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I had so much fun talking to all of the different people yesterday. Lots of couples, lots of families, lots of new people, and lots of regulars. I asked this one couple if they had been here before and they said once, it was one of their first dates. How cool is that!!!!
Lots of people drove from far away – Hollywood, Brentwood, Sierra Madre, etc. and that means a lot!
Saturday was good too and it feels like this might be the beginning of our next phase. I'm both excited and a little nervous about what might come as the days become longer and hotter, and we will inevitably get busier. It's almost the same way I felt around our opening – butterflies, excitement, exhaustion, and disbelief that this is actually happening and my dream has come alive!
We almost ran out of 4 Flavors yesterday. I thought we made enough to get through Monday, but just barely, we made it through Sunday. Luckily, I had someone scheduled to come in this morning to make more so we are fully stocked for today as I think we will be busy again. It really bothers me when we either run out of a flavor or a machine isn't working as I hate to disappoint people, so I'm so happy we didn't run out yesterday.
As we are getting busier, I'm starting to interview people to get ready. We need another soft serve maker and will need more cashier/servers soon.
Our month of February Pint-O-Rama is doing pretty good too. We are at 80 pints so far!
Thanks to all who came out this weekend and here's to some exciting times ahead!


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The Oncoming Storm brings the Petrio's Storm series to a dramatic conclusion. The invasion is pending and it's time to meet to the challenge. The town must be fortified, the enemy scouted, and dangerous beasts hunted. Then the battle truly begins: seven encounters to truly test the party and their preparations.
Follows The Maze Before the Storm and Storming the Tower, but does not require you to have run them.
A level 5 adventure, optimized for a party of 5.
Setting agnostic: a town beside a mountain range.
Focus: Combat and Social encounters.
Content Warning: Content and Image warnings: War, Spiders, Undead, Mind flayer with severed head
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Alicia Ross: Sacred_Profane
Image: Alicia Ross, Motherboard_5 (The Siren) detail, cross-stitch on cotton, 2008 / ©Alicia Ross
Press Release / September 4 - October 4, 2008
Black & White Gallery is delighted to present SACRED_PROFANE - a solo exhibition by Alicia Ross.
Referencing the title of Titian's 16th century painting Sacred and Profane Love, Ross investigates the wide range of media to provide a contemporary reinterpretation of proper and obscene, respectable and shameful. The work, in this contemporary context, mingles teasing innocence with erotic voracity, challenges the irony of representation of the female form with standard moral differences between sanctified love and fantastical desire.
The series of Samplers and Motherboards, Love Swing sculpture and Rockwell's a Surrealist mixed media installation originate from images from the internet, religious texts and domestic objects – all loaded with pornographic innuendos – which Ross works and reworks using handicraft techniques, transforming them while retaining a sense of their original meaning and physical form. An interesting tension arises when pornography is integrated with handicraft, blurring distinctions between the sacred and the profane for it pokes fun at the very idea of leeway or discrepancy, and inevitably engages the viewer's critical eye.
In the Ishihara Test Series videos, similarly-sourced imaging is fitted into the template for testing color deficiencies. Ross is savvy about her use of this scientific test for the work, aware that men are considerably more prone to colorblindness than women. Hence, Ishihara becomes an ideal mechanism with which to confound the male gaze. It becomes nearly impossible to possess that which you cannot see.
SACRED_PROFANE draws our attention to the whimsical, the absurd as much as the tragic and to the morally significant.
Alicia Ross holds a Bachelor of Arts from Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH (2003) and a Master of Fine Arts from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY (2007). She lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio.


After breakfast set off along the coast of Fethiye Peninsular for lunch in a secluded bay. When sea conditions permitting we will sail to Butterfly Valley & Oludeniz for visit and swim. The night is spent at St. Nicholas Island, where you can explore the ruins of a Byzantine settlement as the sun sets.


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Vincent Carioscia '83
Induction Year: 1990
Sport(s): Football
Vincent came to Franklin and Marshall from Valley Cottage, N.Y. At 6' 2'' and 240 pounds, he had the ideal physical makeup to be an outstanding collegiate lineman. A four-year letterwinner at offensive tackle, Vinnie started his last three years as the Diplomats dominated their MAC opponents. Able to bench press more than 450 pounds, he was one of the reasons his teammate Rob Shepardson proved to be successful. Vincent was named to the MAC All Conference team in both 1981 and 1982 and earned ECAC honors in 1982. The highest honor a Division III athlete can achieve is to be named All-American. He was named a Kodak first team Division II/III All-American in 1981 and 1982. Following graduation, Vincent signed a professional contract to play football with the Baltimore Colts. Graduating from F&M in 1983 with a major in business, Vin is currently living in Sunrise, FL, where he is the co-owner of the A-1 Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Service.
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Sat, 05/18 | WLAX vs. Ill. Wesleyan W, 19-7 (Final) V | BX | RC
Thu, 05/16 | Women's Track and Field ECAC Championships - Day 2 NTS (Final) R | RC
Thu, 05/16 | Men's Track and Field ECAC Championships - Day 2 NTS (Final) R | RC
Wed, 05/15 | Women's Track and Field ECAC Championships - Day 1 NTS (Final) R | RC
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Mon, 05/13 | Women's Track and Field Swarthmore Last Chance Meet NTS (Final) R | RC
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Sun, 05/12 | WLAX vs. Springfield W, 17-3 (Final) V | V | BX | RC
Thu, 05/09 | Women's Track and Field West Point Twilight NTS (Final) R | RC


