Furious has produced charges against 20 gun traffickers, 14 of whom have pleaded guilty so far.
At Thursday's hearing, Republican committee members and the inspector general agreed on a number of points. One of them: Issa has maintained for months that affidavits in still-sealed wiretap applications in Fast and Furious could have tipped off Justice Department lawyers that agents were using the gun-walking tactic. Horowitz agreed with Issa.
"You would read these ... affidavits and see many red flags, in our view," Horowitz said. "We interviewed three of the five" lawyers who reviewed the 14 wiretap applications, and "all three indicated that they did not routinely read the affidavits when they came to them."
Democrats have suggested there is nothing in the applications that would have caused senior officials to see any red flags.
In his report, the inspector general referred 14 people for possible department disciplinary action in Operation Fast and Furious and Operation Wide Receiver. The 14 included former acting Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler and Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, an Obama administration appointee who heads Justice's criminal division.
"I think this is a wonderful report," Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, told the hearing. "I appreciate the thoroughness. I think you're a professional and did a great job, but I think you were a little soft on Lanny Breuer."
A Justice Department official said the department did not believe further discipline was warranted against Breuer, nor any against Grindler. The official was not authorized to speak on the record about personnel matters and thus spoke on condition of anonymity. Discipline was still being weighed for others cited by Horowitz.
Breuer was admonished by the attorney general last year and apologized for not informing his superiors once he learned that Operation Wide Receiver relied on the gun-walking tactic that federal agents later used in Operation Fast and Furious.
The inspector general said Grindler should have inquired of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix and ATF about the link between Fast and Furious and the two guns found at the agent Terry's murder scene in December 2011 and should have informed Holder about that. Grindler said he did not do so because he was relying on the FBI to investigate the homicide.
Dennis Burke, the U.S. attorney in Phoenix during Fast and Furious, resigned in August 2011. Holder replaced the head of ATF, and senior ATF officials and prosecutors were moved to other duties. Ken Melson, the former head of ATF, and Jason Weinstein, a career attorney and deputy assistant attorney general under Breuer, left government upon release of the report Wednesday — Melson by retirement, Weinstein by resignation.

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Steve Conrad To Write 'GoT' Prequel Series 'Dunk & Egg'
Dunk & Egg will follow the adventures of Dunk (Ser Duncan the Tall) and Egg (the future king Aegon V. Taregaryen).
A Game of Thrones prequel series based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk & Egg is officially in development at HBO Max, with Steve Conrad (The Patriot, Perpetual Grace, LTD) at the helm as writer and executive producer.
Dunk & Egg is one of several Game of Thrones prequel series in development at HBO.
Martin has teased future installments of Dunk and Egg's adventures, but the status of a new novella is unknown.
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7 trends in recruitment and selection
Tom Haak March 7, 2015 Trends in HR26227 views
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Finding and selecting the best people for your organisation is still the most important HR intervention. In many organisations the hr practices in recruitment and selection are still of the Stone Age. Someone has found a new job or gets an internal promotion. HR writes a job profile, full with required skills and competencies. The job is posted and candidates apply. HR waits a couple of weeks until there is a good batch. A long list is made, and five candidates are invited for interviews. After a couple of interview rounds, and maybe some assessment or tests, the final candidate is offered the job. She has a notice period of three months, and starts six to nine months after the vacancy appeared.
What are some of the current trends in the area of recruitment and selection?
1. From reactive to proactive
The biggest shift that is slowly going on, is the shift from reactive to proactive recruitment. It requires some level of workforce planning. With the current level of hr analytics it is relatively easy to increase the quality of workforce planning. Who are the people or the kind of people who are most likely to leave in the coming years? What are the capabilities where there is an upward trend in demand? No longer recruit for vacancies, but recruit to strengthen for the capabilities you will need in the future.
2. From recruiting for jobs to recruiting for assignments
Organisations are more creatively using the opportunities of a more flexible workforce. It helps to think less in terms of jobs and more in terms of assignments. There is an assignment to be done, and how can we quickly find the best possible people on the market who can do the assignment? Intermediaries with good knowledge of the market of self-employed professionals can help here. Also more and more online platforms offer services in this domain.
3. From selecting on skills to selecting on values and personality
For their core organisations are looking for talent where there is a good fit between the values and the personality of the organisation and the values and the personality of the candidates. Also organisations have personalities and what you see emerging is methodologies to make the best fit between people and organisations.
4. Gamification in recruitment
The use of gamification in recruitment has been going on for some time. Recruitment can be fun, and people want to work for organisations where work and fun are closely connected.
5. Gamification in selection
Gamification is now entering selection as well. Candidates are asked to play a game (e.g. The Wasabi Waiter) and the companies behind the games claim they can make a valuable profile of the candidate based on his or her game behaviour and results. Playing a game is a lot more fun than being interviewed by people who all ask more or less the same questions ("What are your strong points?").
6. The end of traineeships
Traineeships are slowly fading away. Planning the careers of people years ahead does not fit in a time where the speed of change is continuously increasing. Also it does not help the business to create a group of people who are pampered during a couple of years and who are kept away from real work. Organisations need streetwise entrepreneurs who have learned to operate close to clients and markets.
7. Community management as a recruitment tool
The practice to create communities around organisations, a kind of "fan clubs", is growing. The communities are connected to organisations and through the community people can be given a real experience of what it means to be part of an organisation. When opportunities occur, candidates from the communities can very organically become part of the organisation.
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VIVO Media Arts Centre in Vancouver is currently seeking submissions by artists and curators for their Signal & Noise festival, which will take place May 27-29, 2010. Next year marks the tenth anniversary of this contemporary media and sound art festival, which showcases single and multi-channel audio & video works, live performances and immersive installations. The deadline for applications is January 10, 2010. For more information and to apply, visit http://www.signalandnoise.ca/submissions/.
AUTONOMOUS SOUNDS I + II :: Frozen Music's New Outdoors Pieces For Art Basel Week :: December 3-4, 2009; 7:00 – 11:00 p.m. :: Carl Fisher Club House and Amphitheater Complex, 2100 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach.
After the success of CANAL, the 13-hour-long piece that won the hearts of all who experienced it during Sleepless Night, subtropics.org and SoBe Institute of the Arts bring back Frozen Music Ensemble (Gustavo Matamoros, David Dunn–Rene Barge) with two new pieces titled Autonomous Sounds I & Autonomous Sounds II featuring FM's core member David Dunn.
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make art is an international festival dedicated to the integration of Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) in digital art. The fourth edition of make art – What The Fork? distributed and open practices in FLOSS art – will take place in Poitiers (FR), from the 8th to the 13th of December 2009.
From eastbayexpress.com: The Fall of Pirate Cat Radio by David Downs.
The Bay Area's biggest pirate radio station is off the air, fined $10,000 for illegal broadcast, and its owner threatened with arrest if he returns. But Pirate Cat Radio isn't going quietly into the night.
Not only is the thirteen-year-old San Francisco station still quasi-legally streaming to half a million listeners online per month, but the 1,200-watt station formerly broadcasting at 87.9 FM is fighting the Federal Communications Commission in federal court. While the station is raising funds to pay its fine with local events this month, it has joined a historic battle under way in Washington, DC over local control of the airwaves. Station owner Monkey (aka Daniel Roberts) says terrestrial radio has failed to serve the public interest, and Pirate Cat is fighting for consumer rights alongside pirates and politicians across America. Read more here .


