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Stitch Boutique Continues to Thrive in Denver's Fashion Market
Ella Zeiler
Stitch Boutique has had two thriving locations in the past five years — one store in the Highlands and the other in Cherry Creek. We had a chance to speak with Nicole English — who co-manages both locations along with her business partner Maureen Patterson — to discuss her journey into the world of fashion and how she brought affordable, yet on-trend styles to the more expensive neighborhood of Cherry Creek.
Now coming up on its third year of business, the Stitch Boutique location in Cherry Creek has continued to bring fashionable styles to Denver, from basic staple pieces to high-quality denim and accessories.
303 Magazine: What started your interest and involvement in the fashion industry?
Nicole English: After I graduated college, my first job was with a company called Astor and Black where I did custom suits for men. I worked with a lot of athletes, lawyers and businessmen in Denver. Then, when I was engaged, I hired a wedding planner through a company called Table 6 Productions, and the planner I was working with loved my ideas and would always insist that I become a wedding planner. I worked side by side with her for my own wedding and then was brought on to do other weddings.
I always knew I wanted to do something for myself so I had approached Maureen, my business partner. I've always had a love for fashion and design and I had mentioned to her that I always wanted to open up a boutique and be my own boss, even though it's scary. We laid out the business plan and we opened our first location in the Highlands five years ago. We started it together and we always have to agree on something before we go through with it. Whether it's picking a new vendor or just picking out a new top to carry in the store, all the decisions have to be made by both of us.
303: Tell us more about the process of making Stitch Boutique a reality in both the Highlands and Cherry Creek.
NE: We took the business plan and went into fruition with it. I had never been on a buying trip. It was basically all new to us. Our plan was to itemize everything. We lucked out with the space in the Highlands because we got in right before the area really exploded. Luckily, we had submitted a letter of intent to open a location there.
With Cherry Creek, the area always needed an affordable boutique. People get overwhelmed because the prices are typically higher in the neighborhood and a lot of our customers would commute to the Highlands to shop at our store before the Cherry Creek location opened because it was a more affordable place to shop. The affordable and contemporary style is really what people were, and still are looking for. People were telling us to come here and it took us a while, especially because the real estate isn't cheap. Once we found our place here, it just kind of fell into place.
303: Can you describe the store and its style for someone who may have never been in before?
NE: I would say, what we try to do is find unique pieces that are transitional, fun and modern, but affordable. It took us a while to filter our the brands that we didn't think were "quality enough" for us. So, it took us a while to gain the core brands that we now like to carry. We don't buy in bulk. When something is gone, it's gone unless it's a basic piece and we do this because there's already so much fashion going around.
303: What are some of the top brands you carry?
NE: For jeans, we carry Flying Monkey because it's a good price point. We also carry Love Stitch, which is a boho style and Gentle Fawn, which is a higher-end brand in terms of our price point, but the quality is amazing. These are a few of our core brands we always keep in store.
303: What's the buying process for getting clothes in the store?
NE: We go on buying trips frequently. Our biggest conventions are in February and August and it's called Magic. Basically what we do in August is for styles from August to February, and then in February, we're shopping for styles from February to that next August. So, we see stuff for the fall and winter months in advance. We've gotten comfortable with that because we've built more relationships with the brands we carry and the style that the store is. We also do L.A. markets and we do the Denver market called CALA. We can get immediate things there and fill in any gaps that we feel we missed maybe months before.
303: What's a typical day in life like for both of you? What tends to be your main responsibilities as business partners?
NE: Being a new mom has been a lot more challenging. I used to be in a routine, now I'm trying to do a balancing act. My day consists of photographing new items. We typically get shipments two, three, four times a week. We unpack everything, photograph it, upload it to social media and then throughout the day, it's consistent customer service. That's what I think we all really pride ourselves on. At the end of the day, that's really the whole goal and why we do this. We get to know people's styles and get to know them personally, and it really makes the job more fun. Aside from that, we have to purchase orders, take inventory, work on the website, steaming, tagging and merchandising. At the end of the day, it's not just playing dress up, it's a lot of work but it's worth it.
303: What does the future of Stitch Boutique look like?
NE: I don't see us opening another location anytime soon. I would say that we would really love to focus our energy on what we have. I would like to focus our energy online and our social media presence too. I do all the social media, but I'd love to learn more about it. I feel like if you expand too quickly, even if the sales are there, it doesn't always mean it's the best business decision. I don't want us to get so overwhelmed just to expand. I think we're happy where we are right now. Our Cherry Creek store specifically is evolving so we'll see how we evolve with it and go from there.
All photography by Coy Jennings
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Last week, I talked about the Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter making a conjunction.
Today, that energy culminates, making the start of this week rich with possibility.
The mood can be good overall. Optimism, hope, and happiness abound. This can also feel like a lucky time where synchronicity and connection seem to keep everything in flow.
The card for this week is the Eight of Pentacles, which to me often feels like you're putting one last piece of the puzzle together. In this kind of energy, something that you've been hard at work on, or trying to sort through for some time now, can finally feel like it's aligning.
Mastery, confidence, and completion can also be strong themes here.
And that makes sense: On Saturday, December 1, Mercury slips back into Scorpio as it continues its retrograde. This means that it's going back over the same territory it traveled through in late October.
Venus is revisiting Scorpio, too, starting on Sunday, December 2. Venus was retrograde for a good part of the fall season.
She started her retrograde in Scorpio and then backed into Libra. Now she's moving forward again, and has to pass through Scorpio once again to continue her journey.
If you felt like something got disrupted, or distracted, earlier this season, this week might give you the missing piece of the puzzle to get things put right again.
Patience, care, and attention are all key for the week ahead.
So is a balance between your outer and inner world.
Remember, we are in Sagittarius season, but with Mercury and Venus passing through Scorpio, there may be a deeper need to reflect and recharge as the energetic momentum builds right now.
A fire sign like Sagittarius can keep us busy, but Scorpio is turning our minds and hearts towards introspective, meditative pursuits as well.
So if you feel like you need to take a step back and get something right in the days to come, give yourself permission to take that extra time for yourself.
If you feel like something has been left undone, and it's nagging at you, trust your intuition and use this time to get it right.
And if you're looking to strike out in a bold new direction, take the chance. Now is the time to make your own luck.


1. Everyone can join in for free.
Every online service has a free trial or a free version that is too trimmed down to use, but Zoom's basic video conferencing option includes all of the features, integration, and communication tools you need to get the meeting taken care of. Free software is a great resource for small and growing businesses who need to save their licensing budget for other SaaS, or Software as a Service, license subscriptions.
2. Users can interact with the video in different ways.
You can feature a predominant screen that has the main speaker. You can divide screen space equally for internal meetings. You can even split or share the predominant screen amongst different speakers. Whatever style you want for a conference call is possible, so you don't have to work within the software for a suboptimal result.
Zoom also lets users do more than just interact via video footage. People can instant message the group during the call, watch the recorded footage later, and make notes that stay attached to the footage. If you have a company that's scattered across different time zones and even the best conferencing tool in the world can't get everyone to the meeting, that doesn't mean employees have to lose out.
3. You don't have to wait for downloads.
Most people don't prepare for video conferences ahead of time. That means Java updates, account sign-ups, and computer restarts eat up the first five minutes of even small meetings. Zoom only has to be downloaded by one person. Once the meeting is scheduled by the organizer, invitees get a link so everyone goes to the same place. And because the meeting is hosted online in a browser, no one needs to download anything or install .exe files from unknown sources. Not only does this help with time management, it helps with cybersecurity because employees in a rush are more likely to accidentally download files from malicious sources.
4. You can recycle links.
A lot of business conferences aren't one-off events. Most meetings have to occur weekly or monthly between the same group of people, even if the subject matter is different. But once the initial organizer has downloaded Zoom and the initial link is created, people can use it over and over again. You can even invite new employees just by forwarding the link. That means there are no logistical problems holding back recurring meetings; just set it up on your company's calendar client where people can click it.
Different companies need different software and tools, but Zoom's video conferencing tool works universally no matter what your niche or business style is. Contact PHD to see what other tools and workflows can help your business grow.


