One of NEHRA's most important efforts as a professional organization is offering our members the highest quality educational opportunities. This would not be possible without the leadership of our talented and dedicated faculty, most of whom are volunteers. Each of these individuals has a passion for teaching coupled with a desire to further the HR profession by providing relevant and insightful learning opportunities to students of all ages and experience levels.
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Karen is Head of Human Resources Consulting for the Compensation and HR Group bringing over 25 years of corporate human resources leadership experience to the team specializing in total rewards programs to create the essential employee value proposition required to capture retention and engagement in high performing teams. Within high-growth and emerging corporate environments, she designs strategic organizational development programs for the achievement of critical corporate objectives while protecting human capital and culture.
Karen's experience includes providing innovative solutions in all aspects of the human resources arena including culture and engagement, compensation and benefits, executive compensation, workforce planning and design, training and development, talent acquisition and leadership assessment and coaching.
Previously, Karen was a member of the executive team with Planet Fitness Corporate Headquarters as VP of People and Culture and has held leadership positions with Constant Contact, Comcast and American Student Assistance. Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Merrimack College and the Human Resources Management Professional certification from Bentley University. She has earned the professional certifications of CEBS, CCP, GRP and SHRM-SCP.
David Almeda is responsible for overseeing the global human resources function at Kronos. In this role, he drives the company's human capital management strategy – including talent acquisition and development, compensation and benefits, and employee engagement programs – to support the company's continued growth, innovation, and profitability. Almeda is passionate about employee development and is credited with bringing the WorkInspired employment brand to life at Kronos.
Joe Andrews is President of OpenView Advisors which specializes in executive coaching and consulting. He also serves as a conference host and speaker at a number of human resources strategic events. Joe previously served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Progress Software Corporation and a member of the company's executive leadership team. In this role, he was responsible for developing and implementing human resources strategies, plans and programs worldwide. Prior to joining Progress, Joe held the position of Vice President of Human Resources at, NEC Technologies, Polaroid Corporations Graphic and Medical Imaging Systems businesses. Early in Joe's career, he held various human resources management and individual contributor positions at Digital Equipment Corp. and General Electric Co. Joe also been a member of the Board of Directors for NEHRA, HRLF, CEI Corporation and advisory board member for Sobel & Raciti. Andrews earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts.
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Allyssa joined Alkermes in May 2016 and is thrilled to collaborate with the organization's managers through various trainings designed for optimal manager growth and development. She is a huge advocate of Alkermes' culture and currently works with employees across the organization to make sure the performance management process reflects our cultural values. Allyssa strives to make each interaction high-impact and usually finds that people leave her sessions with 1-2 "ready to implement" ideas.
Prior to joining Alkermes, Allyssa was the Leadership Development Program Manager at Constant Contact. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross and a Master of Business Administration degree from Babson College.
Yariela is Head of Human Resources Consulting and brings to this role an energetic, creative personality and an ability to implement effective strategies to increase employee engagement. She also brings more than 20 years of hands-on experience and expertise in every phase of human resources management, from recruitment to talent management to succession planning. She has helped startups get to the next level and has served as top-management advisor to global organizations, aligning resources and strategies with corporate goals. Her diverse experience spans multiple industries and market sectors, from technology to life sciences to academia and non-profits.
A bilingual professional fluent in Spanish, Yariela began her career as an HR Consultant, then became head of the fiscal section of the Panama Canal Authority. Later, she served as HR Regional Manager (North and South America) of attune Consulting, helping the company increase its revenue from $5 million to $25 million in three years. Most recently, she served as Human Resources Director for Inflexxion.
Yariela is passionate about special needs services, social responsibility and the environment. She has spearheaded several initiatives with the New England Project of the Perkins School for the Blind.
Yariela earned an MBA from Nova Southeastern University and a master's in human resource management from Emmanuel College, Boston. She is a Certified Professional in Human Resources (SPHR and SHRM-SCP), a Certified Compensation Analyst (CCA), and an active member of the New England Human Resources Association and the Society for Human Resource Management.
Melissa Christenson, president of Creative Training Resources, has over 30-years' experience designing and delivering a wide-range of Learning and Development programs. She works within a variety of industries and companies ranging from small start-ups to non-profits to Fortune 100 firms. Although she provides training on most soft skills, her passion is in helping individuals and teams enhance their executive presence and increase their presentation effectiveness. Prior to starting Creative Training Resources in 1998, Melissa was the worldwide training manager at Reebok International, Ltd.
Ashley Gillis has over 10 years of HR and recruiting experience in a variety of industries. She brings expertise in HR policy development and implementation, diversity and compliance training, employee relations and coaching, benefit administration, performance assessments, employee retention planning, and full-cycle recruiting. She's worked for large corporations in the fashion, media, and marketing sectors. She specializes in handling sensitive employee issues and guiding best employee practices with a practical problem solving approach.
Kari Heistad is the founder and CEO of Culture Coach International and the Diversity Dashboard. Culture Coach International helps companies to solve the teamwork issues that arise from diverse and multicultural teams. The Diversity Dashboard is an online project management software designed to help diversity professionals track their activities, measure their results and analyze their ROI. Kari brings more than 20 years of experience in diversity and inclusion to her work which has spanned a wide variety of industries. Her speaking programs have touched more than 15,000 people.
Cheryl is an executive coach of MCG, working with leaders on team effectiveness, conflict management, influence & persuasion and overall leadership effectiveness requirements. Cheryl is dedicated to helping leaders and organizations to achieve their potential. She leverages her extensive business background to assist our clients in achieving higher levels of performance.
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Dan's practice includes the representation of management in employment and non-competition litigation matters before state and federal courts, at trial and appellate levels, as well as federal and state agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, and the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities. He lectures frequently on a variety of employment law topics for human resource specialists and in-house counsel.
Sarah Mann is Principal of Spark HR Solutions, providing strategic and practical solutions to organizations that fuel individual and organizational success. She has worked in both global and start-up entities, and her experience includes senior level roles in HR, marketing and operations. Sarah "thinks business," and uses HR and coaching as powerful forces to move organizations forward.
Jamie has a uniquely singular focus - optimizing employee performance through re-shaping communications between managers and employees based on two-way, frequent, informal conversations designed to align performance expectations. She helps organizations make the shift away from reviewing and rating past performance to building the capacity of everyone in the organization to speak candidly about strengths, accomplishments, and more comfortably re-direct off-target performance. Jamie is the originator of the Performance Continuum Feedback Method® and The 10-Minute Conversation, frameworks proven to drive individual, team and organizational performance.
Throughout his thirty-seven year career at National Grid, Matt Powers held a number of leadership roles in Benefits, Compensation, Employee Services and Talent Acquisition. Over his last eight years, he moved into his role as a HR Business Partner and was fully responsible for developing and delivering business driven HR solutions for his client organizations in partnership with the client's senior management teams. Matt was the internal HR client consultant and liaison between the client organization and the HR Centers of Expertise, delivering strategic HR solutions around the areas of performance and talent management, succession planning and organizational design.
Michael Shipman, MSc, is a GISC Professional Associate and the Vice President, Director of Talent Development for Rockland Trust, a top rated, full-service, community bank headquartered in Massachusetts. He focuses on the progressive talent strategies that contribute to Rockland Trust consistently being recognized on the Boston Globe's Top Places to Work list since 2009.
David is President of the Compensation & HR Group and is responsible for all consulting functions within the organization. Prior to joining the Compensation & HR Group, David spent 20 years managing a human resources membership and consulting organization. He has also held positions with industry leaders Liberty Mutual, Honeywell and Hewlett-Packard as a corporate human resources professional. During this period, he gained essential hands-on experience in compensation program development, marketing and internal communications. A graduate of The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, David has also made his mark in academia, having served as adjunct faculty member for both Northeastern University and Newbury College where he taught courses in Compensation Management and Human Resource Management. He also worked as an instructor for the certification courses at the Compensation Analyst Academy, WorldatWork and the Society for Human Resource Management.
Martha has more than 20 years of experience advising and representing clients on a broad range of employment law issues and in adversarial proceedings. In her role as an advisor to employers, boards of directors, and executives, she regularly provides practical advice and counsel on a wide range of employment-related issues. Martha has represented clients before administrative and governmental agencies, courts, arbitrators, and mediators.


