The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) has more than 40 years of experience in developing and implementing innovative, award-winning partnerships with economic and supportive service agencies. These strong partnerships have produced positive and productive results for our residents.
Embedded within HACM's mission is to ensure that each resident, to the best of their ability, has every opportunity to become more self-sufficient. HACM link residents to programs that can increase their educational levels, boost their job skills and marketability, and assist them in developing a better sense of how to spend and save money.
In order to provide our families with the necessary flexibility to go to school and work, HACM partners with three licensed day care providers in three developments. Tomorrow's Future Early Childhood Center is located at the Hillside Family Resource Center, Day Care Services for Children is located within the Parklawn Development and the Elaine Schreiber Day Care Center at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center is located near the Westlawn Development.
The same three developments also have strong affiliations with youth and family serving agencies that provide a full menu of services for children, youth and families. The agencies provide a wide range of supportive programs including recreational, educational and leadership programs during after school and weekend hours and during the summer months. The YMCA is located at Parklawn, the Milwaukee Boys and Girls Club is located at Hillside and the Silver Spring Center is at Westlawn.
Supporting educational efforts is a high priority for HACM and includes as many residents as possible. HACM encourages parents to enroll their children in high-quality pre-school and day care programs, suggests programs and activities that provide academic supports for students in elementary, middle and high school, follows up on students in post-secondary education efforts and guides adults into English as a Second Language, GED and HSED courses. HACM also operates its own Education Initiative in for residents of two housing developments. A decent education has the potential to lift individuals and families out of poverty and towards self-sufficiency. There are a variety of ways that HACM connects people to programs that provide a strong academic foundation.
HACM's Homeownership Programs have helped hundreds of low-income persons realize their dream of becoming homeowners. The programs offer ways for public housing residents, rent assistance voucher holders and others to work towards acquiring an asset that can benefit their family and the community for generations to come. The homeownership program has contributed millions of dollars to Milwaukee's tax base.
HACM has two health clinics located within or adjacent to HACM developments. Progressive Community Health Center is located within the Hillside Family Resource Center and provides a number of health services for low-income individuals. Progressive is a federally qualified health center (FQHC).
The University of Wisconsin-School of Nursing operates a clinic at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center near the Westlawn Development. The staff promote activities that abate obesity, asthma and heart disease development and progression.
Since 1993, HACM has partnered with SET Ministry. SET has on-site offices in many of HACM's developments that serve seniors and persons with disabilities. SET has received awards and national recognition for their public housing case management program and was one of the founding partners in the award-winning Lapham Park Venture. Every year, SET assists more than 1,300 public housing residents through service coordination, health information and education, and other resources. SET's service coordinators and case managers are experienced nurses and social workers who assist residents by assessing their needs, determining eligibility for programs and service and linking the resident to critical resources. SET also case manages many residents eligible for the State of Wisconsin Family Care Program. Family Care is a comprehensive and flexible long-term care program that assists frail seniors and persons with disabilities with services that they need to insure they can continue to live in their own home.
Hours of operation are posted at each Center.
HACM's Public Safety division has developed a series of carefully crafted anti-crime, emergency and crisis response protocols to a wide variety of situations. HACM's Public Safety have developed and continue to rely on their strong relationship with residents and working agreements with the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) and the Milwaukee Fire Department to maintain order and safety within the developments.


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Caribbean Forest Types
See the forests for the trees.
How and why these forest types differ.
All of the islands fall in the tropical zone, but West Indian vegetation technically is classified as neo-tropical, meaning it grows in the New World tropical zone.
(Pan-tropical refers to species found in tropical zones throughout the world; paleo-tropical to species confined exclusively to the Old World.)
On most islands the growing conditions seem ideal. Temperatures vary little regardless of season. In summer, it's often hotter in New York than the Caribbean, where it rarely goes above 90 degrees.
Like the temperature, the length of days and nights are a constant. Each lasts about 12 hours throughout the year.
Seasonal rainfall can vary dramatically.
However, it's not the amount of rain an area receives but whether it falls consistently and in enough quantity over all 12 months that determines whether the vegetation is that of a true rain forest or that of a humid green forest or a dry forest.
The rain forest
The cloud forest/elfin woodland
Humid green & dry forests
The coastal mangrove jungle

