Reasons: A narrow endemic, restricted to 2 small valley bottoms in Jackson and Josephine counties in southwestern Oregon. Fairly complete surveys of this species' limited vernal pond habitat have been conducted and 32 occurrences were found with a total of about 50,000 reproductively mature plants. Both of the areas in which the species occurs are being threatened by residential and urban development and one area is also threatened by mining and off-road vehicle traffic.
Comments on USESA: Lomatium cookii was proposed endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on May 15, 2000. It was listed as endangered on November 7, 2002.
Range Extent Comments: Narrow, local endemic. Restricted to two counties in the southwestern portion of the state of Oregon. It is limited to two small areas: the Agate Desert area north of the city of Medford, Jackson County, and the Illinois River Valley area near Cave Junction, Josephine County. Both are highly developed valley bottoms. Range extent 939 sq km by convex hull method and including area between the two populations.
Area of Occupancy Comments: Thirty 4 sq km grid cells occupied.
Number of Occurrences Comments: Sixteen EOs using a 1 km separation distance.
Population Size Comments: Surveys of the largest population (including subpopulations) at French Flat found a total about 200,000 plants (Kaye 2003). Other sites are much smaller. Reproductive individuals probably number < 60,000 in total for all the sites.
Viability/Integrity Comments: Six EOs with good or excellent viabilty, using 1 km separation distance.
Overall Threat Impact Comments: Currently, habitat destruction from land (industrial and residential) development, mining, and ORV use is the major threat to this species. Of the 15 occurrences in the Agate Desert area, 11 have the potential for commercial and industrial development. The remaining 4 are located in Nature Conservancy preserves, a state wildlife management area and a county park. Mining activity is a threat as well as residential development for the Cave Junction area. Three of the 20 populations have known mining activity while the remaining sites in public ownership (Bureau of Land Management) are also exposed to this risk.
Grazing by cattle at more than a moderate level is also a threat to this species. Of the 35 known populations, 6 are on land used for grazing, although most of the Agate Desert area has been historically grazed. Cattle and horses have been observed eating L. cookii, and populations have not been found at heavily grazed sites.
Off-road vehicular traffic is a concern for many of the occurrences with mention of ORV tracks running through the population and severely damaging the habitat, especially in the important, large populations in the alluvial floodplain areas in the Illinois Valley.
Gophers (mostly in mound and flank areas) and possibly wireworms are predators, however under natural conditions are not considered threats to the species.
Thatch buildup from Taeniatherum caput-medusae (medusahead) may contribute to the observed decrease in L. cookii population density after several years without grazing. Thatch reduction by mechanical removal or burning has been demonstrated to increase seedling survival. The second year post burn ratio of seedlings relative to the number of reproducing plants prior to the burn was between 4 and 100 times as great as the number of seedling per adult in unburned areas on the Agate Desert Preserve. Other invasive species such as yellow starthistle (Centauria solstitialis) may compete with seedlings and juvenile plants of Lomatium cookii for light and water.
Short-term Trend Comments: All potential habitat for this species has been searched for and surveyed near both known areas. More populations may be located but it is unlikely that the current range will be greatly increased or additional large populations found. Most known populations are unprotected and threatened, and the global trend is clearly declining. Since most populations are on private lands, and since mining on public lands is a major threat, it is not clear that federal listing will slow the decline. The largest subpopulation is expected to grow and viability analysis shows a very low risk of catastrophic decline over the next 20 years; a very small subpopulation (<50 individuals) is estimated to have a high risk of catastrophic decline over the same period (Kaye 2003). Review of population data in 2012 revealed a mix of trends for individual populations: many are increasing, many are decreasing, and a few are stable. The largest populations are stable or increasing.
Intrinsic Vulnerability Comments: The species is moderately resistant to disturbance.
Global Range: Narrow, local endemic. Restricted to two counties in the southwestern portion of the state of Oregon. It is limited to two small areas: the Agate Desert area north of the city of Medford, Jackson County, and the Illinois River Valley area near Cave Junction, Josephine County. Both are highly developed valley bottoms. Range extent 939 sq km by convex hull method and including area between the two populations.
Basic Description: A perennial herb, 1-4 dm tall, with narrowly dissected leaves and clusters of pale yellow flowers. Blooms between mid-March and mid-May, depending on seasonal conditions.
General Description: Perennial herb, about 6" to 20" tall, with yellow flowers, a leafless stem, smooth leaves and large, corky thickened fruit.
Technical Description: Plant perennial, glabrous, acaulescent or subacaulescent, 1.5-5 dm tall; root elongate, narrow, 1.5-3 dm long, simple, occasionally surmounted by a thickened 2-8-branched caudex. Leaves oblong, 8-17 cm long excluding petiole, 2.5-10 cm broad, ternate then tripinatisect, ultimate segments linear, acute, or sometimes apiculate, 6-12 mm long, less than 1 mm broad; petioles vaginate, 5-22 cm long. Peduncles exceeding leaves, 1.5-4 dm long; umbels 6-12-radiate, fertile rays 2-9 cm long, unequally elongate, sterile rays 1-2 cm long; involucre none; involucel bracklets 8-12, 6-10 mm long, linear, green, margins scarious; fruiting pedicels 1-3 mm long; flowers yellow. Fruits oblong, 8-13 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, lateral wings corky, thick, dorsal ribs three, filiform, elevated; oil tubes obsolete (Kagan 1986).
Diagnostic Characteristics: Lomatium cookii can be distinguished from the common L. utriculatum, with which it grows, by L. cookii's linear, narrow involucel bracts compared to the broad L. utriculatum bracts, its acaulescent habit (L. utriculatum is obviously caulescent), its longer ultimate leaf segments, and larger, corkier fruits. Also, L. utriculatum does not grow in pools (it grows on the mounds). L. macrocarpum is distinguishable from L. cookii by L. macrocarpum's pubescent herbage, pale to tan flowers, long involucel bracts that extend beyond the flowers, and narrow, winged fruits. L. cookii seedlings can be distinguished from other Lomatium seedlings by their lack of a reddish, scabrous petiole and their fewer and more linear ultimate leaf segments.
Reproduction Comments: All reproduction occurs via seed production. Lomatium cookii blooms from mid-March through mid-May depending on the season. Some initiate flowering the last week of February. Plants in pools generally flower 1 week earlier than those on pool flanks or mounds, and some rooted in pools flower under water. There are usually 2-5 flowering umbels, 8-20 umbellets, and 100-250 flowers. The earliest inflorescences are almost all male, with undeveloped ovaries; later flowers are perfect and produce almost all of the fruits. Flowers are protogynous, with the stigmas exposed and receptive before anther dehiscence in the same flower, but some had receptive stigmas after anther dehiscence as well, which may allow for self-pollination. The main insect pollinator is a small bee of the Adrenae family; wind and other invertebrates are also likely pollinators (Brock 1987). Fruits begin development 14-20 days after stigma exsertion, and mature in 4-5 weeks. The dispersal distance is 30-60 cm. Fruits are knocked off the plant by wind or other physical disturbance. Flotation on the ponds does not seem to be a dispersal mechanism (Brock 1987).
Seeds require 7 weeks to 4 months stratification at cool temperatures to germinate. Seed germination in the field begins the first week of February, peaking during the first week, but continuing for more than a month. Seeds in pools germinate about a week later than those on pool flanks or mounds.
Both non-flowering and mature plants grow fastest from February to late April when they start to dry up. Mature plants also grow at a more moderate rate from mid-late fall to December.
Ecology Comments: Grows in vernally wet habitats. Blooms and fruits early in the spring. Has been observed to survive wildfire and experimental and management burns quite well. There appears to be a source-sink relationship between the habitat provided in some vernal pools relative to the surrounding mounds. At the Jackson County International Airport, leveling of the soil mounds in some areas created a soil layer over the hardpan bottom that mimics the vernal pool margins, leading to an extensive population of the plant in a non-natural setting. That particular population is ungrazed, but mowed annually around the time that annual grasses cure.
Habitat Comments: In the Agate Desert area, Lomatium cookii grows along the margins and less frequently on the bottoms of vernal pools or the tops of the mounds, usually with native forbs and introduced annual grasses in a mound-vernal pool habitat. Native plant species include Alopecurus geniculatus, Deschampsia danthonioides, Danthonia californica, Brodiaea sp., Lupinus sp., Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora, and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. floccosa. The pools that support Lomatium cookii generally have either stony bottoms or shallow layers of clay and contain standing water from approximately December through March, April or May. The mounds are relatively rock-free, with loan and clay loam soils.
In the Illinois Valley, it occurs on seasonally moist alluvial floodplains, with native bunchgrasses, Poa scabrella (pine bluegrass) and Danthonia californica (California oatgrass), adjacent to Pinus ponderosa-Quercus garryana (Ponderosa pine-Oregon white oak) savanna with Ceanothus cuneatus (common buckbrush) and Arctostaphylos species (manzanita). The habitats are almost all surrounded by serpentine, Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey pine) upland savannas.
Stewardship Overview: Lomatium cookii is a rare perennial herb. Management concerns for the species include livestock grazing, invasive non-indigenous species, altered fire regime, thatch accumulation, conversion of habitat to agriculture by leveling or irrigation, and other surface disturbance for gravel mining, or residential and commercial development, and off-road-vehicle use. Modification of the surface hydrology on the mounded prairie by nearby development such as construction of roadside ditches and waste flow from neighboring irrigated tracts are also a concern. Fragmentation of the habitat in which Lomatium cookii occurs is a concern for the genetic integrity of individual occurrences and the species.
Restoration Potential: Degraded populations in habitat with intact topography and hydrology have been partially restored by The Nature Conservancy. Populations increased at two sites when they were acquired for conservation, and grazing was removed. Thatch accumulation must be managed in habitat on the Agate Desert landform where medusahead is the dominant species and where livestock have been removed. Small experimental populations of Lomatium cookii have been established from seed at a protected site and under horticultural conditions in the Central Point sandy loam soil at the Oregon State University Agricultural Research Station. Because of the apparent source-sink relationship between population in the vernal pool habitat relative to the surrounding mounds, restoration efforts on the Agate Desert should target areas where the mounded topography and vernal pool hydrology is intact. Restoration is probably less likely to succeed on farmed habitat in the Illinois Valley where the community composition of the surface and soil has been severely degraded.
Preserve Selection & Design Considerations: Natural area preserves targeting conservation of Lomatium cookii should consider the size of intact habitat and surrounding uses as they affect the ability to control alterations of hydrology, encroachment of invasive species, and use of fire. Selection criteria should include proximity and contiguity of the target habitat with a variety of other natural habitat types. Fire management requires a site large enough to allow rotation among several units such that sufficient unburned habitat is maintained to allow recolonization of species of terrestrial invertebrates that may be impacted by burns. Consideration should be given to ameliorating threats from adjoining land uses such as irrigation that may impact the surface hydrology of the target conservation site, or roadsides that act as vectors for weed species. Residential use adjoining a conservation site will require special care in the use of fire and other management practices.
Management Requirements: Livestock grazing should be limited to its use as a management tool. Use of prescribed fire should be coordinated with restoration practices such as seeding native prairie species and weed control efforts such as carefully timed mechanical control, including mowing and hand pulling and cutting. Restoration of the upland prairie (i.e., targeting reduction of weeds and re-establishment of the native perennial bunchgrasses as the dominant component of the upland prairie) should be implemented. Frequent burning (2-3 year interval) may need to be implemented during early phases of restoration, however the fire free interval may be increased as the composition of the grassland shifts toward dominance by native species. Early restoration burns should target reducing seed set of invasive species such as medusahead and starthistle-- probably conducted in late June on the Agate Desert. Later, fire management may shift to periodic late summer and fall burns to mimic the natural fire regime. It may be possible to develop compatible grazing practices for lands under secondary conservation management, but such practice would probably require reducing the duration of grazing, possibly increasing the intensity, and carefully selecting the timing for livestock use.
Management Programs: The Nature Conservancy is the only entity actively managing Lomatium cookii on the Agate Desert landform. The Conservancy maintains a stewardship office in the Rogue Valley, with Darren Borgias the key contact (541-488-4485), or in Portland, Oren Pollak (503-230-1221). The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) owns and manages the Denman Wildlife Management Area that harbors several populations of Lomatium cookii, vernal pools, mounded prairie and other habitats (John Theibes, 541-826-8784). ODFW has recently accepted a transfer of an additional tract of mounded prairie on the Agate Desert that may harbor Lomatium cookii as an off-site mitigation for wetland fill elsewhere. The Bureau of Land Management, Grants Pass Resource Area manages occurrences at Rough and Ready Creek ACEC and the French Flat ACEC, where management has included monitoring and demographic studies conducted by the Rare Plant Program of the Oregon Department of Agriculture (Bob Meinke 541-737-2317). The BLM contact is Linda Mazzu (541-770-2200). A few small occurrences are found on the Forks of the Illinois River State Park, managed by the Oregon State Parks from the office in Rogue River (541-582-1118).
Monitoring Programs: The Nature Conservancy uses permanent 90 meter long x 0.25 meter belt transects in which the number of seedling, juvenile, flowering, and multiple flowering individuals are counted. This method has proven efficient and powerful in the dispersed, but highly clustered populations that occupy areas roughly 90 meters long by 30 meters wide on the Agate Desert Preserve. The number of transects established in individual patches ranges from 6 to 12 depending on the variability in the population allowing a 90% probability of detecting a 50% change in the mean number from year to year (Dan Salzer, 503-230-1221). Another monitoring program has been established by the Oregon Department of Agriculture Rare Plant Program on French Flat ACEC managed by the Bureau of Land Management (Linda Mazzu 503-770-2200).
Management Research Programs: Adaptive management monitoring is ongoing at the Conservancy's Agate Desert and Whetstone Savanna Preserves. Control areas have been established for the prescribed burn management treatments there. Dan Gitzendanner, a Ph.D candidate at Washington State University, is conducting genetic research on the species and on related species.
Management Research Needs: Management research needs include: pollinator-plant interactions, response to fire, response to varied grazing regimes, interspecies competition with non-native and natives, native mounded prairie restoration methods, presettlement community composition, interactions with soil faunal community.
NatureServe Conservation Status Factors Author: Borgias, D., Kagan, J.S., Vrilakas, S.
Management Information Edition Author: BORGIAS, D., KAGAN, J.S., VRILAKAS, S.
Brock, R. 1987. The ecology of LOMATIUM COOKII, an endangered species of the Rogue Valley, Oregon. Unpublished document for Oregon Field Office of The Nature Conservancy. 31 pp.
Kagan, J.S. 1986. A new species of Lomatium (Apiaceae) from southwestern Oregon. Madrono 33 (1):71-75.
Kagan, J.S. 1986. A new species of Lomatium (Apiaceae) from southwestern Oregon. Madrono 33(1): 71-75.
Kagan, J.S. 1987. Draft status report for LOMATIUM COOKII. Unpublished document prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Portland, Oregon. 51 pp.
Kagan, J.S. 1987. Status report for Lomatium cookii. Oregon Natural Heritage Data Base, The Nature Conservancy, Portland.
Kaye, T. N. 2003. Lomatium cookii: Population monitoring in the Illinois Vallye, Josephine County, Oregon. January 2003 progress report. Bureau of Land Management, Medford District and Institute of Applied Ecology, Corvallis, Oregon.


