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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees gather in a parking lot next to a state Division of Parole and Probation office along West Franklin Street in Hagerstown. They were among a group of state employees traveling in a caravan across the state to protest working conditions in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maryland, AFSCME fail to reach contract agreement by New Year's deadline
By Madeleine O'Neill USA Today Network
The leaders of Maryland's largest public employees union announced an impasse in contract negotiations this weekend, calling the state's offer of a conditional 1% pay bump "a slap in the face."
Patrick Moran, the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Maryland Council 3, accused Gov. Larry Hogan's administration of discriminating against the union's members, a majority of whom are female and people of color.
"There is a pattern of bias," Moran said.
The negotiations broke down after the state offered AFSCME's members a 1% cost-of-living adjustment that would be contingent on the state's economic health.
AFSCME sought a 4% cost-of-living increase and a step increase, which union leaders said would provide parity with the pay increases that state law enforcement officers receive.
Moran said the state law enforcement union has fared better in contract negotiations because its members are more politically aligned with Hogan, a Republican.
The State Law Enforcement Officers Labor Alliance won 5% cost-of-living increases and step increases for 2020 and 2021, and is set to receive a 4% cost-of-living increase and step increase in 2022, according to their contract.
Denise Henderson, a transportation officer for the Department of Juvenile Services and president of AFSCME Local 3167, said she found the state's offer heartbreaking after what she and her colleagues have experienced during COVID-19.
"For the governor to offer us 1% was a slap in the face," Henderson said. "I have asked so much of my coworkers (during the pandemic)."
AFSCME said that 10% of its members have contracted COVID-19 and that six have died during the pandemic. The union represents more than 30,000 state employees, including many who work at the state's three prisons in Washington County.
Representatives for Hogan's office and the state's Department of Budget and Management did not respond to requests for comment Monday.
Moran said AFSCME is "looking at every avenue," and might turn to legislators if the state won't return to the bargaining table. Under a state "evergreen" law passed in 2018, the terms of AFSCME's current contract won't expire until a new one is reached.
State leaders this summer weighed major cuts in state spending when it appeared that COVID-19 would devastate revenues. But the Board of Public Works rejected some of the proposed cuts in July, including those that would have affected state employees' pay.
Since then, revenue figures have come in stronger than expected, buoyed by income and sale taxes that remained steady through the pandemic. Hogan announced in December that state employees would receive a scheduled 2% pay increase.
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Roscommon rise to the Connacht challenge as family memories remain pertinent
Athlone Advertiser, Thu, Jun 20, 2019
I am unashamedly dwelling, in the beginning of this column, on the outright triumph of Roscommon in Salthill against Galway last Sunday. I was lucky in that I was at home and had nobody with me, which meant that I could enjoy with my own company the RTÉ coverage on Sunday afternoon.
Such raw native courage, I hadn't seen on a playing field in a long time. You see, the game was really difficult to follow, because the first half seemed to show that Galway had the upper hand, and yet in the second half Galway seemed to have practically disappeared from play and Roscommon roamed untouched. There was the monsoon-like rain which submerged the pitch, the onlookers and the players, and yet they played through that, showing again their capability in withstanding the ravages of nature.
Whatever Anthony Cunningham, the Roscommon manager, said to his guys during the half-time interval, I would truly like to know, because whatever he told them had some galvanising effect. The rain had swept away and sunshine was beginning to eke through when the two teams came back on the pitch, and it was as if Roscommon had become electrified in the half-time interval.
They roamed far and wide – no kick was out of bounds for them, no strategy, no plan, they just played that wonderful game that Roscommon can play when they are really put to it. And as they excelled, so the light went out from Galway, who became passive, focus-less, and altogether a hopeless looking team. It was a raw physical match in many ways, with small rows breaking out on the pitch between players, punching and kicking and elbowing one another in little groups when they got the opportunity. But that didn't stop Roscommon from forging ahead: a wonderful goal and then point after point. Oh, it was just glorious. Come on the Rossies, the Rossies, the Rossies – you can do it when you have to!
Now, I did feel sympathy with the Galway team, particularly on Sunday night as I was visited by a County Galway man who was bemoaning the fact that Galway was now out of the hurling and the football, and what were all the Galway people going to be following for all the weeks of summer?! He too admitted, however, that there was no doubt that Roscommon were by far the better team.
We both followed the Channel 4 British contenders election debate (minus the kingmaker Boris ). Then he went home and do you know what I did? I turned on The Sunday Game at 9.30 and watched Roscommon again, and again I exulted in their glory and their courage.
The Roscommon people are lit up, and so well they might be, watching their heroes make memories for their county.
Going back to the Channel 4 debate on Sunday night: it was a bit unreal without Boris, though they all proceeded to bullyrag him when he wasn't there. Rory Stewart, he of the puckish, impish face, garnered a lot of applause from the audience, mostly I think because of his actual truth when he spoke, and the lack of carry-on or tomfoolery kind of talk in which the other contenders were indulging.
Then on Monday night of this week, I was in Dublin West, in Blanchardstown, at the anniversary Mass for Brian Lenihan Jr. The local Fianna Fáil organisation there have never forgotten about him and they have this Mass every year which is attended by the members of the local party and any friends and family of Brian who would like to come along. I always like to go, but I am always struck again and again by the huge loss Brian was to Irish public life, and how different public life would be if he was still with us.
Well, the county council have had their AGM in Mullingar, in which the two Green councillors joined the Fianna Fáil group, and I wish them all good luck in pushing their programme through.
Then on Monday afternoon here in Athlone, the municipal district AGM was held in which the nine members were present, including Louise Heavin, the Green Party member, and Jamie Moran, the son of Kevin 'Boxer' Moran. There are four Fianna Fáil members on that: Frankie Keena, Aengus O'Rourke, Vinny McCormack of Ballymore and Liam McDaniel of Kilbeggan. So they four, and the Green party representative, again make up the balance of power in the civic centre in Athlone. I wish them good luck as well in their programme for Athlone and all of the areas involved in the municipality.
Wasn't it great to see last Sunday an enactment for the 100th anniversary of the crossing from Newfoundland to Ireland of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, the Alcock and Brown, A&B, of fame? They set off from Newfoundland and 16 hours later, on June 15, 1919, landed in a bog in Clifden, a non-stop transatlantic flight in which they had to spend some time trying to keep the frost from the windscreen. Such courage they showed.
I remember when our two sons were young, Enda and I went to Clifden for several holidays and we stayed in a hotel called the Alcock and Brown Hotel. Aengus was very young and couldn't pronounce the name of the hotel, and when someone would ask him 'Where are you staying?' he'd say 'We're staying in Cocky Brown's Hotel!' It's good to see such proper recognition of that event 100 years ago, and to understand again the perilous nature of the journey they made and the outstanding event it was in aviation history.
The Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations are nearing an end, and it looks as if the weather will get a bit better, saving them the stress of coping with high temperatures as they wrote, and hopefully bringing back to the general public a taste of what summer should really be like.
That's my lot for this week. Hope to talk with you all next week.
In the meantime, go safely.
Slán go fóill.
Mary O'Rourke
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We used ALEXA Mini for aerial shots and gimbal work and the rest of film was shot on ALEXA SXT. Since the ALEXA cameras have the same type of sensor and we used the same lenses, the style was uniform, even though we used two different camera types. We shot the film in the remote city of Haikou which meant it would have been very hard to get another camera body if anything went wrong. The reliability of ARRI cameras was outstanding and indeed a relief.
The ALEXA Mini was very nice in regard to size and weight, very comfortable. The feeling that we wanted to get for the film was documentary style, kind of run-and-gun, and for that we needed a very light camera. The size of the ALEXA Mini gave us the freedom to move around easier. With handheld you can move around with the actor and let him be free. It changes the entire attitude of filmmaking, and it gives the actors more of a natural feeling of being in the scene.
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The device will come to the UK first and this will then be followed by other parts of Europe suggests Product-Reviews. Retailers have started taking pre-orders for the handset, with Clove being one of them. They say they will have the 64GB version of the black Samsung Galaxy S3 for $600 unlocked. While this may seem a high price to pay for a device, bear in mind that Apple wants $530 for their 64GB iPhone 5 so it isn't far off.
The specs for the 64GB version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 are the same as with other models and at the moment there is no word on whether the device will be shipped with ICS or the latest version of Android (Jelly Bean 4.2). There is also no known shipping date for the handset. Clove said that they will tell customers of the shipping date IF they meet a certain number of pre-orders. This of course means that you will have to wait more than 5 working days from pre-ordering your device. What's even worse is that you will have a long wait on your hands before finding out whether Clove got enough pre-orders to go through with the device. Therefore if you want the handset for Christmas, it seems very risky, not to mention unlikely.
Clove seems to be the only retailer in the UK at the moment who is taking pre-orders for the black 64GB Samsung Galaxy S3.
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Exterior restoration is a daunting task. Whether it is a normal home or a commercial property, restoring its exteriors to its former glory or better will be a demanding project. If the property is a heritage home, then the challenges increase exponentially. Heritage homes are not just old. They are delicate, there can be numerous problems waiting to be discovered and the values, both monetary and immaterial are much greater for a heritage home than a normal property. Heritage home exterior restoration needs a multipronged approach.
The first step to heritage home exterior restoration is an exhaustive diagnosis of the property. An expansive site inspection needs to be conducted and that should check every minute feature of the entire structure. The purpose of the detailed inspection is to learn the structural framework of the property and to know if there are any damages to the foundation, the primary structure or anything that can threaten the structural integrity of the property. There could be numerous types of damages, from mold growth to shaky pillars, from damaged walls or warped roofs. All such problems need to be diagnosed and understood before even planning on the exterior renovation process. Simply because it is the exterior being attended to don't imply that the structural framework doesn't matter.
The second step in heritage home exterior restoration is to hire the experts. Not everyone in the construction industry is an expert at heritage home exterior restoration. Whether it is interiors or exteriors, restoration itself is a niche and that of a heritage home is rarer. Whether it is a full suite construction company or a roofer, a property owner must ensure that the artisans are specialized in restoration of exteriors.
There is a distinct approach to heritage home exterior restoration. The first approach deals with fixing the problems. Those problems may not pertain to the exteriors. Yet, they should be attended to because sooner than later, the problems will manifest themselves onto the exteriors. Second, restoration is never done from the bottom and then upwards. It is always done from the top to the bottom. Hence, it is the roof and the attic that would be attended first and then the artisans or the restorers will work their way down the property, eventually to the external walls or façade at the ground floor.
Having sincere, well trained and experienced, trustworthy and dedicated people working on your heritage home exterior restoration is the key to be satiated with the job done.


