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Release: October 21, 2019
The state of Illinois faces a significant structural deficit into the future. The report highlights the nature of the structural deficit and identifies two key causes: the state's historically flawed tax policy and the plan devised for repayment of Illinois' pension debt. CTBA proposes both the adoption of the Fair Tax and a reamortization of the pension debt as described in the report titled: Addressing Illinois' Pension Debt Crisis With Reamortization. Doing so would allow the State to ensure full funding for the Evidence Based Funding Formula while also improving the status of Illinois' public employee pension system and eliminating the State's structural deficit by 2042.
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Illinois' Two-Decade Disinvestment in Higher Education
For two decades, Higher Education in Illinois has been cast aside. Despite the evidence and relationship between educational attainment and economic viability, Higher Education in Illinois continues to be divested.
Since 2000, General Fund appropriation for Higher Education in Illinois has been less than it was in FY2000. While FY2020 appropriations are more than FY2019, they are still not enough to make Higher Education affordable for many students in Illinois. This means that public universities and community colleges must rely more heavily on tuition and fees. In fact, average in-state tuition at an Illinois four-year public university has increased 136.3 percent from FY2000 to FY2017.
As a result, with General Fund appropriations being less than two decades ago and tuition costs increasing, Higher Education has seen an overall decline in enrollment. This negates Illinois' plan to create a "well-educated workforce with skills and competencies to compete in the modern economy" as intended by The Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career Success. Hardest hit by the disinvestment in Higher Education are students in Black and Latino households.
In Illinois' Two-Decade Disinvestment in Higher Education, CTBA analyzes everything from economic impacts of higher educations, General Fund appropriation impacts on Higher Education in Illinois, the reliability of public institutions on tuition and fees, which disproportionately affects low-income students and students of color, and how the growing cost of college has contributed to a decrease in enrollment in our public colleges and universities.
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Governor Rauner's FY2019 General Fund Budget Proposal Neither Balances Nor Addresses Long-Term Structural Fiscal Issues
Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 marks the fourth General Fund Budget proposed by Governor Bruce Rauner. For the first two years of Governor Rauner's administration, FY2016 and FY2017, the state went without a full General Fund Budget. That gave Illinois the dubious honor of going the longest that any state in the country had ever gone without a budget. This budget impasse led to an explosion in the state's deficit under Governor Rauner's watch. The state's backlog of bills was $5.97 billion on July 1, 2015, when the impasse began.
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Turnaround Fact Sheet #1: Workers' Compensation
Release: March 16, 2017
This is the first in a series of CTBA Fact Sheets reviewing the proposals in Governor Bruce Rauner's "Turnaround Agenda," which the Governor's office has made a precondition of signing any state budget.
Illinois' Significant Disinvestment in Higher Education
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability Releases New Report on the Cost of Disinvestment in Higher Education
CHICAGO – Between 2000 and 2015, Illinois cut nearly $1.4 billion from General Fund appropriations to Higher Education—even before the ongoing budget crisis, which has cost Illinois colleges and universities over a billion addition dollars. That is one finding from Illinois' Significant Disinvestment in Higher Education, a new report released today by the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (CTBA).
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Several new custodial products for Bitcoin and other digital assets emerged this week, targeting to attract big institutional investors like banks, insurers and pension funds to pour money into the crypto market. If successful, the move will help boost the liquidity on cryptocurrency exchanges, which should contribute towards lower volatility and better acknowledgement.
French hardware wallet provider Ledger unveiled on Tuesday its custodial product, developed in partnership with Japanese investment bank Nomura and investment house Global Advisors, just a few hours after US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced a similar product as part of a suite of new services aimed at institutional investors. A day earlier, Palo Alto blockchain security startup BitGo revealed its own custodial service for cryptocurrencies, saying it addresses regulatory compliance requirements that are essential for institutional investors.
One of the big hurdles for institutional money to enter into crypto thus far has been the lack of a robust safekeeping of digital assets. Investors in digital assets have always feared hacking, lack of security, compliance challenges, and physical safety risks (kidnapping, assault). Such lack of technologically sound safekeeping solutions, paired with the lack of regulatory and compliance criteria in the ecosystem have been preventing asset managers from building efficient crypto portfolios.
However, gaining exposure to crypto assets has been on the radar of investment managers for quite some time and now this has the potential to become a reality. Notably, one of the reasons why the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) denied licensing a Bitcoin ETF in March 2017 was the lack of sound custodian structures where investors' funds are protected from theft.
Ledger, which is known for producing the Nano S hardware wallets, announced on the Consensus conference that together with its partners - Nomura and Global Advisors, the parent company of CoinShares – is setting up a new venture, dubbed Komainu, to allow institutional investors to manage their cryptocurrency assets by providing them with the necessary safekeeping and custody services.
Komainu, which means 'guardian' in Japanese, will aim to overcome the barriers to crypto market entry for institutional investors. It will provide secure, compliant investments in digital assets through new services and standards. Komainu will aim at bringing together traditional investments and digital assets. Ledger will build the necessary technological infrastructure and Nomura will take care of the operational framework. Komainu will thus provide robust safekeeping for investment houses that are looking for an exposure to different digital asset classes.
Ledger's new product is a digital asset security solution called Ledger Vault. Some of the participants so far in the early access program are Genesis Trading, Global Advisors, LCX, IronChain Capital, XBTO, and Smart Valor.
Joining the pursuit of institutional money, Coinbase also released a solution on its own. Coinbase's answer to institutional interest is a custodial storage solution called Coinbase Custody. The requirement to participate is to have USD 10 million in deposits and pay USD 100 000 initial set-up fee and 10 basis point fee per month. With this new product, Coinbase aims at providing investment institutions with a trusted and reliable custodian of digital assets, something that has been an everlasting problem for some big investors.
Coinbase Custody will start rolling its early access program later this year.
Californian startup BitGo's custodial service for digital assets for institutional investors involves the acquisition of a US qualified custodian of traditional financial assets, called Kingdom Trust. However, while waiting for the acquisition to be finalized, BitGo has already started building other custodian solutions.
The offering spans from allowing others to manage the private keys required to access the funds to those who want to set up and manage the private keys by themselves.
BitGo is primarily focusing on Bitcoin, but it is increasing the number of supported coins as hedge funds are showing interest in holding different digital assets.
Overall, those new custodian products are a very positive news for all digital assets as they will entice big players to come at the door, seeking to store their digital assets securely.
On the other hand, BitGo, Ledger, and Coinbase are certainly trying to appeal to businesses on Wall Street. Combined with the upcoming Goldman Sachs launch of a crypto trading desk, this may be another catalyst to institutional acceptance and potentially even for the approval of an ETF for cryptocurrencies.


