Media visits to the Discovery on June 21, 2011, were not a crowded event. Media went onto Discovery's decks two at a time and had fifteen minutes or more to root around and explore. Carol Anne Swagler of The Grove Sun and Seine/Harbour® Productions is on the far right.
About these 19 Photos. On June 21, 2011, NASA invited about 85 members of the media to Florida to visit the Shuttle Discovery, now in High Bay Number 1 of the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) (OPF= hangar).
Each member of the media was assigned a one hour slot, and given 15 minutes on the decks, crawlways and bay inside the Discovery where a member of the Flow Team was available.
This was the second, and probably last time, general media will visit the Discovery before she goes to the Smithsonian Museum at Dulles International Airport early in 2012. In April, NASA also allowed selected members of the media into High Bay 1. At that time the dismantling of the Discovery's recoverable parts and removal of hazmat materials, now well progressed, had not begun.
The Flight Deck of the Shuttle Discovery.
The formal name of the Discovery, the oldest survivor in the fleet, is "OV-103". This stands for "Orbiter Vehicle, Number 3".
In all five operational orbiters were built. In order they were Columbia (lost over Texas), Challenger (lost on liftoff), Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. Only the latter three orbiters survive.
The photos below were taken either by Peter Michael Crow or by Carol Anne Swagler on June 21, 2011 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
The nose wheel of the Discovery. The landing gear of the shuttle is dropped only seconds before touchdown because once the gear is dropped whatever lift the shuttle has, which is very little, is gone. Rightly, descent of the shuttle to landing is akin to watching a rock fall out of the sky. This photo is taken from under the shuttle looking toward the front. The insulating heat tiles are directly above, and above that, the crew compartment.
Flight deck on the Discovery, and the Commander's lefthand seat. The windows were covered and therefore it was dark inside the flight deck and crew compartment. The five seats in the crew compartment had already been removed.
The console to the right of the Commander. To command a shuttle, you must first ride in the second seat on a mission and spend a year or more training on the ground. To dock at the International Space Station (ISS), the commander gets out of his seat, turns around 180-degrees and, facing the orbiter bay and air lock, uses only two controls (shown below) to ease the shuttle to docking devises on the ISS.
Carol Anne Swagler on flight deck of the Shuttle Discovery. Ms. Swagler shot both video and still photographs. Others had suggested, correctly, that flash would be needed on the shuttle decks. The schedule became more complicated as the day went on when two foreign wire service photographers showed up and pressured KSC public affairs staff (successfully) to be allowed onto the Discovery. Others also tried to squeeze additional members of their staffs into the tight schedule.
There are two windows on the flight deck looking directly into the orbiter bay. In the forward end of the bay is the hatch where the shuttle docks with the ISS, and where astronauts have ingress and egress from the ISS and the shuttle by crawling through a small crawlway (shown below). To dock, the shuttle commander stands here, gazing out the left window. One of the two controls he uses to dock is shown -- it is the block handle just to the right of the lefthandside window. Both docking controls are shown in the next photograph.
Both docking controls -- there are only two -- are shown here. The left hand docking control, the black knob to the left and just below the window, is smaller than the larger black handle to the right and below the window. Both levers are roughly on the same level. Just call me if you still can't find them. The shuttle commander docks by looking out this window. It takes the shuttle roughly two days after liftoff at Kennedy Space Center to catch up with and dock with the ISS about 200 miles above the Earth. The shuttle and the ISS orbit at about 18,000 miles an hour which takes 88-90 minutes per orbit. To land in Florida, the shuttle undocks and then does a de-orbit burn commonly over India or between India and Australia on the other side of the world. Once that de-orbit burn takes place the shuttle has no where else to go except KSC -- she is coming to the SLF at KSC. For the next 60 minutes the shuttle descends slowing, circling half of the world. Her speed declines from 18,000 mph to about 200 mph on landing. Pete has witnessed many landings in Florida and in California and says, "it never gets old; it gets me every time."
The crawlway from the crew compartment to the orbiter bay and hatch. This is the crawlway crew uses to ingress and egress the ISS. This is Pete in the crawlway. Crawling is the only way to traverse it. Pete's jeans, belt buckle (lower left) and his feet wearing special booties suppied by NASA are visible. The view is toward the front of the shuttle. Directly above Pete is the hatch that docks with the ISS. Behind him is the orbiter bay -- his head actually is partly in the bay at this moment. The controls to open and close the hatch (photo below) are on his left and right. In the background in the crew compartment Carol Anne confers with a NASA Flow staff member in the Crew Compartment. The Flight Deck is the upper compartment; the crew compartment, the second of two shuttle decks, is directly below the flight deck. Entering the shuttle through a main hatch, you are on the Crew Deck. Access to the crawlway and the separate small ISS hatch is also located on the crew deck. To get to the flight deck you climb up a narrow ladder.
ISS Docking/Hatch Controls -- used to open and close the hatch to the ISS. When Pete asked "what question do you wish someone would ask," a NASA tech replied "no one asks why the control to open the ISS hatch are upsidedown." So Pete asked and the guy told him, and now Pete has forgotten. Actually it has to do with how astronauts are lying when opening and closing the hatch. To us it looks like this photograph is upsidedown. To an astronaut in space, it looks just fine.
This is the hatch to get to and from the ISS. The shuttle and the ISS docking devices are located just outside this hatch. To see the other wide of this hatch from the orbiter's bay, scroll down. The hatch is located toward the front of the shuttle and is accessed through a small crawlway. Orientation of this photo is toward top of the shuttle. The bottom of the shuttle with its insulating tile is directly opposite. This photo is taken by lying in the crawlway between the crew compartment and the orbiter's bay.
The most common question crew and visitors alike ask is "where the bathroom?" Here's it is, just beyond this door on the crew deck adjacent to the main entrance hatch and to the right of the crawlway to the docking/ISS hatch. Got it? Now go use the restroom out in the hangar, second door on the left.
The main desk at High Bay 1, OPF. There's nothing simple about servicing the orbiters. Every seven flights they had to be returned to Palmdale where they were manufactured and torn apart. The orbiters as built were extensively updated over their lives. Built to fly at least 100 times, none of the fleet of five flew anywhere near that number of flights. With only 135 flights for the entire fleet, the orbiters are being sent to museums with a lot of life left in them. What did in the program? The cost, and a lack of public interest. When President Barrack Obama visited Kennedy in April he and his family looked bored and stood around while being briefed with their arms folded and often were looking somewhere else.
Safety signs are everywhere at Kennedy Space Center. No rings, keys, cellphones or anything in your pockets above the waist are allowed in the OPF. NASA was in the past in the business of doing the impossible. When President John Kennedy declared the US was going to the Moon in 1961, no one knew how to get there. When the US Air Force wanted an invisible plane, no one had any idea how to do it. This is what science does -- get a mission, get the money and then everybody stand back. Soon you're on the Moon. Soon you've got a plane invisible to radar. Current NASA officals, and perhaps Mr. Obama himself, apparently do not understand what science does or how it operates. When the second highest NASA offical spoke to Tweeters at KSC last year she declared that the Obama administration had canceled Constellation, the shuttle replacement, "because it doesn't work." The Tweeters, far more sophisticated than she imagined hooted and began yelling at her and she fled. Constellation was soon re-instated, but then killed again.
Shuttle close-ups: A Nose you cannot help but love. This is the front nose of the shuttle. The cockpit/flight deck windows (shown below), not really visible in this picture. The windows are not behind the silver covering -- that is an optical illusion. The flight deck windows are at the top of this photograph, just below the white beam.
Shuttle close-ups: Flight decks window, looking directly down. There are four front facing windows.
Shuttle close-ups: Insulating tiles on the bottom of the shuttle. The hole in the middle of each tile is to check whether moisture has gotten in behind the tiles. The tiles are bonded to the shuttle, but the tiles will absorb great amounts of water if the seal is breached. This would endanger the shuttle. After landing every tile was carefully checked before the shuttle was sent into space again.
NASA has been removing everything from the shuttle that might be of later use. The cost of purchasing engines for a later space project, for example, can be saved if the shuttle engines are moved and stored. In April when we visited the OPF the Discovery engines were still in place. Now, shown in this photo, they have been removed and stored. Mockups matching exactly the appearance of the engines and other parts will be on the shuttle when she arrives in Washington, DC, at the Smithsonian in early 2012. Discovery will look the same -- but she will not be. This is a mild point of contention between NASA and the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian argues that by having a complete shuttle, exactly as flown, the shuttle will be available for later study. But that is not to be -- budget constraints and worries about availability of money for future space projects has made NASA wary and protective of what it has. NASA is keeping the shuttle engines and other parts. The Smithsonian gets painted plywood.
Shuttle close-ups: The bay of the shuttle. The front of the shuttle is to our right; the back to our left. The docking hatch is roughly halfway up this photograph on the righthand side. The crew compartment and flight deck are to our right. The photo is taken standing beside, not on the shuttle itself.
We were invited to sign our names on the wall as we left the Shuttle Discovery. Our signatures appear in the lower right of this photo.
On June 21, 2011, NASA invited 85 journalists to come to Florida, visit and photograph the inside and outside of the Shuttle Discovery, the oldest survivor of the Shuttle fleet. Early next year Discovery will be taken to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, and placed on display. On Tuesday, June 21, the media were allowed on both decks of the Discovery, invited to crawl to the hatch which attached the Discovery to the International Space Station, and to the cargo bay. They were free to prowl outside and around the Shuttle which is in High Bay 1, Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF).
As the media were leaving the Discovery flight deck, they were invited to sign their names on the wall using a marker.
The header photograph is a portion of the wall where media, and others, signed. At the Smithsonian it is believed the public will have no access to the decks of the Discovery and the signatures of the media, the workers and others who contributed to this remarkable program and who were invited to sign the wall will be visible only to Museum officials.


