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Kandi Koated Spades Creators on the Business of Mobile Apps
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Singer/songwriter Kandi Burress shows off her Kandi Koated Spades
Playing video games all day may be perfectly fine for a college student, but the same usually doesn't apply to men in their 30s and 40s. That's unless you're entrepreneurs Clemille "CJ" Peters, Jr., 34, and Marcus Matthews, 40, who not only play games but make them as well. The pair of Atlanta residents run Konsole Kingz, a company that uses promotions, event planning, gaming tournaments and marketing strategies to help video game companies tap into urban markets. After working with industry giants like Sega Sports and Rockstar Games, the pair recently released Kandi Koated Spades, an Apple Store spades game that's endorsed by singer/songwriter and Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burress.
Black Enterprise caught up with Peters and Matthews who reveal what role Twitter played in partnering with Burress, how folks like Tyler Perry and Spike Lee inspire their business model, and why they would prefer to have more competition.
Black Enterprise: How did the concept for Kandi Koated Spades come about?
Matthews: We wanted to do a Black game that was accessible. I grew up playing tonk and spades, and I would say sometime in mid-2000, I went to my family reunion back in Jacksonville, and everybody busted out spades tables and cards and I was like, "Man, this was made for mobile. It's a multiplayer game, it's simple, people like to talk trash, it's social, and it's something that everybody knows, so casual people will play. It's not like some new game where you have to learn the rules; everybody knows how to play spades in the Black community. You've just got to put the right product out there…
Why did it take so long from when you first had the idea for the game to come out?
Matthews: I started conceptualizing it in the mid-2000s, playing around and doing some stuff but couldn't find the time to focus on it because I was dealing with other projects. When me and CJ hooked up, I told him about it. He's a bigger spades player than me, so he was into it from the rip! So we just had to find the time and situation. Two years ago, before the iPhone came out, I started on a design. When the iPhone came out, it became a clear, strong platform. I redesigned the game on paper for the iPhone, and I started going down that path. I knew I wanted to work with a celebrity, someone who could bring some attention to the game, who was a gamer ideally. When CJ got involved, he really helped crystallize some things.
What did you bring to the table that was missing?
Peters: When I got involved, I was gathering all the rules and doing all the game play stuff. I was basically the game play producer; making sure it has the right feel, and that the [everything was] represented. I'm always on Twitter–if you're not following me @KonsoleKingz, you probably should [laughs]–but I use Twitter as market research.
One night, I was throwing out tweets about how you play spades and Kandi replied to my tweets. We had a tweet exchange back and forth, going over rules, and after we did that, it started to form in my head. We were already looking for a person that everybody liked [to endorse the game] and Kandi fit that mold–she had a show coming out, and was going to be all over TV… [Marcus] liked the idea. I knew people that knew her management, we bought [the idea] to her and she liked it.
How involved was she in the actual creation and direction of the game?
Peters: We wanted her to have real input, so we'd give her test inputs of the game and let her play. She wanted certain nuances how she played in the game, so we put those in there. When you win and lose, we have quotes from her pop up, so it feels like she's watching over all the games being played. We got her to do videos for it. She's involved, she's not just like, "Use my name and go." She comes to the office, sits down and we talk.
A big thing that many people love about the game is that it includes many of the varying rules of how to play spades. How hard was it to create a program like that?
Peters: To make a good, great polished game, is very hard. Marcus put a lot of late nights into this game, getting it right. It's hard to do it right. There's only been one attempt by somebody, but it hasn't been companies really [making it regularly]. But we know how this game impacts the Black community, the minority community, the urban community, however you want to say it. We know it resonates high, we know people get really emotionally involved in this game. If we bring that same feeling and that same passion, and do it right in the execution, people are going to feel the same way when they play the game on their phone.
Matthews: I've pitched similar concepts to mainstream gaming companies back in the early 2000s, and we didn't get any serious nibbles at all. When Tyler Perry went to pitch his first movie, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, he got rejected by every single Hollywood studio. The only one that bit was more of an indie studio, Lionsgate, which is not a major player–they're based in Canada or Vancouver–and he had to put up most of the money. They put up $2 million, he had to put up $3 million. They didn't even have enough confidence to give him $5 million for a big budget movie. That tells you most mainstream entertainment companies don't understand the Black audience most of the time, and it takes people to do what Tyler and Spike Lee did to get your voice heard and out to markets. That's pretty much what we're out to do.
How do you feel about the success of the game thus far and getting placed in the Apple Store?
Matthews: In some ways, for me, it's kind of surprising and disappointing, I don't think there's any other Black-oriented apps that are really doing well in the Apple Store right now. We're one of the only Black-focused apps where Black people can come, hang out and socialize, and that's made for them, that's on top of anything right now. I wish there were more Black-focused apps and developers out there right now that are putting out content with things we can download.
What kind of success do you feel you guys have to have to open the industry's eyes?
Matthews: Part of me is hoping that if we break though half a million apps, and you have one that's broken in the top 1,000 of all apps, but we need more and a better representation. More people trying to do it, and do it right–put more money into it.
What is the profitability of mobile apps right now? It seems like there's a lot of room to profit, with the consistent growth of Android and Apple. But it also seems like jailbreaking or app hacking would hinder that. How is it as a business model?
Matthews: I think in some ways, it's a little better than doing Web development. It's the same thing as building a Website. The barrier entry is fairly low, not as low as doing a Website but just like with a Website, if you can find that right voice and that right niche, that right marketing thing to gain visibility, you can make money. I think the same thing exists in apps. In general, I don't think jailbreaking is a huge portion of downloads for games and apps, because the type of people that play games are casual fans, and they don't want to take the time to jailbreak. It's always a techy person, a high school or college student that's hardcore anal about not paying or doing that kind of stuff, that jailbreaks their phones.
A lot of guys on Konsole Kingz have iPhones, I only think one has jailbroken their phone. The other dudes are like, "I don't have time for that stuff." It's not easy, it's harder to get updates because they're always doing changes with the OS (operating system). Most people say, "These apps are two or three dollars, the cost of a value hamburger, it's not worth the hassle. Maybe if these things were $30, $50, it might be a bigger issue. The question is really, just like with any platform–movies, books, video games, apps–do you have something people want to buy? If you know how to create something people want to buy, you'll make money as an author, you'll make money writing apps, you'll make money making a Website.
Peters: If they like your product, they'll support it. Within Konsole Kingz, that's one of the three things that we do. We're looking at creating different revenue streams to build companies stronger. We look at apps as encompassing those–as Black guys creating something that's rooted. People can see that and applaud that, and at the same time, we can hopefully make some great money off of it.
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McMillan finds peace with dad
FREDERICK, Md. -- Potomac Nationals first baseman Brett McMillan sat by himself in a hotel room at the Frederick Comfort Inn and watched Barry Bonds, after breaking Hank Aaron's home run record, raise his arms to the sky in honor of his late father.
It was an emotional moment for both players, though they were separated by 3,000 miles. As players, they are even further apart. But both have lost their baseball fathers and the chance to share their triumphs with them.
Barry's father was dead when he reached the pinnacle of his career.
Brett's triumph was simply being promoted by the Nationals from Hagerstown to Potomac earlier this year, just a few weeks after his father, Nationals scout Doug McMillan, died of a heart attack at age 60.
"When Barry did that, I had no idea what he was feeling because he did something no one else had done," Brett said. "But I know he felt a connection with his dad and baseball, like I did. After each game I played, whether it was high school, college or pro ball, he would be the first person I would talk to after a game. He was my best friend.
"When Barry got the microphone and was talking about his dad and broke down, I felt connected with Barry."
The connections ran even deeper than loss. Doug McMillan pitched in the Giants organization and played with Barry's father, Bobby Bonds.
"He remembered Barry being a couple of years old, running around in the outfield, playing in Fresno," Brett said.
Like Barry, Brett McMillan ran around outfields and clubhouses in Fresno and Modesto and the other stops in the California League during summers when he was a young boy. Brett tagged along with his father, who, after his baseball career ended in 1972 and a stint as a golf pro, became a scout for the San Francisco Giants.
"My summer vacations were going to California League games, going to places like Modesto and Stockton," Brett said. "It is not like I was going to Disneyland, but I was going with him and it was fun being in minor league clubhouses and hanging out with players. A lot of my best times were with my dad going on the road to games with him."
So the minor league life is familiar to Brett, from Shingle Springs, Calif., drafted by the Nationals in the 14th round last year out of UCLA. He wasn't scouted by his father, who came to work for the Nationals when they were the Expos in Montreal six years ago. Doug signed such top minor league prospects as outfielder Kory Casto, a two-time Nationals minor league player of the year, and infielder Stephen Englund, last year's second-round selection. He scouted the sixth player the Nationals picked in this year's draft, shortstop Steven Souza.
"My dad always had good things to say about people," Brett said. "There are some scouts that are always looking for something to not like about a player. He was always looking for something to like. He wanted to like his players, his people. I think that was why he had a lot of friends. The scouting community is real close, and when he passed away we had a get-together at our house. It was overwhelming to see how many scouts showed up and how many people respected him."
Dana Brown, the Nationals director of scouting, is missing Doug right now.
"I am out in California for the Area Code games, which are very important games for young players, and he was always here," Brown said. "We miss him telling all the stories at the dinner table. He was a veteran scout and was well respected and well liked, a good guy to talk to."
Brett, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound left-handed hitter, started last year at short-season Vermont and batted .227 with 20 RBI in 62 games. He began this season moving up to Class A Hagerstown, where he hit .266 average with five home runs and 21 RBI in 169 at-bats. He was promoted to Potomac in the high Class A Carolina League, where Brett is hitting .236 with three homers and 26 RBI in 165 at-bats.
"I like playing for this organization," Brett said. "They have given me the opportunity to move up in the system. I made some adjustments. I have been swinging the bat good the last week or so. I want to finish the season strong and prove that I can play here and move up."
Brown said they are encouraged by the progress Brett has made.
"He started to take off this year," Brown said. "He got off to a great start in Hagerstown. He had a slow start in Potomac, but it looks like he is picking it up, which is exciting. It is special to have Brett in the organization, living out his dad's legacy."
Brett said the loss of his father really set in when he wasn't playing well in Potomac.
"I didn't have him to turn to when I was struggling on the field," he said. "The field wasn't really an escape for me then from the situation. I felt like there was a weight on my shoulders. But I pushed through that and had some people I could talk to, family and friends. I think once I started talking about him and let people know what I was thinking and heard my own thoughts, I got adjusted to it and was able to deal with it better."
Still, after every game, Brett thinks about his dad and their phone calls.
"When I got moved up to Potomac, that was emotional for me," Brett said. "I thought about how much I would have loved to call my dad and tell him I got promoted. But I know wherever he is, he is happy with that."

