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The MISSION: TOMORROW Interviews: Robin Wayne Bailey, Ben Bova and Jack Skillingstead on MISSION: TOMORROW
Posted on November 9, 2015 by Bryan Thomas Schmidt in Interviews // 0 Comments
Hugo-nominated editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt's latest anthology, Mission: Tomorrow, a hard science fiction anthology of near future stories about space travel in a post-NASA age, released Tuesday November 4th from Baen and has been getting great reviews in Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal and more. Here's the first in a series of SF Signal interviews with some of the contributors about their stories.
Here's the synopsis for the upcoming anthology Mission: Tomorrow:
NEW STORIES OF THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION. Original anthology of stories about near-future space exploration from top authors. Includes stories by Jack McDevitt, Michael F. Flynn, Sarah A. Hoyt, Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, and many more.
In Mission: Tomorrow, science fiction writers imagine the future of space exploration with NASA no longer dominant. Will private companies rule the stars or will new governments take up the call? From Brazilians to Russians to Chinese, the characters in these stories deal with everything from strange encounters, to troubled satellites and space ships, to competition for funding and getting there first. Nineteen stories of what-if spanning the gamut from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, assembled by critically praised editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
Robin Wayne Bailey is the author of numerous novels, including the bestselling Dragonkin series, the Frost saga, Shadowdance and the Fritz Leiber-inspired Swords Against The Shadowland. He's written over one hundred short stories, many of which are included in his two collections, Turn Left To Tomorrow and The Fantastikon: Tales Of Wonder. He is a former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was a 2008 Nebula Award nominee. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri. He is currently editing Little Green Men–Attack!, a humorous SF anthology for Baen with Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
SF Signal: What gave you the idea for this story?
Robin Wayne Bailey: I've always had a fascination with Pluto. I've even visited the observatory near Flagstaff, AZ where Percival Lowell first observed the planet. Yes, I said "planet." And with the New Horizons probe approaching Pluto, I wanted to write my story and see how much I could get right before the probe arrived. Also, Wilson Tucker, a longtime friend, mentor and father-figure had written a story for the old Ace Doubles called "To the Tombaugh Station," so I also wanted to pay a small homage, although our stories are nothing alike.
SFS: Tell us a bit about your main character.
RWB: James Dayton is a former military man who has become disillusioned with what Earth governments can achieve or even want to achieve. He's "jumped ship," as it were, to the corporate side of space travel and helped to spearhead a very cutting edge journey to Pluto. He commands the first of three gigantic vessels that will make the one-way trip to Pluto and then link up on the planet's surface to form the first working scientific station. He is the first man to set foot on Pluto and, as commander of the station as well as a founder, keenly aware of the scale and grandeur of the undertaking.
SFS: How did you come to be a part of Mission: Tomorrow?
RWB: I had written two stories previously for editor Schmidt, one a fantasy called "Vengeance," and the other a science fiction story called "King of the Galaxy Knights." I think he knows the versatility of my work and my willingness to work with a skilled editor, so he invited me aboard. I was very happy to accept.
SFS: Does your story tie in to other works or worlds that I've written? How?
RWB: Originally, "Tombaugh Station" was a complete stand-alone story, unlike anything else I'd written. However, by the time I finished the piece, I realized I had created a situation, a "world" if you will, that I wanted to visit again, and I have the outline for that tale right beside my computer. It will be called "Old-timer," another James Dayton story set at Tombaugh Station with more revelations about their mission and the planet. I like this setting and the characters well enough that I may continue, from time to time, to revisit them.
SFS: What other projects are you working on that we can look forward to?
RWB: Bryan Thomas Schmidt and I get along so well that we began contemplating projects we might work on together. I approached him with the idea for a humorous science fiction anthology. We put a proposal together and sold the idea to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books. It's called Little Green Men–Attack! and it's been great fun to assemble. It should be out in late 2016 or 2017.
SFS: How does your approach to writing long-form differ from writing short stories, if it does?
RWB: When I first begin a short story, the process is similar to my novel writing. I create a "Bible" for the characters, the setting, etc. That "Bible" will contain a lot of background and information. Often, in the first drafts of my stories, I'll crowd too much of that information into the tale, and my job on the second draft then is to go back and pare out anything that isn't absolutely essential to the current story, itself. With "Tombaugh Station," for instance, the first draft opened way out in space with a lot of wordage about orbital velocities, the search for a suitable landing area for Tombaugh One, and a lot of interpersonal stuff among the characters. All that would be fine for a novel-length work, but not for a short story. With a short story, the writer has to find that immediate moment at which his or her story actually begins and then cut away everything, no matter how cool, that doesn't serve the immediate story.
SFS: If you could go into space, what would be your preference: personal or public? Long-term or just a short trip?
RWB: Ah, the answers I could have given when I was younger. What kid or science fiction writer didn't dream of going into space? I suppose they still do. But at a certain point in most of our lives we become anchored by the relationships we build and by the responsibilities and obligations we forge with the people we love and care for and who care for us. If it was possible to go for a short hop and return safely without forsaking those relationships and responsibilities, sure, I might go, but only for a brief time. For now, though, it's not really a decision I have to think about. Real space travel still remains the stuff of dreams.
For nearly fifty years Dr. Ben Bova has been writing about humankind's future in space. His first novel, The Star Conquerors, was published in 1959. Since then he has written more than 130 futuristic novels and nonfiction books about science and high technology. His 2006 novel, Titan, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, "for fueling mankind's imagination regarding the wonders of outer space."
He was editor of Analog Science Fiction and Omni magazines and won six Hugo Awards for Best Professional Editor. Ben is also a past president of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and president emeritus of the National Space Society (NSS). His latest novel is New Earth.
What is the name of your Mission: Tomorrow story and what's it about?
Ben Bova: The story's title is "Rare (Off ) Earth Elements." It's about China's attempt to monopolize the supply of rare earth elements – which are vital for electronics manufacturing – and Sam Gunn's attempt to break their monopoly.
What gave you the idea for your story?
BB: Current events…and projecting them into the not-so-distant future.
Tell us a bit about your main character(s) please.
BB: Sam Gunn in a sawed-off, loud-mouthed, skirt-chasing entrepreneur who has made – and lost – several fortunes in space ventures. In this tale he meets a female Chinese astronaut. And the rest is history.
How did you come to be a part of Mission: Tomorrow?
BB: Bryan asked me.
Does your story tie in to other works or worlds you've written? How?
BB: It's another episode in Sam Gunn's colorful life.
What are other projects you're working on that might interest us?
BB: At the moment I'm working on a contemporary novel set In Washington DC, about the sparks that fly when science and politics butt heads. It's a third novel in a series, following my earlier Power Play and Power Surge.
How does your approach to writing short stories differ from your long form process, if it does?
BB: For me, writing short stories in more difficult than writing novels. Novels take longer, of course, but you have the room to allow your characters to develop. Short fiction has to be plotted in detail from the start. You don't have room to allow your characters to develop; you have to know what they're going to do when you start writing the story.
If you could go into space, what would be your preference: personal or public? Long term or just a quick trip?
BB: I think private space companies will be the way to go. Let NASA and the other government agencies handle the scientific and developmental missions. Private firms will be better at dealing with passengers. At my age, quick trips will probably be better.
Jack Skillingstead
In 2001 Jack Skillingstead won Stephen King's ON WRITING contest. Not long afterward Jack began selling regularly to major science fiction and fantasy markets. To date he has published more than thirty stories in various magazines, Year's Best volumes and original anthologies. Much of his short work has been collected in Are You There And Other Stories (Golden Gryphon Press, 2009 and reprinted 2014 by Fairwood Press). Jack's novel, Life On The Preservation (Solaris 2013), was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award. He has also been a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award. Jack lives in Seattle with his wife, writer Nancy Kress.
Jack Skillingstead: "Tribute" is about a former NASA astronaut who is recruited by private interests to crew on a mission to Mars. Her brother died on the last Mars mission, and that disaster contributed to the end of NASA's manned spaceflight program and the dream of colonizing the red planet.
JS: I was struck by how our manned space program has been devoted to near-Earth orbit in the post-Apollo age. And though there is talk of private missions to Mars, it seems obvious that the private commercialization of space will be more about exploitation rather than exploration. I wanted to write about a character frustrated with this state of affairs and willing to take the bold risks involved in pushing bounderies no one seems to care about.
JS: Karie Chen is driven by her core belief that exploration is at the heart of human achievement. Without a sense of pushing bounderies, stagnation takes over, and stagnation leads inevitably to the decay of civilization. That's her Big Idea. On a smaller, human scale, she simply wants to complete the mission her brother died trying to carry out. And on a purely selfish level, Karie wants to fly in space again — an impossibility without the sponsorship of the corporate world she loaths. In this sense, Karie is the first of a new breed of astronaut.
JS: Bryan Schmidt invited me to contribute a story, so I gave it a shot. I'm pleased he decided to buy it.
JS: It does not. In fact, "Tribute" is something of a departure for me.
JS: I've been writing a science fiction novel with the working title of Unbound. By the time this interview appears, I hope to have a final draft. Beyond that, I have a few short stories appearing in the coming year.
JS: Completely different animals, though I maintain you can learn a lot about the elements of novel writing by doing a lot of short stories. Both forms function best in scenes, both employee characters who want something, etc. But a short story can be drafted in a comparatively short span of time, and once finished in rough form can be held as a whole event in the writer's mind. Novels are simply too long for that to work. If you aren't an accompished outliner, you must find other strategies to nurture the many details involved in long form fiction. By the way, in my experience, good short story writers tend NOT to be outliners.
JS: If I ever go into space, it will certainly be on a commercial suborbital flight, such as those being offered by Virgin Galactic. And, if I had the resources, I would go in a minute! Of course, the cost is currently prohibitive. But that could change in the next ten or fifteen years, a time frame in which I could probably still manage the physical rigors — barely.
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About Bryan Thomas Schmidt (68 Articles)
Bryan Thomas Schmidt is an author and Hugo-nominated editor of adult and children's speculative fiction. His debut novel, THE WORKER PRINCE received Honorable Mention on Barnes & Noble Book Club's Year's Best Science Fiction Releases. His short stories have appeared in magazines, anthologies and online. As book editor he is the main editor for Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta's WordFire Press where he has edited books by such luminaries as Alan Dean Foster, Tracy Hickman, Frank Herbert, Mike Resnick, Jean Rabe and more. He was also the first editor on Andy Weir's bestseller THE MARTIAN. His anthologies as editor include SHATTERED SHIELDS with co-editor Jennifer Brozek and MISSION: TOMORROW, GALACTIC GAMES (forthcoming) and LITTLE GREEN MEN--ATTACK! (forthcoming) all for Baen, SPACE BATTLES: FULL THROTTLE SPACE TALES #6, BEYOND THE SUN and RAYGUN CHRONICLES: SPACE OPERA FOR A NEW AGE. He is also coediting anthologies with Larry Correia and Jonathan Maberry set in their New York Times Bestselling Monster Hunter and Joe Ledger universes. From December 2010 to June 2015, he hosted #sffwrtcht (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer's Chat) Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on Twitter as @SFFWRTCHT.
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Please note this was last reprinted in 1995. For more up-to-date information on earthquake prediction research, please see the Earthquake Hazards Program website http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/topics.php?topicID=53
Predicting Earthquakes
The goal of earthquake prediction is to give warning of potentially damaging earthquakes early enough to allow appropriate response to the disaster, enabling people to minimize loss of life and property. The U.S. Geological Survey conducts and supports research on the likelihood of future earthquakes. This research includes field, laboratory, and theoretical investigations of earthquake mechanisms and fault zones. A primary goal of earthquake research is to increase the reliability of earthquake probability estimates. Ultimately, scientists would like to be able to specify a high probability for a specific earthquake on a particular fault within a particular year. Scientists estimate earthquake probabilities in two ways: by studying the history of large earthquakes in a specific area and the rate at which strain accumulates in the rock.
This time-exposure photograph of the electronic-laser, ground-motion movement system in operation at Parkfield, California, to track movement along the San Andreas fault. Full size image - 40 k
Scientists study the past frequency of large earthquakes in order to determine the future likelihood of similar large shocks. For example, if a region has experienced four magnitude 7 or larger earthquakes during 200 years of recorded history, and if these shocks occurred randomly in time, then scientists would assign a 50 percent probability (that is, just as likely to happen as not to happen) to the occurrence of another magnitude 7 or larger quake in the region during the next 50 years.
But in many places, the assumption of random occurrence with time may not be true, because when strain is released along one part of the fault system, it may actually increase on another part. Four magnitude 6.8 or larger earthquakes and many magnitude 6 - 6.5 shocks occurred in the San Francisco Bay region during the 75 years between 1836 and 1911. For the next 68 years (until 1979), no earthquakes of magnitude 6 or larger occurred in the region. Beginning with a magnitude 6.0 shock in 1979, the earthquake activity in the region increased dramatically; between 1979 and 1989, there were four magnitude 6 or greater earthquakes, including the magnitude 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake. This clustering of earthquakes leads scientists to estimate that the probability of a magnitude 6.8 or larger earthquake occurring during the next 30 years in the San Francisco Bay region is about 67 percent (twice as likely as not).
Another way to estimate the likelihood of future earthquakes is to study how fast strain accumulates. When plate movements build the strain in rocks to a critical level, like pulling a rubber band too tight, the rocks will suddenly break and slip to a new position. Scientists measure how much strain accumulates along a fault segment each year, how much time has passed since the last earthquake along the segment, and how much strain was released in the last earthquake. This information is then used to calculate the time required for the accumulating strain to build to the level that results in an earthquake. This simple model is complicated by the fact that such detailed information about faults is rare. In the United States, only the San Andreas fault system has adequate records for using this prediction method.
Both of these methods, and a wide array of monitoring techniques, are being tested along part of the San Andres fault. For the past 150 years, earthquakes of about magnitude 6 have occurred an average of every 22 years on the San Andreas fault near Parkfield, California. The last shock was in 1966. Because of the consistency and similarity of these earthquakes, scientists have started an experiment to "capture" the next Parkfield earthquake. A dense web of monitoring instruments was deployed in the region during the late 1980s. The main goals of the ongoing Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment are to record the geophysical signals before and after the expected earthquake; to issue a short-term prediction; and to develop effective methods of communication between earthquake scientists and community officials responsible for disaster response and mitigation. This project has already made important contributions to both earth science and public policy.
Scientific understanding of earthquakes is of vital importance to the Nation. As the population increases, expanding urban development and construction works encroach upon areas susceptible to earthquakes. With a greater understanding of the causes and effects of earthquakes, we may be able to reduce damage and loss of life from this destructive phenomenon.
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An Extension to an Existing Victorian Primary School.
The new building counterpoints the old with it simple form and white rendered walls.
It has a green sedum roof and two cones which bring light and air into the centre of the building.
Classrooms open up out onto a small veranda providing a covered external play area on a highly restricted site.
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33737 Helenlyons è un asteroide della fascia principale. Scoperto nel 1999, presenta un'orbita caratterizzata da un semiasse maggiore pari a 2,7088726 UA e da un'eccentricità di 0,1930572, inclinata di 5,25738° rispetto all'eclittica.