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Steve Bannon coming to Cincinnati as part of border wall rally
Jeffrey T. Barnes
Former senior White House adviser Steve Bannon speaks during the Red Tide Rising Rally supporting Republican candidates, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Elma, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
SOURCE: Jeffrey T. Barnes
Steve Bannon is coming to Cincinnati next week for a town hall event where the border wall and immigration will be discussed.The "We Build the Wall Town Hall," organized by the nonprofit We Build the Wall Inc., will be held Tuesday at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. Bannon, the controversial former head of Breitbart News and former chief strategist to President Trump, will be joined by other guests, including Brian Kolfage, Kris Kobach, organizers said. We Build the Wall Inc. says its focus is on "building portions of a U.S. Southern Border wall and managing the support operations required for, and the processes associated with, the design, engineering, construction and maintenance of the wall." Those attending may be required to show ID with their ticket upon entry, organizers said.Those interested can click here for more information.
Steve Bannon is coming to Cincinnati next week for a town hall event where the border wall and immigration will be discussed.
The "We Build the Wall Town Hall," organized by the nonprofit We Build the Wall Inc., will be held Tuesday at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza.
Bannon, the controversial former head of Breitbart News and former chief strategist to President Trump, will be joined by other guests, including Brian Kolfage, Kris Kobach, organizers said.
We Build the Wall Inc. says its focus is on "building portions of a U.S. Southern Border wall and managing the support operations required for, and the processes associated with, the design, engineering, construction and maintenance of the wall."
Those attending may be required to show ID with their ticket upon entry, organizers said.
Those interested can click here for more information.

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Q: Permanently change mount point of volume? I'd like to set another user's home folder to use a certain volume on my disk. To that end, I'd like to be able to mount said volume at a specific location, say, at Users/foobar
I can do this using the command line by running sudo mount -t hfs /dev/disk0s4 /Users/, however this is only a temporary solution. If I unmount and remount the disk, it will mount to its usual location in Volumes/
Is there some way to permanently specify the mount point of a disk?

A: In Disk Utility right tap on the APFS volume and click "Rename"

Now opening (mounting) the volume via Finder will mount it to /Volumes/home or whatever new name you give it.

A: Set an entry in /etc/fstab as directed here. To summarize.

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*Open Disk Utility, unmount the relevant volume.

*Click on the volume you're trying to mount, and click the "info" button. Note down the drive's File System UUID, which should look something like 5E85BA88-7C74-34A9-8CE6-267C752CE2BA. I'm just gonna use 123abc as shorthand for it.

*Open up /etc/fstab using your text editor of choice (run it as root!) Edit: as per klanomath's comment below, run sudo vifs to safely edit etc/fstab, and add the following line.
UUID=123abc /desired/mount/path hfs rw 0 2

*Mount the volume, the mount point should show the path you specified.
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*I have absolutely no clue what the "1 2" does at the end of that line. It was there in the link, so I kept it. Thanks to fd0 for helping me out here!

*The page I linked instructs you to reload /etc/fstab using some niload command. I couldn't figure out how to install whatever package that required, but the good news is that I think DiskUtility will automatically reload the file, so don't worry about that.

*Some sources will tell you to reload etc/fstab using the command mount -a. It seems like this should be a perfectly sensible way to do so, but it does not work. Don't worry if it tells you it can't mount a volume.

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Book groups are like diets: you start them with the best of intentions. I do, anyway. I'm in a number of them right now. They're nominally making me a better person because they're forcing me to read stuff I'd otherwise avoid like the plague. Literary fiction. History of any type. This is good for me. If given my druthers, I'd spend my livelong days reading nothing but bizarro horror. I do not want my entire brain to melt before I am at least 40. This means that I need to actually show up for a book group on time and having read the material. Here are seven unique book group ideas I'd actually show up for.
Of all the unique book group ideas on this list, this is the one I'd most like to see in my hometown. A digital book group, The African American Literature Book Club, already thrives on the internet and its website is full of excellence. If an in-person group is more your style, then check out the Black women's book clubs in Atlanta and Chicago.
If you're thinking about starting something yourself, then be aware that Left Bank Books has created a Black Lives Matter reading list. It includes The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues by Angela Y. Davis, and The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Friends, America is not an English-speaking nation. It is an English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Pashto, Portuguese, Yoruba, Bengali, Tagalog, and Cantonese-speaking nation, just for a start. It's time for us to embrace that. We're a society of unique peoples, which is why we need unique book group ideas.
The Peabody Public Library has a bilingual Portuguese book group that started as a joint effort between a Brazilian immigrant and library administration. Members of the Rincon Literario, an Escondido bilingual book club that focuses on Spanish and English, is also a library-supported effort. This one focuses on teaching English and Spanish to a multi-ethnic group using titles like Bless Me, Ultima.
Real talk: I should have been an ecologist. Not that I particularly love wading through contaminated wetlands testing for mercury, but I'd miss the environment if it were gone, y'know? As a city dweller, I often fret about what I can do to prevent ecological collapse. Maybe you do, too. What can you do?
You can start a book club, that's what! American University did. You can see their list of enviro-reads at the link, and though it's a bit dated, it's not a bad start and includes Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown. I'd further recommend Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, edited by Paul Hawken, and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein.
This is exactly what it sounds like: you read a random book. How's that for unique? There's a used bookstore in Scotland that will send you an actual randomly selected book from their collection. (Their program is currently full, unfortunately.) If you'd care to embark upon random reading in groups, then your process is simple. Use this random book picker to generate a list of random current, top-selling books. Or use this one, which isn't as pretty but seems to draw from a larger pool. You can also choose an anonymous book based on its first page at this site. In case you're looking for an entry to the randomness rabbit hole, try The Islands by Carlos Gamerro, The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy, or The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
Dump those Hugo Awards drama queens. Sci-fi is full of LGBTQ people, POC, and women who deserve the light of your midnight book lamp. Lists abound now that the drama has boiled over. The Portalist has a great one for Black sci-fi authors, including a few names we've highlighted on Book Riot. Lambda Literary has a review category for speculative fiction by and about LGBTQ people.
There are a few sci-fi book clubs out there, but I couldn't find any that focused on minority authors and casts. That's too bad, because some of sci-fi's most creative works are minority-created, and a unique book group could do quite well for itself by focusing on them. In the age of Binti by Nnedi Okorafor and Provenance by Ann Leckie, it's really time for us to go boldly into space not occupied by hetero cis white guys. Start with Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney, Everfair by Nisi Shawl, and Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller.
Everyone likes to moan about how millennials can't adult well enough to sew on a button. (And how they're destroying everything that apparently matters to someone.) This is, obviously, another prime opportunity to start a unique book group.
Cookbook clubs are one trend that we've explored here before, but book groups can take us far beyond the perfect ganache. Imagine, if you will, a club that meets at a local hackerspace, a member's garage, or an open-minded library. As they discuss this month's book, they present their accompanying project: eight tiny, perfectly sprouted tomato shoots. Or one hemmed handkerchief. Or photos of a textbook tire change. The possibilities are limitless. Start with Broke Millennial and progress onward to Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance.


