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Appeal of R.S., on behalf of his son J.S., from action of the Board of Education of the Red Creek Central School District regarding residency.
Ted A. Barraco, Esq., attorney for petitioner
Harris Beach PLLC, attorneys for respondent, Edward A. Trevvett, Esq., of counsel
ELIA, Commissioner.--Petitioner appeals the determination of the Board of Education of the Red Creek Central School District ("respondent") that his son ("the student" or "J.S.") is not a district resident entitled to attend respondent's district without payment of tuition. The appeal must be dismissed.
The record reflects that prior to the events leading to this appeal, petitioner, his spouse and their two sons, J.S. (the student who is the subject of this appeal) and N.S., (collectively, "the students") resided at a location outside of respondent's geographical boundaries (the "out-of-district address"). Petitioner paid tuition to respondent for J.S. and N.S. to attend respondent's schools as non-residents.
In a custody agreement executed on May 14, 2015 (the "custody agreement"), petitioner and the students' mother agreed to share "joint legal custody" of J.S. and N.S.[1] In the custody agreement, petitioner and the students' mother further agreed that, with respect to J.S., the students' mother would have "primary physical residency," and petitioner would have "secondary residency." According to the custody agreement, petitioner's "secondary residency" status meant that J.S. would reside with him on Monday evenings, every other weekend, and alternate vacation periods and holidays. By contrast, with respect to N.S., petitioner and the students' mother agreed that she and petitioner would have a "shared residency" of N.S. whereby N.S. would reside with petitioner Monday through Wednesday, every other weekend, and alternate vacation periods and holidays. According to the record, the students' mother continued to reside at the out-of-district address. It is unclear where petitioner resided; nevertheless, petitioner and the students' mother continued to pay non-resident tuition to respondent on J.S.'s behalf, including for the fall 2018 semester.
By letter dated September 19, 2018, respondent's superintendent informed petitioner that J.S. was not considered a district resident "due to the custody agreement ... whereby mother has primary physical custody of [J.S.] and mother lives outside [the] district." However, the superintendent indicated that N.S. could be considered a district resident, and that N.S. would be permitted to attend respondent's schools tuition-free, if petitioner established that N.S. resided with petitioner within respondent's district. The superintendent further informed petitioner that J.S.'s enrollment would be discontinued at the end of the school day on Friday, September 28, 2018, unless "payment of tuition [was] made in full." Petitioner appealed this determination to respondent.
By letter dated October 18, 2018, the superintendent notified petitioner that respondent had upheld his determination that J.S. was not a district resident based upon "the custody agreement dated May, 2015." This appeal ensued.
Petitioner maintains that he purchased a residence within respondent's district in August 2018 and intends to reside therein with J.S. Petitioner requests a determination that J.S. is a district resident entitled to attend respondent's schools without the payment of tuition. Petitioner further requests that I direct respondent to refund the tuition which he paid on J.S.'s behalf for the fall 2018 semester or, in the alternative, to refund the tuition in an amount that reflects "the school taxes paid on [his] property located within the district."
Respondent claims that the appeal must be dismissed because petitioner failed to effectuate proper service of the petition. Respondent also asserts that petitioner has not met his burden of demonstrating a clear legal right to the relief requested. Respondent maintains that the determination to deny petitioner's request to have J.S. attend its schools tuition-free was reasonable. Respondent also maintains that petitioner's request for a refund of tuition costs is premature.
Respondent claims that the appeal must be dismissed because petitioner did not serve a copy of the petition on an individual authorized to accept service on behalf of the district. Section 275.8(a) of the Commissioner's regulations requires that the petition be personally served upon each named respondent. If a school district is named as a respondent, service upon the school district shall be made personally by delivering a copy of the petition to the district clerk, to any trustee or any member of the board of education, to the superintendent of schools, or to a person in the office of the superintendent who has been designated by the board of education to accept service (8 NYCRR §275.8[a]; Appeal of B.H., 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,246; Appeal of Peterson, 48 id. 530, Decision No. 15,939).
Here, the affidavit of service filed with the petition indicates that the petition was served upon Christine Tuttle, who is identified in the affidavit as a "receptionist." According to the affidavit of the process server (who is also counsel for petitioner in this appeal), Ms. Tuttle represented to him that she was authorized to accept service for the district. However, respondent submits an affidavit of Ms. Tuttle in which she states that:
[O]n Tuesday, November 13, 2018, a gentleman came into the main office in the afternoon and handed me the Petition in this matter, [h]e asked me my name but did not provide me with his name, and I did not sign for the paperwork .... At no time have I ever been designated or appointed as a person authorized to accept service of legal papers ....
In reply, petitioner's attorney states that upon entering an office marked "Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent," he stated: "I have legal papers to serve on the district," to which Ms. Tuttle responded: "[r]ight here." He argues that, by this statement, Ms. Tuttle represented that she had actual authority to accept service on behalf of respondent. In a sur-reply affidavit, Ms. Tuttle disputes petitioner's attorney's description of events, indicating that she replied "[r]ight here" in response to the process server's question: "Is this the District office?" Ms. Tuttle avers that she did not hear the process server state that he had legal papers to serve on the district.
Respondent bears the burden of establishing any affirmative defenses (see Application of Simmons, 53 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 16,596; Appeal of Mogel, 41 id. 127, Decision No. 14,636). Based upon the conflicting evidence submitted by the parties, I cannot find that respondent has met its burden of proving that petitioner failed to effectuate personal service of the petition on an individual authorized to accept service. It is apparent from the parties' affidavits that there was substantial confusion surrounding service of the petition, and there is no basis in the record to credit one party's recollection or interpretation over the other's. Therefore, I decline to dismiss the appeal for improper service.
Turning to the merits, Education Law §3202(1) provides, in pertinent part:
A person over five and under twenty-one years of age who has not received a high school diploma is entitled to attend the public schools maintained in the district in which such person resides without the payment of tuition.
The purpose of this statute is to limit the obligation of school districts to provide tuition-free education to students whose parents or legal guardians reside within the district (Appeal of Powell, 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,320; Appeal of Polynice, 48 id. 490, Decision No. 15,927). "Residence" for purposes of Education Law §3202 is established by one's physical presence as an inhabitant within the district and intent to reside in the district (Longwood Cent. School Dist. v. Springs Union Free School Dist., 1 NY3d 385; Appeal of Powell, 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,320). A child's residence is presumed to be that of his or her parents or legal guardians (Catlin v. Sobol, 155 AD2d 24, revd on other grounds, 77 NY2d 552 (1991); Appeal of Powell, 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,320).
Where a child's parents live apart, the child can have only one legal residence (People ex. rel. The Brooklyn Children's Aid Society v. Hendrickson, et al., 54 Misc. 337 aff'd, 196 NY 551; Appeal of S.L., 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,187). In cases where parents have joint custody, the child's time is "essentially divided" between two households, and both parents assume responsibility for the child, the decision regarding the child's residency lies ultimately with the family (Appeal of S.L., 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,187; Appeal of T.P., 45 id. 156, Decision No. 15,288; Appeal of T.K., 43 id. 103, Decision No. 14,935). However, when parents claim joint custody but do not produce proof of the child's time being divided between both households, residency is to be determined by the traditional tests of physical presence in the district and intent to remain there (Appeal of S.L., 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,187; Appeal of Rousseau, 45 id. 567, Decision No. 15,418).
A residency determination will not be set aside unless it is arbitrary and capricious (Appeal of Powell, 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,320; Appeal of White, 48 id. 295, Decision No. 15,863). In an appeal to the Commissioner, the petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a clear legal right to the relief requested and the burden of establishing the facts upon which petitioner seeks relief (Appeal of Powell, 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,320; Appeal of White, 48 id. 295, Decision No. 15,863).
Here, the custody agreement states that the students' mother has "primary physical residency" of J.S., and that petitioner has "secondary physical residency" of J.S. on Monday evenings, every other weekend, and alternating vacation periods and holidays. Based on the agreement, J.S. is not essentially dividing his time between his parents' residences (see e.g. Appeal of Franklin-Boyd and Graham, 45 Ed Dept Rep 33, Decision No. 15,251). Therefore, petitioner and the students' mother are not entitled to designate respondent's district as J.S.'s district of residence and J.S.'s residency must be determined by the traditional test of physical presence and intent to remain therein.
As indicated above, the custody agreement provides J.S.'s mother with "primary physical residency" of J.S., which is defined as physical custody each week from Tuesday through Friday, every other weekend, and alternating vacation periods and holidays. Thus, during a typical week (i.e., without holidays), J.S. spends the majority of his time – either four or six days per week – with his mother at the out-of-district address. Petitioner asserts in the petition only that J.S. "spends residential time with [him] under the terms of [the] Joint Custody Agreement."[2] Therefore, on this record, I find that J.S. physically resides outside of respondent's district with his mother and, thus, is not entitled to attend respondent's district without payment of non-resident tuition. Accordingly, I cannot conclude that respondent's determination in this respect was arbitrary or capricious.
Petitioner also contends that he purchased a residence located within respondent's district in August 2018 and intends to reside therein with J.S. However, petitioner has submitted no proof indicating that he purchased such property. In any event, even assuming, arguendo, that petitioner resides in the district, he asserts that J.S. resides with him in accordance with the custody agreement. Therefore, even if established, the fact that petitioner and J.S. reside at an address located within respondent's district would not affect the fact that J.S. physically resides with his mother outside of respondent's district, as noted above.
Finally, petitioner states that "pursuant to [the] custody agreement," J.S. and N.S. "are both to attend Red Creek Central School." Although the custody agreement does include a provision stating: "[b]arring a substantial change in circumstances, the parties agree that the children will attend school in the Red Creek School District," I do not find that this provision renders J.S. and N.S. residents of respondent's district. At the time of the agreement, petitioner and the students' mother lived outside of respondent's district and paid tuition on behalf of N.S. and J.S. so the students could attend respondent's district. This provision, then, appears to evince the intent of petitioner and the students' mother with respect to the school district they would like their sons to attend and does not address the issue of residency. In any event, even if the agreement purported to dictate what school district the students would attend, such a provision of a custody agreement would remain subject to the residency requirements of Education Law §3202(1) (Appeal of D.E.F. and D.M.M., 51 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 16,295).
In light of the above determination that J.S. is not a district resident entitled to attend respondent's schools tuition-free, petitioner's request for a tuition "refund" for J.S. is academic, as any such determination would be advisory in nature (see e.g. Appeal of Morris, 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,175; Appeal of Strassburg, 56 id., Decision No. 16,931; Appeal of L.B. and T.B., 55 id., Decision No. 16,832. It is well-established that the Commissioner does not issue advisory opinions or declaratory rulings in an appeal pursuant to Education Law §310 (Appeal of Q.H., 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,299; Appeal of a Student with a Disability, 48 id. 411, Decision No. 15,899; Appeal of Waechter, 48 id. 261, Decision No. 15,853). In addition, and to the extent that petitioner alternatively seeks a tuition "refund" offset by any school taxes paid, I note that the Commissioner has historically declined to award tuition in residency appeals (Appeal of S.T.V., 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,371; Appeal of M.S. and M.R.F., 57 id., Decision No. 17,347). Although, as noted above, petitioner has not submitted any proof that he has purchased property in the district, I note that to the extent an individual who pays non-resident tuition also pays school taxes on an in-district property, he or she is entitled to a reduction of tuition pursuant to Education Law §3202(3) (see Appeal of S.T.V., 57 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 17,371; Appeal of Lin, 48 id. 166, Decision No. 15,827).
Although the appeal must be dismissed for the reasons described above, I note that petitioner has the right to reapply for admission on behalf of J.S. at any time, should circumstances change, and to submit any documentary evidence for respondent's consideration.
[1] The custody agreement made reference to an action for divorce pending in Wayne County Supreme Court.
[2] Petitioner does not claim that J.S. spends the majority of his time with him in contravention of the custody order (see Appeal of Petrie, 37 Ed Dept Rep 200, Decision No. 13,842).


