Sherman Downey's music embraces Folk-Roots and Country while flirting with Pop-Rock and at times even Bossa Nova, but one thing is for certain; he just makes you feel good.
His highly anticipated second release The Sun in your Eyes recently brought home Newfoundland and Labrador's 'Pop/Rock Recording' award as well as a nod from SOCAN with the province's 'SOCAN Songwriter of the Year' distinction. The album includes CBC's first Searchlight Competition winning song 'Thick as Thieves' and other gems like 'Annalee' and 'The Right Idea'; songs that have found regular rotation across Canada on Campus Radio and the CBC, as well as garnering attention internationally with airplay on stations in LA, Australia and the UK.


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Q: How to remove an attribute from list of json object in mongo shell? suppose I have a json object as below:
{
  "_id" : some mongo generated id,
  "name" : "NEW NODE",
  "example_list" : [{
     "_id" : "1.3.12.2.1107.5.99.3.30000008061114424970500000589",
     "Index" : 0,
     "Type" : "Study"
     }, {
      "_id" : "cc7e1966-e885-4a9a-8077-c3489118938d",
      "Index" : 1,
      "Type" : "TestCase"
    }]
}

now I want to delete "Type" from "example_list" in mongo shell.
Is there any way to do it in mongo shell?
I have found some scripts but its not working on mongo shell I am more inclined on doing this on mongo shell but other ways are also fine.

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Q: Query to get data from a table as column names in another table I created some sample tables and data to try LISTAGG
SELECT SALE_TITLE, addr_id, addr_name, addr_desc
         , LISTAGG(SALES_ID, ',')
             WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY SALES_ID)
             AS SALES_ID
    FROM   (select a.addr_id, a.addr_name, a.addr_desc,
                   b.SALES_ID, b.SALE_TITLE,
                   ROW_NUMBER () OVER (ORDER BY b.SALES_ID ) rn,
                   COUNT (*) OVER () cnt
            from palm.adrss a, palm.sales b
            where a.addr_id = b.addr_id)
   GROUP BY SALE_TITLE, addr_id, addr_name, addr_desc;

When I run the above query my result set is following
+-----------------+----------+-----------+--------------+-------------+
|     SALE_TITLE  |  ADDR_ID | ADDR_NAME |  ADDR_DESC   |  SALES_ID   |
+-----------------+----------+-----------+--------------+-------------+
|     Role        |        2 | saty      | local test   | 14,34       |
|     Entitlement |        2 | saty      | local test   | 22,42       |
|     Role        |        3 | vasu      | portal       | 14,34       |
|     Entitlement |        3 | vasu      | portal       | 22,42       |
|     Role        |        4 | sand      | Golden gate  | 144,344     |
|     Entitlement |        4 | sand      | Golden gate  | 224,424     |
|     Role        |        5 | Gou       | Data Modeler | 144         |
|     Suffix      |        5 | Gouri     | Data Modeler | 224,424     |
|     Entitlement |        5 | Gou       | Data Modeler | 344         |
|     Role        |        6 | Mad       | Data Analyst | 144         |
|     Entitlement |        6 | Mad       | Data Analyst | 224,344,424 |
+-----------------+----------+-----------+--------------+-------------+

Now using this result set I want to write another query to get a result set which looks like below. In this Role, Entitlement, Suffix will be column names and will have sale_id's under them
+---------------+--------------+---------+----------------------+---------+
|     ADDR_NAME |  ADDR_DESC   |  Role   | Entitlement          | Suffix  |
+---------------+--------------+---------+----------------------+---------+
|        saty   | local test   | 14,34   | 22,42                |         |
|        vasu   | portal       | 14,34   | 22,42                |         |
|        sand   | Golden gate  | 144,344 | 224,424              |         |
|        Gou    | Data Modeler | 144     | 344                  | 224,424 |
|        Mad    | Data Analyst | 144     | 224,344,424          |         |
+---------------+--------------+---------+----------------------+---------+

Please let me know if this is possible and provide me some inputs
Thanks in advance

A: I saw you have typo on sample data, if you fix it you will get your desired output.
update Your_Table
set ADDR_NAME='Gou'
where ADDR_NAME='Gouri'

Your query should be:
    select t1.ADDR_NAME,t1.ADDR_DESC,
    max(case when t1.SALE_TITLE='Role'  then t2.SALES_ID end) 'Role',
    max(case when t1.SALE_TITLE='Entitlement'  then t2.SALES_ID end) 'Entitlement',
    max(case when t1.SALE_TITLE='Suffix'  then t2.SALES_ID end) 'Suffix'
    from  Your_Table t1
    join  Your_Table t2
    on t1.ADDR_ID=t2.ADDR_ID and t1.SALE_TITLE=t2.SALE_TITLE
    group by  t1.ADDR_NAME,t1.ADDR_DESC
    order by Role


