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Water Quality Projects
Invasive Species (AIS) Projects
Land Conservation and Restoration
MCWD Staff Contact(s)
Michael Hayman
Project Planning Manager
About the subwatershed
The Minnehaha Creek subwatershed encompasses all the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD or District) downstream of the Grays Bay Dam and is commonly referred to as the "lower watershed." The cities of Plymouth, Wayzata, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Edina, Minneapolis, and Richfield have land within this subwatershed. The subwatershed, which includes the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes and Minnehaha Falls, is drained by the 22-mile long Minnehaha Creek and empties to the Mississippi River. Other major lakes in the subwatershed include Nokomis, Hiawatha, Diamond, and Powderhorn. Several other smaller lakes and wetlands dot the subwatershed.
While some of the lakes meet their water quality goals, five lakes have been designated impaired for excess nutrients. Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies to diagnose the source of those excess nutrients have been completed and approved for Nokomis and Hiawatha for reducing nutrient loading and achieving water quality goals. The remaining three will be addressed when the MPCA cycles back to the Twin Cities area in 2020. Other concerns within the subwatershed are impairments for chloride, dissolved oxygen, fish and macroinvertebrate IBI, and bacteria.
Read the Minnehaha Creek Subwatershed Plan from the MCWD Watershed Management Plan.
Long Lake Creek Corridor Improvements
City(ies): Orono, Long Lake
Subwatershed: Long Lake Creek Subwatershed
Minnehaha Creek Methodist Hospital Re-meander
Restoring Minnehaha Creek to a more natural shape
6500 Excelsior Boulevard, St. Louis Park, MN
Subwatershed:
Minnehaha Creek Subwatershed
Year Completed:
Restoration work at Methodist Hospital completed in 2009. The creek, restored wetlands, and educational boardwalk is available for the community to enjoy.
For much of the first half of the last century, Minnehaha Creek was treated as a sanitary sewer and a ditch. Land use decisions filled and drained wetlands and straightened sections of the creek, increasing the amount of polluted runoff reaching the creek. The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) began a long-term initiative to clean up the creek with the Methodist Hospital re-meander, a partnership with Park Nicollet Health Services that re-established the Creek's natural curves and wetlands. It was the first project in what is now known as the Minnehaha Creek Greenway, a stretch of more than 109 acres of continuous green space constructed or planned for construction along Minnehaha Creek.
The partnership enabled MCWD to implement a project that enhanced a regional resource (Minnehaha Creek), provided benefit to its private partner and its clients while also providing for increased recreation and education within a heavily urbanized area of the Minnehaha Creek corridor. All of these project elements are mirrored in the MCWD Mission Statement.
The work returned the creek to a more natural shape, restored wetland vegetation, constructed an elevated boardwalk and canoe landings to increase public access, and added educational signage throughout the site. Studies have shown that proximity to nature can speed up recovery time for patients.
Park Nicollet received a 2008 Watershed Heroes Award in the Excellence in Development category for the project.
Hover your mouse over the photo below to see the creek channel's significant change.
The District began working with Park Nicollet Health Services in 2004 when Park Nicollet applied and received funds for an educational signage project from the Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Grant program. The hospital wanted to construct raingarden with education signage on the Methodist Hospital property in St. Louis Park to improve the quality of stormwater runoff draining from the site into Minnehaha Creek.
The goal was to incorporate stormwater management within the landscape by creating areas where people could interact with the outdoor environment while simultaneously providing educational opportunities.
Given Methodist Hospital's proximity to the creek and dedication to improving it, the MCWD Board of Managers directed staff to investigate other opportunities in collaboration with the hospital. In the fall of 2004, MCWD hired a consultant to develop a concept plan of potential environmental improvements for the site to improve the existing conditions, restore natural features, provide amenities to the hospital and its visitors, increase public access and provide for educational opportunities.
Innovative Thinking
This project provided a positive impact within the community on many levels. Channel sinuosity was increased promoting water to leave the banks in certain flow conditions and interact with the adjacent riparian wetland. Residents from the neighborhood will have a recreational amenity to enjoy nature throughout the year. Further, patients at the hospital will receive therapeutic benefits and safe access to a natural area. Research shows that patients recover more quickly when they are able to experience the outdoor environment – directly or visually - while healing. The wetland and creek at Methodist Hospital increase the hospital's connection to the outdoor environment in a beautiful way that goes far beyond the traditional "healing garden."
The boardwalk trail through the wetland at Methodist Hospital provides a safe and secure way for patients and their family and friends, as well as the surrounding community, to enjoy the diverse natural environment along Minnehaha Creek. Resting stations with seating and interpretive signs, access to the creek, wildlife habitat and observation, and the ever-changing palette of native grasses and wildflowers throughout the seasons make it a rich sensory experience.
The concept was inspired by Methodist Hospital's new Heart and Vascular Center. Like the human heart's four chambers, the trail design is composed of four spaces: three trail loops and an area designed to attract wildlife. A new re-meander in Minnehaha Creek, which restores the channel more closely to its original morphology, is the hydrologic circulatory system that ties the entire design together.
Increased capacity for floodwater
More stormwater captured before it enters the creek
Slowed flow to allow for the filtering of pollutants
Enhanced fish and wildlife habitat
Enhanced recreation and public access
Prairie Restoration Inc., a sub-contractor on the project, put together a nice summary video:
Informational Materials:
Informational handout from a guided tour (PDF)
Methodist Hospital Remeander Fact Sheet
Associated Projects:
325 Blake Road Redevelopment
Cottageville Park expansion
Partners and Contractors:
Prairie Restorations, Inc.

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Home Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Raymond Hotel cottage, 1200 South Fair Oaks, Pasadena. 1929.
Raymond Hotel cottage, 1200 South Fair Oaks, Pasadena. 1929.
Title Raymond Hotel cottage, 1200 South Fair Oaks, Pasadena. 1929.
Description Exterior view of a cottage at the Raymond Hotel at 1200 South Fair Oaks. The building is shaded by trees, and grown over in places by vines. A woman stands on the lawn outside, next to a bush.
Subject Raymond Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.) -- Photographs.
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Discussion Acer Aspire ES 15 ES1-520-3441 stuck at "Acer explore beyond limits" screen.
Acer Aspire ES 15 ES1-520-3441 stuck at "Acer explore beyond limits" screen.
To start off, this laptop has been horrible since the day I got it. I can't even believe how slow it is; it lags doing even the simplest tasks.
That aside; I was prompted to update an AMD Catalyst Radeon (something like that) software, so I did. The screen went black and nothing happened for almost 10 hours.
I eventually decided to turn off the power. Now that I turn it back on it's just stuck on "Acer explore beyond limits" screen.
It has been like this for days now. I've tried turning it on and off again several times. It's just stuck at that screen.
What do I do? How do I fix this? I need this computer for school.
Boot pressing F2 to enter BIOS, check if your HDD/SSD is listed on BIOS informations page.
if you press Alt+F10 are you able to enter recovery?
Which windows OS version is installed?
Yes, it says "HDD Model Name:" and then the name.
When I press Alt+f10 it only says "Setup Confirmation: Save configuration changes and exit now? Yes/no" and if I hit yes it just looks like it's about to boot again before it goes back to the exact same spot, frozen again.
I have Windows 10 installed.
For some odd reason, on a third attempt, pressing f12 and hitting the only boot option available, got me to a screen where I could reformat the entire computer, deleting all its files. As it was a new computer I just wiped the whole thing clean and it's now working great, much better than when it was new because it also got rid of all the useless commercial software that it came with.


An altercation between a South Carolina high school student and a school resource officer ended tragically Friday with the student dead of a gunshot wound and the officer hospitalized after being stabbed.
The incident took place about 8:25 a.m., and both the officer and the 16-year-old student were transported to Conway Medical Center, where the student died, said Sgt. Robert Kegler of the Horry County Police Department. The resource officer, who was a Horry County police officer assigned to the school, remains hospitalized, he said. Kegler had no other information. "Anytime anything happens with a police officer like this, we ask an outside agency to come in to investigate," he said. "In this case, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is taking the lead." Teal Britton, a spokeswoman for Horry County Schools, said the student had asked to see the officer at Carolina Forest High School in Myrtle Beach. "They went into his office, and the door was shut, and then the struggle began," she said. School officials have "no clue in terms of what might have brought that about." Britton also had no further information and said the Law Enforcement Division had asked that the high school refrain from discussing details. Neither Britton nor Kegler named the officer or the student. The state agency has not responded to requests for comment. Myrtle Beach is a popular vacation destination in northeast South Carolina, on the Atlantic coast.


