Multi-platinum selling and award-winning group, Hillsong UNITED announces the release of their highly anticipated album titled PEOPLE. Slated to debut worldwide on April 26, the live project with twelve new songs is available for pre-order today and features the brand new single "Another in the Fire". In addition, the single "So Will I (100 Billion X)," one of UNITED's biggest songs to date, has been certified Gold by RIAA with over 108 million career streams.
Returning to their roots, to where it all began, PEOPLE pays homage to the group's core mission; unity… a simple, yet most powerful message that's needed in the world today more than ever.
Recorded live in Sydney, Australia, PEOPLE features three previously released tracks, including "As You Find Me," "Good Grace," and "Whole Heart (Hold Me Now)." Debuting in December 2018, "Good Grace" set the record as UNITED's highest streaming street week career single, which "Whole Heart" subsequently broke by an increase of 12% upon its release in January 2019. Their latest song, "As You Find Me", has already garnered 8.2+ million global streams/YouTube views to date, while "Whole Heart" and "Good Grace" have amassed over 31.8+ million global streams (including YouTube views) collectively.
Hillsong UNITED is comprised of an evolving, eclectic mix of musicians and songwriters, and have become one of the genre's most influential artists in the history of contemporary Christian music. The group has sold more than 4.7 million albums globally and garnered over 3 billion worldwide career streams to date. Their most recent album Wonder (2017) rocketed to No. 1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Top 200 and set the record for the most streamed album in Christian music history (U.S.) during street week with over 4.6 million streams. Hillsong UNITED remains the No. 1 Christian artist on all social media platforms with over 10.5 million fans combined.
PEOPLE is currently available for pre-order and will be available in stores on April 26. Check out the track listing for PEOPLE below.
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NFL Roundup: Week 14
Published On December 10, 2012 | By Meredith Perri
Redskins rally to defeat Baltimore in overtime
Washington Redskins players celebrate their overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens. (Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports)
After coming back to tie the game in the final minute of regulation, the Washington Redskins defeated the Baltimore Ravens in overtime on Sunday by a score of 31-28. Washington backup quarterback Kirk Cousins led the way for the Redskins as starter Robert Griffin III missed parts of the game with an injury.
Griffin left the game after he was hurt in a scramble when the Redskins were down 28-20. After missing one play, the starting quarterback returned for four before leaving the game with a sprained knee. After entering the game, Cousins connected with Pierre Garcon for an 11-yard touchdown before Cousins ran the 2-point conversion to tie the game with 29 seconds left in regulation.
The Redskins ultimately won the contest after a 34-yard field goal in overtime gave Washington its fourth straight win.
For the Ravens, the defeat gave them their first back-to-back loss since 2009. Furthermore, with the Ravens dropping to 9-4, the New England Patriots now control their own fate in the AFC. If the Patriots, who are 9-3, can win their next four games they will automatically secure the No. 2 seed in the AFC.
Jets keep postseason hopes alive
Jets running back Bilal Powell helped to lead New York to a 17-10 win over the Jaguars on Sunday. (Phil Sears-USA TODAY Sports)
After being shutout in the first half for the second straight week, the New York Jets pummeled the Jacksonville Jaguars up the middle to ultimately defeat the Jaguars 17-10 on Sunday, keeping New York's postseason hopes alive.
Unlike last week, the Jets did not remove Mark Sanchez after not scoring in the first half of the contest. But Sanchez's presence was not much of a factor as Shonn Greene and Bilal Powell, who ran short touchdowns in the win.
Greene, who finished the game with 77 yards rushing, scored in the third quarter on a 1-yard run. Powell, who had 78 yards rushing, added a short touchdown of his own in the beginning of the fourth to give the Jets a 17-3 lead.
Gore leads way in 49ers win over Dolphins
San Francisco's Frank Gore reached the 1,000 yards mark for the sixth time in his career on Sunday. (Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports)
In a game where the San Francisco 49ers ultimately defeated the Miami Dolphins 27-13, Frank Gore reached 1,000 yards in a season for the sixth time in his career and scored a 1-yard touchdown.
Gore, who finished the game with 63 yards, led the way for his team along with quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who had a 50-yard touchdown and threw for 185 yards. It was Kaepernick's fourth straight start since he took the job from Alex Smith.
Cowboys defeat Bengals in emotionally charged contest
The Cowboys defeated the Bengals in an emotional game on Sunday just one day after teammate Jerry Brown passed away in a car accident. (David Kohl-USA Today Sports)
In a come-from-behind win on Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 20-19 on a 40-yard field goal as time ran out. In the final minutes of the game, the Cowboys overcame a nine-point deficit to earn the win.
The victory was an emotional one, though, as it came just one day after Jerry Brown of the Cowboys passed away in an auto accident where teammate Josh Brent was driving. Brent remained in jail on Sunday under the charge of intoxicated manslaughter. The team found out about Brown's passing during its flight to Cincinnati on Saturday.
Seahawks crush Cardinals in shutout
Seattle Seahawks Marshawn Lynch scored three touchdowns during Sunday's blowout against the Arizona Cardinals. (Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports)
The Seattle Seahawks set a new franchise record for points in a game on Sunday as it defeated the Arizona Cardinals 58-0. Seattle's Marshawn Lynch had three touchdowns in the win, and Seattle forced eight turnovers.
With the win, Seattle kept ahold of the NFC wild card and gave coach Pete Carroll an eight-win season for the first time in the three years he has been with the team.
The game, which was the largest shutout of Seattle's history, was the first time Arizona had been blanked since 2003.
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Meredith Perri Meredith is a junior journalism student at Boston University. She has covered nearly every sport for The Daily Free Press, BU's independent student newspaper, but mainly writes about women's hockey. Meredith has also covered Major League Baseball as an intern with SNY and MetsBlog.com. Follow her on Twitter at @mere579.
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Orchestra rehearsals are done for this school year. We string teachers are very proud of our students!
School lessons continue and we are in the midst of our Solo Recitals in each town.
The Book Fair is June 2 to June 8 from 8 am to 5 pm.
Online shopping is May 26 to June 11.
Please be sure to read all this information carefully and get in touch if you have ANY questions or concerns.
The Philly Trip is right around the corner! We will have an informational meeting for all the students going on the Philly Trip in Eve Heyman's classroom on Thursday, June 2nd from 1:40 - 2:40 PM. Parents/guardians are welcome to attend. We will be discussing important information about expectations, packing, itinerary, and general information about our trip. If there is ANYTHING we should know about your child being away from home for a week with us, please let us know. We want to make sure that everyone feels safe and has a great time. If you have any information you feel needs to be shared about helping us take care of your child, please don't hesitate to contact Eve or Jeannie prior to the trip.
The Math PARCC exams: Friday, May 27th, Tuesday, May 31st, and Thursday, June 2nd in the morning. Please make every effort to have your child be on time to school on these days.
PM - Graduation rehearsal at OBS (If wearing heels, girls must bring shoes) and start of sign off procedure.
Sunday, June 5th - Friday, June 10th Philly Trip (please attend the meeting for more information).
Monday, June 13th : **Transportation provided by OB School** 8:30 AM - 8th grade breakfast, yearbook signing, sign off, graduation rehearsal (girls bring shoes) at Tabernacle.
*Students may leave on their own from Tabernacle with a note from parents or students will need to be picked up at the end of rehearsal by parents or return to school to take the bus home at the end of the day.
5:30 PM all 8th graders must meet at the rectory (next to the Tabernacle) for graduation.
The ceremony will start at 6:00 PM in the Tabernacle. This usually lasts about an hour or so.
Hello Friends - I am writing to announce our monthly Dance Party for all 6th, 7th, 8th grade kids on our island. Alex's Place has held these dances for many years and hope you will encourage you child to come and join in the fun! The Dance features a live DJ, great dance lighting - pool table, lots of board games to play, great snacks and more. To celebrate Spring there will be a special door prize (gift certificate to Amazon) for one luck person.
The dance party begins at 7:00 and ends at 10 pm. All 6th, 7th, 8th graders are welcomed to attend - there's plenty of room for everyone!
Attached is a poster for the event that we hope you will share.
Thank you once again for your support as we try to provide positive community acivities for our younger kids.
Olá Amigos - Estou escrevendo para anunciar a nossa Dance Party mensal para todos os 6, 7 filhos da 8ª série na nossa ilha.
Alex Lugar realizou estas danças para muitos anos e espero que você irá incentivar seu filho a vir e participar da diversão!
A dança apresenta um DJ ao vivo, grande dança de iluminação - mesa de bilhar, lotes de jogos de tabuleiro para jogar, grandes lanches e muito mais.
Para comemorar a mola, haverá um prêmio da porta especial (certificado de presente a Amazon) para uma pessoa de sorte.
A festa de dança começa às 7:00 e termina às 10:00. Todos os 6º, 7º, 8º niveladoras são bem-vindas para participar - há abundância da sala para todos!
Em anexo é um cartaz para o evento que nós esperamos que você vai compartilhar.
Mais uma vez obrigado por seu apoio à medida que tentam fornecer acivities comunitários positivos para as nossas crianças mais jovens.
Esperamos que a nossa tradução é ok.


