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This information can be supplied directly in the app by the user or set up for all users of the machine. Usually it is best to go through the in-app process described in this article once to verify the details are correct and then set up all machines afterwards.
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Black NHL player raises fist during national anthem, receives death threats
In a sport dominated by white Americans, Canadians and Europeans, JT Brown became the first NHL player to protest during the national anthem by raising his fist in the air before a game Saturday night.
Brown, a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning, held his fist in the air shortly before the Lightning's contest against the Florida Panthers.
Brown's protest was similar to one used by many NFL players in recent weeks. While some NFL players have taken a knee in protest of police inequality and police brutality, some have stood while keeping a fist in the air.
Brown is just one of six African-American players in the NHL. All told, there are fewer than 30 black players in the league currently.
Following Saturday's game, Brown said in a statement left on his Twitter account that he has received death threats. He had said that he knew it would spark a negative reaction from some.
"I also wanted to reiterate that this is not or has never been about the military or disrespecting the flag," Brown said. "It is about police brutality, racial injustice, and inequality in this country. It is something that I as well as many others feels needs to be addressed."
Brown is in his fifth full season with the Lightning.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Bat Removal & Control Service in Klamath Falls OR.
The bats that live in Oregon are typically petite, growing no more than 19 cm long and weighing in at 60 grams. Black or tan hair covers their bodies and their wings span is just around 30cm.
Bats are only active at night time because that is when their food is most active. Bats eat insects, and are typically found hunting their food near swimming pools and other standing water, or outside lighting.
Most bats live in colonies and each female will give birth to one litter per year that consists for a few babies. Sometimes bats will live alone or with only a few other bats.
Typically, a bat infestation is identified by either the homeowner seeing the bats themselves flying from their hiding spot during the early evening hours to hunt for food. Or, from their droppings, which are full of insect pieces making it distinct from mouse or cockroach droppings.
While it's true that bats can carry rabies, this is not very common and for the most part bats are not a threat to humans. In fact, bats prefer to keep their distance from humans and can be helpful in that they eat the insects that can cause problems for our gardens, plants, and landscaping.
If you think you might have bats living in your home, don't hesitate to contact the experts at A-One Pest Control. Our team of highly-trained exterminators have the skilled to recognize which spaces and holes might be openings big enough for bats to get through, whereas you might dismiss those holes as too small.
First: The first visit that the technician makes should be during the dusk hours as the sun is just setting. This is when bats are most likely to fly out of their hiding place to begin hunting for insects. This will give you technician information on where the bats are living, how they are getting in and out, and what species of bats they are.
Second: The next inspection visit should be done during the daytime allowing the technician the visibility to thoroughly investigate the colony. Bats sleep during the day, so the technician can learn about the size of the colony, and location, and the species without the bats flying around and changing their habits.
Any infestation in your home should be investigated by a professional. Bats are no different, their nesting habits can be damaging to the structure of your home, and their droppings cause fungus to grow, which is harmful if inhaled. Don't hesitate to contact the professional team of highly-skilled pest control technicians at A-One Pest Control if you think you may have an infestation of bats. Our exterminators can gather the information necessary to provide you with a thorough treatment plan and then provide you with options for preventing future infestations.


text:
<?php

namespace Drupal\Tests\layout_builder\Unit;

use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFieldManagerInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityRepositoryInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityType;
use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Entity\FieldableEntityInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
use Drupal\layout_builder\Plugin\SectionStorage\OverridesSectionStorage;
use Drupal\layout_builder\SectionStorage\SectionStorageDefinition;
use Drupal\layout_builder\SectionStorage\SectionStorageManagerInterface;
use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
use Prophecy\Argument;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;

/**
 * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\layout_builder\Plugin\SectionStorage\OverridesSectionStorage
 *
 * @group layout_builder
 */
class OverridesSectionStorageTest extends UnitTestCase {

  /**
   * The plugin.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\layout_builder\Plugin\SectionStorage\OverridesSectionStorage
   */
  protected $plugin;

  /**
   * The entity type manager.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface
   */
  protected $entityTypeManager;

  /**
   * The entity field manager.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFieldManagerInterface
   */
  protected $entityFieldManager;

  /**
   * The entity repository.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityRepositoryInterface
   */
  protected $entityRepository;

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  protected function setUp(): void {
    parent::setUp();

    $this->entityTypeManager = $this->prophesize(EntityTypeManagerInterface::class);
    $this->entityFieldManager = $this->prophesize(EntityFieldManagerInterface::class);
    $section_storage_manager = $this->prophesize(SectionStorageManagerInterface::class);
    $this->entityRepository = $this->prophesize(EntityRepositoryInterface::class);
    $account = $this->prophesize(AccountInterface::class);

    $definition = new SectionStorageDefinition([
      'id' => 'overrides',
      'class' => OverridesSectionStorage::class,
    ]);
    $this->plugin = new OverridesSectionStorage([], 'overrides', $definition, $this->entityTypeManager->reveal(), $this->entityFieldManager->reveal(), $section_storage_manager->reveal(), $this->entityRepository->reveal(), $account->reveal());
  }

  /**
   * @covers ::extractEntityFromRoute
   *
   * @dataProvider providerTestExtractEntityFromRoute
   *
   * @param bool $success
   *   Whether a successful result is expected.
   * @param string|null $expected_entity_type_id
   *   The expected entity type ID.
   * @param string $value
   *   The value to pass to ::extractEntityFromRoute().
   * @param array $defaults
   *   The defaults to pass to ::extractEntityFromRoute().
   */
  public function testExtractEntityFromRoute($success, $expected_entity_type_id, $value, array $defaults) {
    if ($expected_entity_type_id) {
      $entity_without_layout = $this->prophesize(FieldableEntityInterface::class);
      $entity_without_layout->hasField(OverridesSectionStorage::FIELD_NAME)->willReturn(FALSE);
      $this->entityRepository->getActive($expected_entity_type_id, 'entity_without_layout')->willReturn($entity_without_layout->reveal());

      $entity_with_layout = $this->prophesize(FieldableEntityInterface::class);
      $entity_with_layout->hasField(OverridesSectionStorage::FIELD_NAME)->willReturn(TRUE);
      $this->entityRepository->getActive($expected_entity_type_id, 'entity_with_layout')->willReturn($entity_with_layout->reveal());

      $entity_type = new EntityType([
        'id' => $expected_entity_type_id,
      ]);
      $this->entityTypeManager->getDefinition($expected_entity_type_id)->willReturn($entity_type);
    }
    else {
      $this->entityRepository->getActive(Argument::any())->shouldNotBeCalled();
    }

    $method = new \ReflectionMethod($this->plugin, 'extractEntityFromRoute');
    $method->setAccessible(TRUE);
    $result = $method->invoke($this->plugin, $value, $defaults);
    if ($success) {
      $this->assertInstanceOf(FieldableEntityInterface::class, $result);
    }
    else {
      $this->assertNull($result);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Provides data for ::testExtractEntityFromRoute().
   */
  public function providerTestExtractEntityFromRoute() {
    // Data provider values are:
    // - whether a successful result is expected
    // - the expected entity ID
    // - the value to pass to ::extractEntityFromRoute()
    // - the defaults to pass to ::extractEntityFromRoute().
    $data = [];
    $data['with value, with layout'] = [
      TRUE,
      'my_entity_type',
      'my_entity_type.entity_with_layout',
      [],
    ];
    $data['with value, without layout'] = [
      FALSE,
      'my_entity_type',
      'my_entity_type.entity_without_layout',
      [],
    ];
    $data['empty value, populated defaults'] = [
      TRUE,
      'my_entity_type',
      '',
      [
        'entity_type_id' => 'my_entity_type',
        'my_entity_type' => 'entity_with_layout',
      ],
    ];
    $data['empty value, empty defaults'] = [
      FALSE,
      NULL,
      '',
      [],
    ];
    return $data;
  }

  /**
   * @covers ::buildRoutes
   * @covers ::hasIntegerId
   * @covers ::getEntityTypes
   * @covers \Drupal\layout_builder\Routing\LayoutBuilderRoutesTrait::buildLayoutRoutes
   */
  public function testBuildRoutes() {
    $entity_types = [];

    $not_fieldable = $this->prophesize(EntityTypeInterface::class);
    $not_fieldable->entityClassImplements(FieldableEntityInterface::class)->willReturn(FALSE);
    $entity_types['not_fieldable'] = $not_fieldable->reveal();

    $no_layout_builder_form = $this->prophesize(EntityTypeInterface::class);
    $no_layout_builder_form->entityClassImplements(FieldableEntityInterface::class)->willReturn(TRUE);
    $no_layout_builder_form->hasHandlerClass('form', 'layout_builder')->willReturn(FALSE);
    $entity_types['no_layout_builder_form'] = $no_layout_builder_form->reveal();
    $this->entityFieldManager->getFieldStorageDefinitions('no_layout_builder_form')->shouldNotBeCalled();

