With a city-wide intention to "keep Austin weird," it's no wonder there is so much creativity and self-expression pulsing through the city's streets! Everywhere we went it seemed as if there was something unique to watch, listen to, try on, taste and see. With so much awesomeness to choose from, we somehow managed to narrow it down to a list of our top favorites. In random order, here they are!
This spot is great for an afternoon picnic, epic photo ops, an amazing sunset-view of the city and even asking your date to prom!
2. The "Hi how are you" frog, 5 minutes away from Castle Hill, is located on the side of a Thai restaurant fittingly named, Thai how are you? In 1993 the Sound Exchange record store commissioned Daniel Johnston to paint the iconic frog image, which had recently been made famous when Kurt Cobain wore a "Hi, How Are You?" t-shirt during Nirvana's promotion of their 1991 album Nevermind.
Nicknamed, "The People's Frog," in 2004 it was almost demolished after Baja Fresh moved in and wanted to replace it with windows (boo). Making a long story short, a passionate group of Austintonians banned together, ultimately saving the wall and transforming it into an iconic symbol of the difference that one person can make in this world.
3. Take the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail around the Colorado River.
With more than 1.5 million visits a year, this 10-mile hike-and-bike trail is Austin's most recognized and popular recreational area. With various places to stop and enjoy the sweeping views, we were even treated to a live band playing on a riverboat under the Congress Avenue Bat Bridge (a Summer must do)!
4. With food trucks galore, it's hard to know which ones are most worth sinking your teeth into. If you're looking for an awesome environment, great drinks and some of the best square pizza of life, VIA313 is where it's at.
Located in the patio area of Craft Pride, which has 54 taps and 2 cask engines of only Texas Craft Beer, sits one of the most unassumingly delicious food trucks in all of Austin. Started by 2 Detroit brothers who were inspired by their memories of traditional Detroit-style pies from their youths, VIA313 serves up the most perfect pizza dough we have ever had.
This Detroit-style pizza, often referred to as the upside-down pizza, starts with the thick and chewy Sicilian crust layered with savory prosciutto, covered with a generous layer of gorgonzola cheese, topped with fig preserves, a sweet balsamic glaze drizzle and is finished off with a mound of fresh arugula, all sprinkled with shaved parmesan… as we travel in search of America's Best Pizza, Drew placed this one in his #1 spot.
Serving up pizzas until midnight – 2am every night of the week (various locations here), you can be sure to find the time to check this one off your Bucket List!
5. Filled with various nicknacks and random memorabilia, you gotta stop by Planet K for their colorful murals and artful map of Austin. Epic city mural photo ops!? You can never have too many of those!
7. Remember those awesome shops I mentioned above? Well, Lucy in Disguise with Diamonds is one of them. Opened in 1984, these 8,000 sequin-covered square feet are decorated from floor to ceiling with just about every costume you could ever imagine.
We spent over 2 hours having a blast trying to find the next craziest thing! And somehow we spent $100 here… those sequins are hypnotizing!
8. Boat Lake Travis. Located just 45 minutes outside of Austin lies an oasis of tranquility and water sports galore! It's the perfect day-trip for a much needed escape from the hustle and bustle of city life.
9. Have something special to celebrate? Or perhaps you're just looking for one of the best dining experiences Austin has to offer? Gardner, located in a quiet area off of 6th street, will be sure to leave you feeling culinarily inspired and immensely satisfied (mouthwatering post here).
10. And last but certainly not least, we have one more unique and completely irresistible mural that cannot be missed.
We discovered the "Butter Half" mural while skimming over postcards at a local shop and decided that we HAD TO find it. Bring a tripod, have a blast with your friends/significant other and plan to laugh over your photos at Bennu Coffee, the 24-hour wifi cafe, located directly across the street!
So get on the "Cool Bus" and come find out what this unique city is all about! There's more than enough "WEIRDNESS" to go around.
This is awesome thanks for the ideas we r so doing this – me and my sister! Lol way to young!
You guys must really like graffitti. =) What a weird article. Not a single one I would point out as an original Austinite of 40 years, but then again I didn't take the time like you did to write an article. For that appreciated.
Some suggestions from a 35 year long Austinite.
Hey Mel! Looks like we'll have to return… darn 🙂 Thanks so much for this fun, unique list!
You make Austin an irresistible destination! We are goin' .
Hi Marie! It's an incredible place and we can't wait to return. Let us know when you're headed there.
If you're still in the area, we'd love to meet you two!
Woohoo! So happy to hear about another couple doing this!
My husband and I "checked out" for 7 years and spent that time traveling the world – the BEST decision we made for ourselves and our future.
We never know how many more sunrises or sunsets we'll get – there's no guarantee of a tomorrow.
Yes, do it…NOW! And, while you're young and can still do all you want to do and see all you want to see.
Case in point: we spent a couple months riding two-up on a motorcycle through Turkey, Syria and Jordan.
Most everything we saw and experienced in Syria is now gone. And more importantly, many of the wonderful people we met there are either displaced or gone (literally).
We wish you two all the best in your "adventures" and welcome the chance to meet you in person should you come through the Austin area.
And, if you need connections around the world, we're happy to make intros (as are our "overlanding" friends)!
Here's our website in case you want to have a look: http://www.hackneystravel.com.
One last thing, you might want to attend Overland Expo in May in Falstaff, AZ – it's where overlanders come together to chat, share, learn and bond. We have always presented, but won't be there this year, but we still recommend it as a place to "find your peeps," people who "get" your lust for living more simply and enjoying life on the road.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such an inspiring, heart-felt message.
We wonder if what we're doing is crazy a lot, so it means so much to hear from a veteran that it is absolutely as right to do as it feels.
We are enjoying learning about the life, the world and each other, it feels like everywhere we go we have only enough time to scratch the surface and so we search for ways we can dig deeper in the future.
We wish that we were still in Austin! We would have loved to meet you. We will just have to stay in touch and watch for when our journeys can collide. We can definitely try to route our return leg through Austin again 🙂 Would most likely be in November?
We're looking into the Expo and are trying to see if we can make it work. We're planning to be in NYC the 1st week of May so that may be a bit difficult, but we can at least keep it on our radar moving forward.
We'll be arriving to Boston tonight and are leaving for Iceland this Tuesday! We'll be traveling around in another Sprinter Van, but much smaller than the one we are used to.
Again, we are so glad you wrote. We have a feeling we will be traveling for a while longer and will appreciate having someone to reach out to.


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Q: Is there a way to work with Microsoft OneDrive files in another office suite such as LibreOffice? At work, we work with MS Office and online files hosted in OneDrive. This permits the people edit the same document at the same time.
That works there, but at home no. Because no everybody has the MS Office at home. Someone uses Linux, so they use MS Word Online but this option isn't very good. Because the MS Office Online doesn't have all the tools that the MS Office desktop version have.
Is there a way to conect to the domain d.docs.live.net using another program, like WPS Writer or LibreOffice to the OneDrive for work online.