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Jordan: humanitarian help as political tool
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Catherine Shakdam
by Catherine Shakdam (Special Reports, Crescent International Vol. 44, No. 11, Rabi' al-Awwal, 1437)
Jordan has joined a number of other Arabian regimes that want to exploit the Syrian refugee crisis to shamelessly advance their own political agenda.
Jordan it appears took a page out of Saudi Arabia's playbook this December as it began wielding humanitarian assistance to score political points against both Russia and Iran — hoping as it were, to bog down both powers' military efforts against ISIS in the Greater Levant.
Back in the summer of 2015, Riyadh set a dangerous legal precedent when its officials blackmailed UN aid agencies and NGOs into abiding by its sectarian aid rules in Yemen — thus locking entire segments of the population out of humanitarian aid to better weigh on Yemen's resistance movement. In late November, Jordan pretty much followed suit, only this time Amman chose to play Syria's refugee crisis to better "demonstrate" how nefarious Moscow and Tehran's policies against ISIS have been, in contrast to Washington's play.
But if Saudi Arabia's move in Yemen was completely by-passed by the Western corporate-owned media and rights groups, on account of the fact that its bulging coffers can buy almost anyone's silence, the same cannot be said of Jordan's irresponsible positions vis-à-vis Syria's war refugees.
Taking the lead, Sherif el-Sayed Ali, the head of Amnesty's refugee and migrant rights slammed the Arabian state, stressing, "As the conflict in Syria continues, it is critical that Jordan, and Syria's other neighboring countries, keep their borders open to those fleeing bloodshed or persecution." This statement was quickly followed by Amnesty International's claims that Jordan is in effect "fueling a humanitarian disaster" on its doorsteps by "denying entry to the refugees."
According to aid workers on the ground an estimated 12,000 war refugees, mainly women and children, have been denied safe passage into Jordan — abandoned to their fate as winter is fast closing in. Homeless, destitute, and oftentimes direly sick, Syria's refugees stand on the edge of a knife should they stray but a little.
Before Syria's ever growing hardship, before the human unraveling of the Syrian society, Western powers have offered but lip-service to rationalize their inadequacy and pandemic apathy, oftentimes blaming Russia and Iran's efforts on account not of their failures but because their successes would entail an admission of guilt.
For the sake of political argument and to ensure that their policies are never challenged in a court of public opinion, Western powers and their regional allies have played manipulations and crisis engineering in Syria. Across the media, the sound of politicians' promises of distant fundings and humanitarian aid have intermittently broken over the litany of bombs and destructions the West's billions manifested, offering nothing but mirages to a broken people.
For if Western powers are keen pacifists on paper, it is war they only ever invest in. And because it is weaponry and the sale thereof that allows for the spinning of those corporate wheels, it is unrest and engineered human misery that will unravel unabated the new product of Western imperialism.
But Jordan did not just close its borders. Information has surfaced that the state has begun expelling individuals, forcing entire families to return to Syria regardless of the risks such travel inherently implies. If not for the dangers posed by those Western warplanes that congest Syria's skies, Syrians remain still at the mercy of ISIS radicals, those barbaric hordes who have long established their penchant for cruel rampages against innocent civilians, a mean to strike fear and command submission among communities.
In October 2014, aid agencies and newly arrived refugees reported that between 45–80% of asylum seekers leaving Syria were sent straight back through the Raba al-Sarhan Transit Centre in northeastern Jordan before they were able to register with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Such practices are contrary to international law and could actually be characterized as war crimes under current circumstances.
It is important to note that reliable figures on this are hard to come by. Deportations usually take place shortly after a local governor's order, making it difficult for non-governmental agencies to track the process. Still, in the face of mounting criticism, Amman is standing its ground, its officials silent before the pain of a people besieged by war.
Amnesty International's warning came only days after the UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on Amman to allow the refugees into the country. In a report, the rights group noted that over 10,000 civilians were stuck in Rukban and Hadalat crossing points, located in northern Jordan.
Experts have already rationalized Jordan's decision by arguing the small kingdom welcomed its fill of refugees over the years: Palestinians, Iraqis, Yemenis, Syrians. And indeed, to some degree Jordan did after all provide sanctuary for an ever-extending stream of war refugees, offering aid and safety to nations at war.
According to UN agencies' estimates as well as rights groups, there are about 1.4 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, notwithstanding tens of thousands of Yemenis, about a million Palestinians, and in excess of 700,000 Iraqis. Those numbers alone attest to Jordan's generosity. So why the sudden change in policy? Why did Amman choose to tighten its immigration policies when violence has all but consumed Syria, and beyond, in the region?
While answers may lie in the need for a coordinated regional humanitarian effort, it is sadly politics or rather geopolitics that stand at the heart of Jordan's decision. In all fairness, the Amman government should not be expected to carry the burden of wars alone. Other Middle Eastern powers too should shoulder their responsibilities vis-à-vis their brethren, if not out of a sense of solidarity, then maybe religious duty.
After all if King Salman of Saudi Arabia can claim to the title of Custodian of the two Holy Masjids, thus positioning his bloodline as the guardian of Islamic tradition, then it would be only natural to expect his government to accommodate those communities in dire need of help.
Only the Kingdom does not indulge in such distasteful activities as charity, or humanitarian aid. The Kingdom does not open its coffers unless its immediate interests are served. Needless to say that assisting Syrians in their hour of need does not figure on Bani Saud's to-do list.
Not that the Kingdom could not handle millions of refugees; it just doesn't want to! The same can be said of Qatar, the UAE, Turkey and other countries in the immediate neighborhood. But today's crisis was not born from selfish policies, rather a desire to engineer a human crisis to serve a very political agenda.
In interviews with Reuters, aid workers and Jordanian officials attribute the sudden rise in refugees to Russian bombing of ISIS-controlled areas in eastern Homs, including Palmyra, and in the terror group's Raqqa heartland. If such statements have vastly gone unnoticed for now, they fall within a narrative of blame and shame against those powers that have refused to abide by Washington's rules, namely Russia and Iran.
Jordan has closed its borders knowing full well it would exacerbate Syria's humanitarian crisis. By willingly engineering unrest, Western powers, and their regional allies in the Muslim East intend to blame Russia and Iran for their "nefarious" military intervention. The idea is to position both Moscow and Tehran as irresponsible powers, allowing for Washington to claim the moral highground.
Although such machination lacks finesse, it remains effective, especially when a well-thinking Western world has already been programmed to hate "dissident" capitals. We would do well however to remember why Syrians came to flee their homes and abandon their lands in the first place. It was terror, and the Western capitals' desire to play regime change that plunged Syria into the throes of this horrific war.
As for Russia and Iran, they have entered Syria at the invitation of President Bashar al-Asad, Syria's legitimate authority. And while some may not like al-Asad's policies, the rule of law stipulates that such matters will forever remain in the hands of the Syrians, not foreign powers.
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15 Minute Manifestation Review 2019 - Real MP3 Download?
15 Minute Manifestation Review 2019 – is this a real Eddie Sergey MP3 download or is it just a hyped-up system that is worth a miss? All is revealed!
This review of 15 Minute Manifestation 2019 will look at exactly what you get in this law of attraction download as well as the discount option, bonuses and more. The initial signs are that this is a very impressive looking package with some excellent testimonials to back it up.
So be sure to grab your very own copy of this product from the official website below to ensure you get to take advantage of their legitimate lowest priced offer.
15 Minute Manifestation by Eddie Sergey is an MP3 download in the law of attraction niche. This review will see if it is the real deal and whether you can expect to get results with it or not.
The initial signs as a result of looking at the testimonials on the official website are very positive indeed. There are a range of different opinions of people who experienced a variety of levels of success with the system.
We talked about this in our initial 15 Minute Manifestation review post, but it is well worth revisiting them here for 2019.
The most interesting testimonial to highlight comes from a customer who was sceptical and did not think this type of system would work for her. However, she gave it a proper go and after the first week or so she did not notice any results. She did carry on though to get up to the 21 days minimum that Eddie Sergey suggests.
And it was after that 21 day point when other people around her started noticing positive changes in her mood and her attitude that she had not even noticed herself. And then she moved on to developing better relationships as well as an improved bank balance! This review of 15 Minute Manifestation came from Vanessa S.
There are other testimonials where people report instant results and positive changes in their lives. So it is nice to see a variety of different feedback from a range of different customers. Obviously, there are no guarantees of success with Eddie Sergey's program but the signs do look positive.
Eddie Sergey 15 Minute Manifestation Program – How Does It Work?
Now as part of our 15 Minute Manifestation review, like we did with Manifestation Magic, let us look a bit more closely at how this system really works and what the so called "science" behind it is.
The 15 Minute Manifestation MP3 audio program by Eddie Sergey aims to re-programme the way the unconscious mind operates by using theta wave technology to change the neuro brain pattern.
The actual process sounds quite complicated according to the main website and it is not something that the typical customer needs to understand. It is basically a way of replacing the natural negative thought patterns that we all have with more positive and abundant ones.
It is that new abundant way of thinking that will enable to unconscious brain so spot new opportunities that you would unusually miss during daily life and it is that process that can results in exciting life changes.
It is also good to see that this is not a complicated meditation program involving lots of exercises or a science textbook where you need to learn a lot of theory. It is simply about listening to an MP3 audio track for 15 minutes per day, everyday, for at least a few weeks.
The 15 Minute Manifestation free MP3 audio download is one of the bonus items you get with the main system. So you can't get the actual main Eddie Sergey program for free, but it is the Deep Sleep Now track that comes at zero-cost once you have made that initial purchase.
We will now look at what is included with each of the theta wave tracks.
Audio Track Number 1 – The aim of this MP3 is to replace negative thoughts with positive ones and is intended to be listened to for the first week of the program.
MP3 Audio #2 – This builds upon the initial positive thoughts and relaxed mindset that you will have built up in part one and then take things to the next level. It is all about starting to be able to manifest the more positive future that the subconscious brain now has in mind for you.
Track Number 3 – According to the official website, this is about completing the reprogramming process so that you are able to create a new reality and direction in life with your new positive and abundant way of thinking.
15 Minute Manifestation only takes 15 minutes per day to listen to and can be done at any place and at any time as long as you can plug in your headphones and the MP3 audio download. That is the main advantage of 15 Minute Manifestation: its ease of use and the fact that it does not require "hard work" or "learning".
Another guide we reviewed called Manifestation Magic by Alexander Wilson did actually include a PDF Ebook, but at least that seemed pretty easy to consume.
There is also the advantage that when people buy a program like this then they are much more likely to stick it out for a few weeks to make their investment worthwhile. Yet when something is free, people tend to treat it less seriously. There may well also be some sort of positive placebo effect that happens just by getting in a routine of listening to a positive, self development track on a daily basis.
The main disadvantage would be that there are no guarantees of getting results and that not everyone will notice significant positive change. It will also require a level of "blind faith" to stick to it and listen to the audio for at least 21 days in a row to give it a proper chance. Some people may get discouraged and quit before that time period.
To buy 15 Minute Manifestation MP3 audio download a the discount price you need to go via their official website which uses the Clickbank digital retailer to process the transaction. You will then get instant access to your purchase, even if you make it at 3am at night!
The product is the audio download so it is very easy to use and consume for 15 minutes per day. There is no complex training manual that needs to be read through first so it is a very simple program.
Anyhow, thanks for checking out our review on 15 Minute Manifestation for 2019!
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Mr. Kronenberg is Chief Fiduciary Counsel at Bessemer Trust. In this role, he is responsible for the firm's trust and estate department, including its trustee and executor services. He also oversees Bessemer's entire suite of wealth planning capabilities: estate planning, tax consulting and management, insurance and risk management, philanthropic advisory, family wealth stewardship, and private asset advisory. He is a member of the firm's Management Committee.
Prior to joining Bessemer, Jim was an attorney at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP in New York City, practicing in its trusts and estates and tax-exempt organizations departments. Before that, he worked in the General Counsel's office at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Jim earned a J.D. and an LL.M. in taxation from the New York University School of Law and a B.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.


