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An independent contractor is being hired to build our new home in the Philippines. As Lolo's (my father-in-law) nipa hut nears completion, work will begin shortly on our new house located on our island province of Guimaras in Western Visayas. We had previously spoken to "Boy" in late October and while he has an architect that is developing the plans for our new digs, we felt the price that this Filipino contractor was asking for labor was way too much. He was requesting 4,500 pesos per square meter for labor costs. Over 24,000 US Dollars. We would pay for all the materials. Our abode will have over 250 square meters in floor space meaning that the labor costs alone would be over 1 million pesos. This was not acceptable to us.
But we only have five people on our nipa hut crew, recently adding a new member this week. We will need a much larger construction crew for the new domicile and a recent text from Boy prompted a discussion between my wife and I. Boy informed us that the architect had completed the floor and foundation plans but was requesting a deposit. We decided to put down 1/3 of the 15,000 peso architectural fees, 337 USD. The planner still had to complete the exterior and roof plans and submit the plans for approval from local engineers who would sign off on the design, an important step in obtaining a permit to build.
Meanwhile, my better half had a chat the other day with Danit, husband of Cousin Emma, owner of The Jade Market and Hollow Block Factory, where we purchased our concrete blocks for the nipa hut. Danit, who works for the DPH, Department of Public Highways, has an architect/contractor friend in nearby Iloilo City who could give us a bid for construction of our new homestead. We could give Danit a copy of our new plans and he could submit them to his friend.
When Boy delivered the house plans, my wife did most of the talking, as Boy's English skills are limited. They jawboned in their local language, Hiligaynon, often referred to as Ilonggo, for several minutes. Then I heard the phrase "4,500 pesos" and I knew my asawa was discussing price. When she mentioned Danit I knew she was bringing Danit's architect/contractor friend into the equation. My wife is a sharp negotiator and after a couple of more minutes my wife filled me in.
"Boy is willing to do the labor cost based on 35% of the material. So if the material costs 200,000 pesos he will get 35% for his labor costs,"my sharp spouse informed me.
"So he is going to drop the 4,500 per square meter request and go with 35% of the material cost for his labor?" I asked to make absolutely sure. "Even if the material costs are one millions pesos, the labor costs will be 350,000 pesos which is a lot cheaper than the other price he quoted before. I can agree to that" as I reached over and shook our new independent contractor's hand.
I'm not sure Boy understood that the deal was sealed but my asawa spoke to him again in Ilonggo but I heard her mention Danit's name again and the word architect.
"Wait a minute, " I said, interrupting my wife, " there is no need to contact Danit's architect friend. If Boy gives us this new deal, I will accept it and he will be our foreman for this project."
But the negotiations had not ended. Our new foreman/contractor now informed my partner that since there would be no material involved in the digging of our foundation, he would need a separate payment for that work.
"How much?" I inquired.
"10,000 pesos," he responded.
Savannah Subdivision construction crew building a new wall
Since the work would take two weeks and would involve a crew of 14 men, plus the fact we would have over a 250 square meter living area, I agreed to that figure, which amounts to 225 US Dollars.
Now you might wonder why we wouldn't try to rent a front end-loader. Remember, we live in a rural province of Western Visayas in the Philippines that only has a total population of 163,000 people on the island. Our rental options are limited though there is a Filipino on the island, not far from us, who has a major hoard of construction equipment.
I checked with two of my expat friends who have recently completed construction of their own homes and both recommended having the work done manually by a crew and not a front-end loader as the equipment available on the island would not be suitable for our needs. Since Boy is bringing his own crew with their own shovels, I will go with the manual labor option.
Boy also explained to my wife that he now wanted three more exclusions to our 35% of material figure: the laying of floor tiles, painting, and the ceiling.
Our new independent contractor that we were going to have build our new home in the Philippines explained that for every tile laid, the cost of each tile would equal the labor cost. For example, if 100 ceramic tiles at 35 pesos each were put down, then the labor cost for that tile work would be 3,500 php, around 80 US Dollars. I was OK with that but later told my wife that when I draw up the contract for this agreement (which we will submit to a lawyer and have notarized in Boy's presence) I will stipulate that we, the clients, have the right to reserve our own crew to do the painting and the ceiling work.
Plumbing, electrical, the steel trusses and the roof and all interior and exterior construction will be covered by our agreement. Boy has an excellent reputation on the island and is known to do superior work. These exclusions were certainly not deal breakers for us. I know of several expats in Guimaras who have used his services and highly recommend him as an honest and knowledgeable foreman. Yes, we could have contacted Danit's architect friend, but I made an executive decision to go with Boy.
Now, I have written in previous posts that our brother-in-law Joery, who has been supervising the new nipa hut on our property for Lolo, would also be the foreman for our new residence. But Joery has many irons in the fire, building a new schoolhouse for his wife's new preschool, in addition to a sari sari store on their property that he operates along with his salted egg business. Joery is also the chief cook for his household which includes his wife, of course, and his three children and our niece Michelle, who teaches at the preschool. I get tired just watching the guy work.
Cousin Emma, Joery and Lolo
We have been able to retain Joery, and Doening, another relative whose daughter is our housekeeper, for Boy's crew.
Boy will take care of the payroll for his crew. My wife, who has been handling the payroll for the five man nipa hut crew, has too much work as it it, caring for her dementia-afflicted father, who lives with us, in addition to taking care of a household of six people at "The Farm." She will be still be purchasing all the materials and snacks for the larger crew and doesn't need the additional payroll duties.
Boy's crew will be paid 350 pesos, 8 USD, a day for the carpenters and 250 pesos, 5.60 USD, a day for the laborers. The workers will have to bring their own lunch but we will be responsible for their merienda's, snacks, at 9:00 am and 3:00 pm.
An independent contractor is being hired to build our new home in the Philippines? Yes. I still will not micro-manage and refuse to go to the job site every day but will, once our new truck is purchased, make weekly visits to the site as the construction of our new cubbyhole will take 5-6 months. Look for updates on the new homestead in upcoming posts of Philippines Plus.
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10 thoughts on "Independent Contractor Being Hired to Build Our New Home in the Philippines"
PapaDuck says:
Sounds like your all set to start. Hopefully all will go well labor wise, but as you know things can always change here.
The Kano says:
Thanks, Papa Duck, yep, if you can't adapt to change in the Philippines, it would be best to stay where you are. You have to adapt to survive.
Tom and Helen Neal says:
Hi Dave, when we built our beach house in Guimbal a couple of years ago it cost a bit over 20,000 per square meter all included, about 22,000 +
seems to be the going rate in Iloilo now
Thanks Tom and Helen. I appreciate the update. I've discovered one thing after living in the Philippines for over five years is that what it costs to live here is more expensive than I originally thought it would. But with the current US dollar to PHP rate, it's still cheaper to live here than the States.
Hi Dave , we built our home in Manila about five years ago, there will be good days and bad days.
The fun starts now , keep your hands on the money at all times ,wishing you good luck on your
New home. Derek in pasig . And Dave always barter for everything
Thanks, much, Derek. My asawa and I were at the site this morning. Lolo's nipa hut is coming along fine. To be honest, I would be perfectly happy with a nipa hut for my wife and I and a couple of nipa huts for the rest of the clan here. But I might as well beat my head against a hollow block concrete wall. There is no way that my asawa will go with that plan.
Dave, if you prefer nipa huts and your asawa prefers a house, tell her that marriage is all about compromise, so you can both live in a nipa hut from now until you are gone, and then afterwards she can build whatever type of house she wants. It might hasten your demise though…
Yeah, I thought about issuing one of my seldom-used "executive orders," Lance, and insist on the nipa hut. But there's a better chance of the Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress actually compromising on issues than I have on this nipa hut vs. the house proposal. So, in order to have a harmonious relationship and keep the asawa happy, I am wisely abandoning the nipa hut plan. 😉 You married guys know what I'm talking about.
If the contractor was able to drop his labor charge from over one millions pesos down to 350,000 pesos plus extra for the laying of floor tiles, painting, and the ceiling, then he must have been planning to make a huge profit from the "rich" Kano. Good idea to go with the local Guimaras guy instead of the off-site guy from Iloilo, although he might have done it even cheaper if you told him that you would get back to him after talking to the other architect/contractor in Iloilo.
Yep, you could very well be right, Lance, we might have gotten a better deal from the guy in Iloilo. But since we had already contacted Boy twice and I shook on this deal, Melinda and I are going ahead with our plans to use him. He does come highly recommended and I've had expats on this island vouch for his honesty. Plus, Boy's architect contact is doing some of the legwork for the permits, so that's always a plus.


