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Emergency Transport
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Emergency Management (EM) is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. The UVA Health EM program takes an all-hazards, full-spectrum (preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation) approach to emergency management, while maintaining normal operations with minimal negative impact on patient care and visitor safety.
Emergency Management's Mission
Virginia is vulnerable to a variety of natural, technological and human-caused emergencies and disasters. A planned and coordinated response by UVA Health can save lives, protect assets and more quickly restore essential services. Our mission is to provide a measured and graduated response to emergencies of increasing levels of complexity by building upon daily operating concepts to ensure resources are matched to the needs of the patient, our facilities, and the community from which we operate.
Management & Oversight
The Emergency Management Program is managed by the director of EM and the Emergency Management Workgroup. The Safety and Security Sub-Committee provides programmatic oversight, policy direction, and the synchronization of EM Program efforts with other committee and sub-committee staff actions.
The Program works to:
Organize and implement disaster tabletops, drills, and full-scale exercises necessary to prepare our staff and partners to carry out their identified roles and responsibilities.
Provide direction and subject matter expertise in the field of emergency management and business continuity to heighten our state of disaster resiliency.
Create a "culture of preparedness" within the UVA Health community by improving awareness and comprehension of what to do before, during, and after emergencies and disasters.
Reduce loss of life and property due to disasters by employing an integrated all-hazards, risk-based approach to mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Conduct annual hazard vulnerability assessments (HVAs) to identify potential emergencies within the organization and community that could affect the demand for and/or ability to provide healthcare services.
Develop and maintain a variety of emergency plans, policies, and procedures. These include comprehensive Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs), Incident Action Plans (IAPs), and Continuity of Operations Plans (COOPs).
Provide educational opportunities for employees at all levels in order to establish and sustain emergency management competencies.
Partnering with UVA Health Public Affairs, to notify team members, patients, visitors, partners, and the local community of emergency events that may affect public safety.
Maintain a comprehensive emergency equipment cache to provide supplemental resources to our organization and the region in times of emergency or disaster.
Support UVA Health's response to emergencies and disasters through the use of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), mobilization of Incident Management Teams (IMTs), and activation of the Hospital Command Center (HCC).
Conduct After Action Reviews (AARs) and develop Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) following an emergency or disaster to facilitate enhancements to our emergency response capabilities.
Develop and maintain partnerships with city, county, regional, state, private, and voluntary organizations that share a vested interest in the enrichment of healthcare emergency management.


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24 Five times I received 39 criticisms from parents.
25 Three times I lost my entire grade book in Infinite Campus.
Once I was kicked by a student.
Three times I was cursed by a student.
often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.
28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my own concern for my students.