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The Big Year Review
By Rich Cline
Even though it's rather corny and sentimental, this colourful comedy-drama holds our interest mainly because it's about a subject we'd never imagine watching a film about.
Brad (Black) is a birdwatcher who decides to do a Big Year, seeing as many birds as possible in 12 months, while holding down a full-time job and borrowing against his credit cards. Jetting around the country for rare spottings, he comes up against his record-holding nemesis Kenny (Wilson) as well as Stu (Martin), a corporate big-wig who has taken a year off work to follow his dream. But will their obsession with birding cause problems in their private lives?
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Lucky You Review
By Sean O'Connell
The characters in Curtis Hanson's Lucky You waste so much breath explaining their every move at the card table that the movie ultimately works better as a Texas Hold 'Em tutorial than a down-on-your-luck melodrama.
Completed in 2005, Lucky legendarily shuffled around Warner Bros.' release schedule (bad sign) before the studio dropped it on the summer's first massive weekend (good sign) where it could compete with Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 for an audience (suicidal sign). Watching it, you easily forget the picture's age and subsequent shelf life until Drew Barrymore's character -- an aw shucks rube from Northern California trying to make it as a lounge singer in Las Vegas -- tosses off a Dr. Laura Schlesinger reference. Hanson even opens with Bruce Springsteen's "Lucky Town," an old-school track off The Boss' similarly titled album that brought me back a few years, but which actually fits the story well.
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In Her Shoes Review
By Chris Cabin
Personally, I don't get the shoe thing, and more than likely, I never will. Unless you're a foot fetishist, the foot and the shoe shouldn't hold much importance to anybody but the owner. I never claimed to know what the thing is with women and shoes and I don't have the will power to feign interest, to be honest. But it's apparent that Curtis Hanson has a might big interest in women's shoes and for that matter, women in general. It's the reason that he's followed three male-heavy films with In Her Shoes, a film about women and all their habits.
To say your siblings are terrifying is an understatement; they are either young enough to physically torture you and mentally annoy you with the precision of a mime or they are old enough to make you really worried. Rose Feller (Toni Collette) shares my torture in abundance, if not more so. She has been looking after and taking care of her younger sister, Maggie (Cameron Diaz), since their mother died. We meet Maggie while she is getting nailed in a bathroom stall at a high school reunion. Sparks fly when Rose catches Maggie screwing Jim, the man she is seeing, and throws her out of the apartment they've been sharing. Unable to go anywhere else, Maggie goes to her father's house where she uncovers years of hidden birthday cards from a grandmother she thought was dead. So Maggie packs her bags and heads to Miami to bunk up with grandma Ella (Shirley Maclaine), the grandmother who was cast aside by her father. Meanwhile, Rose starts seeing a fellow lawyer, Simon (Mark Feuerstein), starts a dog-walking business and sets out to reconnect with Maggie.
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6-16 This is our second girl. She spent a lot of time sleeping on me today when I laid on the floor with them. So sweet!
6-29: She had just nursed and was sleepy for her 3 week old picure in the bottom picutre! She has a wavier coat than her sister 3 at this time. We introduced additional toys tonight and she was quick to investigate them. She spends time with us in the whelping box but is also able to play with her brothers or her toys.
7-7 She is a spit fire! She is active, curious, and confident. The other day she was putting her brothers in their place then came a jumped on me as I was laying on the ground. She must have thought I was another brother because she looked at me and gave me a growl. I immediately did the Mother Dog muzzle hold and waited until she looked away. I then placed her on the ground without further reprimand and she has never acted like that since. Always after she has played for awhile, she is able to settle down more and is fun to play with and she is able to cuddle. She will need a master who is gentle and consistant and then I believe you will have a wonderful companion. She also had good recovery during the fireworks. This is 5 at 5 weeks of age.


To ensure that there are ample women to fill open board positions, DirectWomen chairperson Bobbi Liebenberg – along with Linda Hayman (founder), Pat Gillette, and others – are training and publicizing the women who are ready. More than 20 of the institute's grads are now active board members.
To further the revolution, they need: (1) more boards to recruit from DirectWomen; and (2) additional experienced board members to volunteer to train women for these positions.


