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Task Force on Indigent Defense
Endorsement watch: The Chron for Hampton
The Chron joins the DMN and the Star-Telegram in endorsing Keith Hampton for the Court of Criminal Appeals.
We highly recommend that voters cast their ballots instead for Democratic challenger Keith Hampton. This endorsement is not merely a rejection of the incumbent judge's poor track record, but enthusiastic support for Hampton's impressive history of working to improve the Texas judiciary, whether trying cases in courtrooms or shaping policy in Austin.
With experience ranging from criminal district courts up to the U.S. Supreme Court, Hampton has an extensive criminal defense track record that's not common enough on the state's highest criminal court. Endorsed by seven former state bar presidents, Hampton is respected across the political spectrum for his work and expertise. As governor, George W. Bush appointed Hampton to the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to revise the Code of Criminal Procedure. And when he was on the Texas Supreme Court, John Cornyn appointed Hampton to the Supreme Court Jury Task Force.
Hampton also worked with state legislators to improve our judicial system, notably spearheading the creation of Veterans' Courts in Texas – specialty courts that handle veterans suffering from service-related injuries, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, who are prone to violence or drug use.
One would be hard pressed to find a better candidate for the Court of Criminal Appeals.
As you might expect, the Chron began their piece with the usual airing of grievances against Sharon Keller, before noting that their recommendation of Hampton was based on more than just her long list of sins. It must be noted that Keller does have some positive accomplishments in her tenure as judge, mostly having to do with the state's Indigent Defense Task Force. But whatever positive qualities she must have had to bring to that work, they have been consipcuously absent in her judicial record, and it is by that record that we judge her. By any accounting of that record, she fails as a judge, and it is only right to vote her off the bench. As I said before, it should be the case that editorial boards across the state reach that conclusion.
And if they do, will it make any difference? I asked that question back in 2006, when Democratic Supreme Court candidate Bill Moody swept the newspaper endorsements against underqualified Perry appointee Don Willett. My conclusion at the time was that all things being equal it was worth a few percentage points in the final tally. That was six years ago, in an election that had relatively low turnout and low levels of partisan fervor, neither of which are or will be true this year. Still, given that each endorsement is also an opportunity to remind people of Keller's awful record, I do figure it will make some difference, and in an election where 48% of the vote may well be enough to win, every little bit helps. We'll see how it turns out.
Public defender's office approved
A state panel has awarded Harris County a $4.1 million grant to launch a public defender office, which is expected to start taking cases early next year.
The county plans to roll out the office in phases over the next two years to handle appeals, juvenile cases, adult felony trials and mental health cases. The new office will be a pilot project. It will not supplant the existing system in which judges appoint defense lawyers for the indigent. The county will use a hybrid of both approaches.
"This is a major milestone in the history of the criminal justice system in Harris County," Precinct 2 Commissioner Sylvia Garcia said. A public defender office offers a greater chance at justice for criminal defendants, she said, as well as taxpayer savings in avoided jail costs. Defendants are likely to spend less time in jail awaiting trial and more likely to receive alternatives to jail sentences — such as drug treatment – with the help of specialized defense attorneys, Garcia said. That could reduce a jail population so large that the county houses 1,500 inmates in other counties and in Louisiana.
The county plans to hire a chief public defender by Nov. 1. The chief will hire a team of attorneys expected to begin working cases on Feb. 1.
That's just great news. It was a hard slog to get here, but get here we did. Kudos to all involved. Here's a statement from State Sen. Rodney Ellis about this:
"I commend the Task Force on Indigent Defense for approving Harris County's $4.1 million grant request to establish a public defender office. If implemented and operated correctly, I believe the office will improve representation of indigent defendants, reduce the county's jail population, and reduce recidivism, as public defender offices have been shown to do in other parts of the state.
"I also commend the hard work of the county officials, judges, and county staff who revised the public defender plan in response to concerns expressed by Houston-area clergy and national advocacy organizations seeking to improve indigent defense. In particular, I would like to thank Commissioners El Franco Lee and Sylvia Garcia, co-chairs of the Harris County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council's Public Defender's Office Workgroup; their colleagues on the Commissioners Court; District Court Judge Mike Anderson; and Caprice Cosper, Director of Harris County's Office of Criminal Justice Coordination, for their hard work and dedication to improving indigent defense in Harris County."
Ana Yanez Correa of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, who's doing some guest-blogging at Grits for Breakfast while Scott is off the grid, joins in the celebration, and notes a couple of other good things that happened today for criminal justice, one of which was the Task Force on Indigent Defense voting to forward the final recommendations made by the Timothy Cole Advisory Panel. Here are the recommendations, plus statements from Sen. Ellis and State Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon for more.
County redoes its public defender proposal
Back in April, Harris County Commissioners Court voted to start a pilot public defenders office, contingent on getting a $4.4 million grant from the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense to help cover costs. That initial effort was subsequently criticized for being inadequate, and the TFID gave the county 30 days to improve its grant application. That has been done, and Commissioners Court is trying again.
The county's previous version of the application received criticism from academics, local ministers, defense advocacy groups and the local state senator who authored the law authorizing the creation of public defender offices in Texas counties. Among the criticisms were that not enough judges planned to participate, that the office would not serve high-level felony defendants and that the office was subject to control by the judiciary and Commissioners Court.
Originally, 11 of 22 district court judges had volunteered to use a public defender on felony trial cases and only three agreed to the new office's use on appellate cases. Now, 20 judges have bought in on felony trials and 18 on appeals.
To protect the public defender from meddling by Commissioners Court or the judiciary, an independent oversight board would be established for the office. Judges, attorneys, indigent defense groups, the county attorney and Commissioners Court all would get to make appointments to the board.
In the original application, public defenders would represent felony defendants accused only of low-level crimes such as possession of small amounts of drugs. The revamped proposal would have the public defender take on more serious felony trials. The plan also continues to provide for juvenile, appeals and mental health cases.
The county is also only asking for $4.1 million now, and there were some other changes made as well. It looks like they took the feedback they got seriously, and kudos to them for that. We'll see how it goes from here.
The softer side of Sharon Keller
The Trib lets us know that there's more to Sharon Keller than willful indifference to death penalty appeals and rigid fealty to the prosecutorial perspective.