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A Good Long Way
Explores contemporary issues such as staying in school and striving for a better life through education.
by René Saldaña, Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback
Imprint: Piñata Books
A Good Long Way quantity
Categories: Fiction, Author Origin, Books, Latino Young Men and Boys High School, Latino Young Men and Boys Middle School, Mexican-American, Piñata Books for Young Adults, René Saldaña, Jr.
This affecting novel follows the troubled lives of three teens in deep South Texas "Stop it. The two of you, stop it! You're father and son; you should love each other." Roelito howls at his father and older brother as their heated argument turns into a pushing, shoving match. Beto has again come home way past curfew, and worse, smelling like a cantina.
When Beto Sr. tells his son that he either needs to follow the rules or leave, the boy—a senior in high school and a man as far as he's concerned—decides to leave, right then, in the middle of the night. Once he has walked away, though, he realizes he has nowhere to go. Maybe his best friend Jessy—a hard-as-nails girl who has run away before—can help him.
The story of Beto's decision to run away and drop out of school is told from shifting perspectives in which the conflicted lives of Roel, Beto, and Jessy are revealed in short, poignant scenes that reflect teen-age life along the Texas-Mexico border.
Each one has a good long way to go in growing up. Roel fights against the teachers' assumptions that he's like Beto. Unlike his big brother, Roel is book smart and actually enjoys school. Jessy is smart too, but most of her teachers can't see beyond her tough-girl façade. Her parents are so busy fighting with each other that they don't notice her, even if she's packing a suitcase to leave. And Beto … somewhere along the way he quit caring about school. And his teachers have noticed and given up too.
Author and educator René Saldaña, Jr. once again writes a fast-paced, thought-provoking novel that will engage young adults in questions about their own lives and responsibilities to family, friends, and most of all, to themselves.
Named to the Texas Library Association's 2012 TAYSHAS High School Reading List
Finalist, 2011 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children and Young Adult Literature
Finalist, Texas Institute of Letters Austin Public Library Friends Foundation-Young Adult Book
Honor Book, 2011 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
Finalist, ForeWord Reviews' 2010 Book of the Year
"Told in spare, shifting viewpoints, this short novel, set in a Texas border town and peppered with Spanish phrases, is an absorbing narrative of anger, guilt, sorrow, and hope. The intense fights will grab readers, and so will the friendship and love. A great choice for readers' theater."—Booklist
"A poignant, brief novel that leaves a lasting impression, A Good Long Way is a meaningful read for teens by an author with a deep understanding of the struggles and rewards of growing up."—ForeWord Reviews
"A purposeful but intense tale. Saldaña lays out his characters' thoughts and emotional landscapes in broad strokes."—Kirkus Reviews
"A coming-of-age novel set in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas…This fast-paced novel will make readers think about their own lives and responsibilities."—Library Journal
RENÉ SALDAÑA, JR. is the author of several acclaimed novels for young people that depict life in Mexican-American communities. Reviewers have used words like "powerful," "provocative," "engaging," and "accessible" to describe his work. In A Good Long Way, an affecting novel that follows the troubled lives of three teens in deep South Texas, Saldaña once again writes a fast-paced narrative that will engage young adults in questions about their own lives and responsibilities to family, friends, and most of all, to themselves. He is the author of a bilingual story collection, Dancing with the Devil and Other Tales from Beyond / Bailando con el Diablo y otros cuentos del más allá (Piñata Books, 2012), which features supernatural elements rooted in Latino folklore. His other books include The Whole Sky Full of Stars (Random House, 2007), Finding Our Way: Stories (2003) and The Jumping Tree (Delacorte, 2001). He lives in Lubbock, Texas, where he teaches in the College of Education at Texas Tech University.
Learn more at renesaldanajr.blogspot.com.
ATOS Interest Level: Upper Grades
Category: Young Adult
ATOS English: 5
Accelerated Reader Quiz #: 142332
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Q: Prevent objects to be created if it has created more than 10+ in a certain amount of time? If I have a Entry object in Django. How could I limit the amount of Entries been created in 10 minutes or so?
The scenario is if a user tries to create 10+ posts under a certain period it will give a warning saying that you cannot create more posts bla bla.

A: import datetime
from django.utils import timezone

class Post(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(
        settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
        on_delete=models.CASCADE
    )
    content = models.TextField()
    date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

num_recent_posts = user.post_set.filter(
    date_created__gte=timezone.now() - datetime.timedelta(minutes=10),
).count()

if num_recent_posts > 10:
    ...

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What a beautiful way to bring dairy and yoghurt products to life online! This site for Maison Riviera is a beautifully art-directed, cleverly designed example of how designing for web can start to feel more tactile. Such great work from Montreal-based interactive agency Deux Huit Huit.
With loads of smart scrolling effects and beautiful photography, this website is a shining example of how you can bring FMCG products to life in a rich, exciting way for consumers. We love it!
Do visit the site here.
This entry was posted in Multimedia, Photography and tagged Deux Huit Huit, Maison Riviera, Multimedia Design, photography on April 30, 2018 by stellenboschacademy.
Such smart work from Ogilvy Hong Kong! To advertise KFC's 'hot and spicy' range, they used the iconic image of KFC chicken as a stand in for explosions, smoke and other images we understand as 'hot'.
So smart and so good!
This entry was posted in Art Direction and tagged Hong Kong, KFC, Ogilvy and Mather on April 27, 2018 by stellenboschacademy.
Seung-Gu Kim is a South Korean photographer who turns his lens to South Korean culture – capturing what the people in his country are doing and trying to understand it through photography. This set of images, which captures the people of Seoul on holiday, shows how because of the incredibly long hours that people work, they are forced to visit holiday parks and other attractions close to Seoul in order to make the most of their time. This concentration of people makes for these highly-detailed photographs, which capture modern day South Koreans at leisure – making most of the scant hours left to them after they've done their work.
To see more of Seung-Gu Kim's work, please visit his site here.
This entry was posted in Photography and tagged Photogaphy, Seung-Gi Kim, South Korea on April 25, 2018 by stellenboschacademy.
One of our third year Multimedia students, Lene van Heerden, recently completed this animation for a private brief for Faceboard, an e-learning platform with a cool way of interacting with people through gamification and social learning.
You can visit Faceboard's website here.
Such incredible work, well done Lene!
This entry was posted in Academy Work, Multimedia and tagged animation, Illustration, Lene van Heerden, Multimedia Design on April 24, 2018 by stellenboschacademy.
Our next open day at the Academy is fast approaching! On Saturday 12 May we'll be holding another open day and if the last one is anything to go by, it'll be a great morning for all.
We'll be open from 10:00 until 14:00 with talks being held at 10:30 and 12:00.
If you're interested in attending, please do send a mail to Louise here.
This entry was posted in Academy Work and tagged Design, Open DAy, photography, Stellenbosch Academy on April 23, 2018 by stellenboschacademy.
As one of our students, Morgan Mulholland, was recently in London for the Sony World Photography Awards we felt it made a lot of sense to share the overall winner for 2018.
Alys Tomlinson is a UK based photographer who has worked in editorial, design and advertising photography but this project, Ex Voto, for which she won the Sony World Photographer of the Year 2018, is a personal project. She shot in large format black and white and focused specifically on the things left behind in pilgrimage sites at Lourdes, Ballyvourney and Grabarka – resulting in a set of images that is entirely undeniable. From perfect portraits through to highly detailed still-lifes of the things people have left behind at these sites, her work is just beautiful.
Please do visit here site here to see more of her incredible work.
We've included more of Ex Voto below.
This entry was posted in Photography and tagged Alys Tomlinson, photography, sony world photography awards on April 23, 2018 by stellenboschacademy.
Morgan Mulholland, our finalist for the Sony World Photography awards, was in London this week with our head of photography Mark Antonello. Check out the pictures below!
This entry was posted in Academy Work and tagged Morgan Mulholland, photography, sony world photography awards on April 21, 2018 by stellenboschacademy.


