I wrote a piece for the Ferry County View and, since it was an old-school paper article, I'm reposting the text here for your enjoyment.
Stewardship of and our relationships with the more-than-human have divided us for far too long and, since I see that the dualistic arguments that dominate discourse about wolves have failed to provide new ways of looking at the situation especially in the Kettles, allow me to present an alternate perspective. The mass hysteria we feed as part of our fear of the wild within us only disables our relationships with the more-than-human and with each other. What are people so afraid of?
I grew up on a steer farm in rural Washington and now work as a professional mountain athlete. Every single time I run, climb, fish or spend time outside with my daughter I do so alone, unarmed and in wilderness (not a state park or some other peri-urban forest). The thriving wilderness that we call home is full of cougars, bobcats, wolves, moose, deer, eagles, bears, snakes and we interact with these neighbors one-on-one many times a week. Every single run I take I tread where moose passed mere minutes before, I've been followed by cougars more times than I can count (three times that I know of this last winter alone), and last winter I had the privilege of being followed by a bobcat. I've run WITH four moose individuals including one with a calf, one big bull in the Colville, and one when I was nineteen alone in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The first time a cougar followed me I was alone on snowshoes near Grand Park on Mount Rainier at the age of sixteen. I've encountered five bear individuals on the Kettle Crest Trail alone in the last two years––one at about twenty feet away, so close I could smell her fur.
Every encounter with a furry friend in the woods inspires in me a deeper awareness of how I move, an understanding of the truth that I am very small and very insignificant, and that "wild" animals are, in our cultural consciousness, the monster under the bed. Never once has a "wild" animal so much as looked at me askance; but do you know what animal is aggressive to me regularly? Dogs. People's misbehaving, off-leash dogs. I like to stay away from peopled trails, which is one reason why I love the Kettle Range.
As the frequency of my encounters with the wild increases, they become a still-remarkable but entirely normal part of my daily movements in the woods. I prefer the kind company of a large carnivore to the unpredictable nature of humans and their dogs any day of the week. Encounters with the wild are unavoidable if you spend time outside in Ferry County; learning to listen is a process of enrichment for us all.


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Devil Stick Notation (DSN)
This is my system for concisely describing certain kinds of devil stick moves. It was developed by me and Jason Merrill and was inspired by siteswap.
Limitations and Extensions (don't miss DSN-3d)
Each throw (or "hit" if you really want to think of them that way) is written as an integer representing the number of ~180 degree flips the devil stick makes before the next catch/throw. Often it won't really be 180 degrees, but it probably could be without changing the move significantly. (e.g. your tick-tock might not rotate a full 180 degrees between throws, but it could and it would really be the same move.) Positive numbers indicate rotation should continue in the same direction, negative numbers indicate a reversal.
Just like in siteswap, a sequence of these numbers indicates a sequence of throws, alternating between hands. A simple tick-tock would therefore be written as -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 and so on. It's not useful to write out an infinite series of these numbers though, and since the pattern repeats every throw, it's best to condense it down to -1.
There are lots of moves in which you use the same hand twice in a row, so we need a way to write that down. Since the sequence alternates hands, we just use a special place holder that means "don't do anything with this hand now". Siteswap uses a zero for that, but we need zeros to describe things like the Stop & Go, where we do a throw that doesn't rotate before the next throw. Instead we'll use a lowercase letter 'n' (for "null", "nil", "none", or "no, I'm not going to use this hand right now").
Neither zeros nor nulls affect the "previous direction" that the negative sign indicates.
Before the Sequence
Doing the mirror image of a trick means starting with the other hand and with the devil stick going the opposite direction. If only one of these is reversed, the specification also describes the same trick with arms crossed. While it's not always important to specify, and sometimes it could be useful to be vague, there should be some way to make the distinction.
The way to do this in DSN is to put either c (for "clockwise") or a (for anticlockwise), followed by L or R, before the sequence. That will indicate whether the "previous direction" should be clockwise or anticlockwise and whether the first element in the sequence should be done with the left or right hand. Using this extra specification is optional. If you use one, you should use both. It's not meaningful to specify a direction without a starting hand or vice versa.
When is a hit a hit? I talk about rotations between throws, but it's probably more accurate to think about rotations between catches. Usually there's no difference, but in something like a Stop & Go Rollover, it makes a big difference. The key is to think of the throws as happening right away, even if they don't happen to lift the devil stick off the handstick. A propeller isn't written differently if you don't break contact every time around.