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Ed Rice is a pianist, educator and researcher working primarily in jazz and related styles, based in London since 2015. After graduating from the Artist Masters course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Ed has worked with, among others, Norma Winstone, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Swingle Singers. A keen educator and vocal accompanist, he has been the accompanist for workshops with many of the UK's finest jazz vocalists, including Lee Gibson, Tina May, Claire Martin, Anita Wardell, Jacqui Dankworth and Sara Colman.
Recording projects Ed has recently been involved in include leading the rhythm section for a new album with the Guildhall Jazz Singers, featuring arrangements by New York Voices and celebrated Scottish saxophonist Duncan Lamont. Ed has also played piano and keyboards on the debut album If I Knew by Chris Read, as well as engineering and mixing parts of the album.
Ed has performed across London at the Pizza Express Live jazz clubs, the Jazz Cafe, Ronnie Scott's, the Vortex Jazz Bar and Kansas Smitty's, having also appeared at jazz festivals in Cheltenham and Montreux, Switzerland. He has recently begun a PhD in jazz and Brazilian music and is currently training as a percussionist in the carnival samba outfit Rhythms of the City. Ed is also a tutor on the MEHr Clef and MHMT jazz summer schools and teaches classical, jazz and pop piano at Reigate Grammar School.


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Absolut 100
Absolut 100 is an intense, yet exceptionally smooth super premium vodka. Even a small amount gives the total Absolut 100 experience. The stylish black bottle stands out from the ordinary, enhancing the luxurious treat.
What does Absolut 100 taste like?
Absolut 100 is made exclusively from natural ingredients, and unlike some other vodkas, it doesn't contain any added sugar. It's distinct with spicy notes, yet luxuriously smooth, with a fresh and velvety texture.
Why change what's perfect?
In 1879, Lars Olsson Smith introduced the continuous distillation with which he made Absolut Rent Brännvin. Instead of the usual three or four times, the vodka was distilled an infinite number of times. 100 years later, it was reintroduced as Absolut. Just as the original Absolut Vodka, Absolut 100 is produced in Åhus, it's also the place where the wheat used for making the vodka is grown. And since the way Absolut is made won't change, neither will the true taste of vodka.
The main ingredients in Absolut 100 are water and winter wheat. The water comes from a deep well in Åhus where it's protected from impurities. Winter wheat differs from other crops: it's sown one fall, and harvested the next one. Days in between it grows under the Swedish snow developing its hard grain. Also, the use of fertilizers is minimized.
Some tips on Absolut 100 enjoyment
There are many ways to enjoy Absolut 100: Straight up with ice, or in any of the combinations below.
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Canadian-born, British big-man Mo Walker returns for his fourth season with the Riders, after playing an instrumental role for the treble winners. Walker provides size and physicality down low to the Rider's lineup.
Mo graduated from the University of Minnesota, leading the team in rebounds and blocks as the second-leading scorer in his senior year. His 11 points and seven rebounds a game earned him an All-Big Ten honourable mention selection before he progressed into his professional career.
Walker signed his first pro contract in the Italian first division. He gained experience around Europe, playing in Latvia, France and the BBL for the Worcester Wolves. Walker averaged a monster 18 points and nine rebounds per game for the Wolves, leading the league in rebounds and was the BBL's fifth-highest scorer per game.
Standing at 6'10", Walker dominates down low. His paint presence translates to both ends of the floor, using his size to bully the best big men the BBL has to offer. He averaged 11.8 points and 5.2 rebounds in 18 minutes per game last season, with his paint presence adding a physical dimension to coach Rob's side.


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Teenage boy fighting for his life after being struck by HGV lorry
Emergency services rushed the young pedestrian to Hairmyres Hospital by ambulance. He remains there and medical staff describe his condition as critical.
Townhead Street, Strathaven (Image: Google Maps)
A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition in hospital after being struck by an HGV lorry in South Lanarkshire last night (Saturday).
The incident happened around 9.25pm in Townhead Street, Strathaven.
Sergeant Stuart Bell of the Road Policing Unit said: "The vehicle involved did not stop after the incident and it is likely that the driver did not realise the vehicle struck the boy. However we need to trace the HGV and its driver.
"The vehicle was white with no livery and is described as a three axle tractor unit with a three axle trailer, possibly a Mercedes. It had a roller shutter at the end of the trailer. I would urge the driver of this vehicle, or anyone with any information regarding it to please contact officers as soon as possible.
"Our investigation into this crash is continuing, and I would appeal to any witnesses to the crash to come forward. I would also like to hear from any drivers who were in the local area and have dash cam footage, in case they may have witnessed something vital to this enquiry."
Anyone with information should contact the Road Policing Unit at Motherwell through 101 quoting reference number 4071 of 1st December.
UPDATE: Police Scotland has traced the driver and HGV involved. Officers continue to appeal for witnesses on 101.


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[![Version](https://img.shields.io/cocoapods/v/BTInfiniteScrollView.svg?style=flat)](http://cocoadocs.org/docsets/BTInfiniteScrollView)
[![License](https://img.shields.io/cocoapods/l/BTInfiniteScrollView.svg?style=flat)](http://cocoadocs.org/docsets/BTInfiniteScrollView)
[![Platform](https://img.shields.io/cocoapods/p/BTInfiniteScrollView.svg?style=flat)](http://cocoadocs.org/docsets/BTInfiniteScrollView)

UIScrollView subclass that features:

- infinite scrolling;
- both horizontal and vertical scrolling modes;
- variable item thickness;
- programmatically scrolling to item at specified index;
- querying about item at specific position;
- delegate notifications about views appearing at specified position as a result of user scrolling.

![screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/LW1OnZM.gif)

## Usage

To run the example project, clone the repo, and run `pod install` from the Example directory first.

## Installation

BTInfiniteScrollView is available through [CocoaPods](http://cocoapods.org). To install
it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:

    pod "BTInfiniteScrollView"

## Author

Denis Libit,
bteapot@me.com

## License

BTInfiniteScrollView is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

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Q: How to fill color inside UIBezierPath? I draw a shape by UIBezierPath in touchesMoved.
-(void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
    secondPoint = firstPoint;
    firstPoint = [touch previousLocationInView:self];
    currentPoint = [touch locationInView:self];

    CGPoint mid1 = midPoint(firstPoint, secondPoint);
    CGPoint mid2 = midPoint(currentPoint, firstPoint);

    [bezierPath moveToPoint:mid1];
    [bezierPath addQuadCurveToPoint:mid2 controlPoint:firstPoint];

    [self setNeedsDisplay];
}

I want to fill RED color inside it after closePath but can't. Please help!
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    UIColor *fillColor = [UIColor redColor];
    [fillColor setFill];
    UIColor *strokeColor = [UIColor blueColor];
    [strokeColor setStroke];
    [bezierPath closePath];
    [bezierPath fill];
    [bezierPath stroke];
}

A: If you have a bezier path stored elsewhere, this should work:
Edit
Looking at your edited code, what is happening is that as you are closing the path that you are drawing is getting closed - so you get a line, not a shape since you have only two points.
One way around this is to create the path as your points move, but stroke and fill a copy of that path. For example this is untested code, I'm writing it straight in
-(void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
    secondPoint = firstPoint;
    firstPoint = [touch previousLocationInView:self];
    currentPoint = [touch locationInView:self];

    CGPoint mid1 = midPoint(firstPoint, secondPoint);
    CGPoint mid2 = midPoint(currentPoint, firstPoint);

    [bezierPath moveToPoint:mid1];
    [bezierPath addQuadCurveToPoint:mid2 controlPoint:firstPoint];

    // pathToDraw is an UIBezierPath * declared in your class
    pathToDraw = [[UIBezierPath bezierPathWithCGPath:bezierPath.CGPath];

    [self setNeedsDisplay];
}

And then your drawing code can:
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    UIColor *fillColor = [UIColor redColor];
    [fillColor setFill];
    UIColor *strokeColor = [UIColor blueColor];
    [strokeColor setStroke];

    // This closes the copy of your drawing path.
    [pathToDraw closePath];

    // Stroke the path after filling it so that you can see the outline
    [pathToDraw fill]; // this will fill a closed path
    [pathToDraw stroke]; // this will stroke the outline of the path.