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When you have a tooth extracted, replacing it is important for more than just your smile. There are many problems that come with missing a tooth, and there are benefits of replacing it with an implant. Here is some great information on missing teeth and dental implants. A missing tooth can come with the following problems: Your remaining teeth can move closer to fill in that gap and leave you with wider spaces between your other teeth.
As a small business grows, it has many needs — increasingly, more needs than you can take care of with a tiny staff. But as the owner, you also have to keep a tight rein on your costs. How can you meet these two challenges? One excellent way is the strategic use of temporary workers. What can temporary workers do for your business? Here are four obstacles that they can help you solve.


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Real Money: Dividing a Legacy to Meet Two Goals
Making Your Money Last
This young woman's inheritance needs to secure her future as well as pay for graduate school now.
By Stacy Rapacon, Online Editor
OUR READER
Sarah Plumridge, 23
How should I invest my inheritance?
Five years after her parents' fatal car crash, Sarah is ready to take control of the money her folks left to her. So far, a relative has been handling Sarah's inheritance, holding $200,000 in a balanced array of mutual funds, $100,000 in bonds and the remaining $37,000 in a money-market fund. Now Sarah is interested in a more aggressive approach. "But I don't know what I should invest in," she says. "There are so many options."
Before Sarah can craft a long-term investment plan, she has to answer this basic question: How much money will she need in the next year or two, and how much can she afford to put aside for long-term goals?
Sarah lives rent-free with a relative in Nashville, so the $2,000 a month she earns as a science writer at Vanderbilt Medical Center and as a freelancer for the local public-television station covers her everyday expenses. But she is entering a one-year master's degree program in journalism at Northwestern University, which means she'll need to cover the costs of being a student again.
Lynn Mayabb, senior managing adviser with BKD Wealth Advisors, in Kansas City, Mo., recommends that Sarah set aside $80,000 for tuition, room and board, and other expenses -- plus an extra $10,000 for unexpected bills -- in a savings account that's insured and accessible despite the low yield.
Two strategies. Sarah's remaining $240,000-plus deserves to be considered separately. Nicholas Yrizarry, a financial planner with offices in Reston, Va., and Newport Beach, Cal., says that because Sarah has a lot of time and a chunk of cash, she could reasonably place 100% of her $240,000 in an assortment of broad-based stock funds.
Mayabb recommends, however, that Sarah put just half of her money into stock funds and the other half into safe funds that generate income. One idea: a floating-rate bank-loan fund. The average current yield is about 3% and should rise when short-term interest rates go up. Fidelity Floating-Rate High Income Fund (symbol FFRHX) is the best of the bunch.
For a young single like Sarah with enough money to live on, one alternative could be to put most of her inheritance into a tax-advantaged retirement account, such as a permanent life-insurance policy or a low-cost deferred annuity. But that would be premature. She could be hit with taxes and penalties if she taps such an account early. If she takes a job that pays the typically modest salary of a young journalist, she might have to dip into her investments to rent and furnish an apartment. With an all-stock portfolio in a taxable account, she could end up selling when the market is falling.
So a balanced mix of stock and bond funds would be ideal. Looking ahead to retirement, she should open a Roth IRA, contribute the maximum $5,000 this year, and add to the account when she can. More critical to her future is the right outlook. "She needs to embody discipline and act as if she doesn't have the money," says Yrizarry.


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West Orange Times & Observer Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018 10 months ago
Winter Garden welcomes new police chief
Steve Graham recently took over the department after former Chief George Brennan retired in June.
by: Danielle Hendrix Associate Editor
There's a new chief at the helm of the Winter Garden Police Department.
City commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 23 to promote Steve Graham to Winter Garden's chief of police. He initially came aboard as deputy chief in January 2017.
From 2004 until this summer, former Chief George Brennan had the leading role. He announced his retirement earlier this year and worked his last day in office June 29.
Brennan Served Winter Garden for 14 Years
George Brennan was hired in 2004 to succeed Jimmie Yawn, the police chief for 23 years. He had previously served as chief of police of Deerfield Beach.
He was hired from a field of 40 applications during a statewide search.
Brennan had impressive skills in community policing, which attributed to his being hired in Winter Garden. He had come highly recommended from Deerfield Beach city commissioners, city employees and fellow police officers.
Brennan grew the Winter Garden Police Department and made many improvements in his 14 years as chief. His retirement was official in June.
"I had met (Brennan) before and he did wonderful things here," Graham said. "He brought in a lot of technology and brought this place a long way. ... I didn't expect the opportunity (to become chief) to come as quick as it did, and it's not automatic that I'd get the top position — because the city does have the option to advertise and make it competitive — but I guess they saw enough in me that they were willing to give me a shot at the top seat."
Graham, 61, has 40 years of experience in law enforcement. It was something he knew he wanted to pursue after taking a few elective college classes. At the time, the agency he went to work for wouldn't hire until age 21. Graham took the test on his 21st birthday.
Born in Gainesville, Graham was raised in South Florida and began his college education at the University of Florida before moving back home and completing his bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Florida Atlantic University. He began working in law enforcement in 1978 in Boynton Beach while simultaneously working on his degree.
New Winter Garden Police Chief Steve Graham is ready to oversee his department and serve the city.
"I was anxious to get into law enforcement," he said. "It took me quite a while, because that was before the internet and online classes, so I had to trade away my shifts so I could go to class. ... A prior chief I worked for in Boyn- ton encouraged me to finish college with my master's degree from Lynn University. He also encouraged me to get more education, so I went to the command officer school at Broward Community College (and finished) a 10-week commander's course. I also had the chance to go to the FBI Academy in Quantico.
"After I got the education, I focused on possibly being the leader of an agency and worked my way up to assistant chief and retired from that agency," he said. "I had a chance to do a lot of fun things like working with K9s, being on SWAT team and a SWAT team commander, and working on the tactical unit and undercover narcotics briefly. I got to do and experience a lot throughout my career."
In 2005, he moved to Central Florida to take the job as chief of police in Clermont, where he stayed until resigning in 2011 to work for the Lake County Sheriff's Office. In January 2019, he will have two years under his belt here in Winter Garden.
"(Brennan's) last day was June 29, so I've been running the department since the last (commission) meeting when they confirmed the appointment," Graham said. "He's done more with this agency than most agencies this size are capable of doing. He initiated many programs. There's more outreach in the community from this agency than a lot of others our size."
Moving forward, Graham is preparing the agency to begin assigning roles for school resource officers to help Orange County Public Schools in carrying out new legislation requiring that each school have one school resource officer. He also is excited to help his staff develop to its fullest potential as the department and city expand.
"It's been a great experience getting to know the staff at this police department, and I may be biased, but I think we're second to none with talent and expertise on board," he said."They go the extra mile to make sure every case is investigated fully. We do have a lot of talented individuals here, and the depth of experience is pretty deep here. We have a wealth of experience on board, and sometimes that's hard to put a quantitative measure on. ... I admire the staff that's here, and the chance to come into a leadership role here is probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
The Author: Danielle Hendrix
Danielle Hendrix is the Associate Editor for the West Orange Times & Observer and the Windermere Observer. She is a 2015 graduate of the University of Central Florida, from which she earned a bachelor's degree in journalism with a minor in world comparative studies. ...
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Nicola Sturgeon apologized on Wednesday.
Scottish first woman minister, Nicola Sturgeon, apologized Wednesday after being photographed without a mask at an indoor event in violation of strict COVID-19 rules.
Sturgeon, the leader of the nationalist Scottish National Party, was spoken to a group of women in a pub with no face covering after a funeral in Edinburgh last week. The photo was published in the Scottish edition of the Sun newspaper on Wednesday.
"I took my mask off briefly last Friday while attending a funeral. That was a stupid mistake and I'm really sorry," Sturgeon said in a statement.
"I talk about the importance of masks every day so I won't offer excuses. I was wrong, I kick myself and I'm sorry."
The law in Scotland requires people to wear masks in most indoor spaces, including pubs and restaurants. On Tuesday, Sturgeon reminded the public of the importance of wearing masks when speaking to the Scottish Parliament.
The Scottish Conservatives, Scotland's arm of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's ruling party, said Sturgeon should have known better and that it was undermining the public health message.
"There cannot be one rule for Nicola Sturgeon and another for everyone else," the Scottish Conservatives said on Twitter.
UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, however, was more forgiving.
"Lots of people make mistakes," he told Sky News. "It's never easy, we are all human at the end of the day."
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Facial moles are one of the common cosmetic problems. Moles develop form the pigment producing cells of skin called as melanocytes. When these cells get deposited in large number at a particular site in skin they produce mole. Moles are of variable colour, size and shape .It may be as smaller (1 mm) or larger (few cm) in size. It can be flat or raised above from the skin surface. Their color may be variable ranging from light brown to black in appearance. In some races it is considered as sign of beauty.
What are the causes of moles?
Exact cause of developing mole in skin is not known. Some time It is present at the time of birth but it also develop after birth. Most commonly it develops in fair skinned person who are exposed to sun light.
Dysplastic or atypical moles are irregular in size shape and color . they have greater chance of developing can.
These are most common mole and it develop with the sun exposure and environmental exposure. They are not harmful.
What are the danger signs in mole?
Moles are usually brown black in appearance. If a mole start rapidly increasing in size, becomes lighter in color or irregular shape at margins then it is a danger sign. If anybody has more than 50 moles on his body he should be very careful and keep looking for danger sign developing in mole at regular interval.
When moles develop ulcer on its surface and start bleeding or discharging then it is considered as a malignant or danger sign.
Moles are usually painless It produces only cosmetic problem. Large mole on cheek and scalp get injured while shaving and combing scalp hairs respectively. Some persons consider it as a beauty spot on their face. Mole of bigger size not looks good so most of persons want to get it removed. In very few cases it produces cancer and then it needs urgent and aggressive treatment.
There are various methods to remove moles. Commonly used methods are Laser Surgery. Laser burns the mole up-to its depth in skin. If mole is going deep in skin then after laser one may have a depressed scar. Some moles are larger in size and grossly elevated above the skin surface. They are ideally removed by surgical treatment. Surgery may leave a linear scar depending upon the size of mole these scar becomes minimally visible after some time.


