The Lafayette Parish School System is poised to embark on an expansive plan to build more permanent classrooms and purchase property for potential future schools.
The plan is expected to cost about $49 million. Chief Financial Officer Billy Guidry said the money will come from existing unassigned monies, reducing the district's rainy day fund from a three-month supply to a 2.5-month supply and selling bonds at a rate of about $1.4 million per year.
The Lafayette Parish School Board approved the projects and financing Wednesday night.
District officials plan to move quickly. A purchase offer on one building could be made this week. They expect to secure architects for some projects as early as January or February.
The funds would help the district eliminate more than 100 temporary classrooms and acquire land for the future. Beyond that, officials have mapped out potential sites for up to four new elementary schools in the decades ahead.
Some funds may also be used to improve core areas, like entryways, bathrooms, offices and libraries.
In the longer term, officials believe they will need to build and expand elementary schools throughout the parish to accommodate continued population growth.
About 22.85 acres on South Domingue Road, behind the fire station, for $2.2 million. This land could be used for a future new site for Prairie Elementary.
About 25 acres near the intersection of Eraste Landry Road and Ambassador Caffery Parkway for a future new elementary school. This property costs about $2.2 million.
About 10.5 acres behind Carencro Heights Elementary to allow for that school's expansion, for about $220,000.
A vacant office building near the Mall of Acadiana that could be purchased for about $2.5 million.
In particular, purchasing and using the office building could create a domino effect in the parish, Aguillard said.
The idea would be to move offices and programs from the LeRosen campus on Pinhook Road – and perhaps those from the Vermilion Conference Center – to the new office site.
The N.P. Moss Prep campus would then move to LeRosen. That would leave the current Moss site, on Mudd Avenue, available for use as a new school facility.
The Moss campus could "easily" accommodate up to 600 students, Aguillard said.
Originally, officials also proposed making an offer for land on Teurlings Drive across from David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy. The property is not on the market, but the owners may be willing to sell.
But on Wednesday, the board voted instead to move the $1.3 million for that purchase into a separate fund. The intent will be to use that money to expand the cafeteria at Alice Boucher Elementary.
Board member Tehmi Chassion pushed for the Boucher cafeteria project, saying it is needed because the current area is too small and students have to eat in shifts throughout the day.
The other properties would help alleviate overcrowding at schools like Prairie Elementary, S.J. Montgomery Elementary, Woodvale Elementary and J.W. Faulk Elementary.
The south part of Lafayette Parish, including Broussard and Youngsville, have seen extensive growth in recent years, but Hefner said north Lafayette is starting to see changes as well.
In addition, the board has money left over from a project to install air conditioning in 18 school gyms across the parish. On Wednesday, they agreed to use that money to build covered play areas at 20 elementary schools that currently do not have such spaces. That is expected to cost about $2.2 million.


Cameron Das this weekend took on a new challenge racing in the Euroformula Open Championship for the first time at Silverstone, UK. The rising American racing star took to the track with Spanish team Campos Racing for two qualifying sessions and two races over the course of the weekend where he more than proved his capability with two top ten qualifying results and an impressive eighth place finish in his first ever race in the series. The rookie racer picked up points for his strong race one result – a feat that doesn't go unnoticed during a debut weekend.
Das took to the track on Friday for three practice sessions in his Euroformula car as he got his first taste of the new challenge ahead of the weekend. Using the sessions well to his advantage, and finishing the day with two top five results from three sessions, he was relishing the prospect of the upcoming weekend having settled in to the cockpit well.
For Saturday morning, the challenge became getting up to speed and qualifying in the Dallara F312 at Silverstone. Das took this in his stride and despite this being his debut Euroformula Open qualifying attempt he was ninth overall in the session ahead of the opening race of the weekend – an impressive showing for only his first attempt which also placed him ahead of many seasoned drivers in the series.
Turning his attention to the racing action Das focused on getting a great start with the aim being progress and gaining points – which he did in great fashion. Crossing the line in eighth, Das once again showed real grit in his racing style to collect points and prove his ability to the rest of the field during his debut.
On Sunday, the 17 year old American had a further qualifying session and race to look forward to for which he once again qualified in the top ten – lining up for the final race of the weekend in ninth. Once again, Das achieved a brilliant start and within 2 laps moved up the order 2 places to 7th. However, challenging for 6th position, the race didn't quite pan out as hoped with contact subsequently breaking his suspension and sending him out of the race as a retiree.
Despite this shortened second race the 2016 F4 US Champion walked away from his debut weekend with points in the bag, two top ten qualifying results and safe in the knowledge that he was well and truly on the pace of those around him who have been racing in the series since the start of the 2017 season.
Das will be back out in his Campos Racing Euroformula Open car for Monza at the end of September where the so-called Temple of Speed will host the sixth round of the 2017 season.
Cameron Das has enjoyed a solid weekend of racing as he made his competitive debut at iconic British circuit, Silverstone. Rising American star Das, who after four rounds of the season sits joint third overall, used the three races this weekend to learn a new track, produce some absolutely stunning overtaking manoeuvres and gain points to keep him in the 2017 BRDC British Formula Three Championship hunt.
Once again a new challenge awaited the reigning US Formula Four Champion as he readied himself for a weekend of action at Silverstone; a track at which he would be making his racing debut. As a result the four test sessions on Friday would prove valuable track time for Das, despite having other open wheel cars on track with the British F3 field. The 17 year old American made the most of the sessions working with his engineer to get up to speed in the Tatuus-Cosworth Carlin car before qualifying on Saturday morning.
As it was qualifying got underway on Saturday with Das in full confidence of a fast car underneath him. Pushing hard throughout the duration of the 30 minute session Das, who has already secured two pole positions this season, looked to work his way up to speed and start the weekend well. On his new tyre run he hooked together some great sectors and set the fifth quickest time to secure his grid slot for the opening race of the weekend later in the day.
A new day on Sunday dawned with two races to look forward to in relatively short succession. The reverse grid race started with Das lining up on the second row of the grid and coming home to take seventh overall after a race full of battles up and down the grid.
However it was the third race of the weekend that proved by far the most exciting. With the grid set using the fastest laps from the previous two races Das lined up eighth having raced in close combat for most the weekend and unable to get a representative fast race lap on the board as a result. This in turn left him in the perfect position to truly hone his race craft around the British circuit.
Immediately gaining two spots on the first lap, Das was soon up behind Douglas Motorsport driver Jordan Cane who he set in his sights. In arguably one of the best overtaking moves of the weekend, the talented American drew close behind Cane, reeled him in and ran side by side – making his overtake stick incredibly well Das secured fifth position as the flag fell.
Das once again used the weekend to continue his strong, consistent performance which has already seen him secure fantastic points and finishes in the Championship. At the mid-point of the 2017 season the reigning US Formula Four Champion now sits in joint third place – securing a brilliant position for the second half of the year.
"Coming in to the weekend we only had one day of testing compared to some of the other tracks where we have had two; so we knew that it would mean getting up to speed quicker both in the car and around the track," said Das. "I had to rely on my memory of the track from tests a while ago and the simulator work that we had done to try and get on the pace straight away because it's such a big track with lots of high speed exciting corners.
As the mid-point of the 2017 BRDC British Formula Three Championship fast approaches Cameron Das is well and truly ready for racing and looking forward to the prospects round four has to offer him at Silverstone this weekend. Taking on the exciting British circuit, the reigning F4 US Champion is looking to continue his brilliant progress in the competitive series, add further points to his strong tally, which currently sees him hunting down the lead of the championship, and continue his podium scoring ways.
With three rounds already in the bag, the talented American racer sits second overall in the British Formula Three Championship with only his team mate ahead of him. Chasing down points in every race Das has already impressively claimed victory and taken podiums at all three rounds [Oulton Park, Rockingham and Snetterton] so far this year. The upcoming weekend at Silverstone will mark the fourth event of an eight round season as Das looks to narrow the gap to the championship lead.
Das will first be out on track at Silverstone for practice sessions on Friday before qualifying and three races over the course of the weekend as the mid-point of the season beckons.


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I Campionati europei di badminton 1984 si sono svolti a Preston, in Gran Bretagna. È stata la 9ª edizione del torneo organizzato dalla Badminton Europe.

