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"How I learned to silence negative thoughts and love myself unconditionally."
Ashley Berry
After a particularly hot summer spent wearing maxi dresses and yoga shorts, the weather began to cool off and I ventured into my closet to find my jeans.
I grabbed one of my favourite pairs and pulled them on and up over my hips, but squirmed as I tried to fasten them. I wiggled my way out of them and tried another pair only to have the same issue.
It might be worth mentioning that during the previous spring I had met an incredible guy who I began to date.
"I squirmed as I tried to fasten the jeans." (Image: iStock)
We fell in love and spent the following months having romantic (and decadent) dinners and spending many afternoons and evenings snuggling.
My previous steadfast habits of hitting the gym regularly and hard, along with a very clean diet, were pushed to the wayside for the love fest and apparently that had taken a toll on my waistline.
I tried to comfort myself with the fact that my weight was still a healthy one, despite the bit of extra pudge in my midsection, and the knowledge that my boyfriend, who I had become quite serious with, clearly adored every inch of my body.
Watch: Meghan Ramsay on the impacts of low self-esteem. (Post continues after video.)
But the bad thoughts had already started pushing their way in and I could feel myself starting to get trampled.
Fat. Ugly. Unloveable. It's amazing how quickly those old records can find their way back onto the turntable and begin to play at full blast.
The thoughts weren't even rational and the kicker was that some part of me knew they weren't true. And yet, they began to coil around me like a poisonous vine.
My kneejerk reaction was to get rid of everything in my fridge except for carrots and celery and march myself directly to the gym to punish my body.
"It's amazing how quickly those old records can find their way back onto the turntable." (Image: iStock)
I began to calculate how quickly I could shed the extra weight if I started this diet or followed that workout program.
And then, by the grace of some old, wise part of my soul, I saw very clearly the sickness that was trying to creep its way into my being. I looked at it and sized it up as a bully of the worst kind.
I would never stand by passively if I saw this sort of insidious brutality happening to someone else, and I would not stand by passively as I began to inflict it on myself.
What would I say to a friend or loved one who found themselves in the same situation? Would I shame and berate them? Of course not. (Post continues after gallery.)
Inspirational celebrity body image quotes.
"I think that whatever size or shape body you have, it's important to embrace it and get down! The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not dis other women for being proud of theirs!"Christina Aguilera. Image via Getty.
"I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon."Ellen DeGeneres. Image via Getty.
"I'm proud of my body. My body weight will always be something that I'll struggle with for the rest of my life, but I'm finally in a good place and learning to love me for me, and not somebody else's standards,"Image via Getty.
"For me, exercise is more than just physical—it's therapeutic."Michelle Obama. Image via Getty.
"The fountain of youth [for me], let's see…I guess it's exercise, healthy diet, lots of water, lots of laughter, lots of sex—yes, sex, we need that as human beings. It's healthy, it's natural, it's what we are here to do!"Cameron Diaz. Image via Getty.
"Nobody is perfect, so get over the fear of being or doing everything perfectly. Besides, perfect is boring. Today, instead of picking yourself apart in the mirror or with friends over drinks, start seeing your 'imperfections' as unique traits that give you character and dimension—because that's exactly what they are."Jillian Michaels. Image via Getty.
"For me, getting enough sleep, drinking lots of water, having a healthy diet and staying away from alcohol are musts. It's so boring, I know, but doing those things really helps."Jessica Biel. Image via Getty.
"Working out for me is something I do when I feel like it. But it's really about feeling good and taking care of my body rather than having to fit into any sort of model or anything like that. I try to eat well, and everything I do is really just to make me feel my best."Lea Michelle. Image via Getty.
"I've always said, 'Eat clean to stay fit, have a burger to stay sane."Gigi Hadid. Image via Getty.
"I'm really proud of my curves, and I hope all you curvy girls out there are embracing yours too! It's important to work out and be the best version of yourself that you can be, but never feel like you have to be the skinniest girl in the room to be the prettiest. Be confident in yourself and you'll shine!"Kim Kardashian. Image via Getty.
"If anybody even tries to whisper the word "diet", i'm like, you can go f**k yourself."Jennifer Lawrence. Image via Getty.
I would tell them that they indulged in all of the deliciousness of new love and deeply enjoyed every bit of the experience. I would tell them that was a rare and wonderful thing and that there was nothing to regret.
This is what it means to accept myself without exception. This is what it means to love myself unconditionally. I do not have to stay a certain size or look a certain way to feel beautiful or to be happy.
I simply must show myself the same sort of love that other people, like my friends, family, and now my partner, find it so natural to share with me. And so, with their love in mind, I will do just that.
What helps you feel better about your body?
Ashley Berry is a nature-loving writer and content developer living in Los Angeles. She's been known to chase green smoothies with croissants and to have deep conversations with strangers because she believes life is all about balance, connection, and following your bliss.
This was first published on Your Zen Life. Read the original article here.
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Q: standard_init_linux.go:219: exec user process caused: exec format error I built and ran my dockerfile but am getting the error standard_init_linux.go:219: exec user process caused: exec format error. What does this mean and why is this happening per my configuration?
DOCKERFILE:
# 1
FROM python:3.9.2-slim

# 2
COPY requirements.txt /
RUN pip3 install -r /requirements.txt

# 3
COPY . /
WORKDIR /

# 4
RUN "./gunicorn.sh"

gunicorn.sh:
gunicorn "website:create_app()" -w 3 -p 5000

I am using docker build -t gunicorn-flask-example . in the directory of the dockerfile.

A: I forgot to put #!/bin/sh on the top of 'gunicorn.sh'. Adding this line fixed the problem.

A: Another way is change RUN "./gunicorn.sh" to RUN "sh ./gunicorn.sh"

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So far in our little series we've talked about Reading Your Bible and Prayer. Two personal and often private habits that help develop our faith and bolster our spiritual health. Positive Habit #3 however, is anything but private, in fact, it is one of the most public of the habits, Celebrating Community. This habit has many different names or verbiage attached to it: Corporate Worship, Services, Worship Services, Small Group, Life Group, Connection Group, going to church, etc… So, it would stand to reason that there are a lot of opinions as to what it is supposed to be and look like. The truth is there are about as many opinions as there are churches on the way "It's supposed to be done". So, I am going to make a WIDE circle around the methods of Celebrating Community and veer straight into the why's.
You matter, you are needed, and what you have to offer is valuable to the Kingdom of God! Invest your time into something that literally has the capability of changing your world…your church!


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Diaphania antillia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1960. It is found in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.

