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Nash County began programming for the Spring 2019 Empowering Youth and Families Program in March 2019, in partnership with the Nash County Health Department. This was the first family cohort to participate in EYFP in Nash County. Each family participates in a twelve session program that is designed to strengthen their relationships and empower them to lead community change. Families also take part in a weekend retreat at the Eastern 4-H Center in June, where they learn community action planning and create a vision for opioid misuse prevention in their community.
Sandy Hall
County Extension Director and Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
Worked with NC Cooperative Extension for 20+ years as the 4-H Extension Agent and in 2016 was promoted to County Extension Director.
Provided educated experiences and enrichment opportunities for youth and adults as an educator, enabling them to become productive citizens.
Her greatest desire is to inspire, cultivate and empower families to build meaningful relationships that are purposeful and honest.
Regina Moseley
Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
Family & Consumer Sciences Agent for Nash & Edgecombe Counties and was a former 4-H Agent for Hertford County.
Worked with the NC Cooperative Extension for 10 years
Enjoys working with the citizens of Nash & Edgecombe Counties.
Has a passion for helping families spend more time together and she does this through cooking programs for families.
Adrienne Williams
Program Assistant, Empowering Youth and Families Program
EYFP Program Associate for Nash County.
Former counselor and mentor trainer for an at-risk program
Advocate, artist, and instructor for special education
Enjoys working with others and building relationships.
Believes that connecting people in a positive way can be the beginning of change.
Traci Dixon
Community and Rural Development (CRD) Extension Agent for Nash County for over 10 years. The CRD program focuses on community leadership development, disaster preparedness, along with youth career and entrepreneurship.
Worked with families at a non-profit organization and in the public health area before joining NC Cooperative Extension, providing resources and information covering substance abuse, prevention, and treatment.
Larissa Mills Williams
Coordinator of Health Services at Nash County Health Department for almost 5 years.
Supervises the Health Education unit, as well as the Lead Preparedness Coordinator and Accreditation Coordinator.
Has over 14 years of public health experience.
Loves to empower people to be the best they can be in their overall health.
Program Contact Information
EYFP PA – Adrienne Williams
1006 Eastern Ave #102, Nashville, NC 27856
adwill23@ncsu.edu
nash.ces.ncsu.edu


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Here are my 5 top picks for chainsaws. I've compared electric, petrol and battery powered versions by power, weight, and ease of use.


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It's 2017, and we now know that gender-neutral toys empower kids and support cognitive development – but it wasn't always the case that toys were marketed to all kids. Inventor, educator, and software developer Janese Swanson was always interested in how kids learn. After her experiences working in the software industry and shopping for toys for her daughter, she noticed that nearly all technological toys were being marketed to boys. This marketing was leaving girls behind, and Janese realized that in order to close the gap in STEM, tech toys needed to be marketed in a way that would not exclude girls. Janese's work as an inventor laid the groundwork for kids' toys today!
Janese became a flight attendant after her school experienced lay-offs, and in her spare time she used donated laptops to teach her fellow flight attendants computer skills. She also worked as a substitute teacher during this time, inventing games that were later incorporated into the popular educational computer game Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? by Broderbund Software. Her education and teaching experience culminated in a product management role at Broderbund in the late 1980s, her first official foray into the world of tech toys.
At the time, tech toys – everything from electronic gadgets to video games – were primarily being marketed to boys. Janese realized that the solution would be to create toys that would appeal to girls and nurture their interests in STEM rather than making them feel excluded from the tech world. When she started her first company in 1992, Janese set out to make tech toys marketed to girls. However, doing so was more difficult than you'd think!
When Janese's first licensed product – the YakBak®, a handheld toy that would record and play back a child's voice – was set to be released, Janese and her daughter were excited to see a tech toy marketed to both girls and boys. But when they watched the first YakBack commercial, they were upset to see that it featured a boy using the toy to argue with and ignore his sister. After another iteration of the toy was marketed as the TalkBoy FX®, Janese knew that something had to change.
In 1998 Janese went on to sell Girl Tech to Radica Games, which is now a division of Mattel. She's also licensed tech to Hasbro and Sega – it's likely that you've played with one of Janese's inventions yourself! From the Girl Tech Password Journal to the Carmen Sandiego games, there's no doubt that Janese influenced a generation of kids with her innovations. She continues to play an important role in developing kids' brains by teaching technology and design at the Del Mar Union School District.
Although innovators like Janese Swanson paved the way for more girls and women to enter tech, there's still a lot of room for growth! Here at Tynker we're proud to be helping bridge the gender gap in STEM by letting girls learn to code – check out some of our makers here!
Register for the Tynker Hour of Code Webinar!


The North American SEM Collaborative held their SEM Summit at ACEEE Summer Study in August of 2018. The event was a huge success, with 45 participants opting out of kayaking or whale watching on the "free afternoon" to spend time in a beautiful chapel on the Asilomar campus, talking about SEM. Agenda, topics and discussion notes from the day can be found on the SEM Summit page.
Watch this recorded webinar for an overview and demonstration of the SEM Hub Energy Management Assessment (EMA) and Learning Management System (LMS).


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This experience of being a member of Anna's group coaching was totally refreshing and inspirational. I have been amazed at how listening to the other people's stories and sharing my own has been super encouraging and helpful.
Ever since I started my coaching sessions with Coaching-Pearl Moments, my life has opened up tremendously and I find myself achieving things in ways that I didn't believe I could. The accountability and the special attention that I receive from my coach has motivated me to accomplish the goals that I have established for my personal and professional development. I feel able to share my winnings and my failings without feeling judged. Instead, I get incredible, thoughtful insight and encouragement. I find myself leaving each meeting with more strength and energy than when I first started. There's nothing more satisfying then the proud feeling of accomplishing a goal and it's even more rewarding when your coach, who has been with you every step of the way, gives you the recognition of a job well done.
I took a group session with Anna recently for 5 weeks. Anna was very supportive, texting daily and ready to answer any questions. She came prepared each week with a new topic to discuss that related to what we were working on. Now it is up to me to follow through!
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Approx. altitude: 112 m (367 ft)
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Antipode: 65°S 158°E
Accuracy: 3 m (9 ft)
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12-Oct-2015 -- On our trip around Iceland on the Ring Road, we noted some potential confluences to attempt, and 65N 22W looked fairly easy. Although this confluence isn't on the Ring Road, we were taking a side trip off the Ring Road to visit the Snæfellsnes peninsula. On the map, it looked like a straightforward 2000-meter hike from the road (route 54) to the confluence point. As we left the Ring Road in the early afternoon and drove out on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, it was raining and bleak. Although route 54 is the major road onto the peninsula, on the north side it is a dirt road filled with potholes (it is paved on the south side of the peninsula). As we traveled west on route 54, we reached the point (22W) where we would need to head south on foot toward the confluence. We were careful to park on the east side of the creek as it crossed under the road, as the confluence lies east of the creek channel. There is a reasonable open area to park off the road at this location, and we hiked south up the gradual rise in elevation toward the confluence. The land is very open, with high grassy areas mixed in with open dirt and rock sections.
As we hiked toward the confluence, following the GPS readings, we realized that the high grass areas were fairly wet and swampy, and one had to try to walk on top of the larger grass clumps to keep from getting one's feet very wet. This made the going somewhat slow. There were also a few small flowing water sections to carefully cross. These were not wide, but the land around them was very boggy and saturated. When past a grassy area onto a dirt and rock section, the pace would pick up until the next swampy grass section. This pattern continued for most of the 2000 meters, but as we approached the confluence point, the terrain had changed to more dirt/rock sections than grassy sections, as the gradient has gotten a little steeper. The rain had mostly stopped for the hike, but the weather was still gray and a bit windy, and there were intermittent sprinklings of rain. We reached the confluence point in a non-descript dirt and rock section (and were glad it was not in one of the boggy grassy sections). Pictures were taken, confluence dances were done, and we headed back to the car. We took a different route back to try and avoid the grassy swamp areas by working our way west to the creek channel and then following that north. There were faint trails along the creek, and the going was much easier with little to no wet areas. With the creek carving a reasonable channel, any standing water nearby would drain into the creek, keeping the land near the channel edge fairly free of swampy sections.
Future confluence seekers should consider following the creek bed south for 2000 meters from the road and then working east toward the confluence rather than taking the direct line as we did, it will make for faster and easier travel.
#1: Looking north from the confluence. The fjord is visible in the distance.
#2: Looking east from the confluence.
#3: Looking south from the confluence.
#4: Looking west from the confluence.
#5: GPS reading from the confluence.
#6: Creek channel to the west of the confluence. Following this creek to visit the confluence point is recommended over taking a direct line from the road.
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Abstrakt: The paper analyzes marginal modal elements in English from the perspective of their morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties. More precisely, it presents the hypothesis that the status of central modal verbs is related to three properties - a modal polyfunctionality, the absence of agreement, and operator properties. The paper divides structures traditionally labelled as marginal modals into operator and non-operator elements. In terms of operator elements such as need, dare, ought, and shall, it shows how the polyfunctionality, agreement, and syntactic properties are interrelated and result in the idiosyncratic behavior of each individual member. With non-operator elements such as be going, have got to, and want, the paper illustrates that polyfunctionality may trigger the development towards operator behavior by the formation of non-agreeing structures such as gonna, wanna, and gotta.
MACHOVÁ, Dagmar. An alternative analysis of marginal modals. In: Language Use and Linguistic Structure [online]. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014, s. 87-98. [cit. 2019-04-22]. Dostupné z: http://olinco.upol.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/olinco-2013-proceedings.pdf#page=88.