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Error code P01300 means issue with igniter bank#1 problem.
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package org.wso2.andes.test.client.timeouts;

import javax.jms.Connection;
import javax.jms.JMSException;
import javax.jms.Message;
import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
import javax.jms.Queue;
import javax.jms.Session;

import org.wso2.andes.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
import org.wso2.andes.server.registry.ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry;
import org.wso2.andes.test.utils.QpidBrokerTestCase;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * This tests that when the commit takes a long time(due to POST_COMMIT_DELAY) that the commit does not timeout
 * This test must be run in conjunction with SyncWaiteTimeoutDelay or be run with POST_COMMIT_DELAY > 30s to ensure
 * that the default value is being replaced.
 */
public class SyncWaitDelayTest extends QpidBrokerTestCase
{
    protected static final Logger _logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SyncWaitDelayTest.class);

    private String VIRTUALHOST = "test";
    protected long POST_COMMIT_DELAY = 1000L;
    protected long SYNC_WRITE_TIMEOUT = POST_COMMIT_DELAY + 1000;

    protected Connection _connection;
    protected Session _session;
    protected Queue _queue;
    protected MessageConsumer _consumer;

    public void setUp() throws Exception
    {

        setConfigurationProperty("virtualhosts.virtualhost." + VIRTUALHOST+".store.class", "org.wso2.andes.server.store.SlowMessageStore");
        setConfigurationProperty("virtualhosts.virtualhost." + VIRTUALHOST+".store.delays.commitTran.post", String.valueOf(POST_COMMIT_DELAY));
        setConfigurationProperty("management.enabled", "false");

        super.setUp();

        //Set the syncWrite timeout to be just larger than the delay on the commitTran.
        setSystemProperty("amqj.default_syncwrite_timeout", String.valueOf(SYNC_WRITE_TIMEOUT));

        _connection = getConnection();

        //Create Queue
        _queue = (Queue) getInitialContext().lookup("queue");

        //Create Consumer
        _session = _connection.createSession(true, Session.SESSION_TRANSACTED);

        //Ensure Queue exists
        _session.createConsumer(_queue).close();
    }

    public void test() throws JMSException
    {
        MessageProducer producer = _session.createProducer(_queue);

        Message message = _session.createTextMessage("Message");

        producer.send(message);

        long start = System.nanoTime();

        _logger.info("Calling Commit");

        try
        {
            _session.commit();
            long end = System.nanoTime();
            long time = (end - start);
            // As we are using Nano time ensure to multiply up the millis.
            assertTrue("Commit was quickier than the built in delay:" + time, time > 1000000L * POST_COMMIT_DELAY);
            assertFalse("Commit was slower than the built in default", time > 1000000L * 1000 * 30);
        }
        catch (JMSException e)
        {
            fail(e.getMessage());
        }