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Max Verstappen's gripping F1 win watched by 4.4m Brits
Champagne moment: Verstappen
By Bob Treasure
The Formula One season finale that was contested at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday drew peak audience figures of 4.4 million on Channel 4.
Max Verstappen clinched his maiden F1 world championship with a thrilling last-lap overtake at the Yas Marina Circuit with a one-minute peak viewing figure of 4.4 million at 2.32pm.
The Red Bull driver stormed past title rival Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages of the race, having benefited from a late safety car that bunched up the pack.
There was a combined peak TV audience of 7.4 million at 2.32pm - a 60 per cent share - with Channel 4 and all three Sky Sports channels that were broadcasting the race.
Confusion reigned as under-fire race director Michael Masi changed his mind to allow lapped cars to pass the safety car - meaning Verstappen had a clear run at Hamilton in the final lap and, on much faster tyres, made his move to claim a first F1 title.
Mercedes immediately launched two appeals against the result, one against Verstappen for allegedly overtaking under a safety car and a second claiming a breach of rules regarding race restarts following a safety car period - both of which were dismissed.
Channel 4 chief content officer Ian Katz said: 'Though many British F1 fans will be disappointed by the result, it's fantastic that Channel 4 was able to bring this nail-biting finale to the 2021 F1 Season to 4.4 million viewers free to air and, in partnership with Sky, to an incredible peak audience of 7.4m.
'Following on from the return of Test cricket to free-to-air television, a remarkable Paralympics and Emma Raducanu's triumph, it was a fittingly-dramatic end to an extraordinary year of sport on Channel 4.'
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What happened in the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last Sunday was unfair to Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team. That much was obvious.
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How's life going for me? Slow. Making bracelets when I have the time to start an etsy shop and sneaking in pictures between studying and gloomy skies (iono how to get the gloom out of the pictures without it looking too happy).


