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Salt Lake City is the cultural capital and headquarters for the Mormon community and a self-contained, rapidly growing, cosmopolitan but tradition-oriented city. Mormon settlers originally chose the location for its isolation and favorable agricultural resources. Today it serves as a major commercial and cultural center for the large intermountain U.S. west region, and is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative to crowded Pacific destinations.
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A favorable business climate has led to the development of a wide range of industries, from traditional manufactured goods to a growing base of new-economy products. The growth has attracted migrants from other places west (especially California) seeking less crowding, lower living cost, and employment opportunities in a pleasant climate. Proximity to outstanding outdoor recreation, including skiing, rafting, and hiking in the Wasatch Mountains, is almost without comparison among large metropolitan areas. By contrast, the desert areas to the west offer little recreation or economic interest.
Downtown Salt Lake is beautiful, with boulevards originally designed by Mormons to be wide enough for wagons to make a U-turn. The city itself preserves a clean, dignified character enhanced by the capitol and government buildings and the various landmarks and sites of the Mormon Church. Extensive commercial and industrial areas spread south and west of I-15. Aside from Ogden to the north, most of the area's growth has spread south along a 40-mile stretch of relatively flat valley ending at Provo.
A string of attractive family-oriented suburbs starts about 5 miles south of downtown and east of I-15 against the mountains; Sandy and Draper are the largest. Because of limited geography and high growth, the city is experiencing some crowding, traffic congestion, smog, and a rise in the cost of living. But the economy is strong, there is plenty to do, the climate is generally pleasant, the population is educated, and good housing values can be found. The Mormon community maintains a strong influence on state government; conservative policies on alcohol and other matters are uncomfortable for some.
Salt Lake City is located in a dramatic valley surrounded by high mountains on three sides and the Great Salt Lake to the northwest. The city center is flat but the Wasatch Mountains to the east have peaks to 12,000 feet. The dry Oquirrh Mountains to the southwest of the city have peaks to above 10,000 feet. Heavily influenced by the mountains and the Great Salt Lake, the climate is semiarid continental with four distinct seasons. Summers have hot, dry weather, but high temperatures are generally tolerable because of low humidity and cool nights.
Winters are cold but usually not severe. Mountains to the north block some cold air and the salt lake moderates cold from the northwest. Average annual snowfall is under 60 inches at the airport but much higher in the mountains. Heavy fog can develop under temperature inversions in the winter and persist for several days. In summer, the mountain ranges help to develop thunderstorms, which drift over the valley, particularly the eastern portion. The lake and mountains together create summer breezes and more precipitation than would otherwise occur in this high-desert environment. Heavy precipitation comes from Pacific storms in spring. First freeze is mid-October, last is late April.
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Zip Codes: 84119 84120 84128
Time zone: Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Elevation: 4260 ft above sea level
The unemployment rate in West Valley City is 3.1% (U.S. avg. is 3.9%). Recent job growth is Positive. West Valley City jobs have increased by 1.51%. More Economy
Compared to the rest of the country, West Valley City's cost of living is 14.50% higher than the U.S. average. More Cost of Living or Compare West Valley City's Cost of Living
Salt Lake county voted Republican in three of the five previous Presidential elections, voting Democratic in 2008 and 2016. More Voting Stats
West Valley City's population is 135,546 people. Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 8.44%. Learn More...
Average Commute time is 22 minutes. The National Average is 26 minutes. Learn More...
The median home cost in West Valley City is $285,200. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 13.30%. Check out the homes in the area
West Valley City public schools spend $9,007 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $12,383. There are about 23.6 students per teacher in West Valley City. More Education
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Further West is Good - 4/25/2015
West Valley City has 3 pretty distinct areas/neighborhoods. They're separated by zip code. East of the 3200 W can be pretty rough. I would not live there. Between the... Read More
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Steam is a simple way of cooking. But steam, always the best method to cook seafood. The freshness and the natural sweetness of the seafood can be retained after cooking. Steamed prawns is a popular Chinese dish. The prawns have to be really fresh, not much seasoning needed, make sure not over cook and serve hot.
In a deep plate, add in all ingredients except coriander. Mix well.
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I recently got a new purse for New Year's Eve. When I did, I was tasked, for the first time in many months, with emptying out the bag I had been using daily before my new purchase. When I did, I saw all the things I had slowly accumulated—and it was terrifying. But in an impressive, terrifying way, like how a raccoon is probably able to look at all the trash it's foraged and feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. Not that my habits are like a wild animal's (well...), but let's just say I have issues remembering to throw things away. It's not the worst vice to have, but it's also definitely not cute. But I'm not alone: The bottoms of purses are universally disgusting.
The problem with big bags (like mine, like bags all of us have), is that they just hold SO MUCH. This is both a blessing and a curse, because everyone just sort of expects you to carry everything and provide the antidote for every situation, like you're a human CVS. Bottles, tubes, medicine...you name it, you're probably carrying it. Clearly, not all ladies have the same purse maintenance issues, but ugh—so many of us do. The struggle, as they say, is real. Here are 14 things that pretty much any woman is bound to have stashed away in her infinite sack of wonders.
If this has ever happened to you, then I really, truly feel your pain. I just spent an hour scrubbing at a Chapstick tube that happened to nestle up against a melting piece of gum, and you know what? The stickiness never actually goes away. Your marker or lip gloss will always feel like it was once enveloped in gum. You're honestly lucky if the gum didn't end up destroying the bottom of your bag like horrible lava.
Let's be real: You have at least five lip balms or lip glosses, and half of them are really, really old and don't even smell like anything, anymore.
The period products themselves aren't gross, but their condition after floating around the bottom of your purse forever is a little unsavory. Every lady's got a "Just In Case I Get My Period Randomly, Ugh" tampon or two, but at this point, it might be wiser (and more hygienic) to just shove some toilet paper in your underwear.
On the plus side, everything in your bag is slightly minty. Downside: the white powder makes you look like a really bad coke dealer.
We all have snacks for those "You Never Know How Long This Will Take" moments, and those foods tend to be Ritz crackers, packs of Milanos, Cheez-Its, sometimes food for our kids if we have them because little humans get hungry, too. These wrapped goods are often forgotten, however, and time is never all that kind to them. No matter how careful we are, we will end up with crumbs in the bottom of our purses forever.
What once smelled like "lemongrass" now smells like asphalt, the white coloring has turned yellow, and the thought of exposing your flesh to this complimentary poison is a little frightening.
At this point, you don't even know what it holds. Your 2009 taxes? Awful love poems? Photos of last summer's Vegas trip?
They're round, orange, have vaguely discolored the bottom of your bag, and have lost their potency. It's probably wise not to consume them.
Eww—Is that smeared poop on your wallet? Nope, just the brown, chocolate-y remains of your 3AM, post-bar bodega grab.
You stuck it in your bag because you're a responsible, sexually active adult, but if you actually asked anyone to wear it, you would probably get every shade of pregnant in like two seconds because there is no chance that thing works anymore.
There is no real reason for you to have animal food that smells like dead fish in your possession. There just isn't. Yet there they are, stinking up your bag and confusing your pet every time you walk past them.
There is nothing gross about taking care of your body when it forgets how to process food, OK? We all get bloated, we all have to poop, and sometimes we just feel sick because life is unfair. But HEAVEN FORBID a co-worker or date spot these somewhat embarrassing, iconic little pink tablets. Life = over.
It either only contains a thin outer layer, or it has cracked like a fault long ago and you just keep it for sentimentality. Or you use it and probably break out. There is no winning here. We all need to be better about throwing out too-old makeup, but we're just not. Instead, we let it become fossilized in the dark recesses of our purses.
You might be a hoarder, but you're sure as hell not a litter bug. YOU'RE WELCOME, ENVIRONMENT.


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The Miracle Man is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney and based on a 1914 play by George M. Cohan, which in turn is based on the novel of the same title by Frank L. Packard. The film was released by Paramount Pictures, directed, produced, and written by George Loane Tucker, and also stars Thomas Meighan and Betty Compson. The film made overnight successes of the three stars, most notably putting Chaney on the map as a character actor.

Paramount remade the film in 1932 also titled The Miracle Man with Hobart Bosworth, Chester Morris, John Wray, and Sylvia Sidney. Today, the majority of the 1919 film is considered lost, with only two fragments, totaling about three minutes, surviving.

Plot
The film takes place in a small, New England town in 1919 (the Broadway play 1914), where a group of con men plan to use a faith healer to collect money.

In New York City's Chinatown, four crooks conspire to swindle a small New England town. The gang consists of Tom Burke (Thomas Meighan), the head of the group; Rose (Betty Compson), a con artist posing as a street walker; "The Dope" (J.M. Dumont), who pretends to pimp Rose; and The Frog (Lon Chaney), a contortionist.