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Q: Adding orderBy is removing my filters With category_parent applied in the filter it brings the results down to 13 from 242.
But as soon as I add in the order by it takes the results back to the full amount:
http://www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk/results?keyword=&category_parent=6&course_week=&month=&category_child=&day=&time_of_day=&tutor=&order_by=asc
My results method can be found here:
http://pastebin.com/G46vGRmu
Here is my search form partial:
http://pastebin.com/2yaababn
I cannot understand why - Can anyone help?
Code:
public function results(Request $request){
    // dd($request->all());
    $courses = Course::select(['*']);
    // if only parent category
    if($request->has('category_parent') AND !$request->has('category_child'))
    {
        $parent_category[] = (integer) $request->get('category_parent');
        $child_categories = Category::where('parent_id', $request->get('category_parent'))->lists('id')->toArray();
        $all_categories = array_merge($parent_category, $child_categories);
        $courses = $courses->whereHas('categories', function ($query) use ($all_categories) {
            $query->where(function ($query) use ($all_categories) {
                foreach ($all_categories as $category) $query->orWhere('category_id', '=', $category);
            });
        });

        // else with child category
    } elseif($request->has('category_parent') AND $request->has('category_child')) {
        $courses = $courses->whereHas('categories', function ($query) use ($request) {
            $query->where('category_id', '=', $request->get('category_child'));
        });
    }

    if($request->has('course_week')) {
        $courses = $courses->where('course_weeks', $request->get('course_week'));
    }

    // if set start date
    if($request->has('start_date')) {
        $start_date_begin = substr($request->get('start_date'), 0, 10);
        $start_date_finish = substr($request->get('start_date'), -10);
        if(preg_match("/^[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{4}$/", $start_date_begin) AND preg_match("/^[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{4}$/", $start_date_finish)) {
            $carbon_begin =  Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $start_date_begin);
            $carbon_finish =  Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $start_date_finish);
            $courses = $courses->where('start_date', '>=', $carbon_begin->startOfDay());
            $courses = $courses->where('start_date', '<=', $carbon_finish->endOfDay());
        }
    }
    if($request->has('month')){
        $month      =   $request->get('month');
        /* $courses =   $courses->whereRaw('extract(month from start_date) = ?', [$month]); */
        $courses    =   $courses->whereMonth('start_date', '=', $month);
    }
    /* $courses =   $courses->paginate(10);
    echo "
";print_r($courses);die; */

    if($request->has('tutor')) {
        $courses = $courses->where('tutor_id', $request->get('tutor'));
    }

    if($request->has('day')) {
        $courses = $courses->where('course_day', $request->get('day'));
    }

    //time_of_day
    if($request->has('time_of_day')) {
        //start_date_time
        if($request->get('time_of_day') == 'am') {
            $courses = $courses->whereBetween(DB::raw('TIME(`start_date`)'), ['00:00:01', '16:59:59']);
        } elseif($request->get('time_of_day') == 'pm') {
            $courses = $courses->whereBetween(DB::raw('TIME(`start_date`)'), ['17:00:00', '23:00:00']);
        }
    }

    if($request->has('keyword')) {
        $categorys_ids = Category::select('id')->where('name', 'LIKE', '%'.$request->get('keyword').'%')->lists('id')->toArray();
        $tags_ids = Tag::select('id')->where('name', 'LIKE', '%'.$request->get('keyword').'%')->lists('id')->toArray();
        $courses = $courses->where(function ($query) use ($request, $categorys_ids, $tags_ids) {
            $query
            ->orWhere('name', 'LIKE', '%'.$request->get('keyword').'%')
            ->orWhere(function ($query) use ($request, $categorys_ids) {
                $query->whereHas('categories', function ($query) use ($request, $categorys_ids) {
                    $query->whereIn('category_id', $categorys_ids);
                });
            })->orWhere(function ($query) use ($request, $tags_ids) {
                $query->whereHas('tags', function ($query) use ($request, $tags_ids) {
                    $query->whereIn('tag_id', $tags_ids);
                });
            });
        });
    }

    if($request->has('order_by')) {
        $courses = Course::orderBy('start_date', $request->order_by);
    }

    $tutors = Tutor::orderBy('last_name', 'asc')->take(12)->get();
    $courses = $courses->paginate(10);
    $info = Terminfo::first();
    $course_categories = Category::where('parent_id', '=!', '')->get();

    if(isset($_GET['category_parent']))
    {
        $current_course_category = Category::where('parent_id', $_GET['category_parent'])->get();
        $current_course_category_first = Category::where('id', $_GET['category_parent'])->first();
    }
    return view('frontend.pages.results', compact('courses', 'tutors', 'course_categories', 'current_course_category', 'current_course_category_first', 'info'));
}

Template:
<?php

    // $categories = \App\Category::select('id', 'name', 'parent_id')->get();
    $categories = \App\Category::has('courses')->get();

    $tutors = \App\Tutor::select('id', DB::raw('CONCAT(first_name, " ", last_name) AS full_name'))->orderBy('last_name', 'asc')->lists('full_name', 'id')->toArray();
    $weeks = \App\Course::select('course_weeks')->lists('course_weeks', 'course_weeks');

    $current_day = date('d');
    $current_month = date('m');

    // dd($weeks);

    foreach ($weeks as $week) {
        if($week == 'course_weeks'){

        }else{
            $weeklist[] = $week;
        }
    }

    sort($weeklist);

    $days = [
            '' => 'Day of the week',
            ' ' => 'Show All',
            'Mon'  => 'Monday',
            'Tue'  => 'Tuesday',
            'Wed'  => 'Wednesday',
            'Thu'  => 'Thursday',
            'Fri'  => 'Friday',
            'Sat'  => 'Saturday',
            'Sun'  => 'Sunday',
    ];

    $time_of_day = [
        ''   => 'Time of the day',
        ' ' => 'Show All',
        'am' => 'Day',
        'pm' => 'Evening'
    ];
?>

    {!! Form::open(['method' => 'get', 'url' => '/results', 'id' => 'search_course_form']) !!}

Refine your search

                {!! Form::text('keyword', isset($_GET['keyword']) ? $_GET['keyword'] : null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Keyword']) !!}

                <select name="category_parent" id="category_parent" class="category_parent form-control select-arrow" style="width:100%">
                    <option value="">Category</option>
                    <option value="">Show All</option>
                    @foreach($categories as $category)
                        @if($category->parent_id == 0)
                            <option value="{{ $category->id }}"
                            @if(isset($_GET['category_parent']) AND $_GET['category_parent'] == $category->id)
                                selected
                            @endif
                            >{{ $category->name }}</option>
                        @endif
                    @endforeach
                </select>

            {{--

                {!! Form::select('course_week', $weeks, isset($_GET['course_week']) ? $_GET['course_week'] : null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}