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What happens when sperm and egg donors lose the right to anonymity?
In the UK and New Zealand, people conceived using donated sperm, eggs or embryos who turn 18 this year will be able to learn the identity of their donors – but it is unclear how many will want to
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Telling children they were conceived using egg or sperm donations can be difficult
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Dozens of people conceived using a donated egg, sperm or embryo in the UK will receive an unusual birthday present when they turn 18 this year, as they gain the right to learn the identity of their previously anonymous donor.
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Wet and Wild 1: Willows and Seep Willows
Filed under: California Native Plants, CNPS public walks, Nature Writing, writing | Tags: mulefat, native plants, riparian, willows
Wow, 3.5 inches of rain in the last two days! Yes, yes, I know anyone outside southern California wouldn't even bother with an umbrella for that little, but around here, the news media are howling about THE FLOOD. Worse, according to at least one outlet, we environmentalists have caused the flooding (!), because "we" stopped San Diego from pulling on its 1950 tin hardhat and running bulldozers through all the creeks and storm drains so that they'll drain straight to the ocean. Of course, "THE FLOOD" has occurred where water backed up into the flood plains of the San Diego and Tijuana Rivers, areas that flood during every major wet event, but that doesn't get much attention. Worse, if all the crap in the storm channels went into the Pacific Ocean, it would trash San Diego's famous beaches and drive off the tourist. This is the real reason why the city is having trouble implementing this plan, as it runs contrary to the Clean Water Act. But that doesn't really bubble up to the media surface either. Flooded roads! Drama! Media exposure!
Where was I? Oh yes, there are in fact plants growing inside the flood channels despite the glowers of the SD Storm Water Department, and they are the topic for this entry. The plants? Willows and seep willows, two plants that grow great together. Both of them like water, whether it's in seasonally flooded arroyos or on the shores of rivers and lakes. Or in the city's undeveloped canyon bottoms.
To start with, "seep willow" is an alternate name for mulefat, and it isn't a willow. Instead, Baccharis salicifolia is one of the biggest Asteraceae in California. It's often mistaken for a true willow (genus Salix), but the white Baccharis composite flowers usually give it away. Mulefat blooms in fall, but the dead flowers and buds are around most of the year. The smell is distinctive too, resinous and easier to remember than describe.
As for telling the true willows apart, that's a bit harder. My favorite system for southern California is still the one Tom Chester published a few years ago. Go to that site to learn the five willows that are common in San Diego. Actually, there's only three that are common (four in the desert), so they are not hard to learn.
Why do willows and mulefat look so much alike? The reason is convergent evolution, which is a technical way of saying that living anywhere that can flood is a bit dangerous, and very different species have figured out the same formula for surviving a flash flood. If you're a plant, you don't get to run away from danger, and where it floods, you've got to deal with surges of water, along with the gravel, rocks, and other debris that come with the water. Both willows and mulefat have worked out a strategy that includes being able to resprout from a stump or branch (useful if a branch gets broken off and carried downstream), having very flexible branches, and long, streamlined leaves. It's fun to play with the branches of willows and mulefat. They flex all over the place, and both are useful for basketry (think wicker) because of this. These are plants that bend before the water rather than breaking, and if they do break, they can resprout if the flood leaves them in suitable soil. This last property is beloved by restorationists, who propagate these plants from cuttings, because they will grow rapidly and keep banks from eroding.
Sexually, willows and mulefat are also similar. Mulefat blooms in the late fall, willow blooms in winter, and both species have fuzzy seeds that float on the breeze. This is probably convergence again: releasing seeds during flood season is a way to colonize sandbars and other areas scoured bare by floods. I still can't explain why both mulefat and willows have separate male and female plants, but they do. The easy way to spot the females is to look for unreleased seeds and the resulting fuzz, and it's easier with mulefat than with willows. The fact that each plant is a single sex can be a problem for restorationists, as they need to plant both male and female plants to insure that they will have breeding partners. It's a minor but important detail.
Finally, if you look around, you will find mulefat away from the seasonally flooded arroyos it prefers. Often it has been planted, but still, it is common to find mulefat in areas that seldom, if ever, flood. What is it doing there? The simple answer is it's growing. Happily. The thing to remember is that the mulefat is adapted to surviving floods, but it doesn't particularly need floods to survive. If there's a bit of water in the soil, mulefat can happily grow with other dryland Baccharis species (such as coyotebrush or broom baccharis). However, if the site floods, I'd bet that mulefat would be the only survivor. Everyday living isn't an emergency, despite what the Storm Water Department might want us to believe.
Kissing under the Mistletoe
Filed under: California Native Plants, CNPS public walks, Nature Writing | Tags: mistletoe, native plants, winter solstice
Why do we kiss under the mistletoe anyway? Following the normal procedure (Googling) I read a bit and found a reference to it being a symbol of peace in Scandinavia, linking it to the legend of Baldur's death. And then there's the obligatory reference to druid's cutting down mistletoe from a mistle-oak on the SUMMER solstice with a golden sickle, and…
Right. Actually, all you have to do is actually look at a fruiting mistletoe to realize the answer is a lot more graphic. But I'll get to that in a bit. Since mistletoes were one of my late grandmother's favorite plants and it is the season for harvesting the darlings, I thought I'd add a bit to the mistletoe lore.
To us botanists, mistletoes are a group of hemi-parasitic plants in the order Santalales. Yes, Santa has something to do with mistletoe…not really. To unpack that statement: a parasite is something that gains nutrients from a host, to the host's detriment. Parasites come in two flavors: holo-parasites that get everything from its host, and hemi-parasites that get some of its nutrients from outside their hosts. Parasites don't generally read, so reality is a lot more messy than that, as anyone who hosts a financial holoparasite knows. But I digress. The order Santalales has nothing to do with Santa either, sadly. It is named after the sandalwood genus Santalum. American mistletoes used to be in their own family, Viscaceae, but if you follow the current APG system, they are also grouped in the Santalaceae. So if you can think of Santa smelling like sandalwood and holding a mistletoe, then you've got something to remember this whole group by.
According to the San Diego Plant Atlas, San Diego County hosts two genera and nine species of mistletoes, none of which are the European mistletoe (Viscum album) of legend, lore, and Victorian-era coverups. The two genera are Arceuthobium and Phoradendron. Despite what I just said, Arceuthobiums, commonly known as dwarf mistletoes, are holoparasites. How do you tell? They're not green. Hemiparasitic mistletoes are green and photosynthesize. Dwarf mistletoes attack conifers, and you can identify them based on the identity of the host tree. Phoradendron mistletoes are green, and of the seven species, the ones you tend to see in the city's canyons are P. macrophyllum on sycamores among other non-oak trees, and P. villosum primarily on oaks. Winter is a great time to look for mistletoes, especially in the sycamores, because there aren't any leaves to block your view of the mistletoes in the crowns.
So let's get folkloric. You can read all about the druids and the Norse elsewhere (see link above). All of these people seem to repeat the same stuff from the old stories, so I'll add a couple more tidbits. For instance, the symbolism of cutting mistletoe from an oak with a golden sickle at mid-summer. As explained by a modern druid, the sickle is a moon symbol, gold is for the sun, the mistletoe is a weird plant that grows in the air (spirit) not the ground (reality), the summer solstice is the time of maximum daylight, after which the daylight decreases, and English mistletoe rarely grows on oaks, so finding one on an oak is a rare event. All nice and symbolic, except that the druids probably used a falx, which is more like a bill-hook. Another modern druid actually made a couple of golden sickles out of 9 carat gold and found that yes, you can cut mistletoe with it. You get about two sprigs before the golden blade breaks. Feel free to replicate the experiment. I can tell you from experience that local mistletoe wood is quite brittle.
But kissing under the mistletoe… Yes, yes. It's a pretty poisonous plant, but we'll ignore that. That's not why you stick it up. Look instead at mistletoe biology. Mistletoe berries are spread by birds that eat the berries. To help the seeds get crapped out on branches rather than the ground, mistletoe berries are very sticky. Birds wipe their butts on branches to get them out, and voila! the seed has a new host to grow into. So we're talking about a seed that's off-white, like a little pearl of something sticky, and it rather resembles some other droplet that's off-white and rather sticky. You can start thinking about sexual symbolism here. In the old days, boys used to pull a berry off the mistletoe each time they kissed a girl under it, too. They may have been counting uses, or they may have been hoping for something else after the kiss. Hard to tell.
And if you look at the fruiting branch of a mistletoe, you'll see that it's a rather stiff, upright little branch that's quite thick in proportion to its height. The berries are paired on either side of it, and typically, the last two berries are the one at the base of the nice straight bare stem. Yes, it's about the most blatantly phallic symbol you can find in the local flora, and we're really talking about a little fertility ritual here. So ignore the hemi-parasitism, ignore the Santa order stuff, and ignore the whole story of Baldur. Just have fun smooching under the mistletoe!