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ONTARIO NEWS RELEASE: Province Appoints Members to U.S. Trade and Industry Competitiveness Council
January 25, 2022 | The Mississauga Board of Trade
FROM THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT NEWSROOM:
Province Appoints Members to U.S. Trade and Industry Competitiveness Council
Appointees to Lead Efforts to Help Protect Trade Agreements, Key Industries and Jobs
Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
TORONTO — Today, the Ontario government announced the ten members of the Premier's Council on U.S. Trade and Industry Competitiveness.
"The creation of this council comes at a critical time for the Ontario economy as certain players in the U.S. bang the drum of protectionism," said Premier Doug Ford. "At a time when our government is laying the groundwork to unleash the full potential of our economy, we have worked too hard to create a seamless and integrated auto industry that hugely benefits both our countries to see that destroyed by politics. I am proud to start working with these esteemed new members alongside Jerry Dias as we continue to protect an integrated economy that employs millions of workers on both sides of the border."
Premier Doug Ford announced the creation of the Council in December 2021, with Unifor National President Jerry Dias as the Chair, to provide advice and recommendations on the government's ongoing efforts to rally business leaders, elected officials and labour leaders to protect Ontario's rights under trade agreements and the workers across the province who depend on a secure, prosperous and integrated North American economy.
Since announcing the Council, Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and Council Chair Jerry Dias have worked to attract the following members:
David Adams – President, Global Automakers of Canada
Catherine Cobden – President & CEO, Canadian Steel Producers Association
George Gilvesy – Director and Chair, Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers
Maryscott "Scotty" Greenwood – CEO, Canadian American Business Council
Goldy Hyder – President & CEO, Business Council of Canada
Brian Kingston – President & CEO, Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association
Craig McInnes – President, Teamsters Local Union 938 in Ontario and member of the Teamsters Canada Executive Board
Veso Sobot – Former Director, Corporate Affairs at IPEX Management Inc.
Flavio Volpe – CEO, Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association
Michael Willick – President, M. L. Willick & Associates Ltd.
There is a pressing need for the work this council will do. The U.S. government is considering protectionist measures that would threaten key industries across Ontario, including auto, lumber, steel, agriculture and more. Of particular importance, measures being debated by the U.S. Congress would impact auto agreements that began in 1965 with the Auto Pact, were solidified in 1994 by NAFTA and reaffirmed in 2020 with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. These agreements have brought prosperity and high-skilled, well-paying jobs to workers and communities across Ontario and North America for more than half a century.
The Premier's Council Chair, together with the other Council members, will continue to build on work already undertaken to engage key allies and people with influence across the United States. The Council will work with partners, including the federal government, to ensure Ontario's case is heard loud and clear in Washington, D.C. It will also advocate and engage industry partners across the United States, particularly with Great Lakes states where existing supply chains are inextricably integrated with Ontario industries and vulnerable to disruption by protectionist measures currently being debated by the U.S. Congress.
"We cannot let new legislation in the United States jeopardize decades of cooperation and put workers on both sides of the border at risk," said Minister Fedeli. "Ontario is the third-largest trading partner to the United States, and a critical partner to more than half the states in the union. The new members of the Council, with the full support of our government, will continue to advocate for Ontario against unfair Buy American policies by highlighting the cost of protectionism to businesses on both sides of the border and promoting a Buy North American approach to our auto and other sectors."
"I look forward to beginning this urgent work with the new Council members who have a proven track record of finding real solutions to complicated problems," said Unifor National President and Council Chair, Jerry Dias. "We cannot underestimate the seriousness of the challenge and it will require a combination of stakeholders from all sectors of the economy to defend against U.S. isolationist measures that will hurt workers."
Two-way trade between Ontario and the U.S. totalled CAD $358 billion in 2020, accounting for 53 per cent of the total merchandise trade between Canada and the U.S.
Vehicle assembly and auto parts production directly supports nearly 100,000 Ontario jobs, with hundreds of thousands more spin-off jobs in communities across the province.d
Launched in November 2021, Phase 2 of Driving Prosperity ― The Future of Ontario's Automotive Sector focuses on transforming the province's automotive supply chain to build the car of the future.
Members of the Premier's Council on U.S. Trade and Industry Competitiveness
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Dressing: Perhaps my favorite category of the lot given how adorable Disney Baby apparels are. Cute bodysuits and outfits make great gifts for new mothers and their babies too.
Mealtime: Disney Baby adds the cute factor in functional items such as feeding bottles, tableware, highchairs and even transitional items like the sippy cups and boosters.
Playtime: Bond and create magical memories with your children through fun and games with the Disney Baby's selection of toys, plush, books, music and activity gear to stimulate your child through every stage.
On-The-Go: Travel in style with the Disney Baby strollers, diaper bags and toys to entertain baby on the go.
The range of Disney Baby licensees from Philips Lighting, Infant Tree, Elise Distributor, Small Small World, Tomy Takara, NUK, George, Mothercare and Unicharm.
If you have not spotted your favorite Disney character then it is because the current characters featured in the range are Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and other classic Disney characters like Bambi. Perhaps in the near future, we might see other beloved Disney characters being added onto the collection?
Now, I bet you can't wait to purchase some Disney Baby merchandise. Disney Baby products will be exclusively available at Toys "R"Us stores. There would also be a month-long Disney Baby promotion in all Toys"R"Us stores in Singapore (starting from 22nd Aug 2014).
And if you are a Toys"R"Us Star Card member, you stand a chance to win a gold Mickey pendant from Poh Heng Jewelry when you purchase S$50 worth of Disney Baby products from either Toys "R" Us or Babies "R" Us.
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October 23, 2014 by HillenSean
Meeting the IRA chief of staff on the steps of a New York library
New York Library's ornate limestone building – an unlikely place to to meet the IRA's former chief of staff.
Standing on the broad steps of the New York Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street awaiting the arrival of the IRA's former chief of staff was quite an exciting experience, especially for a naïve teenage undergraduate such as I was then.
Living in west Belfast in the midst of 'The Troubles,' I imagined it could conceivably have been a key scene from a movie about a clandestine guerrilla operation.
But it was nothing like that.
By then, Seán Cronin, the IRA's former chief of staff and mastermind of Operation Harvest, a campaign that carried out military operations on British security installations, was a well-respected author, academic and US correspondent for The Irish Times. In contrast, I was a humble humanities student at the Ulster Polytechnic, now the University of Ulster, working part-time in the Celtic Bar on the Falls Road for disco money.
Seán Cronin
Dungloe-born social activist Peadar O'Donnell – about whose life a conference was held this week (see news story below) – had brought us together.
Months before, I had – by chance, for an undergraduate thesis – become one of the last persons to interview Peadar in Dublin just before his death. And Seán was writing a book about the 1930s, a tumultuous period in Irish history when Peadar with Frank Ryan, George Gilmore and others had launched the Irish Republican Congress (the subject of my thesis).
It being a time before Google, Facebook or e-mail – in fact, fax was a new-fangled machine I had only vaguely heard of – neither Seán nor I knew what each other looked like. And as there were scores of people lingering on those broad library steps that sunny summer's day so many years ago, meeting up wasn't so easy.
But eventually we did, Seán saying later – half-jokingly – that his past training had helped him scope out the situation and pick me out as "the Belfast boy among the Yanks.'
After introductory formalities including my proudly handing over my thesis (part of which he later published in his book), we retreated out of the hot sun into a nearby coffee house. There we spent some time chatting about this and that – his days in the IRA, his arrest and imprisonment, his work as a journalist and not least, the man who had brought us both together, Peadar O'Donnell. Little did I know then, of course, that I too would become an international journalist and live and work in west Donegal as Peadar had.
Peadar O'Donnell
Teacher, social activist, soldier, author
As people attending this past weekend's annual conference in Dungloe learned, Peadar was one of the foremost radicals of twentieth-century Ireland. Born in that town into an Irish-speaking family, he was a teacher on Arranmore Island but by 1919 was a leading organiser of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and had also attempted in Derry to set up a unit of the Irish Citizens Army. Later he joined the IRA and remained active during the Irish War of Independence, leading guerrilla activities in the border area, becoming commander of the IRA's Donegal Brigade in 1921. He gained a reputation as being headstrong, and sometimes launching operations without orders. Summing up aspects of his character, a speaker at the conference this week said if at a wedding Peadar wanted to be the groom and if at a funeral, the corpse.
Opposing the 1922 Anglo-Irish Treaty, Peadar was among the IRA leaders who took over the Four Courts in Dublin and helped spark the outbreak of civil war. Imprisoned in Mountjoy, he participated in a mass Republican hunger strike, resisting for 41 days.
Turbulent times in Ireland's revolutionary history – radical changes that deeply affected leaders like Peadar O'Donnell and Sean Cronin.
Through it all, the west Donegal man saw himself as closely following the principals of James Connolly, seeing the republican cause not solely in Irish nationalist terms. In 1923, while still in prison, he was elected as a Sinn Féin TD for Donegal and after his release took over as the editor of the republican newspaper, An Phoblacht. He did not take his seat in the Dáil and did not stand at the 1927 general election. He tried to steer the IRA in a left-wing direction and founded organisations such as the Irish Working Farmers' Committee and the Anti-Tribute League, which opposed the repaying of annuities to the British government owed since the Irish Land Acts. He also founded the short-lived socialist republican party, Saor Éire.
The Irish Republic Congress that he helped establish was a left-wing movement that met with success in organising Belfast Protestants under the Republican Congress banner, leading to a march by the Shankill Road branch to Bodenstown churchyard in June 1934 to honour Theobald Wolfe Tone. The Congress ultimately split, however, on a proposal to turn it into a political party, O'Donnell rejecting this idea, arguing that it had more power as a united front. Like Gilmore and other Irish Republicans, he ended up fighting in the Spanish Civil War for the International Brigade against Franco.
After the 1940s, O'Donnell devoted more of his time to writing and less to politics, publishing his first novel, Storm, in 1925. This was followed by Islanders (1928), which received national and international acclaim, The New York Times describing it as a novel of 'quiet brilliance and power', the London Spectator 'an intensely beautiful picture of peasant life.' Other books followed – Adrigoole (1929), The Knife (1930); On the Edge of the Stream (1934); The Big Windows (1955) and Proud Island (1975). He also edited the Irish literary journal, The Bell, having founded it with well-known writer, Seán Ó Faoláin.
Peadar married Lile O'Donel in 1924, even though they had never met before. But they had communicated extensively during his time in prison. They began their honeymoon in a Dublin hotel that evening but by the following morning he was on the run once again as he had been identified.
Dying at the tender age of 93, he left strict instructions – 'no priests, no politicians and no pomp.' His wishes were granted.
Looking back down the years, remembering my discussions on this larger-than-life character over a cup of tea in a downtown Manhattan café with someone as distinguished as Seán Cronin, whose own life was every bit as colorful and adventurous, seems now to have been a figment of a lively imagination.