 --}}

                <select class="form-control" name="course_week">
                    <option value="" selected="">Course Duration</option>
                    <option value=" ">Show All</option>
                    {{-- {{ dd($weeklist) }} --}}
                    @foreach($weeklist as $list)
                        @if($list == 0)
                            <option value="{{ $list }}"
                                @if(isset($_GET['course_week']) && $_GET['course_week'] == $list)
                                    selected
                                @endif
                            >1 Day</option>
                        @elseif ($list == 1)
                            <option value="{{ $list }}"
                                @if(isset($_GET['course_week']) && $_GET['course_week'] == $list)
                                    selected
                                @endif
                            >{{ $list }} Week</option>
                        @else
                            <option value="{{ $list }}"
                                @if(isset($_GET['course_week']) && $_GET['course_week'] == $list)
                                    selected
                                @endif
                            >{{ $list }} Weeks</option>
                        @endif
                    @endforeach
                </select>

                <select class="form-control" name="month">
                    <option value="">Select Month</option>
                    <option value="">Show All</option>
                    <option value="01"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '01') selected @endif >January</option>
                    <option value="02"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '02') selected @endif >February</option>
                    <option value="03"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '03') selected @endif >March</option>
                    <option value="04"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '04') selected @endif >April</option>
                    <option value="05"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '05') selected @endif >May</option>
                    <option value="06"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '06') selected @endif >June</option>
                    <option value="07"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '07') selected @endif >July</option>
                    <option value="08"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '08') selected @endif >August</option>
                    <option value="09"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '09') selected @endif >September</option>
                    <option value="10"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '10') selected @endif >October</option>
                    <option value="11"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '11') selected @endif >November</option>
                    <option value="12"  @if(isset($_GET['month']) AND $_GET['month'] == '12') selected @endif >December</option>
                </select>

                    <button type="button" class="options-btn pull-left clickMe less-border hidden-tablet" style="width:50%">MORE OPTIONS</button>

                    <button type="button" class="options-btn pull-left clickMe2 less-border display-tablet" style="width:50%">MORE</button>

                    <button type="submit" class="find-btn" style="width:50%">FIND</button>

        {{--
 --}}

              <select name="category_child" id="category_child" class="category_child form-control back-white" style="width:100%">
                    <option value="" data-parent-id="0">Subcategory</option>
                    <option value="">Show All</option>
                    @foreach($categories as $category)
                        @if($category->parent_id != 0)
                            <option value="{{ $category->id }}" data-parent-id="{{ $category->parent_id }}"
                                @if(isset($_GET['category_child']) AND $_GET['category_child'] == $category->id)
                                selected
                                @endif
                            >{{ $category->name }}</option>
                        @endif
                    @endforeach
                </select>

                {!! Form::select('day', $days, isset($_GET['day']) ? $_GET['day'] : null, ['class' => 'form-control back-white']) !!}

                {!! Form::select('time_of_day', $time_of_day, isset($_GET['time_of_day']) ? $_GET['time_of_day'] : null, ['class' => 'form-control back-white']) !!}

                {!! Form::select('tutor', ['' => 'Tutors'] + $tutors, isset($_GET['tutor']) ? $_GET['tutor'] : null, ['class' => 'form-control back-white']) !!}

    {!! Form::close() !!}

A: You are creating an entirely new query when you add the order by in your code on line 83. This overwrites the $courses object and removes all existing filters.
$courses = Course::orderBy('start_date', $request->order_by);

You should change this so it adds to the existing query. It should be like this:
$courses = $courses->orderBy('start_date', $request->order_by);

A: What i found in your code is, you wants conditional order by, you have made mistake by creating new Query of Course Model, just replace following code,
if($request->has('order_by')) {
        $courses->orderBy('start_date', $request->order_by);
}