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Q: Get list of IDs of Facebook post likers, commenters and sharers? How can I get the actual Facebook IDs of all people who liked, commented (+replied to comments or liked comments) or shared a post (e.g. a post by a person or a FB page).
Looking for a programmatic solution in PHP.
(I am not familiar with programming for Facebook and their API)

A: I would advise you to try to dive in a topic yourself before asking help. These kind of questions are all over internet and are easy to find.
That said; you can use the /sharedposts edge on Graph Objects. Starting from there, you can dive into the documentation of the Graph API.
edit: To be more explicit, you can't just get all of the people. You have to use the /sharedposts endpoint to get the posts. You will only receive the posts that are accessible to your app; e.g. specific user (privacy) settings are taken into account.
If you have the ID of a post, say 1234_5678, you can get these by calling:
https://graph.facebook.com/1234_5678/sharedposts?access_token=[access_token]
If you are unfamiliar with the Facebook Graph API, asking for just the code won't help; it's not a single call and you would need to implement authentication / app access token. So that's why you need to dive in yourself; the documentation is pretty good resource to get started.

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Find old posts on Facebook will no longer be such an intricate task. This week, the company implemented an update on your service seeks to facilitate the location of posts that have passed through your timeline, both those of his own as the content shared by contacts.
In early 2013, Facebook has put in place the Graph Search (in Brazil, Social Search), a sophisticated system of research that allows the user to find information about people, places, interests, among others. With it, you can, for example, find out which friends like the show Breaking Bad (enter phrases like "my friends who like Breaking Bad" in the Facebook search field to check).
The latest update comes to make the most comprehensive Graph Search. If you want to find a publication related to the birthday of a friend in 2011, you can enter terms like "John Doe 2011 birthday" in the search field of the social network.
As usual, the functionality is being implemented gradually. Initially, the update will only work in user accounts in the United States using the web version or, marking the definitive arrival of the advanced search to iOS, service apps for iPhone and iPad. The company did not forecast when the novelty will be available to all accounts, regardless of language or platform.
In his statement , Facebook hinted that the update has been developed based on suggestions from users, although it has not explained the delay of why to implement it – if the Graph Search is sophisticated enough to meet people and common interests, example, is to imagine that the location of specific posts do not show much more complex.


Residential Life at Mathcamp is a taste of college life: students live in college dorms, eat in the college dining hall, and enjoy much of the flexibility and responsibility of a college student.
During week days, the academic schedule is packed with classes – but you choose what classes to go to and when. The dorms are quiet during the day, but you'll find students working on problem sets or projects or taking a break to do a load of laundry. The Mathcamp office is staffed during the day, so any time you need something (to borrow a library book for your project, or to turn dollars into quarters for your laundry...), you can drop by.
During evenings and weekends, no classes are scheduled. It's a chance to rest and prepare for the next day or the next week. You can hang out with your friends, talk over interesting material with teachers, or enjoy some reading or sports. Computer labs are available for e-mail and web browsing. The camp lounges are often filled with board games and card games, ping pong, and conversation.
In the main lounge there is a giant schedule board. Anyone – staff or student – is welcome to post there. You can put up a sign for an Ultimate Frisbee game you'd like to start, a Scrabble tournament you'd like to run, or a Diplomacy game you'd like to play in. The staff will also put up different kinds of activities, from rehearsals for the camp a capella groups (the Contrapositones and the Kernel) to evening seminars to contradance. It's not long before the "off" time becomes just as busy as the rest of camp!
Activities at camp are always optional: you have the freedom to work on your own, go off-campus with friends, or do whatever suits you best.


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Q: Take a photo using camera and store it in sqlite database I am new to android.  I created an application for taking a photo using android phone and saving that photo in a Sqlite database.  But this code is not running.  I am unable to find the error in the program.  Please help me.
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    private static final int CAMERA_REQUEST = 0;
    public ImageView imageView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        imageView =(ImageView) findViewById(R.id.image);
         Button B = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.camera);

         B.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
                startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, CAMERA_REQUEST);
            }

         });

    }

     protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
          ImageHelper help= new ImageHelper(this);
            if (requestCode == CAMERA_REQUEST) {
                Bitmap photo = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");
                imageView.setImageBitmap(photo);
                ByteArrayOutputStream out=new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                photo.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG,100,out);
                byte ByteArr[]=out.toByteArray();
                help.insert(ByteArr);
            }
     }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }

}

Database code
public class ImageHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {

private static final String DATABASE_NAME="image";
private static final int DATABASE_VERSION=1;

public ImageHelper(Context context) {
    super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}

@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE Image(_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,imageblob BLOB);");
}

@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

public Cursor getAll() {
    return(getReadableDatabase().rawQuery("SELECT imageblob FROM Image",null));
}

public void insert(byte Byte[]){
     ContentValues cv=new ContentValues();
     cv.put("imageblob",Byte);
    Log.e("inserted","inserted");
    getWritableDatabase().insert("image","imageblob",cv);

}

public byte[] getImage(Cursor c)
{
   return(c.getBlob(1));
}
}

A: It would be easier to say with LogCat... What is the error ?
It's not the question but i advice you to store image URI as String instead of a byte array in sqlite database.
To get URI from byte array :
        String path = Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(), ImageInByte,
                "title", null);

        Uri imageUri = Uri.parse(path);

        String uriString = uriMyLogo.toString() ;

And to get Image from URI
                Uri imageUri = Uri.parse(uriString);

