Using gel memory foam built into the bottom of the cover and also a layer of memory foam under, the Nectar contours well, but does not have the exact same hug frequently associated with memory foam beds. Both the gel memory foam along with the lack of sink-in feel mean the Nectar sleeps significantly cooler than most memory foam mattresses.
A support core composed of high-density polyfoam is built to withstand the test of time. Given its makeup, we project the Nectar to last at least 7-8 years, making it a lasting choice. The Nectar is difficult to beat at this price, so if you're searching for an affordable mattress constructed with quality materials, your search can end here.
Launched in 2017, Nectar has become one of the most loved brands in the bed-in-a-box industry. The Nectar Mattress is an affordable and great investment for your bedroom and here's why. While Nectar features an customizable foundation and frame, its flagship mattress is still its crowning jewel, combining thick layers of memory foam with a breathable base for deep pressure relief. It also contains cooling properties that wick heat away from your body as you sleep. Nectar utilizes a mix of memory foam, base foam and gel quilting foam that provides a very supportive sleep surface. You will surely experience that shaping feel you expect from a memory foam bed. That's five layers of comfort and customization for you.
The most notable component of the Nectar's construction is its whopping 4″ of memory foam up top, which leads to a considerable amount of body sinkage and contouring. This is an all-foam mattress composed of three different layers which stack up to an 11″ profile.
First, the cover is comprised of both cotton and Tencel, an eco friendly substance famous for its softness and breathability. With that there's an inch of gel memory foam built into the cover, which offers the sleeper with instant comfort. The combination of the gel infusion and Tencel fibers make for an ultra-cool layer which will help regulate temperatures while you sleep.
The second layer is 3″ of memory foam, the Comfort Layer. This material has a remarkably slow reaction to pressure, allowing sleepers to really sink in for some satisfying pressure relief. As the foam contours to the curves of your body, you are likely to feel as though you're sleeping more "in" the bed compared to "on top" of it, which is a perfect fit and a pleasant feel for side sleepers in need of cushiony support at the shoulders and hips.
Next you'll find a transitional layer of memory foam, which has a slightly quicker response to pressure compared to the foams above it. This section is meant to alleviate the sleeper into the firmer foundation under, helping to extend the shaping of the comfort layer even deeper into the mattress.
After breaking down the construction of the mattress, let us talk about the feel and firmness. By putting some light hand pressure into the mattress you will find that instantly you will be interacting with all the thick layers of memory foam up top. Laying down you will feel yourself sinking into the Nectar, with all the gentle foams contouring around you.
Another important component is pressure, or more specifically where pressure points are likely to shape while laying on top of it. To help you visualize where these pressure points are, I have listed the parts of the body where people feel most pressure during sleep.
Testing out the Nectar, I was really surprised by the feeling of the foam. Because as I moved and rolled around the bed I actually felt like I was sinking just enough and not too much. I decided to find out the actual sinkage measurements for the Nectar. I was quite amazed by how much I sank into the top layers of memory foam. And so, based on my research: 45kg or 100lbs creates 15.24cm of sinkage. That is 6cm for a 100 pound human being. It's safe to say, you're still more likely to feel as though you're sleeping "in" the Nectar as opposed to "on top" of it.
If for any reason you find the Nectar is not for you, simply contact the organization and they'll arrange a free pickup; and also supply you with all your money back.
The mattress fares well in comparison with other memory foam mattresses that come in at a higher cost. With very positive consumer evaluations on comfort, bounce, construction, and additional benefits, the Nectar is a very good buy for the money.
Now that we've broken down the particular, nitty-gritty details of the Nectar, let's expand the scope and have a look at some of its main rivals in the game. While each mattress has unique characteristics that make it a distinctive product in the market, it can be useful to contextualize these differences against other beds. Plus, who does not love a tiny cross-referencing prior to making a big purchase?
In addition, it's risk-free one-year sleep trial,"Forever Warranty", free shipping, easy return/refund process and very affordable prices finalize the long list of quality attributes and options offered to customers in the time of their initial purchase and afterwards.


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Treatment of vaginal and vulval conditions
Drugs for genito-urinary disorders
Combined Hormonal Contraceptives
Combined oral contraceptives containing a fixed amount of an oestrogen and a progestogen in each active tablet are termed 'monophasic'; those with varying amounts of the two hormones according to the stage of the cycle are termed 'biphasic' and 'triphasic'. A transdermal patch containing an oestrogen with a progestogen is also available. The oestrogen content of combined oral contraceptives ranges from 20 to 40 micrograms. Generally a preparation with the lowest oestrogen and progestogen content which gives good cycle control and minimal side-effects in the individual woman is chosen. Combined hormonal contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should be stopped if any of the following occur:
sudden severe chest pain, sudden breathlessness, unexplained swelling or severe pain in calf of one leg, severe stomach pain, serious neurological effects including unusual severe, prolonged headache, hepatitis, jaundice, liver enlargement, blood pressure above systolic 160 mmHg and diastolic 100 mmHg, prolonged immobility after surgery or leg injury or detection of a risk factor which contra-indicates treatment.
Ethinylestradiol with Desogestrel:
Indications: contraception; menstrual symptoms
Contraindications: personal history of venous or arterial thrombosis, severe or multiple risk factors for arterial disease or for venous thromboembolism, heart disease associated with pulmonary hypertension or risk of embolus; sclerosing treatment for varicose veins; migraine, pregnancy, transient cerebral ischaemic attacks without headaches; liver disease including disorders of hepatic excretion.
Dose and Administration: 1 tablet daily for 21 days; subsequent courses repeated after 7-day tablet-free interval (during which withdrawal bleeding occurs)
Ethinylestradiol with Gestodene:
Ethinylestradiol with Norelgestromin:
Dose and Administration: 1 patch to be applied once weekly for three weeks, followed by a 7-day patch-free interval; subsequent courses repeated after 7-day patch-free interval (during which withdrawal bleeding occurs).
Ethinylestradiol with Levonorgestrel:
Dose and Administration: 1 tablet daily for 21 days, starting with light brown tablet marked 1 on day 1 of cycle; repeat after 7-day tablet-free interval.
Ethinylestradiol with Norgestimate:
Ethinylestradiol with Drospirenone:
Progestogen-only Contraceptives
Desogestrel:
Indications: contraception.
Contraindications: pregnancy; undiagnosed vaginal bleeding; severe arterial disease; liver tumour; acute porphyria; history of breast cancer but can be used after 5 years if no evidence of disease and non-hormonal contraceptive methods unacceptable
Dose and Administration: 1 tablet daily at same time each day, starting on day 1 of cycle then continuously.
Norethisterone:
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate:
Dose and Administration: By deep intramuscular injection, 150 mg within first 5 days of cycle or within first 5 days after parturition (delay until 6 weeks after parturition if breast-feeding); for long-term contraception, repeated every 12 weeks (if interval greater than 12 weeks and 5 days, rule out pregnancy before next injection and advise patient to use additional contraceptive measures (e.g. barrier) for 14 days after the injection)

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Melvindale Square is located at 17250 Raupp St., in beautiful Melvindale, Mi. This community consists of all one bedroom apartment homes. Located inside each home is a stove and refrigerator. All homes have been newly carpeted and have new tile. Heat and water are included with your rent. Within our unique community are centralized laundry facilities, ample parking, 24 hour emergency maintenance and friendly management staff.


