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Integration of national tuberculosis elimination programme with child and adolescent health: India on track of end tuberculosis strategy
Athira B. College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4496-8326
C. Vasantha Kalyani College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India
TB, NTEP, RBSK, RKSK
As per the global tuberculosis (TB) report 2020, 56% adult males, 32% adult females and 12% children worldwide, have TB. In India, an estimated 3.33 lakh children in the 0-14 years age group become ill with TB each year (28% of global childhood TB burden), with a slightly higher burden among males. In 2019, the national tuberculosis elimination programme (NTEP) reported 1.5 lakh TB cases of children aged 0-14 years, indicating a gap of 55% in TB notifications in this age group.1 In order to address the gaps in pediatric TB coverage, the NTEP collaborated with child health and adolescent health programmes of the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW). The two primary health programmes that serve children and adolescents across the country are Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) and Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK), respectively. This integration will bring the country forward towards the efforts of its goal to achieve the target of end TB strategy.
Athira B., College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India
Global tuberculosis report Geneva: World Health Organization. 2020. Available at: https://www.who. int/publications/i/item/97892400131312. Accessed on 23 June, 2022.
Population projections for India and States (2011-2036). Report of the Technical Group on Population projections. 2019. Available at: https://nhm.gov.in/ New_Updates_2018/Report_Population_ Projection_2019.pdf. Accessed on 23 June, 2022.
Census of India. Office of the Registrar General, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Available at: https://censusindia.gov.in/ vital_statistics/SRS_Report/9Chap%202%20-%202011.pdf. Accessed on 23 June, 2022.
Collaborative framework to address the burden of Tuberculosis among children and adolescents. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 2021.
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B., A., & Kalyani, C. V. (2022). Integration of national tuberculosis elimination programme with child and adolescent health: India on track of end tuberculosis strategy. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 9(10), 3907–3910. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20222586
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The UU Fellowship Screens "Blackfish"
By Door County Pulse, Peninsula Pulse – September 11th, 2015
The documentary Blackfish will be shown at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ephraim on Sept. 15 at 4:30 pm. The public is welcome and there is no charge.
In 2010, Dawn Brancheau, a veteran trainer at the well-known Orlando, Florida water park SeaWorld, lost her life when she was attacked by Tilikum, a bull orca weighing ten thousand pounds. What made the incident all the more disturbing was this was not the first time Tilikum had caused the death of a trainer.
While orcas will sometimes attack humans in captivity, such incidents are extremely rare in the wild, leading some scientists to question the wisdom of keeping large, intelligent, and sometimes territorial creatures in captivity and expecting them to perform on a regular basis. Filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite began researching the lives of orcas in captivity after the death of Dawn Brancheau, and in the documentary Blackfish, she offers a powerful and provocative look at a remarkable breed of animals humans still don't fully understand, and how the financial interests of water parks and resorts may run counter to the best interests of the animals they put on display.
It should be noted that as far as Sea World is concerned, this film is "propaganda, not a documentary." Visit their webpage to learn more about their point of view, seaworldcares.com/the-facts/truth-about-blackfish.
The film is part of the monthly Movies That Matter series. The UU Fellowship is located at 10341 Hwy. 42 in north Ephraim. For more information call 920.854.7559.
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When two viruses collide: COVID and influenza
Influenza (flu) season is around the corner and this year comes with yet another challenge in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In order to reduce the dual impact of these viruses on the population and to avoid an influx of people becoming ill with the flu and coronavirus, Dr. Kevin Katz, Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control at North York General Hospital, knows it's more important than ever to get the flu shot.
Dr. Kevin Katz, Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control at North York General Hospital
"Flu often takes a huge toll on the healthcare system, so it's extremely important for everyone to do what they can to decrease their chances of infection," says Dr. Katz. "If not, hospitals and healthcare facilities can become overwhelmed by treating both flu and COVID-19 patients."
COVID-19 and the flu are both contagious respiratory diseases caused by viruses. They also have common symptoms and spread the same way – through close droplet contact or touching a surface with the virus and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes. Because there is no way to tell the difference between COVID and the flu other than with a test and because symptoms overlap, it's vital to reduce the burden of the flu as much as possible.
"We can't differentiate between COVID-19 and the flu by symptoms alone, so if we can eliminate episodes of flu and eliminate those symptoms, we will require less testing and therefore less burden on the system as a whole," explains Dr. Katz.
In order to make our fall experience easier, Dr. Katz says we need to continue wearing a mask, practicing hand hygiene and spatial separation, and get our influenza shot. Each time you have a case with those symptoms, it leads to anxiety, testing, potential exposures and quarantining.
Combat COVID
In order to meet demand, lab testing capacity will likely increase. "Right now, Ontario is conducting approximately 30,000 tests a day (with capacity of 40,000/day) with plans to double capacity in the fall," says Dr. Katz. "The Shared Lab, whose members include North York General and Michael Garron hospitals, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Scarborough Health Network is playing a role in trying to do this."
As we go into flu season in Ontario, we will be in a different circumstance than in March. We won't be in lock down – kids are in school and stores are open.
"I do hope we will have a lighter flu season than normal, but we each have a role to play by getting our influenza vaccine and adhering to public health guidance," says Dr. Katz.
This article first appeared in the September 2020 issue of The Pulse.