Limitations and Extensions
There are many things this doesn't cover, such as handstick motion, body moves, using multiple devil sticks, using more than two handsticks, using both handsticks at once, or devil stick motion outside the tick-tock plane (like for a helicopter).
I think those things could be covered by similar languages and could be written in parallel with the basic system, much like music for several instruments is written in parallel staves. I won't try to invent notations for all those things, but I encourage other people to try, and to try to fit them into the framework described here so that they can extend and work with this system. I do, however, describe DSN-3D, an extension for describing all three dimensions, rather than just the two covered here.
Handstick Flips
For years I've been saying that you could annotate this basic scheme with extra symbols to indicate anything you like, as long as you made it clear what you meant. There's been enough demand for indicating handstick flips (because the few people who use the notation do a lot of handstick flipping), so this is now officially part of the notation. To indicate that the handstick is flipped, thrown, or released and grabbed, put the letter 'x' after the number (or the 'n') that the handstick throw follows.
For example, an idle in which you always flip the handstick right after it hits/throws the devil stick would be -1x. A propeller with handstick flips could be 2x n.
Here are a few selected tricks from Jim Barlow's collection along with the DSN that describes them. Keep in mind that there's usually more than one sequence to describe a move.
Single stick Stop & Go
1 n 0 n (2 n 0 n is easier)
Stop & Go reversals
-1 0 -2 n
Single sticking
-2 n (or -1 n, etc)
Single stick with handoff
Single stick with horizontal balance
cL -2
Dual chops
Mills Mess
1 1 -1
Stop & go rollover
1 1 0 n
Helicopter Style Tricks
These are not well described by plain old DSN, but the results are interesting. Imagine what you'd see if you viewed these tricks at hand-height. You'd miss out on most of the action, but it would look like something, and DSN describes the motion visible in that plane. For a better description of these kinds of moves, you'd want DSN-3D, which can describe all three axes of motion at once .
Helicopter tap
Single stick helicopter
-1 n
Seth's Mess

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Drese ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Adam Drese (1620–1701), deutscher Kapellmeister und Komponist
 Johann Samuel Drese (1644–1716), deutscher Organist und Kapellmeister
  Johann Wilhelm Drese (1677–1745), Vizekapellmeister in Weimar
 Claus Helmut Drese (1922–2011), deutscher Opern- und Theaterintendant
 Friedrich Drese (* 1960), deutscher Orgelbauer und Organist
 Rudolf Drese (1932–2003), deutscher Politiker und Landtagsabgeordneter
 Stefanie Drese (* 1976), deutsche Politikerin und Landtagsabgeordnete
 Wolfgang Drese (1943–2012), deutscher Politiker

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IT'S wash and walk for a team of six firefighters from the Baldock and Letchworth Station.
They are taking on two demanding challenges for charity - a sponsored car wash and a gruelling walk along Hadrian's Wall.
Getting ready for the tasks are Ian Michell, Phil Gray, Simon 'Ronnie' Barker, Sean Costello, Tom Andrews and Tom Barrett from White Watch.
The car wash, a preliminary fundraiser and information day, is on Saturday, February 11, from 10am to 2pm at the station in Weston Way, Baldock, where the team will be scrubbing and polishing cars in return for a donation.
People will also get the chance to learn about how funds raised will benefit the Fire Service National Benevolent Fund, a charity that helps to support families of firefighters injured in service, and Headway, a local charity dedicated to providing support to people with head injuries, their families and carers.
Then starting on April 21 during their four-day break between shifts, they will tackle Hadrian's Wall, walking the 84-mile length of the historic heritage site from Carlisle to Newcastle.
"We've been training extremely hard for The Wall challenge to raise as much money as possible for an excellent cause," said event organiser Ronnie whose previous charity achievements include a seven countries in seven days cycle challenge and carrying a 13.5m extension ladder up Mount Snowdon.
"There is no doubt that the charities we are fundraising for will greatly appreciate the donations and we hope to raise awareness about these charities at the same time."
Anyone who wishes to donate money can send cheques to Ronnie Barker at Baldock and Letchworth Fire Station, payable to 'The Fire Service National Benevolent Fund' and/or 'Headway North Herts and Stevenage'.
A secure collection point is also available at the fire station for donations during office hours.


