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The Board Dame Reviews: The Artemis Project
"It is still early in the Artemis project. A foothold on life here has been gained, but it will take tenacious effort from the competing colonies to reach the point where Europa is truly viable as a home."
The Artemis Project is a 1-5 player dice placement game designed by Daryl Chow and Daniel Rocchi, published by Grand Gamers Guild with artwork by Josh Cappel and Dominik Mayer.
Box Game Length: 60-75 minutes
Actual Playtime: 60-90 minutes. The box length is actually pretty accurate. I've played at 2,3,4 and 5 players and all games seem to run roughly the same, with a bit of time added for each player count.
Setup Time: 10 minutes
Player Count: 1-5 players
Game Mechanics: Dice Placement, Take That, Set Collection
Game Weight: 3/5 This seems a little high from my experience, so don't let it deter you, the rules and flow of the game are simple enough. The strategy of dice placement is where you get your depth.
Thematic Integration: Moderate. The theme isn't very important to the function of the game, it could have easily taken place on just about any terrain/planet, however the integration of game elements into the theme was done quite well.
One example would be having to pay energy per pioneer in your shelters during cleanup. I can imagine that energy would be needed to heat the shelter so they didn't freeze to death on the cold surface.
Another way that theme was well integrated into the game is with Event and Expedition cards. They each have their own little story causing a negative or positive reaction. Much like in real life, we have to work around what is thrown at us.
Objective: Your objective in The Artemis Project is to survive and thrive on Europa, Jupiter's moon. Collect minerals and energy, construct buildings above and below the surface, recruit and train new workers and go on expeditions.
Game Round Summary: Each round you will roll your dice into your private pool, then in clockwise turn order, you will place one die in any of the 7 sections on the board, turn continues, placing one die at a time until everyone has placed their 5th dice.
Basecamp: Dice placed here will be going on any one of the available Expedition cards. For an expedition to be successful, the value in total pips among players must meet or exceed the value indicated on the card. Kind of how a base is busted in Smash Up. The two players with the highest value on their die/dice will gain a reward on the card. You can also send along different types of pioneers on Expeditions to gain addition resources, to decrease the pip value on opponents dice, or to gain victory points.
Vents: You will be able to harness energy based on the value of your dice, resources are limited and lower valued dice always go first, meaning, dice are placed and resolved in ascending order. So you can try to go big, but you might go home empty handed.
Quarry: The Quarry functions the same as The Vents, however, you harvest minerals here, which can then be used for constructing buildings, or different building effects.
Gandry: Place your dice on a building you wish to construct. The value of the die placed here is how many minerals you will have to spend to construct the building. You can be outbid by higher dice placed here. Then the choice is yours, let it go, or outbid them again!
Doorstep: Dice placed here will recruit pioneers from the available pool. You may recruit 1-3 pioneers depending on the die used at 2 energy per recruit.
Academy: Dice placed here must be accompanied by a pioneer from your camp. That pioneer will be trained at The Academy and become a different type of specialist depending on the die placed. Either an Engineer, Marine or Steward (Space Wizard).
Outfitter: When dice are placed here, they will either gain one or two toolkits, your receive those immediately when dice are places and not when dice are resolved. Toolkits are used to lower or increase the pip value of dice you place. So they are important to have when placing other dice, as they might allow you to sneak ahead of someone else.
Be sure to stop and resolve any event that happen when you are resolving the section the event takes place. The event card will have a pink letter indicating when it resolves.
Artwork: The artwork in this game is outstanding, like really really beautiful. Though I would say that board games are moving more towards works of art. To stand out, your games artwork needs to be above and beyond. Well done Josh Cappel and Dominik Mayer!
One thing that stood out to me in particular were the different buildings, ocean and surface. When you place the buildings next to each other, they form an image of Europa, above and below the surface. It's really neat to put together and see it expand with each new building you construct.
The only thing I would say that I didn't love, which is more of a graphic design issue than an art issue is the victory point track. You zig-zag up and down when adding VPs rather than moving your piece in a linear line. It's honestly a small complaint, but when I was playing solo for the first time, I totally missed that it zig-zagged and it took me a hot second to look below. Again, small complaint, and honestly, if that's the only thing I can really complain about, I think that's pretty impressive.
Components: In a time where plastic is everything, this game has really great wooden components. Each of the different types of pioneers have their own unique meeple shape and colour. The energy cubes are plastic, which I don't have a problem with, they glow and convey the feeling of energy well that I don't think would have worked as nicely as wooden cubes.
The dice are nice and chonky, super satisfying to roll and easy to see across the board, plus there's a purple/maroon player colour! Cardboard pieces are thick and durable. Honestly, there's nothing about this game that isn't high quality. For a retail edition especially, there was no skimping and I was so thoroughly impressed.
If you are a Kickstarter backer, you will have some upgraded components, a fancier shaker ship to randomly select arriving pioneers, some uniquely shaped victory point and relief track markers as well as a cool little first player Snowcat mini. Just a little something something for those suffering from plastic withdrawal!
Scales Based on Player Count:
Solo: Have not tried yet.
2 Players – My first game that I played was two players. It isn't bad, but this game was definitely made to play at a higher player count. There are some things that just don't seem to work the way you'd want them to at 2 players. For instance, the Expeditions, these cards need to bust to succeed, meaning, you have to place dice there in value equal to, or more than the value shown on the card.
In a two player game, this is much more difficult to do because you don't have the help from 3-4 other players to get it done. I was finding that I had to place 2-3 of my own dice to make an expedition successful because strategy wise, it didn't make sense to help the other player when you could use the board to gain the same, if not more rewards by placing your dice somewhere else. Plus, you've effectively forced your opponents hand.
The other track that didn't see much movement during the two player game was the relief track. I didn't really talk about this yet. But basically, anytime your dice gains no reward, either by being pushed out, or outbid, you move up on the relief track and gain a benefit. Not that this is really a problem, because you're gaining the resources elsewhere anyways, but I think someone's piece moved once during the two player game.
I would say that if you play using the hard mode, you'd probably see this being used more.
Other than that, as you would imagine, it is a little easier to plan your moves, things generally cost less because you are being outbid less, or are able to sneak in and construct a building with a 1-2 value die. It's really not a bad game at two players, it's just a much different game than when playing at a higher player count.
3/4/5 Players – Three players and up is where you really start seeing some more involvement in the Expeditions and the Relief Track. The other thing you'll notice is that there is much more competition for resources and buildings. This means that you will be bumped and outbid a lot. It's a take that element that I love because you still have choice. There are ways to modify dice with toolkits to get back under someone that has bumped you out, or to outbid someone again. Not to mention the rewards on the Relief Track. While they aren't outstanding, you still don't leave empty handed.
Going from three to four to five players increases the tightness of the game, especially the academy, as there are either 1 or two spots available, and the take that element, to some extent. Especially when end game scoring buildings (surface buildings) come into play. But the other thing that increases is the success rate of Expeditions, this often meant greater rewards than trying to risk it at some of the other board locations. There are pros and cons to each player count based on what kind of experience you want.
I would say that I've enjoyed the game at 3/4 players the most. If you're a fan of more cutthroat/take that game play, load er up and play with 5 players.
Replayability: I have played a total of 5 times so far and each game is totally different, especially because of the change in player count. But there is a large stack of Expeditions, Buildings, and Event Cards that allow for different strategy each time you play. You're actions are often dictated by the current round's event, but also by the buildings that show up early on.
Overall Thoughts: Dice placement games are among my favourite, so it's no surprise that I enjoyed this as much as I did. Dice placement games have a chance element, but aren't as punishing for rolling low. In this game in particular, low rolls mean you will resolve actions first, which is good.
With the buildings, there's a kind of engine building that happens as well. Even though the location spaces are limited, the options felt really vast with the building actions.
I was so pleased with my first play and have brought it out to game night every week since. I think this game really stands out above a lot of other releases this year and wouldn't be surprised to see it winning a bunch of awards, if it doesn't, it's not to say it wouldn't have deserved them.
Recommend You Liked: Coimbra, Alien Frontiers and Kingsburg. It has some shared elements, but I think that it does it better than the rest.
Funny Story: When I first taught the game to my game group, I couldn't for the life of me remember that the purple guys were called Stewards. So without thinking, the first thing that popped into my head was wizards. I mean, if we're being honest here, they kinda look like wizards. I didn't really think anyone would notice, but my group did, and kind of looked at my quizzically. Since then, when playing, they've been calling them space wizards because well, space wizards are a better name than Stewards.
If you're interested in checking them out or picking up the game at Gen Con, you can find more information about ordering and what will be available at the following links:
https://grandgamersguild.com/preorder-for-gen-con/
https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/13/gen-con-2019-preview?parentitem=6163
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At the end of your tasting journey, you will get 50% off a full-size pour of any of the beers featured during the tasting.


