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Kelsoe Makes President's List at Plymouth State University
August 17, 2022 August 17, 2022 editor Plymouth State University, President's List
PLYMOUTH,NEW HAMPSHIRE – Plymouth State University announced 823 students have been named to the University President's List for the Spring 2022 semester.
To be named to the President's List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 or better for the Spring 2022 semester and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during the semester.
Marcus Kelsoe of Framingham was on the list for Spring 2022.
Established in 1871, Plymouth State University serves the state of New Hampshire and the world beyond by transforming our students through advanced practices where engaged learning produces well-educated undergraduates and by providing graduate education that deepens and advances knowledge and enhances professional development.
With distinction, we connect with community and business partners for economic development, technological advances, healthier living, and cultural enrichment with a special commitment of service to the North Country and Lakes Region of New Hampshire.
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For its initial public launch, Apex Life Sciences hired Imagistic to develop the new Web site, and hired Imagistic's Chief Strategy Officer to coordinate and manage internal stakeholders and additional 3rd party vendors.
Kevin worked with the Apex Systems executive team to gather system requirements and to manage all parties to a successful on-time launch. The project included brand positioning, a well-tuned, easy-to-update CMS, and bi-directional communication between the Bullhorn ATS (Applicant Tracking System) and Phenom People TRM (Talent Relationship Marketing).
Apex Life Sciences is a division of the 5th largest clinical/scientific staffing and services firm in the U.S. We match top scientific, engineering, and clinical research professionals at all career levels for contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire opportunities.


Mainly quality manufacturing processes when it comes to dietary supplements , claims, the FDA oversees labeling ingredients. It may seem a bit obvious to state, but the FDA has an explicitly narrow range of influence over products that are sold in the US. Another product contained triamterene, a powerful diuretic ( sometimes known as " water pills" ).
The Food but they' re not quite the same as traditional , Drug Administration has a hand in the regulation of a number of dietary ingredients , supplements, conventional drug products foods. The truth about Garcinia Cambogia being FDA approved. Tainted Products.
Fda cud garcinia cambogia. Garcinia Cambogia And The FDA Summary. Most recently the active ingredient found in Prozac, FDA has found a number of products marketed as dietary supplements containing fluoxetine other conditions.
Garcinia Cambogia And The FDA Summary. FDA does inspect product manufacturers to verify that they comply with good manufacturing practices. " However, domestic and foreign establishments that manufacture, repack, or re- label drug products in the United States are required to register with the FDA.
Public Notification: Fruta Planta Life ( Garcinia Cambogia Premium) contains hidden drug ingredient.
Sibutramine is a controlled substance that was removed from the market in October for safety reasons. This product poses a threat to consumers because sibutramine is known to substantially increase blood pressure and/ or heart rate in some people.
Garcinia cambogia tea benefits are similar to those in capsules or drops, and a cup of tea is suggested about a half hour before eating a meal. Garcinia cambogia doses typically range between 500 and 1, 000 mg, and if you take a capsule, most recommend taking one twice a day.


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Kane's Barbosa, Andersson Will Serve on State's Human Rights Commission
Awards and Recognition, Communities, Crime and Safety, Criminal Justice, Education, Government, People, Quality of Life, State of Illinois, WK-Communities
Kane County Zoning Board of Appeals chairman Manuel Barbosa and former state Rep. Steven Andersson of Geneva have been chosen to serve on the Illinois…
6 Kane County High Schools Make U.S. News Best List For 2019
Awards and Recognition, Communities, Consumers, Education, Events, Government, Homeowners, Kane County Regional Office of Education, Local Economy, Quality of Life, Schools, WK-Features
More Kane County high schools made U.S. News' 2019 list of top 100 best high schools — six in total, compared to four in 2018…
Aurora Named Among Top 10 Most Engaged Cities in The World
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Anyone who follows the city of Aurora online knows that this is one heavily engaged community. Now, the city is one of 10 big-name finalists…
4 Cougars Named 2019 Midwest League All-Stars
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The Midwest League has announced the rosters for the 2019 Midwest League All-Star Game, which will be held on Tuesday, June 18, at Four Winds…
District 300 Student Competes in History-Making National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
by Matt Muntner
Awards and Recognition, Education, Entertainment, Kane County, Kane County Regional Office of Education, Schools, Youth
For the second consecutive year, Pranav Kollu from Cambridge Lakes Charter School in District 300 represented Kane County in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in…
2 Aurora Investigators Who Survived Deadly Shootout Named Police Officers of The Year
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Investigator Matthew Huber and Investigator Colin Griffin have been honored as Aurora Police Department's Officers of the Year for 2018. Huber and Griffin were nominated…
4 Of 6 Kane Hospitals Earn 'A' Safety Grades; Huntley Hospital Gets Its First Grade
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One new Kane County-area hospital was added to the Leapfrog list for safety grading this spring, and it was one of four that earned an…
Illinois, Kane County Take National Lead In Solar Designations For Municipalities
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Kane County last week took an important step forward in solar power growth — with resulting new job creation, economic development and reduced carbon emissions…
South Elgin Students Big Winners in Tech Manufacturing Competition
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South Elgin High School students from were big winners last Thursday at the Technology & Manufacturing Association's 28th annual Precision Machining Competition, an annual…
IDOT: Lake in The Hills Airport Wins 'Reliever of the Year' Award
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Lake in the Hills Airport, located just north of the Kane County line, has been named "Reliever Airport of the Year" by the Illinois…

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Launched in 2010, the University of Michigan Working Papers in Museum Studies serve as an outlet for museum scholars and professionals and advanced students to report on ongoing research and present new theoretical arguments in a peer-reviewed on-line publication. These papers—which derive from public presentations on the University of Michigan campus, faculty research, and the doctoral project of University of Michigan Museum Studies students—provide an opportunity for MSP to disseminate our distinctive "critical practice" perspective to the larger museum and heritage community through presenting exciting and provocative new scholarship that integrates theory and practice in the study of museums.
In Fall 2015, we launched a new series of working papers: Museum Studies Working Papers: Future Leaders, which features the work of talented U-M undergraduates who have undertaken substantive research on museum and heritage topics.
by Museum Studies Program · Published March 8, 2016
Psychological Flow and the Numinous Museum Experience
Psychological Flow and the Numinous Museum Experience Kiersten F. Latham, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science Kent State University Latham working paper
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Managing Michigan's Underwater Heritage: The Past, Present, and Future of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Leah R. Burgin, University of Michigan Download Managing Michigan's Underwater Heritage: The Past, Present, and Future of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
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Number 10, Sacred Trees of the Savè Hills Cultural Landscape
Andrew W. Gurstelle, University of Michigan
Number 9, Building Bodies in the Australian Periphery: The Enactment of Aboriginality in Tasmania
Christopher Berk, University of Michigan
Number 8, Materiality Matters: Experiencing the Displayed Object
Sandra Dudley, University of Leicester
Number 6, Aligning Museum Building Projects with Institutional Goals
Ipek Kaynar Rohloff, Mount Holyoke College


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MARTIN COUNTY PROVIDES A DISTRICT THREAT FOR BOCA
By RAY MURRAY and Staff Writer
Mistakes and missteps could lead to misfortune if the Boca Raton defense isn't careful.
The Bobcats, the Sun-Sentinel's No. 4 team, host Martin County at 8 tonight in a key District 13-4A football game. Both are 1-0 in conference play.
Atlantic, the district's other undefeated team, plays each team later in the year, so the loser tonight becomes a longshot for the district title.
Martin County, 1-2 overall, has a high-powered offense averaging 369 yards a game.
"They're very disciplined on offense," said Boca coach Jay Minton. "They run the Wing-T probably better than anybody's ever run it around here. They throw a lot of misdirection at you."
Boca's defenders can't afford to be fooled. Fullback Genaris Haston has 304 yards and five touchdowns, while quarterback Terry Cook has thrown for 254 yards.
Minton said if Martin County has a weakness, it's on defense. "They're not as strong as their offense, but they're still pretty strong," Minton said.
The Tigers have given up 919 yards on the ground, which should make Darwin Botero and Randy Kalman, Boca's leading rushers, begging for the ball.
Minton is looking for ball control -- for four quarters.
"We've got to get a little bit more execution in the second and third quarters," he said. "We kind of hit a wall. We score 14 quick points and hit a wall. We've got to get over that a little bit."
In another key game tonight, Lake Worth, the Sun-Sentinel's top-ranked team, travels to Clewiston for the District 14-3A opener. Lake Worth is No. 9 in the state, while Clewiston is No. 6. The winner takes a big step toward the district title, while the loser may be all but eliminated. Both teams will later meet Glades Central, ranked seventh in the state.
Clewiston is led by Thomas Washington, one of the state's top running backs. He has 412 yards rushing, including 166 last week.