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How the Democrats Blew Trump's Impeachment
It's far from clear that the halting, narrow approach to holding the president accountable will have a lasting effect on the public imagination.
Throughout the day Wednesday, the impeachment of President Trump was compared variously by Republicans to the Salem Witch Trials, Pearl Harbor, and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. As of 4 p.m., September 11 remained untouched. But the day is still young—the House will vote on its articles a little after 7 p.m., bringing an end to the first stage of a process that so far, behind all the allusions and grandstanding, has been remarkable mostly for its banality.
Fittingly, a substantial proportion of Speaker Pelosi's speech to the House was taken up by the Pledge of Allegiance. "The republic, for which it stands, is what we are here to talk about today," she intoned afterward. "A republic, if we can keep it." It's easy to see why this line of Franklin's has become one of Pelosi's favorites throughout the inquiry: Bringing the Founders into view lends gravity to the proceedings, and the quote is decent shorthand for the argument that failing to hold Trump accountable for his wrongdoing would be a terrible and potentially destabilizing betrayal of the values underpinning our government, including the idea that no one, not even the president, is above the law. This being true makes it all the more galling that Pelosi opposed impeachment so strenuously for so long. For two years, Democrats urged Americans to follow Robert Mueller's investigation of President Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election. It ended with Mueller providing Congress with no fewer than 10 instances of Trump potentially having committed obstruction of justice. Surveys showed at the time that a plurality to a majority of Americans understood and opposed Trump's wrongdoing.
But the consensus that has emerged in the months since is that the Mueller investigation ended with a muddle and that it would have been politically difficult to advance an impeachment on the grounds it provided. A republic if you can keep it—if the political stars are aligned. Had the Ukraine scandal not subsequently emerged, threatening to make the Democratic Party look even more implausibly feckless than it's accustomed to looking, it's likely that we wouldn't be witnessing an impeachment at all, on any grounds. As it stands, the party has chosen to pursue impeachment on the narrowest grounds possible, establishing a precedent that a president may well consider himself above the law so long as he commits many more offenses than his critics are willing to police.
On Wednesday, Trump's defenders continued an incoherent campaign of misdirection. Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins used his speech to hand-wave the articles against Trump away. "Abuse of power, because they can't actually pin anything of factual basis on him," he said. "The president did nothing wrong in this issue. And then they're going to talk about obstruction of Congress. You know, obstruction of Congress, as I've said before, is like petulant children saying, 'We didn't get our way when we didn't ask the right way and we didn't try to go after and make a case.'"
This was the entire day—dueling minute-long speeches from backbenchers and seat-warmers about the oath of office, and overturning election results, and partisanship, and the Founders, and so on. None of it matters much. Following an initial spike in support after the inquiry was officially backed by Democratic leadership, the polling numbers on impeachment have stalled—this despite the fact that public hearings have taken place and even as the revealed details of the case have gotten worse for Trump. It seems especially clear now that the jump in the inquiry's popularity was driven by Democrats responding to their party's leadership signaling that impeachment was the right move. It's also clear that pursuing impeachment isn't likely to hurt Democrats in an election set to take place almost a year from now.
Absent a radical change in direction, we'll never know if a more expansive and more drawn-out impeachment process would have mobilized the base or swayed more voters. If nothing else, a different process might have offered both the American people and history more of a glimpse at what this president and this White House have been doing behind the scenes. What we've been given instead, behind the gestures and symbolism, is another glimpse at the fundamental nature of the Democratic Party, which, at its best, can be relied upon to do the safest and most perfunctory version of "the right thing to do" that it can devise.
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How can we reduce crime in our communities?
Marcus Hormell
Citizens may take action to lower crime levels in their communities in a variety of ways, including mentoring at-risk youngsters, reporting instances, and urging politicians to implement anti-crime legislation.
The effectiveness of any one action in reducing crime is very limited, but taken as a whole, these actions can have an impact. For example, one study conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that a one percent increase in the percentage of children aged 10 to 17 who reported seeing someone wear clothing with a gang symbol was associated with a 0.5% decrease in the rate of youth violence. This means that if 10 percent more children saw gang symbols on clothes worn by other children, then it would be expected to see a reduction of about 50 fewer acts of violence per 100,000 people.
