This reminds me of an off-line networking system, sometimes known as the cocktail party. There's always one guy who comes in, starts talking and won't let anyone else talk. He assumes that everyone else should pay attention to what he has to say, since he is an expert in whatever subject is on the floor. He doesn't feel the need to listen to anyone else, because, after all, what possible information or advice could they have that he doesn't have already? He's the party bully. Eventually, we all "get his number" and avoid him whenever possible when he comes into the room. We don't really want to hear what he has to say, even if it has value, because we know he will not value anything we have to say; he won't even let us say it.
The online version of the party bully is the "post and run" person. He gives the impression that he doesn't value any ideas but his own. Eventually, no one reads his posts, and he wonders why. His rankings go down, and he wonders why. Like the party bully, he wonders why no one wants to talk to him, and he doesn't realize that no one wants to be talked at by him.
When you never read another's post but expect others to listen to you by reading your posts, you are doing a disservice to the concept of online community. We are in a sense a perpetual party where people can interact with each other. Someone with an inflated ego may think that nobody else has anything worthwhile to say, but it's not true here, just like it's not true in the offline world. After all, how can you grow if you never listen to others? If you don't hear others by reading their posts, how can you get to know them? How can you entertain new ideas if you never bother to read them?
My mom used to say we have two ears, two eyes and only one mouth, and they should be used in proportion. So listen more than you speak, and you'll be surprised what ideas can enter your head.
This was a great post first time around and have enjoyed reading again. Shared again for you as there are a lot of people out there who need to read this.
You said it all,I believe this is a big part why folks can't learn,they are always in a hurry to post their own stuff and run.This is an awesome post and will share across the web.
So true Carolyn . I have learned alot by reading other;s blogs and posts. A very important and timely post. Have a great weekend. Sharing on twitter.
This is such a great article Carolyn that it needs to be read again. Thanks for sharing.
Had to share this one again. Enjoyed reading this one again Carolyn. It's on point and I will post this on the Syndication Express blog for many, many more to see.
Awesome post Carolyn, I have noticed that some people post and run too. I was going to write an article about it. Thank you for sharing. I will share for others to read!!
Great post Carolyn, I understand where you coming from. Liked, tweeted and shared on Google+ for you.


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Yellow passport may refer to:
Yellow ticket, prostitution permit in the Russian Empire
The Yellow Passport, American 1916 silent film
Der gelbe Paß, a 1928 Russian-German coproduction film by Fedor Ozep
El pasaporte amarillo,
A 1915 novel by Joaquín Dicenta
A 2009 Chilean film directed by Raúl Ruiz

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This professional development will give an overview of the work of Michael Battista with a focus on RTI and will look at the assessments for learning progressions and strategies that will enable you to build instruction based on a student's level of mathematical reasoning. The assessments are given one-on-one to students who may need intervention, and data can be used for planning instruction or providing feedback to the RTI committee.
Books will not be provided, so it is suggested that you buy or borrow the books for this class.


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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Delayed Until May 2015
Previously set to release in February, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt stalks its way to a May 2015 release
Still your blades, hunters. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been delayed until May 19, 2015, developer CD Projekt RED announced today. The game, which was originally slated to be released in February, evidently needs more time in development before it's ready to stalk its quarry across the PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One. "The sheer size and complexity of The Witcher, key features of the title, have had a decisive impact on production." the developer said in their presser confirming the game's delay. "Now, nearing the end of our work, we see many details that need to be corrected. When we release the most important game in our studio's history, we must be absolutely sure that we did everything we could to limit any bugs to a level that will allow you to enjoy the game thoroughly."
"We owe you an apology. We set the release date too hastily. It's a hard lesson, one to take to heart for the future. We know what we want to do to make Wild Hunt one of the best RPGs you will ever play. And we continue to work hard to achieve just that. So, we apologize and ask for your trust."
While it's disappointing to see this ambitious title shelved for a few months, this past year has shown us far too many examples of what happens when big budget games get pushed out too soon with little regard for quality. Here's hoping the added time in development awards gamers with an epic adventure worthy of the Witcher name.
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Rockwell increases returns volume and decreases errors with FileMaker app
Rockwell Automation's Returns Center in Champaign, IL is the midwest hub for all products that customers need to return to Rockwell for a multitude of reasons.
"Processing" returns used to be a process where a processor would need to manually input the return number(s) and tracking number(s) for every single return that is processed by the return center into an Excel Spreadsheet that was slow and could only be updated by one person at a time.
iSolutions' challenge was to create a solution that would account for returns that could have multiple return numbers with one tracking number, (example: Three different small products, that were all returned in one box.
Each product has a different return number, but because it was shipped in one box, there is one tracking number,) but also account for situations where one return number can have multiple tracking numbers (example: a big product needs to be shipped across three different boxes, with each box having a different tracking number).
iSolutions created an entry screen where a processor, instead of manually entering data into a confusing, slow, and inadequately sharable excel spreadsheet, was able to enter a return number, and all related tracking numbers (and vice-versa) without typing anything and simply using the barcode scanner that is attached to each work station. With this data, we've been able to generate reports for the returns center that all used to be generated manually.
The ROI
After implementing the system, the Returns Center has found that they are processing 50-70 more boxes a day on average. User entry errors have gone down about 50% since we have eliminated the need for users to manually enter data.
Management has also created more time for themselves to work with their employees and focus on other tasks since running reports are now done with a click of a button instead of having to manually create reports from data entered in Excel.


