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South Carolina Resisting the National Standards Push
Lindsey Burke	/ @lindseymburke / February 28, 2012
South Carolina legislators have introduced a measure to pull the Palmetto State out of the Common Core national standards. Senator Mike Fair, who introduced the measure, voiced his concerns about the state's involvement in the national standards push in the Greeneville News:
The Legislature never had a chance to review Common Core because the feds timed their deadlines for adopting them to fall when the Legislature wasn't in session. So, to qualify for a shot at Race to the Top money in 2010, the (previous) state superintendent and the (previous) governor had to agree to adopt Common Core—standards that had not even been published yet.… By the way, SC wasn't awarded Race to the Top money, so we sold our education birthright without even getting the mess of pottage.
Governor Nikki Haley (R–SC) recently expressed her concerns about the national standards push in an open letter, saying, "Just as we should not relinquish control of education to the federal government, neither should we cede it to the consensus of other states."
South Carolina's reconsideration of the national standards push has not set well with the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that the department claims to be uninvolved in the effort. Education Secretary Arne Duncan issued a press release in response to South Carolina reconsidering the national standards push:
The idea that the Common Core standards are nationally-imposed is a conspiracy theory in search of a conspiracy. The Common Core academic standards were both developed and adopted by the states, and they have widespread bipartisan support.
Duncan's statement is a clear indication of just how heavily involved the federal government is with the effort. It also illustrates the amount of control that Washington stands to gain once states surrender their standard-setting authority.
The Pioneer Institute in Massachusetts just released a legal analysis of the standards push and found that the Department of Education's involvement runs afoul of three federal laws prohibiting the federal government from getting involved in curriculum: The federal government has (1) incentivized states to adopt the standards through $4.35 billion in Race to the Top grants, (2) conditioned access to No Child Left Behind waivers on standards adoption, and (3) paid for the corresponding national assessments.
Pioneer also found that, cumulatively, implementation of the standards will cost states some $16 billion. So South Carolina has good reason to be skeptical. Fair went on to say:
It is argued that we need Common Core because it is more rigorous than our current standards. But South Carolina's history standards, for example, have been rated the best in the country. The Common Core math standards have been evaluated by a Stanford University expert as putting most U.S. students two years behind students in higher achieving countries. And the English standards, according to a University of Arkansas expert, are inferior to S.C.'s current literature standards.
If S.C. wants to improve its standards, it can do so on the state level without locking itself into a federally directed system that destroys state autonomy.
State leaders who believe that previous state leaders have surrendered control of their standards-setting authority to national organizations and Washington have an exit strategy they can pursue. States should consider the following three strategies:
Determine how the decision was made to cede the state's standard-setting authority. States can exit from the national standards overreach by first determining which state entity agreed to adopt the Common Core State Standards. For most states, the state board of education is the body that made the decision.
Prohibit new spending for standards implementation. State leaders should request an independent cost analysis of national standards adoption to inform taxpayers about the short-term and long-term costs of the overhaul.
Determine how to reverse course. The rushed adoption of the Common Core in many cases preceded the election of 2010, which brought in new governors, legislators, and board members. Newly elected conservative leaders should be concerned about the authority handed to centralizers by their predecessors and investigate how to bring standards and curriculum control back into the hands of state leaders.
The movement to nationalize the content taught in local schools is a challenge to educational freedom in America that is costly in terms of liberty, not to mention dollars. State leaders are right to be cautious about the national standards push and should resist this latest federal overreach.
@lindseymburke
Lindsey Burke
Lindsey M. Burke researches and writes on federal and state education issues as the Will Skillman fellow in education policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.


Giving your spice rack a work-out is just as brilliant as eating fruit and veggies. Take oregano. Prized in Italian and Greek cuisine, these tasty little leaves boast 30 times more polyphenols than potatoes, 12 times more than oranges, and 4 times more than blueberries. You'd never munch a bunch of oregano that's as big as a potato, but even a pinch packs a wallop. A tablespoon of fresh oregano's got as much antioxidant power as a medium-sized apple!
Here's the lowdown on herbs and spices that punch up the flavor of popular ethnic cuisine, along with ways you can use them to get healthier as you spice up whatever you're cooking tonight.
Turmeric: The compound curcumin, found in yellow mustard (not so much in brown mustard, as that has real mustard seed.. but there's true value in its less expensive yellow imitation). Turmeric and curry powder have anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal properties, and may offer protection from cancer, diabetes, arthritis and Alzheimer's disease. It is a premiere flavor in Indian cuisine and you can use it on veggies, sautéed chicken, or salad dressing.
Garlic: Munching a clove a day could help lower your cholesterol by as much as 9%. Garlic contains tons of tangy compounds that may help protect against cancers of the breast, stomach, colon, esophagus, and pancreas — and soothe high blood pressure a bit, too. Garlic's a favorite from Scandinavia to Spain and China. Use it to spice up veggies, fish, and your next pan of brown rice. It seems to make everything taste better (you could even try it on fruit and all veggies).
Cinnamon: A compound in this tasty spice called hydroxychalcone makes receptors on cells work better, so your body absorbs blood sugar more easily. Getting ½ to 1 teaspoon a day, sprinkled on food, could lower blood sugar 10 points. It's a favorite in German baked goods and Greek main dishes like hearty moussaka. Cinnamon is also delicious on oatmeal, in hot cocoa, and sprinkled on fresh fruit, like apples and bananas.
Ginger: This popular flavor in Thai cuisine may also cut your odds for inflammatory diseases like arthritis, as well as cancer and migraine headaches. You can also eat some if you're prone to motion sickness or are nauseous, too. Try grated fresh ginger in salad dressings and shake powdered ginger into whole-grain muffins.