Simoussi beach in Kythnos is located on the southeastern side of the island, between the famous beaches of Skylos and Gaidouromandra. Locals and holidaymakers who want to enjoy the sea in absolute peace and tranquility just love it. Close to Simoussi is the settlement of Kytnousa.
Characteristic of the site are a series of hills that gradually descend to the sea and end up at Simousi beach, with its crystal blue waters and golden sand. Τhe terrain's morphology makes it a sheltered beach with calm waters. The sandy beach is followed by a series of low and high rock formations that create successive small capes, plateaus and coves. The unique ecosystem that surrounds the beach extends amphitheatrically around the beach and offers wonderful view of Serifos island.
Access to the beach is easy by car, through a dirt road. On Simousi you will find no sun beds and cafes so anyone who wants to enjoy it should come equipped with all the necessities.
Simousi beach is an ideal destination for those who take a boat trip or want to visit using a sea taxi. There are rarely boats here, but sporadically they make their appearance as a stopover from the beach of Gaidouromandra and Skylos.
Simoussi beach in Kythnos lies 30 minutes away from Merichaσ, about 15km. To get there first drive towards Dryopida and continue towards Flampouria village and after you pass the church of Agios Konstantinos continue straight and about 14 km from Merichas turn left. After 500m turn left again and get to the beach.
To get from Chora, drive south towards Dryopida, on the provincial road of Merichas - Kythnos, pass outside and continue towards Flambouri. To reach the beach of Simoussi continue as above. The drive takes about 25 minutes and the distance is 15km.


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Foreclosure Reform Measures
Written by: Michael Kahme, Esquire and Eric P. Kelner, Esquire
Initial Statement
On April 29, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a package of new laws designed to reform and expedite the foreclosure process in New Jersey. As a result, many aspects of the foreclosure process, from the issuance of Notices of Intent to Foreclose ("NOI") to the execution of Sheriff's Sales will be dramatically altered. Simultaneously, the New Jersey Supreme Court has also adopted a series of rule amendments to the New Jersey Court Rules to coincide with and assist in the implementation of these new laws.
Condominium Association Liens
Effective immediately, Condominium Association Liens are now afforded extra protections. Currently, a portion of the association lien holds a limited priority over prior recorded mortgages and certain other liens in an amount not to exceed the aggregate customary condominium assessment levied against the unit owner during the six-month period prior to the recording of the lien.
Under the new laws, the limited priority of each association lien would be cumulatively renewed on an annual basis as necessary. The priority for each individual lien lasts for five years and expires on the sixth year of renewal. The cumulative annual renewal of an association lien would not prevent a subsequent lien of the association from receiving a priority over a prior recorded mortgage. The new laws also allow association liens to include any late fees, fines, expenses, and reasonable attorney's fees.
Licensing of Mortgage Professionals
The new laws additionally now require anyone working as a mortgage servicer to obtain a license from the New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance for each main office and each branch where business is conducted. This requirement does not apply to banks, credit unions, a wholly owned subsidiary of a bank or credit union, any operating subsidiary in situation in which each owner of the operating subsidiary is wholly owned by the same bank or credit union, or any person licensed as a residential mortgage lender.
The laws also establish guidelines whereby out of state residential mortgage lenders, residential mortgage brokers, and residential mortgage originators would need to be licensed under the same licensing scheme as those working within New Jersey.
The new laws also codify the experimental mediation program instituted in the wake of housing crisis. Borrowers now have a right to request counseling through a mediation specialist. The specialist in turn has the authority to schedule a mediation conference in which all parties must attend. Crucially, foreclosing creditors are required to appear through a party authorized to consider alternatives to foreclosure. Failure to appear can result in a $1,000.00 fine.
The court rules require that, prior to the date of a scheduled mediation, the foreclosing creditor must mail the Borrower the following information:
An itemized loan transaction history with accompanying information, written in plain language, to explain any codes used in the history which are not otherwise self-explanatory;
An itemized statement of the amount necessary to reinstate the mortgage loan;
A statement of the amount necessary to pay off the mortgage loan;
Copies of the Note, Mortgage and any agreements modifying the same; and
The name, business mailing address, electronic mailing address, facsimile number and direct telephone number of an individual able to respond with reasonable adequacy and promptness to questions relative to loss mitigation processes.
In addition to required notice as part of NOIs, as discussed below, the summons and complaint must now also include notice to Borrowers of their right to participate in the program and the necessary contact information to participate.
This new mediation system is set to take effect on November 1, 2019. However, the judicial court rules implementing the mediation program have taken effect immediately. Therefore, we strongly recommend immediate action to ensure the availability of representatives, with settlement authority, to appear at any future mediation conference to avoid the imposition of penalties. This is to ensure strict compliance with the terms of the laws. It is hoped that as time goes on, appearances by phone will be permitted or perhaps even appearance by foreclosure counsel with representatives on standby to assist if needed.
Under the new laws, NOIs mailed prior to the filing of a foreclosure action will now be required to include additional information. This includes:
Notifying the Borrower that they are entitled to counseling at no cost through the Foreclosure Mediation Program established by the New Jersey Judiciary;
Notifying the Borrower that in order to participate, the Borrower must submit a completed Mediation Request Statement to the Superior Court Clerk's Office, Foreclosure Mediation, P.O. Box 971, 25 Market Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 at any time within 60 days from the date of service of the Summons and Complaint;
Notifying the Borrower that they may participate in the Foreclosure Mediation Program after 60 days from the service of the summons and Complaint but before the sale of the property only by filing a motion with the Superior Court Clerk's Office in Trenton;
Notifying the Borrower that if a property under foreclosure has between two and four dwelling units, one of which was occupied by the Borrower or a member of their immediate family at the time of origination, and meets the necessary conditions for receivership under the "Multifamily Housing Preservation and Receivership Act" (N.J.S.A. 2A:42-117), then the foreclosing entity will be required to file an Order to Show Cause to appoint a receiver for the property.
The statutes conflict on the date these new requirements are supposed to be implemented. Some statutes indicate the requirements are to take effect as of August 1, 2019 while others indicate the requirements do not take effect until November 1, 2019. To avoid any issues, it is recommended updated NOIs be used starting on the earlier date of August 1, 2019.
In addition to these additional information requirements, the new laws also place an expiration date on NOIs of 180 days. Therefore, any foreclosure action that is not filed within 180 days of the mailing of the NOI must be delayed in order to issue a new, valid NOI. The new expiration date for NOIs comes into effect on August 1, 2019 and will apply to all notices sent prior. Therefore, we strongly encourage a review of current submitted NOIs to determine how close to the new expiration date they are.
Notices to Municipalities
The new laws also alter municipal notice requirements for properties in foreclosure. For all New Jersey creditors, within 10 days of serving the summons and complaint, the foreclosing entity must submit a letter to (1) the municipal clerk and (2) the mayor or other chief executive office that includes:
The name, address, and telephone number for a representative of the creditor responsible for receiving complaints of property maintenance and code violations;
The full contact information for any person or entity retained by the creditor or representative of the creditor to be responsible for any care, maintenance, security, or upkeep of the property exterior.
Out of state creditors must also provide this information in addition to contact information for an in-state representative responsible for care, maintenance, security, and upkeep of the property exterior.
Foreclosing creditors must file updates within 10 days of any change to the above information.
This information must also be filed with the foreclosure summons and complaint along with the filed Lis Pendens in the county clerk's office.
These requirements will come into force on July 29, 2019 and apply to all residential foreclosure actions filed on or after July 29, 2019.
The new laws also make several substantive changes to the way foreclosure litigation is conducted. First, if a property under foreclosure has between two and four dwelling units, one of which was occupied by the Borrower or a member of their immediate family at the time of origination, and meets the necessary conditions for receivership under the "Multifamily Housing Preservation and Receivership Act" (N.J.S.A. 2A:42-117), then the foreclosing entity will be required to file an Order to Show Cause to appoint a receiver for the property.
Next, the new laws also dramatically decrease the statute of limitations for a foreclosure action in New Jersey. Up until now, creditors had twenty (20) years from the date of a Borrowers' default to institute a foreclosure action. This will remain the case for all loan originated prior to April 30, 2019. However, for all loans originated on or after April 30, 2019, creditors will now only have 6 years from the date of a Borrowers' default to institute a foreclosure action.
The laws also alter the method by which foreclosure actions dismissed for failure to prosecute are reinstated. Now, foreclosure actions dismissed for failure to prosecute can be reinstated three (3) times on a showing of good cause. However, the cost to reinstate the foreclosure action is equal to twice the cost of filing a foreclosure action. These costs also cannot be charged back to Borrowers at the conclusion of a foreclosure action.
Finally, the Court rules reduce the notice time for the filing of a motion to enter final judgment against properties with junior creditors from 30 days to 10 days.
The new laws also drastically alter the method for conducting Sheriff's Sales. The new laws establish a framework in which Sheriff's Sales for foreclosures must take place within 150 days of the Sheriff receiving the Writ of Execution. Under the framework, a Sheriff's Sale can be adjourned up to thirty (30) days five (5) times; twice by creditors, twice by Borrowers, and once by both if Borrower and creditor agree to the adjournment. Any additional adjournments will only be granted by leave of Court. If the Court does not grant leave beyond the 150 days, the sale will have to be canceled. At this stage, it is unclear how the Court will handle instances of delays as a result of outside factors such as bankruptcy. That being said, the wording of the laws suggest the filing of a bankruptcy could result in the need to cancel a pending Sheriff's Sale.
In addition, new laws now require attorneys to prepare and submit the Sheriff's Deed within 10 days of a sale. This framework will come into effect July 29, 2019.
The new laws also alter the treatment of vacant properties. Under the new laws, the local Sheriff must auction a property deemed vacant prior to the entry of judgment within 90 days of the Sheriff's receipt of any Writ of Execution. If the Sheriff cannot meet the 90 day deadline, the foreclosing entity must file a motion to appoint a special master to sell the property within 90 days of the motion.
For properties deemed vacant after the entry of judgment, the foreclosing creditor may make a motion to the Court requesting the property be sold within 90 days.
This new framework is set to take effect on May 30, 2019.
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Q: Deployed Azure WebJob HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component I just deployed a webjob in our Azure App Service and when i tested it, it returned this error

"Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM
component."

the application just retrieves a file from SFTP server then process the csv file using streamReader
Console.WriteLine("Reading lines from : " + file.FullName);
Console.WriteLine("SFTP Directory : " + client.WorkingDirectory);

var lines = new List<string>();
using (var stream = new StreamReader(client.OpenRead(file.FullName), ASCIIEncoding.ASCII))
{
    while (!stream.EndOfStream)
    {
        lines.Add(stream.ReadLine());
    }
    lineArray = lines.ToArray();
}

This works when I run it locally.  but when its deployed in Azure its not working. Not sure what I'm missing out.
Library  used for SSH: SSH.NET (Renci) 2020.0.2
UPDATE: (the full exception)

[10/19/2022 08:38:40 > 18cb2c: ERR ] Unhandled Exception:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has
been returned from a call to a COM component. [10/19/2022 08:38:40 >
18cb2c: ERR ]    at
System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IWebBrowser2.Navigate2(Object&
URL, Object& flags, Object& targetFrameName, Object& postData, Object&
headers) [10/19/2022 08:38:40 > 18cb2c: ERR ]    at
System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser.PerformNavigate2(Object& URL, Object&
flags, Object& targetFrameName, Object& postData, Object& headers)
[10/19/2022 08:38:40 > 18cb2c: ERR ]    at
System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser.set_Url(Uri value) [10/19/2022
08:38:40 > 18cb2c: ERR ]    at
OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager.<>c__DisplayClass30_0.b__0()
[10/19/2022 08:38:40 > 18cb2c: ERR ]    at
System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext
executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean
preserveSyncCtx) [10/19/2022 08:38:40 > 18cb2c: ERR ]    at
System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext
executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean
preserveSyncCtx) [10/19/2022 08:38:40 > 18cb2c: ERR ]    at
System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext
executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) [10/19/2022
08:38:40 > 18cb2c: ERR ]    at
System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart() [10/19/2022 08:38:40 >
18cb2c: SYS INFO] Status changed to Failed [10/19/2022 08:38:40 >
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A: Thanks to Panagiotis, I found the issue! I was using the authentication manager of OfficeDevPnP.
OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager authManager = new OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager();

I removed it and it worked already.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teen clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF.N) reported a lower quarterly profit on Friday and forecast full-year earnings below analysts' estimates, as the weak U.S. economy leads consumers to cut back on buying clothes.
The company said second-quarter net income fell to $77.8 million, or 87 cents per share, from $81.3 million, or 88 cents per share, a year earlier.
Analysts on average were expecting 86 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates.
The results include a charge of 1 cent per share related to the departure of a senior executive. Abercrombie's chief financial officer, Michael Kramer, said last month he would leave the company to take the top job at clothing maker Kellwood Co, worrying some analysts who said international growth plans, profit margin preservation and expense management could be at risk.
The retailer said net sales in the quarter, which ended on August 2, rose 5 percent to $845.8 million, but companywide same-store sales fell 4 percent.
Same-store sales, a closely watched retail metric, rose 5 percent at the company's main Abercrombie & Fitch stores. But that could not offset declines of 9 percent at its surf-inspired Hollister chain, 11 percent at its kid's chain abercrombie, and 22 percent at Ruehl, a small chain targeting men and women in their 20s.
Abercrombie said it expects net income for the second half of $3.40 to $3.45 per share and profit for the full year of $4.95 to $5.00 per share.
Analysts on average were expecting $5.34 per share for 2008, according to Reuters Estimates.


Construction of shopping and entertainment center "OASIS", Kyiv – 16 000 m2.
Ressidence, Los Angeles, USA – 4 250 sq.m.
As part of the restoration program of the old city fund the restoration works of National bank ofUkrainewas carried out. All stages of the project are completed in time with professional results of these works. The building of the National Bank after the reconstruction with modern materials has become very attractive and has retained its original design. It has allowed not disrupt the general architectural ensemble historic streets. The interior spaces are equipped with the communication lines and security systems. Currently, they correspond to the structure of the financial institution of this level.


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HomeNEWSNutritionist confesses that there was a kiss with Jorge Salinas, but she...
Nutritionist confesses that there was a kiss with Jorge Salinas, but she felt "a bit out of the loop"
Jorge Salinas is in the middle of the controversy for a alleged infidelity to his wife, the actress and presenter Elizabeth Álvarezwhich would have been exposed with a series of photographs published by TVNotas magazine in which the moment is appreciated the actor kisses whom until then was identified as her nutritionist.
Although the doctor Anna Paula Guerrero Castillo She was the first to come out to defend herself against the accusations, assuring that the protagonist of soap operas such as 'My heart is yours', 'Fire in the blood' and soon 'Forgive our sins' I was just another patientwhom he helped with weight loss and glucose problems, ended up confessing during a recent interview that they did kiss.
The revelation was exposed by the journalist Luis Magana through her YouTube program 'Magañísimo', where the doctor recalled what happened on the afternoon of December 15 when she met the television heartthrob outside door 2 of Televisa, where he unexpectedly kissed her, a situation which, although she says it made her feel uncomfortable, she did not avoid it because she found it funny.
"And I do remember that he got a little closer to me and for me it was, let's say, kind of funny and yeah, i did get kissed and felt a little freaked out, but I feel that it was normal to a certain extent for him because he told me 'there are paparazzi here,'" he commented.
He explained that it was not the first time that he received a hint from Jorge Salinas, since she had even previously told him that she was in a relationship, which apparently would have bothered him.
Sometimes there was some kind of flirtation, but I always kept to one line, let's say, as professional as possible. And when I had a partner, I told him that he had a partner and at a certain point he was annoyed by that comment, but I stuck to my values and my professionalism.
Prior to said public appearance, the same doctor offered other statements to various media, one of them the program 'Despierta América', where He completely denied that there was a personal approach with Jorge Salinasas he argued that in addition to medical consultations, he visited him at the locations to deliver medicine and receive the corresponding payments.
– They capture alleged infidelity of Jorge Salinas to his wife, the actress Elizabeth Álvarez
–Jorge Salinas' nutritionist reacts to the actor's alleged infidelity scandal
–Humberto Zurita "scolded" Jorge Salinas for alleged infidelity | VIDEO
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import pytest
import requests
import sys
import os