}

There is some tidying up to do an touchesEnded and this could be made more performant, but you get the idea.

A: You have to keep array of your UIBezierPaths. Try this code,
 - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
    {

        for(UIBezierPath *_path in pathArray){

         [_path fill];
        [_path stroke];
        }
    }

    #pragma mark - Touch Methods
    -(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
    {
        myPath=[[UIBezierPath alloc]init];
        myPath.lineWidth = currentSliderValue;

        UITouch *mytouch=[[touches allObjects] objectAtIndex:0];
        [myPath moveToPoint:[mytouch locationInView:self]];
        [pathArray addObject:myPath];
    }
    -(void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
    {
        UITouch *mytouch=[[touches allObjects] objectAtIndex:0];
        [myPath addLineToPoint:[mytouch locationInView:self]];
        [self setNeedsDisplay];

    }

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Complete phase diagram for the system: n-Hexane + Ethylene + HDPE, where HDPE is mono-disperse with molarweight 50,000 g/mol. The solvent ratio is 0.975 n-Hexane and 0.025 Ethylene.
Dimentions are: Temperature (200-800 Kelvin), Pressure (1-260 Bar) and Polymer massfraction (0.00001-0.97 massfraction HDPE).
The model used is PC-SAFT combined with the Pan&Radosz model for the solid phase.
Phase boundarys included: SLE, SLVE, LLE, VLE and VLLE.
Note that the SLVE curve is very hard to see due to the size of the print.
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No amount of police can scrub out the racism of Jerusalem Day
By Oren Ziv May 14, 2018 | Edit
With double the usual police presence, the anti-Arab slogans usually heard during Jerusalem Day were quickly silenced. But the racism wasn't so swiftly scrubbed out.
By Oren Ziv and Orly Noy
Israeli nationalists march through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City during the 'March of the Flags,' part of the annual Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 13, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
A day before Israel was set to celebrate the U.S. Embassy's move to Jerusalem, the annual "March of the Flags," in which thousands of nationalist Israelis pass through the Old City waving flags and chanting racist slogans against Arabs, threatened to paint Jerusalem as violent and conflict-ridden. This is likely the reason the police made sure that this year, the march would be relatively quiet, without major clashes. In fact, the racism was quickly silenced, and the number of police officers was double the usual size.
And yet, racism was present in every street corner. In the frightened looks of Palestinians, in the closed-up shops, in ensuring that Palestinians were removed from the route of the march.
When the first groups of marchers headed into the Muslim Quarter of the Old City through Damascus Gate, they sang "Am Israel Chai" ("The nation of Israel lives"). When a group of teenagers began chanting racist slogans, the police immediately put an end to it.
At this point, nearly all the stores along the route of the march were closed. Palestinian residents of the Old City hurried home, some of them still holding the flowers handed out as a gesture by left-wing activists. Not all the residents were happy with the flowers; the owner of a nearby juice stand flat-out rejected the gesture. "I want peace," the activist told him. "You want peace?" he responded, "then first tell your government to leave Al-Aqsa alone."
Khaled Tufah, the owner of a souvenir shop on Al-Wad Street, where the march was set to take place, explained why he was closing up. "No one buys from us during the march, and even if someone does come, his friends will say: 'He's Arab, don't buy from him.'"
"I don't care about Trump or anyone else," Tufah continues. "A few months ago the Palestinian people showed its strength in the face of the metal detectors at Al-Aqsa, and in the end we removed them. The embassy is an issue for politicians, our power is in the streets."
A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli Border Police officer during Jerusalem Day celebrations near the Old City, May 13, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Muhammad Omar, a young Palestinian Jerusalemite, added: "Jerusalem is holy to all religions. Trump's decision means he recognizes only the Jews, and unfortunately this move will bring about more violence and death."
Despite the fact that the main event of the day was a march through the Muslim Quarter, thousands celebrated in white shirts and and Israeli flags across the city. Army Radio broadcasted live from the city center, and religious girls who did not take part in the March of the Flags through the Muslim Quarter filled the streets and danced to the sounds of live music set up by the municipality.
A man draped in an American flag stands in front of Damascus Gate during the annual 'March of the Flags,' as part of Jerusalem Day, May 13, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Among the Israeli flags were flags belonging to Lehava, the right-wing anti-miscegenation group, mostly by younger marchers, many of whom wore "Kahane was right" stickers on their shirts. There was also a group of young Ethiopians who came to the march to raise awareness for Avera Mengistu, an Ethiopian-Israeli who crossed over into Gaza in 2014 and has been unheard of since. Earlier, they visited the protest tent set up by Mengistu's family, across from the prime minister's residence.
A group of left-wing activists from "Antifa Jerusalem" hung a giant sign on the route to Damascus Gate, reading "Jerusalem against nationalism," leading to the detention of six activists.
It turns out that talking about nationalism during the city's so-called holiday is too much for the public to handle. Lehava's flags and stands, however, remained standing.
This article was first published in Hebrew by Local Call. Read it here.
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Oren Ziv is a photojournalist and a founding member of the Activestills photography collective.