I probably didn't fully appreciate then the incredible opportunity that had been presented to me to turn the pages of history in the company of great men who wrote them. Now, with the wisdom of age and hindsight, I think I do.
Conference celebrating life of Peadar O'Donnell highlights key social issues
(l to r) Clare Daly TD for Kerry and social activists Paula Leonard and Clarrie Pringle describe the struggle by women in Irish society to gain recognition.
Analysis of a women's co-operative in the Rosses that attracted over 200 knitters and of a left-wing movement, the Irish Republican Congress, were elements of a three-day conference this week celebrating the life of Dungloe-born socialist, teacher and author, Peadar O'Donnell.
At a panel chaired by community leader, Paula Leonard, social activist Clarrie Pringle described how collective efforts "cut out greedy middlemen who took hefty profits from the hard work and knitting skills of local women."
"Knitting needles were known as 'poverty sticks' then as Donegal women attempted to stave off hardship," she said. "So successful was the co-operative that not only did women get more money for their work but greater independence by learning business skills, including working with banks and statutory bodies." Later still, some women started their own small companies, quite unusual for the time, she added.
Also speaking on the panel entitled 'Women in Struggle' held at Ionad Teampaill Chroine in Dungloe, Clare Daly TD in Kerry, praised the efforts of Pringle and her colleagues "as showing what women can achieve if given a fair chance." Daly said the key role women have played in Irish history, including the Ladies' Land League, has been "skewed or silenced by certain bodies for political and social purposes, but now thinking must change to meet modern reality."
The two speakers agreed that difficulty of divorce and restricted access to contraception in the emerging Irish state made it hard for women to progress socially and politically.
( l to r) Author and Dublin Sinn Fein councillor, Eoin O'Broin, TD Thomas Pringle and Eugene McCartan, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland, analyze the success and failure of the Irish Republican Congress.
Both Daly and Pringle blamed the Catholic Church for "holding back the progress of women in Irish society." Daly said, "There is no place for the church in political life, in selecting core curriculum in schools nor in governing women's bodies" while Pringle added, "When we look back on the oppression of women and children in Ireland, we must inevitably view the Catholic church as a predominant influence. Shame of sexuality was bred into women for over a hundred years."
They both called for a human rights module to be introduced into the national school curriculum,
In a second panel chaired by TD Thomas Pringle, Dublin Sinn Fein councillor, Eoin O'Broin, and Eugene McCartan, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland, discussed the merits of the 1934 Irish Republican Congress, an effort by Peadar O'Donnell and others to create a stronger left-wing republican base to combat poverty and inequality.
"In many ways, the Congress, though short-lived, was a high point of left-leaning Republicanism of that era but it was also a lesson in abject failure," said O'Broin. "It showed the immense challenges involved in linking nationalist and socialist traditions then and building socio-economic bridges, especially in northern Ireland."
He added, "With the IRA's ambivalence towards such a radical movement, Fianna Fail's continued platform building then and the inability of Congress leaders to read the political situation and devise proper strategies, it, in effect, helped result in sixty years of Fianna Fail rule." Saying there are "many lessons to be learned from the Congress," McCartan added, "Greater appreciation of working-class issues is key to a fairer society as is the building of a common consciousness and a confidence in ordinary people that they can change things."
John Crowley, who travelled from Scotland to attend the conference, said, "Overall, there were some very interesting analyses and from diverse viewpoints with many of the issues still relevant in today's society."
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May 31, 2014 by HillenSean
Cults, sects and mindless mayhem?
Before the elections, in a FRONT page editorial in the Irish Independent (a most unsuited and unprofessional place – see explanation at bottom of article), Fionnan Sheahan, group political editor of Independent Newspapers, described Sinn Fein as a 'cult' and a 'sect' whose followers were mindless.
Seeing that this particular political party has just won 157 local council seats nationwide in the Republic with 15.2% of the national vote (not to mention 105 council seats in northern Ireland with 24% of the vote), that's a helluva lot of mindless people.
Will Mr. Sheahan now apologise to such people publicly in the same manner that he attacked them? Or will arrogance and pride prevent him and pave the way for a continued drop in circulation and quality of a once decent newspaper (one I proudly worked for at the start of my career 30 years ago)? Or is Fionnan's job so dependent on the blatant bias of the media group's dominant figures – Denis O'Brien (who was shown by the Moriarty Tribunal to have bribed former Fianna Fail Communications Minister, Michael Lowry, to win a mobile phone license), and Tony O'Reilly (who, after recently announcing bankruptcy, owes you and I more than four million euro after buying a luxurious holiday home in Glandore, west Cork with a loan he can't now pay back) – that he will continue doffing his cap as a D4/ establishment spin-doctor and apologist?
Can some political commentators not see the forest for the trees?
And not only.
A few weeks ago on Highland Radio's Friday morning 'Press Round-up,' one of the so-called experts – a woman – said Gerry Adams should resign as Sinn Fein party president – and this was after Mr. Adams had just been voted in an 'Irish Times' opinion poll as the nation's most popular party leader. Consider this unwarranted barb in view of the massive gains Sinn Fein has just won across the nation in this weekend's local, national and European elections under this man's leadership.
Will that particular woman now apologize? Not simply for a poorly-informed broadside but what is, in effect, blatantly obvious bias. Surely, Highland Radio, a station fighting for license renewal, can find more objective commentators than this person. As both chat-show program host and station managing director, Shaun should pay closer attention to what emerged from the 'Media Freedom' conference I attended at UNESCO headquarters in Paris recently. Can anyone guess the identity of the woman in question?
But back to the recent elections.
Turning of the tide?
Some commentators would have us believe they were astonishing.
Nothing could be further from the truth. They were quite the opposite – predictable – based on the trend already set three years ago when Sinn Fein went from four TD slots to 14. Of course, Sinn Fein and Independent generous gains in this week's elections were accelerated this time round by the abject failures and litany of broken promises by Labour and Fine Gael. With the smell of Fianna Fail corruption still rank in our nostrils, and the 'old guard' still there in abundance, it hardly provided an alternative, indicated by its abject failure to have anyone elected in the two by-elections and Pat the Cope '(the Pope' as RTE miswrote in a news Twitter) Gallagher's failure to hold his MEP seat.
A quick glance at some of the specific results indicates the extent of the triumphs of Sinn Fein and the Independents:
Four Sinn Fein MEP candidates – four MEPs elected: Liadh Ní Riada; Lynn Boylan; Martina Anderson and Matt Carthy.
Independent Luke 'Ming' Flanagan topping the poll in the Midlands–North-West constituency;
Sinn Fein trebling its local council tally by winning 157 seats nationwide, and in the process becoming the largest single party on the Dublin city council;
Independent Marian Harkin defeating sitting MEP Pat the Cope in Midlands–North-West;
Sinn Fein securing the single biggest number of first preference votes in northern Ireland's local government elections while winning 105 council seats;
Independents (including the Socialist Party, the Greens, and People Before Profit Alliance) won around 30 per cent of council seats, up from 18 per cent at the last local elections in 2009;
The list just keeps going on, including Sinn Fein winning local council seats it has not held since the foundation of the state, an incredible historic feat. It is something Donegal-based Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein's electoral director should be extremely proud of, especially in the run-up to the 1916 centenary commemoration celebrations.
So what happens now? Well-paid Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and Labour spin-doctors – Charlie Flanagan, Pat Rabbitte and Timmy Dooley respectively – have already been out in force on RTE, and other media, this week. They allege – conveniently forgetting that this particular political party has governed alongside its arch-rival, the DUP, for 15 years in northern Ireland – that Sinn Fein cannot govern because it has not learned the art of compromise. In fact, it is one of the very skills Sinn Fein has learned and in the toughest classroom there is – the boiling cauldron of politics across the border. Maybe the faux pas made by Jan O'Sullivan, Labour's junior minister, on RTE Radio 1 show last Sunday that her party 'is a mudguard for Sinn Fein' is more accurate than she cares to believe.
The spin-doctors also say the Independents are a motley group of disparate individuals, again conveniently forgetting that they all, in effect, stood together in unity against harsh austerity and for social justice and fairness – hardly irrelevant issues. Theirs is also a highly pompous and condescending comment to make about ordinary citizens who voted en masse for this so-called 'motley' group.
No doubt, Sinn Fein and the Independents will be in the crosshairs of examination over the next two years as the next general election approaches but their strength is that they are bonded by a common purpose. Watch carefully as they come together in unity and forge a partnership to create a more equitable society within Ireland. As they attempt to avoid being the victims of their own success, maintaining organization and structure will be a challenge.
It was also extremely heartening to see so many women win council and MEP seats. Four of Ireland's 11 elected MEPs being female Sinn Fein candidates while in the two by-elections, Ruth Coppinger won Dublin West for Joe Higgins' Socialist Party and Gabrielle McFadden of Fine Gael won the Longford/Westmeath seat previously held by her sister, Nicky. Well over 20 per cent of councillors elected are women; 32 per cent of votes cast in Dublin were for female candidates and in some areas 4 out of six councillors are now women. Over 30 per cent of Sinn Fein council candidates were women. Women won 197 out of 943 local seats with campaign group 'Women for Election' saying this represented a 33 per cent increase. However, even with this improvement, Ireland remains about 90th in world rankings in terms of women in politics.
However, at last, as this week's election results show, Ireland is beginning to wake up to reality. We Irish may lack the passion, initiative and courage to go on the streets as did the Greeks and French but we are fortunate to have been given a second chance following our poor voting performance two years ago (echoes – as happened after the 1916 debacle) and have made our voices heard in the polling booths. Rejection of establishment politics and the obvious economic disparities between poor and rich here, has meant Ireland has finally, to a large extent, grown up, matured and begun to shrug off out-dated, horse-blinkered generational politics.
As for Lugh's choices for my area of the Glenties here in northwest Donegal, I am delighted to say that the little Celtic hero predicted not just the winners, but also the exact order in which they came past the post, viz-a-viz
Marie Therese Gallagher, Sinn Fein
John Sheamuis O'Fearraigh, Sinn Fein
Micheal Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig, Independent
Ireland's future suddenly seems brighter!
A new dawn is upon us.
NB: Explanation as promised
In journalism, as a mark of respect to the intelligence of its readers, quality newspapers reserve their opinion columns and editorials for inside pages, designating the front page specifically for informed and – as much as possible considering we have human frailties – objective news upon which readers make up their own minds on key issues. Thus Independent Newspapers broke a golden, nay sacrosanct, rule of journalism, ignoring the fact that only idiots need to be spoon-fed like infants. That may have worked in the past. Not anymore.
Next week's blog – Remaining on the subject of local elections: how is it a candidate, such as John Curran, failed to get elected in the Glenties to the Donegal council? Was it linked to the severe lack of transparency that has corrupted Irish politics for so long and that still hovers over the workings of Udaras na Gaeltachta of which Mr. Curran is a board member? Or simply that he was the Fine Gael candidate? Next week, I publish the responses from Udaras to questions regarding payments for executive pensions, a breakdown of job creation figures for the Donegal Gaeltacht and total investment in a proposed church-run addiction clinic in Falcarragh. As well as responses from Cuan Mhuire as to whether it shelters convicted clerical child abusers and will provide sex therapy as well as other treatments at the proposed centre.
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package com.android.sdklib.internal.repository;