For nearly as long as she has led the state's highest criminal court, Keller has also served as chairwoman of the Task Force on Indigent Defense. Lawmakers created the task force in 2001 when Texas was a national laughingstock for its dismal provision of legal representation for poor criminal defendants. Now, counties must meet minimum standards for legal representation, thousands more poor defendants get qualified attorneys, and 91 counties — many in rural areas with few public resources — are served in some capacity by a public defender. Both critics and supporters of the Texas criminal justice system agree the task force has overseen a sea change in defense representation for people who can't otherwise afford it. And despite the roiling controversy over her judicial conduct, most seem to agree that Keller's leadership has been instrumental. "We started at ground zero," said state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, a member of the task force and chairman of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. "We were one of the worst states around, and as chairman of the task force, she's really been in a real sense responsible for building the whole thing."
Among the major initiatives that have improved representation for the poor is increased funding for counties to provide defense services. Before 2001, the state gave counties no money to provide indigent defense. Lawyers who did the work often received a pittance, making it difficult for courts to find qualified lawyers to take the cases. Last year, the task force awarded counties statewide $31 million to run public defender offices and provide indigent defense. Andrea Marsh, executive director of the Texas Fair Defense Project, said Keller has worked not only to give counties funds they need for indigent defense, but also to give them incentives for new and innovative programs. Task force grants have helped launch programs like Travis County's Mental Health Public Defender Office. "She has been supportive of giving more of that money to program improvements and not just giving that money for the same old thing that isn't working," Marsh said.
Among other things, the TFID would be the grant-awarder for the Harris County public defender's office. I'd have to go back and re-read that Texas Monthly profile on Keller from 2009 to see if they mentioned this; if they had, or if I had realized what it was, I might have reacted a little less negatively to the piece. I'll stipulate that she's done good work with this, that she deserves credit for it, and that any thorough reckoning of her as a person needs to take this into account to be fair. But it has nothing to do with her actions in the Michael Richard case, and it has no bearing on her career as a judge, for which her behavior has been consistently and in many cases overtly hostile to defendants. I give her points for character and humanity, but as a judge she's beyond redemption. Grits has more.
Ellis criticizes county's public defender proposal
State Sen. Rodney Ellis, who authored the bill that allowed Texas counties to create public defender offices, is not pleased with the plan that Harris County currently has to establish one.
Ellis and other critics of the system say it compromises defense of the poor because attorneys must advocate before judges on whom they depend for future employment. Ellis said the arrangement is so morally bankrupt that he has approached legal advocacy groups to ask for help reforming Harris County courts.
"I've done my bit of talking to people around the country trying to get them to sue (the county), but it takes tremendous resources," Ellis said.
Ellis accused local judges of circumventing the intent of his law by using a system in which each judge can decide his or her own system of providing for indigent defense. He said resistance from judges has resulted in a potentially fatally flawed public defender proposal.
"They're trying to kill it," Ellis said.
As we know, the county's proposal has some flaws and may not get the funding from the state that it needs to get off the ground. I've said before that I think the proposal is a good start, but clearly there's room for improvement. And it would be unacceptable to miss out on getting the grant funds, so one hopes the feedback from the Task Force on Indigent Defense will be taken seriously.
Is the county's public defender proposal good enough?
This op-ed by Charlie Baird, judge of the 299th District Court in Travis County, and William Sessions, former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, suggest that the start-up public defender's office that Commissioners Court recently voted to authorize suffers from the same problem as the current system: lack of adequate oversight.
In response to public concerns about judicial conflicts of interest in picking defense lawyers, excessive caseloads and the poor quality of legal representation, Harris County agreed to create a pilot public defender office. Last week, Harris County applied for a grant from the state to pay for half of the public defender office over the first four years of operation. That grant is worth $4.4 million in the first year and $13.2 million over four years.
Unfortunately, Harris County is on the brink of not receiving that money because the planned public defender office lacks: 1) independence from the judiciary; 2) workload standards; and 3) uniform use of the public defender office by all judges.
With some tweaking, the proposal could be a step in the direction of justice for Harris County. But as it's now written, justice will continue to be denied even with the new public defense office in operation.
A major problem with the proposed plan is that it permits individual judges to decide whether they want to maintain the status quo and not let the newly established public defender office represent defendants in their courts. The core of our justice system is to treat every individual brought to court on criminal charges fairly. How then can some judges opt out of the reforms in favor of business as usual? In such a system, the extent of justice a person receives may be entirely dependent on the court in which the case is heard.
Additionally, the new proposal fails to establish limits on the workloads of public defenders or appointed counsel. These limits are essential to ensuring that quality defense services are provided and that defense attorneys do not violate their ethical duties to provide competent and diligent representation to their clients.
More about that grant for which the county is applying is here. I've said before that I don't accept the objections from the judges who want to maintain the status quo. Even if a few of them are doing a decent job with their own pool of contract attorneys, the system as a whole isn't working, and it's not just those judges who'd be opting out if they are allowed to do so. If we're going to do this, and I believe we should, we need to do it right.
And these are not just theoretical concerns, either.
The Task Force on Indigent Defense, created by the Texas Legislature in 2001, has asked the county to spend some of its own money on the office, expand its scope and create an independent oversight board.
If the revisions adequately address what James Bethke, the task force's director, calls requests for "clarification," the county would be well-positioned for a grant. If the revisions do not pass muster at the task force's August board meeting, Bethke said, the county would have to wait a year for another shot.
"We respect local control," Bethke said of Harris County's plan, but "certain principles … do need to be met."
On Wednesday a task force committee gave the county until July 12 to fix its plan.
Baird and Sessions' suggestions would cover the task force's items. It's up to the county to make this work, and they are on the clock to do so.
Public defender office gets OK from Commissioners Court
The Harris County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to start a public defender office on an experimental basis, as long as the state covers the $4.4 million cost for the first year.
The unanimous vote authorizes the county to apply for a grant from the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense. If awarded the money, Harris County would open an office with lawyers dedicated to representing indigent defendants full time in October. It would start with mis demeanor mental health cases and felony appeals cases.
Within two years, it would expand to a staff of 68 handling about 6,400 criminal cases of all types in the civil and district courts. The office's lawyers would be involved in about half of all felony appeals, about a quarter of juvenile cases and smaller percentages of adult misdemeanors and felonies, according to projections provided by Caprice Cosper, director of the county's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.
A public defender office would not replace the current system, in which judges choose defense counsel for the indigent from a randomly generated list of lawyers. The result would be a hybrid system for indigent defense in which the public defender and judge-appointed lawyers would share the caseload.
You can learn more about the Task Force on Indigent Defense here; my thanks to Scott Henson for leaving a comment in my previous post about them. Here's hoping the grant application is successful.