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A big "Thank You" for the well wishes, food, calls, flowers and stops at the house from my little surgery.
Thank you to everyone that made it here for the evening meal last week! It is really great when that many people come. And thank you to the Tune Tappers for playing for us. We always enjoy it when they are here. Thank you to the board members for putting together the salad bar. Everything was very, very good! I think the "Name That Tune" game brought some good laughs too. Pearl Fritz got first place, winning half of a watermelon. And Herman Starman won the free meal door prize. Thanks again everyone!
I want to thank our friends and neighbors for the cards, phone calls and food after the death of my brother.
We greatly appreciate the concern shown to us during Benny's lengthy illness and more recently I the heartfelt expressions of sympathy at his passing. Our gratitude goes out to Pastor Kuhfal and Vicar Schupe for their immediate and ongoing spiritual care. We also take much comfort in the many beautiful cards, visits, gifts of food, floral arrangements and memorials. We treasure the stories you've shared as well. God has truly blessed us with wonderful friends!
The Elgin EMTs would like to thank all the golfers for helping make the 12th annual golf tournament a success. Without you golfing we would not be able to hold the tournament.
Thank you to the sponsors: Gold Star; Insurance Mart, Inc. Antelope Memorial Hospital, Bank of Elgin, Boone County Health Center, Central Valley Ag. Dean's Market, , Beckman Lumber, Central Valley Ag, Elgin One Stop & Sleepin Inn, Elgin Insurance Services, Sapp Bros Petroleum Inc, Todd & Melissa Heithoff and Stars & Stripes Corner Service. Silver Star; Niewohner Brothers Inc., Elgin Pharmacy, The Elgin Review and Jerry's Feed Service.
Thank you to Boone/Antelope Insurance, Elgin Appliance & More, Dean's Market and Karl & Margaret Hensley for donating the door and flag prizes.
Thank you to Mark Schmitt, Mike Schmitt, Tom Reilly, Greg Henn, Tyler Reestman, Bud Miller and Dewayne Cornett for their donations.
A special thank you to Bethany Miller and Larry Braband for helping with the tournament.
The proceeds of this tournament will be used to purchase new equipment for the rescue unit.


The Nation has published a meaty excerpt from Chapter 7 of The Teacher Wars, on Black Power, community control, and the New York City teacher strike of 1968. Check it out!
I've posted new events across the country, in New York, Durham, Washington, DC, Miami, Salt Lake City, Buffalo, and Denver. Stay tuned for more.
And I'm grateful for the continued media interest in the book. Check out new interviews in Salon, Colorlines, from the Stanford Graduate School of Education, on the Education Next Book Club podcast with Mike Petrilli, and in NEA Today, as well as a thoughtful book review by John Thompson at the Huffington Post.
This entry was posted in The Teacher Wars on September 27, 2014 by Dana Goldstein.


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var deleteItem = require('../lib/deleteItem');

describe('deleteItem', function () {

  it('should return the same object it is passed', function () {
    var initialObject = {
      type: 'object',
      other: {
        name: 'initialObject',
        base: true
      }
    };
    var afterObject = deleteItem(initialObject, 'other.base');
    afterObject.should.equal(initialObject, 'they\'re the same object');
  });

  it('should modify the object it is passed', function () {
    var initialObject = {
      type: 'object',
      other: {
        name: 'initialObject',
        base: true
      }
    };
    var afterObject = deleteItem(initialObject, 'other.base');
    initialObject.other.should.not.have.property('base');
  });

  it('should work with single depth strings', function () {
    var object = {
      name: 'fabien',
      age: 20,
      password: 'base'
    };
    deleteItem(object, 'password');
    object.should.not.have.property('password');
  });

  it('should work with multi depth strings', function () {
    var depth = Math.ceil(Math.random() * 100);
    var string = '';
    var object = {};
    var depthObj = object;
    for (var i = 0; i < depth; i++) {
      depthObj.newDepth = {};
      depthObj = depthObj.newDepth;
      string += '.newDepth';
    }
    string = string.substring(1);
    deleteItem(object, string);
    depthObj.should.not.exist;
  });

});

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New Delhi, Nov 8 A new twist to the IndiGo passenger manhandling case emerged on Wednesday as the airline said the apparent whistleblower, who shot the video, was the main culprit in the incident.
The airline made the revelation in its report which was submitted to the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Union Minister Jayant Sinha sought a report from budget carrier IndiGo regarding the incident at Delhi airport last month, when a passenger was manhandled by the airline's staff.
The incident which took place on October 15 surfaced only on Tuesday after a video showed passenger Rajiv Katyal being manhandled by the airline's staff after a verbal altercation.
Katyal, who arrived from Chennai, was waiting for the passenger bus at the airport when the incident happened. It is not clear exactly who started the verbal altercation.
The airline, in its report, owned up to the fault and clarified that its employee Montu Kalra -- since sacked by IndiGo -- who shot the video and turned a whistleblower in the manhandling case was indeed the one who instigated the incident.
After the video surfaced, social media was abuzz slamming the airline for terminating the services of Kalra.
"At the very outset, let me start off by acknowledging that we were at fault and we not only apologise for this regrettable incident, we have also taken action... I personally called and apologised to Mr. Katyal (the customer) 3 weeks ago," IndiGo airline's President and Whole Time Director Aditya Ghosh said in the report.
"Even during the pendency of the investigation, we recognised that whatever may have been the provocation, my colleagues should have exercised restraint. Even while the investigation was being conducted, we immediately suspended the involved employees."
According to Ghosh, Kalra, whose services were terminated and "is claiming to be the whistleblower, is the one you can hear shouting in the video and instructing the other two colleagues who were junior to him to prevent the customer from boarding the bus and holding him back at the ramp area itself."
"It is important for us to point out that Montu Kalra was not terminated because he either shot a video or, as he is now claiming, brought this to our attention."