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Renewable vs Fossil fuels. Which is cheaper for Australia?
The world is ever changing, and one of the driving factors of this change is the endless pursuit of knowledge and the inevitable technological advancements.
Amongst the most hotly contested debates across the globe is renewable vs. non renewable energy production.
In Australia, key arguments revolve around the environmental and economic impacts for the nation.
Which sources of energy production are the cheapest for the consumer today and in the future?
The true cost of electricity between fossil fuels and renewable sources is not as black and white as both sides of the argument would have you believe.
Recent studies have revealed that the wholesale cost of energy production currently from fossil fuel generation is 3-4 cents per KW/h, whereas Wind generation is said to cost 8 cents and Solar 12 cents per KW/h.
At first glance it seems like a shut down case. However the bulk of the energy production produced by fossil fuels is from existing coal plants whose capital cost has already been recovered, whereas renewable sources have not paid down their capital costs of setting down the infrastructure.
So, to better compare apples with apples, we have to compare the cost of electricity from newly built coal plants, against those of newly built renewable plants. The cost of energy production via gas and coal from newly built power plants is 8-12 cents per KW/h which at the moment is similar to the cost of renewables.
Source: https://theconversation.com/the-greens-plan-for-90-renewables-by-2030-sounds-hard-but-it-stacks-up-51115
Again this is not the whole picture as the increasing production of installations and advancements in technology in renewables has seen a consistent decline in price of energy production as systems become more efficient and infrastructure becomes cheaper to build. Coal technology is a mature technology so room for further innovation and efficiency is very limited, where the same does not exist for renwables which are a much newer technology.
In fact, the most up to date independent study (commissioned by more than 30 Australian utility providers, environmental organisations and governments), states that by 2030 the cost of producing Solar, via photo voltaic solar panels (PV) will decrease by 35% and with Solar thermal (using mirrors to concentrate the heat of the sun and drive a turbine), reductions could be as much as 50%. Wind which is already the cheapest renewable source is likely to see similar decreases in costs.
Source: http://old.co2crc.com.au/dls/brochures/LCOE_Executive_Summary.pdf
So yes, at the present moment, for existing fossil fuel generated power plants it is ultimately cheaper to allow them to operate for the consumer, but that will change over the next decade with renewable sources being on par with fossil fuels and with wind specifically surpassing all sources as the most cost efficient.
This context is very important and dictates how we should plan our grid's future.
Like all products in the world our power plants have an expiry. Typically a power plant has an effective life span of approximately 40-50 years at which point the infrastructure needs to be replaced. As power plants approach their effective life span they lose efficiency. This year we saw the closure of the Hazelwood Power plant which was no longer economical to operate. The Hazelwood power plant was commissioned in 1964 and became fully operational in 1971.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-03/hazelwood-power-station-in-victoria-to-close/7987018
Many of Australia's power plants are quickly approaching their end cycle. In fact 12 of 22 coal plants in Australia will have reached their effective life span between now and 2040.
Source: Submission 87 of http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/Coal_fired_power_stations/Submissions
The transition from fossil fuels to renewable in Australia is inevitable from an economic point of view. It makes no commercial sense to replace old coal plants with new coal plants when renewables will be cheaper at the time of closure of all existing coal plants.
In fact, an argument can be made that the Kogan Creek coal plant (built 2007) and the two Blue Water coal pants (built 2009 and 2010) should never have been built in place of renewable plants.
This is all without factoring the environmental impacts of using fossil fuel energy production and the additional economic costs of polluting the environment.
One key environmental impact of coal powered stations is the increase of acid rain in the immediate areas around the plants. Acid rain degrades the buildings of residents, business owners and public infrastructure which then costs more to maintain and ultimately shortens their life span. The additional environmental factors caused by pollution makes the transition a no-brainer.
Source: https://www.epa.gov/acidrain/what-acid-rain
So is there still room in our grid's future for fossil fuel plants?
The short answer is yes, but in a limited way.
The down side of renewable sources of energy is that they don't produce a steady baseline of power year round. Their generation is dependent on the elements and environment that can change daily in some cases.
This is where gas powered "back up generators" can play an important part at times when energy production may dip while at the same time energy uptake may increase. It's important to have a grid that can maintain reliably the entire demand of the consumer and industrial sectors of Australia.
For Australia this type of back up infrastructure integrated into a renewable grid make particular sense for many reasons. Gas powered stations provide many advantages over coal plants for this particular use in a nations grid and energy requirements.
Gas plants have a quicker ramp up time then coal plants in times where electrical shortfalls need to be made up in the grid. Gas plants also emit about half the carbon emissions of coal plants, making them better for the environment. Australia also has vast reserves of natural gas (but in fairness we have immense coal reserves as well). Lastly Gas plant infrastructure is cheaper to build then Coal plants.
These reasons combined make gas preferable of coal.
Source: http://blog.aigroup.com.au/should-we-be-looking-at-new-coal-fired-power-stations/
So where does our government stand in all of this?
Armed with this information, it is disappointing to see that our government is pushing for the construction of new coal fired plants in Northern Australia that will ultimately cost the consumer more money then constructing renewable plants in their place.
Whats worse, the government wants to utilise money set aside for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation fund (CEFC) to pay for new coal-fired power stations.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-02/clean-energy-money-could-fund-coal-power-stations-morrison-says/8234118
This doomed policy is further demonstrated by the government's recent push for a $1 billion tax payer funded hand out to Indian billionaire Adani to build a coal mine in QLD, when coal is not the future of energy production world wide.
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/turnbull-government-eyes-1-billion-adani-loan-backed-by-new-infrastructure-fund-20161204-gt3joz.html
Further more, there is a severe lack of any comprehensive future plannting to make the inevitable transition from old to new technology as smooth as possible. A proper transitional plan will assist in how to close coal-fired power stations to reduce pollution, balanced with the need to help workers find new jobs in the renewable sector as well as maintaining energy security.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-29/coal-power-retirement-senate-report/8074114
The current policies and lack of planning are not economically viable. They are counter productive to the interests of Australia. The current policies not only slug the Australian tax payer, they also will cost the same tax payers more as a consumer of energy, while maintaining job insecurity for workers.
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Nicole Atkins playing tree-lighting at the Seaport, 'Last Waltz' tribute, Scott Walker tribute & more
By BrooklynVegan Staff November 25, 2013
Singer/songwriter Nicole Atkins has some stuff going on in the NYC-area (as usual) before the year ends, including the 30th annual tree-lighting at the South Street Seaport on November 29, which Ronnie Spector and Darlene Love sang at in past years...
Category: Music News, tour dates Tags: Action Bronson, Adam Green, Armstrong, Big Krit, Biz Markie, Casey Veggies, Cashius Green, Cass McCombs, Chance the Rapper, Chris La Putt, Dave Heenan, Ex-Cops, Fat Trel, Joey Bada$$, Mookie Jone, Mr Muthafuckin eXquire, Nemo Achida, Pusha T, Reese Two-9, Sicky Brett, Smoke DZA, Travi$ Scott
SOB's statement on recent shooting that happened there
By BrooklynVegan Staff September 20, 2013
On September 11 (technically early 9/12), a gunman opened fire in South Village club SOB's during a release party for Fat Trel's SDMG mixtape, wounding four people...
Category: Music News, venues Tags: Fat Trel, shooting, SOBs
Talib Kweli, A$AP Ferg, Fat Trel, Ratking, Nitty Scott, & more upcoming hip hop shows
By BrooklynVegan Staff January 24, 2013
A$AP Ferg at Brooklyn Bowl in December (more by Brook Bobbins)
Talib Kweli, who just played SOB's earlier this week, is playing two nights at Brooklyn Bowl (3/17-18) with a live band this March with Cory Mo...
Category: Hip Hop news, Music News, tour dates Tags: A$AP Ferg, A$ton Matthews, Bryant Dope, Cory Mo, Da$h and Retch, Dave East, Fat Trel, JeanDeaux, Nitty Scott, Panama, Phony Ppl, Ratking, Show Me The Body, Talib Kweli, Tippwork
Joey Bada$$ releasing new single, playing Downtown Brooklyn College Festival, CMJ & other shows (dates)
By BrooklynVegan Staff October 9, 2012
Young Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ put out two of the strongest rap releases of the year so far with 1999 and Rejex, both of which are highly indebted to the golden age era sound of Illmatic, Ready to Die, Reasonable Doubt, and other classics of that kind...
Category: Hip Hop news, Music News, tour dates Tags: Action Bronson, Andrew Sacher, Armstrong, Big Krit, Biz Markie, Casey Veggies, Cashius Green, Chance the Rapper, Fat Trel, Joey Bada$$, Mookie Jone, Mr Muthafuckin eXquire, Nemo Achida, Pusha T, Reese Two-9, Sicky Brett, Smoke DZA, Travi$ Scott
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this week in Hip Hop (Northside, NXNE, Kool Keith, EPMD, Yasiin Bey, RJD2, Tech N9ne, Black Thought + Rahzel, GZA & more)
By BrooklynVegan Staff June 14, 2012
Ultramagnetic MCs at ATP NJ 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
As mentioned in What's going on? last night, Prodigy's upcoming "Queens Day" show at Irving Plaza, which was supposed to happen next week (6/19) has been cancelled...
Category: Hip Hop news, Music News, tour dates Tags: Ab-Soul, Action Bronson, Black Thought, cancellations, Despot, DJ Scratch, El-P, EPMD, Fat Tony, Fat Trel, Ghostface Killah, Gza, Kid Sister, Killer Mike, Kool Keith, Lushlife, Machine Gun Kelly, Mos Def, Mr Muthafuckin eXquire, Northside Festival, NXNE, One Step Beyond, Phony Ppl, Prodigy, Prodigy (Mobb Deep), Q-Tip, Questlove, Raekwon, Rahzel, RJD2, TECH N9NE, Ultramagnetic MCs, Wu-Block, Wu-Tang Clan, Yasiin Bey
SpaceGhostPurrp on 4AD, playing May shows; Fat Tony plays Chaos in Tejas & Brooklyn in June
SpaceGhostPurrp at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Miami rapper/producer SpaceGhostPurrp, who played our hip hop stage at Hotel Vegan this past SXSW, is set to releases his debut commercial album, Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp, on his new label, 4AD, a label otherwise best known for their post-punk/goth/dream pop/etc output...
Category: Hip Hop news, Music News, tour dates Tags: 4AD, Andrew Sacher, Fat Tony, Fat Trel, Juiceboxxx, Mess Kid, Old Money, Ratking, Spaceghostpurrp
Fader Fort, Making Time & FIXED CMJ parties
Though most of the lineup has yet to be revealed - except for King Krule, Metronomy (who also play MHOW), Purity Ring, Fat Trel (pictured above) and Bleached (more on them in a sec), this year's CMJ Fader Fort RSVP is up and running for their 10/21 and 10/22 shows at 443 w 18th St in Manhattan...
Category: Music News, tour dates Tags: Bleached, Chad Valley, CMJ, FADER, Fader Fort, Fat Trel, Fixed, free shows, King Krule, Lemonade, Making Time, Metronomy, Purity Ring, Radio People, Seekae, Still Corners, Teengirl Fantasy, Twin Shadow, Warm Ghost


OK so i have had some difficulty in delivering an accurate lighting effect on the chairs as depicted in the attachment. Any thoughts or contributions and suggestions gladly received. The attached is a 10cm render with AO.
Am i correct in thinking that since I have a perpetual license I cannot get v5, and therefore cannot upgrade my Sketch Up?
The issue is that these white chairs show black areas when light with a fixture from above and in front.
Thanks in advance for any ideas I can try.
You could try right-clicking on a chair and selecting LightUp-Vertex Lit from the context menu. If it works, do that to each chair.
Is the chair from the 3DWarehouse? If so, which one? The chairs on 3D Warehouse have no quality control and, though they may look ok in SketchUp, may be badly formed with reversed/overlapping/intersecting faces. If that is the case, it is necessary to either correct the errors (possibly a difficult and tedious task) or try a new chair.
LightUp is a remarkable renderer, but all renderers have trouble with malformed geometry.
Thank you Lee. Nailed it.
So i tried your method which did not fix the issue but make me look more closely at the geometry of the 3D warehouse chair. It had been built rather strangely and I was able to remove some components and it now lights BEAUTIFULLY!
This really helped. Thanks. I built a unit and had the same problem but thought I had built it perfectly. For the round corner unit I drew a quarter circle, closed it with a 90 degree corner and used the push/pull tool to extrude it. I did increase the amount of sides from default to 50 to make it look smoother, so maybe this is where it got complicated.
I applied Vertex Lit as suggested and it fixed every problem with dark areas in my model. Before and after pics below.