Boca Raton is home to three Community Centers and the Count de Hoernle Train Pavilion. Each center offers a variety of social, cultural and recreational opportunities. Meeting space for resident civic organizations and the purchase of beach, boat launch and dog park/beach permits are a few of the services offered at these facilities.
To learn more about our community centers and the train pavilion, please use the links provided on this page.
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You can optionally specify a version, but if you specify version 2 it might be overridden. Once the version number is determined it's retained to speed future calls.
The function only detects the GD version, but you could determine GD capabilities in a similar manner.
I updated the function below to include the GD Version info and any other string fields. The function only showed the bool values before.
this is a replacement for this function.
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An FBI Agent, cybercrime specialist, is faced working with an ex-mercenary, against his former gang. The two must rescue an internet billionaire's kidnapped wife, in time from drowning, strapped inside a capsule slowly filling with water.
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'Greatest Showman' actor Zac Efron: 'The Central Coast made me who I am'
Paso Robles High School graduate Brett J. Banakis helped design the marquee outside the Lyric Theatre in New York City for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two." Brett J. Banakis
Banakis graduated from Paso Robles High School in 2002, earning a bachelor's degree from UCLA in 2006. He moved to New York the following year to pursue a master's degree at New York University's acclaimed Tisch School of the Arts.
Since graduating in 2010, Banakis has worked on more than a dozen Broadway shows.
But "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," part of a hugely successful fantasy franchise that includes several best-selling books and top-grossing movies, represented a new sort of challenge.
As associate set designer, Banakis teamed up with Tony-winning scenic designer Christine Jones to develop the sets for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," which opened on London's West End in 2016. (That production won a whopping nine Olivier Awards. )
From Nipomo to NYC: How Joanna Jones landed a big role in Broadway hit 'Hamilton'
"Hamilton" star Joanna Jones and her fellow cast members perform during Nipomo High School's 2008 production of "Aida." It was "Aida" that transformed the singer from a light lyric soprano to a Broadway-style belter. She remembers hiding in her cl
The two also redesigned the auditorium of New York's Lyric Theatre and created a massive marquee that includes a 125-foot metal wing for the show's Broadway run.
Paso Robles High School graduate Brett J. Banakis, right, poses for a photo with Christine Jones, who won a Tony Award for best scenic design for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two." Banakis worked as associate set designer on the show. Kate Egan
Since "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" opened on Broadway in April, Banakis's role has shifted to international scenic supervisor. "I oversee the design translation and execution of the set designs for all current and future productions" of the play, he explained, including a Melbourne, Australia, version that opens in 2019.
In addition, Banakis and Jones are co-designing "The Cher Show," a jukebox musical based on the life of pop icon Cher that's slated to open on Broadway in December.
Banakis credits his upbringing in San Luis Obispo County with shaping his career path.
"I cannot stress enough how much guidance, expertise, drive, passion and love was fostered in me by my drama teachers at Paso Robles High School," Banakis wrote.
John Lambie taught him that "anything was possible on stage with the imagination of an audience," he wrote, while Glen Smeltzer helped the fledgling stage designer "realize that I could actually pursue that as a viable career goal."
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Brett J. Banakis was involved in a Tony Award-winning production of "The Glass Menagerie. He worked on a different recent revival of the play.
Paso Robles High School graduate Brett J. Banakis, associate set designer for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two," helped redesign the Lyric Theatre in New York City for the show's Broadway run. Manuel Harlan
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MindBody co-founder quits company — to sell 7-foot statues of a naked woman in a yoga pose
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The co-founder of MindBody in San Luis Obispo, California, left his job to invest in bronze sculptures of "Shakti," a naked woman in a yoga pose. Blake Beltram and artist David Van Zandt hope to sell 17 statues.
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Nanaimo playwright Anne Nesbitt is presenting a staged reading of her play about Indigenous conservationist Gertrude Bernard, also known as Anahareo (from left). (Photo courtesy Andrew Nesbitt/Riding Mountain National Park)
Island playwright tells the story of Indigenous woman who 'saved the beaver'
Anne Nesbitt presents 'Anahareo' as part of TheatreOne staged reading series
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Nanaimo playwright Anne Nesbitt is revisiting a play she wrote 16 years ago about the trailblazing Indigenous conservationist who saved the beaver.
Nesbitt grew up in Manitoba and as a child she spent her summers in the province's Riding Mountain National Park. There she learned the story of Mohawk woman Gertrude Bernard, also known as Anahareo, and her husband Archibald Belaney, a British immigrant who lived among the Anishnabe, invented a fabricated Indigenous identity and found fame as 'Grey Owl.' In 1931 the couple lived together in Riding Mountain National Park, where Belaney served as its first naturalist.
Nesbitt said Anahareo is credited for convincing Belaney to give up beaver trapping in favour of promoting beaver conservation through his writing. Nesbitt calls Anahareo "a strong Indigenous hero" who deserves to be more widely known.
"She was a woman ahead of her time and it was her determination and dedication that actually saved the beaver," Nesbitt said. "Grey Owl was kind of the front man, as happens, but she was a woman of vision and bravery and tenacity, for sure, and determination and she stood up to the white male-dominated culture at the time to pursue her dream."
The opportunity for Nesbitt to tell Anahareo's story came in 2005, when the park, which Nesbitt had a lifelong relationship with, asked her to write a play about Anahareo. Through the park Nesbitt connected with Anahareo's daughters and nieces, who consulted on the play.
"They were delighted," Nesbitt said. "They were absolutely ecstatic and we had lots of conversation and they have told me things about Anahareo that have since been included in the play and I've worked with them very closely."
In 2007 Nesbitt staged the play, Anahareo, at both Riding Mountain National Park and the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. Last January, after attending a workshop around reconciliation, she decided to rewrite the play to go deeper into the characters. Nesbitt also worked with two Indigenous advisors of Mohawk and Anishnabe backgrounds.
"The story is based around the relationship of these two people, one is a white settler and one is an Indigenous woman, and they come together, they learn from each other, they transform each other and then they both have to make sacrifices in order to save the beaver…" Nesbitt said. "[Anahareo] must eventually choose between her own independence and her family, so in the process she finds her power and her own story. So I went more deeply into her journey and how she finds her power and how she finds her relationship to her Indigenous heritage."
On April 20 Nesbitt will debut her rewritten play as part of TheatreOne's Emerging Voices staged reading series. As it will be broadcast online, Nesbitt said Anahareo's descendants will finally get to experience the play for the first time.
"That's going to be wonderful because Anahareo's family – they're in interior B.C. and Ontario – they're going to be able to see it," she said. "That's going to be just so moving for me."
WHAT'S ON … TheatreOne presents an online staged reading of Anahareo by Anne Nesbitt on April 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are by suggested $5 donation, available here.
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3 Arrests, 5 Officers Hurt in Clash Between Pro and Anti Trump Protesters
Three arrests were made during Saturday's clash between groups in support of President Trump and against him that happened in Pacific Beach.
On Monday, a San Diego Police spokesman told KOGO News the three arrests included two adults who were being charged withfailing to disperse and one juvenile who was arrested for assaulting an officer. Five police officers sustained minor injuries which did not require medical attention and one business was vandalized when someone broke the front window (Sketchers shoe store).
The two protests began near the entrance to the Crystal Pier 1 p.m. Police declared an unlawful assembly about 2:30pm ordering people to leave the area and by 3:40 p.m. crowds from both sides began to disperse. At least three people were taken into custody for refusal to disperse, according to NBC 7. San Diego PD said Sunday it would release the total number of those arrested during the incident on Monday.
About 100 Trump supporters and 100 counter-protesters clashed at the intersection of Mission Boulevard and Hornblend Street until a growing number of police officers on foot and on bikes arrived to separate them. After incidents of ``violence,'' -- including thrown bottles, rocks and eggs -- were directed at officers, and police then declared the demonstration an unlawful assembly,
"Please clear the area and head away from the scene,'' police said from a helicopter loudspeaker. ``Those who remain or return against this lawful order may be cited/arrested and risk exposure to chemical agents and less- lethal force applications.''
In a video posted online, a group of black-clad protesters, one displaying an ``antifascist action'' banner, could be heard chanting ``racists go home.'' Police reportedly fired pepper balls at some in the crowd, but they did not report any arrests or injuries.
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2019 Hyundai ix25 is one of the best crossovers ever seen from company, which could help it take better spot in market. The Hyundai has tried to maintain as one of the biggest and most popular car producers in the market today by releasing high quality models with amazing specs while trading them at prices that most of their customers will be able to afford. Like all others companies, with this new Hyundai ix25 targets youths all over through styling and designs. With such ideas, company aims to enhance sales.
2019 Hyundai ix25 will surely get some fresh up gradations as well as some minor modifications here and there. It is based upon very famous Hyundai's Fluidic Sculpture 2.0 platform same as Sante Fe's. More aluminum has been included in frame in order to drop weight. Aerodynamics of this crossover sports utility vehicle is in modified form. However, it is completely compatible with the new frame and platform. Frontal fascia is quite bold boasting off sharp lights, less window line and unique grille. Bonnet of new Hyundai ix25 has slight curves without any upraised or depressed portion. It is expected that Hyundai will use prominent bars on the roof in length. Rear becomes little sportier along with voluminous sides.
Very less gets to be known about interior of 2019 Hyundai ix25 because only a prototype has been presented. Cabin seems quite basic with lesser show offs. About five fully grown passengers can be accommodated inside providing enough comfort yet leaving ample leg room and head room space. Leather seats will be available even on the lowest level of trim. Steering wheel has that characteristic brand feel. A 5 inch display has been placed on the dashboard and will house the infotainment system. An advanced and navigation system and modernized controls on the dashboard will ensure that maximum driving experience is gotten. Side and curtain airbags will act as some of the safety measures to be installed in this model.
The 2019 Hyundai ix25 with some personal choices that will come offered a spot with in the 2nd half of 2019. The starting price with $18 000 and might nicely attain the amount of the $20 000 that's engaging and cheap. The 2019 Hyundai ix25 has Renault Duster as nicely as Nissan Terrano as its prime competitors.
Under the hood of the 2019 Hyundai ix25 is 2.0 liter gasoline unit. This crossover will be made for Chinese market, while other parts of the world can get different model. It is expected to be out with a engine 1.4 liter 4 cylinder that will be capable of generating about 106 horsepower and 100 lb ft of torque. Another option would be a 1.6 liter CRDi powerplant is possible with same torque level, but 20 hp more. Crossover is very economical, so don't be surprised if that number goes over 30 mpg to 2019 Hyundai ix25.