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Akinetic, the new album from Chicago songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Erik Hall's one-man polymathic project In Tall Buildings sees its creator plunge headlong into allegories of communication, loss, impulse, vice, and mass-denialism. With the addition of producer and engineer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) Hall crashes through the aforementioned subject matter with brightness and lucidity, yielding his most intelligent and focused songwriting yet. Working out of his house with Deck in Pilsen, Chicago, Hall's efforts yield ten tracks of spacious and textured handmade pop, comprising one of the most sharply written and deftly recorded home-studio albums in memory.Where his previous titles were natural documents of his musicianship and songcraft, Akinetic arose from deliberate intent to write in concrete pop forms, lyrically informed by what he observed of modern culture, namely its fixation on technology-driven pseudo-progress at the cost of direct communication. "Rather than merely dwell in an inviting musical bed," Hall states, "I wanted to write songs with intentionality that would more directly declare themselves to a listener instead of just passively inviting them in."That this was all achieved by one person playing every instrument, gently guided by a kindred and veteran co-producer, denotes Akinetic as the greatest height yet reached for In Tall Buildings.
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Submicroscopic machines that build diamonds from pencil lead and computer chips from sand - that's the way-cool world of nanotechnology, a still-theoretical realm that sounds more like alchemy than science.
But it's real enough that IBM, Yale University, Los Alamos National Laboratory and other corporations and institutions are investigating ways to manufacture such machines, computer chips and miracle cures one atom at a time.
Add to that list four seniors at Lewis and Clark High School, who recently won a regional award in an inventions contest for their vision of where nanotechnology - also called molecular manufacturing - could take us in the future.
Robert Dirks, Sam Bishop, Jude Battista and Josh Reidt will make a videotape of their winning paper and submit it to the national level of the ExploraVision contest.
If they win, each will get a $10,000 savings bond. The competition is sponsored by Toshiba Corporation and the National Science Teachers Association.
The teammates joke they have just a few weeks to solve nanotechnology's fundamental paradox: How to build the first tool, the atom-assembler, that would build all the others.
Problems such as that fascinate them. Bishop reads everything he can about nanotech. Dirks wrote a paper on it when he was a freshman.
They even formed a nanotechnology club at school last fall. They called it eNTiTy (Nanotech Think Tank).
"They forget there's things like senior proms and girls," said their science teacher Larry Elsom.
They see themselves as standing apart from their school's mainstream culture. All four take college classes for dual credit through the Running Start program. At LC, they take Advanced Placement classes.
Each has his favorite nanotech-dependent future.
Reidt, 18, the biggest "Star Trek" fan in the group, wants to colonize space with starships made possible by super-strong materials and self-replicating machines.
Bishop, 17, wants to live forever by merging his consciousness with computers and machines.
Battista, 18, wants to take over the world.
Nanotechies call this the Singapore Scenario, the motivating fear that the country or corporation first solving the nano-paradox will rule.
"He wants to prevent someone from taking over the world by taking it over first," Reidt said of his friend.
"If I had it, it would be in good hands," Battista said.
Dirks, 17, who drops names of philosophers and literary characters into everyday conversation, wants to cure disease.
"Well, there's one of us with selfless motivations," Battista said.


