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Victory For Religious Freedom
Judge Wayne Mack, a Texas Justice of the Peace, continues to stand strong after an atheist activist group said it was considering a lawsuit against him for allowing chaplains to begin his courtroom sessions with prayer. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) calls Judge Mack's actions unconstitutional, in spite of historical and legal precedent over the past 230 years.
The heart of this case stems from a complaint filed before the Texas State Commission by the FFRF in 2015 regarding Judge Mack's practice of allowing volunteer chaplains to open courtrooms sessions with prayer, as well as his Justice Court Chaplaincy Program that utilizes chaplains to be first responders for deaths in the county and provide counseling to mourners.
WATCH Judge Mack and his attorney as they joined Fox and Friends to tell the full story.
On August 16th, Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, issued a legal opinion based on requests by Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Executive Director Seana Willing of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. He noted, "A Justice of the Peace does not violate the Establishment Clause by opening a court session with the statement, 'God save the State of Texas and this Honorable Court.'"
In the six-page opinion, Paxton referenced the 2014 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Town of Greece v. Galloway. He also stated, "A court would likely conclude that a Justice of the Peace's practice of opening daily court proceedings with a prayer by a volunteer chaplain as you describe is sufficiently similar to the facts in Galloway, such that the practice does not violate the Establishment Clause." Similar comments were made regarding the volunteer chaplain program. Read the full opinion here.
The Town of Greece v. Galloway case was a powerful victory for religious freedom. In an opinion authored by Justice Kennedy, the U.S. Supreme Court highlighted our nation's long tradition of legislative prayer, stating, "That the First Congress provided for the appointment of chaplains only days after approving language for the First Amendment demonstrates that the Framers considered legislative prayer a benign acknowledgment of religion's role in society… As a practice that has long endured, legislative prayer has become part of our heritage and tradition, part of our expressive idiom, similar to the Pledge of Allegiance, inaugural prayer, or the recitation of 'God save the United States and this honorable Court' at the opening of this Court's sessions."
Over the years, a number of religious liberty experts have filed amicus briefs around this issue to support the right of individuals to pray in a public setting. Alliance Defending Freedom sent a 7-page letter to local governments and organizations affirming the legality of public invocations, and Congressman Randy Forbes, along with Congressman Steve Scalise, led eighty-five Members of Congress and the Congressional Prayer Caucus in an amicus curiae brief supporting the Town of Greece opening their meetings in prayer.
These efforts emphasize the important work of the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation and the American Prayer Caucus Network, as we work together to ensure citizens are equipped and educated to stand up for the right to pray and express their faith in the public square.
The American Prayer Caucus Network, a national network of like-minded legislators advanced and supported by the CPCF, is poised to respond in a similar manner whenever and wherever injustices like this arise in their respective states. For instance, even though faced with a lawsuit, the Berkeley County School Board has reinstated the practice of opening their meetings with prayer after the South Carolina Legislative Prayer Caucus sent a letter signed by 50 state lawmakers citing the Supreme Court decision. Additionally, Governor Nikki Haley signed a state law giving school boards the right to open meetings with prayer, and the CPCF also sent a strong letter to undergird the actions of the legislators and school board. Read the letter here.
After the Attorney General released his opinion, Kelly Shackelford, President and CEO of First Liberty Institute, which represented Mack in the case, said, "This is a total victory for Judge Mack and for the citizens of Texas." Judge Mack also had praise, "This has been a long and arduous process. I'm thankful for Lieutenant Governor Patrick's request for an opinion on this important issue and that Attorney General Paxton made clear the Constitution permits judges to invite volunteer chaplains to open sessions of court with prayer. This is a clear victory for religious liberty."
Judge Mack does not want to offend anyone, he is simply exercising a long held and sacred freedom that is fully supported by the U.S. Constitution and represents the cornerstone of our nation's founding.
If you want to give Judge Mack a shout out for his courageous stand, you can visit his Facebook page. We must prevail with and for one another and never allow ourselves to, "grow weary in well doing." The key to winning these legislative and court battles is to know the facts, and then unite around them. The actions of these brave leaders is worthy of honor. Pray for them. Thank them. Encourage them. We are all in this together, and together we will see our heritage and our First Amendment rights preserved.