Had mentioned 11:58 yesterday, and exactly there, Nifty fell swiftly giving impression to many as if its turning down! But is that really the case? Absolutely NOT!
SGX Nifty is flat today morning, so sideways movement will continue for first 1-2 hours.
Nifty and BN are up. TSL is 10290 NS and for BN its 25590. Its end I will communicate some 15 minutes in advance. Continue to hold long position with TSL mentioned.
Long from 10340 NS .
Comment: Intraday only: Exit at 9:34. It will go sideways with downward bias for sometime before moving up again. ST and MT traders please ignore this.
Comment: Exited here with another 40 points gain. Will go long again later. By the way Nifty is above yesterday's high.
Comment: [ST and Intraday\ : This short wave is ending at 12:26. Next one will start retracing this entire rise from yesterday's low. Lets exit at 12:26 and wait for next ST to end. MT traders plese just hold with patience.
Comment: Does not look like this ST retracement will be complete today, however if Nifty crosses day's high and BN crosses 25790, will go long and carry forward for Monday.
Comment: In a bit of a sideways fashion, its making Higher Highs and Higher Lows. It may gap upon Monday. Please carry forward.
Comment: The postion carried forward from yesterday gave 40 points, second one was exited at no profit no loss. Third one was bought at 10392. - will exit this on Monday only.
Kindly give some lies, many thanks! See my discussion on long term Elliott wave tomorrow.
Comment: Sorry, yesterday was 30 points only, so net today is 70.
Nifty and BN both are closing in green!
10900 levels are not even remotely possible in this up leg.
Correction will set in after touching 10600.
on which time frame you are treading for this small moves/intraday.
@pradyjt28, I am trading intraday moves in the direction of short term. And short term is up.


Survey these repositories to identify appropriate oral histories, collect metadata on their contents, and assess their accessibility and state of preservation.
In the initial year of the project, the DCOHC Collections Survey has generated an-easy-to use finding guide that documents the locations, metadata, and state of preservation for 30 D.C. repositories. DCOHC looked into repositories, cultural institutions, and other organizations currently holding relevant oral history recordings in order to discover the range of existing materials. The results have been compiled and standardized in a finding guide to be made available to the public in the future. The second year of the project will update the records from these 30 repositories as well as survey an additional 15 repositories around the city.
In many cases this finding guide is the first publicly available information on invaluable recordings held by dozens of city institutions. By including content information, the survey is also designed to bring to light gaps in the record of D.C. lives so that oral historians can build upon (rather than duplicate) existing interviews. Please note: histories of federal agencies or events that are strictly national in nature are not included in this survey, but oral histories that feature Washingtonians employed by the federal government are included. So far, the FY2017 survey yielded a total of 3,897 interviews recorded from 1938 to 2017.
If you would like to let us know about a repository or collection of oral histories not included in this list, please email collectionssurvey@dcoralhistories.org.


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They testify themselves in books/That rouse Atellan laughter.
But, seriously, ladies & gentiles... I took a trip out to the town of Atella, very near Naples, the other day. It is the historical birthplace of the sit-com! I was hoping to find a world-class Museum of Historical Comedy or maybe "Atella the Fun," a comedy club, where the performers would say things like, "Now take the emperor. Please." I was disappointed. There was no such place. The only piece of history sticking up in Atella is the so-called castellone, a Roman thermal bath from the second century a.d. There is some talk of opening a bulletin board to remind people of the importance that Atella enjoys in the history of comedy.
It may be, as Woody Allen quipped, that no one takes comedy seriously; yet, for a dramatic form that supposedly gets short shrift from critics, comedy based on caricature family stereotypes has great staying power. There is a chain of domestic farce running from present-day television sitcoms back as far as we can reliably trace, which is, approximately, the atellanae fabulae, or Atellan Fables, also known as "Oscan Games" (Ludi osci). Those terms are used to describe a form of Roman farce based on vulgar, low-brow, coarse life in the outback — bumpkin comedy. Interestingly, although we say "Roman" farce, the Atellan Fables were originally performed in the Oscan language, not Latin, which means that the Romans took the idea from someone and somewhere else—the Oscans of the town of Atella, well south of the early Roman sphere of influence.
people, occupied the area shown in white on this map.
"Oscan" is the name of a language as well as a term for the speakers of that language. It was an Indo-European language and a close relative of Latin. By the year 1000 b.c. the Italian peninsula was populated largely by descendants of the great Indo-European invasions of 2,000 years earlier. One of these groups would become a commonplace name centuries later, the Latini. Others would diminish to historical curiosities; the Oscans were one of these groups, best represented by the ferocious Samnites, who battled Rome for long centuries before succumbing.
One anomalous, enigmatic people were the Etruscans, non-Indo-European wanderers into central Italy (perhaps from Anatolia) shortly before the year 1000 b.c. The Etruscans spread and incorporated many of the native peoples, including the Latini and the Oscans; the Etruscans in the south were then displaced by colonists from Greece starting in about 600 b.c.; the Greeks were then swallowed up by mighty Rome by about 300 b.c. (Descriptions such as "incorporated" and "displaced" conceal the extent to which different groups with their own customs and languages must have existed side by side for some time in the fifth and sixth centuries b.c. in the Campania region of Italy. For example, click here.) In any event, from Roman sources we can say that Atella was staging its "Oscan games" at least as early as the fourth century b.c.
Roman literature has many references to the Atellan farces in the Oscan language. In taking over the Atellan Fables, however, the Romans abandoned the original Oscan improvisational form and developed the form into a literary Latin one; even Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla, had his hand at writing a few. Many of the Oscan stock characters were kept by the Romans (and survived into various national incarnations much later in the European Middle Ages, including Macchus, a hunch-backed "wise" fool with a big nose, the forerunner of the modern Neapolitan Pulcinella). Other characters included Bucco (the fat man), Manducus (the glutton), and Pappus (an old man). Many of the common character types found in today's television fare — the nagging wife, the meddling mother-in-law, the effeminate man, the simpleton, the braggart, the quack doctor, etc. etc. — show up in the Atellan Fables.
Exactly where the Atellan Fables came from as a form of improvised Oscan theater is still debated. One view is that it was taken from a comedic form brought into Italy by the Greeks. That is hard to substantiate except from the point of view that everything must have somehow come from the Greeks! That is to say, Roman satire was a literary form easily linked back to written Greek comedy, but the Atellan Fables were improvised by the Oscans and only later became written literature as the Romans gave up ad-libbing and attempted to write their own Fables in Latin. There was an earlier Greek form called a satyr play, however, that did have an improvisational character to it, so there is always that possibility.
Some (the German historian Mommsen, for example) think that the Oscans had nothing to do with it and that the form was originally Roman. Well, Mommsen got a Nobel Prize, but it seems to me that that view is bizarre in light of the references by Latin writers, themselves, to their Oscan predecessors. Another intriguing possibility is that the Oscan form was influenced by the Etruscans, who apparently were known for vulgar and bawdy verses. Today we still use the adjective "Fescennine" to describe such material (unless, of course, you yourself are vulgar and bawdy, in which case you haven't the foggiest idea what "Fescennine" means). "Fescennia" was the name of an ancient Etruscan city (near modern-day Viterbo). The Etruscan theory, too, is difficult since (1) we can't read Etruscan very well and (2) there is very little Etruscan to read. And, of course, one should consider the possibility that the improvisational nature and the fascinating stock characters of the Atellan Fables are originally Oscan. So maybe the road to Everybody Loves Raymond really did start in Atella.
If the Oscans had a real funny bone, they'd have been amused by the fact that the above-mentioned "Castellone" — the Roman bath — is located on Via degli Osci (Street of the Oscans). They'd be rolling on the floor that Osci Ludi ("Oscan games") is the name of the local football stadium in Orta di Atella, the modern name for this very old town.