    }

}

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Sigmund Rascher was without a shadow if a doubt one of the most evil men of the Nazi regime. He was an SS Doctor in service of the Luftwaffe and was one of Himmler's favourites. Rascher's wife the actress ,Karoline "Nini" Diehl, was a friend of Himmler, rumours had it that she was Himmler's mistress but this was never verified.
Rascher conducted deadly experiments on the effect of high altitude , freezing and blood coagulation on human subjects in Dachau, this all under the patronage of Heinrich Himmler.
Aside from the extremely cruel and deadly experiments he also used human skin to make saddles. It is no wonder that he was executed on April 26,1945.
However you'd be wrong to think he was executed by the allies or for the aforementioned crimes.
In order to impress Himmler, Rascher claimed that population growth could be sped up by extending female childbearing age, Rascher publicized that his wife had given birth to three children even after reaching 48 years of age. Himmler so impressed by this used a photograph of Rascher's family as propaganda material.
But, during the fourth "pregnancy," of Mrs. Rascher , she was caught attempting to kidnap a baby and was arrested . A subsequent investigation revealed that her other three children had been either bought or kidnapped. Himmler was furious and felt betrayed, Rascher was arrested in April 1944.
Additionally to the fraudulent childbearing scheme it was also accused of financial irregularities, the murder of his former lab assistant, and scientific fraud.
On April 26,1945 just 3 days before US troops reached Dachau, Rascher was executed by SS-Hauptscharführer Theodor Bongartz ,allegedly on Himmler's direct order.
Receiving a post card is always a nice event. Be it for your birthday, or a card from someone on their holiday, or a seasons greeting , or just someone keeping in touch.
It is like getting a present which has emotional rather then a monetary value. And often you want to repay this act of kindness, by also sending something back, maybe a parcel or a magazine or just another card.
But what if the card comes from one of the most desperate places on earth, and what if there are a whole set of rule to take in consideration before you can send anything. What if the card was received from Dachau?
I can't read the name of the sender clearly but I believe the sender was Joh. Messinger Ludwig in Block 20 and the addressee was Ignaz Messinger from Vienna.
It may look like an ordinary card but there is so much more to this simple piece of thick paper. To the addressee it is a sign of life of the person who sent it to him. It is also an indication who the life in Dachau is in total control of those who run the camp.
On the left side of the card is a set of rules for correspondence to inmates in the camp.
Every inmate can only receive or send 2 letters or cards per month to relatives. The letter send to the inmates must be clearly legible and should be written in ink and can only be 15 lines or less.Allowed is only one letterhead of normal size.Envelopes have to be unlined.A letter can only be stamped with 5 stamps of 12 pfennig.Everything else is forbidden and will be subjected to confiscation. Postcards can only have 10 lines, photographs are not permitted to be used as postcards.
Newspapers are allowed but can only be ordered via the post office of the Concentration Camp Dachau.
Parcels are not allowed. Inmates are able to but everything they need in the camp.
Requests to the camp management for inmates to be released are futile.
Permission to speak and visits from prisoners of the Concentration camp is fundamentally forbidden.
All post which does not adhere to these rules will be destroyed.
The Sea water experiments-Evil Science.
There are several theories in relation to the inspiration of the poem but the above mentioned line refers to the fact that one or more sailors were stranded in the ocean without any fresh water. Indicating that although there was an abundance of water, it was not fir for human consumption. Because drinking sea water can lead to dehydration among other ailments and eventually to death.
This knowledge did not stop Dr. Hans Eppinger and Dr. Wilhelm Beiglböck.
From July 1944 to September 1944, experiments were carried out at the Dachau concentration camp to see if it was possible to the viability of make sea water fit for consumption.Another goal was The goal was to establish if the prisoners would suffer any severe physical symptoms or death within a period of 6–12 days.
Many of the subjects who received sea water ended up suffering excruciating torture, diarrhea, convulsions, hallucinations, foaming at the mouth, and in most cases, madness or death.
One might be forgiven that the title implies a current school trip to Dachau, but the title refers to another kind of trip to the notorious death camp.
The Dutch Nazis, the NSB. did not have the same level of hatred against, Jews,Roma and disabled people as their German counterpart. Himmler was aware of this but he needed support for the SS from the Dutch.
In January 1941 ,Himmler invited the leader of the NSB,Anton Mussert to Munich.
Most of the NSB leadership accompanied Mussert on his journey to Munich.The aim of the meeting was to make Mussert enthusiastic for the SS so he would encourage Dutch men to join them.
As part of the trip an excursion was planned to Dachau, but to ensure the Dutch delegation would not be shocked by what they saw there, the whole excursion was staged on January 20,1941.
They were shown good dormitories, great sanitary utilities and a well equipped kitchen with high quality and fresh food. In short the wool was pulled over their eyes.
In an interview in jail in 1946, Mussert stated.
Although they did not have the same level of evilness as the NSDAP, the NSB were nevertheless willing participants in the Holocaust. Mussert may not have been fully aware what was going on in Dachau in January 1941, since it was reasonably early on in the war, but he knew exactly what the fate of the Jews was later on and he facilitated the occupying Nazi regime in any way he could.
The whole trip was a propaganda exercise. It is also a clear indication that the Nazis knew exactly that what they were doing was wrong, for they even hid their crimes for their 'friends'.
The Nazis would never have been able to commit the crimes they committed if they hadn't received the cooperation from businesses that supplied to them.
Technically some companies may not have been directly involved in the killing of Jews.Roma's,Homosexuals and others, but by facilitating the third reich the played an equal part to the Holocaust.
J.A. Topf and Sons (German: J.A. Topf & Söhne) was an engineering company which was founded in Erfurt in 1878. It had a variety of products including chimneys and incinerators.
In 1939 the company decided to go into business with Hitler and his cronies.Not only did they design and built the ovens for the crematoria in several death camps, they also made improvements to make the ovens work more efficiently.
Kurt Prüfer, was the head of Topf & Söhne's small crematoria department, he was the main oven designer. Kurt designed and developed a two-muffle transportable oven in September 1939, which was delivered to Dachau concentration camp in November 1939.To facilitate multiple bodies to be burned simultaneously even though that this was still illegal under German law.
Between August 1940 and May 1942, the companybuilt 3 double-muffle ovens at Auschwitz Camp I. Read the last few words again'built 3 double-muffle ovens at Auschwitz Camp I' This means they built them on site.
In October 1941, the SS ordered five three-muffle ovens for the new Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp , where it was initially was thought that an estimated 1000+ people per day would be killed. At the time 125,000 Soviet prisoners of war.were imprisoned in Auschwitz II, and it was estimated that with the use of the new ovens, these prisoners of war could all be killed and disposed of in about four months.
Topf & Söhne' also designed and provided ventilation systems to remove Zyklon B from the underground gas chambers.
At least 4 fitters from Topf & Söhne' traveled to Auschwitz to supervise the installation of the systems and to ensure they worked properly. For this it meant they had to observe the murder of Jews.
Kurt Prüfer also visited the camps to inspect the operation of Topf products. He himself, with the blessing of the company's owners, continued to facilitate to the needs of the SS On October 26, 1942 he applied ,via the company, for a patent for a four-storey crematorium complete with conveyor belts intended to drastically enhance the speed at which bodies could be burned.
Although employees of the company witnessed the actual murder of Jews and others they did nothing about it, in fact they ensured that the disposal of the bodies would happen quicker and more efficient. There was a clear lack of humanity in these people.
There is a principle in supply chain management about 'bottlenecks' ,bottlenecks determine the throughput of a supply chain. Basically your supply chain is just as fast as your bottleneck, ie constraint.
The disposal of the bodies was the bottleneck in all death camps. Even if the engineers of Topf and Sons, could not stop the supply of ovens to the Nazi regime, they could have designed them less efficient thus creating a bigger bottleneck, therefor saving lives, but they didn't .
After Prüfer was first arrested in 1945, one of the co-owners of the company Ludwig Topf committed suicide in his suicide note he said that "I was always decent." His brother, Ernst-Wolfgang, fled to West Germany where he attempted to reestablish the company. The company went bankrupt in May 1963. Prüfer died in prison.
It is often thought that the killing of prisoners and for the majority Jews in concentration camps , only started after the start of World War II. But in fact it started in April of 1933, only ten weeks after Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany.
It is sad enough that young men were killed on April 12 1933, it is even sadder to think that one of them, and in fact the very first to get killed wasn't even supposed to have been in Germany at the time.
Arthur Kahn, a 21-year-old Jewish German medical student had enrolled in Edinburgh University in Scotland, he had returned to , Germany to pick up his student records at the University of Wurzburg.
Upon arrival in Dachau, the men were identified as Jews and tortured. On April 12, a group of drunken SS officers handed the four young men shovels and made them march to the outskirts of the camp, where they were executed Arthur Kahn was the first one shot. Making him the first Holocaust victim according to historian Timothy Ryback. Goldman and Benario followed and died immediately, Erwin Kahn was also shot but died from his injuries four days later in a nearby Hospital. He did get a chance to make a statement disputing that the 4 men had tried to escape, for that was the reason given for the executions.
Postwar investigation established that Robert Erspenmüller,the camp's deputy commander, and two other SS guards, Hans Burner and Max Schmidt, committed the murders.
Even if you don't know any German you will know what those 3 words mean. Arbeit macht Frei- Work will set you free.
3 simple words which had such a great impact. The Nazis turned these words, which when you look at them basically had an honorable intend, into the most despicable words ever uttered.
They gave a false sense of hope to those who arrived at the concentration camps and death camps. For it made them believe if they would work hard and do as their were told they would be set free.
Many didn't even get to see those words over the gates for they had already perished on the transport to Auschwitz,Dachau or any of the other camps.
Arbeit macht Frei where it should have said "Hier wirst du sterben" -Here you will die.
Dachau is a small picturesque town in in Upper Bavaria not too far away from Munich, but despite its pretty and even fairy tale like appearance, it will be forever associated with death and destruction.
The Dachau concentration camp was opened on March 22 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the Nazi regime. Heinrich Himmler, as police president of Munich, officially described the camp as "the first concentration camp for political prisoners.
Political prisoners arrived by truck in early days of the Dachau Concentration camp.
Dachau originally held Communists, leading Socialists and other "enemies of the state" in 1933, but over time the Nazis began to send German Jews to the camp.
Prisoners were divided into categories. At first, they were classified by the nature of the crime for which they were accused, but eventually were classified by the specific authority-type under whose command a person was sent to camp.Political prisoners who had been arrested by the Gestapo wore a red badge, "professional" criminals sent by the Criminal Courts wore a green badge, Cri-Po prisoners arrested by the criminal police wore a brown badge, "work-shy and asocial" people sent by the welfare authorities or the Gestapo wore a black badge, Jehovah's Witnesses arrested by the Gestapo wore a violet badge, homosexuals sent by the criminal courts wore a pink badge, emigrants arrested by the Gestapo wore a blue badge, "race polluters" arrested by the criminal court or Gestapo wore badges with a black outline, second-termers arrested by the Gestapo wore a bar matching the color of their badge, "idiots" wore a white armband with the label Blöd (Stupid), and Jews, whose incarceration in the Dachau concentration camp dramatically increased after Kristallnacht, wore a yellow badge, combined with another color.
The pictures below are from the camp and some of them are graphic, I don't like showing graphic images but sometimes it is necessary.
The photograph below shows six of the SS men on the staff at Dachau in 1934. Theodor Eicke, who became the second Commandant at Dachau in 1933 is the second man from the left in the back row.
American soldiers inspect the remains of concentration camp victims after the liberation of Dachau, a National Socialist concentration camp, April 29, 1945.
Something that has been debated and disputed after the liberation of Dachau is the execution of the SS guards,after surrender, by the US troops. By many it is seen as a war crime, I don't subscribe to that point of view, although I do not condone it either, I can fully understand why they did it. They had just seen the worst atrocity and depravity they had ever witnessed, not surprisingly they felt the urge to bring those responsible to a swift justice.


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by Elizabeth Brotherton and Alison McSherry (Roll Call)
Sometimes, life imitates art.
Fans of "The West Wing" (which include most Capitol Hill staffers) might remember an episode in which White House staffers participate in "Big Block of Cheese Day." This requires administration officials to meet with fringe groups (described by Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman as "crackpot") that normally wouldn't get attention.
In one scene, White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg meets with people wanting to build a $900 million, 1,800-mile "wolves-only roadway." Cregg doesn't take the proposal seriously, joking that the wolves could "get drunk and wander off the wolves-only roadway and end up eating my cat."
Flash forward to Tuesday, when an exhibition was displayed in the Rayburn House Office Building foyer for the ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition. The event featured impressive-looking designs submitted by five finalists to create a "the next generation of wildlife crossing structures."
That's because the proposal in the series is, well, sorta true. The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative helps manage the region to ensure wolves, bears and other wildlife can thrive through smart conservation methods. While there's no "wolves-only roadway," crossings such as the ones showcased Tuesday are shown to help prevent deadly collisions between animals and vehicles.
The crossings even have the support of Members such as Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), Rush Holt (D-N.J.) and Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.).


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Q: Perfect square equation $12\alpha^2\cdot x^3+12\alpha\cdot x^2+12\alpha\left(1-\alpha\right)\cdot x+\left(2-3\alpha\right)^2$ Well, I have the following function:
$$\text{y}\left(x\right):=12\alpha^2\cdot x^3+12\alpha\cdot x^2+12\alpha\left(1-\alpha\right)\cdot x+\left(2-3\alpha\right)^2\tag1$$
Where $\alpha\in\mathbb{N}$.

Question: I want to find $x$ such that $\text{y}\left(x\right)$ can be written as a perfect square. I already know that when $x=3\alpha^2-2$, we can write:
$$\text{y}\left(x\right)=\left[2+3\alpha\left(6\alpha\left(\alpha^2-1\right)+1\right)\right]^2\tag2$$
But I want to find other solutions for $x$.

