Meet the Startups Pitching at FoodBytes! Boulder! - FoodBytes!
Meet the Startups Pitching at FoodBytes! Boulder!
FoodBytes! Boulder is a month away, and things are heating up! We're thrilled to announce our incredible roster of demo companies.
From an Airbnb-approach to commercial kitchen space, to animal feed made from insects that are fed on food waste, to affordable real-time sensors that track perishable food from farm to grocer, our 10 demo finalists are the crème de la crème of global food and ag game-changers. Each startup will give a five-minute pitch to the audience of 200+ investors, executives and media, as well as our panel of expert judges, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Learn more about our 10 demo companies below!
Tickets to FoodBytes! Boulder are going fast – so snag yours today!
Biotech Services Senegal – Biotech Services Senegal produces local, organic fertilizer that allows Senegalese farmers to produce more yield using less space, and at lower costs.
ReGrained – ReGrained "harvests" supergrain from urban craft breweries as a delicious, healthy, and sustainable ingredient.
FreshSurety – FreshSurety, Inc. is focused on solving the produce industry's $200 billion waste problem, using technology that measures and reports the real-time shelf life of fresh food cartons anywhere in the world.
The Food Corridor – The Food Corridor is an online marketplace for food businesses to connect with available commercial food assets, allowing them to find and book commercial kitchens, equipment, commissaries, processors, co-packers, and food storage spaces.
Phenospex – Phenospex aims to provide fully automated and integrated plant phenotyping platforms that deliver high quality data and analysis tools in order to extract knowledge to answer scientific questions.
ProveIt – ProveIt is an R&D company innovating food processing and packaging to make the clean label foods of the future. Provelt designs pasteurization systems using magnetic induction (MI) to replace steam-generated heat to process food products.
Mad Agriculture – Mad Agriculture harnesses the nutrient recycling abilities of insects to turn food waste into a protein rich feed supplement, lessening dependence on unsustainable ingredients like fishmeal and soy.
N-CHROMA – N-CHROMA uses state of the art biotechnological methods to develop and commercially produce healthy, sustainable and high quality colors for use in the food, textile and color cosmetic industries.
One Hop Kitchen – One Hop Kitchen is the world's first and only insect based Bolognese sauce, an incredibly sustainable source of protein.
The Honest Stand – The Honest Stand is a gourmet food company that uses whole foods that are non-genetically modified to produce gourmet products that are Vegan, Gluten Free, Paleo, Soy Free, Yeast Free and Cholesterol Free.
In addition to the 10 finalist companies, we've selected 10 runner-up companies from around the world to give 60-second pitches to kick off FoodBytes! Boulder. From FitBit for cows, to the first palm oil-free vegan frosting, to a healthy food school fundraiser platform, these innovators are pioneering a more sustainable food future. They include: FROST'D, Good Spread, Vive Organic, Alpine Start Foods, Algama, FarmRaiser, Urban Organic Veggie, Cowlar, Anti-grain Foods and Alfrea.
Mix and mingle with all of these innovators, leading investors, executives and media at FoodBytes! Boulder on October 26. Grab your ticket today!


Once you have signed up for a Gradwell Single User VoIP service you will probably keen to make your first phone call. This guide aims to walk you through that process.
You will need the confirmation email that we sent you, as this will contain important information to help you use the service.
To make your first call, you will either need to configure a softphone on your computer or setup a VoIP phone. This will register your present location with our phone service and allow us to send calls to you. Guides for each are below.
Once you have configured a softphone or VoIP phone you will be able to dial any phone number to make a call - just dial the number you wish to call just like you would on any normal phone. The other party will see the telephone number that was assigned to you when you purchased your Gradwell service. Anyone calling your phone number will be automatically forwarded to you - they won't even know that you're using a VoIP service.
A softphone is a piece of software that you can run on your computer to make and receive VoIP calls. They are simple to setup and use. They are also usually free, and you just need a headset for good quality audio.
Many of our customers use the Zoiper softphone, and if you follow the guide here then you should find it only takes around five minutes to setup for the first time.
You will need to know your VoIP extension number and password - both of these are supplied in the signup email.
Alternatively you can use a VoIP phone for your calls. These have the added benefit of looking and working just like a 'normal' phone, and can be used even when your computer is switched off.
If you have purchased a VoIP phone from Gradwell we will automatically configure your extension for you when you turn the device on. Simply connect it as shown in the setup guide that comes with the phone, turn it on and leave it to initialise for a couple of minutes.
If you have any problems with a phone purchased from Gradwell, please read this guide or contact our support team for assistance.
We provide a control panel to allow you to manage your service anywhere with an internet connection. Simply visit https://login.gradwell.com.
You will need to know the email address and password that you used to register with us. You may also be prompted for the security phrase that you set on registration.
If you pay in arrears, we will send you an invoice and automatically schedule a payment. If this fails, your account will be placed on hold until we receive payment. You can call customer services to make a payment or visit https://pay.gradwell.com.
If you pay in advance, you can add credit by visiting https://pay.gradwell.com. To check credit remaining on your account login to your control panel and click the Credit & Minutes link from the left hand menu.
If you wish to register to use Direct Debit, simply head here and complete the form.
If you have any problems setting up your Gradwell service, you can contact our support team on 01225 800 888, or by email using support@gradwell.com.


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Dublin City Council Passes Short-Term Rental Regulations
(Dublin, OH) On Monday, October 12, 2020, Dublin City Council voted to regulate short-term rentals, such as Airbnb, in the City of Dublin. These regulations allow for short-term rentals in the City, while maintaining the residential character of Dublin neighborhoods.
The ordinance includes the following regulations:
All hosts must complete an application prior to listing a Dublin residence for a short-term rental and must obtain a permit annually.
Hosts may rent out a unit for a maximum of two weeks per calendar year; this maximum may be split into up to two increments up to seven days each.
Hosts must submit a form to the City before each renting period detailing the duration of the rental and number of people staying.
Those who conduct short-term rentals and fail to register with the City could face a $250 fine for violating City code on a first offense.
Columbus, along with several other U.S. cities, have adopted similar ordinances to regulate short-term rentals.
The ordinance will take effect 30 days after the vote.
Lindsay Weisenauer
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In August 1991, Carol and Bob Moore opened the doors of their first Care-a-lot Child Care center in Greece. The community enthusiastically responded to the quality of early childhood education and care available at the center. Because of their strong reputation, the Moores have been welcomed to assume the operations of other area child care programs over the past 20 years. Care-a-lot Child Care is now serving families in three locations in the Rochester community: Greece, Henrietta, and Farmington/Canandaigua.
In 2017, Care-a-lot Child Care was purchased by David Kolczynski, who is committed to maintaining the high standards of care at each site.
Great fun shared and enjoyed by all in the program!
Creating an environment where children feel safe, nurtured and inspired to learn!
Partnering with families to provide peace of mind while their children are in a safe, CARING, fun, and engaging learning environment.
We work together with all to gain understanding and share knowledge to benefit children.
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Bricks Trial Day 3: Guilty Verdict for Shotgun Theft, not Burglary, for Coke Dealer
February 26, 2015 by CONRAD BAKER
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The verdict is in on the third and final day of a quick Burglary trial for Christopher Bricks, 29, who was charged with Burglary in the Second Degree, Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree after taking a shotgun from a Dansville neighbor's home in May 2014, which he considered payment for an unpaid debt from the sale of 7 grams of cocaine.
Bricks stood calmly beside his lawyer, John Darpino, with the Public Defender's Office, and glanced back at his mother in the courtroom seat behind him when the note was passed to Judge Robert Wiggins from the jury indicating that they had arrived at a verdict, which was then announced as not guilty on Burglary 2nd, a C felony, guilty on Grand Larceny on the Fourth Degree, an E felony, and Guilty on Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, an A misdemeanor.
"There is a chink in the armor of this case," said Darpino in his closing statement, before the jury deliberated. "That chink is 'permission.' Mr. Bricks did not intend to commit a crime when he entered that house."
Bricks said that the victim, Dawn LaForce, gave him permission to take the gun as payment for the $300 '8-balls' of cocaine that Bricks allegedly gave her. As Judge Wiggins explained, the two components of Burglary 2nd are that the defendant enter a dwelling unlawfully, and intend to commit a crime therein. The jury did not find that Bricks' taking the shotgun satisfied those two elements, but they did find that it did satisfy the elements of Grand Larceny 4th.
"When the defendant told Unk 'I have something I have to get rid of in five minutes,' his uncle asked if it was 'hot,' or stolen, and the defendant said 'no,'" said District Attorney Greg McCaffrey in his closing statement. "His own uncle said he didn't believe him. What does that say about the defendant's credibility?"
Bricks was remanded to the county jail without bail following his conviction. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Wiggins in April.
DA McCaffrey indicated that he will be seeking persistent felony offender status for Bricks, making his sentence much harsher than for a first-time offender, as this is his fourth felony conviction.
PHOTO CAPTION: Christopher Bricks. (Photo/Livingston County Sheriff's Office)
Filed Under: LIVINGSTON COUNTY, News Tagged With: Christopher Bricks, DA McCaffrey, John Darpino, shotgun, steal, theft, verdict


