You already know that you should capitalize the first words of sentences.
You learned this rule in first grade.
If a question is followed by a question fragment that is closely related to the first, capitalize the fragment as well.
She won a million dollars? Really?
When capitalizing dialogue, the basic rule is fairly simple. Capitalize the sentences as they would have been capitalized when spoken. The speaker's sentence began with a capital letter, so no matter where the quotation falls in a sentence, capitalize the first word of the speaker's sentence, and only the first word. The narrator's sentence also always begins with a capital.
That boy is my friend and not my cousin.
The girl said, "That boy is my friend and not my cousin."
"That boy is my friend and not my cousin," said the girl.
"That boy is my friend," said the girl, "and not my cousin."
If the speaker said more than one sentence, each sentence is capitalized.
"James is my friend and not my cousin," said Marcos. "My cousin is Justin."
Imagine crossing out the narrative part and check the capitalization. Example: "James is my friend," said Marcos, "and not my cousin."
Capitalize all the important words in a title. Aren't they all important? Not really. Unless they are the first or last word in the title, you can skip the articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, for, nor, so, yet) and short (2-4 letter) prepositions (of, to, in, with). You must capitalize all other short words, including verbs.
The word the may precede a title. The best way to tell if it is part of the title and should be capitalized is if it is in italics or in quotation marks.
Last Week I Read The Book The Long Way Home.
Hayley Said, "My Little Sister Sara Is The Cutest Baby."
"My Favorite Book Is When We Were Kids," Said Nadia.
I Have The Secret Garden And Little Lord Fauntleroy On My Tablet.
"When You Read Ghosts In Our Town," Asked Lydia, "Did You Read About Your House?"
Maddie Asked, "Have You Read Huckleberry Finn?"
"My Favorite Television Show Is Full House," Said Joey. "It Reminds Me Of My Family."
"Before Next Class," Said The Teacher, "You Must Read The Second Chapter Of The Writer's Notebook."
His House Caught Fire? How?


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Hans-Erik Nordin - nascido em 1949 em Källfors, na Ångermanland - é um teólogo e bispo-emérito da Igreja da Suécia.  Foi bispo da diocese de Strängnäs em 2005-2015.

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Nationally recognized novelist to present at college
By Steve Pirani — Assistant Accent Editor
Ithaca College's Distinguished Visiting Writers Series has welcomed the brightest literary minds onto campus for more than a decade, giving students the valuable opportunity to interact with novelists, poets and other expert wordsmiths.
The series will continue March 20 with its tradition of bringing renowned writers onto campus, welcoming Rachel Kushner, Guggenheim fellow and two-time National Book Award nominee, to host a public reading at 7:30 p.m. in the Park Auditorium, located in Roy H. Park Hall.
Kushner, an author, journalist and essayist, first burst onto the writing scene in 2008 with the release of her debut novel, "Telex From Cuba," which focused on the American community in Cuba during the years leading up to Castro's revolution. The novel received widespread acclaim from critics, ultimately earning the author her first nomination for the National Book Award.
In 2013, Kushner released her most recent book, "The Flamethrowers." The novel, set in 1975, follows Reno, an artist with a love for motorcycles who journeys to New York in the hopes of turning this passion into art, ultimately delving into an exploration of both femininity and politics. The release received universal praise from publications like The New York Times, The New Yorker and Vogue, and earned Kushner her second National Book Award nomination.
Catherine Taylor, director of the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series and associate professor of writing, echoed the beaming sentiments of the writing community and said even before she finished her read-through of "The Flamethrowers," it was clear that Kushner was an author she wanted to visit campus.
"I read 'The Flamethrowers' and before I was even halfway through I thought, 'Oh my god, I really hope she can come and be a Distinguished Visiting Writer,'" she said, "It really was reading 'The Flamethrowers' that got me very excited about the possibility of bringing [Kushner] to Ithaca College."
Taylor said Kushner's stylistic choices when writing "The Flamethrowers" were integral to making the novel stand out to her, notably her portrayal of Reno as a female protagonist.
"Her central female character is represented in a way that felt a little cool … the representation of her emotional life felt like it was working with gender in a way that I hadn't seen very often, and that felt very compelling to me," she said.
Apart from each writer's craft, the series' public readings also bring with them a welcome dose of perspective for attendees. Eleanor Henderson, assistant professor of writing and upcoming director of the Writers Series, said readings of this nature allow students to humanize the authors they look up to.
"I'm hearing more and more from students as I'm collecting their feedback, as I begin my directorship, that they are both a little bit star-struck by many of our authors but then also are very impressed when they get to say, 'Hey, this is a real person,'" she said.
Sophomore Sappho Hocker, who plans on attending Kushner's reading, said events of this nature provide a sense of pride and importance on the college campus.
"It kind of puts Ithaca on the map … and it's cool to see people that you look up to, getting to see Ithaca and showing respect for it, and not having to go to Cornell to see them," she said.
Ultimately, Taylor said the draw to public readings is a sense of community between readers and writers alike, a concept her students have appreciated.
"I also think that there's something about being in the presence of other listeners and readers as much as being in the presence of the writer … so many of my students come away with a sense of community and a sense of being part of something larger than themselves," Taylor said.
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MainAll NewsDefense/SecurityHamas: In Next Round, We'll Invade Israel
Hamas: In Next Round, We'll Invade Israel
Senior Hamas official promises terror group will prepare larger missiles for the next campaign.
Dalit Halevy, 17/07/14 21:21
Hamas terrorists in Gaza (file)
Osama Hamdan, who is in charge of foreign affairs in Hamas, has presented an uncompromising stance regarding the war against Israel.
In the course of the meal breaking the daily Ramadan fast, Hamdan said that Hamas can hold on for many months, and that it is manufacturing a new missile for every one that is fired at Israel, and has additional "surprises" in store. All of Hamas's rockets are locally manufactured, he said, except for the Grad Katyushas which were brought from Libya.
Hamdan described the Egyptian mediation as an attempt that reflects the mentality of the period of "Arab defeats," but said that the Palestinian nation today will only agree to "the mentality of the generation that seeks freedom and refuses to be humiliated."
While the entire world intervenes to try and save Israel and stop the war, said Hamdan, Hamas is steadfast in its position, that the fire must only cease in accordance under the conditions it sets, and that the enemy must either heed these conditions or face continued missile strikes.
Hamdan added that when Israel declared a ceasefire, Hamas's response was to fire 47 missiles at western Jerusalem, Eilat and Tel Aviv. He mocked the Israelis, saying: "The Jew cannot stand to suffer in the shelter for two hours, and the nation in Gaza has gotten used to sleeping to the sound of artillery."
"In the next campaign," he promised, "we plan to manufacture larger missiles, and we will plan the liberation of the land (inside Israel) and its annexation to the liberated territory (in Gaza) and we will attack them by land."
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Larry King, Connie Chung and Maury Povich give their firsthand perspectives on the rise of tabloid journalism in the late 1980s.
Filmmaker Kevin Smith and tech insiders take us on a journey through space and time, back to the beginning of the digital age: 1989.
From the brave protests of Tiananmen Square to the fall of the Berlin Wall, those who were there provide their stunning accounts from a monumental year.
1989 - the year that Bart Simpson, the Little Mermaid and Batman found overnight success and turned the world of old show business on its head.


