BRYN MAWR, Pa. - It was a Tri-Co battle on the Class of 1958 Gymnasium floor earlier Wednesday night, as the Owls welcomed Swarthmore to campus to renew their recent rivalry. The Owls played some great basketball all the way through the contest, giving Swarthmore a big test on the night. Halena Martin led the way for the Owls with 19 points, and Cleo Elizabeth-Robertson added another 16 for Bryn Mawr, as the hosts were able to take a lead midway through the second quarter. However, the Garnet were able to charge back and take the lead, and then hold off a Bryn Mawr rally late to ultimately claim a 70-59 win in the end. Swarthmore was led by 11 points apiece from Abigail Pirron and Karinna Papke.
Brendan Harrison got Bryn Mawr an early lead, as she nailed a jump shot on the Owls' second possession of the game. Swarthmore responded with a couple baskets of their own to get a lead of their own, but two free throws from Elizabeth Chan knotted things right back up. The first quarter remained very low-scoring, as the next points didn't come until there was just 2:54 to play in the frame. A pair of free throws for Swarthmore helped the visitors regain their lead, but Chan responded again with a layup to make it 6-6. The teams continued to trade points, as two more Garnet free throws were met by a jumper by Martin, and then the Owls responded to a Swarthmore three-pointer with another jumper from Martin in the final seconds of the quarter, sending the teams to the first break with the Garnet holding a slim 11-10 lead.
Another three-ball for Swarthmore helped the visitors open up their biggest advantage to that point in the night, but the Owls stuck with it and responded with a few big baskets of their own. Martin hit a layup after a strong offensive rebound, and then after a Swarthmore layup, she nailed a jumper from the top of the key. That got the Owls back within two, and then Bryn Mawr vaulted ahead thanks to a huge three-pointer from Elizabeth-Robertson on a great pass from Martin. A Swarthmore layup momentarily put the Garnet back out in front, but Martin drilled another jump shot to give Bryn Mawr a 19-18 lead. After a missed jumper on the other end, Chan pulled down a strong defensive rebound, leading to a breakout and an easy layup for Elizabeth-Robertson after a great assist from Laya Paladugu. That gave the Owls a 21-18 advantage, and forced Swarthmore head coach to take out her frustrations with a quick timeout.
Unfortunately for the Owls, that stoppage proved to be just what the doctor ordered for Swarthmore. In what proved to be arguably the biggest stretch of the game, the Garnet roared back with a 15-0 run over the next four minutes of action. In that run, Swarthmore went 6-for-10 from the floor (including a three-pointer) and knocked down two free throws, while also forcing two Bryn Mawr turnovers and holding the Owls scoreless on all seven of their shot attempts. By the time Elizabeth-Robertson finally ended that rally with another jumper, Swarthmore had flipped the scoreboard and built a 33-23 lead as the teams headed into the halftime break.
Despite the setback late in the second quarter, the Owls came out determined to get back in the game after halftime. Chan got things started on the right track with a bucket right out of the break, and after a Swarthmore basket, the Owls trimmed the Garnet's lead even further thanks to another three from Elizabeth-Robertson. The senior knocked down another jumper moments later, and with that the Owls had halved their deficit with over 15 minutes of gametime remaining. That five-point margin remained over the next several minutes, as Odinaka Oranekwu and Laya Paladugu knocked down baskets of their own to combat a pair of Swarthmore field goals. That paved the way for Bryn Mawr to get even closer, as Martin made another huge play with 3:28 to go in the quarter. The junior barreled down the lane on a hard drive to the basket, converting a short jumper while also being fouled. Martin would knock down the ensuing free throw, and suddenly the Owls were all the way back within two at 39-37. Swarthmore hit back-to-back baskets to bump their lead back up, but the Owls would not relent, answering with buckets from Martin and a deep three in the corner from Paladugu to keep the two-point margin in place late in the third quarter.
Things stayed close in the early part of the final frame as well. Swarthmore momentarily bumped their lead back out to seven, but free throws from Chan and then a pair of baskets from Martin kept the Owls within reach, as they trailed just 54-48. A few baskets later, a jumper from Chan made it 52-58, but Bryn Mawr just could not get enough stops and baskets of their own over the final five minutes. Swarthmore was able to bump their lead out to eight, and then ten before a free throw from Lipi Paladugu made it single digits once again. Later, Elizabeth-Robertson hit two freebies of her own to get Bryn Mawr back within seven, but that was as close as the Owls could get from there. Needing to foul late to stop the clock and get the ball back, Bryn Mawr was unable to get baskets on the other end, and Swarthmore converted well enough at the free throw line to ultimately walk away with a 70-59 win on the evening.
The result is tough to match with the box score, as the Owls actually outshot the Garnet by a small margin. Ultimately, it was that 15-0 run late in the second quarter that seems to have been the tipping point in the contest, as neither side truly outdid the other by a wide margin in any major statistical category. Tonight's result is certainly one that the Owls will look to bounce back strong from, as they get another crack at Swarthmore later this season. First, however, comes a matchup against Ursinus on Saturday. Bryn Mawr continues their four-game homestand this weekend by taking on the Bears, with tipoff in the Class of 1958 Gymnasium slated for 1:00 PM.


Janis Barlow established an arts consulting practice in Ontario in 1981 after a decade of work in Ontario theatres. Her post-secondary education includes honours degrees in drama and sociology and studies in architectural technology. Throughout the 1980s, she was best known as the Ontario Government's project manager for the $30 million rehabilitation of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres in Toronto. Since 1990, she has undertaken feasibility studies and management plans for dozens of projects throughout the United States and Canada. She was one of the first arts consultants in Canada to adapt successful corporate strategic planning workshop methods to the distinctive needs of non-profit art organisations. She has facilitated hundreds of planning workshops for artist-run organisations, emerging community arts boards, arts councils, professional theatres and associations. Janis has served on the board of the Toronto Theatre Alliance, the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre (an international UNESCO project), Carousel Players (a Niagara-based theatre for young audiences) and the League of Historic American Theatres. She has lectured in Arts Administration at Brock University and is a founding member of Those Women: Consultants to the Arts and Arts Consultants Canada.


A "joint doctrine" providing for deeper operational synergies among the army, navy and air force was unveiled on Monday with an aim coherently deal with all possible security threats facing India including conventional and proxy wars.
The document listed a range of security threats facing the country including transnational threats, "proxy war" in Jammu and Kashmir and left-wing extremism in various parts of the country and indicated that "surgical strikes" could be a key feature in counter-terror operations.
"India has moved to a pro-active and pragmatic philosophy to counter various conflict situations. The response to terror provocations could be in the form of 'surgical strikes' and these would be subsumed in the sub-conventional portion of the spectrum of armed conflict," it said.
The doctrine will facilitate the establishment of a broad framework of concepts and principles for joint planning and conduct of operations across all the domains such as land, air, sea, space and cyber-space.The document was released by chairman of the chiefs of staff committee (COSC) and Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba in presence of Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat and IAF Chief B S Dhanoa.
Referring to evolving security situation in the region, it said India's strategic interests along the Northern, Western and Eastern borders and sensitivities along the Line of Control (LoC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) will have to be protected with effective deterrent capabilities.
"Maintaining territorial integrity and preserving national sovereignty continues to remain a major strategic challenge for India," the document, a second edition of the joint doctrine, said. The first edition of the document was released around eight years ago.
It said India's threats primarily emanate from the disputed land borders with certain neighbours and that the need to address consequences of instability and volatility in parts of India's extended and immediate neighbourhood remains a priority.
"Transnational threats posed by the activities of State and Non-State sponsored terrorist organisations are exacerbated by the dynamics of intra and inter-State conflicts which pose a danger to regions beyond our primary theatres," said the document.
The doctrine also talked about the steps initiated for establishment of the 'Defence Cyber Agency', 'Defence Space Agency' and 'Special Operations Division'.
The layered hierarchies of the national security structures should integrate to get the most out of the expertise available," it said.
India remains concerned about the presence and role of external powers in the Indian Ocean Region, adding security challenges are exacerbated by several countries vying to acquire Weapons of Mass Destructionix (WMD).
"The fragile security environment in the Af-Pak region and neighbouring support to proxy war in Jammu & Kashmir, lends a possibility of it being a conduit for eastward spread of fundamentalist and radical ideologies," said the document.
The doctrine said having an 'Integrated Theatre Battle' to ensure decisive victory in a network centric environment across the entire spectrum of conflict in varied geographical domains, will be the guiding philosophy for evolution of war fighting strategies.
"The Joint Operations Committee (JOCOM) is the integrated structure at strategic level under the COSC to conduct and plan operations," it said.
The doctrine said to achieve 'jointness', it is essential that personnel from the three services serve together in organisations across the military-strategic, operational and tactical levels.