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Competizioni sportive a Preston

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Following just some of the simple steps above may help reduce stress that social media can cause for youth, especially youth struggling with anxiety or depression.
You get buzzing from a post notification, an alert about a new video, and a direct message from a friend you just saw a few minutes ago. You check the notification to see who commented on your photo. Then you quickly move ahead to watching the video from your favorite Youtuber. After that you respond to the friend that texted "What's up?" even though you said goodbye to them when you were leaving school. Once you finish it all and your phone screen is finally cleared, you get yet another notification.
This non stop stream of notifications about useless social media status information caused me pointless stress, so a few months ago I decided to turn off my social media notifications. This helped me feel calmer and more connected to the real world. I also started to notice just how much social media affects the mental health of those around me.
Erin Walsh translates research on social media so people can understand it. She works with the organization HECUA (Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs), which uses the power of the media to create positive and social change. She also works with Mind Positive Parenting, where she leads a workshop for youth, educators, and parents about the effects social media has on health and wellness.
Walsh said that "[Social media is] a complicated issue. I don't think it is one that we can say inherently is good or bad, but we do know that they're powerful." I would agree with her, because the students I talked to about social media all used it differently so they had different perspectives on how it makes them feel.
Jaweriya Hersi is a freshman who says she is on social media "all the time." She posts photos, chats online with friends, and keeps up to date with celebrities. Milo Scott is a junior who unlike Hersi is rarely on social media. When Scott does use social media it is to hear the other perspective people have on an issue. Despite their differences in social media usage they both agree that social media can be stressful.
Hersi started using social media because of peer pressure. "I wanted to be a part of the group. I didn't want to be the outcast," said Hersi. Her friends often talk about things she would not know if she did not keep up to date with social media. Hersi feels like she always needs to have a charger, wifi, or service to make sure she stays connected. "It's stressful that you need that to keep up with your friends, which is sad," she said.
Hersi does enjoy chatting with her friends both online and offline, while Scott spends more time investing in his social skills offline. Whether you socialize online or offline finding a balance between real world relationships and online relationships is important. "Our face-to-face relationships really matter. That's not to say that online relationships aren't important… But I do think that we human beings need practice navigating relationships [and] often times that is most productive face-to-face," said Walsh.
Talking face-to-face with people about issues such as anxiety and depression is important. According to Walsh, research shows that when people are in a bad mood they tend to go to their phones for support, because when one first goes online they get a dose of dopamine. But if they are not getting any positive feelings over a period of time it can backfire and make it worse. "If every time we feel uncomfortable or anxious and we turn to our phones we lose the opportunity to build a different skill set [offline]," said Walsh.
"I think that if you're already struggling with baseline levels of anxiety and depression, it's not that those of us who feel that way shouldn't go online, [but] we should be extra reflective about our online practices," she continued.
Walsh suggests that the best thing to do if you are feeling anxious or depressed online is to take a self assessment of how you feel when you are online and offline. Some things to ask yourself: is social media strengthening your relationships with others? How important is social media to you? How does social media make you feel once you are done being online? Was it overall satisfying or beneficial?
Social media is stressful, but it doesn't have to be depending on how you use it. In order to have a positive and healthy social media experience it's important to be aware of yourself, and make adjustments to your social media usage that benefit your health best. "I think that if we can get [social media] back into balance there is a lot to be excited about," said Walsh.
This is Milo. There is one more thing I forgot to mention that is a major reason that why I have minimal social media. I am socially forced into isolation. I may be in a crowded room, but yet I am alone. No matter how loud I shout their names, they ignore me. I am treated like a ghost, always the odd man out, even with a partner for a project. It will always be one of two things, they'd either ignore me and join someone else's group or just sit there, looking right in their phones, texting their friends, leaving me to literally do all the work, by myself. Its like life is just making everyone become distracted, unaware, leaving me and my sanity to break and wither away, only leaving my insanity present. It is social media that is my torturer, it's users are it's tools. With no one aware and nobody to care, it will leave me there, in this social void, where everyone throws me away, making my sanity grow fowl with decay.
It almost makes me dead inside, seeing everyone using their phones to hide behind. Everything I have written, created, designed, and published have something all in common that contrasts from me, someone that helps you and is there for you, to ease your pain, and help make the insanity go away.
I have a tendency to write or type in rhymes when ever I am extremely stressed.


Evidence that sugar has a direct effect on risk factors for heart disease, and is likely to impact on blood pressure, independent of weight gain has been discovered in a study. The researchers conducted a review and meta-analysis of all international studies that compared the effects of higher versus lower added sugar consumption on blood pressure and lipids (blood fats or cholesterol) – both of which are important cardiovascular risk-factors.
"Our analysis confirmed that sugars contribute to cardiovascular risk, independent of the effect of sugars on body weight," says Dr Te Morenga.
Source: University of Otago. "Sugar implicated in cardiovascular disease risk independent of weight gain." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 15 May 2014.


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Q: How to execute a block of code if async function errors out const myFunction = async() => {
    try {
        const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
        const page = await browser.newPage();
        await page.goto('https://www.google.com/');

        const performanceTiming = JSON.parse(
            await page.evaluate(() => JSON.stringify(window.performance.timing))
        );
        console.log(performanceTiming);

        await browser.close();
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(`catch error`, error);
    }
};

(async function() {
    for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
        const result = await myFunction();
        if (result) {
            console.log(`it worked`);
        } else {
            console.log(`Did not work work for iteration #: ${i + 1}, trying again...`);
            i--;
        }
    }
})();

myFunction is an async function. I am calling it in IIFE (Immediately Invoked Function Expression). Inside IIEF, I am expecting else block to execute only if something goes wrongs. But when I run this, I get console message from myFunction; which means nothing went wrong, but else bock is executed and I am getting in an infinite loop. What's wrong am I doing?

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What's wrong am I doing?

You are only executing the if block if result is a truthy value. But myFunction never returns anything, so the return value will always be (a promise that resolves to) undefined. You have to return something in the successful case.
Or if it doesn't make sense to return something, let the error bubble up and put the try...catch clause inside the loop.

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Mike D'Antoni serious candidate for Hornets job
Over the weekend, Mike D'Antoni seemingly emerged as a favorite to land the Charlotte Hornets' head-coaching job.
Deandre Ayton 'did not feel valued' by Phoenix Suns
When Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams was asked why Ayton's role was so limited, he replied "that's internal."
'We definitely would've won more championships' - Kyrie Irving on Cleveland days
On the most recent episode of the "I am Athlete" podcast, Kyrie Irving said it was more about his own issues at the time.
Marcus Smart questionable for Game 1 of East finals vs Miami Heat
The Celtics announced Monday afternoon that Smart suffered a mid-foot sprain in Sunday's Game 7 against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Kyle Lowry out for Game 1 vs Celtics in Eastern Conference finals
Kyle Lowry has dealt with a hamstring injury since the first round of the postseason, and as a result, has played just five games.
Zach Kleiman wins 2021-22 NBA Executive of the Year
Zach Kleiman, who is also Memphis' general manager, recently signed an extension with the Grizzlies back in 2021.
"Whatever fits the narrative" -- Joel Embiid after Nikola Jokic wins MVP
The more interesting aspect of this quote is Embiid acknowledging how much he had been thinking about MVP.
LeBron James leads world's highest-paid athletes over the past year
LeBron James has made a grand total of $127 million through his salary, prize money, and endorsements over the past year.
LA Lakers receive permission to interview Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson
The last time the Lakers went looking for a head coach, they only offered Lue and Frank Vogel three-year deals.
Adreian Payne, former first-round NBA Draft pick, shot and killed
After completing his four-year college career, Payne was drafted No. 15 overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2014 NBA Draft.

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In an era of often extreme partisanship, Richard McNamara and Marjorie Porter have shown steadfast willingness to work with colleagues across the aisle, to base their votes on factual evidence as to what is best for the people of New Hampshire rather than emotional dogma, and to show up for, and be a reasoned presence in, all hearings, sessions and votes. Both are incumbents, running for re-election from Hillsborough. I heartily endorse their re-election.


With easy access to the sparkling Mediterranean and private terraced beach, it's no wonder the Corinthia Beach Resort is the perfect place to enjoy a dip in the crystal clear sea. Marina Hotel guests have full use of the hotel pool and family pool, as well as easy access to the four swimming pools, including one kid's pool, within the Corinthia Beach Resort. Wonderful views paired with quiet secluded areas and plenty of sun bed terraces make the Lido an ideal space to while away the sunshine hours. And with a choice of three restaurants and bars, as well as water sports and scuba diving facilities, there is something for everyone and every energy level.


The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interesting in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication 'Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2017'.
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interesting in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication 'Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2016'.
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interesting in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication 'Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2015'.
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interesting in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication 'Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014'.
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interesting in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication 'Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2013'.
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interested in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication "Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2012".
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interested in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication "Regions, Districts and Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2011".
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interested in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication "Regions, Districts and Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2010".


