Students in this course will explore the implications of ethnicity, culture, and diversity within the context of society. Students will be introduced to racial and ethnic relations, prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, and adaptation and conflict in diverse cultures.
Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotyping in the U.S.
Analyze the concepts of white privilege and colorblind racism.
Identify various forms of institutional racism.
History of Native Americans and Immigrants to the U.S.
Outline the history of immigrants to the United States.
Describe the vast diversity, such as language, customs, and religions of Indian Nations in the United States.
Slaves, Freemen, and Latinos in the U.S.
Outline the history of slavery and freemen throughout the Americas, including the U.S.
Analyze the effect of colorism within African American and Latino communities.
Identify the social and political realities that place very diverse Latin American groups within this specific large ethnic group, the only one recognized by the United States Census.
Identify elements that assist in the success of the Asian American group in the United States.
Explain the history and future of mixed-race identity and the blurring of racial and ethnic borders within the U.S.
Identify the era of post-Racialism, and the current state of race and ethnicity in the U.S.
Identify the social nature of the use of racial and ethnic categories and labels in the United States.
Differentiate between the concepts of the melting pot, fusion, assimilation, and pluralism.
Identify ways underrepresented racial and ethnic groups have been pressured to assimilate in the United States.


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A connection to a PostgreSQL database.
The current state of a connection.
The server can send errors and notices, or the network can cause errors while the connection is not being used to make a query. See ClientMessage and ServerMessage for more information.
Represents an error or a notice sent from the postgresql server.
Describes whether the a connection is participating in a transaction, and if the transaction has failed.
By implementing this class and passing it to connect(), it is possible to provide a customised handling of the Dart type encoding and PostgreSQL type decoding.


His arrest was announced in a splashy press conference with then-Attorney General Tom Corbett.
But 11 years later, the arrests keep coming, just like the drugs.
In 2014, there was a roundup in February with drugs coming in from Williamsport to Lock Haven to Bellefonte to State College.
A few months later, it was a bust in Philipsburg, where heroin was being sold through a towing company.
The OAG releases pictures and numbers. Fifteen arrested in Clearfield County, another 27 in Clearfield County, 17 arrested in Centre County, 35 in Blair. On and on and on.
Part of it is addiction. The number of people using opioids and heroin is increasing. According to the federal Drug Enforcement Agency's heroin threat assessment summary for 2016, it is the "greatest drug threat" in the Mid-Atlantic, up to 48 from 8 percent in 2007.
Part of it is economics.
According to the OAG's Anthony Sassano, the heroin that is sold on a Philadelphia street corner for $5 can go for four times that in State College.
And now, it isn't just the local dealers in Philly noticing how lucrative Pennsylvania's drug trade could be.
The DEA's report identifies a new threat from Mexican traffickers looking to move from the West Coast.
"... Some Mexican trafficking organizations are moving their operations into suburban and rural (areas) where they believe they can more easily conceal their activities," the threat assessment summary states.
In Centre County, the effect is seen on Wednesday mornings, when preliminary hearings fill up the main courtroom at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte.
A few years ago, a central court session would be a list of about 40 people, but District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller says she has watched it climb to 60, 70, sometimes 80 or more people waiting for disposition. But not all of those people are there for possession or distribution charges.
"I would say that people don't always realize that the drug addiction and drug distribution affects our community in a lot of ways that do not have the word drug in the title," she said.
Ferguson Township police Chief Diane Conrad agrees.
Conrad also pointed to other kinds of theft, such as theft of prescription drugs. While an opioid addiction can start with a prescription addiction that escalates, she said sometimes people who need drugs look for another means to satisfy their addiction by stealing someone else's legal medication.
Both see the newest responses to the opioid crisis rooted not in penalizing addicts but in providing help on different levels.
There are the prescription drug drop-off boxes that many departments offer to take unused medication off the street. Conrad says her department's were installed last month and have already been emptied twice as people willingly take advantage of the program.
Then there is the move toward creating a drug court to deal with addiction-related crimes — similar to the DUI court Centre County has already established — so that people get help rather than just handcuffs.
There is the life-saving medication, Narcan, that officers are carrying to help stop an overdose in its tracks.
And there is the way officers look at those in need.
"We want to help people. We're not necessarily looking to make an arrest," said Conrad, although she acknowledged sometimes that has to happen, and it might be the best thing at the time.
Parks Miller said she sees a big difference between the people who use drugs and the people using people who use drugs.
Since 2014, fentanyl-laced heroin overdoses have killed a number of people in Pennsylvania.


Recently, my family, my dad in particular, has been having quite a bit of trouble with cars. As of yesterday, we have just given back car number 6 – in 3 months. This stems, at least in part, from the incident about 3 months ago, when a drunk driver crashed into our car when it was parked outside our house … but for the past year or so, whenever my dad drives more than about 50 miles, we brake down. Normally, this is incredibly frustrating – I think our use of trains has increased 3-fold since this started happening, but looking back on it, these events can be somewhat hilarious.
Thursday morning, we were in the car (number 5, the replacement my dad brought after ours got totaled) driving to Warwick castle for a day out. We stopped at the services, because my brother, as always, needed the bathroom (don't drive with small children), and then the car wouldn't start again. Dad called the RAC (breakdown people) and mum brought us muffins, and eventually, after me and my little sister mentioned how something like this was bound to happen, they fixed the car, saying that something had moved so the batteries weren't charging, which was why it wouldn't start, and we carried on.
I had a nice day, watching people stab each other remarkably unrealistically, and drooling over waxwork food for waxwork Victorian ladies. We started driving home, and half way down the motorway (I think you call them interstates, huge multi-lane things), we went over a bump. This shouldn't mean anything, because roads are never flat, if they were, the government would have no reason to dig them up all the time. However, this bump meant something. All the lights cut out – and motorways are incredibly dark places at 7 in the evening. There was a lorry right behind us, a lorry to the side of us, and little me is sat in the in the back seat, terrified. I genuinely believed I was going to die.
Because pulling over in front of a giant lorry into somewhere you can't see when you have no lights is a really bad idea, my dad decided to drive onto the service station. Thankfully, it was only two miles away, but those were the longest 2 miles of my life. When we did finally get to the services, it was the same one we'd stopped at that morning, and we parked (at the opposite end) of the same lay-by. Talk about time repeating itself.
I'm fine now though … I slept off the concussion, but it's not an experience I'd recommend.