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Q: Off-Screen (Invisible) TableViewCells Don't Animate I am currently in the process of creating a UITableView with a UITableViewHeader. This UITableViewHeader is a HeaderView for the first section of my UITableView which has the ability to expand or collapse. It shows filters to narrow down what is shown in the UITableView.
It currently all works great, expanding the UITableViewHeader works nicely, but as soon as I collapse the UITableViewHeader (I animate two bottom constraints to true & false to collapse the UITableViewHeader), the cells that are not visible at first (so the ones that are off-screen) don't animate, they just "come in place" as soon as I hit the button.
I am now wondering if it is possible to make sure these cells also follow the animation, so they kind of "slide up" from underneath the bottom of the screen rather than just fall in place directly. The animation takes 0.25 seconds, so the cells are visible 0.25 seconds too soon let's say.
Any ideas?

A: It's hard to say without seeing any of your code or a gif that captures the problem.
When you say that the cells are "off-screen", are they hidden, are their frames updated or do they have any translation transforms applied?
Before you collapse your UITableViewHeader, the cells have to move off-screen by either having their frames modified (so for example, their y is equal to the height of your view, placing them right at the bottom, below your visible view) or having translation transforms applied. Then, when you collapse your UITableViewHeader, you'll have to 'slide them up' by modifying their position - either by changing their frame origin or by applying a translation transform (or identity transform, depending on what transform you begin with).
Keep in mind that this advice is kind of a shot in the dark without knowing the specific details of your problem.

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On Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, Durham CAS hosted its second annual Black History event for the community themed Black History in the Making. We were delighted to welcome back Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard as one of our keynote speakers. Dr. Bernard is a highly regarded social worker, educator, researcher, community activist and advocate of social change who was appointed to the Canadian Senate on November 10, 2016.
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The country is armored/ How safe is the summit? Ervin Karamuço sheds light on the behind-the-scenes: A suspicious car was spotted, it disappeared very quickly. There were signals...
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Giorgia Meloni arrives at the EU Summit in Tirana and has a message for Albanians: You can count on Italy for this important issue
In Tirana, the blocking of roads around the area where the meeting will take place started last night, in what has been defined as a security perimeter, while numerous police forces are seen on all the main axes, and those where the delegations participating in the meeting are expected to pass .
Meanwhile, invited to ABC Live, the criminalistics expert, Ervin Karamuço, has revealed that a suspicious car has been spotted in the north-west of Tirana. According to him, it was an off-road vehicle with an unauthorized police uniform.
Immediately, according to Karamuço, the alarm was given to the police, and a chase began, but the car disappeared without being able to be stopped.
"Yesterday there was information about a suspicious car in the northwest area of ??Tirana. An SUV with police uniforms. The order was immediately given to arrest and verify the persons who were in it. Until now, the car has not been found. There has been such a signal until now," Karamuço said.
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Today son Josh and I pressed our 130 gallons of sandcherry wine. It was not only our first commercial press, but the first press at Tongue River Winery and it went like clockwork— from the pumping of the must (fermenting fruit and juice) into the press, then pressing, and finally pumping the pressed wine from the garage to the stainless tanks in the basement.
The free-run wine (unpressed) is always less tannic, less herbaceous, so we saved that for the Sand Cherry Kiss— our sweet, dessert wine. The pressed wine will be reserved for our dry cherry table wine. Both have a clean, cherry flavor, but the dry cherry has a much edgier big tannic presence.
Of course at a week old, it is yeasty and not very clear, but still the taste is very nice and smooth. We'll fine some of it with bentonite to get an early clear batch for tasting and "new wine" sales by late September, and keep most of it until after Christmas before bottling.
The last two days, Josh and I gathered 500 lbs of apples, with at least that much more to go for apple wine and hard cider. We're gathering more than a quart of raspberries a day now, so we should have a good stash in the freezer by the time the killing frosts stop us in late September, for raspberry wine. Photos will follow soon.