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Charles Spire:
"Before he arrived," former high school Principal Joseph Ellis said of Charles Spire, "the music program was practically non-existent. With Charlie's leadership it became one of the finest music programs of any school district, anywhere."
In 1973, when Spire became supervision of music, excellent programs that Dr. Robert Rowe had started in the 1940s were long gone; music education had taken the brunt of budget cuts as enrollments exploded in the 60s.
By the time Spire retired in 1990, music was flourishing in the schools and Ridgefield students were performing both here and across Europe.
"My master plan is to see that every child, K through 12, is touched by culture," he once said. Charles A. Spire was born in 1929 in Gowanda, N.Y., where, during the Depression, music was one of the few diversions and outdoor band concerts were regular community events. "I saw what music did for the small town where I grew up," he said.
As a boy he performed on any instrument he was given with any group he could. He studied music at Boston University, and with the likes of Arthur Fiedler and Paul Hindemith.
He made his concert piano debut with the Boston Pops and also performed at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony.
But after serving as an Army major during the Korean War, Spire decided he wanted to work with children. He taught music in New York state from 1955 until coming to Ridgebury School as a music teacher in 1967. In 1971, he established the Ridgefield Youth Orchestra, which became so proficient it was invited to give concert tours in Europe in 1979, 1984, 1989 and 1991.
Recalling the performances he'd heard or been a part of as a small-town child, Spire staged 73 concerts in Ballard Park between 1973 and 1990, showcasing hundreds of student musicians.
A member of the board of Opera New England, he brought opera stars to the schools and took many students to Lincoln Center for great performances. In 1975, he began spring Broadway musicals at the high school.
A year later, he staged a huge, all-day school Art and Music Festival in Ballard Park to celebrate the Bicentennial. More than 2,000 students — from kindergarten through high school — performed. "Youngsters were dipping candles, weaving baskets, working leather, and compounding medicines, much like Ridgefielders two hundred years earlier," wrote Lois Street in a 1990 Ridgefield Press profile of Spire.
The same day, "the polls were open for balloting on the school budget," Street wrote. "The townspeople voted it down."
To Spire, she said, that day symbolized "23 years of teaching in a town which is enthusiastic about strong programs — and equally enthusiastic about bashing the budgets that provide them."
For his accomplishments, Spire was named Kiwanis Citizen of the Year in 1976 and Rotary Citizen of the Year in 1993. A longtime member, he had twice served as president of Rotary.
In his spare time, he wrote for Symphony Magazine and served on the board of the Charles Ives Center in Danbury. He lived for many years on Cherry Lane where he maintained a water garden in a pond on his property. He eventually moved to Florida where he died in 2011 at the age of 82.
On his retirement in 1990, Spire reflected on the countless students he had taught and led over the years.
"Today's children are described as self-centered, as wanting everything given to them or else they'll drink and do drugs," he said. "Well, not the ones I see." Describing a recent rehearsal, he said, "the kids were doing their best, showing respect for each other and pride. I walked away with such a joy. It was so wonderful — and it's a feeling no different than 40 years ago."
When he retired, he received a letter complimenting him for inspiring students "to strive for excellence in all things so that, in working hard and displaying individual initiative, they will know they can make a difference in the world." The letter was signed by President George H.W. Bush.
Spire hoped that in retirement he would be able to find time to return to composing. One of his plans was to take a march he once sold to MGM and rewrite it for orchestra. MGM used the march as the theme in the movie, "The Great Escape," starring Steve McQueen.
When he sold the piece, Spire had not expected the film to become a classic.
"Boy, I wish I'd kept the rights," he said with a grin.
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Q: NODEJS [DB] architecture help needed - Multi tenant [mysql] I am creating a sass app using nestjs with knex and objectionjs (mysql)
Possible solutions are:

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*Single database using tenantId diffrentiator

*Schema per tenant

*Database per tenant

*Database for a group of tenants

I prefer going with Hybrid i.e. Database for a group of tenants.
I am able to connect to multiple databases persisiting the connection in memory and passing the knex instance in Objection Models.
These are options I can think of:
1 - Connecting to all the databases and keep the connections in memory and change the knex connection on per request basis.
2 - I don't connect to dbs on application startup and connect to db on request and keep the connection live for further requests.
3 - I can create a pool of connections to server without specifying the database. And use the connections for all the dbs while changing the database on per request basis.
connection: {
    host : '127.0.0.1',
    port : 3306,
    user : 'your_database_user',
    password : 'your_database_password',
}

Which option will be good to go?
Another usecase is for scheduled jobs and queues.
How should I proceed ? Should I go with creating a knex instance for each task in these cases ?
references:
https://vincit.github.io/objection.js/recipes/multitenancy-using-multiple-databases.html

A: I would not go for Database for a group of tenants option if I were you since it has cons of both Database per tenant and Single database options.
I'm also currently working on a multi-tenant app and I chose Single database because can you imagine how hard it is to maintain, optimize and migrate for example 1,000 databases? (which still very low number of customers.)
Also there will be situations where you need to perform jobs on databases (move records to archive for example) or connect it to Kafka to stream database events, In those situations having 1,000 to change would be nightmare if not impossible.
I think using multiple databases is good when you have very low customers count which pay you very well which then makes it worth it to go through all of those problems. Some pros of multiple databases would be performance since table's record count is drastically lower than Single Database method. Which still can be mitigated by partitioning tables by their tenantId or optimizing queries.
But if you are not convinced I suggest you to use durable providers or LRU cache to maintain a certain number of database connections at a time.

A: A single database with a tenantId column in all your tables is the way to go. If you wish, you can later shard the tables by tenantId if it ever makes sense to do so in the future.
I would also advise using string UUIDs for id generation instead of numbers.

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Inuvo (NYSE:INUV) showed the results of refocusing its efforts on higher margin business by reporting a Q2 that showed lower revenue growth than Q1, but improved gross margins and margin after marketing costs. Rather than spend time and money on its company-owned web sites and labor intensive publisher customer support, its current revenue base has been redirected to more automated solutions yielding higher profits. The company reported revenues of $19.0 million up 4% from the $18.3 million reported a year ago as for the first time the company had full quarters of NetSeer revenues as it was purchased February 7, 2017. This revenue number was preannounced in July.
Margins improved versus last year with gross margin before marketing expense moved to 63% versus 58% a year ago and 57% in Q1 2018. After marketing spend, the margin also improved. This year it was 18.8% while last year it was 17.2%. Comparing the first halves, H1 2018 margin was 17.7% versus 16.9%. For the quarter, margin dollars after marketing costs were up 13% in the quarter on a 4% increase in sales.
In this year's quarter Inuvo had the opportunity to make money on about 2.6 billion pages in Q2, down from 5.0 billion pages last year. However the RPM was significantly higher at $7.40 versus $3.70. Mobile was again 70% of total revenue.
Expenses increased to $12.8 million versus $12.0 million a year ago, but operating losses declined to $0.7 million versus $1.3 million. Head count declined to 64 from 92 at the end of March.
The GAAP net loss for the quarter was $0.8 million versus $1.4 million a year ago. GAAP EPS loss was $0.03 vs. $0.05, but on a non-GAAP basis is was $0.03 in both years.
EBITDA for the quarter was $336,000 up from $167,000 a year ago. For the first half of the year EBITDA was $191,000 versus a loss last year of $496,000. The company expects to double the full year EBITDA of last year's $1.1 million.
The strategy for Inuvo investors and management has always been to grow the business large enough to be attractive as an acquisition. Once the company reaches over $100 million in sales next year, we believe it could be large enough to be an attractive acquisition to a larger company. The M&A market is certainly variable however, and while private company valuations are high, competitors Outbrain and Taboola have not fared well lately and the appetite for Inuvo may be currently dampened.