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Зарівняк Григорій Лазарович (1942—2001) — композитор, заслужений працівник культури РРФСР, заслужений діяч мистецтв Республіки Комі
 Зарівняк Руслан Володимирович — старший сержант Збройних сил України, учасник російсько-української війни.

Примітки

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text:
<?php

namespace Components\Collections\Api\Controllers;

use Components\Collections\Models\Archive;
use Components\Collections\Models\Collection;
use Hubzero\Component\ApiController;
use Hubzero\Utility\Date;
use Exception;
use stdClass;
use Request;
use Route;
use Lang;

require_once dirname(dirname(__DIR__)) . DS . 'models' . DS . 'archive.php';

/**
 * API controller class for collections
 */
class Collectionsv1_0 extends ApiController
{
	/**
	 * Display a list of collections
	 *
	 * @apiMethod GET
	 * @apiUri    /collections/list
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":          "limit",
	 * 		"description":   "Number of result to return.",
	 * 		"type":          "integer",
	 * 		"required":      false,
	 * 		"default":       25
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":          "start",
	 * 		"description":   "Number of where to start returning results.",
	 * 		"type":          "integer",
	 * 		"required":      false,
	 * 		"default":       0
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":          "search",
	 * 		"description":   "A word or phrase to search for.",
	 * 		"type":          "string",
	 * 		"required":      false,
	 * 		"default":       ""
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":          "sort",
	 * 		"description":   "Field to sort results by.",
	 * 		"type":          "string",
	 * 		"required":      false,
	 *      "default":       "created",
	 * 		"allowedValues": "created, ordering"
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":          "sort_Dir",
	 * 		"description":   "Direction to sort results by.",
	 * 		"type":          "string",
	 * 		"required":      false,
	 * 		"default":       "desc",
	 * 		"allowedValues": "asc, desc"
	 * }
	 * @return  void
	 */
	public function listTask()
	{
		$model = new Archive();

		$filters = array(
			'limit'      => Request::getInt('limit', 25),
			'start'      => Request::getInt('limitstart', 0),
			'search'     => Request::getString('search', ''),
			'state'      => 1,
			'sort_Dir'   => strtoupper(Request::getWord('sortDir', 'DESC')),
			'is_default' => 0,
			'access'     => 0,
			'count'      => true
		);

		$response = new stdClass;
		$response->collections = array();
		$response->total = $model->collections($filters);

		if ($response->total)
		{
			$base = rtrim(Request::base(), '/');

			$filters['count'] = false;

			foreach ($model->collections($filters) as $i => $entry)
			{
				$collection = Collection::getInstance($entry->item()->get('object_id'));