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IRS: A Series of Unfortunate Events?
About Kevin D. Williamson
You may recall that when the IRS political-persecution scandal first started to become public, the agency's story was that the trouble was the result of the misguided, overly enthusiastic actions of a few obscure yokels in Cincinnati. That turned out to be a lie, as we all know. But the IRS made a similar case successfully in the matter of its criminal disclosure of the confidential tax records of the National Organization for Marriage, whose donor lists were leaked to left-wing activists in order to use them against the Romney campaign. The IRS admitted that an employee leaked the information, but said it was an accident, that it involved only a single employee making a single error, etc., and the court agreed that NOM could not show that the leak was the result of malice or gross negligence.
Truly, the IRS must be the unluckiest agency in the history of the federal government. Oops! It's leaking confidential taxpayer information to political activists. D'oh! It's improperly and illegally targeting conservative organizations for harassment and investigation and misleading Congress, investigators, and the public about the scope and scale of that wrongdoing. Dang! It cannot produce the emails that investigators have demanded as part of the inquiry into its actions. Rats! Its employees are openly campaigning for Barack Obama's reelection while on the IRS's clock, using IRS resources, and holding taxpayers hostage. And, who could have seen it coming? The IRS violated the Federal Records Act by refusing to archive relevant documents. With a string of bad luck like that, sure, accidentally releasing NOM's confidential taxpayer information to left-wing activists seems right at home.
That these events represent an unconnected string of unfortunate events — all of which just so happen to benefit the Left and its IRS allies while hurting conservatives and IRS critics — beggars belief. Add to that mix the willful dishonesty, the staged press rollout, complete with planted questions, intended to preempt questions about the internal investigation and its results, the naked lie that the wrongdoing was limited to a few nobodies in Cincinnati — the only way to believe that story is to desire very deeply to believe it.
The alternative and much more likely — undeniable, to my mind — explanation is that the Internal Revenue Service is engaged in an active and ongoing criminal conspiracy to misappropriate federal resources for political purposes, to use its investigatory powers, including the threat of criminal prosecution, for purposes of political repression, and to actively mislead Congress and the public about the issue; that the Justice Department is turning a blind eye to these very serious crimes for political purposes and is therefore complicit in the cover-up; that these crimes were encouraged if not outright suborned by Senate Democrats; and that the White House is at the very least passively complicit, refusing to lift so much as a presidential pinkie as the IRS runs amok.
And, apparently, there's nobody in Washington with the power and the inclination to do anything about it.
Kevin D. Williamson is the roving correspondent for National Review and the author of The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in an Age of Mob Politics.

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Bomb Threat Reported at Hudson Middle School
Hudson Middle School officials have verified that a bomb threat was discovered on campus today around 11 A.M. Hudson Middle School released the following statement on their Facebook Page:
Due to the safety of all students and staff at Hudson Middle School, a decision was made to immediately evacuate the campus due to a note that was found in a Hudson Middle School bathroom. The note stated, "there is a bomb". The note gave no location, date, or specific time. Due to the nature of incidents such as this, we feel it is imperative to be transparent with all students, staff and parents. All middle students were evacuated to the Hudson Gym. Parents who decide to pick their children up early may do so at that location. Buses will run at normal times after school. No persons will be allowed to enter the middle school campus until authorities deem the facilities to be safe. Again, all precautionary measures are taken in circumstances such as this for the safety of all students and staff.
Immediate action was taken to evacuate the facilities, contact appropriate law-enforcement agencies, and to notify parents. Hudson ISD takes situations such as this seriously and will remain transparent as to the issues at hand. Thank you for your understanding.
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British Airways (www.britishairways.com) is the largest airline in the world based on fleet size and international operations. Although the second largest UK airline in terms of passengers, British Airways remains the United Kingdom's flag carrier.
British Airways (BA) is the largest international scheduled airline based in the UK. Along with Iberia, the airline's parent company is the International Airlines Group (IAG). With its partners, the airline has an extensive route network with more than 400 destinations worldwide. The London-based carrier's call sign is "Speedbird", while its IATA airline designator is BA and its ICAO code is BAW. British Airways' main hubs are London's Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport.
In 2012, British Airways carried over 37.5 million passengers. With more than 160 destinations, the airline is one of the few that serve all inhabited continents. British Airways also operates one of the largest fleets in the world with over 270 aircraft. As of March 2014, the airline's fleet includes Airbus A318-100, A319-100, A320-200, A321-200 and A380-800 aircraft. British Airways also operates Boeing 737-400, 757-200, 767-300, 747-400, 777-200, 777-300 and 787 aircraft, and Embraer 170 and 190 jets.
British Airways traces its roots back to the UK's first commercial flights. A forerunner to today's BA, Aircraft Transport and Travel launched the first daily scheduled international air service from London to Paris in 1919. By 1920, the airline ceased operations due to subsidised competition from Europe. In 1924, Imperial Airways was created with the merging The Instone Air Line, Handley Page Air Transport, The Daimler Airway and British Marine Air Navigation. By the 1930s, the airline operated flights throughout the UK, Europe, Africa, India, Australia, North America and the Middle East.
The original British Airways was formed on 1 January 1936 with the merger of United Airways, Hillman's Airways and Spartan Airlines. The airline's first flights included Paris, Copenhagen, Malmo and Hamburg. In 1938, the British government announced plans to merge British Airways with Imperial Airways to create the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). Established in November 1939, BOAC began flying as the UK's state airline in April 1940 with wartime services for the government. Following the end of the Second World War, British European Airways (BEA) was created to take over BOAC's European routes and British South American Airways (BSAA) operated its South American routes.
The British Airways Group was established in September 1973 to manage BOAC and BEA. A year later, British Airways began operating as an independent airline with the dissolution of BOAC and BEA. The new airline welcomed the world's first passenger supersonic jet in 1976 with Concorde flights to Bahrain and Washington. British Airlines was privatised in 1987, part of the UK government's broader move to denationalise state corporations. That same year, the airline joined with British Caledonian. This was followed by takeovers of Dan-Air in 1992 and British Midland International (BMI) in 2012. In 2011, British Airways joined forces with Iberia to create the International Airlines Group (IAG).
British Airways flies to over 160 destinations around the world. Within the UK, the airline serves Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London (Heathrow, Gatwick and City airports), Manchester and Newcastle. As of March 2014, the carrier also serves Jersey and Gibraltar, 26 countries in Europe, and an additional 53 nations throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas.
As a member of the oneworld alliance, British Airways has codeshare flights with partners Air Berlin, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian and S7 Airlines. Subsidiaries of British Airways include BA CityFlyer, which operates flights between London City Airport and various European destinations, while OpenSkies links New York area airports with Paris. Franchises operations include South Africa's Comair and Denmark's SUN-AIR. The airline also has codeshare agreements with various other airlines around the world.
On long-haul flights, British Airways offers four classes of service. First, BA's first class cabin, is available on Airbus A380s and Boeing 747s, as well as certain Boeing 777s. Club World business class is found on Boeing 747, 767, 777 and 787 aircraft, and Airbus A318 and A380 jets. Private cabins on First include a fully flat bed with mattress and duvet, while Club World seats feature fully flat beds and memory-foam headrests. Both classes offer luxurious onboard meals, ample comfort with workspace, in-seat power, widescreen entertainment screens, and access to airport lounges. World Traveller is available on all flights outside Europe and features complimentary meals and drinks, as well as seat-back entertainment. World Traveller Plus is BA's premium economy option with a dedicated cabin, more comfortable seats and in-seat power.
Within the UK, British Airways operates a single economy class service. On flights to Europe, BA offers two classes with its Euro Traveller and Club Europe. BA's business class offering, Club Europe passengers have access to private airport lounges, dedicated check-in and priority boarding, additional baggage allowances, a delicious inflight meal service, and seats with extra space. On Euro Traveller, economy class passengers enjoy complimentary drinks and snacks, newspapers, and leather seating.