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Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb tweeted homophobic slurs in 2011, 2012
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The controversy over Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Josh Hader's insensitive social media posts from several years ago may be just the tip of the iceberg.
Several troubling tweets, many of them using a homophobic slur, from Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb surfaced Sunday -- just after Newcomb lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning.
Twitter user @NatsSquid reproduced three tweets from 2011 and 2012 -- when Newcomb, now 25, was an 18-year-old senior at Middleboro (Mass.) High School.
The first tweet with a racial epithet was a line from the rap song The Motto by Drake, featuring Lil' Wayne and Tyga.
However the other two -- as well as several more on Newcomb's Twitter feed that have since been deleted -- contained homophobic slurs.
Newcomb asked to address the media after the Braves clubhouse had closed following the game.
"This is something that obviously can't be happening. I feel bad about it. I don't mean to offend anybody. I definitely regret it," he said.
He also added that he "meant nothing by it. I didn't mean to offend anybody and I'll make sure it doesn't happen again."
The Braves later released a statement that read:
"We are aware of the tweets that surfaced after today's game and have spoken to Sean who is incredibly remorseful. Regardless of how long ago he posted them, he is aware of the insensitivity and is taking full responsibility.
"We find the tweets hurtful and incredibly disappointing and even though he was 18 or 19 years old when posted, it doesn't make them any less tolerable. We will work together with Sean towards mending the wounds created in our community."
The incident was remarkably similar to what happened with Hader at this year's All-Star Game in Washington.
More:How Josh Hader and other athletes could have avoided Twitter blowback
More:Expect lots of haters when Josh Hader takes to the road starting Thursday
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After Hader's old tweets became public, he issued an apology for his remarks immediately after the game. He was not disciplined by MLB, but will have to undergo sensitivity training.
It is expected Newcomb will receive a similar punishment.
However, last year, the Toronto Blue Jays and MLB suspended center fielder Kevin Pillar two games for his use of a homophobic slur. That incident occurred during a game, not on social media.
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This Wednesday, we're going to focus on just one website – Help My Kid Learn!
Help My Kid Learn is a website by NALA (National Adult Literacy Agency) to help parents to develop their children's learning at home. The activities are broken up into different age-groups. The activities fall under the categories of 'Talk', 'Play', 'Read', 'Write' and 'Count' and discusses how to approach the activity, why the activity is important and how to follow on from the activity. They also have suggestions for online activities and for smartphone apps that could help. There's also an option on the website to sign up for monthly tips and ideas to help your child learn.
If you have concerns about your child in a particular area, although you are always welcome to talk to his/her class teacher or to Ms Sugrue or Mr Kinsella, this is an alternative support!
The website is based on the 'Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life' (Department of Education and Skills 2011). This strategy tries to improve literacy and numeracy among young people, by linking schools, parents and communities to help children's learning. You can read more about the strategy here.
Above everything else, the website emphasises that you know your child better than anyone else and that every child has different needs. What do you think? What activities work well with your child?
Thanks for letting us know about the website "helpmykidlearn". I just looked at their website and there are lot of interactive and educative activities filled up. Thank you!!


It was 1970, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and four visionary accountants recognized a gap in the market. They saw the need for an accounting firm that provided the same quality services as national firms, but with an emphasis on closely-held businesses and growth-oriented organizations.
With this in mind, they created a firm that could provide these stellar services, while also focusing on individual clients and helping them achieve their goals. Today we continue that tradition.
Founded in Indianapolis by four Indiana University graduates. After operating under different combinations of the foursome's last names, they decided to use the name of the partner with the shortest name, Ron Blue.
Seymour, IN office opened to serve local manufacturing, distribution and construction clients.
Blue & Co. acquired an existing office in Rensselaer, IN.
Columbus, IN office opened as a result of a merger with a locally-established firm.
A satellite office opened in downtown Indianapolis, IN.
Louisville, KY (East-HC) office opened to better serve area healthcare clients.
Columbus, OH office opened and the Rensselaer, IN practice closed.
Lexington and Louisville, KY (Downtown-Comm) opened as a result of merger with Kentucky-based firm.
Bloomington, IN office opened as a result of a merger with a local firm.
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from pathlib import Path
import praw
import os
import sys
import time

from helper_functions import print_and_log

def login(username, password, client_secret, client_id, user_agent):

    # Try to login or sleep/wait until logged in, or exit if user/pass wrong
    NotLoggedIn = True
    while NotLoggedIn:
        try:
            reddit = praw.Reddit(
                user_agent=user_agent,
                client_id=client_id,
                client_secret=client_secret,
                username=username,
                password=password)
            print_and_log("Logged in")
            NotLoggedIn = False
        except praw.errors.InvalidUserPass:
            print_and_log("Wrong username or password", error=True)
            exit(1)
        except Exception as err:
            print_and_log(str(err), error=True)
            time.sleep(5)
    return reddit


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Cold fronts, simple rain storms, hurricanes and tornadoes - these and more are the subjects of this fascinating look at the earth's climate and weather.
Vibrant full-color illustrations and photographs on every page show all kinds of weather conditions and lucid descriptions, explain the underlying scientific principles.
It's all here:- the warmimng of the earth, their processes in the water cycle, how moving air and changing pressure create the weather, what makes extremes of weather happen, how living things have adapted to their local climate, how people predict and record the weather, and more.


Donald Trump is coming to the Bay Area.
The notorious real estate mogul turned presidential candidate has been chosen to deliver the keynote address at the California Republican Party Convention kickoff lunch banquet, party officials said today.
All three remaining Republican presidential candidates will give speeches during the convention, which will go from April 29 to May 1 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport at 1333 Old Bayshore Highway in Burlingame.
The participation of Trump, the race's frontrunner, was just announced today. He will speak at the lunch banquet on April 29. Ohio Gov. John Kasich will speak at a dinner banquet that night and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will speak at a lunch banquet on April 30.
"This is the most exciting Republican presidential primary California has seen in generations," state Republican Party vice chairman Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement.
"We are happy that our delegates — the grassroots leaders of our party — will have the chance to hear from all of our candidates at our convention, starting off with Donald Trump at our Friday Convention kickoff lunch," Dhillon said.


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Q: How to paginate without fetching the entire table? I am trying to paginate the fetched data from my table(from Remote Database on Azure) as can be seen in the code, below:
    import json
    import pyodbc

    # Includes other imports

    def query_db(query):
        """
        Function that queries the required table in the DB
        """

        cnxn = pyodbc.connect('DRIVER={ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server}; \
                               SERVER=db.database.windows.net; \
                               DATABASE=DB; UID=id; PWD=pwd')
        cnxn.setdecoding(pyodbc.SQL_CHAR, encoding='utf-8')
        cur = cnxn.cursor()
        cur.execute(query)

        # Fetches the entire table ## This is causing the lagg
        r = [dict( (cur.description[i][0], value) for i, value in enumerate(row) ) for row in cur.fetchall()]

        cur.connection.close()

        return(r)

    @api_view(['GET'])
    def get(request):
        paginator = PageNumberPagination()
        my_query = query_db("select * from Client_Table")

        result_page = paginator.paginate_queryset(my_query, request)
        json_output = json.dumps(result_page, cls=DjangoJSONEncoder)

        return paginator.get_paginated_response(json_output)

The Problem here being: I am fetching the entire table first, and then paginating it. How do I Paginate, without having to fetch the entire table ?
NOTE: I am not using Django Models

