I sent this to Freedom Works to be a signable petition so that we can all be heard. I will let you all know when I hear back, and hopefully it gets created.
Member of the House, Senate, Honorable Justices, Mr. President, and Mr. Vice President. We wish to present this petition of signatures to this Government as a redress for our grievences.
This country is being governed on a path that We the People of these United States do not wish to be on. This government has forgotten its place within the Constitutional bounds. We are imploring you to consider our words, as we are men and women who are concerned about this country dearly. We pray that you heed our words, and make the changes necessary to have the United States of America remain the shining city upon the hill.
Some of you reading these words may not have this applied to you, and we recognize your efforts to keep America strong, but we must uphold our duty as free citizens and bring to light our concerns.
We the people recognize that you are no longer acting on behalf of the American people. We have seen through your actions that you ultimately do not care truly about the people you were elected to serve. This is evident in the massive unchecked spending, not passing a budget and unconstitutional legislation you have brought upon us.
The Affordable Health Care Act. This law requires the American people to buy a product against their will. It is up to us to decide what we will do in regards to our health. We have access to information, and as a free people we will make our decisions based on our own conscience. We should not be punished for deciding it is in our best interest to not buy, if we so choose. If this is not declared unconstitional by the Supreme Court, we ask that this be repealed.
The National Defense Authorization Act, as it pertains to the indefinate detainment of persons deemed to be related to terrorists, with no clear definitions of the word, and no sure limitations to that of an American Citizen. And with this, to allow for the military to become law enforcers within these borders, which is in clear violation of the Constitution. This goes against our due process if in fact it is ever used on a US Citizen. The fourth amendment, in combination of the fifth, guarantee us the rights to a trial by jury and guarding against unreasonable searches or seizures. Futhermore, the 8th amendment guards us against cruel and unusual punishment. We ask that the detainment clause be repealed.
We want our money to be spent improving our roads, stopping illegal immigration, national defense, and infrastructure. We also do not want untold billions of dollars to go to foreign governments that speak out against our way of life.
We are asking the Congress for a balanced budget. As homeowners and families, we understand that a sound budget is necessary in order to keep our homes, our vehicles, our very way of life. Successful businesses practice budgeting and accounting. So we expect our government to do the same.
We are not happy with members of the bench legislating what will be done in this country. It is not the job of the Supreme Court to make laws. It is merely to ensure that laws made in this country are Consitutional. And we do not believe that words that do not exist in the Constitution should be squeezed out of thin air. The Warren Court was the largest offender of this, and the Court has not challenged what has been set forth.
We have not seen anything worthy in you of being called Mr. President. We have seen you lie to the American people, make changes in our way of life the majority of us do not want, and have watched you break the oath you swore when you officially took office in January of 2009. You promised to defend and uphold the Consitution. You have failed.
You have made unconstitutional appointments to positions in government; you appointed over thirty Czars without any Congressional oversight to control every aspect of the country.
You continue to support the Enviromental Protection Agency, an organazation bent on making sure that we as Americans will be put back into the dark ages. We are all concerned about protecting the envoironment Mr. President, but when the technology does not exist to make this clean energy, a company should not be fined for not using those technologies.
You campaigned for and sent a massive bailout to help with banks, auto manufacturers, and supposedly the American people. You spent our money on this, and it is something many of us do not support. The way America works is that when a business has faulty policies, the business fails.
What did we get for all the massive bailouts? Higher unemployment, more national debt, and a continuing downward spiral of the American dollar. This is unacceptable.
You have associated with anti-American people radicals throughout your life. We don't want to get into the whole list of this, but the fact of the matter is, you have associated, and continue to associate with people that promote hate-speach, anti-American policies, and in some cases even terrorism. We also recognize that you place extremists from socialist backgrounds into positions of power, that is unchecked or regulated by anyone in the government except yourself.
You decided that we should continue to support Egypt, even though they are now ran by a radical Islaamist group of the Muslim Brotherhood. You should be using that money for a greater purpose to support and defend democracy around the world. Not Sharia Law.
Your administration has likened people like us as the most likely to become terrorists. Even though the only thing we ask is that the government be held to the standards set in the Constitution, and that we are free to have our lives and seek our right to our pursuits of happiness.
You have spent tax payer money taking lavish vacations, while instructing the American people that we need to change our way of life and that we cannot afford to live in luxury. This includes sending your daughter to Mexico for Spring Break, with 25 Secret Service agents. Their salaries are paid with our tax dollars. This was irresponsible as a parent at best. At worst it shows flagrant disregard for the American people. A thirteen year old girl does not need to spend Spring Break in Mexico. Every parent knows this.
You signed an executive order essentially giving you control over American resources without any disaster or emergency present. To be fair, other presidents have done the same, but in conjuction with many other actions you have taken, it has left the American people questioning your intentions.
You support the killing of American citizens abroad without them having their due process rights given them. Even if they are in the wrong place, in the wrong time, that does not mean they do not get to receive a fair trial and their due process to be tried before a jury of their peers.


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Mission Bay Yacht Club has a rich history — the early sailboats had to be flat bottomed to maneuver in the shallow water of the Bay. The Flapper, a 12 foot catboat, was the first class to race. A variety of boats, including some from San Diego Yacht Club, formed a handicap fleet and raced when the tide permitted. By 1931 the Skimmer was the hot boat in this area.
Each Opening Day we relive some of our early history as the commodore sails "Scanties," the club's first Flapper class boat, given to the club by our first commodore, Tom Scripps. It was donated to the Club around 1968, and the Board decided that the Commodore should sail it each year in the Asher Pier Race. It has since been rebuilt, and is still sailed. Originally, it was just one of the boats in the Handicap Fleet. Subsequently, a special class for the Opening Day race was established, which the Commodore always wins.
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This is a story about a nice day of making family history while sharing it. About a week ago my sister and I had just the best afternoon with our Aunts Ruth and Peg. You know how sometimes the stories and the laughs come easy. That's how it was that day. I have to say it's always nice to be with Peg and Ruth. They are upbeat and truly nice people. But on this day it felt a little special.
There doesn't have to be a particular reason to go visit them, but since April 2 was Ruth's 80-something birthday we made a plan to celebrate with a lunch get-together. Our meal at the MCL cafeteria was tasty and comfortable, as always. It's a great place to relax and talk for as long as anyone wants. Of course, I don't mind either that Wednesday is catfish day. Yum! And around our table you could find fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes, candied beets, gooey cinnamon rolls and more. The four of us caught up a little on family, discussed the possibilities for going to quilt shows this spring and had our endless refills of iced tea and coffee. Our chats are always interesting with these aunts who have a glint of humor in their eyes.
When we were ready to move along, we went just a few miles to Aunt Peg's house. There's never a lag in the conversations, the latest project or grandchildren or whatever. Ruth has 22 of her family coming to her house for Easter dinner. She explained to me the best Ott light to buy for crafts. Peg is busy with the two reunion quilts for Weber and Niehaus reunions. And Marti received one of the quilts to help out with the backing. They are both great resources for advice on sewing. That's for sure.
During the visit we also asked Ruth and Peg about some of their memories growing up. Ruth gave me some new pieces of our family history. I wasn't aware of her Irish ancestry. We kid her about being a Weber and marrying into the Weber family. I haven't had an opportunity to learn the other side, actually, the family that she was closest to as she grew up. She told a story of her grandfather, John Valentine Weber leaving Fort Wayne to come to Indianapolis when he was 12 years old because his stepfather was abusive. He got a job in a grocery store and the family who owned the store let him live with them. Eventually he married their daughter, Ellen Cahalane. Ruth grew up in a predominantly Irish neighborhood, near St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, on the east side of Indianapolis. I was thrilled to learn a little more about her history and will be looking into these ancestors. Besides Ruth's childhood, I finally remembered to ask for the names of the people in her and Uncle Harry's wedding photo from June 25, 1949. Put your cursor over the photo to see who they are.
Another childhood memory that Peg and Ruth talked about was the vegetable and fruit trucks that circulated in the neighborhoods on the south side of Indianapolis in the 1920s, 30s, 40s. Although they didn't know each other in those years, both ladies remember their families buying regularly from a man traveling through their neighborhoods. Ruth recalls a man named Tony that came down their street with his horse and wagon filled with fruits and vegetables when she was a child. Peg remembers an Italian man named Joe who had a truck that came by their house on Singleton Street near Garfield Park. And Ruth told of buying fruits and vegetables out of Joe, The Peddler's, truck in the 1940s after she married Harry Weber and lived on Griffith Road, several miles south of her childhood home.
But those recollections didn't stop with the vegetable trucks. A book that I brought along about the Red Cross Donut Girls in World War II opened the conversation to Peg's wartime stories. Her first reaction was to let us know that Shad didn't like these Red Cross girls very much because they charged the GI's for the donuts when he was in Europe. She said she would like to read the book though. And will let me know what she thinks about it. She also gave us more details of her experiences following Uncle Shad on his training exercises around the United States before he went overseas. She traveled to California, Texas, Alabama and North Carolina. Mineral Wells, Texas, was their first location. She described how her "room" was a partitioned space in the lobby of a hotel. There weren't enough places for the wives to stay. Marti asked "Did Shad visit you there?" And Peg just smiled and answered: "Yes, of course." with her usual mischievous smile. Then, Marti said: "Did you have any privacy!!" And Peg just grinned. No comment necessary.
I tried to gather up the memories being shared that afternoon. But I may have missed one or two while we were enjoying our interaction. Also, I can't believe I forgot to snap a photo of Aunt Ruth with the birthday hyacinth we brought for her. That's not like me to miss a photo op! But anyway, she was happy to see the pretty blooms and decided that she'd ask Tom, her son, to plant it the next day when he picked her up for her birthday celebration with her family. Another nice happening for a nice lady.
Our afternoon with these two special aunts was outstanding. I just had to save it here on Indiana Ties as a part of our family history.
Its wonderful to be able to recount our afternoon together. Seeing it all in print let's me recall just how much fun, laughter & talking we did...in addition to making such great memories. Thank you little sis for sharing. Love you.