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"Transport Canada manages one of the largest and most diverse portfolios in the federal government. It strives to serve the public interest through the promotion of a safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible transportation system. Like most spheres of the economy, the transportation sector has been severely disrupted by COVID-19; not only because of decreased economic output brought by confinement and social distancing measures, but also because of the potential role of the sector itself as a vector of the virus.
Therefore, Transport Canada would be greatly interested in work on a cross-sectoral analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic as it would complement the significant work it has already undertaken. More specifically, this auxiliary source of knowledge would provide policymakers with a multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary perspective on infectious disease modeling."
Urban Public Health Network (UPHN)
"The UPHN will be a knowledge-user of the One Society Network. The UPHN is a member-based non-profit organization comprised of 23 large city Medical Officers of Health (MoH) from across the country. These MoH are responsible for ensuring the health and safety of entire populations and are essential to the creation of general public health orders. As evidence-based practitioners, MoH's have an on-going appetite for data and modelling on COVID-19 (and future pandemics) to help inform their decision-making.
UPHN is excited to be a knowledge user of One Society Network and to use their evidence to guide policy. UPHN will inform One Society Network about their data needs and any topics of particular concern. Then, in collaboration with UPHN, the One Society Network will provide Medical Officers of Health across Canada with intersectoral evidence, for how the pandemic and public health policies and interventions will impact a diversity of sectors, including the broader health (e.g. mental health), economic, agriculture, environment, and education sectors. The One Society Network can also inform MoH's on how changes in these sectors may ultimately impact the health of its citizens."
Alberta Health
"The Alberta Ministry of Health is supportive of this work and committed to serving as a knowledge user of the project. By developing methods to evaluate 'One-Society' impacts of various COVID-19 interventions, decision makers and advisors will gain a better understanding of how changes in one part of society (or policies related to COVID-19) have impacts in many other sectors.
This understanding and quantification of inter-sectoral effects will help us recommend more optimal policies in the future, for COVID-19 and for other emerging infectious diseases. The Ministry of Health has been successfully collaborating with the project Principal Investigator and Co-investigators, for many years. Specifically, Professor McCabe and his team have a strong record of providing the Alberta Ministry of Health with policy-relevant information, often with rapid timelines.
The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) team have used infectious disease models to inform Alberta vaccine policy, including the development of a COVID-19 model to inform the Alberta Ministry of Health's initial COVID-19 response. We will build upon these existing relationships between the Alberta Ministry of Health and Professor McCabe's team in the development of an infectious disease and economic COVID-19 model.
This partnership will substantially strengthen both the scientific robustness of the model, and its ability to guide Alberta's COVID-19 policy. The Ministry is committed to providing access to the necessary data on COVID-19, including but not limited to, case counts and rates, testing, disease outcomes (e.g. hospitalization length of stay) and costs. The Alberta Ministry of Health has some of the best data sources on COVID-19 disease rates, outcomes and interventions in Canada, with integrated real time data of notifiable diseases, and immunizations. The Ministry also commits to being involved in the tailoring and delivery of findings to the COVID-19 response teams."
Alberta Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation
"The Alberta Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation is supportive and interested in the work being proposed by the One Society Network. The Ministry is committed to serving as a knowledge user of the project, by both providing feedback on the questions being asked and using the outcomes from the One Society Network to inform decision-making."
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Canadian Network for Modelling Infectious Disease (CANMOD)
"We have formed potential collaborations with CANMOD, led by Dr. Caroline Colijn and Dr. David Earn.
While the networks will work independently to ensure flexibility in response, there will be multiple opportunities for collaboration, including but not limited to:
1)Sharing of data between modelling networks. CANMOD will provide details on the natural history of disease and transmission characteristics of the pathogen. Concurrently, One Society Network will share economic and outcome data parameters (e.g. costs and quality of life outcomes).
2) Sharing of model findings between networks. For instance, CANMOD will provide details on their intervention modelling results, which will be fed into the broader infectious disease and intersectoral models from the One Society Network, to estimate the impacts on sectors across society.
3) Scheduled meetings between the groups to discuss modelling synergies.
4) Opportunities for cross training, such as having trainees and collaborators from both networks getting involved in the partnered network's projects, as well as a yearly conference for trainees from different groups.
We look forward to working collaboratively with other networks to strengthen the capacity of infectious disease modelling in Canada, and its links to the wider impact on society, and therefore, the ability of infectious disease models to inform policy at all levels of government."
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Q: Java converting image to ascii as String I am trying to write an application which takes an image, get red/green/blue values of each pixels, get the average value (converting into grayscale), change colors to ASCII values. The problem is that I am getting an error:
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Coordinate out of bounds!