A: I would suggest to call the filtered data from the DB, as it is paginated you can call the API with skip and limit logic for parsing the next or preciding data.
SELECT * FROM TableName ORDER BY id OFFSET 10 ROWS FETCH NEXT 10 ROWS ONLY;

e.g
In starting you want first 10 ROWS then from your application pass the param
of skip=0&limit=10
SELECT * FROM TableName ORDER BY id OFFSET 0 ROWS FETCH NEXT 10 ROWS ONLY;

Now if you click next and want next 10 ROWS, you just need to pass the params of skip=10&limit=10
SELECT * FROM TableName ORDER BY id OFFSET 10 ROWS FETCH NEXT 10 ROWS ONLY;

Similarly you can change the result per page also by passing the limit as whatever you want.
As per your code, I expect you are using GET Method
@api_view(['GET'])
def get(request):
    paginator = PageNumberPagination()
    skip=request.params.get('skip')
    limit=request.params.get('limit')
    query = "SELECT * FROM Client_table ORDER BY ID OFFSET "+ skip + " ROWS FETCH NEXT " + limit+" ROWS ONLY"
    my_query = query_db(query)
    result_page = paginator.paginate_queryset(my_query, request)
    json_output = json.dumps(result_page, cls=DjangoJSONEncoder)

    return paginator.get_paginated_response(json_output)

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This is as a new route would involve additional cost, the MB says.
The Umno acting president says both parties are discussing the possibility of forming 'united ummah gov'ts'.
He has discussed contingency plan with counterpart in case current dry spell leads to shortage.
No water supply shortage has been reported so far but the state's main provide is continuously monitoring the levels.
She also urged party members to give their undivided support to the government.
Ahmad Razif's resignation letter was sent to assembly speaker last week, says report.
The 54-year-old 'Datuk' is detained after initially summoned to the MACC office for questioning.
The Pabuk tropical storm has already hit Kelantan and T'gganu.
Samsuri Mokhtar insists that the money is only being used for the welfare of the people.
Mohd Khairuddin was appointed in May as soon as PAS won Terengganu, the source says.
Syariah court chief judge says between 2013 and 2018, 397 applications in the state were approved.
Social media had carried viral news of the office of the CEO being chained.
This following reports that the state gov't will introduce syariah-compliant clothing beginning next year.
TERENGGANU DUN | The rule will also apply to Muslim players in the state's football team.
This to empower women in society, says the state assembly speaker.
The centre in Dungun has been opened, following heavy rain since last night.
Party info chief says president's tour is in line with Umno's efforts to return to power.
The state Tourism Department guidelines also prohibit 'excessive intermingling' among audience members.
Terengganu caning: Was it constitutional?
COMMENT | The syariah courts, arguably, had no jurisdiction to even mete out the caning sentence.
UPDATED 3.25PM | MUKTAMAR | The PAS president says the previous BN administration had 'deprived us of financial allocations'.
UPDATED 8.24PM | The PKR de facto leader said it is more important to observe the higher objective of syariah laws.


Wow, this one isn't very pretty!
We are putting a new barrel on the rifle used in 223 Remington/5.56 NATO, velocity versus barrel length: A man, his chop box and his friend's rifle. When we removed the factory barrel we were shocked at how crudely machined the action was.
If you take a close look at the photo above (you can click on it to see a larger version), you'll notice the machine marks on the front of the receiver ring, chatter on the threads, and paint on the bottom of the receiver ring. The paint shows this action wasn't square to the axis of the barrel shank and wasn't fully seated against the recoil lug. This is by far the worst Remington 700 action any of us have seen to date.
This is an older J-lock 223 bolt face factory rifle. Despite the poor machining, the rifle shot sub MOA prior to disassembly.
We ran a standard sized Manson Receiver Accurizing System (513-000-050) into the action and it didn't cut any material. This was the first time we've encountered this on a M700 action. We went back with a .010″ over system (513-000-003) and trued up the action.
Note the top lug is cut, while the bottom isn't.
The Manson system aligns itself with tapered bushings in the receiver's bolt hole. To see how the system is used, read Blueprinting a Remington 700 .
You can see how far our of square the lugs were. We had suspected only one bolt lug was making contact on the receiver lugs. When we started cutting the lugs, we needed to remove a lot of material from the top lug, before the bottom lug was cut. This confirmed our suspicions.
Note the shiny cut surface on the top of the receiver.
Running the receiver ring tool on the front surface of the receivers shows how out of square it was.
The newly "blueprinted" M700 action.
Here is the action once we finished truing it up. We used the Manson kit to cut the receiver ring, bolt face, and receiver lugs. We used the lathe to clean up the bolt lugs and the bolt nose.
This may have been a poorly machined receiver, but it still shot well.
Note: Current production Remington 700 receivers we've encountered have exhibited far better machine work.
The Manson Receiver Accurizing Systems (513-000-050, standard size) and (513-000-003, .010″ over) are available from Brownells.


Escape the icy cavern by making your way to the top. Use the cursor keys to control the Yeti and use the UP key to jump - you will automatically grab on to the poles. Press the UP key again to let go of the pole, use good timing for the best jump height!


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To make an object iterable and to make it appear like a collection of objects.

## Examples

* to process a file line by line by just running over all lines (which have an object representation) for a file (which of course is an object, too)

## Note

Standard PHP Library (SPL) defines an interface Iterator which is best suited for this! Often you would want to implement the Countable interface too, to allow `count($object)` on your iterable object


Relaxer- A relaxer is a chemical treatment designed to permanently alter the hair's natural texture into a straightened state. A lye-based relaxer contains the active ingredient sodium hydroxide ( a chemical also found in drain cleaner). A no-lye relaxer contains potassium hydroxide or calcium hydroxide. Relaxers straighten curly hair by breaking down the bonds in the hair shaft.
If you think about it, there are too many risk involved when using chemical straighteners. The bigger problem is relaxers and perms have become so normalized that people have stopped caring about whats important i.e. the dangerous chemicals and have decided the end result is well worth the risk. Most of us seem not to understand that everything toxic we expose ourselves to is helping to invite sickness into our body. Take for example the study in The American Journal of Epidemiology and the popular Boston University paper showing Relaxers link to fibroid tumors in women and accelerated puberty in young girls. This study followed 23,000 premenopasual women ranging in races of Hispanic, African American, African Caribbean, and White New York girls . During this study which was conducted from 1997 to 2009 they found that African American girls were more likely to start going through puberty at a younger age than Hispanic, African Caribbean, and White New York girls. I don't believe this was a coincidence. I know it has everything to do with things we consume and put on our bodies to alter them.
By doing away with perms, relaxers, texturizers, and all other harmful chemical processes we take just a little more of a hold to our health. If your still not convinced, please look up the chemicals in one of theses products and you will begin to understand why they are not good for you internally or externally. Keep in mind what ever is on the skin has the capability to be absorbed. That means if you are putting harmful chemicals on your skin or your around toxic chemicals daily they can be absorbed and can cause damage to you internally.


The Friends of the Phoenix is a nonprofit 501c(3) on a mission to give back to the greater Houston area. FOTP was founded by a group of friends who met through the Phoenix on Westheimer!
The idea is to formalize the work these friends of the Phoenix had already been doing to help leverage the fundraising efforts of deserving charities.


Feather Edge Fencing is a popular type of fencing most commonly installed in gardens or on the side of driveway for decorative purposes. Although there are many other types of fencing feather edge fencing is very popular as it is not only aesthetically pleasing but also cost effective & feather edge fencing can be installed at various heights, with or with out gravel boards. When having feather edge fencing it is perfect to either be installed at the same level height the whole length of the fencing required & perfect if it has to be installed on a sloped ground.


Thanks for replying and second option is working fine. And again thanks for support .
I am developing an application which shows images from Instagram in ons-list (each image in one ons-list-item). Each image has different height. I set list item height in dynamically and its working. But my problem is there is gap between two list items.I attached sample screen shots.
Once I tried to navigate to another page I got following error.