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4 Things to Know About Mark Morgan, Trump's Choice to Run ICE
Fred Lucas	/ @FredLucasWH / May 06, 2019 / Leave a comment
Mark Morgan, then chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, testifies Nov. 30, 2016, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that Morgan is his choice for director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump's choice to run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement potentially could draw bipartisan support in the Senate confirmation process for his time working on related issues in the Obama administration.
Mark Morgan also backs Trump on the need for a border wall and says Congress could enact a legislative solution to address 85% of the border crisis.
In an interview last week with The Daily Signal, before Trump announced plans to nominate him as ICE director, the former Border Patrol chief and veteran FBI agent said illegal immigration must be tackled from two sides.
"First of all, it's absolutely a national emergency and here's a couple things," Morgan said. "One thing gets lost in the narrative … they really only talk about one element of the crisis and that's the humanitarian side, and what's lost is it's a dual crisis. It's both a humanitarian and national security threat."
ICE, which many Democrats say they want to see abolished, is the agency in charge of interior enforcement of immigration laws, as well as arresting, detaining, and deporting illegal immigrants.
Here are four things to know about Morgan.
1. His Solution to 85% of the Crisis
In his interview with The Daily Signal, Morgan talked about how Congress could address the growing problems at the southern border.
"With a legislative fix, they could address the Flores Settlement Agreement and TVPRA [Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act]," Morgan said during the interview with Robert Bluey, executive editor of The Daily Signal. "Put everything else aside, Congress does those two things in 15 minutes, catch [and] release ends, and 85% of the humanitarian crisis ends the next day. That's what Congress needs to do, and they need to do it tomorrow."
As ICE director, whether confirmed by the Senate or in an acting role, Morgan could have influence in making a case to Congress about closing immigration loopholes that force the catch-and-release process for illegal immigrants.
In 1997, the Clinton administration entered into the Flores Settlement Agreement, which ended a class action lawsuit first brought in the 1980s. The settlement established a policy that the federal government would release unaccompanied minors from custody to their parents, relatives, or other caretakers after no more than 20 days, or, alternatively, determine the "least restrictive" setting for the child.
In a separate development, in 2008 the Democrat-controlled Congress approved bipartisan legislation to combat human trafficking and President George W. Bush, a Republican, signed it into law.
Section 235 (g) of that law, known as the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, states that unaccompanied minors entering the United States must be transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement, rather than to the Department of Homeland Security.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit expanded the Flores settlement in 2016 to include children brought to the country illegally by their parents. For consistency between the provision of the anti-trafficking law and the 9th Circuit's interpretation of the Flores agreement, children who came into the country illegally with parents had to be taken into HHS custody.
2. His Time in Obama Administration
Morgan served as President Barack Obama's last Border Patrol chief. At least in theory, that part of his background should bring some bipartisan support, said Art Arthur, a former federal immigration judge and general counsel for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now known as ICE).
"It is interesting that Trump tapped Obama's former Border Patrol chief," Arthur, now a resident fellow for law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, told The Daily Signal. "It will be difficult [for Democrats] to attack his character, given he was an Obama appointee. He supports the president's policies, has a law enforcement background, and has a bipartisan background. He checks all the boxes."
Before Obama appointed him to run the Border Patrol in the final three months of his administration, Morgan served as the head of internal affairs at Customs and Border Protection—the agency that oversees both the Border Patrol and ICE.
Trump recently ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
Trump named Thomas Homan as acting ICE director days after taking office in January 2017, then nominated him for the job the following November. The Senate didn't confirm Homan, however, and he served in the acting capacity until retiring in June 2018. Trump named Deputy Director Matthew Albence as the new acting ICE director.
In the interview last week, Morgan said matters have gotten worse at the border than they were at the end of 2016.
The new Trump administration dismissed Morgan from the Border Patrol post early on, a typical move as one administration replaces another.
"I'll tell you, it's worse in many aspects. It was a challenge when I was [Border Patrol] chief in 2016," Morgan said, explaining:
I estimated about 15% of Border Patrol agents were pulled off the line to do humanitarian mission, what I call kind of child day care services, right? … Now, fast-forward to 2019, the numbers have skyrocketed and now that 15% of Border Patrol agents being pulled off the line and some sectors, that's 40%. So the Border Patrol [agents] every day … go to work, they know that the border is absolutely less secure than the day before. Their morale is low, they're frustrated, they want Congress to act.
3. His Years With the FBI
Before Morgan served in the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama administration, he had a two-decade career in the FBI.
For 17 years, he was a career special agent for the FBI, according to his LinkedIn page.
In 2013, he became a deputy assistant director of the FBI, and the next year was promoted to an assistant director.
Morgan previously served in the Marines for 11 years and did a brief stint with the Los Angeles Police Department. He graduated from the University of Central Missouri before earning a law degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
"President Trump said he wants to get 'tougher' with immigration enforcement. There is no one tougher than Mark Morgan," Mike Howell, former oversight counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, told The Daily Signal.
"His decades in federal law enforcement, deep understanding of immigration law, and gritty leadership will rejuvenate the agency so central to this administration's agenda to faithfully execute our nation's laws," said Howell, now senior adviser for executive branch relations at The Heritage Foundation. "The country will be a safer place and our immigration laws more respected with Morgan at the helm. An excellent choice."
4. He Backs a Border Wall
Morgan strongly supports the border wall as part of a larger solution, and has in recent months gained much media attention as the former Obama official who backed Trump's call for a better barrier at the border.
"One of my catchphrases I've been saying is, 'We need to do it all, including the wall,'" Morgan said in the interview with The Daily Signal. "So the American people need to understand the wall is still an integral part of securing the border. … Again, the wall is part of that multilayer strategy of infrastructure, technology, and personnel and strategic locations that … the Border Patrol needs."
As director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he wouldn't be dealing with the border, but interior enforcement. Nevertheless, if barriers to illegal entry are effective, that likely would affect interior enforcement efforts.
"San Diego for example, just a few short miles, you saw the numbers of illegal immigration go down by 90% [after a wall was erected]," he said. "You saw that in Yuma … a few miles of border and you saw again the estimates were between 90% and 95% of illegal immigration went down. Crime in that county went down drastically."
Morgan isn't new to the problems he would be tackling, noted Arthur of the Center for Immigration Studies.
"Morgan will be a good director of ICE. He was the chief of the Border Patrol and a former FBI agent," Arthur said. "He understands what the problems are and will carry out the president's policies and programs."
@FredLucasWH
Fred Lucas
Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal and co-host of "The Right Side of History" podcast. Lucas is also the author of "Tainted by Suspicion: The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections." Send an email to Fred.