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Whether you are a good cook or a professional chef, the quality of a knife is always an essential element. Extending the issue, there are people who love cooking as well as there are some who cook just out of necessity.
Why to prefer bikes over any other form of transport?
There is not a shadow of doubt that this is a question that has been wondering many of us. You hear over the news and tv shows various people who hearten you to use this kind of transport.
Horse riding boots rotates between three reigning traits which are functionality, style and support. Whether you prefer the casual comfort of a good fitting paddock boot or tall, elegant look of black field boots, all equestrian boots should fit snugly and provide foot and ankle protection.
A car or a bike is a precious possession and you will do everything to maintain it at its best. Every time your wheeler needs repairing or maintenance, you might not want to run to a mechanic.
Gardening is a process that involves the use of soil to facilitate growth of plants and flowers. Gardeners are the people who are involved in the art of gardening, and most people take this process to be a hobby.
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The Growing Storm [Private/Training]
Calamitae Tsunderveis
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The Growing Storm [Private/Training] Jul 17, 2016 5:31:11 GMT
Post by Calamitae Tsunderveis on Jul 17, 2016 5:31:11 GMT
Calamitae Tsunderveis, or Calamitae for short, could be found perched atop its normal resting place, high amongst the trees in the Forest of Menos. Calamitae, though not a particularly keen and perceptive individual, was capable of causing enough mayhem and destruction that there weren't many whom would venture up and into the darkness in order to seek out the powerful Thunder Drake of Hueco Mundo. It was never clear, even to the Hollow of the foreboding and dark forgotten afterlife, if these monsters were required to sleep - but Calamitae felt that it's particular 'gears', so-to-speak, only ever ran from terse and imminent destruction to a persistent and nagging lethargy that it struggled to shake. Now was one of those latter times.
With both of it's tails wrapped, overlapping themselves, around its body, Calamitae laid its mask on its claws. The large Hollow's wings provided the rest of the creature's support, giving it a place to rest its large head and the stylized mask that it wore. Reptilian eyes fluttered open and closed, alternating between a horizontal and vertical view, before fully opening into a cross-like, topaz emblem in the holes that held its 'eyes'. These eyes tracked the area in front of it, and Calamitae watched on as lumbering, hulking beasts continued to saunter occasionally past him. The Menos Gillian, as Calamitae eventually learned, were far more common than a being of its own caliber. Calamitae, after all, was once a Gillian before undergoing its evolution into a feared Menos Adjuchas - capable of matching a Shinigami, even with its famed 'Shikai' release. That, however, was so long ago that the creature barely remembered its own hellish past - at least the specifics of it all. The one thing that Calamitae did not forget - and could not forget - were the constant whispers in the back of its mind: the sound of thousands of other souls vying for superiority beneath the now-adjuchas.
Even now, Calamitae could hear them - quiet whispers threatening to overtake him were it not to continue its steady feasting of its peers, and of the prey that walked past it now. That hunger and those whispers created the fear that all Menos held - the fear of being enveloped amongst the mass of its own souls and reverting back to the form of a Menos Gillian. It was a terrifying prospect that did well to motivate even the most lazy and apathetic of Hollow. Calamitae was no exception. As multitudes of Hollow traversed the cavernous forest beneath his perch, it sat in waiting. It was waiting for something very specific - not only its next meal, but something to potentially offer some type of challenge - some type of energetic warmup before Calamitae went on in search of greater prey. It was waiting for a Menos Gillian with a unique mask - one that might have, were it not to run afoul of this flying beast, become an Adjuchas of its own.
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It's true, everybody really does know a Dave.
Coming in all shapes and sizes, they're usually fun guys (perhaps this is because they shorten their name and all name shorteners are instantly cool). T-shirt designers from Balcony clearly know some Daves. They've brought out a range of t-shirts called 'What a difference a Dave makes', so that you can proudly display the fact that you know a Dave, or maybe….you even are one. I was once out with a friend when we accidently found ourselves in the midst of a private birthday function, and to make matters worse ended up face to face with the birthday boy himself. Obviously, he had no idea who we were, and aside from knowing that it was his birthday party, we were equally clueless.
Thankfully we could rely on the high probability that everyone knows a Dave, and cautiously said 'erm, we came with Dave' , to which birthday boy replied (proving our theory), 'Aaah, Dave! Yeah, he's a cool guy'. The fictional Dave had saved us from a rather awkward situation, and who knows, maybe we did even walk into the room coincidentally with someone named Dave without even realising it (this was our justification after feeling a bit bad for lying). Always there in times of crisis, that's a Dave. So head down to Balcony and get you hands on a Dave shirt, today-ve.
well kate, it seems balcony has treaded into our territory.
disappointing that indigo would promote a site that is obviously ripping off a small business….


Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined After School Matters and donor Karyn Lutz to celebrate the grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art facility in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood. The Michael and Karyn Lutz Center for After School Matters will allow the organization to expand its capacity and serve up to 1,500 more young people annually.
The new Lutz Center for After School Matters has been made possible through a generous donation from Karyn Lutz and the Lutz Family Foundation. The 36,000-square-foot renovated building features art studios, a dance studio, vocal booths, tech labs and a full commercial kitchen, as well as numerous blank, concrete canvases on which teens can create their own murals and display their art.
After School Matters has previously served teens in Belmont Cragin and surrounding communities through programming at local high schools, parks and various community organizations. This summer, nearly 600 teens will participate in 28 programs at the new Lutz Center for After School Matters, including architecture design, Latin dance and underwater robotics.
After School Matters provides life-changing after-school and summer program opportunities for Chicago public high school students from across the city. Since the organization's inception in 1991, After School Matters has served more than 200,000 teens through programs ranging from the arts to communications, science, sports and technology. Since Mayor Emanuel took office, the City of Chicago has nearly doubled its annual investment in After School Matters—increasing the number of Chicago teens who can develop critical skills for work, college and beyond through participation in the organization's hands-on, project-based programs in the arts, communications, science, sports and technology.
After School Matters provides Chicago high school teens with high quality, out-of-school time opportunities to explore and develop their talents while gaining critical skills for work, college and beyond. Since 1991, more than 200,000 teens have participated in our hands-on, project-based after-school and summer programs in the arts, communications, science, sports and technology. Programs take place at locations throughout the city including Chicago public high schools, Chicago Park District and Chicago Public Library locations, community organizations and downtown at the Gallery 37 Center for the Arts.
To educate a child, one must ensure the conditions are right for learning. As such, the Lutz Family Foundation works to provide children with safe, supportive environments where they can learn and thrive, from early childhood, through college and into adulthood. Past donations have gone to help young people in Chicago and beyond live better lives and prepare for successful futures.


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In which Slate validates my TV obsession
I've always been someone that's gotten hooked on pop culture. (When I was twelve, I told my Dad that my only goal in life was to meet the Spice Girls. Don't judge.) Once I ventured outside of the realm of AOL into the big bad scary Internet, I found that there were many other people that shared my strange obsessions. So, even though no one in my family wanted to hear about the greatness of the Spice Girls, people on the Internet were more than happy to let me browse their fan sites and to promptly ignore mine. (True store, my first website was a Spice Girls Geocities page. It had brightly colored Comic Sans MS font and tiled picture backgrounds. It was awesome. Too bad Geocities went down permanently last year – such a sad day – or I would link to it.)
Directly after Spice Girls, my next obsession was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (My IM name was Slayer8062. In now recognize that that's pretty creepy and that a lot of people probably didn't get the connection that I was making.) No website that time, sadly, but I found fan forums and spoilers for the first time – and they were great. Who knew that there were thousands of other people who wanted to talk about if Angel was really evil? And so I became a TV fangirl. I trolled Geocities and the like and kept bookmarks of the best links pages. (Of course I read fanfiction, but that's a whole post of its own.) Then I found Television Without Pity, and other semi-professional TV recap sites; it was the Internet home that I'd been searching for. Scene by scene recaps, analysis of inside jokes and winks at the fans, active forums – what more could I want? (As Slate's Josh Levin says, "Week-to-week coverage reflects how people actually watch their favorite shows—we rehash the best lines, parse the meaning of weighty moments, and anticipate plot twists. At its best, new-school TV writing is brainy and inquisitive, thoughtful commentary borne out of a fanatical attention to detail." No wonder I loved it.) But the time that I spent on TWOP was a guilty pleasure. It wasn't until college that told my friends about it, only to find that many of them had been doing the same types of things. (I've come a long way – now I'll publicly declare my love of Battlestar Galactica and fight you about it if you tell me it's lame. It's not. Kara Thrace is awesome!)
That was a long roundabout way of telling you that I've always been a fandom junky, but secretly. It definitely qualified as a guilty pleasure. Now Slate tells me that there's nothing to be ashamed of and that being a TV fan is just as legitimate a pass-time as being a sports nut. Comparing TV recappers to sports commentators, Josh Levin says, "We read television recaps for the same reason we read about last night's game. We want to relive what we've seen through the eyes of an expert—someone who recognizes a callback to Season 2 or spots a parallel with the 1967 Red Sox." His piece on TV criticism, and the fan community that devours it, makes many more comparisons between TV and sports viewing. No one's afraid to wear their team jerseys or feels the need to hide their sports knowledge. So get ready, maybe the next time I see you I'll be wearing a Buffy or Harry Potter (my other fandom love) t-shirt.
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A few days ago, Chris Sullivan of MyNorthwest.com wrote an article called "The art of storytelling in a world of technology". He asked if you can tell a story over Twitter and wondered if the limitations of the medium limited the message. He quoted professional storyteller Anne Rutherford as saying "Whatever their age, whatever their […]
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Q: url_rewrite_access mimetype filtering not working I have a squid.config file that routes requests to a redirector. I only really want text/html mime types to be passed to it. Here's the configurations that I have to do that:
url_rewrite_program /usr/bin/python3 /etc/squid3/custom_redirect.py