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Codman Square
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In 1654 the government of Massachusetts Bay Colony built a road to connect the Roxbury Meeting House with the Braintree Meeting House along the hills of central Dorchester. Called the Upper Road, this route later became Dorchester's Washington Street. The point where the Upper Road intersected an ancient Indian trail, now Norfolk Street, became a commercial district where farmers could sell their produce and buy supplies. By 1803 this intersection became known as Baker's Corner, taking its name from Dr. James Baker's store. The construction of the Second Church soon followed to serve a population grown too large for the First Church on Meeting House Hill. Town Hall was built in 1816 in the Square because of its central location, and Baker's Corner became known also as Dorchester Center. In 1848 the intersection was officially renamed Codman Square in honor of the Reverend John Codman who had died the year before, after ministering to the members of the Second Church for 39 years.
History of Codman Square
For the history of Codman Square, try
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and Codman Square History by Richard Heath on this website
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Maryland to West Virginia Freight Trucking Rates
Maryland to West Virginia Freight shipping and trucking services are in high demand; Baltimore to Huntington is a very heavily traveled route.
The Baltimore, MD to Huntington, WV freight shipping lane is a 416 mile haul that takes more than 6 hours of driving to complete. Shipping from Maryland to West Virginia ranges from a minimum of 6 miles and a few minutes on the road from Redhouse, MD to Aurora, WV, to over 453 miles and a minimum driving time of 8 hours on the road from Elk Mills, MD to Cucumber, WV. The shortest route from Maryland to West Virginia is along the I-68 W corridor; however there is a more southerly route that uses the I-79 S, traveling through Charleston and Lost Creek, WV.
Maryland Freight Shipping & Trucking
Maryland is a densely populated state in a densely populated part of the country, so it is well served by interstate highways such as the I-68 and the I-95. Traffic in Maryland can be heavy, and good logistics and planning are especially important in Maryland trucking. Maryland's adjacency to Washington DC has had a huge effect on its economy. Defense and biotech are important industries in Maryland, and Maryland produces both high tech products like electronics and chemicals and traditional products like coal and steel. Freight Rate Central serves clients with a wide variety of specialized shipping requirements in the state of Maryland. For example, Maryland electronics companies may require temperature-controlled shipments of fragile electronic components, while Maryland steel fabricators sometimes need special provisions for over weight, over dimensional structural steel columns and girders.
Get an Instant Online Freight Quote for Shipments Going to West Virginia From Maryland Right Here
West Virginia Freight Shipping Quotes and Trucking Rates
West Virginia is a state that lies on the Eastern side of the United States, the state was formed in 1861 after some unionist counties of northwestern Virginia decided to separate from Virginia to form a new state during the American Civil War. West Virginia was admitted to the union in 1863, during the war West Virginia remained a key border state, and was the only state to be formed by separating from a Confederate state. West Virginia lies in the Appalachian mountains, in fact it is the only state in the United States to lay completely within a mountain range, thus being referred to as the "Mountain State". West Virginia is a popular place for tourism, from mountain ranges, caves, whitewater, and skiing, West Virginia draws a large part of its income from travelers.
West Virginia is one of the top coal producers in the United States, second only to Wyoming, coal fired power plants in the state create a surplus of electricity, leading the nation in interstate electricity exporting. West Virginia also sits on top of the Shale Natural Gas bed, which allows the state to produce 15% of the nations fossil fuel energy.
Maryland to West Virginia Freight shipping quotes and trucking rates vary at times due to the individual states industry needs. Since Maryland and West Virginia are mainly industrial, with many food processing and distribution centers, we see plenty of shipments by refrigerated trailer, flatbed trailer as well as by the more common dry van trucks. Our Less Than Truckload (LTL) carriers in both Maryland and West Virginia are also running a number of regular services between the two states, and it's an active route for heavy haul freight shipments, as well.


