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Some Mercedes-Benz GLE Might Have A Stuck Reverse Light
Mercedes-Benz has announced two separate recalls impacting certain GLE and GLS models in the United States.
The first recall involves a lighting control unit that may malfunction and cause the left exterior reverse light to remain illuminated after the transmission is shifted out of reverse. This means affected vehicles do not comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, 'Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment.'
The recall affects 8,186 vehicles. Of these, 7,500 are 2020 GLE350 models produced between April 9, 2019 and March 19, 2020, while the remaining 686 vehicles involved are 2020 GLE450 models manufactured between April 9, 2019 and March 19, 2020.
Mercedes-Benz will replace the defective control unit on affected vehicles free of charge. Owners will be notified of the voluntary recall campaign, which will begin on April 6, by the automaker.
The second recall affects just 8 vehicles
As for the second recall, it impacts the 2021 Mercedes-AMG GLE53, 2020 GLE350, 2020 GLE450, and GLS450 but in total, just eight vehicles are being recalled. This includes one GLS450, five GLE350s, one GLE450, and one GLE53.
Mercedes-Benz states that dashboard surfaces of those vehicles may not be properly secured to the base material and might not meet current production specifications. More specifically, the automaker says due to insufficient adhesion, the inflation of the passenger airbag could be impacted in the event of a crash.
Owners will be notified by Mercedes-Benz USA and dealers will replace the dashboard on affected vehicles. The recall will commence on April 6.
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It was a prosperous afternoon for connections Sunday at Traralgon as Eden Racing teamed up with Nikita Beriman for a winning double.
Four year old mare Our Girl Babs converted on a recent run of consistent performances for an impressive all the way win. Having placed 4 times from her first 10 starts, the daughter of Clangalang had been knocking on the door and relished stepping up to the 1900m. To the eye the race may seem modest in terms of form going forward, but in comparison to the other 1900m races on the day (Race 6 BM 64 2:01.62, Race 7 Traralgon Cup 1:59.99) Our Girl Babs winning in 2:01.21 adds further merit to the win, especially considering the winner of the Traralgon Cup trotted in by seven lengths!
After an anticipated sluggish start, Nikita took the initiative to hold a position on the rail and roll forward to lead. The tactics paid off, not allowing another horse get a look in as she went for home at the top of the straight to score a 1.5 length win.
"To lead all the way and finish off the way she did was a great effort. She had been suggesting that getting out in trip would suit her and she passed that test with flying colours today," Shea said. Look out for the lightly raced mare over the coming weeks over a similar trip as she makes the rise in grade.
Cavalero bounced back to form with a tough victory also over the 1900m. It was win number three for the lightly raced son of Helmet who took his prize money to $125,750 from just the 13 starts. After landing in an ideal position early behind the speed, Nikita Beriman allowed the four year old gelding to find a rhythm throughout the run. When they turned for home Nikita peeled out to make her run amongst other horses and found herself in a dual with Ripplebrook as they approached the finishing line. With the outside horses looking as though they were finishing with all of the momentum, the ever so tough Cavalero responded to riding to cross the line first in a tenacious effort.
"We have always had a bit of an opinion of him so to see him return to his winning ways in such a tough manner was fantastic," Shea said. Taking plenty of confidence out of the win, Cavalero should prove highly competitive in his upcoming starts.
The afternoon was capped off memorably with Our Girl Babs' victory marking the first winner ever strapped by our young stablehand Georgia Filippi. After a string of close misses, Georgia's maiden win as a strapper had continued to elude her but there was no wiping the smile off her face as Our Girl Babs crossed the line first.
Congratulations to Georgia and connections of both horses!