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From Ridicule to Legitimacy? 'Contested languages' and Devolved Language Planning
Philip McDermott
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Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
In 1999, devolved governance was established in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland which altered the contours of language recognition in the United Kingdom. Whilst much focus has been placed on how devolution improved the status of Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish, less attention has been placed on those minority vernaculars with 'contested' linguistic status. Scots in Scotland and Ulster-Scots in Northern Ireland fall into such a category as they are considered by some as merely 'dialects' of English but by others as independent regional languages. The formation of the Edinburgh and Belfast legislatures created policy processes closer to the point of application and has ensured that policy decisions, including those relating to language, have been influenced by the nuances of local identity (Birrell, 2009). This article, therefore, explores the extent to which devolution in Scotland and Northern Ireland has enhanced the status of Scots and Ulster-Scots in areas such as broadcasting, education and the arts. Whilst supporters in both regions continue to champion better policy coverage, changes since 1999 illustrate how the devolved administrations have facilitated incremental change and evolving policy.
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The Ladders quilt is a beginner level pattern featuring a modern color palette and minimalist design. The layering of colors adds depth to the quilt, while the negative space is a great opportunity to let your quilting creativity shine. This design will look great in solids, prints or a mix of both. The Ladders quilt pattern is now available for purchase on Craftsy.com !!
The jumping off point for this design was my Urban Trek quilt. I took one element, interlocking stripes, from the Urban Trek quilt and expanded it into a lap size or large wall hanging quilt. This is a great quilt for those looking for a quick easy modern project and because there are only four colors in the color palette it's easily customized.
I'd love to see what people come up with so if you make this quilt don't forget to post it online and use the hashtag, #laddersquilt or tag me in the post, @quiltachusetts. I hope you enjoy my very first free pattern offering and thank you for reading!
Thanks Mickey! I think I'll whip out a quilt top this week.
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The Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors have been the two best teams in the Eastern Conference all season making it only fitting that they meet in the Eastern Conference Finals. While the Bucks are favored, it is hard to say who has the edge. Will it be Milwaukee because they are rested or Toronto because they are riding a high from beating the 76ers just a couple of days ago?
NBA Playoffs | Wednesday, 15th May 2019 | Fiserv Forum
Spread: Bucks by 6
Money Line: Raptors +215; Bucks -255
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After years of being stopped cold in the playoffs by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Raptors thought it was necessary to change things up a bit. After he made the buzzer beater against the 76ers for the win in Game Seven, it is safe to say the Raptors are happy to have Kawhi Leonard on the roster. They should consider themselves lucky as well since he did most of the heavy lifting against the 76ers. During the regular season, Leonard led the way on the offensive end of the court with 26.6 points/game (approx. 23 percent of Toronto's per/game average). But against the 76ers he averaged 34.7 points (about 34 percent). Pascal Siakam scored more than his regular season average, and Kyle Lowry's average was just a point different. But the bench was not nearly as productive; when Leonard has taken a break in the playoffs, the team has been 16 points worse. Against a tough team like the Bucks, the Raptors are going to need to continue to play a solid defensive game, like they have been (second best in the postseason so far). But if they want to increase their chances of making the Finals, they are going to have to figure out how to make the bench more productive again.
After bulldozing their way through the competition in the regular season, the Bucks have continued to do more of the same in the playoffs. While the Celtics gave them a slight scare in Game One, they went on to dominate the next four to clinch the series and earn a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals. What bodes well for the Bucks is that they have done so in the same fashion as they did during the regular season. They are averaging 116.9 points a game (down from 118.1). The individual contributions from the starters are almost the same as they were during the regular season. Defensively, they have actually been playing better (98.2 def rating; 104.9 during the regular season). Of course, the competition has been relatively easy, so far, which helps make the statistics look even better. But until the Raptors can force the Bucks to do otherwise, all Milwaukee needs to do is continue to play like they have been all season.
Toronto Raptors @ Milwaukee Bucks Head-to-Head
The Raptors and Bucks played four times during the regular season with the Bucks winning three and the Raptors only one. Toronto lost both home games but managed to win one of the two in Milwaukee. From a historical perspective, the Bucks have owned the all-time series with the Raptors having won 51 of 89 games—including five of seven over the last two seasons. They have met once before in the postseason—the first round of the 2017 playoffs. Toronto won the series, 4-2.
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On paper, this series features two of the better all-around teams in the NBA. Both were good on both ends of the court during the regular season and have continued to do so in the postseason. But as a team, the Raptors are scoring ten fewer points a game then they did in the regular season. The Bucks, on ter other hand, are scoring the same and playing better defense. The most significant difference has been the bench play. Toronto's bench has only been averaging 21.6 points a game; during the regular season, they averaged 36.2. Milwaukee's bench averaged 31.6 points/game during the regular season and have been pitching in 37.4 during the playoffs. The Raptors are going to need more than Kawhi Leonard to beat the Bucks. Until they prove they have something else, Milwaukee is going to remain the smart wager in this series.
Expert Betting Tip
Take the Bucks to win (-255), straight up and against the spread (-6). As for the over/under (217), Milwaukee has had no trouble scoring points during the postseason, but Toronto has. Go with the under.
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Happy belated Memorial Day. Katie met up with us in Harbor Springs and we had a very enjoyable weekend. Ate some great food, got a bit of exercise, enjoyed the beauty of Northern Michigan (including a walk in the woods where Katie said I took too many pictures of flowers) and enjoyed spending time together. We even gave the local zip line a try at Boyne Highlands.
Katie wanted to make sure we grilled some veggies on the barbeque, so we made sure to do that right off. At the last minute we tossed some pineapple into the grill mix. I also tossed in a lemon cut into wedges, and used the grilled lemon to squeeze onto the lake trout that we had with the veggies. My favorites of the grill mixture were pineapple and lemon. I really loved the lemon and next time would make more lemon and cut the lemon into halves instead of quarters as the smaller sections of lemon didn't have as much juice as the larger sections had.
Clean and chop vegetables and add to large mixing bowl, toss lemon juice and olive oil into mixing bowl and toss to coat veggies. Cook veggies over medium heat on gas grill in grill basket until onions are beginning to soften or cook a bit longer if you like limp veggies, I like them crisp tender. If you have left over veggies they are great to add to a sandwich or salad.
LaTanya, please send your shipping info to peasinablog@gmail.com and we will get the Char Crust sent out to you! Thanks everyone for entering!


