Last year at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC we were out in full force to support Ocean City Maryland native Brett Martin. I city I practically grew up in and lived in for nearly 8 years of my formative years. Aside from that Sonar was the first of true social discovery apps and it was very cool then, and even cooler now after todays announcements.
We were totally stoked when Martin and the Sonar team made it to the finals where they came in as a runner up to high end peer to peer car rental startup, Get Around.
We wanted to know what it was like for the last year for the Sonar team. They didn't win the cup last year but it seems that being a finalist was just as good.
They tripled their office size from 3-9 and they've added a whole new suite of features. They also launched an Android beta, which Martin assures me will be released to the public shortly.
Wednesday at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2012 it was all about the Here Now Network. Back in March on a phone call with Martin I expressed some worry over the initial Sonar concept. It was fresh and new in May 2011 but by March 2012 there were apps like Highlight, Banjo and Glancee in the space. Martin kept telling me that they were working on things on their back end that he couldn't talk about but they would blow me away.
Those things Martin showed off today at Disrupt, the Here Now Network, move Sonar far ahead of the competition again.
Sure there are plenty of apps that do discovery and proximity based discovery but Sonar and the Here Now Network are all about your own personal network of people who are here now. Your closest friends, business associates and family members who are in your immediate area are what matters most.
Martin describes some great use cases in the video below. For example when he steps off the subway on his way into work he checks in. He leaves a status "Just got off the subway, headed to Starbucks does anyone want anything". That message is broadcast to the Sonar team (his coworkers) as soon as he passes by the office door just down the street from Starbucks. Now he can pick up coffee and bagels for everyone without picking up his phone any more than just checking in and looking at the order.
Another example he gives is that his team likes to go out to an outdoor food court sometimes. They all get different items from different vendors and if one of them finds a table they just check in and say "I found a spot in the shade, southeast corner". The message is broadcast to his teammates.
There are endless things you can do with that feature.
Check out our talk with Brett Martin on the new features, life for the past year and where he and Sonar are going. We recently saw social discovery exit Glancee take an early exit to Facebook. Martin tells us he's in it for the long haul.


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Coronavirus Hospitalizations Nearly Double Over Past Month
According to the COVID Tracking Project, 126 counties report their average hospital is at 90 percent capacity.
As vaccine efforts ramp up in the U.S so does the strain on hospitals. We've been talking a lot about this, especially as we were heading into the holiday season and now.
New data from the Department of Health and Human Services paints a grim picture. It includes county-level numbers from hospitals.
In 126 counties, the average hospital is at at least 90 percent capacity. That's according to an analysis of the data by the COVID Tracking Project.
And a look at the latest numbers more than 102,000 people hospitalized from the virus now – a figure that's nearly doubled over the past month.

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Written by silvercitydailypress on January 2, 2014
Hidalgo Medical Center and The Volunteer Center of Grant County are receiving grants from the Con Alma Health Foundation.
The funding will "make it easier for New Mexicans to lead healthy lives,' according to a news release.
Hidalgo Medical Center will use its $7,500 grant to develop a regional foodpolicy council.
"Leaders in Grant, Luna, Hidalgo and Catron counties have been working hard over the past few years to bring the issue of food sovereignty to the forefront,' said Susan Wilger, director of programs at Hidalgo Medical Services' Center for Health Innovation. "We look forward to uniting our efforts and having a stronger voice through the Southwest New Mexico Regional Food Policy Council.'
The Volunteer Center will use a $4,000 grant to sponsor "a series of community conversations to engage decision makers, and communities of color and low-income families,' the release stated.
"We are very pleased that Con Alma is supporting the critical work of creating opportunities for expanded community conversations on the interrelated issues of economic development, food-access policy and health equity,' said Alicia Edwards, executive director of The Volunteer Center. Con Alma recently awarded about $55,000 to nine nonprofits as part of its Healthy People — Healthy Places initiative, a partnership of organizations working to increase access to healthy food.


Eastern Time (ET), for example, refers to Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), whichever is currently in use. This means in practice that the local time in these time zones changes when summer time begins and ends.
CT (North American Central Time Zone) is a time zones in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some islands of the Caribbean and part of the Eastern Pacific. The Central Standard Time (CST) is six and a half years behind the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Most of the area uses DST in the fall and changes to Central daylight time (CDT), which is five times past normal time.
Manitoba is the only Canada provincial or territorial authority that monitors central time in all areas. In Canada, the following counties and regions monitor central time in these areas, while their other areas monitor eastern time: In addition, most of Saskatchewan is on central standard time all year round, with no summer time management.
There are five states divided between the time zone at the centre and the time zone at the east: The largest part of Mexico - approximately the east three quarters - is in the middle time zone, with the exception of six northwest states ( Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora and *most of Nayarit) and one southeast state ( Quintana Roo). Mexico's federated units that respect Zentralzeit: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua all use Zentralzeit throughout the year.
Galapagos Islands in Ecuador use Central Standard Time all year round, the rest of Ecuador use Eastern Standard Time. Easter Island and Salas y Gómez Island in Chile both use central standard time in the Southern Hemisphere winters and central daylight time in the Southern Hemisphere summers; the rest of Chile uses Atlantic standard time and Atlantic daylight time.
Summer time (summer time) is effective in a large part of the main time zones between mid-March and early November. Changed time is referred to as CDT (Central Daylight Time) and is UTC-5. Saskatchewan does not see any time changes in Canada. Part of the reasons Saskatchewan does not participate in a time shift is that the whole county is physically nearer to the mountain time channel' s meridian.
It decided to switch to "permanent" summer time by being part of the central time zone. But the only difference is the immediate area around the Saskatchewan side of the Lloydminster bi-provincial town, which has opted to use Mountain Time with summer time and synchronizes its watches with those of Alberta.
From 2007, in the areas of the Canada and America time zones that monitor summer time, locale time changes at 02:00 am locale time to 03:00 am locale time on the second Sunday in March and reverts at 02:00 am locale time to 01:00 am locale time on the first Sunday in November.
The Mexicans chose not to join this movement and observed his horse from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. As of December 2009, the Mexico Congress permitted ten frontier towns, eight of which are located in central-time states, to take over the U.S. light timetable with effect from 2010.


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Here goes the summer. Athletically speaking this was a time of relaxation. I had no specific training goals, other than maintaining general fitness by biking on my indoor recumbent trainer 4 to 5 times a week (average of 150 miles a week), running 3 times a week (average of 20 miles a week), swimming a couple of times a month (yeah, almost no swimming this summer), and doing cross training about 4 to 5 times a week (for about 3 hours total). Overall I averaged about 12 hours of fitness per week this summer, which is a little bit less than last year.
It was no surprise that my race result at YMCA Sprint Triathlon in North Park was slower than in the past. I took second place in my age group, but cramped very very bad in the last few hundred yards on the run and had to limp on one leg to finish (and was limping for the next few days as well). Lesson learned - if one wants to race fast races, one needs to train fast. The other thing to keep in mind is that I did not warm up properly for this race, nor did I take a gel or electrolyte before the start. I think these things could have prevented the cramp.
Overall this was a well run event. I got beat by the guy who I found out to be a 2:45 marathoner. He also had a faster swim split, but slower bike split. Not surprisingly he caught and passed me on the run part of the course. On a positive side - I am pretty happy with my bike result - it turned out to be #9 among all 154 athletes. And this is considering that I never did a single intensity zone 4 or 5 workout on the bike this year - only steady effort in zone 2 and 3 while working on my computer in the office.
This was my first time racing at MMM and my second Olympic distance race ever. Now I have done one IM, two HIMs, two Olympics, and a whole bunch of Sprint races.
What a beautiful venue for the race! The swim was in the Lake Arhtur and it was wet suite legal. No current, easy one loop and the water was quite nice. Not crystal clear, but decent lake water. The bike is very hilly - goes up and down constantly, very few flat sections. It got to be a little hot on the run, but half of the run is in the shade, so it was quite ok. The run is relatively flat on paved pedestrian lane with gentle rolling hills along the lake.
I took one gel 20 minutes before the swim, then one more at the start of the bike and third at the very end of the bike. Sipped water before swim, on the bike, but not on the run. I consumed less than a bottle of water during entire race.
The swim was a mass start, but since there were not that many people, it was not too bad. I started at a moderate pace and just kept behind somebody in front of me drafting almost entire 1500 meters behind one guy who seemed to be going at my slow pace. I came out of water and took my wet suite on the soft grass before entering the transition area, which was all paved and this resulted in me having the fastest T1 among the entire field - always nice to be #1 in something :-).
On the bike I went steady effort - after doing my zone 3 in my office, I feel like I have single speed on my bike - no matter the race distance - it is just so ingrained. Good for long distances, bad for short ones... On the bike I passed a lot of people and when I entered T2, I was the first bike in! I proceeded to the run, but few minutes later I realized that this was impossible because elite men started Olympic distance few minutes ahead of me and there is no way I can be first overall in T2. I stopped running, looked at my watch, stopped it and found out that I only did 20.2 miles on the bike, instead of 26 miles, which meant I turned into T2 too early and cut a course short. In my defense, there was no map of the bike course on the website and the markings were not that great. I figured that I am disqualified at this point and decided to finish the 10K run just to get the workout. My pace dropped and I was just jogging now, at which point the race director passed by me on her bike as she was checking the aid stations and congratulated me with the lead. I told her what happened and then asked if I can finish the run, get back on bike and do this extra 6.5 miles to do a complete bike leg. She said it was ok with her. However it was now very hard to pickup the pace. I finished the run and without crossing the finish got on the bike, did my miles, got off and ran to the finish.


