The year Jim Delapoer began working for the City of Albany, Gerald Ford was President of the United States; the average life expectancy of an American was 72.9 years; there was a little more than 218 million people in the U.S.; unemployment was measured at 7.7 percent; the homicide rate was about 9 per one hundred thousand; the annual inflation rate was 5.8 percent; interest rates averaged about 6.5 percent; and the federal debt was $629 billion. Today, the national debt is over $19.5 trillion; Americans live to be, on average, 78.8 years old; the U.S. population rounds up to 325 million; the homicide rate is about 4.5 per one hundred thousand; unemployment stands at 5 percent; last year's inflation rate was 0.1 percent; interest rates are at about 3 percent and the President is Barack Obama.
We can conclude from these statistics that Jim has cut the national homicide rate in half; lowered unemployment by more than 2.5 percent; added nearly 6 years to our life expectancy; elected the nation's first African-American President; increased the U.S. population by about one-third; wiped out inflation; reduced interest rates by 50 percent; and all at a cost of a little less than $19 trillion in additional debt. While Jim is a humble guy and would only claim credit for a few of these accomplishments, there is no doubt that our world has changed since 1976.
If you wonder why our culture is what it is today, consider that the top-ten-rated television shows in 1976 included Charlie's Angels, The Six Million Dollar Man, Happy Days (top-rated show), and Laverne and Shirley (#2). Silly Love Songs by Wings was, unimaginably, the most popular song that year, while Disco Lady and Play that Funky Music also found their way into the top five. Some interesting movies came out in 1976, and the most popular was Taxi Driver, followed by Rocky, Carrie, and Logan's Run. I was surprised to see that the fifth most popular movie of 1976 was The Message, starring Anthony Quinn, which told the story of the prophet Mohammed. The Academy Award winner for best picture was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
The Oldsmobile Cutlass was the bestselling car in 1976, and the average gas price that year was 65¢ per gallon. Apple Computer was born on April Fools' Day, and shortly thereafter, Jim graduated from the University of Oregon Law School. Jim's true achievements as Albany's City Attorney are too numerous to list here, except to say that he has been an extraordinary resource for city councils and staff members throughout his tenure. Jim's advice has saved the City countless dollars and helped us recover millions when contracts have been breached. Most importantly to me, Jim is a consistent advocate for doing the right thing to serve the community while being considerate of individual interests.
I doubt that Jim ever owned an Oldsmobile Cutlass because he's something of a car snob, but I would bet he watched an episode or two of Charlie's Angels to acquaint himself with the technical aspects of private investigation. Age changes us, and I know he's looking forward to hunting trips and more time with family in retirement. Whatever he decides to do, he's earned my gratitude and best wishes for the future.
I have started a morning inspection routine where I drive around and look at various construction projects in the community. This morning, I drove by the new police station site on Pacific, the WinCo project by I-5, and Fire Station 11. Yesterday, I checked out the new houses being built in Edgewater Village on Water Avenue and the carousel building. New construction is a positive sign for a city manager because it means people believe enough in the community to invest in its future.
Albany will almost certainly continue to grow in the near future, but I think we are fortunate that our growth rate is not explosive. Some communities have seen so much growth so quickly that they are unable to manage its effects. Traffic jams, higher crime, and inadequate infrastructure can be some of the problems with rapid population increases unaccompanied by the resources necessary to keep the city a nice place to live. Generally, we have avoided most of these problems.
The projects I have been looking at over the past few weeks are, with one exception, replacing buildings that already existed. The new police station is being built on what has been a vacant lot located between office buildings and a commercial business. All the others are either replacing outdated facilities or being built on old industrial sites. Taking advantage of existing infrastructure by reusing existing lots is a good strategy for strengthening the town. Albany has been promoting this concept for years by encouraging development in places like the downtown area where infrastructure exists to accommodate it. We have also provided incentives to manufacturing businesses to help create and retain jobs.
The notion of using public resources to help private businesses has sometimes bothered me over the course of my career. If the so-called free market is really so effective, then why should government need to be involved in making it work? The answer that best satisfies my concerns is that we sometimes need to use our collective resources to solve business problems just as we do with social, military, and other challenges. The National Energy Technology Laboratory at the intersection of Queen Avenue and Liberty Street is a good example of a 60±year-old local initiative coupled with federal government investment to create national, state, and community benefits.
Albany has its share of opportunities and challenges ahead. The projects I visited today are the result of difficult decisions and investments that were made despite significant opposition. Future improvements will be no different, and I'm confident that people here care enough about the community to keep making it better over time.


