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What Is The Largest Bay In California?
There is a small opening carved out of the edge of California's coast that leads inland to a vast area of open, protected water called the San Francisco Bay. This bay provides not only natural beauty and recreation but also goods to local and international markets and life to the ecosystem. But is it the largest bay in California?
The famous San Francisco Bay is the largest bay in California. The Bay is made up of several interconnected bays, river deltas, and wetlands. The Bay is around 550 square miles, and it is so big that nine counties and over 40 cities touch the San Francisco Bay.
The San Francisco Bay is much more than the biggest bay in California. Without the Bay, the city of San Francisco would not exist as we know it today. It is difficult to understand the true size and impact of the San Francisco Bay without describing what it contains and what it provides. Continue reading to understand the impact that this incredible body of water has on the Bay Area.
How Big is the San Francisco Bay?
The San Francisco Bay is known as an estuary—a place where freshwater from a river and saltwater from the ocean meet in a partially enclosed area. In total, the Bay is made of four smaller bays. These are typically called South Bay, Central Bay, San Pablo Bay (sometimes called North Bay), and Suisun Bay.
Additionally, the wetlands or river delta where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers meet and empty into the Bay is considered part of the estuary. Therefore, all these interconnected waterways are considered part of the San Francisco Bay.
The San Francisco Bay is about 60 miles long and anywhere from 3 to 12 miles wide. It is so big that it needs bridges to connect the east side to the west side. Two of the most famous bridges are the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge. Both are hundreds of feet above the water and stretch across the Bay for almost two miles.
The San Francisco Bay is natural, not man-made. Because of the Bay's proximity to major fault lines, plate movements thousands of years ago caused a lake to flow into the area where the Bay is today.
This water flow carved out the vast area of the Bay but only made one path into the ocean—the Golden Gate Strait. So what remained was a massive area of protected, calm water.
On the water of the Bay, you can see local fishing boats, oil tankers, barges, cargo ships, and tour boats. The bay is a natural harbor that protects these ships from the rough waters of the open ocean. In addition, the Bay is large enough that ships can stop and hook up to buoys connected to the seafloor. This feature affords large ships a safe place to stay as they wait to load or unload cargo.
The Bay also has various islands. Angel, Treasure, and Alcatraz islands are some of the most notable. On Alcatraz, there is an old federal penitentiary. Three prisoners escaped, and they were never found. It is rumored that they built small boats and floated for freedom, but other people think they drowned in the frigid water as they tried to make the 400-meter swim to land.
Many bridges, one federal prison, plenty of room for cargo ships, and exporting and importing goods from its ports are all examples of how big the San Francisco Bay really is.
Why is San Francisco Bay Water So Cold?
Because of the geography and wind direction near the San Francisco Bay, a phenomenon called upwelling frequently effects the Bay. Upwelling occurs when deep, cold water rises to the surface as it nears the shore, then strong winds blow from north to south, pushing cold water and wind into the bay.
Even in the summertime, San Francisco will often be significantly colder than inland California. While it gets into the 100s inland, the Bay Area will sometimes be in the 60s.
However, the water does get warmer in the summer, getting as high as 68 degrees on the hottest days. The winter water temperature averages 52 degrees, spring is around 55 degrees, and the summer and autumn average is 59 degrees.
Bay Area Answers Fun Fact: There is a 1.25-mile swim competition where participants swim right over the deepest section of the Bay. There is the wetsuit division and the skin division in the competition—some swimmers only wear a swimsuit, no wetsuit. This swim is for experienced open-water swimmers only since this area of the Bay can have strong currents.
Though the water is cold, that doesn't stop people from surfing, kayaking, paddle boarding, and even swimming. So if you plan on getting in the water at the Bay, bringing some neoprene is always a bright idea.
Is It More Expensive To Live In San Francisco Or Los Angeles?
Is San Francisco In The Mountains?
How Deep is the San Francisco Bay?
On average, the depth of the San Francisco Bay sounds more like a pool—the average depth is only 14 feet! Yet, different parts of the Bay are different depths.
For example, the most southern section of the Bay, South Bay, is the shallowest. Here you can find quiet, still water and places where marshes have been restored. In comparison, Central Bay near the Golden Gate Bridge is the deepest section at 340 feet.
With an average depth of 14 feet, you might be asking how large vessels navigate the Bay? Shipping lanes have been carved into the sea floor. These shipping lanes are like roads for ships to follow, places where the water is deep enough for them to navigate.
How Polluted is the San Francisco Bay?
San Francisco Bay does have a pollution problem. However, the problem is most serious close to the shore. When it rains in San Francisco, trash, chemicals, and anything else in the drain or road runs into the storm drains, onto the beaches, and into the ocean. Many times, these drains carry toxins directly to the ocean.
The more trash there is in the streets, the more debris will flow to the Bay during a heavy rain. One of the threats posed by this kind of pollution is the problem of microplastics. As tiny pieces of plastic (5 millimeters or smaller) wash onto beaches, animals like birds eat them and cannot digest them.
Birds often die from ingesting too many microplastics. This threat poses hazards to the balance of healthy wildlife populations and the overall health of the Bay.
Many of the most shallow parts of San Francisco Bay are the wetlands close to Suisun Bay, near where the rivers meet the bay. These marshy areas are home to fish, shellfish, and birds, and piles of sediment from shipping channels pollute the marsh and the creatures that live there.
The delicate wetlands of the bay have been hurt by piles of sediment dredged to keep shipping lanes clear. The shipping lanes are great for ships but not good for the wetlands.
Sediment settles in the routes and must be cleared out by dredges, and these dredges often leave the deposits in the wetlands. While the city is exploring other places to dump sediment from the dredging, no sure solution exists.
While there is some pollution in the bay, it is not everywhere. The Bay has breathtaking natural beauty to enjoy around every corner. Some organizations are working to improve the Bay by cleaning up pollution and advocating for change in policy.
Is San Francisco Bay Saltwater or Freshwater?
The water in the Bay is a combination of saltwater flowing from the ocean on one side of the bay and freshwater streams on the other side. The freshwater and saltwater mix to create what is called brackish water—water that is in between saltwater and freshwater.
This mix of fresh and saltwater creates a habitat where fish and other sea life thrive. Each year, salmon migrate up the freshwater rivers to spawn. This migration makes for great fishing in the Bay during some parts of the year.
The wetlands thrive off nutrients from the sea and the rivers; this, in turn, makes an oasis for migrating birds each year to rest up and eat small fish and bugs. It's estimated that around one million birds pass through the Bay Area each year.
What is the Second Largest Bay in California?
Two hundred sixty-seven miles up the coast from San Francisco Bay is the second-largest bay in California, Humboldt Bay. This bay is about 14 miles long and can vary from .5 to 4.3 miles wide, a large bay, but not close to the size of San Francisco Bay. Humboldt Bay is not surrounded by a city like San Francisco, so this bay is a harbor used for fishing vessels, not imports and exports.
Like San Francisco Bay, there are rivers that feed into Humboldt Bay, so salmon can be found in the bay during the spawning season.
Appreciating the Largest Bay
San Francisco Bay is essential to the survival of sea and animal life and human life in the Bay Area. More than simply providing the products people need through imports, San Francisco Bay creates a place of calmness for boats waiting in water and for people appreciating the Bay's beauty. From Alcatraz, to over 550 square miles of area, San Francisco Bay has earned the title of the biggest and most popular bay in California.
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Yelp Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Financial Results | Yelp Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2018-- Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects people with great local businesses, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017.
The following results reflect Yelp's financial performance and key operating metrics for the three months and year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to the same periods in 2016.
Net revenue was $218.2 million, representing 12% growth over the fourth quarter of 2016. Excluding revenue from Nowait and Turnstyle Analytics (now called Yelp WiFi), which we acquired in 2017, and Eat24, which we sold to Grubhub Inc. concurrently with the commencement of our long-term partnership on October 10, 2017, net revenue grew 20% over the fourth quarter of 2016.
GAAP net income was $142.1 million, or $1.60 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $8.3 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2016.
GAAP results include a $164.8 million pre-tax gain on the sale of Eat24.
Adjusted EBITDA was $41.6 million compared to $45.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Advertising revenue totaled $208.4 million, representing 18% growth compared to the fourth quarter of 2016.
Transactions revenue totaled $5.2 million, compared to $16.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. Transactions revenue decreased year-over-year due to the sale of Eat24, which had previously generated a significant portion of our Transactions revenue. Eat24 generated $1.8 million of our Transactions revenue in the fourth quarter of 2017 prior to the completion of its sale on October 10th. For additional details on the impact of the sale of Eat24 and other corporate development activities in 2017, see the supplemental table in the section titled "Revenue Impact of Corporate Development Activities in 2017" at the end of this release.
Other services revenue totaled $4.6 million, compared to $1.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, primarily due to revenue from Nowait and Yelp WiFi.
Cumulative reviews grew 23% year over year to approximately 148 million.
App unique devices grew 20% year over year to approximately 29 million on a monthly average basis1.
Paying advertising accounts grew 21% year over year to approximately 163,0002.
Net revenue was $846.8 million, representing 19% growth over 2016. Excluding revenue from Nowait, Yelp WiFi, and Eat24, net revenue grew 20% compared to 2016.
GAAP net income was $152.9 million, or $1.75 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net loss of $4.7 million, or ($0.06) per share, in 2016.
Advertising revenue totaled $771.6 million, representing 20% growth compared to 2016.
Transactions revenue totaled $60.3 million, compared to $62.5 million in 2016. Eat24 generated $53.9 million of our Transactions revenue in 2017 prior to the completion of its sale on October 10th.
Other services revenue totaled $14.9 million, compared to $5.3 million in 2016, primarily due to revenue from Nowait and Yelp WiFi.
* Net revenue outlook reflects Yelp's adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"), as of January 1, 2018. Please note, however, that the expected percentage increases provided during the conference call compare such net revenue outlook with Yelp's reported net revenue for the first quarter and full year 2017 as determined under the previously applicable revenue recognition guidance. We do not expect the percentages to be materially different than when calculated with respect to first quarter and full year 2017 net revenue as determined pursuant to Topic 606.
Yelp has not reconciled its adjusted EBITDA outlook to GAAP net income (loss) because it does not provide an outlook for GAAP net income (loss) due to the uncertainty and potential variability of other income, net and provision for (benefit from) income taxes, which are reconciling items between adjusted EBITDA and GAAP net income (loss). Because such items cannot be reasonably predicted and could have a significant impact on the calculation of GAAP net income (loss), a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure outlook to the corresponding GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable effort. For more information regarding the non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this release, please see "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.
Yelp will host a conference call and live webcast today at 1:30 p.m. PT to discuss the fourth quarter and full year 2017 financial results. To access the call, please dial 1 (844) 795-4421, or outside the U.S. 1 (661) 378-9638, with Passcode 6997287, at least five minutes prior to the 1:30 p.m. PT start time. The webcast can be accessed on the Yelp Investor Relations website at yelp-ir.com. A replay of the webcast will be available at the same website until February 15, 2018.
Yelp Inc. (http://www.yelp.com) connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp has taken root in major metros in more than 30 countries. Approximately 29 million unique devices1 accessed Yelp via the Yelp app, approximately 77 million unique visitors visited Yelp via desktop computer3 and approximately 64 million unique visitors visited Yelp via mobile website4 on a monthly average basis during the fourth quarter of 2017. By the end of the same quarter, Yelpers had written approximately 148 million rich, local reviews, making Yelp the leading local guide for real word-of-mouth on everything from boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists.
3 Calculated as the number of "users," as measured by Google Analytics, accessing Yelp via the desktop website on a monthly average basis over a given three-month period. Adjusted to remove certain robot traffic, as described in Yelp's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
This press release includes, and statements made during the above referenced conference call will include, information relating to adjusted EBITDA, EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, adjusted EBITDA margin and non-GAAP net income per share, each of which the Securities and Exchange Commission has defined as a "non-GAAP financial measure." We define adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss), adjusted to exclude: provision for (benefit from) income taxes; other income, net; depreciation and amortization; stock-based compensation expense; any gain (loss) on the disposal of a business unit; and restructuring and integration costs. We define EBITDA as net income (loss), adjusted to exclude: provision for (benefit from) income taxes; other income, net; depreciation and amortization; and restructuring and integration costs. We define non-GAAP net income as net income (loss), adjusted to exclude: stock-based compensation expense; amortization of intangibles; any gain (loss) on the disposal of a business unit; restructuring and integration costs; and the tax effect of stock-based compensation, amortization of intangibles, restructuring and integration costs and valuation allowance. We define adjusted EBITDA margin as adjusted EBITDA divided by net revenue. Adjusted EBITDA, EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, adjusted EBITDA margin and non-GAAP net income per share have been included in this press release, or will be included in the conference call, because they are key measures used by Yelp management and the board of directors to understand and evaluate core operating performance and trends, to prepare and approve its annual budget and to develop short- and long-term operational plans. The presentation of this financial information, which is not prepared under any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP").
Because of these limitations, you should consider adjusted EBITDA, EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per share, and adjusted EBITDA margin alongside other financial performance measures, including various cash flow metrics, net income (loss) and Yelp's other GAAP results. Additionally, Yelp has not reconciled its adjusted EBITDA outlook for the first quarter and full year 2018 to net income (loss) because it does not provide an outlook for net income (loss) due to the uncertainty and potential variability of other income, net and provision for (benefit from) income taxes, which are reconciling items between net income (loss) and adjusted EBITDA. As items that impact net income (loss) are out of Yelp's control and cannot be reasonably predicted, Yelp is unable to provide such an outlook. Accordingly, reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA outlook to net income (loss) for the first quarter and full year 2018 is not available without unreasonable effort. For a reconciliation of historical non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures, see the non-GAAP reconciliations included below in this press release.
This press release contains, and statements made during the above referenced conference call will contain, forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, the future performance of Yelp and its consolidated subsidiaries that are based on Yelp's current expectations, forecasts and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include, but are not limited to: statements regarding expected financial results for the first quarter and full year 2018; Yelp's investment and other priorities for 2018 and beyond, including its ability to increase consumer usage through deepening its product experience in the Restaurants category and attract advertisers through expanding sales channels and increasing ad product flexibility, and its ability to execute against those priorities; trends in advertiser and revenue retention; the strategic partnership with Grubhub, including Yelp's ability to capitalize on the partnership, the expected timing of the partnership integration, the expected benefits of the partnership and the potential impact of the long-term partnership with Grubhub on Yelp's business and financial results; Yelp's ability to improve its earnings, margins, profitability and productivity; Yelp's ability to capture a meaningful share of the large local market; the future growth in Yelp revenue, including the breakdown of such growth between Yelp's sales channels and business categories, and advertiser accounts; Yelp's ability to increase usage of, awareness of and engagement on Yelp among consumers, and deliver value to consumers and local businesses; Yelp's ability to increase transactions completed on its platform, including the continued development, growth and advertiser acceptance of Request-A-Quote; trends in the appeal of Yelp's product offerings; Yelp's ability to build a comprehensive offering in the Restaurant category, including the continued expansion of Yelp Reservations, Yelp Nowait and Yelp WiFi; and Yelp's plans to manage dilution, including the implementation of the authorized stock repurchase program and purchase of shares thereunder. Yelp's actual results could differ materially from those predicted or implied and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: Yelp's limited operating history in an evolving industry; Yelp's ability to generate sufficient revenue to maintain profitability, particularly in light of its significant ongoing sales and marketing expenses, its planned investments in Yelp Reservations, Yelp Nowait and Yelp WiFi, and the sale of Eat24; the risk that the Grubhub partnership integration may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the Company's business relationships, operating results and business generally; Yelp's ability to successfully manage the acquisition and integration of new businesses, solutions or technologies, as well as to monetize the acquired products, solutions or technologies; Yelp's reliance on traffic to its website from search engines like Google and Bing; Yelp's ability to generate and maintain sufficient high quality content from its users; maintaining a strong brand and managing negative publicity that may arise; maintaining and expanding Yelp's base of advertisers, particularly as an increasing portion of advertisers have the ability to cancel their ad campaigns at any time; changes in political, business and economic conditions, including any economic downturn or crisis and any conditions that affect ecommerce growth; Yelp's ability to deal with the increasingly competitive local search environment; Yelp's need and ability to manage other regulatory, tax and litigation risks as applicable laws become more restrictive; the competitive and regulatory environment while Yelp continues to introduce new products and as new laws and regulations related to Internet companies come into effect; Yelp's ability to timely upgrade and develop its systems, infrastructure and customer service capabilities; and Yelp's ability to purchase shares under the stock repurchase purchase program, or the modification, suspension or termination of that program. The forward-looking statements in this release do not include the potential impact of any acquisitions or divestitures that may be announced and/or completed after the date hereof.
More information about factors that could affect Yelp's operating results is included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Yelp's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q at http://www.yelp-ir.com or the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this release, which are based on information available to Yelp on the date hereof. Yelp assumes no obligation to update such statements.
(1) Includes tax effects of stock-based compensation, amortization of intangibles, restructuring and integration costs, gain on disposal of a business unit, and the valuation allowance.
During 2017, Yelp acquired two businesses, Nowait and Turnstyle Analytics, in February and April, respectively, and sold Eat24 in October. Because these corporate development activities impact the year to year comparability of Yelp's reported revenues, we are providing the supplemental disclosure below, which presents the revenue contributions of those businesses for each period of 2017.
Revenue from Nowait and Turnstyle is classified within the Other services revenue line in the company's SEC filings. Revenue from Eat24, prior to the sale on October 10, 2017, was classified within Transactions revenue in the company's SEC filings.