In the early 2000s Nigel Beighton was CTO at Lastminute.com. Yet, 15 years on, he says the technology issues he faced then have not changed much.
Beighton, who is now vice-president of technology and products at Rackspace, says: "I worked for Lastminute.com in the 2000s, and I look now at today's systems, and they haven't moved on."
What is worse, according to Beighton, is that some CTOs are failing to track technology trends effectively. He says: "A good CTO should be naturally inquisitive. But a lot of CTOs are not keeping up with the times and the knowledge." Often he says, the CTO is not leading the technology direction of their organisations.
Speaking at a Rackspace roundtable in London on e-commerce search, he said that product search had not evolved.
He argues that most e-commerce sites work on the basis of publishing the availability of product or stock and hope the user buys from them.
Often, sites will have spent a lot of money on Google Ads to get people there. "There's so much more opportunity for these sites to help people and give them inspiration," he says.
Back in the days when he was at Lastminute.com, Beighton said the company spent an absolute fortune on trying to figure out how to do this. "It nearly bankrupted us, to be honest."
Today, however, cost is no longer as much of an issue thanks to the availability of open-source tools.
The challenge of making product search compelling illustrates a more fundamental problem with IT. From his experience, many seem unwilling to take on free advice such as learning from the best practice in the user communities that support open-source products.
Beighton believes times have changed so far as the acceptance of open source software (OSS) in the enterprise. He says: "Ten years ago we would discuss open source versus Windows. Now new technology startups have realised OSS is a fantastic way to build product awareness very quickly. Take Alfresco, Mongo or Hadoop. People will look at it, adopt it and use the new software, which gains huge market acceptance. Open source is a really good commercial model. OSS today is very good commercial software."
But Beighton argues that people who work on retailers' websites need to get involved. "We are all aware of open source. Communities have sprung up and people are sharing really good experiences and sharing code. But I don't think retailers and e-commerce people are aware of the value they get for free."
According to Beighton, the Lego blocks are now there to enable businesses to enhance the e-commerce functionality of their websites and understand better what products people want to buy. He says: "The fundamental building blocks are there. The ability to scale in a massive way is there. The ability to reach into people's homes using their mobile phone is also there." For instance he says there are apps that can provide information based on a photo of a product label or bar code. Such information could be harvested to offer the customer an improved e-commerce experience.
Communities that support particular products are a great place for people to gain an understanding of what a new product or open-source tool can do. "The mass majority of information is free, if you want it," Beighton adds.
There is much better support available today than when he was at Lastminute.com. "Fifteen years ago, few people understood, and now you have whole communities who understand how to use data. There's a community of people out there with the knowledge."
Still, he admits not enough people engage with these communities. In his experience, a lot of development work is happening in these communities, which makes them a good place to learn best practices. But he says many users do not participate in such communities.. "There are more product and service companies than users. I think users are still not getting out there to get ideas."
Speaking of his own experiences, Beighton says: "Anecdotally, when I go to the meetups around Lucene, the open-source search project, half of the people who attend are tech startups. People from retailers and e-commerce sites are absent but they have a lot to get out of this kind of technology."
Arguably, it is the role of the CTO to look at these communities to understand how technology can affect the business. For instance, Beighton says that, in the early days of Hadoop, he came across it by talking to a CTO in a small re-insurance business in the US.
He says: "They need to spawn an idea. When I go to meet-ups, there might be 10 people in a pub, or 200 people at a user conference, and I think those are fantastic places, where people are discussing what they could do differently. I think CTOs have not caught up with what is going on."
But CTOs often face resistance to change in their organisations, which can hold back the adoption of new technologies. When asked how a CTO can work around this resistance to push through technological innovation, Beighton says: "The CTOs need to make good decision about what's the best time to implement a technology like Hadoop – that is, when it gives a completive advantage."
For instance at Rackspace he says: "I look at technologies that I would say are not a good fit for our business right now." But he argues that it is imperative to stay ahead of the technology curve. "Five years ago we were in a mature downbeat, now there is an imperative of being absolutely aware of what is out there."
Well, what is described in the article is about humans. People didn't evolve nearly as fast as the technology in the last 50 years. Yes, they can be pushed to adapt, but also the companies must account for the old human nature.


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Manchester United's hierarchy should confirm interim boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's appointment as permanent manager this month instead of waiting until the end of the season, former club captain Gary Neville has said.
Solskjaer has revitalised United since taking over from Jose Mourinho in December, with the team's victory at Paris St Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday offering the most compelling evidence yet that he is the best man for the job.
The Norwegian helped United pull off one of the greatest comebacks in the competition's history as his side sealed a dramatic 3-1 win in Paris to reach the quarter-finals on away goals despite losing the first leg 2-0.
Neville made his comments before kickoff, citing former United striker Solskjaer's stellar record as interim boss, which now stands at 14 victories from 17 games in all competitions.
"The form guide says it all," the former defender told Norwegian broadcaster Viasport. "I'll be surprised if Solskjaer is not awarded the job during the international break (in March).