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HOUSTON, US: Most of the 150 million tons of plastics produced around the world every year end up in landfills, the oceans and elsewhere. Less than 9 percent of plastics are recycled in the United States, rising to about 30 percent in Europe.
But new approaches can increase the amount of plastic waste that can be successfully recycled, researchers from the University of Houston and IBM reported a perspective published in the journal Science.
That means developing new plastics that are more easily recycled, along with finding ways to more efficiently recycle existing plastics. These approaches can range from methods to recycle different types of plastics together in one waste stream, avoiding a costly and time-consuming sorting process, as well as methods to break down plastics in a more energy-efficient manner.
"Recent research points the way toward chemical recycling methods with lower energy requirements, compatibilization of mixed plastic wastes to avoid the need for sorting, and expanding recycling technologies to traditionally nonrecyclable polymers," wrote the article authors, Megan Robertson, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UH and Jeannette Garcia, a polymer chemist at the IBM Almaden Research Center.
Improving methods to recycle existing plastic materials is a key priority.
"New materials enter the market slowly, and thus the biggest impact is in developing more efficient methods to recycle the plastics that are produced in large quantities today," said Robertson. "One the other hand, research advances can pave the way for more easily recyclable materials for the future." One example is the category of polymers known as thermosets, which can't be melted down for repurposing, preventing their recycling with traditional methods.
Robertson's lab develops biorenewable components for thermosets, replacing hydrocarbon-based polymers with those made from vegetable oils or other plant-based materials. That could lead to new end-of-life options such as composting or chemical recycling for these materials, a huge leap forward.
The perspective is part of a series published by Science to explore issues related to the environmental impact of polymers, including their source (petroleum vs. biosources), advances in recycling and biodegradable polymers.
Robertson and Garcia noted three key issues:
Plastics must be sorted for recycling, which adds effort and expense. Plastics, or polymers, are comprised of large molecules, so most don't mix when heated, similar to the interaction between oil and water. Research is focused on finding substances that can facilitate the mixing of different types of plastics, known as compatibilizers, allowing them to be recycled together. Finding a compatibilizer that works for all polymers would be ideal, but Robertson said current technology requires a tailored approach for each plastic mixture.
Chemical recycling involves using a catalyst to break down plastics to produce lower-molecular-weight products, a process the researchers say has been hindered by high energy costs. Work to develop more efficient catalysts is underway.
The majority of plastics currently recycled are composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is the component used in most water bottles, and polyethylene, the most highly produced plastic. Expanding recycling technologies to other plastics beyond PET and polyethylene is an ongoing area of research. Even more challenging is developing methods for recycling polymers that can't be processed through melting at elevated temperatures, such as thermosets and elastomers (rubber materials).
With any potential solution, the researchers say it is critical that a material's performance isn't impacted in order to make it easier to recycle. Subjecting plastics to many uses and recycling cycles without loss of performance is an open challenge for researchers.
"Enhancing plastics recycling beyond the current level has many potential societal advantages, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, avoiding waste buildup in the environment, decreasing the dependence on finite petroleum resources for its production, and recovering the economic value of plastic solid waste," the researchers wrote.
That has begun, they said, pointing to start-up companies that have scaled up chemical recycling methods for polystyrene waste or developed sorting processes to separate materials into pure feedstocks.
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Master Yi was one of the first champions ever released for League of Legends way back in 2009. In recent years he has gotten to be quite underpowered compared to the rest of the field, however, so he was often looked down upon by many players as not worth using. Master Yi died too quickly and just didn't do enough damage. This lack of utilization led Riot Games to completely rework Master Yi recently. After the recent overhaul, he is actually worth using now.
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Master Yi's passive ability, Double Strike, is the same ability but was changed to occur more frequently. The old Double Strike made is so Yi would attack twice every seven basic attacks. Now he will attack twice every four basic attacks. This sounds strictly better but they also slapped a 50% damage penalty onto the second attack. The fact it occurs more frequently is still a good thing, though, because it gives more chances for a critical hit and will also apply on-hit effects, such as armor reductions with The Black Cleaver, to your target.
Yi's best ability is still his Q, Alpha Strike. It's an activated ability that allows Yi to become untargetable for a short duration as he dashes around the battlefield (up to four times) striking opponents for physical damage. Alpha Strike used to scale with AP but now it scales with AD, meaning the end of AP Yi builds. This makes a lot more sense for a champion that uses physical attacks.
Alpha Strike is a powerful ability because it can be used as a gap closer to initiate a gank, catch up to fleeing enemies, or used during a fight to throw off your opponent's targeting for a split second. It also does bonus damage to minions so using it to clear entire minion waves and jungle neutrals is another possible use. You should definitely max out Alpha Strike first after taking a point in each of Yi's abilities.
Talon tries to flee, but it's no use. Yi will hunt him down.
Mediate allows Yi to heal but since it scales with AP, it doesn't end up being very useful for him nowadays. Yi takes reduced damage while healing and the heal does also get stronger based on how much health Yi is missing so it's usually a good idea to use it when you are close to death. At maximum level, it can heal up to 880 base hit points plus the bonus you get based on whatever AP you have. Meditate can help on Summoner's Rift if you are jungling but you should definitely level it up last.
Wuju Style is the real shining gem in the Yi rework. The old Wuju Style gave Yi a passive +35 AD per hit, and then he could activate it to double the bonus for a short time. +70 AD didn't really help all that much in the late game. The new Wuju Style gives up to 15% bonus AD per hit, but can be activated to deal True Damage for a short time. You read that right, True Damage. Now that can be a game changer! At max level, Wuju Style currently deals 30 + 20% AD in True Damage per hit for five seconds. This couples very nicely with his ultimate ability, Highlander.
Alpha Strike closes the gap and finishes Talon off.
Speaking of Highlander, it remained largely the same. It still gives him a hefty boost to attack speed and movement speed when activated while also making him immune to slows. The biggest difference with the new Highlander is that the movement speed bonus has been changed from a flat 40% to one that increases as you level up the ability – starting at 25% and going up to 45% at max. The duration is now 10 seconds flat as well.
As you can probably already imagine, activating Highlander and then popping the activated ability bonus of Wuju Style for True Damage each hit can result in your opponent's health bars melting away. It's not unusual to see late game death recaps where Yi dealt 300-500 True Damage to you. That's like getting hit with a Darius ult!
Attack speed items can help to maximize the True Damage you get out of activating Wuju Style. Zephyr is an amazing item for Master Yi since it does everything he needs. It increases attack damage, attack speed, gives him cooldown reduction, adds to his movement speed, and even gives him Tenacity. Tenacity is extremely important for Master Yi since crowd control effects (stuns, blinds, snares, etc.) really kill him because he relies so heavily on basic attacks and speed.
Master Yi is pretty squishy so items with life steal such as Bloodthirster (or Sanguine Blade on Dominion) will help in terms of survivability. Blade of the Ruined King is also a great item for him since it adds both attack speed and life steal. Vampiric Scepter is a good early-game item. Brutalizer is another core early-game item for Master Yi since it adds cooldown reduction and armor penetration. Some players also like to build Yi with a Frozen Mallet so that his targets can't escape as he hacks away at them.
If you want to go the critical strike route, obvious items are Infinity Edge and Phantom Dancer. Building your Brutalizer into a Youmuu's Ghostblade also works towards criticals. The Ghostblade is actually one of Master Yi's best items since it can be activated to increase attack and movement speed.
Highlander can also be useful to escape, when need be.
Master Yi is classified as an assassin, not an AD Carry (aka Marksman). To play Yi successfully, you have to be prepared to die. Your mission is to assassinate the enemy damage dealers and do as much damage as you can before going down, or pulling out. If you see an enemy who is low on health, pick them off first.
Jax is probably Master Yi's biggest nemesis thanks to his Counter Strike ability that lets him dodge all basic attacks for two seconds. Yi is also weak against champs with taunts and blinds for obvious reasons. Some other champions he has trouble with include Rammus (armor and taunt), Teemo (blind), and Fiddlesticks (taunt).
Yi is good at destroying squishy champs. Ashe, for example, can be pretty much a free kill for Yi since her frost arrows will not slow him down while in Highlander. Yi is also good at assassinating unsuspecting mages like Lux and Karthus.
In terms of teammates, any champion that can stun or slow an opponent will really help Yi out. Ashe can slow down enemies with Frost Shot, preventing them from retreating. Lux and Morgana can snare opponents while Yi cuts them up like a Thanksgiving roast.
Yi is a pretty versatile champion on Summoner's Rift. He can jungle, go mid lane, or solo top. The reworked Yi also works pretty well on Dominion.
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Song Structure - Good song structure lays the foundation for a successful track.
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When Andrew Apperley visits his brother David in the East, he brings along an unexpected companion. Andrew's giant wolf dog, Comanche, is so wild that he has to be chained up for the safety of others. However, when the Apperley brothers come across a man drowning in the East River, Comanche breaks loose from his chains and swims to the man's rescue.
In fact, this man, Single Jack Deems, is a convict who has just escaped from Blackwell's Island. Deems wants Comanche for himself, and trails the Apperley brothers as they journey back West. Meanwhile, Andrew has his own problems back home with dangerous outlaw and businessman Alex Shodress. Shodress has learned to steal with immunity from the law, and has imperiled everything Andrew owns. When Deems finally shows up at the Apperley ranch to buy Comanche, Andrew tells him that there is only one way he can win possession of the wolf dog, if he is willing to do it.
Once again, beloved Western author Max Brand weaves a compelling story of the Old West, its systems of law and justice, and the people that lived in its time.


Brooklyn NY based Zvoov have just release Planned Obsolescence, which is their first full length release. They have included three songs from their 2011 EP Everbrown on this release, but they have been reworked and sound much more polished than what was on the EP. So with 7 tracks in total on the full length that makes 4 brand new tracks. The album comes in at just over 50minutes in length. I think this band are learning as they go along, and it shows with this release. They have a math rock sound, but not totally restricted to that genre. They write great music, full of nice melodies and the music is full of twists and turns. The opener Poverty Of Stimulus sets the tone for this release, its interesting from the very first bar of music and this continues through song by song. I played both How Dare You Dare Me and Poverty Of Stimulus on the show, but I would have happily played any of the tracks.
So Zvoov have this weeks distinction of being the Fade To Yellow record of the week and it is well deserved with this release. Go check it out for yourself and support the great music from this band.
You could call Zvoov math rock, but that would be missing the point. Yes, the instrumental power trio rocks angular riffs and impossible rhythms, but this is not some dispassionate exercise in odd-meter wankery. This is music with feeling, owing as much to Radiohead and Om as to Hella and Don Caballero. Zvoov's sound veers effortlessly from glimmering, off-kilter melodicism to full-blown sludgy mayhem. The weird time signatures are certainly there, but often woven slyly into a song to create a sense of unease and disquiet within an otherwise accessible piece. Their debut Everbrown EP was self-released in February 2011.
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"OOS 33-3: Ecosystem services in peopled landscapes: imitating the fore" by Cheryl Palm, Markus Walsh et al.
In general, as the demand for landscape services increases in response to increasing population pressure, there is a decline in many of the regulating and supporting ecosystem services. Degraded ecosystems generally do not produce the necessary goods and services to support human populations. In classic Bosrupian theory people will eventually invest in their land to rehabilitate its productive capacity. While there is considerable knowledge about rehabilitating the productive capacity of degraded lands, far less known about rehabilitating the regulating and supporting ecosystem services.
Palm, C., Walsh, M., Awiti, A. (2007). OOS 33-3: Ecosystem services in peopled landscapes: imitating the forest through the trees. ESA/SER Joint Meeting.