Four members of the family who control South Korea's troubled retail giant Lotte, including its 93-year-old founder, went on trial Monday (Mar 20) for embezzlement, tax evasion and fraud.
The proceedings against company chairman Shin Dong-Bin, 61, his brother, sister and father – plus the patriarch's mistress nearly 40 years his junior – come as the South's fifth-biggest conglomerate endures a barrage of condemnation from China.
The company provided land to Seoul to host a US missile defence system, infuriating Beijing, and nearly 90 per cent of its Chinese Lotte Mart stores have since been forced to close by either authorities or angry demonstrations.
The trial is the latest blow to the reputations of the family-controlled conglomerates, or "chaebols", that powered South Korea's economic growth in past decades.
More recently they have increasingly become the focus of public anger over corruption and inequality, as in the scandal that saw president Park Guen-Hye removed from office earlier this month.
Lotte chairman Shin is accused of costing the firm 175 billion won (US$155 million) through a series of tax evasions, financial scams and irregularities.
He has been also charged with negligence for awarding lucrative deals or paying "wages" worth millions of dollars to relatives who made little contribution to management.
"I am sorry for causing concern. I will cooperate with the trial sincerely," Shin told reporters, bowing briefly before entering the courtroom Monday afternoon.
Similar charges were levelled against his older brother Shin Dong-Joo, his older sister Shin Young-Ja, as well as their father Shin Kyuk-Ho.
It was not clear whether the nonagenarian founder was in court, but he did not pass through the gauntlet of reporters packing the entrance to the court building in Seoul.
His 57-year-old mistress was also charged with embezzlement for pocketing large sums in "wages" although she had little role in management.
The five were formally indicted by prosecutors in October.
Their alleged offences are not directly connected to the scandal that brought down Park.
The Seoul-based group, founded in Tokyo in 1948, has a vast network of businesses in South Korea and Japan with combined assets valued at more than $90 billion.
The decision by Seoul to deploy the US Terminal High Altitude Defense (THAAD) system to guard against threats from the nuclear-armed North angered China, which fears it would undermine its own military capabilities.
The first parts of the THAAD system arrived in the South two weeks ago after Lotte signed a land swap deal to provide a golf course in the southern county of Seongju to host the missile batteries.
Since then officials have shut down dozens of Lotte retail stores in China, ostensibly over "safety issues" as angry protestors hold demonstrations across China denouncing the group and other South Korean businesses.
Lotte, focused on food, retail and hotel businesses, has invested more than $8 billion in its Chinese operations and has more than 120 outlets in the country, with 26,000 local employees.
The Shin family become targets of state probes after 2015 when a bitter and very public fight between the two brothers for control of the group fanned public anger over how the South's dominant family-run conglomerates conduct their business affairs.
The feud saw highly public mudslinging between Shin Dong-Bin and Shin Dong-Joo, with accusations of mismanagement, personality flaws, and manipulating their frail, aged father whose mental faculties had been called into question.
The dispute ended after board members sided with Shin Dong-Bin, but Lotte since then has come under tougher regulatory scrutiny, with state probes targeting the Shins.


What does the number of stars, which is assigned to the hotel? It is logical to assume that it says about the level of the hotel or the hotel, the degree of their proposed comfort and variety of services. The more stars, the higher level of service, comfortable rooms and a correspondingly large range of services. Not exactly. Actually, not everywhere. The fact that different countries have different classification system of hotels, and in each country adopted their national standards. For example, in Greece, are using letters (A, B, C, D), in the uk – the "crown", etc. System of stars, assuming five categories of hotels – the most common, it used in Russia, Italy, France, Austria, Turkey, Egypt, etc. But even a system of classification does not guarantee travelers the same level of service and comfortable hotel rooms in the same category, but located in different countries.
Why is this happening? Why is starting, for example, in some warm Arab country, you can suddenly find that your room in five-star hotel is like a student dormitory, and the best local hotels belong to 9 +? The fact is that in different countries – different ways of assigning stars hotels and hotels. In some countries the hotel owners themselves, at its discretion assign a category hotel. For example, in the , as in most Arab countries, the number of 'stars' of the hotel is limited imagination of its owner, and operate here on the principle of 'more is better'. .


We're travelled from tropical Queensland and the Victorian High Country to South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula to unearth some amazing people and stories. We visit mosaic artist Veronika Zeil at her home and studio near Rockhampton, then head to Gympie where Michelle Roper and her ex-footballer husband Kris Kahler have transformed a demountable office building into a fabulous family farmhouse. In the extraordinary location department we have a few contenders with Jim and Rachael McFadyen's clifftop home on Lord Howe Island, an amazing glass house at Myponga and a hilltop eerie at Armidale on the New England Tableland. Our fashion feature cosies up for winter, our travel feature heads to the Victorian High Country in the middle of the snow season,and we've garden stories from Mudgee in the NSW central west and Olinda in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges. We've loads more decorating and gardening inspiration on every page.


I was on the blog tour for this one.
This one was completely insane in the best way.
I really liked this one, it reminded me of Criminal Minds.
This was a really touching holiday read.
Another blog tour, this was an amazing collection for charity.
This was a powerful and amazing read.
I'm on the tour for this in a few days and it's excellent so far.
The TBR list for this week is probably not going to happen but I'm going to try!
How was your week? What are you currently reading? I hope you all have a lovely holiday!
I'm almost done with Witness and it's so good! Really intense. Thank you.
Yay! Dying for you to read Caraval so that we can discuss!
I think I'll start it next!
Hopefully it shows up soon!!
I have never met a book by Picoult that I didnt like. Her topics are deep and interesting and loved her latest Small Great Things….I am currently reading Evelyn, After…very interesting story about a man, out cheating on his wife, hits a young girl with his car and kills her…and no one reports it but the story gets tangled up one lie after another….
I liked Evelyn After, I read it a few weeks ago!


eGive is a web based platform that facilitates donations and payments to "Client Organisations" through funds collection from donors using payment cards (both credit and debit) and direct debits, and transfer of the donations to the Client Organisation's bank account.
Each eGive Client Organisation has access to their own section of the core Contact Relationship Manager, also known as a CRM or database, for management of their donor base. Give also has the option of a number of additional finance based services to improve Client Organisations efficiency and income generation such as membership management and ecommerce for merchandise.
Any registered and incorporated community organisation, regardless of size, mission or location in Australia can use eGive. An eGive Client Organisation does not require Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status from the ATO to facilitate donations.
eGive is ideal for planned giving to provide seed-funding for a start-up enterprise or to provide capital for a special project.