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After giving their statements, Munan was free to go but not Xinghe. Her suspicion was the biggest so the police wouldn't let her go, she still had to endure multiple interrogations. The ten lawyers were by her side at all times, they would take turns representing her. Munan returned to his family to figure out a solution. It was not easy for the Xi family to shake off the earlier suspicion, being slapped with another so soon was making everyone more than a bit jumpy.
After thinking that his grandfather would sacrifice Xinghe, he said directly, "Grandfather, Saohuang is targeting us. Sister-in-law Xia is a complete innocent, we cannot leave her to fend for herself, we have to save her. Only after she's safe we'll be free from implication."
Grandfather Xi looked at him and said authoritatively, "You cheeky lad, what kind of person do you think I am? Do you think I would sacrifice her to save our own hides?"
Munan quickly placated, "That's not what I meant, grandfather. You're the best and the most kind person, I know you will not leave sister-in-law hanging dry."
"She's still not your big brother's wife, what kind of impression are you giving others by calling her sister-in-law left and right?"
Munan shrugged. "She's the ex and soon-to-be, what's the difference?"
"Mubai really cares for her. I've contacted him and he'll be home soon," Jiangsan said seriously.
Grandfather Xi harrumphed, "What's the point of him coming back? He should have focused his energy on finding proof of that Feng's criminality."
"The organization is too powerful and mysterious, whoever gets too close is silenced if they're not careful, therefore, progress has been slow."
"I'm afraid we'll crumble before they do if the progress continues at this speed," Grandfather Xi's face was drawn, "The fact that Feng boy dares to openly challenge us like this means that he has fully prepared. I suspect he has some kind of deal with the Lin family that we don't know about."
"Definitely! They must have ganged up on us," Munan agreed.
Grandfather looked at him and said, "Munan, I fear that leadership position is not yours to have anymore."
Munan's eyes shook for a little bit. "What grandfather means is that the post will fall into Saohuang's hands soon?"
Grandfather Xi nodded, "Most likely, the Lin family will help him get there as soon as possible. The only reason they're helping him is to use him to get to us. Now that we're implicated, the post will not be yours anymore unless we distance ourselves from this mess fully and completely."
"We cannot do that!" Munan quickly objected, "Grandfather, I would rather lose the position than have sister-in-law take the fall because of us! She's in this mess because of us to begin with and she has helped us a lot, I cannot silence my conscience and be ungrateful."
"Grandfather cannot either. Therefore, if we are to save her, you must be prepared to lose that post."
"I'm ready to give it up," Munan said directly, there was no reluctance in his tone. There was no objection from other people, they were all silent.
Grandfather Xi nodded and said, "Then good. Let's focus on getting her out first."
The Xi members answered in unison. "Yes!"
Even though the Xi family was implicated, their power and influence was still there. With their full intervention, Xinghe was finally given bail. Not only did the Xi family try their best to save her, even Gu Li and Yan Lu used every connection they had.
Xinghe was surprised that she received help from so many people. After all, Saohuang only came for her alone.
If they wanted to save themselves, they could have left her to die.


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Q: Como pasar a un fragment desde una activity con android studio Estoy desarrollando mi aplicación y llegué a un punto donde necesito abrir un activity que tiene tabs desde otra activity mediante un botón.
Sería algo mas o menos así:

Lo he intentado mediante intent pero no conseguí nada, y no he logrado encontrar ejemplos que me puedan servir de guía como para realizarlo.
Si alguno me puede guiar o me diga como se puede hacer, se lo agradecería mucho.
Adjunto código de MainActivity que tiene el botón:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
Button entrar;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    entrar = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
    entrar.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View view) {
            Intent startIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Inicio.class);
            startActivity(startIntent);
        }
    });
}
}

Mi Activity con Tabs que nombré inicio:
public class Inicio extends AppCompatActivity {

private SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;

private ViewPager mViewPager;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.inicio);

    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
    mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.container);
    mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);

    TabLayout tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tabs);
    tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(mViewPager);

}

public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

    public SectionsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
        super(fm);
    }

    @Override
    public Fragment getItem(int position) {

        switch (position) {
            case 0:
                Tab1 tab1 = new Tab1();
                return tab1;
            case 1:
                Tab2 tab2 = new Tab2();
                return tab2;
            case 2:
                Tab3 tab3 = new Tab3();
                return tab3;

            default:
                return null;
        }

    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        // Show 3 total pages.
        return 3;
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
        switch (position) {
            case 0:
                return "TAB 1";
            case 1:
                return "TAB 2";
            case 2:
                return "TAB 3";

        }
        return null;
    }
}
}

Ahora los Fragments (cada uno en un Activity separado, llamados Tab1.java etc...):
public class Tab1 extends Fragment {

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.tab_1, container, false);
        return rootView;
    }

}

public class Tab2 extends Fragment {

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.tab_2, container, false);
        return rootView;
    }

}

public class Tab3 extends Fragment {

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.tab_3, container, false);
        return rootView;
    }

}

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.user.tabsfragment">

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity android:name=".Inicio"></activity>
</application>

</manifest>

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07-20 18:05:28.854 3393-3393/com.example.user.tabsfragment E/AndroidRuntime:
FATAL EXCEPTION: main

Process: com.example.user.tabsfragment, PID: 3393

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.user.tabsfragment/com.example.user.tabsfragment.Inicio}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: This Activity already has an action bar supplied by the window decor. Do not request Window.FEATURE_SUPPORT_ACTION_BAR and set windowActionBar to false in your theme to use a Toolbar instead.

at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2665)

at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2726)

at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)

at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1477)

at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)

at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)

at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)

at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886)

at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: This Activity already has an action bar supplied by the window decor. Do not request Window.FEATURE_SUPPORT_ACTION_BAR and set windowActionBar to false in your theme to use a Toolbar instead.

at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setSupportActionBar(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:207)

at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setSupportActionBar(AppCompatActivity.java:130)

at com.example.user.tabsfragment.Inicio.onCreate(Inicio.java:26)

at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6679)

at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1118)

at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2618)

at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2726)

at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)

at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1477)

at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)

at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)

at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)

at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886)

at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)

Hola, logré solucionar el error quitando el Toolbar desde la TabsActivity ya que al ver mi log decía que habia un problema con mi action bar y el toolbar, lo borré y se solucionó el problema.
Muchas gracias por su ayuda!

A: Si lo que deseas es únicamente lazar otra activity desde la que te encuentras bastaría con:
//  Clase MainActivity
public void llamarActivity(){
    Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, TabsActivity.class);
    startActivity(intent);
}

Siendo, MainActivity desde donde la quieres llamar y TabsActivity el nombre de la clase vinculada a la activity de las tabs.
Y este método lo debes llamar desde el botón en el XML de tu activity_main:
//  activity_main.xml
<Button
    android:id="@+id/boton"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
    android:onClick="llamarActivity"/>

Con ello solucionas el llamado a la otra actividad. Saludos.

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Firefighters spent Thursday evening battling a huge fire on Pierson Road as a local business burned to the ground.
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Q: how to add string to a dataframe I have a random dataframe generated:
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randint(0,10,size=(15, 2)), columns=list('AB'))

I want all values in Column "A" to start with A. I have tried the below code:
print('A' + df['A'])

this seems to be erroring out :
TypeError: ufunc 'add' did not contain a loop with signature matchin types dtype('<U11') dtype('<U11') dtype('<U11')

What is the right way to do this? Or alternately what is the rest way to generate a random dataframe stating with a particular letter string for each column.