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A skin cancer drug could prove to be a precious weapon in the fight against Alzheimer's.
In tests, bexarotene rapidly improved brain health, memory and behaviour of mice genetically engineered to develop the disease.
Researchers described the effect as unprecedented and 'tremendously exciting'.
But others cautioned against raising hopes, pointing out that what works in laboratory mice doesn't always work in humans.
The researchers, from Cape Western Reserve University in the U.S., used bexarotene to break down amyloid, the toxic protein that clogs the brain of Alzheimer's patients.
Within just six hours of giving the drug to the mice, levels of one type of amyloid fell by a quarter, according to the study detailed in the journal Science.
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Phil(l)ip or Phil Morris may refer to:
2 Film and TV
3 Sportspeople
Companies[edit]
Altria Group, a conglomerate company previously known as Philip Morris Companies Inc., named after the tobacconist
Philip Morris USA, a tobacco company wholly owned by Altria Group
Philip Morris International, a tobacco company that spun off from Altria Group in 2008
Philip Morris (cigarette)
Film and TV[edit]
Philip Morris (1893–1949), American actor in films such as Home on the Range
Phil Morris (actor) (born 1959), American film, television, and voice actor best known for his role on Seinfeld
Philip Morris (archivist), English media recovery expert, known for recovering Doctor Who episodes
Sportspeople[edit]
Philip Morris (English cricketer) (1877–1945), English cricketer
Philip Morris (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1952), New Zealand cricketer
Philip Morris (racing driver) (born 1965), American short track racing racer
Phil Morris (speedway rider) (born 1975), British motorcycle speedway rider and TV game show participant
Others[edit]
Philip Morris (tobacconist) (1835–1873), British tobacconist and importer of cigarettes
Phil Morris (health activist) (born 1972), British health activist and cancer survivor
Philip Morris (priest) (born 1950), Archdeacon of Margam
Philip Richard Morris (1836–1902), English painter
Phillip Morris, prisoner, and lover of conman and escape artist Steven Jay Russell
Phillip Morris Napier, American politician in the state of Maine
Naugle v. Philip Morris, a 2009 court case
I Love You Phillip Morris, a 2009 film adaptation of a book inspired by the lives of Morris and Russell
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Philip Morris.
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Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data. The index is based on 2000=100. Source: Statistics New Zealand Latest actual data: 2015 Harmonized prices: No. Excludes interest rate components. Data refer to fiscal years Frequency of source data: Quarterly Base year: 2000. Source data are based June 2006=1000. We rebase them 2000=100 Primary domestic currency: New Zealand dollar Data last updated: 03/2016
Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) Statistics for New Zealand , Year 2015 - In Detail
Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for New Zealand in year 2015 is 137.701 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data. The index is based on 2000=100.
This makes New Zealand No. 91 in world rankings according to Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) in year 2015. The world's average Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) value is 155327206.19 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100); New Zealand is 155,327,068.49 less than the average.
In the previous year, 2014, Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for New Zealand was 137.59 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100) Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for New Zealand in 2015 was or will be 0.08% more than it was or will be in 2014.
In the following or forecasted year, 2016, Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for New Zealand was or will be 141.18 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100), which is 2.52% more than the 2015 figure.
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Home > News > EWG News and Analysis > The Myth of "Natural" Parabens
The Myth of "Natural" Parabens
By Rochelle Cameron, EWG Research Intern
Parabens are a class of chemicals used as preservatives in food, industrial products and personal care products, but most widely prevalent in cosmetics and personal care products. Nearly everyone is exposed to these compounds: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tested more than 2,500 urine samples, and detected methyl paraben in 99 percent and propyl paraben in 93 percent.
Although parabens are classified as "generally recognized as safe" in foods by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, increasing evidence has drawn attention to their possible health risks, primarily their potential to disrupt the endocrine system, which can interfere with the normal functioning of hormones.
But some companies are trying to sidestep such health concerns. Recently, some makers of personal care products have claimed parabens are "natural," found in healthful foods such as blueberries, carrots and olives. Even the CDC is chiming in, stating on its website that parabens "occur naturally in some foods, including specific fruit juices and wine." The CDC cited a paper that asserted a widespread and natural occurrence of parabens in food—cloudberry, yellow passion fruit juice, white and naturally sweet wines, Bourbon vanilla—but provided no supporting references for such claims. Turns out that a company that specializes in getting chemical additives approved for use in food wrote the paper.
Intrigued, I dug into the scientific literature. I found a couple of studies that found methyl paraben in cloudberry and vanilla extract, but it's a big exaggeration to say they are common in fruits and vegetables.
Most claims of naturally occurring parabens fail to provide a reference to a peer-reviewed scientific study to confirm their assertions. Scientific literature about natural sources of parabens is sparse. In contrast, there are many studies using sophisticated analytical techniques to examine the chemical constituents of certain items. In these studies -- listed in the table below -- no parabens are included in the chemicals found in blueberries and many other alleged natural sources of parabens.
This is not to say that parabens are completely absent from the natural world. Related molecules have been found to occur naturally in blueberries and some other plant species. Parabens differ from these molecules in that they contain chemicals called esters, which results in different chemical properties and characteristics.
Certain conditions favor conversion of related compounds into parabens, which may be how certain organisms may be able to produce certain types of parabens. These include a certain strain of Microbulbifer marine bacterium, which has been shown to produce types of parabens naturally.
Two studies that claimed to have found naturally occuring parabens, both from researchers at Colorado State University, were retracted several years after their publication.
The fact is that parabens do exist rarely in nature, but it is highly misleading to claim that they are a common constituent of fruits or vegetables. Meanwhile, a growing body of scientific evidence lends credence to health concerns from paraben exposure.
Companies have started responding to pressure from consumers and health advocates, and have taken voluntary steps to remove paraben compounds from their products. Despite this, there are still many products that contain parabens. Consumers can benefit from using EWG's consumer guides to help minimize exposure to these chemicals in cosmetics and food.
Table of Studies
Food Study Results
Blueberry, black mulberry, black currant, blue-berried honeysuckle, European juneberry, blackberry Phenolic acid profiles in some small berries No parabens mentioned
Blueberry, blackberry Phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of Georgia-grown blueberries and blackberries No parabens mentioned
Blueberry, blackberry, strawberry Survey of antioxidant capacity and phenolic composition of blueberry, blackberry, and strawberry in Nanjing No parabens mentioned
Botrytized Wine Changes in wine aroma composition according to botrytized berry percentage: a preliminary study on amarone wine No parabens mentioned
Botrytized Wine Characterization of key-aroma compounds of botrytized wines, influence of grape botrytization. No parabens mentioned
Botrytized Wine Effects of noble rot on must composition and aroma profile of amarone wine produced by the traditional grape withering protocol. No parabens mentioned
Carrot Characterization and distribution of phenolics in carrot cell walls No parabens mentioned
Carrot Elicitor-induced changes in Ca2+ influx, K+ efflux, and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid synthesis in protoplasts of Daucus carota L. No parabens mentioned
Caucasian whortleberry Separation, characterization, and quantitation of phenolic acids in a little-known blueberry (vaccinium arctostaphylos L.) fruit by HPLC-MS. No parabens mentioned
Cloudberry Content of some organic acids in cloudberry (rubus chamaemorus L.) Found 0.1-0.4 mg/100g methylparaben and 0.1-0.6 mg/100g propylparaben
Cloudberry Supercritical fluid chromatography-gas chromatography of volatiles in cloudberry (rubus chamaemorus) oil extracted with supercritical carbon dioxide No parabens mentioned
Cloudberry The aroma of cloudberries (rubus chamaemorus L.). No parabens mentioned
Cucumber Accumulation of salicylic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in phloem fluids of cucumber during systemic acquired resistance is preceded by a transient increase in phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity in petioles and stems. No parabens mentioned
Rabbiteye blueberry Chemical constituents of the leaves of rabbiteye blueberry (vaccinium ashei) and characterisation of polymeric proanthocyanidins containing phenylpropanoid units and A-type linkages. No parabens mentioned
Vanilla Comparison of headspace-SPME-GC–MS and LC–MS for the detection and quantification of coumarin, vanillin, and ethyl vanillin in vanilla extract products. No parabens mentioned
Vanilla GC–MS and GC–olfactometry analysis of aroma compounds in a representative organic aroma extract from cured vanilla (vanilla planifolia G. jackson) beans No parabens mentioned
Vanilla (Bourbon and Ugandan) Comparative analysis of volatiles in traditionally cured Bourbon and Ugandan vanilla bean (vanilla planifolia) extracts. Bourbon vanilla: 0.38 mg/kg methylparaben; Ugandan vanilla: 1.56 mg/kg methylparaben
Vanilla (Tahitian) Identification of the key odorants in Tahitian cured vanilla beans (vanilla tahitensis) by GC-MS and an aroma extract dilution analysis. No parabens mentioned
Vanilla (Tahitian)
Odor-active compounds of Tahitian vanilla flavor
No parabens mentioned
Wine A comparative study of sensor array and GC–MS: Application to Madrid wines characterization. No parabens mentioned
Wine Chemometrical development and comprehensive validation of a solid phase microextraction/gas chromatography–mass spectrometry methodology for the determination of important free and bound primary aromatics in Greek wines. No parabens mentioned
Wine GC-MS identification of volatile components of Galician (Northwestern Spain) white wines. Application to differentiate Rías Baixas wines from wines produced in nearby geographical regions. No parabens mentioned
Wine Impact odorants of Chardonnay dry white wine from Changli County (China). No parabens mentioned
Wine Volatile composition of Macedonian and Hungarian wines assessed by GC/MS No parabens mentioned
Wine Volatile profiles of sparkling wines obtained by three extraction methods and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analysis No parabens mentioned
Wine Wine flavor and aroma. No parabens mentioned
Yellow passionfruit Characterization of the aromatic profile in aqueous essence and fruit juice of yellow passion fruit (passiflora edulis sims F. flavicarpa degner) by GC-MS and GC/O. No parabens mentioned
Yellow passionfruit, cashew, tamarind, acerola, guava Screening of tropical fruit volatile compounds using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fibers and internally cooled SPME fiber No parabens mentioned
Chemicals in Food