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Quezon City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office
Home » Department » Quezon City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office
QCDRRMO
Quezon City Hall Complex, Kalayaan Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
8988-4242 loc. 8038 / 8928-4396
QCDRRMO@quezoncity.gov.ph
Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
For Emergency : 24/7
The Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (QCDRRMC) addresses the needs of the local government when it comes to preparation, prevention, and mitigation of any disaster, in any given situation. QCDRRMC was made to strengthen the disaster approach of the local government of Quezon City amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and other existing hazards due to the geographic location of the Philippines.
To institutionalize an effective, efficient, and outcome based DRRM – CCA with Stakeholders which provides programs aligned with Disaster Preparedness, Prevention and Mitigation, Response, and Recovery and Rehabilitation.
To be a global model of excellence in Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management for its integrated DRRM System fostering a sustainable, safe, progressive, adaptive, and resilient Quezon City.
Legal Bases
Republic Act 10121 Otherwise Known As The "Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction And Management Act Of 2010"
EO 23 s 2010 Organizing The Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction And Management Council (Qcdrrmc), Redefining Its Functions, Providing For Its Composition And For Other Purposes, Pursuant To R.A. No. 10121.
City Ordinance No. SP-2290, Ordinance Creating The Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction And Management Office (QCDRRMO), Defining Its Composition, Appropriating Funds Thereof And For Other Purposes.
Serve with honor, integrity, and professionalism.
Provide adequate information and resolve issues promptly and accurately.
Provide feedback mechanisms and immediately respond to complaints.
Be timely and prompt in delivering our services.
Treat everyone with respect, fairness, dignity, and nondiscrimination.
Attend to all requesting parties who are within the premises of the office prior to the end of official working hours and during lunch breaks.
Operations and Warning Section Services
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Search and Rescue (SAR)
Who may avail: Quezon City Constituents and other interested parties
Request letter or phone call
Call through the emergency hotline and accept phone call: 5 minutes
Discussion on incident/s situation and patient's information: 5 minutes
Management time:
Patients/Incident/s assessment providing immediate care: 10 minutes
Patients transfer to the Hospital: 10 minutes
Ambulance Transfer / Stand By
Accept and record letters: 5 minutes
Coordination with Hospital, Patient status and fit to travel: 5 minutes
Request of CCTV Footages
Accept and record letter: 5 minutes
Approval from the Head, QCDRRMO: 5 minutes
Reviewing / Giving of copies of CCTV footages provided it will not be used for legal purposes: 20 minutes
Inspection of Hazard and Non-Hazard Areas
Request letter or phone calls
Approve and endorse the request letter to the Operations and Warning Section: 5 minutes
Coordinate with requesting party for pertinent information related to the letter: 5 minutes
Conduct inspection on site and submit report: 1 day
Administrative and Training Section Services
Orientation on Disaster Preparedness
Quezon City Initiatives & Programs
Earthquake Drill Evaluation
Basic First Aid and Basic Life Support
CBDRM Training (Community Based Disaster Risk Management)
ELSAROC Training (Earthquake and Landslide Search and Rescue Orientation Course)
Other trainings and services related to DRR
Basic Boat Handling / Water Search and Rescue (WASAR)
Schedule of Availability of Service:
Request letter or thru email at QCDRRMO@Quezoncity.gov.ph/
Formal Request Letter (scheduled at least 3 days ahead of requested date) and provided there are no previous reports scheduled on the same date
Processing Time: 20 Minutes
Research and Planning Section Services
Request for DRRM-related data and/or materials
Who may avail: General Public
Full name and affiliation (e.g. school) of the requesting party
Contact details including email of the requesting party
List of specific data and template to be requested
Properly accomplished Data Request Form
Other documents, if applicable, such as
List of guide question
Processing time: 3 Hours and 40 Min
Request for Interview or Study Tour
Full name and affiliation or school of the requesting party
Proposed time and schedule of interview or study tour
Review and Approval of the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (BDRRMP)
Schedule of Availability of Service: Monday-Friday
Who may avail: Barangay Officials and authorized individuals
Proposed Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan for the upcoming year
One (1) copy of approved BDRRMP of the previous year (and the current year, if the request pertains to a review of the amended BDRRMP)
Annual report on the utilization of the BDRRMP fund of the previous year with a copy of the inventory purchased equipment and conducted trainings/seminar charged against the BDRRM fund
Legal instrument adopting the BDRRMP (e.g. Executive Order, Resolution)
Legal instrument creating BDRRMP Committee
Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
The HVRA with the evacuation and hazard maps should be updated at least every three (3) years (i.e. population, recommendations, and community-initiated efforts)
Processing time: 1 Hour
Disinfection and Cleaning Operations Against Spread of COVID-19
In the battle against time to prevent community spread of COVID-19, QCDRRMO, in partnership with volunteer firefighting groups and the Bureau of Fire Protection, disinfects outdoor and indoor spaces, building facades, healthcare and quarantine facilities, and public buildings on daily basis as part of its response against COVID-19.
The daily disinfection and cleaning operations are supported by a standard protocol established by the city based on official guidelines issued by the Department of Health and the World Health Organization.
DISINFECTION OPERATIONS BY THE QCDRRMO ACROSS THE CITY
"New Normal" Preparedness for the Rainy Season and in Fire Situation
As a Gawad KALASAG awardee, QCDRRMO leads the effort to review its preparedness measures for the rainy season and response protocols for fire situations and thus adopted a set of "New Normal" protocols for strengthening the capacities of communities to anticipate, cope, and recover from possible losses and adverse impacts in emergencies during the rainy season and in fire situations.
Free, Safe, and Secure Transit of COVID-19 Patients
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the City Government through QCDRRMO has been transporting suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases to and from homes, hospitals, and community caring facilities. In addition to the transportation services provided by the Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTS), QCDRRMO provides free ambulatory services around the clock to ensure safe transit for suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases and prevent further transmission among patients.
Since February 2020, aside from being the Training Facility of QCDRRMO, the Regional Evacuation Center has also been the hub for the City's logistical supplies to effectively respond to COVID-19. The Logistics and Training Section provides support to all the offices in the City Government, QC-Owned Hospitals, 142 Barangays (which includes Special Concerned Area Lockdown), Isolation Facilities, Community Based Testing Sites, Vaccination Sites, National Government Offices, and Private Institutions.
MAINSTREAMING DRRM
Drainage Masterplan
QCDRRMO leads the partnership with the University of the Philippines – Resilience Institute in developing a Drainage Master Plan (DMP) for the City. The DMP project seeks to develop and select the best solutions, such as physical modifications and upgrades, necessary for drainage and flood management improvements in Quezon City.
The DMP covers all of the City's 142 Barangays, and integrates all 44 tributaries and five major river systems that pass through the City's jurisdiction with the man-made drainage systems built by the various Government agencies involved with drainage and roadworks. It is noted that the DMP also covers flooding and other drainage challenges experienced at the City's borders with its adjacent LGUs.
Barangay DRRM Plan Mentoring
The QCDRRM Council is recognized as leading the country for two (2) years in a row in terms of DRRM- CCA. The City leads by example to other LGUs in terms of proactiveness in DRRM and in building resilience for the communities. In keeping up with this standard, the QC DRRM Office ensures that Barangay DRRM Committees within the city are also able to keep a certain standard in DRRM to effectively anticipate, cope, and recover from the impacts of emergency occurrences and disasters at the local level. QCDRRMO mentors the BDRRMCs through quality-based local DRRM planning and budgeting so that they may be able to efficiently carry out their responsibilities and duties in preparing for any hazard.
QCDRRMO initiated the formulation of Contingency Planning to strengthen the City's resilience against natural or human-induced disasters by identifying the vision, policy framework, and strategies capitalized on disaster risk reduction and management in Quezon City. The Contingency Plan details the standard response operations during a worst-case scenario for hazards such as earthquake, flooding, and stampede, following the prescribed revised guidelines of the Office of the Civil Defense.
Public Service Continuity Planning
QCDRRMO developed a Public Service Continuity Plan consisting of internal capacities and recovery requirements, as well as providing operational actions, processes, and strategies that will be carried out by Offices and Departments under the local government of Quezon City in case a disruption on government practices, system, and/or processes occurs.
Facilitating Risk Assessments
The conduct of Risk Assessment within the Local Government, particularly in barangays, are regularly facilitated and supervised by QCDRRM Office alongside its partners in the Prevention and Mitigation Committee.
LDRRM Planning
The preventive approach serves as a reference for the development of the City's Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (LDRRMP) and the implementation of disaster risk reduction and management at local level
Training Efforts
The QCDRRMO organizes and conducts trainings, orientations, and knowledge management activities on DRRM at the local level. Since its establishment in 2015, the QCDRRMO has led in the implementation of the training program for DRRM in the communities and city government, along with spearheading the conduct of earthquake drills across the city, honing communities on their preparedness for earthquake hazards.
Contribution to Plans of Other Cities
QCDRRMO conducted a Community-Based Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM) Workshop in 2019. The said training was attended by different barangay personnel and community people from different cities in Metro Manila. The workshop aimed to teach the participants of the workshop the importance of CBDRRM in the community and equip them with basic knowledge of the CBDRRM and how to cascade the knowledge they acquired in their respective communities.
Participants of the CBDRRM Planning Workshop: March 20-22 and 27-29, 2019
What to Do In Case of Tropical Cyclone
What to Do In Case of Earthquake
What to Do In Case of Fire
What to Do In Case of Flood
Preparing an Emergency Preparedness Bag
What to Do In Case of Landslide
Mr. Karl Michael E. Marasigan, MPA
Head, QCDRRMO
8988-4242 loc. 8038
Myke.Marasigan@quezoncity.gov.ph
Sections Officer Name Office Address Contact Information
Emergency Operations Center Angelo F. Padua
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Assistant / In-Charge 3rd floor, DRRM Building, Kalayaan Ave. Diliman, Quezon City 988-4242 Loc. 7245
QCDRRMO@quezoncity.gov.ph.
Finance & Administration Section Mr. Edward N. Castillo, Jr., MPA
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer III / In-Charge 2nd floor, DRRM Building, Kalayaan Ave. Diliman, Quezon City 8988-4242 loc. 8038
Logistics & Training Section Ms. Ma. Cinderella A. Garcia, MGM
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer III / In-Charge 2nd floor, Regional Evac Center/ Disaster Training Center, Fairview Barangay Complex Dahlia Avenue, Barangay Fairview Quezon City 8988-4242 loc. 8038
qcdrrmo@quezoncity.gov.ph,
Operations & Warning Section Mr. Erwin Carlos N. Valdez, RN, MPA
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer II / In-Charge 2nd floor, DRRM Building, Kalayaan Ave. Diliman, Quezon City 8928-4396
Research & Planning Section EnP Ma. Bianca D. Perez, MPA
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer III / In-Charge 2nd floor, DRRM Building, Kalayaan Ave. Diliman, Quezon City 8710-1469 8988-4242
NON-COVID INCIDENT RESPONSE
IRISE-UP (INTELLIGENT, RESILIENT & INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR THE URBAN POPULATION)
The iRISE-UP is the QCDRRMO's integrated ICT solution that integrates monitoring systems of the City's early warning devices, remote sensors, data loggers, and field equipment dedicated for monitoring of water levels in the rivers and observation of weather parameters such as rainfall amount, temperature, pressure, humidity. The system includes the collection and processing of data from early warning devices, remote sensors, data loggers, and field equipment dedicated for monitoring of water levels in the rivers and observation of weather parameters such as rainfall amount, temperature, pressure, humidity through the use of state-of-the-art Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technologies and an IP-based public paging and alarm system.
SNAPSHOT OF THE CITY'S COVID-19 DASHBOARD
INCIDENT RESPONSE BY QCDRRMO OPERATIONS AND WARNING SECTION
The Operations and Warning section is in-charge of all matters related to early warning systems, coordination of DRRM activities, and handling of all kinds of emergency services within the city's jurisdiction.
Since its establishment, the QCDRRMO has demonstrated its capability to handle emergency operations and disaster response. In normal situations in which disaster response is not required from the Office, the QCDRRMO Rescue provides 24/7 emergency medical services and consequence management to incidents reported through the QC 122 hotline.
GAWAD KALASAG
The Gawad Kalasag Seal is a mandatory assessment of LDRRM Councils and Offices of provinces, cities and municipalities in the entire country. The GK Seal was cancelled in May 2021, citing the continuing pandemic and to give due consideration on the COVID-19 response functions of the primary implementors of the GK which are the Local LDRRM Councils.
Despite the cancellation of the said assessment, Quezon City was still able to comply. QCDRRMO will thus use this Certification of Compliance in the Seal of Good Local Governance which has included the GK Seal as among its indicators for assessment for good governance. The results of the assessment under the GK Seal shall also be used by the QCDRRMO to provide standards, guidance and directions in ensuring and sustaining efforts in implementing comprehensive DRRM-CCA programs.
QCDRRMO Citizen's Charter 2020
Quezon City Risk Atlas - January 6, 2014
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan 2021-2027