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Too much crunch?
Students resist lunch changes
Lunch boxes are becoming a more common sight in Great Bend schools as families react to Healthy, Hunger-free Kids mandates that are changing the look and taste of hot-lunch plates across the nation. - photo by VERONICA COONS Great Bend Tribune
Veronica Coons
A school janitor commented to USD 428 Food Service Director Karl Sprague this week that he had to add an extra waste basket in the lunchroom because the volume of waste had increased. It's not paper plates, napkins or milk cartons filling the extra space. Its food. Colorful, crunchy vegetables and fruits and whole grain breads, and leaner proteins.
As many parents know, introducing students to new foods can sometimes be a battle, and that goes for at school as well as at home, Assistant Superintendent Dan Brungardt said. The food can be offered, but lunchroom monitors can't require students to eat it.
"School lunches are not mandatory," said USD 428 Assistant Superintendent Dan Brungardt. "If they don't like the lunch, we've never made them eat it. They are welcome to bring their own lunch."
Sprague acknowledged there has been a marked increase of students doing just that. Luckily, he said, there have not been "brown bag" boycotts, something that has occurred in many districts nationwide.
After 35 years in the food service industry, Sprague finds it difficult to adopt that attitude, and he and his staff struggle with the changes, sometimes more than the students they serve.
"Throughout my career, I've always lived by the mantra, 'give the customer what they want'," he said. "Now, it's changed to 'give the customer only what they need.' "
Still, he reluctantly admits, the dietary changes are ultimately for the best. As he sees it,the issue is there's just a lot more bigger students.
Brungardt agrees. As he sees it,like any change, over time, it will work itself out.
"You really can't complain," he said. "Statistics show the kids really are overweight. I don't believe we're causing all of that — but there has to be a role for education or to bring in something fresh."
Thinking back to his childhood, Sprague remembers going home after school to work at least two hours with cattle, and appreciated a big lunch and dinner. Today's kids, he said, aren't nearly as active, and don't burn as many calories.
National debate
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 was heralded as a victory for First Lady Michelle Obama in her fight to end childhood obesity. The promise of healthier choices in school lunches came with images of the President's wife toiling in the White House garden and mingling with Disney channel actors and actresses, smilingly enjoying fresh, healthy snacks.
However, simply providing students with fresh fruits and vegetables is no guarantee they are going to like them. Some students have been tossing the "crudité" into the trash, and voicing complaints to parents that their lunches are small and bland. Some parents have complained to USD 428 Assistant Superintendent Dan Brungardt, a challenge his peers across the nation have had to deal with too.
"The school lunch program is only one-third of the meals a kid gets in a day," he said. He has received complaints from parents, and in response, has provided them with the information about the new standards or laws that they have to follow. "Our goal is to follow the regulations, which we have to, and to provide the best meal we can at the best cost to parents."
Over the past few weeks, a video posted on YouTube created by the students of Washington County Schools in North Central Kansas has gone viral. The video was created to protest changes to the school lunches that limit calories, suggesting that students are not getting enough food in order to do well in school and in sports activities. It spurred a video response by the First Lady, explaining why changes have been implemented.
Calorie Cap
Though the school lunch program was never meant to "fill up" kids, cooks had leeway in the amounts they could serve. Some districts would have a sandwich station, Sprague said, where kids could make themselves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches if they were still hungry after finishing their school lunch. Others offered seconds.
Today, under the new Healthy Hunger-free Kids Act, schools that take part in the free and reduced lunch program are required to adhere to strict caps on serving size, as well as amounts and varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables offered on both a daily and weekly basis.
The clamp-down on calories has made it hard to "fancy up" dishes also.
"We used to be able to mix a cheese sauce into the broccoli to make it more tasty for the kids," he said. "Now, we have to be very conscious of the amount of saturated fat and sodium in the food."
Last year, high school students were served up to 18 servings of bread each week. Now, they are capped at 12 servings.
"All it takes is one extra bun or dinner roll, and we're off the grid," Sprague said.
In fact, only fresh fruits and vegetables offer leeway on the caps. There are daily minimums that must be met, but no maximums listed. They also happen to be the most costly items on the menu, as well as the items most likely to be thrown out.
Aim of the Program
As Brungardt sees it, the federal government wants kids to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and the only place they influence the greatest number of the kids is at school. Since the number of students participating in the Free and Reduced Lunch program within the district is high, the USDA supplies nearly half the budget for the school lunch program. The district could lose that funding if it doesn't carefully comply with the new regulations
First Lady Michelle Obama puts it this way:
"It's about ensuring that all of you have everything you need to learn and grow and succeed in school and in life, because you all are the future of this country, and I want you to know that I believe in you."
For many years, the school lunch program has been self sufficient, Brungardt said. This means expenditures are not any higher for the program than what it brings in--and that appears to be the way the district would like to keep it. Costs are kept down under Spragues management, through bulk buying and because the district uses a central kitchen, he said.
Districts without these advantages sometimes need to make up food service shortfalls with transfers from the district General Fund. The GF is where payroll for teachers comes from, Brungardt said.
Menu makeovers
Sprague attended a national conference in July, and found many other school food service directors complaining about the changes. Old favorites would be leaving, including many popular desserts.
Over the summer, he and his staff looked at menus, and decided to make servings of bread items smaller.
The one alteration that has caused the most disappointment, both for Sprague and his staff, as well as students, is the removal of the "crunch" from the Crunchy Munchy Chili.
This popular dish, consisting of homemade chili with corn chips and a frosted cinnamon roll no longer comes with chips, and the cinnamon roll is smaller and unfrosted.
"In order to comply, we had to either lose the "crunch" or the cinnamon roll," he said. "We made the best possible choice, but its still not quite the same thing."
For the past 15 years, the focus of the school lunch program has been ensuring students get adequate amounts of carbohydrates, fats and proteins, Sprague said.
"This has been like a 90 degree turn," he said. "We've had to adjust to looking at the calories, the amount of sugar and sodium and fruits and vegetables being served, and it's taken quite a mental adjustment."
In order to help cut out sodium, the kitchen staff has been experimenting with more scratch cooking than before, and have also developed some of their own seasoning mixes.
"We used to use a taco seasoning mix, but when I really examined it, I found it was really high in sodium," Sprague said.
Some of the changes at work are influencing him personally. "Over the past few years, I've tried a lot of foods for the first time," he said. A salt lover, he's still searching for herb and spice combinations that add the flavor he's craving as he attempts to cut fats and salts from his own diet.
Vendors are also changing and adapting to the new rules, he said. He looks forward to better lines that work within the parameters coming out in the future.
"It will take awhile for vendors and kids to adjust, but over time I think it will work out," he said.
In the meantime, middle school and high school students are allowed to buy additional items from the a la carte line at school. The purchases are cash only, not subsidized by the USDA program. Though the choices offered are also getting a facelift, a student can still quiet a sweet tooth with choices like homemade cookies or ice cream novelties. Thirst can be quenched with sweetened clear liquids like Gatorade and flavored waters and the craving for crunch can be crushed with a small bags of chips. In the end, it's ultimately going to be up to kids and parents what the long term effects of the changes will be.
"In time, this will blow over," Brungardt said. "Either we'll continue to see more sack lunches, or the kids will get used to the new standard."
Washington County Schools student video We Are Hungry, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IB7NDUSBOo
First Lady Michelle Obama's response,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXL2eheEqP4&feature=related

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Q: How to make a readable return of data I read this article http://www.slideshare.net/redigon/refactoring-1658371
 on page 53 it states that "You have a method that returns a value but also changes the state of the object. create two methods,one for the query and one for the modification.
But what if on the query I need the values of more than 1 field.
For example:
QSqlQuery query(QSqlDatabase::database("MAIN"));
QString command = "SELECT FIELD1, FIELD2, FIELD3, FIELD4, FIELD5 FROM TABLE";
query.exec( command );

This is the method I know but I really feel that this is not that readable
QString values;
columnDelimiter = "[!@#]";
rowDelimiter = "[$%^]";
while( query.next )
{
    values += query.value(0).toString() + columnDelimiter;
    values += query.value(1).toString() + columnDelimiter;
    values += query.value(2).toString() + columnDelimiter;
    values += query.value(3).toString() + columnDelimiter;
    values += rowDelimiter;
}

And I will retrive it like this.
QStringList rowValues, columnValues;

rowValues = values.split(rowDelimiter);

int rowCtr =0;

while( rowCtr < rowValues.count() )
{
    columnValues.clear();
    // Here i got the fields I need
    columnValues = rowValues.at( rowCtr ).split( columnDelimiter );
    // I will put the modification on variables here

    rowCtr++;

}

EDIT: Is there a more readable way of doing this?

A: "Is there a more readable way of doing this?" is a subjective question. I'm not sure whether your question will last long on SO, as SO prefers factual problems and solutions.
What I personally think will make your code more readable, would be:

*

*Use a custom made data structure for your data set. Strings are not the right data structures for tabulated data. Lists of custom made structs are better.

Example:
// data structure for a single row
struct MyRow {
    QString a, b, c;
}

...

QList<MyRow> myDataSet;
while( query.next )
{
    MyRow currentRow;
    // fill with data
    currentRow.a = query.value(0).toString();
    currentRow.b = query.value(1).toString();
    ...

    myDataSet.append(currentRow);
}

*

*I doubt all your data is text. Some is probably numbers. Never store numbers as strings. That's inefficient.

*You first read all data into a data structure, and then read the data structure to process it. Why don't you combine the two? I.e. process while reading the data, in the same while(...)

*In your comment, you're confused by the difference between an enum and struct. I suggest, stop doing complex database and QT stuff. Grab a basic C++ book and try to understand C++ first.

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Travel is one of the most rewarding things you can do in life. You have the chance to experience a new place, and build lasting memories.
However, travel tends to get a bit expensive sometimes. The good news is that you can make the most of it by combining business and pleasure. I try to look for business opportunities wherever I go, and I like to bring my family along on business trips when possible.
By combining these travel purposes, I save money in the long run, and still build great memories with my family.
Not too long ago, my family went to Disneyland. I know some business associates in that area, so I contacted them and we got together to talk shop and strengthen ties and partnership. The fact that I performed business functions while on vacation meant that a portion of my costs could be paid by my business, rather than coming out of the family budget.
I know others who travel to business conferences and bring their families. While the travel costs for their families have to be paid out of the personal budget, they don't have to worry about paying for a room for the family. Sure, your family has a good time without you (perhaps they go to the pool while you are in meetings) but you can still do things together.
One good way to approach this is to stay a day or two earlier or later than you business trip requires. Do some sight-seeing with the family, but still get a portion of the trip covered.
With a little extra planning, you can make it work to everyone's satisfaction.
It is important, though, that you make sure to do enough business to warrant the tax deduction, or to warrant using your business account to pay your expenses (your business account should never be used for your family's costs). You can't just write a couple of emails each night and call it good. You actually have to conduct legitimate business in that location.
If you decide to combine business and pleasure on your next trip, it makes sense to keep good records. Keep receipts, and jot notes about what was accomplished. You will need proper documentation if you don't want tax collectors coming after you.
Don't forget to look online for other discounts and helps. While some of your trip will be subsidized by the business end, you'll still need to spend money when it comes to feeding your family and finding fun things for them to do.
The Internet is your friend in these cases. You can look online for discounts on attractions and for restaurant coupons. Sign up for daily deals in the city you are visiting so that you have access to discounted activities.
Many people worry that travel is too expensive for them. However, the reality is that travel can be surprisingly affordable. With the right discounts, and the right balance between business and family time, you can save money, and maybe even get a tax deduction, during your next vacation.
I discussed this concept on the Money Mastermind Show. Watch the video for more great ways to reduce the cost of your summer vacation.