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September 25, 2012 by LindaJoy Rose . Posted in " Fitness, Health, Mind Bites, Mind Recipes, Motivational, Spirit Recipes, Tips & Tricks " . Tags " exercise, fitness, get moving, movement, walking, workouts " .
This is really interesting: A study came out last year, reported in the New York Times, warning that even really disciplined people – the ones who get an hour of exercise most days, but are sedentary most of the other hours — may be putting themselves at risk.
It is actually healthier for us to exercise at intervals throughout the day; Getting up from a sitting or reclining position every couple of hours and finding ways to move increases the heart rate and sends blood pumping to the extremities, may be the ideal way to jumpstart your magnificent metabolism.
Found this tip in an online article and had to share it because I love the idea of a family pillow fight!
1. Create playlists of music that motivates you; If you don't have an MP3, you can set one up on Windows Media Player or get a free download of Pandora stations.
2. It's fun to dance with the family. Sometimes I enjoy just grooving to the music alone with no one to watch but the dogs. In fact, they absolutely love to dance with me and need the exercise, too! When they see me put on my socks and get my iPod they know it's dancing time and they get very excited.
3. If you have stairs in your home, always double up: If you need to get something from upstairs, go up and down an extra time to burn some more calories.
4. When getting up from a chair, do a set of 5-10 squats.
6. Get a large exercise ball and bounce on it in front of the TV. I also love them for doing abdominals as well as sometimes using it instead of a desk chair.
7. Consider ordering a mini-trampoline or rebounder and do intervals of jumping or jumping jacks. Not only does this boost your metabolism, it clears your lymph nodes and lubricates your joints.
8. Do a little research on isometric movements. You can do push-ups against the countertops in bathrooms and kitchens that are less strenuous on the muscles. I do chest tightening exercises often while watching a favorite program with Jeff.
9. Now I leave my laptop on top of a high dresser so that several times throughout the day when I check emails or have to write short responses, I am standing up while working.
What are some creative ways you can get moving?
In "Family, Health, Tips & Tricks"


Research shows that over three quarters of travellers would prefer to be luggage free for the day of their flight, which is why easyJet and AirPortr have partnered to provide this service allowing travellers start their trips at home.
AirPortr will pick up luggage from the passenger's doorstep, and safely deliver it to easyJet's bag drop before it is flown to one of the airline's 110 destinations from Gatwick. Customers can then collect their baggage at their destinations baggage reclaim.
Since 2016, AirPortr have collected over 69,000 bags, skis and bikes which have been checked-in and delivered to more than 320 destination airport baggage reclaims around the world. easyJet is confident this new service will help make travelling even easier for its passengers.
"We are excited to be introducing AirPortr's services to our passengers, starting with Gatwick services. Whether a flight is for business or leisure, we are confident the home bag drop service is a fantastic initiative to improve a traveller's experience.
"easyJet is proud to continue to develop our product offering with innovative companies such as AirPortr"
"Particularly when flying short-haul with hold luggage, a disproportionate amount of journey time can be spent on the ground getting to and through the airport. We're delighted to work with easyJet to overcome this, starting their passengers' journey at home, saving valuable time and providing hassle free travel, all at an affordable price.
"With easyJet's reputation for leading digital innovation, we will see the service integrated into the customer journey in new ways, such as being offered alongside great baggage fares when booking a flight.
easyJet flies on more of Europe's most popular routes than any other airline. easyJet carries over 83 million passengers annually, of which more than 13 million are travelling on business. easyJet flies 308 aircraft on more than 1000 routes to 154 airports across 33 countries. More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport.
AirPortr is the digital service leading a movement to change the way people travel to, and through, the airport. It enables thousands of passengers to experience bag-less, stress-free travel every month.
Founded in 2014, the company set-out to address one of the few aspects of our lives that hasn't been improved by technology and innovation and accordingly, in 2016, AirPortr launched the world's first fully integrated home bag check-in service with British Airways.
Customers are greeted by professional and friendly drivers who collect their bags from any location within the London service area. This then allows them to travel bag-free to the airport, skip the queues, and head straight to security, collecting their bags in the normal way at their destination.
AirPortr uses powerful, innovative technology to manage the service and customer experience from end-to-end. This includes fully complying with all airline policies and government regulations, including the validation of boarding passes and IDs in real-time. Unique tamper-aware seals ensure the highest levels of security throughout the process.
Since 2016, AirPortr has transported over 69,000 bags, skis and bikes to more than 320 destination airport baggage reclaims around the world, achieving an average customer rating of 4.7 stars on Feefo.
More recently, American Airlines, easyJet and Finnair have joined the AirPortr digital platform in London, opening up the service to even more passengers.


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Covid-19 Sucks
Covid-19 Sucks Customer Reviews and Feedback
Covid 19, or the Coronavirus is a part of coronaviruses and they are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections that are typically mild, such as the common cold, though rarer forms such as SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 can be lethal. Symptoms vary in other species: in chickens, they cause an upper respiratory tract disease, while in cows and pigs they cause diarrhea. There are yet to be vaccines or antiviral drugs to prevent or treat human coronavirus infections.
Now available through the efforts of the CDC and WHO and some amazing individuals, there are tools that allow people to instantly verify both the total number of cases along with the 10 day trailing average number of deaths. These numbers and data is updated throughout the day, as to keep these case numbers etc. up to date and accurate. Another great benefit is you are able to look up this same data for any country in the world & retrieve accurate case & sadly death tolls. Here's one by a 17 year old: https://ncov2019.live/data
The US has 4% of the population in the world, and 25% of the Covid-19 cases. Donald Trump has insisted the virus "snuck up on us," faulting China for failing to give "earlier notice." Earlier, when minimizing the risks posed by the disease, he said China's "very hard" work would protect Americans. Trump has coined the racist term the Kung Flu when referring to the virus while ignoring the death of American's. Rather than manage the pandemic in the United States, the country had become a model of what not to do. Per Trump "I don't take responsibility at all," he said of the administration's testing woes.
Be the first to tell the world why Covid-19 sucks!
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"I lived here at one time. Can confirm, this town sucks. https://t.co/puXCovzgYU"
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"RT @BrittanyWallman: My good friend's sister, who is still in treatment for breast cancer, just found out she is COVID-19 positive. She wro…"
NBC News reports
"Sickened by COVID-19, low-wage workers lose jobs. Others are denied paid leave."
Science Magazine reports
"From 'brain fog' to heart damage, COVID-19's lingering problems alarm scientists"
USA TODAY reports
"'We're in for a bad and rocky ride:' Ex-WHO doctor who helped eradicate smallpox predicts COVID-19 turmoil for years"
CNN reports
"19,000 more Americans could die from Covid-19 in the next 20 days, CDC composite forecast shows"
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Join The Riverwood Conservancy for a High Tea to celebrate Mother's Day!
Two seatings are available: 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Enjoy a selection of fine tea, sandwiches, scones and desserts by Jennifer's Kitchen as well as a historic tour of Chappell House.


Gerald Wayne Stufflebeam, 50, of Bay Springs, Miss. died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at University Medical Center in Jackson, Miss.
Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, at Colonial Chapel in Bay Springs, with burial in Bay Springs Cemetery. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Born Oct. 18, 1959, in Greenville, Miss., he was the son of the late Bobby Stufflebeam and Mary Griffith Stufflebeam of Bay Springs. He was a farmer.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sons, Randy Stufflebeam and Anthony Stufflebeam, both of Collins, Miss.; four aunts, Betty Stufflebeam and Mildred (Stufflebeam) Parker, both of Marshall, Katie (Griffith) Landon of Blackwater and Beverly (Griffith) Nicklos of Boonville; and one uncle, Jimmy Griffith of Otterville.


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For one reason or another, his curiosity turned into a passion. Over time, Davis reached out to about 200 players worldwide. Several years ago, he launched a website dedicated to women who play harmonic called hermonicas.com.
Last month, Davis' longtime interest evolved into something more tangible. Davis served as producer on a 31-song, double-CD compilation, "Blues Harp Women," on German label Ruf Records. The enlightening, entertaining collection appears to be the first of its kind. It's available widely, including for just $10.99 on iTunes.
"My goal with the whole thing was just to shed a little light on this area which had very little shed on it in the past," Davis says.
The more Davis researched, the more he realized he was on a mostly solo mission.
LynnAnn Hyde, whose cover of Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues" is on the album, disagrees with a friendly laugh when I tell her that men have no physical advantage over women.
No matter. "There's some good women doing everything," Hyde says. Her own emotive playing and singing on the album are proof.
Hyde says she's grateful for "Blues Harp Women," which includes a wide variety of performers ranging from Thornton and Boston's country-blues standout Annie Raines to uninhibited Los Angeles performer Zola Moon and Seattle-based Stacy Jones.
"I think Norman really cared enough about helping people to get some support and notice," Hyde says. "And it's wonderful that he would choose to do that.
"It sure shows his support of women in general," Hyde adds on a serious note.
Davis hopes the website and album turn on a light bulb in the minds of girls and women. Maybe they will pick up an instrument they might not have considered before.
It's a noble endeavor. On that warbling note, "Blues Harp Women" would be a fine stocking stuffer — not just for a blues fan, but for any kid with a potential interest in creating music.
"I think that it will encourage these younger gals to really stick to it and get there," Hyde says.
If you're a listener of "The Other Studio," which I host weekly with Tim Johnstone, it's time to wind down your Sunday evenings a little sooner. As of last week, we air an hour earlier: from 8 to 9 p.m. on 94.9 FM The River.
Tonight on "The Other Studio": Songs from Elle King, Miike Snow, Elvis Costello, The Struts, M. Ward and Cool Uncle — plus the usual opinion and news about local and national music.
Former Boise State running back Ian Johnson is headed to morning radio starting Monday, Jan. 4, in Boise.
Along with co-host Jake Hamar, Johnson will launch "The Morning Grind" from 7 to 10 a.m. on 93.1 FM and 1350 AM The Ticket.
The show will cover local and national sports, entertainment and news.
▪ "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" arrives in movie theaters, but does it live up to the legend?
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Viktor Ferdinand von Kranold (ur. 19 września 1838 w Eilenburgu, zm. 22 września 1922 w Berlinie) – niemiecki prawnik i urzędnik kolejowy.

