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Book Review: All Broke Down by Cora Carmack
All Broke Down by Cora Carmack
Series: Rusk University #2
Published by William Morrow on October 28th, 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Dylan fights for lost causes. Probably because she used to be one.
Environmental issues, civil rights, corrupt corporations, and politicians you name it, she s probably been involved in a protest. When her latest cause lands her in jail overnight, she meets Silas Moore. He s in for a different kind of fighting. And though he s arrogant and infuriating, she can t help being fascinated with him. Yet another lost cause.
Football and trouble are the only things that have ever come naturally to Silas. And it s trouble that lands him in a cell next to do-gooder Dylan. He s met girls like her before fixers, he calls them, desperate to heal the damage and make him into their ideal boyfriend. But he doesn t think he s broken, and he definitely doesn t need a girlfriend trying to change him. Until, that is, his anger issues and rash decisions threaten the only thing he really cares about: his spot on the Rusk University football team. Dylan might just be the perfect girl to help.
Because Silas Moore needs some fixing after all.
In my latest hopeless romantic binge, I decided I should finally finish my reading of all of Cora Carmack's books to date. All Broke Down cements her as one of my all-time favorite, auto-buy authors. This woman writes absolute magic. Her characters are so different yet always manage to be relatable. She tackles real new adult issues while simultaneously bringing us the steamiest of romances. All Broke Down is no exception.
Now, you'll notice that I didn't think this book was really perfect – and that mostly comes down to the characters. Though different and to an extent relatable, I didn't have the strongest connection to Dylan and Silas. Dylan confused me for a little – because as a political activist, I was expecting her to be a super strong, fiercely opinionated character. But her political activism mostly stems from a desire to be good – to give back to the community in return for the generosity that she'd been shown in the past, as a foster kid. I was expecting fierce, and I got a character that was at times too innocent and meek. She grows from that – certainly. Her personal struggle in this book is that she's denying herself the freedom to be who she truly is and is instead conforming to the pressures around her (her parents, her ex-boyfriend) to fit their ideals. That I could relate to, but it wasn't the most amazing character growth arc.
In that sense, I was much more interested in Silas's story. He's a "bad boy" trying to break out of that mold. He feels kind of boxed in and wonders if being bad, lashing out, and acting recklessly is just part of his nature – if it's impossible to change. His home life, his mother and convicted brother, and his history with Levi together give him a lot of insecurities that he bottles up as anger that he just doesn't know what to with. But that's why Dylan is so great for him. They really are a perfect match, because Silas makes her live a little and learn to go for what she really wants, and Dylan helps him finally face the demons of his past. Together, they learn that they can define the type of people they want to be – that they don't need to live up to anyone else's expectations. That's a meaningful new adult lesson, if you ask me.
Then, of course, there's that romance. WOAH. Seriously, it's Cora's hottest one yet. It's more risque – not just in actions, but also in words. Of course, that's partially because half of the book is from Silas's point of view, and he's rather blunt. I'm not gonna lie, I was fanning myself quite a bit. Dylan and Silas have an irresistible chemistry, and anytime they touch each other it's electric. But at the same time, it's also meaningful. They don't rush into things physically or emotionally, and they consciously choose not to define their relationship for quite a while. I mean, they did have some physical moments right at their first meeting (*cough*), but they do really get to know each other and become friends before moving further. Silas shows that even though he's rough around the edges, he really cares for her. His fierce loyalty is a major turn on.
I also loved the secondary characters and the humor in this book. Not only did I just about die laughing at Dylan's involuntary nickname ("pickle"), but her bi best friend, Matt, made me giggle quite often as well. And then there's Torres, who is just hilarious. He apparently mysteriously loses his clothing whenever he's drinking, and I just about lost it when he tried to insist that was not the case – at a party – and was then alerted to the fact that he was missing a shoe. And he didn't know where it was. How excited am I that he's the guy in All Played Out? VERY. And I loved seeing Dylan become friends with Dallas and Stella as well. Stella impressed me as such a great, fierce character, and I wish we'd seen a bit more of her.
The ending sent me reeling in the absolute best way. I wouldn't normally expect a major plot twist in a contemporary romance, but, well, All Broke Down has one. It comes kind of out of left field, and some may dislike it for its apparent randomness, but I liked it because it really captured the randomness of events like this on college campuses. It was realistic. This does happen. And, just, woah. My jaw dropped. My heart stopped. My emotions elevated. And the results made my liking for Silas grow exponentially. Seriously. It was the best catalyst for the end of his character growth arc, and it really brought the message home. The conversation with Coach Cole in his office at the end even put tears in my eyes. It was such a feel good moment, and it made my respect for football and all sports/team-related stories grow. Can I just have All Played Out now? Please? Now? Thanks.
Cora Carmack has a beautiful way of crafting unique, quirky characters that conquer real new adult issues. Each of them always manages to touch my heart in one way or another. I love that she can always make a story both light and dark at the same time – to have humorous moments, achingly romantic moments, and heartbreakingly crushing moments all in one book. The ending here has left me kind of speechless, but I'm glad for it. It's realistic and it's meaningful, and it tied into Silas's character growth arc so well. I also normally don't give a single fuck about football, but the way Cora incorporates it into this series makes it absolutely beautiful. I love seeing passionate characters, and football definitely added that dimension. It almost makes me miss Texas a little bit. (But we'll pretend I didn't say that!)
GIF it to me straight!
Fans of All Lined Up for sure and, though I haven't watched it, I think Friday Night Lights fans wouldn't be disappointed.
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Die Illinois General Assembly ist die Legislative des US-Bundesstaats Illinois und wurde durch die erste staatliche Verfassung 1818 geschaffen. Sie besteht aus dem Repräsentantenhaus von Illinois, das als Unterhaus fungiert, sowie dem Senat von Illinois als Oberhaus. Das Illinois House of Representatives besteht aus 118 Abgeordneten, die aus Wahlbezirken mit je einem Mitglied für eine Amtszeit von zwei Jahren gewählt werden. Der Illinois Senate besteht aus 59 Senatoren. Um einen vollständigen Wechsel der Mitgliedschaft des Senats zu vermeiden, finden die Wahlen zum Senat in den unterschiedlichen Bezirken in unterschiedlichen Jahren statt. Da aber alle zehn Jahre, nach der Volkszählung, die Bezirke neu zugeschnitten werden, ist nach dem Neuzuschnitt eine komplette Neuwahl jedoch unvermeidlich. Daraus ergeben sich Amtszeiten von unterschiedlicher Länge: in manchen Bezirken folgen auf eine zweijährige Amtszeit zwei vierjährige Amtszeiten; in anderen folgt auf eine vierjährige Amtszeit eine zweijährige und dann eine weitere vierjährige; in den restlichen Bezirken folgt nach zwei vierjährige Amtszeiten eine zweijährige Amtszeit.

Die Illinois General Assembly tritt im Illinois State Capitol in Springfield zusammen. Ihr erster Sitzungstag ist der zweite Mittwoch im Januar eines jeden Jahres. Ihre Hauptaufgaben sind die Verabschiedung von Gesetzen, die Genehmigung des Staatshaushaltes, die Bestätigung von Ernennungen zu den Chefpositionen der Staatsverwaltung, die Beschlussfassung bezüglich Veränderungen der Bundesverfassung, sowie die Verabschiedung von Änderungen zur Verfassung von Illinois. Des Weiteren kann sie ein Veto des Gouverneurs mit einem Votum von mindestens drei-fünftel in jedem Haus überstimmen.