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Book review: Musician's anguished memoir demands apology and redress from the Pope and the Church
Tom Sandborn
Sep 04, 2020 • September 4, 2020 • 2 minute read
Daryl Verville wants an apology from the Pope for all residential school survivors in Canada, and his new memoir, Epistle to the Pope, is a letter to the current Vatican incumbent demanding that apology. Photo by Submitted /jpg
Epistle to the Pope
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Daryl Verville wants an apology from the Pope for all residential school survivors in Canada, and his new memoir is a letter to the current Vatican incumbent demanding that apology.
"What humanity needs is a real apology from the Vatican," Verville writes. "This sincere apology would include provisions for achieving justice to the victims in the form of reparations and therapeutic support."
Verville, a Nelson-based classical pianist, filmmaker, multi-media theatre artist and writer, has lived his life in the long, dark shadow of the abuse his father endured over 12 years as a prisoner of the Youville residential school in Alberta. His father was raped, beaten and tortured by the staff at the school, and that heart-scalding torment turned him into the raging alcoholic and emotional sadist he was during his son's childhood.
In calling for an apology from Rome, Verville echoes one of the demands of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which issued a blistering account of the cultural genocide and physical brutality that church-run schools imposed on Indigenous children for more than a century. While there have been some expressions of regret by Canadian bishops (and apologies from other churches that were implicated in residential school crimes), the current Pope, viewed by many as a singularly progressive figure, has refused to issue a personal apology to Canadian survivors.
Bishop Lionel Gendron, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, said of the apology demand in 2018: "The Holy Father is aware of the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which he takes seriously. As far as call to action #58 is concerned, after carefully considering the request and extensive dialogue with the bishops of Canada, he felt that he could not personally respond."
This is not good enough for Verville, and his account of how the traumas inflicted on his father went on to cripple his life for decades, launching him into drug addiction, criminality and profound emotional agony, represent a vivid demonstration of what Auden knew so well: "Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return."
More than empty words are needed to confront the evils that were done in the name of the Canadian state and major Christian churches to innocent children, and this flawed but sometimes eloquent memoir of trauma and recovery makes that case again. All of us should listen.
Epistle to the Pope is available online at darylverville.com and in Vancouver at Banyen Books.
Tom Sandborn lives and writes in Vancouver. He welcomes your feedback and story tips at tos65@telus.net.


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Only used once so far.
I purchased this vehicle and the dessert buggy for my boys. They have been great starter RC cars. We bash them around the back yard and local parks. They are quick and durable. I'm finding upgrade parts hard to find at local hobby shops, or just hard to find. ECX needs to address the steering assembly. The servo saver loosens from the body making the steering sloppy. But I am happy with these cars as they are RTR and they have around 15-20 minute run time (depending on terrain) with 1800 batteries.


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The Confusing Italian Piano Player, the Mute Harp Player and the Man with the Painted-on Mustache.
I was a kid who grew up with a black and white TV in the house. When we watched the Wizard of Oz, we never knew there was anything unusual about Dorothy entering the Land of Oz, other than the mess of midgets dancing and singing. It was black and white whether she was at Oz or back home in Kansas. So when color came to our TV it was such an amazing thing, I lost interest in anything not in vivid (or washed out) color.
Now, 40 years later I am watching TV one day and see an old Marx Brothers film. I was hooked on the crazy humor. It was only a matter of weeks until several DVDs arrived from Amazon.com.
To see the talent of the ever silent Harpo with his unique ability to confuse anyone he comes in contact with, and his amazing exchange of hats and deft pair of scissors that can remove any tie, garment or pocket in a heartbeat. But then place him next to a harp, and he is able to make the strings sing like a choir of angels.
And to watch Chico sit at a piano and play is so incredible, that I have come to realize the ones who most enjoy his performances are his hands, with the fingers that literally dance across the ivory, skipping and jumping like a child fresh out of school for the summer.
And to see the antics of Groucho with his continuous attempts to marry Margaret Dumont who played: Martha Phelps, Mrs. Dukesbury, Mrs. Upjohn, Mrs. Claypool, Mrs. Teasdale, Mrs. Rittenhouse and Mrs. Potter and others.
Groucho with his one-liners are memorialized by many people in the entertainment industry.
"I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. What he was doing in my pajamas I'll never know."
Female: "Hold me closer …"
Groucho: "If I hold you any closer, I'll be behind you!"
Here's to our wives and girlfriends… may they never meet!
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
Die, my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do!
And many many others. They're nonstop in the movies.
You can't help but notice that everyone in the films are having fun as well. Many times you will see an actor trying to hold back a smile. I have a bit of my mother's curiosity, so as I watched these movies I became more in awe at these men, until I had to jump onto Wikipedia to find out more about them.
I knew there was a fourth brother, Zeppo that played in the earlier movies, but I find that there was also another brother, Gummo, who left acting before his brothers entered the films.
But I also see there was actually a sixth brother, the first born, Manfred, who died at 7 months, probably a victim of influenza. – what a great trivia question!
The four brothers, compliments of Wikipedia.
I have since ordered a book titled, Harpo Speaks, which is a biography of the Marx Brothers through the eyes of Harpo, the one who never spoke in the films, who supposedly only had a year and a half of schooling. Ironically, it is said he was the best at words. I am assured it is good reading and when finished, I will add its book report to the I've always hated book reports section.
It is a good thing to delve in the past humor of Hollywood when it was truly funny and worth watching, to clear your head of the convulsions and bias of the modern film world. My hats off to those zany men and their antics. Heaven must be a really funny place at times.
Keep kicking. D.