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Uczęszczał do szkoły chłopięcej w Eilenburgu i do państwowej szkoły Pforta w Naumburgu. Następnie studiował na Uniwersytecie w Lipsku (1857-1859), gdzie działał w Korpusie Lusatia Leipzig, ukończył studia na Uniwersytecie Śląskim we Wrocławiu (1860) i służył jako roczny wolontariusz; był aplikantem adwokackim w Eilenburgu (1862-); jako oficer rezerwy uczestniczył w wojnie niemiecko-duńskiej i wojnie prusko-austriackiej (1866).

Po zdaniu egzaminu asesorskiego został zatrudniony w administracji państwowej kolei (1867), m.in. był pracownikiem Dyrekcji Kolei we Wrocławiu (Königlichen Eisenbahnoberdirektion Breslau) (1868). W 1870 przeniósł się na Kolej Wilhelma (Wilhelmsbahn) w Raciborzu. W tym okresie był także członkiem Królewskiej Dyrekcji Kolei Górnośląskiej (Königlichen Oberschlesischen Eisenbahndirektion) i pięć lat później, członkiem zarządu Kolei Dolnośląsko-Marchijskiej (Niederschlesisch-Märkische Eisenbahn), z siedzibą w Berlinie. W 1884 został prezesem Dyrekcji Kolei we Wrocławiu, i prezesem Dyrekcji Kolejowej w Berlinie (1893-1904).

W 1904 został nobilitowany przez Wilhelma II.

Bibliografia
 Wolfgang Beuche: Die Persönlichkeiten von Eilenburg: in ihrer über 1000jährigen Geschichte, 2012

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Ludzie związani z Wrocławiem przed 1945
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I don't program in my spare time. Does that make me a bad developer?
The answer with the most up votes was from a user called red-dirt who makes a number of excellent points. One interesting point in particular is that a professional musician will practice a maximum of six hours day, so spending eight hours a day developing software should be plenty. This point makes sense to me. If you spend a long time doing something you should get better at it, right? By my calculations if you spend five to six years developing software you will hit the theoretical 10,000 hour mark required to become expert at something. But here's my problem, most software developers with five to six years experience aren't experts. I have more years experience that this and I don't consider myself anywhere near an expert. The point I am trying to make is, while I absolutely do not think it makes you a bad software developer if you don't program in your spare time, in my experience the best software developers I've worked with are the ones who have programmed in their spare time. Ultimately, I still think side projects are important.
Why aren't all software developers experts?
So why aren't all software developers experts? I have a few theories.
I suspect a big problem is attitude. Some developers don't love their jobs and simply aren't interested in learning. They are happy to repeat a single year of experience over and over.
Sometimes the work an employer gives you isn't very interesting or challenging. Of course with a good attitude you can still learn, or failing that find a new job. But what if that aren't many great jobs around? I live in the north east of England and while there are a lot of software development jobs, you could hardly compare it to major technology centres like London or San Francisco. There simply aren't that many great companies to work for near where I live. Or maybe I just haven't found them.
Perhaps your job is interesting and challenging, but is it interesting and challenging all the time? In my experience this isn't the case. A significant percentage of work is quite mundane and doesn't increase your skills. Again, you could argue that a new job would solve this problem, for a period of time at least.
Another problem could be training, on the job and formal. After finishing school I did a computing degree and got a software development job. University was mostly a waste of time and my first job didn't provide me with a particularly strong set of skills. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my first job and I learnt a lot, but neither the job or my degree made me a good software developer. In hindsight I feel like I stumbled around in the dark for the first four years of my career. Some might say I'm still doing that.
There are several factors that exacerbate the training problem. There is a huge amount to learn, a lot of misinformation and no clear path to becoming a good software developer. It's not even clear what makes a good software developer! With all these problems I'm not surprised it's difficult to become an expert in software development.
From my experience one and two are in short supply which means the majority of people are left with category three.


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Q: applying python function to sql I'm trying to apply the following function
def flagged_word(word):
    flaggedWords = ['online','official','call','fantasy','contact','installation',
                    'pay', 'manufacturer', 'delivery', 'established', 'registration',
                    'seo', 'service', 'customers', 'trading', 'company', 'buy', 'sell',
                    'escort', 'provider', 'product', 'patients', 'website', 'sites',
                    'free', 'affordable', 'website', 'buisness', 'installed', 'install',
                    'management', 'manufacture', 'install', 'download', 'provides',
                    'downloaded', 'services', 'development', 'drug', 'top', 'reviews',
                    'review', 'treatment', 'deliver', 'hire', 'hiring', 'supply',
                    'supplier', 'commercial', 'discount', 'account', 'websites', 'app',
                    'products', 'guests', 'deals']
    count = len(flaggedWords)
    counter = 0
    while counter <= count:
        #print(word.lower())
        if word.lower() == flaggedWords[counter]:
            return True
            break
        else:
            counter = counter + 1
        if counter == count:
            return False

to an sql queryed value from a database that will return a user id and a description in python. I want to put the description through this function and then use an sql query to return the remaining users. How do a make that happen?


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LinkedIn Marketing Tips
LinkedIn is not just a professional networking service, it's also an effective platform for marketers. In fact, LinkedIn generates more leads for B2B companies than Facebook, Twitter, or blogging individually. Also, 93% of B2B marketers consider LinkedIn to be the most effective site for lead generation. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't use LinkedIn if you're a B2C company. 51% of companies acquired a B2C customer through LinkedIn. Still not convinced you should try LinkedIn marketing? What if I told you 50% of LinkedIn members report they are more likely to buy from a company they engage with on LinkedIn? Here's how to make LinkedIn marketing work for you!
Before you can start LinkedIn Marketing, you'll have to set up a business page on LinkedIn. Here's how you do it... (You can skip this if you already have a business page.)
Go to the top-right of your LinkedIn homepage and click on the Work icon.
Click Create a Company Page.
Choose a Page type from the following options: Small business or Medium to large business.
Enter Page identity, Company or Institution details, and Profile details.
Check the verification box. This ensures that you have the right to act on behalf of the company.
Click Create Page. If you encounter any errors, it could be because you don't meet the Page creation requirements or have too many Pages created.
Click Start building your page! and follow the instructions to build your page.
Post Practical content - 2/3rds of LinkedIn users are self-proclaimed news junkies. Post something that adds value and captures their interest. As usual, posts with catchy headlines and captivating images perform the best. People are more likely to click on posts that capture their attention by making them curious about something. Try asking questions or providing useful information that makes readers want more. LinkedIn claims that it takes ten pieces of content to get one conversion, meaning that a consumer consumes ten pieces of your content before they make a purchasing decision. Be patient!
Utilize Matched Audiences - LinkedIn, like other social media platforms lets you send targeted advertisements. You have the option to create Sponsored Content, Text Ads, or Sponsored InMail (a way to send targeted messages). Matched Audiences is a tool from Microsoft that helps optimize LinkedIn as an advertising platform. It optimizes your CPC and conversions.
Look for people to connect with - Connecting with the right individual on LinkedIn can be very beneficial. To find future connections, click on the search bar and select people from the drop-down. LinkedIn allows you to filter by location, connection type, and the company they work for. Clicking on the all people filter lets you further narrow your search by letting you select past companies, industries, and profile language. Using these tools should help you hone in on who you want to connect with. Once you've found this person, shoot them an InMail. It's better to come to them, instead of waiting for them to come to you.
Join LinkedIn Groups - This is a great way to connect with people in the same industry that may share similar interests. Click on the Discover button to add groups and monitor the most relevant and also active pages. Ask to join these groups and once granted access, you can converse with professionals within that group. Use groups as a means of networking to build connections and find people who are interested in your product or can help you grow your product. This could also be a great way to gain followers.
Create a group - In addition to joining existing groups, LinkedIn gives you the option to create a group of your own! Owning a group makes you stand out, it can make you appear as a leader in the space. You can share your products and ideas in this space and gauge, for free, what other people think. Create a group by clicking the "Create group" button in the My Groups tab and inputting a title, logo, and description when prompted. Keep your description short and sweet. You can also add group rules as a way to specify the type of content members can post, and how membership works. You can either create a standard group that people can search for where members can add other members, or an unlisted group that can't be searched for and only owners, managers, and moderators can invite members to.
Pay for InMail - As I mentioned briefly earlier, InMail is a very helpful way to build connections. Unfortunately, it is not free. InMail costs $79 per month, however, it is worth every penny if you have the budget. InMail allows you to directly contact anyone on LinkedIn, even if you're not connected to them! Research shows that its response rate is 3 times that of regular emails. It also has a built-in analytics system that lets you see the response rate of your InMail data to see what's resulting in responses.
Consider paying for LinkedIn Sales Solutions - Sadly, this is another paid feature, however, if you're a big company that can afford this, it's well worth your money. Sales Solutions allows you to Target, Research, and Engage with new prospects seamlessly. It can also accommodate any sized sales team. According to LinkedIn, you'll be able to land 35% larger deals and 34% more opportunities for your money. It allows you to start advanced searches, using keywords, companies, functions, geography, industry, school, relationship, company size, seniority level, groups, years at current company, and years of experience as filters. This is a super-easy way to find and connect with optimal individuals. Apparently, Microsoft boosted their sales productivity by 38% as a result of using Sales Solutions!
LinkedIn can be a tough platform to master, however, it can be very successful for generating leads. Follow LinkedIn's Marketing Solutions blog for a selection of helpful articles curated by LinkedIn themselves that'll help you improve your LinkedIn marketing. Hopefully, these tips help bring you success with your LinkedIn marketing endeavors. Good luck!