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Ask Alexa with Bose's latest smart speaker and soundbars
Bose announced three new products with integrated Amazon Alexa compatibility. Google Assistant and Airplay 2 users will have to wait until 2019.
Lily Katz
The Bose Soundbar 700 includes an eight-microphone array and will retail for $799.95.
Bose announced its new line of soundbars and a Bose smart speaker, all of which include integrated Amazon Alexa control. According to the press release, Bose has committed to "other voice assistants to follow," and AirPlay 2 support by early 2019.
Doug Cunningham, category manager for the Bose Consumer Electronics Division, stated that each product — the Bose Speaker 500, Soundbar 700, and Soundbar 500 — combines "Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for unbeatable ease of use…"
Universally outfitted with an eight-microphone array, the Bose smart speaker and soundbars are equipped for near- and far-field voice registration, meaning you won't have to endlessly repeat, "Alexa." Bose claims that the microphones will perform adeptly in quiet and noisy environments.
The Bose smart speaker sports an anodized aluminum body and is smaller than your average coffee machine.
Bose's Home Speaker 500 houses two opposite-facing drivers to reproduce a more realistic sound. In fact, the company asserts that the Home Speaker 500 has the "widest soundstage of any smart speaker available today." Ouch. Did it just get dark with all of that shade thrown?
Being 38 inches long, the Soundbar 700 rests comfortably under a 50-inch TV. It's encased by a metal grille and tempered glass on top. Media playback from both soundbars benefits from the Bose PhaseGuides, which sends multiple channels of a soundtrack throughout a given space.
What's more, both use ADAPTiQ® which allows the soundbars to adjust the acoustics according to the environment. You can connect either soundbar to a wireless subwoofer and rear speakers for 5.1. listening. Unlike the Soundbar 500, the Soundbar 700 includes a universal remote.
Bose's Soundbar 500 is thinner than the Soundbar 700 but features the same Bose DSP and QuietPort technology as its counterpart.
All three products will be available at the beginning of October with the Bose Home Speaker 500 retailing for $399.95, and the Soundbar 500 and 700 will retail for $549.95 and $799.95, respectively.

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The mission of the Children Vision Impairment Surgery Program of the Rosa Thay Nguyen Children's Foundation is to deliver first world vision surgical care to children to facilitate children blindness research and education nationally and internationally.
Childhood blindness is when someone under 16 years of age has severe visual impairment or has a visual acuity of 20/200 (With correction, such as glasses or contacts), meaning that they can read an eye chart standing 20 feet away as well as someone with normal vision who is standing 200 feet away. The person cannot read the top line of the eye chart even if they have glasses or lenses on.
Children who are born with blindness or affected by blindness usually have a lifetime of blindness ahead of them, causing some difficulties in the emotional and social life of the child and their family. Problems in everyday life could also occur since the child's vision is very low and cannot see clearly. This could cause the child to have trouble locating certain things.
Even though it might seem somewhat common, blindness in children is actually relatively rare. Because of this, accurate data on the commonality of it is difficult to find out or obtain. Data, however, is available from population surveys that include children from rehabilitation programs and from registers of the blind. Based on the data from these sources, it was concluded that the commonality of blindness in children varies according to socioeconomic development. Basically, low-income countries have the highest number of cases, averaging 1.5 per 1000 children. High-income countries have a much lower amount of cases, averaging 0.3 per 1000 children. An estimation using these two pieces of data says that there should be about 1.4 million blind children in the world's population. About three-quarters of the world's blind children live in the poorest regions of Africa and Asia, where the child population is quite large.
In the last few years, many pieces of information has been recorded in a methodology that was developed by the International Center for Eye Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The research showed that the most common site of the abnormality (visual impairment) was in the retina, having about 380,000 cases with that area. Along with that, the most common cause of blindness was apparently unknown, having 560,000 cases caused by unknown factors. Other causes included hereditary diseases, childhood factors, perinatal factors, and intrauterine factors. Other sites of abnormalities included the cornea, the whole globe, the lens, the optic nerve, the glaucoma, and the uvea.
Despite all this, some causes of childhood blindness are preventable or treatable. Conditions that can be treated early to prevent blindness include the glaucoma and ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity). Areas and causes of blindness such as the cataract or selected cases of corneal scarring can still be treated by having the sight be restored. Corneal scarring is cited as the single most important cause of avoidable and preventable blindness. Today, corneal scarring can be prevented by maternal and child health care, health education, good nutrition, essential drugs, clean water supplies and good sanitation, control of endemic diseases, and treatment of common conditions.
Besides corneal scarring, other causes of blindness can still be prevented. Many gadgets and high-tech glasses are being built to help blind or visually impaired people see better. The WHO is also coordinating international efforts to reduce visual impairments by developing policies and strategies and monitoring the worldwide trend of visual impairment. Children with blindness can be helped by using vision aids, therapy to help with their daily living and motor skills, and orientation and mobility training.
Our goal is to reduce children blindness in the world and to provide children with vision impairment with the tools and aids they need to improve their quality of life.


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require "json"
require "extern"

ccs = ccs or {}

function ccs.sendTriggerEvent(event)
    local triggerObjArr = ccs.TriggerMng.getInstance():get(event)

    if nil == triggerObjArr then
        return
    end

    for i = 1, table.getn(triggerObjArr) do
        local triObj = triggerObjArr[i]
        if nil ~= triObj and triObj.detect then
            triObj:done()
        end
    end
end

function ccs.registerTriggerClass(className, createFunc)
    ccs.TInfo.new(className,createFunc)
end

ccs.TInfo = class("TInfo")
ccs.TInfo._className = ""
ccs.TInfo._fun = nil

function ccs.TInfo:ctor(c,f)
     -- @param {String|ccs.TInfo}c
     -- @param {Function}f
    if nil ~= f then
        self._className = c
        self._fun       = f
    else
        self._className = c._className
        self._fun       = c._fun
    end

    ccs.ObjectFactory.getInstance():registerType(self)
end

ccs.ObjectFactory = class("ObjectFactory")
ccs.ObjectFactory._typeMap = nil
ccs.ObjectFactory._instance = nil

function ccs.ObjectFactory:ctor()
    self._typeMap = {}
end

function ccs.ObjectFactory.getInstance()
    if nil == ccs.ObjectFactory._instance then
        ccs.ObjectFactory._instance = ccs.ObjectFactory.new()
    end

    return ccs.ObjectFactory._instance
end

function ccs.ObjectFactory.destroyInstance()
    ccs.ObjectFactory._instance = nil
end

function ccs.ObjectFactory:createObject(classname)
    local obj = nil
    local t   = self._typeMap[classname]
    if nil ~= t then
        obj = t._fun()
    end

    return obj
end

function ccs.ObjectFactory:registerType(t)
    self._typeMap[t._className] = t
end

ccs.TriggerObj = class("TriggerObj")
ccs.TriggerObj._cons = {}
ccs.TriggerObj._acts = {}
ccs.TriggerObj._enable = false
ccs.TriggerObj._id   = 0
ccs.TriggerObj._vInt = {}

function ccs.TriggerObj.extend(target)
    local t = tolua.getpeer(target)
    if not t then
        t = {}
        tolua.setpeer(target, t)
    end
    setmetatable(t, TriggerObj)
    return target
end

function ccs.TriggerObj:ctor()
    self:init()
end

function ccs.TriggerObj:init()
    self._id = 0
    self._enable = true
    self._cons = {}
    self._acts = {}
    self._vInt = {}
end

function ccs.TriggerObj:detect()
    if (not self._enable) or (table.getn(self._cons) == 0) then
        return true
    end

    local ret = true
    local obj = nil
    for i = 1 , table.getn(self._cons) do
        obj = self._cons[i]
        if nil ~= obj and obj.detect then
            ret = ret and obj:detect()
        end
    end
    return ret
end

function ccs.TriggerObj:done()
    if (not self._enable) or (table.getn(self._acts) == 0) then
        return
    end

    local obj = nil
    for i = 1, table.getn(self._acts) do
        obj = self._acts[i]
        if nil ~= obj and obj.done then
            obj:done()
        end
    end
end

function ccs.TriggerObj:removeAll()
    local obj = nil
    for i=1, table.getn(self._cons) do
        obj = self._cons[i]
        if nil ~= obj then
            obj:removeAll()
        end
    end
    self._cons = {}

    for i=1, table.getn(self._acts) do
        obj = self._acts[i]
        if nil ~= obj then
            obj:removeAll()
        end
    end
    self._acts = {}
end

function ccs.TriggerObj:serialize(jsonValue)
    self._id = jsonValue["id"]
    local count = 0

