On any given day, city leaders confront a challenging array of issues. From the lack of affordable, stable housing for city residents to the need for reliable transportation and greater access to good-paying, high-quality jobs, mayors and city councilmembers have no shortage of pressing items on their list of priorities.
These to-do lists reflect in many ways why so many city leaders decide to run for office: to improve the lives and prospects of their residents. For decades, municipal officials have long worked to improve access to family-sustaining jobs, high-performing schools, early childhood programs and alternatives to jail to ensure youth, children and families can have productive and healthy lives. In each of these areas and many others, their efforts and innovations are driving local progress.
But the underlying challenges also continue to result in wide disparities within cities. For example, city residents who live just a few miles, and sometimes even a few blocks, apart have life expectancies that vary by as much as 10 to 20 years. The factors that determine how long we live and how well we live — including the quality of schools, jobs, housing, and transportation — generate these disparities, and they are more connected and interrelated than ever.
So, how can city leaders change these patterns and improve outcomes for more disadvantaged groups?
Today, we are excited to announce the launch of a new NLC initiative, Cities of Opportunity: Healthy People, Thriving Communities, as part of our search for answers. The pilot phase of this new effort will advance cross-cutting and collaborative approaches to three critical challenges: economic opportunity, healthy and affordable housing, and city planning and design.
Through Cities of Opportunity, NLC seeks to harness the power of city leadership and address the root causes of poor health outcomes and health disparities. With the generous support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the pilot initiative will enable city leaders to develop and implement robust, integrated action plans for their communities.
Informed by peer learning and engagement with national experts, participating cities will help NLC co-create a new national initiative that advances the ability of cities to work across programs and agencies and craft more comprehensive strategies that improve the health and well-being of their residents.
The pilot cities will convene this October in Atlanta to advance their work together. The scope of the project will expand in the future based on what we learn as we scale up the initiative. Our goal is to help local leaders build cities where all residents can reach their potential and live productive, fulfilling and healthy lives in thriving communities – and ultimately ensure Cities of Opportunity for all residents.
About the Authors: Clarence E. Anthony is the CEO & executive director of the National League of Cities. Follow him on Twitter @ceanthony50.
Clifford Johnson is the executive director of the National League of Cities' (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.


Start from the top of the mountain. Use the crane to load the train with supplies and follow the spiral track lower and lower into the mine. On the way down, pass through the waterfall tunnel. By removing the tunnel wall and turning it upside down, you can set the magic liquid inside in motion. Navigate your way past the different hazards and features. Cross the obstacle bridge and the rope bridge. Ring the warning bell and pay a visit to the repair station. Use the conveyor belt to transfer ore from the bottom of the mine to the third level. Then load into your train and take it to the surface.


Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told those gathered at a Sunday town hall meeting in Ohio her policies would close coal companies and force coal miners out of work.
"We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business," Clinton said at the event, video of which was posted on YouTube by America Rising, a conservative political action committee.
The former Secretary of State went on to say that "we don't want to forget those people" in the coal industry who will lose their jobs as a result of Clinton's policies. "And now we've got to move away from coal," Clinton added.
Clinton urged the audience to fear not, as her policies would also allow the renewable energy sector to take up the slack, transitioning Ohioans from coal jobs to green jobs.
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump took a different tact at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, Saturday afternoon, telling the crowd regulators are unfairly targeting the state's coal industry.
The EPA's regulations on coal in Ohio is a "complete disaster, we are going to change things around," Trump said at the rally, ahead of the state's March 15 primary.
Ohio's coal industry has come under siege by developments in natural gas and EPA regulations.
A study in April shows the coal industry has bled nearly 50,000 jobs in 5 years — 2008 to 2012 — due to regulations and cheap natural gas.
This is not the first time Obama has copped to targeting the coal industry.
During the 2008 presidential election, for example, then-candidate Barack Obama told the San Francisco Chronicle his policies would one day bankrupt the coal industry.
"So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted," Obama told the Chronicle.


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Q: Search bar not aligned next to back button in navigation bar I used a custom navigation controller class to remove the back button in my navigation bar, with the following:
class CustomNavigationController: UINavigationController, UINavigationControllerDelegate {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        self.delegate = self
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    }

    func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, willShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {

        viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: " ", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
    }

}

In one of my VCs, I also add a search controller to the navigation bar with the following:
private func configureSearchController() {
        self.searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
        self.searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
        self.searchController.delegate = self
        self.searchController.searchBar.delegate = self

        self.searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
        self.searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = true

        self.navigationItem.titleView = searchController.searchBar
        self.definesPresentationContext = true
    }

However, it seems like the search bar is still being offset by some blank space where the title would be. I'd image the search bar should be aligned next to the back button, but there is the back button, space with blank title, then search bar.

How can I get the search bar aligned next to the back button instead of spaced because it seems there is some room for the blank title. Also, as a note, tapping on that blank space moves me back to the previous VC, although there is no actual title there.
EDIT:
View hierarchy, looks like the back button container view itself takes up a good amount of space

A: Try adding this in viewDidLoad
let backButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
backButton.setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(-1000, -1000), for: .default)
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backButton