The Low-Emissions Solutions (LESC) conference took place at the GOP Theatre in Bonn, Germany, on the sidelines of the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Organized by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), the conference sought to create a space for in-depth dialogue with policy-makers on implementing ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions at scale by taking action at the city, local and project levels.
Convened in a relaxed dinner format designed to encourage interaction among participants from governments, business, academia and civil society, the event included open discussion at the table level and during "ice-breaker" sessions, as well as spotlight presentations on what is still needed and how public-private partnerships can support the common objectives between countries, cities, business and academia.
The outcomes of the LESC conference, including a synthesis of the table-level discussions, will inform the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action High-Level Roundtable on Innovation on 14 November.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, provided web coverage and a briefing note from the 2017 LESC at COP 23. The briefing note is now available in HTML and PDF.
Peter Bakker, President and CEO, WBCSD, said the move to a low carbon society is inevitable.
Guido Schmidt-Traub, Executive Director, SDSN, announces the launching of a massive online open course (MOOC) on climate solutions.
Ashok Sridharan, Mayor, Bonn, Germany, said the COP should be about building coalitions with all stakeholders at all levels.
Moderator Leena Wokeck, CSR Asia, welcomes participants to the LESC.
Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever, identified the leaders on climate action as the private sector first, followed by cities and regional governments.
Participants interact during the dialogues.
Feike Sijbesma, CEO, Royal DSM, said companies that do not prepare for cabon pricing put themselves at risk.
Manuel De Araujo, Mayor, Qualimane, Mozambique, said local governments live climate change impacts every single day.
Inia Seruiratu, Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management, Fiji, said the Bonn Zone is where the real action takes place.


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Home » Myths & Legends » The Phantom Time Theory
The Phantom Time Theory
by Les Hewitt June 3, 2015
written by Les Hewitt June 3, 2015
Heribert Illig
Heribert Illig is a German Historian and publisher who proposed that a medieval Roman Emperor, Otto II, Pope Sylvester II and quite possibly Byzantium Emperor Constantine VII were all involved in an early conspiracy theory to advance the European calendar 300 years overnight.
This idea was originally made public in either 1990 or 1690 – depending on the correct truth.
According to Illig, both Otto and Sylvester were keen to participate in the landmark year of AD 1000 but were several hundred years too early to do so. To overcome this anomaly, they rewrote future history and invented heroic figures such as Charlemagne. While attending an archaeological conference held in Munich, Germany in 1986, Illig was just one member of an audience listening to the President of the Monumenta Germaine Histoica, Horst Fuhrmann, as he detailed claims that the Roman Catholic Church forged documents during the Middle Ages and actually insisted that these were hundreds of years old and embraced by medieval citizens.
Illig was suitably impressed by this lecture and began to investigate for himself. He started with the question of why the church would sanction or allow fake documentation well in advance of historical events. Illig examined other proven false documents and discovered what he regarded as 'divine chronological distortions'. As a result of this, he began to take a closer look at the Gregorian Calender. Illig concluded that the calender was also inconsistent.
The Gregorian Calender was first introduced in 1582 and was the brainchild of Pope Gregory XIII. Up until then the old Julian Calender was the form of choice. Gregory introduced his updated calender to counter the apparent ten day discrepancy that the Julian Calender had caused. The year according to the Julian Calender was a shade under 11 minutes too long. Illig come to the conclusion that Gregory's assumption that 1257 years had passed between both calenders was incorrect. By his calculations, the true figure was 1627 years.
This alone would not constitute proof that Illig was correct in his assessment. He had to try to find additional proof that could be much more definitive. He looked for, and found, unexplained gaps in historical events. Constantinople was founded in 558 and, like many other cities around the world, began as a small settlement that grew and grew as time and populace dictated. According to Illig, construction was completed in 908 AD. Did the humble beginnings of modern day Istanbul really take 350 years to complete? Or was the original construction done in a fraction of that time and the remainder was added on at a later date? A curious fact about Constantinople was that it was once the capital city of both the Roman and Byzantium Empires.
Not much in the way of archaeological evidence exists from these dates in history. At least none that can be accurately carbon dated to the periods in question. Developments in fields such as architecture, ceramics and agriculture haven't had any reported or recorded advancements during this time either. Believers in this hypothesis suggest a reason that the whole period is known as the Dark Ages is for the very fact that it doesn't exist at all. By the same token though, recorded history outside of Europe and known astronomical events do seem to contradict Illig's findings.
Did a trio of influential leaders put their heads together in the dim and distant past to advance three centuries in a single calendar day?
Yrotsih
Les currently resides in London and is a freelance writer with a long standing passion for the unexplained and paranormal. In his spare time he enjoys astronomy and Xboxing. It's a big Universe full of wonders.
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca – Against all odds


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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark
Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support)
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Newark, NJ, United States
Other grants awarded to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark
NJ-STEP - Phase II
Awarded $1,500,000 in September 2021 to continue support for the NJ-STEP program, which coordinates prison education courses inside seven out of the ten accessible facilities across NJ and has created a continuum of higher educational services from prison into the community
Sawyer Seminar - Natives and Nativists, Migrants and Immigrants in an American City
Awarded $225,000 in September 2020 to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled "Natives and Nativists, Migrants and Immigrants in an American City"
COVID-19 Emergency Response Grants to Current Grantee Prison Education Program
Awarded $100,000 in July 2020 to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic


I attended the 2013 BNA Conference yesterday at Forest School in Snaresbrook, primarily to help out Essex Amphibian and Reptile Group with some pond dipping. They ran pond dipping activities for people attending the conference, alongside bat walks, butterfly hunting and other similar activities that were run on the day by knowledgeable naturalists.
This was my first outing with Essex ARG and my first encounter with the BNA, and I now have a very positive impression of both. Pond dipping took place in nearby Manor Pond, contiguous with Epping Forest; this proximity to the ancient woodland no doubt led to the school's name. This is a pretty pond, and with a variety of wildlife lurking amongst the crack willow and yellow flag-iris it would seem to be a great pond for nature too. Essex ARG in the form of Ray Cranfield and Neil Phillips skillfully netted some of the resident pond-life to show to the curious, and shared their depth of knowledge with everyone. I used my environmental education experience to assist some of the children with dipping the pond too, making sure no-one ended up taking an unplanned dip themselves!
Ray Cranfield and Neil Phillips test the waters at Manor Pond.
After the pond dipping sessions, we mingled with the rest of the BNA Conference (with the theme of "Wildlife and the Urban Landscape"). There were some fine exhibits and information from various organisations in the school's dining hall (a very fine building; we were watched over by wooden angels carved into the woodwork of the ceiling!). There were also some fascinating and entertaining talks from Professor James Hitchmough and Bill Oddie.
I then followed Epping Forest's Senior Forest Keeper, Andrew Gammie, on a nice long walk through some of the nearby Forest. This was great for me, as I got the chance to become better acquainted with this part of the 6,000 acre plus Forest – I don't often venture this far to the south-west when exploring. Having walked an hour to the venue that morning, and including the walk home at the end of the day, this added up to a very fit and active Saturday!