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Halethorpe is a small town in Baltimore County, Maryland. This town is full of lush forests and glistening creeks that will make any nature lover never want to leave. There are many types of homes in the neighborhoods here, from apartments to single-family dwellings and duplexes, so you are sure to find a home you love if you are looking to move to Halethorpe with your dog. The streets have a steady flow of traffic, so you should keep your dog on leash at all times.
There are two restaurants in the area that are dog-friendly. The Ice Cream Cottage is a popular choice for the locals who want to keep their dogs close while they enjoy their tasty treats on a warm day. Your dog can even get a plain ice cream or whipped cream to enjoy as well!
There is one animal hospital here that welcome residents and visitors alike in need of veterinary care. They will happily help get your dog on the mend should an emergency arise while you are in town. They will also help you with regular check-ups and anything else your dog needs to stay healthy and happy while you are in this pupperific town.
North Halethorpe is an amazing place to call home if you want to be close to the center of Arbutus, close to the freeway. This neighborhood gives you easy access to many of the neighboring towns. Duplexes and medium-sized single family homes are common here, so if you are looking for a house with your dog and possibly a family, this neighborhood is worth some consideration. If you are taking your dog for a walk through this neighborhood, you will want to make sure your dog is on leash at all times. You should also keep waste bags with you to help keep your neighbors happy.
Central Halethorpe is a great spot for families who need a place that is close to shops and grocery stores without a long drive in between the two. For dog owners, living in Central Halethorpe means plenty of afternoon walks surrounded by other dogs enjoying their humans' company. The area is full of plenty of trees, which makes bird watching fun for both you and your furry pal. Just make sure you have waste bags with you as you make your way through the residential streets. You will also need to keep your dog on leash.
West Halethorpe can get quite busy with the bustle of traffic throughout the day. For this reason, make sure you have your dog safely on leash at all times. The sidewalks can also get a little congested with other humans and their pups, so you may want to avoid a retractable leash if possible. You will also want to make sure you have clean up bags on hand to pick up any messes made by your pup. If your dog exhibits positive leashed behavior around strangers, make sure you have a treat on hand to reward him. He will thank you with a tail wag and a toothy smile.
East Halethorpe is a pupperific place to spend an afternoon exploring with your dog. While he needs to stay on leash while in this area, there are plenty of green areas to walk and play with your dog on a sunny day. Just minutes away is the community of Lansdowne if you are looking for an area with a few more new and up-and-coming shops to explore with your family. Lansdowne is home to Riverdale Park, where dogs are welcome to explore on leash for all of their tail-wagging adventures. Just be sure to clean up after yourselves.
South Halethorpe is a small neighborhood where you can find both proximity to the highway and business and the greenery that surrounds the Patapsco River that runs right through the area. The river is a great place to pack a bag and spend the day throwing around a tennis ball for your pooch to fetch, splashing in the sparkling water, or just relaxing with a pup and a book in the grassy riverbank. Your dog will love the smells and sights of this gorgeous natural Maryland resource that is loved by all residents who have the chance to visit it. You and your dog are sure to fall in love with the river too if you stay long enough!


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Yesterday, a box appeared in our mail.
It was from Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada).
When a package squeaks, I find it best to oblige.
So we slit the seems on the top, laid it on the grass and watched.
A small, red and gold dragon emerged slowly.
It's chillier here than in BC.
At first he seemed confused and a little disoriented. After all, he comes from a place where the ocean is on the other side of the land; our ocean is east, but his was west.
A stroll around the garden seemed to restore his spirits, though.
I offered to take him to the beach to see the capelin, but he was pretty tired after such a long journey. Instead, he found a little girl and wheedled him way into her arms for the night.
"Nimbus," she tells me his name is.
Home. It was difficult to get a picture of him asleep, since he's under Katherine's head.
And he is most welcome here!
*Nimbus came from the address of Crystal Mandryk, although there was nothing in the box to tell me who made him and there are a few knitters in that family. My bets are on Crystal, but I could be off. He has a particularly long neck and looks like he'd be a good swimmer. He is fitting in beautifully here and apparently does not breathe fire. Of course, I have yet to find out if he's a particularly truthful dragon or if he is at all prone to fibs. In any event, I have the fire extinguisher handy.
Oh Dragon Whisperer! Nary a word did he say to me, and though I checked, the nether regions revealed nothing either. Now he has gender, name and home; I'm glad!


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One of our marketing strategies with Digit is to improve our brand awareness and positioning in the market. Part of that strategy is to apply for business awards that are relevant to the business in order to provide a credible form of social proofing. Client testimonials are perfect for speaking to business owners about other people who have gone through their journey before them. Awards are perfect as you have a panel of respected businesses determining that you are performing better than your peers. Both help to position your business as an authority.
This year is the first time we've been in a position to apply for awards. The business is 17 months old, and this time last year was that little bit too soon.
The bit that I love about the process though is completing the applications.
As weird as that sounds – the application process forces you to review, and look in on all aspects of your business. For a period of a few days to a week – you're outside of your business looking in. This allows you to reflect on how far you've come, appreciate whether you've met the goals you set for yourself, and where you need to go.
The applications themselves are also great at highlighting areas of weakness in your business. The Telstra application process for example considers whether you have a documented plan in place (in areas such as business strategy, marketing strategy, sales, workplace safety & health, social impact, business continuity) and whether you plan on executing that plan into the future. Understanding areas of weakness presents a great opportunity to improve.
The trick to making the most of that, of course, is whether you implement change within your business to address those weaknesses. There's no point understanding what you need to improve if you don't go out and do it.
So what can you take away from today?
Whether you win or lose, there's a benefit to applying for awards. Even if you feel your business is too new, or not ready.


People love and remember the novels of Bobbie Ann Mason because they ring so true. This dazzling memoir saga of three generations, their aspirations, their conflicts, and the ties that bound them to one another. Spanning decades, Clear Springs gracefully weaves together the stories of Mason's grandparents, parents, and her won generation. The narrative moves from the sober industriousness of a Kentucky farm to the hippie lifestyle of the countercultural 1960s; from a New York fan magazine to the shock-therapy ward of a mental institution; from a county poorhouse to the set of a Hollywood movie; from a small rustic schoolhouse to glittering pop music concerts. In the process of recounting her own odyssey--the story of a misfit girl who dreamed of distant places--Mason depicts the changes that have come to family, to women, and to heartland America in the twentieth century. Ultimately, Clear Springs is a heartfelt portrait of an extended family, and a profound affirmation of the importance of family love.


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2nd, please remove the ugly rebar sticking out them side of concrete components. I can understand why they were added, as when the components are displayed by themselves it adds aesthetic detail. However when they are placed in multiples to create a base, it looks ugly. If I spend days collecting materials, then brave the mixer, standing there as it churns out the parts, my base better look damn pretty. The rebar makes it look horrible.


Can eating healthy help prevent illnesses like cancer? Many health care professionals will tell you yes. And in honor of National Cancer Prevention Month, I'm letting you know about some of these superfoods.
"Food Systems Approach to Cancer Prevention," an article published in the Critical Reviews in Food Science Nutrition Journal in August 2017, revealed that bioactive compounds like polyphenols, glucosinolates and carotenoids found in fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes can suppress biological mechanisms that enable tumor growth. Large research-based academic hospitals including Massachusetts General and the Mayo Clinic also support consuming foods like berries, nuts and whole grains to furnish the body with antioxidants against cancer. Cruciferous vegetables like cabbage, kale and especially broccoli are packed with phytochemicals that protect cells from damage. Studies done on mice showed that when fed antioxidants found in cruciferous vegetables, their cancerous tumors began to shrink.
Whole grains also contain bran and phytochemicals (phytonutrients) that support healthy cells. Diets high in fiber have been known to help fight against colorectal cancer. Nuts and seeds help reduce inflammation in body; they are also the premise of the world renowned Mediterranean Diet which has been shown to have proven effects on cardiovascular events and overall well-being.
Berries, mushrooms and carrots may also be helpful in preventing cancer. Berries contain the previously mentioned polyphenols, while mushrooms have polysaccharides that help support cells. Carrots contain carotenoids that activate important enzymes in cells. Some carotenoids are converted into vitamin A aiding with vision and normal growth and development.
Ultimately, what we eat is what fuels us. Food may even directly affect overall mood and energy level. Keep in mind, relying on supplements or a shake is not comparable to eating a whole and natural diet full of vegetables. There are nutrients found in vegetables that aren't often replicated from other supplements. If most of your dinner plate is covered with vegetables and complemented with a healthy protein and some whole grains, you're in good shape!