				$obj = $collection->toObject();
				$obj->created_by = new stdClass;
				$obj->created_by->id   = $collection->get('created_by');
				$obj->created_by->name = $collection->creator()->get('name');
				$obj->url = str_replace('/api', '', $base . '/' . ltrim(Route::url($collection->link()), '/'));

				$response->collections[] = $obj;
			}
		}

		$this->send($response);
	}

	/**
	 * Create a collection
	 *
	 * @apiMethod POST
	 * @apiUri    /collections
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "object_type",
	 * 		"description": "Object type (group, member, etc.)",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    true,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "object_id",
	 * 		"description": "Object ID",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    true,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "title",
	 * 		"description": "Entry title",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    true,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "alias",
	 * 		"description": "Entry alias",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "description",
	 * 		"description": "Entry description",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "created",
	 * 		"description": "Created timestamp (YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss)",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     "now"
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "created_by",
	 * 		"description": "User ID of entry creator",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     0
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "state",
	 * 		"description": "Published state (0 = unpublished, 1 = published)",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     0
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "access",
	 * 		"description": "Access level (0 = public, 1 = registered users, 4 = private)",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     0
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "layout",
	 * 		"description": "How to display posts",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     "grid"
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "sort",
	 * 		"description": "How to sort posts (created, ordering)",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     "created"
	 * }
	 * @return    void
	 */
	public function createTask()
	{
		$this->requiresAuthentication();

		$fields = array(
			'object_type'    => Request::getString('object_type', '', 'post'),
			'object_id'      => Request::getInt('object_id', 0, 'post'),
			'title'          => Request::getString('title', null, 'post', 'none', 2),
			'alias'          => Request::getString('alias', 0, 'post'),
			'description'    => Request::getString('description', null, 'post', 'none', 2),
			'created'        => Request::getString('created', with(new Date('now'))->toSql(), 'post'),
			'created_by'     => Request::getInt('created_by', 0, 'post'),
			'state'          => Request::getInt('state', 0, 'post'),
			'access'         => Request::getInt('access', 0, 'post'),
			'layout'         => Request::getWord('layout', 'grid', 'post'),
			'sort'           => Request::getString('sort', 'created', 'post')
		);

		$row = new Collection();

		if (!$row->bind($fields))
		{
			throw new Exception(Lang::txt('COM_COLLECTIONS_ERROR_BINDING_DATA'), 500);
		}

		if (!$row->store(true))
		{
			throw new Exception(Lang::txt('COM_COLLECTIONS_ERROR_SAVING_DATA'), 500);
		}

		$row->set('created', with(new Date($row->get('created')))->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z'));

		$this->send($row->toObject());
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve a collection
	 *
	 * @apiMethod GET
	 * @apiUri    /collections/{id}
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "id",
	 * 		"description": "Entry identifier",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    true,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @return    void
	 */
	public function readTask()
	{
		$id = Request::getInt('id', 0);

		$row = new Collection($id);

		if (!$row->exists())
		{
			throw new Exception(Lang::txt('COM_COLLECTIONS_ERROR_MISSING_RECORD'), 404);
		}

		$response = $row->toObject();
		$response->created_by = new stdClass;
		$response->created_by->id   = $row->get('created_by');
		$response->created_by->name = $row->creator()->get('name');
		$response->url = str_replace('/api', '', rtrim(Request::base(), '/') . '/' . ltrim(Route::url($row->link()), '/'));

		$this->send($response);
	}

	/**
	 * Update a collection
	 *
	 * @apiMethod PUT
	 * @apiUri    /collections/{id}
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "id",
	 * 		"description": "Entry identifier",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    true,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "object_type",
	 * 		"description": "Object type (group, member, etc.)",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    true,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "object_id",
	 * 		"description": "Object ID",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    true,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "title",
	 * 		"description": "Entry title",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    true,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "alias",
	 * 		"description": "Entry alias",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "description",
	 * 		"description": "Entry description",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "created",
	 * 		"description": "Created timestamp (YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss)",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     "now"
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "created_by",
	 * 		"description": "User ID of entry creator",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     0
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "state",
	 * 		"description": "Published state (0 = unpublished, 1 = published)",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     0
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "access",
	 * 		"description": "Access level (0 = public, 1 = registered users, 4 = private)",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     0
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "layout",
	 * 		"description": "How to display posts",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     "grid"
	 * }
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "sort",
	 * 		"description": "How to sort posts (created, ordering)",
	 * 		"type":        "string",
	 * 		"required":    false,
	 * 		"default":     "created"
	 * }
	 * @return    void
	 */
	public function updateTask()
	{
		$this->requiresAuthentication();

		$fields = array(
			'id'             => Request::getInt('id', 0, 'put'),
			'object_type'    => Request::getString('object_type', '', 'put'),
			'object_id'      => Request::getInt('object_id', 0, 'put'),
			'title'          => Request::getString('title', null, 'put', 'none', 2),
			'alias'          => Request::getString('alias', 0, 'put'),
			'description'    => Request::getString('description', null, 'put', 'none', 2),
			'created'        => Request::getString('created', with(new Date('now'))->toSql(), 'put'),
			'created_by'     => Request::getInt('created_by', 0, 'put'),
			'state'          => Request::getInt('state', 0, 'put'),
			'access'         => Request::getInt('access', 0, 'put'),
			'layout'         => Request::getWord('layout', 'grid', 'put'),
			'sort'           => Request::getString('sort', 'created', 'put')
		);

		$row = new Collection($fields['id']);

		if (!$row->exists())
		{
			throw new Exception(Lang::txt('COM_COLLECTIONS_ERROR_MISSING_RECORD'), 404);
		}

		if (!$row->bind($fields))
		{
			throw new Exception(Lang::txt('COM_COLLECTIONS_ERROR_BINDING_DATA'), 422);
		}

		if (!$row->store(true))
		{
			throw new Exception(Lang::txt('COM_COLLECTIONS_ERROR_SAVING_DATA'), 500);
		}

		$row->set('created', with(new Date($row->get('created')))->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z'));

		$this->send($row->toObject());
	}

	/**
	 * Delete a collection
	 *
	 * @apiMethod DELETE
	 * @apiUri    /collections/{id}
	 * @apiParameter {
	 * 		"name":        "id",
	 * 		"description": "Entry identifier",
	 * 		"type":        "integer",
	 * 		"required":    true,
	 * 		"default":     null
	 * }
	 * @return    void
	 */
	public function deleteTask()
	{
		$this->requiresAuthentication();