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Q: Color based legend in python , matplotlib My question goes as follows:
Imagine I have four lists a, b, c, d. I want to plot them by using the same radial grid R. For some reason a, b share a common property X and c, d share Y. Therefore I want a, b and c, d to appear in the same color respectively (green and blue), and I just want two labels to appear into the legend: one being green and resembling X and the other blue and resembling Y. Any ideas of a simple method to do it? An example:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

a =[2,4,6,8,10]
b =[3,6,9,12,15]
c =[1,4,9,16,25]
d =[1,8,27,64,125]
R =[0,1,2,3,4]

plt.plot(R,a,color ='green')
plt.plot(R,b,color ='green')
plt.plot(R,c,color ='blue')
plt.plot(R,d,color ='blue')
plt.legend('blue'= X,'green'=Y)
plt.show()

A: You can label only the objects you want to display in the legend once instead of manually setting the legends as following. I also replaced color ='green' by a shorter syntax '-g', same for the blue color.
# Your imports and data here

plt.plot(R,a,'-g', label='X')
plt.plot(R,b,'-g')
plt.plot(R,c,'-b', label='Y')
plt.plot(R,d,'-b')
plt.legend(fontsize=18)
plt.show()

Alternate way Without putting label='X' and label='Y' while plotting
leg = plt.legend(['X', 'Y'], fontsize=18)
colors=['green', 'blue']

for i, j in enumerate(leg.legendHandles):
    j.set_color(colors[i])


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← Lew Wallace Secures the B&O– For the First Time (Pt. 1)
The June 2019 ECW Newsletter is Now Available →
Lew Wallace Secures the B&O– For the First Time (Pt. 2)
Posted on June 27, 2019 by Ryan Quint
Part 1 is available here.
It was a busy June for Lew Wallace. He and his 11th Indiana Zouaves had been posted at Cumberland, Maryland to guard the vital Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridges across the Potomac River.
Lew Wallace
Their raid against Romney, Virginia had elicited a Confederate response, and now, by late June, 1861, it seemed like the Hoosiers were on their own. Wallace feared the worst– a Confederate attack directly against Cumberland, and made plans to keep his retreat open into Pennsylvania, just ten miles away.
The Unionists of Cumberland came together to help Wallace's men. In his autobiography, Wallace wrote that the town provided his troops with fresh food, ammunition, and even tobacco when there was a "famine" of the latter's availability.[1]
While the Cumberlanders were helping Wallace, others in the area annoyed him to no end. On June 21, two regiments of infantry and a battery of artillery from the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps received orders to leave Harrisburg and head for the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. While the Pennsylvanians were sent to help Wallace, the state's governor Andrew Curtin gave the expedition's commander, Col. Charles Biddle, puzzling instructions that Biddle was not to go past the state line. Wallace called the situation "ludicrous" and prevented him from going back on the offensive.[2]
The Pennsylvanians were out of sorts because of their orders, too. Eagerly leaving for the front, the soldiers established Camp Mason & Dixon, but soon changed the name sarcastically to Camp "Misery and Death," as one Pennsylvanian explained, "on account of the sickness which prevailed, and scarcity of rations."[3] Others were frustrated by their governor's orders that hamstrung them and left them unavailable to cross into Maryland and join Wallace's force. Riding towards their camp, Wallace remembered that Lt. Charles Campbell, in command of the Pennsylvanians' artillery, "had not taken kindly to the restraining order." Campbell's guns were "extended over what he energetically denominated, 'the damned state line.'"[4]
Charles T. Campbell, the artillery officer who pushed his muzzles across the Pennsylvania border. (Frederick Miller "The Photographic History of the Civil War," Vol. 10)
With the Pennsylvanians of no use for the time being, Wallace still had to make plans in case the Confederates attacked his positions. With only his Zouaves at hand, Wallace needed to think outside the box. He sent soldiers into the countryside to gather as many horses as they could, which disappointingly came to be only thirteen mounts. The horses, Wallace wrote, "were pretty fair, but would have been condemned by a government inspector."[5] Picking thirteen soldiers, Wallace chose Cpl. David B. Hay to lead them. Hay was described by another as, "a soldier in the Mexican War and was a fighter and a daredevil from away back."[6]
Hay and his fellow soldiers were to scout the area, and bring any intelligence back to Wallace. They began daily patrols into the countryside around Cumberland, trying to see if there were Confederates threatening Wallace's location. On June 26, Hay had his greatest test outside of Cumberland.
The Hoosiers were riding south, heading for a small town called Frankfort, lying halfway between Cumberland and Romney. As Hay's riders approached the town, they "found it full of cavalry." Clearly outnumbered, the Indianans turned around and began to retrace their steps. Confederate troopers, spotting them, spurred after the Federals.[7]
Hay's scouts made good time and soon evaded their pursuers. Behind them, the Confederates split up and continued their search. One party of riders, about seven men, were led by Capt. Richard Ashby, the younger brother of cavalier Turner Ashby. Richard Ashby led his troopers forward, trying to find their Federal prey.[8]
The Hoosiers found the Virginians first, though. Hay's men lay in wait, and when Ashby's men came into view, the Indianans opened fire with their rifles. In the melee that followed, David Hay received a sword slash and two pistol wounds, and Richard Ashby, unhorsed by his buckling horse, was shot and subsequently stabbed in the abdomen with a bayonet. He died seven days later. The Virginian cavalry broke for Romney, and Federals made their back towards Cumberland. Two of the Hoosiers rode ahead, searching for a wagon to put the wounded Hay into.[9]
As they made their retreat, Hay's mounted infantry came to Kelley's Island, situated to the east of Cumberland on the Potomac River. It had brush and large pieces of driftwood that offered the Federals a chance for cover and concealment. And the soldiers would need it, because on their heels was Richard's brother, Turner, who rode hell bent for leather to the sound of the firing.[10]
Turner Ashby (LOC)
Captain Turner Ashby rode at the head of a dozen Virginian troopers. He came to the edge of the water facing Kelley's Island, and seeing the Federals, cried out, "Charge them, men, and at them with your bowie knives!" The river, about thirty or forty-five yards wide at that point, slowed the cavalry charge as the horses and riders galloped into the water.[11]
Hay's Indianans opened fire. Two Virginians were killed, and Ashby was wounded, his horse killed. As the Virginians finished their wild charge, the two forces closed in on each other. The Hoosiers carried their rifles and sword bayonets, which Wallace wrote were "fairly good for hand-to-hand encounter."[12]
What followed was a furious melee that pitted both sides in what amounted to a running fight as the Federals made brief stands among the rocks. Both sides came to wildly overstate the losses they inflicted on each other; a Zouave reported they had killed "thirty-one of the rebels" while a Confederate, reporting the Federal strength to be about forty, claimed the Unionists had "eight or ten killed." Remember though, in the skirmish at Kelley's Island, both sides had about a dozen soldiers. The losses appear more likely, on both sides, to be counted in the single digits.[13]
A screenshot from Google Map showing the area around Cumberland. The blue star marks the general location of Kelley's Island.
Darkness and the arrival of Hoosier reinforcements brought an end to the fight. The two Indianans who had been sent ahead to find a wagon, hearing the gunfire at Kelley's Island, instead spurred for Cumberland. They reported to Wallace, who turned out two companies of the 11th Indiana to march to the island. Those companies arrived to find the skirmish already over. Hays' scouts had fled under the growing darkness, and Turner Ashby brought his squad's worth of troopers back across the river into Virginia.[14]
On June 27 the 11th Indiana went out again towards the island, and brought back the only Federal fatality from the day before, Pvt. John C. Hollenbeck. They buried him in a funeral that involved the whole regiment and "Honors of War." A witness wrote "It was very impressive." Wallace recommended Cpl. Hay, who recovered from his wounds, receive a promotion to second lieutenant.[15]
The dual cavalry skirmishes on June 26, involving just small parties of mounted men on both sides, had caused more casualties than Wallace's strike on Romney with his entire regiment. But those fights, seen as victories for the 11th Indiana, garnered their colonel praise from all directions. His commanding officer, Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson, issued congratulatory orders that praised the conduct of the 11th. Maj. Gen. George McClellan and U.S. Congressman Schuyler Colfax both personally wrote to Wallace to offer their congratulations.[16]
In the space of sixteen days since his arrival at Cumberland, Wallace's raid against Romney and his scouts' cavalry skirmishes had brought the war front and center for the people living there. He continued his objective of guarding the Baltimore & Ohio, and now it remained to be seen if there was to be any more fighting along the tracks.
[1] Lew Wallace, An Autobiography, Vol. 1 (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905),294.
[3] John Bard, History of the Old Bucktails (Clearfield County Historical Society, 2013), 5.
[4] Wallace, 296.
[6] Thomas W. Durham, Three Years with Wallace's Zouaves: The Civil War Memoirs of Thomas Wise Durham, ed. Jeffrey L. Patrick (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2003), 40.
[7] Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion (OR) Ser. 1, Vol. 2,134.
[8] Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 2 (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1864), 242.
[9]James B. Avirett, The Memoirs of General Turner Ashby and His Compeers (Baltimore: Selby & Dulany, 1867), 110; OR, Ser. 1, Vol. 2, 134-135; Durham, 41; Gail Stephens, Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in the Civil War (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 2010), 28.
[10] Durham, 41; Paul C. Anderson, Blood Image: Turner Ashby in the Southern Mind (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2002), 81; Wallace, 302.
[11] Avirett, 111; Anderson, 81.
[12] Clarence Thomas, General Turner Ashby: The Centaur of the South (Winchester: Eddy Press Corporation, 1907), 30; Moore, 242; Wallace, 298.
[13] Durham, 41; Moore, 242.
[14] Wallace, Auto, 304.
[15] Durham, 42; Wallace, 305.
[16] Wallace, 305-307.
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A rousing tale- thank you !