What is a backflow device?
Why is the connection fee higher in St. George's Plantation?
How much does water service cost?
Do I have to pay when I do not use any water?
May I turn my water off at the meter?
If I sell my property, does the water connection stay with the property?
What do I need to do to discontinue my account if I sell or lease my property?
What do I need to do if I suspect my meter has been misread?
How much time do I have to pay my water bill?
How can I save money on my water bill?
Water Management maintains four deep wells in Eastpoint, Florida. All four wells draw from the Florida Aquifer and the water is pumped to the island through piping attached to the new St. George Island bridge.
It is a plumbing device installed in your water line on your side of our meter that prevents fluids at your service location from entering our water lines. The backflow device must be installed by an accredited plumber and must be inspected annually by a certified backflow inspector.
Why is the connection fee ("tap fee") higher in St. George's Plantation?
The additional $122.77 is designated as "Allowance for Funds Prudently Invested." The purpose of this additional amount is to allow the utility to recover the cost of installing water lines throughout the plantation.
How much does it cost to establish a commercial connection?
Commercial connection fees are computed according to the intended use. The tariff includes a schedule of uses with estimated gallons per day. Commercial connection fees are computed and quoted by Water Management Services.
Water service is provided upon payment of the appropriate fees and deposits and the completion of an application for water service.
Our rate structure is determined by our "tariff" as regulated by the Florida Public Service Commission and is outlined in detail in the Water Rates section of this site. Initial connection fees and monthly charges vary according to meter size and water requirements.
Yes. There is a minimum charge each month whether the water service is connected or disconnected. This charge is for the availability of water, and is designed to cover the underlying cost of the facilities.
Yes, the water connection is assigned to the service location perpetually.
No, the meter is owned exclusively by the water company. Use of the valve on our meter to turn water on and off for your convenience is considered tampering and is not permitted. A valve is now installed on your side of the meter for our residents to use to turn water off.
When change of occupancy takes place, written notice is required by the outgoing customers, who will be held responsible for all water service used until written notice is received. If written notice is not received, an application of a succeeding occupant for service will terminate the prior account. Telephone orders to discontinue service are acceptable and the water company will use reasonable diligence to follow-up. However, verbal orders should not be deemed binding until confirmed by written notification to the company.
Call our office on St. George Island (850) 927-2648 and express your concern.
Meters are read at the beginning of the last full week of each month. Bills are mailed during the latter part of that week. The bills are due and payable when rendered, and the printed due date is on the 1st day of the following month, and are past due after the 20th of that month. All past due accounts are subject to disconnect after a 10 day written notice, as well as a $5 late fee. After disconnect, a $21 reconnect fee must be paid in addition to the past due amount.
Office Hours 8:30 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Credit card payments may be made by phone by calling (850) 927-2648, M-F, 8:30 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Incorporate some recommended water conservation strategies to reduce your overall monthly gallonage charges and save money.


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Teams, Such As Those Needing A NT, Can Sign UFAs Today With No Compensatory Penalty
Posted on April 27, 2020 at 6:20 am
Even for the most stacked team in the league, it would be difficult to fulfill all of your roster 'wants' when you only have six draft picks. And doing so with a quality player that you really feel strongly about is even more difficult.
32 teams just drafted 255 players and probably signed another 300 or so as undrafted free agents, but even with the vast influx of personnel onto 90-man rosters throughout the NFL, teams are still going to feel as though they have significant needs remaining, which they will have to seek to fill utilizing unrestricted free agency.
The good news is that, thanks to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the time period during which players are Compensatory Free Agents, meaning that are eligible to be factored into the compensatory pick formula, now no longer ends in the middle of May, but rather on the first Monday after the draft, at 4PM. Per Addendix V, quoted in excerpt:
Commencing with 2020 free agency signing period, a Compensatory Free Agent ("CFA") shall be defined as an Unrestricted Free Agent ("UFA") who: (i) signed with a new Club during the prior free agency signing period (with the 2020 free agency period being the first such "prior free agency signing period" under this appendix) prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Monday following the NFL Draft for that League Year
That is today. So let's say, just as a random example, the Pittsburgh Steelers are not thrilled about how they were able to address the nose tackle position in the 2020 NFL Draft. The only defensive lineman that they picked up was Carlos Davis in the seventh round out of Nebraska.
After losing Javon Hargrave in free agency, the Steelers did not acquire anybody since then who would obviously be ticketed to line the middle of the trenches in a 3-4 front. While players like Tyson Alualu, Isaiah Buggs, and Chris Wormley could be considered potential conversion candidates, there was no mention of this by Kevin Colbert or Mike Tomlin after the draft.
So as of later today, the Steelers would be able to sign a defensive tackle while accruing no penalties in the form of damaging their compensatory picks for 2021. Among the players who currently remain available are Damon Harrison, Mike Daniels, Sylvester Williams, Domata Peko, and Xavier Williams…and L.T. Walton, of course.
Then again, based on the money the Steelers have available to sign, any player they might consider signing would likely come in short of the benchmark for qualifying for a compensatory pick. Right now, the 32nd compensatory selection is estimated by Over the Cap to be Timmy Jernigan, who signed a contract averaging almost $4 million per season.
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Q: C# Console App .exe Not Running Outside of Visual Studio I'm trying to run my .exe file for a console app I made. When I go to /bin/debug/~~~.exe it won't run. However, it still manages to build from inside Visual Studio.
How can I get this to work?

A: I have experienced the same situation, my exe is just a simple Hello World console. After a lot of trials and errors, I figured out it is just my antivirus (Avast Free Antivirus) pausing it. Whitelisting my exe solves the problem. Hope it is your case too.

A: Its my antivirus which is blocking my application. After uninstalling everything is working properly.

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package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Ignore;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.springframework.boot.test.EnvironmentTestUtils;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

/**
 * Tests for {@link MessageSourceAutoConfiguration}.
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
 * @author Eddú Meléndez
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 */
public class MessageSourceAutoConfigurationTests {

	private AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context;

	@After
	public void closeContext() {
		if (this.context != null) {
			this.context.close();
		}
	}

	@Test
	public void testDefaultMessageSource() throws Exception {
		load();
		assertEquals("Foo message",
				this.context.getMessage("foo", null, "Foo message", Locale.UK));
	}

	@Test
	public void testMessageSourceCreated() throws Exception {
		load("spring.messages.basename:test/messages");
		assertEquals("bar",
				this.context.getMessage("foo", null, "Foo message", Locale.UK));
	}

	@Test
	public void testEncodingWorks() throws Exception {
		load("spring.messages.basename:test/swedish");
		assertEquals("Some text with some swedish öäå!",
				this.context.getMessage("foo", null, "Foo message", Locale.UK));
	}

	@Test
	public void testMultipleMessageSourceCreated() throws Exception {
		load("spring.messages.basename:test/messages,test/messages2");
		assertEquals("bar",
				this.context.getMessage("foo", null, "Foo message", Locale.UK));
		assertEquals("bar-bar",
				this.context.getMessage("foo-foo", null, "Foo-Foo message", Locale.UK));
	}

	@Test
	public void testBadEncoding() throws Exception {
		load("spring.messages.encoding:rubbish");
		// Bad encoding just means the messages are ignored
		assertEquals("blah", this.context.getMessage("foo", null, "blah", Locale.UK));
	}

	@Test
	@Ignore("Expected to fail per gh-1075")
	public void testMessageSourceFromPropertySourceAnnotation() throws Exception {
		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
		this.context.register(Config.class, MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.class,
				PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class);
		this.context.refresh();
		assertEquals("bar",
				this.context.getMessage("foo", null, "Foo message", Locale.UK));
	}