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The skeleton of an owl was found 6 million years ago. It turns out that she was hunting during the day
Echo Richards April 6, 2022 4 min read
Dr. Li Zhiheng and Dr. Thomas Stidham of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered the well-preserved skeleton of an owl that lived more than 6 million years ago in China. According to Phys.org, the fossil was recovered from Late Miocene rocks at an altitude of more than 2,100 meters in China's Gansu Province, on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Skeletal analysis yielded surprising conclusions.
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The find is an almost complete skeleton – from the top of the skull to the wings and legs to the coccyx. Rarely are there also small preserved bones, remains of tendons and muscles, and even the remains of the last meal of a predator – a small mammal. The bones of the ocular cavity are of particular interest to scientists. Its structure indicates that the bird was active during the day rather than at night.
"This skeleton turns upside down what we thought we knew about the evolution of owls," Dr. Li Zhiheng said of the discovery. Scientists named the newly discovered species Miosurnia diurna to emphasize its relationship with the Rowan owl (Surnia ulula), which is still alive today.
Nocturnal animals must have larger eyes and pupils than animals that are active during the day to be able to see in poor lighting conditions. In the diurnal Myosnia fossils, the soft parts of the eye are clearly decomposed, but small trapezoidal bones remain within the eye cavities.
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Based on their measurements, scientists were able to determine the size of the ancient owl's eye. "It was like playing with Lego, just my numberDr. Stedham tells of how 16 similar small bones intertwine to form a ring around the iris and pupil.
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Once these puzzles were put together correctly, the scientist was able to determine the diameter of the ring and the light hole in the center. Dr. Stedham also emphasizes that diurnal mucinia is the first known evidence of a million-year evolutionary process in which owls were "They have given up the night for fun in the sun."
"The perfect preservation of the eye bones in this fossilized skull allows us to see that this owl preferred to hunt during the day, not at night," says Dr. Lee.
Most species of owls lead a nocturnal lifestyle, which is predetermined by very large eyes and a large predominance of rods (cells responsible for vision of movement and in low light) over cones (cells responsible for color vision).
This eye structure allows you to see a small game in the bush even in very poor lighting. However, there are a few species of owls that live a daily life.
Scientists believe that this species evolved from night owls. However, it is not clear when this happened.
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"The startling new discovery of an owl skeleton from the Miocene in China unexpectedly turns out to be the oldest known evidence of an owl's everyday lifestyle. The extinct owl belonged to the hawksbill owl family, like most owl species living today. Analysis of the preserved tropical bones confirms the similarity with The structure of active birds during the day, a Genetic reconstructions of the evolutionary pathway of the species suggest that the transition from nocturnal to diurnal activity of owls occurred earlier. These findings confirm the possible Miocene origin of the nocturnal lifestyle in the global owl population, which may be related to the expansion of steppe habitats and the cooling of the climate in the late Miocene, according to a study report published by PNAS, the scientific journal of the United States. National Academy of Sciences.
Scientists previously assumed that the ancestors of all owls living today were almost certain to hunt at night, but the ancestor of the hawk-owl family was active during the day. The discovered skeleton of Miosurnia diurna confirmed this hypothesis.
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Vendor Management Inventory is also called inventory management, vendor managed inventory, inventory control and inventory control management. The core objective of Vendor Management Inventory is to maintain an optimal inventory level that will meet customer demands.
Large retail outfits and manufacturers are determined to be more responsive to customer demand, but conversely do not wish to hold a larger or wider range of inventory than is necessary. Many companies, particularly household name retailers, use demand driven procurement systems to manage their inventories and stock replenishes.
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) systems are managed by vendors, who are interfaced to their supplier's sales and inventory systems. In VMI, the vendor is responsible for sending stock as and when inventory levels reach a certain level.
A considerable number or major retailers and manufacturers demand this procurement process.
The fulfillment process is streamlined.
They are able to maintain an optimal inventory that reduces product, staffing and warehousing costs.
Deliveries to each Vendor Management Inventory customer are undertaken on a regular basis.
They are able to manage customer demand.
Loss of sales or staff and machinery down time caused by lack of stock is reduced.
Costs associated with excess inventory such as; staffing, warehousing and delivery are negated.
Procurement costs are diminished as purchase orders and purchase requisitions are not required.
Stock is only delivered as and when it is required. This is particularly important when the stock may have a shelf life before it becomes valueless.
Emergency shipments costs and premium delivery charges are negated.
VIM adheres to green programs by reducing waste and transportation.
Retail outfits are unable to inform a customer when an item will be in stock again as they do not know what is to be delivered. This problem can be solved by an efficient VIM that automatically replenishes all stock.
Communication problems, either human or technology based can cause errors and breakdowns in supplies.
The vendor also has to have an efficient inventory management method in order to provide stock to their purchasers as and when they require particular products.
Both the vendor and the purchaser have to divulge market sensitive information to each other, which means that the systems and the processes must be secure.
A considerable number of major retailers and manufacturers use Vendor Management Inventory processes and systems and major consultancies offer these services and software packages so VMI is definitely a driving force in efficient and profitable procurement.


You asked for it and we delivered – Alexa multi list sync is finally here!
Starting today, you can create multiple lists on your Alexa app which will automatically sync to your Any.do account. Moreover, you can now sync any of your Any.do tasks to your Alexa lists as well.
Supporting multiple lists was by far the most highly requested feature by Any.doers who connected their account with Alexa – so we are extremely excited to finally have it out.
You can activate this integration either from your Alexa app, or directly from the Any.do app.
Click to Enable the skill and log-in to your Any.do account – finished!
Now, Watch the Magic Happens!
Tasks added through your Alexa account will be synced to your Any.do account and vice versa. No more restrictions – you now have full control over which lists to sync!
To alter the lists at any given time, simply go to your Any.do account's Settings. Don't forget to give us some love and rate the Any.do Skill on the Alexa app!
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In my any.do app, it only shows a few lists in my account settings – I can't see all my lists in order to toggle them to sync or not.
I hav ethe same issue. The screen shots above showing 'Alexa SetUp' do not exist in the App. I am UK based using iOS 11.
I see that the Canadian Alexa skill has arrived. When will the custom lists portion make it up to Canada?
Yes, I have been recently found a news that the Amazon Alexa is implementing its personal list of making their personal voice commands which will help you a lot in making use of the new commands. There are lots of new voice commands which has been already updated by the Amazon. Contact in Firefox Tech Support Number for more info.
I don't get it. In the Alexa App, the skill description clearly says "Once connected, your Alexa Shopping and ToDo will be added as new lists etc…" and then says "at the moment, these are the only lists available on Alexa". I want to be able to deselect the Shopping list as I want to use Any.Do specifically for the To Do list. And I cannot add multiple custom lists. I'm based on the UK.
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can I view my any.do shopping list on an alexa view?
I am a little confused. At least in my App, there is no such thing as an "Alexa Setup" section. I have the skill enabled, the accounts linked and sync for the standard Alexa "To-Do" and "Shopping" lists is working. Is this just something that hasn't actually been implemented yet, or am I actually going blind or insane?


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Q: Doubts on Authentication Techniques - Passport So I was trying out the authentication techniques with passport and passport-jwt with the express server. Here is the code I've been working with
const JwtStrategy = require("passport-jwt").Strategy;
const ExtractJwt = require("passport-jwt").ExtractJwt;
const User = require("../models/user");
const opts = {};
opts.jwtFromRequest = ExtractJwt.fromAuthHeaderAsBearerToken();
opts.secretOrKey = "secret";
module.exports = passport => {
    passport.use(
        new JwtStrategy(opts, (jwt_payload, done) => {
            User.findById(jwt_payload.id,(err,user)=>{
                if(err){
                    return done(err,false);
                }
                if(user){
                    done(null,user);
                }
                else{
                    done(null,false);
                }
            })
        })
    )
};

So the all point of using this passport authorization is to minimize the number of times the database is accessed, right?
But in this code after extracting the token, the database is accessed through the findById method to find whether the user is in the database, so what's the point in all of this if the database is accessed during each authentication request?
I'm pretty sure I'm saying something wrong, some help in clarifying this matter is deeply appreciated.