The plan is clear: in a small town outside of Boston there is a Patriarch (Joseph Dowling) who has been healing people. The group heads to the town and plans to use the Patriarch in a faith healing scheme. When the townspeople gather to see the Patriarch heal the sick, the Frog is there, posing as a cripple. As he crawls to the path of the man, his limbs become straightened and soon he walks to the Patriarch, supposedly healed. Unexpectedly, a crippled boy, his faith in the Patriarch overpowering him, loses his crutches and runs to the Patriarch.

The story spreads across the country (mostly on account of Burke), and people flock in from all over to visit the Patriarch and be healed. When a millionaire, Richard King (W. Lawson Butt), brings his sister to be healed, he gives Burke $50,000 after the Patriarch cures her. During this visit, King meets Rose, and the two fall in love.

Meanwhile, all is not well with Burke. One by one, he sees his gang disbanding because, unbeknownst to him, the healing power of the Patriarch is at work. The Dope gives up his drug addiction, The Frog gives up his life of crime and takes care of a widow left all alone, and Rose laments King's departure.

Burke becomes jealous, but when King returns to propose marriage to Rose, she realizes that she loves Burke.  The Patriarch dies, and the two lovers begin anew.

Cast

Background and production
Initially intended as a vehicle for Meighan after he saw the Cohan play, Cohan sold the rights to the story to Paramount for $25,000. Packard sold the rights to his original novel for $17,500. George Loane Tucker had previously been hailed as one of the "first of the immortals" of film directors after his 1913 success, Traffic in Souls. Alfred A. Grasso, an assistant director on the film, would later go on to serve as Lon Chaney's business manager and personal friend.

Lon Chaney was chosen by director George Loane Tucker, and this was his eighth film as a free-lance artist after leaving Universal Studios in 1918.  His work in the William S. Hart picture, Riddle Gawne established him as a character actor of some notoriety, but it was The Miracle Man that would put both his acting and makeup skills (for which he was famous) to the test. Chaney auditioned for the part of The Frog in Tucker's office, grotesquely contorting his body. Tucker was reportedly "shaken" by the intensity of Chaney's performance.

This film version is more based on the novel than the stage play. However, neither the movie nor the stage play used the character names from the novel.

Reception
The Miracle Man was well received by both critics and audiences. Initially produced for $126,000, the film grossed $1,000,000 in theatrical rentals and became the second highest-grossing film of 1919. During the film's run at the Orchestra Hall in Chicago, (where it broke all house records), airplanes dropped free tickets and brass coins which read "The Miracle Man is here" printed on one side and "Have faith, keep this" on the other.

Because of the film's success, it launched its leads, Compson, Meighan and Chaney, into stardom. Meighan later went on to major leading roles while Chaney became one of the highest paid character actors in Hollywood until his death in 1930. Compson's name rose above the titles of most of the movies she made for the rest of the silent era. George Loane Tucker received critical success from the film and planned more, but only completed one more film before his death in 1921.

In 1920, Photoplay magazine held a "Letter Contest" polling their readers regarding their twelve favorite films.  The Miracle Man ranked at #1, beating out Broken Blossoms, The Birth of a Nation, and The Kid.

Contemporary Reviews
"Since BEN HUR nothing approaching this has been seen on stage or screen, and it has BEN HUR beaten seven ways for real sentiment. It is simpler, more true to life as we know it, and so more effective...Commercially, this is a picture that will coin money. Artistically, it marks hope's triumph over experience." ---Variety

"Pictorially, the drama is a succession of compositions that have true artistic form. The conception and handling of the scenes in which The Frog is the central figure...are daring and masterly. Only in the drawings of Dore for Victor Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame can such criminal monstrosities be found...Three of the performances in the picture are sufficiently meritorious to rank with any impersonation so far known to the screen. These performances are the Tom Burke of Thomas Meighan, the Rose of Betty Compson, and The Frog of Lon Chaney." ---Moving Picture World

"If ever a play made stars, this one will. Whose is the finest performance? Really, I don't know. I should say that honors are even, gauged only by the various opportunities...Lon Chaney is so good as the Frog that I cannot think of anyone who could have played that grotesque monster as effectively." ---Photoplay

"It has been shown that thru the magic of the motion picture the people can be dazzled by pagentry, thrilled by magnificent spectacle and the simulation of dramatic perils. But they become sated with these mechanical ingenuities and extravagances. It is when the secret places of the heart are opened to them that the response is greatest, as to this revelation of the silent power of faith and purity, in a story unfolding in the beauty and fragrance of a flower. / We would not envy the man or woman, however intellectual, who could see this simple drama unmoved, who would not confess deriving from it a new sense of kinship with humanity and a deeper understanding of the spiritual forces of existence. ---Motion Picture News

"Unusually good work is done by Thomas Meighan, Betty Compson and Lon Chaney in a picture which will please all movie enthusiasts and convert a few more." ---New York Times

"Lon Chaney as the deformed cripple, The Frog, does some of the best work of his career.....(Mr. Chaney offers a bit of character study that will entrench him firmly in the minds of those who witness it.  George Loane Tucker has given the screen a masterpiece." ----Exhibitors Trade Review

"The Miracle Man is the most exceptionally entertaining and trememdously appealing dramatic production I have ever seen....Lon Chaney, in an exceptional characterization, will be remembered forever by everyone who sees this film." ---Wid's Film Daily

Preservation

The majority of The Miracle Man is now lost.
However, two fragments of the film survive: the first is a segment of one of Paramount's Movie Milestone series, Movie Memories (1935), showcasing the studios' greatest achievements.  This clip shows both a segment from the conclave in Chinatown as well as the healing scene, which was praised by critics as one of the most powerful scenes yet put on film. A nitrate print of Movie Memories is reportedly at the UCLA Film and Television Archive but has not yet been preserved.

The second clip that survives is part of a short promotional film called The House That Shadows Built (1931) made for Paramount's 20th anniversary of its founding in 1912. This footage was used when a full print of the film still existed. All told, a total of only about 3 minutes of the film exists at this point.

Home media
The documentary Movie Milestones with the surviving fragments was released from Blackhawk Films in 8mm format in the 1970s. These fragments were featured in the 1995 documentary Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask, produced by Kino International and included on the 2012 DVD release version of The Penalty (1920).

References

External links

The Miracle Man at Virtual History
surviving lantern slide
Lon Chaney and Ruby Lafayette
Betty Compson and W. Lawson Butt; #1,..#2
grave of forgotten cast member JM Dumont(John Monte Dumont) (findagrave)

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1910s English-language films
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Silent American drama films
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Films directed by George Loane Tucker
Films set in 1919
Films set in Massachusetts
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Scholars remain divided over how to assess the extent of literacy in the Greco‐Roman period. Portraits showing girls holding the stylus and wax tablet of the student suggest that among the elite some level of education extended to women, but on the evidence of documentary papyri, far fewer women than men were able to sign their names, and women who were able to write often pointed out that fact explicitly. The cities and larger villages of Egypt had teachers who drilled children in the rudiments of reading and writing Greek as well as the study of classic texts. Further education would require sending each young person, accompanied by a family slave, off to Alexandria in search of a suitable tutor.
Even among those who could read, the difficulty of deciphering texts in which all the letters were run together (the standard way in which ancient texts are written) often made it preferable to listen to a slave who was trained to read such texts aloud. We can deduce which texts were most in demand by studying the literary papyri. Homeric texts are by far the most frequently found, with considerable numbers of texts by Demosthenes, Euripides, and Hesiod as well. Technical manuals on such subjects as medicine and astrology also show up in papyri fragments. Among the papyri that have been discovered are some that were orders to and from a book dealer in Oxyrhynchus: Outgoing orders seek dialogues of Plato and works of Homer, Menander, Euripides, and Aristophanes. The dealer acknowledges receipt of treatises on such edifying subjects as "On Training," "On Marriage," "On Freedom from Pain," "On the Uses of Parents," "On the Uses of Domestic Slaves," and Book 3 of a work by Poseidonios, "On Persuasion" (see P. Oxy. 1153; 2192). Apparently this dealer's clientele read for self‐improvement or practical purposes as much as for entertainment or philosophical enlightenment.
The requirements of reading Torah may have made basic schooling even more necessary for Jewish boys, for whom the Bible would replace Homer as the text. Assimilated Jews in cities like Tarsus and Alexandria, however, saw to it that their sons received instruction in the classics as well. Philo defends the practice of sending Jewish students on to the more advanced instruction in arithmetic, geometry, music, and philosophy at the equivalent of a secondary school, the gymnasium ( Special Laws 2.229–30 ). Educational centers like Alexandria and Tarsus had numerous schools of rhetoric to further a young man's ability to take his place in public affairs by training him to speak fluently and write persuasively. Although Paul insists that eloquence ("wisdom") is not needed to communicate the truth of the gospel (1 Cor 1.17 ) and disclaims any use of such methods (1 Cor 2.4; 2 Cor 11.6 ), both his opponents (2 Cor 10.10 ) and contemporary scholars notice a high degree of rhetorical art in his letters. Even his refusal to engage in the sort of rhetorical discourse that would please his audience exhibits familiarity with such arts (see the "fool's speech," 2 Cor 11.1–12.13 ).
It is more difficult to assess the kind of education received by boys growing up in the Galilean towns and villages. In an oral society, persons can be highly skilled and even have extensive cultural knowledge, such as Jesus' knowledge of Scripture, without being able to read or write. Luke 4.16 presumes that Jesus was literate, though Luke may be speaking from the perspective of an urban class that assumes literate habits as a normal part of education. The Jewish historian Josephus writing in the 90s CE makes no such assumption. Weekly Torah study can be accomplished orally: "He [Moses] appointed the Law to be most excellent and a necessary form of instructions, ordaining that it be heard not once or twice or several times, but that every week men should quit their other occupations and assemble to listen to the Law and obtain a thorough and accurate knowledge of it" (Ag. Apion 2.175 ).
The first‐century CE synagogue building at Gamla in the Golan lacks the elaborate religious features of later synagogues like that at Capernaum. It consists of a central nave created by two rows of columns and four levels of stone benches set in steps along the walls. Without the ritual bath attached to the complex there would be nothing to distinguish it from an ordinary assembly hall. There is no evidence of a Torah shrine built into the walls, of a fixed elevated podium from which Torah was read, or of a seat of honor near the center; presumably Torah reading and instruction took place in the central area. The architectural space of the synagogue could serve a variety of community functions, from teaching and worship to legal proceedings and social gathering.
Another form of education required by Jesus and his disciples involves skills specific to their individual trades. Measuring, counting, and recording skills necessary to building or running a fishing business could have been taught on an apprentice basis. Tax collectors had to keep records of persons and amounts. Officials in the local Jewish community also had to collect the annual half‐shekel paid to the Temple by all Jewish males (Ex 30.11–16; Mt 17.24–27 ). Such practical skills must have been taught, but little evidence of the process survives. Though not considered "education" by the literate, rhetorically trained elite of the Greco‐Roman cities or by the literate scribes learned in Jewish Torah, such skills would distinguish Jesus and his disciples from others in their villages.

