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Early Sunday morning, Officers stopped a car in the area of East Broadway Boulevard and South Montgomery Avenue because it was failing to maintain its lane. After an investigation, the driver was arrested for driving under the influence. Larry D. Hopkins, 51, of Sedalia, was taken to the Pettis County Jail to be booked on charges of Driving While Intoxicated (Drugs) and Possession of Methamphetamine.
Saturday night, Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle with no registration in the area of West 10th Street and South Grand Avenue. A check of the information from the passengers in the vehicle discovered the passenger in the back seat had active warrants for his arrest. James Allen Roberts, 36, of Marshall, was arrested for his active warrants from Saline County. One warrant held charges of Resisting Arrest, which carried a $2500 cash or surety bond. Allen also had two Probation Violation warrants. The Probation Violations were stemming from original charges of felony Non Support of a Child with bond set at $10,000 cash only and felony Driving While Revoked, with a $15,000 cash only bond.
Sedalia Police performed a traffic stop on a maroon Dodge passenger vehicle early Tuesday morning. The vehicle had expired Missouri license plates from October of 2022. The traffic stop took place in the area of West 15th Street and South Kentucky Avenue. The driver fled from the traffic stop. Officers and the K9 Unit Rocky formed a perimeter and tracked the suspect, who was then taken into custody without incident. Avion Keair Jefferson, 28, of Independence, was arrested for Resisting Arrest and Driving While Revoked. Jefferson was placed on a 24 hour hold pending charges with bond and court dates to be determined.
Monday afternoon, Officers were called to the Probation and Parole Office, 205 Thompson Boulevard, for a report of a wanted person on the premises. The subject's warrant was confirmed, and they were taken into custody. The warrant, issued by Denton County Texas, was a felony no bond Probation Violation warrant on original charges of Tampering With Physical Evidence. Gregory L. Hulbert, 43, of Sedalia, was taken to the Pettis County Jail to be placed on a 24 hour hold pending charges of Fugitive From Justice.
Sedalia Police spoke with Gavin McCue over the phone Monday afternoon in regards to a theft report. McCue wished to report that a package had been stolen from their residence in the 2400 block of Margaret Avenue. The package was stolen between December 2nd and December 5th of 2022. There are no suspects at this time.
Monday evening, Officers performed a traffic stop near the intersection of North Limit Avenue and West Main Street. During the stop, the driver was found to have a suspended driving license. David Moriarty, 23, of Sedalia, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. Moriarty was transported to the Sedalia Police Department, where he was processed and released with a court date.
Sedalia Police responded to the 100 block of West Avenue for a report of a domestic disturbance late Sunday night. While Officers were on route to the address, Dispatch informed them a male suspect stated he would shoot Officers in the head if they showed up at his house. When Officers arrived, a male subject came out of the house with a hand gun. The male subject was taken into custody. Matthew Louis Barkacs, 31, of Sedalia, was arrested on charges of felony Unlawful Use of a Weapon, felony Armed Criminal Action, Domestic Assault in the 4th Degree, Aggravated Assault in the 4th Degree, Unlawful Possession of an Illegal Weapon, Tampering With a Witness in a Felony Prosecution, and felony Resisting Arrest. Barkacs was held pending a $10,000 cash or surety bond.
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Must-Read: "Climate Change—A Health Emergency" January 16, 2019
by Barbara Gottlieb
Two physicians from PSR's Greater Boston chapter have just published a must-read article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. Entitled "Climate Change—A Health Emergency," it is a strong and cogent statement of the challenge the world faces from climate change and the responsibility of physicians (and, by extension, other health professionals) to respond.
The authors, Caren Solomon, M.D., M.P.H. and Regina LaRocque, M.D., M.P.H., begin with a quick summary of the effects of climate disruption, which as they note was "once a theoretical concern, [but] is now occurring in plain view." They address the need to rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions, noting that individual actions can help but stressing that only "concerted, organized, and forceful actions" to change policies, institutions and society will be enough to meet climate challenges to health, well-being and global stability.
They conclude by articulating the ways health professionals can help fight climate change, from educating colleagues to working for policy change.
If you are speaking with health professionals, medical students or your elected officials, this is one article you will definitely want to place in their hands. You can also hear an NPR interview with coauthor Regina LaRocque, who appeared as a guest on the show "On Point."
Although written independently, the article perfectly reinforces the goal that PSR's board of directors adopted in November 2018: that "All U.S. health professionals understand climate change as a global health crisis, advise their patients about this, and advocate for urgent, large-scale mitigation and adaptation actions to protect human health and survival."
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Asthma Allergy Centers serves the Three Rivers community. Contact us today to make an appointment. If you're a Michigander who struggles with allergies or asthma, contact us today. We can help you breathe easier.
Three Rivers is a city in St. Joseph County in southwestern Michigan in the United States. The population was 7,811 at the 2010 census.
Three Rivers derives its name from its location at the confluence of the St. Joseph River and two tributaries, the Rocky and Portage rivers. The St. Joseph River flows into Lake Michigan.
The city is the home of St. Gregory's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery of the Episcopal Church, which was established in 1946.
Three Rivers, Michigan, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Three_Rivers,_Michigan&oldid=855095266 (last visited Nov. 16, 2018).


Since our humble beginning in 1996 with ~200 riders the 24 Hours of Adrenalin has incorporated various areas within the CNCPP, to accommodate the scope and size of this annual event. Over the years we realize that as event directors it's our responsibility to be good corporate and environmental citizens and understand the importance of trail development. As the largest mountain biking event held at the CNCPP we need to layout a course that suits both the needs of our participants and future use of the venue. That's why we have worked with IMBA Canada in the past to develop "Trail Workshops" and most recently a donation of nearly $35,000.00 towards the development of the 24 Hours of Adrenalin course.
Was the course to challenging, too easy, or about right?
– Result 80.6% said "about right" with 9.7% stating "a little too easy" and 5.3% saying "a little to challenging".
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Please note that the CNCPP is a provincial park that is open to the general public. While we as organizers begin set up a full week in advance, course markings are limited by the CNCPP to ensure the general public is able to ride unobstructed and we need to respect the general public's ability to enjoy the Nordic Centre. Our Trail Manager and his team start work on the course marking a week in advance, however the course is lightly marked over the week leading up to the event and only on Friday do we gain the ability to mark the course fully.
One of the great things about the CNCPP is that there is a great number of trails throughout the venue. The challenging part of that is with so many, it's hard to mark out a course for the first timer (truth be told even locals get lost). The 24 Hours of Adrenalin is one of only two courses that are actually marked at the venue. The 24 Hours of Adrenalin markers are blue, black, white, yellow and blue stripes. The course length is 17.36km.
After the CNCPP was developed for the 1988 Winter Olympics the venue was opened for summer use and many of the locals continue to develop trails throughout the venue. Although mountain biking is a great outdoor activity trail development is often conducted with little knowledge of acceptable trail building methods, which then can cause additional trail erosion. 24 Hours of Adrenalin has been a member of IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association) for over a decade, and most recently IMBA Canada (once it launched in Canada). We at 24 Hours of Adrenalin approached IMBA Canada a number of years ago to launch a "trail build workshop" hosted at the CNCPP. Part "classroom" and part "hands on" the first trail building workshop was a great success. The following year the CNCPP entered into a working relationship with IMBA Canada directly. However a few years ago the founder of 24 Hours of Adrenalin met with the new general manager of the CNCPP to discuss trails at the venue. What evolved from those meetings turned into a new trail development fund, funded by twenty4 sports and the 24 Hours of Adrenalin event. It's our goal to direct funds from the event back into the 24 Hour course, at the provincially funded park, for a prolonged period of time. We are proud to lead the industry as the only such organization that actually funds above the venue fees charged (we hope that others will join us in the near future).
It's important to note that while the 24 Hours of Adrenalin / twenty4 sports writes a cheque and provides other services, we are joined by the Friends of Kananaskis (FOK) who oversee along with the assistance from the CNCPP, yearly Trail Maintenance projects. Our objective is to pick two projects per year that improve the 24 Hours of Adrenalin course. A fall project and a spring project, with the spring project focused upon the initial efforts we started with IMBA Canada, that being a volunteer hands-on driven weekend. Thanks to former Program Director – Nicolas Dotchin (FOK), Paul Ashton & Matt Hadley (CNCPP) and those that volunteered your time.


