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Springs keep structure-borne noise from moving through the gym floor to the science-room ceilings below. Photo Credit: Perkins Eastman DC
Investing in Acoustics: D.C. International School's Success Story
November 14, 2018 November 12, 2018 School News 337 Views acoustics, D.C .International School, school building
By Kate Dydak
Creating spaces that provide appropriate acoustics is crucial to the function of a school building. While acoustic solutions are often straightforward, sometimes they are not. In the case of D.C .International School (D.C.I), a creative solution was needed to ensure optimal learning without disrupting the budget.
D.C.I is a D.C. public charter school serving 1,750 middle and high school students. Because it was located in D.C., it was required to achieve LEED Gold for Schools by the D.C. Green Building Act—a point system that includes acoustic pre-requisites. The school was also challenged by limited physical space to provide fields and parking, and to meet stringent stormwater and historic preservation requirements. This impacted the placement of all communal spaces—especially the gymnasium, which needed to be full-size to serve the school's growing sports programs. With a larger campus, D.C.I could have built a free-standing gymnasium with fewer acoustic considerations; such adjacency decisions are made in the feasibility/concept stage of design. However, space was limited and the decision was made to site the gymnasium over the science classrooms—and the challenge was on to find an acoustic solution.
The key challenge introduced by siting the gymnasium over classrooms was noise transfer. The gym was slated to be in use almost every period of the day and after school, meaning structure-borne noise would be continuously transmitted through the floor and into the learning spaces below.
The original acoustic solution proposed by the architect was a floating slab. The base building slab would be poured, and then a second slab poured, which would create an air gap between the two slabs intermediated only by springs. This solution would eliminate noticeable structure-borne noise transmission from the gym floor to the classrooms below. However, when the solution was priced by the general contractor, it added half a million dollars to the budget—an amount the school wanted to invest in other items.
This initiated a value engineering process to see if other viable acoustic solutions could be put in place. One solution, proposed by the design team led by Perkins Eastman D.C., was to move the sound isolation from the floor of the gymnasium to the ceiling of the science classrooms below. This would involve a more standard single slab construction for the gymnasium floor, and separating all suspended elements of the spaces below—ceiling, pipes, mechanical units — from the underside of the slab using springs. A spring-supported, 3-layer gypsum board isolation ceiling installed between these would further deaden noise from the gymnasium above. The acoustician had installed a similar spring-isolated acoustic ceiling at a former university client in a gym over conference rooms, and the contractor estimated that this would provide a 25% cost savings over the floating slab.
In order to choose, D.C.I toured several sites to listen in person to the impacts of varying acoustical treatments. One site visit was to a charter school that had not significantly invested in acoustical treatments between its gymnasium and the offices and music classroom below. While the sound was not noticeable in the music classrooms, staff members expressed frustration at sound transmission into their offices.
In contrast, the impact of basketballs in the gym could not be heard at the aforementioned university's conference center—even when the collegiate athletes were actively practicing in the gymnasium above. Visiting convinced D.C.I's Executive Director, Mary Shaffner, that this less expensive spring-isolated solution was the right answer for D.C.I.
Still, there were challenges that arose with this below-slab approach. Per code, the fire alarm sprinkler pipes could not be suspended from springs. There were also specific constructability questions that had to be worked out at later coordination meetings between the contractor and architect. The team had to find a solution that provided the acoustical separation necessary while meeting the contractor's provided estimate as closely as possible. One compromise included attaching the above-ceiling fan coil units and sprinkler pipes with rigid connections to the gym's concrete deck but then installing gypsum-backed acoustic ceiling tiles in lieu of standard ceiling tiles. This ultimately achieved the same level of sound isolation while saving money, as the springs were more expensive than the tiles.
The contractor provided a mock-up of the ceiling assembly system for the architect and acoustician to review prior to full installation. During the actual installation, both the architect and the acoustician conducted site visits to ensure the ceiling was being installed per the discussed specifications.
Once installed, the acoustician returned to the building to test the system. These tests showed that structure-borne noise from the gymnasium above did not exceed the level of 45 dB—the equivalent of background mechanical noise. A level of 70 dB is generally where teachers have to use raised voices, so the school's investment in a ceiling acoustic solution resulted in not having to install any sort of vocal amplification in the science classrooms. Most importantly, it allowed both spaces to be used simultaneously. As D.C.I's executive director Shaffner stated: "I am really impressed at the lack of sound in our Science Labs. Two PE classes can be going on in the gym and labs are going on in our science classes undisturbed."
While D.C.I faced an extreme acoustic design challenge, the process the school went through to identify the solution helped it balance competing strategic priorities and find the best value for the cost. As existing sites are built out and become more constrained, as LEED for Schools certification becomes more prevalent, as more schools invest in amplification systems to meet the needs of students with auditory challenges, and certainly as technology becomes further integrated into classrooms, more and more schools will be faced with decisions on their level of acoustic investment. Best practices like considering adjacencies early in the process, investigating multiple options through site visits, and working with an experienced acoustician, will help.
Kate Dydak is an Assistant Project Manager with Brailsford & Dunlavey, serving as an owner's representative for charter school construction projects in Washington, D.C.
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any mold yet??? I am sure we could change out the doors,.. cause lets be honest.. those doors are junk, and then seal the rear up if there is a leak... just hate to see such a beautiful trailer not be used for what its meant for.... doors will run you about 280 each, the rest wouldnt cost much..
Doors were already swapped (God help me was that a pain). The issue is that the entire side isn't square. If you put a straight edge against the drivers side it's flat. Not at all on the passenger side. Not on the doors, but on the side of the body itself.
Edit - The pain was in dealing with his attorney and him to get the doors. That alone took months. Then they shipped a set to me. Wrapped in nothing but an otherwise empty cardboard box. No padding. It was unclear to me if it was in that shape when he shipped it or not. I refused delivery and waited another 5 or 6 weeks as I remember.
I think I heard this story before....not sure who told me this.. well, if there is anything I can do to help, let me know.
I think an internal brace was not cut to the proper length and they stuck the side on anyway. I'm wondering if the side can be removed so I can find out. No idea how to tear one of these apart. I can probably get the body off the frame ok, but no idea how to take a side off.
Oh, and my thanks to the Op and others. I will be emailing the prosecutor I found in another page about them.
He's a real shyster. Came on like such a nice accommodating guy during the sale and build process with me and then turned into Dr Jekyll.
Owes me $ for a couple of items I never received.
Eventually stopped answering emails and phone calls. I was always very cordial in my communications with Ashley but after getting fed up from two years or so of attempted resolution to the situation I sent an email stating that he should spend less time on FB and take care of his existing customers..he suddenly replied very rudely the Next Day!
Also had some supporting parts break on my second time out with the trailer. Took him months to send me replacements and those did not fit properly so I spent hours modifying them!
Only positive and glowing posts on FB with unfriendly post being deleted by him is a crime in itself - the old adage of 'Don't believe everything you read' still holds true!!
Or how about 'Don't believe the hype'? It's so easy to get caught up with information in social media.
Learned my lesson. Luckily I didn't lose too much $ but am wondering if there is any way I can still recoup it?


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Erskine Barracks, Wilton Hill
Erskine Barracks in Wilton, Salisbury had for many years been the headquarters of the UK Land Forces. In 2010, the headquarters moved to Andover and for five years the 34 acre site laid derelict.
Redrow purchased the land and existing permissions in April 2013 and the proposals evolved within a consortium of residents, veterans and Redrow working under the title of the 'Wilton Hill Partnership'.
Mayer Brown was commissioned to provide the input on waste management along with transport, infrastructure, drainage, air and noise.
The waste challenges posed by such a large scheme include consideration of how the waste collection service will be delivered in a new development, ensuring that nuisance to residents is avoided. Where the requirements of the waste collection service are not taken into account in the design process, there are a number of things that can have a negative impact on the attractiveness of the living space. For example, where there is no consideration of the distance between the container storage points and container collection points, there is an effect on how residents access services and how the council collects.
This can lead to bins being grouped on street corners, which can be unpleasant for nearby households, and can discourage residents from putting out recycling containers where these distances are excessive. Poorly located bin stores can also lead to an increase in excess waste and fly-tipping.
From the outset on this project it was apparent that all parties were committed to waste management, both in the initial demolition phase and in the operation of the future scheme. Redrow brought a strong dedication to waste management with them, and for their part Wiltshire Council had developed the 'Wiltshire Council Waste Collection Guidance for New Developments' in order to ensure that:
Mayer Brown was able to work with all parties to ensure the provision of a waste strategy that took the requirement of all parties into account so that the Councils requirements were readily accommodated within the evolution of the Wilton Hill Masterplan.
Planning permission was received in 2015 and houses are now available to buy.
For further information please contact ahughes@mayerbrown.co.uk
New buildings are designed to enable waste to be segregated for recycling and composting and to be stored and collected in such a way that is mutually beneficial to all parties involved.