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Surprise baby at 43
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Monday, May 21, 2018 | 0 comments
Photo Credit: Little hand wrapped around adult thumb, by Lindsey Bergquist
Shelli Wakefield of San Jose, Calif., says she went off Depo-Provera, an inject-able contraceptive, after her doctor told her it was very unlikely she would become pregnant again at age 41.
Fourteen months later, Ms. Wakefield conceived her third child.
She and her husband were shocked, she says, but neither was upset about having their surprise baby, now six months old. It's neat to have another chance at parenting, Ms. Wakefield says.
Her 11-year-old daughter was delighted to be a big sister, she adds, but her 14-year-old son was less enthusiastic about the baby girl. The hardest part for me is making sure she's not a detriment to my older kids' lives.
Ms. Wakefield says she's a calmer parent than she was when her eldest kids were infants, in part because of improved finances and her stable marriage of 17 years.
But with maturity comes the reality of aging.
I get my Botox so I don't look like an old mom, Ms. Wakefield says, and I work out every day and I dye my hair.
This Pregnancy Over 40 story was found on TheGlobeandMail.com
Read more: I'm too old to get pregnant
Originally posted on September 20, 2009.
Baby Next Time
by Nicole Klieff
-- Based on a true-life account of a woman's discovery of infertility at the age of 35.
This is a compelling roller-coaster insight into the world of IVF exposing treatments and emotions over a nine-year span.
Written with humor on such a dark and taboo subject of pregnancy loss and infertility this honest account is directed to the many across the world in a similar predicament.
The book is written in the hope that people will pursue to seek out the reasons for the most common complaint of unexplained infertility.
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© 2017 Elsevier GmbH To solve the problem of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation for partly calibrated array, a new gain-phase error matrix estimation scheme and a smoothed sparse signal reconstruction method tailored for the complex-valued covariance matrix are proposed. In the proposed method, DOA estimation is achieved by employing the structure of the covariance matrix for the error matrix estimation and the complex-valued gradient matrix based fast non-convexity data reconstruction. The proposed method has much faster computational speed than other sparse DOA estimation methods with partly calibrated array. In addition, simulation results show that it performs well and is independent of the errors.
Liu, J. and Zhou, W. and Huang, D. and Juwono, F.H. 2018. Covariance matrix based fast smoothed sparse DOA estimation with partly calibrated array. AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 84: pp. 8-12.