    --condition
    local cons = jsonValue["conditions"]
    if nil ~= cons then
        count = table.getn(cons)
        for i = 1, count do
            local subDict = cons[i]
            local className = subDict["classname"]
            if nil ~= className then
                local obj = ObjectFactory.getInstance():createObject(className)
                assert(nil ~= obj, string.format("class named %s can not implement!",className))
                obj:serialize(subDict)
                obj:init()
                table.insert(self._cons, obj)
            end
        end
    end

    local actions =  jsonValue["actions"]
    if nil ~= actions then
        count = table.getn(actions)
        for i = 1,count do
            local  subAction = actions[i]
            local  className = subAction["classname"]
            if nil ~= className then
                local act = ccs.ObjectFactory.getInstance():createObject(className)
                assert(nil ~= act ,string.format("class named %s can not implement!",className))
                act:serialize(subAction)
                act:init()
                table.insert(self._acts,act)
            end
        end
    end

    local events = jsonValue["events"]
    if nil ~= events then
        count = table.getn(events)
        for i = 1, count do
            local subEveent = events[i]
            local eventID   = subEveent["id"]
            if eventID >= 0 then
                table.insert(self._vInt,eventID)
            end
        end
    end
end

function ccs.TriggerObj:getId()
    return self._id
end

function ccs.TriggerObj:setEnable(enable)
    self._enable = enable
end

function ccs.TriggerObj:getEvents()
    return self._vInt
end

ccs.TriggerMng = class("TriggerMng")
ccs.TriggerMng._eventTriggers = nil
ccs.TriggerMng._triggerObjs = nil
ccs.TriggerMng._movementDispatches =  nil
ccs.TriggerMng._instance  = nil

function ccs.TriggerMng:ctor()
    self._triggerObjs = {}
    self._movementDispatches = {}
    self._eventTriggers = {}
end

function ccs.TriggerMng.getInstance()
    if ccs.TriggerMng._instance == nil then
        ccs.TriggerMng._instance = ccs.TriggerMng.new()
    end

    return ccs.TriggerMng._instance
end

function ccs.TriggerMng.destroyInstance()
    if ccs.TriggerMng._instance ~= nil then
        ccs.TriggerMng._instance:removeAll()
        ccs.TriggerMng._instance = nil
    end
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:triggerMngVersion()
    return "1.0.0.0"
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:parse(jsonStr)
    local parseTable = json.decode(jsonStr,1)
    if nil == parseTable then
        return
    end

    local count = table.getn(parseTable)
    for i = 1, count do
        local subDict = parseTable[i]
        local triggerObj = ccs.TriggerObj.new()
        triggerObj:serialize(subDict)
        local events = triggerObj:getEvents()
        for j = 1, table.getn(events) do
            local event = events[j]
            self:add(event, triggerObj)
        end

        self._triggerObjs[triggerObj:getId()] =  triggerObj
    end
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:get(event)
    return self._eventTriggers[event]
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:getTriggerObj(id)
    return self._triggerObjs[id]
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:add(event,triggerObj)
    local eventTriggers = self._eventTriggers[event]
    if nil == eventTriggers then
        eventTriggers = {}
    end

    local exist = false
    for i = 1, table.getn(eventTriggers) do
        if eventTriggers[i] == triggers then
            exist = true
            break
        end
    end

    if not exist then
        table.insert(eventTriggers,triggerObj)
        self._eventTriggers[event] = eventTriggers
    end
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:removeAll( )
    for k in pairs(self._eventTriggers) do
        local triObjArr = self._eventTriggers[k]
        for j = 1, table.getn(triObjArr) do
            local  obj = triObjArr[j]
            obj:removeAll()
        end
    end
    self._eventTriggers = {}
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:remove(event, obj)

    if nil ~= obj then
        return self:removeObjByEvent(event, obj)
    end

    assert(event >= 0,"event must be larger than 0")
    if nil == self._eventTriggers then
        return false
    end

    local triObjects =  self._eventTriggers[event]
    if nil == triObjects then
        return false
    end

    for i = 1, table.getn(triObjects) do
        local triObject = triggers[i]
        if nil ~= triObject then
            triObject:remvoeAll()
        end
    end

    self._eventTriggers[event] = nil
    return true
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:removeObjByEvent(event, obj)
    assert(event >= 0,"event must be larger than 0")
    if nil == self._eventTriggers then
        return false
    end

    local triObjects = self._eventTriggers[event]
    if nil == triObjects then
        return false
    end

    for i = 1,table.getn(triObjects) do
        local triObject = triObjects[i]
        if  nil ~= triObject and triObject == obj then
            triObject:remvoeAll()
            table.remove(triObjects, i)
            return true
        end
    end
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:removeTriggerObj(id)
    local obj = self.getTriggerObj(id)

    if nil == obj then
        return false
    end

    local events = obj:getEvents()
    for i = 1, table.getn(events) do
        self:remove(events[i],obj)
    end

    return true
end

function ccs.TriggerMng:isEmpty()
    return (not (nil == self._eventTriggers)) or table.getn(self._eventTriggers) <= 0
end

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Gene. 2016 Jan 1;575(1):58-65. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.08.034. Epub 2015 Aug 20.
Expression of stem cell pluripotency factors during regeneration in the earthworm Eisenia foetida.
Zheng P1, Shao Q2, Diao X1, Li Z2, Han Q1.
Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, Agricultural College, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
State Key Laboratory for Agribiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Stem cell pluripotency factors can induce somatic cells to form induced pluripotent stem cells, which are involved in cell reprogramming and dedifferentiation. The tissue regeneration in the earthworm Eisenia foetida may involve cell dedifferentiation. There is limited information about associations between pluripotency factors and the regeneration. In this report, cDNA sequences of pluripotency factors, oct4, nanog, sox2, c-myc and lin28 genes from the earthworm E. foetida were cloned, and quantitative PCR analysis was performed for their mRNA expressions in the head, clitellum and tail. The maximum up-regulation of oct4, nanog, sox2, c-myc and lin28 occurred at 12h, 4 days, 12h, 2 days, and 24h after amputation for 110, 178, 21, 251 and 325-fold, respectively, in comparison with the controls. The results suggest that the tissues are regenerated via cellular dedifferentiation and reprogramming.


Take a step back in time to this original 1950's renovated, family bach, with all the comforts of home. Located in a quiet cul-de- sac, close to the bus stop, it is just one block back from beautiful Blackpool beach. An easy 6 to 7 minutes stroll will take you to Oneroa village, the island's main entertainment centre, where you can explore the many shops, galleries, cafes and restaurants that overlook the golden sands of Oneroa beach.
This 3 bedroom home revives the days when children, and pets, could safely play outside from dawn to dusk. With all day sun on the lawns and decks, both front and back, the family can fully indulge in outdoor fun, or head to Waiheke's world-renowned beaches with kayaks and boogie boards available for your use.
This is the perfect, relaxing place for a family to enjoy and unwind, or for friends to catch up. With the great indoor - outdoor flow, everyone has space to do what they want. It is an ideal base to explore the island life and is perfectly positioned for those attending weddings at Mudbrick and Cable Bay, just 5 minutes' drive away.
Main bedroom has a king bed with built-in wardrobe, bedside tables, lamps and a set of drawers. 2nd bedroom has a double bed. and the 3rd bedrrom has 2 single beds - one of these is a King single - with 1 bedside table, a built in-wardrobe and a set of drawers..
Shower over the bath with a heated towel rail. Separate toilet.
Fully equipped, renovated with dishwasher, microwave, electric hob and oven, fridge and freezer, kitchen bar with 3 stools and coffee plunger.
Lounge area has seating for 6, WIFI, Panosonic Smart LED TV, with Chromecast, bluetooth Bose speaker, DVD player, 2 oil heaters and 1 fan heater. (The open fire place is purely for aesthetics).
Washing machine, dryer, iron and ironing board and hair dryer.
Large deck with table with seating for 7, shade cloth and umbrella, 3 burner hooded BBQ and 2 bean bags for those lazy summer days.
Mudbrick Vineyard, Cable Bay Vineyard, Jurassic Ridge Vineyard. A short stroll into Oneroa Village - shops and restaurants incl. The Oyster Inn, Smugglers Bar, Fenice, Wai Kitchen, The Cove, The Red Crab, Vino Vino, Oneroa Beach Club, Oneroa Art centre, Four Square supperette, 2 liquor stores and Oneroa beach.
10 min drive to car ferry, 2 min drive to passenger ferry and many walkways close by.
"What a fabulous place to stay. The house was just perfect for our needs, and the location was superb. We'll definitely be back to make the most this place has to offer which includes use of the sports equipment. A real bonus."
"Nice and clean house. House is close to the beach, ferry."