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Do We Tip Because of Good Service or Low Wages?
The question of whether or not to tip can be vexing, particularly when a type of service, like ride-sharing, is relatively new.
Why Do Americans Love Tipping?
Tipping as cultural practice: why some countries like the U.S. like tipping and others don't.
Economists Investigate Why We Tip
The economic research behind the history of tipping
"Stranger Things" and the Psychic Nosebleed
Where did we get the idea that using psychic or telekinetic powers makes a person's nose bleed?
How We Escape It: An Essay
Escape is an ancient word, escapism, a modern one, and the designation of a genre—"escape literature"—dates to the 1930s.
The Pirate Creed
Examining the 18th-century social contract of Captain Bartholomew Roberts and his men shows just how organized and codified pirate societies could be.
Cornel West: Neoliberalism Has Failed Us
West speaks on Obama's legacy, the failures of American empire, and the role of race in Trump's election.
What's So Bad About A Monopoly?
Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods has drawn the ire of a new antitrust movement, which argues against the dangers of industry monopoly.


Grab your popcorn, because the Equestria Girls are back for a magic-filled triple feature! There's a reason these seven girls look familiar. . . as they step through a magical mirror, they transport from the world of My Little Pony, transforming into teenage girls at Canterlot High. Full-time students and part-time magical pony-girls, the Equestria Girls are always ready to save the day with the Magic of Friendship! So, gather round for three mystical adventures when My Little Pony Equestria Girls – Magical Movie Night comes to DVD on August 8, 2017 from Shout! Kids in collaboration with Hasbro Studios.
Two lucky winners will each win a DVD copy of My Little Pony Equestria Girls – Magical Movie Night. Giveaway is open to residents of Canada and USA. Giveaway ends on August 19, 2017. Good luck!
Disclosure: In exchange for this giveaway I received a DVD copy.
I would love to win this for my daughter. we are huge my little pony movie fans.
My daughter loves My Little Pony. I would love this for her.
I would like to win this movie for my niece. Thanks for the giveaway. I hope that I win.
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I would love to win this DVD for my niece. She would totally love it.


This expansion card can be used with S600.
The PROFIBUS Bus expansion card has two 9-pin SubD sockets wired in parallel.
Function blocs for S7 PLC from Siemens and manufacturer independent PLCs are available from File Selector, set filter document type to "Fieldbus Support".
setup software: screen page "CAN / Fieldbus"


The Zootown Arts Community Center is committed to providing access and assistance to those with disabilities. Unfortunately we house our arts center in a building that we do not own, so sometimes accessibility issues are not in our control. Please call our center at 406-549-7555 at anytime to ask questions or get information regarding accessibility.
Our facility complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The access ramp directly connects to our main entrance from our parking lot on the east side of the building.
The ZACC is happy to provide brochures and marketing materials in Larger Print. Please request them at least 72 hours in advance from ZACC Manager, Heather Stockton, by way of phone 406-549-7555 or email. They can be waiting for you at the ZACC or mailed to your residency.
The mainfloor of the ZACC which houses the majority of classes, pottery studio, printshop, glass fusing studio, hallway gallery, main gallery, party rentals, and other relavant programs is accessible by wheelchair. Our basement that houses mostly all-ages music shows and occassionally other programs is not equipt with an elevator or ramp.


The story follows a teenage girl called Claudette who returns home after a hospital stay for her mental illness and learns that her fellow classmate, Sarah, has gone missing. As part of her recovery, Claudette's therapist has instructed her to set herself goals, no matter how small. Claudette decides her goal for the summer is to find Sarah.
Another Place fell very short for me. I expected it to be a great mystery novel but it was packed full of characters and subplots that I didn't really care about, which made it hard to connect to anything. The way that Claudette talks about Sarah made it seem like they were best friends but in fact they were minor acquaintances. It fell quickly into "John Green manic pixie dream girl" territory and that just pulled me out of the story even more.
The book does have some redeeming factor and one of those is handling of mental illness. Claudette has a wonderful father who does his best to stand up and support his daughter which encourages Claudette to open up. Even when unsure of how to act upon her return, he doesn't shut himself off from her and it was a perfect example of a supportive relationship that may encourage those struggling to open up to their own family members.


Fast-growing consumer technology brand Riversong has confirmed its participation at DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2019, which takes place in Monaco from February 19-22nd. DISTREE EMEA is the region's leading hosted buyer event for consumer tech, consumer electronics and consumer IT channels, gathering senior executives from distributors, retailers, e-tailers and marketplaces from 50-plus countries for pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with exhibitors.
Riversong has seen significant success in the Middle East, expanding its channel reach to drive demand for its product portfolio, which covers a number of categories including smart wearables, smart home, smartphone, power and audio.
Riversong is a subsidiary of IMG Technology Group, headquartered in Shenzhen, China. With operations already spanning 17 countries around the world, the Riversong brand has built a sizeable customer base.
Haitham Kalakesh, CEO at Riversong, is now seeking to broaden the brand's regional footprint and develop additional routes-to-market to cover additional European countries. Riversong will look to take advantage of Europe's growth in smartphone sales during the last few years.


The number and severity of cyberattacks has surged over the last couple of years. In response, governments, companies and individuals alike have stepped up spending on cybersecurity. With the advent of tighter data privacy regulation, a rapidly expanding attack surface and a growing army of resourceful hackers, spending is likely to shift into an even higher gear.
Investors can profit from this dynamic growth market with a core-satellite strategy. This would consist of established players with durable competitive advantages on the one hand, and a basket of young, tech-savvy challengers, on the other.
In this white paper we look at the complex world of cybersecurity and how investors can gain exposure to its most attractive segments.


Will Owens joined the Legacy team in 2017 as the Vice President of Finance.
He joined us with nearly 10 years' experience in senior living or healthcare finance and accounting. He is a Certified Healthcare Finance Professional with the HFMA-Tennessee chapter.
Owens earned his bachelor of science degree in accounting from Lee University and furthered his education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he received his masters of business administration.
In this role, Owens will oversee the financials for all the Legacy Senior Living communities. He will be directly responsible for the company's ability to deliver long-term value to the residents and team members.
"Will's energetic and positive attitude is the perfect addition to our Legacy team. He has a passion for senior care and an impressive amount of experience in the field. We are very excited to have him as a member of the Legacy team," Bryan Cook, chief operating officer of Legacy Senior Living, said.


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Lowen & Navarro was a songwriting team composed of David Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro, who met in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. They wrote the song "We Belong," which became a major hit for Pat Benatar in 1984, and the song "Hammerhead Shark" which was re-written and included on David Lee Roth's gold certified 1991 album "A Little Ain't Enough". They became active as a performing group in 1987. In 1990, they began to release a number of records of their own, including "Learning To Fall" and "Purpose".