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The following is last year's meditation on this Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord. Remember that today IS a Holy Day of Obligation. Our Lord ascends into heaven but remains with us as the Paraclete and the Most Blessed Sacrament, the Eucharist.
The sun of the fortieth day has risen in all his splendor. The earth, which shook with gladness at the Birth of our Emmanuel (Ps. xcv. xcvi. xcvii.), now thrills with a strange emotion. The divine series of the mysteries of the God-Man is about to close. Heaven has caught up the joy of earth. The Angelic Choirs are preparing to receive their promised King, and their Princes stand at the Gates, that they may open them when the signal is given of the mighty Conqueror's approach (Ibid. xxiii. 7). The holy souls, that were liberated from Limbo on the morning of the Resurrection, are hovering round Jerusalem, waiting for the happy moment when Heaven's gate, closed by Adam's sin, shall be thrown open, and they shall enter in company with their Redeemer: a few hours more, and then to Heaven! Meanwhile, our Risen Jesus has to visit His Disciples and bid them farewell, for they are to be left, for some years longer, in this vale of tears.
They are in the Cenacle, impatiently awaiting His coming. Suddenly He appears in their midst. Of the Mother's joy, who would dare to speak? As to the Disciples and the holy Women, they fall down and affectionately adore the Master, Who has come to take His leave of them. He deigns to sit down to table with them; He even condescends to eat with them, not, indeed, to give them proof of His Resurrection, for He knows that they have no further doubts of the mystery, but now that He is about to sit at the right hand of the Father, He would give them this endearing mark of familiarity. O admirable repast! in which Mary, for the last time in this world, is seated side by side with her Jesus, and in which the Church, (represented by the Disciples and the holy Women,) is honored by the visible presidency of her Head and Spouse.
Here, then, we have men unknown to the world and devoid of every human means, and yet commissioned to conquer the earth and make it acknowledge Jesus as its King! The world ignores their very existence. Tiberius, who sits on the imperial throne, trembling at every shadow of conspiracy, little suspects that there is being prepared an expedition which is to conquer the Roman Empire. But these warriors must have their armour, and the armour must be of heaven's own tempering. Jesus tells them that they are to receive it a few days hence. Stay, says He, in the city, till ye be endued with power from on high (St. Lluke, xxiv. 49). But what is this armour? Jesus explains it to them. He reminds them of the Father's promise, that promise, says He, which ye have heard by my mouth: for John, indeed, baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence (Acts, i. 4, 5).
They reflected on the thoughts which Mary must have had during these last moments of her Son's presence. They used to ask themselves, which of the two sentiments were uppermost in her maternal heart, sadness, that she was to see her Jesus no more? or joy, that He was now going to enter into the glory He so infinitely deserved? The answer was soon found: had not Jesus said to His Disciples: If ye loved me, ye would indeed be glad, because I go to the Father (St. John, xiv. 28)? Now, who loved Jesus as Mary did? The Mother's heart, then, was full of joy at parting with Him. How was she to think of herself, when there was question of the triumph of her Son and her God? Could she that had witnessed the scene of Calvary do less than desire to see Him glorified, Whom she knew to be the Sovereign Lord of all things, Him Whom, but a short time ago, she had seen rejected by His people, blasphemed, and dying the most ignominious and cruel of deaths?
Jesus answers them with a tone of severity: It is not for you to know the times or moments which the Father hath put in His own power (Ibid. 7). These words do not destroy the hope that Jerusalem is to be restored by the Christian Israel; but, as this is not to happen till the world is drawing towards its end, there is nothing that requires our Saviour's revealing the secret. What ought to be uppermost in the mind of the Disciples, is the conversion of the pagan world, the establishing the Church. Jesus reminds them of the mission He has just given to them: Ye shall receive, says He, the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth (Acts, i. 8).
We have alluded to the Procession, whereby our Catholic forefathers used, on this Feast, to celebrate the journey of Jesus and His Disciples to Mount Olivet. Another custom observed on the Ascension, was the solemn blessing given to bread and to the new fruits: it was commemorative of the farewell repast taken by Jesus in the Cenacle. Let us imitate the piety of the Ages of Faith, when Christians loved to honour the very least of our Saviour's actions, and, so to speak, make them their own, by thus interweaving the minutest details of His Life into their own. What earnest reality of love and adoration was given to our Jesus in those olden times, when His being Sovereign Lord and Redeemer was the ruling principle of both individual and social life! Now-a-days, we may follow the principle, as fervently as we please, in the privacy of our own consciences, or, at most, in our own homes; but publicly, and when we are before the World, no! To say nothing of the evil results of this modern limitation of Jesus' rights as our King, what could be more sacrilegiously unjust to Him Who deserves our whole service, everywhere and at all times? The Angels said to the Apostles: This Jesus shall come, as ye have seen Him going into heaven: happy we, if, during His absence, we shall have so unreservedly loved and served Him, as to be able to meet Him with confidence when He comes to judge us!
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Last yeat's post, a meditation on this Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord. Remember that today IS a Holy Day of Obligation. Our Lord ascends into heaven but remains with us as the Paraclete and the Most Blessed Sacrament, the Eucharist.
This entry was posted in Ascension of Christ, Uncategorized and tagged Ascension of Christ on May 5, 2016 by damselofthefaith.
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Kevin Cairns	Player Profile
Kevin Cairns (b. 1937)
Full Name: Kevin William Cairns
Born: June 29th, 1937 (Poole, England)
Died: September 11th, 2017 (Lostock Hall, Lancashire, England)
Height: 5' 7
Position: Left Back
Signed: September 1st, 1960
First Manager: Jerry Kerr
Career Totals: 23 appearances
Also Played For: Blackburn Rovers, Southport, Wigan Athletic
Playing History
Draw %
Loss %
1961-62 Division One 1 0 - 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
1960-61 Division One 22 0 - 0 0 31.8% 22.7% 45.5%
Totals: 23 (0)	 0
Competition: All Competitions Anglo-Scottish Cup Challenge Cup Consolation Cup Cup Winners' Cup Dryburgh Cup Emergency War Cup Europa League European Cup Festival Quaich Inter-Cities Fairs Cup League League Cup Mitchell Trophy Qualifying Cup Scottish Cup Summer Cup Supplementary Cup Texaco Cup UEFA Cup Victory Cup Wartime
Apps = First Team Appearances (Sub Appearances) | Gls = Goals
Cln = Clean Sheets | CtGR = Clean Sheets to Games Ratio | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in
Yel = Yellow Cards/Cautions | Red = Red Cards/Dismissals
Recent First Team Starts
Nov 25th, 1961 25/11/61 League Division One vs. Rangers (H) 2 - 3
Apr 1st, 1961 01/04/61 League Division One vs. Aberdeen (H) 3 - 3
Mar 25th, 1961 25/03/61 League Division One vs. Kilmarnock (A) 1 - 1
Mar 18th, 1961 18/03/61 League Division One vs. Rangers (H) 1 - 1
Mar 7th, 1961 07/03/61 League Division One vs. Motherwell (A) 3 - 4
Recent First Team Goals
List of Goals Scored
List of Games Played (click to expand)
Mar 4th, 1961 04/03/61 League Division One vs. Clyde (A) 1 - 3
Feb 18th, 1961 18/02/61 League Division One vs. Raith Rovers (H) 4 - 1
Feb 11th, 1961 11/02/61 Scottish Cup 2nd Round vs. St Mirren (H) 0 - 1
Feb 4th, 1961 04/02/61 League Division One vs. Airdrie (A) 4 - 4
Jan 21st, 1961 21/01/61 League Division One vs. Hearts (H) 3 - 0
Jan 14th, 1961 14/01/61 League Division One vs. Partick Th (H) 3 - 0
Jan 7th, 1961 07/01/61 League Division One vs. Dundee (A) 0 - 3
Jan 2nd, 1961 02/01/61 League Division One vs. St Johnstone (H) 0 - 2
Dec 31st, 1960 31/12/60 League Division One vs. Hibernian (A) 0 - 2
Dec 24th, 1960 24/12/60 League Division One vs. Dunfermline (A) 2 - 3
Nov 5th, 1960 05/11/60 League Division One vs. Third Lanark (A) 1 - 6
Oct 29th, 1960 29/10/60 League Division One vs. Clyde (H) 2 - 1
Oct 22nd, 1960 22/10/60 League Division One vs. Motherwell (H) 0 - 1
Oct 15th, 1960 15/10/60 League Division One vs. Raith Rovers (A) 2 - 0
Oct 1st, 1960 01/10/60 League Division One vs. Hearts (A) 1 - 1
Sep 24th, 1960 24/09/60 League Division One vs. Partick Th (A) 0 - 1
Sep 17th, 1960 17/09/60 League Division One vs. Dundee (H) 3 - 1
Sep 10th, 1960 10/09/60 League Division One vs. St Johnstone (A) 2 - 0
Kevin had been at Blackburn Rovers before playing as a forward for English amateur sides Weymouth and Carshalton Athletic. During his National Service he switched to full back, and he played in an Army match alongside United's Ron Yeats who recommended him to the club before he was signed in September 1960.
He featured regularly for United during the 1960-61 season but the arrival of new players forced him out of the line up for almost all of the following season. He was released at the end of the campaign and then signed for Southport.
Prior to his death in 2017, he lived in the Croston area, near Preston, having been in business as a market gardener for a number of years and after working at both Kirkham and Wymott prisons. (credit: Southport FPA)
Last updated on Thursday, February 25th, 2021 by B Orr.
St Johnstone 0 - 2 Dundee United
League (Division One)
Kevin was born on this date in Poole, England.
Signed For Dundee United
During his National Service, Kevin played in an Army match alongside United's Ron Yeats, who recommended him to the club before he was signed in September 1960.
Thursday, September 1st, 1960
First Team Debut
Dundee United 2 - 3 Rangers
Left the Club
Kevin was released in April 1962 and went on to sign for Southport.
Kevin died on this date in Lostock Hall, Lancashire, England.
Collectables (Stickers & Cards)
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Vol. 12 No. 8 - Oct. 16, 2007
Presentation About the Health Care System in the Philippines to be Held
Scrivens Create Student Emergency Fund with $200,000 Campaign Gift
SunGard Commits $25,000 to Truman Campaign
Organizations Collecting Books for Lending Library
New Music Festival to Take Place Oct. 25-26
Internationally Acclaimed New York Percussion Quartet Comes to Truman
Telehealth Open House at Truman State University Speech and Hearing Clinic
A Special Scholarship Program: AASCU Global Scholars Program Onboard the Scholar Ship
University Gallery Hosts Reception for Exhibit Openings
School of Business Open House
Darfur Refugees Bring Stories of Survival to Truman
2007-2008 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges Award
New Exhibit in Library Gallery
Truman Selects Campaign Theme, Logo
Fall Mid-Term Break Hours
On Campus Calendar
Contact and Submission Information
Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) applications are due by 5 p.m. Oct. 18 in the Student Affairs Office, Kirk Building 112, or in the ODK mailbox in the Center for Student Involvement, Student Union Building Governor's Room. Log on to http://odk.truman.edu for more information or contact Natalie Soltys at nas304@truman.edu.
Weekly Lunch Series will take place at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Student Union Building Alumni Room. The topic of the event will be "Critical Thinking: How to Read a Paragraph, Part 1." Contact Linda Davenport at ctl@truman.edu or 660.785.4391 for more information.
The Admission Office is looking for dedicated and energetic students to organize, facilitate programming and provide guidance to first-year students and their parents for eight summer orientation sessions. Informational meetings will take place at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 18 in Student Union Building Room 322 and at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in Student Union Building Room 322. Applications are available in the Admission Office, McClain Hall 205, or online at http://ol.truman.edu. Applications are due Nov. 8. Contact JoAnn Jorgovan at 785.4114 or joannj@truman.edu for more information.
IT Services invites faculty, staff and students to TechBreak at 1:30 p.m. each Friday in the Student Union Building Room 320. This weekly series is an opportunity to share information about new and existing IT Service offerings. There will be snacks and conversation. Additional details and the topic schedule can be found at http://its.truman.edu/techbreak.
The International Film Festival will continue at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Downtown Cinema 8 with the film "Volver." This film is in Spanish with English subtitles. Pedro Almodovar directed the film, which was released in 2006. To learn more about the festival and the films, log on to http://rcp.truman.edu/internationalfilm.htm.
Sigma Alpha will be having a Haunted Corn Maze from 7-10 p.m. Oct. 25 at the University Farm. This is the 10th Annual Sigma Alpha Haunted Cornmaze. This year's theme is "Insane Asylum." People will be able to enjoy scares in the maze, hot cider, baked goods, and lots of Halloween fun. Contact Becca Pace at rep720@truman.edu or 660.349.9410 for more information.
David Nichols will be having a book signing from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Truman Bookstore, located on the lower level of the Student Union Building. The book will cost $34.95 each. Alumni chapter members will receive a 15 percent discount on purchases at the Truman Bookstore. Contact Steve Pennington, Truman Bookstore manager, at 785.4211 for more information.
Dobson Hall Senate is hosting its annual fall outdoor concert, Toasterpalooza, from 3-9 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Dobson Hall Courtyard. The bandfest is free and local bands will perform. In addition to bands, TAG Improv will be performing between acts. Popcorn, hot cocoa and cotton candy will be available. Contact JoEllen Flanagan at jaf3154@truman.edu for more information.
Football players are selling "Dog Tags," which is a discount card that can be used at many different Kirksville businesses. The card only costs $10 and is active until Sept. 1, 2008. Money raised goes to the football program. Call Shannon Currier at 785.4252 for more information.