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Conservatives Are Really, Really, Really Upset That People Have Noticed That Lisa Littman's Anti-Trans Propaganda Is Just The Latest Generation of Trans-Exterminationist Junk Science
From Think Progress:
Opponents of LGBTQ equality are in a tizzy this week, claiming Brown University is "censoring" a study about transgender kids. That research, however, is pure junk science designed to make parents feel justified in rejecting their children's gender identity.
There is nothing that distinguishes ROGD [rapid onset gender dysphoria, so-called] from the diagnostic criteria that already exists for gender dysphoria in children except parents' perception that it has come about quite suddenly. Not coincidentally, it is only parents who wish to disabuse their children of the possibility that they are transgender who have observed ROGD and insist upon its validity.
One might think that a researcher looking to understand or substantiate ROGD would actually find ways to work directly with the children who supposedly experienced it to document their experiences. Or perhaps one could simply reach out to a large swath of families with transgender kids to try to assess what distinguished supposed cases of ROGD from others. But [Lisa] Littman did none of that. All she did was anonymously survey parents from the exact same anti-trans online parent groups that invented the concept (4thwavenow.com, Transgendertrend.com, and Youth YouthTransCriticalProfessionals.org), codifying their totally bogus myth in the guise of a scientific study.
Doubtlessly, TERFs, Alice Dreger and Michael Bailey (as if there is any real daylight between all of them and other right-wing conservatives) are in a tizzy as well.
And lets not forget the neo-Bailey herself:
PLOS One and Brown have backed away from her study, [but] Littman has stood by it. She has insisted that it's a "descriptive study" consistent with other such studies that are "a first description of a new condition or population."
I guess "descriptive study" is the latest euphemism that will allow someone clothed in the raiments of academic tenure that trans women are never considered for no matter our qualifications to get away with describing a handful of anecdotes derived from a few trips to Chicago-area drag bars as "The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism."
Lisa Littman: The Woman Who Would be Michael Bailey.
Categories: Bailey-Blanchard-Dreger Con Artistry, Dumbasses, Exterminationists, Fair Use, History, The Aristocrats . . Author: Katrina Rose
Not as Unwell as You, Ann You Can't Believe In So-Called 'Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' Without Also Believing In 'Rapid Onset Homosexuality'


Race registration for either the 5K/1mi events is only available online (no mail-in registrations). We will also have limited in-person registration available for the 5K/1mi events at our packet pick ups and race day but there is an increased fee and differences as noted below.
Race T-shirts are guaranteed for all those registering by the 7/10 online cutoff and as available for in-person registration available at packet pick up or race day (please note there are gender specific and youth size options so please make this selection carefully). Timing chips are included for all pre-registered 5K runners and while supplies last for race-day registrations. The 1 mile fun run is not a chipped event.
We strongly recommend that everyone plan to pick their race packets up prior to race day. Packet pick up is on July 19 at Philadelphia Runner Center City between 4-6pm. Packet pick up is available race morning starting at 8:00am but this is not a recommended option.
Parking at Citizens Bank Park is included as part of your race registration fee.


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Q: Add attachment based on subject of generated e-mail I have an application which generates e-mails with invoices attached as pdf. The generated e-mails are displayed in Outlook so you can edit them manually before sending.
On all invoices I want to add an extra attachment with a kind of disclaimer. I created a macro and a button which does this. Works fine, but I want this done automaticly upon creation of the e-mail.
My questions:

*

*Does anyone know if it is possible to run a VBA Marco as soon as an e-mail is opened in the editor?

*I noticed there is an ItemLoad Event but when this is excecuted, no values has been assigned yet so I cannot check the subject to see if it is an e-mail with an invoice attached.

A: In ThisOutlookSession
Private WithEvents InspGenSubj As Outlook.Inspectors

Private Sub Application_Startup()
    Set InspGenSubj = Inspectors
End Sub

Private Sub InspGenSubj_NewInspector(ByVal Inspector As Inspector)

    Dim curritem As Object

    Set curritem = Inspector.currentItem

    If curritem.Class = olMail Then
        If curritem.Sent = False Then
            If curritem.Subject = "Generated Mail subject" Then
                MsgBox "Code to add attachment to " & curritem.Subject
            End If
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Without knowing how the mail was generated I saved unsent mail to Drafts, closed then reopened.

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package com.jgonfer.pwned.utils;

import android.content.Context;

import com.jgonfer.pwned.model.realm.BreachedService;
import com.jgonfer.pwned.model.realm.History;
import com.jgonfer.pwned.model.realm.RealmString;
import com.jgonfer.pwned.model.realm.UserInfo;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import io.realm.Realm;
import io.realm.RealmResults;
import io.realm.Sort;

/**
 * Created by jgonfer on 6/6/15.
 */
public class RealmHelper {

    //region User Info

    public static UserInfo getUserInfo() {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        UserInfo object = realm.where(UserInfo.class).equalTo("userId", "0").findFirst();
        if (object != null) {
            return object;
        } else {
            setInitialUserInfo(new UserInfo());
            return getUserInfo();
        }
    }

    public static int getInitialSection(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return 2;

        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();
        return userInfo.getInitialSection();
    }

    public static void setInitialUserInfo(UserInfo userInfo) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        realm.beginTransaction();
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static double getLastDownloadBikeServices(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return 0.0;

        return getUserInfo().getLastDownloadBikeServices();
    }

    public static void updateLastDownloadBikeServices(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return;

        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();
        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();

        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setLastDownloadBikeServices(System.currentTimeMillis()/1000);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static void restartLastDownloadBikeServices(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return;

        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();
        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();

        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setLastDownloadBikeServices(0.0);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static double getLastDownloadBikeStations(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return 0.0;

        return getUserInfo().getLastDownloadBikeStations();
    }

    public static void updateLastDownloadBikeStations(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return;

        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();
        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();

        realm.beginTransaction();
        double timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000;
        userInfo.setLastDownloadBikeStations(timestamp);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static void restartLastDownloadBikeStations(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return;

        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();
        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();

        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setLastDownloadBikeStations(0.0);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static void setTutorialCompleted(Context context, boolean isCompleted) {
        if (context == null) return;

        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();
        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setTutorial_completed(isCompleted);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static String getLastVersionInstalled(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return "";

        return getUserInfo().getLastVersionInstalled();
    }

    public static void setLastVersionInstalled(Context context, String lastVersion) {
        if (context == null) return;

        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();
        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setLastVersionInstalled(lastVersion);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static int getCounterExecutions(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return 0;

        return getUserInfo().getCounterExecutions();
    }

    public static void setCounterExecutions(Context context, int executions) {
        if (context == null) return;

        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();
        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setCounterExecutions(executions);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static boolean isOpenedGooglePlay(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return false;

        return getUserInfo().isOpenedGooglePlay();
    }

    public static void setOpenedGooglePlay(Context context, boolean opened) {
        if (context == null) return;

        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();
        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setOpenedGooglePlay(opened);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();

        setShouldSayThanks(context, true);
    }

    public static boolean shouldSayThanks(Context context) {
        if (context == null) return false;

        return getUserInfo().isShouldSayThanksRate();
    }

    public static void setShouldSayThanks(Context context, boolean sayThanks) {
        if (context == null) return;

        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();
        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setShouldSayThanksRate(sayThanks);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static int getDisplayedView() {
        return getUserInfo().getDisplayedView();
    }

    public static void setDisplayedView(int displayedView) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();
        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setDisplayedView(displayedView);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static String getLastEmailSearched() {
        return getUserInfo().getLastEmailSearched();
    }

    public static void setLastEmailSearched(String lastEmail) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();
        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setLastEmailSearched(lastEmail);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static String getLastEmailWritten() {
        return getUserInfo().getLastEmailWritten();
    }

    public static void setLastEmailWritten(String lastEmail) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        UserInfo userInfo = getUserInfo();
        realm.beginTransaction();
        userInfo.setLastEmailWritten(lastEmail);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(userInfo);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    //endregion

    //region BreachedService

    public static void createOrUpdateBreachedService(BreachedService bs) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        realm.beginTransaction();
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(bs);
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static BreachedService getBreachedServiceByTitle(String title) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        return realm.where(BreachedService.class).equalTo("Title", title).findFirst();
    }

    public static BreachedService[] getBreachedServices() {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        RealmResults<BreachedService> results = realm.where(BreachedService.class).findAll();

        ArrayList<BreachedService> breachedServices = new ArrayList<>();
        for (BreachedService s : results) {
            breachedServices.add(s);
        }

        return breachedServices.toArray(new BreachedService[breachedServices.size()]);
    }

    public static BreachedService[] getBreachedServicesOrdered() {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        RealmResults<BreachedService> results = realm.where(BreachedService.class).findAll().sort("PwnCount", Sort.DESCENDING);