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Persons of interest named in Hayden Mayberry case
The Walker County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) released the names of three "persons of interest" in the case of missing 26-year-old Hayden Mayberry. more
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Suit filed in 5-year-old's drowning
The mother of a 5-year-old who drowned at Memorial Park Natatorium in July is suing the city of Jasper and the lifeguards who were on duty at the time of the incident.
Eagle's political history podcast debut today
Left on Red, the Daily Mountain Eagle's new political history podcast, launches today. Hosts Jennifer Cohron and Drew Gilbert will be interviewing current and former elected officials, party leaders and voters about Walker County's changing political landscape over the past 30 years. more
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Investigation under way in murder-suicide in Nauvoo
The Walker County Sheriff's Office is investigating a murder-suicide involving a father and son that happened Tuesday on Highway 5. more
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"A love for technology and all things audio"
Andre Ayvazyan's passion for hearing technology led him to join his brother as co-founder at Hearing Aid Source in 2010. Andre sees the difference he makes in his patients' lives through healthy hearing care and feels it is the most gratifying part of his job.
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California High Speed Rail
HNTB Corporation
Geotechnical Engineering Geology & Geomorphology Entitlement and Permitting Support Geotechnical Investigation
California,
Home/Projects/California High Speed Rail
ENGEO is part of the team providing engineering design services for the Peninsula Segment.
The California High-Speed Rail (HSR) is a publicly-funded high-speed rail system intended to operate between San Francisco and Los Angeles with a top speed of over 200 miles per hour. The San Francisco to San Jose segment consists of elevated, at-grade, and below-grade tracks and shares a common use corridor with the Caltrain commuter rail service and Union Pacific railroad freight operations. The San Jose to Merced segment consists of large cuts and fills for at-grade tracks, elevated via-duct, cut-and-cover tunnels, approximately 13 miles of bored tunnel, and tunnel portals. Grade separations are planned at all road crossings and stations are planned at select cities along the alignment. ENGEO is part of the team providing engineering design services for the San Francisco to Merced section. ENGEO's scope of services includes geotechnical engineering related to all aspects of the project.
The role includes identifying geotechnical and geologic constraints along the alignment and establishing appropriate mitigation for seismic risks. We are also providing geotechnical design criteria for cut and cover sections, hard rock and soft soil tunnels, below-grade stations, and above-grade track and station components.
Also included are grade separations at a key peninsula location; construction of the underground-level train station structure and mezzanine for the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco; new platforms and other improvements at the Caltrain station at Fourth and King Streets in San Francisco to make way for high-speed trains; and the first increment of the new marquee Diridon Station in downtown San Jose.
Additionally, ENGEO performed geologic mapping that included characterizing large deep-seated landslides near the proposed tunnel portal locations. This landslide mapping was used to determine future exploration locations and for preliminary planning for tunnel portal excavations. ENGEO determined that major movement of a particularly large landslide complex near a tunnel portal likely had not occurred since the Ice Age, and therefore, was not likely to present a fatal flaw to the project. This saved the project significant costs in further exploration of this landslide complex, as well as potential design changes.
ENGEO also prepared documents for the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) including for Geology, Soils, and Seismicity as well as Hazardous Materials. These documents included Technical Reports and the EIR sections for these topics. This work included a review of existing data along multiple alternative alignments and analysis of geologic, seismic, and geotechnical hazards as well as hazardous materials impacts. Working closely with the prime environmental consultant, these reports were delivered on time and on budget.
Project challenges include active faults, liquefaction, massive landslides, complex Franciscan Formation bedrock, remote access, working in an environmentally sensitive region, limited access to geologic features, and extensive public outreach efforts.
ENGEO's geotechnical services were performed in multiple phases concurrently and with an accelerated schedule. ENGEO prepared two geotechnical investigation work plans for the San Jose to Merced segment timely and under budget. In addition, ENGEO prepared a geotechnical data report (GDR) and a geotechnical investigation report (GIR) for the San Francisco to San Jose segment. ENGEO also coordinated and implemented a portion of the Phase 1 Geotechnical Investigation Work Plan. Furthermore, ENGEO prepared county drilling permits, Caltrans encroachment permits, and detailed work plans for environmental clearance as well as permission to enter private properties. Geologists on the team logged the rock cores coordinated in-situ testing and downhole geophysical surveys in a compressed 3-month schedule. The work was performed in a collaborative manner with the tunnel design team and with HSR representatives. ENGEO also developed a GIS database to provide prompt and accurate access to existing geotechnical data and proposed boring locations.
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Case Study Odense Hospital
Odense University Hospital, Denmark
Folding screens replace curtain screens
Odense University Hospital (OUH) has been testing and comparing new folding screens from Silentia ApS against old curtain screens as privacy screening for patients. The results clearly showed the benefits of the folding screens.
Should we stick with good old curtain screens to provide patient privacy or should we invest in the new folding screens from Silentia?
This was the question that ward nurse Pia Dybdal and the staff and ward managers at Odense University Hospital (OUH) had to ask themselves after a trial of 18 new, white folding screens from Silentia measuring 1.55 m high and 3.75 m long. The trial began in May in connection with the extension of the intensive care and recovery department.
"The decision was clearly in favour of the folding screens. It's no secret that I was very sceptical and unsure about the introduction of the folding screens. Firstly I was in doubt about the practicality of the screens, whether they would be flexible enough,
and secondly it would be an expensive decision that could not be reversed.
"But on the whole I can definitely recommend the use of folding screens – they are the screening solution of the future. They have major hygiene advantages, they are attractive and they give rooms a very light and welcoming appearance, and both the patients and the staff have been very pleased with them, despite the initial scepticism," says Pia Dybdal.
Pia is so satisfied with the new screens that an order for folding screens has also been placed for the next project, starting in late August, when Silentia will supply patient screens for an extension to a surgical ward at OUH.
IMPROVED HYGIENE
The outcome naturally also pleases the CEO of Silentia SpA, Henrik Fribo-Søndergaard:
"It's great to hear that the trial has had such positive results, and I really look forward to working with the hospital in the near future."
Silentia is a Swedish-based company with headquarters in Falkenberg, where 25–30 employees produce the full range of screens, available in many different combinations of sizes, mounting options, colours, etc. The Danish arm of the company was founded one and a half years ago by 48-year-old Henrik Fribo-Søndergaard.
The main advantage of the folding screens over curtains is hygiene. Research in the U.S. (*see backside) has revealed the presence of contamination containing pathogenic bacteria in 119 out of 180 curtain screens that were examined. Folding screens are easy and straightforward to clean. Other benefits are that rooms with folding screens are brighter, the screens do not get in the way of hoist equipment and that folding screens provide the best possible screening for patients and a good working environment for staff.
The screens offer great flexibility, so screen- ing can be tailored to suit equipment, patients and staff.
The ambition behind the development of the Silentia screen system is to create products that are easy to use, easy to install, easy to clean, can easily be combined with each other and are aesthetically appealing to patients and staff.
The product range is extensive and comprises a system of folding screens, end screens and fixed screens that can be mounted on trolleys for maximum mobility, fixed to the wall or floor using a pole, or attached to existing wall rails.
*The research study was led by Dr. Marin L. Schweizer at the University of Iowa Hospital and was completed in late 2011. The researchers carried out tests on 43 curtains twice a week for three weeks, and found bacteria in 119 out of 180 samples. The researchers also installed 13 new curtains at the hospital, and within one week 12 out of 13 of them showed contamination.
Silentia folding screen mounted on a pole that is screwed to the floor. Seen here in front of a window with space behind to provide access for staff.
Silentia folding screen screwed directly to a wall, seen here folded.