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"Why have you been looking up herpes on the computer?"
He found it especially distressing that I'd spent so much time looking at photo galleries.


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Hi! I am going to a school trip overnight next week, I can't wait to go!
I wonder and wanted to know of what should I bring?
The bus is going to be very cold.
I might get on water rides or just rides.
So any clothes of what should I bring? and etc.
Should I bring snacks like chips, candy and etc..?
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Kaun Banega Crorepati: The Questions Worth a Crore (or More)
Kaun Banega Crorepati or KBC as everyone knows it is a general knowledge quiz show hosted by Amitabh Bachchan in which participants win incremental amounts of money for each correct answer. The biggest amount one can take home is Rs. 7 crore. But of course, as the prize money goes up the questions start to get tougher. Recently Charna Gupta, a labour inspector from Madhya Pradesh, managed to make it as far as the 1-crore question but she nearly missed winning the money on a guess she decided not to make. Sad! Here's the question she did not answer:
In 1944, the Battle of Kanglatongbi was fought near which present day Indian state capital?
The answer: Imphal.
And if you think this question is tough, here is a list of the toughest questions ever to feature on KBC. Read them, remember them, you never know when you might be called to the hot seat!
Q. In 1860, which British official became the first Auditor General of India?
A. Sir Edmund Drummond
Q. Who is the first woman to successfully climb K2, the world's second highest mountain peak?
A. Wanda Rutkiewicz
Q. Which colonial power ended its involvement with India by selling the rights of the Nicobar Islands to the British on October 16, 1868?
A. Denmark
Q. Who, in 1978, became the first person to be born in the continent of Antarctica?
A. Emilio Palma
Q. Who commanded the 'Hector,' the first British trading ship to land at Surat?
A. William Hawkins
Q. Whom does the Indian Constitution permit to take part in the Proceedings of Parliament?
A. Attorney General
Q. What was the name given to the supercluster of galaxies, discovered by a team of Indian astronomers in 2017?
A. Saraswati
Q. Which of the following forts was not built by the European colonial powers in India?
a) Fort Dansborg, b) Fort Naarden, c) Fort Chambray, d) Fort Santa Katherina
A. Fort Chambray
Q. Which of these artists was principally entrusted with the task of 'illuminating' the original document of the Constitution of India?
a) Ram Kinker Baij, b) Benode Behari Mukherjee, c) Abanindranath Tagore, d) Nandlal Bose
A. Nandlal Bose
Q. Which of the following is not a pair of parent and child, who have both won Nobel Prizes?
a) Marie Curie, Irene Joliot Curie, b) JJ Thomson, George Paget Thomson, c) Niels Bohr, Aage Bohr, d) Hermann Emil Fischer, Hans Fischer
A. Hermann Emil Fischer, Hans Fischer
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Q: Character boundaries of text field based on parent I have a text field inside a container. I'm wondering is it possible to find the boundaries of each character based on the container and not the text field.
Here is a sample screen shot:

And normal state would be like this:
With this I can find the bounds of each character based on text field, But I need it based on the container:
var rect:Rectangle = new Rectangle();
for (var i:int = 0; i < textField.length; i++){
    rect = textField.getCharBoundaries(i);
}

Is there anybody whom has an experience on this?

A: I believe you have to make use of Point conversions.
var rect:Rectangle = new Rectangle();
for (var i:int = 0; i < textField.length; i++){
    rect = textField.getCharBoundaries(i);

    var globalTopLeft:Point = textField.localToGlobal(rect.topLeft);
    var globalBottomRight:Point = textField.localToGlobal(rect.bottomRight);

    var containerTopLeft:Point = container.globalToLocal(globalTopLeft);
    var containerBottomRight:Point = container.globalToLocal(globalBottomRight);

    rect = new Rectangle(containerTopLeft.x,containerTopLeft.y,containerBottomRight.x-containerTopLeft.x,containerBottomRight.y-containerTopLeft.y)
}

A: If the TextField is a child of the container and the TextField is not scaled, you can just do:
rect = textField.getCharBoundaries(i);
rect.x += textField.parent.x;
rect.y += textField.parent.y;

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A leading Midlands' housing partnership recently hosted a key consultation event at a newly-built Academy school on behalf of the Housing Minister.
Alok Sharma, the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, and Member of Parliament for Reading West, has been undertaking a series of engagement events across the country in order to meet social housing tenants face to face and engage in discussions about housing such as safety, engagement with landlords and how services are delivered.
The Matrix Housing Partnership was asked to organise the West Midlands event and the feedback from the discussions will assist in the collation of evidence for the Social Housing Green Paper as the nationwide conversation on housing has gathered pace and is a key focus for government.
Held at the new, state-of-the-art Greenwood Academy in Castle Vale, Birmingham, the event saw Mr Sharma address more than 140 tenants from around 30 housing associations, local authorities, ALMOs and cooperatives from across the region including those from the West Midlands Housing Association Partnership. He also took part in topic-based conversations with the tenants in smaller facilitated groups in order to hear more detailed discussions and get a better understanding of tenants' ideas.
Earlier in the day, Mr Sharma had visited Accord's LoCaL Homes factory in Walsall, a closed panel timber frame manufacturing hub offering a solution to the housing crisis as well as visiting some of the tenants living in homes manufactured at the factory. He also attended a round-table meeting of 30 housing chiefs from across the Midlands, discussing issues around housing growth and innovation.
"It has been a great opportunity to facilitate the Housing Minister's consultation event here in the West Midlands. I am delighted that Alok Sharma recognises the importance of gathering views from tenants and housing professionals and that this vital information is taken forward into sustainable and realistic government policy.
The Matrix Housing Partnership is made up of Accord, as lead partner, Rooftop, Trent & Dove, Trident Group, WATMOS and The Pioneer Group. The partnership will build 664 new homes in Birmingham, Redditch, the Black Country, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire, in addition to 1,200 new homes that the partnership is already building.
Housing and Planning Minister Alok Sharma said: "It has been a pleasure to be here today at Matrix, where I've had the opportunity to hear first-hand from tenants about their experiences of living in social housing.


