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Sportomania is a multiple sport offering for kids in the age group of 8-17. From football, cricket, athletics basketball, tennis, volleyball, hockey to indoor games we cater to a large array of sports disciplines. The programme is designed to provide young athletes a chance to experience structure, discipline, goal setting and teamwork.
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Judge Sue Kushner Celebrating at St. Anne Institute
by St. Anne Institute | Oct 24, 2022 | Events, News, Student Activities & Honors
Albany County Family Court Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary of the Adult Treatment Court and 16 Year Anniversary of the Juvenile Treatment Court with an Offsite Potluck Picnic on October 20, 2022 Hon. Sue Kushner, Presiding Judge of both Albany County Family Court's...
SAI Has New CEO/President
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The St. Anne Institute Board of Trustees is pleased to announce Richard Hucke as the agency's new Chief Executive Officer/President, effective Feb. 1, 2021. Mr. Hucke comes to St. Anne's from a career at the Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA), a comprehensive...
St. Anne Institute Receives Grant from MVP Health Care for Personal Protective Equipment
by St. Anne Institute | Oct 16, 2020 | News
St. Anne Institute has announced that it has received a grant from – MVP Health Care to purchase Personal Protective Equipment(PPE). The equipment will be purchased to protect St. Anne Institute employees from COVID-19. "We appreciate MVP stepping forward to...
BLM and PRIDE
by St. Anne Institute | Jun 5, 2020 | News
]The Genesis Pod at SAI discussed current events this week along with the start of Pride month. The girls were encouraged to have tough and uncomfortable conversations to better understand a variety of injustices in our society.
Thank you to the Stewart's/Dake Family
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St. Anne Institute has received $2,000.00 from the Stewart's/Dake Family for COVID-19 relief. The funds will be used to develop and implement a telehealth/therapy program utilizing technology and staff in a way to expand and improve healthcare, offer convenience,...
St. Anne Institute Receives a Grant from the Carl E. Touhey Foundation
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(Albany) St. Anne Institute has received a $125,000 grant from the Carl E. Touhey Foundation. The funds will be used, over a three year period, to expand St. Anne's Youth Shelter from eight to twelve beds, offset the salary of a case manager that will create targeted...

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TfL: One third of London's buses are running
June 22, 2012 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch
Bus drivers are seeking additional payments for working during the Olympics
Just over a third of London's bus services are operating today as a result of the Unite union's strike action over Olympic pay.
The union is seeking a £500 bonus for members who work during the Olympic Games.
Staff working on the DLR, Tube and London Overground have all agreed extra Olympic payments.
Although London's bus services are regulated by TfL the drivers and other staff are employed by private bus companies.
Mayor Boris Johnson has secured £8.3m from the Olympic Delivery Authority to settle pay claims and has called on employers and the union to settle their dispute. However on Thursday conciliation talks between the parties broke down without agreement.
Operators Arriva, Metroline and Go Ahead last night won a High Court injunction blocking their workers from striking. Staff employed by other companies started their walkout at 03:00 BST Friday.
Transport for London say "over a third of bus services" are running this morning and are urging Londoners to use other transport methods and to use its travel information services to plan their journeys.
Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy said: "It is now clear that the leadership of Unite were intent on a strike all along. They have pursued this unnecessary course of action despite an extra £8.3m being brokered by the Mayor that would allow every bus driver in London in a garage where one or more routes were affected by the 2012 Games to gain, over the 29 days of the competitions, about £500.
"Despite additional offers to supplement this from the bus companies the Unite leadership have refused to defer the strike to give time for further negotiations or for any of the offers to be put to their members. I'm sorry that Londoners are therefore going to be disrupted today.
"We are now working together with our partners to ensure that Londoners and visitors have alternative travel options and the necessary advice to enable them to get around. I would advise everybody to use other transport services, to consider walking and cycling for shorter journeys and to check before travelling at www.tfl.gov.uk/buses"


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Canucks trade Kesler to Ducks
By The Sports Xchange
The Dallas Stars' Cody Eakin (20) battles the Vancouver Canucks' Ryan Kesler. (Brad Loper / MCT)
The Anaheim Ducks acquired center Ryan Kesler in a trade from the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.
In exchange for Kesler, the Ducks sent the Canucks forward Nick Bonino, defenseman Luca Sbisa and the No. 24 pick in the 2014 draft, which begins with the first round Friday night.
As part of the trade, the Ducks also traded their third-round pick in 2014 (No. 85) and receive the Canucks' third-round pick in 2015.
The Canucks already own the No. 6 pick in this year's draft.
"This trade reinforces our goal to add youth, support our core players and develop draft picks who will contribute to the future success of our team," Canucks general manager Jim Benning said in a statement. "Nick Bonino and Luca Sbisa are talented players who immediately bring youth and skill to our roster. An additional first- and third-round pick gives us the opportunity to add two strong players to our system."
Kesler, who turns 30 on Aug. 31, has a full no-trade clause, but he asked to be traded before the trade deadline in March and gave the Canucks a list of teams. He has two years and $10 million ($5 million salary-cap charge) remaining on his contract.
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Kesler had 25 goals and 43 points in 77 games last season after scoring 13 points in only 17 games in the 2012-13 season, when he missed 31 games because of injuries to his shoulder, wrist and ankle.
He won the Frank J. Selke Trophy in the 2010-11 season, when he scored a career-best 41 goals to go with 73 points, a plus-24 rating and 83 takeaways, which ranked second in the NHL. He helped the Canucks reach the Stanley Cup Final in 2011 and scored a career-best 75 points in 2009-10.
Kesler has 393 points in 655 NHL games, all with the Canucks.
Bonino, 26, had his best season in 2013-14, when he had 49 points in 77 games and was clutch in the Stanley Cup playoffs with four goals, including the overtime winner in Anaheim's series-clinching, come-from-behind 5-4 first-round win in Game 6 of the Western Conference against the Dallas Stars. Bonino also scored the goal that cut Dallas' lead to 4-3 with 2:10 remaining in regulation.
Bonino has 82 points in 189 NHL games, all with Anaheim.
Sbisa, 24, had six points in 30 games with the Ducks last season. He has 56 points in 266 NHL games, including 227 with the Ducks, who acquired him from the Philadelphia Flyers on June 26, 2009.
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In this course, the term IP core refers to a reusable unit of logic or circuit design that is an intellectual property of some party. Xilinx and their third party partners provide a rich library of IPs to assist users in developing products. Some provided IPs are free to use, while others may require the user to purchase a license. For more information on IPs, you can visit the Xilinx Intellectual Property Page for more information.


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Neon Return: West Columbia's iconic WECO sign is refurbished
With a large crowd in attendance, West Columbia's refurbished WECO sign was relit Jan. 10. JORDAN LAWRENCE | CHRONICLE
From Lexington County Chronicle: The building at 750 Meeting St. in West Columbia has been many things since it was built in the 1940s.
It started out as Lower Main Market before becoming a Dixie Home Store in 1951 (the chain that would later become Winn-Dixie). A furniture company and a tile store came later, and Charity Thrift took up residence in 2002 before the current resident, marketing agency Riggs Partners, moved in about 15 years ago.
But when it comes to local iconography, the building's most impactful stretch came between the 1970s and 2001, when it was home to WECO Billiards, which lent its name to the pool-ball-bedecked sign along Meeting Street that has become one of the city's most recognizable markers.
Original Sign Returns to Arby's Restaurant in Meadville
From Erie News Now: The old, original sign outside an Arby's in Meadville is back.
It was reinstalled after the restaurant on Park Ave. was rebuilt.
Neon nostalgia is real and the glow is coming back to Windsor
The Yorktown Square neon sign in South Windsor. Tecumseh Signs is restoring neon signs in Windsor to take advantage of the nostalgia the signs provide. (Mike Evans/CBC)
From CBC: Neon signs once dominated urban landscapes all across Canada from the 1940s to the 1990s. The neon glow dominated Ouellette Avenue businesses, mainly as commercial advertisements.
However, as the signs aged, they were replaced by other cheaper options.
"LED hitting the market has crippled neon," said Justin Franzoso of Tecumseh Signs.
However, the nostalgia over old neon signs is creating quite a buzz. Tecumseh Signs is trying to take advantage.
World Famous Drag Queen Opens the Trixie Motel in Palm Springs
From Hotels Above Par: Owned by world-famous drag queen, Trixie Mattel, her namesake roadside motel is every bit as camp as you'd expect, and it makes for a fabulous stay in Palm Springs. Tucked behind a gold-adorned bubblegum pink gate, the refurbished mid-century motel is an Instagram-dream-come true. From its neon Trixie Motel sign, 70s pool floats and Mattel's signature made up eyes painted on the wall, to the gilded retro Palm Springs aesthetic in the reception and individually themed rooms, the property is brimming with photo opps.
Tom Carvel: The Greek American who invented soft serve ice cream
From Greek City Times: Greek American businessman, Tom Carvel (born Athanasios Karvelas), created America's first ice cream franchise and is well-known as the inventor of soft serve ice cream.
A flat tire on his truck led to his successful career as a early immigrant to the USA.
Tom Carvel was born on July 14, 1906 in Athens, Greece. In 1910, when Tom was only four years old, his parents decided to leave what was then impoverished Greece for Connecticut in America.