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About 450 students attend grades 8-12 at the Secondary Campus which was originally founded in 1964 as Fraser Valley Christian High School.
This campus offers numerous beautiful learning spaces such as our state-of-the-art science lab, a performing arts center, industrial arts shop, learning commons, university-sized gym and professional foods lab.
With our cross-grade homerooms, provincially ranked sports teams, a robust music program, the Falcons Motor Club, Art studio and our Microsoft Certification Program, to name a few, students are sure to find community within our school family and a place to develop their individual gifts. In addition, our annual inter-cultural learning trips provide life-changing opportunities to travel to our sister schools in Honduras, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, and northern BC.
We invite you to visit and discover all the wonderful opportunities that exist for your child at our Secondary Campus.
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"I want our students to walk down the halls and to feel joy, that our Secondary Campus would be a place that is joy-filled for all kids"
Danny Nagtegaal, Principal
Each course offered at the Secondary Campus is anchored in the belief that our whole world belongs to God. We strive to equip each student with a clear understanding of God's vision for how to serve him and all of creation, be it through Science, English, Social Justice, Mathematics or Bible. French and Spanish, for example, not only teach students another language, but how to love their neighbour from a different culture and show hospitality by communicating in their language. This approach has enabled our students to succeed in university, college, trade school or on the job site. These diverse pathways inspire us to offer a wide selection of courses to honour the unique gifts and interests represented in our students.
Each student receives individual counselling and guidance to prepare for applications to their post-secondary institutions of choice.
Respect | Commitment | Gratitude | Encouragement | Growth
This extends to our student athletes, our families, our coaching staff and our fans. These embodiments encompass many areas of sport and what it means to be a part of a thriving community. We will represent our God, our school, our families and our team to our very best. This will allow us to model our school's mission and vision through athletics.
Under the direction of Mr. Moses Myung our Secondary Campus Music Department offers an exciting program for all grade levels. The Concert Bands and Concert Choirs are the foundation of our music program where students work diligently together to create beautiful music and work individually to improve their skills and knowledge in music.
Beyond participating in two concerts during the school year, music students perform for the residents of senior care homes while on tour in California, the BC interior and Vancouver Island. Grade 11 and 12 students have a bi-annual opportunity to tour Germany, Austria and Italy during spring break to experience the life and work of master composers such as Bach and Mozart
Java Men and Swing Girl
This grade 10-12 Jazz Band meets twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 4:40 pm to rehearse "big band" music in styles such as swing, Latin, funk and rock. Java Men and Swing Girl are busy with many performance engagements throughout the school year.
92nd Avenue
This grade 10-12 Vocal Jazz group is an exciting, fun ensemble that rehearses and performs various styles of music such as jazz standards, Latin and pop — either with a rhythm section or a capella. 92nd Avenue meets twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays after school.
Surrey Christian ROCKademy
The grade 11 and 12 Rock Band is a unique music class that offers an excellent opportunity for students who play guitar, bass or drums to learn, rehearse and perform this exciting but challenging genre of music. The course is scheduled during the regular timetable. They have three rock festivals during the school year. Surrey Christian ROCKademy focuses on "Classic Rock" music from the 60s, 70s and 80s with themes that deal with social and political issues.
SCStrings
SCStrings is a unique, extracurricular music program offered to SCS students that starts with the basics of learning a stringed instrument (violin or cello) and provides the opportunity to develop skills in an ensemble setting. Three orchestras at varying levels of difficulty comprise SCStrings including junior, intermediate and senior. The program teaches musical literacy, theory, technique and ensemble playing, all under the direction of Ms. Mylana Goheen. This program runs once a week after school for the entire school year and includes a minimum of two performances. All students are responsible to provide their own instruments; music is provided.
To register or to find out more about SCStrings, please don't hesitate to contact Mylana Goheen at mgoheen@surreychristian.com
Drama is taught using the storyline of "Creating for the Creator and serving others". We are meant to glorify God through our performances and use our creative gifts to entertain, challenge and teach our audiences. Students are encouraged to take creative risks on stage and build community through this art form.
From grade 8-12, students learn a variety of skills including sketch/scene work, mime, mask, stage combat, tableaux, and improv. Students are given the opportunity to perform for larger audiences in our seasonal Fine Arts Festivals and drama nights called Pacular Spectacular, and to see local plays at Pacific Theatre, Arts Club and Trinity Western University. Drama 11/12 students go on a retreat to Chehalis Healing House for a filming intensive.
Our annual main stage production is open to all students and usually involves a large cast and crew. Past productions include hilarious comedies (You Can't Take it With You, Harvey), powerful dramas (The Crucible, The Outsiders), engaging Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo & Juliet), energetic musicals (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) and in-house parodies (Hunger Games: The Musical).
Visual Arts is taught from the perspective that we are created in the image of a creator-God who has created us to be creative. In grade 8-12 art classes we build on skills so that students graduate having experienced a wide variety of art mediums. One of our elective options includes an after school pottery class. Students learn art history and current visual culture in order to understand the story of art in the past and present. In January and June we host a Fine Arts Festival which showcases student artwork over the entire semester.
We explore many local galleries and the Art 11/12 class goes on an over night trip to Vancouver to explore the art and culture of the city in which we live. In addition, every two years during Spring Break, Art 11/12 students have the opportunity to spend a week in New York. All these experiences provide students a rich foundation with which to pursue the arts at a higher level, and we are proud to have many alumni who have gone on to do great things in the world of art.
Photography/Yearbook
Photography strives to teach students skills in photography and composition, and to use those skills to capture the beauty of God's creation and the life of our school through curricular and extra-curricular activities. Using Photoshop and Lightroom, students learn to enhance their photos for display and print. This course is available for grades 9-12 and meets outside the regular timetable to allow students more time to exercise their talents.
The goal of the Yearbook course is to capture and compile our school's story and create a lasting memory. Through photography, page design and theme integration, this team of hard-working students collaboratively build a 128-page yearbook that is then sold to our school community. Yearbook is open to those in grades 10-12 and meets at the same time as Photography.
Career Education at SCS is comprised of two courses, Career Life Education and Career Life Connections, which are woven into several courses at each grade level. Our vision is for students to discover who they are, the opportunities that lie before them, and to reflect on who they want to become as a follower of Jesus being truly alive in God's story. Using MyBlueprint students can explore, plan and document their career portfolios which culminates in their capstone project in their final career education class: Vocation and the Kingdom of God. Students get real experience participating in Career/Education fairs, visiting post-secondary schools and work experience preparation. They are also encouraged to further develop themselves through volunteer or service opportunities.
Surrey Christian School is proud to offer official, internationally recognized Microsoft Office certifications. Our students have competed in the Microsoft Office World Championships numerous times. These exams allow students to demonstrate clear business impact, advance their skills and increase their chances in the hiring market. Available exams include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Word Expert and Excel Expert.
Home Room
The intention of our Home Room program, which includes multi-age groups of around 15-17 students and 1-2 staff members, is to build and strengthen relationships. This happens mainly through circle-style communication about ourselves, our expressions of faith, and current social-emotional issues. As well, we incorporate both curricular tasks and fun activities into our gatherings, which occur once or twice per week.
We provide an extensive academic counselling service to our students which includes course planning and selection, intervention and assistance with course load/schedules, and transition planning for senior students for life after graduation. This includes presenting post-secondary options, guiding students through the application process, scholarships and award offerings, and eventual selection and enrolment into various programs. It is always exciting to see how our graduates want to use their strengths and gifts to make an impact on our greater community!
Personal counselling is available for students at the SCS Secondary Campus 3 days per week. Students experience challenges in their lives about many things, including mental health, faith, academics, relationships, and planning for the future. They are invited to address these issues effectively in a supportive and safe context with the school counsellor.
Education Support Services
We believe that all students are an integral part of our school community. Using an inclusive model, students are educated with their same-aged peers in regular classrooms to the degree that matches student ability and program needs.
Education Support Services at Surrey Christian School helps students through: early intervention, curricular support, adaptations and modifications, developmentally appropriate support and parental involvement in program development.
Our Leadership 11/12 storyline is creating a community in which everyone thrives. This storyline is carried out through our deep hopes for the course in which
students will learn about themselves and grow further into who they are made to be
students will create a culture that empowers a sense of belonging, welcoming and acceptance.
Leadership students plan, promote and run intramurals, peer tutoring, peer counselling, school dances, school spirit weeks, Grade 8 Day and many other activities that contribute to our thriving community.
Food Studies will review basic culinary skills, understanding recipes and food safety. It will also challenge students to experiment with designing multi-course meals and more complicated dishes such as making homemade pasta, and baking and decorating cakes. Students will have the opportunity to cook in our professional Foods Lab for school events as well as visit a restaurant, cooking school and/or a food market. We will explore ideas about food justice, food traditions and food marketing.
Clubs & Programs
Falcons Motor Club
The Falcons Motor Club is comprised of a small group of students and a teacher who share a passion for mechanical things. In addition to hanging out and working in the shop, we also participate in high school drag racing at Mission Raceway. Our main race car is a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 that has been worked on and raced by students since 2015.
Motor Club is about:
Learning: Develop knowledge and skills around mechanical things, tools, and problem-solving
Experience: Get hands dirty while being a part of something with a tangible, authentic result
Community: Connect across grades, with teachers outside of class, and with other people outside of our school community
Service: Use facilities, time, and knowledge to serve others
Language Partners Club
The Language Partners club is a vibrant group of international and domestic students who meet every other Wednesday. Through eating lunch together, playing games and doing other collaborative activities, this group builds cross-cultural friendships as well as social and language skills. Language Partners is always one of the liveliest places on campus!
Our Rock Climbing Team is made up of grade 8-12 students who want to learn to climb and are willing to work hard to improve. The season runs from October to May with weekly practices and three indoor competitions, two locally and one on Vancouver Island. The team then finishes the year with an overnight outdoor climbing trip to Squamish.
Chapel and Assembly
As a school community we gather every other week and on special occasions to worship together and learn from each other. Chapels follow a liturgy of welcoming, singing together, and receiving a meditation/reflection of some kind, usually coinciding with the Christian calendar. Assemblies are topical, and could involve learning from each other about experiences happening in and out of the classroom, or hearing from guests coming from outside our community. All of our gatherings are closed with a blessing.
The Secondary Campus also has a small chapel space where individuals can gather for personal or group prayer and meditation. Teachers may take their classes here throughout the course of the year to gather in a contemplative setting when this is appropriate and necessary. Students are encouraged to use this space for Bible Study and prayer and to respect the nature of the space.
Intercultural Learning Trips
Part of engaging God's world in the servant way of Jesus involves humbly discovering what God is doing in the world outside of our local and familiar context. SCS has developed relationships with sister schools all over the globe, and it is primarily through these relationships that we offer our Intercultural Learning Trips. We have teams of students who have visited Sierra Leone, South Africa, Honduras, Guatemala, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal, and other regions in British Columbia.
The Library Learning Commons is a flexible and communal space where learners are invited to inquire, discover and engage God's world.
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Patricia Bazard is a choral conductor, singer, teacher, workshop facilitator and story-teller,who has been involved in the Arts since the age of two years. She formed and conducted her first Children's Choir at the age of twelve. Since then she has conducted numerous choirs and groups including: the Bahamas National Baptist Mass Youth Choir that toured the United States and Europe; Guest conductor at the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education Pittsburg and Omaha Nebraska; The Bahamas National children's Choir and the National Boy's Choir Concert Tours to Europe, Canada, The United States and the Caribbean; and The National Independence Choirs.
Mrs.Bazard was Senior Cultural Affairs Officer for the Bahamas Government responsible for National Celebrations and Chef de Mission for International Conferences and Festivals. She has written two books of Short stories the recipient of numerous awards. She is married with five children and twelve grandchildren.


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Sailing Instructions to Sankey Island from the clubhouse.
- Sail south past the Sugar Island Ferry, down through Lake Nicolet.
(between Sugar Island and Neebish Island).
end of channel (Stribing Point St Joesph Island).
and continue until to Sankey Island.