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The calm front view and vibrant back garden leading to Lake Michigan obscured the issues facing the landscape design and installation for this 1928 Italian-style home. Mariani Landscape addressed them using sustainable practices.
A number of solutions were designed into the front garden. To improve an obscured driveway a brick wall was expanded to make the entrance clearer to the visitor. A palette of greens (arborvitae, burning bush, viburnum, sumac, spirea) and whites (hydrangea, rose, magnolia) soften the bright yellow color of the home. An ash tree was treated and saved, and a tired stand of white pines was nourished and supplemented, making the most of existing foliage and adding to the privacy and romantic feeling of the home.
The owners wished to have an unobstructed view to the lake in the back garden. To avoid view-altering handrails near stairs, the grade change was managed over three levels, created with bluestone: back patio, pool terrace, and lake overlook. Levels are separated by formal plantings of boxwood and barberry to create parterres were edged with colorful sedums. To give a sense of proportion, large urns with boxwood and ivy anchored the corners of the pool terrace, and a grand pergola was created on the south side of that level. The pool became a water feature with the introduction of arching jets.
Mariani located a conservator and arranged to have the antique statues cleaned and repaired, and then tucked them into garden borders, perfecting the design down to the last detail.


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BREAKING: Senate Passes Appropriations Bill Preventing Taxpayer-Funded Human Gene Editing
by Katherine Mayne Wheeler @katmayne
August 1, 2018 • 19:40 pm / National
Today, the United States Senate passed a package of four spending bills to fund various agencies within the federal government. One of the agencies is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — which enforces drug, medical device, and biologic safety laws.
The bill continues to prohibit the FDA "from spending money to evaluate, research, or clinical applications in which a human embryo is intentionally created or modified, including a heritable genetic modification."
This language was included in Congressional appropriations bills after Chinese scientists were able to successfully modify human embryos.
Federal law currently prohibits federal funds from being used for the creation of human embryos for research purposes and for research in which human embryos are destroyed; privately-funded research remains legal in the United States.
The language in the bill the Senate passed is aimed at preventing the FDA from considering drugs or therapies developed through the modification of human embryos.
Critics of the language have cited concerns about limiting potentially life-saving research. And criticisms regarding the effectiveness of the language have also been raised:
First of all, banning federal funding won't stop efforts to edit human embryos, it's just going to move them into private industry. "You're not going to stop it, you're just going to shift it into private hands and let the market regulate it," Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at NYU Langone Medical Center told Business Insider.
Stanford law professor Hank Greely pointed out that the spending ban only applies to clinical research on human embryos (where the embryo is a considered a "drug" given to the mother), not on basic research.
"Specifically, the new provision limits the Food and Drug Administration's ability to acknowledge that it receives research requests to modify embryos in a clinical setting, but researchers don't need that approval if the "drug" (i.e. the embryo) is not being given to a person, he said.
While the language in the bill may be aimed at protecting human embryos from experimentation and destruction, it does not outright prohibit either. Without a prohibition, it seems likely this kind of research will continue, as Pharmaceutical companies are investing heavily in gene editing technologies.
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the world's largest trade organization representing the biotech industry, put out a policy brief stating,
"As scientific developments progress, BIO urges continued discussion on this topic with important stakeholders, including members of the patient, caregiver, regulatory, legal, academic, ethical and faith communities to determine if and and under which conditions current policy ought to be changed, leaving the door open for future debates."
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@siobhanne thanks for millions times for your translation dear!!!!!!!!
But now I have the translation, haha, so I can understand better when I watch it later~ thank you @siobhanne for the dialogue translation!
@BreezeC thank you for the great review!
I can't sleep. Shampoo didn't keep me up, but this does. There's too much admiration inside of me that I haven't exhausted.
@katthy I only google translated the lyrics, didn't bother with them. The rough translation from youtube provided by @Evil Blea is much more comprehensible.
The story is about the child in a man meeting another child. And healing the wounds of the child and protecting that child, heals the child in the man. And he becomes the man and adult that the child needs. It was so beautiful. The child actor is awesome, they managed to keep her natural, obviously adores Longge. Longge didn't say anything for most of the performance, so powerful. He only got a voice after he became an adult, before that he just sang in his heart.
I just read your impression and you just added another layer of understanding that I didn't realized before!!! I wrote my review right after I finished watching and I refrain myself from reading other's comments because I want a clear review by myself...Wow...Now I can see that when he took off that make-up, it is himself healing and finally being able to 'walk out' and not live like this anymore. In the meantime, the child at the end put on make-up to become strong because of him. Yes, you are right. They healed each other and it is absolutely beautiful.
some more footage of how he trained.
Yes. I have no nails.
-Have you bought insurance on your nose?
Edit: I submitted subs to this video, they're much easier to understand than the google translate above. You can view them after they're accepted or with the add subtitles trick.
The way he sings in practice I definitely would think the beat being a bit off was a happy accident, because he doesn't feel confident enough in singing to play around with music. But then the way he acts in practice is also not unleashing his true potential. He gets much more energized and adventurous in performance. Whatever the case, I'm so happy with the result. In music, being too perfect is not a good thing, the raisins are in the little syncopations and subversions of expectations.
I love his voice in the lower registers. And sometimes also higher, when there's a sort of crystal fragility to it (I don't know, sounds too poetic, but it's difficult to describe what I mean).
" The singing is over and the warmth is sent to the heart. "
People are trying to figure out Longge's little theatre run route.
@siobhanne I also thought it was a boy until someone mentioned it was a girl hahaha. I bet our long ge was happy since he straight up answered he wanted a daughter when asked XD... and then apologised to the possibility of his future son.
and wow, these fans are so dedicated and have so much brain power lol!
@Evil Blea I was more inclined towards a girl, but I didn't know for sure whether it was a boy or girl (it was BreezeC who thought it was a boy ; )), but I knew once I translated the subs. Totally didn't notice she was wearing a skirt. Anyway, kids are pretty much genderless anyway, it's just that we keep telling them boys are like this, girls are like that, and encouraging and discouraging certain behaviors, without ever even realizing we're doing it (there's some interesting scientific literature on this).
He's so good with kids. I want some guy to be the mother of my children, then I can be the more distant dad, who plays with them from time to time and once in a while, and much more since their teenage years, has deep conversations about life with them; or helps them with math homework or something. If I do breastfeeding, they should do the diapers. The search continues.
This morning I've saw this vid, backstage from PhantaCity. I'm so enchanted to watch ZYL talking and arguing with the little girl... he has a so sweet but serious/adult way to talk to her, the way he looks right in her eyes, giving her all his attention.... OMG!!!! I could die to know what he's saying to her!!!!
ZYL lapsus with the doors and the way out lol too funny!!!!
(Here she shared an interesting interpretation she saw on internet. Someone says the wheat symbolizes the basic living necessities and the rose symbolizes the dream).
She said the window besides the bed was important. From the canopy and the light, she guessed where the street was and how it was staged.
Fifth run: 5 seconds from the street to the position between the piano and the stage.
The stairs where the kid left is the same stairs leading to his room.
Next the kid ran back to the audience seats and Zhu Yilong ran to his room.
Posters were above the windowfacing the stage.
She was not sure where the kid was beaten and showed the position she guessed.
25s shows the girl selling flowers to give time to get his make-up removed.
In the end, she highly praised all the staff and wished the backstage work could be shared to the audience. (Perhaps that the reason that the Phancity Weibo shared some today).