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President Obama's reelection campaign, which only two months ago fretted that it was losing the money race to Republican challenger Mitt Romney, said Saturday that it was on the cusp of raising $1 billion for the 2012 election after posting its strongest fundraising month of the year.
The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $181 million last month, easily eclipsing the $114 million that they had raised together in August. The number falls just shy of the all-time monthly record of $193 million, which was set by Obama in September 2008.
Campaign manager Jim Messina wrote in an e-mail to supporters that Obama's fundraising efforts in 2012 mark "a historic record for grass-roots politics." The campaign says it has collected more than 10 million individual donations so far this year.
The September haul caps a turnaround in Obama's financial status since May. He fell behind his Republican opponent in monthly fundraising through July, but he edged out Romney in August, $114 million to $112 million.
Obama has raised nearly half his money through small donations with aggressive solicitation programs targeting e-mail, social media and cellphone texting services. Last month's fundraising also included the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte and a notable bump in the polls for the president in subsequent weeks.
The impressive fundraising total comes on the heels of Obama's widely panned performance at the first presidential debate in Denver. Romney's campaign has not announced a September fundraising total yet but said it had a surge in donations this week after Wednesday's debate.
The September tally means Obama is close to surpassing his total fundraising for 2008, when the campaign and the DNC jointly brought in just under $1 billion overall. He and his allies, including super PACs, had raised about $780 million through August, Federal Election Commission data show. Romney and his supporters had raised about the same, but much more of it has come from well-funded super PACs that are not bound by political contribution limits.
The Obama campaign said Saturday that out of 1.83 million individual donors in September, nearly 570,000 had never given before in 2012 or 2008.
Even with the good numbers, the president's reelection campaign is still pushing for more.


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Q: How to subtract data in firebase firestore in React-Native I have a question.
I want to subtract A and B.
A is data in firebase firestore.
B is data in react native app.
Here is my code.
const purchaseStory = async () => {
    if (rabbit.rabbitAmount < price) {
      console.log('impossible');
    } else {
      console.log('do you want to buy?');

      //console.log(amount);
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        id: user.id,
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      });
    }
  };

export function setRabbitAmount({id, price}) {
  return userRabbitsCollection.doc(id).update({
    rabbitAmount: rabbitAmount - price, **// is A**
  });
}

current state: A is 100 / B is 35
expect result: A is changed to 65
current result: NaN
what should I do if I get the expected result?
I try to change the code
export function setRabbitAmount({id, price}) {
  return userRabbitsCollection.doc(id).update({
    rabbitAmount: rabbitAmount - price, **// is A**
  });
}

--> rabbitAmount: this.rabbitAmount-price
but the result is still NaN

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Tourist 'crushed by whale's tail' in Australia
SYDNEY — A tourist snorkelling off Australia's pristine northwest coast was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after being struck by a whale, medics said Monday (Aug 3).
The victim was exploring near the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef in the Indian Ocean when she was struck by the tail of one of the whales.
The victim was exploring near the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef in the Indian Ocean when she was struck by the tail of one of the giant creatures.
St John Ambulance service told AFP they transferred the woman to a remote airport for evacuation and emergency treatment in Perth.
She sustained "chest injuries" and was said to be in a "serious but stable condition," after suffering a "crush from being hit by a whale's tail," a spokesperson said.
Other reports said the 29-year-old was struck by a whale shark, the world's largest fish which can reach a length of 15 metres.
The area is well known for its close encounters with whale sharks and the even larger humpbacks.
Both species are normally cautious around boats and humans. AFP
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text: HomeMy Public PortalAboutRecreational Marijuana ZoningEffective March 12, 2018 Page 1 of 3 § 179-38.2 Recreational Marijuana Establishments a. Recreational Marijuana Establishments (RME) shall conform to 935 CMR 500.000: Adult Use of Marijuana, and shall only be permitted pursuant to this Section and the requirements stated herein. b.The special permit granting authority for RMEs shall be the Planning Board. c.A special permit granted under this section shall have a term limited to the duration of the applicant's ownership or lease of the premises for an RME, as licensed by the Massachusetts licensing authority. Any new license for an existing RME location or transfer of an existing license to a new owner of an RME shall require a new special permit pursuant to Section 179-51 and site plan review pursuant to Section 179-64 of the Brewster zoning bylaws. § 179-38.3 Applicability of Regulations a.The cultivation, production, processing, manufacturing, assembly, packaging, retail or wholesale sale, trade, distribution or dispensing of marijuana is prohibited unless licensed by all applicable Massachusetts licensing authorities and permitted as a RME under this section. b.Pursuant to MGL c.94G, §3(a)(2), the number of recreational Marijuana Retailers shall be limited to one (1) establishment in Brewster which is fewer than 20 per cent of the number of licenses issued within the Town for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises where sold under MGL c.138 §15 (package store licenses). Any Medical Marijuana Dispensary, licensed or registered not later than July 1, 2017 engaged in retail sale of marijuana or marijuana products, shall be exempt from this limitation for purposes of converting from a Medical Marijuana Dispensary to a recreational Marijuana Retailer. c.The number of any type of RMEs, except recreational Marijuana Retailers, shall be limited to not more than two (2) of the same type of RME in Brewster. d.On-site consumption of recreational marijuana products at RMEs shall be prohibited unless permitted by a local ballot initiative process, as allowed by MGL 94G §3(b). e.RMEs are commercial uses and shall be located in stand-alone structures, not connected to any other building or use. f.Hours of operation for recreational Marijuana Retailers shall not exceed the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) maximum hours of operation for liquor licenses not to be drunk on premises pursuant to MGL 138 §15 but may be limited by conditions of the special permit. Effective March 12, 2018 Page 2 of 3 § 179-38.4 Definitions Any term not specifically defined herein shall have the meaning as defined in MGL c.94G, §1 and the Cannabis Control Commission Regulations 935 CMR 500.00 governing Adult Use Marijuana. a.''Recreational Marijuana Establishment'' shall mean a marijuana cultivator, marijuana testing facility, marijuana product manufacturer, marijuana retailer or any other type of licensed marijuana-related business as defined in MGL c.94G, §1 or the Cannabis Control Commission Regulations 935 CMR 500.00. b."Marijuana Retailer" - an entity licensed by the Cannabis Control Commission to purchase and deliver recreational marijuana and marijuana products from marijuana establishments and to deliver, sell or otherwise transfer recreational marijuana and marijuana products to marijuana establishments and to consumers, as defined in MGL c.94G, §1 and the Cannabis Control Commission Regulations 935 CMR 500.00 governing Adult Use Marijuana c."Medical Marijuana Dispensary" - an entity registered by the Department of Public Health or the Cannabis Control Commission that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes, transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers medical use marijuana, products containing medical use marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to registered qualifying patients or their personal caregivers. § 179-38.5 General Requirements a.No RME shall be located within 500 feet, as measured from each lot line of the subject lot, of the following pre-existing uses: a K-12 educational use; childcare center; public park; playground; or children's camp. b.Applicants for an RME shall provide the licensing agent's approved security plan to the Police Chief and Fire Chief prior to the granting of a Special Permit. c.An approved Host Community Agreement shall be required prior to the granting of a Special Permit for a RME. § 179-(XX)(Reserved) 179-11 Table of Use Regulations R-R R-L R-M C-H V-B I MRD PWS-CF Marijuana Cultivator - - - S - S - - Marijuana Product Manufacturer - - - S - S - - Effective March 12, 2018 Page 3 of 3 -= Prohibited S = Special Permit Independent Testing Laboratory - - - S - S - - Marijuana Retailer - - - S S - - - Any Other Licensed Recreational Marijuana Establishment - - - S - S - - Medical Marijuana Dispensary (MMD) - - - S S - - -


This has been handcrafted by IWANAGA. It has been molded by the potter's wheel. She painted 遠望連瀧図 enbo renro-zu in underglaze blue. It is mizusashi container for fresh-water in Japanese tea ceremony.This comes with a signed wooden box.