Your first job can shape your experience and the range of options that you have for the rest of your career.
Once you've read about our firm and what we can offer you, we encourage you to talk with us directly, get to know our people and decide on whether working at Cavenagh Law LLP is the right choice for you.
Cavenagh Law LLP and Clifford Chance offer an annual summer internship scheme, allowing you to spend four weeks, working with us in Singapore and getting to know more about our people and our business.
In 2019 we will offer two summer internships for a period of four weeks over June and July. For each internship there are eight places for students who are Singapore nationals (including those who hold permanent residence status in Singapore) studying a primary law degree in Singapore or abroad. Numbers are small so that interns can get the best experience possible from this bespoke programme. We are specifically seeking students who are interested in embarking on their practice Training Contract with Cavenagh Law LLP upon graduation.
Applicants should be in their second year of study at the time of application.
We are looking for intelligent and articulate applicants, who will be capable of contributing and communicating their own ideas and opinions. We need enthusiastic people who will enjoy getting to know clients and colleagues and who understand that working at the forefront of global legal services often requires hard work, applied intellect and a collaborative approach to working in a team. To succeed with us you must display drive and a commitment to meet the high standards expected of all of our team. Applicants should also possess outstanding academic abilities.
The firm's bespoke programme is intended for students pursuing a primary degree in law (i.e. Bachelor's level degree) and students on double-degree courses (where one of those courses is a Bachelor's degree in law).
Placement in two of our practice groups (interns will be able to state a preference for practice groups and these will be accommodated to the extent possible).
Assigned buddies to be a point of contact during the internship.
Working on ongoing transactions alongside our lawyers and partners, and the chance to attend / observe meetings and calls where appropriate.
Sessions with partners and business services leaders to understand the business side of law and opportunities for you in more detail.
Preparing a 10 minute presentation of your choice (on a work-related topic), to be made at the end of the programme. A "presentation skills" e-course will be made available to interns to help prepare for this.
Presentation by trainees in Singapore as well as trainees seconded from London, Australia and Hong Kong and senior lawyers about life as a lawyer.
Attending our regular education & training sessions which we run for all our lawyers.
Introduction to and participation in various community initiatives.
Applications for the 2019 scheme will open on 3 December 2018 and close at midnight on 15 February 2019.
Applications must be submitted, and will only be accepted, via the firm's online job portal.
Following the initial online submissions, there will be an interview either at our office or via telephone for overseas applicants. Interviews will take place in March 2019 and notification of the award of internship places will be made by end March 2019. All applicants will be notified as to the outcome of the selection process.
There will be an allowance of SG$1800 for the period of the internship.
" The Summer Internship gave me the opportunity to work with world-class lawyers and experience the unique Clifford Chance culture first hand. More than anything I felt like I was part of the team, there was always someone there to ask questions; everyone is invested in your learning and development.


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The skincare market is saturated these days with hundreds of products each claiming to be more miraculous than the last. 'Takes 10 years off your face!' 'Smooths out wrinkles!' 'Clears acne!' With so many choices, it can be hard to find the right product that actually works for your skin.
That's why we've put together this list of the most popular skincare products with a cult following on Amazon.ca. If thousands of people swear by these products, then there's a pretty good chance that you will too!
A bottle of this is sold every 12 seconds in Japan! Made with no coloring fragrance or preservatives, this gentle exfoliant is great for those with sensitive skin, or people just starting out with chemically exfoliating their face. This leaves you glowing and silky smooth there's a reason why so many in Japan swear by it.
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Micellar water exploded onto the skincare scene a few years ago, and this bottle is the #1 worldwide seller! The all-in-1 cleanser is surprisingly powerful yet gentle on your skin. Micelles capture and lift away dirt, oil and makeup without harsh rubbing, leaving skin perfectly clean, hydrated and refreshed.
This awesome little bottle is loved by many, including top models like Bella and Gigi Hadid! It is a fast acting, effective acne spot treatment. Formulated with salicylic acid, calamine, and other quick-drying ingredients, this product will shrink whiteheads virtually overnight! Just remember to not shake the bottle and mix the two solutions, and to remove only the pink sediment on the bottom when using.
Say goodbye to foot files, razors, pumice stones, and harsh chemicals, and hello to soft and smooth feet! Baby Foot is an easy-to-use foot peel that devotees swear by. To use, wear the provided booties lined with fruit enzymes for about an hour, then remove and rinse your feet. The dead skin will begin to peel off your foot after a few days, and within a week you'll have feet as smooth as a baby!.
Countless beauty publications and gurus have been raving about this face mask for years now, giving the clay mask a devoted following thanks to its cheap price and quick results. Mix the clay with water or apple cider vinegar to create a paste, then wash it off after 5 to 20 minutes (depending on the sensitivity of your skin!) and see the results of cleaner skin with visibly smaller pores. It is suitable for use on all skin types and is free of additives and fragrances.
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"Marine Current Energy Devices: Current Status and Possible Future Appl" by Fergal O'Rourke, Fergal Boyle et al.
Marine current energy devices: Current status and possible future applications in Ireland. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2010. 14(3): p. 1026-1036.
There is a growing demand for the use of renewable energy technologies to generate electricity due to concerns over climate change. The oceans provide a huge potential resource of energy. Energy extraction using marine current energy devices (MCEDs) offers a sustainable alternative to conventional sources and a predictable alternative to other renewable energy technologies. A MCED utilises the kinetic energy of the tides as opposed to the potential energy which is utilised by a tidal barrage. Over the past decade MCEDs have become an increasingly popular method of energy extraction. However, marine current energy technology is still not economically viable on a large scale due to its current stage of development. Ireland has an excellent marine current energy resource as it is an island nation and experiences excellent marine current flows. This paper reviews marine current energy devices, including a detailed up-to-date description of the current status of development. Issues such as network integration, economics, and environmental implications are addressed as well as the application and costs of MCEDs in Ireland.
O'Rourke, F., Boyle, F., Reynolds, A.: Marine current energy devices: Current status and possible future applications in Ireland. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2010. 14(3): p. 1026-1036.