    $no_view_builder = $this->prophesize(EntityTypeInterface::class);
    $no_view_builder->entityClassImplements(FieldableEntityInterface::class)->willReturn(TRUE);
    $no_view_builder->hasViewBuilderClass()->willReturn(FALSE);
    $no_view_builder->hasHandlerClass('form', 'layout_builder')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $entity_types['no_view_builder'] = $no_view_builder->reveal();

    $no_canonical_link = $this->prophesize(EntityTypeInterface::class);
    $no_canonical_link->entityClassImplements(FieldableEntityInterface::class)->willReturn(TRUE);
    $no_canonical_link->hasViewBuilderClass()->willReturn(TRUE);
    $no_canonical_link->hasLinkTemplate('canonical')->willReturn(FALSE);
    $no_canonical_link->hasHandlerClass('form', 'layout_builder')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $entity_types['no_canonical_link'] = $no_canonical_link->reveal();
    $this->entityFieldManager->getFieldStorageDefinitions('no_canonical_link')->shouldNotBeCalled();

    $canonical_link_no_route = $this->prophesize(EntityTypeInterface::class);
    $canonical_link_no_route->entityClassImplements(FieldableEntityInterface::class)->willReturn(TRUE);
    $canonical_link_no_route->hasViewBuilderClass()->willReturn(TRUE);
    $canonical_link_no_route->hasLinkTemplate('canonical')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $canonical_link_no_route->getLinkTemplate('canonical')->willReturn('/entity/{entity}');
    $canonical_link_no_route->hasHandlerClass('form', 'layout_builder')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $entity_types['canonical_link_no_route'] = $canonical_link_no_route->reveal();
    $this->entityFieldManager->getFieldStorageDefinitions('canonical_link_no_route')->shouldNotBeCalled();

    $from_canonical = $this->prophesize(EntityTypeInterface::class);
    $from_canonical->entityClassImplements(FieldableEntityInterface::class)->willReturn(TRUE);
    $from_canonical->hasViewBuilderClass()->willReturn(TRUE);
    $from_canonical->hasLinkTemplate('canonical')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $from_canonical->getLinkTemplate('canonical')->willReturn('/entity/{entity}');
    $from_canonical->hasHandlerClass('form', 'layout_builder')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $entity_types['from_canonical'] = $from_canonical->reveal();

    $with_string_id = $this->prophesize(EntityTypeInterface::class);
    $with_string_id->entityClassImplements(FieldableEntityInterface::class)->willReturn(TRUE);
    $with_string_id->hasViewBuilderClass()->willReturn(TRUE);
    $with_string_id->hasLinkTemplate('canonical')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $with_string_id->getLinkTemplate('canonical')->willReturn('/entity/{entity}');
    $with_string_id->hasHandlerClass('form', 'layout_builder')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $with_string_id->id()->willReturn('with_string_id');
    $with_string_id->getKey('id')->willReturn('id');
    $entity_types['with_string_id'] = $with_string_id->reveal();
    $string_id = $this->prophesize(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface::class);
    $string_id->getType()->willReturn('string');
    $this->entityFieldManager->getFieldStorageDefinitions('with_string_id')->willReturn(['id' => $string_id->reveal()]);

    $with_integer_id = $this->prophesize(EntityTypeInterface::class);
    $with_integer_id->entityClassImplements(FieldableEntityInterface::class)->willReturn(TRUE);
    $with_integer_id->hasViewBuilderClass()->willReturn(TRUE);
    $with_integer_id->hasLinkTemplate('canonical')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $with_integer_id->getLinkTemplate('canonical')->willReturn('/entity/{entity}');
    $with_integer_id->hasHandlerClass('form', 'layout_builder')->willReturn(TRUE);
    $with_integer_id->id()->willReturn('with_integer_id');
    $with_integer_id->getKey('id')->willReturn('id');
    $entity_types['with_integer_id'] = $with_integer_id->reveal();
    $integer_id = $this->prophesize(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface::class);
    $integer_id->getType()->willReturn('integer');
    $this->entityFieldManager->getFieldStorageDefinitions('with_integer_id')->willReturn(['id' => $integer_id->reveal()]);

    $this->entityTypeManager->getDefinitions()->willReturn($entity_types);

    $expected = [
      'entity.from_canonical.canonical' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}',
        [],
        [
          'custom requirement' => 'from_canonical_route',
        ]
      ),
      'entity.with_string_id.canonical' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}'
      ),
      'entity.with_integer_id.canonical' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}',
        [],
        [
          'with_integer_id' => '\d+',
        ]
      ),
      'layout_builder.overrides.from_canonical.view' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}/layout',
        [
          'entity_type_id' => 'from_canonical',
          'section_storage_type' => 'overrides',
          'section_storage' => '',
          '_entity_form' => 'from_canonical.layout_builder',
          '_title_callback' => '\Drupal\layout_builder\Controller\LayoutBuilderController::title',
        ],
        [
          '_layout_builder_access' => 'view',
          'custom requirement' => 'from_canonical_route',
        ],
        [
          'parameters' => [
            'section_storage' => ['layout_builder_tempstore' => TRUE],
            'from_canonical' => ['type' => 'entity:from_canonical'],
          ],
          '_layout_builder' => TRUE,
        ]
      ),
      'layout_builder.overrides.from_canonical.discard_changes' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}/layout/discard-changes',
        [
          'entity_type_id' => 'from_canonical',
          'section_storage_type' => 'overrides',
          'section_storage' => '',
          '_form' => '\Drupal\layout_builder\Form\DiscardLayoutChangesForm',
        ],
        [
          '_layout_builder_access' => 'view',
          'custom requirement' => 'from_canonical_route',
        ],
        [
          'parameters' => [
            'section_storage' => ['layout_builder_tempstore' => TRUE],
            'from_canonical' => ['type' => 'entity:from_canonical'],
          ],
          '_layout_builder' => TRUE,
        ]
      ),
      'layout_builder.overrides.from_canonical.revert' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}/layout/revert',
        [
          'entity_type_id' => 'from_canonical',
          'section_storage_type' => 'overrides',
          'section_storage' => '',
          '_form' => '\Drupal\layout_builder\Form\RevertOverridesForm',
        ],
        [
          '_layout_builder_access' => 'view',
          'custom requirement' => 'from_canonical_route',
        ],
        [
          'parameters' => [
            'section_storage' => ['layout_builder_tempstore' => TRUE],
            'from_canonical' => ['type' => 'entity:from_canonical'],
          ],
          '_layout_builder' => TRUE,
        ]
      ),
      'layout_builder.overrides.with_string_id.view' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}/layout',
        [
          'entity_type_id' => 'with_string_id',
          'section_storage_type' => 'overrides',
          'section_storage' => '',
          '_title_callback' => '\Drupal\layout_builder\Controller\LayoutBuilderController::title',
          '_entity_form' => 'with_string_id.layout_builder',
        ],
        [
          '_layout_builder_access' => 'view',
        ],
        [
          'parameters' => [
            'section_storage' => ['layout_builder_tempstore' => TRUE],
            'with_string_id' => ['type' => 'entity:with_string_id'],
          ],
          '_layout_builder' => TRUE,
        ]
      ),
      'layout_builder.overrides.with_string_id.discard_changes' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}/layout/discard-changes',
        [
          'entity_type_id' => 'with_string_id',
          'section_storage_type' => 'overrides',
          'section_storage' => '',
          '_form' => '\Drupal\layout_builder\Form\DiscardLayoutChangesForm',
        ],
        [
          '_layout_builder_access' => 'view',
        ],
        [
          'parameters' => [
            'section_storage' => ['layout_builder_tempstore' => TRUE],
            'with_string_id' => ['type' => 'entity:with_string_id'],
          ],
          '_layout_builder' => TRUE,
        ]
      ),
      'layout_builder.overrides.with_string_id.revert' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}/layout/revert',
        [
          'entity_type_id' => 'with_string_id',
          'section_storage_type' => 'overrides',
          'section_storage' => '',
          '_form' => '\Drupal\layout_builder\Form\RevertOverridesForm',
        ],
        [
          '_layout_builder_access' => 'view',
        ],
        [
          'parameters' => [
            'section_storage' => ['layout_builder_tempstore' => TRUE],
            'with_string_id' => ['type' => 'entity:with_string_id'],
          ],
          '_layout_builder' => TRUE,
        ]
      ),
      'layout_builder.overrides.with_integer_id.view' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}/layout',
        [
          'entity_type_id' => 'with_integer_id',
          'section_storage_type' => 'overrides',
          'section_storage' => '',
          '_title_callback' => '\Drupal\layout_builder\Controller\LayoutBuilderController::title',
          '_entity_form' => 'with_integer_id.layout_builder',
        ],
        [
          '_layout_builder_access' => 'view',
          'with_integer_id' => '\d+',
        ],
        [
          'parameters' => [
            'section_storage' => ['layout_builder_tempstore' => TRUE],
            'with_integer_id' => ['type' => 'entity:with_integer_id'],
          ],
          '_layout_builder' => TRUE,
        ]
      ),
      'layout_builder.overrides.with_integer_id.discard_changes' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}/layout/discard-changes',
        [
          'entity_type_id' => 'with_integer_id',
          'section_storage_type' => 'overrides',
          'section_storage' => '',
          '_form' => '\Drupal\layout_builder\Form\DiscardLayoutChangesForm',
        ],
        [
          '_layout_builder_access' => 'view',
          'with_integer_id' => '\d+',
        ],
        [
          'parameters' => [
            'section_storage' => ['layout_builder_tempstore' => TRUE],
            'with_integer_id' => ['type' => 'entity:with_integer_id'],
          ],
          '_layout_builder' => TRUE,
        ]
      ),
      'layout_builder.overrides.with_integer_id.revert' => new Route(
        '/entity/{entity}/layout/revert',
        [
          'entity_type_id' => 'with_integer_id',
          'section_storage_type' => 'overrides',
          'section_storage' => '',
          '_form' => '\Drupal\layout_builder\Form\RevertOverridesForm',
        ],
        [
          '_layout_builder_access' => 'view',
          'with_integer_id' => '\d+',
        ],
        [
          'parameters' => [
            'section_storage' => ['layout_builder_tempstore' => TRUE],
            'with_integer_id' => ['type' => 'entity:with_integer_id'],
          ],
          '_layout_builder' => TRUE,
        ]
      ),
    ];