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LIVERMORE — Bill Green's wife has the longest arms in the world.
From their bed at home in Alamo, she can reach all the way to the darkest jungles of Vietnam and pull her husband home — or rather, out of his dreams.
Green, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, and the dreams are only one of his many symptoms.
He and fellow Vietnam veteran Mike Martin of Danville, co-directors of the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley speakers bureau, shared their experiences at Las Positas College on Thursday during a talk on post-traumatic stress disorder hosted by the school's psychology club.
Besides dreaming, Green said he gets up once or twice a night, leaving the lights turned off, to check outside the windows and look for movement.
"It's not paranoia, it's called being on patrol," he said.
He doesn't like crowds, sits with his back to the wall at restaurants, looks for snipers and ambushes while strolling through a park and doesn't trust anyone he hasn't known for a long time.
During his year in Vietnam, Green served in the infantry as a "point man" whose job was to lead his group while looking out for booby traps or an ambush. He later became a sergeant in charge of a squad.
He remembers the name, personality and abilities of each soldier he fought with until one of them paid the ultimate price.
Martin, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970, never drew his gun but still remembers some intense experiences.
"I was frightened every day I was there," Martin said.
He spoke about a time when he was on night duty and a boat carrying two sailors exploded. He went out to look for the boat but only found boat parts.
As an officer, it was his job to report the sailors' deaths to the admiral and to write letters to their parents.
Martin's post-traumatic stress disorder is not as severe as Green's, but he also has trouble sleeping and trouble talking about his time in Vietnam.
Also on hand during Thursday evening's talk was Denver Mills, a therapist at the Vet Center in Concord.
He estimated that about one in five soldiers returning from the current war in Iraq will suffer from severe forms of the disorder, but nearly all will experience some effects.
"This is something that has happened to every veteran in every culture in every war that ever was," Mills said.
The difference for veterans returning from Iraq now is that Veterans Affairs has gained significantly more knowledge about post-traumatic stress disorder since it was identified by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980.
For more information on the Concord Vet Center, contact Mills at (925) 680-4526 or e-mail denver.mills@med.va.gov. Bill Green and Mike Martin can be reached at www.vnvdv.com or call Martin at (925) 820-1401.


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Portage High School Senior Awarded First Place at Indiana State Library Competition
By: Portage Township School Corporation Last Updated: May 21, 2014
Mason Hooper, a senior at Portage High School, was awarded First Place in the Indiana State Library 2014 Level 3 "Letters about Literature Competition." The annual competition is sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, the Indiana Center for the Book and the James & Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation.
Students wrote letters to authors, living or dead, to explain how that author's writing impacted the student's life. Over 1000 letters were submitted by students in grades 4 - 12. Hooper's letter was selected as the best in Level 3, for students in grades 9 - 12. He wrote to Ché Guevara, author of The Motorcycle Diaries, explaining how Guevara's passion for people and hatred of injustice inspired Hooper to study medicine and dedicate his own life to helping impoverished people get the orthotics and protheses they need to live full lives.
Hooper was accompanied to the awards ceremony by his parents, Cari and David Hooper, as well as his speech coach, PHS teacher Stacy Bachman. Bachman sponsored Hooper in the contest.
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Q: PHP page doesn't load the data from my MySQL database on 123-reg I am trying to setup a connection to my MySql database via a php page which is hosted on 123-reg. The PHP page is "http://domainName.biz/android_connect/get_all_bars.php" which at the moment the page comes up blank?
The code for that page is as follows:
// include db connect class
require_once __DIR__ . '/db_connect.php';

// connecting to db
$db = new DB_CONNECT();

// get all products from products table
$result = mysql_query("SELECT *FROM pubbar");

// check for empty result
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
// looping through all results
// products node
$response["pubbar"] = array();

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
    // temp user array
    $pubbar = array();
    $pubbar["Pubbar_ID"] = $row["Pubbar_ID"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_Name"] = $row["Pubbar_Name"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_AddressLine1"] = $row["Pubbar_AddressLine1"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_AddressLine2"] = $row["Pubbar_AddressLine2"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_LocationID"] = $row["Pubbar_LocationID"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_Postcode"] = $row["Pubbar_Postcode"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_Latitude"] = $row["Pubbar_Latitude"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_Longitude"] = $row["Pubbar_Longitude"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_TypeID"] = $row["Pubbar_TypeID"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_DateCreated"] = $row["Pubbar_DateCreated"];
    $pubbar["Pubbar_DateModified"] = $row["Pubbar_DateModified"];

    // push single product into final response array
    array_push($response["pubbar"], $pubbar);
}
// success
$response["success"] = 1;

// echoing JSON response
echo json_encode($response);
} else {
// no products found
$response["success"] = 0;
$response["message"] = "No bars found";

// echo no users JSON
echo json_encode($response);
}

This code works on my local WAMP server on my PC
As you can see at the top it connect to another PHP page called "db_connect.php" and the code for that is below:
class DB_CONNECT {

// constructor
function __construct() {
    // connecting to database
    $this->connect();
}

// destructor
function __destruct() {
    // closing db connection
    $this->close();
}

/**
 * Function to connect with database
 */
function connect() {
    // import database connection variables
    require_once __DIR__ . '/db_config.php';

    // Connecting to mysql database
    $con = mysql_connect(DB_SERVER, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD) or die(mysql_error());

    // Selecing database
    $db = mysql_select_db(DB_DATABASE) or die(mysql_error()) or die(mysql_error());

    // returing connection cursor
    return $con;
}

/**
 * Function to close db connection
 */
function close() {
    // closing db connection
    mysql_close();
}

}

Again this work on my local WAMP server database. This also connects to another PHP page called "db_config.php" and the code for that is below:
<?php
/*
 * All database connection variables
 */

define('DB_USER', "<USER>"); // db user
define('DB_PASSWORD', "<PASSWORD>"); // db password (mention your db         password here)
define('DB_DATABASE', "<DATABASE>"); // database name
define('DB_SERVER', "cust-mysql-X-X"); // db server

?>

As mentioned I have a wamp server setup for testing usage and all this functions as expected through that. However now I wish to put it on my server here, so it is all permanently accessible for my portfolio Android application and the get_all_bars.php page is coming up blank. I've messed around and changed code where I thought it might need changing but unfortunately the page still comes up blank. I have spoke with them before and the config data i.e username, password etc is all correct but I cannot figure out what might be wrong in the rest of this code.