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The effect of antenna gain on the range of communication is an often misunderstood relationship, and this is by no means limited to misunderstanding by boaters who are otherwise not expected to be acquainted with the intricacies of radio theory. But among boaters, there is a substantial groundswell for the notion that an antenna described as having 6-db gain is going to make a vast improvement in range of communication compared to using an antenna described as having 3-dB gain. The improvement in communication range is variously described as "double", "better", "much better", or "the difference between communication and no communication." Let's examine the reality, which is quite different.
In any communication system there are two fundamental power levels: the effective transmit power and the lowest power level that a receiver can receive, set by the receiver sensitivity (and by local noise, which we will ignore here). To compare, we reference these power levels in decibels to the usual standard of 0dBm, which is a power of one milliwatt (0.001-Watt) in a 50-Ohm resistance.
The typical VHF Marine Band radio transmitter will have a power output of 20-watts. (Yes, I know they are called 25-Watt radios, but power output varies with supply voltage, and production variation can result in slightly less than the rated output; we'll use 20-Watts as more realistic power.) WIth reference to 0dBm this is a power level of 10 LOG (20/.001) or +43dBm. The typical VHF Marine Band radio receiver will have a sensitivity of one microvolt at 50-Ohms. This can be shown to be a power level of -107dBm. (Most VHF Marine Band radio receivers are rated to be more sensitive, but we will use this as a conservative figure.) Since we know the two power levels, we can expect that any path loss between the receiver and transmitter cannot exceed the difference in these two levels if communication is to occur.
Everyone knows that you cannot expect a 25-watt VHF marine radio to communicate 3,388 miles to another boat, but, if you were in free space, that would be your range.
What should be clear from the above analysis is that propagation of radio waves on Earth does not work quite as well as it is predicted to work in free space. It should also be clear that any increase in radiated power, whether due to actual transmitter power increase or from antenna gain, will only increase the communication range by an amount that depends of how the path loss changes with distance.
That is an increase of 1,398 from the initial 3388, or a factor of 1.41. That number should look familiar because it is the square root of two. We doubled the power, but the distance only increased by the square-root of two, or 1.41. This is exactly what is meant by an inverse-square-law relationship.
Getting back to boaters, claims of antenna gain, and how they will improve communication range, the suggestion that a doubling of antenna gain (3dB) will double the range is clearly impossible. Even in the absolute best environment, free space, doubling the antenna gain (3dB) would only increase the communication range by a factor of 1.41 or 41-percent. Anytime you read or hear that by going to a 6dB antenna from a 3dB antenna the communication range will double, you should recognize that this is an impossibility. It won't happen. Anyone who tells you it will is mistaken.
Since as boaters we know from experience that our communication range is not the same as in free space, we must also realize that any increase in power, which because we are limited to 25-Watt transmitters must be from antenna gain, is not going to increase the range as it would in free space propagation. Any improvement in range over Earthly paths is going to be less than in free space.
In actual analysis, the increase in path loss with distance on Earth over actual surfaces seems to obey more like a inverse-fourth-power relationship. That is to say, for example, that if the distance is doubled, the signal needed to overcome this will need a 16-times increase in power. In decibels that is 12dB. For an improvement in antenna gain to result in real-world doubling of range, the antenna gain increase would have to be to an antenna with 15dB gain from a 3db gain antenna. Again, this is not going to be possible in VHF Marine Band antennas. There just are no 15dB gain antennas out there.
Many factors combine to cause actual propagation over ground (or sea) to be higher than in free space. Signals tend to reflect off the ground (or sea). The arrival of the direct signal and ground-reflected signal occurs with almost inverted phase relationship, and signal cancellation occurs. This particularly affects a path in which both antennas are not elevated very high above ground. Significant elevation of just one antenna in the communication system to be high above ground will reduce this effect; this explains why signals from very tall towers have much improved range of communication to stations with very low antennas over more or less line-of-sight paths. Signals can also be reflected by objects in the path, causing signals to arrive at the receiver by multiple paths, called multipath propagation. Since the distances of the multipath signals are not the same as the direct path, they arrive at difference times. This also causes signal cancellation. These factors affect path loss, even when the two antennas are in line of sight of each other. In propagation over water, the height and period of wind waves also affect signal loss, as does conductivity (usually a function of salinity). All of the influences cause real-world path loss to be much higher than free space path loss.
In a separate article, I demonstrate calculation of path loss on several paths involving NOAA weather radio station signals received over long paths over freshwater, using both actual observed signals and predicted coverage maps. These calculations tend to also discover path loss at an inverse fourth-power relationship applies to these paths.
That means that in real-world propagation with inverse fouth-power path loss, adding 3dB to the allowed path loss will increase the distance by a factor of about 1.18. This is a much more reasonable interpretation of the effect of changing to a 6dB gain antenna from a 3dB gain antenna: your range would increase by a factor of 1.18 in terms of distance.
There is no argument against adding antenna gain. It will always improve the communication range, and particularly because antenna gain works on both the transmit and receive signals; it increases them both by the same amount. It helps you transmit better and receive better. But higher gain is not always the best approach to antenna choice.
Antennas actually do not have any overall gain. All antennas with gain achieve that gain by a simple method: they concentrate the signal in one direction at the expense of the signal in another direction. The gain of an antenna refers only to the signal in the main lobe of the antenna compared to some other antenna, often to an idealized antenna that radiates equally well in all directions, called an isotropic radiator. Note that any practical antenna will have some sort of uneven radiation pattern and can be described as having gain if referenced to the idealized isotropic radiator. Most VHF Marine Band antennas are described in terms of their gain in reference to an isotropic radiator.
For all practical antenna, any time the main lobe of the antenna is not oriented so that the distant station is centered in the main lobe, the actual realization of antenna gain will be lower than claimed. Since it is typical for antennas with high gain to have very deep nulls in their radiation pattern, the signal strength when not in the main lobe and in one of the nulls of such an antenna will be very much lower, as much as one-hundred-times (-20dB) lower than in the main lobe. In a separate article, I discuss the typical radiation pattern of omnidirectional vertical antennas with regard to the size of their main lobe. This property of gain antennas must be clearly understood. You only get gain from them when they are carefully oriented to direct their main lobe at the other station in the communication system.
On small boats that are at sea, it is common for there to be considerable motion on the boat. Any time the bow pitches up or down, or the boat rolls to its side, the orientation of the radio antenna changes in the vertical radiation plane. The antenna becomes displaced from its normal orientation of orthogonal to the plane of the horizon. This physical displacement of the antenna causes its radiation pattern to change, directing the main lobe of the antenna away from the horizon. The result is the effective gain of the antenna is reduced when the boat is in motion in any sort of sea conditions that disrupt its stability. For this reason, on small boats it is often preferable to use an antenna with modest gain in order to enjoy the benefit of its wider main lobe radiation pattern.