        ArrayList<BreachedService> breachedServices = new ArrayList<>();
        for (BreachedService s : results) {
            breachedServices.add(s);
        }

        return breachedServices.toArray(new BreachedService[breachedServices.size()]);
    }

    public static BreachedService[] getBreachedServicesByEmail(String email) {
        ArrayList<BreachedService> breachedServices = new ArrayList<>();
        List<History> entries = getHistoryEntriesByEmail(email);
        for (History entry : entries) {
            BreachedService breachedService = getBreachedServiceByTitle(entry.getTitleBreachedService());
            breachedServices.add(breachedService);
        }
        return breachedServices.toArray(new BreachedService[breachedServices.size()]);
    }

    public static RealmString createOrUpdateDataClass(String title) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        RealmString dataClass = getDataClassByTitle(title);
        if (dataClass == null) {
            dataClass = new RealmString();
        }
        realm.beginTransaction();
        dataClass.setValue(title);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(dataClass);
        realm.commitTransaction();

        return dataClass;
    }

    public static RealmString getDataClassByTitle(String title) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        return realm.where(RealmString.class).equalTo("value", title).findFirst();
    }

    //endregion

    //region History

    public static History createOrUpdateHistoryEntry(String email, String date, String breachedService) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        History entry = getHistoryEntryByEmailAndBreachedService(email, breachedService);
        if (entry == null) {
            entry = new History();
            entry.setEmailServiceId(email + "-" + breachedService);
        }
        realm.beginTransaction();
        entry.setEmail(email);
        entry.setSearchDate(date);
        entry.setTitleBreachedService(breachedService);
        entry.setFixed(false);
        realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(entry);
        realm.commitTransaction();

        return entry;
    }

    public static void setFixedAllHistoryEntryByEmail(String email) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        List<History> entries = getHistoryEntriesByEmail(email);
        realm.beginTransaction();
        for (History entry : entries) {
            entry.setFixed(true);
            realm.copyToRealmOrUpdate(entry);
        }
        realm.commitTransaction();
    }

    public static History getHistoryEntryByEmailAndBreachedService(String email, String breachedService) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        return realm.where(History.class).equalTo("email", email).equalTo("titleBreachedService", breachedService).findFirst();
    }

    public static boolean isFixedHistoryEntryByEmailAndBreachedService(String email, String breachedService) {
        History entry = getHistoryEntryByEmailAndBreachedService(email, breachedService);
        return entry != null && entry.isFixed();
    }

    public static List<History> getHistoryEntriesByEmail(String email) {
        Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();

        return realm.where(History.class).equalTo("email", email).findAll();
    }

    //endregion
}

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By Joshua Zucker Oct. 30, 2017 Updated: Oct. 30, 2017 9:27 a.m.
This is not your parents' jam band.
In fact, Midnight North isn't a jam band at all. But they'll be hard pressed to avoid being viewed as one, having emerged from the fertile Marin County scene centered around Terrapin Crossroads, the restaurant, nightclub and concert venue founded by Phil and Jill Lesh of Grateful Dead fame.
The club was originally envisioned as a gift to music fans of central Marin and a place for Phil to perform as he began cutting back on touring after decades on the road. It has since grown into an incubator for up-and-coming North Bay talent. Numerous local acts have benefited from this arrangement, but none more than Midnight North, who play the Great American Music Hall on Friday, Nov. 3.
The San Francisco show is the final stop in a busy summer of touring highlighted by an appearance at this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. The old hippies have passed the torch to the next generation and Midnight North is poised to attain national prominence.
Guitarist and singer-songwriter — and Phil and Jill's son — Grahame Lesh and bassist Connor O'Sullivan founded Midnight North in early 2012, enlisting guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter Elliott Peck to round out the original lineup. Terrapin, having opened a year earlier, became the band's headquarters.
"We had a weekly residency where we were able to try out new material in front of a live audience, which helped to vastly accelerate the development of our live show," says Peck.
Then in late 2013, guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist Alex Jordan signed on, bringing the third voice to Midnight North's signature sound.
While the musicians don't think of themselves as a jam band, neither do they eschew that or any other label to describe them, preferring rather to embrace their improvisational rock lineage while also drawing from the spectrum of Americana idioms. They also recognize that their tight affiliation with Grateful Dead royalty could be a double-edged sword.
Midnight North, seen at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass earlier this month, has emerged from roots in Marin County to enjoy harmonic success.
Midnight North's 2017 release, "Under the Lights," emphasizes concise songwriting and arrangements that showcase the band's vocals and harmonies. But in a live setting, the songs are often expanded to allow for spontaneity and improvisation.
Versatility must be in the job description, with three of the four members credited as multi-instrumentalists and the fourth, O'Sullivan, taking producer credit for the band's recorded work as well as managing its website. Offstage, Grahame is the band's baseball aficionado, Peck takes pride in being able to execute "a pretty wicked handstand," and Jordan "moonlights" as a Hammond organ repairman, often mending the house organ at venues large and small for the band's gigs.
For Friday's show, the band plans to focus on material from "Under the Lights," welcoming back the North Bound Horns who appear on the record. The bandmates also hint at possible guest appearances by members of the Terrapin family — possibly welcoming some with similar last names to artists in the band. And perhaps a few handstands?


I have to admit I wasn't always a coffee drinker.
Cuisinart Brewer and Peet's Coffee Single Cups received.
In fact, it took me until just the past few years to really start enjoying it. Now I drink it nearly every day and look forward to each cup. That's why I was excited about Peet's Coffee Single Cups.
I often see Peet's Coffee while shopping and when I learned that it now comes in Single Cups which can be used in the Cuisinart Brewer or other single serve machines, I was very excited! The single cup brewing process is so simple and it makes enjoying that perfect cup of coffee even easier.
Each box of Peet's Coffee includes 10 Single Cups. I couldn't wait to try the Major Dickason's Blend Deep Roast. I normally enjoy lighter coffees but was looking forward to giving this flavor a try.
The coffee came out a luxurious deep, dark color and after adding a bit of cream and sugar, I found it to be full of bold flavor and richness. It's a coffee that is perfect for sipping, a great reminder to slow down and enjoy every moment of the day.
As you can see the new Peet's Coffee Single Cups are a simple to use and a great way to enjoy a delicious cup of coffee at any point in the day. That's why I'm excited to offer the giveaway below.
One reader of 2 Wired 2 Tired will win 50 Peet's Coffee Single Cups (5 Boxes of 10)!
I'd like to try the house blend.
I'd love to try the French Roast.
I'd like to try the house blend!
I would like to try the Major Dickason's Blend.
I would love to try the French Roast.
I would like to try the French Roast.
the major dickason blend is quite tasty.
I would like the French Roast.
the french roast ones i think.
I'd like to try the French roast blend.
I would like to try the Cafe Domingo blend.
I would love to try the French Roast – Single Cups!
Cafe Domingo® – Single Cups sound good to me. I bet any of the single cups would taste awesome.
i think the cafe donimgo sounds yummy.
I'll try Major Dickason's blend. thanks for sponsoring this.
The Cafe Domingo sounds like the perfect medium roast — I'd love to try it!
The house blend sounds awesome!!!
The sampler box is cool. But I'd have to go with the tasty house blend!
I'd love House Blend Decaf and House Blend regular… I love both and use them at different times of the day.
I would like to try the Major Dickasens Deep Roast.
I would like to try the House Blend.
I'd like to try Major Dickason's Blend.
I'd go with Café Domingo.
I'd also like to try their House Blend.
I'd love to try Major Dickason's Blend K cups.
I would like to try Cafe Domingo®.
I'd love to try the House Blend Decaf.
I'd like to try Major Dickason blend.
I would try Café Domingo first.
The Cafe Domingo sounds like it would be great to try.
Hubby would love the French Roast.
I'd pick Major Dickasons' blend. I've never tried Peet's coffee. Love that they offer a package of 1 box of each of their 5 blends.
i would really love to try the major dickason's blend!
I'd like to try the House Blend – it's a good way to get a feel for the brand.
I want to try the House Blend.
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One of Brickfab's clients, Seddon, had reclaimed 7,000 cobbles from the original soap opera set to pave Victoria Street – the latest addition to the fictional Manchester suburb of Weatherfield. To extend the set, a total of 200,000 bricks and brick slips were laid, with 2,500 tonnes of cast stone, 6,500 tonnes of concrete and 350 tonnes of tarmac holding the extension together. The project which included a tram stop, community garden and some shops, started in July 2017 and was first seen on air in April.
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is a compilation of five books and one short story written by Douglas Adams. The five books originally belong to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, a collection deliberately termed as a trilogy by the author. The books in the collection detail the adventures of five main characters, the first of them being an Englishman named Arthur Dent. He is the only survivor after the destruction of Planet Earth by the alien race of Vogons. The remaining four characters include an alien named Ford Prefect, a depressed robot called Marvin the Paranoid Android, Ford's cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox, and a woman named Trillian. In The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, the first book in the collection, the characters visit Magrathea, where they learn that a computer named Deep Thought made a prediction regarding a certain important question. This leads a couple of super-intelligent beings to formulate a secret plan of action to dissect Arthur's brain. The protagonists are forced to make a decision - the decision to escape. In the second book, The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, Zaphod discovers that he is part of a conspiracy to find out who actually runs the universe. Meanwhile, Arthur and Ford find themselves stranded on prehistoric Earth. In the third book, Life, The Universe And Everything, Arthur and Ford encounter a character named Slartibartfast, who requests them to help prevent a galactic war to avoid the destruction of life in the universe. In So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, Arthur returns to his home planet Earth and falls in love with a girl name Fenchurch. He also discovers that Earth is but a replacement provided by the dolphins as part of their 'Save The Humans' campaign. In the fifth book titled Mostly Harmless, the Vogons complete the task of obliterating the earth. Meanwhile Arthur, after the sudden loss of Fenchurch, settles happily in a small village on the planet Lamuella. Young Zaphod Plays It Safe, the short story included in this collection, is a prequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. In this story, Zaphod discovers a crashed spaceship that once housed something dangerous - something that has now escaped. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy was released in 2002 by Random House Publishing Group. The books in the collection have done phenomenally well as standalone novels. The short story has never been released as a standalone work.