import com.android.SdkConstants;
import com.android.annotations.NonNull;
import com.android.io.FileWrapper;
import com.android.sdklib.IAndroidTarget;
import com.android.sdklib.ISystemImage;
import com.android.sdklib.ISystemImage.LocationType;
import com.android.sdklib.SdkManager;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.androidTarget.PlatformTarget;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.project.ProjectProperties;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.AddonPackage;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.BuildToolPackage;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.DocPackage;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.ExtraPackage;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.Package;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.PlatformPackage;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.PlatformToolPackage;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.SamplePackage;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.SourcePackage;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.SystemImagePackage;
import com.android.sdklib.internal.repository.packages.ToolPackage;
import com.android.sdklib.io.FileOp;
import com.android.sdklib.repository.AddonManifestIniProps;
import com.android.sdklib.repository.descriptors.PkgType;
import com.android.utils.ILogger;
import com.android.utils.Pair;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Scans a local SDK to find which packages are currently installed.
 *
 * @deprecated
 * com.android.sdklib.internal.repository has moved into Studio as
 * com.android.tools.idea.sdk.remote.internal.
 */
@Deprecated
public class LocalSdkParser {

    private Package[] mPackages;

    /** Parse all SDK folders. */
    public static final int PARSE_ALL            = PkgType.PKG_ALL_INT;
    /** Parse the SDK/tools folder. */
    public static final int PARSE_TOOLS          = PkgType.PKG_TOOLS.getIntValue();
    /** Parse the SDK/platform-tools folder */
    public static final int PARSE_PLATFORM_TOOLS = PkgType.PKG_PLATFORM_TOOLS.getIntValue();
    /** Parse the SDK/docs folder. */
    public static final int PARSE_DOCS           = PkgType.PKG_DOC.getIntValue();
    /**
     * Equivalent to parsing the SDK/platforms folder but does so
     * by using the valid targets loaded by the {@link SdkManager}.
     * Parsing the platforms also parses the SDK/system-images folder.
     */
    public static final int PARSE_PLATFORMS      = PkgType.PKG_PLATFORM.getIntValue();
    /**
     * Equivalent to parsing the SDK/addons folder but does so
     * by using the valid targets loaded by the {@link SdkManager}.
     */
    public static final int PARSE_ADDONS         = PkgType.PKG_ADDON.getIntValue();
    /** Parse the SDK/samples folder.
     * Note: this will not detect samples located in the SDK/extras packages. */
    public static final int PARSE_SAMPLES        = PkgType.PKG_SAMPLE.getIntValue();
    /** Parse the SDK/sources folder. */
    public static final int PARSE_SOURCES        = PkgType.PKG_SOURCE.getIntValue();
    /** Parse the SDK/extras folder. */
    public static final int PARSE_EXTRAS         = PkgType.PKG_EXTRA.getIntValue();
    /** Parse the SDK/build-tools folder. */
    public static final int PARSE_BUILD_TOOLS    = PkgType.PKG_BUILD_TOOLS.getIntValue();

    public LocalSdkParser() {
        // pass
    }

    /**
     * Returns the packages found by the last call to {@link #parseSdk}.
     *

     * This returns initially returns null.
     * Once the parseSdk() method has been called, this returns a possibly empty but non-null array.
     */
    public Package[] getPackages() {
        return mPackages;
    }

    /**
     * Clear the internal packages list. After this call, {@link #getPackages()} will return
     * null till {@link #parseSdk} is called.
     */
    public void clearPackages() {
        mPackages = null;
    }

    /**
     * Scan the give SDK to find all the packages already installed at this location.
     *

     * Store the packages internally. You can use {@link #getPackages()} to retrieve them
     * at any time later.
     *

     * Equivalent to calling {@code parseSdk(..., PARSE_ALL, ...); }
     *
     * @param osSdkRoot The path to the SDK folder, typically {@code sdkManager.getLocation()}.
     * @param sdkManager An existing SDK manager to list current platforms and addons.
     * @param monitor A monitor to track progress. Cannot be null.
     * @return The packages found. Can be retrieved later using {@link #getPackages()}.
     */
    @NonNull
    public Package[] parseSdk(
            @NonNull String osSdkRoot,
            @NonNull SdkManager sdkManager,
            @NonNull ITaskMonitor monitor) {
        return parseSdk(osSdkRoot, sdkManager, PARSE_ALL, monitor);
    }

    /**
     * Scan the give SDK to find all the packages already installed at this location.
     *

     * Store the packages internally. You can use {@link #getPackages()} to retrieve them
     * at any time later.
     *
     * @param osSdkRoot The path to the SDK folder, typically {@code sdkManager.getLocation()}.
     * @param sdkManager An existing SDK manager to list current platforms and addons.
     * @param parseFilter Either {@link #PARSE_ALL} or an ORed combination of the other
     *      {@code PARSE_} constants to indicate what should be parsed.
     * @param monitor A monitor to track progress. Cannot be null.
     * @return The packages found. Can be retrieved later using {@link #getPackages()}.
     */
    @NonNull
    public Package[] parseSdk(
            @NonNull String osSdkRoot,
            @NonNull SdkManager sdkManager,
            int parseFilter,
            @NonNull ITaskMonitor monitor) {
        ArrayList<Package> packages = new ArrayList<Package>();
        HashSet<File> visited = new HashSet<File>();

        monitor.setProgressMax(11);

        File dir = null;
        Package pkg = null;

        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_DOCS) != 0) {
            dir = new File(osSdkRoot, SdkConstants.FD_DOCS);
            pkg = scanDoc(dir, monitor);
            if (pkg != null) {
                packages.add(pkg);
                visited.add(dir);
            }
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);

        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_TOOLS) != 0) {
            dir = new File(osSdkRoot, SdkConstants.FD_TOOLS);
            pkg = scanTools(dir, monitor);
            if (pkg != null) {
                packages.add(pkg);
                visited.add(dir);
            }
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);

        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_PLATFORM_TOOLS) != 0) {
            dir = new File(osSdkRoot, SdkConstants.FD_PLATFORM_TOOLS);
            pkg = scanPlatformTools(dir, monitor);
            if (pkg != null) {
                packages.add(pkg);
                visited.add(dir);
            }
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);