A: The question is, why would you need to do User.findById on the middleware?
You don't have to access the database on the middleware to find whether user exists or not from the JWT payload. When the user is getting the jwt through the /login endpoint, you should've already checked whether the user exists or not
// just a logic example on the login enpoint

const user = User.findUserByEmail(req.body.email);
if (!user) res.sendStatus(401); //returns 401 if user not found
else {
    if (verifyPassword(req.body.password, password)) {
        res.send(generatedJwtWithUserIdOnThePayload)
    } else {
        res.sendStatus(401); //returns 401 if password invalid
    }
}

The jwt that's passed when logging in to the client already had valid user id in it, therefore you dont need to get User document from User.findById everytime client sending a request to your other endpoint.
Since user id is already inside the payload, unless you need other data beside user id from User document, you don't really need to do User.findById on the middleware

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Court boundaries, felon voting top 2015 agenda
It's been years since the General Assembly has overhauled the circuit court boundaries
Court boundaries, felon voting top 2015 agenda It's been years since the General Assembly has overhauled the circuit court boundaries Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://cjky.it/1BdRnVk
Joseph Gerth, @Joe_Gerth Published 11:57 a.m. ET Jan. 2, 2015 | Updated 3:38 p.m. ET Jan. 2, 2015
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Redrawing state court circuit boundaries and voting rights for felons could be near the top of the agenda for the committees that deal with political issues when the Kentucky General Assembly convenes next week.
Although all electoral issues are likely to take a back seat to more pressing needs in his committee, Sen. Joe Bowen, chairman of the Senate State and Local Government Committee, said the Senate will probably take a stab at redrawing the state's circuit court map.
"It is something that continues to be a topic of conversation," said Bowen, an Owensboro Republican. "Some people would argue that there is an imbalance of caseloads."
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It's been years since the General Assembly has overhauled the state's circuit court boundaries, which has resulted in a large disparity in cases between circuits. Currently, Kentucky has 57 judicial circuits, each comprised of one to four counties.
Some of the circuits have just one circuit court judge while others have many. Jefferson County, the biggest circuit, has 23 circuit court judges.
Chris Cohron, the Warren County commonwealth's attorney who serves on the Prosecutor's Advisory Council and head of the lobbying arm of the Kentucky Commonwealth's Attorney Association, said reapportionment is much needed but likely will be difficult to pull off.
"This will not be a simple process," said Cohron, who predicted that redrawing the lines won't happen during the 2015 session of the legislature but that the legislature could begin to move the issue along next year.
Unlike legislative districts, which must be redrawn following every U.S. Census, circuit court districts aren't required to be reapportioned. Traditionally, the legislature has dealt with population and caseload growth in the circuits simply by adding judges and splitting circuits.
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But that has led to some circuits with much higher caseloads than others and with at least one circuit that stretches more than 100 miles from one end to the other.
Cohron said reducing the number of circuits would allow the state to then reallocate those resources in such a way that circuits with higher caseloads get more judges and prosecutors. It could also allow the state Administrative Office of the Courts to ensure that all circuits have at least one family court judge, which isn't the case now.
The problem is that some judges and prosecutors would have to lose their jobs in the process.
"Naturally, anytime you have the potential of people's jobs being legislatively eliminated, you've got a potential for some pushback," said Cohron, who said the legislature needs to press on for the long-term health of the court system.
The idea isn't new. Last year, the General Assembly funded a study of the courts' caseloads.
The National Center for State Courts began that assessment in October and the Administrative Office of the Courts is required to present that report to the legislature by January of 2016.
Also, Chief Justice John D. Minton told a joint legislative committee in September that he has also appointed a workload assessment committee that will collect data from all judges and circuit court clerks in an effort to determine how big an issue that caseload disparity is.
One problem with redistricting the entire state is that it would also cause the state's commonwealth attorney boundaries to be shuffled as well, since their jurisdictions are congruent with the court boundaries, Minton told an interim House and Senate Committee in 2011.
Cohron doubts a bill drawing new lines could be passed in 2015 and even if it was, it could take years to phase-in the changes since judges and prosecutors are on different election schedules that would complicate any new plan.
Bowen acknowledged that passing such a plan will be difficult, especially given that this is an odd-year legislative session during which the legislature only meets for 30 days. In even years, the legislature meets for twice that long.
But, said Bowen, "I think it would get to the point where someone would file a bill this session."
On the House side, watch for that chamber to push for legislation that would automatically restore voting rights for most felons once they complete their sentences. Currently, the state constitution requires that they seek a partial pardon from the governor before they can vote.
Rep. Darryl T. Owens, chairman of the House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, said that will be among his priorities.
The House, with Republican and Democratic backing, has passed the constitutional amendment, always known as House Bill 70, each year since 2007. But each year, the bill has died in the Senate.
In 2014, the legislation got a hearing in the State Government Committee at the urging of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who favors the measure.
The bill, however, died after Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer amended the bill to require that former felons wait five years before their rights are automatically restored. House members refused to accept the Senate changes.
Thayer, R-Georgetown, expressed doubt the bill will go anywhere in 2015. "I don't see much impetus for it. I'm personally not planning to pursue it again," he said.
But Bowen, who like Thayer is a Republican, said he believes the measure should be brought up again.
"Some feel like we have addressed this issue … but there was no resolution," Bowen said. "We couldn't reach a consensus on it."
Thayer holds an important leadership position and "I don't think that you could discount his position on that issue," said Bowen, "But I think that the conversation needs to continue."
Paul, who has said he favored the House version of the measure, said through a spokesman that he would help pass the legislation again.
"Senator Paul is committed to restoring voting rights in Kentucky and will continue to advocate for a constitutional amendment going forward," said Paul's spokesman Dan Bayens.
Owens said he plans to talk with Bowen about the measure and is relying on Republican Reps. David Floyd and Jeff Hoover, the House minority leader, and Republican Sen. Whitney Westerfield, of Hopkinsville, to make the case to Senate Republicans.
"We'll see where it gets us," he said.
Reporter Joseph Gerth can be reached at (502) 582-4702. Follow him on Twitter at @Joe_Gerth.
•Sen. Joe Bowen, R-Owensboro, who as chairman of the State Government Committee, decides what bills will get a hearing in his committee.
•Rep. Darryl T. Owens, D-Louisville, who as chairman of the state Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, decides what bills will get a hearing in his committee.
•Supreme Court Chief Justice John D. Minton, of Bowling Green, who oversees the state courts system.
•Chris Cohron, Warren County commonwealth's attorney, who serves on the Prosecutors Advisory Council.
•Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, accused by proponents of the felon voting bill with gutting the measure last session.
•U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, who pushed for the state Senate to take up the felons voting bill last year.
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August 31 is the Second Annual Union Night at Dodger Stadium. Attendees who buy tickets receive a special limited-edition Union Night T-shirt and those who buy groups of 50 tickets or more will be recognized during pregame festivities. For tickets, click here.
Before the game, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor will recognize seven affiliates for their organizing achievements. In celebration of Union Night and with Labor Day coming up on Monday, Sept. 5, Labor 411 is giving a shout-out to these featured affiliates.
AFSCME 3090 makes the City of Los Angeles run. 3090 represents approximately 5,000 Los Angeles City Clerical and Support Services employees across the Southland. Members work in at locations ranging from the Los Angeles Zoo and the Department of Transportation to 911 Dispatch Operators and the City Attorney's Office.
Leading up to and following the ruling in the Janus v AFSMCE decision, 3090 went into high gear organizing members. Leadership focused on both signing up fee payers and getting current members to resign cards to ensure the correct information was on file. Over the summer, 3090 leadership participated in a three-day organizing training and a 10-day organizing drive coordinated by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. During an "Organizing Blitz" in August, 3090 signed up or recommitted more than 400 members!
Hayes-Walker was especially encouraged by the union's success in reaching new, younger members who can beat the drum of the Local for years to come.
The 3090 President stressed the importance of getting their records in order as well as reaching out to current and prospective members to explain the importance of the union and the fact that 3090 fights for fair contracts with good pay, benefits and workplace protections. The Local is currently in negotiations on a new contract with the City of Los Angeles as part of the Coalition of LA City Unions.
"Our strength is in our numbers," Hayes-Walker said.


> >> > Rewriting the code fixes this (and also a style issue).
> > And that's correct. As far far I understood it's fixing clang, not qemu.
> >> patch as before.
> > Hmm, how? It checks for val2 == 0 first.
> It would evaluate A % 0 into A, which is wrong.
Oh, you're talking about the result that would be returned by expr_prod().
I thought you were saying that val2 == 0 was still possible.
> >> Perhaps the checker can be shut up by making expr_error() QEMU_NORETURN.
> > That's indeed a better solution.
> Stefan, could you try that for us?


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Molo w Płocku – pomost o konstrukcji stalowej, mierzący 358 m długości, wychodzący łukiem w głąb Wisły z prawobrzeżnego bulwaru nadwiślańskiego w Płocku w kierunku zachodnim.

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Molo spacerowe na Wiśle w Płocku jest pomostem dla pieszych o długości 357,8 m, na końcu którego znajduje się restauracja. Zlokalizowane jest u podnóża Wzgórza Tumskiego, usytuowanego podobnie jak sam obiekt, po prawej stronie Wisły. Szerokość pomostu mola spacerowego wynosi 5,3 m, a przy końcu obiektu – w miejscu, w pobliżu którego znajduje się budynek restauracji – szerokość ta zwiększa się do 15,3 m.