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The night before his speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, President George W. Bush needed some inspiration for the words he was going to speak. Yes, he knew he was taking a risk in revising the conventional wisdom on the Vietnam War, that it was a war that should have never been fought, that Americans should have withdrawn long before we were neck deep in the Big Muddy. Hell, he himself had spoken with those well-worn notions as a backdrop. But his presidency, he knew, had been about nothing else but turning all conventional wisdom on its head, to say that those things the nation believed were true, those rights Americans believed were dear, those ideas of equality they thought were foundations, to say that all that supposed "truth" was actually lies.
Determinedly, his administration, like a pack of plague rats seeking a garbage dump, had gnawed away at it all, the liberties, the laws, the separation of powers, telling Americans they had been fed lies all along. Bush knows he's not so much a visionary as a revisionary, showing America how the last half century of its existence was premised not on liberation and progress, but on the existential crises that too much freedom precipitates, how history is actually a vindication for American triumphalism. And that, like the God he believes in, people just need a strong hand to guide them to his promised land. If only the faithful weren't so hard to convince.
He had the Secret Service bring around a small car for him Monday night. Weary from his trip back from Canada, Bush still knew he needed to commune with the dead in order to feel fully confident in his words. "The Memorial," he told them. And at first they headed over to the giant, seated Lincoln they had taken him to many times before on these late night jaunts. "No. 'Nam." One of the agents flinched, unnoticed. He hated it when the President called that war "'Nam," for his father had lost a leg over there, and the agent had been taught that only those who went could call it that.
At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the wall, you know, Bush walked along it, his fingers skipping over the engraved names. The Secret Service established a perimeter, getting any homeless people or lingerers to move on. They rolled their eyes to each other, knowing what was about to happen. It had happened to marble Lincoln so often. And Jefferson a bit less.
Bush pressed his face against the black granite. "Cold, like dead grandpa," he said to an agent, whose back was turned. Eventually, he traced his way to the center of the memorial, the bottom of the V built into the earth. "Like a hard pussy," he thought, and he leaned in and licked the cleavage between the walls. "Tastes dry, like Laura," he muttered, laughing to himself, then he announced to the agents, "Ya'll keep your backs turned, ya hear?" They knew the drill.
Unzipping his pants, President Bush took out his half-tumescent cock and rubbed it on the wall. "Yeah," he said as he became fully rigid. To him, the wall at that moment was just a pair of spread-eagled legs, like the legs of a slave girl, the haunches of a rotting corpse in the jungle, held open, just calling for a fucking. Propping himself awkwardly in the cleft, hands pressed against the sides, he began thrusting away, fucking right into the heart of the names of those who, to him, lost the war and disgraced America, yeah, they just had to lay there and take it, 'cause this goddamn wall should be twice as fuckin' large so that we could have taken down Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol...
"Shee-it," he exclaimed as a surge in his cock yielded only a dribble of cum, but, still, at least it was something. He pulled out a handkerchief and wiped himself off, put his limp, scraped dick away, and tossed the dirty hankie to an agent. "Take me back home, boys," he said. "I got a speech to practice."
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Cooley, Harrison named honorary chairs for U.S. Senior Open
Kevin McNamara
Providence College basketball coach Ed Cooley and two-time Super Bowl champion Rodney Harrison have been named honorary chairmen of the 41st U.S. Senior Open Championship. The United States Golf Association will conduct the tournament at Newport Country Club from June 25-28.
Cooley is in his ninth season at PC and has led the program to five NCAA Tournaments and two NIT appearances in eight years. He is an avid golfer and is looking forward to helping promote one of the USGA's major [...]
Cooley is in his ninth season at PC and has led the program to five NCAA Tournaments and two NIT appearances in eight years. He is an avid golfer and is looking forward to helping promote one of the USGA's major championships.
"I am very honored to represent the state of Rhode Island and Providence College as an honorary chairman of the 2020 U.S. Senior Open," Cooley said in a USGA press release. "As a native of Providence and someone who has great enthusiasm for the game of golf, I am confident that the Ocean State and the entire New England region will support this national championship."
Harrison, an All-Pro defensive back for both the New England Patriots and the San Diego Chargers, played for 15 years in the NFL. He helped the Pats win consecutive Super Bowls in 2003 and 2004 and is a member of the Patriots Hall of Fame and San Diego's 50th anniversary team.
"Coach Cooley and I not only have a passion for golf but for competitive athletics and all the great things that can be learned through sports," said Harrison in a statement. "It is an honor to help support this championship. I know New England's golf fans will join me in welcoming the game's greatest senior players to Newport."
In their honorary roles, Cooley and Harrison will support the fifth USGA championship to be held at Newport Country Club, a total that includes the first-ever U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open championships in 1895. Newport also hosted the 100th U.S. Amateur in 1995, the second of three consecutive victories in that championship by Tiger Woods, as well as the 2006 Women's Open won by Annika Sorenstam.
"Ed Cooley and Rodney Harrison will be excellent ambassadors for the U.S. Senior Open and Newport Country Club," said John Bodenhamer, USGA senior managing director, Championships, in a statement. "They have accomplished great things in the sports world, served as respected leaders in their communities and have a deep interest in the game of golf."
Tickets and volunteer opportunities for the Senior Open Championship at Newport Country Club are available at ussenioropen.com. Among the� players eligible to compete include defending champion Steve Stricker, Fred Couples, Bernhard Langer, Davis Love III, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk and Rhode Island's Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon.