Second Assistant Concertmaster Simon James has been a member of the Seattle Symphony since 1988; he is also a member of the Australian World Orchestra and was recently guest concertmaster with the Western Australia Symphony Orchestra. In addition to performing concerti with and acting as concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony on several occasions, James has led the Orchestra in Seattle Opera productions of The Ring, Der Rosenkavalier, La Bohème and The Flying Dutchman, among others. James is an active teacher with students who have won international competitions and gained entrance to the nation's most prestigious music schools, including The Juilliard School, the Curtis and Colburn schools of music, and New England Conservatory. He is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where his teachers included Erick Friedman and Syzmon Goldberg.


Many homeowners are crying for help as they have seen their American dream decline in value coupled with the fact that many people have lost their jobs and are having trouble meeting their monthly mortgage payments. What choices do these homeowners have? Where can they find a real estate agent who can explain the many options available to them to either stay in their home or to engage in a short sale rather than foreclose. Better yet, where can they find invaluable information relating to the many programs available to them? The answer is your Website.
Your Website is the key to providing important information that can educate homeowners. In your site you can talk about short sales and the benefits of engaging in a short sale rather than foreclosing. Talk about all the pros and cons and the steps necessary to do this. As a service your Website can also talk about the many programs has to offer, such as the" Making Your Home Affordable Program".
Being that many homeowners are not up to speed on the definitions of certain words relating to foreclosure or short sales, you can provide a glossary of terms like Deed in lieu. Also give examples of how a deed in lieu is better than foreclosing.
I have seen so many homeowners looking for this type information. People will generally use Google as a means of finding resources. For these homeowners to find you and your site, you need to make sure that you have provided this content.
Try to keep you content constantly updated with new programs and resources that are available. By doing this you will find that not only are you branding yourself as source of information, you will also possibly see better search engine rankings.
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Ian Rush Expects More Activity from Liverpool FC this Transfer Window (Exclusive)
June 20, 2019 By paulmbanks 3 Comments
Liverpool FC legend Ian Rush is in town and he apparently brought stereotypical English weather along with him. The 57-year-old Welshman, Liverpool's all-time leading scorer, threw out the first pitch of last night's Chicago crosstown series game, where the Cubs beat the White Sox 7-3, in gray, rainy and unseasonably cold conditions.
Rush likened the atmosphere of last night's game to a local derby, did a public appearance at a local pizza chain, and made the media rounds in advance of Liverpool's pre-season friendly versus Notre Dame on July 19. He also discussed Liverpool's summer transfer window, off-season, expectations for next season and much more in a two part exclusive interview with The Sports Bank.
Really enjoyed my exclusive interviews with @LFC all-time leading scorer Ian Rush, and @BlackYellow legend Patrick Owomoyela this morning! Very much looking forward to the game @NDFootball Stadium next month! #BVB #BVB09 #YNWA #LFC #NotreDame https://t.co/JsxUQoWO0W pic.twitter.com/ImNIxhPeBI
— Paul M. Banks (@PaulMBanks) June 20, 2019
Last summer, Liverpool had a transfer window that was among the best that any club has ever had anywhere. This summer, it's been much quieter thus far, but you can't stand pat. If you're not always improving as a club, you're in reality falling behind.
"You're looking to improve all the time," Rush told us by telephone this morning.
"We've got a great squad, but some people come and some go, so it wouldn't surprise me if there were one or two more signings to be made."
"At the end of the day we were quite lucky last season, we didn't have too many injuries; it might not happen again this year, so we have to be aware of that, and we have standards to set and we have to make signings."
The tabloid silly season has been kind of quiet on the Anfield front thus far, but they have linked to a few players, including the likes of Joao Felix, Ousmane Dembele and Bruno Fernandes.
Liverpool also needs to look at replacing back-up striker Daniel Sturridge and defender Alberto Moreno. Central Dejan Lovren could be on the move as well.
"He's one of the more natural strikers that we've had," Rush said of Sturridge.
"Yes, at striker, you can look at midfield as well, you can look at defense. We're looking at all the situations where you can maybe not quite get in the team, but you need a squad. Manchester City has a squad- that's why they won the league, the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup."
"Liverpool now, are looking to do something like what Manchester City have done."
Rush accumulated 346 goals across all competitions at the Merseyside club. He scored a record 25 in the Merseyside derby against Everton alone. He holds the top spot on the Liverpool goal scoring chart by 60. There are no currently active Reds within the top ten.
More importantly, he was a part of that legendary Liverpool side which achieved the club's most recent league title in 1990.
So is this finally THE YEAR?
"You can ask me that, but I have seen saying every year since 1990," Rush responded with a laugh.
"Last year I was happy we got in the tour four. This year we're in the top two. You're always looking to better yourself, so hopefully we're in a position to take over from Manchester City this year, but you never know."
Liverpool are embarking on a three city preseason tour of the United States this summer, with two of the three matches being played in baseball venues: Boston's Fenway Park vs. Sevilla July 21 and New Yorks' Yankee Stadium vs. Sporting CP on July 24.
The other match, which kicks off the tour, will be played less than a two hour drive from Chicago, July 19th at Notre Dame Stadium, when the Reds take on Borussia Dortmund.
Go here for our exclusive with Vladimir Smicer, which covers the tour in more detail. And be sure to return next week for more with Ian Rush, as well as some great conversation with Patrick Owomoyela.
Paul M. Banks runs The Sports Bank.net, which is partnered with News Now. Banks, the author of "No, I Can't Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry," regularly appears on WGN CLTV and co-hosts the "Let's Get Weird, Sports" podcast on SB Nation.
Banks, a former writer for NBC Chicago.com and Chicago Tribune.com, also contributes to Chicago Now. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. The content of his cat's Instagram account is unquestionably superior to his.
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It's a Monday in every sense of the word.
I woke up late, still didn't want to get up, got all the kids dressed and ready. Took a quick 8-minute shower (5 for the body 3 for the hair lol) threw on a dress and headed out the door. Of course, I was running late (which in my world is usually 'on time' for most people). Prayed over my kids, scraped my side mirror backing out and was 1 minute late for work.
Fast forward to this evening, studying for Joah's Math test, practicing letters and numbers with Jael, trying to keep the twins out of the pantry and bathrooms, cooking dinner, bath time and bed. Now I know that is one of those run-on sentences that the English teacher moms will probably cringe at but such is the way of life at the start of my days and evenings.
This is not a post to complain, gain sympathy or get virtual high-fives or hugs, this is me having a real Momfession moment that doesn't include a mini-sermonette or scripture. No, I have not forfeited my faith, the word is still alive in and trust me, the Lord has not forsaken or forgotten me. However, this is a moment where I am staring at the 9 loads of clean laundry that need to be folded and put up and the 10th upstairs that needs to make it's to laundry closet, as I write this, thinking to myself-I have a lot to do.
Ok sorry this is about to turn into a sermonette, YES there is a lot to be YES there are things out of place and YES I might shed a tear later because I threatened to take my son's party away if he talks again during class and I told my daughter that she could only have 1 girl scout cookie because as much as I want to share, I just want 1 BOX all to myself. But that does not mean that "one of these days" will set the pace of my week. I was reminded this morning of the gratitude that is sometimes missing from my day to day life. The hustle and the bustle of things wear on me they do, but it the grace that I talked about before that gets me through. However, a heart of gratitude, that's what we have to remain steadfast in. Never let your bad days outweigh your good days. Never let the routine wash you away. Today was that day for me, it tried to wash me away, but it will not succeed. You know why? Because I am going to eat my girl scout cookies (no judgment from all the fitness moms it's day #71 of the new year and I'll eat a salad tomorrow) and I am going to go to bed. I am not perfect; my house has seen it's fair days of being "not clean" BUT I am still a great mom and I still make it by the grace of God giving my kids the best of me and being sustained by the love and mercy of God. My heart is full of that gratitude tonight, I am thankful I have working limbs to get things done, hands that can prepare a meal, enough love to give to each one of my kids and husband, and the work ethic to keep going to work every day. Tomorrow's a new day with new mercies and new grace, rest up and MAKE THAT DAY COUNT.
Good Night mommas, be blessed this week, don't let your bad day control your week. You're more than that bad day and can better the next day!