Second mortgages are primarily obtained to release equity from the home for purposes such as home improvements. Using this equity for debt consolidation is a popular reason for second mortgages but a very risky option for the borrower. To borrow against your home to consolidate debt is going against the sensible adage of not borrowing your way out of debt.
A high percentage of second mortgages used for debt consolidation are likely to end in default when the mortgage holder cannot service the monthly payments. Typically the property has devalued and the mortgage holder has borrowed against equity which is now reduced.
It is important to understand that a default on a second mortgage can lead to foreclosure by the lender. This may not necessarily be the lenders first choice though as it is an expensive procedure which will only benefit the second lender if there is sufficient equity in the property to pay off both the first and second mortgage, and cover the legal and other costs of foreclosure. If the second mortgage lender does initiate foreclosure then legally the first lien on the property must be satisfied before the second.
If a lender does pursue foreclosure, and there is still a shortfall in the balance, then depending on the state you reside in there is the possibility of the lender obtaining a judgment deficiency at some point in the future. With the high level of foreclosures more lenders are beginning to apply for such judgments.
If you anticipate a problem with your mortgage payments it is best to contact your lender and try to negotiate an agreement which will avoid any foreclosure procedures. Lenders should be willing to assist as the cost of foreclosure may not be in their best interests with a first lien to be satisfied before they get their piece of the pie.
Options which you can discuss with your second mortgage lender include both forbearance and temporary indulgence. Forbearance can be granted and payments suspended for a set period after which the payments can be either made up, or added to the balance of the mortgage. With the latter case the missed payments would accrue more interest. A temporary indulgence may result in missed payments being incorporated into a repayment plan.
If you fail to work with the lender and simply go into default, then if it is not cost effective to initiate foreclosure the lender may well send your account to a debt collection agency. If you mortgage is retained by the lender and you fail to pay then the interest will accrue on missed payments, effectively eating into any equity you may build by making payments on the first mortgage.
If you can work with the lender to come to an arrangement until things improve this is obviously the best course to follow, rather than ignoring the problem. If you do miss payments or pay sporadically it will have a negative effect on your credit rating, but that is far preferable to facing the possible consequences of default leading to foreclosure.


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I heard an interview today on NPR (Fresh Air) and the person being interviewed has been a paraplegic for 20 years -- he's 56. He was in a car accident and broke his neck. He said that once he had that accident and came so near to death, plus he knows that his life will be shortened, he realized he was going to be who he was and not what he thought he should be.
He talked about how he thought he should be a successful business person and the perfect father and that kind of thing. He has done fine with his life and all that but he says he spends more time on things that are important to him than on things others might think are important.
The idea of spending time on things that are important to you is something I resolve to do often. It's why I've started this and my other blogs, for example. I want to spend more time reading and writing than watching t.v.. The thing I think about, though, is what it means to be the person I am in other ways. You can't just follow all your own impulses. You should think before speaking, discern what is the best action to take and so on. It's a balance between squelching what comes naturally and being true to yourself.


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Q: Flexbox, make all images equal width to fit inside a list Using WordPress and advanced custom fields, the user add or remove up to 10 images into a block. The images sit inline and must stay on one line.
The user is providing all sorts of width and height images and I can't rely on them to edit them carefully. These are client logos.
My aim is that all of the images in the list are auto resized so they all fit into the container but keep aspect ratio.
Any help?
Currently markup and CSS:

.logo-list {
  background-color: white;
  padding: 20px;
  width: 95%;
  max-width: 1000px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
}

JSFiddle

A: Adding just flex: 1 to the .logo-list-image is enough to achieve the desired effect in Firefox, but that won't work in Chrome because of the well known Flexbox layout issue when scaling images.
So in order to make it work in Chrome, as well as in Firefox, you can do it with the width: 100% and min-width: 0, if you plan to use align-items: center on the parent element, but if you don't, you have to include height: 100% as well:

body {
  background-color: #ccc;
}

.logo-list {
  background-color: white;
  padding: 20px;
  max-width: 1000px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center; /* added */
}

.logo-list-image {
  width: 100%;
  /* height: 100%; include this if you don't plan to use align-items: center */
  min-width: 0;
}

A: Try something like this
For image tags if you define one side then other side is resized to keep aspect ratio.

body {
  background-color: #ccc;
}

.logo-list {
    width:20%;
    display:flex;
    align-items: flex-start;
}
.logo-list img{
  width:100%;
  margin:auto;
}


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Remigius Weißsteiner (30. března 1843 Pfunders – 27. dubna 1913 Rankweil) byl rakouský římskokatolický duchovní a politik německé národnosti z Tyrolska (respektive z dnešního Jižního Tyrolska), v 2. polovině 19. století poslanec Říšské rady.

Biografie
Byl synem zemědělce. Vystudoval c. k. klášterní gymnázium v Brixenu. Roku 1868 vstoupil do kláštera Neustift. 6. října 1872 byl vysvěcen na kněze. Do roku 1875 pak byl kooperátorem ve Welschnofenu a v letech 1875–1879 klášterním viceekonomem. Od roku 1911 působil jako probošt augustiniánského kláštera Neustift u Brixenu.

Působil i jako poslanec Říšské rady (celostátního parlamentu Předlitavska), kam usedl ve volbách roku 1885 za kurii velkostatkářskou v Tyrolsku, I. voličský sbor. Ve volebním období 1885–1891 se uvádí jako Remigius Weißsteiner, probošt kláštera, bytem Neustift.

Na Říšské radě se po volbách v roce 1885 uvádí jako člen katolického Liechtensteinova klubu. Roku 1887 je řazen do konzervativního Hohenwartova klubu (tzv. Strana práva).

Zemřel v dubnu 1913.

Odkazy

Reference

Rakouští římskokatoličtí duchovní
Poslanci rakouské Říšské rady
Probošti
Augustiniáni
Členové Strany práva (Předlitavsko)
Narození v roce 1843
Narození 30. března
Úmrtí v roce 1913
Úmrtí 27. dubna
Muži
Rakousko-uherští politici německé národnosti

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Prejean Lawsuit Gets a Response
Monday, August 31st, 2009 | no comments | Category : BREAKING NEWS, Previous Jobs
If ousted beauty queen and self proclaimed bigot Carrie Prejean thinks they are going to roll over and be sued she is apparently wrong. Prejean has sued the Miss California USA pageant and co-executive director Shanna Moakler on Monday alleging religious discrimination, and gaining her a comment or two from the other camp.
"On Ms. Moakler's behalf, I can say unequivocally that Ms. Prejean's lawsuit is without merit," Mel Avanzado, Moakler's lawyer.
"More importantly, as everyone who watched or read her public statements is well aware, Ms. Prejean's unfortunate and bigoted statements are responsible for any public humiliation or damages to her reputation that she has claimed to have suffered," Avanzado added. "Ms. Moakler strenuously denies that she did anything wrong and looks forward to proving that in a court of law."
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September 17, 2020 Cruise Industry / Travel
Cruise CEOs Call for Return to Service in United States.
Cruise line CEOs aggressively called for a smart return to service during a meeting of the Miami-Dade County Tourism and the Ports Committee on Thursday morning.
Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation said the company had been working non-stop with governments, health authorities, medical and scientific experts and stakeholders across the globe to develop science-based COVID-19 protocols. He pointed to Costa Cruises, the company's Italian brand, which returned to service this week in Italy.
Donald noted that the return to service would see the cruise industry manage risk without impact to communities.
"We want no one to experience a greater risk on a cruise ship than they would in shoreside activities," he said, noting the company was committed to working closely with the CDC. However, he said the industry pause had generated a tsunami of negative effects on economic impact and employment.
The urgency for the industry to come back and have the opportunity to operate is key, noted Miami Port Director and CEO Juan Kuryla, noting the industry was resilient.
Rick Sasso, chairman of MSC Cruises USA, said that the company's protocols put in place in Europe had been thus far working successfully aboard the Grandiosa now on its fourth cruise since restarting in July.
Frank Del Rio, CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, was the most vocal, noting it is safe to cruise in America and the industry has been too quiet.
"All we are asking for is the opportunity to demonstrate we take this very, very seriously. Health and safety are buzz words we hear every day but that has been the backbone of our industry forever.
More from Cruise Industry news here.
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Q: Powerpoint VBA Automation Slow when running in excel I am using an excel macro to build a table on a power point slide, and it is incredibly slow iterating through cell (about 1-2 second for each cell). Is there a way to make this process go faster? Here is my Code:
Private Function formatTable(shp As PowerPoint.Shape)