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Bee thefts mount as the pollination season intensifies
Posted on February 17, 2022 by Valley Voice Contributor
It happens every year. As soon as pallets loaded with honeybee colonies hit the soil in California orchards to pollinate the almond crop, they are targeted by thieves. Authorities and others in the business say the culprits tend to be other beekeepers.
Thieves are after the pollination rental income, which this year is $200 to $220 per hive, according to beekeepers.
"Unfortunately, it's other people in the beekeeping industry who are desperate during almond pollination, and they steal from other beekeepers to fulfill their contracts, and it's disgusting," said Claire Tauzer of Tauzer Apiaries. "It's a horrible violation of our industry and all of our hard work. The majority of our industry are honest, hardworking people, and there is a small, desperate minority who steals from people this time of year, and it's got to stop."
Tauzer Apiaries, a family beekeeping business in Northern California, reported that 384 of its hives were stolen from the Hopland area in Mendocino County between Jan. 19 and Feb. 1. Those hives are valued at $150,000, plus $80,000 in pollination rental income.
A day after the hives were reported missing last week, a tip led law enforcement to a residence in Yolo County, where they recovered the stolen colonies. The suspects were allegedly transferring the frames of Tauzer's bees into their own boxes, Tauzer said. Law enforcement also located the company's custom, $50,000 forklift, stolen a year ago in Woodland. An arrest was made in connection to the alleged theft of the forklift. The investigation is ongoing.
"I'm just tired of this happening to our community," Tauzer said. "I don't care if it's five hives. These are our livestock. We have invested a year, at least, in every hive."
With California almond orchards buzzing with activity between now and bloom, Butte County Sheriff's Deputy Rowdy Freeman said of the thefts, "It's difficult, because it's the perfect crime—it is beekeepers stealing from other beekeepers, and it's very difficult to tell the owner from the thief."
"Someone that comes in and steals 144 hives overnight, they know how to do it. They're most likely beekeepers and have the right equipment," said Freeman, president of the California Rural Crime Prevention Task Force. "If you think that something might be out of place, make the phone call and let authorities check it out."
Tauzer Apiaries wasn't the only victim last week. South Dakota beekeeper Ryan Maxwell of T&D Honey transported colonies to California to pollinate almonds. His placed bees sat in a Kern County orchard near Wasco for about a day and, in a flash, they disappeared.
"We went through all the bees on Friday and when we went back to check them on Sunday, they were gone," said Maxwell, who added that the theft is significant for their family-run business. "We're a small operation, and 12% of our hives were stolen."
Maxwell said his family fell victim to a theft of 144 hives, of which he said the pollination income alone is valued at $29,000. He said the company's hives are painted white and olive green and stenciled with the company name "T&D Honey."
Another 160 hives were reported stolen from a Madera County almond last week.
Theft of honeybee colonies, Freeman said, is often difficult to prove.
"The problem that we have is that it's always after the fact, whether it's a few days, a week or two weeks," Freeman said. "The longer it goes before it gets reported, the harder it is to track down people and preserve evidence."
The sheriff's deputy also happens to be a beekeeper and is renting his honeybees for almond pollination. Freeman said he just moved all of his bees into the orchards, adding, "Even though I'm law enforcement, the theft of my hives is always in the back of my mind because it would affect me just like anybody else."
With any theft of bees, an almond grower is out the pollination services provided by the bees, Freeman said.
"Now, the farmer doesn't have those bees, and they have to try to scramble and find some more at the last minute if they're able to," Freeman said.
Butte County beekeeper Buzz Landon, president of the California State Beekeepers Association, said it is important for "all beekeepers and almond growers to be very cautious and aware of what is going on in the orchards." Also important, he said, is that beekeepers and growers develop a good relationship and maintain good, open communication.
Where cost-effective, beekeepers may strategically place GPS trackers in certain hives as a theft prevention measure. "We've used trackers, but you just never know which load they're going to take," Landon said.
Many beekeepers mark their hives with personal identifiers, Freeman said, and they must also register with the BeeWhere program, which tracks and safeguards hives using mapping tools. Beekeepers must register annually with the county agricultural commissioner, clearly mark hives with name, address and phone number, and notify the county within 72 hours of hive relocation.
Freeman said BeeWhere will not prevent theft, but it will allow law enforcement and the California Department of Food and Agriculture "to keep track of where hives are." He added, "If they find hives in a location that aren't registered, it gives them a reason to look into it a little bit more."
Tauzer Apiaries announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the missing hives. CSBA offers up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for stealing bees and/or beekeeping equipment; information may be sent to [email protected].
California and out-of-state beekeepers move some 2.5 million honeybee colonies to pollinate the state's 1.3 million bearing acres of almond trees before bloom in late February. California beekeepers supply about 500,000 honeybee colonies, and the remainder is trucked in from out of state.
(Christine Souza is an assistant editor of Ag Alert. She may be contacted at [email protected].)