The Library of Unrequited Love (2013), La Code 400 in the original French, and translated to English by Siân Reynolds, is a small book about loneliness and libraries. Arriving early one morning, the Geography librarian of a public library is surprised to find an interloper locked in the basement where she works. After a mild chastising, she offers the stranger a cup of coffee and begins to chat to her silent narratee, long-repressed thoughts tumbling from her mouth. Single and a long-servant of the library, it's a rare opportunity to voice her opinion and she does so gladly, covering many topics, and in so doing, reveals her frustrations, loves, hopes, and anxieties. Underappreciated, she disdains many of the other librarians and the people who steer the library away from her ideal, but she retains a grudging affection for the library users, motley crew that they are. One in particular flames her interest: a researcher named Martin, who visits weekly to read in her basement. Having barely exchanged a dozen words, her attraction is muted and always from afar, resigned, it seems, to remain unrequited.
[M]en, no, that's all over. Love, for me, is something I find in books. I read a lot, it's comforting. You're never alone if you live surrounded by books. They lift my spirit. The main thing is to be uplifted.
But, while she remains both fearful and desirous of human contact, through her often bitter laments, there is a well-reasoned love for libraries and for the people who use them, hidden beneath the often dismissive rhetoric she spouts. Indeed, the unrequited love of the title is not just for Martin but for all the odds and sods who she looks after – always without thanks – in her library.
For, she loves culture and laments its fall within society, as well as the library's ever-diminishing role. For her, the library is a means of opening culture to the masses, and gently helping them to elevate their own thinking and cultural awareness. But her observations are not limited to libraries and their users. Beneath the librarian's bun, turns a mind sharp and analytical. A keen observer, she sees the smallest of human behaviours right up to the biggest of ideas, and how they all fit together. Indeed, her rambling narrative encompasses a diverse range of topics, including the Dewey Decimal system (and its flaws), snobbery (literary and otherwise), socialism, a library's place in society, feminism, the French Revolution, and French Literature – and all before opening time!
But, for all the talking, the real topic of the monologue – hidden beneath every sentence – is loneliness. The librarian is far from the perfect advocate for reading, troubled as she is. Perhaps, one might reflect her own claim that to be a writer one must be in some way dysfunctional, back at readers. After all, to read is to choose wilfully to exclude the world, and transport oneself to a place of greater comfort. This loneliness – the deep, but unexceptional, sadness of the librarian's life – is gently unfurled through the restrained prose, and one feels the isolation of a life spent quietly with books.
There is, however, scarcely a dull sentence in the book, and the librarian proves enlivening company for all the underlying pathos. The narratee – the only other character – is as much a stranger to the reader by the end of the book as they are at its opening pages, but the reader becomes the narratee themselves, listening and bending to the position of the librarian, whose story this truly is. Without chapters or paragraphs, the monologue is an incessant stream of consciousness, and runs smoothly, the narrator barely pausing for breath. It is frequently funny, often poignant, and there are innumerable passages which work as quotable snippets.
This is Sophie Divry's debut, and it feels like an intimate and personal piece of writing, as many debuts do. The subtlety and simplicity of the novella is beautifully pitched. The Library of Unrequited Love will, perhaps, read best to a librarian who can more than sympathise with the narrator, but anyone who has spent their life amongst books will feel immediately in tune with the librarian's voice, and more still those who feel the alienation of modern life.
Under 100 pages long, this is a book perfectly-pitched for the grumbling librarian in me. There's much more to it though, and would recommend it to any book lover as a refreshing and thoughtful read.


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Q: angular using @output to sent data from child to parent component I have some data that I am passing from my child to parent component and I want it to check if its empty or it has some value inside automatically.
this is in my login.compunent.ts - child ts
@Output() update=new EventEmitter<string>();
userEmail = "a@b.com";
authUser(loginForm) {
      this.update.emit(userEmail);
      this.router.navigate(['/home']);
  }

this is in my app.compunent.ts - parent ts
  emailData:string;

  onUpdate(userEmail:string){
    console.log("userEmail")
    if(userEmail !== ''){
      this.emailData = userEmail
      console.log(userEmail)
    }
  }

this is in my app.compunent.html - parernt html
{{emailData}}
<router-outlet (update)="onUpdate($event)"></router-outlet>

A: I'm not sure I understand you completely but if you want to pass data from your child to your parent "automatically" I believe you have to implement a two-way bindable property.
You do that like this
child.ts
export class SomeComponent  {
  ...
     @Input() something;
     // it's important to name it with the 'Change' suffix
     @Output() somethingChange = new EventEmitter();
  ...

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The real reason Vets won't tell you your dog is overweight!
Having looked after literally 1000's of dogs over the years I'd say that, to a greater or lesser extent, over half are carrying too many Kilos. Yet when it comes to devoted dog owners who only want the best for their VIP, the number who are willing to acknowledge their pooch is a bit of a porker is very small.
This common answer used to really puzzle me. When a dog is obviously too heavy, why are vets not telling owners to put their dogs on a diet?. One cynic I know said to me that because fat dogs are more prone to health problems they bring more money to their Vet! I think that's unfair. However, I believe I have worked out the reason some Vets fail to tell owners their dog needs to lose weight.
Every Veterinary business has a lot of competition and if they upset clients - who then go elsewhere - it hits profits. So Vets have to be careful about telling clients what they don't what they hear - even though it is for the good of their dog.
Owners will typically say to their Vets: 'I don't think she's overweight do you, she's just mature now?' or 'I feed him the same as I always did and I don't give him too many treats, he has a good diet'. Vets pick up on cues like this and are quick to realise they have an owner in denial.
A couple of years ago I had a gorgeous but massive Labrador on her first stay with me. She was a sweetie, but in my judgment she was 10 kilos over weight – possibly a lot more. This huge amount of weight was restricting her. She struggled moving around and could not get into my car without help. On our active exercise sessions she found the heat more of a problem than the other dogs and huffed and puffed even just walking.
Given how she struggled physically, when the owners collected her I felt I had to raise the subject. But I was floored when I got the reply that 'the vet said she's not overweight'.
Come on! Some dogs are just a little heavy, but this girl was obese. I couldn't believe a vet would say such an obviously fat dog was OK. Maybe she was just saying that to shut me up. But then again, with the frost that came over the room when I said it to her, it was plain I'd hit a sore spot. She seemed furious with me for daring to raise this which she clearly considered 'not my business'. If she was the same with her Vet, you could see why they might back off.
Despite the fact her dog had had a wonderful time at the Hound Dog Hotel I never heard from them again. She was lovely so I was sad about that. But I do this for fun and am so busy, often turning people away, that whilst a disappointment it didn't matter.
But can you imagine if a vet running a commercial enterprise with big overheads tells 50% of their clients their dog is overweight? They cannot afford to alienate one out of two of their customer base.
These days I still mention it if I think a dog could benefit from being leaner. However, no matter how tactful I try to be this subject still tends to prompt a defensive reaction. The difference is once I have raised it if an owner chooses not to act on it then I say nothing more because it is their dog and their responsibility.
One thing I definitely don't want is a Hound Dog Hotel guest going home heavier than when they arrived. Unlikely as they get so much exercise. However, doggie guests do get regular treats so I adjust their main meal portions (the same food they have at home) by reducing it a little to take into account the extra food they get through treats.
But for longer stays of 3+ weeks to keep feeding/exercise in strict balance I measure their waist on day one and repeat the measure weekly – a great way of keeping an objective record.
From the age of around two the puppy stage is over and fast growing has settled. It is usually then when dogs are fully mature the weight can start to increase. But when you see your dog every day it's easy to miss the weight creeping on.
To monitor when they reach about 2 (assuming they are not already overweight) take your dog's waist measurement on a regular basis (every couple of weeks or monthly). This way you can ensure your dog is not getting fatter without you noticing.
In the meantime, if you want to know the truth as to whether your dog is overweight, don't ask a Vet, ask me!
PS Not all owners are blind to their dog being heavier than ideal. Some – Coco's owner is one - raised the subject with me and asked if I could help them with Coco's weight. During her 3 weeks stay she had heaps of exercise and her food reduced just a little and she lost quite a few kilos – the family were thrilled.