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John Stossel on Fox Business Talks about Cleveland's Bad Rap
Reason Staff | 3.18.2010 1:00 PM
On March 16, 2010, John Stossel appeared on Fox Business to promote his upcoming interview with Drew Carey and Reason.tv Editor in Chief, Nick Gillespie, on fixing 'the Mistake on the Lake.'
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We are excited to announce we will be holding an All Skills and Setter Camp July 25th and 26th at Ralia Sports Center in Maple Grove, MN.
Stephen McCarthy and Lindsey Berg with some of the camp participants at 2013 Cuore Volleyball Camp.
The camp is designed to not only teach the fundamentals of volleyball, but to also teach the fundamentals of life. You will learn how to play from some of the volleyball greats, and will gain important life skills including how to be a leader and a better teammate. In addition, you will receive instruction on how to train and fuel your body for elite level competition. The camp teaches life lessons through volleyball and promises to be an experience you won't soon forget. Lindsey Berg will be on court for all sessions, while Stephen McCarthy off-court.
The cost is $250 for All Skills, $300 for Setter. Attend both All Skills and Setter for $400. See below for camp schedule.
Camp is for girls aged 10-18. Smaller groups will be created within the camp selected by age, skill level and special request.
U of M Alum and 3-time USA Olympic Team Setter Lindsey Napela Berg from December 2013 camp in Minnesota.
Parents are welcome to attend all classroom and on-court sessions.
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Gerd Gigerenzer to speak in London, Sept 23rd, 2008
Filed in Conferences ,Profiles ,Research News ,SJDM
GERD GIGERENZER ON IGNORING INFORMATION FOR BETTER DECISIONS
Who: Gerd Gigerenzer, Director, Max Planck Institute, Berlin
What: The Rationality of Heuristics: Ignoring Information for Better Decisions
Where: Westminster Business School, Hogg Lecture Theatre
When: 17h15-19h
The academic year in London will get off to a stimulating start as one of Psychology's leading intellectuals, Gerd Gigerenzer, will take the stage on Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 to kick off the Economics of Behavior and Decision Making seminar in London.
Gigerenzer is Director of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and former Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. He won the AAAS Prize for the best article in the behavioral sciences. His book Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious was one of six nominees for the 2008 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books. He is the author of Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You , the German translation of which won the Scientific Book of the Year Prize in 2002. He has published several other academic books on heuristics including, Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart (with Peter Todd & The ABC Research Group) and Bounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox (with Reinhard Selten, a Nobel laureate in economics), Heuristics and the Law (Dahlem Workshop Reports) (with Christoph Engel), Rationality for Mortals: How People Cope with Uncertainty (Evolution and Cognition) , and Adaptive Thinking: Rationality in the Real World (Evolution and Cognition Series) .
ABOUT GIGERENZER:
Gerd Gigerenzer's CV
Through Analysis, Gut Reaction Gains Credibility, The New York Times.
Smart Heuristics: Gerd Gigerenzer at Edge.org
Gigerenzer's Books
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What was most fascinating about the Gigerenzer presentation at Westminster Business School was the reaction of the economists, as evidenced by their exceedingly lengthy questions (or, to be more accurate, speeches). One of my colleagues timed the first question at 10 minutes long. Clearly, many economists are rattled by the way psychology is encroaching on their subject matter. For behavioral economists, there's no problem, but many people still seem to be trying to defend classical notions of rationality. The YouTube exchanges between Dan Ariely and Tim Harford are fairly indicative of the way the arguments go. Without going into details here, I think both sides actually have some valid points. But on the whole, I think we'd have to conclude that rational economic man (or 'the rational actor' as we say now) is dead. Gigerenzer dealt with the points very well.
That said, I'm not convinced by all that Gigerenzer has to say. There's published evidence of people using more than one item of information when making the two-alternative judgments (e.g. city size) of the kind Gigerenzer talks about. The specific question posed to the Westminster audience was deciding whether Milwaukee or Detroit had the larger population. I've heard of both, but only know anything about the latter; in fact, TWO items of information came immediately to mind – the fact that Detroit is famous for producing motor vehicles, and the fact that many famous bands have come from Detroit.
It was also curious the way Gigerenzer cited the Dhami and Ayton research on magistrates' bail decision making. One of the key things about this research was that magistrates frequently did not use the information they were supposed to be using (as specified by legal guidelines). This seems to be at odds with the notion of heuristics being associated with accurate judgments.
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Zashchitniki aka Guardians 2017
This is only the second Russian superhero movie that I've reviewed here on this site after the bizarrely mediocre flying car Spider-Man rip off that has nothing to do with the current CW show Black Lightning. I remember seeing the previews for it a while back and the visuals looked kind of insane. Now that I've finally seen it, I still think the overall visuals look great, but it really suffered from a lack of interesting characters or an interesting plot. It's a really generic government created superpowered experiments that goes wrong and creates a supervillain intent on ruling the world. It's a weird mix of X-Men's Weapon X program but it's just not interesting once you look past the special effects.
Let's start off with the highlight of the movie which really is the special effects and overall visual feel to the movie. There are some spider tripod tanks that have amazing detail to them, one of the characters is basically a werebear slash Incredible Hulk type character that also is handled incredibly well. At least incredibly well with a single caveat. While the individual CGI character itself looks fantastic with great details, it has that subtle invisible outline that separates it from the background so that it doesn't feel integrated into the scene. The looks of the characters themselves are also well done where the speedster character has an incredible style to him with his twin curved blades. The Invisible Woman surrogate also has a great look to her with her interesting tattoos/markings despite her power being pretty lame.
The personalities of the characters were rather dull. The Earthbender Ler who has telekinesis but only for rocks was found by himself at a monastery and basically has no personality. He gets a super suit that channels his power into an electric rock whip that can also become a shield. But he's not the leader, he doesn't really have any defining character traits whatsoever. The speedster Khan fares slightly better as he is introduced by going on a Wolverine-esque killing spree on the soldiers sent to capture him, though it was unclear if those soldiers were sent by the protagonist government or the antagonist supervillain. The slightly more interesting pair are the werebear Arsus and the Invisible water woman Kseniya. Arsus is a scientist and is afraid about how each time he goes full bear, it becomes harder to change back to human and he fears that he will eventually get stuck as an animal. And yet after he reveals that story element, it's never really referred to again. He also has the hots for Kseniya who has amnesia. So much so that he's been creepily watching over her for the past several years. Another element of the story that's mentioned but barely relevant to the overall story is that the experiments that created the Guardians happened in the 60's and also gave them extended lives where they are much older than they appear.
The villain of the story is another personality-less character with an odd look to him. He looks like a grotesque version of Mr. Clean with a bunch of extra Matrix-like wires coming out of him. He has enhanced strength and can control electronics and machinery just by being near them. His plan is to create a giant antennae so that he can control a powerful satellite weapon dot dot dot control the world. Somehow. He also easily defeats the Guardians during their first outing but doesn't kill them because of course he wants to recruit them. The one character in the film that does have a slight amount of interest in them is the commander of the team who recruits and essentially leads all the Guardians, Larina. She doesn't bring a whole lot to the operation, but she has a few moments here and there that make things interesting.
It's just difficult to really get into this movie because so much is happening, but it's all just so dull. There's a traitor in the government operation, but that is dealt with pretty quickly. There's also a mention of how the Guardians can basically pool their powers in a way that was described to make it sound like the finale of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer but ended up more like a giant glowing ball of boring. The government brings in a scientist to help do something, but he gets killed. There's a backup plot if the Guardians fail, but it also just gets dismissed in an easy fashion. Even Kseniya's amnesia is barely treated as a plot point and at the end of the movie she just happy ending mentions that some of her memory is coming back in a way that doesn't really mean anything outside of an empty happy ending moment.
Besides the visual flair of the movie, there are also a handful of fight scenes that are also quite enjoyable and well done. Most of the time the fight choreography is handled the best when the Guardians are actually fighting each other, especially when they are recruiting Kseniya herself. In fact, that fight is actually more interesting than the final battle with the supervillain. All in all, it was a beautifully dull movie and even though they hinted at a sequel with even more Guardians out in the world, I wouldn't be that interested in checking it out. Until next time, this has been Bubbawheat for Flights, Tights, and Movie Nights.
Posted on December 25, 2018, in 10's movies and tagged film, foreign, movies, review, russia. Bookmark the permalink.	2 Comments.
Wendell W Ottley | December 27, 2018 at 5:17 pm
This sounds like a pretty mess. I'll pass.
Bubbawheat | December 27, 2018 at 8:20 pm
Yeah, pretty mess sums it up quite well.