Dim i As Byte
Dim j As Byte
Dim k As Byte
Dim tabCol As Byte
With shp.Table
    tabCol = .Columns.Count
    For i = 1 To .Rows.Count
        For j = 1 To tabCol
            With .Cell(i, j).Shape
                .TextFrame2.TextRange.Font.Bold = msoTrue
                    Select Case i
                        Case 1 ' Header Row
                        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(128, 128, 128)
                        Case 2, 6, 10, 14, 19 'Elements
                        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(192, 192, 192)
                        Case 23 'Satisfaction
                        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 153)
                        Case 27, 29, 31   'Future Behaviors
                        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(204, 255, 104)
                        Case Else
                        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)
                        .TextFrame2.TextRange.Font.Bold = msoFalse
                    End Select
                    With .TextFrame2.TextRange.Font
                        .Name = "Arial"
                        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = IIf(i = 1, vbWhite, vbBlack)
                        .Size = IIf(j <> 1 And i = 1, 7, 8)
                    End With
                    .TextFrame.TextRange.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = IIf(j = 1, ppAlignLeft, ppAlignCenter)
            End With
            With .Cell(i, j)
                .Borders(ppBorderBottom).Weight = 1
                .Borders(ppBorderTop).Weight = 1
                .Borders(ppBorderLeft).Weight = 1
                .Borders(ppBorderRight).Weight = 1
            End With
        Next
    Next
End With

End Function

A: Unfortunately that is the only way that I know of coloring the cells in a table. I.e. via looping. However you can reduce the time drastically :)
Did you notice the Case Else part? That is the majority of the table. So you can actually remove that from the code and color the entire table in one go using the below code
oPPSlide.Shapes(1).Table.Background.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)
and you can remove the Case Else part. So you will have to loop less. In fact, it will drastically reduce the overall time. See this example that I created.
Sub Sample()
    Dim oPPApp As New PowerPoint.Application
    Dim oPPPrsn As PowerPoint.Presentation
    Dim oPPSlide As PowerPoint.Slide
    Dim FlName As String

    '~~> Change this to the relevant file
    FlName = "C:\Users\Siddharth Rout\Documents\MyFile.PPTX"

    oPPApp.Visible = True

    '~~> Open the relevant powerpoint file
    Set oPPPrsn = oPPApp.Presentations.Open(FlName)
    '~~> Change this to the relevant slide which has the shape
    Set oPPSlide = oPPPrsn.Slides(1)

    '~~> Change the background of the table in one go
    oPPSlide.Shapes(1).Table.Background.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)

    formatTable oPPSlide.Shapes(1)

    '
    '~~> Rest of the code
    '
End Sub

Private Function formatTable(shp As PowerPoint.Shape)
    Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long, tabCol As Long

    With shp.Table
        tabCol = .Columns.Count
        For i = 1 To .Rows.Count
            For j = 1 To tabCol
                With .Cell(i, j).Shape
                    .TextFrame2.TextRange.Font.Bold = msoTrue
                        Select Case i
                            Case 1: .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(128, 128, 128)
                            Case 2, 6, 10, 14, 19: .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(192, 192, 192)
                            Case 23: .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 153)
                            Case 27, 29, 31: .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(204, 255, 104)
'                            Case Else
'                            .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)
'                            .TextFrame2.TextRange.Font.Bold = msoFalse
                        End Select
                        With .TextFrame2.TextRange.Font
                            .Name = "Arial"
                            .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = IIf(i = 1, vbWhite, vbBlack)
                            .Size = IIf(j <> 1 And i = 1, 7, 8)
                        End With
                        .TextFrame.TextRange.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = IIf(j = 1, 1, 2)
                End With
                With .Cell(i, j)
                    .Borders(ppBorderBottom).Weight = 1
                    .Borders(ppBorderTop).Weight = 1
                    .Borders(ppBorderLeft).Weight = 1
                    .Borders(ppBorderRight).Weight = 1
                End With
            Next
        Next
    End With
End Function


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Fishwick would be an "orphan ward" under boundary changes, says Preston MP
Posted on - 20th October, 2011 - 9:50pm | Author - Joseph Stashko | Posted in - Campaigns, Politics
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Fishwick would become an "orphan ward" under changes proposed to the Preston constituency by the Boundary Commission, according to MP Mark Hendrick.
The move, which would see Fishwick become part of the neighbouring Ribble Valley constituency, was opposed by Hendrick as well as councillors Marytn Rawlinson and Tom Burns.
Speaking at a public meeting held yesterday at Fishwick Ramblers Working Men's Club, Hendrick said: "It makes no sense whatsoever, Fishwick is adjacent to the Town Centre ward of Preston.
"In the 16 years that I've represented Preston, Fishwick has been an integral part of Preston, and should stay an integral part.
"Traditionally the River Ribble is the boundary line, to take Fishwick into the Ribble Valley, which is a rural constituency, would make Fishwick an orphan ward amongst a load of rural wards.
"It's a bit of gerrymandering."
Councillor Martyn Rawlinson said: "How interested is a Tory MP going to be in representing the Callon estate, no matter how conscientious he or she is?"
Local residents voiced their concerns about the proposed changes, with some saying that not enough publicity had been given to the issue. Councillors handed out a template letter (which I've uploaded below) for residents to sign and send to the Boundary Commission. We're running a Facebook poll on the future of the Fishwick ward here.
A hearing will take place at Tickled Trout Hotel on Monday, beginning at 9 am. Several people have arranged presentations, including Preston Liberal Democrats, with Mark Hendrick due to speak at 3:30 pm.
Bob Fletcher, member of Friends of Fishwick & St. Matthew's, said: "Everywhere I go in the Fishwick area, everyone I talk to about this particular situation all say that it's a damn silly idea.
"The vast majority that I've spoken to say that they don't want it to happen.
"Provided everyone gets involved and signs the petition that's being drafted by the MP then there's no way that the Boundary Commission can take it on, because the vast majority of people don't want it.
"It's up to the residents to get involved and get their names down on the petition and sign the letters saying that they want to stay within Preston's boundaries."
Boundary Commission Letter