Reduces human error: Barcodes significantly reduce the impact of human error on inventory management. Scanning a barcodes leaves little room for error, while typing or writing down a stock list opens up myriad opportunities for mistakes. Pepperdine University reports that human errors account for up to 29 percent of data losses. With barcodes, you virtually eliminate the potential for human error made while inputting data.
Lower overhead: Barcodes provide such accurate inventory data that eventually, you may be able to reduce inventory levels. As just-in-time ordering improves, inventory levels can be further reduced. This may decrease the amount of inventory you keep in storage, thus reducing the amount of storage space you need. Better inventory control through barcodes leads to lower overhead costs.
Reduces employee training time: It can take hours to train employees on complicated inventory control systems. It takes minutes to train employees to swipe and scan a code. This reduced training time leads to faster on boarding for new employees and improved productivity.
Better data: Barcodes provide both inventory and pricing information almost instantaneously to your system with one swipe. This accurate, real-time data, when integrated with accounting and sales data, can give you a better, more accurate picture of your company's profitability and opportunities. Better data can lead to better decision making.
The humble barcode takes seconds to make and costs only pennies, but it can truly revolutionize supply chain management and warehouse issues. By reducing mistakes, improving data, and potentially lowering costs, barcodes can make your business more profitable and efficient.
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CrowdWorld's popular Ninja Kitty, on iOS and Android, will be free from December 26th for the holiday season and New Year.
The villainous Evil Dragon King has begun his plot to destroy the Kitty Claws Clan and take over the world! They have kidnapped the Royal Ninja Kittens and are holding them captive until the Kitty Claws Clan hand over the Mystical Sword. Only our brave Ninja Kitty warriors can rescue the kittens and defeat the Dragon Empire once and for all.
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events coming up in July and we hope you can join us.
We are building an exciting multigenerational cohousing community in Arvada. At the presentation we will talk about our dreams, vision, plans and how you can join us.
Cohousing is a great way to live in community. Did you know there are already 15 cohousing communities in Colorado's Front Range area? Don't miss this opportunity to hear why so many people want to be a part of this lifestyle.
We are working with a developer to build a site within the Geos neighborhood, in Arvada. Our home, called the Gatehouse, will be a three story building with individual flats, a common house and underground parking.
The plans we are going to show you are intended to give you an idea about the kind of community Ralston Creek Cohousing wants to create.
A part of the community's open space will be set aside for organic farming and gardening such as a vegetable field, and fruit trees. We would love for you to join us.
Create the community you want to live in.
Get in on the "ground floor" as we design our community. We value your participation.
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This is a social event to get to know each other and have fun.
No need to bring anything, we will provide all the fixin's.
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Red Rocks Park is a natural amphitheater with excellent natural acoustics. It is a strikingly beautiful place for outdoor concerts. Weather permitting, it also hosts a sunrise service every Easter. In addition to concerts, the park is home to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame and numerous hiking and biking trails.
Red Rocks is 15 miles from Geos.
Originally located at the base of Boulder's Flatirons and one of only 25 National Historic Landmarks in the state of Colorado, the Colorado Chautauqua is one of only a few remaining Chautauqua's in the U.S. It is considered THE western representation of the cultural movement that swept the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is the only site west of the Mississippi that has been in continuous operation since its founding and with its original structures intact and used for their original purposes.
The main venue is the auditorium, which is accurately called "the barn" that comfortably seats over 1,300. The more intimate venue is the common house.
The DCPA is 0.7 miles from Union Station, the end of the G-line from Arvada.
They have eight theaters of various configurations and sizes.
DCPA is also home the Boettcher Concert Hall, the first "in the round" symphony hall built in the US, and home to the Colorado Symphony.


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Kentucky officials say steel beams, concrete part of concerns following Brent Spence crash
Inspectors, engineers got first look at damage Thursday
THERE ARE STILL CONCERN. >> WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO REOPENING THIS BRIDGE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, PROVIDED THAT IS FULLY SAFE FOR EVERYONE. STEVEN: -- DAN: WEDNESDAY MORNING'S CRA -- TODAY 20 INSPECTORS AND EXPERT ENGINEERS GOT A LOOK AT THE BRIDGE AFTER FLAMES BURNED FOR HOURS. JIM GRAY WAS ON-SITE, TRYING TO NAIL DOWN A TIMELINE. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT WEEKS, PERHAPS MORE THAN A MONTH. DAN: THERE ARE CONCERNS LINKED TO THE BRIDGE AND SOME OF THE STEEL. IT IS NO LONGER FLAT. SOME SUPPORTS AND SEEMS LOOK COMPROMISED. IT IS LEADING TO CONCERNS ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AT THE DECK LEVEL. THEY ARE WORKING ON EIGHT REPAIR PLAN SO THAT THEY CAN GET GOING. >> WE WILL WORK AND WE ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO GET THE BRENT SPENCE BACK IN OPERATION. DAN: IT IS IMPORTANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES AND BE PATIENT
The Brent Spence Bridge may be closed more than a month as inspectors and engineers look at the damage and try to make repairs after a fiery crash.The transportation secretary said there are concerns with steel beams and support and even concrete.Now, they're working on a plan to repair and reopen, as they also work to learn more about how much damage has been done through inspection reports.Thursday was the first day the inspectors and engineers could get a true first look, and while Kentucky officials said it could have been worse, there are concerns."We are committed, fully committed to reopening this bridge as quickly as we can, provided that it is fully safe for everyone," Gov. Andy Beshear said.Beshear said Wednesday morning's fiery crash means a complicated road ahead.It has rendered Greater Cincinnati's Brent Spence Bridge an impractical choice for interstate drivers.Thursday, 20 inspectors as well as expert engineers, got a close look at the charred bridge after 1,500 degree flames burned for two hours.Kentucky Secretary of Transportation Jim Gray was on-site trying to nail down a timeline for repairs and reopening."We are looking at weeks. Perhaps, more than a month," Gray said.Video from Sky 5 showed the damaged area, and part of the bridge seems to have black soot on the side.Gray said there are concerns linked to the concrete bridge and some of the steel members.He said both will need repairs.Gray also said the concrete has developed cavities from the fire, meaning it is no longer flat.For the steel, he told WLWT some supports and beams holding the upper deck look compromised.That has lead to concerns about the structure at the deck level.Now, he said they're working with partners to design a repair plan as inspection reports come in, so they can get going on the work to hopefully fix the Brent Spence Bridge."We will work, we are working tirelessly to get the Brent Spence back in operation," Gray said.Officials said it's important people, in personal and business travel, plan alternate routes and be patient.Right now, they said the cause of that crash is still not clear.State leaders also addressed the currently closed Roebling Suspension Bridge.They said they are working with police on the Ohio and Kentucky sides of the river to try to reopen that bridge to regular cars.The initial problem, they said, was heavy commercial trucks were not obeying the weight restrictions and using the bridge as a detour.
COVINGTON, Ky. —
The Brent Spence Bridge may be closed more than a month as inspectors and engineers look at the damage and try to make repairs after a fiery crash.
The transportation secretary said there are concerns with steel beams and support and even concrete.
Now, they're working on a plan to repair and reopen, as they also work to learn more about how much damage has been done through inspection reports.
Thursday was the first day the inspectors and engineers could get a true first look, and while Kentucky officials said it could have been worse, there are concerns.
"We are committed, fully committed to reopening this bridge as quickly as we can, provided that it is fully safe for everyone," Gov. Andy Beshear said.
Beshear said Wednesday morning's fiery crash means a complicated road ahead.
It has rendered Greater Cincinnati's Brent Spence Bridge an impractical choice for interstate drivers.
Thursday, 20 inspectors as well as expert engineers, got a close look at the charred bridge after 1,500 degree flames burned for two hours.
Kentucky Secretary of Transportation Jim Gray was on-site trying to nail down a timeline for repairs and reopening.
"We are looking at weeks. Perhaps, more than a month," Gray said.
Video from Sky 5 showed the damaged area, and part of the bridge seems to have black soot on the side.
Gray said there are concerns linked to the concrete bridge and some of the steel members.
He said both will need repairs.
Gray also said the concrete has developed cavities from the fire, meaning it is no longer flat.
For the steel, he told WLWT some supports and beams holding the upper deck look compromised.
That has lead to concerns about the structure at the deck level.
Now, he said they're working with partners to design a repair plan as inspection reports come in, so they can get going on the work to hopefully fix the Brent Spence Bridge.
"We will work, we are working tirelessly to get the Brent Spence back in operation," Gray said.
Officials said it's important people, in personal and business travel, plan alternate routes and be patient.
Right now, they said the cause of that crash is still not clear.
State leaders also addressed the currently closed Roebling Suspension Bridge.
They said they are working with police on the Ohio and Kentucky sides of the river to try to reopen that bridge to regular cars.
The initial problem, they said, was heavy commercial trucks were not obeying the weight restrictions and using the bridge as a detour.