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Robert Tanitch reviews The Madness of George III on line
Alan Bennett is on record as saying to Nicholas Hytner, who directed the premiere at the National Theatre in 1991 that he thought The Madness of George III unstageable. The text, with its numerous short scenes, is like a screenplay.
Adam Penfold's stylish and extremely efficient production, seen last year at Nottingham Playhouse, proves it is very stageable. The king is played by Mark Gatiss.
The king had his first bout in 1788; but he was never mad. He suffered from porphyria, a painful illness of the nerve system, with abdominal agony, near paralysis, racing pulse and babbling speech, sleeplessness, and rambling mental confusion. He had all the symptoms of madness but he was not mad.
The survival of the Tory government depends on the health of the king. If the king cannot regulate himself how can he regulate the country?
George III's suffering, humiliation and torture is seen within the context of the political manoeuvres of Pitt (Nicholas Bishop) to keep power, Fox and the Whigs to oust him, and the Prince Regent to gain the throne.
The king's doctors are caricatures, ignorant buffoons out of a Moliere farce. He is much better looked after by his loyal and loving servants.
The treatment is barbaric. The king is tied in a straight-jacket, strapped to a chair, gagged and blistered with hot glasses. He is even denied access to the Queen (Debra Gillett) he loves and who gave him 15 children. Gattis vividly portrays his torment
Dr Francis Willis (Adrian Scarborough), a drab, provincial clergyman turned medic, a strict disciplinarian, breaks him like a horse.
Scarborough does not cut a sinister figure as Charles Kay did at The National Theatre when you felt the king was in the hands of a lunatic and everything the king had been through had been totally unnecessary.
In Penfold's production (as in the 1995 film version) Willis is much more humane and you come out of the screening and feel he has done some good.
George III's madness is, at times, as painful and as distressing to watch as that of King Lear. Mark Gatiss looks as if he has stepped out of Hogarth's painting of Bedlam in The Rake's Progress.
The real King George III, a devoted husband and a conscientious monarch, was much loved. When his madness recurred in 1810 the theatrical profession, out of respect, stopped performing Shakespeare's King Lear until after his death ten years later.
To learn more about Robert Tanitch and his reviews, click here to go to his website
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At the start of each season, trainees will participate in time trials to determine the placement that best matches their ability. All participants will run two miles the first week, and we'll advance up to 12 miles for the half training program and 21 miles for the full. All long runs (and occasional speed work) will be done alongside members of your pace group, so no one trains alone.


WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump will receive British Prime Minister Theresa May later this week in his first meeting with a foreign leader early into his term, the White House announced Saturday. The meeting, due to take place on Friday, was announced during a briefing by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Press reports in Britain, however, referred to the planned visit to Washington by May as a "major diplomatic coup" for the prime minister for becoming the first European leader to "secure" an official meeting with the new US president. Beating other European leaders to the White House after Trump's inauguration has also been described by British media as a key objective for May and her government since he surprisingly defeated his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the 2015 election. The development comes as May is overseeing the UK's departure from the European Union, which was approved in a national referendum amid a swell of anti-establishment enthusiasm.


Over the past few days, we have observed Everett's fine motor skills and interest in small toys (without lights and sounds) improving. Instead of immediately pushing everything onto the floor, he is taking time to explore his toys and use both hands together.
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Q: Output PowerShell variables to a text file I'm new to PowerShell and have a script which loops through Active Directory searching for certain computers. I get several variables and then run functions to check things like WMI and registry settings.
In the console, my script runs great and simple Write-Host command prints the data on the screen as I want. I know about Export-Csv when using the pipeline...but I'm not looking to print from the pipeline.
I want to write the variables to a text file, continue the loop, and check the next computer in AD...output the next iteration of the same variables on the next line. Here is my Write-Host:
Write-Host ($computer)","($Speed)","($Regcheck)","($OU)

Output file:
$computer,$Speed,$Regcheck | out-file -filepath C:\temp\scripts\pshell\dump.txt -append -width 200

It gives me the data, but each variable is on its own line. Why? I'd like all the variables on one line with comma separation. Is there a simple way to do this akin to VB writeline? My PowerShell version appears to be 2.0.