    $collection = new RouteCollection();
    // Entity types that declare a link template for canonical must have a
    // canonical route present in the route collection.
    $collection->add('entity.from_canonical.canonical', $expected['entity.from_canonical.canonical']);
    $collection->add('entity.with_string_id.canonical', $expected['entity.with_string_id.canonical']);
    $collection->add('entity.with_integer_id.canonical', $expected['entity.with_integer_id.canonical']);

    $this->plugin->buildRoutes($collection);
    $this->assertEquals($expected, $collection->all());
    $this->assertSame(array_keys($expected), array_keys($collection->all()));
  }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Following a rapid succession of large commitments totaling $6.4 million, Biola University broke ground on its new Talbot Building complex on Thursday, May 20, 2010. This series of gifts and cash pledges, which has come to be known as the "Miracle of May 2010," coincided with a 40-day community-wide period of prayer and fasting for the long-planned project.
The "Miracle of May 2010" started months prior when the school's leadership, along with Corey, invited the Biola community to turn their hearts to God and ask him to do the miraculous by moving people to give the remaining funds necessary to break ground. Staff, faculty and students gathered for the "Great 40 Day Fast and Prayer" on Tuesday, March 16 at the future site of the Talbot East building to petition God for the remaining funds. Advancement leaders asked the Biola community to commit to fasting one meal over the next forty days and distributed prayer stones inscribed with 1 Samuel 7:12 as a reminder to pray for the project.
The days that followed brought unimaginable events. The first gift of $1 million arrived only seven days after the prayer and fasting began. The family that made the donation expressed gratitude for their association to Biola and shared their excitement about how God had allowed them to provide this kind of financial support.
Only a week later, another $1 million donation was received. In the weeks to follow, gifts to the project continued to pour in, including gifts and pledges of $60,000, $150,000, and $250,000.
May 1, 2010 marked the conclusion of the 40 days of prayer and fasting. The Biola community was faithful in prayer and fasting for 40 days and God was faithful to Biola in the days to follow.
The first pledge received in May was for $1.89 million. The family that made the donation had also been praying with Biola for a miracle, not knowing God would use them to provide financial support.
Then, a family wired $1 million toward their multi-million dollar pledge to the Talbot project on May 3, 2010, citing their belief in the importance of Biola's seminary.
"Talbot must continue to anchor Biola. It must also symbolically occupy a central place on the campus," the family stated in an email to Biola.
Within the same week another $2 million commitment to the new Talbot building was received.
After the 40 days ended there was a total of more than $6.4 million in financial commitments raised for the building of the new Talbot facilities. It was the five days in May that brought in unprecedented financial support for this project.
"The final week of this prayer campaign has been staggering, bolstering our faith and invigorating this community as we are reminded of God's unfailing faithfulness," said Corey.
Everyone is invited to witness the groundbreaking of the new Talbot complex and celebrate the miracle Biola experienced in May. Join the Biola community on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. next to Calvary Chapel. The stones distributed to the Biola community on March 16 will be collected as a visual reminder of God's faithfulness to be eventually displayed in the new building.
The Talbot Building Complex Project is a $55.4 million project to be erected in two phases.
Phase one will add a new 30,617 square-foot building adjacent to the existing Feinberg Hall. This $21.4 million project will add 7 classrooms, 31 academic offices, and feature a faculty meeting room, prayer chapel, two conference rooms and a Ph.D. seminar room.
Phase two will raze the antiquated Myers Hall and replace it with a state-of-the-art 57,798 square-foot building, providing 17 classrooms, 53 academic offices, a reading room, a student lounge/cafe' and a recreation room. Rooftop gardens will mitigate the energy required to heat and cool the building. Phase two will also remodel the basement of Feinberg Hall to accommodate the Institute for Spiritual Formation.
Written by Brenda Velasco, Manager of Public Relations & Internal Communications. For more information, contact Jenna Bartlo, Media Relations Coordinator, at (562)777-4061 or via email at jenna.l.bartlo@biola.edu.


Prepare Grilled Chicken: In large bowl, combine white wine, apple juice, lime zest, salt, and pepper. Add chicken and turn to coat with mixture; cover and refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes.
Heat grill. Drain and discard chicken marinade. Grill chicken until cooked through; serve with salsa.


Recital Information - Dance Motions, Inc.
The Dance Motions Recital will be held at the Hemmens Cultural Arts Center in Elgin on June, 8-9, 2019. We look forward to seeing our wonderful dancers perform.
Recital Shirts can be ordered through May 1st. Click on this for an Order Form. An image of the shirt is on the order form.
Recital Ticket sales will be held on April 27, 2019 at Dance Motions from 9 a.m. - noon. Tickets are $15 each. Seats are assigned for both shows. Click here for the Hemmens Seating Chart.
Please note that there will be no Flower Order this year.


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Q: Global sections of vector bundles on a complex elliptic curve and analytic functions Let me fix an elliptic curve $E$ over complex numbers with distinguished point $x \in E$. Thanks to Atiyah we know everything about discreet parameters of vector bundles and its moduli spaces. But I want to see more concrete description of sections. Let me start with simple example - line bundle $\mathcal{O}(3x)$ over $E$, then $H^0(E, \mathcal{O}(3x))$ is a $3$-dimensional space, and basis is $1, \sigma, \sigma'$, where $\sigma$ is a Weierstrass function.
My first question is there any description of this kind for sections of arbitrary line bundle $\mathcal{L}$ of degree, say, $3$?
Second question. Let me choose a vector bundle of rank two, say as kernel of some map, or some extension of a line bundle by a line bundle. Is there a way to understand its sections as $2$-component vector functions, with special properties, known as some interesting analytic functions?
I want to understand the following example. Let $\mathcal{L}$ be a line bundle of degree $3$ and $\mathcal{L} \ncong \mathcal{O}(3x)$, vector bundle $K$ of rank $2$ is defined by short exact sequence
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0 \to K \to \operatorname{Hom}(\mathcal{O}, \mathcal{L})\otimes \mathcal{O} \to \mathcal{L} \to 0
$$
then $K(1)$ (I choose $\mathcal{O}(1) \cong \mathcal{O}(3x))$ has three global sections. What are they as periodic meromorphic vector functions?