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FITC Toronto 2010
April 25-27, 2010 2010-04-25 00:00:00 2010-04-28 00:00:00 America/Toronto FITC Toronto 2010 Now in its 9th year, FITC Toronto is one of the largest and longest running events of its kind in the world. Toronto FITC Toronto
Mathew Ray
Mathew is a Technical Director at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, working most recently on the Microsoft Windows account and the Windows 7 campaign. Previously at CP+B, he directed acclaimed projects for Volkswagen and Dominos including VW.com and the BFD Pizza Builder. In a previous life, Mathew served as Director of Research and Development for IQ Interactive in Atlanta and helped build a large interactive team while producing award-winning work for Audi, IBM, the National Geographic Channel, Royal Caribbean, and UPS.
Although originally studying Computer Science at Georgia Tech, Mathew decided to switch gears and follow more creative endeavors with a BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design and still enjoys breaking out the sketchbook when not nerding-out.
Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B), a member of the MDC Partners network, has a client list that includes Burger King, Microsoft, Domino's Pizza, Coke Zero, Guitar Hero, Old Navy, Gap, Best Buy, and Geek Squad. CP+B is based in Boulder, Miami, and Gothenburg, Sweden, with additional offices in London and LA. The agency has more than one billion in billings and is one of the most awarded agencies in the world—with the unprecedented distinction of winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes International Advertising Festival in five separate categories. The agency has been named Agency of the Year thirteen times in the trade press, as well as twice being named Interactive Agency of the Year at Cannes. In 2010, CP+B was named Agency of the Decade by Advertising Age. The agency and its work have been profiled numerous times in publications that include the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Business Week, Forbes, Fast Company, Time, Newsweek, Campaign, Archive and Shots.
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August 17-19, 2010 San Francisco
Hello World – Technology and Its Changing Role Within the Creative Process
April 25-27, 2010 Toronto
Digital Experiences Beyond the Monitor
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Responsible for carrying out CFD simulation, preparing & approving reports; to take lead and provide support on CFD calculations/ simulation requirements for Global Projects and Engineering Teams.
Independently carrying out CFD simulations, single as well as multiphase.
Interface with customers, at the behest of the Sales team, to ensure that all technical and commercial specifications are received, reviewed, clarified and agreed with customers towards CFD analysis.
Perform CFD study, analysis, simulations, calculations etc. on the CFD orders received.
Participate in technical discussions with End customer to defend / explain results of the CFD exercise.
M. E. /M. Tech / Ph D in Chemical / Mechanical with specialization in Fluid Technology, CFD Modelling and simulation with 10 - 15 years of work experience.
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Experience in Oil & Gas domain for CFD studies and having worked with various Licensors / processes.
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Hello all and welcome to the Japan Australia blog.
With this blog we hope to provide information, advice and hints for Japanese living or traveling to Australia. We also hope to provide advice for Australian`s moving, travelling, or working in Japan.
We hope to hear from anyone interested in or looking for any relevant information related to the above topic.
I lived in Osaka from 1999 - 2001 and loved it. I am back in Melbourne now. Which part of Japan did you live in?
Hi Dangerousmeredith. Thanks for the post and apologies for the late reply. I lived in Gifu which is close to Nagoya. I was in Japan from about 1997 - 2008 and absolutely loved it!!


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NEW YORK – September 20, 2016 -- 1010data, Inc., offering the only integrated platform that combines self-service data management and analytics at scale with ready-to-use data, today announced the availability of Local Market Insights (LMI), a browser-based tool that enables merchants to measure business performance against competitors over time at the local metropolitan market level. Whether theirs are retail, restaurants, or other direct-to-consumer businesses, merchants can use LMI to identify drivers of performance and take action to improve their business or generate incremental growth.
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Debug command line flags provide additional information about what OpenJFX and sometimes the ability to tweak its behavior.
All of these flags are "unsupported" in that they are officially unofficial. Because they are so useful though, most are likely to remain in the code base.
Used by prism to report what configuration has been detected. Very useful for identifying startup conditions, such as the hardware detected.
Disables any hardware accelerated rending. This should slow down rendering significantly if hardware acceleration is present. Can be used to help identify where a rendering problem is happening. Note that this is actually a list, and the default value normally has the default native accelerated renderer followed by 'sw'.
Increase the "texture" Dimensions. Images exceeding this limit will not be cached. The example is setting the limit to 8k.
Increase the "texture" pool. Images and other similar items are cached in a "texture" (used by the GPU). In some cases, a texture intensive application may cause texture swapping as it reaches its internal limit. This command increases the size of the cache pool, at the cost of application memory. Note: some applications will fail if the value is set too high, overpowering the system or GPU memory. The example is setting the limit to 2G.


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Albers awarded Roxanna Todd Hodges Visiting Lectureship
Gregory Albers, MD, director of the Stanford Stroke Center, was awarded the third annual Roxanna Todd Hodges Visiting Lectureship in Stroke Prevention and Education on July 28 at an event at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Albers, who is also the Coyote Foundation Professor in the Department of Neurology at Stanford University Medical Center, has been the director of the Stanford Stroke center since its inception in 1992. He is a leader in the clinical care of stroke patients as well as cerebrovascular research and education.
This lectureship, sponsored by the USC Roxanna Todd Hodges Comprehensive Stroke Clinic, is part of an integrated vision to provide exceptional education in stroke and highlight areas of research that contribute to that goal. The TIA research program is under the auspices of the stroke clinic.
More than 40 guests attended the event in his honor including: Helena Chui, chair of the Keck School of Medicine of USC Department of Neurology; Nerses Sanossian and May Kim-Tenser, co-directors of the USC Roxanna Todd Hodges Comprehensive Stroke Clinic and TIA Program; Deborah Massaglia, president of the Roxanna Todd Hodges Foundation, as well as numerous Keck School of Medicine faculty, fellows, residents and students. At the event, Sanossian said Albers "has been leading the field of acute stroke imaging for the past 20 years.
His work in the development and application of perfusion imaging to acute stroke has revolutionized our approach to patient selection. "
Albers delivered his lecture, "Controversies in Penumbral Imaging," at Neurology Grand Rounds on July 29 at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute to a standing-room-only crowd.
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This weeks recipe for snack Sunday is Koeksisters. Koeksisters are basically South African doughnuts, and most commonly there's is two types. My grandmas recipe is a fusion of the more traditional Afrikaner version, and the spiced cape Malay type. This recipe uses a similar syrup used in the Afrikaner variation, but is also covered in desiccated coconut, like the Cape Malay variation.
1. Place all the ingredients in a pan, stir and gently heat till sugar dissolves.
2. Increase heat and simmer syrup, till it reduces to half it's original volume.
3. Remove from heat, strain into a bowl and leave in fridge to cool, to use later on.
1. Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl, and add the butter, using your fingertips to create a fine crumb texture.
2. Add the eggs, vanilla essence, and milk to the mixture, mixing till a dough is formed.
3. Tear a teaspoon sized piece of dough and roll into a ball. Divide the ball into 3 and roll into long pieces. Attach all 3 pieces at the top and plait, and press together at the ends.
4. Heat oil, and fry plaited dough, on both sides in small batches until it changes to a golden colour.
5. Soak hot Koeksisters in cool syrup, roll in coconut (optional) and allow to cool.


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RAC Montreal Workshop feat. Christian Donaldson
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Ever wondered how heavyweight engineers produce and mix massive sounding metal records?
Wednesday, October 26th from 1:00pm - 3:30 pm:
(Session en français: 9h30 - 12:00)
Meet a world class producer, engineer, musician and RAC host Christian Donaldson.
Born in Montreal, Christian has worked under the name of Garage studio since 1995 until the birth of "The Grid" in 2014, where he holds the title as head engineer.
Being the name behind bands such as Neuraxis and Erimha, Christian has produced over a 100 albums throughout the last 15 years of his career. Christian has had the opportunity to work with some of the most renowned producers like Grammy Award winner Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Gojira, Hatebreed), Jason Suecof (Whitechapel, The Black Daliah Murder) and Tue Madson (Meshuggah, The Haunted, Suicide Silence). Christian will appear at RAC Montreal on Wednesday, October 26th from 12:30-2:30 pm to share his insights and techniques about the industry, workflow in the studio and much more.
Being the guitarist of the band Cryptopsy, Christian has toured the world several times playing massive festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Hellfest, Party San and Brutal Assault. Christian has either mixed, produced or worked with artists such as:
Neuraxis
Beneath The Massacre
Beyond Creation
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June is the perfect season to read books in a warm breezy room. Scorching hot summer seems to have arrived in Korea. What did Korean readers read in the third week of June? There is a book that hit the upper sales rank among bestsellers in June only within a month of its publication. It is the newly announced Take It Easy, Don't Try Too Hard written by Kim Soo-Hyun, the writer of I Decided to Live as Me (Woods of Mind's Books). Telling its readers how to engage in relationships that do not overwhelm one's emotional capacity, the book has drawn support from the young generation in a short period of time. Another essay among bestsellers is In Our Daily Language written by Kim Eana, a famous Korean lyricist. In her book, she softly touches upon the delicate world of emotions embedded in the common words we use in our daily life.
Children's books are also recording high sales as summer vacation is just around the corner. The new series of Seol Min-Suk's Great Adventure in Korean History and Hunhan Nammae always become bestsellers right after their publication, as they are steadily beloved by children readers. In particular, recently published Seol Min-Suk's Great Adventure in Korean History 14 drew a warm response from readers immediately after the pre-sale opened. On the other hand, the marketing efforts of the publisher helped Hunhan Nammae 5 to gain popularity as well, as it ran many events such as providing giveaways marking the first anniversary of the initial publication of the series.
Novels must not be missed, too. The La Boite de Pandore series by Bernard Werber has been one of the top 10 bestsellers since its initial publication, proving the influence of the star writer once again. Also, From the Eyes of by Chung Se-Rang, who has spent five whole years finishing the book, carries out the story from the viewpoint of female characters, topping the bestsellers' list as soon as it was published. Meanwhile, the genre novel series Children of the Rune is one of the representative fantasy novels in Korea selling a whopping 1.6 million copies in Korea only, while making its way into the Japanese, Taiwanese, Thai, and Chinese markets. Appraised as the "most beloved fantasy in Asia," the revised series of Children of the Rune is available in a full set (9 books in total), receiving tremendous love from fantasy-lovers.
* The rank of bestsellers below was organized after integrating domestic bestsellers in the third week of June from the four biggest online bookstores in Korea - Kyobo Bookstore, Aladdin, Yes 24, and Interpark.
Take It Easy, Don't Try Too Hard
Author | Kim Soo-Hyun
Publisher | Noll (Dasanbooks)
The Property of Money
Author | Kim Seung-Ho
Publisher | Snowfox Books
In Our Daily Language (Hard Cover)
Author | Kim Eana
Publisher | Wisdom House
La Boite de Pandore 1 (Hard Cover)
Children of the Rune (Full Demonic Set)
Author | Jeon Min-Hee
Publisher | Elixir
Genre | Genre Novel
Let My People Go Surfing
Author | Yvon Chouinard
Publisher | Writing House
Seol Min-Suk's Great Adventure in Korean History 14
Author | Seol Min-Suk, StoryBox
Publisher | Human
Genre | Children
From the Eyes of
Author | Chung Se-Rang
Publisher | Munhakdongne
Hunhan Nammae 5
Author | Hunhan Namme, Paek Nan-Do
Publisher | i-seum
Genre | Kids Comics