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Written by Bill Walsh | January 28, 2021
In their own words – social studies standards committee not hiding their push for "equity"
Gov. Tim Walz appointed a committee of 45 people to rewrite the social studies standards for Minnesota's K-12 schools.
We wrote extensively about their first draft and how it left out key historical facts and subjects such as the study of communism, World Wars, and even the Holocaust.
We also wrote about the makeup of the committee, stacked with disproportionate representation from Native American groups and liberal organizations dedicated to advancing today's version of political correctness known as "equity."
Today we released an audio compilation of committee members from a recent meeting discussing the social studies standards draft and their efforts to add ethnic studies, equity, and what they call "historical context" to the list of things our students should know about history, economics, geography and civics.
It's easy to laugh at some of the things they say in the video but the power this group has on what our kids will be taught is not funny. They are on a mission to divide us into subgroups based on the color of our skin and rewrite the history of our country through the lens of undefined terms like "equity" and "ethnic studies."
Future drafts of these standards will be subject to public comment and input, but ultimately the Walz administration has the power to foist them on local schools through the rule making process.
In their own words:
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Bill Walsh is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Center of the American Experiment.
What the new teacher licensing standards mean for educators
Gov. Tim Walz's Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) proposed amendments to the rules governing teacher licensure in Minnesota. These changes are expected to be formally adopted later this…
MN State leader seeks record $350 million funding hike despite plummeting enrollment
January 27, 2023 by Tom Steward
"Go big or go home" the saying goes, but evidently Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor Devinder Malhotra believes he can do both. He's retiring as head of Minnesota's largest…
They don't trust parents
It's National School Choice Week, but not a peep from Gov. Tim Walz or DFL legislators (that I've seen) acknowledging the annual nonpartisan celebration of effective K-12 education options available…
Minnesota K-12 funding is up, enrollment down
State funding per K-12 student — adjusted for inflation — is up 31 percent since 2002 despite enrollment being down 2 percent, according to an analysis by the Reason Foundation.…


The Town of Wrightsville Beach uses "pay stations" at some public parking locations. There are 26 pay stations on the island available for visitors to conveniently pay.
Please note the time of expiration on pay receipt. Receipt must be displayed face up on dash as proof that parking has been paid.
If you require assistance with a pay station, please notify us immediately by calling the parking office at 910-256-5453.
Press the Start key on the machine to wake it from power conservation mode.
Retrieve the receipt from the machine.
Place your Pay Station receipt on your dashboard (face up) so that the enforcement staff can see your expiration time and date.
Once you have received a Pay Station receipt, you may move to any other metered location in the Town that does not have time restrictions for your duration of stay.
Pay station receipts are not valid at 1-Hour Parking Only meters and will be subject to a citation. The one hour maximum stay area is on Lumina Avenue between Latimer and Columbia Streets. These spaces are in front of the local merchants in the business district and serve to increase turnover so that business patrons may find available parking.


Should you buy a headset or studio mic for your recording needs?
Opting to invest in a quality headset with a quality microphone is a great way to keep everything simple. There's no need for extra hardware to get everything working. Simply plug in the 3.5mm connector or USB plug, and you're good to go. Another positive of headsets is that they do not require space on the desk aside from when you're not wearing them. It's less hassle for those who just want to enjoy music and media, and also play some games while talking to others.
One reason many still rely on the trusty headset is due to the accessory not picking up keyboard noise as much as a studio or desk-mounted microphone, which can pick up keystrokes and send them across to whoever may be listening on a VoIP platform. They also do a solid job of cutting out background noise and are normally positioned adjacent to the mouth to better hone in on and pick up your voice.
It's also not required that it remain in place for a microphone to pick up input, because the headset is attached to your body and follows your movement. Finally, headsets are generally cheaper to purchase. You only need to spend up to $150 for a quality product that will last a number of years before its cups need replacing. It's also possible to pick up a bargain or a more affordable option that works just as well.
Headset microphones are great for communication and gaming, but if you want to take your voice to new levels, it's worth looking into studio microphones. These expensive alternatives to headsets are simply recording devices that are installed onto a mount or desktop stand and are positioned and configured in such a way to pick up voice and ignore background noise. Once you have everything up and running, they're incredible tools for a variety of applications.
An issue with these types of microphones is not only the added price, but some also require extra components and time to adjust various levels to achieve a great experience. For a condenser microphone, you'll need to pick up a pre-amp, phantom power supply, and necessary cabling. This can set you back $200 or more. Fortunately, you get a far better experience by investing more.


The Brand module is the third module in the series.
A 'Brand' represents the image of the organisation. The focus will be on establishing a holistic brand experience by creating clarity on brand values, brand positioning, communication and people behaviour framework. This module will help you to identify your core customers, explore your customer profiles and some easy to understand examples as well as ideas and strategies that you can immediately implement when you go back to work.
Everyone can talk about their brand but only a few truly understand what their brand means to their customer/ audience. Come experience this module to unravel what you thought you know about your brand and use that new found knowledge to challenge change within your organisation and in your marketing communications.
Business owners, professionals and managers with marketing and branding responsibilities in the B2C and B2B landscape.
Nick brings with him over 22 years of branding, advertising, marketing experience having worked with major international agencies and notable brands worldwide. He has also been a judge for prestigious media award shows and been conducting digital related programmes for industrial practitioners working in major creative agencies and brands with the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents in Singapore.


CHICAGO, IL (August 6, 2010) - The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced today that it has traded defender Tim Ward to San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for a conditional selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. Per MLS and club policy, terms of the trade were not disclosed.
"We would like to thank Tim for his contributions to the Chicago Fire and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors," said Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas.
Ward, a six-year veteran, was drafted by New York MetroStars as the 12th overall selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. Since joining the Fire in 2009, the Waukesha, WI product has tallied three assists in 25 appearances with the Fire.


The Navigator is a front-end that you can use to connect to any Digital Asset ledger and inspect and modify the ledger. You can use it during DAML development to explore the flow and implications of the DAML models.
The first sections of this guide cover use of the Navigator with the DAML SDK. Refer to Advanced usage for information on using Navigator outside the context of the SDK.
When running da start you will see the Navigator URL. By default it will be http://localhost:7500/. However, if port 7500 is taken, a different port will be picked.
Navigator is compatible with these browsers: Safari, Chrome, or Firefox.
For information on how to launch and use Navigator outside of the SDK, see Advanced usage below.
The ledger is a record of transactions between authorized participants on the distributed network. Before you can interact with the ledger, you must assume the role of a particular party. This determines the contracts that you can access and the actions you are permitted to perform on the ledger. The first step in using Navigator is to use the drop-down list on the Navigator home screen to select from the available parties.
The main Navigator screen will be displayed, with contracts that this party is entitled to view in the main pane and the option to switch from contracts to templates in the pane at the left. Other options allow you to filter the display, include or exclude archived contracts, and exercise choices as described below.
Click the name of the current party in the top right corner of the screen.
On the home screen, select a different party.
You can act as different parties in different browser windows. Use Chrome's profile feature https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824 and sign in as a different party for each Chrome profile.
To log out, click the name of the current party in the top-right corner of the screen.
DAML contract templates are models that contain the agreement statement, all the applicable parameters, and the choices that can be made in acting on that data. They specify acceptable input and the resulting output. A contract template contains placeholders rather than actual names, amounts, dates, and so on. In a contract instance, the placeholders have been replaced with actual data.
The Navigator allows you to list templates or contracts, view contracts based on a template, and view template and contract details.
To see what contract templates are available on the ledger you are connected to, choose Templates in the left pane of the main Navigator screen.
Use the Filter field at the top right to select template IDs that include the text you enter.
To view a list of available contracts, choose Contracts in the left pane.
Changes to the ledger are automatically reflected in the list of contracts. To avoid the automatic updates, select the Frozen checkbox. Contracts will still be marked as archived, but the contracts list will not change.
Filter the displayed contracts by entering text in the Filter field at the top right.
Use the Include Archived checkbox at the top to include or exclude archived contracts.
You can also view the list of contracts that are based on a particular template.
You will see icons to the right of template IDs in the template list with a number indicating how many contracts are based on this template.
Click the number to display a list of contracts based on that template.
To view template or contract details, click on a template or contract in the list. The template or contracts detail page is displayed.
Contracts in a ledger are created automatically when you exercise choices. In some cases, you create a contract directly from a template. This feature can be particularly useful for testing and experimenting during development.
Navigate to the template detail page as described above.
When the command has been committed to the ledger, the loading indicator in the navbar at the top will display a tick mark.
Navigate to the contract details page (see above).
Click the choice you want to exercise in the choice list.
Navigate to the choice form by clicking the wrench icon in a contract list.
You will see the loading and confirmation indicators, as pictured above in Creating Contracts.
It is possible to advance time against the DAML Sandbox. (This is not true of the Digital Asset ledger.) This advance-time functionality can be useful when testing, for example, when entering a trade on one date and settling it on a later date.
Click on the ledger time indicator in the navbar at the top of the screen.
Select a new date / time.
Customizable table views is an advanced rapid-prototyping feature, intended for DAML developers who wish to customize the Navigator UI without developing a custom application.
Reload your Navigator browser tab. You should now see a sidebar item titled "Filtered contracts" that links to a table with contracts filtered and sorted by ID.
To debug config file errors and learn more about the config file API, open the Navigator /config page in your browser (e.g., http://localhost:7500/config).
The password is used only if you activate the --require-password flag. This feature is only intended for demonstration purposes and may be removed in the future.