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What in the World—Week of November 28
November 28, 2022 December 5, 2022 by Chris Powell
Luxury brands have become a youthful pursuit
Teens used to pursue the latest fashions from The Gap, Nike and Abercombie & Fitch, but today's millennials and Gen Zs are increasingly being drawn to luxury brands like Gucci and Balenciaga. It's the result of what Quartz describes as a "bold, decades-long shift to open up luxury shopper's base to younger customers."
Citing research from Bain & Co. and Italian luxury goods association Altagamma, Quartz reports that millennials and Gen Z made up 40% of North American luxury shoppers in 2019, and 44% globally, and those numbers could reach as high as 70% by 2025.
This increased fluency in designer goods is being spurred by fashion resale sites, the rise of social media, and brands themselves meeting them where they live—such as categories like sneakers and kidswear. Luxury is also increasingly prevalent in culture, with Bank of America's analysis of Billboard Hot 100 year-end singles finding that mentions of luxury brands and products in songs has shot up since the early 2000s.
Kardashian calls out Balenciaga
Balenciaga brand ambassador Kim Kardashian says she is "disgusted and outraged" by a controversial holiday ad campaign by the luxury brand, which featured children holding plush bear bags in which the teddies appeared to be dressed in bondage gear.
The brand has since taken down all the advertising, and said it plans to sue production company North Six, Inc. and a set designer for using "unapproved items" during the shoot. It also addressed another ad for its Hourglass Handbag which displayed what it called "unsettling documents," which refers to a Supreme Court case on child pornography laws.
USA Today reported that Kardashian is currently reassessing her relationship with the company, which has more than 14 million followers on Instagram, and has completely scrubbed its channel of content. (It also issued an apology on Monday.)
Dentsu HQ raided in Tokyo Olympics investigation
Japanese prosecutors raided the head office of Dentsu in Japan on Friday, part of a far-reaching corruption investigation related to the Tokyo Olympics, reports Reuters. The advertising holding company dominates marketing and PR in Japan, and played a key role in Tokyo landing the games, and subsequently managing domestic sponsorships.
But in recent months, Dentsu has been at the centre of a widening scandal, with a former executive jailed for accepting bribes from businesses that wanted to become Olympic sponsors. He is alleged to have received more than 190 million yen, or about US$1.4 million.
"The latest investigation centers around bid-rigging for places to be picked for test events," according to Reuters, citing other Japanese media. "The test events started in 2018, spanning various sports including sailing and weightlifting, to prepare for the Olympics. Being chosen for test events is critical to being picked for actual Olympic venues."
The Athletic to double women's sports coverage
Thanks to a new partnership with Google, The Athletic—the digital sports media start-up acquired by The New York Times early this year—plans to double its coverage of women's professional sports.
It is looking to hire new journalists to focus on women's sports, starting with the WNBA and soccer ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup. While advertisers have been slow to support women's sports in the past, there has been "a sizable uptick this year in brands showing interest," The Athletic's chief commercial officer, Seb Tomich, told Axios.
Aside from written articles on The Athletic, the deal could include podcasts and newsletters, and will eventually expand to include other sports like golf, tennis and hockey. The move is expected to help boost readership and revenue from the Times' female readership. While The Athletic launched with subscriptions as its only source of revenue, it introduced advertising to the site in September.
New Honda Sony EV could come with a built-in PS5
Back in March, Honda and Sony announced that they were teaming up to develop electric vehicles for sale as early as 2025. And according to news reports, those cars may come with a PlayStation 5 included in the cars themselves.
Honda and Sony want to develop a car as hardware that will "cater to the entertainment and network" they want to offer, said Yasuhide Mizuno, chair of Sony Honda Mobility. "Effectively, its electric vehicle is intended to be a content consumption device on wheels," explains The Verge.
That includes making the cars fully autonomous. "To enjoy the space in your car, you have to make it a space where you don't need to drive," said Izumi Kawanishi, president of the joint venture. This is also where Sony can contribute: while Honda has a long history of building cars, Sony brings some of the sensor expertise and other technology needed for autonomous driving.
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Washington's Jon Brockman was named the Pac-10's Player of the Week after averaging 22.5 points and 11 rebounds in two UW wins last week — here's the official release from the conference.
It may be a measure of Brockman's consistency that he hardly seemed like the story after either game. The focus was on Ryan Appleby's seven three-pointers after the win over Portland State, and on Venoy Overton and Justin Dentmon after the win over Cal State-Northridge.
This is the third time Brockman has won the POW award.
MORE ON OLIVER — There are also more stories out there on Adrian Oliver's pending transfer to San Jose State, including this from the San Jose Mercury News.


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Q: How do I associate multiple user input fields using a for/next loop? VB.NET 2008 windows app form.
I have a groupbox with several checkboxes, comboboxes, and textboxes within it.
With the help of StackOverFlow members, I've learned how to use the FOR/NEXT loop to find all checkboxes that are checked.
Code:
    Dim chk As CheckBox
    Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder
    For Each chk In gbInterior.Controls.OfType(Of CheckBox)()
        If chk.Checked Then
            sb.AppendLine(chk.Text)
        End If
    Next chk

I am then using this information to write the checkbox names in the body of an email, using the following code:
Dim Outl As Object
    Outl = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    If Outl IsNot Nothing Then
        Dim omsg As Object
        omsg = Outl.CreateItem(0)
        omsg.To = ""
        omsg.Subject = "Cabinet Request"
        omsg.Body = "A cabinet request has been created with the following information:" _
        + vbCrLf + sb.ToString

As you can see by the code sb.tostring will print every checked checkbox name on its own line...great.
How do I associate the proper combobox.selecteditem, textbox.value, and checkbox name to print out on the same line.
When I say proper...example; checkbox=pen, combobox=color, textbox=quantity.Let's say my other checkboxes are different items and the rest of the boxes are the same. Since I'm using a loop, how do I create the association? This is the result I'm looking for:
pen blue    1
pencil  black   3
eraser  pink    2
Thanks in advance

A: Final EDIT (tested and confirmed):
Public Class Form1

    Private Enum interiorTypes

        Rack
        RackShelf
        RackSlide
        RackDrawer
        BackPanel
        Shelf
        Drawer
        Light
        Fan
        Therm

    End Enum

    Private Sub btnOrder_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnOrder.Click

        Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder

        For Each type As interiorTypes In System.Enum.GetValues(GetType(interiorTypes))

            Dim chk = CType(gbInterior.Controls.Find("c" & type.ToString(), True)(0), CheckBox)
            Dim cb = CType(gbInterior.Controls.Find("cb" & type.ToString(), True)(0), ComboBox)
            Dim tb = CType(gbInterior.Controls.Find("tb" & type.ToString(), True)(0), TextBox)

            If chk.Checked Then
                sb.AppendFormat("{0} {1} {2}", chk.Text, cb.SelectedItem.ToString, tb.Text)
                sb.AppendLine()
            End If

        Next

        MsgBox(sb.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.OkOnly, "Order Summary")

    End Sub

End Class

If you don't have all 3 inputs for each Interior Type, then you will need to check for Nothingness. To go with your example of a missing ComboBox, after your Dim declarations inside your For loop, you could do:
If chk.Checked Then

    sb.Append(chk.Text)
    If cb IsNot Nothing Then sb.Append(" " & cb.SelectedItem.ToString)
    sb.Append(" " & tb.Text)
    sb.AppendLine()