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Canada: Ontario Announces Digital Identity Project To Facilitate Access To Government Services
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Amidst the great disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, some jurisdictions are seizing the occasion to rethink governance and further digitalization. On October 19, 2020, the Ontario government unveiled its new Digital Identity Project, one of the more than 30 initiatives included in Ontario Onwards: Ontario's COVID-19 Action Plan for a People-Focused Government. With this plan prepared by the Future State Modernization Committee, the Ontario government has the ambition to bring major changes to the ways it designs and delivers services.
The Ontario government will begin consultations with industry regarding Digital Identity in January 2021 and hopes to introduce Ontarians to this new way of accessing and receiving government services by the end of 2021.
A Digital Identity works by providing individuals a secure, universal, and convenient way to prove their identity when they are accessing government services online. Each citizen will have access to a unique app-based Digital Wallet. But unlike our familiar wallets which can only hold so many cards, Digital Wallets, will give easy access to all the information that are important when interacting with government agencies, such as the information found on health cards, driver's licences, birth certificates and more.
The Ontario government has indicated that it is confident this will render government services more efficient and reduce the need for citizens to physically confirm their identity when applying for or receiving services. Digital Identity could also help combat identity fraud as well as increase data security and privacy. Businesses can also look forward to increased efficiency in their dealings with government agencies, as Digital Identity could remove hurtles in the registration process for licenses and permits.
For the development of the Digital Identity Project, Ontario will be able to rely on the experiences of other governments. Estonia has been a pioneer in this space with the introduction of smart-ID cards in 2002. In Canada, British Columbia and Alberta have also already developed Digital Identity systems whereby citizens can prove their identity online to access services. The Quebec government also announced in December 2019 it will work on the creation of a Digital Identity system to be implemented in 2021 and integrated within a blockchain platform by 2025.
The Ontarian initiative is a welcomed step towards more modern, digital and accessible public institutions, provided proper measures are put in place to mitigate against security and privacy risks, as well as to ensure vulnerable and less tech-literate segments of the population are properly considered during implementation.
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Complaints and actions taken regarding tacks on Island Bay cycleway.
David Johnston made this Official Information request to Wellington City Council
From: David Johnston
Dear Wellington City Council,
Please treat this as an Official Information Act request.
Can you please provide documents relating to:
- Allegations tacks were spread on cycleways in Wellington around January 2018.
- What actions the WCC have taken in response.
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Wellington City Council
Kia ora and thank you for your email to the Complaints & Information Assurance team.
Our email inbox is monitored daily and we will be in contact once your request, complaint or enquiry has been allocated to a team member.
Wellington City Council Complaints & Information Assurance Team
Reports.pdf
Good morning Mr Johnstone,
Thank you for your request of 31 January 2018, concerning an issue where
tacks were found on the Island Bay cycleway.
I have attached two records of the matter being notified through the
Council contact centre. Please note that I have removed the names and
addresses of the members of the public that reported the issue under
section 7(2)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987, to protect the privacy of natural persons. The Council is also
aware of a number of reports of the tacks that were published on social
media, such as Twitter.
Upon receiving notification of the tacks, the Council sent an urgent
dispatch to our contractors, Fulton Hogan, to clean the cycleway and
surrounding area. The Council has also reviewed CCTV camera footage in the
area, unfortunately the cameras did not pick up who had thrown the tacks
on the cycleway.
If you disagree with my decision you have the right, under section 27(3)
of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review and investigate my decision.
Further information is available on the Ombudsman website,
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Thank you again for your request. I trust this information is of
assistance to you.
Josh Driscoll
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Parking infringements relating to Island Bay Cycleway
To Wellington City Council by David Johnston April 09, 2018
Request for Benefit Cost Calculations for the Island Bay Cycleway
To Wellington City Council by Tony Randle June 27, 2016
Request for the contract with Opus International Consultants Ltd for "Wellington Cycleway Feasibility Study - Island Bay to CBD"
To Wellington City Council by Tony Randle August 01, 2016
Cycleway usage
To Wellington City Council by David Farrar October 15, 2018
Email Correspondence and Meeting Minutes - Cycleways
To Wellington City Council by Ian Apperley March 30, 2016
The number of parking infringement notices issued - in relation to the Island Bay cycle way.
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Number of complaints about parking violations on Island Bay cycle way.
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Jesuit prepares to face nationally-ranked team without star quarterback
Henry Krueger '21, Editor-in-Chief|August 29, 2019
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Already facing the area's best team, the Jesuit High School Marauders will deal with an even greater challenge on Friday against Folsom High School as star quarterback Daniel Susac '20 will not play due to an injury.
Daniel confirmed Monday night that he will miss six to eight weeks with an undisclosed injury. This is a major loss for the Marauders as Susac was on The Sacramento Bee's list of quarterbacks to watch this season.
With Daniel likely to miss extended time, either Jacob Peluso '21 or Charlie King '22 will take over the role of starting quarterback for Jesuit.
Even before Daniel went down, Folsom was favored to win. The Bulldogs, ranked No. 25 in the nation, finished last season with a 14-1 record and won the Division 1-AA California Interscholastic Federation State Championship.
Folsom's run of success stretches well beyond last season. Since 2010, the Bulldogs have won nine league championships, seven Sac-Joaquin Section titles, and four CIF State banners, while only losing 10 games.
Besides regularly being one of the best teams in the country, Folsom is also known for producing some of the nation's best players as they've matriculated more than 30 players to NCAA Division I schools this decade.
That number will only rise as Folsom's current roster is filled with top-level talent including seniors Elijhah Badger, ranked as the No. 6 wide receiver in the state, and Daniyel Ngata, who is slotted at No. 2 among California's best prep running backs.
As the Marauders prepare to battle the Bulldogs, Jesuit Scout and Film Coordinator Jonathan Isaac emphasized preparation as the key to victory.
"Our team needs to prepare both physically and mentally," Coach Isaac said. "Mentally, we need to understand our roles and assignments. Physically, we need to block, tackle, and take care of the football."
Running back Kai Santos '22 also believes that if players follow their assignments, Jesuit will have success.
"Folsom is a very good program," Kai said. "I think in order to beat them we need to come in with our heads up, and for everyone to do their job."
The Marauders, looking to begin their season on the right track, will need their fans to get as hyped as possible to energize the team. Jesuit lineman Aiden Singh '21 wants the student section to be rocking with spirit.
"We will be playing as hard as we can, so we will need our fans to show up and support us," Aiden said.
Come out to Hornet Stadium this Friday at 7:30 p.m. and support the Marauders as they try to upset the Bulldogs.
Henry Krueger '21, Editor-in-Chief
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The mission of the Northfield Historical Society is to serve as the primary stewards of the unique history of the Northfield area, fostering an awareness of its meaning and relevance through the discovery, documentation, preservation and interpretation of our collective stories.
The Northfield Historical Society (the Society) was formed in 1975 for the dual purpose of saving the historically significant First National Bank building and to create a historical society and museum for the city of Northfield. The collection reflects both of these endeavors.
The core of the Society's collection is comprised of the variety of items relating to the 1876 failed bank robbery of the James-Younger Gang. The collection includes guns used in the robbery, bank ledgers, glass-plate negatives of the dead robbers, Stillwater Prison items, and publications relating to the event.
Beyond the robbery items, the collection has grown to include clothing and household goods, furniture, toys, military items, guns, and paintings. Many items have a tie to local families or the immediate area while other items are representative of the region as a whole.
The photograph collection is one of the most viewed and used collections that the Society possesses. The majority of the collection depicts local scenes of downtown Northfield or area families and homes. The Society contributes to the collection images of their programs and events. The town's celebration, The Defeat of Jesse James Days, produces a large quantity of images each year and the Society is fast becoming the official repository of the celebrations' photograph archives.
In addition to the three-dimensional collection, the society also has an archival collection. The collection contains business records as well as personal papers from a variety of Northfield citizens. This, too, is a growing collection with several area organizations beginning to systematically turn over records to the Society for permanent preservation.
The archives also contains records created by the City of Northfield including ordinances, municipal court records, fund ledgers, historic preservation records, and City Council meeting minutes. Audio recordings of council meetings are also part of the collection.
In 2015, the family of John Campbell, the founder of Malt-O-Meal, donated a collection of historic artifacts and archives to the Northfield Historical Society. This collection documents the growth and development of the original Malt-O-Meal hot cereal and the various promotions, advertisements, products, and facilities of the company.
Collection items include bound ledgers, binders, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, newspaper clippings, audio recordings, video/film recordings, print advertisements, television commercial storyboards, product packaging, three-dimensional artifacts (including premiums and branded merchandise), equipment, clothing, and more. These materials form the Malt-O-Meal Company's only corporate archives. Portions of the collection may be viewed by the public, by appointment only.
Gilmore T. "Shelly" Schjeldahl founded the G. T. Schjeldahl Company on June 29, 1955. The company began operations in Northfield, Minnesota and expanded to locations across the United States. Northfield remained the headquarters of the company until it was sold to the Multek Corporation in 2004.
The collection consists of archival records, photographs, oral histories, and artifacts documenting the history of the G. T. Schjeldahl Company, later Sheldahl, Inc. Some of the strengths of the collection include samples of the Echo I and II satelloons, records from Gilmore T. Schjeldahl's time as president, and advertising materials for various Sheldahl products. The collection may be viewed by the public, by appointment only.