	@Test
	public void testFallbackDefault() throws Exception {
		load("spring.messages.basename:test/messages");

		assertTrue(this.context.getBean(MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.class)
				.isFallbackToSystemLocale());
	}

	@Test
	public void testFallbackTurnOff() throws Exception {
		load("spring.messages.basename:test/messages",
				"spring.messages.fallback-to-system-locale:false");
		assertFalse(this.context.getBean(MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.class)
				.isFallbackToSystemLocale());
	}

	private void load(String... environment) {
		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
		EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(this.context, environment);
		this.context.register(MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.class,
				PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class);
		this.context.refresh();
	}

	@Configuration
	@PropertySource("classpath:/switch-messages.properties")
	protected static class Config {

	}

}

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You've made a conscious decision to open yourself up to love and positivity. To do that, you need to think happy thoughts—about everyone you encounter. (Yes, even her or him.) Positive vibes guru and #1 New York Times bestselling author Gabby Bernstein has a simple exercise to help you banish dark thoughts and build your strength by shining the light on everyone you meet.
It's easy to see the light in others in certain situations. When everyone is vibing high at the end of yoga or SoulCycle, you see their light. When a baby smiles at you, all you see is light. When you witness a stranger help an elderly person across a busy intersection, you see the light in them.
But what if you applied this practice to absolutely everyone you encountered? What if you were willing to see the light in everyone—no matter what?
What if you were willing to see the light in everyone—no matter what?
You may be resistant to this idea. When someone pisses you off, the last thing you might want to do is to interrupt your righteous anger and see the light in them.
Trust that all you need is the slightest willingness. Literally, all you have to do is silently say this prayer: The light in you is all I see.
This week, each moment you witness your judgmental nature, say this prayer to yourself. Be very conscious to use it.
Silently send these thoughts to everyone you encounter. Send this prayer to a stranger on the sidewalk, to the cashier at the grocery store, to your coworkers and to your family members. Send it to your Uber driver. Send it to your upstairs neighbor who sounds like they're moving furniture at midnight. Send it to the customer who is being rude to you. Send it to a politician on TV.
This practice has the power to transform your life quickly. When you go out of your way to see people in their light, you are returning to truth. You'll notice that you feel relief, like a weight is lifting.
Simply put, it just feels better to be accepting and compassionate. It feels empowering to see love wherever you are.


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"Properly Extensive Quantities" (Abstract)
in Proceedings of the Philosophy of Science Association 2014 Biennial Meeting. Philosophy of Science Vol. 82, No. 5. December, (2015).
This paper introduces and motivates the notion of a "properly extensive" quantity by means of a puzzle about the reliability of certain canonical length measurements. An account of these measurements' success, I argue, requires a modally robust connection between quantitative structure and mereology which is not mediated by the dynamics and is stronger than the constraints imposed by "mere additivity".
I outline what it means to say that length is not just extensive but properly so, and then briefly sketch an application of proper extensiveness to the project of providing a reductive ground for metric quantitative structure.
"What the Humean Should Say About Entanglement" (with Harjit Bhogal) (Abstract)
in Noûs 51 (1):74-94. (2017)
Tim Maudlin has influentially argued that Humeanism about laws of nature stands in conflict with quantum mechanics. Specifically Humeanism implies the principle Separability: the complete physical state of a world is determined by the intrinsic physical state of each space-time point. Maudlin argues Separability is violated by the entangled states posited by QM.
We argue that Maudlin only establishes that a stronger principle, which we call Strong Separability, is in tension with QM. Separability is not in tension with QM. Moreover, while the Humean requires Separability to capture the core tenets of her view, there's no Humean-specific motivation for accepting Strong Separability.
We go on to give a Humean account of entangled states which satisfies Separability. The core idea is that certain quantum states depend upon the Humean mosaic in much the same way as the laws do. In fact, we offer a variant of the Best System account on which the systemization procedure that generates the laws also serves to ground these states.
We show how this account works by applying it to the example of Bohmian Mechanics. The 3N-dimensional configuration space, the world particle in it and the wave function on it are part of the best system of the Humean mosaic, which consists of N particles moving in 3-dimensional space. We argue that this account is superior to the Humean account of Bohmian Mechanics defended by Loewer and Albert, which takes the 3N-dimensional space, and its inhabitants, as fundamental.
"How to Be a Substantivalist Without Getting Shifty About It" (Abstract)
in Philosophical Issues 27 (1):223-249. (2017)
According to substantivalism, spacetime points and regions are real entities whose existence is not dependent on matter. In this paper, I motivate and defend a version of substantivalism which takes the totality of spacetime as fundamental, and show how this position avoids certain problem cases, in particular the objection from static Leibniz shifts, and better conforms to how we think about space in physics. I argue that, even though the static Leibniz shifts do not show ordinary substantivalism is committed to in-principle undetectable physical structure ), they do indicate something problematic about the modal profile of space-time and its constituents. While the problem is modal, the solution cannot be solely a matter of revising the substantivalist's modal claims. Rather, I argue, the substantivalist must revise her background ontology of space-time. I show how this can be done by developing substantivalist theory that rejects this picture in favor of an alternative ontology of space-time in the spirit of priority monism.
- Completed or Under Review -
"On Mereology and Metricality" (Abstract)
Forthcoming in Philosophers' Imprint: Penultimate draft available here: On Mereology and Metricality
I motivate and develops a reductive account of the structure of certain physical quantities in terms of parthood. That is, I argue that quantitative relations like "longer than" or "3.6-times the volume of" can be analyzed in terms of necessary constraints those quantities put on the mereological structure of their instances. I develop this account in detail for spatial volume, and demonstrate how metrical notions, including the rich class of volume ratio relations, can be defined using parthood and the sharing of intrinsic, purely qualitative, properties. This account has numerous advantages. First, it is a genuinely reductive theory of volume's quantitative structure, in that it doesn't require any quantitative notions (such as ordering, summation, or betweenness) to be taken as primitive. Furthermore, the resulting account, I argue, is able to capture the intuition that these quantitative relations are intrinsic to the physical systems they're called upon to describe and explain.
"Does Physics Motivate a Dynamic Account of Quantity?" (Abstract)
(Draft available upon request)
This paper defends and motivates a "dynamic account" of mass, a theory on which mass's quantitative structure (specifically, mass ratio relations) is metaphysically dependent on the structure of other quantities (viz. spatiotemporal quantities like length or acceleration) together with the laws of nature. For instance, given F = ma, a dynamic theory of mass grounds the mass ratio "n-times as massive as" in the relative tendency to accelerate at 1/n-times the rate when under an equally strong force.
This account is philosophically fruitful, in that it solves a difficult puzzle in the metaphysics of quantity concerning the possibility of underpopulated worlds. It's also physically well-motivated, in that considerations from the physics—specifically, how the dynamical laws treat these quantities in different possible worlds—strongly suggest that (1) mass is dependent, for its structure, on length and temporal duration, and (2) this dependence obtains only in virtue of the dynamical laws being what they are.
"Is there Anything More to Mass Additivity than Dynamics?" (Abstract)
I argue that the additivity of mass (i.e. the property according to which a composite object's mass is the "sum" of its parts') is metaphysically dependent on dynamical laws governing massive bodies. In particular, taking additivity to be independent of dynamics commits you to widespread unexplained correlations between the mass properties of composites and the dynamic behavior of massive bodies. The second half of the paper extends this explanatory worry, arguing that the very same considerations apply to aspects of mass's quantitative structure. This gives rise to a new and powerful worry for certain popular theories about the fundamental structure of physical quantities—most notably the accounts defended by Mundy ("The Metaphysics of Quantity", 1987) and Eddon ("Fundamental Properties of Fundamental Properties", 2013).
- Works in Progress -
"There's Nothing in the Rulebook that Says a Dog Can't Play Basketball; Two Ways the Laws of Nature Might Govern" (Abstract)
This paper considers two ways we might make sense of the claim that the laws "govern" the physical world. On the "pushy" conception, governing laws are responsible for "producing" or "bringing about" the temporal evolution of the physical state. On the "constraining" conception, laws govern by putting limits on the possible evolution of the physical state. I consider how well each conception deals with the objections commonly raised against governing accounts of laws, and discuss how these conceptions of governing make a difference to our account of lawhood and of the role of laws in the physical world. For instance, only the constraining conception of law understands those aberrant physical scenarios for which Newtonian particle mechanics fails to have a unique solution—cases like "space-invaders" or the Norton dome—as cases of indeterminism in the theory; fewer constraints mean more possible evolutions. On the pushy conception, unless there are probabilistic laws that govern stochastically, the lack of a unique solution means that the dynamical laws are unable to evolve the physical state.
"Extension, Zero magnitudes, and the Problem of Quantitative Resemblance" (Abstract)
My "Properly Extensive Quantities" (2015) introduces the notion of a "properly extensive" quantity (like length, volume, or temporal duration), and distinguish them from "merely additive quantities" (like mass and charge), which are extensive but not properly so. It is sometimes said of mass (or of extensive quantities in general) that it is the "measure" of a physical system's "extent". In this paper, I argue that properly extensive quantities are better suited to "measure of the extent" of a physical system than the broader category of "extensive" quantities. Two important issues in the metaphysics of quantity depend, I argue, on which quantities are "measures of extent": The first concerns quantitative resemblance. It's generally thought that the notion of "exact similarity", understood in terms of shared natural properties, cannot account for a 3m rod being more similar a 2m rod than it is to a 45m rod (since none of them share any natural length properties except "has a length"). I argue, however, that we can give an elegant theory of quantitative resemblance, in the case of properly extensive quantities, in terms of exact similarity, but only if these quantities are the measure of a system's "extent". This account depends on the second issue, which concerns so-called "zero magnitudes". Should we interpret the terms '0m' (zero meters of length) or '0kg' as denoting a lack of length/mass? Or, are they merely another way of having length/mass, on par with any of that quantity's other magnitudes? The notion of extent, I argue, offers a clear answer: zero extent is a lack, while other zero magnitudes are not.
"There's no Speed of Light, So What the Heck did Michelson Measure?" (Abstract)
This paper concerns the tension between two claims that, I maintain, are both plausibly true. The first is that A. A. Michelson measured the speed of light in the late 1800s and arrived at a value that was very close to accurate. The second is that, strictly speaking, there is no such thing as the speed of light in special relativity. The first part of the paper is devoted to defending the second of these claims, which is remarkably controversial even among working physicists and philosophers of physics. Once this claim is established, the second half of the paper resolves this tension. Specifically, I explain that the value arrived at by Michelson and others does correspond to an objective feature of the physical world, but that this feature is not a speed. Rather, it has to do with an a posteriori relationship between our independently-chosen spatial and temporal units.
"Pushy Governing Laws and Nomological Modality"
- Papers Not Yet in Progress -
"Are Physical Constants Quantities?"
"Constitutive Properties and Epistemic Accessibility: What Artworks Hide from Us"
"Understanding Physical Lorentz Contraction"