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Timothy Anderson leads Whittier's business development and fundraising efforts in support of new revenue generation for the College.
His focus is on developing and implementing non-curriculum programs and generating support from industry, government, and other organizations through partnership development.
Anderson has an extensive career in fundraising, business development, marketing and planning in both higher education and industry. Most recently, Anderson served as the Chief Development Officer for the College of Business at San Francisco State University as well as the institution's Executive Director of Development and Operations. There, Anderson increased fundraising for the College of Business by more than 6000%. He was also instrumental in finding new funding and collaborating with over 200 faculty to implement new programs in career leadership development, innovation and entrepreneurship, commercial real estate, and hospitality.
Anderson brings a wealth of leadership and start-up experience as an internet and marketing veteran at Amazon.com, SBCSMARTpages.com, and j2 Global. Anderson started his career in finance, strategic planning, and business development at the Times Mirror Company, Knight-Ridder Information, and the Washington Post.
Originally from South Central Los Angeles, Anderson is a first-generation college attendee. He received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from UCLA and his MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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Spelaren kontrollerar Noa som skall rädda djur från olika delar av världen. Som hjälp har han powerups. För varje bana stiger vattnet, vilket gör det svårare för honom att röra sig. Var tredje bana avslutas med en bosstrid.

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Handcrafted in Los Angeles, California, USA the Latex For Less mattress is a strong competitor for the Avocado. Don't let the name fool you, the price may be less, but the quality is on par. Made with 100% natural latex, this company cuts no corners crafting this green bed mattress.
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Nearly 30 hours of gameplay.
After seven years of development, Fallout: New California--a free mod for the PC version of Fallout: New Vegas--has released. The mod is single-player experience and acts as an unofficial bridge in the Fallout timeline. Amusingly, New California released the same day as the first Fallout 76 beta, offering a more traditional Fallout experience for those disappointed with the series' new multiplayer-focused direction.
In New California, you play as an orphan who was raised in the San Bernardino Mountains by the survivors of Vault 18. The story picks up 20 years after Fallout 2, when people are still recovering from the aftermath of the New California Republic-Enclave War. As you play, you'll take part in plot lines that ultimately inspire the events of Fallout 3 and New Vegas. If you have the right mods installed, your story in Fallout: New California can seamlessly transition into New Vegas as part of the same long save.
New California's entire campaign can be beaten in six to eight hours, but there's anywhere between 15 and 30 hours of content in each playthrough depending on what you choose to do. The mod has 13 possible endings as well, which are earned depending on the choices you make. Although it's a mod of New Vegas, New California acts as its own separate game. It has its own map--which is about two-thirds the size of the one in New Vegas--and nearly 17,000 lines of spoken dialogue that are all unique to the mod.
To play New California, you'll need the PC version of New Vegas. You don't need the Ultimate edition of the game or its DLC, but it will have to be updated with the latest patches. Make sure you have a mod manager downloaded to your PC as well. The folks behind New California recommend Nexus Vortex or Mod Organizer 2. After that, you just need to download New California from the mod's ModDB page, open your mod manager, follow the on-screen prompts, and you're good to go.
The official Fallout timeline continues with Fallout 76, which releases on November 14 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.


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'Bridgerton' Filming Locations: This Is How Much the Homes From the Netflix Show Are Really Worth
Bridgerton has taken Netflix by storm. The binge-worthy series about high-society life in Regency era London features plenty of romance and scandal, plus lavish costumes and swoon-worthy interiors. The stunning homes inhabited by the Bridgerton family, the Duke of Hasting (Regé-Jean Page), Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), and Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) are all real-life mansions, castles and museums — and each is worth millions.
Mortgage experts at Money.co.uk calculated estimated list prices for seven Bridgerton filming locations. Here's how much it would cost to buy Hampton Court Palace, Castle Howard, and other Bridgerton homes if they came on the market today.
The Featherington house
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Estimated value: £6,439,162 ($8,705,296)
The Featherington family's London home is actually a property in Bath, England. The home is now a museum that has been restored to look as it would have during the 1776-1796 period.
If No. 1 Royal Crescent was up for sale today, it would cost nearly $9 million, according to Money.co.uk. The site's experts estimated values based on the size of the property multiplied by the average house price per square meter. Then, they added a 30% "cultural and historical premium value."
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Estimated value: £35,233,027 ($47,632,586)
Daphne Bridgerton's (Phoebe Dyvenor) home before her marriage is actually Ranger's House in Greenwich. The home was built in 1723 and was the residence of the Rangers of Greenwich Park. Today, it houses the Wernher Collection, an art collection amassed by Sir Julius Wernher, a 19th-century businessman,.
Lady Danbury's home
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Like the Bridgerton family's home, Lady Danbury's house is also a real-life museum. The Holburne Museum in Bath — formerly the Sydney Hotel — was used for exterior shots of the character's house. The museum itself showcases the collection of Sir William Holburne.
The Duke of Hastings' London home
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Estimated value: £111,971,261 ($151,377,306)
Simon Bassett's grand London home is actually Wilton House in Salisbury, built in 1543 by the 1st Earl of Pembroke. The house was also a filming location for a number of Bridgerton interior scenes, according to House Beautiful. Wilton House rooms stood in for Queen Charlotte's royal residence, the dining room at Clyvedon Castle, and Lady Danbury's library.
Clyvedon Castle
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After Simon and Daphne get married, they spend their honeymoon at the Duke's other home, Clyvedon Castle. Clyvedon is actually Castle Howard in Yorkshire. 1st Earl of Carlisle, Charles Howard began construction on the house in 1699. The massive home — still owned by members of the Howard family — took over 100 years to build. It's also been seen in several other films and TV shows, including the 1981 miniseries Brideshead Revisited.
Queen Charlotte's palace
A tale of two palaces… We actually have William and Mary's (somewhat) limited budget to thank for the Tudor #HamptonCourtPalace surviving at all – Baroque architect Christopher Wrens' initial proposal was to knock the whole palace down and start again! #RoyalPalaceSecrets pic.twitter.com/wKyQnkE51g
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Naturally, Bridgerton's queen lives in the grandest home of all. The exterior of Queen Charlotte's residence is really Hampton Court Palace, where Henry VIII lived. But by the time the actual Queen Charlotte was on the throne, Hampton Court was no longer a royal residence. Instead, she and King George III lived at Buckingham Palace.