On February 7 th, 2015, there are 50 thousand people gathered at the Kaohsiung World Games Stadium for "30 Hour Hunger on the Run" which was sponsored by Sunnano Biotech . Inc.,. The purpose of the campaign was to convey the passion and care for those who suffer from hungry. With love and care, besides Chen Jyu, the Mayor of Kaohsiung City, there are several singers singing, including Lin, Chun-Chieh, a famous singer, Chang, Tiao-Ning, an actress, Yang, Pei-An Wei, Li-An, Guo Jino, Kimberley and Li,Sheng-Jie, appearing at the spot. In addition, Lin, Chun-Chieh and Chang, Tiao-Ning shared their personal experiences in Haiti, where was destroyed by the striking earthquake.
Despite of chilly wind, 50 thousand people's hearts was warm. The host unit, World Vision Organization invited Lin, Chun-Chieh and Chang Tiao-Ning to be the event endorsers. The endorsers visited Haiti and expressed that Haiti averagely was lack of clean water. As celebrities, Lin, Chun-Chieh and Chang Tiao-Ning didn't only comfort the refugees by the songs in Haiti, but brought their experiences during the caring journey back to Taiwan and shared with 50,000 people who participated to the "30 Hour Hunger on the Run".
Sunnano Biotech Inc., has dedicated to non-profit activities for a long time. Ting Kun Wang, the general manager of Sunnano Biotech Inc., spared his time leaving for the meaningful event. He was not only with the philanthropic spirit with 50,000 people but shared how Sunnano was recognized by the Water Resources Agency, and as the first FMCG enterprise to be certified in Asia. From the short talk, the audience realized what does Water Footprint mean and the environmental consciousness of beverage production.
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DeMya Walker Named ACC Women's Basketball Legend
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its 10th annual class of ACC Women's Basketball Legends Thursday (Jan. 23) with former Cavalier DeMya Walker (1995-99) being selected as Virginia's honoree.
The Legends will be honored during the 2014 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament, which will be held March 5-9 at the Greensboro Coliseum, at the annual ACC Women's Basketball Legends' Luncheon on Saturday, March 8, at 1 p.m. They will also be introduced to the Coliseum crowd at halftime of the first semifinal game that evening. The ACC Women's Basketball Legends program honors both players and coaches from each of the ACC's 15 schools who have contributed to the league's rich tradition.
Walker was an honorable mention All-American in her senior season with the Cavaliers after leading the team in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots. The two-time Richmond Times-Dispatch All-State honoree ended her Virginia career with 1,583 points and a school-record 330 blocked shots, which at the time ranked 12th in the NCAA record book. Walker also holds the Virginia record for career field goal percentage, making 55.7 percent of her shots during her four-year career. In 1999, Walker played for a professional basketball team in Italy, before returning from overseas to play for the WNBA's Portland Fire (2000-02), Sacramento Monarchs (2003-09), Connecticut Sun (2010-2011), Washington Mystics (2011) and the New York Liberty (2012). Walker graduated with a degree in government.
Included in this year's class are 13 former-student-athletes and two former head coaches who represent four decades of women's basketball. Below is a complete list of this year's Legends, and the accolades from their playing and coaching careers.
Tickets to the Legends Lunch are priced at $35 each and can be obtained by calling 1-336-369-4673. Quantities are limited.
2014 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Legends Roster
Becky Gottstein Holden, Boston College 1998-2003
Bobbie Mims Felder, Clemson, 1976-80
Michele Van Gorp, Duke, 1997-99
Alicia "Ice" Gladden, Florida State, 2003-07
Agnus Berenato, Georgia Tech, 1989-2003
Laura Harper, Maryland, 2004-08
Lin Dunn, Miami, 1978-87
Marion Jones, North Carolina, 1993-95, 97
Sharon Manning, NC State, 1987-91
Ruth Riley,	Notre Dame, 1997-01
Jennifer Bruce, Pittsburgh,	1981-85
Sue Ludwig,	Syracuse, 1984-88
DeMya Walker, Virginia, 1995-99
Carrie Mason, Virginia Tech, 2002-06
Lisa Dodd, Wake Forest, 1986-91
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Broadcast TV shut out of Globe nods, Netflix edges HBO
NEW YORK — The Golden Globe TV nominations were most striking not for what they included, but what they didn't: The traditional broadcast networks were completely shut out in all 55 nominations.
It was a crowning moment for Netflix, and not just for the jeweled one on Queen Elizabeth's head. The streaming service, which dominated the Globe nominations overall, edged out HBO to win the most TV nods on Monday.
Netflix got 17 TV nods, to go with its 17 on the movie side. HBO was a close successor at 15. Two Netflix shows got four nods: The Crown, in its new Olivia Colman incarnation, in the drama category, and Unbelievable in the limited series category, tying with HBO's Chornobyl.
The shutout, believed to be for the first time, of the broadcast networks — ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, The CW and PBS — made for a seemingly awkward situation for NBC, which will host the awards ceremony Jan. 5 and covered the nominations live on Today.
"It's shocking and weird that NBC will still telecast the Globes even though voters decided that the network's programs aren't worthy to compete," said TV analyst Tom O'Neil of goldderby.com, adding that a similar scenario has gradually been playing out at the Emmys.
Perhaps the biggest snub went to the HBO behemoth Game of Thrones, this year's big Emmy winner, which in its final season was nearly shut out, save a leading actor nomination for Kit Harington. Overlooked was Peter Dinklage, an Emmy winner, in the supporting actor category. Also left out: FX's Pose, though star Billy Porter was nominated.
Another key snub was a rare bit of bad news for Netflix: Its acclaimed When They See Us, about the exonerated Central Park Five, was shut out, despite taking two Emmys, including for actor Jharrel Jerome. Its much-admired director, Ava DuVernay, was left off the list, adding to a bad day for female directors — and for diversity in general — across the board.
And comedy titan Julia-Louis Dreyfus was bypassed for the last season of HBO's acclaimed Veep, as was Sandra Oh in Killing Eve, who not only won the Globe last year, but co-hosted the awards show. Her co-star Jodie Comer, who took the Emmy in September, was nominated for her role as a multilingual, chillingly off-kilter assassin in the BBC America drama.
The Globes again showed an abiding affection for movie stars who dabble in TV. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon were nominated for the Apple TV Plus drama The Morning Show, not a critical favourite despite its starry cast. The nominations handed Apple its first Globe nominations barely a month after the streaming service launched.
Other nominees in the best drama actress category included Oscar winners Colman (The Crown) and Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies). All-time Oscar champ Meryl Streep was nominated in the supporting actress category for Big Little Lies, as was Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown), Patricia Arquette (The Act), Toni Colette (Unbelievable) and Emily Watson (Chornobyl).
Then again, Oscar winners Mahershala Ali (True Detective) and Regina King (Watchmen) were overlooked for TV nods, as was movie veteran Laura Dern (Big Little Lies).
Among the network series snubbed were NBC's popular This Is Us, as it was last year, and its star Sterling K. Brown, who won the 2018 Globe and the 2017 Emmy. NBC's The Good Place and Will & Grace and ABC's black-ish were other network nominees from recent years that didn't make the cut.
It wasn't just network shows that fell out of favour: Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, a previous best drama series winner, was overlooked as it was last year.
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Textron Systems Cottonmouth Prototype Vehicle Hits Major Mil…
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Textron Systems' Cottonmouth Prototype Vehicle Hits Major Milestone
With the Cottonmouth™ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV), the United States Marine Corps is poised to meet requirements for their Force Design 2030.
Textron Systems is excited to announce that they have completed the prototype vehicle build of the Cottonmouth ARV as a part of their Ground Vehicle System Other Transaction Authority via the National Advanced Mobility Consortium. The team started the build following extensive testing with the Alpha prototype vehicle over the last year and completion of the Critical Design Review in April of this year. The prototype vehicle build was completed in four months – an impressive feat considering the supply chain issues impacting the entire defense industry. Since the Cottonmouth ARV's debut last year and Textron Systems' selection by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) as one of two companies to deliver a prototype vehicle for the ARV, the team has been hard at work to deliver the vehicle in December 2022.
"The team did an excellent job accomplishing the required design milestones to create a vehicle that meets and exceeds our customer's highest priority requirements, and doing so in less than a year. Considering the complexity of the build, it's a huge accomplishment," said David Phillips, Senior Vice President, Land and Sea Systems at Textron Systems.
The Marine Corps requires a family of vehicles to equip its future Mobile Reconnaissance Battalions. These vehicles must be light, connected, highly mobile and capable of negotiating littoral water obstacles such as bays, estuaries, rivers and light surf. With its clean sheet design focused on these requirements, the Cottonmouth ARV is a next-generation amphibious reconnaissance vehicle that is poised to be the most advanced military vehicle to date. The vehicle's open system architecture allows for different mission roles and capabilities to be integrated for systems today and well into the future.
"We can't always predict what the next requirement will be. But we can ensure our vehicle systems are rugged, survivable, reliable and easily adaptable for growth. Whether it's loitering munitions, counter unmanned air systems technology, mesh networks or something yet to be invented, this vehicle will enable our customers to incorporate it," said Phillips.
The vehicle was put through its first round of Contractor Verification Testing Aug. 1-12, which took place at Textron Systems in greater New Orleans, Louisiana. The successful testing is the first step to ensure that the vehicle meets USMC expectations and is the first in a series of rigorous testing that the vehicle will go through before delivery to the USMC for U.S. government-led testing.
The successful first round of Contractor Verification Testing is proof that the ARV program is the right path for the Marine Corps. Textron Systems aligns with our customer's needs – supporting and helping achieve the Commandant's Force Design 2030. Cottonmouth is the integrative and unmatched solution for the future reconnaissance/counter-reconnaissance battlefield.