Has Facebook become too big for its boots by throttling organic reach?
Is Facebook pushing away brands who don't want to pay to post with its move from earned media to paid ads?
Facebook has been reducing the number of people that can see brand posts since it became a public company in May 2012. After IPO Facebook had to generate cash and increase revenue.
When Facebook first introduced pages it encouraged brands to shift from the groups that they were using to communicate with fans. For a while page engagement worked really well.
Now Facebook limits organic reach to encourage brands to pay to ensure their posts are seen by as many followers as possible. Without this paid reach, brands can expect to see their numbers decline over time. Its Edge Rank algorithm means that less and less fans see page posts.
Brands started to notice reductions in views across pages during 2013. Facebook had to show a profitable return for its investors. But in increasing its revenue by paid ads and sponsored stories it has throttled its organic reach.
About 15 percent of Facebook posts are viewed by fans who have liked a page. It doesn't seem to matter whether the likes are from real or from fake users which have been bought. The BBC ran an experiment in which it paid for likes. It set up a fake "Virtual Bagels" page which quickly gained thousands of followers.
Facebook page impressions have dropped by over half for many brands. Organic reach has decreased. 41 29 Agency carried out organic reach analysis and found that organic reach seems to be related to the number of Fans a page has.
The company also found that page engagement does not affect the organic reach of posts on Facebook.
Last August the company Charity Engine blogged about why it quit Facebook. It posted test adverts to connect with users in advance of launching its app. The company managed to get over 500,000 fans on Facebook in advance of launch day.
Charity Engine then discovered that many of its website stats differed from stats Facebook reported. Some users had left the company web page even before the page had fully loaded and were not engaging with the brand page. It realised that most of its users were fake.
US users accounted for almost ten thousand likes of the Charity Engine page and the UK had 3,471 likes. A whopping 133,550 users who liked the page were from Pakistan.
At the time Facebook blamed the lack of reach on the brands itself.It said that the low visibility was due to "low-quality content" which was optimised out of the news feed.
Charity Engine insisted that the fans on its page were fake. It stopped publishing posts on its Facebook page and moved its activities to Google + where it has 185 followers.
In March 2013 the food company Eat24 posted a breakup letter to Facebook. In this post, the company explained why it was going to delete its page on April 1st. It explained that Facebook used to be cool. But then Facebook told the brand that it had to pay to let friends see the post.
Eat23 duly deleted its Facebook page and has switched activities to its Twitter account instead.
Paid reach is the only way to achieve good reach on Facebook. Posting decisions made without data to back up the decision is just a waste of money.
Making an impact depends on the type of post, the content calendar and publishing schedule. Without these considerations, brands are throwing money away.
Its three-page document "Generating business results on Facebook" released in 2013 Facebook maintains that its daily reach is huge. In the UK its reach equals the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony on BBC One and its has 1.4 x greater monthly reach in Brazil than pay TV.
Facebook's goal is to show "the right content to the right people at the right time". It is paying off as Facebook now knows what makes for high quality content. It continually optimises its newsfeed to give its users the "most relevant experience".
It emphasises that if content is engaging — with clicks, likes and shares — then the impact on organic reach is minimised. Its algorithm uses over a thousand different factors such as page profiles, how often that page is hidden and how fan bases overlap with fan bases for other brands.
Does Facebook prefer great cash reserves over great content? Is it going to squeeze businesses until only the big brands continue to invest in paid posts? Small to medium businesses can not afford to buy promoted posts on a regular basis.
Home site The Whoot posts content on Facebook regularly. It continually asks its fans to subscribe to its newsletter to keep getting this engaged content. It knows that over time its post visibility will continue to decline as Facebook continues to change its game .
Perhaps Facebook is really a better option for large brands with huge marketing budgets. Smaller brands might like to consider returning to e-mail newsletters for their marketing efforts.
If Facebook has grown too large to care, brands can still control the open rate by creating engaging content — on email — created just for them.


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Since the 7th century AD monks across the whole of Europe have produced and sold beer, life-sustaining, thirst quenching beer. In 1086, the Domesday book records the brewing of almost 70,000 gallons of ale by monks, whilst Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire once brewed 60 barrels of strong ale every 10 days.
Like the monks before us, Northern Monk is commited to creating the highest quality beers combining the best of traditional monastic brewing values with a progressive approach to ingredients and techniques. Homed in a Grade II listed mill in the spiritual heart of the industrial revolution, Northern Monk takes thousands of years of brewing heritage and tradition and combines them with the best of both local and internationally sourced ingredients, crafting beers to excite, to savour, to taste and to remember… True North
Our Brewery A home not just to our beer, but also a destination to support and showcase like-minded brands and creatives who share our vision of craftsmanship, quality and our appreciation of timeless design, transcending the stereotypical view of drinking culture. That's why we are committed to working with charitable organisations, local businesses and anyone who shares our passion for detail, respect for humanity and its natural resources. We regularly collaborate with breweries and businesses from near and far to help strengthen the North for positive change and to continually diversify our own offering.
In The Refectory we aim to bring you the best products of their kind. That's why you'll find a carefully curated selection of brews from around the world alongside our own beers. Our bottle shop showcases a wide array of hand-picked drinks for you to either enjoy in or takeaway. Our kitchen, lovingly toiled over by Grub & Grog, sources all its produce locally, using as organically grown ingredients where possible. Just like Fountains or Kirkstall Abbey in Yorkshire of old, all of Northern Monks ale is brewed in house right under our feet. Each of our beers are unique in their taste, colour and origins. Our dedication to our craft means that each person who joins us in The Refectory is given the time they need to find the right drink and the service it deserves.
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Climate change, "Neurophobia", social behavior and flu spread: highlights of the BMC Series in January 2015
Irene Pala 2 Feb 2015
Chimps threatened by climate change • Learning objectives for veterinary neurology • Social behaviors and epidemic dynamics • High-risk medication in high-risk patients • An adapted tool to measure food insecurity • The Asian honey bee genome
Evolutionary Biology: Chimps threatened by climate change
Ecology niche models look at the relationship between the distribution of genetic diversity and environmental variation, and have been applied at a continental scale for all African great apes. Detailed data on this relationship is however sparse in Cameroon, a biodiversity hotspot that is expected to experience dramatic effects in response to climate change. Climate modelling projects that chimpanzee populations in central Cameroon will experience drastic reductions in suitable habitat over the course of this century, while the Northwest mountainous, wet rainforests are predicted to remain largely unchanged. These findings suggest a variable impact on chimpanzee habitats as a result of climate change that should be considered in conservation planning for this region. The authors discuss biodiversity, speciation and the conservation of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees in a guest blog.
Veterinary research: Learning objectives for veterinary neurology curriculum
Neurological diseases are common in veterinary practice, but the learning objectives for this speciality are yet to be defined at an European-wide level. New relevant learning objectives for veterinary neurology have been proposed, encompassing knowledge, skills and attitudes for veterinary students in Europe, with an aim to help reform the veterinary curriculum regarding neurology and reduce the phenomenon of "Neurophobia". The results of this two-part study may inform an overall modernization and increase the quality of the veterinary neurology curriculum. Executive Editor Hayley Henderson explores the implications in this blog post.
Infectious diseases: Does behavior influence flu spread?
Non pharmaceutical interventions such as the closing of schools and public events have been used for the management of infectious diseases, but empirical data on the effect of social behaviors on epidemic dynamics has proven hard to obtain. This new study examining the feedback between epidemics and behavior suggests that the transmission potential of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza outbreak in Mexico City may have been greater than previously thought. Television viewing patterns were used as a proxy for levels of social interaction in behavior models and indicate that distancing potentially limited the initial disease spread. For extended coverage of this issue, visit the BMC Series blog.
Plants respond to drought stress with a variety of protective mechanisms involving gene expression regulation. The figure shows the morphological effect of dehydration stress on differentiation of vascular tissue cells of leaves in wheat. From "Identification and comparative analysis of differentially expressed miRNAs in leaves of to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes during dehydration stress." Ma et al. BMC Plant Biology 2015, 15:21
Geriatrics: High-risk medicines in high-risk patients?
Muscle relaxants and antihistamines are high-risk medications commonly prescribed to elderly patients. This study examined the clinical impact of these prescriptions on a population of American veterans. The authors observed more than a two-fold increase in hospitalization rates associated to the prescription of these classes of medication, raising questions over the benefits of these high-risk medicines in a frail population.
Nutrition: An adapted tool to measure food insecurity
Food access and security measures have been increasingly applied in developing countries, with very limited information about performance. This type of evaluation is particularly relevant as sociocultural settings could have a strong influence on the applicability of standard tools. A new study examining the access component of food insecurity among both rural and urban households in Ethiopia evaluates a simple tool developed internationally for its internal consistency, criterion validity and reproducibility, and paves the way for a more context-specific improvement.
Genomics: The Asian honey bee genome
The role of the honey bee as a model for neurobiology, sociobiology and development was further strengthened with the publication of the western honeybee genome in 2006. However this genome might not be fully representative of the whole genus Apis, which comprises eight Asian species and one western species, with different biological and behavioral traits. The de novo sequencing of the Asian honey bee genome identifies unique muscle movement and neural signalling features, and differential gene expression patterns of chemosensory receptors and immune-related genes, when compared to its western close relative. These results provide the framework for further comparative sociogenomics approaches.
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HST.200 will not be offered this semester. It will be available in the IAP and Spring semesters, and will be instructed by W. Goessling.
Lecture occurs 8:00 BW to 5:00 BW on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in HOSPITAL.
This class counts for a total of 40 credits.
You can find more information at the MIT + HST.200 - Google Search site.