The discovery of asbestos in the Royal Mail delivery office in Kirkby, Merseyside saw postal workers strike last week. But what was the concern, and what should you do if you suspect there is asbestos where you work?
On Wednesday 6 January 2016, Royal Mail workers walked out of the Kirkby delivery office without a ballot when asbestos was found during renovations to the building. Postal services resumed as of 12 January, following disruption to deliveries to the L32 and L33 postcodes.
The asbestos has been removed but, according to a Royal Mail spokesperson, was not disturbed and so was not a health risk to staff and visitors. Secretary of the Communication Workers Union's Greater Merseyside branch, Mark Walsh, said: "Staff walked out because of the asbestos and how it has been communicated to them. The action was unballoted as a decision was made quite quickly after the material was found.
Whether in the workplace or in your home, the discovery of asbestos is cause for an urgent call to action. It's for this reason that the workers at the Royal Mail deliveries office were right to pay caution and leave the building until specialists could confirm the risk and remove it. Fortunately it appears that the asbestos was low risk and undisturbed.
This matters because exposure to asbestos dust and fibres can result in serious lung diseases and cancer, such as mesothelioma. Asbestos was widely used in commercial buildings in the UK until 1999, so many homes and workplaces are likely to contain the carcinogenic substance. Often asbestos is concealed behind walls or in flooring, and so is not a threat until disturbed.
If asbestos is found in your building or you're unsure whether you have been exposed, it is important that you register this as soon as possible. One of the tragedies of exposure to asbestos is that victims are not always aware, or even if they are, the symptoms don't become apparent for tens of years. By registering your exposure the time, place and employer will be documented for any legal action down the line.


Source: (1995) Temple Law Review. 68:1791.
Since the creation of the first juvenile court in 1899, state training schools have been the primary place of confinement for children removed from their homes. In theory such places were supposed to be home-like and rehabilitative in their facilities and care. In reality they were usually impersonal, understaffed, unhealthy, and even dangerous institutions, devoid of rehabilitative programs. From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, advocates for children pursued legislative and other policy reforms. They argued that children in state institutions had both a statutory and constitutional "right to treatment.� In this context, the authors of this article reassess the doctrine of a constitutional right to treatment, test its continued validity in light of recent judicial opinions and legislative changes, and suggest a different formulation of a state's obligation toward delinquent children in its care.


I am Interior Architecture Designer and work on new built houses from A-Z, also on reconstructions family houses, block of flats and all living places. Eather my design contains non-residential premises for any of business (for example restaurants, bars, caffee shops, dental offices, offices, shops etc.) I design exteriors - small gardens and interior in external places - pergolas and shading.
I provide project - concept interiors, 3D visuals, consultation, planning permition, tender - pricing of project interior, selling flooring, doors, lights and solitaires (sofas, armchairs, tables, chairs etc.) Supervising realizations.
I worked on various projects in Architectural practice, which were mainly residential extensions, basements and refurbishments in London and East Anglia. We also designed exteriors such as pergolas and small gardens and cooperated with various garden architects.
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Published September 15, 2020 7:54pm EDT
PNC, Key Bank to close more branches
PNC currently has 2,256 branches while KeyCorp has 1,077 branches
By Lucas Manfredi FOXBusiness
Big banks PNC and Key announced during Tuesday's virtual Global Financial Services Conference hosted by Barclays Capital that they are cutting back on branch locations through 2021.
PNC Chairman and CEO William Demchak said that his bank is on track to close 280 branches by 2021. Roughly 160 branches will close by the end of this year while another 120 are slated to close next year.
"You will see us continue to thin out our network," Demchak said. "For that to work, your digital sales have to pick up at a pace that offsets the sales you would get at the branches you are closing. So far, that is happening and then some."
According to PNC's latest quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the bank has 2,256 branches.
PNC THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC. 163.17 +1.24 +0.77%
PNC has opened at least 13 quasi-digital "solutions centers," currently located in Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Mo., and Nashville, Tenn., which offer an alternative to the traditional branch but still give customers the opportunity to consult with the bank's staff and access mobile workstations, ATMs and banking kiosks. According to Demchak, the bank plans to open 12 more solution center locations by the end of this year and an additional 25 in 2021.
Demchak noted that checking account openings at PNC's average solution center was double the amount of a typical de novo branch before COVID-19. However, the pandemic has caused solution center sales to decline, falling more in line with what a branch's normal rate would be. Demchak added, however, that those sales have recently started to rebound.
"What COVID has done for us is it has showed us where to prioritize investments," Demchak added.
CORONAVIRUS KNOCKS BANKS OFF M&A RADAR: BANK CEO
Meanwhile, Key chairman and CEO Chris Gorman, said during the same conference that the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the $171 billion-asset company's digital transformation by as many as five years.
He said the company has been adding more digitally sourced deposits and has been gaining more business outside of its offices during the pandemic, which are trends that "have implications for what goes on in the branches."
While Key has only closed an additional 21 branches this year after shuttering 61 branch locations in 2019, Gorman said the ongoing shift to digital due to the pandemic is providing an "opportunity to continue to ramp up." While he did not disclose how many branches could close, he noted the objective for the company is a smaller "more impactful" footprint.
KEY KEYCORP 18.99 +0.26 +1.39%
Key Bank, which currently has 1,077 branches, said in its latest quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it spent $147 million on occupancy in the first half of 2020, a 1.4% increase from a year earlier. Gorman said Tuesday that any savings in that area can be reinvested in technology to create a better customer experience.
As for bank acquisitions, Gorman expects Key to remain on the sidelines for the foreseeable future.
"I think the jury is really out on M&A in general and mergers of equals, in particular," Gorman said.
Key hasn't made a bank acquisition since its $4.1 billion merger with First Niagara Financial in June 2016.
"I will tell you this, from spearheading our integration of First Niagara, I know that there's a real opportunity cost ... to buying whole banks," he added. "The best opportunity for us is to continue to implement our organic growth strategy."
Gorman believes there may be opportunities to buy a "niche entrepreneurial company" similar to Key's April 2019 purchase of digital lender Laurel Road. Since the deal closed, Laurel Road, which focuses on lending to health care professionals, has originated $3 billion in loans, Gorman said.


When searching via Rocketbar, there is a search engine dropdown within the divider line, and the blue triangle icon has rough edges instead of showing a smooth edged icon.
Actual: Icon has a pixelated edge. See enlarged screenshot.
This issue does not occur on Flame 2.2, BUT on Flame 2.2 the search engine value selector is NOT RTL'ed, it shows the blue triangle on the right side. I'm not sure if this counts as a regression or not. Possibly whatever made the value selector RTL'ed caused the issue?
Adding regression keyword for now.
Please see bug 1137547 in regards to the search engine value selector not being RTL'ed in 2.2. This fix was landed on master but not 2.2 yet. We will check this again once the fix has been uplifted to 2.2.
Confirmed that this issue is affecting 2.2 after the uplift.
The bug has been verifyed successfully on master.
Please request Gaia v2.2 on this when you get a chance.
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Verified fixed on b2g v2.2 with the same Steps to Reproduce as comment 0.