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Below you will find course requirements for undergraduate majors and minors in Creative Writing and English Literature and the undergraduate major in English Education.
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English major requirements (33 credit hours)
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Requirements for students who declared the major before Fall 2016:
Course Number Course Name
322 Origins of Western Literature
Nature of Poetry
Nature of Drama
Nature of Fiction
360 Major British Writers I
361 Major British Writers II
362 Major American Writers I
363 Major American Writers II
* 12 hours of electives, 6 of which need to be at the 500-600 level
590 Senior Seminar
Requirements for students who declared the major in Fall 2016 or after:
330 Nature of Poetry
American Multicultural Literature
* 12 hours of electives, 6 of which need to be at the 500-600 level, with no more than one course at the 200 level. Students may take the opportunity to focus their elective courses on a particular track for example: Professional Writing (e.g. ENGL 680, 681, 686, etc.); Linguistics/Language (ENGL 315, 316, 317, 318, 667, 672, etc.); Visual Texts (ENGL 307, 377, 508, 576)
English minor requirements (15 credit hours)
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12 hours of electives, at least 9 of which must be upper-division
Creative Writing major requirements (33 credit hours)
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285 Introduction to Creative Writing
Origins of Western Literature
330 Nature of Drama
* English Literature class listed 300-level or above
+ 4 skills courses from: 301 (fiction), 303 (poetry), 305 (creative non-fiction), 401 (fiction), 403 (poetry), 517 (play I), 518 (play II), 585 (fiction tutorial), 586 (poetry tutorial). 301, 303, & 305 cannot be repeated.
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Creative Writing minor requirements (15 credit hours)
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English Education major requirements
Middle school (18 credit hours)
315 Introduction to English Linguistics (language)
317 History of English Language (language)
680 Composition (composition)
Origins of Western Literature (literature)
330 Nature of Fiction (literature)
365 Multicultural Literature (literature)
Secondary school (33 credit hours)
323 Origins of Western Literature (literature: 24 hours total)
310 Nature of Poetry (literature)
340 Major Plays of Shakespeare (literature)
361 Major British Writers I (literature)
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362 Major American Writers I (literature)
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Minutes of the March 14, 2012 Meeting
University Curriculum Committee (University of Mary Washington)
Present: Voting members:
Gail Brooks (Accounting and Management Information Systems) – College of Business
Beverly Epps (Foundation, Leadership, and Special Populations) – College of Education
Mary Beth Mathews (Classics, Philosophy, and Religion), chair – University Faculty Council
Gary Richards (English, Linguistics, and Communication), secretary – College of Arts and Sciences
Non-voting members:
Rita Dunston – Registrar
John Morello – Associate Provost
Chair Mary Beth Mathews called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m. in Trinkle 243.
Minutes of the 22 February meeting have been circulated and approved electronically, and secretary Gary Richards had filed them with UFC. These are posted at
http://ufc.umw.edu/committees/university-curriculum-committee/.
Mary Beth Mathews reported that a revised draft of "Guidelines for Submitting Course and Curriculum Proposals to the University Curriculum Committee at the University of Mary Washington" was approved by the UFC.
From the College of Arts and Sciences:
• The Committee approved a proposal for the new course HIST 432: Ottoman Legacies.
• The Committee approved a proposal for the new course ARTS 381: Special Topics in Studio Art.
• The Committee approved proposals to revise the Theatre Major and the Theatre Program. These
included a proposal to change the title and catalog copy of THEA 131, 132: Stagecraft to Technical Production; a proposal to change the title and catalog copy of THEA 291: Fabric Dyeing & Painting to Fabric Modification; a proposal to change the title and catalog copy of THEA 361, 362: History of the Theatre to Theatre History & Literature; and proposals to change the prerequisites and catalog copy to THEA 321: Acting, THEA 433: Lighting Design, THEA 434: Scene Design, and THEA 436: Costume Design.
• The Committee approved a proposal to revise the Musical Theatre Minor.
• The Committee approved a proposal to revise the Studio Art Major by changing the prerequisite
and catalog copy of ARTS 120: Drawing I.
All of these were approved to go into effect Fall 2013.
From the College of Business:
• The Committee approved a proposal formalizing course substitutions in the BPS program.
• The Committee approved a proposal to change the prerequisites and catalog copy of BUAD 350:
Business Communication to "Prerequisites: Business Administration 152, 259, junior or senior status; and Business Administration major or permission of department chair."
Business Ethics to "Prerequisites: junior or senior status; and Business Administration major or permission of department chair."
• The Committee approved a proposal for the new course BUAD 456: Entrepreneurial Venture
Creation.
These were approved to go into effect Fall 2013 with the exception of the course substitutions, which were approved for Fall 2012.
The Committee discussed special majors, endorsed an articulation that procedures handling these should be standardized across campus, and charged Mary Beth Mathews to prepare this for presentation at the UFC.
John Morello reported that the "Guidelines for Submitting Course and Curriculum Proposals to the University Curriculum Committee at the University of Mary Washington" approved by the UFC needs reformatting and slight revisions; however, there is the possibility that the website will be functioning by fall 2012 and curricular matters will be handled through those channels. In part because of this, the persons elected to serve as chairs of the College curriculum committees are invited to attend the 18 April meeting of the UCC.
The meeting adjourned at 3:54 p.m.