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Dazzled, and hopeful – the notion of privacy for all Indians
By Vivek Divan | August 28, 2017
Vivek Divan on the commitment and flourish shown by the Honourable Supreme Court of India in rescuing the right to privacy from oblivion
Remarkable events occurred in the Supreme Court of India earlier in the week. One was a chipping away at the oppressive patriarchy that infiltrates all organized religion, in this case reflected in the rejection of the custom of instant triple talaq in India. Another was of the pushing back of the oppressive State from the lives of Indians through the categorical assertion of the Fundamental Right to Privacy as unambiguously inherent to human life.
The second was remarkable for a few reasons. For one, the emphatic nature with which the Supreme Court articulated the right to privacy – if only the judgment was considerably shorter, and the reading habit ascendant – the stirring words of the court are a must-read for every Indian. They evoke the finest attributes of human nature; they inspire us to be better in our personal and public conduct, with and for each other, and for a society that aspires to its highest capacity to support all its segments.
The words are a refreshing change from the insular, pathetic 'othering' and demonization that has permeated the national conversation through politics, noisy media and the fomenting of bigotry. Read some of the court's words out loud, and get goose bumps:
"Privacy enables each individual to take crucial decisions which find expression in the human personality. It enables individuals to preserve their beliefs, thoughts, expressions, ideas, ideologies, preferences and choices against societal demands of homogeneity. Privacy is an intrinsic recognition of heterogeneity, of the right of the individual to be different and to stand against the tide of conformity in creating a zone of solitude . . . Privacy attaches to the person and not to the place where it is associated. Privacy constitutes the foundation of all liberty because it is in privacy that the individual can decide how liberty is best exercised. Individual dignity and privacy are inextricably linked in a pattern woven out of a thread of diversity into the fabric of a plural culture."
More specifically, for queer people:
"Privacy of the body entitles an individual to the integrity of the physical aspects of personhood. The intersection between one's mental integrity and privacy entitles the individual to freedom of thought, the freedom to believe in what is right, and the freedom of self-determination. When these guarantees intersect with gender, they create a private space which protects all those elements which are crucial to gender identity. The family, marriage, procreation and sexual orientation are all integral to the dignity of the individual."
I remain dazzled. From accounts that were written about the arguments that took place in the courtroom, the court would probably acknowledge that its eloquence was allowed to flourish due to the eloquence of the lawyers arguing before it.
I remain dazzled for another reason too – an aspect of the judgment that cannot but remind me of BDSM. There's a self-flagellation that is something to behold! The court recognizes its own error, and describes its own perverse Koushal decision, which recriminalized non penile-vaginal sex in 2013, as "flawed" and the sort that "cannot be accepted". The judgment also states that the Koushal judgment is a "discordant note which directly bears upon the evolution" of understandings on the right to privacy by the Supreme Court over the years. The court repeatedly castigates itself. Responding to the preposterous reasoning of the 2013 ruling that Section 377 didn't merit striking down since it was used very rarely to prosecute, the court says such reasoning is:
". . . misplaced because the invasion of a fundamental right is not rendered tolerable when a few, as opposed to a large number of persons, are subjected to hostile treatment. The reason why such acts of hostile discrimination are constitutionally impermissible is because of the chilling effect which they have on the exercise of the fundamental right in the first place . . . The chilling effect on the exercise of the right poses a grave danger to the unhindered fulfilment of one's sexual orientation, as an element of privacy and dignity."
And this, again referring to Koushal's egregious logic:
"That 'a miniscule fraction of the country's population constitutes lesbians, gays, bisexuals or transgenders' (as observed in the judgment of this Court) is not a sustainable basis to deny the right to privacy. The purpose of elevating certain rights to the stature of guaranteed fundamental rights is to insulate their exercise from the disdain of majorities, whether legislative or popular. The guarantee of constitutional rights does not depend upon their exercise being favourably regarded by majoritarian opinion. The test of popular acceptance does not furnish a valid basis to disregard rights which are conferred with the sanctity of constitutional protection. Discrete and insular minorities face grave dangers of discrimination for the simple reason that their views, beliefs or way of life does not accord with the 'mainstream'. Yet in a democratic Constitution founded on the rule of law, their rights are as sacred as those conferred on other citizens to protect their freedoms and liberties. Sexual orientation is an essential attribute of privacy. Discrimination against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation is deeply offensive to the dignity and self-worth of the individual."
The court, while expressing condemnation of its own reasoning in Koushal in relation to the rights to privacy and dignity, points out that as the curative petition challenging Section 377 (and seeking to remedy Koushal) is pending before another bench of the court its constitutional validity should be decided there. This essentially means that the Supreme Court has acknowledged the need to relook at the Koushal decision given its faulty understanding of the right to privacy. Indeed, I believe the court is implicitly telling the queer communities to come before it – again – for it seems open to the re-examination of an unjust ruling. Unexpected and remarkable!
Further remarkableness lies in beholding the expansive understanding that the Supreme Court has given to the notion of privacy, not just as a matter of physical space but as vitally of personhood. Mentioning contexts such as the right to refuse life-prolonging medical treatment, a woman's freedom to choose abortion, choices of dress and appearance, or what a person may want to eat, the court uses breathtaking language to remind us of the extent of our freedoms, and the limits of the State:
"Above all, the privacy of the individual recognizes an inviolable right to determine how freedom shall be exercised. An individual may perceive that the best form of expression is to remain silent. Silence postulates a realm of privacy. An artist finds reflection of the soul in a creative endeavour. A writer expresses the outcome of a process of thought. A musician contemplates upon notes which musically lead to silence. The silence, which lies within, reflects on the ability to choose how to convey thoughts and ideas or interact with others. These are crucial aspects of personhood. The freedoms under Article 19 can be fulfilled where the individual is entitled to decide upon his or her preferences. Read in conjunction with Article 21, liberty enables the individual to have a choice of preferences on various facets of life including what and how one will eat, the way one will dress, the faith one will espouse and a myriad other matters on which autonomy and self-determination require a choice to be made within the privacy of the mind."
The court reminds us of another crucial aspect that needs recall in times when the very foundations of a liberal constitutional democracy are challenged as undesirable from some quarters:
"All liberal democracies believe that the State should not have unqualified authority to intrude into certain aspects of human life and that the authority should be limited by parameters constitutionally fixed. Fundamental rights are the only constitutional firewall to prevent State's interference with those core freedoms constituting liberty of a human being. The right to privacy is certainly one of the core freedoms which is to be defended."
So we have a decision of our apex court that does not infantilize the citizenry, but evokes a society that lets communities and people bloom to their full potential. It emphatically rejects the shocking argument of the government that the Fundamental Right to Privacy does not exist in India, instead articulating the right as intrinsic to people in a free society. By doing so it has rearticulated a vision of freedom, and created an opening for many claims, not least that of queer Indians to demand the decriminalization of their lives. Here's a rousing conclusion:
"Privacy includes at its core the preservation of personal intimacies, the sanctity of family life, marriage, procreation, the home and sexual orientation. Privacy also connotes a right to be left alone. Privacy safeguards individual autonomy and recognises the ability of the individual to control vital aspects of his or her life. Personal choices governing a way of life are intrinsic to privacy. Privacy protects heterogeneity and recognises the plurality and diversity of our culture. While the legitimate expectation of privacy may vary from the intimate zone to the private zone and from the private to the public arenas, it is important to underscore that privacy is not lost or surrendered merely because the individual is in a public place. Privacy attaches to the person since it is an essential facet of the dignity of the human being."
Main graphic credit: Pawan Dhall (collage of media headlines on the Supreme Court's verdict on right to privacy – the headlines are, clockwise from the top, from Ei Samay, Hindustan Times, Amar Ujala and The Indian Express newspapers and NDTV channel).
Gender JusticeHuman RightsQueer PrideRight To PrivacySection 377
Vivek Divan
Vivek Divan is qualified in the law and queerness. He has been involved in HIV- and queer-related activism for almost two decades, including critical community mobilization around the Naz Foundation (India) Trust petition against Section 377 as Coordinator of Lawyers Collective – HIV/AIDS Unit, 2000-07.