A: You can concatenate an array of values together using PowerShell's `-join' operator. Here is an example:
$FilePath = '{0}\temp\scripts\pshell\dump.txt' -f $env:SystemDrive;

$Computer = 'pc1';
$Speed = 9001;
$RegCheck = $true;

$Computer,$Speed,$RegCheck -join ',' | Out-File -FilePath $FilePath -Append -Width 200;

Output
pc1,9001,True

A: Use this:
"$computer, $Speed, $Regcheck" | out-file -filepath C:\temp\scripts\pshell\dump.txt -append -width 200

A: I usually construct custom objects in these loops, and then add these objects to an array that I can easily manipulate, sort, export to CSV, etc.:
# Construct an out-array to use for data export
$OutArray = @()

# The computer loop you already have
foreach ($server in $serverlist)
    {
        # Construct an object
        $myobj = "" | Select "computer", "Speed", "Regcheck"

        # Fill the object
        $myobj.computer = $computer
        $myobj.speed = $speed
        $myobj.regcheck = $regcheck

        # Add the object to the out-array
        $outarray += $myobj

        # Wipe the object just to be sure
        $myobj = $null
    }

# After the loop, export the array to CSV
$outarray | export-csv "somefile.csv"

A: $computer,$Speed,$Regcheck will create an array, and run out-file ones per variable = they get seperate lines. If you construct a single string using the variables first, it will show up a single line. Like this:
"$computer,$Speed,$Regcheck" | out-file -filepath C:\temp\scripts\pshell\dump.txt -append -width 200

A: The simple solution is to avoid creating an array before piping to Out-File.  Rule #1 of PowerShell is that the comma is a special delimiter, and the default behavior is to create an array. Concatenation is done like this.
$computer + "," + $Speed + "," + $Regcheck | out-file -filepath C:\temp\scripts\pshell\dump.txt -append -width 200

This creates an array of three items.
$computer,$Speed,$Regcheck
FYKJ
100
YES

vs. concatenation of three items separated by commas.
$computer + "," + $Speed + "," + $Regcheck
FYKJ,100,YES

A: I was lead here in my Google searching.  In a show of good faith I have included what I pieced together from parts of this code and other code I've gathered along the way.

# This script is useful if you have attributes or properties that span across several commandlets
# and you wish to export a certain data set but all of the properties you wish to export are not
# included in only one commandlet so you must use more than one to export the data set you want
#
# Created: Joshua Biddle 08/24/2017
# Edited: Joshua Biddle 08/24/2017
#

$A = Get-ADGroupMember "YourGroupName"

# Construct an out-array to use for data export
$Results = @()

foreach ($B in $A)
    {
  # Construct an object
        $myobj = Get-ADuser $B.samAccountName -Properties ScriptPath,Office

  # Fill the object
  $Properties = @{
  samAccountName = $myobj.samAccountName
  Name = $myobj.Name
  Office = $myobj.Office
  ScriptPath = $myobj.ScriptPath
  }

        # Add the object to the out-array
        $Results += New-Object psobject -Property $Properties

  # Wipe the object just to be sure
        $myobj = $null
    }

# After the loop, export the array to CSV
$Results | Select "samAccountName", "Name", "Office", "ScriptPath" | Export-CSV "C:\Temp\YourData.csv"

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Kurangk Listening, Seaweed and Kayaking
Photo by Danni Zuvela
Chris De Rosa. Image courtesy the artist
***PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO NOVEMBER 6***
Kurangk Listening is an off-site, outdoors public program
Hindmarsh Island, SA
Kurangk Listening is an off-site, outdoors public program of embodied activities on land and water.
As the final outflow of the Murray-Darling river system and the traditional land of the Ngarrindjeri people, the Kurangk (Coorong) is a site of great cultural, spiritual and ecological significance.
Participants will take part in a guided forage of Basham's Beach at Goolwa with artist Chris de Rosa and scientist Chloe Darkson, followed by a kayaking tour on the Coorong from Sugars Beach to the Murray River Mouth, led by Canoe the Coorong's Brenton Carle and artist Brad Darkson.
Through the shared acts of collective walking, talking, listening, looking, gathering, drawing and paddling together, participants will develop an enhanced appreciation and respect for this land and its waters.
The day will run as follows:( Participants will receive an updated schedule breakdown ahead of the event.)
09:30am meet at ACE Open
10:00am depart as group on charter bus
11:30am Sugars Beach – lunch and Kayaking tour with Canoe the Coorong guides and Brad Darkson
2:30pm – 3pmTravel from Sugars Beach to Basham's Beach
3:00pm Basham's Beach- guided walk and forage with Chris De Rosa and Chloe Darkson
5pm depart on charter bus
6:30pm Arrival back at ACE Open
Artist Bios
Brad Darkson is an artist, kayak guide, mechanic, and fisherman. He is a proud First Nations man with family ties to Narungga, Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri Nations, as well as convict and settler heritage.
Dr Chloe Darkson is a marine biologist and yoga teacher. She is a second generation Australian with family ties to the Netherlands, Greece, Ireland and Scotland. Chloe and Brad are licensed kelpers (wild seaweed foragers), and the founders of Moonrise Seaweed Co., where they aim to regeneratively farm native seaweed species.
Chris De Rosa
Chris De Rosa is a visual artist who has lived in coastal Port Elliot for twenty years where she swims almost daily and dives into another world full of organisms "rich and strange". Her practice explores notions of art, science, and imagination. Through printmaking, installation and sculpture, she examines our physical, cultural and conflicting relationship to the natural world.
This event is part of WATER RITES exhibition public programs.
WATER RITES is presented as part of Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art.
This project is supported by SA Water and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.


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Q: Chamfer two lines by give distances using C# I am working on a simple tool in C#. I have three points which makes two lines meeting at point P. So that PP1 and PP2. I want to Chamfer the lines at meeting point such that distance d1 is trimmed from line PP1 and distance d2 is trimmed from line PP2 and then join the trimmed lines.
I have Problem as i can't get exact result. Any idea whats the problem in my code.
Thanks
Result1
Result2
private void Chamfer(Graphics g,PointF P,PointF P1,PointF P2,double d1,double d2)
    {

        //Vector 1 Length
        double PP1 = Math.Sqrt((Math.Pow((P.X - P1.X), 2) + Math.Pow((P.Y - P1.Y), 2)));
        //Vector 2 Length
        double PP2 = Math.Sqrt((Math.Pow((P.X-P2.X), 2) + Math.Pow((P.Y - P2.Y), 2)));
        //Slopes & Angles
        double m1 = (P.Y-P1.Y) / (P.X - P1.X);
        double angle1 = Math.Atan(m1) * (180 / Math.PI);
        double m2 = (P.Y - P2.Y) / (P.X - P2.X);
        double angle2 = Math.Atan(m2) * (180 / Math.PI);
        //Coordinates of points of Chamfer

        if(P1.X>P.X && P1.Y > P.Y)
        {
            int Pd1X = Convert.ToInt32(P.X + d1 * Math.Cos(angle1));
            int Pd1Y = Convert.ToInt32(P.Y + d1 * Math.Sin(angle1));
            Chp1 = new Point(Pd1X, Pd1Y);
        }

        else if (P1.X > P.X && P1.Y < P.Y)
        {
            int Pd1X = Convert.ToInt32(P.X + d1 * Math.Cos(angle1));
            int Pd1Y = Convert.ToInt32(P.Y - d1 * Math.Sin(angle1));
            Chp1 = new Point(Pd1X, Pd1Y);
        }

        else if (P1.X < P.X && P1.Y < P.Y)
        {
            int Pd1X = Convert.ToInt32(P.X - d1 * Math.Cos(angle1));
            int Pd1Y = Convert.ToInt32(P.Y - d1 * Math.Sin(angle1));
            Chp1 = new Point(Pd1X, Pd1Y);
        }
        else if (P1.X < P.X && P1.Y > P.Y)
        {
            int Pd1X = Convert.ToInt32(P.X - d1 * Math.Cos(angle1));
            int Pd1Y = Convert.ToInt32(P.Y + d1 * Math.Sin(angle1));
            Chp1 = new Point(Pd1X, Pd1Y);
        }