                Bitmap image = null;
                try {
                    image = Media.getBitmap(this.getContentResolver(), imageUri );
                } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }


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New Russian banknote marks annexation of Crimea
Friday, November 13, 2015 8:42:25 AM
According to reports of the TASS news agency, a 100 ruble banknote commemorating Moscow's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 will appear in Russia next month.This comes as an act of defiance against world opinion.
Russia's annexation of Crimea followed the ouster of Ukraine's pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, and has been widely condemned as an illegal act by world leaders. This, and a prolonged fighting between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in the east of the …
Crimean MP arrested by Ukrainian authorities
Sunday, September 27, 2015 11:51:00 AM
Crimean MP, Vladimir Galichiy, has been arrested at the border with Ukraine.
According to ruinformer.com, Vladimir Galichiy has been detained attempting to cross the border from Ukraine to Crimea.
According to the ruling of the Pechersky district court of Kiev, the 49 Crimean MP who last year voted in favor of the Crimea referendum were put on a wanted list. They have been charged with treason by Ukrainian authorities.
Vladimir Galichiy is one of the 49 and the first to be arrested by …
Three-year sentence for criticizing Putin
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 9:43:00 AM
A 56-year-old Rafis Kashalov has been sentenced by a Russian court to three years imprisonment over social network posts criticizing Russia's annexation of Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine. The prosecution claimed - and judge Dan Shakurov in the Naberezhnye Chelny court accepted – that these were 'public calls to violate Russian territorial integrity' and 'hate speech.' This is the first prosecution and verdict on charges under the new Article 280.1 § 2, and has, as feared, been used …
Berlusconi visits annexed Crimea
Friday, September 11, 2015 9:48:00 AM
Silvio Berlusconi, Former Italian Prime Minister arrived with a "private visit" in the Crimea annexed by Russia.
Berlusconi arrived on September 11 in Yalta, where he plans to take in the sights and have "several meetings".
As admitted in the Kremlin on September 9, during the trip Berlusconi could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Berlusconi is also expected to visit Sevastopol, and then go to Moscow and return to Italy on 13 September.
Earlier this year Berlusconi, who is a …


When it comes to back pain, there are some causes that are blatantly obvious, for example you bent down to pick something up and felt a twinge and now it hurts to walk; while others might have you a little more confused – you woke up in the morning and all of a sudden you can't bend down without pain shooting through your body.
Back pain can be debilitating, regardless of if it's minor or major. It can stop you from doing the activities you'd normally do, particularly things like bike riding or kicking the ball around with your kids, and if it isn't taken care of early, it can lead to much bigger issues. The majority of back pain that people get hits the lower back, and often, no cause can be found. Less than 10% of people who have lower back pain will actually develop chronic pain that lasts for months or years. So that's a good sign.
Rather than self-diagnose, your best bet is to go and see your local physical therapist in Jersey City and they'll be able to help you pinpoint the cause and the effect of your pain. If necessary they can also refer you to your doctor or hospital for further testing.
If you have already booked yourself an appointment but you're still curious as to the various causes of back pain, we've come up with a list to help guide you.
The basic causes of back pain include carrying or lifting something, twisting, coughing, bending over for long periods of time, sneezing, standing for too long, pulling or pushing something heavy, stretching too far, hunching your shoulders and back (for example when you're sitting at a computer all day or driving the car); and long periods of driving.
This is generally caused by lifting something in the wrong way. If you don't have the correct posture when you pick something heavy up, you risk straining your muscles and ligaments. It can also cause a muscle spasm which will provide you discomfort.
There are five types of structural pain that can cause back pain. Arthritis is one of the most common and people who suffer from osteoarthritis cane experience problems in their hips, lower back, knees and their hands. Another is curvature of the spine, also known as scoliosis. This is when the spine curves to the side, causing pain. A ruptured disk in the spine will cause increased pressure on a nerve, shooting pack through your back; bulging disks are similar; while sciatica is a shooting pain that goes through your buttock and into your leg (this is common with pregnant women due to the added weight on their pelvis).
If you also have a fever, weight loss that is unexplained, bladder or bowel problems, or the pain is much worse when you're lying down, go to the doctor or hospital right away.
According to research, the bad news is that in around 85% of cases for people with back pain won't be able to find the cause. But the good news is, that you if you have a physical therapist on hand that you trust, they will be able to help you to do the right exercises and provide you with the right massages to at least give you a little bit of relief.
Treatments might include things like chiropractic services that will focus on alleviating pain through the gentle manipulation of the spine; and medical massage which delves into the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia of your problem areas to help relieve your back pain (and accompanying pain, such as headaches and neck pain).
You might also consider spinal decompression therapy which involves use of a technological device that effectively treats things like herniated and degenerative discs, sciatica and spinal stenosis; and physical therapy – which includes a number of different procedures aimed at helping to get your back in working order again as soon as possible through myofascial release techniques, the use of heat, dry hydrotherapy and exercises.


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School Food Authority Timelines:
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June 21 - New Contracts and Renewals must be signed/executed and provided to TDA.
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We must recognize that when Apple introduced its first dual-camera phone last year, the iPhone 7 Plus, managed to attract the eyes of many fans of mobile photography. The launch of this device opened a path for those looking for something more , a path that has continued with the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X.
And if something was attractive for this terminal was the so-called Portrait Mode, an effect that manages to mimic that of SLR cameras. For those who do not know, it consists of leaving the main object to be clearly photographed and blurring the background . Also known as the bokeh effect , it delights its users, and with the iPhone 8 Plus and its vertical lighting mode improved effects are achieved.
But I have an iPhone 6!
If you have a previous model to the 7 series, or an iPhone "no Plus" you can also take pictures with this effect thanks to a free application called Patch. Once downloaded and installed, you must select a photograph, ideally with good light , and where there is a person or object that is well differentiated and that you want to highlight. The application will analyze the image and apply the blur effect you were looking for.
Normally the results are good, in any case if there is an image of which you have not been satisfied you can try to edit it yourself . This way you will be able to leave that image to your liking. As you can see it is a simple and automatic process.
You can also try this other application, and it only costs 1 euro and a few cents. We speak of Bokeh Lens, with a careful interface and that is quite complete. Its use is very similar and it is easy to use, giving very nice results . Your photos taken to another extreme.
So you have no excuse, no need to have an iPhone 7 Plus, an iPhone 8 Plus or an iPhone X to dazzle with your photos in Portrait Mode. Do you dare to try?


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"A sweeping history of the origins, development, and future of herbaria and their role in plant consternation." —The American Gardener
Since the 1500s, scientists have documented the plants and fungi that grew around them, organizing the specimens into collections. Known as herbaria, these archives helped give rise to botany as its own scientific endeavor.
Herbarium is a fascinating enquiry into this unique field of plant biology, exploring how herbaria emerged and have changed over time, who promoted and contributed to them, and why they remain such an important source of data for their new role: understanding how the world's flora is changing. Barbara Thiers, director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden, also explains how recent innovations that allow us to see things at both the molecular level and on a global scale can be applied to herbaria specimens, helping us address some of the most critical problems facing the world today.