Some actions will not reduce crime, but they can provide cues for others to respond appropriately. For example, sending criminals away for long periods of time may cause them to change their behavior; however, this response could also be used by others to hide illicit activities. Therefore, decisions about how to act should not be based solely on whether or not an action will reduce crime, but rather on what effect it will have on individuals and groups involved.
What can be done to reduce the crime rate in urban areas?
Which is true about what works to reduce crime?
What is the best way to fight crime?
How can communities reduce crime?
Effective urban planning, design, and governance; community-based approaches in which communities take ownership of different crime and violence prevention projects; and risk factor reduction by concentrating on populations who are more prone to commit crime, such as youth. All of these factors play a role in reducing the crime rate in urban areas.
There are several things that law enforcement agencies can do within their capacity to reduce crime. These include: improving community policing practices by getting out into neighborhoods with officers who know their communities well; strengthening victim services by offering counseling and other support services to victims of crime; and engaging with community groups so they become part of the crime reduction process. Agencies can also seek innovative ways to fund their efforts, for example through the use of diversion programs or court fines. Finally, it may be necessary for agencies to change how they allocate their resources by focusing on high-crime areas until crime rates drop.
Urban planners and designers work with government officials and others in order to develop plans and policies that address issues such as poverty, unemployment, poor education systems, and substandard housing. They may also work to ensure that new developments are consistent with existing plans and policies so people can feel like their concerns will be heard.
Crime is primarily a social problem that requires social solutions. However, because crimes involve violations of laws, police can play an important role in reducing crime by enforcing those laws.
What is effective in reducing crime? Evidence Summarization The assessment looks at the scientific evidence on what works in terms of reducing crime. It studies how different programs work and measures their effects. Based on this analysis, it identifies which methods appear to be most effective.
Every year there are new ways proposed to reduce crime and violence. Many of these programs have been tested in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which are the best way to determine their effectiveness because they avoid many biases that can occur when studying real people in the real world. RCTs are expensive to conduct so usually only one group will be assigned to receive the intervention being studied. This means that we cannot always be sure that those who receive usual care do not benefit any more or less than those who do. However, even with this limitation, many interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing crime and violence.
Some examples of effective interventions include: Drug courts for drug-related crimes Teen Challenge programs for adolescents convicted of crimes Other options counseling program for offenders who may be at risk of committing further crimes Service programs for offenders who have already begun serving their sentences
8 Surprising Methods of Combating Crime
Divert juveniles from the juvenile justice system.
Respect residents of high-crime neighborhoods.
Respect defendants in court.
Respect convicted offenders.
Take bullying seriously.
Aggressively investigate burglaries.
Collect DNA from everyone.
Encourage immigration.
One of the most effective strategies to reduce crime is to provide resources and assistance for low-income areas. For policymakers, this means improving access to drug addiction and workforce development programs, two services that have proven increasingly difficult to obtain even as need has increased. For community leaders, it means developing partnerships with law enforcement agencies and using data to target efforts toward reducing crime.
Another strategy is to strengthen communities by providing public safety and social services to people who may not otherwise have those opportunities. This approach seeks to eliminate conditions that lead up to crime by addressing issues such as poverty, unemployment, and inadequate housing. It also aims to prevent individuals from falling into criminal circles by helping them find jobs, get counseling, or connect to other resources.
Finally, communities can reduce crime by changing behaviors through education campaigns. This approach targets specific actions that can be taken by individuals or groups in order to prevent crimes from being committed. For example, one campaign might focus on the dangers of walking alone at night while another might promote "shooting straight" when applying for a gun license.
Education campaigns are one of the most effective ways to reduce crime because they can reach large numbers of people quickly (while police work takes time to conduct investigations and arrests), give officers something else to think about besides their own safety (while they're out on patrol), and help prevent future crimes by altering potentially dangerous behaviors.
Marcus Hormell is a security expert, survivalist and personal safety consultant. His expertise includes developing emergency response plans for businesses, schools and individuals. Marcus knows that accidents happen; he has survived all sorts of life-threatening situations including being shot at by rebels in Mali. He wants to help people to develop their own emergency response plans so that if something goes wrong they'll be ready!
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The full schedule of events was published! I know what my choices are for the TCM Classic Film Festival! And, on the first night, I'll be seated around the pool at The Hotel Roosevelt. Watching a special screening of the original Ocean's 11, hosted by Danny's ever-loving, not-quite-ex herself, Angie Dickinson.