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Four-Star 2023 RB Mark Fletcher to Announce Commitment April 12 at 6:30
Friday afternoon, several commitments from Penn State football's 2023 class sent tweets that appeared to indicate that news is on the way soon.
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— Mont Payne🏴☠🦋 (@Lamontpayne18) April 8, 2022
We don't yet know if those tweets are referring to Mark Fletcher, but we'll find out in the somewhat near future. Fletcher, a four-star 2023 running back, has Penn State in his final four along with Ohio State, Michigan and Miami, and will announce his commitment this coming Tuesday at 6:30 on CBS Sports HQ.
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— MarkFletcherjr (@fletcherjr_mark) April 8, 2022
Fletcher was in Beaver Stadium for Penn State's game against Michigan Nov. 13, and although the Nittany Lions lost to the Wolverines that day, Penn State would love to beat Michigan for Fletcher.
A product of American Heritage High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Fletcher is listed at 6-foot-1 and 225 pounds and has 23 offers total. Penn State offered him Jan. 11.
Of 247Sports' "Crystal Ball" projections, four have Fletcher going to Ohio State and one predicts him to Miami. Penn State doesn't yet have a running back signed for the 2023 class, but the Nittany Lions are in good hands at the position with five-star Nick Singleton and four-star Kaytron Allen both in spring practice from the class of 2022.
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9 Reasons to Visit Badami in Northern Karnataka
Last Updated: June 25, 2019 / Nidhi Singh
Founded by the Chalukyas, Badami in Karnataka is one destination in India that can steal one's heart in fractions of second. The heart melting landscape accompanied by beautifully done temples and fort can easily draw the attention of the travellers from around the globe. You may compare this town to other ancient destinations in the country but let us assure you there is only one such place that completely nails the Karnataka tour and Badami is what it is called.
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Here are our top 9 reasons as to why you must visit Badami:
For its Rock Cut Cave Temples
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Dated back in 6th and 7th century AD, the Rock Cut Cave Temples are the main tourist attraction in Badami. Carved out of massive stone cliff, the cave temples are the best example of Chalukya architecture style. There are four cave temples in Badami and each shrine has intricate carvings, depicting the mythological events and religious teachings of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. Amongst the four caves, Cave Temple 1 is the oldest with carvings of Shiva. Cave Temple 2 is completely dedicated to Lord Vishnu who is worshipped in the form of the Preserver. Inside Cave Temple 3, Lord Vishnu can be seen in carved incarnations of Trivikrama and Narasimha and frescoes also depict the wedding of Shiva and Parvati. Cave Temple 4 on the other side is dedicated to Jainism, the cave has figurine of Tirthankara Parshavnatha and Mahavira is shown as sitting. These caves are an important pilgrimage in South India and thus are a must visit.
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For its Beautiful Architecture
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The architecture style of Badami is such that was successful in inspiring the architecture of Vijaynagara Empire. The Rock Cut Caves found here is probably one of the most scenic structures in India. The inner halls of the caves have prolific sculptural symbolism; there is a fine balance of versatility and restrain in the caves. On the other hand stands the Bhutnatha Temple, which has the mix of Dravidian and Jain style architecture, intricate carvings and stone sculptures make the temples here look spectacular.
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For its Breathtaking Sunset View at Bhootnath Temple
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Situated amidst the ravine with surrounding mountains, the temple Bhutnath is the perfect place to witness the sunset in Badami. The last rays of sun turn everything into gold that it touches and the view is such that cannot be described in words. It is probably one of the most romantic sunsets in India and is best shared with a loved one.
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Because it is a Gateway to Historic Sites
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Badami is the gate to the historic sites like Pattadakal and Aihole. Pattadakal is the UNESCO World Heritage Site and is situated at a distance of 22kms from Badami. The town houses both Nagara and Dravidian style of architecture, Virupakasha Temple being the example of its exquisite architecture. On the other hand, Aihole is a village which stands on the west side of Badami. The place is a potential UNESCO site as it is replete with temple complexes out of which few date back to 5th century BCE.
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Because it is an Ideal Photography Destination
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Nothing can beat the beauty of Badami. Blessed and adorned with nature's best and sound temples and monuments, Badami makes for an ideal photography destination in India. The undertones of the edifices and the vibrancy of flora conjure an image that cannot be second.The beauty of the place is such that picture taken from any angle looks simply outstanding. Therefore, for those who enjoy photography, Badami is a must visit in India.
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Because it Traces History of the Chalukyas
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It feels like every nook and corner of Badami tells the tale of Chalukyas contribution in the art and architecture of Badami. Their taste in architecture can be clearly seen in Badami. Kirtivarman I and his brother Mangalesha (sons of the founder of Badami Pulakeshin I) are responsible for the construction of cave temples. Badami Fort also tells a story of Chalukyas as the complex has several structures that have been constructed according to the taste of Chalukya rulers. Every stone and corner in Badami in a way narrate a tale of the contribution of Chalukyas that not only founded the city but made it their beloved vernacular.
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Because Time Stands Still at Badami
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The scent in the air of Badami, the flawless nature's beauty and the mighty ancient structures seems to have made the time stand still in Badami. The town has its own pace of doing things; there is no rush hour, no hustle and bustle and no elements of disturbance that can rob off the charm of this distinct place. It seems nothing has changed over the years here, the town has only got better each year.
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Because it is Where Solace Can be Found
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Badami allows one to cradle in the lap of Mother Nature. Far from the maddening rush that we all are so used to, this place is perfect place to find solace. The ravines, the rain-fed waterfalls, the majestic yet humble ancient structures and the fringing mountains transport one to a world where one can mend roads to self discovery. It is one of those places that let one understand the meaning of life and the purpose of existence. It tells that nothing is permanent yet humility can withstand the trials of time longer.
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Because Monsoon Can't Get Any Better than Here
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The picture above says it all; rare are the places that become beautiful in the season in India that is known more for destruction rather than enhancing the beauty. Therefore, one can assert that monsoon is the best season to be in Badami as the rain water elicits the hidden beauty of the town. Badami becomes greener and various silver streams cascade from the mountains offering an unmatched view to be savoured by the nature lovers.
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Badami has truly melted our heart with its humble beauty and we are sure that it has also convinced you to plan a trip there soon. If you have already been to this beautiful place, suggest us more reasons as to why one must visit here. And if you have just included Badami in the bucketlist after reading this blog, then allow us the chance to serve you with great Badami holiday packages. We at Tour My India meticulously design tour packages in India that fit best to each budget and interest. We are available at +91-9212553106 and reply to mails at info@tourmyindia.com.
First Published on: 07 Dec, 2015
About Nidhi Singh
From the Lake District, Nainital, Nidhi Singh is a travel writer whose love for mountains can be seen in her write ups. Talk about solo travelling, indulging in adventure activities, binging on good food, planning budget trips or the Aurora Borealis and you will get all her attention. It is the wanderlust that keeps her going and if at all she could get one wish granted she would love to live a life less ordinary.