 How is the Elastic Fabric Weaved Using 4 Fibers Dyed 3 Different Colors - HT Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.
The dyeing and finishing of 3 color lace elastic fabric?
For three color lace elastic fabric with rayon, nylon filament, modified polyester filament and Lycra fiber of four kinds of fibers as material, the dyeing and finishing process include oil removal, billet, dyed rayon, nylon filament, modified polyester filament yarn dyed in one bath, and finished setting according to the properties and characteristics of fiber dyeing. The production practice shows that the dyeing effect is good, the size is stable, and all the performance tests can meet the customers' requirements.
Lace fabric is women's favorite clothing elements, because of the lightweight texture and transparent, mysterious and elegant artistic effects, is widely used in women's clothing. There are various types of lace currently on the market. It is composed of one or two kinds of woven fabric commonly. And the elastic fabric and lace composed of three or more fiber can be dyed into three or more colors using of reasonable dyeing and finishing technology.It can achieve colorful and strong sense of visual effect and make lace looks high-grade, fashion, exquisite, rich layers and different style etc..
In this paper, the elastic fabric is weaved by artificial fiber, nylon filament, modified polyester filament and Lycra fiber on jacquard machine. The dyeing and finishing of fabric lace elastic fiber is a complicated and technical project, according to the characteristics and properties of raw materials, dyes, and chemicals used. So we need to make reasonable dyeing and finishing technology according to the characteristics of the raw material. It will fully embody the high-quality, high-grade of lace fabric.
The material ratios used are rayon 15%, nylon filament 44%, modified polyester filament 32%, Lycra 9%.
According to the properties and characteristics of fibers, it is the focus of this article to select suitable dyes and dyeing process to dye rayon, nylon filament and modified polyester filament. The dyeing of nylon filament and modified polyester filament can be done with acid dyes and cationic dyes. By controlling the proper dyeing conditions, one bath dyeing is applied to achieve good double color effect.
Stabilize fabric specifications with predetermined shapes and finished shapes. According to the fabric structure and properties of the fabric, the dyeing and finishing process is as follows: removing oil, the predetermined shape, dyed (dyed rayon first, and then nylon filament / modified polyester filament), finished product setting and test.
The fabric contains more chemical fiber with a variety of oil. If it is not clear evenly, it will lead to the stripes, uneven dyeing, cloth stained, white spot and other defects, so removing the oil with oil paint remover before dyeing processing is necessary.
Fabric oil removal is usually done on continuous oil removing machine. The process conditions should be soft, the neutral degreasing agent LYS can be used and the temperature should not exceed 80℃. The fabric has no tension relaxation in the process of oil removal. It can make the fabric dimensional stability, and quality is similar in every part of the fabric.
Using the Thermopylae of modified nylon filament, polyester filament, and Lycra thermoplastic, it will eliminate or reduce the tension in spinning drawing and weaving processing and avoid the over the relaxation of fiber in the follow-up process. It will improve the supramolecular structure of the fiber, so as to improve the stability of fabric shape.
The higher the presetting temperature, the higher of the dimensional stability of fabric. And it will be more effective to improve the crease. But it will also lead to excessive loss of elastic fabric. and we should make the presetting process based on the specific specifications and reasonable size of Leica. And we need to make sure it will not damage the fiber, and at the time, it will ensure the fabric dimensional stability and smooth degrees.
The preset temperature we use is 190 degrees centigrade, and the time is 25~30 seconds.
The control of dyeing and finishing process is the key to ensure the quality of the three colors lace elastic fabric. It is necessary to make full use of the material and the characteristics of the material.
(1)Removing oil first and then predetermined shape, avoid the effect of oil to fabric.
(2) presetting and finished setting. the temperature for predetermined shape should be 190 ℃, and 150 ℃ for finished setting, and it will improve the stability of the fabric wrinkle, hand feeling, and the dimensions.
(3) selection of Procion HE reactive dyes, which is less stain to chinlon, to dye rayon.
(4) using acid dyes and cationic dyes to dye modified polyester and nylon filament in one bath, dye chinlon first and then modified polyester, adding retarding agent M and anti-settling agent S to improve the dyeing and dyeing capacity.
(5) added water softener in the dye and finished setting, increasing the fabric water sucking and perspiration capabilities.


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Original Title: Application Status of Titanium Alloy Armor Application Status of Titanium Alloy Armor At present, the application of titanium alloy materials in land-based armored equipment in the US Army is relatively mature. The U.S. Army has successively realized the large-scale application of titanium alloy in the modified M1 "Abrams" main battle tank,titanium seamless tube, M2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle and "Stryker" wheeled armored vehicle, and achieved obvious weight reduction and protection effect. For the main battle tank,nickel titanium wire, the U.S. Army has launched two stages of upgrading and transformation of the M1A2 main battle tank. The first phase, completed in the 1990s, ti6al4v ,Titanium 6Al4V wire, achieved a weight reduction of 420 kg by using titanium alloy to replace steel structures such as the top protective cover, the engine cover, the sight and the positioning system shield. The second phase, completed in the early 21st century, achieved good weight reduction by replacing the steel turret with a welded turret made of Ti6Al4V alloy. Application of Armor Titanium Alloy in M1A2 Main Battle Tank System For armored vehicles, the US Army used Ti6Al4V alloy to manufacture the command hatch cover of the M2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle, which achieved good weight reduction effect, and also used Ti6Al4V alloy to manufacture the protective forging ring of the "Stryker" wheeled armored vehicle. M2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle command hatch and "Stryker" wheeled armored vehicle protective forging ring made of Ti6Al4V alloy Expand the full text In addition, BAE System and GE each launched their own prototypes of armor and key structural components based on low-cost titanium alloy materials. Figure a below shows BAE System's hybrid wheeled electric armored prototype "Pegasus", whose head and body frame are welded with low-cost titanium alloy; Figure B below shows GE's High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Armored Vehicle (High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle) prototype body,Titanium welding pipe, which is welded from low-cost ATI 425 titanium alloy. Prototype vehicle body developed by American Military Industrial Group Russia has also made remarkable achievements in the application of armored titanium alloy. The T-90a main battle tank turret adopts titanium alloy frame and "bowl-shaped" bottomless metal structure, which improves the frontal protection capability of the turret to 1300 mm RHA. The front of the T-95 main battle tank turret is equipped with a new high-toughness all-titanium alloy modular armor structure unit, which improves the protection capability to 1500 mm RHA. Return to Sohu to see more Responsible Editor:. yunchtitanium.com