Follow the hilarious misadventures of four Hollywood assistants in the film industry as they experience the coolest and cruelest jobs while catering to every need of their boss; eccentric movie producer Zac del Toro.
Danny and Nate want Rigby to move off their couch - so off to Gillian's she goes! Meanwhile, Danny's having problems with Melanie, and as he shares them with Gillian the two find themselves getting closer again.
After a psychic tells Zak he's going to die that day, it's up to Rigby and Gillian to be his bodyguards and fend off the Reaper. Gillian thinks her boss has lost it, but Rigby decides to take advantage of the situation.


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Powerbanks are popular today as our mobile gadgets are all getting smarter and need more power. Smartphones & tablets in many cases will not even last for a full day, so they need a back up power source. There are many different poer banks and battery chargers available to buy online, but it is important that you buy the correct charger for your smartphone. At first glance buying a power banks seems simple, if your phone has a 3000mAh battery and you see a power bank on sale with a 3000mAh capacity, you would be forgiven for thinking this charger would be able to give your phone one full charge – unfortunately, it's not quite as simple as that!
The iPhone 6s has a smaller 1715mAh battery and would need a power bank with a 2450mAh capacity.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 has a 2,550mAh battery so would need a minimum 3642mAh capacity charger.
The HTC One M9 has a 2,840mAh battery so needs at least a 4057mAh power bank for one full charge.
The LG G4 smartphone has a removable 3,000 mAh battery so requires a 4285mAh capacity charger.
A Samsung Galaxy Note 5 also has a 3,000 mAh battery (non-removable) so needs a 4285mAh rated power bank.
Bear in mind the figures above are just the minimum required for one full charge. If your smartphone/battery size is not featured on the list above, then to work it out for yourself, the simple formula is battery mAh x 100/70 = mAh capacity required for one full charge.


American Dog's 'All Over the Road - Volume One' DVD is Nasty, Hard Hitting, Hard Rock captured in all it's Alcohol Soaked Glory!!!Featuring Live Performances, Promotional Videos, Interviews and Backstage Insanity, this DVD will take you inside the world of American Dog. Fasten Your Seatbelts!!...Sir Loin O' Beef does Not Approve!!


We did not get off to the best start possible as Phoenix and I had caught a cold and were still in the misery process of trying to get rid of it. We even debated staying home one more night for some good rest but nothing in my body said yes. My heart was set on hitting the road. So we packed up the rest of our gear, all our gear for the next 3 weeks in our SUV!! Two more important stops and we are off to fulfil dreams. 1st stop parents bait shop to drop our dog off with Grandpa. Thank the lord for that stop as Jason forgot to zip up our top rack cargo bag, my jewelry box came tumbling our but miraculously in the parking lot and stayed shut, by jewelry box I mean a smaller tackle box that works perfectly for organizing. 2nd stop assuring our prized possessions in the safety of family members. Finally 2.5 hours after our goal leave time we set off for our most epic adventure yet. Wasn't the start we all wanted but it was the start.
Taking I-90 out of town, sunshine welcoming our adventure sending us on our way with the heavenly rays beaming down. Not being this way in awhile I forgot how luscious the woods surrounding the interstate were, vibrant green trees made even more beautiful by those sun rays.
Hoping to make it to Blue Earth but stopping short near Albert Lea at Myre-Big Island State Park. The nicest older lady tending the visitor center was so friendly and helpful. Being a Monday and 8:30pm she was starting to shut down early then we showed up, most people would be extremely irritated by this but she welcomed us in asking all sorts of curious questions and intrigued by the answers so much to keep the conversation going for almost 15 mins till we remembered it was getting dark and we needed to get camp set up. She got us a site, firewood and wished us the best of luck on our adventurous journey.
In total we paid $34. $21 for the nonelectric campsite, $7 for Minnesota State Park Day Pass and $6 for a bundle of wood. NOTE: You can not gather wood at this particular State Park.
The campsite was very spacious and had a tent pad for once.
Campsite the morning of leaving.
Setting up in the near dark or dark is nothing new to us, thankfully the bugs left us alone this time around. Being we were just staying a night camp was quick and simple getting us around the fire in no time. This is when it sunk in that we are finally doing this, something we worked hard for, it was here. A freeing feeling over took my whole body and I literally starting dancing around the fire. Arms spread out as if flying feeling like a kid again. Refreshing.
Phoenix absolutely loved being able to stay up with us and enjoy the fire for once.
See that armless yellow T-Rex there, ya get use to seeing that thing. Phoenix calls her "mama dinosaur" and she goes everywhere with him.
Jason and Phoenix are lucky in the fact that they can pretty much sleep through anything. I was kept awake till almost midnight by our neighbors who were not so quietly fighting and kept slamming doors shut on their vehicles. I'm not one to get involved or call the cops but they were pushing that last button. I sat up giving them one more chance and thank the lord they took. Quiet ensued and finally rest came. Rest that was very much needed.
That was our crazy hectic start to our 2018 Road Trip. Keep following along things only keep getting interesting.
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Okay, was a rough start, but you did it 🙂 Always good to just go and not look back…..the past you can't change…..what's ahead of you is the only thing that counts !
Can't wait to read more ……and btw….I admire your patience with your "neighbors" !!!
We always seem to have rough starts with any adventuring so we are definitely getting better at anything thrown our way. As for the neighbors they were at the very last tip of my patience. I don't understand how some people can be so carelessly to their surroundings. They also had a younger daughter with them that made me want to end it even more but sometimes interfering makes things worse.
Wow, so exciting! Eager to read the rest of your adventures!


from the farm to the city and passed from owner to owner. No one seems to love him for just being him.
Once he moves into the tall house in Edinburgh and finds his name — Mac — life gets more interesting. He makes friends with two musical ladies next door and discovers he likes Bach ... and cat treats. He explores, and has many adventures.


How do I calculate the safe operating temperature of a MOSFET or BJT?
thermal resistance between the IC junction and IC case. This is from the IC datasheet.
thermal resistance between the IC case and your heatsink. This should also be in the IC datasheet. Usually you place a thermal compound between the IC case and the heat sink to decrease the thermal resistance. The decrease occurs because the thermal compound fills the air gaps between the two surfaces and conducts heat better than the air.
thermal resistance between the heatsink and ambient air. This is in the heatsink datasheet. Most heatsink datasheets specify Tsa with and without airflow. You can determine if you need a fan by reviewing this value.
where P is the power dissipated in the IC and Tamb is the ambient temperature.
Make sure to use the Rds(on) and Vce(sat) values at the device operating temperature not at 25°C.
The maximum juction temperature is listed in the datasheet (usually in the "Absolute Maximum" section). A conservative design limit would be a maximum junction temperature less than 80% of the absolute maximum rating.
Unless you have very short on-times pulse-width modulation (PWM) is not going to significantly reduce the power dissipation. To see how much look at the transient thermal response graphs in the datasheet.