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Q: Ordinals in words javascript Is there any elegant way how to get ordinals in word format in js/coffee?
Something like this:
ordinalInWord(1) # => "first"
ordinalInWord(2) # => "second"
ordinalInWord(5) # => "fifth"

A: Here's a solution for anything up to 64-bit max. I can't imagine why you'd need it, but why is never the question.
var nth = function(i){
  var n = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen", "fourteen", "fifteen", "sixteen", "seventeen", "eighteen", "nineteen"];
  var s = ["zeroth", "first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth", "seventh", "eighth", "ninth", "tenth",
       "eleventh", "twelfth", "thirteenth", "fourteenth", "fifteenth", "sixteenth", "seventeenth", "eighteenth", "nineteenth"];
  var p = ["twent", "thirt", "fourt", "fift", "sixt", "sevent", "eight", "ninet"];
  var c = ["hundred", "thousand", "million", "billion", "trillion", "quadrillion", "quintillion"];
  var b = Math.floor(Math.log10(i));
  if(i<20) return s[i]; // Special case for sub-20
  if(b==1){ // Between 21 and 99
    if(i%10 === 0) return p[Math.floor(i/10)-2]+"ieth"; // On the tens, return p+"ieth"
    return p[Math.floor(i/10)-2] + "y-" + s[i%10]; // Otherwise, return hyphenated
  }
  if(b==2){ // Between 100 and 999
      var e = Math.floor(i/Math.pow(10,b)); // The first number
      return n[e-1]+"-"+c[0]+" "+nth(i-(e*Math.pow(10,b)));
  }
  // Greater than 1000 we break into groups of 10^3 followed by a multiplier
  var m = b%3 + 1; // Take the first m digits off
  var cm = Math.floor(b/3);
  var x = Math.floor(i/Math.pow(10,b-m+1));
  var numberToString = function(y){ // Converts a number less than 1000 to its string representation as a multiplier
    if(y<20) return n[y-1];
    if(y<100) return p[Math.floor(y/10)-2] + "y-" + n[y%10-1];
    return n[Math.floor(y/100)-1] + " " + c[0] + " " + numberToString(y-(Math.floor(y/100)*100));
  }
  return numberToString(x) + " " + c[cm] + " " + nth(i-(x*Math.pow(10, b-m+1)));
}

A: A bit late to the party, but what about this?
const numberToOrdinal = (n) => {
  const s = ['th', 'st', 'nd', 'rd'];
  const v = n % 100;
  return n + (s[(v - 20) % 10] || s[v] || s[0]);
};

A: I'm afraid the ordinals aren't regular enough to avoid typing each of them out.
function ordinalInWord( cardinal ) {
    var ordinals = [ 'zeroth', 'first', 'second', 'third' /* and so on */ ];

    return ordinals[ cardinal ];
}

If you need the function work past 20, you can take advantage of the pattern that emerges:
function ordinalInWord( cardinal ) {
    var ordinals = [ 'zeroth', 'first', 'second', 'third' /* and so on up to "twentieth" */ ];
    var tens = {
        20: 'twenty',
        30: 'thirty',
        40: 'forty' /* and so on up to 90 */
    };
    var ordinalTens = {
        30: 'thirtieth',
        40: 'fortieth',
        50: 'fiftieth' /* and so on */
    };

    if( cardinal <= 20 ) {
        return ordinals[ cardinal ];
    }

    if( cardinal % 10 === 0 ) {
        return ordinalTens[ cardinal ];
    }

    return tens[ cardinal - ( cardinal % 10 ) ] + ordinals[ cardinal % 10 ];
}

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/AQCqK/
Expanding that to work past 99 shouldn't be difficult.


What if you had an employee who never came in late, got sick or took a day off, and worked tirelessly to promote your business but asked nothing in return? Is this too good to be true? You actually have this employee—it is the shelf-talker. Shelf-talkers are sometimes called the silent salespeople of retail because they work wherever they are assigned to promote your business and boost your retail sales.
Stop for a minute and think about the last time you visited the wine or gourmet cheese section of your favorite grocery store. You probably saw a variety of shelf-talkers on display. Some of them probably drew you in, even if you were not aware of it. What attracted you in the grocery store can be applied to how you create and use shelf-talkers in your skin care facility.
Many product lines will provide these as marketing support items; and, with a little creativity, a computer, or perhaps a camera and a digital photo album, you can inexpensively create a team of effective silent salespeople of your own. Use quality paper to print your messages and display them in attractive picture frames. Select frames that fit with your products, color theme or brand. Look for frames in various sizes to use in retail displays at the front desk, in the client bathrooms and in your treatment rooms.
Shelf-talkers have three main job functions: to entice, to inspire and to educate. When creating a shelf-talker, the best way to begin is by identifying its main purpose.
To entice. One job function for the shelf-talker is to entice clients to stop, look at the product and read the message. A key factor leading to a retail sale is the amount of time a client spends looking at or interacting with a product. Shelf-talker messages can be as simple as "Try me!" "New product!" or "New for the season!" Asking a question is an easy way to get attention. One of my favorites is "Hot date tonight?" Think about how effective the "Got milk?" ad campaign has been, and the power of a simple question becomes evident.
To inspire. You probably have a good idea what skin issues are most common with your clientele. Your shelf-talker can help you inspire your clients to purchase products that meet their needs. Is time an issue? Consider using a shelf-talker that states: "In 10 minutes a day, you can begin to erase those dark spots." The job of the shelf-talker in this instance is to not only attract the attention of the client, but also to address a problem or need, and provide a product-based solution.
To educate. With the wide range of product ingredients, your clients may feel overwhelmed with trying to determine the best ones for their skin. Use your shelf-talkers to highlight a professional product ingredient and share a benefit, the history or uses of that ingredient. You might highlight a specific ingredient, such as green tea. Combine your shelf-talker with a display of the product, some green tea leaves and serve them some green tea in an elegant cup and you are on your way to increasing sales through education.
Now that you have decided which type of shelf-talker to create for your products, consider adding a dash of humor. Getting a chuckle from your clients will make them remember the product and the message. Do you have a pumpkin enzyme facial? You might use a display of pumpkins, pumpkin pie mix and the message: "Pumpkin—it's not just for pie anymore." You might include product samples and a take-home card to remind clients about the benefits of pumpkin.
Also, don't let your shelf-talkers get stale. Displays and shelf-talkers shsould be changed monthly.
Remember: A shelf-talker can do so much more than just share the price of your retail products.
Patti Biro is the owner and founder of Patti Biro and Associates, a consulting firm specializing in planning and providing innovative continuing education in the spa and wellness industry. She is a frequent presenter on the regional, national and international circuits, and will speak at Face & Body® Midwest 2013. She can be contacted at 760-712-7385 or info@pattibiro.com.


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Hawara acquitted in 24-yr-old blast case
LUDHIANA: The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Atul Kasana today acquitted Jagtar Singh Hawara, the assassin of former Chief Minister Beant Singh, in a 24-year-old case of bomb blast that took place near Clock Tower here.
Posted: Dec 10, 2019 07:14 AM (IST)
Updated : 1 month ago
Jagtar Singh Hawara
editorial@tribune.com
Rajneesh Lakhanpal
Legal Correspondent
Ludhiana, December 9
The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Atul Kasana today acquitted Jagtar Singh Hawara, the assassin of former Chief Minister Beant Singh, in a 24-year-old case of bomb blast that took place near Clock Tower here.
Pronouncing the verdict, the court held the prosecution failed to prove the charges levelled against the accused. Hawara was accused of conspiring the bomb blast in which 23 persons were injured, besides attempt to murder.
A case was registered on December 6, 1995, at Kotwal police station. Hawara was nominated in this case on December 11, 1995.
The police had filed a chargsheet on August 5,1996. Another accused Bikramjit Singh was acquitted by the then Additional Sessions Judge Sunil Arora.
Two more accused Baljinder Singh and Pritam Singh were declared proclaimed offenders. While one another accused Paramjit Singh Bheora was discharged by the local court on September 30, 2016.
The case proceedings began following an application moved by Hawara's lawyer Jaspal Singh Manjpur on May 26, 2015. The court had framed charges against him on May 12, 2017. The prosecution concluded its evidence on April 29, 2019, but none of the injured witnesses identified him in the court. The accused had pleaded innocence and claimed false implication. The defence lawyer also assailed the prosecution story with the claim that there were glaring contradictions in the case. After hearing the arguments of both parties, the court acquitted Hawara, giving him benefit of doubt.
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We aim to provide a stimulating, structured and caring environment in which all children are enabled to reach their full potential.
Our vision statement is 'Dream, Believe, Work, Achieve' which summarises our growth mindset approach to learning. Our vision statement is agreed and reviewed annually by staff and governors alongside setting targets in our school development plan.
Provide a happy environment that is caring, nurturing and supportive for all those who work in our school.
Treat children as individuals and encourage them to realise their full potential.
Provide a curriculum that enables children to acquire the knowledge and skills to fit them for adult life in accordance with national legislation.
Show children how to live in a safe way and to develop good social skills and a tolerance of one another.
Forge links with the wider community.
Teach our children an awareness of their role in the wider world.
Encourage an awareness of others through links with other faith communities, assemblies and special events.