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Q: Python scraping with requests module - how can i optimize my code? I've made discord bot that checks subreddit where people post links with free games, when someone posts link (epicgames, steam), bot detects it and starts to scrape given url, but i don't know if i am doing it most optimized way, bot gathers source code from website and cuts it:
source = requests.get(URL).text
position = source.find('"mainEntityOfPage":true,"name":"')
source = source[position + 32:]
position = source.find('"')
title_of_game = source[:position]

For every string i cut it like above. I've seen that a lot of people use Beautiful soup, should i change module or optimize it more?
(sorry for my bad english)


PrinterLogic research explains why government agencies are reluctant to upgrade their printing security to work with CAC/PIV smart-card authentication.
PrinterLogic has a CAC/PIV pull printing approach that eliminates print servers, provides advanced print-management features, and works with existing printers.
PrinterLogic identified key problems in other CAC/PIV printing solutions, and developed a serverless CAC/PIV secure print system that works with any printer.


Kloma Hengme, a Krobo youth group has served Kurl Songx, owner of the 'Jennifer Lomotey' banger a letter for using denigrating words against Krobo women in the song, Citi Showbiz has gathered.
This comes few days after they had released a press statement asking the owners of the song to edit out the derogatory phrase against Krobo women and apologise.
For denting the image of the Krobo people and dragging their hard earned reputation in the mud, pay a compensation of two million Ghana cedis (GHS2,000,000) to the Krobo people.
They added that failure for the owners of the song to respond to these demands WITHIN A WEEK of receipt of this letter will result in legal action being taken against them without further notice.
Attempts to get Kaywa to speak to the issue proved abortive.


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Tenting for a wedding? How some couples reserve a day at Duke Chapel
By Selena Qian | 02/14/2018
On the last day of each month, Duke plays host to a few more tents — but not in K-Ville. These tents sit underneath the magnolia tree between the Chapel and the Gray building, where couples can camp out to reserve their optimal wedding date.
About 85 couples marry in the Chapel each year, wrote Rachel White, Trinity '14, who is the Chapel's visitor relations specialist. Weddings at the Chapel only occur on Saturdays and occasionally on Sundays, and some Saturdays are already reserved for other events. So there is competition for the most popular dates and times, with 6 p.m. and 3 p.m. slots typically filling before noon ones, according to the Chapel's website. Although White was not certain how many people tent for their weddings each year, she wrote that she has people camping out for popular spring and fall months.
Sign-ups open at 8:30 a.m. on the first business day of the month one year before the desired wedding date, and in-person sign-ups have priority. So for Katie Wong, Trinity '12, to snag her desired August 2014 wedding date, she tented the evening of July 31, 2013 to be one of the first in line the next morning.
Wong and her then-fiance, Andrew Wong, Pratt '12, had already set a firm date because they were in a period of transition — she was starting a new teaching job in Charlottesville, VA and he was in medical school — so it was important to them to have that specific day. Doctoral student Shelley Lanpher Patel, Trinity '10, had a similar reason for tenting. Patel wanted a June 2017 wedding and only had a few dates that she knew would work for her and her fiance's families.
While wedding tenting is not required, tenting is embedded into Duke tradition.
"It was just sort of an easy thing to do," Wong said. "It was like, 'Well of course you would tent for a Duke Chapel wedding.'"
The bride and groom also do not have to be the ones tenting; in fact, some choose to ask students to tent for them. Andrew Kragie, Trinity '15, had an undergraduate friend start tenting for him about a week before sign-ups opened to hold their spot in line. Kragie then took over a few days in when he was able to take time off work.
Others show up the morning of registration and join the line after tenters. Once everyone on-site has signed up, the Chapel then takes reservations via phone and email for the rest of the slots.
The Chapel acknowledges Duke's "robust camp-out culture" on its website but does not officially endorse or encourage wedding tenting. White wrote, however, that couples interested in wedding tenting must contact the wedding coordinator upon arrival to secure their spot in line. Contacting the coordinator beforehand also ensures the desired date doesn't have other scheduled events. Other than that, tenters generally make their own rules.
Patel has tented several times in K-Ville and in the graduate school's Campout, but tenting for her wedding was quite a different experience. The procedure was much less stringent, only needing one person in the tent at night.
When Wong tented, it happened to thunderstorm. She and the other five or so tenters agreed that they could go sleep in Page Auditorium for the night if they wanted to, but she spent the night huddled in her tent, unwilling to brave the rain. Her experience was different from her other tenting experiences at Duke, as well, as she was tenting for her wedding alone instead of with a large group.
Even though Wong didn't have friends in the tent with her, she said she still felt their support. The tent she used, for instance, was borrowed from a friend still living near campus.
After securing a date, the other planning started up. Wong planned her entire wedding from New York, and at first she was worried it would be difficult to do long-distance planning. But the process went smoothly, and even the most difficult part for her — choosing the music, because the Chapel has strict standards — turned out well.
Kragie and his fiance, Hannah Brown, Trinity '14, plan to marry in June and are currently undergoing this process. They have to consider details such as the guest list, matching clothing, transportation, guest lodging, flowers, the photographer and more.
"The modern wedding is a very complicated operation," Kragie said.
Planning from afar has its drawbacks, namely that they cannot visit potential reception venues in person. But it does have benefits as well. Since Kragie is not in Durham, he feels less pressure to be constantly thinking about the wedding.
Kragie and Brown met at the Chapel. Both were part of the Wesley Methodist Fellowship there, and this played a role in their decision to come back and marry in the Chapel.
"It's very meaningful to us to get married in the place where we met and that brought us together through our values and our faith," Kragie said. "And then also to be able to share that with our friends and especially with family and friends who didn't go to Duke and maybe haven't spent time in the Chapel before."
Wong also met her husband during their undergraduate years at Duke, and their faith is tied to the Chapel. She felt a sense of community and belonging there, and that encouraged her to come back for her wedding.
"I think the best thing about tenting and getting married in the Chapel is just being at home," Wong said. "It's a beautiful place, and more than that, it was a place where we spent four years building community, friendship, and of course our relationship. … I hope that the Chapel remains to be a symbol of hope and love for many students who are coming through, graduating and looking back on their Duke experience."
Correction: An earlier version of the article incorrectly identified Andrew Wong as a Trinity graduate. The Chronicle regrets the error.


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Kitamura, Yuika: "The emergence of girls' manga and girls' culture." In: The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature. Hrsg. v. Haruo Shirane, Tomi Suzuki und David Lurie. Cambridge [etc.]: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2015, S. 748–752.


The director of the Benton-Franklin Department of Human Services resigned recently without much fanfare.
Carrie Huie-Pascua submitted her letter of resignation to county commissioners but did not state a reason for her departure.
Conspiracy theorists may be inclined to read between the lines. Huie-Pascua has been a lightning rod for controversy during her three-year tenure.


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I hope you have a nice day, maybe watch the USA v. Canada game. Bye!


Tracy and her husband, Ron, have three boys, Peyton, RJ and James, who are students at WASD. Tracy is the owner/director/teacher at The Forest Ridge School, which is nature-based preschool in Wellsboro serving young learners ages 6 weeks to 5 years of age, as well as, school age children before and after school hours and during the summer recess. Tracy also develops and delivers professional development to adult learners so that they can better support children and families as it relates to child development and education. Tracy is currently enrolled in her fourth quarter at Drexel University in the M.S. Teaching, Learning and Curriculum program, which will lead to a PA teaching certification in PreK-4. Prior to attending Drexel, Tracy obtained her M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education at West Chester University in December 2016. While a student at West Chester, she was a Michael F. Bannan Scholarship recipient for academic and leadership achievement, as well as, commitment to the education profession. Tracy also studied Biology and Psychology at Dickinson College and Franklin Marshall College before receiving a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 2000. In addition, she studied in the masters of business administration program at Western Carolina University. Tracy joined the Board in January 2018.