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Mass shooting at Madden NFL esports tourney at Jacksonville hot spot: 2 deceased victims, suspect dead
Police confirm two deceased victims in a mass shooting in Jacksonville.
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Multiple fatalities as gunman terrorizes video game tournamentA gunman opens fire at a Madden 19 football video game tournament killing multiple people and injuring many others in Jacksonville, Florida, as the FBI and ATF join authorities in the investigation.Laura Heald/AP
Two people were killed, and at least another 11 injured in a mass shooting that erupted Sunday afternoon at a Madden NFL esports tournament in a popular area of Jacksonville, Florida, sheriff's officials said.
Calls to 911 reporting the shooting at Chicago Pizza in the Jacksonville Landing began at 1:34 p.m., police said. Officers arrived on scene two minutes later and the local businesses in the area were placed on lock down.
Three deceased individuals were located at the scene, including the shooter, who police believe is 24-year-old David Katz from Baltimore, Maryland, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said at a news conference Sunday night. The identities of the victims who were fatally shot was not revealed.
Nine victims are being treated at local hospitals for gunshot wounds, authorities said. Another two people were injured while attempting to flee the scene. They are all in stable condition, police said.
The mother of one surviving victim posted a photo on Twitter of her son's blood-stained book bag. The victim was shot multiple times, according to his mother.
The suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. His vehicle was located and impounded, officials stated.
A single handgun was used in the shooting, authorities said.
David Katz, right, has been identified by Jacksonville police as the suspected shooter at a Madden NFL esports tournament on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Two people were killed and Katz committed suicide, police said.
David Katz, right, has been identified by Jacksonville police as the suspected shooter at a Madden NFL esports tournament on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Two people were killed and Katz committed suicide, police said.Twitter/@buffalobills
The FBI in Baltimore is assisting in the investigation into Katz.
Police will not discuss motive but say the suspect was in the area for the Madden 19 tournament. Madden NFL is a video football game named after former Oakland Raiders' head coach and NFL analyst John Madden. The grand prize in the Jacksonville tournament was $5,000 and a trip to Las Vegas for the finals in October, according to the EA Sports website.
Katz is pictured on the Buffalo Bills' Twitter account and named as the winner of the team's Madden tournament in 2017.
The Madden tournament was taking place at the GLHF Game Bar, which shares the same door with Chicago Pizza.
"Today Jacksonville is mourning," Mayor Lenny Curry said Sunday night. "We have faced an all-too common occurrence, one that will require us to continue the hard work of ensuring public safety. I've said any violent crime in our city is one too many. Tonight we pray for the wounded and the families of those who were lost," Curry said.
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams, right, holds a news conference on Aug. 26, 2018, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams, right, holds a news conference on Aug. 26, 2018, in Jacksonville, Fla.Laura Heald/AP
Brianna, an employee at the Chicago Pizza in the Jacksonville Landing, described a chaotic scene that unfolded as the gunfire sent terrified people running in all directions for cover.
"I was working ... and the next thing you know, I hear gunshots," Brianna told Jacksonville ABC affiliate WJXX. "I look over and see people running, just going crazy. I saw somebody on the ground, a body on the ground. I saw a kid with blood all over him."
She said a gamer participating in the esports tournament told her that the gunman was arguing with another gamer, then went to the back of the venue, where he waited a few minutes before opening fire.
Brianna, who did not give her last name, said a security guard told her to go hide.
"As I was hiding, I called my mother to let her know I was OK," Brianna said.
Timothy Anselimo, an esports competitor who goes by oLarry, was shot in the chest at a tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Anselimo was visited by Gov. Rick Scott as he recovers.
Timothy Anselimo, an esports competitor who goes by oLarry, was shot in the chest at a tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Anselimo was visited by Gov. Rick Scott as he recovers.Courtesy Sujeil Lopez
One shooting victim, Drini Gjoka, 19, posted a series of tweets, one reading, "Worst day of my life."
"I am literally so lucky. The bullet hit my thumb," Gjoka tweeted. In another post, he wrote, "I will never take anything for granted ever again. Life can be cut short in a second
Investigators have obtained a video of the shooting and asked anyone with more video to contact the sheriff's office, Sheriff Williams said.
Police barricade a street near Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla.,Aug. 26, 2018.
Police barricade a street near Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla.,Aug. 26, 2018.Laura Heald/AP
In a video of the shooting circulating on social media, at least 11 gunshots could be heard, followed by people screaming.
Witnesses told WJXX that the shooting occurred after an argument flared up over the Madden esports competition. ABC News has not been able to independently confirm the witnesses' statements.
As the shooting unfolded at the waterfront district, the sheriff's office tweeted, "#LandingMassShooting at the Jacksonville Landing. Stay far away from the area. The area is not safe at this time," the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office tweeted Sunday afternoon. Moments later came another alarming tweet from the sheriff's office: "We are finding many people hiding in locked areas at The Landing. We ask you to stay calm, stay where you are hiding," the sheriff's office said in a tweet. "SWAT is doing a methodical search inside The Landing. We will get to you. Please don't come running out."
EA Sports, publisher of the Madden NFL e-game, released a statement saying they are "devastated" by this incident.
"The tragic situation that occurred Sunday in Jacksonville was a senseless act of violence that we strongly condemn. Our most heartfelt sympathies go out to the families of the victims whose lives were taken today and those who were injured. All of us at Electronic Arts are devastated by this horrific event, and we also join the community in thanking the first responders who were quickly on the scene. Our focus right now is on those affected, and supporting law enforcement as they continue their investigation into this crime," the company's statement reads.
Multiple people are dead after a mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 26, 2018.
Multiple people are dead after a mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 26, 2018.First Coast News
The NFL issued a statement, reading, "We are shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific tragedy today in Jacksonville. Our hearts go out to all those affected. We are grateful for the first responders immediately on the scene. We support our partners at EA Sports and we will continue to monitor developments with local law enforcement."
ATF and FBI Agents were headed to the scene to assist in the investigation, the agencies confirmed.
President Donald Trump has been briefed on the shooting, said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.
The coast guard patrols the St John's river outside of the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 26, 2018. Florida authorities are reporting multiple fatalities after a mass shooting at the riverfront mall in Jacksonville that was hosting a video game tournament.
The coast guard patrols the St John's river outside of the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 26, 2018. Florida authorities are reporting multiple fatalities after a mass shooting at the riverfront mall in Jacksonville that was hosting a video game tournament.Laura Heald/AP
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said in a tweet that he was briefed on the incident by Williams and that the state was ready to offer any resources needed in the investigation. He said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was also sending resources to the scene.
Scott spoke by phone with President Donald Trump, who offered federal resources to help in the investigation. The governor was traveling to Jacksonville from Naples, Florida, Sunday evening.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact them immediately by calling their hotline at (904) 630-0500 or their tip line at (866)845-TIPS.
ABC News' Sabina Ghebremedhin contributed to this report
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The week after graduation I started teaching classes in grooming, posture, walking, finding the right style for your figure, entering a room and presenting yourself in an interview, everything that was part of the Barbizon curriculum except make-up, which I never mastered. I'd been a nervous wreck on my first day as a student, but I sailed into my first class as if I'd been a skipper all my life. I'd just taken the program, the teaching materials were excellent, and my fellow teachers were supportive.
We were encouraged to be creative and I had each of the girls make a personal style scrapbook of magazine pictures captioned with phrases that expressed how it felt to wear clothes that made you feel good about yourself. To provide an example I put my own book together and asked a friend who did calligraphy to design the cover with the words, "As you go down the runway of life, SMILE!" This was the message I wanted to give the half-dozen beautiful young girls who hung on my every word every other Saturday morning, and I needed to hear it as much as they did.
The modeling course ended with a luncheon at an upscale restaurant in Stamford, followed by a fashion show featuring the new graduates modeling clothes from Bloomingdales. I invited my mother and reserved a place for her at the VIP table, which turned out to be next to the director of the school. While I waited behind the platform for the show to start, I could see Jean Curt and Jean Luciani sitting side by side and it struck me that the only thing they had in common was their first name.
Mom was a sturdy-shoes scout-leader, a "no froufrou gal" (as she described herself), for whom combing her hair and brushing her teeth were a complete beauty routine. Jean Curt always looked like she was on her way to a photo shoot for Vogue. But I knew my mother was an amiable conversationalist and I wasn't worried about them getting along. Besides, they were both in my corner.
Despite having practiced my turns hundreds of times while doing housework or taking the kids on walks, when I mounted the steps to the runway for the first time I was sure I'd trip, forget to smile or make a fool out of myself in some other way. Yet once I was up there, my fear vanished and my feet took over. I could feel myself gliding out and back with my head held high and my arms swinging in sync with my stride. I'd never moved with so little effort. With each change of clothes I felt more relaxed, and when the finale came, my full Dior in a flowing evening dress was perfect.
I was twice the age of the other models-in-training, which didn't feel odd at all because as an only child I'd always felt comfortable in the company of much younger or much older people, and in my teenage years I was more often surrounded by a gaggle of young children I babysat or taught piano to than my peers.
I adored my Barbizon classmates the same way I had my junior high students during my brief student teaching experience. I'd forgotten how much I liked being around giggling, blossoming young girls.
At the end of the third session, Jean Curt, the director of the school, asked me to come see her before I left. She greeted me at the door and walked across the room in a way that demonstrated everything the school taught about graceful movement and sat down at her modern, glass-top desk. She lit a cigarette and brought it to her mouth with flawlessly manicured fingers and inhaled it like the leading lady in a 1940s movie.
I felt like a country bumpkin, sitting across from a woman dressed and coifed like the glamorous fashion models in the photographs that accented the burgundy and pink walls of her office. I was afraid she was going to tell me I couldn't stay in the class because I didn't fit in. Instead she invited me to come back to teach after I finished the course.
It wasn't the promise of being a model that interested me. I was, after all, a thirty-year old mother of four—plus, ever since I'd learned to walk, my parents had been telling me I was clumsy and I'd believed them. My mother had never been interested in fashion, but I loved it and had always wanted to learn how to dress, use make-up and move across a room with the poise and confidence of Loretta Young, known for her whirling entrance at the beginning of her TV show. I borrowed a pen from the receptionist and jotted down the number of the Barbizon School for Modeling on a coupon I found in my pocketbook.
People! flung wide and far, born into toil, struggle, blood and dreams ... the loved and the unloved, the lonely and abandoned, the brutal and the compassionate—one big family hugging close to the ball of Earth for its life and being.
I arrived in Washington late afternoon with just enough time to go visit the Phillips Collection, where all 60 panels of Jacob Lawrence's The Migration Series have been reunited in celebration of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the Mall. The series tells the story of the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North between the first and second world wars. I had seen the odd numbered panels at the Phillips before, and the even numbered ones at Museum of Modern Art in New York, but never taken every step of the journey with the artist's stark images and narrative captions.
As I moved around the perimeter of the room from one 12 x 18 inch panel to the next, the scenes of overflowing railroad stations, crowded trains, bleak tenement rooms, abandoned fields, blazing foundries, menacing Southern landowners and mercenary Northern labor agents erased all other thoughts from my mind. By the time I stepped away from the last panel, captioned, "And the migrants kept coming," the poverty and oppression I'd been immersed in made the elegance of the gallery I stood in seem unreal.