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Q: How to multiplex requests for different domains to different servers using Go? I want to host multiple domains on the same machine, with multiple servers running on the same machine and different ports. I am trying to write a multiplexer which will redirect requests for domain "A" to the server running locally on "portA", and requests for domain "B" to the server running on "portB". How can I route those requests, while making this redirect transparent to the user and search-engine bots?
Currently, I use something like this:
package main

import (
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)

func main() {
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    mux.Handle("mydomainB.com", http.RedirectHandler("http://localhost:4567", 302))
    log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", mux))
}

A: (just posting @james-odoherty's comment as an answer since he hasn't)
You want to use the httputil.ReverseProxy type from the net/http/httputil package.


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Diocese of Derry
Homily - Feast of the Epiphany - Bishop McKeown
Bishop's Homilies and Statements Christmas 2020
Tony Brennan
We have reached the end of the Christmas season. In Western Christianity, the visit of the Magi from the East marks the revelation of Jesus to the world, for the strange visitors represent the whole world. In Eastern Christianity, the revelation of Jesus is celebrated next Sunday as we mark Jesus' baptism and the beginning of his public life, after the hidden years in Nazareth. Thus the focal point of today's feast is not the Wise Men but Jesus. What does this story tell us?
Firstly, the Gospel tells us that 'wise men' came from the East. There are no names given and no number is mentioned. For a Jewish audience there were echoes of the first reading from the prophet Isaiah. Jesus was the one who fulfilled the promises of the Old Testament. They come with gifts fit for a king. So they must have been very surprised to find a very unspectacular family, not in the royal city of Jerusalem but in a village. The divine promises are fulfilled in a most unexpected way. The Messiah will not come as people expect him, for his kingdom is not of this world.
Jesus comes to shatter our one-dimensional dreams and to gives us eyes to see the world differently.
This sets a pattern for the rest of Jesus' life and how his disciples have to live. There is always the temptation to create a God who fits into our lifestyle. But the Gospel message is a very strange one. Our comfort will often clash with what Jesus demands and our faith will not sit easily with what secular society would like us to believe. But God is concerned about remaking us in the divine image and likeness - and not with us worshipping a God made in our image and likeness. Jesus comes to shatter our one-dimensional dreams and to gives us eyes to see the world differently. St Paul will later write that the wisdom of God is an obstacle to the Jews and madness to the gentiles (Cf 1 Cor 1: 18-25). But that wisdom helps us to face the crosses of life and to see Jesus in the least of his brothers and sisters. It enables us to glimpse God in the silent mystery of the Eucharist and the other sacraments. It challenges us to believe in the possibility of mercy, forgiveness and hope. We will never find the right thing by looking in the wrong places.
Secondly, the Magi go first to King Herod. He is shown as cruel, manipulative and centred only on his own power. Herod's son – also called Herod – will be involved in the deaths of John the Baptist and Jesus. The powerful often want to hold onto power, without realising that power has a hold on them. We see that around the world. Because it is so deeply rooted in human nature, we see that in some areas of church life as well. That is a sad reality, but it should not cause surprise. Thus, I worry about those, whether in politics, society in general or church, who insist on the primacy of their rights, whatever the cost or discomfort to others.By contrast, Jesus is portrayed as the helpless one who will insist on the rights of the poor and marginalised. But that wisdom is stronger than power. As St Paul writes, God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom. For those who want power or insist on their rights, nothing is enough. Those who follow the baby of Bethlehem are grateful for little joys and revelations. They have eyes for beauty in strange places. A sacramental heart can recognise divine grace gently borne by bread, wine, oil and word. Today's feast calls us to recognise how only purified hearts can sense the presence of the Word made flesh, dwelling among us. Angry, demanding hearts are blinkered by self-inflicted blindness
Thirdly, the Magi go home by a different way. Their search for the truth meant them following a small light that they had glimpsed and it brought them to Bethlehem. There they have bowed down before a baby. That adoring encounter gave them new eyes. Faith means accepting that Christ's message will be seen as strange by some. We will be told to wise up, not to be too idealistic, to be sensible and not to clash with dominant ideology. Thus, not only do we have to journey in hope, we have to be prepared to be changed by the journey. The truth will be found only by those who are prepared to search for it. We will never find the full truth on this side of the grave. But the disciple is formed by that dogged search for what alone is true and real. And when we have glimpsed the divine in prayer, love or a sacred place, then we will all return home by a different route. Disciples of Jesus are prepared to journey in hope and to be open to God's grace which never leaves us the same.
Today, we are invited to bow down and worship, giving our best to Jesus. He will give his all for us and he invites us to model that generosity. He is revealed here as the saviour of all peoples and all people, and not just the Lord of a frightened introverted clique. Through seeing the actions of Herod, the Gospel invites us to follow Christ's path and never to espouse a political ideology with a thin theological veneer. On Christmas night, we sang, 'Come let us adore him'. Today on the feast of the Epiphany, that is still our song.
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RUSH: Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA tweeted yesterday that the presidential approval rating had hit 47%, his highest yet. I don't… He didn't cite the poll. I guarantee you it's not a CNN poll, and it probably isn't an ABC-Washington Post poll or even NBC/Wall Street Journal. Maybe Rasmussen. But 47% in whatever poll it is is Trump's highest, and also 47% is three points higher than Obama's approval rating ahead of the 2010 midterms. Does anybody remember what happened in the 2010 midterms?
Mr. Snerdley, a little pop quiz on history. Now, admittedly, this is eight years ago. Does it seem like eight years ago that Obama was president and midterm…? How many seats did the Republicans win in the 2010 midterms? How many? Sixty-three. The Republicans won 63. Now, in those midterms, conventional wisdom won out. Conventional wisdom is the party out of power makes big gains in the House and Senate, primarily the House, in the first election after a president is inaugurated. Well, that's what we have coming up here.
But Kirk's point is that Obama was sitting at 44, 45% back then. Trump is at 47% and rising. And, therefore, we could be looking here at a bit of an upset. There's also polling data here in Florida. Let me find this. Yes, here we go. "Barely two days after Democrat Andrew Gillum was leading in most polls for governor of Florida, a Strategic Research Associates poll conducted for Gray Television and released Wednesday showed Republican and former Rep. Ron DeSantis pulling into the lead, 48 to 45%."
So statistically a tie.
"The poll is the first since the primaries last month to put the conservative DeSantis ahead of Bernie Sanders supporter Gillum." Now, there's all kinds of controversy about Gillum caught in a sting operation. I am reading, by the way, that it is possible that the FBI's gonna indict Gillum at some point, regardless of the election, that he's gonna be indicted for some of the corrupt practices he's been investigated for. We had the news that he paid an undercover cop the money to buy Hamilton tickets in New York.
"Beyond 'Hamilton,' Emails and Texts Raise Questions on Gillum's Trips with Lobbyists — Records show Gillum knew well in advance that his out of state meetings with Corey could help him network with powerful developers, businessmen, and lawyers." I mean, this is incredible that a newspaper is doing investigative journalism on a Democrat, but the Miami Herald is. It's… So we'll see how that plays out.
There's a Politico story today, I actually saw it last night, that Trump fears a Florida "wipeout," that Donald Trump fears that we're gonna lose everything in Florida, that the socialists in Florida are gonna win everything. So Trump is scheduling even more rallies and more effort in Florida to try to save the day here. It is a Politico story, and that's the word that's being used, that Trump "fears a Florida wipeout."