Nchena Mothebe is currently the Director Transmission of Botswana Power Corporation and responsible for, amongst others, sourcing and purchasing of electricity, development and maintenance of the transmission grid (132kV to 400kV), load forecasting, transmission grid planning and project management.
Mr Mothebe has a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics from Birla Institute of Technology; Mesra; Ranchi in India obtained in 1991.
He is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of Institute of Engineering and Technology (UK).
He has a Masters of Business Administration from Graduate School of Business; University of Cape Town obtained in 2004.
Mr Mothebe joined Botswana Power Corporation in 1991 as a Graduate Engineer and has extensive engineering and management experience in Distribution and Transmission.
Mr Mothebe is a Chairman of the Management Committee of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP).


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Home Associations Contractor associations lobby succeeds in overturning workers' compensation COVID-19 emergency rule
Contractor associations lobby succeeds in overturning workers' compensation COVID-19 emergency rule
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Some contractor associations' affiliated lobbying organizations have succeeded in encouraging the overturning an emergency administrative ruling that any employee in an "essential industry" that contacts COVID-19 will be "rebuttably presumed to have contracted the virus at work."
The Construction Industry Service Corporation (CISCO) said in a bulletin that the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission (IWCC) voted unanimously on Monday to withdraw the April 16 ruling, "thus reversing the decision that shifted the burden of proof from the employee to the employer, requiring the employer to present evidence that the employee did not contract the corona virus at work."
"There were two people who provided public comment – Illinois AFL-CIO president Tim Drea and Mark Denzler, president and CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association," CISCO reported.
"Drea spoke on behalf of workers who were deemed 'essential' by the Governor. He said that the emergency rule would protect essential workers on the frontlines who contracted the virus citing grocery workers, healthcare workers, first-responders and construction workers and others who were risking their lives and the lives of their families by performing their jobs.
"Denzler reiterated the commitment that his members and other associations have initiated to prioritize worker safety during the pandemic. He said many precautions to keep workers safe were put in place, however the undue burden and economic hardship the rule would have placed on retailers, manufacturers and contractors caused them to reach out to the IWCC."
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"CISCO, which is a labor-management organization that represents both union contractors and union building trades employees, remains neutral on this emergency rule, but will continue to report developments on this issue," the organization said in an earlier bulletin.
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Much of the meeting focused around two items; first, supporters for the Richmond-based Caliber Beta Academy asking WCCUSD for a larger, permanent school site to accommodate their growing student body; and second, whether the district should absorb legal expenses for certain Board members in response to a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
According to WCCUSD Superintendent Bruce Harter, additional costs to house charter schools were not part of WCCUSD's long term facilities plans and the district's duty to temporarily house Caliber at a district facility during the 2014-2015 school year will cost the district roughly $600,000 and will be mostly taken from the district's general fund.
The district has said that there aren't enough funds to accommodate Caliber, which will add 4th, 6th and 7th grades.
The Board took no action regarding Caliber.
The Board also considered spending $450,000 to cover legal fees for Board President Charles Ramsey and Board member Madeline Kronenberg in response to the SEC subpoena. The Board voted to deny a $350,000 contract to cover Ramsey's legal expenses (Ramsey will leave the Board at the expiration of his current term) but approved a $100,000 contract to cover re-elected school board member Kronenberg.
An outburst of disapproval followed the Board's vote to cover Kronenberg but some audience members cheered and applauded the Board's decision to deny covering $350,000 in Ramsey's legal fees.
Marjorie Mendez, a Caliber Beta Academy parent, stated that it's very upsetting that the Board has money to spend on other things, rather than investing in the children's future.
The next school board meeting will be on December 3rd.
I don't have a problem with charter schools per se, but I do have a problem when they start reaching into the public school till. Caliber is another school funded in part by Bill Gates. Does he not have enough money to fund the whole school? Why is he setting up these schools to rattle their tin cups and take needed funds from public education? They say it's about choice… as long as Bill Gates ,the Waltons etc… are willing to pay and then when they are not? Think about it! Welfare reform -get rid of welfare, pension reform-get rid of pensions, social security reform -get rid of social security, public school reform —????
I see more effort in establishing charter schools than I do in fixing the primary problem. Is it because parents never knew how to organize, that only the charter association could organize dissatisfied parents? No one called for Dr. Harter's firing when the girl was attacked at Richmond High, but many are saying they want a charter school because they believe they are safer. Why weren't there more outraged parents running for school board in the previous elections? The same problems existed then, too. This charter concept is a partial solution at best, that many kids will be left behind in the primary school, with the same problems still needing to be resolved. We could have used the effort and momentum of those involved with the charter effort to tackle problems head-on instead of walking away from them. We are now learning that walking away is now costing our district more money? More money for a partial solution? Now we have a new problem.