Today, Motorola announced the latest addition to its Android portfolio: the Motorola Backflip with MotoBlur. At the first sight looking like the Motorola Dext/Cliq, the Backflip features a unusual but unique reverse flip design which is said to make it easy to enjoy videos, music and photos while the QWERTY keyboard allows you to blast through E-Mails, texts, news feeds, social network messages and more. The Backflip is designed around the MotoBlur experience and provides multiple features to keep phone conversations moving. Multi-tasking has never been easier with Backflip's reverse-flip QWERTY keyboard and high-res 3.1" HVGA screen - letting you see more and respond faster.
Running Google's Android 1.5/Cupcake, the Backflip features quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and triband UMTS/HSDPA at 850/1900/2100 MHz as well as WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 and an aGPS receiver. Furthermore, the Backflip features a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with supporting flash LED.
The truly original design allows Backflip to create new ways to enjoy photos, music and more. In the reverse-flip, tabletop mode, listen to music or view videos hands free. The digital picture frame mode lets you show off your latest adventures. You can even turn Backflip into a bedside alarm clock for your morning wake up call.
The Backflip comes fully equipped with the MotoBlur features you know and love. MotoBlur is Motorola's Android-powered content delivery service created to make phones more personal and socially smart. It is the first and only solution to sync contacts, posts, messages, photos and much more - from sources such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, work and personal E-Mail and LastFM - and automatically deliver them to the home screen. Content is fed into easy-to-manage streams allowing you to spend less time managing your life and more time living it. Last but not least the Backflip features Motorola's new BackTrack feature, which allows to quickly and easily navigate through menus and features. BackTrack is a touch panel located on the other side of the device, offering you a new way to scroll through - the Web, texts, E-Mails and news feeds without obscuring the home screen.
Backflip with MotoBlur will be available in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia beginning in Q1 2010. Carrier related agreements weren't disclosed today.


The statute provides that when the record's are sealed, "the proceedings in the case shall be deemed to never have occurred, and the person may properly reply accordingly to any inquiry about the events . . . ." This means that a person can legally deny that he or she ever had a juvenile record upon an employment or other inquiry. However, the juvenile record, even though sealed, will always be available to the military and to law enforcement.
Beginning in January 2015, the law also changed to mandate that the court automatically seal certain juvenile records. If a juvenile was found to have committed any misdemeanor and those crimes not enumerated in Welfare & Institutions Code section 707(b) and satisfactorily completes probation, the juvenile record must be sealed. Certain felonies may also be eligible for this relief but first the offender must petition the court to reduce the felony to a misdemeanor.
Any juvenile who is now facing charges or who is on probation should make sure his or her attorney follows through with the court to make sure the juvenile records are sealed as the statute allows. Any adult who has a juvenile record should consult with a knowledgeable criminal defense attorney in order to assess whether his or her juvenile record might be sealed. Even juvenile records involving crimes under Welfare & Institutions Code section 707(b) may be sealed in some cases. If you have a juvenile record, please feel free to contact me to set up a confidential consultation without charge.


March 6, 2017 – San Leandro, CA -- The Hall's Better Environmental Education, Teaching, Learning & Expertise Sharing (BEETLES) program has been recognized by peers in the field of outdoor science education. The program was awarded the Excellence in Environmental Education Award by the California Environmental Education Foundation (CEEF).
BEETLES was developed by a team of outdoor educators at the Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley's public science center. The program provides resources and learning materials, as well as professional learning opportunities, for leaders of outdoor science programs across the nation. To date, BEETLES has worked with leaders from 75 outdoor science programs across the country. BEETLES was recently awarded a grant that will allow it to reach even further.
"BEETLES has a new National Science Foundation grant to support the nationwide broad dissemination of the resources we have developed. This award will help launch this major new effort," says Strang.
CEEF is a nonprofit foundation established in 2013 at the recommendation of a special California Department of Education task force on environmental education. Its mission is to promote environmental literacy and stewardship by identifying and coordinating efforts that support the highest standards of practice and by increasing the flow of focused resources to those efforts. Since October 2015, CEEF has annually awarded the Excellence in Environmental Education Awards to nonformal educators who have demonstrated excellence in the integration of informal education with science education in California.


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Boho Days: The Wider Works of Jonathan Larson (Hardcover)
By J. Collis
"I'm writing one great song before I..."
When Jonathan Larson died, he left behind a musical poised to become a world-spanning phenomenon. When RENT struck, Larson became a legend - and his work legendary.
But legends and overnight successes are never spawned from nothing, and the story of how Jonathan Larson became a Tony Award winning composer and Pulitzer Prize winning dramatist has never been covered in depth - until now.
By looking at Larson's entire 16-year output, Boho Days looks at not just how RENT and tick, tick... BOOM came to life but where they came from - and how they really fit into Larson's work as a whole.
Featuring new interviews with Larson's creative and personal associates and extensive archival research, Boho Days demystifies the composer's vision and advancement, offering fans new and old the full story of the man behind the musical which changed the world.
"I think Jonathan Larson would have really enjoyed reading this book. I wish he could have."--Barry Singer (Author EVER AFTER: The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond)
"For those saying "Superbia revival when?" you should pick up the great @bohodaysbook by J. Collis, it's the most exacting and accurate accounting of Jonathan's creative output. There's SO MANY revisions of Superbia, it's a challenge. This book is THE Larson deep dive."
--Lin-Manuel Miranda (Composer/Lyricist HAMILTON, Director TICK, TICK...BOOM )
Publisher: Jonathon Collis
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Experts Call for Broader Approach to Airport Security
The Australian Federal Government has announced that it will spend $200 million over four years to boost security at Australian airports. However, industry experts are concerned that physical security of the airport itself is again taking a back seat when compared to passenger security measures.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the package of measures would include a range of new screening technologies for airline passengers, such as the latest body scanners, the next generation of multi-view X-ray machines and bottle scanners, which could detect liquid-based explosives.
Investments in most areas of security
Funds will also be directed to additional screening at regional airports, increasing the number of firearm and explosive-detection dogs at major airports by 50% and maintaining the presence of Australian Federal Police officers at big airports.
More stringent training standards for screening staff, new initiatives to boosting security co-operation in the Asia-Pacific region for international flights, increased intelligence sharing between customs and law enforcement agencies, as well as advanced data analysis and risk profiling to help identify suspected security risks are all in the planning.
The government will introduce a number of measures to help secure Australia's air cargo supply chain, including contributing to the cost of installing cargo X-ray screening and explosive trace detection technology at appropriate locations.
While these measures are all important to ensure the security of the Australian travelling public, spending on physical security appears to not have matched this investment and experts continue to warn that all areas of airport security should be improved.
Boost of physical airport security needed
Alec Owen of Future Fibre Technologies, a manufacturer of fibre optic perimeter intrusion detection systems used around the world to protect hundreds of critical infrastructures including airports, is one long-term advocate for increased perimeter spending at airports. "Tens of millions of dollars have been invested annually in airport security that people can see – baggage scanning, explosive checks, and passenger scans," he says. "Behind the scenes however, few commercial airports have a comparable level of security or protection on their perimeters."
Philip Baum, managing director of UK-based consultancy firm Green Light, who spoke at Arena International's Counter Terrorism and Security conference in London recently, agrees that a radical overhaul of airport security that breaks with tradition and adequately protects against today's threats is required around the world.
Rafi Ron, former head of security for Tel Aviv Ben-Gurion International Airport, says that even though no-expense-spared metal detectors may go some way in protecting flights, in about 80% of airports in developed countries there is inadequate security around the perimeter fence. This allows no end of possible threats to enter the runway and terminal areas.
Roger Henning from the firm Homeland Security Asia Pacific agrees that security on the tarmac is being overlooked. "If you have a fluorescent jacket and a torch, you can wander around at night," he said.


Summer has officially arrived. The sun is out, the people of Boston are happy, and I'm wearing shorts (which is a rarity.) A delicious and fresh sangria is all I need to top-off this beautiful day in the neighborhood. But the thought of waiting for one to "sit overnight" is just not really an option. I'm like an impatient 5-year-old, I want it NOW. A quick run to the store, 5-minute prep, and vuala!
P.S. this recipe is made for one person. Make sure to double (or triple) it up if you're using a whole bottle.
Cut up the orange into thin slices.
Pour everything in a pitcher.
*Shutter Home sells these adorable mini bottles of wine in a pack of four. Their ideal for anyone who a) lives alone or b) usually just wants 1 glass and not the whole bottle. Also, they are great for cooking!