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Gray's Anatomy Season 13: SPOILER leaves the series, what consequences?
Cinema 2 February, 2017
What will be the consequences for SPOILER at the end of season 13 of Gray's Anatomy? Here are some ideas …
The news fell yesterday: Jerrika Hinton, who plays Stephanie, will leave Gray's Anatomy after season 13. After Callie last year, we'll have to say goodbye to Dr. Edwards. Obviously, we do not yet know how the character will leave. Will Stephanie decide to leave the Gray Sloan Memorial? Will she be killed by the screenwriters? Only the future will tell us, but one thing is certain: it will leave a great void. Over the years, Stephanie has become a protagonist of the series. If it is not part of the core of the series, many intrigues entrusted to it and it's downright become a sort of pillar for Amelia . She has the same ambition as Cristina and clearly, it was she who pushed the other interns to surpass themselves, creating the desire for her comrades to be better than her.
Jo will no doubt be devastated by the absence of Stephanie. It is "his person", like Cristina with Meredith. Today, Jo is at the bottom, Alex risking the jail. It was also seen in an excerpt from episode 11 of season 13 Grey's Anatomy , the hunk could spend his life behind bars. So, if we had to imagine the worst – namely Alex wearing an orange outfit – how could Jo survive the absence of her best friend and guy? Imagine if her violent ex-husband came to land, the hell that would be his life. In any case, we will have to find a replacement to Jerrika Hinton to make us forget the lack of his character.
This should not be a huge worry for the series that used to have a huge turnover in its casting. But it is true that Stephanie was an integral part of the show. So we have to reintroduce a mentally strong character, ambitious and nuanced . But we trust Shonda Rhimes and his team to offer us still nice moments. We hope nevertheless that the departure of the pretty Edwards will not be shipped like that of Callie last year. The 13 season of Grey's Anatomy continues tonight with episode 11 . Are you saddened by this departure?
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Love and College Football.
By BooBear96
We know what we're doing.
BooBear96 Taegan Marie 295d ago
Taegan Paige was an eighteen year old from Seattle. She had enrolled in the University of Alabama. She had wanted to be a sports journalist for as long as she could remember. She had gotten a scholarship to Alabama; full ride. That's probably the only reason she left her home state. Her Mother couldn't afford tuition at the state school even. She had to make something of herself to give back. Her 'Father' had ran out on her Mom when she was fifteen. Leaving her alone to raise herself and her eleven year old sister. She swore that day that she would never fall in love... never let herself become so vulnerable. She refused to ever have to depend on a man like that.
She lived on campus in a single dorm room; thank god. Only it was kind of crappy, but it was the cheapest on Campus. She was planning on finding a job somewhere on campus once she got settled in and everything. It was a big step, moving to Alabama, no family; no car. Just herself. She had worked all summer just to save up enough money for the plane ticket to Alabama. She didn't know how her freshman year was going to go, but she was ready for it all. She just hoped it was semi-good year. She was ready for this new start.
polkadotrocker Matthew Claybourne 295d ago
Matthew or Matt as he liked to be called was in his junior year at the University of Alabama.
"Claybourne!" One of his friends called out. They hadn't seen him since last year. He had spent his summer in Nashville. He had been born and raised there. His father was Deacon Claybourne, legendary guitarist for country superstar Miss Rayna James, which also happens to be his mother.
"Do anything worthy of talking about this summer?" Reid asked him sitting down with a football. Matt shrugged, "Practiced, did the summer reading unfortunately, you?" He asked and noticed a beautiful blonde out of the corner of his eye and hit Reid in the chest, "Shut up man…who is that?"
Matthew Claybourne wasn't often rendered speechless but this girl, this girl was different. "I have to find out who she is."
Matt left Reid sitting on the edge of the quad and caught up to the girl. "I don't think I've seen you around here."
[b "I've got to figure out how I'm going to afford football tickets so I can write articles and such."] she spoke to herself on the walk through campus. She had just spent the last little bit of her savings on a new laptop and food that she was sure she could make last for the month. [b "I'm sorry?"] she spoke as she realized that someone was now walking beside her. [b "I'm a freshman. I'm sure you haven't seen me around."] She wasn't sure what this man was up to. [b "Oh. You're Matthew Claybourne."] she whispered as she realized that Alabama's star football player was standing in front of her.
[b "I'm Taegan."] She sighed softly before stopping in her tracks and turning to face the man. [b "It was... nice speaking with you. But I've got to get these things back to my dorm room."] she told him before stepping forward to walk back to the dorm halls.
"Let me help?" He asked and looked to her, "You know who I am…interesting, well Teagan, let me help you, I don't have anything to do on this crisp fall day and you are a damsel in distress needing my help." He picked up the bags with ease. "Which dorm darlin'?" He asked softly. He was nothing if but a gentleman.
Soon he was carrying her things to her dorm. "So your a freshman, what are you majoring in?" He asked. He was a football star but a music major. His parents had made sure that he had always had the best teachers when it came to music and the best tutors with academics.
"Ah your lucky you have a single dorm, my freshman year I was with two other guys in a room this size. It was a nightmare." He said smiling. "If you need anything else text me." He said scribbling his number down for her.
This was his way of letting her know he was interested.
Taegan looked at Matthew as he reached forward and took some of the bags from her. [b "I... Careful please. Thats my only laptop."] she said. She sighed softly as he asked what dorm she was in. [b "Lakeside South."] she told him. [b I'm majoring in Sports Journalism."]
The walk was mostly small talk about how she liked Campus so far, which to be honest, she hadn't explored much. Classes started on monday so she had been making sure she knew exactly where they were so she wouldn't be late or lost on the first day. She was here on scholarship so she had to make sure she was doing her best in all her classes.
[b" I was actually really surprised when I found out I had a single.. but It works out. No distractions when I need to study."] she said as she placed the bags she was carrying on her bed. [b "I uh... Thanks."] she said. She wasn't used to guys being so willful to help, but then again, maybe it was all part of his plan to get in her pants.
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"Majoring in music minoring in business myself." He said smiling to her. "Your dorm is nice. Im in an apartment across the street actually." He said seriously. "Like I said you need anything let me know, I can pull some strings around here, not everything but I can do some."
Being the star football player and who his parents were he had more pull than lost people and a black card that didn't have a limit.
He leaned against her doorway, "Sports journalism, means I'll see you at the games then right?" He asked hopeful. "I mean I'd like to see you there." Matthew was awkward if anything. He just wanted to make sure he would see her again.
"Are you free for lunch? On me?" He asked being a bit bold. "I was going to go to Chipotle, care to join me?" He wasn't about to give up just yet. She was gorgeous and smart it seemed. He had never done anything like this.
She was slightly surprised when she heard him say he was majoring in music with a minor in business. She figured it was something to do with sports, as he was Alabama's star football player. [b "I'm sure I'll be fine.. I'm quite used to taking care of myself."] she told him. It was true. She had practically raised her little sister and taken care of the family after her father had ran out of them.
[b "Sports Journalism."] she nodded as he repeated himself. She nodded slightly when he asked about the football games. [b "Maybe, perhaps.."] she said. [b "I'd like to attend as many as I can. But I'm trying to find a job somewhere on campus."] she said as she found that he was quite easy to talk to.
She turned to look at him as he asked her to lunch. [b "I... I have to get everything organized here."] she said. [b "Make sure everything is ready for classes on Monday."] She had no interest in dating and she wasn't sure that Matthew was realizing that at all.
He nodded, "I understand and if your looking for a job check the college newspaper, they are looking for a sports reporter and it sounds like you would be perfect for the job." With that he left. She had his number if she needed him. He really was just across the street.
That afternoon Matt was throwing the football back and forth with one of the other players when the cheerleading squad ran onto the field. Matthew groaned, "Yeah time to leave," he hated when the cheerleaders were around, they assumed he wanted to date them. He didn't.
In his haste to leave the field he bumped into someone. "Sorry…oh Teagan, hi." He said pulling her away from the field. "Trust me you don't want any part of what's going on out there."
He smiled to her, "Get everything organized?" He understood that if he hadn't been here a week prior he would be doing the same thing.