@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
def test_properties():
	properties = {
	'cloudanthost':'ACCOUNT.cloudant.com',
	'cloudantusername':'USERNAME',
	'cloudantpassword':'PASSWORD'}

	return properties

@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
def setup_test_databases(test_properties):
	from helpers.dbutils import CloudantDbUtils

	cloudantUtils = CloudantDbUtils(test_properties)
	cloudantUtils.check_databases()

@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
def check_connector_jar():
	try:
		jarpath = os.environ["CONNECTOR_JAR"]
		if os.path.isfile(jarpath):
			print ("Cloudant-Spark Connector path: ", jarpath)
		else:
			raise RuntimeError("Invalid Cloudant-Spark Connector path:", jarpath)

	except KeyError:
		raise RuntimeError("Environment variable CONNECTOR_JAR not set")

@pytest.fixture
def sparksubmit():
	try:
		sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ["SPARK_HOME"], "python"))
		sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ["SPARK_HOME"], "python", "lib", "py4j-0.8.2.1-src.zip"))

	except KeyError:
		raise RuntimeError("Environment variable SPARK_HOME not set")

	return os.path.join(os.environ.get("SPARK_HOME"), "bin", "spark-submit")


Kitchen - 2011 - Brubaker Inc.
The client's goal in this kitchen was to gain the absolute most storage and counter space out of a very small room in an early 20th century home. We added shallow-depth cabinets to the left wall, adding both storage and counter space. We also added a work space to an empty wall opposite the range by removing an existing radiator. A large pantry was installed beside the refrigerator to give maximum storage space.
A ceramic tile backsplash adds an upscale look to the granite pattern of the counters and integrated sink while the tile floor insures years of durability and easy cleaning. Semi-custom cabinets in a light finish complete the fresh, clean look the homeowner was pleased to finally achieve.