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Abstract: A B.C. logger who was killed on the job earlier this year was working for a company that had been under close scrutiny by the Workers Compensation Board for violating provincial safety regulations, a coroner's inquest has been told. Rodney Tubbs died on July 27 after being struck by a block of cedar logs that had fallen out of a sling on a helicopter. He was employed by G & R Cedar Ltd., an independent contractor working for MacMillan Bloedel. Charles Burrell, a MacMillan Bloedel manager, told the inquest he is not particularly interested in knowing whether companies subcontracted by his firm are violating provincial regulations. He suggested that there may be too many safety regulations in the logging industry. Mr. Tubbs was one of over 150 people to die on the job in B.C.'s logging industry since 1984.
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Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam are collectively known as Indochina. Three amazing, distinct countries that are easily combined on a holiday to the region. From the iconic limestone cliffs of Halong Bay to the magnificent ruins of Angkor via the tranquil backroads of Laos; at Experience Travel Group we create distinctive holidays to Indochina that are tailor-made for you.
We have a section of our website dedicated entirely to holidays in Indochina but a visit to the region could also incorporate a visit to Myanmar, Malaysia or even Indonesia. Below are a few of our favourite "Indochina and Beyond" holidays or you can click here for our dedicated Indochina section.
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import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;

/**
 * Created by rrutan on 2/6/14.
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@JsonSerialize(include=JsonSerialize.Inclusion.NON_DEFAULT)
public class HealthStatus implements Serializable {

    /**
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	@JsonSerialize(include=JsonSerialize.Inclusion.ALWAYS)
    private String status;

    @JsonSerialize(include=JsonSerialize.Inclusion.ALWAYS)
    private String lastUpdate;

    @JsonSerialize(include=JsonSerialize.Inclusion.ALWAYS)
    private List<HealthMessage> messages;

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    private List<HealthResource> resources;

    enum Status {
        ok, fault, unknown, intermittent, maintenance;
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World Cup defeat leaves Wales fans 'devastated' and facing elimination
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Wales fans leave the Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar, following their 2-0 defeat to Iran during the FIFA World Cup (Jonathan Brady)
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Wales fans said they were "devastated" after a last-gasp defeat left the team on the brink of World Cup elimination.
Supporters who made the long journey to Qatar to see Wales' first World Cup appearance in 64 years admitted their side was not good enough as they were defeated 2-0 by Iran at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Friday.
Many of the Red Wall remained to cheer on their national side after the final whistle and a chorus of 'Yma o Hyd', the team's official World Cup song, rang out as players left the pitch.
Others said they felt for manager Rob Page after witnessing his family in tears at the end of the match.
Despite the "disappointment" some insisted Wales could still "smash" England in the third and final game in the group stage.
Wales' Gareth Bale appears dejected following the defeat (Adam Davy/PA)
"We're just sad really," said Richard Jones, 56, from Cardiff, who is in Qatar with his 22-year-old son Yohji.
"We thought at the end that Wales would get a last-minute goal, as they often have. But we just lost it.
"And ultimately the right team won today, it's just a real shame."
Wales' Daniel James with Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward and his family at full time (Mike Egerton/PA)
Morgan Jones, 50, from Caernarfonshire, who had flown out with his partner and two children for the USA and Iran matches said: "It just wasn't good enough, and really I'm happy for Iran. They deserved that win.
"We've got a lot to be thankful for though. We're here and we saw Gareth Bale score a penalty – which was a highlight.
"But it does make you feel like the golden era of Wales football is coming to an end, the sun is setting on the team."
The defeat, which also saw goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey sent off for a rash challenge, leaves Wales needing to beat England in the Group B decider, which Mr Jones admitted he was "dreaming of".
He said: "We can still dream, it would amazing to go through after beating England.
"But at the moment, I think it's highly unlikely."
Some fans were more optimistic and when asked whether Wales would have a chance of winning the next game Alison Lewis, 62, Rachel James, 49 and Sheila Jones, 71, gave a resounding: "Yes".
Wales fans in the stands (Mike Egerton/PA)
All three women said: "We're disappointed for the boys more than anything."
Ms Lewis, from Aberystwyth, said: "My heart breaks for Hennessey, to be red carded like that.
"It was very emotional watching it, but on the day the best team won. It's as simple as that.
"It's a shame the boys just couldn't go up a gear."
Of the next game against England, Ms James from Neath, said: "Go and get them boys."
The women said they were sitting behind manager Rob Page's family and said they felt for his two daughters who were crying at the end of the game.
The fans created another spine-tingling moment while singing the national anthem 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' at the beginning of the game, while Iran fans were either silent or whistled and booed throughout theirs.
Former Wales team captain Laura McAllister (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Neither team's players followed the lead of the German team who used their team picture prior to their match against Japan to protest against Fifa's decision to impose sporting sanctions on captains who wear the One Love armband – a symbol of LGBTQ+ rights.
A number of supporters in the crowd wore rainbow coloured hats and other items, despite some having them confiscated at the game against the USA on Monday.
On Thursday the Football Association of Wales said Fifa had confirmed that fans will be able to wear rainbow garments inside stadium and urged the body to "to adhere to their message that everybody will be welcome in Qatar".
Former Wales captain Laura McAllister said she would have worn her bucket hat even if Fifa had not offered reassurances. She told PA news agency: "I was always going to wear my rainbow bucket hat to today's game, regardless of what we heard back from Fifa, but I'm really pleased we've been able to force Fifa's hand on this."
Arwel Owen said what happened on Monday had "spurred" him on to wear his rainbow bucket hat to the match.
The 38-year-old, from Hendy, said he is not a member of the LGBT community but felt it was important to be a supporter.
"I don't have any shame in supporting the movement wholeheartedly.
"I've been a follower of the Rainbow Wall for a while and have followed the women's side for years, so I feel it's important to make this small stand."
Tensions reportedly flared near the stadium between pro-government fans said to have been harassing anti-government supporters, with a female supporter left shaken by the encounters.
Following the game, a small group of Iranian men and women stood playing and singing 'Barayeh', an Iranian protest song, as people gathered around and stood watch.
They also chanted 'Woman, Life, Freedom' a slogan that has become popular during demonstrations in response to the death of Magda Amini.
Wales captain Gareth Bale once again passed a bucket hat to Iran's captain at the kick-off.
Bale, 33, became Wales' most-capped player, making his 110th appearance.
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Q: Move text at the end of the string to the beginning I have some data which looks like:
                              NMUN
1      Cubo de Tierra del Vino, El
2                     Peraleja, La
3                       Franco, El
4  Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort, El
5                      Gabias, Las
6                       Adrada, La
7                          Bola, A
8                       Fayos, Los
9                     Recuenco, El

What I am trying to do is to move everything after the last comma to the beginning of the place.
Expected output:
NMUN
El Cubo de Tierra del Vino
La Peraleja
El Franco
El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort
Las Gabias

Data
data = structure(list(NMUN = c("Cubo de Tierra del Vino, El", "Peraleja, La",
"Franco, El", "Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort, El", "Gabias, Las",
"Adrada, La", "Bola, A", "Fayos, Los", "Recuenco, El", "Pobra do Brollón, A",
"Viso de San Juan, El", "Viso del Alcor, El", "Granjuela, La",
"Bòrdes, Es", "Guingueta d'Àneu, La", "Villares, Los", "Grove, O",
"Losar del Barco, El", "Iglesuela, La", "Vall de Bianya, La")), row.names = c(NA,
-20L), class = "data.frame")

A: Using gsub and a bit of regex you could do:
data$NMUN <- gsub("^(.*),\\s(.*)$", "\\2 \\1", data$NMUN)

data
#>                              NMUN
#> 1      El Cubo de Tierra del Vino
#> 2                     La Peraleja
#> 3                       El Franco
#> 4  El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort
#> 5                      Las Gabias
#> 6                       La Adrada
#> 7                          A Bola
#> 8                       Los Fayos
#> 9                     El Recuenco
#> 10             A Pobra do Brollón
#> 11            El Viso de San Juan
#> 12              El Viso del Alcor
#> 13                   La Granjuela
#> 14                      Es Bòrdes
#> 15            La Guingueta d'Àneu
#> 16                   Los Villares
#> 17                        O Grove
#> 18             El Losar del Barco
#> 19                   La Iglesuela
#> 20              La Vall de Bianya