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Округ  Колдвелл () — округ (парафія) у штаті  Луїзіана, США. Ідентифікатор округу 22021.

Історія
Парафія утворена 1838 року.

Демографія

За даними перепису
2000 року
загальне населення округу становило 10560 осіб, усе сільське.
Серед мешканців округу чоловіків було 5358, а жінок — 5202. В окрузі було 3941 домогосподарство, 2819 родин, які мешкали в 5035 будинках.
Середній розмір родини становив 2,99.

Віковий розподіл населення поданий у таблиці:

Суміжні округи
 Вачіта — північ
 Ричленд — північний схід
 Франклін — схід
 Катаула — південний схід
 Ла-Салл — південь
 Вінн — південний захід
 Джексон — північний захід

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Every year the holiday season rolls around and people become instantly stressed out about having to pay for gifts and spend extra money when their budget already might be tight enough as it is. If you're barely scraping by, it's not ideal that you spend a ton of money on the holiday season.
There is plenty of help out there for families in need during this time of year and you owe it to yourself to explore all of your options and have a stress free and happy holiday season.
The number one thing that people stress out about around Christmas is gifts. Most other holidays that don't have gifts associated with them like Thanksgiving and Easter and practically stress free.
It's important to get yourself out of the 'gift mindset' even if you have kids who want or need certain things and realize that it's called the holiday season for a reason.
Christmas is just one day, and there are tons of things you can do with your kids to celebrate the season that don't require a lot of money, effort or a gift. Driving around the neighborhood and looking at holiday lights or baking snowman shaped cookies together are just few things you can do to value quality time together and downplay the need for gifts at this time.
When it is time to consider gifts however, you can check out some of these services and programs that will help provide free Christmas gifts for the children in your family based on their wants and needs.
The Make-a-Wish Foundation is a well-known charitable foundation that grants kids wishes throughout the year. They focus on helping children facing life threatening medical conditions aged from 2.5 years-old to 18 years-old.
If you have or know a child that might qualify, you can refer a child by filling out a form online or contacting your local chapter and supplying them with a wish list for the child.
Make-a-Wish Foundation has been known to go above and beyond your needs and they really take pride in making the holiday season special for children.
The Salvation Army is another large charitable organization that provides free Christmas gifts for families in need each year. Each local chapter rallies together hundreds of sponsors every year to provide children with gifts.
You can click on this link to locate an office near you and see what documents you need to apply. Then you'll simply submit some basic information about your child like their age, clothes and shoes sizes, and the items they would prefer to receive this year.
I've utilized the Salvation Army for a few years when my budget was tight around the holidays because I was only working a part-time job. One year, my sponsor supplied my son with some nice surprises while another year, I got to walk through their building and pick out age appropriate gifts and books for him for Christmas.
This year, I decided to give back and sponsor a child myself since my finances are in a better state, but it's nice to have had that option when I truly needed it.
The Angel Tree Church program was founded by the Prison Fellowship Organization. Families in need come in all different shapes and sizes. Sometimes, its two parents who are struggling to make ends meet, sometimes it's a single parent without much support, and other times it's a family where one parent is incarcerated.
The Prison Fellowship provides gifts to families when a parent is in prison to help make the holiday season brighter and ease some financial pressure from the other parent.
To sign up for the Angel Tree program, you can visit their website here.
You've probably heard of Toys for Tots or seen their donation boxes around your neighborhood. They are yet another charitable organization in partnership with the Marine Corp. that provides to new, unopened toys to children for Christmas.
They accept donations and also work with sponsors like Toys"R"Us, Babies"R"Us, Disney and Macy's. To request a toy for your child you can click here and choose your county to locate the nearest local campaign.
You can always contact local churches to find out about organizations like the ones mentioned above or see if they can offer any additional assistance. Most churches partner with organizations like the Salvation Army to deliver gifts to children for the holidays and some even run their own private toy drives or host free holiday dinner for families.
The bottom line is that there are plenty of organizations out there to help and some are even desperately looking for families to help support.
Taking advantage of help for the holidays when you need it is a great way to utilize your resources so you can work on providing for your family and improving your finances.
great list! don't forget Buy Nothing Groups. If your area has one (they're on Facebook), they are great resources for families in need who could use some items for the holidays. Things won't be brand new, but you could fill under a tree. I'm an administrator for a local group so I see postings in other groups and especially around the holiday season, you see great stories of people helping out those who might need some extra help around the holidays.
I've never heard of that. Sounds like a really cool and resourceful idea though.
We are always looking for ways to be generous at this time of year. Great ideas Chonce!
Thanks Cat! It's a great time of year to give.
I am a single parent, looking for help with christmas for my two pre-teens. Im a mother on disabilty and can not afford christmas. i would appreciate any help that i can get this year. My daughter is 15 my son is 16. There father is deceased an we have no family that is close that can help.
Please check some of the organizations listed above and contact local charities and churches in your area. They should be able to provide some assistance or insight on how you can get some gifts donated.
I would hurry up and check with local organizations and charities especially the Salvation Army because they give away donated Christmas gifts for all age groups each year.


Pascal was quite unhappy with that part of his trading so he simply decided to create special gatherings for all of the Members living in his hometown.
They now meet in the Durham, North Carolina area (as often as Pascal has time to organize those gatherings), and they spend hours talking about stocks, talking about trading and also talking about ... stocks and trading !!!
It is so enjoyable to get together with like-minded people, create new friendships and share trading "war" stories!
The small participation fee (usually $10) which is required to attend our Socials is spent entirely on snacks and drinks for our members (if any extra money is left, it will be given to one of the children's charity which we support with our "Let's Share" program).
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What a wonderful first "SOCIAL"!!!
Lot's of wonderful conversations, good food and no smoking.
I would love having something like this once a month. It's really nice to talk to others of like mind.
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Please thank Ed and Tina for me for being such gracious hosts.
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How Interference Testing Affect GPS Navigation
The US military has been conducting large scale national security exercises in which GPS navigation signals are degraded to test defense systems and preparedness. I certainly understand the necessity for such testing – I want us to be ready for anything the bad guys throw our way, but has the FAA done enough to educate and inform the pilots flying into and out of the airports and airspace affected by these tests?
The number of jamming events and their locations are increasing and the tests have resulted in a growing number of pilot complaints, as well as less than ideal aircraft performance and handling characteristics. As the proliferation of satellite-based navigation continues, the problem of GPS interference is expected to multiply.
GPS navigation may be unreliable or unavailable in a large portion of airspace while the military is jamming the GPS signals. During the test period, GPS based services, including Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), the Ground Based Augmentation System and the Wide Area Augmentation System could also be lost in a radius of several hundred miles from the operations center.
The FAA will post a flight advisory that gives the schedule of the current round of tests and NOTAMs will also be issued for the airspace, but I think broader pilot training and education is necessary. For instance, during tests in November 2018, AOPA reported several instances of aircraft veering off course because of the loss of GPS signals (https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/november/28/less-isnt-more-for-gps-and-flight-safety). There have also been documented cases of ATC temporarily losing the tracks of ADS-B Out equipped aircraft.
Specific examples of the safety hazards involving civil aviation navigation and aircraft control, have been reported and collected by the FAA, including a business jet that entered a dutch roll and emergency descent when its yaw damper disengaged on its own: the dual attitude and heading reference system had reacted differently to the GPS signal outage. This issue was specific to the aircraft and has been corrected, but there are hundreds of other reports of aircraft departing under IFR and losing GPS on initial climb out and others losing GPS navigation capability and not regaining it until after landing.
Military testing will continue and it is up to us, the pilots, to be aware of when and where the next test will be occurring. Always check the NOTAM's for your route of flight and read any flight advisories posted by the FAA. Continued pilot training and application of that knowledge will help keep you in-the-know.
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SICSA DVF Professor Robin Cockett, Department of Computing Science at the University of Calgary will be giving a seminar at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh on 13th November.
Abstract: Turing categories give an abstract formulation of computability. They may be viewed as the computable maps of a partial combinatory algebra which lives somewhere — usually not in sets! While it is well known that partial combinatory algebras can express all computable functions, a question one can still reasonably ask is: what categories can be the total maps of a Turing category?
The answer, somewhat surprisingly, includes the total maps of all "functional" complexity classes (hence the title). Thus, there are Turing categories whose total maps are exactly the P-time functions or the log-space maps. The talk will describe a concrete and yet fairly general way in which to construct a Turing category whose total maps belong to a particular complexity class.