        if (P2.X > P.X && P2.Y > P.Y)
        {
            int Pd2X = Convert.ToInt32(P.X + d2 * Math.Cos(angle2));
            int Pd2Y = Convert.ToInt32(P.Y + d2 * Math.Sin(angle2));
            Chp2 = new Point(Pd2X, Pd2Y);
        }
        else if (P2.X > P.X && P2.Y < P.Y)
        {
            int Pd2X = Convert.ToInt32(P.X + d2 * Math.Cos(angle2));
            int Pd2Y = Convert.ToInt32(P.Y - d2 * Math.Sin(angle2));
            Chp2 = new Point(Pd2X, Pd2Y);
        }
        else if (P2.X < P.X && P2.Y < P.Y)
        {
            int Pd2X = Convert.ToInt32(P.X - d2 * Math.Cos(angle2));
            int Pd2Y = Convert.ToInt32(P.Y - d2 * Math.Sin(angle2));
            Chp2 = new Point(Pd2X, Pd2Y);
        }
        else if (P2.X < P.X && P2.Y > P.Y)
        {
            int Pd2X = Convert.ToInt32(P.X - d2 * Math.Cos(angle1));
            int Pd2Y = Convert.ToInt32(P.Y + d2 * Math.Sin(angle1));
            Chp2 = new Point(Pd2X, Pd2Y);
        }

        Pen penPre = new Pen(Color.Green);
        penPre.DashStyle = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.DashStyle.Dot;
        g.Clear(this.BackColor);
        g.DrawLine(Pens.Black, P1, Chp1);
        g.DrawLine(penPre, P1, P);
        g.DrawLine(penPre, P2, P);
        g.DrawString("P1", this.Font, Brushes.Red, new Point(Convert.ToInt32(P1.X + 2), Convert.ToInt32(P1.Y - 2)));
        g.DrawLine(Pens.Black, P2, Chp2);
        g.DrawString("P2", this.Font, Brushes.Red, new Point(Convert.ToInt32(P2.X + 2), Convert.ToInt32(P2.Y - 2)));
        g.DrawString("P", this.Font, Brushes.Red, new Point(Convert.ToInt32( P.X + 3),Convert.ToInt32( P.Y - 2)));

        g.DrawLine(Pens.Black, Chp1, Chp2);

    }

what i got at a specific coordinates, my code is working as you can see from photo attached. I can't figure if i don't have these golden coordinate.
Result from golden coordinates

A:  //Vector 1 Length
    double PP1 = Math.Sqrt((Math.Pow((P.X - P1.X), 2) + Math.Pow((P.Y - P1.Y), 2)));

    //unit direction vector
    upx1 = (P1.X - P.X) / PP1
    upy1 = (P1.Y - P.Y) / PP1

    // chpoint coordinates
    chx1 = P.X + upx1 * d;
    chy1 = P.Y + upy1 * d;

   // now the same for PP2


Let me tell you something cooking food and writing about food are two different things all together. The first is something I do easily and the latter is something I struggle with more often than not. I go through days of feeling uninspired and feeling completely lost for words, where I have no idea what I want to write and then sadly this bout of being completely loss at words creeps into my cooking and then I don't know what to cook either.
For a food blogger you do want to be able to think of what to cook and what to write easily isn't it? But in my case it is a battle that I fight almost every time I want to blog about something. And it can be really hard.And having a full time job means I can only cook for the blog on the weekends. So I usually have to plan the recipes I will make in advanced and then go to the local farmers market or grocery store to pick up the ingredients I would need to make whatever I had planned.
Last week I had seen a beautiful "Apricot Thyme Galette" on the lovely Cottage grove house blog, I was immediately drawn towards the simple and beautiful looking Galtette and wanted to make it for the weekend. But unfortunately in the mayhem of a busy work week between troubleshooting, running for meetings and chaperoning visitors I ended up with no apricots in my fridge.
But I was still obsessed with making a Galette, I had to make it. So when I saw this other gorgeous "Peach Galette" with an Indian twist I crossed the point of no return. To be honest I had never tasted a Galette before, it is really a rustic fresh sweet or savory pastry with gorgeous fruits or vegetables thrown in and cooked to perfection. Even though I do not have much of a sweet tooth I craved and craved for it.
Thankfully I had a tub of "Ricotta" at hand which is unusual as I never really have it. I substituted the peach with Apples and Pears and the Brown Sugar with some Coconut Sugar.
As this beauty baked in my oven and my kitchen was filled with the heavenly aroma of the fruits and the pastry and the Ricotta I knew I had made something truly wonderful. The delicious flaky pastry with the fruits and the cheese just work together to create a perfect harmony of flavours which is definitely out of this world.
The recipe is from the lovely blog Spices and Spices and let me tell you it is addictive.
One sheet of store brought puff pastry, thawed.
One egg white or little melted Butter to brush the pastry.
1 tbsp of crushed nuts – I used Walnuts & Pistachios and some Almond flakes.
Cut the Apples and Pears evenly into thin slices. Mix them with the Coconut Sugar and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Heat the milk and add the Saffron.
Once the milk is cold mix it to the Ricotta Cheese. Add the Cardamom powder mix well and leave it aside.
Once the pastry is completely thawed, sprinkle the flour on the parchment paper and roll out the pastry and lay on the baking sheet. Spread the cheese & saffron mixture on the pastry leaving one inch border space.
Fold the sides leaving most of the fruits uncovered and then keep the entire thing in the fridge for atleast one hour. You can leave it overnight as well.
Once you are ready to bake pre heat the oven at 180 Degrees C. Remove the pastry from the fridge, brush with the Egg white or Butter and sprinkle the chopped nuts on top.
Bake for 45 minutes or until nice and golden. The baking time depends on your oven temperature so do keep an eye on the pastry to make sure it doesn't burn. You can remove the pastry after 30 minutes and brush it with the Egg white once more. Let it rest for atleast 10 minutes before serving.
Serve warm or cold with some clotted Cream or Vanilla Ice cream.
This is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to make your galette! I could almost make the peach galette with ricotta now, I have all the ingredients except the puff pastry. I love that you used both pears and apples. I think you and I have much in common about cooking and writing. I can cook up a storm but put me in front of the keyboard to write about it and I freeze! I really enjoy your writing. You write as though you are having conversation and I like that. Thank you for linking back to my galette post, very kind!
Such a beautiful galette with all those lovely flavours. Blogging needs drive and all days are not the same. While I LOVE cooking and photographing and writing, the little time I get to write is only at midnight after my little boys have gone to bed. By then my body and mind are sore with exhaustion. But I still enjoy doing it and the need to improve and grow keeps me going. I'll be making this soon as soon as I get hold of apricots. Can't wait for Spring!
I totally know what you mean about being lost for words, a writer's worst fear. Strangely I have a lot to say (in my head) about various things at any given minute ie the traffic, bad drivers, the person who left their trolley behind my car in the carpark…if only those thoughts were actual intellectual blog content!
I love a delicious galette, and this looks lovely Bhavna.