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This event is organized together with the 'BIM Class 2011: Graduation Ceremony'.
All academic Bioinformatics and Computational Biology groups working in Munich are invited to contribute to the first 'Munich Bioinformatics Retreat 2011'. Group leaders have been invited to present their group and latest research in a short presentation (approx. 15 min including discussion).
Afterwards, there will be a poster session where all Post-Docs, PhD students and students are invited to present their latest research (not older than approx. 1 year) in the area of Bioinformatics.
The ideal poster size should be max. 1.30 m (130 cm) high x 0.90 m (90 cm) wide. Fasteners will be provided at the site.
The program ends with the BIM Class 2011 Graduation Ceremony.


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File #: 1628-2021 Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/14/2021 In control: Public Utilities Committee
On agenda: 7/19/2021 Final action: 7/22/2021
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc. for the Old Beechwold Area Stormwater System Improvements Blueprint Integrated Solutions, Water Line & Roadway Improvements Project in an amount up to $6,948,336.60; to authorize the appropriation and transfer of $3,605,295.54 from the Storm Sewer Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6207 to the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211; to authorize the appropriation and transfer of $2,459,011.92 from the Water System Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6003 to the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund - Fund No. 6011; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $3,605,295.54 from the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $2,459,011.92 from the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund - Fund No. 6011; to authorize an expenditure up to $1,000.00 within the Stormwater General Obligations Voted Bonds Fund - Fund No. 6204; to ...
Attachments: 1. ORD 1628-2021 Bid Tab, 2. ORD 1628-2021 QFF Eval G.I. - Loan Funded, 3. ORD 1628-2021 Information, 4. ORD 1628-2021 Utilization, 5. ORD 1628-2021 map, 6. ORD 1628-2021 Funding
7/22/2021 1 CITY CLERK Attest Action details Meeting details
7/20/2021 1 MAYOR Signed Action details Meeting details
7/19/2021 1 COUNCIL PRESIDENT Signed Action details Meeting details
7/19/2021 1 Columbus City Council Approved Pass Action details Meeting details
7/12/2021 1 Columbus City Council Read for the First Time Action details Meeting details
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc. for the Old Beechwold Area Stormwater System Improvements Blueprint Integrated Solutions, Water Line & Roadway Improvements Project, CIP No's 610804-100001, 690236-100140, and 530282-100017, in an amount up to $6,948,336.60. This is a joint project between the Departments of Public Utilities and Public Service.
Work consists of constructing approximately 9200 LF of 12" to 30" storm sewer and appurtenances, 2 bioretention basins, approximately 9400 LF of 6"-8" water main and appurtenances, roadway improvements, and other such work as may be necessary to complete the contract, in accordance with the drawings.
The Community Planning Area is "39 - Clintonville".
This project has been approved for below market-rate loan financing through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) and Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) Fund which are administered by the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). The loan award is expected in July 2021. Federal Davis-Bacon Wage Rates and Requirements will apply.
Funds in the amount of $2,000.00 will also be encumbered for prevailing wage services from the Department of Public Service.
THE PROJECT TIMELINE: All work except the Period of Establishment Season 1 and Season 2 shall be substantially completed in a manner acceptable to the City within 12 months after the date of the Notice to Proceed.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD: The Director of Public Utilities publicly opened six (6) bids on May 12, 2021 from Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Underground Utilities, Complete General Construction Co., Shelly & Sands, Conie Construction Co., and John Eramo & Sons.
Elite Excavating's bid was deemed the lowest, best, most responsive and responsible bid in the amount of $6,948,336.60. Their Contract Compliance Number is 20-1643186 (expires 2/4/22, Majority) and their DAX Vendor No. is 1064. Additional information regarding all bidders, description of work, contract time frame, and detailed amounts can be found on the attached Information form.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc.
PRE-QUALIFICATION STATUS: Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio and all proposed subcontractors have met code requirements with respect to pre-qualification, pursuant to relevant sections of Columbus City Code Chapter 329.
ECONOMIC/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
This project will install storm infrastructure to mitigate street and yard flooding that occurs in the Old Beechwold Historic Neighborhood located within Clintonville planning area. Two regional biobasins will be constructed to capture and treat non-point source stormwater runoff to improve water quality within the receiving streams.
The project will also replace existing 6-inch and 8-inch water lines that have a high break frequency. Replacement of these water lines will improve water service, decrease burden on water maintenance operations, and reduce water loss.
Streets within the project area will be repaved as part of the project.
Several meetings were held with the Old Beechwold Association to solicit input during project design.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this project will come from the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211 and Water OWDA (WSRLA) Loan Funds, the Stormwater and Water G.O. Bonds Funds, and the Streets and Highways Bond Fund, Fund 7704.
An appropriation and transfer of funds from the Storm Sewer Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6207 to the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211 will be needed.
An appropriation and transfer of funds from the Water System Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6003 to the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund - Fund No. 6011 will be needed.
These are temporary transactions that are required until the Division is able to execute OWDA Loan Funds and reimburse the Storm Sewer and Water System Reserve Funds. The loans are expected to be approved in July 2021.
There is sufficient cash and budgetary authority within the Water G.O. Bonds Fund - Fund No. 6006 and within the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund - Fund No. 6011.
There is sufficient cash and budgetary authority within the Storm Sewer G.O. Bonds Fund - Fund No. 6204.
There is sufficient cash and budgetary authority within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund, Fund 7704, for this expenditure. It is necessary to amend the 2020 Capital Improvements Budget to align budget authority with the proper project. A transfer of cash and appropriation between projects within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund is also needed to move cash and appropriation to the correct project.
An amendment to the 2020 Capital Improvements Budget for the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211 will be necessary.
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc. for the Old Beechwold Area Stormwater System Improvements Blueprint Integrated Solutions, Water Line & Roadway Improvements Project in an amount up to $6,948,336.60; to authorize the appropriation and transfer of $3,605,295.54 from the Storm Sewer Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6207 to the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211; to authorize the appropriation and transfer of $2,459,011.92 from the Water System Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6003 to the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund - Fund No. 6011; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $3,605,295.54 from the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $2,459,011.92 from the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund - Fund No. 6011; to authorize an expenditure up to $1,000.00 within the Stormwater General Obligations Voted Bonds Fund - Fund No. 6204; to authorize an expenditure up to $1,000.00 within the Water General Obligations Voted Bonds Fund - Fund No. 6006; to authorize the transfer of cash and appropriation between projects within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund - Fund No. 7704; to authorize the expenditure of up $884,029.14 within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund - Fund No. 7704; and to amend the 2020 Capital Improvements Budget. ($6,950,336.60)
WHEREAS, six (6) bids for the Old Beechwold Area Stormwater System Improvements Blueprint Integrated Solutions, Water Line & Roadway Improvements Project were received and publicly opened in the offices of the Director of Public Utilities on May 12, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the lowest, best, most responsive and responsible bid was from Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc. in the amount of $6,948,336.60; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to award and execute a construction contract with Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc. and to encumber and expend funds to provide for payment of construction inspection and prevailing wage charges for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage's Old Beechwold Area Stormwater System Improvements Blueprint Integrated Solutions, Water Line & Roadway Improvements Project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate funds from the Storm Sewer Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6207 and to authorize the transfer of said funds to the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211 in order to temporarily fund this expenditure until such time as the City receives loan proceeds for the above stated purpose and reimburse the Storm Sewer Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6207; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate funds from the Water System Reserve Fund - Fund 6003 and to authorize the transfer of said funds to the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund - Fund No. 6011 in order to temporarily fund this expenditure until such time as the City receives loan proceeds for the above stated purpose and reimburse the Water System Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6003; and
WHEREAS, the City anticipates incurring certain Original Expenditures as defined in Section 1.150-2(c) of the Treasury Regulations (the "Treasury Regulations" promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) with respect to the construction of the Project described in this Ordinance (collectively, the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize expenditures within the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211 and the Storm Sewer G.O. Voted Bonds Fund - Fund No. 6204; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize expenditures within the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund - Fund No. 6011 and the Water G.O. Voted Bonds Fund - Fund No. 6006; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer cash and appropriation between projects within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund, Fund 7704; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize expenditures within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund - Fund 7704; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2020 Capital Improvements Budget for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditures; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc. for the Old Beechwold Area Stormwater System Improvements Blueprint Integrated Solutions, Water Line & Roadway Improvements Project; for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to enter into a construction contract with Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc., 4500 Snodgrass Rd., Mansfield, OH 44903; for the Old Beechwold Area Stormwater System Improvements Blueprint Integrated Solutions, Water Line & Roadway Improvements Project, in accordance with the terms and conditions as shown in the agreement on file in the office of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage in an amount up to $6,948,336.60; and to obtain the necessary prevailing wage services from the Department of Public Services up to a maximum amount of $2,000.00.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Storm Sewer Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6207 and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources, and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, the sum of $3,605,295.54 is appropriated in Fund 6207, per the account codes in the funding attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That from the unappropriated monies in the Water System Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6003 and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources, and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, the sum of $2,459,011.92 is appropriated in Fund 6003, per the account codes in the funding attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the transfer of $3,605,295.54 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized between the Storm Sewer Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6207 and the OWDA Storm Sewer Loan Fund - Fund No. 6211, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That the transfer of $2,459,011.92 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within the Water System Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6003 and the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund - Fund No. 6011, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That the transfer of $884,029.14, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), from Dept-Div 5912 (Design and Construction), Project P530161-100151 (Roadway Improvements - Scioto Peninsula), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) to Dept-Div 5911 (Infrastructure Management), Project P530282-100119 (Resurfacing - Olde Beechwold Area), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 7. That the expenditure of $884,029.14, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), Dept-Div 5911 (Infrastructure Management), Project P530282-100119 (Resurfacing - Olde Beechwold Area), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 8. That the expenditure up to $6,950,336.60, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 9. That the 2020 Capital Improvements Budget is hereby amended, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 10. That the said company, Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc., shall perform the work to the satisfaction of the Directors of Public Utilities and Public Service and the Administrators of the Divisions of Sewerage and Drainage and Water.
SECTION 11. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be made from a project by monies from more than one source.
SECTION 12. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 13. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
SECTION 14. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 15. That upon obtaining other funds for the purpose of funding Stormwater system capital improvement work, the City Auditor is hereby authorized to repay the Storm Sewer Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6207 the amount transferred under Section 4, and said funds are hereby deemed appropriated for such purposes.
SECTION 16. That upon obtaining other funds for the purpose of funding Water system capital improvement work, the City Auditor is hereby authorized to repay the Water System Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6003 the amount transferred under Section 5, and said funds are hereby deemed appropriated for such purposes.
SECTION 17. That the City intends that this Ordinance constitute an "official intent" for purposes of Section 1.150-2(e) of the Treasury Regulations, and that the City reasonably expects to reimburse itself for certain Original Expenditures incurred with respect to the Project from the proceeds of obligations to be issued by the City in a principal amount currently estimated to be $6,064,307.46 (the "Obligations").
The City intends to make a reimbursement allocation on its books for the Original Expenditures not later than eighteen months following the later to occur of the date of the Original Expenditure to be reimbursed or the date the Project for which such Original Expenditures were made is "placed in service" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2(c). Upon the issuance of the Obligations, the proceeds of such Obligations shall be used to reimburse the Storm Sewer Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6207 and the Water System Reserve Fund - Fund No. 6003, which are the funds from which the advance for costs of the Project will be made.
SECTION 18. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.


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Q: Retrieving Facebook Live comments in real-time from Webhook? I'm trying to write a program that can retrieve the comments (as they happen) in my Facebook Live videos.  Looking through the Docs I see the following text:

Reading Comments and Reactions
You can read live video comments by polling the Video Comment edge. In order to do this in the most efficient way so as not to exceed Graph API rate limits, we recommend receiving API updates via webhooks. You can also read live video reactions by polling the Reactions edge.

When I look at webhooks I can't seem to find any documentation that states how often they are called.  Are they called on every comment, or at some pre-defined interval?
Also, webhooks callbacks run the risk of being received out of order.  What's the best way to ensure that no messages are missed?
Thanks.

A: As of 3/7/2017 it is possible to be alerted about a comment posting via webhook but the comment itself are not sent in the request.