We all want to be liked by others, or perhaps more accurately we'd all like some kind of validation from other people. Whether or not you care much for other people, it's almost an inherent desire that we want to be noticed. Yet, contradictory to that notion for many is that some are afraid of being noticed, nine times out of ten because there is a fear of being judged or ridiculed by other voices. As a person, let alone an artist, this is a dangerous barrier to not only personal growth, but to expressing yourself freely. And it's my belief that as an artist you absolutely cannot stand to be afraid of judgment or let the feelings and whims of others dictate your desire to express your art.
Whether you're part of the working world or still a student, no sane person can argue that critical thinking, or at the very least the capability for individual thought, is not of vital importance. Beyer (1995) refers to critical thinking as making clear, reasoned judgements, and most definitions you find will be somewhat along these lines. Unless you're pursuing an academic definition from a source such as The National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking. Yes that's a real thing, as I've discovered prior to writing this. Individual thought on the other hand can be seen as the ability to make up your own mind and reason for yourself, and not just follow the bandwagon. To many these skills are obvious necessities, but it never ceases to amuse me whenever I notice their clear absence in everyday life.
Is Attachment To Your Characters A Weakness?
In life we know that letting go is one of the most difficult things you can do. As it is in reality, so too is that truth relevant in fiction. We become attached to other people or objects, whether real or not. We become invested in characters and stories we've followed for a long time. Sometimes that emotional investment clouds our perceptions, and other times it results in us not wanting a certain world to close or story to end, even when a conclusion is perhaps a necessity, or the overall quality of what we're enjoying has certainly taken a nose dive. We are ultimately beings of intimate emotion and tangible feelings, striving for connection. But is there a point where this need for attachment becomes too much in the creative process? Is there a point where it begins to harm your narrative, and becomes a weakness? Or is it a writer's strength in bringing their characters to life?


Bourne are proud to work with a select number of hand-picked partners across Surrey & Hampshire.
Highfield South Farnham stands on an attractive two-acre site sitting in the south of Farnham and is a Primary and Nursery School situated on Weydon Lane.
South Farnham School stands on two sites sitting, as the name suggests, south of Farnham. The infants are taught at the Bourne site and the juniors in Menin Way.
Bourne Estate Agents are proud to be working exclusively with South Farnham School as their recognised Estate Agent, having sponsored the school since 2012.
The Bourne Club is a members' owned racquets club that also provides bridge, a fitness room, table tennis, snooker and an active social calendar for its members.
Bourne Estate Agents have sponsored the club since 2014 and very pleased to maintain a close relationship with the team at The Bourne Club.
With Beer, Cider, Wine, Food and music, join them for a fabulous evening out among people who love a great time whilst raising money for local charities.
Tickets will be available from our Alton branch.


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Million-dollar lottery winner charged in scam
Heating oil dealer had many victims, DA says
Updated: 6:51 AM EDT Jul 28, 2012
LOTTERY SCAMMER FOLO-PKG-JORGE
A Massachusetts million-dollar lottery winner is charged with swindling at least 10 customers at his heating-oil business.Michael Santaniello, of Chelmsford, was arraigned Friday on more than 15 larceny charges. He was ordered held on $250,000 bail. Santaniello charged 10 victims thousands of dollars for work he never completed, the Middlesex Country District Attorney's Office said. The majority of victims were older than 60.Authorities started building a case against the owner of Mike's Oil Heat Service last year after receiving complaints from customers in Bedford, Burlington, Billerica, Wilmington and Lexington, the Lowell Sun reported.Chuck Otis, of Wilmington, told the newspaper that after Santaniello told him he needed a new oil tank, he wrote a check for $800 in December. Santaniello kept delaying, and soon he never heard from him again, Otis said."I completely trusted the guy," he said.Santaniello won $1 million on a Massachusetts lottery scratch ticket in 2009.Santaniello's payout was $50,000 annually over 20 years, before taxes. A lottery spokeswoman said that state lottery officials cannot halt payments to a convicted felon unless ordered to do so by a court order.
CHELMSFORD, Mass. —
A Massachusetts million-dollar lottery winner is charged with swindling at least 10 customers at his heating-oil business.
Michael Santaniello, of Chelmsford, was arraigned Friday on more than 15 larceny charges. He was ordered held on $250,000 bail.
Santaniello charged 10 victims thousands of dollars for work he never completed, the Middlesex Country District Attorney's Office said. The majority of victims were older than 60.
Authorities started building a case against the owner of Mike's Oil Heat Service last year after receiving complaints from customers in Bedford, Burlington, Billerica, Wilmington and Lexington, the Lowell Sun reported.
Chuck Otis, of Wilmington, told the newspaper that after Santaniello told him he needed a new oil tank, he wrote a check for $800 in December. Santaniello kept delaying, and soon he never heard from him again, Otis said.
"I completely trusted the guy," he said.
Santaniello won $1 million on a Massachusetts lottery scratch ticket in 2009.
Santaniello's payout was $50,000 annually over 20 years, before taxes. A lottery spokeswoman said that state lottery officials cannot halt payments to a convicted felon unless ordered to do so by a court order.


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Q: R converts datetime assignment to numeric [XML] I have been trying to create an XML. For doing this i am using XML library in R.
top = newXMLNode("A")
newXMLnode("Node1",attrs=c(id=123,dt="2017-01-21 00:00:05"),parent=top)

This should create an XML as

     <Node1 id="123" dt="2017-01-21 00:00:05"/>

But what's happenning is instead of storing dt as datetime, R is internally converting it to numeric and i get output as
 <Node1 id="123" dt="1485043200"/>

I have tried converting it using lubridate's ymd() function, as.posixct(), as.date(). All This keeps the datetime format correct but as soon as i assign it to something this changes to numeric.
 > u <- as.POSIXct("2017-01-21 00:00:05",origin="1970-01-01")
 > u
 > "2017-01-21 00:00:05 CST"
 > addAttributes(Node1,xyz=u)
  <Node1 id="123" dt="1485043200" xyz="1485043200"/>

A: The solution is very simple, you have done small typos. You used newXMLnode instead of newXMLNode. Kindly go through following R code snippet:
> top = newXMLNode("A")
> newXMLNode("Node1",attrs=c(id=123,dt="2017-01-21  00:00:05"),parent=top)
<Node1 id="123" dt="2017-01-21 00:00:05"/>
> top

<Node1 id="123" dt="2017-01-21 00:00:05"/>

Hope it works for you!

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Chances are that if you own a dog, you want to make sure that it is well cared for at all times. Most of the time, this is easy enough to accomplish. After all, while your dog might not be too happy about it, it will be able to handle you being away from home during work hours. However, it is not a good idea to leave your dog alone for more than that. If you need to leave your house for several days and you cannot take your dog with you, choosing to consider dog kennels might be a good idea. Thankfully, there are several places that will be more than willing to help you out.
As you might be able to imagine, dog kennels in Fairfield, OH are a place where you can take your dog to be looked after while you are away. Some places will refer to dog kennels as boarding your dog. Some people might be concerned about leaving their dog alone in a place full of unfamiliar people and animals; however, the workers who manage dog kennels on a regular basis know exactly what to do to ensure that not only will your dog be comfortable during its stay at the kennel but that it will also be safe and happy. When you cannot look after your dog, choosing to take it to a kennel is one of the best things that you can do.
Why Should You Consider a Dog Kennel?
If you choose to leave your dog home alone for the days that you are gone, there's a good chance that you won't enjoy the results. In fact, many dogs will become anxious without you there and will begin to tear through the house in a desperate attempt to calm themselves. This can result in damaged belongings, which is something that nobody wants to happen. On the other hand, when you choose to rely on an established company such as Animal Ark Pet Resort to board your pet in their dog kennels, you can rest assured knowing that your dogs are in the hands of people who know what they are doing. You can also connect them on Facebook.