PhD Dissertation Title:"Research and digital parametric design tools – a respective active relationship among materials, construction and software".
School of Architecture | Faculty of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
(Supervisor – Professor, Architect Engineer), Z. Karamanou (Professor, Architect Engineer), & K.Tsouros (Professor of the General Department of Computer Studies).
An collaboration computational design, configuration and data-base shows a new design to which contribute many disciplines, from computer science to the science of materials, which reaches a depth of biology and chemistry. The new architect, to be able to succeed on his role, should have knowledge in many areas. Because the planning process realizes the building as a whole, so to be able to 'visualize' and designed a project must have in mind from the beginning that all these tools combine and use that's given.
By combining computational design, smart materials and parameters emerges a new vision of design, which includes variation information, interaction with the user as well as a point artificial intelligence (AI). With the continuous exchange of information and data flow is achieved interaction while combining computational design and databases to some extent the notion 'intelligence' as a correction of some errors in the design process.
The opinions on the existing new ways of design, composition and thinking, are divergent. In this thesis, supported the strengthening of a research field with a target variable parametric and interactive architecture and construction control that meets the greatest desires of man – user. This can be achieved by a combination – cooperation of different – but with so much in common – branches as previously reported. Their role is not to replace the 'traditional' ways of planning and construction, but to develop and strengthen them.
In this paper will explore the interactive relationships around software design in relation to the design of flexible parametric models, improve them and whether they are possible collaborations with other industries. Specifically analyze more ways design process via computer, and ways and techniques scripting, processing have epistemic and aesthetic impact on the design and making of architecture.
The purpose of this research is to investigate whether the software design can inform the design of flexible parametric models automatically in real time. The «common ground» between programming and parametric modeling in architecture. The practices of software engineering can be connected to the practices of parametric modeling, to create intelligent parametric models and to consider the implications of this relationship for architecture in general.


I'm using arch linux and gimp 2.10.10.
Last week I created some retouched photographs, with many layers, as usual.
Every time I exported them in png or tiff I got them extremely underexposed with a reddish color dominant.
An export in jpg resulted in a light and overexposed image.
When uploaded to flickr these pngs they were given as created with darktable 2.
Since they had been taken into gimp from darktable, which was the software I have associated to gimp for conversion from the original nikon nef, I educatedly guessed that this ws the problem (a png export from a correctly converted nef by nikon software worked flawlessly).
Anybody has suggestion about how to save my work?
It took many hours to create this final image.
Likely some color management problem, but hard to tell without seeing the image. Any warnings about color profiles?


Angela Lansbury was the first to sing this song, when she played the title role in the Broadway musical, Mame. In the story, after Mame had experienced the Wall Street Crash of October 24, 1929, and faced personal financial disaster, she determined that everybody would feel better if they would simply launch the Christmas season early.
Catalonia is an autonomous community in the northeast corner of Spain, bordered on the north by France, and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. The title of the carol that is the basis of Randall Stanridge's band arrangement is El Noi de la Mare, which translates as "The child of the mother." The lyrics ask what we should give to the Mother's Child? It suggests raisons, figs, nuts, olives, honey, and fresh cheese.
In March 1892 Russian composer Tchaikovsky presented eight musical numbers drawn from his yet-to-be performed Nutcracker Ballet. The setting of the ballet is that of a child's dream following a family Christmas party.
The operetta, Babes in Toyland, relates the story of orphans who flee their problematic lives, arriving in a fantasyland. Within this operetta is this grand march, which was subsequently published for theater orchestra, and then for the Sousa Band.


Sheffield Theatres will present SHOW BOAT for Christmas 2015, directed by Daniel Evans. This version, not before seen in the UK, was first presented at the Goodspeed Opera House, Connecticut, where it was adapted and directed by Rob Ruggerio. With music by Jerome Kern, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and based on Edna Ferber's novel, SHOW BOAT spans 40 pivotal years in American history, and follows the lives and loves of three generations aboard a show boat as it plies the Mississippi River. One of the most romantic musicals of all time, this lavish new production features classic standards of musical theatre, including "Make Believe," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," and the landmark anthem, "Ol' Man River."
"I'm looking forward to directing a seminal work of American musical theatre, SHOW BOAT, our most ambitious Christmas production to date," said Evans in a statement, who will be joined by a creative team including Lez Brotherston (designer) and Alistair David (choreographer). SHOW BOAT will play at the Sheffield's Crucible Theatre from 10 December 2015 through 16 January 2016.


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Chop (, ) is a railway station that is located in a small city of Chop, Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine. It is part of the Uzhhorod administration (Lviv Railways).

General description
The station is an important transportation hub and gateway to Ukraine. There are two border checkpoints: Strazh for Slovakia and Druzhba for Hungary. The station serves passengers and freight trains. Among the services provided at the station is only embarkment and disembarkment of passengers for commuter and regional lines.

Locomotive depot
The station also contains a locomotive depot that services locomotives. Currently there are no locomotive units assigned to the depot and all M62, ChME3, and D1 multiple units were transferred either to Mukacheve or Koroleve locomotive depots.

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External links

 Chop railway station

!Previous station!!!!Operator!!!!Next Station

Railway stations in Zakarpattia Oblast
Lviv Railways stations
1872 establishments in Austria-Hungary
Slovakia–Ukraine border crossings
Hungary–Ukraine border crossings
Ferenc Pfaff railway stations
Railway stations in Slovakia opened in the 20th century
Railway stations in Slovakia opened in the 19th century