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#gretchensbooks2022 - July
July did NOT start as a good reading month for me. For starters, I spent the first week barely moving because I had an ear infection...then sinus issues...then another ear infection... Also, the Libby app was down and I couldn't download the new books that were available for me. I knew with a week of Air Camp thrown in there I wouldn't get any reading done that week either (I don't think I even got any sleeping done that week!) All in all, there was definitely NOT enough pool reading done this summer.
Book #96 of 2022: Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz (3/5⭐)
📚GENRE: Action
🗓PUBLISHED: 26 January 2022
As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name―The Nowhere Man―and a new mission, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer―in exchange for an unofficial pardon, he must stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man. Now Evan has to do the one thing he's least equipped to do―live a normal life.
But then he gets a call for help from the one person he never expected. A woman claiming to have given him up for adoption, a woman he never knew―his mother. Her unlikely request: help Andrew Duran―a man whose life has gone off the rails, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, bringing him to the deadly attention of very powerful figures. Now a brutal brother & sister assassination team are after him and with no one to turn to, and no safe place to hide, Evan is Duran's only option. But when the hidden cabal catches on to what Evan is doing, everything he's fought for is on the line―including his own life.
This wasn't my favorite in the series, but I'm wondering if it's because I listened to the audio version instead of reading it. I just didn't feel the suspense that I did with the other novels. I have book 7 reserved on audio already, so I'm going to give it another chance, otherwise when book 8 comes out I'll go back to ebooks for the series. The performer isn't bad, I'm just not as engaged as I have been with the previous books.
It did end with quite the cliffhanger, which was probably the most exciting part of the book for me!
Book #97 of 2022: The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight For Freedom, and the Men Who Tried To Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore (3.5/5⭐)
📚GENRE: Biography
🗓PUBLISHED: 22 June 2022
1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her because he feels increasingly threatened―by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts. So he makes a plan to put his wife back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum.
The horrific conditions inside the Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, Illinois, are overseen by Dr. Andrew McFarland, a man who will prove to be even more dangerous to Elizabeth than her traitorous husband. But most disturbing is that Elizabeth is not the only sane woman confined to the institution. There are many rational women on her ward who tell the same story: they've been committed not because they need medical treatment, but to keep them in line―conveniently labeled "crazy" so their voices are ignored.
No one is willing to fight for their freedom and, disenfranchised both by gender and the stigma of their supposed madness, they cannot possibly fight for themselves. But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose...
I really struggle with audiobooks that are read in accents, especially when they don't match the setting of the story. Once I got past that though…
Holy cow this story was infuriating. There was A LOT that went on, and though it was an overwhelming amount of information at times, the reality of women at this time was incredibly interesting.
Book #98 of 2022: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (2/5⭐)
📚GENRE: YA Contemporary Romance
🗓PUBLISHED: 5 May 2009
Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.
I had very high expectations for this book, and because of that I was very let down. The series was raves about on Instagram, and they usually don't make tv shows out of bad books.
First off, the protagonist's name is Belly. BELLY. You find out eventually it's actually Isabel, but wtaf?! Why would you call a girl that?! Why would you call ANYONE that?! I thought maybe I was just mishearing a name like "Baylee," but nope. It's Belly. WHY.
I just did not connect with the main character at all. There was no depth to her, and while I understand her jealousy and flip-flopping between boys is pretty realistic, it's not enjoyable in a book. Maybe it was just to juvenile for me?? I usually really enjoy YA novels, but this one missed the mark.
Also I have mixed thoughts about the performer on the audiobook. For most of it she was good, but she would say dialogue with a very happy/laughing voice like that was how the character said it (which was fine and made a lot of sense) but she'd continue the tone when finishing the non-dialogue part of the sentence which was weird.
I don't plan at reading the remaining two books in the series, but I will watch the show on Prime. Perhaps it will be better than the book!
Book #99 of 2022: Finding Perfect (Hopeless #2.6) by Colleen Hoover (4/5⭐)
📚GENRE: Contemporary Romance
🗓PUBLISHED: 30 November 2019
Friends Daniel, Six, Holder, Sky, and Breckin are planning to celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday with a Friendsgiving dinner at Sky's parents' house.
But things have been off within the tightknit group and when Daniel reaches out to Six to ask the hard questions he hasn't dared to bring up since they last spoke about their shared secret, he's dismayed to learn that it's this very secret bringing a cloud over the holiday. Suddenly, Daniel must do everything he can to find answers for the one person he loves the most in the world, but will this search only lead to despair.
This short story was packed full of heart wrenching emotion. I was reading it at the pool and trying not to cry.
Definitely read Hopeless and Finding Cinderella before reading this AND read All Your Perfects, as they all connect.
Book #100 of 2022: The Astronaut and the Star by Jen Comfort (3.5/5⭐)
🗓PUBLISHED: 1 March 2022
Astronaut Regina "Reggie" Hayes wants to be the first woman on the moon―it's all she's ever dreamed of. But after a PR disaster, Reggie is off the list for a lunar mission. To rehabilitate her reputation with NASA, she agrees to a different kind of assignment: astronaut "training" with a Hollywood action hero.
Jon Leo is a charmer. With credits that include an underperforming sitcom and a campy action flick called Space Dude, his upcoming role in a prestigious movie could prove he's a star. But Jon isn't just big muscles and an otherworldly smile―he's also a total space nerd. He's pumped about his own personal space camp…until he meets ice-cold Reggie.
Although Reggie and Jon are polar opposites, their mutual attraction is undeniable, and it only takes a few weeks in close quarters for them to give in to its magnetic force. Jon is set on convincing Reggie this is a match made in the heavens, but her future is in space, and his is among stars of the Hollywood kind. The odds of successfully launching a real relationship outside the confines of the training base are anything but optimal.
Reggie, content with keeping things casual, is forced by a sudden turn of events to confront the possibility of losing Jon forever. Now, she'll do whatever it takes to win both the man and the moon.
This book came out a couple months ago, and though contemporary romance isn't my typical genre of choice, the cover was beautiful and it was about an astronaut, so I was all in!
Of course I was rooting for the couple the whole time, even though the female main character was a brat (that's the nice way of putting it). I did appreciate her character development.
I liked the brief bit of action towards the end, and the ending was perfect, I thought!
Book #101 of 2022: The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich (3/5⭐)
📚GENRE: Mystery/Adventure
🗓PUBLISHED: 22 March 2022
Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she's hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She's reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela's latest job isn't for some bamboozled billionaire, it's for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can't come up with a lot of money fast.
Inspired by an old family legend, Gabriela sets off for the jungles of Peru in pursuit of the Ring of Solomon and the lost treasure of Lima. But this particular job comes with a huge problem attached to it—Gabriela's ex-husband, Rafer. It's Rafer who has the map that possibly points the way to the treasure, and he's not about to let Gabriela find it without him.
Rafer is as relaxed as Gabriela is driven, and he has a lifetime's experience getting under his ex-wife's skin. But when they aren't bickering about old times the two make a formidable team, and it's going to take a team to defeat the vicious drug lord who has also been searching for the fabled ring. A drug lord who doesn't mind leaving a large body count behind him to get it.
This is the first non-Stephanie Plum book I've read by Evanovich, and it definitely didn't measure up. I was expecting the humor from the Plum series, and it wasn't there.
In the spirit of complete honestly, I didn't read the description of the book before I read it. I just knew I liked the Plum series and the cover of the book was pretty! This mystery book leans on the side of action and adventure, and it's rare I engage with books like that. The storyline was fun, just not really my cup of tea.
I don't see myself reading anymore books in this series if more are published, BUT I did find the next Stephanie Plum novel is slated for publication in November, so I'm excited for that!!
Book #102 of 2022: The Other Side by Chevy Stevens (2/5⭐)
📚GENRE: Thriller
🗓PUBLISHED: 2 April 2013
Sandy is working the biggest case of her life—the Campsite Killer, who has been hunting women for almost forty years. She's finally close to nailing him, if she can just keep her head in the game. But when an old friend calls with a lead about Sandy's mother's murder, Sandy is pulled into the past—a past she thought she'd closed the door on. Her life is about to get real complicated, real fast.
"What? That was the dumbest book I ever read." were the words that came out of my mouth when I turned the last page. I know it was a short story, and you can't get TOO deep with that, but bing-bang-boom it was over with no suspense! I was excited for a Chevy Stevens short story because I like her books, but this was a let down.
Book #103 of 2022: The Tumor by John Grisham
📚GENRE: Short Story
THE TUMOR follows the present day experience of the fictional patient Paul, an otherwise healthy 35-year-old father who is diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Grisham takes readers through a detailed account of Paul's treatment and his family's experience that doesn't end as we would hope. Grisham then explores an alternate future, where Paul is diagnosed with the same brain tumor at the same age, but in the year 2025, when a treatment called focused ultrasound is able to extend his life expectancy.
Focused ultrasound has the potential to treat not just brain tumors, but many other disorders, including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, hypertension, and prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer.
For more information, you can visit The Focused Ultrasound Foundation's website. Here you will find a video of Grisham on the TEDx stage with the Foundation's chairman and a Parkinson's patient who brings the audience to its feet sharing her incredible story of a focused ultrasound "miracle."
Readers will get a taste of the narrative they expect from Grisham, but this short book will also educate and inspire people to be hopeful about the future of medical innovation.
This was, ah, interesting.
This was not a story, it was..well, im not sure what it was to be honest. Like a medical brochure, but written in book form? Medical fiction? I don't know. It was a story, but with a definite agenda - which I'm not necessarily saying is a bad thing, just wasn't very....entertaining? I don't know. I can't even give this a rating.
Book #104 of 2022: Dark Horse (Orphan X #7) by Gregg Hurwitz (4/5⭐)
📚GENRE: Action/Adventure
🗓PUBLISHED: 8 February 2022
Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program. After he broke with the Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission--The Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. Having just survived an attack on his life and the complete devastation of his base of operations, as well as his complicated (and deepening) relationship with his neighbor Mia Hall, Evan isn't interested in taking on a new mission. But one finds him anyway.
Aragon Urrea is a kingpin of a major drug-dealing operation in South Texas. He's also the patron of the local area--supplying employment in legitimate operations, providing help to the helpless, rough justice to the downtrodden, and a future to a people normally with little hope. He's complicated--a not completely good man, who does bad things for often good reasons. However, for all his money and power, he is helpless when one of the most vicious cartels kidnaps his innocent eighteen year old daughter, spiriting her away into the armored complex that is their headquarters in Mexico. With no other way to rescue his daughter, he turns to The Nowhere Man.
Now not only must Evan figure out how to get into the impregnable fortress of a heavily armed, deeply paranoid cartel leader, but he must decide if he should help a very bad man--no matter how just the cause.
I did enjoy this book, but I've come to the definite conclusion that I prefer reading the books in this series rather than listening to them on audio. The next one comes out in February and I'm very excited for it. I loved the action in this one, but I loved the character development even more.
Book #105 of 2022: Those Girls by Chevy Stevens (4/5⭐)
🗓PUBLISHED: 7 July 2015
Life has never been easy for the three Campbell sisters. Jess, Courtney, and Dani live on a remote ranch in Western Canada where they work hard and try to stay out of the way of their father's temper. One night, a fight gets out of hand and the sisters are forced to go on the run, only to get caught in an even worse nightmare when their truck breaks down in a small town. As events spiral out of control they find themselves in a horrifying situation and are left with no choice but to change their names and create new lives.
Eighteen years later, they are still trying to forget what happened that summer. But when one of the sisters goes missing, followed closely by her niece, they are pulled back into the past. And this time there's nowhere left to run.
Chevy Stevens back in rotation again with another awesome thriller! I read one of her new releases a year or so ago and have been determined to read everything of hers.
This story is told in alternative perspectives. It begins in the past, then jumps forward to the present (a jump I did NOT see coming!) I loved the Campbell sisters, and was rooting for them every step of the way. It was a bit terrifying at times and definitely got my heart rate up.
Book #106 of 2022: Broken Horses by Brandi Carlisle (4/5⭐)
📚GENRE: Memoir
Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. At the age of five, Brandi contracted bacterial meningitis, which almost took her life, leaving an indelible mark on her formative years and altering her journey into young adulthood.
As an openly gay teenager, Brandi grappled with the tension between her sexuality and her faith when her pastor publicly refused to baptize her on the day of the ceremony. Shockingly, her small town rallied around Brandi in support and set her on a path to salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, weird, and wonderful music.
In Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton John's "Honky Cat" in a bedazzled white polyester suit, to her first break opening for Dave Matthews Band, to many sleepless tours over fifteen years and six studio albums, all while raising two children with her wife, Catherine Shepherd. This hard-won success led her to collaborations with personal heroes like Elton John, Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples, Pearl Jam, Tanya Tucker, and Joni Mitchell, as well as her peers in the supergroup The Highwomen, and ultimately to the Grammy stage, where she converted millions of viewers into instant fans.
Evocative and piercingly honest, Broken Horses is at once an examination of faith through the eyes of a person rejected by the church's basic tenets and a meditation on the moments and lyrics that have shaped the life of a creative mind, a brilliant artist, and a genuine empath on a mission to give back.
I loved that the audiobook was performed by Brandi Carlile herself, AND she performed a song or two between each chapter. Bonus, there was an hour and a half of music performed by her at the end, too! I honestly didn't know that Brandi Carlile was a performer before I started this, I just knew her as a song writer. From listening I found some songs I've really loved were originally performed by her! Her life was very interesting to learn about, and I loved how she encouraged everyone to write about their lives, because I so agree! We all have stories that have made us into the people who are, no matter how dull we think those stories may be.
Book #107 of 2022: The Au Pair by Emma Rous (3.5/5⭐)
📚GENRE: Suspense
🗓PUBLISHED: 8 January 2019
Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, the au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark cloaks, changelings, and the aloof couple who drew a young nanny into their inner circle.
Now an adult, Seraphine mourns the recent death of her father. While going through his belongings, she uncovers a family photograph that raises dangerous questions. It was taken on the day the twins were born, and in the photo, their mother, surrounded by her husband and her young son, is smiling serenely and holding just one baby.
Who is the child, and what really happened that day?
I tried this audio once before and couldn't get into it. I had to power through the beginning this time, but it got more interesting as time went on. I wasn't as engaged in it as I am with most suspense novels, and the stories of these characters were so interwoven that it got confusing at times. The story was flip-flopped between one character in the past, and a second character in the present. The story had a lot of potential, it was just a little too messy for me.
Book #108 of 2022: Reputation by Sara Shepard (3.5/5⭐)
📚GENRE: Mystery/Suspense
🗓PUBLISHED: 3 December 2019