Like many other large tech companies round the world (Microsoft., FaceBook, Sony etc) SKY have decided to get involved in the virtual wave that has caught this planet by storm.
SKY have officially announced that it will be launching its own virtual reality application for its users this summer. The app will hopefully bring heaps of top quality VR content to the masses. Thankfully SKY are in the advantageous position of already being one of the world largest broadcasters of content across the arts, sports and entertainment sectors so hopefully they'll jump right into this new medium.
SKY will be following the likes of Jaunt (who they invested in last year), WEVR and Samsung's Milk, all virtual reality apps that offer users access to virtual reality content (especially films).
SKY also launched their VR Studios sub-brand which will not only be the 'home of quality VR content' but also be one of the key players in its product too.
Keep an eye on our virtual reality news section for updates to SKY's involvement in this area.


So… you might or might not know that I'm a writer. I've had a short story collection published via Anteism , and I've self published a novel called Throwing Rocks at Beehives.
It's hard work being an independent writer. Lots of work for little reward, but the finished story is supposed to be the reward right? Right?!
Well, good news! I've just published my newest novel, called Ferguson Road. And I'm super excited to post this news today, and hoping that you'll go check it out on the Apple iBook site, or the Kobo ebook site.
Here's links to where it can be sampled and purchased, and if you do check it out, I do hope that you enjoy it!
Ferguson Road on Kobo Books.


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Paul Joseph Ockert
American, 1892–1966
Paul Joseph Ockert was a Cleveland artist and architect. Born September 3, 1892, Ockert attended East High School in Cleveland, Ohio, going on to graduate from Adelbert College in 1914 (Case Western Reserve University). Ockert's artwork appeared in the Cleveland Museum of Art's May Show on six separate occasions: 1921, 1928, 1946, 1947, and 1948. He was a printmaker as well as a painter.
Ockert was not only an artist, but a successful architect, designing numerous homes in Shaker Heights, Ohio, among other things. His name appears listed as an architect beginning in the 1927 Cleveland City Directory. From 1932 to 1938 he was a member of the firm Ockert & Teare with George W. Teare, which was located at 1836 Euclid Avenue. Both Ockert and Teare were associated with the Cleveland firm of Meade and Hamilton.
Ockert lived in Hudson, Ohio in the Erastus Coy House at 66 Streetsboro Street.
Paul Ockert died July 7, 1966 and was buried at the Markillie/St. Mary Cemetery in Hudson, Ohio.
Works by Paul Joseph Ockert
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Q: Radio buttons with different names into local storage I have a huge form with many radio buttons and I'm using sisyphus.js to local storage all fields. Problem is if a set of radio buttons have the same name it will result in adding a key value for only the last radio button. Earlier I was assisted and was successful in getting radio buttons with different names to uncheck the previously selected one, now I'm stuck with the local storage not saving.
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        document.forms.myform.radioa.checked = false;
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        document.forms.myform.radioe.checked = false;
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A: That's because radio button with the same name are in the same group, representing a single key-value pair as far as HTML is concerned: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Input

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Fox News interview with The Duggars set for Wednesday
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By Lynette Rice Updated May 30, 2015 at 12:00 PM EDT
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Fox News news host Megyn Kelly has snagged the first interview with 19 Kids and Counting stars Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, whose son Josh admitted to acting "inexcusably" after a report surfaced that he molested five underage girls when he was 14.
Fox News announced that the interview would air during The Kelly File on Wednesday, June 3, at 9 p.m. ET. Additional portions will also air during a one-hour special on Friday, June 5, at 9 p.m. ET. The duo released this statement on Michelle's blog: "Next week we will sit down with Megyn Kelly on Fox News to share our hearts with you about the pain that we walked through as a family twelve years ago, the tears we all shed and the forgiveness that was given. We appreciate the outpouring of love and prayers for our family at this time."
Reruns of 19 Kids were pulled from TLC last week after a magazine revealed sexual molestation allegations against the Duggar's eldest son Josh, now 27. The now-married man, with a fourth child on the way, released a statement to PEOPLE that said, "Twelve years ago, as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I hurt others, including my family and close friends."
Shortly thereafter, TLC released a statement saying "we are deeply saddened and troubled by this heartbreaking situation." But the network has since remained mum in the wake in the scandal — all while advertisers like Payless Shoe Source and General Mills have announced via social media they will not run ads on 19 Kids and Counting. The show recently wrapped its 10th season.
The unscripted program, which follows parents Jim Bob and Michelle and their 19 children — all of whose names begin with the letter J — first launched in 2008. It is TLC's most successful program.


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Q: ParseException: Unparseable date: "Wed Mar 30 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2016" (at offset 4) Im trying parse a String with a date to convert it into a Date format. Strings are in the following format.
Wed Mar 30 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2016
But when im parsing the String i get a error saying,
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Wed Mar 30 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2016" (at offset 4)
below is a part of my code. How do i avoid this error? Any help would be appreciated.
SimpleDateFormat sdf3 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MM dd kk:mm:ss zzzz yyyy",Locale.ENGLISH);

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}

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    Date d1 = sdf3.parse(dateList.get(0));

}catch (Exception e){ e.printStackTrace(); }

A: Check this once.
working fine for me
SimpleDateFormat sdf3 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);

    Date d1 = null;
    try{
        d1 = sdf3.parse("Wed Mar 30 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2016");

    }catch (Exception e){ e.printStackTrace(); }

    System.out.println("check..." + d1);

A: java.time
The java.util date-time API and their formatting API, SimpleDateFormat are outdated and error-prone. It is recommended to stop using them completely and switch to the modern date-time API* .
Using modern date-time API:
import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String strDateTime = "Wed Mar 30 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2016";
        DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("E MMM d H:m:s O u", Locale.ENGLISH);
        OffsetDateTime odt = OffsetDateTime.parse(strDateTime, dtf);
        System.out.println(odt);
    }
}

Output:
2016-03-30T00:00+05:30

Learn more about the modern date-time API from Trail: Date Time.

* For any reason, if you have to stick to Java 6 or Java 7, you can use ThreeTen-Backport which backports most of the java.time functionality to Java 6 & 7. If you are working for an Android project and your Android API level is still not compliant with Java-8, check Java 8+ APIs available through desugaring and How to use ThreeTenABP in Android Project.