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Jakarta attack/News analysis
Jakarta blasts: Sign of things to come for the region?
Global Affairs Correspondent
tkchan@sph.com.sg
Jan 15, 2016, 5:00 am SGT
http://str.sg/ZVk3
Experts fear it may mean the beginning of more terror attacks
Indonesia is home to the world's largest Muslim population but, as recent attacks in Turkey and Pakistan have shown, that matters little to members and supporters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group.
Indonesian police fingered local militants with ties to ISIS as the perpetrators of yesterday's attack on a busy downtown area in central Jakarta that left seven dead and more than 20 injured.
Hours later, ISIS publicly claimed responsibility for the siege.
The attack comes just weeks after the country was put on high alert after its intelligence agencies picked up chatter of an impending attack in its capital city.
Thousands of police and military officers were deployed to secure the country over the Christmas and New Year weekends. Another 2,000 personnel were sent to the jungles and mountainous areas of Poso in Central Sulawesi to hunt down the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) group led by Santoso, the country's most wanted terrorist.
Indonesian police gathering outside a restaurant near the scene of the attack (above) and taking position with their weapons as they pursued suspects outside a cafe yesterday. PHOTOS: REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Yesterday's attack also follows a series of arrests from an extended nationwide counter-terrorism campaign against groups like the MIT.
Indonesian police gathering outside a restaurant near the scene of the attack and taking position (above) with their weapons as they pursued suspects outside a cafe yesterday. PHOTOS: REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Security experts say Indonesia's tough stand against extremist groups is one reason that it remains a target of local militants and this is not limited to those linked to ISIS.
An injured foreigner lying on the ground outside the popular Sarinah mall in the aftermath
of the attack yesterday. He was among more than 20 people who were hurt. PHOTOS: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY, REUTERS
Jakarta has seen over a dozen terrorist attacks in the past 15 years, carried out mostly by extremists with ties to the Jemaah Islamiah (JI). That yesterday's attack took place just two days after influential cleric Abu Bakar Bashir made his first public appearance in court in five years was not lost on observers.
Police removing a body from the scene after the blasts. PHOTOS: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY, REUTERS
Though JI's capabilities have been significantly diminished in recent years, some of its militants may still be capable of carrying out an attack.
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri recently also declared that South-east Asia, with its strong ties to the West, was ripe for attacks, particular against Western targets in their cities that typically have secular governments.
Indeed, yesterday's attackers struck during the busy lunch hour at a junction notorious for heavy traffic on weekdays. The junction of Jalan M.H. Thamrin and Jalan Wahid Hasyim is close to various ministries, shopping malls and eateries, and only a short drive away from the United States Embassy and a United Nations office.
Counter-terrorism and security expert Susan Sim says the capacity and will to kill has always been there among those who see themselves as jihadis in Indonesia.
"That capacity was degraded when JI bomb-maker Noordin Top was killed after the 2009 attacks (on Jakarta hotels), but others stepped up to inherit his mantle, the longest-surviving terrorist leader in Indonesia thus far being Santoso," she added. "And he's been attracting wannabe jihadis who decry JI as all talk, no action because JI has been focusing on building up its capacity."
The MIT has mounted several attacks on police officers in Poso and attempted to blow up churches and mosques in Central Java in the past few years, even before ISIS gained prominence in the region.
Ms Sim, a former intelligence analyst and now a vice-president (Asia) at New York-based The Soufan Group, said that while ISIS seems happy to claim credit for yesterday's attack, it is still unclear if the latest siege on Jakarta had been directed by ISIS in any way.
She also said that it remains to be seen if any of the perpetrators were Indonesians who had returned from fighting in Syria.
Estimates from security agencies in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines show that at least 900 from all four countries have travelled to join ISIS in Syria. Most of them - about 700 - are from Indonesia, though some agencies have published lower numbers.
Indonesia's National Intelligence Agency has been tracking at least 100 citizens said to have returned from the Middle East after joining ISIS, while its counter-terrorism unit Detachment 88 has been running surveillance on 60 to 70 of these returnees to date.
Terrorism analyst Adhe Bahkti believes that these returning fighters will continue to pose a clear and present danger over the long term. "If their jihad in the Middle East is successful, they would be a threat to Indonesia; but if they fail and return home, they would be an even greater threat as they would want to express their anger back home."
Experts say yesterday's attack may just be a sign of things to come, not just for Indonesia but also for the region.
"The threat from ISIS is far more real than we thought," said Mr Adhe. "The attack tells us we don't have to wait for years for Indonesian ISIS militants who have returned home to strike," he added.
Ms Sim says the Thamrin incident will draw the attention of ISIS to the militant groups in Indonesia, which have been pledging allegiance only to be ignored. All this means that the attack in Jakarta may just be the beginning of more attacks to come in this region.
For more stories on the Jakarta attacks, please go here
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 15, 2016, with the headline 'Sign of things to come for the region?'. Print Edition | Subscribe
JAKARTA ATTACKS


Jed is a professional kayaker and photographer. When not traveling he calls Portland, Oregon "home". Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Jed lived in Beijing in 1996 while studying.
Jed spent the summers of 2005 and 2006 in the Arctic photographing life in, on and under the ice for two articles in National Geographic. His photographs, many of which chronicle river trips such as his expedition on India's Brahmaputra River, appear in such publications as: The New York Times, National Geographic Adventure, Men's Journal, Paddler, Canoe & Kayak Session. His photographs also appear in a feature article about China in the "Green Issue" of Outside Magazine.
Jed has filmed trips on the Futaleufu River in Chile, worked as a co-cameraman on the production of "The Yunnan Great Rivers Expedition" film and the Discovery Channel's "Adventure Bhutan". He has paddled rivers in Chile, Central America, India, Asia and all across North America. Jed has a plethora of knowledge, on and off the river and adds greatly to all Tarkio adventures he is able to be a part of.