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Education and Training: Investing in Regional Growth—2016-17
The Education and Training portfolio's objective is to provide learning opportunities for all Australians, regardless of where they live. The Department of Education and Training delivers national policies and programmes to help Australians access world-class child care, early learning, school education, higher education, vocational education and training, international education and research.
Through its range of programmes the Education and Training portfolio supports Australians living in regional and rural communities. For example, the Flexible Literacy for Remote Primary Schools programme supports up to 40 remote and very remote primary schools to improve literacy skills of their students.
The Education and Training portfolio delivers a number of measures to encourage greater workforce participation and productivity across the nation. For example the Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools pilot, taking place in Ballarat and Geelong, supports students to undertake further education, training or work and build skills highly desired by employers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) industries.
Students First—Indexation of School Funding From 2018
The Australian Government will provide an additional $1.2 billion from 2017-18 under Students First—indexation of school funding from 2018 measure. This funding will assist in maintaining growth in federal school funding beyond the 2017 school year at a rate that better reflects the increasing costs of schooling.
The funding increase comes from a change of indexation rate moving from Consumer Price Index to an education specific rate of 3.56 per cent from 2018-2020. There will also be an additional allowance for changes in enrolments.
This measure will bring the Australian Government's total funding commitment to school education to $73.6 billion, an increase of $0.93 billion, over the Budget and Forward Estimates 2016-17 to 2019-20.
Australian International Education: Enabling Growth and Innovation
The Australian Government will provide $12.0 million in funding over four years from 2016-17 to support initiatives under Australia's first National Strategy for International Education. The National Strategy for International Education commits to engaging regional communities and international students and to promote regional excellence in education, training and research. Increasing regional Australia's share in the benefits of international education is part of the Australian Government's plan to sustainably grow the sector.
Additional Funding for Students with Disability
The Australian Government will provide $118.2 million of additional funding, over the existing disability loading, for students with disability over two years from 2016–17. This fulfils the Australian Government's commitment to students with disability funding, informed by the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability from 2016. This funding is in addition to the $5.1 billion in funding for students with disability already committed by the Australian Government over the period 2014 to 2017.
The funding provides schools with funding certainty for students with disability from 2014 to 2017, and can be targeted to those with the greatest need, including students with disability in regional and remote schools.
National Availability of Early Learning Languages Australia
Following a successful trial involving 41 preschool services in 2015 and an extension to around 300 services in 2016, the Australian Government will invest a total of $5.9 million over two years to make the Early Learning Languages Australia programme available to preschool services nationally from 2017.
The Early Learning Languages Australia programme is an innovative play-based language learning application (app) available on mobile tablet devices that provides preschool children with the opportunity to learn a language other than English, including Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian, French and Arabic.
The apps are designed so that preschool educators do not need to have any knowledge of the language being taught. This is particularly beneficial for use in regional and remote areas where access to qualified language teachers can be problematic.
Using an opt-in "bring your own device" approach, the programme includes education and IT support and funding for 1,000 low socio-economic status preschool services to purchase mobile tablet devices.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
The Australian Government is committed to preserving Australia's Indigenous culture and heritage much of which is held within Australia's regional communities. The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies national collection is a critical research infrastructure with a wide range of tangible benefits for regional Australia, including the tourism, mining, agricultural, environmental and higher education sectors. It supports native title research, policy advice and a range of other research activities. In recognition of the importance of this national collection, the Government has committed $40.0 million in additional funding over four years for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. This will enable the collection of critical cultural knowledge, and promote an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, traditions, languages and stories, past and present. This knowledge will be digitised to protect it for all Australians. Funding of $10.0 million per annum for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies is ongoing.
Industry Skills Fund
The growth and competitiveness of small to medium business in Australia's regional areas is important for our economy. The Australian Government is providing $31.7 million in 2016–17 for the Industry Skills Fund to support Australian businesses, including those in regional areas, to up-skill and re-skill their workers. This helps businesses become more productive, competitive and sustainable in domestic and global markets.
The Fund is the Australian Government's initiative for addressing workforce capability issues so that businesses can respond quickly to new and changing opportunities. The Industry Skills Fund primarily targets micro and small to medium enterprises that plan to train their workers to capitalise on growth opportunities and adapt to rapid technological change. Businesses operating in, or seeking to expand into, northern Australia are provided with additional support. The Industry Skills Fund also provides for a Skills Adviser Network which delivers intensive support to businesses that are looking to grow and develop their workforce, including in regional Australia.
Skills for Education and Employment Programme
The Skills for Education and Employment programme has operated since 2002. In 2016–17 the Australian Government is providing funding of $125.4 million for this national programme to provide over 24,000 eligible job seekers with language, literacy and numeracy training. This training will assist job seekers to build skills necessary to gain employment or participate in further training. Clients will receive free accredited training through registered training organisations. Training is delivered to meet both client and industry needs. Services are available nationally through face-to-face and distance delivery.
Additional Funding For Regional Schools
Under the Australian Education Act 2013, $364.3 million has been allocated in 2016 to support schools located in regional, rural and remote areas that have additional needs. Also, many small regional schools will benefit from demographic-driven loadings totalling approximately $266.1 million.
Flexible Literacy for Remote Primary Schools Programme
The $22.0 million Flexible Literacy for Remote Primary Schools programme supports up to 40 remote and very remote primary schools to implement two explicit teaching approaches: Direct Instruction and Explicit Direct Instruction. The programme is delivered by Good to Great Schools Australia and has been funded since 2013–14. The programme seeks to:
increase teacher pedagogical skills in teaching literacy through the use of alphabetic teaching approaches, in particular Direct Instruction and Explicit Direct Instruction; and
improve literacy results for students in participating schools.
Remote Indigenous Students Attending Non-Government Boarding Schools
From 2014 to 2016, non-government boarding schools with large numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boarding students from remote areas are eligible to receive additional recurrent funding under the Indigenous Boarding Initiative. The Indigenous Boarding Initiative will total $11.9 million. The additional funding will help non-government boarding schools deliver improved services to students and provide effective support to boost school attendance and engagement.
Reading Writing Hotline
The Australian Government provides funding of more than $500,000 in 2016–17 to TAFE New South Wales (Sydney Institute) to support the continued delivery of the Reading Writing Hotline. This important referral service supports adults to improve their reading, writing and numeracy skills. It is delivered nationally, with targeted marketing to regional communities across Australia, where there is often a high need for services.
Adult Migrant English Programme
The Adult Migrant English Programme provides up to 510 hours of English language tuition to eligible migrants and humanitarian entrants, within the first five years of their arrival in Australia. This helps them to successfully settle, and participate socially and economically in Australian society. Additional tuition is also available under the Special Preparatory Program and the Settlement Language Pathways to Employment and Training programme. The Australian Government has committed to providing $299.7 million in 2016–17 for the Adult Migrant English Programme. The Adult Migrant English Programme is delivered nationally in metropolitan, rural and regional areas, including through classroom-based and distance e-learning.
Trade Support Loans
Trade Support Loans are loans paid in instalments totalling up to $20,000 over the life of an Australian Apprenticeship. These loans assist apprentices with everyday costs while they complete their apprenticeship. Eligible Australian Apprentices, including those in regional areas, may apply for regular instalments according to their needs.
Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Programme
Eligible employers in rural and regional Australia who want to take on apprentices will continue to benefit from the Australian Government's 2016–17 investment of $394.9 million in the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Programme. The measures encourage employing apprentices in regional areas experiencing skills shortages or skills drought. Apprentices may also be eligible for the Living Away From Home Allowance.
Australian Apprenticeship Support Network
Australian Apprenticeship Support Network places a greater focus on delivery of advice and direct support to apprentices and employers, tailoring support to meet individual requirements throughout the apprenticeship lifecycle. Across the country, there are around 400 Australian Apprenticeship Support Network locations.
Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools Pilot
The Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools (P-TECH) pilot is part of a suite of initiatives designed to build Australia's science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) capability. The Australian Government has provided $500,000 in seed funding over two years from 2015–16 to test and adapt the United States' P-TECH model in the Australian context. The pilot involves establishing partnerships between the education and industry sectors to support young people to make a successful transition from school to further education, training and work. Pilot sites have been established in the regional communities of Geelong and Ballarat (Victoria).
Commonwealth Grant Scheme
The Australian Government will provide around $7.1 billion in 2016-17 through the Commonwealth Grants Scheme to subsidise students' higher education costs. This is an increase in funding of 65 per cent since 2009. The subsidy is available for all domestic students enrolled in a bachelor degree at a public university. Students enrolled in other course types or with private higher education providers may also be eligible for this subsidy. Under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme, universities with regional campuses receive additional funding of $70.8 million in 2016-17 in regional loading to help meet the costs associated with these campuses.
Higher Education Loan Program
The Australian Government Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) provides loans to students, including many from regional and rural areas, to help them with the cost of their tuition fees. Students do not pay any of their tuition fees up-front and are not required to start repaying the loan until they earn over the minimum compulsory repayment threshold.
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
In 2016-17, the Australian Government will provide $4.5 million to the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education through the National Institutes programme. Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education provides unique tertiary education opportunities for students, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from remote parts of northern Australia.
Higher Education Participation Programme
The Higher Education Participation Programme funds universities to improve access to domestic undergraduate courses for people from low socio-economic status backgrounds and to improve their retention and completion rates. In 2016-17, the Australian Government will provide $146.6 million for the Higher Education Participation Programme, which will benefit students at regional and outer metropolitan universities, which typically have higher proportions of low socio-economic status students. In 2016, universities with headquarters in regional areas were allocated $48.3 million from the Higher Education Participation Programme. The programme helps low socio-economic status students to go to university, for example through scholarships, and assists them in their studies through academic support. Under the Higher Education Participation Programme, universities can develop outreach activities in partnership with primary and secondary schools, vocational education and training providers and community groups to raise the aspirations and build the capacity of people from low socio-economic status backgrounds to participate in higher education.
National Disability Coordination Officer Programme
In 2016–17, the Australian Government will provide $4.3 million for the National Disability Coordination Officer Programme to assist people with disability to access and participate in tertiary education and subsequent employment. The programme aims to build links and coordinate services to ensure a smooth transition from school to tertiary education and, subsequently, the workforce. It operates nationally, including in regional areas.
Higher Education Disability Support Programme
The Higher Education Disability Support Programme assists all public universities, including regional campuses, to fund the cost of educational support services and equipment for domestic students with disability, and to attract and support these students in higher education. In 2016–17 the Australian Government will provide $7.2 million for the Higher Education Disability Support Programme, for the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on the Education and Training website which promotes inclusive teaching and learning practices for students with disability.
The National School Chaplaincy Programme—Supporting the Emotional Wellbeing of Students
The National School Chaplaincy Programme provides pastoral care services by supporting approximately 3,000 schools to engage a chaplain, with 48 per cent of these in schools located in regional, remote or very remote locations. Schools are eligible to receive up to $20,000 per annum (or up to $24,000 for remote/very remote schools) to engage the services of a school chaplain. Schools were invited by States and Territories to apply for funding under the National School Chaplaincy Programme.
Independent Public Schools—Assisting Government Schools and Building Stronger School Communities
The Australian Government recognises that giving schools and school leaders greater autonomy can help improve student results. Great schools have leaders and teachers who have the independence to make the decisions and develop the courses that best meets the needs of their students.
The Australian Government is supporting school autonomy with its $70.0 million Independent Public Schools initiative. The initiative aims to give selected government schools more control of local decision making and to help encourage stronger links between schools, parents and the local community.
The activities being funded include professional development for school leaders in managing their school operations, training for school council members to help them become more involved in their school, and the use of experienced and expert principals to support other schools to build leadership capability.
All States and Territories are participating in the initiative, and over 5,000 government schools across Australia, with millions of students, will benefit. The flexibility and responsiveness provided by the Independent Public Schools initiative will be of particular benefit in regional areas where local schools and their communities are best placed to know what their students need to learn and thrive. Schools in regional Australia will particularly benefit given they often have unique needs that are best understood by the school community itself.
Inspiring All Australians in Digital Literacy And STEM
As part of the Australian Government's National Innovation and Science Agenda, Australian students will be supported through $64.6 million worth of initiatives to embrace the digital age and increase engagement with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Students who may be most at risk of falling behind in the digital age, including those in regional communities, will be given opportunities to participate and engage.
Teach for Australia
The Teach for Australia programme, introduced in 2009, fast-tracks high calibre, non-teaching graduates (known as Associates) into disadvantaged schools through two years of intensive teacher training that leads to a Master of Teaching. To date the Australian Government has supported eight cohorts of the programme, providing $34.65 million for cohorts one to five and, through the current contract, an additional $22.4 million for cohorts six to eight. Teach for Australia partners with schools serving low socio-economic communities, with over 170 Associates being placed in regional and remote communities, including Portland and Horsham (Victoria), Katherine and Tennant Creek (Northern Territory), and Kalgoorlie (Western Australia). Over 40 per cent of Associates are working in regional communities, filling hard-to-staff teaching positions.
The National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education for 2016 and 2017 (National Partnership)
The Australian Government has committed a further $843.0 million to extend the National Partnership arrangements to support preschool programmes until the end of 2017. Universal access to early childhood education aims to ensure children can participate in a quality, early childhood education programme in the year before full-time school.
Jobs for Families Child Care Package
The Government will invest around $40 billion in child care support over the next four years. This includes an increase of more than $3 billion to support implementation of the Jobs for Families Package announced in the 2015-2016 Budget, and transition support to the new arrangements. This additional investment is to provide care that is affordable, accessible, and flexible. Support for rural and remote families is an important feature of the Jobs for Families Child Care Package, including recognising the extra challenges families face to access child care and early learning in rural and remote locations. The Package is being implemented in stages, with the Nanny Pilot Programme commencing in January 2016 and the Inclusion Support Programme commencing in July 2016.
Interim Home-Based Carer Subsidy Programme (Nanny Pilot Programme)
The Interim Home-Based Carer Subsidy Programme commenced on 1 January 2016. The programme is a trial of extending fee assistance to care delivered in the home by nannies in parallel with the existing In Home Care Programme. The Interim Home Based Carer Subsidy Programme targets families who find it difficult to access mainstream child care services, including shift workers (such as nurses, police officers and ambulance officers) and families living in regional and remote areas. As part of the 2016-17 Budget, the maximum per child subsidy has been lifted from $5.95 an hour to $8.50 an hour. Service providers will also have the opportunity to directly recruit families where there is spare capacity to do so. The programme has also been extended to 30 June 2018.
Inclusion Support Programme
The Inclusion Support Programme will improve the capacity and capability of child care services to include children with additional needs alongside their typically developing peers. Children with additional needs include children with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children or children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Support will include practical inclusion advice, increased funding to services to assist with the inclusion of children with additional needs and access to specialist equipment. Approximately $543 million will be provided over four years for this programme. This will help to ensure children with additional needs in regional and rural areas have the opportunity to participate in early childhood learning programmes.
Child Care Service Support Programme
The Child Care Services Support Programme provides financial assistance to child care service providers to improve access to child care for children, families and communities.
A key element of the Child Care Services Support Programme is the Community Support Programme, which supports the sustainability of child care for all Australian children and families, including in areas or under circumstances where services would not otherwise be viable—such as in disadvantaged or regional and remote areas.
National Occasional Care Programme
The Australian Government believes that families deserve a greater choice in meeting their child care needs and understands that occasional care provides a vital service for many families. This is particularly evident among families living in regional, rural and remote areas, where occasional care may be required due to seasonal work. In line with this, the Australian Government reinstated funding from 2014-15 for Non-Child Care Benefit approved occasional care, known as the National Occasional Care Programme.
The Australian Government has entered into project agreements with Victoria and South Australia to deliver increased access to occasional care, particularly in regional and remote areas, with approximately $6 million of Australian Government funding committed to these two States over the forward estimates.
State and Territory governments are also being asked to provide a co-contribution of 45 per cent of the cost.
Jobs, Education and Training Child Care Fee Assistance
Jobs, Education and Training Child Care Fee Assistance provides parents on eligible income support payments, many who live in regional areas, with additional assistance to help meet the cost of child care. The Australian Government is investing $39.1 million in the programme in 2016–17. Eligible parents are given increased help to meet the cost of child care while they enhance their skills through work, study or training to enable them to enter or return to the workforce.
Budget Based Funded Service Programme
The Budget Based Funded Services Programme supports access to child care in regional, remote and Indigenous communities. The Australian Government provides funding to approximately 300 child care and early learning services through this programme.
Budget based services currently include centre-based long day care, out-of-school-hours care, mobile child care services, and playgroups. The Australian Government has committed $61.8 million to the programme in 2016-17.
Research Block Grants
In 2016, the Australian Government is providing $1.8 billion to universities to support research and research training through a number of performance-based schemes. Research block grants are provided to all Australian universities and help to support regionally-based researchers and research students. Universities are key to the economic and social growth of many regions, through the employment they provide and the students they attract as well as their role in innovation systems.
The Australian Government announced in the National Innovation and Science Agenda that it will drive greater research-industry collaboration by introducing new research block grant funding arrangements for universities in 2017 that will give greater emphasis to success in industry and other end-user engagement. An additional $180.4 million will be provided over the forward estimates to increase incentives for research collaboration.
National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy
Under the National Innovation and Science Agenda, the Australian Government has committed ongoing funding of $150.0 million per year from 1 July 2017 (indexed for inflation) to the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy to support the operations of major national research infrastructure.
Prior to the commencement of this funding, the Australian Government provided an additional $150.0 million in 2016–17 on top of the $150.0 million provided in 2015–16 to operate and maintain existing research infrastructure. The strategy provides important infrastructure to the Australian research community and benefits rural and regional Australia through localised research infrastructure projects and facilities.
Future funding under National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy will be subject to the outcomes of the 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap.
The Antarctic Gateway Partnership
In 2014, the Australian Research Council funded a new research initiative to enable scientific collaboration between the University of Tasmania, CSIRO and the Australian Antarctic Division. Investment of $24.0 million over three years from 2014–15 on the Antarctic Gateway Partnership Initiative will cement Hobart and Australia as a global hub for Antarctic and Southern Ocean research with flow on financial benefits to Tasmania.
Tropical Health and Medicine
North Queensland continues to benefit from the Australian Research Council's funding of $42.0 million over four years from 2014–15 for the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine at James Cook University. This unique research project is helping to improve health outcomes and service delivery for regional, remote, and under-served communities in tropical Australia, in particular, through research and training in virology, disease and transmission control as well as the development of new treatments and vaccines for tropical diseases.
Australian Research Council
The Australian Research Council advises the Australian Government on research matters, manages the National Competitive Grants Programme and the Excellence in Research for Australia initiative. The Australian Government will invest approximately $745.1 million in the National Competitive Grants Programme to support research across a wide range of disciplines including regional and rural issues. Recipients of funding under the grants programme include universities in regional areas, and the Australian Research Council encourages partnerships between researchers and industry, government, community organisations and the international community.
Women's Safety Package
Under the $100.0 million Women's Safety Package, the Government is providing $5.0 million to develop curriculum and teaching resources to educate children at all year levels across primary and secondary schools, from Foundation to Year 12, in age-appropriate ways about respectful relationships and on ways to recognise and counter domestic violence. This will be done by developing new and additional resources to support the teaching of the respectful relationships component of the Australian Curriculum: Health and physical education, which was endorsed by all Australian Education Ministers on 18 September 2015.
The curriculum and teaching resources will be freely available to all Australian schools through an expanded and refreshed Safe Schools Hub website, which is the digital home of the National Safe Schools Framework and provides a range of free high quality information and resources on student safety and wellbeing for teachers, students, parents, specialist professionals, and pre-service teachers.
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Former UFC Reza Madadi reports "Thanks @manomanagement and all my fans. I'm back, back to the @ufc" on Instagram. The Allstars Training Center fighter was released from the UFC when accusations were put forth of a 'smash and grab incident', where "Mad Dog" has served jail time for. The 36 year old last downed UFC title contender Michael Johnson two years ago in the Octagon, but hasn't fought since. With Madadi's post and Facebook video, it seems the former UFC fighter is again a current UFC fighter.
It is now just over 3 years since UFC debut in Stockholm, where Madadi was victorious over Cuban Yoislandy Izquierdo. The lightweight also dropped a controversial decision to Cristiano Marcello in October 2012, brining his UFC record to 2 wins and 1 loss.
AMAZING NEWS. Guess who's back, back again to the UFC. Reza " Mad Dog " Madadi is the new sheriff in town.
The Iranian born fighter has a 13 win and 3 loss record overall, and had a 7 fight winning streak from 2009-2012. No information about timing for return or any matchup was provided.