Molo przystosowane jest dla osób poruszających się na wózkach inwalidzkich.

Obiekt został wykonany zgodnie z planem zagospodarowania płockiego nabrzeża wiślanego w celach turystyczno-rekreacyjnych. Jest on także jednym z elementów powstającego portu jachtowego – mariny na ok. 100 jachtów.

Molo łączy się z brzegiem na swoim wschodnim krańcu zamykając basen portu jachtowego i biegnie łukiem w kierunku zachodnim, gdzie przy drugim krańcu obiektu znajduje się wejście do portu. Na zachodnim krańcu mola znajduje się restauracja zbudowana na planie koła o powierzchni użytkowej wynoszącej ok. 173 m².

Wejście na molo, znajdujące się w miejscu, w którym obiekt łączy się z brzegiem, usytuowane jest naprzeciw schodów im. Władysława Broniewskiego prowadzących od pomnika W. Broniewskiego przy ul. Tadeusza Kościuszki w dół po stoku skarpy wiślanej i wychodzących na prawobrzeżny bulwar nad Wisłą.

Cecha charakterystyczna, która wyróżnia płockie molo polega na tym, że jego konstrukcja została wykonana równolegle do linii brzegu rzeki, będąc jedynym tego typu obiektem w Polsce. Takie usytuowanie obiektu chroni go przed niebezpiecznymi zjawiskami lodowymi występującymi na rzece i jednocześnie umożliwia swobodną obserwację z pomostu w kierunku północnym widoku płockiej skarpy wraz z zabytkowymi, najstarszymi budowlami miasta – katedrą i zamkiem na Wzgórzu Tumskim, a także amfiteatru wybudowanego na stoku skarpy wiślanej.

Molo w Płocku zbudowano w okresie od marca do grudnia 2010 roku, a otwarte zostało 25 czerwca 2011 roku. Całkowity koszt inwestycji wyniósł ok. 17 milionów złotych.

30 grudnia 2011 Powiatowy Inspektor Nadzoru Budowlanego wydał decyzję zakazującą użytkowania obiektu. Miało to związek z uszkodzeniem części pali (zatonięcie oraz przemieszczenie) podtrzymujących konstrukcję w październiku 2011. Molo po naprawie usterek zostało ponownie otwarte w maju 2012.

Obiekt jest własnością Gminy Miasta Płock.

Opis konstrukcji
Ustrój nośny mola stanowi konstrukcja stalowa w formie belek opartych na 20 stalowych pylonach. Podwieszenie konstrukcji do pylonów o wysokości ok. 4,7 m mierzonej od górnej powierzchni pomostu, opartych na palosłupach wierconych, wykonano przy użyciu 6 cięgien prętowych. Pylony rozstawione w odległości ok. 20 m jeden od drugiego wraz z cięgnami usytuowane są pośrodku pomostu mola w pojedynczym rzędzie biegnącym łukiem wzdłuż obiektu.

Pomost mola spacerowego został posadowiony na 20 palach wielkośrednicowych, wierconych o średnicy 1,2 m i ok. 24 m długości. Każdy z pali wykonano jako palosłup zakończony głowicą o średnicy 1 m.

Pomost, który łączy molo z nabrzeżem, to stalowa konstrukcja belkowa oparta na prefabrykowanych, żelbetowych palach wbijanych o przekroju poprzecznym wynoszącym 0,4 x 0,4 m oraz o długości 13-20 m.

Do posadowienia budynku restauracji użytych zostało 25 pali wielkośrednicowych o średnicy 0,8 m zwieńczonych żelbetową płytą o grubości 0,3 m i średnicy 25 m.

Najtrudniejszym elementem budowy płockiego mola było wykonanie wierconych pali w nurcie rzeki, bezpośrednio z pływających barek.

Budynek restauracji wykonano z konstrukcji stalowej, a jego ściany wewnętrzne oddzielające strefę restauracyjną od zaplecza zbudowano w technologii murowej, natomiast zewnętrzne ściany restauracji stanowi przeszklenie zamontowane na aluminiowym stelażu. Restaurację zaprojektowaną na 56 osób wyposażono w przyłącze wodno-kanalizacyjne i energetyczne.

Pomost mola spacerowego znajduje się na wysokości ok. 3,5 m nad normalnym poziomem rzeki, a pomost, który łączy molo z nabrzeżem znajduje się na wysokości ok. 1,5 m nad normalnym poziomem Wisły.

Pokład pomostu mola i nabrzeża wykonano z belek drewnianych o grubości 6 i 8 cm.

Między pylonami wzdłuż mola usytuowane są ławki, a u góry pylonów zamocowane zostały lampy oświetleniowe, natomiast między zewnętrznymi, stalowymi barierami ochronnymi obiektu zamontowano przeszklone ściany z pleksi.

Do budowy mola w Płocku użyto następującą ilość materiałów:
 beton pali wierconych i płyty żelbetowej klasy C35/45 – 1150 m³
 stal zbrojeniowa pali wierconych i płyty żelbetowej – 335 ton
 stal konstrukcyjna (ustrój nośny mola, ustrój nośny pomostu łączącego molo z nabrzeżem, szkielet budynku restauracji, bariery ochronne) – 410 ton
 łączna długość pali wierconych – 1170 metrów bieżących
 łączna długość prefabrykowanych pali wbijanych – 633 metrów bieżących

Wykonawcy
Wykonawcą mola w Płocku było konsorcjum firm:
 Bilfinger Berger Budownictwo S.A. z Warszawy – Lider Konsorcjum
 Navimor-Invest Sp. z o.o. z Gdańska – Partner Konsorcjum
 Prywatne Przedsiębiorstwo Budowlane Alpex Mariusz Skrętowski Sp.j. z Płocka – Partner Konsorcjum
 Henczke-Budownictwo Sp. z o.o. z Płocka – Partner Konsorcjum

Projekt płockiego mola wykonała firma Modern Construction Systems Sp. z o.o. z Poznania.

Zleceniodawcą inwestycji była Gmina Miasto Płock – Miejski Zespół Obiektów Sportowych Jednostka Budżetowa w Płocku (Administrator mola w Płocku).

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Santarém () is a city and municipality in the western part of the state of Pará in Brazil. Located at the confluence of the Tapajós and Amazon Rivers, it has become a popular tourist destination. It is the second-most important city in the state, and the financial and economic center of the western part of the state. It leads the Santarém Metropolitan Area, made up of Santarém, Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos. It was once home to the Tapajós Indians, a tribe of Native Americans after whom the river was named. They were the leaders of a large, agricultural chiefdom that flourished before the arrival of Europeans.

It is located some 800 km (500 mi) from the two largest cities in the Brazilian Amazon: Manaus, upriver in the state of Amazonas, and the Pará state capital Belém, located downriver at the mouth of the Amazon on the Atlantic Ocean. Santarém has an estimated population of 306,480 people (2020), and is the third most populous city of the state. The city occupies an area of 22 887,087 km2 (14 304,42 sq mi), of which 77 km2 are urban areas.

The city was founded by Portuguese colonists in 1661 as New, it was discovered by Priest Felipe Bettendorff Santarém (after the city in Portugal). It is one of the oldest cities in the Brazilian Amazon. This is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarém.

Because of the crystalline waters of the Tapajós River, Santarém has more than 100 km (62 mi) of natural beaches, such as those of the village of Alter do Chão, known as the "Caribbean in Brazil." The Guardian ranked this beach as the most beautiful in Brazil. Alter do Chão is also home to Sairé, one of the most important folklore festivals of the region, which is held annually in September.

Some political activists have lobbied to create a new Brazilian state by dividing the enormous state of Pará into western and eastern regions. The new state to be established in the west would be called the Tapajós, with Santarém serving as the capital.

History

The first written references to the Tapajós Indian settlement in the area date back to 1542, when Francisco Orellana sacked one of their corn plantations.

In 1621, ten years after the founding of Belém at the mouth of the Amazon River, the Portuguese explorer Pedro Teixeira, along with Father Cristovão, 26 soldiers and many Indians, set off to explore the upper reaches of the Amazon. They eventually found a Tupuliçus Indian settlement near the mouth of the Tapajós River and made port there. The Indians had already had contact with Europeans, mainly Spanish explorers who had been to the settlement. The Portuguese and Tupuliçus started trading.