I know what does it mean, but I cant locate it in my code. Bellow my code:
public void convert(File path) {

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        int[][] red = null;
        int[][] green = null;
        int[][] blue = null;
        int[][] avg = null;

        try {
            BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(path);

            red = new int[img.getHeight()][img.getWidth()];
            green = new int[img.getHeight()][img.getWidth()];
            blue = new int[img.getHeight()][img.getWidth()];
            avg = new int[img.getHeight()][img.getWidth()];

            for (int i = 0; i < img.getHeight(); i++) {
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                    int pixel = img.getRGB(i, j);
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                    red[i][j] = c.getRed();
                    green[i][j] = c.getGreen();
                    blue[i][j] = c.getBlue();

                    avg[i][j] = red[i][j] / 3 + green[i][j] / 3 + blue[i][j] / 3;

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                        sb.append(".");
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                        sb.append("%");
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Hello love cats, if you follow me on insta, you saw me do my first live video (my apologies). I reviewed the new Maybelline Fit Me! Dewy + Smooth Foundation and the Master Prime Primer. I was sent both of these from Influenster -read on to see my final thoughts!
✓ Dewy finish that lasts without a setting spray!
I loved the primer, it felt super hydrating and light weight and works great with other high end foundations like FENTY!
The foundation didn't cover hyper-pigmentation/scarring as much as I would have liked.
I am not a fan of the type of bottle (I prefer a pump or squeeze bottle).
All in all, the foundation is surprisingly good, it's not a full-coverage foundation in my opinion. Overall, not a bad product.


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Ali was scheduled to be re-evaluated today at SmackDown in Toledo. If doctors won't clear him to compete, a decision will then be made on who will replace Ali in the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Title at Sunday's pay-per-view. Ali has reportedly told WWE officials that he's able to work, but they won't wait around and see what happens between now and Sunday, and won't risk it as they will pull him from the Chamber match if he's not cleared today.


RethinkDB is an open source distributed database, based on Node's streaming model, built to store JSON documents and scale to multiple servers. Josh Kuhn gave this talk at Geekdom in San Francisco outlining how Rethink allows you to scale queries and make replication easy in the real time web environment.
Rethink started out by addressing some of the performance shortcomings of other NoSQL databases like MongoDB whilst being easy to set up with a clean and easy to navigate UI which makes sharding and replication easier to manage. Rethink is also positioned as a great database choice for flexible schemas requirements as well as being able to run analytics directly in Rethink if they are not too intensive in order to simplify things.
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Ringo Starr joins Paul McCartney onstage for tour's final show
WATCH: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr rock out to two Beatles classics, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)' and 'Helter Skelter' [via Variety]
On Saturday evening, Paul McCartney, the legendary British musician and songwriter, wrapped up his 39-date 'Freshen Up!' solo world tour at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.
As a surprise to the more than 55,000-strong crowd, McCartney, 77, invited former Beatles bandmate, Ringo Starr, onstage to perform a couple of the group's classic hits.
"We've got a surprise for us, a surprise for you, a surprise for everyone," McCartney said. "Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Ringo Starr."
Starr's appearance came as not only a surprise to everybody in the crowd, but to McCartney himself too. The 79-year-old drummer was met with an uproar of applause.
(L-R) Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform onstage during the 30th Annual Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on April 18, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
"Ready to rock?" asked McCartney. "Ready to rock," replied Starr. "Peace and love, everybody."
"Alright brother," said McCartney, as Starr sat behind his drum kit. "I love you, man,"
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The iconic rhythm section, and the only surviving members of The Beatles, tore through the 1967 anthem, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) before a smooth transition into the hard-hitting Helter Skelter, from The White Album (1968).
The two last performed together in December, alongside longtime Rolling Stones guitarist, Ronnie Wood.
Since the tragic passing of former Beatles guitarist, George Harrison, in 2001, the surviving members have only performed a handful of shows together.
The joy of playing with my Peace and Love brother! ✌☮ #FreshenUpTour @ringostarrmusic pic.twitter.com/kr52tP6Qj2
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) July 14, 2019
From the 2002 'Concert for George' gig, to 'Ringo Starr's Birthday Bash' in 2010, or the 2014 Grammy Awards to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, during Starr's induction as a solo artist, their appearances together are few and far between, but always received incredibly.
"I love you," McCartney reiterated at the end of Helter Skelter. "Peace and love," he concluded. "Ringo, forever."
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As a bonus for classic rock fans present at McCartney's critically acclaimed concert, the Hey Jude singer invited Joe Walsh of The Eagles onstage for the final song of the evening — The End from The Beatles' eleventh studio album, Abbey Road (1969).
As of this writing, McCartney currently has no upcoming tour dates, aside from a handful of American shows in the fall.
(L-R) Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney arrive for the World premiere of 'The Beatles: Eight Days A Week — The Touring Years' at Odeon, Leicester Square on Sept. 15, 2016 in London, England.
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On Aug. 1, however, Starr will bring Ringo and His All Starr Band to Windsor, Ont., for the opening night of an exclusive North American tour, celebrating the 30th anniversary of his solo career.
Currently, Windsor is the only scheduled stop in Canada on the highly anticipated tour.
Tickets and additional information can be found via the official Ringo Starr website.
Full setlist from McCartney's final 'Freshen Up!' tour show show:
** Songs featuring Ringo Starr are bolded **
Junior's Farm
Can't Buy Me Love
Come On to Me
Let Me Roll It
Let 'Em In
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
I've Just Seen a Face
Fuh You
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
The End (ft. Joe Walsh)