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Mercan Properties signs deal with Hilton to operate two new hotels in Lagos
Lagos Marina Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton, and Hilton Garden Inn Lagos will be built next to the marina of this Algarvian city.
Mercan Properties Group and Hilton have signed an agreement for the operation of two new hotels in Lagos, which are expected to open in the summer of 2024.
With an enviable location overlooking the Lagos marina and the Atlantic Ocean, this new urban rehabilitation project represents an investment of 107.8 million euros by Mercan Properties Group, who estimate that the construction phase will allow for the creation of around 150 jobs and a further 200 during its operation. The agreement is Mercan Properties Group' third with Hilton, following the recent opening of Se Catedral Hotel Porto, Tapestry Collection by Hilton and upcoming opening of Hilton Garden Inn Evora.
This hotel development of approximately 23.000 square meters of gross construction area (GCA) assumes itself as a unique project in this Algarvian city for integrating two hotels with distinct concepts. Lagos Marina Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton will have 180 high-comfort rooms, distributed among 4 floors, in a total gross area of 14.776 square meters. Hilton Garden Inn Lagos will have 90 rooms, 27 of which will be converted into Suites with kitchenette, in a total gross area of 7.505 square meters.
Jordi Vilanova, President of Mercan Properties Group, said "the agreement now signed with Hilton is a proof of the development and interest that the city of Lagos has generated, increasingly asserting itself as a distinctive place, able to combine superb natural landscapes with a rich historical and cultural heritage. This project also represents a winning bet for Mercan Properties Group, very much in line with our values, as we give back to the city a place of comfort and well-being, capable of further boosting the marina and all the services and spaces around it".
Carlos Miro, managing director, development, Spain & Portugal, Hilton, said, "Building on Hilton's presence in the incredibly popular Algarve, we are excited to partner with Mercan Properties Group to make our debut in Lagos. Dramatic cliff faces, picturesque beaches and its vibrant culture make this highly sought-after tourist destination an ideal location for our Curio Collection by Hilton and Hilton Garden Inn brands. This announcement solidifies our commitment to Portugal as a key strategic market for Hilton, with plans to more than double our portfolio in the coming years."
The unique, one-of-a-kind Lagos Marina Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton, will feature a restaurant and two bars, one of which will be found on the sprawling rooftop terrace complete with infinity pool. Boasting a second pool on the ground floor, guests will be able to swim or lounge by either pool before sampling the hotel's spa and fitness facilities.
Offering upscale and affordable accommodation, Hilton Garden Inn Lagos will offer comfortable rooms and suites with kitchenettes. The hotel's airy, inviting and multi-functional lobby will feature a bar, restaurant and a 24-hour self-service shop, ensuring guests are able to cater to every need through the day and night. Fitness facilities and an outdoor pool mean guests can work out or relax by the water, and the hotel's ideal location invites exploration of Marina de Lagos and the rest of the city.
Both hotels will blend seamlessly into their surroundings through an architectural composition with delicate and careful lines, thought out in detail with the comfort and well-being of an exclusive lifestyle in mind. With Lagos' beautiful outdoors in mind, rooms and restaurants alike will be designed with terraces, sunken gardens and balconies, so guests can enjoy the warm Algarvian weather as well as views of the Atlantic. Both hotels also offer meeting room spaces, as well as more than 160 car parking spaces between the two hotels.
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NASA's massive James Webb telescope is folded down to launch size for first time
By Georgina Torbet May 15, 2020
Folding the James Webb Space Telescope to Fit Inside the Ariane V Rocket Fairing
NASA'S James Webb Space Telescope has achieved a milestone in preparations for its upcoming launch, despite work on the project being limited due to the coronavirus pandemic. The entire telescope has been folded down and stowed into the configuration that will be used for its launch, currently scheduled for next year.
The telescope includes a massive origami mirror which folds out to be 6.5 meters (over 21 feet) across, but has to fold down small enough to fit inside a rocket payload fairing so it can be launched into orbit. It also has a tennis court-sized sunshield that needs to be folded and stowed to fit in the limited space in the fairing.
Visualization of the James Webb Space Telescope folding up to be stowed inside an Ariane V rocket. NASA
With such large and delicate components needing to be stowed, getting them to fold down correctly is a big step in preparing the telescope for its eventual launch.
Age of ancient galaxy discovered by Webb confirmed using ALMA
James Webb spots early galaxies similar to our Milky Way
"The James Webb Space Telescope achieved another significant milestone with the entire observatory in its launch configuration for the first time, in preparation for environmental testing," Bill Ochs, Webb project manager for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a statement.
"I am very proud of the entire Northrop Grumman and NASA integration and test team. This accomplishment demonstrates the outstanding dedication and diligence of the team in such trying times due to COVID-19."
A first look at NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully stowed into the same configuration it will have when loaded into an Ariane V rocket for launch. The image was taken from a webcam in the clean room at Northrop Grumman, in Redondo Beach, California. With staffing restrictions in place due to COVID-19, only essential staff are allowed in the clean room. Northrop Grumman
With the global pandemic of the coronavirus, NASA employees are working from home and many projects have had to be suspended, including the announcement that integration and testing operations on the James Webb would be suspended. But NASA says that progress is still being made on the telescope, albeit with a reduced team.
"While operating under augmented personal safety measures because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the project continues to make good progress and achieve significant milestones in preparation for upcoming environmental testing," Gregory L. Robinson, the Webb program director at NASA Headquarters said in the statement.
"Team member safety continues to be our highest priority as the project takes precautions to protect Webb's hardware and continue with integration and testing. NASA will continually assess the project's schedule and adjust decisions as the situation evolves."
James Webb peers into icy cloud to learn about exoplanet formation
One of James Webb's four instruments is offline following error
James Webb image shows the bright glowing heart of a galaxy
James Webb survey image shows a field of shining galaxies


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Blackstone Community Center
About the BCC
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The Blackstone Community Center
The Blackstone Community Center was incorporated in 1972 as a non-profit community service organization and began program operation in May 1976. The Blackstone Community Center received tax-exempt status in 1979. The local board of directors, the Blackstone Community Center Council, is a member of the Citywide Board of Boston Community Centers, Inc. The Blackstone Community Center is responsible for designing, implementing and evaluating programs and services to meet the expressed needs of the South End community. The Council sets the policy for the center and is directly accountable to the community under the auspices of the City of Boston. The Blackstone Community Center Council represents the diversity of the neighborhood, as it is comprised primarily of South End and Lower Roxbury residents.
The South End and Lower Roxbury, as served by the Blackstone Community Center, cover the geographic area from East Berkeley Street to Northampton Street and from Albany Street to Huntington Avenue. The South End and Lower Roxbury are one of Boston's most ethnically diverse communities. The Blackstone Community Center, located between Villa Victoria and Cathedral Housing Development at 50 West Brookline Street, is in Boston's Enhanced Enterprise Community (EEC) and has a unique opportunity to bring together residents of all ages, races, ethnic backgrounds, and income levels to participate in educational instruction and social services in order to reduce poverty. The Blackstone Community Center's multi-purpose facility is handicap accessible and houses an indoor Olympic pool, classroom, gym and auditorium. The Blackstone Community Center facility and programs are available to all Boston families. In addition, community groups, agencies and organizations with varying social and cultural concerns are entitled to use the Center for community activities. As one of the largest human service providers in the South End and Lower Roxbury, the Blackstone Community Center provides such programs as: GED, Women's Self-Defense, Toddler Play Group, Martial Arts/Karate, New Adventures After-School, GOGIRLGO Program, Swim Team, One Hood Basketball League, City Stage Theater Program, Youth Connection Program, and more. In addition, the Center has facilities available for use/rental, for neighborhood residents as well as organizations. Please visit other areas on the website, call the Center, or stop by for more information.
50 West Brookline Street,
(between Washington St. & Shawmut Ave.)
617.635.5162, info@yourblackstone.org
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As part of the 50 Fund's Playmaker program, each organization and the "Playmaker" they nominate are recognized in a video released each week with the grant announcement. BAYCAT, a non-profit social enterprise serving low-income communities like the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood, is producing 50 of these videos that showcase the important role that both the Playmaker grantees and individuals play in the community, and how they are making a difference.
Founded by Villy Wang, BAYCAT provides access, education, and employment in digital media to low-income communities in an effort to reduce the creative digital divide. For the 50 Fund video series, BAYCAT hired 25 of their program graduates who worked with their professional team as producers, videographers, and editors, spending over 600 hours in production and over 1,500 hours in the editing room on these 50 videos.
BAYCAT is part of the Host Committee's Business Connect program, which links the Bay Area's diverse business community to contracting opportunities related to Super Bowl 50. In addition to providing opportunities for minority, women, disabled veteran, lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender owned business enterprises to conduct Super Bowl business, the Host Committee sought out nonprofit social enterprises who could not only deliver exceptional goods and services, but whose mission aligned with helping close the opportunity gap for low-income Bay Area children, youth, and young adults.
Watch all of the BAYCAT's 50 Fund Playmaker videos here.