Pedro Teixeira resumed his exploration. The Jesuits took on the work of founding a village for missionary purposes on the site, where Father António Vieira was known to have visited in 1659. Santarém was founded by Father João Felipe Bettendorff on 22 June 1661 with the name "Aldeia do Tapajós" (Tapajós village). Father Bettendorff built the Chapel of Our Lady of Conception. The site where the first mass was celebrated in the city is now marked by a monument. The Jesuits founded other villages nearby, including the Village of Borsari, known today as the Village of Alter do Chão, Pará.

After development from the missionaries, Francisco da Mota Falcão started construction of a fortress by the river in 1693, which was finished by his son, Manoel Mota Siqueira in 1697. The building had a square shape and featured bastions on each corner. The Fortress of Tapajós was the nucleus of the village that developed as the city of Santarém.

In 1758, the village of Tapajós was given the status of Vila and the name of Santarém, after a portuguese city with the same name, and later was elevated to the category of city in October 24, 1848 by provincial law nº 145.

Over the centuries, the government tried to renovate the fortress were made, the last being in 1867, when the government sent six cannons to arm it. The renovation was never finished and the cannons were left in the street. Today not much remains of the fortress, as materials were taken for other building projects.

In 1900 a high school was built on the site. Early in the first decade of the 21st century, "Praça Mirante do the Tapajós", a tourist attraction, was built behind the school. Two of the cannons from the fortress have been installed at the city's airport, where they can be seen from the passenger terminal; two others are located in the Centenário Square, and two in the SUDAM Campus of the Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA)

Geography

Santarém is bordered by the Amazon and the Tapajós rivers. Both run along many kilometers in the front of the city, side by side, without mixing. Amazon's milky colored water carries sediment from the Andes in the East, while the Tapajós's water is somewhat warmer and has a deep-blue tone. This phenomenon is called "The meeting of the waters" by the locals.

Climate
Santarém has a tropical monsoon climate not subject to significant changes in temperatures due to its proximity to the equator. The average annual temperature varies between 25º and , with a relative humidity of 86%. During the year the average rainfall is of about , which becomes more intense during the wet season that spans from November to July when the average monthly rainfall varies from . The dry season spans from August through October, in this season the lowest rainfall is recorded which troughs at .

Demographics

The total population of the city was 294,580 people (2010 census). Santarém is the seventh-largest city in the north region of Brazil, behind Manaus, Belém, Porto Velho, Ananindeua, Macapá and Rio Branco. Of the population 51.5% were men and 48.5% women.

Santarém lost population from 1996 to 1999, during the decline of the gold rush in the latter part of the decade of 1980. Moreover, between 1980 and 2000, the rural population declined as people moved into cities due to poor infrastructure in the countryside.

Since the year 2000, Santarém's population has increased due to that migration, as well as people being attracted to its improved infrastructure, health care, schools, and other amenities. In 2008, the village of Mojui dos Campos was designated as an independent City, so its population was withdrawn from the Santarém total.

Religion
Santarém was founded by the Portuguese as a Catholic city and the vast majority of the population is catholic. New migrants have brought differing religions, including various Protestant denominations, Judaism, Spiritualism, and Buddhism.

Economy
Santarém is an important regional market center in the Lower Amazon, located midway between the larger cities of Belém at the coast and Manaus upriver. The regional economy is based on agriculture, cattle, and mining. The city has seen many 'cycles' of development dominated by one or a few economic activities, including rubber extraction (in the last century), coffee production, and gold mining. Most recently, there has been a huge growth in the area of soybean plantations.

Infrastructure

Airport
Santarém is home to Santarém-Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport. As it is located between two of the most important airports in the region, it is an alternative for international flights. Situated 15  km from downtown, the airport can be reached by car or bus in about 20 minutes via Fernando Guilhon Highway. The airport was opened in 1977 by the Brazilian Air Force; in 1980 it was transferred to Infraero, a government agency responsible for operating the major Brazilian airports.

The airport handles traffic from six airlines connecting Santarém to the country and the world. As of September 2012, the airport was undergoing renovation and expansion of the Passenger Terminal Building and Parking lot to accommodate increased passenger traffic.

Highways

BR-163 connects Santarém with southern Brazil. A large portion of it is not paved which renders the highway nearly unusable during the wet season. BR-230 connects BR-163 to the state capital.

Fluvial
The rivers and waterways are still the central means of transporting passenger and cargo due to the poor conditions of the highways and the high price of airplane travel. Santarém is a popular destination for cruise ships on the Amazon, which make Port of Santarém regularly in the City Docks. The docks are administrated by the CDP (Companhia Docas do Pará) and are the second most important in the state, second only to Belém, due to its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean.

Most nearby villages have no roads and can only be reached by boat; trips can take up to 12 hours depending on the boat and the destination.

The Cargill Port is a private port near the Docks. It exports soybean and has capacity for storing 60,000 tons of soy. There is also a makeshift port near Tiradentes Square administered by the City, where small and medium-sized boats dock. As of 2012 a new Fluvial Terminal was under construction to replace the existing one.

Public Transportation
The Public Transportation System is made of: Urban bus service, Suburban bus service, Personal automobile transportation service (Taxi), Personal motorcycle transportation service (known as MotoTaxi), and School transportation service.

The public transportation services are administered by the Municipal Transportation Department, which plans and promotes traffic development. Traffic safety is administered by several governmental agencies such as the Transit Police branch of the State Police (PTRAN), the Brazilian Highway Police based in Santarém, the DMV, and the transportation department through its fiscal management and guards.

Education

Santarém has 457 municipal schools accommodating 62,121 students, 44 state primary and high schools, 44 particular schools and twelve universities

The city museum, Centro Cultural João Fona (João Fona Cultural Center), is available to visitors free of charge. It is located in an 1853 building used before in its history as a City Hall, Municipal Courthouse and jail.

One school, Escola Estadual do 1o Grau Richard Henington, has 13 classrooms in three parts. It is named after a United States-born Brazilian, Richard Henington (born May 19, 1830), who originated in Crystal Springs, Mississippi and immigrated to Brazil in 1867, arriving on August 16, 1868 and settling in Santarém.

Health
The city administers the Municipal Hospital. As of September 2012, it maintains 35 rural health care posts, and 50 health care centers in the urban area, six of which operate 24 hours a day. SAMU is also based in the city; it rescues victims of all kinds of accidents, working many times together with the State Fire Department. In 2012 a hospital was built to treat people rescued by SAMU and the Fire Department. The State Regional Hospital is located in the city, receiving and treating patients from all the cities in the west of Pará.

Communications
Santarém has WiFi internet service providers. As of 2013, DSL is not yet available, and private internet connection is slow and expensive. The city maintains several WiFi hotspots in most squares, monuments, and tourist attractions. City residents support many newspapers, TV stations, and radio stations.

Radio amateurs maintain a VHF repeater operating on 146.950  MHz that can reach more than 100  km, covering the village of Alter do Chão and the cities of Belterra, Mojui dos Campos, Óbidos and Oriximiná.

Controversy around Cargill soybean port
In 2003, the US-based corporation Cargill completed a port facility for processing soybean in Santarém. The port has dramatically stimulated soybean production in the area due to improving the transport of the commodity crop. Although the company complied with state legislation, it failed to comply with a federal law requiring an Environmental Impact Statement. Instead, Cargill contested in court its need to comply. In late 2003 Greenpeace launched a campaign claiming the new port has increased deforestation of local rain forest, damaging the regional habitat, as farmers have cleared land to make way for soy crops.

In February 2006, the federal courts in Brazil gave Cargill six months to complete the environmental assessment. This ruling came as part of a broader popular backlash against the port; while it was initially supported by locals who hoped for jobs, opinion has turned against it as the jobs have not appeared. In July 2006, federal prosecutor Felícia Pontes Jr. suggested that the government was close to shutting down the port.

Cargill responded to criticisms of the port by emphasizing its contribution to encouraging economic development in the local province, one of the poorest in Brazil. It says that "extreme measures," such as closing the port, are not necessary because "Soybean occupies less than 0.6 percent of the land in the Amazon biome today." Cargill also points to its partnership with The Nature Conservancy to encourage farmers around Santarém to comply with Brazilian law that requires 80% of forest cover to be left intact in Amazon forest areas while the land is being cultivated.