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Re: USNO Web App End Year 2035
From: Ian Gifford
Date: 2019 Sep 24, 03:33 -0700
>Does anyone recognize the output style of this data, with some degree of certainty, from another USNO software package?
Agreed, it appears to be same output as the old USNO Floppy Almanac and ICE programs.
>I have not found the source code for ICE online
Unlikely, the "source code" is owned by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory; FYI the source code was entirely written in ANSI standard Fortran 77.
https://aa.usno.navy.mil/index.php
In the fall of 1986 the annual Floppy Almanac was released; around the same time a version of the Floppy Almanac that provided data for extended periods of time—the Interactive Computer Ephemeris (ICE)—was also developed but not publicly released. The FA and ICE source codes were entirely written in Fortran 77. The Floppy Almanac was superseded in 1993 by Version 1.0 of MICA, the Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac for MS-DOS and Apple Macintosh systems. My assumption is that the original Fortran 77 code that was used on the Floppy Almanac's and on ICE v.50 and ICE v.51 was also used on the first version of MICA for DOS-based PCs and possibly is still in use today.
>and I don't know if it could be decompiled or modified to update its Delta-T values.
Again, the code is owned by the USNO so I will leave it up to them to answer this question:
Astronomical Applications Department
Washington, DC 20392-5420 USA
DSN: 762-1617
E-mail: navobsy_aa-help@navy.dot.mil
or you could reach out to the original (now retired) programmer:
George H. Kaplan, Ph.D. Astronomer
Colora, MD 21917 USA
E-mail: gk@gkaplan.us
http://gkaplan.us/
>because I like DOS
Me too; I still run ICE v.51, SkyGlobe v3.6, etc. on my HP 200LX a DOS based palmtop which tucks in nicely with my Celesticomp V, Sextant, watch, etc.
Ian Gifford 42° 38' N, 71° 24' W


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/* tslint:disable:no-unused-variable */

import { TestBed, async, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { StatsService } from './stats.service';

describe('Service: Stats', () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      providers: [StatsService]
    });
  });

  it('should ...', inject([StatsService], (service: StatsService) => {
    expect(service).toBeTruthy();
  }));
});

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Q: Crud SpringBoot + Angular: Why is the data not stored but deleted from the database every time I restart the execution of the code? I'm creating an application where some customer information is managed. The code works however known that every time the code is restarted the data from the database is totally lost.
I just put the SpringBoot code.
RestAPIController.java

package crudapp.controller;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.DeleteMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PutMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import crudapp.model.Customer;
import crudapp.model.Message;
import crudapp.service.CustomerServices;

@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api/customer")
public class RestAPIController {

    @Autowired
    CustomerServices customerServices;

    @PostMapping("/create")
    public ResponseEntity<Message> addNewCustomer(@RequestBody Customer customer) {
        try {
            Customer returnedCustomer = customerServices.saveCustomer(customer);

            return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Upload Successfully!",
                                            Arrays.asList(returnedCustomer), ""), HttpStatus.OK);
        }catch(Exception e) {
            return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Fail to post a new Customer!",
                                            null, e.getMessage()), HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
        }
    }

    @GetMapping("/retrieveinfos")
    public ResponseEntity<Message> retrieveCustomerInfo() {

        try {
            List<Customer> customerInfos = customerServices.getCustomerInfos();

            return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Get Customers' Infos!",
                                                customerInfos, ""), HttpStatus.OK);
        }catch(Exception e) {
            return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Fail!",
                                                null, e.getMessage()), HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
        }
    }

    @GetMapping("/findone/{id}")
    public ResponseEntity<Message> getCustomerById(@PathVariable long id) {
        try {
            Optional<Customer> optCustomer = customerServices.getCustomerById(id);

            if(optCustomer.isPresent()) {
                return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Successfully! Retrieve a customer by id = " + id,
                                                            Arrays.asList(optCustomer.get()), ""), HttpStatus.OK);
            } else {
                return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Failure -> NOT Found a customer by id = " + id,
                        null, ""), HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
            }
        }catch(Exception e) {
            return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Failure",
                    null, e.getMessage()), HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
        }
    }

    @PutMapping("/updatebyid/{id}")
    public ResponseEntity<Message> updateCustomerById(@RequestBody Customer _customer,
                                                                    @PathVariable long id) {
        try {
            if(customerServices.checkExistedCustomer(id)) {
                Customer customer = customerServices.getCustomerById(id).get();

                //set new values for customer
                customer.setFirstname(_customer.getFirstname());
                customer.setLastname(_customer.getLastname());
                customer.setAddress(customer.getAddress());
                customer.setAge(_customer.getAge());

                // save the change to database
                customerServices.updateCustomer(customer);

                return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Successfully! Updated a Customer "
                                                                        + "with id = " + id,
                                                                    Arrays.asList(customer), ""), HttpStatus.OK);
            }else {
                return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Failer! Can NOT Found a Customer "
                        + "with id = " + id,
                    null, ""), HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
            }
        }catch(Exception e) {
            return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Failure",
                    null, e.getMessage()), HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
        }
    }

    @DeleteMapping("/deletebyid/{id}")
    public ResponseEntity<Message> deleteCustomerById(@PathVariable long id) {
        try {
            // checking the existed of a Customer with id
            if(customerServices.checkExistedCustomer(id)) {
                customerServices.deleteCustomerById(id);

                return new ResponseEntity<Message> (new Message("Successfully! Delete a Customer with id = " + id,
                                                        null, ""), HttpStatus.OK);
            }else {
                return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Failer! Can NOT Found a Customer "
                                                        + "with id = " + id, null, ""), HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
            }
        }catch(Exception e) {
            return new ResponseEntity<Message>(new Message("Failure",
                    null, e.getMessage()), HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
        }
    }
}

Customer.java

package crudapp.model;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;

@Entity
@Table(name="customer")
public class Customer {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    private long id;

    @Column
    private String firstname;

    @Column
    private String lastname;

    @Column
    private String address;

    @Column
    private int age;

    public void setId(long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public long getId() {
        return this.id;
    }

    public void setFirstname(String firstname) {
        this.firstname = firstname;
    }

    public String getFirstname() {
        return this.firstname;
    }

    public void setLastname(String lastname) {
        this.lastname = lastname;
    }

    public String getLastname() {
        return this.lastname;
    }

    public void setAddress(String address) {
        this.address = address;
    }

    public String getAddress() {
        return this.address;
    }

    public void setAge(int age) {
        this.age = age;
    }

    public int getAge() {
        return this.age;
    }

    protected Customer() {}

    public Customer(String firstname, String lastname, String address, int age) {
        this.firstname = firstname;
        this.lastname = lastname;
        this.address = address;
        this.age = age;
    }

    public String toString() {
        return String.format("id=%d, firstname='%s', lastname'%s', address=%s, age=%d",
                                id, firstname, lastname, address, age);
    }
}

CustomerRepository.java

package crudapp.repository;

import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;

import crudapp.model.Customer;

@Repository
public interface CustomerRepository extends JpaRepository<Customer, Long>{
}

CustomerServices.java

package crudapp.service;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import crudapp.model.Customer;
import crudapp.repository.CustomerRepository;