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Second Life 2021/22: the Lab's review & preview (with my own notes!)
Posted on December 24, 2021 by Inara Pey
On Thursday, December 23rd, Linden Lab published their review of 2021, which also included a quick look ahead to 2022. As it is also my custom to offer a personal look back over a year as it drawing to a close, I thought that this year I'd focus a little on the Lab's review and offer thoughts of my own as well.
Linden Lab: Departures and Arrivals
As the official blog post notes, 2021 has been a year of transition for the Lab in terms of management and senior positions.
New Owners: 2021 saw Linden Research Incorporated (aka Linden Lab) and its subsidiary, Tilia Inc (Tilia Pay) under new ownership in the form of Brad Oberwager, J. Randall (Randy) Waterfield and Raj Date. Of the three, Mr. Oberwager (Oberwolf Linden) has been perhaps the most visibly hands-on of the three, taking up the Executive Chair on the Lab's management team. He also brought in his long-time colleague, Cammy Bergren to take up a new (to the company) position of Chief of Staff. I offered something of a summary of the three new owners largely using their official bios from LL) in January 2021, which included some speculation on my part that Raj Date might be focused somewhat on Tilia (and he did take up a board position with that company – as did Brad Oberwager).
Ebbe Altberg: 1964-2021
Ebbe Altberg: Mr. Oberwager's more direct involvement with running the company may have been due in part to Ebbe Altberg's health situation as much as Mr. Oberwager's approach to the businesses he takes on. As CEO, Ebbe's presence at the Lab had always been large in the public eye, and late 2020 / early 2021, was conspicuously marked by his apparent absence. Of course, as we now all know, illness was taking its toll, and Ebbe sadly passed away in June 2021, and as the Lab's end-of-year post notes, his absence is still keenly felt.
Ebbe's passing did give rise to speculation as to who the next CEO might be / when a new CEO would be announced. However, given Brad Oberwager and Cammy Bergren's presence within the management team, I've never been convinced the Lab actually needed to look elsewhere for a CEO (or promote from within); both are accomplished CEOs of small businesses in their own right. Also, given the fact that overall ownership of the company was still relatively new, it's reasonable to assume bringing in a new face / ideas / point of view to run things could have complicated matters unduly.
That said, part of me had been wondering as the year wore on as to whether r not we would see Cammy Bergren slip into the CEO's role – and, allowing for her commitments elsewhere, I still wonder if that might not yet be the case.
Linden Lab's Chief of Staff, Cammy Bergren (centre left) and Board member / Executive Chairman, Brad Oberwager (centre right) are Participating in Team 2 for Bid A linden Bald through their respective avatars, Cammy Linden and Oberwolf Linden, seen flanking them
Oz and Mojo: February 2021 saw the departure of Oz Linden from the Lab, as retirement beckoned him. As the official blog post notes, Oz had been instrumental in driving key decisions and implementations of Second Life's development for over a decade, culminating with overseeing the physical transition of the platform to run within an environment operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Oz's influence on the technical development of SL – particularly as Sansar came into being in 2014-2019 cannot be under-estimated, as I noted in my own farewell to him.
Replacing him as Vice President of Engineering, and arriving in July 2021, is Andrew Kertesz, aka Mojo Linden, whom I offered something of a "hello!" to in August. After getting his feet reasonably under the desk, Mojo started to attend in-world user group meetings, demonstrating he is quickly getting up to speed with the many challenges – technical and non-technical – facing the platform in its continued development and growth, and has some ideas of his own – some of which I've noted in these pages.
The changing face of the Lab's VP of engineering: (l) -Scott Lawrence (Oz Linden), who retired in February 2021, and Andrew Ketesz (Mojo Linden), who joined in July 2021
One notable name missing from the list of those departing Labbies in the official blog post is that of April Linden, who departed the Lab at the start of November. Originally a member of the Engineering Team, the group of engineers responsible for keeping the servers that run all of SL's various services purring (or grinding) along, April rose to lead the team, reporting to Oz and becoming the public face of explaining What Went Wrong and Why with highly informative blog-posts – including the bumpy bits of 2021!
Technical Front
While there were no significant new features released in 2021, the development and engineering teams have been busy. With the initial transition to AWS completed at the end of 2020, the past year has been focused on bedding-in / optimising SL within its new environment and trying to leverage the improved capabilities of the AWS environment to improve performance, server management, etc. So a lot has been going on under-the-hood, and it will continue into / through 2022, starting with a server operating system upgrade.
The performance work has also involved the viewer as well, although it has yet to reach de-facto release status. This work includes improvements to threading within the viewer's code and a re-working of avatar rendering. Other performance improvements in development include some by TPV developers that the Lab is interested in potentially adopting / adapting that could further help with overall viewer performance, and I'll be taking these through my User Group meeting summaries in 2022.
2021 saw the arrival of some long-term projects, including the initial deployment of multi-factor authentication – a welcome move, despite some of the criticism levelled at it. Where the viewer is concerned, the most notable long-term project to finally surface is the 360º capture capability, and look forward to it becoming more widely available in TPVs. Those who may not have read them can catch my overviews of the project viewer version and the release version of this viewer (both are the same in terms of use), and WordPress users might be interested in my piece on embedding 360 images into WordPress.
Picking at the Rest
The Lab's blog post also touches on the likes of Linden Homes deployments, which this year saw the release of the Chalet and Fantasy themes, and the promise of the Newbrooke theme to come in 2022 – quite possibly in a revised form, given the reactions to the preview region seen (briefly) at the RFL of SL Xmas Expo. While I was initially unimpressed by the Fantasy theme, I have to admit to finding the community centre for the the theme perhaps the most visually engaging of such centres yet offered.
Linden Fantasy Homes – Community Centre
In terms of Linden Homes, one thing I would like to see from the Lab during 2022 is the "finishing off" of coastal areas around the north / north-west side of the Log Homes regions.
In looking ahead to 2022, LL point to a number of projects, including the implementation of Premium Plus, the "upper tier" of Second Life subscriptions that was put on hold for a number of reasons in 2020. The post also mentions further performance improvements, better avatar optimisation and continued work on the New User Experience – some of the work on the latter being surfaced in 2021, such as the viewer Guidebook and the new Welcome Islands that are part of the ongoing A/B testing. Plus there's the much-promised work to overhaul and improve Search
However, three things on the Lab's bullet point list for 2022 particularly caught my eye:
Avatar "expressiveness" that brings camera-based gestures and movement to your avatar for a whole new level of interaction and connectedness.
A new mobile viewer to enhance and improve your Second Life experience.
Improved materials and terrain.
The Avatar "expressiveness" project is something not (so far as I can recall) previously mentioned. I'll reserve comment on this until I know more about it; not that I'll be able to use it unless I go get a camera for my home desktop, I guess. All I'll say here is that this might in in response to others jumping onto "the metaverse" bandwagon, and a desire to make SL's avatars more appealing to a wider range of possible use cases.
The reference to a new Mobile viewer (my emphasis) rather than "client" or "app" has me wondering if, given the suspension of work on the iOS app a couple of months back, LL are now looking towards a streaming option for the viewer, rather than a "companion app" (as their mobile work has thus far been called. As such, I'll be attempting to keep an eye and ear out for more on this.
Improved materials and terrain is interesting, as the question of terrain was raised at the last CCUG meeting of 2021, but not as a project under active consideration; rather it was raised as a discussion point to get feedback on what people might like to see if LL were to work on SL terrain. So things seem to have moved on this. Thing like materials (and things like PBR) have been indicated as potential areas of work by the Graphics team, so it will be interesting see what materialises through 2022.
SL and "the Metaverse"
Ever since the announcement about Facebook / Meta pivoting to focus on "building the metaverse", there have concerns / predictions that Meta will at some point acquire LL. Frankly, while the Lab is right to watch "the metaverse" hype, I don't put any stock in the likes of Meta wishing to acquire the company, simply because LL for the most part doesn't have IP that's worth acquiring. Nor, given the likes of Meta have established user bases in the hundreds of millions, is LL's user base really worth anything. What, potentially, is of value comes down to two things: skillset among staff, and Tilia Pay. And in the case of staff / skillset, there's no need to acquire the entire company to gain them – head-hunting / poaching is far more effective. Tilia is an interesting question – but it is one best left to another post. In terms of "the metaverse" as a whole, it is fair to say it is still early days – but frankly, and pushing the hype to one side, I tend to share John Carmack's view on things:
I have pretty good reasons to believe that setting out to build the metaverse is not actually the best way to wind up with the metaverse.
– John Carmack, October 2021
Capitalism being what it is, if the likes of Meta, Epic, Nvidia et al do build their versions of "the metaverse", I doubt they'll offer any form of open frontier beloved of the metavangelists. Rather they'll be another series of walled gardens, large and small; an environment in which there is no reason why something like SL cannot continue to survive and even enjoy modest growth. Of course, the day may come when a single entity – our equivalent of Innovative Online Industries – attempts to gobble up all the opposition and establish themselves as "the metaverse" – but I doubt that is anywhere near being on the horizon (and I equally doubt they'd start with acquiring the likes of LL).
My Predictions for SL and 2022
Well, actually, I don't have any, other than the obvious: Second Life will continue to chug along; LL will role out updates and improvements that will please some, aggravate others and possibly pass right over the heads of a few. Attempts will be made to try to grow the user-base, in part through yet more "partnerships" of the Film Threat / Titmouse / Zenescope variety with, I'm tempted to say, less-than-stellar results. For the majority of us as users, the year will likely be "business as usual", unless the utterly unexpected pops up. And I'll continue to eclectically blog on SL, technical (as best I can!) and non-technical.
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Ann Taylor Parent Seeks New Loan, Board as It Nears Bankruptcy
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(Bloomberg) -- Ascena Retail Group Inc., the struggling owner of the Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant clothing chains, is seeking $150 million of new capital from its lenders to fund operations during a bankruptcy reorganization, according to people with knowledge of the plans.
The retailer is closing in on a restructuring plan that would also let creditors install new board members, the people said. The new money portion of the so-called debtor-in-possession loan may pay 2.5% interest and would be backed by existing lenders, they added, saying that plans are fluid and could change.
In addition to the fresh financing, the DIP loan will also include about $160 million of existing debt that will become exit financing when Ascena completes the in-court restructuring process, said the people. Mahwah, New Jersey-based Ascena didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.
Read more: Ann Taylor owner Ascena prepares bankruptcy to cut debt, stores
Ascena is looking to use the bankruptcy process to turn its roughly $1.2 billion existing term loan into a less than $100 million obligation, the people said. It will either pay down or exchange the remaining debt into equity in the reorganized company, the people said. Lenders who provide a portion of the new money are slated to get a 100% stake in the Ascena's post-bankruptcy equity, while those who don't may get less than 50%, they added.
Board Seats
Existing lenders Monarch Alternative Capital and Bain Capital, who are among the largest and most active funds in the restructuring process, will each get to appoint a member to the company's board, the people said.
A representative for Monarch didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for Bain declined to comment.
Bloomberg previously reported that Ascena was preparing to file for bankruptcy and shutter at least 1,200 of its 3,000 stores. A Chapter 11 filing allows a company to keep some of its stores and brands operational while selling others in a court-supervised process.
Ascena shut its shops in mid-March as the Covid-19 pandemic spread, and began to re-open locations in early May as state authorities lifted restrictions. Customer traffic is much lower than normal at stores that are open, the company said in a statement in May.
Retailers nationwide have been forced to file for bankruptcy as stores were ordered closed and consumers sharply cut back on their spending on discretionary goods. J.C. Penney Co., Neiman Marcus Group Inc. and J. Crew Group Inc. all filed for bankruptcy in May. RTW Retailwinds Inc., the parent company of New York & Co., sought court protection last week.
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Abstract: My last post was about institutional conservatism in relation to research evaluation and reward. I illustrated it with a brick wall bearing the words "insert head here" because so many wicked problems in scholarly communications today can be traced back to this underlying cause, and its immutability is therefore so frustrating to those trying to tackle its symptoms.
Citation: Rapple, Charlie. "Updated Figures on the Scale and Nature of Researchers' Use of Scholarly Collaboration Networks " – The Scholarly Kitchen [Online] April 7, 2017 https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/04/07/updated-figures-scale-nature-researchers-use-scholarly-collaboration-networks/.
Abstract: Open Access initiative (OAI) is the wide discussed subject in the world of information and communication technology. The open access philosophy rapidly became popular and a number of universities and research institutions spontaneously came forward to provide open access to their scholarly communications, research outcomes and electronic journals. In the present paper, the meaning, definition and the present scenario of the Open Access initiative, as well as the problems and improvement of the Open Access initiative has been discussed. Contribution of ROAR and OpenDOAR in the field of Open Access initiative has been discussed in detail. The data collected from the secondary sources of information and presented in a tabular form for easy understanding of the LIS professionals and masses to know the importance of the Open Access initiative for giving access to scholarly communications for wider audience.
Abstract: The paper reports on some of the results of a research project into how changes in digital behaviour and services impacts on concepts of trust and authority held by researchers in the sciences and social sciences in the UK and the USA. Interviews were used in conjunction with a group of focus groups to establish the form and topic of questions put to a larger international sample in an online questionnaire. The results of these 87 interviews were analysed to determine whether or not attitudes have indeed changed in terms of sources of information used, citation behaviour in choosing references, and in dissemination practices. It was found that there was marked continuity in attitudes though an increased emphasis on personal judgement over established and new metrics. Journals (or books in some disciplines) were more highly respected than other sources and still the vehicle for formal scholarly communication. The interviews confirmed that though an open access model did not in most cases lead to mistrust of a journal, a substantial number of researchers were worried about the approaches from what are called predatory OA journals. Established researchers did not on the whole use social media in their professional lives but a question about outreach revealed that it was recognised as effective in reaching a wider audience. There was a remarkable similarity in practice across research attitudes in all the disciplines covered and in both the countries where interviews were held.
Citation: Watkinson, A, Nicholas, D, Thornley, C, Herman, E, Jamali, H, Volentine, R, Allard, S, Levine, J, Tenopir, C. (2016) Changes in the digital scholarly environment and issues of trust: An exploratory, qualitative analysis Information Processing & Management 52(32).
Abstract: The Scholix Framework (SCHOlarly LInk eXchange) is a high level interoperability framework for exchanging information about the links between scholarly literature and data, as well as between datasets. Over the past decade, publishers, data centers, and indexing services have agreed on and implemented numerous bilateral agreements to establish bidirectional links between research data and the scholarly literature. However, because of the considerable differences inherent to these many agreements, there is very limited interoperability between the various solutions. This situation is fueling systemic inefficiencies and limiting the value of these, separated, sets of links. Scholix, a framework proposed by the RDA/WDS Publishing Data Services working group, envisions a universal interlinking service and proposes the technical guidelines of a multi-hub interoperability framework. Hubs are natural collection and aggregation points for data-literature information from their respective communities. Relevant hubs for the communities of data centers, repositories, and journals include DataCite, OpenAIRE, and Crossref, respectively. The framework respects existing community-specific practices while enabling interoperability among the hubs through a common conceptual model, an information model and open exchange protocols. The proposed framework will make research data, and the related literature, easier to find and easier to interpret and reuse, and will provide additional incentives for researchers to share their data.
Abstract: While the creation and exchange of scholarly and research information now takes place within digital environments and increasingly on the open web, traditional print-based workflows are recapitulated across the scholarly communication life-cycle, outmoded rewards systems hold strong, and crises of access, reproducibility, and reuse continue to be raised. In some respects, scholarly and scientific communication has not changed much since the establishment of the first scientific journal 350 years ago. But, what if we could start over? What kind of system could and should we build to harnesses the resources of the digital age to maximize the communication and use of new knowledge? These questions, posed by Dr. Sarah Callaghan at the Force2015 Conference as part of the 1K Challenge, inspired the creation of the FORCE11 Scholarly Commons Working Group.
Citation: Champieux, Robin; Kramer, Bianca; Bosman, Jeroen; Bruno, Ian; Buckland, Amy; Callaghan, Sarah; Chapman, Chris; Hagstrom, Stephanie; Martone, MaryAnn E.; and O'Donnell, Daniel Paul (2016) "Finding the Principles of the Commons: A Report of the Force11 Scholarly Communications Working Group," Collaborative Librarianship: Vol. 8 : Iss. 2 , Article 5.
Abstract: Assessing stewardship maturity — the current state of how datasets are documented, preserved, stewarded, and made accessible publicly — is a critical step towards meeting U.S. federal regulations, organizational requirements, and user needs. The scientific data stewardship maturity matrix (DSMM), developed in partnership with NOAA's National Centers of Environmental Information (NCEI) and the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites-North Carolina (CICS-NC), provides a consistent framework for assessing stewardship maturity of individual Earth Science datasets and capturing justifications for transparency. The consolidated stewardship maturity information will allow users and decision-makers to make informed use decisions based on their unique data needs. This DSMM was applied to a widely utilized monthly-land-surface-temperature dataset derived from the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN-M). This paper describes the stewardship maturity ratings of GHCN-M version 3 and provides actionable recommendations for improving the maturity of the dataset. The results from the use case study show that an application of DSMM like this one is useful to people who produce or care for digital environmental datasets. Assessments can identify the strengths and weaknesses of an individual dataset or organization's preservation and stewardship practices, including how information about the dataset is integrated into different systems.