For almost any project, start by cutting a paper pattern in the shape you need. Adhere it to the good side of the leather, avoiding imperfections or very thin areas, with bits of tape -- not pins. Trace the pattern with a ballpoint pen, and then cut it out using scissors for curves and a rotary cutter and ruler for straight lines.
Thin leather can be sewn on a home machine; use a needle and settings for heavy fabric. Be careful not to stretch or pull the leather as you sew. Instead of ironing seams open, smooth flaps with a bone folder and secure with leather adhesive.
Creating impressions in leather requires a few tools from a leather-crafts specialist or a crafts store: an awl to mark patterns, a metal stamping tool (there are hundreds to choose from), and a mallet. Thick leather such as cowhide will take the pattern best.
Practice on a scrap first to get a feel for the technique, then work on your design: Lay your piece of leather, good side up, on a cutting mat. Use a ruler and the awl to lightly "draw" your pattern. Follow these tracings with your stamping tool and mallet, holding the stamp against the leather and striking it in firmly with the mallet for a sharp impression.
We use leather glue for most smaller projects, but we recommend contact cement for the larger ones, such as the headboard and armoire front. Measure and cut your leather carefully to fit your intended surface.
After cutting your pieces, brush adhesive evenly onto the surface you're covering. Then carefully lay the leather on top, and smooth into place with your hands; you might want to use a bone folder to ease the leather into any corners you're working with. Cut off excess leather with a utility knife, or wrap and glue your leather around any contours. The glue will set in about 5 minutes.


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The company has implemented the Integrated Security Solution System for development of common standards, technology solutions and processes for intelligent networks to provide safe and secure environment to its consumers, employees, internal and external infrastructure, and for efficient power distribution in its network area. The same has been achieved by developing a Centralised Command and Control Centre of Integrated Security. This provides real-time access and remote monitoring across all the company's premises and is particularly useful as it enables detection of unsafe situations and intrusion detection across unmanned grids and other sites.
In simpler terms, ISS System is a type of multi-layered system that uses different components and threads into one. It encompasses of access control security, perimeter control security, video surveillance security using the integration at single-hand threading. These security systems also provide remote access to ensure convenience and safety. With the Integrated security system in place, the company is taking proactive measures like round-the-clock surveillance through patrolling cameras that can be positioned at every location.
Emphasizing on the importance of safety and security integration, Mr. Siddharth Singh, Chief- Corporate Affairs, Tata Power-DDL said, "Safety is given utmost priority at Tata Power-DDL and infrastructure forms the building block of any critical service. With gradual shift towards remote working accelerated by digital transformation, now more than ever there is a need for enhanced safety and security. Tata Power- DDL has not only taken numerous steps to ensure uninterrupted and reliable power supply to its consumers at all times, even during the ongoing pandemic but also strived for the safety of its consumers, employees and assets. This award bears testimony to our commitment to build a smarter and safer network."
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Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
Nonsteroidal drugs take their name from the class of compounds created to act as an anti-inflammatory and analgesic (painkiller). A steroid is a compound that may occur both in a natural form as well as through synthesis. Steroids are defined chemically as substances that possess 17 carbon atoms, arranged in a series of four rings. Many of the natural steroids are hormones, the chemicals that are involved in the control of many physical processes. The most notable of these steroid hormones are the male hormone testosterone, the female hormones estrogen and progesterone, vitamin D, and adrenalin. The naturally generated anti-inflammatory cortisone is also a steroid.
Anti-inflammatories are those agents that are intended to reduce the pain and swelling caused when a joint becomes irritated, often through overuse. Ice is a common treatment for an inflammation or swelling of a muscle tissue or joint. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) also tend to reduce fever. NSAIDs function by neutralizing the cyclooxgenase (COX) enzyme that is produced at the site of a musculoskeletal injury. Enzymes are proteins that act as a catalyst in specific types of biological reactions; at the injury location, the COX enzyme will naturally generate inflammation. COX enzymes are present in the body in two forms, COX-1 and COX-2.
COX-1 is present in cells throughout the human body. It plays an important role in the regulation of the protection of the stomach lining, the regulation of salt and fluid balances, and the flow of blood to the kidneys. COX-2 is found primarily in the immune cells and the cells of the central nervous system (CNS). Each produces prostaglandins, the actual cause of inflammation and pain. NSAIDs function by inhibiting these enzymes that otherwise produce prostaglandins.
The most well-known of the NSAID class of medications is aspirin, or acetasalicylic acid, first synthesized in 1899. The history of this active ingredient of aspirin as an analgesic and as an anti-inflammatory is much longer. More than 3,000 years ago, the use of extract of the myrtle plant, which contains salicylic acid was used to relieve joint pain and inflammation. Willow bark, which also has salicylic acid in its chemistry, was used by Hippocrates, the founder of modern medicine, as a pain reliever more than 2,500 years ago. The use of boiled willow bark as a pain reliever and as a general aid to muscle and joint pain continued through the Middle Ages. Felix Hoffman (1868–1946), a scientist employed by the pharmaceutical company Bayer, modified the salicylic acid extracted from plant sources to produce aspirin, which became the largest selling pharmaceutical product in history. Aspirin has been a generic drug, not the subject of a corporate patent, since the 1930s, and it continues to be marketed by Bayer and numerous other pharmaceutical companies.
Aspirin was found to be effective as an anti-inflammatory, although the actual mechanism of how it acted on the COX enzymes was not determined until the 1970s. The second most famous of the NSAIDs is ibuprofen, approved for use in the United States by the Food and Drug Agency (FDA) in 1974; it is marketed under trade names such as Advil and Motrin. Both aspirin and ibuprofen are regarded as milder formulations of NSAIDs, with generally fewer side effects and a less pronounced anti-inflammatory action than more recently developed products. The current generation of NSAID medications are sometimes referenced as COX inhibitors.
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When looking for big red slot alternatives, one first must understand big red slot itself.
Big Red Slot is an online slot with 5 reels and 5 paylines. The name of the slot comes from the nickname of Australia's largest sand dune. This sand dune is located in the Simpson Desert in Australia.
The art style for this slot is a realistic cartoon art style and the use of red is prominent throughout. In the background, behind the reel, the player can see a desert scene that is soaked in a red hue. On the ground, there are small scrub brushes and sparse tufts of dried and dead grass. There are also food prints from the different animals that are present in the desert region of Australia's outback area. At the top of the background, the player can see dark mountains in the far off distance with tinges of red highlights. Behind the mountains is a red and orange sunset which completes the desert theme. To the left and the right of the reel are the paylines. From top to bottom, there is a white four in a green background, a white two in a purple background, a white one is a teal background, a white three in a red background and a white five in a green background. These are there to show the player the winning paylines in this game.
In the top left of the screen, the player will see their credits, bet and win numbers. These are all highlighted with yellow lettering. Below the reel, the player has additional information and options. The first option is a green triangle that serves as an auto start button. The second option is a yellow button with the words 1 line written in black. The third option is a yellow button with the words 2 lines written in black. The fourth option is a yellow button with the words 3 lines written in black. The fifth option is a yellow button with the words 5 lines written in black. There are three additional buttons the player can use. These include a red button that says bet one, a black button that says max bet and a green button that says start.
Big Red Slot Symbols
The first symbol in Big Red Slot is an orange dingo. The second symbol in Big Red Slot is a black wild boar with white tusks. The third symbol in Big Red Slots is a green and yellow crocodile. The fourth symbol in Big Red Slots is a red hawk. The fifth symbol in Big Red Slots is a desert scene with a black tree. The sixth symbol is a kangaroo. There are also the normal slot symbols including a 9, 10, Jack, Queen and King.
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