We are a nation of immigrants. Every discussion on the topic of immigration begins that way. That comes from the mouths of people generations removed from any true immigrants.
Assuming that everyone who comes here to live wants to be, when do we become a nation of Americans? When do we fold them into that great American melting pot. We have learned recently that stepping through the front door does not necessarily mean that everyone who does so wants to embrace his Americanism. That was not the case at Fort Hood nor was it the case in New York's Times Square. That is our problem. It is a self-inflicted wound bleeding the life from us. In recent years, the bleeding has come in great spurts as if from a severed artery. There are reasons for it. If we do not apply a tourniquet, it is only a matter of time before America bleeds out.
At the forefront, we have allowed ideological to replace logical. Look at our national debt and energy problems. There is no logical reason for us to be where we are. Ideological utopian views are the cause. That mindset is why we insist that we are a nation of immigrants rather than insisting that we be a nation of Americans. Nothing much hinges on reversing that. Only our survival.
Political correctness is killing us. It has turned honesty and directness into ambiguity read as cowardice by the very people who want to destroy our country and everything it stands for. Illegal is undocumented. Terrorism is a man-made disaster. War is an overseas contingency operation. Islam is a religion of peace. We cannot scrutinize anyone who fits the profile of every terrorist we ever encountered. That is profiling and offensive. Dead Americans are apparently less offensive.
We like to misdirect our anger. There is nothing logical about that. If we kill radical Islamic terrorists, it will make them hate us more. Instead of directing our anger toward the source of the threat, we direct it toward our Soldiers through name calling and court martial. We criminally investigate our intelligence operatives who, at great risk to their own lives, must encounter the threat up close and personal. We direct our anger toward Arizonans, who tiring of drug dealers and crime and trying to protect themselves decide to enforce a federal law that the federal government refuses to enforce. The Supreme Court of the United States held up as Constitutional a law that says military service is not a right and that homosexuality is incompatible with military service. The military, forced to comply with President Bill Clinton's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, becomes the villain.
It is offensive for school students to wear tee shirts with American flags on them on May 5 – in America. When wearing an American flag on any day is insensitive or insulting, how insulting and insensitive is it for the families of 9/11 victims, hell all Americans, that a mosque is being constructed at ground zero. A nation of Americans will respect the sovereignty of any nation, but stand beneath the flag of none.
Moral relativism has turned America gray. As a nation, we seem no longer able to draw a clear and distinct line between right and wrong, moral or immoral, good and evil. For years, the ideology has moved us from God toward Godless. It has moved us away from our foundation.
The ideology tells us that if, guided by the superior intellects running our country, we follow the European socialist model we will not become Greece. Our gut and simple logic tells us that we are instead on the express train to the Acropolis.
The utopian ideology tells us that if we bring all of the world's different cultures and languages together in one place, open our borders and celebrate our diversity with hyphenated identities that we will somehow not become the Balkans. Logic tells us, no border, no language, no self-identifying culture, no America.
Nation of Americans or nation of immigrants?
Ironic how an "Arab-American" won the Miss USA tournament last night.
Guess we should have called her the new Miss Arab-USA, right?
Perfect! I've been preaching this for years, just not as concisely as you.


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Mutual Advisors LLC Has $506,000 Stock Position in The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)
Posted by Mark Dietrich on Jan 25th, 2023
Mutual Advisors LLC grew its position in The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM – Get Rating) by 61.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,684 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 1,396 shares during the period. Mutual Advisors LLC's holdings in J. M. Smucker were worth $506,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in SJM. Fairfield Bush & CO. lifted its position in J. M. Smucker by 1.5% in the 1st quarter. Fairfield Bush & CO. now owns 30,551 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,137,000 after acquiring an additional 461 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS lifted its position in J. M. Smucker by 6.6% in the 1st quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 14,499 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,963,000 after acquiring an additional 898 shares in the last quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH lifted its position in J. M. Smucker by 1.7% in the 1st quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 339,555 shares of the company's stock valued at $45,980,000 after acquiring an additional 5,531 shares in the last quarter. National Pension Service lifted its position in J. M. Smucker by 1,012.2% in the 1st quarter. National Pension Service now owns 192,636 shares of the company's stock valued at $26,085,000 after acquiring an additional 175,315 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in J. M. Smucker by 1.3% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,721,847 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,722,666,000 after acquiring an additional 162,944 shares in the last quarter. 79.21% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
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Shares of SJM opened at $149.60 on Wednesday. The J. M. Smucker Company has a 52 week low of $119.82 and a 52 week high of $163.07. The firm has a market cap of $15.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.16 and a beta of 0.23. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $154.34 and its 200 day simple moving average is $144.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 1.09.
J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Monday, November 21st. The company reported $2.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.19 by $0.21. J. M. Smucker had a net margin of 7.01% and a return on equity of 11.31%. The firm had revenue of $2.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.18 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.43 EPS. The business's revenue was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts forecast that The J. M. Smucker Company will post 8.68 earnings per share for the current year.
J. M. Smucker Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 10th will be issued a dividend of $1.02 per share. This represents a $4.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 9th. J. M. Smucker's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 76.55%.
SJM has been the topic of several research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a "sell" rating and issued a $123.00 price objective on shares of J. M. Smucker in a research report on Monday, November 21st. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of J. M. Smucker to $128.00 in a research report on Monday, November 21st. Morgan Stanley raised shares of J. M. Smucker from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $135.00 to $158.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 20th. StockNews.com started coverage on shares of J. M. Smucker in a research report on Wednesday, October 12th. They set a "hold" rating on the stock. Finally, Exane BNP Paribas began coverage on shares of J. M. Smucker in a research report on Tuesday, November 15th. They set an "underperform" rating on the stock. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $147.00.
J. M. Smucker Company Profile
The J. M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets branded food and beverage products worldwide. It operates in three segments: U.S. Retail Pet Foods, U.S. Retail Coffee, and U.S. Retail Consumer Foods. The company offers mainstream roast, ground, single serve, and premium coffee; peanut butter and specialty spreads; fruit spreads, shortening and oils, and frozen sandwiches and snacks; pet food and pet snacks; and foodservice hot beverage, foodservice portion control, and flour products, as well as dog and cat food, frozen handheld products, juices and beverages, and baking mixes and ingredients.
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Write a program that will convert a binary number, represented as a string (e.g. '101010'), to its decimal equivalent using first principles

Write a program passing the tests.

You will be guided to implement binary to decimal conversion.  Given a
binary input string, your program should be able to produce a decimal
output.

## Note
- Implement the conversion yourself.
  Do not use something else to perform the conversion for you.
- Treat invalid input as binary 0.