I was born in Bario San Felipe, San Fernando, Pampanga in July l4, l926. My parents are Rosa and Estanislao del Rosario. My father (Islo) who is one of the prominent people in the barrio is a merchant or they call him at that time a Biajero. He was selling different items such as, framed pictures, clothing's, blankets, mosquito nets, fancy jewelries and etc.,to the people in the barrios. He was doing these by going to the different barrios and towns of Pangasinan Province. My mother (Rosa) who was a Seamstress stayed with us. We are 8 of us, with 5 brothers and 2 sisters, and I am the oldest among them.
When my father (Islo) earned a little savings from his business, he rented a vacant store in the town of San Fernando (Capital of Pampanga) and started a Sari-Sari Store. I was (7) seven years old at that time. My father enrolled me to go to school at San Fernando Elementary School in the first grade. At that time, there is only one (l) Elementary school in the town of San Fernando. Bario San Felipe is approximately seven or eight kilometer from the school. There are no passable roads available at that time except that of a river paddling a small Banca or a Raft, made of Bamboo to the town of San Fernando.
Taking a short cut by using of a Monkey bridge(hanging bamboos) across the river. This route is to cross a wide Sugar Cane field to reach the asphalted road of San Jose going to the Elementary School of San Fernando. I was doing this by bare feet with-out shoes. At that time, due to the Rainy Season, the MUD is too deep and shoes are not advisable to wear. As our family is in the below poverty bracket, my parents cannot afford to provide me a pair of shoes. My athlete's foot never heals during rainy season. At that time, mostly rich people can only wear a pair of shoes all the time. Sometimes, my mother is buying me a pair of wooden shoes. I can only use them on dry surface and not on muddy roads. I was doing this until I finish the Elementary School. We were the last Grade 7 to graduate at that time.
I was in the 2nd year high school when the Second World War started. The Japanese Imperial Army started invading the Philippines. I was l8 years old at that time. My father evacuated us in one of the barrios of the town of Minalin, Pampanga. We brought with us some of the goods or items that my father is selling in the market of San Fernando. My uncle Puti Feliciano's family was with us. We stayed in Minalin while the battle in Mariveles, Bataan is going on. One afternoon, while we were in the house, listening to the sounds of the Canyons, machine guns and rifles in Bataan, which are only few kilometers from the place that were staying, a Rifle stray bullet hit the foot of my Sister Enrequeta. We were so frighten and nervous of what is happening. Retreating Filipino and American soldiers were passing by our place.
To sustain our living, my father, my uncle Puti, my mother and myself started barrowing a small Banca to paddle it to the Barrio of Talba, which is approximately ten kilometers from where we were staying. What we were buying from Talba the items that we could sell easily, such, Luyos, Samat, Tobacco, Cigarettes, Mascara, Api, Ebon buru and Suman Ebus. We were doing this during nighttime, because during daytime the Japanese soldiers are repairing or building bridge or bridges. When we were passing bridge or bridges we maintain utmost silence and we let the banca sail by itself with the helf of the current, because once the Japanese will see you, they will start shooting. With God's blessings we were able to survived the ordeal My uncle Puti and I, we were selling these items by going barrio to barrio of San Fernando and Mexico, such as Del Carmen, Savanilla, Laput, San Miguel, San Joseph with a distant of approximately 40 to 50 kilometers back and port. My Uncle Puti and I did all these walking during noon and afternoon. When the Japanese have establish a peaceful government in the town of San Fernando, wherein there is already an appointed Mayor and Police Force, we went back to San Felipe. My Uncle Puti became wanted by the Japanese. I really do not know what was the reason. He started hiding and joined the Apung Banal Movement.
My father and my mother started a Sari-Sari store at the Talipapa market. This market is located between Barrio Del Pilar and Tagulud near San Matias. One morning there was a man approached my mother in the store. This man is asking my mother for help . He looks sick, weak, hungry and thin. He was a soldier who escape during the famous BATAAN MARCH when they passed by San Fernando. My father and mother extended their two hands to help him. They fed him and took him with them when they went home to San Felipe after their day in the market. This man is a pangasinan. He was suffering with a very severe Malaria Fever. As my parents goes to market every day, they put me in charge to take care this man, because I am the oldest among my brothers and sisters. I took care this man for approximately three months. I gave him a bath, wash his clothes and feed him because he was so sick to do it. When the situation became peaceful and transportation became available and he is well enough, my father gave him money to go home to Pangasinan. Since then, we have not heard from him. My father and mother continue their business in the market. One day, my father met a friend; his name is Mr. Lucas Figuerroa. He was from nearby barrio of Pandaras. This man has a very good experience of making SOAP. He learned this experience before the Japanese invaded the Philippines. He works for a big Soap factory in Manila. During, their conversation, my father suggested to him if he is willing to establish a soap factory. Fortunately, my father has a very good customer and very good friend. His name is Mr. Madayag. He is from Bawang, La Union. The province of La Union is approximately 100 or so kilometers from San Fernando, Pampanga. My father scheduled a meeting with Mr. Madayag and Mr. Figuerroa. When Mr. Madayag arrived my father called Mr. Figuerroa. The three of them decided to establish a SOAP FACTORY, in Bawang, La Union. They converted the basement of Mr. Madayag house into a Soap Factory. My father took me with him to help him. The ingredients and supplies in making soap are coming from Manila. Mr. Madayag is in charge for that as he is very good of doing that. They started making soap and they hired so many girls in molding the finish products into round soap by hand. Once the soaps are ready for marketing, myself and another man and a hired Cochero with his Caretella pulled by a horse, we travel and sell the soaps to the different towns of La Union. Province of La Union is in the northern part of the Philippines. We did this approximately 7 to 8 months. Because of the scarcity of the soap ingredients such as LIHA and very difficult to shipped to La Union plus the big overhead expenses, my father decided to stop the operation of the factory. My father sold all the things we used during the operation and we went back to San Fernando, Pampanga.
As the Japanese government seems to be peaceful, my mother and my Uncle Puti took me to Manila to study. My uncle enrolled me at the BOHOL JUNIOR COLLEGE. I studied Stenography and Typewriting. This school is located at Avenida Rizal and it is a vocational school. My mother and my uncle let me stay with the Godong Sabile family. This family was a friend and neighbor in San Felipe before the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. I stayed with them until I finish the course. Because of the unstable situation in San Felipe and San Fernando at that time, due to the HUKBU are recruiting members, my mother told me to proceed to Urdaneta, Pangasinan to stay with my Uncle Moises del Rosario. From Manila, the train was full of Japanese soldiers, so what I did and other people did is to ride on top of the train to San Fernando. The Japanese allowed us to do that. On our way to San Fernando, being on the top of the train, is the worse experience in my life. As it is a steam train, when it belches black smoke, all the people on top will start crying or shouting as the smoke is very irritating to the eyes and hard to breath. As soon as we arrive in San Fernando, I jump from the top of the train and Started to walk to make a brief visit to see my mother, father, sisters and my brothers in San Felipe. As soon as I reach San Felipe and meet my family for not seeing them more than a year, my mother hurried me to proceed to Urdaneta, Pangasinan because of the bad situation in San Felipe. The HUKBALAHAP are busy recruiting. Many of my friends of my age were recruited and never come back anymore. While I was on my way to the train station in San Fernando, a Japanese soldier who needed help in carrying his big baggages to the train Station captured me. He got me in the town proper of San Fernando and walk with him approximately 2 or 3 kilometers to the train station. He forced me to carry some of his baggage. At the station, he ordered me to climb and carry the baggages on top of the train. Because of my size, I told him, I couldn't.
He started shouting at me and removed his Bayonet Belt and started swinging at me. Mostly, he hit me at the back of my head and back. I fell down and fell unconscious. With God's blessing the train left with the Japanese soldier on it. When I regained consciousness and I was fortunate that my own baggage is still sitting besides me. I waited for another train. As soon I reach the town of Carmen, Tarlac, I cross the long bridge going to Villasis, Pangasinan. I don't have enough money to pay a Carritella, so I walk from Villasis to Urdaneta, which is approximately 8 – l0 kilometers .Because the sun is so hot as it is noon time, with the blessings of our Lord I survive the trip. As I reach Urdaneta, my Anti Pia , the wife of Uncle Moises welcome me. I stayed with them mostly during the Japanese occupation. I enjoyed the company of my uncle's children, Atching Rose, Ciling, Peping and Pacing. Peping and Pacing were just very small at that time. Peping is about 7 or 8 years old and Pacing is about 6 years old. Peping and Pacing are children of another mother. Because of the Japanese is getting concern about the War, due to the Americans already landed in Leyete, Iloilo, their attitude toward the Filipino civilians is getting worse. My Uncle Moises decided to move us in a small village called Baquit. There I met a group of guerrillas (USAFE) I join them briefly until the time when the American Forces landed in Lingayen Gulf. When I did have a chance, I joint the American convoys pushing the Japanese toward Manila. When we reach in San Fernando, I told one American soldier riding with me, which I be fronded during our trip, that I will get off to join my family.
Because of the frustrating mosquitoes in the Pangasinan jungles, I contracted a very severe Malaria fever. Fortunately, during my trip to San Fernando, I happen to mention it to my American friend. He gave me a bottle of Quinine tablets, which turn my body yellow. On my way to San Felipe, I was only wearing a Kaki short pants and shirt without shoes. I met an old man riding a horse at the Pangpang Matas of San Felipe. I tried to recognize him and he was Ingkong Andu. Due to my complexion, fail and weak appearance, he did not recognize me. He past by me without recognizing me. I started shouting at him and say, INKONG, INGKONG I said, and then he stopped and went back and started recognizing me. He started hugging me and we were both crying each other. We both walk along to San Felipe and telling all the people we meet on our way, AMIN is here. The people inside their houses started going outside and try to see the commotion outside as if I was a hero. Because of the location of our house, which is located in the middle part of the PAROBA part of San Felipe somebody must have, ran and notify my mother Apung Rosa. As the house of Apung Felisa is near the tail end of San Felipe, I saw Apung Rosa running crying. She is shouting while running. and kept saying where is my son AMIN. All the people, especially my mother Apung Rosa, and apung Felisa and my brothers and sisters were all excited and happy to see back. My Malaria fever still bothering me so much. Apung Rosa is worried about it and took me to Dr. Roa. Fortunately, the medicine that he gave me, started doing me some relief.
Pampanga High School started opening and I enrolled in the third year and graduated in l947 with a High School Diploma. I started looking for a job and was able to find one at the Capitol Building at the Assessor Department. I work there for one year. As Jobs at Clark Air Force Base pays much more money, through the help of my Auntie Victoria Santos who has been working there at the (DUG) a contracting organization to the U.S. AIR FORCE. Fortunately, I was hired. I work there for approximately one year. As the DUG contract was phasing out, my Auntie Victoria transferred to the US AIR FORCE, Base Supply, I followed her and I was assigned at the Inventory Section. I became an Auditor. While I was auditing the Stock Records of the Ordnance department, I met a very attractive woman. Her name is ANDREA ESPINO. She works as Secretary of the Ordnance Officer. I started visiting her in her home in Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga. I kept paying her a visit every week ends for more than Six months. One-week end, I made a decision to propose. I did propose, luckily she said YES' on condition that we will approach and tell her parents about it. I told her I would consult my parents too.
I consulted my parents about it, and my mother called my Uncle Puti, my Grandma's brother, Inkong Puling and Grandma India. They talk about it, if what we will do. During their meeting, they found one BIG problem. As the costumary tradition of getting married to another town at that time, the Groom party will bring all the things to be use during the wedding to the bride's home, such as Pots, Utensils and etc. They said it would create a big problem on their part. My Ingkong Puling suggested to me, if Andrea really loves me, ask her if she will be willing that we will just Elope.