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Life & culture in the UK
Below is some general information about your host country.
Around 67 million people live in the UK. 56 million people live in England, while around 5.5 million people live in Scotland, 3.1 million in Wales and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland.
The UK is ethnically diverse with a multicultural and multi-faith society. Some areas of the UK are more diverse than others, especially larger cities.
In 2011, over 14% of the population identified themselves as being part of an ethnic group other than white. This includes mixed ethnic groups, Asian, African, and Arab people. The largest religion in the UK is Christianity, with 33.2 million followers (59% of the population). The second largest religion is Islam, with 2.7 million followers (5% of the population). Around a quarter of the UK population practise no religion.
Cultural and religious differences, tolerance and fairness are important values. People are allowed to practise or celebrate their beliefs or identity, provided they respect the belief or identity of others and are not in conflict with UK laws. You are free to practise your religion.
You can find churches, mosques, synagogues, or other places of worship in many towns and cities, though there are fewer in rural areas. Christianity is the official religion and festivals such as Christmas and Easter are widely celebrated. People must respect each other's views, religion, and dress, even if it is different from what they are used to. It is illegal to treat people in a bad or different way because of where they come from, their gender, sexuality, religion, political views, age, disability, or other characteristics.
The UK is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. This means that the monarch is the head of state, but power rests in the democratically elected parliament. The Prime Minister leads the government. The government is usually formed by the largest political party who are elected through free and fair elections. The power to make laws rests in the two Houses of Parliament: The House of Commons and House of Lords.
Currency & how much things cost
The currency used in the UK is the pound sterling, commonly referred to as pounds. This currency comes in the form of banknotes and coins. There are one hundred (100) pence (p) in every pound (£1 = 100p). £1 is equivalent to 38.62 Ukrainian Hryvnia (exchange rate on April 4, 2022). Most people use a bank card or pay using a mobile phone to make chip/pin and contactless payments, which are available in almost every shop in the UK.
While prices vary from shop to shop below are some typical examples of what you'd expect to pay for some of the basics:
4 pint bottle of milk: £1.25 . Milk has different coloured tops. Usually a blue top means full fat milk and a red top is 0% fat milk.
Loaf of bread: £1.00 - £1.25. Smaller shops will typically sell sliced bread prepackaged. Bigger supermarkets and bakeries have a greater variety of breads.
6 Eggs: £1.30. Eggs that are free range or organic will tend to be more expensive.
1 whole chicken (small) : £4.00 - £7.00
1 kg carrots: £0.45
Our welcome pack (available in English or Ukrainian) brings together most of the information in this section of the website and can be downloaded for future reference.
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A herringbone strut is fixed diagonally between joists from the top of one joist to the bottom of the next. Herringbone struts gives support and stability between joists helping to prevent joists twisting. Therefore makes the timber frame much more rigid and reduces the chance of flexing. Herringbone struts give superior bracing strength over traditional slow and costly timber noggins. Screws could be used to fix them in places although square twist nails are most commonly used to secure struts.


To start with, the patient needs to get an appointment with a psychiatrist or a neurologist as soon as possible, even in cases where the patient seems calm and harmless. This phenomenon is not constant, and at any second it can become aggressive and harm oneself or others. Relatives are also advised to consult with a specialist so that he/she can suggest how they should better behave with a sick person. It is worth remembering that the doctor does not have the right to prescribe a cure for hallucinations of the elderly until they personally see and examine the patient. Before meeting the patient, the specialist can only teach how to properly behave with the patient, and advice you on how to persuade the patient to go to a psychiatrist.
In cases when an elderly person becomes violent and begins to rush to others, it is advised to immediately call a team of medical personnel who will be able to calm the situation and take the patient to the hospital. The doctor should not only talk with an elderly person, but also conduct a comprehensive examination of the whole body in order to rule out the presence of an infectious disease, intoxication or a malignant neoplasm. For this purpose, general blood and urine tests should be assigned to the patient, and a computerized and magnetic resonance imaging should be performed.
In order to conduct the most effective treatment of hallucinations, doctors must be aware of all the diseases that the patient suffers from. Relatives need to carefully monitor elderly patients, their behavior and state of health. After all, the earlier suspicious symptoms are noticed, the faster the treatment will be prescribed and the more chances for recovery. It is worth understanding that those around are unlikely to be able to convince an elderly person that all his visions are unreal. Hallucinations may drag the patient to such an extent that he/she may completely deny the fact that they're suffering from a mental disorder. Hallucinations that have arisen due to drug and alcohol intoxication can be eliminated by cleansing procedures.
Treatment of hallucinations in the elderly should be carried out with extreme caution and under constant supervision. When choosing medicines and their dosage, the doctor should take into account the individual tolerance of the patient, their sensitivity, as well as the presence of concomitant ailments. If possible, it is also necessary to correct the vision and hearing of an elderly person.
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Welcome to our Money section from here you can click on your desired Money image and use the Money picture embed code to add to your blogs, forums, websites and other online media. The embed code contains all necessary CC attribution, that are mandatory to include, so you don't need to contribute the image authors manually. If you want, you can customize your Money embed code: resize the Money image as well as select the position in which you would like it to appear on in your article. It's then simply a case of copying the short code and pasting the Money code into your post.