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By So Called Liberal Media
Kathleen Parker Blames Blogs for TV Sins
Also blames dinosaurs, meteors, Puck, the elves who live in her head …
Within minutes, a dozen other e-mails tumbled through the hatch
enumerating all the reasons Sotomayor was a terrible pick: affirmative
action, identity politics, theRicci case, double standards, racism, sexism.Boom shacka-lacka-lacka . . .
You could practically hear the clattering of bullet points ricocheting through the blogosphere.
Actually the first clichéd, pre-packaged idiocy I encountered was on the pages of the New Republic, Katykins, and that was BEFORE the announcement was made. TNR, you know, the magazine thing. Then, once the announcement was made, Gloria Borger was on CNN proudly announcing that she had just received the Republican talking points, and here they are for your edification! Ain't neither of those things blogs, last time I checked, so maybe not so much for you with the wanking.
So while we're racking things up, let's blame the blogosphere and its ricocheting bullet points (GAH, get me rewrite!) once we're done blaming TV and Jeffrey Rosen. I am so sick of how "the blogosphere" has become a quick way to excuse publication/broadcast of things the publishers/broadcasters know to be crap.
"It was a phenomenon … on the INTERNET," they intone, as if that makes it better that they got sucked into this nonsense.At least when I read 43 comment threads about Barack and Michelle's hot NY date night over at ONTD, I know I'm doing it and don't blame that comm for contributing to the downfall of Western Civilization.
I think part of the problem mainstream media commentators have with the web is that most of them don't seem to like it much. Either they're not seeing the vastly good uses to which it can be put or they're simply not having enough fun in show business. This is one of those times when I think coming to the semi-pro political internet through the fandom internet was beneficial, because I freaking LOVE the internet, even the scary parts of it, because even though I'm terrified, somehow, knowing it's all there is so much better than just suspecting it's worse than I thought.
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They don't like it because they clearly do not understand it. It's outside their realm of existence apparently. Otherwise they wouldn't make such blatantly stupid ill-informed statements about it. Like Chris Matthews last week saying the bloggers don't like him because they don't "get" him. He clearly has no idea that he is not nearly as relevant as he thinks he is. That when there are five reporters tweeting live from the press briefing, and we are getting the news BEFORE he is, the analysis has already started before he's out of the makeup room.
filkertom says:
Back in the 50s, many low-budget movies tried to scare you with fake monsters. They got around the fact that they didn't have decent ideas or scripts by bandying around the word "radiation" as a convenient talking point that their audience "understood" on a gut level, without anyone actually having to know or explain how it worked. Anyone who tried to point out that, in fact, things wouldn't work that way was accused of trying to ruin the movie.
Back in the 80s, many low- (and a few big-)budget movies tried to scare you with fake monsters. They got around the fact that they didn't have decent ideas or scripts by bandying around the phrase "genetic mutation" as a convenient talking point that their audience "understood" on a gut level, without anyone actually having to know or explain how it worked. Anyone who tried to point out that, in fact, things wouldn't work that way was accused of trying to ruin the movie.
Today, many highly-paid Villagers try to scare you with fake monsters. They get around the fact that they don't have decent ideas or scripts by bandying around the phrase "blogosphere" as a convenient talking point that their audience "understands" on a gut level, without anyone actually having to know or explain how it works. Anyone who tries to point out that, in fact, things won't work that way is accused of trying to destroy traditional media.
Also, many highly-paid Republican Operatives…
Oh, you know.
but blogs are so fucking profane.
willf says:
What a relief to know that Jeffrey Rosen has sworn he'll never blog again.
Except, as Glennzilla points out, it wasn't blogging that got him into trouble, but whatever.
Whew! Now jounalism is safe once again.
MapleStreet says:
While I expected the repubs to raise all sorts of straw-man arguments for rejection (just on the principle that she was nominated by a dem president), then add in not being a WASP man, the comment that really took me off guard was a certain TV pundit making reference to her monthly femine issues.
karen marie says:
i don't understand how these people —who are in the communication business — can be just jaw-droppingly ignorant of something which is ubiquitous. don't they have assistants who explain this stuff to them? interns? i mean, really — who's working at these programs? it's truly mind-blowing.
it's not like it's a recent invention.
but judge sotomayor is going to be dropped by the villagers, however. that little drama is starting to get a little toxic for their friends. the murder of dr. tiller will do very nicely to fill the void. they'll schedule all kind of "pro-life" people who will serve up a heaping bowl of "we're the real victims here" and "pro-abortion" people who will be asked whether they repudiate the inexplicable outpouring of hostility toward "pro-life" advocates over this horrible tragedy of which the "pro-life" people are the real victims.
it's all of a cloth. they are weaving a shroud.
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好秘书我爱皮肤中国公文网friends. the murder of dr. tiller will do very nicely to fill the void. they'll schedule all kind of "pro-life" people who will serve up a heaping bowl of "we're the real victims here" and "pro-abortion" people who will be asked


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The **stream pool** pattern receives an initial population whose individuals
represent solution candidates. This pattern manages the population as a stream,
evolving and filtering these individuals until a termination condition is met.

The interface of the **stream pool** pattern is provided by function
`grppi::stream_pool()`. As all functions in *GrPPI*, this function takes as
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grppi::stream_pool(exec, other_arguments...);
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## Key elements in stream pool

The key elements in a **stream pool** are the **Population** and
the **Selection**, **Evolution**, **Filtering** and **Termination** operations.

A **Population** is a container object that represents a set of different
**individuals** representing potential solutions to the problem. This container
object should provide at least the member function `size()

The **Selection** is any callable C++ entity that receives a population as input
and selects a subset of individuals from the population. This selection process
may modify the population without side effects (e.g. removing a selected individual).

The **Evolution** is any callable C++ entity that receives the selected
individuals and returns a set of modified individuals.

The **Filtering** is any callable C++ entity that receives the subset of selected
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'Amy' brings a genius back into focus
Amy (2015)
Directed by Asaf Kapadia
Amy Winehouse, one of this century's most talented singer-songwriters, died four years ago this month. But in "Amy," we see her tell her own story in exhaustive depth. Using video footage from the last ten years of her life, filmmakers let Amy do the talking. She is as we've never seen her before—silly, starstruck, but certainly not without flaws. The biographical documentary is the window to the soul, and never is that truer than in this intimate and revealing two-hour journey.
From her roots in small jazz houses around England, Amy always said she didn't want to be famous. "I don't think I'll be at all famous…I don't think I could handle it. I'd go mad." Through the years, Amy's life had obvious high points—close friendships, five Grammy awards in 2008—but also frequent lows, like her unsympathetic father, lost love, and addiction to alcohol and drugs. But "Amy" never lets you forget who Winehouse really was—a brilliant songwriter and affable twentysomething girl who just wanted to do what she loved.
Amy had spent her whole life trying to tell her unique story. Two albums—"Frank" in 2003 and "Back to Black" in 2006—were a start, but "Amy" wraps it up and puts a bow on it. Maybe that's too cheery an analogy. "Amy" puts a spell on you early on. It's one of the shortest two-hour films I've ever seen, captivating despite its relative length. "Amy" is more than enough to make you miss the songs Winehouse never got to write or perform. It makes any so-so fan a devotee. But it's not all whitewashed, subjective praise. The filmmakers show you even the most unflattering videos and photographs, too—the content is a mix of tabloid fodder and poignant elegy. It's wonderful. "Amy" is one of the best films of the year, just behind new production company A24's other successful 2015 releases, "Ex Machina" and "While We're Young." It's a powerful picture of a tragic hero and misunderstood musical genius.
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Changes occurred to the writing of History in eighteenth-century Scotland. Dissatisfied with traditional historical priorities Scottish historians changed the focus of their writing to reflect what was more relevant to contemporary sensibilities, giving new importance to the social aspects of daily life, the inward life of the sentiments, and the history of manners. This refocusing of historical emphasis was a response to a vibrant commercial society, to the era's social interests, to the period's predilection for delicate sensibilities and refined feelings, and to a burgeoning middle class. One of these new genres of historical writing was called conjectural history. This study discusses conjectural history, it asks a methodological question, and it looks at several different examples of the historical genres being written at this time.


In 2017, the Juvenile Law Center (JLC) and the ACLU of Wisconsin filed a federal class action lawsuit against Wisconsin officials for subjecting kids to solitary confinement, pepper spray, and other abusive practices at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and the Copper Lake School for Girls.
Scroll down to see developments in the case, legal documents, and media coverage.
J.J. v. Litscher, was filed on behalf of youth confined in the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake facilities, which have been under investigation by federal and state officials since late 2015. Despite changes in leadership, the facilities still reportedly subjects kids to solitary confinement, mechanical restraints, and pepper spray. According to the complaint, 15 to 20% percent the residents are confined in 7×10 foot solitary confinement cells for 22 or 23 hours per day. Youth are handcuffed to a table during the one hour per day they are allowed outside of their cells. The ACLU and JLC argued that the practices at the Wisconsin facilities violate children's constitutional rights and must be stopped. Links to the complaint and preliminary injunction are included below. According to records filed in June 2017 as part of the lawsuit, "nearly 30 juvenile inmates were placed in solitary confinement on average each day last month" in the Wisconsin facilities. That is more than 16% of the population. During a hearing on June 22, 2017, expert Vincent Schiraldi testified that solitary wasn't necessary to keep youth facilities safe. Even the superintendent of the facilities agreed during the same hearing that the facilities overuse solitary confinement, pepper spray, and shackles.
On July 10, 2017, the federal judge in Wisconsin issued a preliminary injunction order that banned solitary confinement for minor or non-violent offenses and significantly limited solitary for youth with mental health conditions. The injunction also reduced the maximum allowable period of solitary confinement and required the two facilities to provide youth in solitary with education, rehabilitative programming, health services, and meaningful time out of their cells. The Wisconsin court joined the Northern District of New York as the second recent U.S. District Court to make this finding.
Prohibiting strip searches without individualized probable cause.
Despite the settlement agreement, the first report from the settlement monitor found that both practices are still used.
For more information on the litigation, contact the Juvenile Law Center or the ACLU of Wisconsin.