It was just another week at the office for the juggernaut Revere High girls basketball team, as the Lady Patriots handled two Northeastern Conference opponents with ease.
Revere led from start to finish in their 62-21 win at Saugus last Tuesday. With leads of 20-2 after one period and 40-6 at the half, the outcome never was in doubt. Senior captain Tiphani Harris and freshman Valentina Pepic led a balanced scoring attack with 10 points apiece, followed by sophomore Meaghan Gotham with eight, the trio of junior Maritza Scott, junior Trisha Cheever, and junior captain Ally Hinojosa with seven each, junior Adanna Hector and freshman Pamela Gonzalez with five apiece, and freshman Tatiana Iacoviello with three points.
Three nights later the Lady Patriots made quick work of Gloucester in a 56-29 runaway. Revere led from the outset with a 20-7 advantage after one period and a 33-13 bulge at the intermission. Once again Revere had nine girls get onto the scoring chart, led by the twin-towers duo of Harris (13 points) and Gotham (11 points), who took care of business in the paint. The quartet of Gonzalez, Scott, junior Natasha Iacoviello and Hinojosa chipped in six points apiece. Pepic added four, Hector had three, and Tatiana Iacoviello sank a free throw. Cheever turned in a solid effort with a passel of rebounds.
The wide margins of victory also gave the Lady Patriots the opportunity to try out different presses and trapping defenses that will be utilized more often as the season progresses.
DeCristoforo and her crew were set to face non-league foe Medford this past Monday and will trek to Danvers Tuesday. They will entertain Swampscott Friday and play at Winthrop next Tuesday. Friday night's encounter will be Alumni Night at which all RHS girls basketball alumni and their families will be admitted free-of-charge.
The Revere High girls track team defeated Salem 46-40 Saturday moarning in a closely-contested meet at the RHS field house.
Among those key efforts was the victory in the high jump by Hannah Fitzpatrick, a freshmen distance runner, who captured the event after a jump-off with her Salem counterpart. After each of the girls cleared 4′-0″ on their second attempts and failed at their 4′-2″ attempts, Hannah cleared 4′-0″ again and the girl from Salem missed, which broke the tie.
"That was a huge event for us because had it gone the other way, the meet would have ended in a tie," noted LaBruna. Hannah then took second in the two mile in 14:11 to finish the day with eight points.
Fiona Kerthi, a senior captain, ran what LaBruna termed a "gutsy 600 meter race" to finish third. "Fiona's best time going into the meet was 2:08 and she shaved off six seconds (2:02) and displaced two Salem competitors to pick up a huge point in a meet where every point mattered," noted LaBruna. Kerthi also earned a point for the Revere scoresheet with a third place in the shotput with a toss of 24′-10″.
Danielle Fortuna captured first place in the 600 dash with a clocking of 1:57.1 and Nadia Lerari outran the field in the 1000 in a time of 3:42.4.
Second-place finishers for Revere were: Rachel Shanbar with a shotput throw of 25′-9″; Angelisa Nguyen, who ran a PR of 6.6 in the 50 meter dash; Helen Perez with a 300 dash of 51.2; and Suellen Guerreiro in the mile in 6:29.1.
Third place efforts came from: Jasmine Zelkanovic in the 50 hurdles in 9.0; Susan Baghouh in the 300 in 52.3; Lani Stevens in the mile in 7:16; and Jaclynne Dion in the two mile run in 14:42.
The next meet for LaBruna and his Lady Patriots, who are 3-2 on the season, is set for tomorrow (Thursday) when they will host Peabody.
The Revere High boys indoor track team took first place in five of the nine individual events to roll past Salem, 58-28, Saturday morning at the RHS fieldhouse.
Nelson Cavallos gave Revere a victory in the high jump with a leap of 5'6″; Mirza Liskovica took the shotput with a heave of 41'1″; Daniel Murphy sprinted to victory in the 50 yard dash in 5.7 seconds; Zachary Gentile led a Revere sweep in the 600 dash with a clocking of 1:37; and Richie Damiano topped the field in the 1000 in a time of 2:54.
The Patriots took second place in seven of the nine events to place three points on the Revere side of the scoresheet. They were: James Petrozelli with a shotput throw of 38′-4″; Lionel Forbes in the 50 yard hurdles in 7.1; Pedro Pimenta in the 50 dash in 6.0; Edi Murjan in the 300 dash in 40.5; Bounlaing Chea in the 600 in 1:39; Salah Barhoum in the mile in 5:11; and Zakaria Attioui in the two mile in 11:53.
Third pace finishers for Revere who earned a point for the Revere cause were: Pimenta with a high jump of 5′-2″; David Sinatra in the hurdles in 7.2; Derek Duran in the 300 in 40.6; Thiago Moreira in the 600 in 1:42; Abubakir Aldarazy in the 1000 in 3:14; Sebastian Mejia in the mile in 5:38; and John Simonini in the two mile in 13:45.
The Patriots wrapped up their victory with a win in the 4 x 400 relay with a time of 4:06 compared to Salem's 4:29.
Earlier in the week, Revere took on Beverly in a make-up of a meet that originally had been scheduled for the previous week. The top performances for the Patriots were turned in by Cavallos, who won the high jump with a leap of 5′-7″, and Forbes, who took first place in the hurdles with a clocking of 7.2.
The Revere boys, who now are 3-2 on the season, will entertain Peabody tomorrow (Thursday) at the Merullo Fieldhouse.
The Revere High boys basketball team came close, but a desperation shot at the buzzer fell short, leaving the Patriots looking at the short end of an exciting 61-59 loss at Chelsea Wednesday.
The Chelsea-Revere basketball rivalry has become the biggest games (they play a home-and-home series) on both teams' schedule in recent years, more so than any contest on their respective league schedules. (Chelsea plays in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference and Revere in the Northeastern Conference.) The contentiousness between the schools is reminiscent of the era when both played in the Greater Boston League a generation (or more) ago and the Revere Beach Parkway neighbors battled each other fiercely in every sport.
The stands in the Chelsea gym were filled, a Red Devil mascot appeared, and two Chelsea students were in an "ESPN Chelsea" booth wearing fake commentator headphones and providing analysis of the game.
As for the game itself, both teams displayed offensive firepower from the opening tip, with Chelsea taking a 20-19 lead after one quarter, but with the Patriots moving out to a 35-34 advantage at the half. Marvin Urdaneta was effective for Revere in the paint, scoring six points in the opening frame. Tommy Chea and Janard Jones both hit treys for the Patriots in the second period, though Revere's strategy to take the ball to the hoop provided plentiful opportunities at the free throw line.
However, the contest changed completely after the intermission. Both teams picked up their defensive intensity, with the result that the Patriots managed just six points in the third quarter and Chelsea only 11, leaving the Red Devils with a 45-41 edge at the third buzzer. That set the stage for an emotion-packed final quarter in which the fans on both sides cheered loudly on every possession. Revere kept matters close, but never could quite manage to gain the upper hand, as Chelsea maintained its slim lead up to the final 11 seconds. Revere set up a pick-and-roll play for Chea, who had been 11-for-13 from the line on the night. However, there was a lot of contact by the help defender on the screen and Tommy got knocked to the floor with no call. Although Chea was able to recover the ball and put up a desperation shot before the buzzer, it bounced off the rim and out.
Chea led Revere with 16 points. Gerald Charles with 12 points and Urdaneta with 11 also reached double-figures for the Pats. Jones hit for nine, followed by Camilo Gomez with four, Romeo Thomas with three, and the duo of Brendan Hayes and Nermin Ibeljic with two apiece.
The night before, the Patriots dropped a 69-59 decision to Saugus. Once again the Patriots started out on fire, grabbing an 18-9 lead after the first period in which Romeo Thomas drained five buckets from three-point land beyond Saugus' 2-3 zone defense. However, Saugus whittled the deficit to four at the half, 29-25, as Chea had to take a seat after picking up his second foul and the Revere offense slowed measurably.
The Sachems continued to maintain their momentum after the intermission and forged ahead after three frames, 47-46. Saugus continued to shoot the ball well in the final eight minutes and pulled away for the 10-point victory.
Thomas ended up with seven three-pointers and 25 points on the night. Gomez hit for 10, followed by Charles with nine, Urdaneta with seven, Ibreljic with four, Chea with three, and Hayes with a free throw.
The Patriots completed their week with their longest road trip of the season at Gloucester Friday evening. The contest was a close affair from the outset, with Gloucester holding one point leads after the first two periods (13-12 and 30-29), but Revere taking a one-point edge after three, 42-41. However,the Fishermen's Andrew Muniz hit for 15 of his game-high 37 points in the final period to propel Gloucester to a 66-58 victory.
Thomas paced Revere in the scoring department with 15 points. Urdaneta struck for 11 points and Gomez reached doubles with 10. Chea added nine, Jones contributed six, Charles added four, Mass Joof chipped in two, and Ibreljic sank a free throw.
The Patriots were set to play at Danvers last night (Tuesday), trek to Swampscott Friday, and then host Winthrop Tuesday.
The Revere High hockey team came up short in both of its contests this past week against rivals from the South Division of the Northeastern Conference, falling 3-0 to Salem last Wednesday and then 3-1 at Lynn Saturday.
Three days later at Lynn, which is a stronger team than Salem, sophomore Anthony Cecca gave the Patriots a 1-0 lead in the opening period with an unassisted goal on which Anthony came out of the corner and beat the Lynn goalie with a top-shelf shot.
"This was the best period of hockey we've played in a while" noted Ciccarello.
However, Lynn evened the count in the middle frame with a lamplighter with just 44 seconds left in the period and then went ahead 2-1 with a goal that ricocheted off a Revere defenseman's stick just 1:00 into the third period. Lynn finished the game with an empty-net goal when the Pats pulled goalie Max Anderson in favor of a sixth skater in the final minute.
"We're younger and smaller than most of the teams we're playing and it has shown in the way we're not winning the puck in the corners and along the boards," said Ciccarello.
The Patriots, who now stand at 2-7-2 as the season has passed the halfway mark, will host their former GBL rival, Somerville, tonight (Wednesday) at Cronin Rink at 6:30. They will entertain Swampscott next Wednesday, also at 6:30. In between those home contests, they will make the long ride to Gloucester Saturday.
The Gloucester Fisherman invaded the SBA gym on Wednesday Jan. 7 to tangle with our Revere Middle School boys. The young Patriots were coming off a disappointing season opening defeat at Marblehead and Coach Erik Maloy's team was looking to redeem itself in it's home opener and redeem itself it did. Revere got off to a quick start going up 8-0 early enroute to a 15-5 first quarter lead and continuing solid 2 way basketball through the second period found themselves on top 31-14 at the break. Gloucester came to life and just about matched our guys hoop for hoop throughout the second half, but that wasn'tnearly enough as the good guys cruised to a lopsided 58-40 win.
Eric Bua (RMA) and Marcus Brunson (GMS) led all scorers dropping 15 points each. Dorian Andrews (SBA) was next with 10 followed by Scott Montefusco (SBA) who drained two 3 pointers and finished with 8. Harvey Lemus (GMS) and Andres Mejia (RMA) had 3 apiece and GMS sixth grader Dillon Day and Badr Haou (RMA) rounded it outwith 2 points apiece. Coach Maloy got to play everybody in the win and Matt Stasio (RMA), Erick Mariona (RMA), Cam Baker (RMA), Yussuf Ali-Buda (RMA), Sebastian Vanegas (GMA) , and Mike Hayes all played well when called upon. The Pats are 1-1 and will play at SBA vs Saugus on 1/14.
The Middle school girls hoop team fresh off of a rousing come from behind victory at Marblehead opened their home schedule at SBA gym by coming out flatter than that proverbial pancake and getting dominated by a bigger Gloucester team. The good guys actually kept it respectable in the first half and trailed 27-20 at the half. With everyone remembering the great second half that they had in their first game had high hopes. However the young (Nine 6th and 7th graders) Lady Pats suffered a complete collapse in just about every phase of the game. Lack of hustle on defense, questionable shot selection, and just poor play all around doomed our girls to a 54-32 blow-out loss. No one really stepped up in the defeat but 9 girls made the score sheet with no one scoring more than 4 points. Melissa Advic (RMA), Elizabeth Woodbury (RMA), Erika Cheever (SBA), Olivia Novoselsky (RMA), and Emily DiGiulio (RMA) all shared scoring honors with 4 points apiece. Eve Lescovitz (SBA), Chloe Giordano (RMA),Alana Nelson (SBA), and Alexis Iacoviello (SBA) all finished with 3 each. Coach Erin Parker played everyone and Catherine Woodbury (RMA), Erica Anderson (RMA), Olivia McManus (RMA), and Frankie DeAngelis all saw action in the defeat. The girls stand at 1-1 and I'm sure that Coach Parker will have them ready to take on Saugus at home on January 14.
The Saugus Sachems paid a visit to SBA gymnasium on 1/14 to take on our Revere Middle School boys. Erik Maloy's team came out white hot and raced to a 26-7 1st period lead. The young Pats were clicking in every facet of the game from the opening tap and never looked back. It was 35-11 at halftime and the outcome was never in doubt as everyone got to play in the 69-37 drubbing of neighboring Saugus. 13 players put points in the book with Marcus Brunson (GMS) leading all scorers with 12 points (( in the 1st quarter). Scott Montefusco (SBA) was next up with 9 and Dorian Andrews (SBA) and Harvey Lemus (GMS) went for 8 points apiece. The troika of Sebastian Vanegas (GMS),Matt Stasio (RMA), and Badr Haou (RMA) checked in next with 6 each. Erick Mariona (RMA) had 3, Dillon Day (GMS), Adam Harper (RMA), and Cam Baker (RMA) all went for 2, and Mike Hayes rounded out the scoring with 1 point. Since dropping the season opener at Marblehead, our young Patriots have putting it all together and playing very well and now stand at 2-1.
Lady Pats Hang on to beat Saugus.
The Middle School girls came out of the locker room hitting on all cylinders and streaked to a 17-0 1st quarter lead on the strength of 8th grader Emily DiGiulio's 10 1st period points. Coach Erin Parker's team stayed hot in the 2nd period and held a healthy 27-10 advantage at the break and it looked as if the blow-out was on. NOT SO FAST. The Saugus team seemed to have awakened at halftime and as our girls went into a 3rd quarter funkthe lead shrunk to 9 after 3 periods and we had a game on our hands. As the Lady Patriots continued to swoon the Lady Sachems cut the lead to 3 with 90 seconds left in the game. After a key timeout Revere's young team dug in on D and escaped with a slim 43-38 victory. After starting out like a house on fire our girls became their own worst enemy as they broke down on defense and missed 28 (YES 28) free throws going 11 for 39 from the line.
Emily DiGiulio struck for a game high 15 points (only 6 in the second half) and Erika Cheever was next with 10. Olivia Novoselsky went for 8 and Elizabeth Woodbury dropped 4. Catherine Woodbury chipped in with 2 as did Alexis Iacoviello. Alan Nelson and Olivia McManus rounded out the scoring with 1 point apiece. The girls now have a 2-1 record and will travel to Salem on Friday 1/16 to play the Witches.
Coach Erik Maloy led his 2-1 boys team into a hornet's nest at Salem's Collins Middle School on Friday January 16 where they were met by a loud sellout crowd including Cheerleaders and a rowdy student section. Revere's guys who have been playing well had their hands full a came out and matched the young Pats hoop for hoop and held a slim 18-16 first quarter lead. It was up and down in the 2nd period as neither team could shake the other and the good guys owned a 33-31 score after 16 minutes. Nothing changed as the second half began with each team playing at a torrid pace. It was still a 1 possession game after 3 quarters and it looked as if it would come down to the team who had the ball last. Back and forth they battled until SBA 8th Grader Scott Montefusco calmly sank 2 huge free throws in the final seconds to ice a 59-56 hard fought triumph. The local 5 showed remarkable character and resolve by playing great team ball in such a hostile environment. 3 players scored double figures as Montefusco and Sebastian Vanegas each had a game high 15 and Dorion Andrews went for 10. Harvey Lemus dropped 8. Marcus Brunson had 7, Andres Mejia ended up with 4 important markers. The boys have now won 3 straight and are playing like the proverbial well oiled machine.
The Revere Middle School squad got the opportunity to play on the grand stage of Salem's varsity floor and it seemed as if they were star struck as they slogged their way to a 6-4 1st quarter lead. It was if they flipped a switch as the 2nd stanza began as the good guys dominated the rest of the game by outscoring the Witches 43-12 over the last 3 periods enroute to a 49-16 final.
Coach Erin Parker got to give EVERYONE plenty of PT and her young troops acquitted themselves very well on the way to the rout.
The Ladies of School Street were paced by 8th grader Emily DiGiulio who tallied 20 points in just 2 periods of play. 7th grader Erika Cheever was next up with 9. The Woodbury twins Elizabeth and Catherine contributed 6 and 2 markers respectively. Olivia Novoselsky and SBA 6th grader both stepped up to score 4 each and Melissa Advic and Chloe Giordano finished the scoring with 2 apiece. Other girls who played very well when they saw the floor were Manuela Montoya (GMS), Olivia McManus (SBA) , Alana Nelson (SBA), Erica Anderson (RMA), Alexis Iacoviello (SBA), and Eve Lescovitz (SBA) The girls now stand at 3-1 as they await a visit from Swampscott at SBA on Wednesday January 21.