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South Korean film 'Burning' makes Academy's shortlist
South Korean film "Burning," directed by Lee Chang-dong, has made the shortlist for the 91st Academy Awards for the best foreign-language film category. This is the first time a South Korean film has made the shortlist of 9, from 87 films. The final five nominees will be announced on Jan. 22 with the awards ceremony on Feb. 24. "Burning" stars actor Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yuen and Jeon Jong-seo. The mystery drama was based on the short story "Barn Burning" by Haruki Murakami.
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In both C# and Java, an object's fields can be initialized either by variable initializers (expressions that can be assigned to variables where they are defined) or by constructors (special subroutines that are executed when an object is being created). In addition, Java contains instance initializers, which are anonymous blocks of code with no arguments that are run after the explicit (or implicit) call to a superclass's constructor but before the constructor is executed.
Some of the above fields may not be applicable (e.g. if an object does not have static fields). Derived fields are those that are defined in the object's direct class, while base field is a term for the fields that are defined in one of the object's superclasses. Note that an object representation in memory contains all fields defined in its class or any of its superclasses, even, if some fields in superclasses are defined as private.
It is guaranteed that any field initializers take effect before any constructors are called, since both the instance constructor of the object's class and its superclasses are called after field initializers are called. There is, however, a potential trap in object initialization when a virtual method is called from a base constructor. The overridden method in a subclass may reference a field that is defined in the subclass, but this field may not have been initialized because the constructor of the subclass that contains field initialization is called after the constructor of its base class.
Like in C#, a new object is created by calling a specific constructor. Within a constructor, the first statement may be an invocation of another constructor. If this is omitted, the call to the argumentless constructor of the superclass is added implicitly by the compiler. Otherwise, either another overloaded constructor of the object's class can be called explicitly, or a superclass constructor can be called. In the former case, the called constructor will again call another constructor (either of the object's class or its subclass) and the chain sooner or later ends up at the call to one of the constructors of the superclass.
After another constructor is called (that causes direct invocation of the superclass constructor, and so forth, down to the Object class), instance variables defined in the object's class are initialized. Even if there are no variable initializers explicitly defined for some variables, these variables are initialized to default values. Note that instance variables defined in superclasses are already initialized by this point, because they were initialized by a superclass constructor when it was called (either by the constructor's code or by variable initializers performed before the constructor's code or implicitly to default values). In Java, variable initializers are executed according to their textual order in the source file.
Finally, the constructor body is executed. This ensures proper order of initialization, i.e. the fields of a base class finish initialization before initialization of the fields of an object class begins.
There are two main potential traps in Java's object initialization. First, variable initializers are expressions that can contain method calls. Since methods can reference any variable defined in the class, the method called in a variable initializer can reference a variable that is defined below the variable being initialized. Since initialization order corresponds to textual order of variable definitions, such a variable would not be initialized to the value prescribed by its initializer and would contain the default value. Another potential trap is when a method that is overridden in the derived class is called in the base class constructor, which can lead to behavior the programmer would not expect when an object of the derived class is created. According to the initialization order, the body of the base class constructor is executed before variable initializers are evaluated and before the body of the derived class constructor is executed. The overridden method called from the base class constructor can, however, reference variables defined in the derived class, but these are not yet initialized to the values specified by their initializers or set in the derived class constructor. The latter issue applies to C# as well, but in a less critical form since in C# methods are not overridable by default.


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Justice Bawa Singh Walia of Jammu & Kashmir HC transferred to Punjab & Haryana HC
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Published on October 4, 2017 By Saba
The President in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of India, read with Article 222(1A) of the Constitution in its application to Jammu & Kashmir, after consultation with the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir and the Chief Justice of India, transferred Shri Justice Bawa Singh Walia, Judge, Jammu & Kashmir High Court, as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and directed him to assume charge of his office in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on or before 13th October, 2017.
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Gone are the days when lawyers would take an instruction, devote time to attend to the needs of the client, and then simply send a bill for the time incurred on the matter. The recession and subsequent prolonged recovery have put lawyers under possibly greater pressure from fees than at any time in history. And there is no real prospect of it reducing any time soon.
Some clients demand discounts, while others threaten to instruct other firms if something cannot be done about fees. Lawyers are not used to this pressure, and are not always particularly gifted at dealing with these difficult conversations. The outcome, unsurprisingly, has often been falling fees and lower margins.
Below, I outline three practical steps designed to help you to set pricing that is both acceptable to a client and delivers sufficient profit to the firm.
Most firms produce reasonable monthly management accounts showing fees earned and profit generated. It is not, however, normally possible to tell which matters were profitable or not. Firms have historically been able to deliver consistently high profits without having any real understanding of the profitability of the work being done. But increasing fee pressures mean this cannot continue: firms need to understand the profitability of each work type, to be able to price it effectively. This is where a matter planning and profitability tool can help.
However, fee-earners may see inputting into such a tool as additional administration, taking them away from looking after their clients. So whatever tools you adopt, start off with something simple and easy-to‑use. Later, when fee-earners buy in to their use and can see the benefits, you can roll out more sophisticated models.
Below, I outline the three steps the tool will support you with, to help you to set effective pricing.
The first stage is breaking down each phase of the matter into the discrete processes that will be undertaken to do the work. Litigators will often want to focus on the timeline, showing what needs to be done at each stage; a transactional or advisory lawyer might prefer to describe the stages worked through to create each document.
You can also use this process to highlight best practice within the firm. Against each item in the matter plan, include links to precedents, practice notes, checklists or other internal documents; this will give junior fee-earners access to the expertise of more senior colleagues, increasing the chances of the work being done well, and at a lower total cost than if it were not delegated.
Once the process has been mapped, you need to ascertain how much time will be required at each defined stage, and by what level of fee-earner. That just means allocating a certain number of hours to each phase, from each level – for instance, two equity partner hours to taking instructions for a share purchase.
Then you need to set an hourly charge rate and an hourly cost rate for each person. The cost rate is basically the individual's annual gross salary cost, divided by an anticipated number of chargeable hours. There are discussions to be had around the cost of an equity partner: some argue that it is zero, others use a notional salary cost, but my preferred method is to assume that the salary is the full equity partner profit; this will normally result in the highest possible cost, and therefore make the partner less profitable than other fee-earners, thereby encouraging greater delegation. Firms sometimes try to include their overheads in the cost figure, but it is probably simplest to focus on maximising gross profit, which, in aggregate, needs to be sufficient to cover the heavily fixed overheads of the firm.
The final stage is to set some proposed pricing options – say, scale rate, fixed fee, and blended rate. The matter planning tool will then calculate the profit earned with each of the different options, so you can choose the best fit: that is, one which sets a fee which is acceptable to a client and delivers sufficient profit to the firm. And if your client wants a fixed fee, you can use the tool to reverse-engineer the matter to discover a way of doing the work more efficiently, thereby making the matter sufficiently profitable for you.
Once this approach is embedded, you can make the system more sophisticated by starting to time-record against individual line items of the plan, so that more accurate feedback can be given to a client on progress than if time was just being recorded to the file in total.
Many clients are keen to have price certainty, leading to a higher demand for fixed fees across a range of legal services. Lawyers are rightly nervous about fixed fees, as they know that, while they could deliver a super profit if everything goes well, they could equally lead to a significant loss if the work is not done efficiently. It is therefore vital that lawyers think again about how they can become consistently more efficient.
The first step is to ensure all lawyers fully record all time spent on matters. Most lawyers grossly under-record, trying to look efficient by not having write-offs on their files. But this means that the true cost of doing the work is hidden, so any inefficiency is also hidden. Moving to full time-recording immediately increases fees and profits, as the client can see the full extent of what has actually been done, but the bigger and longer-term benefit is that gaps in efficiency can be identified and addressed.
benchmarking against colleagues, to check that further efficiencies cannot be identified.
the matter will be completed by a certain date, which depends on the client doing everything within their power to keep the matter moving, support progress and be available when required.
Experience suggests that, if everything that is needed is received on time and the matter runs to a sensible timescale, then it is possible to run matters to a fixed fee in a way that delivers value to the client and a profit to the lawyer.
Once lawyers are efficient, it becomes easier to be creative on pricing. Creative pricing should be both better for the client and more profitable for the firm. If it only benefits the client, then it is less likely to be sustainable, as firms also need to be profitable if they are to be able to invest.
Fixed fees are creative, as they give cost certainty to the client and provide an opportunity for the lawyer to make a super profit. Other creative fee arrangements include the following.
Annual fee deals where the fee for all services for the year is agreed.This provides even greater cost certainty and potentially eases cashflow with 12 equal payments. The major benefit, however, is that, as fees have been agreed, both parties can now focus on working together and developing a good working relationship.
A discount with a premium linked to client value. Under this arrangement, the client gets a discount with certainty, but the lawyer can earn back a bonus, which is measured on client value delivered.
Offering three different prices to cover three different scopes of work. It is too easy to just reduce the price when clients apply pressure. It would be better to offer different prices to reflect different amounts of work that might be undertaken.
If nothing is done, the situation is likely to get worse. Being brave and investing in new approaches to time recording, matter planning and pricing is likely to pay dividends quickly. New approaches can not only help you retain business, but also attract new clients.