## About Binary (Base-2)
Decimal is a base-10 system.

A number 23 in base 10 notation can be understood
as a linear combination of powers of 10:

- The rightmost digit gets multiplied by 10^0 = 1
- The next number gets multiplied by 10^1 = 10
- …
- The *n*th number gets multiplied by 10^*(n-1)*.
- All these values are summed.

So: `23 => 2*10^1 + 3*10^0 => 2*10 + 3*1 = 23 base 10`

Binary is similar, but uses powers of 2 rather than powers of 10.

So: `101 => 1*2^2 + 0*2^1 + 1*2^0 => 1*4 + 0*2 + 1*1 => 4 + 1 => 5 base 10`.

## Source

All of Computer Science [view source](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=binary&a=*C.binary-_*MathWorld-)


My word for 2016 is mindfulness. I spent the first two weeks in December deep in thought about which word to choose.
Actually, let me back up. I didn't want to choose the word mindfulness. If I'm going to be completely honest. I wanted a more sparkly word, like magical.
Mindfulness was word number four on my list. I had demoted it from one to two, then to three and finally four. After weeks of thinking about my words, writing them down in bright colors, both in script and print, and trying them on as if they were cloaks and scarves, I scribbled magical, fortify and deliberate onto a piece of yellow paper. I marched out to the living room and proclaimed to my husband: Yay! My focus words for the New Year had been selected.
As the end of December approached, my intuition continued to speak loudly. My conscious, too. This was a double whammy!
Magical is easy, isn't it, Shannon? It's a word that you can define on your own terms.
Fortify? You are pretty good at fortifying things -- such as your relationships and your business and your marriage. Another easy choice, hmmm?
Deliberate... now that's a pretty good one. But, you do make deliberate choices 99 percent of the time. So why would you pick a word that you already have a strong relationship with?
These thoughts came like ping-pong balls bouncing off the gray matter of my brain. I tried to swat them away. I tried to halt the ricocheting. I spent time justifying why these words were the right words for me in 2016 -- and that's when I knew they weren't the right words at all.
I knew that my conscious and my intuition were both right: I needed to pick a word that would help me grow this year, as a human and spiritual being. I needed a word that required me to be mindful of it and work towards achieving it. I needed to NOT take the easy way out.
Racing back to my office, I found the yellow piece of paper, crumpled it up, and threw it away. I reached into my drawer, grabbed a pink sticky note, and wrote my word for 2016: mindfulness.
Mindfulness is the act of being conscious and aware in every single action. When we practice mindfulness, we remain present. We are not worried about past decisions or things that must get done in the future. And... because we remain present and without worry, happiness and peace prevail.
I don't know about you, but I want an abundance of happiness and peace in my life! I want to be alive in each moment -- and learn how to slow my thoughts down so I can enjoy each moment to its fullest extent.
It turns out that the word I was avoiding is the exact word I need the most in 2016. It's going to take some work, because acting mindfully is a practice. But, I'm up for the challenge!
Did you choose a word to guide you in 2016? If so, I'd love to hear about the process you used and the word you decided upon!


This is an artist's view of what it might have looked like when the InSight was about to touch down on Mars. The craft successfully landed November 26 on the Red Planet.
In this image from First Man, Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong walks to the Apollo 11 spacecraft before taking off for his historic moon landing.
The Hubble Space Telescope may have spotted a Neptune-sized moon orbiting a Jupiter-sized planet, as shown in this illustration.


Mouthpieces for AlcoSense Elite II personal breathalyser. Individually packed in clear plastic.
Mouthpieces for AlcoSense Elite II personal breathalyser. Individually packed in clear plastic and sold in packs of 100.


If you love The Loop and Five West Kitchen + Bar, you're going to love this news, the brains behind the two are planning on opening another restaurant in Rochester. While the new place will have a different menu, you can expect it to be great because of how hugely successful and delicious their other restaurants are. Other than The Loop and Five West, they also own three restaurants in the cities including the popular Bar 508.
The group is known as The Rocket Restaurant Group with four of the five guys being John Marshall grads. These guys love their hometown, and we love them back for bringing their unique restaurants to Rochester.
According to Jeff Kiger from Post Bulletin's Heard on the Street, the new restaurant is still in the planning phase with a nearly 6,6000-foot barbecue joint as the vision, and they hope to start construction in October. It will be called Smoak and will be built next to Aldi on West Circle Drive. You can also expect a huge outdoor courtyard with a garage-style door. All the meat served there will be cooked in wood-fired smokers. Is anybody else drooling yet?


It's presumptuous. You know your context better than any external expert ever will. An outside observer simply can't grasp your context well enough in a few days to prescribe an effective course of action.
Assessments don't build ownership. Recommendations from an outside expert are easy to dismiss: "They don't really understand our situation." And often, people in early development of an Agile mindset struggle to understand and apply them.
Organizations are more likely to succeed with Agile when the changes are owned by the people responsible for continuous improvement. That's why we use our Agile for Executives and Agile for Teams workshops as self-assessments. Participants learn the mindset and principles behind Agile and then apply them in a way that uniquely fits their culture. Our coaches use that observational knowledge to craft an Agile plan to unlock the potential of your organization, individual teams, or specific roles.
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This is VA 270 arriving at US 58 ALT. Photo by Mapmikey, taken August 19, 2007.
This is US 58 ALT eastbound at VA 270. Photo by Mapmikey, taken August 19, 2007.
This is VA 270 leaving US 58 ALT. For a number of years this used to be VA 63. Photo by Mapmikey, taken May 24, 2008.
This is VA 270 from VA 63 south. VA 270 is erroneously posted as 270 Business here. Photo by Mapmikey, taken August 19, 2007.
This is VA 270 from VA 63 north. Photo by Mapmikey, taken August 19, 2007.
This is VA 270 leaving VA 63. Just about the entirety of VA 270 is visible in this picture. Photo by Mapmikey, taken August 19, 2007.


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Q: How can I call a variadic C function with a list of arguments pulled from a rust Vec? I am trying to call the JNI function CallStaticVoidMethod from rust.  The jni-sys wrapper declares it as
pub CallStaticVoidMethod:
    Option<unsafe extern "C" fn(env: *mut JNIEnv, cls: jclass, methodID: jmethodID, ...)>,

I would like to wrap this call in something safer, so I have created this method on my wrapper object:
pub fn call_static_void_method(&mut self, cls: jclass, method: jmethod, args: & Vec<jobject>)
{
    let csvm;
    unsafe {
        csvm = (**self.env_ptr).CallStaticVoidMethod.expect("no implementation of CallStaticVoidMethod");
    }
    unsafe {
        return csvm(self.env_ptr, cls, method, /*what here?*/);
    }
}

How can I convert args:Vec<jobject> so that I can provide the final arguments to the CallStaticVoidMethod JNI function?

A: You can call variadic C functions from rust in the normal way, however calling them with an argument list that is only known at runtime is another matter. From what I understand, it is not even really possible in C (at least not in a standards compliant manner).
Luckily, though, it looks as though you don't need to do that. The JNI provides an alternative method, CallStaticVoidMethodA, which is defined as:
NativeType CallStaticVoidMethodA(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jmethodID methodID, jvalue *args);

where args points to an array containing the arguments, in the form of jvalue.
You are receiving a Vec<jobject>; a jvalue is a union of various kinds of value, so you will need to convert your Vec<jobject> into an array of jvalues. Alternatively it would be more flexible if your function could accept Vec<jvalue> as you would be able to call methods that accept various argument types - in that case you could just pass args.as_ptr() like so:
pub fn call_static_void_method(&mut self, cls: jclass, method: jmethod, args: & Vec<jvalue>)
{
    let csvm;
    unsafe {
        csvm = (**self.env_ptr).CallStaticVoidMethodA.expect("no implementation of CallStaticVoidMethodA");
    }
    unsafe {
        return csvm(self.env_ptr, cls, method, args.as_ptr());
    }
}

There are variations on this theme for all of the JNI functions for calling methods.
See also: JNI Documentation