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When you've figured out what you're likely to utilize for the true box, you are going to want to acquire the litter. The industrial litter boxes are usually covered, which keeps the smell in the potty, but there are a few that are only substantial corner litter pans, which work as well. As you can clean out the litter box promptly at home, the wonderful outdoors is more troublesome to control. Make certain that it's clean and prevent the cover litter boxes that can cause concentrated smells that can easily offend your cat.
Some dogs don't do well when they're left alone. Dogs might never wish to be in a room that's not the room which you're in. Additionally, a dog may acquire defensive as well and result in serious harm to your cat. Affected dogs might have a tough time in a number of tasks, and potty training is among them. For instance, they are not primary hosts of Toxocara cati, the most common type of roundworm found in cats. Indeed, they have shown the ability to digest carbohydrate-based foods. Your dog or cat may begin licking itself far more than usual as a way of making up for the dearth of attention it feels that it's getting.
However clean you maintain a bunny's litter box, there'll be some odor. Don't be shocked if your bunny doesn't wish to go back in the cage, once they've tasted sweet, sweet freedom, even the most significant bunny cage can look as a prison. It's fairly easy to find treats and toys for your chinchillas because there is generally a whole section in the pet store specializing in fun things for smaller animals. Cat toys will get the job done nicely with ferrets, but note they may not last as long.
If you've had your cat for quite a while, and you've got a new puppy, you're better off re-homing the puppy. My cat does well with free roam of the house but if you've got a new kitten you may choose to keep them in 1 room if leaving for a couple hours. Letting your cat know it's doing a superior job. If he or she is vomiting repeatedly throughout a single day, then you need to bring him to a veterinarian as quickly as possible. A cat can create an outstanding add-on to home and really can become part of the family. Cats have an extremely delicate digestive and urinary tract. They are independent creatures who wish to get a small fun!
Cats have a tendency to prevent drinking water. Some cats know whenever someone is all about to die. If you're introducing a new cat to your home, he might at times be hesitant to bring a look around.
In order to reside and thrive, cats therefore require meat. While there are lots of procedures which can be employed to relieve your cat's constipation, it's a lot simpler if your cat doesn't become constipated in the very first spot. In case the cat proceeds to smell his urine in the region, he'll keep on urinating at exactly the same spot. The thing to keep in mind is that your cat is unhappy about the scenario, too. My cats have a tendency to `scratch' the top layer of the water before drinking. Your cat is not going to find sick or injured, and you will not need to observe the vet as often. When everyone looks comfortable let the new cat from the cage into only a single room of your property.
Cats are extremely clean animals. Your cat could be just attempting to make sure you continue to be near him so he can be safe when sleeping. If he or she throws up periodically over an extended period of time, slowly becoming more frequent, then there is probably something more serious going on and you need to notify your vet. As obese cats are somewhat more likely to suffer from arthritis, you want to make sure that you give your cat a well-balanced diet. Relocating a cat who's accustomed to exploring the outdoors can be particularly stressful for cat owners.


Longitude found! The book has been published, the exhibition has opened, and so far all is going pretty well. Although, of course, there are things I would have liked to have changed or tweaked, I am really pleased with how both look and with the message that is, by and large, coming across.
It's difficult to get an impression of an exhibition through photographs, rather than actually being there. It is a three or even four dimensional experience that involves light, sound, space and (occasionally) touch as well as objects and text. It surrounds you and you move through it and across it over time. Nevertheless, because it was amazing for me to see it after so long existing only in lists of objects, label text and designers' drawings, I put up a picture gallery over on The H Word, with captions that offer a whistle-stop tour.
The exhibition has been previewed and reviewed positively. Maev Kennedy at the Guardian focused on Hogarth as well as Harrison, noting the rich variety of objects on display. In the Times [£], Libby Purves said that the story "is elegantly and excitingly displayed".
Richard Dunn, the lead curator (and my co-author), and Katy Barrett did sterling work talking to these and other journalists. They were also interviewed in an excellent slot on Front Row and Richard did a great job on BBC London. I helped out on launch day, and had also written a piece for BBC History Magazine's July issue. The book has brought in some nice reviews too – there are two on Amazon so far (4 and a very nice 5 star) and this one on Robin's Reviews, which calls it an "excellent, elegant book".
On 30 October I will be giving one of the Maritime Lectures at the NMM (probably on Nevil Maskelyne's contribution to the longitude story, since I hope the collection of essays on him that I have edited will be out by then).
I'm looking forward to all of this, but seeing it all written out is a little daunting! A lesson to share is not to take on a new lectureship in the same year as you have to deliver books, exhibitions and a large number of events – I also have a significant amount of preparation to do for my new autumn teaching (not to mention some chapters and reviews to deliver over the summer).
Cross-posted from Science Comma blog.
For those who are fans of sci-fi, or interested in how sci-fi plays into the history of science, there are some things you might want to take a look at.
The lone (mad) scientist is a common trope in science fiction, but hidden away is a fascination with secret and semi-secret societies who work for the future of all mankind. This talk will look at the representation of the Royal Society in science fiction and fantasy as fact, fantasy and metaphor.
For those who can't make it to London, the talk should be available, like the Society's other events, as a video afterwards.
Secondly, yesterday saw the republication of the 1870-71 short story, The Brick Moon, by Edward Everett Hale. It is being published by Jurassic London, along with a new story, Another Brick in the Moon, by Adam Roberts. Details of the publication are available here, and also from this post by Richard Dunn, Senior Curator at Royal Museums Greenwich, who co-wrote the introduction with Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
The original story is about an artificial satellite, the Royal Observatory, the Greenwich Meridian and possible solutions to the problem of finding longitude at sea. It is a perfect accompaniment to the Longitude Season, just getting underway in Greenwich.Secondly, yesterday saw the republication of the 1870-71 short story, The Brick Moon, by Edward Everett Hale. It is being published by Jurassic London, along with a new story, Another Brick in the Moon, by Adam Roberts. Details of the publication are available here, and also from this post by Richard Dunn, Senior Curator at Royal Museums Greenwich, who co-wrote the introduction with Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Finally, as well as a major exhibition on the longitude story (opening in July), this season also includes an art and fiction response. Already open at the Royal Observatory is Longitude Punk'd, an intervention in, or takeover of, the pre-existing longitude galleries. Author Robert Rankin and other artists and makers have come up with a whole range of more or less ludicrous or plausible ideas about solving longitude or alternative realities in which clock maker John Arnold made himself clockwork legs and Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne built an airship and hoped to contact parallel universes – just in case they knew his longitude. Read more from the curator here.


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La Coppa Italia di pallamano 2016-2017 sarà la 32ª edizione della coppa nazionale di pallamano maschile.

La competizione, organizzata dalla FIGH, si svolgerà a Fondi, in provincia di Latina, dal 21 al 23 aprile 2017 con la partecipazione di otto squadre della Serie A 2016-2017.

Formula
Il torneo si disputerà con la formula delle Final Eight. Le otto squadre ammesse sono la squadra ospitante della manifestazione e le prime due classificate di ognuno dei tre gironi della Serie A 2016-17 e le due migliori terze al termine della prima fase. Qualora la società ospitante non rientrerebbe fra le prime due classificate del proprio girone o fra le due migliori terze, sarà qualificata alla competizione solo la migliore terza dei tre gironi.

Squadre partecipanti
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Voci correlate
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Via Cassia – Tomba di Nerone Neighborhood – We have an enchanting and unique villa in the heart of Rome available. The villa is located in a private park (an ex-olive grove!) in a closed, residential compound on Via Cassia. There are 4 villas on the property. The private park backs up with the protected and regional park: Parco dell'Insugherata where you can go on hikes. It truly feels like you are in the countryside when just 10 minutes by car and your are at Ponte Milvio!! It is close to all of the international schools along via Cassia!!
The villa has a large, loft-style living room with fireplace and big windows overlooking the Roman countryside which is connected to a large kitchen/dining area for 10 people. There are three bedrooms, one walk-in closet, two bathrooms (a large one with tub and another smaller one with shower). There is a patio outside the home which is perfect for dining and entertaining outside during the warm Roman weather (between April and October). The villa has a furnished kitchen. It is renting semi-furnished. (The furniture in the pictures will be removed).
The private park (3 hectres) is shared with four other families. Three of them have shared access to swimming pool. There are other children on the compound as well as cats and dogs. The house is bordered by protective woods and faces the Parco dell'Insugherata, a large park reserve where you can go on hikes and walks. There is private parking on the compound. Possibility of making your own vegetable garden. OK COMPANY LEASES!
Monthly rent: € 2100 + € 250 gardening, Pool yearly maintenance fee: € 300, Available: IMMEDIATELY. Renting to referenced individuals, references requested. For more information and appointments, please contact Bonnie Rose-Zanni (American) at +393474009753 at Immobiliare Zanni Real Estate Agency – Finder's Fee Applied.