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One Key Resources are proud to be a long term corporate partner of the Brisbane Broncos and were again the major sponsor for their annual race day in Brisbane recently. One Key Resources Executive Director Darren Lockyer was in attendance along with our Managing Director Grant Wechsel and Fircroft Board Director Dhiren Shantilal. Broncos club legend Justin Hodges was a special guest on the day along with new recruit Benji Marshall.


Tamworth based display solutions specialist Daytona Visual Marketing has been able to greatly enhance the quality of the work it produces on behalf of a number of blue-chip clients following installation of an AXYZ 6010 router supplied by AXYZ International.
The machine has been used to handle a wide range of materials, including DIBOND, FOREX, aluminium and acrylic, as well as enabling the larger sheet processing, more accurate cutting and faster turnaround on finished products that the company's rapid business growth has demanded.
Formed in 1979, Daytona Visual Marketing is a well-known and much respected provider of high-quality display solutions founded on a full design, print (both screen and digital) and fabrication facility for the graphics industry. It operates from a purpose-built 17,000 square feet production site, manned by a team of highly skilled and trained display professionals. A key factor to the company's continuing success has been investment in a wide range of technically advanced production equipment. This includes flatbed and roll-to-roll digital presses, large format screenprinting systems and CNC finishing solutions to which the AXYZ 6010 router has made a major and ongoing contribution.
The 6010 router installed at Daytona is part of the AXYZ 6000 family of large-format machines that are renowned for their robust construction and the speed and accuracy with which they can handle large sheets of material under continuous operation. The router has an impressive 3,048 x 2,095mm processing area that can be configured to include a host of additional machining options, such as the automatic tool change (ATC) facility and the new helical rack and pinion drive system that feature on the router installed at Daytona. This latter production enhancement greatly reduces machine wear by comparison with conventional rack and pinion drive systems, due to the presence of multiple gear teeth that spread the workload more evenly, leading to much faster feed rates and smoother, quieter and more precise cutting under all operating conditions.


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Intralytix, Inc. is a privately bio-tech venture incorporated in the State of Maryland on July 28, 1998. Intralytix specializes in bacteriophage-based products used to control bacterial pathogens in environmental, agricultural, food processing, and medical (including skin care and oral care) settings.

Company Background

Intralytix was founded in 1998 in Baltimore, Maryland, by Drs. John Glenn Morris, Jr. and Alexander Sulakvelidze together with a group of other scientists and business professionals. The platform technology of Intralytix is based on using naturally occurring, non-genetically modified (non-GMO) lytic bacteriophages for developing "green" commercial products for a variety of applications. These products are all-natural, antibiotic-free ways to control disease-causing bacterial pathogens.

Major Milestones

In 2006, Intralytix was the first company in the world to receive FDA/USDA approval for a bacteriophage-based food safety product, ListShield.

That same year, Intralytix was also the first company in the world to successfully assemble a Master Drug File (MDF) application with the FDA, and to manufacture and supply its phage product for the first-ever in the US human clinical trial when phages were used to treat infected venous ulcers.

In 2018, Intralytix was granted the first FDA-approved IND for a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in the US for an orally administered phage preparation.

As of 2022, Intralytix has the largest number of commercial FDA-approved phage food safety products with five FDA- and USDA-approved bacteriophage-based food safety products.

As of 2022, Intralytix is the largest commercial manufacturer of phage products for food safety applications in the US with a successful scale-up to a 1,500 L fermenter.

Intralytix Facilities
Intralytix is located at 8681 Robert Fulton Drive, Columbia MD 21046, US. The 33,000-square-foot building has production facilities with capabilities for:
high-throughput robotic system for phage discovery and characterization;
long-term cryogenic storage of hundreds of phages and thousands of bacteria strain stocks;
manufacturing and production of phages in 1,500 L fermentation vessels with room to expand;
customized large volume phage product mixing;
commercial scale spray drying capabilities;
and high-throughput automatic filling.

Pioneer in Food Safety
The first commercial bacteriophage food safety product developed was ListShield, which targets Listeria monocytogenes contamination of foods. It received FDA/USDA approval in 2006. Two years later, ListShield was approved for use as an environmental decontaminant (e.g., for decontaminating inanimate surfaces in food processing facilities) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (EPA registration #74234-1). In 2010, Intralytix began large-scale commercial sales of ListShield to the food industry.

Other phage-based food safety phage products followed. In 2011, Intralytix received regulatory clearance from the FDA for its EcoShield food safety product effective against E. coli O157:H7 (FCN No. 1018) specific for the use of EcoShield on red meat parts and trim intended to be ground. In the same year, EcoShield received regulatory clearance from the USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) for use on red meat to be ground and was determined to constitute an incidental aid that will not require labeling (i.e., "clean label").

Subsequent phage preparations received regulatory clearance from the FDA through Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) acknowledgments. SalmoFresh, which is used to target Salmonella contamination, was declared GRAS in 2013 (GRN No. 435); ShigaShield, used to treat Shigella, received clearance by the FDA in 2017 (GRN No. 000672); and CampyShield, which is used to target Campylobacter contamination, was declared GRAS in October 2021 (GRN No. 000966). As of January 2023, Intralytix has five FDA- and USDA-approved bacteriophage-based food safety products on the market. This is the largest number of FDA-approved phage food safety products for any company worldwide.

Expansion into Human Therapeutics
In addition to its line of food safety products, Intralytix is a world leader in human health applications for phage products. It has several all-natural, antibiotic-free phage-based products capable of treating human diseases of bacterial origin in various stages of development (preclinical through Phase2a). In 2006, under Intralytix's MDF and an investigator-initiated IND at the Southwest Regional Wound Care Center in Lubbock, Texas, Intralytix was the first company in the US to perform a first-in-human clinical trial where phages were used to treat infected venous ulcers.

The company is currently sponsoring a Phase1/2a clinical trial (under an IND approval from the FDA) of the EcoActive phage preparation for targeting adherent-invasive E. coli associated with Crohn's disease. This trial is currently enrolling patients at the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY, and is expected to be completed in late 2023 or early 2024. In May 2020, Intralytix received a multimillion-dollar grant (AI 148054) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the clinical development of its bacteriophage therapy preparation, ShigActive, for managing infections caused by the bacterial pathogen Shigella. These Phase1/2a studies began in February 2023 (NCT05182749).

Also in early 2023, the company plans to begin clinical trials of another human therapeutic product, VRELysin, to treat Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (NCT05715619).

Awards and recognition
2006 – Intralytix wins the Popular Science magazine's "Best of What's New" award for its food safety product ListShield.
2017 – Intralytix is rated superior in 8 out of 10 categories used to rank the competitive companies by Lux Research. Lux Research is an independent research and advisory firm that provides strategic advice and ongoing intelligence on emerging technologies. Intralytix was given a positive #LuxTake by Lux Research in its report to its subscribing members.
2021 – Intralytix once again was given a "Positive" Lux Take by Lux Research, which did a comparative analysis of Intralytix and several other companies in the phage space and found Intralytix to be superior in almost all categories examined, ranging from "Technology/Solution Value" to "Management Team" to "Competitive Landscape".