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Transforming business education to ensure that leaders and organisations benefit society and the environment.
Starting this year, we are adding a new section to our Annual Report to recognise the enormous contributions of our People, to tell their story and the story of working at INSEAD.
The academic year 2019/20 was unprecedented in its challenges in our 60-year history.
The COVID-19 pandemic created a challenging home and work environment. Months of teleworking and Zoom meetings, lockdowns and curfews, mask-wearing and PCR testing, uncertainty about the future, caring for family and dependents, and financial sacrifices – they all took their toll. Thanks to the commitment, flexibility and resilience of our people, we can look back with pride on our collective achievements this year.
Against the odds, INSEAD remained "open for business". Our best-in-class teaching and research went on, our people were kept safe and redundancies were avoided. This was made possible thanks to lowering our operating costs and our people accepting a temporary salary reduction and partial activity, foregoing salary increases and bonuses – all at personal expense. Generous government support programmes in Singapore and France have also been extremely helpful in this regard.
Since COVID-19 started to spread, the Crisis Management Team, supported by IT, Campus Services, HR, Legal and Communications, has worked tirelessly – and successfully – to ensure continuity in our operations, and to protect the health and safety of our stakeholders across our four locations. The intense and constructive collaboration with the Comité Social et Economique (works council) on the Europe Campus contributed to this achievement, and others.
Our colleagues in Degree Programmes and Executive Education adapted to the challenges posed, welcoming a record number of degree programme students – including our inaugural Master in Management class – while executive education participants embraced our new GOLive technology. The teams also succeeded in securing student and participant pipelines for the next academic year.
The Advancement team organised (virtually) more activities than ever before, including a new and popular Lifelong Learning webinar series, which was deeply appreciated by the school's alumni.
INSEAD Communications supported all areas of the school with digital platforms, brand assets and media outreach to keep the school in a "top-of- mind" position in the marketplace. A critical stream of internal communications kept our community informed and up to speed as the situation developed rapidly.
HR has monitored engagement and wellbeing levels throughout the year and developed interventions to support our employees. We have seen many creative ideas develop to support each other and to sustain the sense of community that is the strength of INSEAD. Our psychological services, nurse, HR and team leaders deserve a special mention for putting their care, energy and expertise into protecting and supporting the wellbeing of our colleagues.
Together, our people went beyond "the extra mile" to achieve these extraordinary outcomes in extraordinary times.
The profiles below showcase colleagues archetypal of the INSEAD DNA – facing down challenges with entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, and demonstrating both personal leadership and teamwork.
As a rolling tradition, we will feature three people profiles in this report, each from a different location. Here are a few of our exemplars this year.
Staff Statistics
Total headcount of 1,028, split between 16 departments
Yann Gouault
Senior Service Delivery Manager
Yann has been a long-term fixture of our customer-facing IT support and service operation on the Europe Campus. He has been referred to as the "rock" of IT support, always helping others to overcome challenges and adapting quickly to new norms of working. Overseeing a team supporting students, staff and faculty through the COVID-19 pandemic, Yann not only took the challenges in his stride, he embraced them. His passion and professionalism were memorable despite a completely new operating environment and unprecedented demands for IT support. Within one week of campus closures, all INSEAD staff could work from home and within one quarter, all staff were assigned a permanent laptop. Yann and his team also delivered a high-quality service to facilitate the introduction of Dual mode teaching, GO-Live and Virtual Reality.
Zeina Sleiman
Director of Alumni Relations
One of the first members of our INSEAD family on the Middle East Campus, Zeina consistently walks the talk of our key values, including diversity, professionalism, innovation and being a team player for the good of the entire institution. In her various roles over the years, Zeina has had the opportunity to be involved in many different areas of the school. As a result, she is constantly thinking about how to break silos and create impact across the entire organisation. In the last academic year, Zeina played a key role in scaling up our new Lifelong Learning offering. She also led our first digital Global INSEAD Day celebration, which engaged more than 7,000 alumni and friends. She consistently goes beyond the call of duty to make the best of the crisis, always with a great attitude.
Cindy Tan
Manager, MBA Campus Exchange,
Throughout the last academic year, Cindy managed a smooth campus exchange process despite many challenges and last minute hurdles. Due to the global pandemic situation and Singapore's border controls, she stayed laser-focused on changing visa regulations and supported students with heavy paperwork for their entry application to Singapore. Maintaining good relationships with Singapore's Immigration & Checkpoints Authority and multiple Government Agencies, Cindy usually helps several hundred MBA visa requests every quarter. This academic year, she has worked hard with Master in Management Programme Operations to ensure a smooth start for our first cohort to arrive on the Asia Campus. She was also involved in our pioneering P6 module for the MBA'20Js and '20Ds and helped with massive deferrals to the Class of July 2021. Cindy maintains a high level of professionalism and responsiveness for students despite the remote working context.
Annual-Report-2020.pdf
Annual Report Description
We are pleased to provide downloadable versions of Our Year in Review 2018/2019 and annual reports from previous years. All downloads are available in the PDF file format.
00 Our Year in Review
01 Leadership
02 Special Features
03 Finances & Endowment
04 Faculty & Research
05 Degree Programmes
06 Executive Education
07 Advancement
08 Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society
09 Infrastructure
11 Constituencies
12 Graduating Classes


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Next to and overlooking The Mission San Jose, established 1797, is one of the areas newest homes. While the exterior reflects the flavor of the old mission, the interior is a mix of modern, contemporary furnishings, Asian art, and early California architecture details. This 10,000 sq. ft. home resides on 3 levels and enjoys sweeping views of San Francisco bay area. The home includes an indoor pool, home theater, Guest House and a central courtyard for entertaining.


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Rhagadochir virgo — вид эмбий из подсемейства Scelembiinae (Archembiidae). Эндемик Республики Конго (15 миль западнее Popokabaka, Экваториальная Африка).

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Были найдены только самки этого вида, насекомые размножаются путем партеногенеза. Возможно, из-за тесного родства эти насекомые отличаются стайным характером, собираясь вместе в своих шёлковых туннелях. Насекомые координированно прядут шёлк и могут перемещаться в новые помещения организованной группой, что не наблюдается среди других представителей этого отряда. Самка откладывает партию яиц и заворачивает их в шёлк, часто добавляя в шёлковое покрытие кусочки лишайника, что может быть формой обеспечения пищей нимф после их вылупления.

Вид был описан в 1960 году американским энтомологом  под названием Scelembia virgo.

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"We Shall Overcome" is a protest song that became a key anthem of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. The title and structure of the song are derived from an early gospel song. The song was published in 1947 as "We Will Overcome" in the People's Songs Bulletin.


The semiconductor mixed oxide photocatalyst CsTaWO6 was prepared via an aqueous sol-gel citrate route for the first time. The mild reaction conditions yield smaller primary particle sizes and larger specific surface areas than the conventional solid state reaction. The photocatalytic properties are determined using both photocatalytic terephthalic acid hydroxylation and photocatalytic hydrogen generation. All of the materials described herein generate hydrogen without the addition of a co-catalyst. Due to the initially agglomerated but porous morphology of the sol-gel-derived CsTaWO6, tribochemical treatment via short term ball milling has a strong effect on the photocatalytic activities of these materials. Ball milling increases the surface area of the materials, leading to strongly improved activity for the generation of [radical dot]OH radicals, but also generates surface defects in the materials. The defective sites act as electron traps, which depress the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity. However, by combining ball milling and photodeposition of Rh, highly improved hydrogen generation rates for CsTaWO6 are achieved. The sol-gel citrate route finally leads to more active materials than the solid state reaction.