#only allow text/html mime types
acl html_only req_mime_type -i ^text/html$
url_rewrite_access allow html_only

#deny all other requests
url_rewrite_access deny all

When I call a website, I see that the access.log shows that I've made request with a text/html mime type, but none of them go through the redirect. I've looked around, but no one seems to have the same problem and the documentation makes it seem I'm in the right. Any thoughts as to why this wouldn't be working?

A: TL;DR: Check MIME type from within the url_rewrite_program
I have assumed (based on what most people would probably be wanting) that what you are trying to achieve is filtering of reply MIME types, that is the MIME type of the file on the server.
You would in theory need to change req_mime_type to rep_mime_type however continue reading before bothering.
This is the result of the timing of various events during Squid's processing of the HTTP request.
Immediately after receiving the request from the client Squid evaluates the acls associated with url_rewrite_access then if needed then url_rewrite_program is run. The problem is at this point Squid does has not sent, and therefore has not received, anything to/from the server, it therefore has no way of accurately evaluating the rep_mime_type
My solution to this was to evaluate the MIME type using the script itself.
I used PHP but for Python take a look at this.


March 3, 2012 @ 9 a.m.
You are on vacation on a tropical island. A reclusive billionaire is having an auction of rare books and artifacts here. There is a cheerleading competition taking place here. And of course there are a number of things going on that you don't remember that you don't remember.


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On May 1, with the arrival of the new "Reiwa" era in Japan,
we at MIURA celebrate our 60th anniversary,
and begin a new journey.
The MIURA Group began with the establishment
of MIURA SEISAKUSHO CO.,LTD., on May 1, 1959,
making and selling boilers.
Energy-conserving and easy for anyone to manage,
MIURA boilers evolved as they supported Japan's growth,
developing into an essential element in Japanese manufacturing.
While focusing on boilers, the group now offers
an expanded "total solution" that includes energy, water,
and environmental technologies to countries all over the world,
and is working to address energy and environmental issues.
Going forward, all MIURA employees will continue to strive
to make this an enterprise that brings smiles to children
throughout the world.
MIURA CO.,LTD.
Representative Director,
Daisuke Miyauchi
MIURA's Growing Hopes
In May 1959, the MIURA Group began making and selling boilers under the direction of founder Tamotsu Miura. Since then, the group has leveraged the energy, water, and environmental technologies it has accumulated through its involvement with boilers, growing to the point where we now conduct business in a broad range of domains including electricity and air.
Seeking to do everything possible to address problems faced by customers, MIURA embraces the philosophy of ""ideas with heart,"" which has resulted in the creation of our total solution.
We hope to be of service to customers around the world. Please take a look at the MIURA of today.
The MIURA Group has adopted as its mission the goal of contributing to creating a society that is environmentally friendly and ways of living that are clean and comfortable through our work in the field of the Energy, Water, and Environment, an ethos it has maintained since its founding.
As we welcome our 60th anniversary, we have enacted new MIURA Group Principles that reflect an evolved corporate mission and MIURA Group Principles structure.
from each and
A photo collection full of
"ideas with heart" from our employees
and their families.
Please take a look at "
from each and every one of us".
In addition to boilers, MIURA is currently involved in a broad range of businesses, including production and sale of water treatment equipment,
food processing equipment, marine equipment, sterilizers, and chemicals, as well as maintenance and environmental measurement certification.
These businesses have expanded around the globe,
and the MIURA Group now employs more than 5,500 people, 1,500 of whom are located outside Japan.
As "The Best Partner of Energy, Water, and Environment", MIURA supports people's lifestyles.
Please take a look at MIURA's history.
We have provided a number of videos that we hope will help you to learn more about MIURA. Please take a look.
そのひらめきに、愛はあるか。
For the planet. For the future.
The Best Partner
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C.S. Lewis wrote, "There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.… This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind…which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously." For the Christian, taking one another seriously means understanding that everyone we encounter—the cranky store clerk, the sullen teenage son, or the employee caught stealing—is made in God's image. Good exists in everyone because we each reflect a good God.
Since God gave his Son so that all who believe in him would have eternal life, we are compelled to join him in loving others, celebrating their worth as God's creation. In light of God's love and sacrifice for every person we meet, how can we fail to treat each one with courtesy?
Lord, forgive me for the times when I have ignored people. Help me today to treat people in a way that recognizes their great worth.