A fast, refreshed, and completely awesome Mac is within your reach, but Mountain Lion isn't the way to get there.
When Mountain Lion launched, we were abuzz. It's a great OS, but it's also proof of one creeping fact: Apple is intent on bringing OS X and iOS together. Whether it's by hamstringing system-tweaking apps like CandyBar, making relatively young Macs ineligable for upgrades, or iOS-ifying the operating system (something we've shown you how to fix), Apple is marching towards a single user experience across all of its devices that they dictate, and that you may not particularly care for.
So what do you do about it? You have this Mac, and the hardware is still solid—but whether you don't like the direction Apple's headed or Mountain Lion is surprisingly slow on relatively new hardware, it just feels wrong to put it in a drawer and forget about it, doesn't it?
One great alternative that will breathe new life into your Mac hardware (regardless of age): Install Linux on it. When you've finished this guide, you'll have set up a dual-boot Mac and Linux system that will allow you to switch between operating systems anytime—meaning it's a low risk way of trying out Linux to see if you might prefer making the full switch on your Mac. I think you might just like what you find.
Ready to give it a try? Pack your bags, we're defecting to Linux.
A copy of Ubuntu Linux burned to CD. For this post we used the latest version of Linux, 12.04 Precise Pangolin (like 10.8 Mountain Lion, but for Ubuntu), and we'd suggest you try it first too. If you're worried your Mac is too old, check out this chart at Ubuntu's support pages to help you pick the right version of Ubuntu for you. Regardless of your hardware, we'd recommend trying the latest version first and only moving back to older releases if you run into problems.
The rEFIt boot manager. We'll show you how to install it later.
We've walked through how to triple boot your Mac with Linux and Windows before, but this time, the process is much much simpler. Hooray for progress!
Boot your Mac into OS X. If you're lucky, this may be one of the last times you have to. First, install the rEFIt boot manager. It's a straight-forward installation—just download the disk image and double-click the installer. To confirm that the app is working, reboot your system: if you see a startup menu like the one below, you're good. It may take a couple of reboots to appear, but it worked on the first try for me.
Select your hard drive from the list on the left, and click the Partition tab on the right.
You'll see the current partition layout. Click the right corner of the current partition and shrink it to the size you want. The display will show you the minimum size, so don't worry about going too far. Alternatively, just select the current partition and type in the final size (total hard drive space - amount you want Ubuntu to have) in the Size field on the right.
Click apply. Disk Utility will shrink the current partition for you and free up space for your Ubuntu install.
Now that your Mac's hard drive has room for Ubuntu, pop in your freshly burned Ubuntu CD and reboot. rEFIt will appear and ask you if you'd like to boot to the CD. (Beats holding down the C key.) Select the CD and let Ubuntu start up. It may take a while, but be patient. Once it's up and running, it'll ask you if you want to try Ubuntu (as a Live CD) or install it. If you want to get a feel for what you're in for, give it a try first. When it's time to install, you can just click the big "Install Ubuntu" icon on the desktop. I found that minor customizations (my Wi-Fi password, activating drivers for my wireless and network adapter, desktop settings, etc) survived the install this way, but pick the method that's fastest for you.
Back in the day, when you clicked to install Ubuntu, you had to create and select the partitions you wanted. Now, it's pretty much a one-click install, especially since we're going to use all of the free space remaining for Ubuntu. Just make sure you're not overwriting your OS X partition when the installer asks you where you want Ubuntu to live, and go grab a drink.
Linux installs on Apple hardware used to be plagued by driver problems. Whether it was getting the trackpad to work properly, finding drivers for Apple's wireless cards (hint: they're largely Broadcomm devices), or getting the built-in camera to actually turn on, it used to be a real pain. I can happily report that in Ubuntu 12.04 all of that headache is gone. If you do have problems though, check the Ubuntu community documentation for your model of Mac.
After your install is complete and after you've set up an account, you'll get a notification that there are "restricted" drivers and software that you can install. By "restricted," Ubuntu means that the drivers work but they're not open source—so if you're interested in living a fully open-source life, you'll want to avoid them. We're more interested in functionality than ideology (at least right now), so go ahead and install them all. You'll get updated drivers for your wireless card, your camera, your Ethernet adapter, and more.
Next, fire up the Ubuntu Software Center. If it hasn't prompted you by now to the dozens of system software updates you have available, it will now. Let it download and update your system software. You may need to reboot, but I didn't—the updates took a while, but it was quick and painless. When all of your drivers are installed and your OS is up to date, you're ready to get to work.
Reboot your Mac. When rEFIt appears, select the "Partition Tool" from the startup menu.
The tool will load automatically. In most cases, rEFIt will notice the problem, and ask you for permission to sync your partition tables. Type "Y."
The process takes a couple of seconds, but when it's finished, shut down your Mac. rEFIt hasn't read the new partition tables yet, so if you try to boot into anything at this stage, your Mac will hang.
Start your Mac again, and pick your preferred OS. If you enter the Partition Tool again, you'll see a notification that your partition tables are in sync.
Now here's the catch: If the rEFIt partition tool tells you that the tables are out of sync but doesn't offer to fix them, or if you see another strange error message, head over to this section of the Ubuntu install guide and scroll down to "Fix Your Partition Tables" for a breakdown of what you should do for each type of error.
Now that your Ubuntu Mac is up and running, it's time to get to work. Your first stop should be our Lifehacker pack for Linux. You can download the apps from our links, or get them from the Ubuntu Software Center, which makes app installations ridiculously easy. Just search for the name of the app you want and click install. It's as simple as that. If you're new to installing programs in Linux and aren't sure how to get started, this handy help page will show you how it's done.
If you're looking for an alternative to your favorite OS X application or utility, look through this guide to switching from OS X to Ubuntu. Each category has a list of applications that are as good (or better!) than their OS X counterparts and where to get them.
One last thing: If you're prompted to sign up for Ubuntu One, go ahead and do it—think of it as a free backup service for your home folder and any of the documents you may store locally. Since it syncs automatically, you don't have to worry about backing it up yourself (although we still suggest setting up Crashplan for Linux). Don't let that stop you from installing Dropbox, but take comfort in knowing your Home folder is backed up and if you ever reinstall or move to another system, syncing it is a click away.
If you're new to Linux, Ubuntu is the perfect distribution for you. It's probably one of the most point-and-click versions of Linux available, easy for beginners but still packed with features that power users enjoy. You don't have to deal with the command line if you don't want to (much like OS X), but unlike OS X, you don't have a company sitting on top of the OS that's slowly taking those power features away from you. Plus, Ubuntu is much leaner than OS X, so even your old Mac will run super-fast.
Before I upgraded to my mid-2010 15-inch Macbook Pro (the one I use today), I rocked an early-2008 15-inch Macbook Pro with a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo and a mere 2GB of memory. It sported Intel's brand new (at the time) Penryn processor, and earned high marks from reviewers, even the editor's choice from PCMag. When I sent my Primary Mac to Apple for a repair, using OS X Lion on it was a terrible experience, and I eventually gave up and started working on my Windows gaming PC instead. I was frustrated though: the hardware is good, and even though I hoped Mountain Lion would save it, it barely supports Mountain Lion. Installing Ubuntu not only gave my Mac a new lease on life, but my machine runs faster than it has in a long time. With luck, you can get the same results for your Mac, even if it's not as old as mine.
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Five things cities should be doing in the next decade
Vicki Sellick, Nesta's Executive Director of Programmes
By Vicki Sellick, Nesta's Executive Director of Programmes, who leads the UK foundation's work supporting innovation in cities and governments.
As a decade of change comes to an end, what will the 2020s bring for cities?
Much of our work with city leaders and governments starts from an immediate pressing need–a housing crisis or a rise in knife crime–but so often moves onto preparing for the future trends that will change all of our lives, and cities as we know them.
But with the pace of change showing no sign of slowing–from the ever increasing power of artificial intelligence, the rise of robotics and automation and the drive to carbon neutrality, to the continuing population rise in cities–how do city leaders and mayors plan to stay ahead in the new decade? I think the smartest cities will be doing the following:
Mapping live and future jobs to give data-driven careers advice
More than six million people in the UK are currently employed in jobs that are likely to radically change or disappear entirely by 2030. But we also expect millions of new jobs to be created (including in occupations which don't currently exist) which people can be training for now. The problem is that many people who are in low-paid work, or who aren't working at all, aren't able to access the information they need to plan and train for the future.
Some governments around the world like Singapore, Denmark, France and China are already taking action to map workforce data at city, regional and national level and combining this with future workforce trends to develop digital career information for students and adults on the likely jobs ahead. We expect cities in 2020 to get much sharper on this–with live dashboards to access current and future jobs data–to harness technology to reduce (not drive) inequalities in the city's workforce.
Using the power of the crowd to solve problems
We know that the traditional way of solving public problems with isolated experts is insufficient for the challenges of the 21st century like climate change, human trafficking, obesity epidemics etc. In the next decade we'll see more cities harnessing Collective Intelligence–ie the insights of both big data and the crowd–to solve problems.
For example, some cities are now collecting citizen science data on pollution levels or small maintenance jobs to augment their own data and get a full picture of what's happening. Others are harnessing the power of the crowd to respond to life-saving emergencies with first aid skills, alongside professional medics using GoodSAM (which was first adopted in London and is now used across much of England, Australia and Asia). And the Taiwanese government asked citizens to help generate policies for Uber and Airbnb to operate with local sensitivity, using online consensus building tools.
Getting serious about experimentation, with public service testbeds
Although they might not like to talk about 'experimenting with their citizens', cities are getting serious about experimentation by establishing public sector testbeds to test new ideas and technologies in real world conditions. For example, England's biggest education testbed is now underway, comparing the efficacy of edtech products in the classroom to reduce teacher workload. And at Nesta we have been working with five city regions around the UK–Bradford, London, Preston, Southampton and the West Midlands–to think through how drones can be used to transport medical products and blood donations safely, paving the way for real trials and potentially saving £1.1 billion.
Creating data collaboratives to maintain citizens' data sovereignty
Data is the new currency of our economies and has the power to guide and shape smart public services like healthcare and even traffic flow. Three quarters of us are concerned about our data privacy, but this is not just a problem for big tech companies. The challenge of the next decade will be how city leaders can empower citizens to own and manage their data, and to trust city institutions to collect, store and interpret it for the common good, learning from cities like Amsterdam, Barcelona and Ghent who have established data collaboratives for citizens.
Tackling fake news
We live in an information age, overwhelmed by news. Yet there has been a steep decline in the number of journalists and public interest news outlets at a local and regional level in the UK. Worse still, trust in governments (including city leaders) is at an all-time low. To ensure that fake news is countered and citizens have the information they need to hold institutions to account and restore trust in them, cities will need to invest in high-quality, independent, public interest news over the next decade.
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Five Horror Movies for Book Snobs
Posted by Joe Costal
'Tis the season for horror movie binging. Hear the singing?
But for many of us here at Quirk, Halloween fare lacks a certain something. Hacked-up teens and creepy crawlers are great and all, but we book nerds need something more. Is internal conflict too much to ask of the horror genre?
Not so. Here are five horror movies especially for book snobs. Join in the holiday spirit without sacrificing cinematic and narrative quality.
To make our list, included movies needed to share certain thematic elements more common to great literary works: a dynamic protagonist, existential crises, social isolationism, familial conflicts, gender/sexuality ramifications, and forays into mental illness.
But most of all, these films share a "transgressive antagonist." In other words, the big baddie isn't pure-evil incarnate. No blood-thirsty killing machines, a la the big three…
Freddy, Leatherface, Jason, Mike Meyers and Chucky have their place. They're great for getting you to the blood and guts quicker, but they don't provide much narrative richness (the exception being the underrated early experiment in "meta," Wes Craven's New Nightmare).
The following movies all have scary, supernatural, Halloweeny moments and monsters in them, but these characters are also a lot more human. They have souls. They have needs. They are looking for love, and all the places are wrong, wrong, wrong! Some of them find fulfillment, but never before stumbling and bumbling through a good, old-fashioned Halloween blood bath.
#5: The Babadook (2014), dir. Jennifer Kent:
One sentence synopsis: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Memorable quote:
The Babadook: You can bring me the boy. You can bring me the boy. You can bring me the boy.
Why it's worth your time: Is it us, or does the Babadook book seem like something that might have been on the Quirk roster? The film is a gripping thesis on grief and despair, while examining the nuanced complexities of maternity. Kent renders a devastating portrait of isolation in examining single parenting, especially when spousal loss, mental instability and behavioral disorders muddy the mix. There is an authority in her directorial vision that makes the Babadook's ambiguous horrors unshakably real.
For the horror purists: Beasties and ghoulies, creepy kids, graphic violence, jump scares, dead animals, sex, killer food, severed limbs, deranged moms (the most horrible of the horror movies offered here).
Essential question: Can't a momma catch a break, anyways?
#4: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2015), dir. Ana Lily Amapour:
One sentence synopsis: In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
Arash: If there was a storm coming right now, a big storm, from behind those mountains, would it matter? Would it change anything?
Why it's worth your time: While not ultimately as feminist as some reviewers read the film, Amapour's nostalgic, colorless, almost silent dreamscape (there is astoundingly little dialogue in this film) sets up a creepy, highly-stylized love story. The film captures the raw energy and ambivalent turmoil of new, young love better than a thousand rom-coms. A solid entry into the ever growing sub-genre of feminine mystique horror.
For the horror purists: Vampires, severed limbs, sex (read: boobs), drugs and blood-sucking kills (second least horror-movie-ish of the offerings).
Essential question: Can we get out of here, if we get out of here together, anyways? (Think Iranian Thunder Road)?
#3: The Witch (2016), dir. Tomas Alfredson:
One sentence synopsis: When their newborn son vanishes and crops fail, a 17th Century New England family turns on one another; beyond their worst fears, a supernatural evil lurks in the nearby wood.
Memorable quote: None. You seriously won't understand a single thing anyone says, anyway.
Why it's worth your time: Holy Alexander Hamilton, are the 1700s having a moment?
Movies like this one only come along once in a very great while. Dark and insidious, atmospheric and mind-bendingly creepy. The film more aptly blends the universal conflicts of puberty vs. patriarchy with the specific, but profound Hawthornian conflict of 17th Century piety vs practical living. The struggle here is real (i.e. feeding a family, not freezing to death), but imagination runs amok.
For the horror purists: Witches of the crone and hot varieties (duh), severed limbs, demonic animals, graphic violence, jump scares, possessions, exorcisms, dark scary woods and so many goats.
Essential question: Why the hell did we come to this god forsaken country, anyways?
#2: Only Lovers Left Alive (2008), dir. Jim Jarmusch:
One sentence synopsis: A depressed musician reunites with his lover, though their romance – which has already endured several centuries – is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Ava: [after she has drained Ian of blood] Oh, I didn't mean to, he was just so cute. And now I feel sick.
Eve: What do you expect, he's from the f*cking music industry!
Why it's worth your time: Hip, emo vampires sitting around decaying Detroit, pondering the "point of it all." But their "it all" has a hell of a lot more context than ours. Jarmusch is doing more than allowing his centuries-old characters to complain about the death of art and culture, he is actually predicting the end to art and culture. The arrival of Adam's destructive kid sister, mindlessly and recklessly short-sighted, seems to pin this fate squarely at the feet of millennials. Sorry. Yet, the ending kill inspires hope in the form of romantic love.
For the horror purists: Vampires, hipsters, hipster vampires, sex, blood-drinking, cheeky comebacks, sexy blood-drinking, sarcasm, emo blood-drinking, double-entendres and nerd ponderings (the most un-horror movie of the offerings).
Essential question: What does it all mean, anyways?
#1: Let the Right One In (2008), dir. Tomas Alfredson:
One sentence synopsis: Eli is eleven-years-old. She's been eleven-years-old for 200 years. And she just moved in next door.
Oskar: Are you a vampire?
Eli: I live off blood… Yes.
Oskar: Are you… dead?
Eli: No. Can't you tell?
Oskar: But… Are you old?
Eli: I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time.
Why it's worth your time: The best vampire film ever, and one of the genre's best as well. A bittersweet, strangely touching and deeply affecting tale of friendship set against the bleak Swedish winter. Exquisitely shot, lit and acted, the movie forces viewers to consider the boundaries of friendship and the ethics of redemption.
For the horror purists: Vampires, severed limbs, demonic animals, graphic violence, a vampire "turning" scene, jump scares, and one of the most memorable endings to a horror movie…ever.
Essential question: What is the price of real friendship?
Other Honorable Mentions: Cabin in the Woods, The Devil's Backbone, It Follows, Pan's Labyrinth, The Sixth Sense, REC & Teeth.
Joe Costal
Joe Costal knows too much about stupid Halloween songs. His writing has appeared in dozens of magazines and journals, most recently Philadelphia Stories and The Maine Review. His poetry is included in Challenges for the Delusional II by Diode Editions. An excerpt from his novel is forthcoming in Painted Bride. Joe teaches writing at Stockton University. Visit him online at joecostal.com.
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Rent The Nun (2018)
2.7 of 5 from 224 ratings
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest (Demian Bichir) with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows (Taissa Farmiga) are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together, they uncover the order's unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun who first terrorized audiences in "The Conjuring 2". Soon the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.
Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Bonnie Aarons, Ingrid Bisu, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor, Charlotte Hope, Sandra Teles, Maria Obretin, August Maturo, Jack Falk, Lynnette Gaza, Ani Sava, Michael Smiley, Gabrielle Downey, David Horovitch, Tudor Munteanu, Lili Bordán
Corin Hardy
Producers:
Peter Safran, James Wan
Dee Bradley Baker, Debra Wilson
Horror, Thrillers
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Reviews (3) of The Nun
Looking for Scares ...there were NUN - The Nun review by porky
Very basic and uninteresting Ghost Movie.
The Conjuring set this up to be Super Scary and Creepy with the appearance of the painting of the Nun and how it Badly effected the Main Character and Ghost Hunter in the first 2 Movies ,but in reality it is the run of the mill Convent Ghost story.Nothing special and certainly not the Horror Movie of the year .
The Horrifying Nun was Sadly Underused with a Tired story about Gateways to Hell etc...yadda Yadda yadda ....heard it all before .
Entertaining but unlike the rest of the Conjuring movies, I wouldn't watch it a second time, just not interesting enough .
Interesting only for the Beginning and Ending Tie in sequences taken from the original Movie to link them together .
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Solid, scenic horror ... mild spoilers. - The Nun review by NP
There is no waiting around in this refreshing gothic horror offering, for moments of horror are on display very effectively as soon as the 93 minute running time begins. The visuals are also stunning from the offset – I am put in mind of the faux-European feel of Hammer films, but with a massively increased budget.
A priest is sent by the Vatican to investigate the suicide of a young Nun from a Romanian abbey, and uncovers a demonic power. The power has some connections with 'The Conjuring (2013)' and its burgeoning franchise. Luckily, however, you don't have to be familiar with that series of films to understand much of what goes on here.
I would say that the film as a whole is solid rather than spectacular, interesting rather than essential. It does, however, contain some memorable set-pieces (including a very uncomfortable scene of someone being buried alive), some nicely shot moments and a good air of unholy evil courtesy of Director Corin Hardy.
Demián Bichir plays Father Burke, Taissa Farmiga is Sister Irene, Jonas Bloquet is Maurice "Frenchie" Theriault and Bonnie Aarons is The Nun – the acting is uniformly impressive and is never reduced to second place behind the myriad of horror effects.
Enjoyed even while not being a horror fan - The Nun review by RR
I don't really like anything too disturbing but for some reason I wanted to give this a try, I did like the characters and loved the music and setting, I found it to be very entertaining and well made, the music is fantastic and really dramatic.
Critic review
The Nun review by Mark McPherson - Cinema Paradiso
Stop me if you've heard this one before. A Catholic priest and a nun walk into a haunted church. Some spooky things happen and then they stop a demon that smacks them around a bit. It's a joke that sounds a smidge funnier in context with The Nun, a Conjuring spin-off that diverges down paths of goofy jumpscare horror and confounding adventure movie territory. And, wow, is that Conjuring playbook getting dusty this time around.
It's 1952 and the Vatican is in need of a rebellious duo to investigate a suicide at a Romanian church. Father Burke (Demián Bichir) is a priest that had previously performed an exorcism on a kid, but the disastrous result led him to drown his sorrows in crossword puzzles. Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) is a nun in training, the bad girl of her convent, but only because she tells tales of dinosaurs to the kids and doesn't wear the habit that often. But she has a familiarity with the Romanian area so she's just the pre-vow woman for the job. Together, along with local French-Canadian Frenchie (Jonas Bloquet), they'll solve the mystery of the nun that hung herself. Unlike Scooby Doo, there's a real demon behind this, sometimes with teeth and ghastly white skin.
The plot requires our characters to be extra gullible to pull off its haunted church angle. You know the drill: there's something scary in the darkness and our heroes must walk slowly towards it, an arm outstretched. They're so gullible for these tricks that at one point Father Burke will be led by a bell on a string. Now, I don't mind so much that these characters are so dumb to stumble into these traps; I just thought I'd point that out. Their actions are excusable if the frights they're blindly speeding towards are worth the stupidly. And it's unfortunate that The Nun offers little variety. You'll get your jumpscares and maybe a clever use of shadows, repeated from The Conjuring 2's scariest scene with the nun painting, but the majority of the scares follow the same formula: something spooky is in the distance, turn away, turn back, it's gone. I hope you like these types of terrors because it's all you're going to get for most of the movie.
So bereft of creative horror that by the third act the movie nearly abandons the genre altogether for an adventure movie. When the book ended character of Frenchie pops back up as the comical action hero, there's an Indiana Jones style raiding afoot. Consider how the film shifts from trying to decipher the evil demon targeting nuns to traveling through underground tombs with torches to search for a relic containing the blood of Christ. It's no wonder why Frenchie ditched the church for most of the movie. He belongs in an adventure picture and only pops up when something more his style comes to pass in this middling horror picture.
While The Nun ultimately disappoints in the fun department of its Conjuring predecessors, it has its small, almost microscopic moments of haunted house glee. The camera takes some interesting turns with pulling away, racing with the characters, and tilting deep as the demons start coming out to terrorize. There's some unique staging of the church, even if it grows a little cliche with a spooky graveyard of many grosses and heavy mist. And it's certainly a pleasing picture to watch with an audience that overreacts and freaks out to every scare. But when the most entertaining part of a horror movie is listening to someone in the audience cuss in a state of fear at the screen, there's something missing in this horror franchise that is starting to get a little long in the creepy, demonic tooth.