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Disable Nvidia Telemetry Tracking
Security / August 30, 2017 November 14, 2020 / By Marthur
The majority of PC users with Nvidia graphics cards are probably not aware that they are being tracked by Nvidia via driver/software. The Nvidia driver installation package offers some flexibility as to what will be installed, however, it does not offer an option to exclude telemetry tracking as part of the installation. Nvidia's telemetry tracking component is installed even when installing the graphics driver by itself. Nvidia's GeForce Experience FAQ states, "The application collects data needed to recommend the correct driver update and optimal settings, including hardware configuration, operating system, language, installed games, game settings, game usage, game performance, and current driver version. If a user is signed into a NVIDIA account, the data is identifiable. All data collected is protected by NVIDIA's privacy policy." If the data being collected is of any concern, there are a few way to go about disabling Nvidia telemetry.
Disable Nvidia Telemetry Startup
There are multiple methods to disable Nvidia telemetry at startup. I've listed two of these methods, screenshots included. The first method is by using the Windows Task Scheduler. The second (optional) method, is by using Sysinternals Autoruns. See screenshots for further details and instructions.
Disable Nvidia Telemetry Service
In addition to disabling Telemetry startup, the "NVIDIA Telemetry Container" service will need to be disabled as well. Ensure that the service is stopped and that the "Startup type" is set to "Disabled".
An All-In-One Solution
An all-in-one solution for disabling Nvidia Telemetry exists by using a program that is aptly called Disable Nvidia Telemetry. The program will automatically apply all the changes in the previous screenshots. Remember, that these steps may need to be applied again in the future if the Nvidia drivers are updated.
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Bob Carlson is new member of Johnson County Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners
Posted on February 28, 2019 at 4:01 PM by Becky Burnside
An Overland Park architect who was the lead designer for the New Century Fieldhouse near Gardner is a new member of the Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners of the Johnson County Park and Recreation District.
Bob Carlson was recently appointed to the fourth district seat on the JCPRD board by Johnson County Commissioner Janeé Hanzlick. Carlson attended the JCPRD board's Feb. 20 meeting as an observer and plans to attend his first regular meeting as a board member on March 20.
"Our family moved here 17 years ago based on the strength of the community, schools, and quality of life," he said. "We have enjoyed living in Johnson County and this is an opportunity for me to serve the community," Carlson said. "Our family has taken advantage of JCPRD programs and parks over the years: youth sports, bike trails, the dog park, hiking, attending performances, fishing, swimming, and summer programs. Continuing to give those opportunities to our community is important to me."
Quality of life issues relating to Johnson County's built environment are of special interest to Carlson.
"I will be very interested in the Capital Improvement Projects particularly prioritizing needs and planning for the future," he said. "I also am interested in sustainability in two senses: in using our natural resources carefully, and in creating operational sustainability for long-term use. I'm interested in finding the right balance of maintaining and improving existing facilities/programs while at the same time planning for growth and expansion. "
Carlson has been a licensed architect since 1989. He has more than 30 years of experience as an architect for, as well as a principal in, the firm of DLR Group. Since 1990, Carlson has focused primarily on sports facilities, including professional, minor league, and community facilities. He holds both a bachelor of science and a master's degree in architecture, both from the University of Nebraska, and is a member of the American Institute of Architects, and a LEED - (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited professional.
The new commissioner sees his experience in architecture as being very applicable to the JCPRD board.
"The real challenge of a building design is balancing needs of these diverse groups within the reality of the budget, project goals, and the specifics of the site. I think this experience will be helpful to the board," he said. "My first goal is to simply listen and learn. JCPRD has experienced staff and an experienced board. I am eager to contribute, but understanding is a prerequisite."
Carlson's sports-related architectural projects have been many, varied, and located from coast to coast. They have included: ballparks, sports fields, conceptual studies, and spring training facilities for major and minor league baseball teams, as well as collegiate baseball and softball programs; collegiate football stadiums and practice facilities; soccer stadiums, and collegiate arenas, and soccer stadiums and complexes. In addition to the New Century Fieldhouse, his local and regional projects have included: an indoor football practice facility at Washburn University in Topeka; the Kansas Speedway; a soccer stadium for the University of Kansas City; and the Scheels Overland Park Soccer Complex.
Completed in 2011, JCPRD's New Century Fieldhouse project involved converting an 88,000-square-foot warehouse at the New Century AirCenter near Gardner into a state-of-the-art indoor sports facility. One side of the structure is a multi-use sports area with courts for basketball, volleyball, and futsal, a five-man indoor soccer game, while the other side of the building has a 100-by-190-foot artificial turf field which can be used for soccer, football, and other field sports. The facility provides programming for all ages and a multitude of interests from fitness and health to arts and crafts, and includes an interior two-story space at the center of the building which houses offices, classrooms, concessions, and more. The facility also attained Silver LEED certification through the U.S. Green Building Council.
"It was a fun project to work on and I enjoyed working with JCPRD's board and staff," Carlson said. "I am very proud of the project and the way the community has embraced the facility."
The New Century project is just one example of what he sees as a strength of the organization in serving the Johnson County community.
"The JCPRD staff, board, and county commission are willing to take bold steps when it comes to parks and recreation," he said. "Meadowbrook Park and the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center are other great examples. It is exciting to ask the question 'what will be the next bold step?'"


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Q: Is it possible to overload the [] operator to access a specific bit of a char without defining a class? I have been given an exercise that includes a lot of fiddling (looking at) with bits in a char[n].
I have to check some geometrical properties of a bit[n][8] obtained by taking each char, and splitting it into it's bits. I know that I can access bit[a] of the char c by doing something like c&((1<<8)>>n).
I would like to know if there is a way of making c[n] actually be c&((1<<8)>>n). I tried bool operator [](char c,int n); but that gave me this:
error: 'bool operator[](char, int)' must be a nonstatic member function
bool operator [](char c,int n);

A: As the error message says, operator[] must be a member function of a class or struct, and it must take one parameter. However, you can write a free named function (i.e. not an operator) to do what you want.

A: Here is a char wrapper class called Char. The two examples in main() demonstrate that you can use Char-typed values just like you would char values, except that Char has a [] operator, for getting its value's bit at some given index.
#include <iostream>

class Char {
    char c;
public:
    Char() = default;
    Char(const Char&) = default;
    Char(char src) : c(src) {}

    Char& operator = (char src) { c = src; return *this; }

    operator const char& () const { return c; }
    operator char& () { return c; }

    // Special [] operator
    // This is read-only -- making a writable (non-const)
    // version is possible, but more complicated.
    template <typename I>
    bool operator [](I bit_idx) const { return !!(c & (char(1) << bit_idx)); }
};

int main() {
    // Example 1
    // Initialize a new Char value, just like using char.
    Char my_char = 'x';
    // Math operators work as expected
    ++my_char;
    // And cout will produce the same output as a char value
    std::cout << "Bit 3 of '" << my_char << "' is ";
    // But unlike a char, the [] operator gives you
    // the bit at an index, as a bool value.
    std::cout << my_char[3] << "\n\n";

    //Example 2
    // Specify the Char type in a range-based for loop to
    // iterate through an array of char values, as Char values.
    const char str[] = "Tasty";
    for(Char ch : str) {
        // check if value is nonzero, the same as you would a char value
        if(ch) {
            // Send the value to cout,
            // cast to an int to see the ASCII code
            std::cout << ch << " (" << static_cast<int>(ch) << ") ";

            // Count down from bit 7 to 0 and use
            // the special [] operator to get each
            // bit's value.  Use this to output each
            // value's binary digits.
            for(int bit=7; bit>=0; --bit) {
                std::cout << ch[bit];
            }
            std::cout << '\n';
        }
    }
}

Output:
Bit 3 of 'y' is 1

T (84) 01010100
a (97) 01100001
s (115) 01110011
t (116) 01110100
y (121) 01111001


Tap water, especially if you let it run for a minute will bring out the Chlorine smell. Chlorine has been added to the Water supply in Australia and other countries to kill off parasite and dangerous bacteria. Without this we would be in all sorts of trouble, but should we be drinking it after Chlorine has done its job? certainly not. If you place a potato in a glass of Chlorinated water, it will pull all the Chlorine from the water into the potato, so just think whats happening when you are cooking your vegetables.
All filters that contain active carbon (Australis, Doulton, Matrikx and Ultracerams etc...) will remove the bad taste of chlorine and that chemical smell. Gravity filter candles and under sink cartridges will remove 99% of this chemical from your water and most heavy metals leaving your water feeling lighter to drink and a clean fresh taste. These filter candles will actual make the water cleaner than bottled water and a lot cheaper to achieve a better result. Starting at 3 cent per litre its a lot cheaper too. Once you filter your water you could carry it in a stainless steel water bottle and save the world from excess plastic bottles. Once you start filtering your water though, you will struggle to drink unfiltered water. ha ha.
If the water taste good then you are likely to drink more, which is great for relaxing muscles, mind, cleaner skin, healthy organs and your overall well being.


British colonial policy - the policies and practices by which the British government ruled the colonies. These changed drastically after 1763 when a period of 150 years of benign neglect was changed into a much more active, regulatory presence.
cultural geography - characteristics of the people in a location, such as language, predominant religion and ethnic/racial group(s), education, life style, architecture, foods, clothing, etc.
distance - the extent or account of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
economic models - models pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities. Usually developed to help explain the distribution of goods and services based on need versus proximity. For example, necessities, such as gasoline and food are closer to one's community, but services such as fire stations and banking serve a larger area, and hospitals service still a much larger area.
Mississippi River - The longest river in the United States. It has historically been a major transportation artery for goods and people. The name is Algonquin for "big river."
neoclassical - revival of classical style in literature, the arts, music, etc.
secondary economic activity - changing natural resources into new products: manufacturing, refining, etc.
site and situation - These terms are often used together by geographers. Site refers to the advantages or disadvantages of a specific location for certain kinds of activities. Situation refers to the advantages or disadvantages of a site in relation to other locations and activities. For example, swampy ground is generally a poor site for building a city. A city that is conveniently located in relation to a major routes of travel may be said to have an advantageous situation.
tea tax - a three-penny per pound import tax on tea designed to improve the financial fortunes of the British East India Company and directly tax colonists. This tax led to protests by colonists including the Boston Tea Party.