A bankruptcy discharge also has no effect on liens. Take, for example, the situation in which the debtor owes the creditor $5,000 and the debt is secured by the debtor's car, which is worth $3,000. If the debtor files for Chapter 7 relief and receives a discharge, the discharge does not extinguish the creditor's security interest in the debtor's car. In other words, the creditor can still repossess the car. However, it cannot go after the debtor for the $2,000 difference between the debt and the value of the security. That is the personal protection afforded to the debtor by the bankruptcy discharge.
A court may revoke a Chapter 7 discharge if the trustee or a creditor requests it, and if the debtor obtained the discharge through fraudulent means; acquired property that is property of the estate and knowingly failed to report the property or give it to the trustee; or made a material misstatement or failed to provide information in connection with an audit of his or her case. 11 U.S.C. § 727(d).
Educational loans guaranteed by the United States government are generally not discharged by a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Student loans may be dischargeable, however, if the court finds that paying off the loan will impose an undue hardship on the debtor and his or her dependents. In order to qualify for a hardship discharge of a student loan, the debtor must demonstrate that he or she cannot make payments at the time the bankruptcy is filed and will not be able to make payments in the future. The debtor must apply before the discharge of the debtor's other debts is granted. Application for a hardship discharge is not included in the standard bankruptcy fees, and must be paid for after the case is filed.
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The Swans welcome Everton to the Liberty on Tuesday in one of four all-Premier League ties in the Capital One Cup (7.45pm).
The two sides meet at the third round stage with a place in the last 16 up for grabs.
Swansea have had a good relationship with this competition in recent seasons, famously winning the trophy back two seasons ago.
Everton, meanwhile, have been knocked out in the third round in three of the last four seasons.
This is the first meeting between the sides in the competition, while the Swans are yet to record a single victory over Everton.
The Swans are without striker Wilfried Bony who is suspended after being sent off against Southampton on Saturday.
Everton's Bryan Oviedo returns to the squad for the first time since breaking his leg back in January, while Arouna Kone is also in contention to feature.
Swans boss Garry Monk: "It will be a good cup tie - it will be an interesting one.
"We are at home, I am sure the fans will be right up for it and hopefully we can get the right result.
"We also want to bounce back because we lost to Southampton on Saturday and it would be nice to try to make sure we don't lose the next one."
Everton boss Roberto Martinez: "We've got a really busy period and we want to make sure we take advantage of that.
"There is a real competition for places in the squad and it is clear we need everyone to be ready, and those games are going to be vital to see how well we can progress."
Swansea have kept a clean sheet in five of their last six League Cup fixtures
The Swans have gone further than the third round twice in the past five seasons
Everton have won only once in their last seven away fixtures in the League Cup, losing five and drawing one
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Q: How to separate label and value in Spinners? I'm trying to create a spinner that shows data from an API that returns Pasta objects.
I want the Spinner's selectable label to be Pasta.label, but I want the actual value returned from the Spinner to be another value (Pasta.Id).
Kind of like this in HTML:
<select>
    <option value="spag">Spaghetti</option>
    <option value="ravi">Ravioli</option>
</select>

I've seen other questions on SO but none of them seem truly conclusive.
I already have the HashMap<String, String> with the values I need. I just need to figure out how to translate that into a spinner. I thought about just creating a Class like this:
public class SpinnerItem {
    public String key;
    public String value;
}

and populating my Spinner with SpinnerItems, so that when I retrieve the SpinnerItem later on I can just do getSelectedItem().getKey(), but how would I go about writing an ArrayAdapter that does that?

A: You just need toString function in your SpinnerItem class
public class SpinnerItem {
    public String key;
    public String value;

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return value;
    }
}

There is a readily available sample here as well, hope it helps.