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"He needs to go": GOP Rep calls for Spicer's firing over Holocaust comments
Allahpundit Apr 13, 2017 4:01 PM ET
Made me cringe, as Spicer's intentions weren't bad and he apologized effusively afterwards, a rarity in the Trump White House. Worse, Mike Coffman's clearly caving to a hostile crowd here. It's one thing to pander to unfriendly voters by criticizing a policy of Trump's, it's another to stand there and silently assent as someone is unfairly smeared as anti-semitic.
He could have made this point from Alan Dershowitz:
The politicization of the Holocaust dishonors the memory of the six million. Sean Spicer made a serious mistake when he compared Bashar Al-Assad to Hitler, and to make matters worse, he got his facts wrong. He quickly and fully apologized. There was no hint of anti-Semitism in his historical mistake and his apology should have ended the matter. But his political enemies decided to exploit his mistake by pandering to Jews. In doing so, it is they who are exploiting the memory of the six million during the Passover Holiday.
The Democratic National Committee issued a rebuke with the headline "We will not stand for anti-Semitism." Its content included the following: "Denying the atrocities committed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime is a tried and true tactic used by Neo-Nazis and white supremacists groups that have become emboldened since Donald Trump first announced his campaign for president."
By placing Hitler and Trump in the same sentence, the DNC committed a mistake similar to that for which they justly criticized Spicer. Moreover, the DNC itself, is co-chaired by a man who for many years did "stand for anti-Semitism" — namely Keith Ellison who stood by the notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, while denying that he was aware of Farrakhan's very public Jew-hatred. It is the epitome of Chutzpah for the DNC to falsely accuse Spicer of standing by anti-Semitism while it is they who are co-chaired by a man who committed that sin.
Stones, glass houses, etc. Given the tenor of the crowd, in fact, I bet there were some in attendance who wouldn't have blanched at a Trump/Hitler analogy if Coffman had offered it to them. That's how seriously they take Spicer's offense.
Ask yourself this, though: How much time and effort would have been prudent for Coffman to devote to defending Spicer on the particulars of what he said? If you have to die on a hill politically, do you want it to be a debate over whether the White House press secretary believes German Jews should be described as Hitler's "own people" or not? Coffman is unusual by the standards of House Republicans in that he doesn't represent a deep red rural district. His district in Colorado covers a major urban area, east Denver; CO-6 is 20 percent Latino and slightly more Democratic overall than the country at large, according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index. You may remember him, in fact, for having run an ad last August, after Trump became the Republican nominee, emphasizing that he wasn't a fan of the GOP's presidential candidate. Even under the best of circumstances, Coffman's seat was going to be a prime target for Democrats in the midterms. With Trump's approval in the low 40s and the out party likely to pick up House seats in the midterm per historical trends, his odds of holding his seat next year are already hanging by a thread. So if you were his chief strategist, what would you have advised here? Get into an argument with an angry crowd over just how anti-semitic Sean Spicer is or isn't, knowing that cameras are rolling, or show your "independence" by calling for him to be canned?
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Police in Orange are ruling the death of a woman found along a street as a homicide, following an autopsy. According to police, the body of the woman was found last Tuesday along Main Street.
COLEMAN TOWNSHIP - Human remains found in Coleman Township, southeast of the town of Cobalt shortly before 2 p.m. on Monday, April 15 have been identified as missing 21-year-old Nicholas Rivard of Haileybury.
State police in Ohio rescued a 15-year-old Paterson girl who was allegedly abducted and raped by a man more than twice her age. Juan Carlos Pedraza-Morales, 33, of Paterson, was pulled over at 11:11 a.m. Tuesday by State Highway Patrol on Route 80 in Toledo, Ohio after he failed to move over.
Greater Sudbury Police have confirmed what his family already knew: the body that was pulled from the waters of Junction Creek on April 11 was, in fact, that of Branden Bodson-Gratton.
Police have named the mystery tattooed woman whose body was found washed up on a Cornish beach. Anastaszja Plusa was found on Perranporth beach on Monday 15 April by dog walkers in the area.
TIXCACALCUPUL, YUCATÁN.- On Wednesday April 17 the lifeless body of 29 year-old Lázaro T. C. was found floating in a cenote. The emergency rescue teams managed to get the body out of the water during the afternoon.
DOWNEY – A man found dead early this morning on Woodruff Avenue didn't suffer major injuries and there are no obvious signs of foul play, according to police. The body was reported to police at around 5 a.m. Police officers found the man on Woodruff Avenue, just south of Stewart & Gray Road.
(KNSI) - The Benton County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a missing teen. 16 year old Randall Weisser apparently ran away from his home in Alberta Township Saturday and hasn't been heard from since.
A body found on the lakefront in Waukegan, Chicago has been identified as missing high school student Matthew 'Matteo' Garcia, according to officials. The body was found around 8:30 a.m Thursday and the coroner's office said it was the 16-year-old from Grayslake.
The Bridgeport Police Department has released a Silver Alert for an endangered runaway teenager. The alert was issued for 16-year-old Stephanie Casiano, of Sixth Street, who was last seen leaving Harding High School at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Friday, April 12.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office denied on Thursday the reports of the finding of Israeli spy Eli Cohen's body by Russian elements operating in Syria. Russia on Wednesday issued a similar denial of the report.
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Poet of the Sea, 1940s–1950s | The Scientist Magazine
By Ashley Yeager
The sea, Rachel Carson once wrote, is the "great mother of life." Most know Carson for Silent Spring, an environmental manifesto that accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation on pesticides. The book, published in 1962, contributed to the initiation of a federal ban on the use of the synthetic organic compound DDT, and to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency. But long before Carson's carefully crafted prose helped to push the environmental movement forward, she introduced readers to the wonders of the sea.
To write Under the Sea-Wind, her first book, Carson lay on the beaches of Beaufort, North Carolina, and "felt the waves, listened to the birds, and imagined what was going on," says Robert Musil, the president and CEO of the Rachel Carson Council, the legacy organization Carson envisioned before her death to carry on her environmental advocacy work. "She walked around at night with a flashlight and looked at the ghost crabs and became deeply involved with these creatures." In the book, Carson follows a few of the animals—a mackerel, a pair of small shorebirds, and an eel—in their salty worlds.
For him, Musil says, the enduring appeal of Carson's writing comes from her insight that "if you can't identify with something, somebody, a species, or a people who are different than yourself, you're inclined to destroy it."
This ethic of environmental empathy was first instilled in Carson as she grew up outside of Pittsburgh, learning from her mother to listen to and identify the songs of birds and appreciate the wonder of the natural world. Carson made her first foray into writing at age eight with a story about two wrens searching for a house. She later enrolled at Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham University, to study English. A biology course taught by Mary Scott Skinker led Carson to a summer research position at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, where she combed the shore during the day, and at night peered into the water to watch what came to life under the moonlight. Read more…
Rachel Carson and Bob Hines, an artist who illustrated "The Edge of the Sea," collect specimens of life from the surf in the Florida Keys in 1955.
Credit: Rachel Carson Council, Rex Gary Schmidt
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What Can One Do in Karkali Strict Nature Reserve?
In the diverse landscape of the area, there is a marked trail, which is about 6 km long, and there are duckboards in some sections. In the strict nature reserve, you must not walk outside the marked trail!
The strict nature reserve does not include the water areas, but on Lake Lohjanjärvi, which surrounds the Cape Karkalinniemi, it is possible to go canoeing and row boating. Karkkila - Tammisaari canoeing route goes across the lake. Inside the strict nature reserve, on the southern shore of the Cape Karkalinniemi, there is a landing place for boats. From this landing place, you can get to the marked trail which goes round the strict nature reserve.
Karkali is an excellent destination for someone who knows, or would like to learn, about the bird sounds. In the lush herb-rich forest, it is not easy to see the birds, but their singing concert in the spring is beyond compare. Most of the birds in Karkali are familiar mixed-wood forest species, but you may also see rare species, such as the Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), the Eurasian Tawny Owl (Strix aluco), the Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum), the Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina) and the Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes).
The 2-km-long nature trail of Hanski-Hakki begins from the parking area of Karkali Strict Nature Reserve. Along this trail, you can find out about the diverse natural features of the herb-rich forests on the Cape Karkalinniemi. In the strict nature reserve, you must not walk outside the marked trail!
In Karkali Strict Nature Reserve, on the southern shore, there is a swimming place, but there is no official beach. Swimming is not allowed elsewhere in the strict nature reserve.