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Chappie 5 Is Alive In This Chappie/Short Circuit Mashup
Since we got our very first look at Neill Blomkamp's new robot drama Chappie, which finally opens in theaters this weekend, there has been discussion about how much the film, or at least what we've seen of it, resembles another similarly themed movie, Short Circuit. Such talk has been so prevalent that that I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner, but here it is, the inevitable Short Circuit/Chappie mashup. Check out Chappie 5 is Alive below.
Watch Chappie Learn To Be A Real Gangster In This Funny Clip
DATE: Feb 23, 2015 | BY: Brent McKnight | Category: Sci-Fi
"Chappie, if you want to be in the gang you have to be cool, like daddy." Those are the first words you hear in this new clip for Neill Blomkamp's upcoming robot drama Chappie. When you think of a combination of South African street gangsters and artificially intelligent automatons, you don't necessarily think of a strong familial connection, but the more we see from the film, the more it looks like that's what we get. You also learn important lessons, like that real gangsters use throwing stars.
In the film, a couple of hoods—played by zef duo Die Antwoord—steal a law enforcement robot in the hopes of using it to further their criminal enterprise, only they get much more than they bargained for. This particular former-robo-cop is a new breed, thanks to Dev Patel's Deon character, a robot that has the ability to think for itself. An innocent, child-like presence, Chappie (played by frequent Blomkamp collaborator Sharlto Copley) bonds with his pseudo parents—Ninja, who you see in this clip, and Yolandi Vi$$er, who you only hear on the soundtrack.
Here's How Die Antwoord Wound Up In Neill Blomkamp's Chappie
Around these parts, we're pretty stoked for Neill Blomkamp's upcoming robot saga Chappie. Even if we didn't love his last picture, Elysium, he has a fantastic visual sense, and his debut, District 9, ranks up there among our favorite recent sci-fi pictures. And it's about robots, which you probably noticed, we're quite fond of. The film features a strong cast, including Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, and Sigourney Weaver, but in an unusual bit of casting, it also stars Yolandi Vi$$er and Ninja, better known as South African rap-rave duo Die Antwoord. It's a move that has raised some eyebrows, but this new featurette digs into the choice and the influence of the two musicians.
In this behind-the-scenes look, they talk about their style, known as Zef, which involves a lot of street swagger and an I-don't-give-a-fuck attitude. It's easy to see why Blomkamp, also a South African, would choose them to lend an air of authenticity and organic credibility to his latest endeavor.
Check Out These Two Chappie Clips Burn The World To Ash
The hot news of the past day or so has to be that Neill Blomkamp is going to direct a new Alien movie, which is, admittedly, pretty damn awesome. But well before that, we still have his robot drama Chappie coming down the pipe shortly. It looks like an action packed combination of RoboCop and Short Circuit, and now we've got two new clips to check out.
Watch These Five Chappie TV Spots Explore The Savior Of Humanity
Neill Blomkamp's action packed robot drama Chappie is just over two weeks away, and as we're getting near to the final promotional push, Sony has released five more badass new TV spots for their movie that looks like the love child of RoboCop and Short Circuit. We mean that in the best possible way, and over the course of these videos, the story starts to come into clearer focus.
Set in a dystopian near future where everything has gone totally to shit (isn't that always the way?), Chappie tells the story of an inventor (Dev Patel), who creates the first artificially intelligent robot, an invention that couldn't have come at a better time for humanity. He must bring peace to a world that has devolved into complete and utter chaos, so there's no pressure or anything on the robot that's basically a child experiencing the wonder of the world for the first time. In order to do this, however, as you can see in this ad, Chappie is going to have to kick a lot of ass to insure peace. And you get to see Hugh Jackman, a rival inventor, and his mullet, be a raging dick. So there's that.
These Two Chappie TV Spots Emphasize The Softer Side Of Robotics
DATE: Feb 9, 2015 | BY: Brent McKnight | Category: Sci-Fi
South African director Neill Blomkamp is back with his follow up to 2013's Elysium, which left many audiences flat, with the robot-centric actioner Chappie. The studio dropped a slick new poster over the weekend, and now, with less than a month to go until the March 6 release date, Sony Pictures Entertainment is back with two brand new TV spots.
This first video emphasizes the true gentle nature of the title character. You see the tender side of Chappie, he's scared, nervous, kind, open, and all together childlike. That's the approach they're taking towards artificial intelligence, portraying him as what is essentially a wide-eyed child seeing the world for the first time. This provides the opportunity to show the sense of wonder as he experiences life.
On the other hand, you also see the less than enthusiast reaction some have to his presence and the intolerance he meets. New things are terrifying to most people, and when they see something different, something they don't yet comprehend, their initial reaction is all too often to lash out violently, like tossing a Molotov cocktail at a robot that just wants to hang out and be awesome.


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Q: Making $ |1 - e^{i\langle t,x-y\rangle}| \leq \varepsilon $ Let $t, x, y \in \mathbb{R}^n$. Why does it hold that for fixed $t$ and $\forall \varepsilon > 0$ there exists $\delta >0$ such that $\forall x,y: |x-y| < \delta$ it follows
$$
|1 - e^{i\langle t,x-y\rangle}| \leq \varepsilon \text{?}
$$
I tried to reason in the following way:
Since $|1-e^{i\varphi}|= \sqrt{2(1-\cos{\varphi})}$, then by making $\varphi$ closer to $0$, i.e. $|\varphi| < \delta$ one should be able to make it as small as needed. But how can this be extended to the above case by varying $\langle t,x-y\rangle$? Or maybe there is a better approach?

A: Because $\vert \varphi \vert := \vert \langle t, x- y \rangle \vert \leq \vert t \vert \vert x -y\vert < \vert t \vert \delta$.
BTW: It should be $\sqrt{2(1 - \cos \varphi )}$.