A one stop point to gather most Performance Related news from around the blog sphere.
Reconfigurable Future The Ability to Produce Cheaper, More Compact Chips is a Double-edged Sword.
Managing Contention for Shared Resources on Multicore Processors Contention for caches, memory controllers, and interconnects can be alleviated by contention-aware scheduling algorithms.
You're Doing It Wrong Think you've mastered the art of server performance? Think again.
Thinking Clearly about Performance Improving the performance of complex software is difficult, but understanding some fundamental principles can make it easier.
Velocity wrap-up: Mobile, third parties, and browsers A collection of my favourite slides from this year's Velocity conference. Not surprisingly, the focus is on mobile performance, browsers, and third-party content.
The average luxury site takes 16.2s to load in urban China. Here's why this should matter to you. Chinese shoppers are going online faster and spending more than any other nation, and nowhere is this more evident than in the luxury goods market. Yet overall, international brands are falling short of the mark. Here's why, and why this matters to all site owners.
Why you should care about Googles changes to its mobile AdWords algorithm Last week, when Google announced that your mobile site's performance is now a factor in how Google determines its AdWords quality, it didn't get as much buzz as its 2010 announcement that site speed would affect Google search ranking. But it should have. Here's why.
Trendwatching on the HTTP Archive: Interesting findings about payload, social content, and core best practices Findings include: Payload is growing, not shrinking, for big players like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. Facebook and Google+ third-party content is neck-and-neck. And 1 out of 4 of the top 100 sites still don't use core performance best practices.
The 25 best new web performance links of Q3 Not surprisingly, mobile is an even bigger deal than ever. There have been some great new presentations and studies. I was surprised, however, when digging through my bookmarks, to note just how many case studies there are, including under-the-hood reports from companies like Twitter and Facebook.
How to take your sites performance SLA to the next level Domino's knew how to create a great customer SLA: Your pizza in 30 minutes or it's free. How can the average site owner create a website SLA as compelling as Domino's? Some thoughts.
8 things the web content optimization community can learn from Matt Cuttss cloaking video In a recent Google Webmaster video, Matt Cutts gave definitive answers as to what constitutes "cloaking". From these answers, I came up with a set of guidelines for the web content optimization (WCO) community.
Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For November 4, 2011 You're in good hands with HighScalability: Netflix – Cassandra, AWS, 288 instances, 3.3 million writes per second. Quotable quotes: @bretlowery : "A #DBA walks into a #NoSQL bar, but turns and leaves because he couldn't find a table….
The day StumbleUpon stumbled: Why we removed the SU button from our sites Is this day and age, third-party content providers need to make their scripts load asynchronously in order not to bog down page load. StumbleUpon didn't, and as a result, we removed their script from our websites.
Web performance just became seriously mainstream We've been saying for months that this year is going to mark a new highwater point for site site speed. I think it's safe to say that it doesn't get much more mainstream than this two-minute segment on CNBC's Power Lunch.
Finally How the Strangeloop Site Optimizer works (video edition) Anyone who works here at Strangeloop can tell you how long I've been gunning for a video that explains how our Site Optimizer works. Finally, here it is.
Case study: How to use network quality as a proxy for measuring mobile performance How do you measure the impact of mobile performance changes when slowing down pages isn't an option? This case study shows how to take user data you already have and use it as a proxy for measuring performance impact.
OReilly Radar interview: You cant get away with a bad mobile experience anymore Last week, Mac Slocum invited me to chat with him about mobile web performance. He had some great questions about apps versus mobile sites, common optimization mistakes, and whether or not different device owners have different expectations when it comes to performance.
2012 predictions: The average web page will hit 1 MB, Google and Siri will face off, and Chrome, Windows 7, and RUM will rise It wouldn't be December without an avalanche of predictions for 2012. Here's my contribution.
A non-geeky guide to understanding performance measurement terms In our industry, there's a lot of language around how we time website speed. We tend to assume that outsiders understand our language, but something I read recently indicates that the average person doesn't. We need to fix that.
4 awesome slides showing how page speed correlates to business metrics at Walmart.com The team at Walmart shares a compelling set of slides showing how page speed clearly correlates to metrics like conversion rate and bounce rate across a massive data set. It's good stuff, as well as being a showcase for how to use RUM tools to great effect.
NYT redux: For Impatient Web Users, an Eye Blink Is Just Too Long to Wait My take on the salient points from this highly forwardable NY Times story about the importance of delivering a fast online user experience.
Scale Indefinitely on S3 With These Secrets of the S3 Masters In a great article, Amazon S3 Performance Tips & Tricks, Doug Grismore, Director of Storage Operations for AWS, has outed the secret arcana normally reserved for Premium Developer Support customers on how to really use S3: Size matters….
Latency 101: What is latency and why is it such a big deal? A beginner's guide to understanding web latency and why it's one of the performance industry's top priorities.
The 27 best web performance links of Q1 2012 This week, I had a chance to go through the latest links added to Strangeloop's WPO Hub, and as always, I'm impressed by the breadth and depth of the topics covered. There are a lot of smart people in our industry.
Four important web performance lessons for SMBs "Sub-3-second page loads are a serious goal, even for SMBs." Read more about this plus three other lessons learned from interviewing successful ecommerce site owners.


Apple today released a new update for tvOS, the operating system designed to run on the fourth-generation Apple TV. tvOS 10.2.1 over one month after the release of tvOS 10.2, an update that introduced scrolling improvements.
The tvOS 10.2.1 update can be downloaded on the fourth-generation Apple TV using the Settings app. Go to System --> Software Update to install. For those who have automatic software updates turned on, the Apple TV will be upgraded to tvOS 10.2.1 automatically.
No new features or design changes were discovered during the tvOS 10.2.1 beta testing period, but as a 10.2.x update, it's likely to focus on bug fixes and other under-the-hood performance improvements.
Hopefully this fixes the ghosted app icons that requires a restart to resolve.
Ahhh, nice to know I'm not the only person that saw this. I assumed it happened whenever an app was updated.
hopefully fixes the TV app that sometimes it doesn't refresh the things already watched.
It appears to fix that. What was a ghosted Netflix app icon is no longer ghosted on mine.
Of course, I think every :apple:TV reboots after a software update, and some have said restarts fixed the problem (for a while). So this is really a "time will tell" observation instead of a conclusive (it's definitely fixed) one.
Update: many hours later and icons are all still good (no ghosting).
Did this fix the airplay bug?
I have an issue where the entire screen goes shades of green at infrequent, random intervals. Correcting this requires a restart. Is this the same issue?
I had a similar issue once and replacing the HDMI cable fixed it.


David McEvoy, Volunteer of the Year 2016, tells us how he began volunteering and what winning a Volunteer Ireland Award means to him.
Winning the Volunteer of the Year Award 2016 was an absolute privilege for me. To be nominated in the first place by family, friends, my fellow responders and my community was a real surprise altogether.
In 2009, I was a firefighter in Birr Fire Station. It was here that I discovered an interest in helping people so I took it upon myself to start research on CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation). Being friends with some local Paramedics, they helped me find out about courses and information on what to do next. I completed some great, informative courses such as Heartsaver AED, First Aid and also became a Community CFR Instructor. Only 3 weeks after completing my learning, my own Dad, Peter, suffered a cardiac arrest.
Thankfully I knew what to do and immediately started CPR and after a long 42 minutes with the help of the Ambulance Service we restarted his heart. It was an absolute relief to hear him speak again. Unfortunately after 7 weeks, he passed away due to an illness but those 7 weeks were fantastic and gave us a chance to say goodbye.
After his passing I realised that Birr town needed a first responder group to help in such situations so for the next 3 years I dedicated my spare time to teaching and preaching about the benefits of AED'S and CPR. Due to an illness, I couldn't continue firefighting but not to let this stop me, I started fundraising and created the Birr First Responders Group.
In March 2012, I launched my group with massive support from my family, friends and our local community. With the help of community businesses and local families we raised a significant amount of money over the next few years and this enabled us to purchase 8 defibrillators along with other lifesaving equipment. At present 5 of these defibrillators are mobile with my responders who are on call to respond to such calls as Cardiac Arrests, Cardiac Chest Pain, Stroke and Choking Incidents. The other 3 defibrillators are currently located at Birr Garda Station, Dooley's Hotel, Birr and St. Brendan's Church, Birr.
To date I have trained roughly around 2350 people in the use of an AED and CPR Skills. These places include local schools, local businesses, An Garda Síochana and also surrounding areas. This keeps me going as it is something I really enjoy and have great interest in doing. It also gives me great satisfaction that people have the interest in what my group and I do for our community.
The Volunteer Ireland Awards Ceremony itself was fantastic. Located at City Hall Dublin, it was unreal – the amount of time and effort put into it was phenomenal. Meeting all of the other volunteers, organisers and staff was brilliant. It was great to meet so many people dedicated to what they do. It was a pleasure to be there and be part of it all – it was an absolutely amazing night for us all.
Winning the award for the category Emergency and Ambulance Services that night was unreal but for my name to have been called for the Christine Buckley Volunteer of the Year Award was unbelievable! I did not expect that at all, I remember sitting there and my wife Siobhan literally had to push me off the chair to receive it. It was surreal. Thanks so much to Conor Buckley whom the award was presented to me by.
Since that night I have been like a celebrity in my town, the amount of congrats and well wishes have been mad and I appreciate every last one of them. As every volunteer knows we are not in it for praise or recognition but the fact that we are helping someone out there that needs it is a joy in itself.
Since the event I think everyone has come to realise what it is that a volunteer actually does and it is unbelievable the amount of different stories people have of what they are involved in. You could sit and listen all day to these people – they are all amazing.
I am so chuffed to have these awards in my home. As I said that night these awards are dedicated to my Dad, Peter, who always encouraged me to go ahead and do what I love to do. Thanks so much to Volunteer Ireland. I loved every second of the event, you in yourselves are amazing people in what you do.
If you'd like to nominate a volunteer like David, nominations for this year's awards are open until Friday 13th October. Nominate here.