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"A few months after I had surgery for a mitral valve repair at age 77 years, I developed myositis, an auto-immune disease which attacks the muscles, primarily of the shoulders and hips. The only effective medical treatment for myositis is a steroid drug, prednisone, which counteracts the disease and allows the muscles to rebuild. I was on this drug for over a year, and when free of it, began to work towards feeling stronger, with exercise and vitamins.
Three and a half years later, I had a successful shoulder replacement, and was well enough to function, yet I was also tired and felt a lack of energy. I was also aware that with an auto-immune problem, there is a always a possibility of recurrence in the same or another form.
I had heard that Dr.Vreeland might be able to help me understand how to build up my body's defense to a recurrence without the use of drugs. Dr. Court V. looked at my blood tests and quickly determined that I was close to anemic and low on proteins, which showed that my body wasn't being given enough nourishment to protect myself in building up my defenses.


So when it came time to figuring out what came after sports for me it was obvious that I needed to stay in the active lifestyle field, because sitting at a desk all day made me cringe . So I became a trainer and absolutely fell in love, being able to help people change their lives by challenging them to step outside their comfort zone and push themselves to change through creative workouts is my expertise. Along with the workouts you quickly learn when becoming a trainer that writing workouts is only 1/2 of it the other part is that you are also a therapist, friend, outside opinion, meal planner, rock, comfort zone... I could go on but you get the gist. You are the person that people rely on for guidance to a healthy lifestyle, therefore you wear many hats. Because for people to really make a healthy change it's just as much physical as it is mental, being able to mesh these together and give them a result they will be forever grateful for is what it's all about .