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I'm a big fan of Turn Based Strategy games, and perhaps none more so than Sid Meier's Civilization series. I managed to make it into my twenties without ever picking up one of the Civilization series, and so the one I started with was Civilization V. And let me tell you - from day one, I was hooked. Having now sunk several hundred hours into the game, it's one of the first things I think about when I consider how our product can help improve already-amazing games to be even better.
Civilization V is a relatively complex game. For those who've never had the pleasure of picking up the game before, the premise is simple - you are the ruler of a civilization, and the goal is to get from the agricultural revolution to space travel through technological, cultural, religious and diplomatic/military means. However, all of this is done while competing and co-operating with fellow civilizations. For an AI, there is quite simply a lot to take care of. The branching factor of possible decisions and outcomes is enormous once you consider how many elements are required to do well in the game. Even for most human players there is a steep learning curve.
Here's the thing: for Civilization V, the AI is essential. Any individual game can easily take a dozen hours (or much, much more - people report games longer than 100 hours!). To play on multiplayer is a challenge simply because of the time commitment. Finding other people to play a single game over multiple long sessions can be very difficult, especially when you consider that a standard size map is eight players. To get eight people together for that long is next to impossible (especially as the more humans you have, the longer a game tends to take, since humans need to think). You will almost certainly end up playing with at least a couple of AIs, if not mostly AIs.
When I play, it's usually with one other person. Even though we are the minority, and even though we play on higher difficulties, when we play, we know that the winner will be one of the two humans. The AIs in the game serve as foils, as help or harm, but they will not win. In fact, no AI has ever won a game of Civilization in which I've played.
To make the AIs tougher on higher difficulties, a complex series of balances are used. You may recall from my post on Dota 2 that at Decisive, this sort of thing is regarded as cheating, but unfortunately this is usually a necessary evil in video game NPCs.
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The difficulty tables clearly illustrate the complexity of the game. There are many variations between the difficulties, some to do with the player's starting stats, and others to do with their opponents. Prince is the standard difficulty level, and going up from there sees little difference in player abilities (primarily it is a change in bonus combat ability against barbarians). However, the AI sees huge changed. They receive free technologies to start, extra defense units, worker units, exploration units. They have an increased work rate, and decreased unhappiness, unit costs and era modifiers. All this is to say that the AI does not become a better player as the difficulty goes up, it simply gains resources. As a result, there comes a point for most players where the game is no longer fun.
For many aspects of the game, there's a certain degree of looking forward. Long term plans are important, but so are sabotaging other people's. Playing in a short-sighted manner will lead to you losing. Usually when playing, one of the two humans will begin to take a commanding lead in the later stages of the mid-game, which leaves the other human trying to rally the AIs in trade embargoes, wars or other diplomatic punishments against the leader and almost certainly failing as the AIs see greater short term value in continuing to trade with that rich civilization. This is frustrating. Why can't the AIs see that if they don't do this, don't work together, that that other player will win?
On the other hand, sometimes you will have been friends with another civilization for what amounts to thousands of years of in-game time, only for them to suddenly turn on you with little warning or provocation.
To quote Civilization V's lead designer and principal gameplay programmer, Jon Shafer:
"The AI in the base version of Civ 5 was... not as strong as it could be, shall we say.
Working on this system was another experience that taught me a great deal about design and development. I wrote the AI code that handled the computer opponents' high-level strategic goals, economy and diplomacy.
Like most engineers, I really enjoy architecting elegant and flexible structures. Civ 5's AI was a beautiful mesh of interwoven systems, and even included the ability to record virtually everything to a massive log file. Unfortunately, my enjoyment of building caused me to fall in love with the design rather than its actual impact. I was very proud of my code. But it really wasn't very good.
What many people don't know about AI programming is that one of the greatest challenges is getting your artificial players to actually do what you think you're making them do! The AI code in a big strategy game is typically so complex that you end up with a variety of pieces that either don't function as expected, or worse, don't do anything.Another problem with my AI was the randomness, which is something I've already talked about at length. The computer opponents were weighted towards a variety of possibilities, with a healthy serving of RNG (random number generator) on the side. This meant they floated from one "strategy" to another without any real cohesion behind those decisions. This approach is nice in theory, but if you want a strong AI there are times when you need to force it to behave in very specific manner."
The reviews for Civilization 5 are overwhelmingly positive, but the criticisms are almost always the same.
"...the AI in Civ V is still curiously terrible. At its absolute smartest (what the game calls its 'normal' difficulty setting, before the AI starts receiving stat bonuses) the AI still makes inexplicable demands from you...These aren't opponents that make for fond memories. Civ V is occasionally capable of clashes between equally-matched nations, but they're unforgivably rare. If you want respectable competition, you need to head online." - Eurogamer
"Time may have been kind to many of Civ V's best aspects, but while expansions and updates have bolstered the game in some areas, others are in need of a helping hand. Combat AI, especially at lower difficulties, can still be maddeningly simple and ineffective, while on harder ones it still feels like you're being cheated.
Likewise, the diplomatic AI still hasn't managed to match the personality of its visuals. Opponents will still make repeated and unnecessary demands of you, and a lot of the time erratic declarations of war come across as, well, more erratic than unpredictable." - Kotaku
So the question remains: is there a way to make the AI in Civilization V play - not just hard, with a lot of resources - but well? Is there a way to make it so that the NPCs have a chance of winning, and are seen as a threat rather than just an obstacle in the fight against the other human players?
At Decisive AI, we believe the answer to that is yes.
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By Teo van den Broeke 10 December 2018
This year, Italian fashion powerhouse Etro celebrates fifty years in business. Famous for producing richly referenced collections, dense with pattern, paisley and print, to celebrate Etro's latest milestone GQ met the man behind the brand, Kean Etro, to discover what the designer has planned for the label's next five decades at the top
Each and every season the GQ fashion team decamps to Milan for the menswear shows that take place twice a year in Italy's industrial capital.
It's in Milan that many of the most creative and commercially important designers are based and it's in Milan that they show their respective collections to the world's press and buyers. It's also in Milan that the most diverse stylistic differences exist among the attendant brands.
Head to an Armani show (Emporio or Giorgio), for instance, and you can be sure that you'll be faced with a syrup-y collection of luxurious griege tailored pieces, each of which will come finished with a distinctive slouch in the shoulder.
Head to Dolce & Gabbana and you're in for a heap of Sicilian-inspired glitz and glamour. At Prada it's all about the future and Gucci is the home of ultra-expensive magpie fashion – at Gucci more is always more.
At Etro, however, the story is different. Where at some shows the models are little more than too-thin children with hollow cheeks, at an Etro show you can expect long-haired models of advanced years to walk the runway, occasionally with their dogs.
Likewise with the clothing on show, there's a softer, easier energy than often found elsewhere. Where other brands push ultra-lux leather shoes, bags and accessories to the fore – in a bid to make easy, not to mention massive, sales – at Etro, wide, ikat-print harem pants, loose hemp granddad shirts and slouchy silk paisley suits are the pieces that steal the show.
Paisley, after all, is Etro's calling card. First introduced into the brand's textile designs in 1981, after founder Gerolamo "Gimmo" Etro paid a visit to India for inspiration, the pattern has since found its way onto his eponymous label's leather goods, tailored pieces and shoes, season after season.
Established by Gimmo Etro in 1968, Etro this year celebrates five decades in business. With a renewed focus on sustainability, local manufacturing processes and, of course, that iconic paisley print, we caught up exclusively with Gimmo's son (and Etro's menswear visionary since 1990) Kean Etro, to learn just what the brand has in store for the next fifty years.
**GQ: What is Etro about, beyond paisely? **
**Kean Etro: **"I have always considered myself a supporter of product which is manufactured in Italy. And in particular I support all that is made with love, wisdom and craftsmanship. Our manufacturing is a dialectal working with the Itria Valley down in Puglia, a highly prolific hotbed of factories making jackets, shirts, suits, trousers and even jumpers. I am deeply involved in this concept of producing everything locally, up and down the Italian peninsula.
What that in mind, here is the connection with my Italian roots and the core of Etro's identity: love for the Italian culture as expression of local crafts and dialectal craftsmanship. Our tailor-artists, our wonderful cuisine, our fauna and flora of the land, vegetable gardens, dances, songs, joy and happiness that drives us to improve and everything that is 'slow'... our happy tailoring!"
How has the Etro changed in the past fifty years?
"I am always working through archives, thinking about what is tradition and how could you fly away from tradition towards something new. It is not something that you can stop. Tradition is tradition."
Has the way you design changed in that time?
"I have always been fascinated by folklore, anthropology and ethnology. My studies into medieval history made me want to discover the source of things, to explore the sense and the roots of a story. I love to immerse myself into books from my archive; there is always something exciting and emotional to get new inspiration for the collections, because in terms of identity and spirit, I have always felt more like a storyteller than a designer."
To what do you owe Etro's continuing success?
"Etro's success is probably due to the fact that we simply don't care what other companies are doing. Sometimes the world of fashion is obsessed with minimalism and patterns have been blacklisted: we are still producing paisley prints – which are the core of our identity – patterns and colourful collections, new every season and interpreted in different ways."
Etro is still very much a family business, is that easy to manage?
"Family means maintaining relationships and in those relationships there should be the possibility to share different points of view. Although it is quite surprising to discover that sometimes we do have the same intuitions! We confront each other daily, we share a great passion for art, history, culture and above all an innate curiosity. Each of us has been able to carve their own niche and individual identity within the firm, while remaining true to our natural inclinations and characters."
Your father Gimmo founded the company – how have you respected and maintained his legacy?
"Our father transmitted to us the passion for fabrics, the dance of colours and the culture of our heritage. I live them all with grace."
You have been designing Etro's menswear collections since 1990 – has the meaning of Etro changed since then?
"I joined the company very young and at the beginning everything was very experimental. Growing up with beautiful things, fabrics, antiques, art, all of these gave me creativity, vision and inspiration. I always looked to do something more poetical, never about just the clothing. I would love to be a storyteller – because the greatest success is to share the sense of irony and joy with people."
What is next for Etro? Where do you see the company in the next fifty years?
"A lot has been achieved and we are all happy about what has been done so far. Etro's core identity is strong and recognisable worldwide, the paisley design has become its trademark and colors and prints in general its playground.
In the last years the world, and with it the fashion scene, is changing rapidly, especially in digital communication, in the virtual and physical stores, in storytelling. So to keep up with the evolving times there is a lot to do, we are happy of what we have done but we always tend to look at the future rather than look back into the past and see what can been improved for the years to come.
It is a job where you are constantly working years ahead to prepare the collections, so we prefer celebrating these fifty years looking forward. The hopes for Etro for the next fifty years is to continue to create unique, timeless, quality pieces for positive free-spirited people."
How do you keep things fresh?
"The Etro Company started in 1968 when my father began to play with the paisley design on his fabrics. It is an ancient decorative symbol born in Mesopotamia and it represents the tree of life, the union between the depths of the earth and the infinite space of the sky. Today more than ever we have to recognise the millenary symbolism of the tree and look at nature with devotion and respect."
Tell me about the Spring/Summer '19 collection. What was the inspiration and what were the key pieces?
"Sustainability is not a slogan, it's a story. The life of a garment doesn't begin when it catches the first glare of the runway's spotlight. It starts with the fibre, the materials, the processes, the hands that guide it under the bobbing tip of the threaded needle.
Did you know that a single kilogram of cotton takes 20,000 litres of water to produce? That the same amount of hemp requires only 500? Etro's Spring/Summer collection begins here – with the seed of sustainability. Starting from the beginning: natural fibres, vegetable dyes and local production have shaped a collection beholden to the visual cultures of Southeast Asia, Africa and Japan.
Deeply rich patterns were inspired by the complex motifs of Iban cloth from Borneo, batik-dyed fabrics from Indonesia and colourful West African wax prints. Bamboo, a pillar of the collection, is explored for its connection to Japanese martial arts traditions. Centre yourself within the generous shade of your leafy companions for a holistic ode to the power of Mother Earth."
Do you wear any other designers?
"Sir Paul Smith, because he is a real gentleman; for his ironic and pleasant nature. What's more, he is down to Earth!"
How can Etro remain relevant in a rapidly changing culture and market?
"In order to maintain our high quality standards our production is entirely made in Italy and in Puglia in particular: this is where our artisans hand-paint our models. We call them 'masters' because to make these beautiful things they don't just use their hands, but also their hearts."
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Black in School: Afrocentric Reform, Urban Youth, and the Promise of Hip-Hop Culture
reviewed by Marvin Lynn - 2004
Title: Black in School: Afrocentric Reform, Urban Youth, and the Promise of Hip-Hop Culture
Author(s): Shawn A. Ginwright
Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York
ISBN: 080774431x, Pages: 157, Year: 2004
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Shawn Ginwright's book, Black in School: Afrocentric Reform, Urban Youth and the Promise of Hip-Hop Culture explores Afrocentricity as a political and an epistemological movement and erects an urban political economy as a means to explore the effectiveness of an Afrocentric reform movement in Oakland , California . He begins with an historical analysis of Afrocentricity in the United States , and he draws a rich history of the movement by focusing in particular on the political battles that were waged between Black communities and academe. He then addresses the ways in which two main political tendencies grew within the movement: a Marxist or revolutionary nationalist orientation and a cultural nationalist orientation. He points out that Revolutionary Nationalists espoused a Marxist ideology and felt strongly that African Americans, particularly those who are poor and/or working class, would have to engage in a full-scale revolution in order to change class and race inequities. Cultural nationalists, on the other hand, believe that African Americans need to reorient themselves to African... (preview truncated at 150 words.)
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Q: Absolute path issues in PHP on localhost in OS X I'm having some issues with defined absolute paths in PHP. I define the SITE_ROOT and APP_PATH like so:
defined('SITE_ROOT') ? null :
define('SITE_ROOT', str_replace('//','/',dirname(__FILE__)) );