Thankful Life is the name of the stamp set I used to make this beautiful card. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this stamp set! It's the Hostess stamp in the Occasions Catalog, which expires May 31st. This means you can only EARN this stamp set with a qualifying order either individually or hosting a workshop. Right now would be a GREAT time to earn this Thankful Life Stamp Set because it's Sale-A-Bration (SAB) time. There is not much time left to EARN FREE ITEMS. SAB ends March 31st. FYI – Stampin' Up! added SEVEN NEW ITEMS today that you can earn for free! Awesome News! More information to follow below. Back to my lovely card!
I have to admit, I don't know what I was thinking when I used the Any Occasion Stamp Set (SAB item I EARNED for FREE) for the Happy Birthday sentiment! Actually, I do too. I liked the 'curve' of the sentiment. The more I looked at my card, that BIG GAP just BOTHERED ME! What to do?!! Well, you see what I ended up doing and I like it! I used the White Perfect Accents. I also placed two smaller ones in the flowers. I have to say my card looks so much better in person. I wish I could take better pictures.
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Q: Trying to change the font color of font awesome used in the navigation of Owl Carousel I'm using Owl carousel 2 and updated the prev and next buttons with icons from font awesome. I got everything to work, but I can't seem to figure out how to change the colors of the icons on roll over.
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A: I believe you need to include font-family: "FontAwesome" in the :before and :after CSS entries, along with the content: Unicode
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2020 has been difficult but your tax return doesn't need to be
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recognises that the small business community has experienced significant challenges this year. Therefore the ATO has devised a range of different approaches to support taxpayers and the community through this tax time.
By Cec Busby
Assistant Commissioner Karen Foat said the ATO is aware many individuals, businesses and their tax agents will have questions about how different types of income and expenses may affect their obligations this year.
"We're helping to make sure people know how to get it right," Foat said. "We have published information on our website to help you get it right when lodging this year, including the 'Tax Time Essentials' page which is a one-stop-shop for the things that are a little different this year and how they impact your return.
"If you've read through the information on our website and still have a question, search our online forum 'ATO Community'. This forum is available 24 hours a day and we have a great community of expert members who respond to questions. In a lot of cases, there's an ATO-endorsed response to help you. If not, post it yourself and we'll have a response back to you as quick as we can."
How has COVID-19 impacted work-related expenses?
"This tax time the ATO expects to see a substantial increase in people claiming deductions for working from home or for protective items required for work," Foat said.
Working from home expenses
The ATO has already announced a temporary 'short-cut method' that applies from 1 March 2020 to 30 June 2020. The short cut method makes it easier for the millions of Australians who have incurred some form of expense for working from home as a result of COVID-19. It covers all deductible expenses and can be used by multiple people working from home in the same house. People claiming their working from home expenses using the shortcut method, should include the amount at the 'other work-related expenses' question in your tax return and include 'COVID-hourly rate' as the description.
"If you use the shortcut method, all you need to do is keep a record of the hours you worked from home as evidence of your claim. But it is all-inclusive, meaning you can't claim for any other working from home expenses," Foat said.
Taxpayers can still choose to use one of the other existing methods to calculate their expenses for working from home if they prefer.
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Another deduction some people might be claiming due to COVID-19 is expenses for protective items required for work.
"Taxpayers working in jobs that require physical contact or close proximity with customers or clients during COVID-19 measures may be able to claim a deduction for items such as gloves, face masks, sanitiser or anti-bacterial spray if they have paid for the items and not been reimbursed. This includes industries like healthcare, retail and hospitality" Ms Foat said.
You still cannot claim travelling from home to work
"Generally, most people cannot claim the cost of travelling to and from work and working from home as a result of COVID-19 does not change this. For example, if you are working from home because of COVID-19 but need to go to your regular office one day per week, your home to work travel is still private travel and cannot be claimed," Ms Foat said.
Reduce claims that aren't relevant for part of the year
"With more people working from home, working reduced hours or unfortunately not working at all, we expect to see claims for laundry expenses or travel expenses decline this year," Ms Foat said.
"If you aren't travelling for work, you can't claim travel expenses. If you aren't wearing your work uniform, you can't claim laundry expenses. It's still important to meet the three golden rules: you must have spent the money and not have been reimbursed, it must relate directly to earning your income, and you must have a record to prove it.
"What you can claim really depends on your circumstances. Whilst we are trying to make it easier for people to claim what they are entitled to; we are also asking people to take a bit of extra care if their circumstances have changed this year." Ms Foat said.
What if my income is different?
JobKeeper and JobSeeker
Taxpayers who have received JobKeeper payments from their employer, don't need to do anything different. The payments will be included as salary and wages and/or allowances, in their regular income statement, which their employer provides directly to the ATO.
"Your income statement can be accessed via myGov and the information is automatically included into your tax return by the end of July. If you use a tax agent, they also have access to this information. The figures in your income statement should already include any JobKeeper you have received. If you aren't sure, check with your employer.
Sole traders who have received the JobKeeper payment on behalf of their business will need to include the payments as assessable income for the business.
If you have received JobSeeker, the ATO will also load this information into your tax return at the Government Payments and Allowances question once it's ready. If you are lodging before this information is included for you, you will need to make sure you include it. Leaving out income can slow your return down or result in a bill later so it's definitely best avoided.
Stand down payments
Some employees may have received a one-off or regular payment after being temporarily stood down due to COVID-19. These payments are also taxable and appear in their income statement and in their return. If people aren't sure whether these amounts have been included in their income statement, they should check with their employer.
Other income types
Similarly, taxpayers need to include income such as income protection, sickness or accident insurance payments, redundancy payments and accrued leave payments in their tax return. The tax return instructions explain how to include these amounts.
Early access to superannuation
"If you received early access to your super this year under the special arrangements due to COVID-19, any amounts you've withdrawn from super under this program are tax-free and you do not need to declare them in your tax return," Foat said.
This post originally appeared on Kochie's Business Builders and is republished here with permission.
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Q: How to calculate total cost based on price ranges of items I need to calculate total cost of items, based on ranges:
    if ($itemCount <11)
        {
    $cost_for_range = 1;
        }
    if ($itemCount <26 && $itemCount >=11)
    {
        $cost_for_range = 0.75;
    }
    if ($itemCount <50 && $itemCount >=26)
    {
        $cost_for_range = 0.55;
    }

Thing is - I need to count final cost taking earlier levels into consideration - eg if the cart has 30 items, the price would be:

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*first 10 at $1 = $10

*another 15 at $0.75 = $11.25

*another 5 at $0.55 = $2.75
so total would be $24.
How to calculate this in php?

A: Try this :
$itemCount = 25;
$total = 0;

for ( $i = 0 ; $i < $itemCount ; $i++ ) {
    if ( $i < 10 ) {
        $total += 1;
    } else if ( $i < 25 ) {
        $total += 0.75;
    } else if ( $i < 50 ) {
        $total += 0.55;
    } else {
        $total += 0; // price if more than 50
    }
}

A: Having some fun using min and max to do the various ranges...
function calculateCost ( int $count, float $cost )  {
    $total = min(10, $count) * $cost;
    $total += (min(15, max(0, $count - 10)) * ($cost * 0.75));
    $total += (max(0, $count - 25) * ($cost * 0.55));
    return $total;
}

the second calculation uses max(0, $count - 10), so this takes the first 10 off, but ensures it doesn't go negative.  Then it uses the min(15, max(0, $count - 10)) to take the lowest of 15 or the number left (so with 30, this will be 15).
The last one is just the max of the count - 25 or 0, so for 30, this is 5.
Use it with...
echo calculateCOst( 30, 1 );

gives 24

A: For a universal solution, it is good to define the discounts in an array. This solution is then ready for extensions and changes.
$rebate = [10 => 1.0, 15 => 0.75, PHP_INT_MAX => 0.55];

The number and the discount array are transferred to the function that calculates the cost factor. The calculation itself is realized with a simple forech loop with termination condition.
function calcCostFactor(int $count, array $rebate){
  $factor = 0.0;
  foreach($rebate as $number => $val){
    $factor += min($count,$number) * $val;
    $count -= $number;
    if($count <=  0) break;
  }
  return $factor;
}

example:
$factor = calcCostFactor(30, $rebate);

Try it self.


My work is influenced by nature, humanity, decay, and renewal. Content may allude to water, environmental concerns, urban or rural sites, and human psychology. Personal concerns referred to in much of my work are the invaluable resources of nature and water; they are critical stimuli in which I have been immersed since childhood, as often as possible. The work is based in painting/mixed media and photography. I utilize traditional and non-traditional art processes, materials, and tools, which I find to be irresistible. Compositional concerns include line, color, light, texture, and degrees of transparency.
Building on my interest to interpret time and memory as tangible imagery, I contemplate these phenomena, and employ materials and processes to represent them as physical and emotional layers. I am inquisitive by nature and drawn to experimentation to find new approaches to my work. The processes of painting/mixed media and photography animate my fascination with the universe and where I fit in.
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These retro garlands would look great in a pastel nursery or playroom. This garland features a diamond pattern in beautiful muted pink and mint complete with gorgeous mustard stars! It looks fab with play mats and bedding in contrasting designs.
▲ Hang one of these in the nursery if the walls are feeling a bit bare - other designs also available!
▲ Why not hang one of these above your child's bed for an instant pop of fun.
▲ Use one of these as a fun piece of instant decor for birthdays and celebrations!
See the whole range from Nobodinoz here.
Size: Length of string end to end approximately 215cm. Includes 14 triangles.
Made From: 100% Twill Cotton - Accessories 50% Cotton 50% Polyester.
About This Brand: Nobodinoz is a group of stylish Spanish designers specialising in bold bright prints. We love their funky designs.


This study was a retrospective single center trial by one physician who removed 77 polyps from 49 patients with cold snare polypectomy and 71 polyps from 48 patients with hot snare polypectomy. The US Endoscopy Exacto® cold snare was used for the cold polypectomy procedures in the study.
The mean time to complete polypectomy was significantly shorter with cold polypectomy (25.71 seconds) than hot polypectomy (70.28 seconds).
Cold snaring potentially can reduce the incidence of abdominal symptoms after a colonoscopy due to shorter polypectomy time.
Cold snare polypectomy offers more advantages in areas of the colon that are at greater risk for post-polypectomy electrocoagulation syndrome or perforation (around diverticula, ascending colon, and cecum) when removing small polyps.
The conclusion of the study is that cold polypectomy is an effective and safe method that shortens the polypectomy duration in small polyps (≤ 9mm) compared to hot polypectomy.