I've got my ticket already! Planning for Ocean's 11, and texting back and forth with Betty from my movie group (who's doing the poolside thing), were really the only good thing that happened today. It was a blah day at the office, a little too much stress and too little actual work.
Then a condo board meeting. More discussion of possible building sale. More talk about the possible bed bug issue. Talk ... talk ... talk ... No resolution. Lots of stress. All three of us on the board -- me, John and Brian -- were overtired and in a bad mood.
But Angie. I'm looking forward to hanging with Angie (and Betty, and dozens more of our classic loving tribe) by the pool.
I bet ol' Angie's got some juicy stories!


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Why the U.S. could fail again in Iraq
From the standpoint of many Sunni Arabs, any American attempt to differentiate between the moderates and extremists is the epitome of political hypocrisy
Dr. Naser al-Tamimi
Published: 29 September ,2014: 12:00 AM GST Updated: 20 May ,2020: 10:44 AM GST
With the expansion of U.S. strikes against ISIS targets, the Middle East is moving rapidly towards a new military campaign which could last for years and the people of the region are watching the developments very closely with great concerns. It is clear that the American strategy focused primarily on beating ISIS in Iraq, but the strategy also implicates an effort to cut the supply lines from Syria and expand the fighting fronts in an attempt to give the Iraqi forces the opportunity to progress and regain the initiative.
However, developments in Iraq do not bode well, and the U.S. military campaign may contribute to rising popularity of ISIS. Indeed, we can say that the American campaign may fail or suffer great setbacks which may embarrass the Obama administration.
There are many indicators that demonstrate this matter. The issue of Iraq's political representation, which reflects the aspirations of millions of Sunni Arabs, and the allocation of economic resources for the reconstruction of their areas, is still unresolved. Despite repeated assertions to Obama's administration about the need for the formation of an Iraqi government that reflects the aspirations of all, the situation on the ground indicates all changes that have occurred were just cosmetic in the eyes of many Iraqis, the Sunnis in particular.
Or as Francis Fukuyama and Karl Eikenberry bluntly state in the Financial Times: "Washington lacks the tools to bring about a political settlement that would instill real democracy in Syria or good governance in Iraq."
Growing influence of Shiite militias
It seems that the United States has limited the political reform to the issue of replacing the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, with some small concessions to the Sunni politicians whose political influence is confined within the Green Zone only. To make matters worse, with the floundering Iraqi army and its weak performance, the influence of these militias has begun to grow and affect all vital organs of the Iraqi state. Even more worrying, the rule of the militias will be further enhanced as it will take time for the Iraqi government to organize the army, consequently exacerbate the fears of the Sunni Arabs more than ever.
The other puzzle in America's strategy is creating the so-called Iraqi National Guard. Many of Sunni Arabs leaders are skeptical of America's intentions and believe it is a prelude to the division of Iraq. Perhaps talk about the creation of a national guard of Sunni Arabs is easier said than done. Indeed, the devil is in the details: what is the timetable to establish this new force? Who will train, fund and oversee their leadership? Will it be independent or affiliated with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense? Above all, what are the weapons that will be owned by this guard?
Intentions matter
Here we can say, if the new National Guard is to be established along the lines of the "Awakening" or Sahwat, there is no doubt it will be a failure from the start. However, if the intention is to set up new force with real power on the ground, the strong opposition may come from Shiite parties more than the Sunnis. Perhaps most importantly, the presence of the so-called National Guard under any form will without any doubts legitimizes the presence of armed Shiite militias. It's obvious that the Sunni Arabs do not trust the Americans or the Iraqi government alike, as the experience of the "Awakening" is still alive and fresh in the minds of most of them.
The other key issue worrying Sunnis Arab is the increasing activities of Shiite militias. While the United States is talking consistently about ISIS's atrocities, Shiite militias are reportedly also carrying out violence against Sunni Arabs, especially in areas such as Diyala and Kirkuk provinces.
Additionally, the Sunnis accuse the Shiite militias of burning their shops, houses and farms as this was evident in places like Amerli (where the American planes gave air cover for Shiite militias and the Kurdish Peshmerga) and Ouja, the hometown of the late President Saddam Hussein in Tikrit. This situation is not a recipe for stability, but on the contrary, it will without any doubts rally the Sunni Arabs around the armed groups because the alternative is much worse.