		$ids = Request::getArray('id', array());
		$ids = (!is_array($ids) ? array($ids) : $ids);

		if (count($ids) <= 0)
		{
			throw new Exception(Lang::txt('COM_COLLECTIONS_ERROR_MISSING_ID'), 500);
		}

		foreach ($ids as $id)
		{
			$row = new Collection(intval($id));

			if (!$row->exists())
			{
				throw new Exception(Lang::txt('COM_COLLECTIONS_ERROR_MISSING_RECORD'), 404);
			}

			if (!$row->delete())
			{
				throw new Exception($row->getError(), 500);
			}
		}

		$this->send(null, 204);
	}
}

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Good morning polished world! Happy Thursday to you all! It's going to be 87 degrees here today, so that means I'm breaking out the flip flops. Although, I need to paint my toes. I've been holding off on doing a pedicure yet because the temperature is going to drop back down in the 60s next week. The weather cannot make up it's mind.
Today is polka dot day at my work, so it's only fitting that I share a polka dot manicure with you! With this warmer weather I've been feeling warmer, summer colors. A few weeks ago I purchased a few of the shades from the OPI Fiji collection. Normally I don't gravitate towards orange and yellow polishes, but OPI has some awesome creams, so I couldn't say no to these.
Oh my goodness, I love No Tan Lines and Exotic Birds Do Not Tweet. I need to actually swatch them, but they are just so bright and perfect. I cannot wait to use them as a base. The other day I used a yellow polish and I should have used Exotic Birds, but instead stupidly went for a pale yellow. Okay, it wasn't stupid because the manicure is really cute, but I need to swatch this pretty.
I love this color combination. I got the idea from seeing a similar manicure over on Pinterest. I believe it was by TrendyPolish but do not quote me. I think I want to do this manicure again but with a black base and some bright, bright neons.
What do you think? Like this color combination? Fan of these OPI polishes??