With my firm determination, I went to see Andrea and tried to convince her about it.. With God's blessing, she agrees with me. Andrea is a very religious woman. She told me to pick her up inside the St. Mary Cathedral in Angeles after work in the afternoon. I ask my friends, Seniong Yumul, Joe Carreon and Mr. Manansala to help me. After works in the afternoon that day, all of us proceeded at St. Mary Cathedral in Angeles, Pampanga. Seniong who is driving the jeep stayed in the jeep, Mr. Manansala went inside the church, and he found Andrea is in the middle of several Nuns. He approach Andrea and ask her to go with him while Joe and I are waiting outside the church. Andrea was very hesitant to go because she does not see me. Mr. Manansala told her that I was waiting outside. Anyway, she went with him and I assisted her to get in the jeep. Seniong the driver, press the exhilator of the jeep, he was a little bit nervous and I was getting emotional too. We were very concern about the relatives of Andrea, they might be chasing or following us. With God's blessings, everything went all right. We proceeded to the Cathedral of San Fernando. There, we found that my parents, Ingkong Puling and Apu India are already waiting in the church. Andrea, myself, and my parents proceeded to the registrar office and we registered to get married to preclude any problems that might come up.
Father Desiong the Monsignor of the parish administered our wedding in the 22nd of February, l950.
We stayed for a brief period with my parents in San Fernando. After a month or so, we went back to Dau to apologize to Andréa's parents for what we did. As my father and mother in law are both schoolteachers they gave us their blessings. And we stayed in their house in Dau with them.
Andrea and I continued working at Clark Air Force Base. After so many months, Andrea quit working due to some jealous people that keep bugging her. She stayed at home and opens A DRESS SHOP, and I continued working at Clark Air Force Base.
As the neighbor of Andrea's parents got sick, I talk to them if they want to sell their house. Fortunately, they told me yes. I bought their little house. Unfortunately, there is another little house at the back. To have a little privacy, I talk to the owner and offered them the little house I bought in front with the condition that they will move them out from that area. Luckily, he said yes. I know, he is a carpenter. I ask him to built our house there. He accepted my offer and started moving the two little houses.
I went to Angeles City and talk to the owner of the Tablante Lumber yard. I ask her if it is possible to release some lumber to my carpenter and promise her to pay her every payday. As my name is DEL ROSARIO, she answered me absolutely yes. Then my carpenter started withdrawing lumber from the lumberyard until he finish our house. I keep paying the lumber every payday for so many months until it was fully paid. It so happens that I am receiving quite a big salary at Clark Air Force Base.
Because of these super accomplishments, I was recommended by the Housing and Furniture Services Officer to send me to Denver, Colorado to study and take a course in Special Management. The Housing and Furniture Services officer recommendation was approved by the Base Commander. I flew from Clark Air Base to Denver, Colorado and I was assigned to stay at BOQ quarters (Bachelor Officers Quarter) I took the course in management at the Air Force Academy for six months. As I studied hard, I top my class and I was awarded the distinguish HONOR GRADUATE CERTIFICATE, and it was presented to me by the Housing Services Squadron Commander when I went back to Clark Air Force Base.
These children studied to the different schools in Pampanga. Rudy, when he was six years old, Andrea and I sent him to San Fernando. He stayed with his grand parents (Apung Rosa and Ingkong Islo) in barrio Del Pilar. I enrolled him at the Assumption Academy School a Catholic School being managed by American Nuns. At that time, this school is the best school for Catholic children. Rudy stayed with Apung Rosa until he graduated at the Pampanga High School. We sent him to Manila to Study Medicine at the University of the East. However, during his study, he met one of his beautiful classmates and her name is Luisa Ganaban. Rudy and Luisa get married in Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga.
Rene (Renato), the DON JUAN among them, study at the Dau Elementary School. We also sent Rene to take his High School study in San Fernando at the Pampanga High School. However, he got involve in a big fight in the High School because of a girl. Bapang Puti went with me to the high school and settled the problem. However, I became worried about him, I transferred him at the HOLY ANGEL ACCADEMY in Angeles, Pampanga so that he can go home to Dau and be with us all the time. He got involved again with a girl, but this time he is all right. He became an officer in the ROTC at their school. He graduated in the high school. We also sent him to Manila to study Aircraft Engineering at the FEATI School of technology.
Dan (Danilo) also studied at the Dau Elementary School and graduated. Dan, is a very religious boy because of Father Gosioco, the Dau parish pastor. He made Dan a sacristan. We sent Dan at the Sacred Heart Seminary. Dan is a very bright boy. Apung Gandi, my mother-in-law, and I, always being invited by the School Principal to Pin a MEDAL on him because of his excellence in his studies. He graduated in the High School with distinguish honor. I was a little bit disappointed with him because I thought he would pursue his studies in the PRIESTHOOD, However, we sent him also to Manila to study Engineering at the FEATI School of Technology.
Nenita (Nenette) also study her Elementary School in Dau at the Dau Elementary School. She took her high school studies at the HOLY FAMILY in Angeles, Pampanga. She also graduated in that school.
Maria May (May) finish her Elementary School also, at the Dau Elementary School. We also sent her at the HOLY FAMILY ACCADEMY in Angeles, Pampanga. She was able to finish her first year high school in that school also.
Going back to my biography, after arriving home, from Colorado, U.S.A., I talk to the family if they want to move in the UNITED STATES because before I left the states, I was invited by my sister-in-law Zosima (Susing) to visit her in Portland, Oregon. I flew from Colorado to Portland, Oregon. She showed me around Portland and visited her Filipino and American friends as well. I was impress about the place and people were very friendly.
I talk to the family if they want to move to the UNITED STATES. Every-body seems to be excited about it. I started filing my application to the American Embassy in Manila. With God's help, it did not take long. I received the approval from the Secretary of the state of the UNITED STATES through the American Embassy in Manila in February l972. I started pulling out the children from their schools and prepare them to go to the UNITED STATES. My big problem was Rudy who was married already and was not included in the Visa because of his status and was left behind. We left in March of l972. My mother and so many relatives accompany us to the Manila Airport. We reach the Portland, Oregon Airport in March l972. Susing and Andres were already waiting at the Airport. It was cold and raining. I became worried about the children because of the sudden change of climate. With God's blessings, everybody of them is all right.
Susing, my sister-in-law help us in enrolling Nenette and May to the school to finish their studies. Rene was able to find a job at the Fred Meyer Bakery and Dan was able to find a job in IBM machine department. My wife Andrea works into a Nursing Home. As for me, I was the last one to find a job. I kept looking, ridding Buses everyday going to the Portland down town area everyday. One evening, while we are eating our dinner, a telephone call rang. The call is to inform me that I was accepted as an Office Manager in a Food Service Brokerage firm and wanted me to report as soon as possible.
We stayed with Susing in her house for approximately one month. As we are too crowded at Susing's house, I move my family into an Apartment. After two months we started looking for a house to buy. Luckily, A friend I met through Susing, offered his help. These are Mr. Joe Leyson and his wife Sally. They were very kind to us. They help us survey Portland and fortunately, we found a house that can accommodate us all comfortably. It is an old house, two story, three bedrooms, one bath and a big living room. I was very interested to buy the house. According to the Realtor, the price of the house is $24,500.00 and he was asking $4,000.00 for down payment. As we were just starting, I do not have any money. Mr. Joe Leyson and his wife Sally offered us again to lend us $4,000.00 for the down payment. We got the house through the help of these two Samaritans. Mr. Joe Leyson was a veteran in the U S Navy and his wife Sally was a schoolteacher. After so many months Mr. Joe Leyson went back to the Philippines and he died there. His wife Sally continued teachings until she retired. She also went back to the Philippines and she is still alive and now living in Iloilo. We are still communicating once in a while.
Back to my family, I continued working as an Administrative Assistant, in a Food Brokerage company called NORTHCOAST FOOD SERVICE MARKETING. I retired in l990 when I was 65 years. My wife Andrea, continued her work at Jantzen Inc. and she retired also in l989.
Rodolfo (Rudy), through my petition I filed for him and his family, his wife Luisa and their daughter Vannesa, came in the United States in l984 after l2 years waiting for their Visas. He is now working in the bank. His wife is working in a drapery company. Since they arrive in l984, due to the complete facilities and medicines here in the United States, his wife Luisa gave birth to two beautiful daughters, (Sally and Harley). Their oldest daughter Vannesa who is now a Medical Assistant, got married to Ted Bendik and they have now two beautiful sons, (Ian and Aaron). Their daughter Sally is now studying in Eugene and Harley is expecting to graduate in the High School this coming summer. Rudy have so many activities, other than his regular job at the bank, he is now the Director of a nonprofit organization called THEATRO NANG BAGONG SILANGAN. This organization has often been publishing in the Oregonian News paper. It is about the culture of the Philippines of Art in Folkdancings. Lately, he was appointed as Chairman of the coming Filipino Festival to be held sometimes in July 2006 at the Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Portland.
Renato (Rene) who graduated in Business Administration here in the United States, he is now a Regional Manager of the California Savings Bank. He and his wife Dona have a beautiful house in Fairfield, California. They have a very beautiful daughter Isabela. She is now 3 years old. Other than his job as a banker, Rene bought 80 acres of agricultural land in Palisades, Washington State. With our help (The del Rosario family and a friend John Guy) he is now converting the farmland into a VINEYARD. With our help, the Vineyard is getting in shape. Approximately, l000 grapes were already planted.
Danilo (Dan) who has a Bachelor of Science in Business with a major in Information Systems and his wife Marylin who is a graduate in Business Administration, major in Accounting, have 3 beautiful children. Their oldest son Christopher is now junior in college at the Portland State University. Their second son Julian is now working and at the same time working for his college studies. Their daughter Rosanna is graduating from the High School this coming summer. Dan is also a very busy man. He works for the City of Portland as senior computer analyst. He was once the president of the Aguman Campangan a well known non-profit Filipino Organization and he is the former chairman of the Council of the Filipino American Associations of Oregon and Southwest Washington States. His wife Marylin, is a Senior Accountant in the City of Portland and expecting to retire in 2007. They have a big beautiful house in Tigard, Oregon. Dan also has a beautiful daughter Michelle. Michelle is a very bright girl. She graduated in the college and has a master in FORENSIC SCIENCE. She is now married, and lives in California.
Nenita (Nenette) who has three degrees and one master degree in Health and Human services is married to Marijan Bosnar. Marijan is a construction contractor. They have 5 beautiful children. Mahalia, their oldest daughter graduated from High School and is now working and at the same time working for her college studies. Their second daughter Mirijana is expecting to graduate this summer. Their other three children, Maria, Michael and Michaela, are still in the grades school. They live now at Mosses Lake, Washington State. They are doing all right also.
Maria May (May) who is a graduate in Education at the University of Portland was able to get her Master Degree in Education at the same time when she was just l9 years old. May is also a very bright little girl. She was awarded for so many scholarships during her studies. She is married to Lee Trotter in l980. They have 3 beautiful children too. Their oldest son Anthony just graduated in Computer Engineering at the University of Washington. Due to his talents, the University of Washington hired him. He is now working as Senior Computer Analyst at the Pathology Department. Their second son Adam is now pursuing his studies at the Eastern Washington University to be a Chiropractor. And their beautiful daughter Alanna is studying at the University of Wshington taking up nursing. The husband of May, Lee is now retired. Lee was a veteran in the U.S. Navy.
I attended college for two (2) years at the Harvadian College in Angeles, Pampanga. I was once the President of the Parish Council of the Lady of Victory parish in Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga. We help to build the Lady of Victory Church in a more very tremendous hardships and patience. I became the Vice President of the Parents Teachers Association in the Dau Elementary School. We build the Home Economics building.
In the United States, I am a member of the Filipino Veterans, and a member of the different associations and supporting specifically the Aguman Capampangan, Filipino / American Association and Vicinity, and the Theatro Bagong Silangan.
I retired as Manager of a Food Service Brokerage Company.
We became Amerian citizens in July 21, 1977.