The economic dimension
Another vital matter largely ignored by the Western media is the economic strangulation of many Sunnis areas, mass arrests and alleged torture by the Iraqi forces and Shiite militias. This situation is reportedly accompanied with Iraqi planes bombarding residential areas and daily shelling. These actions must be condemned and stopped, because it will complicate the situation and widen support for ISIS.
The economic side also has a great significance that cannot be ignored. ISIS currently provides many services for the poor and there are reportedly hundreds of thousands of Sunni Arabs who have become dependent on ISIS for their daily lives and jobs. All we hear is about is military escalations without providing any plans or details about the political and economic solutions, or how to provide reconstruction, homes and compensation for the millions of those vulnerable people. This is another recipe for increasing resentment and supporting the insurgency among the Sunni Arabs.
Conspiracy?
All this coincides with a general feeling among Sunnis Arab that they have become the targets of many around the world. Perhaps Obama's current policies towards Palestine, Syria and Yemen reinforce this feeling more strongly.
From the standpoint of many Sunni Arabs, any American attempt to differentiate between the moderates and extremists is the epitome of political hypocrisy. They recently witnessed moderate Sunni Islamist movements, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt who came to power legally and through the ballot box, crushed without mercy or sympathy. On the other hand, they see the West move decisively to strike ISIS, without dealing with the roots of legitimate Sunni grievances.
Ultimately, Obama says that the war against ISIS will be long and may take several years. Of course the United States and most countries in the alliance have the luxury to wait, but for many of the Sunni Arabs in Iraq they have waited long enough and now have nothing to lose. Such sentiments are dangerous.
Dr Naser al-Tamimi is a UK-based Middle East analyst, and author of the forthcoming book "China-Saudi Arabia Relations, 1990-2012: Marriage of Convenience or Strategic Alliance?" He is an Al Arabiya regular contributor, with a particular interest in energy politics, the political economy of the Gulf, and Middle East-Asia relations. The writer can be reached at: Twitter: @nasertamimi and email: [email protected]
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How Dan Young founded PC Laptops
By Dan Young
The Founder Series is a column by and about Utah founders and how they got to where they are today. Click here to read past articles in the series.
Igrew up in Los Angeles, California, and was kind of a rowdy teenager. Because of this, I moved to Utah when I was 16 years old and lived with my sister while she worked at the University of Utah as an academic advisor. The arrangement only lasted like 30 days and she was like, "You're out of here!" So I got a job in the mall at Radio Shack to support myself.
Remember Radio Shack?
I also started selling Ginsu knives at a swap meet on the weekends, though it was not good money. But then I saw this late-night knife commercial and the salesman was totally making a show out of it. I absolutely loved it, so I had this idea to dress up in my karate outfit and do a show for people in person. It was stupid stuff, but people were entertained and entertained people buy stuff. I started making $2,000 a day every weekend selling those knives!
Meanwhile, I was still working my Radio Shack job, and one day this older guy brought in his radio to be fixed. I was able to replace a little fuse and get it working pretty quickly. When he asked what he owed for the fix I told him not to worry since it was a cheap part and an easy job. His response to me was:
"Do you like Chinese food?"
I said, "Of course!" Then this guy shared with me that he sold his company for a little over $1 billion. He was retired now and wondered if I had a mentor. His offer to me was that if I could keep his computers and electronics running, then he would mentor me over lunch each week.
Within three years I made $1 million.
Dan Young as a child, photo appears courtesy of Dan Young
Founding my first company
Each week I met with my mentor to discuss real estate, stocks, tech, and everything in between. One of his recommendations was that I get a new job, so I went and worked at a big electronics retailer. With the help of this mentor, I became their top sales guy and a few years later, when they went out of business, I started PC Laptops.
That was over 30 years ago.
When the company first started, we were running traditional TV and radio ads, as well as putting up ads in movie theaters before the movies. I think almost everyone in Utah has seen me doing dumb stuff on a screen at some point over the last few decades.
As it turns out, we were really ahead of our time. The kind of stuff I was doing on TV ads then is exactly what viral social media is made of. Even now, I'll grab one of our videos from the 1990s and post it on social media and it's like it was always meant to be there. We should've had TikTok back then!
The cool thing is, as advertising was transitioning into social media we just took those TV ads and posted them as they were. We immediately grew a very big following, because not too many people were doing Facebook ads yet. But we were prepped and ready to go. Facebook was the first platform for our team to really engage over social media. It's still completely essential and necessary today, and a lot of the stuff you see from us is exactly the same type of content we've always been creating.