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Folk singer and longtime Beacon resident Pete Seeger would have been 100 years old today (May 3), and celebrations and sing-a-longs are scheduled across the country, as well as the release of a box set that spans his career and includes 20 unreleased tracks. We asked those who knew and encountered Pete and his wife, Toshi, to share stories. The contributions have been condensed for clarity and space.
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Freddie Martin
On a Monday evening, Jan. 27, 2014, the day Pete died at age 94, I opened a letter from him containing the chord chart and lyrics for a song we had worked on together for some time, "Peace Will Prevail." It was based on an ancient Irish air.
In late 2013, Pete asked the song circle at the Beacon Sloop Club to practice civil-rights songs for a citizens' march on the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day. While rehearsing the songs with the Spring Street Baptist Church choir, I realized "Peace Will Prevail" needed a gospel ending, so I wrote Pete.
From his hospital room, Pete had penned a note atop the song sheet, referred to a chord change I had made, thanked me for "working on it" and encouraged me: "You keep on!" It was classic Pete, giving of his spirit and energy to others, giving until the end.
Elise Dietrich
Florence Northcutt
Little did I think some 35 years ago, while on a ferryboat trip from Algeciras, Spain, across to Morocco, hearing a familiar song coming from the loudspeaker and singing along with a number of passengers who knew it as well as I did, that I would one day live in the same community as the song's performer. "We Shall Overcome" reached to the far corners of the world, and its message is as powerful as it was that day during the height of the civil-rights movement.
I feel privileged to have known Pete and to have seen him right here in our city working quietly, consistently and diligently to build awareness about our beautiful river and protecting our environment. He has raised our consciousness in his modest, humble way, and our world is a better place, thanks to Pete.
Erin Giunta
In 2013, I found myself in line behind Pete at the Beacon Natural Market. After he left the store, he got into his sticker-covered green SUV and sat there for a while. That's when I noticed something by my feet: Pete's car keys! I went outside and said, "I think these are yours, Pete." "Thank you," he said. "I thought I was losing my mind." "Not yet, Pete. Not yet," I said.
Erin Giunta, with her daughter, Edie, then 11 months, with Pete in 2011 at the Beacon Institute.
Later, within a week after Toshi died, I let him go ahead of me in line at Rite Aid. The clerk greeted him with a big smile and, "Hello, Mr. Seeger!" As he waited for the prescription to be filled, I said, "I'm so sorry about the loss of Toshi. I know she was a wonderful person." He took my hand and said, "Thank you. She's the reason I was able to do what I did. It was all because of her."
Sara Dulaney
Pete at Springhill (Photo courtesy Sara Dulaney)
Having been raised listening to The Weavers, I was excited to learn about 1981 that they would be singing at something called the Clearwater Festival. I made my way, solo, from Manhattan into the wilds of the Hudson Valley on a drizzly day.
I felt moved to write fan notes to each of them. To Pete, I wrote that my late great aunt, Mabel Spinney, had run a school that he attended in Litchfield and that her sister, my Aunt Milly, had observed, "We never thought he'd amount to anything."
A short time later, I got a postcard from Pete with a little banjo drawing. He said that Aunt Mabel's school had been one of the most important experiences of his life. Pete said that Springhill School (now Forman School) encouraged him to learn in his own way. He took up the job of running the newspaper, and he felt he had a voice.
The last time I saw Pete, he was putting his recyclables at the foot of his road. Pete answered his own mail. He emptied his own trash. And he amounted to something.
When I was the education director at Clearwater, the nonprofit founded by Pete and Toshi, he called the office one January afternoon to talk about a tent idea he had for that year's Great Hudson River Revival. Pete was always thinking about more ways to get more people involved in everything.
As I took notes, Pete asked if I'd like to come over to talk more. "Do you have ice skates?" he inquired. "Ummm … not on me," I replied. "No problem – we have lots of skates here."
So I went over to the Seegers' and ate dinner with Toshi and Pete and their granddaughter, Moraya. Afterward, I went over to the wood stove and saw a mountain of skates. Each winter, Pete would hose down the circular driveway (at 2 a.m.) to make a rink. Pete put on skates and we skated around to the music of steel drums he piped into an outdoor sound system.
I remember seeing the moon through the trees that cold evening and thinking this was one of those nights you cherish for a lifetime.
It began in 1957, near Andover, New Jersey, where we spent every childhood summer. Our Aunt Happy brought out an album called The Weavers at Carnegie Hall. We were hooked from the clarion bugle call of Pete's five-string banjo on the first song, "Darlin' Corey."
Pete in 2012 (Photo by Tom Chapin)
To our amazement, Grandma Chapin had a five-string banjo in her basement. We bought a copy of Pete's book, How to Play the Five-String Banjo. I got a cheap steel string guitar, memorized chords and started using fingerpicks because Harry was so loud on the banjo. At our first public performance as the Chapin Brothers, we played three songs by The Weavers.
In 1975 or 1976, I was backstage at Huntington High School on Long Island with Pete before a benefit concert. A reporter asked Pete: "You've spent your life doing concerts for causes. Has it made a difference?"
Pete thought a moment, then said in his calm, measured way: "I don't know. But I do know that I've met the good people, people with live hearts, live eyes and live minds." This was a quintessential Seeger answer, moving the conversation toward larger issues and the people he believed deserved credit.
Michael Bowman
When I was in college, I got lost hiking between Breakneck and Mount Beacon and ended up in some guy's backyard. A tall man came out asking if I needed help and with a smile pointed me down his driveway toward Route 9D. Only later did I realize who it was.
Jennifer Blakeslee
At the 2013 Strawberry Festival, I asked Pete if I might take his portrait. Afterward I thanked him for everything he'd done for Beacon and the environment, and he said, "Ahhh, but you don't know the foolish things I've done!"
Stacy Labriola
Many years ago Tony Trishka was recording a banjo retrospective and wanted to include Pete. So he invited Pete to come to my husband Art's studio at our home in Garrison. Pete came down from Beacon and regaled the group with hours of recorded stories and did some banjo playing, as well.
After a day of recording, Pete said his goodbyes and headed out. About five minutes later there was a knock and it was Pete with a broken headlight he had found when exiting the driveway. He handed it to us and asked that we recycle it properly. As he left, the engineer on the project, Joe Johnson, said, "There, you have your Pete Seeger story!" Happy birthday, Pete!
Stephanie Roland
Pete, 93, with Mackinley Roland, 2, who is playing his great grandfather's harmonica. (Photo by Rob Penner)
Michael Mell
We had just moved to Cold Spring and my eldest son was in grade school at Haldane. At a "Differences Day" celebration in the cafeteria, Pete Seeger walked in, banjo in hand, along with two parents who were musicians, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
I was gobsmacked. The last Pete Seeger concert I attended was at Carnegie Hall. After that I would occasionally see him, with wool cap and plaid shirt, exiting Angelina's with a pie. I regret never having said hello.
Robert Cutler
In 2012, Toni Bryan and I interviewed Pete at Boscobel. We were producing an audio tour that included stories about the river.
He drove down from Beacon on a snowy day with a banjo in his little black Honda. After about two hours, we had everything we wanted, including a performance of "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy." But as we wrapped up, he asked if we'd like to hear three new verses that Toshi had written for "Turn, Turn, Turn."
There we were, three of us in a tiny room, and Pete serenading us with one of the greatest songs of the 20th century.
Suzanne Mancuso
Had to paint Pete. We all loved him.
Roger Coco
In the early 1970s, I led wilderness trips near the Hudson River for American Youth Hostels. The protest against a proposed pump storage plant on Storm King was in full swing. Pete had sent a postcard with a photo of the Clearwater to the AYH office asking if "Strider" (my nickname) could guide a group of protesters and reporters through the woods and valleys with Pete yodeling and singing against the echoes of the waterfalls of Stag-nun Creek, up and over Butter Hill and to the bottom of Storm King.
I had no idea who he was, and I don't know how he got my name. What would a peace-loving liberal want with an old-time conservative like me? We were lucky that day, there was no trouble. Instead, we stood victorious at the bottom of Storm King, and Seeger whipped a monopoly.
John Cronin
There we were, in Beacon in 1972, and this big boat comes sailing in, and, for God's sake, there's Pete Seeger on the bow, and he yells to the crowd: "We're going to be rebuilding this dock, so I'm looking for volunteers."
I thought, I get to hang out with Pete! The great thing about spending time with Pete Seeger is that being with Pete is pretty much like being at a Pete Seeger concert. If we started slowing down, you know, Pete would start singing a work song or a sea shanty to get us all banging away. When his back got stiff, he would stand up and turn toward the Highlands and start yodeling.
Between all these things, he'd give little homilies. He'd say, "Well, you know, if we all work together, we can clean up the Hudson River." And I thought, this guy is just out of his mind, because this is a damn dirty river, and it's an awful big river, and there's just no way.
He's like a combination of a Pied Piper and a Johnny Appleseed, and you couldn't spend that much time with Pete without him cajoling you into something.
Damian McDonald
This is one my favorite shots of Pete. You can see the excitement and joy on his face as he headed for the Hoot at Little Stony Point in September 2006.
Photo by Damian McDonald
Vickie Raabin
I was lucky enough to have been in several concerts with Pete so he knew me by sight, referring to me as "that little music teacher." I had bought a used banjo and had it sitting in my studio on Main Street when Pete walked by, stopped, came in and started playing it. He fixed the bridge and asked if I minded — of course not! To this day, whenever I get new strings the bridge is always put back the way he adjusted it.
Brent Spodek
If you move to Beacon, or even think about moving to Beacon, someone will tell you that this is where Pete Seeger lived. When I moved here, I knew where Pete's house was before I knew where the hardware store was.
Although I can't carry a tune, I organize a monthly adult sing-a-long. When I complained to Pete about my lack of musical leadership skills, he said, "It doesn't matter if you can sing; it matters if you can bring other people together to sing."
I had gone to the parking lot at the 1992 Clearwater festival and I saw Pete putting something into his car. Toshi drove up in a golf cart (she was running the festival) and I asked if I could take a photo of them. Unfortunately, Pete wasn't in the mood. After I said to Toshi that Pete looked tense, she grabbed his ass, he jumped, and she threw her arms around him.
Toshi and Pete Seeger, By Steve Sherman
Marc Breslav
Pete hated being famous. I ran into him one day at Grey Printing in Cold Spring shortly after the Great Hudson River Revival had been closed in the middle of the day due to lightning.
"Hi Pete," I said.
He grimaced, avoiding eye contact.
"How did Clearwater do money-wise with that storm?"
The grimace brightened to a frown.
"You know, all we have to do is get a quarter-inch thick rubber carpet for the whole site," he said, still averting his eyes.
"Just have to make sure it's recycled rubber, Pete!"
He looked me in the eye, smiling broadly.
Flora Jones
Ellen Gersh
Pete was really involved in the local schools. He played for children because he was blacklisted and couldn't perform elsewhere. He realized that social music was dying, that people don't sing anymore since the invention of the phonograph.
People get caught up in the celebrity of Pete, but he hated people fussing over him. The best way to honor him is to sing and encourage young folks to sing. Also, to join the fight for equality for all people. If everyone put their energies into fighting the fight that Pete did, we would be on the right track.
Besides hearing him play at festivals in the Hudson Valley, my family got to know Pete through a tattered copy of his songbook. In 1991, when my son, Dan, was a 4-year-old budding accordion player, he wrote Pete a fan letter, and Pete wrote back on a postcard with a drawing by Ed Sorel showing Pete with his banjo outrunning the Horsemen of Time. At his concerts, Pete made every person feel that they had a good enough voice.
Tink Lloyd
Pete knew my partner Joziah Longo and me by sight from the many concerts we had played together over the years [as The Slambovian Circus of Dreams], so he recognized us one day in October 2013 when we walked into the Foundry Cafe in Cold Spring. He had gotten off the train and needed a ride to Beacon, which we were happy to provide. As we drove, and at his home, he gave us an update.