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March 18, 2016|In Art News, Art Events, Art Peeps|4 Minutes
Tay Bak Chiang debuts at Art Basel Hong Kong
Following the success of iPreciation's inaugural participation with a solo exhibition of multi-disciplinary artist Lee Wen at Art Basel Hong Kong 2014, iPreciation will return to Art Basel Hong Kong 2016, with a solo exhibition of Tay Bak Chiang's new body of paintings under the Insights section at Art Basel Hong Kong 2016.
Tay Bak Chiang – Genesis, 2016, 140x280cm. Pigments & Acrylic on Canvas
TayBakChiang – The World Beyond, 2016, 140×140 Pigments & Acrylic on Canvas
Tay Bak Chiang (b. 1973) continues to explore and contemporize the genre of Chinese painting through the use of acrylic and pigments on canvas instead of ink on paper.
Managing Director, Helina Chan comments that:
"As a gallery that has always been interested in contemporary ink works and has observed many ink artists who have developed different ideas over the past two decades. Bak Chiang's work is both refreshing and redefining. These works capture the artist's spirit of consistently reflecting, questioning and experiment with new ground within the traditional Chinese painting in today's contemporary art world."
Tay Bak Chinag – In Me The Tiger Sniffs The Rose, 2015, 160x140cm, Pigments
In this body of new paintings, Tay's progressive attempts have borne fruit; experimenting with mineral-rich tones that range from brilliant blues to opalescent greens and shimmering yellows. In this exhibition we observe two main subjects as the recurring theme: geological forms as stones and rocks and the ancient Chinese instrument guqin.
The inspiration behind his stone paintings came about during a walk in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve in Singapore some years back, he was inspired by the hulking forms in nature, though inanimate, but they appeared full of life and personality. To give life to the rocks, Tay manipulates colour and shades to achieve subtle gradations and ink-like translucency using acrylic paint, a technique forged and refined by the artist since his encounter in the nature reserve.
TayBakChiang – After The Feast, 140x140cm, HR
Tay Bak Chiang – Guqin Series – Burnt Tai, 2015, 140x140cm. Pigments and acrylic
The other subject in this exhibition is one of China's oldest stringed instrument; the guqin a seven-stringed zither, viewed as a symbol of Chinese high culture and the most expressive of the essence of Chinese music. In Chinese, "gu" means ancient and "qin" means musical instrument. There is much symbology surrounding the instrument, for example it measures 3'6.5" (Chinese feet and inches) to symbolize 365 days of the year; the upper surface is rounded representing the sky and the bottom is flat representing the earth. The first 5 strings represent the elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. The 6th string is sorrowful and the 7th string represents strength. The thirteen mother-of-pearl inlays along the outer edge represents the 13 months of the lunar year. The guqin has been frequently referred to as the preferred instrument of the sages and literati. In imperial China's past, monks, scholars and ladies of the elite society were supposed to master the four traditional arts, and one of them is qin, for the purposes of enriching the heart and elevating the human spirit.
Tay's minimalist compositions are not about representing minimalistic images or technical skills, but meant to evoke a sense of poetry and inner emotion, a nod to the values of Chinese literati painting rendered with a contemporary sensibility. For more information on his latest works, please refer to enclosed documents.
Art Basel Hong Kong opens on March 24 – 26, 2016 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Tickets can be purchased online or onsite at the fair.
iPreciation's booth is located on Level 3 , 3D18. Nearest entrance to the booth is the 3C or 3D (VIP entrance).
Art Art Basel Artist Art Stage Contemporary Exhibition Pigment Paintings Singapore Tay Bak Chiang
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How to Become a Licensed HVAC Subcontractor
Alex Burke
HVAC contractors are licensed to install and modify heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in residential and commercial buildings. HVAC contractors become subcontractors when they are hired by a primary contractor (general contractor) to complete a portion of a building project. Subcontractors must be licensed as a contractor according to state regulations. Because each state manages its own licensing process, there is no single way to become a licensed HVAC subcontractor. However, there are some similarities between each state's process that are helpful to know.
Contact your state's contractor licensing board and find out the regulations for licensing subcontractors. States will have varied regulations about the point at which a subcontractor needs to be licensed. States usually distinguish the need for licensing by the dollar amount the contractor is working for.
For instance, Tennessee requires an HVAC subcontractor to be a licensed contractor when he is working on a bid of $25,000 or more.
Identify the classification you fall into. HVAC contractors are typically listed under the "mechanical" classification. There may be several classifications to choose from within the HVAC trade.
Locate a qualifying agent who will be responsible for taking the examination portion of the license application. Qualifying agents are the people with the training and work experience in the HVAC trade. The owner of the contracting business does not have to be the qualifying agent, and the qualifying agent does not own the contractor license.
For instance, in New Mexico qualifying agents apply for a separate certification before being named as an agent in a contractor's license application. Tennessee does not require a separate license for the qualifying agent but does require a Power of Attorney to be signed by the contracting business that identifies the qualifying agent by name.
Verify your company name with the state. Assumed or fictitious business names must be unique and may need to be registered with the state before you can use them.
Register your HVAC contracting business with the state. Contractors run businesses and may be subject to state business taxes. Your state business identification number may be required on your HVAC license application.
Provide proof of financial responsibility or other financial documents. Some states require all contractors to provide proof of a bond in a designated amount. New Mexico requires a $10,000 bond. Tennessee does not require a bond for licensing but points out a bond may be necessary when you're bidding on a project. Tennessee requires applicants to provide a financial statement prepared by a CPA.
Complete and return the application and fees. Many states use a single application for all contractors and request the contractor to choose his trade from the list of contractor classifications on the application. Fees vary greatly and can be anywhere from $30 to $300 or more.
Take the required trade exam. The qualifying agent is the person authorized to complete the exam for the HVAC classification you are applying for. Most states use a third-party exam service to manage the exam-taking process. State licensing agencies typically contact the qualifying agent by mail with instructions for scheduling and taking the exam.
A contractor's license and a journeyman's license are two separate licenses. Journeymen who want to bid on a construction project will need to obtain a contractor's license.
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We thought we'd post a few very simple tips for beginners when it comes to filling & preparing your plant pot.
When filling pots with coconut coir don't compress the coconut coir around the roots. Coconut coir is very spongy and will compress easily so give it some space to breathe. If you compress the coconut coir, this will eliminate much of the air space that coconut coir naturally provides. California Substrates Coconut Coir has both awesome air fill porosity & water holding capacity – this means, that when it sits in the pot as defined here, you can feed & feed & feed your roots and it won't get water logged like many other coconut coir products. You can read a little more about this in another blog post "Maximum Feeding Routine with California Substrates Coir".
So simply put, fill your pot loosely to the top and then lift the pot about 2 inches off the surface it is setting on and drop it. This will settle the coir into the pot. (You can do the dropping twice if you feel the need to.) Refill the pot and then plant. Then water thoroughly, this will settle the coir closely around the root system & then you can get on with your feeding schedule.


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Dave Plier's Favorite Conversations 2022
by: Ben Anderson
WGN Radio's Dave Plier shares his 'Favorite Conversations of the Year'! Valerie Bertinelli from 'One Day at a Time' and Food Network's 'Valerie's Home Cooking', Henry Winkler from 'Happy Days' and HBO's 'Barry', Bob Odenkirk from AMC's Better Call Saul, Ginger Zee from ABC's Good Morning America, TV director and producer James Burrows ('Cheers', 'Taxi', Will & Grace, FRIENDS (TV Show), 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', 'Frasier'), Mike Rowe from Discovery's Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe and Deadliest Catch, Chicago radio legend Kevin Matthews & Jim Shorts. Plus… 'Rock Radio Revisited' with John Records Landecker, Tommy Edwards, Bob Stroud, Dyana Williams and Wendy Synder; Justin Hayward from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band The Moody Blues.
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An amazing climb, including a stretch on an oldfashioned bike trail on dirt roads. Davide CassaniTo reach the Swiss slope of the Stelvio Pass climb, when departing from Livigno, cyclists must use the bike shuttle service that passes via the Gallo tunnel. From the ancient town of Santa Maria, visitors wind their way through the Umbrail Pass mountain pastures ALONG THE BORDER of Switzerland and Italy.