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Commentary :: War and Militarism
Harsh Criticism of Israeli/Palestinian Peace Talks
Email: lendmanstephen (nospam) sbcglobal.net	 30 Aug 2013
A Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) position paper offered straight talk on what's ongoing. It did so responsibly.
PHROC's a 12 Palestinian human rights organization coalition. It's polar opposite US/Israeli policy.
It supports peaceful conflict resolution. It wants it based in international legal standards. They include:
•	obliging parties to adhere to UN Charter provisions, resolutions, customary international humanitarian and other human rights law, as well as International Court of Justice (ICJ) rulings;
•	assuring universal recognition of Palestinian political and economic self-determination; ensuring their other inalienable rights;
•	guaranteeing diaspora Palestinians their lawful right of return;
•	giving them control of their own borders, air and water rights, as well as other resources;
•	holding Israel responsible for crimes of war and against humanity; holding its officials accountable;
•	"Confirming the right of Palestinians to retrieve the cultural and historical monuments and resources that have been stolen or confiscated by the Occupying Power;" and
"Refusing to recognize and formalize any benefits, revenues or privileges gained by the Occupying Power in violation of international law."
Since 1991 Madrid Peace Conference negotiations and Oslo, Palestinian human rights groups were wary. They warned about Israel spurning its international law obligations.
Israel manipulated Oslo advantageously. Tripling its settler population followed. In 20 years, it grew from 200,000 to 600,000. Numbers increase daily. Dispossessed Palestinians have no say.
Their land is stolen. They're ethnically cleansed. They're denied all rights. They have none now. They have no credible peace partner. They're on their own.
Land theft continues daily. Israel's Separation Wall plans annexing around 12% of West Bank/East Jerusalem territory. It'll do so when completed. Building it has nothing to do with security. Israel lies claiming otherwise.
It expropriates a sizable share of PA tax revenues. It does so without fulfilling agreed on obligations. It controls about 60% of West Bank territory.
It does so through expanding settlements, outposts, closed military zones, tourist sites, commercial areas, no-go ones, increasing East Jerusalem encroachment, Israel's apartheid wall, Jews only roads, and numerous checkpoints and barriers.
Palestinians are increasingly isolated. They're ghettoized. They're in separated cantons. They're on least valued land. Israel maintains control. Militarized occupation harshness does so.
It bears repeating. Palestinians have no credible peace partner. Talks are worthless. They remain so as long as occupation continues. It does it while settlements expand, collective punishment is policy, and Palestinians are denied all rights.
PHROC's committed to peaceful conflict resolution. It wants it equitably. It's disturbed by ongoing talks. They're proceeding without firm Israeli commitment to address all fundamental Palestinian demands responsibly.
No guidelines were established to assure Israel respects and abides by fundamental international law principles and standards.
"PHROC calls upon the Palestinian leadership to learn from the failures of previous negotiation processes with Israel and to avoid repetition of mistakes that have facilitated the current situation in the OPT."
It believes PA leaders must respect and adhere to the following principles:
•	Israel's feet must be held to the fire; talks can't become fig leaf cover for continued occupation harshness; they're turning out that way so far;
•	PA leaders should insist "on the dismantlement of all settlements;" they must refuse all land swaps; Israeli negotiating terms assure no peace; they undermine Palestinian self-determination; they assure no viable state can be established;
•	legitimate Palestinian leadership must exist; divisions can't be tolerated; credible internationally monitored elections must be held; all Palestinians globally must be enfranchised to participate; creative solutions can overcome obstacles;
•	Palestinian reconciliation is vital; it's fundamental for unity; it's key for responsible governance; it's impossible without it;
•	negotiations may end without resolution; if anything's agreed, all Palestinians must have final say; doing so requires a national referendum; nothing less is acceptable; and
•	Palestinians must be permitted to use international conventions, institutions and agencies. Nothing should deny them. Rights they afford are too important to lose. They're a "legitimate source of power."
Charles Freeman's a former US ambassador. He was a former Defense Department official. He accompanied Nixon as interpreter on his 1972 visit.
He believes US/Israeli relations have been "running on fumes for some time." He's part of a group involved in "analyzing the role of the United States as an imperial power and the consequences associated with empire in general."
Its manifesto warns of dangers associated with seeking empire. It's "a work in progress," he says. Its goal is clear. It's about educating Americans about what's at stake. It says:
"The American Revolution was a nationalist revolt against the British Empire."
"Our country was born as a defiant rejection of the legitimacy of imperialism." The "inevitable cost of empire" is too much to bear.
"Domestic liberty is the first casualty of adventurist foreign policy."
"To justify the high cost of maintaining rule over foreign territories and peoples, leaders are left with no choice but to deceive the people."
Freeman's very wary about Israeli/Palestinian peace talks. He says they "overlook and violate a basic maxim of diplomacy."
"An agreement that excludes and fails to address the interests of those with the capacity to wreck it is no agreement at all."
Palestine's divided in four parts. It's further sliced and diced. Territory Palestinians control is shrinking. It's restricted to isolated cantons. It constitutes no viable state.
Arab Israeli citizens are denied equal rights. They're "forgotten by the international community."
West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza and diaspora Palestinians are "driven from their homes into residence in refugee camps and foreign countries."
PA officials are irresponsible. They lack legitimacy. They support Israel above their own people. They represent them in impossible to achieve conflict resolution.
They lack a popular mandate. They're dependent on foreign subsidies. Israel steals part of their tax revenue. It controls Palestine's borders, air, water and other resources.
PA officials rely on Washington for concessions not forthcoming. They collaborate with America and Israel. They do so against the rights of their own people.
They don't represent Palestinians in Gaza. They don't represent them abroad.
"Neither Hamas nor Gazan Palestinians are represented in the so-called" peace talks. "Neither will have a stake in making anything that might emerge from it work."
Around seven million diaspora Palestinians haven't been represented since Oslo. Revanchism won't "be cured by a deal between Israel and the PA."
"I don't see how the 'peace process' Kerry has contrived is a path to peace even for the fifth or so of the (West BanK) Palestinians whose future it purports to address."
"Peace exclud(ing) about four-fifths of Palestinians is a fatally flawed diplomatic fraud - not, of course, the first one in this arena."
Sam Bahour's an American-born entrepreneur. His parents have Palestinian/Lebanese roots. Following Oslo, he moved to the West Bank.
He's involved in developing its economy. He's doing so for a future Palestinian state.
He discussed Abbas-extracted concessions he said John Kerry obtained prior to resuming talks.
Abbas is a longstanding Israeli collaborator. He sold out his people at Oslo. He did so in subsequent agreements.
He's doing it again now. He lacks credibility. He lacks legitimacy. He can't be trusted.
Kerry "set a a maximum period of time ranging from 6 to 9 months to be dedicated to bilateral Palestinian-Israeli negotiations without any preconditions."
Other terms agreed on include having Israel's Separation Wall serve as security borders for its state. It'll be temporary for Palestine. "Both parties will acknowledge and announce this," said Bahour.
Land swaps will be agreed. They'll range from 8 - 10% of West Bank territory.
Settlement and outpost numbers will be frozen. Current communities are free to expand.
Permitting them lets Israel steal all valued Judea and Samaria areas it wants. It establishes Jerusalem as its exclusive capital.
"Residents in frozen settlement communities will have the right to choose between Israeli citizenship or Palestinian citizenship, or both, at the conclusion of negotiations."
"(T)alks will culminate with a historic agreement along the lines of the Oslo Agreement, during which both parties will announce the end of the historic conflict between their peoples, as well as full normalization with all Arab states, at a celebratory meeting attended by the Arab League and representatives of all Arab countries."
They'll "announc(e) their approval of Israel's establishment of a Palestinian state within the limits set out above, according to agreements."
Abbas will recognize Israel as "the state of the Jewish people."
Some Palestinian families will get to reunite. Most will lose out entirely. East Jerusalem will fall under international Israeli/Jordanian/Palestinian control. It'll do so for 10 years.
It buys time for Israel to gain full control. Land exchanges will favor Israel. They'll do so at the expense of core Palestinian rights.
Israel will release Palestinian prisoners incarcerated 20 years or longer. Those posing no security threat will be chosen. Israel alone will decide.
New Palestinian elections will be held. Israel manipulates them its way. Jordan will conspire against Palestinian interests.
It'll provide security. It'll marginalize Palestinians. It'll deny them core rights. They'll be shut out entirely in the process.
Might is right remains policy. According to Bahour, "a new generation of Palestinians" will end up no better than previous ones.
Israel will keep control. It'll get everything it wants. Palestinians will be marginalized and denied. They'll be betrayed like before.
Edward Said once said "equality or nothing." Washington, Israel, and Jordan intend little at most. Unconditional surrender appears likely.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen (at) sbcglobal.net.
His new book is titled "Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity."
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Ritchie Torres Reaps Real Estate Cash in Bronx Congress Race
Arthur Avenue
Claremont Village
Grand Concourse
Kingsbridge Heights
Morris Heights
Pelham Parkway
Throggs Neck
Westchester Square
Williamsbridge
Co-op City
East Concourse
by Ed García Conde
Councilmember Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx) speaks before a City Council vote to close Rikers Island, Oct. 17, 2019. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY
City Councilmember Ritchie Torres' bid to represent the South Bronx in Congress is raking in real estate cash, campaign finance records show.
Torres leads a crowded pack of Democrats seeking to replace retiring Rep. José Serrano, pulling in a top $878,000 since declaring his candidacy in July.
This story was originally published on October 21, 2019 by THE CITY.
At least $110,000 of that came from people with ties to the real estate industry, according to THE CITY's analysis of the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission.
The vast majority of donations to Torres' campaign — 96.3% or about $845,000 — came from outside the 15th Congressional District, which is among the poorest in the nation. Overall, about 93.5% of the contributions came from addresses outside The Bronx.
Torres defended his real estate industry bounty, and pointed to the number of small donations he's received.
"In the latest quarter, two-thirds of our contributors are small donors who gave less than $100," he told THE CITY in a text. "We have a diversified donor base with contributors big and small."
The 'Next Williamsburg'
The real estate sector donations have flowed in during a development boom in the South Bronx — and follow pledges from some in the race to forgo money from developers.
Some donors to Torres' campaign have big real estate projects in progress in the South Bronx, including a residential complex being built on "the most expensive development site" in the borough.
William Cote, the founder and chief executive of Hudson Meridian Construction Group, which is building on the property, gave $8,400 to Torres' bid individually and through an LLC, federal campaign finance records show.
That development is planned for Mott Haven, a neighborhood some eager brokers already are calling the "next Williamsburg."
And as new buildings go up, the price per square foot for home sales in Mott Haven and in nearby Melrose is rising — shooting up close to 60% between 2016 and 2018, according to the nonprofit Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development.
Another one of Torres' top donors is the president of real estate at Cactus Holdings — the holding company for the Western Beef supermarket chain — which filed plans with the city this summer for a mixed-use development within the 15th Congressional District.
Longtime Rep. José Serrano (D-Bronx) is retiring. Photo: Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo/Flickr
Cactus Holdings' Joshua Agus and a limited liability company associated with the project contributed a total of $7,200 to Torres' campaign, according to federal financial disclosures.
Several individuals at the Kraus Organization, which either owns or manages several buildings in The Bronx, including New York City Housing Authority complexes, donated a combined $8,400 to Torres.
The company recently came under fire for reportedly owing the city $148 million in unpaid property taxes.
Some New York real estate mainstays also have chipped in to Torres' campaign.
Among them are Jed and David Walentas of Two Trees, who donated a total of $10,000 and have been largely credited with the "renaissance of Dumbo" in Brooklyn. Douglas Durst — the head of the Durst Organization, which owns multiple buildings in Manhattan and Queens — and several individuals associated with the company have given a combined $10,000 to Torres' campaign.
Donors contacted by THE CITY either didn't respond to requests for comment or declined comment.
'A Trump Republican'
Torres was the only candidate in the race to itemize all of his campaign donations. The names, addresses and occupations of those who make contributions under $250, classified by the FEC as small donations, do not need to be fully detailed and can be pooled together as "unitemized."
He is far from the only candidate to reap donations from outside The Bronx. That trend has played out to varying degrees among most of the other nine declared Democratic contenders — among them City Councilmember Ruben Diaz Sr., Assemblymember Michael Blake and former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.
Bronx City Councilmember Rubén Díaz Sr. attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Parque de los Niños in Soundview, Aug. 13, 2019. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY
In his statement to THE CITY, Torres portrayed his run as a two-person race with the 76-year-old Diaz, a controversial longtime Bronx elected official.
"I am the only candidate who has enough resources to defeat Ruben Diaz Sr. — a Trump Republican who, were the race held today, would win on the sheer strength of name recognition," Torres said.
Diaz, who has amassed $126,654 this cycle, said he's collected the most donations from within the district and the borough. He's raised at least $29,700 in the district and $47,000 in the borough, though that doesn't count unitemized contributions.
"They come from The Bronx," he said of his donors.
Blake, who is a distant second in the fundraising sweepstakes with about $360,000, said he has "incredible support locally."
"We clearly are the campaign with the momentum right now," he told THE CITY.
Meanwhile, Torres' real estate donations alone outpace the total fundraising of several candidates: Marlene Cintron; Samelys Lopez; Jonathan Ortiz; Tomas Ramos and Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez. Candidate Chivona Newsome didn't file a campaign disclosure form.
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- clone the repo and move it into an `/engines/` folder in the top-level
of your app.
- add the engine to your `Gemfile`:
    ```ruby
    gem 'dopa_core', path: "/engines/dopa_core"
    ```