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Dust up at Boston Town Hall leaves clerk locked out of her office
by: Al Vaughters
Posted: Aug 19, 2016 / 07:34 PM EDT
BOSTON, N.Y. (WIVB) – On Friday afternoon, Boston Town Clerk Jennifer Mule left her two unpaid deputy clerks in charge of her office, while two part-time clerks, hired by the town board for Mule's department, were downstairs in a separate office at Town Hall–because Mule will not allow the part-timers to replace her deputies.
This is the eye of the storm in a feud between Mule and the town board, and Town Supervisor Martin Ballowe said it is all unnecessary.
"We have two employees that are not allowed in the office. Their salaries are, so far, close to $15,000. We spent $7,200 on attorneys' fees for something that was always in our town law manual."
This all came about, last year, when the town board decided to shift work from the clerk's office to the assessor's office, part of what Supervisor Ballow called streamlining town government.
"We have tried to streamline government in our town which better benefits the axpayers. It is not one department, it is multiple departments we've looked at."
Subsequently, the board hired their own clerks to replace the two deputy clerks in Mule's office, and removed the deputies from the town payroll. But Mule refused to allow the board's hires to displace her deputy clerks.
To exert control over her office, Mule changed the locks, but New York Supreme Court Justice John O'Donnell ruled this week that Mule has to share the keys to the clerk's office with the town board, while allowing her exclusive access to the town clerk's vault and file cabinets.
So Ballowe had the locks changed back, Friday afternoon, "I have never heard of a town employee coming in any town hall and changing locks. So I hired our regular locksmith to come back now a second time."
Mule was advised by her attorney to avoid talking to News 4 on camera, but last month she said she is trying to protect the independence of the town clerk's office, "I just try to come in, do my job, and do what the residents have elected me to do."
As the town clerk's locks were changed, the unpaid deputy clerks were running the department because Mule was out of the office. The locksmith did not turn the clerk's key over to the deputy clerks, so until Mule receives her key, she won't be able to get into her own office.
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Grosjean undergoes surgery following Bahrain crash
17:42 Tuesday 15 December 2020 by
Romain Grosjean has undergone surgery on his left hand to repair ligament damage caused by his horrific crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Grosjean crashed on lap one of the race in October in an incident that tore in half his Haas VF-20 that also erupted in flames. The Frenchman struck a barrier at 137mph with a recorded impact of 53G.
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Grosjean had hoped to compete in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a race which took place just two weeks after his accident, only for his injuries to rule him out and end his Formula 1 career prematurely.
On Tuesday, Grosjean revealed on social media he would be undergoing surgery to repair the damage to his hand.
Two hours before the operation he wrote: "On my left hand, the thumb ligament has been damage in the crash and we need to clean the wounds from the burn.
"Right hand also getting some treatment after some early 2020 injury. Should be a new man tomorrow."
With regard to the latter, Grosjean revealed after his accident he broke his hand in a fall at home before the season started.
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I often get asked to share more of my music with readers of my site and blog. Here's a new song from my upcoming EP that I recorded in LA a few weeks ago, called "Falling Down (You Went Away)". A huge thanks to my producer Gary Gray and my friend Michael James who sang the lead vocals on this one.
Let me know what you think in the comments!
Falling Down (You Went Away) by Aaron Davison
The routine of creativity
If you're like me, you have times when you feel a lot more inspired and creative than others. Do you ever sit down to write a song and despite how hard you try nothing even remotely interesting comes to you? Do you have other times where you sit down and have amazing songs seem to just flow out of you effortlessly? If you're like most songwriters, you've probably experienced both extremes. Although tapping into that part of yourself where inspiration and creativity reside is far from an exact science, there are things you can do to make finding inspiration more likely, if you look closely at when inspiration is most likely to strike.
Many great artists and thinkers throughout history have had daily routines they took part in to get themselves to a mental space where creative thinking was more likely to occur. For example, Steve Jobs was known to like to take long walks frequently in order to think about ideas in a less distracting environment. He even was known to conduct business meetings this way. Beethoven was also known to take long, vigorous walks each afternoon and would bring along a pencil and paper to write down any musical ideas that came to him. Beethoven was also known to rise early each morning and had a routine of making a cup of coffee using precisely 60 coffee beans.
The painter Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British painter whose abstract paintings of grotesque, distorted figures made him one of the most distinctive and controversial artists of the postwar era. To outsiders, he seemed to lead a chaotic life with little order. He was a heavy drinker and user of stimulants who would eat multiple, rich meals each day and would typically party late into the night. He battled insomnia and relied on sleeping pills to get to sleep. Yet, despite this, as biographer Michael Peppiatt has detailed, Bacon was "essentially a creature of habit" who maintained more or less the same daily work routine throughout his career that allowed him to become such a revered artist.
The poet W.H. Auden, who is considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, had this to say about routine, "Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition." The author Tim Ferris said this about Auden's daily routine: "Auden rose shortly after 6:00 a.m., made himself coffee, and settled down to work quickly, perhaps after taking a first pass at the crossword. His mind was sharpest from 7:00 until 11:30 a.m., and he rarely failed to take advantage of these hours. (He was dismissive of night owls: "Only the 'Hitlers of the world' work at night; no honest artist does.") Auden usually resumed his work after lunch and continued into the late afternoon. Cocktail hour began at 6:30 sharp, with the poet mixing himself and any guests several strong vodka martinis. Then dinner was served, with copious amounts of wine, followed by more wine and conversation. Auden went to bed early, never later than 11:00 and, as he grew older, closer to 9:30."
In my study of great musicians, poets and artists throughout history, the one thing they all seemed to have in common, despite their differences in lifestyles, is that they had consistent, daily routines that seemed to work for them. Their routines varied, but the commonality seems to be the consistency. As this relates to inspiration, it's my hunch that having a daily routine had a sort of grounding effect that gave these artists a sense of stability and provided a relaxed space where inspiration could present itself.
Novelist Haruki Marukami had this to say about his routine, "When I'm in writing mode for a novel, I get up at 4:00 am and work for five to six hours. In the afternoon, I run for 10km or swim for 1500m (or do both), then I read a bit and listen to some music. I go to bed at 9:00 pm. I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it's a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind."
To be honest, when I started this post, I had a slightly different angle in mind. I wanted to talk about ways to reach our creative potential that were less than mundane than simply getting up early and taking afternoon walks. But the more I researched what great artists actually do to harness creativity, the more I kept seeing the idea of simply developing a daily routine for getting into a mindset where creativity is optimum. This resonates with my own periods of increased creativity. When I'm in "writing mode" and working on a new CD or EP I tend to reach states where ideas come to me more and more readily. It's sort of like I'm "priming" my creative pump. Something happens when you make a practice of creating art on a regular basis. It's like your teaching your mind what it is you want to do and what parts of yourself you want to access. When I'm deep into a routine of writing music every day for several weeks or more, I frequently dream songs and song ideas. It's as if I'm so immersed in the creative part of myself that even when I'm sleeping my brain is still creating.
What about you? What routines do you practice that allow you to get inspired? Do you write sporadically, or do you find having a routine allows room for more creativity and inspiration to flourish?
no man is an island
The poet John Donne once said, "no man is an island". In a world that seems to be more and more disconnected, this is such a powerful idea to remember. As I reflect back on the last couple decades of my life, it's clear to me that my most cherished memories and the most memorable experiences I've had, have been with other people. Relationships are the thread that hold the tapestry of society and culture together. Our relationships in many ways define and shape who we are, just as we help define and shape the people we interact with.
Relationships provide us with a lens to view ourselves and our world through. In many ways, we are who we are in relation to other people. Positive relationships serve to motivate and inspire us, just as dysfunctional relationships can weigh us down and cause us great emotional pain. Relationships are both challenging and time consuming, yet vital to our sense of well-being and health.
At different times in my life I've spent a great deal of time in solitude. I've traveled to foreign countries by myself several times where I didn't know a single soul. I've spent many nights alone in solitude contemplating my life and my place in the world. I've spent days at a time with only my guitar and my laptop as my company, writing music and getting to know myself without social distractions or the need to entertain my friends. I've grown a lot from these periods of isolation, but each time I've ultimately gained a greater appreciation for the role friends and loved ones play in my life.
Life is meant to be lived in cooperation and harmony with others. Humans thrive when they are connected to other people, family and community. There's a powerful synergy that happens when the right people come together that I don't think can ever be replicated in solitude. In the same way that a great band is greater collectively than its individual members, healthy relationships bring out and enhance parts of ourselves that would otherwise remain dormant or unexpressed. I'm a better and more alive person in relationships to the right people than I am when I'm alone in solitude.
There are forces at work, outside our immediate control that threaten to divide humanity. Competition for resources, class warfare, religious differences, philosophical differences and more, all seem to divide people and push them further apart. Yet, the path to greater wealth, greater health and increased well-being, to a large extent, depends on us working together and getting along.
As someone who has spent the last seven years working for myself, I see very clearly the limitations in working alone. There is only so much I can do as one person and only so far I can go by myself. That's why a couple years ago I started reaching out to other people to create partnerships. By working with people like my producer Gary Gray and others, I've been able to grow both my music career and internet business in ways that simply wouldn't have been possible as a solo entrepreneur. A few months ago I met another person who I'm now launching another business with that I would never be able to dream of doing alone.
Let's face it, for better or worse, we need each other. I'm a big believer that in order to truly be happy, you need to be able to sit alone, in solitude, comfortable in your own skin and with your own thoughts. But once you can do that, go seek out other like-minded people. This ride we call life is a lot more fun with a few companions.
Do you need to live in a "major" music city to pursue a career in music?
I spent the last ten days in LA recording my latest CD and networking. I met with a new music publisher I recently signed with, I attended several music business meetups, including one I hosted for my website, How To License Your Music.com, and met a bunch of great people while I was there. It was a really productive time and it was great to meet many people in person I had previously only known via the internet.
I had such a productive time networking and meeting new people that it really got me thinking; just how important is it as a musician to live in one of the major music industry cities? Although many US cities have diverse and interesting music scenes, and there are talented people everywhere, I think it's fair to say that are really just a handful of cities that would qualify as "major" music industry cities. These cities would be New York, LA, Nashville and to a certain extent, Atlanta.
Although there are other cities in the U.S. like Austin and Chicago that have lots of musicians and opportunities to connect and network with people in the music industry, they don't quite compare to places like New York and LA. I've often thought about just how important it is to live in a city like LA or New York and this recent trip has given me even more to think about. Although I haven't reached a definitive conclusion, I thought I would explore the topic in this post.
For my situation, there would be both pros and cons to moving to a city like LA or New York. Let's start with the positives:
1) More Networking Opportunities - There's something about meeting someone face to face and developing a connection in the real world that simply can't be duplicated. You can certainly connect and work with people online these days, but there's nothing like looking someone in the eye, shaking their hand and making a real connection. Living in a city like LA or New York would put you in closer proximity with more people working in the music industry. Simply put, it's easier to meet and connect with people in the industry when they're in your own backyard.
2) Being Around Like Minded People - There's also something about living in an area with lots of like minded people. When you're in a city like LA or New York, it's so easy to find other like minded people. Having people in your life that can relate to and support your endeavors is critical. I don't have a problem finding like minded people in Chicago, but based on the short time I spent in LA I get the impression that it would be even easier to find and connect with like minded people in LA. When you don't have people in your life that can relate to your goals it can be really frustrating and discouraging. If you surround yourself with people that are supportive and understanding, it makes something like pursuing a career in music much easier. No man is and island after all.
3) Music Business Infrastructure - Cities like LA, Nashville and New York have what I call a solid music business infrastructure. There is an ample supply of studios, players, vocalists and so on. Need to find someone to play Cello on your new CD? That won't be a problem in any of the major music cities. Need to find a studio to record your next EP? In a place like LA or New York there are an abundance of great studios to choose from. Of course, this isn't as big of a factor because most decent size cities will have recording studios and musicians. However, it's nice to know that you'll be able to find whatever it is you're looking for easily when working on music projects.
4) Higher Paying "Day" Jobs - I spent a lot of time talking to my producer, Gary Gray, about the possibility of relocating to LA and he made a great point that although the cost of living is higher in LA there are also a lot of higher paying jobs in LA. There's more money to go around and so it makes sense that it would be easier to make money in a city like LA. I don't have any hard statistics to draw from, and those can be pretty misleading anyway, but I get the impression there are plenty of ways to survive in LA or New York as a musicians while you're pursuing income from things like songwriting and performing that can take awhile to establish.
1) High Cost Of Living - Cities like LA and New York have a significantly higher cost of living than many other cities. Chicago isn't the cheapest city in the world to live in either, but based on the little bit of research I did when I was in LA, it seems less expensive than LA overall. Pursuing a career in music has a high degree of uncertainty built into it, so I'm reluctant to add to the stress of that by increasing my overhead substantially. However, if I were to move to LA there are certainly affordable ways to do that. I could share a space with other musicians for example. But my quality of life would most likely diminish at least marginally, based on the research I've done in terms of cost of living.
2) Small Fish In A Big Pond - The great thing about living in a major music city is that there are tons of like minded musicians with similar aspirations. The bad thing about living in a major music city is that there are tons of like minded musicians with similar aspirations. It's a double edged sword. On one hand there are way more people to connect and work with, but there are also way more people competing for the same gigs. When you're a big fish in a small pond it's fairly easy to get jobs performing music, if there's at least a small music scene. In a place like New York or LA the competition is fierce. I think the key to living in a major music city like LA or New York would be to surround yourself with the "right" people. People like to work with people they know and trust. People need to know of you before they can think of hiring you.
3) Quality Of Life - This one is related to the cost of living factor, but it's a little different. Some people thrive in big cities like LA And New York, where as other people prefer smaller towns. I'm somewhere in between. I don't like living in very small towns, but massive cities like New York aren't really my cup of tea either. I'm also not a fan of cold winters, so would probably cross New York off my list. I could see myself living in a city like LA or Nashville though as both have mild winters. LA is massive in terms of the number of people that live there, but is so spread out that it doesn't seem as overwhelming to me as a city like New York. I could see myself living in either LA or Nashville and being reasonably happy with my quality of life, at least in terms of weather and the feel of the cities. I haven't spent that much time in Atlanta so I can't really comment on whether I would want to live there.
4) Starting Over - Although I know a few people in LA, if I do decide to move there I would be more or less starting over. I've moved several times in my life at this point, so I know I could handle the adjustment, but it would bring an added level of stress, at least in the short term. It always takes time to make new friends and get settled when you move to a new city. I don't get the impression that meeting people and making friends would be particularly hard in LA, but it would definitely take time to adjust to living there.
The verdict is still out on whether or not I'll relocate to a place like LA. I can see a lot of advantages to living there but there would also be some very real challenges to moving there and trying to break into the local scene. However, I felt like I got a lot out of the short time I spent there and if nothing else, I plan to start taking more trips there to continue networking and building new connections.
What are your thoughts on the role location plays in pursuing a career in music? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Here's a music video we made during my trip to LA for one of my new songs, Sweet Little Thing, underneath the Hollywood Sign in Hollywood Hills.
The blog of musician and thinker of deep thoughts, Aaron Davison.
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One of the best ways to explore Paris is to go cruising around it in a car at night! Book this tour and get to ride a vintage French convertible known as the Citroën 2CV. A local will drive you around the city and he will also serve as your guide for this tour. He will weave tales and provide you with insightful commentary regarding the country's capital, its history, and the attractions that you'll pass by, like the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III Bridge, and the Concorde Place. You'll discover why people call Paris the "City of Lights" when you see these attractions come alive at night with colorful nightlights. You'll even drive down the famous Avenue des Champs-Élysées. It'll only take you one hour to cruise by these places, but if you select the two-hour package, you'll be taken to Montmartre Hill for champagne. This is a must for every urban explorer in Paris.
Best Paris experience. Our driver/tour guide/ photographer James is very good. Best Paris experience. Our driver/tour guide/ photographer James is very good.