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Hallenstein Glasson forecasts higher annual profit as sales grow 3.3 per cent
11 Aug, 2019 09:31 PM 3 minutes to read
Group sales were $286.7 million in the 12 months to August 1. Photo / Sarah Ivey
By: Aimee Shaw
Aimee Shaw is a business reporter focusing on retail, small business
aimee.shaw@nzherald.co.nz@AceeyShaw
Hallenstein Glassons expects its net profit after tax to be within the range of $27.7 million to $28.2m in the 12 months to August 1.
In a trading upate, the company said its sales growth was maintained throughout the second-half of the year for women's clothing retailer Glassons on both sides of the Tasman.
However its menswear division, Hallenstein Brothers, experienced a tougher season with sales and margins down on the previous year.
The NZX-listed retail company expects its full-year earnings to increase by about two per cent on the $27.4m annual earnings it posted a year earlier.
Hallenstein Glasson said its sales for the year were $286.7m, an increase of 3.3 per cent on the previous year. It will book $1.1m on the sale of a downtown Wellington property, the retailer said last week.
Group managing director Mary Devine said the group's balance sheet and projected future cash flow remained strong. Stock levels were also well managed, she said.
When taking over the reins in April, Devine was tasked with continuing to build digital customer engagement, controlling costs, and improving market share in New Zealand and Australia. E-commerce accounted for 14 per cent of group sales in the first half.
Like other apparel chains, Hallenstein Glasson has had to contend with increasingly strong competition from cheaper online rivals such as Asos and it ditched its Storm branded stores in 2018 to focus on its two namesake brands.
Shareclarity managing director Daniel Kieser said he suspected Hallenstein Glasson would out perform other listed retailers full-year earnings.
"The reporting season has only just started, so we should know in a couple of weeks whether Hallenstein Glassons has truly out-performed the retail sector. I suspect it may have," Kieser said.
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"Glassons maintained its growth in the second-half, which was better than we expected and better than many other New Zealand and Australian retailers."
Discretionary clothing retailers have had a tough two to three years, Kieser said.
"Noni B and Myer, for example, have seen flat or negative revenue growth since 2014 (excluding acquisitions) yet Hallenstein Glassons has grown its revenues by more than 30 per cent over the same period."
Hallenstein Glasson shares are up 1.7 per cent at $5.39 and have climbed 29 per cent so far this year, outpacing a 21 per cent increase on the S&P/NZX All Index over the same period.
The company will post its full-year earnings on September 27.
- additional reporting BusinessDesk.


Discussion in 'Politics' started by JoeNation, Mar 27, 2019.
Yeah, me neither. If it did, the report would be all over Fox 24/7 for the next 6 months. The entire GOP is just one corrupt cabal.
Barr is beginning to make it rather obvious that he considers himself not the nation's attorney, but part of Donald Trump's defence team.


An American actress, production assistant and occasionally a personal trainer.
Briana's other credits include the critically acclaimed Netflix series Grace and Frankie as Jane Fonda's protege and favorite bartender 'Billie.' Nashville as 'Gina Romano,' a fast talking reality tv producer, and on VH1's cult hit Hindsight as 'Victoria.' In July of 2018 she will be appearing on the Robert Kirkman series 'Outcast' in Season 2 as 'Nunez'.
She appeared in the feature film Let's Be Cops as 'Precious,' and can be seen in the 2018 feature film release of Departures with Maisie Williams, Asa Butterfield, and Ken Jeoing.


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Lexus of Calgary | Blog | Employee Spotlight: Steve Normore, GM
Employee Spotlight: Steve Normore, GM
Blog Jul 21th, 2017
For our next employee spotlight, we talked to our own GM, Steve Normore. Steve is a 28 year veteran of the automotive industry. He has been with the Lexus of Calgary team since 1993. He is very passionate about his staff and his customers.
Q: How long have you been on the Lexus of Calgary team?
SN: "I joined the Lexus of Calgary team in 1993, but have been with the company since 1989 with a break from 2009-2014."
Q: What makes Lexus of Calgary different from other dealerships in the area?
SN: "The staff we have. It's all about the people. Everyone treats each other with absolute respect. They help each other in any circumstance. Our guests who come in the door get the same treatment. Our job for employees is to try and remove any inconvenience in the shopping experience."
Q: What does Lexus of Calgary's brand promise mean to you?
SN: "Looking after the guests kind of like you'd look after your grandparents. Better than you'd look after your parents. From the pick up, hand washing, vacuuming of the loaner vehicles they drive to the barista and nail salon. Everything we do is an attempt to alleviate any symptoms of inconvenience. "
Q: What's the best part of your job?
SN: "Meeting and hanging out with the guests and employees. Our guests are fantastic people. They are very good to us and their loyalty rate is extremely high. Everyone in the dealership feels like family."
Q: What kind of car do you drive?
SN: "I drive the fastest sports 4-door sedan — the Lexus GS F. Great performance with a combination of luxury and acceleration."
Q: What do you do in your free time?
SN: "I really enjoy playing hockey and occasionally fit some golf in on the side. I also enjoy mountain biking, swimming, and spending time with family and friends."
Q: What should first-time visitors know about Lexus of Calgary?
SN: "We're going to try whatever we have to do to make their experience a happy one. We will give as much information we can about us, the Lexus experience, and our dealership so they can make the best decision that works for them."
Come visit us at Calgary of Lexus, where Steve and the rest of our team work together is to provide VIP service for every guest.


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How to Write an Author Bio
by Lee French
It's your first publication or you're assembling your online presence, and you need that blurb authors put at the end of the book. You know the one:
Writer McWriterson is cooler than you because he likes excellent things, has published some books, and belongs to these prestigious-sounding societies. Also, he's won some awards that sound important.
But you don't have any of that stuff to put in a bio yet. Yours is an empty, gaping maw of inexperience. Worse, you don't know how to convert that blankness into something witty and professional.
Step 1: Do not despair.
Step 2: Or panic. Panic is also bad.
The purpose of an author bio is to provide a peek into your life for people who find your work interesting. Most readers will stumble across it in an anthology or magazine of some sort after reading your work, looking for insight into whether or not they might enjoy more of your work.
A clear, professional author bio includes these elements:
1. Brevity
For your own self-pubbed books and website, you can take up as much space with a bio as you want. Most authors keep their bio to one or two paragraphs that fits on a single page in the back of a book. Most publications that include your work will have a word or character count maximum. As such, if you plan to submit to publications or publishers, have a short version on hand.
2. 3rd person POV
The idea is to present an introduction to yourself as if told by someone else. Everyone knows the author writes their own bio, but the POV remove offers the illusion of authority on the subject of your writer persona. You want that.
3. Your website url
This belongs at the end. If you don't have a website, get one. In the meantime, you can use a Twitter handle. Your publisher's website is also acceptable if you have one. Facebook urls look amateur, but if that's all you have, that's all you have. Don't include your email address--it'll get added a pile of mailing lists if you toss it around heedlessly.
4. An indication of where you live
Readers like have a geographical tag for their favorite authors. If you're uncomfortable revealing your city, that's okay. Pacific Northwest is valid, as is any other region or state name. Avoid being a smartass with such locations as "Earth" or "his imagination," unless you write humor--see below for notes on tone.
5. Something somewhat but not too personal
This can be a hobby, day job, or other occupation you try to wedge in around writing. It can also be an interest category, lifestyle mention, or unusual habit, like superhero movies, being vegan, or chasing squirrels. Don't say how much you love writing. You're a writer. Of course you love writing. If you don't, maybe rethink this job.
6. 1-3 publications already in your repertoire, by name
If you've had a piece published in The Magazine of Really Awesome things, say so.
Her work has appeared/been included in The Magazine of Really Awesome Things.
She has written one romantic comedy, MY BOOK IS BETTER THAN YOURS.
If this is your first confirmed publication, don't say "This is her first publication, and she's super-excited about it." Saying nothing about publications is better than saying you have none.
7. Important-sounding awards
As with #6, if you have none, say nothing. If you have an award, consider your audience before including it. Are they likely to have heard of it? Are they likely to look it up and think you're a fop for including it? Most awards try to have over-glorified names to entice authors to enter them, but maybe consider leaving out the award for Best Book Ever if it's tiny and unknown. Should you win a well-known or moderately named award, like a Nebula or Summer Indie Award, include it with the title of the honored work. Only include nominations for actually-prestigious awards.
8. Professional organization memberships, whether they sound important or not
NIWA counts as a professional membership. Unless the organization is well-known or your crushed for space, write out what the letters stand for. Even if it is well known, you may still want to write it out. If you're keen to help your org out, throw the url in parentheses after the name. Tip: Calling yourself an "active" member of an org looks better because psychology.
He is an active member of the Northwest Independent Writers Association (niwawriters.com).
Tone: The tone of your bio should reflect the tone of your work, to the best of your ability. If you write humor, word the information in a humorous way. If you write romance, take a flirty approach. For most other types of writing, stick to straight-laced. If you write multiple types with cross-over appeal, try to walk the line between them. If your writing doesn't have much cross-over appeal, you can write a separate bio for each type. There's no contract binding you to using the same one for everything.
Note that your author bio should never be something you consider static. When you get an award, update it. If you join a group, publish something else, hit a bestseller list, or move to another part of the country, update it. Your bio can be different in every publication if you want. But don't go overboard. Keep each bio similar to the others, especially the first line. And don't try to cram every publication, award, and org into your bio. Pick what matters most to you, and consider the flow of the piece. It should feel coherent.
And finally, always open with your pseudonym.
Lee French lives in Olympia, WA with two kids, two bicycles, and too much stuff. She has published over a dozen fantasy and science fiction titles, including the bestselling SPIRIT KNIGHTS young adult urban fantasy series. She is an active member of the Northwest Independent Writers Association (niwawriters.com), the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (sfwa.org), and the Olympia Area Writers Coop, as well as being one of two Municipal Liaisons for the NaNoWriMo Olympia region and a founding member of Clockwork Dragon Books. Find out more about her work at authorleefrench.com.