Older public servants who are re-employed at the same job grade will no longer have their salaries cut, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday. "These officers will continue to receive their last-drawn salary," said the minister-in-charge of the civil service, adding that the Government recognises the contributions and experience of its older workers.
Its move reflects the practice in most companies now, and is a result of the public service's latest review of its guidelines for re-employing workers, he said.
Re-employment contracts may be offered to officers who turn 62 up till age 67. About 1,300 officers were re-employed last year.
During the debate on the Prime Minister's Office budget, Mr Teo also outlined key priorities for the public service.
One of them is driving innovation.
Education Minister (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung has been appointed to champion public service innovation and will focus on a number of key areas that require close coordination among agencies.
These include the review of regulations to better support innovation and entrepreneurship, and adopting procurement methods that support industry development.
In all, 24 MPs raised questions, asking about a range of public sector plans, from going digital to employing people with disabilities.
Mr Teo said another priority is to develop skills in IT and engineering in officers.
About 10,000 civil servants will be trained in the next four years in areas such as data analytics, in keeping with the country's push to go digital.
Such training will help them come up with policies and deliver better services to people, he said.
Developing public officers is another key priority, said Mr Teo, laying out the human resource policy changes in the pipeline.
From July, public officers and pensioners on older medical schemes who are hospitalised at community hospitals will have up to 28 days' stay covered.
Currently, their medical benefits cover only their stay in restructured hospitals.
The public service will also look at hiring more people with disabilities in meaningful jobs.
In response to Nominated MP Chia Yong Yong, Mr Teo said about 270 disabled people worked in the public service as of the end of last year.
Suitable vacancies are posted on the job portal run by disabilities support agency SG Enable, he added.
Senior public servants are also appointed to champion the hiring and integration of disabled people in their organisations.