A: Apparently they updated their documentation. They dont suggest to use webhooks anymore for live comments. Now they suggest to use Polling. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/videos/live-video/production-broadcasts#comments

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Update : There were many users who reported that their album art's got vanished from the player. It was Play Music App bug, Google has now released a new update 5.6.1617P which resolves this (you can find the new APK below). You may need to clear data and restart the app if album art still doesn't show up.
Google has once again opened the gates of updates to their apps, and first was YouTube and now Play Music. Who knows what else.
The new thing for the music app is the widget , where one already has undergone a welcome facelift , while it has also been added a new one, which is none other but a shorthand for "I'm Feeling Lucky", which will initiate a quick mix of songs that we think will like Play Music.
However, Google didn't pushed the official changelog, so if you noticed anything new, tell us in the comments. On the other hand below there is the apk the file to download if you would like to immediately upgrade your copy of Play Music, without waiting for the slow roll-out of the Play Store.


In line with the priorities of the Royal Government, MPTC and NIPTICT have been increasing its efforts in finding new measures to develop Cambodian talents with ICT and digital skills. Smart on the other hand has been a key development partner and advocate of digital innovation and advanced mobile technologies.
The SmartEdu University Student Development Program will provide more opportunities to top Cambodian undergraduates who wish to develop their corporate leadership skills further via theoretical, experiential, and personal challenges. All participants will gain a broad understanding about various businesses, skills and tools through structured workshops, simulations, group dynamics, coaching as well as case studies throughout the whole program with experts from the digital industry.


A hauskonzert and launch of a new CD on the Sub Rosa label.
An evening of live music and performance curated by Sam Belinfante and musicians Mark Knoop and Neil Luck, in response to the exhibition "The Reversing Machine".
Anton Lukoszevieze, cello, and Mark Knoop. piano perform world premières of five new works especially written as tributes to the late Michael Harrison, former Director of Kettle's Yard, by each of the composers he appointed as Kettle's Yard New Music Associates: John Woolrich, Camberwell Composers Collective, Richard Baker, Kenneth Hesketh, Anton Lukoszevieze and Stephen Montague.
One of the UK's leading vocal ensembles, EXAUDI (external link) is renowned for varied programming and performances of both early and contemporary repertoire. This engaging vocal consort has established a commissioning scheme to support young composers and, as part of their visit they will be giving a workshop for composition students at the University following today's concert, which features the music of John Cage (external link) and Guillaume de Machaut.
As part of "Notation Happening", curated by Arne Deforce, the Letter Piece Company (external link) present A to Zzz.
Kämmer Klang returns for a first 2014 concert in March, with two iconic, iconoclastic pieces by legendary Hungarian composer György Ligeti, Mysteries of the Macabre and Musica Ricercata, the haunting piano tune featured in Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, accompanied by Sky-me, Type-me, for four megaphoned voices by Jagoda Szmytka (external link), a young and up-and-coming Polish composer based in Germany. The night will end with a session of free improvisation with Jamie Coleman, Ross Lambert and Guillaume Viltard.
A black box. One percussionist. One pianist. A Foley artist and an actor. The audience in the centre. The Last Lighthouse Keepers is an unusual and surrealist experience, where the beam of an imaginery lighthouse switches on and off all that is happening, defining the stage. The moment you repeat an action, you start a ritual, as does the turning light above the audience, creating repetition and trance.
Launch night for violinist Aisha Orazbayeva's second album. "The Hand Gallery" is an album experience dedicated to the process of taking the violin sound apart and putting it back together again, and offers music by Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, Elvis Presley, John Cale and Aisha Orazbayeva. Alongside a selection of music from the album, the evening will also feature a special performance of violin strings bowed by spinning LPs.
Plus-Minus (external link) present a concert of recent work by one of their first ever collaborators, the British experimental composer James Saunders. This concert will include pieces investigating the sonic properties of everyday materials, musical cueing systems that explore group behaviour, and a new work especially written by James for the occasion.
A concert as part of the New Music Festival at the Book Arsenal in Kiev.
SPOR presents together with the Danish ensemble SCENATET (external link) three new works by composers who all contribute to the new departure that has emerged in the past decade among the younger generation of Danish composers.
Music and global capitalism: for the artists featured in this programme, the interlacing of these two themes has been a central concern.
Also featuring performances by Fatima Al Qadiri and Leon Michener.
In this night we reimagine the popular song and explore the limits of the voice. Includes music by Andrew Poppy, Georges Aperghis and Robert Ashley and performances by Josephine Foster, Lore Lixenberg and Jennifer Walshe.
In our final event we profile three Italians whose fixation with colour is by turns delicate, explosive and cataclysmic. With Quartetto Prometeo and Michelangelo Pistoletto.
New British music for piano and electronics. A presentation by composer Matthew Shlomowitz (external link) will take place at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln the following day, 10 June at 11:00.
City University Department of Music's Ensemble-in-Residence, Plus Minus presents new works by student composers alongside some experimental classics.
Gwenaëlle Rouger and Mark Knoop present a programme of works for pianos and electronics with Newton Armstrong. Includes Michael Beil (external link)'s Doppel for two pianos, live video and audio.
From the Soundhouse is the RCM's cutting-edge series mixing live performance and electronics. Concert also includes works by Kaija Saariaho, Luc Ferrari and Ruaidhri Mannion.
Mark Knoop performs alongside Alter Ego in this contemporary festival at the Villa Romana in Florence.
Mark Knoop performs with Øyvind Skarbø at the opening event of the Odda Literature Festival.
Cellist Séverine Ballon (external link) and Mark Knoop present new and recent works by New Zealand composers.
The third concert in pgnm's 18th festival includes performances by Nadar Ensemble (external link), Ensemble MAM (external link), and Mark Knoop.
Aisha Orazbayeva and Mark Knoop premiere Bryn Harrison (external link)'s measureless exploration of memory alongside Feldman (external link)'s contemplative duo.
Plus Minus features at the December edition of Kammer Klang. The night also includes Kit Downes performing organ works by Moondog.


Maciek was one of 15 national finalists of the OGAE Poland competition, to find a national representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, he performed the song he co wrote called Za Karę, but he did not win.
Read more about Maciej Silski on Last.fm.
Kahjuks pole kasutajaid, kellele meeldiks "Maciej Silski"