After southern New England retail chain Benny's closed their doors for good at the end of 2017, many long-time Cape Codders have been left thinking of the other former local and national retail giants that have left the Cape over the years.
Let's start with Benny's. The Bromberg family operated 31 general stores across southern New England for generations before announced they are retiring after decades of setbacks at the hand of a changing retail market and the dominance of online retailers such as Amazon.
In late November, the Carpionato Group signed an undisclosed agreement to purchase the properties and announced plans to bring a mix of retailers and restaurants to the Benny's locations. They expect to create hundreds of construction jobs and more than 1,000 permanent jobs once the stores open.
The original department store came to the Cape in 1978 and remained at its Cape Cod Mall location for 14 years before an eventual merger with Macys.
Founded in 1851 by Eben Dyer Jordan and Benjamin Lloyd Marsh, Jordan Marsh opened its first store selling linen, silk, calicos, ribbons and other dry goods to Bostonians. The retail store later originated the concept of "department shopping" under one roof, offering goods like clothing, furniture, toys and more.
The Hyannis Zayre opened in Hyannis in June of 1956, the first of what would eventually become a regional chain. The 5,000 square discount linen, clothing, home goods, and nik-nak retailer was considered large at the time, akin to today's Marshalls or T.J. Maxx in offering items at below-market prices.
According to an article in The New York Times the name came from the common Jewish phase "Zehr gut," meaning "very good." They chose to spell it Zayre and meant the name to be a reference to refer to their "very good" products – a fact that some Zayre shoppers may have found ironic. The chain was eventually sold off in the late 1980's.
Beginning in the late 80's Bradlees began feeling pressure from the expansion of big box stores into New England. As they began to methodically shut down dozens of their more than 100 locations, the Cape store avoided the axe. Bankruptcy proceedings led to more closings in the mid and late 1990's, but Cape Codders remained loyal until the Hyannis Bradlees was one of the last locations to close in 2001.
Caldor suffered from financial issues in its later years, feeling pressure from Wal-Mart, and the company was liquidated in early 1999.
Grant's was known on the Cape for their large Main Street Hyannis location. Founded in 1906, stores were located in downtowns and were generally of a small size, offering value to their customers. Grant's was particularly known for their music, producing records featuring artists of the day, each emblazoned with the Grant's logo.
Initially known as a small, personal retailer, by the early 1970's W. T. Grant Stores had grown to almost 1,200 stores in 40 states and nearly $1 billion in annual sales. W. T. Grant's bankruptcy in 1976 was the then-second biggest in US history.
Woolworth's had a presence on the Cape for decades, operating originally from a building on Main Street in Hyannis, now Puritan, and eventually as the Cape Cod Mall's original anchor store in 1970. They began as "five & dime" stores but eventually developed into the nation's number one retailer with over 2,000 department stores across the country.
With the rapid expansion came a loss of the beloved dime-store feel. Facing financial hardship, the Woolworth Hyannis location was vacated in 1994. The rest of the company went belly-up three years later.
Another department store to eventually bite the dust thanks to the big box store expansion into New England was J.J. Newberry. Cape Codders may remember their location in Falmouth Commons. Popular for everything from clothing, to linens, to houseware and school supplies. The company eventually filed for bankruptcy amidst increasing competition and shut down for good in 2001.
The first "big box store," Ann and Hope would eventually inspire K-Mart and Wal-Mart with the idea of reducing overhead and underselling competitors on a wide range of merchandise. The chain pioneered new ideas in shopping, including letting customers pick out what they wanted and bring it to a register without the assistance of a salesperson, they were also among the first to introduce the idea of shopping carts.
Ann and Hope operated throughout New England from 1953 until 2001 until, like most on this list, they met their undoing thanks to growing competition.