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Penal Code - PENAL
§ 8.07
Texas Penal Code - PENAL § 8.07. Age Affecting Criminal Responsibility
(a) A person may not be prosecuted for or convicted of any offense that the person committed when younger than 15 years of age except:
(1) perjury and aggravated perjury when it appears by proof that the person had sufficient discretion to understand the nature and obligation of an oath;
(2) a violation of a penal statute cognizable under Chapter 729, Transportation Code, except for conduct for which the person convicted may be sentenced to imprisonment or confinement in jail;
(3) a violation of a motor vehicle traffic ordinance of an incorporated city or town in this state;
(4) a misdemeanor punishable by fine only;
(5) a violation of a penal ordinance of a political subdivision;
(6) a violation of a penal statute that is, or is a lesser included offense of, a capital felony, an aggravated controlled substance felony, or a felony of the first degree for which the person is transferred to the court under Section 54.02, Family Code , for prosecution if the person committed the offense when 14 years of age or older; or
(7) a capital felony or an offense under Section 19.02 for which the person is transferred to the court under Section 54.02(j)(2)(A), Family Code .
(b) Unless the juvenile court waives jurisdiction under Section 54.02, Family Code , and certifies the individual for criminal prosecution or the juvenile court has previously waived jurisdiction under that section and certified the individual for criminal prosecution, a person may not be prosecuted for or convicted of any offense committed before reaching 17 years of age except an offense described by Subsections (a)(1)-(5).
(c) No person may, in any case, be punished by death for an offense committed while the person was younger than 18 years.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person may not be prosecuted for or convicted of an offense described by Subsection (a)(4) or (5) that the person committed when younger than 10 years of age.
(e) A person who is at least 10 years of age but younger than 15 years of age is presumed incapable of committing an offense described by Subsection (a)(4) or (5), other than an offense under a juvenile curfew ordinance or order. This presumption may be refuted if the prosecution proves to the court by a preponderance of the evidence that the actor had sufficient capacity to understand that the conduct engaged in was wrong at the time the conduct was engaged in. The prosecution is not required to prove that the actor at the time of engaging in the conduct knew that the act was a criminal offense or knew the legal consequences of the offense.
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Soldiers Bay, a location near St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda; see Blue Waters Hotel

Soldiers Bay, a location in Te Atatū Peninsula, New Zealand; see Beach Haven, New Zealand


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In the late 1970's, Autotrol Corporation developed an air-driven Rotating Biological Contactor (RBC). Air cups were added to the periphery of the RBC media and an air header was placed on the tank floor, just offset from the centerline of the RBC. Diffused air was captured by the air cups, which caused the RBC to rotate. Air-driven RBCs gained quick acceptance by the wastewater and water treatment industry.


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The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a stark reminder that while the river can give life, it can just as easily take it away. Wagadhaany is one of the lucky ones. She survives. But is her life now better than the fate she escaped? Forced to move away from her miyagan, she walks through each day with no trace of dance in her step, her broken heart forever calling her back home to Gundagai.
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The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home
By: Joanna Nell
Narrated by: Julie Nihill
At nearly 90, retired nature writer Hattie Bloom prefers the company of birds to people, but when a fall lands her in a nursing home, she struggles to cope with the loss of independence and privacy. From the confines of her 'room with a view' of the carpark, she dreams of escape. A fellow 'inmate', the gregarious would-be comedian Walter Clements, also plans on returning home as soon as he is fit and able to take charge of his mobility scooter.
The Bone Code
By: Kathy Reichs
Narrated by: Linda Emond
On the way to Isle of Palms, a barrier island off the South Carolina coast, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan receives a call from the Charleston coroner. During the storm, a medical waste container has washed up on the beach. Inside are two decomposed bodies wrapped in plastic sheeting and bound with electrical wire. Chillingly, Tempe recognizes many details as identical to those of an unsolved case she handled in Quebec 15 years earlier.
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The Last Night in London
By: Karen White
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld
London, 1939. Beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. When Eva falls in love with Graham St. John, an aristocrat and Royal Air Force pilot, she can't believe her luck - she's getting everything she ever wanted. Then the Blitz devastates her world, and Eva finds herself slipping into a web of intrigue, spies and secrets. As Eva struggles to protect everything she holds dear, all it takes is one unwary moment to change their lives forever.
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Summer of Serenity
By: Nicola Marsh
Narrated by: Kellie Crawford
Upstanding principal Jy Atherton dreads the next four weeks. As punishment for crossing his bosses, he's been lumped with the inglorious task of assessing Acacia Haven's tiny school with its, dare he say, "hippie" curriculum. With the lowest test scores in the state, it's no wonder shutting it down is practically a foregone conclusion. But then he crosses paths with a spitfire who knocks him for six - pity he's already public enemy number one....
By: Candice Fox
Narrated by: Lani John Tupu
People come to Hades Archer to dispose of their 'problems' - for a fee. But one night he makes a decision that will change everything. Twenty years later, homicide detective Frank Bennett meets his new partner, the dark and beautiful Eden Archer. But there's something strange about Eden and her brother, Eric. Something he can't quite put his finger on. And as they race to catch a serial killer, Frank starts to wonder if she's as dangerous as the man they hunt.
Great story & riveting narrater
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The Daughter's Tale
By: Armando Lucas Correa
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
New York City, 2015: Elise Duval, 80 years old, receives a phone call from a woman recently arrived from Cuba bearing messages from a time and country that she's long forgotten. A French Catholic who arrived in New York after World War II, Elise is forever changed when the woman arrives with letters written to Elise from her mother in German during the war. Berlin, 1939: Bookstore owner and recent widow Amanda Sternberg is fleeing Nazi Germany with her two young daughters, heading towards unoccupied France. Their freedom is short-lived.
Sad story.
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A powerful novel from master storyteller Jackie French
The soldiers she saved called her the Angel of Waterloo.
The husband she loved and lost called her Hen.
The patients she treated in secret called her Auntie Love.
She was Henrietta Bartlett, a surgeon's daughter, a survivor of the Napoleonic Wars. But now the battlefield is just a blood-soaked memory, and Hen dreams of peace, a home, and a society that allows women to practise medicine.
On the other side of the world, the newly founded colony of New South Wales seems a paradise. But Europe's wars cast long shadows....
From best-selling author Jackie French comes the story of one woman's journey from the hell of Waterloo to colonial Australia, where she can forge her own dreams in a land of many nations.
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Minimum wage hikes sending restaurants the way of the shopping mall?
By Brittany De LeaFOXBusiness
Minimum wage increases crushing restaurants: Willie Degel
Willie 'The Steak Doctor' Degel provides insight into the state of small business.
Eighteen states raised their minimum wages at the start of 2018, but increasing labor costs are strangling the dining industry so much that restaurants could soon face the same fate as shopping malls.
"I think you're going to see thousands of restaurants close their doors," Willie Degel, "Restaurant Stakeout" host and CEO of Uncle Jack's Steakhouse, told FOX Business. "Fine dining is going to go by the wayside."
The downward cycle seems daunting to Degel and other industry insiders. As costs rise, only so much of the burden can be passed along to consumers in the form of price hikes before they decide they cannot afford the expense.
"When we increase in prices … we see guest count go down," Degel noted. "The consumer is not willing to pay for the experience then."
Michael Mabry, president of MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes, told FOX Business throughout recent years he also turned to price increases in order to balance out swelling costs. However, at the first opportunity, he brought menu prices back down by 10%.
In addition to raising prices, businesses often cope with minimum wage increases by firing staff. Last week, casual dining chain Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ:RRGB) announced it would eliminate busboy positions at 570 restaurant locations. Degel said he got rid of busboys at his New York restaurants two years ago, and has more recently turned to staff cuts "across the board."
"I can't fire any other people or I can't even do my business," he said.
Many business owners have turned to technology to both compensate for the loss of labor and to reduce expenses. Some restaurants, including Chili's and Applebee's, have already replaced servers with tableside tablets for placing orders and paying bills.
But technology has had another effect. Services like GrubHub (NYSE:GRUB) are beginning to change the nature of the dining experience for consumers, who can enjoy a meal from their favorite restaurants without ever having to step foot inside. Similar to the way e-commerce triggered a shift in the retail industry, mobile orders and delivery could deepen existing trends for restaurateurs by transforming the traditional, in-house meal.
Who suffers from these trends? One answer is low-skilled and entry-level workers, who are often the first layer of staff cut when profits run thin or new technologies are introduced.
"I think it's a real problem for people with low educational attainment and a low basic skills base," Iain Murray, vice president for strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told FOX Business. "That sets you in a trend whereby it's very difficult … to gain the extra skills to [get] a job even at minimum wage. That sets you in for long-term unemployment."
Michael Saltsman, director of the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), said that his first job at age 15 was working as a busboy, where he had "no particular skills" but the business took a "chance" on him.
"[It is] drilling down to people who are young, who aren't enrolled in school … [a demographic with] unemployment rates that are three to four times the overall [national] unemployment rate," he said
Minimum wage increases expected in 18 states in January
Red Robin eliminates bus boys as restaurants combat minimum wage hikes
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This year, the youth unemployment rate in July was 54.8%, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate clocked in at 4.3%. But Degel's situation, as a small business owner and entrepreneur, suggests that the suffering is even more widespread.
"We've been attacked every which way," he said. "Now I'm in the make-believe business because I don't make money anymore."
Degel is not alone. Last year a number of restaurant chains made the difficult decision to close locations, including Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN), the parent company of Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba's Italian Grill, which closed 43 restaurants; Howard Johnson's, which closed for good; and Pollo Tropical, which shuttered 30 stores.
Both Murray and Degel agree that having politicians with business experience could help mitigate the damage and help work toward a solution that better satisfies all parties involved.
"I suspect that most of the people who are promoting [minimum wage hikes] ... have not actually owned or managed a business that exists with razor-thin margins," Murray said.
In addition to the 18 states and 20 cities that raised their minimum wages on Jan. 1, three more states will implement a hike later this year.