There are other news stories that say (Drudge has links to them) that socialists of America appear ready to win and dominate and convert America after long last to committed socialist policies. So you find these stories all over the place about the intention of voters, this cycle, and how they're faring. The Charlie Cook Report: The vaunted inside-the-Beltway analysts who take a look at every election inside out:
"With November 6 just 11 days away, it seems that the overall Senate playing field won't change much, although it appears that some of the races in Toss Up are getting even tighter… That said, it is getting more difficult to see a path to the majority for Democrats. With Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp heading for defeat in North Dakota, Democrats now need a net gain of three seats to win the majority.
"One way would be to hold the five Democratic seats in Toss Up, and pick up three of the four Republican-held seats in Toss Up." If you'll read The Cook Report… I'm not gonna bother telling you which ones those are. But that's how they analyze it. The bottom line to this story is that New Jersey has moved to toss-up. In the Cook Report, New Jersey has been moved to toss up. New Jersey ought to be deadlock Democrat any day of the year that you look at it.
New Jersey being in toss-up, and "Florida remains a coin toss, although Democrats see a path to victory for U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson." Well, they better. He's the incumbent. He would have the path to victory. In Montana between Jon Tester, the incumbent, and state auditor Matt Rosendale, that race "has tightened, but Tester maintains an advantage that is either just within or just outside the margin of error… There is an addition to the Toss Up column as the race in New Jersey moves there from the Lean Democratic column."
Now, all of this movement is taking place this week in the midst of the bomb scare. "On the Republican side, GOP strategists feel better about where U.S. Sen. Dean Heller is," where he is in Las Vegas. "Strategists also feel better about where GOP U.S. Rep. Martha McSally is in her race in Arizona against" the… Well, Kyrsten Sinema. I'm gonna withhold the characterization. "Tennessee and Texas seem unlikely candidates for the Toss Up column," so it's looking bad for Beto O'Rourke there.
But it says, "There is a great difference of opinion even among Republicans where the race" between Cruz and O'Rourke "stands today. Cruz allies contend that the incumbent is ahead of O'Rourke well outside the margin of error." But the Cook Report people say, "e are aware of other reliable polling that shows a closer race." Back to Florida for a moment. "Thirty-eight Florida Sheriffs Demand Andrew Gillum Withdraw Anti-Cop Pledge —
"Thirty-eight elected Florida Sheriffs on Thursday called on Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum to 'immediately and unequivocally withdraw' his support for a radical organization's 'Freedom Pledge' that refers to anti-police rhetoric. The letter to Gillum from the sheriffs reads: 'We, the undersigned members of Florida's law enforcement community, ask that you immediately and unequivocally withdraw your pledge to the organization, Dream Defenders.
"After learning of this organization's disturbing and anti-law enforcement position and statements, we believe that any candidate wishing to lead our state should in no way be aligned with this radical group. 'The pledge you signed not only calls for you to defund police and prisons, but the papers that accompany this pledge wrongly claim, "Police were never meant to protect and serve me and you"…'" blah, blah, blah.
"The pledge in question is a project of Dream Defenders, an anti-Israel, anti-capitalist group with which Gillum has evidenced a longtime close personal and professional relationship." What in the world! Why in the world would anybody…? It's an anti-Israel, anti-capitalist group, Gillum has had a long association with 'em. Folks, there is… For those of you in Florida, I know you know that I have a desired outcome here, and you know that I'm an unabashed conservative and so forth.
But just for the general welfare and well-being of everybody in the state, it literally makes no sense to elect somebody who believes that the way to prosperity and sustained overall economic prosperity and contentment, which has been undergoing, ongoing here for a while needs to be ripped apart and thrown away! It's absurd anybody… It boggles my mind. But I do know that education and media have been successful in programming people to believe in the wonders of socialism, equality, fairness, and all that.
Except it doesn't happen.
It doesn't exist wherever socialism happens to be deployed. I take it back. That 47% Trump approval is NBC/Wall Street Journal. Well, blow me down! Charlie Kirk in his tweet didn't cite the poll. I said, "It can't be one of the big ones," but it is! It's 47% Trump approval in the NBC/Wall Street Journal. Anyway, like I was saying about John James yesterday. John James in Michigan running against Debbie Stabenow, he is the American dream. He personifies it.
He has lived it. He has lived a life that any would be justified in following and emulating. He comes from genuine slaves and sharecroppers and is not bitter, is not angry, has grasped every opportunity. He's a West Point grad. I mean, he's the kind of man you would want as your neighbor, being involved in the leadership of your town or any other organization you're involved in. Just a decent, solid citizen.
Ron DeSantis is exactly the same. Doesn't harbor an ill thought about anybody. The left, you can't say that. The left has enemies. The left has enemies that they want to use government to punish! That's half the reason their people vote for 'em, and that's what they think government should be doing is punishing people who are getting away with having better life, more success, what have you. This stuff cannot be enshrined. It's not who we are. It's not how we were founded. We hear all these people talk about our values and Obama, "That's not who we."
I tell you, what we're not and who we're not is a bunch of socialists, and we are not and never have been a nation that uses government power to punish the enemies of other citizens and to get elected on the premise that that's what is going to happen. That's what the Democrat Party today is essentially promising. They're gonna get even with anybody voted for Trump. They're gonna punish anybody who made, anybody who had anything to do with Hillary Clinton losing is gonna get punished.
Never mind it's not gonna improve their lives any at all. It's just a wasted vote, to vote for any of these current Democrat crops of socialists, and yet there are plenty of people are gonna do it.
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Apart from carrying a criminal investigation caseload resulting from crimes committed on campus, school resource deputies are skilled in working with young people. Deputies attend many school academic and sporting events and act as mentors to students, sharing their knowledge of life skills. Deputies also participate in classroom activities, such as teaching the T.E.A.M. (Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring) Program and speaking on health and government related issues. In addition, some deputies have extended their interest and talents to after school activities, such as coaching and assisting in sports activities in their school districts.
When school is not in session, school resource officers transition to serving the interests of the township or city that sponsors their position, in partnership with the school district.
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When creating your promotion package which you plan to send to a label there are a bunch of things to bear in mind. Here is how to create music promotion packages that look as professional as will make your competitors green with envy!
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The main purpose of creating a promotion package is of course to advertise your music or try to get a gig. No matter where you send your demos: Keep in mind that those people that are going to review it do not have the time to listen to your whole album, so sending them 20 tracks isn't a great idea. Instead, you should only decide for two to four tracks – preferably some that sound unique and have a powerful intro. If you're doing different genres it's completely fine to include them, but make sure it doesn't look random. Your own style needs to be present in all tracks you include in your promo package!
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Khrew is een stad en "notified area" in het district Pulwama van het Indiase unieterritorium Jammu en Kasjmir.

Demografie
Volgens de Indiase volkstelling van 2001 wonen er 7.208 mensen in Khrew, waarvan 51% mannelijk en 49% vrouwelijk is. De plaats heeft een alfabetiseringsgraad van 51%.