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As a paralegal for Interstate Hotels, Priyanka Das Sarma worked closely with the human resources department to interpret the nuances of employment law. Still, she was surprised to get a call from the company's head of HR encouraging her to apply for an opening as a benefits manager. Das Sarma held a law degree from her native Singapore and had no direct experience in the human resources field.
But she landed the job just in time for the hospitality company's first day of annual benefits enrollment. So, her orientation consisted of poring over plan documents and fielding phone calls from employees asking questions about health insurance, retirement plans, and more.
Das Sarma, who now serves as the director of benefits for Hilton, has seen a lot of changes in the nearly twenty years since her first frenetic day in the industry. The benefits business has expanded to encompass new offerings to meet the needs of a changing workforce and world. Das Sarma says she's excited by the industry's evolution and the opportunity it provides to design different plans.
"Historically, benefits' bread and butter has been healthcare benefits. It was offering medical options at a reasonable rate," she says.
But, as healthcare costs continued to rise, she and other benefits managers found it increasingly difficult to effectively control costs for companies or employees.
Hilton has tried to answer that question in both big and small ways. For instance, it offers team members financial assistance during an adoption and all new moms get ten weeks paid time off after having a baby once they've worked at Hilton for at least a year. Dads and adoptive parents get two weeks of paid leave. When it rolled out its formal paid leave policy in 2016, the company wanted to extend it to both hourly and salaried employees—a fact that grabbed headlines at the time.
Less-publicized benefits include Hilton's recent extension of bereavement leave from three to five days, accident insurance as a voluntary benefit, and a ten-day advanced scheduling program aimed at helping hourly employees manage their other daily commitments and plan for upcoming special events. The company also recently introduced new financial wellness resources, a fitness discount program, and a back-up care program for employees who need child- or eldercare on short notice.
"I think the spectrum has moved from the bread-and-butter medical and dental benefits to coming up with creative ways to help team members take care of themselves and to take care of their families," she says.
The Go Hilton travel program, which offers discounted room rates and other benefits to team members and their friends and family members, is also an important recruitment and retention tool for the company; and it encourages all the employees to take advantage of the rejuvenating power of travel, Das Sarma says. It also fits right under the company's umbrella program called Thrive@Hilton, which aims to address employees' well-being through three lenses—mind, body, and spirit.
Hilton implemented the Thrive program in 2017, and Das Sarma says it really has changed the way many team members operate. For instance, the program prompted supervisors to talk with employees about how and when they work best and make more accommodations when it was possible.
Another part of the program, the Thrive Sabbatical, allows ten team members to either "give a dream or live a dream." Winning program applicants are given four weeks off with full salary and benefits and a $5,000 stipend to fund their dream. For twenty runners-up, Hilton donates $1,000 in their name to the charity of their choice. The inaugural class of sabbatical winners included a Hilton sales director who worked with the Lions Club to set up temporary eyeglass clinics that served as many as 1,500 people a day in remote villages in Mexico, and a Bogotá, Colombia-based hotel bartender who traveled to distilleries and vineyards around Europe to sharpen his skills while on sabbatical.