A:
Wed Mar 30 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2016
  EEE MM  dd kk:mm:ss zzzz yyyy

Your data doesn't match your pattern. To get it working, update your pattern to
"EEE MMM dd kk:mm:ss zXXX yyyy"

PS: here is a handy tool to test your patterns.


The provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Sale shall govern any proposed or actual transaction between Consignor Auctions Limited ("CAL") and the prospective buyer/bidder ("Bidder"). CAL is acting as agent for the person who has consigned the property to CAL for sale, whether as principal, owner or agent ("Consignor").
The descriptions of items offered by CAL ("Property"), including artist, title, medium, size, date of execution, provenance, exhibition history, inclusion/reproduction within literature sources, attribution and genuineness, are subject to change leading to the final sale of said Property (including the process during which bidding is active for the Property during CAL online auctions). Descriptions of Property provided by CAL are not meant to stand as a representation to Bidders and no guarantee or warranty of complete accuracy of the provided descriptions is intended or should be assumed. Bidders are provided the opportunity to view and inspect all Property offered for sale by CAL through public and/or prearranged private viewings prior to a sale's completion. No sale shall be rescinded due to a lack of correspondence between the provided description of the Property by CAL and the Property itself, including the illustration of the Property provided by CAL. It is the sole responsibility of a Bidder to make arrangements for the inspection of the Property of interest (by the Bidder itself and/or by the Bidder's advisers) prior to sale, and to bid in accordance to this actual inspection and/or reliance upon their advisers' guidance. All submitted bids are final. Removal or alteration of submitted bids is not permitted during the course of any auction.
The Bidder who has successfully bid on Property (the "Successful Bidder") confirms that any claims relating thereto shall be claims against Consignor, without recourse to CAL. CAL represents the Consignor exclusively and makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding legal title or ownership of the Property offered by CAL and has relied upon the Consignor confirming same to CAL, without further independent investigation. The Bidder shall be solely responsible for satisfying itself of the legal title or ownership of the Property and liens or encumbrances affecting same and the capacity of the Consignor to sell the Property offered.
However, notwithstanding the stipulations listed above, the Successful Bidder may make arrangements for a recognized and fully-qualified authority, who is accepted by CAL, to inspect the Property prior to collection by the Successful Bidder from CAL's premises. Should this authority submit in writing to CAL a statement regarding the challenge of genuineness and/or authenticity of the lot in question, the sale can be rescinded by CAL and a full refund will be provided to the Successful Bidder. The above process must take place within seven days of the final sale of the Property.
CAL is pleased to offer a service of providing condition reports on the lots which are offered through its auctions. Please note that these reports are matters of opinion and are prepared by CAL specialists and are not a substitute for a physical inspection of the artwork by the Bidder or their advisors. CAL specialists are not trained restorers and the provided condition reports are not meant to equal a comprehensive report created by a professional restorer. The reports provided by CAL are meant to provide assistance to the Bidder through observations of the artwork and the report will not disclose any imperfections which might be revealed through the process of subsequent restoration. In all cases, the Bidder is advised to consult their own conservator for a complete report with regard to condition (CAL is happy to provide access to the artwork by conservators through public previews and private pre-arranged appointments). Bidders should be aware that CAL's warranties with regard to the Property offered through their auctions are limited to the terms listed in the Terms and Conditions of Sale and in no case extend to the condition of the artwork.
A buyer's premium of 18% of the successful bid price is to be paid by the Successful Bidder to CAL as part of the purchase price.
In addition, 13% HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) is applied to the successful bid (hammer) price and buyer's premium. However, HST will not be charged on purchased Property which is shipped outside of Canada. Where purchased Property is shipped outside of the Province of Ontario but within Canada, the applicable HST or GST will be charged based on the tax applications within the province or territory of destination. In both cases, the Property must be collected from the offices of CAL with a waybill provided indicating the destination. It is the sole responsibility of the Purchaser to provide acceptable details and make the necessary arrangements to meet the requirements for altered tax responsibilities based on the destination of the shipped Property. Alterations of invoices and/or crediting of tax payments will not be completed once CAL has released the Property.
The Bidder acknowledges that CAL may collect a commission and associated fees through its agreement with the Consignor of a lot included in a CAL auction.
Purchases completed through CAL auctions are not represented to necessarily include copyright allowances to the Successful Bidder for the purchased Property.
CAL reserves the right to withdraw any Property from sale for any reason whatsoever and without liability. This withdrawal may occur up to the close of bidding for the Property. CAL also reserves the right to divide lots of Property into smaller lots or to combine individual lots of Property into larger lots. The above can be carried out at the sole discretion of CAL and can occur without notice.
Each Bidder must register with CAL, agreeing to the Terms and Conditions of Sale. Registered Bidders represent that they are bidding on their own behalf and are responsible for those lots in which they are the successful high bidder (becoming the Purchaser or Successful Bidder). In the event that a registered Bidder is representing another party, CAL must be contacted regarding this arrangement at least twentyfour hours prior to the opening of bidding for a particular auction and CAL reserves the right to refuse this arrangement for any reason whatsoever. Failure to abide by this provision shall entitle CAL to deem the Bidder as bidding on its own behalf. Splitting of and/or transferring of an invoice to an individual and/or organization other than the registered Bidder can only be completed at the discretion of CAL and must meet the requirements of such an amendment, including written authorization from both the registered Bidder and its beneficial buyer and the individual or representative of the individual who will become the new invoiced client in such an arrangement.
CAL reserves the right to refuse any bid and/or bidding registration application at their absolute discretion. Further, CAL also reserves the right to suspend or cancel any account used for bidding at their sole and absolute discretion. CAL also reserves the right to refuse any bid which is not in relation to the provided pre-sale auction estimate provided by CAL and also reserves the right to not accept a bid recognized to not fall within the set bidding increments during sale. Additionally, CAL reserves the right to accept any bid which does not meet any pre-established reserve. In no instance may a Bidder withdraw their submitted bid.
CAL reserves the right to accept and execute absentee or telephone bids on behalf of prospective purchasers, unable to directly participate in the particular auction. In such a case, CAL provides the service of absentee and telephone bidding as a privilege and shall not be responsible for failure to execute the absentee or telephone bid(s) for any reason whatsoever and shall also not responsible for errors and/or omissions related to the process. Bidders who wish to employ CAL in the process of absentee or telephone bidding must complete and sign the required documentation (absentee bidding form) prior to the start of bidding for the particular auction. In the event that two identical absentee bids are submitted to CAL, the bid which is received earlier (and which has been submitted through a completed and signed absentee bidding form) will take precedence over the later bid(s), allowing the earlier submitted bid(s) to potentially purchase the lot(s) at bid level submitted.
CAL reserves the right to request and charge a deposit to a Bidder submitting an absentee or telephone bid, in relation to the value of the artwork, to a maximum of $10,000 CAD. CAL reserves the right to hold and apply this Deposit to the invoice, should the Bidder become the Successful Bidder. In the event that final payment and invoice settlement is not made within 30 days following the completion of an auction, then CAL shall have the right to rescind the purchase and the Deposit shall be retained by CAL as liquidated damages. In the event that the Bidder is not successful, the Deposit will be refunded within 10 business days following the completion of the auction.
At the completion of the sale, the Successful Bidder shall be recognized as the Purchaser and shall then take on complete responsibility and risk for the purchased Property, adhering to all of the Terms and Conditions of Sale. In the event of a dispute between the Successful Bidder and any other Bidder regarding the result of the auction, CAL will have absolute discretion to rescind any transaction with the Successful Bidder and designate a new winning buyer or to withdraw the Property from the auction. In such a case, CAL may choose to re-offer the Property in a future auction or private sale. In all such cases, final decision shall be made solely by CAL.
The Successful Bidder shall make arrangements with CAL for the payment of the whole invoiced amount following the immediate close of the auction, unless alternate arrangements are agreed by CAL for payment of a portion of the invoiced amount. Until full and final settlement of the invoice is completed by the Successful Bidder, the purchased Property will not be released to the Successful Bidder. Failure to pay for purchases may lead to the cancellation of the sale with no promise of re-offering in a future auction. In the event of failure of payment by the Successful Bidder, CAL reserves the right to suspend and/or delete the bidding account of the Bidder and/or their representatives, all at the sole discretion of CAL. The artwork must be collected by the Successful Bidder or his/her representative or delivered to the shipping destination within 14 days of the invoice date.
Immediately following the completion of a CAL online auction, the Successful Bidder shall be charged 10% up to a maximum of $10,000 of the hammer price (the "Deposit"), which will be held as a deposit against payment for the Property purchased. The Successful Bidder hereby authorizes CAL to charge the Successful Bidder's registered credit card with the Deposit. The Successful Bidder shall settle final payment and collect their purchase(s) from CAL within five business days following the completion of any CAL auction. Failure to settle payment and/or collect the property from CAL within five business days may lead to monthly interest charges of 1.5% in addition to the invoice amount and/or storage charges for the Property being held on the premises of CAL. Property being held by CAL is being stored at the sole risk of the Successful Bidder and may be stored either on the premises of CAL or at a secondary storage location. In the event that final payment is not made within 30 days following the completion of the auction, then CAL shall have the right to rescind the purchase and if an online CAL auction the Deposit shall be retained by CAL as liquidated damages.
If payment arrangements have not been initiated by the Successful Bidder five business days following a live auction, the Successful Bidder shall be charged 10% up to a maximum of $10,000 of the invoice total (the "Deposit"), which will be held as a deposit against payment for the Property purchased. The Successful Bidder hereby authorizes CAL to charge the Successful Bidder's registered credit card with the Deposit in this case. In the event that final payment is not made within 30 days following the the live auction then CAL shall have the right to rescind the purchase and the Deposit shall be retained by CAL as liquidated damages.
CAL, its employees or agents, shall not be liable for the loss or damage of any Property purchased through a CAL auction (through negligence or otherwise) while the Property remains in the possession of CAL and once the allowed five business days following an auction closure or completion of a private sale has passed.
In any event resulting in failure by the Successful Bidder (Purchaser) to pay for Property purchased either through the defined auction process or a private sale within the five day period following the sale, CAL, in its sole discretion, may re-offer the Property in question without limiting the terms in place with the Consignor of the Property. Should CAL reoffer the Property, the original Successful Bidder (Purchaser) shall be responsible to CAL and the Consignor for the following: any difference marked as a deficiency between the price achieved and amount invoiced upon the re-sale of the Property versus the price achieved and amount invoiced to the Purchaser upon the original sale of the Property; any storage charges to CAL for the holding of the Property between its original offering and the reoffering; and the total in sales commissions which CAL would have collected had the original sale of the Property been completed.
CAL accepts payment by cash, certified cheque, wire transfer, VISA and/or Mastercard for the settlement of invoices. Credit card purchases are limited to a maximum of $25,000 CAD and the credit card holder must be present at the time of payment. Artwork purchased with a certified cheque will not be released by CAL until the clearance of the cheque has been confirmed by CAL's bank. Payments arranged by wire transfer may be subject to administrative charges related to the transfer and banking processes.
CAL is pleased to assist clients in arranging for the shipment of their artwork from our Toronto premises. However, it is the responsibility of the Successful Bidder to make these arrangements in full, including the packing, insuring and actual shipment of the Property. Assistance provided by CAL in this regard is provided as a service and CAL carries absolutely no liability through this courtesy. CAL carries absolutely no liability to possible damage of framing (including glass) during shipment arranged by CAL or otherwise.
Without limitation, the Purchaser accepts that any lot (Property) purchased through CAL may be subject to provisions of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act (Canada).
CAL reserves the right to refuse admission, enrolment and/or participation in any of their events and/or auctions. Further, CAL reserves the right to refuse admission to their premises to any individual or group of individuals.
These Terms and Conditions of Sale and all agreements related to the business of CAL shall be construed under the laws of Ontario and the parties hereby attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Ontario Courts.
This agreement may be executed and delivered in a number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered is an original but all of which taken together constitute, as applicable, one and the same instrument.