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Analysis of recent figures suggested Scotland has the largest number of preventable cancer diagnoses in the UK.
Research has revealed that nearly 2500 cases a week can be prevented if British people make simple changes in their lifestyle.
While smoking is still the biggest avoidable cause, accounting for three in every 20 cases, doctors say weight-related cancer is fast catching up.
This amounted to 7.5% of female cancer cases and 5.2% of male cancer cases.
Following a major new study of 2015 cancer data, the charity found that 37.7% of all cancers diagnosed in the United Kingdom each year could be prevented through lifestyle changes.
Across the United Kingdom, smoking remained by far the leading cause of preventable cancer, although it dropped from 19.4% in 2011 to 15.1%.
Mozilla already started a petition that demands Facebook change its app permission policy so your privacy is protected by default. He added that Cambridge Analytica used emails with a "self-destruct timer " to making tracing the company's involvement hard .
Of the 360,000 new cases diagnosed in 2015, about 135,500 could have been prevented, according to Cancer Research UK.
"We took data from national surveys showing how common each risk factor is in the population, and data from the United Kingdom cancer registries showing how many cases of each cancer type there are".
In light of the findings, the charity has renewed its call to the Scottish government to introduce legislation to restrict bargain buy special offers on junk food.
He added that being severely overweight was "potentially the new smoking if we're not careful".
Processed meat was found to have caused 1.5% of cancers, while air pollution caused 1%.
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Solar Outside the Sunbelt: Wisconsin
It's only an ambiguity in the law that stands between Wisconsin and a solar boom.
Herman K. Trabish Published in Greentechmedia on 1/22/2013
Wisconsin has better sunlight than installed solar capacity world leader Germany -- but a political fight now brewing in the state could determine whether Wisconsin will use its solar potential.
"What we are trying to do with Clean Energy Choice is clarify an ambiguity in state law," explained RENEW Wisconsin Program and Policy Director Michael Vickerman. "If we don't clear it up, anybody who puts a system on somebody else's house and sells the energy to the occupant is in danger of being regulated as a public utility."
Read the FULL ARTICLE, including graphs and images
RENEW's Keynote, Bill Ritter, with Milwaukee Public Radio
Just before RENEW's policy summit, the keynote speaker, former Governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter, did an excellent interview on Milwaukee Public Radio. Listen to the interview below, or read the article "Colorado's Renewable Energy Economy Offers Model for Wisconsin" with Susan Bence (attached below).
The Port of Milwaukee announced this week that the wind turbine that supplies energy to the port's administration building has been paying dividends to the city. In less than a year of operation, the turbine shifted electrical costs at the port by almost $15,000 dollars. In fact, the electrical utility actually paid the port for the surplus energy it produced.
Bill Ritter, delivering the keynote at RENEW 's Summit
This news is likely music to the ears of former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, who championed alternative sources of energy during his time in office. Ritter is now the Director for the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University, where he is helping states across the country create plans to implement renewable energy economies. And he's in Wisconsin this week as the keynote speaker at the RENEW's Energy Policy Summit in Madison.
Aggressive renewable energy standards
Ritter says energy issues first emerged as a priority in his political career when he was campaigning for governor in 2005 and 2006. His campaign focused on renewable energy as a way to move Colorado forward and it became a pillar of his administration's agenda. Once in office, he signed 57 clean energy bills.
Now Colorado is one of the leaders in the country when it comes to alternative energy. Ritter says the state is on the path to supplying 30 percent renewable energy by 2020, "one of the most aggressive renewable energy standards in America."
Today, Wisconsin has a renewable energy standard of 10 percent by 2015, but Ritter says a lot of that power comes from outside the state, whereas Colorado's is mostly in-state.
"Actually our cost of power relative to the rest of America has gotten cheaper as we've pushed this very aggressive clean energy agenda," he says. "We had a day last April where our primary and best run utility got 57 percent of all its energy that it provided Colorado customers from wind alone."
Building a 'new energy economy'
Of course, the cost has gone down because of broad deployment of such methods. In building this "new energy economy," Ritter says Colorado attracted manufacturing companies that focused on wind and solar energy, and promoted research and development among private companies and government entities.
"We really have this ecosystem built around advanced energy or clean energy, and really trying to say, 'It could be domestic, it could be clean, it could help us create job and we can protect rate fares in the process,'" he says.
Facing challenges
But Ritter admits creating this "new energy economy" didn't come without its hurdles. Some utilities and critics opposed the government creating a renewable energy standard, which at first was 10 percent by 2015.
"People say we don't like standards because it's a mandate," Ritter says. "Quite frankly the entirely energy sector has been heavily regulated since it's inception, and so to say something like renewable energy standards are a mandate and we should do away with it, I think it's just wrong, because everything in energy is based on regulation. It is not the operation of free market and it's that way by intention."
So voters went to the ballot and passed the standard. Soon, after the state legislature put in a rate cap, the utilities were on board, approving of a doubling of the standard and eventually a tripling of it. Ritter says that's because the utilities saw that they could make the benchmark, they could hold rates in check and get returns on their investment, and they could make customers happy.
"Actually our cost of power relative to the rest of America has gotten cheaper as we've pushed this very aggressive clean energy agenda." -former Colorado governor Bill Ritter
Dealing with the utilities was not the only problem the state encountered in getting behind renewable energy. The coal industry, which provided many mining jobs in the state, felt their market share was being taken by renewable energy. A plan to pay residents who built their own system and put power back onto the grid required some finagling. And naturally, political adversaries made it difficult for the legislation to get to Ritter's desk.
"I think the public liked it and got it, but I still had a difficult time politically with it, even with public support, because it doesn't have the sort of intensity, the political intensity, that other issues might like the economy or job creation," Ritter says.
He says his opponents claimed such an energy policy would lose jobs in the state, at a time when job creation was at a premium.
"That was really an awful thing to have said about you," he says. "But our clean energy and clean tech sector wound up being the only sector that grew during the worst recession since the Great Depression in Colorado."
Now Colorado is second in the country for solar jobs and number one per capita for employment for clean energy jobs overall, Ritter says.
Pushing the agenda
Based on his experience in Colorado, Ritter has some advice for Wisconsin in committing to renewable energy, which he says works handily with a free market. Leasing solar installations on buildings is one way to start.
"Last year over 80 percent of the rooftops in Colorado that installed solar were leased systems, so it's a great economic development driver," he says, citing similar success in California and Arizona.
At the Center for the New Energy Economy, Ritter says he is trying to push this whole agenda forward at the state level, from the financing to the R&D on advanced energy technologies to the practical implementation.
"How do we push this whole agenda forward at the state level, so a state can look at their energy economy and say, 'We're really about the 21st century," and we're tying domestic energy use with environmental issues, (and) economic development," he says.
See the original article here.
Labels: Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Western Wisconsin
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The first Net-Zero Energy Hotel in North America
The Green Leaf Inn will be the first net-zero energy hotel in North America... and it's being built in Delavan, Wisconsin. See more about this project in the video below:
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Labels: Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Milwaukee, Sustainability
Solar Outside the Sunbelt: Wisconsin & Clean Energy Choice
Herman K. Trabish: January 22, 2013
Wisconsin has better sunlight than installed solar capacity world leader
Germany -- but a political fight now brewing in the state could determine
whether Wisconsin will use its solar potential.
"What we are trying to do with Clean Energy Choice is clarify an ambiguity
in state law," explained RENEW Wisconsin Program and Policy Director
Michael Vickerman. "If we don't clear it up, anybody who puts a system
on somebody else's house and sells the energy to the occupant is in
danger of being regulated as a public utility."
Labels: Wind Energy
What happened to the Town of Sherman wind project?
After much travail,a formal application has been submitted to build a wind farm in the Town of Sherman. This article comes from The Sheboygan Press:
A Hubertus developer has submitted a formal application to build a wind farm in the Town of Sherman, nearly six months after the project was first unveiled to the public.
The application was filed with town leaders last month and made available to the public within the past week, according to town officials.
The developer, EEW Services LLC, hopes to begin construction this year on the Windy Acres Wind Farm on 400 acres east of state Highway 57, west of county Highway CC and north of county Highway A. The turbines would also connect to a substation in the Town of Holland.
EEW spokesman Jay Mundinger couldn't immediately be reached for comment Wednesday.
The state's rules place wind farm siting decisions almost entirely in the hands of the state Public Service Commission, as state wind siting rules supersede local ordinances. However, the project still requires approval by the Sherman and Holland town boards.
Sherman Town Chairman William Goehring said that the two towns are in the process of drafting a joint local wind ordinance, though it cannot be more restrictive than the state's rules.
Following the receipt of EEW's formal application, the two towns now have until April 1 to pass the joint measure, Goehring said.
After the local wind ordinance is passed, town leaders from Sherman and Holland will have 45 days to conduct a joint review of the developer's application to ensure that it is complete.
Once the application is deemed complete, they'll have another 90 days to hold a public hearing and then vote to approve or reject it.
"Our hands are still very much tied," said Goehring, referring to the project's approval ultimately resting with state regulators.