End If

A: If all checkboxes, text boxes and comboboxes are part of a single parent (eg. the group box) it's nearly impossible to link them together.
I think you should look at grouping each set of items within a panel:
+- Panel 1 -----------------------------------------+
| Check box 1-------- Text Box 2 ---- Combobox 1 ---|
+---------------------------------------------------+
+- Panel 2 -----------------------------------------+
| Check box 2-------- Text Box 2 ---- Combobox 2 ---|
+---------------------------------------------------+

You can then loop through all panels in the group, and for each panel loop through all the controls within:
Dim stringbld As New System.Text.StringBuilder
    Dim fullstring As String

    For Each pnl As Panel In gbInterior.Controls.OfType(Of Panel)()

        Dim pen As Boolean
        Dim color As String = ""
        Dim quantity As Integer

        For Each ctrl As Control In pnl.Controls

            If TypeOf (ctrl) Is CheckBox Then
                Dim tmpchk As CheckBox = ctrl
                pen = tmpchk.Checked
            End If

            If TypeOf (ctrl) Is ComboBox Then
                Dim tmpchk As ComboBox = ctrl
                color = tmpchk.SelectedValue
            End If

            If TypeOf (ctrl) Is TextBox Then
                Dim tmpchk As TextBox = ctrl
                If IsNumeric(tmpchk.Text) Then
                    quantity = CInt(tmpchk.Text)
                End If
            End If

        Next

        stringbld.AppendLine(pen & " " & color & " " & quantity)

    Next

    fullstring = stringbld.ToString

An alternative might be to look at using a data repeater, this has methods for getting all values:
This stackoverflow thread


McHoul, A. (1998) Book Review: David Silverman (ED.), Qualitative research: Theory, Method and Practice. Discourse & Society, 9 (3). pp. 427-428.
This review has taken me some time to deliver: not because I couldn't quickly appraise the book, rather because it kept being borrowed while I was reading it. And this material fact, rather than any subject feelings I might have about it, could stand as an appraisal in itself.


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Title: Big Business's Role in Creating Interstate Highway System
Author: Kevin Carson
Topics: capitalism, infrastructure
Source: Retrieved on 4th September 2021 from mutualist.blogspot.com
Kevin Carson
Big Business's Role in Creating Interstate Highway System
A couple of commenters on yesterday's Wal-Mart post, Adam Ricketson and quasibill, raised valid questions about the moral culpability of big business in taking advantage of available externalities. There's a difference, they rightly said, between taking advantage of a situation that exists anyway (hey, I go to the Post Office, after all), and collusion in creating the situation. The distinction is entirely correct.
Now, obviously, Wal-Mart couldn't have had a role in the initial creation of the Interstate Highway System, since it didn't exist until the early sixties. (I know from personal experience that they play a much more active role, at least at the local level, in lobbying for highway and airport pork).
But some of the biggest corporate apologists at the Mises Blog thread I linked to went a lot further, and asserted that big business was always an entirely passive beneficiary in all circumstances, and that the state alone--narrowly defined--could be blamed for creating subsidies. Even when a corporation is holding the bag and collecting the loot, only the guy actually holding the gun can be blamed for the stickup.
In the same comment thread, Sheldon Richman blasted me with this bit of utterly mind-roasting information which had somehow escaped me so far:
Kevin, for what it's worth, the secretary of defense during the initial construction of the interstate highway system, which was justified as a cold-war defense measure, was Charles Wilson, former chief of GM, the guy who said that what's good for GM is good for the country and vice versa.
Shazam!! Well, that's a smoking gun, if I ever saw one.
Just to avoid the off chance of embarrassment from sloppy fact-checking, I did a bit of web searching. Googling "Charles Wilson" and "Interstate," I quickly found an excellent Counterpunch article by Mike Ferner. I quote:
The "most powerful pressure group in Washington," began in June, 1932, when GM President, Alfred P. Sloan, created the National Highway Users Conference, inviting oil and rubber firms to help GM bankroll a propaganda and lobbying effort that continues to this day....
In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed then-GM President Charles Wilson as his Secretary of Defense, who pushed relentlessly for a system of interstate highways. Francis DuPont, whose family owned the largest share of GM stock, was appointed chief administrator of federal highways....
Helping to keep the driving spirit alive, Dow Chemical, producer of asphalt, entered the PR campaign with a film featuring a staged testimonial from a grade school teacher standing up to her anti-highway neighbors with quiet indignation. "Can't you see this highway means a whole new way of life for the children?"
Actually, I think the system of federally designated state highways started all the way back in the 1920s, and I don't know what lobbying efforts went into that (although I've sure as hell got some good ideas). But 1932 is still a pretty long lineage for the automobile-highway complex, dontcha think?
So much for all the hand-wringing big business bukakkists over at Mises Blog, whining that them pore ol' corporations just couldn't help using the Interstates that that mean ol' government created, but that they (John Galts, every one) would probably have built themselves an even better Interstate all by themselves, with their own money, if it wasn't for the baaaad ol' government with it's nasty ol' gun pointed at their heads. Horseshit. Complete and utter horseshit.