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New Jersey Approves Loan Program For Brownfield Revitalization
On Thursday, January 14, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) will host a webinar to provide details on its new Brownfields Loan Program.
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The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board of Directors has approved the creation of the Brownfields Loan Program that will make low-interest loans of up to $5 million available to brownfield redevelopment projects for all aspects of brownfield revitalization, including assessment, investigation, and demolition. It will be one of the only funding sources available to cover pre-construction planning, demolition, asbestos, PCB removal, and lead-based paint remediation.
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NJEDA will be hosting a webinar providing details of the Brownfields Loan Program on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 2 p.m. Click here to register.
"Revitalizing contaminated sites and putting them back to productive, locally-appropriate use is an essential component of Governor Murphy's commitment to building stronger, more vibrant communities across New Jersey," said NJEDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan. "The Brownfields Loan Program and the NJEDA's other collaborations with NJDEP Commissioner McCabe and other partners to support brownfields redevelopment will play a crucial role in building a greener, fairer New Jersey by incentivizing investors to consider brownfields remediation and making resources available to get these projects off the ground."
"Remediating brownfields turns burdens into opportunities. By cleaning up contaminated properties and replacing them with valuable assets that benefit New Jersey's communities, we create new paths for economic growth," said New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe. "Projects like these are important to our environmental protection, environmental justice, and economic recovery goals, but need financial resources. The NJEDA's Brownfields Loan Program will open the door to more successful remediation by filling in one of the most pervasive funding gaps that holds back these projects."
Historically, remediation has been a major barrier to successful brownfield redevelopment projects because of the lack of funding sources available to support site assessment, planning, and cleanup. The Brownfields Loan Program is a unique investment tool that will address this challenge by filling in these funding gaps to make the remediation phase of revitalization projects financially viable. The NJEDA expects this to reactivate long-stalled projects and create new opportunities for commercial, retail, and mixed-use developments that in turn will create jobs and make New Jersey's communities more vibrant, cleaner places to live and work.
The Brownfields Loan Program will offer low-interest financing of $100,000 to $5 million for all aspects of brownfields revitalization projects, including assessment, investigation, and demolition. Loans will be awarded through a competitive application process beginning in early 2021. Projects will be scored based on various details about the brownfield site itself and the proposed redevelopment project, including the location, the length of time the site has been vacant or underutilized, and how well the proposed redevelopment aligns with local plans. Projects that provide beneficial end uses that promote environmental resiliency, public health, and community well-being will receive higher scores.
The Brownfields Loan Program is part of NJEDA Community Revitalization, a suite of solutions designed to support development that transforms underutilized and contaminated spaces into community assets, with the goal of achieving a greener, fairer New Jersey. This includes ensuring that residents living in communities that have historically suffered from disinvestment, environmental contamination, and health disparities benefit from brownfields redevelopment. In addition to the Brownfields Loan Program, NJEDA Community Revitalization initiatives include the Brownfields Impact Fund, the proposed Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Credit, the expanded Community Collaborative Initiative (CCI), and the Brownfields Center at NJIT.
"The Brownfields Loan Program is a critical component of the NJEDA's holistic approach to environmental protection and remediation," said NJEDA Senior Brownfields Advisor Elizabeth Limbrick. "As one of the only sources of funding available for covering costs associated with pre-construction planning, demolition, and asbestos and lead-based paint remediation, the loan program will be a critical tool to help projects get through the early stages of brownfield remediation and move on to the important work of transforming contaminated sites into community assets more quickly and at lower cost."
Applications for the Brownfields Loan Program will be open from January 14, 2021 through April 13, 2021. Please continue to check the NJEDA website for further updates.
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When I saw that this month's IMBB? (Is My Blog Burning?) would feature eggs I just knew I had to enter. I thoroughly despise eggs so what a challenge for me. I'm not allergic to them. I can eat them if they are cooked and hidden as in a cake. But the thought of eating them raw or undisguised nauseates me. I can't abide the taste, the smell, or the thought of them. It's a genuine food fetish, one of the few I haven't been able to overcome (for the first half of my life I wouldn't eat onions either!).
So what could I make and eat that used either raw or undisguised eggs? I puzzled over this for several weeks and almost gave up when I had a brainstorm. Of course. Mix them with booze! I'm Irish and I'll always try an alcoholic drink at least once! Traditionally, eggs or their whites were added to cocktails for viscosity and foaminess. So here are three examples.
Many thanks to Viv of Seattle Bon Vivant for hosting this month's IMBB?
Skake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes for at least one minute. Strain into a small cocktail glass.
Shake all ingredients except mint in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes for at least one minute. Strain into a rocks glass filled wiith ice cubes and garnish with mint.
Shake all ingredients except soda in a cocktail shaker for at least one minute. Strain into a cocktail glass. Add 2 ice cubes and fill with club soda.
My favorite was definitely the Acapulco.
Tip: I found that first whipping the egg white briefly with a wire whip helped it combine better than adding it straight to the shaker.
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I hope yours is going swimmingly! In a previous post, I mentioned that off-the-shoulder and cold-shoulder tops are disappearing from the stores as the modesty trend increases in popularity. In terms of fashion, this generally means dresses with higher necklines, and lower hemlines. Maxi skirts were the first wave. Midi skirts and dresses were part of this trend,too, although when worn with the crop tops popularly shown with the midis, maybe modesty wasn't what the designers were thinking. I can remember the street style wave of blouses and shirts buttoned to the neck topped with statement necklaces, and how fresh they looked after years of necklines plunging lower and lower.
Some dress modestly to adhere to a religious rule or code, whether they want to or not. Others choose to dress modestly because modesty is a personal value for them, like economy or aesthetics is for another. This is my situation. Modesty is one of the personal values that ranks quite high in my listing. Modesty means different things to different people. My definition of modesty will not be the same as yours or anyone else's. Posting myself on Instagram might be considered immodest to some, but for me it's just a part of my business. I can't tell you by numbers what is immodest for me; I can't say a skirt above here, or a neckline down here is too much. It's more a feeling. I put something on, and it's just not right. It may be lovely, but I just can't go there!
but might not work for someone else's definition!
Another piece to take into account is context. Where am I and who am I with? I might wear an outfit out to dinner with my husband, that would feel immodest in the light of day. I wear a two piece bathing suit at the beach. It seems the right place to do so. Everyone has to work this one out for themselves! I know quite a few parents who have nixed two piece swimsuits for their daughters, but allow dresses too short to bend over safely in. I don't consider it hypocrisy, just confusing.
For some, dressing modestly means not drawing attention to one's self, falling in with 1b from Mirriam-Webster. For some it means wearing all black, grey, tan, or some other neutral. Modesty might mean no flashy jewelry, or anything expensive. It may also mean not showing skin, but what skin seems to vary. I have seen school dress codes that prohibit showing the collarbones, but nothing about how long shorts or skirts need to be! The well known fingertip-rule for skirts and shorts is a notoriously bad one as everyone has different proportions, and fingertip length on one person may cover all and be indecent on another! Frequently, modesty is taken to mean no cleavage, tummies, shoulders, or thighs showing. Have you ever noticed that most modesty rules refer to women, and rarely to men? Odd? Not when you consider history and power structures.
So what do I make of the modesty trend as it plays out on the runways, and filters its way down into the shops? I'm good with it, and am hoping it will make it easier to find things I like. I'm tired of "fixing" things with a cami. I imagine mothers of teen and preteen girls will appreciate it as well, but I'm not sure the girls will. We have been living in a let it all hang out, super snug, hypersexualized fashion wave for an awfully long time, and it's all they've known, so the longer skirts and higher necklines may look fresh or frumpy to them, there's no telling!
What's your take on the modesty trend? Do you love it? Or loathe it? Let me know in the comments below… I love to hear from you!


Is it advisable to give so many vaccinations to our child?
We have not yet immunised our 8 year old daughter against chicken pox. My wife and are I in our mid thirties and have never had chicken pox. We have not taken the immunisation either. I have just seen the immunisation schedule given by the doctor for my 3 month old son and find that it is a huge list. I have the feeling that this list is growing longer and longer with every passing year, as more and more vaccines are being developed. Is it wise to take Varilrix, as I have heard conflicting versions from doctor friends regarding this vaccine? And also, meningitis, typhoid, hep-A, hep-B. How much more should we subject our infants to pricks? Could you please advise on the suitability of being administered so many vaccines?
Regarding chickenpox, this is usually a mild disease in children, below 8-10 years of age. It tends to be a severe disease in older children and adults. One thing is almost sure that disease gives practically life long immunity. The vaccine is in use for almost last two decades and we know that it is good, for these last twenty years, to prevent chickenpox. We don't know what happens after 30-40 years of the vaccine, whether repeat dose would be required if vaccinated in childhood.
What I practice is that if the child has not developed chickenpox by 8-10 years of age, I give the vaccine for two reasons - one, child may develop severe chickenpox, and secondly, the child has to be away from the school for maybe two weeks, if infected, with parents taking leave from their work and doing baby sitting. So you can decide.
For other vaccines like Hep B, it is a must, because hepatitis B is a preventible dreaded disease which can have lifelong implications with chances of chronic liver disease. Please also give Hepatitis A vaccine; it is water borne transmitted hepatitis i.e. liver infection leading on to jaundice. In large majority of children it is a mild self limiting disease without any significant complications. But a small percentage can get complications. It is a safe and effective vaccine and remember what ever protection we can give safely to our children should be given.
Typhoid is not a very great vaccine with protection rates upto 60-70%. But typhoid is very common in India specially during summers and rainy season and since it is a safe vaccine, should be given. Meningitis vaccine if you are talking of meningococcal vaccine is not routinely recommended unless there is epidemic situation and that too the vaccine is not against strains which commonly cause epidemics.


Combine shallots, garlic, parsley, tarragon, oregano, salt, and olive oil in a food processor; pulse to form a paste. Place scallops in a large bowl, add half of shallot mixture (about 1/4 cup), and toss gently to combine. Cover and refrigerate at least 20 minutes or up to 8 hours. Stir lemon juice into remaining half of shallot mixture, and set aside.
Thread 3 scallops onto each of 8 (6-inch) wooden skewers. Lightly coat griddle with canola oil, and heat over high until it is smoking hot. Place skewers on griddle, and cook, undisturbed, until scallops develop a crust, about 3 minutes. Flip skewers, and turn off heat. Allow scallops to sit until just cooked through, about 2 more minutes. Drizzle reserved shallot mixture over top of scallops. Bring sizzling, sauced scallops to the table right on the griddle.