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Home » In The News » The 2009 vigorous trial defense of a 15 year old boy charged with intentional murder in Nassau County which resulted in a jury that was 'hopelessly deadlocked' which thereafter resulted in a favorable disposition.
The 2009 vigorous trial defense of a 15 year old boy charged with intentional murder in Nassau County which resulted in a jury that was 'hopelessly deadlocked' which thereafter resulted in a favorable disposition.
Boy, 15, charged in Roosevelt murder Cody Hernandez
BY MATTHEW CHAYES
A 15-year-old boy from Roosevelt — a reputed member of the Crips street gang — was arraigned Thursday on a murder charge in the death of a rival from the Bloods, according to court records and Nassau County police.
Cody Hernandez is accused of shooting Lord Carter with a .25-caliber handgun, striking him in the stomach and left thigh, according to a felony complaint.
At the arraignment hearing Thursday, a judge ordered Hernandez jailed without bail. He is charged as an adult with second-degree murder.
The police said a witness saw the two arguing June 21 at East Fulton Avenue and Scherer Place in Roosevelt just before Hernandez fired around 11:15 p.m., then ran away.
And the day before, the two had a dispute in Centennial Park in Roosevelt, said homicide Det. Sgt. Richard Laursen of the Nassau police.
"There was some personal animosity between the two," Laursen said. "Without a gun, it would have just been a dispute."
The murder weapon has not been recovered, Laursen said.
Just before his latest arrest, Hernandez had been in a juvenile jail for violation of probation stemming from a criminal case in family court, according to records. Citing the confidentiality of juvenile court records, a Nassau police spokesman refused to detail Hernandez's previous crime.
Hernandez pleaded not guilty at his arraignment at First District Court in Hempstead, said his attorney, Dominic L. Addabbo of Forest Hills. Addabbo said he would not comment on the merits of the case. Hernandez is due back in court next week. Addabbo said he and his client are deciding whether Hernandez should testify before a grand jury.
No one answered the door at the home where records say Hernandez lives.
A neighbor who refused to give his name called the teen's arrest "shocking" and "a tragedy for the family."
Asked about the arrest, Carter's girlfriend, Aleyah Cust, 19, said, "It's a big weight off my shoulders. I'd rather him be arrested than in the streets."
Staff writers Laura Rivera and Michelle Trauring contributed to this story.