A 22-year-old wearing a balaclava and equipped with a knife has been arrested for several burglaries in Langesund in Telemark. The man was apprehended with a wheelbarrow full of loot.
Just after midnight a young man woke up after hearing weird sounds in the house. When he got up, he met with a burglar wearing a balaclava and with a knife in his hand. The thief skedaddled when he realized he was discovered.
About three hours later, police got a message saying that the same man was observed with a wheelbarrow full of loot.
"It is not normal to wander around with a wheelbarrow containing both chainsaw and edge trimmer at three am in the morning, so the person notified us, says Operations Manager in the South East Police District, Vidar Aaltvedt, to NTB.
The 22-year-old man that was arrested around 3 am is in custody and will be questioned on Wednesday morning. Most of the stolen goods consist of garden tools that may have been stolen from sheds or garages. But other goods have also been found.
– Even if he did not use the knife, he did not bring it into the house for no reason, says Aaltvedt.
The police currently only know about two concrete sites that have been subjected to burglary, but it remains to find the owners of parts of the loot. Therefore, they encourage people in Langesund to check garages and sheds to see if the thief has been there.
The Operations Manager also points out that it took a long time from the first notification before the man was arrested.
– He may therefore have committed more burglaries and hid away goods elsewhere.
The 22-year-old is an acquaintance of the police and has made several burglaries previously.
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Jafara or Al Jfara ( Al Jifārah) is one of the districts of Libya, in the historical region of Tripolitania. Its capital and largest city is 'Aziziya. Jafara borders Tripoli in northeast, Jabal al Gharbi in south and Zawiya in the west.

From 2001 to 2007, Jafara District consisted of twenty Basic People's Congresses (BPCs). In 2007 it was enlarged by the addition of four BPCs from Tarabulus District (Tripoli), and presently consists of twenty-four Basic People's Congresses.

Per the census of 2012, the total population in the region was 157,747, with 150,353 Libyans. The average size of the household in the country was 6.9, while the average household size of non-Libyans being 3.7. There were totally 22,713 households in the district, with 20,907 Libyan ones.  The population density of the district was 1.86 persons per km2. Per 2006 census, there were totally 163,882 economically active people in the district.

Geography
Libya has mostly a flat undulating plain and occasional plateau, with an average elevation of around . Around 91 per cent of the land is covered by desert, with only 8.8 per cent agricultural land (with only 1% arable lands) and 0.1 per cent of forests. The major resources are petroleum, gypsum and natural gas. Along the coastal regions, the climate is Mediterranean in coastal areas, while it is desert climate in all other parts. Dust storms lasting four to eight days is pretty common during Spring. Triplotania is the northwest region, while it is Cyrenacia in the east and Fezzen in southwest. Triplotania runs from north to south and has set of coastal oases, plains and limestone plateaus having an elevation of  to . The region receives an annual rainfall of . There are no perennial rivers in the region, but the region is abundant with groundwater aquifers. Most of the major cities of Libya are located in the coastal regions.

Demographics
Per the census of 2012, the total population in the region was 157,747 with 150,353 Libyans. The average size of the household in the country was 6.9, while the average household size of non-Libyans being 3.7. There were totally 22,713 households in the district, with 20,907 Libyan ones.  The population density of the district was 1.86 persons per km2. Per 2006 census, there were totally 163,882 economically active people in the district. There were 70,302 government employees, 11,686 employers, 52,059 first level workers and 137 second level workers. There were 24,725 workers in state administration, 15,019 in agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, 17,617 in agriculture & hunting, 37,258 in education, 15,915 in private enterprises, 5,240 in health & social work, 8,912 in production, 41,237 in technical work and 1,367 service workers. The total enrollment in schools was 140,085 and the number of people above secondary stage and less than graduation was 9,802.
As per the report from World Health Organization (WHO), there were 0 communicable disease centres, 7 dental clinics, 0 general clinics, 1 in-patient clinics, 26 out-patient clinics, 135 pharmacies, 121 PHC centres, 0 polyclinics, 0 rural clinics and 1 specialized clinics. Islam is the state and major religion of the country.

Local administration

Libya became independent in 1951 from the colonial empire and generally known for its oil rich resources. All the powers rested centrally with the Brotherly Leader Gaddafi for 42 years till the 2011 armed rebellion which topple him. As per the constitution, Libya is the most decentralized Arab nation, but practically all powers are vested on central government on account of control over the oil revenues. Local governmental institutions manage the administration of education, industry, and communities. As a part of decentralization in 2012, the country is administratively split into 13 regions from the original 25 municipalities, which were further divided in 1,500 communes. Since 2015, the chief of the state is a chairman of Presidential Council, while the prime minister is the head of the state. The House of Representatives is an elected body that is elected on universal suffrage and popular vote. As of 2016, there were 22 administrative divisions in the country in the form of districts.