It's no secret that the bond market has been on a tear for more than a month. 10yr Treasury yields dropped more than 30 basis points (0.30%) in December alone and quickly added to those gain on the first two trading days of January, dropping another 15bps. All of that strength makes it's own case for a corrective bounce, regardless of economic data. In fact, bonds haven't been this 'overbought' for this long since early 2012 although they were close in early 2016.
Either way, we're dealing with the biggest and most meaningful bond rally since the rising rate trend began after the mid-2016 Brexit-driven lows. The longer it lasts and the lower yields go, the more and more likely it becomes that we'll experience a correction. In fact, this correction may have already been shaping up before this morning's jobs report, with 10yr yields rising more than 5bps overnight.
Now, the jobs report has gone all-in and forced the bond market to turn its cards face up. Reason being: this is the strongest jobs report of the recovery by the time we include important internal components like wage growth and labor force participation. Such a jobs report provides a clear sell signal for bonds. In other words, a mathematical case for a bounce in bonds was already strong. After today's jobs report, it's now painfully obvious.
2. Bonds are just going where they need to go based on economic data, the Fed's interpretation of the data, and safe-haven dollars freed up by stock market selling.
In the first case, bonds wouldn't weaken much more today, and simply holding near 2.62% would be a huge victory. The second case is more grim as it would serve as the cue for a bit of a correction to the recent trends–possibly in both stocks and bonds. Estimating the scope of that correction is tricky business and would largely depend on how big a bounce the stock market is able to achieve. There too, we could glean underlying messages from bonds in the event they're able to avoid rising back to the levels suggested by a hypothetical bounce in stocks.


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Wolff admits 2021 season could be shorter
Start, Spanish GP 2021
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Toto Wolff admits the 2021 world championship could be "shorter" than the scheduled 23 races.
With covid still wreaking havoc across the world, the Mercedes boss was asked how much more difficult his task is when it is so unclear how long the calendar will ultimately be.
Although Qatar is now expected to be named as a substitute race following cancellation of the Japanese GP, Melbourne's replacement is still unclear and there are concerns about other races in the last part of the season.
"(Charles) Darwin said that not it is not the strongest who survives, but the fittest," Wolff, whose Mercedes outfit is locked in an intense championship battle with Red Bull, told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"We have to do the same and give our best in every race, because the championship could be shorter."
Amid that intense title battle, Wolff is reportedly still deciding which driver should be Lewis Hamilton's teammate next year - Valtteri Bottas or George Russell.
One fear is that telling Bottas his services will no longer be needed could leave the Finn demoralised just when Mercedes needs him at his best.
"As long as we are transparent with Valtteri and George, we will be able to handle the situation," Wolff insisted.
"The hardest thing for a driver is to not know whether or not he will have a seat. We will decide very quickly.
"But the announcement will depend on the circumstances."
As for the Mercedes-Red Bull title battle, Wolff believes Hamilton has a good enough car to keep his championship lead.
"At the moment we are not inferior to Red Bull, while we clearly were at the beginning of the season," he said.
"In recent months we have made some really excellent developments."
When asked about Red Bull's strong 2021 season, he added: "For me it was clear that Honda would be strong this year. They want to leave F1 with a world championship in their pocket.
"They have climbed Everest since returning to Formula 1 in 2015, so if I wasn't in charge at Mercedes, I would wish them success," Wolff smiled.
Finally, the Austrian said that despite the intensity of the battle, he wants the animosity between the two camps to be confined to the race track.
"I have told Christian (Horner) that the only place we want to battle is on the track, in line with our history and tradition," he told Autosprint.
"I repeat - it is a war, but only on the track."
(GMM)
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Among some in Arizona GOP, siege of the US Capitol was everyone's fault except Trump
Andrew Oxford
To hear some Republican politicians in Arizona describe it, the mob that stormed and vandalized the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was more or less Hillary Clinton's fault.
Or the left's. Or it wasn't as bad as it looked.
While none explicitly condoned violence, they also rejected suggestions President Trump — or they themselves — might have had something to do with it.
"Americans are upset," U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Arizona, wrote simply on the right-wing social networking website Parler, where he posted a photo of people scaling the walls of the Capitol.
They were among those who smashed their way into the building and interrupted congressional debate on Gosar's objection to the counting of Arizona's electoral college votes, which he has falsely claimed were fraudulently won by Biden.
The extraordinary scenes Wednesday culminated a weekslong effort by multiple Republican legislators in Arizona and others to overturn the results of the election here and nationally.
Since Election Day, these Republicans have repeated baseless claims about the election results, using increasingly strident language about the actions they and others would take to ensure Trump remained in the White House.
AZ lawmakers who pushed 'Stop the Steal' face scrutiny for presence at riot Arizona's major corporate political donors rethink campaign contributions Immigration agency leader resigns after weeks on the job Trump impeached 2nd time; Arizona voted along party lines again
The siege in Washington also was the culmination of more than four years of Trump expanding his grip on the Republican Party to the point where upending the electoral college process and overturning election results to keep him in office became a mainstream position among the party's elected members. After all, Trump remains immensely popular — something not lost on Republican politicians trying to shore up their support among the grassroots for future campaigns.
State Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley, said he was scheduled to speak at a protest at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and posted a photo online of rioters on the steps of the building, stating it was "what happens when the People feel they have been ignored, and Congress refuses to acknowledge rampant fraud."
The lawmaker later blamed wrongdoing on leftists, whom he suggested had instigated the violence, contradicting eyewitness accounts that it was the president's supporters who overran police barricades and stormed the building.
Several progressive groups and former state Rep. Adam Kwasman, who previously represented Finchem's district, called for Finchem's expulsion from the House for his involvement.
Responding to his criticism, though, Finchem said he was "not a participant."
By nightfall, Finchem did express outrage: a curfew in D.C. prevented delivery of dinner to his hotel via GrubHub, he groused on Twitter. He posted another photo from several stories up in what appeared to be the Willard InterContinental hotel near the White House. Police cars in the street below were "protecting the pavement," as he put it.
Another state lawmaker, Rep. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, attended the D.C. rally, posting on social media Wednesday that it was "D-Day in D.C." to support Trump. On Thursday, he reposted a statement condemning violence at the Capitol, though he said "only a small few broke the law."
Many others blamed for violence
The laying of blame spread widely, even falling on statewide officials in Arizona. Gov. Doug Ducey was at fault, along with Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, some in the GOP here claimed.
State Senator-elect Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, is among the most vocal lawmakers who have agitated for overturning Arizona's election results, calling them "rigged." She responded to Ducey's condemnation of the events at the U.S. Capitol by arguing it was "in large part" his fault, reiterating calls he has rebuffed for a "full forensic audit" of the election and not bringing the Legislature back into session sooner.
Gosar on Twitter asked whether Hobbs was "satisfied with her obstructionism now?"
Others, like Republican Senator-elect Wendy Rogers said "Congress caused the killing" of the woman shot by police at the Capitol. Sen. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, promoted theories that the left infiltrated the crowd and incited the violence.
State Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward suggested to a crowd outside the state Capitol on Wednesday that the people who stormed Congress were fakes trying to undermine Trump supporters.
The party drew condemnation in December for asking its followers if they were willing to die in the effort to overturn the election. After Wednesday's events, the party on Twitter called people "disgusting" and "despicable" for mentioning it in relation to the woman who was killed.
At the same event Ward attended at the state Capitol, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb also argued Wednesday's events were not the president's fault.
"This is about the other issues that have happened — the Hillary Clintons that have gone unpunished," the Republican sheriff said.
Lamb went on to add: "I don't know how loud we have to get before they have to listen to us and know we will no longer tolerate them stripping our freedoms away."
Contact Andrew Oxford at andrew.oxford@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter at @andrewboxford.