Resident Evil 3 takes place during the events of Resident Evil 2. The midwestern town of Raccoon City is in ruins, having been overrun with the undead creating T-virus thanks to the wacky hijinks of William Birkin and Umbrella Inc. The player must guide Jill "master of unlocking" Valentine (one of the two main protagonists of the original Resident Evil) out of the city alive. Along the way, Jill will interact with and receive help from (or hindered by) three Umbrella mercenaries who are also stranded in Raccoon City. Standing in the way of your group's last escape are a horde of flesh-eating zombified citizens, homicidal mutants, and a relentless killing machine known only as Nemesis who is determined to hunt down and kill the survivors of the original Resident Evil, including Jill.
A dramatic improvement over Tyrant/Mr. X/G from the previous games, Nemesis can run (faster than Jill, in fact), use firearms (a rocket launcher), dodge attacks, and even move through doors and from room to room in pursuit of Jill. On top of that he still possesses the nigh indestructibility we've come to know from Umbrella's ultimate bio-weapons.


If you're like me, you know that extra 15 minutes in the shower is time that could be spent hitting the snooze button and snuggling up to your drool-stained body pillow.
When I refuse to take the time it requires to get my legs smooth as a babies bottom, I usually shave like I'm taking a machete to the jungle. When that happens I am guaranteed to end up with huge gashes and cuts that never seem to stop bleeding. At least I'm not in the jungle where the risk of bleeding out would be a lot more extreme.
Stubble is annoying and itchy. Have you ever made out with a guy and had your face get all red from the stubble on his face? Well, imagine your legs are your face...I've never met a guy who was really into the five o'clock shadow on my legs.
If you have a shower or a tub/shower combo, you are either bending over, sitting on the edge of the tub, propping a leg up, or balancing on one leg...whichever way you choose, it's going to be weird. You may smack your head on the shower wall, or slip and fall while trying to balance on one leg. I like to call it the Shaving My Legs Shuffle. Either way you spin it, shaving becomes this weird workout where I'm pretty sure if the shower wasn't on you would see me profusely sweating.
When you're as single as I am, you can't really get away with going on a date and not having smooth legs. When I'm out on a Tinder Bender, I may have up to six dates a week, which adds up to a ton of shaving cream and razors. Which means I basically have to go on a lot of dates so I can eat the free dinners because I am spending my grocery money at the CVS on razors. It is a vicious cycle.


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6. Call my doctor for a Diflucan prescription that I will probably won't get to pick up until some time tomorrow since today is turning out to be an endless cycle of baby care.
So really, darling husband, when you announce you are "coming home for lunch" don't be surprised when my response is more "Great, hold this kid while I pee" and less "I'll be waiting for you, stud".


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Waste Is A State of Mind . . .
Jen Cooper is changing the way we handle our "waste foods". With over 100 years of family farming experience, she set out 5 years ago to find better ways to utilize food that usually goes to waste by opening up Ben and Max Snacks, a company focused on using overlooked produce in new and inventive ways. She has won culinary awards, is a features speaker and presenter around California and in 2015 won the Whole Foods Small Producer Grant.
With an eye toward sustainability as well as environmental and social responsibility, we only use produce from local farmers who follow best practices. We are finding people who are being responsible with their use of both organic and non-organic products, and using each when appropriate in the smallest amounts possible. They treat their farm workers well, with the respect for safety and well-being that all deserve. They are doing their best to limit waste and ensure that all of their produce is used. We look at the whole picture to ensure long term sustainability of our product and the entire chain of people who help produce it.
We have taken the time to get to know what variety fits best in different applications. Some fruit is best for eating, while other fruit is best for cooking. We are committed to using produce in a way that makes its best attributes shine. Some of the heirloom varieties that we use may be unfamiliar, but the result is surprisingly flavorful.
Collectively, we have made a commitment to consume less. This is much easier said than done in our modern use-it-once-and-throw-it-away world. As we continue to pursue our commitment to better earth care, we have made changes in our product packaging choices. For our jams, jellies, preserves, and butters, all of the packaging is reusable and recyclable. If you bring the jar back to us, we will give you a jar deposit refund of 50 cents. You can use that towards your next jar of jelly, pay your parking meter, or give your children a tip for their good behavior at the market. It's up to you. It's our way of saying thanks for reusing. For any of our grain products the packaging is recyclable. We are moving towards compostable packaging for all of those products. Hopefully we will be there by 2016. We are always a work in progress.
While this is a personal and family passion, we also are committed to Sacramento. Our family has been farming in the greater Sacramento area continuously for over 100 years. We came as farmers developing a relationship with the land in the early 1900's and it is a connection we continue to foster today. We will continue to strive to make Sacramento, the Farm to Fork Capital, a place where food culture and food education are a top priority.