Store cakes, pastries and breads and reusable by-products in appropriate environmental conditions .
| Store cakes, pastries and breads and reusable by-products in appropriate environmental conditions .
1.1.Confirm food production requirements from food preparation list and standard recipes.
1.2.Calculate ingredient amounts according to requirements.
1.3.Identify and select ingredients from stores according to recipe, quality, freshness and stock rotation requirements.
2.1.Select type and size of equipment suitable to requirements.
2.2.Safely assemble and ensure cleanliness of equipment before use.
2.3.Use equipment safely and hygienically according to manufacturer instructions.
3.1.Sort and assemble ingredients according to food production sequencing.
3.2.Weigh and measure wet and dry ingredients according to the recipe and quantity of cakes, pastries and breads required.
3.3.Prepare yeast-based dough to correct consistency and shape, according to standard recipes.
3.4.Minimise waste to maximise profitability of cakes, pastries and breads produced.
4.	Cook cakes, pastries, breads.
4.1.Use cookery methods for cakes, pastries and breads and sweet and savoury fillings to achieve desired product characteristics.
4.2.Follow standard recipes and make food quality adjustments within scope of responsibility.
4.3.Select baking conditions, required oven temperature and bake cakes, pastries and breads.
4.4.Cool in appropriate conditions to retain optimum freshness and product characteristics.
5.	Decorate, present and store cakes pastries and breads.
5.1.Enhance appearance and taste of cakes, pastries and breads using suitable fillings, icings and decorations, according to standard recipes.
5.2.Apply icing to ensure a smooth and seamless finish.
5.3.Visually evaluate cakes, pastries and breads and adjust presentation before displaying.
5.4.Use suitable service-ware to attractively present cakes, pastries and breads according to organisational standards.
5.5.Display cakes, pastries and breads in appropriate conditions to retain optimum freshness and product characteristics.
5.6.Store cakes, pastries and breads and reusable by-products in appropriate environmental conditions .
5.7.Clean work area, and dispose of or store surplus and re-usable by-products according to organisational procedures, environmental considerations, and cost-reduction initiatives.
locate and read date codes and rotation labels on food products.
determine cooking times and temperatures.
adjust taste, texture and appearance of food products according to identified deficiencies.
efficiently sequence the stages of food preparation and production.


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Q: Deleting huge chunks of data from mysql innodb I need to delete a huge chunk of my data in my production database, which runs about 100GB in size. If possible, i would like to minimize my downtime.
My selection criteria for deleting is likely to be

DELETE * FROM POSTING WHERE USER.ID=5 AND UPDATED_AT<100

What is the best way to delete it?

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*Build an index?

*Write a sequential script that deletes via paginating through the rows 1000 at a time?

A: You can try to use method mentioned in mysql doc:

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*Select the rows not to be deleted into an empty table that has the same structure as the original table:
INSERT INTO t_copy SELECT * FROM t WHERE ... ;

*Use RENAME TABLE to atomically move the original table out of the way and rename the copy to the original name:
RENAME TABLE t TO t_old, t_copy TO t;

*Drop the original table:
DROP TABLE t_old;

A: If at all possible use row level binary logging rather than statement level binary logging (it reduces the number of locks) at least during this operation.  Perform your deletes in batches (1000 is a decent size).  Use the primary key as a criteria to delete each batch and order by the primary key (so that you delete rows that are physically close to each other).

A: The best way is to delete incrementally by using LIMIT clause (by 10000 items), but do not apply ordering. This will allow MySQL to flush the results more often and the transtactions won't be huge. You can easily do it with any programming language you have installed which has a connector to mysql. Be sure to commit after each statement.
An index will definitely help but building it will take a while on a 100 GB table as well (anyway it is worth creating, when you are going to reuse the index in future). By the way, your current query is incorrect because reference a table USER not listed here. You should be careful with the index, so that the optimizer might benefit from using it.

A: A while back I wanted to delete over 99% of data from a table. The table I was deleting was a sessions table that had over 250 million rows and I only wanted the most recent 500K. The fastest way I came up with was to select the 500,000 rows that I wanted into another table. Delete the old table and rename the new table to replace the deleted one. This was about 100 times faster than doing a regular delete that has to choose records and rebuild the table.
This also has an added benefit of reducing the table file size if you're using InnoDB with innodb_file_per_table = 1 because InnoDB tables never shrink.


Zero to Five initiative launches December 13th. Find out more at zerotofive.org.
The resources of the Headwaters Foundation belong to the communities we serve. As a foundation, it's our responsibility as good, responsible stewards of these funds to create the most significant impact possible. To this end, we are working with communities and seeding strategic initiatives that drive toward transformational change.
We heard time and again from folks in western Montana that we should prioritize children in our funding decisions. They told us that the best return on our community investment would be to focus on children in their earliest years. They also told us that to achieve real, sustainable impact, the work must happen locally with an engaged, committed community.
In response, our first strategic initiative will be crafted, driven and carried out by local community collaboratives.
Intentionally narrow and specific, this initiative is aimed at building resiliency for children ages 0 to 5. It will help seed a locally-driven community collaborative that will provide a framework and focus work in one of three areas: healthy pregnancies, positive parenting and school readiness.
To launch this initiative, Headwaters will convene organizations and facilitate a community conversation to establish these collaboratives. Once established, we will support this work with multi-year funding, a dedicated program office that will serve a central hub, and other resources while we work side-by-side with the collaboratives to improve the lives of children in our region.
Strategic initiative funding is only granted to organizations that are invited to apply. Reach out to find out more about our collaborative work or tell us about the good work you're doing in your community.


In practice for over 25 years, Samuel Rudolph has built up a successful practice in all areas of employment law. He has represented clients on claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour issues, and wrongful termination. He has also opened his practice to mediation. He has a passion for what he does, fights vigorously for the rights of all of his clients, and has built a record of successful results through settlements and trial.
Mr. Rudolph counsels and represents both employees and management. He will also mediate disputes both within and beyond the employment arena.
Carver has developed a successful practice with a focus on immigration and employment issues. These include asylum applications and deportation issues.
Ms. Carver has also served as Managing Editor of the Los Angeles Daily Journal and of the San Francisco Daily Journal. She was formerly Legal Editor of the National Law Journal.