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Confession 1 – I like fruitcake. To eat. No, seriously, I have pleasant memories of delicious fruitcake, mostly homemade but some commercially made. This year, I decided to make my own fruitcake. As you can see, it is still a work in progress.
I bought the ingredients, but like many Christmas crafters I ran out of time and energy (that's confession 2). So here's my holiday wish for all of you – peace of mind. If the to-do list taunts you, turn those unfinished projects into family stories. I promise, we'll laugh with you because we've all been there.
I entered college as a poetry major, switched to political science by my junior year because I thought it would be more practical, and ended up not using that degree anyway. I wrote poetry all through college, but gradually drifted into prose. Although I still compose a poem now and again, I think of myself as a novelist. Still, I was considering what I should do to celebrate April in this writing life blog, but couldn't decide. Here's where the confession comes in – my friend Patricia Flaherty Pagan of Spider Road Press tagged me in a Facebook post about her anthology In The Questions: Poetry by and about Strong Women. Spider Road Press is running a giveaway on Amazon for the next few days, and Patricia mentioned all of the authors included in the book in her post. Yup, I forgot that I was in the book.
I wish I could say my natural modesty got the better of me, but in truth my little gray cells just misfired. So, to celebrate Poetry Month, here is my poem.
The mirror tells me I am wise.
for the mom to save us all.
Look for the giveaway on the Spider Road Press Facebook page, or you could buy the book immediately and enjoy the other poems now. Happy Poetry Month!


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Q: r - Shiny+leaflet: How to set Markers color depend on user input I added points on a map using shiny and leaflet.
Each point is a different type of transit option.
I want to distinguish the different types by color and couldn't figure this out.
Tried using "if" which doesn't work.
Thanks!
This is the basic code I have
library(leaflet)
ui <- fluidPage(
leafletOutput("map"),
headerPanel("Example"),
sidebarPanel(checkboxGroupInput(inputId = "Type", label = "Data
Layer",choices = c("Bike", "Muni", "Bus", "BART"), selected = "Bike")))

server <- function(input, output) {
output$map <- renderLeaflet({

rownumber = which(Stops_and_stations$Type == input$Type)
x <- Stops_and_stations[rownumber,]

leaflet(width = 1000, height = 500) %>%
  addTiles() %>%
  addCircleMarkers(lng = x$stop_lon,
                   lat = x$stop_lat,
                   radius= 3, color = '#ff6633') %>%
  setView(lng = -122.4000,
          lat = 37.79500,
          zoom = 13)
})
}
shinyApp(ui, server)

And this is what I tried to add
     .....
 if(input$Type == "Bike"){

leaflet(width = 1000, height = 500) %>%
  addTiles() %>%
  addCircleMarkers(lng = x$stop_lon,
                   lat = x$stop_lat,
                   radius= 3, color = '#ff6633') %>%
  setView(lng = -122.4000,
          lat = 37.79500,
          zoom = 13)
}

if(input$Type == "Muni"){

leaflet(width = 1000, height = 500) %>%
  addTiles() %>%
  addCircleMarkers(lng = x$stop_lon,
                   lat = x$stop_lat,
                   radius= 3, color = '#0033ff') %>%
  setView(lng = -122.4000,
          lat = 37.79500,
          zoom = 13)
}

.....

A: It would be much easier to answer to your question if you provided Stops_and_stations and thus made it a reproducible example..
One approach to use distinct colors for different groups is to add a color column to your data.frame:
Since we don't know your data, I created some random dataset.
Stops_and_stations <- data.frame(
  Type = rep(c("Bike", "Muni", "Bus", "BART"), each = 10),
  stop_lon = -runif(40, 122.4200, 122.4500),
  stop_lat = runif(40, 37.76800, 37.78900),
  color = rep(c("Red", "Blue", "Green", "Yellow"), each = 10)
)

Then instead of specifying a concrete color such as #ff6633, you can use the color column.
addCircleMarkers(lng = x$stop_lon,
                       lat = x$stop_lat,
                       radius= 3, color = x$color)

I would also like to point out that your subsetting is not right: you are using checkboxGroupInput which can have more values, so you need to use the %in% operator to filter.
x <- Stops_and_stations[Stops_and_stations$Type %in% input$Type,]

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require 'rails_helper'
RSpec.describe PostsController do

  describe 'GET index' do

    it 'has a 200 status code' do
      get :index
      expect(response.status).to eq 200
    end

    it 'assigns @posts' do
      posts = Post.all
      get :index
      expect(assigns(:posts)).to eq posts
    end

  end

  describe 'GET one post' do

    it 'has a 200 status code' do
      post = FactoryGirl.create(:post)
      get :show, id: post
      expect(response.status).to eq 200
    end
    it 'has a 200 status code' do
      post = FactoryGirl.create(:post)
      get :show, id: post
      expect(assigns(:post)).to eq post
    end

  end

  # describe 'POST one post' do

  #   it 'saves a new post' do
  #     post = Post.create!(message: 'Which picture is better?')
  #     expect do
  #       post :create, post: post
  #     end
  #   end

  # end

end

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Beartown
Beartown Inhaltsangabe
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Beartown by Fredik Backman, read by John Sackville.
Beartown is a small town in a large Swedish forest.
For most of the year it is under a thick blanket of snow, experiencing the kind of cold and dark that brings people closer together - or pulls them apart.
Its isolation means that Beartown has been slowly shrinking with each passing year. But now the town is on the verge of an astonishing revival. A bright new future is just around the corner.
Until the day it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act.
It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten, and those who'll risk the future to see justice done. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear.
With the town's future at stake, no one can stand by or stay silent. Everyone is on one side or the other.
Which side would you be on?
Previously published as The Scandal.
©2017 Fredrik Backman (P)2017 Penguin AudioBooks
Autor: Fredrik Backman
Sprecher: John Sackville
Beartown is a small town in a large Swedish forest. For most of the year it is under a thick blanket of snow, experiencing the kind of cold and dark that brings people closer together - or pulls them apart. Its isolation means that Beartown has been slowly shrinking with each passing year. But now the town is on the verge of an astonishing revival. A bright new future is just around the corner. Until the day it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act. It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten, and those who'll risk the future to see justice done.
Spannende, dicht konstruierte Geschichte
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People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semifinals, and they actually have a shot at winning.
Us Against You
A small, broken town sits on the edge of a frozen lake surrounded by a forest, its wounds still raw from a tragedy that tore its fragile community in two. Beartown has lost its way. Now the cold and dark that surround the snowbound town creep in, and so do new conflicts and tensions. What was once a friendly rivalry with the neighbouring town is beginning to turn sinister and Beartown braces itself for another tragic blow. How far will the people of Beartown go to preserve their reputations for a second, deadly time?
After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they learn that their beloved local hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in Hed, take in that fact. Amidst the mounting tension between the two rivals, a surprising newcomer is handpicked to be Beartown's new hockey coach. Soon a new team starts to take shape around Amat, the fastest player you'll ever see; Benji, the crazed lone wolf; and Vidar, a born-to-be-bad troublemaker.
Sooo ein gutes Buch!