Clean-up of Mile Run Brook in Franklin and New Brunswick!
Since its inception in 1970, Earth Day has brought millions of people together to celebrate our world's environment. The day has also focused our attention on environmental problems such as pollution, flooding and littering.
Join the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Franklin Township Environmental Commission, the New Brunswick Environmental Commission, the Watershed Institute, Friends of Mile Run Brook, New Jersey Americorps Watershed Ambassadors and others for an Earth Day clean-up of Mile Run Brook!
SPECIAL NOTE: Please wear closed toe shoes and clothes you are willing to get dirty. Bring a reusable water bottle. Gloves, bags and light refreshments will be provided!
You may wonder why it is so important to keep our waterways clean. Streams, rivers and other waterbodies make up the watershed where we all live. Watersheds are areas of land where runoff from rain and snow drains into a lake, stream, river or wetland. These watersheds are full of life. They provide habitat for fish, birds and wildlife. They are also a source of drinking water for homes and businesses. The Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership and The Watershed Institute share a joint mission to keep water clean, safe and healthy through conservation, advocacy, science and education.
Visit Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership and The Watershed Institute to learn what we are doing to protect your water.
Please plan to join the LRWP and Middlesex County Division of Parks on Sunday February 3, 10-noon for a winter clean-up of the Jamesburg Park Conservation Area in Helmetta!
This beautiful area is in the Manalapan Brook subwatershed. We will be cleaning the roadsides along Helmetta Boulevard, Port Street and Washington Street. Meet at the Helme Mill Park parking lot (directions below).
~SAVE THE DATE~ Join the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Central Jersey Stream Team and the Sierra Club for a clean-up of the Green Brook!
This Event is Co-coordinated by the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Central Jersey Stream Team and the New Jersey Sierra Club. With special thanks to the Green Brook Department of Public Works for cartage and supplies.
Please wear closed toe shoes and clothes you are willing to get dirty. Gloves and bags will be provided!
On Tuesday, November 21st of last year, students enrolled in Integrated Reading and Writing (ENG 096) at Middlesex County College (MCC) did something unusual for a typical college course. Rather than meeting in their classroom, they boarded a college van to travel to the Fox Road underpass, a stretch of road off the highway in Edison, NJ. This class excursion was the culminating event following a semester focused on reading, writing, discussing, and learning about environmental issues faced by local communities. In collaboration with the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership (LRWP) and the Edison Environmental Commission, students planned and executed a community cleanup service project as part of the greater service learning initiative happening at the College.
Students Jessica Colon or Rahway (left) places trash in the bag held by Carolyn Muncibay of Old Bridge.
The cleanup involved spending 3 hours of class time bagging trash and recyclables along the underpass. The location of the cleanup was especially significant as it is uphill from the Raritan River. When it rains, trash and other contaminants travel downhill, further polluting the already vulnerable river. By the end of the cleanup, 17 bags of trash and recyclables, nine tires, a suitcase, car seats, as well as other large trash items were collected.
John Keller, Director of Education and Outreach of CoLAB Arts, assists students during the hand sculpture creation process.
During the cleanup, students selected one small trash item to bring back to campus. In collaboration with local arts advocacy organization CoLAB Arts, students created cement hand sculptures which are now on display in the MCC College Center in an exhibition titled The Watershed Sculpture Project: Middlesex County College. Each sculpture is of a student's hand holding the trash item they saved from the cleanup.
The display demonstrates the large impact seemingly "small" amounts of littering can have on the environment as a whole, and likewise demonstrates the power of simple acts of stewardship (including stream clean-ups and socially engaged art) to effect positive environmental change. This work seeks to raise awareness of issues of environmental damage happening in the local community, and to prompts viewers to examine and reflect on their own relationship and interactions with the environment.
If your non-profit organization is interested in getting involved with service learning at MCC, please contact Arianna Illa, Coordinator of Civic Engagement and Experiential Learning, at ailla@middlesexcc.edu.
Mile Run Brook Clean-up a Huge Success!
It was a gloomy, rainy Saturday, but on May 12, more than 150 people joined the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Greater Brunswick Charter School, Esperanza Neighborhood Partnership, Friends of Mile Run Brook and Elmwood Cemetery for a multi-site community clean-up and celebration of New Brunswick's Mile Run Brook.
The clean-up was enlivened by our roving "Trash Troubadour" – Dave Seamon – who engaged our volunteers with song and stories as they cleaned-up the stream. Our Trash Troubadour traveled with a large sculptural bread-and-puppets style bottle (made from trash found during prior clean-ups) that clean-up volunteers covered with messages of environmental hope.
The clean-up was followed by a free community celebration and picnic in New Brunswick's Boyd Park – with delicious contributions of dishes donated by Panico's Brick Oven Pizza, La Poncena, Harvest Moon, Pizza Mia and Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen.
At the end of the clean-up we joined together for a picnic and celebration, the Trash Troubadour created and performed a new song from the messages received.
With tremendous thanks to New Brunswick Department of Public Works, North Brunswick Department of Public Works and Rob Hughes, our Americorps Watershed Ambassador for helping with planning, coordination, supplies provision and arranging for disposal of the trash and recycling. Thanks also to the Highland Park Ecology and Environmental Group and Central Jersey Stream Team for bringing your muscle to the clean-up for the day!
The Elmwood Cemetery volunteers (coordinated by the New Brunswick Environmental Commission), removed 14 bags of trash and 6 bags of recycling.
The Greater Brunswick Charter School removed approximately 1,275 pounds of trash and 720 pounds of recycling.
The Esperanza Group removed an estimated 875 pounds of trash and 390 pounds of recycling.
The Friends of the Mile Run removed about 400 pounds of trash and 210 pounds of recycling.
In addition, 20 bulk items and 6 tires were removed as well.
Collectively volunteers removed approximately 2 tons of litter and bulk items from Mile Run Brook!
~VOLUNTEERS NEEDED~ Please join the LRWP, our Americorps Watershed Ambassador and community partners including Friends of Mile Run Brook, Greater Brunswick Charter School, Esperanza Neighborhood Project, the New Brunswick Environmental Commission, Elmwood Cemetery and the New Brunswick Department of Public Works for a multi-site clean-up of Mile Run Brook, culminating in a community celebration in Boyd Park!
9:00 AM to noon – clean-up of multiple sites.
12-1:30 pm community gathering / picnic in Boyd Park.
Please wear closed toe shoes and clothes you are willing to get wet and dirty. Gloves and bags will be provided!
Help us kick-off the New Year by giving some clean-up attention to Middlesex County's Johnson Park (Piscataway). Since we last cleaned that area a pair of Bald Eagles has moved in! We'll stay clear of their nesting grounds, but there is plenty to do in the rest of the floodplain. We will meet 9:30am at the Middlesex County Parks Department offices, and from there caravan to the clean-up site.
WHERE: Clean-up kick-off at 1030 River Road in Piscataway, Middlesex County Parks Headquarters lobby.
This Event is co-coordinated by the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership and the Middlesex County Department of Parks. With special thanks to Middlesex County for cartage and supplies.
Please dress appropriately for the weather. Gloves and bags will be provided!
Come out and help Middlesex County Conservation Corps and Clean Ocean Action keep our shores beautiful and debris-free in this annual event held on the Raritan Bay Waterfront! Supplies provide. Registration required. Please contact Griffith Boyd #732.746.3064 or griffith.boyd@co.middlesex.nj.us to RSVP and for more information.
What is the most common type of litter in Boyd Park? Is there more paper or plastic in the grass? How many cigarette butts can you find? How many bottle caps? What is the most unusual item hiding in the bushes?
Join the LRWP and coLAB Arts on Sunday September 10, 10-noon for a River Health Workshop and "Scavenger Hunt" Clean-up of New Brunswick's Boyd Park!
This event is coordinated in conjunction with the DIY MARKET at Rock New Brunswick. DIY Market is an open air marketplace that celebrates the creativity and spirit of the New Brunswick music scene. It is being held in Boyd Park, alongside a day-long homegrown New Brunswick music festival.
The LRWP, coLAB Arts and the Raritan Headwaters Association are co-hosting a special Earth Day clean-up of New Brunswick's waterfront on Saturday April 22.
Please park in the New Brunswick Landing Parking Lot, located at the crossroads of Route 18 and New Street (see directions below). There will be signs up to direct folks to the clean-up site, where there will be a table set up with sign-in forms, bags, gloves, etc.
Volunteers should dress for the weather, and be prepared to be outdoors.