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With Water/Without Water is a group exhibition by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) members that collectively tells the story of the importance to California of this vital but limited resource.
While the state has a plethora of coastline and beaches that people flock to for recreation, freshwater is less abundant. As the nation's leader in agriculture, its farm production is increasingly threatened by the state's limited freshwater.
Water—or the lack of it—affects us in endless ways. First and foremost, it is essential for all life. But beyond basic sustenance, water contributes to sanitation and hygiene, beauty in the landscape, and agriculture. Water is often in the forefront of Californians' thoughts.
At times of drought, water use is restricted and fires sweep through open spaces and populated areas alike. When rain finally comes, its arrival is greeted with relief, but sometimes concern where mudslides or flooding are potential threats.
Water, an integral component of our lives, is sometimes forgotten in our urbanized existence. This project will serve to remind the viewer of water's importance, illustrating the multifaceted role of water in California life—from its integral role in sustaining us to the beauty it creates around us.
ASMP : American Society of Media Photographers
In the autumn of 1944 at the end of World War II, two dozen photographers gathered in Ewing Krainin's NYC studio and formed what is currently known as the American Society of Media Photographers. They believed an organization was needed for professional photographers to advocate for their rights, and support their passion for creating photography.
75 years later, ASMP now serves a diverse membership of photojournalists, commercial and editorial photographers, videographers, hybrids, etc., and has become the premiere industry leader in promoting photographers' rights, providing business education, and assisting photographers to connect with clients.
ASMP's 75th Anniversary will launch this fall will with the theme 20/20 Vision/em>–with a nod to the past, and sights set on the future. ASMP looks to the future of photography, to the new outlets that will emerge, and will continue being the linchpin to visual language in the new digital age.
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How come we are ranking on the first page for cheap SEO?
We've been talking a lot about Cheap SEO companies for weeks now, trying to explain in simple terms why the tactics and strategies these companies or single operators use are out of date. Truth is they can actually end up costing you a fortune. We are clearly not one of these companies and yet when you type in 'Cheap SEO' we come up on the first few pages, ahh the irony!
In this video, Andrew Radics and Ian Hopkinson discuss some of the outdated seo tactics used by some companies.
Ian: Why are we ranking on the first page of cheap SEO Andrew? What is going on here? We are obviously not providing cheap SEO to the world.
Andrew: No I think more than likely it's because we bang on about it so much.
Ian: This is true we've been talking a lot about it.
Andrew: We have. If you have a look at our videos, on cheap SEO companies or whatever it is, it's on the first page if not number one.
Ian: And we're very opinionated about it.
Andrew: Yes we are. But we are certainly not cheap SEO. So don't come to us for cheap SEO. That is the point.
Andrew: And it was our video!
We called them and politely asked them to take it down. And sure enough after a few days it was gone!
Ian: A little bit of respect is good. Quite a few others of our videos have gone on to other websites where there is information about SEO. And that is fine we don't mind that.
Andrew: Oh yeah, video sharing sites that's fine! They don't claim it is their video or anything like that. But that is a really cheap tactic to use.
Ian: Well yeah, that was poetry in motion I thought! I just didn't quite understand since we were not speaking highly about cheap SEO. So why were they using our video to advertise their services? How is that helping them?
Andrew: They probably believe, and rightly so many times, that Google places a lot of importance on video.
Ian: That is a bit of a worry. We could be saying all kinds of things about "cheap SEO". And we are! And they are using it as a point of sale!
Andrew: The thing that got me was that there is no credits to us. Nothing! Not even a link back to the original YouTube. Which would have taken them to our YouTube channel.
Ian: Yes, there is a bit of internet etiquette that is going on there. Or that should go on! That should have been linked back to our site!
Andrew: There you go that is why we are number one for cheap SEO!
Ian: When we are talking about cheap SEO. What do we mean by cheap SEO? In a nutshell obviously!
Andrew: Well, obviously it is a two fold thing. It is a monetary thing. Cheap: as in cheap in dollars. And unfortunately because it is cheap in dollars a lot of value can't go into it! I mean how much work can you get done for 99 dollars a month? Imagine paying somebody.
Andrew: Or $500. Depending on what you want of course! We are not talking about a full blown SEO campaign for 500 dollars. That's crazy! You can't do it!
Ian: Because SEO is an everyday activity. It is not just something you check in every now and then and tweak a few things! It is an everyday strategy. And the roll out of it all has to be carefully thought through. And there is, or at least should be, actually a lot of client interaction as well? You really should be keeping your client informed and finding out what their needs are. Because they do change! And none of these companies asks for any sort of plan.
Ian: They just say: Click this button go to PayPal. Bang! 99 dollars, 250 dollars or whatever it is and we will give you this bullet point list of links. And what other things are they offering???
Ian: All of these useless things that don't matter anymore.
Ian: It usually is! Judge Judy is so wise!
Ian: That's what I don't get! People get these emails and that are much like the "You have just won the lottery! Please enter your bank account details here!" I guess it is a case of people not having the education of the knowledge to be able to discern between what is real and what is not.
Andrew: But now there is no excuse! There is enough content out there to counteract that out there.
And now that you mention all of this. Some SEO companies say to you: "We will do it for this much but you have to pay 12 months in advance." Don't do it! Do NOT pay 12 months in advance! Because generally what happens is that they take your money and you will not hear from them! Not that they will disappear totally but they're going to put you on the backburner because they've already got your money. They will not put high priority on your website at all.
Andrew: Monthly! Always pay monthly!
Don't lock yourself into some stupid thing to pay 12 months up front!
Andrew: I have heard about this time and time again!
Ian: I agree with that. But I understand why some companies do that. Obviously because they don't wanna be chasing people for money every month. But, Hello! Direct Debit! What was that invented for?
Ian: You've got rights! In our case when we do 12 month contracts we have a 3 month opt-out. Basically it says: If you are not happy after three months or if we are not happy after 3 months, we have the option of firing each other. I think that is very reasonable.
Andrew: A contract to me is "This is what we agreed on and the term is for 12 months." During those 12 months you can't change the price. That is what a contract if for. Just like a lease. You agree to pay X amount of dollars on your car lease of house lease or whatever it is. They can't up it during that period.
Ian: I bet these companies don't give you a money back guarantee.
Ian: But we do in a sense. They do have that 3 month review where they can discuss results and then we move forward from there. So they can sort of opt-out.
Ian: In that way a smaller investment.
Andrew: Yes, they can always opt-out. There has to be.
Ian: I think we should do a video about that. A whole separate one!
Ian: Anyway, we are on the first page for cheap SEO. And we are not cheap, really!
Andrew: Don't know about him! But we are not!
Ian: Why did you go there!?
Ian: Well, thanks for watching! We've actually got some content coming up. More of Streisand effect content. Tomorrow!
Ian: The response we've had to the Streisand effect has been overwhelming. We're going to do examples of it. A whole series of them! That could go on for quite some time. I am interested to see where that leads.
Andrew: Not only number one on "cheap seo" on videos. We are also on the first page with the Streisand effect. And our videos are number one and number five. So we are gonna continue with the Streisand thing.
Ian: That is as of today. Obviously things change.
Andrew: Tomorrow it could be 2000.
Ian: We could be, yeah. But then the next day we'd be number one again. Then Google does an update. Actually if Google does an update we are doing fine. We just ride through the changes.
Andrew: Because we are not cheap SEO!
Ian: All the best! Speak soon!