- in `routes.rb`, determine where to mount the app *(TBD. this only applies if it has its own routes/controllers/views,etc.)*:
    ```ruby
    mount DopaCore::Engine, at: "/some-place"
    ```

- copy the engine's migrations into your app:
    ```bash
    $ rake railties:install:migrations
    ```

- then: `$ rake db:migrate`
- create a `config/initializers/dopa_core.rb` and do this:
    ```ruby
    DopaCore.player_class = "User"
    ```
    where you replace `"User"` with your application's equivalent

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##Work In Progress!

*If you've somehow come to this and are - even worse - trying to use it, expect nothing. Be afraid. I don't know what any of this does yet.*

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## ToDo:

- add migrations or generators or whatever to set up the association between Player and app's User. Or do something better that accomplishes the same
- generators for adding `< DopaCore::Player` to app's `Player?`

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rspec results as of 2014-09-23:

```rspec

DopaCore::PlayerAction
  Associations
    belongs to an Action
    belongs to a Player

DopaCore::Action
  Associations
    belongs to an ActionType
  Attributes
    has a trigger (PENDING: how will this work?)
    has a name
    has a point_value
    has a progress_value

DopaCore::Challenge
  add some examples to (or delete) /Users/vinney/development/projects/clients/dopamine/engines/dopa_core/spec/models/dopa_core/challenge_spec.rb (PENDING: No reason given)

DopaCore::ActionType
  Associations
    belongs to a Challenge
  Attributes
    has a category
    has a name

DopaCore::Challenge
  Attributes
    has required_progress_points
    has a name

DopaCore::Player
  Associations
    has an Action
  Attributes
    has a name

Pending:
  DopaCore::Action Attributes has a trigger
    # how will this work?
    # ./spec/models/dopa_core/action_spec.rb:21
  DopaCore::Challenge add some examples to (or delete) /Users/vinney/development/projects/clients/dopamine/engines/dopa_core/spec/models/dopa_core/challenge_spec.rb
    # No reason given
    # ./spec/models/dopa_core/challenge_spec.rb:5

Finished in 0.21324 seconds
15 examples, 0 failures, 2 pending