1995 among others, argue that poverty of families is a precondition for child labor. 2 The strongest support of the relation between energy intake and productivity are to be found in the Minnesota experiment by Keys et al. (1950); in a survey of energy expenditure in the major industries... Poverty relating to child labour: Poverty can be characterized as a state of deprivation, dependence and degradation below physically and socio culturally acceptable standards.
The link between poverty, and child labor has traditionally been regarded as well established. But recent research has questioned the validity of this link, claiming that poverty is not a main determinant of child labor. Starting from the premise that child labor is not necessarily harmful, the being different rajiv malhotra pdf Poverty relating to child labour: Poverty can be characterized as a state of deprivation, dependence and degradation below physically and socio culturally acceptable standards.
Poverty relating to child labour: Poverty can be characterized as a state of deprivation, dependence and degradation below physically and socio culturally acceptable standards.


If I drop (a) a normal house brick and (b) one the same size made of paper, from a diving board, which will hit the water first? If you haven't studied physics recently, the instinctive response for most people is that the house brick, being heavier, will fall faster. In fact this is not the case. The force of gravity accelerates both objects at the same rate and, because air resistance, not mass, makes the crucial difference, both will both hit the water at much the same time. You still don't believe me? What would convince you? Maybe if you saw it with your own eyes?


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It's dessert in liquid form! Complex flavors blend to create something that you have never experienced before. Old Ales are copper-red to very dark. This brew was created from the base of our Unobtainium Old Ale, but transformed into a totally different devil with the addition of chocolate, coffee, and raspberries. This brew is smooth as velvet and perfect for dessert!
Deep ruby red color with lasting cap and lacing.
Dark roasted malt aroma underpinned by sweet chocolate.
Taste on entry is dark roasted malt that from mid palate on carries a sweet milk chocolate undertaste that evenly balances the dark, coffeeish malt. These flavors complement each other and level things out. The raspberry element mentioned on the label is in the background and there is just enough to notice.
Full texture with balancing carbonation.
Ordinarily I don't seek out coffee or chocolate flavored brews because my tastes take a different path.
Doesn't mean I don't enjoy a well crafted version and this one works very well.
12 oz can purchased in Huntsville, AL. Served in 12 oz snifter. Canned 1/25/18.
Color is like a muddy brown with some purple tint. Head is yellowish-off-white and 1 finger. Creamy. Lots of lace.
Aroma is of tootsie roll. Slight mixture of raspberry, vanilla, and old chewing tobacco. Some leather. Kind of like one of those really nasty Swisher Sweets cigarillos, with tootsie roll. Very odd.
The raspberry comes off very bitterly, with succulent flavors of vanilla, pine, and caramel behind it, with some astringency of fake chocolate syrup. The initial impression I get is that I won't be able to stand much of this before it meets the drain. It's fake and sweet, but tries to make up for it with some really bitter pine and raspberry additions.
Feel is pretty carbonated, with a smooth creaminess, and a slight resiny presence on the finish.
Overall, if I have to be honest, I'd say it's a near drain pour. I probably wont be finishing this. It wants to be so sweet, but instead it's just a hop bomb with cloying sweetness. Not a good combo.
Poured from 12 oz can into nonic glass. A 1" tan head drops quickly with mild lacing. Color is cloudy brown. Aroma of cocoa, toast, fruity and herbal hops. Mouthfeel is medium to heavy and rich with a dry finish. Flavors of chocolate, coffee grounds, a bit of raspberry with a nice earthy/fruity hop balance. Overall: a terrific dessert beer, but I would not want to drink more than one.
A big thanks to the founding father of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a cola color with a 1 inch head. Smell is amazing, bursting with chocolate and raspberries, Taste is predominately of coffee that wasn't present in the aroma, raspberries, there is some chocolate in the background, no alcohol whatsoever. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is a beer worth trying.
Appearance – Clear, medium brown body with a two finger head.
Aroma – Strong sweet chocolate with an undertone of raspberries.
Taste – Chocolate and light bitter coffee, the raspberries did not come through.
Mouthfeel – A little thick to support the high ABV.
Overall – A good beer on its own, although a little disappointed the raspberry flavor was hidden.
My Tavour foray CANtinues with yet more CANs that they have shipped to me since signing up. I had a pretty good run during New Beer Sunday (Week 693), but I was left feeling unfulfilled. I am doing my best to get to these as quickly as possible simply because they are just so intriguing. It is an integral part of The CANQuest (tm) to have this inherent curiosity.
From the CAN: "Old Ale brewed with Chocolate, Raspberries and Coffee"; "Proudly brewed and packaged by Straight to Ale Huntsville, AL Southern Born Southern Brewed".
I decided to kick today square inna a**, so I am following up an 8% ABV rum-barrel aged Stout with an 11.5% Old Ale! This'll teach the sun to rise and rouse me out of a slumber! It CAN't really get started until I Crack! open the vent on the CAN & I followed it up with a slow, gentle Glug. It surprised me by foaming up slightly on its own & then CANtinuing to foam even after I stopped pouring to assess the goings-on. It created a really dense cap of foamy, deep-cream/light-tan colored head with excellent retention. Cool! Color was a gorgeous Coppery-Brown (SRM = > 17, < 22) with NE-quality clarity. Nose was fantastiche! Chocolate and raspberries for days! I didn't get much, if any, coffee on the nose, but I already had my morning coffee, so this was less of a CANcern. Mouthfeel was medium, but I was disappointed that, given its high level of carbonation, that it was not fuller on the tongue. The taste was interesting in that the chocolate and raspberry flavors were joined by an intense toffee flavor, but still no coffee. It was absolutely a dessert beer with this much sugary sweetness. This sweetness, coupled with its relatively high ABV made it a real sipper for me, despite what @russphillips said about it being "easy-drinking". I defy anyone to slug this down! You'll feel like you were slugged. I'm glad that it forced me to take my time with it since it morphed as it warmed. The chocolate became more assertive & I got the peanut butter flavor that others mentioned, perhaps a lessening of the toffee. Finish was semi-sweet with the alcohol taking some of the edge off of the sweetness. Still, I maintain that this is a dessert beer. Phew. I may need to lay down after this one!
Pours a slightly hazy dark amber with a tan head. Beautiful beer, IMHO. There's some toffee and chocolate on the nose, but the raspberry aromas dominate this.
And they dominate the taste as well, to the point that the coffee can't be found, and the chocolate is difficult to find, too, though present as a slightly bitter flavor at the end of the taste.
The mouthfeel is slightly creamy, which fits the style, but this beer rambles around a bit.
Clear yet dark and tawny body; thick, frothy and sticky head; globs of foam along the glass. A hugely intense aroma of toffee and roasted nuts; peanut brittle. Strong presence of coffee and charred grain flavors; toffee. Medium-heavy body; chewy; warm and toasty; semi-sweet finish balanced with some boozy heat.
It has been a long, long time since I've tasted any old ale (or any other style, for that matter), that has such intense flavors of nuts, toffee, brown sugar, black coffee and peanut butter. And the beer is relatively easy drinking despite such relatively sweet and heavy components. No sir, this is one distinct and monstrous beer that should delight any strong ale fans out there.
$4.68 (Including shipping)/12 oz can ($ 0.39) from Tavour, Seattle, WA.
Dated 1/26/18 on bottom of can, stored at 42 degrees and served at 46 degrees in a hand-washed and hand-dried Jester King snifter.
Body – Dark brown, opaque, effervescent. When held to the light, dark amber and hazy.
Head – Large (Maximum 4.5 cm, aggressive center pour), putty, low density foam, good retention slowly diminishing to an irregular eight to eleven mm ring fed by effervescence and a complete layer of varying thickness, with rocks.
Lacing – Fair, particularly for the alcohol content (ABV 11.5%). A partial wide ring of tiny to small bubbles.
First pour – Light amber, clear.
Aroma – 4.25 - Toffee, alcohol, chocolate, faint raspberries.
Flavor – 3 - Overwhelming raspberry, almost like a raspberry cough syrup. The toffee, chocolate and alcohol from the nose are absent. The coffee is not present in either the nose or flavor. It ends with a very decided medicine taste with an unfortunately long hang time. No hops, no malt, no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 4 – Medium, creamy, soft carbonation.
Impression and summation – 3 – It looks, smells, and feels good. Too bad it tastes like raspberry cough syrup.
This looks and smells fine, albeit a bit intense on the raspberries and chocolate in the nose (slightly artificial smelling). I am not one to drain pour beer, but I literally could only stomach 2 sips. It was just a horrid mess, and I actually feel generous giving it a 1.5 in taste! This is one of the worst tasting beers I've ever had, and it's only saved from being one of the worst beers I've ever had period by smelling pretty darn good!