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The nearly true story of the First Thanksgiving
November 16, 2018 November 12, 2018 by Lori Borgman
There's a lot of grumbling that young people don't know history like they should. If we're honest, we must acknowledge an inherent problem to being young and learning history. The younger you are, the more there is to learn.
Curious, I asked five members of the youngest generation in our family (preschool through early elementary) for the story of the first Thanksgiving.
What follows is "The Nearly True Story of the First Thanksgiving."
"The king said they weren't allowed to worship God so the Pilgrims wanted to come to America where they could do what they wanted. They picked a ship called the Mayberry."
"No, I think they came on the Mayflower."
"It was a long trip. It took a year, maybe two. The kids played games on the ship, mostly soccer, but also some tic-tac-toe."
"There was a captain on the ship and he had guiders who helped guide the ship."
"The Pilgrim ladies wore blue dresses. They looked like Mary and Laura from Little House. The men wore blue shirts and jeans. Pilgrims were like pioneers."
"Some of the people on the ship got sick and died. A baby was born on the ship. His name was Oceanus."
"They sailed and sailed until someone said they saw land."
"They landed at the Mayflower. There was a rock that said Mayflower right where they were landing."
"They didn't have much food and were very hungry."
"They ate fish and probably berries out of the woods. The men went out to hunt deer and bears. I don't think I would eat bear meat, unless I was super hungry. I bet I would if I was super hungry."
"More Pilgrims died that winter. Maybe more than half. We think they had little pox. In one family, both the mom and dad died and one girl had to live alone. She only had herself."
"Only two families survived without losing any family members. One of them was Oceanus' family. None of the people in his family died."
"In the spring, a couple of guys were hunting for food and they saw an Indian. He helped them learn how to plant and harvest and where the lakes were and how to weed and other good stuff and how to make fire."
"And he helped them bury the fish in the ground."
"When fall came, they wanted to celebrate and called it the First Thanksgiving. They were going to celebrate that they were alive, so they had a big feast.
"They had turkey and deer, potatoes and carrots, ham and chicken."
"The Indians brought popcorn. Salted popcorn. The Pilgrims had never seen that before."
"They played a lot of games. The moms might have knitted mats for checkers and cut wood from trees like checkers. Oh, and they might have carved chess sets, too."
"Did you get the part about popcorn? Salted popcorn."
"They played and ate and thanked God for letting the Indians be nice to them and they thanked that one special Indian for helping them learn their way."
And there you have it – a composite account of the first Thanksgiving as told by the historians of tomorrow.
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A War Veteran Who Never Served
With a few of my earlier posts, I have covered some of the professional ball players who temporarily traded their professional flannels in exchange for a uniform of the armed forces. While some of these men filled the ranks both in combat and support units, others used their professional skills to provide the troops with a temporary escape from the harsh realities of the war by providing them with a taste of home that can be found within the lines of the baseball diamond.
According to Gary Bedingfield's extensive research, more than 4,500 professional baseball players placed their careers on hold in order to serve in the effort to defeat fascism and tyranny that was sweeping across Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. There were more than 500 major league ball players who served in the armed forces throughout the more than four years of the war (including the last few weeks of December, 1941 when many players like Bob Feller rushed to enlist). Conversely, there were roughly 2,800 men who continued to play major league baseball during the same period, avoiding service for a myriad of reasons (age, unfit for duty, etc.). I have focused this blog on two over-arching subjects; baseball militaria – items used on the diamond (or in relation to it) by servicemen who may or may not have played the game professionally; the people who played the game during their time in uniform. Today's post, while centered on a contextual (to this blog) object, it also addresses one of the nearly 3,000 MLB players who never served and yet was well-represented on the diamonds across both the European and Pacific theaters during WWII.
Before I delve into the subject matter of this article, I must first offer a disclaimer that I am decidedly not a baseball glove collector nor do I possess any measure of expertise on this very interesting area of baseball collecting. With this being the Chevrons and Diamonds blog where I provide research and insight pertaining to baseball militaria, my interest is more broad. As I researched this topic, I realize that expertise in military gloves and mitts are significantly more specialized and as with other areas of military baseball, is limited (at least that is my assertion) as compared to baseball gloves outside of what was used during the war.
As a Navy veteran, I tend to focus my collecting interest around naval-themed items and within the realm of military baseball, I remain consistent. When I began looking at obtaining a baseball glove for my collection, I found a World War II vintage model that was rather ragged and yet held my interest as it was stamped, "U.S.N." across the wrist strap. Before making the purchase, I took note that the glove was also missing the web between the thumb and index finger and that there were fragments of the leather lacing remaining protruding from a few of the heavily-oxidized eyelets. I considered the condition and weighed it against the current pricing trends and decided to make the purchase, thinking that I would be able to get the glove into shape.
From a distance, this glove doesn't appear to be in the poor condition that it truly is. The first few treatments of the leather has yielded positive results and yet it will never truly be a showcase piece.
The wrist strap is slightly rolled over the "U.S.N" stamped lettering. Notice the missing webbing and lacing between the thumb and index finger.
U.S.N. is stamped into the wrist strap of this 1942-44 GoldSmith DW Elmer Riddle signature model glove.
The leather on the backside of the fingers is in the best condition. Treating the finger-leather resulted in making the glove considerably more supple.
The pocket and lacing are clearly absent from my US Navy-stamped GoldSmith Elmer Riddle DW model glove.
On the glove's heel, the "DW" letters are more visible just above the "Hand Formed Pad." The lacing eyelets are not as corroded as those for the webbing. The leather shows signs of cracking and flecking off. The dark spots, in my opinion, are mildew or mold areas.
Barely discernible in this image, "Inner Processed" can be seen at the center of the palm; "A Preferred Product" trademark and "DW" are visible just above my fingertips and the "ddle" of Elmer Riddle's signature can be seen towards the upper right. Notice the cracking and flaking dried-out leather. This was after one re-moisturizing treatment.
Inside the glove, the horsehide interior is not as dried out and damaged as the areas exposed to the elements.
When the glove arrived a few days later, I unzipped the two-gallon sized zip-locked bag to find not only was it, at one point water-damaged with remnants of mildew or mold, but also that the leather was dried and cracking. It was in far worse shape than I anticipated. Perhaps this was the reason that I was able to acquire it for less than so many other of the scarcer Navy versions had been selling at premium prices in the months prior to me pulling the trigger on this one. In the few years since, only a smattering have since been listed in online auctions. Regardless, this dried out, cracking and smelly glove is now in my possession and it is my desire to attempt to breathe new life into it with the hope that I leave it in better condition than when I received it.
I broke one of my self-established collecting rules; before I purchase it, I had virtually no understanding of vintage glove models, styles, manufacturers or the many details that a true glove collector can recite with ease. My extent of knowledge stems from examining vintage photographs and taking a peripheral view into what a fielder or position player may have on his catching hand. To me, the all generally appeared the same. Until I began researching for this article, I hadn't spent any time attempting to understand how diverse and expansive vintage baseball glove field really is. In the coming months, I hope to take some deeper dives into this area of collecting as it pertains to military service teams and the gloves that were issued to the members of the armed forces.
These letters were not visible until I treated the dried out leather a second time. Close inspection of the surface of the leather reveals the degree of the damage.
The discoloring of the leather and the dryness completely concealed Elmer Riddle's signature (along with the "Trademark" lettering).
Notable in the 1938-44 GoldSmith logo, "A Preferred Product" is visible at the top of the glove's heel (directly above the "DW").
This GoldSmith logo (as shown on the Pete Reiser JCL model glove) is what was once prominent on my Elmer Riddle model (imagesource: eBay image).
After a cursory pass in working over the dried leather of my Navy-issued glove (with Horseman's One Step Leather Cleaner & Condition), I began to see some of the markings that might lead me to determine the manufacturer. One of the obvious markings was the "DW" stamped just above the heel. After nearly two weeks (following the treatment of the leather), more of the manufacturer's stampings and markings began to emerge as the leather became supple and started to return to its previous shape. Beneath the DW, "Hand Formed Pad" was discernible. Towards the pinky-finger side of the palm, remnants of a signature were visible – "Riddle" with "Trademark" centered directly below. A quick search of the web revealed that the glove was a GoldSmith Elmer Riddell fielder's glove model.
Armed with details of the make and model of the glove, I spent some investigating the details in trying to confirm the age (I wanted to be certain that the glove, though marked as a U.S.N., that it was, in fact, from the WWII time-frame). I also wanted to gain a little bit of an understanding about the other information present on the glove:
Inside the glove on the heel pad:
Horesehide Lining
On the outer heel pad:
Hand Formed Pad
On the pinky side-edge:
Elmer Riddle (signature)
In the palm:
Inner Processed
GoldSmith (logo)
a Preferred Product (trademark)
The 1938-1944 P. GoldSmith company logo along with the "a Preferred Product" tagline as printed on a vintage baseball (image source: KeyManCollectibles.com).
To properly date the glove, the logo is the most revealing aspect (which, in the case of my glove is partially discernible). As with so many companies, logos changed during significant events (such as mergers, ownership changes, spin-offs, etc.). Noting that my glove has the GoldSmith logo along with the "A Preferred Product" trademark, it predates the merger with the golf brand, MacGregor which occurred between 1945-46 (in 1946, the company changed their name and logo to MacGregor-GoldSmith). By 1952, The company was known solely as MacGregor. Prior to 1938, the company logo was different and the name was P. GoldSmith (named for its founder, Phillip GoldSmith). Considering the company name and logo, I am able to determine that the manufacturing date of the glove lies somewhere in the 1938-44 range. There is still more information that will narrow this date range down.
Elmer Riddle, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates; 1939-1949). Image source: Society of American Baseball Research (SABR)
The glove has a major-league pitcher's endorsement (as indicated by the signature that is embossed), Elmer Riddle who played from 1939 to 1949 with the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. His best years were 1941, 1943 and 1948 (his only all-star season). Most likely, Riddle signed an endorsement deal with the P. GoldSmith Company during the early part of the war in 1942 following his '41 19-2 season (he was the 4th runner-up in MVP balloting). With all of the information at my disposal I determined that my glove was made between 1942-44. Aside from my brilliant deduction skills, I am also fairly adept at tapping into available resources and knowledgeable experts. I reached out to a fellow collector who has a fantastic wealth of information in his site, KeyManCollectibles.com, specifically his Baseball Glove Dating Guide.
In viewing his archive of catalogs, the 1942 GoldSmith Preferred glove catalog shows the initial appearance within their Professional Model glove product line, sharing the page with the RL Model – with the Leo Durocher signature. The product description reads:
This page of the 1942 GoldSmith glove catalog shows the first year for the DW Elmer Riddle signature fielder's glove (courtesy of KeyManCollectibles.com)
"Compact, flexible, streamlined, "Natural Contour" Model (Licensed under Pat. No. 2231204) bearing signature of Elmer Riddle, of the Cincinnati "Reds". Genuine horsehide with full horsehide lining, and hand formed asbestos felt pad. Inner processed greased palm, oiled back. Leather welted diverted finger seams and reinforced thumb seam. Roll leather bound edge, roll leather bound wrist, leather laced through metal eyelets. Improved double tunnel web with leather connector, laced through metal eyelets. Wide leather wrist strap."
(Note: seeing that the glove is constructed with asbestos in the padding, I need to be careful in handling the glove as the leather is cracking and could open up enough to create an exposure risk.)
In the process of learning about this particular glove model, I made an interesting discovery. As war was taking hold across Europe, American citizens began to change their stance regarding the conscription (or draft) of young, able-bodied men into compulsory military training as a means of preparedness for what was seemingly inevitable; the United States being drawn into war. With President Roosevelt's signing of the Selective Training and Service act of 1940, the first U.S. peacetime military conscription commenced requiring all men aged 21 to 35 to report for 12 months of service. By 1941, the age range was expanded, reducing the minimum age to 18 and the upper age to 37 and extended the length of service to 18 months.
As I viewed Mr. Riddle's stats, I took note that he had no broken time during the war which stood out as a curiosity considering that he was a 27 year-old athlete who was actively playing baseball. While many of his peers were helping with the war effort (away from professional ball), Riddle continued to play the game. During the 1943 season, Elmer Riddle had a very productive season, making 36 appearances (starting 33 games) and winning 21 (he completed 19). In 260 innings, he only surrendered 6 homeruns. How could he have avoided the draft (provided he didn't volunteer)? There are a number of deferments that were applied to a large number of men who fell into the age range of selective service. One thought that often arises when discovering a person who didn't serve during WWII is the only son or only surviving son provision within the Selective Service Act (the premise of the fictionalized portrayal of retrieving a sole surviving son in the film, Saving Private Ryan). However, this provision only applies to peacetime conscription. During a national emergency or Congressionally declared war, even sole surviving and only sons will be called to serve. What is baffling is that even Riddle's older half-brother, catcher Johnny Riddle, played along side Elmer in Cincinnati, avoiding service in the armed forces.
Prior to the 1944 season, he reported (in March) for and passed his pre-induction physical. According to Riddle's bio at the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) website, "The Army advised him to report to spring training while awaiting induction. Apparently, he was never called up, because, according to United Press sportswriter Jack Cuddy, he started the season 'like a burning haystack.'"
While Elmer Riddle never served his country in the armed forces, his name, affixed to a lot of baseball gloves, saw action wherever GIs took breaks from combat action. According to Vintage-Baseball-Gloves.com, the GoldSmith DW Elmer Riddle glove is, "THE (sic) classic wartime glove. More of these were issued than all other models combined." I can almost imagine players like Joe DiMaggio and Pee Wee Reese donning an Elmer Riddle glove as they took the field in one of their many service team ballgames. While most collectors might not enjoy it, I do see the lovely irony.
More details regarding the GoldSmith/MacGregor-Goldsmith DW Model Glove
GoldSmith (and MacGregor-Goldsmith) produced (at least) three DW models of the fielder's glove:
GoldSmith DW – Elmer Riddle (years played: '39-47 CIN; '48-49 PIT)
MacGregor GoldSmith DW – Elmer Riddle G121 (front, back, original box)
MacGregor-GoldSmith DW – Joe Cronin (years played: '26-27 PIT; '28-34 WAS; '35-45 BOS [AL])
MacGregor-GoldSmith DW – Buddy Kerr (years played: '43-49 NYG; '50-51 BOS [NL])
A few collectors noted that the initials in reference to models pertain to the original player for whom the signature model was created.
MO – Mel Ott model
PD – Paul Derringer model
CG – Charlie Gehringer
RL – Red Lucas model (subsequently becoming a Leo Durocher endorsed model when the LD Durocher was dropped)
JC – Joe Cronin model (however the JCL model was a Pete Reiser signature model and yet Goldsmith never created PR model)
HC – Harold Craft model (which transitioned to a Dixie Walker endorsed model)
Consistency is king in helping archaeologists, archivists and researches to easily map out how companies conducted their businesses and yet seldom do we find that they were consistent. As noted in the very brief sample of the GoldSmith/MacGregor-GoldSmith glove model list, the DW model did not have a ballplayer for whom the letters represented. It is assumed by collectors that it was created for Dixie Walker (most notable with his tenure in Brooklyn) and yet the glove he ended up endorsing was the (MacGregor-Goldsmith HC model (formerly the Harold Craft model). Why was the first player signature glove for Elmer Riddle the DW model rather than an ER?
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text:
layout: model
title: Relation extraction between Drugs and ADE (ReDL)
author: John Snow Labs
name: redl_ade_biobert
date: 2021-07-12
tags: [relation_extraction, en, clinical, licensed, ade, biobert]
task: Relation Extraction
language: en
edition: Healthcare NLP 3.1.2
spark_version: 3.0
supported: true
annotator: RelationExtractionDLModel
article_header:
type: cover
use_language_switcher: "Python-Scala-Java"
---