Intellectual Property (IP) Portfolio
Intralytix is headed by Dr. Alexander Sulakvelidze, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Intralytix's patent strategy is based on a multi-pronged approach, which provides broad and strong protection ranging from protecting specific bacteriophages that serve as the cornerstone of various company products to methods and applications of those bacteriophages in various settings. As of 2022, Intralytix has:
15 issued/allowed patents;
Several pending patent applications worldwide.

Intralytix Products

Food Safety Products
These phage-based products are designed to be applied to food before, during, or after processing or packaging, as appropriate. They work by targeting and killing specific human (including animal) pathogenic bacteria that may be present in food. These products do not alter the color, taste, or smell of food in any way.
CampyShield targets Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli which cause campylobacteriosis. Used to treat raw red med (e.g., whole carcasses, primal and subprimal, etc.) and raw poultry.
ListShield targets Listeria monocytogenes which causes listeriosis. Used to treat ready-to-eat foods (e.g., meat, cheese, and fish), raw meats, fruits, and vegetables.
SalmoFresh targets most common, highly pathogenic Salmonella enterica serotypes. Used to treat poultry products, fish, shellfish, fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, and ready-to-eat and raw red meat carcasses and parts and trimmings.
ShigaShield targets Shigella strains responsible for the majority of foodborne disease, including S.flexneri, S.sonnei, and S.dysenteriae. Used to treat ready-to-eat meats, fish and shellfish, fresh and processed fruits, fresh and processed vegetables, and dairy products.
EcoShield PX targets E. coli O157:H7 and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). Used to treat various foods including beef and ground beef, chicken, fish, and fruits and vegetables.
Ecolicide targets E.coli O157:H7 in pet food.
SalmoLyse targets S.enterica in pet food.
ListPhage targets L.monocytogenes in pet food.

Pre-Harvest Intervention Products
These food safety-related products are designed to be applied to live animals prior to entering the processing facility, through spray application to the animals' hide, skin, or feathers. After application, the phages act to reduce the contamination of specific target bacteria, if present on the animal, and prevent it from entering the facility.
Ecolicide PX targets E.coli O157:H7 contamination on the hides of live animals.

Therapeutic Products
ShigActive targets Shigella species. ShigActive has been shown to be efficacious in mice. In 2020, Intralytix was awarded a clinical trial grant by NIAID to assess the safety and efficacy of ShigActive for the management of shigellosis (AI 148054).
EcoActive targets adherent-invasive E.coli (AIEC) associated with inflammation in Crohn's disease. A Phase1/2a clinical trial is currently enrolling at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03808103).
VRELysin targets vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), which in turn, may prevent subsequent infection as well as nosocomial spread. A Phase1/2a clinical trial is expected to start in 2023.