defined('APP_PATH') ? null : define('APP_PATH', SITE_ROOT.DS.'application');

When using the APP_PATH in an application like so:
echo APP_PATH;

...this is what I get:
/Users/user/Sites/MyWebsite/application

What I want is for the output to be:
localhost/application

Is there any non-kludgy way of doing this?
My use case is to use the APP_PATH (already in use for doing all my require()'s) echoed out with HTML to avoid relative pathing problems within URLs for href's.

A: The __FILE__ constant contains the file path, nothing else. Look at $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] and $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] to find out what URL was used to invoke the script. This is environment information that must be supplied by the web server that initiated the PHP script (e.g. Apache), it's not something PHP inherently knows.

A: Am I wrong in thinking you could use:
$path = str_replace("/Users/user/Sites/MyWebsite", "localhost",$appPath);
echo($path);
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There's nothing much to report in the way of snow in Grand Junction, Colorado, so let's travel back in time about 70 years and enjoy some snow from our past.
Here's a small collection of random Robert Grant photos featuring Western Colorado snow.
No Snow Yet - But Grand Junction May Enjoy a White Christmas
We haven't seen much in the way of snow here in the lower elevations. With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to put together a little gallery. Looking at the National Weather Service, though, it seems things may change in the near future.
As of today, Monday, December 20, 2021, the National Weather Service reports a 50% chance of rain and snow (that's right, I said rain) on Thursday, December 23, and a chance of rain and snow on Christmas Eve.
Enjoying Winter Vicariously Through These Bob Grant Photos
I'm not sure why I say "enjoying." Looking at some of these photos, there's absolutely nothing to enjoy about the circumstances. Cleaning up after a train derailment is a soul-crushing task. Add snow, ice, and freezing temperatures to the job, and you have a nightmare on your hands.
Look Sharp - You May See Someone You Know
It happens all the time. As a matter of fact, it happened today. Look closely at the shots and check to see if there's someone you recognize. Earlier today my email included a message from a lady who recognized a family member in one of the earlier Robert Grant gallery posts. She asked for a copy of the print. I'm always happy to provide copies (when possible).
With any luck, we'll see winter weather soon in Grand Junction. Until then, we have these Bob Grant photos.
Grand Junction & Western Colorado Snow 1940s and 50s - Robert Grant Photos
Well, here it is December 20, 2021, and Grand Junction has no snow to speak of. Since we can't enjoy any snow at this moment, let's take a look back to Grand Junction and Western Colorado of the 1940s and 50s with these Robert Grant photos.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Downtown Grand Junction Businesses of Yesterday
If you stop and think about it, several of the business pictured above are still up and running. Most of these photos were taken in the 1950s. Almost 70 years later, many are still going strong. Sure, some have moved to new locations, but others, Quincy's for example, are right where they've always been.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Western Colorado Winters of the Past
Here's a short gallery of Robert Grant photos showcasing Grand Junction and Western Colorado winters. They sure are fun. Then again, sometimes the snow and cold temperatures result in trouble.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Grand Junction Christmas Light Displays of the 1940s
These decorations don't compare to the magnificent blue light display you'll see in the neighborhood in the northwest part of town. It was a different time. Even at that, there's something heartwarming about these 1948 decorations.
These are the best of the best of 1948. I regret I don't know which house placed first, second, etc. In the end, it doesn't matter. They're all great. Take a look at the gallery. Who knows? You might see a house you recognize. For that matter, you might see someone you recognize.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Growers and Farmers of Western Colorado
You'll definitely recognize the surroundings. Bob Grant loved capturing Western Colorado icons in the shot. Whenever possible, he'd get Mt. Garfield in the background. If Mt. Garfield weren't available, he'd get the Bookcliffs, Grand Mesa, or even the Colorado National Monument.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Colorado Cannery Workers from September 1947
Let's go back to Coloroado 1947 with these hard working Americans.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Grand Junction Horses of Yesteryear
Please enjoy a number of Bob Grant photos from the Grand Valley's past. These came from a box labeled "Horse." Yep, that's it, the box was called "Horses." These were selected at random, covering a number of decades.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Awesome Grand Junction Fashion of the Past
Here's a fashion flashback to Grand Junction, Colorado, of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Many of these photos appeared in Sunday inserts promoting new fashions from Downtown Grand Junction merchants.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Random Images of Grand Junction
These 16 photos were chosen strictly at random. All photos are by Robert Grant.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Western Colorado Winters of the 1940s and 50s
Enjoy these winter images captured from various sites around Western Colorado. All images are by Robert Grant. The majority of these shots were pulled at random from a drawer of negatives labelled "January 1949." A few others came from a neighboring file cabinet filled with thousands of Bob Grant prints.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Life Around Grand Junction
Bob Grand photos from Grand Junction's past. People enjoying their lives as they go about their daily routine.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Colorado's Kanarado Mine
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Beauty Pageant Contestants of Western Colorado
Behold Western Colorado's "Miss Atomic Energy" and her attendants, plopped down on a filthy pile of highly toxic uranium ore. Take a trip back in time to Grand Junction of the past with these Bob Grant photos of local beauty queens and pageant contestants.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Grand Junction Father & Son Photos of World War I & II
The photos below are from the personal collections of father and son, James and Robert Grant. James L. Grant of Clifton served in the United States Navy during World War I. Years later, his son, Robert Grant, would serve in the United States Army in World War II.
James L. Grant served as the Postmaster of Clifton. His son, Robert, was the photographer at the Daily Sentinel from the late 1930s until his retirement in 1985. James passed away in 1971, and Robert in 2000.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: JUCO World Series of the Past
Grand Junction has hosted the Junior College World Series for close to half a century. For approximately half of those years, Bob Grant was there with his camera. He continued capturing images of the tournament until his retirement in 1985.
My dad (Bob Grant's son-in-law) went through a ton of Bob Grant negatives to dig up a few memories. Baseball fans are sure to remember many of these shots.
One of Bob Grant's most prized photos would be the first image in the gallery, the shot of the hawks at Suplizio Field. That particular shot won him an award from the Press Photographers Association.
As a Grand Junction native, I really enjoy some of the nostalgia spotted on the signs in the background. Did you see the billboard for "Mr. Steak"? If you were around Grand Junction in the 1970s, you definitely knew about "Mr. Steak."
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Random Photos of Grand Junction Residents of the 1940s
All of these images were lifted from negatives from Bob Grant's career. I have Bob's old negative cabinet at my house. It's loaded with tens of thousands of negatives, most in sleeves, some of which include information as to the contents.
KEEP SCROLLING: Robert Grant Photos: Movies Filmed in Western Colorado and Eastern Utah
Did you know some of your favorite movies from the 1950s and '60s were filmed in Western Colorado and Eastern Utah? Grand Junction photographer Bob Grant had a chance to shoot a few photos from these movie sets.
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Q: R, drop unspecified factor levels I have a very sloppy, very large dataset that I am trying to clean up.  One of the columns is labelled "Article Type" and it should only have 6 values:  "Discussion", "Other", "Cohort Analysis", "Case Series", "Case Study", and "RCT".
Its in the raw data numerically, and I use this code to specify which is which:
 data$`Article Type`<-as.factor(data$`Article Type`)
data<-data%>%mutate(`Article Type`=fct_recode(`Article Type`,"RCT"="1","Cohort Analysis"="2","Case Series"="3","Case Study"="4","Discussion"="5","Other"="6"))