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Suicide Prevention Effort at Washington Gun Show a Home Run
December 18, 2017 By Dave Workman
Volunteers with the Safer Homes Suicide Awareness project in Washington State attended a Washington Arms Collectors gun show over the past weekend. (Dave Workman)
UPDATED: The stereotype of a gun show as gathering of single-minded "gun nuts" took a beating over the weekend in Washington State when volunteers from the Safer Homes Suicide Aware project found themselves surrounded by interested members and visitors to the Washington Arms Collectors' (WAC) monthly gathering at the Puyallup Fairgrounds.
It didn't hurt at all that the group was offering free gun locking devices and a drawing for a high-tech gun safe. Hundreds of people flocked to the Safer Homes display, just across the aisle from the Second Amendment Foundation's location. As a group, the Arms Collectors crowd welcomed this effort.
SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb has championed the suicide prevention effort in the Evergreen State, and it was evident from the interest gun owners showed that the firearms community is on board with the project. Gottlieb, who also chairs the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, said the effort is about preventing tragedies.
Aimee Chou, communications specialist for the Forefront Suicide Prevention, a center at the University of Washington told Liberty Park Press that the reception from gun owners was overwhelmingly positive. The two-day event found gun show visitors crowding around the Safer Homes display, filling out questionnaires, picking up information, chatting with volunteers and taking home a locking gun safety device. There was also a drawing for a Liberty Safe HDX-350 biometric Smart Vault.
The smaller devices included Liberty's HD-50 Key Vault from Northwest Safe, that can hold a small revolver or pistol, and Life Jacket devices from MSE Worldwide, that lock around the action of a handgun, rifle or shotgun, depending on the model.
Alan Gottlieb and Jennifer Stuber.
"Our goal was to give away 300 safes," said Jennifer Stuber, who founded Forefront and brought the firearms community on board with help from the National Rifle Association, as well as Gottlieb's committed involvement. He's worked on the effort for more than two years, and was a key advocate of legislation sponsored by State Rep. Tina Orwall (D-Seattle) that officially launched a pilot effort in 2016 and secured state funding earlier this year. Orwall explained the effort in a Seattle Times Op-Ed last year.
It appeared the giveaway exceeded its goal, and the team of volunteers provided lots of information to visitors.
In an update, Chou reported Monday morning that approximately 600 storage or disposal devices for firearms and medications were handed out to about 300 people. There were 15 volunteers who manned the display for the two-day event. Those individuals rotated in and out.
Here are some quick facts. On the average, about two thirds of all firearms fatalities in the United States in any given year are suicides. In Washington State, that number is closer to 80 percent.
When people talk about 30,000 deaths annually from "gun violence," that's a combination of suicides, homicides and accidents.
"The crowd was very receptive," Stuber said. "People were lining up."
It was a first for the WAC gun show, and considering the reception, it won't be the last time that the Safer Homes volunteers make an appearance.
This effort began in 2015 when Gottlieb, Stuber and others began quietly meeting to discuss suicide and what things might be done to reduce the numbers. Stuber's husband took his life with a handgun. She channeled personal loss into positive action, reaching out to the firearms community. The result of that is a project that now involves gun rights organizations, gun dealers, firearms instructors and range operators, along with pharmacists and the medical community. Rep. Orwall sponsored the enabling legislation and shepherded it through the Legislature.
Where gun owners are concerned, WAC members observed that this was the right approach because nobody is trying to force anyone to do anything. More than a year ago, when the initial legislation was passed, the Spokane Spokesman-Review summed it up: "many people assumed gun advocates never want to cooperate with the government on gun ownership issues. (The legislation) proved that to be false."
It's amazing what a little cooperation can accomplish.
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Aha goes big on talk shows
ByNaveen Mon 08th Mar 2021 01:28 PM
Rana's No 1 Yaari gets ready for a new season
Rana Daggubati
Aha has been one of the rare regional streaming platforms to have betted big on chat shows to drive its viewership. During the lockdown, while one platform after the other went big on movie acquisitions, Aha had come up with two uniquely themed talk shows – All is Well, Sam Jam hosted by Suma and Samantha. Both were successful and played a crucial role in enhancing the popularity of the platform. It's this confidence that has prompted Aha to bring together a new (third) season of Rana Daggubati's famous talk show No. 1 Yaari.
The promo of the No. 1 Yaari's latest season, launched a few days ago, marked the return of Rana in the host avatar, a role that he's taken up rather naturally with his gift of the gab. Some of the celebrities who featured on Aha's talk shows include Vijay Deverakonda, Chiranjeevi, Allu Arjun, Naga Chaitanya, Nani, Sai Dharam Tej and Nithiin. It'll be interesting to see if any newer names will make it to No. 1 Yaari this time.
The format is expected to have minor tweaks and the digital platform may give Rana more liberty to ask questions beyond the usual interviews. In recent times, Ali's talk show, Alitho Saradaga, has been very popular among television viewers, roping in an interesting mix of yesteryear and current generation celebrities. Will Rana manage to ring in the same enthusiasm of the other seasons? Watch out for the show on March 14 on Aha.
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How prepared are the US authorities for safe and expedient COVID-19 vaccine distribution?
By Jane Byrne contact
09-Dec-2020 - Last updated on 10-Dec-2020 at 09:53 GMT
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Related tags: Vaccine, COVID-19, Fda, Pfizer
As the US FDA advisory committee meets to discuss the merits and risks of Pfizer/BioNTech's application for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate, we talk to two US legal experts to get their perspective on vaccine distribution stateside.
There is a staggering amount of public/private coordination required for COVID-19 vaccination, certainly in a country the size of the US, with, perhaps, wartime levels of cooperation and logistics required.
A high level of collaboration has already emerged, said Winston Kirton and Reed Stephens from the global law firm of Winston & Strawn, who have gauged the current level of preparedness in the US for a pandemic vaccination response.
"The response is definitely progressing in the right direction but there are some areas where more work needs to be done, which is not surprising given how the situation is continually evolving.
"Firstly, the government needs to make sure there is increasing buy-in from the majority of the public in terms of willingness to take at least one of the vaccines that has been offered and then that they complete the course of treatment, otherwise we are going to see an erratic level of effectiveness for the vaccines.
"It is not as simple as people getting one shot because the first two vaccines that appear to be lined up for emergency use authorization (EUA) require two doses and there is some time in between each dose," said Stephens.
An education effort needs to be ramped up, added the legal expert.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been taking a lead role in educating the US public about the vaccine candidates and the vaccine distribution process. "I would expect that it would continue in that role of coordinator of the education effort and that hopefully money would be spent to provide resources at the state and local level to help those government authorities also give consistent messages about the vaccines, how they will be distributed and what steps the public need to take," continued Stephens.
Herculean level of coordination required
Also needing sustained and increasing attention is the process of taking the fully manufactured vaccines to the actual patient – an important inflection point, he said, in terms of any discussion around US vaccination campaign preparedness.
The GAO, an arm of the US federal government, published a report at the end of last month, noted Stephens, that raised concerns about whether or not the level of coordination between the federal government and the state and local governments has been as robust as it needs to be.
"There has been a lot of coordination between the federal government and the vaccine manufacturers on the process of funding the development of the vaccines [and getting the required level of doses manufactured]. The question now is whether [the plan to] get the finished product to individual patients at the scale of tens of millions of people has been fully fleshed out."
Vaccination distribution in the US is expected to start almost immediately after formal authorizations for the COVID-19 vaccines are granted.
"The US federal government outlined, in its distribution plans published in November, that it intends on flipping an on-switch on the distribution process the same day the authorizations are granted. There is no intention of having any lag as regards initiating the process – the question is going to be whether or not the logistics will be as smooth as we hope."
But how well versed is the US in delivering vaccines at this scale?
"The US government has experience in addressing pandemic risk over the past 10 to 15 years. A number of risks have emerged and have been identified over that period from H1N1 to Ebola to MERS and Zika, so the federal government certainly has a track record; the question is whether all that experience and resources are going to be brought to bear at the scale required to vaccinate tens of millions of people against such a highly contagious virus as coronavirus. It is, to a large extent, unprecedented," he reiterated.
It is not accidental that the US Department of Defense is very involved in this process, remarked Kirton.
"The military is in a position, if you will, to understand and manage logistics on a large scale. That is a component, if levelled appropriately and levelled to its fullest, can be beneficial to the whole process," he added.
Recording patient data
There are challenges involved in recording patient data in the US, say the legal specialists.
There is no national registry.
States have always been charged with tracking vaccinations among their residents through immunization information systems. Previous attempts to establish a federal registry have been undermined by campaigners arguing against personal health information being centralized under the federal government.
"We don't have a national identifying database of our citizens in terms of easy identification and tracking of individuals. Our political system has been very resistant to the idea of that sort of citizenship database so it is going to require a lot of coordination, it is going to take some effort to achieve standardization across all the main state jurisdictions to keep track of vaccinations and adverse effects," commented Kirton.
All the states were asked to submit distribution and tracking plans to the federal government at the end of October. "The general public does not know where those plans are at, what they include, and to what point you can coordinate one state versus another. What we do know though, right now, it is incumbent on the states, who are at the point of use, to come up with a plan. The states will have to make best case efforts to understand who is being vaccinated as well as in following up on any adverse effects that may be related to individual vaccinations, and then build a bridge between state and federal databases to allow tracking of all this information," he said.
The vaccine manufacturers, of course, will still be in the process of gathering data, to track information such as adverse effects and other related data, so they can continue to develop out those vaccines, he stressed.
"But the coordinated effort is going to have to be top notch, and it is going to have to deliver," added Kirton.
Securing delivery of vaccines
Looking at the risk environment around the transportation of vaccines, delivery to the point of care, he said the initial phase should see a paramount level of control.
A company like Pfizer is incredibly sophisticated in terms of the security process and the type of security that is implemented around transportation and monitoring, etc., said Kirton.
"What I am hearing is that Pfizer is going to forego using the US government's logistics and supply chain network and use its own. What that is telling us is that Pfizer is fully confident in its established supply chain protocols for delivery of the vaccines to the various states. It has been dealing with high value asset medicines for the longest time. It has systems in place like GPS to pinpoint, in real time, exactly where the product is. I imagine that it is using such technology to capture any potential variability in storage conditions in transit as well."
While there are always going to be bad actors trying to crack into the system along with counterfeiters trying to infiltrate it, there has already been significant collaboration between the federal government and drug manufacturers, with a lot of investment in technology, to enhance the supply chain security and ensure robust validation of third parties, said Kirton.
Big Pharma has also invested deeply in cross-border security in terms of beefing up supply chain networks, he added.
Weighing in on this aspect, Stephens said: "We do see that Interpol is warning governments globally about the risk of fake vaccines, fraud, and criminal diversions. There are all sorts of opportunities out there, which is why it is going to be so important the government authorities in the US have a strong, coordinated and consistent public education message about the vaccination distribution process, where people should go to get the authorized vaccines and what they should be looking for in terms of legitimacy and validity."
Litigation risk
There is always going to be some risk in terms of litigation around patient outcomes, and that applies to the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the US, continued Stephens.
"From a political standpoint, there are still a lot of balls in the air about what kind of immunity all the relevant parties are going to have granted to them by the government. There are certain protections that are already in place. They are not going to be end to end, there is still medical judgement in play here. But I do think there is a real desire by important stakeholders in the US to shield manufacturers from that kind of risk. However, as you can see from our opioid litigation over the past several years, there are a lot of different participants in the pharmaceutical distribution chain in the US, and they cannot all be protected from litigation risk."
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22 Feb '18 / Features
From Jermyn Street to 42nd Street – The History of the Backless Waistcoat
For over a century, Hawes & Curtis has embraced fashion and style innovation from its home on London's Jermyn Street. One of the brand's most iconic designs was the backless evening waistcoat which became an integral part of 1930s fashion as well as a major trend for Hollywood stars and great American dancers. Today it is one of the essentials of contemporary menswear design and features heavily in the major West End production 42nd Street - the song and dance, American dream fable of Broadway which features the iconic songs 42nd Street, We're in the Money, Lullaby of Broadway, Shuffle Off To Buffalo, Dames and I Only Have Eyes For You.
Original Jermyn Street Design
The backless evening waistcoat was revolutionary for its time. Before it was invented, men's fashion tended to be very formal and waistcoats were an integral part of eveningwear. According to Hawes & Curtis founder, G. F. Curtis, the backless evening waistcoat was invented "more or less by accident" when he was "dancing on a very hot night in a London ballroom." In the heat of the moment he cut the cotton out of his white waistcoat, "thereby conferring an unconscious favour upon dancing mankind thereafter."
Fashion Innovation
The backless evening waistcoat was designed without a back and held in place by means of bands, fastened with a buckle or button across the back at the waistline. It became a hugely popular piece of formalwear because it was significantly cooler than a classic waistcoat, it was renowned for its comfort and it always remained in position under the tailcoat.
The Sartorial Star of 42nd Street
Because of these characteristics, 42nd Street costumer designer Roger Kirk uses backless waistcoats in all the big show dance numbers "as they are easy for quick changes." 42nd Street is set in 1930s New York and was made famous by the 1933 film starring Ginger Rogers. Kirk's costumes are all based on or inspired by original 1930s designs and they have been altered to make them suitable for the dancers.
Famous Fans of the Backless Waistcoat
British aristocracy including the Duke of Windsor were fans of the backless waistcoat and subsequently Hollywood stars discovered the benefits of this innovative piece. Fred Astaire allegedly approached Hawes & Curtis to have one made of his very own, only to be regretfully refused due to the high demand for such garments from the British aristocracy. Nevertheless, Fred Astaire and many other Hollywood stars embraced this trend.
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18 Nov '21 / Features
Spotlight On... Winter '21
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Why the Trench Coat is an All Year Must Have!
A Trench coat is without a doubt one of the most classic and versatile styles of outerwear. They are versatile, sophisticated and most of all, forever voguish.