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Facts Why Your Business Needs Facebook to Grow in 2017
Are you still curious and wondering if Facebook can help grow your business.
Well the facts below could help you clarify such doubts.
So go ahead grab your cup of coffee or whatever you prefer and digest the facts below. Cheers!
1. According to a recent survey, over 16 million Nigerians log in to Facebook every month. That is 1 million more mobile users from 5 months ago.
2. On a daily basis, 7.2 million people visit Facebook, 7 million via mobile, and of the over 16 million monthly users, 100% are mobile.
3. 44% of Nigeria' Facebook users login to the service everyday. Of those daily active users, 97% come from mobile. The survey further reveals that 38% of online Nigerians use Facebook while watching TV (most of them during TV adverts) and a couple other interesting data.
If anything, these figures are more testament to the fact that Nigeria is increasingly becoming a mobile-only market. And Facebook is aware of this and the opportunity it presents. In a statement to the press, Nunu Ntshingila, Head of Africa for Facebook, confirmed Facebook's commitment to "deepen our partnerships with Nigerian businesses" in 2016. Just recently, Ntshingila and other top executives of Facebook visited Nigeria and Ghana to meet with local SMEs and discuss how they can maximize profits using Facebook.
"During this visit", said Ntshingila "we shared insights with our business and agency partners on how to deliver personalized marketing, at scale, where people are – on their mobile phone. We want to make sure Nigeria – its people, its agencies and its businesses – realize the opportunity that technology and mobile bring."
Ntshingila continued: "We know the mobile platform people use the most in Nigeria is Facebook and up to 77% of Nigerians on Facebook use their mobile device to discover new products and services. Nigerians are sophisticated mobile users and this sophistication is increasing fast – people are ahead of businesses, and we're here to help businesses create mobile-first solutions to grow their business."
As of this publication, more than 52% of Facebook's global ad revenue comes from areas outside the U.S and Canada. As it continues to place more focus on Africa and other emerging markets, things are looking upward for the world's biggest social network in 2016.
"We know the mobile platform people use the most in Nigeria is Facebook and up to 77% of Nigerians on Facebook use their mobile device to discover new products and services. Nigerians are sophisticated mobile users and this sophistication is increasing fast – people are ahead of businesses, and we're here to help businesses create solutions to grow their business."
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Home / Media / Kyrie Irving Sends Brutally Honest Message to LaVar Ball Regarding His Sons
Kyrie Irving Sends Brutally Honest Message to LaVar Ball Regarding His Sons
The string of controversies connected to the family of LaVar Ball have seemingly put a bullseye on the back of his son, Lonzo, who's expected to be one of the first players selected in next month's NBA draft. That's led Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving to offer some advice to the elder Ball concerning his son.
Irving sees parallels between how his own father developed him into an All-Star guard and how Lavar is shaping the younger ball, who spent one season at UCLA. That led Irving to talk about the situation during Episode 27 of the "Road Trippin'" podcast which is hosted by his teammates Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye.
"I'm sorry, LaVar, you're not going to be in every hotel room that Lonzo is going to be in," Irving said. "You're not going to be everywhere and part of his life as he continues to grow up. You got to let go. He's 19-years old. Don't get me wrong, I don't want it to bypass him being a father, but he's got to let Lonzo be Lonzo for the long haul.
"I don't know what his future plans are for his sons. I don't know the dynamic of their relationship. Me and my dad, I always wanted to be just an individual, and you guys always know that. And since I was a kid, my dad never fought that. He never fought that. And when it was time to let me go and be that individual after eighth grade, he stopped coaching me, and he was like, 'OK, from high school on, you're on your own. Like, I'm going to be here for advice, but from this point on, I'm just going to be a parent. I can't be your coach for the rest of your life. I can't be the Joe Jackson of just staying there on every step and just calculating every move.' But, man, I just want to see what he has now. I mean, Lonzo, we're just excited for him to get to the league now."
Irving spoke about how he was forced in high school to tell his father that he needed to live his own life:
"I had to have a talk with my dad, and I was just like, 'Man, Dad, I love you, but I'm going to make my own decisions,'" Irving said. "And he told me, when I turn 18, I'm responsible enough for myself to make my own decisions, and he's going to be there to help along the way. But when I turned 18, like, I got my first tattoo. I got my ear pierced. I just started doing my own thing."
Despite those changes, Irving's marketing ability has been aided by the occasional advice he's received from his father. He contrasted that with the approach taken by LaVar Ball:
"As I grew up, my dad's primary goal was for me to be my own kind of CEO, make sure that I'm spearheading it, and I would go to him for advice and he would give it to me," Irving said. "I respect their relationship, but the way that it's being portrayed from the outside looking in … I mean, you see it and it may not be comfortable for everyone because, I mean, you see a father with three sons, and he has a brand that he's trying to push into the whole entire world and basically push into everyone's faces. Whether it be forcefully or whether it be the right thing, they're your sons at the end of the day. And it's not LaVar's life."
Irving respects the elder Ball's efforts, yet indicates that past grandiose pronouncements aren't helping his son:
"We all respect the foundation he's laid. I'm going to speak from the parent perspective first and then as a player," Irving said. "As a father, the foundation he's laid for his children, I couldn't be any [more] proud of him. I don't listen to the comments. … Just as a parent, he's opened up the door for his kids. He was the one that put the ball in their crib. As cliché as that sounds, he was the one that pushed them in that direction to play basketball. And now they're talented and able to have their own AAU team and able to have their own brand and be able to travel on their own merits, not looking towards the big-time companies to sponsor their team. I mean, they're controlling it within the family, and I respect that, from that aspect.
"Now, when he starts going off and saying, 'I could beat Michael Jordan one-on-one' and starts going off and he compared Lonzo to Uber and taxi, come on. Just relax a little bit. Take a step back and realize the impact that you can make, not for the moment now, but for the future. Lonzo is going to be in the NBA regardless. But at the end of the day, he still is going into another world that you can't control."
While supportive of what Ball can potentially bring to the league at point guard, the competitive instincts of Irving and other NBA stars at that position will kick in when they face each other:
"We're going to go at him because he's going to be a rookie," Irving said. "He's coming into the point guard position. That right there is … I mean, you think about it, you go through the top 10 point guards in the league, no matter what LaVar says or what he believes, we're all going to come at him, and that's just competition outright. Then you start adding, I mean, we've seen it. We've seen people be implemented into the spotlight, and it just draws an even bigger target on them. We've seen it."
Lonzo Ball may not be the only Ball headed for the NBA, with two younger brothers also currently making their mark in high school basketball.
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Your brand should be a unique expression of your business and its value to your customers. From a design perspective, the visual representation of your brand needs to communicate this in a way that makes you stand out from the pack. In our proposals, we list photography as an out-of-pocket cost, mainly because of how it can fluctuate based on which direction it takes. When it comes to photography, it really boils down to custom photography versus stock photography.
The decision to use stock or custom photography often comes down to price and planning. A full-day shoot with a professional photographer comes with more zeros on the bill along with more preparation than purchasing a stock photo online. Looking at the two options on paper often makes it seem like an easy choice: Go stock to save money. However, it's important to look at the long-term benefits of custom photography for your brand and to keep in mind how poorly placed stock photos might be harmful to your brand.
Stock photos are generic. Stock photographers take photos that will sell to the most people. One-of-a-kind photos don't sell. Generic photos come up in more searches, make the most sales and, therefore, the photo or featured model(s) in the photo start popping up all over the place.
Stock photos may seem like a time-saver, but our designers have to search through thousands of images to find those that we feel will best fit the needs of the project. Then, in order to set it apart from all the other people who have purchased this image, we have hours of photo editing to give it the unique look that will fit the concept. This often entails combining an assortment of images together, matching lighting, color, etc., to give it the appearance of a custom photo.
Even after a stock photo has been edited to create a unique look and feel, originality is still a factor. Your competitors are in your same industry and are searching for the same subject matter that you are. When using rights-free stock photos, you will see someone else, somewhere, using that image. To manage this problem, you can purchase rights-managed stock photos, which give you some assurance that your competitor can't use the same image, but these images come at a hefty cost and still aren't a unique reflection of your business.
Your brand is who you are and what you stand for. It should reflect the pride you have in your company and convey its value to your customers. Custom photography is a powerful tool in telling the real story of your business. Showing your employees, your products, your facility, and real interaction gives your audience a personal connection to your brand.
Custom photography is exclusive. You can ensure that your competitor isn't using the same image. By working out the proper licensing agreement with a photographer, your images can be used across the continuum of your marketing materials.
Media outlets only use real photos of your company, personnel and products in news and feature articles. They can't always send a photographer to your company to provide these, and will often ask if you can supply your own. Having a photo library of executive headshots, production photos, facility shots and photos of your staff in action increases your likelihood of being included in newspapers, business journals, blogs and other media outlets, and they add impact to presentations and pitches about your company.
The key to successful branding is consistency. Your customers expect a consistent level of quality from you, and your brand needs to portray that. By shooting custom photography, it allows control over the consistency of the photos that are the face of your company. Throughout all your marketing materials, consistent style, lighting, angle and composition all go into conveying the level of professionalism that reflects you and your business.
Thanks for the post, Ben. Question – how many stock photos do you think exist today? Hard to quantify? How about within SCORR's library only? Couple that number with the fact that consumers see thousands of ads a day (Google serves 30 Billion impressions a day between display and search), and I'd suggest that it may not matter which type of photography companies use. As long as it's relevant and perhaps personalized, a good photo should resonate. I 100% agree that the key is consistency, building a brand image around both intangible and tangible themes that aggregate towards brand recall and share of mind.
I agree that the number of stock images out there is enormous, but narrow that search into a specific industry with very specific services, and your chances of overlapping with a competitor grow greatly. We use stock photos in many instances, and pride ourselves in our ability to use them as a building block along with color, typography, messaging, and the melding of other elements to build a story. However, even if you're telling a compelling story to your clients, if they recognize a face or setting they've seen somewhere else, your story is compromised. I'm not saying your story is negated, but the only way you can tell a completely unique story is by building that story with elements that are uniquely you.