1:What did you do in 2015 that you'd never done before?
I did keep my New Year's resolutions! Well, they were more like New Year's Good Ideas, as I didn't want to stress myself out by setting myself strict tasks or deadlines, so even the ones that were quite straightforward had caveats like, "so long as it's fun rather than a chore." My vaguest resolution was to do something that would bring me closer to my goal of becoming a translator, which was realised by our system of speaking/reading/listening/watching French and Japanese in alternate weeks. There were weeks where we spoke less in French/Japanese than others, or didn't fit in any watching of TV or film (I find this really helpful for taking in body language as well), but the system has nonetheless improved our language skills massively: I sometimes forgot that I wasn't speaking in my native language. More concrete was my resolution to read at least one book in French and in Japanese - I only finished the one in Japanese, but I read seven French books :D I also read 72 books in total, my goal having been 60, w00t. In 2016, I want to try to read 10 books in French and at least 2 in Japanese, step up the language practice slightly (such as focusing on fine-tuning my grammar), run the 4th of July four-mile road race, and start eliminating palm oil from our diet/life.
Some acquaintances, but not anyone I would say is close. It's still quite incredible, though, being reminded that we can create new humans inside our own bodies...!
I spent almost two weeks in New England in the summer, swimming outdoors, eating delicious food, meeting up with friends and family.
6:What would you like to have in 2016 that you lacked in 2015?
Confidence in my translation abilities. I have a good degree in this area, yet I still think I'm a clueless fraud.
7:What dates from 2015 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Hmm, perhaps the 7th of May, when a Tory government was elected to Westminster despite what seemed to be an almost unanimous expectation that Labour would get in. At least Caroline Lucas was re-elected, and - though I am not actually a particular SNP-supporter - those 56 SNP MPs are to me a sign of optimism, the belief and hope that politics can change.
Although there were bad times this year, occasions when I couldn't cope with things, I wouldn't actually describe anything as a failure. Those bad times were unavoidable, and I got through them.
I suffered continued mental ill-health, but much less so than previously. Got some mild trouble from an ankle that I hurt while falling down a couple of stairs this time last year, but that too is strengthening!
Some friends and acquaintances have been so kind, gentle, and patient with me when I've been honest about why I'm turning down their invitations to parties/meet-ups/etc. I've been really touched by how accepting they are, as I was afraid that I would be rejected instead.
I am appalled by those who talk about refugees as drains on the societies they're coming to, particularly when those people are in positions of power and so decide the fates of people in need. I'm appalled by the British government withdrawing support for vulnerable people and for renewable energy.
16:What song will always remind you of 2015?
(a) I am happier!! Yay! The black chasm is further off, the greyness has receded, there is more often light and calm (b) I am more muscular, rrr >:D My biceps, gained from hauling sacks of grains and vegetables up and down numerous flights of stairs, may not seem much to others, but I'm seriously chuffed with them :D (c) Richer! I think our joint income still leaves us relatively near the poverty line, but with strict budgeting (and convenient lack of things like a car or a mortgage) I feel quite comfortable.
Travelling. With that strict budget we could afford to go to America, which was wonderful, but it would have been great to be able to also do more day and weekend trips, see the more local sights, just spend time outside the city, feeling alive.
Worried about how other people are judging me. What a waste of time. I do think that it's important to look at whether or not you live up to your principles, check that you're not being hypocritical (or if you are, that it's because it's unavoidable), but constantly fine-combing my behaviour and picking apart everything that I say is disrespectful to myself, and I could be doing something so much more enjoyable with that time.
21:Did you fall in love in 2015?
I like myself more than I ever have before.
Hm, I don't hate anyone now, but I'm grumpy with some people. I'm better at letting myself be irritated in general, which I think is good - I'm not so concerned with being judged as not nice enough.
Ahhh, that's difficult! There have been so many good ones. I think I'd say either How to be both by Ali Smith, or L'Odyssée DaleMark, Tome 3 : Les houppelandes magiques by Diana Wynne Jones (Laurence Kiefé), with a mention for Honourable Friends? Parliament and the Fight for Change by Caroline Lucas.
Amadou et Mariam, Orange Blossom, klezmer playlists on Spotify.
Instant and effortless mental good health.
First Prize: Spy was completely awesome. Melissa McCarthy is completely awesome. I loved that she was a fat woman being capable, funny, seductive, quick-thinking, and literally arse-kicking, and the one negative reaction to her size (that I can remember, anyway) was actually a bad reflection on the other character. I loved that her side-kick was Miranda Hart, that there were female villains, that her boss was a woman, that there was awkwardness and messing up but also whip-fast get-out plans and saving of the day. And on top of all that, it was just hilarious.
Second Prize: We watched the two How to Train Your Dragon films for the first time this year (in French) and I loved them so much, even though I also cried so much that I'm not sure I'd like to re-watch them. But the animation was just lovely - Toothless was both adorable and stunning, and the flying scenes were so beautiful.
Third Prize: I really enjoyed Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This may be because I thought it was going to be awful and cheesy, but that I will judge when I go to see it again \o/ I was impressed by the acting, the settings, the nostalgic nods to and mirroring of the original trilogy, Princess Leia being awesome (yayyy), and the main characters avoiding being the stereotypes that they could have been.
The times when I left the city behind and was surrounded by nature. It's only in these times that I feel as though I'm fully connected to the present, to life, to my soul.
30:How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2015?
XD Err, comfortable? Second-hand? Harry Potter-centric?
Learning how to predict when I will be overwhelmed and then respecting that, not trying to push myself to be 'normal' and live up to the image that I have of how I 'should' be, what I 'should' be capable of.
Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester.
This is a pretty difficult question, with so much crap going on in the world... I suppose the issue that I've spent the most time thinking, talking, and getting angry about is human treatment of other animals. It's on such a huge scale (over 150 billion animals killed every year), and so pointless - there are alternatives to all of the things that we currently use other animals for right now. They're not here for us to use, and we treat them so cruelly, just because they can't fight back. The way that we treat other animals is also a part of the malaise that affects the way that we treat the rest of our ecosystem and each other - like the earth and less privileged people are there just to provide for the richer.
The friends that I didn't have enough mental energy to see or contact.
35:Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2015.
Life is not an exam: you don't have to make sure that you've answered all the questions, that you've ticked every box.


Manna a concrete juice, is the production of the flowering Ash, Ornus, vel Fraxinus. Sometimes the juice flows spontaneously, or is obtained by tapping the tree. It has a sweet and slightly bitter taste, and is a gentle purgative, so mild in its operation that it may be given with safety to children, persons of very weak habits, and in pregnancy. In some constitutions, however, it produces flatulency, and therefore requires the addition of a suitable aromatic, especially when given to an adult. As it is a very mild purgative, it may be combined with a decoction of senna, or rhubarb, and an aromatic, say, a small portion of Cayenne pepper.