Taegan nodded slowly when he mentioned the jon with the College Newspaper. That would actually be perfect. She could use her columns for her portofilo and with the newspaper. [b "Thank you. I'll have to check that out. I really appreciate it."] she said.
After Matthew left, she had all of her books and notebooks organized in her backpack and had put her room together a little more, she headed out with her laptop and went to the football field to research Alabama Sports.
She got in about two hours worth of writing when the cheerleaders came onto the field. She rolled her eyes before packing everything up. [b "OW!"] she called as something very tall all but knocked her down. [b "W--h--What? Matthew what the hell?"] she asked as he wrapped his arm around her waist and walked her back to the parking lot.
She sighed as she stepped back after the were in the quad. [b "I did. I think I have everything ready."] she told him as she seen a group of girls walking toward them. [b "It appears you forgot your cheerleaders."]
"Not my cheerleaders." He said rolling his eyes. "I was running from them." He all but whispered to her. They had to think and fast. "Say your my girlfriend, unless you want the whole cheerleading squad on you for your entire freshman year just go with it. " he was trying to not only save his ass but hers as well.
The squad inevitably caught up with them. "Matty, why don't you watch us practice?" One of the girls said and Matthew gagged at the nickname. He looked to Teagan with pleading eyes hoping she would go along with it.
"We have other plans." He said snaking his arm around teagan's waist. He was hoping that would be the end of it. The cheerleaders lived to bug him it seemed.
Matthew silently prayed that this gorgeous blond sun his arms would go along with this scheme of his. Hell he had never suggested anything like this to anyone before.
Taegan looked at Matthew slightly confused as he told her those girls were not his cheerleaders. Her eyes went wide as he told her to tell them she was Matthew's girlfriend. She sighed softly as the girls finally caught up to them.
She shivered as she felt Matthew's arm snake around her waist as the girls flirted with Matthew. Gosh. Is this how most girls were in College? Lowering themselves to nothing just so they could get a guy.
She didn't want these cheerleaders to make her life a living hell her freshman year, and she knew they could do it.
She laughed slightly as she heard Matthew say that they had other plans. [b "Sorry ladies... He's promised his girlfriend a date night before classes and football start back... I'm sure you understand."] she told them as she leaned back into Matthew. [b "We better be going... We don't want to miss the movie."]
Matt nodded, "I did promise babe." He said smiling. The cheerleaders looked more than a little shocked that he had a girlfriend and nodded leaving, one even had the audacity to say to another, "We will see how long. This lasts."
Matthew let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding, "phew, that was close. I didn't think they'd buy it honestly, you see why I was running from them now right?" He didn't want to get mixed up with the cheerleaders, it was a death sentence.
"If you report on sports I know you have to include them but do it like once a game or they will give you shit about it, they live to make my life hell and if they don't get what they want, yours too." He muttered.
"Now the cheerleaders think we're dating the team will too, half their girlfriends are on the squad, the other half are like me and run far away." He admitted.
BooBear96 295d ago
Taegan smiled slightly as the cheerleaders looked her over a few times before retreating back to the football field for the practicing. [b "It was nice talking to you all!"] she called as she turned to look back at Matthew. [b "Did you hear them say "We will see how long this lasts?"] she asked. If they were actually dating, she would be a little insulted.
She watched as Matthew relaxed. [b "Why did they have you so worked up?"] she questioned. [b "I want to report on football and basketball, not cheerleading."] she said with a hint of digust in her tone. [b "I hate preppy cheerleaders with a burning passion."] she explained.
She froze when he said the team would think they were together. She was a freshman, who swore she would never fall in love or date in general and now apparently she was dating Alabama's star quarterback. [b "What are we going to do?']
"Just go with it I guess? I know no one wants to report on cheerleading but they make your life a living hell if you don't." Matt said sighing, "The brunette in the middle that said we will see how long this lasts, shes been after me since I was a freshman, I don't like her, she doesn't take rejection and she keeps going so maybe this will stop her."
He looked to her, "We're not actually dating, just fake dating for all intensive purposes... gets everyone off my back and gets you an in for your writing." He said trying to make this at least sound appealing.
"No one will even question your writing being a sports journalist dating me, you get to go to all the games and your up close and personal." He said sighing, "Just gotta deal with me and I hope thats not a problem." He didn't care if they were fake dating or not, he would take good care of her.
Taegan looked at Matthew as he explained everything. She knew for a fact the cheerleaders did not like her at all know, even if they didn't know her. But as long as she appeared to be in with Matthew and the entire dating aspect of it all. [b "She doesn't take rejection?'] she asked.
She looked away for a few moments. Dating, even fake dating at that would get her a definite in to all the games, home and away.. She would be able to get up close to the team and even a few interview possibly. Of course dating the star quarterback would also open up doors in the Sports Journalism world as well. Fake dating... She sighed softly before turning to look at him. [b "I'm sure I could put up with you... But I should warn you, I'm quite stubborn."]
Though she was honestly about the entire thing... [b "Well. I guess we better get a hurry on if we aren't going to miss that movie."]
Matt chuckled, "Yeah Darlin, let's go see that movie, but I have to warn you I'm a bit stubborn myself." He led her to his white pickup truck. He opened the passenger's side door for her and helped her inside. "You get to pick where we eat." He said with a smile. Hell he didn't care that it was fake dating. He had the most beautiful girl he had ever seen in his truck. He counted himself lucky.
Food first, he pulled through a drive thru of her choosing. Only
The best fast food for a first fake date. He had gotten his favorites and an orange soda. He would always pick orange soda. "Rule number 1, never tell the coach I eat this, he will have me running laps an entire practice and I am
Not a fan of laps." He admitted with a smile.
He shoved a chicken tender into his mouth with bbq sauce. "But I don't have many more rules." He admitted, "Just don't get me in trouble with coach, kinda just fell into football freshman year."
Taegan just grinned as Matthew's southern accent popped when he called her darlin. [b "Darlin huh? I can definitely say thats a first."] she told him.
Her mouth slightly watered when he said they could go eat anywhere she wanted. She hadn't realized how hungry she actually was. She picked some drive thru burger place that looked decent. She ordered a cheeseburger, fries and vanilla milkshake. [b "Thank you for this.. We.. uh we don't have to go to the movies. I'm sure you're missing some party."] she told him as she glanced up after taking a bite.
She was slightly confused when he just asked that she not get him in trouble with his coach. [b "How would I get you in trouble with the football coach? I don't quite understand."] she told him. She honestly didn't know if this was a good idea or not. But it would get her an in with the football team and the school newspaper if she was lucky,
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"Coach finds out I eat like this I'm dead, he's got the team on a strict diet that I don't exactly follow and I don't go to parties darlin, at least I haven't since I was a freshman because they usually end badly. Last time I was dancing on a pool table because I had had to much to drink."
He smiled to her, "If you want to go to the movies we can, besides if we're going to do this, we do have to get to know each other."
After they ate he started the truck, "Your decision, movie or we can hang out at my place, I do live across the street from your dorm and have more room." It was just him at his apartment too but he really did have more room.
"Any questions about me to make this easier? You can ask me and I'll ask you?" He wanted to get to know this girl even if she didn't want to know him all that well. He was interested in her and everything she had to say.
[b "Well we could definitely get to know each other better at your place than a movie.. We can talk about what we expect from this and the rules and everything if we hangout there… Then you can walk me back to my dorm."] she told him.
She grinned as he told her the coach held them to a strict diet. [b "That diet is going out the window if you hangout with me. I love food… if you couldnn't tell yet or anything."] she told him.
[b "All the cheerleaders were talking about parties and everything. They said the team expected you to start coming to them… They mentioned how you think you're better than everyone? Or is it just because you're held to a higher standard?"] she questioned him. What Quarter back didn't like to party at least a little bit?