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Words of the Week
The Words of the Week - 11/13/20
Some of the words that defined the week ending November 13, 2020
The good. The bad. The semantically vague.
'Vaccine'
Reports that Pfizer had developed a promising vaccine for the coronavirus caused an upswing in searches for that word.
On Monday, BioNTech and Pfizer announced that a vaccine for the coronavirus developed by Dr. Sahin and his team was more than 90 percent effective in preventing the disease among trial volunteers who had no evidence of having previously been infected.
— David Gelles, The New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
Vaccine is define as "a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease." The word may be traced to the Latin vacca (meaning "cow"); the earliest vaccines, for smallpox, were developed from cowpox pustules.
'The Golden Goose'
The golden goose had a moment in the sun last week, after President Trump used this fabulous noun in reference to Fox News.
Shortly afterwards, Trump unleashed his own torrent of abuse at Fox. "Fox News daytime ratings have completely collapsed," the president tweeted. "Weekend daytime even WORSE. Very sad to watch this happen, but they forgot what made them successful, what got them there. They forgot the Golden Goose. The biggest difference between the 2016 Election, and 2020, was Fox News."
— Ken Meyer, Mediaite, 12 Nov. 2020
We define the golden goose as "something that is a very good source of money or business." It comes from an Aesopian fable, in which the owners of a golden goose unwisely kill the animal, in the mistaken belief that the source of the gold lies within the goose. While the fable itself dates back millennia, the allusive use of the golden goose is only about 200 years old.
Yes, sir; we are departing from our first principle, which was to derive revenue from commerce. Yes, sir—we are killing the golden goose like the foolish boy in the fable.
— The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC), 29 Mar. 1809
'Lame duck'
Another avian word, lame duck, trended sharply upward in lookups last week, following the results of the recent election.
As the last remaining states count their ballots, many Americans are likely worried about the transition of power and what a lame-duck President Donald Trump might do in the short months before he leaves office.
— Lindsay M. Chervinsky, CNN, 8 Nov. 2020
We offer a number of possible definitions for lame duck, including at some that are not particularly applicable to today's political climate. The word came into use in the middle of the 18th century, initially meaning "one that is weak or that falls behind in ability or achievement." Lame duck may also mean "a person unable to meet financial obligations," "one whose position or term of office will soon end," or "an elected official or group continuing to hold political office during the period between the election and the inauguration of a successor."
'Precatory' & 'affiant'
Court cases filed by lawyers representing President Trump caused a number of legal terms to spike in lookups, including precatory and affiant.
There was something soothing about listening to two hours of Supreme Court arguments Tuesday, as the justices distinguished the "hortatory" from the merely "precatory" and traded hypotheticals about lawn-mowing, tree-planting and war bonds.
— Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2020
Judge Cynthia Stephens said the information was hearsay, but lawyer Thor Hearne argued to the contrary. He pointed to a sticky note received by the poll watcher that said, "Entered receive date as 11/2/20 on 11/4/20." "So I want to make sure I understand you. The affiant is not the person who had knowledge of this. Is that correct?" Stephens asked.
— Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal, 12 Nov. 2020
In general use precatory may be defined as "expressing a wish"; the word comes from the Latin precari, meaning "to pray." Our legal definition is "expressing a wish or desire but not creating a legal obligation or affirmative duty." An affiant is "one who swears to an affidavit" (an affidavit is "a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation before an authorized magistrate or officer").
'Coup'
Actions taken by President Trump caused some to fear an attempt at a coup, sending that word to the top of our lookups for much of the past week.
Concerns about coup attempt as Trump replaces Pentagon leadership, refuses to concede
— (headline) Times of India (Mumbai, Ind.), 11 Nov. 2020
While coup may mean "a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act," in current use it is functioning as a shortened form of coup d'état, which is defined as "a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially, the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group." Coup d'état comes directly from French, in which it means "stroke of state." Coup has retained the pronunciation of its roots, and is pronounced the same way as coo.
Our Antedating of the Week: 'wage slave'
Our antedating of the week is wage slave, defined as "a person dependent on wages or a salary for a livelihood." Our earliest known use had previously come in 1882, but recent findings show the word in use in the 1840s.
Again: The wages slave, robbed of a home, and coerced to toil for others, has a right to his land, where he was born if practicable; and if not, on the nearest uncultivated land he may choose; and he has a right to the proceeds of his labour above his consumption, if he has laboured, and whether he had laboured or not, to compensation for the privations he has suffered in consequence of the denial of his right.
— Northern Star (Leeds, Eng.), 9 May 1846
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It is also narrated that the feet of 'Abdullah ibn Umar al-Khattab became disabled and he could no longer walk. After being told to call upon the closest people to his heart, he said, "Wa Muhammada!" His feet became cured and worked properly again.3 The Noble Qur'an teaches us to "seek help through patience and prayer (sabr and salat)."4 Sabr (according to commentators of the Qur'an, in this context refers to fasting) and salat (prayers) are means which ultimately lead one to Allah. Thus calling upon the Prophet or Imam 'Ali is allegorical since all agree that Allah is the main source of support, aid, and assistance and they are just a means to Him.
Some Muslims associate calling upon the Prophet or the imams as shirk (heresy). They argue that a person should not ask any person for help. However, we see that if a person is faced with a problem in life, often, this person will logically and naturally call upon a nearby person for help. If a person was about to drown and he called out for help, then would his seeking help from someone other than Allah make him a mushrik (associating one with Allah)?
If an ordinary Muslim was martyred (for the cause of Allah) is considered to be alive, then how can the Prophet and his family, who were not only martyrs, but whose rank also surpassed that of all other human beings, be considered dead? Calling upon the Prophet and his family does not negate the fact that Allah is the source of help and rescue in this universe. However, because these people are the closest to Him, and they enjoy a special status with Him, then calling upon them means calling upon Allah for the sake of those whom He loves.


Saturday July 1st to 30th. 2017 in Nutley Church an exhibition of photographs from the Arthur Francis collection depicting life in Nutley and the Ashdown Forest in the 1880s to the early 1900's. The Church is open from Dawn to Dusk.
We are loking for the descendants of the following past Nutley residents. Samuel and Albina Cook of Nutley Hall. George Newnham, born 1881 in Fletching.