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Donald C. Moore, Jr.
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Emergency Room Injuries
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Corporate Negligence
Electrocution Accidents
Excessive Use of Force by Police
Explosions & Fires
Farming Accidents
Avoiding Car Accidents
Dangerous Road Conditions
Head-On Collisions
Injuries Caused by Car Accidents
How Liability is Proven
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How A Gas Can "Utterly Destroyed" One Man's Life
By The Moore Law Firm
| July 27, 2012
On Wednesday, we began to discuss the terribly misguided blame being placed on individuals who suffered horrific burn injuries as a result of using gas cans manufactured by Blitz USA. The Miami, Oklahoma factory is closing this Tuesday, July 31, because of what it says is the cost of ongoing litigation. As we mentioned on Wednesday, many of Blitz's problems may have been avoided had the company included a five-cent wire-mesh screen called a "flame arrestor" in the cans—a concern that Dan Rather noted was first voiced by Consumer Reports nearly 50 years ago.
Rather first reported about the harm caused by Blitz cans in 2008, and while the company has continued to blame "consumer misuse" of its products for causing these accidents, one follow-up report by Rather demonstrated how false that assertion is (WARNING: Readers who find images of burn injuries unsettling may not want to watch the video below):
Again, this explosion occurred without a fire ever being lit. "Someone heard it from almost half a mile, three quarters of a mile away, so it was a big boom," Robert Jacoby would go on to tell Rather about the explosion. "As far as, like, how it's changed my life, it has utterly destroyed it."
Jacoby suffered second and third degree burns to more than 75 percent of his body, and he told Rather that he is at a point where he cannot do anything right now. "And I still have to have surgeries in the future," Jacoby told Rather. "Can't do anything until the scar tissue matures so it's just a waiting game of me doing nothing until the scar tissue heals."
KOKI-TV reported on July 25, 2012, that there were 42 lawsuits filed against Blitz when the company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 9, 2011. Rather tweeted that the cost of a Blitz gas can "more than doubled" after the filing, and while the company will lay off 117 employees, executives will still be eligible for bonuses. As for Robert Jacoby, because of the bankruptcy filing, he and the many other victims will be unable to collect any compensation for their injuries.
Business groups like the US Chamber of Commerce (USCC) argue that tort reform would eliminate so-called "frivolous lawsuits," and the lobbying group has sought to deceive the public with dishonest documentaries such as "InJustice" which portray negligent companies as victims and plaintiffs as greedy. There is information about burn injuries available on our website, and you can contact our firm at (513) 494-6941 to set up a free consultation if you have sustained a serious injury because of a defective or dangerous product. Stories like Robert Jacoby's are heartbreaking because of the physical pain involved, but they should also make people angry. When victims are seriously injured like him and are denied the opportunity to receive the compensation they need for astronomical medical costs, it is the taxpayers like us who have to pick up the tab. If that is not the very definition of the term "injustice," then we do not know what is.
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Wairarapa Ulysses is a branch of the Ulysses Club of New Zealand, Inc. The Ulysses Club is for older motorcyclists, with over 3,500 members in NZ and has clubs in more than 12 countries throughout the world.
Went to Street Races in Whanganui on Boxing Day, it was great fun but very hot ! I wonder how many race tracks in the world cross railway lines ? I don't think parking the ambulance next to them was a coincidence.
We had a quick 300KM trip "around the block" on Sunday, starting off with around eight bikes. The weather was fine but slightly chilly around Palmerston North. We stopped in Otaki for a lunch break at the Riverstone cafe.
Club to supply meat and bread & condiments etc.
as this game is for everyone.
Stay o/nite if you like...pitch a tent or stay in the accommodation on site...byo bedding.
You also get a free cooked brekky the next morning.
A great Labour weekend ride over Gentle Annie. For those who have not ridden this route it is a must. The weather was excellent and the accommodation and local eatery was great. The morning started clear and crisp.
The riding was pleasant right through to our first stop at the Tikikino Hotel where we met up with around eight members of the Hawkes Bay Ulysses. It was great to catch up with other Ulysses members, something we will aim to do more often.
On this trip we also had a little luxury travelling behind. Greg and Yvonne had tea and cake on board allowing for a pleasant afternoon tea in the valley before continuing on to Taihape.
We awoke to a cloudy Sunday. The long way home was decided and all minus one headed up to Waiouru, then down through Fields Track, through the Parapara's and stopped for lunch in Wanganui (or Whanganui of you prefer). From there a cruise home with a good breeze to contend with around Mount Bruce. All in all a good weekend's ride.
At our last Branch meeting Murray Pike from St Johns gave us a great talk on the topic of what we should do if we come across or are involved in an accident during our travels. Not only was the talk instructive it provoked good discussions on the way first aid response is changing and good practical advise on what we should do. Murray even took time to ensure our coordinator Nik was still with us.
We're pleased to state Nik will be with us for some time yet. Our thanks to Murray for both his time on the night and his dedication to service in the Wairarapa.
Saturday lunchtime I was at home so I decided to give the bike a quick check ready for the trip to Turangi the next morning. All was well until I went to check the tyre pressures and found the rear was almost flat. It had several pieces of packing staple stuck in it so was past repairing. Had to make quick call to Rex who managed to get into Langlands as they were locking up the doors for day and pick up a tyre for me.
Sunday morning and its misty, a good sign, it will burn off shortly and be a beautiful day. I headed up to the Farriers car park where I met Rex and we waited for the others to turn up, there were about eight of us due to go at last count.
8:40am and no one else had arrived so we took off, me leading and Rex tail end charley. We went over the Pahiatua track for some fun and then up through Ashhurst and over Vinegar Hill. We stopped in Taihape for a coffee and refuel. It had been around 9C all the way so a bit cool but not uncomfortable. Crossing the Desert Road it was a beautiful clear day and we got a great view of the peaks. There was one orange police car chasing people up and down but other than that it was a pretty clear run.
We arrived at Stump Bay just after 12:00 and they were already getting short on food, it had been a bigger turn out than expected so it was probably a good thing we didn't have many numbers that day.
Sat in the sun eating sausages and smoked trout when suddenly Tony appeared on the scene, he had travelled up later due to completing the Capital 1000K the day before. Tony had brought his CBX1000 along for a run and it got all the attention it deserved in the car park.
After catching up with a few familiar faces we finished off the grub and had cup of tea and were back on the road again. Tony led on the CBX1000 and Rex and I just about managed to keep up with him along with a ute that was hell bent on trying to stay with us until we hit some traffic in the twisties and left him behind.
A great days riding with perfect weather and company !
Sunday morning, looking a bit grey and damp outside but I wanted to get some KM's on the new bike to see just how comfortable it will be so decided to join the Sunday trip to Porangahau. Four people turned up at the Horseshoe, Andy, Glenn, Tony and myself. The vintage bike club were also there and little Dave was there with his BSA.
Rex and I shot the gap at 8am on the Friday morning – just the two of us leaving on bikes today, so no point in shagging around Masterton we thought. May as well go and shag around Taupo instead. Twas a little chilly, but otherwise not too bad - a few layers of thermals saw to that. Got to Mt. Bruce where the rain started – good ol' Mt Bruce. And did I mention wind? Yep that too – uncomfortably blustery. Couldn't pass the many trucks on the road due to spray blowing everywhere, reducing forward visibility to near zero. A quick stop in Vegas to rearrange some clothing, then onto Norsewood where the rain stopped, and we headed East to try and get away from the eternal wind on the Takapau Plains, rejoining the main road just South of Waipuk. Onwards to Bayview BP to fill the bikes and empty ourselves, then up and over the Napier/ Taupo. Did I mention wind? Yep, at one stage we had the bikes on full lean with a B-Train coming towards us, and we were slowly edging into his path unable to do SFA except keep the throttle open – Scaaaaaaaary!
Checked into Flash Packers at 12-20pm, and wandered into town for lunch, coming across Greg and Andy in one of those automobile thingys along the way. Whilst we were chilling out in town Sudsy arrived also on four wheels – and then there were five. Saturday was pretty cruisy. Into town to Glyn's café (where we had lunch yesterday) for a yummy cooked brekky. Back to Flashpackers to rendezvous with the others, then off to the AC Baths ready for the parade. Hello, hello, hello – no it's not a cop, it's Glen, John, Barry, Gary, Dave, Ken, Donna, Nik, and Dave (think I got them all!).
The parade and service went without a hitch, but as usual it makes one think how lucky we are not to hear our names read out! Back to Flashpackers for bevvys and silly banter as usual, then down to Lone Star for a Posh Nosh (albeit slightly pricey). Sunday morning was a 9am meeting at the Truck Stop for a hearty brekky to set us up for the trip home.
Some unmarked grit on the Napier/Taupo, along with some frost patches kept us on our toes, but all made it to BP Bayview for fuel, then onwards to Norsewood via Highway 50 for a caffeine fix. A clean run home from there saw me arrive just before 3pm – plenty of time to unpack/unwind and prepare for the week ahead. Thanks to Rex for organising all the bookings etc., and thanks to all my fellow riders/drivers/passengers for yet another enjoyable and memorable trip away with Wairarapa Ullybods. A bundle of laughs always boosts the midwinter spirits along a bit eh.
I usually don't post product endorsements but this is a great leap forward by Skully helmets.
1st September ACC Protest Ride.
As mentioned at our last branch meeting there is a protest ride to parliament to protest the unfairness of the ACC levy structure. This is being coordinated by BRONZ. Bikes to be at Parliament at 10.
There is also an online petition to voice your opposition.
It's getting cold, wet and miserable. It's about this time that those who have experience of Christmas in the Northern hemisphere feel something is missing. So it's Christmas time - time for good food and a good company.
Thank's to Nigel for organizing the location, and thanks to all who lent a hand to make for a great night.
This can't have happened a month ago! Well the bike show on the 5th/6th July was a cracker. The variety of machines on show was excellent and the location easy to access. Hats off to the Hawke's Bay Classic Motorcycle Club. It was estimated that 10,000 people attended the event which was raising money for the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter, local Girl Guides and a new kitchen for the club.
Those who rode up on the Saturday were hit with some wild winds. A truck ended up in a ditch on SH2 sending traffic via SH50. Sunday riders were treated to a much better day and beautiful weather.
We had a howling gale and torrential rain Saturday night but by morning it had settled into a fairly quiet and overcast Sunday morning. Six brave souls turned up at the car park for our planned ride to the Flat Hills Cafe. The sky was getting darker so we decided to go to Castle Point instead. Jean and Mick headed off to Martinborough while Greg headed home to finish work on his new wood burner. That left Nobby, Glenn and myself to battle the weather for a coffee and pie at Castle Point.
The trip over there was fine and a lot of the roads were dry though covered in crap from the logging trucks and the roadworks. While there enjoying our hard earned coffee it started raining really heavily and we had a pretty wet return journey. It was great to get out though as we had all been missing the open road.
Looking forward to the ride up to Taupo next weekend !
This Sunday we have a ride on to the Waterford Pub in the Pohangina valley just North of Ashurst.
It's not a long ride to the pub but it has the potential for a good winter ride as there are numerous ways to get there and back.
The foods pretty good too!
Monday night is our Branch meeting at the Services and Citizens Club at 7:30. Visitors are more than welcome to join us.
I am completing end of year achievement reports and funding applications to NZTA, to enable us to continue to promote and run the best m/cycle skills courses we possibly can in the Wairarapa.
If you have attended either the Martinborough skills day or Masterton off road skills day, could you please spare a couple of minutes to email me your feedback.
1.Which course & when you attended.
3. Any improvements/ideas for further courses.
We will be finalising course dates shortly for the Masterton courses and contact all our m/cyclist contacts in the near future.
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Q: Checking if internet connection over WiFi or mobile data available I'm using the following piece of code to check if a phone is connected to internet (either WiFi or mobile data):
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    NetworkCapabilities capabilities = connectivityManager.getNetworkCapabilities(connectivityManager.getActiveNetwork());
    if (capabilities != null) {
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        } else if (capabilities.hasTransport(NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_WIFI)) {
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It could be the case that a phone is connected to WiFi but not to internet. For my use case I assume that when it is connected to WiFi or mobile network (with mobile data enabled) that internet will be available.
Is this piece of code ok? Especially, does activeNetworkInfo.isConnected() also test for mobile data or only WiFi? I'm targeting Android 7 to Android 10. Theoretically I could use the the piece of code in the if-clause also for devices below Android 10 I think.