Sister cities
 Santarém, Portugal

See also
 Fordlândia
 Nova República

Further reading

 Allen, J. A. 1876. "List of Birds Collected by Mr. Charles Linden, Near Santarem, Brazil," Bull. Essex Inst. 8(8): 78-83.
 Bernard, E., and M. B. Fenton. 2007. "Bats in a Fragmented Landscape: Species Composition, Diversity and Habitat Interactions in Savannas of Santarem, Central Amazonia, Brazil," Biological Conservation. 134, no. 3: 332-343.
 Easby, Elizabeth K. 1952. "The Pre-Conquest Art of Santarém, Brazil". M.A. Thesis, Department of Fine Arts and Archaeology, Columbia University, New York.
 Fearnside, Philip M. 2007. "Brazil's Cuiaba- Santarem (BR-163) Highway: The Environmental Cost of Paving a Soybean Corridor Through the Amazon". Environmental Management. 39, no. 5: 601.
 Winklerprins, Antoinette M G A. 2006. "Jute Cultivation in the Lower Amazon, 1940-1990: An Ethnographic Account from Santarem, Para, Brazil", Journal of Historical Geography. 32, no. 4: 818.

References

External links

 Santarém WebSite

Municipalities in Pará
Populated places on the Amazon
1661 establishments in the Portuguese Empire


P3 have had a great time taking part in lots of drama based on Peter and the Wolf. We have looked at the instruments used to compose the music and even had a go at playing a few. Some of the older children brought their instruments into our classroom. It was quite hard to play the flute! We have acted out the story over a few days, really working on our facial expressions and acting voices. We love to embrace a different character!


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Roslindale is a primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, bordered by Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, West Roxbury and Mattapan.
In the 1860s, the area was called South Street Crossing, due to the railroad's intersection with South Street. However, when the community applied for a post office district of its own, the name "South Street Crossing" proved to be unacceptable to the government. The name Roslindale was suggested by John Pierce, a well-traveled member of the community, who told the assembled citizens that the area reminded him of the historic town of Roslin, Scotland, outside Edinburgh. Pierce thought the area was like a dale because of the hills surrounding it. Thus the combination of "Roslin" and "dale" was submitted to the United States Postal Serviceand the name Roslindale was formally established.


Today we look at a unique racing game from Funforge called Titan Race, where you try to control a titan and race against others to victory.
I've mentioned this before in my Snow Tails review, I really enjoy racing games and they are a big part of my board gaming collection. From Camel Up, to Road Kill Rally, to Pitch Car to name a few, I almost always have a racing game in my regular board game rotation. Winning the race is always great, but even if I don't win, I always seem to have lots of fun with this genre.
Today we look at a unique racing game from Funforge called Titan Race, where you try to control a Titan and race against other Titans to victory. Does Titan Race take the lead from other racing games or does it come up short? Read on!
Titan Race is a fantasy racing game for 2-6 players and plays around 30 minutes. Titan Race plays best with 4-5 players.
Titan Race's overall theme and objective is straight-forward. You control a fantasy Titan and rider against other Titans to see who will be the winner. Titans will not only have to battle with other Titans, but also have to contend with circuit (race track) hazards. Titans can use their special abilities and bonus cards to give them the edge, but the first Titan who laps the circuit 3 times is the winner.
Each Titan board allows players to track their Titan's health, circuit laps, and has a cool fantasy picture.
Titan Race comes with excellent components. Titan figures, Titan boards, cards, markers and circuits are of quality and will hold up to replay. The bonus deck will see the most use and reshuffling during the game, but sleeves are not a must because the cards are fairly sturdy.
I have to say that there are not many negatives with the game pieces except the circuits. These are the racing boards and there are six unique which match the home track of each Titan. Overall, each circuit is well done and has great detail but for a game called Titan Race, the circuits are just too small. It was really hard to have a six player game around the table because at least two players could not see the board that well or reach it. Each Circuit is two-sided but only measures 7 3/8″ x 7 3/8″.
A tri-fold larger board would be an easy solution, but that would require a bigger box and up the price tag. The price point for this game is pretty low, so some will likely make do with a small board and not want a hit to the wallet. I like the circuits but just wish these were almost double the current size.
The high point of all the components is the artwork. As noted above, this is a fantasy racing game and the art is excellent and supports the theme perfectly. The designers also did a great job incorporating the consistent fantasy feel throughout all the game pieces.
Each 6 sided die includes each 6 unique color-coded action symbols.
During set-up, players will choose one circuit, a Titan, the matching Titan board & ability card, and be dealt one random bonus card.
Move 2 spaces straight ahead [yellow], move 1 straight & 1 diagonally [blue], move 3 spaces diagonally [brown], move 1 and place a trap token behind you [red], move 2 diagonally and inflict 1 damage to a Titan in range [green], chose one of the 5 other actions but then lose 1 Life point [purple].
The second player chooses one of the rolled dice and so on until the last player who will collect all dice and re-rolls them, choosing one of the new ones to use.
Players can take these actions in any order that they wish, but they must complete the action before using another. Also, if a player chooses the side that matches the color of their Titan, they gain 1 life point (except purple – see above).
Player's will pick-up bonus cards during the race to help buff their Titan or hinder their opponents.
Movement Rules: It's important to note that each of the 6 circuits represents each Titan's home course and that each is infinite and wrap around the opposite sides (so you need to image that the flat board is a circle). So when a Titan moves off of the top edge of the circuit, they will reappear at the bottom.
The points on the circuits are called spaces and only one Titan can occupy a space (see chain reaction below). Some spaces will have traps, hazards, or bonus (allows you to draw 1 bonus card).
Chain Reaction: when you enter a space with another Titan, you push that Titan in the direction you were going and as many spaces as you were moving. The pushed Titan loses 1 life point. If the pushed Titan enters a space as another Titan same rules apply as above.
KO: When a Titan's life points equal 0 they are knocked out. That Titan stops all movement and they lose their next turn. On their following turn they regain maximum life points and continue their turn as usual.
A Titan gains a lap when they leave the top edge of the circuit. The game ends immediately as soon as first Titan completes 3 laps and they are the winner.
The Titan figures are all unique in shape and color-coded to match the action dice for possible Titan buffs.
I have heard this game described as a Mario-Cart like board game and I think that description is dead-on. This game has high player interaction maybe to the point of frustration for some players. But I don't mind that aspect of this game at all. If you're Titan is not KOed at least a few times, then the other players are doing something wrong. I prefer racing games where you can interact and influence other racers. If you don't, then Titan Race is not for you.
Each Titan has a unique special ability card that can be use once per turn.
Ok I have to admit that I was not initially a fan of the infinite circuits, it reminded me of bad 80s arcade games where you could move off one side of the screen and then reappear on the opposite, but it grew on me. It's because this was a great way to give each racer a chance to win and stop the potential run-away where you could never catch the leader. This really helps with the overall game balance and keeps each Titan in the race.
That said, the diagonal rules could use one more example of where the Titans should be placed. The example in the rules shows a simple diagonal off the top edge then starting at the bottom, but none in the middle of the board so it was unclear to my group at times where the Titan should be placed. I think we got it right, but this stopped game play until we just decided what made sense.
I know I said it above, but it's worth repeating. The circuits are too small. The cornerstone of every racing game is the track itself and this one's size takes away from the flow of the game. When playing with higher player counts, players often need to jockey around the table to see the space symbols and reach their own Titan to take their turn. Again, I'm sure this was to keep the box and price point low, but there was some enjoyment sacrificed stressing to reach and straining to see the circuit itself.
I like the design of each of the infinite circuits but not the small size of the boards.
The circuits themselves have great designs and, aside from the small iconography, add to the fantasy theme. The fact that there are 6 unique circuits to choose from and each has a completely different terrain and hazards ups the replay value of the game. Also, there's a variant rule where you can place three circuits (each is considered a lap) for a rather unique racing experience.
The last thing worth noting is that each Titan has a unique ability and 5 of those seem very balanced. The only one that didn't seem balanced was Cthooloo (this is not misspelled). Its special ability is drain life which inflicts 1 damage to an adjacent Titan and then gains 1 life point. Now, this might seem unbalanced but its life points are capped (like all Titans) and it's one of the weaker ones that starts with 4 Life points. What hurts is that you don't get the freebie 1 life point when you chose the purple move die and so good old Cthooloo seemed to be KOed more often than the others. So, this Titan actually is under-powered and that's why I capped the player count to 5 because typically no one wanted to play Cthooloo a second time.
Funforge did a good job creating a fun racing game in Titan Race. While the high player interaction can frustrate some players, the overall game balance will help all players in the race. Plus, the excellent artwork fits the fantasy theme perfectly and it's consistent throughout all parts of the game.
With 6 unique circuits, the replay value in Titan Race is high, but hopefully you have excellent vision and long arms to interact with these unfortunately undersized game boards. The rule book a good reference, and additional examples of diagonal off circuit movement would help keep the game moving, but overall, the remaining rules are easy to learn and master.
If you are interested in getting a copy of Titan Race you can pick it up for about $14.
Final Score: 3.0 Stars – A good well-balanced racing game that is easy to learn and play.
Sorry, good ole Cthooloo ended up his back more often then not in our multiple games – seems under-powered to me. Gaining health is a nice power but doesn't seem on par with the other titan's powers.