Pete at the Foundry Cafe in 2013 (Photo by Tink Lloyd)
He was doing another edit of his autobiography and had photos on the wall from his whole life. He shared the history of New York as we drove north on 9D, how the quarry at Breakneck Mountain provided the stones for the Brooklyn Bridge, the first trains into New York City, the beginnings of Smithsonian Folkways, the first time he met Martin Luther King Jr. at the U.N. (and saw J. Edgar Hoover drive by in a black limo), being blacklisted and Toshi having to become his booking agent (she built the performing circuit that was the foundation for Baez, Dylan, etc., to tour).
Photo by Michael Bowman
When we asked him what he thought we could learn from him and how to carry on, he said. "If you do what is right, it has an effect not only on the future, but on the past, like ripples in water." That is the hope he felt just four months before he passed.
Phil Ciganer
In the early 1970s, when I came to the Hudson Valley to open the Towne Crier, I heard Pete Seeger lived in Beacon, and I hoped to meet the great man. Sure enough, when one of our first scheduled performers was detained by car trouble, Pete showed up and volunteered to "fill in." That, I soon came to learn, was "typical Pete."
Phil Ciganer with Pete and a painting by Michael D'Antuono that hangs at the Towne Crier. (Photo provided)
As we got to know each other, I became involved with Clearwater and Pete's passion to reclaim the Hudson River. "Phil," he said, "if you want to change the world, you start at home."
One year, I helped book Pete at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. As we landed in New Orleans, I worried that I had blundered by bringing a folk icon with his banjo to a loud party of a festival. But sure enough, Pete charmed them immediately with his spirit and won them over with his songs. That's when I realized how much he had come to mean to us all. Pete was that rare person who lived up to his ideals.
Pete and I were doing a fundraiser and before I asked if he thought a recent biography of him had been accurate. He nodded slowly and said, "Yes, but there was one thing that didn't seem right. He said I worried about my career. I never gave a shit about my career."
I felt honored when Pete asked me to walk in the woods with him at a Clearwater festival. He wanted to point out the invasive species and alert me to events where people in waders pulled purple loosestrife out of the water. That was the day I leaned about the mile-a-minute vine.
Gene Deitch
Pete was an idealist, his mind sharply focused on brotherhood and sisterhood, and would barely discuss anything else. He was a pure propagandist for his ideals. He referred to himself as a "communist" in the purest Karl Marx sense. I loved him for his purity of heart and his idealism, as much as for his songs.
When he was on a world tour in 1964, about to come to Czechoslovakia, where I have lived since 1959, he felt he would be in a place of like-thinkers, and would be warmly welcomed in a Communist-ruled country. What he didn't realize was that he was coming into a country that followed whatever was written in the Soviet newspaper, cleverly named Pravda ("Truth").
Pete looks at posters in 1964 announcing his concerts in Prague. (Photo courtesy Gene Deitch)
Pete and his family were assigned to a hotel restricted to Western "capitalist" business people. He never had a chance to meet any Czech officials, and was booked into obscure venues and given virtually no press coverage. Nevertheless, his concerts were packed, due to word-of-mouth and a few posters. Pete was perplexed by the lack of official support, and I had to explain it to him in the most careful way. Ironically, four years later came the short-lived freedoms of the Prague Spring, and a label called Supraphon bought tapes I had made of Pete's concerts so it could release them as an album.
In 1965 Pete was asked to perform a concert in the Beacon High School gym to benefit the scholarship loan fund of the Beacon Teachers Association. The Vietnam War was escalating and Pete was an early and vociferous opponent. A few weeks earlier, Pete had performed a few anti-war songs at Moscow University in the Soviet Union.
Feelings were still raw among some residents about the singer's failure in 1955 to assist the House Un-American Activities Committee. Immediately after the concert announcement, a committee of 12 civic, fraternal and religious organizations formed to stop it, criticizing the board for allowing a "figure of controversy" to appear before impressionable youngsters.
Courtesy Beacon Historical Society
However, the letters that poured into The Evening News were about 5-to-1 in favor of the show. Writers invoked principles such as freedom of speech and the right to dissent.
On the night of the concert, Nov. 27, 1965, Police Chief Sam Wood and five officers patrolled the gym. There was no need. No one was there to protest. Instead, it was filled to capacity. Pete sang 25 songs over two hours, including "Old Dutchess Junction" sung to the tune of "Red River Valley," and the concert raised $3,000 [about $24,000 today]. Perhaps hearts and minds were changed by this concert, and soon a community was to learn more about Pete and that … there is a time to every purpose under heaven.
Rob Abbot
In the early 1980s, a friend asked if I wanted to play with him at a folk festival at the Appalachian South Folklife Center. I agreed, although I only knew four or five chords.
I can't remember what songs we played, but I do remember my shock being told we were "opening" for Pete Seeger on the makeshift outdoor stage. I've since learned that Pete played thousands of gigs from such stages, entertaining college students or playing from the back of a flatbed truck for farmworkers or serenading workers on the picket line.
I am proud to have shared a stage with this gentle man on a hot dusty Saturday afternoon in coal country.
Eliza Nagel
Here is Pete with my dad, Fred Nagel [below] in 2007 at a weekly peace vigil on Route 9 during the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pete carried the flag when he crossed Route 9 to sing a few songs with counter-protesters. Their favorite was "This Land is Your Land."
Damon Banks
When we first moved to Cold Spring, my wife and I didn't feel entirely comfortable. There isn't a lot of diversity and the area has a lot of racist/anti-Semitic history.
Pete and Toshi saw me with my bass on the train platform one day, and Pete asked: "Do you live around here? Do you know about the history of this area?" I didn't know who he was, so I rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah, I heard about it."
He began to talk about how, because of his music, his political views and his "friends," this area made it difficult for him to live in for many years. He said he stuck with it because of its natural beauty, his family and the strong friendships that developed. He thought that my presence as a local resident (and an African-American musician/teacher) was a very positive development and it would be great if I "stayed in the neighborhood." He finally told me who he was (which blew my mind) and the three of us rode to the Bronx together. That experience inspired us to stay.
Nell Timmer
From 2003 to 2008, I owned a coffee shop in Beacon. Although it was pouring rain on Spirit of Beacon Day in 2004, we saw a hunched-over figure in a yellow rain slicker in the empty lot next door picking up garbage.
We went out to see if the person needed help and there was Pete. He turned to us and said, "You know, if everyone picked up one piece of garbage a day, the world would be a much cleaner place." Needless to say, we went back inside and returned with our rain jackets and a garbage bag.
Toshi, Eileen Brennan, Henry Timmer, Pete Seeger, Nell Timmer, May 2005
Joe Neville
It was the spring of 1966 and I was failing high school English. The teacher said, "Even if you pass the Regent's exam, I will have to fail you unless you do something about it." For the topic of my final report, I chose American folk music. I had a brainstorm (very rare). Instead of spending hours in the library, I would talk to Pete. My father, Doug, owned the general store at the foot of Mount Beacon. All the "mountaineers" frequented the store, including Pete, so I knew him quite well. I drove up his hill and he was in his yard, holding a handsaw. He said, "Hi Dougie [everyone called me that because of my dad], what brings you up here?" I told him and he said, "I don't like that teacher, either; let's see if we can't get you an A." And we did. Thanks, Pete.
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Pete came to welcome The Living Room to Main Street in Cold Spring in 2011 and, in the course of the conversation, recited the Gettysburg Address for us.
Daniel Gómez-Ibáñez
I liked Pete Seeger. He and I corresponded on a couple of occasions, and once, at my somewhat presumptuous invitation in the early 1960s, he came to my high school in Middletown, Connecticut, to give a free concert. He was a big hit with everyone, students and teachers. The idea to invite him came out of a conversation with my music teacher when I asked why she didn't include folk music as part of the curriculum.
Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger performing at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963, the first year Dylan played there. (Photo by Daniel Gómez-Ibáñez)
Al Scorch
Pete was born as broadcast radio ushered out the player piano and an infantile record industry played the role of folklorist in trying to find the latest hillbilly and race hits. He stood up to things that usually break a man: political assassination at the hands of his own government and offers of big money. He left this world a better place but inequality and injustice remain in newer, slicker forms.
A lot of people think Pete was enraged when Bob Dylan "went electric" in 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival but he said he was actually appalled at the sound quality. The P.A. had to be cranked so loud that it began to distort and the vocals were rendered unintelligible. Pete was pissed that a song as good as "Maggie's Farm" was being garbled to mush.
Another classic Pete moment of unwavering commitment to quality sound is him gently explaining mid-song to a massive crowd that clapping along at Carnegie Hall doesn't work.
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Michael Turton May 3, 2019 at 6:54 pm
I interviewed Pete at the 2008 Beacon Strawberry Festival, naively assuming we'd sit for a leisurely chat. Wrong! I could barely keep up, taking notes on the fly, as Pete hustled about at breakneck speed. He provided the quickest, clearest, most succinct answers I've ever encountered. When I asked about his hopes for the McCain-Obama election he said simply, "Whoever wins, I hope they have the ability to bring together those who disagree."
Ray Wilson May 3, 2019 at 6:54 pm
I was part of the team that reopened the Paramount theater in Peekskill in 2013. We hosted one of Pete's last concerts, a fundraiser for the public-radio station WAMC.
The Paramount has three flights of dressing rooms with some relatively steep stairs. With that in mind, I had a dressing room designed for Pete at stage level. He said it was nice but asked, "Where is everyone else?" When I told him, he proceeded with banjo and guitar to march upstairs. He had the strength and will of people 40 years his junior.
Irene O'Garden May 3, 2019 at 6:55 pm
When I heard a news report that Pete had died, it was like hearing the Big Dipper won't be coming over the mountains any more.
Living in the Hudson Valley, it seemed like we were always catching sight of Pete — at potlucks, jams or rallies, or just slinging his banjo case through Grand Central. He'd use his beloved voice and music and presence to help wherever he could: to unite communities, move people to action or simply share joy.
The year I swam the Hudson River from Newburgh to Beacon, the first thing to greet my blurry eyes as I rose from the water was old Pete himself, picking up litter at the river's edge.
We were privileged to hear him at the Towne Crier, where he was warming the stage with a Weavers tribute band. I was frustrated trying to take a picture because there was so much light pouring from the stage. But the next morning, magically, one photo included an image of a bodhisattva, a painting of an old saint, with his symbol of deliverance.
Andrew Revkin May 4, 2019 at 3:30 pm
I loved when you told that swim story at our Breakneck Ridge Revue at the Towne Crier a couple of years ago, Irene!
Terry Weber May 3, 2019 at 6:55 pm
My wife, Constancia Dinky Romilly, and I were in the New York City Labor Chorus for many years. On June 7, 2001, we had a concert at the Town Hall with Pete and, at the end of the concert, he gave us each a copy of his latest book of songs.
John Pavlik May 3, 2019 at 6:55 pm
Once I was given a special gift, the opportunity to build something with Pete. We were visiting Pete and Toshi and Pete mentioned he wanted to retrieve some logs he'd cut for his wood-burning stove. He said the logs were across a small creek, and he'd cut a log to place over the creek as a bridge. He and I and his son, Danny, walked off to locate the log. When we got there, Pete realized he needed an ax to trim the log. Although he was about 90, he trotted off down the trail back to the house and returned in a few minutes, not even out of breath.
Connie Hogarth May 3, 2019 at 6:56 pm
For those of us living in the Hudson Valley, we have been so extraordinarily privileged for Pete to have been our neighbor and friend. He was truly a giant of the 20th century, giving inspiration to every movement for peace, justice and a cleaner, survivable future.