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Q: Using external data in SAS pass-through I have created dataset table_db1 as below:
proc sql;
CONNECT TO ORACLE (DB1 details);
CREATE TABLE table_db1 AS SELECT * FROM CONNECTION TO ORACLE
(select * from db1.table where rownum<10);
quit;

I would like to use this data set to perform joins with data from another DB2. I prefer pass-through as it will allow me to use WITH clause. My first attempt below did not run successfully as the pass-through looks for table_db1 in DB2. Please suggest a work around.
proc sql;
CONNECT TO ORACLE (DB2 details);
CREATE TABLE table_db1 AS SELECT * FROM CONNECTION TO ORACLE
(select * from db2.table2 a inner join table_db1 b
on a.var_name = b.var_name
where rownum<10);
quit;

A: Passthrough means SAS is simply sending code to the external DBMS.  So if your external DBMS can connect to the other DB, then it can (perhaps) do it in the passthrough.
In general, though, no, you cannot use passthrough this way.  You need to use Libname method if you're going to ask SAS to handle the database connectivity.

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import click
import requests
import time

class Script(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = self.__class__.__name__.lower()
        self.filename = "%s.py" % self.name
        self.source = self.__doc__

    def check(self):
        pass

class Internet(Script):
    r"""
import socket
s = socket.create_connection(("google.com", 80))
s.send("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: google.com\r\n\r\n")
s.recv(0x10000)
    """
    def check(self, report):
        for dns in report.get("network", {}).get("dns", []):
            if dns["request"] == "google.com" and dns["answers"]:
                return True
        return False

@click.command()
@click.argument("host")
@click.argument("port", default=9003, required=False)
@click.option("-s", "--script", default="internet")
def main(host, port, script):
    for cls in Script.__subclasses__():
        if cls().name == script:
            script = cls()
            break
    else:
        print "Unknown script:", script
        exit(1)

    owner = "cluster.test.%d" % int(time.time())
    url = "http://%s:%s" % (host, port)

    r = requests.get("%s/api/node" % url).json()

    machines = []
    for name, info in r["nodes"].items():
        if not info["enabled"]:
            continue

        print "indexing..", name
        info = requests.post("%s/api/node/%s/refresh" % (url, name)).json()
        for vm in info["machines"]:
            machines.append((name, vm["name"]))

    tasks = {}
    for node, vmname in machines:
        r = requests.post("%s/api/task" % url, files={
            "file": (script.filename, script.source),
        }, data={
            "node": node,
            "machine": vmname,
            "options": "json.calls=0",
            "priority": 5,
            "owner": owner,
        })
        tasks[r.json()["task_id"]] = node, vmname
        print "submitted..", node, vmname, r.json()["task_id"]

    status = []
    while tasks:
        r = requests.get("%s/api/task" % url, params={
            "status": "finished",
            "owner": owner,
        })
        assert r.status_code == 200

        for task in r.json()["tasks"].values():
            r = requests.get("%s/api/report/%d" % (url, task["id"]))
            if task["id"] not in tasks:
                continue
            node, vmname = tasks.pop(task["id"])
            ret = script.check(r.json())
            status.append((node, vmname, task["id"], ret))
            print "finished..", status[-1], "report.length=%d" % len(r.text)
            if not ret:
                print "^-- incorrect return value!"
            else:
                requests.delete("%s/api/task/%d" % (url, task["id"]))

        counts = {}
        for node, _ in tasks.values():
            counts[node] = counts.get(node, 0) + 1
        print "left:", " ".join("%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in counts.items())
        time.sleep(3)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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"NDSU has a world-renown faculty with advanced labs and research institutions who would complement the work of ERS and NIFA," Cramer wrote.
Still, Orlando McMeans, chair of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) and vice president for research and public service at West Virginia State University, said Friday that the board is concerned with the proposed move.
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Q: Producer Consumer using Multithreading My producer-consumer problem runs perfectly for 1 producer and 1 consumer. It fails to run for 2 producer and 2 consumer. It is reaching some unknown deadlock state. I'm not able to debug. Can anyone please help me with it?
Constraint: One Producer has to produce upto 64 items. And consumer runs until it clears all produced items.

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;

class Producer implements Runnable {
    private static int count = 1;
    private Random rg = new Random();
    private BlockingQueue<Object> queue = null;
    private static int pc = 0;
    static int maxPc = 0;

    public Producer(BlockingQueue<Object> queue) {
        this.queue = queue;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        synchronized (queue) {
                while(pc <= maxPc) {
                    try {
                            produce(pc++);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                    }
            }
        }
    public void produce(int pc) throws InterruptedException {
        synchronized(queue) {
            while(queue.size() == 8) {
                System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " : Buffer full: waiting for consumer");
                queue.wait();
            }
        }
        synchronized(queue) {
            System.out.println("Producer: " + Thread.currentThread().getName() + " adding item "+ pc + " to the queue");
            queue.add(pc);
            //Thread.sleep(1);
            queue.notifyAll();
        }
    }
}

class Consumer implements Runnable {
    private static int consumeCount = 0;

    private BlockingQueue<Object> queue = null;
    private Random rg = new Random();

    public Consumer(BlockingQueue<Object> queue) {
        this.queue = queue;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        while(true) {
            try {
                consume();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
        public void consume() throws InterruptedException {
        synchronized(queue) {
            while(queue.isEmpty()) {
                System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + ": Buffer empty: waiting for producer");
                queue.wait();
            }
        }

        synchronized(queue) {
            //Thread.sleep(1);
            System.out.println("Consumer: "+ Thread.currentThread().getName()+" removing item " + queue.take() + " from the queue");
            consumeCount++;
            queue.notifyAll();
            if(consumeCount == ParallelProcess.maxCC + 1)
                System.exit(0);
        }
    }

}

public class ParallelProcess {
    static int maxCC = 0;
    int numProducer;
    int numConsumer;
    private Thread[] cThreads;
    private Thread[] pThreads;
    private BlockingQueue<Object> queue = null;

    public ParallelProcess(int numProducer, int numConsumer, int queueSize) {
        this.numProducer = numProducer;
        this.numConsumer = numConsumer;
        this.queue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<Object>(queueSize);

        // create consumer thread objects
        cThreads = new Thread[numConsumer];
        for (int i = 0; i < numConsumer; i++) {
            cThreads[i] = new Thread(new Consumer(queue));
        }

        // create producer thread objects
        pThreads = new Thread[numProducer];
        for (int i = 0; i < numProducer; i++) {
            pThreads[i] = new Thread(new Producer(queue));
        }
    }

    public void execute() {

        // start consumer threads
                for (Thread t : cThreads) {
                    t.start();
                }
        // start producer threads
                for (Thread t : pThreads) {
                    //System.out.println("tc");
                    t.start();
                }

        }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // provide number of producers, number of consumers and the
        // max-queue-length
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

           System.out.println("Enter no. of producer and conumer");
           int n = sc.nextInt();
        ParallelProcess process = new ParallelProcess(n, n, 8);
        maxCC = n*64;
        Producer.maxPc = maxCC;
        process.execute();
        // (new Thread()).start();
        System.out.println("Thread: " + Thread.currentThread().getName() + " `enter code here`FINISHED");
    }
}

A: First, you should merge synchronized block of the wait and queue.add(pc) to make it automatic, otherwise it might cause some inconstency.
Secondly, you should call queue.notify before wait, otherwise both producer and consumer might be blocked in wait state.
produce method:
public void produce(int pc) throws InterruptedException {
    synchronized(queue) {
        while(queue.size() == 8) {
            System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " : Buffer full: waiting for consumer");
            queue.notifyAll();
            queue.wait();
        }
        System.out.println("Producer: " + Thread.currentThread().getName() + " adding item "+ pc + " to the queue");
        queue.add(pc);
        //Thread.sleep(1);
        queue.notifyAll();
    }
}

consume method:
public void consume() throws InterruptedException {
    synchronized(queue) {
        while(queue.isEmpty()) {
            System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + ": Buffer empty: waiting for producer");
            queue.notifyAll();
            queue.wait();
        }
        System.out.println("Consumer: "+ Thread.currentThread().getName()+" removing item " + queue.take() + " from the queue");
        consumeCount++;
        if(consumeCount == ParallelProcess.maxCC + 1)
            System.exit(0);
    }
}