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Q: Oracle 10g to know the timedifference between two rows in one table requestid   Date
2   12/22/2016 23:21
3   12/22/2016 23:21
1   12/22/2016 23:21
37  12/22/2016 23:20
156 12/22/2016 23:20

Could someone please help I want to know the time Difference between requestid 1 and 156?
I have tried the below query but not getting the proper output.
 Select A.IFCOMPONENTUID,A.FPROCSTAGESTARTDT, (A.FPROCSTAGESTARTDT - B.FPROCSTAGESTARTDT) AS timedifference from XA_CASA.CFX_FILE_PROC_STAT A
where INNER JOIN XA_CASA.CFX_FILE_PROC_STAT B On A.IFCOMPONENTUID = (B.IFCOMPONENTUID + 155)  and
 order by FILERUNTIMEUID desc

A: similar to your construct...
SELECT
    A.IFCOMPONENTUID,
    A.FPROCSTAGESTARTDT,
    B.IFCOMPONENTUID CompareID
    (A.FPROCSTAGESTARTDT - B.FPROCSTAGESTARTDT) TimeDiff
FROM XA_CASA.CFX_FILE_PROC_STAT A
INNER JOIN XA_CASA.CFX_FILE_PROC_STAT B
    ON A.IFCOMPONENTUID = (B.IFCOMPONENTUID + 155)
WHERE A.IFCOMPONENTUID = 1

I would prefer having explicit IDs in the where clause for more flexibility to change IDs:
SELECT
    A.IFCOMPONENTUID,
    A.FPROCSTAGESTARTDT,
    B.IFCOMPONENTUID CompareID,
    (A.FPROCSTAGESTARTDT - B.FPROCSTAGESTARTDT) TimeDiff
FROM XA_CASA.CFX_FILE_PROC_STAT A
INNER JOIN XA_CASA.CFX_FILE_PROC_STAT B
    ON 1 = 1
WHERE A.IFCOMPONENTUID = 1
    AND B.IFCOMPONENTUID = 156


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You'll never walk alone if you join the crowds and stop by on the way to or from the game and join us in The Atrium Lounge.
Enjoy one of our delicious InterContinental Beef Burgers along with a pint of Carlsberg beer the official Liverpool Football Club Beer.
Riverside Restaurant will be open from 5 pm on Monday 20th July providing the option for pre-game dining before you head across the Riverbank Pedestrian Bridge to Adelaide Oval.


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A million rare documents damaged in Moscow library blaze
MOSCOW, RUSSIA- A fire that ripped through one of Russia's largest university libraries is believed to have damaged over one million historic documents, with some describing the fire as a cultural "Chernobyl."
The blaze, which started Friday and was still not completely out on Saturday evening, ravaged 2,000 square metres (21,500 square feet) of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) in Moscow, which was created in 1918 and holds 10 million documents with some dating back to the 16th century.
"It's a major loss for science. This is the largest collection of its kind in the world, probably equivalent to the (United States) Library of Congress," Vladimir Fortov, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences was quoted as saying by Russia press agencies.
"One can find documents there that are impossible to find elsewhere, all the social sciences use this library. What has happened here is reminiscent of Chernobyl," he said referring to the 1986 nuclear catastrophe.
Fortov said about 15 percent of the collection had been damaged at the library, which includes one of the world's richest collections of Slavic language works, but also documents from Britain, Italy and the US.
Fortov told Kommersant FM radio that much of the damage was caused by water from the firefighting operations.
No one was injured in the inferno.
The fire broke out on Friday evening on the library's second floor and continued burning all day Saturday despite 200 firefighters' efforts to douse the blaze.
Library authorities initially said the documents were not in danger, but once the fire caused 1,000 square metres of the roof to collapse they were less certain about the risk to the collection.
A rescue service source told state-run RIA Novosti news agency it was impossible to remove the books because of the intense heat in the building.
According to Russian media, investigators looking into the cause of the blaze suspect an electrical short-circuit was to blame.
Sunday, February 1st 2015


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At long last I have a quotes page, for all my favourite quotes. I'll regularly add more to it as time goes on, so please do check back every now and then. I plan for it to be a place where I only add the quotes that I truly love – that either move me, or that make me laugh, or make me think. Enjoy!
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking up at the stars." – Oscar Wilde
"Man is a bird without wings, and a bird is a man without sorrow." – Louis de Bernieres
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." – Douglas Adams
"A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle." – P. G. Wodehouse
"All I ask for is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy." – Spike Milligan
"You are who you are when nobody's watching." – Stephen Fry
"He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt." – Joseph Heller
"Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did they think they were doing at the time?" – Billy Connolly
"You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse-kicking contest." – Rowan Atkinson
"I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine." – Spike Milligan
"Life is a waste of time, time is a waste of life, get wasted all the time and you'll have the time of your life." – Billy Connolly, quoting someone else who I forget.
"When did you ever hear of a child not in need? 'Oh that's enough jam tart for me, I'll just go now and clean the toilets.'" – Dylan Moran
"To say that Richard Mayhew was not very good at heights would be perfectly accurate, but would fail to give the full picture; it would be like describing the planet Jupiter as bigger than a duck." – Neil Gaiman, from Neverwhere
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." – Ernest Hemingway
"I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done." – Steven Wright
"I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering." – Robert Frost
14 thoughts on "Quotes"
Literary Tiger | July 5, 2012 at 1:59 pm
I love quotes!
The Other Watson | July 5, 2012 at 8:00 pm
They are great! I really need to add to this quotes page, actually!
The Adventures of Sky & Snipey | September 11, 2012 at 3:56 am
Loved Sylvia Plath also.:-)
The Other Watson | September 11, 2012 at 11:43 am
Ah awesome! 🙂
Jill London | April 2, 2013 at 8:15 am
I like the Spike Milligan and Billy Connolly quotations best – smart arse comedians are always so slick with words 😉
The Other Watson | April 2, 2013 at 9:48 pm
I'm glad to hear – Billy Connolly is perhaps my favourite comedian ever, and Spike Milligan not only ranks among my favourites but also heavily influenced a lot of my favourites (such as the Monty Python guys, for example). I could write pages and pages of quotes from just those two alone, really! 😛
Jill London | April 2, 2013 at 10:15 pm
Let me be the first to put in a request for that. And anything Monty Python related would make my day. Are you taking requests from your readers by the way? I should have asked.
The Other Watson | April 3, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Hahaha sure why not, happy to take requests for quotes. I could probably do a number of Monty Python ones off the top of my head! Just give me a week or two to find a spare pocket of time in which to update the list – I'll probably tweet about it or announce it somehow when I do update it! 🙂
klweston1984 | November 2, 2013 at 10:06 pm
The first two are favourites of mine. There are times when nothing is more apt than some Oscar Wilde wisdom!
The Other Watson | November 3, 2013 at 12:06 am
Glad to hear it! Oscar Wilde is so ridiculously quotable, isn't he?! 🙂
emmakwall | February 5, 2015 at 5:15 pm
FAB quotes – classic Spike Milligan!! And that Rowan Atkinson quote wasn't from Blackadder by any chance was it? I can hear Edmund saying that one!! 🙂
The Other Watson | February 10, 2015 at 3:16 pm
Thank you – I see you also have a fantastic taste in comedy! 😀
Yes, it was something Edmund said to Baldrick, or possibly even Percy if it was from the second series. I can't quite remember, but it's funny how much better that quote is when you imagine him saying it. I need to rewatch Blackadder soon, such a great series. 🙂
emmakwall | February 11, 2015 at 1:22 pm
You do, you do! 🙂
I thought it must be, I could just HEAR Edmund all over that!
I like the fourth series the most, I don't really like the first series (where Blackadder was kind of dumb) at all though.
"I'm just off to Hartlepool to buy some exploding trousers"
Haha, yeah, that is quite a common opinion about Blackadder – one even held somewhat by Atkinson and Ben Elton (who I think wrote all four series) a little. The first series had a lot of flaws, one being the fact that Edmund was not so bright but also the first series had a huge budget so that it was almost overkill with the settings and things. The only good thing about that first series is Brian Blessed – that man was and still is hilarious. I think the fourth series is the best too though – it's the only one that has Atkinson, Robinson, Fry, Laurie and McInnerny all as permanent characters. Such a good combination.
Funnily enough, another British comedy I feel similar about is The IT Crowd – while I don't mind the first series, the second third and fourth series were WAY better. But a lot of that is because I think Matt Berry is much funnier as the boss.
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Australia II rests again
Australia II will complete another successful chapter in its remarkable sailing career when she is returned to the Western Australian Maritime Museum
Australia II will complete another successful chapter in its remarkable sailing career when she is returned to the Western Australian Maritime Museum by the Australia II Jubilee Challenge syndicate in a land ceremony in Fremantle on 18 November.
On that day, the yacht "that stopped a nation" and WA team members from America's Cup campaigns since 1983, will take part in the Lotteries Parade, part of the Fremantle Festival. During the parade, the team members will ceremonially hand over their position as "honour guard" around the yacht to Trustees and staff of the Western Australian Museum.
This ends the latest chapter in the famous 12-metre yacht's colourful history. In 1983, Australia II carried off yachting's holy grail – the America's Cup – at Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the first challenger in 132 years to take the Cup from its original winner the New York Yacht Club. She trialled with Australia IV before the 1987 Cup and then spent over a decade in the National Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia.
In August this year, the yacht was reunited with the original victorious crew to sail again in the America's Cup 150th anniversary Jubilee Regatta in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, England.
In more or less original condition, and with a volunteer crew – a few of whom had not sailed since 1983 – Australia II competed against some 37 other 12-metre yachts. Against stiff competition, the nearly 20 year-old Australia II came third overall in the Grand Prix Class for 12-metres, and second in the historic UBS Round the Island re-enactment of the race 150 years ago.
Maritime Museum Director Graeme Henderson said that the Syndicate and crew had done a remarkable job with the backing of Shell Development (Australia), P&O Nedlloyd, Channel 7 and other generous sponsors of the campaign.
"The reaction of the world yachting community and media to seeing Australia II in the water again was nothing short of phenomenal," Mr Henderson said. "The biggest tribute was a special award from co-hosts of the Regatta, the Royal Yacht Squadron and New York Yacht Club, who presented the team with a magnificent trophy for the yacht that brought the greatest benefit to the sport of yachting by participating in the America's Cup Jubilee Regatta."
After the hand-over, Australia II will be stored until her installation as a centre-piece of the new Western Australian Maritime Museum on Victoria Quay, Fremantle, due to open in 2002.