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The coronavirus outbreak that has hit Aston Villa hard continues to generate uncertainty in the calendar. The Premier League decided to postpone Wednesday's match against Tottenham and is considering whether to do the same with the match against Everton next Sunday.
According to the Mirror, it is very possible that the clash against the 'toffee' will be postponed despite having been postponed until Sunday.
Aston Villa had to close its sports facilities after the increase in positives among its squad. The members of the first team were confined and the 'villains' had to play the cup duel against Liverpool with the U23 team, something that cannot happen in the Premier.
This Tuesday Dean Smith's team has not exercised either, so the duel against José Mourinho's team this Wednesday is postponed.
The Mirror understands that the match against Everton is also in danger, although it will be the evolution in Villa that will determine whether or not the calendar should be modified again.
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As GreenfieldTech approaches its 10 year anniversary, it seems an appropriate time to clarify that we are not a green tech company.
In fact, as a company we are older than the Green Tech movement. Green Tech is a term used for a company or technology being environmentally friendly.
In many disciplines a green field project is one that lacks constraints imposed by prior work. The analogy is to that of construction on green field land where there is no need to work within the constraints of existing buildings or infrastructure.
Taking this to the Telecom industry, the theory is that you can build a brand new, state-of-the-art network or service from scratch without using any legacy hardware or software.
It is from this concept that Greenfield Technologies derives its name. We aim to help build solutions and systems that do not exist by using a combination of our experience and best of breed off the shelf tools.
Components from different software companies and cloud providers (AWS, Digital Ocean, Google, Alibaba, Microsoft, or IBM) combined with homegrown software. For teams truly building from scratch it is filled with challenges on getting everything working together. Components can include the back-end infrastructure, the front-end user panel (Bootstrap, polymer, java script, etc.) mobile application (iOS or Android), and monitoring (Icinga, Nagios, Rollbar, Homer, etc.); all use various tools – many of which are not designed to come together in plug-and-play.
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We solve problems that other companies say are impossible. By analyzing functionality, streamlining processes and thinking outside the box, we succeed in simplifying the most complex telecom systems.
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The Prologue 2012: Parker 2, Electric Boogaloo
By Patrick Vint Aug 29, 2012, 2:00pm CDT
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"Third best back of the Big Ten Network era my ass!" (Photo by David Purdy/Getty Images).
When Iowa hired Phil Parker as Norm Parker's replacement at defensive coordinator last January, it raised few eyebrows. Phil was seen as a natural progression from Norm, from philosophy right down to the last name. It was widely assumed, at least then, that there would be no change in the Iowa defensive system. Iowa would continue to be staunchly conservative, uniformly dedicated to the cover 2/quarters zone pass defense, singularly reliant on the defensive line for pass rush.
And why wouldn't it be? Iowa's defense has become the bedrock of its success over the last ten years. In that decade, Iowa finished outside the top five of the Big Ten in scoring defense once (2011) and in the bottom half of the conference in total defense, again, just once (again 2011). Norm's philosophy of stuffing and funneling the run, taking away the deep ball, and forcing opponents to throw a large number of short passes to score worked; that it was so effective is proven by the fact that Iowa's defense was always as good or better in scoring defense than it was in total defense. Teams could pile up yardage, but they weren't getting points. Bend, don't break.
Everyone -- us included* -- eventually bought Phil as the new Norm. Sure, there was talk of press coverage from the cornerbacks and more blitzing, but anyone who took the Iowa job would say that. It certainly didn't mean it would happen. And then, at Iowa's spring game, the defense ran more zone blitzes than I've seen in eight years. And then Micah Hyde told reporters he'd play cover 1 on every down if he could. And then Travis Perry got some love at outside linebacker, and Nico Law is playing awfully close to the line, isn't he? And it's then that you realize this is not Norm's defense anymore. This is Phil's defense, and Phil's background makes that defense extremely unique.
Phil Parker learned from Norm, to be sure. He played at Michigan State while Norm was there, and he spent twelve years as his assistant at Iowa. But it's another Michigan State assistant that might give us the better view of what Iowa is going to do on defense this year. Nick Saban was Parker's position coach at Michigan State, and kept Parker on as a defensive assistant at Toledo while head coach there. Nick Saban is known for a few things defensively: The 3-4 alignment (which Iowa will not utilize as long as Ferentz is here, this I can assure you), physical play from the defensive backs, and cover 1 robber coverage. Saban has called cover 1 "rat in the hole" the best defense on the planet, mostly because "the rat in the hole" (usually a middle linebacker or strong safety, sitting in a shallow zone in the center of the field; pretty good explanation here and here) is frequently missed by quarterbacks. It's also built to stop the inside run and stretch the play outside where linebackers and secondary can clean up. It requires man coverage from the corners, safeties, and outside linebackers, though, and so it was anathema to Norm. There are no such qualms now. Man coverage is in. Press is in. MIcah Hyde is giddy.
A couple weeks ago, Smart Football posted this video of Nick Saban talking about nickel concepts learned from Bill Belichick:
Saban Thursday Press Conference (via 247SportsStudio) (go to 5:30 if it doesn't queue to that spot)
Essentially, what Saban is discussing is the Belichick concept of a hybrid safety/linebacker to use in nickle and dime packages. When four wideouts went into the game, Belichick and Saban would replace the strongside linebacker with a "sub-linebacker" or defensive back to cover the slot, and would occasionally replace the weakside linebacker with a defensive back who is strong against the run. The "star" position covering the slot must be a good cover guy against the slot (meaning strong at the line, physical in coverage, and able to rely on assistance from the middle of the field. Iowa has those guys this year: Greg Castillo, Travis Perry, possibly Nico Law. And Law fits the bill for the "money" position to a T (though it remains to be seen whether Iowa would play six defensive backs, especially since it would require they remove Morris or Kirksey).
If you're going to sell a new defense to any coach, college or pro, it's going to be a defense Nick Saban endorses. And if it's a Nick Saban defense that he got from Bill Belichick (a defense Saban picked up while he was on the same Belichick staff as Ferentz, no less), you can get the Kirk Ferentz seal of approval. Given Hyde's comments and what we've seen in limited action these past six months, Phil Parker might have already received it.
Make no mistake: The cover 2 is still going to be here, in one form or another; remember, there is no press coverage in straight cover 2 defense, and there certainly isn't press in the Norm Parker cover 2/quarters hybrid, so if Phil wants to run press coverage in a cover 2, it will have to be in cover 2 man. But don't be shocked when Iowa switches coverages for the first time in ten years. You're going to see things we haven't seen since the early-00's from the Iowa defense, if the indications are indeed indications. The offense might get all the publicity, but for the Iowa defense, it's a brave new world.
* -- I initially intended to write this post back in June, when I thought I had some inkling of what Phil Parker might do, but some quotes from people who know things about this team begged me off the topic.


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nate m asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago
What was the Holocaust? When did it happen?
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Google Holocaust Museum (DC) and you will get tons of info. Nazi Germany led murder of 5.5 to 6 million Jews in the 1930s and 40s, and also about an equal number of other "undesirables" like gays, communists, the disabled, gypsies and those who helped Jews.
Read Elie Wiesel's Night and Ann Frank's Diary for very personal accounts--everyone should read these.
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The Holocaust was the murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators
The Holocaust took place from 1941-1945
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Wow. Don't be offended, but I seriously hope you are just a kid. You need to know about this. The only way we can possibly apologize is to know about this terrible event and prevent it from happening again.
The Holocaust was when a group called the Nazis persecuted Jews and other minority groups. Led by Adolf Hitler, Nazis rounded up thousands of jews and send them to concentration camps, stripping them of their homes, education, friends, and even families. Hitler's goal was genocide; to irradicate all Jews and other minority groups, basically anyone who didn't look or think like him. Some individuals would never see their family members alive again, while others would watch their own children/parents/friends deteriorate before their eyes. In the concentration camps, the jews were forced to work continuously. The choice was work or die. Sometimes they didn't even have a choice. The Nazis believed Jewish people to be of another species altogether. Dogs were treated better. They forced parents to choose one of their children to die, and shot the other just for "fun". Those in the concentration camps often died of malnutrition as well. They were fed very little, and sometimes had to walk for days. When America entered the war and came to release the persecuted people from the camps, they found the living dead. These people were so physically damaged: beaten, starved... Their ribs were visible and their waists so small that you'd believe them skeletons. Children were often used as "test subjects" in new experiments that often killed them or left them disfigured. Many jews were killed in furnaces, where they were litterally burned a live. Others were led into a room supposedly to take a shower, only to be gased. There was no safety; no way of bargaining with their fate.
Furthermore, as you can imagine, the experiences they underwent and horrors they saw left most scarred for life, if they lived, that is. When Americans came to free the jews from the concentration camps, they weren't greeted with cheering. The jews underwent so much that they were litterally incapable of believing in their freedom. They were silent, they didn't speak or cry or even appear to feel. The ability to feel was destroyed for many of them. How does one cry when they've seen lines of hundreds of men, women and children silently waiting to be burnt in a furnace or burried alive? How could they possibly believe anything good could ever happen again?
This occured between 1938 and 1945, when WWII ended. Part of the scary thing is how quickly something like this grew. How did so many people accept and even become a part of something so terrible?
Some didn't. Some families and churches hid jews, but it was a big risk. If discovered, these people would be sent to concentration camps as well or shot on the spot. The Nazis didn't need any kind of warrant either; they could barge in and destroy homes.
Fear hindered a lot of rebellion, but it doesn't explain why anyone would want to become a Nazi or truly support the Nazi party. Power, control, and a sense of "belonging" in the Nazi party allowed it to grow. If you are interested in how this occured, I'd suggest reading The Wave, a novel about a teacher's true experiment to see if he could get his students to support a group that believes itself "superior", like the nazis did.
Please read up about the Holocaust. It is essential that we remember the terrible things that happened under Hitler's regime. A second Holocaust should never, ever happen. Be forewarned, however, that many websites/books on the subject will have gruesome pictures. Look in books first, especially if you are younger. The pictures are very upsetting, and there are probably less in books.
You should read Night, by Elie Wiesel, as well. This is a true account of one man's experience in the concentration camps. His father died and he never saw his mom or sister again, I believe. If you search YouTube, you may find some interviews with him.
get off the computer right now and go read a book
the holocaust was the genocide and brutal extermination of so many jews, crippels and gypsies during ww2 by the nazi party led by adolf hitler
It was when Hitler got the Germans to round up and kill millions of jews.
It was the early to mid 40s
Smokin!
Nov 4rth, 2008
the killing of 10 mill jews from adolf hitler and the other nazis it happened in WWII
Do any sane people stop and wonder how this bafoon got elected President?
How do I get my neighbor to take down his confederate flag?
Should we put trump on the $100 bill?
Trumpsters: Why do you want the Constitution to be destroyed? Do you really want a monarchy?
Is Donald Trump a Nazi ?
Is Trump psychologically fit for office?
Hitler was the first European leader to ban human zoos, T or F?
How should the black community go about getting back the money owed them by the government?
What corporations should be allowed to have a carbon footprint?
It is the Senate's job to stop illegitimate impeachment attempts?