I recently found a video on a friend's Facebook profile that made me cry because I had never identified more to any media. It shows how society absolutely kills your creativity and turns you into something you are not and don't want to be.
I am those colorless people. That is EXACTLY how I feel.
I was always the odd girl in class that no one really wanted to talk to. I was the girl who was learning English at a time when it wasn't so mainstream in schools quite yet. Later on, while all the girls were drooling over Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Freddie Prize Jr., I was geeking out over Disney movies, science fiction and technology. I was happy in my little geek world, even if I was all alone in it. One day, my aunt got us AOL, and that just expanded my world. I found other people out there in the universe that were just like me.
But the world doesn't have time for your TV shows, your likes, dreams or the things you want to do. Society tells you that you MUST complete someone else's predetermined schedule of schoolwork, then immediately after, you MUST get a mind-numbing job at an office and bury your soul deep inside so you are just a shell of the real person you were. Your only role is now to just follow the rules, no more dreaming, no more thinking. My writing, all that writing I used to do and even won some awards for – stop that immediately because it's pointless. I love the way you sing, you have a gorgeous voice – it means absolutely nothing if you can't use that in the office. It's all just a waste of time.
And I fell for every single word of it. I remember my counselor in high school asking me what I wanted to study in college and I had no answer because how could I possibly decide what career I wanted for the rest of my life at 17? I like everything, and I love learning new things. But I remember her forcing college down my throat and psychologically altering my mind to this idea that I had to spend a fortune I did not have on an education I didn't 100% know I wanted. I got a bachelor's degree in French and Spanish which…yes I enjoyed getting, I suppose. But I had to drop the Education portion of my degree I had originally tried for because there was no way a foreign language ed major could study abroad and still graduate on time (?!?!?!?). I wanted to take advantage and spend a semester in France! I couldn't get a degree in anything IT related because I would never ever pass the crazy math classes required of me so I stuck with the languages. Soon after college I started working at the company where my parents worked. I told myself I would stay only one year. That was 10+ years ago. Somewhere along the way in my twenties I left myself behind, forgot all the things I loved and what made me "me".
Now, in my early thirties, I am going through a sort of rediscovery of who Esty really is in part thanks to social media and some seriously beautiful friends in my life. But I can't seem to get there at ALL. My job is…to say it's draining is putting it lightly. It's a constant internal struggle I am fighting all day every single day. I am running and on high-stress mode ALL day long, sometimes not even able to eat lunch. When I get home I am SO tired, all I can do is just sit on the couch. I have no brainpower left, or willpower to do anything, or any power at all, really. I find that I am always angry, short with people, annoyed at every single thing I have to do, etc. I have been trying for years to leave this horrible toxic job for a new, better, healthier one that will allow me to still have a life outside of work. And, I haven't done a damn thing with any of my "creative abilities" to allow me to make money that way either. My (expensive NJ) mortgage will not pay itself after all. And I won't even get into how I feel like I am falling behind because that is a whole other mess of tears, anger and non-resolution. I have not been genuinely happy for a long time but I have to push that aside because that is something else still pushed by society.
This is the first time I have actually written in so many months and it feels good. I miss writing here and for FanFest News. I hardly even consider myself part of their team but I don't think I'm not part of the team either, I guess? I want to start writing articles again, maybe find a writing competition or something and submit some work? I'd love to have enough energy to get back to the amateur PR stuff I had gotten into on Twitter, too. So much conflict, such little mental power in one body.
I shouldn't completely put myself down, though, because I have had a few very small but important victories. I did promise myself on Jan 1 this year that I would be braver than I was in the past. I started by getting a second piercing in each ear which, if you know anything about my fear of needles, wounds, etc knows that this was a huge deal for me. I also uploaded some audio of my singing up on YouTube, and am going to try to get more up soon. And, in a desperate attempt to defeat my anxiety, I started taking kickboxing! I am LOVING it so much. I walk in to class feeling angry and exhausted and walk out actually feeling like a god. I volunteer at Heroes & Villains FanFest – just the one in NJ for now because I don't have the money to go to more, but I do it and I love doing it so so much.
Stop whatever you are doing because Netflix has released the official posters for the Gilmore Girls revival next month and they are GORGEOUS!!
Each poster represents one of the four seasons (winter, spring, summer and fall), which is how the new series is set up. Each episode will be 90 minutes, each one taking place in a different season.
Can we also talk about how gorgeous Lauren and Alexis are??
There are also new production stills out today, including our first look at Jess and Mrs. Kim!
As if getting a Gilmore Girls reboot on Netflix this November was not already super exciting, it has been announced this week that the town that inspired Stars Hollow on the show is hosting a 3-day Gilmore Girls festival!!
The festival will take place in Washington Depot, Connecticut from October 21-23 and will include coffee at the hardware store, a knit-a-thon (!!!!) and they'll even have a town troubadour. A schedule is not yet completed, but there will also be trivia and screenings of fan favorite episodes.
According to the festival website, festival founders Marcus and Jennie Whitaker came up with the idea while stuck in traffic in Hartford, super close to Washington Depot. Realizing then there really are no Gilmore Girls events, they decided to make one and brought Stars Hollow to life. Thankfully, everyone in the town seemed it was a great idea, too!
Sadly, though not surprising, tickets are already sold out.
Apple dropped a beta for iOS 10 on Monday, and it is going to be a sweet new package.
We are also getting an enhanced lockscreen that will let you perform tasks like answer emails, look at text messages and edit your calendar all without leaving your lockscreen.
Siri is getting more functionality so you will be able to control more apps with your voice, the Photos app is getting smarter using facial recognition on pictures in the camera roll so you can create folders by person, and text messages are getting extra fun. You'll be able to do fun things like send messages that are blurred until you swipe your finger over it, secret agent style.
Now, this wouldn't be a proper update without new emojis. Apple is going to be releasing over 100 new and redesigned emojis. The emojis all have more detail and depth to them, looking a lot less flat. Sports & profession emojis will now have more gender diversity with a male and female option (including a boy & girl Sherlock!!). There is finally a gay pride flag available, and the gun emoji has been replaced by a toy squirt gun.
iOS 10 will be available to download in the fall.
The Gilmore Girls Revival Trailer is Finally Here!!
Everyone's favorites from Stars Hollow are coming back to our screens soon with the Netflix revival Gilmore Girls: A Day In the Life (queue frantic fangirl squealing) and the excitement is real among fans.
After what feels like ages waiting for details on what the revival would be like, we finally have a trailer AND a release date of November 25th.
The trailer puts you right back into the world of Stars Hollow and the Gilmore Girls by showing you Luke's Diner, the Dragonfly Inn, Doosie's Market, the town square, Lorelai's house gorgeously done up with lights…and then we get a short scene with Lorelai and Rory. The scene is nothing short of perfection with the rapid-fire talks, the coffee and Pop Tarts on the table, the sarcasm. It's delicious. It's like the show never ended.
Lorelai muses about Amy Schumer and John Oliver loving her and wanting to hang out with her. Well, Amy Schumer and John Oliver both expressed their love for Lorelai, because everything about this revival is nothing short of perfection.
See the trailer below and leave a comment! What do you think about the trailer? What are you hoping /most excited to see?
How great is television? So many different types of shows and characters, all those cool stories to follow week after week. How about the nervous excitement the day of a new episode getting all the things done in time to sit in front of the TV? Maybe your Twitter is open and ready for live tweeting with fellow fans, ready to go through the motions and emotions of the episode – simply the best.
But what happens when the TV show is not there for a while, when you have to take a break from the fun because the show is…*DUN DUN DUN!!!*… on hiatus. What are you supposed to do now? How do you fill the void?
Currently, I am missing Arrow, Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supernatural, but their break is super brief and will be back soon. Doctor Who, however, is a deeper pain I must learn to live with for now while they figure things out over there. I have been spending the time making new friends in these fandoms, bingeing on Netflix, teaching my mother all about Doctor Who, revisiting old episodes and seasons, etc.
I asked the Internet how they are getting through their favorite shows' hiatus time and I found that people have multiple ways of getting by between Netflix, Internet communities and even one friend who uses arts and crafts!
@gkenvidal: I'm not a fan of the mid season hiatus. Netflix has completely spoiled me. I do find the wait between seasons difficult.
@whofalldifan: I have been watching past shows writing fan pic painting pics anything to get through the down period.
@Chrisha_DWGrrl: Cons and social media are my life on hiatus. And off. But still.
Marie (@MeintheMist) is even part of regular Outlander meetups where she lives (talk about superheroes of hiatus!). When the fans get together they go all out, decorating their venue in Outlander style, there are discussions, giveaways, prizes, etc.
How do YOU get through a TV show hiatus? Leave a comment and stay strong, my friends. Our shows won't be gone forever!
The title pretty much says it all. Just his name alone speaks volumes.
This is not an easy post for me to write, so please forgive me if my thoughts are a bit mangled.
I was first exposed to the brilliance of David Bowie at a young age. My mother showed me the movie Labyrinth.
I always wanted to be Sarah. I wanted her dress and I wanted David Bowie and….sigh. And that song, my God. "I'll paint you mornings of gold, I'll spin you Valentine evenings…But I'll be there for you as the world falls down." Makes me cry to this day.
A few years ago when I finally bought a Spotify membership I started to explore his music, happy that I finally had the outlet I needed. My playlist was barely that. I started to search out his music videos. I looked up how old he was and thought maybe he could still release new music. Then, in 2013, as if answering my prayers, David released the album "The Next Day." The song "The Stars are Out Tonight" was deliciously him, and the video with Tilda Swinton was everything I expected from Bowie. People started talking about him again.
But now he is gone and it hurts. It hurts more than I was ready for it to hurt. As I am writing this, I am listening to what I think may be the best collection of music I have ever heard, the album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust." The songs "Five Years", "Moonage Daydream" and "Lady Stardust" have been on repeat on and off now for days. "Five Years" being such a powerful song about the world coming to an end it doesn't even need a music video. Bowie paints the picture perfectly with his words. Now I am going through and listening to his entire collection album by album, reading up on all the theories about each song because no Bowie song is ever just a song…something I should have done sooner. Now I am going back and watching endless videos of concerts and interviews and looking at photos…and I can't stop crying. It all feels too little, too late.
The documentary "Five Years" aired the other day, and it showed clips of Bowie just being Bowie. In between takes for a music video, rehearsing a song, walking down the street, just being him. I loved it so much I bought it on DVD. I still haven't listened to "Blackstar" because I simply can't bring myself to. I haven't yet seen the music video for "Lazarus" where he is essentially saying goodbye because I can't say goodbye. I don't want to.
Everything David Bowie did, he did with his entire being. Every song, every character, every life choice. I want to live my life just like he did. Unapologetically, unashamedly. I wish I could thank him for teaching us to just live. To be ourselves. For showing us how to live a life that is so so full. To stand up for what we believe in. To never ever be sorry for who you are. For making me feel as deeply as I feel right now. I will be grieving for a long, long time.