@Service
public class CustomerServices {

    @Autowired CustomerRepository repository;

    public Customer saveCustomer(Customer customer) {
        return repository.save(customer);
    }

    public List<Customer> getCustomerInfos(){
        return repository.findAll();
    }

    public Optional<Customer> getCustomerById(long id) {
        return repository.findById(id);
    }

    public boolean checkExistedCustomer(long id) {
        if(repository.existsById((long) id)) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    public Customer updateCustomer(Customer customer) {
        return repository.save(customer);
    }

    public void deleteCustomerById(long id) {
        repository.deleteById(id);
    }
}

application.properties

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/customerdb
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=12345
spring.jpa.generate-ddl=true

spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create


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Le Jardin des Plantes - Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Park, garden, promenade
Le Jardin des Plantes - Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Member
Place Valhubert - 75005 Paris
Quartier Latin - 5e Arrondissement
A nature retreat in the centre of Paris, a botanical garden at the cutting edge of research, and a living testimony to history, the Jardin des Plantes is a 400-year-old garden of science. Its mission is to gather and study plant collections and to welcome the public. Thanks to its plant and flower beds, remarkable trees, statues and pathways, it offers visitors a diverse, well-tended stroll, with mysterious surprises at every turn!
Amble at leisure over 2.5 hectares of French Gardens, follow a guide through the world's mountainous regions, take a botany workshop, discover remarkable historic trees such as our 315-year-old pistachio tree, and generally enjoy an aesthetic, sensory-rich experience.
In this green setting, cultural sites dedicated to nature and showcasing the Museum's exceptional heritage collections can be discovered at the bend of the paths:
Historical galleries (museums) that present the issues of biodiversity and geodiversity (the Grande Galerie de l'Évolution, the Galerie de Paléontologie et d'Anatomie comparée and the Galerie de Minéralogie et de Géologie);
the Ménagerie, the Jardin des Plantes zoo;
the Grandes Serres, which host the tropics in Paris.
Neo classique
XIXè siècle
Animaux naturalisés
Documentation in a foreign language
Free access to the gardens
Everyday from 7.30am to 7.45pm (summer) and from 8am to 5.15pm (winter)
Exceptional opening
Whitsuntide
Whit Monday
Tel.. +33 (0) 1 40 79 54 79 / +33 (0) 1 40 79 56 01
valhuber@mnhn.fr
http://www.jardindesplantesdeparis.fr/en
Subway - Gare d'Austerlitz
RER - Gare d'Austerlitz
SNCF - Gare d'Austerlitz
Bus - 24, 57, 61, 63, 67, 89, 91
No parking here due to renovation work underway at the Gare d'Austerlitz.
Offer adapted to disabled visitors
Access facilities
Adapted activities and visits
Loan of wheelchairs
- Physical disability: the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution and the Galerie des Enfants are accessible to visitors in wheelchairs with adapted toilets. The height of furniture and machines has been well thought out. No access to the Galerie de Paléontologie and Galerie d'Anatomie Comparée. Some others sites in the museum are partially accessible with an accompanying person (Ménagerie at the Jardin des Plantes).
- All disabilities: permanent exhibitions (except for tactile visits), guided tours and workshops with speakers are free. Guided tours and workshops are specially designed using pedagogical materials to suit different audiences. Audio guides and adapted routes can be downloaded at http://www.museesenliberte.fr/index.php
- Visual impairment: in the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, a tactile tour enables the visitor to discover some 15 animal sculptures in bronze. Descriptions are in contrasting colours, large characters and relief are used.
- Hearing impairment: guided tours and workshops in French Sign Language, lead by deaf guides. All multimedia and video material, including in the language spoken, are subtitled in French and English and translated into French Sign Language.
- Mental disability: numerous mutli-sensory, enternaining and interactive elements, simple routes.
Find out more at:
http://www.mnhn.fr/le-museum/ (click on the top right)
handicap@mnhn.fr
Wheelchair loan on +33 (0)1 40 79 54 79 (for the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, the Galerie des Enfants and the Jardin des Plantes).
Park, garden, promenade in the same district: Quartier Latin
Park, garden, promenade in the same arrondissement: 5th arrondissement
Park, garden, promenade in Paris and in the Paris Region: Park, garden, promenade


A base is a compound that can neutralize an acid. An alkali is a soluble base which is very corrosive. Alkali solutions turn pink litmus paper blue.
Bases can be strong or weak. All bases can be used to neutralize an acid. The reaction between an acid and a base is called a neutralization reaction.
The products of a neutralization reaction are salt and water.
Strong bases are called alkalis. They are soluble in water and prdouce alkali solutions which are very corrosive like sodium hydroxide which is commonly called caustic soda. Alkalis are used to dissolve fats and are found in oven cleaning and general cleaning products.
The elements of Group I of the Periodic tablle are called alkali metals as they all react with water producing alkali solutions.
The base ammonia, NH3 produces hydroxide ions as it dissolves in water.
Weak bases have a very low solubility in water. They are non corrosive and react slowly with acids as they produce a low concentration of hydroxide ions in water.
The low concentration of hydroxide ions means they are safer to handle.
Some bases can be used as antacids to neutralize excess hydrochloric acid from the stomach. eg. magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroixde.


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Cellceutix Announces Initiation Of Main Clinical Site For Phase 2a Trial Of P53 Drug Candidate Kevetrin In The Treatment Of Platinum-Resistant/Refractory Ovarian Cancer
Feb 10, 2017 8:00 AM EST
BEVERLY, Mass., Feb. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellceutix Corporation, (OTCQB:CTIX) ("the Company"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies with dermatology, oncology, anti-inflammatory, and antibiotic applications, is pleased to inform shareholders that the Company has initiated its main clinical site for the start of its Phase 2a clinical trial of the p53 drug candidate Kevetrin in the treatment of platinum-resistant/refractory ovarian cancer.
This small mid-stage study being conducted at a Texas cancer center is designed to evaluate Kevetrin for safety and tolerability, as well as assess changes in select biomarkers and objective tumor response. Cellceutix believes that this clinical trial, using IV dosing, will directly inform how Kevetrin modulates the p53 signaling pathway—one of the key questions asked by multiple pharmaceutical companies we are engaged with under Confidential Disclosure Agreements. Furthermore, as the Company has recently achieved 79 percent bioavailability of Kevetrin by oral administration in animal testing, Cellceutix anticipates being able to subsequently switch to oral dosing in future clinical trials, resulting in more frequent and convenient drug delivery. Bridging toxicology studies are now underway to enable this transition to oral dosing of patients.
Arthur P. Bertolino, MD, PhD, MBA, President and Chief Medical Officer at Cellceutix, said, "In this trial, we will be using sophisticated molecular mapping technology to analyze ovarian cancer tissue samples removed from study participants. Such data, complementing that already generated by testing discrete ovarian cancer cell-lines, will anchor our understanding of Kevetrin's multimodal mechanism of action, providing a more complete understanding of its full potential as a novel cancer treatment."
"For Cellceutix, there is a lot of activity going on in Texas. Elsewhere, when we mentioned the bioavailability achieved in oral Kevetrin to scientists at our previous Phase 1 clinical site, they commented that it could represent a significant improvement to lengthy or frequent intravenous infusions and urged us to select them as a site for future Kevetrin trials. That is very encouraging, as they are some of the most respected and experienced investigators in the world," commented Leo Ehrlich, Chief Executive Officer at Cellceutix. "The Company is taking a major step not only toward developing a potent new cancer drug, but one that may become the first ever shown to safely modulate p53, with the added benefit of oral delivery."
Sign-up for Cellceutix email alerts at: http://www.cellceutix.com/email-alerts
About Kevetrin
Kevetrin is a small molecule that has demonstrated the potential of becoming a breakthrough cancer treatment by inducing activation of p53, a protein frequently referred to as the "Guardian of the Genome" due to its critical role in controlling cell mutations. In the majority of cancers, and regardless of origin, type, and location, the p53 pathway is mutated, preventing the body from performing its natural anti-tumor functions. Conducted at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating Kevetrin in treating advanced solid tumors has been successfully completed, with patients showing good toleration and encouraging signs of potential therapeutic response. Cellceutix is initiating a Phase 2a trial of Kevetrin in platinum-resistant/refractory ovarian cancer. Patients will receive more frequent dosing (3 times per week) at higher levels and then receive standard of care treatment. Efforts also are underway to develop Kevetrin as an oral anti-cancer agent that can be administered daily, potentially even multiple times per day. The FDA has awarded Kevetrin Orphan Drug status for ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, and retinoblastoma, qualifying it for developmental incentives and a potential extra 7 years of market exclusivity upon drug approval. The FDA also has granted Kevetrin Rare Pediatric Disease designation for childhood retinoblastoma.
Learn more here: http://www.cellceutix.com/kevetrin-1/
About Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is a common type of cancer that begins in women's ovaries. Malignant ovarian tumor cells metastasize either directly through the organs of the pelvis region, or through the bloodstream, or the lymphatic system. The causes of ovarian cancer are still not known, though women over the age of 63 represent more than 50 percent of newly diagnosed cases, with the cancer more frequently found in white women than other ethnicities. Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women worldwide. It is estimated that in 2016, in the United States, over 22,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, with approximately 14,000 women dying from the disease. A $1.6 billion market, current treatment is often limited to surgery and chemotherapy and there is no cure.
More information can be found at: https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/ovary.html
About Cellceutix Phase 2a Ovarian Cancer Trial Design
CTIX-KEV-201 is an open-label, Phase 2a study evaluating the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of Kevetrin as well as changes in select biomarkers and objective tumor response when administered to patients with platinum-resistant/refractory ovarian cancer. The clinical trial comprises two different short-term treatment regimens and will enroll an estimated 10 patients. Primary outcome measures include the incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and changes in pre-specified biomarkers (via tumor biopsy, examination of ascites fluid and peripheral blood), pre-treatment and post-treatment, at 3 weeks. Secondary outcome measures include objective tumor response, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) (version 1.1) and plasma concentrations of Kevetrin.
For more information on the CTIX-KEV-201 Phase 2a study, please visit: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03042702
About Cellceutix
Headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, Cellceutix is a publicly-traded company under the symbol "CTIX". Cellceutix is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies in multiple diseases. Cellceutix believes it has a world-class portfolio of first-in-class lead drug candidates and is now advancing them toward market approval, while actively seeking strategic partnerships. Cellceutix's psoriasis drug candidate Prurisol completed a Phase 2 trial and Cellceutix recently launched a Phase 2b study. Prurisol is a small molecule that acts through immune modulation and PRINS reduction. Cellceutix's anti-cancer drug candidate Kevetrin successfully concluded a Phase 1 clinical trial at Harvard Cancer Centers' Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Cellceutix has initiated a Phase 2a study. In the laboratory, Kevetrin has shown to induce activation of p53, often referred to as the "Guardian Angel Gene" due to its crucial role in controlling cell mutations. Cellceutix is in a Phase 2 clinical trial with its novel compound Brilacidin-OM for the prevention of oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer. Brilacidin-OM, a defensin mimetic compound, has shown in an animal model to reduce the occurrence of severe ulcerative oral mucositis by more than 94% compared to placebo. Cellceutix's lead antibiotic, Brilacidin, has completed a Phase 2b trial for Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infection, or ABSSSI. Top-line data have shown a single dose of Brilacidin to deliver comparable clinical outcomes to the FDA-approved seven-day dosing regimen of daptomycin. Brilacidin has the potential to be a single-dose therapy for certain multi-drug resistant bacteria ("superbugs"). In an ongoing Phase 2 open label Proof-of-Concept trial, favorable interim results have been observed in the first cohort of patients treated with Brilacidin for Ulcerative Proctitis/Ulcerative Proctosigmoiditis (UP/UPS), two types of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Cellceutix has formed research collaborations with world-renowned research institutions in the United States and Europe, including MD Anderson Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the University of Bologna. More information is available on the Cellceutix web site at www.cellceutix.com.
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including statements concerning projected timelines for the initiation and completion of clinical trials, our future drug development plans, other statements regarding future product developments, including with respect to specific indications, and any other statements which are other than statements of historical fact. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause Cellceutix's actual results and experience to differ materially from anticipated results and expectations expressed in these forward looking statements. Cellceutix has in some cases identified forward-looking statements by using words such as "anticipates," "believes," "hopes," "estimates," "looks," "expects," "plans," "intends," "goal," "potential," "may," "suggest," and similar expressions. Among other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements are Cellceutix's need for, and the availability of, substantial capital in the future to fund its operations and research and development; including the amount and timing of the sale of shares of common stock to Aspire Capital; the fact that Cellceutix's compounds may not successfully complete pre-clinical or clinical testing, or be granted regulatory approval to be sold and marketed in the United States or elsewhere. A more complete description of these risk factors is included in Cellceutix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Cellceutix undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to any such forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by applicable law or regulation.
INVESTOR AND MEDIA CONTACTCellceutix CorporationLeo Ehrlichinfo@cellceutix.com