Spring has Sprung–Is Your Wellness Blooming?
1. Taking a recuperative walk out in nature. Although the ideal setting may be a park or forest preserve, if you have abundant budding trees in your neighborhood, they may suffice to create a more "citified" natural retreat.
2. Have a picnic with friends or family again in the outdoors. Even grilling in the back yard can get you out of the house and breathing in the fresh spring air.
3. Plan a weekend getaway to a setting that could include a lake, trees and/or other natural "wonders".
4. As the old saying goes "take some time to smell the roses" (or other flowers of your choice) once they peak their colorful heads up.
5. Slow down when you are driving after work, sometimes just enjoying a sculpted front yard of a neighbor for a few seconds and taking in a deep breath (with the window open) can help you get in better touch with your natural self.
Consider that in ancient times when we lived in caves, we had to go out to search for/grow our food, so we spent a great deal of time outdoors. Now we are often cooped up in steel framed offices or other workplaces all day, then may drive home in traffic and spend the rest of the day in our homes!
Escape from the hubbub of modern life by spending some time in nature and your wellness may bloom along with the flowers!


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UAE Tops Arab World In Economic Freedom
Dec 6, 2018 by admin
The UAE has tied with Bahrain for first place
UAE businesses enjoy the highest economic freedom in the Arab world. This opens a wealth of opportunities to grow for UAE Inc. It also helps reduce poverty in the country, generate more employment opportunities and makes workforce and credit easily available.
According to the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the Arab World's annual report 2018, the UAE tied with Bahrain for first place with a score of 8.0.
Among the sub-indices, the UAE's score for legal structure and security of property rights remained 8.0 and retained its first place. The Emirates' score for sound money rose to 9.5 from 9.4, leaving the UAE ninth place in the ranking, the same as last year.
The UAE came in first place in freedom to trade, up from second, with an improved score of 8.3 compared to 8.1 last year. For regulation of business, labor and credit, the UAE scored 7.6 but rose from fifth to third place in the rankings.
Regionally, Jordan has been ranked third, followed by Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. The bottom-ranked countries were Libya, Syria, Algeria, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, and Djibouti.
Increased economic freedom is the solution that will unleash the drive and ingenuity of the whole population and power Arab nations into a new era of prosperity and opportunity. This is a necessity for even resource-rich states as they move to diversify, said Fred McMahon, a Fraser Institute resident fellow.
"Economic freedom supports these goals directly and by boosting prosperity. Prosperity, in turn, supports both democracy, stability and further growth of freedom. True economic freedom also combats corruption. When people are economically free, they may do what they like economically," McMahon said.
According to the report, economic freedom dramatically reduces poverty. In the least free nations, over 30 percent of the population suffers extreme poverty – defined as $1.90 a day – and over 50 percent suffers moderate poverty – $3.20 a day. In the freest nations, 1.48 percent of the population suffers $1.90-a-day poverty and only 4.31 percent suffer $3.20-a-day poverty.
Mahmood Bangara, chairman, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Dubai chapter), said the UAE has an open economy with relatively simpler employment regulations and an open and vibrant capital markets.
"Reforms adopted in previous years have created a relatively efficient and well-functioning regulatory system, free of corruption. E-governance and automation to have been superb, avoiding wastage of time, which will make business efficient, with phenomenal infrastructural developments," he said.
Bangara pointed out that the cost of manpower is relatively higher and called for affordable housing for SME employees.
"The businesses deserve protection from the rental increase as the cost of business must be at the level or below par with peer international cities. Partial privatization of state-owned enterprises and opening to foreign investors with independent regulators could be a boost. Foreign ownership may be widened in various sectors," he suggested.
Jitendra Gianchandani, chairman, Jitendra Chartered Accountants, said the UAE ranked top regionally mainly due to higher government spending, government integrity and judicial effectiveness, business freedom, trade freedom, investment freedom, labor freedom, monetary freedom, fiscal health, etc.
Also, the UAE has outpaced other Arab countries in the region when it comes to lifestyle, infrastructure and balanced investment in human resources, education, health and welfare of the society, he said.
"To realize the ambitious goal to be a tourism hub and global trade destination, the UAE should equally invest in soft and hard infrastructure, increase the private sector contribution and liberalize financial, real estate and cyber sectors to attract more foreign investments. Making the legal system more independent and effective is the need of the hour," Gianchandani said.
According to the Fraser Institute's study, the per capita income of least free economies is around $5,649 while residents of most free economies enjoy on average $40,376 per capita income.
Nimish Makvana, senior partner, Crowe UAE, said the UAE is one of the Gulf's most liberal countries with a constitution that allows freedom of religion.
"When competition is global rather than local, the UAE is staying ahead of rivals by constantly improving its business laws, developing innovative concepts and employing the latest technology," he said.
Makvana noted that for any economy, the key driving factors are finance and real estate sectors to attract foreign investors and tourists. And it is important to enhance the legal and regulatory framework to further strengthen investor confidence.
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Excellent, as ever. Thank you.
They don't make 'em like that anymore. Sadly.
I think it was the smaller size bottle that such as Barley Wine was supplied. In the above case I guess this was Magnet's strong ale as a smaller 'nip' is about the price of a small 'ordinary' beer.
Hi, I used to work with a Tony Bush in 1961/2 when we were no'but lads, sounds as though it may be the same guy, any idea where he is now? I'd love to get in touch. RAB was always Tony when I knew him but I believe he later became Richard. If it's the same chap last I heard he was working in London but that was many years ago. Lou S.
The hospital boiler house was on the opposite corner, the stoker used charge the furnace then slide across the road for a quick 'un.
This would appear to be it. Somewhat sparse on detail but it's all I can find. Looks to be well out of date & the link to Derbyshire Record Office doesn't work. Pre 1948 isolation & mental hospital but no indication of when it was built/opened. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=1094 It would have been a short walk from Meadowhead, down the road towards Chesterfield then a cut across the fields. It's now a private nursing home, Brookview, Holmley Lane, £600 - £900 per week.