I vividly remember one of my first forays into a darker realm. It was a short story by Stephen King called "The Eyes of the Dragon." I remember it in part because I was so surprised it was a King story. I knew King as a horror writer. And, to be honest, I hated horror—or so I thought.
Ironically, it was another of King's short stories, "The Colorado Kid," that opened my eyes to what horror could be. Darkness comes in many forms—and many expressions.
The Darker Realms Fantasy Storybundle explores just that.: the darkness at the heart of the unknown.
Four of these books are new releases just in time for this Storybundle. New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's gives us a dark fantasy set on the Oregon Coast called FantasyLife and Other Stories (Author Preferred Edition). New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson's Selected Stories: Horror and Dark Fantasy features 29 dark tales (including stories co-written with Grammy Award-winning singer Janis Ian and Rush's Neil Peart). Award-winning author Annie Reed's Iris & Ivy provides a heart-wrenching twist on the classic ghost story. And Stefon Mears Hunting Monsters gives us an old-school vampire in an urban setting.
Also included in the bundle is Fiction River Presents: Darker Realms. This short fiction anthology, which I edited, is the inspiration for the whole bundle and includes the prequels to two groundbreaking fantasy series: Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Fey series and David Farland's Runelords.
Rounding out the bundle, we mix humor with darkness in The Free Meal: A Ghost of a Chance Novel by USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith and A Canadian Werewolf in New York by Mark Leslie. Then we turn decidedly more frightening with Residue by Hugo Award-nominated author Steve Diamond and Elements of Mind by Walter H. Hunt. And finally, D.J. Butler has given us not only Devil Sent the Rain, the fourth installment of his pulp fiction serial Rock Bands Fight Evil, but also the Rock Band Fights Evil Omnibus, too, for those readers who missed the first three installments.
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Rameshwar Das 2010
An eminent psychologist, Ram Dass experimented with levels of human consciousness through magic mushrooms and LSD with Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, Allen Ginsberg and others. As a result he was expelled from Harvard and, in 1967, journeyed to India where he met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba. His life changed and, on his return to America, he travelled and taught widely, wrote the seminal bestseller Be Here Now and set up various charitable foundations, with an emphasis on service to others. The Seva Foundation has helped restore sight to nearly 3 million people suffering from cataract blindness in Nepal, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Tibet and throughout Africa. In 1997, Dass suffered a near-fatal stroke and then a life-threatening infection in 2004. However, though his travel is now curtailed, he still teaches, as well as engages with people via the internet. See www.ramdass.org
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Construction of The Shack begins in Interstate 195 Redevelopment District – Fuss & O'Neill, Inc.
PROVIDENCE – Construction of the temporary popup The Shack, a partnership led by the owners of The Shop in Fox Point, has begun in the southern portion of Parcel 22 in the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District.
The project involves a food concession, event venue and public space, and is intended to inject life into a sometimes-barren looking expanse of vacant land.
The project involves owners of The Shop, a coffee shop and café at 460 Wickenden St., as well as Dune Brothers Seafood, landscape architect Design Under Sky, and the event and creative marketing company Stay Silent PVD.
The Shack is expected to be open for lunch and dinner year-round and is envisioned as a seafood hut that will feature sustainably sourced New England seafood dishes. It is located in front of 1 Ship St.
In a recent meeting, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission agreed to spend $350,000 in district redevelopment funds to establish the temporary food concession, install artwork at 1 Ship St. and temporary outdoor furnishings.
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Q: config a neural network with a JSON file I want to config a neural network model (number of layers, number of neurons per layer, activation functions, ...) from a JSON file. But honestly, I have no idea how to do it. When I search the internet with "hyperparameters config PyTorch" or "hyperparameters tunning PyTorch" can't find anything interesting. The search result is more about hyperparameters optimization, not config from JSON.
Anyone has any idea how to do this (JSON file config) or do you know any useful tutorials that I can watch/read, please? That would be a great help!
Thank you in advance