        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_BUILD_TOOLS) != 0) {
            scanBuildTools(sdkManager, visited, packages, monitor);
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);

        // for platforms, add-ons and samples, rely on the SdkManager parser
        if ((parseFilter & (PARSE_ADDONS | PARSE_PLATFORMS)) != 0) {
            File samplesRoot = new File(osSdkRoot, SdkConstants.FD_SAMPLES);

            for(IAndroidTarget target : sdkManager.getTargets()) {
                Properties props = parseProperties(new File(target.getLocation(),
                        SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));

                try {
                    pkg = null;
                    if (target.isPlatform() && (parseFilter & PARSE_PLATFORMS) != 0) {
                        pkg = PlatformPackage.create(target, props);

                        if (samplesRoot.isDirectory()) {
                            // Get the samples dir for a platform if it is located in the new
                            // root /samples dir. We purposely ignore "old" samples that are
                            // located under the platform dir.
                            File samplesDir = new File(target.getPath(IAndroidTarget.SAMPLES));
                            if (samplesDir.exists() &&
                                    samplesDir.getParentFile().equals(samplesRoot)) {
                                Properties samplesProps = parseProperties(
                                        new File(samplesDir, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));
                                if (samplesProps != null) {
                                    Package pkg2 = SamplePackage.create(target, samplesProps);
                                    packages.add(pkg2);
                                }
                                visited.add(samplesDir);
                            }
                        }
                    } else if ((parseFilter & PARSE_ADDONS) != 0) {
                        pkg = AddonPackage.create(target, props);
                    }

                    if (pkg != null) {
                        for (ISystemImage systemImage : target.getSystemImages()) {
                            if (systemImage.getLocationType() == LocationType.IN_SYSTEM_IMAGE) {
                                File siDir = systemImage.getLocation();
                                if (siDir.isDirectory()) {
                                    Properties siProps = parseProperties(
                                            new File(siDir, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));
                                    Package pkg2 = new SystemImagePackage(
                                            target.getVersion(),
                                            0 /*rev*/,   // use the one from siProps
                                            systemImage.getAbiType(),
                                            siProps,
                                            siDir.getAbsolutePath());
                                    packages.add(pkg2);
                                    visited.add(siDir);
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }

                } catch (Exception e) {
                    monitor.error(e, null);
                }

                if (pkg != null) {
                    packages.add(pkg);
                    visited.add(new File(target.getLocation()));
                }
            }
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);

        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_PLATFORMS) != 0) {
            scanMissingSystemImages(sdkManager, visited, packages, monitor);
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);
        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_ADDONS) != 0) {
            scanMissingAddons(sdkManager, visited, packages, monitor);
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);
        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_SAMPLES) != 0) {
            scanMissingSamples(sdkManager, visited, packages, monitor);
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);
        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_EXTRAS) != 0) {
            scanExtras(sdkManager, visited, packages, monitor);
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);
        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_EXTRAS) != 0) {
            scanExtrasDirectory(osSdkRoot, visited, packages, monitor);
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);
        if ((parseFilter & PARSE_SOURCES) != 0) {
            scanSources(sdkManager, visited, packages, monitor);
        }
        monitor.incProgress(1);

        Collections.sort(packages);

        mPackages = packages.toArray(new Package[packages.size()]);
        return mPackages;
    }

    /**
     * Find any directory in the /extras/vendors/path folders for extra packages.
     * This isn't a recursive search.
     */
    private void scanExtras(SdkManager sdkManager,
            HashSet<File> visited,
            ArrayList<Package> packages,
            ILogger log) {
        File root = new File(sdkManager.getLocation(), SdkConstants.FD_EXTRAS);

        for (File vendor : listFilesNonNull(root)) {
            if (vendor.isDirectory()) {
                scanExtrasDirectory(vendor.getAbsolutePath(), visited, packages, log);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Find any other directory in the given "root" directory that hasn't been visited yet
     * and assume they contain extra packages. This is not a recursive search.
     */
    private void scanExtrasDirectory(String extrasRoot,
            HashSet<File> visited,
            ArrayList<Package> packages,
            ILogger log) {
        File root = new File(extrasRoot);

        for (File dir : listFilesNonNull(root)) {
            if (dir.isDirectory() && !visited.contains(dir)) {
                Properties props = parseProperties(new File(dir, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));
                if (props != null) {
                    try {
                        Package pkg = ExtraPackage.create(
                                null,                       //source
                                props,                      //properties
                                null,                       //vendor
                                dir.getName(),              //path
                                0,                          //revision
                                null,                       //license
                                null,                       //description
                                null,                       //descUrl
                                dir.getPath()               //archiveOsPath
                                );

                        packages.add(pkg);
                        visited.add(dir);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        log.error(e, null);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Find any other sub-directories under the /samples root that hasn't been visited yet
     * and assume they contain sample packages. This is not a recursive search.
     *

     * The use case is to find samples dirs under /samples when their target isn't loaded.
     */
    private void scanMissingSamples(SdkManager sdkManager,
            HashSet<File> visited,
            ArrayList<Package> packages,
            ILogger log) {
        File root = new File(sdkManager.getLocation());
        root = new File(root, SdkConstants.FD_SAMPLES);

        for (File dir : listFilesNonNull(root)) {
            if (dir.isDirectory() && !visited.contains(dir)) {
                Properties props = parseProperties(new File(dir, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));
                if (props != null) {
                    try {
                        Package pkg = SamplePackage.create(dir.getAbsolutePath(), props);
                        packages.add(pkg);
                        visited.add(dir);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        log.error(e, null);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * The sdk manager only lists valid addons. However here we also want to find "broken"
     * addons, i.e. addons that failed to load for some reason.
     *

     * Find any other sub-directories under the /add-ons root that hasn't been visited yet
     * and assume they contain broken addons.
     */
    private void scanMissingAddons(SdkManager sdkManager,
            HashSet<File> visited,
            ArrayList<Package> packages,
            ILogger log) {
        File addons = new File(new File(sdkManager.getLocation()), SdkConstants.FD_ADDONS);

        for (File dir : listFilesNonNull(addons)) {
            if (dir.isDirectory() && !visited.contains(dir)) {
                Pair<Map<String, String>, String> infos =
                    parseAddonProperties(dir, sdkManager.getTargets(), log);
                Properties sourceProps =
                    parseProperties(new File(dir, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));

                Map<String, String> addonProps = infos.getFirst();
                String error = infos.getSecond();
                try {
                    Package pkg = AddonPackage.createBroken(dir.getAbsolutePath(),
                                                            sourceProps,
                                                            addonProps,
                                                            error);
                    packages.add(pkg);
                    visited.add(dir);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    log.error(e, null);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Parses the add-on properties and decodes any error that occurs when
     * loading an addon.
     *
     * @param addonDir the location of the addon directory.
     * @param targetList The list of Android target that were already loaded
     *        from the SDK.
     * @param log the ILogger object receiving warning/error from the parsing.
     * @return A pair with the property map and an error string. Both can be
     *         null but not at the same time. If a non-null error is present
     *         then the property map must be ignored. The error should be
     *         translatable as it might show up in the SdkManager UI.
     */
    @Deprecated // Copied from SdkManager.java, dup of LocalAddonPkgInfo.parseAddonProperties.
    @NonNull
    public static Pair<Map<String, String>, String> parseAddonProperties(
            @NonNull File addonDir, @NonNull IAndroidTarget[] targetList,
            @NonNull ILogger log) {
        Map<String, String> propertyMap = null;
        String error = null;

        FileWrapper addOnManifest = new FileWrapper(addonDir,
                SdkConstants.FN_MANIFEST_INI);

        do {
            if (!addOnManifest.isFile()) {
                error = String.format("File not found: %1$s",
                        SdkConstants.FN_MANIFEST_INI);
                break;
            }

            propertyMap = ProjectProperties.parsePropertyFile(addOnManifest,
                    log);
            if (propertyMap == null) {
                error = String.format("Failed to parse properties from %1$s",
                        SdkConstants.FN_MANIFEST_INI);
                break;
            }

            // look for some specific values in the map.
            // we require name, vendor, and api
            String name = propertyMap.get(AddonManifestIniProps.ADDON_NAME);
            if (name == null) {
                error = String.format("'%1$s' is missing from %2$s.",
                        AddonManifestIniProps.ADDON_NAME,
                        SdkConstants.FN_MANIFEST_INI);
                break;
            }

            String vendor = propertyMap.get(AddonManifestIniProps.ADDON_VENDOR);
            if (vendor == null) {
                error = String.format("'%1$s' is missing from %2$s.",
                        AddonManifestIniProps.ADDON_VENDOR,
                        SdkConstants.FN_MANIFEST_INI);
                break;
            }

            String api = propertyMap.get(AddonManifestIniProps.ADDON_API);
            if (api == null) {
                error = String.format("'%1$s' is missing from %2$s.",
                        AddonManifestIniProps.ADDON_API,
                        SdkConstants.FN_MANIFEST_INI);
                break;
            }