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echo "Building Viewer"

cd "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/qtreports-viewer"

qmake -spec ${USING_QT_MKSPEC} "CONFIG+=${BUILD_TYPE}" qtreports-viewer.pro
make -j$(nproc)
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
	echo
	echo "Building Viewer FAILED"
	exit 1
fi

echo
echo "Viewer has built"

cd "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR"


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Exit polls show Trump a major factor in 2018 midterm election voting
By: CBS News
Posted: Nov 6, 2018 6:27 PM CST
Early exit poll results suggest that President Donald Trump was a factor that significantly affected voting for the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections. Nearly two-thirds of those voters said Mr. Trump was a factor. One quarter of those casting a House ballot said they did so in part to support him. Four in 10 said they cast a vote to oppose him. Only one-third said he played no role in their voting.
Only a minority of those voting today approve of Mr. Trump's job performance. The level appears similar to his ratings among the general public overall in recent months. It is also similar to the ratings for former President Obama in the 2010 midterm election, in which Republicans captured majority control from Democrats.
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Voters reported that their No. 1 issue in this election was health care — mentioned by just under half of those surveyed. Health care was mentioned by almost twice as many voters as the next most common issue, immigration.
Voters are feeling better about the state of the economy than they have since before the Great Recession of 2008. More than two-thirds rate the economy as good, compared to 36 percent only two years ago.
However, only 1 in 5 voters selected the economy as the most important issue in the election this year, perhaps limiting the benefit of this issue for the ruling Republican Party.
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The specific issues of trade and taxes do not seem to be helping the GOP's prospects. More voters said that they area where they live had been hurt by Mr. Trump's trade policy than had been helped. On taxes, the number of people who said they had benefited was nearly the as those who were hurt, and nearly half saw no impact.
Despite positive feelings about the economy, overall, voters were pessimistic about the direction of the country. Only 4 in 10 said the country was headed in the right direction, while nearly 6 in 10 viewed the country as off on the wrong track.
Over three quarters of voters think Americans are becoming more politically divided.
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About the authors: David R. Jones, Professor of Political Science at Baruch College, City University of New York. Melissa J. Herrmann, President, SSRS.


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Q: Talking to C++ library with Node.js I have a node.js Express web application and I need to talk to this optimization library named CBC from COIN-OR:
https://projects.coin-or.org/Cbc
what is the best way to talk to this library using node.js? could I create a node.js wrapper around the C++ library or...?

A: If you care about performance, then writing an addon (and/or possibly using nan to let the addon work across major node.js/io.js versions) that wraps the library is the best solution.
If taking a considerable performance hit is not a concern, you could use ffi to call "directly" to the library from javascript.


So we did not end up winning the Superbowl and our team did not end up playing like we had expected them to or they had hoped to. And we ended up eating a lot of food on One Single Day! Even though I had planned on watching my portions, that sadly also did not go as planned. There was a lot of stress eating involved during and after the game.
That is the thing with best laid plans. Sometimes they go awry. So did this one! But now that the dust has settled and the emotions all calmed down, I figured it was time to get back on track and bring in some more nutrition in everything I cook and eat and clean up the diet.
No, mine is not the "diet" kind of family and I am not a person who can be on a restrictive diet. Even if the restrictive diets worked I wouldn't even be the last person to sign up for it. I am also not that much into skinny eating. A smidgen of butter works just fine as long as I keep a smidgen and not use the entire stick in my soup.
To kick start the nutritious eating, I fell back on my roots and decided to make this Khaman Dhokla from Gujarat, India. Khaman Dhokla is made from the flour of chickpeas also known as Garbanzo / Egyptian peas/ Bengal grams and Channa. Since Garbanzo beans are a source of protein and fibre, they are essentially a satiating food. Eating a cup of Garbanzo gives us as much as 50% of the DV for fiber and 29% of the DV for protein. That is a huge trade off. Since it is chockfull of fibre and protein, it is great for regulating the sugar levels in the body. And they come with a rich supply of antioxidants and concentrated supplies of antioxidant phytonutrients which means better cardiovascular health.
Khaman dhokla is a classic Gujarati snack with a sponge like texture and is flavored with spices and lemon. The chickpea batter is steamed and then a tempering of spices is let to seep in and finally it is served with some chutney. It is a great snack to have on hand as it refrigerates well and warms up well in the microwave.
or something similar, I went ahead and devised a plan to make it more universal. I found that steaming it inside a bundt cake pan worked wonderfully as well.
The additional height of the bundt cake pan gives the batter a protection from the water bubbles and adds to the beautiful look. Alternately a regular cake pan will work just as well.
What are your recent best laid plans that almost went for a spin and you took action to bring them back ? Or Am I the only one who always lets plans slip by?
Sieve the besan/ chickpea flour into a mixing bowl.
Take a large pot. You need something in which the small pan can fit in.
Add water in the pot and bring it to boil. Add about a cup of water to ensure enough steam in the pot, but not so much water that it boils over and fills the smaller pot.
Add the lemon juice and Fruit salt (eno) to the standing batter and mix. do not stir too much.
Quickly put this batter in the ready pan and then keep it in the large pot to steam in.
cover the large pan with its lid.
check for doneness as you would in a cake, by inserting a toothpick. If it comes out clean, the dhokla is ready.
Lift the pan up from the steaming pot and leave it to cool.
Add in the then add the curry leaves, chillies and cook for a bit.
Add in the lemon water and allow it to heat up.
Pour it over the steamed dhokla that is now resting.
Let the tempering soak in, then invert the dhokla on a plater and garnish it with the garnish ingredients!
Slice and serve with chutney. I like it without the chutney.
Wow this looks so nice & yumm !!
Indian receipes sounds really mouthwatering….
It came out great Ansh! I used idli moulds 🙂 Thanks for the detailed instructions!
Awesome!! I am glad you liked it, Pavani.
Wow Khaman Dhokla, Indian… I've never had it before. I have never been big into Indian food, but I think I'm going to have to give that dish a try. Could be a game changer.
I have never seen anything like this before – it looks wonderful! I believe eating is all about moderation. A lot of healthy and a little indulgence, otherwise, life's no fun at all.
I agree with you Laura. A little dash of real butter is way better to me than half a cup of fat free something. I try and eat food with nutritional benefits and have seen that it helped me get in much better shape.
LOL! yes me too sorry about them Broncos! Hopefully soon they will bring home a trophy!
This is a regional dish from the west of India, Maureen and you won't typically find it in a restaurant. Though I wonder why don't they serve food like this!
Sorry your Broncos didn't do better. That's football, alas. Anyway, lovely dish. This is so tempting! Thank you.
Yes.. it was a really bad and sad and upsetting day for Broncos and the fans. Well We live to tell the tales !! Thank you, John!
Dhokla looks too good in that fancy cake pan. Ansh I don't have a steamer mould for dhokla hence I always bake it in 8″ cake tin, even HANDVO. Yours look just too good in that fancy cake pan.
Thanks Balvinder. I always thought the dhokla mould needed to be bettered. So I used cake pans, then I thought why not a bundt pan .. I wasn't sure it it would work.. I was so thrilled when it did. I have never made handvo.. I am going to try it as soon as my Mother in law comes visiting.
That is the prettiest dhokla I've seen. What a wonderful idea to use a bundt pan.
Thanks Priti 🙂 It still is the plain old dhokla.
🙂 You continue to amaze us, really!
Anshie, a quick question. Can carbonated water/ club soda replace fruit salt in this recipe?
I have never tried it. You could try with a small batch and see?
What an innovative idea. I have never seen dhokla this pretty. Thank you.
Oh wow! You have outdone yourself!
Mouthwatering it looks. Saw it on Facebook and wanted to come and leave you a comment. Great job.