Town officials plan to hold public hearings each step of the way, Goehring said, though nothing has been scheduled yet.
Clean energy advocates: Group makes plans to support renewable-energy initiatives in 2013
Article: The Country Today – News
MADISON - Wisconsin renewable-energy advocates would like to follow the example of Colorado when it comes to advancing their agenda for more solar, wind and bioenergy production in the state.
In recent years Colorado lawmakers have passed legislation to require that 30 percent of the energy produced by utilities must come from renewable sources by 2020 - legislation that even most of the state's utilities endorsed during the debate.
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter told attendees at the Renew Energy Policy Summit Jan. 11 that while the debate over renewable- Ritter energy standards is generally highly politicized, it was proven in Colorado that the general public supports the use of more clean energy technologies.
"The public is there with us on this," Ritter said. "There is public will out there and it's incumbent on us to ask the question, 'How do you translate that public will into political will?' "
During Ritter's tenure as Colorado governor, from 2006 to 2010, the state passed 57 clean energy bills with economic development as a primary component of. most pieces of legislation. Ritter said at virtually every level of government, job creation is key to getting bipartisan support
for legislation.
For example, Ritter said Vestas, a Denmark-based wind-turbine manufacturer, located a production facility in Colorado because the state had passed a renewable energy standard that encouraged the growth of the industry. The company eventually sited three more plants in the state, totaling 1,800 jobs.
"They built them all in Colorado because we were making this big policy push around clean energy," he said. During the recession, clean energy was Colorado's only private sector industry in which there was job growth, Ritter said.
The policy summit was sponsored by Renew Wisconsin, a nonprofit organization that represents 115 renewable-energy companies and about 300 individuals and organizations who support the advancement of clean energy. Don Wichert, Renew Wisconsin interim executive director, said the goal of the policy summit was to shape policy initiatives with a goal of increasing renewable-energy installations in 2013 and beyond.
Attendees heard from renewable-energy users and policymakers and then participated in breakout sessions to prioritize issues for 2013.
Wichert said policy goals for 2013 include:
Third-party ownership of clean energy: This would allow customers to directly access renewable energy from third-party-owned renewable energy-systems on the premises. Customers would get fixed-rate electricity over a period of time while developers would own the solar, wind or bioenergy system and-sell electricity back to the utilities.
Net metering: This would allow customer-generators the ability to receive consistent terms for the power -they produce. If a system delivered more electricity ~an anticipated in a given month, the meter would go backward, allowing the owner to get credit if he or she produced more than was used.
Renewable-energy standard: Wichert said most Wisconsin utilities have already reached the state's standard of 10 percent of energy produced from renewable-energy sources by 2015. Neighboring states have more ambitious standards, he said, such as 25 percent by 2025 in Illinois and Minnesota. "It's time to increase our state's commitment to renewable energy to develop new business opportunities and jobs," a Renew Wisconsin policy letter states.
Community-owned renewables: The goal would be to modernize and streamline rules governing access by clean power producers to the grid, opening the market and making rules consistent across the state.
Defend Wisconsin's wind-siting rule: Renew Wisconsin members are predicting that the Wisconsin Realtors Association - concerned about the value of property located next to wind turbines - will work to appeal Wisconsin's wind energy standards in 2013. Renew Wisconsin officials said it will be their goal to "protect the rule from future legislative
weakening."
Ritter said with the political debate over clean energy and climate change, clean-energy advocates should concentrate on making the "business case" for policies they want to endorse. "I think it's fair to say I that it's become sufficiently politicized that if (climate change) is the opening part of the dialogue, there are people in this country who will quit listening to you," he said. "But those same people will listen to you if there is a business case to be made." Ritter said renewable energy proponents should also look for "unconventional allies" in the push for future legislation.
Increase options for alternative energy with Clean Energy Choice
From a guest editorial in by Scott Karel in the La Crosse Tribune support of Clean Energy Choice, a 2013 policy goal of RENEW Wisconsin:
Wisconsin citizens have only have two ways to purchase energy for their homes or businesses: either they buy it from the local electric utility or they pay to have their own alternative energy sources installed on their property.
This effectively gives utility companies a monopoly because most people don't have the disposable income to install such devices on their own.
However, with a little help from state legislators, Wisconsin residents could benefit from more competition in this market while at the same time producing green energy for their own personal consumption.
Third-party owned renewable-energy systems have become an effective method to promote the growth and production of green energy at no additional cost to ratepayers or taxpayers. This system, known as "clean energy choice," allows a third party to enter into a contract with a farmer, homeowner or business to lease their roof space.
In return, the third-party company will install, operate and maintain, at no cost to the landowner, a solar panel, manure digester, wind turbine or other renewable energy system on their property. The energy from these systems either passes directly to the customer or is sold to the local utility.
Clean energy choice systems are a benefit to all Wisconsin residents for a variety of reasons. For the customers who enter into these agreements, they are able to lock in their utility rates at a fixed amount for the length of the contract, which is typically anywhere from 10 to 20 years.
A fixed energy rate is one of the main reasons that Kohl's department stores chose to install solar panels on around 100 of its stores located in states that expressly allow third-party ownership of renewable energy systems.
Clean energy choice also creates more competition in the energy market and promotes renewable energy without using government subsidies.
Finally, allowing third-party energy agreements will support the state's economy by creating more business for the estimated 135 companies in Wisconsin that participate in the solar market.
Currently, laws in more than 20 states — including Illinois, Michigan and Ohio — specifically allow third-party sale of renewable energy to their customers. However, in about 20 other states, including Wisconsin, the law is unclear about whether this type of agreement is allowable.
Third-party energy companies will not attempt to enter into contracts with landowners until there is clarification on this law for fear of being regulated as a public utility.
We think that the energy certainty provided by these agreements would benefit many farmers in Wisconsin who happen to have plenty of wind or open roof space on their buildings but may not have the extra money to install their own wind turbines or solar panels. No law should prevent customers who want to have access to clean energy simply because they cannot afford to install the system on their own.
If you would like to learn more about the Clean Energy Choice legislation being advanced in the Legislature this year, contact me at skarel@wisconsinfarmers union.com or 608-234-3741.
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SC Johnson Honored with RENEW Wisconsin Award for Powering Operations with Renewable Energy
RENEW Wisconsin received a lot of positive press feedback after the 2013 renewable energy policy summit, "Powering Positive Action". Here is a great press release from SC Johnson, reflecting on their award - find the original here.
Company Presented with "Renewable Energy Customer-Generator of the Year" Award for Advanced Wind Turbine Technology and Other Environmental Efforts
RACINE, Wis., Jan. 11, 2013 – Reflecting SC Johnson's dedication to the environment, RENEW Wisconsin today awarded it the "Renewable Energy Customer-Generator of the Year" honor, specifically citing the company's achievements in using renewable energy in its global manufacturing operations. The independent nonprofit organization leads and represents businesses, organizations and individuals seeking cleaner, renewable energy in Wisconsin.
"To be recognized with other Wisconsin companies that also champion clean energy is truly an honor and speaks to the priorities of the business community in our state," said Kelly M. Semrau, Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs, Communication and Sustainability at SC Johnson. "We are grateful for the support of RENEW Wisconsin and their dedicated efforts to advance clean energy policies that put Wisconsin at the forefront of environmental leadership."
SC Johnson's commitment to clean energy was recently reaffirmed in December 2012 with the installation of two 415-foot wind turbines at Waxdale, the company's largest global manufacturing facility in Mt. Pleasant, Wis. These turbines – the first of their kind in the state – will produce about eight million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity annually – enough to power 700 homes in a year. Combined with two cogeneration turbines that have been in place since the mid-2000s, the facility is now able to produce an average of 100 percent of its electrical energy onsite.
"SC Johnson is doing outstanding work as a renewable self-generator to make wind energy a smart and viable alternative to power their operations," said Michael Vickerman, Program and Policy Director at RENEW Wisconsin. "We were thrilled to recognize the company for powering positive action in Wisconsin using wind energy, and we are proud that the policies RENEW has advanced have helped SC Johnson achieve this success."
SC Johnson is emerging as a regional and national leader for its clean-energy initiatives, particularly those related to wind energy. With the commissioning of the wind project at Waxdale, the company is now the only manufacturer in the country that has installed Vensys turbines – the latest in wind turbine technology, meaning less maintenance and higher energy yields than traditional systems.
SC Johnson's Worldwide Leadership in Renewables
In addition to the wind turbine project at Waxdale, SC Johnson added three SWIFT mini wind turbines to the roof of its Lowell, Ark., sales office, capable of generating as much as 3,600 kilowatt hours of electricity annually. These reduce carbon dioxide emissions equal to about 280 gallons of gasoline. In the Netherlands, a 262-foot-tall wind turbine helps power the SC Johnson European manufacturing facility.
The company has also been making strides in Indonesia since SC Johnson launched a biofuel initiative that converts waste palm shells as a fuel source to heat water for mosquito coil production. This cuts greenhouse gas emissions at the factory by more than 15 percent and reduces local diesel fuel use by 80 percent. Each of these projects brings SC Johnson closer to the company's goal of increasing worldwide renewable energy use to 44 percent of total electricity by 2016.