Pete and Toshi were neighbors to me and my late husband, Art Kamell, and we considered them our best friends. Pete taught us that music, kindness and friendship will change the world step by step. He continues to be with us every minute of our lives whether we are walking the walk during vigils and demonstrations, talking the talk cleaning up his beloved Hudson, or singing his songs.
Jill and Taggart Lake May 3, 2019 at 6:56 pm
Our favorite memories of Pete are of him playing music with anyone who showed up at the Beacon Sloop Club meetings with an instrument or the desire to sing. The sing-a-longs showed us the power of song in action. Meeting Pete and sharing songs and meals with him, Toshi and others at the Sloop Club profoundly affected our family and our devotion to environmentalism, social justice and the power of community. We feel so fortunate to have met him.
Tom Staudter May 3, 2019 at 6:56 pm
If you wanted to talk to Pete on the phone, you had to pass muster with Toshi. She was a tenacious gatekeeper with a long-standing animus for journalists, going back to the Red Scare era when Pete was excoriated in the press. In 2001, to secure an interview for Hudson Valley Magazine, I mentioned my acquaintance with folk singer and banjo player Rik Palieri, who had worked with Pete and the Sloop Singers in the mid-1970s.
It worked! Toshi passed the phone to Pete. A few weeks after my interview, I received a long letter from him detailing an idea for a floating swimming pool in Beacon on the Hudson — which opened, thanks to Pete and other community supporters, in 2007.
Sheilah Rechtschaffer May 3, 2019 at 6:57 pm
In the last 1970s and early 1980s I was the sign-painting coordinator for the Clearwater festival. We made a lot of parking signs, direction signs, seating signs, beware of poison ivy signs, all with a festive feeling.
Pete would hang out at breaks in the big room and tell stories of this and that or you would see him or Toshi riding about "supervising" on golf carts. The night before we would be looking out at empty fields that were ready for the thousands that would enter under the rainbow arch … and they did.
Mary Poppiins May 3, 2019 at 8:46 pm
About 15 years ago at the Beacon Sloop Club Circle of Song, when it was my turn, I sang "Amazing Grace." Pete stood up, applauded, and then came up and joined me in singing after he shared where the song originally came from. I will always remember this very special moment.
Mindy Fradkin May 3, 2019 at 8:47 pm
In this photo, at Peace Corner in Wappingers Falls, at the corner of Route 9 and 9D, is Roland Mousaa, who was very close and worked with Pete since 1969, the blue-haired woman is me (Princess Wow), Chris Ruhe, Caitlin O'Heaney, Pete and unknown. Most Saturdays Pete and friends would gather, sing, eat, and promote peace.
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Diary of a first time mum
by Melody Tan
T'was love at first sight. But it was also tinged with doubt, fear, and as the weeks wore on, shadowed with a bit of regret. What have I gotten myself into? Can I really do this? Why is it so hard?
My husband Daniel and I welcomed a new addition to our family about three months ago. Little Elliott not only caught us by surprise by arriving a week-and-a-half early, he was born after a rapid three-hour labour (average for first-timers is eight). The little man was in so much of a hurry, he was almost born in the hospital car park!
Nothing can fully describe the myriad of emotions I felt the moment the midwife placed the warm, slimy and rather sticky little human on my chest. There was an overwhelming feeling of relief knowing that the pain of childbirth was over, a profound sense of exhaustion from all the pushing, and an intense protective love for this tiny and bewildered-looking stranger lying on me.
Thanks to the rush of feel-good hormones that flood a woman's body immediately after giving birth, the initial couple of mornings in hospital were a heady mix of bliss and joy. I couldn't stop gazing adoringly at the tiny little bundle wrapped up in the bassinet next to my bed. We were both exhausted from the birth, so we spent a good amount of time sleeping. Learning how to breastfeed turned out to be pretty straightforward and my confidence soared.
Then on the second night, Elliott woke up enough to understand what it meant to be hungry. His mother, on the other hand, was still tired, with a body so sore it was as if she had just completed an intensive mountaineering expedition. She needed a good night's rest, but that was as elusive as a newborn who could dress himself.
On that and subsequent nights, breastfeeding took up to two hours at a time, and it felt that as soon as we were finished and I was falling back to sleep that he wanted to be fed again. It also became increasingly difficult to settle Elliott back to sleep, which sometimes meant that by the time his next feed rolled along, I was still trying to settle him from his previous feed.
Luckily, because I was still in hospital, when it was too hard to handle, I could ask a nurse to take him to the night nursery, bringing him back only when he needed to be fed. It was an emotional struggle handing Elliott over—I felt somehow I was shirking my responsibility—but when I was woken after two hours of uninterrupted sleep by the nurse bringing Elliott back, I was certainly grateful for the intermediate rest.
All good things, sadly, have to come to an end. On the fifth day, we were discharged and while Daniel and I were eager to begin the rest of our lives with Elliott, we were more than a little fearful setting out on our own. Perhaps me even more so, as after enjoying full-time work for years (the majority at Signs of the Times) and not being particularly maternal, I was now going to stay home and be Elliott's primary carer.
It didn't take long for us to miss the hospital's night nursery. That very night, with no nurse to magically whisk a crying baby away, Daniel ended up bringing Elliott out into the living room at five in the morning so that I could finally get some semblance of sleep. Similar patterns emerged the next few nights. (While not perfect, Elliott was somewhat less of a cry-baby during the day.) Yet, despite the lack of sleep, I was still flush with joy and love, with a naïve certainty I could handle whatever was thrown my way.
"I don't understand how post-natal depression can hit anyone," I said to Daniel a few days later. "Yes, I wish I had more sleep, but I'm just so happy!"
Nobody told me babies wake up even more over the ensuing weeks, finding their lungs at the same time.
In a world where extended families are living across greater distances, many mothers end up raising their children isolated and away from helpful relatives—and for many, that means going without a reliable and trusted support network.
I was incredibly blessed to have my mum take time out of her work, travelling from Singapore to be with us, helping us through the initial six weeks. However, even with her help in cleaning, cooking and babysitting, I soon felt like I'd been hit by the proverbial bus.
It started with the discovery that I had a low milk supply. Elliott lost a considerable amount of weight the week after we were discharged, enough to warrant formula top-ups. The extra food thankfully meant he was settling back to sleep easier, but it added a new dimension to baby-rearing and a gloomy dark cloud loomed over my head: Do I have what it takes to ensure my baby grows up happy and healthy? I pondered.
"Now it was not just Elliott crying; I joined him. I was at a loss as to what to do. I wanted to comfort my baby, but I didn't know how."
Then there was the amount of time every baby-related task took. My day was consumed with sitting in my rocking chair for an hour feeding Elliott then topping him up with a bottle; trying to get him to go back to sleep; sitting in my study (an area I labelled "The Dairy") for a further half hour expressing milk to increase my reserve; and if lucky, I had time for a beverage; a visit to the bathroom; and a short lie down. Then repeat the process. Somewhere in there were chores like sterilising bottles, cooking for the family and doing the washing.
When I was pregnant, people warned us life was never going to be the same again. I accepted this without fully realising just how much different it would become. No more jumping in the car at a whim to drive to wherever I wanted. No more leisurely strolls down supermarket aisles. Now everything revolved around Elliott's feeds and sleeps. Relaxed, quiet dinners with my husband were no longer contemplated let alone undertaken, with one of us having to soothe the baby while the other ate. My formerly organised, structured life no longer existed. The day Elliott was born was the day the old me died, and I didn't even have the time to mourn. Despite all of this, I loved the cute little munchkin. But, oh, I terribly missed the independent and carefree life.
Another piece of well-meaning advice: "You don't live for yourself anymore," a mother told me. "Your life is now about your children." I'd always maintained I'd have a life separate from my child, but Elliott has made me realise that is impossible. Not for lack of trying; simply because our lives are so intertwined and he is so dependent on me.
Then there were my expectations of parenthood. Having never been exposed to the detail of childrearing, I studied a number of parenting books with the fervour of an over-achieving student. I took copious notes and bookmarked significant pages. I committed to memory all the things I needed to do when it came to feeding Elliott and helping him settle to sleep. But when the reality arrived, I found myself falling deeper and deeper into despair when he didn't follow the script.
He wasn't going three hours between feeds: sometimes it was two hours, sometimes only 30 minutes. Only occasionally did we hit the three-hour bull's-eye.
Apparently, he didn't receive the eat-play-sleep-repeat memo either; there was no such thing as a "routine."
Also, he wasn't sleeping in one to two hour stretches: We thought ourselves lucky if he even went to sleep and considered it a miracle if he woke up after 40 minutes rather than five.
None of the book resettling techniques worked: I tried swaddling him, shushing him, patting him, rocking him, changing his nappy . . . and still Elliott cried—loudly and inconsolably.
What was wrong with my baby? I'd tried everything the books said, but I wasn't getting any of the promised results.
At the six-week mark, my world crashed. Elliott was constantly crying, and crying hard. It seemed like he spent all his awake time crying and there was nothing we could do to soothe him. I was embarrassed to venture into public because of the fear that he would wake up and have one of his uncontrollable crying sessions and I would be labelled an incompetent mother.
Convinced he was actually ill in some way, we consulted medical professionals, but all of the doctors told us that crying was normal and that he was perfectly healthy. It was little comfort for a sleep-deprived, worry-filled first-time mum at her wits' end.
My friends promised me things would get better, but on only four hours of sleep a day and feeling frazzled, life looked dim. The never-ending feed-sleep cycle, complemented by crying, went on. But now it was not just Elliott crying; I joined him. I was at a loss as to what to do. I wanted to comfort my baby, but I didn't know how. I wanted to take away his pain, but I didn't know where to start.
I admit that in my lows, I wished I'd never embarked on the journey called motherhood. It was just too hard. It was too hard emotionally, because his crying wrenched my heart. It was too hard physically, because still recovering from the pregnancy and labour, there was a lot of carrying, lifting and bending in caring for a baby. It was too hard mentally, because I pined for the life I'd left behind. It was even too hard spiritually, because despite my praying, Elliott didn't stop crying. That's if I could find the time to pray, since worry consumed my thoughts.
Then just when it seemed like I was heading into full-blown postnatal depression, Elliott's crying eased. Suddenly we had better success coaxing him to sleep after a feed, and back again when he woke before he was meant to.
And then he flashed us his first smile: a toothless grin that produced a dimple in his cheek, a sparkle in his dark, grey eyes and a gush of love from my heart.
I admit it, I'm still not certain motherhood is completely worth it, but at a time when I felt I could no longer handle being a mum, Elliott did enough to melt my heart and produce sunshine in my life. Or perhaps God stepped in, answering my unasked prayers for strength for me and the peace Elliott needed.
As I write, with Elliott now three months old, things are so much better. He still cries, but he also spends many of his awake moments smiling, cooing and looking curiously into my eyes. I still worry about his wellbeing, but I have learned to trust the medical professionals when they say everything is or will be fine, and to trust God to watch over him.
We've settled into a semblance of a routine—in fact, I even manage to write a bit while working in The Dairy. Since Elliott dropped a night feed and with Daniel being able to take on more of Elliot's care, I have managed to accumulate adequate sleep for sanity.
There are moments when Elliott still cries inconsolably, but I feel better equipped to handle them now, and I am looking forward to watching this charming little man grow into whatever God's plan is for him.
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LiPD filtering and mapping