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Rörstorpsmossen är Ålands största högmosse, den är belägen i byn Rörstorp i Lemlands kommun. Vattnet rinner österut via Fuggorna och vidare norrut till havet i Lumparn i Kåvik.

Rörstorpmossen är en flackmosse. Myren vars centrala del på 1960-talet var trädlös har sedan dess vuxit igen och var 2006 täckt av gles eller medeltät tallskog. Randskogen består av medeltät och ställvis tät blandskog.

Källor

Våtmarker i Lemland


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layout: post
section-type: post
title: Setting up the Blog
category: tech
tags: [ 'tutorial' ]
---

A website is truly personal if it hosts your blog as well, this place of the internet
where you can place your thoughts about anything!

### Latest post preview in Index page

First of all, you get a preview of the latest post in the index, in order to attract the visitor to visit your blog.
The size of this preview is defined by:

post-preview-words: 96

Feel free to experiment with different sizes, and pick the best for you :smile:

### Archive

A blog is expected to host many posts, so you will need an archive with pagination,
which in a nutshell it's a grouping of your posts in pages, in reverse chronological
order. You can define the number of posts that are displayed per page by changing:

paginate: 5

### Share buttons

Many share buttons are available and can be enabled or disabled by setting the following:

email-share: True
fb-share: True
twitter-share: True
linkedin-share: True
reddit-share: True
google-plus-share: True
tumblr-share: True
pinterest-share: True
pocket-share: True
vkontakte-share: True

### Comments

You can enable Disqus comments by just setting your Disqus username here:

disqus-shortname: "Your Disqus username"

### RSS feed

The RSS feed is automatically generated and placed in /feed.xml.

### Sitemap

The Sitemap is automatically generated and placed in /sitemap.xml

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


When the first BlackBerry Slider images were leaked it was a face only photograph, that was extremely blurry. Then a few more, much clearer, images were unveiled, but still showing just the face of the Slider. There was much speculation over what the rest of device could look like. The wait is no more.
There is also speculation over the devices' model number. Kevin from CrackBerry is reporting (with some viable evidence) that the Slider could be a Bold with potentially 9700a as the model number. Nevertheless, the BlackBerry Slider is definitely a "hybrid" bringing together aspects of the Storm series (without SurePress) and a Bold 9000-like full qwerty physical keyboard.
It is interesting to note, that while there is some supportive evidence and rumors, since the device cannot be powered on we really don't even know if it has a touchscreen. We also previously touched on the battery, which said was an F-X1, however we were incorrect. As you can see from the image above, it is actually F-S1.
As you can see, nothing too special for the battery door. What else strikes us odd is there isn't any labeling of the mega-pixels of the camera. It has been rumored to be 5MP and also include liquid lens technology (same as the Dakota), but for now even believing it is 3.2MP remains a mystery.
Placing the Slider next to a Curve 8900 you can see that it is fairly thicker and a bit longer.
How do you think this phone will handle? We hear the weight is evenly proportioned; making it only a mild effort to type one-handed.
The BlackBerry Slider may be one of the most mysterious devices. It is simply without a model number. Unless the device can get powered on and the OS (if it has one) checked out, we may be in the dark for some time.
Are you still interested in this mammoth of a device? We've heard a rumor that it could potentially be both GSM and CDMA, could this be a deciding factor? Tell us your thoughts.


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package bytes

import (
	"strings"
	"testing"
)

type replaceCase struct {
	s    string
	src  string
	dest string
	n    int
}

func stringReplace(b string, src, dest string, n int) string {

	return string(Replace([]byte(b), []byte(src), []byte(dest), n))
}

func TestReplace(t *testing.T) {

	cases := []replaceCase{
		{"hello, world!", "world", "xsw", -1},
		{"hello, world world world", "world", "xsw", 1},
		{"hello, world world world", "world", "xsw", 2},
		{"hello, world world world", "world", "xsw", -1},
		{"hello, xsw!", "xsw", "world", -1},
		{"hello, xsw xsw xsw", "xsw", "world", 1},
		{"hello, xsw xsw xsw", "xsw", "world", 2},
		{"hello, xsw xsw xsw", "xsw", "world", -1},
	}

	for _, c := range cases {
		ret := stringReplace(c.s, c.src, c.dest, c.n)
		expected := strings.Replace(c.s, c.src, c.dest, c.n)
		if ret != expected {
			t.Fatal("Replace failed:", c, "ret:", ret, "expected:", expected)
		}
	}
}

func stringInsertAt(b string, off int, text string) string {

	return string(ReplaceAt([]byte(b), off, 0, []byte(text)))
}

func TestInsertAt(t *testing.T) {

	ret := stringInsertAt("helloworld", 5, ", ")
	if ret != "hello, world" {
		t.Fatal("InsertAt failed:", ret)
	}
}


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ONDA ♥ NY
There are those of us who run with what little we can scrounge up and carry on our backs. We know what we're running from, but we don't know what we're running toward, and yet, we feel it's frenzied calling. Its chaos steadies us. And if you can calibrate yourself to its rhythm, you get to be a part of its unrivaled wave.
I've known the country life, it's a part of who I am, but it would never have allowed me to grow into who I am and who I am still becoming. I'd always dreamt of it—an unreal city, an unattainable palace of love and charm filled with rats and dirt.
I saved up, and off I went, straight to Hotel 17. I couldn't afford the Chelsea Hotel, but the 17 was pretty close. If we were late coming home, we had to scale a wall to climb through the window, which set the tone for the adventures ahead.
The constant exploration: Save the Robots, subway rides, monuments and statues, 80 blocks of solid walking, candied nuts, buskers, fashionistas, the hustle and bustle, bagels and pickles, Broadway, outdoor dinners, and Times Square lights.
You have to earn your stripes to belong. Not just by getting cut in line at a taxi stand or yelled at on the subway, but by breathing through it, savoring its repellant magnetism. It takes grit to earn the title. The taxi pinchers, coffee bumpers, filthy rats, and dirty looks didn't scare me. They fed me with the dose of reality that The Big Apple always promised.
Every block fills me with wild and wonderful thoughts. My nervous system might be near a failing point, but its beauty and pulse are restorative.
It might chew you up, but it doesn't spit you out. It grounds you and grows you. It's had its peaks and valleys, but it always recovers. Just like the changing of seasons, there's a new iteration and evolution to look forward to; it evolves and morphs, following the heartbeat of its citizens. Never static.
I've made great new friends here. Reconnected with old friends and built a community and passion that's weathered a storm. ONDA was a spark of an idea… and it began here, as so many brilliant ideas have.
We can say "We are Strong" because we are still here. We tough it out. We are New Yorkers.
- Naomi Watts
SHOP THE NYC EDIT
I'm a born and raised New Yorker. Like my Mother, my Father, my grandparents before me. I have lived in New York City my whole life, minus a brief five and a half year period that included a year in the Bahamas. But when I came back to New York, I never left her again.
It's a funny thing being a true New Yorker, and I know for a fact that there aren't many of us left here. People always seem to respond in a slightly stunned and confused way when I tell them I grew up here, as though it couldn't be that anyone was really from here. Then that's followed by....you don't SEEM like a New Yorker? I've always been baffled by this statement. What does it mean? In recent years I've come to think it means that people simply don't know what a New Yorker is. How could they? New York is filled mostly with transplants. Dreamers who came here searching to succeed, achieve a goal, experience the energy and grit, challenge themselves, escape their prosaic lives, or maybe just to know what it is to live in the frenetic hustle and bustle that is NYC.
For me, however, it's something quite different. For me, New York is a very large small town. I've lived through many decades here, and trust me, that comes with a lot. There were the dirty streets and muggings of the '70s. Club hopping and rubbing shoulders with Madonna and The Beastie Boys as a teen in the 80's (when it was ok to be 16 and go to studio 54 and Danceteria). Being a part of the Fashion and Magazine world that was still reaping the benefits of large expense accounts in the '90s, going to extravagant parties, and traveling the globe in style. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. The stories are endless. But the NYC I know and love? That's a city where every neighborhood holds at least a dozen personal and intimate memories of growing up and where, traveling through the city on any given day, I'm guaranteed to bump into at least a couple of people that I know.
I learned to ride a bike on Rutherford Place between 15th and 16th Street and spent years roller skating that same street with my best friend. I often visited my grandmother on the Lower East Side with my Mother, so we could go to Katz's deli or get rock candy at Russ & Daughters. New York holds so much history for me. My family's history, starting with my maternal grandparents who came through Ellis Island in the 1930s, and the history of my life. Many nooks and crannies of the city house my very special, personal, and sometimes private moments. And now my son will carry on the same tradition. I hope that he'll experience it in the same way that I did. Not for its grandiose qualities but for its more hidden ones. The ones that only someone who has spent a lifetime here could really understand.
I love NYC. For its ability to shine as a beacon for so many, to hinge itself carefully and quietly to each and every experience, and most of all, its ability to pull all who live here together in person and spirit when it needs them the most. When this city is in crisis, the denizens who reside here transform from living busy, sometimes anonymous lives to banding together to do what's needed to lift it back up again. I've honestly never seen anything like it. I lived through 9/11 when there was just nothing more for us to give or donate. Why? Because everyone had come out in droves to help, or to somehow be of service. There were overflows of food, donated blood, work boots, and batteries. We all had the same need - the need to be of use, provide, and help anyone who needed it.
In my opinion, you can't define what a true New Yorker is. That's what makes being one so special. You get to define that for yourself, and only your personal experience here can tell you what that means. But it will ALWAYS mean one common thing for most of us, we are in it together, and we will do what it takes to keep this city and its people thriving so that future New Yorkers can tell their stories and share their experience. Whatever it takes.
Yours truly. A born + raised New Yorker,
- Larissa Thomson