A: you can try this:
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also check the official doc: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.apply.html


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Happy Monday friends! Busy season just keeps getting busier! I did manage to take some time out with the kids last week and throw together a quickie photo session in the back yard with my girls (more to come later).
We also had a chance to head out with my mom, aka Nana, on Sunday to build a scarecrow to benefit charity. The kids loved it and it was a welcome reprieve from work for me. They affectionately named our scarecrow "Rick Monster Mash." Stay tuned and he might make an appearance in this week's Friday Photo Journal. ;) Here are a couple of pics I took of the girls during our mini session. I loved shooting two of my favorite models again! What have you been up to?
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The scarecrow making sounds fun! Love their eyes - so so captivating!
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This is a great idea. Maybe implement a 6 hour auto rotation of all state strategies.
One issue with the idea is, it will result in the STRATEGY getting changed while in a war... which is unacceptable.
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I've been reading a lot of Sherman Alexie lately. You may have noticed his stories gracing this blog the last four days. So I feel like I can speak with some degree of certainty when I say a lot of his work deals in racism – specifically the identity-crisis anger, shame and hatred associated with growing up on an Indian reservation in 20th-century America. Alexie's Native American characters often are the victims of modern racism from modern whites (and we're not even addressing the centuries of atrocities that established the setting). So it's very interesting to see the Spokane Indian protagonist of "Breaking And Entering" treating others with his own set of negative racial stereotypes.
In "B&E" the protagonist admits to feeling a sense of fear when he sees a group of young black men inside a convenient store. Now, we should note that the extreme nature of this story's plot developments are partially responsible for these feelings, but still, it's interesting to see Alexie writing about prejudice from the standpoint of giver instead of receiver. It recalls Tuesday's feature story at SSMT, "The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fist Fight In Heaven," when Alexie's protagonist mocks the white cashier in a convenient store, scaring him with his own prejudices.
I'm not sure "Breaking And Entering" is wholly successful as a story. The aforementioned extreme plot development feels underexplored emotionally and instead overexploited as a means for outlining the racial theorizing. It's easy to forgive such problems, though, when the racial theorizing is so thought-provoking. And that's quite a trick on Alexie's part.
One block later, I had to hit my brakes when those same black guys jaywalked across the street in front of me. All of them stared me down and walked as slowly as possible through the crosswalk. I'd lived in this neighborhood for years and I'd often had this same encounter with young black men. It was some remnant of the warrior culture, I suppose.
When it had happened before, I had always made it a point to smile goofily and wave to the black men who were challenging me. Since they thought I was a dorky white guy, I'd behave like one. I'd be what they wanted me to be.


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For instance, the average price for meat products in Belarus increased by 1.73% in November 2018 compared to the previous month, while the price for some pork cuts grew by more than 4%.
Speaking during a press conference in Minsk, Vladimir Koltovich, Belarus Antimonopoly Minister said that, in November, Belarus' Antimonopoly Ministry had reached an agreement with major meat producers and processors that they would not allow further price increases on the domestic market for at least the next few months.
If meat producers did not honour the agreement, the state could intervene and introduce a control on meat prices in the domestic market, Koltovich added.
The Ministry started an antimonopoly investigation on the market after receiving reports from some consumers about the sharp increase in prices for poultry products. In the first half of 2018, the price per kg of broiler meat in Belarus jumped by 28%. Preliminary research conducted by the Ministry earlier in 2018 showed there were no clear reasons for the increase in prices.
The average price for a broiler carcase reached BYN4.15 (US$1.92). Belarus customers are price-sensitive when it comes to food products, since the average wage in the country is BYN944 ($470), according to official information.
"There were no objective factors for that kind of growth. The exchange rate [of the national currency] has not moved, energy prices have stayed flat, and domestic meat producers have no other reasons to increase prices," the Ministry said in a statement earlier in 2018.
In July 2018, the Ministry also reported that the seven biggest poultry producers increased prices for their products "sharply and almost immediately", while all other companies "followed their lead". This situation had all the signs of the price-fixing arrangement, claimed the Ministry.
Pork prices have also increased across the country throughout 2018, but this was mainly the result of rallying prices on the broiler meat market, as these two segments of the meat market "are tightly linked to each other", according to the Ministry.
The Belarus Antimonopoly Ministry previously promised to finish its investigation into a possible price-fixing agreement on the market by the end of 2018. However, by press time, the Ministry had not provided any details to GlobalMeatNews on the results of the investigation and whether or not the Government still planned to introduce state control over meat prices.
Ivan Vezhnovets, deputy antimonopoly minister, told local news outlet Tut in late December 2018 that some of the increase in poultry prices could be due to the poor 2018 grain harvest in Belarus and resulting high prices for feed. Vezhnovets added that the antimonopoly investigation was still ongoing.