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Baseball players aren't known for their originality when it comes to pranks. There's the dugout hot foot, bubble gum on the hat, Icy Hot in a jock strap...real sophomoric stuff.
Biggest upset is Ray Allen's reflex. Man was as cool as they came on the court. That he jumped like he saw a python in his toilet almost ruins "He Got Game" for us.
Props to Jeter and company for pulling this off, although next year we'd like to see him roll out every hardball gag in the book, including a trophy ceremony that includes a shaving cream pie to the face.


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innovative community responder models
What Does the Research Say? Findings from Examinations of Police-Mental Health Collaborations in Crisis Response
Across the United States, communities are demonstrating substantial innovation in their development of responses to calls for service involving mental health and substance use crises, homelessness, quality-of-life issues, and other low-level situations. Although there is a growing body of research examining the effects of these responses, the implementation of crisis response programs is not often accompanied by evaluation, which limits our understanding of evidence-informed practices. This breakout session will highlight available empirical evidence about the implementation and impact of police-mental health collaborations in crisis response. Panelists will discuss their organizations' experiences with the evaluation of programs implemented in their communities. This discussion will highlight recommendations to guide jurisdictions in data collection and evaluation of their responses.
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Robin Engel, PhD, Director, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) / UC Center for Police Research & Policy
Robin S. Engel, PhD, is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police/UC Center for Police Research and Policy. She formerly served as UC's vice president for safety and reform. Robin engages in policy research and evaluation, with expertise in empirical assessments of police behavior, police-community relations, and crime reduction strategies. She has served as principal investigator for over 80 research grants, totaling over $22 million. Additionally, she has published over 60 research articles, books, and chapters, along with dozens of technical reports for practitioners, and has been ranked among top academics, and the number one woman in the field of criminal justice/criminology based on publications in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. She currently serves as the co-chair of IACP's Research Advisory Committee and as a consultant on police training for the Ohio Attorney General.
Brian Lovins, Principal, Justice System Partners
Dr. Brian Lovins is a principal with Justice System Partners (JSP). In addition to his role with JSP, he is the current president of the American Probation and Parole Association. Brian is the principal investigator for a range of research projects, including the Harris County Diversion Center Evaluation and the Harris County Reducing Revocations Challenge. He routinely provides training and technical assistance for correctional agencies on program evaluation, program redesign, risk assessment, and leadership coaching. He earned his PhD in criminology from the University of Cincinnati.
Chris Richardson, Associate Director of Criminal Justice Services, Mental Health Center of Denver, STAR
Chris Richardson is the associate director of criminal justice services at the Mental Health Center of Denver, currently overseeing multiple criminal justice entry points within the sequential intercept model. Most notably, Denver's Co-Responder Unit is a program that pairs licensed mental health clinicians with Denver police officers, providing on-scene support, crisis de-escalation, service connection, and follow-up visits to individuals experiencing mental health crises in the Denver area. More recently, Chris has overseen the daily operations of Denver's STAR pilot, which provides a civilian-based response to low-level 911 calls. With 14 years of direct clinical services in the field of mental health, his goal is to provide education, service connection, and coordination to individuals needing behavioral health support.
Officer Nate Schwiethale, Wichita Police Department
Officer Nate Schwiethale has been with the Wichita Police Department for 20 years. In 2013, he developed the Wichita Police Department's Homeless Outreach Team (H.O.T.), which works to help people experiencing homelessness find permanent or transitional housing. To date, H.O.T. has assisted over 1,200 people experiencing homelessness. The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness and multiple other federal agencies have listed Wichita H.O.T. as a best practice, and Officer Schwiethale is currently assisting the federal government to implement H.O.T. in other cities. He is also a consultant on police Homeless Outreach Teams and has done work for the National Advisory Board for the Department of Justice, COPS, and IACP, among other federal agencies. He received his BS in criminal justice from Wichita State University.
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Q: Creating ggplot2 charts that are facetwrapped by plot type I am trying to create a ggplot2 facet wrapped by plot type. I've used grid.arrange but I'm trying to maximise the plot area, using the grid.arrange I loose area due to the repeating of the y axis and legends.
Specifically, I am trying to create a plot that has a BoxPlot on the Left with a timeseries of the same data (so same Y axis) on the Right. Then I'd have a single Y Axis and a Single Legend - is this possible?
The code:
library(ggplot2)
library(gridExtra)
Time = c("19/12/2013 10:00","19/12/2013 10:01", "19/12/2013 10:02", "19/12/2013 10:03",    "19/12/2013 10:04",
     "19/12/2013 10:05", "19/12/2013 10:06", "19/12/2013 10:07", "19/12/2013 10:08", "19/12/2013 10:09",
     "19/12/2013 10:10", "19/12/2013 10:11", "19/12/2013 10:12", "19/12/2013 10:13", "19/12/2013 10:14")

test <- data.frame(Time)

test$Factor <- c("t1", "t1", "t1", "t1", "t1", "t1", "t1", "t1", "t1", "t2", "t2", "t2", "t2", "t2", "t2")
test$Values <- c(4,7,2,9,6,9,1,1,5,8,3,4,3,6,7)
test$PROD <- test$PROD <- c("one", "two", "one", "two", "one", "one", "two", "one", "one",
           "two", "one", "two", "two", "two", "one")

p1 <-ggplot(data=test,aes(Factor,Values )) +
    geom_boxplot(outlier.colour = "red", outlier.size = 3, outlier.shape = 15, fill = "white", colour = "blue") +
    theme(panel.grid.minor = element_line(colour = "grey"), plot.title = element_text(size = rel(2)),axis.text.x = element_text(angle=90, vjust=1), strip.text.x = element_text(size = 8, colour = "black", face = "bold")) +
    geom_point(alpha = 0.6, position = position_jitter(w = 0.05, h = 0.0), aes(colour=factor(Factor)), size =3) +
    facet_wrap(~PROD, scales = "free") +
    ggtitle("MyTitle") +
    scale_size_area() +
    xlab("Tools") +
    ylab("Values")

p2<-ggplot(data = test, aes(Time,Values )) +
    ggtitle("MyTitle") +
    theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle=90, vjust=1),plot.title = element_text(size = rel(2))) +
    geom_point(aes(colour=factor(Factor)), size = 3) +
    facet_wrap(~PROD, scales = "free") +
    xlab("TIME") +
    ylab("Values")

grid.arrange(p1,p2,ncol=2)

A: This is not a final answer , but should be a good start.
I would

*

*Format Time axis as a valid date type

*Remove the x-axis label rotation for p1 and p2. If you want to keep axis rotation, you should resize the other grob to match y-axis.

*Remove p1 legend

*Remove p2 y axis  label

For example:
test$Time <- as.POSIXct(test$Time,format='%d/%m/%Y %H:%M')
## build p1 and p2 using your original code

grid.arrange(p1+theme(legend.position='none'),
             p2+theme(axis.title.y=element_blank()),
             ncol=2)

EDIT extract legend grob for more flexibility:
g_legend<-function(a.gplot){
  tmp <- ggplot_gtable(ggplot_build(a.gplot))
  leg <- which(sapply(tmp$grobs, function(x) x$name) == "guide-box")
  legend <- tmp$grobs[[leg]]
  legend
}
legend1 <- g_legend(p2)
grid.arrange(p1+theme(legend.position='none'),
             p2+theme(axis.title.y=element_blank(),legend.position='none'),
             legend1,
             ncol=3,nrow=1,widths= c(3/7,3/7,1/7))

A: You can play with gtable, but there are a few features missing,
library(gtable)
g1 <- ggplotGrob(p1)
g2 <- ggplotGrob(p2)

## drop some elements by name
## note that trim should check for the sizes if elements still remain
## in the same column(s)/row(s) of the layout...
gtable_drop <- function (x, pattern, fixed = FALSE, trim = TRUE)
{
  matches <- grepl(pattern, x$layout$name, fixed = fixed)
  drop = x$layout[matches, , drop = FALSE]
  x$layout <- x$layout[!matches, , drop = FALSE]
  x$grobs <- x$grobs[!matches]

  if (trim) {
    x$widths[drop$l] <- replicate(NROW(drop), unit(0,"mm"), simplify=FALSE)
    x <- gtable_trim(x)
  }
  x
}

g1p <- gtable_drop(g1, "guide|axis_l-2")
g2p <- gtable_drop(g2, "axis_l|ylab")
g <- gtable:::cbind_gtable(g1p, g2p, "last") # ideally "max" but buggy
grid.newpage()
grid.draw(g)