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Home / Wearable / Smart watch ASUS ZenWatch 2: it's not a sequel, it's a remake
Smart watch ASUS ZenWatch 2: it's not a sequel, it's a remake
By Darina on March 21, 2016
The first generation of ASUS smart watches came out in 2014 and was very good, if not excellent. There weren't a lot of devices on Android Wear at that time, and ZenWatch stood out among the others due to the rare combination of good design and low prices. At the end of last year, ASUS has updated line – and together with a fitness tracker VivoWatch was born ZenWatch 2.
We'd like to start a story about the new ZenWatch with inevitable – yes, Apple influenced ASUS. This is reflected in the fact that the new ASUS watch, as Apple Watch, exist in two sizes: with a screen with diagonal of 1.63 and 1.45 inches. In fact, these are "male" and "female" versions. For both, you can choose leather, metal or silicone strap. It is said that availability of two versions is justified: ZenWatch 2 with a screen of 1.63 inches is not the small watch, besides it gained some weight.
Let's start with appearance. The screen, which in first ZenWatch was located exactly in the middle, rose higher, and its frame, hidden under the glass of nice, inconspicuous turned into playing with highlights. In addition, polymer strap does not match the color of any part of the exterior, and the strap material is solid, though it must be worn to shape – one should choose metal or leather strap. But this will not correct the situation in full: the second generation is still inferior in appearance and overall impression to the first. At the same time, when compared with smart watch of many other manufacturers, the design is very good.
The screen is covered with Gorilla Glass 3 and a steel framed border – in the first generation you should put a finger on it to measure the pulse. But in the second version this method was declined – the developers have come to the conclusion that it is not accurate enough; the optical sensor at the heart of new clock did not appear. Frame gently moves to the rear part, made of plastic. On the right side of the device – Home button, on the left – barely noticeable microphone hole, on the back cover – magnetic charging connector. As we have said, the watch is quite large, especially "male" version – you get used to such a size after some time.
In terms of filling ZenWatch 2 are very similar to the first generation: the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 with 1.2 GHz, the same AMOLED under the same Gorilla Glass 3. The resolution remains the same in 1.63-inch version, but the version with 1.45-inch screen has a matrix with a resolution of only 280 × 280 pixels. But the degree of protection compared to its predecessor has grown – now it is IP67, that is, you can take watch to the shower. Also, there is now Wi-Fi. Built-in memory has remained unchanged – 4 GB, the battery has not changed too – 400 mAh.
Screen with these characteristics was good in 2014, but now it is no better than Apple Watch display and slightly worse than Gear S2 screen. But ASUS has ace in the hole – using the default settings with display permanently switched the battery almost doesn't dye. The screen displays a much simplified "wallpaper" of the selected dial – and smart clock can be used as usual, without touching the screen or buttons.
Smart watch ASUS ZenWatch 2: it's not a sequel, it's a remake updated: March 21, 2016 author: Darina
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/**
 * AdvertiserAccount.java
 *
 * This file was auto-generated from WSDL
 * by the Apache Axis 1.4 Apr 22, 2006 (06:55:48 PDT) WSDL2Java emitter.
 */

package com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities;

public class AdvertiserAccount  extends com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.Account  implements java.io.Serializable {
    // Type metadata
    private static org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc typeDesc =
            new org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc(AdvertiserAccount.class, true);

    static {
        typeDesc.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "AdvertiserAccount"));
        org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
        elemField.setFieldName("agencyContactName");
        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "AgencyContactName"));
        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", "string"));
        elemField.setMinOccurs(0);
        elemField.setNillable(true);
        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
        elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
        elemField.setFieldName("agencyCustomerId");
        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "AgencyCustomerId"));
        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", "long"));
        elemField.setMinOccurs(0);
        elemField.setNillable(true);
        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
        elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
        elemField.setFieldName("salesHouseCustomerId");
        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "SalesHouseCustomerId"));
        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", "long"));
        elemField.setMinOccurs(0);
        elemField.setNillable(true);
        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
        elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
        elemField.setFieldName("taxId");
        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "TaxId"));
        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", "string"));
        elemField.setMinOccurs(0);
        elemField.setNillable(true);
        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
        elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
        elemField.setFieldName("taxType");
        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "TaxType"));
        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "TaxType"));
        elemField.setMinOccurs(0);
        elemField.setNillable(true);
        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
        elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
        elemField.setFieldName("backUpPaymentInstrumentId");
        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "BackUpPaymentInstrumentId"));
        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", "long"));
        elemField.setMinOccurs(0);
        elemField.setNillable(true);
        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
        elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
        elemField.setFieldName("billingThresholdAmount");
        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "BillingThresholdAmount"));
        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", "decimal"));
        elemField.setMinOccurs(0);
        elemField.setNillable(true);
        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
        elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
        elemField.setFieldName("taxIdStatus");
        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "TaxIdStatus"));
        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "TaxIdStatus"));
        elemField.setMinOccurs(0);
        elemField.setNillable(true);
        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
        elemField = new org.apache.axis.description.ElementDesc();
        elemField.setFieldName("businessAddress");
        elemField.setXmlName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "BusinessAddress"));
        elemField.setXmlType(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("https://bingads.microsoft.com/Customer/v9/Entities", "Address"));
        elemField.setMinOccurs(0);
        elemField.setNillable(true);
        typeDesc.addFieldDesc(elemField);
    }

    private java.lang.String agencyContactName;
    private java.lang.Long agencyCustomerId;
    private java.lang.Long salesHouseCustomerId;
    private java.lang.String taxId;
    private com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.TaxType taxType;
    private java.lang.Long backUpPaymentInstrumentId;
    private java.math.BigDecimal billingThresholdAmount;
    private com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.TaxIdStatus taxIdStatus;
    private com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.Address businessAddress;
    private java.lang.Object __equalsCalc = null;
    private boolean __hashCodeCalc = false;