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Wouldn't we all love to not have a figurative axe swinging over our heads? If you look closely on the handle, it says 'job redundancy'. That old familiar feeling of losing a job and not having any control to stop it from happening has plagued many of our minds most of our lives. And it's true, your worries are justified so don't start thinking you're worrying over nothing. The economic crash in 2008 showed us that there are very few jobs that are recession-proof.
At any time, your job could go onto the chopping block as companies change, make cuts, and throw a role into another and merge them to only need one worker instead of two. There are endless reasons for why most jobs are able to be squashed when they are needed to, but none of them satisfies us when we have been let go. So that begs the question, should we turn away in anger at experts who talk about 'job security'?
Don't get emotional about economics, it's purely logical. Ask yourself what is really needed for society to keep functioning? Food, water, and power. So, any job that is necessary in these fields will be saved by almost anything to hit a company or economy. Jobs like trucking will never die because hauling loads is needed for businesses to survive. They need their freight to be delivered so they can keep functioning, providing a service or products to their customers, and maintaining certain parts of the national structure. Check out the knight transportation near me and see what kind of jobs could give you this security that cannot fail no matter what happens. They have training courses that can lead you onto different kinds of trucking jobs.
Once upon a time when you were considered a veteran in a company, you were spared from any kind of cuts. However, nowadays companies cannot play favorites if they want to compete. Therefore, if you are one of the longest standing workers in your company, don't consider yourself safe. What business leaders want is commitment and performance. In this regard, you're only as good as your last working day, week, or month. They require everyone to be working their best and showing results for their actions. Even if you have worked for the same company for decades, you need to keep your job performance levels high all of the time – and, perhaps, even higher than the average worker seeing as you're more experienced.
A new wave of jobs are coming onto the market that may be swapping security with competition. Freelance roles around the world that are mainly online remote working are giving anyone with the skill and commitment the chance to earn good money when they want to. From writing professional CVs for clients, reviewing products that get sent to you, testing online services for companies in the build phase, and even writing hotel reviews after being paid to be a guest for a few days are just some of the jobs being created.
Job security was true once upon a time, then, it sadly became a myth and now it seems to be making a comeback but in a completely different way. The bottom line is, never rely on your job title or time served to be spared from cuts and recessions and keep working hard to stay in a positive light.
This is one of the fastest-growing areas of Texas, and it has a good community spirit. Thanks to the city's proximity to Ray Hubbard and Lavon lakes, your family can enjoy a day out in the swimming spots and hiking trails in the area. The crime rate in Wylie is well below the national crime rate, which makes it a great place to raise your children. If you move to this city, you are likely to find a job because it has a low rate of unemployment as well as a booming economy.
If you want to enjoy the perks of a big town in a small one, North Arlington is the place to be. Situated just fifteen miles from the financial district in NYC, this location will give you an ideal home base with low crime rates and great schools. The town boasts a high academic record and a very high graduation rate. In good weather, you can head to the 85 acre Riverside County Park with your kids. And, on cold and wet days, you can head to Secaucus outlets to enjoy some shopping.
This small city of about 86,000 people is located sixteen miles from Indianapolis. Redevelopment projects that total 90 million dollars have made this city an attractive location for entrepreneurs who are looking to relocate.
But, if you are moving to Fishers, you should not expect all work and no play. The recently developed downtown has a number of boutiques and restaurants, which makes it a perfect weekend spot. Moreover, this city has 104 miles of multi use trails and nature as well as 24 parks. During the winter, you can head to Flat Fork Creek Park, which is an ideal spot for sledding because of its high peaks.
This Denver suburb is a quick light-rail ride or drive into the city, which makes it the ideal location for people who commute to work. Despite its small size, this town is home to a huge shopping center called Park Meadows Mall and an art center that hosts regular dance performances.
With high school graduation rates at more than 90%, you will not have to send your children to schools outside of the town. There are also low crime rates in Lone Tree, making it great for bringing up children. If you are browsing homes using a website like this, you should always ensure that they are in a relatively safe area first.
This location is just a few miles from downtown L.A, which makes it easier to commute through the expensive Los Angeles area. Within the borders of this small city, your children can enjoy recreational activities in a dozen parks. The high graduation rates in Monterey Park don't hurt either! This region is a foodie heaven, thanks to its ethnically diverse population. Monterey Park also honors the different cultures in the area by holding several special events throughout the year.
Whether you want to live in a premiere destination in the Bay Area or a rural area, you should make sure that the place has low crime rates and good schools before anything else.
For most people, home security is the main concern for maintaining a safe property. Burglars are smarter than ever, but modern surveillance systems should keep them at bay. Moreover, the fact that those devices can be monitored from smartphones allows you to gain that peace of mind on a 24/7 basis. A good relationship with the neighbors can help too, but taking matters into your own hands should be the priority. Secured doors and windows should consequently gain huge attention, as well.
While burglars may be the main concern, reality suggests that weather damage is just as likely. On the one hand, all homeowners are at the mercy of Mother Nature. Nonetheless, several precautions can still be taken to reduce any damage. Prevention will always be the best form of protection, and knowing how to defend the home against storms is key info. Likewise, flood barriers and similar products can be crucial investments for the future safety of the property.
Wear and tear is a natural thing that all homeowners will encounter at one stage or another. Many of those are fairly minor issues, but leaving them untreated can allow them to escalate. Calling a plumber to deal with your leaks or learning how to treat damp patches is crucial. Not only will this put your mind at ease, but it will also save money while keeping the home safe. On a separate note, smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors can protect the property as well as the family, too.
Maintaining a safe home isn't simply about preventing damage to the property. This is a place for your family to live and grow. To do this in the best manner, you'll want to keep the home clean and tidy. Nobody wants to dedicate their lives to cleaning the home, which is why these simple tricks can have a huge impact. When coupled with the latest gadgets and appliances, you'll remove the threat of picking up minor illnesses from germs in the home.
Whether we like to admit it or not, the biggest threats to our properties come from our own actions. This becomes increasingly apparent when kids are involved, which is why you must pay attention to the idea of childproofing. It's impossible to keep your eyes on everything that the children do. From keeping consumables out of reach to covering electrical points, those small steps make a big impact. If you've completed the other tasks too, a safe and happy home is virtually assured.
Your home should be a peaceful getaway and the above steps will help it stay that way!
A burglar can enter your house relatively undetected if you don't have exterior lighting. Motion sensing lighting is the best option – it will only turn on when there's activity below, saving you power and offering you protection from someone sneaking around.
Windows and doors with loose hinges or weak frames could be easy to break through. You should make repairing and replacing these a priority, especially if these weaknesses are visible from the outside. Locks on the inside of your windows and doors can also help.
Security camera installation is an effective way of scaring off burglars. No burglar wants to be caught on camera, and they may immediately move on to the next property. Make sure that the camera is placed in the best possible location – a burglar may try to exploit a blind spot.
A small fence that's easy to scale could be an excellent entry point for a nimble burglar. Adding latticing to the top of your fence can make it harder to climb. You can also consider anti-climb paint.
You should be wary of onlookers being able to see through your window, particularly if you live on a busy street. Burglars may try to take a peek inside your home to see what valuables you may have. You can prevent them from being able to do this by using blinds or net curtains. Bushes outside a window or a high hedge aren't recommended as these can have the adverse effect of being easy to hide behind, making it easy to break in undetected. If you have high hedges or lots of bushes outside your window, consider trimming these back.
Don't leave out barbecues and lawnmowers where they can be seen by peeking into your garden. Lock these valuables away in a shed so that burglars don't know you own them. Make sure your shed door is secure, as this can often be another weakness for burglars to exploit.
You can often trick burglars into thinking you're a difficult target. Dummy CCTV cameras can sometimes be enough to scare off thieves. A 'beware of the dog' sign, even if you don't have a dog, could also make burglars think twice about breaking in. Other deterrents include leaving a light or TV on in your home when you're not there.
Burglars are now using social media to find their victims. Posting up holiday snaps and updates can be risky as it could show that no one is home. If you are going to post photos and updates, you might be better off posting them once you get back.
Nothing is more important than the safety of the people inside of your house. Scaring away thieves before they even think of doing anything is optimum for your home security.


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OK, everyone knows how awesome and influential Weakling was right? I don't really have to do the whole song and dance about who they influenced and how they only wrote Dead As Dreams but it shaped the face of USBM to come, blah blah blah. Good. What I will say is that no one really ever attempts to cover them, mainly due to the nature of the material and the fact no lyrics were ever printed. Grst breaks with that tradition on Fire Therein, an EP covering two of those seminal tracks. Josh Vincent really outdid himself with the love and respect this grants the source material; faithful enough to please purists, and varied enough to make you not want to shut it off and just listen to the original. Nathanael Kelley adds additional guitar tracks and Kenneth Parker also deserves note for his usual vocal delivery, rather than trying to ape the original, what he is singing, I have no clue. Kudos guys, you proved you have the balls and the drive. I'm really excited (well, more excited than before, which was pretty excited) for Grst's full length debut, Plague Seed.
Fire Therein by Grst
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Salvaticus - Hidden Manna
HOLY FUCK. These dudes from Virginia aren't fucking around. This is one of the best sounding modern black metal releases I have heard. Killer riffs, dark chord progressions, and melodies that aren't dripping with cheese. Just fucking listen to it and thank me later, assholes.
Hidden Manna by Salvaticus
Emerald Weapon - S/T EP
Oooo, a new band. Emerald Weapon is a two man project from Portland, OR. They describe their music as "Black Metal/Atmospheric/Drone", this really isn't too far off. The first track is a drone-y mess until all the instruments come in, at that point reaching a decent sounding, if all too basic, melody and harmony, then falling apart. Enlightened Womb starts out sounding all too Cascadian, before the drums switch to that polka-esque "oompa" sound that less than stellar programming results in (it happens, I know I have been guilty of it in the past). Self Reliant is my favorite track, coming in with a d-beat and a vicious but melodious riff. The energy in that song makes is the best on the EP, drawing my head from a standstill to emphatically nodding to desk headbanging in the all too short two minute running length. The last track Nothing/Everything is your standard ambient/drone Post/Cascadian instrumental/outro track, it's not bad, its just been done before.
Its really not bad if you are into the PNW melodic sound, and it is just a first release. These dudes have some talent and some of the melodies are sticky as fuck, they just gotta flesh it out and make it theirs.
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Emerald Weapon EP by Emerald Weapon


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OK, you're starting to change. How is this going to work with social gatherings? How can you possibly manage that? What if your friends and family just don't "get" it, yet. What if they're not supportive? How do you order at a restaurant? How do you handle parties? How do you find good restaurants? What to say and what to do to make this transition to a healthier life easier around social situations.