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Medibank divestment driven by health impacts of climate change
Australia's biggest health insurer today announced it will divest from fossil fuels due to the negative health impacts of climate change.
This is a huge win for the thousands of shareholders, customers and other members of the community who have contacted Medibank to point out the contradiction between promoting human health and investing in fossil fuels.
Please take a moment to celebrate this win, and send Medibank a message to congratulate the insurer on this important announcement. You can also let Medibank know that you'll be watching to ensure the fossil fuel exit is as swift and comprehensive as possible.
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Dear Medibank, I'm writing to congratulate you on taking a stance against fossil fuels and their negative impacts on public health. Your commitment to divest from coal, oil and gas companies will send a strong signal to your customers, shareholders and the general public that Medibank takes its role as a health organisation seriously. I will be following your progress with great interest and look forward to Medibank completing its shift to low-carbon investments this financial year. I also expect Medibank will use its position as Australia's largest health insurer to speak out more often in defence of strong action on climate change and a rapid transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, for the sake of public health. Warm regards,
Dear Medibank, I'm writing to congratulate you on taking a stance against fossil fuels and their negative impacts on public health. Your commitment to divest from coal, oil and gas companies will send a strong signal to your customers, shareholders and the general public that Medibank takes its role as a health organisation seriously. As a customer I am proud that you have taken this step. I will be following your progress with great interest and encourage you to divest from fossil fuels as soon as possible. I expect to receive updates on how you are implementing your commitments to move your domestic and international investments to low carbon indices, and divesting from fossil fuels. I also expect Medibank will use its position as Australia's largest health insurer to speak out more often in defence of strong action on climate change and a rapid transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, for the sake of public health. Warm regards,
Dear Medibank, I'm writing to congratulate you on taking a stance against fossil fuels and their negative impacts on public health. Your commitment to divest from coal, oil and gas companies will send a strong signal to your customers, shareholders and the general public that Medibank takes its role as a health organisation seriously. A a shareholder I am proud that you have taken this step. I will be following your progress with great interest and encourage you to divest from fossil fuels as soon as possible. I expect to receive updates on how you are implementing your commitments to move your domestic and international investments to low carbon indices, and divesting from fossil fuels. I also expect Medibank will use its position as Australia's largest health insurer to speak out more often in defence of strong action on climate change and a rapid transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, for the sake of public health. Warm regards,
Dear Medibank, I'm writing to congratulate you on taking a stance against fossil fuels and their negative impacts on public health. Your commitment to divest from coal, oil and gas companies will send a strong signal to your customers, shareholders and the general public that Medibank takes its role as a health organisation seriously. As a customer and shareholder I am proud that you have taken this step. I will be following your progress with great interest and encourage you to divest from fossil fuels as soon as possible. I expect to receive updates on how you are implementing your commitments to move your domestic and international investments to low carbon indices, and divesting from fossil fuels. I also expect Medibank will use its position as Australia's largest health insurer to speak out more often in defence of strong action on climate change and a rapid transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, for the sake of public health. Warm regards,
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Medibank have committed to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels by firstly moving their international share portfolio to a low carbon index within the next 12 months. This means Medibank will sell off its investments in the worst carbon polluters listed on stock markets other than in Australia.
As for Australian investments, Medibank intends to make the same shift, but cannot commit to a timeframe because a low carbon index does not exist for Australian shares yet. Importantly, Medibank will join a number of other institutional investors in pushing to get this product created.
We know that Medibank has around $450 million invested in shares both in Australia and around the world. The insurer's divestment decision therefore presents a significant shift of money away from dirty fossil fuels.
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As Australia's biggest health insurer, Medibank's divestment announcement should serve as an example to the many health insurers who remain invested in dirty fossil fuels.
Medibank's decision follows a similar announcement from HCF in February. HCF has divested its international share portfolio, but not its Australian shares.
A number of smaller health insurers have also confirmed they do not invest in fossil fuels.
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Pandemic drives very different-looking Delaware County Fair
PAUL COMSTOCK
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Because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Delaware County Fair -- which started Sept. 19 and will run through Saturday, Sept. 26 -- is a very different event compared to years past.
Per a state order announced by Gov. Mike DeWine, all county fairs starting after July 31 were limited to junior-fair activities only.
As a result, the general public will not be admitted this year, according to fair board president Tom Wright.
The fair will be limited to those directly involved with the junior fair and the week's schedule of harness racing, including the Little Brown Jug, which will be run without spectators.
Even though the fair is small, it has required a lot of planning, said Sandra Kuhn, fair manager.
"To me, it's been 10 times the work with 20 times as many changes" compared to a normal county fair, she said.
The fair is following pandemic guidelines set by the state and the Ohio Racing Commission, Kuhn said.
Responsible Restart Ohio has amended its original requirements for county fairs, she said.
"It still required a lot of planning, and part of it is everything has been a moving target. Just when you think you've got one thing covered, then you don't have it covered and it's changed," Kuhn said.
Fair officials also are taking "a lot of safety measures just to ensure all of the participants are safe when they're here," she said.
The fair board has enough hand sanitizer to fill about 30 1-gallon containers placed throughout the fairgrounds, she said, plus there are 5,000 face masks available if someone needs one.
"Plus (there are) lots of wipes for high-touch surfaces and five bags of rags for our cleaning companies," she said.
The junior fair is a series of judged events involving livestock and a variety of other projects for youths, with many participants 4-H members.
In one concession to normalcy, Kuhn said, each junior-fair participant will receive four passes to allow family members to attend judging.
Another change that wasn't in the original plan is owners of race horses will be allowed at the track the days their horses are racing, she said.
At a special meeting held Aug. 31, the fair board considered a plan to allow 1,500 spectators to view this year's harness racing, including the Little Brown Jug scheduled for Sept. 24.
In past years, the Brown Jug has averaged about 40,000 spectators.
The fair board decided it was too late to pull together the planning needed for even a reduced number of race fans, Kuhn said.
A small number of food vendors will be on the grounds to serve junior-fair and harness-racing participants, Wright said.
In keeping with DeWine's order, the fair will be missing rides, games, merchants who occupied the merchants building and coliseum and most food vendors, he said. Also missing will be the senior-fair livestock events in which adults participate.
As in previous years, simulcasts of the week's races will be broadcast in hundreds of locations throughout the world, Wright said. That number of sites -- brick-and-mortar venues, such as Scioto Downs -- might exceed last year's total of 420, Wright said.
In addition, he said, a number of websites will broadcast the races and allow wagering. Those websites will be listed at littlebrownjug.com, he said.
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1987: A New Line of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit System Opens to the Public
In the Republic of Singapore, the first section of the high-capacity rail transportation system known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) officially began operations. At the time of its debut, the North South Line (NSL) of the MRT covered 3.7 miles (six kilometers) between the Yio Chu Kang station in Ang Mo Kio, a planning area and residential town situated in the North-East Region of Singapore; and the Toa Payoh station in an eponymous planning area and residential town that is located in the Asian city-state's Central Region.
The inaugural ceremony for the initial segment of the NSL was held on the platform of the Toa Payoh station. Those taking part in the ceremony included Ong Teng Cheong, who was second deputy prime minister at the time and subsequently became the fifth president of Singapore; and Yeo Ning Hong, minister for communications and information. As part of the festivities, both men and approximately 400 others in attendance boarded a specially arranged train for the first round-trip ride between the Toa Payoh and Yio Chu Kang stations. Following the completion of this trip, the NSL was opened to the public. An estimated 120,000 passengers traveled on the line during its first day of service.
The NSL now serves 27 stations altogether and encompasses 28 miles (45 kilometers) between the Jurong East station in the Jurong Lake District in Singapore's West Region and the Marina South Pier station in the Straits View planning area in the Central Region. The entire MRT network encompasses 124 miles (199.6 kilometers), with 120 stations in operation across a total of five lines.
For more information on the opening of the Mass Rapid Transit's North South Line in Singapore, please check out http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/e926e24f-9c14-482b-b278-d582b535deb6.
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Re: Why is the value of the picker wheel have ", X of Y" appended to the string value of the picker?
How can this be controlled? For example, I have 4 different options in my picker wheel (a blank " " option, BUDGET, MISC, and WORK ISSUE). If my current value of the picker wheel is BUDGET, and I call the adjustToPickerWheelValue() method to change it to MISC, I will get an error "UI Testing Failure – Internal error: unable to find current value 'BUDGET, 2 of 4' in possible values BUDGET, MISC, WORK ISSUE…". It's the ", 2 of 4" that is messing the value up. This is also the value of the picker wheel I see when I use the simulator's accessibility inspector tool.
We have search fields embedded in the same component as our Segmented Control and the testing framework is unable to interact with it. If I record my actions in XCode, when I tap this search bar, it records the code app.tables.searchFields["Search"].tap(), but this line does not execute properly. An error is raised that the framework cannot find the element. I have even tried to query the element by using app.descendantsMatchingType(.SearchField).element, but that still would not return the results I was looking for.
Please file two bug reports with us (using the Report Bugs link at the bottom of this page) to track these issues. If possible, please attach sample projects that shows the issues that you're running into. Thanks!
Not sure if if Derekhie sumbitted a radar yet, but I submitted rdar://22918650 with an example project and UI Test that fails.
Also, joemasilotti's proposed solution doesn't solve this problem for me.
Hmm, what about a BEGINSWITH predicate?
I am running into this situation when using XCTest as well.
meet the same issue in Xcode7.
For a picker with only one wheel, we can access it via element() then just adjust to the specified value.
You can also adjust a picker with mutiple wheels by building a predicate.
Have you found any workaround?
Using `titleForRow` works for UIPicker wheel selection with `adjust(toPickerWheelValue` in UITest, but it is broken for my intended purpose. I need the custom views that `viewForRow` provides as part of UITest + Fastlane/Snapshot.
I am facing the same issue when using XCTest as well. Changing from "viewForRow" to "titleFoRow" broke everything else.
How is the status of this issue?
maybe the .tap function is used to get the keyboard focused and then we can set the value? I'm not sure.
This still seems to be an issue for me. I can not set the picker at all the above suggestion does not work. Will there be a fix for this issue in the forseeable future? Please advise thanks.
I've had a similar issue, but not gotten any trction on it after reporting it almost two years ago.
When adjusting a picker with multiple wheels, it will onlhy adjust the wheel one position regardless of how many are require to reach the tequested value.
I have the same issue (on Xcode 10.1). Did you ever find a solution?
I guess this bug is never going to be fixed.. or is there any hint if there will be a fix in the near future?