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Yuppie is a phrase associated with a Youthful Upwardly-cellular Individual, or Youthful Urban Individual. Commencing in 1980 when printed in an American journal, the phrase was aimed at youthful specialists that focussed on a very good profession and a materialistic way of living above obtaining married and acquiring children. These styles of persons were being associated with the money sector as working in this sector gave the pay out to fund the way of living. Stereotypically, the cliche is of 20 something's, in designer powers fits, driving BMW's and working on the stock marketplaces. These persons would then invest their higher wages on a fashionable loft apartment and try to eat at special restaurants.
The epitome of this way of living was portrayed in the film American Psycho, starring Christian Bale. The film focuses on the yuppie way of living and the aggressive nature of those people that trade in shares and shares. The storyline revolves all over the disintegration of the guide charter's identity and sanity. He prides himself on his shallow nature and his lack of sentimentality. His way of living is as sparse as his emotional spectrum and paying money on pricey gadgets, foods, cocktails and cocaine is his only pastime. The film portrayed the notion of prime executives not actually acquiring any perform to do it is all business meetings and business card swapping. The character sooner or later sinks into psychosis and has psychopathic tendencies from his shallow and immoral methods. Luckily, existence in stock sector work is regarded a really stressful job, it won't switch traders into sociopaths.
Following the stock sector crash of Black Monday, on the 19 October 1987, the phrase yuppie missing its favour and became a typically historical derogatory phrase, even enjoying an inclusion in the obituary part of Time journal, turning out to be officially deceased in 1991. Trading on the stock marketplaces fortunately enjoyed a revival and didn't endure a identical dying as the upwardly-cellular way of living. Even though the unexpected bring about of the 1987 crash has not been determined, it has adjusted the way in which contemporary economics was perceived and then taught to the following technology of money personnel.
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The facts presented here is designed for the Forex/currency trader. This facts is also helpful to anybody who would like to establish an knowing of aspects which ascertain currency benefit. For the currency trader, this knowing is required in buy to establish a currency craze analysis for a particular place. Building accurate currency developments is the critical to successful Forex trading.
What decides the benefit of a nations currency really arrives down to supply and desire of that currency. If a particular nations currency is in significant desire by purchasers this sort of as vacationers, governments, and buyers, this will increase the benefit of the nations currency. The aspects that comply with may have a optimistic or destructive influence on the desire for a particular currency. Lets consider a glance at these aspects.
If a place prints an abnormal amount of currency, additional then what it normally would, this can lower the benefit of the currency. Any time you have additional of anything, this can end result in a lower in it can be benefit. This is genuine regardless of whether you are chatting about currency or commodities this sort of as iron ore, crude oil, coal, gold, silver and platinum. A big amount of currency in circulation can decreased the benefit of a currency. A small amount of currency in circulation can end result in the benefit of the currency escalating.
If a nations economy is not executing perfectly, this can lower the desire for that nations currency. Specially, here we are chatting about the degree of unemployment, degree of client spending, and extent of business enlargement that is taking location in a place. Large unemployment, lower client spending, with a lower in business enlargement, signifies a lousy economy and a lower in currency benefit.
The possible for economic growth in a place must also be seemed at. If the possible is sturdy, then it can be currency benefit would assume to increase. Also, if a place produces products that other nations want to buy, this can increase the benefit of that nations currency.
Linked to the economy, is the charges of foreign merchandise. If a foreign enterprise sells merchandise in a place which are much less expensive then equivalent products developed in that place, this can damage the economy of that place. A lousy economy results in a lower in desire for that nations currency, which lowers it can be benefit.
To what degree does political corruption exist within just a place? To what degree do political affairs have on the economy of that place? A place which is regarded to have corrupt politicians, can end result in a lowering of the benefit of it can be currency.
Ethics are important in the Airline market for the reason that they are the framework that guides folks in the approach of creating business choices. They typically encompass three attributes i.e. an application of one's qualified competencies, incorporation of one's personal values and and finally, good judgment. Codes of ethics are formal declarations of the ethical values that guide different firms. Hence, in the discipline of ethics, just one can analyze an market this kind of as an Airline market via its functional implementations and also via its formal declarations.
For occasion, conflict of fascination will come about when Airline staff get presents or rewards from suppliers/ buyers/ stakeholders for accomplishing their position. Normally, most Airlines prohibit presents in particular when all those presents appear abnormal. The rationale powering this is that when a client provides an attendant an expensive piece of jewellery for acquiring really good buyer services, that attendant may be obliged to meet up with the consumer's requires the subsequent time the client stories even when all those requires are not procedural. This is for the reason that by accepting lavish presents, just one places himself/herself in a posture wherever they really feel obligated to meet up with the gift giver's wants and this at some point compromises their ethical obligations.
Conflict of fascination may also happen when a member of workers finds that they have to do the job exceptionally tricky with specified clientele and they ask for all those suppliers/clientele for rewards for their solutions. This is a conflict of fascination for the reason that an worker finds that they have to choose among keeping a good name for their Airline or assembly their personal financial passions. As a result, it results in being vital for Airlines to explain that this is a incorrect issue.
An organisation that requires the business of manufacturing wine is known as vineyard. Winemakers deliver different wines by fermentation of distinct fruits. Amongst the different winemaker organizations, Boutique vineyard and California vineyard are 1 of the most well-known winemakers. Boutique refers to a little shop or a retailer. Boutique vineyard creates exceptional wine in a little put in which vines are planted.
The building of wines is classified into two groups.
Carbonation: it is referred as even now wine production.
Without having carbonation: it is referred as dazzling wine production.
Handley Cellars: it specials in manufacturing terrific white wine like Riesling, chardonnay and so on.
Barqetto Family Estate: it specials in developing hand-crafted wines and desert wine.
Gainey Vineyards: it creates terrific Reserve Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays.
Ballentine Vineyards: it creates Merlot and Zindfandel wines.
is produced from purple grapes. In order to enhance the flavour of wine, distinct fruits are additional e.g. apple, pomegranate. Adding sugar, acid, vitamins and minerals and yeast to the fermentation liquor at 70-75 degree Fahrenheit. Just after all the fermentation is performed in Boutique vineyard, tap wine bottles and cap the bottles securely.
Boutique vineyard creates a fantastic quality of wine which is delicious and exceptional. If you are not familiar with the taste of wine, a beginners tutorial is offered in Boutique vineyard. Identify of distinct wines rely on the grapes employed all through production of wines in Boutique vineyard. Some of the common grapes name contains Syrah, Zinfandel and chardonnay. Each and every wine have 12 months marked on it, this is the Vintage in which grapes are collected. Don't forget that the older the wine, the more expensive it will be. The flavor of wines differs from put to put, if the wine is produced in California and the wine produced in the other countries differs in their flavor because of to the atmosphere ailments.
Many of us want to get leading finance jobs in reputed firms. If you wish to build your job in finance and defeat your competitors, you ought to update your talent sets. Possessing distinct competencies, you can give a fantastic effect in the intellect of the employer.
A fantastic resume can aid you in looking the finance jobs due to the fact it may possibly give far more affect on the employer. To make your resume far more effective, you can take aid of experts. Right now, there are several reputed web-sites that offer you best experienced resume products and services. These web-sites will aid you to transform your resume as for each current market need.
For getting a fantastic work in the industry of finance, you can take aid of a finance recruitment agency. Right now, several leading firms are promptly turning to recruitment agencies for their recruitments. So these recruiting firms have fantastic facts about newest vacancies readily available at distinctive firms.
ARIZONA – A scenario of mistaken identification has shaken up two families suitable following a young woman's lethal automobile incident.
Marlena Cantu, 19, and 4 many others which include Abby Guerra have been involved in a serious incident on their way domestic from Disneyland in California. All 5 were definitely significantly hurt and Guerra's cherished types was recommended that their daughter was killed in the incident.
six times quickly following becoming shared with that Abby was useless, her cherished types was knowledgeable that she is mainly alive and in very important ailment at a close by clinic. It was in truth Cantu who perished in the crash.
At the clinic, the spouse and children of Marlena Cantu was preserving notice extra than Abby, whom they believed was their daughter only to locate out that she died just about a week in the past.
It is unclear as to how the mix-up occurred.
If you or a cherished a single have been required in a automobile incident, request the aid of a top rated incident attorney to combat for your rights. Accident lawyers specialize in a whole lot of sorts of incidents, from motor auto accidents to workplace associated accidents and healthcare malpractice conditions to animal bites. They will see to it that you are represented and acquire all the rewards you are rightfully entitled to next sustaining accidents, assets harm or if you have misplaced the lifestyle of a cherished a single.
Your selected incident attorney will acquire the time to appropriately investigate the scene, will file a police report if a person hasn't now been finished and test to make guaranteed the particulars of the incident are documented correctly.
They will get in touch with coverage businesses, any 3rd events engaged in the incident and even set up an appointment with a perfectly becoming care specialised ought to really you need to have one.
Financial projections are 1 of the most crucial sections in a business plan that needs watchful preparing. It is important that the assumptions you have made in monetary statements should really be sensible, otherwise, your opportunity buyers and lenders will not get your business plan severely. Business programs that exhibit unrealistic assumptions, penetration, and unreasoned earnings for every worker figures considerably injury the reliability of the complete business plan. In distinction a business plan that is perfectly-researched, sensible appeals to the lenders and buyers toward itself and persuade them to give your mortgage.
The financials are the most crucial section of your business plan that strengthen up your business plan or considerably hurt it. It will support you in capital-climbing approach. It needs watchful investigate and sensible assumptions. If it is dependent on sensible assumptions it can bolster your firm's probabilities of successful buyers confidence. Or we can say that a sensible monetary assumption is a roadmap for your company's success.
The business surroundings is too complicated in particular with amplified globalization and that's why have to be recognized sufficiently for the continuous procedure of the business. Business surroundings refers to the bordering ambiance on which the business operates and the surroundings encompass the cultural component, political dimension and environmental component. The business has to analyse the outcome of these dimensions and methods of adapting so as to operate profitably and make certain survival in the long time period. Business surroundings refers to all external forces, which have a bearing on the operating of business. The business surroundings elements "are mainly if not totally, external and past the command of specific industrial enterprises and their managements. The business surroundings poses threats to a firm or presents immense options for potential industry exploitation.
Business has to adapt to its surroundings to make certain survival. The function of business is critical and will involve that it is an important institution in society, it supplies of products and products and services, creation of career options and lead to the economic expansion of the place among other individuals. Hence business survival need to be ensured, as its good results transforms to better economic climate and standards of residing of workers and the society all over. The surroundings consists of technological surroundings, international surroundings, economic, political, normal surroundings and social or cultural surroundings.
There is symbolic romantic relationship amongst business and its surroundings and among the environmental elements. Typically, business is affected by its surroundings to specific diploma and it will impact the external forces. These environmental forces are dynamic. They retain on modifying as many years roll by, so does business. A specific business firm, by itself, could not be in a place to modify its surroundings, but along with other corporations, business will be in a place to mould the surroundings in its favor.
The benefits of environmental review include the development of wide tactics and long-time period policies of the firm, development of action strategies to offer with technological developments, to foresee the influence of socio-economic changes at the nationwide and international degrees on the firm's steadiness, evaluation of competitor's tactics and formulation of effective countermeasures and to retain oneself dynamic.
The environmental evaluation method will involve four sequential processes namely scanning, checking, forecasting and assessment. Scanning will involve standard surveillance of all environmental elements and their interactions. Monitoring will involve tracking the environmental traits, sequences of occasions, or streams of pursuits. Forecasting is worried with acquiring plausible projections of the way, scope, and intensity of environmental modify. Assessment, attempts to remedy queries these as what are the vital problems offered by the surroundings, and what are the implications of these problems for the firm.
Cyber insurance covers a broad selection of exposures, which include hacked desktops, viruses, denial of company assaults, and a bevy of other promises. With the ideal plan, it can be extended to involve trademark and copyright coverage. All firms that employ IT pros really should purchase a cyber insurance plan that is customized to meet the requires of their own group.
Cyber insurance can involve a number of different exposures from network safety which protects versus hackers, to promises that you ended up negligent in assembly your responsibility to secure the info and desktops of your purchasers. The abuse of internet websites has presented rise to unanticipated quantities of copyright and trademark violations.
Most states now have regulations that require you to tell your buyers when their info has been compromised on your procedure. Even if no even further injury develops, the price tag of notification normally approximates $eight for every record. In other text, if a hacker efficiently penetrates your server housing a hundred and fifty,000 customer records, the price tag of notification could be $1.two million, even if you weren't negligent.
The availability of cyber insurance has expanded quickly in the latest decades. There are now above a dozen insurance organizations that supply effectively structured, competitively priced cyber legal responsibility insurance policies. Be advised, on the other hand, that coverage is not normal. A effectively qualified agent, schooled in the specialized difficulties encompassing cyber legal responsibility can assistance you navigate the accessible coverages.
Know your coverage. Normal legal responsibility insurance policies are developed to secure you if you are negligent, but in order for coverage to be activated, they require home injury or bodily injury. Cyber assaults normally bring about funds damages, but to not essentially bodily hurt your procedure. In order to be lined, you will want to purchase a plan that is specially customized to your company's exposures.
Retain a strong infrastructure. Insurance organizations will only agree to insure you if you consider active measures to secure yourself. A formal IT audit of your devices will raise your entry to insurance coverage, and can dramatically cut down rates. The audit will go over a range of online safety difficulties.
Make seem online methods that require frequent improvements in passwords and that regulate what can be placed on your internet site. Most copyright violations consequence from personnel submitting materials from other web-sites on the internet. Make certain that they recognize what is and is not acceptable.
Considering the fact that quite a few organizations will not report incidences of info loss or denial of company assaults, it really is hard to gauge the frequency of cyber insurance promises. You really should use typical perception and only go over your organization for promises that you can foresee.