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August 23, 2014 | Opinion
GENEVIEVE NNAJI AND THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Source: thewillnigeria.com
Genevieve Nnaji, Nigeria's most popular and sought after actress in the ever growing Nollywood industry have demonstrated over time that audacity and tenacity of hope coupled with the grace of God can bring one to an enviable place in life despite initial difficulties and stigmatic experience.
Genevieve Nnaji, going down memory lane was that single parent at the age of seventeen, put in the family way by an irresponsible prince resident in Lagos, who, according to reports, denied both the pregnancy and the paternity of the lovely daughter. Reports have it that the man came crawling back years later begging for forgiveness and seeking for love from both Genevieve and the daughter he abandoned.
Genevieve Nnaji was that young girl of seventeen who after some flings of sexual immorality, discovered, about four months later that she was pregnant. According to her interview with a news medium years back, it took her mother seven months to discover that her daughter was pregnant. According to Genevieve 'The pregnancy was seven months gone before my Catholic mum discovered it. She couldn't believe it,' How can she be pregnant when she was 'very careful' according to her still remain a mystery to her till date. When a test confirmed it, her parents were disappointed but stood their ground against abortion. 'I didn't feel anything. I didn't even know till I was about four months. It was there, but I was still in shock. I didn't believe it'. She further explained how she blamed herself thus "I think I was pretty much hard on myself then than my parents or people. I was harder on myself, really. My parents reacted the way any parent would react - disappointed. I didn't know. My mother discovered it for me. I didn't know anything really. She discovered it for me and it was too late, we couldn't do anything and we're Catholics and I'm glad I didn't do anything funny really.'
Explaining why she didn't want to commit murder and fornication all at the same time, Genevieve stated that 'Getting rid of the pregnancy was an alternative then, but it was too late, because not until I was four months before we discovered it and so it was not what we could do, and my dad was like, 'it's a child for Christ's sake. God knows why he wants to bring that child into life'. We are Catholics and it's just that conscience, you do wrong once and doing another would not make the first right. So, you either correct your mistake by doing the right thing. If I was pregnant, and then have an abortion, it would have been like murder after fornication! So, that was basically wrong.'
Genevieve with the scolding, rebuke, as well as resignation to fate of her parents, was able to rise up to become a shining star in Nigeria's contemporary film industry. Genevieve rose beyond the heartbreaking disappointment of irresponsible men, taunts of friends, condemnation of close family acquaintances, and disillusioned remarks from church members, to occupy an enviable place in the annals of the entertainment industry in Nigeria. The Abor-Mbaise , Imo State born actress from a middle class parent comprising a banker dad and a teacher mum made news between 1998 and 2002 when she became the wonder girl of Nigeria's movie industry, Nollywood. Since then she has won awards both locally and internationally and is being adjudged as the most popular actress in Nigeria. She is the most celebrated actress in Nigeria and had gotten rare reviews in international magazines and news media. She is however not new to acting, having featured in the then poplar soap opera "Ripples" from when she was eight.
This is where the audacity of hope young Genevieve came in. Everyone has one sad tale or the other to tell in life. While some are self inflicted, others are as a result of the deceptions and wickedness of men. It is easy to condemn a girl put in a family way by an irresponsible randy man, not man enough to own up to responsibility. While for some it is unwanted pregnancy, for others it is a divorcedmarriage and yet for others it is childlessness in marriage. Rape, early widowhood also carries great disillusionment. Some have been jobless for more than usual time and everybody in the neighborhood adjudged them lazy, suspicious, idle and every act of criminality in the neighborhood was attributed to them. That in itself cases self depression and low self esteem. Some were battered in a failed marriage and everyone attributed the failed marriage to them. People make mistakes in life and it is expected that the next person who cares helps the fallen to stand. However, where nobody is willing to help, one must rise up , shrug off the disappointments and look up to God for a new beginning and surely with help from above, one is assured of a glorious bounce back .
A girl I came to know of in the year around 2007 was faced with a somewhat similar situation with our own Genevieve. This girl, a graduate of University of Jos by name Glory was betrothed to a man who refused to cut off ties with old girlfriend and after traditional marital rites began, the former lady resurfaced and the new one was abandoned with eight month old pregnancy. This girl from a decent Assemblies of God Church background, after traditional marriage, l did not wait for church wedding before commencing some sexual exercise which resulted in pregnancy. The man abandoned Glory, after some domestic manhandling and she was forced to live with her brother to deliver the baby. With the help of highly understanding brother and equally understanding brother's wife, she was shielded from a taunting mother. Also with the input of understanding gospel ministers and pastors God brought around her, Glory was able to pick up her life again with her lovely daughter and moved from jobless to a petty sales girl to a clerk in a construction site to an accounts officer in a thriving Bureau De Change and Micro finance Bank. In 2012, a man from Port Harcourt came and snatched her in holy matrimony. This homely and intelligent young girl in early twenties with lots of acumen upstairs would have been rubbished by an irresponsible man .
Another Lady by name Favour lost her pastor husband few months into the marriage in 1999 or so then she was a student of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT). Though men wrote off the young widow of about twenty years with her four month old pregnancy, she put behind the widowhood, put her trust in God and became fervent in her church activities in Winners Chapel. Her good nature attracted some young suitors from where she prayerfully chose a handsome young man who accepted her with the son from the previous marriage. Both have been happily married since 2012 with three more lovely kids. Favour has helped lots of women having challenges in their marriage to find their footings, restoring peace to broken homes. Thus the devil that wanted to destroy he destinies of Glory and Favour failed woefully.
In contrast, a sad situation confronted me as I was stepping out of a commercial bank in ,Abuja sometime arond 2007. A girl who in my estimate cannot be more than 16 years of age and carrying a baby which appears slightly above one year plus accosted me. Both the girl and the baby looked unkept, tardy and distressed. This girl asked me for financial assistance so that she can go back to Umuahia , in Abia State and beg her parents to accept her back since her efforts to relocate with her Akure born runaway boyfriend had failed. This girl whose parent according to what she told me, were staunch Christians, was impregnated by an Akure man who came to Umuahia to do a sub-contract job with a firm. This man denied the pregnancy and as the contract was over he absconded from Umuahia. The parents of the girl were informed months later that the man currently owns and drives a taxi in Abuja and they threw their daughter and the son out of the house , asking her to locate the boy's father and marry him . According to her brief narrative, she came to Abuja to seek for her son's father turned taxi driver but the man refused to be seen. All her efforts to locate him met brick walls and the man who should help locate the runaway friend was playing hide and seek, probably on the instructions of the taxi driver.
Having been toyed by her man's friends for some weeks, sleeping in dangerous places with a baby boy,the distraught girl decided to go back to Umuahia and in her own words " beg my father and mother to forgive and accept me back". I assisted her with some thousands of naira and she embarrassingly knelt down on the kerb on a busy Gwarimpa Estate road in thanksgiving for my kind gesture, not minding that passers by were equally embarrassed. I hastily disappeared from the scene, pondering over her impoverished and pitiable her situation that a few thousands of naira could bring such relief.
The world is full of mistakes, and people fall into all manners of traps that bring regrets, embarrassments, denials and stigmatization. The devil uses such to keep lots of people in bondage, destroys destinies and ushers in life of regrets. Irresponsible men, women, cultures, norms, government and policies have brought untoward embarrassment, pain, sorrow and damages to people but one must decide not to allow such blur a glorious future.
The Bible states 'Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, _forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, _I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.'( Philippians 3:13-14 ) I counsel those who found themselves in any situation that has brought some form of embarrassment, pain, depression, shame and stigmatization to take the advice of the Scripture, ask for forgiveness, forgive oneself, forget the past and move on with life.
Parents, friends, family members, church members and colleagues must not hesitate to help out after initial corrective outbursts. All dogs eat shit, but the dog that carries shit in the mouth is easily identified as the shit consumer, so says a Biafra proverb, therefore, beyond the compulsory initial condemnations, where necessary, those at the receiving end of irresponsible men, women and cultural practices needs all the support they can get. Where the support is not coming, the affected must not condemn self. Jesus said to that adulterous woman" Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more"( John 8:11) and that should be our attitude.
Genevieve Nnaji is a classic example of how a young girl refused to give up in herself, and with the support of disciplined but understanding parents, was able to overcome a painful past and forge on unto glory. She is the face of hope from hopeless situations. She overcame psychological, emotional and intellectual trauma to land herself a glorious future. Genevieve had shown that with God on one's side and with audacity of hope, a great testimony could come out of life's worst depressing moment .
Written by Obinna Akukwe.
Disclaimer: "The views/contents expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of thewillnigeria.com and do not necessarily reflect those of The Nigerian Voice. The Nigerian Voice will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article."