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Questions some authors dread: Where do you get your ideas?
"Yes I am writing you into my book! You're gruesomely butchered on page 76. You're welcome!"
Every writer who has ever given a reading at a bookstore or convention and/or appeared on writing panels at a convention, has been asked a variant of the question: "Where do you get your ideas?" Some authors dread it. Others have a funny answer. I am going to give you three answers: the funny answer, the truthful answer, and then the real answer:
Once you obtain your Artist License, you receive a quota of ideas monthly from the Ideas of the Month Club™.
No one really knows the exact nature of the alchemy in an author's subconscious that synthesizes our experiences, conversations, and other information we encounter into ideas.
The fact that you ask that question indicates you're looking at the storytelling process completely wrong.
The funny answer is play on words. The term artistic license doesn't describe an actual license one earns or applies for, but rather it describes the phenomenon of the distortion of fact or alterations of convention which is sometimes made in the name of art. A movie "based on real events" will take a lot of artistic license with the events in order to create an interesting and cohesive story, for instance. So the joke is a way to not answer the question; because the answer isn't straightforward.
The truthful answer is that writers and other artists concoct their ideas usually unconsciously based on or in reaction to stories we've read, art we've seen, and so on, blended with things we've observed throughout our lives. Both art teachers and writing teachers I've known are fond of saying, "Hacks borrow, artists steal." Humans have been telling each other stories through stories, painting, music, dance, and other art forms for tens of thousands of years. There is no such thing as a plot that hasn't been used before. But a good storyteller doesn't worry about that, because what makes a story ours is the individual spins we put on elements, our personal perspective, and our own style. Yes, that does mean that characters in our stories often contain elements of the personalities of people we know in real life. But they'll contain elements from several people. Even when we intentionally base a character on someone we know, we make changes in order to fit the character into our story. Or we'll combine the personality traits of the person we're basing the character on with those from other people—maybe people who remind us of the person, maybe not.
The real answer may seem a little harsh, but the things that most people mean when they ask a writer about "ideas" are not the important part of writing. People asking that want to know why an author decided to make the second detective a robot, or where the notion of a flat world balanced on the back of four elephants riding through interstellar space on a giant turtle came from, or how someone came up with the idea of the character Yoda. Those things are, in one sense, merely window dressing. They aren't the heart of each of the stories in which they occur. Sometimes, yes, a writer may start from a single question or a prompt from somewhere, but what makes the story are all the connections between the various elements. It's how the author puts all those things together and makes them work together as the protagonist is confronted by a problem, deals with the problem and the complications that arise from it, and eventually resolves it (for good or ill) at the end.
All those elements that folks mean when they ask about ideas are part of the story. Some of them are even integral to the tale, but the magic is how they work together. Just thinking up the idea of a girl with a magical ability to control all things made out of paper, for instance, isn't enough. The author has to put that character into a world, make her interact with the other characters, and most importantly make you believe, at least for a bit, that she's a real person facing a very real crisis.
Sometimes we know where a particular idea came from. For instance, one night at my writers' group, after we had gone over some scenes I had written from the first novel in the Trickster series involving some of the wizards, my friend Mark made the comment that he thought it would be funny if there was a mage in the world who was always wearing a whole bunch of gold chains, and generally conducted themself like a parody of the 70s or 80s gangster villain. It so happened that I needed a dangerous but comedic mage to fill the role of second-in-command for The Rage Regiment (a group of sort of anarchist wannabes that would figure more prominently in later parts of the series), I just hadn't figured out her personality or anything. Mark's description nudged me into filling in details (those dozens and dozens of gold chains around her neck each held magic amulets and the like, making her a walking arsenal; her flying carpet is a converted hearse, et cetera) that eventually came together as Sister Blister, underling to Mother Bedlam.
But the truth is, most of the time the author doesn't know where the parts that a reader finds most interesting came from. We may know that we gave certain personality traits to a particular character because someone of our acquaintance has those traits and we find them interesting (or frustrating, or endearing, et cetera). And yes, sometimes we'll base a character that horrible things will happen to on someone we have known in the past who we think deserved horrible things to happen to them. Or we'll base a character on some other author's character and give them a happy ending because we think that person deserved something better than what happened to them in the original story. But if we're good, we'll file the serial numbers off, and the vast majority of readers will never recognize the character we've created an alternate universe version of.
There is no simple answer. There is no magic process we can teach you, no sure-fire mechanism we can share that will generate "ideas" on demand. There are tricks we can use to help us write when we're blocked and so forth. But the answer I gave above that I labeled truthful really is: no one knows the exact nature of the process. Our brains mix and match and percolate and conjoin all sorts of things from our life experiences, and sometimes something wonderful blossoms from it. And when it does, we have to get to work, making the something wonderful work in a story.
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Stanford Blood Center Opens New Flagship Location
Attention News Desk: Press Release (for immediate release)
Michele Hyndman (650) 723-8237
mhyndman@stanford.edu
STANFORD, Calif. – On Sept. 16, the Stanford Blood Center opened a new donor center in Palo Alto that also serves as its flagship location, housing operational and research labs, administrative and business management staff, and donor services.
The new building is at 3373 Hillview Ave., which is off of Foothill Expressway just south of Page Mill Road. All phone numbers and e-mail addresses for blood center employees remain the same. In addition to the Hillview site, the blood center will continue to draw blood at its two current locations: 780 Welch Road in Palo Alto and 515 South Drive in Mountain View. All three locations have new hours for donations.
Spokesperson Michele Hyndman said the new site will help the blood center keep pace with the increased demand for blood. The hospitals served by the center have needed about 10 percent more blood each year for the last three years.
The blood center also has a new logo. "The fresh look will complement our evolution into the state-of-the-art blood center we have become," Hyndman said. "We're going through tremendous growth and change, and we want a logo to reflect our progress." The new design communicates caring, combining a heart and two drops that hold the heart like hands.
Blood donors who were on hand for the Hillview center's first day of operations were impressed with the facility. "It's beautiful. I especially like the new building smell," said blood donor Roger Rehse.
A grand opening party for the Hillview site is scheduled for Nov. 5. Staff, donors and patients will be on hand to answer questions, and guest speakers will share stories of how blood donation saves lives in our community. More information is available at the center's Web site at https://bloodcenter-stg.stanford.edu.
Donors may call (650) 723-7831 or toll-free (888) 723-7831 to make an appointment, learn hours of operation and get directions. Donors should be in good health with no cold or flu symptoms. They must eat well prior to donation, drink fluids and present photo identification at the time of donation. The process takes about an hour. For more information or to schedule an appointment online, please visit the center's Web site.
Stanford University Medical Center integrates research, medical education and patient care at its three institutions – Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. For more information, please visit the Web site of the medical center's Office of Communication & Public Affairs at http://mednews.stanford.edu.
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Pooja Batra
7. The Spirit of Mumbai
8. Force
9. Bin Bulaye Baarati
10. Murder 2
Name Pooja Batra
Date Of Birth Wednesday, October 27, 1976
Biography Pooja Batra was born in India to an army officer and his wife. Early in life she showed grit and determination winning multiple track and field events on a national level. She shot to fame when she was crowned Miss India in 1993. She quickly went on to become one of the top supermodels in India walking the ramp in over 250 fashion shows in India and abroad. Soon, Pooja set her sights on pursuing an acting career. In 1997, her first feature film Virasat (1997) sky-rocketed her to instant stardom with stupendous box office earnings and got her critical acclaim. For her portrayal of the betrayed lover in Virasat (1997), she won the Zee Cine Award for the Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Filmfare Awards. This was followed by her second film Bhai (1997) which was also a box office hit confirming her appeal to the masses. She has subsequently starred in over twenty films including Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (2001) and Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999), establishing herself as an accomplished actress. Her latest film Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story (2005), in which she portrays Queen Noorjehan, is a highly anticipated film to be released in mid 2005 on the 351st anniversary of the Taj Mahal. Pooja maintains homes in Bombay and Los Angeles.
Birth Place Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height 5' 9' (1.75 m)
Movies of Pooja Batra
The Spirit of Mumbai as co-producer
The Spirit of Mumbai as Rani Deol
Kambakkht Ishq
Kambakkht Ishq as additional casting
Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story as Noor Jahan
Talaash: The Hunt Begins... as Kamini
Ittefaq as Roshni G. Hiranandani
Nayak: The Real Hero as Laila
Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya as Sonia Chopra
Jodi No.1 as Casino Dancer
Censor as Herself (Pooja)
Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi as Savitri (Special Appearance)
Farz as Seductress
Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye as Mona
Hum Tum Shabana as Special appearance