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Trump to join 2020 Democrats at South Carolina justice forum
by: MEG KINNARD, Associated Press
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump is visiting South Carolina as part of a bipartisan event on criminal justice reform, the White House confirmed Friday.
Trump is slated to appear on Oct. 25 at a forum sponsored by the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center, the self-proclaimed "only nationwide coalition of Black Republicans, Democrats and Independents focused on criminal justice reform."
The event at Columbia's Benedict College marks Trump's first visit to a historically black college or university. Some of the Democrats vying to challenge him are planning to attend, including Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
This is Trump's first 2020 campaign stop in South Carolina, among the states where Republicans have opted not to hold presidential primaries and caucuses. The moves allow Trump to consolidate support as Democrats work to winnow their large candidate field.
The event puts Trump on stage with prominent black leaders in South Carolina, where African American voters dominate the Democratic electorate.
It also brings Trump back to the home state of Gov. Henry McMaster, who as lieutenant governor was the first statewide-elected official to back him in the 2016 election cycle. McMaster's office didn't immediately respond Friday to an inquiry as to whether the officials would meet during next week's visit.
In a recent national Associated Press/NORC poll, 4% of black voters said they think Trump's actions have been good for African Americans in general, while 81% think he's made things worse.
Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnard
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It is hard to find an employee who does not have stressful times at work. Just the usual activities that they engage in their work is what stresses most of them. It is wrong to say that all employee got through the same stress. All careers are not the same when it comes to service providing. The big difference comes in when some employees work for more hours while the rest only work for 12hours. With long functioning hours at work, the employees end up being stressed because they lack the shifts they require to get at least a nap. It is not an easy task to manage stress especially when the daily activities are re the cause. There is no need of assuming things while you have the best advice that you can ever have.
There is no way to work the whole day without taking the necessary breaks and still expect to have the working morale. Sometimes, too many sacrifices might not bring us the productivity or the sales that we need. However, when you work too hard and not give yourself some time to catch some fresh air, you might end up losing passion for your work. You would not like that to happen while you still have control. It is still possible to align things when you feel that you cannot take it anymore by trying something new. It is your obligation to protect your position at work. Just to be on the safe side, take enough breaks while taking meals as well as enjoy your vacations away from work.
If you do not have any hobbies, then that is why you have stressful moments. Wherever you are not working, you should be doing what you like most. Hobbies can be a bit distractive such that you will not remember anything that you went through at work. For instance, there are doctors whose hobbies are unusual and enable them to get the best distraction they require when they are away from the hospitals. There are better hobbies such as movie watching with family or friends.
It is best that you do not make use of the same pattern while working. Remember that bad working patterns can negatively impact your health. Ensure that you are comfortable with the pattern given to you by your employer. Another effective way is to take the night shifts if at all the day shifts are stressing you. What you try by doing that is an attempt to come up with a more strategic pattern for work that will ease your stress. Again, this is for the good of your health, and that is the most important thing in life.