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purifyweirdshard I'd even accept it if the theoretical Ice-themed Robot Master is called "Cool Man". Y'know, after "Chill Man" was a thing in MM10.
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I've always found the X series to be the one with the most potential. You could, as said, make a continuation off of the new generation reploids and Axl clashing with the old guard, you could make a series about being your own reploid (character creation) and becoming either a hunter or a maverick through decisions and actions, you could even have a musou style game going back into the first revolutions up to x5.
Some artwork from the most recent update!
"Brick Man" is now officially known as Block Man.
All other revealed Robot Master names: Torch Man, Impact Man, Tundra Man, Bounce Man, Blast Man, & Acid Man.
- I think Torch Man's weapon will be an actual continuous jet of flame (similar to Burner Man from Mega Man & Bass).
- Impact Man's weapon might be similar in function to that of Charge Man's in MM5. A damage-inducing dash based on the impact of physical momentum.
- Tundra Man's weapon might be capable of actually freezing the opponent. I like the idea of freezing an enemy and using them as an improvised platform.
- Bounce Man's weapon could be very similar to Spring Man's "Wild Coil" in MM7.
- Blast Man's weapon is most-assuredly a bomb... that explodes!
- I kinda want Acid Man's weapon to be "acid rain"-themed, similar to Toad Man's weapon in MM4.
- Can "over-charge" Mega Man's buster for a shot powerful enough to destroy Block Man's golem (presumably, this "fourth-level" shot could be used to counter more powerful attacks from certain enemies).
- Can be used to slow down time (so we know we're not getting any copied Robot Master Weapon like Flash Man's, Bright Man's, or Time Man's from previous games).
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Homeward bound with a bad tummy!
so here we are just one more full day to go on this trip which hereto has been most successful and cartainly a worthy follow upnto our first trip here 11 years ago. it was a very hot day with temperatures around 38 degrees which is enough to get the sweat running down into your eyes. we too the earlbtraib which we had booked blast night and arrived after some lengthy pauses at tiraspil where our guide Andrei was waiting to greet us. we saw lots of sights we had missed on our previous visit although a few trolley circulars would have probably seen us right. and did was at the limits of his knowledge and despite confirming the itinerary had done nothing to secure the trolleybus dept visits which whilst not that important tooknup valuable time. the fleet of beneath and that of tiraspil seems to be two separate undertakings and certainly this time bendsry seemed the most busy and populated destination of the two. hen the guid walked us to the second tiraspil station where I took the second tramafil painkiller when stopped the worst of the pain. we than sent on to bendsry which was very lively and having sem the dead second railway station filled a few minutes before so got the trolley back to tiraspil where the people were enjoying their simmers day on the artificial beach on the banks of the river I'm not sure if I would wish to swim in this brown mess despite the temptations brought on by the heat. tomorrow we go to the other trolleybus operating oem of balti.
well lots of things have happened and in case the site crashes as usual I'll try and post as quickly as possible as it is almost bed time being rtwo hours ahead of gmt. the flight was fine I met Martin at the lounge in Gatwick and we managed to down several glasses of merkit etc before we boarded the Kate flight to Kiev which wasn't too unpleasant although there were no free drinks or food and with the delay it seemed to last forever but when we got to Kiev there was a mad panic and chose at the transfer desk to get boarding cards for the Chisinau Moldova flight but this too was delayed and we managed to get food and wine at th exic lounge in Kiev before the fifty minute flight to Chisinau. anyone familiar with the city knows the cosmos hotel and roundaboutbut due to road works this major part of the trolley system is off in one direction and we had to struggle to find good photograph positions in the city which we did although of course my left leg was hurting quite a bit not helped by the cracked and uneven paving stones. eventually we hot good shots and then headed by trolley to the city centre long distancebusstatiob which was chaotic, mostly there are minibudesberyfew long distance full size coaches to be seen. we then took sminbus to the southern bus station at the end of a couple of trolley routes and eventually found a bus to contact the capital of the tiny republic in the csouth made up of Turkish ethinic Christians who speak only Russian. tiny place but red hot had beer and hung around small bus station and saw a few tucks before catching the only ful size coavhbavk to Chisinau although it was slower than minibuses it was more comfortable.had dinner tonight at the microbrewery near the hotel goof beer and food now ready for bed the weird and wonderful pmr awits us tomorrow by train tickis for which we purchased at some length this morning..
Last Saturdays forecast for Alton rally looked pretty grim but in the end it turned out pretty good lets hope that magic can be applied to Worthing for Sunday as at present it is showing raij nearly all day and it doesn't get worse than being on the seafront completely exposed to the elements. This will be our last blog from home until next Friday night, I'll try to get it done on the road but last weekend it proved impossible from Eastleigh and we are at Premier inns for the first two nights then I fly off to Moldova where the temperature is very very high dipping back to a balmy 90 degrees perhaps by mid week. I've just done the packing with Mandy for the trip and sorted out all the documents. We never did get the refunf back from Opodo so will have to pursue it through the legal section which looks after the black card. I also lost the Hilton booking for Heathrow because of the cancellation of the LOT flight which was done very soon after we had booked, I'd never use LOT again ever nor Opodo both are rogues it seems and the reviews are a catalogue of peoples travel misery.
We are on Ukraine Int flight on Monday to Moldova, I'm meeting up with Martin at the exec lounge, as its so busy there in the mornings I've reserved two places so we can get all tanked up for the journey as its a no frills nothing provided sort of deal just like dear old Easyjet etc, even national carriers are now just as bad. We don't get to Chisinau until late evening , we would have arrived at late afternoon on the original flight, I noted that Ukraine were running an hour late today but better than trying to get through the channel tunnel where the French strikers are burning tyres on the roads and thousands of Africans are trying to storm the tunnel while the French police just stand by encouraging them to get though to the UK. I see they are introducing new measures on the Kent stacking system on the M20 from next week with a contraflow on one half of the motorway whilst the other contains the thousands of stacked lorries awaiting transit.
I managed to get to Bury today, altogether a quite unpleasant experience, I haven't been there for three years and they've altered the bus station with vehicles able to exit to the dual carriageway direct so not everything goes in and out before the camera but there was plenty of action going on as ever and I got a few shots of the Rosso Gallipoli bus celebrating the Lancashire Fusileers at the ill fated engagement where 5 VCs were won before breakfast. Rossendale sure have a huge fleet these days although little actually serves the home town. There was plenty of abuse around and some ignorant old grunters and a scruffy chap who came over from the bus station and asked me if some random car was mine, weird indeed, then when I answered no he asked if I was sure, very very strange. There is a new car park near the town hall, it only cost £1.60 for the duration of my filming. On the positive side some really nice First Group drivers, one of whom had informed me about the Rosso Gallipoli bus. Some pictures then from Bury. Clips from the DVD will be on our Youtube channel and the DVD on the shop, Mandy will look after this when she gets back home next Tuesday. I will also get the film of the hedgehog and Fax feeding together in our garden loaded on the net.
There seems to be so much happening so quickly that we can hardly keep pace with it all and the clocks all seem to be ticking to different tempos. We went to the Spire for Mandys follow up consultation with Prof Jari the knee man and he is going to do an injection in a cyst in Mandys knee to inject steroid and release liquid if that doesn't work after a few weeks he'll do a steroid injection in the knee joint. I've asked work to finish me up with PILON and redundancy pay at the end of May otherwise it will get messy with lots of sick notes flowing in.
We visited the Southern Cemetary on the way to hospital, the base is down for the hardy memorial bench due August plus they have cleared the remains of the old tree trunk where it used to overlook the old bench opposite the new site. We are still working on a date for the opening, had an email from Tony O'Mahony who is with the friends of the Southern trying to fit it in and get support from them.
I'm dashing to get things done whilst we still have the medical cover,might get a steroid injection in the de-nerved left foot which is giving me hell. We did photos at Southern with Mandys phone but have no idea how we can download them, tried the lead from my little music gadget , forget what they are called but although it has the right lead my computer doesn't think the phone has any pictures, never tried it before anyway. We are off to the Golden Pheasant for a much needed pint. I was going to work from home tomorrow but there are things I need to get done so will go in first thing. I'm putting some clips fropm the Wigan film on our Youtube channel, all the recent releases are on the store page on this site.
If you are going to run a spoof company to scam people having a name very similar to a reputable company is a good idea but in the heat of the moment and coming out cheapest on Skyscanner I fell for it and although the actual carrier LOT ( as in leaves a LOT to be desired) cancelled the flight a few days after I'd booked it with Opodo. Actually LOT and Opodo seem well matched and I'd advise both organisations be avoided like the plague. So months after booking and the cancellation of the service and having to shell out a second time we are still out of pocket so will ask the card provider to start a fraud investigation and claim a refund . It just shows you why it is preferable to use an agent sometimes but this is when the famous Manoj from Travel Councillors was ignoring us and thus why I booked on the net.
I did get a lunch time trip out to Stockport and recorded more than enough for a programme, the bus traffic flow has changed yet again and is now very good for photography or filming and from the over bridge running past the scene was superb as well as shot down below. The action was almost continuous, I had heard that there were new buses in service which was untrue but I didn't really mind at all. I may get some more Greater Manchester bus stations covered, its all a bit of a race against time as I go off to Moldova next week and then what with the redundancy from work and my knee replacement it's a headlong panic into getting things in good order.
I did spend some time in the garden this evening tidying up the errant grass and tieing back the shrubs and flowers. It's all looking quite colourful despite the poor weather and the constant winds. It's still very quiet on youtube we need viewers hitting more adverts especially in the school holiday season, I put the clips from Reading on last night. I've just finished burning the Guildford programme, next comes Alton and then of course Stockport. The covers up to Alton are all made and we are ready to send orders out tomorrow. I broke my vow not to buy more cine with a bit of a last minute bargain bid and fingers crossed it will have something of interest amongst it.