What Do You Need to Operate a Boat Safely in Florida?
Boating safety and responsibility remains a common concern among Florida legal professionals. Florida is a popular spring break and summer vacation destination for families and college students alike, as the Sunshine State is known for its weather, sunshine, and sandy coastline.
Before you step behind the wheel of a boat, however, you need to be aware of the laws regarding boat operation. You want to make the most of your vacation and have a good time. You do not want to get wrapped up in a liability lawsuit. If you are planning on operating a boat at any time, continue reading to discover the most important items you will need.
Every watercraft needs to carry at least one type I, II, III, or V personal floatation device (PFD) for each person aboard the vessel. They should be easily accessible in the case of a boating accident. All children under six years of age should wear a type I, II, or III PFD while the vessel is in motion.
Any vessel that exceeds 16 feet in length should also have a type IV PFD (throwable device). The owner and operator are both responsible for making sure all PFDs are available and used properly.
You do not need a license to operate a watercraft in the state of Florida. However, you do need a Boater Education Card. This is required for anyone born after January 1, 1988. You must carry it with you at all times while operating a watercraft, along with a photo ID. Anyone under 14 years of age cannot operate a watercraft, even if they have a valid Boater Education Card.
In order to get a Boater Education Card, you must complete a course approved by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. You can also pass an equivalency test without taking a course. Courses cover proper operation and maintenance protocols, legal requirements, and what to do in the case of an emergency.
Once you obtain your Boater Education Card, it is good for the rest of your life. There is no need to renew it, but you will need to replace it if it is lost.
Like operating a motor vehicle, you cannot operate a watercraft while intoxicated. Boaters with blood alcohol contents higher than 0.08% will be considered boating under the influence. If you get two violations within a twelve-month period, you will have to attend a certified boater education course. Until you complete the course, you will not be allowed to operate a watercraft.
Operating a water vessel comes with its fair share of dangers and risks. Boating is a privilege that should be handled responsibly. Not everyone is as responsible as they should be, and accidents do happen.
If you were involved in a boating accident, you may need to make sure you are protected. The Miami boating accident attorneys at Spencer Morgan Law can investigate the circumstances surrounding your accident and determine if one or more parties failed to take proper precautions before hitting the water. If we discover that the liable party failed to adhere to Florida's boating regulations, you may have a strong case. Contact our legal team today to discuss the strength of your case and possible legal options.


On Saturday, August 29, 2015 an unusual August windstorm hit the Pacific Northwest. While everyone's attention was focused on Tropical Storm Erika which more or less fizzled out, ours hit with a vengeance. Washington, Oregon and British Columbia were severely impacted by unusually high winds brought by the storm.
I was at work and missed the whole thing. Driving south on Interstate 5 at 6:00 a.m. I did encounter heavy rain, buffeting winds and tree limbs blowing across the freeway. But at that hour, the main front had not yet arrived.
While at work, I checked the website occasionally to see if the power was still on. The last weather station upload was at 11:48 a.m. That coincides with the peak wind speed of 30 m.p.h. (48 k.p.h.) from the southwest at noon recorded by my station. That is not an excessive wind, but from that direction I have trees and terrain that effect the anemometer readings.
The photo above of Skagit Bay was taken about 5:00 p.m. after I got home. Although the storm had passed by then, it was still quite windy on South Fidalgo.
Driving home after work, I found the roads littered with storm debris. Branches and entire trees had fallen, but had already been cleared off the roadway. When I got home, I knew the power would be out, but I didn't expect what I found in my driveway. Two large trees had fallen from the neighbors' yard. Some of my cherished Madronas that line the driveway had been destroyed in the process.
At first it looked like I could handle this myself. Just beyond that broken Madrona, however, is the big top of a Douglas Fir. Luckily, I managed to book a tree service to come Saturday evening and get the driveway cleaned up.
This is two views of what used to be my PNW Forest Floor Garden. There is a Pacific Dogwood in there somewhere. The Western Sword Ferns, Salal and Low Oregon Grape that were planted as ground cover had been coming along nicely. You can see what the garden looked like when first planted in this post. If reality had been the goal of the garden, I guess this is what a real Northwest forest experiences.
There were two trees that snapped off about half way up the trunks. We have received much stronger winds here in the past. I believe the drought we have had over the summer rendered the wood more brittle than usual. As a result, the trees were not able to withstand the force of a sudden gust of wind. Could this be a sign the climate change chickens are coming home to roost?
In the front yard, this is what is left of the hanging baskets in the basement patio. The birds managed to clean out the feeders, then disappear for a few days. Today (Tuesday) is the first day I have seen them back since the storm.
After the storm, the weather has been very fall-like. Today has been cool, rainy and overcast with a high temperature of just 60° F (15.5° C), For the most part, the winds have been calm.
My power remained out Saturday night through Sunday evening. This meant going to work on Sunday in a more or less natural state. Nobody let on that they noticed.
My Internet and cable TV remained out until late last night. That is why I am just getting to this post today.
I do want to complement the United States Postal Service. Despite tempests, power and phone outages and roadways littered with storm debris, they managed to deliver the mail in the midst of the storm on Saturday. They also delivered my package from Amazon on schedule on Sunday. It's true what they say, "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers..."
Here in Langley (30 min north of Bellingham) I didn't think the wind was much different than the usual winter storms we are used to (90-100kph gusts). Normally all those leaves aren't still on the trees, and we haven't usually had 4 months of near drought conditions. I think the leaves still made the biggest difference - the majority of the branches and trees I saw fallen around here were Cottonwood and other deciduous species. We had 750,000 customers lose power here in BC, and at one point 550,000 were out at the same time. About 10,000 customers still have yet to get their power back on. I think for many this was a bit of a wake up call as to how ill prepared they are for an actual disaster. Luckily I had power back on after 12 hours - so my two big chest freezers didn't even thaw.
had an exciting drive home at the height of the storm from Lake Cav. Mostly alders and other deciduous trees and branches down. The most exciting, though, was crossing the 520 floating bridge mid-afternoon, wow!! car and bridge were buffeted left, right, up, down, and the standing waves against the south side of the bridge were huge! Fortunately I didn't lose power - I never do. Sorry about your garden and especially the madronas.


The Bundled Payments application evaluates cost and variation associated with care delivery for patients and is intended to prioritize areas of focus and provide a baseline for exploratory analysis. The application is modeled on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) bundle definitions. In addition, the application supports custom bundle development.
Bundle risk: Gives you an understanding of revenue-at-risk compared to CMS-mandated reimbursement models. Regional performance benchmarks are calculated using the Medicare Standard Analytical File.
Opportunity analysis: Evaluate variation in cost and revenue-at-risk to identify the bundles with the biggest opportunities for improvement.
Self-service analytics: Find root cause of bundle variation. Look across specific locations, settings, providers, and utilization trends to find actionable insights.
Claim File Augmentation: Augment gaps in your claims database using the Medicare Standard Analytical File.
These data sources are required for full functionality to look at both in- and out-of-network care: Paid claims for inpatients and outpatients plus associated membership and provider files.
Securing a secondary data use agreement is required to see regional performance benchmarks from the Medicare Standard Analytical File.
Bundled payment initiatives attempt to reduce care fragmentation and improve overall quality of care by aligning incentives between all providers—including hospitals, physicians, and post-acute care providers—that touch a single episode of care. Instead of issuing separate payments to each of the participating providers, the payer issues a single payment for the episode of care. Participating providers need to work closely with any provider that provides services to the patient as a part of that episode to manage costs and overall quality. CMS is currently piloting a bundled payment program, called the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Initiative (BPCI).
What types of problems does Bundled Payments address?
To secure incentive dollars for participating in the bundled payment program, participants must work to control costs and manage quality with all providers that participate in the patient's episode of care. Understanding sources of cost and variation in cost across settings and the providers that participate in the episode is critical.
A health system leadership team wants to prepare for the upcoming requirements for the CMS bundles initiative, as well as determine opportunities within various bundles across the healthcare system. They determine the top five needs in their system in collaboration with the clinical programs and incorporate those into the Bundled Payments application. They identify variation in cost across post-acute care settings and work with analysts to identify the root cause of the variation.
Using the Bundled Payments application, analysts determine that 90-day cost is lower in CJR patients who are discharged to SNF facilities than other care facilities. Armed with this information, the leaders launch an improvement initiative to increase discharges to SNFs post CJR inpatient events and track ongoing trends using the application.
The Millrock market has been selected by CMS to participate in the CABG and AMI mandatory bundles that start October 1, 2017. Millrock Health will be at risk for up to 90 days post discharge for selected qualifying encounters. Using the Bundled Payments application, Millrock leadership calculates target price based on historical and regional experience to understand their risk profile in this new payment model. They learn that they will need to reduce cost in delivering the CABG bundle by 4% to avoid reduction in reimbursement.