```

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New report concludes state department is ineffective in permitting companies that handle hazardous waste.
The Department of Toxic Substances Control has failed to establish clear guidelines for its permitting process for companies that deal with hazardous waste, according to a new review released Tuesday by consulting firm California Personnel Services.
Permitting renewals take an average of 4.3 years from start to finish. In some cases — the process took longer than nine years.
In February, DTSC director Debbie Raphael issued a letter to staff informing them that 22 out of 117 — or nearly 20 percent — of hazardous waste facilities that treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste are operating with outdated permits. Those 117 companies handle 1.8 billion tons of hazardous waste each year in California.
The state toxics regulator is responsible for protecting the environment and the health of Californians.
Formally articulate the objectives and purposes of the Permitting Program…to be approved by Cal‐EPA Secretariat and the relevant Legislative Oversight Committees.
Critics have long complained about what they call "lip service" by department leaders and have criticized them for failing to revoke the permits of companies that continue to break environmental laws. They point to Evergreen Oil in Newark as a serial polluter with a history of leaks, spills and explosions.
Evergreen declared bankruptcy in April, and on Sept. 24 — one week after new parent company Clean Harbors took control of the facility — the company experienced another 75-100 gallon oil spill. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District said the agency is considering whether to issue Evergreen yet another violation.
When asked why Evergreen has not received significant sanctions for being a serial polluter, Raphael said that the company is under "careful scrutiny and careful attention" by department leaders.
"When you look at a company like Evergreen it is a complicated industrial setting where you have a number of agencies looking at and making sure that [the company] is coming into compliance," Raphael said.
The Southern California-based hazardous waste recycler Phibro-Tech has also come under fire by residents in Santa Fe Springs for operating under a permit that expired 16 years ago.
According to DTSC regulations, permits are grandfathered-in and valid until the agency makes a decision to renew them. The company has said that the department issued Phibro-Tech a draft permit in 2010 and that the company is working with the DTSC to renew the permit.
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My task for today was the one that everyone dreaded. It was slow paced, monotonous and extremely loud. Yup, it was vacuuming. However, as much as we dreaded how tortoise-like vacuuming was compared to our loud, banging demolition of day 2, I knew that vacuuming was almost, if not, the most important of our journey. Vacuuming did the duty of removing the unsightly and health risking mold from inside these people's houses. It was tedious; we vacuumed high and low, at one point, even climbing up ladders and entering under the floorboards to remove mold in places that one couldn't see. Afterwards, we did our best to sweep up the dust and small pieces of wall and insulation on the floors that potentially held spores of mold. Our goal: To remove as much mold as we could because, at this point, it was the biggest risk to health and stability in the houses affected by Super storm Sandy.
The house I worked in on day 3, a single floor house with a basement that we were still (at the same time as we were vacuuming) pumping water out of. The house was met with a 14-foot storm surge the day of the hurricane, a wall of water that affected the house and it's owner way worse than the houses of the neighbors, which stood tall at about 35-40 feet high. The owner, living next door in one of the houses less affect by the storm (the garage of this house was flooded but because of it's concrete floors and walls did not need much attention) was polite and happy to serve us while we worked on our house. It was insightful to see that someone so devastated by the storm could be so optimistic about it's outcome.
Day 2 may have been releasing (ripping and tearing down walls was surprisingly therapeutic) in regards to physical labor but day 3 was gratifying in more ways than one. These houses, affected substantially by Sandy, are more damaged than many of us could fathom. Not only so, the advancement that most of us expected in the four months since the storm has not occurred. Many are still removing water from within their homes – water that has been there for months. There is a sad lack of support for Staten Island; a lack of support that has contributed to Staten Island being considered "The Invisible Borough." No one should be forgotten or overlooked in this way and I wish I had the answers but I don't. All I really could do, which I will continue to do after seeing the issues I've seen, is lend a hand where it is needed and be the change I am not seeing in Staten Island.


Mission-critical web-based applications and workloads require a high availability (HA) solution. Load balancing distributes workloads across two or more servers, network links, and other resources to maximize throughput, minimize response time, and avoid overload. Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers enable you to quickly load balance multiple cloud servers or external servers for optimal resource utilization.
This article provides instructions for setting up and configuring a load balancer in the Rackspace Cloud.
Select Networking > Load Balancers.
The Cloud Load Balancers page appears.
In the Identification section, enter a name for the new load balancer and select the region.
Accessible on the Public Internet: Setting your virtual IP type to public enables any two servers with public Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to be load balanced. While these servers can be nodes outside of the Rackspace network, be aware that standard bandwidth rates apply.
On the Rackspace Service Network: This is the best option for load balancing two cloud servers because it enables the load-balancing traffic to run on the Rackspace Cloud internal network or ServiceNet. This option has two advantages: the rate limit on ServiceNet is double the rate limit on the public interface, and traffic between cloud servers has no charge for bandwidth.
Choose the protocol and port that you want to use. The port adjusts to the protocol that you select, but you can also manually edit the port.
Note: For more information about the protocols that you can choose when configuring a load balancer, see Choosing the Right Protocol.
Choose the appropriate algorithm for your load balancer.
Note: This is an important attribute to set, especially as your load balancer implementation becomes more complex. In most cases, the Random, Round Robin, or Least Connections algorithm is sufficient when you are load balancing two identical servers for increased web traffic. If your servers are unequal in size or resources, consider using weighted algorithms to favor the servers that have more resources.
In the Add Nodes section, click Add Cloud Servers to set your load balancer to operate on one or more of your cloud servers.
To add one or more external nodes, click Add External Node, then enter the IP address and port (usually port 80 for HTTP traffic) of the service that you want to load balance. You can then enable or disable the load-balancing service on your external node directly through the Control Panel.
Note: The only domain names that you can use are host names that are associated with Cloud Database host names.
After your load balancer builds, you can view a summary of it.
Health Monitoring: In addition to the default passive health monitor check, active health monitoring uses synthetic transaction monitoring to inspect an HTTP response code and body content to determine if the application or site is healthy.
Access Control: This setting enables you to easily manage who can and can't access the services that the load balancer exposes.
Session Persistence: If you're load balancing HTTP traffic, this feature uses an HTTP cookie that directs subsequent requests to the same node in your load balancer pool.
Logging: For log management simplification, the logging feature supports both Apache-style access logs (for HTTP-based protocol traffic) and connection and transfer logging (for all other traffic) to your Cloud Files account. Logs are sorted, aggregated, and delivered to Cloud Files so that you have raw data in a single place that you can use for performance tuning or web analytics.
Connection Throttling: Connection throttling limits the number of simultaneous connections that are allowed from each IP address. This feature helps prevent malicious or abusive traffic from reaching your server and its installed applications.
Content Caching: Content caching improves website performance by temporarily storing data that was recently accessed. While the data is cached, the load balancer serves the data, instead of making another query to a web server behind it. This approach reduces response times for those requests and reduces the load on the web server. This feature works well if you have files that rarely change, such as static content and images.
Secure Traffic (SSL): SSL enables you to secure the traffic on your servers with an SSL certificate and private key.
HTTPS Redirect: This feature enables you to configure a load balancer to redirect non-SSL HTTP traffic to SSL-secured HTTPS traffic. To use this feature and enable HTTPS redirects, you must configure your load balancers with SSL over port 443 and Only Allow Secure Traffic.
Logging: When logging is enabled, the service processes load balancer access log files every hour and stores them in Cloud Files.
Error Page: The service presents visitors with a Default Message error page when a load balancer is unable to pass traffic to the nodes behind it. However, this feature has a Custom Error Page option that enables you to use your own custom error page.