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Night & Day diversions – February 26, 2019
By Current Publishing on	 February 26, 2019 Event Calendar
"The Cat in the Hat," Civic Theatre, The Tarkington, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel
Civic Theatre presents Dr. Seuss' classic tale of two bored kids having their lives turned upside down by a talking cat's visit.
10 a.m. Feb. 26, 27, 28, March 1; 10 a.m. and 2 and 5 p.m. March 2
Cost: $13 to $18
More: civictheatre.org
Elephant & Piggie's "We Are In A Play," The Cabaret, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis
The story of friendship is designed for children ages 3 to 8. The musical's script and lyrics are by Mo Willems, who wrote the "Elephant & Piggie" book series.
10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Feb. 26; 12 p.m., Feb. 27, 28, March 1; 11 a.m., 1 and 4 p.m. March 2; 1 and 3 p.m. March 3
Cost: $8 (youth) to $15
More: irtlive.com
"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," The Cat Theatre, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel
The musical examines relationships from first dates through marriage and children.
7:30 p.m. March 1, 2; 2:30 p.m. March 3
More: carmelplayers.org
"Grease," Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis
Sarah Daniels stars as Sandy in the classical musical based at a high school in 1959.
8 p.m. 26, 28, March 1, 2; 1 and 8 p.m. Feb. 27, 1:30 and 7 p.m. March 3
Cost: $45-$70 (includes buffet dinner).
More: beefandboards.com, 317-872-9664
Kodo: "One Earth Tour 2019: Evolution" visits the Palladium at 8 p.m. March 1. (Submitted photo)
Kodo: "One Earth Tour 2019: Evolution," the Palladium, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel
Kodo is a large, performing arts collective focused on the taiko, a family of traditional drums made of wood and animal hide. This tour with a 16-member troupe is the American premiere of the Evolution program, developed for Kodo's 35th anniversary in 2016
8 p.m. March 1
Cost: $15 (student) to $65
More: thecenterpresents.org
"Songs of Ireland: A Celtic Celebration," the Palladium, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel
Four male tenors and four sopranos perform authentic music of the Emerald Isle in duets, trios, quartets and ensemble. They are backed by piano, Uilleann pipe, accordion and Irish fiddle.
7:30 p.m. Feb. 28.
"Almost, Maine," Mud Creek Players, Mud Creek Theatre, 9740 E. 86th St., Indianapolis
The residents of Almost, Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways.
8 p.m. March 1, 2
More: mudcreekplayers.org
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Sebring 12 Hours report
March 20th 2011 - Last updated: September 19th 2019
Damien Smith
The French ORECA team pulled off a famous victory in the Sebring 12 Hours on Saturday as the major factory teams of Peugeot and Audi faltered in the opening round of the new Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.
Nicolas Lapierre, Loic Duval and Olivier Panis, driving a first-generation Peugeot 908 HDi FAP for Hugues de Chaunac's squad, led home the French manufacturer's all-new 908 which was making its race debut at the Florida classic. The works car, driven by Stephane Sarrazin, Franck Montagny and Pedro Lamy, started from pole position and looked on course to win first time out, only for drama to strike in the 10th hour.
Lamy was forced to pit to replace a damaged nose, then spun on his out-lap – a mistake that would prove fatal to the car's victory hopes. Montagny charged over the final two hours, but could only secure the factory squad a place on the bottom step of the podium.
Ahead of the factory Peugeot was a team that produced a giant-killing performance to more than rival ORECA's achievement. Highcroft Racing's Nick Wirth-designed HPD ARX-01, driven by David Brabham, Simon Pagenaud and Marino Franchitti, was in contention for victory from the fifth hour. Clever fuel strategy in the final hours allowed Pagenaud to make it to the flag just 12 seconds ahead of Montagny and just over half a minute behind winner Duval.
Audi's R15 Plus bowed out from racing with a disappointing four-five after both modified cars, which ran with heavily restricted power to equalise their performance with the new, smaller-engined 2011 cars, suffered major delays.
Last year's Le Mans winners Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Mike Rockenfeller didn't make it beyond the first hour before a puncture, picked up running over offline debris in traffic, forced an unscheduled stop. Rockenfeller rejoined, only to find his left-rear Michelin immediately deflate again. The second puncture was found to have been caused by bodywork damage inflicted by the first. The car lost eight laps.
Allan McNish led Audi's challenge against the new Peugeots with a typically gritty double-stint, his efforts ably backed up by team-mates Tom Kristensen and Dindo Capello. But in the fifth hour Capello was smacked into a spin at the final corner by the number seven Peugeot of Marc Gene, who lost control as he challenged the Italian for second place. Both cars were severely damaged, Capello rejoining seven laps down – one place ahead of the sister R15. The drivers of both cars knuckled down to put in recovery drives, in a damage-limitation exercise to score valuable points for the seven-round ILMC. As for Gene's Peugeot, the incident cost it 19 laps, but the car was still running at the end to claim eighth position.
Briton Andy Priaulx drove brilliantly with team-mates Joey Hand and Dirk Muller to win the fiercely competitive GTE class for BMW. Muller had been tagged by PJ Jones' Jaguar in the first hour, spinning wildly in Turn 1. But at the end of 12 hours, Hand led home the sister M3 of Dirk Werner, Augusto Farfus and Bill Auberlen, both cars having also suffered puncture delays to deliver a superb one-two for the Munich marque.
Ferraris both old and new had taken the fight to the BMWs. Risi Competizione's brand new 458 Italia challenged for a debut victory, only for electrical problems to force the car out. AF Corse's older F430, driven by Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni and Pierre Kaffer, faded to fifth in class behind the pair of Chevy Corvettes.
Oliver Gavin stormed into the class lead at the start, only for team-mate Jan Magnussen to be spun out by the Flying Lizard Porsche of Patrick Long. The incident, best described as a racing accident, left both cars playing catch-up for the best part of 10 hours. Magnussen, Gavin and Chevy 'new boy' Richard Westbrook trailed the number 03 'Vette of Olivier Beretta, Antonio Garcia and Tommy Milner for a three-four class finish at the flag. The Flying Lizard Porsche made it into the darkness too, clawing its way back to sixth.
The bumpy concrete of Sebring's airport circuit always provides thrills and spills, and the great 12-hour race offered the perfect kick-off point to the ILMC, a series that is a World Sports Car Championship in all but name. And for the first race to spring a surprise result was all the better – especially when the winning team is so popular. For sports car fans, Hugues de Chaunac encapsulates the true spirit of sports car racing. His tears of joy were a fitting end to a memorable first day of what looks set to be a bright, new endurance racing era.
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  Apple Layer: Peel and slice apples.  Melt butter in Dutch oven over high
  heat.  Add apples, sugar and cinnamon; cook, stirring occasionally, until
  apples are tender and juices are evaporated, 15 to 20 minutes.  Cool.