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Station Albigny - Neuville is een spoorwegstation in de Franse gemeente Albigny-sur-Saône.

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Here's a wedding inspiration board I created for what I'm calling a "sweet pea soiree" – combining all things girly, pink, soft, romantic, and joyful into one fabulous wedding design! I even created this board with a real-life bride in mind, and it combines many of my favorite wedding looks and designs into one stunning soiree. The soft, romantic feel is perfect for any Southern bride. I love the touches of natural elements, gold and sparkle, candlelight, and lush ballet pink flowers.
PS: Clearly, Southern Weddings is my go-to source for all wedding inspiration!
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I'm so glad you love this! I don't think I could possibly choose a favorite picture here, though!!


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Chrissy Teigen Fronts InStyle's November Issue
by Sydney Sadick October 5, 2017
written by Sydney Sadick October 5, 2017
InStyle enlisted Chrissy Teigen to cover its November issue, lensed by Carter Smith, where she looked bright and fresh in a colorful Sonia Rykiel frock. The new mom got personal in an interview for the book on the penthouse of LA's Chateau Marmont, opening up on a range of topics like living with her husband John Legend, her infamous Twitter feud with Donald Trump, undergoing IVF, having a sense of humor about herself, and struggling with postpartum depression. Basically, there was nothing off limits! Peruse highlights from the interview below, and read the full story, here.
On not taking herself too seriously…
"If you share everything and make fun of yourself, then other people won't make the joke, because you've already made it."
On maintaining a healthy relationship with John Legend…
"I'm much luckier to have John's personality in my life than he is to have mine. He is insanely patient and such a dork, and he loves seeing me happy, even if that means watching The Real Housewives of Dallas with me for two and a half hours. I mean, I don't care about half the s— he's doing either. But there's a balance."
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Toward the end of 2017 Congress gave American taxpayers an early Christmas present called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
Whether or not this economic stimulus has lasting positive effects remains to be seen, but one thing is for certain in the short run. If you are 70-1/2 or older, Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) from your IRA make more sense now than ever.
The reason is that your standard deduction nearly doubled, more than making up for the disappearance of the personal exemption. If you are married, your standard deduction increased to $26,600 ($1,300 more for each person than the standard deduction of $24,000 because you are both 65 or older), and if you're like most Americans you won't need to itemize in 2018. If so, don't waste your charitable contributions! Give them tax-free directly to a charity from your IRA as a QCD.
You have to take Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) from your IRA anyway, so why not direct some or all of your RMD to the charity of your choice. To be clear, your QCD is not limited by the amount of your RMD.
You can give up to $100,000 as a QCD from your IRA – tax-free! And if you can afford to do that, you should in order to dodge the limitation on itemized charitable deductions to 60% of your adjusted gross income.
For most taxpayers age 70-1/2 or older with IRAs, QCDs will be a win-win all around in 2018.
For more information here is Scott's colleague, Eddie Holland, on the Talking Money® Live radio show educating listeners on how tax reform may affect you.


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Complaints About NY and CA Moving Companies?
By Rae Ann Anderson [17 Posts, 7 Comments]
I want to warn Thrifty fun members about these two movers. They cost my daughter around $8,000 in losses to her in her move from Brooklyn, NY to California. This is her report to those in authority, and she got nowhere. The moving industry is unregulated and you are at their mercy.
Anything she had in the original boxes, like her stereo receiver were missing. Assumed to be taken to sell at flea markets.
Her goods were damaged, even though they were packed by the movers. She is a pretty, single girl ,was alone in her apartment and she was harassed. Her Victorian hat collection was missing among other things. They refused to look for it. It was probably put in someone else's storage locker or sold. She did not know that her goods would be given to the movers located in California. Essentially, they gave her goods away. The Better Business Bureau and Chamber of Commerce couldn't help us, all they could do was put on their site that these movers had a complaint against them. We had no luck with arbitration or coverage with insurance.
We have all of this documented and pictures of everything broken and the data on the missing items. Beware, these are crooks! I hope I can help all of you from being ripped off by them.
Volt Relocation Inc., 47 Hall Street, 2nd fl., Brooklyn, NY 11205, (718)522-3819, - Fax: (718)522-3820, ICC# 502394 - US DOT# 1318777
Quick Transportation, Inc., 1208 Arques Avenue, #108-1, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (408)733-8300 Fax: (866)826-6781, US DOT# 1298991, MC-504462, CAL PUC# T190018, Attn: Mac Ischanov, Manager.
We have spoken to a gentleman here in town who used to take these things to court as an owner of a moving company as an expert witness and he said they are definitely wrong and can be sued successfully. We are going to do, but that will take time, trouble and money and we want others to avoid using them. They are the ultimate in being dishonest!
By Marjorie [82 Posts, 1,743 Comments]
My friend and her husband had to move from NY to GA because of his new job. She told me over the phone about the horrors they had experienced with a moving company. The company damaged a lot of their furniture, and they filed a law suit against them. I'll have to find out if it's the same company out of New York City.
Thank you for warning the Thriftyfun members.
By Jackolyn Smith [17 Posts, 133 Comments]
My sympathies for your daughter. If you really want to get the word out about these companies...go to PlanetFeedback.com. This is a site where you can register complaints or even praises about a company. You type in what you want to say and then they redo your letter. If you want to keep it the way you wrote it, you just click on the right button and it'll be printed your way. They keep this letter on the net for up to a year and even send one to the companies that you complain about. I had problems with Dish Network and put a complaint letter on this site. Within two weeks, I got all the money back that they owed me, plus a letter of apology from their main headquarters. But I still won't deal with Dish. You have nothing to lose, and might even gain something from it...like the money they owe your daughter! Try it...PlanetFeedback.com
By Diana Atherton [6 Posts, 13 Comments]
Your daughter needs to contact the Attorney Generals office for both states. Give them as much information as possible regarding these companies. Consumer Affairs Divisions are put in to place by each state to protect consumers from exactly these kinds of issues.
Your daughter can obtain this information on line. Just do a google search for California government and New York government. When you get to each States home page, look for Attorney General's office or do a search. They can and do assist in a great capacity. They will help her resolve this issue. Best of luck.
By dar (Guest Post)
This seems to be problem with all moving companies, you usually have to watch them, when you move. If you can, fit anything special like small collectibles, antiques, favorite things try to take them in your car. My sister moved down south and my sister in law moved up North. My sister lost a lot of baby clothes and baby thing's and my sister in law lost a Grandfather clock. Sorry, I do not understand how they get away with this.All I can do is say call the Better Business Bureau and complain, complain, complain. P.S You could rent a small trailer also for some things. dar
By James (Guest Post)
I've heard from a friend of mine that Quick Transportation is the worst moving company ever. He also had bad experience with them, but didn't have time to bring them to the court.
By Marie [27 Posts, 49 Comments]
April 27, 20080 found this helpful
I read a couple of years ago - that what has happened to your daughter and others is an ongoing problem. I guess you really have to check out the moving service before hand - alot of the companies - I don't remember specific names - were also not releasing the moved person(s) goods from their trucks unless another fee was paid!
That was one of the problems - I can't even imagine that a company could get away these unethical, illegal - I would think - practices.
By Peter (Guest Post)
September 19, 20080 found this helpful
I couldn't find the QT online, are they still in the business? I hope you got them.
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Q: Slow cypher queries in Neo4j server mode - jersey-REST I am accessing and querying a graph db via REST, with Jersey and I am obtaining Json files with the results, but it is slower than querying it via embedded. My graph has 350.000 nodes and 1.500.000 relationships. I don't know if there is a way for not blocking the db when it is accessed by a user via embedded... thanks

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*DOMAIN MODEL:
300.000 nodes, 1.500.000 relationships (of 40 types, including IS_A type). There is about 15 big hierarchies (each of one has between 1.000 and 100.000 nodes), and these hierarchies (its nodes) are related with the nodes of other hierarchies.