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`CRAZYFACE' A JUVENILE EMBARRASSMENT
Chris Jones. Special to the TribuneCHICAGO TRIBUNE
Before Clive Barker became rich and famous as a horror novelist and screenwriter, he spent some impoverished time writing, directing and acting in the London theater. Collections of his early plays, written when Barker was barely out of the university, have now been published.
Given the global popularity of the creator of cult movie epics like "Hellraiser" and "Candyman," it's hardly surprising that his early dramatic jottings are of interest to small theater companies.
While few would deny that Barker's vivid imagination and arresting imagery can be seen in the earliest of his works, these immature plays do not approach the quality of the later fiction or several of Barker's fine screenplays.
As is so often the case when Chicago theater troupes go trolling indiscriminately through the backlists of now-famous writers, the result can be an evening of theater that does not live up to the expectations implied by the author's name above the title.
Barker's "Crazyface" is an especially unwieldy and messy affair--and the three-hour production from the Constellation Players only adds to the problems of the script.
The singularly oblique and dull plot here revolves around the assorted travails of an Auguste clown named Crazyface, a character loosely based on a medieval historical figure called Tyl Eulenspiegel. With a style that's a juvenile and uneasy mix of dark pantomime, post-modern satire and Gothic grotesque, Barker's play follows this hero though various encounters with the sort of folks you might find on a fantastical heavy-metal album--lesbian bandits, a gender-bending pope, animals, angels and assorted nasty political manipulators.
Given the once-outlandish, now-dated mix of styles, "Crazyface" is a tough show to do well. Sadly, the Constellation Players, a troupe from Bloomington, Ind., are so obsessed with demonstrating their collegiate movement skills and capacity for the impersonation of wild characters that they forget the need for light and shade.
There are some bold ideas on the stage in Dan Winkler's overblown production, but so many of the actors screech and shout that the audience in the tiny Chopin Theatre needs earplugs. This production offers a collection of loud and brazen stereotypes accompanied by live guitar music that's both dull and repetitive.
At least there appear to be some trained actors on the stage--but this new Chicago company needs to focus and simplify if it is to have any impact. Even Barker graduated to much better things.
"Crazyface"
When: Through Sept. 5
Where: Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago


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Waning Gibbous on 7 August 2023 Monday
Moon phase on 7 August 2023 Monday is Waning Gibbous, 21 days old Moon is in Taurus.
Moon phase for 7 August 2023 Monday 12:00 UTC
Lunar calendar 2023 | August 2023
Waning Gibbous phase
Waning Gibbous 60% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on 7 August 2023, Monday . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 60% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Crescent ♉ Taurus
10 August Aug
5 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 5 days on 1 August 2023 at 18:31.
Moon rises in the evening and sets in the morning. It is visible to the southwest and it is high in the sky after midnight.
Moon is entering ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Sturgeon Moon before 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2023 after 23 days on 31 August 2023 at 01:35.
Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ after 1 day on 8 August 2023 at 10:28
New Moon in Leo ♌ after 8 days on 16 August 2023 at 09:38
First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ after 16 days on 24 August 2023 at 09:57
Full Moon in Pisces ♓ after 23 days on 31 August 2023 at 01:35
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 291 of Meeus index or 1244 from Brown series.
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 6 minutes. It is 56 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunar orbit position on 7 August 2023 Monday 12:00 UTC
5 days after point of perigee on 2 August 2023 at 05:52 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 August 2023 at 11:55 in ♌ Leo.
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 02:46 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 21 August 2023 at 16:23 in ♎ Libra.
8 days since the previous standstill on 30 July 2023 at 11:13 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.924°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.981° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 August 2023 at 07:39 in ♋ Cancer.
In 8 days on 16 August 2023 at 09:38 in ♌ Leo the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.