On March 17, 2004, Lowen was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.  Because of compromises to his playing and singing, Lowen & Navarro ceased touring. They played their last shows on June 5, 2009, at the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis, Maryland, and on June 6, 2009, at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia

Eric Lowen died of complications of ALS on March 23, 2012, aged 60.

Navarro continues to tour as a solo performer. He is the cousin of guitarist Dave Navarro, who has played with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane's Addiction, among other groups.

Keep The Light Alive: Celebrating The Music of Lowen & Navarro was released November 2009 with Lowen & Navarro songs performed by Jackson Browne, John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting, Keb' Mo', The Bangles, Severin Browne, Joel Rafael, Andy Chase, The Refugees, Freebo, Eddie From Ohio, Phil Parlapiano, Charlie Wadhams, and Stonehoney. The proceeds of the album benefit The Eric Lowen Trust, ALS Association Greater Los Angeles, and Augie's Quest.

Discography
Walking on a Wire (Chameleon Records, 1990)
Broken Moon (Parachute Records, 1993)
Walking on a Wire re-release with bonus tracks (Parachute Records, 1994)
Pendulum (Parachute Records, 1995)
Live Wire (Intersound, 1997)
Scratch at the Door (Intersound, 1998)
Live Radio (Red Hen Records, 2002)
3 For The Road (Mad Raine Music, 2003)
At Long Last...Christmas (Red Hen Records, 2004)
All the Time in the World (Red Hen Records, 2004)
Carry On Together (AIX Records, 2005)
Hogging the Covers (Red Hen Records, 2006)
Learning To Fall (Red Hen Records, 2008)

Video
Lowen & Navarro TFV, 1999 VHS
Live at Kulak's Woodshed, DVD, A concert to benefit the ALS Association Greater Los Angeles (Red Hen 2005)(ALSALA)
Carry On Together, DVD & CD, (AIX Records 2005)
Pieces of Time Spent, DVD, (AIX Records 2007)

References

External links
Official website
[ Lowen & Navarro] at Allmusic.com

Songwriters from California

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Q: How do I delete empty fields from a shapefile with QGIS? This question has been asked before but I couldn't get the solution to work. I have a shapefile with lots of empty columns and I would like to remove them all with a script or some tools.
This is the script that was posted as the solution to the other thread.
lyr = iface.activeLayer()
lstDelete = []

for idx in lyr.dataProvider().attributeIndexes():
    uv = lyr.dataProvider().uniqueValues( idx )
    if not uv:
        lstDelete.append( idx )

lyr.dataProvider().deleteAttributes( lstDelete )

# Update the layer structure
lyr.updateFields()

When I try it both on Windows 2.18.1 and Mac 2.18.0 I get no change to my active layer.

A: if you're using qgis 2.18.1, use save as.., and the select fields to export.. option.
this is a fairly recent addition, I think. I find it very useful with Openstreetmap data, which often has lots of empty columns.
it's also a lot faster than deleting columns from the attribute viewer, which was painfully slow with hundreds of columns :)

A: I don't know how to do it by script but it can be done fairly easily by deleting multiple columns at a time, one layer at a time through the interface:

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*Start a new QGis scrap project to work in and load all layers from the shape file.

*Select the first layer in the layer panel and open its attribute table.

*Enable edit mode (Ctrl+E)

*If you already have a list of the columns you want to delete, you can select "Delete Field" (Ctrl+L), highlight the ones you want to delete, then hit OK.

*If you need to figure out which columns are empty you can click on each column header to sort by that column, then check top and bottom of each column. If the fields are empty at top and bottom they will be empty everywhere else.

*You can delete them as you go or you can jot the empty column names down in notepad as you go then delete them all at once using "Delete field" as described above.

*When you've deleted all empty columns for the layer, save the edits, close the table and repeat the process with the rest of the layers.

Admittedly not as fast as a script but quite possibly faster than figuring out how to write the script.
I hope that helps.

A: Another option (if you're using the GUI) is to double click on the layer from the layer panel. Then click on the Fields menu, and click the pen which toggles editing (*). This should allow you to remove fields by pointing and selecting.
*If you cannot toggle editing, try re-saving the layer as a new shapefile so that you can gain editing privileges.
I hope this helps!