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Name: Julia Keller
Genre: Fiction Non-Fiction
Audience: Adult; Young Adult;
Born: in Huntington, West Virginia
-- Website -- http://www.juliakeller.net/
-- Julia Keller on WorldCat -- http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=julia+keller
E-Mail: -- julia@juliakeller.net
Julia lived and worked in Chicago.
Julia Keller has a doctoral degree in English literature at Ohio State University. She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and she's taught at the University of Chicago, Notre Dame, and Princeton. During her journalism career, she worked at ''The Ashland Daily Independent'' in Ashland, Ky.; ''The Columbus Dispatch'' in Columbus, Ohio; and ''The Chicago Tribune''.Keller joined the Chicago Tribune in 1998 and is a longtime cultural critic there, a position that was created explicitly for her. In 2005, she won the Pulitzer Prize for a feature she wrote on the aftermath of a 2004 tornado that ravaged Utica, Illinois. Keller is also guest essayist on the PBS program ''The Newshour with Jim Lehrer.''She now lives in Ohio.
'A Killing in the Hills ' ILLINOIS READS Book List, Illinois Reading Council, 2014 'Bitter River ' Starred Review, Booklist Starred Review, Kirkus 'Summer of the Dead ' Starred Review, Kirkus 'Last Ragged Breath ' Starred Review, Kirkus 'Sorrow Road ' Starred Review, Booklist 'Fast Falls the Night ' Starred Review, Booklist, 2017 Starred Review, Kirkus, 2017 'Other Awards
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ISBN: 9781250184351. OCLC Number: 1048586418
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This book features prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins. This is set in the beautiful crime-ridden town of Acker's Gap in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Set in the beautiful crime-ridden town of Acker's Gap. Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, visitors see only its stunning natural beauty. But for those living there it's a different story. The mountain roads harbour secret places, perfect for making the prescription drugs that tempt its desperately poor. Bell Elkins left a broken teenager, savaged by a past she couldn't forget. But, as prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, Bell is back and determined to help clean up the only home she has ever known. As winter sets in and her daughter is witness to a shocking triple murder, Bell finds her family in danger. Can she uncover the truth before her world is destroyed again?
A killing in the hills /
ISBN: 1250003482. OCLC Number: 777662625
Prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins and her estranged teenage daughter, Carla, try to protect their town and each other in the aftermath of a shocking triple murder committed by an unknown shooter whose identity is gradually realized by Carla.
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Thirteen-year-old Rachel Browning understands that her father will be different after being injured in the Iraq War, but no one is prepared for the impact that his traumatic brain injury and other wounds have on the entire family.
Bitter River
ISBN: 1250186226. OCLC Number: 1039096745
Phone calls before dawn from the sheriff are rarely good news. When Bell Elkins picks up the phone she already knows she won't like what she's about to hear, but she's still not prepared for this: Lucinda Trimble's body has been found at the bottom of Bitter River-- and she was dead before her body ever hit the water. Searching for the truth, both behind Lucinda's murder and behind her own complicated relationships, will lead Bell down a path that might put her very life at risk.
Bitter River /
Fast falls the night
The first drug overdose comes just after midnight, when a young woman dies on the dirty floor of a gas station bathroom. To the people of the small town of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, it is just another tragedy. It is sad--but these days, depressingly familiar. But then there is another overdose. And another. And another. Prosecutor Bell Elkins soon realizes that her Appalachian hometown is facing its starkest challenge yet: a day of constant heroin overdoses from a batch tainted with a lethal tranquilizer. While the clock ticks and the bodies fall, Bell and her colleagues desperately track the source of the deadly drug--and engage in fierce debates over the wisdom of expending precious resources to save the lives of self-destructive addicts. Based on a real-life event, Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller's latest Bell Elkins novel Fast Falls the Night takes place in a single 24-hour period, unfurling against the backdrop of a shattering personal revelation that will change Bell's life forever--
Last ragged breath /
ISBN: 125004474X. OCLC Number: 889735913
From the night-black depths of a coalmine to the sun-struck peaks of the Appalachian Mountains, from a riveting murder mystery to a poignant meditation on the meaning of love and family, the latest novel in the critically acclaimed series strikes out for new territory: the sorrow and outrage that spring from a real-life chapter in West Virginia history. Royce Dillard doesn't remember much about the day his parents-and one hundred and twenty-three other souls-died in the 1972 Buffalo Creek disaster. He was only two years old when he was ripped from his mother's arms. But now Dillard, who lives off the grid with only a passel of dogs for company, is fighting for his life one more time: He's on trial for murder. Prosecutor Bell Elkins faces her toughest challenge yet in this haunting story of vengeance, greed and the fierce struggle for social justice. Richly imagined, vividly written and deeply felt, Last Ragged Breath is set in West Virginia, but it really takes place in a land we all know: the country called home.
Mr. Gatling's terrible marvel :
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Soon after its debut at the time of the Civil War, the Gatling gun changed the nature of warfare and the course of world history. Discharging 200 shots per minute with alarming accuracy, the world's first machine gun became vitally important to protecting and expanding America's overseas interests. Its inventor, Richard Gatling, was famous in his own time for creating and improving many industrial designs, from bicycles and steamship propellers to flush toilets, though it was the gun design that would make his name immortal. A man of great business and scientific acumen, Gating used all the resources of the new mass age to promote sales across America and around the world. Ironically, Gatling actually proposed his gun as a way of saving lives, thinking it would decrease the size of armies and, therefore, make it easier to supply soldiers and reduce malnutrition deaths. The scientists who unleashed America's atomic arsenal less than a century later would see it much the same way.
Sorrow Road
From the small towns of Appalachia they came, the young men who joined the fight for liberty in World War II. Now they are elderly, and some of them--like Harmon Strayer, father of prosecutor Bell Elkins's former law school classmate--suffer from Alzheimer's. When Harmon dies in an Alzheimer's care facility from what appear to be natural causes, Bell confronts a mystery that brims with questions about memory, grief and the lethal cost of burying the past. During a winter of record snow and cold, Bell and the people of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, face isolation and hardship--and the threat from a killer who preys upon the old and the sick and the helpless--
Sorrow road /
"From the small towns of Appalachia they came, the young men who joined the fight for liberty in World War II. Now they are elderly, and some of them--like Harmon Strayer, father of prosecutor Bell Elkins's former law school classmate--suffer from Alzheimer's. When Harmon dies in an Alzheimer's care facility from what appear to be natural causes, Bell confronts a mystery that brims with questions about memory, grief and the lethal cost of burying the past. During a winter of record snow and cold, Bell and the people of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, face isolation and hardship--and the threat from a killer who preys upon the old and the sick and the helpless"--
Summer of the dead
High summer in Acker's Gap, West Virginia--but no one's enjoying the rugged natural landscape. Not while a killer stalks the small town and its hard-luck inhabitants. County prosecutor Bell Elkins and Sheriff Nick Fogelsong are stymied by a murderer who seems to come and go like smoke on the mountain. At the same time, Bell must deal with the return from prison of her sister, Shirley--who, like Bell, carries the indelible scars of a savage past. In the third mystery chronicling the journey of Bell Elkins and her return to her Appalachian hometown, we also meet Lindy Crabtree--a coal miner's daughter with dark secrets of her own, secrets that threaten to explode into even more violence. Acker's Gap is a place of loveliness and brutality, of isolation and fierce attachments--a place where the dead rub shoulders with the living, and demand their due.
Summer of the dead /
"High summer in Acker's Gap, West Virginia--but no one's enjoying the rugged natural landscape. Not while a killer stalks the small town and its hard-luck inhabitants. County prosecutor Bell Elkins and Sheriff Nick Fogelsong are stymied by a murderer who seems to come and go like smoke on the mountain. At the same time, Bell must deal with the return from prison of her sister, Shirley--who, like Bell, carries the indelible scars of a savage past. In the third mystery chronicling the journey of Bell Elkins and her return to her Appalachian hometown, we also meet Lindy Crabtree--a coal miner's daughter with dark secrets of her own, secrets that threaten to explode into even more violence. Acker's Gap is a place of loveliness and brutality, of isolation and fierce attachments--a place where the dead rub shoulders with the living, and demand their due"--
The dark Intercept
In a world of endless summer, Violet's emotions are controlled by the state in exchange for the perception of safety, but when she finds out that her crush is hiding information from her, she launches an investigation that leads her question to the state of her existence.
The dark Intercept /
"In a radiant world of endless summer, the Intercept keeps the peace. Violet Crowley, the sixteen-year-old daughter of New Earth's Founding Father, has spent her life in comfort and safety. Her days are easy thanks to the Intercept, a crime-prevention device that monitors emotion. But when her long-time crush, Danny Mayhew, gets into a dangerous altercation on Old Earth, Violet launches a secret investigation to find out what he's hiding. An investigation that will lead her to question everything she's ever known about Danny, her father, and the power of the Intercept."--Jacket flap.