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import sys
sys.path.append('/homes/jmcq/Mmani/') # this is stupid

import numpy as np
import Mmani.geometry.geometry as geom
import scipy as sp
import scipy.sparse as sparse
from sklearn import datasets

# Generate an example data set
N = 10
X, color = datasets.samples_generator.make_s_curve(N, random_state=0)
n_components = 2
n_radius = 5 # ignore distances above this radius
a_radius = 5 # A = exp(-||x - y||/a_radius^2) (if not passed a_radius = n_radius)

# Geometry is the main class that will Cache things like distance, affinity, and laplacian.

Geometry = geom.Geometry(X, distance_method = 'brute',
                        neighborhood_radius = n_radius, affinity_radius = a_radius,
                        laplacian_type = 'geometric')

# You can get the distance, affinity etc with e.g: Geometry.get_distance_matrix()
# you can also use the assign_distance, assign_affinity, and assign_laplacian

# If you pass X to the embedding functions it will create a Geometry object.
# But if you're planning on trying multiple embeddings it's best to pass it directly

# LTSA
import Mmani.embedding.ltsa as ltsa
LTSA = ltsa.LTSA(n_components = n_components, eigen_solver = 'arpack',
                Geometry = Geometry)
(embed_ltsa, err) = LTSA.fit_transform(X)

# LLE
import Mmani.embedding.locally_linear as lle
LLE = lle.LocallyLinearEmbedding(n_components = n_components, eigen_solver = 'arpack',
                                Geometry = Geometry)
(embed_lle, err) = LLE.fit_transform(X)

# Isomap
import Mmani.embedding.isomap as iso
ISOMAP = iso.Isomap(n_components = n_components, eigen_solver = 'arpack',
                    Geometry = Geometry)
embed_isomap = ISOMAP.fit_transform(X)

# Spectral Embedding (
import Mmani.embedding.spectral_embedding as se
Spectral = se.SpectralEmbedding(n_components = n_components, eigen_solver = 'arpack',
                                Geometry = Geometry)
embed_spectral = Spectral.fit_transform(X)

# Visulize them in a 4x4 plot:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
f, axarr = plt.subplots(2, 2)
axarr[0, 0].plot(embed_ltsa[:,0], embed_ltsa[:,1])
axarr[0, 0].set_title('LTSA')
axarr[0, 1].scatter(embed_lle[:,0], embed_lle[:,1])
axarr[0, 1].set_title('LLE')
axarr[1, 0].plot(embed_isomap[:,0], embed_isomap[:,1])
axarr[1, 0].set_title('Isomap')
axarr[1, 1].scatter(embed_spectral[:,0], embed_spectral[:,1])
axarr[1, 1].set_title('Spectral')
plt.show()


An old-school Ibiza institution, hard-to-find Es Torrent is where you take someone you want to seriously impress. Tucked into a secluded cove at the end of a steep track, it's Ibiza's top seafood spot, famed for its fresh fish, fideuà – a fine noodle paella – and the laidback yet refined atmosphere. Owner Xicu is a third-generation Ibicenco fisherman (Es Torrent opened as a beach bar in 1984) and is passionate about the sea and what lives in it.
There are a limited number of crisp, white umbrella-shaded daybeds on the pebbly shore. Book them well in advance and spend the whole day.


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Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour brings epic adventure to UK & Ireland!
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is back for 2022, bringing the latest action and adventure films to venues around the UK and Ireland.
Starring intrepid characters, extreme expeditions and stunning cinematography, the tour features two new collections of inspirational films from the wildest corners of the planet. "We are so excited to be sharing these awe-inspiring new films with audiences around the UK and Ireland – up on the big screen!" says tour director Nell Teasdale. "As well as adrenaline-packed stories from the world's best adventure filmmakers, Banff events are a celebration of the great outdoors with a vibrant atmosphere – and we guarantee audiences will leave inspired to have an adventure of their own too." As well as thrilling films, each event features a free prize draw for outdoorsy goodies from the tour's partners.
Banff tour films are chosen from hundreds of entries into the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which is held every November in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The UK and Ireland tour starts in Leicester on 27 January and finishes in Cambridge on 28 May.
Film highlights include:
Exit the North Pole
In 24-hour darkness and with temperatures down to -40, polar explorers Børge Ousland and Mike Horn attempt the unimaginable: a 1,500km ski expedition across the frozen Arctic Ocean, via the North Pole. With drifting ice and the threat of polar bears, this gruelling journey has been described as the boldest polar expedition of modern times.
Dream Mountain
Defying societal norms, elite climber Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita has had a trailblazing career, summiting K2, Everest and other world-class peaks. Life changed with the birth of her son, but Pasang decides that to be the best mother she can, she needs to follow her dreams again. Transcending expectations and returning to her life-long passion, Pasang attempts her dream mountain: a spectacular Nepalese peak called Cholatse.
Link Sar
The compelling story of the first ascent of one of the last great unclimbed mountains in Pakistan's Karakoram range: Link Sar at 7,041m. Avalanches and a 36-hour storm cause American alpinist Graham Zimmerman and his team to question their motivations and relationships, in an expedition that earns them mountaineering's most prestigious award: the Piolet d'Or.
The full line-up of new 2022 films will be announced in January.
For more information and to book tickets, see www.banff-uk.com