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Q: Mysql query to find the blank word by comparing 2 sentences I have 2 fields in one mysql table.
One field has full sentence and another field has the same sentence but with one word replaced by "_". How I can find the replaced word using mysql query?
Example:
Field1: We aim for an 85% success rate.
Field2: We _ for an 85% success rate.
I need a query which can find the word "aim" comparing both 2 sentences.

A: SELECT SUBSTR( field1,
               POSITION( '_' IN field2 ),
               LENGTH( field1 ) - LENGTH( field2 ) + 1 );

A: SELECT REVERSE(
         SUBSTR(
           REVERSE(SUBSTR(Field1 FROM INSTR(Field2, '_')))
         FROM
           INSTR(REVERSE(Field2), '_'))
       )
FROM table

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Q: does google-app-engine has "required_admin" method @required_admin
def get(self):

I want to use this method to make user must be admin.

A: The standard route is to use login: admin in your app.yaml, but here's a decorator:
def admin_required(handler_method):
  def check_admin(self, *args):
    if not users.is_current_user_admin():
      self.redirect(users.create_login_url(self.request.uri))
      return
    else:
      handler_method(self, *args)
  return check_admin


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A New Face at the Bagel Cafe
Eunice Cho '20 and Julia Lin '22|February 5, 2019
Suki at the bagel cafe.
Gardner Thors '20
Since the departure of Cheryl, who was endearingly known as the "bagel lady," Suki Johnson has taken over at the Schoolhouse cafe, and is quickly mastering the art of running the bagel stand. Since the cafe in the Forum opened four years ago, students in all forms have been taking advantage of this resource, and Cheryl's mastery of cream-cheese spreading, as well as her love for postcards, was well known.
Suki hopes to create meaningful connections with students, as Cheryl did when she ran the cafe. Alex Kogler '19 said, "I miss Cheryl a lot, especially since she had been here since the beginning of the stand, but I also think Suki has done a great job of taking over." With her smiles and warm greetings, Suki brightens the day or passerbys.
Suki's success at the bagel stand stems from her 24-year experience in working at school settings and her love for establishing ties with students. Previously, she worked as the food service nutrition manager at a K -12 school in California. When getting a bagel, students are often faced with a string of friendly questions from Suki, ranging from where they are from to their favorite bagel flavor. She greets everyone who comes by, and her care manifests itself in little ways. Julia Lin '22 recounted, "Once, I had a meeting with a teacher during lunch time, with only ten minutes left, I sped through my lunch. [Suki] looked at me shovel down my food, and said, 'It hurts me looking at you treat yourself like this.'"
Suki is originally from Hong Kong. She moved to the United States more than twenty years ago when her Swedish husband set up a new business in California. Spending time with the students at the school in California allowed Suki to learn both the English language and American culture in a fun and unconventional setting. When asked about the difficulty of switching to a completely different lifestyle and language, she smiled and answered that she is "still learning." Suki has also relied on reading extensively to master this language.
Recently, her husband was relocated to Massachusetts, which brought Suki to the Circle. When she's not working at Groton, she mostly stays at home. Keen on learning to cook outside of a school setting, Suki watches culinary videos, finding recipes which she attempts to recreate for her family. Suki is especially interested in traditional Filipino and Chinese dishes. With her expertise, she gives advice to the Groton Dining Hall about making more authentic Chinese recipes such as dumplings, fried rice, and steamed chicken with ginger.
At Groton, Suki loves observing the range of personalities in the student body, and establishing close relationships with students. While she sometimes finds it a challenge to incorporate student preferences into her preparations of bagels, she has found the work easier as she as she has gotten to know the students better. Some popular options include asiago with cream cheese, french toast with extra cream cheese, and the list goes on.
Suki's positivity cheers students up when they come to get bagels. Zenande Mdlulu '21 said, "I think Suki is so sweet. She remembers my bagel order and starts to make it as soon as she sees me walk up to the stand." When you see Suki around, whether it be during conference for cookies or during a quick stop for a bagel, be sure to greet the new "bagel lady" with a big smile!
Eunice Cho '20, Assistant Features Editor
Julia Lin '22, Cartoonist
Gardner Thors '20, Graphics Editor
Click here to open the PDF of the results....
International Experience at the Dining Hall
Food mirrors culture, especially at Groton. Here, food makes up a large part of the Groton experience: students often look forward to meals as a way t...
"Let's Get This Bread!"
A History of Sunday Bell Ringing
Word on the Circle
"I love exercising! The fresh air helps me clear my mind to prepare for the upcoming challenges." - Lucy Gund '19 "Ordering food and han...
During the 1960s and 1970s, amidst the Vietnam War, America bubbled with social change and civil unrest, as did Groton students. In 1969 stu...
A Survivor and Soldier: Luka Bakic '15
Luka Bakic, a current Ensign in the US Navy and Groton graduate of 2015, bears a unique, war-ridden history. Born in the late 1990s in Belgrade, Serbi...
Looking Back at Groton's 135 Birthdays
Despite many changes that have taken place, it is still Groton tradition to celebrate the school's birthday with much pomp and grandeur. 26th...
Recap of Fall Spirit Week
Counseling's New Yoga Initiative
Friendly Puppers Roam the Circle
A Refreshing Boarding School Perspective
Upper Schoolers Tackle Fall FSAs


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NGC 6693 is een niet-bestaand object in het sterrenbeeld Lier. Het hemelobject werd op 3 augustus 1864 ontdekt door de Duitse astronoom Albert Marth.

Zie ook
 Lijst van NGC-objecten

Externe links
  NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  SIMBAD Astronomical Database
  SEDS

NGC-object in Lier

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Each Tuesday from June 19 to September 4th, I'll share a fun poetry activity plus a poem study for all ages, as well as an advanced poetry lesson for ages 14 and up. Feel free to enjoy one, two, or all three of these fun resources! Scroll down to find the Poem Study and the Advanced Poetry Lesson.
Jillions of poems rhyme, especially poems written for children. In future weeks we'll get to read some of those poems, make observations about them, and even write our own. So what is a rhyme?
Notice anything about this group of words?
That's right! They all rhyme.
These are all words that rhyme with the word cat.Did you notice how the end sound of each word sounds the same? Cat, Sat, Bat etc.
Let's try another word: in.
Do you hear how similar they sound? They all have different sounds at the beginning but the end of the words all sound the same.
Can you find at least one rhyme for each of these words? See how many you can come up with!
Would you like to do some more??
Try writing a sentence using mostly words that rhyme.
Bill still feels ill from his fill of gills on the grill.
If you come up with an especially fun sentence, share it in the comments below!
Circle the words that rhyme!
The next two Tuesdays we will learn and practice the ancient art of Haiku.
Haiku are originally a form of Japanese poetry.
Great! So… how do you write them?
It might help to talk about the structure of the poem. It's hard to build a building without structure, isn't it? So what is the structure of a Haiku?
"New pond" is one thought, and "the first tadpole wriggles over clean stones" is the second thought. See how the second thought takes up two lines?
See the cut after the first line?
Ready to write a Haiku?
I suggest finding a quiet place and thinking about your surroundings. If you can go outside, great! Try to describe, using a haiku, what you see, hear, smell, feel, or taste in two different images. It can be a little tricky, but the result is often surprisingly lovely.
Love your Haiku and want to share? Share it in the comments below!
Want to learn more or understand Haiku better?
Here's a great video on YouTube that I thought expressed the topic well.