Find the original article here.
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RENEW Sets Plans to Honor Renewable Energy Leaders
Awards Will Recognize "Engines" for Clean Energy Development
(Madison) – In keeping with the theme of "Powering Positive Action," RENEW Wisconsin will honor eight companies and organizations whose initiatives and investments in local, clean energy sources set inspiring examples for others to follow.
RENEW will also present its Joel Gaalswyk Public Official of the Year award to Sen. Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center), recognizing his effectiveness as a champion and defender of renewable energy development in Wisconsin.
Sen. Schultz's award is named after a long-time advocate who lent his strong voice to the cause of advancing renewable energy while a Sauk County supervisor. The awards ceremony will take place Friday, January 11, 2013, at RENEW Wisconsin's energy policy summit at UW-Madison's Pyle Center.
"The Energy Policy Summit is a fitting venue to honor the people and organizations that embraced the vision of energy self-sufficiency and job creation, and made it happen in Wisconsin," said Michael Vickerman, program and policy director for RENEW Wisconsin, a statewide renewable energy advocacy organization.
"Their solar, wind, and bioenergy installations created jobs, reduced the flow of imported fossil fuels into Wisconsin, and demonstrated responsible environmental stewardship. They truly deserve the recognition, as well as everyone's appreciation," Vickerman said.
The following Customer-Generators of the Year will receive recognition for integrating on-site renewable energy to serve their own operations or constituents:
Richland Center Renewable Energy(RCRE), a partnership of Foremost Farms USA and Schreiber Foods RCRE's 1.7 megawatt biogas plant in Richland Center converts wastewater supplied by these two local food producers into renewable electricity.
SC Johnson, Racine SC Johnson's two-turbine, 3 megawatt windpower installation enables the company to operate its Waxdale production plant with 100% renewable energy generated on site.
Dane County, sponsor of Wisconsin's first community biogas generating plant. Dane County's leadership made possible a 2 megawatt installation near Waunakee that converts manure from nearby dairy farms into clean electricity while reducing nutrient flows into the Yahara Lakes.
Organic Valley Cooperative, La Farge
Its solar and wind generation systems, including a new 2.5 MW turbine in Cashton, supply nearly 90% of the electricity used in Organic Valley's operations.
Gundersen Health System, La Crosse With sizable investments in biogas and wind, renewable sources now account for 50% of the electricity used in the company's facilities in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.
Epic Systems, Verona
Its 2.2 MW solar installation is the largest in the state, and its 9 MW wind installation was the largest built in Wisconsin in 2012.
The following firms will receive recognition as Renewable Energy Businesses of the Year for the critical roles they played in the development and construction of renewable energy installations for customers:
DVO, Inc., Chilton
In 2012, DVO, Inc. developed, designed, and built five Wisconsin on-farm biogas generation systems with an aggregate generating capacity of 4 megawatts.
WES Engineering, Madison In its capacity as a wind engineering firm, WES Engineering was instrumental in advancing 18 megawatts of community-based wind energy in three different locations in Wisconsin (Cashton, Mount Pleasant, and Dane County).
The Public Official of the Year award will be given to State Senator Dale Schultz for his thoughtful, forceful and bipartisan advocacy on behalf of local clean energy development.
Clean Wisconsin: No link between wind farm sounds and health impacts
Clean Wisconsin
Your environmental voice since 1970.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 2, 2013
Contact: Tyson Cook, Staff Scientist, 608.251.7020 ext. 27
Study Finds No Link Between Wind Farm Sound and Health Impacts
Testing finds sound below threshold of hearing in homes near wind farm
Shirley, Wis. – A series of tests on homes near the Shirley Wind Farm in Brown County found no evidence linking low frequency sound from wind turbines to health impacts, according to a study released late last week.
"After testing three homes near the Shirley Wind Farm, scientists were unable to measure any low-frequency sound from wind turbines above the threshold of human hearing from within the homes," explains Tyson Cook, staff scientist at Clean Wisconsin. "There are no peer-reviewed studies showing negative health impacts from wind turbine sounds below the threshold of hearing."
The testing was conducted in early December 2012 by four independent firms at the request of the Public Service Commission (PSC). The PSC requested the testing as it decides whether to approve the Highland Wind Project, a proposal to construct a wind farm in St. Croix County that would bring clean, renewable energy to 29,000 homes and create up to 100 jobs.
"It's important that we fully understand the impacts of our energy sources, which is why we wanted to see this study conducted," said Cook. "Like others, this study finds no physical link between wind farm sound and negative health impacts."
Wind farms offset the need to burn fossil fuels, which result in harmful pollution that threatens the health of our families. A poll conducted by a bipartisan research team in January of 2012 found that 85 percent of Wisconsin voters would like to increase the use of wind energy to meet the state's future energy needs.
"While there is no evidence directly linking wind farms to negative health impacts, there are volumes of studies showing the disastrous impact of air and water pollution from burning fossil fuels," said Cook. "By moving toward clean, safe energy choices like wind, we can help improve the health of families across Wisconsin."
Clean Wisconsin, an environmental advocacy organization, protects Wisconsin's clean water and air and advocates for clean energy by being an effective voice in the state legislature and by holding elected officials and polluters accountable. Founded in 1970 as Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, Clean Wisconsin exposes corporate polluters, makes sure existing environmental laws are enforced, and educates citizens and businesses. On behalf of its 10,000 members and its coalition partners, Clean Wisconsin protects the special places that make Wisconsin such a wonderful place to live, work and play. www.cleanwisconsin.org.
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John Buchanan was an upright gentleman with a gold-plated pocket-watch and a long to-do list, and he certainly would not be distracted by the lady at the bus stop. Or at least that's what he told himself as he stood shivering in his thin suit, with nothing to do but check the news on his phone and pretend he was a very important man working for a very important law firm.
Spoiler alert: John Buchanan was not a very important man, nor was he a lawyer. But the (fake) gold watch in his pocket and the (cheap) suit made him feel like he was one, or both, and for now that was enough.
The lady at the bus stop was on her phone too, scrolling through feeds with a disinterested frown. Her pink skirt fluttered around her like a butterfly, the soft fabric catching and twirling in the wind. She wrapped her free arm around herself, tucked it close against her blouse's loose folds. She did not work for a very important law firm, nor did she seem to be any sort of lawyer, but John caught himself staring nonetheless.
The lady didn't notice. Nor did she notice when Bus 143 pulled up, its red sides gleaming, doors pushing open with a loud squeal of air.
John turned away from the lady and mounted the first step. She still didn't move. John looked over his shoulder, his eyebrows furrowed and pocket-watch ticking incessantly. Time to go. "Well, are you getting on?" he said, trying to be polite.
The lady ignored him. Or she didn't hear him. Maybe both, John thought with a frown. The lady just wrapped her free arm tighter around herself, still sucked into the world on her dimly-lit screen.
"Ma'am?" asked John to the lady, ignoring the bus driver.
The lady just ignored them both.
"Come on," said the bus driver.
She hurried toward the bus, and John climbed the rest of the steps to let her on. The doors snapped shut behind them, and the annoyed driver shook his head, reaching for the gears.
John strode down the gray plastic-plated aisle, taking the first available seat. He slid to make room for the lady, but she sat down a row behind him instead.
A strange sense of disappointment stabbed John's chest. He tried to ignore it, distracting himself by shifting to face the front of the bus and turning on his phone. His professional, boring black wallet case glimmered in the winter sunlight as he flipped it open. He brought CNN's headlines close to his face and began to read.
A few seconds later, John was doing a poor job of ignoring the lady behind him. His thoughts kept drifting to her skirt that fluttered around her like butterflies, so similar to the butterflies flapping around in his stomach. The butterflies made him a bit nauseous, actually, and he scoffed at that. You don't even know her, gosh darn it, he tried to convince himself. She's not even your type. But his protests were futile. The butterflies stayed.
Then the bus pulled forward with a jolt, and John was thrown forward in his seat. He cried out, scrambling to hold onto his phone, and instead crashed into the window as the phone slipped from his grasp and onto the floor.
He reached down for it and groaned. The clear glass screen reflected his own sour face staring back at him, nose wrinkled and cheeks pinched with annoyance. At least it wasn't cracked.
Then John noticed a light chuckle coming from behind him, and he turned to see the lady watching him, a small smile blossoming across her face.
"What?" he asked, his face flushing with heat.
"I'm joking." The lady's eyes glittered with amusement. John found himself staring into them, the warm brown pools the color of walnut. Ignore! His gaze snapped away, and he struggled to find words.
"What do you do?" asked Maria.
"We'll see." Maria switched her attention to the window. John did, too, watching the world rush by in sheets of gray, trees dark with rain, sidewalks lifeless with winter chill. It was beautiful, John decided, if you were into the haunted-city look.
John smiled and reached into his coat, pulling out a pen and a pad of paper.
"You too," said John, and winked. He turned and strode down the aisle, his pocket-watch jingling softly.
He didn't see Maria unfold the paper, didn't see her take in his messy, quick handwriting or breathe in the thick scent of ink. But he did know what was on the paper. A short letter to Antonio, the diner's owner, and a phone number. His number. The butterflies fluttered again, and he hoped that, somehow, Maria would know the number was meant for her. That she would text him.
He didn't have to worry. Maria typed the number into her phone quickly, then snapped a picture of John's retreating form, her eyes lingering on his messy brown hair and slightly-wrinkled suit. She made it his contact photo.
That night, as a sliver of the moon hung in the sky like the wing of a silver bird, or maybe a butterfly, John got a text. It was not from Maria. It was from Antonio.
Spoiler alert: she got the job.
Cate Pitterle is a sophomore at Cary Academy, where she edits for the school's literary magazine and is the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Teen Ink Print, Foliate Oak, and elsewhere, and has been recognized by Scholastic Art and Writing. She has a seemingly permanent sock tan.