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Citation: VKS (compiler); Terry Crowley (recorder). 1995. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).


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Washington DC | June 11, 2021 3:01 pm
Alexandria Just Might Be the Craft Beer Destination of Your Dreams
The best way to honor 250 years of beer-making is beer-drinking
Port City Brewing
Alexandria, Virginia, is only just emerging as an American center for craft brewery, and given its history, this should come as a surprise. Until Prohibition, Alexandria was home to the largest brewery in the South — and one of the most influential in U.S. history. After its closure in 1916, however, it would take nearly a century for the city to re-establish itself as a center for beer.
Alexandria's very first brewery predates the Declaration of Independence: Established in 1770, Scottish brewmaster Andrew Wales kept Alexandria in beer for nearly three decades. Garrett Peck is an author and beer scholar who literally wrote the book on Wales and other early local brewers. Until this year, Peck also operated tours focused on Wales' life in Alexandria's Old Town, tracing a path between the historic warehouses along the waterfront and Wales' final resting place, the Old Presbyterian Meeting house.
While much of Peck's tour focused on Wales' contributions to the local brewing scene, he was also keen to make sure visitors grasped the later contributions of Robert Portner, a German immigrant who arrived on the scene nearly a century later, in 1853.
"When the Germans came in," says Peck, "that totally raised the game, by quite a bit."
Joining so many of his countrymen in immigrating to the U.S. in the 19th century, Portner — who was not a brewer by trade — worked, first, in a local grocery store. In 1861, following the quartering of Union troops in Alexandria, local demand for alcohol grew, and Portner, a "shrewd businessman," according to Peck, "set up his brewery, and it just took off from there."
Capital Beer
The History Press
The resulting establishment was dubbed the Portner Brewing Company, also known as Tivoli, for its flagship beer. It would put Alexandria on the beer-brewing map in more ways than one: Portner was one of more than a handful of German immigrants to bring his hometown lager style of beer to the South. Standing in stark contrast to the heady English ales that had been popular until then, lighter lagers were a welcome respite, particularly during the warm summers. (They would also be the beers that first conquered a 16-year-old Peck's heart, on study abroad in Hamburg, contributing to his lifelong passion for beer.) Portner's thirst-quenching brews became particularly popular among Union soldiers. At least… in the winter.
Because lagers require cooler temperatures to produce, they are traditionally only made in fall and winter. To extend his production season, Portner began work creating what would become the first ice-making machines, an invention that, Peck explains, would not only later pave the way for modern air conditioning technology but would also allow Portner to transport his beer throughout the South and Mid-Atlantic by rail. Portner's brewery quickly grew into the region's largest, and Portner himself became "sort of the king of brewing in the South," says Peck.
It's no surprise that Portner's contributions – and, indeed, other elements of this "Gilded Age" of brewing – are still visible in Alexandria today. Pre-COVID, Peck's tours brought visitors through the Alexandria Archaeology Museum to glimpse rare brewing artifacts. Among them: a beer barrel from 1892 that was uncovered in an underground vault during the construction of the Carlyle Center in the West End, on the site of a long-defunct brewpub.
"It had caught fire and burned down in 1892," explains Peck. "Paradoxically, that's how the beer barrel survived. Because the vault filled up full of water." The wood was preserved, he says, but the hoops had deteriorated. "When they found it, the barrel looked like an open tulip."
Unfortunately, following the death of Robert Portner in 1906 and the signing of the 18th amendment in Virginia in 1916, the Portner Brewing Company's legacy crumbled. While there was some talk of a revival post-Prohibition, it never came to fruition, and the brewing houses, were demolished in 1936. (They sat on the current site of the Old Town Trader Joe's.)
It would take almost a century for brewing to return to Alexandria, a gap that, for Peck, stems from several factors.
"For one, you have the strength of the Baptists, who were strongly opposed to alcohol, even after Prohibition failed," he says. "They still kept very strict regulations on alcohol, and made it very unfriendly for alcohol-generating businesses to do well."
But there was also less of a demand for beer. Local consumers had shifted their tastes – to the wine Thomas Jefferson so loved; to spirits and cocktails that rose to prominence, paradoxically, with Prohibition and bootlegging. These were the tipples that sustained Alexandria and the greater D.C. area for decades.
When the first wave of American craft beer brewing – what Peck calls "beer 1.0" – began in the 80s, "all of a sudden, there were a whole bunch of other small breweries that were opening up. And Virginia had none of that."
It wasn't until the second wave that beer returned to DC and Alexandria.
"So very late to the game," Peck says. "But not too late!"
The first brewer to revitalize Alexandria's long brewing history was Bill Butcher, a former wine sales manager who opened Port City Brewing in 2011. "Coming from wine, he knew the importance of having a tasting room," says Peck. "Don't even bother going on a Saturday. It's crazy!"
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Alexandrians, Peck notes, are loyal to Port City, in large part, because of its local history, a fact that Butcher echoes.
"Restaurants, hotels and bars across the area have embraced the idea of supporting local craft beer," says Butcher, who notes that his consumers love that they use local grains in some of their best-sellers.
"We brew Optimal Wit with 100% Virginia grown wheat," he says. "We are proud to support the local agricultural economy, and are grateful to have a farmer who has been able to scale up with us and provide extremely high quality wheat grown on the Northern Neck of Virginia."
But the local element is just the beginning of Port City's success. These brews have been recognized at the European Beer Star awards, the Great American Beer Festival, the VA Craft Beer Cup, and the Brussels Beer Challenge, among others. The brewery's unfiltered beers run the gamut from Belgian wits to IPAs (session, double, black, and more) to Bohemian pilsners to, of course, the English-style ales and German lagers that first conquered Alexandria long ago.
Today, the local beer scene continues to grow, something Peck attributes to the Prohibition generation dying off, paving the way for bipartisan accords that local businesses — even alcohol-fueled —— were a positive thing for the state.
"It brings people in; it brings tourists in," he says. "People spend money on hotels. You're supporting a whole bunch of jobs and a tax base. It's a complete 180 on this question. And now there's breweries everywhere!"
Aslin's Baby Shark
Aslin Beer Co.
While Peck recently departed Alexandria, taking his historical tours with him, visitors can still embark on a self-guided tour to sample brews at a choice of pubs and restaurants thanks to Alexandria's Historic Breweries: A Walking Tour & Pub Guide. They can visit newcomer Aslin Beer Co, which moved its headquarters and tasting room from Herndon to Alexandria's West End in 2019. Brewing top-rated beers like NEIPA Double Orange Starfish, which boasts a score of 99 on Beer Advocate, and more surprising offerings like Daiquiri!, a sour IPA conditioned on strawberries, vanilla, and milk sugar, Aslin has conquered its share of Alexandrian hearts.
And the local beer scene isn't limited to brewers. Bars like Hops 'n Shine, self-described as a space dedicated to "beer, bites, and moonshine," has a selection of over 50 beers on draft and even more in bottles and cans from Virginia and beyond. And Rustico, on the north end of Old Town, has over 400 brews on offer.
Alexandria even has its very own cider house, Lost Boy Cider, founded in 2019 by Tristan Wright. A self-professed "recovering banker," he began making cider in his basement after being diagnosed with celiac disease. A course at Oregon State Cider School and time spent at Cornell's Viticulture Center helped him turn his hobby into a career. Today, his tasting space welcomes 2,000 people a week (down from a peak of 3,800, pre-COVID).
Lost Boy Cider's Cherry Bomb
Lost Boy Cider
Pulling apples from 17 different local orchards, Lost Boy seeks to craft surprising, aromatic ciders, like flagship Comeback Kid, which just won Best in Show in Virginia's Governor's Cup.
"It's our simplest cider; we don't really do anything to it," he says. "All of our ciders are fairly straightforward, but principally, we don't really think that cider should be sweet, per se. At least not in the way that Americans add sugar."
Made simply with apples and a white wine yeast, the dry ciders range from French-style farmhouse to a co-ferment made with Oregon raspberries.
Not all newcomers to the scene have survived. Sehkraft brewpub in nearby Clarendon closed suddenly in 2017. And a brewpub project from Cat and Margaret Portner, Robert's granddaughters, closed in 2018, after just 13 months.
"That had been their dream, of resurrecting the family business," says Peck. "But costs now are really high; rent is really high. And they were trying to do a restaurant, which is difficult, because the profit margins on that are so slim. Whereas if you have a brewery, all you have to do is brew beer, and people will be glad to take it off your hands."
D these hiccups, Wright and Butcher both have high hopes for the future of the craft brewing scene in Alexandria.
"One of the things that's great about our industry is that everyone's just really, really nice," Wright. "There's that 'all must rise' mentality, right now, for the most part."
"As the scene has expanded," adds Butcher, "I think the level of quality has continued to stay high across the market, which is a great thing for craft beer drinkers!"
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Q: Hadoop mapreduce wordcount program fails with exitcode 9009 I have successfully installed Hadoop on windows and trying to run the wordcount program but getting the following error