A: Write your parameters to json file with proper name like following
{
   "number_layers":1,
   "number_neurons":2,
   "activation_function":"relu",
   "training":{
      "learning_rate":0.01
   }
}

Then read the json file
import json

with open('xxx.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    config = json.loads(f.read())

and access the parameter you want with
config['number_layers']
config['training']['learning_rate']


27s: What does Kevin McNerney do? He is a barrister at St John's Chambers.
1min 13s: What does he do in his spare time? He is a cyclist and he likes to play squash, he likes to improve everything.
1min 39s: What is his work history? He has been in private practice for 10 years, before that he was with the Royal College of Nursing for 14 years as an in house barrister as senior legal officer for North England.
2mins 28s: Why did you want to be a barrister? He loves it, he loves to persuade people.
3mins 34s: How to start the process of an employment tribunal claim.
4mins 54s: Call ACAS if you are still aggrieved. If you have a claim engage ACAS in Early Conciliation which is when you get both sides to agree. You have the employment tribunal after.
6mins 17s: The time limit for Early Conciliation via ACAS is within 3 months. You can then put the claim into the employment tribunal.
7mins 51s: What if it isn't settled via ACAS? You then put a claim in. Lawyers draw the claim up in a format for the employment tribunal which includes the ET1 form and the employer would put in the defence in an ET3.
8mins 39s: Both sides prepare the case for court. The employment tribunal judge will have a telephone hearing to discuss case management and when to exchange the documents, then set a date for the hearing.
9mins 37s: When can a case settle? At any point.
10mins 06s: How do you call a judge? You address them as either Sir or Ma'am. Normally there is just one judge or a panel of 3 if it's for something like whistleblowing. This would consist of an employment judge lawyer, one from the industry and one from the trade union.
10mins 54s: What should you wear to a hearing? There are no rules but you get more respect if you dress smarter.
11mins 23s: What do the lawyers wear? There are no wigs, it's quite informal. Everyone sits down, it is miles from things like the crown court on TV, it's polite.
12mins 11s: Are members of the public allowed in? Yes, you can have a private hearing but it is rare.
12mins 35s: Do you have any advice? Get an employment lawyer, see if you have household insurance to pay for it. The union would also pay and there are funding streams. Try Citizens Advice Bureau, the law centre. Some barristers can do it on a pro bono basis.
13mins 57s: Do you get the judgement there and then? They will either say to come back in a few hours or they will let you know in writing several weeks later.
14mins 32s: Once you've got the judgement, can you appeal the decision? The grounds of appeal are narrow. Only if the judge misunderstood or misapplied the law which governs the situation, the question of fact is unappealable.
15mins 13s: Can they review the decision? If you have lost, you can ask the judge to review if there is new information which was available before.
15mins 38s: What should you do the day before? Reread the witness statement. Think what is crucial for me to win? And what do I need to prove? Think about all the questions you need to bring answers in your case.