            // Look for a platform that has a matching api level or codename.
            PlatformTarget baseTarget = null;
            for (IAndroidTarget target : targetList) {
                if (target.isPlatform() && target.getVersion().equals(api)) {
                    baseTarget = (PlatformTarget) target;
                    break;
                }
            }

            if (baseTarget == null) {
                error = String.format(
                        "Unable to find base platform with API level '%1$s'",
                        api);
                break;
            }

            // get the add-on revision
            String revision = propertyMap.get(AddonManifestIniProps.ADDON_REVISION);
            if (revision == null) {
                revision = propertyMap.get(AddonManifestIniProps.ADDON_REVISION_OLD);
            }
            if (revision != null) {
                try {
                    Integer.parseInt(revision);
                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                    // looks like revision does not parse to a number.
                    error = String.format(
                            "%1$s is not a valid number in %2$s.",
                            AddonManifestIniProps.ADDON_REVISION,
                            SdkConstants.FN_BUILD_PROP);
                    break;
                }
            }

        } while (false);

        return Pair.of(propertyMap, error);
    }

    /**
     * The sdk manager only lists valid system image via its addons or platform targets.
     * However here we also want to find "broken" system images, that is system images
     * that are located in the sdk/system-images folder but somehow not loaded properly.
     */
    private void scanMissingSystemImages(SdkManager sdkManager,
            HashSet<File> visited,
            ArrayList<Package> packages,
            ILogger log) {
        File siRoot = new File(sdkManager.getLocation(), SdkConstants.FD_SYSTEM_IMAGES);

        // The system-images folder contains a list of platform folders.
        for (File platformDir : listFilesNonNull(siRoot)) {
            if (platformDir.isDirectory() && !visited.contains(platformDir)) {
                visited.add(platformDir);

                // In the platform directory, we expect a list of abi folders
                // or a list of tag/abi folders. Basically parse any folder that has
                // a source.prop file within 2 levels.
                List<File> propFiles = Lists.newArrayList();

                for (File dir1 : listFilesNonNull(platformDir)) {
                    if (dir1.isDirectory() && !visited.contains(dir1)) {
                        visited.add(dir1);
                        File prop1 = new File(dir1, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP);
                        if (prop1.isFile()) {
                            propFiles.add(prop1);
                        } else {
                            for (File dir2 : listFilesNonNull(dir1)) {
                                if (dir2.isDirectory() && !visited.contains(dir2)) {
                                    visited.add(dir2);
                                    File prop2 = new File(dir2, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP);
                                    if (prop2.isFile()) {
                                        propFiles.add(prop2);
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                for (File propFile : propFiles) {
                    Properties props = parseProperties(propFile);
                    try {
                        Package pkg = SystemImagePackage.createBroken(propFile.getParentFile(),
                                                                      props);
                        packages.add(pkg);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        log.error(e, null);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Scan the sources/folders and register valid as well as broken source packages.
     */
    private void scanSources(SdkManager sdkManager,
            HashSet<File> visited,
            ArrayList<Package> packages,
            ILogger log) {
        File srcRoot = new File(sdkManager.getLocation(), SdkConstants.FD_PKG_SOURCES);

        // The sources folder contains a list of platform folders.
        for (File platformDir : listFilesNonNull(srcRoot)) {
            if (platformDir.isDirectory() && !visited.contains(platformDir)) {
                visited.add(platformDir);

                // Ignore empty directories
                File[] srcFiles = platformDir.listFiles();
                if (srcFiles != null && srcFiles.length > 0) {
                    Properties props =
                        parseProperties(new File(platformDir, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));

                    try {
                        Package pkg = SourcePackage.create(platformDir, props);
                        packages.add(pkg);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        log.error(e, null);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Try to find a tools package at the given location.
     * Returns null if not found.
     */
    private Package scanTools(File toolFolder, ILogger log) {
        // Can we find some properties?
        Properties props = parseProperties(new File(toolFolder, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));

        // We're not going to check that all tools are present. At the very least
        // we should expect to find android and an emulator adapted to the current OS.
        boolean hasEmulator = false;
        boolean hasAndroid = false;
        String android1 = SdkConstants.androidCmdName().replace(".bat", ".exe");
        String android2 = android1.indexOf('.') == -1 ? null : android1.replace(".exe", ".bat");
        for (File file : listFilesNonNull(toolFolder)) {
            String name = file.getName();
            if (SdkConstants.FN_EMULATOR.equals(name)) {
                hasEmulator = true;
            }
            if (android1.equals(name) || (android2 != null && android2.equals(name))) {
                hasAndroid = true;
            }
        }

        if (!hasAndroid || !hasEmulator) {
            return null;
        }

        // Create our package. use the properties if we found any.
        try {
            Package pkg = ToolPackage.create(
                    null,                       //source
                    props,                      //properties
                    0,                          //revision
                    null,                       //license
                    "Tools",                    //description
                    null,                       //descUrl
                    toolFolder.getPath()        //archiveOsPath
                    );

            return pkg;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e, null);
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Try to find a platform-tools package at the given location.
     * Returns null if not found.
     */
    private Package scanPlatformTools(File platformToolsFolder, ILogger log) {
        // Can we find some properties?
        Properties props = parseProperties(new File(platformToolsFolder,
                SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));

        // We're not going to check that all tools are present. At the very least
        // we should expect to find adb, aidl, aapt and dx (adapted to the current OS).

        if (platformToolsFolder.listFiles() == null) {
            // ListFiles is null if the directory doesn't even exist.
            // Not going to find anything in there...
            return null;
        }

        // Create our package. use the properties if we found any.
        try {
            Package pkg = PlatformToolPackage.create(
                    null,                           //source
                    props,                          //properties
                    0,                              //revision
                    null,                           //license
                    "Platform Tools",               //description
                    null,                           //descUrl
                    platformToolsFolder.getPath()   //archiveOsPath
                    );

            return pkg;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e, null);
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Scan the build-tool/folders and register valid as well as broken build tool packages.
     */
    private void scanBuildTools(
            SdkManager sdkManager,
            HashSet<File> visited,
            ArrayList<Package> packages,
            ILogger log) {
        File buildToolRoot = new File(sdkManager.getLocation(), SdkConstants.FD_BUILD_TOOLS);

        // The build-tool root folder contains a list of revisioned folders.
        for (File buildToolDir : listFilesNonNull(buildToolRoot)) {
            if (buildToolDir.isDirectory() && !visited.contains(buildToolDir)) {
                visited.add(buildToolDir);

                // Ignore empty directories
                File[] srcFiles = buildToolDir.listFiles();
                if (srcFiles != null && srcFiles.length > 0) {
                    Properties props =
                        parseProperties(new File(buildToolDir, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));

                    try {
                        Package pkg = BuildToolPackage.create(buildToolDir, props);
                        packages.add(pkg);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        log.error(e, null);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Try to find a docs package at the given location.
     * Returns null if not found.
     */
    private Package scanDoc(File docFolder, ILogger log) {
        // Can we find some properties?
        Properties props = parseProperties(new File(docFolder, SdkConstants.FN_SOURCE_PROP));

        // To start with, a doc folder should have an "index.html" to be acceptable.
        // We don't actually check the content of the file.
        if (new File(docFolder, "index.html").isFile()) {
            try {
                Package pkg = DocPackage.create(
                        null,                       //source
                        props,                      //properties
                        0,                          //apiLevel
                        null,                       //codename
                        0,                          //revision
                        null,                       //license
                        null,                       //description
                        null,                       //descUrl
                        docFolder.getPath()         //archiveOsPath
                        );

                return pkg;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                log.error(e, null);
            }
        }

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Parses the given file as properties file if it exists.
     * Returns null if the file does not exist, cannot be parsed or has no properties.
     */
    private Properties parseProperties(File propsFile) {
        FileInputStream fis = null;
        try {
            if (propsFile.exists()) {
                fis = new FileInputStream(propsFile);

                Properties props = new Properties();
                props.load(fis);

                // To be valid, there must be at least one property in it.
                if (props.size() > 0) {
                    return props;
                }
            }

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            if (fis != null) {
                try {
                    fis.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Helper method that calls {@link File#listFiles()} and returns
     * a non-null empty list if the input is not a directory or has
     * no files.
     */
    @NonNull
    private static File[] listFilesNonNull(@NonNull File dir) {
        if (dir.isDirectory()) {
            File[] files = dir.listFiles();
            if (files != null) {
                return files;
            }
        }
        return FileOp.EMPTY_FILE_ARRAY;
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Decompose the fraction and multiply through by the common denominator.
For each factor in the denominator, create a new fraction using the factor as the denominator, and an unknown value as the numerator. Since the factor in the denominator is linear, put a single variable in its place .
Multiply each fraction in the equation by the denominator of the original expression. In this case, the denominator is y+4)(y+2).
Move to the left of the expression ⋅2.
Move to the left of the expression ⋅4.
Create equations for the partial fraction variables and use them to set up a system of equations.
Create an equation for the partial fraction variables by equating the coefficients of from each side of the equation. For the equation to be equal, the equivalent coefficients on each side of the equation must be equal.
Create an equation for the partial fraction variables by equating the coefficients of the terms not containing . For the equation to be equal, the equivalent coefficients on each side of the equation must be equal.
Set up the system of equations to find the coefficients of the partial fractions.
Solve for in the first equation.
Replace all occurrences of with the solution found by solving the last equation for . In this case, the value substituted is 1-B.
Solve for in the second equation.
Replace all occurrences of with the solution found by solving the last equation for . In this case, the value substituted is .
Replace each of the partial fraction coefficients in y+4+By+2 with the values found for and .