    public AdvertiserAccount() {
    }

    public AdvertiserAccount(
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.AccountType accountType,
            java.lang.Long billToCustomerId,
            java.lang.String countryCode,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.CurrencyType currencyType,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.AccountFinancialStatus accountFinancialStatus,
            java.lang.Long id,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.LanguageType language,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v10.schemas.generic.KeyValuePairOfstringstring[] forwardCompatibilityMap,
            java.lang.Long lastModifiedByUserId,
            java.util.Calendar lastModifiedTime,
            java.lang.String name,
            java.lang.String number,
            java.lang.Long parentCustomerId,
            java.lang.Long paymentMethodId,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.PaymentMethodType paymentMethodType,
            java.lang.Long primaryUserId,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.AccountLifeCycleStatus accountLifeCycleStatus,
            byte[] timeStamp,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.TimeZoneType timeZone,
            org.apache.axis.types.UnsignedByte pauseReason,
            java.lang.String agencyContactName,
            java.lang.Long agencyCustomerId,
            java.lang.Long salesHouseCustomerId,
            java.lang.String taxId,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.TaxType taxType,
            java.lang.Long backUpPaymentInstrumentId,
            java.math.BigDecimal billingThresholdAmount,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.TaxIdStatus taxIdStatus,
            com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.Address businessAddress) {
        super(
            accountType,
            billToCustomerId,
            countryCode,
            currencyType,
            accountFinancialStatus,
            id,
            language,
            forwardCompatibilityMap,
            lastModifiedByUserId,
            lastModifiedTime,
            name,
            number,
            parentCustomerId,
            paymentMethodId,
            paymentMethodType,
            primaryUserId,
            accountLifeCycleStatus,
            timeStamp,
            timeZone,
            pauseReason);
        this.agencyContactName = agencyContactName;
        this.agencyCustomerId = agencyCustomerId;
        this.salesHouseCustomerId = salesHouseCustomerId;
        this.taxId = taxId;
        this.taxType = taxType;
        this.backUpPaymentInstrumentId = backUpPaymentInstrumentId;
        this.billingThresholdAmount = billingThresholdAmount;
        this.taxIdStatus = taxIdStatus;
        this.businessAddress = businessAddress;
    }

    /**
     * Return type metadata object
     */
    public static org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc getTypeDesc() {
        return typeDesc;
    }

    /**
     * Get Custom Serializer
     */
    public static org.apache.axis.encoding.Serializer getSerializer(
            java.lang.String mechType,
            java.lang.Class _javaType,
            javax.xml.namespace.QName _xmlType) {
        return
                new org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanSerializer(
                        _javaType, _xmlType, typeDesc);
    }

    /**
     * Get Custom Deserializer
     */
    public static org.apache.axis.encoding.Deserializer getDeserializer(
            java.lang.String mechType,
            java.lang.Class _javaType,
            javax.xml.namespace.QName _xmlType) {
        return
                new org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanDeserializer(
                        _javaType, _xmlType, typeDesc);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the agencyContactName value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @return agencyContactName
     */
    public java.lang.String getAgencyContactName() {
        return agencyContactName;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the agencyContactName value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @param agencyContactName
     */
    public void setAgencyContactName(java.lang.String agencyContactName) {
        this.agencyContactName = agencyContactName;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the agencyCustomerId value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @return agencyCustomerId
     */
    public java.lang.Long getAgencyCustomerId() {
        return agencyCustomerId;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the agencyCustomerId value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @param agencyCustomerId
     */
    public void setAgencyCustomerId(java.lang.Long agencyCustomerId) {
        this.agencyCustomerId = agencyCustomerId;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the salesHouseCustomerId value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @return salesHouseCustomerId
     */
    public java.lang.Long getSalesHouseCustomerId() {
        return salesHouseCustomerId;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the salesHouseCustomerId value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @param salesHouseCustomerId
     */
    public void setSalesHouseCustomerId(java.lang.Long salesHouseCustomerId) {
        this.salesHouseCustomerId = salesHouseCustomerId;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the taxId value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @return taxId
     */
    public java.lang.String getTaxId() {
        return taxId;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the taxId value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @param taxId
     */
    public void setTaxId(java.lang.String taxId) {
        this.taxId = taxId;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the taxType value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @return taxType
     */
    public com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.TaxType getTaxType() {
        return taxType;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the taxType value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @param taxType
     */
    public void setTaxType(com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.TaxType taxType) {
        this.taxType = taxType;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the backUpPaymentInstrumentId value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @return backUpPaymentInstrumentId
     */
    public java.lang.Long getBackUpPaymentInstrumentId() {
        return backUpPaymentInstrumentId;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the backUpPaymentInstrumentId value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @param backUpPaymentInstrumentId
     */
    public void setBackUpPaymentInstrumentId(java.lang.Long backUpPaymentInstrumentId) {
        this.backUpPaymentInstrumentId = backUpPaymentInstrumentId;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the billingThresholdAmount value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @return billingThresholdAmount
     */
    public java.math.BigDecimal getBillingThresholdAmount() {
        return billingThresholdAmount;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the billingThresholdAmount value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @param billingThresholdAmount
     */
    public void setBillingThresholdAmount(java.math.BigDecimal billingThresholdAmount) {
        this.billingThresholdAmount = billingThresholdAmount;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the taxIdStatus value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @return taxIdStatus
     */
    public com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.TaxIdStatus getTaxIdStatus() {
        return taxIdStatus;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the taxIdStatus value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @param taxIdStatus
     */
    public void setTaxIdStatus(com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.TaxIdStatus taxIdStatus) {
        this.taxIdStatus = taxIdStatus;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the businessAddress value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @return businessAddress
     */
    public com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.Address getBusinessAddress() {
        return businessAddress;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the businessAddress value for this AdvertiserAccount.
     *
     * @param businessAddress
     */
    public void setBusinessAddress(com.microsoft.bingads.v9.customermanagement.entities.Address businessAddress) {
        this.businessAddress = businessAddress;
    }

    public synchronized boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj) {
        if (!(obj instanceof AdvertiserAccount)) return false;
        AdvertiserAccount other = (AdvertiserAccount) obj;
        if (obj == null) return false;
        if (this == obj) return true;
        if (__equalsCalc != null) {
            return (__equalsCalc == obj);
        }
        __equalsCalc = obj;
        boolean _equals;
        _equals = super.equals(obj) &&
                ((this.agencyContactName == null && other.getAgencyContactName() == null) ||
                        (this.agencyContactName != null &&
                                this.agencyContactName.equals(other.getAgencyContactName()))) &&
            ((this.agencyCustomerId == null && other.getAgencyCustomerId() == null) ||
                    (this.agencyCustomerId != null &&
                            this.agencyCustomerId.equals(other.getAgencyCustomerId()))) &&
            ((this.salesHouseCustomerId == null && other.getSalesHouseCustomerId() == null) ||
                    (this.salesHouseCustomerId != null &&
                            this.salesHouseCustomerId.equals(other.getSalesHouseCustomerId()))) &&
            ((this.taxId==null && other.getTaxId() == null) ||
                    (this.taxId != null &&
                            this.taxId.equals(other.getTaxId()))) &&
            ((this.taxType==null && other.getTaxType() == null) ||
                    (this.taxType != null &&
                            this.taxType.equals(other.getTaxType()))) &&
            ((this.backUpPaymentInstrumentId == null && other.getBackUpPaymentInstrumentId() == null) ||
                    (this.backUpPaymentInstrumentId != null &&
                            this.backUpPaymentInstrumentId.equals(other.getBackUpPaymentInstrumentId()))) &&
                ((this.billingThresholdAmount == null && other.getBillingThresholdAmount() == null) ||
                        (this.billingThresholdAmount != null &&
                                this.billingThresholdAmount.equals(other.getBillingThresholdAmount()))) &&
                ((this.taxIdStatus == null && other.getTaxIdStatus() == null) ||
                        (this.taxIdStatus != null &&
                                this.taxIdStatus.equals(other.getTaxIdStatus()))) &&
                ((this.businessAddress == null && other.getBusinessAddress() == null) ||
                        (this.businessAddress != null &&
                                this.businessAddress.equals(other.getBusinessAddress())));
        __equalsCalc = null;
        return _equals;
    }

    public synchronized int hashCode() {
        if (__hashCodeCalc) {
            return 0;
        }
        __hashCodeCalc = true;
        int _hashCode = super.hashCode();
        if (getAgencyContactName() != null) {
            _hashCode += getAgencyContactName().hashCode();
        }
        if (getAgencyCustomerId() != null) {
            _hashCode += getAgencyCustomerId().hashCode();
        }
        if (getSalesHouseCustomerId() != null) {
            _hashCode += getSalesHouseCustomerId().hashCode();
        }
        if (getTaxId() != null) {
            _hashCode += getTaxId().hashCode();
        }
        if (getTaxType() != null) {
            _hashCode += getTaxType().hashCode();
        }
        if (getBackUpPaymentInstrumentId() != null) {
            _hashCode += getBackUpPaymentInstrumentId().hashCode();
        }
        if (getBillingThresholdAmount() != null) {
            _hashCode += getBillingThresholdAmount().hashCode();
        }
        if (getTaxIdStatus() != null) {
            _hashCode += getTaxIdStatus().hashCode();
        }
        if (getBusinessAddress() != null) {
            _hashCode += getBusinessAddress().hashCode();
        }
        __hashCodeCalc = false;
        return _hashCode;
    }