The Lotus Seed Katana by Dragon King is more than a weapon for the Samurai who wields it; its Lotus Seed theme is a representation of the Shinto-Buddhist cycle of Reincarnation and the path to Enlightenment. This Katana has a differentially-treated and traditionally clay-tempered blade forged from T10 high carbon steel - its thick spine without a bo-hi groove gives it the additional mass to power it through a decisive cutting strike. The habaki and seppa are silvered and the blackened tsuba is fashioned into the form of a Lotus seed pod and is embedded with Lotus seeds which are crafted from copper - its fuchi and kashira follow this theme.
The tsuka grip of wood is carefully inlaid with panels of genuine rayskin and it was overlaid with tightly-knotted purple tsuka-ito cord; silvered dragonfly menuki are inlaid beneath the grip wrap, for they are frequently seen among the the Lotus blooms. The saya scabbard is carved to fit from wood and is smoothly coated with a deep purple lacquer; its fittings are polished buffalo horn and it is completed with a purple, white and gold sageo cord. A cloth sword bag is included. There is also a matching Wakizashi available to complement this sword to create a beautifully matched daisho set - it is linked with a thumbnail on this page.


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Salisu Shehu, PhD, is a Professor of Educational Psychology with the Department of Education Bayero University, Kano. Prof Shehu holds a Bachelor of Arts (Ed) from Bayero University Kano (BUK), M.Ed. (Educational Psychology), BUK and PhD (Educational Psychology) from Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto. He worked with the Federal College of Education (Tech.), Gombe 1990-1994 after which he joined the services of BUK in 1994.
Shehu has authored seven books on issues related to governance, Islamization of Knowledge, Peace, etc. in addition to over thirty (30) academic papers in his areas of research interest which include Educational Psychology, Islamic Psychology, Islamic Education, Critical Issues in Education, Teacher Education, Open and Distance Learning, Critical Social Theory, Peace Education and Conflict Resolution as well as Social Justice and Good Governance. He has presented papers at International Conferences and published in reputable local and International Journals.
Shehu served BUK in various capacities including membership of the University Senate (2x), Postgraduate School Board, Committee of Deans and Directors and University Governing Council. He was also the Pioneer Director of the Institute of Continuing Education and Pioneer Dean School of Continuing Education.
Prof Shehu was a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy (PACPM)( 2005-2009) and Special Advisor to the Bauchi State Governor on Education and Societal Reorientation( 2007-2011).
Shehu served as the National President of the Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria (MCAN) and Member, Expanded General Purposes Committee, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and is currently the National Coordinator, IIIT Nigeria.
Shehu is a prolific writer and articulate public speaker. He speaks Hausa, English, Arabic and Fulfulde (In order of proficiency). He is married and blessed with children.


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Avegno (ligurisch Avëgno) ist eine italienische Gemeinde in der Metropolitanstadt Genua mit  Einwohnern (Stand ).

Lage

Die Gemeinde befindet sich im Hinterland der Stadt Recco am Golfo Paradiso des Ligurischen Meers. Die Entfernung zu der ligurischen Hauptstadt Genua beträgt circa 25 Kilometer. Avegno liegt am oberen Lauf des Baches Recco, der mit dem Bach Arbora das Territorium der Gemeinde durchfließt.

Das Gemeindegebiet ist vorwiegend hügelig; die höchsten Berge sind der Monte Caravaggio (507 Meter) und der Monte Bello (657 Meter).