A: First ask for this permission to the manifest.xml : android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
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Rosalie Silberman Abella
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Rosalie Silberman Abella's early experiences as a refugee fueled her dedication to justice and led her to become the first Jewish woman elected to the Supreme Court of Canada. Abella was born in a displaced person's camp after World War II and immigrated with her family to Canada, where her father, a respected lawyer, was unable to practice law because of his immigrant status. Abella chose to follow in her father's footsteps, earning a place on the Human Rights Commission of Ontario and the Labor Relations Tribunal when she was still in her twenties and writing a vital study on disabled people's access to legal services. Her report on gender equality in employment created the categories for fairness and discrimination that were adopted by the Canadian Constitution in 1982, and has been implemented by New Zealand, Northern Ireland, and South Africa as well. She has written extensively on the law, served as visiting professor for both McGill University and the University of Toronto, and chaired the Constitutional Conferences to decide the status of Quebec within Canada. In 2004, she was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Topics: Women's Rights, Teachers, World War II, Immigration, Law
More on Rosalie Silberman Abella
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Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella in 1983.
Lawyer, Judge, Professor, Writer
Jewish Women's Archive. "Rosalie Silberman Abella." (Viewed on January 21, 2021) <https://jwa.org/people/abella-rosalie>.


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	 * org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ErrorController#getErrorPath()
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	@Override
	public String getErrorPath() {
		return ERROR_PATH;
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		if (response.getStatus() == HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value()) {
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Q: Persist a top-level collection? NHibernate allows me to query a database and get an IList of objects in return. Suppose I get a list of a couple of dozen objects and modify a half-dozen or so. Does NHibernate have a way to persist changes to the collection, or do I have to persist each object as I change it?
Here's an example. Suppose I run the following code:
var hql = "from Project";
var query = session.CreateQuery(hql);
var myProjectList = query.List<Project>();

I will get back an IList that contains all projects. Now suppose I execute the following code:
var myNewProject = new Project("My New Project");
myProjectList .Add(myNewProject);

And let's say I do this several times, adding several new projects to the list. Now I'm ready to persist the changes to the collection.
I'd like to persist the changes by simply passing myProjectList to the current ISession for updating. But ISession.SaveOrUpdate() appears to take only individual objects, not collections like myProjectList. Is there a way that I can persist changes to myProjectList, or do I have to persist each new object as I create it? Thanks for your help.
David Veeneman
Foresight Systems

A: If you load objects like in your example - then yes you have to persist them one by one.
However, if you make a small design change, and load something like : Account that has an IList<Project> - if you specify cascade "what_cascade_you_need" in the mapping , then when you change the projects on Account , you only have to save Account and everything will get saved.


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A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on Friday, May 5, 2023, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2023. The moon's apparent diameter will be only 0.1% larger than average because it occurs 5.5 days before perigee (Perigee on May 11, 2023). This will be the deepest penumbral eclipse since February 2017 and until September 2042.

Visibility
It will be completely visible over Asia and Australia, and will be seen rising over Africa and much of Europe (basically in Eastern and Central Europe).

Member
This is the 24th member of Lunar Saros 141. The previous event was the April 2005 lunar eclipse. The next event is the May 2041 lunar eclipse.

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2023
 A hybrid solar eclipse on 20 April.
 A penumbral lunar eclipse on 5 May.
 An annular solar eclipse on 14 October.
 A partial lunar eclipse on 28 October.

Lunar year series

Saros series

Metonic series

This eclipse is the last of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, 4–5 May, each separated by 19 years:

Tritos series
 Preceded: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 2012

 Followed: Lunar eclipse of April 3, 2034

Tzolkinex
 Preceded: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 2016

 Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 2030

Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 148.

See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

References

External links
 cycle 141

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The "old man" is 85. He remains as gruff, funny and opinionated as he was when I covered several of his Dolphins teams in the early 1990s while working at The Miami Herald. He used to joke he never got ulcers because he specialized in giving them.
An NFL team now would have to go 19-0 to stay undefeated for an entire season, since the regular season lasts 16 games. The NFL had a 14-game regular season when the Dolphins went undefeated in 1972.
Not many people ever beat anything out of Don Shula, and no one did in 1972. He has watched teams shoot at the unbeaten, untied mark put up by Larry Csonka, Bob Griese, Paul Warfield and the "No-Name Defense" – and fail – for 43 years. Shula won another Super Bowl with Miami after that one, too, but he also never went undefeated again. Despite his rooting interest, he said it would be extremely tough for the Panthers to stay undefeated this season.
Perhaps the best team to almost climb that mountain was the 1985 Chicago Bears, which featured current Panthers coach Ron Rivera as a backup linebacker. One of Shula's Miami squads pinned those 18-1 Bears with their only loss the entire year in a regular-season game that remains one of the most famous in "Monday Night Football" history. (That was long enough ago that Mike was playing quarterback at the University of Alabama at the time).
That 1985 Dolphins team featured Dan Marino at quarterback, just like so many of Shula's teams did in the 1980s and 1990s. Mike Shula now has a star quarterback of his own to supervise in Cam Newton, but the two quarterbacks have very different skill sets. The elder Shula admires both immensely.
The extended Shula family loves the North Carolina mountains and visits every summer. The family has owned a vacation home in Linville since 1991.
Scoring wins games in today's offensive-minded NFL. The three remaining undefeated teams – Carolina, Cincinnati and New England – all average at least 28 points per game and rank among the NFL's top four in scoring. The Panthers rank No. 4 in points per game at 28.5.
Shula really likes tight end Greg Olsen. "He's exciting to watch and is really their big-play guy whenever they are struggling," Shula said. And of course he likes the job his son is doing and enjoys watching the rest of the Panthers' team on TV every week in Miami.
But the Pro Football Hall of Famer saved some special praise for Newton Tuesday.
"That's a unique guy – 6-5, 250 pounds, and can run faster than anybody and throw better than anybody," Shula said. "He's just the complete package. They've got him working as a field general now, understanding what quarterback position is all about.