A: Here is an alternative approach:
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)

data %>%
  separate(NMUN, c("NMUN", "a"), sep = ",") %>%
  unite(NMUN, c(a, NMUN), sep = " ")

                              NMUN
1       El Cubo de Tierra del Vino
2                      La Peraleja
3                        El Franco
4   El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort
5                       Las Gabias
6                        La Adrada
7                           A Bola
8                        Los Fayos
9                      El Recuenco
10              A Pobra do Brollón
11             El Viso de San Juan
12               El Viso del Alcor
13                    La Granjuela
14                       Es Bòrdes
15             La Guingueta d'Àneu
16                    Los Villares
17                         O Grove
18              El Losar del Barco
19                    La Iglesuela
20               La Vall de Bianya


WITH its quaint cobbles, time-weathered buildings and nearby market square, it would fit most people's ideal image of a traditional old English street.
Now the historic panorama of Alnwick's Bondgate Within, and 15th century Hotspur Tower, has been named as Britain's best shopping street.
The mix of independent family-run shops, fashion stores, leading High Street names and two supermarkets has earned the wide and imposing thoroughfare the accolade, as part of the 2011 Google Street View awards.
Bondgate Within beat off competition from 19 others including Kingston Market Place, Low Pavement in Nottingham and Belfast's Lisburn Road.
The awards bring a double honour for the North East, with South Shore Road in Gateshead chosen as Britain's 'hippest' street.
The road, close to The Sage and Baltic gallery finished ahead of chic boulevards including Call Lane, in Leeds, and Whitecross Street, in London.
Nominations for the awards, which also include Britain's most romantic street, were compiled by a Google panel of experts from the world of travel, shopping and lifestyle.
More than 20,000 people took part in a national online vote on the 60 nominations last month.
Alnwick Mayor, Alan Symmonds, said: "I'm delighted that Bondgate Within has won this prestigious Google Street View award.
"It more than holds its own in the formidable list of nominees.
"The street is characterised by a large number of individual shops, many of which are well-established family businesses and all of which pride themselves on offering a personal service to their customers.
South Shore Road in Gateshead was nominated for the 'hippest' street award by lifestyle journalist Chrissy Iley, for its stunning views and cultural importance.
Mick Henry, leader of Gateshead Council, said: "Tens of thousands of visitors come to South Shore Road every year to visit Baltic, take a stroll across the Millennium Bridge and listen to great music at The Sage Gateshead.
Front Street in Bamburgh, Northumberland, overlooked by the village's historic castle, finished second in the most romantic street section of the awards, behind Copse Hill Road, in Lower Slaughter, near Cheltenham. Last year's inaugural Google Street View awards named The Shambles, in York, as Britain's most picturesque street.


Im many fields of mechanics, production and industry, metalworking is the pivotal process. It allows to obtain the desirable shape of a material. Electro erosion machining is the useful manufacturing process, which allows to obtain the shape as the effect of usage electric discharges - sparks. In order to do this, there are used two electrodes separated by a dielectric liquid. Between them flows the recurring current. In this way, the material is removed from the workpiece.
Electro erosion machining is used mainly to work with hard materials, when other methods of metalworking are not effective or unable. The electro erosion machining is conducted to obtain such shapes, as matrices, molds and even in the nuclear power - to work with fuel rods. Perfopol is the arge company that sells products made of metal, and also deals with the metalworking, using many techniques, like electro erosion machining, as an example.


"Using quasirandom numbers in neural networks" by Peter Anderson, Roger Gaborski et al.
We present a novel training algorithm for a feed forward neural network with a single hidden layer of nodes (i.e., two layers of connection weights). Our algorithm is capable of training networks for hard problems, such as the classic two-spirals problem. The weights in the first layer are determined using a quasirandom number generator. These weights are frozen---they are never modified during the training process. The second layer of weights is trained as a simple linear discriminator using methods such as the pseudo-inverse, with possible iterations. We also study the problem of reducing the hidden layer: pruning low-weight nodes and a genetic algorithm search for good subsets.
Proceedings of the International ICSC Symposium on Fuzzy Logic (1995) A50-A56 "Using Quasirandom Numbers in Neural Networks," Proceedings of the International ICSC Symposium on Fuzzy Logic. ICSC Academic Press. Held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH): Zurich, Switzerland,: May 26-27, 1995. The authors wish to thank Alex Mirzaoff and Eastman Kodak Company for support of this project. ISBN: 390-64-5400-2Note: imported from RIT's Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in February 2014.