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  version "1.0.0"
  sha256 "6e7e265a49eda86c83f74d7b7d629e7c9f6d0d061088d3e58587e14db5846f90"

  url "https://assets.beyondco.de/tint/Tint-#{version}.dmg"
  name "Tint"
  desc "Tailwind CSS colour picker"
  homepage "https://beyondco.de/software/tint"

  livecheck do
    url "https://assets.beyondco.de/tint/latest-mac.yml"
    strategy :electron_builder
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  auto_updates true

  app "Tint.app"

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    "~/Library/Application Support/Tint",
    "~/Library/Logs/Tint",
    "~/Library/Preferences/de.beyondco.tint.plist",
    "~/Library/Saved Application State/de.beyondco.tint.savedState",
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Boston Celtics Jaylen Brown & Los Angeles Rams Aaron Donald Sign With Kanye West's Donda Sports
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Two sports superstars are signed with Kanye West's new brand. In February 2022, Donda Sports revealed its first athlete collaboration, with former Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown taking on a leadership position for the company.
While seeking a raise, Rams standout Aaron Donald started boycotting his team's organized team activities (OTAs). Now, the future Hall of Fame defensive tackle is represented by a completely new agency. Aaron Donald said on the "I Am Athlete" podcast on Monday that he's partnered with Donda Sports, the new venture from legendary musician and billionaire Kanye West.
"Hearing the whole spectrum of everything that was going on, what they were going to be bringing, the family atmosphere that they got," Aaron Donald remarked. "for me, it was a no-brainer. I think it's a hell of an opportunity to open up a lot of different doors and a lot of different things outside of Football that I wanna be involved in, Donald said To be a part of that, and be one of the first athletes is pretty dope."
Donda Sports was drawn to Boston Celtics player Jaylen Brown as a member "because of his intelligence, social activism, and charitable work… as well as his success on the court," according to TMZ. Brown had established a high recognition by the start of the 2021-22 NBA season. In 2020-21, the 25-year-old was named to his first All-Star squad and emerged as a crucial player for the Celtics. He has been a vocal supporter of social causes both on and off the court. Throughout the playoffs, he has averaged 22.9 points, 1.2 steals per game, and 6.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and is now in the NBA Finals.
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Q: How can I iterate through unique variable names when inserting values into Oracle? In my PHP code, I have variables named/defined like this:
$comment_1 = $_POST["A_comment"];
$comment_2 = $_POST["B_comment"];
$comment_3 = $_POST["C_comment"];

I'm attempting to insert the values from these variables into Oracle using an iterative approach to provide the number being used at the end of each variable name, as shown here:
for($i=1;$i<4;$i++) {
    $sql2 = "INSERT INTO i_avail(IA_COMMENTS) VALUES('$comment_$i')";
    $stid2 = oci_parse($connect, $sql2);
    $r = oci_execute($stid2);
}

Instead of inserting the expected value from the three $POST references (text only), three numbers are inserted into the table (numbers 1,2 and 3). I'm guessing that this is occurring because $comment can't be found, and uses $i instead for the value. In other words, it's not processing the variable name as I had hoped.
How can I configure the variable name in my INSERT statement so that it recognizes my variable names as "$comment_1", "$comment_2" and "$comment_3"? Do I need to use different quotes, or escape something?

A: $comment_$i in your code is not the correct way of initializing a variable that's why it shows wrong value. This should do the trick. Dynamic variable generation is the term used for this.
for($i=1;$i<=4;$i++) {
    $variable = ${"comment_" . $i};
    $sql2 = "INSERT INTO i_avail(IA_COMMENTS) VALUES('$variable')";
}

A: Use bind variables for security (to avoid SQL injection attacks) and for performance and scalability.
Also don't commit more than necessary.
Try:
$numvalues = 4;

$comment_1 = "A_comment";
$comment_2 = "B_comment";
$comment_3 = "C_comment";
$comment_4 = "D_comment";

$sql = "INSERT INTO i_avail (ia_comments) VALUES(:bv)";
$s = oci_parse($c, $sql);
if (!$s) {
    $m = oci_error($c);
    trigger_error('Could not parse statement: '. $m['message'], E_USER_ERROR);
}

for ($i=1; $i<=$numvalues; $i++) {

    $variable = ${"comment_" . $i};

    $r = oci_bind_by_name($s, ':bv', $variable);
    if (!$r) {
        $m = oci_error($s);
        trigger_error('Could not bind a parameter: '. $m['message'], E_USER_ERROR);
    }

    // Only commit once after all data has been inserted
    $commitmode = $i == $numvalues ? OCI_COMMIT_ON_SUCCESS : OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMIT;

    $r = oci_execute($s, $commitmode);
    if (!$r) {
        $m = oci_error($s);
        trigger_error('Could not execute statement: '. $m['message'], E_USER_ERROR);
    }

}

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Pennant Numbers
Action on 16 August 1914
The Battle of Heligoland Bight
The Battle of Dogger Bank
The Battle of Jutland
HMAT Ballarat
Mediterranean Service
HMS Phoenix (1911)
HMS Phoenix
Name HMS Phoenix
Builder Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness
Launched 9 October 1911[1]
Fate Sunk on 14 May 1918 by the Austrian submarine SM U-27[1]
Class and type Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement 990 tons
Length 75 m (246 ft)
Beam 7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught 2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Three shaft Parsons Turbines
Three Yarrow boilers (oil fired)
13,500 shp
Speed 28 kt (66.7 km/h)
Complement 72
2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V
2 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I
2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes
HMS Phoenix was an Acheron-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is named for the mythical bird, and was the fifteenth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the only British warship ever to be sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy.[2][3]
Pennant Number[1]
H75 6 December 1914 Unknown
H94 Unknown Sunk 14 May 1918
The Acheron-class (redesignated the I-class in October 1913) was an improved version of the Acorn-class destroyer which had been built for the Royal Navy under the 1909–1910 shipbuilding programme. Fourteen destroyers were ordered for the Royal Navy to the standard Admiralty design, with six more as 'builder's specials', to the design of specialist destroyer shipyards, later followed by three more high-speed specials and six for Australia.[4][5]
The Acherons were 246 ft (74.98 m) long overall, with a beam of 25 feet 8 inches (7.82 m) and a draught of 9 feet (2.7 m). Displacement was about 773 long tons (785 t) legend and 990 long tons (1,010 t)} deep load. Three Yarrow water-tube boilers fed steam to Parsons steam turbines which drove three shafts. The machinery was rated at 13,500 shaft horsepower (10,100 kW), giving a speed of 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h). Two funnels were fitted.[4]
The ships were armed with two 4-inch (102 mm) BL Mk VIII on the centreline and two 12-pounder 12 cwt[a] guns on the ship's beam. Two single 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes were fitted. The ships had a complement of 72 men.[6]
Phoenix was laid down at Vickers' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 4 January 1911, was launched on 9 October 1911 and was completed in May 1912.[7]
At the beginning of the First World War, Phoenix was part of the First Destroyer Flotilla operating in the North Sea. She and her sisters were attached to the Grand Fleet as soon as the war started.
On 16 August 1914, within days of the outbreak of war, the First Destroyer Flotilla engaged an enemy cruiser off the mouth of the Elbe, which is reported with great verve by an author writing under the pseudonym "Clinker Knocker" in 1938:
On Aug 16th we had our first brush with the enemy, and our flotilla received a sample of German gunnery which our own gunners acknowledged was excellent. We were on our usual Dutch coast patrol, known as the 'broad fourteens' and were somewhere off the mouth of the river Elbe off the German coast. At daybreak we chased a German collier and made contact with a powerful armoured cruiser, which opened fire on us with 8.2 inch guns. Our heaviest gun was four-inch, so the enemy easily outranged us, and straddled us with her accurate salvo firing. The Goshawk and Phoenix were disabled, and shells were ricochetting over us. Fearless led us in a determined attack to close with torpedoes, but the large German Cruiser foiled our intentions by running for home, and we did not blame her. We were very disappointed, however at not being able to equalise matters with the third flotilla, but the Yorch or Roon or whichever ship it may have been was too near home for us to follow, and we left the vicinity after the Goshawk and Phoenix had patched up their wounds.
—  Aye, Aye, Sir, a saga of the lower deck by Clinker Knocker[8]
She was present with First Destroyer Flotilla on 28 August 1914 at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, led by the light cruiser Fearless.[9] Phoenix suffered one man wounded during the action[10]
On 24 January 1915 Phoenix took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank, and her crew shared in the Prize Money for the German armoured cruiser Blücher.[11]
Phoenix was not present with her flotilla at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.
Phoenix was escorting the Australian troopship Ballarat when she was attacked by a German submarine on Anzac Day (25 April) 1917 in the English Channel. Although efforts were made to tow Ballarat to shallow water, she sank off The Lizard the following morning. No lives were lost of the 1,752 souls on board, a striking testament to the calmness and discipline of the troops.[12]
HMAT Ballarat sinking, Phoenix to the left
Phoenix alongside Ballarat
In September 1917, Phoenix transferred to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla which was operating in the Mediterranean. This posting was to be her last.[13]
HMS Phoenix lists to port after being torpedoed, viewed from HMAS Warrego
At 9:18 on 14 May 1918, while patrolling the Otranto Barrage, the Phoenix was torpedoed amidships by the Austro-Hungarian submarine SM U-27, at position 40°12′30″N 18°52′12″E / 40.20833°N 18.87000°E / 40.20833; 18.87000.[3][14] HMAS Warrego made an unsuccessful attempt to tow her to Valona (now Vlorë in Albania),[15] but she sank within sight of the port at 13:10 in position 40°23.5′N 19°14′E / 40.3917°N 19.233°E / 40.3917; 19.233Coordinates: 40°23.5′N 19°14′E / 40.3917°N 19.233°E / 40.3917; 19.233.[16] The crew had been taken off before she capsized, and there were only two fatalities; a Leading Stoker and an Engine Room Artificer.[17]
^ 12 cwt refers to the weight of the gun in hundredweights
^ a b c ""Arrowsmith" List: Royal Navy WWI Destroyer Pendant Numbers". Retrieved 1 July 2008.
^ "The Austro-Hungarian Navy". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
^ a b "HMS Phoenix". Wrecksite. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
^ a b Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 75
^ Friedman 2009, pp. 122–123
^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, pp. 74–75
^ Friedman 2009, p. 306
^ Knocker, Clinker (1938). Aye, Aye, Sir, a saga of the lower deck. London: Rich & Cowan Ltd.
^ "Battle of Heligoland Bight - Order of Battle (World War 1 Naval Combat website)". Retrieved 8 March 2009.
^ "Hansard, Written Answers, 25 November 1914". Retrieved 8 April 2009.
^ "An Index of Prize Bounties as announced in the London Gazette 1915 - 1925". Retrieved 28 September 2008.
^ "Ballarat photograph at the Australian War Memorial website". Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
^ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September 1917), p. 21.
^ Gibson, R. H.; Maurice Prendergast (2003) [1931]. The German Submarine War, 1914–1918. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-59114-314-7. OCLC 52924732.
^ "HMAS Warrego at the Australian War Memorial website". Retrieved 26 September 2008.
^ Hepper, David (2006). British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era 1860 – 1919. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-86176-273-3.
^ "Royal Naval Casualties May 1918 at Naval-History.net". Retrieved 28 September 2008.
Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
Acheron-class (or I-class) destroyers
Sandfly
Goshawk
Builders'
Yarrow Specials
Lurcher
River class
Warrego
Huon
Preceded by: Acorn class
Followed by: Acasta class
List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
List of destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1918
2 May: UB-31, Unity
5 May: Kyarra, UB-119
8 May: U-32
9 May: UC-78
10 May: UB-16, HMS Vindictive
11 May: Sant Anna, U-154, Verona
12 May: U-103, UB-72
13 May: UB-114, Zaanland
14 May: HMS Phoenix
17 May: U-35
18 May: Catapulte, Warrimoo, HMS Chesterfield
21 May: Rosalind
23 May: Innisfallen, HMS Moldavia, UB-52
26 May: UB-74
31 May: HMS Fairy, USS President Lincoln, UC-75
Unknown date: UB-70
1 May: Prince Rupert
13 May: USS Hisko, USS Mexican, Nidd
29 May: RMS Magdalena
April 1918 June 1918