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Donna Louis was picked from a field of hundreds of authors. Her book, entitled 'Miracles Of Direction', is an in-depth study of some of Christianity's most well-documented miracles.
WILMINGTON, NC, December 22, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ — Donna Louis, author of 'Miracles Of Direction', has been named as a winner for the third year in a row in the '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading' Book Awards. Donna was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process.
Everyday miracles are happening all around us in every shape form and fashion. So many in fact that we can become accustomed to the awe-inspiring things that happen every day. Even now, during the Christmas Season, millions of people are preparing to celebrate the miracle birth of Jesus Christ and the subsequent miracles he performed while on Earth.


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When the view out of your kitchen window is too spectacular to disrupt it with a large range hood, Siena is the perfect solution! This extractor is discreetly flush mounted, allowing the cabinetry and outdoors to take center stage.
However, when it's time to cook, Siena will easily do the job: with a powerful 600 CFM and in-line blower (sold separately), which can mounted in the attic for added silence and peacefulness. The 43" x 27" size provides excellent capture of fumes and the Perimeter Aspiration Technology has been included increasing suction 35%, making it a highly effective hood despite its out-of-sight location.
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Matthia and Grandpa 马提与祖父 is a children book originally written by Roberto Piumini. This book is in paperback, 113 pages and in simplified chinese.
Pale and thin, Grandpa was lying motionless, almost breathing his last. All the family members were around him, including 7-year old Mattia. Mattia is the youngest in the family. As he was gazing at the fly on the wall, day-dreaming, grandfather suddenly gets out of bed and asks Mattia to take a long walk with him. Grandfather brought Mattia for fishing, catch a horse, walk through the field full of sunflowers.. and many others... During the walk, Mattia realises that grandfather is slowly getting smaller and smaller.... read the book to find out what happened next.


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Misrule of Law Blog Creator Mark Pulliam on His Recent Article Addressing the Renewal of COVID Restrictions Post Vaccination
Live from Music Row Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville's Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed retired attorney and blog creator of Misrule of Law Mark Pulliam to the newsmakers line to discuss his recent piece regarding the outrageous constraints that are now wearing thin on American citizens and the continuation of after vaccination.
Leahy: We are joined on our newsmaker line by a good friend, Mark Pulliam from East Tennessee. He is a California and now Texas refugee. I guess you could say. Texas California and ended up in Tennessee making good upward movement all the time. Mark Pulliam, thanks for joining us here on The Tennessee Star Report.
Pulliam: Good morning, Michael. I'm happy to be here.
Leahy: So you had an article that first appeared yesterday at Law and Liberty. Obedience Fatigue got a lot of attention Instapundit and Powerline. John Hinder Acker friends up in Minneapolis intended. Of course, the great constitutional law Professor at the University of Tennessee, Glenn Reynolds, are good friends there. And then Real Clear Policy also featured it.
I could not agree with you more. The headline on your commentary here is Obedience Fatigue. And the subtitle is Over a Year of CDC flip flops and credibility Straining Pronouncements leave a compliant public, skeptical. Vaccinated Americans yearn for normalcy. What caused you to write this?
Leahy: Well, we've all suffered through this last year of uncertainty with our public health officials literally terrorizing us with the specter of a deadly pandemic. And if we even go outside and breathe any fresh air we will drop dead instantly. And this from the very beginning seemed dubious, and a lot of people questioned it.
But we are an obedient people. We do what we're told by and large and particularly when the public health authorities are united in their recommendations. And so everybody was wearing masks. Everybody complied with these social distancing and stay-at-home orders. And it literally wrecked our economy and inflicted incalculable damage. Schools were shut down. It was horrific. It was unprecedented.
But people went along with it because they trusted their government. And now, after a year, it's become clear that that trust was completely misplaced and that even after the vaccine has been rolled out and half the public has been vaccinated, and a good portion of the remaining half was infected and didn't even know it, and therefore had the antibodies and was immune from reinfection, they continue as if this didn't happen.
And every time we make an advance they moved the goal posts. So now they're still saying people should wear masks even vaccinated people should wear masks outdoors. They just came out with some summer camp guide.
Leahy: Yeah, it's crazy.
Pulliam: It's insane! And at some point, people have to say, Dr. Fauci, we are not listening to you anymore. This is bogus. And I think it's almost an experiment on their part to see how far they can push the public and get them to go along with it.
Leahy: Yeah, I think you're probably right in that regard. It looks like they're trying to exercise their power to control the public by being outlandish. It appears that way to me. Dr. Fauci is really, to me, a power hungry megalomaniac. That's what it looks like to me.
Pulliam: And he's got the whole deep state and the swamp behind him. But the summer camp thing, can you imagine everybody that went to summer camp and the whole point was to be with a bunch of people and do activities that you're not ordinarily doing. They're saying that kids who are basically at no risk at all from the Coronavirus have to wear masks every minute there at camp except when they're swimming and eating.
They have to maintain six foot social distance. They can't mix with other campers. They can't share items like games and books and so forth. That's crazy. They are literally trying to destroy these basic experiences that generations of youths have enjoyed. Just like they try to destroy an entire year of public education and wipe out many small businesses without any scientific justification.
And so now that many people have been vaccinated and a lot of people had the antibodies already, I think people are beginning to realize this doesn't make sense anymore, even if it originally makes sense. And I'm not convinced that any of it ever made sense.
Leahy: The mask thing. Now, this is from the very beginning. I'm talking over a year ago when the first emergency was declared. And the science behind the efficacy of wearing masks simply is not there. There's no study that I've seen that wearing a mask or mandatory mask-wearing has had any effect on limiting the spread of COVID-19.
Are you familiar with any scientific studies that say when they compare mask-wearing versus non-mask wearing, where they can demonstrate in a significant way, statistically, that wearing a mask actually improves the situation in terms of Covid-19?
Pulliam: I'm not aware of any such data. And I think scientists are united that wearing masks outdoors is completely outlandish and has always been outlandish. The Wall Street Journal last week did an article about the Asian flu epidemic in 1957. Everybody talks about the Spanish flu back in 1918. But this Asian flu epidemic in 1957 is much closer in time.
And it was a pandemic of an airborne respiratory virus that affected the entire United States. But nobody wore masks. It was not declared a national emergency that if you were sick you stayed home until you got better. And we have become from 1957 to now a different nation. And we're a nation that's led around that accepts things uncritically and that surrenders their freedom. People being told for a year you cannot go to Church?
This is insane. In hindsight, we should look at this as a horrible experiment that went wrong and something that we can never allow to happen again in the United States.
Leahy: Let me play a little bit of Devil's advocate on this with you, Mark. Perhaps you could respond to a bit of mystery. I think in the way people look at this, if you look at polling of the public about attitudes towards mask-wearing, and this has been consistent, I think, pretty much from the beginning, even though I am in a crowd that says there is zero zip, not a shred of scientific evidence to show that this wearing of masks has any impact limiting the spread of COVID-19 and whether it's indoor or outdoor, this is just my view on it.
The public, when you do polling on it, about 60 percent favor regulations wearing masks. Here's my theory on that. I think it's just simply because it's a visible action, right? I don't know what to do, but I can wear a mask. And they tell me it has a good impact on limiting the spread, even though it's not backed by science.
I think that's what the Democrats are doing. They understand that the public perceives that it has a positive effect, and that's why they keep supporting it, even though the science doesn't back it. What's your thought on that?
Pulliam: Well, I agree with that. I think the nation has become deeply polarized, and during the Trump administration became more polarized than ever. And so the nation kind of divided into two camps. The camp that is going to treat COVID almost like wearing a mask was political resistance. If the President discounts it, then we have to treat it as if it's even more important.
And then also, the thing that's happened between now and 1957 is that we have this concept of virtue signaling. People want to show that I'm sanctimonious I follow the rules of it's almost become like a religion, like Catholics wearing ashes on their forehead. It's a symbol of fealty to the big state.
So you put all these things together, the natural obedience that we have as part of our patriotism. You've got this polarization that the people doing it as a political symbol, the virtue signaling. And it's sort of taken on a life of its own. And also, I think these Karens who want to scold people, that's something that we didn't use to have.
Leahy: Karen's are all over the place.