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Even though Jessie lost her match to Seleana that wasn't the end of the story for either competitor, for starters Seleana was blindsided by her wife Crystal Hilton who subsequently revealed herself to be Christian's Plan C who had attacked Seleana in exchange for a shot at the World Bombshell Championship (which would change hands to Alicia Lukas the following week) but the betrayals didn't end there as Jessie would attack the current holder of the Golden Briefcase Kate Steele backstage and stole her briefcase in the process.
This all lead up to this week's Climax Control emanating from SCW's homebase Las Vegas, Nevada where the unthinkable was about to happen, Jessie was teaming up with Crystal to take on Kate Seleana in a match that would be the Main Event if it weren't for a Roulette Title Match immediately following the match, Jessie looks to get her first win of 2019 and Crystal looks to build momentum towards her promised title match whilst both Kate and Seleana were out for revenge, can Jessie and Crystal win?
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The things I must do get what I fucking deserve.
You all saw what happened the other week, Seleana got blindsided by Crystal who was promised her fifty millionth title shot in exchange whilst I went and stole the Golden Briefcase from Kate and if my intentions for that briefcase weren't clear already, I made them perfectly clear after Alicia won the World Bombshell Championship last week, and that brings us to this week, this week I'm teaming up with Crystal Hilton to take on Kate Steele and Seleana Zdunich.
Let me reiterate that, I'm teaming up with Crystal Hilton, I'm going to be tag team partners with Crystal Hilton, Christian is trying to force me to cooperate with Crystal fucking Hilton!
I wouldn't be surprised if Christian was secretly hoping that I'd have enough of Crystal's bullshit and cave her head in with the Golden Briefcase just so he has an excuse to not honor the agreement and hope that she's completely forgotten about it by the time ger brains have been unscrambled.
As for Kate and Seleana, I'm not worried, the Swedish idiot got lucky the other week (much like she did all the other times Christian put an obstacle in her path) and I know what Kate can do from our time together in the Metal and Punk Connection, true, she also knows what I can do but here's the difference, I'm the better wrestler out of the two of us.
As for why I betrayed her, it's a cutthroat business, get fucking used to it!
"First Ben and now Kate." Shane commented with a sigh and I rolled my eyes knowing exactly where he was going with this. "Is there anyone you won't backstab?"
"Oh, give me a fucking break." I responded as I rolled my eyes. "Ben didn't deserve shit and I stand by it, that so called "legend" doesn't win a title in six years and suddenly he gets a hashtag going and he's the best thing since sliced bread? People call me a choke artist but if anyone's a choke artist it's Ben!" I added as I leaned back. "And notice how he's disappeared from wrestling after he dropped the title to Ty? I rest my case, as for Kate, I'm saying the same thing I said back when I did that rant, it's a cutthroat business."
"A cutthroat business that you said you wouldn't let get to you when you were first starting out." Jake pointed out and I shook my head.
"I was young and naïve at the time, why do you think I went nowhere in those smaller promotions?" I responded with a frown as I folded my arms, and before anyone asks about the elephant in the room, the briefcase is back at the hotel, in the safe, and no, I'm not giving out the password. "It's a dog eat dog business, what I don't get is how wrestlers who have been wrestling longer than I have fail to realize that fact! I guess I'll have to beat some sense into Kate and Seleana on Sunday."
"Yeah, about that." Shane responded as he shifted his weight. "You're not okay with teaming with Crystal on Sunday right?"
"That's like asking me if I'm okay with being unfairly banned from title shots because the company is run by vindictive morons, don't believe me? Look at the hell Christian's put Seleana through." I pointed out before finishing my drink. "I mean, there's no fixing his ugly nose but his nose had healed long before 2018 had ended yet he continues to put Seleana in shit situations and even got her wife to turn on her." I added before shaking my head. "I've said before that this is a cutthroat business, but that attack showed Crystal's true, ugly colors."
"And that's the first thing we've agreed on all week." Jake responded with a chuckle and I gave him an annoyed glare. "Pity said week is almost over." Jake added and I checked the time on my phone.
"Whatever, I've got a promo to do." I responded before I stood up. "I know we want to be back at the hotel for the Hell's Kitchen finale and since metal karaoke's cancelled, you want to call it an early night?"
"Sounds good." Shane nodded as he checked the time on his phone. "Send me a text once your done and we'll meet you outside." Shane added and I nodded before exiting the club, I could already feel a migraine coming as I remembered who I was teaming with on Sunday before I got ready to do my promo.
"So just to recap, asking to be rewarded for years of hard work? Not okay! Beating the crap out of your wife? Totally okay! At least, that seems to be Christian's logic with his latest plan to screw over Seleana all though at this rate? He may as well put her in a battle royal featuring all the other Bombshells on the roster with the person who eliminates Seleana getting a shot at a title of their choice! And that brings me to my next point! This week I'm teaming with someone who, in the real world, would be facing assault/domestic violence charges in Crystal Hilton to take on Kate Steele and Seleana Zdunich.
"I don't know if anyone's picked up on this in the wars I've had with Crystal, both here in SCW and in Honor Wrestling, but we don't get along, and that's me being generous! In fact, I'm convinced that the real reason we're teaming together is that Christian is hoping I'll snap and beat Crystal so badly that he can back out of the agreement! Because come on, do you really think that someone who was that punchable a face finally got punched and is still bitter over it won't try something like that?"
As for my opponents.
"Kate, in case you're wondering, no I don't have the Golden Briefcase with me, and I'm not telling where I'm keeping it, but in the meantime, look forward to my demonstration of what will happen to you when the bosses finally book a match between us! As for you Seleana, I'm surprised you haven't quit at this point! I mean, whatever money Mark's new contract is giving you can't be worth Christian's bullshit! All I'm saying is that he turned your wife against you, how long until Brittany turns against you to further her career? It's a cutthroat business Seleana and this is your wakeup call!"
And with that I decided to wrap things up.
"How the tables have turned! I've gone from bitter enemies with Crystal and best friends with Kate whilst not giving a shit about Seleana to bitter enemies with Kate, still not giving a shit about Seleana and……….being reluctant partners with Crystal! Come on, just because we have similar goals doesn't mean we like each other! This is the Golden Briefcase wielding Heavy Metal Angel Jessie Salco signing off, see you idiots in the ring!"
I texted Shane and waited for them as the scene fades.


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using System.Collections.Generic;

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        /// <param name="name"> The name of the skill which uniquely identifies it within the skillset. A skill with no name defined will be given a default name of its 1-based index in the skills array, prefixed with the character '#'. </param>
        /// <param name="description"> The description of the skill which describes the inputs, outputs, and usage of the skill. </param>
        /// <param name="context"> Represents the level at which operations take place, such as the document root or document content (for example, /document or /document/content). The default is /document. </param>
        /// <param name="inputs"> Inputs of the skills could be a column in the source data set, or the output of an upstream skill. </param>
        /// <param name="outputs"> The output of a skill is either a field in a search index, or a value that can be consumed as an input by another skill. </param>
        /// <param name="defaultLanguageCode"> A value indicating which language code to use. Default is en. </param>
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CLAIBORNE, James Robert
About this object
73rd (1933–1935), 74th (1935–1937)
CLAIBORNE, James Robert, (grandson of Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne, grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne), A Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., June 22, 1882; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1907; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in St. Louis, Mo.; lecturer in the law school at St. Louis University for several years; unsuccessful candidate for judge of the circuit court of the eighth judicial district in 1924; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936; engaged in the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo., until his death there, February 16, 1944; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, "CLAIBORNE, James Robert," https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/CLAIBORNE,-James-Robert-(C000402)/ (January 19, 2021)


Jeff joined us for today's Web Wednesday, and sent over some awesome feedback. I'm posting it up here for further discussion. Thanks, Jeff!
The time frame is just right. I think going over 10 to 15 min is okay, but only for those who want to stick around.
I like the discussion of the frameworks. It gave you an opportunity to talk about how to make things simpler and more efficient but also liked how you put in your opinion of good use and bad use. And then it got a question of..what is a framework. So maybe before that, take into consideration if everyone knows what the "topic" you're about to go into.
I like how there was 2 of you from MagicEdit.
None yet, I think there will be more as more people join and we continue to experience more.
What is the cap on the number of people?
Will Dustin be joining the conversations?
How do you keep from one person dominating the whole 30 min?
Is 12:00 the best time? Was that picked because it might be lunch time?
Are there any other web design / web development firms doing something similar?
Guest speakers in the future?
Topic coverage so you can manage expectations. Like are you going to be open to Photoshop questions? Can people ask about Text Editors? Just saying, I think if you list out some of the topics that you'll be covering that may let people know in advance if they should attend.
Not sure if you're already doing this, putting the video up onto your forums and having the discussion continue.
Opportunity to refer to a recent article.
While you're talking, keep an eye on the chat on the left side, remind people to put up topics. Even if you can't cover them now, it may lead to a topic for next session so you get the person to come back.
See if you can engage other web groups to join in the convo. I know you're listing on SacWebDev, but I'm thinking student groups.
Hope this helps a little bit with the progress. Looking forward to the next one.
Again, thanks for the questions. Regarding knowing what everyone is talking about, in general we're learning that keeping the conversation focused is pretty critical, and maybe repeating the question and giving it a bit of context would help. You're right... not everyone knows what everyone else means (including us!).
What is the cap on the number of people? 10 connections (including us) actually on the hangout, but more can watch live on YouTube and comment there. When we get more people we'll have someone monitor the live comments and mention them on-air.
Will Dustin be joining the conversations? Potentially, but right now we're focusing on the more technical aspects of web design instead of MagicEdit marketing per se.
How do you keep from one person dominating the whole 30 min? With difficulty. If there are lots of people on we'll have to limit them to one or two questions each.
Is 12:00 the best time? Was that picked because it might be lunch time? Yes, and it's in the exact middle of the week. We're open to suggestions on the time, but as we push to more viewers they might not be on the West Coast, so the middle of the day here is still working hours on the East Coast.
Are there any other web design / web development firms doing something similar? Maybe, but the Google+ Hangout thing is still pretty new. But we like to think of ourselves as pioneers.
Guest speakers in the future? Sure. And doing it as a Hangout means they don't have to be on-site.
Topic coverage so you can manage expectations. Like are you going to be open to Photoshop questions? Can people ask about Text Editors? Just saying, I think if you list out some of the topics that you'll be covering that may let people know in advance if they should attend. Good idea. We were also thinking of using #WebWednesdays on Twitter for users to discuss possible topics, or this forum.
Not sure if you're already doing this, putting the video up onto your forums and having the discussion continue. Hear, hear.
Random Giveaways? What do we get?
Opportunity to refer to a recent article. What do you mean?
While you're talking, keep an eye on the chat on the left side, remind people to put up topics. Even if you can't cover them now, it may lead to a topic for next session so you get the person to come back. Maybe a job for a moderator. Often hard to multitask that much.
See if you can engage other web groups to join in the convo. I know you're listing on SacWebDev, but I'm thinking student groups. We're looking, and students are a great idea!