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David Lynch On 'Room To Dream' NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks David Lynch about Room to Dream, the director's new memoir.
David Lynch On 'Room To Dream'
June 17, 20188:12 AM ET
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks David Lynch about Room to Dream, the director's new memoir.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "BLUE VELVET")
LAURA DERN: (As Sandy Williams) I don't know if you're a detective or a pervert.
KYLE MACLACHLAN: (As Jeffrey Beaumont) Well, that's for me to know and you to find out.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "TWIN PEAKS")
MICHAEL ONTKEAN: (As Sheriff Harry S. Truman) And can you ask Norma to stop by a second, Shelly?
MADCHEN AMICK: (As Shelly Johnson) Sure.
MACLACHLAN: (As Special Agent Dale Cooper) Nothing's a sure thing, Shelly.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "WILD AT HEART")
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Just a few scenes there from "Blue Velvet," "Twin Peaks" and "Wild At Heart" - my personal favorite - all directed by David Lynch, who's finally turned the focus on himself. He's written an autobiography with Kristine McKenna. But because this is David Lynch, it's not your typical Hollywood tell-all. It's called "Room To Dream". And David Lynch joins us now.
Welcome to the program.
DAVID LYNCH: Good to be here, Lulu.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: So why this book now?
LYNCH: Well, I don't know, Lulu. It just came up. It was Kristine's idea, and she does these interviews with lots and lots of different people that were part of my life. And I read what they say, and I basically tell them they remembered it wrong, and I tell them how it really was.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Right. She writes one chapter in a sort of very typical biographical way where she's interviewed a lot of your friends and family about a particular period in your life, and then you give your own reflections on the same period in the next chapter. Even though this is not a tell-all book in a typical Hollywood tale, I was struck by the anecdote with Elizabeth Taylor. Can you tell us that story?
LYNCH: I was at a party put on by an agent named Swifty Lazar at Spago restaurant here in L.A., and he threw a party - Oscar party - every year. So I'm there. I had been nominated for "Blue Velvet," and I came in, said hello to, you know, John Huston. And then Elizabeth Taylor looks at me and she said, I love "Blue Velvet." And I said, well, I wish I had won tonight because Oliver Stone had won. And I said, you gave the award - the Best Director award - and Oliver Stone got to kiss you. And she moved her finger, beckoning me to come to her. So I went around, and she tilted her head back and closed those violet eyes, and I started sinking down, closer and closer and closer, till my lips touched hers. She has these pillow lips - a deep, deep, deep, most fantastic kiss of Elizabeth Taylor.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Wow. I want to take you back. This book starts at the beginning, when you were a child, and it describes this sort of 1950s, almost like "Ozzie And Harriet" - safe. There was room to roam and invent. And you credit this as sort of a seminal proving ground in your life that allowed you to sort of be the creative person that you became.
LYNCH: It was a different kind of feeling in the air. It was like a feeling of optimism. I always say it just was sort of represented by this fantastic chrome on the cars and birth of rock 'n' roll. And look at some of the interiors of homes while you're listening to that music and see how people dressed and see these faces, it would start coming to you, a feeling of that time.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: I'd like to talk about how you portray women and sex because you've been criticized because oftentimes your female protagonist in your films are victims of violence and obsession. The women are often beaten or dead. Why is that?
LYNCH: I always say the women in my films don't represent all women. They represent that particular character, that woman, and these things are happening to that woman. It's part of the story. And a lot of ideas come conjured by the world we live in. So it's that particular woman, and it doesn't represent all women.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Right, but your work you've said sort of comes out of your own nightmares and dreams and history, as much of creative work does. So what is the genesis of that if you keep coming back to those themes?
LYNCH: It doesn't come from my dreams. I never hardly ever have gotten any ideas from dreams or my obsessions sort of. It's ideas that I fall in love with. You know, you would fall in love with different ideas. But when you get one that you're in love with, you're set, you're rocking, and you're ready to go. And you know exactly what to do.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Hearing you speak, I think I should remind our listeners that you of course are very into meditation. In this book, you talk about it a lot, that you started in the 1970s, and you credit that for a lot of the precision in your work, the fact that you were able to focus so much.
LYNCH: Exactly right. And with this technique, people see things like stress going, anxieties, tensions sadness, depression, hate, rage, need for revenge and fear start to automatically lift away.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: I think what would be surprising to people who don't know that this is something that is one of your core beliefs and you have a foundation dedicated to this is you're talking about joy and releasing fear and yet your films deal so much with the other side of this, the sort of darker side.
LYNCH: The artist doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. You can be very, very happy showing suffering on the screen or writing suffering in a book, but you don't have to suffer to do that. And you can be very happy. And that's so important for people to understand. You should understand the suffering, understand the human condition, but you don't have to suffer to show suffering.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: That was David Lynch - director, artist, teacher. Thank you so much for joining us.
LYNCH: Lulu, thanks a lot.


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Q: Value Error :Time data '2019-03-19T07:01:02Z' does not match format '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ' I am using dateformat function but when i search for feb month only it shows proper data but when i search for march month it shows error and this is my timedate "date_joined": "2019-02-13T07:57:10.276212Z" which i want to format
Feb month date :"date_joined": "2019-02-13T07:57:10.276212Z",
march month date : "date_joined": "2019-03-18T08:19:55.297908Z",
dates are same but when i search i got this error on march month

This is my separate dateformat.py file in templatetag folder
from django.template import Library
import datetime

register = Library()

@register.filter(expects_localtime=True)
def dateformat(value):
    return datetime.datetime.strptime(value,"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ")

and this is my table data line
<td>{{x.date_joined| dateformat|date:'d-m-Y' }}</td>

Error:
ValueError at /
time data '2019-03-19T07:01:02Z' does not match format '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'

A: %f is used for microsecond precision. But your time data "2019-03-19T07:01:02Z" doesn't have microseconds. Please change your code as:
@register.filter(expects_localtime=True)
def dateformat(value):
    return datetime.datetime.strptime(value,"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")

This would work!


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«Карл Цейс Єна» () — німецький футбольний клуб з Єни. Заснований 13 травня 1903 року.

Історія

1903—1945

13 травня 1903 року був заснований «Fußball-Klub der Firma Carl Zeiß Jena» (Футбольний клуб фірми Карл Цейс). Спочатку членами клубу ставали виключно працівники фірми; до 1 липня 1904 року членство стало доступно для громадськості.