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Giants With Six Fingers and Six Toes
Three Rivers, NM
Ancient man was not stupid. He may not have had cell phones, but he could certainly count fingers and toes and yet he managed to portray specifically those with extra digits, not in all art work, but in the occasional work.
If one lived in a world that had six-fingered/six-toed humans and also humans with five-toes/five-fingers, in portraying storytelling on cave walls and rock faces, do you think it would be important to represent each "tribe" of humanity by showing the fingers/toes as an easy identifier or, in other words, "us" versus "them"?
It is related in the Bible of the six fingers and six toes of the giant race, and the same is reported from those who uncovered the bones from the earth. This race was all over the earth, long before we stumbled from Africa, and they apparently left quite an impression in the art work everywhere and in religious texts!
Newspaper Rock, Utah
Chaco Canyon, NM
Mogollon Rim, AZ
Three Rivers, Mexico
I have heard many times from Bigfoot researchers of them coming across six-toed tracks. Here is an example I found online -
Source: I live in Penticton BC. I usually don't tell this story because everyone laughs at me, here it is, take it or leave it.
About 5 years ago, I was mountain biking with friends NE of Penticton, BC, when I came across footprints that were about 18" long, a left foot and a right. They were about 4" in the ground, which was very hard (an old railway bed). They had 6 toes, yes 6 toes on each foot and the prints had grain and lines to them like your hand does. I left them and went to get my friends, when I came back with my friends they all laughed, they thought I did it as a trick. Honestly, I couldn't reproduce what I found even if I wanted to, I have thought about how a forgery could have been made but the details on the print itself, and the fact they were 4" in the old train tracks, truck tire tracks only sink in maybe 1 inch. The prints were heading west down a very steep bank, to the east was a cliff about 35-40' straight up. Assuming the tracks were real, it appeared the bigfoot had jumped down the cliff onto the tracks and continued down the embankment, explaining the depth of the prints.
Why polydactyly?
Polydactyly or multiple fingers/toes happen occasionally in our own population
Source: Closely inbred communities have been known to inherit the genetic abnormality. In ancient times in the Levant, polydactylism was considered to be a mark of the Rephaim, a race of giants, who apparently needed more digits than normal folk. In the Old Testament, the book of Samuel describes such giants (II Samuel 21:20): "Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant."
Art by Jan van Scorel "Adam and Eve"
Did the artist give Adam an extra finger to show superhuman traits or those of the "first" people?
There are many syndromes and mutations genetically that can cause extra digits in our population, but what if that trait was in a close breeding population? In that case, it would be familial, passed down through generations. If you have two parents in our population who have the gene, it is dominant.
Now mind you, not all ancient giants were found with extra digits. Many reports of finds do not specify such an unusual trait, but some do report six fingers, six toes, and double rows of teeth, so what we can discern from this happening frequently enough to be a pattern, but not all the time, is that the breeding pool was limited. With enough inbreeding, they can carry traits fixed traits through the lineage. This particular characteristic cropped up regularly with the trait in both parents.
At some point, these giants could not mate with the Homo sapiens (maybe never could?), and maybe not with the Neanderthal or Denisovans. They became a breeding island, reaching a bottleneck, no doubt. This is also why the ancient Native People were able to go at them in battle by sheer numbers. It might also explain an interesting feature we see today in those of us who believe that the giant bones found in America are the ancestor race of the giants we have in our woods today - Sasquatch.
Our dilemma is that, explaining Sasquatch as a descendant whose ancestors were killed and driven into the wild, means we have an even smaller breeding population, more inbreeding and over thousands of years more simple-minded folks who do not remember their origins or being a superior race who was intellectually ahead of the newcomer Homo sapiens. Hence, this could be the reason the Sasquatch are not technologically savvy. It also would mean whatever traits they inbred among themselves have become fixed now in all the offspring.
There are lots of tales and religious text that speak of other giants with extra digits. The brother of Goliath, the Gittite (of Gath), a phenomenal man whose name is not given was reported as, "a giant with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all."
The epic of Gilgamesh also mentions the ancient race that had six fingers and six toes and it is even portrayed in Sumerian art.
1 Chronicles 20:6 "In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot--twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha." The Rapha or Rephaim, were referred to as dead ancestors who were very tall, with their king being measured at around 13 feet. The word Rephaim is translated to mean "those whose speech makes buzzing sounds," and that is intriguing as well, as such features have been heard among the Sasquatch.
As we see, it's not unusual for Homo sapiens to have extra digits and if we had a village in which there were a few with such a trait and they bred in a close breeding pool, eventually that trait would become more dominantly seen in the people. There would still be the off chance a woman with no gene for polydactyly mates with a man who has it in his family and they produce one child with the trait, perhaps two without it. In that case, a good deal of the inbred population would have the feature and some would not. This might account for the reports of some finds of giants having six fingers/six toes or double rows of teeth and some not having them. They were in a tight exclusive breeding pool, so it popped up enough to be unique, but not enough to be absolutely a characteristic of their race. In other words, they were not born to have this many digits, they were born to have five like us, they only bred in a way that it showed up in their villages often. In fact, I believe this also shows us that the ancient giant race was not able to breed with other branches of man, such as us Homo sapiens.
For your titillation, here are some famous people born with extra digits: Taye Diggs was born with six fingers on each hand. Gemma Arterton was born with one extra finger on each hand - it runs strongly in her family (familial polydactyly). Halle Berry is said to have had an extra toe on one foot.
Of course, this deviation is the same deviation giants had, it is not indicator of a relationship genetically between giants and Homo sapiens. It's very prominent place in the giant population; however, shows this variation had become dominant within a small population.
Polydactylism in the ancient world
Southwest art and polydactyly
Biblical Comparisons


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Q: Ways to pass information from PHP to JQUERY? I'm having a hard time figuring out what is the best way to transfer information from PHP to Jquery. I know putting PHP in Javascript is a really bad alternative (my JS and PHP files are seperated anyway), so what I usually do is print the info with PHP in the HTML with a input type hidden and retrieve the info in JQuery using the element.text() or .val() or any other method, but I feel this is kind of noobish. Is there a better way?

A: You can simply echo PHP variables into Javascript variables for your jQuery to use like this:
<?php
$stringVar = "hi";
$numVar = 1.5;
?>

This can be used for practically any data type as long as you convert it correctly upon echoing it (oftentimes json_encode() is enough for complex structures such as arrays and objects).
Also note that this way will only work if your jQuery code is included after these variables have been defined.
The other way is to look into using AJAX, but if these are static variables that don't need to change within the lifetime of the page then I would go with the method above.

A: I recommend never using a server-side language to build JavaScript. Instead, keep your data in HTML (model), your styles in CSS (view), and your interactions in JS (controller).
When you need to pass data to JavaScript, make good use of attributes and templates.
When it comes to passing data via attributes, you can go a long way with just using native attributes.
In this example, it is quite apparent that the link will open a modal, and the [href] attribute is used to point to where the modal lives:
Open modal

lorem ipsum

When you can't fit data within native attributes, you should make use of [data-*] attributes.
In this example, [data-tooltip] is being used to store a rich-text tooltip.

...

Even more importantly, jQuery automatically grabs and casts all [data-*] attributes on a DOM node when .data() is called on the node.

    ...

The thing to watch out for is JSON encoding within HTML encoding. jQuery makes it very straight-forward to get the data out of the DOM node without needing to worry about decoding, but in PHP you need to make sure that you json_encode data before calling htmlentities:
<div data-example="<?= htmlentities(json_encode($someArray)) ?>">...

In some instances you may want to make use of jQuery's .attr() method.

For large amounts of data, such as an HTML template string, you can use

Or you can use the HTML5 <template> element:
<template id="template-example">

${title}

${body}

</template>

You can then access the HTML contents of the element run it through whatever your favorite flavor of string templating happens to be.


ABOUT three weeks ago, Nigeria acknowledged a meritorious achievement of discovering crude oil in Borno State after several months of exploration activities. It seems to be a good news for all.
Ever since the country experienced a boom in the exploration of crude oil, the richly oil dominated Sub-Saharan Africa has consciously shifted its economic reliance from other sectors to primarily generate surplus foreign exchange revenue from oil extraction. This natural resource became solely responsible for 90 per cent of the nation's foreign exchange earnings. That was how Nigeria gradually dived towards monoculture.
The standard of living of Nigerians increased following this oil boom in 1971 as the Gross Domestic Product per capita income skyrocketed. Nigeria joined the Oil Producing and Exporting Countries (OPEC) to become Africa's largest producer of oil in the global market, selling principally to the United States. Industries, mostly foreign, hurriedly made a conducive environment out of the country because of these fortunes.
But this wealth didn't stay with the country for too long. Oil boom attracted selfish individuals too keen on occupying political offices; caused the neglect of some other productive sectors like agriculture and mining; threw the country into jeopardy of environmental degradation; and generated civil unrest, among others.
As a result of the quick fortune that blew on the entire nation, agriculture, one of the major initial productive sectors, suffered the most. It was underfunded until it couldn't match up with other sectors like telecommunication and mineral resources. Food and its supplementary products which were never supposed to be scarce commodities are now scarce and costly.
To the detriment of the masses, oil made political office attractive for corrupt individuals who not only looted public treasury to paralysis while in power but wielded that same power to remain unseated for too long a period as well. This lasted till countrymen and women clamoured for change in governance when the crude oil fall in price inflicted suffering unbearably. The political atmosphere tensed up and littered with godfatherism, murders, riggings and campaigning violence among other unhealthy attributes.
On periodic events, the Niger Delta agitated for empowerment in their own best language that often orchestrated civil unrest. Bloodshed and vandalism from these agitations continued to send a weakening signal to the economy. These militants did so because of the oil that left their regions less habitable in diverse ways.
For a recent and prevalent implication, reliance on oil in Nigeria caused recession. How? The largest of buyers of crude oil which is United States of America no longer demands for large quantities of it because of the substitute from biodiesel and ethanol. Asia emerged a crowded market for oil producing countries to sell, including Nigeria. The formula of many suppliers and little buyers resulted in the fall of price for crude oil globally.
The surplus earnings from crude oil are no longer feasible in Nigeria because of ethanol and biodiesel. Now, states run crusades for 'Back to Land for Agriculture' as practiced in Ekiti, Imo, Jigawa and some others, as a solace. Let's allow oil to rest and channel our economy to other dormant sectors.