Fashion's digital start-ups are going to have more trouble raising eye-popping sums of money from the suddenly cautious venture capital crowd.
Fashion's digital start-ups are going to have more trouble raising eye-popping sums of money from the suddenly cautious venture capital crowd.
Last year, Warby Parker drummed up $100 million, Farfetch scored $86 million and Moda Operandi brought in $60 million. But the spigot's been turned way down and experts predict that digital fashion players will have a harder time raising money this year. That could come as a shock after a period in which the online retail and apparel scene was defined by start-ups that secured monster rounds of funding, a trend that led to frothy investments and inflated valuations.
Revolution Ventures, the venture capital firm started by AOL's cofounder Steve Case, has already started to recalibrate. The firm invested in just one new deal last year — the insurance start-up PolicyGenius — after investing in five in 2014.
The 11-year-old firm has invested in Shinola and Sweetgreen, and Sieg has personally invested in activewear e-commerce site Carbon 38.
An entrepreneur who started a New York-based, revenue-generating location analytics company called the current venture market disheartening. After closing a seed round last year and pacing six months ahead of schedule on the start-up's 18-month plan, the founder, who requested anonymity, wanted to "capture the moment" by raising a Series A.
Venture capitalists invested $58.8 billion overall in the U.S. last year, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association that used Thomson Reuters data. Upward of 1,400 companies raised funds for the first time, and there were 74 deals involving investments of $100 million or more last year, a nearly 50 percent increase from 2014.
The issue is that many best-in-class e-commerce start-ups (companies being valued at one- to two-times revenues) secured valuations during previous rounds that were many multiples above that.
The reset in valuations could impact both high-flying start-ups and those eager to mimic them. For best-in-class companies, the drop in valuation multiples means when they go to raise another round of funding, they will come away with less. The dynamic could also frustrate investors who bought in at the high. Hudson's Bay Co.'s deal to buy Gilt Groupe for $250 million was nowhere near the $1 billion valuation it once held, leaving some of the flash-sale site's early tech investors grumbling. Last year's fire sale of former e-commerce darling Fab.com for $15 million (it was once valued at $1 billion and raised more than $335 million in funding), as well as the flameouts at Beachmint and Shoedazzle, were wake-up calls to an industry long accustomed to the mantra that fast growth was the priority and profits would come later.
Not any more. It may have taken some time, but the new venture capital motto is: profits matter. Going forward, in order to get funding, companies will have to show a clear path to profitability. A new golden metric is taking shape: first-order positive contribution.
"It's not about underwriting to a contrived, high lifetime value [of a customer] — it's about positive contribution on the first order and the ability to grow a sustainable business with healthy unit economics," Sieg said. That means that on the first order, a business should be able to cover its product costs, shipping and fulfillment, and customer acquisition cost — and still have margin left over.
She compared this to the days of underwriting to lifetime value greater than customer acquisition cost, which can often result in an upside-down business as the cost of customer acquisition goes up and lifetime value trends down. Essentially, start-ups chasing growth with fresh capital can wind up paying heftier prices to acquire a broader base of customers, who aren't necessarily loyal, repeat shoppers and therefore may have lower lifetime values.
Nick Brown, a partner at New York-based venture capital firm 14W, is also zeroing in on profitability.
Brown said companies are either raising a "war chest" of cash to last them indefinitely or focusing on achieving some level of profitability.
Growth, however, isn't necessarily contingent on tons of capital, he said. A business doesn't have to grow quickly or reach profitability; it's not one or the other.
Take two-and-a-half-year-old sneaker brand Greats.
Greats has one retail store in Brooklyn — which compares to the likes of Warby Parker or Bonobos, each of which has more than 20 stores — and Babenzien said the business has solid unit economics and a scalable customer acquisition cost to lifetime value ratio.
Greats raised a $4 million Series A last year and a seed round of $1.5 million in 2014. Industry sources project revenues to hit $20 million to $25 million this year.
That self-financing lesson could be one brands stuck on the funding treadmill might have to learn quickly.


This post is a followup to the Jump Manual review we did not long ago on the subject of vertical jumping.
Another program, called Vert Shock, has established itself as a top vertical jump program that improves the jumping ability of an athlete.
Many basketball players have used Vert Shock to get the ultimate results and have increased their jumping ability significantly.
But there are many precautions to be taken to get things going in the way they're meant to be. The program delivers the key points that can be used to bring out an efficient approach towards the athlete to achieve a desired result.
If you'd rather watch than read, a guy named Phil Clarke made a Vert Shock review and has broken down this program quite thoroughly.
Vert Shock is a program which consists of loads of documentations and other things that are essential for delivering a more efficient approach towards the mission of getting a higher vertical jump. This program has helped a lot of athletes, especially the basketball players as this sport is all about jumping from here to there in order to dunk baskets and to block the opponent.
I'm a big fan of over delivery and Adam Folker's Vert Shock comes in a package which consists of e-books that comprise the major part of the program. These include all the exercises that are to be done during the eight weeks of the program.
The rest of the package is occupied by the diet charts and the training schedule that needs to be followed appropriately for extremely high results to be attained.
Overall the program is an 8 week course split in to 3 phases that are strategically designed to increase your jump in an advanced systematic training.
The creators, Adam Folker and Justin Darlington (the world's highest dunker), guarantee that by following the system in detail one can attain between 9 to 15 inches to his vertical. To prove their claims, they released many Vert Shock results to show people the effectiveness of the Folker System.
So whenever an athlete involves himself in any kind of program or sports activity, he is more likely to get sport injuries every now and then.
I know from experience in sports like basketball and volleyball, the injury rate is very high. These injuries are the result of carelessness caused during the practice of the exercises that are in other programs.
The most severe sport injury that is likely to happen to athletes that delve more into the vertical jumping exercises is the jumper's knee – the area around the knee gets swelled up and the victim gets immobilized due to the pain.
The Vert Shock Folker System contains precautions that are taken before starting to work on the program to avoid any sport injuries. Other programs like BoingVert also do this, but to less extent.
There is an equal and opposite reaction to every action. This is the principle that can be used to explain the need to have stronger legs to prevent any sport injury while practicing vertical jumps and resisting gravity. The stronger the legs will be the higher the stamina will go to get a hold of things.
The exercises that are being done to improve the strength of the legs and to become more immune to injuries like shin splits and jumper's knee, are many in the number.
The stretching exercises in Vert Shock condition the whole body in the process of warming up and help in preventing the sport injuries that are quite common in programs like Air Alert. These exercises help in providing a momentum and activate the explosive parts of the muscle.
Vert Shock is very effective in providing improvement in vertical jumps but if the above mentioned precautions are undertaken the desired result is achieved more efficiently and the results stay for long term too.
One thing to mention though is that the program does not include a weight lifting module, if you're in your teen years it's better to wait until your skeleton is done growing and then incorporate the lifting into your workouts, other wise you might be hurting your growth spurt and stunt your height.
Wait until you're done growing!
For more mature athletes however (usually after the age of 18) no weight lifting would probably be a disadvantage because of several reasons, the most obvious one is that weight lifting keeps your joints more immune to injuries (especially the knees). Another benefit that could come out of it is that the lifting itself, when done in the right volumes, can produce lots of testosterone which is a benefit by itself for high intensity athletes. The reason being is that testosterone is an anabolic hormone and it speeds up the recovery of muscles after a long strain session like a basketball game.
If you are an adult athlete it might be more beneficial to actually go with the jump manual or mix Vert Shock with a strength training routine.