The problem is:  there's a LOT of messed up data entry in this data set, and when I run this code:
data%>%count(`Article Type`)

Instead of counts of the 6 values I specified, I get this:

I know I can filter by doing something like:
data%>%filter(`Article Type`!="7")

or something, but I'd rather not write that out 30 times for every different value.
Is there a way to code something to the effect of:  "If it wasn't one of these 6 levels, drop it"?

A: you could use the %in% operatos to keep only the value you need instead of excluding everything you do not need:
library(dplyr)

data%>%
  filter(`Article Type` %in% c("Discussion","Other","Cohort Analysis","Case Series","Case Study","RCT"))


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Maycol Andriani (born 17 September 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for the Serie D club Ciliverghe. Andriani played two seasons in the Lega Pro, from 2007 to 2009.

Biography
Born in Verona, Veneto, Andriani started his career with Chievo. In 2006–07 season, he was loaned to Serie D club P.B. Vercelli along with Leonardo Moracci. In the next season, he left for the Serie C2 team Sansovino in co-ownership deal, along with Moracci (loan), goalkeeper Antonino Saviano, defender Marcus N'Ze, midfielder Luca Spinetti and forward Xhulian Rrudho. In June 2008, Chievo bought him back by winning an auction between the two clubs.
In 2008–09 season he left for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Sambonifacese along with Fabio Lima de Silva and Marco Petresini. In June 2009 Chievo gave up the remaining 50% registration rights. Andriani then returned to Serie D for Castellana.

References

External links

 LaSerieD.com Profile

Italian footballers
Association football midfielders
Footballers from Verona
1987 births
Living people
A.C. ChievoVerona players
F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892 players
A.C. Sambonifacese players
A.C. Montichiari players
A.C. Sansovino players
Serie D players


India News hosts mega political conclave Manch Haryana – 2019 Mein Haryana Ka Mann in Hisar: The conclave was attended by politicians across the political spectrum. Haryana Manch is an initiative of India News Haryana to foster a sense of citizenship and make political processes more transparent and accountable towards the people of the state. In the series, the conclave will be hosted across all the constituencies of Haryana. The conclave was attended by several political leaders from Hisar.
India News hosts mega political conclave Manch Haryana – 2019 Mein Haryana Ka Mann in Hisar: India News Haryana on Monday hosted another session of Manch Haryana – 2019 Mein Haryana Ka Mann, a mega political conclave in Hisar at the Best Western Imperio. The conclave was attended by several political leaders from Hisar. The event of Haryana Manch was marked by multiple panel discussions and one-on-ones that sought and addressed several key issues including, agriculture, law and order, development and infrastructure, health and education, youth welfare and employment in Haryana.
In the last session on development issues in the state, were attended by Mandeep Bishnoi, JJP Leader; Neha Dhawan, BJP leader; Kishan Satrod, Congress leader and Raj Singh More, INLD Leader. While speaking on the session, Mandeep Bishnoi said, "If we came in the power, we will try and provide all basic necessities to poor." While Neha Dhawan said, "Drinking water facilities have been improved in the past five years, in addition, the crime graph has decreased as more police force has been deployed for women security and people feel much secured in Haryana."Kishan Satrod shared his views on employment problem and said, "We want employment to increase in the state." While Raj Singh More promised that "If our government came into the power, we will payoff farmer loans".


What does the U.S. Navy's first freedom of navigation operation near a Chinese man-made island really mean?
The past 24 hours have kept the South China Sea at the top of the international news cycle. Leaks from senior U.S. officials on Monday noted that the U.S. Navy was about to begin long-awaited freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) near China's man-made islands in the South China Sea. Barely eight hours after those reports surfaced, we received confirmation that the USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, accompanied by a P-8A Poseidon and P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft, transited within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands. Subi is one of seven Spratly features where China has, over roughly the past 14 to 16 months, carried out extensive island-building and construction activities. Satellite imagery published by The Diplomat in early September 2015 suggests that China is building a 3 kilometer airstrip on Subi.
The Lassen's operation has kicked off a new era in the fraught and increasingly crowded maritime space of the South China Sea. In what follows, I outline a few important takeaways from Tuesday's operation and what South China Sea watchers at The Diplomat should look out for in the South China Sea now that the United States has shown that it is willing to take on China's excessive maritime claims in the Spratlys head-on.
First–and this can't be stressed enough–the FONOP does not alter where the United States stands on the sovereignty of individual reefs, rocks, and islands in the South China Sea. Indeed, U.S. policy on that issue stands where it was on Monday, before the FONOP: neutrality. As I noted in my earlier discussion of the Lassen's operation, the U.S. Navy is merely asserting that because Subi Reef, in its pre-artificial island state, was fully underwater at low-tide, it has no right to a 12 nautical mile territorial sea under the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS). Several reports on the FONOP have described this as the start of the United States challenging the legitimacy of China's territorial claims. That's simply not true (for an excellent legal primer, I recommend Mira Rapp-Hooper and Adam Klein's post over at Lawfare). As the U.S. Department of Defense outlines in its summary of the FON program, which was a relatively mundane, off-the-mainstream-news radar activity before Tuesday, the operations push back against "maritime claims that the United States considers to be excessive." While the United States still has not ratified UNCLOS, it behaves as if UNCLOS is the basis for customary international maritime law.
Indeed, customary international law is another important aspect of why the U.S. FONOP mattered in the South China Sea. As Scott Cheney-Peters correctly noted at the Center for International Maritime Security, the FONOP ensures that China's so-called land reclamation cannot convert the legal definition of a feature from a reef into an island, thus entitling features like Subi to territorial waters. Left uncontested, countervailing interpretations of international law could gain acceptance as customary international law. Even if most non-China South China Sea littoral states reject Beijing's understanding of the status of these features, China's position would be stronger if its excessive maritime claims remained uncontested.
One of the more obvious takeaways of Tuesday's operations is that U.S. allies and partners in the region have now seen evidence that the United States is willing to stand up for the values and principles it has emphasized in diplomatic joint statements for months now. For an administration that has long sought to reinvigorate a languishing and increasingly lethargic "Pivot" or "Rebalance" to Asia, ignoring the unprecedented speed and scale of China's building along the critical sea lanes of the South China Sea would have been a grave mistake. Now that a U.S. grey hull has rejected China's excessive maritime claims, the security conversations that U.S. diplomats will be having with their counterparts across maritime east Asia will begin on stronger foundations.
China's reaction to the FONOP is also telling for a range of reasons (you should read Shannon Tiezzi's thorough coverage of the Chinese reactions, both official and unofficial). First, the Chinese foreign ministry and ministry of defense have reacted with relative restraint. Given the United States' decision to telegraph where and when the FONOP would take place, there was little chance that People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN) ships in the vicinity of Subi Reef could have been taken aback. Even if that were the case, the crew of the Lassen are reportedly particularly adept in interacting with their Chinese counterparts under the April 2014 Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES).
The Chinese government is naturally catering to multiple audiences when it reacts to incidents like Tuesday's FONOP. For international audiences, restraint will be a welcome sign that additional U.S. FONOPs won't necessarily raise the risk of a potentially catastrophic kinetic exchange in the South China Sea (even if China has said the FONOPs simply reinforce its resolve to continue island-building and construction). However, we can't forget that Beijing has to cater to a domestic audience that isn't entirely apathetic to the issue of the South China Sea. Given that China has framed its claims in the South China Sea, including its ambiguous nine-dash line claim, in nationalist and "territorial integrity" terms, there is a strong nationalist backlash to the U.S. FONOP. As Foreign Policy notes, "Chinese social media voices are now mocking what many perceive as a spineless official response." Of course, China isn't a democracy and pressure on social media won't affect the decision-making of the Central Military Commission, but continued restraint by the PLAN may not be on the cards for long if U.S. FONOPs are sustained in the Spratlys.
Finally, where can FONOPs go from here and how possibly could China change its reaction? There are two things to look for with future freedom of navigation exercises. First, will the United States expand the exercises to include multiple vessels and possibly international partners? Second, how frequently will the United States assert high seas freedoms near China's artificial islands in the Spratlys (at least, Mischief and Subi Reef)? I suspect Washington will invite its Southeast Asian partners to tag along shortly. Frequency will be up to the discretion of the administration and influenced by a range of factors, including the overall health of the U.S.-China bilateral relationship.
China could have reacted to Tuesday's operation in a range of ways. Some commentators had suggested that Beijing could have interdicted the U.S. ship. That would have sent a strong signal that Beijing would behave as if the 12 nautical miles around Subi were indeed territorial waters. This would also have made sense given earlier statements made by the Chinese, including an assertion by a foreign ministry spokesperson that China would "never allow any country to violate China's territorial waters and airspace in the Spratly Islands." Beijing's reaction on Tuesday and its subsequent decision to describe the FONOP as a "threat" to its sovereignty instead as a "violation" thereof leaves room to maneuver. Ambiguity has worked to China's benefit in the South China Sea before–indeed, Beijing has never stated in uncertain terms whether it considers Subi and Mischief Reef to possess "territorial waters" as UNCLOS defines them.
I'll end with a bit of trivia that captures the essence of what's broadly at stake today in the South China Sea as tensions rise between China and the United States. October 27 just happens to be the United States' "Navy Day." What better way for Washington to recognize the important role of the U.S. Navy in ensuring that all seafaring states have access to important global public goods like the freedom of navigation and overflight than by staging its first FONOP to protest excessive maritime claims by China? The current contest in the Spratlys is, in no small part, about the enduring role of the U.S. Navy as the primary enforcer of the maritime commons in East Asia. China upped the ante when it began its unprecedented island-building and construction. The U.S. could have stood idly by an watched the status quo shift or it could have stepped in. It chose the latter.