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Quality Local Living since 1972
In 1972, after watching the BBC drama Cathy Come Home, our founder John Belcher began the then named Sheffield Family Housing Association; helping young homeless families in Sheffield.
Over forty years later we're still providing quality local living; retrofitting, renovating, designing & building homes throughout the city region but the work we do is now more than housing; 60% of our work is providing care and support, helping vulnerable people to remain independent.
John Belcher founded our organisation in 1972 and sadly passed away in 2011. Speaking in 1992, 20 years after the organisation was founded, John said:
"If I was looking for something which sums up the achievements of South Yorkshire Housing Association, I would say that you need good people to achieve good results."
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Data collected by the Detector Memory System (DMS) may be saved to the SPARCstation 2 (currently LPSS3) for examination using SAOIMAGE or IRAF applications.The Sparcstation is intended to meet the need for very rapid on-line evaluation of data, using standard reduction software. The system consists of a Sparcstation 2, with 64 Mbyte of memory and 3 Gbyte of local disk storage, connected to the DMS via a commercial S-bus to VME adapter. This allows very rapid transfer of data from the DMS to the SPARCstation.
The run number of the saved data is the same as that used on the VAX. At present, the data are transferred without headers. Data may be written from the SPARC to an exabyte in TAR format, or FITS format, from IRAF. Instructions on starting up the SPARC and on using the various applications are kept in the control room. Image-examination routines run much faster on the SPARC than on the VAXes.
IPCS data can be saved to the SPARC while the exposure is building up.
The interface for transferring data from DMS memory to the Sparcstation local disks is controlled graphically on the Sparcstation itself. To transfer a specific buffer to the Sparcstation the user simply moves the pointer to the name or number of that buffer, selects it with the mouse, then selects with the mouse the SAVE option in the interface window. An IRAF format file is then created in a scratch area on one of the Sparcstation discs, and the name of the file created is displayed in the interface window. At present no header information at all is stored with the data files. The images can then be displayed in the SAOIMAGE window with the IRAF command display.
IRAF contains many facilities for rapid analysis of data of all types, users who require specialised facilities are advised to refer to the KPNO user manuals and cook-books, which are kept in dark blue loose leaved binders in the control room. For quick-look analysis of images and simple spectroscopic data the IRAF command imexamine has many of the required facilities. Typing help <commandname> at the IRAF interface produces a detailed description of the command, and typing help <commandname> | lpr will produce a hard copy of the help file on the Sparc laser printer.
By the end of 1993, the DMS display functions should have been transferred to the SPARC, making the DMS monitor superfluous. Header examination and FITSOUT from the SPARC should also be available.
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WALLEN MAPONDERA
b. 1985, Harare, Zimbabwe
Lives and works in Grahamstown, South Africa
Wallen Mapondera received formal art training from Zimbabwe's National Gallery School of Visual Arts and Design from 2005 to 2007. Mapondera is currently completing his Masters degree in Fine Art from Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa. In 2015, he was the recipient of Zimbabwe's prestigious National Arts Merit Award – in the Visual Arts Two-Dimensional Work category – given by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe in recognition of outstanding achievements in arts and culture.
In 2007 Mapondera was selected for the National Gallery of Zimbabwe Artist- in -Residence Programme hosted at the National Gallery School of Visual Arts and Design Studios in, Harare, Zimbabwe. Mapondera has since been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center, Burlington in Vermont, USA in 2012; and Pro Helvetia Studio in Zurich, Switzerland in 2018. In 2020 he will take part in the Art Dubai Artist-in-Residence Programme culminating in a solo presentation with SMAC Gallery at Art Dubai in Dubai, UAE.
Mapondera has held multiple solo shows and participated in various local and international art fairs and group exhibitions. In 2020 his work will form part of Matereality, a group exhibition at Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa. Mapondera's Masters Exhibition Chirema Chine Mazano recently opened at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa in 2019 showcasing his most recent body of work. Earlier this year he presented his solo exhibition, Moving Target at SMAC Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa as well as a solo presentation with Tyburn Gallery at Atelier Mondial in Basel, Switzerland. Earlier solo shows include Emergency Exit at Tyburn Gallery in London, UK and Samusha weiri Dongo at SMAC Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa both in 2018 and Tsananguro | Clarifications at SMAC Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa in 2017.
Recent Art Fairs include Artissima in Turin, Italy; 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair London in Somerset House, London, UK; FNB Art Joburg at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa and the Investec Cape Town Art Fair at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in Cape Town, South Africa all in 2019 and UNTITLED, Art at Miami Beach in Miami, USA in 2018.
Notable group exhibitions include: Five Bhobh: Painting at the End of an Era at Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, South Africa in 2018; Familiar Histories: An Unstoppable Force in Contemporary Art Discourse, curated by Raphael Chikukwa, at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, in Harare, Zimbabwe in 2017; X: Part III and Nothing Personal both at SMAC Gallery in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 2017 and 2016 respectively; Suddenly A Dissident (by Guns and Rain) at the Point of Order Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2016; Between the Sheets at Gallery East in Fremantle, Australia in 2012; Colour Africa, Zeitgenössische Kunst Aus Simbabwe at Kulturallmende gUG in Munich, Germany in 2011; as well as African Expressions at the University of Avignon in Avignon, France in 2010. Mapondera has also participated in multiple group exhibitions in Zimbabwe since 2006.
Selected collections include The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; Spier Art Collection, Stellenbosch, South Africa and the Tiroche Deleon Collection, Tel Aviv, Israel.
In 2019, Mapondera completed his Masters in Fine Art at Rhodes University, South Africa, culminating in a solo exhibition titled Chirema Chine Mazano. Other notable exhibitions include in Five Bhobh: Painting at the End of an Era, a group exhibition of contemporary painting from Zimbabwe, curated by Tandazani Dhlakama, at the Zietz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) in Cape Town, South Africa.
Mapondera will take part in the 2020 Art Dubai artist in residence programme culminating in a solo presentation with SMAC Gallery at the 14th edition of Art Dubai. The fair takes place March 25-28, 2020, at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai.
Mapondera's work will be included in Matereality, an upcoming group exhibition at Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa in 2020.
Nkgopoleng Moloi | Mail & Guardian | 'Five Bhobh' is a taxi to the end of an era | 23 November 2018 – PDF
Cheri Morris | VISI | ARTISTS WE LOVE: WALLEN MAPONDERA | 13 March 2018 – PDF
Stephen Garan'anga | The Herald | Artists light up Gallery Delta | 24 June 2016 – PDF