Application helps lift the beard hair for a close shave.
If you have never used a brush before, you simply do not understand how the face is to be prepped for shaving. Lather from a can serves more as a lubricant; lather via a brush serves a similar purpose, but with the mechanical effect of raising the beard for shaving. It really is common sense, but only after you try it. It is probably the single best thing that I have done to improve my shaving technique.
Really love the Pure Badger Shaving Brush. It was soft delicate, yet gave a great lather and hit every spot in one easy swoosh! I loved how it rinsed easy and didn't hold a smell or get hard after it dried. I felt like it enhanced my shave and allowed me to get that perfect close shave I have been after.
I have never used a shaving brush before. I really enjoy using this brush. I can apply shaving cream where I want it very easily since I usually have a goatee. It is nice to not have to rinse my face thoroughly after shaving.
I love the badger brush!
I had never used a badger brush to apply shaving cream before and was amazed at how well the brush works. If you've never applied shaving cream with a brush you are certainly missing out!


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Kerivoula picta är en fladdermusart som först beskrevs av Peter Simon Pallas 1767.  Kerivoula picta ingår i släktet Kerivoula och familjen läderlappar. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som livskraftig. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. Wilson & Reeder (2005) skiljer mellan två underarter.

Arten förekommer med flera från varandra skilda populationer i södra Asien från Indien och södra Kina till Bali och Halmahera. Den vistas i låglandet och i bergstrakter upp till 1500 meter över havet. Som habitat föredras mera torra lövfällande skogar och trädodlingar. Individerna vilar på blad eller i övergivna fågelbon.

Denna fladdermus blir 31 till 57 mm lång (huvud och bål), har en 32 till 55 mm lång svans och väger cirka 4,5 g. Underarmarna är 27 till 45 mm långa. Kerivoula picta har liksom andra arter av samma släkte trattformiga öron. Pälsen har på ovansidan en orange färg. Dessutom står djurets orange finger i kontrast till den svarta flygmembranen. Arten når en vingspann av 180 till 300 mm. Den orange färgen är antagligen en varningssignal mot fåglar och andra fladdermöss. Enligt en annan teori utgör färgen ett kamouflage när arten vilar bland torkade blad och blommor.

Den broskiga fliken i örat (tragus) är påfallande lång. På grund av färgsättningen och sättet hur den flyger kan fladdermusen lätt förväxlas med en fjäril.

Vid viloplatsen bildas ibland flockar med 2 till 6 medlemmar. Fladdermusen blir aktiv vid skymningen och jagar olika insekter. Per kull föds en unge.

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Externa länkar

Läderlappar
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Work stress causing you to lose sleep? It may be the other way around. Your poor sleep habits could be wreaking havoc with your work life.
In the most recent issue of our Good Company Newsletter, Dr. Larissa Barber reports that while health promotion initiatives are gaining popularity in the workplace, healthy sleep gets little (if any) attention.
In her article, Barber reviews the research and argues that employers should promote healthy sleep practices, since poor sleep can negatively affect employees' psychological and physical health, as well as their functioning at work.
I have to admit, I never really thought much about how my sleep affected my job performance until I returned to work after my first child was born. In those first few months of sleep deprivation, I was all too aware of how impaired I was (and that was after a relatively short period of time). As someone accustomed to thinking, moving and talking at lightning speed, the experience of feeling like I was in slow motion didn't sit well with me.
Even worse, when my supervisor would pop by first thing in the morning to ask me a question, I frequently had to say that I'd have to get back to him. The answer was swimming around somewhere in my head, but I just couldn't retrieve the information. Not a fun experience in an office full of psychologists who were likely assessing my cognitive deficits and thinking about scheduling an intervention.
Fortunately, as we settled into our new routines and sleep improved, I returned to something at least close to my previous level of functioning. I was, however, left with a new-found appreciation for how difficult life must be for people with chronic sleep problems, as well as a better understanding of how quickly poor sleep can affect one's job performance. So, the next time you're wondering what the mind-body connection has to do with work, my advice...just sleep on it.
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Psychologically Healthy Workplaces are Real Snoozers.
Great personal example, David. In fact, I first became interested in the sleep work connection soon after my son was born. As someone who naturally stuck to a rigid sleep schedule, I never thought about the importance of sleep on health until I was "forced" out of my sleep routine.
This page contains a single entry by Dr. David Ballard published on May 18, 2010 5:38 PM.
Dealing with Stress in Your Organization was the previous entry in this blog.
Are Employers Facing a Deficit of Trust? is the next entry in this blog.