If you are looking to dismiss a Colorado traffic ticket or to enjoy some savings on your auto insurance premiums, there isn't a better way to go than the quick and convenient online defensive driving course Colorado we offer.
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A classroom version of traffic school comes with a number of disadvantages. First, you have to find a class, then drive to the class, then sit through the class. You have much better things to do with the little time you have in your busy schedule. With 100% online Colorado traffic school, you have the freedom and flexibility to work at your own pace from whatever place you choose. You don't even have to complete the course all at once, not even on the same day. Log in and out as often as you like, we'll save your place. Finish a piece at home, another on your lunch break and then finish at a park or library or coffee shop or...you get the idea. The classroom and hours of operation are entirely up to you. You don't have to turn your schedule upside down in order to complete Colorado traffic school.
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Brexit: Making Amends
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The Brexit Secretary David Davis has infuriated Tory MPs after he said that MPs will only have a "take it or leave it" vote on the final Brexit deal. This comes at a crucial moment when MPs resume their debate on the UK Withdrawal Bill today, with many Tory MPs expressing their frustration about the bill.
Yesterday, Conservative chief whip Julian Smith had a meeting with MPs, during which it emerged that many backbenchers were dissatisfied with the Withdrawal bill. Tory rebels are considering voting against the government because of Davis' statement that MPs won't have much of a say on the final deal and would be difficult by that time to renegotiate it. Anna Soubry, one of the leading Tory pro-European MPs, said that many MPs were particularly angry about Theresa May's announcement that a clause will be inserted in the bill saying that the UK would have to leave the EU by 29 March 2019, no matter what. Tory rebels find this anathema, and want a vote that would force Theresa May's government to return to the negotiation stage.
But when Davis, ahead of the debate on the Withdrawal bill, promised to introduce legislation that would allow MPs to vote on the final Brexit deal, this was just a vacuous gesture, since it would only allow them to reject or accept the deal, or, even worse, leave the EU with no deal at all. One of the amendments to the bill, tabled by former attorney Dominic Grieve, refers to MPs having a meaningful vote on the final deal, something that Davis' proposal ignores.
Davis and the government's position suggest that they are heading for a hard Brexit. MP Anna Soubry told the Guardian that the government was indeed "preparing for a hard Brexit – no deal," and insisted that she would rebel against Davis' proposal of "take it or leave it."
Labour also called the government to delete May's new amendment on leaving the EU on 29 March 2019. Sir Keir Starmer, the Shadow Brexit Secretary, explained that May's "gimmick" amendment about exit date would "stand in the way of an orderly transition." Starmer said: "The Government's amendments to their own Bill would stand in the way of an orderly transition and increase the chance of Britain crashing out of Europe without an agreement." He also urged May to stop "pandering to the 'no deal' enthusiasts in her own party and withdraw these amendments."
EU Withdrawal Bill
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill repeals the European Communities Act 1972 (ECA) on the day of Britain's exit from the EU. This means that EU law will be converted into domestic law, while, at the same time, creating temporary powers to make secondary legislation to correct laws accordingly, so the legal system of the UK continues to function correctly. This has been strongly debated by Labour and other parties, because these powers, called Henry VIII powers, would constitute a "power grab" by ministers, who would rewrite laws without consulting parliament.
MPs have begun this afternoon the first of eight stage debates for the bill. They will make changes, and there is the possibility of the government making concessions due to its small size in order to prevent defeat.
Today's discussions will focus on a four-hour debate of the amendments related to the repeal of the European Communities Act. MPs will debate the new amendment regarding the UK's exit from the EU at 11pm on 29 March 2019. Despite MPs' disagreement with this proposal, the government has, at least, managed to convey the country's insistence on punctuality. Even in such difficult times, exiting the EU should be done in a timely and orderly manner. MPs won't be voting on this today, but at a later stage. It is said, that Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Cabinet, together with Tory Remainers will try and oppose the amendment.
After voting, MPs will enjoy another four-hour debate on amendments relating to the interpretation of EU law that would be retained. MPs are expected to vote at 7pm and 11pm.
With more than 186 pages of around 470 tabled amendments, MPs are going to debate and fight against a hard Brexit, hoping to see their changes to the bill before Christmas.
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VR Apps are increasing day by day and you should use them if you own a VR device.In this article, we will discuss 5 VR Apps that Android users must try.
As smartphone market is expanding companies are now looking for new ideas new innovative things that inspire and are useful in the tech industry.From smart watches to AR and VR vendors are producing more tech products to engage the smartphone users and provide entertainment and more fun in the gadgets.
VR has been produced by different vendors differ on quality the best quality VR sets you can buy are Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR and others from big brands.Some Chinese vendors are also selling low-cost VR sets but they don't have much quality like you can get from Samsung or any other big brand.
If you are starting with the VR and don't want to buy expensive VR headset then the best solution for you is to try Google Cardboard.Google PlayStore has many apps which you can play on Google Cardboard easily and you won't face difficulty in running them.
If you are new to VR then you should definitely check these 5 VR Apps that are for beginners who want to use VR technology.
The best app for Google Cardboard on PlayStore is Cardboard app it will help you to setup your VR experience it will show the list of VR apps installed on your device.You can use Google Earth to fly around and play around the areas to see everything in virtual reality.Additionally, you can view your photos, videos and other VR content you have on your device.
Another best app for your Google Cardboard is Cardboard camera as you can guess by the name.This app lets you take VR pictures which you can view on your VR headset or Cardboard.It does not require any credentials just sign in and start taking pictures.
If you have dreamed of becoming an astronaut going into space and discovering the galaxy then you can make your dream come true with the help of virtual reality.This app features a VR tour of our solar system so you can see everything near your eyes and feels the galaxy around you.
Voice narration will help you to learn about the various planetary bodies most of the app is free but to have a voice you need to pay $2.99.So use this app and make your childhood dream come true with the help of Titans of Space virtual reality app.
This is an education oriented app that suits the class room environment but it also has tons of landmarks, waterscapes and other places to enjoy the virtual reality.App also has a 360-degree mode in case you would like to view everything without VR.
This is a VR platform to find other VR content it has a VR UI and you can search the web for other VR content available.It has a VR video player to play Youtube videos a VR browser to browse everything in VR it also has a VR marketplace to search more VR apps and games.
These 5 VR Apps are must have for Android users as a base to start with the VR technology you can use them in your fun time and enjoy the VR technology.
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Q: sending a mail with attachment through excel Sending a mail with attachment from excel in vba works most of the time, but sometimes "d.docs.live.net" is added to this attachment, with result that this attachment cannot be found or/and is unreadable. PS. Cortana doesn't work in my region. I work with Office365 and Windows 11. My program is on OneDrive. I read somewhere that a junkapp could be the cause. How to solve this problem ?