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by Jeanne Todd August 19, 2021 August 28, 2021
Busan boss Hwang Sun-hong
It had to happen sooner or later. It was only a matter of time before one of the 2002 World Cup heroes took the reins of a K-League team. It is perhaps fitting that the man who scored the first goal in South Korea's unforgettable run to the semi-finals of the world's biggest sporting event is the first one to try his luck in the domestic league.
Perhaps it is also fitting that the goal, which came against Dominoqq Poland in front of 55,000 delirious fans, was scored at Busan's Asiad World Cup Stadium. For it is in that same cavernous arena where Hwang will start his coaching career with local team Busan I'Park. The 39 year-old has a tough challenge ahead.
Large attendances are a rarity at the stadium these days as the club has struggled in recent years. Four-time champions Busan may be but the latest came in 1997 and the top has been slipping increasingly out of sight. 2007 saw the south coast team finish next to bottom. It is a long way back to the summit but Hwang, who played over 100 international appearances in a career that spanned 14 years, was the top scorer in Japan's league in 1999 and played 18 months under Guus Hiddink, has a background that at least provides a well-placed base camp.
On a snowy Seoul morning, I took the bullet train to the meet Hwang at Busan's clubouse in the north of the sprawling south coast city.
You had a successful time in Japan. What did you learn from the J-League?
Korean and Japan are rivals but their football styles have many differences. In the J-League, I remember feeling it was more technical and nice to watch.
It's hard to say which is better. Technically, the K-League needs to improve. In the end, good football is winning football. J-League teams are more likely to give the fans the kind of football they want. Japanese players don't waste energy and can attack quickly with fast passing. Korean players' strong point is speed and aggression and if they can match these qualities with the J-Leagues strengths then Korean football will develop more.
How has the K-League changed since you retired?
When I played there was almost no team using four at the back. It was all man-to-man marking and very rough. Now players are trying to play more advanced and European-style football. There are many teams that use man-to-man and zonal. Also, the stadium facilities improved a lot after the Word Cup; It looks like we are moving towards more technically developed football.
Is it more difficult to score goals in Korea than Japan?
I think it's more difficult. When I played in Japan, J-League teams used three and four at the back. Defenders were less active than Korea and used less man-to-man marking so for me, the J-league was easier than the K-League. I don't mean that the standard was lower, it was just the perfect situation for me as a striker.
What was the biggest thing that Hiddink changed?
I think it was ball possession. In the past we wasted our energy with unnecessary passes and chasing around after defenders. Hiddink stressed that we should keep the ball safely and try to gain control of the game. Even after five years, I still am influenced by that.
Some people overseas say that Korea only reached the semi-finals with home advantage and favourable refereeing. What do you think about that?
Of course, playing at home is an advantage but I don't think the referees were biased. We got results through trying our best and lots of effort. We trained hard and worked hard. Compared to before, there was much more competition for places. We grew more confident that we could win and did so fairly and squarely.
When the competition started did you really believe you could reach the semi-finals?
No. Our first target was to win our first World Cup game. Our second target was to reach the second round. When we did so, that was success for us. I didn't expect to reach the semi-final.
Hwang (18) celebrates his goal against Poland at the 2002 World Cup
How did you feel when you scored against Poland?
I can't explain. It was a goal I had waited so long for. It was a goal that had deep meaning for Korea. I can't express the feeling. I was so happy.
How did the 2002 World Cup change Korean football?
First, with Hiddink in charge, we could get many games against top class opposition like Czech Republic, England and France. Through these tests, we learned that if we play a little more coolly and ruthlessly against the big teams that we would be OK.. That was a big benefit.
What lessons do you feel Korean football has forgotten since then?
That of team balance. Through training, we learned how to save our energy and reduce unnecessary effort. We learned how to play much more efficiently and effectively and how to achieve more with less energy.
You scored goals everywhere you went. What was the secret to your success?
I had a goalscoring instinct but I also studied a lot. Training is very important but even when I was taking it easy, I was always thinking about how to score goals. When I, or somebody else, scored, I would often watch the video and think about what had happened and why it had happened. Thinking about the game is the way to be a success. These days, players sometimes lack that.
Can the goalscoring instinct be taught?
Strikers are born with the difficult art of scoring goals but by trying hard, it can be developed. Of course, constant effort is needed. With study, thinking and awareness, you can't suddenly have an instinct for goal but you can reduce the failure rate. With thorough preparation, you can increase your goalscoring rate.
Why do Korean strikers struggle to score goals?
Of course, it is a striker's job to score goals but it is also a problem for the whole team. It is not the problem of one player but means that there are many things that need to be changed. For example, if long passes or crosses don't improve in quality then it will become increasingly difficult to score.
You spent a year in England recently –where?
Reading. English teams don't open their training to the public. Reading then had Seol Ki-hyeon and were generous to Koreans. As you know, the Premier League is very energetic and has lots of appeal for fans.
Do Korean fans overrate the Premier League?
Perhaps that is true. Objectively, the Premier league is the leader of world football but it doesn't match the Korean situation well. Our fans also need to lose their prejudice that English football is the best and Korean football is nothing.
What kind of coach will you be? Strict…?
I don't want to be that kind of coach. I want to be a rational coach. A family atmosphere is very important. As the coach has no experience, I don't know if my methods are correct. But I want to make a team with one mind and one voice. More than having a team that is a high-pressure team, I would like a spontaneous team.
If Busan players enjoyed late-night drinking sessions similar to some Korean players at the 2007 Asian Cup, how would you handle the situation?
To maintain team discipline, I would carefully judge the situation and impose a heavy punishment. Of course, there is time for all of us to have a drink. But timing is important –during the season or the day before a game, then that situation would be a big problem.
Did that happen during the 2002 World Cup?
No, never.
Why did you join Busan?
Busan was a great team but recently results have been good. There hasn't been much talent and the situation was tough. However, the club is trying to try for a new start and there have been many changes. I also feel that that it is a worthy challenge.
What's the target for Busan in 2008?
Last season Busan was 13th and found it tough to score. First of all, we need to increase our scoring capability. I especially have in mind our home form. If we can move up to the middle-ranking K-League teams then that will be a success. However, I don't want to make too many plans at the moment.
Is there money for new players?
The club handles that side of things so I don't know. At the moment, the level of players is satisfactory so there is no problem.
How can you get more fans to come to the stadium?
The most important things is through our performances. We need to strengthen our weak points. The fans are far from the pitch so we have a plan to install some seating right next to the pitch so they will be able to enjoy the action much more. So now we are ready to make a favourable situation for the fans and know we have play better and attract the fans to the stadium.
Would you like to move? To Gudeok Stadium for example?
I really hope that we could have our own stadium. It is my fervent desire that Busan will be able to play games in front of more fans in the future. We will try little by little. First, we installed seats by the pitch so at the moment it's unreasonable to move to Gudeok. Actually we looked into moving back to Gudeok but as it's such a complicated problem, we decided to keep using Asiad Stadium.
What advice have you received from your fellow coaches?
They all advised me not too hurry. I am a new coach so there will be times when your plans and the reality is different, so don't put pressure on yourself. When you are under pressure, many kinds of problems can occur and you need to think wisely. I heard that many times.
Is trading Ahn Yong-hak for Ahn Jung-hwan a fair one?
Ahn Yong-hak is a good player and I don't need to tell you about Ahn Jung-hwan. Last season, Busan conceded 39 goals and scored just 20. So we have to increase our firepower. I am very positive about the transfer of Ahn Jung-hwan.
Can Ahn score goals here? He didn't at Suwon.
Busan is much better for Ahn than Suwon. There is less mental pressure on Ahn at Busan. From now, the important thing is the players desire. I totally believe in the whole of the team, not only Ahn Jung-hwan. If he returns to peak condition then he can score more goals here than he did at Suwon.
As you are a former striker, can you help Ahn?
That's right. But Busan is not just for Ahn Jung-hwan so it's hard to focus on him but after training, I will help him if I can. As his senior, we can talk and I can advise him about technique. I have played with Ahn Jung-hwan and I know what his game lacks and his weak point.
There has been a lot of press attention focused on you and Ahn. Are you worried about that?
It has not been easy. If there are big expectations then isn't there a big chance of disappointment? Excessive expectations can put pressure on me, Ahn and the other players. But we are professionals. It is not just about Ahn and me, the whole team team needs to know how to react positively to pressure and tension.
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The Great Muppet Caper is overplotted and uneven, but the appealing presence of Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang ensure that this heist flick is always breezily watchable.
Like its predecessor, this film is its own best fan.
During their late-70s heyday the Muppets won huge TV audiences with their corny puns and showbiz in-jokes, but stretched to feature length the formula loses some of its snap.
The songs are routine, but the inconsequential plot leaves plenty of time for engaging asides.
We don't care about some dumb diamond the size of a baseball, and as Muppet fans we're probably also indifferent to Henson's ambition to satirize old movie genres.
The movie contains several more cheery, Disneyesque songs than are necessary, but they are made tolerable by the presence of Kermit and Miss Piggy.
The usual pleasures are all here, but the puppeteers seemed especially intent on giving themselves logistical challenges this time around.
Perhaps the shallowest of the three classic Muppet films... But even an imperfect Henson movie is bound to have quite a lot of charm.
Muppets in London on a retro musical robbery-romp.
That first film with the muppet crew had to be a success; this time it was more difficult. Nonetheless, the caper plot that Henson and company worked out manages to hold adult interest for quite a while.
...just as silly and uneven as its predecessor.
The first Muppet movie was very focused on introducing characters and revolved around being a road movie, comedy. In this second of the Muppet films, our now established friends play various characters in a thriller concerning precious jewels being stolen from a fashion designer. Reporters Kermit and Fozzy must team up with a squadron of misfits and Miss Piggy in order to catch the culprits. The film respects its characters, but often makes a lot of in-jokes and meta references to the fact that the Muppets are playing characters, and also that Kermit and Fozzy are "identical twins" because they both wear hats. There are a lot of great musical numbers performed by the Muppets, including a water ballet routine by Miss Piggy in her true over the top fashion. The supporting actors are great, including a crotchety Charles Grodin, and an overly nice John Cleese, in a great cameo appearance. Wildly entertaining and certainly fun, the Muppets make yet enough grand old film.
Of all the Muppet movies I've seen, I enjoyed this the least. I couldn't follow the plot at some points and the story just didn't intrest me. The Muppets solving a mystery just isn't my type. But there is still funny quotes and the movie has its moments. That is why I am giving this a 60%. Funny dialogue scene: (A truck driver is pushed out of his truck and is thrown next to a trach can. A person comes out of the garbage can next to him.) Truck Driver: "What are you doing here?" Oscar the Grouch: "A very brief cameo." Truck Driver: "Me too."
A good story, but not as funny as the first movie. I liked this movie when I was a kid, but now that I see it again, it's not as good as I remembered. Anyway, it's enjoyable and kids will like it.
Lady Holiday: We have to make drastic changes in the new line before the show tomorrow - all my girls are going around looking like barn-yard animals. - good heavens, who are you?
Lady Holiday: We have to make drastic changes in the new line before the show tomorrow. All my girls are going around looking like barn-yard animals. Good heavens, who are you?
Miss Piggy: My name is Miss Piggy, and I would like to be a high-fashion model.
Miss Piggy: My name is Miss Piggy and I would like to be a high-fashion model.
Lady Holiday: Doesn't surprise me; seem to be the way we're heading.
Fozzie Bear: Excuse me, Mr. Holliday. Would you let Kermit go? If you hold him too long he'll just give you warts.
Beauregard: [driving a cab]You can call me Beauregard. where are you guys going?
Beauregard: You can call me Beauregard. where are you guys going?