Think Fit celebrates 2 years in business!
On 1st May 2014, Think Fit will be 2 years young! We can't quite believe it's been that long already and are so proud of all of our clients who have endured some challenging workouts and lifestyle changes to achieve fantastic results. So, In honour of our fabulous clients we have decided to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care to mark this milestone.
Cancer has touched so many of our lives more than any other illness so we thought it appropriate to use our birthday celebrations for a good cause.
Marie Curie have been at the forefront of the stories from our clients. Their amazing work helping those living with cancer and giving them a better quality of life is just truly remarkable.
Stay tuned for all the details on the events we will be holding in the coming month. Thanks for all your support so far, we're looking forward to another year of blood, sweat, tears and high fives!
One of Our Most Incredible Transformations Yet!
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Is It Possible to Manage a Secure Business in the Cloud?
"Cloud computing" is not a buzz phrase anymore, but it is essential for most businesses looking to achieve sound business continuity alternatives combined with a comprehensive security model.
What is cloud computing, and what does it do? Very simply, for the end-user, a cloud computing experience is no different than using a desktop/laptop computer. The difference lies primarily on accessing the information directly from a storage media (i.e. hard drive, memory stick) versus using the Internet to access the data.
Today, the phrase represents the logical and physical infrastructure of a sometimes-complex data processing and storage environment. Nonetheless, the end-users' experience should not echo the intricate configurations of private and public systems when they access the data. They will benefit from managing large storage spaces at a lower cost, and they should have the ability to access their data from anywhere as long as they have access to an Internet connection.
There are some inherent risks associated with cloud computing when the business entrusts a third-party or a cloud service provider with confidential and sensitive information. Yet businesses have been taking similar risks for years with other platforms.
A good example is the PCI standards for the "Payment Card Industry." This platform was designed and implemented with strict rules and controls for protecting customers' information stored and managed on third-party platforms. Would you say that PCI is a perfect model for security standards? No, but it provides the industry and consumers with regulations and guidelines to help protect a massive amount of sensitive information stored around the world.
As for the cloud security industry, it is still in its infancy and is continually developing new standards and processes, as well as updating current ones as the industry evolves. Nonetheless, the primary foundation of its infrastructure comes from a variety of traditional frameworks already built with tested security in mind.
By itself, prior to starting the design and implementation of a significant project like a cloud environment, stakeholders have to look at the type of cloud deployment models and cloud service models that best suit their businesses. The following summarize the basic models at a high level as the complexities of some of the models are out of scope for this paper.
The most common deployment models are "Private," "Public," "Hybrid," and "Community." In brief, the "Private" cloud refers to an infrastructure serving only one business organization operating and maintaining it internally. This can be done on-site or off-site, depending on the business compliance requirements. Still, it is also possible to have a third-party vendor manage a private cloud environment, as it is no different than other business operations that the organization might be contracting out. In this case, it is evident the business would need to have strong vendor security policies in place, as well as structured and well-defined contracts with a focus on data protection, ownership and multi-tenancy agreements, to name a few.
In the case of a "Public" cloud infrastructure, it will normally use a network open for public access or use cloud services owned by a large industry group managing the cloud infrastructure. In this case, the business does not own the infrastructure handling its data, but it still owns its intellectual property the service provider is managing for them.
Currently, most businesses deploying a cloud environment will use a "Hybrid" model. This is to be expected when making a strategic decision and adopting a technology environment, such as a cloud infrastructure that is still in its infancy. Using a hybrid model will often facilitate the business to move its intellectual property in phases from a private infrastructure to a public one while the business is adjusting to its environment and increasing its general comfort zone with the technology.
Lastly, the "Community" cloud infrastructure will normally be shared by several businesses with common requirements and/or interests such as financial institutions, health care, and law enforcement, for example. It may be managed by the businesses/organizations or by a third-party subject to various requirements, regulations, or laws. For instance, financial institutions are subject to a number of regulations and compliance policies very specific to their functions and operations. As such, a cloud environment fostering their specific industry requirements makes for a great channel for them to share sensitive information or audit their business activities without having to necessarily share with third-party entities.
All deployment models have positive and negative characteristics to take into consideration if you are in a position to decide on choosing the most fitting one. However, one should be aware of some basic facts inherent to the different models. For example, the private and public cloud models have very similar architecture elements, but their scalability and flexibility are quite different. The private cloud infrastructure is more limited to the individual business owning the infrastructure versus a public cloud environment. The public and community models have the capability of sharing resources over a large cluster of businesses and resources, hence the higher amount of possible configurations to share resources and processing power.
The flexibility and scalability of a public model infrastructure meeting the business demand and requirements makes for a very attractive product for businesses starting up or wanting to grow without the substantial expenses of upgrading and maintaining the additional resources. However, the public cloud environment will store multiple business owner data in the same virtual container ("multitenancy") safeguarded with various encryption tools and security policies.
For this type of configuration, it might not be as accessible and recoverable because of the location of the data that is not as clearly defined as a private model infrastructure.
Once a business has decided on a deployment model fitting their environment, it will be essential to identify the proper type of services model that will most benefit the business and its security requirements. There are three main service models: Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
The SaaS model is essentially a platform for a business to run providers' applications using the cloud infrastructure. A good example is the Microsoft Office 365, which enables users to run key Microsoft Office applications on their system and mobile devices with the help of an Internet connection. With this model, there is no need to maintain or purchase the latest application version; by leasing the service access, a user can run the application anywhere as long as s/he is connected. In this particular environment, the clear disadvantage is the connectivity condition of the thin client application and the variety of devices' requirements running the application.
The IaaS model offers access to a pool of resources necessary for the proper operations of a computing environment such as connectivity essentials, various computing hardware, Application Programming Interfaces ("APIs"), and facilities.
Finally, PaaS provides a service where there is no need to manage the core servers, the networks, storage infrastructure, or any other components necessary for an application platforms such as a database where the users need to run Python, PHP, or other coding programs for instance.
For a business to consider converting its operations to a cloud model, it is necessary for stakeholders to understand and review the different cloud services and deployments models in order to implement the most suitable models in line with the industry where the business operates. In addition, it is important to recognize the potential risks similarities between the more traditional business network infrastructure environments versus the ones using a cloud computing environment.
Various legal orders that might expose the business data because it is hosted in a multitenancy architecture for example.
In a nutshell, a cloud computing infrastructure is simply another option for a business to have the ability to operate within a sound information security model and maintain simple CIA (Confidentiality-Integrity-Availability) practices and procedures.