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package services.exports

import drt.shared.CrunchApi._
import drt.shared.Queues.Queue
import drt.shared.Terminals.Terminal
import drt.shared.{AirportConfig, PortState, SDateLike}
import services.SDate

object Forecast {
  def headlineFigures(startOfForecast: SDateLike,
                      endOfForecast: SDateLike,
                      terminal: Terminal,
                      portState: PortState,
                      queues: List[Queue]): ForecastHeadlineFigures = {
    val dayMillis = 60 * 60 * 24 * 1000
    val periods = (endOfForecast.millisSinceEpoch - startOfForecast.millisSinceEpoch) / dayMillis
    val crunchSummaryDaily = portState.crunchSummary(startOfForecast, periods, 1440, terminal, queues)

    val figures = for {
      (dayMillis, queueMinutes) <- crunchSummaryDaily
      (queue, queueMinute) <- queueMinutes
    } yield {
      QueueHeadline(dayMillis, queue, queueMinute.paxLoad.toInt, queueMinute.workLoad.toInt)
    }
    ForecastHeadlineFigures(figures.toSeq)
  }

  def forecastPeriod(airportConfig: AirportConfig,
                     terminal: Terminal,
                     startOfForecast: SDateLike,
                     endOfForecast: SDateLike,
                     portState: PortState): ForecastPeriod = {
    val fifteenMinuteMillis = 15 * 60 * 1000
    val periods = (endOfForecast.millisSinceEpoch - startOfForecast.millisSinceEpoch) / fifteenMinuteMillis
    val staffSummary = portState.staffSummary(startOfForecast, periods, 15, terminal)
    val crunchSummary15Mins = portState.crunchSummary(startOfForecast, periods, 15, terminal, airportConfig.nonTransferQueues(terminal).toList)
    val timeSlotsByDay = Forecast.rollUpForWeek(crunchSummary15Mins, staffSummary)
    ForecastPeriod(timeSlotsByDay)
  }

  def rollUpForWeek(crunchSummary: Map[MillisSinceEpoch, Map[Queue, CrunchMinute]],
                    staffSummary: Map[MillisSinceEpoch, StaffMinute]
                   ): Map[MillisSinceEpoch, Seq[ForecastTimeSlot]] =
    crunchSummary
      .map { case (millis, cms) =>
        val (available, fixedPoints) = staffSummary.get(millis).map(sm => (sm.shifts, sm.fixedPoints)).getOrElse((0, 0))
        val deskStaff = if (cms.nonEmpty) cms.values.map(_.deskRec).sum else 0
        ForecastTimeSlot(millis, available, fixedPoints + deskStaff)
      }
      .groupBy(forecastTimeSlot => SDate(forecastTimeSlot.startMillis).getLocalLastMidnight.millisSinceEpoch)
      .mapValues(_.toSeq)
}

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Q: Best release strategy for POMs I am working in a project which has lot of standalone maven models, all of which together comprise the application.
When they make a change to any of the module and get it ready to be released to Production, they update all OTHER poms to a new artifact version of the pom.
This I believe is to have a milestone for the application as a whole, i.e. in case there is a requirement to run a Past version of the project, they can simply choose all the modules of a particular version number from the repository.
I was thinking whether there could be another strategy mainly based on the fact we are updating pom's of modules which haven't changed at all.
Please advice the pros and cons of an alternative 'better' strategy if it exists.
Thanks

A: It's hard to be specific about options, because we don't know a lot about your project.  It seems like one way or another, dependency version specifications are a key concept here.
In a simple case, if I have Module A which uses Module B, and I modify Module B, I likely have to modify Module A to update its dependency information.  Because dependencies can be specified using version ranges, this isn't necessarily true; especially if you're using something like a true REST architecture to insulate one modules from changes in another.
But whether or not that's the case, it sounds like you're saying that at least sometimes your team updates the version number on a module without even changing any of its dependency information.  In an extreme example, maybe each module just provides a service with a strictly standardized interface; or maybe some other application uses the modules, but they don't use one another; or...
In that case, I guess the question is whether the cost of changing a version number (the literal cost of making the change, plus any semantic value the version numbers might otherwise convey) outweighs the simplicity your team might find from having synchronized version numbers.
Personally I would let the version numbers range independently, and use a "top-level" POM that knows what versions of each module work together to form "version X of the app as a whole".  This top-level POM should use specific version numbers, rather than ranges, in order to ensure reproducible build results.  Then, you modify whatever module(s) you modify, and you modify any module whose direct dependency information is affected (because it probably needs rebuilt anyway), and you modify the top-level POM, and that's all.
But that's just my take, and it only covers some common scenarios.  This is really something a team has to determine based on knowledge of the specific project.


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"Don't flame me, my sweet," I pleaded.
And then I'll go install it."
Don't you remember the good times?
I've got no problem there."
"That's not in my cache; we're going to crash,"
"Aw, honey, don't talk like that," I said.
"Can't we just plug and play?
And I'm yours, my love, come what may.
Here is my only prescription.
And e-mail me when it's done.
And tell you if you're the one."
I guess I'll have to reboot her.
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To do is to knowIf you do not knowAnd do not knowThat you do not ….
Your lips touched mineI breathed you inMy soul rememberedTime passedLife played its gameMy soul surrenderedHow ….