Das Hinterland der Gemeinde Avegno bildet einen Teil der Comunità Montana Fontanabuona. Die Gemeinde selbst ist in vier Ortsteile untergliedert: Avegno, Molino Nuovo, Salto und Testana. Des Weiteren werden die Siedlungen Arbora, Lupara, Pietrafitta und Vescina zu Avegno gerechnet.

Nach der italienischen Klassifizierung bezüglich seismischer Aktivität wurde Avegno der Zone 4 zugeordnet. Das bedeutet, dass sich die Gemeinde in einer seismisch inerten Zone befindet.

Einwohnerentwicklung

Gemeindepartnerschaften
Avegno unterhält eine Partnerschaft mit dem schweizerischen
Avegno.

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Energy-Dependent Three-Body Loss in 1D Bose Gases
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Stern–Gerlach detection of neutral-atom qubits in a state-dependent optical lattice
Wu, T. Y., Kumar, A., Giraldo, F. & Weiss, D. S., Jun 1 2019, In : Nature Physics. 15, 6, p. 538-542 5 p.
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Improving sensitivity to magnetic fields and electric dipole moments by using measurements of individual magnetic sublevels
Tang, C., Zhang, T. & Weiss, D. S., Mar 8 2018, In : Physical Review A. 97, 3, 033404.
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Sorting ultracold atoms in a three-dimensional optical lattice in a realization of Maxwell's demon
Kumar, A., Wu, T. Y., Giraldo, F. & Weiss, D. S., Sep 6 2018, In : Nature. 561, 7721, p. 83-87 5 p.
Quantum computing with neutral atoms
Weiss, D. S. & Saffman, M., Jul 1 2017, Physics Today, 70, 7, p. 45-50 6 p.
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Have you ever had a rash that just wouldn't go away? You've tried putting medicine on it but nothing seems to cure it? You may be allergic to ingredients in your hair dye, lotion or jewelry.
Many people don't know they have an allergy because reactions are often delayed. Although we can't make you less allergic, we can determine what you're allergic to so you can avoid products with those ingredients in the future.
Patch testing involves applying a purified allergen to a person's skin to see if it causes an allergic reaction. Typically, 8 to 10 small stickers are placed on the patient's back for 24-48 hours. The stickers must stay dry until they are removed and analyzed.
People who come in for patch testing should not apply any skincare products to their back. They should also bring in any cosmetics, shampoos, lotions and other products such as jewelry or footwear that regularly come in contact with their skin.
In most cases, a person will come to our office with an itchy rash that won't go away. Suppose the rash is on a person's eyelid. Patch testing tells us if they're allergic to a substance in their makeup or skincare products.
If a sticker with a certain allergen turns red and becomes inflamed, and that allergen is found in the person's makeup, lotion or moisturizer, we can pinpoint the cause of the problem.
Patch testing can be very specific depending on a person's occupation, environment and activities. We start with broad tests and then tailor them to the individual.
A general patch test, called the North American 80, is performed first. If we notice inflammation and redness from this test, we can perform more specific tests to focus on certain ingredients based on the person's lifestyle. For example, an auto mechanic would be tested much differently than a hairdresser.
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Many environmental problems associated with the mining industry involve the understanding and analysis of fluid or gas flow. Typical examples include groundwater flow, transport of contaminants, heat transfer, explosions, fire development and dust movements. Both experimental work and numerical models can provide the necessary information for solution of any particular problem. The long-term pyrite oxidation, acid mine drainage generation and transportation of the oxidation products are noted to be the most important problems that can be modelled in order to predict the transport of thecontaminants through groundwater and rivers flow systems, to interpret the geochemistry and achieve a better understanding of the processes involved.


1. Not again. 2. Wow! what a chest. 3. Tripped on his what? 4. Did he just offer to sleep with me? 5. Nightly temptations 6. The day just got worse.
Author's note: I do not own Inuyasha and its characters. It will always retain its ownership to our dearest Rumiko Takahashi. So let's get started.
The forest ground was stilled from all the battle it had faced not so about some one hour ago. Breaking through the still of the forest was a woman running to her safety. The woman wore a small green skirt that was above her knee length and a white shirt which was caked with dirt and sweat. She ran as fast as her tired body could carry her.
Kagome thought to herself, how on earth the day turned into such a one of turmoil and disaster when it had started out quite peaceful. What was that word again oh ya Murphy's Law she thought to herself albeit in a grudging manner.
The day had started with the usual comical display of the shard hunter group. Inuyasha shouting for more Ramen. Pestering Shippo about taking his share. Kagome face planting Inuyasha with her magical word and then the beautiful slap which echoed through the clearing followed by an unconscious monk.
Suddenly a demon with long arms and short leg and a thin body came after her shards. The group battled but the demon seemed to bypass the Tetsusaiga's attack and instead follow Kagome.
The above incident had led her to her present predicament. Why was Inuyasha not following her? She thought gingerly because the so called malnutrition and malformed demon had enough strength to deflect the wind scar and send it to her group instead who had fallen down.
She ran and ran and ran. Not within a few moments of time the demon had her in his rather long hands and was shaking her in a funny way. The shaking reminded her of the times when she used to shake her piggy bank to see if she had any more money left. Was this guy thinking her to be a piggy bank and the shards to be money?
As if in reply, the demon whined and complained about not finding the money.. ummm the shards. So he released a growl. Kagome being extremely frightened released a small squeak and along with that a small amount of her magic demon repellent power. The guy which was supposed to be a child cried out and like a frustrated child threw her into the air. Was she supposed to be the piggy bank being thrown cause she had no money..argh shard.
As a matter where was the shard bottle? Now she remembers she kept them in her backpack. Then why had the demon attacked her. Now she remembered she had left the backpack in the forest while running. The demon being a child might not have realized and continued to follow her.
How unfair could life get to her? She only hoped that their group had found the shard and that it was in safe hands. Oh yes did she mention? She was flying through the air. How fitting for such a day to proceed. She hoped that nothing more went wrong for the wretched day.
But as the entire Japan knows, the word fate is never fare to Kagome. As if to prove this point the great and the terrible Lord Sesshomaru was at the moment relaxing in a hot spring not even about 1 meter away from the currently flying miko.