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    {
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        public void ThreeSecs()
        {
            //System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000);
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    {
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        public void FiveSecs()
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Dodgers News: Don Mattingly Weighs In On Crowded Outfield Situation
Ross Gasmer12/10/2013
Day 2 of the Winter Meetings got underway this morning and while there haven't been a lot of Dodger news today, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly finally met with the media.
Where things stood with his contract continues to be a hot topic as he's only signed through 2014 and at the end of the season, Mattingly said that he wouldn't return unless he received a multi-year deal. A few days later, he backtracked off those comments and said he would honor the last year of his contract in hopes of landing an extension.
Talking to Ken Gurnick of Dodgers.com, Mattingly discussed the current state of his crowded outfield:
Mattingly said he is preparing as if all four outfielders will remain with the club, saying it's a good problem to have.
— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) December 10, 2013
In the first day and a half of the Winter Meetings, the Dodgers outfield situation has been the center of attention. It was reported yesterday that GM Ned Colletti was talking to four teams about either Matt Kemp or Andre Ethier as a deal feels like it's inevitable.
Kemp's agent, Dave Stewart, flew down to Orlando and has been running his mouth that he's never heard this much talk about a player without a trade going down. At this juncture, teams don't sound totally sold on Kemp's medical reports as he's still in a walking boot after off-season surgery and also had shoulder surgery.
Mattingly went so far as to say that he believes he can find a way to find playing time for all four outfielders, but it remains to be seen which one would be the odd man out. Still, a trade feels like it could and should happen if not at the Winter Meetings sometime during the off-season as the Dodgers don't need the headache of outfield questions all season long.
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Great Rock Capital Adds Senior Originator for the Midwest Region
Micheal Molenda joins as Managing Director of Originations
New York, September 12, 2017 – Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specializing in middle-market lending, today announced the hire of Michael Molenda as Managing Director of Originations. Based in Chicago, Mr. Molenda will be responsible for sourcing new investment opportunities and building relationships for Great Rock Capital, as they look to expand their capabilities in the Midwest Region.
"We look forward to the strong relationships and years of middle-market lending experience that Mike will bring to our team," said Stuart Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer. "The Midwest is the industrial heartland of the United States and the types of middle-market companies in this region are a perfect fit for Great Rock Capital's product line."
Mr. Molenda brings over 25 years of experience to his position at Great Rock Capital. He most recently served as Managing Director at Regions Business Capital, where he led the company's Midwest office. Prior to Regions Business Capital, Mr. Molenda was a Senior Vice President in Leveraged Finance at Capital One and led originations at Ally Commercial Finance, Merrill Lynch Capital and GMAC Commercial Finance. Mr. Molenda earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Michigan.
"I'm excited to join the Great Rock Capital team and expand their capabilities in the Midwest Region," said Mr. Molenda. "Together we look forward to providing creative financing solutions to middle-market customers in this strategically important region."
About Great Rock Capital
Great Rock Capital is an asset-focused commercial finance company specializing in serving the needs of middle-market companies with a wide variety of secured lending products. Great Rock Capital provides fast, flexible and creative financing solutions to maximize its customers' liquidity to enable them to better execute their business plans. To learn more, visit http://greatrockcapital.com/.
Company Contact: Stuart Armstrong, CEO Great Rock Capital, (203) 557-6275, Armstrong@greatrockcapital.com