I really like small, highly functional command line tools. I am a long-time user of Vim, and I am always on the lookout for additional tools that I can use without removing my hands from the keyboard. I am not necessarily against GUI tools, but I find myself to be most productive from a developer standpoint when I limit their use.
This time around, I want to take a look at a CLI productivity tool for managing tasks called taskbook.
Taskbook is command line program for managing tasks and notes. It has a nice, compact command syntax and a number of features for managing and categorizing tasks. Along with the basics of adding, deleting and marking tasks as complete, it has the ability to set categories, priorities, and even tag important tasks with a star. It is easy to install, and includes comprehensive help. It is also multi-platform and works well on Linux, Windows, and MacOS.
With the help, it should be easy to get started entering and managing tasks and notes. More comprehensive information is available from the GitHub page above.
My primary task management tool is a Bullet Journal I keep in a paper notebook. However, I like to keep small task lists and notes for some of my personal programming projects. I mostly use it for small experimental projects to avoid cluttering up my paper notebook with failed experiments. It gives me an easy way to group my tasks and notes for test projects and keep track of where I left off.
So, it looks like my goal of posting on a weekly basis was a little too ambitious. I stll think I can maintain a more regular posting schedule than I have in the past, but in the end I will need to make allowances for times when I do not have the time or the energy to write blog posts. Now on to the main point of this blog post.
I have been a long-time fan of command-line development tools for many years. While a good portion of my career has been spent in the Microsoft ecosystem, I still prefer using CLI tools over graphical tools integrated into development environments like Visual Studio. I would like to share some of my favorite CLI tools in hopes that it will encourage others to try them out and see how they can improve the development experience.
exa bills itself as a modern replacement for the ubiquitous Linux ls command. The purpose of exa is to create a better file listing experience by having features that ls lacks, and having a more sensible set of defaults. It is written in Rust and ships as single binary file for Linux, with no additional dependencies or runtime requirements. At the moment, exa is a Linux-only tool, but so far I have had zero issues using it with the Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10.
If you look at the screenshot of exa above, you will notice that exa, by default, provides a much nicer and more colorful file listing when compared with the default ls experience. Along with the nicer color defaults, exa includes some additional sorting options, including the ability to sort on any field in the output, and built-in git awareness that will display the current git status of files and remove files from the output that are defined in .gitignore.
While exa supports some of the same options as ls, it is not a complete replacement for ls. I would avoid aliasing it to ls as it would likely break scripts that are expecting the standard ls options and output.
If you find yourself wishing ls had better output, I would encourage you to give exa a try. It takes a little practice to remember to type exa instead of ls, but in my opinion it is worth it.
This week I have something a little different. At work we have been using containers for running our automation tools. Containers make it easy to share our tooling in a consistent manner, without having to worry about the classic, "It works on my machine!" issues. I have found that containers also make it easy to have multiple versions of a tool available. Containers are also an excellent way to run Linux tools on Windows. It has worked so well, I have been experimenting with putting tools into containers for some of my personal projects. I figure it might be fun to share one of them here.
HTTPie is a CLI HTTP client, written in Python. It is similar to curl, but in my opinion has a much nicer interface. As it is a Python program, putting it into a container allows me to choose the version of Python specifically for this tool. For example, if I needed to run a tool that only works with Python 2, but the system Python on my machine is Python 3, I can create a container based on Python 2 without disrupting the system Python installation.
>docker build -t alpine-docker/httpie .
After a minute or so, the container should be built and in the Docker image cache.
If everything has worked properly, you should see the HTTPie help text. Typing in that command every time you want to use a tool is awkward at best, so we will set up an alias to make it easier.
alias httpie="docker run -ti alpine-docker/httpie"
For the most part, setting up individual tools in containers is a straightforward process. The primary challenge is building the Dockerfile. In many cases, at least for popular utilities, you can likely find an existing Dockerfile on GitHub or Docker Hub, and either copy it wholesale or use it as an example to get started. The next step for me is to build more of these containers so I can have an entire library of tools available.
A short post this time around. I have been experimenting with ways to manage and backup my dotfiles. In the past I have copied the files into a git repository and stored them in GitHub, but it requires me to remember to refresh those copies whenever I make changes. I have been looking for a better option that would require less manual work to keep things properly backed up.
rcm is a tool for managing dotfiles. You create a separate directory to hold your dotfiles (I called mine .dotfiles) and create a git repository in it. Then you use the rcm command mkrc to add your configuration files to the dotfiles directory. mkrc moves the files to the directory, and creates a symlink in the original locations. Once all of the configuration files have been moved to the dotfiles directory, you can add them to the git repository and push them to GitHub, or your favorite remote git hosting service.
The really neat feature is you can easily move your dotfiles to a different computer system by cloning the git repository and running the rcup command. This will automatically replace the dotfiles on the new computer with symlinks to the dotfiles in the git repository. There are additional commands and advanced configuration options to play with. Check out the GitHub site and the man pages for all the details.
Similar to direnv, rcm is made for Unix-like systems like Linux. It probably works with WSL in Windows, but I have not had a chance to try it out there yet.
One of the challenges I have had as an operations manager is managing configuration settings for the many tools and applications we use on a daily basis. I have been looking for a sane way of managing configuration settings that did not involve abusing my .zshrc/.bashrc files, or creating dozens of one-off aliases. I think I have found a pretty good solution in the form of direnv.
direnv is a tool for automatically setting and switching environment variables. It works by adding a special configuration file. .envrc, in each project directory containing the environment variables for that project. When you enter that directory in a shell like bash or zsh it automatically sets those values in the current session. direnv also unsets the environment variables when you leave the project directory, which is nice from a security/credentials stand point. It makes it more difficult to accidentally use the wrong settings because you have forgotten what was last set.
It also support cascading configuration files. This means you can set global settings in the project root directory, and have more specific settings in a sub-directory.
Since I tend to add things like API keys and other secrets to my .envrc, I have a global ignore rule in git to prevent them from being accidentally added to a GitHub repository In my case, I have a .gitignore_global file in my home directory that contains .envrc as a pattern to ignore, and git is configured to use that as the global ignore file.
Near as I can tell, direnv only supports Unix-like systems like Linux or Mac, but it does not have support for Windows Powershell. It may work with the Windows Subsystem for Linux, but I have not had a chance to try that yet. I use it on Linux, and it works very well there.
If you primarily work in a Linux or Unix environment I highly recommend giving it a shot.
Over the last several years, I have struggled to maintain consistency with this blog. To try and improve on my posting regularity, I am going to try something a little different. This weekly journal will be a short entry that I can put together once a week or so that documents something interesting I have learned about. In the past I have had trouble getting motivated to work on longer articles, but I am hopeful this will help me establish a more frequent posting schedule. The idea is that if I can establish a regular posting cadence, maybe I can use that to motivate myself to write more longer posts too.
For my first journal post, I am going to write about changes to my personal project and task tracking system. For the past several months I have been using a Bullet Journal for tracking projects, tasks, and my personal journal. It has been working surprisingly well, and I have decided to adopt it over the mix of apps I was using previously for this purpose.
Bullet journaling is a methodology that uses a small notebook and a system of simple templates to quickly capture and organize tasks and notes. The full methodology documented in the book by the system's creator, Ryder Carroll, but there is a reference and getting started guide available for free on the website.
The basic idea behind bullet journaling is to capture tasks, events, and notes into the notebook during the day, and to then organize and process these items at regular intervals, called reflection in the Bullet Journal lingo. During reflection, you process items by marking them complete, rescheduling them for a later time, or crossing them off if they are not longer relevant. At the beginning of each month, you perform a larger reflection and recopy any open tasks to a new page in the journal. At first glance, it may seem redundant to go through the copying exercise, but it forces you to focus on the highest priority tasks. The review process helps to prevent accumulating a large list of low-priority tasks that will never get done.
What I really like about the system is the flexability it offers. Since it is a paper notebook, it is easy to adjust the templates or create new ones as needed. It is also easy to add bits and pieces from other productivity methodologies if it makes sense for your situation. For example, I like many of the ideas in [Getting Things Done], and I incorporate a few them into my system. My notebook is fairly spartan, but other people create some spectacular layouts in their journals. You can find examples by searching for Bullet Journal using your favorite search engine, or by checking something like Pintrest. I lack the artistic talent necessary to make more elaborate layouts, and I would much rather spend time on my projects and tasks than on my notebook.
Prior to getting hooked on bullet journaling, I used a combination of an app like Todoist or Microsoft Todo to capture my projects and tasks, and OneNote to record my notes. Now I do most everything in my paper notebook instead. I still copy some of my information into OneNote so I can easily reference it on multiple devices and so I can use the search tools. However, everything initially gets created and managed in my notebook.
If you are looking to make changes or improvements to your personal productivity system, I would encourage you to give bullet journaling a try. With that, I am going to close this this entry. Hopefully the first of many to come. Thanks again for reading.
Note: In the spirit of full disclosure, I receive no compensation for this blog post. The links are not affiliate links; I am just a vocal fan of the system.
At the end of 2017, I left my role as part-owner of an IT consulting firm to take an in-house engineering manager role at a local software company. I have been in my new role as a manager for almost one year now. My employer affords me many of the amenities and perks that I used to enjoy when I was self-employed, so I do not feel like I lost too much. The biggest adjustment so far is I have not spent as much time doing actual technical work. I spend at around half of my time performing my management duties, and with the remaining time I get to do some DevOps engineering work.
In a way, I get to experience the best of both worlds. I still continue to work on my technical skills, both at work and on personal projects at home, but I do not get to spend as much time in the trenches as I used to do. So far, I like being a manager and I plan on sticking with it. It has its own set of challenges, and I look forward to learning and doing more in the coming year. I am still a developer at heart, so I would like to stay close to the engineering side of the business.
My overall blogging output has been way down since I stopped the "Distributed Weekly" list back in 2013. I think I have wasted more time feeling guilty about not blogging as I have actually writing articles. I am at a crossroads where I need to make a decision about whether or not I wish to continue having this blog. I have never had any sort of advertisements or other financial support for this blog. While it is not overly expensive, there is no sense in spending money to host my blog if I am not going to keep it updated.
2019 will be the year where I make the hard decision. If I cannot keep a reasonable posting schedule through the first half of this year, it will be time to retire the blog. I have an idea to create a weekly journal around a combination of interesting links I have seen, and new things I have learned. I am hoping this will give me new material to blog about, and an incentive to write the articles.
If I am unable to maintain a regular schedule, my plan is to archive the blog in my GitHub account. The source of my blog articles are stored as Markdown files, so they should render as-is in the GitHub web UI. If I am feeling motivated, I will attempt to deploy the rendered output using GitHub Pages. Either way, the articles themselves will be preserved on the off chance somebody other than myself wants to view them.
The first of the new journal articles should appear within the next week or so. If not, then it should be easy to see which direction this blog will go. Thanks for reading.
So, not my most active year for blogging, but I figure I can at least put together a quick post with my favorite books for the year. My reading this year reflects my transition to a dual-role DevOps engineer and manager. I also have a new plan for my blog in 2019, but I will cover that in a separate post.
Note: None of the links below are affiliate links. I get nothing from linking to these books. I try to link to the author or publisher site when possible, and Amazon as the default.
The DevOps Handbook - The definitive guide to implementing DevOps practices. If you are interested in getting into or learning more about DevOps, this book should be high on your list.
WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us - An interesting read on how modern technology is shaping the economy. Lots of questions and discussion around using technology to augment human workers instead of using it to replace them.
Building Evolutionary Architecture - An interesting study in how to design systems that will live for a long time. It covers architectural concepts and ideas that enable systems to adapt and change over time.
Kubernetes: Up and Running - A solid introduction to the world of container development and running them on Kubernetes. It covers setting up and configuring a basic Kubernetes cluster all the way through rolling deployments and scaling.
The First 90 Days - This was assigned as required reading by my employer. It is all about leaders in transition, from starting a new job or a promotion. Lots of strategies around getting up to speed quickly so you can be an effective leader.
Practical Monitoring - A solid monitoring strategy is a cornerstone of DevOps. This book offers strategies around metrics, logging, dashboards and much more without focusing on specific tools.
The Lean Startup - The classic book on agile and lean practices to accelerate innovation in startups and in new ventures in established businesses.
Faith Alone: The Doctrine of Justification - I enjoy reading about theology and church history. This is a great walk through the history of justification, and a systemic defense of it from the Reformed point of view.
I have been trying to get back into working with my Arduino again, but I find myself wishing I could use a higher-level language like Python instead of C. While I have a decent grasp of C, I would much rather work with a language with modern affordances like garbage collection. Luckily, I stumbled over a framework for Go that fits the bill. While Go is definitely a lower-level language than Python, it is higher level than C and is nicer, at least in my opinion, to work with than C.
The framework I discovered is called Gobot. Gobot is a framework for building drones, robots, and IoT devices. It has support for numerous devices and platforms, including the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi boards that I own. Just in case I need to set up another Arduino board in the future, here is how I was able to install the Firmata library on the Arduino board.
Gobot uses the Firmata protocol to communicate with with the Arduino, so the first step is to load the Firmata library onto the board. The Firmata library ships with the latest version of the Arduino IDE, so I downloaded and installed the IDE package, and followed these instructions for installing Firmata.
The board should be ready to work with Gobot now.
For our purposes here, I am assuming you already have the Go language and environment already installed.
Connect an LED to the Arduino using your favorite sample, I am using the directions that came with my Adafruit Arduino kit, and make a note of which pin it is connected to.
After the code compiles and gets uploaded to the board, you should see the LED blink. At this point everything should be ready for more advanced projects.
Now that I have my Arduino up and running with Gobot, my next challenge is to go back and redo the sample projects that came with my kit and see if I can get them all working in Go. Once I finish, I figure it will have given me enough practice to start working on something more elaborate.
In my last post, I mentioned that I was looking for a new job. Late last year I accepted an offer to become the DevOps Manager at VHT here in Akron, OH. I have held off on announcing it until now to allow StoneDonut to communicate my exit to their customers and partners. I have taken a much-needed vacation the first two weeks of this year, and have spent the past two weeks getting settled in my new position in DevOps.
I am very excited to be joining the DevOps team at VHT. I really enjoy working on tough technical problems and building tools and platforms for other developers. I think the DevOps space will be a great fit for my interests and my career growth. The opportunity at VHT was especially attractive as it will give me the opportunity to grow as a technical manager, while still allowing me to perform hands-on work as well. I am looking forward to using my development and integration experience to build the next-generation CI/CD platform for VHT's development teams.
As one might expect, this career move will bring changes to my personal projects, including this blog. For most of my career, I have primarily worked with .NET, BizTalk, Azure, and other parts of the Microsoft stack. However, VHT is primarily a Linux and Amazon Web Services shop. As a result, the focus of this blog will shift to focus more on Continuous Delivery, AWS, and open source tools like Ansible and Jenkins. I plan on keeping somewhat current with C#, .NET Core and parts of Azure, but I will not be writing blog posts about BizTalk and enterprise integration any time soon. (Though maybe I will write up some posts about integrating open source tools together as part of a CD pipeline!) I am also hoping to write some posts about the custom tools and platforms we build at VHT.
On one hand, I am sad to leave StoneDonut. After 10 years, I definitely consider my former partners Chuck and Michael as mentors and friends. I most certainly would not be here without their help. However, I am also really excited to see where this new road leads. Thanks again for reading.