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"It's Better back Home": Invaders in Greece
TNO Staff — November 6, 2016 11 comments
The ongoing refugee hoax has been definitively exposed with the news that thousands of Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, and Iranians have returned home—because they don't want to stay in Greece.
At least 4,000 invaders have been shipped back from Greece by the United Nations—proving that there was no need for them to "flee" in the first place.
2016: A group of Syrians cross the Evros River from Greece to Turkey, on their way back to Syria. Picture taken by one of the group and given to the Global Post.
A lengthy report by the Global Post Investigations team revealed that conditions in Greece are so bad, that many Syrians "see no other option" but to go home.
The closure of the Balkan route to the invaders is the major factor causing the rethink, but the near-Great Depression era economic collapse in Greece is also playing a role, the report added.
According to data provided by the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), there are at least 34,901 invaders living in camps on the Greek mainland, and another 16,021 on the Greek islands—a total of around 50,000.
All of them were hoping to march up into Germany where they would get the rich payouts that their fellow imposters had told them about—but the closing of the borders by many eastern European states have closed off the invasion route.
Now they are trapped in Greece for the most part, and, as the Global Post article revealed, their "finances long exhausted, they have languished for months in these isolated camps, waiting to access the meager legal asylum system available to them. Life here is now so bad that some believe the best way forward is to return home."
"Give me the money to pay a smuggler and I'll go back to Syria right now," said Thaer Al Nahir, a Syrian refugee who arrived in Greece in late February. "There the death is quick. Here we are dying slowly."
Now he says he is worse off than he was in Syria. "We have become ridiculous, a joke."
The Global Post report went on to point out that Greece's economy is wrecked, and simply cannot bear the strain of dealing with tens of thousands of extra invaders. When the invasion was at its height in 2015, Greece was already teetering on the brink, economically speaking.
Massive debt, 23 percent unemployment and 25 percent shrinkage in the economy, put Greece's economy "on par with the Great Depression," the Global Post said.
The collapse has seen Greeks struck with record poverty levels and the collapse of social services, worsened by the strain of having to provide for the parasiting invaders as well.
Nonetheless, the crypto-communist Greek government recently passed a law granting the invaders free access to healthcare and drugs in the public health system—a move that even the far left "Doctors Without Borders" (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) itself admitted was impossible.
"Hospitals in Greece are struggling to respond to the needs of both local people and migrants, mainly due to the lack of financial and human resources," MSF said.
All of this has combined to make increasing numbers of the invaders decide to go back to Syria.
As Akmed, quoted by the Global Post, said: "Every day groups gather to talk about going back to Syria. I know many people who would go back if they had money."
The Global Post said that Akmed worked as a fashion designer in Lebanon before coming to Greece, but now wants to go back to Syria.
Akmed believes there is another reason Syrians are returning, he continued: "It's because of the humiliation here." He said he knew a few men who went back to become soldiers, "to feel powerful again."
Another invader interviewed by the Global Post, Allaf, said that "If we can't go to Germany, arrange the tickets and flights and give us everything we paid to get here and send us back to Syria."
The Global Post continued:
They [the invaders] shared stories of other Syrians who had given up, crossed back to Turkey, and returned to Syria. One woman showed photos of a group of people crossing the Evros River back to Turkey—a family with six children she met at the camp. They had sent her the images of their crossing. The photos showed the group floating openly in the river with no boat. They crossed, submerged in the water, holding on to a strap with empty plastic bottles tied around their waists as makeshift flotation devices.
The woman said she might leave soon, too. She said the risk of dangers at home were more appealing than the risk of dangers she faces at the camps in Greece. "I didn't leave the war to come to another war here. I left because I needed a safe place for my children. But if that doesn't happen, Syria is better than this."
According to the International Organization for Migration, in the first eight months of 2016, about 4,000 invaders—mostly Afghans, Iraqis, and Iranians—traveled back to their country of origin through a voluntary return program operated by the U.N. in Greece.
All of these returning "refugees"—and especially the Syrian ones—show conclusively that there is no justification at all for the ongoing mass invasion.
More than 40 percent of Syrian territory is under the control of the Syrian government, and less than a third under ISIS control—with the rest under the control of the U.S. and western-backed "moderate rebels."
There is, therefore no justification at all for any Syrians to flee to other countries, as there is more than enough safe territory within Syria for them.
The fact that many are now returning to Syria from Greece, is further evidence of this.
In addition, the thousands of invaders from Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq who have been returned to their homelands through a United Nations operation, further confirms that there is no justification at all for these nationals to seek "refuge" in Europe either.
The entire refugee invasion is therefore bogus from beginning to end, and is merely being used as a liberal excuse by the Third World to invade the First and parasite off the latter's welfare systems.
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Good bye … we'll miss you … NOT!
II says:
Merkel should have been muzzled and the invaders towed back to their homes instead of`mercy missions shipping them to Europe.
I hope the whole damn lot of them go back home asap …. lock, stock, barrel.
Iceberg says:
The majority of us knew they were economic refugees with no intention of working or assimilating, they just wanted the free housing and unlimited benefits they could get in wealthier European countries, but our out of touch weak politicians could see this they have been blinded by the leftie luvvies.
The political elite merely followed the UN's directive. The UN is the enemy of the European peoples.
Question is, how many are still arriving and getting into Italy? I'll bet it is more than the numbers so-say departing.
Hope and glory says:
Cherrio I wish luck as I wave u goodbye GO home not wanted NOT needed offer nothing parasites try working for ur family's think not!!!!!!!!!!' Free loaders AV nothing to give only take why don't u raise ur issues with ur own governments because u would get no where why don't u ask them where all the charity monies that they AV been given over the years WHERE HAS IT GONE !!!!! Try looking in their pockets!!!!!!!!!
jerseyjay says:
When they leave don't let the door hit
them in the ass.
Or make it mandatory that they serve five years military service and only then could they be possible considered for asylum. Send them back to fight ISIS. 4,000 returning is nothing, even 40,000 is nothing out the almost 2 million who have come. Most will never leave unless they are forced.
They just, simply, could not possibly have been genuine refugees in the first place.
On another note, this is why brexit was justified.
Bullshit 'Schengen' rules allowed these fraudsters to gatecrash northern European EU states.
Successful white nations do not owe their countries to the third world, and the migrants are quite simply parasites.
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Heavy traffic slows recall petition site
March 8, 2012 By Andrew Beckett
An online database of recall petitions is seeing some major traffic, slowing down efforts by a Tea Party coalition hoping to uncover potentially fraudulent signatures.
Verify the Recall posted a searchable database online Wednesday. It allows people to look for signatures on recall petitions against the governor and four Republican state senators. The group's Ross Brown says the response has been huge, with over 50,000 unique visitors coming to the site in just the first hour.
With hundreds of thousands of people still trying to access the database, Brown says the service has been very slow. Many visitors are facing long load times or searches that time out. Brown says they are working to raise at least $4,500 so they can add more server capacity to speed up searches.
For those who have been able to access the database, Brown says a wide range of search terms can be used to locate a signature. First and last names, street addresses, or even just a zip code can be entered to locate whole groups of people who have signed. The page includes a link to view the actual petition page a name appears on, along with an option to flag a signature that may be fraudulent.
Brown says those who believe their names were added to a petition by someone else will be able to fill out an affidavit. Those will be turned in to the state Government Accountability Board, along with the group's own review and findings on the petitions.
AUDIO: Andrew Beckett reports (1:03)