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Free Lunchtime Concert: Lucent Duo
Classical music Lunchtime Concert Free
Schumann – Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1 in A minor
Medtner – Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1 in B minor
Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Kreisler) – 'Danse Orientale' from Scheherazade
Lucent Duo
The Lucent duo was founded in 2016 at the Royal College of Music, London, where Elisabeth Turmo and Elena Toponogova studied with Norma Fisher, Detlef Hahn and John Blakely.
Elisabeth and Elena regularly perform in the UK and Norway and have already played in numerous venues across London including Charlton House, V&A Museum, Amaryllis Fleming Hall, Regent Hall. The duo also appeared at the Second Medtner International festival in London and the Timani music festival in Oslo.
In 2017, Elisabeth and Elena marked their debut at the Wiener Saal of the Mozarteum University, Salzburg and had a tour in Norway including a recital at Stormen House, Bodo where they played music by Norwegian and Russian composers.
The Lucent Duo is proud to be part of Live Music Now project that brings live music to hospitals and care settings across the UK. The Lucent duo's debut album Fairy Tales is due to be released in 2020 by KNS label.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade (Accordion)
Representing Park Lane Group
Accordion Classical music Lunchtime Concert Bach Free Mozart
Free Lunchtime Concert: St Martin's Voices
A celebration of Henry Purcell, including Rejoice in the Lord alway, the Funeral Sentences and movements from his opera Dido and Aeneas.
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Free Lunchtime Concert: Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields
The new Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields perform a programme of English songs including solos and ensembles by Vaughan Williams, Finzi and Elgar.
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Mini Maestro Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf
Come and enjoy a scintillating performance of two Russian tales with music: Peter and the Wolf and The Flaming Firebird and the Princess Vasilisa, recreated for the enjoyment of both young and old by Olga and Matthew.
Piano Classical music Family Concert Mini Maestro
Free Lunchtime Concert: Gabriel Gîţan (Piano)
Representing the Romanian Cultural Institute
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Android News / All News / Google Clock Update Brings New Design Elements And Features
Google Clock Update Brings New Design Elements And Features
By Daniel Golightly
In its continuous effort to consistently and frequently improve all of its applications, Google is rolling out an update to its Google Clock. The updated app now includes a more user-friendly design and some new functionality. A clock app is something that pretty much everybody uses, but which most users tend to not think too hard about. In fact, generally speaking, most users are also likely to stick with the one that's already on their device when they buy it unless it is missing a feature they absolutely need. There isn't anything necessarily wrong with either the stock app on most devices or the other clock applications available in the Play Store – many of them even offer truly unique features. However, that certainly hasn't stopped Google from making marked improvements over the last several years to the usability, functionality, features, and design of its own clock.
The previously released version 4.6.1 of Google's Clock application saw the addition of shortcuts to allow the creation of alarms and timers from the home screen, as well as the addition of some code that allowed timers and stopwatches to keep running through a full device reboot. With the update to version 5, the company has decided to focus much more on the design language and intuitiveness of its time tool. For starters, Google has increased both the size and boldness of the in-app text and digits. Time, date and the number pad weren't the only sections to see adjustments in sizing, either. Switching functions with the tabs by either swiping or tapping has now been made much more intuitive thanks to an increase in the tabs' icon size – stretching the tabs section completely across the screen. In addition to the icon size increase, some context-based text has been added below the function icons stating precisely what each tab is for.
This should be helpful to users who are new to smartphones or icon-based navigation in general. A seconds readout has also been added to the main clock's digital display, where seconds were only visible in the analog display mode in previous versions. For those users who have cities from other time zones added to their clock readout, both the time and time-difference are also now shown – whether that time zone is ahead or behind. If you've been looking to try out a new clock out and want something that functions well, looks clean, and doesn't waste space with a bunch of unnecessary features or code, the latest version of Google's Clock app may be just what you're looking for. However, as with all application rollouts, it is worth bearing in mind that it may take some time before the update hits every user or device.
Daniel Golightly
Daniel has been writing for AndroidHeadlines since 2016. As a Senior Staff Writer for the site, Daniel specializes in reviewing a diverse range of technology products and covering topics related to Chrome OS and Chromebooks. Daniel holds a Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering and has a background in Writing and Graphics Design that drives his passion for Android, Google products, the science behind the technology, and the direction it's heading. Contact him at [email protected]


Born and raised in Colombia, trained in France (Chateau Haut Brion), and now growing roots in California, Bibiana Gonzalez Rave is one of California's next generation rockstar winemakers!
I can't imagine another winemaker who better exemplifies The Wine Store's commitment to small-production, artisan, family-owned wines of extraordinary soul and character that speak to extreme purity, power, and finesse!
That Bibiana is married to Monterey County iconic family member, Jeff Pisoni, is a back-story. This is a woman who is trademark trailblazer!
As winemaker for Cattelya, Lucia, Shared Notes, and Consulting Winemaker to Pahlmeyer's Wayfarer pinot noir, this is a "not-to be-missed" opportunity to meet and taste through Bibliana's sensational portfolio of wines.
The 2017 Shared Notes "Les pierres qui décident" is a Loire-like Sauvignon Blanc from the Russian River (total production 78 cases) Bibliana made with husband Jeff.
The hedonistic Lucia 2016 Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the Santa Lucia Highlands, are two wines that are hand-picked and sorted and marked by block-by-block viticulture from mountain and fog-laden vineyards in Monterey.
Jimmy's Pulled Pork and BBQ Beef Sliders and a couple of sides are definitely in order for this event!
Call quick, this one will sell out fast!