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Jennifer Popp Vice President and Administrator, Bethesda Southgate/Assisted Living at Charless Village
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Joseph J. Brinker
Joe Brinker currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bethesda—a position he began in July 2010. Prior to that position, Joe served the organization in numerous leadership capacities, including Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Long Term Care.
In addition, Joe, who began his career with Bethesda in 1989, held many leadership positions at Bethesda General Hospital, including the hospital's Chief Executive Officer.
Joe currently holds many professional and civil leadership positions, including the following:
Member, Leadership Circle, LeadingAge (formerly American Association of Homes for the Aging)
Member, Budget and Finance Committee, LeadingAge
Member, House of Delegates, LeadingAge
Board Member, Bethesda Health Group
Board Member, St. Andrews & Bethesda Home Health
Board Member, St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Member, Board of Adjustment, Town & County, Mo.
Board Member, University of Missouri-Columbia Health Management Alumni Association
In addition, Joe recently completed serving a term on the board of Des Peres Hospital.
Roger T. Byrne
Rog joined Bethesda in February of 2014, and is responsible for managing all of the organization's financial activities. He also oversees the risk management, treasury and capital formation functions for the organization.
Prior to joining Bethesda, Rog had served in a variety of management capacities with RehabCare Group, Inc. since 1999. Most recently he was serving as the Vice President of Finance and Chief Information Officer of the RehabCare Division of Kindred Healthcare (which purchased RehabCare in 2011).
A St. Louis native, Byrne is a graduate of St. Louis University High School and St. Louis University. He resides in South County with his wife and three sons.
Kiel S. Peregrin
Kiel joined Bethesda in September of 2017, and is responsible for managing the operations of the organization. This includes the six skilled nursing communities that Bethesda owns and/or manages; Bethesda's six retirement communities; Bethesda's two assisted living communities; and Bethesda's home and community based services, which includes Home Health, Care Management, Senior Support Solutions (in-home private duty services), Hospice Care, and Respite Care.
In addition, Kiel is responsible for the environmental services and facility management, and clinical process and application components of Bethesda.
Prior to joining Bethesda, Kiel had served in a variety of management capacities with Heritage Enterprises since 2012. Most recently, he had been serving as the Regional Director of Operations in Illinois and Indiana. During his tenure at Heritage, Kiel developed and led two new lines of business, including inpatient hospice and respiratory therapy.
Kiel is originally from Springfield, Ill. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and his MBA from Benedictine University. Kiel and his wife reside in Chesterfield, Mo., with their three children.
Katherine E. Joslin
Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Marketing
In 1998, Kathy joined Bethesda Health Group and was responsible for developing the Human Resources function, including the design of compensation programs and the redesign of the organization's benefit offerings, organizational development programs, and recruiting and retention programs.
Kathy was promoted to Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Marketing at Bethesda in 2005, where she has assumed responsibility for the company's marketing efforts as well as human resources. She has played an active role in the organization's strategic planning process.
Kathy is a Past President of the Human Resource Management Association of Greater St. Louis and served as Chairperson of the Board of the National Kidney Foundation of Greater St. Louis. She is currently a member of the Workforce Investment Board for the city of St. Louis. She will assume the role of President-Elect for the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association for St. Louis in January, 2015, where she has served as mentoring co-chair for three years. In addition, she has been a member of the Society of Human Resource Management since 1985, and has served in a number of leadership positions for SHRM chapters in Florida, including Vice President of Membership, Vice President of Programs and President. Before joining Bethesda, she worked in the Corporate Human Resources departments of Sea World (Orlando) and Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks.
Michelle M. Glass
Corporate Vice President, Senior Living and In-Home Care
Michelle, who has been with Bethesda since 1995, is serving in the position of Vice President, Home & Community Based Services. In this position, Michelle is responsible for providing overall management and leadership for five of the organization's prime community based services: Bethesda Senior Support Solutions (private duty, geriatric care management & transportation), Bethesda Hospice Care, St. Andrews & Bethesda Home Health (operated in partnership with St. Andrew's Resources for Seniors), and Adult Day Care (two programs—located at Bethesda Dilworth and Charless Village).
Prior to this position, Michelle served as the Vice President and Director, Senior Support Solutions, where she was instrumental in the development of this specialized program. Senior Support Solutions provides seniors with innovative solutions for receiving services that will keep them in the privacy and comfort of the place they call home. She has also served as Vice President and Administrator of The Charless Home, and General Manager at both Bethesda Orchard in Webster Groves and Bethesda Barclay House in Clayton.
Michelle is currently a member of Missouri Alliance for Home Care, Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association, St. Louis Palliative Care Network and is serving as a member of the LeadingAge Missouri Professional Development Committee. She is a graduate of Webster University with a degree in Health Care Administration.
Linda Sanders
Corporate Vice President and Director of Development
Linda, who joined Bethesda in November 2021, is responsible for managing the strategic vision, direction and fundraising effort of the Bethesda Health Group Foundation. She is a Certified Fundraising Professional Executive (CFRE) with 30 years development experience.
Prior to joining Bethesda, Linda was the Chief Development Officer for the St. Andrew's Charitable Foundation, which is part of St. Andrew's Resources for Seniors (STARS).
Linda has served on the Manchester United Methodist Church Endowment board and the board of St. Andrew's of Jennings.
A St. Louis native, Linda graduated from Southeast Missouri State University. She and her husband reside in St. Peters.
Jeffrey R. Waldman
Corporate Vice President and Director of Marketing
Jeff, who has been with Bethesda since 2007, is responsible for coordinating and implementing the marketing and communications strategy of the organization, including increasing the awareness and visibility for all Bethesda communities and home and community-based services through conventional media, community engagement and outreach, the website and social media.
Prior to joining Bethesda, Jeff worked at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, where he served as Manager of Public Relations and Media Communications.
Jeff is serving as Vice President of the Continuum of Care Marketing Association (COCMA), whose membership comprises more than 100 marketers who work at senior care and service organizations across the St. Louis area. He is the Chair of Communications Advisory Committee for the Parkway School District, and serves on the Marketing committee at Congregation B'nai Amoona.
In addition, Jeff is a past President and board member of the St. Louis chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. In February 2016, Jeff accepted the position as President of Santa's Helpers, Inc.
Jeff resides in Chesterfield, MO.
Candice E. Brown
Vice President and Administrator, Barnes-Jewish Extended Care
Candice, who has been with Bethesda since 2006, is responsible for the operations, census development and fiscal oversight of Barnes-Jewish Extended Care in Clayton, MO.
Candice joined Bethesda as a Management Trainee, and shortly after was promoted to Assistant Administrator at Bethesda Dilworth. She served in this position for six years before being promoted to the Administrator position at Bethesda Meadow in 2013. She was promoted to Vice President and Administrator in 2015. And moved to Barnes-Jewish Extended Care in 2020.