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Q: Pure CSS Parallax additional space problem What I want to achieve
I want to add a parallax effect to a single fullscreen section with dynamic content (has not fixed height) and a background.
I would like that on a scroll the background would move slower than the content and that the background would be high enough to cover the whole content.
What I've tried
To achieve that I have:

*

*set perspective: 10px to .root

*set transform: translateZ(-10px) scale(2) to .background

*put .background into .container and set it's position to absolute so it has the container's height (which is dependent on content's height)

Problem
The problem is that when I scroll down to the bottom I can see:

*

*bottom of the .content

*a piece of a .background

*a black piece of body's black background (appears on Chrome)

When I would scroll down to the bottom I would like that the .content would be the end of the screen and that I wouldn't see anything else beneath it.
Code

body { margin: 0; background: #000; }

.wrapper {
  height: 100vh;
  overflow: scroll;
  perspective: 10px;
}

.container {
  position: relative;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
}

.content {
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-between;
  height: calc(100vh + 100px);
  padding: 20px 0;
  background: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.2);
  text-align: center;
}

.background {
  position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; z-index: -1;
  background-image: linear-gradient(cyan, pink);
  transform: translateZ(-10px) scale(2);
}

top content

center content

bottom content

Question
How can I achieve it?
I have no idea how can I make it work.
Please help

A: Something like this?

body { margin: 0; background: #000; }

.wrapper {
  height: 100vh;
  overflow: scroll;
  perspective: 10px;
}

.container {
  position: relative;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
}

.content {
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 20px 0;
  background: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.2);
  text-align: center;
}

.content p {

  height: 100vh;
 }

.background {
  position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; z-index: -1;
  background-image: linear-gradient(cyan, pink);
}

top content

center content

bottom content


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UK reaffirms commitment to Africa's economic transformation
The United Kingdom is the top donor to the African Development Fund (ADF), the Bank's concessional lending arm for its next three-year cycle, ADF-15 (2020 – 2022), a position it has held for the last three replenishments.
In a statement, the Bank said that the ADF-15 will focus its operations around investing in quality and sustainable infrastructure aimed at strengthening regional integration and human, governance and institutional capacity development for increased decent job creation and inclusive growth. The next cycle will prioritise bold and transformative projects with the view to achieving ambitious development results. ADF-15 will address the root causes of vulnerability by systematically applying a fragility lens in all its operations.
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The UK is a long-standing strategic partner of the African Development Bank Group and its contribution to both the replenishment of the Fund and the capital increase of the Bank sends a strong signal of mutual trust.
This growing partnership between the Bank and the UK was consolidated by the Bank's participation in the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London earlier this month, at which a new infrastructure financing partnership was announced between the Bank and the Department for International Development (DFID).
Read more: CDC Group boosts Africa-focused private equity funds with $400m
Already, the UK's contribution to several Bank's projects has impacted the lives of millions in Africa's poorest nations.
For example, the UK has been a strong supporter of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a multi-donor facility also funded by the governments of Denmark, the U.S., Italy, Norway and Spain. The fund supports the sustainable energy agenda in Africa through grants and concessional investment to facilitate the preparation of green baseload, green mini-grid and energy efficiency projects; equity investments to bridge the financing gap for small- and medium-scale renewable energy generation projects; and support to the public sector to improve the enabling environment for private investments in sustainable energy.
As the world faces global climate emergency, the Bank is looking to redouble its efforts to promote renewable energy across the continent and expects this transition will be a high priority during COP 26, which will be held in Glasgow in November -hosted with Italy.
Last August, the UK pledged £30 million for women's economic empowerment through the Bank's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative. AFAWA is a pan-African initiative, led by the Bank, that aims to close the gender credit gap for women in Africa.
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"Without any doubt, DFID and the UK government's investment in the African Development Bank pays off and delivers huge impacts in Africa," Bank president Akinwumi Adesina said.
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Aaron Klein is still keeping up his identity fraud trolling of Barack Obama's campaign website, using a Nov. 1 WorldNetDaily article to tout how he's using a "Pakistani proxy server" to run a "grassroots fundraising page titled "Fatwa: Foreign Donations" on President Obama's campaign website" under the name "Osama bin Laden."
You'll recall that Klein wrote an Obama-bashing book earlier this year that essentially went nowhere -- it briefly made the bestseller list on the strength of Klein's appearances on Fox News and local talk radio, not from his association with WND. The book had no impact whatsoever on Obama's campaign.
So now, this author and so-called reporter -- who once laughably claimed that he had no anti-Obama agenda -- is now reduced to trolling Obama's website in order to manufacture something, anything to slime Obama one last time before the election. That's all he has left.
That Klein is eager to perform such a cheap, lame, meaningless stunt demonstrates the state of Klein's journalistic standards -- and those of his employer.
As actual journalists, not a paid shills for Barack Obama or unlimited government, we at WND.com take risks in investigating fraud, waste, corruption and abuse by officials. I wonder if BuzzFeed were around during Martin Luther King's day if you would focus on the risks of civil disobedience rather than the larger issues of social justice he raised and the specific grievances he brought to the nation's attention. I also can't help but wonder if you, as a purported journalist will cheer if I am prosecuted for investigating FEC violations by the president of the United States.
Yeah, remember that time MLK totally trolled everyone by claiming he was Lester Maddox? Good times.


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Home Members' News Videalert owner partners with homeless charities to help people back into work
Videalert owner partners with homeless charities to help people back into work
Paul Hutton December 1, 2020 3 min read	0
Transport and enforcement services company Marston Holdings, which owns ITS (UK) member Videalert, has partnered with the homeless charity St Mungo's and Radical Recruit, a not-for-profit organisation which bridges the gap between disadvantaged job seekers and the business world to help some of London's homeless people back into the workplace.
The pandemic has seen many of London's homeless being temporarily housed in hotels across the capital. St Mungo's case workers and Radical Recruit have been working with over 100 men and women, some as young as 18, preparing them for life back in the working world by assessing their interview and work readiness, supporting with CV development and running one-to-one interview coaching sessions.
Marston Holdings has run two recruitment days attended by around 40 people who heard about the company, its values and ways of working as well as available career opportunities. Interactive Q&A sessions helped put the candidates at ease and answered their questions prior to the formal interview process. Nine candidates have now joined frontline teams at NSL working on contracts including Camden, Islington, Westminster, and Lewisham. A further four candidates are being interviewed for other positions in and around London.
According to Emma Freivogel, founder of Radical Recruit: " We are delighted to partner with Marston Holdings which has proved that 'doing good' and driving business success do not have to be mutually exclusive. The people we represent are often viewed through a lens of mistrust and assumed to lack the motivation, skills and abilities to secure and sustain employment. Subsequently, they are discarded on the 'talent scrapheap'. This is a waste of human life, bad for business and detrimental to the economy. We are grateful that businesses such as Marston Holdings exist. Its leadership, especially in the current economic environment, is indispensable.''
"I am really proud to have been involved in the project both from a commercial and personal social value point of view. Too often we overlook people based on their personal circumstances but when you dig deeper and get to know them, you realise that they have so much to offer and just need a helping hand to kick start their lives and reach their true potential," added Paolo Orezzi, NSL's Service Director.
Marston Holdings says the success of this partnership shows that it takes its social value responsibilities. The scheme has been met with real praise from clients in the four London boroughs and the company is looking to extend it nationally.
Picture features Lee Thomas-Wragg, Talent Acquisition Specialist at Radical Recruit (left), Paolo Orezzi and Kevin Makwikila, Case Worker at St Mungos (right)
(Picture courtesy of Marston Holdings)
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