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If you use Facebook to market your business (and who doesn't these days?) you might have noticed a little change when you viewed the Insights for your business page in the past couple of weeks.
According to Marketing Pilgrim, some users were greeted with a pop-up telling them there were changes to how Facebook calculates reach for posts. Some users (myself included) never got the popup, but noticed that some of their Reach numbers had gone a bit…wonky.
For some, this meant that Reach increased for most posts. For others Reach significantly decreased, as I noticed with a few of Fruition's clients.
…the number of people who have seen your post. Figures are for the first 28 days after a post's publication and include people viewing your post on both desktop and mobile. Your post counts as having reached someone when it is loaded and shown in news feed. Note that data from before July 2, 2012 only includes people viewing your post on desktop.
This may not seem like a big change, but it is. Prior to July 2, 2012, mobile users were not included in calculating a post's reach – the metric was based exclusively on people who had viewed a post from your page on their news feed via desktop. This was nothing short of a huge, glaring omission, since nearly half of Facebook's users access its services via mobile. The other change involves how a post is counted as having reached a viewer. Before this change was made, Facebook counted a post as viewed by a user if it made it on to a user's news feed.
Not so any more – users have to have loaded your post in their news feed in order for it to have "reached" them. What does this mean? Facebook is now loading fewer stories in a user's news feed, perhaps to make more room for those big, beautiful images it now displays. In order for a post to count, a user must scroll down their news feed, allowing the post to be fully loaded and viewed within the feed. This will ultimately make reach calculations more accurate, as it will only count posts that users actually see in their news feeds, instead of scrolling past quickly or never seeing the story at all if it's buried on the bottom.
How will this affect your Insights and strategy?
The short answer it, we don't know yet. But stepping back and taking a bigger view of Facebook's Insights and metrics over time can give us a little perspective as to what it means to your marketing strategy.
First of all, the change to include mobile users in a page's reach metric is good – it's a much needed change that should improve most pages' reach scores overall. Most Facebook marketers assumed that mobile views were included in the reach metric, so it was surprising to learn that this important chunk of the audience had been ignored. Unfortunately, this is about as deep as the metric goes. Facebook does not currently break down who saw, liked or commented on your post via mobile or desktop. The only metric that tracks mobile activity is Likes, which will tell you how many people liked your page via mobile.
It would be useful for marketers to know how many people visited and interacted with their page via mobile because it would allow them to tailor messaging, links and how linked pages display on mobile devices. Let's cross our fingers that metrics that include mobile behavior are coming soon.
How posts are counted to have reached users is another story. By limiting the number of users who are reached by your post – meaning they have allowed the post to fully load in their news feed – will probably negatively effect reach numbers for most pages. Think about your own timeline: it's cluttered with loads of stories, game requests, photos and videos, some of which you care about, and some of which you scroll right past. Most users "screen" their news feeds in this way – they only stop and allow stories to fully load if the content is interesting or engaging to them personally.
This gives Facebook marketers extra motivation to create content that captivates their audience – something that will make them slow down and allow the post to load, and maybe even entice them to like, comment or click through to a business page. This recent change may explain why I have noticed recently that original photos and videos are outperforming links and text-based post nearly 3 to 1 on the pages I manage. A photo or video causes users to slow down, look more carefully, and engage. This means the post reached more people.
These sorts of changes also impact marketers in another way, one that I hold very near and dear to my heart. I like data. I like being able to present clients with information about how their pages are performing over time. I enjoy looking at trends and how post content succeeds or misses the mark. But other than it being a fun hobby for nerds like me, consistent data is a necessity when trying to create a content strategy and increase a page's effectiveness. Whether a business is looking to increase leads, build brand awareness, or provide better customer service, data is necessary to help guide strategy. It's impossible to provide accurate data over time or even month to month when the calculations for metrics change every few weeks.
These changes might impact your Facebook Insights negatively, or they may increase the reach of your posts overall. Either way, use the change as motivation to continue providing engaging content for your audience that is optimized for viewing on all platforms.
And let's all hope there aren't too many more changes around the bend – at least for another couple of months.
Special thanks to HubSpot, Inside Facebook and Marketing Pilgrim for their insight.
Want help analyzing your Faebook Insights, or optimizing your social presence for marketing? Give the Fruition team a call.