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Q: Convert carriage return into a line break - regex My example string:
var text = "aaaaaaa↵bbbbbb↵cccccc"

expected outcome after regex:
"aaaaaaa\nbbbbbb\ncccccc"

which translates to (html):
aaaaaaa

bbbbbb

cccccc

Or instead of translating, the regex identifies ↵ as a line break too, I've tried this regex to target all of the arrows and the line breaks
↵[^\n]*\n[^\n]*

Link to my sample: https://regexr.com/577ge

A: You could split it up first and then joint it with \n or

var text = "aaaaaaa↵bbbbbb↵cccccc"

let result = text.split("↵").join("\n");

console.log(result);

A: You can use console.log(text.replace(/↵/g, "\n")); to replace the with \n
and if you want to use the same for HTML then use
console.log(text.replace(/↵/g, "
"));

var text = "aaaaaaa↵bbbbbb↵cccccc";
console.log(text.replace(/↵/g, "\n"));
console.log(text.replace(/↵/g, "
"));

A: You can try this.
str.replace(/↵/g, "\\n")


This drones startup has managed to raise €450,000 in just six days during the first investment round with the Crowdcube crowdfunding platform. Under this funding, the founders of this small company have given 20% of it to their 73 new investors.
Who's leading the drone market?
Commercial drones are taking over the market. The first barrier –price– is now disappearing, thanks to interest from companies and consumers. The figures bear out the attraction of unmanned aircraft: deliveries of drones to consumers all over the world is expected to exceed 7.3 million in 2016 and to hit 29 million by 2021.
Drones are in fashion. They are one of the leading new technologies that everyone wants to get behind. And this is what is happening with Hemav, a startup dedicated to offering solutions using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), which was looking for a formula to allow friends and acquaintances to take part in its project financially. That is how the company got involved in crowdfunding, through a platform that is well established in the UK but that has only recently been set up in Spain: Crowdcube.
This platform offers them a professional solution to taking up this funding option which the company believed would help it keep growing. The first step was to get through the strict Crowdcube filter: only 30% of projects received by the platform are published and enter the investment round. They must have a structure project, with a business plan and a financing plan, and must present their return on investment proposal.
Once they had made it past this filter, they had to prepare in Hemav, with advice from experts in the platform, a professional presentation for their product, and improve their business plan and their financial plan for the next three years. With the security of its investors in mind, Crowdcube verifies that every item of financial data published is correct and true. And after this step, the moment comes to get ready to convince the investor.
The attractiveness of the company's technology (design and development of drones for civil applications) is added to by its experience in the sector (it is the first company to install itself in the incubator of the European Space Agency in Spain), plus, at the core of the startup, its multi-disciplinary teams.
But the biggest attraction for investors were the conditions of the return on investment: its financial plan proposes distributing 5% of after-tax profits in the form of dividends in 2016 and 15% in the following years. In addition, it proposed a minimum return of 30%, making it much more attractive. And still to be added to all this are the tax deductions on the investment, which are 20% on the state portion and up to an additional 30% on the regional portion, depending on the regional government concerned.
With these financial incentives and the good marketing job done by Hemav and Crowdcube, this young company had set itself a target of between €150,000 and €200,000 in this investment round, but, given the success they had in the first few days, they decided to extend the round to €450,000, assigning up to 20% of the company.
A process that usually takes 40 to 60 days, to reach the funding target, was completed in just six days after extending the goal to €450,000. 73 people invested, all of them small investors with an average of €6,000, except for one major investor with €112,500, which became the company's mentor on obtaining financial and policy rights in the company.
In Crowdcube, investors are divided in two groups: small investors, who acquire financial rights in the company that they fund; and major investors, who, in addition to financial rights, acquire policy rights. That is to say, the mentors or advisers, who often need startups to keep developing their business, become what is known as "intelligent money", explained the platform's CEO, Pepe Borrell.
With 73 new participants entering the company, its legal structure was changed considerably. The crowdfunding platform once again fulfilled advisory and management roles here, in the steps involving a public notary and the commercial register, where all certifications of new holdings in a company must be issued.
Once everything is completed and the legal documentation has been sent to the new investors, who have 14 days to review it and to raise any issues, transfer orders are issued for the investments, which are transferred directly to the startup, without passing, at any time, through the technology platform that has acted as broker.
New US legislation eases the law applicable to unmanned aircraft, although questions of the security and privacy of commercial operations that use drones to deliver products remain up in the air.
As with so many other aspects of life, 2016 was a strange year for technology, more likely to be remembered for what went wrong than for great innovation. Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 exploded, GoPro recalled its Karma drone after some started falling out of the sky and rampaging Pokémon Go players caused havoc.


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Manipur ministers, cops used tactics to stop people from leaving Modi rally!
Some of the people including women climbed over the tall gates to leave the venue: Report
IMPHAL , April 8, 2019 7:40 pm
People seen climbing over a tall gate as police had shut it. Image credit - Twitter @nc24x7
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Manipur on Sunday and campaigned for party candidates an election campaign rally at Hapta Kangjeibung in Imphal, but it was not easy to keep the people waiting for the PM to listen to his speech.
In order to keep the gathering from leaving the Imphal rally of Modi, who reached the venue late in the evening, desperate attempts were made by Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh, his ministers and the police.
It has been reported that as the police shut the gates, some of the people including women climbed over the tall gates to leave the venue. A video capturing such scene has also gone viral in the social media.
According to media reports, in an attempt to convince the people attending the rally, Manipur rural development & panchayati raj minister Thongam Biswajit Singh reportedly said: "Let us at least listen PM Modi's message for Manipur and the Northeast."
Also read: Modi asks 'football-loving' state Manipur to show red card to Congress
Minister Biswajit Singh made the statement after a BJP member reportedly informed him that people had started to leave the venue. The minister made the appeal specially targeting the women and students, who expressed their unwillingness to wait for too long to see the PM and listen to his speech, reports News Central.
Despite his appeal, people started to head towards the exit gate.
The report quoted minister Biswajit Singh as saying, "I earnestly request you all to wait for 10 more minutes, the Prime Minister will be here in 10 minutes and 10 minutes is nothing, he will be here before my speech concludes. Let's listen to what plans the prime minister has for Manipur."
He then paused and started taking suggestions from other worried BJP leaders who were present at the stage.
Minister Singh also asked for suggestions whether music be played while waiting;
Biswajit Singh asked the crowd: "Shall we play some music while we wait? Since everyone is leaving, wouldn't it be better to listen to some songs and stay instead of leaving?"
The minister also said the BJP leaders gathered at the venue to "expose lies of the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi to the people of Manipur".
Responding to him, some people in the audience asked him to play music.
But when that too did not work, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh while addressing the audience said: "PM was late as he was rallying in other parts of the Northeast. Let us all wait for Modi and hear him out, at least,"
But the CM's words also fell into deaf ears.
Before arriving at Imphal, Prime Minister Modi addressed an election campaign rally at Udaipur in Tripura and prior to that he addressed a rally at Cooch Behar in West Bengal.
As per a video posted by Manipur Talks, the police also tried to physically restrain people from leaving the rally. In the video, police have been seen barricading the area to stop people from leaving the venue.
In a video circulated in the social media, two women have been seen climbing a closed gate.
The report quoted furious women as saying, "What is Narendra Modi going to do coming here!"
According to the report, the exit gate was later opened by the police as more people started to leave the venue fearing stampede.