People tend to overlook many of the reasons why an artist has the drive and passion to pursue their work on a daily basis. Often the repetitive nature of the work is a meditative state and problems can be solved in a way in which makes sense to them. Roanna Wells is a British artist and her work captured my attention thanks to the quietness I sensed in the final pieces. At first sight they are small marks that run across the page individually but making a collective as a whole. As you delve in to the concept behind the work the detail really cuts in and makes me think about the state of mind one has to be in to create such a piece of art.
Take her series "Spaces Between" as an example, this was carried out during a studio residency where she looked to document a period of time, each brush mark representing a minute of a day, with each colour change representing a new day. Eighteen days were painted in total and I think it shows the dedication and contemplation needed, it also makes you ponder the reasoning behind such a piece of work.
Interestingly this series later sparked an artwork titled "Tracing Process". It's contrasting to the original concept as she looked to involve visitors, inviting them to add their own marks to the painting and exploring the idea of releasing controls and allowing others in to her creative process. Art is seen as a personal pursuit, something you do on your own terms, but I can imagine opening up in a such a way was really inspiring for her and I hope it will be a strong reference for Roanna in the future. I will keep my eye out for more from her. Please enjoy this collection of photos below, more can be seen on her portfolio too.


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Hedgpethia elongata är en havsspindelart som beskrevs av Takahashi, Dick och Shunsuke F. Mawatari 2007. Hedgpethia elongata ingår i släktet Hedgpethia och familjen Colossendeidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Short-sellers are being unfairly targeted for the collapse in the financial sector, said Jim Chanos, of Kynikos Associates.
"Short-sellers were not the cause of the recent financial stock declines," Chanos said on CNBC. "The data we have indicates that the aggregate short positions for publicly traded investment banks have been dropping over the course of 2008 and have been dropping since July."
Regulators in the United States and Britain took aim at short sellers by restricting the trades in financials, with the United Kingdom rule even more aggressive than the American one.
That's misguided, said Chanos, who blamed the problems in banker-brokers on a bad business model to which shorts were merely reacting as they should. He said there has been no evidence presented of any collusion on the part of short sellers.
"I think the people were more concerned about the business model of the stand-alone brokers more than anything else," he said. "Buying illiquid, risky assets and funding yourself with overnight deposits seems to be a violation of Financing 101."
Targeting short-sellers could cause long-term damage in the investment world, Chanos added.
"The hedge funds aren't too happy with banks and brokers who feel that they've just thrown us under the bus if you will," he said. "There's going to be some good will that needs to be repaired."