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Nadella's first book "Hit Refresh" to hit stands soon
Updated: Fri, Sep 08, 2017
Tech giant Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella's first book which explores his personal journey, the company's ongoing transformation and the coming wave of technological change will hit the stands later this month.
The book titled 'Hit Refresh' carries a foreword by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and will go on sale globally on September 26.
Nadella, 50, said he hoped that the book, which tells the story of Microsoft's quest to rediscover its soul, will inspire people to discover more empathy in their own lives.
"We believed hit refresh was the perfect metaphor for all three story-lines of the book my personal journey so far, the company's ongoing transformation, and the coming wave of technological and economic change," he said in a post on LinkedIn.
"It explores the renaissance of a storied company and the implications of the coming wave of technology artificial intelligence, mixed reality and quantum computing which will soon disrupt the status quo, impacting our lives, communities and economies," he added.
The book which Nadella set out to write two years ago is a set of reflections, ideas and principles on transformation.
On choosing the title of the book, Nadella said when "you hit refresh in your web browser by clicking the little arrow, or hitting function+F5, it updates".
"It doesn't wipe everything away and start new, as Bill Gates writes in his Foreword for the book it actually keeps some things and replaces others. Hitting refresh is required for any person and organisation looking to make a sustained impact over a long period of time from athletes, leaders and artists to cities, corporations and societies," Nadella wrote.
He said books are so often written by leaders looking back on their tenures, not while they are in the "fog of war".
Nadella, who became Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Microsoft in 2014, will donate all proceeds from the book to Microsoft Philanthropies.
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YANDAVA | Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Nostalgia
By Ramya Yandava | April 22, 2019
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Last Friday, I went to Risley's annual Harry Potter Night, and I have to admit, seeing all the wands and cloaks, the chocolate frogs and owls made me just a little bit sad. However, the oddest moment for me wasn't seeing a centaur galloping through the halls wearing a unicorn head but when I saw my friends getting their Hogwarts acceptance letters and decided against getting one, asking myself, what on Earth am I going to do with this piece of paper? My next reaction was surprise at that sentiment, that I could reduce this object to its simple materiality. Such an action would've absolutely appalled my 11-year-old self, but my 20-year-old self was simply hungry and tired.
It's strange when we reminisce on the things that defined our childhoods and think about how much they meant to us then and later realize the apathy with which we've since come to regard them. As a pre-teen and teenager, I'd been obsessed with Harry Potter. I spent so much of my time reading and rereading the books, watching the movies and (especially) writing shitty fanfiction that the series almost became something like my identity. While the Harry Potter books were by no means the first or last books I'd ever loved, they were what first got me to first write seriously, and I made so many close friends through those communities.
Nevertheless, a few years after my obsession faded, I went back to the first Harry Potter book and tried to reread it, expecting it to be as good as I'd remembered it to be. When, unsurprisingly, it wasn't, I was more than a little disappointed. I couldn't figure out whether the problem was with me or with the book itself since the series has been popular with children and adults alike.
Much of the appeal with Harry Potter, I think, is that J.K. Rowling is so adept at world-building and creating a wide array of characters who are easy to empathize with. However, in comparison with other children's books writers, Rowling now seems to fall flat in my eyes. Perhaps some of this is due to her celebrity, that seeing her personal life and opinions show up in the media spoils the romance of childhood we so desperately want to hold onto with such books. Or perhaps it's simply the blatant consumerism which has fueled the Potter franchise, especially after the publication of the last book, that seems so at odds with the home-grown, collaborative, creative community I had come to love.
In an article for The New York Times, novelist A.S. Byatt made the observation that "being taught literature often destroys the life of books." So maybe it's equally true that as someone who spends a lot of time picking apart books for their literary aspects, I've forgotten the simple pleasure of a good story, even if it might not hold any sort of "deeper" meaning. Likewise, as I've grown up, I've no longer come to define myself in terms of books or movies or any other sort of "fandom." This has been rather liberating. Although Harry Potter might once have shaped and helped me discover who I was as a person, that very discovery entailed a repudiation of its instigator, and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.
To see the magic fade out of the things we once cherished and held beloved is sad. But maybe it's only a necessary step in growing up, becoming ourselves. As Rowling herself once wrote, "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
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A Bursting Business: How a Cornell Junior Pays for College by Making Balloon Art
By Kathryn Stamm November 8, 2019
From humble beginnings of doing magic for his grandparents, Brandon Axelrod's '21 business has since blossomed to help cover the costs of Cornell.
By Daniel Fipphen February 23, 2009
Not too far from the Hogwarts-style dining hall, a different kind of magic was stirring in the halls of Risley. This past weekend, the Risley Theater hosted three performances of "An Evening of Wonder," a mind reading and magic show presented by Risley's own stage wizard and psychological illusionist extraordinaire, Jon Tai '11. And as its name suggests, the show was nothing short of wonderful.