Aldrich University is rocked to its core when a hacker dumps 40,000 people's e-mails—the entire faculty, staff, students, alums—onto an easily searchable database. Rumors and affairs immediately leak, but things turn explosive when Kit Manning's handsome husband, Dr. Greg Strasser, is found murdered. Kit's sister, Willa, returns for the funeral, setting foot in a hometown she fled fifteen years ago, after a night she wishes she could forget. As an investigative reporter, Willa knows something isn't right about the night Greg was killed, and she's determined to find the truth. What she doesn't expect is that everyone has something to hide. And with a killer on the loose, Willa and Kit must figure out who killed Greg before someone else is murdered.
One summer when I was in college I tore three Shepard's "Pretty Little Liars" and "The Lying Game" series. Since then, I've have every other book she's written on my TBR list. Some of them are geared toward middle grade/YA readers, but this one felt like it was for more of an adult audience.
Most of Shepard's books tend to be series, but this one was a stand alone. The story is told via multiple perspectives that all intertwine and keep you guessing. The author keeps everyone a viable suspect until the very end, and for the most part I liked how the character's storylines wrapped up (minus one…)
Book #109 of 2022: The Chamber by John Grisham (5/5🌟)
📚GENRE: Legal Thriller
🗓PUBLISHED: 1994
In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm: Twenty -six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career. Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case.
Maximum Security Unit, Mississippi State Prison: Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist now facing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967. He has run out of chances -- except for one: the young, liberal Chicago lawyer who just happens to be his grandson.
While the executioners prepare the gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the TV cameras wait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client. For between the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets -- including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall's life... or cost Adam his.
When I first read this, it immediately became my favorite John Grisham book. I don't know necessarily that I thought it was the best storyline, it just evoked a very emotional response from me for whatever reason. I loved the development of the relationships in this book. I loved the writing. It's still my favorite!
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Teachers Air Camp: Day 4 (Summer 2022)
Day 4 - Thursday, July 21, 2022
Our 7:15AM departure time this morning came waaaay too early. Somehow I managed to get ready, go down to breakfast, and get my car packed up by 7 however. I will be happy to gain an hour back today and get some real sleep tonight!!
We spent the day at Dayton International Airport participating in four different stations.
My group (Bravo) headed out to the runway first. On the way out there, we stopped at a random FedEx 727 plane that was parked on the concrete. The story is that a decade or so ago, FedEx decided they weren't going to use the 727 planes anymore, so they reached out to whoever and said they could have them for schools or classes or whatever. Well, a school in the area thought it would be really cool to use it as a science classroom, so they requested to have one sent to Dayton. Once they realized how much work it was going to be to transport the plane from the airport to the school and THEN turn it into a classroom, they changed their minds. Its been at the airport ever since. Our guide said that he keeps having to move it, because when he puts it somewhere, they end up wanting to build something in that place.
There weren't any planes due at the runway right away, so we got to go out on it! Of course we took some pictures, because when else will we get to stand on the runway?! #RunwayModels
It was SOOO wide (which obviously I knew it would be, it just really hits you when you actually stand on it). We got to watch two planes comes in after that - it was neat to be that close up!
The next stop was a behind the scenes TSA tour. We couldn't take any pictures in this part, which was too bad because it was really awesome to see! There is a mile of belt that checked baggage travels. We got to see the screen that bags show up on if something in them sets off the alarm. While we were there, it happened! You could see red, green, and blue coloring - the red is the color of the item that sets off the alarm. The guy manning the computer had 41 seconds to determine if the object is actually a threat or if its okay. If it is okay, he cancels the alarm and sends it along. If its not, he sends it to the back to get checked. If he can't make the conclusion in 41 seconds, it times out and gets sent to the back anyway.
In the back, they get the same image on the screen that the guy in the first room did. This is where they open up the bags to check them. First they put on gloves, then they open the bag and find what set it off. We got to see the guy inspect a bag as well. What had set the alarm of what just a bunch of papers/books. The reason alarms get set off is because of the density of objects having the same density of explosives. They only screen for explosives, but if they find something that isn't suppose to be transported via public airlines (drugs, hazardous materials, etc), they have to call police, security, etc.
There was also this suction type thing that came from the ceiling and helps them lift the suitcases when needed. It can suction up to 120 pounds. The walls around the baggage checking were very thick to help keep people outside the room safe just incase there were an explosive that went off in that room.
Our third station was plane mechanics which was very interesting. We learned a lot about how different parts of the airplane work. This specific area had American Eagle planes.
A fun fact that the mechanic shared with us is that planes get struck by lightning quite often. They have little black thingies hanging off them to help get rid of the static from the lightning.
If the power goes out, there is a little generator that pops out of the plane and generates enough power to power two of the displays in the cockpit.
We saw an engine casing open with the engine removed. Apparently it is only held on to the plane by four bolts!! This fact made us all freeze for a moment. When mounting the engine, three people watch the person mounting it to make sure it is done correctly. The mechanic told us anytime they fix something they MUST have a manual out and open.
The blades on the engine were way smaller than I thought they would be, but they cost $17,000 EACH! And you have to buy them in pairs. Each engine has 28 blades.
Another fun fact is that the leading edges on the plane are NOT painted because they have anti-ice built into them to keep the ice from building up.
Our last station was the Airport Rescue Fire Fighting Station. The trucks are GREEN and kind of look like tanks! I believe he said that there are 12 people employed there over three shifts, and they have to have at least two there at a time. If there are only two, then they only respond to aircraft emergencies. If there are more than two then they can help with medical issues at the actual airport.
The trucks spray three different things depending on the fire. Water, foam, and dry chemical. For example, they can't spray water on an engine on fire because that could cause the engine to blow up, so they use a chemical that puts out the fire but doesn't leave residue.
There are three different alert types that they respond to. An ALERT 1 means that an aircraft may be coming in with a problem. ALERT 2 means that and aircraft does have a problem, which could be anything. ALERT 3 means that there is a specific point at the airport with a problem - this could be a fire or just an airplane that has gone off the runway and needs help getting back on track.
He said that other than general maintenance and whatnot, they're most used during airshows. We got to take a ride in the truck and shoot water out of the hose! We went into the fire house and relaxed in their recliners too....we were EXHAUSTED.
From there, we went back to the main building of the airport for lunch from McAllister's Deli - a sandwich, pickle, chips, and a cookie. While eating lunch, two workers from Best Friends Pet Assisted Therapy presented two of their therapy dogs that they bring to the airport. It all started when a woman whose husband was military had asked at the airport if she could bring her therapy dog to the airport to help people. When they moved, the airport reached out to Best Friends and asked if they would be interested in taking over. They said that they just wander the airport and let people spend time with the dogs! One story was that a girl was VERY nervous to fly, but after she spent time with one of the dogs she was able to get on the plane.
We also had some police dogs visit and show us how they sniff out chemicals. They're trained on 16 different chemicals and typically work until they are 8-11 years old. The reason they have to retire them is because their senses change when they hit that age range.
Our final activity of the day was graduation. We were presented with a pin, a patch for our flight suits, and an envelope with our graduation certificate, a wings patch, and Air Camp magnet. The tradition of the coin in aviation dates way, way back when pilots would wear them around their neck in case they were shot down/injured/hurt, they could be identified. It evolved over time in the military and became a brotherhood. Pilots would carry their coin wherever they went. If another pilot asked if you had your coin and you didn't, you had to buy him a drink. If you drop your coin, you have to buy the whole room a drink! Also, when you're given the coin, you're given it in a handshake, so you really have to be careful not to drop it!
We were really lucky to have a great group of counselors (who are also teachers!) this week. The worst parts of PD are when the people leading it don't have classroom experience (or their experience was so long ago they're clueless to what its actually like these days).
After graduation I took the bus back to the hotel where I had left my car and began the 5+ hour drive home.
I called my dad on the way home and he asked me which I liked better, Space Camp or Air Camp, and I didn't have an answer. Space and astronautics are where my passion really lies, BUT Air Camp gave me some really great experiences and I learned A LOT. When it comes down to it, I just really like to learn about anything, so whatever can give me those experiences is a win in my book!
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Day 3: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Uffda. After a 13 hour day yesterday, not getting back to the hotel until almost 10PM last night, and not getting to sleep until midnight, our 7:30AM call time came EARLY this morning.
Armed with caffeine, we departed the Marriott and headed to MacAir Aviation where we were given our flight suits and pre-flight instruction and safety briefing. Unfortunately the temperatures exceeded 90 degrees today, so it was far too warm to actually fly in our flight suits. Our flight route is below!
Before my flight, I got to do the flight simulator. I thought it was harder than the one we did yesterday. Yesterday's just included a joystick, whereas today's had all the gears and tools of a real plane. I managed to take off and fly no problem, but the landing was tough!!
Then I got to FLY!!! My instructor's name was Ethan, and he has been flying since January 2020. He is graduating with his Bachelor's in the fall. I was afraid when I asked him how long he'd been flying it would only be like a year because he seemed so young!
We flew in a Piper plane for about 25-30 minutes, and it was every bit as hard and scary as I thought it would be. This is coming from someone who didn't want to learn to drive a car though, so take that with a grain of salt. The clouds were coming in, but we managed to find a pocket so we could get above them and up to 4500 feet. It was much smoother up there! Not everyone was able to go that high, so I felt pretty lucky.
I was a little worried about my ears since they both had infections earlier in the month and the fluid hasn't completely drained yet. I brought some gum (thankfully, I needed it), but my ears needed some major popping once we landed. Got my first (and last!) flight in my flight log book though!
For lunch we had boxed lunches from Sweets Boutique, which included fresh fruit, a giant cookie, and a sandwich. We spent about an hour sitting around and chatting and reflecting.
Our next lesson included a multitude of STEM and engineering activities.
Wind Tunnel Activity: Our first activity revolved around using a wind tunnel. The goal was to use the given materials (fuzzy sticks, straws, tape, cling wrap, and our trusty captain - a rubber fish) to create a boat that gets across the water tub inside the Very Hungry Caterpillar wind tunnel in the fastest time. The design could be no longer than 6 inches and no wider than 6 inches, but there was no constraint on height.
I worked with Missy, Lexi, and Bev. We decided to use straws to build a raft because they were smooth and light-weight, then create a pirate ship-style sail with straws and cling wrap. We used four points of contact between the cling wrap at the straws so that there was room for air flow. We determined we should put the sail on the back of the raft so the wind wouldn't get caught on the fish, and that the fish would act as a counter weight so that the sail wouldn't blow it over.
Our first test did NOT make it across the pond. The fail point was that the water went into the straws in the front of the raft. Our solution was to use a piece of straw to block the holes. We timed it and it made it across the pond with the fan on low in 1.6 seconds.
We decided to improve our raft by adding two more straw bits to the front so the water couldn't go over the top. This did improve our time to 1.21 seconds!
Lastly, we decided to add two straws to each side to balance it and keep water off the raft. Again, our improvement worked! Our last test was 1.16 seconds!
To relate water to wind when introducing this project, you can talk to students about swimming, because it's a topic that most students can relate to. What do you do with your hand when you swim the front crawl? Curve your fingers forward (like the air foils!) A constraint to give my fifth graders could be that the length of the width of their boat has to end in a quarter of an inch - this gives them practice with measurement.
Straw Rocket: our next activity was to build a straw rocket. The directions were: here is a straw, a piece of paper, some scissors, and some tape. Build the perfect rocket.
After we built our rockets, we launched them off the straw rocket launcher. We got to choose the angle we wanted to launch from and the height we wanted to drop the launcher from.
I launched my rocket from an angle of 45 degrees and dropped from 38 inches. My rocket launched 2.7 meters!
After students have launched their rockets, you can ask "which rocket was the perfect rocket?" The answer is that you can't tell because there were too many different variables (different launch angles, different drop heights, etc.) The next step could be to split students into four groups and have each group explore a different variable, then use that data to determine the final constraints and allow students to build individual straw rockets once again. You could also set up hula hoops as targets and have students analyze the data to manipulate the distance their rocket launches.
Our next destination was the Greene County Career Center where juniors and seniors in high school can go to complete their high school courses AND receive a technical certificate.
While there, we also learned about some changes women made to flight. One was the flight suit. A pregnant pilot had to keep sizing up in flight suits, and one day her sleeve got caught because it was so big and it blew her engine. They changed flight suit sizing after that. They also had to make chairs movable because many women were too short to reach the rudders.
We heard from one of the founders of Air Camp before having dinner. He told us about how air camp started and about the donors that fund it. We pay a $100 deposit to hold our place, but otherwise it is completely free for teachers who are accepted to attend thanks for a special donor which is AMAZING.
The last part of our day included four modules.
The first was an ecological talk with an agriculture from the school. It was a lot of random information that none of us really knew what to do with, but he was very passionate about his subject!
Second, we looked at a Mission regarding the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and talked about the different missions we could create with that topic. Missy and I decided to look at abandoned animals and thought designing a shelter to help take care of the animals could be a good project.
Our third module was about electricity and some activities that can be done in this unit.
One activity would be to give students a ziplock bag with a D battery, an alligator wire, and a small lightbulb, and tell them they have to light the light bulb. Our instructor said most students will try to do the "Statue of Liberty" where they attach one end of the alligator clip to the lightbulb and hold it up, and the other to the battery (which won't work).
She also mentioned how she would give students the board game "Operation" as well as a paper copy of the image in the board. Students have to draw on the paper copy what they think the circuits look like, then they can dissect the game to see if they're correct.
Another activity is to use a piece of paper with holes punched into each side. Then, use a strip of aluminum foil to connect two of the holes and cover it with packing tape. Repeat this process until all the holes are covered, then flip it over. Students can use two alligator clips with a light in the middle, and connect the clips to two holes. If the holes are matched up with foil on the back the bulb will light up!
You can use paper with copper tape and lights, and a 3V battery to create a closed circuit and a parallel circuit.
Lastly we made a flashlight/light saber by putting copper tape on both sides of a popsicle stick. Then, take one of the metal pieces out of a binder clip and replace it with a copper. An LED light is taped on the end connecting the copper tape on both sides. A 3V battery is taped onto the popsicle stick and you can turn it off and on by flipping the metal part of the binder clip up and down.
Our last module of the night was drone flying! I had used the Tello drones with the app at Space Camp, so I knew what I was doing. Bonus - we all got our own drones at the end of the night!!
We wrapped up the night with some giveaways and discussion about the next day before heading back to the hotel a little before 10. It was another 14+ hour day and I am exhausted! Tomorrow is our last day, and then I've got a 5-hour drive back to Tennessee!
#gretchensbooks2022 - June