Being such a light batter, tempura is perfect for oysters. Use fresh vegetable oil in this recipe, otherwise your beautiful oysters will taste old and tired.
Use a teaspoon to remove the oysters from their shells, then place them in a small bowl. Put the shells on a serving platter. Heat the oil to 180C in a wok or a deep saucepan.
Gently coat the oysters in rice flour, shaking off the excess. Dip the oysters into the batter and deep-fry for 3-4 minutes until crisp. Remove the oysters from the oil using a slotted spoon, then drain on a paper towel and sprinkle with a generous pinch of sea salt.
Put the oysters into the shells and serve immediately with lime and chilli dipping sauce.
Sift the flour into a bowl, then gently whisk in the water and egg. The mixture should be the consistency of pancake batter - don't worry about small lumps. Keep the batter cold until ready to use.
Put the water in a saucepan, then grate the palm sugar and add. Bring to a simmer over a moderate heat. Cook for 10 minutes until the syrup turns golden brown. Remove from the heat and cool.
Chop the chillies finely and add to the cooled syrup with the lime zest and juice.


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New Leicester Boss Claude Puel Refuses to Rule Out Move for PSG Winger Hatem Ben Arfa
Leicester manager Claude Puel has refused to rule out a potential move for unwanted Paris Saint-Germain winger Hatem Ben Arfa.
The Frenchman has struggled to establish himself at the affluent Ligue 1 club, particularly after a number of high profile attacking players arrived in the summer.
Ben Arfa was forced to train with the reserves last month and his future at the club is looking increasingly doubtful.
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The 30-year-old has previously worked with Puel at Nice two years ago, where he began to turn his career around after a disappointing end to his spell at Newcastle.
And the former Southampton coach has suggested that a move for Ben Arfa may not be out of the question.
"We'll see in the future, but I think it's important to know our strength, to see all the strengths of my squad," he said, quoted by ClubCall. "Later we shall see. The priority goes to my players. We will see this in due course."
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Puel has openly expressed his admiration for Ben Arfa, claiming in January that he stayed in touch with the French international.
"Hatem, for me, is an exceptional player," he told Sky Sports. "He dares to attempt extraordinary runs but he can not express his potential if he doesn't feel supported or play regularly.
"He is no longer a young player who you can ask to come on for the last 15 minutes or five minutes. He is now an established player who is capable of causing other teams problems but we must accept his risky style of play.
"We exchange text messages. He's hanging on and giving his best."