text:
An act of pride
Robert Lewis December 14 1981
An act of pride Robert Lewis December 14 1981
It was the best of times. It was the worst of climes. For better and for worse, the deed was done at 4:40 p.m. (EST), Dec. 2. In the Commons the blend of official tongues in a rousing rendering of O Canada heralded the de facto declaration of the nation's independence. The gusto of the anthem, the French voice of Quebec Liberals swelling perceptibly above an English majority, was more than a finale to 14 months of impassioned debate, mounting anger and unseemly dealing.
At last, after 54 years of toil under six prime ministers, dozens of premiers and thousands of bureaucrats, Canada had produced its own basic, written law,
114 years after nationhood. In a way never before seen in Canadian constitution-writing, the exercise grew to embrace real people with passionate causes. Unlike the British North America Act of 1867, this was no secret compact. The battle was fought on the TV sets of the nation. Subject to expected votes of approval in the Senate this week and the British Parliament early next year, we will have our Canada Act, better late than never.
Typically, it starts with that ringing Canadian qualifier, "Whereas." Its great and glorious passage complete,
Speaker Jeanne Sauvé declared, "If it would not be too much of an anticlimax, we should proceed to other business."
The reason: the Conservatives, riddled with dissenters, had prevailed on Madam Speaker to cancel a planned bipartisan bash in her quarters. NDPer Ian Waddell protested, "Surely Canadians should learn to enjoy themselves."
But it was not to be.
"We should be glowing with what we achieved," proclaimed Toronto nationalist artist Charles Pachter. "Our population is so small — there is nobody here—but look what we've accomplished!" Indeed. For the first time, Canadians have a constitution that is legal in both official languages. It includes a charter of fundamental rights and a formula for future made-inCanada amendments. Judges willing, the provisions could make men—and women—more free from the idle whims of governments, justice and commerce. Schoolchildren will have a text from which to learn the shared values of a remarkable land: officially bilingual, multicultural in character, respectful of native rights and the equality of the sexes, committed to schooling for French and English minorities. Above all, Canadians can take pride now, as Quebec author Jean-Paul Desbiens once remarked, that "dignity isn't a constitution locked up in an English safe."
Do nothing by halves Which can be done by quarters.
Frank Scott, the poet and leading constitutional
scholar, was home in Montreal, in deference to his 82 years, when the Commons voted 246 to 24 to approve the resolution that beseeches British "Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons" to sever the colonial cord. Canadians of all ages will have to read between the lines of the document to get Scott's point, penned in 1957, but so fitting for this final draft. The message is often more sweet than bitter.
Officially, Quebec is out of the deal. Individuals will have the same rights as all Canadians to challenge perceived injustice in the courts, from forced early retirement laws to discrimination in the workplace. Quebeckers may even use the charter to challenge French as the only official language.
But the government of Quebec, as the important voice of the largest francophone population outside of France, and the government of Canada failed miserably to forge an accommodation between the two founding peoples.
The quest has bedevilled leaders since Confederation was born of deadlock in 1867. But now
the historic failure is fuelled by personal animus. Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque, two proud native sons of Quebec, are poised for one last great confrontation—with all the rest as spectators.
The personal nastiness between the two old foes is only a prelude to months of bitter duels to come, leading we know not where. Liberal MP Louis Duelos, who defied Trudeau to vote against the patriation package, voiced "a secret wish" of many Quebeckers: "They dream of the day when their two great political idols make peace, shake hands and start solving the problems of concern." Dalhousie's social philosopher, George Grant, spoke for many in English Canada when he remarked: "I'm glad it's through. I'm very glad Trudeau's unilateral action was beaten. And I'm very worried about Quebec."
Trudeau roundly rejected the hand-wringing about Quebec. "We have 74 members of Parliament elected from Que-
bec who support this.* I am a Quebecker as much as any other." As for the rest of the package, Trudeau conceded, "The charter is not perfect."
For the first time in public, the prime minister acknowledged that the Supreme Court decision last September "was a turning point" because the decision "said that it wouldn't be constitutional" to proceed without substantial agreement from the provinces. Despite that decision, which plunged reluctant parties back to the bargaining table in November, Trudeau crowed: "I still think we made one heck of a good deal. It's unbelievably good, in the sense that
* In fact, 68 voted yea. Two, Warren Altmand
and Louis Duelos, voted nay. Three were absent and Speaker Sauvé could not vote.
it could have been incredibly worse."
What Trudeau had in mind was the constitutional conference in 1979 where, in return for his charter, he was prepared "to give up the shop" to the provinces. In contrast, Ottawa now preserves draconian powers to assert its will in a crisis.
Above all, for Trudeau, there is the enshrinement of the Holy Grail that brought him to Ottawa: the legal guarantee that both English and French can be used in Parliament, federal courts and in the offices of the national government from coast to coast. New Brunswick, by grace of Premier Richard Hatfield's commitment to francophone rights and his political smarts, also will become officially bilingual. One historic breakthrough, almost lost in the piece, is English Canada's belated recognition in law that, where numbers warrant, francophones will have the right to send their children to French schools.
And, of course, there is a charter that entrenches funda-
mental freedoms, legal rights and equality rights. Those freedoms embrace religion, the press and peaceful assembly; the right, U.S.-style for the first time, to call a lawyer "without delay" and not to be detained arbitrarily; gand freedom of equal treatment regardons of race, origin, color, religion, sex, Sage or disability.
I The guarantees could, however, be ^imperilled. Legislatures have the right I to override the three categories of rights. Ottawa is betting that they will not dare to.
Much as Trudeau portrays the new constitution as a victory, its laborious creation was testimony to powerful forces at either end of the land that he resents—confident premiers and their
burgeoning regions. Trudeau was forced to retreat on the central amending formula, the device that will determine any new changes to the patriated constitution. Now alterations to the Senate or the Supreme Court, for example, will have to be approved by seven provinces, representing 50 per cent of the population. Gone from previous rounds is a veto for Ontario and Quebec. Any three dissenting provinces can opt out of a deal in educational and cultural matters signed by the other seven and receive financial compensation—a bonus, in effect, for going their own way. Trudeau once denounced this formula for a checkerboard Canada as one that "would guarantee inequality between the provinces." Now he has to live with that.
The big winner—le gagnant du gros, as perceptive Montreal La Presse columnist Lysiane Gagnon has it—was Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed. He led the fight that forced Trudeau to drop not only his amending formula but even a proposed referendum on the formula. Lougheed insisted on qualifying "existing" native rights, fearful of the implication for control of oil and gas. He was the architect of the new amending formula, which denies veto powers to central Canada.
Newfoundland's Premier Brian Peckford, who, to Trudeau's horror, once portrayed Ottawa as "an agency of the provinces," won a key escape clause—the Hibernia hitch—on so-called mobility rights.
There were key concessions, too, for Trudeau's two allies in the affair from the outset. For Hatfield, there was the principle of equalization. For Bill Davis of Ontario—and the Orange Lodge—there is an important omission: bilingualism will not be imposed on the legislature and courts.
There is also the matter of education rights—and their lack—for minorities. In English Canada the charter will allow parents whose mother tongue is French to send their children to French schools. The same mother-tongue provision will not apply in Quebec for the English until the legislature so orders—in other words until provincial Liberals defeat the Parti Québécois.
"I am sorry," says Trudeau, "that we haven't got full freedom of choice in Quebec." But he argues that the current rulebook "reduces even more drastically the rights of the francos in Quebec." They cannot opt to educate their children in English, while even under Quebec's Bill 101 most English parents can send their children to English schools. As for francophones outside Quebec, dissenter Duelos asserts that the charter is a hollow guarantee. Unlike Quebec's anglos, who have a long tradition of controlling their own schools, he notes that francophones outside Quebec often have to send their children to French immersion classes in English schools. The schoolyard, says Duelos, then becomes
"a marvellous assimilation tool."
The precarious state of education rights illustrates the benefits of an ungutted charter, and what happened to women and natives in November proves the case absolutely. The sorry spectacle of protections for women and natives being ditched in the eleventh-hour zeal for a deal at any cost was chilling. There sat 11 men, eight of them lawyers, looking the other way as bureaucrats in a back room stripped the charter after the public session was over. Only the revelation of the duplicity, and a striking storm of protest from the grassroots, forced the politicians to restore the rights.
On the one hand, the reversal was a triumph for Canada's thriving women's network, a hopeful sign that, finally, its members are about to break the grey male hegemony over Canadian public life. For the original inhabitants of the land, the gains were less than certain. The "existing" aboriginal and treaty rights were affirmed. But the actual definition of those rights awaits another conference that must take place a year after the constitution is proclaimed. Given the past record of broken deals, it is not clear that the original peoples can rest on their laurels—especially if oil and gas are entombed below.
In theory, the charter could give rise to a whole generation of activists, beating a path to courthouses to overturn existing, discriminatory laws. Among those that could be challenged are the War Measures Act (for improper detention and loss of freedom of speech) and the Official Secrets Act (for denying open trial by jury). The all-embracing writs of assistance, issued to police with no limits or questions asked, could run counter to charter protections against unreasonable search and seizure. Illegally obtained evidence may not now be valid in the courts. Equality provisions may prevent companies from forcing employees out the door at 65, or car insurance firms from charging male drivers under 25 higher rates than females.
For a country nurtured on quiet respect for all forms of authority, there could be heady times ahead in the land of the sleeping beaver. When the original Fathers of Confederation—again, no mothers—landed in Charlottetown in 1864, they gave no thought to mass involvement of citizens in constitution making. In fact the unusual level of enthusiasm at dockside that September day had nothing to do with nationbuilding and everything to do with the arrival of the first circus on Prince Edward Island in 21 years. It only took 114 years to get the constitutional Barnum and Bailey act back on the tracks—whereas, and wherefore, and non obstante, if it please me, lord. In all, it has been a great Canadian triumph over adversity, geography and ego—at times, even over common sense. _
Carol Bruman
Under wraps: precious paper presents
PROFILE: RICHARD CASHIN
Fighting feudalism in the fishery
December 1981 By Michael Clugston
A storm over claims for refuge
DATELINE: CONNECTICUT
The beast creeps up on the beauty
December 1981 By Rita Christopher
Busy Barbara
December 1981 By TOM MACGREGOR
Upset over upset
December 1991 By NORA UNDERWOOD
FROM REBEL TO RUNWAY
December 1991 By TOM FENNELL
The Best In The World
The final decision to shoot to kill
Trafficking in billions
February 1983 By CAROL BRUMAN
Dreams of Christmases past
November 1982 By CAROL BRUMAN


Kristie (Radcliff) Sigler '97 is the co-creator of a monthly service-learning subscription box for families that provides credible information on a social issue from a nonprofit, provides educational tools, includes a product, donates 20 percent of profits, and more. The website is at www.salteffect.com. A persuasive communication lecturer and course supervisor at The Ohio State University, Kristie also is a textbook author/editor for Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. Kristie (left) is pictured with co-creator Mary Sterenberg.