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Planning a League Event
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by Malarky » 03 Apr 2022, 16:28
I've been thinking about running a League event later in the year - starting September, if things pan out.
The idea is to have 7 rounds of games between Sept 2022 and March 2023, each round starting each month.
The idea would be that players could play in one game each round, with a minimum of 3 rounds played to feature in the scoring. Points awarded in each game would be divided by 7, regardless of how many rounds people were involved in.
So far, so usual(-ish).
Here's the twist, though: Playdip's league would be one of three, with leagues being run simultaneously on webDip and Backstabbr. The top seven players from each league would then be invited to compete in an additional 3 games, one game on each platform. Final points scored from the individual Leagues would be carried over to the Championship, and added to points won in those final games, with the Championship games being scored at 150% to stress their importance (and to give lower scoring players a look-in).
That's the idea, anyway. Any thoughts?
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Re: Planning a League Event
by Chairpusher » 03 Apr 2022, 18:16
I would be interested please.
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It's a long way off, Chair I'll push the idea more nearer the time.
by Klendathu » 07 Apr 2022, 14:00
I absolutely won't play on webdip. Their interface is intolerable. And the way their sister site vdip crashed and was inactive for a month…. Is worrisome.
I'll play on webdip, when the webdip interface isn't garbage. Not until.
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Well, that's fine.
I know there's something of a history between webDip and Playdip, and I've seen highly critical posts on the webDip forum about Playdip. One player who originally signed-up for the POC / ODC IV withdrew because they didn't like Playdip's interface. They simply approached me by PM and said they were withdrawing. Fair enough.
But nobody is suggesting anybody has to play anywhere. The idea is that each site would have its own event and the top seven players from each would be invited to the Championship event. If someone didn't want to play in that event, they would simply decline the offer. I'd then move on to the next person. Possibly problematic if most of the top players didn't want to play, yes....
Still, the idea's there (and I've already adapted it - i over-thought the scoring, for instance ) and it will either work or it won't. Very much embryonic just yet
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The Trailer of Shaheed Aitzaz Hassan Movie Is Making Every Pakistani Tear Up
Home » Celebrities & Glamour » The Trailer of Shaheed Aitzaz Hassan Movie Is Making Every Pakistani Tear Up
By Soha Naveed
Remember the brave 14 year Pakistani schoolboy who sacrificed his own life to save the lives of 2000 other children? Yes, Aitzaz Hassan – the boy who made it all over the news after ending his life to save children of his own age. Our film industry has finally revealed the trailer of the movie that cover will the heroic story of Aitzaz Hassan.
Salute – the Pakistani biographical film that will cover the life of Aitzaz, his family and will shed light on the sacrifice he made.
The movie stars Ali Mohtesham (as Aitzaz Hassan), Saima Noor (as Aitzaz's mother) and Ajab Gul (as Aitzaz's father) and a number of other supporting actors. From the makers of a number of Pakistani films comes another one we are anxiously waiting for.
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The producer of the film, Shahzad Rafique announced the making of this film on the first death anniversary of Aitzaz Hassan. We will be able to watch the martyr's biographical film on the 2nd of December, 2016.
Here's the trailer of the film:
"Mujhe maaf karna, maine tujhe bohat rollaya. Magar tere bete nae bohat si mayo ko rone sae bachaya hai." – heartbreaking dialogue said by the lead character who plays the role of Aitzaz.
One can see how the director and writer promises to capture different aspects in this film – from the personal life of Aitzaz to the Taliban interventions – the trailer sheds lights on a a number of elements.
Aitzaz's father always shared how proud he was because of what his son did. "A number of people come to me to see me, but if they express sorrow or sympathy, I tell them you need to congratulate me on being the father of the martyr." said the brave father when interviewed.
While Aitzaz honored everything he had to save a number of innocent lives, Pakistanis must honor his sacrifice by going to this film at least.
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IVR Technology Group Adds Pay by Chat and Social Media to Payment Technology Stack
Buffalo, NY, April 30, 2018 (Newswire.com) – IVR Technology Group announces today that the company has integrated pay by chat and pay by social media messaging to their popular Compass Payments Suite to increase the omnichannel experience for companies whose customers are looking for more options when making payments.
Currently, the payments suite processes nearly a half million payment transactions each month, and the IVR Technology Group is adding four to five new implementations every week. As an easy-to-administer solution, the Compass Payments Suite reduces contact center agent hours, decreases processing fees, increases revenue, and provides custom reporting for companies collecting payments through multiple channels. The two new channels add to the payments suite's existing payment methods of pay by phone, text, web and visual IVR.
Mike Byrne, CEO of IVR Technology Group, says, "Just a few months ago, we added in the pay by web functionality, so it's exciting to announce the news that we've added not one but two new channels." Mr. Byrne also notes, "These new methods are the direct result of feedback from our customers."
The Compass Payments Suite is PCI DSS Level 1 certified, NACHA and HIPAA compliant as well as SSAE-16 certified. "Data Security, especially today, is of the utmost importance to IVR Technology Group. We want our users to know that they can put full trust in our company that their data is safe," says Ryan Wagner, newly promoted Sales Manager.
Available around-the-clock, the payments suite also offers multilingual options, real-time integrations with a company's customer database, and a built-in payment notifications system to remind payees of when a payment is due or was received.
The Compass Payments Suite product addresses the payment needs for a wide range of industries ranging from Healthcare, Charities and Nonprofits, Public Utilities, Property Management, Municipalities and electronic bill-presentment companies just to name a few.
IVR Technology Group's passion is to effortlessly connect people to information in a way that empowers companies to deliver delightful customer experiences. We provide a "full stack" of voice and text applications, from an advanced enterprise-class omnichannel hosted contact center to payments by voice, text or chat, and much more. Our "security-first" mandate ensures up-to-date regulatory compliance and carrier-class data security. But most importantly, we love success, our customer's success through committed follow-through customer support at every level.
BUFFALO, N.Y., December 13, 2018 – IVR Technology Group, a leader in multichannel business communications,…