My Hadoop version is 2.6.5 and in the error it also says Exception message: '2.6.5' is not recognized as an internal or external command. I tried to search for the solution but did not get a logical answer. Please guide me to get through this ?

A: You have some problem with your code missing something near '2.6.5'as it is taking it as a command separately. you have not provided any insight on your code so I can't guide you accurately.

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Thursday morning, well over 100 people gathered at the SERT building on the campus of Iowa Lakes Community College for a special meeting of the Emmet County Board of Supervisors to hear what Farmer's Union Industries, parent company to Central Bi-Products, had to say about odor, air quality, and spillage of animals and parts from its trucks.
Bev Juhl, supervisors chair, said, "The board intends to proceed with actions. We're not just going to let it go. At this point, shutdown looks like the only option. It won't be dropped."
Supervisor Jeff Quastad told Dan Hildebrandt, CEO of Farmers Union Industries, "I hope you pick up the ball. The operation should be shut down. We've always been told it will get better, but it never gets that great. It needs to be dealt with now."
Hildebrandt said, "I do care. That's why I'm here. If I didn't care, I wouldn't have shown up. I had not heard until I read the paper how many complaints had come in. I'm hearing that the issues are housekeeping and odor control. We will deal with those issues."
Hildebrandt added, "The air is changed in that facility every seven minutes. It's going to be a big [scrubber] system."
The new building is on tap to be ready to move trucks inside Sept. 1, Hildebrandt said.
Supervisor Tim Schumacher said, "We want to find answers. We want a great way of life in this community."
Schumacher said it was understandable to have issues perhaps five percent of the time, but said that the problem had reached perhaps 15 days of the month.
"It's easy for one side to sit there and say, 'You know what? We don't like the odor. Let's end it. Let's shut it down. But the answer's not that easy. We've already seen the impact of that at Graettinger at the landfill. They're taking extra steps to handle the dead livestock that's down there now. That's not going to fix the issue, nor is it going to fix the way agriculture is done nowadays. It's far different from what it was 40 years ago. We want to be tolerant of what we're dealing with; we want to work together to find a solution that's amenable to everybody, and we know we're not there yet, and that's why we're here right now," Schumacher said.
County Attorney Doug Hansen asked if Hildebrandt had considered shutting the facility down while improvements were in progress.
"Well, I could consider shutting it down. There's going to be quite a bit of impact on producers in the area as well as the harvest facilities. Redwood Farms would also have to shut down because they would have no place to go with the raw materials at that point, so it would be a major, major impact," Hildebrandt said.
Hansen said, "Your conditional use permit says among other things that you will make all reasonable effort to control odor. It doesn't say you're going to use all reasonable effort to make a profit. So, what's reasonable? Is it reasonable to continue operating when you know the scrubber system is undersized, we have raw material sitting out there, we have doors that should be closed that aren't closed. Reasonable effort to me means to shut the thing down until we get everything in order."
Hildebrandt said, "We're going to try to eliminate [the odor]. The larger scrubbers are being built. They're built on order. It's not a matter of going into Menard's and picking up a scrubber. As far as shutting down, I mean I could consult with our board and maybe it's one of those deals whereI can't answer that question today. I will have our attorney consult with you on that question."
Quastad said, "We've had problems over the years, even to when Doug [Skinner] owned it. He's going to fix this and he's going to fix that. It always helps a little, but it never negates the whole pain. After a while, people get fed up. We [board of supervisors members] take the wrath of it constantly, because we're their link to the problems in our communityfor the last two months it seems like somebody dropped the ball and it just got kicked out the door. Things have gone from bad to worse, and I need you to answer, 'Why has it gotten this bad?'"
Hildebrandt said, "Farmer's Union Industries is a lot better company than that."
Hildebrandt said after 40 years in the business, his worst fear in rendering has been to spill along the road and have odors the public smellswe sure didn't have the intent to diminish the quality of life in Estherville, Iowa. Our intent was to build this company, so we could attract good workers to come and work with us and grow and grow and grow."
Fire chief Richard Beaver said the June 1 fire at Central Bi-Products was one of his worst nightmares as fire chief. "We went out to the facility to fight the fire, and we got it taken care of while we were there."
Beaver said, "That is absolutely the worst crap we've ever driven a fire truck through and we're still trying to get hoses and gear cleaned up from that mess. I believe it's totally unacceptableI never figured I'd drive in there and see body parts lying all over the ground that we have to drive through and work through, and that's what that was."
Beaver said, "This is something that should be addressed every day and all of it; not just when somebody starts complaining."
Mitch Eveleth stated he was concerned that neither Hildebrandt nor Chief Operations Officer took any notes during the meeting.
"I would feel more comfortable that these concerns were going somewhere if someone was writing something down and taking the concerns to heart, instead of sitting there with a blank stare. That's a concern to me. It makes me distrust the management of the facility," Eveleth said.
Bev Juhl informed Hildebrandt, "One of your trucks was parked in town at Dairy Queen. That was very offensive."
Mark Mitchell lives just north of the Central Bi-Products plant on Highway 4. "I'm not against your plant. I'm against the way you handle your business and operation."
"It's not just the air smell. It's the traffic. The day before yesterday and I could hardly sit on the lawn tractor. There were seven trucks that came within 15 or 20 minutes and it about knocked me off my lawn tractor," Mitchell said.
Mitchell also said the noise ordinance for his area is not being addressed, in relation to the jake brakes on the trucks.
"It should be shut down untilit's ready to operate at capacity," Mitchell said.
Dan Lutat said, "Failure for you is not an option. You should have descended on this town when you knew this scrubber was undersized when you opened this plant, and have every construction worker and electrical worker and dirt worker available fixing that plant. You didn't do it. So we already have the impression that you don't care about this community. If you want to fix that, and nobody wants to see jobs and services go away, one hundred jobs don't hold 6,000 people's quality of life captive just because you provide a vital service."
"If your facility is undersized, you don't take it. If your facility was substandard to begin with, you don't open your doors until you're ready to run it properly, or you locate that darn thing out where it won't be an issue; not on the edge of townfour to six months is unacceptable, and to continue operations with something you've already said is undersized is wrong." Lutat said.
Lutat said one of the number one things on Iowa Lakes Community College students' minds when they're graduating is, "'I can't wait to get away from the smell.' That's unacceptable. They come from the four corners of Iowa and the four corners of the United States, and we have an opportunity to keep them here to work and raise families, except for the failure of one company."
"If you were permitted for a certain level of operation, you should never have exceeded it," Lutat said.
Roy Gage asked for action by quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Your actions speak so loudly I can't hear your words."
Gage asked Hildebrandt, "Where were you the last 40 days?"
"We are going to work really hard to try to fix this," Hildebrandt said.
"I guess what I'm hearing here is our housekeeping, our odor control, our truck traffic, our jake brakes, I apologize for thatwe need to walk the talk, that's for sure. I do care about your quality of life. I care about the quality of life in all the facilities we work in. We will work with this and like you said, we just need to eliminate a tremendous amount of raw materials. We'll take that to heart," Hildebrandt said.
Farmers Union Industries is a sponsor of Estherville Sweet Corn Days. On its Facebook page, the company has a feature called Fact Friday, an educational series about the benefits of rendering, and the useful things that can be made from bi-products.
Quastad said, "My heart feels the plant should be shut downI hope we can get it turned around and get it to the point it's a plant that runs with very little impact to the city. We can't wait. I hope you guys really do pick up the ball. I don't know what our choices are if you don't."
Juhl said, "We're not just going to let it go. We will take action with whatever the county attorney recommends."