}


for campers entering grades K-6 in the fall, regardless of age.
Our day at Summerkids (our program for children entering K-6th grades) is divided into four "periods"--blocks of time that last from 45 minutes to an hour. At the beginning of each period, our counselors offer/announce a wide range of activities--from gardening to games, crafts to cooking, with theater, dance, hikes, fort building, nature lore and more.
Campers are given the opportunity to choose what they want to do. These activities may be repeated in subsequent "periods" if they are exceedingly popular, but there will also be new activities each period. In a day, your camper may have as many as 50 or 60 different choices.
Some activities, such as archery, swimming and hiking, are divided by age for safety reasons (and when they are, we always make sure that all campers have the opportunity to do those activities within a given day). But the major portion of our activities allow for children of different ages to come together and enjoy each other's company and enthusiasm.
Each day, campers meet in "Buddy Groups" with specific counselors for their age group, which gives them a chance to meet campers of their own age as well. Campers do some shared activities together in Buddy Groups, especially around our occasional themed days e.g. Super Hero Day, Circus Day, Winter in July Day, Crazy Backwards Day (these change yearly).
Theme days allow us to create activities, have performers visit, and do selected crafts and games following our theme. Certain major theme days such as Carnival (replete with booths, prizes, cotton candy etc.) are a "must" summer after summer. We will make a detailed calendar listing all of our special days available to parents on this website some time around June 1.
Please click on any of the images above to see a slideshow about a "typical" day at Summerkids.
For both Summerkids and Summer Challenge, the regular camp day begins promptly at 9 a.m., with drop-off between 8:30 a.m. and 9. Camp concludes (also promptly!) at 3 p.m., and pickup is any time between 3 and 3:30 p.m. We offer a snack and juice at around 10:30 and milk with lunch.
Times outside these hours are designated "extended day" and must be reserved with your camp enrollment.
For those parents needing additional care, we offer a flexible fee-based "Extended Day" program from 7 to 9 a.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., Monday-Friday. That program is an extension of our regular camp day, and counselors will be on hand to lead your camper or campers in a variety of activities, including swimming in the afternoon.
You will be able to sign up for "Extended Care" for mornings or afternoons or both, for the days of the week you need the care, as part of our registration process.
If you have another child who will be attending SK-PreK, please see here for information on that program's hours and dropoff and pickup times.


Tucked away in the Chehalem Mountains, we're a little off the beaten path. But we like it that way.
Located in the northern Willamette Valley, we believe the Chehalem Mountains has always been an area ripe with possibility. That's why we planted our first vineyard here and established the first winery here in 1972 – when the Willamette Valley was nothing more than a sleepy hamlet of rolling hills scattered with small farms and acres of open fields.
Today, the Chehalem Mountains region is still rural and idyllic. Vineyards and world-class wineries are surrounded by lush farm and agricultural land, and are often hidden by old growth fir forests. On a drive to Adelsheim, you'll see alpacas, horses, goats, and even donkeys (as well as lots of other fauna)!
We now own more than 200 acres of land here, with vineyards planted in excess of 180 acres. Our estate sites, like the geography of the Chehalem Mountains, are diverse – some big, some small, some at higher elevations, some at lower elevations, some on volcanic soils, some on sedimentary soils.
Adelsheim has a long history of collaborating with partner vineyards to source the best fruit possible from the Chehalem Mountains and Willamette Valley. Fruit from some of our outstanding single vineyard wines come from grower partners including Zenith, Grand Oak, and Winderlea.
Our tasting room is open 360 days a year. Drop in for a tasting and meet our friendly wine experts who are passionate about what they do and learn what makes our wine among the world's best.


A video that shows two African-American men beating a white man is circulating across conservative news sites that say the man was attacked for voting for Donald Trump. But police aren't jumping to the same conclusion.
In the video, the two men — one in red pants and one in black pants — are seen punching and kicking the man, 50. At least one person is heard off-camera saying, "You voted Trump, you voted Trump." Another says, "Don't vote Trump." Another man gets in what seems to be the victim's car. Later, the man's hand seems to be caught in the car window, and he is pulled down the street. The entire video is in broad daylight.
What's unclear — despite the conclusion some have drawn — is whether the man is being beaten for being pro-Trump, or if that's just something people are yelling in a gross attempt to be funny. There is no indication from the video that the man is actually a Trump supporter.
Police in Chicago, where the attack occurred, would not say if they were investigating the possibility that the man was beaten for backing Trump.
"On the 1100 block of South Kedzie at 12:48 p.m. officers responded to a call of a battery involving a 50-year-old male who reported being involved in a traffic-related altercation with three unknown males and two unknown females," a Chicago police spokesman told TheWrap.
The victim was transported to a local hospital and is in good condition, but nobody is in custody and police are still investigating the situation.
Chicago police have asked that anyone with information on the assault contact Area North detectives at 312-744-8263.
Trump's upset victory over Hillary Clinton has led to protests throughout the country.
As protesters cheered and car horns honked incessantly in protest of President-elect Donald Trump, actress Laura Innes, known for "E.R.," joined roughly 45 other people on a Los Angeles street corner on Wednesday night. "I've known Hillary Clinton forever because I worked on her senate campaign," she told TheWrap. "Most of the people I know were literally crying all day. It does feel good to be out here."
"Trump is truly a villain," Zach Shivers (far right) said, also noting that the silver lining to his upset win against Hillary Clinton is that "it will reignite the progressive movement."
The protest happened on the corner of National Blvd. and Venice Blvd., organized by MoveOn.org. It served as a proxy to a larger protest in downtown L.A. -- the biggest city in the largely blue state of California.
"My feelings didn't come out until this afternoon when I realized what we were up against in our LGBTQ community," said Casey (left, who did not reveal his last name). He noted Trump's campaign promise to dismantle President Obama's signed Executive Order 13672. "That added employment protection for LGBTQ people."
"We should not forget for one second that more than 59 million people voted for Clinton and that is by no means a mandate for Trump," said one protester (center). "We're going to hold him accountable every single f---ing day."
Married couple Matt Simon and Danielle Williams both noted their key concern with Trump as president is racism. "Trump is an authoritarian racist. It feels like a different election to me," Simon said. "We're very sad but then you have to start fighting and organizing," Williams said, adding, "I think about all my friends who no longer feel safe in this country and that devastates me."
"It feels really good to be out here," South African native Lyndsey Jones said (not pictured), who said she voted to end Apartheid in her birth country. "It's been a really devastating day."
"I want to show my children there are things we can do," Jodie Fratantuno (second from left) told The Wrap. "I fear for our future," said the mother, who was joined by her two children.
"This is the best I've felt all day," said Tom Murray, who indicated the demonstration was helping him cope with the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. "I felt like I was kicked in the stomach and felt like I needed to do something," he told TheWrap. "This is different because it's not about policy. It's about fundamental values about respect for other people, decency."
"That's my base reaction," said Rose Besone (far left), commenting on the idea of a California secession that grew popular on Twitter on Wednesday. "I don't understand the rest of the country, but I do understand that wouldn't be good for the country either."
If you want to join them, they're tentatively planning to gather again on Trump's inauguration day.


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Medgyasszay Vince (Csajág, 1868. január 13. – Pápa, 1952. március 2.) a Dunántúli református egyházkerület püspöke 1935-től 1943-ig.

Életútja

Szolgált Berhidán, majd 1901-től 1935-ig Lepsényben volt lelkész. 1920 és 1935 között a Mezőföldi Egyházmegye esperese, 1935-től 1943-ig a Dunántúli Református Egyházkerület püspöki tisztét töltötte be Pápán. Verseket, egyházi beszédeket írt. Számos cikke jelent meg egyházi folyóiratokban.

Műve
 Vihar után – alkonyat felé. (v.) Bp., 1926.

Irodalom
 Fejes Sándor: Medgyasszay Vince. Nekrológ. = ReE., 1952. 6. sz.

Források
 (szerk. Varga Béla) Veszprém megyei életrajzi lexikon, Veszprém, 2016 (elektronikus elérhetőségː  )

Magyar református püspökök
1868-ban született személyek
1952-ben elhunyt személyek