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// Package bsutil will eventually be renamed to kubeadm package after getting rid of older one
package bsutil

import (
	"fmt"
	"sort"
	"strings"

	"github.com/blang/semver"
	"github.com/golang/glog"
	"github.com/pkg/errors"
	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
)

// enum to differentiate kubeadm command line parameters from kubeadm config file parameters (see the
// KubeadmExtraArgsAllowed variable for more info)
const (
	// KubeadmCmdParam is command parameters for kubeadm
	KubeadmCmdParam = iota
	// KubeadmConfigParam is config parameters for kubeadm
	KubeadmConfigParam = iota
)

// componentOptions holds extra args for a component
type componentOptions struct {
	Component string
	ExtraArgs map[string]string
	Pairs     map[string]string
}

// mapping of component to the section name in kubeadm.
var componentToKubeadmConfigKey = map[string]string{
	Apiserver:         "apiServer",
	ControllerManager: "controllerManager",
	Scheduler:         "scheduler",
	Etcd:              "etcd",
	Kubeadm:           "kubeadm",
	// The KubeProxy is handled in different config block
	Kubeproxy: "",
	// The Kubelet is not configured in kubeadm, only in systemd.
	Kubelet: "",
}

// KubeadmExtraArgsAllowed is a list of supported kubeadm params that can be supplied to kubeadm through
// minikube's ExtraArgs parameter. The list is split into two parts - params that can be supplied as flags on the
// command line and params that have to be inserted into the kubeadm config file. This is because of a kubeadm
// constraint which allows only certain params to be provided from the command line when the --config parameter
// is specified
var KubeadmExtraArgsAllowed = map[int][]string{
	KubeadmCmdParam: {
		"ignore-preflight-errors",
		"dry-run",
		"kubeconfig",
		"kubeconfig-dir",
		"node-name",
		"cri-socket",
		"experimental-upload-certs",
		"certificate-key",
		"rootfs",
		"skip-phases",
	},
	KubeadmConfigParam: {
		"pod-network-cidr",
	},
}

// CreateFlagsFromExtraArgs converts kubeadm extra args into flags to be supplied from the command linne
func CreateFlagsFromExtraArgs(extraOptions config.ExtraOptionSlice) string {
	kubeadmExtraOpts := extraOptions.AsMap().Get(Kubeadm)

	// kubeadm allows only a small set of parameters to be supplied from the command line when the --config param
	// is specified, here we remove those that are not allowed
	for opt := range kubeadmExtraOpts {
		if !config.ContainsParam(KubeadmExtraArgsAllowed[KubeadmCmdParam], opt) {
			// kubeadmExtraOpts is a copy so safe to delete
			delete(kubeadmExtraOpts, opt)
		}
	}
	return convertToFlags(kubeadmExtraOpts)
}

// FindInvalidExtraConfigFlags returns all invalid 'extra-config' options
func FindInvalidExtraConfigFlags(opts config.ExtraOptionSlice) []string {
	invalidOptsMap := make(map[string]struct{})
	var invalidOpts []string
	for _, extraOpt := range opts {
		if _, ok := componentToKubeadmConfigKey[extraOpt.Component]; !ok {
			if _, ok := invalidOptsMap[extraOpt.Component]; !ok {
				invalidOpts = append(invalidOpts, extraOpt.Component)
				invalidOptsMap[extraOpt.Component] = struct{}{}
			}
		}
	}
	return invalidOpts
}

// extraConfigForComponent generates a map of flagname-value pairs for a k8s
// component.
func extraConfigForComponent(component string, opts config.ExtraOptionSlice, version semver.Version) (map[string]string, error) {
	versionedOpts, err := defaultOptionsForComponentAndVersion(component, version)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "setting version specific options for %s", component)
	}

	for _, opt := range opts {
		if opt.Component == component {
			if val, ok := versionedOpts[opt.Key]; ok {
				glog.Infof("Overwriting default %s=%s with user provided %s=%s for component %s", opt.Key, val, opt.Key, opt.Value, component)
			}
			versionedOpts[opt.Key] = opt.Value
		}
	}

	return versionedOpts, nil
}

// defaultOptionsForComponentAndVersion returns the default option for a component and version
func defaultOptionsForComponentAndVersion(component string, version semver.Version) (map[string]string, error) {
	versionedOpts := map[string]string{}
	for _, opts := range versionSpecificOpts {
		if opts.Option.Component == component {
			if versionIsBetween(version, opts.GreaterThanOrEqual, opts.LessThanOrEqual) {
				if val, ok := versionedOpts[opts.Option.Key]; ok {
					return nil, fmt.Errorf("flag %s=%q already set %s=%q", opts.Option.Key, opts.Option.Value, opts.Option.Key, val)
				}
				versionedOpts[opts.Option.Key] = opts.Option.Value
			}
		}
	}
	return versionedOpts, nil
}