His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman and was immediately led away in handcuffs at age 81, becoming the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to be sent to prison.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman and was immediately led away in handcuffs at age 81, becoming the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to be sent to prison.
Former model Janice Dickinson, who was among the 60 or so women who have come forward to accuse Cosby of drugging and violating them over the past five decades, looked at Cosby and said: "Here's the last laugh pal."


"I see the Alps as a unique, immense, continuous ecosystem. I do not see communal, regional or State borders.
I see similar living organisms at hundreds of miles of distance, in different countries. I don't see any Italian, French, German, Austrian or Slovenian trees; they all speak the same language.
I see the protected areas of the Alpine range as an archipelago of islands where the beauty and wealth of biodiversity and geodiversity show themselves with a particular intensity, tiles of a mosaic which can only be completed with a global, borderless view.
I see the cultural value of the protected areas, the conscious choice by the human race to defend by itself places of an inestimable value.
I believe that the best way to discover the nature of the Alps goes through the slow and regular rhythm of walking, the mean used by the first humans to colonise the land, the most efficient way to overcome rock asperities, streams, glaciers, forests, high-altitude meadows causing the least disturbance possible.
During the summer 2012, I will walk several stretches of the Via Alpina Red Trail, those which cross or skim past some of the major protected areas in the central-oriental Alps. Between one area and the next I will travel by bus and train, in order to emphasize the value of sustainable mobility.
I will leave from Belluno to reach Slovenia by train, where I will cross from South to North the Triglav National Park. I will then move on to Austria, then Italy where I will first cross the Tre Cime – Dolomiti di Sesto Nature Park and then, after a transfer by train, the Stelvio National Park. I will finally reach Engadin through the Swiss National Park.
I see the Via Alpina as the Via Maestra of the dense and continuous network of trails built by man over thousands of years to cross valleys and mountain ranges, reach the summits and link the villages.
I see the Via Alpina as a very long ecological corridor, a major articulation in an often invisible network travelled by animals and plant seeds, even before humans.
As an inhabitant of the Alps, I have the desire to get to know other regions in the Alpine range, other cultures, other natures. My nomadic nature pushes me to understand what unites and what divides the populations inhabiting the Alpine valleys.
As a nature and hiking guide I intend to involve my colleagues, make the value of the Via Alpina as a communication artery, an opportunity for meeting, known to them. Thus I intend to communicate to others the potential of the Via Alpina with its 5000 kilometres of trails. Finally I intend to guide people along the Via Alpina, to enable them to savour the beauty of learning to get to know a territory via the slow rhythm of walking.
Andrea Pasqualotto's journey went as planned, from 22 August to 5 September 2012, except for a few diversions due to snowfall towards the end of the trip. Starting from his hometown of Belluno, he reached Slovenia by train and crossed the Triglav National Park on foot from south to north. He boarded again coach and train through Austria to arrive at the Italian border and the Tre Cime – Dolomiti di Sesto Nature Park. Then another transfer by train to Malles and the Stelvio National Park. From there, Andrea walked over to the Engadin valley and crossed the Swiss National Park before going back to Belluno by public transport.
His journey enabled him to discover new landscapes and observe different ways of tackling the relationships between man and nature. It was punctuated by three interviews recorded in Sillian, Bolzano and Scuol, which you can listen to on his blog (in Italian).
Admire the project's video, a superb manifesto for a nature which scoffs at the administrative borders.