Candice also is responsible for ensuring that the community is in compliance with all state and federal regulations, as well as Joint Commission standards, as well as providing educational and career advancement opportunities for staff.
Candice was selected to be a member of the 2015 Leadership Academy, sponsored by LeadingAge (a national organization representing non-profit senior care and service providers. After completing the year-long program, she was asked to serve as a Board Member of the Leadership Academy's Alumni Network.
Candice also serves as the Eastern Unit Board Chair for the Missouri League for Nursing, and is a member of the St. Louis University School of Public Health and Social Justice Alumni Association. In March 2016, she began serving on the Advisory Council of the Missouri Center for Nursing.
Candice holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Xavier University and a Masters of Health Administration from Saint Louis University. In 2008, she was named one of the "30 under 30" Business Leaders in St. Louis by the St. Louis Business Journal.
Kevin L. Curry
Vice President and Corporate Compliance Officer
Kevin has been with Bethesda since 2004, starting out as the Corporate Quality Manager. His current responsibilities include the preparation and oversight of written guidelines pertaining to federal, state and regulatory issues for the organization. He also oversees the quality assessment and performance improvement programs for all residences and services.
Kevin is certified in healthcare compliance and is a licensed nursing home administrator, and serves as Bethesda's government relations liaison.
Prior to joining Bethesda, Kevin worked at Jefferson Memorial Hospital as the Director of Respiratory Care and Manager for Process Improvement.
Mark A. Jeffries
Vice President and Administrator, Alton Memorial Rehabilitation & Therapy
Mark Jeffries' relationship with Bethesda began in 2015, when he was serving as Administrator for Alton Memorial Rehabilitation & Therapy, formally known as Eunice Smith Home, a skilled nursing community located in Alton, Ill. BJC HealthCare, the owners of Eunice Smith Home, and Bethesda entered into an agreement in which Bethesda assumed management responsibilities. All Eunice Smith Home employees became Bethesda employees as part of the agreement.
In January 2018, Mark transferred and began working as the Administrator of Bethesda Dilworth, where he is responsible for daily operations, continued census growth and development, and financial oversight for the 400-bed skilled nursing community. He was promoted to Vice President at Bethesda at the time of his transfer. Then in 2020, Mark transferred back to Alton Memorial Rehabilitation & Therapy as the Administrator.
Mark has served as a licensed Administrator in Missouri and Illinois for more than 18 years. His professional involvement includes an active role in LeadingAge Illinois, serving for two years on the Long-Term Care Cabinet.
Mark is a Veteran of the United States Air Force serving Active Duty, the Missouri Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserves. He was an Air Force Paramedic and an instructor for "Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support," training soldiers from all branches of service to treat wounded troops prior to hospitalization.
Mark earned his undergraduate degree in Theology and his Master's degree in Health Care Administration, both from Saint Louis University. He has completed six-sigma "black belt" training in the study of Lean Daily Management.
Mark's leisure time includes playing guitar, fitness and spending time with his wife, four children and five grandchildren.
Jennifer Popp
Vice President and Administrator, Bethesda Southgate/Assisted Living at Charless Village
Jen, who has been with Bethesda since 2003, was promoted to Bethesda Vice President in 2021. As Administrator, she is responsible for the daily operations, continued census growth and development, and financial oversight for Bethesda Southgate, a skilled nursing community (nursing home) with memory support; Assisted Living at Charless Village, and the Bethesda Rehab & Therapy Center at Bethesda Southgate, all of which are located on the Charless Village campus in south St. Louis County.
Prior to assuming her current position, Jen served as Administrator at Alton Memorial Rehab & Therapy in Alton, Ill. During her tenure at Bethesda, she also has served as an Assistant Administrator, a Medicare Referral Coordinator and a Social Services Coordinator. In addition, she completed a year-long practicum with Bethesda Hospice Care while working on her Master's degree in Social Work, and has volunteered as an Alzheimer's Support Group facilitator.
Jen received the "Manager of the Year" award from LeadingAge Missouri in 2017.
Prior to joining Bethesda, Jen held a position with the St. Louis ARC, a local not-for-profit organization that assists people with Developmental Disabilities.
Jen lives in the Affton/Crestwood area with her husband and son. She enjoys hiking, biking and visits to Grant's Farm with her family.
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Articles > Q&a Dev Hynes - On Blood Orange, covering Weezer, Beyonce cameos, playing Super Mario...
InterviewsPaul Stokes November 16, 2011 Blood Orange, Dev Hynes
Q&a Dev Hynes - On Blood Orange, covering Weezer, Beyonce cameos, playing Super Mario...
It's been a busy year for Dev Hynes. He's not only made a cameo in Beyonce's video for Party and 'played ' Super Mario in the surrealist film The Wrong Ferrari by Moldy Peaches main man Adam Green (see below), but more importantly he's reincarnatedhimself from the indie leaning Lightspeed Champion into the Prince-infused Blood Orange. With a series of UK dates planed for early next month (1-3 December in London, Brighton and London respectively), Hynes tells Q why he's now feeling fruity.
Hi Dev, how the devil are you? "I'm okay thank you."
Can you talk us through Blood Orange? How did it come about and who else is involved? "No one else is involved. It's all just me. Just a collection of songs I wrote over the last couple of years while I worked mainly on other people's music."
We detect a bit of a Prince influence on these songs, would you say you were a Sexy MF yourself? "Definitely not."
Seriously, what drew you to the sound for Blood Orange? "I'm not too sure. Movies... childhood... drugs... alcohol... girls... love... the usual!"
Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard from Blood Orange on Vimeo.
Lightspeed Champion? Blood Orange? Lest we Test Icicles... how many different names do you reckon you've done music under? Are you bothered by band names or is it a way of put tingyour music into context for your audience? "I just hate connotations. I also hate being the face behind the music, I just want it to exist in it's own contact which I know is a stupid thought, but it's what I want. I put different masks on to hide myself but if you wear a mask for too long it becomes your face anyway."
Will you ever release a record under your own name? "Maybe."
Tell us a bit about your spell earlier this year in a Weezer's cover band with We Are Scientists. Keith 'Keith' Murray told Q a lot of the crowd were just Weezer fans who had no idea who you guys were... "We did The Green Album and for one show we decided to do. The practices were so fun. I'm sure everyone knew We Are Scientists, those boys are being too modest. But yeah, it was extremely fun."
Blood Orange - Dinner from Blood Orange on Vimeo.
Any plans to cover more classic albums? "I used to do it a lot more than I do now, it's been a while. I tend not to tell anyone though. It's mainly for myself and my friends. It's impossible not to be hated and insulted if you told people you're covering Nirvana's In Utero for fun. I gain no satisfaction from sharing my music with people. It's something I had to work towards, because otherwise you take every dickhead behind a keyboards insult to heart, which is retarded. So I've cut all of that out. It took me a year to bring myself to release this Blood Orange album, and I've not read a single review of it, and I feel pretty happy about that."
See if you can spot Dev hanging out with Beyonce in the video above
We also saw your acting 'debut' in Adam Green's surrealist film The Wrong Ferarri, A Screwball Tradgedy. It's pretty out there, can you explain what was going on? "I kind of knew what was going on. I got to witness a lot of the other business in the movie. I asked Adam if he'd write in my favourite joke from a movie for me to say, and he did. The joke is from Aladdin, when the genie say's to Aladdin: Mind if I smoke? and then turns into a puff of smoke."
Blood Orange are playing live soon, can we expect costumes? "Maybe. A white T-shirt."
Can you tell us a joke? "Mind if I smoke?"
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