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DELIGHTFUL SATURDAYS WITH MY FAVORITE AUTHORS AND POETS (6)
MY FAVORITE INDIAN AUTHORS.
Hope you are enjoying your weekend. This week I wanted to share information about two of my favorite Indian authors whose contribution towards English Literature cannot be ignored. Let's meet them.
Shri. Rabindranath Tagore ( Encyclopedia Brittanica)
SHRI. RABINDRANATH TAGORE.
Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India). He was born in a Bengali Brahmin family and started writing poems when he was eight. He used the pseudonym of Bhanusimha ( The Sun Lion) when he published his poems at the age of sixteen. He started writing short stories and dramas using his real name by the year 1877.
He was a great patriot who was against the British Rule and supported the Indian Freedom Struggle. He became an exponent of Bengal Renaissance in the field of art and left behind paintings, sketches and doodles, hundreds of texts, and some two thousand songs. He also founded Vishwa-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal. He made India proud by becoming the first non- European to win Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for his masterpiece, Gitanjali : a collection of poems.
He wrote the national anthems of India and Bangladesh.
His famous works include:
Gitanjali (1913)
Balaka ( Poem)
Sonar Tori ( Poem)
Ghare-Baire ( Novel)
Gora ( Novel)
Jana Gana Mana ( India's National Anthem)
Rabindra Sangeet ( His songs)
Amar Shonar Bangla ( Bangladesh's National Anthem)
Valmiki Pratibha ( His first drama) (1881)
Dak Ghar ( The post office) ( Play) (1912)
Chitrangada, Chandalika, and Shyama were his other plays.
His first short story was Bhikharini ( The Beggar Woman) in 1877 when he was just sixteen. Kabuliwala" was ("The Fruitseller from Kabul") published in 1892. It was followed by Kshudita Pashan" ("The Hungry Stones") (August 1895), and "Atithi" ("The Runaway", 1895) .
I read Gitanjali while I was doing my post graduation in English Literature. I was deeply moved after reading one of his poems. I have also read Kabuliwala which is one of his exemplary work. He is immortal in the history of Indian Literature and one of the greatest writers, playwright, lyricist and a great patriot. Mahatma Gandhi gave him the Sobriquet of Gurudev while he acknowledged Gandhiji as Mahatma. He passed away on 7th August, 1941.
A glimpse into Gitanjali:
Times of India.
Long live Gurudev and long live his legacy.
SHRI. R. K. NARAYAN
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami aka R.K. Narayan is one of my favorite Indian Authors, besides, Shri.Rabindranath Tagore. He was born on 10 October 1906 in Madras (Chennai), Madras Presidency under British Rule. The first four books of R.K.Narayan including the semi-autobiographical trilogy of Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher got published through the courtesy of his mentor and friend, Graham Greene. He introduced the fictional town of Malgudi in South India which was adapted into the famous TV series ' The Malgudi Days'. I loved the show as well as the book. I remember reading stories from Swami and Friends as a part of the curriculum in my English textbook during the school days. I became a huge fan of his writing. His prominent work include:
Swami and Friends (1935)
The Bachelor of Arts (1937)
The Dark Room (1938)
The English Teacher (1945)
Mr. Sampath (1948)
The Financial Expert (1952)
Waiting for the Mahatma (1955)
The Guide (1958)
The Man-Eater of Malgudi (1961)
The Vendor of Sweets (1967)
The Painter of Signs (1977)
A Tiger for Malgudi (1983)
Talkative Man (1986)
The World of Nagaraj (1990)
Grandmother's Tale (1992)
Non-fiction:
Next Sunday( 1960 )
My Dateless Diary (1960)
My Days (1973)
Reluctant Guru (1974)
The Emerald Route ( 1980)
A Writer's Nightmare (1988)
A Story-Teller's World (1989)
The Writerly Life (2001, Penguin Books India)Mysore (1944, second edition, Indian Thought Publications)
Mythology:
Gods, Demons and Others (1964)
The Ramayana (1972)
The Mahabharata (1978)
Short story collections:
Malgudi Days (1942)
An Astrologer's Day and Other Stories (1947)
Lawley Road and Other Stories (1956)
A Horse and Two Goats (1970)
Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories (1985)
The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories (1994).
He won the Sahitya Akademi award for Guide in 1960 and has been conferred with Padma Vibhushan, and Benson Medal. He served as the Member of Parliament from 12 May 1986 – 31 May 1992. His brother, R.K. Laxman was one of the famous cartoonists of India. I enjoyed reading his cartoon strip in the Times of India. R.K.Narayan passed away on 13 May 2001 (aged 94) in Chennai.
( Information: Wikipedia)
An excerpt from Swami and his friends (ashatampablog.blogspot.com) :
Swaminathan sat in his father's room in a chair, with a slate in his hand and pencil ready. Father held the arithmetic book open and dictated: "Rama has ten mangoes with which he wants to earn fifteen annas. Krishna wants only four mangoes. How much will Krishna have to pay?"
Swaminathan gazed and gazed at this sum, and every time he read it, it seemed to acquire a new meaning. He had the feeling of having stepped into a fearful maze. His mouth began to water at the thought of mangoes. He wondered what made Rama fix fifteen annas for ten mangoes. What kind of a man was Rama? Probably he was like Shankar. Somehow one couldn't help feeling that he must have been like Shankar, with his ten mangoes and his iron determination to get fifteen annas. If Rama was like Shankar, Krishna must have been like the Pea. Here Swaminathan felt an unaccountable sympathy for Krishna.
'Have you done the sum?' father asked, looking over the newspaper he was reading.
'Father, will you tell me if the mangoes were ripe?'
Father regarded him for a while and smothering a smile remarked: 'Do the sum first. I will tell you whether the fruits were ripe or not, afterwards.'
Swaminathan felt utterly helpless. If only father would tell him whether Rama was trying to sell ripe fruits or unripe ones! Of what avail would it be to tell him afterwards? He felt strongly that the answer to this question contained the key to the whole problem. It would be scandalous to expect fifteen annas for ten unripe mangoes. But even if he did, it wouldn't be unlike Rama, whom Swaminathan was steadily beginning to hate and invest with the darkest qualities.
'Father, I cannot do the sum,' Swaminathan said, pushing away the slate.
'What is the matter with you? You can't solve a simple problem in Simple Proportion?'
'We are not taught this kind of thing in our school.'
'Get the slate here. I will make you give the answer now.'
Swaminathan waited with interest for the miracle to happen. Father studied the sum for a second and asked: 'What is the price of ten mangoes?' Swaminathan looked over the sum to find out which part of the sum contained an answer to this question. 'I don't know.'
'You seem to be an extraordinary idiot. Now read the sum. Come on. How much does Rama expect for ten mangoes?'
'Fifteen annas of course,' Swaminathan thought, but how could that be its price, just price? It was very well for Rama to expect it in his avarice. But was it the right price? And then there was the obscure point whether the mangoes were ripe or not. If they were ripe, fifteen annas might not be an improbable price. If only he could get more light on this point!
'How much does Rama want for his mangoes?'
'Fifteen annas,' replied Swaminathan without conviction.'Very good. How many mangoes does Krishna want?'
'Four.'
'What is the price of four?'
Father seemed to delight in torturing him. How could he know? How could he know what that fool Krishna would pay?
'Look here, boy. I have half a mind to thrash you. What have you in your head? Ten mangoes cost fifteen annas. What is the price of one? Come on. If you don't say it—' His hand took Swaminathan's ear and gently twisted it. Swaminathan could not open his mouth because he could not decide whether the solution lay in the realm of addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. The longer he hesitated, the more violent the twist was becoming. In the end when father was waiting with a scowl for an answer, he received only a squeal from his son.
'I am not going to leave you till you tell me how much a single mango costs at fifteen annas for ten.'
What was the matter with father? Swaminathan kept blinking. Where was the urgency to know its price? Anyway, if father wanted so badly to know, instead of harassing him, let him go to the market and find it out.
The whole brood of Ramas and Krishnas, with their endless transactions with odd quantities of mangoes and fractions of money, were getting disgusting.
Father admitted defeat by declaring: 'One mango costs fifteen over ten annas. Simplify it.'
Here he was being led to the most hideous regions of arithmetic, Fractions. 'Give me the slate, father. I will find it out.' He worked and found at the end of fifteen minutes: 'The price of one mango is three over two annas.' He expected to be contradicted any moment. But father said: 'Very good, simplify it further.' It was plain sailing after that.
Swaminathan announced at the end of half an hour's agony: 'Krishna must pay six annas,' and burst into tears.
I hope you enjoyed reading it.
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Thank you so much for this interesting article.
I know very little about Indian literature, apart from Tagore, so I discovered a lot by reading your post
Thank you so much, dear. 😊😊
It was all my pleasure to express my views on a lovely post 😊


TranS1 Inc. (TSON) said a Medicare administrative contractor removed its non-coverage policy for the medical-device company's spine procedure AxiaLIF effective Jan. 1.
Medicare contractor Palmetto said its directors reviewed the clinical information and decided the benefits are supported by high-quality evidence and the procedure has clinical value.
Shares climbed 18% to $2.11 in early trading. The stock had lost more than half its value in the past three months through Tuesday's close.
Palmetto provides care to about 9 million Medicare beneficiaries in California, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nevada, West Virginia and Hawaii.
TranS1 Chief Executive Ken Reali said the decision brings total AxiaLIF payor coverage to about 23 million.
In September, the company sold stock to raise funds for additional clinical trials, continue reimbursement efforts, hire additional sales personnel and for research and product development, working capital and other general corporate purposes.