At some point, there will be a Lego replica of everything that has ever existed.
Ok, so apparently B&N thinks the talk of the Nook's demise is overblown.
How then can a well-received book with a perfectly respectable marketing push sell so badly? I asked this question of my publisher and was told simply that this is the reality of 'the market'. He reported that though there are always exceptions to the rule, at a meeting of Australian publishers and agents he had attended earlier this year, it was established that most books by 'mid-list' authors (a polite industry term for non-bestsellers) are struggling to sell 500-800 copies. Compared with these dire numbers, Fremantle Press were reasonably pleased with Whisky Charlie Foxtrot's 1300 sales.
I think this is one thing that many folks looking to self-publish don't understand. Most books just don't sell all that much. At all.
Analyzing its ISBN data, Bowker counted more than 391,000 self-published titles in 2012–a 59 percent increase compared to the year before.


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Aric Almirola nips Ryan Blaney for Bristol Night Race pole
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BRISTOL, Tenn.— A Ford driver hadn't won a pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway in more than 10 years, but that changed radically on Friday afternoon when Aric Almirola snagged the top starting position for Saturday's Bass Pro Shops Night Race (7:30 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
In the final round of time trials, Almirola covered the .533-mile distance in 14.946 seconds (128.382 mph) to become the first NASCAR Cup Series pole winner at Thunder Valley since Greg Biffle claimed the top starting spot in March of 2012.
"We had a really good (car) in practice," Almirola said. "We ran, I think, 55 laps straight, and I felt really good about it. We swapped over to (qualifying trim), and it still had a lot of speed.
"I'm really proud of the effort on this team. We were bummed out we didn't make the Playoffs, but we're showing what we're capable of. We can race with these guys. Yeah, we're going to try and do it for 500 laps (Saturday) night."
In fact, Ford drivers locked out the front row for the cutoff race for the Round of 16 in the Cup Playoffs, with Chase Briscoe running second to Almirola with a lap in 14.968 seconds (128.193 mph). Alex Bowman (128.176 mph) qualified third in the tightly bunched field, with Denny Hamlin (127.911 mph) taking the fourth starting position.
Playoff drivers will occupy positions two through nine on the grid. Brad Keselowski in the 10th position joined Almirola as the only other non-Playoff driver to qualify for the final round, as six Ford drivers made the final 10.
Kevin Harvick, who realistically is in a must-win position after suffering calamities in the first two Playoff races, will start seventh.
Among Playoff drivers who failed to qualify for the final round, Austin Dillon and Daniel Suarez have the most ground to make up. Dillon, three points below the cut line, qualified 28th, one position better than Suarez, who is six points ahead of Kyle Busch in 13th.
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Big Data. Machine Learning. Graph Computation. Stream Processing -->Spark.
These are more than just a bunch of tech buzzwords; they're key components of one of the hottest new big data software tools out there: Apache Spark.
Apache Spark is on fire, and over the past 5 years, more and more data professionals are adopting Spark as their analytics operating system. At its core, Spark is open-source software built to process large volumes of data on a cluster. Its powerful programming model allows you to perform advanced analytics and processing, all within an easy-to-use design interface. Seeing the tremendous value in this new data processing tool, IBM is supporting Spark with their new Bluemix tool: Analytics for Apache Spark.
Using Analytics for Apache Spark, data analysis becomes faster and more efficient, leading to the generation of deeper insights. More insight = smarter applications. So we ask you --how smart are your apps?
We're asking you to create super-smart weather apps that harness the power of the Spark via Analytics for Apache Spark. We'll provide the incentive (how's 30k for you?), some weather data, and the Bluemix data tools—you provide the ingenuity!
This challenge is open in the following jurisdictions only: USA, Canada (with exception of Quebec province), Hong Kong, China, Mexico, Germany, Japan, India, Israel, South Korea, United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, and France.
Note that government owned entities and IBM or Devpost employees are not eligible for any prize.
Main Requirement: Use weather data and Analytics for Apache Spark for Bluemix to build super smart weather apps.
A demo video (hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, or Youku. Your video should include a demo of your working weather app and any insights gathered from Analytics for Apache Spark for Bluemix.
Please submit at least one image/screenshot of your working solution.
Access to your weather app for judging and testing. Here's how.
Existing Applications: Applications must NOT have existed prior to October 7th, 2015, and may not have been submitted to a past hackathon or competition.
Includes creativity, originality, and "wow" factor of the idea.
Includes how well the idea was executed by the developer and the extent to which Analytics for Apache Spark for Bluemix was utilized.
Includes the complexity and "intelligence" of the Spark algorithm created.
Includes the relevance and potential impact of the weather analysis and application.