Just wondering what size and kind of hooks most of you use. I am fishing on the Aransas and Mission Rivers using a modified 5/0 circle hook. We have found that modification has worked great on our offshore fishing.


Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver HLTENN008, 'Apply legal and ethical parameters to nursing practice'.
1. Perform within scope of professional nursing practice.
1.1 Identify legal and regulatory requirements including Acts and guidelines, and explain how these requirements impact own nursing practice.
1.2 Comply with requirements of current legislation related to nursing practice and identify implications of non-compliance.
1.3 Apply codes of ethics, codes of conduct and the content of enrolled nurse competency standards for practice in own nursing practice.
1.4 Function within the scope of jurisdictional requirements for enrolled nurse practice.
1.5 Respond to each person in accordance with organisation policy and procedures, including responding appropriately and sensitively to complaints.
1.6 Refer outside requests for a person's information to a registered nurse.
1.7 Complete all documentation in accordance with State/Territory legislation and organisation policy and procedures.
1.8 Monitor own compliance with legal obligations and requirements.
2. Apply knowledge of the legal framework to nursing practice.
2.1 Demonstrate knowledge of relevant law, including legal processes, principles and penalties in own nursing practice.
2.2 Accurately apply concepts of negligence, duty of care and vicarious liability to professional practice as an enrolled nurse.
2.3 Obtain required consent to treatment from each person before undertaking treatment or processes.
2.4 Apply principles of restraint appropriately, demonstrating the correct intent and application of restraint.
2.5 Use correct common legal terms associated with nursing practice, and correctly interpret their meaning and implications for nursing practice.
2.6 Apply legal requirements and organisation expectations and requirements in writing reports in own nursing practice.
2.7 Apply mandatory reporting processes in line with jurisdictional requirements.
2.8 Observe the person's privacy and confidentiality requirements in accordance with legislative requirements and organisation policy and procedures.
2.9 Interpret referrals or requests for tests on receipt, ensuring the nature and requirements of tests are correctly identified, and seek clarification where required.
3. Apply ethical concepts to clinical practice.
3.1 Identify and describe the concept of ethics and its place in nursing practice.
3.2 Demonstrate ethical practice in own interactions with the person and their family or carers and colleagues.
3.3 Maintain own awareness of contemporary ethical issues and potential conflicts of interest that may impact nursing practice.
3.4 Identify, document and report potential ethical issues in accordance with organisation policies and procedures.
3.5 Develop and implement strategies to resolve ethical issues within own nursing practice in accordance with role parameters.
4. Support the rights, interests and needs of the person and their family.
4.1 Comply with legal responsibilities and duty of care requirements in all care activities and other interactions with the person, their family and carer.
4.2 Support the person's rights, interests and decisions.
4.3 Encourage the person to exercise their right to make informed decisions about their care.
4.4 Demonstrate respect and support for the dignity of the person and their family members.
4.5 Advocate for the person, their family or carer in accordance with jurisdictional enrolled nurse scope of practice.
5. Apply open disclosure processes.
5.1 Research and reflect on the practice of open disclosure and how it applies to own role as an enrolled nurse.
5.2 Apply the principles and processes of open disclosure in own work in a health care environment.
5.3 Identify the roles of other health care workers in relation to open disclosure.