// newComponentOptions creates a new componentOptions
func newComponentOptions(opts config.ExtraOptionSlice, version semver.Version, featureGates string, cp config.Node) ([]componentOptions, error) {
	if invalidOpts := FindInvalidExtraConfigFlags(opts); len(invalidOpts) > 0 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown components %v. valid components are: %v", invalidOpts, KubeadmExtraConfigOpts)
	}

	var kubeadmExtraArgs []componentOptions
	for _, component := range KubeadmExtraConfigOpts {
		kubeadmComponentKey := componentToKubeadmConfigKey[component]
		if kubeadmComponentKey == "" {
			continue
		}
		extraConfig, err := extraConfigForComponent(component, opts, version)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "getting kubeadm extra args for %s", component)
		}
		if featureGates != "" {
			extraConfig["feature-gates"] = featureGates
		}
		if len(extraConfig) > 0 {
			kubeadmExtraArgs = append(kubeadmExtraArgs, componentOptions{
				Component: kubeadmComponentKey,
				ExtraArgs: extraConfig,
				Pairs:     optionPairsForComponent(component, version, cp),
			})
		}
	}

	return kubeadmExtraArgs, nil
}

// optionPairsForComponent generates a map of value pairs for a k8s component
func optionPairsForComponent(component string, version semver.Version, cp config.Node) map[string]string {
	// For the ktmpl.V1Beta1 users
	if component == Apiserver && version.GTE(semver.MustParse("1.14.0-alpha.0")) {
		return map[string]string{
			"certSANs": fmt.Sprintf(`["127.0.0.1", "localhost", "%s"]`, cp.IP),
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// kubeadm extra args should not be included in the kubeadm config in the extra args section (instead, they must
// be inserted explicitly in the appropriate places or supplied from the command line); here we remove all of the
// kubeadm extra args from the slice
// etcd must also not be included in that section, as those extra args exist in the `etcd` section
// createExtraComponentConfig generates a map of component to extra args for all of the components except kubeadm
func createExtraComponentConfig(extraOptions config.ExtraOptionSlice, version semver.Version, componentFeatureArgs string, cp config.Node) ([]componentOptions, error) {
	extraArgsSlice, err := newComponentOptions(extraOptions, version, componentFeatureArgs, cp)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	validComponents := []componentOptions{}
	for _, extraArgs := range extraArgsSlice {
		if extraArgs.Component == Kubeadm || extraArgs.Component == Etcd {
			continue
		}
		validComponents = append(validComponents, extraArgs)
	}
	return validComponents, nil
}

// createKubeProxyOptions generates a map of extra config for kube-proxy
func createKubeProxyOptions(extraOptions config.ExtraOptionSlice) map[string]string {
	kubeProxyOptions := extraOptions.AsMap().Get(Kubeproxy)
	return kubeProxyOptions
}

func convertToFlags(opts map[string]string) string {
	var flags []string
	var keys []string
	for k := range opts {
		keys = append(keys, k)
	}
	sort.Strings(keys)
	for _, k := range keys {
		flags = append(flags, fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", k, opts[k]))
	}
	return strings.Join(flags, " ")
}


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The Isaac Onderdonk House, also known as the Walter C. and Julia Meuly House, is a historic house located along River Road in Piscataway, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 30, 1973. It is also a contributing property of the Road Up Raritan Historic District.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
Houses in Middlesex County, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places


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Angel Guts: Red Classroom may refer to:

 Angel Guts: Red Classroom (film), a 1979 Japanese erotic film
 Angel Guts: Red Classroom (album), a 2014 album by Xiu Xiu


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Cultural Diversity in Our Schools By Sgt. Anthony Espino Many communities have become more culturally and ethnically diverse. This diversity has carried over into our public schools, which have been experiencing rapid growth in the number of students of color and culturally diverse students. The Census Bureau projects that by the year 2100, the U.S. minority population will become the majority, with non-Hispanic whites making up only 40% of the U.S. population. Given that statistic, there is no doubt that students will need to learn how to interact in a diverse environment. How can teachers effectively engage with students from diverse backgrounds? Providing students with a culturally responsive learning environment can be a daunting task for teachers. Ninety percent of U.S. public school teachers are white; most grew up and attended school in middle-class, English-speaking, predominantly white communities and received their teacher preparation in mostly white colleges and universities. As per the Department of Education, since the 1987-1988 school year, educator diversity has seen a slight increase of five percentage points, from 13 percent to 18 percent. The proportion of African-American teachers decreased over that period, according to the department's report. Moreover, today, black male teachers make up a mere two percent of the workforce. Having diverse teachers provides role models for all students in breaking down negative stereotypes and in preparing students to live and work in a multiracial society. Teachers are often a young immigrant's first contact with someone outside their home, community, and culture. This relationship can be essential in providing an emotional trust that can help a student adapt from their culture to their new country of residency. Offering a mix of creativity, cultural perception, and professional expertise, teachers can help these young students acquire language skills more rapidly, fostering inclusion in the school community. Organizing classroom activities and lesson plans geared toward multicultural appreciation can help students feel comfortable and accepted. Displaying posters of different cultures and languages in the classroom can help promote an environment in which students from diverse backgrounds will feel more comfortable. Many of these children are faced with obstacles before entering the school system, including language barriers. Many of their parents can't read or speak English, which makes it difficult for them to help their children completing classroom assignments. Financially, some of these families can't afford to provide their children with school supplies needed for the classroom. Many of these children feel out of place or scared. They're coming to a place that's much different from their cultural and religious beliefs. Parents, guardians and other family members are a crucial component in educating and preparing their children's future. They serve as role models, and this links them and society as a whole. Being active in their children's learning can help ease the tension, confusion, or frustration that may arise when children are trying to navigate cultural and language differences. Providing materials in appropriate languages and offering professional and volunteering interpreting services can help to break down communication barriers for families and encourage them to be involved with their schools. Cultural diversity provides our students with an opportunity to learn about other cultures, which in turn helps them to have a better understanding of how people from different backgrounds live. With this understanding, hopefully, they can gain a greater appreciation for cultural diversity. Every step toward racial equality is worth the effort. Sgt. Anthony Espino is a 19-year veteran police officer, assigned to the Patrol and Crime Prevention Unit. His passion is to lecture to community members, teachers, and students to promote awareness and offer tips to prevent crime and victimization.
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$300K in Jewish Education Funding Aids Houston Families Affected by Flood
Flooding in Houston exceeded 11 inches in some areas from May 25-26. Photo: Jacob Kamaras.
JNS.org – Two grants totaling $300,000 from the Jim Joseph Foundation and The AVI CHAI Foundation have provided scholarships for Jewish day schools, early childhood programs, and overnight camps to Houston-area families affected by May's flood in America's fourth-largest city.
The funds—awarded to the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and allocated by the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston—were distributed to the schools and camps and designated for families who applied for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support as a result of the flood. It is estimated that 500 Jewish homes (among more than 2,500 homes overall in Houston) were damaged by the flood, which also wreaked havoc on three local synagogues.
"The Memorial Day Flood hit neighborhoods with large Jewish populations especially hard," Lee Wunsch, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, said Oct. 8. "The support of JFNA, the Jim Joseph Foundation, and The AVI CHAI Foundation helps ensure that children continue the Jewish learning so important to their families' lives."
Mem Bernstein, board chairman of The AVI CHAI Foundation, said the foundation is "pleased to be able to offer this support to families affected by the flood to ensure their ongoing access to Jewish education," stressing the importance of "the continuity of the Jewish people" through education.
"After a disaster, families need a range of assistance and support to return to normalcy," said Al Levitt, president of the Jim Joseph Foundation. "We can help families continue to access Jewish education that comprise such meaningful and important parts of their lives."