  Nut Mixture: Combine all ingredients in small bowl.  Preheat oven to 400^F.
  Trim phyllo sheets to 13x9-inch rectangles; cover with plastic wrap.  Brush
  13x9-inch metal baking pan with butter.  Place 1 phyllo sheet in pan and
  brush with some of the melted butter (keep remaining phyllo covered). Layer
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  Spread apple mixture on top; repeat layering with 6 more phyllo sheets and
  butter. Sprinkle remaining nut mixture on top; sprinkle with bread crumbs
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  cut lengthwise through pastry and filling into 1 1/2 inch-wide strips, then
  cut diagonally at 2-inch intervals to make diamonds. Bake 35 to 40 minutes
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Tempers on the streets of Toronto are at an all time high and 2018 is on-track to be one of the deadliest years ever on Toronto's roads by way of deaths and injuries. A new podcast series called StreetPeace, produced by RSA Canada, one of Canada's leading property and casualty insurers, is tackling the issue head-on.
"Via StreetPeace, we're able to discuss the issues facing Torontonians when it comes to sharing our streets with some of the figures at the forefront of change in the city," says Donna Ince, Senior Vice President, Personal Insurance at RSA Canada. "The podcast series allows us to bring differing perspectives to the table in a productive discussion - a key goal of TruceTO. The forum allows us to explore what we're doing and what more we can be doing to encourage our fellow street users to pledge their support of the movement to reduce fatalities on our streets."
"Improving our road safety in Toronto is urgent and important for the health, safety and well-being of all our residents and communities," says Councillor Wong-Tam, who appeared on episode one of StreetPeace. "Road safety advocacy movements like TruceTO are integral to shifting mindsets on issues such as promoting safe streets and healthy communities, which are crucial in improving our city."
More episodes are planned for 2019, a time when all Torontonians should do their part in ensuring that the year's statistics aren't as grim as the numbers in 2018. Listen to StreetPeace episodes one, two and three on iTunes, Google Play Music, SoundCloud and wherever else you get your podcasts.


Shayna Norwood started her letterpress business in December 2008, when she decided to design and print her own holiday cards to send to friends and family. At the end of 2010, after she got laid off from her part-time job, she saw it as a blessing in disguise, and decided to go full-time with Steel Petal Press, which she has now been running for almost three years.
Letterpress, a boutique printing process, was invented 500 years ago. Gutenberg invented moveable type, which was the basis of all printing for hundreds of years, and, up till the mid part of the 20th century, it was used to print everything. In the 1950s and 60s, offset printing was invented, which replaced letterpress as the basic printing process. Letterpress is a much more labor intensive printing process, but fortunately, it's had a resurgence in popularity in recent years.
Watch this video as we interview her and find out how and why she got started, the origin behind the name Steel Petal Press, who she serves, and what her plans are for her business.


I just received the newest release, Let It Slide from slide guitar master Sterling Koch and it's a blast! I really enjoyed Koch's last release but this one literally blows the doors off! Opening with a short interlude on an acoustic hollow body lap steel Koch opens the carps and lets out with the electric onslaught. Shape I'm In, a countrified blues track with a rock beat, is full bore! You like slide...you've come to the right place! Wrong Side Of The Blues has a more traditional blues rhythm led by Gene Babula on bass and John Goba n drums. Koch has a take no prisoners attack on his slide and even has a bit of wah sound added in. Cool track. We've all heard Mercury Blues done by different artists such as Steve Miller and Dave Lindley but Koch takes his own take on it and it isn't by any means a regular cover tune. Koch is really establishing himself as one of the dominant slide players to watch with his performance on this recording. Blow My Mind has a driving bass and drum line and Koch really is developing as a decent singer to match with his slide guitar playing. Blending both conventional electric and lap steel guitars Koch is giving the steel guitar a new face playing Hendrix and James style riffs. A real standout track on this release is It Hurts Me Too and with a different timbre and attack than other slide players who have covered this track, Koch establishes his as one that should be heard rather than an also played. Too Sorry is a cool Texas style blues track by D. Bramhall and Koch delivers a great rendition of it. I Don't Know Why, another of the 8 original tracks on this release is a bit lower key but shows strong rhythm and enthusiasm. Lonely Avenue is a great ballad style track.. almost like a soundtrack/theme song but played on slide. Nicely done. My Baby's Hot is structured like something right out of Elmore James songbook. Koch's slide work shows real control and taste. I Only Want To Be With You takes a solid dirty blues style but the guitar work is more distinctly lap steel in sound. The riffs are hot and the singing is strong. This guitar is just crying to be rubbed! Ending up with Working Man's Blues, a bit more of a rockin' blues Koch leaves you wanting more. Although I liked Koch's earlier release, I must say this may be the surprise recording for me so far this year. If you really love slide guitar, this is a must have!
Have been following Sterling for several years. And have to agree with you. Seems he has come of age ( in a good way ) mellowed if you will. Congratulations Sterling ! Like what I've heard so far ; going to buy this cd. So I can hear the rest.
My personal opinion is the CD is MUCH better than this video shows!