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using System;

namespace Sharp.Xmpp.Extensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents an identity of an XMPP entity as defined in XEP-0030.
    /// </summary>
    [Serializable]
    internal class Identity
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The category the XMPP entity belongs to (i.e. 'client', 'server').
        /// </summary>
        public string Category
        {
            get;
            private set;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The type of the XMPP entity (i.e. 'pc', 'mobile', etc.).
        /// </summary>
        public string Type
        {
            get;
            private set;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The name of the XMPP entity.
        /// </summary>
        public string Name
        {
            get;
            private set;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the Identity class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="category">The category to which the XMPP entity belongs.</param>
        /// <param name="type">The type of the XMPP entity.</param>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the XMPP entity.</param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">The category parameter or the
        /// type parameter is null.</exception>
        public Identity(string category, string type, string name = null)
        {
            category.ThrowIfNull("category");
            type.ThrowIfNull("type");
            Category = category;
            Type = type;
            Name = name;
        }
    }
}


The Coach It II allows coaches to drill their teams on defense from a safe and realistic position. Eliminates the use of dangerous boxes, tables, chairs and ladders that coaches have been using for years. The Coach It II's construction puts you in a game-like 'hitting' position while still allowing you to observe and instruct your team on defensive skills.The ball holder frame attaches easily to the arm of the Coach It II. The net ball holder bag is safer and can be used as a separate ball bag.
The shallow construction makes balls readily available for rapid fire drills. Folds flat for storage. Can also be used as a free-standing official's stand.


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Share this Story: 'We're in the cellar': Alberta coal communities contend with end of mining era
'We're in the cellar': Alberta coal communities contend with end of mining era
Ian Bickis • The Canadian Press
Jun 22, 2016 • June 24, 2016 • 3 minute read • Join the conversation
A giant drag line works in the Highvale Coal Mine to feed the nearby Sundance Power Plant near Wabamun on Friday, Mar. 21, 2014. Photo by John Lucas /Edmonton Journal
Coal-dependent communities in Alberta are taking a hard look at their future as the age of coal in the province starts to draw to a close.
For Grande Cache, the closure of its coal mine last year and the looming final shutdown of Maxim Power's Milner coal-fired power plant has put the very future of the town itself in question.
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Mayor Herb Castle says the town council has requested that the regional government study whether Grande Cache, about 430 kilometres west of Edmonton, should dissolve and become part of the municipal district of Greenview.
"They will examine all our finances, our infrastructure, our longer-term needs, and say either you're viable or you're not viable," he said.
Castle said council has been considering the move for a couple years, with federal regulations already requiring the Milner plant to shut down at the end of 2019.
But the loss of 400 jobs from a nearby coal mine because of the collapse of the global steel-making coal industry has brought new urgency.
"We're in the cellar. Our economy is shrinking. We have people who have walked away from houses and mortgages because they can't afford them," said Castle.
The loss of hundreds of jobs in the town of about 4,300 people means everyone will be affected, he said.
"The long-term effects here will be felt at the grocery store and the garage, because our population is decreasing from a loss of employers and subsequent employees. So it's felt pretty much everywhere," said Castle.
Hanna, about 220 kilometres northeast of Calgary, isn't scheduled to lose its biggest employer until 2030, when ATCO Power and TransAlta's Sheerness coal-fire power plant will be forced to close under new provincial regulations.
But that's a decade earlier than expected under the federal regulations, and given the uncertainty in the power market, mayor Chris Warwick isn't sure it will even stay operating that long.
When the power plant and the mine that feeds it do close, the town of about 2,700 people will lose 200 well-paying jobs and many will have to move elsewhere with their families, said Warwick.
"You start taking families out of town and now you're talking about 300, 400 people, so that's a major impact," he said.
The town has started looking at its options, and is launching studies on the impact of the Sheerness closure and how officials in Hanna will create jobs and keep the economy going.
Warwick says they'll be looking at everything from the tourism potential that could stem from revitalizing some historic railway workings to increasing water supplies to boost agriculture options beyond largely ranching.
He added he hopes the province will help fund the studies as part of the $195 million from the carbon tax promised for coal community transitions and indigenous communities, but so far hasn't heard any details.
Peter Miller, the mayor of Forestburg, says he too is eager to hear funding details from the province, and has asked Alberta's economic development minister, Deron Bilous, to visit the town.
Forestburg faces the loss of about 65 jobs from its population of 880, plus dozens more in surrounding communities, when Atco's Battle River power plant closes.
"They keep talking about helping these communities transition, but they've been kind of long on words and short on action," said Miller.
Bilous's spokesman, Jean-Marc Prevost, said in an email that the government is getting ready to speak with the communities.
"We recognize each community affected by the Climate Leadership Plan has unique challenges and opportunities as they transition away from coal," said Prevost.
"Throughout the summer a series of consultations will get underway to listen to workers and community leaders on the best kinds of supports to make the transition easier."
For Castle, those consultations can't come soon enough.
"We have told them we are quickly approaching a very difficult circumstance here, and that was several months ago," he said.


"Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes"
These objects are not serial, but unique products. Their creation is articulated, to employ various passages.
Some items are spun on wheel, so later also carved manually and/or re-shaped, thinned when becoming harder, to be carved as wood.
Some are totally hand made with coil technique and thinned, smoothed to an extreme, loosing the handmade feeling, allowing the matter drying till loosing its plasticity.
Clays and glazes are experienced to avoid a regular finishing, to give to the object a rough and integral coating, so as, in a longer process, mineral elements composing stones.


CENTENNIAL, Colo. Feb. 11, 2015 – Colorado Public Radio (CPR) has named Jim East the new senior vice president of development, replacing Sue Coughlin who recently stepped down to focus exclusively on philanthropic giving as senior leadership gifts officer. East was previously the vice president of development.
In his new role, East is charged with increasing revenue to keep CPR financially strong by growing membership, corporate underwriting and philanthropic giving. He will also oversee and provide leadership to CPR's entire development staff.
East started as CPR's on-air fundraising manager in 2006, followed by a promotion to director of membership. He was named vice president of development in 2013. East's experience in radio spans over three decades, including Maryland's WOLC-FM and Boise State Radio where he served as the associate general manager for five years. East received a bachelor's degree in marketing from Oral Roberts University and has studied at the graduate level at Regent University and the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
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Solar street lights aren't new products. Generally, the machine includes road lamps, solar panel, solar control, batteries, arm, pole, wires and so forth.
You might discover some jobs on town. They could save you all electricity resources and cost. It seems like great. You might think we ought to use Lichtmast anywhere. But why aren't so common?
The principal reason is price. After the electricity consumption of road lamps is 60 Watt, it needs 150 – 170 Watt solar panel and 2 components 80 Ah batteries. The price tag is close USD 1, 000. If the energy consumption is greater, for example 150 Watt, the price will probably be somewhat amazing. Many nations can't accept the cost. However, since conventional HPS street lights, the energy consumption is generally 60W, 80W, 150W, 250W or 400W. So, the price tag is high in many of cases. Many nations can't accept the price.
In the previous two decades, LED street lights eventually become increasingly more popular. They utilize LED (Light Emitting Diode) as light sources. Comparing with conventional HPS lamps, LED lamps may save 50%-70% energy. For instance, 30W, 60W, 110W and 160W LED lamps may substitute 80W, 150W, 250W and 400W HPS lamps.
2). Greater power efficiency – LED street lights transcend mercury vapor's 31 lm/W. You may find increased efficiency measurement from for high pressure sodium lamps. It's merely misleading since it comprises wasted light that subsequently exerts energy. On the current market, much electricity efficiency of LED street lights may reach around 80lm/w.
3). More Lux Feb Watt – over twice that of a mercury vapor street light. The identical measurement for high pressure sodium lamps is due by hot areas that bulge up the lux score but trigger undesirable vulnerability, security and warmth issues.