library(lipdR)
library(geoChronR)
library(ggplot2)
library(magrittr)
library(dplyr)

First let's load version 1.0.0 of the iso2k database. Check out the details of the iso2k dataset Earth System Science Data.

iso <- readLipd("http://lipdverse.org/iso2k/1_0_0/iso2k1_0_0.zip")

That was easy - note that readLipd() can take individual LiPD files (ending in .lpd), or zip files full of LiPD files, directly from the web.

Now that the data are loaded, we can quickly map a bunch of LiPD files using mapLipd().

mapLipd(iso, global = TRUE,size = 3) + ggtitle("iso2k v1.0.0")

Now we've seen an overview of all the files we've loaded, but now we'd like to filter the data.

First, we'll extract a TS object, the primary way to work with multiple LiPD files. A TS is a list object that has an entry for each, column, and is readily queryable.

TS <- extractTs(iso)

If you're used to working in the tidyverse paradigm, check out this vignette, which shows an example of working with iso2k data in a tidy manner.

For this vignette, we'll keep the data as a list and show some examples this way. Now we'll filter it based on a range of criteria. For simple filtering, that include queries like > < or ==, you can use filterTs

iTS <- filterTs(TS, "paleoData_iso2kPrimaryTimeseries == TRUE")

## [1] "606 results after query: paleoData_iso2kPrimaryTimeseries == TRUE"

For more complex queries, however, you have a couple of options. it's often more efficient to pull vectors of the metadata that you'd like to query and build and index

lat <- pullTsVariable(iTS,"geo_latitude")
lon <- pullTsVariable(iTS,"geo_longitude")
var.name <- pullTsVariable(iTS,"paleoData_variableName")

index <- which(between(lat,10,50) & between (lon,70,170) & var.name == "d18O")

gTS <- iTS[index]

OK, now we've filtered down to what we'd like to map. We can use mapTs() to map this.

mapTs(gTS)

You can change the mapping options by passing options to basemap() which creates the base map. Try ?basemap for options.

##Time availability

You can also quickly make a plot of availability through time:

plotTimeAvailabilityTs(gTS,age.range = c(1,2000),age.var = "year")

Finally, if you just want a quick overview, plotSummaryTs() will quickly combine these two plots, but with fewer options

plotSummaryTs(gTS,age.var = "year", age.range = c(0,2000))

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Q: Using angularjs filter in input element I hope I haven't missed anything obvious in the doco, if I have I'm sure someone will help.
I'm using asp.net webapi to return a DTO, with date fields. These are serialized using JSON.Net (in format '2013-03-11T12:37:38.693').
I'd like to use a filter but in an INPUT element, is this possible or should I create a new filter or directive to accomplish this?
// this just displays the text value
<input ui-datetime type="text" data-ng-model="entity.date" />
// this doesn't work at all
<input ui-datetime type="text" data-ng-model="{{entity.date|date:'dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss a'}}" />
// this works fine
{{entity.date|date:'dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss a'}}

Is there any shortcut I'm missing?

A: Complete example that formats numbers, inserting spaces every 3 characters, starting from the end:
'use strict'
String::reverse = ->
  @split('').reverse().join('')

app = angular.module('app', [])
app.directive 'intersperse', ->
  require: 'ngModel'
  link: (scope, element, attrs, modelCtrl) ->
    modelCtrl.$formatters.push (input) ->
      return unless input?
      input = input.toString()
      input.reverse().replace(/(.{3})/g, '$1 ').reverse()
    modelCtrl.$parsers.push (input) ->
      return unless input?
      input.replace(/\s/g, '')

Usage:
<input ng-model="price" intersperse/>

Plunkr example: http://plnkr.co/edit/qo0h9z

A: Having different values in your input field and in your model goes against the very nature of ng-model. So I suggest you take the simplest approach and apply your filter inside the controller, using a separate variable for formatted date, and employing watchers to keep formatted and original dates in sync:
HTML:
<input ui-datetime type="text" data-ng-model="formattedDate" />

JS:
app.controller('AppController', function($scope, $filter){

  $scope.$watch('entity.date', function(unformattedDate){
    $scope.formattedDate = $filter('date')(unformattedDate, 'dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss a');
  });

  $scope.$watch('formattedDate', function(formattedDate){
    $scope.entity.date = $filter('date')(formattedDate, 'yyy/MM/dd');
  });

  $scope.entity = {date: '2012/12/28'};

});

A: If your input only displays data
If you actually need an input to simply display some information and it is some other element that changes the Angular model you can make an easier change.
Instead of writing new directive simply DO NOT USE the ng-model and use good, old value.
So instead of:
<input data-ng-model={{entity.date|date:'dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss'}}" />

This will do:
<input value="{{entity.date|date:'dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss'}}" />

And works like a charm :)

A: In short: if you want your data to have a different representation in the view and in the model, you will need a directive, which you can think of as a two-way filter.
Your directive would look something like
angular.module('myApp').directive('myDirective', function() {
  return {
    require: 'ngModel',
    link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModelController) {
      ngModelController.$parsers.push(function(data) {
        //convert data from view format to model format
        return data; //converted
      });

      ngModelController.$formatters.push(function(data) {
        //convert data from model format to view format
        return data; //converted
      });
    }
  }
});

HTML:
<input my-directive type="text" data-ng-model="entity.date" />

Here is a working jsFiddle example.

A: Angular has built in date format functionality, but to apply it to an input where you'll eventually like to get the raw (unformatted) date, you need to create a custom directive.
Example Directive:
(function () {
    'use strict';

    angular.module('myApp').directive('utcDate', ['$filter', function ($filter) {
        return {
            restrict: 'A', //restricting to (A)ttributes
            require: 'ngModel',
            link: function (scope, elem, attrs, model) {
                if (!model) return;

                var format = 'MM/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss a';
                var timezone = 'UTC';

                //format the date for display
                model.$formatters.push(function (value) {
                    //using built-in date filter
                    return $filter('date')(value, format, timezone);
                });

                //remove formatting to get raw date value
                model.$parsers.push(function (value) {
                    var date = Date.parse(value);
                    return !isNaN(date) ? new Date(date) : undefined;
                });
            }
        };
    }]);
})();

Then to apply it:
<input type="text" ng-model="$ctrl.DateField" utc-date />

A: You wouldn't need to create a new filter from zero, since angular has already a built-in filter for date types.
http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.filter:date
I believe that's exactly what you need.


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