While welcoming an international day of awareness that turns the global spotlight on complex issues keeping millions in grinding poverty, missionary organization GFA (Gospel for Asia, www.gfa.org) is year-round striving to be a source of hope to those in extreme need.
As politicians, economists, and activists mark the United Nations' annual World Day of Social Justice, Feb. 20, GFA is publishing a major report that both reveals the immense scale of the issue and how small actions can make a difference.
In the latest of a new series of in-depth articles addressing big social issues, GFA looks at the reasons why "extreme poverty remains unacceptably high," according to the World Bank, with parts of Asia among places where incomes for the poor are growing slower than average.
Millions in Asia live below the poverty line, notes the GFA report, "Seeking Justice and Defending Human Rights Wherever Poverty and Oppression Exist" (www.gfa.org/special-report/seek-social-justice-defend-human-rights-from-poverty-oppression), surviving on less than $1.90 a day. And millions across Asia barely manage to eke out a living because of "a complex web of factors," including social prejudice, gender discrimination, lack of education and more.
Their desperate circumstances force many families to send their children out to work rather than enrolling them in school—worldwide, there are almost 170 million child laborers--while others are trapped in modern-day slavery.
While other groups address some of the top-down issues that crush so many—cultural, industrial economic, political and religious—the GFA report details how it and other organizations are involved in grassroots efforts to lift them up.
PHOTO CUTLINE: Many children living in the slums of Asia start working at an early age due to severe financial constraints on their family, doing jobs like picking through trash. GFA-supported efforts provide educational opportunities for children and vocational training for families to help break the cycle of extreme poverty.


Recently, The City of Athens aided in securing passage of state laws that will allow municipal governments around the state to offer special funding support for the development of solar energy projects. When implemented, the program will increase the scope of solar energy utilization by Ohio residents. Designed to utilize existing state and federal incentives, this new law will significantly reduce the cost for both solar electric and solar hot water systems through the development of a revolving loan fund.
Athens City Council member Elahu Gosney and City Council Aide Gary Houser spent significant time researching successful models in California and Colorado. With the help of State Senator Jimmy Stewart (Rep.) and State Representative Debbie Phillips (Dem.) the group was able to succeed in passing the legislation.
The City of Athens is currently wrapping up the development of its own municipal program based on the new legislation, a project called the Athens Solar Initiative. By setting up a revolving loan fund the city will offer financing for solar energy projects to eligible Athens residents.
"The greatest obstacle that has kept homeowners from installing solar energy systems has been the high upfront cost. This legislation allows our program to remove this barrier. What is truly ground-breaking about the Athens Solar Initiative is that now, for the first time in Ohio, there is a clear role local governments can take to promote and finance residential solar energy. Once a revolving loan fund is started, it becomes self-sustaining and able to fund renewable energy projects for years to come. The Athens Solar Initiative will clearly demonstrate that climate action at the local level can create high-quality green jobs in Ohio and increase property value for homeowners, all while we fulfill our responsibility to decrease greenhouse gas emissions."


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The Wizard of Odds is an American television game show hosted by Alex Trebek that aired on NBC from July 16, 1973, to June 28, 1974, in which people from the studio audience vied in a number of rounds, primarily games revolving around statistical questions. John Harlan announced the pilot; Los Angeles radio personality Sam Riddle was the show's first announcer; towards the end of the run, Charlie O'Donnell replaced him. The title was a parody of the classic 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz and was Trebek's first American game show he hosted.

Broadcast history
Relatively short-lived, The Wizard of Odds replaced Sale of the Century with Joe Garagiola at 11:00 a.m. Eastern (10:00 Central). The show did not perform well against CBS' Gambit (later replaced by Now You See It with Jack Narz) and NBC dropped it after less than a year.

Wizard was Trebek's first American game show, after starting his broadcast career in his native Canada. He later hosted four more NBC games, High Rollers (which replaced Wizard), from 1974 to 1976 and again as The New High Rollers from 1978 to 1980, Battlestars from 1981 to 1982 and again as The New Battlestars in 1983 Classic Concentration from 1987 to 1991. Finally, his fourth one was a brief revival of To Tell the Truth in 1991. Beginning in 1984, he hosted the syndicated TV hit game Jeopardy! until his death in 2020.

Episode status
It is believed that the series was wiped as per network policy of the era, with NBC continuing this policy until 1979. The May 20, 1974 episode with special guest actor Don DeFore exists in the UCLA Film & Television Archive. An audio recording of the finale also exists.

One surviving episode, labeled as airing on March 19, 1974, was uploaded to YouTube on October 12, 2022.

Rules of the game
Contestants were selected from the studio audience and answered questions based on statistical information, all for cash and prizes.

"The Wizard" (Trebek) began the show by choosing three contestants and asking them questions based on the law of averages, with cash and prizes awarded accordingly for correct answers; an example of a question was "What are the odds a man will recover his lost wallet if there is more than $20 inside it?"

The next three players were given a series of phrases and told to pick the one that did not match. The person with the most correct answers was given the chance to pick one of five prizes, located behind windows that were either "open" or "locked". This person could continue to play or stop at any time, keeping the prizes; however, selecting a window that was locked lost all prizes accumulated up to that point.

Every contestant selected had his or her name added to the "Wizard's Wheel of Fortune."

Wizard's Wheel of Fortune
At the end of the show, Trebek spun the wheel and the person it landed on was eligible for bonus gifts. A list of averages was then brought out, with a number above it. The contestant had to pick a group of items whose average added up to exactly the target number. If the contestant was correct, he or she won the bonus gifts, including a brand new car.

Theme
The theme song was composed and sung by Alan Thicke, who was also one of the show's producers.

Lawsuit
Nearly a week after the show debuted, Leo Guild (who has created numerous radio and television shows, books, and newspaper columns) filed a $2 million lawsuit against NBC for stealing his Wizard title, which had been used as a newspaper column during the late 1940s.

References

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1970s American game shows
1973 American television series debuts
1974 American television series endings
English-language television shows
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var rgTime = /^[^0-9]{1,2}[^:][^0-9]{2}$/;
function testTimeEntry(t) {
if (rgTime.test(t)){
app.alert("Opps!  Time entry is invalid.  Only numbers and the colon(:) are allowed.");
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Then I use testTimeEntry(event.value); in the validation portion of my time field.  However, it only works if I complete the field with 5 letters.  I am basically trying to catch the accidental use of the semi-colon (or anything other than the colon) and alpha characters in this field.
I am not using the time format for the field on purpose, but I still need to make sure the inputted format is 12 hr (hh:mm).  Thank you!