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National Security Adviser Susan Rice
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NewsGenderThu Oct 27, 2016 - 5:22 pm EST
Obama admin imposes LGBT 'acceptance' on USAID contractors
lgbt, overseas contractors, susan rice, usaid
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 27, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – The Obama administration's international relief agency has implemented a ban on LGBT "discrimination" for its contractors while providing services overseas.
The policy, which went into effect Tuesday, affects every contract through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
National Security Adviser Susan Rice announced the rule Wednesday while speaking at the American University School of International Service in Washington, the Washington Blade reported.
USAID contracts "must ensure that all people can benefit from these federally-funded programs regardless of race, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and gender identity," Rice said. "It's a major step towards ensuring that American assistance is provided in a fair and equitable manner."
The new rule affording special LGBT protections through U.S. overseas contractors comes almost five years after President Obama's December 2011 executive order mandating that agencies implementing U.S. foreign policy promote "LGBT rights" overseas.
USAID Administrator Gayle Smith in a statement the new policy "marks an important step forward" for USAID and its partners and "ensures our inclusive approach to development will continue into the future."
The LGBT protections in the new USAID policy do not extend to employees of overseas organizations that receive U.S. funding, nor does it include USAID grantees.
Homosexual activist group Human Rights Campaign (HRC) praised the move by the Obama administration.
"USAID has taken an important step in ensuring that people around the world who are being helped by U.S. taxpayer-funded programs are able to access them without fear of discrimination because of who they are or whom they love," HRC Director of Government Affairs David Stacy said in a statement. "This is a critical protection that can make a huge difference in the lives of LGBTQ people."
Still, the increased LGBT protections in USAID contracts were not enough for HRC, which wants them written into employment policy as well.
"While this is a step forward, we ultimately hope to see all implementers across all U.S. foreign affairs agencies — including USAID — include non-discrimination policies that cover not only the services they provide but also the people they hire," he added. "No organization supported by U.S. taxpayer dollars should turn anyone away because of their sexual orientation or gender identity."
Obama's 2014 executive order banning federal contractors from excluding people from employment based on sexual orientation or gender identity went into effect in April 2015. However, homosexual activist groups continue to push the Obama White House to ban "discrimination" against LGBT-owned businesses in procuring federal contracts as well.
USAID has been found behind open financing of homosexual political candidates in pro-family countries, massive global "family planning" programs, pushing contraception on poor women in developing countries, brutal sterilization camps in India, funding pro-prostitution, and political activists and abortion overseas.
More recently, it funded a contraception program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, introducing multi-millions of units of contraception there, causing a skyrocketing birth control rate in an area where it had previously been nearly nonexistent because of cultural norms.
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COMPOSER SPOTLIGHT: JANAY MAISANO,"MENAGE A TROIS" ORIGINAL SCORE
Next week, on April 23rd, sees the debut of MCI composer Janay Maisano's original score for the student short film "Menage a Trois" at the University of Redlands. The score features a trio of musicians whose instrumentation consists of ukulele, alto saxophone, and piano. Maisano also served as conductor for the recording sessions of her music.
Read on to learn more about her process for creating this score:
Describe your inspiration for composing the piece.
The main purpose for this score was for it to be fun, silly and enhance the film, since there is no dialogue. The film was produced by Nora Stock, a student here at the University of Redlands. To summarize the plot, there's a girl who is in love with a cardboard cutout of Harry Styles, but that cutout has an affair with another cutout of Elvis Presley. At the end of the film, it ends with the three characters sleeping together, and that's the story.
The director of the film asked me if I could incorporate some music from both Elvis Presley and Harry Styles for the final product. I didn't want to simply rip part of the songs and claim them as my own, so instead I took some motifs from some popular songs and made them fit within the music and the film.
What are some of the goals you strove to accomplish in writing the work?
Since the music is essential to this project, my goal was to give off a ridiculous, fun kind of vibe that makes people laugh when they watch the film.
There was the issue of copyright that I had to get around, and also the fact that I needed to be able to take this project seriously. The film is ridiculous, but it is a comedy after all, so I had to do my best to make music that was interesting, sight-readable, and still fun. I also told my performers that there was no need to take this incredibly seriously while recording because it's a film that is playful and ridiculous, and should exude that kind of feeling.
If the audience can figure out what songs I took motifs from, I'd be impressed. Other than that, there's not much to look for.
What do you hope your audience ultimately take away the most from hearing your work?
As long as the audience laughs and has a good time, that's all I ask for.


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Q: RocketChat database connection based on sub-domain We have hosted RocketChat on AWS and I have two questions and not sure if possible. Couldn't find anything on the docs.

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*Separate database and application servers from each other

*Connect to a specific database based on the subdomain in URL
Any thoughts?
Cheers

A: You can definitely run your Mongodb servers seperately from your Rocket.Chat servers.
To route based on domain.  You would just simply have to have a Rocket.Chat instance running for each subdomain you wish to have Rocket.Chat running on.
Then when starting the instances for those domains include environment variables like:
# subdomain1
PORT=3001
MONGO_URL=mongodb://ip-to-mongo-host:27017/subdomain1?replSet=rs0
MONGO_OPLOG_URL=mongodb://ip-to-mongo-host:27017/local?replSet=rs0

# subdomain2
PORT=3002
MONGO_URL=mongodb://ip-to-mongo-host:27017/subdomain2?replSet=rs0
MONGO_OPLOG_URL=mongodb://ip-to-mongo-host:27017/local?replSet=rs0

Above of course is assuming you are running your mongodb in replicaset mode. Which for Rocket.Chat I would definitely recommend.  Especially when you go to scale the instances out to handle additional load.
Then in your reverse proxy just simply route:

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*subdomain1 -> 127.0.0.1:3001