"It's a clean sweep," said Steven Spielberg as he presented the last Oscar of the night, for best picture. With its final, 11th award, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King joined Ben Hur and Titanic as the most rewarded films in Oscar history. For the film's director, Peter Jackson, it was "an incredibly overwhelming night".
The 76th academy awards ceremony stuck strictly to the script in Los Angeles. The favourites won, the winners were gracious and uncontroversial, and the host had the best lines.
"It's official," said Billy Crystal, returning on Sunday night to preside over his eighth Oscar ceremony after a four-year lay off, "there is nobody left in New Zealand to thank."
He obviously hadn't sneaked a look inside the winners' envelopes: he delivered the line when Lord of the Rings had picked up only its fifth Oscar.
By the time the film had picked up its seventh award, for editing, Crystal had another, more weary gag: "People are moving to New Zealand just to be thanked," he told the audience at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
In New Zealand, crowds gathered at big screens in bars and the capital city, Wellington, came to a standstill. The biggest party was at the telecast of the ceremony at the Embassy Theatre, site of the near-hysterical world premiere for the third film in the series. Families of the film-makers who had travelled to Hollywood joined politicians and die-hard, costumed Rings fans at the massive picture palace.
Ferand Peek watched at the Embassy as his father, Hammond Peek, accepted an Oscar for sound mixing. Sporting bedraggled hair and beard, shorts and bare feet, Wellingtonian Tony Clark did his bit to bring the spirit of the film's director to the Embassy. In case anyone was left in any doubt, a sign dangled over his crumpled, purple T-shirt: "Peter Jackson impersonator".
Lord of the Rings won every award it was nominated for, a unique feat among the big Oscar winners. Even the sense that The Return of the King was being recognised partly for the achievement of the whole trilogy couldn't dent the scale of its victory.
Accepting the best picture award, Jackson said: "I'm so honoured and relieved that the academy and the members of the academy that have supported us have seen past the trolls and the wizards and the hobbits in recognising fantasy this year."
In the wake of this year's Super Bowl incident which saw the partial exposure of Janet Jackson's breast on prime-time television, the Oscar ceremony was transmitted by ABC with a five-second delay. But the broadcasters need not have feared. Compared with last year's fireworks, when Michael Moore led the charge against the then imminent war in Iraq, this year's ceremony was an exercise in group self-congratulation.
The few notes of controversy met with surprised silence and isolated cheers. The veteran director Errol Morris won the best documentary Oscar for The Fog of War, his study of US defence secretary Robert McNamara's pursuit of the Vietnam war.
"Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole and millions died," said Morris. "I feel we're going down a rabbit hole again. If people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas in this movie, perhaps I've done some good here."
But his voice was a lonely one: the signs that normal service had been resumed in Oscarland were there even before the ceremony began. The red carpet fashion parade and the stands of ticketed fans outside the entrance to the theatre returned after having been cancelled last year because of concerns about security.
The Hollywood elite took full advantage of their opportunity to strut on the red carpet. Only Bill Murray, the unsuccessful nominee for best actor, exhibited a sense of the absurdity of the occasion, replying to the standard first question "What are you in?" with the succinct reply "Boxers".