## Description

This model is an end-to-end trained BioBERT model, capable of Relating Drugs and adverse reactions caused by them; It predicts if an adverse event is caused by a drug or not. `1` : Shows the adverse event and drug entities are related, `0` : Shows the adverse event and drug entities are not related.

## Predicted Entities

`0`, `1`

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## How to use

<div class="tabs-box" markdown="1">
{% include programmingLanguageSelectScalaPythonNLU.html %}

```python
documenter = DocumentAssembler()\
    .setInputCol("text")\
    .setOutputCol("document")

sentencer = SentenceDetector()\
    .setInputCols(["document"])\
    .setOutputCol("sentences")

tokenizer = sparknlp.annotators.Tokenizer()\
    .setInputCols(["sentences"])\
    .setOutputCol("tokens")

words_embedder = WordEmbeddingsModel() \
    .pretrained("embeddings_clinical", "en", "clinical/models") \
    .setInputCols(["sentences", "tokens"]) \
    .setOutputCol("embeddings")

ner_tagger = MedicalNerModel.pretrained("ner_ade_clinical", "en", "clinical/models")\
    .setInputCols("sentences", "tokens", "embeddings")\
    .setOutputCol("ner_tags")

ner_converter = NerConverter() \
    .setInputCols(["sentences", "tokens", "ner_tags"]) \
    .setOutputCol("ner_chunks")

pos_tagger = PerceptronModel()\
    .pretrained("pos_clinical", "en", "clinical/models") \
    .setInputCols(["sentences", "tokens"])\
    .setOutputCol("pos_tags")

dependency_parser = sparknlp.annotators.DependencyParserModel()\
    .pretrained("dependency_conllu", "en")\
    .setInputCols(["sentences", "pos_tags", "tokens"])\
    .setOutputCol("dependencies")

# Set a filter on pairs of named entities which will be treated as relation candidates
re_ner_chunk_filter = RENerChunksFilter() \
    .setInputCols(["ner_chunks", "dependencies"])\
    .setMaxSyntacticDistance(10)\
    .setOutputCol("re_ner_chunks")\
    .setRelationPairs(['ade-drug', 'drug-ade'])

# The dataset this model is trained to is sentence-wise.
# This model can also be trained on document-level relations - in which case, while predicting, use "document" instead of "sentence" as input.
re_model = RelationExtractionDLModel()\
    .pretrained('redl_ade_biobert', 'en', "clinical/models") \
    .setPredictionThreshold(0.5)\
    .setInputCols(["re_ner_chunks", "sentences"]) \
    .setOutputCol("relations")

pipeline = Pipeline(stages=[documenter,
                            sentencer,
                            tokenizer,
                            pos_tagger,
                            words_embedder,
                            ner_tagger,
                            ner_converter,
                            dependency_parser,
                            re_ner_chunk_filter,
                            re_model])

light_pipeline = LightPipeline(pipeline.fit(spark.createDataFrame([[""]]).toDF("text")))

text ="""Been taking Lipitor for 15 years , have experienced severe fatigue a lot. The doctor moved me to voltarene 2 months ago, so far I have only had muscle cramps."""

annotations = light_pipeline.fullAnnotate(text)
```
```scala
val documenter = new DocumentAssembler()
    .setInputCol("text")
    .setOutputCol("document")

val sentencer = new SentenceDetector()
    .setInputCols("document")
    .setOutputCol("sentences")

val tokenizer = new Tokenizer()
    .setInputCols("sentences")
    .setOutputCol("tokens")

val words_embedder = WordEmbeddingsModel()
    .pretrained("embeddings_clinical", "en", "clinical/models")
    .setInputCols(Array("sentences", "tokens"))
    .setOutputCol("embeddings")

val ner_tagger = MedicalNerModel.pretrained("ner_ade_clinical", "en", "clinical/models")
    .setInputCols(Array("sentences", "tokens", "embeddings"))
    .setOutputCol("ner_tags")

val ner_converter = new NerConverter()
    .setInputCols(Array("sentences", "tokens", "ner_tags"))
    .setOutputCol("ner_chunks")

val pos_tagger = PerceptronModel()
    .pretrained("pos_clinical", "en", "clinical/models")
    .setInputCols(Array("sentences", "tokens"))
    .setOutputCol("pos_tags")

val dependency_parser = DependencyParserModel()
    .pretrained("dependency_conllu", "en")
    .setInputCols(Array("sentences", "pos_tags", "tokens"))
    .setOutputCol("dependencies")

// Set a filter on pairs of named entities which will be treated as relation candidates
val re_ner_chunk_filter = new RENerChunksFilter()
    .setInputCols(Array("ner_chunks", "dependencies"))
    .setMaxSyntacticDistance(10)
    .setOutputCol("re_ner_chunks")
    .setRelationPairs(Array("drug-ade", "ade-drug"))

// The dataset this model is trained to is sentence-wise.
// This model can also be trained on document-level relations - in which case, while predicting, use "document" instead of "sentence" as input.
val re_model = RelationExtractionDLModel()
    .pretrained("redl_ade_biobert", "en", "clinical/models")
    .setPredictionThreshold(0.5)
    .setInputCols(Array("re_ner_chunks", "sentences"))
    .setOutputCol("relations")

val pipeline = new Pipeline().setStages(Array(documenter,
                                              sentencer,
                                              tokenizer,
                                              words_embedder,
                                              ner_tagger,
                                              ner_converter,
                                              pos_tagger,
                                              dependency_parser,
                                              re_ner_chunk_filter,
                                              re_model))

val data = Seq("""Been taking Lipitor for 15 years , have experienced severe fatigue a lot. The doctor moved me to voltarene 2 months ago, so far I have only had muscle cramps.""").toDS.toDF("text")

val result = pipeline.fit(data).transform(data)
```