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I have been interviewing former Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck for several years now, and doing panels with him for even longer. Now retired from the bench, he is senior counsel with DLA Piper. I took the opportunity to interview him at Relativity Fest, where he was one of the participants in the judicial panel.
Andrew Peck's role now is mainly advising lawyers at DLA Piper on discovery matters (not just "eDiscovery", as he carefully points out). He advises also on litigation strategy, and on what will or won't be persuasive to a judge. He is also there to do mediation, arbitration and, if a judge so decides, to act as a special master, especially on discovery matters. He is, I was pleased to hear, to continue on the speaker circuit which he has graced eloquently for so long.
Andrew Peck said that it was good to continue the work of Browning Marean – the "Pied Piper for discovery" as he called him. And, one might add, for DLA Piper, whose flag Browning flew around the world.
I had been moderating a panel for Relativity that morning, and Andrew Peck's name had come up both as a trail-blazer in the use of technology-assisted review and analytics, and in the context of cross-border discovery. I had brought that up at my panel because his opinion in Da Silva Moore, known mainly for its focus on the use of TAR, had also been the first example known to me of a judge self-starting on international privacy constraints as a brake on US discovery. In Da Silva Moore, some of the documents were in France (and in French) and would have involved more work, time and difficulty even apart from the well-known French limitations on the export of data.
I asked Andrew Peck if US courts and lawyers have moved on since then. Are they more willing to accept that extricating documents from foreign jurisdictions is generally more difficult than collecting them in the US?
Andrew Peck said that there was greater awareness now, perhaps as a result of the GDPR and the US emphasis (over-emphasis, perhaps) on the GDPR penalties for breaches of privacy. At least in the big cities, judges were more aware of the issues. US v Microsoft (the "Microsoft Dublin" case), its appeals and subsequent overtaking by the CLOUD Act, had made the issues better known.
Andrew Peck said that in the past, judges had looked at the French blocking statute and saw it simply as the French thumbing their noses at US discovery. There was now more recognition that other jurisdictions view privacy as a fundamental right.
The Sedona Conference International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure and Data Protection are better known now, and are a resource available to judges who were required to strike a balance between US discovery requirements and foreign privacy restraints. The third of the Sedona international principles, reduced by me in this interview to "do you need this stuff anyway?" is more formally set out in the Sedona Principles thus:
Preservation, disclosure, and discovery of Protected Data should be limited in scope to that which is relevant and necessary to support any party's claim or defense in order to minimize conflicts of law and impact on the Data Subject.
This is also a proportionality point which stands alone regardless of foreign statutes – it was always bound to cost a lot more money and time to collect data from abroad. Judges now ask themselves whether information is relevant and if it is proportional to collect and review it. Some of the factors in Aérospatiale (the 1987 case which set out a multipoint balancing test for courts to consider) overlap with newer considerations of proportionality.
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Q: Making .png files with transparent pixels I can make some .png files using PIL and tkinter:
import tkinter
from PIL import ImageGrab

canvas = tkinter.Canvas(width=100, height=100)

SomeInterestingPhotoImage = PhotoImage(file='Path/To/My/file.png')
canvas.create_image(0, 0, image=SomeInterestingPhotoImage, anchor='nw')

x0 = canvas.winfo_rootx()
y0 = canvas.winfo_rooty()
x1 = x0 + canvas.winfo_width()
y1 = y0 + canvas.winfo_height()

image = ImageGrab.grab((x0, y0, x1, y1))

image.save(name.png)

# I need to make some pixels transparent.

Here I can make an .png file, but all pixels have some colour. I need to make white pixels of canvas (not of image) transparent.

A: import glob
from PIL import Image

def transparent(myimage):
    img = Image.open(myimage)
    img = img.convert("RGBA")

    pixdata = img.load()

    width, height = img.size
    for y in range(height):
        for x in range(width):
            if pixdata[x, y] == (0, 0, 0, 255):
                pixdata[x, y] = (0, 0, 0, 0)

    img.save(myimage, "PNG")

for image in glob.glob("*.png"):
    transparent('mypic.png')

This code will basically change black (0, 0, 0, 255) to transparent (0, 0, 0, 0) pixels

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