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Home / News & Events / CCE Seminars / Special Seminars & Awards / McCoy Award Seminar
McCoy Award Symposium
About the McCoy Award
Each year, the Herbert Newby McCoy Award is presented to recognize the most outstanding achievements in research by CCE graduate students. The Herbert Newby McCoy Award was established in 1965 by Mrs. Ethel Terry McCoy in honor of her husband, a distinguished Purdue alumnus. A native of Indiana, Herbert Newby McCoy studied chemistry at Purdue University where he received a B.S. degree in 1892 and a M.S. degree in 1893. His Ph.D. was earned at the University of Chicago in 1898. He died in 1945 in Los Angeles, California.
Special Seminars & Awards
Chemistry Club Seminar
Constantin G. Economou Memorial Prize
McCoy Award Seminar
June 11, 2020 | 3 p.m. PST | Watch Here
Undergraduate awards announced by Sarah Reisman
CCE Teaching Assistant awards announced by Sarah Reisman
Barbara Burger Prize announced by Dennis Dougherty.
McCoy awardee Kai Chen with an introduction by Frances Arnold
McCoy awardee Matthew Chalkley with an introduction by Jonas Peters
McCoy awardee Yapeng Su with an introduction by Jim Heath
McCoy Award Recipients:
Kai Chen, Chemistry PhD
(Arnold Group) | "Expanding the Catalytic Repertoire of Hemeproteins as Carbene Transferases to Access Diverse Molecular Structures"
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Kai Chen obtained his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Zhejiang University, China. Before graduate school, Kai researched different areas of chemistry, including organic chemistry, organometallics and chemical biology, with a specific focus on the development of synthetic methods for carbon‒hydrogen bond functionalization. In 2015, he joined Professor Frances Arnold's lab, where he harnessed the strategy of directed evolution for creating new enzymes to catalyze reactions unprecedented in the natural world. His research aimed to provide efficient, selective and sustainable access to high-value chemicals, unmatched by traditional chemical methods, with potential applications in pharmaceutical development, chemical biology research, material science and others. Specifically, he has engineered different heme-dependent enzymes as carbene transferases to efficiently construct diverse chemical structures, including highly strained carbocycles, lactones, organosilicons, organoborons and more. Currently, Kai has joined Professor Jennifer Doudna's lab at University of California, Berkeley, as a postdoctoral researcher, to continue his scientific career in a different field of biochemistry and biotechnology, gene editing.
Matthew Chalkley, Chemistry PhD
(Peters Group) | "Using Weak Bonds to Break Strong Bonds"
Dr. Matthew J. Chalkley received his B.S. from Yale University with exceptional distinction in Chemistry in 2013. There he undertook research with Professor Nilay Hazari on Pd(I) dimers as a Barry Goldwater Scholar. He then received a Fulbright Fellowship to perform research in the group of Professor Karsten Meyer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg for one year. His Ph.D. was supervised by Professor Jonas C. Peters at Caltech and supported by an NSF Graduate fellowship, a Caltech Environmental Microbial Interactions fellowship, and a Resnick Sustainability Institute fellowship. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar with Professor William DeGrado at the University of California, San Francisco. He hopes to lead an independent research program tackling problems in catalysis and bioinorganic chemistry with an emphasis on proton-coupled electron transfer.
Yapeng Su, Chemical Engineering PhD
(Heath, Davis and Baltimore Groups) | "Resistance is Futile: systems biology and single-cell analysis to understanding drug resistance in cancer"
Yapeng completed his undergraduate study in chemical engineering at Tianjin University, whose chemical engineering major ranked No.1 in China. After obtaining his bachelor degree with the highest honor from Tianjin University in 2013, he started graduate school in chemical engineering at Caltech. Supervised by Professors James Heath, David Baltimore, and Mark Davis, Yapeng's Ph.D. research resided at the intersection of physical science, biotechnology, and systems biology with a particular focus on cancer. His research utilized systems biology approaches and various single-cell technologies to tackle one of the biggest problems in cancer: drug resistance. In the future, he would like to further extend his research interests in cancer towards cancer immunotherapy. He would like to utilize systems-level big data and machine learning to provide rationale on how to better engineer live immune cells as an effective therapy for treating cancer.
Barbara Burger Prize:
The Barbara J. Burger Prize is awarded to a female Chemistry graduate student in at least her fourth-year with interest in pursuing a career outside of academia.
Chong Sun – Rising sixth year Graduate student in Garnet Chan's group:
Chong received a BS in Chemistry from Peking University, China in July 2015. She joined the Garnet Chan group Princeton University in December 2015, and moved to Caltech in July 2016. Her research is focused on extending Density Matrix Embedding Theory (DMET) to finite temperature, and she has developed the theory as well as the code to calculate 1D and 2D Hubbard model at finite temperature.
CCE Teaching Assistantship Award:
The CCE Teaching Assistant award identifies the best teaching assistants in the division from courses taught in Spring 2019 through Winter 2020
Wendy Zhang
Wendy is a rising fifth year Chemistry graduate student in Greg Fu's lab
Marjorie Buss
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Marjorie is a rising third year Chemical Engineering graduate student in Mikhail Shapiro's lab
Bruce Wittman
ChE/BE163
Bruce is a rising fourth year BioEngineering graduate student in Frances Arnold's lab