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Runaway Toxic Slime
Man marks the Earth with ruin. His control stops with the shore—Lord Byron
Strings of Cladophora growing in Lake Ontario (photo by Nina Munteanu)
A few years ago, I read the science fiction thriller "Sea Change" by oceanographer James Powlik about a toxic algal plague that terrorized the west coast of British Columbia and Washington. In the book, the toxic algae acted as a self-organized, self-producing entity with purpose; the algae turned out to be a runaway creation of some government lab.
Nature produces such things all on her own.
One example is Fireweed, a descended strain of bacteria and algae that flourished 2.7 billion years ago, and is otherwise known as Lyngbya majuscule (a blue-green alga or cyanobacteria) that pesters the east coast of Australia. Marine ecologist Jeremy Jackson (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) calls it the "rise of slime." Feeding on industrial waste, Fireweed thrives off the nutrient-rich runoff of modern life in Moreton Bay. It begins each spring with hairy tufts of dark purple slime that spread across the sea floor "fast enough to cover a football field in an hour," according to the Los Angeles Times. Unwitting fishermen, bringing up their nets, inadvertently came into contact with this venomous weed in the water splashing up. The men soon brake out in searing welts, lips blistering and peeling, with eyes burning and swelling shut.
Lake Ontario shore covered in Cladophora, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu)
Organisms like Fireweed have been around for eons. They emerged from the primordial ooze and populated the ancient oceans. Over time, higher forms of life gained supremacy. But even the great must fall sometime…
Off the coast of Sweden each summer, blooms of blue green algae turn the Baltic Sea "into a stinking yellow-brown slush that locals call rhubarb soup," says Kenneth Weiss of the L.A. Times. "Dead fish bob in the surf. If people get too close, their eyes burn and they have trouble breathing." Weiss goes on to describe cases of nuisance and toxic growths all over the world: jellyfish off the Spanish coast; toxic red tides off Florida; smelly green-brown algae off the coast of Maui. "North of Venice, Italy, a sticky mixture of algae and bacteria collects on the Adriatic Sea in the spring and summer. This white mucus washes ashore, fouling beaches, or congeals into submerged blogs, some bigger than a person."
Algal blooms form part of the natural cycles of nature. They occur from several factors that conspire to produce just the right conditions for algae to flourish. These include increased light, temperature, and nutrients (which is why many blooms occur in the spring and summer). Blooms are usually associated with an aging system, where nutrients tend to concentrate from the years of natural filling in of materials.
Cladophora colonizing rocks in Lake Ontario (photo by Nina Munteanu)
During a "bloom," phytoplankton (floating algae) grow to hundreds, thousands or even millions of cells per milliliter. Fish kills usually happen from loss of oxygen as cells die and decompose. Toxic blooms occur when an algal species (mostly blue-greens) produces neurotoxins, usually under stress or as the cells are dying off; these blooms are typically called Harmful Algal Blooms, or HABs. Blooms can occur in both marine and freshwater. In my work as a limnologist (a scientist who studies fresh water), I've consulted with governments on the handling and eradication of nuisance algae in lakes and rivers. As Associate Professor Ron Johnstone (Coastal Resource Management Coordinator) said, "There's no silver bullet or quick fix for this." As an environmental consultant, I am often in the position of trying to balance the agendas of many stakeholders. My biggest challenge is to achieve a consensus on use and action. Invariably one stakeholder's priority is in direct conflict with another stakeholder's priority or with the very ecosystem they are trying to protect. It was over twenty years ago that I told the Burnaby & New Westminster News that "we are often forced by politics to choose only one solution. There is no one solution to a problem such as this. It's always a compromise."
Despite the fact that algal blooms have been occurring since those salad days of the primordial soup, it is apparent to scientists that their occurrence and persistence is accelerating and they are spreading to places they have not been before. According to NOAA, scientists have determined that there are more toxic algal species, algal toxins, affected fisheries resources, food-web disruption, and economic losses from harmful algal blooms than ever before.
Nina showing a cloud of Cladophora in Lake Ontario (photo by Vanessa Rottner)
NOAA provides four reasons for this increase in perceived blooms globally: 1) improved methods of detection and greater monitoring efforts; these increase the probability that a HAB species will be recorded; 2) the introduction of exotic species via ballast water exchange or aquaculture practices; 3) blooms result when grazers fail to control the algal species' growth; 4) blooms may result from climate changes, as well as human activities, such as increased pollution and nutrient inputs, habitat degradation including dredging, resource harvesting, and the regulation of water flows.
Kenneth Weiss of the L.A. Times offers this rather bleak future scenario: In many places—the atolls of the Pacific, the shrimp beds of the Eastern Seaboard, the fjords of Norway—some of the most advanced forms of ocean life are struggling to survive while the most primitive are thriving and spreading. Fish, corals and marine mammals are dying while algae, bacteria and jellyfish are growing unchecked. Where this pattern is most pronounced, scientists evoke a scenario of evolution running in reverse, returning to the primitive seas of hundreds of millions of years ago. "We're pushing the oceans back to the dawn of evolution," said Jackson. "A half-billion years ago, when the oceans were ruled by jellyfish and bacteria."
Nina Munteanu is an ecologist, limnologist and internationally published author of award-nominated speculative novels, short stories and non-fiction. She is co-editor of Europa SF and currently teaches writing courses at George Brown College and the University of Toronto. Visit www.ninamunteanu.ca for the latest on her books.
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Characteristics of low-speed vehicle run-over events in children: an 11-year review
Griffin, Bronwyn R., Watt, Kerrianne, Shields, Linda E., and Kimble, Roy M. (2014) Characteristics of low-speed vehicle run-over events in children: an 11-year review. Injury Prevention, 20 (5). pp. 302-309.
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040932
View at Publisher Website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-201...
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics associated with fatal and non-fatal low-speed vehicle run-over (LSVRO) events in relation to person, incident and injury characteristics, in order to identify appropriate points for intervention and injury prevention.
Methods: Data on all known LSVRO events in Queensland, Australia, over 11 calendar years (1999–2009) were extracted from five different databases representing the continuum of care (prehospital to fatality) and manually linked. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were used to analyse the sample characteristics in relation to demographics, health service usage, outcomes, incident characteristics, and injury characteristics.
Results: Of the 1641 LSVRO incidents, 98.4% (n=1615) were non-fatal, and 1.6% were fatal (n=26). Over half the children required admission to hospital (56%, n=921); mean length of stay was 3.4 days. Younger children aged 0–4 years were more frequently injured, and experienced more serious injuries with worse outcomes. Patterns of injury (injury type and severity), injury characteristics (eg, time of injury, vehicle type, driver of vehicle, incident location), and demographic characteristics (such as socioeconomic status, indigenous status, remoteness), varied according to age group. Almost half (45.6%; n=737) the events occurred outside major cities, and approximately 10% of events involved indigenous children. Parents were most commonly the vehicle drivers in fatal incidents. While larger vehicles such as four-wheel drives (4WD) were most frequently involved in LSVRO events resulting in fatalities, cars were most frequently involved in non-fatal events.
Conclusions: This is the first study, to the authors' knowledge, to analyse the characteristics of fatal and non-fatal LSVRO events in children aged 0–15 years on a state-wide basis. Characteristics of LSVRO events varied with age, thus age-specific interventions are required. Children living outside major cities, and indigenous children, were over-represented in these data. Further research is required to identify the burden of injury in these groups.
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