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Rumbles among socialists over Peevski appointment
June 14, 2013 June 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski
A Bulgarian Socialist Party MP has distanced himself from the election of Movement for Rights and Freedoms MP and media owner Delyan Peevski to head the State Agency for National Security.
Peevski's nomination was put to Parliament on June 14 by Plamen Oresharski, prime minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, and approved 15 minutes later with the votes of MPs from the BSP and MRF.
BSP MP Georgi Kadiev sent an open letter to the media underlining that he did not support the candidacy of Peevski.
At an early-morning meeting of the BSP parliamentary caucus, when the nomination of Peevski was announced, Kadiev voted against it and when the nomination was put to Parliament, he had not voted, he said.
Kadiev, whose career mainly has been in municipal politics in Sofia, including as a failed mayoral candidate, said that he sought election to Parliament to "eradicate" Boiko Borissov's party GERB, but also to "restore professionalism and integrity".
The June 14 endorsement of Peevski went beyond any compromise that he could accept, he said. Kadiev said that he was prepared to leave Parliament "tomorrow" but did not believe that this would help anything.
According to a report by television station bTV, Oresharski told BSP MPs that he would resign if the nomination of Peevski was not accepted.
The BSP MPs were summoned to the morning meeting of the party's parliamentary group by an SMS which said that attendance was compulsory, according to the report.
A resignation by Oresharski would be certain to precipitate new elections. The BSP currently is in government in spite of having run second in the May elections, and had the chance to form a government after GERB found itself in a National Assembly where it had no potential allies.
It is against this background that, once it was clear that there were BSP MPs unhappy at the choice of Peevski, the reported threat by Oresharski to quit was issued.
Oresharski, speaking to reporters after the election of Peevski, said briefly that the choice was the right one.
GERB leader Boiko Borissov told journalists that the Peevski appointment was the official signal that the Bulgarian Socialist Party had died.
"I am so shocked by what I have just heard that I cannot even believe it is happening," Borissov said.
It was all over for the BSP, he said. "As of today, there is only one party ruling in Bulgaria and it is the MRF. The BSP no longer exists," Borissov said.
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Christmas in Nashville, TN
From fun-filled activities to holiday cheer, Nashville is one of the most spectacular places to spend your Christmas! Hop aboard a bus, train, or plane to come visit this most magical city during a time of celebration, joy, and festivities. It's the best time to visit Music City! From holiday-themed events to the amazing Christmas shows, Nashville has everything you could possibly want for the most magical holiday season.
All Aboard for Trains at the Adventure Science Center (Nov. 11 - Jan 4)
Nothing says Christmas like magical model trains running through marvelous little villages! Every year, the Adventure Science Center rings in the holiday season with a model train extravaganza where young and old alike can delight at this charming wonderland of miniature railroads. Gaze upon the Lionel 'O' Trains chugging along a double loop track, as you get to control elements of the display with buttons and levers. The whimsical trains move through a farmland, city, quarry and a county fair. Kids can watch in wide-eyed wonder at the Winter Wonderland as the little trains whistle their way through, set right at kids' eye level. Additionally, everyone's favorite Thomas the Tank Engine will be there with his friends in the Garden Scale Winter Village.
Christmas on the General Jackson (Nov. 13 – Dec. 25)
Take a holiday cruise down the Cumberland River on the General Jackson Riverboat and enjoy plenty of live holiday music, tunes, and entertainment. Choose a midday cruise and see the Nashville Christmas production, where country pickin', comedy and authentic vocals bring alive Christmas tunes. Dueling fiddles will perform 'Twas the Night Before Christmas', 'Songs for Santa', and more! Or, opt for the Heart of Christmas Dinner Show and enjoy the glad tidings of a six piece band and several featured performers in a colorful production filled with Christmas favorites, touching classics, and some rockin' for Santa Claus.
Christmas Village at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds (Nov. 14 - 16)
Enjoy a variety of unique seasonal and gift items offered at Nashville's oldest and most prestigious consumer show! Approximately 260 merchants and 25,000 shoppers from all over the States participate in this premier show. Search through a variety of toys for all ages, clothing for children and adults, jewelry, food items, pottery, collectibles, and unusual pieces for that the perfect gift for that special someone!
'A Country Christmas' at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel (Nov. 15 – Jan. 1)
Join the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and explore the magic of the Christmas season with a beautifully stunning light display! See more than two million twinkling lights, relax on horse-drawn carriage rides, marvel at acres of stunning decorations, and, of course, stop and see ICE! featuring 'Twas the Night Before Christmas', for an evening of beauty and fun!
ICE! at Gaylord Opryland featuring Twas the Night Before Christmas (Nov. 14 – Jan. 3)
Join the incredible dreamland ICE! for the holidays, and experience the magic of this winter wonderland sculpted from nearly two million pounds of ice enclosed in a 40,000-square-foot refrigerated events center! This festive event is a must-see for families in the Nashville area during the holiday season, and this year guests will be treated to amazing ice depictions of scenes from the holiday favorite, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.'
Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring the Rockettes (Nov. 21 – Dec. 24)
There is no better place to be this holiday than at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, so bring your whole family to marvel at the incredible precision dancing of the Rockettes in beloved acts with wooden soldiers, or the stunning reenactment of the first Christmas. In the dynamic second half, Old St. Nick takes center stage to remind us all about the true spirit of Christmas. It is a one-of-a-kind celebration for sharing with family, friends, and loved ones. During this event, The Opry House is beautifully decked out for the season with spectacular lights, sparkles, and other decorations that will add to the festive feeling of this spectacular show!
Restless Heart: A Season of Harmony Dinner & Show at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Event Center (Nov. 20 – Dec. 25)
Country music powerhouse group Restless Heart brings soaring rich harmonies to Gaylord Opryland's A Country Christmas with an all new A Season of Harmony Dinner Show. Known for chart-toppers like 'I'll Still be Loving You,' and 'When She Cries,' the band, celebrating 30 years with its five original members, will perform holiday classics and original songs from their new Christmas album along with favorite hits.
Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theater's Best of Country & Holiday Dinner & Show (Nov. 19 – Dec. 17)
Experience a celebration of the holidays done up country style with the Nashville Nightlife's Holiday Show! Hear many of the greatest country and spiritual holiday songs from the stars of yesterday and today, including songs like "Tennessee Christmas," "White Christmas," "Jingle Bells," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and many more! There will be many guest stars throughout the season including Tommy Cash, Steve Hall, and Shotgun Red, so be sure to stick around after the show for an exclusive autograph and photo session!
'A Christmas Carol' at the Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre (Nov. 20 – Dec. 28)
The classic Dickens tale is retold with a twist. Six actors transform from character to character as three ghosts take penny-pinching Scrooge on an eye-opening journey to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
'A Tuna Christmas' at the Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre (Dec. 11 – Dec. 31)
In this hilarious sequel to 'Greater Tuna', it's Christmastime in the third smallest town in Texas. Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Whellis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities, including hot competition in the annual lawn display contest. In other news, voracious Joe Bob Lipsey's production of 'A Christmas Carol' is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Many colorful Tuna denizens, including some you will recognize from 'Greater Tuna' and some appearing here for the first time (all played by two actors), will join in the holiday fun.
Christmas Lights Tour (Dec. 1-31)
Travel from the more well-to-do neighborhoods to the lone estates of the stars during this tour's vibrant exploration of the spirit of the season through decorative light displays! During this 2.5-hour tour of Nashville and the surrounding area, you will see a variety of grand light displays, including animatronics set ups, over-the-top residential displays, and more!
Amy Grant & Vince Gill at the Ryman Auditorium (Dec. 3 - Dec. 18)
In their two-hour program, the Grammy-winning husband and wife team will present cherished standards as well as newer seasonal numbers that will be sure to get everyone in the Christmas spirit!
Also, be sure to look at the Nashville Christmas Vacation Packages:
Gaylord Opryland Resort Country Christmas
Nashville's Radio City Rockettes Winter Vacation Package
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ORANGE & LEMONS Drops Teaser Photo For 'Kailangan Kita' Music Video - MYX | YOUR CHOICE. YOUR MUSIC.
Orange & Lemons took fans by surprise in July 2017 when the band announced that they're finally coming back after a 10-year hiatus.
The group, responsible for smash hits like "Hanggang Kailan", "Heaven Knows (This Angel Has Flown)" and 'Pinoy Ako', is still composed of original members Clem Castro, Ace del Mundo and JM del Mundo minus Mcoy Fundales.
While currently promoting the re-recorded version of their 2003 album Love in the Land of Rubber Shoes and Dirty Ice Cream, the trio just dropped a teaser photo for the music video of their latest single 'Kailangan Kita'.
While waiting for the music video to finally drop, listen to the newly updated track here.
They just mounted the Moonlane Festival which featured guest artists like Pupil, Sandwich, The Itchyworms, Autotelic, Ang Bandang Shirley, Join The Club, and many more.