A: Sorry, but we finally found the problem : in the name of the attachment there was a space too many, so the system did not recognize the attachment.
We apologize for any inconvenience.


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Q: Is there any legit way to play Diablo 2 on Battle.net with a higher resolution? The highest resolution that the game normally supports is 800x600. Is there anything I can do on Battle.net that's legal that will increase the resolution?

A: Here's a blue post regarding the resolution:

As of right now we're focusing on compatibility and bug fixing for Diablo II. While a higher resolution would be awesome and on our radar, as of right now it's not top priority.

And another more recent blue post with regards to whether the resolution will ever be increased:

I won't say never but it's unlikely due to how much work it would require on such an older game.

The first blue post also stated:

A Glide Wrapper would not a bannable offense.

So I guess you could use a Glide Wrapper to scale Diablo 2 to your desktop resolution (but it'll still be 800 x 600) to make it run smoother.


WRAP has added a toolbox to my daily life which have given me skills, awareness, and a new thought life. The result of having this new toolbox in my life is I am able to recognize when I have different levels of obstacles and challenges. This ability has evidently reduced the time and severity of downswing episodes.
I was referred to WRAP by a mental health provider, who had attended a workshop to learn to facilitate a WRAP group, and she wanted to share it with us. We began meeting once a week as a group. The first two or three weeks I was still thinking this was 'just another group' to attend, I didn't realize at first the power in the process, and I did not have high expectations about the results.
What I discovered, about four weeks into the program, I began to 'think' about the discussions we had in group, I noticed triggers, and I was more aware of my reaction to those triggers. I was gradually more aware of my options, the toolbox (which I created), and how I could address situations which were once invisible to me.
The past seems to be a long chaotic roller coaster. It appeared to be outside of my control. I often did not realize how far down the scale of wellness I had slipped until I was wrapped in a blanket unable to get out of bed. Even then I was unaware of the severity of my situation and I rarely reached out for help. It was after I began to move toward wellness I would seek help. By then, things had changed; helpers were limited (as they had not seen me in the worst condition), so they were unable to evaluate my challenges.
Today, after going through the WRAP program (our group's first phase), I have clear road signs on the scale of wellness. I have a map I have created (with the guidance of WRAP). Each level of my wellness has specific characteristics, ideal tools to use, alternatives when wellness moves from one notch on the scale to another. Instead of being on a journey with no idea what is up around the next bend…seemingly without varying degrees of wellness, I have directions (which I have created for myself using the WRAP guide), and it is clear which way on the path I am traveling.
The next phase of our group will go deeper into each part of the plan we have drafted. Recently we took a closer look at three of our tools and expanded on them. I discovered many of my 'reactions' to challenges were contributing to the problem, and the steps I planned to take in a particular situation were vastly unrealistic. Today I can discover a step to take which is realistic and within my reach in my current life situation. We will be able to take the work we have done, revisit each tool, challenges, triggers, and expand it to help me to live day by day in a more informed way.
The most remarkable realization for me today is that when things are breaking down I have been empowered to help myself. I have a plan with specific instructions to follow, for myself, as well as my support team. It is a work in progress. WRAP has evidently become a life time process to develop my own personal response plan for my personal life obstacles and challenges. As I understand more, get to know myself better, learn new tools to deal with my wellness (mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual), I can create specific detailed plans for every aspect of my life.
When I was given the tools to create a plan I started to see things I had not noticed before. I will not miss the little markers along the road as long as I keep these tools in mind.
Thank you for empowering me to improve my life!


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The Angola Women's Handball League is the top tier handball competition in Angola for women.

Summary
The winners are:

 Round robin tournament.

Participation details

National Champions

See also
 Federação Angolana de Andebol
 Angola women's national handball team

References

Handball competitions in Angola
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Mr. Liu Jingmin, 52, lived in Quanyang Town, Fusong County, Jilin Province. After the persecution began in 1999, he appealed for Falun Dafa and was sent to forced labor twice, detained twice, and harassed multiple times.
On December 21, 2005, he was followed by Yangquan Forestry Domestic Security agent Wang Shouliang while going to his fellow practitioner Mr. Zhang Tongren's house. Wang arrested him and another practitioner, and detained him in the Fusong County Detention Center for three months, where he had to sleep on a metal bed.
Mr. Liu was taken to serve 18 months of forced labor in the Chaoyanggou Labor Camp in Changchun City. The guards forced him to recite the prison rules and do hard labor. They also often kicked and punched him. Mr. Liu's kidney was damaged due to the guards and prisoners (those assigned to monitor him) kicking him. He had to use the toilet five or six time each night, and later more than 30 times. Given his physical condition, he still had to do hard labor, and he was forced to stand for a long time or be locked in solitary confinement if he could not finish the assigned quota.
Under such inhumane torture, Mr. Liu Jingmin's health deteriorated steadily, to the point where he was no longer able to look after himself. The camp administration, afraid of being held responsible for his life, agreed to let him be bailed out for medical treatment, but only under the condition that he had to write a "guarantee statement" giving up cultivation. Mr. Liu was forced to write such a statement against his will. He returned home in July 2006.
Mr. Liu was bedridden after he was released, and his family took him to the Siping Hospital to have one of his kidneys removed. On April 23, 2009, Fusong County Domestic Security agent Guo Jun led a group of officers to harass him in his home. Mr. Liu's condition continued to worsen, and he died on April 28, 2009.
Ms. Chen Shuzhi, 59, lived in Mentougou District of Beijing. On March 6, 2006, she was arrested by "610 Office" agents, detained for two months in the Mentougou District Detention Center, and then taken to the Daxing District Women's Labor Camp. She was subjected to long-term sleep deprivation, forced to sit motionless on a small stool, and not allowed to use the toilet or talk. At the end of 2006, the Camp Administration notified her family that she was terminally ill, and they let her be bailed out for medical treatment. She was perfectly healthy before her sentence, but she was emaciated and very weak when she got out. After she returned home, officers from the 610 Office and police station frequently harassed her at her home and threatened her. She never recovered fully and died on April 6, 2009.


V8 - Jaguar - get the bite of aggressive luxury!
The British company Jaguar Land Rover launched the road tests of charged SUV Jaguar F-Pace SVR. High-performance car designed by experts of SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) department was seen on the legendary German circuit Nurburgring Nordschleife.


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Timothy D. Hawkes is an American attorney, lobbyist and politician serving as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 18th district. Elected in November 2014, he assumed office on January 1, 2015.

Education
Hawkes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.

Career

Hawkes works as a Public Interest Lawyer. He also works as the state director for Trout Unlimited. He was first elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 2014 and began serving on January 1, 2015.