When you need to speed up your app, Web Jobs are good to run processes required by your app when your user does not need immediate interaction with information depending on those processes, but they require the App Service hosting the continues WebJob to be enabled with the so called "Always On" feature.
Don't forget to take a look at tools you may find useful to manage your Azure cloud resources.
There are many ways to trigger Azure Functions and one of them is by a message in a storage queue which is the same way WebJobs can be triggered, so your web app will work the same using Functions than WebJobs.
You can read a queue with your Function Service connecting it to an existing storage account in a different App Service where you may be hosting your web app.
All Azure Functions are "Always On"
Different than WebJobs which need to be hosted in an App Service under Basic or Standard plans (both paid) to feature Always-On, Functions are "Always On" for all Function Service tiers.
That means you can execute your process at any time and as many times you want. And if you choose the "Consumption plan" then you will pay only for time you run your process.
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40 Percent Water Grab Continues to Be Big Concern
Growers Will Fight Back
By Jessica Theisman, Associate Editor
Recently, over one thousand farmers and other stakeholders attended a rally in Sacramento outside the capital building, protesting the California State Water Resources Control Board's proposed Water Grab, which consists of over 40 percent of the water from Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced rivers to increase flows for salmon. California Ag Today spoke with Ronda Lucas, General Counsel with the Modesto Irrigation District.
Unfortunately, the state does not need to pick this fight, but they are choosing to.
"In ignoring our science in the process, one of the major deficiencies of the plan is the state board's refusal," Lucas said.
Rhonda Lucas
Lucas would like the water board to be intellectually honest about the linkage and the impact this will have on groundwater.
"They simply say that we'll just get more water. There is no more water," she said.
California is not in a critical overdraft area.
"Our sub base in the Modesto subbasin is in better shape than many, but that's because we've been such good stewards," Lucas said.
This plan will destroy the health of the groundwater basin.
Lucas says that many communities in the area could be impacted heavily. Some communities' sole water source is groundwater, and this plan will dry up their drinking water.
"There will be school children that don't have the basic needs to live, and we know it. And we've told the state board that, and they don't seem to care," Lucas said.
The bigger problem that is not well known is that the state is trying to come in and run the dam operation long-term.
"If the state is in charge of Don Pedro and the running of our facilities, which we believe to be illegal, we do not know what they are going to do because they have not had a good track record thus far," Lucas explained.
Author webmasterPosted on October 16, 2018 October 17, 2018 Categories Know the issues, Water & the Environment, State Water Resources Control Board, WaterTags: Water Use California Water Salmon water supplies ground water Modesto State Water Resources Control Board (SWB) Water in California Modesto Irrigation District (MID) drinking waterLeave a comment on 40 Percent Water Grab Continues to Be Big Concern
Assemblyman Adam Gray Speaks Out on Water Grab
Water Board Must Understand the Impact of Taking Water from Farms and Communities
By Patrick Cavanaugh, Editor
At the recent Water Rally in Sacramento, more than 1000 farmers and other stakeholders were protesting the California Water Resources Control Board, which is proposing a water grab of 40 percent of the water from the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced Rivers to increase flows for salmon. According to Adam Gray —21st District State Assemblyman, representing Stanislaus and Merced—counties said that large losses would occur in jobs and profits if the water grab is implemented.
"This is thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of economic loss to agriculture, to California, and we can't afford that," Gray said. "Not to mention the impact on drinking water in communities. Most of the communities in my district are on well water, and what people don't think about is when you take water away from farmers and that water doesn't go back into the ground. That further depletes our groundwater and our aquifers, and it creates more subsidence and environmental issues."
Gray said that this is not about the environment versus business, or fish versus people. This is about the whole community, the schools, the ag economy and a lot of job losses for the people he represents.
"It's dishonest; the Water Board is not admitting that there's going to be an impact in the affected areas. They say farmers are going to offset the water losses by pumping more. Well, you and I both know with the implementation of SGMA and all of the other challenges, that's not a reality," he said.
"So how about we sit down and come up with a water plan that takes everybody's needs into consideration and again, I'm not an us versus them advocate," he said. "Southern California needs water, the coast needs water, northern California needs water and the San Joaquin Valley needs water. How about we sit down and make a water infrastructure plan for the next hundred years that serves all Californians."
Gray said the farming community will stand up for the investments made to secure water.
"We are not going to lie down. We're not going to apologize for being a farming community," he said. "We're going to stand up; we're going to defend the investments we've made and the long-term planning we did, and we're going to ask the state to step up and do some of their own."
Author webmasterPosted on August 28, 2018 August 28, 2018 Categories Know the issues, Water & the Environment, State Water Resources Control Board, Environment, Government and Agencies, Politics and Law, WaterTags: WATER California State Water Resources Control Board State Assemblymember Adam Gray California Water water supply ground water Adam Gray drinking waterLeave a comment on Assemblyman Adam Gray Speaks Out on Water Grab
UC Davis Report Shows Startling, Accurate Water Crisis Snapshot
The report issued today by the California Department of Food & Agriculture and the University of California, Davis presents an accurate water crisis picture of the reality resulting from federal decisions that will reduce the production of food and fiber, according to California Citrus Mutual.
Unfortunately, this picture is not complete. The report indicates the losses which have been incurred to-date, but does not and cannot begin to predict future impacts as permanent crops continue to be ripped out of production as we enter into the hottest months with zero access to surface water," says CCM President Joel Nelsen.
"The report is a compilation of what the authors know is happening as a result of April calculations. Since then, the Bureau of Reclamation has challenged the Administration's focus on obesity prevention, school lunch programs, and other campaigns focused on healthy eating by holding water that could otherwise be used for the production of food and fiber.
As such, growers are being forced to make difficult farming decisions that have and will continue to result in reduced plantings of annual crops and the removal of permanent crops.
"If there is a flaw in the report, it is the assumption that ground water supplies are available to offset surface water loss, which may be true in some production areas but certainly not all.
The authors do fairly acknowledge that the impacts to the Friant service area in particular are not yet calculated into this water crisis report.
"The report demonstrates the costs associated with the inability of the Central Valley to produce a viable crop due to zero or minimal water allocation.
As the actions of the shortsighted agencies manifest themselves into reality, the cost will be borne for years to come until permanent crop plantings are replaced and production is regained. Production, revenue, and jobs are in abeyance for several years to come."
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Author Patrick CavanaughPosted on May 20, 2014 May 31, 2016 Categories Know the issues, Uncategorized, Health, Safety & Nutrition, Citrus, Data, Statistics, Water, press releaseTags: CDFA California Department of Food and Agriculture Bureau of Reclamation California Citrus Mutual Joel Nelsen Groundwater Central Valley Healthy Eating University of California Davis CCM obesity preventio school lunch programs reduced plantings water supplies ground water Friant zero water allocation1 Comment on UC Davis Report Shows Startling, Accurate Water Crisis Snapshot


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APD Solutions CEO Vaughn Irons and Business Manager Chapman Walsh presented information to the GHHCDC on the redevelopment plans for Panola Slope at 5600 Covington Highway (near Young Road) July 26.
This is the townhome community that used to be Dominique's. APD bought it in 2011 and put $5 million into improvements. It offered 23 townhomes and space for retail. Unfortunately, only four units sold, and the future for this concept does not look promising.
APD Solutions wants to turn the project into a destination resort with entertainment and meeting space. The 23 villas would be converted into 72 sleeping rooms. A welcome center would be added. Mr. Irons said the firm plans to invest abother$26 million in the property.
On the ground floor, there would be 31,359 square feet of commercial space. In this space, APD Solutions would offer virtual reality games, live experience (virtual reality) simulators, amusement machines, and two upscale restaurants. Some of the entertainment would allow the consumer to accumulate points for prizes, meals, or other experiences at the resort. The restaurants would be owned and operated by APD Solutions. One, an upscale, white linen tablecloth steakhouse, would be named Bernard's, after Mr. Vaughn's late father.
There would be four retail stores with unique merchandise, owned and operated by APD Solutions.
The greenspace that runs parallel to Covington would include a covered, small amphitheater for outdoor events.
The plan will require a zoning change to C-1 (currently OCR-mixed use), and a Special Land Use Permit hearing. The first hearing is tentatively set for Aug. 18, 6:30 p.m. at the Community Council meeting, usually at Redan-Trotti Library.
If any other general information, community meetings are scheduled, the firm promised to let us know.
Mainstreet Community Center, July 26, 2014, 10 a.m. -10:50 a.m.
We had an efficient board meeting.
Phyllis Frierson reported that we have $268.22 in the bank. We received membership payments from Mainstreet Community, Muirfield Community, and Marian Long.
At the meeting, we received additional dues from Scarbrough Community and Gerald &Pauline Dailey.
Charlene is going to contact other neighborhood associations and ask them to join.
Plans for a meeting with businesses at Redan/Hairston and Redan/Panola.
Nadine is going to help Wendell work on this. We've been following up with the Kroger contact, but so far, she has not been able to respond. Nadine will get the phone contact for the shopping center on the NE side of Redan/Hairston. She will contact Mr. Sharma (owner of two corners at Redan/Panola).
The plan is to let them know what the GHHCDC is trying to do.
We will also show them how improving curb appeal and storefront décor can increase business. Charlene Taylor plans to work on a brochure that will help them visualize the improved conditions. Please send pictures to Char (ctay@bellsouth.net) and GHHCDC. This brochure would also include the design guidelines that are part of the overlay code.
501(c)(3) – Nadine will check with Jerome Chavis about a meeting on Aug. 4 or 11 at 6:30. We would like to give him an update on the filing of Form 990 (Joyce); the one-year and five-year projection of accomplishments (Nadine); and the narrative explaining who we are and how we evolved (Jan).
The biographies of the board members is posted on the website.
This number will allow callers to leave a message. It is linked to Phyllis Frierson's email, and she will monitor the calls. Please call the number periodically so that it stays active.
We discussed the tour to Columbia Heritage. It gave us a lot of good ideas. Our next step is to visit more communities, meet with Community Development, and meet with some of Columbia Residential's nonprofit partners. Nadine is going to find out about a community in Peachtree City that we might tour. Jan will incquire about Park Place in Stone Mountain. We should also drive by the Columbia property being built on Columbia near Memorial.
Our next Board meeting is Aug. 23, 10 a.m., at Mainstreet.