A: Your regular expression string rgTime = /^[^0-9]{1,2}[^:][^0-9]{2}$/ will only match with a string that is entirely invalid input. If the user inputs a valid 'hh' value then this regular expression will not match. As an example the string "11:1s" would not be matched by your regular expression.
Perhaps it would be easier to look for a valid input and alert them if it wasn't valid
var rgTime = /^[0-9]{1,2}[:][0-9]{2}$/;
function testTimeEntry(t) {
if (!rgTime.test(t)){
app.alert("Opps!  Time entry is invalid.  Only numbers and the colon(:) are allowed.");
event.value = "";
}
}

A: I would use something like this /[0-1][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]/


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A Nurse, Teacher, and Community Activist Among Those Representing Our 116th Congress By Cassiette West-Williams
Representatives Ann McLane Kuster, a Democrat from New Hampshire, from left, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, Barbara Lee, a Democrat from California, Jahana Hayes, a Democrat from Connecticut, Lauren Underwood, a Democrat from Illinois, and Sheila Jackson-Lee, a Democrat from Texas, sit for a photograph on the House Chamber for during the opening of the 116th Congress in the House Chamber in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Nancy Pelosi is all but certain to become House speaker on Thursday as the new Congress is sworn in and Democrats claim control of the chamber, setting up two years of confrontation and possible compromise with President Donald Trump. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Representatives Ann McLane Kuster, (D) New Hampshire, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D) New York, Barbara Lee, (D) California, Jahana Hayes, (D) Connecticut, Lauren Underwood, (D) Illinois, and Sheila Jackson-Lee, (D) Texas, sit for a photograph on the House Chamber during the opening of the 116th Congress in the House Chamber in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Photo Credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Grammy award-winning singer Sly Stone said it best, when he sang, "I like everyday people." And just as this once homeless song writer turned the tide and challenged the music industry, everyday women and men challenged the political system and overwhelmingly won seats in the U.S. Congress and were sworn in this month.
Stone won lawsuits for publishing and composing his own music, after a 25-year battle with the record label, which caused him financial hardships and physical pain. Much like how America has suffered in the past decade, everyday people decided to fight for American's rights for a better country and opportunity to experience the American dream that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote about in his many speeches and books.
That dream was visualized when an Illinois policy specialist and registered nurse, Lauren Ashley Underwood, 32, was the youngest African American woman ever sworn into office. The Naperville resident has a pre-existing health condition and campaigned on the affordable health care act, paid family leave, and mental health coverage for patients, among other issues. She beat her opponent, Randall M. Hultgren, a four-term congressman, with 52.5% of the vote. The city of Naperville is 86% white. Underwood said she was representing the middle class.
National media covered every step of this former President Barack Obama health policy member. Underwood began working for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2010.
Underwood was also one of 55 members sworn-in at the Congressional Black Caucus ceremony on Jan. 3rd, the largest caucus in recent history. Last year there were 49 members. This is the 47th year of the caucus. The group's focus is to help Blacks, women and people of color to achieve the American dream of success.
Illinois also welcomed freshmen congressmen Sean Casten from Downers Grove and Chicago's Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. There are now 13 Democratic seats from Illinois in the most diverse congress ever elected in America. There is diversity among races, ages, relationships, professions, religions and cultural beliefs.
Other outstanding women who were highlighted for representing diversity in America's new congress include:
National Teacher Winner –
Jahana Hemming Hayes, 45, was pregnant at 17 years-old and struggled to support her family for many years. She became a history teacher and won the National Teacher of the Year award. She was motivated by her student's aspirations and dreams to run for office. She felt a kinship with her neighbors from the housing projects and the working and middle-class communities who face an uphill battle in today's economy. She is the first African American woman to represent Waterbury, Connecticut.
Community Activist and Grassroots Educator –
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, 29, is a Latina from the Bronx and the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
Attorney –
Deb Haaland, 58, is a Native American attorney from Arizona. She reigns from the Pueblo of Laguna Tribe and wore her traditional dress and moccasins.
Sharice Lynette Davids, 39, is a Native American from the Ho-Chunk Nation and the first openly LGBTQ person to represent the state of Kansas in Congress.
Former Refugee –
Ilhan Omar, 37, is a Somali-American, representing Minnesota. Her fairy tale life involves having lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for four years, before coming to America.
Rashida Tlaib, 42, hails from Michigan and her heritage is Palestinian. She was sworn in using her personal Quran.
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In addition to featuring prominent and respected speakers from established media companies, DIS (Digital Innovators' Summit) also boast its fair share of speakers from start-ups in and around media.
At DIS 2018, few were as innovative and ambitious as Civil, a company that plans to establish new publishing practices by harnessing the blockchain. You can read more about the background to the company here.
We caught up with Daniel Sieberg, who represented Civil as co-founder at DIS 2018, to find out how the Summit worked for him and his team and to hear the company has evolved in the intervening months.
The event in Berlin was super useful for us to share our message around journalism sustainability, new business models and why we think blockchain and crypto-economics can help in that effort through the Civil protocol and finding the right ways to connect with the broader journalism eco-system. It was also worthwhile to reach that influential audience and engage in smaller conversations after my presentation to answer questions, brainstorm and share ideas. In particular I connected with some senior editors from Scandinavia, western Europe and even a few outside the continent.
What was the reaction to your presentation? Any interesting follow up conversations/new business opportunities?
The reaction seemed positive though I suspect that at that time in March, and in Civil's growth trajectory everything we're doing still felt very new to everyone – things do change rather quickly in the blockchain/crypto world. The questions were mostly around why Civil, what are we doing exactly, what is the practical and utility purpose of blockchain/crypto-economics and what's in it for consumers as well as journalists.
That also provided an opportunity to discuss our Civil Constitution, the governing framework for the platform that's driven by CVL token holders and the increasing ways in which newsrooms and news organizations could think about working with us. Basically, it was a great chance to help seed an influential audience at scale on the various opportunities with some follow-up conversations there and afterwards.
Did you get an time to watch any other presenters? Who impressed you and why?
I did, and I particularly enjoyed the presentation from Melissa Rosenthal from Cheddar in terms of how they're thinking about audience engagement across different verticals and the ways in which they develop the right Cheddar "voice" for its readers and viewers. I also appreciated it when Ingo Rübe set the table for "what is blockchain" as I think that perhaps helped with the transition to talking about Civil.
How has Civil developed in the months since the event? Any new milestones?
Indeed - lots going on. For now, here are some bullet point updates to give people a sense of the momentum we're feeling but overall it's really exciting and more to come soon.
More to come as well and particularly around our upcoming CVL token launch slated to take place in August - for details on that please join our Telegram group via civil.co/cvl or reach out to hello@civil.co; for the latest Civil updates our newsletter is the place to be (also found on civil.co).


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I really like those verses.
As I commented on the site, I really, really like those verses. I did not ask this question there: Should it be "breathe" instead of "breath"?
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Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding (geb. 23. März 1956) ist eine gambische Diplomatin. Sie war von 2007 bis 2013 Hochkommissarin Gambias im Vereinigten Königreich, anschließend dort von 2013 bis 2018 Botschafterin.

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Sie ging in Banjul zur High School. Harding schloss ihr Französischstudium 1978 ab, studierte weiter in Schottland und Kanada und erwarb 1988 an der Glasgow Caledonian University einen Masterabschluss.

Ab 1976 übernahm sie in Gambia verschiedene Positionen für Regierungsorgane. 2006/2007 war sie Generalsekretärin und Leiterin des öffentlichen Dienstes (). Im April 2007  wurde sie zur ersten weiblichen gambischen Hochkommissarin ernannt.

Am 3. Oktober 2013 kündigte die gambische Regierung unter Yahya Jammeh an, das Commonwealth of Nations zu verlassen, da es sich dabei um eine "neokoloniale Institution" ("neo-colonial institution") handele. In der Folge änderte sich Hardings Status zu dem einer Botschafterin.

Im Dezember 2014 wurde sie als Zeugin in einem Prozess gegen gambische Diplomaten vernommen, die steuerfrei und für den persönlichen Gebrauch importierten Tabak im Wert von mehreren Millionen Pfund unversteuert verkauft hatten. Harding sagte aus, sie habe davon nichts gewusst.

Im Dezember 2016 war Harding gemeinsam mit zehn weiteren gambischen Botschaftern Unterzeichnerin eines Briefs an den Präsidenten Yahya Jammeh, der das Ergebnis der verlorenen Präsidentschaftswahl vom 1. Dezember nicht akzeptieren wollte. Im Januar 2017 wurden Harding und elf weitere Botschafter entlassen, jedoch im Februar 2017 von Präsident Adama Barrow wieder in ihr Amt eingesetzt.

Am 2. Februar 2018 trat Gambia dem Commonwealth unter Präsident Adama Barrow erneut bei. Francis Blain folgte Harding im Amt.

Harding hat vier Kinder.

Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen
 2006 – Order of the Republic of The Gambia der Stufe Member (MRG)

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Gambischer Hochkommissar im Vereinigten Königreich
Secretary-General and Head of the Civil Service
Gambier
Geboren 1956
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Member des Order of the Republic of The Gambia
Gambischer Botschafter beim Heiligen Stuhl