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Jousting is a sport played by two mounted knights mounted on horses. It consists of martial competition using a variety of weapons, usually in sets of three per weapon (such as tilting with a lance, blows with the battle axe, strokes with the dagger, or strokes with a sword), often as part of a tournament.
Jousting was just one of a number of popular martial games in the Middle Ages referred to generically as hastiludes and took great skill to do.
Though the first recorded tournament was staged in 1066, jousting did not gain in widespread popularity until the 12th century. It maintained its status as a popular European sport until the early 17th century.
Jousting was added to tournaments several centuries after their inauguration. The joust permitted a better display of individual skill and, although dangerous, offered large sums of prize money. Many knights made their fortune in these events, whilst many lost their fortune or even life. For example, Henry II of France died when his opponent's lance went through his visor and shattered into fragments, blinding his right eye and penetrating his right orbit and temple.
Medieval jousting
The skills and technique used in jousting are also used in combat. In combat, mounted knights would charge at their enemies with weapons to try to kill or disable them. The primary use of the jousting lance is to unhorse the other by striking them with the end of the lance while riding towards them at high speed. This is known as "tilting". Other weapons were also used for jousting.
The lists, or list field, is the arena in which a jousting event or similar tournament is held. More precisely, it is the roped-off enclosure where tournament fighting takes place. It is mentioned frequently in the novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. In the late medieval period, castles and palaces were augmented by purpose-built tiltyards as a venue for "jousting tournaments".
The two most common kinds of horse used for jousting were warmblood charger and coldblood destriers. Chargers were medium-weight horses bred and trained for agility and stamina, while destriers were heavy war horses. These were larger and slower, but helpful to give devastating force to the rider's lance through its weight being about twice as great as that of a traditional riding horse. The horses were trained for ambling, a kind of pace that provided the rider with stability in order to be able to focus and aim better with the lance.
During a jousting tournament, the horses were cared for by their groom in their respective tents. They wore caparisons, a type of ornamental cloth featuring the owner's heraldic signs. Competing horses had their heads protected by a chanfron, an iron shield for protection from otherwise lethal lance hits.
Other forms of equipment on the horse included long-necked spurs which enabled the rider to control the horse with extended legs, a saddle with a high back to provide leverage during the charge or when hit, as well as stirrups for the necessary leverage to deliver blows with the lance.
The armour
Jousting was popular from the high Middle Ages until the early 1600s, when it was replaced as the equine highlight of court festivities by large "horse-ballet" displays called carousels, although non-combat competitions such as the ring-tilt lasted until the 18th century. During the period jousting was popular, armour evolved from being chain mail (called simply mail at the time), with a solid, heavy helmet, called a "great helm", and shield. By 1400 knights wore full suits of plate armour, called a "harness". A full harness frequently included extra pieces specifically for use in jousting, so that a light military combat suit could be reinforced with heavier, "bolt-on" protective plates on the cuirass (breastplate) and helmet, and also with jousting-specific arm and shoulder pieces, which traded mobility for extra protection. These extra pieces were usually much stronger on the side expected to take the impact of the lance. Special jousting helmets were sometimes used, made so that the wearer could only see out by leaning forwards. If the wearer straightened up just before the impact of the lance, the eyes would be completely protected. Some later suits had a small shield built-in the left side of the armour. In some cases this was spring loaded to fly into pieces if struck properly by the opponent's lance.
In modern times, jousting is often done for show or demonstration purposes, and the lances used are usually made of light wood and prepared so that they break easily. Lances are often decorated with stripes or the colors of a knight's coat of arms. In a real joust, the lances were of solid oak and a significant strike was needed to shatter them. However, the (blunt) lances would not usually penetrate the steel. The harnesses worn by the knights were lined on the inside with plenty of cloth to soften the blow from the lance.
Modern-day jousting
Broken lances are common in full contact jousts.
In this picture, airborne fragments of both lances are visible.
International Jousting Association knights in historically correct reproduction armour jousting at a tournament in Taupo New Zealand, 2006
Modern day jousting or tilting has been kept alive by the International Jousting Association, [31430], which has strict guidelines for the quality and authenticity of jousters' armour & equipment, and has developed the use of breakable lance tips for safety.
Jousting under the International Jousting Association rules follows a points system where points are given for breaking the lance tip on the opposing knight's shield; note that there are no points given for unhorsing an opponent . International Jousting Association sanctioned tournaments also include skill at arms where the riders display their horsemanship and weapons handling skills with swords on the Moors Head, they use spears for the rings and spear throw, and use the lance against a spinning quintain. Many International Jousting Association tournaments also include a mounted melee with fully armoured riders using padded batons in place of swords for safety. None of the International Jousting Association events are theatrically based and they offer the public a chance to observe living history as opposed to entertainment oriented jousting.
Today, tent pegging is the only form of jousting officially recognized by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports. The sport involves using a lance or sword to strike and carry away a small wooden ground target. The name "tent pegging" is derived from the cavalry tactic of causing confusion in enemy camps by galloping though the camps and collapsing the tents by pulling up the tent peg anchors with well-placed lance tip strikes. The actual sport of tent pegging, however, originated in medieval India , when horse cavalrymen would try to incapacitate elephant cavalry by striking the elephants with lances on their extremely sensitive toenails.
Ring jousting is the official state sport of Maryland , and was the first official sport of any American state.
The Italian town of Foligno also holds an annual jousting tournament, the Giostra della Quintana, that dates back to the 1613. The Knights have to spear rings from the statue of the Quintana.
The Italian town of Arezzo continues to hold an annual jousting tournament, which dates to the Crusades. Jousters aim for a square target attached to a wooden effigy of a Saracen king, whose opposite arm holds a cat-o-three-tails — three leather laces with a heavy wooden ball at the end of each lace. The riders strike the target with chalk-tipped lances and score points for accuracy, but must also dodge the cat-o-three-tails after they have struck the target.
Modern theatrical jousting competitions are popular at American Renaissance fairs and similar festivals, and feature riders on horseback attempting various feats of skill with the lance, which may not always have a basis in history.
Several international organisations, such as the Society for Creative Anachronism and the International Jousting Association., promote rules to govern their jousting events.
In Port Republic, Maryland the annual Calvert County Jousting Tournament is held every August on the grounds of historic Christ Episcopal Church. In 2005, the tournament was featured in an edition of ESPN's SportsCenter.
A Knight's Tale
Accession Day tilt
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The Chronicles of Froissart
Sea jousting
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Strong, Roy: The Cult of Elizabeth: Elizabethan Portraiture and Pageantry, Thames and Hudson, 1977, ISBN 0500232636
Young, Alan: Tudor and Jacobean Tournaments, Sheridan House, 1987, ISBN 0911378758
Giostra Del Saracino, Arezzo
Tales from Froissart excerpts from 1849 edition of the Thomas Johnes translation (1805).
From Lance to Pistol: The Evolution of Mounted Soldiers from 1550 to 1600 (myArmoury.com article)


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