Anybody put a ladder on side of Dodge 3500EB?
Wondering if anybody has done this with an expensive, cheap or other ladder? Looking specifically to do this with over-the-door Surco so it may not even be possible. Gutter at top seems questionable for support and bottom mounting point also seems just like sheet metal rather than any reinforcement behind it.
I may have just answered my own question, but certainly appreciate any input. Maybe simply what folks have needed to reinforce or alter when mounting a side ladder? Thanks!


It's easy to love our friends, but much harder to love those who hate us.
You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven.
Of course, it's easy to say this to other people, but when we're asked to do it in our own lives, that's when things get tricky. What about that bully at school? What about that girl that says mean things about you? What about those so-called 'friends' who keep talking about you behind your back? Does Jesus say I have to love them too? Yes, he does.
If you're like me, and you find this teaching difficult to implement in your life, then we need to look to two examples given in the Bible. The first one continues on from the same part of the Bible, Matthew 5: 44-45..
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Do you see what these verses are saying? Even though people are evil and they hate God, he still cares for them! He sends them sunshine and rain, and provides food, shelter and lots of other good things. Do they/we deserve it? Of course not! But that's what God is like, and that's what he wants us to be like too.
The other part of the Bible that's really helpful here is Romans 5:7-8 which says..
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The Bible says that when Jesus died for us we were not good people. We were sinners. In fact, verse 10 of this chapter says he died for us "while we were enemies". So, if this is how Jesus treated us, shouldn't that be how we treat others too?
Pray for them. Ask God to save them and to give them his Spirit.
Ask God to help you forgive them when they hurt you.
Don't provoke other people to anger.
Don't retaliate. We become just like our enemies when we sink to their level. Jesus says we need to be the better person.
Ask for help. If you are being bullied or teased and finding it hard, get some help. Often, bullies have lots of troubles of their own & they are acting out because they can't cope with their own problems. By seeking help from a teacher, parent or other professional, the bully can be spoken to. This could lead to them getting the help they need.
Be patient. People do change over time, and if you continue to show a godly attitude, you will earn the respect of others. As time goes by, they may wonder what you have that makes you so calm. It's a great way to witness to the power of Jesus in your life.