Клуб домінував в Обласній лізі Східної Тюрингії. У період з 1909 по 1933 роки дванадцять разів вигравав чемпіонат Східної Тюрингії. Після створення Обласної ліги «Центр» у 1933 році «1. SV Jena» чотири рази (у 1935, 1936, 1940 і 1941 роках) ставав чемпіоном новоствореної першості. У той час в лавах команди значилися багато гравців збірної.

1945—1991

Після Другої світової війни всі спортивні клуби на території радянської зони окупації були заборонені. У 1946 році був створений «SG Ernst-Abbe Jena», надалі його назва неодноразово змінювалась. У 1952 році Єна вийшла в Оберлігу. Потім команда опустилась у другу за силою футбольну лігу, а в 1956 році знову кинулася до вершин футбольної першості НДР.

У 1958 році головним тренером клубу, що кількома роками раніше змінив назву на «SC Motor Jena», став Ґеорґ Бушнер. 7 жовтня 1960 року «SC Motor Jena» вперше завоювала кубок НДР з футболу, обігравши у фіналі «Емпорій Росток», і також вперше кваліфікувалася в Єврокубки. У 1963 році команда Бушнера стала чемпіоном НДР, в 1968 і 1970 роки повторила свій успіх.

Найбільшим успіхів в історії клубу став вихід у фінал кубка володарів кубків у 1981 році, в якому він поступився «Динамо» з Тбілісі з рахунком 1:2. На шляху до фіналу були обіграні «Рома», «Валенсія», «Ньюпорт Каунті» і «Бенфіка».

Проте, після 1981 року великі успіхи обох попередніх десятиліть були відсутні. Лише третє місце у чемпіонаті НДР і віце-чемпіонство в кубку в 1988 році стали найвищими результатами. 9 листопада 1988 року східнонімецький клуб зіграв свою останню гру в єврокубках — поступився «Сампдорії» з рахунком 1:3. Всього «Карл Цейс» зіграв 87 матчів у єврокубках, 50 з них в Кубку УЄФА, здобувши при цьому 39 перемог, 31 разів зігравши внічию і зазнавши 17 поразок.

В останньому сезоні вищої ліги НДР 1990/91 з 6-го місця клуб кваліфікувався у Другу Бундеслігу.

1991—наш час

У першому для себе сезоні Другої бундесліги (1991/92) команда під керівництвом тренера Клауса Шлапнера набрала 32 очки і посіла 5-е місце.

Незважаючи на своє друге пришестя в ролі головного тренера в 1994 році, Ганс Меєр не зміг врятувати «Карл Цейс» від вильоту до Регіональної ліги «Північний схід». Однак його наступник, Еберхард Фогель, повернув команду у другу лігу, але в 1998 році вона знову опинилася в третьому на той час за силою дивізіоні. У 2001 році вийшов ще один перехід в нижчий клас — у Оберлігу північно-східної зони. У 2005 році клуб знову повернувся в Регіоналлігу, перемігши у стикових матчах «MSV Neuruppin», а в наступному сезоні 2005/06 пробився у Другу бундеслігу. Однак майже весь наступний сезон 2006/07 боровся за виживання.

У той час як до кінця сезону 2007/08 «Єна» вже постала як клуб Третьої ліги, в ході змагань за кубок Німеччини ще змусила говорити про себе. Одного за іншим вибила з гонки чемпіона попереднього розіграшу «Нюрнберг», потім «Армінію» і «Штутгарт» і вперше пробилася в півфінал, де поступилася дортмундській «Борусії» з рахунком 0:3.

Досягнення

Оберліга НДР:
 Чемпіон (3): 1963, 1968, 1970

Кубок НДР з футболу:
 Володар (4): 1960, 1972, 1974, 1980

Кубок володарів кубків УЄФА:

Фіналіст : 1981

Посилання
 Офіційний сайт клубу

Футбольні клуби Німеччини
Футбольні клуби, засновані 1903
Спорт в Єні

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More progress on the Early Bird model. I've ben working on the Early Bird as well as updating the mechanisms section of the website.
I've adapted one of my ratchet projects to fit on the side of the bird. Now that I see how it works (and that it works!) I'll be able to make it a more appropriate shape. It'll need a couple of stops on the body to limit rotation of the ratchet housing then I'll add a small handle of some type. To operate the model it'll be a case of moving the ratchet housing back and forth. Five teeth on the ratchet so five back-and-forths equals one full revolution on the cam.
On the other side of the model I've fitted a simple ratchet and pawl to stop the cam rotating backwards.
@umehta, I've attached a better picture, hopefully you'll be able to see how the pawl works.
← Early Bird, last stages!


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On Wednesday (21st March), an interesting item of NAAFI memorabilia arrived here at the Trust's HQ. It is a page (page 382) from an issue of The War Illustrated, published on the 12th April 1940, during WW2. It shows five great photo.s relating to the NAAFI, and – appropriately for Women's History Month (March) – these feature some of the women who worked in NAAFIs or for the NAAFI during the war. The NAAFI – the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute – was created to provide catering and leisure facilities and services to 'the Services'. Our HQ and the Roman circus visitor centre are housed in a building which was built in 1937 as the NAAFI for the Artillery (Le Cateau) Barracks of the old Colchester garrison. Our tea room is in the former NAAFI restaurant, where soldiers would have been served at three counters and then been able to sit at tables and enjoy a cup of tea, cake, beer, and light meals.
We are, of course, re-opening the Colchester Roman circus visitor centre, site and tea room for the summer on Tuesday 27th March! The visitor centre, site and tea room will be open 11.00am-4.00pm, Tuesday-Saturday, until the end of September. Admission is free. Visitor information and map at www.romancircus.co.uk/ .
This is our page from an issue of The War Illustrated.
The War Illustrated was a magazine edited by John Hammerton and printed in London by the Daily Telegraph newspaper. The magazine was also published in ten volumes. You can read The War Illustrated in full online at www.ibiblio.org/pha/TWI/ .
The photo. page includes a photo. taken from behind a counter in a NAAFI restaurant.
The Imperial War Museum holds a very similar photo., taken from behind a counter in the servery of the NAAFI at RAF Oakington in Cambridgeshire during WW2. It shows two 'NAAFI girls' hard at work, serving tea and cakes to RAF personnel, apparently during a 'NAAFI break'. This is a very interesting photo. and a copy of it is on display in our tea room, in what was the servery of our NAAFI. The photo. is displayed in the corresponding position to see the view in this photo., which would have been almost identical to this, with the archway counter, door and stage.
ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1939-1941. (CH 2144) Waitresses serving tea and refreshments to airmen in the NAAFI canteen at Oakington, Cambridgeshire. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205212709 .
This image is copyright the Imperial War Museum – © IWM – (CH 2144). It is posted here with thanks to the Imperial War Museum.
Read more about our NAAFI on this web-site at www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk/?p=24407 . When you visit the Roman circus visitor centre or our tea room, you can walk round most of the ground floor of the former NAAFI, including the rooms or spaces which were, originally, the men's restaurant, the corporals' restaurant, the servery, the kitchen, and the two entrance lobbies.


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