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Showcasing the best of the community and ethnic media
As of August 1, 2019, Voices of NY is a project of City Limits. This site is an archive of the material published up to May 31, 2019.
Post Tagged with: "Filipinos"
The Pinay DOE Deputy Chancellor With the Greek-Spanish Name
South Asian, Women	March 14, 2019 at 5:36 pm
Hydra Mendoza, of the Department of Education, made her "introduction to the Filipino-American community" at a Filipina Women's Network event at the Philippine Center, reports Asian Journal.
NYC's 'Hidden' Asian Communities
Asian, Culture, Metro Area, Muslim, Video	June 12, 2018 at 6:18 pm
CUNY TV's "Asian American Life" looks at how the Nepalese, Filipino Muslims, Sikhs and Sri Lankans have settled in the NYC area and preserved their cultures while integrating into the mainstream.
FilAm Journalism Student Wins Pulitzer
Media, South Asian	April 23, 2018 at 3:37 pm
The FilAm speaks to contributing writer and Columbia journalism student Mariel Padilla following her Pulitzer Prize win.
NJ Food Truck Offers Filipino Comfort Food
Business, Food, Metro Area, South Asian	April 4, 2018 at 4:51 pm
Marisse "Popsie" Panlilio of Popsie's Food Truck sells Filipino comfort food in Jersey City. She shares her story with The FilAm.
FilAm Runs for NJ Council Seat
Elections 2018, Metro Area, Politics, Southeast Asian	February 13, 2018 at 3:18 pm
The Philippine Daily Mirror speaks to Melissa Enriquez-Rada, the first Filipino American to run for a city council seat in Bayonne, New Jersey.
History Made as Elected Officials Sworn In
Eastern European, Elections 2017, Government, Metro Area, South Asian, Southeast Asian	January 2, 2018 at 8:41 pm
News India Times, the Filipino Reporter and Brooklyn Daily Eagle cover the swearing-in ceremonies of Hoboken Mayor Ravinder Bhalla, Jersey City Councilman-at-large Rolando R. Lavarro Jr., and Brooklyn Civil Court Judge Elena Baron.
NYC FilAms on Duterte's War on Drugs
New York, Southeast Asian	November 9, 2017 at 5:32 pm
Ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the Philippines, Filipino-Americans weigh in on President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, in a story from The FilAm.
Jersey City Fil-Ams Rally Behind Incumbents at 'Pulongbayan'
Elections 2017, Metro Area, Southeast Asian	October 26, 2017 at 3:40 pm
Filipinos in Jersey City rallied behind the mayor and the first Filipino member of the city council in their re-election bids at a Pulongbayan, or town meeting, report Philippine Daily Mirror and Filipino Reporter.
Filipino Church in Jersey City Marks 100 Years
Immigration, Metro Area, Religion, Southeast Asian	September 29, 2017 at 1:40 pm
The congregation of Our Lady of Victories Parish, now made up primarily of Filipino immigrants, is holding a gala on Sept. 30 as part of a yearlong celebration of its centennial anniversary, writes Filipino Reporter.
The Need for Research on Filipino Immigration
Immigration, Metro Area, South Asian	September 14, 2017 at 4:01 pm
Writing in The FilAm, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology describes her research project concerning Filipino immigrant youths, as well as how "the current literature on Filipino immigrants does not reflect the reality of Filipino-U.S. migration."
'The Filipino Population is Aging'
New York, Seniors, Southeast Asian	March 29, 2017 at 5:59 pm
At a FilAm community event, speakers addressed the "aging" of Filipinos in NYC and the dearth of programs for its seniors, reports The FilAm.
Why Some FilAms Don't Donate to Political Campaigns
Metro Area, Politics, Southeast Asian	March 21, 2017 at 3:16 pm
At the "Filipino Americans in Politics" forum in New Jersey, a 70-year-old first-time public official in Bergen County shares his experiences, and panelists look at why FilAms do not tend to financially support candidates, reports The FilAm.
On Filipino Stories with Mia Alvar
Culture, Immigration, Southeast Asian	January 27, 2017 at 11:00 am
In an interview with Asian Journal, award-winning author Mia Alvar speaks about writing Filipino immigrant stories.
How Two FilAms Secured Affordable Housing
East Asian, Housing, New York	March 25, 2016 at 3:31 pm
Two Filipino Americans tell how they managed to secure affordable housing in NYC.
Three Filipino Restaurants Join 'Heart-Healthy' Campaign
Food, Health, Queens, Southeast Asian	February 23, 2016 at 4:44 pm
Kabayan, Payag Restaurant, and Tito Rad's Grill in Queens are on board for an initiative of the Kalusugan Coalition, a nonprofit promoting healthy lifestyles in the Filipino community, reports The FilAm.
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Guatemalan Community Grows and Thrives in the Carolinas
Only two years ago there was no Guatemalan government representation in the Carolinas; today, the Raleigh consulate serves a thriving community of 120,000, Qué Pasa Noticias reports. Guatemalans live mostly in North Carolina (80,000), and their country's native languages are well represented (mainly Mam, Chuj, Ixil and Kanjobal). They are known for their entrepreneurship and family businesses, from restaurants to construction companies, many of them started thanks to their U.S.-born children's social security number. "Most car repair shops in Charlotte are run by Guatemalans," said Mónica del Cid, co-owner of Red Light Auto Services. Link to original story →
Georgia Coalition of Latino Leaders Turns 13
Headquartered in the back of a small supermarket in Dalton, GA, the Coalición de Líderes Latinos de Georgia (CLILA) has served the area's Hispanic community for 13 years, Mundo Hispánico reports. CLILA offers English and citizenship classes and DACA application help, among other legal and community services. The coalition was founded in 2006 by Mexican immigrant América Gruner, who sought to mobilize the area's large Hispanic population (mostly working in the carpet industry) against anti-immigrant measures but found that many were not eligible to vote because they didn't apply for citizenship, or didn't speak the language. Link to original story →
Puerto Rico WIC Recipients Drop 43 Percent Due to Mass Migration
The number of Puerto Rican women receiving benefits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) dropped by 43 percent in the past five years, El Vocero reports. The numbers reflect a childbirth drop partially caused by the Zika virus scare, during which many women avoided pregnancy, but the main cause is the mass emigration of young families away from the island. The decrease in the federal program of recipients has also hit businesses that provide WIC-funded foods: 18 percent of them have closed, and the rest have been forced to diversify their operations. Link to original story →
Debt and Depopulation Leave San Juan in 'Extreme Decay'
An investigation by El Nuevo Día shows the "extreme decay" of San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital, as the municipal government reduced its contractual commitments almost by half compared to 2013. As residents complain of crumbling roads, criminality and lack of cleaning services, the city has had a population loss of more than 90,000 residents in the past 10 years. The loss in municipal income has resulted in a $183 million debt in spite of a $73 million budget cut. The problem is exacerbated by non-payments the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico and the city's difficulties in borrowing money. Link to original story →
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Britain slashed its official projections for economic growth Wednesday and anticipates it will need to borrow sharply over the coming years.
Finance Minister Philip Hammond delivered the U.K. government's official Autumn Budget at a time when the ruling Conservative party is facing challenging political and economic circumstances.
The non-partisan Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) would grow by 1.5 percent in 2017 before slipping gradually to 1.3 percent over the next three years. The U.K. had been forecast to grow by 2 percent in 2017.
The OBR also revised down productivity growth and business investment. Britain's changing economic condition has stirred fierce debate over how much should be attributable to the uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
Hammond promised to set aside £3 billion ($3.9 billion) over the next two years for Brexit contingency planning.
"The negotiations on our future relationship with the European Union are in a critical phase," Hammond said.
"We have already invested almost £700 million in Brexit preparations and today I am setting aside over the next two years another £3 billion," he added.
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond poses for pictures with the Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street in London, on November 22, 2017, before presenting the government's annual Autumn budget to Parliament.
Britain's finance minister had been facing mounting pressure ahead of the budget speech, with lawmakers from all sides urging him to increase spending amid austerity fatigue from the British electorate.
The OBR — an organization that is a non-departmental public body that gives estimates to the finance ministry — said inflation would fall towards 2 percent later this year, from a peak of 3 percent.
The group said annual borrowing would be around £49.9 billion in 2017, more than £8 billion lower than forecast in March.
On debt, the OBR said it would peak at 86.5 percent of GDP this year, before falling over subsequent years to 79.1 percent by 2023.
"We understand the frustration of families where real incomes are under pressure," Hammond said, as he welcomed the OBR's forecast of debt as a share of GDP falling over the coming years.
On Tuesday, figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed Britain's deficit rose to £8 billion last month — a rise of nearly 7 percent when compared to the same period a year earlier. Analysts had anticipated a figure of around £7 billion.
The widening budget deficit, which is the gap between government spending and tax receipts, pointed to a weaker picture than previously thought for the U.K.'s public finances.
Hammond has pledged to achieve a budget deficit of less than 2 percent of GDP, from 2.6 percent for 2016/17, by 2020 with the goal of eliminating the deficit by the mid-2020s. Before the Brexit vote in 2016, the U.K. had been hoping to post a budget surplus by the end of this decade.
Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.5 percent as Hammond delivered the Autumn Statement, while sterling dipped to a session low of 1.3213 against the dollar.
Hammond pledged to build 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s on Wednesday and said the ruling party would address inefficiencies in the property market. He said including loan guarantees £44 billion would be made available in government support to boost construction skills.
House affordability has been a hot topic of debate on both sides of the political spectrum and Prime Minister Theresa May wanted to make it front and center of this budget given that youth home ownership has been on the decline since the Conservatives came into government.
Duty on wine, spirits, beer and most ciders to be frozen.


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Q: Get Elapsed Weekdays Between Two Dates Using MomentJS Is there any way to get the elapsed work days between two dates with MomentJS? The work days would be the week without the weekend, or Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. So far, I tried using the diff() method (http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/difference/) as follows:
var daysElapsed = today.diff(past, 'days');

As far as I know, the diff() only works by providing all the days between two dates, including weekend days. Thanks for your time!

A: let start = moment(startDate, 'YYYY-MM-DD'); //Pick any format
let end = moment(); //right now (or define an end date yourself)
let weekdayCounter = 0;

while (start <= end) {
 if (start.format('ddd') !== 'Sat' && start.format('ddd') !== 'Sun'){
   weekdayCounter++; //add 1 to your counter if its not a weekend day
 }
 start = moment(start, 'YYYY-MM-DD').add(1, 'days'); //increment by one day
}
console.log(weekdayCounter); //display your total elapsed weekdays in the console!

A: You are going to need to write your own function for this.
It is not that hard since you know exact start and end dates.

*

*get what day in a week it is for both start and end dates.

*count only week days between the two.

I think it is going to be pretty straight forward implementation.