in small bathroom remodeling opulence is out – cool, performance and simpleness is in! The days of complimentary flowing access to money have flamed out and the overly huge bathroom has actually been blown up with it. The essential catchphrases in remodeling today are value and design on a spending plan. Considering that it most likely doesn't make economic sense to invest big dollars in a room addition to make your bath larger, consider the following easy steps to make your small bathroom cooler and more practical.
In your small bathroom, space is a luxury you most likely don't have. Design concepts will certainly stretch the limits of your imagination, however a small bathroom likewise provides the opportunity to make a comfortable, relaxing space by making the most of the space you do have.
When tiling your bathroom, think about having fun with the direction of your tiles. By changing conventional subway tiles from horizontal to vertical, your eye is drawn upwards toward the ceiling, eventually providing the wall is taller than it is.
One of the very best methods to optimize your small bathroom is to secure your bathroom door completely and include a pocket door. Using the existing wall to house the door, it opens all of that typically dead space behind it, leaving you with the impression of a bigger room.
Started by replacing the bath or shower fiberglass system with a brand-new trendy tub from Kohler. It was a bit broader and taller than exactly what had existed and right away that assisted to upgrade the room. My client was thrilled, she wanted a tub with a little bit more space and we found one to fit the existing space. I recommended that we make use of white subway tile for the tub surround not only because of its classic appearance, but also due to the fact that it is an inexpensive tile that delivers a great look! By keeping the tub and surround light, the area is light, crisp and appears bigger.
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OpenPTrack has been installed at cheLA in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A center for the interpretive merging of arts, culture, technology and community, cheLA is a long-time partner of UCLA REMAP. Their continued collaboration and this semi-permanent deployment equips educators, researchers, designers, and artists working across disciplines with an interface for body-based, human-computer interaction. UCLA REMAP Executive Director Jeff Burke presented the installation and OpenPTrack, now optimized to operate on the NVIDIA Jetson TK1 and TX1, on March 31, 2016 (pictures below).
Previously, in September 2015, UCLA REMAP Project Manager Randy Illum presented OpenPTrack at cheLA, with a demo of a portable deployment. cheLA staff members and resident artists and students from the University of Buenos Aires were able to play and experiment with OpenPTrack.


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Clears the cache, and deletes every element of this graph.
Initializes LazyGraph's cache and vectors.
Returns the number of curves in this graph.
Returns the number of nodes in this graph.
Returns the number of areas in this graph.
Sets the Node Cache size, i.e.
Sets the Curve Cache size, i.e.
Sets the Area Cache size, i.e.
Loads a graph from a basic file, using fileReader.
Loads a graph from an indexed file, using fileReader.
Loads a graph from a basic file.
Will get the Node corresponding to the given Id.
Will get the Curve corresponding to the given Id.
Will get the Area corresponding to the given Id.
Will get the subgraph corresponding to the given AreaId.
Returns the childs of a given curve.
Returns the child of a given area.
Adds a node to this graph.
Adds a curve to this graph.
Adds an area to this graph.
Moves a control point or a node on a given curve.
Deletes a resource from this graph.
Loads the Node corresponding to the given Id.
Loads the Curve corresponding to the given Id.
Loads the Area corresponding to the given Id.
Loads a subgraph corresponding to a given AreaId.
Removes a Node from this graph.
Removes a Curve from this graph.
Removes an Area from this graph.
Clean method to erase the changes in the graph.
Reads the data file to pass through a given graph.
Returns the list of offsets for each node.
Returns the list of offsets for each curve.
Returns the list of offsets for each area.
Returns an iterator containing the Nodes of this Graph.
Returns an iterator containing the Curves of this Graph.
Returns an iterator containing the Areas of this Graph.
The entire list of curves in this graph.
The entire list of nodes in this graph.
The entire list of areas in this graph.
Id of the next node that will be created.
Id of the next curve that will be created.
Id of the next area that will be created.
The offsets of each Node in the input file.
The offsets of each Curve in the input file.
The offsets of each Area in the input file.
The offsets of each subgraph in the input file.
Cache of unused and modified Nodes.
Cache of unused and modified Curves.
Cache of unused and modified Areas.
File descriptor for loading graph elements.
A Graph that will only load the offsets of each elements (node/curve/area) in the input file.
It will then fetch the element directly in the file if a required element isn't already loaded. It keeps track of the resources it has loaded, and automatically deletes them when they are unused (i.e. unreferenced). Alternatively, a lazygraph can cache unused resources so that they can be loaded quickly if they are needed again. LazyGraph contains a list for each kind of resource which maps the Id of the resource to the position where the data of that resource can be found in the file used in fileReader. LazyGraph can then just move the get pointer of the file in fileReader to be able to retrieve the info about a selected resource.
Necessary when deleting the LazyGraph or when loading new data.
This method is called from the resource destructor when a resource gets deleted (for example when a node is deleted in the releaseNode method).
*Id a resource's Id which is currently being deleted.
id the id of the area we want to get/load.
id the id of the curve we want to get/load.
id the id of the node we want to get/load.
If has already been loaded, it will only get it from the cache. Otherwise, it will load it.
id the AreaId of the desired Area.
A child Area is an area that was created from another area by clipping.
Child Curves are the curves that were created from another curve by clipping.
a CurveIterator containing the child curves.
id the CurveId of the desired Curve.
id the NodeId of the desired Node.
Only used when loading an area.
id the Id of the area containing the subgraph.
This method is only used for loading subgraphs. Empty implementation for LazyGraph.
the stream to read the data from.
loadSubgraphs if true, will load the subgraphs.
This method determines whether to call load() or loadIndexed() method.
file the file to load from.
The Area description will be fetched via fileReader at the offset given as parameter.
offset the offset of this Area in the file.
id the id of this Area.
The Curve description will be fetched via fileReader at the offset given as parameter.
offset the offset of this Curve in the file.
id the id of this Curve.
Indexed files are used to load LazyGraphs faster. It contains the indexes of each element in the file.
The Node description will be fetched via fileReader at the offset given as parameter.
offset the offset of this Node in the file.
id the id of this Node.
Only used when loading an Area. The Graph description will be fetched via fileReader at the offset given as parameter.
offset the offset of this Graph in the file.
the id of the Area containing this Graph.
c the curve to edit.
i the index of the control point (or node, if i is 0 or c->getSize()-1) to move on c.
p the new control point or node position.
parent the parent area (NULL if none).
setParent if true, the new area's parent will be s et to the 'parent' parameter.
model a model curve : the new curve will have the same vertices, if any.
parent the parent curve (NULL if none).
setParent if true, the new curve's parent will be set to the 'parent' parameter.
p a vector containing the coordinates of the new node.
Used for loading : we only want to get the offset of graphs, So, we keep it, and then directly jump to the next subgraph.
If there is a cache of unused resource then this resource is put in this cache (the oldest resource in the cache is evicted if the cache is full). Otherwise if there is no cache, the resource is deleted directly.
NodeId an unused Node Id, i.e. an unreferenced resource (See ptr class).
a an Area to remove.
c a Curve to remove.
n a Node to remove.
This method is called when editing the Graph.
id the id of an Area that is currently being deleted.
id the id of a Curve that is currently being deleted.
id the id of a Node that is currently being deleted.
the number of areas that can be kept in memory at the same time.
the number of curves that can be kept in memory at the same time.
the number of nodes that can be kept in memory at the same time.
Loaded in the load() function.