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Irrational Exuberance's Fourth Coming
It's hard to believe (for me, I fully realize no one else cares), but it's been almost exactly three years since I last redesigned this poor site. It's gone from Blueprint CSS, to custom CSS with a reset stylesheet, and now on to Bootstrap. I have mixed feelings about moving to Bootstrap, simply because it's become so remarkably widespread, but it certainly does make it quite easy to create a minimum layout.
The third iteration was the culmination of five years of blogging, a bit over three hundred articles, and some ideas about content optimization influenced by working on Digg's story detail page.
The frontend was rewritten to try to focus as much as possible on the content itself, and the backend was rewritten to be fast, collect usage analytics in real-time and suggest the best content based on collected analytics.
Honestly, I was really quite happy with how the third version turned out, and it received high praise indeed when @mtrier declared visiting the blog no longer blinded his eyes. There were just a bunch of small rendering issues that started to nag on me, and I wanted to try cleaning it up a bit.
The two central questions for me were:
Can the writing–the whole point of having a blog in the first place–be give more emphasis?
Can we eliminate any visual quirks which make it look like I've lost my mind?
Here is the–clearly not far deviated from either the previous implementation or Bootstrap itself–update.
The improvements to my eyes are:
Rationalized constrast: article titles have the most contrast, drawing the eyes to the content. Previously the header and tags had more contrast, despite being less important. The right rail is also relatively toned down.
Responsive: rendering works coherently at most screen sizes now, in part thanks to @segdeha pointing out just how poorly it was rendering.
Reduced color palette: there was a certain warmth to the previous colors, but they were also somewhat polarizing. No more.
Moved from listing "Projects" and "Resume" to "Github" and "LinkedIn", plus added "Twitter". Also removed the "About" page, which was pretty misguided from the very beginning.
I have also redirected willarson.com to lethain.com for self-evident reasons.
What can I say about those colors? I was young and optimistic. I also hadn't updated that page's contents in about three years, which didn't do a lot to suggest I was likely to maintain it going forward either.
These changes, taken together with cleaning up my internet presences (switching to new headshots I had taken a few months ago, updating profiles, merging some lingering pull requests, etc) and I'm starting to feel like a brand new me.
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Q: hashing the password using md5 i want to hash the registered password in the database using MD5  and the same thing when login  but the problem is that in the register process the password get hashed but in the login  the system work as this is incorrect password
register.php
 //ADD MD5 hash to the password
       $db_pass=md5($pass1);
//************Insert all the user's input to the database**************************//
$query = mysql_query("INSERT INTO user(user_name, first_name, last_name, governorate,
 district, village, birth_date, email_address, specialization, password,
 registered_date)VALUES('$username', '$firstname', '$lastname', '$governorate',
 '$district', '$village', '$bdate', '$email', '$specialization', '$db_pass',
 now())") or die("could not insert data");

login.php
$pass = md5($pass);

$sql=mysql_query( "SELECT user_id, email_address, first_name, user_name FROM user
WHERE email_address='$email'
AND password='$pass'LIMIT 1") or die("error in user table");

A: You shouldn't be using MD5. It is insecure and it is waaaaay too fast for you to be using it for the purpose of password hashing (look at the Wiki page for Brute-force attacks if you don't understand why using a fast password hashing algorithm is a bad idea). You should look into using something like Bcrypt.
You can use Bcrypt via the crypt function.
$userPassword = 'testpassword';
$hashed = crypt($userPassword, '$2a$15$usesomesillystringforsalt$');
echo $hashed;

As somebody mentioned above, ircmaxell has a pretty good library available on github. The library is forwards-compatible with the password_hash function, which will be available in PHP 5.5 (currently in BETA).

A: Are you sure that $pass1 and $pass are same!! Just check that, both are same before hashing.
As MD5 is insecure use sha256/sha512 with salts or use phpass for generating strong hashes (phpass is used by WordPress for generating password hashes).

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