References

Biotechnology companies of the United States

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Praying The Hours Burning Heart presents a Lauralee Farrer production
Lead Actors
Chris Min
Ramsey Robinson
Beth Castle
Karla Droege
Aaron Ballard
David P. Frere
Liz Montgomery
Tim Halligan
Marcia Whitehead
Compline
Glen Hall
Jonathan Foster
Wes Halula
Kiri Zooper Hart
Lauralee Farrer, Executive Producer
Tamara McMahon, Producer
Grace Oh, Coproducer
Ron Allchin, Producer
Matt Webb, Producer
Rob Bethke, Producer
Project Crew
Abe Martinez
Patrick O'Neil Duff
Jordan McMahon
Brandon Lippard
Martina Nagel
Dan Long
Vigils
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A Producer in Charge of Prayer
My name is Grace and I am lucky enough to be the producer overseeing prayer for this project. Never heard of this fascinating title? I will go out on a limb and say you'll be hard pressed to find another producer of prayer for a film. Little credit for this is due to me but to the nature of the Praying the Hours project, and the importance that director Lauralee puts on prayer as an integral part of the production.
The Praying the Hours project is being built on a legacy of prayers—for many years Bette Farrer, an intercessor and Lauralee's mother, prayed continuously for the movie. Her prayers form the foundation of what we continue to build on, and though she has moved on from this life to the next, her mantle has passed on to those of us who have committed to pray for this project. It's a privilege to follow in such awesome footsteps and to be part of something that God is creating here on earth as He has already done—I believe—in heaven.
On the most basic level, my job is to inform the prayer team on a regular basis of the needs and requests submitted by the production team and to be a conduit between the two. That, however, is like saying that flying is only about getting from one place to another—without taking into consideration the miraculous adventure of flying itself. Prayer is an organic, living state of being, and I have the immense privilege of experiencing it with our production crew and prayer team. What makes this film unique is that God's will and guidance is sought every step of the way. Story? We pray. Equipment? We pray. Finances? We pray. Cast members? We pray. You get the idea.
We are nearly a year into this project now (in the current form) and I can't decide which I find more amazing: God answering all of our prayers (which shouldn't surprise, but you know it does!) or how people have been responding to the filming process and even more so the call to prayer. Maybe both are equally awe-inspiring.
A constant source of prayer requests have been for finances and equipment. Can you blame a small independent film? And yet, often at the 11th hour, God has miraculously made possible that which would seem impossible. Although God has not dropped all the money we need on our laps, he has provided for us at every step of the way. Our human preference might be to say, I'll take the whole lump sum, God, but God seems more interested in the process. As a team, we have, time and again, gone before God asking for what we need and He has answered in His own unpredictable way. I have seen what this does. It requires us, His people, to be in constant communication with Him—which perhaps is the whole point. Does it still require a lot of faith and going out on a limb? It sure does! But it's also an amazing experience of fellowship and faith.
Behind the scenes of this project are countless prayer team partners who have agreed to pray for our film. I see them as our silent crew that give of themselves without acknowledgment. Each member of our prayer team is a source of inspiration and encouragement for me and I am grateful to be behind the scenes in prayer with them.
April 12, 2012 | Categories: Production | Tags: Bette Farrer, faith, fellowship, film, Grace Oh, lauralee farrer, prayer, praying the hours, producer, unconventional | Leave a comment
Prayers for a Holy Death
by Lauralee Farrer
A strange thing happened on our first day of principal photography for "None: The Story of the Mournful Songwriter." The script called for a woman to interrupt the main character "None" (Aaron Paul Ballard) as he is trying to write a song. She urges him to open his frame shop early because of a framing emergency.
Because framing "emergencies" are hard to come by, we had concocted this idea that she wanted to frame a rock and roll poster for her boyfriend's birthday party that night.
A long and equally strange series of events led me to send a Facebook message to director Michelle Steffes the night before and ask if she might be available to play that customer. She wrote back, "do you want me to act? Or to help you find someone?" I knew for certain I wanted her to play the customer, but I couldn't explain why. So I didn't. A great sport (and a good actress!) she said she would give us her day, but that she had one chore she had to take care of: a framing emergency. Imagine her surprise to be called to the set of a functioning frame shop.
Her boyfriend's father had passed away that week and she had to get his photo framed for the memorial service. A strange coincidence. While I was trying to tell her what I wanted for the first scene, all I could think about was her boyfriend's father.
Finally, I realized why: the hour of None is when monks go into their cells alone and their prayers include the petition for a "holy death." That means they face the disappointments that accompany the "none" season of their lives, and ask God to sanctify their remaining years. I asked: will you let us frame this photo in the film? She called her boyfriend, and he said yes.
That found moment shifted the tone of the whole scene. When her character returned to pick up the frame job, she was invited to an impromptu Parson Red Heads concert that night, as a way of lightening what was sure to be a heavy evening. She asked what she owed for the framing job, and I told Aaron, "just tell her it's on the house, and to 'come back in happier times.'" So, Aaron said just that. And, in a case of life imitates art, he gave her the framing job he had done, and he choked up on every take (and so did I). Later that evening, when None sees Michelle at the concert, there is a brief but very genuine moment of connection between them. We did not film what we planned, we filmed what we were given.
I do not know Michelle's boyfriend, but I spent quite a bit of time with his father's photograph that day, filming it and framing it, and—for my part—praying for him and for the family. It was a very rich and mysterious connection. Just the sort of thing one should expect from this particular hour of prayer. We asked permission of Joey (through Michelle) to tell this story, and he agreed, adding: His name was David. Rest in peace.
April 2, 2012 | Categories: Production | Tags: Aaron Paul Ballard, found moment, frame shop, holy death, life imitates art, Michelle Steffes, none, Parson Red Heads, prayer | 3 Comments
Calling at a Decent Hour
When we were in Indiana, early one morning before a day of shooting, I texted my friend Keri Tombazian to ask her to pray for me. I realized with horror that I had texted her at a little before 3 a.m. in Los Angeles (or at the hour of Vigils). Later, at a "decent" hour, I texted again to apologize. Typical of Keri, she replied: "don't ever worry about that. My phone is on kairos time."
Kairos, of course, means "grace." Chronos time is the polar opposite, it is unforgiving, relentless, unstoppable. That's the time we live by, mostly, with the exception of the transcendent kairos moment here and there. In a conversation with Tricia Harding the other day we were both bemoaning the fact that in this life, at least, we will always be caught in tension between chronos and kairos. The late Ray Anderson put it this way: we are made of dust yet we have eternity in our hearts.
Making this movie that focuses so intently on the hours, you'd think the one thing I wouldn't forget is time. The truth is, I not only forget the hours, I forget to pray them. That's a short route to hypocrisy and to losing sight of the purpose of this ambitious project in the first place—which is to dive more deeply into the mystery of the place where time and prayer merge.
So, we have a modest plan. We have a small team that thinks about distribution and social media, as we hope that by the time we're done with this project we'll have our own delivery system for it. In those conversations, we've been considering the value of Twitter for slowly building an audience. We invited Eric Jessen and Matt Lumpkin to one of our producer meetings to give their opinions on the subject. Both said the same basic thing about the secret to Twitter: say something interesting.
Among us, we decided what would interest us would be a daily tweet at a specific hour of prayer with a reflection, scripture, or thought about the personality of that hour. To remind us that while we are making the movie Praying the Hours we ought to be praying the hours as well.
Starting on Monday, March 26, 2012, and for 30 days thereafter, we will tweet every day at 3 p.m. at the hour of None—the hour we finished shooting last week and are starting post production on. Follow us on @praythehours .
None is the hour of the day when "shadows lengthen." There are only a few hours left to daylight and the heart sinks to consider it, knowing that you will not complete all that you hoped to in this day (it applies equally to a lifetime). This is the hour to pray for courage, to rise up and ask God to help you focus on something that has eternal value. It's a good hour to admit your limitations and embrace grace.
March 24, 2012 | Categories: Production | Tags: chronos, courage, eric Jessen, eternity, grace, hypocrisy, indiana, kairos, Keri Tombazian, Matt Lumpkin, none, prayer, Ray Anderson, shadows lengthen, Tricia Harding, tweeting none, vigils | Leave a comment
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The Presiding Member, Mr James TO, called for nominations of the Chairman of the Bills Committee. Mr CHAN Kam-lam was nominated by Mr CHAN Wing-chan, and the nomination was seconded by Mr YEUNG Yiu-chung. Miss CHOY So-yuk was nominated by Mr NG Ching-fai, and the nomination was seconded by Mr Howard YOUNG. Both Mr CHAN Kam-lam and Miss CHOY So-yuk accepted the nomination.
2.	As there were two nominations, Mr James TO ordered a vote. There was a tie vote and Mr James TO drew lots to determine his casting vote.
3.	According to the lot drawn, Mr James TO declared that Mr CHAN Kam-lam was elected Chairman of the Bills Committee. Mr CHAN Kam-lam then took over the chair.
4.	At the invitation of the Chairman, Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs (DS for HA) briefed the meeting that the Bill was introduced to rectify deficiencies identified in three existing Ordinances, namely, the Hotel Proprietors Ordinance, the Hotel Accommodation Tax Ordinance and the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance. He said that the main objective of the Bill was to amend the definitions of "hotel" in the Hotel Proprietors Ordinance (Cap. 158) and the Hotel Accommodation Tax Ordinance (Cap. 348); and the definitions of "hotel" and "guesthouse" in the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap. 349) in order to specify the scope of the definitions. Amendments were also made to the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap. 349) to extend the period of licences to a maximum period of 36 months and to facilitate enforcement of the licensing scheme.
5.	DS for HA said that the existing definitions of "hotel" and "guesthouse" in the three Ordinances did not cover establishments offering accommodation only to limited categories of persons, such as persons of a particular nationality or clients of a tourist agency. Some establishments which were in fact hotels and guesthouses could therefore operate outside the control and regulation of these Ordinances without the need to comply with the fire and building safety conditions, and health and hygiene requirements under Cap. 349. They were also not required to pay tax under Cap. 348. Their existence and operation not only posed a potential threat to public safety, but also brought about substantial revenue implications as well as unfair competition in the industry. The Administration had considered administrative remedies but the High Court Judgement in March 1996 (The Queen Vs Triview Limited) ruled that hotels which accepted guests with prior reservations but not to "any person presenting himself" were not within the purview of the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance. The judgement had created a loophole as far as enforcement was concerned. Legislative amendment was therefore necessary so that definitions of "hotel" and "guesthouse" would clearly include those establishments which offered accommodation only to limited categories of persons.
6.	DS for HA said that another crucial issue in the Bill related to the licensing scheme for hotels and guesthouses. The Bill sought to extend the period of licence issued under section 8 and renewal of licence under section 9 of Cap. 349 to a maximum period of 36 months. The proposal was made in response to hotel owners' request to facilitate their planning of the extensive and costly hotel renovation works which normally took place once every few years. The provision would enable the Licensing Authority of the Home Affairs Department to determine, on a case-by-case basis, the issuance of licence up to three years to obviate the need for annual renewal. The 3-year licence would be given only to those establishments that had demonstrated a good record of compliance with the fire and building safety standards. Guesthouses might also be considered for the issue of three-year licence if they could attain the same standards.
Clauses 8 and 9 were to allow notices under sections 19 and 20 of Cap. 349 to be served by posting them in a conspicuous part of the premises without stating the name of the addressee. At present, notices were served to the responsible persons of hotels or guesthouses personally or by registered post to direct remedial works under section 19 and to notify the Administration's intention to apply from the District Court for closure order under section 20. Serving of such notices was difficult when the whereabouts or identity of the responsible persons were not known.
Clauses 9 and 10 were to enable any person authorized by the Secretary for Home Affairs (S for HA) in writing to enter a hotel or guesthouse to execute remedial works under section 20, while a closure order was in force.
Clause 11 was to add a new section to extend the time limit for prosecution of offences under Cap. 349. The proposed period would be either six months from the commission of the offence or six months from the offence being discovered by or brought to the notice of the Licensing Authority, whichever was the later.
8.	DS for HA added that the Bill was previously introduced into the former Legislative Council on 29 May 1996. However, the resumption of Second Reading debate of the Bill did not take place due to other legislative priorities which had to be completed before the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July 1997. He stressed that despite the deferment of the Bill, the Administration had been in close liaison with the hotel and guesthouse industries before re-introducing the Bill to the LegCo. No major amendment was made to the previous version and the industries were generally in support of the Bill.
Scope of definitions of "hotel" and "guesthouse"
9.	Mr Edward HO enquired whether service apartments were covered by the definition of "hotel" and "guesthouse" in the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap. 349). Principal Assistant Secretary for Home Affairs (PAS for HA) replied that premises providing accommodation exclusively for a continuous period of 28 days or more were subject to the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap. 7) and were outside the ambit of Cap. 349. For the avoidance of doubt, S for HA could by exclusion orders exclude this type of premises from the applications of the Ordinance. In reply to Mr HO's further enquiry, PAS for HA clarified that service apartments and holiday flats providing rented accommodation services on both daily and monthly basis would still be covered by the proposed definition of "hotel" and "guesthouse" in the Bill.
10.	Mr James TO enquired about the rationale for excluding premises providing accommodation for a minimum period of 28 continuous days. He said that some service apartments were rented for a continuous period of two weeks, and that there were occasions where the seller of a flat might enter a temporary tenancy agreement with the buyer to rent the accommodation for a period of less than 28 days to facilitate house-moving arrangements. PAS for HA explained that the spirit was to exclude premises which were rented on a monthly basis, and "28 days" being the minimum number of calendar days in a month was adopted simply to facilitate enforcement.
11.	DS for HA further explained that the exclusion order under Cap. 349 was mainly targeted at four categories listed in paragraph 9 of the LegCo Brief. The purpose was to make it clear that the revised definitions would not cover those premises which were already subject to the regulation of other ordinances. Chief Officer of the Licensing Authority said that the definition was intended to cover premises which received bookings and which provided sleeping accommodation for "any person presenting himself". The purpose was to ensure that these premises were safe for accommodation purposes. Private tenancy agreements between two parties concerning accommodation rented on a monthly basis was outside the ambit of the three Ordinances under discussion.
13.	Mr Edward HO expressed concern that under section 22(1) of the Ordinance, the Chief Executive in Council could from time to time make new and additional regulations on the building and fire safety standards for hotels and guesthouses. The uncertainty about licence renewal conditions would greatly affect the operation of hotels and guesthouses. He said that when Cap. 349 came into operation in 1991, many hotels were issued licences with schedules specifying the modification works required. This had caused much confusion to the industry at that time. Now that most hotels had complied with the schedules of the licence, Mr HO considered that Government would only need to ensure no unauthorized alterations had been made to the approved plan. To reduce uncertainty about licence renewal conditions, Mr HO suggested the Administration to consider extending the maximum period of licence up to five years for those hotels with a good record of compliance. The Chairman added that the Licensing Authority could still conduct surprise inspection during the five-years licence period, and that the fee for a five-years licence could be five times of an annual licence.
14.	Mr James TO asked about the rationale for setting the maximum period of a licence at three years instead of five or seven years. DS for HA said that Government was taking progressive steps to streamline the licensing scheme and the proposed extension of the licence period from one year to three years was already a great improvement having regard to public safety and convenience to the trade. With regard to worries of the trade about frequent amendments to fire safety requirements, DS for HA assured members that, save exceptional circumstances, the Administration would not impose additional requirements on renewal of licence. He said that since the implementation of the Ordinance, there was only one appeal case concerning renewal of licence. The court had ruled in this case that the same safety standards as specified in the schedule of the licence must be complied with before the application for licence renewal could be approved. PAS for HA added that the Administration had issued policy guidelines specifying that new conditions would not be imposed on a licence when the works required under the schedule had been completed, unless there were alterations affecting the safety of the premises, or apparent safety threats. The Federations of Hong Kong Hotel Owners Limited was also aware of the Government policy in this respect. DS for HA supplemented that should there be new research findings about the safety of certain building materials used in old buildings, revisions might have to be made to building safety standards.
15.	Noting that the Fire Services Department reviewed and updated its Code of Practice every 10 years, Mr Edward HO sought assurance from the Administration that changes to the Code or the relevant regulations would not affect hotels and guesthouses for renewal of licence. DS for HA further explained the policy guidelines and emphasized that no additional requirements would be imposed upon licence renewal, unless for reasons of public safety as described in paragraph 14. Mr Edward HO suggested that sufficient time should be allowed for hotels to complete the necessary modification works when introducing new requirements.
16.	Considering that hotels and guesthouses were basically different modes of operations, Mr HO Sai-chu suggested a multi-tier licensing system for hotels and guesthouses. His suggestion was supported by Mr James TO and Mr CHAN Wing-chan. They considered that hotels with good records of compliance should be given licences of a longer period, say, five or seven years. DS for HA responded that generally speaking, smaller establishments would be subject to tighter control under the proposed licensing system, and only those with good record of compliance would be considered for a licence up to a maximum period of 36 months.
17.	Arising from Mr Howard YOUNG's enquiry about the frequency of inspection on licensed hotels and guesthouses, the Chairman asked whether the licence fees were based on the policy of cost-recovery. DS for HA responded that the current licence fees could only recover 26% of the costs. However, in view of the recent economic downturn, the Administration had no intention to increase licence fees in the current financial year.
18.	Mr CHAN Wing-chan enquired about the control of unlicensed guesthouses especially those operating in residential buildings. He asked about the regulatory criteria and whether these would add burden to the guesthouse industry if major alteration or renovation was required. DS for HA acknowledged the problem of unlicensed guesthouses and said that control of these premises was primarily to ensure that they were safe for accommodation. He said that guesthouses were required to comply with basic fire safety and building requirements and these would not lead to extensive renovation of the premises. The Licensing Authority would investigate complaints of unlicensed guesthouses and would further discuss with the Police to step up enforcement action.
19.	Mr James TO agreed that the Ordinance should provide for persons authorized by S for HA in writing to enter a hotel or guesthouse to execute remedial works whilst a closure order was in force. He asked whether there were similar provisions in other ordinances such as the Buildings Ordinance. Chief Officer of the Licensing Authority confirmed that similar provisions existed in other ordinances such as the Buildings Ordinance. At Mr TO's request, DS for HA agreed to provide examples of similar provisions in other legislation.
20.	Mr James TO expressed concern whether the proposed relaxation on time limit for prosecution was consistent with other legislation. He said that according to section 26 of the Magistrate Ordinance, prosecution could not be instituted against an offence which had been committed more than six months before the date the summon was issued by the relevant Authority. He asked whether the proposed extension of time limit for prosecution in the Bill (i.e. six months after discovery of the offence) was in line with other legislation. Senior Government Counsel confirmed that the drafting of the proposed provision was in order. At Mr TO's request, the Administration agreed to provide examples of similar provisions in other legislation.
22.	Members agreed to meet at 10:45 am on Thursday, 22 October 1998. Members also agreed to invite deputations from the hotel and guesthouse industries to present their views on the Bill at the next meeting.
23.	The meeting ended at 12:30 pm.