*QUERY:
MATCH (a: Concept{conceptid : '123456'}) <- [:RELCL] - (b: Concept)  - [:REL {reltype: '112233'}] -> (c: Concept)  - [:RELCL] -> (av: Concept {conceptid: '654321'})
RETURN DISTINCT b.conceptid AS CONCEPTID
Note that RELCL is the IS_A relationship.
Note that
MATCH (a: Concept{conceptid : '123456'}) <- [:RELCL] - (b: Concept)

b returns 300.000 nodes.
Note that
(c: Concept)  - [:RELCL] -> (av: Concept {conceptid: '654321'})

c returns 300.000 nodes.
Time executed via (Neo4j embedded):
GraphDatabaseService graphDb = new GraphDatabaseFactory().newEmbeddedDatabase(DB_PATH);
ExecutionEngine engine = new ExecutionEngine(graphDb);
ExecutionResult result = engine.execute(query));

= 12 s.
Time executed via (Neo4j server mode (Neo4j Community 2.1.5) - jersey-REST):
final String txUri = SERVER_ROOT_URI + "transaction/commit";
WebResource resourceQuery = Client.create().resource( txUri );
String payload = "{\"statements\" : [ {\"statement\" : \"" +query + "\"} ]}";
 ClientResponse responseQuery= resourceQuery
.accept( MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON )
.type( MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON )
.entity( payload )
.post( ClientResponse.class );

String res = String.format("POST [%s] to\n [%s], \nstatus code [%d %s], returned data: "+ System.getProperty( "file.separator" ) + "%s\n",
payload, txUri, responseQuery.getStatus(),
responseQuery.getClientResponseStatus(), responseQuery.getEntity( String.class ) );

= 240 s.
When executing both codes in Eclipse, I put in Run Configuration -Xms12G
-Xmx16G as VM Arguments. I see, when executing embedded version, that RAM increase over 8GB in javaw process. But when executing Server-REST version, it only reach 130MB. (The PC where I am executing the codes has 16GB of RAM).
In Neo4j GUI settings, Database Configuration, Server Configuration and Java VM Options files, has the default values.
Thank you again.


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The informal ground floor bar area offers a selection of wines, cocktails and tapas. Upstairs is a quieter more formal dining room. The menu offers a wide range of tapas alongside more traditional mains, weekend brunch and Sunday roasts.
First opened in 1830 and now under new Spanish management the pub has been tastefully refurbished whilst maintaining a traditional feel with most of the original features.


As I listened to a caller on my cell phone describe the state of her marriage, I could hear the anguish in her voice. She was in deep distress in where her marriage was headed. She needed some tools on how to talk with her husband, how to communicate better and hear his needs and share hers and her concerns. This couple was not connecting whatsoever. This frustrated her to no end. She loved him and admitted her faults to him and wanted a fresh start in their relationship. He wasn't so sure that's what he wanted. There was a great deal of pain on his part from his past relationships, and now he was comparing her to old girlfriends. This is not a place where couples want to go. It's easy to get caught up in this kind of thinking. But, it's also poisonous thinking and a killer of borderline marriages in crisis.
When our marriages seem hopeless, we seem to struggle with finding ourselves and finding answers to our problems. It's not easy being in a tight spot, and sometimes we say and do things that we don't even understand. Hopelessness is a very strong word, and for many, it is a word that describes the situation their in. I often tell people if you're in that spot, it's best to step back and evaluate and take some time to let things set in and then make your next move. I believe in the realm of marriage relationships nothing is hopeless; some wise choices must be made. Whether moving on or sticking it out and working on your relationship, that is your choice.
I had a man come to my office and share his concerns about his marriage. He mentioned that he saw nothing but divorce in his future. His wife was always angry and they rarely communicated with each other. He hated going home, and I later found out she didn't want him coming home. What a miserable existence they both lived in. We talked, and I gave him some idea's on how to better communicate and how to become a better listener. Both felt that these were common problems in their marriage. I told him nothing is hopeless as long as you both can come to the table and talk. Learn about each other's needs and wants. Learn to be able to share details and connect at a deeper level. Keep away from surface talks I told him, get to the point but be compassionate when you talk. Avoid blaming each other for past mistakes. Look to your future together and move in that direction. Avoid the pitfalls of bunny trailing in your conversations. Stay on topic. Unpleasant conversations can be hard but must be dealt with immediately if there is any chance of saving a relationship. What kinds of situations are called for immediate talks? Next week we will continue part two in this series.
Do you feel hopeless about your marriage? Have you given up and feel there is no way your marriage can be saved? Do you want to save your marriage but don't know what your next steps are? Do you want to improve your communication and need help in restoring it? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to contact Dr. Mike and set up an appointment. Don't allow hopelessness to destroy your relationship. Please call Dr. Mike at 303.880.9878. He can help you. He has helped several people going through tough times.


2009 is ending in less than 2 weeks!
We are in a rush to close out this great year. With only 13 days left in 2009, we are in a hurry to finish things up. With Supercar Concepts X premiering only an hour ago and the Supercar Concepts X Premier Week coming to an end tomorrow, the final videos to be uploaded this year are just a few days away. Starting the 20th, we will be uploading multiple videos a day for several days. We are taking a few day break for the holiday. We might upload a few videos after the holiday and before New Year. We are planning to upload all of the videos(7 left to be uploaded) in our archive before Christmas. When we return from the holiday break, we will be undergoing the update to WR Films HD 2.0. The update will take several days, maybe even the remainder of the year. We will try and upload an introduction video for the NEW WR Films on the first day of the new year, but no promises. Just to clear things up, on our homepage we had a notice about a 2009 compilation video... scratch that.
So, prepare for the new WR Films HD 2.0! Prepare for 2010! Prepare for one of the greatest years of WR Films HD! Prepare for Evolution of Murcielago, the greatest movie we will possibly ever produce!
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Today,s update adds or updates 52 files. 14 of the files are new: 8 new image files and 6 new series entries to the List of Anime Television Series. The new series entries to the List are Metal Fight Beyblade 4D; Nintama Rantaro (this year's nineteenth series); Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai; Sengoku Otome ~Momoiro Paradox~; Tono to Issho Gantai no Yabo; and Tottoko Hamutarou: Hamu Hamu Paradai-chu! (the sucessor to the orginal Hamtaro series that I missed back in the day). Updated files have been put in the Chronology of Animation and the List.
Yesterday was a work day which affected my normal Saturday procedures. I got the week's updates and additions loaded on the server last evening but lacked the energy for this report. And so, this week's update updated or added fifty-four files. Seventeen files are new: twelve new image files and five new series entries to the List of Anime Television Series. Updated files have been put in the Chronology of Animation and the List. The new series entries to the List are Fireball Charming; Fujilog; Gintama (second series); Nintama Rantaro (nineteenth series); and, Toriko.
This week's update adds or updates forty-seven files. Nine of the files are new: three new image files and six new series entries to the List of Anime Television Series. Updated files have been put in the Chronology of Animation and the List. The new series entries to the List are Shampoo Oji (a series I missed four years ago); Suzy's Zoo Daisuki! Witzy; Tiger & Bunny; Tottoko Hamutarou Dechu; TV Manga Showa Monogatari; and X-Men.
Today's update adds or amends forty-three files. Updated files have been put in the Chronology of Animation; the List of Anime Television Series; and the Bibliography of Animation (which has received its first update in far too long a time). Thirteen of the files are new. Ten are images and three new series entries have been added to the List: Dog Days; Duel Masters Victory; and Nichijou.
This week I'm back on my normal Saturday schedule and was able to do a regular update to my Animated Divots website. Forty-five files have been updated or added to the website. Twelve of the new files are images. Updated files have been put in the Chronology of Animation and the List of Anime Television Series.
Next week new entries for the Spring Japanese television season will begin to be added to the List.
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This fabulous antique store is another of Malcolm's Paris haunts. They source superior vintage industrial pieces, which in many cases are larger than life. Who knew vintage 20th century 'junk' would one day be so sort after. The store is in Versailles and is definitely worth a look, if you are in the area. Meet me down the bottom for the address.
15 Euro. Why hang out with the tourists, when you can rub shoulders with the locals in the real France?
Great pics. See the large Tour Eiffel? They have €8000 on that - it's their favourite piece and they really don't want to sell it. I'm going there again shortly. I'll report back.
At that price I doubt they ever will. Hope you guys are well.
It's a pleasure to visit your blog and see the awesome and interesting photos that you have taken of France. I would love to visit some day but in the mean time I visit your blog and dream.
Thanks Suz. Stay tuned for more as I am missing France and find myself wanting to share my stories about it.
An industrial decor lovers dream store right there!