You might be tempted to solely use Trulia and Zillow to buy or sell a home in St. Louis. While the internet is a great tool to help you find your dream home, using a St. Louis real estate agent to navigate the STL market is more necessary than ever before. Here are just a few of the reasons why.
Real estate agents have access to all other properties on the market that are listed by other agents. They even have access to those that haven't yet hit the MLS homes for sale listings. The agent can search whole databases using your specific criteria as filters, enabling them to come up with a whole list of possible homes.
A St. Louis real estate agent is more knowledgeable of STL neighborhoods than a search engine. Your St. Louis real estate agent can provide you with information on how much other homes are worth and what they've sold for. Not only that, but they can give you information about the neighborhood itself, what kinds of stores are nearby, the school districts and other parts of the town you might be interested in.
Real estate agents can help you buy or sell your home quickly while keeping your best interests at heart. If you're buying a home, they can find out the small details about the home that might not be listed on a website, like the age of the roof or the HVAC system.
Making your home appealing to potential buyers can be difficult. An agent knows how to best stage the home and showcase unique features, making it attractive and therefore generating more interest. Not only can this help sell your home quickly, it can also help you get a higher price.
Rather than having to call different sellers to set up viewings on your own, or having to field hundreds of calls from people who may or may not be serious about seeing your home, a real estate agent can handle all of this for you. Agents act as liaisons, coordinating and hosting showings for you. This isn't just convenient, it also helps keep your stress levels down and helps you find the home of your dreams or sell your home to a serious buyer.
Negotiations can be a tricky business. It can be difficult to offer lower prices or ask for work to be done to a home without the seller taking it personally. If he or she feels insulted, the seller can refuse sale based simply on that. Real estate agents will handle all negotiations to ensure the best possible outcome for you.
If work needs to be done on a house, but you aren't sure who to use, you may wind up hiring someone who does a less than perfect job. This could potentially ruin a sale. Real estate agents have information on all kinds of reputable professional services – inspectors, moving companies, plumbers, flooring experts, roofers. You can be assured that the job you hire these companies to do will be done well.
There are a lot of papers that need to be looked over and signed at closing. Your real estate agent will guide you through each page of the contract, making sure you understand what you're agreeing to. Your agent will also make sure that you have everything you need prior to the closing to ensure that it is done successfully.
I've been a St. Louis real estate agent for almost 20 years. Nothing beats the experience of a trusted real estate agent who can guide you through the complicated process of buying or selling a home in today's market. Contact me today to get started.


I'm a mature gamer, early 50's, in the UCF area of Orlando, seeking players and gamemasters for rpgs. Willing to run and play a number of systems. Age less important than maturity and steady attendance. Enjoy a mix of roleplay, combat and problem solving. If interested, please contact me!
Possible games include but are not limited to: Pathfinder, Mutants & Masterminds, DC Adventures, various Classic World of Darkness, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Pugmire and more!


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Ambia is een geslacht van vlinders van de familie van de Grasmotten (Crambidae), uit de onderfamilie van de Musotiminae. De wetenschappelijke naam en de beschrijving van dit geslacht zijn voor het eerst gepubliceerd in 1859 door Francis Walker.

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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
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 * Module dependencies.
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var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
  Schema = mongoose.Schema;

/**
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var FlightSchema = new Schema({
  created: {
    type: Date,
    default: Date.now
  },
  departure: {
    type: String,
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    trim: true,
    required: 'Departure cannot be blank'
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    type: String,
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    type: Schema.ObjectId,
    ref: 'User'
  }
});

mongoose.model('Flight', FlightSchema);