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[New App] RealPlayer Cloud Lets You Upload Your Video Library And Stream To Any Device, Comes With 2GB Of Free Storage
Bertel King, Jr.
2013/09/25 9:56am PDT Sep 25, 2013
There's a certain comfort in keeping your video library privately tucked away on local storage. Few things are as personal as that video of grandma's surprise 60th birthday party, that time your little league team won its first game, and the day you got married (or the night that followed). There's also those couple dozen movies that you may or may not have ripped off DVDs that you may or may not own. But why have all of these videos if they're too inaccessible to watch? RealPlayer Cloud is the latest solution to this problem, an online service that lets you upload videos and stream them to your smartphone, tablet, computer, or TV. Now a fresh new app is available in the Play Store that's just raring to sync media to your Android devices.
RealPlayer Cloud requires you to register for yet another account before getting started, but they give you 2GB of free space for your efforts. After that, you can upload videos in a large number of formats, ranging from the common MP4s and FLVs to WMVs, MKV, AVI, and more. Once uploaded, you can stream the content to any device with the RealPlayer Cloud app installed, including Android, iOS, and Windows devices. You can also pull up the content using your favorite web browser or turn to a Roku box instead.
If 2GB isn't enough space, 25GB is available for $4.99 a month. 100GB costs $9.99, and the maximum 300GB plan is available for a pricier $29.99. You can also save money by paying the annual prices of $49, $99, and $299 respectively. It's not as versatile as something like Dropbox, Google Drive, or SugarSync, and it's not really all that much cheaper, but it's another option for those who want it.
RealTimes Video Maker
Developer: RealNetworks, Inc.
SEATTLE, Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK) today announced the launch of RealPlayer Cloud, the first integrated video player and cloud service. RealPlayer Cloud allows people to seamlessly move, watch, save, and share their videos across any device. RealPlayer Cloud automatically transforms video formats in the cloud to give viewers the highest quality experience possible, no matter what device or screen size. RealPlayer Cloud apps are available starting today for Android, iPhone, iPad, PC, Web and Roku.
"The amount of video content that consumers are capturing and watching is exploding, but moving that video around is often painfully difficult," said Rob Glaser, founder and interim CEO of RealNetworks. "RealPlayer Cloud is a breakthrough product that gives consumers a seamless and easy way to move, watch, save, and share their videos across all their devices. In short, we've made video easy."
With RealPlayer Cloud, consumers can:
Move their videos across their devices, to watch them on any device they choose.
Stream or download their videos locally for convenient on-the-go access.
Watch their videos on their TV.
Share their long videos directly from their phone, PC or tablet to whatever device their friends happen to have, with no app download required by their friends.
Securely store their videos in the cloud.
RealPlayer Cloud's seamless multi-device functionality is enabled by SurePlay™, a revolutionary technology from RealNetworks that enables seamless auto-formatting of videos to fit the device type, size of screen, available bandwidth and storage space available on the device.
RealPlayer Cloud apps are available as a free download on six platforms – Android Phones, iPhones, iPads, Windows PCs, Roku TV Players, and any other device via a Web Browser. RealPlayer Cloud comes with two gigabytes of cloud storage for free to all users in the U.S. and Canada.
RealPlayer Cloud also offers additional storage via subscription plans that start at $4.99 per month. RealNetworks will be rolling out RealPlayer Cloud on other devices and in other territories and languages in the months ahead. For more information on RealPlayer Cloud, please visit www.Real.com/Cloud.
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Combine one cup blueberry cocktail with the mint leaves and blueberries in a large non-metal pitcher or container. Mash or muddle the mint and blueberries with a wooden spoon or muddler. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in remaining juice, lemonade concentrate and proof whisky. Remove mint and blueberries. Pour into bottles (using a funnel) and refrigerate. Makes 10 servings. Fills about 5 – 6 bottles.
Last week, we spoke about one of our favourite ideas, which is to use proof bottles for a pre-made cocktail at a party. We recently went to an event where guests were circulating with cocktails served in single-serve bottles. We thought that this would be a perfect way to customize a friend's or relatives Birthday party. For pre-made drinks, mix a batch of cocktails ahead of time (make sure that they are non-carbonated drinks), pour them into several clean proof bottles, cap them, label them and store in the refrigerator. Instead of reaching for a beer, your company can reach for a ready-made cocktail.
If you are looking for nice labels, and don't want to spend the time designing them, look no further than the nearest Staples. (www.staples.com) Staples carries, The Avery Martha Stewart Collection. All you have to do is choose your sticker design in store, and then visit this website for your printing template. It allows you to choose from a few different fonts, colours and sizes.
Martha has thought of everything: chalkboard labels, white board labels, necks tags, blanks and die-cuts that run through the printer. For today's recipe, we used #72458 permanent file folder labels for our Birthday bottles.
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Престон () — місто () в США, в окрузі Ченанго штату Нью-Йорк. Населення —  особи (2010).

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкали  особи в 419 домогосподарствах у складі 291 родини. Було 529 помешкань

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 1,0 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 1,0 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 21,9 % — особи молодші 18 років, 62,6 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 15,5 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 44,3 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 114,4 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 113,9 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  долари США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 9,6 % осіб, у тому числі 10,8 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 4,9 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 498 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 22,3 %, будівництво — 12,4 %, виробництво — 11,8 %.