Currently his legislative career, Hawkes serves as the House Rules Chair. He serves on the House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee, House Business and Labor Committee, House Rules Committee, Natural Resources, and the Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee. Since 2019, Hawkes has served as chair of the House Rules Committee.

He has expressed concern about the potential for the Great Salt Lake to dry up, comparing the effect to California's Owens Lake.

Current legislation

In 2022, Hawkes announced that he would be retiring from the legislature after his fourth consecutive term.

Personal life
Hawkes lives in Centerville, Utah with his wife, Rebecca, and their four children.

References

Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives
Living people
Brigham Young University alumni
Columbia Law School alumni
21st-century American politicians
People from Centerville, Utah
Year of birth missing (living people)
Utah lawyers
American lobbyists


In partnership with Financial sector deepening Zambia and the Insurers association of Zambia, the data innovation competition was launched today and will also a host a hackathon, co creation weekend to train and guide all competitors, expose them to data and problem statements around financial inclusion and access to insurance in Zambia. The participants are to showcase their skills and build innovations or solve problems relating to financial inclusion in Zambia. The participants of the competition will use the co-creation weekend to understand the problems the sector faces and get feedback and guidance on their data driven ideas and solutions.
The hackathon and co-creation weekend starts today, Friday 24th March and goes up to Sunday 26th March 2017 when top 10 finalists will be shortlisted for round 2 of the competition. The winners of the competition will undergo an accelerator programme for 4 weeks to help advance their solution and will have a chance to attend the Transform Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda later this year.


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Q: Conext menu behaviour change in SSMS 18.0/18.1 I'm using the new SSMS 18.0 or 18.1 and one thing extremely annoys me -
Upon pressing right click, the context menu is open.
I used to press the "up arrow"+"Return key" to pick the Refresh option.
The circularity isn't working anymore.
Is there anyway to change it?
Thanks!

A: While I cannot reproduce this problem (i.e. I can right-click on any item in Object Explorer and press ⇧ once to get to the bottom of the menu in SSMS 18.0 RTM), if the goal is to reduce the number of times you press a key, then I will suggest abandoning the desired approach (2 keys pressed: ⇧ and then Enter ↲) in favor of simply doing a left-click and then pressing F5 once (i.e. "Refresh"), thereby saving one key-press every time 😺.


Internal LCD data cable (LVDS) for the 2007 and 2008 models of 20" Aluminium Intel iMac. Not suitable for the 2009 models. If in doubt, please contact us with you machine's serial number to confirm. This part connects the logic board to the main data connector on the back of the LCD panel.


Postcard from Naples 3 - This one is more difficult than it looks. The easy part is the location; the postcard tells us that this is "Naples - via Caracciolo and the Grand Hotel." You are standing just a few feet from the rocks of the breakwater along the coast. The view is to the west; that is, the main body of the city of Naples is about a mile behind you as you face that gentleman walking towards you. The west end of the long Villa Comunale (the public gardens and park) is across the street on your right. Ahead of you, about where the long curve and the buildings end, is the small port of Mergellina. The wooded hill above it all is the Posillipo section of Naples.
The Grand Hotel shown on the card was also part of the same plan to renew the seaside. The hotel was finished in 1880. There were other hotels in Naples from about 10-20 years later also called Grand-this and Grand-that. This was apparently the first one. It has almost nothing of the floral wreaths and ornamentation of the Art Nouveau style then about to become popular all over Europe. It seems more of the "eclectic" school, somewhat like the Stock Exchange in postcard #2. In terms of dating this card, however, it is important to note that the hotel is no longer there. It was badly damaged in WW2 and replaced after the war by what is now the U.S. Consulate (large photo, here). It is interesting how many old-timers look over at the consulate and call it "the old Grand Hotel." Hard to say. I suspect, but am not sure, that since the dimensions and orientation of the consulate are virtually identical to the old hotel, the hotel was not destroyed (as some sources says) but badly damaged, salvaged and turned into an example of then recent Rationalist architecture. The consulate even saved (or rebuilt) the white semi-circular balustrade in front.
Still not much of a real date on the card: obviously between 1880 and 1943. Not much. The cars might be of help. There are only two. The easiest one to guesstimate is the one facing you. It might be a model of the boxy FIATs built around 1930-34, or perhaps another make of car but roughly the same time frame of 1930-35. The car can give you a no-earlier-than date, but that's all. That is, if we can say, roughly, that the car is 1935, the card cannot be from 1925. But what about no-later-than? We have one of those: 1943. Can we narrow it down further from the vehicle? I don't think so. I drive around in an old FIAT; maybe that's what this guy was doing. I don't think that the few cars (two!) on the road can be any more help. From the shadows, the photo was taken in mid-afternoon (maybe 2 or 3 p.m.), but it might have been a Sunday or the photographer might just have waited for a propitious moment. Besides, there weren't that many cars in Naples in the mid-1930s, anyway. In 1936 the population of Italy was 43 million. There were about 220,000 cars in circulation. That's about 5 cars for every 1000 persons. Applying that to Naples of 1936 with 865,000 inhabitants (shaving a bit because the percentage of car owners was higher in the north) you get, very roughly, only 4,000 privately owned cars in Naples in 1936, so the lack of cars in the photo (even if typical) doesn't mean much.
Is it possible that the card is closer to 1940? Are there any indicators for that? Yes, and I think I am leaning a bit towards the late 1930s for a date for this card. There are two items of interest. The card shows the hotel, yes, but there are few changes from the original. The original facade (from an 1885-1890 photo) looked like what you see on the right. A closer view of the hotel facade on the postcard is on the left. See what they did (besides adding another story on top!)? What are those letters up there on the south side of the facade in the postcard photo?— G-R-A-N-D. (H-O-T-E-L is on the other side.) They have re-identified the building as the Grand Hotel on either side of the original name that is chiseled into the architecture. Why would they do that? —especially since the letters almost deface the facade! Note that the letters are not painted on; the shadows show that they are three-dimensional. They are mounted in place. They are also very big —too big. The only thing I can think of is that they were put there so people coming from the east on via Caracciolo or maybe through the long park would notice the name from a distance. If you could illuminate the letters, they would be visible even at night! That would require some kind of fluorescing technology. That technology was available in, say, 1937-8, but probably not yet in wide commercial application. But it's plausible.
I think my last word on this has to do with the person I referred to up at the top--"the gentleman walking towards you." At a higher resolution and in close-up, he looks like this (image, right). Maybe it's the hat or the suit or just the general "cut of his jib" (we old salts talk like that —I took a kayak out on the bay once), but this man did not just walk in out of the 1920s (already established, anyway, from the car). I'm guessing late 1930s. If you are a car buff, or that rarest of all buffs (fluorescent lighting technology), I want your views. Or if you are a dapper paragon of sartorial splendor, I don't believe you, but write me anyway. So, car plus shaky fluorescent lighting theory plus cool-looking guy...I'll say 1938. If you have any quibbles or further ideas, by all means let me know.


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