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Lundqvist ties Richter, Hagelin nets hat trick as Rangers win
March 14, 2014 | 10:58pm
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — This was a night on which the Rangers returned to wearing blue collars rather than the white gloves they had sported in losing dreary affairs this week in Carolina and Minnesota.
This was a night on which they dug in against a much bigger and stronger team, sacrificing their bodies throughout an essential 4-2 victory over the Jets for which coach Alain Vigneault broke up the struggling Brad Richards-Martin St. Louis combination.
But even as Carl Hagelin was awarded the Broadway Hat after recording his first career hat trick, this was a night on which the Rangers needed Henrik Lundqvist to be not only at his best, but most competitive against a team that barreled toward him and his net with impunity.
And the Blueshirts got the best from Lundqvist, who shut down the Jets after allowing an admittedly upsetting marginal goal very early in the match that allowed Winnipeg to take a 2-1 lead. In doing so, the King tied Mike Richter's franchise record of 301 career victories.
"I was really upset after that second goal and tried to push myself to be a little bit better," Lundqvist said, referring to the Andrew Ladd left wing drive that beat him up top to the short side at 3:26, just 53 seconds after Dustin Byfuglien had scored on a rebound. "After that goal, it was about how you respond.
"I'm happy with the way I responded and with the way the team responded."
Lundqvist was aggressive throughout the match, battling for loose pucks around the net, using his stick for poke-checks with chaos and Jets converging from all angles.
"I had to be a little bit more aggressive," said the goaltender, who will shoot for the record on Sunday afternoon when the Sharks come to the Garden. "It was a mindset."
The Rangers had scored only 11 goals in the five games they had played since the trade deadline, with only four coming at five-on-five. The Richards-St. Louis partnership had been dry, each collecting one assist on a five-on-three power play goal. And so, Vigneault could no longer wait; not now.
"[That combination] hasn't had the impact we hoped it was going to have," Vigneault said before the match. "We've tried for five games. I've been patient. It's probably time to try something else."
St. Louis (No. 26) shifted onto the Sixes-Wild Line with Derick Brassard (No. 16) and Mats Zuccarello (No. 36). Richards moved between Hagelin and Benoit Pouliot.
"When things don't go well there are always going to be changes here and there," St. Louis said. "You adapt. You have to be able to adjust. It's the NHL, so they are quality players."
The winger did not score a goal, but set up Hagelin for the game-winner in front at 19:52 of the second with a gorgeous backhand feed as he came from behind the net after bolting out of the penalty box to corral a long Kevin Klein clear beneath the goal line.
"Being able to contribute in that way to win makes me feel a little bit good about myself," St. Louis said after the match in which all four Rangers' goals, including one from Chris Kreider, came at five-on-five.
The Rangers were credited with 24 blocked shots — six by the indefatigable Dan Girardi — but likely were shortchanged in the arithmetic. They killed four penalties, including a pair late in the second less than four minutes apart preceding Hagelin's winner, in stretching their streak to 20 straight over the last seven games.
One Blueshirt after another played with the urgency required at this time of year, and none more so than their masked man.
"We knew how important this game was," said Lundqvist. "It feels great to win the way we did. [As far as tying Richter], it is a huge honor to be up there with him, he meant so much to this organization. It's kind of surreal."
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Panthers get three in 3rd period to burn the Devils


Quicken Loans Arena, the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has been renamed Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse as the NBA basketball franchise's owner, Dan Gilbert, seeks to grant further exposure to that part of his business.
Gilbert is founder and chairman of Detroit-based Quicken Loans, the nation's largest home mortgage lender. The downtown arena, commonly known as 'The Q,' was called Gund Arena, after former owner Gordon Gund, for its first 11 years, before being renamed Quicken Loans Arena when Gilbert bought the franchise in 2005.
In late 2015, Quicken Loans introduced Rocket Mortgage, the first fully digital mortgage experience, and today, 98% of all home loans originated by the company utilise this technology. The renaming comes with the 25-year-old arena in the midst of an $185m (£141.6m/€164.1m) renovation project.
Set to complete in time for the 2019-20 NBA season, the renovation (pictured) will increase the total square footage of the venue from 95,380 sq. ft. to 152, 970 sq. ft. A new glass façade featuring 1,475 glass pieces and atrium will add 42,530 sq. ft. of new public space to create a fresh exterior presence. Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse will have eight new public destination hospitality spaces and feature the latest in cutting-edge technology that the Cavaliers state will re-define the fan experience.
The publicly-owned facility is a joint-venture between the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, the Gateway Economic Development Corporation and the Cavaliers. Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse signage will be prominently featured on the new glass facade that spans the entire north side of the building, reflecting the downtown Cleveland skyline.
The new Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse branding will be installed over the coming months and includes exterior and interior signage, LED roof signage, playing surfaces, and other assets throughout the arena.
The transformation will extend the Cavaliers' lease for seven more years through 2034, committing to the arena for at least 40 years since the team's original lease, which is among the longest facility tenures in US pro sports.
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse will close in mid-May to complete the renovation in time for the grand-opening on September 30, a concert by Ohio natives the Black Keys.


The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA (PHS/SPCA) and San Mateo County Sheriff's Office have been in close cooperation to pair dogs that need extra attention with inmates who act as full-time handlers for the dogs.
Four of the first dogs to enter the program at Maple Street Correction Center graduated from the program Friday, saying 'goodbye' to their temporary digs and 'hello' to their permanent homes.
An inmate at the Maple Street Correction Center sits with a dog at the Transition Animals Into Loving Situations' (T.A.I.LS.) graduation ceremony.
From movie nights to doggy play dates and training sessions, the dogs received more one-on-one attention than they could get in the shelter, according to PHS/SPCA Communications Manager Michele Moyer.
The dogs that participate in the Transitioning Animals Into Loving Situations (TAILS) program each spend eight weeks full-time with two inmates and recieve training throughout their stay.
Inmates pose with their dog at the Maple Street Correctional Center. The two helped train Tasha for the last two months through the 'Transition Animals Into Loving Situations' (T.A.I.LS.) program.
Salvador Zuno, a Public Information Officer with San Mateo County's Sheriff's Office, said that the program is just one of several efforts created to help decrease criminal recidivism.
Zuno said around 80 inmates have participated in the program so far.
The program just transitioned to its new facilities in Redwood City, where they have built an outdoor space to accommodate the program.
Behavior and Training Director Maria Eguren said the next class of dogs will be paired with women inmates at the facilities.
Elfie is held by Warren Tuckerman, an inmate at the Maple Street Correctional Center, who helped train her for the last two months through the 'Transition Animals Into Loving Situations' (T.A.I.LS.) program. She is currently adoptable through the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA.
After the graduation ceremony Friday, three of the four dogs will be leaving to their forever homes, including the home of the San Mateo County Sheriff's lieutenant, who personally adopted one of the dogs at the ceremony.
Interested adopters for the remaining dog or future dogs in the program can contact Maria Eguren at meguren@phs-spca.org.


Fallout 4 arms its players with an enormous arsenal of customizable unique weapons and legendary weapons, including an extraordinary collection of rare and high-powered implements of destruction. Here's the lowdown on some of Fallout 4's best unique guns.
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The Wazer Wifle is a powerful weapon granted when a player complete Fallout 4's main quest line. The Wazer Wifle's primary appeal is it's unlimited magazine capacity. This does not mean that the gun has an unlimited supply of ammunition. It simply allows you to use all the ammunition without a single reload. This makes it murderous in sniping and VATS. As most enemies take at least superficial damage from laser blasts, the Wazer Wifle's continual availability makes it a perfect everyday weapon.
Fallout's iconic sci-fi gun returns! The blaster has limited ammo but packs an extraordinary punch.
It's very easy to grab...let us show you how.
Few weapons can make as much impact on the early game as this superb pistol. The Deliverer deals a respectful amount of damage with a good rate of fire, but the real treat is that it's chambered for plentiful 10mm ammunition. It's extraordinarily useful against the enemies you'll encounter at low-to-mid levels, especially for a VATS build.
The Deliverer can be obtained by completing Tradecraft.
The Broadsider is a freakin' giant cannon. The fire-rate is terrible, though it can be modded for improved performance. But the real appeal is shooting robots with cannonballs.
The Broadsider is fairly easy to grab...just complete the Last Voyage of the USS Constitution.
Though difficult to aim, the Far Man mini-nuke launcher is an unparalleled heavy weapon, launching high-explosive nuclear charges in a plunging arc. Clever players may choose to quicksave before loosing even a single precious round from this awesome weapon. If you have the ammo, the MIRV launcher is extraordinary.
A Fat Man can be easily acquired in the first minutes of the game.
The Syringer allows a player to fire custom chemically-crafted ammunition at enemies for a variety of effects and facilitates debuffing. It's easily acquired after completing Hole in the Wall in Vault 81.
These weapons are unique because the game gives them a colorful name and usually a special effect. Sometimes this effect can be found on a legendary weapon that is not unique. For example the Parytstarter is a missile launcher that does 50% more damage to humans, however, you could find an Assassin's Missile Launcher in the game that also does 50% more damage to humans. All the Legendary Weapon Effects are listed below in their own section.
Potentially launch targets in the air.
May light enemies on fire.
Deal 50% more damage on Super Mutants.
Increase the chance to cripple target's leg by 20%.
Movement is 75% faster while aiming.
Improved VATS hit chance, 25% less Action Point Coast.
25% faster fire rate, 15% faster reload.
Increased damage after each consecutive hit.
Deal 50% more damage on robots.
Critical hits cause target to frenzy.
Targets take bleed damage, more stagger.
Chance to frenzy targets for 60 seconds.
Call's down a missile strike from Zao's sub.
Chance to stagger on hit.
Refills Action Points on Critical Hit.
Targets bleed and are poisoned.
Deals 25% more damage, no recoil.
Uses telekinesis to push targets away.
Double damage on targets with full health.
Deals 50% more damage on humans.
Sneak attacks increase damage, targets bleed.
Deals 50% more damage on Mirelurks and bugs.
15% less damage while standing still.
Critical shots do double damage, meter fills 15% faster.
Action Points cost 40% less.
15 damage points in damage effect.
The lower your health, the greater the damage.
Target is set of fire, 15 damage points.
Deals 50% more limb damage.
Increases VATS accuracy but costs more Action Points.
Deals 50% more damage to Super Mutants.