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Mandy Cohen
stated on June 26, 2018 in a speech:
Indiana expanded Medicaid when Mike Pence was governor
Vice President Mike Pence addresses a National Governors Association session titled "Collaborating to Create Tomorrow's Global Economy" at the second day of the NGA meeting Friday, July 14, 2017, in Providence, R.I. (AP)
By Paul Specht July 9, 2018
NC Democrat mostly right about Mike Pence expanding Medicaid
Democrats in North Carolina argue the state should expand Medicaid to help residents pay for health care.
Such a move would help hundreds of thousands of uninsured residents, they say, adding that most of the cost would be paid by the federal government.
The Affordable Care Act enabled states to cover more people under Medicaid. But the legislation, signed into law by Democratic President Barack Obama, remains deeply unpopular among Republicans, and some state governments — including North Carolina's — are refusing to expand Medicaid coverage.
In North Carolina, a bill to expand Medicaid through a program called "Carolina Cares" was authored by Republicans but doesn't have enough support to pass in the GOP-controlled legislature. So on June 26, a member of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's cabinet urged Republican legislators to follow in the footsteps of another prominent conservative: Vice President Mike Pence.
Mandy Cohen, secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, told the crowd at a "Close the Gap Advocacy Day" event that Pence approved Medicaid expansion while governor of Indiana.
"When (the Vice President) was Governor of Indiana, he expanded Medicaid," Cohen said, according to this tweet by the executive director of NC AIDS Action.
Cohen's comments came in the waning days of the N.C. General Assembly session, when legislators could have taken up the Medicaid expansion bill but didn't.
When PolitiFact contacted Cohen's office, spokesman Cobey Culton referenced the websitefor Indiana's health care program to support her claim.
A deal with Obama
The ACA, also known as Obamacare, allowed states to expand Medicaid programs to adults earning 138 percent of the federal poverty level, which in 2015 was about $2,743 a month for a family of four. And it encouraged states to expand coverage by offering to pay for a large majority of the cost.
Under standard Medicaid, the federal government offers states a cost-match ranging from 50 to 73 percent.
Under the ACA, the federal government paid 100 percent of Medicaid expansion costs between 2014 and 2016. It then dropped its support to 95 percent in 2017 and plans to cut its support to 90 percent by 2020.
In 2015, then-Indiana Gov. Pence reached an agreement with the Obama administration to expand Medicaid under a custom program known as the "new Healthy Indiana Plan."
The words "Medicaid" and "expansion" rarely appear together on Indiana's health care website. The state describes the program as a "homegrown consumer-driven health care coverage program for low-income adults." And, upon announcing the news, Pence avoided praising Medicaid as an effective coverage option.
"I believe Medicaid is not a program we should expand. It's a program that we should reform — and that's exactly what we're accomplishing," Pence said during a speech at an Indiana hospital. "HIP 2.0 is not intended to be a long-term entitlement program. It's intended to be a safety net that aligns incentives with human aspirations."
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But expand Medicaid, Indiana did. And, by the time Trump and Pence were elected to the White House, Pence was one of 10 Republican governors to expand Medicaid.
"Indiana and Arkansas have different names for their programs, but they are accessing federal funds through the ACA Medicaid expansion legislation," said Robin Rudowitz, associate director for the program on Medicaid for the Kaiser Family Foundation. KFF is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that focuses on health care issues.
As a result, about 381,000 people were enrolled in Indiana's program by 2016, according to the State Health Reform Assistance Network.
Indiana's program
Some conservatives oppose the idea of expanding Medicaid mainly because they fear the government might shift more of the financial burden to state governments over time. (Despite expanding Medicaid in Indiana, Pence wants to repeal the ACA and has falselyclaimed that expansion made it harder for disabled Ohioans to obtain coverage.)
Indiana's expansion plan gained support from Republicans in part because the Hoosier state implemented controversial qualification requirements. For example, all participants in Indiana's program must contribute money — from $1 to $27 per month — to a health savings account. Enrollees who miss payments face a reduction in benefits.
"In Indiana's case their waiver contained elements like some increased cost sharing and health savings accounts — other states that have expanded Medicaid have used some of these ideas too," said Adam Searing, an associate professor at Georgetown University's school of public policy.
At the time, Indiana was the 28th state to expand Medicaid and one of the first to require premium payments. Since then, that list of states has grown to 33, and Utah is putting the issue to a vote via a statewide referendum this November.
"While Indiana's expansion doesn't look exactly like say California's or New York's where they just expanded coverage under their existing Medicaid program to the new group of adults, it does look a lot like Arkansas or Kentucky or Arizona or Montana which all used such waivers when they expanded Medicaid," Searing wrote in an email.
Effect of conditions
The latest Medicaid expansion proposal in North Carolina (Carolina Cares) is modeled after Indiana's program. It would charge premiums and impose work requirements.
Critics worried that Indiana's rules would hinder its ability to cover more people. A recent study found that insurance coverage increased in states that expanded Medicaid — including Indiana.
Aaron E. Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at Indiana University's School of Medicine and a critic of Indiana's payment requirements, summarized the findings in a July 2 article for The New York Times.
"The good news is that even with these extra requirements, Indiana saw significant gains in Medicaid coverage," Carroll wrote.
"But we don't know if gains would have been even larger without them," he continued. "It's possible that the churn caused by cost-sharing requirements may be causing the state to underperform. Neighboring states did see larger gains than Indiana itself. But Indiana overperformed compared with other, more distant states, making this unclear."
Cohen said Indiana expanded Medicaid while Pence was governor. Though Indiana doesn't refer to its program as Medicaid expansion, the state did expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act while implementing controversial conditions. We rate this statement Mostly True.
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Email correspondence with Cobey Culton, spokesman for DHHS secretary Mandy Cohen.
Phone interview with Robin Rudowitz, associate director for the program on Medicaid for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Email correspondence with Adam Searing, associate professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy.
Story by The Indianapolis Star, "Gov. Pence gets federal OK for Medicaid alternative," published Jan. 27, 2015.
Story by Vox.com, "The battle over Medicaid expansion in 2013 and 2014, explained," published May 12, 2015.
Stories by National Public Radio (NPR), "Pence Expanded Medicaid As Governor, Now He May Be Part Of Cutting It," published Nov. 23, 2016; "Indiana's Brand Of Medicaid Drops 25,000 People For Failure To Pay Premiums," published Feb. 1, 2018.
Article in The New York Times, "Finally, Some Answers on the Effects of Medicaid Expansion," published July 2, 2018.
Fact check by PolitiFact, "Mike Pence falsely blames Medicaid expansion for disability waiting list in Ohio," published July 17, 2017
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I want to be clear that if you are reading this, you hold a level of privilege. You may not hold white privilege which is very much up right now, but there are other types of privilege, and you have some if you are reading this on a computer, I pad, phone, etc.
You probably know about the tragic racial inequities, institutionalized racism, rioting and human rights issues currently making headlines. Let's not forget that these systemic racial inequities have always been there. You also likely know on some level how you are responding is to this situation. If not, you should do some research. Please google 'Ferguson, Missouri', 'Michael Brown', 'Black lives matter" or any combo of those and then come back here. It's important and a privilege to understand how current goings on are affecting you.
Now, step away from Facebook, your phone, the media, stop reading all the news out there for a minute, and in doing this stop worrying about what your friends are or are not posting. Note, you can and should go back to the news in order to stay educated, not obsessed...and the judgements about your friends can be healthy if it helps inform you, but not if it stands in your way, shuts you down or moves you to compete. I want to discourage you from getting trapped by too much information or emotional overload. It's a fine line. Stay engaged enough and don't get trapped.
Make space to ask yourself two questions about your relationship to the world. Ideally, bring the questions into your meditation, dance, your yoga practice, surfing, hiking...wherever and whenever you feel most connected to you. Note, this is bypass only when it stops here and is used solely as a mechanism for your own self advancement. There could also be a bypass if you were to answer 'there are no problems'.
This is actually your first step to action.
1. What makes your heart swell and your body want to move and act...?
2. What matters to you and move you, from the belly (mulha, root, pelvis) up...?
Think social and environmental justice and issues here. Think big and think specific.
Pay attention to your feelings, your breath and your imagery...all are powerful informants. Your answers may or may not have to do with institutionalized racism.
BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS!!!!
Listen closely to the detailed call of your heart.
Heart language is lovely and beautiful and it is fiery, and holds capacity for large scale righteous anger and action. Action for the sake of renewal begs you to be clear, conscious and systematic.
If you cannot connect to anything, it's okay. Make it a practice. Keep going. Stop again tomorrow and the next day and the day after, connect to yourself, and ask yourself...what moves you from the belly up?
It is key to remember to be as specific as possible with your answers.
How is this leveraging your privilege? If you can read this, if you have the capacity to think critically and you have the space to consider something other than where and when your next meal is coming from or when and if you are going to receive a bullet to the head, whether or not you will have clean water to drink tomorrow, and if you had a family to spend thanksgiving with, you have privilege. Leverage it. Give thanks for it and do something with it.
Using your privilege to to move one step at a time is intelligent and finding ground, empathy and clarity are all crucial when you are working with a large scale issues. Facebook, the media...they all do a good job of isolating one incident.
And start with those 2 questions. Just start here.
There is no quick fix to institutionalized oppression and there is no article that is going to make it stop. The epidemic is deeply rooted and long standing.
You must start from this place. Your own root. Deep within. Listen to what calls you.
AND, if you feel crystal clear about your cause (though I would challenge you that there is always more depth here), can't get specific enough or still enough to receive any answers, and/or this doesn't make sense to you but you are committed, that's perfect. You have landscape to work with and should stay tuned!
One step at a time equals sustainable and thoughtful change.
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Volunteer in Costa Rica
Volunteer in Costa Rica with INLEX and join a dedicated team of international volunteers making a positive impact in various fields. Alternatively, you can intern as well if you have experience in the chosen program or related field.
Why volunteer in Costa Rica?
Costa Rica is widely known as a destination of great biodiversity, great beaches, warm culture, and stunning natural wonders. By joining our volunteer program in Costa Rica or internship program you will be able to experience Costa Rica in a very different and authentic way, immersing yourself in the "tico"(Costa Rican) way of life.
You will be working alongside other international volunteers and interns, making a positive impact in needed areas of Costa Rica. There are many fields to choose from including education, construction, medical programs and more. If you don't find what you are looking for, get in touch with us as new opportunities are always becoming available.
Why intern in Costa Rica?
Working since 2005, INLEX has created a wide network of opportunities for internships in Costa Rican organization and companies. Internships are available in different fields and some require previous knowledge, see below what we have available.
What is the difference between volunteering or interning ?
Program information at glance
Do I need Spanish?
Accommodation/meals
Why pay?
How to get to Costa Rica?
About Costa Rica
Most of our programs are located in San Ramon de Alajuela and neighboring towns.
Wildlife programs are located on the pacific coast and central rain forest regions.
Pickups are available from 8 am-10:30 pm on specified dates.
Can't make it these dates?
Let us know, we are flexible!
3, 17,31
7, 14,21,28
We don't expect volunteers or interns to be experts in Spanish, but we expect them to be able to communicate in their projects.
If you don't know Spanish, don't worry! We offer intensive Spanish classes before your program.
Interns are expected to have a higher level of Spanish in general
Welcome at the airport and private transport to your host family.
24-hour on-call support from in-country staff and emergency assistance.
Program and project orientation.
Walking tour of local community Private room accommodation (shared bathroom) with a host family with two meals per day OR shared room in hostel accommodation with breakfast.
Certificate of completion of the program
Extra costs:
Flights to and from Costa Rica
Transportation upon finishing the program
Mandatory health/medical insurance. If you don't have health insurance you can buy a policy from our partners.
Two accommodation choices are available:
Host Family: You will be provided with a bed in a welcoming local host family near your project. The host family provides two meals per day.
Volunteer hostel: The hostel option is for people who want to meet other travelers and volunteers. The accommodation is dormitory-style with a locker.
Many volunteers are surprised to find that they have to pay a fee, but in order to make our programs sustainable, we have to charge a fee per volunteer. Many of the costs are incurred even before you leave your home country.
Included in your program are Spanish classes (if you included them), housing, food, orientation, walking tour, emergency support, transport from the airport, use of our facilities, etc. Your fees go into paying our kind staff, teachers, legal fees, taxes, host families, food, transportation, internet, phone bills, other utilities, maintenance, rental space, insurance, office supplies, the volunteer application process, emergency support, arranging and designing all of our programs, infrastructure, maintaining our website, making promotional material, establishing new partnerships with other organizations and much more! But most importantly, these fees go into making sure you have great experience volunteering and everything runs smoothly.
You will arrive at Juan Santamaría international airport where you will be greeted by one of our friendly staff members. Please look for a sign with your name on it. From the airport, you will be transported to your accommodation.
Airport information: http://www.fly2sanjose.net/
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ENTER COSTA RICA WITH A RETURN TICKET WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER YOUR ARRIVAL DATE, OF WHICH YOU CAN CHANGE AFTER ENTERING THE COUNTRY. COSTA RICAN IMMIGRATION MAY DENY YOUR ENTRY IF YOUR EXIT TICKET IS NOT WITHIN THE 90 DAY PERIOD.
Costs vary depending on how long you want to stay, visit our costs section and options you choose.
The richness of Costa Rica stems from the cultural diversity of its people. Throughout its history, waves of immigrants have added to the pre-Hispanic native populations, settling on this land and making it their home.
Presently, in addition to the majority Mestizo demographic, there are several colonial and national immigrant ethnicities that have restored their unique cultural heritage like African descendants, Chinese, Hebrews, Lebanese, Italians, etc., as well as native people of Bribri, Cabécar, Maleku, Teribe, Boruca, Ngöbe, Huetar and Chorotega.
Currency: El Colón, USD 1.00 = ¢ 600.00 (average exchange rate, September 2018). The US Dollar can be used in some touristic places but not throughout the whole country.
Climate: The country has a tropical and subtropical climate and is part of the Neotropic Ecozone. Costa Rica's dry season in most places is from December to April, while the rainy season is from May to November. The average temperature is from 18ºC – 30ºC.
Typical food: Gallo Pinto and Casado are typical dishes in the country but you will find that it differs by region. The basic diet includes beans, rice, meat, seafood, all kind of fresh vegetables and fruits, bread and tortillas which is what you will be mainly eating.
Project options at glance in Costa Rica
+ Volunteer with children
Volunteer with children in Costa Rica by working in a daycare where you will be assisting local staff with cooking, elaborating educational material, playing games, teaching basic colors, letters and creating a safe environment for children from low-income communities.
+ Volunteer in education
Volunteer teaching children in schools of after school programs. You can teach a class directly or become a teacher assistant depending on the group, knowledge in a specific field, and other factors. Popular subjects include English teaching, math, art, science, and other core subjects.
+ Wildlife
Volunteer with wildlife in Costa Rica and support rich biodiversity. Volunteers work in wildlife refuges and re-rehabilitation centers with a variety of local species.
+ Sea turtles
Volunteer with sea turtles in the pacific coast of Costa Rica by helping during their nesting season in hatcheries,beach patrols and preservation education.
+ Volunteer in Environmental preservation
Environmental preservation volunteers work in national parks, environmental reservations, and research stations. The work revolves around keeping a healthy Eco-system, educational campaigns and sometimes research.
+ Pre med volunteering / Health care
Pre-med volunteering is perfect for people who are in pre-med stages or are thinking of majoring in medicine or a related field. As opposed to the medical intern program, volunteers in health support schools, elderly homes, chronic pain clinics, and programs for individuals with disabilities.
+ Special education volunteer
This program is designed to make the most out of education tailored to individuals with special needs. Volunteers in this program will be assisting and helping educate of people with various mental and physical disabilities.
+ Volunteer in construction
Are you good working with your hands and creating? Volunteer in Costa Rica in construction. In the project, you can help build or renovate houses, schools, community centers and more. Great for the physically active!
+ Women empowerment
Volunteer in Costa Rica in the women empowerment program that aims to teach low income and vulnerable women to overcome difficult situations; by giving them tools through education to improve their quality of life and heir families.
+ Medical internships
Costa Rica offers free healthcare to its citizens, but resources are limited and help is always needed. In the Medical internship program, you will be working side by side with Costa Rican doctors and nurses to treat patients in rural clinics or hospitals.
+ Microfinance and business training
The microfinance and business internship program is perfect for people with a background in finance, economics, accounting, marketing, and related fields. Interns in this program work to mentor small and medium business owners to have sustainable growth and the right tools to manage their company and small loans.
+ Physiotherapy internships
The physiotherapy internship program is for people that are studying or have completed a degree in physiotherapy, rehabilitation or occupational therapy. The clinic in Costa Rica focuses on individuals with restricted mobility and chronic pain. Interns can also help in physiotherapy sessions at an assisted living facility.
+ Veterinary
The veterinary volunteer program places vet students in clinics where they can assist veterinary doctors and technicians. Volunteers can work with animals by assisting doctors in medical procedures, feeding, bathing, brushing, obedience training, administering medicine, cleaning cages, and animal rehabilitation. Depending on experience, interns can help in vaccinations, surgeries, and diagnosis.
Why volunteer in Costa Rica with INLEX?
"Volunteering was always on my to do list and I was glad I had the chance to explore and travel Costa Rica this way. I loved my short time in San Ramon staying with my new family! Thanks to the staff and all the other volunteers for making this such a great experience!"
Hugh 23-USA