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Episode Five, Fairy Tale - "Once Upon a What?"
"Look out - he's going to blast again!" peasant woman Trixie shouted.Beau swung his broadsword at the dragon, and Trixie dragged him behind a rock, missing the next flash of fiery breath.
"This isn't working," Trixie panted.
"What do you suggest?" Beau ran his sleeve over this forehead.
"What if we try talking to him?"
Beau snorted. "A fire-breathing dragon? Be my guest."
Beau couldn't resist peeking over the top of the rock to catch the dragon's reaction.
The dragon hesitated, hovering, and released a wisp of smoke.
"Hi, I'm Trixie. Listen, we're on a rather time-sensitive mission here, and we really need to get past you, okay?"
A blast of fire was the reply, and Trixie dropped down beside Beau, who muttered, "See?"
"I knowest all about thine quest, lowly handmaiden!" the dragon cried. "You are accompanying the prince to the high tower, where he will rescue and woo my lady fair!"
Trixie stood up again, dragging Beau with her. "You think he's a prince? This guy? Please! As if the peasant rags weren't bad enough - well, just look at him!"
"Well, I had assumed he was traveling in disguise..." the dragon said. "But thou mayest have a point..."
Beau shook Trixie's hand off his collar. "We happen to be two valiant peasants in pursuit of the wicked baron whom the king put in command over our village. He has modified our census scrolls so that the king will think more people live here and will raise our taxes. Being fiscal conservatives, we're opposed to this, so we have to get those scrolls back."
"Then thou willst neither woo nor wed my lady?"
"I don't planneth on it," Beau said.
"Wouldst thou then help me woo her?" the dragon continued.
"We're on a bit of deadline..." Trixie said.
"Unless," Beau said quickly, "you could fly us to the king's palace afterward. We'd save a lot of time that way."
As they scrambled awkwardly onto their new friend's scaly back, Trixie demanded, "Now how will we ever get to the palace ahead of the baron?"
"Come on," Beau scoffed. "How hard is it to woo one lady fair?"
Trixie glared. "Okay, not only should I smack you on behalf of all women, but don't you realize that we have to get this gal to fall in love with a big green dragon?"
Beau was silent the rest of the flight.
When they arrived at the stone tower in an isolated part of the forest, the dragon settled gently on the roof. "Thou must climb down the roof and through yon window," he said.
"Why can't you just deliver us to the windowsill?" Beau complained.
The dragon looked embarrassed. "My fair one is... perturbed at the sight of me."
"Just great," Trixie muttered, starting down the roof.
The peasants dropped onto the windowsill, startling a beautiful young woman combing her incredibly long hair. "Who are you?" she cried.
"Beau and Trixie," Trixie said. "We're friends of your - secret admirer."
"The dragon," Beau said. "Look, I'll just admit now that this is all my fault, and you two can just tell me all about how I'm such a lout, okay?"
"There will be time for that later," Trixie said.
The woman shook her head. "I want nothing to do with that fierce dragon!" she said. "All I want to do is get out of this tower."
"Why? Who are you, and how did you get here?" Trixie asked.
"Sounds like a kind of cheese," Beau whispered to Trixie, who elbowed him.
The woman continued, "My evil stepmother imprisoned me here because I lost my shoe."
"Your shoe?" Trixie arched an eyebrow.
Rapunzerella shrugged. "What can I say? Some people are just evil. Anyway, my big plan was to grow my hair out-" She indicated her yards of tresses. "-and then braid it, cut it, and use it as a ladder to escape. But my stepmother, well, I forgot to mention, she's a witch."
"We gathered that from the whole shoe incident," Beau said.
"No, I mean a real witch. The pointy hat kind."
"Anyway," Rapunzerella said, "she cast a spell on my hair so that it cannot be cut by any blade. Now I'm doomed to stay here forever!"
"Hmm..." Trixie said slowly. "If the dragon could prove his worth by helping you, then would you consider at least going to lunch with him once?"
"I'm still not climbing on his back," Rapunzerella said quickly.
"No, I have a different idea," said Trixie. She helped the lady braid her hair while Beau went to get the dragon's attention. Soon, Rapunzerella's braid hung out the window and the dragon hovered nearby.
"Remember - just a thin flame," Trixie told him, holding firmly to the braid as low as she could reach. "And try not to scorch us, please!"
The dragon carefully singed across the braid until it broke off, uncut by any sword.
After the trio had secured the braid and shimmied down to the ground, Rapunzerella tossed her bobbed hair, exclaiming, "It's so nice to have it off my shoulders!"
"So now you'll give the dragon a chance, won't you?" Beau pressed.
"Well... I suppose I could give him a little kiss on the nose," Rapunzerella said.
The dragon lifted his head, and the princess kissed his nose. Lightning flashed, and in his place stood seven little men. "You've saved us!" the leader cried. "Long we have searched for a sweet lady to keep house for us as we go to the diamond mines every day. What do you say?"
"House sitting?" Rapunzerella said. "That sounds like a pretty easy job. Lead on!"
Beau and Trixie stared after them.
"Well, there goes our ride to the king's palace," Beau sighed. "I guess we'd better get back on the path."
"Might as well," Trixie said. "Today certainly can't get any weirder."
Suddenly, a nobleman leapt from behind a tree and hit them both on the head with a stick before they could react. When they woke up, they were in a dark dungeon tied together, back to back.
"Baron!" Beau cried, looking up at their attacker.
The baron laughed maniacally. "Now I've got you out of the way so that I can take your census scrolls to the king and raise your taxes higher than they've ever been! And even if you get out of those ropes, you'll never get past what I have in store for you..."


In this year's mayoral election, Chicagoans face an unnecessarily difficult choice because of how we vote.
No matter who ultimately wins — coming in first or second on Feb. 26 and then winning a runoff race on April 2 — the outcome will have silenced the true voices of thousands and thousands of voters.
For centuries, Americans have voted in a "first-past-the-post" electoral system: Citizens cast their ballots, and the candidate who receives a plurality (the most votes) wins. Sometimes, as in Chicago's mayoral race, a runoff is added in which the top two candidates compete for a majority of the vote.
But this doesn't work well — democracy is not best served — when, as in the case of this mayoral election, there are just so many candidates. When there are 14 candidates, how can the current system possibly gauge which candidate enjoys the broadest level of support among all the voters?
That is, not without ranked-choice voting, which is used successfully in other cities. In an RCV election, the voters rank all the candidates in order of personal preference. Then, on Election Day, the total number of "first" ballots (the ballots where a candidate is a voter's top choice) for each candidate are counted.
If no candidate has received a majority of these "first choice" votes, then the candidate who received the fewest "first choice" votes is eliminated — but his or her voters are not! In the next round of counting, the votes of those voters are automatically assigned to their preferred second choice candidate.
This process continues — second choice, third choice, etc. — until one candidate has received a majority of the total vote.
The RCV system is the most accurate gauge of true majority support available to us. Especially in mayoral elections with many candidates, RCV allows "losing" voters to retain their voice in our democracy and help decide the final outcome.
But this is not the case in Chicago.
Toni Preckwinckle, a favorite to come in first or second in the Feb. 26 election, getting her into the April 2 runoff race, is polling at 16 percent. Her most likely opponent in the runoff race, Bill Daley, is polling at about 14 percent.
This means that voters in the runoff election likely will have to choose between two candidates who together on Feb. 26 received less than a third of the total votes. There is no guarantee, that is to say, that Chicago's next mayor will be the preferred choice of the people.
An RCV system would go a long way in replacing political toxicity with genuine civic discourse — and a renewed faith in our government.
When voters no longer feel like they're choosing between "the lesser of two evils," they are more likely to analyze multiple candidates on their merits and reward the one who truly deserves a vote. Likewise, negative ads become less effective — and, therefore, less common — when candidates aren't only looking to fire up their respective bases, and are instead courting a broader swath of voters.
There has been little conversation about RCV in Chicago, but the 2019 mayoral election has exposed the system's necessity. It's time for change: Ranked-choice voting brings us one step closer to democracy.
Philip Hinkes, a Chicagoan, is president of Every Vote Counts' Yale University chapter.


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Lewis & Walker Funeral Home
| 603 State HWY 49 West
| Jefferson, TX 75657
| krisbrock@hotmail.com
Collis Walker, III
May 1, 1995 ~ March 14, 2018 (age 22)
Services for Collis Walker, III will be 12:00 noon Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Jefferson Junior High School Auditorium. Burial will follow at New Zion Cemetery under the direction of Lewis and Walker Funeral Home in Jefferson. There will a wake from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 23, 2018 at Rest Haven Funeral Home, 3701 Rowlett Rd, Rowlett, Texas.
Collis W. Walker, III was born May 1, 1995 in Dallas County, and passed away March 14, 2018. He attended Back Elementary School, Coyle Middle School, Rowlett High School, and was scheduled to graduate May 6, 2018 at University of Central Oklahoma.
He leaves to cherish his memories his mother, Veronica Walker; father, Collis W. Walker, II; brothers, Corey Walker, and Kybron Hubbard; grandmother, Jessie Walker; special love in his life, Debra Goss and their dog, Stack; as well as a host of uncles, aunts, cousins and other relatives.
Visit www.prepaidfunerals.texas.gov for information relating to the purchase of preneed funeral contracts including descriptions of the trust and insurance funding options available under state law.
© 2019 Lewis & Walker Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved. Funeral Home website by CFS