I know that just as many of you find my "conversations with Abby" (our border collie) cute, there are others of you who get bored or turned off. Hopefully this reflection is not cute, and hopefully those who are not dog lovers see beyond the metaphor of what Abby stands for and is, and give a prayerful listen!
This has been yet another terrible week (and I am not referring to the thrashing your 401 K's took in the stock market the week of Oct. 22). We've experienced the power of hate. You hate someone's politics, simple: put together (non-working?) pipe bombs and mail them to your philosophical opponent! You have been feeding on ethnic hatred and want to finish the evil work that that Austrian madman had started in the 1930's, simple: use your easily purchased and legal high powered rifle and spray death into a place of worship.
Trying to explain "hate" to Abby is a challenge because she reminds me that while dogs certainly know fear, hunger, and can be defiant and stubborn, and even on that not so rare occasion [when food is involved] will lie through their teeth), dogs do not experience the human emotion of hate. They are protective. Some will attack if they feel they (or their parent) are threatened, but they cannot know hate. It is not in their DNA.
We, sadly in our so called "enlightened, post-Christian, God-is irrelevant, don't-judge-me, my-kid-never-does-anything-wrong, I can say anything I feel like through social media, blaming, shaming, I-want to destroy you" culture are ever so capable of hate.
Abby asked me if I was surprised by the events of last week. "Of course not" I snarked at her. Once we accepted the murder of little children in their schools – a.k.a Sandy Hook – (and do not lie to yourselves – by having done NOTHING to deal with the issues of gun violence/gun laws/gun rights), we have accepted the murder of our children as our "new normal", we just better start getting used to this over and over.
Abby asked me why we humans choose to hate. I wish I could give her an answer. Is it something bred into us? Do we need to be taught (cf. South Pacific)? Are fear and hate of the "other" the inevitable consequence of a world where God is ignored and God's word is perverted? Have the seeds of the "politics of destruction" which both sides spew so well finally born this poisoned fruit?
This four legged creature (who barks excessively, to be sure, but who was created for love and to give love) looks at me, mumbles a Border Collie sigh, and shakes herself to remove the stench of humanity from her fur. Why would anyone want to hang around with creatures who love to hate. And I have no answer for her.
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So with all this "new beginnings" and in light of the welcomed, blessed and newer faces within our parish community, let me ask you what the parish leadership teams have been struggling with. It's a question that began as: "What is God calling us to do?" This was to be a parish wake up call. This is a reminder that of all the communities of those who claim to be disciples of Jesus, this community of St. John's parish has a purpose! Why are we here in this place and time? What is the Lord expecting of us? How can we make this world something of a better place?
But as one (or more) pointed out at last week's meetings, the question must be posed in the singular: what is God calling me to do? It's all well and good to speak of a collective purpose, and that conversation is necessary. But there is the deeper personal issue: why am I here in this place and time? What is it that our creating, redeeming and sanctifying God is asking me? What differences have I been called to make, and for whom? As the seasons pass, so will I. Will it matter that I was here?
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2018 by sjadmin.
That image of a light shining from an old New England lighthouse is a powerful one. A light in the darkness! A light that shows me where I am going. A light that keeps me from tripping and falling. A light that guides the ship in a storm, gives it a sense of both placement and direction, and importantly keeps it from being ripped apart by rocky coastline and hidden reefs.
I keep wondering from where that light, which humans really need, is going to come if our culture has determined in its hubris that there really is no God, and matters of religion are of just such nonsense for the elderly or the weak willed.
If the Lord does not light my path, how do I get a sense of direction or see what really matters? Is it any wonder that the numbers of the poor or homeless grow, but we don't see them among us?
A few weeks ago, we all were immersed in a tragic drama – televised for our viewing "entertainment" – as we were forced to listen to memories of what may have been sexual criminality or inappropriate high school drunken behavior or memories of an incident that did not occur as remembered – we will never know – but I had kept asking over and over where the parents of those privileged youth had been that night. How can we hope that our youth walk that right path if there is no light to guide them?
I am looking more and more at a world that ignores its Creator, scoffs that matters religious as merely mythological, and then wonders why it is torn by violence and hate. Take away the light, you get darkness. Remove the guidance in the storm, you get a ship wreck. St. John in one of his letters has the very brief verse: "God is light." So take away the light that guides us. And you're surprised that all you're left with is darkness?
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 17, 2018 by sjadmin.
"What is God Calling Us to Do?
This is the time of the year when, as a Mets fan, I am so often asked if I am rooting for or against any particular team in the baseball playoffs since, for reasons only divine wisdom will fathom, the team of my rooting interest is usually long eliminated. It's been my experience that this simple question is usually a veiled attempt by the supporters of New York's other team to either elicit praise and support ("last man standing", I suppose) or just a way to rub salt in already festering wounds. Now, if truth be told – so often it is not – I was raised to be a gracious loser even if I seethe within. For in truth, while I always acknowledge those who have bested me, I HATE to lose. Always have! Always will!
I really can't bounce this idea off Abby because she doesn't understand acknowledging our limitations, congratulating those who do succeed, or dealing with the times when we were not good enough. Border collies may (almost) always win. We humans – not so much.
I have seen enough of how our political landscape has deteriorated into a battleground where there can only be chest bumping / taunting winners and rage filled losers. I have seen this spill into youth sporting events where parents who make the conscious immoral decision to live vicariously through the success of their children act out in utterly reprehensible fashions. We see this in the media from time to time. I can even tell you a story of a long ago incident where a teen boy [someday to become a priest] was asked to substitute referee a CYO basketball game in the place of a sick classmate. There was a foul call made against a player whose elbow clearly connected into the shooter. Then there was then an outraged aggrieved and disagreeing / disagreeable parent who ran on to the court, screamed at this 16 year old, threatening him physically in front of a ¼ packed gym. Oh and yes, I even could tell you about the equally unpleasant aftermath where, after the game , this parent ran into a certain uncle of that teen [who would someday become a priest] and the physical consequences endured by that parent for his lack of "respect". One should not be happy about either incident – both are shameful!
The point I hope you all get is that how we deal with "winning" or "losing" – when the symbolic "referees" of our life miss the calls, when the unfairness of life brings either something expectantly joy filled or outrageously unpleasant into our lives – how we deal with our feelings at such moments speak volumes about not only our maturity but also the sincerity of our discipleship. If social media is a mirror of exactly how much rage and taunting, shaming and intolerance for any opinion other than my own truly infects this culture of ours, then God help us. We have all lost! We can't be authentic disciples only when it pleases us or when life goes well. I choose to follow Jesus in this faith community as long as I get my own way. I love those who agree with me personally or politically and hate all others. How do I deal with being a disciple, living into my calling, and knowing that at times all will not go well with me or my life!
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Today is the date that Christians of all shapes and perspectives honor one of the truly unique, dangerous and incredible leaders / reformers of all time. He was born as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, but remember him by his "informal" name of Francesco or Francis – Francis of Assisi.
I could not possibly write anything insightful or laudatory that hasn't already been written, preached or just opined. Born into the flawed medieval Church, he injected his own brand of spirituality into an institution that was in dire need of reform. A child of middle class wealth and values, a legendary ne'er-do-well youth, a soldier, prisoner of war, thinker who listened to the voice within, heard his redeemer whom he insisted was telling him to "rebuild my church," and he literally started to do so as he went about to repair a broken neighborhood chapel.
But that voice from within was calling him to do more than fix the plumbing! Eventually he discerns the call challenging him to proclaim the good news not by preaching alone, although he was to do this well, but rather by living a lifestyle of radical poverty and to move his church away from the siren's song of materialism.
Most are aware that he found God in all of nature and not necessarily in grand cathedrals. He was the original "Dr. Doolittle" at times found preaching to the animals in the forest, allegedly claiming they actually listened!
He was an extraordinary man of peace. You all now know that (in a truth is stranger than fiction moment) Francis and the Sultan of Egypt (a nephew of the great warrior prince Saladin) prevented what would have been a bloodbath encounter between warring armies during the crusades. This is just one forgotten moment when peace defeated pride, and the message of Jesus was actually taken seriously by all those who had the power to change history.
I long for such men (and women) of witness and conviction. But I also know that as much as we admire them in retrospect, reformers are very often rejected in their own time. Who really wants to take all this seriously? Who really wants to live the good news as the Lord intended we do? Who is secure enough to not only not fear poverty but to embrace it as a way to get rid of the clutter in our lives? People claim to admire Francis. But I wonder if we are really willing to listen to him and join him on the pathway that he insists will bring us to our God.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2018 by sjadmin.


In association with Cromer Soul Club. Great soul/funk/disco evening ahead. Tickets at £5 each. Tickets on the door or are available from the office on 01263 713427 and at Holt Vinyl Vault, Osokosi and Thoughtful Expressions shops in town.
The night will run from 7.30pm to 11.30pm.
Hitman and Trevor Halfnelson DJs will be playing a mix of 60s and 70s Soul, Motown, Disco and Funk. All on vinyl only! Come along for a great night out in Holt. With guest Postmaster Flash.


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You might be familiar with the expression. It signals frustration or resentment when others are praised and you are overlooked or your contributions are ignored. And while we might want to think that such feelings have no place in believers' hearts or among Christians, being slighted is all-too-often real. Might you be experiencing—or contributing to—"Chopped Liver Syndrome"?
Perhaps it has to do with members who have moved away from your congregation, and you lament that your church no longer has their talents in art or music or their friendly way of greeting visitors. Sadly, you don't realize that every time you express those feelings you make the remaining faithful members feel like their skills with crafts or choir or their every-Sunday efforts to welcome guests are unrecognized and unappreciated.
It's not a new thing in the church. The apostle Paul, in his letters, ends up having to remind the members of churches he founded, like the one in Corinth, that the honor they were giving to some of the "latest and greatest" teachers that came to them was honor that belonged properly to those faithful to the Word. We even see something like "Chopped Liver Syndrome" in God himself. Through the Old Testament prophets God points out how his people faithlessly go chasing after other gods, giving them praise, offering them sacrifices, and looking to them for blessings and prosperity—all the while ignoring him, the faithful Lord who guided, loved, and made them his own; brought them out of slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land; and blessed them abundantly.
"What am I, chopped liver?" might sound a little self-centered. But in the church we shouldn't consider it self-centered. The gifts and service of every member of Christ's body need to be appreciated, and the whole body suffers if they are not. And when Lutheran teachings and traditions are undervalued, truth is lost and faith is weakened. Do your church a favor. Don't treat its treasures—its people or heritage—as chopped liver.
Contributing editor Jeffrey Samelson is pastor at Christ, Clarksville, Maryland.


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Now Reading: Controlling the Cat Population In Austin
Controlling the Cat Population In Austin
PHOTO BY SANDY CARSON
Sandy Carson Nov 26, 2012, 4:21 pm CST
The number of feral cats in the United States is estimated to be in the tens of millions, and just one unsterilized female cat can be responsible for 370,000 offspring over the course of seven years. Sadly, many communities still opt to control populations using outdated methods, including lethal elimination or relocation. Not only are some of these methods horribly barbaric, they are also highly ineffective.
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the method of humanely trapping free roaming feral cats and spaying or neutering them. I became involved in TNR in Central Texas after fixing and adopting out a colony of cats in my neighborhood. I decided to make photographs with the people who were making a dent in the feral colonies,
documenting their dedication to animal welfare.
See more of Austin photographer Sandy Carson's work at sandycarson.com.
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Seeking Texas-based documentary photography that captures the strangest state. Please send inquiries to [email protected]
Sandy Carson is a Scottish photographer, cyclist and musician who emigrated to the United States in 1993. Carson's commercial work is published in The New York Times, Aperture, The Guardian and more. In addition to photography, he rides bikes for Fairdale and makes music for Iglomat in Austin, Texas, where he recently founded Cardinal Press.
'Cheer' Takes an Overlooked Sport Off the Sidelines
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How the San Antonio Police Are Rethinking Mental Health
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Because those lyrics were from 1983ish, and we have more things to do with our hands these days.
This is a (very) fun fact!
I am gonna look on GL to see if this is true as well.
UPDATE: This is not true on GL at least for previous years, for this year december has more images than other months but previous years it's all over the place.