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Our primary goal is simple: to ensure the long-term financial stability of the Carroll and Madison Library System, its administrative office and the six libraries within its two-county service area. It pursues this goal by encouraging financial support from you, our patrons and our neighbors. Whether you're an individual, a family, a business, or a corporation, your gift will make a difference. It may help build a networked website for all six libraries so that all our patrons have access to our libraries, or it may help build a bicycle rack for our all-important after-school and Saturday morning patrons. Either way, large or small, your gift will help any one or all of our libraries, our kids, and our communities.
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Kao's President Speaks on Sustainability, M&A, Skincare and More
Among numerous goals, the Japanese powerhouse is taking their commitment to sustainability 'one step further.'
Michitaka Sawada, Kao's president and chief executive officer
MERIT & MERIT PYUAN SHAMPOO & CONDITIONER: Full-sized bottles are now made with around 30% plant-derived bio-polyethylene -- and also contain approximately 10% recycled plastic.
BLAUNE FOAM HAIR COLOR: The modified dispenser of Blauné Foam Hair Color not only makes it easier to use, but also reduces plastic by roughly 34%, resulting in a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions from the packaging process.
KAO's U.S. BRANDS: The company's 10 brands sold in the U.S. include Oribe, Molten Brown, Bioré, and Jergens
Cosmoprof NA Promises an 'Experience Factor'
Packaging Photo-Ops
Register Now for Cosmoprof NA
Applicators Go Beyond Functional with the Rise of 'Shelfies'
John Frieda Hair Care Launches New Video Starring Camila Mendes
Jamie Matusow, Editor-in-Chief11.19.18
Michitaka Sawada, Kao's president and chief executive officer, answers Beauty Packaging's questions about Kao's position in goals in areas from global growth to making 'a meaningful contribution to people's everyday lives.'
Beauty Packaging: Please provide a brief description of Kao.
Michitaka Sawada: With a rich 131-year heritage, Kao is Japan's No. 1 maker of household & personal care products. Fueled by a track record of B2C growth in Asia and recent B2B growth in the U.S., Kao aims to become one of the top 5 companies globally in the household and personal care category by 2030. Kao is an R&D powerhouse and pioneer in developing innovative products that minimize waste.
BP: How long have you served as president/CEO?
MS: I became CEO of Kao six years ago. After I first joined the company in 1981, I spent more than 30 years in R&D, including both fundamental research and product development research. I became vice president of the Sanitary Products Research Laboratories in 2003, where I helped develop the polymer materials used in Bioré pore strips and led the re-engineering of Merries baby diapers. In 2006, I assumed responsibility for the entire R&D Division, and I was the first leader of the Human Health Care R&D Center following its establishment in 2007.
BP: What is your ultimate goal in leading the company?
MS: Under our Mid-Term Management Plan, "Transforming Ourselves to Drive Change", Kao aims to expand and deepen our global footprint. One key way we are transforming ourselves is by establishing a new business group dedicated to reshaping our business model around Environmental Social and corporate Governance (ESG) goals.
BP: Why is expansion into the U.S. a current goal? What is the long-term strategy?
MS: While our M&A activity has tended to be concentrated in the U.S. market in the last couple of years, the U.S. is not the only focus for our growth strategy. Our goal is to expand our business in Asia, the Americas, and Europe.
Kao offers 10 brands in the U.S., including Jergens, John Frieda, Bioré, and Oribe for salon professionals. Moving forward, we will leverage our Japanese research operations to continue to refine and strengthen these established brands as well as deepen our sustainability offering to position Kao as an industry leader in this area.
BP: Why the focus on sustainable packaging? Is this a critical part of U.S. expansion? What has the success been in Japan? Is it in response to consumer demand?
MS: Firstly, we are not focused only on packaging. At Kao, our quest for sustainability encompasses the entire product lifecycle. Since our foundation more than 130 years ago, Kao has purposed our business to contribute to the enrichment of people's lives. We believe that continuing that pursuit constitutes sustainability for us.
Kao issued its Environmental Statement in 2009, making us one of the pioneers in the industry in adopting the LCA life-cycle assessment which aims to reduce environmental impact across a product's entire lifecycle. LCA is impactful because it involves taking action beyond the production stage encompassing the end use by consumers. This is a far-reaching approach and involves working in close cooperation with a wide range of stakeholders over the long-term.
Now, Kao wants to take our commitment to sustainability one step further. This year, I made a public pledge to adapt and reshape Kao's business model by benchmarking our performance against a set of non-financial priorities, our ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) targets. To achieve these ESG targets, Kao will bring together a range of ongoing sustainability initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and water use across the lifecycles of our products.
In Japan, about 80% of Kao's personal care & household offerings are refillable products designed to minimize the amount of packaging waste. As a result, we have succeeded in reducing plastic waste from these products by 74%. But people will not continue to use a product just for its environmentally-friendly packaging unless it also offers optimal ease-of-use. In 2016, Kao launched the "Raku raku eco pack," which revolutionized refill packs. The packs are compact, stand upright for easy storage, and fit snugly and securely into bottle openings to eliminate spillage, providing excellent usability. We have also developed a novel "Smart Holder" option for refill packs to be used as-is.
While these refill packs have taken root in Japan, we have not yet introduced them in Western markets, so we see major opportunities in these markets. One approach could be to leverage Kao operations that serve salon professionals, and we are now exploring various opportunities to roll out these refill products globally.
BP: Please provide a few examples of eco-responsible packaging in Japan—and in the U.S.? What features make these packages stand out?
MS: In Japan, in addition to the refill packs mentioned previously, we have reduced the amount of plastic used in containers and switched to renewable raw materials.
For example, our ultra-concentrated laundry liquid Ultra Attack Neo offers greater performance in a more compact form, enabling us to reduce the amount of plastic by around 60% per bottle and around 42% per refill pack, compared to a conventional Attack Biogel detergent.
The modified dispenser of Blauné Foam Hair Color not only makes it easier to use, but also reduces plastic by roughly 34%, resulting in a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions from the packaging process.
Full-sized bottles of Merit shampoo and conditioner are now made with around 30% plant-derived bio-polyethylene. For Essential, Asience, and Segreta shampoos and conditioner, that figure is around 20% for pump-dispenser bottles. Merit Pyuan shampoo and conditioner bottles also contain approximately 10% recycled plastic.
BP: In addition to expanding brands such as Jergens, Biore, John Frieda—and the recent purchase of Oribe—does Kao plan to expand/introduce other brands in the U.S.? Is sustainable packaging a key feature of all these brands?
MS: Our first priority is to continue to develop our established stable of brands, and our strategy is to focus and grow our skincare business. But we are always open to considering M&A opportunities. At present, we are focused on B2B opportunities in areas such as chemicals and salon products, where we think leveraging Kao's research capabilities can have the greatest impact, and synergies are easy to generate.
BP: Does Kao plan to increase its holdings in beauty through acquisitions? Increase its company share as far as annual net sales from approximately 1/3 beauty to a higher percentage?
MS: As mentioned, our first priority is to develop our established brands. While beauty is a key category for us, we plan to generate growth in all categories. For our business in North America, we will focus on growing our skincare business.
BP: Will products/packaging be produced in the U.S.?
Michitaka Sawada: Kao products sold in the U.S. are almost entirely produced in the U.S., and we expect that to continue.
BP: Please tell us something about Kao that our readers may not be aware of.
MS: Since our founding more than 130 years ago, Kao has aimed to enrich and inspire the daily lives of people around the world. This is clearly spelled out in the "Kao Way," and is the guiding star for every Kao employee. This mission is why we place so much emphasis on research. Kao annually reinvests about 4% of sales in research and development, with about half of that going to fundamental research, and we have always been intensely focused on the underlying science. While investments in fundamental research may not produce instant results, we are acutely aware that the knowledge accumulated through research lies at the heart of innovative, inspiring, and groundbreaking products. By listening to consumers and steadily refining our products after launch, we continue to innovate and create products that move and inspire consumers and society at large.
BP: Anything else of note?
MS: Fueled by a track record of B2C growth in Asia and recent B2B growth in the U.S., Kao aims to become one of the top 5 companies globally in the household and personal care category by 2030. We want to do this not only by developing products that are environmentally friendly, but which also positively impact society and individuals. If we can enhance our product development capabilities to focus on helping people connect with others and with society, we believe we can enrich their lives in a more profound way.
For example, several years of research into foam resulted in a dishwashing soap that rinses away dirt quickly and easily by simply spraying on the foam and leaving it for a few minutes. We have received many letters of thanks from elderly people in Japan who have lost mobility in their hands and were no longer able to help out with household chores. But with Kao's new product, they were able to proudly help out around the house again. This is one of the countless small ways Kao is able to make a meaningful contribution to people's everyday lives.
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Q: Loading .JSON file with Ember Data I want to load data from file komentari.json that is found within my folder and it changes when i insert something new, it is not always with just one comment in it. When I try to start my application it shows nothing.Here is my code.
app.js
App = Ember.Application.create();
App.Router.map(function() {
});