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How To Deal With Noise Complaints In Your Units
How should landlords deal with noise complaints, what is an acceptable level of noise, and when should a landlord intervene?
Ben Luxon
Noise complaints are a common issue that landlords have to deal with. And they can be particularly tricky to resolve. While all tenants have a right to the "quiet enjoyment" of their rental, what this means can vary. Obviously, neighbors are allowed to make some noise in their home and landlords can't address noise complaints they have no control over.
To make matters even more complex, there aren't any specific laws addressing the types of noise and what is and isn't acceptable – for example, building hours and guest policies. If these details aren't mentioned in the lease, then the landlord and tenant will have to mutually agree and it can be difficult for the landlord to enforce.
The term quiet enjoyment is referencing the tenants' right to live in and use the rental property undisturbed by neighbors or landlords. It is implicit in all rental leases even when not specifically stated. However, many landlords choose to outline specifics in their leases, such as limiting the number of guests that can come over at any one time or stay the night.
How Do You Determine If A Noise Complaint Is Justifiable?
Having a right to quiet enjoyment does not mean that the tenant has the right to complete silence. People make noise, and this noise can easily leak through walls or floors. This is especially the case if they are living in an apartment or house of multiple occupancies (HMO) such as a duplex or triplex where there are shared internal walls.
However, there is a difference between normal noise and excessive noise. Normal noise accompanies everyday activities, walking, talking, cooking, closing doors, watching T.V., or even playing music. Excessive noise though is constant loud noises above and beyond the normal levels. For example, playing music constantly at full volume or late into the night, or the noise from parties.
Determining if a tenant is making a justifiable complaint is a challenge. And complaints about normal noise — like loud footsteps from an upstairs neighbor — are going to be hard for a landlord to put a stop to. Landlords should take all new complaints seriously and investigate further when possible, additionally, they should keep a record of all complaints.
On a final note, it's worth considering those individuals that are more susceptible to loud noises or who might be worse affected and look for easy resolutions to help improve tenant satisfaction and retention.
5 Things A Tenant Can Do To Resolve Noise Complaint Issues
If the noise becomes a problem and a tenant feels that their right to quiet enjoyment is being violated, it's typically up to them to take the first steps in addressing the problem. There are a few things a tenant can do.
Document the issue: The very first thing to do is for them to document the noise, what is happening, and how often. The more detail they can provide on the issue the better. This allows them to put together a reasonable case to persuade the landlord that the noise is excessive
Talk with the neighbor directly: The best-case scenario is that the neighbor apologizes and the issue never reoccurs, perhaps they didn't realize they were being particularly loud. However, not all tenants will feel comfortable approaching their neighbors and if done wrong, ie. in the heat of the moment it could create a hostile environment for both sets of tenants.
Ask for help from their landlord: If they've approached the neighbor and the noise problem continues to be an issue then the tenant should reach out to the landlord for help in writing. Some leases will have a specific noise clause.
Call the police: If the issue persists and the landlord fails to address it, tenants may want to get the police involved.
Move out: If nothing they do works then the only option left is for them to move. As a landlord, this is less than ideal. Tenants may be within their rights to break with the lease if the noise is truly an excessive problem and the landlord has not addressed it.
What Can A Landlord Do?
It's a landlord's responsibility to address noise complaints in their rental properties. As mentioned earlier, tenants have a right to quiet enjoyment, and there can be financial repercussions for a landlord who neglects to address excessive noise. That said, landlords can only deal with the noise they can control, and they'll have to make decisions about whether the noise is actually "excessive" or not.
Identify the noise: After receiving a complaint from a tenant landlords should investigate further to determine what the cause of the noise is and whether it's something they can and need to address. In some cases, a tenant may be overly sensitive to noise in their unit, even if it's normal everyday noise from a neighbor.
Inform the tenant: Once a tenant brings a noise complaint to a landlords' attention, the landlord needs to inform the tenant who's causing the noise that a complaint has been filed against them. For a landlord to be able to take action they need written documentation of a recurring noise problem and documentation of having notified the tenant causing the noise.
Have a clause in the lease: Since there are no concrete laws surrounding noise violations, the best way a landlord can enforce noise regulations is by having them clearly stated in the lease. Outlining specific quiet hours or limiting the number of overnight guests allowed in a unit can help set guidelines for tenants and give a landlord something to reference in the event of a noise issue.
Take action: A landlord should address a tenant's noise concerns, even if the landlord doesn't think the noise is necessarily excessive or a violation. The landlord needs to be able to demonstrate they've taken steps to resolve the issue, especially if further action needs to be taken.
If a tenant is still being disturbed by noise and the landlord is unable to eliminate it, the landlord might decide to take action to keep them from moving out, such as a minor rent reduction. The landlord can also take measures to evict the tenant who is causing noise issues.
Landlords need to act professionally and take all new noise complaints seriously. This is vital to help maintain a good working relationship between landlords and tenants. Not doing so could see a tenant quickly become dissatisfied with their rental position and start looking for alternative options such as a new place to live.
That being said, not all issues can be resolved easily so landlords should also ensure that they clearly communicate all actions that have been taken and safely store these communications for future reference.
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A Medium Size, Very Well Made, Dalton Classic Point That Exhibits Surface Sheen & Stone Aging Coloration Patina, Correct Rolled Basal Stem Edge Dulling, Rolled Blade Hinge Use Wear, Correct Basal Thinning, Correct Early Style Flaking, Visible Aged Blade Sharpening Reduction, Aged Mineral Deposits, Polished Blade Use Wear, Correct Material And Manufacture For The Area Found. Ex-Ernest Winchell Collection. This Is A Highly Collectable Example, Displaying Excellent Workmanship! Includes A Ken Partain Certificate Of Authenticity!