Since founding PC Laptops, my business interests have spread to gaming computers, Xidax.com, real estate development, computer security software, an upcoming crypto hedge fund, and more. My companies are taking care of tech for organizations like Intel and Amazon, but also for individual consumers, streamers, musicians, and anyone else who needs a great, high-end computer that can do really industry-specific things.
One of my favorite things about my career is that I've learned firsthand how computers have the ability to educate anyone and everyone. A ton of the stuff that is coming into play in tech isn't even being taught in colleges yet. You've got to learn this emerging tech on your own, on the street, and you need the right tools to learn it. That's why I'm so passionate about educating people on all these new things via my companies. It's been amazing to watch the evolution of tech, and even more amazing to be a part of it.
Over the course of my career, mentors, like the one I met at Radio Shack, have made all the difference for me. I love learning from experts in various fields and I go out of my way to look for people who are 100 times more successful in an area than I am. That's usually my qualification because then it's really easy for them to bring what I can't to the table.
I've had dozens of different mentors throughout my life, all specializing in everything from real estate, stocks, cryptocurrency, and tech. I really value these relationships, and they just save me so much time. Having a good mentor is the difference between having to spend years gaining experience and a couple of phone calls to decide how we need to do things. I wouldn't be where I am today without their help, so I've made it my mission to help the next generation of entrepreneurs.
I really believe that you can throw a fish at someone, or you can teach them how to fish for themselves—and I really love teaching people how to fish. That's where my podcast, Dan's Millionaire Code, comes in. I wanted to mentor more people than possible traditionally and this is a great vehicle for that. I don't make any money from the podcast—no sponsorships, no ads. It's philanthropy, providing education, and sharing my experience.
Photo appears courtesy of Dan Young
Every week or two I try to bring on someone who is amazing at what they do—people who have built a legacy in their industry. My guests are people who are anxious to give back, to share their knowledge with others. Whatever someone wants to do, there's something that they can learn from the people I talk to. I've had entrepreneurs, YouTube streamers, actors, real estate moguls, investors, fitness experts, and founders all come on to share their experiences.
Regardless of if you're an aspiring artist or someone in sales, you can look through the podcast guests and find someone who resonates with you. I'm proud of the series, and I think facilitating education opportunities and making them available to everyone is one of the most important things I can do.
Growing through Covid
The last couple of years has really been a test for businesses to see how they can adapt and meet the needs of their employees and customers—both materially and psychologically. From the start, we set things up to accommodate people as individuals and met everyone's comfort level as best we could. Our goal was to help everyone be comfortable as we continued to conduct business and serve our customers well.
The way to meet people's needs is to ask them what they are, so I asked my team what they wanted to do. Some people said they were more comfortable being behind the scenes in a clean room, that's great with me. Some were happier working face to face with customers, awesome, we need that too. We were there to help them, to find a solution that kept everyone working and in a good place mentally.
Because of that attitude, our group of companies had some insane expansion. Some businesses were forced to close, but I also feel like some closed without really trying everything that they could have. It was a panic. But thanks to the .com bubble crashing a decade or so ago, I was more prepared for this latest challenge. It seems like every decade or two something big happens, and businesses are faced with the choice to regress or progress.
I'll pick progress every time.
Today, there's so much corruption going on out on the internet. I probably get 300 messages a week of people impersonating me, trying to scam others. There is a shocking amount of creativity. With the energy these people are putting into their schemes, they could easily be millionaires if they started their own business solving problems instead of making them!
Going forward, I want to keep teaching people how to use their tenacity, their innovation, and their tech to make a positive impact. Find something you care about. Find people who know more about it than you do. Then learn as much as you can and give generously.
You can get there.
I think the key for any company, whether you're starting out or trying to grow, is to be able to share your unique ability to help people. How are you actually giving value with what you do? You've got to give value. I think that's what most companies need to look at is how can I serve and give—and then you get, too. It's just Karma.
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Horrifying video of woman strangling and beating mother-in-law goes viral
The incident happened in Bijnor, UP, caught on the camera when the son decided to install a CCTV.