App.IndexRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
model: function() {
return this.get('store').find('comment');
}
});

App.ApplicationAdapter = DS.RESTAdapter.extend({
namespace: "http://localhost/proba/",
url: "komentari.json"
});

App.Comment = DS.Model.extend({
name: DS.attr('string'),
comment: DS.attr('string')

});

index page


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Q: Two form object on one page Spring MVC I have simple page which is used for searching for beer.
On main page we have form, with only one input and button
<form class="card card-sm" method="get" th:action="@{/search}" th:object="${beerFormObject}">
      <input class="form-control form-control-lg form-control-borderless" placeholder="Search beer" th:field="*{beerName}" type="search">
</form>

As you can see this is set to GET method and is using beerFormObject, which has only one string parameter called name and in addition action is taken to /search
Controller which takes care form /search
@GetMapping("/search")
public ModelAndView searchBeer(@ModelAttribute("beerFormObject") @Valid BeerFormObject beerFormObject,
                               @ModelAttribute("reviewFormObject") ReviewFormObject reviewFormObject,
                               BindingResult result) {

    if (result.hasErrors()) {
        return new ModelAndView("/index");
    }

    Beer beer = beerService.findByName(beerFormObject.getBeerName());

    ModelAndView modelAndView = new ModelAndView("/beer-search-result");
    modelAndView.addObject("beer", beer);
    return modelAndView;
}

and the thymeleaf beer-search-result page which display beer details looks :

Name

Description

First Brewed

Abv

Ibu

                <form method="post" th:action="@{/review}" th:object="${reviewFormObject}">
                    <input id="beer-id" th:field="*{beerName}" th:value="${beer.getName()}" type="hidden">
                    <textarea class="form-control animated" cols="50" id="new-review" name="comment"
                              placeholder="Enter your review here..." rows="5" th:field="*{reviewText}"></textarea>

                        <button class="btn btn-success btn-lg" type="submit">Save</button>

                </form>

     Please Login to post review

As you probably can see in controller method I am passing two model attributes, BeerFormObject which is ok, because I need to process what I want to look for. And in addition I do have here ReviewFormObject, because on the same page/fragment I have form tag, which is used for adding new comments to the beer.
And what I dont undestand is why do I need to have them both as method parameters? Action/controller which takes care for adding new reviews is in another controller, here I only want to display reviews and beer information.
How could I make it to use only reale needed atributes? Like below. Right know if I remove second parameter I am getting exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name 'reviewFormObject' available as request attribute
@GetMapping("/search")
public ModelAndView searchBeer(@ModelAttribute("beerFormObject") @Valid BeerFormObject beerFormObject,
                               BindingResult result) {

One more thing I dont want to redirect user to use other page for posting comments/reviews.


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McNeese football releases 2021 spring schedule
Cowboys begin practice ahead of Feb. 13 kickoff vs. Tarleton State
By Brady Renard | January 6, 2021 at 5:05 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 5:05 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - College football is back in Southwest Louisiana.
Following a 410-day layoff, McNeese will finally don a helmet for practice Wednesday as the Pokes prepare for the upcoming 2021 spring football schedule.
"We have to be able to tackle. We have to be able to break tackles. It's been nearly a calendar year since we've been here and we have had a chance to practice tackle football, and that's critical in our sport," said McNeese coach Frank Wilson. "You have to be able to do those things to have success."
McNeese game times (mostly) set for the upcoming football season:
2/13 at Tarleton State, 6 pm
2/27 vs. UIW, 12 pm
3/6 at SLU, 6 pm
3/13 vs. Lamar, 12 pm
3/20 at NSU, TBA
4/3 vs. Nicholls, 12 pm
4/10 at Sam Houston, 4 pm#McNeese
— Brady Renard KPLC (@RenardSports) January 6, 2021
McNeese will play a seven-game slate beginning on February 13 at Tarleton State. The Texans recently made the move to the Division I ranks and will be a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Current Southland members SFA, Sam Houston, ACU and Lamar will be joining TSU in the WAC according to Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports.
The Cowboys will play three games at home this spring – Feb. 27 vs. Incarnate Word, Mar. 13 vs. Lamar, and April 10 vs. Sam Houston State. All three will be noon kickoffs in Cowboy Stadium due to hurricane damage to the stadium lights.
"I'm grateful. I'm thankful and excited," said McNeese coach Frank Wilson. "At one point when we talked about playing the season and there was a discussion of 'where will you play? Your field, your stadium was underwater coach, you guys can't play at McNeese'. And we have a president (Dr. Daryl Burckel) that said 'there is no Plan B. We're playing at McNeese'. Even I didn't know, but he said we'll do it; we'll be back."
McNeese will play alternating road games with trips set for Southeastern on Mar. 6, Northwestern State on Mar. 20 and Sam Houston on Apr. 10 to round out the schedule.
2021 McNeese Football Spring Schedule
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Feb. 27 vs. Incarnate Word, 12:00 p.m.
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Mar. 20 at Northwestern State, TBA
Apr. 3 vs. Nicholls, 12:00 p.m.
Apr. 10 at Sam Houston State, 4:00 p.m.
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First wave of stores announced from Outlets of Des Moines
Updated: 9:55 PM CST Feb 16, 2017
The much-anticipated first wave of store announcements from Outlets of Des Moines begins today. The region's first outlet mall, which is being developed and is owned by New England Development, will feature a broad selection of name-brand outlet stores when it opens October 20, 2017. New England Development's first round of retailers for the new 300,000 square foot shopping center includes: Asics, Bath & Body Works, Carter's Babies and Kids, Converse, Express Factory Outlet, Famous Footwear, Fragrance Outlet, Francesca's, GNC, Kay Jewelers Outlet, Lane Bryant Outlet, Levi's Outlet Store, Lids, LOFT Outlet, Maurice's, Nike Factory Store, OshKosh B'gosh, Skechers, Tommy Hilfiger, Under Armour, Vera Bradley, VF Outlet, Yankee Candle and Zales Outlet. "These 24 tenants, many of which are new to Iowa, put us right on pace for where we want to be with more than eight months to go before Grand Opening," said Michael Barelli, vice president of the New England Development. "This number of signed commitments, along with the numerous discussions underway, are strong indicators of success. We expect the momentum to continue as more prospective retailers visit Des Moines to see the economic vitality and quality of life they've heard so much about." Outlets of Des Moines will share the same Altoona exit as popular area attractions and retailers such as Adventureland Amusement Park; Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack & Hotel; and Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World. The next wave of store announcements will occur later this summer.
The much-anticipated first wave of store announcements from Outlets of Des Moines begins today. The region's first outlet mall, which is being developed and is owned by New England Development, will feature a broad selection of name-brand outlet stores when it opens October 20, 2017.
New England Development's first round of retailers for the new 300,000 square foot shopping center includes: Asics, Bath & Body Works, Carter's Babies and Kids, Converse, Express Factory Outlet, Famous Footwear, Fragrance Outlet, Francesca's, GNC, Kay Jewelers Outlet, Lane Bryant Outlet, Levi's Outlet Store, Lids, LOFT Outlet, Maurice's, Nike Factory Store, OshKosh B'gosh, Skechers, Tommy Hilfiger, Under Armour, Vera Bradley, VF Outlet, Yankee Candle and Zales Outlet.
"These 24 tenants, many of which are new to Iowa, put us right on pace for where we want to be with more than eight months to go before Grand Opening," said Michael Barelli, vice president of the New England Development. "This number of signed commitments, along with the numerous discussions underway, are strong indicators of success. We expect the momentum to continue as more prospective retailers visit Des Moines to see the economic vitality and quality of life they've heard so much about."
Outlets of Des Moines will share the same Altoona exit as popular area attractions and retailers such as Adventureland Amusement Park; Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack & Hotel; and Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World. The next wave of store announcements will occur later this summer.