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Meja Kilpeläinen har sett klart säsong 12 av Supernatural
Simon Gyllenhammar har tittat på Marvel's The Punisher
Fredrik Gundmark har tittat på Covert Affairs
Tommy Tunebro har tittat på Gåsmamman
Medel: 4.0
Originaltitel: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV-bolag: CBS
Längd per avsnitt: 30 min min
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962) was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of suspense himself - Alfred Hitchcock. Each episode stands alone, delving into horror, comedy, suspense, and the supernatural. (TheTVDB)
Drama Mysterium Spänning
Himself/Host
Revenge	1955-10-02
After having a nervous breakdown, former ballet dancer Elsa Spann has to give up her career and spend her time living in a trailer park with her husband Carl. One evening, Carl returns home and finds the everything in disarry. Elsa tells him that she was attacked by a man who almost killed her....
Premonition	1955-10-09
A famous pianist returns to his home town to find the man who murdered his father only to find out that he himself is the killer.
Triggers in Leash	1955-10-16
Triggers in Leash
Red Hillman challenges a cowboy named Del Delaney to a shootout. When Maggie Flynn tries to stop them, she is ignored. The two men decide to draw when a clock on the mantel strikes the hour. Maggie takes a cross off of the mantle and says she wants to protect it from possible damage from a stray...
Don't Come Back Alive	1955-10-23
Don't Come Back...
Frank and his wife Mildred are in need of cash as they are approach their retirement. Frank thinks up a scheme where his wife will disappear for seven years. He will have her declared legally dead and they will then collect her insurance money. They set their plan in motion. A detective, thinking...
Into Thin Air	1955-10-30
Diane Winthrop comes to the 1899 Paris Worlds Exposition and checks into a hotel with her mother. Her mother becomes seriously ill. A hotel doctor asks Diane to go out for medicine. When she returns, her mother has vanished into thin air. No one remembers either Diane or her mother. Even the...
Salvage	1955-11-06
Dan Varrel is a gangster who promises revenge on Lois Williams. Lois is a nightclub singer who indirectly caused the death of his brother. When he gets out of prison he finds out that Lois is in economic trouble. Dan decides to give her a little help. He gets her a job and helps out in other ways....
Breakdown	1955-11-13
William Callew is a hard hearted and stoic businessman who believes that any display of emotion is a sign of horrible weakness. William gets into a car accident during a drive to New York. He regains consciousness only to find himself completely paralyzed. Everyone who sees his body presumes that...
Our Cook's A Treasure	1955-11-20
Our Cook's A...
Ralph Montgomery is a real estate agent. He pampers his wife by hiring a cook named Mrs. Sutton. He has second thoughts when he discovers that that the police are looking for a woman who, posing as a cook, has recently killed three people. Having grown suspicious of Mrs. Sutton, Ralph takes a cup...
The Long Shot	1955-11-27
The Long Shot
Charlie Raymond is a gambler. He bets on the horses and loses. He owes a lot of money and, hence, needs to get out of New York. He looks in the newspaper and finds an ad. Someone is looking for a fellow Londoner to drive him to San Francisco. Raymond meets with the man who placed the ad. He is...
The Case of Mr. Pelham	1955-12-04
The Case of Mr....
Someone is impersonating Albert Pelham. Mr. Pelham thinks that his life is being taken over by the doubles life. Pelham decides to take action against the double. He changes his bank signature. Unfortunately, the double manages to duplicate it. Finally, at his apartment Pelham is able to confront...
Guilty Witness	1955-12-11
Guilty Witness
Stanley Krane and his wife Dorothy are own a grocery store owners are are annoyed by the constant fighting of the Verbers, their next door neighbors. One day, Mrs. Verber comes to the store looking for something. The Kranes become suspicious when a detective tells them that he heard Mr. Verber has...
Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid	1955-12-18
Santa Claus and the...
A ex-convict names Stretch gets a job as a department store Santa. He hopes to rob the store. He meets up with a potential delinquent nicknamed the 10th Avenue kid. He decides to take his role as Santa seriously and he helps the boy change his ways.
The Chaney Vase	1955-12-25
The Chaney Vase
Martha Cheney, an elderly invalid, has only one preoccupation in life. She wants to protect a priceless vase that has been in her family for generations. Lyle Endicott, a dishonest ex-museum curator, wants the vase and uses a forged letter to get close to Miss Cheney and the vase.
A Bullet for Baldwin	1956-01-01
A Bullet for Baldwin
After Benjamin Stepp is fired from his job at an investment firm, he thinks about suicide. Instead he decides to kill his boss. The next day his boss reappears alive. Stepp is offered a promotion and raise. Stepp later learns that the new Baldwin is actually a look-alike who was hired to...
The Big Switch	1956-01-08
Sam Donleavy wants to kill his girlfriend and get away with it. He contacts a man who provides alibis for a price. Matters become much more complicated, however, when he meets with a friend from boyhood who is now a detective and who suspects that something is up.
You Got to Have Luck	1956-01-15
You Got to Have Luck
Sam Cobbett escapes from prison and breaks into a farm house. He intimidates a woman into helping him until the heat is off. The woman, however, acts very strange. Later, he realizes much too late that the womans odd behavior is due to her being deaf. It is her inability to hear that eventually...
The Older Sister	1956-01-22
The Older Sister
A reporter discovers the truth about the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case.
Shopping for Death	1956-01-29
Shopping for Death
Two retired salesmen propose a theory that most murders occur in hot weather. They see a potential murder victim in the nagging wife of a longshoreman Mrs. Shrike. They tell her to take precautions, but their efforts fail and she is murdered.
The Derelicts	1956-02-05
The Derelicts
Ralph Cowell is desperate when an old creditor calls him to to settle a large IOU. Ralph kills the creditor but discovers that the IOU was stolen by a bum named Goodfellow. Goodfellow also witnessed the murder and he and a friend begin to blackmail Ralph. They move into his apartment and begin to...
And So Died Riabouchinska	1956-02-12
And So Died...
Fabian is a vaudeville ventriloquist. One night, the body of a murdered man named Ockham is found near the theater where Fabian is performing. Detective Krovitch begins an investigation. He learns that shortly before the murder Ockham tried to see Fabian. Krovitch questions Fabian and his wife and...
Safe Conduct	1956-02-19
Safe Conduct
Mary Prescott returns to the West after an interview with an Iron Curtain dictator who gave her a safe conduct pass. On the train ride back she meets a soccer player named Jan Gubak. Jan is going to West Germany to see his sick sister. His sister needs money for an operation. The chance encounter...
Place of Shadows	1956-02-26
Place of Shadows
Ray Clements goes to a remote monastery and pretends to be a friend of a man named Rocco who was staying in the monastery bed-ridden after being involved in a near fatal car accident. Ray wants to murder Rocco because Rocco had cheated him. Father Vincent stops the murder. Ray, having a change of...
Back for Christmas	1956-03-04
Back for Christmas
Herbert and Hermione Carpenter plan to leave England for a stay in America. Herbert secretly plans to stay in there, while Hermione wants to be back in England for Christmas. Before leaving, Herbert kills his wife. He buries her in the basement. Herbert then goes to America. There he receives a...
The Perfect Murder	1956-03-11
The Perfect Murder
Two brothers named Henri and Paul inherit some money from a recently departed uncle. They learn that they will get even more money when their Aunt Rosalie passes away. Henri and Paul place ground-up glass into the eggs intended for her souffle. Rosalie, however, decides to have fish instead. Paul...
There Was an Old Woman	1956-03-18
There Was an Old...
Monica Laughton is an eccentric old woman who has the strange habit of hanging a funeral wreath on her door when she wants to announce the passing of one of the members of her imaginary family. Frank and Lorna Bramwell decide to rob Monica. They believe she has money stashed away in the house. They...
Whodunit	1956-03-25
Arthur Arlington is in heaven talking to an angel about his death. He was murdered and wants to know who killed him. The angel permits him to return to earth to recreate the murder scene and learn the murderers identity. Arthur comes up with a list of suspects that includes his wife Carol, his...
Help Wanted	1956-04-01
Mr. Crabtree needs money for an operation for his wife. He answers a help wanted ad and is hired by Mr. X. Mr. X wants Crabtree to kill someone who has been blackmailing him. Crabtree agrees to do it for one thousand dollars. Mr. X arranges for the target to call Crabtree for the next blackmail...
Portrait of Jocelyn	1956-04-08
Portrait of Jocelyn
Four years ago Jocelyn, the first wife of Mark Halliday mysteriously disappeared. Mark has since remarried. One day, he he discovers a painting of a woman that looks exactly like his vanished former wife. He traces the painting to a man named Arthur Clymer who claims that Jocelyn posed for him and...
The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby	1956-04-15
The Orderly World...
Laurence Appleby is an antique dealer that owes his business associates thousands of dollars. His wife refuses to let him borrow on her insurance policy. He decides to killer her. He consults a book on accidental deaths and finds a perfect method: he kills her by pulling a rug out from under her....
Never Again	1956-04-22
Karen Stewart has a serious drinking problem. One day, her boyfriend Jeff urges her to come to an important cocktail party and she reluctantly agrees. At the party Karen drinks heavily and, to Jeffs embarrassment, she goes to a bar with another man. Jeff tracks her down and urges her to come with...
The Gentleman from America	1956-04-29
The Gentleman from...
Howard Latimer makes a bet with two Englishmen that hell be able to stay alone at night at the Hurstwood Manor, a terrifying haunted house. Latimer is given a candle, a match, a loaded gun, and a book that explains the ghostly history of the manor. An escaped lunatic once broke into the house,...
The Baby Sitter	1956-05-06
The Baby Sitter
Lottie Slocum is questioned by the police about the murder of Mrs. Nash whom she was baby-sitting on the night of the murder. The police leave after they learn she knows nothing. Lottie is invited over to a neighbors Mrs. Armstedder. At Mrs. Armstedder, Lottie blabs that Mrs. Nash was having an...
The Belfry	1956-05-13
The Belfry
Clint Ringle is in love with Ella Marsh. He builds a house for her believing that she love him in return. Ella tells him that she is engaged to another man. Clint angrily kills her fiance in a jealous rage. Clint hides in the belfry of the school house. During the funeral for Ellas fiance, one of...
The Hidden Thing	1956-05-20
The Hidden Thing
Dana Edwardss fiancee is killed in a hit-and-run car accident. He struggles to remember the cars license number, but cant. A man named Hurley approaches him. Hurley says that his son also died in a hit and run car accident. He says he can help Dana remember the the license number. At Hurleys...
The Legacy	1956-05-27
Irene Cole and her cheating husband go to Palm Beach. There she meets two men: Randolph Burnside and Prince Burhan. The prince falls in love with her and vows to commit suicide if she does not leave her husband. She refuses. He accidentally kills himself in a car accident. Irene is very upset....
Mink	1956-06-03
Paula Hudson purchases a mink coat on a tip from her hairdresser. She later finds out it is stolen. The police question her and she says she bought it from a fashion model. When the police question the hairdresser and the model, both deny any knowledge of the fur. Paula later meets with a man to...
Decoy	1956-06-10
Gil Larkin is secretly in love with a married singer named Mona Cameron. Mona tells him that she is being abused by her husband. Gil goes to her husbands office to confront him. He is on the phone. A man with a gun enters behind Gil. Monas husband identifies him as a man named Ritchie before he is...
The Creeper	1956-06-17
A serial killer known as the strangler terrorizes a New York neighborhood.
Momentum	1956-06-24
A man ends up running to the Mexican border after trying to collect money his employer owes him.
LÄNGD PER AVSNITT: 30 min
TOTAL LÄNGD: 134 timmar & 30 min


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My research interests concern the elucidation of the molecular basis for the potent transdermal penetration enhancement (TPE) properties of a series of imilnosulfurane and related compounds, the activity of which exceed that of Azone, a common reference TPE that is in clinical use. These investigations utilize various biophysical techniques including both scanning and titration calorimetry, 31P and 1H NMR, static and dynamic depolarization studies and the use of computational techniques to ascertain the location(s) of these compounds in the various skin models that include phospholipid bilayaers, these bilayers supplemented with cholesterol, and related preparations based on ceremides .
I also serve as a Director of the long-running NSF-funded chemical education program entitled "chemistry Collaborations, Workshops and Communities of Scholars". This Program meets its mandate from NSF to improve chemical education, primarily at the undergraduate level, by running both short (2-3 days) and intensive five- and six-day workshops plus symposia, and mini workshops at the BCCE. The workshops cover both pedagogical and topical aspects of chemistry. The Program has served the needs of over 1,200 participants, primarily faculty and staff from two-year institutions to research universities, and has affected the learning of an estimated 1,000,000 students.
Smith, J.C., Chandrasekaran, S. & Strekowski, L.S. (1999). Interaction of the Probe Oxonol V and the Drug Candidate LS8 with Small Unilamellar DMPC Vesicles. Biophysical Journal, 76, A440.
Smith, J.C., & Chandrasekaran, S. (1998). The Locations of Potential-Sensitive Molecular Probes in DMPC Vesicles: An NMR Investigation. Biophysical Journal 74, A299.
Smith J.C., & Chandrasekaran S. (1997). Location Models for the Probe Oxonol V in 1,2-Dimyristoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine(DMPC) Vesicles by NMR Spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal 72, WP443-WP443.
"The Behavior of a Fast-Responding Barbituric Acid Potential-Sensitive Molecular Probe in Bovine Heart Submitrochondrial Particles", Tran, T. V.; Allen, S.; Smith, J.C. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1991, 1059, 265-274.
"NMR, Calorimetric, Spin-Label, and Optical Studies on a Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Syryl Molecular Probe in Dimysteroylphosphatidylcholine Vesicles and Multilamellar Suspensions: a Model for Location of Optical Probes", Bammel, B. P.; Hamilton, D. D.; Haughland, R. P.; Hopkins, H. P.; Schuette, J.; Szalecki, W.; Smith, J.C. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1990, 1024 61-81.
"The Effect of Extrinsic Potential-Sensitive Molecular Probes on the Thermal Phase Transition Properties of Dimysteroylphosphatidylcholine Model Membrane Preparations", Bammel, B.P.; Fumero, J.; Hopkins, H.P.; Smith, J. C. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1988 944, 164-176.