On board USS Juneau (CL-52) at the time of her commissioning ceremonies at the New York Navy Yard, 14 February 1942. All were lost with the ship following the 13 November 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. The brothers are (from left to right): Joseph, Francis, Albert, Madison, and George Sullivan. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph (NH 52362).
The five Sullivan Brothers were lost when the ship to which all five were assigned, USS Juneau (CL-52) was sunk on 13 November 1942 during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Many memorial efforts have honored the five brothers. Since their loss much confusion has resulted from the many myths surrounding both the Sullivan brothers and the Navy's policy regarding family members serving together at sea. To learn more, please review the links below.
Destroyers are named for naval heroes and leaders. Thus, the Navy decided to honor the five Sullivan brothers by naming a new destroyer The Sullivans. This name has caused some confusion because the Navy does not use the article "the" in front of the names of its ships. In this particular instance "the" is part of the ship's name.
On 10 February 1943, the Navy officially canceled the name Putnam (DD-537) and assigned the name The Sullivans to a destroyer under construction. Previously laid down on 10 October 1942 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Co., the destroyer was sponsored by Mrs. Alleta Sullivan, mother of the five Sullivan brothers, and commissioned 30 September 1943. USS The Sullivans (DD-537) served the Navy until final decommissioning on 7 January 1965. In 1977, the destroyer was donated to the city of Buffalo, New York, as a memorial in the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Servicemen's Park.
The second The Sullivans (DDG-68) was laid down on 14 June 1993 at Bath, Maine, by Bath Iron Works Co.; launched on 12 August 1995; sponsored by Kelly Sullivan Loughren, granddaughter of Albert Leo Sullivan; and commissioned on 19 April 1997 at Staten Island, New York, under the command of Commander Gerard D. Roncolato. The motto of the ship, honoring the five brothers, is "We Stick Together."


Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., a leading operator of private schools, including preschools, K-8 and high schools, has announced that it has acquired all 16 Xplor early learning centers.
Xplor is a leading infant through pre-kindergarten education provider, delivering well-rounded programs that meet the intellectual, physical, social and emotional needs of each child. There are nine Xplor centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, five in Austin and two in Houston. Each Xplor location provides a state-of-the-art early learning environment in approximately 15,000-square-foot buildings.
"We are very pleased to add Xplor to our family of schools. Nobel Learning Communities and Xplor share a commitment to providing a strong curriculum and a nurturing environment for preschool and school-age children. Our companies' educational philosophies are similar, and Xplor is an exceptional school operator. This acquisition will complement our existing portfolio of nine schools in Texas. We look forward to sharing best practices of both organizations while working side by side, focusing on quality education in the state of Texas," said George H. Bernstein, President and CEO of Nobel Learning Communities.
Nobel Learning Communities schools are known nationwide for their commitment to quality private education for preschool through 12th grade, through local learning communities that support the educational, enrichment and wellness needs of students and their families. At the preschool level, the company is known for its proprietary Links to Learning curriculum, which provides an integrated approach to early-age learning, and also connects parents to what their children are learning in school. Nobel Learning Communities provides strong support resources, including an Education Department, led by experts in preschool through 12th grade education. The company is accredited by AdvancED™.


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Memorial Day Mass
Archdiocese Staff
Keeler Homilies
To Archbishop Edwin O'Brien I express deep gratitude for the invitation to join you today in remembering those who have died in the service of our beloved United States of America. We do so in the context of the word of God we have heard proclaimed just now and in the context of a world in which there are still threats to peace. It is a world where there is still need for vigilance, still need for the generosity of heart and discipline of spirit that characterize those who serve in our military forces.
For some years, more than twenty years ago, I was privileged to serve as an auxiliary chaplain to an air national guard unit. Their monthly drills, their special drills that took them half way around the world to prove their readiness, taught me how arduous is the role even of those whose commitment to the service is on a part-time basis.
Even more, I hear from those who now are chaplains of the generosity and of the love of country of those who serve in these days. Our first reading speaks of the Apostle Peter and an event set in the Middle East. How touched I was to learn from a Chaplain, Father Richard Spencer, from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, that his unit, some hundred strong like the Centurion's in the biblical account, was able to join the successor of St. Peter, Pope John Paul II, when he went on pilgrimage to Mt. Sinai. That our country has troops serving in a distant desert setting is one thing; that they are ready to take time to be reminded by a visit from the Holy Father of God's revealing word on Sinai is another, to which I shall return later on in these reflections.
In the first reading the Apostle Peter opens a new chapter in the life of the infant Church. He visits the household of Cornelius, following a vision granted him by God and an invitation from Cornelius. Cornelius was a military commander in the Roman army occupying ancient Palestine. He was a centurion, a Roman citizen commanding a unit of 100 men, of the cohort Italica. St. Luke describes him as "religious and God-fearing. The same was true of his whole household. He was in the habit of giving generously to the people and he constantly prayed to God." (Acts 10:1-2)
This good officer was directed by a mysterious messenger to send for St. Peter. At the same time the Apostle Peter was in Joppa, and had gone up to a roof terrace to pray. There he was granted a vision repeated three times of a great canvas lowered to the ground. On it were "all the earth's four-legged creatures and reptiles and birds of the sky." (Acts 10:12) A voice directed Peter to slaughter and to eat what he saw. He responded, "It is unthinkable! I have never eaten anything unclean or impure in my life." (Acts 10:14)
Peter was still pondering the meaning of the vision when the men sent by Cornelius arrived. The Holy Spirit instructed him to go with these men "unhesitatingly, for it is I who sent them." (Acts 10:19) And that is where our reading today begins. Peter preaches about Jesus and the meaning of his life when the Holy Spirit comes upon the household of Cornelius, preparing them for baptism. Uniquely, through the military unit posted in Palestine begins the Church's mission to the Gentiles, to the non-Jewish world.
In the second reading the Evangelist John talks about the surprising feature of God's love: that "God loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins." (1 John 4:10)
The words of Jesus in the gospel touch directly the theme of this Memorial Day weekend: "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." Nearly 137 years have passed since President Abraham Lincoln evoked at Gettysburg the meaning to be drawn from the ultimate self-giving we remember today, "It is … for us the living to be dedicated … to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced."
Whether in the War for Independence or in the
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Why doesn't the copyright symbol have to mark any piece of work?
Why wouldn't someone be happy if I use their work and it gives them more exposure?
Remember Copyright grants exclusive rights to the copyright holder to create derivative works and to distribute the work.
What isn't protected are ideas, procedures, processes, systems, concepts, principles, or discoveries. This is a little bit confusing, but what this is saying is you can't copyright an idea, but you can copyright the expression of an idea in a work.
Is hyperlinking to websites a copyright violation?
No, providing a link is not illegal, however depending on the circumstances it is always a good idea to ask permission or give the owner a heads up. Downloading and distributing is a violation of Copyright unless you obtain permission.
This is an exception to Copyright Law. Sometimes society is better served by allowing some limited use of copyrighted materials in specific circumstances, such as criticism, comment, teaching, research, or scholarship.
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Nature - what was the thing created to do?
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Effect - are you depriving the rights holder of income they're entitled to? Or is your use the kind of use that they wouldn't be able to monetize or that they weren't intending to monetize?
How does this apply to my class projects?
Apply the Fair Use Checklist – is it fair use? If not, it's time to get permissions from the rights holder.
Does it have to be registered?
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Why can't I reuse a company's logo or character?
Can my student group host a movie screening on campus?
In most instances it is necessary to obtain permission (also known as Public Performance Rights, or PPR) before screening a film on campus, even if you're not charging admission. If you're not sure whether or not PPR applies to your proposed use, please consult Public Performance Rights Flowchart on the Clemson University Libraries Copyright Information page.
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Technological limitations that control copyrighted works bought, sold, and traded through computer technologies. The DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent these technologies.
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There are some exemptions described in the Code of Federal Regulations but it is important to interpret these very carefully as they only apply to very specific situations.
Some helpful information for media remixing projects or film students: "In October 2012, the Library of Congress included in those exemptions a relatively broad rule that allows academics to circumvent digital locks for scholarly purposes (37 C.F.R. Part 201). [...] The exemption applies only to lawfully made and acquired DVDs that are protected by Content Scrambling System (CSS). It does not require that the DVD be part of a university's library collection (as an earlier rule did); the DVD can come from anywhere as long as it is not pirated or stolen. But it applies only to DVDs that use CSS; it does not, for example, apply to Blu-Ray discs or to video games. For such DVDs protected with CSS, college and university faculty, and college and university students of film and media studies (but not other students), are permitted to circumvent in order to incorporate short portions of motion pictures into new works for the purpose of criticism, comment, and education. […] Also, those types of "remix scholarship" discussed above are also now likely to be purposes, pretty clearly fair uses, for which technological locks need no longer be an obstacle. The rule specifies that circumvention is allowed only when short film clips are being incorporated into new works, such as a remix, an educational video, or a clip compilation. Thus it prevents technological protection measures from becoming a disabling obstacle for precisely those kinds of transformative educational uses that are, in themselves, most likely to be fair use." Smith, Kevin L. Owning and using scholarship : an IP handbook for teachers and researchers. Chicago, Illinois : Association of College and Research Libraries, 2014, p122-123.
Pay attention to these symbols when you are using works made by others and learn what each one means so you follow the creator's wishes.
What are these different types of licenses?
Can Creative Commons help me find assets for my project?
Yes, go to: https://search.creativecommons.org/ to find images, music, or videos you can use in your projects. Be careful to pay attention to the permissions requirements for anything you find.
What is McDaniel College's policy on peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing?
McDaniel College's policy on illegal file sharing can be accessed through the myMcDaniel Portal (login required).