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Oakwood University » Life at Oakwood » Mr. and Miss Oakwood University
Mr. and Miss Oakwood is a spiritual, progressive, strong, vibrant, independent and intelligent person who cares for the well-being of both themselves and others. They are role models in church, their college community and the community at large. Mr. and Miss Oakwood is willing to assertively address the challenges of today, while effectively reaching towards their goals for tomorrow.
The Mr. and Miss Oakwood Pageant seeks to identify, develop, and promote leadership within the Oakwood University community among Christian College age men and women. The mission shall be achieved by accomplishing the following:
Provide young men and women with an opportunity to enhance their professional and educational goals by offering an alternative way toward achieving merit and scholarship.
Provide men and women with a broader avenue of self-expression.
Assist men and women in developing a sense of identity and self-worth through exercise of poise and presentation.
Develop programs that will promote community involvement and address relevant community issues.
Develop alliances with other non-profit organizations to promote community growth and development.
Celebrate the many shapes, sizes, colors, and textures of Oakwood University men and women.
Support progressive programs that are of a civic, social, and cultural nature.
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Proserpine residents will soon have the opportunity to share their ideas for the future of Proserpine and Lake Proserpine, with public consultation taking place from tomorrow, between 1 December 2016 and 28 February 2017.
Whitsunday Regional Council is developing a Master Plan to drive urban growth and economic development, including tourism attraction, for Proserpine.
Extensive public consultation will be undertaken with residents and community groups over the next three months to capture all ideas and suggestions.
Residents will be able to get involved and have their say via a number of ways, including public forums at the Proserpine Community Centre, public display stalls at several community events, face-to-face meetings at the 55 Main Street shopfront (opening soon) and online at Your Say Whitsunday.
On Friday 2 December, Council will hold a public display stall at the Quota Christmas Markets at Les Stagg Oval in Proserpine.
Mayor Andrew Willcox is encouraging all Proserpine residents to think about unlocking the potential of the town.
"We want all Proserpine residents to put your thinking caps on and let us know your ideas for the future of the town," he said.
Council is also working on the wider Whitsunday Regional Economic Development Strategy, which looks at the future economic growth of the entire Whitsunday region, including Proserpine.
The findings from the Proserpine Master Plan consultation will feed into the Economic Development Strategy.
Council will release the full activity program, with all dates and locations for the Proserpine Master Plan consultation, in the next few weeks.
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