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Volunteers with the Tolowa Dunes Stewards will begin working under a grant this month that will allow the nonprofit to incorporate heavy equipment and paid crews in its ongoing efforts to remove European beachgrass from the dunes.
The organization received a $300,000 grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board on Aug. 30, said Program Director Sandra Jerabek. This will allow the Tolowa Dunes Stewards to use crews from the California Conservation Corps and, when available, CAL FIRE as well as bulldozers and other equipment as they continue to restore an area at the Tolowa Dunes State Park and Lake Earl Wildlife Area, she said.
The Tolowa Dunes Stewards have been using volunteers to eradicate European beachgrass since 2010, according to Jerabek. The organization has worked with hundreds of youth volunteers from Crescent Elk Middle School, the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, the Building Healthy Communities' Youth Training Academy and the Sierra Service Project. The Tolowa Dunes Stewards also has a core group of about 12 volunteers who have removed European beachgrass re-sprouts, Jerabek said.
The organization's two fiscal sponsors are the Arcata-based Friends of the Dunes and the Redwood Parks Conservancy, which allows the Stewards to pull beachgrass year-round, Jerabek said. The Tolowa Dunes Stewards also receives funding from the California Coastal Commission's Whale Tail License Plate program and the Rose Foundation.
European beachgrass has taken over the West Coast since the late 1800s and early 1900s when settlers brought it to stabilize sand dunes. The grass creates a dense covering, crowding out native plants and insects.
The proliferation of European beachgrass has also led to a loss of nesting habitat for the western snowy plover and has changed beach topography creating steep foredunes, according to the California Invasive Plant Council.
Over the past five years, volunteers with the Tolowa Dunes Stewards have removed European beachgrass on about five acres of Lake Earl Wildlife Area land, according to Jerabek. Meanwhile, crews with the California Department of Parks and Recreation have restored more than 33 acres at adjacent Tolowa Dunes State Park, she said.
Jerabek said western snowy plovers, which haven't nested in the area for 28 years, have begun to make a comeback recently as well.
According to Jerabek, this isn't the first time the Tolowa Dunes Stewards has pursued a grant with the California Wildlife Conservation Board. She credits support letters from California State Parks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Sierra Service Project as well as Andrea Pickart, a coastal ecologist with the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, for helping the Tolowa Dunes Stewards receive the grant.
Jerabek said she was especially thankful to Pickart, who spearheaded European beachgrass removal at Lanphere Dunes and Ma-le'l Dunes in Humboldt County.
In her May 20, 2018 letter to the Wildlife Conservation Board, Pickart was equally as enthusiastic about the Tolowa Dunes Stewards efforts at beachgrass eradication.
In his support letter to the Wildlife Conservation Board on behalf of the Tolowa Dunes Stewards, Dan Everson, a field supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, noted that the organization's beachgrass eradication efforts benefits several plants and animals protected by the Endangered Species Act, including the Oregon silverspot butterfly and the northern tidewater goby.
Jerabek noted that the grant the Tolowa Dunes Stewards received to enhance its efforts to remove European beachgrass can also be a benefit to Del Norte County. Removing beachgrass frees the dunes to their natural processes, which is to migrate, she said. Restoring the Tolowa Dunes may result in the nearby coastal lagoon, Lake Tolowa, breaching naturally more often, Jerabek said.
"(That way) the county doesn't have to do artificial breaching," she said.
Jerabek noted that despite receiving the $300,000 grant, the Tolowa Dunes Stewards still needs volunteers. She also encourages people to purchase a Whale Tail license plate, stating that the program supports restoration programs throughout the California coast.
For more information about volunteering with the Tolowa Dunes Stewards, call 707-954-5253 or visit the organization's Facebook page.


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Former Woodstock Supervisor Jeff Moran announced his candidacy for Ulster County Executive, becoming the fourth in the race seeking to replace Michael Hein.
Moran joins Deputy County Executive Marc Rider, former state Senate candidate Pat Courtney Strong and former 19th Congressional District candidate Pat Ryan in vying for the top county job, all Democrats. No Republicans have officially announced their candidacy. Hein is leaving to become commissioner of the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.
Party leaders will choose candidates for a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the year. That date has not been set. Candidates will then run in a June 26 primary and the November 5 election for the full four-year term, which expires this year.
In the meantime, Hein's Chief of Staff Adele Reiter will serve as acting county executive to fill the gap between Hein's upcoming departure and either a special election or the general election in November.
Building consensus and assembling a strong volunteer workforce are among strategies that are key to improving county government, Moran said.
Moran remembers a time in the not-too-distant past when Woodstock had 15 empty storefronts. He doesn't want to see that on the county level.
Moran gave praise to Hein, saying he has kept taxes low and made the job what it is now, essentially working with a blank slate, but it may be time for someone with a different philosophy. "Some say he operates a bit autocratically. That may have worked well. But now it's time we build more consensus," Moran said, lamenting Hein's feud with County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach and his spat with Assemblyman Kevin Cahill.
Moran's announcement marks the end of a seven-year hiatus from municipal circles, which started with his departure from the supervisor's office in December 2011. Moran had served a stint on the Planning Board, but his foray into elected office began in 2007, when Jeremy Wilber said he wasn't going to run for another term and asked Moran if he was interested in running. Wilber would later return to the office in 2012 and serve until his death in 2017.
In his bid for a second term as supervisor, Moran lost the Democratic primary in 2009 to Liz Simonson, only to win that November after running on the Republican and Working Families Party lines.
During his tenure, cable service was expanded to Upper Mink Hollow Road and other far-reaching areas; T-Mobile became an additional cell provider and computer systems were upgraded in town offices.
He noted the repair of the bluestone sidewalk in front of the cemetery was an accomplishment made possible by a volunteer task force with the help of Highway Department labor, as was the pocket park on Tannery Brook Road.
Despite these accomplishments, things weren't always rosy in the Moran administration.
In late 2011, Moran's 2012 spending plan was to come in under the state-mandated 2 percent cap on levy increases, even rolling over a healthy sum into the rainy-day fund. But the town's accounting firm discovered the year-end fund balance was inflated and put the fund balance well below recommended levels.
To close the gap and avoid insolvency, Moran suggested eliminating the police dispatch operations and allowing it to be handled by the county. He blamed the accounting error on antiquated software that has since been upgraded. His proposal failed to gain support.
Some will remember the fateful night of November 17, 2011, when, faced with a state deadline, the Town Board voted the budget down 4-1, only to pass it moments later, along with a steep overall levy increase of 6.5 percent. Heaping on the previous bad news of the accounting mistake, the board had also learned of a 30 percent increase in health insurance costs for retirees.
The mounting costs and mistakes prompted some to suggest budget talks start earlier so the board can react to surprises.
"This budget process has been an absolute mess," said then-Councilman Bill McKenna.
Moran, who came to Woodstock almost 30 years ago and settled in with his wife, photographer Dion Ogust (who is an employee for this newspaper), has a variety of experiences under his belt. With humble beginnings as a mens' clothing salesman for Sears, he later picked up silversmithing, eventually making that into a business. He later became an HVAC draftsman, learned welding and fabrication and became an estimator for a mechanical contractor.
He eventually moved from the Chicago area to New York and tried to get into the film business. After working as a production assistant, line producer and executive producer on commercials and other productions, Moran grew tired of the feast-or-famine work schedule and the waste. He was disgusted by seeing entire sets end up in the garbage once a production was done.
Moran took a liking to building rehabilitation, since it was saving something instead of discarding it.
Eventually, circumstances brought Moran to Woodstock and he became involved in creating interactive computer software on CD-ROMs when that was the hot technology.
One source of pride for Moran is his different take on the Periodic Table of the Elements in the form of a spiral. Another project, which can be viewed at historyatlas.com, an online world history dating from the beginning of human history to the present.
Though Moran has both municipal and private-sector experience, time is not on his side if he wants the Democratic Party endorsement.
The county Democratic convention, if a special election is to take place, is fast approaching on February 20 and family matters make him unable to meet town committees in-person until February 15. Moran said he expects to phone people over the next several days in hopes of getting invited to the convention, where he can stand for nomination.
Moran said he will not run as an independent because he believes party support is key.