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The new tab page is the default starting point for all tabs - it is designed to get the user where they want to go, and is not meant to be an information resource like the user's home page; that is, the new tab page is not intended to be a destination, but rather a jumping-off point to other destinations - we strongly want to avoid cognitive load and distractions for the user, especially those creating new tabs for other purposes.
The new tab page is made up of several sections; these sections will vary in size and presentation method as we figure out which sections are and are not useful.
Most Visited: A grid of thumbnails showing the user's nine most frequently visited sites.
Searches: Like most visited, the searches section shows your most frequent searches. Currently, this is a list of the most frequently used keyword searches, but will be expanded to include all form-field based searches.
Recent Bookmarks: A list of the user's nine most recently created bookmarks.
Recently Closed Tabs: A list of up to three tabs that have been closed within the last X minutes. Clicking an item here will restore the tab to the same state it was in when it was closed.
Show the end-points of navigations (if you always click on the same link after going to a root page, why not show the linked page instead).
Allow control over the contents of the grid
Vary content depending on context (time of day, IP block, etc)
Experimenting with the New Tab Page
It is relatively easy to make edits to the new tab page as its frontend is constructed with HTML.
To edit the HTML, look for browser\resources\new_tab.html - the backend for this page is defined in browser\dom_ui\new_tab_ui.cc. After making HTML changes, you'll need to recompile the resources:
Right-click new_tab.html and select Compile.
Right-click browser_resources.rc and select Compile.
Press F5 to run Chromium.
You must follow this process for all HTML changes.


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Julia Ruuttila (1907-1991)
Julia Ruuttila was a labor and investigative journalist, a poet and fiction writer, and a union, peace, and justice activist who lived all but a few years of her life in Oregon.
Ruuttila was born Julia Evelyn Godman on April 26, 1907, in Eugene to John B. Godman and Ella B. Padan Godman. She was raised there, as well as on a Lane County farm and in logging camps. The Godman home was frequented by socialists, anarchists, and traveling Wobblies (members of the Industrial Workers of the World), and as a young girl she eavesdropped on their discussions and began to absorb their ideas. She was also influenced by her father's history books and often accompanied her mother on marches for woman suffrage and when she went door-to-door distributing then-illegal birth control information.
Mostly home schooled, Julia Godman was drilled in writing, and she developed a lifelong dedication to writing poetry and fiction. Her active imagination served her well in writing fiction, but it also led her to recreate her own life story. In her later years, for example, she falsely claimed that her father was the son of a slave who had come to Oregon to "pass for white," an apparent desire to identify with the underdog.
In 1935, as a surge of union organizing hit the nation, she was living with her husband Maurice "Butch" Bertram (and young son) at a Linnton sawmill where he was employed. The couple recruited mill workers for a woodworkers' union, and she founded and headed the ladies' auxiliary. In 1937, the union left the AFL for the CIO and became the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), precipitating an eight and half month lock out. Under her leadership, the auxiliary successfully supported the workers and their families so they could afford to maintain solidarity until their hearing before the National Labor Relations Board, where they were successful.
In 1936, Ruuttila enlisted the support of the IWA to organize the Free Ray Becker Committee. Becker was the last Wobbly in prison following the events in Centralia, Washington, on November 11, 1919, when the American Legion and the IWW clashed and five men died. To publicize Becker's case, she began writing for The Timberworker, the woodworker's union paper. Soon she was Oregon editor, a position she held until 1940.
In May 1948, she covered the Vanport flood for the People's World, focusing on the inadequacies of the Portland Housing Authority and the State Public Welfare Commission's response to flood victims. Because she was employed as a stenographer for the State Public Welfare Commission, she wrote under the pen name Kathleen Cronin. She was fired when her identity was discovered.
She then went to work for the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), first as a publicist during a strike and then as a secretary to the international representative for the Northwest and a stringer for The Dispatcher, the ILWU newspaper. She was also a correspondent for Federated Press, the labor and farm news service, until its demise in December 1956.
Following her 1951 marriage to Oscar Ruuttila, a warehouseman and ILWU and Communist Party activist, Julia Ruuttila moved to Astoria, where she worked for the Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union. She organized an ILWU Ladies Auxiliary there and a Committee for Protection of Foreign Born. Though she claimed not to have joined the Communist Party herself, she was subpoenaed to a House Committee on Un-American Activities hearing on Communist Political Subversion, held in Seattle in December 1956, investigating the Committee for Protection of Foreign Born.
Following Oscar's death in 1962, Ruuttila returned to Portland, where she joined the Portland Longshore Auxiliary and served as the chair of their Legislative Committee. She was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's campaign to prevent the transport of nerve gas to the Chemical Depot in Umatilla, protested the Vietnam War, and worked to draw the labor movement into the anti-war struggle.
Ruuttila said she had been arrested for the first time during the IWA lockout. Her last arrest was in 1975 for sitting in at the Pacific Power & Light offices in Portland in protest of electric rate hikes. When she was eighty years old, she retired from The Dispatcher and moved to Anchorage, Alaska, to live with her grandson Shane. She died there in 1991.
An honorary lifetime member of the IWA, Ruuttila was first elected a Democratic Party precinct committeewoman in 1938 and was still serving when she retired in 1987. Never forgetting her father's history lessons, she often published labor history articles for union papers; but she was proudest of her investigative reporting, especially one exposing court ordered peonage on Sauvie Island which led to the termination of the practice.
Julia Godman Ruuttila, c. 1942
Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi21716
Sandy Polishuk
Copeland, Tom. The Centralia Tragedy of 1919: Elmer Smith and the Wobblies. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000.
Lembcke, Jerry and William M. Tattam. One Union in Wood: A Political History of the International Woodworkers of America. New York: International, 1984.
Polishuk, Sandy. Sticking to the Union: An Oral History of the Life and Times of Julia Ruuttila. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
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