First results from the Personal Genome Project Canada, which sequenced the entire personal genomes of 56 healthy participants, suggest whole genome sequencing can benefit health care in Canada, according to results published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
"The technology is here now to give us a $1000 genome, we will be at a $100 genome very soon, and everyone may have this done," says Dr. Stephen Scherer, Director of the University of Toronto's McLaughlin Centre and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). "Family physicians will be involved in interpreting and communicating genomic information to patients in the context of personal and family histories. This requires awareness of the range of potential findings and the strengths and limitations of the tests."
One-quarter (14) of the 56 adult participants who had their entire personal genomes sequenced had genetic variants associated with diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurological disease. Thirteen participants (23%) were at risk of potentially life-threatening adverse drug reactions. All had medically relevant findings, including genes for drug reactions, copy number variation of genes involved in mental health conditions, and other genetic alterations that could affect the health of future generations of an affected individual's family.
A cancer-linked BRAC1 genetic variant was identified in a 65-year-old man whose father had died of prostate cancer.
Gene sequencing found a variant in a 49-year-old man that is associated with a manageable condition causing kidney stones or crystals.
Chromosome loss in blood cells linked to Turner syndrome was found in a 54-year-old woman who had no clinical manifestations; screening for cardiac or endocrine disorders is recommended in this situation.
Participants were highly engaged in the research study, providing full consent to publicly communicate results. They were offered sessions with genetic counsellors, who are specialists in delivering complex, often nuanced, genetic information, to receive their results in context.
The CMAJ study is the first research paper published since the project's inception in 2007 and has implications for government.
"Canada as a nation does not yet have a national sequencing project for precision medicine like England, the US, Australia and many other countries," says Dr. Scherer. "Our Personal Genome Project could be scaled up, and there are other ways to leverage it as has been done in the US, England and others."
He adds, "We selected CMAJ because we wanted to tell the 'genome sequence' story in the manner most relevant to Canadian medicine, since by definition genetics is personal, and each health care jurisdiction needs to deal with their citizens' data in its own way."
The Globe and Mail has been an active follower of the Personal Genome Project Canada, covering topics on personal genomic screening research. A 2012 Globe series helped to attract and survey volunteer recruits to the Personal Genome Project Canada and raise awareness of Bill S-201, Canada's Genetic Non-Discrimination Act, which is now law.
In a related commentary, Dr. Robert Hegele, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, writes that "the study highlights the potential of widespread implementation of whole genome sequencing, including early diagnosis and perhaps an opportunity to prevent or delay disease-associated outcomes or complications, screening of family members and implications for family planning."
Misdiagnosis of disease because of misclassified DNA variants, risk of incidental findings, diagnosis of diseases that have no treatments, and increased resource utilization triggered by a positive diagnosis are all potential pitfalls with this technology.
However, "the potential benefits deserve further careful and intensive evaluation, particularly within the Canadian context," he concludes.


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Globes: Raising cash: Australia-owned Weebit Nano and Securities Mastters raise capital
Published in Afik News 323 02.12.2020
Raising cash: Australia-owned Weebit Nano and Securities Matters raise capital
Chip company Weebit Nano has announced the raising of up to A $ 15 million at a discount of about 25% on the share price ● Technology company Security receives investment from Psagot
Shiri Haviv-Waldhorn 25/11/20
The Israeli technology company Weebit Nano is taking advantage of the positive momentum in the stock, and is raising additional capital. A few months after raising about 9 million Australian dollars at 28 cents a share, it announces today a raising of up to 15 million Australian dollars, at a much higher price, of 1.7 Australian dollars per share.
The issue price reflects a discount of about 25% on the share price before the listing, and of about 20% on the average price in the last ten trading days, and in response, the share fell today (Wednesday) in trading in Australia by about 6%. The IPO was led by Canaccord Investment Bank and saw significant demand.
Weebit Nano is a company from the semiconductor industry, which produces technology of non-volatile memories for integration in various electronic devices. The company's value on the Australian Stock Exchange stands at 225 million Australian dollars (about 550 million shekels) after a jump of over 420% in the share price in the past year, after the company updated in recent months on progress in development and approaching the commercialization phase; At present, Weebit Nano does not yet record revenue from its operations. The company's CEO is Kobi Hanoch, and the chairman is Dedi Perlmutter, a former Intel executive.
Expanding collaboration with a French research institute
The company states today that the cash fund will amount to approximately $ 16 million (US) after the raising, and in addition, the exercise of tradable warrants is expected in the coming year for an expected consideration of approximately $ 13 million. The funds raised will be used by the company to accelerate the development and transfer of its technology to manufacturing plants, in preparation for the first commercial agreement.
At the same time, Weebit Nano reported expanding its partnership with the French research institute Leti, which will allow it to advance in two product lines: the first is systems embedded in an intellectual property model, i.e. selling licenses to assimilate the technology in a variety of chips, and the second is dedicated non-volatile memory chips.
About a month ago, Weebit Nano CEO Kobi Hanoch was interviewed by Globes, saying that the non-volatile memory market is about $ 60 billion, and is expected to reach $ 100 billion by 2025. "We are addressing this entire market. It splits into two sub-markets, we start with the areas of computer-embedded systems - memories that go into System on a Chip, but we will also expand to chips that are all memories, "said Hanoch." Every electronic component contains memory: telephones, washing machines, autonomous vehicles , Security Cameras. Everyone needs non-volatile memories. Demand is growing exponentially. "
Psagot makes a "responsible" investment
Another Israeli technology company traded in Australia today announced a capital raising. The company is Security Matters, which has developed technology that "marks" various products - whether solids, liquids or gas - in order to track them in the supply chain and ensure their originality. In the case of Security Matters, the amount raised is not high - about 760,000 Australian Dollars, which is close to ILS 1.9 million - but the symbolism is in the investor body: the investment house Psagot. In most cases, Israeli institutional investors are less likely to invest in Israeli companies traded in Australia.
Psagot is being invested in a private placement at 38 Australian cents a share, which is similar to the share price in Australia. In addition, Psagot receives an option to purchase an additional share for every two shares it acquires, with the exercise price set at 60 Australian cents. In recent months, the company has raised about AUD 8.5 million in previous rounds of funding, and it is currently traded at about 51 million Australian dollars (about ILS 125 million ).
The company states that this is the first significant institutional investment in it within the framework of the investment strategy that adheres to the ESG - environmental, corporate and corporate governance issues. According to a statement from Security Matters, those who adopt the company's technology understand that the basic challenge of climate change and environmental protection is the ability to reuse raw materials incorporated into their products upon termination of use of these products. "It is neither economical nor efficient to reuse 100% raw materials in any new product manufactured," the company said in a statement, while using its technology, customers can sort and reuse the raw material.
The company's chairman, Ed Hopland, said: "Psagot's investment represents a recognition of the company's commercial potential as a disruptive technology for companies and industries in a sustainable economy. Security Matters is an attractive investment that will be seriously considered by ESG funds because it addresses a significant issue, and helps create value over time. We believe this is just the first major investment in ESG's investments. "
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Globes: Afik & Co. to appoint an Australian lawyer to work with Israeli companies IPOing on the ASX
Publication on the Globes, correspondent, Shiri Habib Waldhorn, reporting that Paul Stephenson joined Afik & Co. in order to handle issues in Australia, including IPOs
Globes: Security Matters up sharply on ASX
Article in the Globes financial newspaper, reporter Shiri Habib-Valdhorn on 07.07.2019 Also published on the Globes site: https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-security-matters-up-sharply-on-asx-1001292600
Businessnews: Israeli players pursue ASX capital
An article in the Australian magazine Businessnews, the journalist Matt Mckenzie, about Israeli Companies IPOing in Australia. The article also mentions the October 15, 2018, issue of the 18th Israeli company issued on the Australian Stock Exchange - Security Matters.
Australia's ASX seeks dual-listing agreement with TASE
An article in the Globes newspaper, by Shiri Haviv and Dahorn, about IPO's of Israeli companies in Australia, including dual listing for the Australian stock exchange and the Israeli stock exchange.
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The Trucking Alliance announced its opioid test initiative at the United Nations, as part of an event entitled, "The Use of Technology to Promote Road Safety – The Brazilian Experience." Brazil requires all commercial truck drivers to pass a hair test before renewing their license. More than 1 million Brazilian drivers have either failed the hair test or refused to renew their license since the law took effect two years ago.
The Alliance is a coalition of freight and logistics companies that support the adoption of technology and regulations to improve safety in trucking, such as mandatory truck speed limiters, mandatory electronic logging devices, improved driver training and screening, and advanced safety assistance systems.
"Current drug testing methods for truck drivers are failing," said Lane Kidd, managing director of The Trucking Alliance. Kidd told UN attendees that in 2017, J.B. Hunt Transport identified 1,213 people who tested positive on their pre-employment hair test. Yet, 90% of the company's truck driver applicants passed the government-mandated urinalysis. "Clearly, the U.S. Department of Transportation's pre-employment drug test protocols are missing most lifestyle drug users and opioid addicts, and that's a national problem for our industry," said Kidd.
Opioids are undetected in a person's system after a few hours, allowing opioid addicts to avoid drugs before submitting to a urinalysis. However, a hair exam can detect drug use for up to 90 days.
According to The Alliance, opioids subject to drug abuse in the trucking industry include codeine, morphine pain killers branded under hundreds of names, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone marketed under such names as OxyContin, Percoset, and Tylox, and the highly addictive opioids Methodone and Fentanyl. The U.S. Department of Transportation recently added four of these – hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone – to its pre-employment drug test protocols. But unless the applicant takes these opioids within a few hours of collection, a urinalysis drug test can miss their use, say hair testing proponents.
"We hope Congress will follow Brazil's leadership and require a drug test that proves without a doubt that a truck driver job applicant hasn't taken illegal drugs or abused opioids for at least 30 days," said Kidd.