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package com.tasktoys.foxii.data.importer;

import com.tasktoys.foxii.data.entity.Station;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * The ekidata-style station information.
 *
 * @author mikan
 * @since 0.1
 */
public class EkidataStation {

    private long stationCode = -1;
    private long stationGroupCode = -1;
    private String stationName = null;
    private String stationNameK = null;
    private String stationNameR = null;
    private int lineCode = -1;
    private int prefCode = -1;
    private String post = null;
    private String address = null;
    private String lon = null;
    private String lat = null;
    private int type = -1;   // future add
    private String altitude = null; // future add
    private String altitudeS = null; // future add
    private Date openDate = null;
    private Date closeDate = null;
    private int eStatus = -1;
    private int eSort = -1;

    private DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    private static final int CC_JAPAN = 392; // Japan's ISO 3166-1 Country Code

    EkidataStation(String[] splittedRow) throws ParseException {
        if (splittedRow == null)
            throw new NullPointerException("row is null.");
        if (splittedRow.length < 15)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("wring input length: " + splittedRow.length);
        if (splittedRow[0] != null)
            stationCode = Long.parseLong(splittedRow[0]);
        if (splittedRow[1] != null)
            stationGroupCode = Long.parseLong(splittedRow[1]);
        if (splittedRow[2] != null)
            stationName = splittedRow[2];
        if (splittedRow[3] != null)
            stationNameK = splittedRow[3];
        if (splittedRow[4] != null)
            stationNameR = splittedRow[4];
        if (splittedRow[5] != null)
            lineCode = Integer.parseInt(splittedRow[5]);
        if (splittedRow[6] != null)
            prefCode = Integer.parseInt(splittedRow[6]);
        if (splittedRow[7] != null)
            post = splittedRow[7];
        if (splittedRow[8] != null)
            address = splittedRow[8];
        if (splittedRow[9] != null)
            lon = splittedRow[9];
        if (splittedRow[10] != null)
            lat = splittedRow[10];
        if (splittedRow.length == 15) {
            if (splittedRow[11] != null && !splittedRow[11].isEmpty())
                openDate = format.parse(splittedRow[11]);
            if (splittedRow[12] != null && !splittedRow[12].isEmpty())
                closeDate = format.parse(splittedRow[12]);
            if (splittedRow[13] != null)
                eStatus = Integer.parseInt(splittedRow[13]);
            if (splittedRow[14] != null)
                eSort = Integer.parseInt(splittedRow[14]);
        } else if (splittedRow.length == 18) {
            if (splittedRow[11] != null)
                type = Integer.parseInt(splittedRow[11]);
            if (splittedRow[12] != null)
                altitude = splittedRow[12];
            if (splittedRow[13] != null)
                altitudeS = splittedRow[13];
            if (splittedRow[14] != null)
                openDate = format.parse(splittedRow[14]);
            if (splittedRow[15] != null)
                closeDate = format.parse(splittedRow[15]);
            if (splittedRow[16] != null)
                eStatus = Integer.parseInt(splittedRow[16]);
            if (splittedRow[17] != null)
                eSort = Integer.parseInt(splittedRow[17]);
        }
    }

    public long getStationCode() {
        return stationCode;
    }

    public long getStationGroupCode() {
        return stationGroupCode;
    }

    public String getStationName() {
        return stationName;
    }

    public String getStationNameK() {
        return stationNameK;
    }

    public String getStationNameR() {
        return stationNameR;
    }

    public int getLineCode() {
        return lineCode;
    }

    public int getPrefCode() {
        return prefCode;
    }

    public String getPost() {
        return post;
    }

    public String getAddress() {
        return address;
    }

    public String getLon() {
        return lon;
    }

    public String getLat() {
        return lat;
    }

    public int getType() {
        return type;
    }

    public String getAltitude() {
        return altitude;
    }

    public String getAltitudeS() {
        return altitudeS;
    }

    public Date getOpenDate() {
        return openDate;
    }

    public Date getCloseDate() {
        return closeDate;
    }

    public int geteStatus() {
        return eStatus;
    }

    public int geteSort() {
        return eSort;
    }

    public Station toEntity(long ekidataUserId, int lineId) {
        Station.Builder builder = new Station.Builder();
        builder.authorId(ekidataUserId);
        builder.lineId(lineId);
        builder.originalId(stationCode);
        builder.groupId(stationGroupCode);
        builder.name(stationName);
        builder.countryCode(CC_JAPAN);
        builder.postalCode(post);
        builder.prefecture(prefCodeToString(prefCode));
        builder.address(address);
        builder.lon(lon);
        builder.lat(lat);
        builder.openDate(openDate);
        builder.closeClose(closeDate);
        builder.state(eStatus);
        return builder.buildForInsert();
    }

    public Station toEntityWithSource(long ekidataUserId, int lineId, Station source) {
        Station.Builder builder = new Station.Builder(source);
        builder.authorId(ekidataUserId);
        builder.lineId(lineId);
        builder.originalId(stationCode);
        builder.groupId(stationGroupCode);
        builder.name(stationName);
        builder.countryCode(CC_JAPAN);
        builder.postalCode(post);
        builder.prefecture(prefCodeToString(prefCode));
        builder.address(address);
        builder.lon(lon);
        builder.lat(lat);
        builder.openDate(openDate);
        builder.closeClose(closeDate);
        builder.state(eStatus);
        return builder.build();
    }

    private static final String[] PREFS = {"ZERO", "北海道", "青森県", "岩手県", "宮城県",
        "秋田県", "山形県", "福島県", "茨城県", "栃木県", "群馬県", "埼玉県", "千葉県", "東京都",
        "神奈川県", "新潟県", "富山県", "石川県", "福井県", "山梨県", "長野県", "岐阜県", "静岡県",
        "愛知県", "三重県", "滋賀県", "京都府", "大阪府", "兵庫県", "奈良県", "和歌山県", "鳥取県",
        "島根県", "岡山県", "広島県", "山口県", "徳島県", "香川県", "愛媛県", "高知県", "福岡県",
        "佐賀県", "長崎県", "熊本県", "大分県", "宮崎県", "鹿児島県", "沖縄県"};

    private String prefCodeToString(int prefCode) {
        if (prefCode == 99)
            return "その他";
        if (prefCode > 0 && prefCode <= 47)
            return PREFS[prefCode];
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal prefecture code: " + prefCode);
    }
}