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"Burgin, author of 11 books[including The Spirit Returns] and publisher of Boulevard, dwells on the violence, and the humor of misconnection in impressive detail... The title story, set at a Florida conference on beauty that grows increasingly more confessional and bizarre, concludes this astute exploration—touched with satire—of emotional vacancy and its attendant brutality."
— Publishers Weekly
"Burgin is the poet laureate of loneliness and longing, writing economically, with humor and exquisite attention to interior monologues."
— Philadelphia Inquirer
"Burgin skates along the edge of realism and dark fantasy in fiction so supremely well made that all manner of fancy and menace is readily ingested."
"It takes a masterful writer to create characters who, regardless of whether they are likable, keep the reader engaged. Richard Burgin is such a writer. "
— January Magazine
"It's not an astonishing claim to speak of Burgin's mastery of the short story form. His multiple Pushcart Prizes speak to this... Both in subject and form Burgin never seems to tell the same story twice... Burgin [is] at the top of his game."
— The Arkansas Review
"Richard Burgin's voice is what takes you in. It can be casual to the point of breeziness, but with an undertone of insinuation that, like a street-corner whisper, at once draws you in deeper and warns you against following; it treats you almost obsessively to detail while seeming to withhold the one thing you need to know; it never loses its cheerful, dogged note even when describing the absolutely horrific; it has a nugget of ice at its center. It is, in short, the perfect instrument of urban anomie, and over the course of several fiction collections and a novel, Ghost Quartet, it has carved out a distinctive and unmistakable place in American letters. Burgin's new collection, The Conference on Beautiful Moments, represents him in peak form."
— Per Contra
"Burgin is always inventive and suspenseful, with tough and truthful insights about the quest for identity, authenticity, connection and commitment."
— Chicago Tribune
"Burgin's compelling work examines loneliness... Burgin does a superb job of chronicling an essential human need."
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"The Conference on Beautiful Moments contains some of the best prose I've read in the last year, and while nearly every story is a model of psychological realism and philosophical depth, a sizable percentage of them also offer suspense of the praying-the-character-will-get-out-alive variety... Burgin as a portraitist of conjugal love that is neither idealized nor desperately bleak bears comparison with some of the literary-historical peaks in relationship-realism, like, say, William Dean Howells and Alice Munro. "
— Chautuaqua Literary Journal
"If his literary career ended today, Richard Burgin would certainly be ranked in the top tier of American short story writers... some of his best writing; for those already in the know, enjoy yet another strong collection by a master practitioner of the short story."
— The Pedestal Magazine.com
"The Conference on Beautiful Moments offers a negotiation—between reader and text, character and place, character and character—demonstrating that rather than a singular, breathtaking, life-changing moment, it is the process that contains the value, and sometimes the joy, of life."
— Sauce Magazine
"This is a work Chekhov could appreciate."
— Daniel Garrett - Review of Contemporary Fiction
"Burgin has the wonderful audacity to write about the beauty in desperate characters and tough situations and the skill to make readers believe it but wish they didn't."
— Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing
"Stunningly effective, containing some of the best stories of [Burgin's] accomplished career... Burgin, at the peak of his considerable powers here, demonstrates the eternal difference between testimony and art, confession and paradox, journalism and fiction, Mencken and Faulkner."
— Prairie Schooner
"Burgin in these engaging, haunted stories of obsession and misplaced, misguided affection, offers the reader both comedy and pathos, as if God is a comedian and humans are the punchline."
— George Williams - American Book Review
The Conference on Beautiful Moments
Stories by Richard Burgin
Publication Date: 1 Jan 2007
Trim Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Subject: Original Poetry and Fiction
Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction
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From rural farmland and a labyrinth of waterways to historical towns and metropolitan hubs, the Midwest has a myriad of natural and urban landscapes. Known for its powerful rivers, including the Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio, riverboat cruises are a popular way to see the heart of the Midwest. While most cruises only last a few hours, there are a few overnight riverboat journeys along the regions many rivers.
One of the only traditional paddlewheel boats in the county that offers overnight stays, the Spirit of Peoria sails on the Illinois River and the Mississippi River. Choose from a variety of themed, sightseeing and multiple day trips including a murder mystery cruise, a two day journey to Starved Rock State Park and a four night adventure from Peoria to St. Louis and Florence. On board, enjoy live music, storytelling, a Mark Twain impersonator and buffet style dinning.
Resembling a traditional Victorian steamboat, the Twilight Riverboat has three decks, elegantly adorned dinning areas and sun decks. Sailing from Le Claire, Iowa to Dubuque on the Mississippi River, the two day journey takes travels past historic landmarks, rolling farmland, dense forests and an abundance of wildlife. While on board, listen to traditional folk, blues and country music, learn about the areas topography and history from knowledgeable guides and taste freshly prepared local cuisine.
The American Queen, the largest steam boat ever built, provides a 16 day trip down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana. It gives the opportunity to be transported back in time to an era of leisurely and romantic travel while exploring storybook American towns and vibrant cities which all inspired the works of Mark Twain while at the same time having all of the modern amenities. There are also additional two day pre-cruise packages and three day post cruise packages that are offered to further explore the regions.
See the Mississippi, Ohio, Illinois and Cumberland Rivers on a traditional riverboat, with Mississippi River Cruises. Experience the areas rich history and diverse landscapes, from the slow pace of a riverboat. Ranging from eight to 12 day excursions, travel from St. Louis to St. Paul and enjoy cocktail parties, nightly entertainment, large guest rooms–many with their own balcony and modern amenities. With space for 140 passengers, the riverboat has six lounges, a library, a ballroom, multiple viewing decks and a fitness area.
Sheinin, Michelle. "Overnight Riverboat Cruises in the Midwest." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/overnight-riverboat-cruises-midwest-33571.html. 16 October 2017.


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Grupo Antolin deploys intelligent intralogistics system at Spanish plant
Why tire sales are becoming ever more important for OEMs and dealerships
Mercedes-Benz AG and Hydro partner for sustainable aluminium supply chain
Aluminium with a carbon footprint lowered by almost 70% will be included into Mercedes-EQ models, among others, starting in 2023
David Leggett
Mercedes-Benz has signed a letter of intent with Norwegian Aluminium maker Hydro for a low-carbon technology roadmap between 2023 to 2030.
Mercedes says the step is a key milestone on the way toward enabling a green aluminium supply chain.
As an immediate result of the partnership, the CO₂ footprint of the aluminium supplied by Hydro will be almost 70% lower than the European average by next year, it is claimed.
Markus Schäfer, Mercedes-Benz Group CTO said: "Aluminium is becoming increasingly important as a lightweight material in electric vehicles. We are intensively working with our partners on finding levers to lower CO₂ emissions in the aluminium supply chain. Therefore, I am very happy that we now join forces with Hydro as a long-standing expert in producing renewable energies to tackle one of the biggest challenges in the automotive industry. This is an important signal to accelerate change in the aluminium industry and increase the availability of low carbon aluminium."
Hydro currently supplies Mercedes-Benz with CO₂ reduced aluminium for its foundry in Stuttgart Mettingen. The strategic partnership raises the cooperation to a new level to optimise decarbonisation processes for aluminium used in vehicle manufacturing. As a result, the first testing material made of further CO₂ reduced aluminium from Norway with a CO₂ footprint reduction of almost 70% is expected for next year.
Mercedes-Benz and Hydro also aim to reduce the use of primary resources through increased use of secondary materials from post-consumer scrap.
As part of Mercedes-Benz's "Ambition2039", the focus is on the reduction of CO₂ emissions as well as the responsible use of resources along the entire supply chain. In close cooperation with its suppliers Mercedes is working on levers for the consistent reduction of CO₂ as well as seeking to significantly reduce the input of primary materials.
Mercedes-Benz also says it is retooling its supply chain to focus on the prevention and reduction of CO₂ emissions rather than through offsetting. The strategic partnership will help the Stuttgart-based carmaker towards achieving its ambitious emission reduction goals.
Hilde Merete Aasheim, President and CEO of Hydro said: "Mercedes-Benz is a forward-leaning company, and a perfect partner for Hydro. The ambition of making their entire fleet of new passenger cars CO₂-neutral by 2039 matches Hydro's ambition to deliver industrial-scale zero-carbon aluminium by 2030. Partnerships and collaboration in the value chains can accelerate technology developments needed to reduce emissions, and we are excited to have Mercedes joining us on our path to zero carbon aluminium."
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This is a user's guide to installing and using BullGuard AntiVirus properly. Everything here is shown step-by-step, so, you should not have any problems if you follow it carefully.
BullGuard AntiVirus requires Windows 7, 8, 10, or Vista. The computer must have at least 1GB of RAM, 850MB of free space on a hard drive and Internet connection.
Firstly, download BullGuard from our page.
After you get the installation file, open it and the download will begin immediately.
After BullGuard AntiVirus is downloaded, the installation will begin. It is short and simple, just follow further instructions to install it properly.
1. The first installation window is the terms of the license agreement. It is recommended to read these terms in order to know what you are accepting. To see the terms of the License Agreement, click "Read the License Agreement". If you accept it, check the box and click "Install", and the installation will begin.
2. The installer can take up to a few minutes to complete its task. The installation process is shown as a green bar at the bottom.
The installation will be completed after the process is loaded.
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There are many useful features in BullGuard, but most of them are only available in the full version only.
Antivirus – This is the main feature, which will let you perform a full, quick, custom scan and check the quarantine list, which has all the threats that were detected on your computer. You can choose whether you want to restore, upload or delete them.
Spam filter – there you can block unwanted e-mail contacts or domains.
Firewall – firewall blocks various viruses and other threats online.
Backup – this is a safe backup feature, which lets you protect all your information in case of an emergency.
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PC Tune-up – you can optimize your PC for better performance here.
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Also, in the Antivirus section, you can access Quarantine, where you can view the detected threats and decide, what you want to do with them.
To perform a computer scan, open the program first. Then, in Antivirus section, open a sub-menu and choose which scan you want to perform.
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The OECD today launched a 3.0 version of its pioneering Better Life Index, an interactive tool that allows people to create their own index according to their priorities in 11 areas that the OECD has identified as essential for well-being. The updated version contains the latest underlying statistics, country data, user findings and a translation into Spanish.
A High Level Expert Group is to be set up to continue the work of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission on Measuring Economic Performance and Social Progress.
Technological advances, less costly shipping and trade liberalisation have transformed the way in which companies make products and distribute them worldwide. Governments that become more open to trade and investment, and encourage innovation will help firms better integrate the global value chains that are driving growth in increasingly interconnected economies, according to new OECD research.
Boosting private sector investment in sustainable transport infrastructure will be essential as governments seek to meet long-term economic and environmental objectives at a time of constrained public finances, according to a new OECD report.


Discussion in 'High Tech Retrofits' started by czizza, Jan 30, 2019.
Nice work! VA was one of the best things I did to my car. Works great. Hope you enjoy it. Don't know if mine's the same as yours, but need-for-speed, on mine those are for the dash vents.
The 3 ducts in the picture are for the left, right and center vents. I have an adapter that splits the center into two and allows you to connect that to the center port.
Okay project is done. The GEN II unit fits perfectly and I am able to get heat ... I am going to have the unit charged so I can get my AC to work.