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A Disclosure of the Hidden Treasures of Heaven Contained in the Holy Scripture or Word of the Lord, Together with Amazing Things Seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels 5
5. That this is really the case no one can possibly know except from the Lord. It may therefore be stated in advance that of the Lord's Divine mercy it has been granted me now for some years to be constantly and uninterruptedly in company with spirits and angels, hearing them speak and in turn speaking with them. In this way it has been given me to hear and see wonderful things in the other life w...
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35. Man has two faculties: will and understanding. When the understanding is governed by the will they together constitute one mind, and thus one life, for then what the man wills and does he also thinks and intends. But when the understanding is at variance with the will (as with those who say they have faith, and yet live in contradiction to faith), then the one mind is divided into two, one of...
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130. He who desires to be wise from the world, has for his "garden" the things of sense and of memory-knowledge [sensualia et scientifica]; the love of self and the love of the world are his "Eden"; his "east" is the west, or himself; his "river Euphrates" is all his memory-knowledge [scientificum], which is condemned; his "second river" where is &...
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187. His being next taken into the society of good spirits is represented by a young man sitting on a horse and directing it toward hell, but the horse cannot move a step. He is represented as a youth because when he first enters upon eternal life he is among angels, and therefore appears to himself to be in the flower of youth. ...
236. Therefore to prevent all mankind from rushing into hell, the Lord promised that He would come into the world (verse 15). ...
247. That the "serpent going on his belly" denotes that their sensuous part could no longer look upward to the things of heaven, but only downward to those of the body and the earth, is evident from the fact that in ancient times by the "belly" such things are signified as are nearest to the earth; by the "chest" such as are above the earth; and by the "head"...
252. That by the "woman" is meant the church, is evident from what was said above (n. 155) concerning the heavenly marriage. Such is the nature of the heavenly marriage, that heaven, and consequently the church, is united to the Lord by its Own, insomuch that these are in their Own, for without their Own there can be no union. When the Lord in mercy insinuates innocence, peace, and good...
257. That by the "head of the serpent" is meant the dominion of evil in general, and specifically of the love of self, is evident from its nature, which is so direful as not only to seek dominion, but even dominion over all things upon earth; nor does it rest satisfied with this, but aspires even to rule over everything in heaven, and then, not content with this, over the Lord himself, a...
279. All these verses then, taken in a series, involve that the sensuous part averted itself from the celestial (verse 14); that the Lord would come into the world for the purpose of reuniting them (verse 15); that combat arose in consequence of the external man averting itself (verse 16); whence resulted misery (verse 17); condemnation (verse 18); and at length hell (verse 19). These things follo...
290. That she was called the "mother of all living" in consequence of possessing faith in the Lord, who is Life itself, is also evident from what has been already shown. There cannot be more than one Life, from which is the life of all, and there can be no life, which is life, except through faith in the Lord, who is the Life; nor can there be faith in which is life, except from Him, con...
301. The other arcanum is that had they been instructed in the mysteries of faith they would have perished eternally, which is signified by the words, "now lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of lives, and eat, and live to eternity." The case is this: When men have become inverted orders of life, and are unwilling to live, or to become wise, except from themselves and f...
304. From all this it is evident what is meant by the words, "lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of lives, and eat, and live to eternity." To "take of the tree of lives and eat" is to know even so as to acknowledge whatever is of love and faith; for "lives" in the plural denote love and faith, and to "eat" signifies here as before, to know...
311. In the other life, the state of those who perished by the flood is such that they cannot be in the world of spirits, or with other spirits, but are in a hell separated from the hells of others, and as it were under a certain mountain. This appears as an intervening mountain in consequence of their direful phantasies and persuasions. Their phantasies and persuasions are such as to produce so p...
316. When the soul thus dissociates himself, he is received by good spirits, who likewise render him all kind offices while he is in their company. If however his life in the world has been such that he cannot remain in the company of the good, he desires to be rid of these also, and this process is repeated again and again, until he associates himself with those who are in full agreement with his...
322. Beware of the false notion that spirits do not possess far more exquisite sensations than during the life of the body. I know the contrary by experience repeated thousands of times. Should any be unwilling to believe this, in consequence of their preconceived ideas concerning the nature of spirit, let them learn it by their own experience when they come into the other life, where it will comp...
374. That the "voice of bloods" signifies that violence had been done to charity, is evident from many passages in the Word, in which "voice" denotes anything that accuses, and "blood" any kind of sin, and especially hatred; for whosoever bears hatred toward his brother, kills him in his heart; as the Lord teaches: Ye have heard that it was said to them of...
379. That these things are signified, is evident from what has gone before; and that to be "cursed" is to be averse to good, has been already shown (n. 245). For iniquities and abominations, or hatreds, are what avert man, so that he looks downward only, that is, to bodily and earthly things, thus to those which are of hell. This takes place when charity is banished and extinguished, for...
450. Some who during their abode in this world had seemed to be preeminently enlightened in regard to the Word, had conceived so false an idea about heaven that they supposed themselves to be in heaven when they were high up, and imagined that from that position they could rule all things below, and thus be in self-glory and preeminence over others. On account of their being in such a phantasy, an...
457. Almost all who pass from this world into the other life suppose that hell is the same for everyone, and that heaven is the same for everyone. And yet in both there are endless, diversities and varieties, and neither the heaven nor the hell of one person is ever exactly like that of another; just as no man, spirit, or angel is ever exactly like another. When I merely thought of there being two...
581. That by the "Nephilim" are signified those who through a persuasion of their own loftiness and preeminence made light of all things holy and true, appears from what precedes and what follows, namely, that they immersed the doctrinals of faith in their cupidities, signified by the "sons of God going in unto the daughters of man, and their bearing unto them." Persuasion conc...


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Home » News » Lidl UK hires Headland
Lidl UK hires Headland
Friday 15th Sep 2017
Headland has been appointed by Lidl UK, the rapidly growing supermarket chain, to advise the business on a wide-ranging brief that will span corporate and financial PR, public affairs, senior communications advice and press office support.
Lidl UK overtook Waitrose to become the UK's seventh largest grocer in August this year and is Britain's fastest-growing supermarket.
Headland was appointed in July following a competitive pitch against several corporate and financial agencies. The agency's work will focus on advising Lidl UK on a corporate communications strategy for 2018 and beyond, working directly with the communications team.
The Headland team will be led by Simon Burton and Lucy Legh, both partners in the firm. Simon has more than twenty years' experience in reputation management and corporate affairs and previously held a number of senior communication roles at Tesco. Lucy, who leads Headland's financial PR offer joined Headland in 2016 from Tulchan, where she specialised in retail and consumer facing brands.
Simon Burton, Partner at Headland, said: "We're delighted that Lidl have chosen to appoint Headland. Lidl has taken the UK grocery market by storm and, as the brand moves to become a major player, we're excited to be part of that journey."
The announcement follows other notable recent wins for Headland including Three, the mobile network most recommended by UK consumers, and Arthritis Research UK.