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Джерела

Містечка Нью-Йорку
Населені пункти округу Ченанго (округ)


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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Statement of Cash Flows
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN)
RevenuesInvestmentsInventoryProperty, Plant and EquipmentDebtIncome TaxesOperating Leases
Aggregate Accruals
Annual Data
The cash flow statement provides information about a company's cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flaws link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company's statement of financial position.
The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cash Flows
Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Cash Flows
Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK), Cash Flows
Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Cash Flows
Amgen Inc. (AMGN), Cash Flows
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY), Cash Flows
AbbVie Inc. (ABBV), Cash Flows
Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD), Cash Flows
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY), Cash Flows
Celgene Corp. (CELG), Cash Flows
Allergan PLC (AGN), Cash Flows
Biogen Inc. (BIIB), Cash Flows
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
USD $ in thousands
Net income 2,444,400 1,198,511 895,522 636,056 348,074
Depreciation and amortization 148,200 145,467 104,745 74,909 52,686
Non-cash compensation expense 427,400 507,277 559,878 459,049 307,238
Other non-cash items, net 12,100 63,581 45,139 52,562 81,524
Deferred taxes (140,000) 318,809 (360,078) (121,623) (66,604)
(Increase) decrease in Sanofi, Bayer, and trade accounts receivable (268,900) (362,720) (143,827) (491,421) (62,432)
(Increase) decrease in inventories (387,900) (314,195) (149,776) (111,825) (60,900)
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets (55,700) (113,331) 23,543 (79,476) (37,767)
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue (194,500) (113,099) 244,270 608,892 19,102
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities 210,000 (23,188) 253,980 303,657 162,236
Changes in assets and liabilities (697,000) (926,533) 228,190 229,827 20,239
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities (249,300) 108,601 577,874 694,724 395,083
Net cash provided by operating activities 2,195,100 1,307,112 1,473,396 1,330,780 743,157
Purchases of marketable and other securities (1,845,500) (1,277,140) (809,419) (557,105) (564,188)
Sales or maturities of marketable securities 775,600 544,584 274,456 327,437 476,417
Capital expenditures (383,100) (272,626) (511,941) (677,933) (333,006)
Other (10,000) — — — —
Net cash used in investing activities (1,463,000) (1,005,182) (1,046,904) (907,601) (420,777)
Proceeds in connection with capital and facility lease obligations — 57,000 5,085 27,373 —
Payments in connection with capital and facility lease obligations — (19,925) (32,774) (1,353) (1,095)
Repayments of convertible senior notes — — (12,894) (166,467) (220,639)
Payments in connection with reduction of outstanding warrants — — (643,365) (573,487) (294,552)
Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock 114,500 240,213 126,739 206,358 126,045
Payments in connection with Common Stock tendered for employee tax obligations (187,200) (301,688) (143,182) (160,537) (267,584)
Repurchases of Common Stock (4,400) — — — —
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation — — — 405,317 448,556
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (77,100) (24,400) (700,391) (262,796) (209,269)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 655,000 277,530 (273,899) 160,383 113,111
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period 825,200 535,203 809,102 648,719 535,608
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period 1,480,200 812,733 535,203 809,102 648,719
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-07), 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-08), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-09), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-11), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-12).
Net cash provided by operating activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s net cash provided by operating activities declined from 2016 to 2017 but then increased from 2017 to 2018 exceeding 2016 level.
Net cash used in investing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s net cash used in investing activities increased from 2016 to 2017 but then declined significantly from 2017 to 2018.
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of financing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Financing activity cash flows include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on, and a return of, their investment; borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed, or settling the obligation; and obtaining and paying for other resources obtained from creditors on long-term credit. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s net cash provided by (used in) financing activities increased from 2016 to 2017 but then slightly declined from 2017 to 2018.


Office Orders no. 740/CJS. dated. 28th of February, 2018 regarding reconstituted Committees for various administrative supervisory works.
Forwarding of pension papers, Six months prior to the date of Superannuation of the concerned Judicial Officers.
General Letters and Office orders.
Office Orders no. 734/CJS. dated. 13th-14th of July, 2017 regarding reconstituted Committees for various administrative supervisory works.
Guidelines relating to the complaints against the members of subordinate Judiciary in the District Court.
Office Orders no. 733/CJS. dated. 15th of May, 2017 regarding reconstituted Committees for various administrative supervisory works.
Office Order No. 01/R&S/2017 dated 15.05.2017.
Office Order No. 02/R&S/2017 dated 16.05.2017.
Office Order No. 03/R&S/2017 dated 16.05.2017.
Office Order No. 04/APPTT. dated 28.02.2017.
Office Orders no. 701/CJS. dated. 19th of August, 2016 regarding reconstituted Committees for various administrative supervisory works.
Office Orders no. 692/CJS. dated. 26th of May, 2016 regarding reconstituted Committees for various administrative supervisory works.
Administrative Structure of High Court of Jharkhand dated 17.05.2016.
Office Orders no. 674/CJS. dated. 16th of February, 2016 regarding reconstituted Committees for various administrative supervisory works.
Office Order No. 459/Accts dated 30.09.2015.


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Cucumaria pallida Kirkendale and Lambert, 1995
Pale Sea Cucumber
Family: Cucumariidae
Extracted from Sea Cucumbers of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound by Philip Lambert.
Introduction to the Echinoderms of BC
© Royal BC Museum (Photo ID #2167)
Distribution of Cucumaria pallida in British Columbia
Click on the image below to view an expanded illustration for this taxon. If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., two subspecies may be illustrated) then links to the separate images will be provided below.
Illustration Source: Sea Cucumbers of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound by Philip Lambert
Cucumaria pallida has a typical cucumarid shape. It can grow up to 26 cm long. This species has five rows of tube feet - the three ventral rows being better developed than the other two. In preserved specimens the tube feet may be retracted and appear as dimples. In a live specimen, the 10 equal-sized tentacles are long and wispy and usually white. The body is pale orange-white or tan.
Skin ossicles: circular or oval perforated plates, some with one end tapering; knobs on surface of many plates.
Until recently, Cucumaria pallida was assumed to be a pale form of Cucumaria miniata. They live in similar habitats and breed close to the same time. The most obvious difference, apart from the colour, is the form of the tentacles when extended. Cucumaria pallida has thin, wispy, white tentacles, whereas Cucumaria miniata's tentacles are thicker at the base, bushier and usually orange or brown. Internally, Cucumaria pallida has an average of 9 madreporic bodies, while Cucumaria miniata has 45.
The white tentacles of Eupentacta can be confused with those of C. pallida, but the former has eight larger tentacles and two tiny ones. C. pallida has 10 equal tentacles.
pallida = pale
Cucumaria pallida feeds in the same way as C. miniata.
Spawning occurs from mid March to early May. Adult females produce long strands of eggs, 1 to 2 eggs wide, which break up in 12 to 15 minutes. Up to 8,800 tan-coloured eggs (mean diameter 504 μm) are produced. Each egg develops into a pelagic three-ringed doliolaria larva, which is repelled by light.
Because this species was assumed to be Cucumaria miniata, there is little published information on the biology of this species. McEuen (1987) recognized it as a different species based on its reproductive biology, but referred to it as Cucumaria fallax in his publications.
Cucumaria pallida is common beneath rock rubble in sheltered waters or in a current. It often occurs together with Cucumaria miniata, but unlike the latter is more common in quieter waters. It is common in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia; and also occurs among rubble at Ogden Point Breakwater, Victoria.
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