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Quills Coffee
Group of producers in the Chiyuc community
San Cristobal, Coban, Guatemala
Honey processed
Round, apple-like acidity and dense caramel sweetness balance against flavors of bell peppers and cedar, over a rich, coating and slightly sticky mouthfeel.
From the rare monja blanca ("white nun") orchid and the brilliantly colored quetzal to the cloud forests that shroud the mountainous terrain year-round, the famed Coban region of Guatemala has an ethereal feeling about it. Add fertile limestone soils, mild temperatures, and ample shade into the mix, and you have the perfect recipe for an environment where coffee trees don't just grow - they thrive. Like the protagonist of a classic story, though, this coffee was born into struggle. Over the past few years a disease known as coffee rust has increasingly threatened farms throughout Central America. Fortunately, the vigilant growers of the Chiyuc community in Coban came prepared for a fight. With the support of an innovative new importer, they're armed with the tools they need to continue producing world-class coffees through this difficult time. While we sample plenty of Guatemalan coffees, it's been over a year since we've tasted anything from Coban. However, it came as no surprise that brothers Nathan and Gabe Quillos from Quills Coffee would be the ones to break the dry spell with an undiscovered gem. We featured the Louisville-based roaster in our September box, and we're happy to have them on board again this month with another unique and exciting selection. In our eyes this elegant Coban proves that, in coffee as in life, some of the best things are worth waiting for.
El Eden Cooperative
Atoyac de Alvarez, Guerrero, Mexico
Typica, Bourbon
Lush and complex, this coffee opens with aromas of fig and brandied cherries that lead into a cup alive with flavors of ripe peaches, plums, and raspberries. Deep caramel sweetness and a honeyed mouthfeel linger long after the cup is through.
Since the 60's, Guerrero, Mexico has been a hotbed of guerilla activity and drug-related violence. But recently it seems that great coffee might help tame this Wild West. Guerrero coffees are usually ignored on the international market. But, the farmers at El Eden knew that if they could make a truly unique coffee, unlike anything else in Mexico, they just might get noticed. We're happy to say that they've done just that. Their ridiculously complex brew, prepared using the decidedly un-Mexican natural process, left our tasters totally floored. We're always on the hunt for new roasters and new flavors, so we're especially proud to feature first time Craft Coffee-ers Quills Coffee, whose masterful roast reminded us just what it means to taste something truly unexpected.


Virgin and Sport have always been a great team. From hot air balloon adventures to health clubs and marathon runs, here at Virgin we've always been on our toes.
So, it may come as no surprise, that Virgin Sport was dreamt up on the go. Sir Richard and Co-Founder Freddie Andrewes were cycling through South Africa, when the epiphany struck to build a movement that combines the sweat of sport with the swagger of Virgin. And share a whole lot of fun along the way.


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Face Mapping – What are your spots trying to tell you?
We all tend to suffer from blemishes, red marks or spots from time to time. Whether it's because of climate change, stress levels or a hormonal imbalance, none of us are completely blemish free – but whats important to note is that it's perfectly normal and just a fact of life. I personally take a very relaxed approach to my skin these days, as in the past I have become over anxious at the condition it was in. What you've got to remember is what you see very close up in a bathroom mirror is not necessarily what other people see, and we shouldn't allow ourselves to stress over the little things. I've popped down my own skin routine, which I follow quite loosely, as I find the less I 'mess' with my skin the better it feels and looks.
1. Don't pick! I know it's seriously tempting, especially when you see a white head appear – but don't give into temptation and get picking. All you're doing is breaking the skin, as if you were to cut or graze it, creating an open wound that is also open to infection – and believe me, I see this all the time! Someone who has picked their spots over and over again is very obvious, as the once small harmless spot becomes a medium sized scab.
2. As soon as you feel or see a spot appearing cover it using a little bit of Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream. I do this all the time and I have never 'broken out' in over three years. It may seem a little expensive, but you only need a little – I'm still on my first tube, and you can use it for literally everything from cuts to bruises.
3. If you keep getting spots on your cheeks or forehead ask yourself 'is my hair constantly falling on it?' Quite often clients complain to me that they keep getting spots all the time in these places, and it's also often that their hair is the culprit. Having hair constantly swooshing back and forth over the cheeks or a deep fringe on the forehead can create those naughty spots.
4. Don't wear makeup! Of course, as a Makeup Artist I should be saying 'yes cover, cover, cover!' but really with acne the best thing is to let the skin breath. The air is an unbelievable healer so try and be strong and give your skin that break it so desperately needs.