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Our military and every single individual who enlists serves our country, each and every one of us, all of us. Our churches and clergy serve our communities, our faith and our spirits. We are served by educators and their entire support system of internal service. We are served wellness and healing by our medical professionals, our insurance programs, our local health clubs – and all those who build the buildings that we enter; the dealers who sell us the cars and their 'service' departments who fix them and the gas stations that supply the gas albeit self-service. We reach out to professionals to help us plan trips (Kayak, Rick Steves), choose service providers (think Angie's List). Of course, we reach out to funeral homes to help us plan those dreaded 'services'.
We have the Internet to provide us access to information and more 'services' that were unimaginable when most of us were born. Of course, there are the cable and Internet and telecommunications companies that help us gain and maintain access to such a service. It takes a village.
We have professional services that some of us can't live without: cosmetologists, landscapers, massage therapists, clinical therapists, dog groomers, mechanics and the list will never end, as our need for such services continues and evolves. And it will. Who knew Amazon would replace our shopping experiences to the extent that it has and who knew (maybe Bezos did) that it would make the impact on our daily shopping needs that it may be planning on? We probably don't have a clue as of yet how we will be impacted, or we may already be impacted and not even know it. On a larger scale – we serve our planet. By doing whatever we can as individuals, as homeowners, as tree huggers – to contribute to clean air, green spaces and hopefully retaining what the EPA has been put in place for. A service we won't be able to live with out.
There's community service. Some may be assigned for legal reasons; most performed by people who are seriously dedicated to public service, whether in administrative roles or in beautifying their neighborhoods.
Writers write, editors modify and publishers publish and booksellers promote and sell. Truck makers design and build the trucks that the trucking companies buy in order to deliver the goods that are sold to us in all sorts of places, by the truck drivers who get it to those places far and wide. It takes a village.
In the workplace, many don't often realize the service that they provide unless it is spelled out for them – in a job description or by assumption. There are those who serve customers in restaurants or banks, or retail stores and there is another never-ending list. Public service, private service, customer service. What does it mean to serve? Perform, provide, deliver; a cook can perform and create, the clerk can provide the checkpoints and the driver can deliver the food to you, or the wait staff can 'serve' your dinner to you. In a restaurant, you provide tips as a standard of thanks. A gratuity that can range from mediocre to outstanding, depending on the level of service. Wait staff most often rely on these tips for a living. What may go wrong in the kitchen does not necessarily reflect the abilities of the 'server' unless they are mindlessly going about their job; not paying attention to a delayed order, a wrong order, etc. The gratuity most often reflects the level of service, the timely attention, the friendliness, and the manner in which one is served. And in those places where gratuities are not a standard practice – service good or bad, is still recognized. The gratitude may be passed along in the form of a recommendation, or not.
I could ramble on about service, which I think I already have. What my point was intended to be – is to acknowledge all those factors that/who contribute to the end product or the end service. Technology has become a factor in everything we do or buy. But someone, a human, has created, trained, maintained whatever type of technology that is. Within an organization, there is an IT service department. These are people whose jobs require them to analyze or service the systems that other 'people' need to utilize to perform the specifics of their jobs. So internally, this is just one example of service within the same organization, who has customers inside and out of the scope of maybe what their job descriptions have spelled out for them.
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On a personal level – we provide friendship and support, when others need us. At work, we don't (or shouldn't) spit back the phrase 'it's not my job' when we don't feel like doing something. It takes a village. A village of do-gooders sometimes and a village of family; to be sure that our lives and our work impacts others in ways we don't even realize yet. A good impact, an everlasting impact. You will be remembered for acts of compassion, kindness and generosity large and small. You will also be remembered for those times you could have, you should have, but you didn't.