[b "I guess we can go back to your apartment and talk about everything… We need to set some ground rules thats for sure."]
"I don't think I'm better than anyone, just got more to lose with the team and with who my parents are. One slip up and they make an example out of me so I try to stay away from parties." He admitted as he pulled out of the parking space and headed towards his apartment.
"To tell you the truth I don't stick to coach's diet at all just eat what I want and don't tell him." He said flashing her a smile.
At his apartment he helped her out and slung his bag over his shoulder. "Oh I uh hope a dog is okay…I have a dog, he's basically a big lump but he's up there."
At the apartment door he unlocked it and held it open for her as a bulldog started running for their feet and jumping. "Meet Rambo, he's a handful but I've had him a few years and wouldn't know what to do without the fur ball." He admitted sitting his bag down on a free chair. "Make yourself at home,"
Taegan looked at Matthew and grinned slightly when he said he didn't really follow his coaches diet plans. [b "Is that why you're always working out or running?"] she questioned as she folllowed him upstairs to his apartment. [b "You have a dog?!"] she asked excitedly.
She giggled as a big fur ball ran toward her as the front door was open. [b "Hi buddy!"] she said as she bent down to rub the dogs belly. [b "I love dogs… Always wanted one growing up.. but uh.. Well. My mom could hardly afford feeding my sister and I, much less a dog.."] she told him softly.
[b "We're going to talk rules right?"] she asked as she walked deeper into the apartment and seen she was standing in the living room.. It was definitely a mans place but it was decorated nice. She sat down on the couch and glanced around at pictures on the wall. [b "Wait… Are— Are those your parents?"]
He nodded, "Yes Rules and Yes I have a dog." He said smiling, "I'm sure he would love it anytime you want to come over and play with him." He nodded again, "Yeah that's my mom and dad." It was a picture of them onstage, he was small and in his fathers arms. Rayna James and Deacon Claybourne's only child.
"I guess we do have to talk about rules, my parents come in for the homecoming game, they will believe we're together too. I'm sure my mom will want to know all about you as soon as someone reports I have a girlfriend." He admitted.
Rambo ran around her feet. "His treats are on the counter if you want to give him one." He opened the fridge and offered her a drink. "Yes I work out and run a lot because I eat anything I want. I run every morning at 6 am, your welcome to join me." He said with a smile. "I used to take Rambo but he can't keep up."
Taegan listened closely at everything that Matthew was telling her. His parents came to the HomeComing football game.. .. His Mother, Rayna James would of course want to meet his girlfriend as soon as word got in the magazines… [b "Magazine?"] she questioned. She just shook her head. [b "No… My Mother would find out and she would want to meet you and that's just not possible.. She could never afford to come down here and… I can't afford to go home until Summer…"] she looked up at Matthew. True fear in her eyes.
[b "I… What are…. Is it possible that we keep this as hush hush as we can? Just for a few weeks.."] she asked. [b "I'll do everything that you need to a limit… But My mother knows how I feel about love and relationships and I just cannot have that conversation with her right now. I told her I focusing on school… I cannot loose my schloarship."]
He nodded, "We can try and you being on the paper will help because you can filter anything about us and money isn't a problem Darlin, your going this for me so you need something, consider it done."
He looked to her, "My parents will want to meet you at homecoming though and I'm sure they will
Love you, my dad is just like me and my mom, well she's a softie and a hugger, just a warning." His parents still occasionally played but for the most
Part they were retired now and his dad played and wrote for other people.
"They're really proud of me for being on the team and my grades, I can't let them down." He admitted. That was the first time he had ever told anyone about what his parents expected of him. Most people thought he was just the spoiled rich kid who got anything he wanted. He wasn't, he worked for that he had and his parents were proud,
[b "Thats only if they give me a job… I'm a freshman. No one here knows anything about me. I'm just the northerner from Seattle."] she told him. She quickly shook her head when he mentioned money. [b "No. No. No. I'm not fake dating you for the money. Matthew, you said it yourself. Those girls would've made my life a living hell. I didn't really have another option.. But I can play the girlfriend part and charm your mother. I just don't want anyone to end up hurt…"] she said honestly.
[b "I always said I would never allow myself to fall in love… never date."] she told him. [b "My father ran out on us when I was about twelve. My mother was ruined… She had made him her entire life and I swore that day that I would never let a man hold that much power over me… and I still stand to that promise."]
She nodded when he mentioned he couldn't disappoint his parents. [b "Well. We won't let that happen then."] she said with a yawn. [b "I should get back to my dorms…"]
He nodded and got up, "Let me walk you back." He agreed with everything she said. At the dorms there were cheerleaders in the hall and he whispered, "Can I kiss you?" He wasn't going to do it without asking her.
When she gave him a nod he kissed her gently but up against the wall. "See you in the morning?" He had invited her to his morning run and he was going to recommend her for the newspaper so they would reach out to her via her school email.
The next morning he was there in sweats and a underarmour t shirt. "Morning darlin', you want to come running with me?" He asked with a smile. It was way too early
For him to be this perky.
"I promise if you don't want to go you don't have to baby." The word baby had slipped and he couldn't help himself. "Since classes don't start until Monday I was hoping we could spend some time together before I have football practice later."
Taegan looked at him as they stood in the doorframe of her dorm room. A group of cheerleaders in the hallway, already whispering. [b "Wh-.."] she sighed softly but nodded when he asked if he could kiss her and she agreed slightly. [b "Goodnight Matthew."] she whispered before retreating into her room. She sighed again as she leaned back against the door. What had she gotten herself into? She knew this wouldnt end well more than likely and she was scared.
It was bright and early when Matthew showed up at her dorm. She groaned when he asked if she was going to join him on his morning run. [b "How about a walk instead of a run?"] she asked. She had on a pair of nike shorts and a Seattle tee shirt. [b "I hate mornings."]
She grabbed her phone before shutting the door. [b "Where do you usually run?"] she asked. She rolled her eyes as a couple of football players ran up them them after the walked out of the dorm halls.
Matt chuckled, "Usually run the quad, the field and back, and it three miles but we can walk it today." Some of the football players wanted to meet his girlfriend. Matt introduced them before the guys were off again. "Sorry darlin' as soon as people heard about the girlfriend thing they wanted to meet you,"
"Cheerleaders gossip and it sucks but how about a walk and we get coffee or a smoothie this morning? Still keeps me on track and might wake you up a little." He suggested.
"How'd you like your first night in your Dorm? Was it quiet? I know some of the dorms are a bit rowdy so that's why I ask." He was trying to make small talk and distract her from the fact she was awake so early, he didn't think it was working.
"Oh we can swing by my place I have a jersey for you and a game season pass." He said with a smile, "for my girl." He was hoping that would make her blush.
Taegan smiled as Matthew introduced her to some of the football players on the team. Of course the cheerleaders had opened the can of worms about their star quarterback having a girlfriend. [b "It was nice to meet you all!"] she called as they turned to walk away.
She looked up and shrugged when he apologized. [b "It's just apart of dating the quarterback. It's fine, honestly. I'm sure I'll be introduced to a bunch of other people the next few weeks anyway."]
She followed him toward the quad. [b "Maybe I'll be a supportive girlfriend and run with you on Sundays. But I don't think I can get up this early during the week…. smoothie sounds good."]
She was kind of startled as she realized he had said he had a jersey and a season pass for her… his girlfriend. Her face heated up.. [b "Season pass?"] she asked, excitedly. This would help so much. [b "You're not joking?"] she asked again as they walked.
"Nope not joking, have it for you at my place." He said with a smile and agreed, "Okay we run on Sunday's together but we get smoothies today to make up for it."
He took her hand in his, "Coach gave it to me this morning, stopped by when he heard I had a girlfriend and knew I'd need the pass…might be the biggest talk on campus in a long time."
At the smoothie place on the corner he ordered a orange mango for himself and let her order and swiped his black card. He made sure to add a tip for the workers. He waited with her and smiled, "What's your class schedule like? I have a free period this year which never happens but I did overload myself the last two years…maybe just need a break now."
He picked up his smoothie and took a sip, "this was a good idea and this fall within what coach allows." He said with a smile. "I hope no one has been too crazy on you?"