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EU project sCO2-Flex to make fossil fuels more flexible and environmentally friendly
2018-04-13 2018-03-21 by Administrator
Key players active in the fossil fuel industry will benefit from €5m EU funding via this Horizon2020 flagship project. sCO2-FLEX will contribute to Europe's climate change and energy transitions goals by making fossil fuel energy production more capable of supporting a smarter and more flexible energy market.
On the 18th-19th of January 2018 in Paris, the EU funded project "Supercritical CO2 Cycle For Flexible and Sustainable Support to the Electricity System" (sCO2-FLEX) has been kicked off by all partners.
The project, led by French utility EDF, brought together an interdisciplinary group of experienced partners including academics, technology providers and industry experts covering the whole value chain; the aim is to adapt fossil-fuel power plants to the future energy system requirements.
"We believe that sCO2 based technology has the potential to meet EU objectives for highly flexible and efficient conventional power plants, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, residue disposal and, above all, water consumption. The project aims at building expertise on sCO2 for electricity generation and EDF is also interested in investigating its possible application to renewables such as CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) and biomass", says A.Cagnac (EDF), sCO2-FLEX project coordinator.
Conventional plants could foster the integration of renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) by off-setting their intermittent nature providing fluctuating back-up power and helping stabilize the grid. However, these plants are not currently fit to undergo huge power output fluctuations, as requested in future scenarios with increasingly higher shares of renewables.
In this context, sCO2-Flex consortium addresses such challenge by developing and validating a scalable/modular design of a 25MWe Brayton cycle using supercritical CO2 that will enable an increase in the operational flexibility (fast load changes, fast start-ups and shut-downs) and in the efficiency of existing and future coal and lignite power plants, thus reducing their environmental impacts, in line with EU targets.
The project, by bringing the sCO2 cycle to TRL6, will pave the way to future demonstration projects and to a potential commercialization of the technology.
sCO2-FLEX is an industry-based consortium made up of 10 recognised and experienced key players from 5 different EU member states led by ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (EDF). The consortium includes large technology companies: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY; UJV REZ; CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI (Rina-Consulting-Centro Sviluppo Materiali); CENTRUM VYZKUMU; SMEs: FIVES CRYO, ZABALA INNOVATION CONSULTING and academic institutions: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN, UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART.
This project is awarded by the European Commission with a Horizon2020 Programme grant of €5 million and will run for 3 years.
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Deadline Extended to March 8: 'Who Am I?' DNA Project Call for Applications
By Luisa Buttler | Published: February 25, 2019
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – "There is a comfort in knowing who you are, being able to speak to who you are, and in feeling whole," said Dr. Amy Aldridge Sanford, Professor of Communication and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi students, staff, and faculty are invited to apply for the "Who Am I?" DNA Project. The study, led by Sanford and jointly sponsored by members of Island University's Black History Month Committee and the Division of Academic Affairs, seeks to explore individual identity when contrasted with family oral tradition. The deadline to apply for the "Who Am I?" DNA Project is Friday, March 8. For more information, email dnaproject@tamucc.edu.
For the 12 participants chosen for the 10-month-long study, initial months will include journaling and video diaries of their known family history. The pivot point is a DNA test. Once study participants have cognitively analyzed their DNA, researchers will attempt to find out if this fresh flood of scientific information alters a person's individual narrative – in essence, does it change conversations about cultural makeup, identity, and family history?
Member of the Black History Month Committee participating as researchers include:
Deshawna Colvin – Project GRAD Assistant Director and A&M-Corpus Christi Education Master's student
Patricia L. Hernandez – Student Success Librarian
Dr. Carmen Tejeda-Delgado – Curriculum, Instruction and Learning Sciences Associate Professor and Director of Field Experiences
Delaney Vampran-Foster – Assistant Director for Engagement Initiatives
Angela Walker – Associate Dean of Students
Besides being an A&M-Corpus Christi student, staff, or faculty, study participants must be at least 18 years old and must have never had a DNA test. Participants may identify as any race or ethnicity and must be available through mid-December 2019.
"This is the first research project of this kind at A&M-Corpus Christi, and I'm excited to learn the DNA results of the participants and hear their stories," said Walker. "Through this DNA Project, I truly believe we all will learn that we are more connected than previously thought."
Sanford, who has had two DNA tests of her own, says it's hard to predict what a DNA test will uncover, so she encourages study participants to "be ready" for anything, especially for conflict between oral family history and scientific DNA results.
"My DNA tests changed me, and I've seen it change other people," Sanford said. "In my experience, it linked me to more than 60 first cousins that I didn't know."
While the identity of study participants will not be publically revealed by the research team, self-identified participants will be welcome to share their stories during Black History Month 2020.
"I hope this project will be the beginning of engaging in healthy conversations about racial and ethnic identity in the future and how we can demolish those things that divide us," said Walker.
The deadline to apply for the "Who Am I?" DNA Project is Friday, March 8. For more information, email dnaproject@tamucc.edu.
"It's exciting to take what I've learned in the classroom and apply it to the real-world. But for me, the most important piece of this project is starting conversations about what is going on in our society. We are all interconnected and it's ok to cross over into someone else's lane to find out their story. Don't judge a book by its cover – we need to love our neighbor." - Deshawna Colvin
"Society prompts us with identifying our racial heritage with check boxes on a demographic form, but also with how we experience daily life. This study, however, adds that extra element of scientific proof. What do our genetics have to say about who we are?" - Patricia L. Hernandez
"We hope this DNA Project will help increase people's "diversity IQ." Perhaps it is in realizing how much we are alike that we begin to understand how diversity is our personal currency, which can serve to enrich one another's lives." - Dr. Carmen Tejeda-Delgado
"People are complicated, and understanding even a small part of yourself better allows for a more full and rich life. Ultimately what I believe people will find is that they are so much more than what their genetics make them, and that is where the fun is!" - Delaney Vampran-Foster
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Then came construction of the Cross Island Parkway in the late 1930s, effectively cutting Bayside off from the water. That set the area on a different course from North Shore communities like Douglaston and Little Neck, which still have grand waterfront estates.
But Bayside bounced back. Today it is an upper-middle-class community where single-family homes predominate; it has excellent schools and ample parks — an archetype of suburbia, but within the boundaries of New York City.
Detached three-bedroom houses start at $600,000 or so; there are few, if any, affordable housing options, so buyers tend to be affluent, brokers said.
The area was settled in the 1600s by English land grantees, evolving by the mid-1900s into a neighborhood that attracted prosperous Irish-, Italian- and German-American families. In the last two decades, Korean- and Chinese-Americans have been its fastest-growing ethnicities, many moving east from the Flushing area, said Daniel Algar, the broker/owner of East Coast Realtors in Bayside.
It is a neighborhood of enclaves — among them Bay Terrace, Bayside Gables, Weeks Woodlands and Bayside Hills — strung together by the vibrant shopping strip along Bell Boulevard. Each enclave could be defined as a neighborhood in itself, but residents typically see themselves as Baysiders first.
Each enclave developed in a different era, and in the early 2000s, all were in danger of becoming overrun by sprawling new single- and multifamily homes — until impassioned Baysiders came together and pushed through a rezoning proposal, said Jerry Iannece, the chairman of Community Board 11, which covers Bayside.
While Ms. McKay would not say how much she paid, Mr. Algar says homes like hers would sell in the low $800,000s, as attractive single-family homes are always in demand.
Bayside, which takes up a rather large chunk of northeastern Queens, is generally described as being bounded by the East River and Little Neck Bay to the north, Union Turnpike to the south, the Cross Island Parkway to the east and, to the west, Utopia Parkway and Francis Lewis Boulevard.
The enclaves that define Bayside each consist of detached single-family homes, though there are some co-ops and condominiums: Bayside Gables is a gated community with contemporary and Tudor-style homes, while Bellcourt is an area of mixed architectural styles. Weeks Woodlands has two-story colonials and Tudor houses, while Tall Oaks has one- and two-story colonials, Tudors and ranches.
To the north is Bay Terrace, built in the 1950s and '60s with garden apartment co-ops and two-family homes; nearby is a more recent, gated development called Bay Club at Bayside. The Oakland Gardens area tends to have more ranches, "splanches" and Capes, along with some co-op developments and two-family homes.
Mr. Iannece, who lives in Bayside Hills, a 1930s community of colonial, Cape and Tudor-style single-family homes with lawns, says Bayside residents take fierce pride in their communities. Houses in his neighborhood start around $625,000 and can run into the $700,000s; its ambience is defined by grassy, meticulously landscaped malls and streets lined by mature trees.
In mid-September, Bayside had about 95 single- and multifamily homes on the market, along with 335 condos and co-ops, according to the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island. The most expensive enclave is Bayside Gables, where the average price of a single-family home is more than $1 million, and there are homes worth $2 million and up.
One-bedroom condos are priced in the high $300,000s and up, while two-bedrooms start in the mid-$500,000s, said Maria Carr, an agent in the Bayside office of Douglas Elliman Real Estate.
Co-ops can provide a cheaper alternative, with smaller one-bedroom garden apartments starting at $150,000, and two-bedrooms starting at $225,000, Mr. Algar said. Yet there are also co-ops priced as high as $600,000, depending on size, the development and the amenities, he said.
Bayside residents laud the ease of commuting on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington line, which takes under 25 minutes to arrive in Manhattan. Conversely, driving in often-heavy traffic can take 90 minutes, residents say, and express bus lines aren't much faster, including the QM 2, 3 and 20. Local buses include the 13, 16 and 12 lines.
Bayside has several green spaces, among them the 46-acre Crocheron Park adjacent to 17-acre John Golden Park, offering baseball, basketball, tennis and playgrounds. For golfers, 110-acre Clearview Park has an 18-hole course, and 657-acre Alley Pond Park has a driving range and miniature golf. The Alley Pond Environmental Center is a nonprofit educational organization that children in particular enjoy.
Fort Totten Park is 60 acres on Little Neck Bay surrounding a preserved Civil War fortress. Besides the battlements, it has an outdoor pool, soccer fields and a nature center, and around Halloween it has "haunted lantern" tours of the historic Water Battery.
Perhaps Bayside's biggest attractions are its school districts, Nos. 26 and 25, frequently the highest-rated in the city, with some schools among the best in the state. Bayside's Public School 188 Kingsbury and P.S. 203 Oakland Gardens were recently ranked the 13th and 15th best-performing schools on state tests, according to the New York City Department of Education.
Bayside High School and Benjamin N. Cardozo High School are popular. SAT averages at Bayside last year were 462 in reading, 523 in math and 464 in writing, versus 434, 461 and 430 citywide. SAT averages at Cardozo were 480 in reading, 545 in math and 489 in writing.
Parochial options include Sacred Heart School of Bayside, which offers prekindergarten through Grade 8. Bayside is also home to Queensborough Community College.
Bayside was a pleasure-ground for actors, directors and producers in the theater and movies of the early 20th century. Pearl White, the star of "The Perils of Pauline," used to stroll down Bell Boulevard leading a small white pig on a leash.