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<?php

namespace Illuminate\Foundation\Concerns;

use Throwable;

trait ResolvesDumpSource
{
    /**
     * All of the href formats for common editors.
     *
     * @var array<string, string>
     */
    protected $editorHrefs = [
        'atom' => 'atom://core/open/file?filename={file}&line={line}',
        'emacs' => 'emacs://open?url=file://{file}&line={line}',
        'idea' => 'idea://open?file={file}&line={line}',
        'macvim' => 'mvim://open/?url=file://{file}&line={line}',
        'netbeans' => 'netbeans://open/?f={file}:{line}',
        'nova' => 'nova://core/open/file?filename={file}&line={line}',
        'phpstorm' => 'phpstorm://open?file={file}&line={line}',
        'sublime' => 'subl://open?url=file://{file}&line={line}',
        'textmate' => 'txmt://open?url=file://{file}&line={line}',
        'vscode' => 'vscode://file/{file}:{line}',
        'vscode-insiders' => 'vscode-insiders://file/{file}:{line}',
        'vscode-insiders-remote' => 'vscode-insiders://vscode-remote/{file}:{line}',
        'vscode-remote' => 'vscode://vscode-remote/{file}:{line}',
        'vscodium' => 'vscodium://file/{file}:{line}',
        'xdebug' => 'xdebug://{file}@{line}',
    ];

    /**
     * The source resolver.
     *
     * @var (callable(): (array{0: string, 1: string, 2: int|null}|null))|null
     */
    protected static $dumpSourceResolver;

    /**
     * Resolve the source of the dump call.
     *
     * @return array{0: string, 1: string, 2: int|null}|null
     */
    public function resolveDumpSource()
    {
        if (static::$dumpSourceResolver) {
            return call_user_func(static::$dumpSourceResolver);
        }

        $trace = debug_backtrace(DEBUG_BACKTRACE_IGNORE_ARGS, 20);

        $sourceKey = null;

        foreach ($trace as $traceKey => $traceFile) {
            if (isset($traceFile['file']) && str_ends_with(
                $traceFile['file'],
                'dump.php'
            )) {
                $sourceKey = $traceKey + 1;

                break;
            }
        }

        if (is_null($sourceKey)) {
            return;
        }

        $file = $trace[$sourceKey]['file'] ?? null;
        $line = $trace[$sourceKey]['line'] ?? null;

        if (is_null($file) || is_null($line)) {
            return;
        }

        $relativeFile = $file;

        if ($this->isCompiledViewFile($file)) {
            $file = $this->getOriginalFileForCompiledView($file);
            $line = null;
        }

        if (str_starts_with($file, $this->basePath)) {
            $relativeFile = substr($file, strlen($this->basePath) + 1);
        }

        return [$file, $relativeFile, $line];
    }

    /**
     * Determine if the given file is a view compiled.
     *
     * @param  string  $file
     * @return bool
     */
    protected function isCompiledViewFile($file)
    {
        return str_starts_with($file, $this->compiledViewPath);
    }

    /**
     * Get the original view compiled file by the given compiled file.
     *
     * @param  string  $file
     * @return string
     */
    protected function getOriginalFileForCompiledView($file)
    {
        preg_match('/\/\*\*PATH\s(.*)\sENDPATH/', file_get_contents($file), $matches);

        if (isset($matches[1])) {
            $file = $matches[1];
        }

        return $file;
    }

    /**
     * Resolve the source href, if possible.
     *
     * @param  string  $file
     * @param  int|null  $line
     * @return string|null
     */
    protected function resolveSourceHref($file, $line)
    {
        try {
            $editor = config('app.editor');
        } catch (Throwable $e) {
            // ..
        }

        if (! isset($editor)) {
            return;
        }

        $href = is_array($editor) && isset($editor['href'])
            ? $editor['href']
            : ($this->editorHrefs[$editor['name'] ?? $editor] ?? sprintf('%s://open?file={file}&line={line}', $editor['name'] ?? $editor));

        if ($basePath = $editor['base_path'] ?? false) {
            $file = str_replace($this->basePath, $basePath, $file);
        }

        $href = str_replace(
            ['{file}', '{line}'],
            [$file, is_null($line) ? 1 : $line],
            $href,
        );

        return $href;
    }

    /**
     * Set the resolver that resolves the source of the dump call.
     *
     * @param  (callable(): (array{0: string, 1: string, 2: int|null}|null))|null  $callable
     * @return void
     */
    public static function resolveDumpSourceUsing($callable)
    {
        static::$dumpSourceResolver = $callable;
    }
}

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Please use Scoutbook for communication and updated calendars.
Cub Scout Pack 158 is located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
and Churchill Elementary Schools as well as other interested youth.
All boys and girls in grades K - 5 can join.
Boys and girls can join at any time, you don't have to start in kindergarten.
Facts, Answers, and Questions document.
New Scouts: Complete (1) Pack 158 application, (2) BSA Youth Application and (3) Health Record.
Returning Scouts: Complete (1) Pack 158 application and (2) Health Record.
Forward the documents to our Pack Committee Chair.
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... A swedish-speaking, multi-gaming community guild!
Ruthless enjoys a long, active, and varied history since 2010, with a vast number of members new and old spread out through several games, while adhering to the core values of its shared community. Despite its namesake, the aim is to provide a fun, friendly and mature environment, where we help out and support each others endeavours. A respectful and sharing attitude is key, both within the guild and toward other players. As development of AoC made its way into public eye, it was decided, due to level of interest, that a new branch was to be initiated and help prepare for launch. Fellow ashlings are more than welcome to apply. There are plenty of opportunities for new recruits to check out our other game ventures while awaiting release of AoC, thus getting familiar with our community and its standards early on.
Ruthless grundades 2010 den 30 juni som ett Star Wars: The Old Republic gille med dåvarande namnet Swedish Guild Project även kallat SWETOR. Vi var då de första helsvenska Star Wars: The Old Republic gillet. 2012 valde ledningen tillsammans med medlemmarna att göra om Ruthless till ett multi gaming community. Detta innebar att vi inte längre var knutet till endast SWTOR, utan skapade nya sektioner för det medlemmarna ville spela tillsammans. Idag är Ruthless en spelförening med runt 1000 aktiva medlemmar.Vi spelar många olika spel tillsammans med varandra och allt knyter samman med vår hemsida och TS-server. Vi har även många olika sponsorer och samarbeten för att alla medlemmar ska trivas så bra som möjligt här på Ruthless med det lilla extra! Utöver att spela spel tillsammans brukar vi ha olika IRL träffar varje år, vissa planerade och andra oplanerade. Våra mest populära IRL träffar har varit de årliga Sommarträffarna och Finlandskryssningarna. Målet med Ruthless är att förbli Sveriges trevligaste och bästa gemenskap för alla. Så vad väntar du på? Gå med Sveriges bästa och trevligaste gemenskap redan idag!
The game seemingly provides a very dynamic set of rules, where each server, in the end, creates their own overall narrative. Guild development will be dictated by its members, based on what they wish to accomplish. Solo or shared adventure alike makes contributions regardless, if we are to assume current game concepts. The world is ever changing, and the actions and goals of its players likewise; thus, Ruthless will adapt its path in AoC according to circumstances and dynamics, all in the favour of simply having a good, respectful time. A guild structure abiding by certain principles of evolution and member activities.
Read about and apply to our AoC branch right here!
Apply for general membership or to any of our other game branches here!
Please read through our rules/policies (Code of Conduct covering both AoC and in general)!