{:.nlu-block}
```python
import nlu
nlu.load("en.relation.adverse_drug_events.clinical.biobert").predict("""Been taking Lipitor for 15 years , have experienced severe fatigue a lot!!! . Doctor moved me to voltaren 2 months ago , so far , have only experienced cramps""")
```

</div>

## Results

```bash
| relation | entity1 | entity1_begin | entity1_end | chunk1    | entity2 | entity2_begin | entity2_end | chunk2         | confidence |
|---------:|:--------|--------------:|------------:|:----------|:--------|--------------:|------------:|:---------------|-----------:|
|        1 | DRUG    |            12 |          18 | Lipitor   | ADE     |            52 |          65 | severe fatigue |   0.999317 |
|        0 | DRUG    |            97 |         105 | voltarene | ADE     |           144 |         156 | muscle cramps  |   0.774904 |
```

{:.model-param}
## Model Information

{:.table-model}
|---|---|
|Model Name:|redl_ade_biobert|
|Compatibility:|Healthcare NLP 3.1.2+|
|License:|Licensed|
|Edition:|Official|
|Input Labels:|[redl_ner_chunks, document]|
|Output Labels:|[relations]|
|Language:|en|

## Data Source

This model is trained on custom data annotated by JSL.

## Benchmarking

```bash
label              Recall Precision        F1   Support
0                   0.829     0.895     0.861      1146
1                   0.955     0.923     0.939      2454
Avg.                0.892     0.909     0.900      -
Weighted-Avg.       0.915     0.914     0.914      -
```


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Both activities are being backed by the Welsh meat promotion organisation, Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC), who see the two-day event (May 21 & 22) as a prime opportunity to promote the country's pork while also working with the producers who make the whole industry possible.
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Oneness or unity is what makes us human.
Hominids, the first human beings evolved because they were able to connect in social groups on an emotional level. We have lost a huge part of our natural instincts, no longer living in harmony with nature we risk losing the emotional bonds which make us human.
Contemporary human life seems to be fragmented in so many directions; we have leisure time, work or school time, family time, hobby time and "me-time". While we move in so many directions, to different obligations across continents we also we have built technical equipment that makes the world our village. Which seems so strange in contrast to the way humans originally lived, in harmony with a small group and relatively small habitat.
This complex interplay of people, space, time and transcendent reality has led man to need to develop himself in order to distinguish himself from another average human being.
This ongoing fragmentation of our united humanity and habitat is increasingly tearing people's life apart, and those that suffer most are our children. It is high time we chose to lead our children, and ourselves, back to our roots, those of harmony and unity with others and our environment.
How Can We Define Unity?
Each person has a profound need to belong to a group of other people. But oneness is more than purely being connected to other people. It also is an urge to relate yourself to the environment where you were born and raised.
We can define unity as the development of the self within the community of mankind, in the vastness of space and time in a transcendent reality. When bringing this unity into an ethical framework it can be called a virtue.
There are a lot of definitions of virtues, however, Aristotle saw virtues as moral excellence.
Striving for moral excellence needs thoughtfulness and a drive for individual development together with social involvement. Which is definitely needed in this era of individualism, extremism and egotism.
First of all, we need to bring more unity in parenting and education. Families and schools too often look like two different worlds, with their own goals and methods.
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The main virtue in the community of mankind is undoubtedly love. Love has several meanings, but as a virtue, it is the acceptance of differences between people and even the appreciation of differences.
Love is a power that binds us emotionally to other people.
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There is an important lesson to learn from caring for the environment. When our ancestors lived in a limited area, they honored and cared about wildlife, they feared the power of lightning and thunder and worshipped the abundance energy of the sun.
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Time is an invention of man, we have split up a continuous cycle into parts from seconds to centuries in order to get a grip on vastly abstract phenomena. Living in unity with time means that we need to learn from history to provide for the present, this application and consideration of our past in forming our plans for the future is at its best when we share and practice wisdom.
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Our daily behaviours and way of living will stand model for the next generation, whether we want our children to learn everything or not.
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Travelling broadens our perspective; it teaches us to see differences as a richness instead of a problem. Travelling leads us across the borders of our limited community; across the borders of our own limited space and time. It shows us the things that go beyond our knowledge and invites us to share our lives with people we meet along the way.
We are a part of nature; we are nature. That is why natural experiences affect us in such a profound way and why we should give our children opportunities to experience earth, water, wind and fire.
Walking barefooted in wet grass, in sand or on pebbles are necessary childhood experiences. Being outside when it's raining and the wind is blowing, is the best way to be overwhelmed by natural elements. And when staring into the flames of a bonfire a child learn to relax more than anything else.
Just like meeting people while travelling, why not meet the different animals and plants whilst exploring the elements. We can also bring animals and plants in our daily routine by means of pets or indoor and outdoor plants. We can even grow our own vegetables. Which is important for the next activity.
Cooking with home-grown vegetables teaches children the circle of life and cycle of the seasons. And when we bring that food to the table and enjoy a meal together, our children learn unity as a habitual experience.
Celebrations are about gathering and bringing honor to what unites us. We celebrate important events in our lives and have sentimental annual rituals. Holidays, literally meaning holy days provide space unity by definition. We gather together as a community, we connect with time and space, we honor what transcends us and we try to make it unique by being part of it.
Rites, rituals and symbols help us to give words to what is ineffable and give shape to the abstract. Often, pictures are taken while celebrating and these form part of the arts that play an important role in uniting people, time, space and transcendent reality.
I am not talking about the maestro's and Michelangelo's of the world, in this context, I am referring to the arts of oneness. That man always feels the need to give image to his impressions of the world by means of symbolic forms and colors: drawings, stylized figures, images, forms, poetry, music, pictures etc.
We shouldn't limit our children in materials, creative tasks or creative ways. Modeling how we creatively give form to our impressions and feelings stimulates our children to develop personal taste and interests.
Creativity is a personal process through the imagination of one's perceived reality. If we understand arts this way, it supports personal development in the holistic context of community, space, time and transcendence.
History shows us that we have lost a great deal of our connection to each other, time and space. This ongoing process has been speeding up the last few decades with advancements in technology and globalisation.
The time has come to re-focus on our unity and we, as the adults, teachers and parents of the next generation, have a huge responsibility to model moral excellence for our children and to give as many opportunities as possible to experience the virtues of unity and transcendence.
If our offspring can grow up with more awareness of the importance of unity, we can turn the tide and create a new generation filled with love, connection, care, wisdom and self-respect.
Alongside being an author, Gerrit De Moor is the Founder and Chairman of the Belgium branch of The Virtues Project International Association, a global grassroots initiative inspiring others the practice virtues in everyday life. His dream is to spark a global revolution of kindness, justice, and integrity in more than 100 countries.
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