A: Although this question is pretty old, I've stumbled against it and couldn't find really an answer for what I was looking for.
I hope this solution might be helpful for other people too:
const momentStart = moment(initialDate);
const momentFinal = moment(finalDate);

// Get the diff in days between both dates
const diff = momentFinal.diff(momentStart, "days");

// If diff is 7 or bigger, all days are included
if (diff >= 7) {
  return moment.weekdays();
}

// Need to calculate, check which day we start from
const firstDay = momentStart.day();
const weekdaysBetween = [];

// For each diff day, we get the next one)
for (let i = 0; i <= diff; i++) {
  // use % to loop to beginning again (e.g: start at friday and have +4)
  weekdaysBetween.push(moment.weekdays((firstDay + i) % 7));
}

return weekdaysBetween;

You can also check a working demo version here


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Q: how to send a mail to group of person by using Javamail Can anybody tell me how to send a mail to group of person by using JavaMail?
I have tried but I am getting error at SendEmailToGroupDemo() and at start() method.
public class MailJava {

public static void main(String[] args) {

      // Create a SendEmail object and call start
      // method to send a mail in Java.
      SendEmailToGroupDemo sendEmailToGroup = new SendEmailToGroupDemo();
      sendEmailToGroup.start();

     }

     private void start() {

      // For establishment of email client with
      // Google's gmail use below properties.
      // For TLS Connection use below properties
      // Create a Properties object
      Properties props = new Properties();

      // these properties are required
      // providing smtp auth property to true
      props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
      // providing tls enability
      props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
      // providing the smtp host i.e gmail.com
      props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
      // providing smtp port as 587
      props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");

      // For SSL Connection use below properties

      /*props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
       props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465");
       props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class",
         "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
       props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
       props.put("mail.smtp.port", "465");*/

      // Create Scanner object to take necessary
      // values from the user.
      Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

      System.out.println("Please provide your Username for Authentication ...");
      final String Username = scanner.next();

      System.out.println("Please provide your Password for Authentication ...");
      final String Password = scanner.next();

      System.out.println("Please provide Email Address from which you want to send Email ...");
      final String fromEmailAddress = scanner.next();

      System.out.println("Please provide Email Addresses to which you want to send Email ...");
      System.out.println("If you are done type : Done or done");

      // ArrayLists to store email addresses entered by user
      ArrayList< String> emails = (ArrayList< String >) getEmails();

      System.out.println("Please provide Subject for your Email ... ");
      final String subject = scanner.next();

      System.out.println("Please provide Text Message for your Email ... ");
      final String textMessage = scanner.next();

      // Create a Session object based on the properties and
      // Authenticator object
      Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props,
        new LoginAuthenticator(Username,Password));

      try {

       // Create a Message object using the session created above
       Message message = new MimeMessage(session);

       // setting email address to Message from where message is being sent
       message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(fromEmailAddress));

       // setting the email addressess to which user wants to send message
       message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.BCC, getEmailsList(emails));

       // setting the subject for the email
       message.setSubject(subject);

       // setting the text message which user wants to send to recipients
       message.setText(textMessage);

       // Using the Transport class send() method to send message
       Transport.send(message);

       System.out.println("\nYour Message delivered successfully ....");

      } catch (MessagingException e) {

       throw new RuntimeException(e);

      }
     }

     // This method takes a list of email addresses and
     // returns back an array of Address by looping the
     // list one by one and storing it into Address[]
     private Address[] getEmailsList(ArrayList< String > emails) {

      Address[] emaiAddresses = new Address[emails.size()];

      for (int i =0;i < emails.size();i++) {
       try {
        emaiAddresses[i] = new InternetAddress(emails.get(i));
       }
       catch (AddressException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();
       }
      }
      return emaiAddresses;
     }

     // This method prompts user for email group to which he
     // wants to send message
     public List< String > getEmails() {
      ArrayList< String > emails = new ArrayList< String >();

      int counter = 1;
      String address = "";
      Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

      // looping inifinitely times as long as user enters
      // emails one by one
      // the while loop breaks when user types done and
      // press enter.
      while(true) {

       System.out.println("Enter E-Mail : " + counter);
       address = scanner.next();

       if(address.equalsIgnoreCase("Done")){
        break;
       }
       else {
        emails.add(address);
        counter++;
       }
      }

      return emails;
     }
    }

    // Creating a class for Username and Password authentication
    // provided by the user.
    class LoginAuthenticator extends Authenticator {
     PasswordAuthentication authentication = null;

     public LoginAuthenticator(String username, String password) {
      authentication = new PasswordAuthentication(username,password);
     }

     @Override
     protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
      return authentication;
     }
}

A: Replace this:
   // setting the email addressess to which user wants to send message
   message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.BCC, getEmailsList(emails));

With this:
   // setting the email addressess to which user wants to send message
   for (String emailBcc : emails) {
       message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.BCC, new InternetAddress(emailBcc));
   }

I've had problems with setRecipients() before, but never with addRecipient().
If you keep having issues, we'll need the stacktrace with the exact error / exception you're getting.


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Topical Area: Policy, Global Nutrition
P22-017-19 - Examining the Evidence on the Impact of Nutrition Policies on Child Health and Undernutrition Globally: A Scoping Review
Sun, Jun 9
Objectives :
To summarize the evidence on the impact of nutrition policies on improving health among children in low-, middle- and high-income countries (LMHICs).
Methods : A scoping review was conducted to map and describe peer-reviewed studies evaluating the impact of population-level nutrition policies on child health and undernutrition (using primary data) in LMHICs. We systematically searched Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, and PAIS Index for public policy, to identify eligible studies. Data on key study characteristics, including research design, type of nutrition policy, time span of policy, child's age at outcome assessment, and types of outcomes assessed, were abstracted. Abstract screening and data abstraction were conducted in duplicate and reconciled.
Results : Of the 5646 abstracts screened, 83 studies were included. The majority of studies were conducted in upper-middle or high-income settings (66%, 54/83 studies) (Figure 1). Most studies were observational study design (49%, 41/83 studies), evaluated regional/sub-national policies (68%, 56/83 studies), reported on mandatory policies (71%, 59/83 studies), were related to micronutrient food fortification and/or supplementation (70%, 58/83 studies), and assessed outcomes among children < 5 years of age (55%, 46/83 studies). Iodine deficiency disorders (40%, 33 studies) and neural tube defects (18%, 15 studies) were the most commonly assessed child health outcomes. The impact of policy intervention on outcomes, such as low birth weight, breastfeeding rates, vitamin A deficiencies, and child growth, were assessed less frequently. Policies were largely implemented between 1990 – 2000 (36%, 30/83 studies) and studies mostly evaluated effects within a year (28%, 23/83) or within 2-5 years since policy implementation (13%, 11/83 studies).
Conclusions : Among the studies reviewed, nutrition policies were commonly associated with improved child nutrition and health. However, current evidence is primarily based on regional studies from high-income settings evaluating the effect of micronutrient food fortification and/or supplementation policies on a narrow set of outcomes. Further research is needed to assess the impact of a broader range of nutrition policies on child health, particularly in LMICs.
Funding Sources : Funding for this research was provided by the 2017 SickKids Centre for Global Child Health Catalyst Grant Competition.
Nandita Perumal
Beverly Bradley
Centre for Global Engineering, University of Toronto
Aviva Rappaport
Vanessa Pike
Stanley Zlotkin
Hospital for Sick Children, Canada & University of Toronto, Canada


AGW, specifically melting of Greenland ice, adding to the wobble of the earths axis.
Seems rather extreme.. is it true?.
I don't mean in a sentient civilisation 's life span, but over galactic time scales..?
Due to precession the axis of the earth rotates.
Now the the last ice sheets are melting there is a wobble to the axis of spin, as well as the stately Precession of the Equinoxes.
Flipping of the magnetic poles is completely different and is not related to the angle of the axis of rotation. It is thought that it may see Earth without a magnetic field around it for awhile, meaning some radiation can hit the earth that normally our magnetic field deflects away.
Yes, the earth's poles do swap from Nth to Sth. There's unambiguous evidence in geological specimens. Scientists have often wondered what triggers it and puzzle how it affects migrating animals & birds who use the Nth/Sth poles to navigate during the switch over.
Not to worry, much nastier effects come our way every so often from the sun and comets. Enjoy life while you can until we stuff the whole thing up ourselves which the odds seem to tell us will be sooner than any other threats we face.
well I am doing my best.
Not a surprise. The Moon has its bigger problems. The trajectory of the Moon is crazy. If you look at the sky at night, you'll see that every day the moon is no a different place. It's pretty much chaotic.
What about all the iron ore leaving Australia going to China ?
Does that cause a weight imbalance ?
The iron ore gets spread around as cars etc etc and shipped all over the world. Greenland ice loss is 200Gigatons, doubt the iron ore is that much.