At the time of writing this article everyone that wants to see Suicide Squad, directed by David Ayer, either has or has made up their mind not to based on word-of-mouth and critical review. Because of this I will be spoiling several key points, you've been warned.
This latest movie marks another incredibly divisive entry into the DCEU after this year's punchy slogfest that was Batman V Superman: Dawn of Darkness. My main issue with that film was that it seemed that the people behind-the-scenes didn't really get the true nature of their two main characters. There was no hope in Superman whatsoever and Batman murdered everyone (I suspect a hidden skull shirt underneath that fresh new batsuit). This next iteration of page to screen comic movie in Suicide Squad actually does improve on that issue, but proves to muddy the waters on almost everything else. There is fun to be had in it though and I'd say it's a more enjoyable experience than Batman V Superman, but it really, truly is a mess of a movie with clear studio intervention.
In the DCEU the wake of Superman's presence is felt throughout all of its corners, most especially in paranoid shadowy agents like Amanda Waller. She urges the government to consider a drastic plan that involves utilizing captured villains to form a team to take on the greater threats that face humanity in this new world of Superheroes, because what if the next Superman decides to rip off the roof of the White House? (I assure you this squad couldn't stop him if he wanted to do just that though) Thus begins the story, or rather the first half of the movie, which is purely flashbacks and introductions to the squad set to cheeky top ten pop songs or hits in lieu of a soundtrack to match the emotion of the movie, which drastically fluctuates across the runtime.
Will Smith's presence in this movie is what makes it watchable. His skill in emoting, and making the deadly assassin worth rooting for, is the emotional hook of the story and really the only good motivation across the board for the team, besides not wanting to die. Deadshot's through line comes in the form of him attempting to provide for his daughter. Plus he's one of the few characters to get a scene with Batman involved. Truthfully this is one of the best performances from Smith in years, personally I just wish it had been in a better movie.
Margot Robbie is the other standout among the squad. Not only is her performance spot on with the nature of the character she injects moments of humanity into this classic case of stockholm syndrome that makes you believe there is more to the queen of crime without you just waiting around for Mista J to appear.
Jai Courtney, and I really thought I wouldn't be able to say this after "A Good Day to Die Hard", is actually pretty damn entertaining here. Granted Captain Boomerang doesn't do much in the film but his greaseball criminal antics make him worth watching, and yes, he even throws his boomerang once.
Billed as the conscience of the squad, portrayed by Jay Hernandez, Diablo is one of the characters that was weakened by the size of the cast and the choppy mess of editing and direction. His backstory, once revealed, is dark and ripe for character work but its almost cast aside as soon as it is mentioned almost as if the producers read it and said "Oooo.. that's too dark, we just had Batman V Superman shrouded in darkness we can't have that again, cut that up and put some pop songs in there, lighten it up a bit Geez." His death in the third act is set up for an emotional pull but the film hasn't gotten us aquainted with Diablo all that much for the moment to mean anything and it isn't lingered on or even acknowledged afterward.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's Croc was also fairly underused in the film. He's almost mute the entire runtime save for several attempts at humor and for one specifically underwater portion of the mission near the end which was clearly tailor written for Killer Croc to have a reason to swim. It too is quickly passed by, only briefly mentioned "Oh yeah, Killer Croc, he can swim, lets have him swim." Now if he had been as monstrous as he has been depicted in comics and animated Batman cartoons before he could have been a real powerhouse monster, but that must not have been in the budget. He has essentially no backstory either.
Guess who's only in the movie for about twenty seconds and dumped at the viewers feet near the beginning of their mission? His only reason to exist in the movie is to confirm that Amanda Waller's explosive threat is legitimate.
At about halfway through the movie Katana, Karen Fukuhara, is introduced as an associate of Rick Flagg, the defacto leader of the group. She, apparently, uses a sword that encapsulates the souls of those killed by it. The soul of her dead husband is also in that sword. Honestly throw the rest of this garbage out the window and give me that movie, that has a hook I'm actually interested in. We get nothing else from her except cool sword action when the inevitable faceless army comes into play.
Joel Kinnaman's Army grunt Flagg is serviceable as the character that has to wrangle this rag tag team. He's only truly there because of his love interest, June Moon. This is a manipulation by Waller as she plays her chess pieces to try and make this erratic group work. He has some shoddy lines here and there, but some actual emotional work in the third act.
The real villain of the movie is portrayed quite well here by Viola Davis. I say real villain because while that might not have been the intention of the screenwriters, or the director, Amanda Waller plagues the villains..err heroes(?) far more than anything the Enchantress accomplishes. Amanda Waller is a cold and calculating agent of A.R.G.U.S., they're like S.H.I.E.L.D. but with less cool spy stuff and more shady goverment dealings.
You might be wondering why I mentioned the clown prince of crime last. That's because he's barely even in this movie at all. Jared Leto handily gives us a Joker with traits cherry picked from the late Heath Ledger, Jack Nicholson, and Cesar Romero respectively, something new that feels familiar. Not bad, but certainly not the best Joker to grace the screen yet. Of course there was (supposedly) a large portion of Jared Leto's performance that was cut from the film, and until we get more of him it's really unfair to judge him until we see how he squares off against Ben Affleck's Batman.
In the end we have a movie with some middling success, a few visually interesting action sequences, but nothing to make you really feel anything for any of these characters. It's a classic example of throwing everything at a wall just to see what sticks. There is a battle waging across the film's runtime for what tonal shift the filmmakers want the audience to feel, but they never decide between the two being both bright, and dark. There is a constant feeling that there is a good movie, maybe even two, hidden somewhere in this version we got. I highly suspect we will see another 'ultimate edition' of Suicide Squad to spring forth just as one did for Bats and Supes. But whereas that movie was already too long and initially a mess as well I'd actually be interested in an ultimate edition of this film, if only to sate my curiosities on Jared Leto's Joker if his performance truly was that limited here.
Oh and as mentioned there were several Batman cameos that were fairly entertaining, seeing Batman punch Harley Quinn in the face underwater was truly pleasing. The Flash also showed up for the first well executed Superhero quip in the DCEU, so that's saying something. At the risk of any kind of comments section retorts, I have to say, at least we have Marvel Studios, those guys know how to tell superhero stories, DC might yet make the best version of what they can do and surprise us all, but until then they are the definitive second fiddle to the house of ideas.
Taika Waititi is quickly becoming one of my favorite people in cinema. With last year's gut busting and hilarious vampire comedy entry 'What we do in the shadows' showing a unique style of humor and wit I am pleased to say that his following film only expands that ability and originality. 'Hunt for The Wilderpeople' is a larger film than the mostly self contained Vampire slapstick, but that's in the very nature of the story at hand, a young boy and his new foster parent bonding together through a footchase in "the bush" from New Zealand's brass.
The story begins with the introduction of Ricky Baker, portrayed here with comedic skill and heart by Julian Dennison, a young city boy raised on rap and foster care as he arrives to his latest home in the countryside of New Zealand. Rima Te Wiata and Sam Neill ("Alan!") portray Ricky's new foster parents as Aunt Bella and Uncle Hec respectively. They're met by Ricky's handlers, the child care services officers Paula and Andy portrayed by Rachel House & Oscar Kightley. Between the five of them this is the core of the cast with others popping in and out of the story to compliment it as it careens along, like 'Psycho Sam' for example, but more about him later. Ricky quickly decides the country life is not for him and attempts to run away, resulting in several poor attempts at the arduous journey back to civilization. However as soon he begins to get acquainted with his new surroundings and family an event takes place that forces Ricky and Uncle Hec to head into "the bush"on the run from Paula, Andy, and other police forces as a manunt through the wilderness ensues.
What stood out to me the most in this film was its unwavering ability to mix violence, death, saddness and grief into a story that is mostly giggle inducing and silly in its own awkward, yet assuredly confident, way. This is most certainly one of the most original films I have seen in awhile, 'Swiss Army Man' notwithstanding. Everything from the pace to the score is an oddly beautiful creative decision. The story is chunked into ten chapters and an epilouge which helps to keep everything light and quick when dealing with the heavy material in small moments, this keeps the mood upbeat and from getting too downtrodden. The humor here is impeccable and the cinematography is leaps and bounds above what was on display in 'What we do in the shadows', but the real prize here is the character work that is done. All the actors did a fine job but the bulk of the accolades go to Sam Neill's Uncle Hec and Julian Dennison's Ricky Baker. I dare you to not adore Ricky's childlike horror when he witnesses Aunt Bella kill a wild pig with her bare hands as he's constantly trying to maintain his ganster bravado. Or to get the "Ricky Baker" birthday jingle out of your head while Uncle Hec deadpans apathy as Aunt Bella cheerily taps out the tune on a tiny plastic piano.
This film has a whimsical sense of humor and enough charm to melt any adventure loving cinephile's heart. If you can find a showing of the film anywhere I strongly suggest giving it a watch, although I saw it at a film festival so showings may be hard to come by, but it is more than worth your time and money. Pyscho Sam, "a bushman.. man, or a bush?" alone is worth the price of admission just for his small yet memorable role of a crazy woodsman hiding from the government.