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Bob Kressig Newsletter May 28, 2020
Greetings to you all,Hopefully, you and your family are staying healthy during these very difficult and uncertain times we are facing. The Legislature plans to reconvene on Wednesday, June 3, at 9 am. The Legislature suspended the session on March 16 dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and to protect the health and safety of legislators, staff, and the public. The Capital will be open, but strict guidelines will be in place at the Capital, limiting access to the House or Senate chambers. No reservations will be allowed in the capitol, for committee rooms or the rotunda. The House and Senate chamber doors will remain locked and will require badge access to enter. The safety of everyone in the building is of upmost importance.
I anticipate the majority party is going to move the funnel deadline to June 5th so they can move bills forward that didn't pass during the session before early adjournment on March 16th. Then we will probably be addressing the budgets that have to be completed by the end of June. One issue that we are facing is as we prepare to reopen our schools and businesses, there is a greater need than ever to address the social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs of all Iowans. We have seen the impacts that the virus has had on everyone and especially our students and teachers. Hopefully, we will be able to make that a focus before closing the session.
In the days ahead of the session restarting, I'll be listening and working closely with local leaders, to make sure the state is partnering with those in our community who need help and assistance. I'll also be working with my colleagues, on important issues that must be addressed during this crisis. While I will be at the Capitol starting next week, I will be available by email, phone, and social media, to answer questions and listen to your concerns. You can always reach me by email or call me at home at 319-266-9021. We can also stay connected through social media, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. I appreciate hearing from you and I thank you for your continued support.
Thank you for taking the time to read the Statehouse News. Please keep in touch!
As Iowa Opens Take Precautions
As the state continues to open, it's important to remember the virus is still spreading so we need to continue to take precautions.
SOCIAL DISTANCE: If you go out, try to avoid close contact with others and put 6 feet of distance between yourself and others as much as possible. Remember that some people without symptoms may be able to spread the virus.
WASH YOUR HANDS: Be sure to wash your hands often, especially once you've been out of your home.
WEAR A MASK: In light of data about how COVID-19 spreads, the CDC recommends that people wear a cloth face covering to cover their nose and mouth in community settings. This is to protect people around you if you are infected but do not have symptoms.
STAY HOME IF YOU ARE SICK: Stay home if you have any symptoms of COVID-19 including a fever, runny nose, or chest pain.
What is Open in Iowa?
While COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Iowa, Governor Reynolds loosen more public health measures. Here is the updated list of what is open and still remains closed.
Businesses opened before or starting May 28th
Restaurants, bars, winery, brewery, distillery, country clubs, fraternal clubs, and wedding receptions
Limit customers to 50% capacity
Groups are limited to no more than 10 people
Groups of people must be 6 feet apart
No self-service food or beverages
Must make reasonable efforts to maintain social distance and increase hygiene practices
Live performances can resume but performers must be 6 feet away from customers. Customers are prohibited from congregating closer than 6 feet
Other Retail Stores
Salons & Barber shops
Massage Therapy Establishments
Tattoos Establishments
Drive in Theaters
Museums, aquariums, and zoos
Swimming pools-
lap swimming and swim lessons only
Waterslides, wading pools, splash pads, and wave pools closed
Businesses allowed to reopen on June 1, 2020
Outdoor performance venues
Any grandstand or performances with permanent seating is limited to 50% capacity
Groups must be 6 feet apart
Casinos and gaming facilities
All wagering and gaming positions must be 6 feet apart
BINGO halls, bowling alleys, pool halls, arcades, and amusement parks
Skating rinks and skating parks
Outdoor playgrounds
Auctions – Number of attendees increased
Indoor auctions are limited to 50% capacity
Outside auctions with a grandstand or permanent seating is limited to 50%
All groups or individuals standing alone must be 6 feet apart
Mass Gatherings (effective June 1, 2020)
Social, community, recreational, leisure, or sporting gathering or events including parades, festivals, conventions, or fundraisers of more than ten people may take place with capacity limited to 50%, social distancing, and reasonable measures of increased hygiene practices.
Non-school sporting and recreational events, including practices, games, competitions for baseball, softball and individual sports are allowed even where the athletes may have contact within six feet.
Extension of Closures
The following are too remained closed until 11:59pm on June 17, 2020
Theaters: all indoor and outdoor performance venues for live theater performances
Senior Citizens and adult daycare facilities
Primary Election June 2nd
Iowans who did not choose to vote from home will head to the polls on June 2nd to vote in their parties' primary election. Voters will have to be a registered member of a political party to vote in the Primary but can register at the polls.
It is important that voters make plans to vote, as their location may have changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Polls are open from 7am to 9pm. Please remember social distance and wear a face mask to protect yourself, others, and poll workers.
To confirm their polling location voters should contact their county auditor, who's information can be found here: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/auditors/auditor.asp?CountyID=00
If a voter wants to confirm their voter registration status they can check online here: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regtovote/search.aspx
If a voter has requested an absentee ballot they can track it here: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/absenteeballotstatus/absentee/search
Budget Yet to be Set for FY 2021
As Iowans continue to adjust their daily lives due to the coronavirus pandemic, state legislators are also anticipating a decline in state revenues. In order to get a better picture of the impact of COVID-19 on the state budget, the state's budget experts on the Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) announced they will meet on May 29th via teleconference to make new projections on state revenue.
The Legislative Services Agency (LSA) released a report last week that for the time period between March 19th and May 5th net revenue loss was 36.1% While it is impossible to predict what the REC will project for revenue loss for the state, other states may provide an insight on what to expect. The Center of Budget Policy released a report that shows states across the country projecting losses well over $1 billion for the upcoming fiscal year.
When the Legislative session resumes on June 3rd and budget decisions will have to be made, House Democrats will continue to prioritize working families and those who have been negatively impacted both physically and financially by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Iowa Only State to Allow Summer High School Sports
As states start to open up their economy, Iowa currently will be the only state to allow summer high school sports. Summer sports (including baseball and softball only) will be allowed starting June 1st.
Not every school district will elect to participate, but if they do, the following restrictions apply:
Post signage prominently indicating no one should attend or participate in practice (June 1) or a game (starting June 15) if they currently have symptoms or have been in contact with anyone with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis in the last 14 days.
No dugout may be used for practices. Game use only starting June 15.
Parents must remain in their cars or drop off and pick up players after practice. Parents and fans cannot attend games if they are showing symptoms and encouraged to bring chairs for games for social distancing.
Players should use their own gloves, helmets, and bats as much as possible.
Coaches are responsible for ensuring social distancing is maintained between players, and sanitizing equipment.
Players and coaches need to check temperatures before attending practices and games.
No concessions are allowed.
Players cannot have the popular sunflower seeds.
Enjoy Outside Activities, Iowa State Parks Open
Many Iowans are getting outdoors due to the nice weather and to find activities while social distancing. Iowa's state parks and many county and city parks are open for people to visit. People need to follow park restrictions and maintain social distancing while in the parks.
The Department of Natural Resources has opened all campgrounds, bathrooms, and shower buildings in state parks. Shelter houses and lodges remain closed. Campgrounds do have a few restrictions to help campers maintain social distancing. The restrictions include:
In campgrounds, only campers with overnight reservations will be allowed; no visitors.
Only six overnight occupants per campsite will be allowed, unless immediate family contains more than six.
Check-in time has been moved to 5:00 p.m. and check-out time to 9:00 a.m. to allow for more cleaning time between rentals.
Communal picnic tables and grills are open for use at your own risk.
For cabin rentals, all kitchenware such as dishes, pots and pans, has been removed; renters will need to bring their own from home.
Beaches remain open, but will be monitored closely.
Some areas of parks and campgrounds may be closed due to construction or maintenance issues, so please check the specific closure information for each park before planning a camping trip.
Free Fishing Weekend
Free fishing weekend is June 5th, 6th, and 7th. All Iowa residents can fish without a license during free fishing weekend. For more information on free fishing weekend and to reserve a campsite visit, https://www.iowadnr.gov/
Workforce Housing Tax Credits Available
Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) is accepting applications for the Workforce Housing Tax Credit program. At this time only projects in Iowa's least 88 populous counties are being considered as part of the small city set aside. Developers must meet the following criteria to be considered for a tax credit:
Meet one of four criteria: housing development on a brownfield or grayfield or upper story housing or rehabilitation of dilapidated housing stock or new construction in greenfield space
Include construction or rehab of at least four single-family homes or at least one multi-family building containing three or more units or at least two upper story units
Total project costs for projects under the Small Cities set aside may not exceed $215,000 per unit or $250,000 for historic rehabilitation.
Be completed within three years of award
Be located in the 88 least populous Iowa counties
IEDA will be awarding up to $10 million in credits and individual projects can receive up to $1 million per project. Developers need to apply by June 8th to be considered however developers are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. For more information visit, https://www.iowaeconomicdevelopment.com/WHTC
OTHER UPDATES IN IOWA
HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM EXTENDED: This spring, Congress provided funding for low-income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) under the Cares Act economic stimulus package. Due to the anticipated demand, the Iowa Department of Human Rights Community Action Agencies have extended LIHEAP application deadlines to June 30th, 2020. Iowa families who are facing challenges to cope with COVID-19 virus can apply for the Energy Assistance program at their local community action agency. This program can help pay a portion of an eligible household's utility bill. Eligibility is based on household size and income. Those households who have not already applied, or, who are facing disconnection, are encouraged to do so at this time at: https://humanrights.iowa.gov/dcaa/where-apply or by dialing 2-1-1.
JUDICIAL BRANCH TO RESUME JULY 13: The Iowa Supreme Court issued a new supervisory order delaying in person proceedings until July 13th and jury trials starting September 14th. The courts have heard only emergency and essential hearings in person since March 14th in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Chief Justice, after consults with public health experts, court users, legal organizations, and members of the Jump Start Jury Trials Task Force it was near unanimous that face-to-face court proceedings should not restart on June 1st as initially planned. The State Court Administrator is currently working with county and public health officials to determine criteria for safely reopening courthouses. The Supreme Court also issued guidance on priority cases and guidance for scheduling, hearing, and handling cases. The Judicial Branch also created a Jumpstart Family Law Task Force to make recommendations to the courts on how to handle family law cases when these proceedings resume. Information on the Judicial Branch's response to COVID-19 can be found at https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/covid-19-information-and-updates/.
HELP FOR IOWA MEAT PRODUCERS: State inspected Iowa producers are one step closer to being able to sell their products across state lines following agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture. State inspected producers are smaller than the federally inspected facilities but have equal safety and inspection standards. To qualify the facility must have less than 25 employees and comply with all federal food sanitation, safety and facility regulations. To apply or get more information, visit https://iowaagriculture.gov/meat-poultry-inspections-bureau/cis
IMMUNIZATION EXEMPTIONS: Recently, there has been some confusion regarding immunization exemption requirements changing during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), school districts should continue, even during the COVID-19 outbreak, to recognize medical and religious exemptions if a student satisfies the requirements for the exemption. Public Health currently does not plan to delay or suspend immunization requirements for the 2020-2021 school year. In order to attend school or licensed child care for the 2020-2021 school year, the child needs one of the following; an Iowa Department of Public Health-Certificate of Immunization, Provisional Certificate of Immunization, or Certificate of Immunization Exemption. Now, more than ever, immunizations are very important to the health and well-being of all Iowans. Though there is not currently a vaccination for COVID-19, getting vaccinated for other viruses can impact the overall health of our state, keep people in the workplace, and positively impact our economy. For more information regarding vaccinations, please visit: https://idph.iowa.gov/immtb/immunization/vfc.
DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS: Buy $1 fruits & veggies with your EBT card and get $1 FREE fruits & veggies with Double Up Food Bucks! This is good for locally-grown fresh fruits and vegetables. If you spend $5, you get $5. If you spend $10, you get $10! They will match up to $10 every time you visit! Find a participating location in Iowa at: http://www.iowahealthieststate.com/resources/communities/double-up-food-bucks/how-it-works/
Iowa COVID-19 Resources
CURRENT COVID-19 INFORMATION: For the latest updates from the Iowa Governor's office on COVID-19: https://coronavirus.iowa.gov
GET TESTED FOR COVID-19: Iowa is now offering drive through testing for those who qualify after taking an online assessment at www.testiowa.com.
COVID-19 PUBLIC HOTLINE: For Iowans with questions about COVID-19, a public hotline is open 24/7 by calling 2-1-1 or 1-800-244-7431 (Español disponible)
CRISIS TEXT LINE: To access the Crisis Text Line, text "TALK" to 741741
SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE: Call 1-800-273-8255
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: Call 1-800-799-7233 or text "LOVEIS" to 22522
FOOD PANTRIES: Find a food pantry near you go to: https://www.foodbankiowa.org/
CHILDCARE: Looking for childcare during COVID-19? Go to https://dhs.iowa.gov/childcare-covid-19 to find open spots or facilities.
FREE LEGAL HELP: https://www.iowalegalaid.org/resource/2020-coronavirus-outbreak-what-you-need-to-know
CARES ACT FEDERAL LEGISLATION: A new summary of recently passed federal legislation and its impact on Iowa will be continuously updated and is available here: https://tinyurl.com/sg2hluc
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATES: For the latest updates on coronavirus and to learn more about prevention efforts, go to the Iowa Dept. of Public Health at https://idph.iowa.gov/Emerging-Health-Issues/Novel-Coronavirus
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: http://volunteeriowa.galaxydigital.com
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