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A discovery by University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) researchers could hold enormous implications for cancer diagnosis and treatment. The research reveals new information about the important role pi-RNA molecules play in cellular function, and how those molecules are impacted by cancer.
In a paper published in Nature Communications, Li Mao, MD, chairman of the Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, and collaborators set out to describe how pi-RNA molecules function in adult cells. RNA (ribonucleic acid), present in all living cells, carries genetic information from DNA to proteins. Pi-RNAs are a recently discovered subset of non-coding RNA, or ncRNA, which cannot be converted into proteins. For years, researchers have known that these short, pi-RNAs play an important role in embryonic cells during human development, but little information existed about the role of pi-RNA in adult cells.
Mao and his collaborators examined healthy adult lung cells and lung cancer cells to see whether pi-RNA exist and how they function in each condition. At the outset of the study, the researchers encountered their first surprising result. Using special technology known as RNA sequencing, they identified 555 pi-RNAs in these lung cells, a much larger number than anticipated, including 295 pi-RNAs that do not currently exist in databases. They also discovered that many of those pi-RNAs presented at different levels, depending on whether the cell was healthy or cancerous. "Our research suggests that, not only do these pi-RNA express in adult cells, they may also be functionally important," Mao says. "These molecules change with different disease statuses, so there is a suggestion that they play a role in the disease processes."
To drill deeper into this discovery, the researchers closely examined one particular pi-RNA, number 163. In cancerous cells, this molecule was expressed at an extremely low level, leading researchers to believe that it had a functional role for the disease. "What surprised us is that pi-RNA 163 turns out to be a molecule that regulates protein function. This is a mechanism that no one expected for this type of molecule," Mao says. "This discovery is totally out of the blue in terms of traditional functionality for pi-RNAs or any short ncRNA."
The researchers found that, due to its function in regulating proteins called ERM (ezrin, radixin and moesin), the tiny pi-RNA 163 may play a role in cancer invasion and metastasis. When pi-RNA 163 is unable to function at its normal level, the proteins it regulates are also unable to operate normally. That irregular protein function likely contributes to the intensity and spread of cancer cells. The discovery holds huge implications for future cancer detection and treatment, Mao says. "Once we understand how these pi-RNAs and the proteins interact, we can block that interaction or we can enhance it, which could impact the cancer cells," says Mao. "If the phenomenon we identified is a general physiology of human cells, the discovery may have a greater impact because pi-RNAs may also play an important role in diseases beyond cancer."
While the research is still in its preliminary phases, Mao is confident this discovery holds a key for future treatments. "From a cancer patient's point of view, this discovery could be another hope; a hope for the future to improve medicine," says Mao. "This research could reveal a way to prevent and treat cancer and other diseases."
The University of Maryland, Baltimore has filed a patent application for the discovery and is seeking partners to further develop the technology toward clinical applications. To learn more about partnering with the University of Maryland for technology development, visit http://umventures.org .


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Healthier lifestyle makes you happier. You will notice the changes in the moment you start living in a healthy way. If you have been consuming coffee few times per day, cut it to 2. This also applies for the snacks. If fruits, proteins shakes, or bars are not snacks in your daily diet, it is better to change that as well. Do you wake up in the afternoon? Do you have 2 main meals instead of 3? And, do you often consume fast food? And fried? This needs to change. If you want fast metabolism, smooth digestion and healthier lifestyle, then these are the habits to be changed. And as soon as possible.
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Q: Is it possible to use JSF to build clean CSS layouts without using tables? I want to look at using JSF but I'm put off by what appears to be the liberal use of html tables for layout by many components.
How do you go about using JSF to develop css-based layouts?

I seem to be labouring under a misaprehension here, but every JSF tutorial I've seen ends up producing table-based HTML layouts. I've also looked at RichFaces and IceFaces demos and there's an awful lot of tables-for-layout there as well.
Does anyone know of a JSF tutorial that develops a CSS based layout? If not, does anybody fancy making one? ;)

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the liberal use of html tables for layout by many components

Many components? There are as far as I know only two which do that "unnecessarily": the <h:selectOneRadio> and <h:selectManyCheckbox>. If you want a table-less group of radiobuttons and checkboxes wherein you have the full control over the generated markup, just use the Tomahawk variant instead, which has an extra layout attribute value of spread. Here's an example of the <t:selectOneRadio> approach:
<t:selectOneRadio id="foo" value="#{bean.foo}" layout="spread">
    <f:selectItems value="#{bean.foos}" />
</t:selectOneRadio>
...
<t:radio for="foo" index="0" />
...
<t:radio for="foo" index="1" />
...
<t:radio for="foo" index="2" />
...

Since JSF 2.2 it's even possible to do it "out the box" with new passthrough elements/attributes feature. Since JSF 2.3 it has even become part of standard component set. See also a.o. <h:selectOneRadio> renders table element, how to avoid this?
For the remainder, you just have the control of the general HTML output fully in your own hands. Just do not use tables for layout at all. I.e. do not use HTML <table> or JSF <h:panelGrid> for layout. Just use HTML <div> elements to display content blocks. Or if you're a JSF-purist, you can use <h:panelGroup layout="block"> to let JSF generate a HTML <div> element.
As to applying CSS, it isn't that hard, every JSF HTML component has a styleClass attribute wherein you can specify CSS classes (which would end up in a HTML class attribute) and style attribute wherein you can specify inline CSS (which would end up in a HTML style attribute).
You can even define global CSS styles and use the ID selectors. Only thing which you need to take care in JSF+CSS is that the JSF-generated HTML element IDs are prepended with the IDs of all parent NamingContainer components (e.g. <h:form>, <h:dataTable>, etc) with a colon : as separator. As the colon is an illegal character in CSS identifiers, you need to escape it using \. So styling the input element of for example
<h:form id="form">
    <h:inputText id="input" ... />

which generates <input type="text" id="form:input" ... /> should be done as
#form\:input {
    background: gray;
}

It's however very rare to select form input elements or table elements by ID. More commonly the classname is to be used (which is more semantic and better reuseable) and this doesn't need to be escaped. The ID are usually used by main layout components only anyway (header, menu, content, footer, title, etc) and they usually don't end up in a JSF NamingContainer.
See also:

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*How to use JSF generated HTML element ID with colon ":" in CSS selectors?

*By default, JSF generates unusable ids, which are incompatible with css part of web standards

*What is the need of JSF, when UI can be achieved from CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery?

*JavaServer Faces 2.2 and HTML5 support, why is XHTML still being used

I seem to be labouring under a misaprehension here, but every JSF tutorial I've seen ends up producing table-based HTML layouts. I've also looked at RichFaces and IceFaces demos and there's an awful lot of tables-for-layout there as well.

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A: It is definitely possible to produce a website built on JSF that does not use tables for layout. I'm not sure why you think JSF relies upon tables? JSF provides the framework for you to develop whatever type of page you want.
Here is another link that may prove useful:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jsf1/index.html