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El Kettani targets Africa, one country at a time
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Mining amid regime change in the DRC
Félix Tshisekedi, the new president in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was critical of the country's new mining code during his electoral campaign, but prospects for repeal or amendment are slim, contends Tom Collins
After a contentious election period in the DRC, the country's electoral commission announced in January that Félix Tshisekedi had emerged victorious in the presidential elections.
Amid allegations of a backdoor deal between Tshisekedi and the former president, Joseph Kabila, opposition candidate Martin Fayulu contested the results with backing from the French government and the powerful DRC Catholic Church, but his challenge was rejected by the Constitutional Court.
Despite suspicions of Kabila's ongoing influence, the fact that the president's favoured candidate, Emmanuel Shadary, lost so convincingly signals change is afoot in the DRC.
Shortly before his departure Kabila signed into law a controversial mining code that hiked duties on mining firms – especially "strategic minerals" such as cobalt. With Tshisekedi now in charge, many are left wondering what effect his presidency will have on the country's most important sector.
Tshisekedi effect
Despite being the son of DRC's former opposition leader Étienne Tshisekedi, Felix Tshisekedi is a relatively unknown quantity for investors. After spending his childhood in Belgium, Tshisekedi worked in various positions in his father's Union for Democracy and Social Progress party before being elected leader in March 2018, some two months after his father's death.
On the campaign trail, Tshisekedi argued that the resource nationalism associated with the new mining code had gone too far, calling it "anti-investment". This was music to the ears of the mining executives who had been vehemently opposing Kabila's hikes for much of 2018. However, the chances of the code being repealed or amended under the new administration are very limited.
Many have argued that the miners were riding on a golden ticket since the original 2002 mining code – introduced in the wake of the Second Congo War – which offered low taxation levels in exchange for investment in the sector.
"A revision of that code was always in the works," says Amir Shafaie, legal and economic programs director at the Natural Resource Governance Institute. "On the fiscal side it was quite generous to mining companies."
Kabila's new bill, therefore, was seen by many Congolese as an important assertion of the DRC's sovereignty. Any back-pedalling by Tshisekedi could significantly damage the new president's struggle to consolidate his legitimacy.
Receipts from the mining sector, which accounts for approximately 20% of GDP, are also extremely important for funding the Kinshasa government. With government income constrained by the continued unrest across the country, especially in the restive Kasai and Kivu provinces, mining is a crucial source of revenue.
"The government is going to struggle to collect income and business taxes, so we don't think they will be in a position to start cutting the tax increase on miners," comments Michael Jones, sub-Saharan Africa risk analyst for Fitch Solutions.
Tshisekedi's ability to repeal the increase is equally severely constrained by the results of the legislative elections that took place on the same day as the presidential contest.
Although Kabila's Common Front for Congo (FCC) party lost the presidency, it did manage to secure a strong majority in the National Assembly. As the National Assembly must ratify the president's choice of prime minister, the next head of government should be a member of the FCC, and this post will wield substantial power during a political cohabitation.
Power therefore rests in Kabila's hands, which will severely limit Tshisekedi's ability to push radical change through parliament, should he wish to do so.
Increasing demand
Irrespective of the executive, the DRC's economy is set to grow this year, buoyed in large part by mining sector growth. Fitch Solutions predicts a 4.5% growth in GDP, up from 2.5% the year before. Many mining companies opted to invest in boosting the capacity of their mines while the market retracted under the weight of the global commodity slump, says Jones, which has led to increased output.
"When they reopened in 2016 to 2017, mines like Glencore's Katanga mine ended up with massively increased capacity," he adds. "I think it's now the largest cobalt mine in the world, it certainly will be when it hits peak production."
Across the country, cobalt production is estimated to rise by 25% and copper by 15%. This in turn will boost exports by just enough to keep the currency stable, bringing down inflation, which has dropped remarkably over the last year, and ensuring continuing consumption.
With mines ramping up output, and the DRC holding a large share of the world's non-precious metals, mining activity and investor confidence are unlikely to be swayed by the tax hikes. After all, according to Fitch Solutions, the DRC exported over 80% of the world's cobalt in 2017 – a metal which is a crucial component of lithium ion long-life batteries.
"There is no meaningful competitor, certainly not in the short term, so we think mining companies are going to have no choice but to do business in the DRC if they want to continue," argues Jones.
What may concern investors, however, is a clause in the mining code under which the government can at any point designate a mineral as "strategic" and simultaneously ramp up its royalty rates. Cobalt is currently the only mineral designated for such a levy, but this could extend to other minerals in the future.
On the other hand, the government is permitted to grant bilateral tax exemptions to miners who are working in underdeveloped areas. Mining companies therefore have the ability to broker individual tax rates on a potentially ad hoc basis, which undermines the code itself.
Output in the DRC is routinely under threat from security issues, and this year is no exception. The disputed election could lead to further unrest, which will impact negatively on operations across the country. Ebola outbreaks in North Kivu province could also impact local operations and beyond if not contained successfully.
Nevertheless, security threats are part and parcel of doing business in the DRC and miners are likely to have made the necessary allowances. "The instability in the DRC is probably one of the most stable things about the DRC," as one analyst puts it.
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Kenneth Branagh plays Swedish detective Kurt Wallander in three feature-length detective dramas based on the best-selling books by Henning Mankell. 'Sidetracked', 'Firewall' and 'One Step Behind' follow Inspector Wallander - a disillusioned everyman - as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in beautiful Southern Sweden. Baffling crimes and seemingly motiveless murders are investigated by Wallander leading to surprising and shocking discoveries in these compelling films.
Genre: TV Drama, Television Shows, TV Thrillers, Special Editions, As Seen On TV - Suspense
Country: UK, Sweden
Director: Philip Martin, Niall MacCormick
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Jeany Spark, Richard McCabe, Sarah Smart, Tom Beard, Tom Hiddleston, Sadie Shimmin
Rating: M - Content may disturb.
Location in store: Thriller (TV)
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Have you had a chance to do the new Bradfield Park Heritage Walk?
Why not go for a stroll at lunch time and read all about the fascinating history of the Milsons Point area.
In March 2007, the Bradfield Park Heritage Walk was unveiled as part of the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Signs on the walk tell the story, through words and pictures, of the area's progressive development from Aboriginal habitation, early British settlement and land grants, through to the building of the bridge and the associated impacts on the local community.
Outlined on the park surface - see the footprint of former buildings and former streets.
A special feature is the 'Foxie' sculpture , a fox terrier dog that sits on top of the memorial drinking fountain in the centre of the rockery garden (pictured).
Start either at the Burton Street or the Lavender Street end of the walk (see map in the Related Document below) and learn about the characters who lived and worked in Milsons Point, plus the houses and businesses that were sacrificed to make way for the Bridge approaches and the creation of the park we see today.
For more information please contact North Sydney Council on 9936 8100.


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I do try to remember to post on places we've been that were good. Before our trip to Egypt we went to Llandudno for the weekend. It was a nice weekend, but being in November was a little cold, windy and well closed.
We did find a great bed and breakfast, they took really good care of us and the kids. That evening we went to the Albert Pub which has been renovated and is serving great food. The waiters were quite flustered by our request to take our desert out, and packed up a huge pile of ice cream and cheesecake for us. It then proceeded to leak all over the table in the hotel so we just had to eat it all.
One thing that we enjoyed seeing were the seagulls, grabbing muscles from the sea shore. They'd fly up a metre or three then drop them on the pavement. Repeating this until the muscles cracked open and could eat the insides. And it made some for interesting photos.


Mozambican Amazonite is a bright turquoise colored stone with occasional inclusions of white or gray. Amazonite is named for the Amazon River in Brazil, where the stones are thought to have been originally found, however they are not currently sourced from that particular region. Amazonite has a long and illustrious history dating back to Mesopotamia. It was used in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and an Amazonite ring was found among the treasures in King Tutankhamun's tomb.


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Baquet exhibit opens on Thurs., Feb. 3 at Loyola
Photos of a "New Orleans No More" from Crescent City photographer Harold Baquet are the focus of a new exhibit at Loyola University, "In the Blink of an Eye," which opens this Thursday, Feb. 3, at the university's Uptown campus.
Baquet will give a lecture at 5 p.m., before the official exhibit opening, in Room 114 of Loyola's Miller Hall. An opening reception will follow at the exhibit site, Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, which is located on the fourth floor of the campus' Monroe Library.
The exhibit, inspired by the recent publication of In the Blink of an Eye: Photographic Memories of a New Orleans No More, by Baquet and his wife, Cheron Brylski, provides a three-decade overview of the photographers' career.
"Because we lost so much from Hurricane Katrina, a photograph can be all you have of a memory," Baquet said, in discussing the new exhibit. "And that's the effectiveness of photography as a medium: the ability to snap you back to a moment when you are actually there, not just visually, but emotionally…in the blink of an eye, black and white, just light, line, and form is enough, and it allows you to explore what was."
Baquet has served as Loyola's university photographer for more than two decades. His work is featured in John Maginnis' book on Edwin Edwards' 1983 campaign for governor, The Last Hayride. His photographs have been exhibited in museums in New Orleans, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
The new exhibit will run through March 24. Admission to the lecture and exhibit is free and open to the public. The exhibit is made possible through the support of the New Orleans-based law firm Adams and Reese LLP and Mr. Charles F. Gay Jr.
Image: Photo from "In the Blink of an Eye" exhibit, by Harold Baquet.
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Trump Knew More About Preventing FBI Office Relocation Than Previously Revealed
Statement of Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen
WASHINGTON - Note: Today, U.S. House Oversight Committee Democrats released documents that raise serious concerns about whether President Donald Trump personally directed government officials to prevent the relocation of the FBI's headquarters from its Pennsylvania Avenue location in Washington, D.C., to the suburbs. The documents raise questions about whether the decision was made in an effort to avoid potential competition from commercial developers who might be interested in building a new hotel, which would compete with the Trump International Hotel, located on the same street.
Let's get this straight: For the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C., the president leases property from the United States government, in plain violation of the lease terms that say it cannot be leased to a government official. His hotel hosts foreign governments and trade associations that plainly hold events there in order to curry favor with him. Trump's interference in an office relocation decision for the Federal Bureau of Investigation implies the purpose of protecting ill-gotten profits from a government property where Trump is plainly violating the lease terms.
If Trump is willing to do this, of course we should worry that his business operations are affecting his policy making on Saudi Arabia. And on tax policy. And on clean water rules.
No impact on his business operations is too petty to escape his concern; no law, rule or modicum of ethical decency is sufficient to deter his readiness to abuse his power in service of his narrow, narrow interests.
These revelations make clear yet again that the only way for Trump to escape from the pervasive conflicts of interest that are defining his presidency is to divest all of his business holdings, immediately.
Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts.
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Spain's Binter Canarias has signed a $150m order with ATR for six 72-600 aircraft. The carrier signed the firm order at the Singapore Airshow. The carrier will use the aircraft to renew its fleet of 18 ATR 72s. Deliveries will start in 2015. Binter Canarias operates from the Canary Islands and serves the local archipelago. It also flies directly to Morocco, Madeira and Cape Verde.


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