*subdomain2 -> 127.0.0.1:3002


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'Younger' Season 5 Tackles #MeToo & the Changing Liza-Charles-Josh Triangle
Emily Aslanian May 24, 2018 1:00 pm
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Oh, no! Liza's big lie just might come back to bite her again on Season 5 of TV Land's Younger. The 40-something associate editor (played by the fabulous Sutton Foster) has fibbed about her age by claiming to be in her 20s — and also learned that 'fessing up almost never ends well.
On June 5's Season 5 premiere, "the show takes a really big turn," creator Darren Star teases, calling the half hour "a game changer." Does that mean her love interest/boss Charles (Peter Hermann) finally finds out? Adds Star, "They're in for an interesting ride."
9 Times Liza Miller's Secret Almost Got Out on 'Younger'
Liza has done a great job of keeping her real age a secret...despite a number of close calls.
So are several other players who get swept up in a sexual harassment storyline that takes over the premiere episode. "Between seasons four and five, the world changed," says Foster, noting the #MeToo movement. "The writers looked back at how they had used certain characters and realized, 'Oh wow, that's not right. We need to hold them accountable.'"
Star also reflected on the new world order and how it affects the comedy series. "We wouldn't have written the episodes that way in this environment," he says. "I think we just look at everything through a different lens now. The show has consistently reflected and been affected by the times we live in in terms of truth and how people stretch, redefine and shape the truth. The #MeToo storyline resonates this season in a very organic way. We don't have to push to make it happen." Hint: it all ties in to the infamous fur bikini Liza wore in Season 2. "That damn thing," Foster notes ruefully, "is back."
And what about the whole Josh (Nico Tortorella) of the situation? Liza's former boyfriend got hitched in Ireland at the end of Season 4 in a Green Card marriage. But the night before the nuptials, he shared some tender moments with the leading lady. Is the series' love triangle still a triangle? Or will Charles and Liza finally make it official?
Peter Hermann as Charles, Sutton Foster as Liza
"I think the triangle is changing shape," Star says. "I feel that Liza can still go down two different paths with two different men. While I feel that the audience looks at Liza and Charles as this big choice for Liza, or Liza as a choice for Charles, I feel like Charles doesn't really know who Liza is — it's based on fantasy in a large part. Charles is still very much in the dark about who Liza is, while Josh really does know Liza."
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Ultimately though, Foster says, "it's definitely the season of Liza and Charles. And it's been a long time coming." We couldn't agree more!
Younger, Season Premiere, Tuesday, June 5, 10/9c, TV Land
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'Looking For Alaska': Rachel Matthews & Henry Zaga To Recur In Hulu Limited Series
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Rachel Matthews (Happy Death Day franchise) and Henry Zaga (13 Reasons Why) are set for recurring roles opposite Charlie Plummer and Kristine Froseth in Looking for Alaska, Hulu's eight-episode limited series based on John Green's novel. The series hails from Paramount Television and Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage's Fake Empire.
Looking for Alaska is told through the eyes of teenager Miles "Pudge" Halter (Plummer) as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with a girl, Alaska Young (Froseth), and after her unexpected death, he and his close friends attempt to uncover the truth behind her death and make sense of it.
Matthews will play Fiona, a sophisticated and well-educated college student from a solid, healthy family. Alaska is at first suspicious of Fiona's friendship with her boyfriend Jake (Zaga), but soon realizes she's a good person and comes to respect her.
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Zaga's Jake is Alaska's impossibly handsome, floppy-haired, college-aged boyfriend, Jake is funny and adorable and a really good boyfriend.
Schwartz wrote the pilot and will serve as executive producer and showrunner. Savage executive produces with Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Green and Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner of Temple Hill. Fake Empire exec Lis Rowinski will co-executive produce.
Matthews was last seen in Blumhouse's Happy Death Day 2U and Happy Death Day. She will next be seen in the independent drama Ms. White Light, directed by Paul Shoulberg.
Zaga can next be seen in the upcoming Fox film The New Mutants, which will be released August 2. He previously starred in the hit Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.
In addition to Looking for Alaska, Schwartz and Savage's Fake Empire recently received a season 3 order of Marvel's Runaways for Hulu, as well as a CW series pickup for Nancy Drew. Fake Empire also has Dynasty for CW, which was renewed for a third season in January.
Matthews is repped by Paradigm, Luber Roklin Entertainment, and Greenberg Glusker. Zaga is repped by WME.
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Leslie West at the Iridium NYC
By Kath Galasso on November 15, 2013
The weather in New York City had changed dramatically over the past two days, and for the crowd waiting in line outside the Iridium in Midtown, the dropping temperature made everyone more anxious to take their seats indoors.
The crowd was generally seasoned concert-goers, and many were friends and acquaintances of the headliner, Leslie West, guitarist and founding member of the rock band, Mountain. Standing in line it seemed everyone had a story about the local legend, and were more than happy to share them. West, after some serious health issues, is back on the music scene with a just released solo album, Still Climbing. This show was his first live performance since its release.
The Iridium is a lower level club, and as you descend the stairs you can feel the history rising up to meet you. Once inside, the walls are lined with guitars, signed by a who's who of music. Les Paul, father of the solid body electric guitar, played at the Iridium weekly, and the club still hosts his Trio on Monday nights. His presence can be felt throughout the venue. A conversation about Les Paul overheard in the club had the storyteller describing Les Paul as "Nureyev with guitar strings," even after arthritis gnarled his fingers so badly his guitar needed to be customized to allow him to play.
Arielle Verinis opened the night's music. A young singer with a large voice, there was a hint of Joplin; some of the soul but none of the gravel. Backed by a violin and guitar, her voice seemed a bit too much for the laid back instrumentalists. Her set was enjoyable and she was warmly welcomed by the NYC audience.
After a very short break Leslie West and his band took the stage. As the audience anticipated the opening notes, West worked on getting the sound just right. A minute or two in, he looked up and said "talk amongst yourselves," quickly breaking the tension and bringing an instant camaraderie to the room.
As his guitar began to boom, it was obvious this was going to be blow-out-the-eardrums loud. Just as it should be. Opening up the set with an old Mountain favorite, "Blood Of The Sun," the bar for the evening was set. "For Yasgur's Farm" was up next and didn't disappoint.
Dipping into his last album Unusual Suspects, West chose "To The Moon." His guitar took the ride from hard and edgy, to sweet and mournful.
Shifting into the next gear, West played the opening track off his new album. "Dying Since The Day I Was Born." Rough and loud, with a heavy bass from crazy good bass player Rev Jones. Physically the polar opposite of West, Jones is tall, thin and hard-core. It was quite interesting to watch him work his bass like a piano and more. With a shaved, tattooed head, Jones caught your attention and kept it.
On Still Climbing, West reclaims "Long Red," as his own. The song which first appeared on the original Mountain Climbing album, has in recent years become the most sampled song in the history of Hip Hop. West talked about the history of the song while engaging in some good-natured banter with the audience. With only the drums and bass in attendance this evening, the familiar sound of the Hammond organ from both the original and reworked versions would not be heard. Still bold and fiery, "Long Red" worked from start to finish.
At this point West gave the spotlight to Jones who began his bass solo with "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," which closes out the new album. After, to quote West, "some impressive shit," from Jones, it was time for West to make his own impression. A tasty display throughout "Nantucket Sleighride" showed he's still up with the guitar elite.
"Theme For An Imaginary Western" built up from its melodic beginning to the full hard rock edge, eventually giving way to a solo by drummer Bobby Rondinelli. Keeping it pumped up, "Mississippi Queen" brought back memories of when rock was more than a four-letter word. With a sound that was big and bone-crushing, West showed the Queen is still royalty. Closing out the show, West took another trip back to the Mountain catalog with "Never In My Life." With equal parts guitar, bass, and drums, it was fitting to end the night with a song which blends them so perfectly.
Still having solid guitar skills, the same distinctive vocals, and after living through life or death health issues, West has come back roaring. The new album rocks hard, and though this was his first live show in a while, rust was apparently taking a nap.
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Home Contrarian
Is Climate Change a Healthcare Issue?
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In a time when woke culture has been fully embedded in healthcare, it may be easy to dismiss the notion that climate change is a healthcare issue. We should not be so quick to judge.
Climate change is a healthcare issue. Only not as we currently understand it. Climate change affects healthcare at a systemic level, not individually, and the distinction makes all the difference.
Currently, many in healthcare attempt to correlate climate change with public health crises, and then public health crises with adverse patient outcomes. Intuitively it makes sense. Forest fires that run rampant across disrupted ecosystems will affect air quality, which increases the likelihood that pediatric patients with asthma will develop medical emergencies.
But this logic misses the mark when discussing the real impact of climate change on healthcare. Climate change is a global phenomenon, with a complex set of causes and effects. Public health is similarly complex. Attributing complex causes and effects to an individual is a logical error – no matter how enticing it may appear.
Instead we must look at the systemic effects of climate change on healthcare in broad terms. In Houston, many safety net hospitals – those that depend on public health funding to service the medically indigent – are at risk of severe flooding in the coming years.
This is an infrastructure problem. And Houston is not the only city with hospitals facing climate induced structural threats. Healthcare systems across the country are disrupted by increasingly intense weather disasters like hurricanes, flooding, heat waves, and even cold snaps.
The solution is to upgrade the infrastructure. But this is a form of healthcare cost. Only we do not think of costs in this way. When we calculate healthcare costs from climate change, we calculate in terms of individual patients or aggregate sums. Neither of which is of help in enabling real solutions.
In November, the prestigious journal, The Lancet, published the 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. The authors, some of the most established thought leaders in this space, quantified the healthcare impact of climate change at large and on individual patients. It was a masterfully researched work that did everything but provide meaningful solutions.
And this is the problem. Legislators and policy makers do not respond to data. They respond to story lines. Data that presents complex healthcare issues in broad terms fails to resonate among those with legislative power. Data that contextualizes the impact on patients individually is rife with biases and readily dismissed.
The solution is to present data that contextualizes it at a level which lends itself to a narrative. This requires new methods of research, one in which we study small systems of healthcare using context specific data. Instead of studying the national impact of a particular disease, study the impact across one suburb or one part of a city.
It makes the data more palatable to those who can make decisions out of it – which is the point of public health data in the first place.
What we have now is an antiquated notion that all data must either be as broad or as individualized as possible. It is indoctrinated in all the public health studies we see. Instead we need data at the level where policy makers easily can make sense of it. The less they have to think, the more likely they are to act.
This is the nature of public health policy. But it is also the proper way to characterize the impact of climate change on healthcare.
Systems are only understood at the level which people wish to see them. Climate change affects the system of healthcare more than any one individual. Data should follow accordingly.
Data should not force people to think about the numbers. It should be calculated at the level people already think.
This is the surest way to convince the skeptical that climate change is indeed a healthcare issue.


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