August 27, 2010 (Holland, MI) - Michael Kiss on Bacio delivered an astounding performance today at the 2010 Audi Melges 20 U.S. National Championship, hosted by the Macatawa Bay Yacht Club. Three races were held under picture perfect conditions with Kiss submitting in a 1-1-1 score line to lead the fleet. John Arendshorst on Blink is second and Simon Strauss on Simplicity is third overall.
The Race Committee, lead by the cool, calm and collected hand of PRO Shannon Bush, were challenged with a difficult combination of current, breeze and big wave action as they tried to set the line for the first race. The championship finally got underway after four starts. "It was challenging. It took a little bit to get everything ironed out, but after that, it all worked really well." said Bush. "We expect the same conditions for tomorrow."
Breeze on conditions, 15-17 knots out of the 185-195 degree corridor, sunshine and large seas produced conditions in which Kiss simply dominated. Onboard with him is his son, fifteen-year old Mitchell Kiss (who also came in third at the 2010 Men's Radial Worlds) and Chris Rast. "I had to pinch myself this was so much fun today. The start on the first race was not the perfect start, but it was enough to put us ahead. We were just trying to get off that starting line in a good position." commented Kiss. He not only won the first two races by sizable margins, he took the third race win as well.
Race three put George Gamble on A Little Wicked in the limelight at the top mark, with Kiss rounding second. The two split the difference downwind, Kiss to the right and Gamble left. "We were rocking downwind." said Kiss. "There were some gigantic waves that we caught. It was such a blast." At the gate, Kiss overtook the lead from Gamble for his third win of the day.
Trailing Kiss, in second overall, is Arendshorst who absorbed a 3-3-3 result for the first day of racing. "The whole idea is fun, and this fleet does fun better than any other fleet. People are so cordial on- and off-the-course, yet still very, seriously competitive. The fun-factor is the whole thing. Very serious racing, but very serious fun."
More championship racing is scheduled for Saturday. Please check out the Audi Melges 20 Facebook Page for the latest from the course.


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I have been Alfred's caregiver for over ten years so calling the Department of Human Services last week, and making an Adult Protective Services Complaint was not easy for me however I felt it had to be done because Alfred has not been taking care of his hygiene, and occasionally (like three times a week on average) while sitting on the deck outside I hear him screaming in agony either at his other-self (per his diagnosis), or because he is in great pain perhaps from an an abscesed tooth, I don't know. It is the great pain/infection part of the equation, and the fact that time had moved on and now I am his sole caregiver that nudged me and I had to do something more.
Now that Dad has passed I no longer need to adhere to his beliefs that Alfred will heal on his own if left alone. I think Dad's beliefs about Alfred's mental health came from a place of great shame, discomfort, combined with an unrealistic assessment of his prodigal son. In my opinion Alfred clearly has what NAMI calls a "brain disorder" and the right medication could help him if I can only get him to work with a health care provider and take his best option.
Alfred got a diagnosis in around 1997 at the age of 47 due to the diligent efforts of my mother who recognized he had problems soon after Alfred arrived in North Carolina from California. Alfred left California because he had been moved by police from him homeless spot under a bridge to a new homeless spot on the beach, and was then assaulted by some men and lost some teeth and maybe this is why Alfred believes he is two years younger then his actual age. Somehow he lost a couple years of his real age between the move and the assault. I may never know.
So in around 1997 due to mom's discussions with New River Behavioral Health and her own hard work petitioning the courts, Alfred was hospitalized for two weeks at Canon, assessed, given a diagnosis, released with Medicaid, SSI, and then refused to take medications. At almost ninety years of age mom could do no more, so today as time keeps ticking, Alfred has not taken any medication for over fifteen years. It is his refusal that makes getting help for him so hard.


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In Her Shoes - Se fossi lei (In Her Shoes) è un film di Curtis Hanson del 2005.

Trama
Maggie e Rose sono due sorelle con due caratteri profondamente differenti. Maggie è allegra, incosciente, immatura, mentre Rose è l'esatto opposto. L'unica passione che le accomuna sono le scarpe (delle quali portano la stessa misura) ed il profondo affetto che le unisce. Figlie di un uomo risposato, con la madre morta anni prima in un misterioso incidente automobilistico, le due sorelle si ritrovano a casa di Rose dopo che la matrigna ha allontanato Maggie da casa per gli eccessi che la contraddistinguono. Rose, avvocato di successo, vive con difficoltà le storie d'amore; una sera, rientrata a casa in anticipo, scopre la sorella a letto col proprio uomo. L'allontanamento fisico ed affettivo è immediato.

Si sviluppano due storie parallele; quella di Rose, che scopre l'amore in un collega di lavoro, che si libera delle sue oppressioni abbandonando la carriera forense, dedicandosi alla cura dei cani, e quella di Maggie che si trasferisce dalla nonna, creduta morta ed invece allontanata dal genero per forti contrasti sulle scelte di vita della loro famiglia. Il dolore per la scomparsa della sorella porta Rose a chiudersi in sé stessa, ad allontanarsi da ogni affetto, compreso il futuro marito.

Sarà la nonna, scoperto l'indirizzo della nipote maggiore, a riavvicinare le due, che si scopriranno finalmente unite, con Maggie cresciuta grazie ad un lungo periodo impegnato ad aiutare gli anziani ospitati nel centro dove anche la nonna vive la sua vecchiaia che le ha anche permesso di sconfiggere la sua dislessia e imparare ad apprezzare la poesia. Appianate le divergenze, Maggie si preoccuperà di riavvicinare la sorella con l'amato e futuro marito, che accortosi dell'importanza di Rose nella sua vita, tornerà sui suoi passi concludendo la storia con un felice matrimonio.

Distribuzione
Il film fu distribuito nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi a partire dal 7 ottobre 2005. In Italia invece uscì l'11 novembre 2005.

Riconoscimenti
 2006 – Golden Globe
 Candidatura Migliore attrice non protagonista a Shirley MacLaine

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Collegamenti esterni

Film commedia drammatica
Film diretti da Curtis Hanson

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