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Time Capsule | June 14, 2020
The American Flag and its Day of Honor
by Traci Manning, MVHS Curator of Education | Jun 12, 2020 | Time Capsule, Uncategorized
Bernard J. Cigrand; unknown source
Stony Hill Schoolhouse; courtesy Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Flag Day has its origins in the classroom as several teachers around the United States set aside a day to honor and learn about the history of the American flag. The father of the movement was Bernard J. Cigrand, a schoolteacher in Wisconsin. He arranged for his students to participate in a special program on June 14, 1885. The day marked the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of the flag.
Here's the story according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, "A little one-room country schoolhouse in Waubeka, Wisconsin is on the National Register of Historic Places for its connection to the origins of Flag Day. It was there that a 19-year-old teacher and his students held the first known observance of Flag Birth Day on June 14, 1885, using a 10-inch 38-star flag propped up in a glass bottle. Teacher Bernard Cigrand had his students, mostly descendants of Luxembourger immigrants, honor Old Glory by "reading essays they had written and discussing the flag's history and meaning."
Flag Day 1917; courtesy Library of Congress
In 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned a similar ceremony for his students. Eventually, his program was adopted by the New York State Board of Education and celebrated by all of the state's students. The success of these school-based events encouraged community groups to follow along, helping schools with event planning. The Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a ceremony in 1891 and the Society of the Sons of the Revolution held a program the following year. By 1893, several additional organizations hosted events with many schools across the country joining in. The American Flag Day Association was organized in 1894 with BJ Cigrand as its guiding voice. That year's celebration in Chicago included more than 300,000 students.
School students were not alone in enjoying these patriotic programs. In 1914, former Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, delivered an address noting the words that the flag spoke to him, "I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself." President Woodrow Wilson declared Flag Day a holiday in 1916 with Congress following along in 1949. Flag Day, though, is not an official Federal Holiday.
Continental Colors flag design; courtesy Flags of the World
So is it really that simple? As far as the holiday goes, yes. But there is a lot more to the history of the American flag. Let us start at the beginning.
Colonists began fighting the British in 1775 under several different flags used by several individual military units. When the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, they chose to unite the forces and create the Continental Army. In doing so, a flag design was created – the Grand Union Flag or Continental Colors. This flag featured the familiar 13 red and white stripes but with a Union Jack in the corner. Military leaders realized that the flag was simply too similar to the British flag and they sought another option.
"The Birth of Old Glory" from painting by Percy Moran, artist; photomechanical print, [Red Oak, Iowa]: Thomas D. Murphy, Co., c1917; courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division
Legend tells us that in 1776 George Washington commissioned Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress, to create a flag for the new nation. Is this true? No. Historians agree that it is probable that Mrs. Ross knew Washington and may have created flags in her shop, but the story of her creating the first flag is most likely untrue. In fact, there is no historical evidence to support this story. It was first told by Ross's grandson, William Canby, in 1870. Historians credit the flag's design to Francis Hopkinson who also designed the Great Seal and the first coin of the United States.
On June 14, 1777, Congress adopted the look of the new flag, "Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation." Since then, there have been 27 official versions of the flag. For many years, the star pattern design was left to the flag maker, but by 1960 and the adoption of the 50-star flag, the star pattern was standardized.
Mary Young Pickersgill; courtesy Library of Congress
"A View of the Bombardment of Fort McHenry, Near Baltimore by the British Fleet. Taken from the Observatory Under the Command of Admirals Cochrane & Cockburn on the Morning of the 13th of September, 1814." Aquatint by J. Bower, ca. 1814; courtesy Maryland Historical Society
In 1813, while the young nation was again at war, a seamstress named Mary Young Pickersgill entered the flag story in a big way, literally. Major George Armistead was in command of the militia unit stationed at Fort McHenry in Baltimore and was preparing for a major British attack. He wanted a flag "so large that the British will have no difficulty seeing it from a distance." Armistead commissioned Pickersgill to make two flags, a 17 by 25-foot storm flag and a 30 by 42-foot garrison flag. Picksersgill enlisted the help of family, free women of color, and other Baltimore seamstresses to help finish the order, which was completed in six weeks. The larger garrison flag weighed 50 pounds and took nine men to hoist over the fort. The flag was ready for its moment in the spotlight as the battle came to Baltimore in 1814. The British certainly saw as did one Francis Scott Key. Key was being held on a British ship where he watched the bombing of Baltimore's harbor and the scene inspired him to write the poem, which eventually became the National Anthem.
The Star-Spangled Banner and its conservators are pictured here. The flag that flew above Fort McHenry "in the dawn's early light" inspired our national anthem. Painstakingly conserved, the iconic flag is a treasure of the National Museum of American History's collection and on display for all to see. Photo by Hugh Talman; courtesy Smithsonian Institution
The famous flag is currently in the collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Conservators took on a major restoration effort in 1998 as textile experts started a 10-year project to stabilize the flag. Learn more about this effort from the Smithsonian Insider: https://insider.si.edu/2017/07/keeping-star-spangled-banner-story-emblematic-resilience/
In the flag laboratory, a moveable bridge (gantry) gave the conservation team a working surface above the flag. The lab was equipped with its own heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system (HVAC) that kept the air free of contaminants and maintained a steady temperature and humidity. Courtesy Smithsonian Institution
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Twitter and Facebook are collaborating to stop the spread of coronavirus misinformation. Is it enough?
May 12, 2020 · 3:45 PM EDT
By The World staffLydia Emmanouilidou
An example image from Twitter shows how the company will add warnings to some tweets with misleading information related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Twitter/via Reuters
Rumors, conspiracy theories and false information about the coronavirus have spread wildly on social media since the pandemic began.
False claims have ranged from bogus cures to misinformation linking the virus with conspiracy theories on 5G mobile phone technology or high-profile figures such as Microsoft's Bill Gates.
To combat disinformation, Twitter announced on Monday that it will start flagging misleading posts related to the coronavirus.
Twitter's new labels will provide links to more information in cases where people could be confused or misled, the company said in a blog post. Warnings may also be added to say that a tweet conflicts with guidance from public health experts before a user views it.
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Similarly, Facebook's third-party fact-checking partners, which include Reuters, rate and debunk viral content on the site with labels. Last month, YouTube also said it would start showing information panels with third-party, fact-checked articles for US video search results.
Yoel Roth, head of site integrity at Twitter, and Nathaniel Gleicher, head of cybersecurity policy at Facebook, have been working together to tackle disinformation during the pandemic. Roth and Gleicher spoke to The World's host Marco Werman about their efforts to fight against fake news and the challenges they face.
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Marco Werman: Given that the COVID-19 pandemic is such a global problem, what new strategies have you had to come up with to deal with disinformation on your platforms?
Nathaniel Gleicher: The truth is that disinformation or misinformation isn't something that any one platform — or quite frankly, any one industry — can tackle by itself. We see the actors engaged here, leveraging a wide range of social media platforms, also targeting traditional media and other forms of communications.
One of the key benefits here, as we think about bad guys trying to manipulate across the internet, is we focus on behavior that they engage in — if they're using fake accounts, if they're using networks of deceptive pages or groups.
The behavior behind these operations is very similar whether you're talking about coronavirus or the 2020 election or any other topic, if you're trying to sell or scam people online. And so the tools and techniques we built to deal with political manipulation, foreign interference and other challenges actually apply very effectively because the behaviors are the same.
You've both mentioned bad guys and malicious actors. Who are they? How much do you know about them and how does that knowledge inform how you deal with individual threats of disinformation?
Yoel Roth: Our primary focus is on understanding what somebody might be trying to accomplish when they're trying to influence the conversation on our service. If you're thinking about somebody who's trying to make a quick buck by capitalizing on a discussion happening on Twitter, you could imagine somebody who is engaging in spammy behavior to try and get you to click on a link or buy a product.
If you make it harder and more expensive for them to do what they're doing, then generally, that's going to be a strong deterrent. On the other hand, if you're dealing with somebody who's motivated by ideology or somebody who might be backed by a nation-state, oftentimes, you're going to need to focus on not only removing that from your service, but we believe that it's important to be public with the world about the activity that we're seeing.
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Where do most of the disinformation and conspiracy theories originate? Is it with individuals? Are they coordinated efforts by either governmental or nongovernmental actors?
Gleicher: I think a lot of people have a lot of preconceptions about who is running influence operations on the internet. Everyone focuses, for example, on influence operations coming out of Iran, coming out of Russia. And we've found and removed a number of networks coming from those countries, including just last month.
But the truth is, the majority of influence operations that we see around the world are actually individuals or groups operating within their own country and trying to influence public debate locally. This is why when we conduct our investigations, we focus so clearly on behavior: What are the patterns or deceptive techniques that someone is using that allow us to say that's not OK. No one should be able to do that.
Nathaniel, you said that when determining what to take down, Facebook tends to focus on the behavior, the bad actors rather than content. But I think about the so-called "Plandemic" video, a 26-minute video produced by an anti-vaxxer. And it racks up millions of views precisely because it's posted and reposted again and again. How do you deal with videos like that, which go viral?
Gleicher: That's a good question, and it gets to the fact that there's no single tool that you can use to respond in this space because people talk about disinformation or misinformation. But really, it's a range of different challenges that all sit next to each other. There are times when content crosses very specific lines in our community standards such that it could lead to imminent harm; it could be hate speech or otherwise violate our policies.
For example, in the video that you mentioned, one of the things that happened in there was that it suggested that wearing a mask could make you sick. That's the sort of thing that could lead to imminent harm. So, in that case, we removed the video based on that content, even though there wasn't necessarily deceptive behavior behind the spreading.
And then finally, there are some actors that are sort of consistent repeat offenders — we might take action against an actor regardless of what they're saying and regardless of the behavior that they're engaged in. A really good example of this is the Russian Internet Research Agency and the organizations that still persist that are related back to it. They have engaged in enough deceptive behavior that if we see anything linked to them, we will take action on it, regardless of the content, regardless of the behaviors.
Last Friday, a State Department official said they identified "a new network of inauthentic accounts" on Twitter that are pushing Chinese propaganda, trying to spread this narrative that China's not responsible for the spread of COVID-19. And State Department officials say they suspect China and Russia are behind this effort. Twitter disputes at least some of this. Can you explain, though, what is Twitter disputing precisely?
Roth: Last Thursday, we were provided with more than 5,000 accounts that the State Department indicated were associated with China and were engaged in some sort of inauthentic or inorganic activity. We've started to investigate them. And much of what we've analyzed thus far shows no indication that the accounts were supportive of Chinese positions.
And then in a lot of cases, we actually saw accounts that were openly critical of China. And so, this really highlights one of the challenges of doing this type of research.
Oftentimes, you need a lot of information specifically about who the threat actors are, how they're accessing your service, what the technical indicators are of what they're doing in order to reach a conclusion about whether something is inauthentic or coordinated. And that's not what we saw thus far in our investigation of the accounts we received from the State Department.
This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. Reuters contributed to this report.
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Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Adjoa Andoh (Nurse Albertine), Paul Brooke (Toby the Sapient Pig), Michael Keating (Inspector Chardalot), Maureen O'Brien (Miss Alice Bultitude)
Ostend, 1913. War is coming. A war in whichmillions will die. And the guest in suite 139 of the Hotel Palace Thermae knows it. Which is odd, considering he has trotters, a snout and a lovely curly tail.
Toby the Sapient Pig is a swine on the run. Two peculiar strangers have been hunting him across Europe. The first, Miss Alice Bultitude, is an Englishwoman and collector of obscure theatrical ephemera. The second, Inspector Alphonse Chardalot, is a celebrated member of the detective police – the man who brought the trunk murderess of St Germain to justice.
This was supposed to be a reading week for The Doctor and Peri. Now they must do battle with a villain who wants to wipe every last human from the face of the earth – once he's had just another dish of truffles. And maybe a valedictory glass of fizzy lemonade.
http://www.doctorwhoworlduk.com/Images/bfcovers/dw90-yearof%20thepig.mp3
Year of the Pig was the ninetieth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions.
The Doctor recalls Peri's transformation into an avian lifeform on Varos in the late 23rd century. (Vengeance on Varos)
The Doctor threatens to tell Peri the story about "The Giant Rat of the River Fleet." (The Talons of Weng Chiang)
The Doctor opines on the reading habits of some of his previous incarnations. He calls the First Doctor the "real Francophile" (The Reign of Terror) and a person who, like him, had a great appreciation for books – but not much time to do it, considering the mire beasts (The Chase) and Moroks (The Space Museum) that he had to face. the Third Doctor, he claims, was inclined to be "more interested in axle grease and looking in the mirror " than in reading great literature. Of his immediate predecessor, he says that "he preferred cricket and fizzy lemonade to reading." The Doctor then expresses relief that he has finally found a persona temperamentally suited to reading Proust.
Peri says that she is going to shop for a postcard to send to H. G. Wells. (Timelash)
The Doctor tells Peri that his fifth incarnation"was fond of a Boy's Own adventure about an aristocrat who yomped through the Brazilian rainforests, depriving the natives of their orchids." (Black Orchid)
The Doctor mentions that he has met the "odd anthropomorphic slug." (The Twin Dilemma)
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