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This week seemed very long. We had a field trip to one of our children's home where they had pumpkins for all of the children. It was really fun to go out there, and pick pumpkins, feed chickens, and have our lunches under the portal. It was very relaxing, and I didn't really want to go back to school. Isabell was able to go with us, since she didn't have school that day, so it was nice for her to go and pick her pumpkin. After school, we tried to go to Goodwill and Salvation Army, boy, do I miss Goodwill, and St. Vinny's in Portland. These places here do not compare! It was a very busy area, with lots of congestion and I felt claustophobic with all of these cars encroaching on me. Once on the highway home, and I saw the mountians beckoning me home, I felt the tension lift from within me. I'm now decitified and I have no desire to return to that hectic life style.
By Thursday, I was tired and the kids were wired from the day before. Going on field trips in the middle of the week really throws off the schedule. I was already for the weekend, but still had two working days left. On Thursday evening was Isabell's parent-teacher conference, and I rushed to her school, and waited for twenty minutes to see her teacher. I was pleasantly surprised to see such a huge turnout for the conferences, all possible parking was full. After twenty minutes, Mrs. Esquibel told me that Isabell is great student, is getting mostly all A's, and loves having her in her class. I felt so proud and guilty at the same time. Since I'm working full time, I feel that I'm not giving Isabell my full attention, sure, I try to make sure she has all of her homework done, but I feel disconnected with her school. When I lived in Portland, I had all of the time in the world to help at school, but here I don't. Isabell is an amazing kid, and I'm so proud of her as she adjusts to life here.
On Friday, Isabell had her friend Niamh, pronounced Nieve, over for a sleep over. They are friends from trapeze class, though they go to different schools. She's a very sweet girl, and they had lots of fun. I rented a movie, made pizza, and popcorn for them. Both stated that they were going to stay up all night playing Littlest Pet Shop, and watching movies. By ten o'clock they were both out cold. In the morning, we made gingerbread, and then headed to Taos, where they went to a mask making party. They both made cat masks and gave them to me. Very sweet! We went to the library, and then I took some money out and went back to a garage sell where they both bought costumes. I was suppose to sign papers for the house in Chamisal, but no one was at the office, so we went to Walmart to buy me a costume. Then we went to go swimming, however they were closed, so we went to a children's Halloween party downtown, where they got bags of candy, played games, and had a great time. I was ready to go home, when our realtor called and said that someone would be at the office, and that I could go over and sign papers. Went back, finally signed the papers and headed home. I talked to Niamh's mom, and I suggested that she could sleep over one more night. Isabell and Niamh got along famously, and her mom agreed! We went home, had more pizza, and they played and watched more movies. Again they said they were going to play all night, but eventually they fell asleep around ten o'clock. I was so happy Isabell made friends with Niamh, since I don't know any of her other friends. Hopefully we can get together often, since they get along so well.
Today, we dropped off Niamh, went to church, and now we are resting a bit. A hike might be possible this afternoon. Will have to see.


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The Long Museum () is a private art museum in Shanghai, China, founded by Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei. The museum has two locations in Shanghai: the Long Museum Pudong and Long Museum West Bund.

In 2016, a third location was opened in Chongqing and a Wuhan branch is scheduled for 2018.

History
The Long Museum Pudong was officially opened to the public on December 18, 2012. The Long Museum West Bund opened on March 28, 2014, and was China's largest private museum at the time of its opening. It is the second of Chinese billionaire collectors Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei's. The architecture was designed by Liu Yichun of Atelier Deshaus.

See also
 West Bund
 50 Moganshan Road
 China Art Museum
 Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai
 Shanghai Museum
 Tianzifang
 Xintiandi
 798 Art Zone

References

External links
 Official website
 Long Museum West Bund at Google Cultural Institute

Museums in Shanghai
Art museums established in 2014
Art museums and galleries in China
2014 establishments in China

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Q: Function works, but can't be +1'ed I am receiving the last sort value out of 3 tables, the function works perfectly but I can't +1 the value that I return from the function. I do not get ANY errors, do you guys see what I am doing wrong?
What did I try?

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*Using intval in the function

*Using brackets around the calculation

*A lot more

Code link: http://pastecloud.net/ZDR2JgSbIN
die(lastSort());

Displays 1, or whatever the last value is.
$last = lastSort();
$new = $last+1;
die($new);

Displays a white page
What is wrong?

A: Referencing to this answer:

die() is the same as exit(), looking at the exit docs it takes 1
  parameter, $status, the parameter information states.
...If status is an integer, that value will be used as the exit status
  and not printed.

So, if you want to die() an integer, you should first convert it to a string. Like this way: die( (string)$new );.

A: If you are absolutely sure that the function return the correct value, you can try to convert the result to an int.
$last = intval(lastSort());
$new = $last+1;

But if lastSort returns a array (empty or non-empty), intval will return 0 or 1 respectively. Which could mess up you whole logic.