5:30 am in a B&B close to Manchester Airport. I was awake already so there was no need to worry about oversleeping. My host hadn't been too enthusiastic about taking me at 6:30 am but he did turn up and, by 7:30 I was arriving at Manchester Airport for my flight to New York.
The flight was bumpy and we arrived through grey clouds and rain. There was an enormous queue through immigration and customs. This is a recurring theme, it seems, of holidays in the US. My son-in-law was once detained by immigration officials and asked about his "frequent" visits to the Middle East (he had visited Morocco once and Egypt once but no Middle Eastern countries at all). His eventual release had something to do with him being a train driver!
I eventually met up with 10 other Cosmos travellers and we drove through New York in a stretched limo, down 5th Avenue, through Times Square, past Radio City and the Rockefeller Centre, to the Sheraton on 7th Avenue. By the time we had checked in, it was late afternoon and I decided that I would head out to have a look around and get something to eat. By chance I met two others from my party who asked me to join them. I can remember looking up and being overwhelmed by the buildings. They seemed somehow oppressive. After walking for several blocks, we had our first experience of plus-size portions at Brennigans Irish restaurant and bar. After consuming chicken strips the size of girders and a refreshing beer, we walked back via Broadway and I retired to get ready for the trip to begin in earnest. This was a trip which had been on my bucket list since a long-ago TV holiday programme.
Next morning, we met our Tour Manager and set off down Madison Avenue, past Central Park, through the Bronx and on to Interstate Highway 95, heading for Newport. The 50+ seater coach was almost full (only one bag allowed in the "hold", any others you had to stow inside as best you could).
It was chilly despite the sunshine – a sting in Hurricane Ivan's tail I was told. We passed beautiful houses with manicured gardens and then arrived at the Vanderbilts' country "cottage". "The Breakers", built in the late 1800s is one of the grandest of Newport's "cottages" and the Vanderbilts had gone all out to find the best architects, designers, painters, etc, to create a beautiful house (except for some disgusting wallpaper in the bedrooms). I've bought some odd things in gift shops over the years, but I still have a little mug with the words "Votes for Women", which I bought at "The Breakers". We then drove up the coast to Hyannis on Cape Cod.
I think that I hadn't quite grasped the significance of a holiday which included very few meals. I had already eaten lunch alone and now I had to look for somewhere to eat again. I found my way round the rear of the hotel, to a TGI Friday where I had my first seafood meal and a large (and I mean large) beer. I found my way in the dark back to the hotel. It didn't feel strange. I was OK. In bed, I watched the Emmys and managed to stay awake until 11pm.
This wasn't my first holiday of the year. I'd had a last-minute invitation to visit family in Bahrain. But being chauffeured around Grand Mosque, the Souk, the new Grand Prix track was a whole different thing from finding my way in the dark on my own. This time, I was really dipping my toe in the water of solo travel. My local travel agent wanted me to dip my toe in a great deal more water – suggesting that I might like to try a cruise, where there are "gentlemen on board who are there for the sole purpose of dancing with the single ladies". But I decided that certainly was not for me. I have never been on a cruise and am slightly anxious about a very low-key river cruise in Italy which I have booked for this summer. Neither have I danced with any gentlemen on any of my trips!
We experienced three days of very unusual February weather, when we walked or sat out in the sunshine, before it began to revert to what we have learned to expect of winter months – grey, damp, cold and windy. The temperature in Northumberland was in the high teens and it reached 20ºC in some parts of the UK. We don't know what this means as far as global warming is concerned but it's not the first time that we have had glorious warm weather during our Feb/March holiday.
We left for home on a grey, drizzly Friday. En route, we visited Seaton Delaval Hall which is a grade 1 listed country house near Whitley Bay.
The Delaval family were gifted the land when they arrived with William the Conqueror at the time of the Norman conquest. It passed through the family for many generations with varying degrees of success and failure, wealth and bankruptcy. The family's wealth came from glass, coal and iron.
In 1728, a fairly modest house was replaced by the existing building which was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh. Unfortunately in 1822 while the family were staying at their other house in Norfolk, the central wing was gutted by a fire which was said to have been caused by birds nesting in the chimneys. The fire spread from the south east wing through to the main central wing, which housed the family's accommodation. Repairs were attempted at various times but the central wing remains as an empty shell with just the roof replaced. However, even with its fire-blackened walls, damaged statues and lack of ceilings, it is still a magnificent building. In later years, the west wing, which had previously been the servants' quarters, was used by members of the Delaval family as their family home.
Along the way, one member of the family (John Hussey Delaval 1728-1808) was granted a baronetcy. Due to the rules of primogeniture, the baronetcy and the family seat were eventually inherited by a branch of the family whose name was Astley. (I heard today of a move to stop this outdated (was it ever fair?) rule throughout the aristocracy, as the royals had already abandoned it before any of the Cambridge children were born).
During the 20th century some restoration work of the west wing was completed and eventually the 22nd Baron Hastings, Edward Delaval Henry Astley moved there to live and stayed until his death in 2007.
We were shown around the house by some extremely knowledgeable National Trust volunteers. As we were being told about the 22nd Baron Hastings something clicked in the back of my mind: "My husband knew Lord Hastings", I said. And so he did! When Richard was Social Work Director of the British Epilepsy Association in the 80s and 90s, Lord Hastings was the Association's President.
I have a letter which I found when going through my photographs, from Lord Hastings to Richard after he left the British Epilepsy Association.
Lord Hastings said: "You have done a splendid job and it was fraught with difficulties over a long period, but you stuck to it and saw it through some very traumatic situations. It is understandable that you should feel the need of a change but you will be a great loss nevertheless and I'm sure that you will be very much missed by everyone. I wish you the best of luck in your new post and send my warm thanks for your services to BEA. Yours sincerely Hastings".
The 23rd Baron Hastings, wishing to preserve the future of the Hall and encourage greater public access, entered into discussions with the National Trust and it came into the possession of the Trust in 2009. The buildings have been open to visitors since 2010 and major work is now underway, which is being funded by the Lottery Heritage Fund. The aim is to preserve the fire damaged parts of the building as they stand and to renovate the west wing. In addition, huge works are being carried out right across the grounds in the hope of making this a family friendly destination in years to come.
It's coming to something when the only piece of post I have today is from a company trying to sell me hearing aids, with some free batteries to tempt me! Still, the trees where I walk every day with the dog are beginning to bud, as are the shrubs in my garden. I have a single miniature daffodil too!
I was surprised to see just how many buds and flowers there were in Northumberland when I went to stay last week. (You see I do have an exciting life sometimes). There were lambs in the fields too. The main pleasure of this time away was being with friends, some of whom I've known for over 60 years. I enjoy the company so much and one of my friends is very good at arranging small trips for us. All of us used to enjoy walking and the first time we got together we walked a section of Hadrian's wall. Now though, most of us enjoy a short walk and leave the couple who are still very active to stride off without us.
The week was so interesting that I thought I would tell you a little about it before going off to talk about my travels further afield.
Our first surprise was a visit to the Chillingham wild cattle. This is a small herd of about 120 white cattle, which live in a park next to Chillingham castle. Their exact history is unclear and varies according to who is telling it but it is generally accepted that they have had a pure undiluted gene pool for at least several hundred years. They're not husbanded except to give them a little extra feed in the winter and are not visited by vets. Nevertheless, the herd continues to grow!
The ground cover isn't snow – it's snowdrops!
We stayed at the Lindisfarne Inn, which is only a mile or so away from the causeway to Holy Island. Last time we were here, we walked the causeway but this time we were happy to be driven!
I was interested in finding out more about St Cuthbert, because my father was named after him. He was an Anglo-Saxon born in 635AD to parents who were Christian converts. He entered Melrose monastery at the age of 16 and was eventually appointed Prior of Lindisfarne (Holy Island). At the age of 41, he decided to become a hermit and left to live on one of the Farne Islands but was persuaded to return to Lindisfarne. But after only two years he resigned and returned to his life as a hermit where he died in 687AD. The monks brought him back to Lindisfarne and buried him.
However, that is not the end of the story. Around 200 years later, the monks evacuated Holy Island in the face of Viking invasions and took his his coffin wherever they went until it was eventually laid to rest in, what is now, Durham Cathedral.
So that is St Cuthbert!
I will save the final story until tomorrow….
Well, children. I've told you as much as I know (or can remember) about where my family came from, when and where I was born and how I grew up. And, from your point of view, of course, how I met that most important man who became your father.
Do you want me to go further, to talk about the four years we had together before any of you were born? Even the days of your own lives that you don't remember?
Maybe you want to fill in your own memories. I know you often remember things I have forgotten and vice versa. I need you to let me know.
The REAL summer of love!
I'm still looking through my boxes of photos and yesterday came across some which Richard and I took when we visited Austria to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. There is one photo of a bunch of flowers he had bought me and a card with a big heart on it (I'm sure I'll have the card somewhere).
I'm glad that Valentine's Day is over for another year. I find it the hardest day to deal with but I loved finding that photo because, together with some Valentine cards I have found, it reminded me of what we once had together.
It became "our song" at least for the time being. (The singer was Timi Yuro). We must then have had a long, earnest and esoteric conversation as I returned home to my little flat a day or two later to find a love letter tucked in my letter box. (I still have it, children).
After that, we grew closer – until university closed for the Christmas holidays and he disappeared with his friend to London and a holiday job in HMV.
Richard was in the second year of a degree in social work. He lived with two other students in a maisonette not far from the city centre. One was his partner in deciding to date every girl at the Central Library. He was not happy when Richard met me, or when my friend dumped him after she discovered he was married. I always felt that he resented me and he tried his best to split us up, even while we were planning our wedding. The other student was barely seen.
Children, you are all well aware of the notorious "Satisfaction Guaranteed" T-shirt, worn under a lacy blue shirt! He used to wear that when he was a DJ in the "Gatto Bianco" night club in Bradford. I was only invited there on a couple of occasions. In fact, I wasn't included in many of his evening outings with the group of friends (mostly students, I think) who went out drinking most nights all over West Yorkshire. We did once visit a club in the Merrion Centre in Leeds. It was after I had passed my driving test and bought a car. I drove about 5 of us over there. It was absolutely neon! I spent the evening chatting to a lovely man (one of Richard's non-uni friends) who was persona non grata with his family of local industrialists because he was gay. When we left, I quickly realised that I did not know how to make my way out of Leeds in the dark. I was stationary at a traffic lights, unsure which way to turn, when a police car pulled up beside me. I apologised for not moving promptly away when the lights changed. He said "Don't you think it would be a good idea to put your lights on miss?" I think that was my only brush with the law in nearly 50 years of driving!
Richard had an eclectic taste in music and, while my favourites had moved on from the Beatles to Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, he introduced me to so much more. He bought me a Nina Simone album for my birthday but I also got to know Captain Beefheart, Janis Joplin, The Beach Boys, Hendrix, Leonard Cohen and many more. Unfortunately, Richard's and his friends' taste for partying meant that the university didn't see them very much. Instead of sitting his end of year exams, Richard stayed awake for several days, causing him to collapse and be admitted to the uni health centre. He emerged determined to make a fresh start and opted to change degrees and begin the second year of a degree in economics and geography when the new year started in October.
Although I loved the independence of having my own flat, I had discovered that being in an old Victorian house meant spending a fortune on heating and, besides, the kitchen was damp. So, in early 1969, my best friend from the library and I decided to apply for a flat in one of the new tower blocks being built near Bradford city centre. The flats were mired in the building scandals of the late 1960s, which resulted in a local architect, John Poulson, being jailed for corruption. Completion was also delayed as a result of the collapse of a 22-storey block of flats in London in 1968. Four people were killed and many injured when a gas explosion tore through Ronan Point, causing load-bearing walls to collapse. Eventually, just the first two floors of our flats were declared safe, while the upper 14 floors were strengthened. (The towers were eventually filled, after several months. When we returned to live in the north in 1986 after our sojourn in Berkshire, we were horrified to see that the flats were already boarded up and were demolished soon after).
By the time the flats were ready in the summer of that year, Richard had already proposed and so, it was really the three of us who moved in. (Children, I have spared you the "too much information" that might outrage your sensitivities but I have to say that your father and I were rather ahead of our time and lived together, albeit in secret – my family certainly weren't aware!). I still feel guilty that my friend moved out and found somewhere else to live, just a few months later as we began to plan our wedding.
We planned to marry in December but eventually decided that we would bring it forward to October. There was no reason not to! I had no parents to plan for me and Richard's family lived at the other end of the country so we got on and planned it and paid for it. We planned it small! Richard was a regular patron of a Chinese restaurant in the centre of town, so we decided to hold it there, although we stuck to English food. The cost was 6/- (30p) a head! I wanted to be married at a church in the parish where I grew up, rather than my new parish, so had to pretend that I was still resident at my aunt's in Bingley. My dress was bought in a sale in a Bingley dress-shop. That was half price and cost 18 guineas (£18 18s or £18.90p). My library friend's father, who was a baker, made our cake.
The day before the wedding we were rushing around decorating the church, delivering the cake to the restaurant and collecting our outfits. It was very fraught and, I think, we were both tempted to call the whole thing off! Still, it went ahead on 4 October 1969. My very tall cousin Alan walked me down the aisle (it's hard to believe that I used to be scared of him when I was a tiny girl and he was just a teenager). My library friend and an old schoolfriend were bridesmaids and Richard's brother was best man.
We had already planned for a honeymoon in France at Christmas, visiting my friends, so we went to London for a long weekend. We left on an early evening train (no such thing as evening "do's"). The weather, which had been beautiful on the day, continued warm over the weekend and we wandered around parks and shops, we ate at a Russian restaurant and we went to hear Jose Feliciano.
And that, children, was the real summer of love, as claimed on the invitation to our 30th wedding anniversary party…………….