By Express Web Desk |	Updated: January 13, 2016 12:34:33 am
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A horrific video of a daughter-in-law brutally beating his mother-in-law has emerged online. The incident happened in Bijnor, UP, caught on the camera when the son decided to install a CCTV. In the video, the woman can be seen thrashing Rajrani Jain, her sick and helpless 70-year-old mother-in-law first with her bare hands, then a cloth noose and later with a brick.
Activist Kundan Srivastava shared the video on his Facebook page, urging chief minister Akhilesh Yadav to take action against the woman named Sangeeta Jain. The video has since gone viral.
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Sangeeta and her husband Sandeep have been married for seven years and have filed for divorce. Srivastava writes that she has charged Sandeep with a fraud dowry and marital rape case. "I installed CCTV to expose her bcoz of her behaviour, but still she did not improve," the son told ANI.
The video was reportedly captured on January 5, writes Srivastava. "Yet no action was taken by the police because these attack has done by a woman," he wrote on his post. However, after the video went viral on social media, the police arrested the woman today.
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Jacqueline Fernandez visits Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi
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Indian actress Jacqueline Fernandez recently shared videos on her Instagram account from her visit to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. She is in Abu Dhabi for the shooting of the third installment of franchise 'Race', that also features Salman Khan in a lead role.
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Jacqueline Fernandez visited the mosque along with her team. She expressed her excitement on visiting the mosque in a video.
'Race 3' has in its casts Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Saqib Saleem, Daisy Shah and with Salman Khan in the lead role it has become a highly anticipated movie of the year that is slated to release in June on Eid. 'Race 3 is directed by Remo D'Souza and produced by Salman Khan.
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According to media reports, Jacqueline Fernandez is undergoing an extensive 'Mixed Martial Arts Training' in Abu Dhabi to shoot action sequences in the movie.
Salman Khan returned last week in Abu Dhabi to shoot his film 'Race 3′ just six months after he wrapped up filming his biggest release 'Tiger Zinda Hai'.
'Race 3' will be shot at six different locations across Abu Dhabi over 35 days. The locations include Emirates Palace, Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi, the St. Regis Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, Emirates Steel, and Liwa Desert.
"We are delighted to welcome Salman Khan back to Abu Dhabi for Race 3, the fifth major Indian movie to shoot in our city. His return is the testament to the confidence of Bollywood studios in twofour54's proven capabilities in delivering large, complex productions successfully," said Maryam Eid Al Mheiri, CEO of Media Zone Authority — Abu Dhabi and twofour54.
"Attracting large productions such as Tiger Zinda Hai and Race 3 to Abu Dhabi is an important part of building a thriving and sustainable media industry in the Emirate. Filming the intense and complicated action sequences demanded by such films is made easier with the support of the Armed Forces of the UAE — who provide valuable advice and access to equipment."
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"It is wonderful to be back in Abu Dhabi, which is such an incredible filming location. Last year, we spent much of our 70-day shoot for 'Tiger Zinda Hai' on the city's incredible backlot, so it will be exciting to explore more of the emirate with Race 3 as we shoot across six locations," said Khan.
"The emirate features lovely locales providing incredible versatility for filmmakers. In addition to this, we receive world-class support from twofour54, the local crews, the fans, and the government."
"Race 3 is going to be a great movie and we have got some exciting stunts and scenes to shoot over the next month in Abu Dhabi," added Salman Khan.
Salman Khan on Monday, 19th March shared the first look from his movie 'Race 3′ that immediately captured the attention of his followers. On his Twitter account, he posted a picture that was captioned "Sikander-selfless over selfish".
Salman Khan is partnering with Remo D'souza the first-time, however, it brings back onscreen couple Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez that last appeared together in 'Kick'.
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Q: How do different browsers handle huge amount of same events? I'm trying to make a Drag'n'Drop with highlighting of a place where an item will be dropped.
When onDragOver event hits I do some calculations so basically these calculations are performed every time a user moves mouse pointer, because place of dropping also depends on the relative position of the pointer to the element over which pointer is being dragged.
The question is: what happens when next onDragOver is being called but the previous one is still calculating things?
Here is an example of my problem https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-njenrg
Basically I'm setting a class to an element over which another element is being dragged, and on dragLeave I remove the class.
I'm simulating some expensive calculations by doing this:
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Try to move elements one over others for some time and you will notice that when you drop the item you still can see some elements have red border. It means that dragLeave wasn't executed for those elements.
I want to ask you if there is a way to cancel previous calculation if a new one starts, so dragLeave will be executed in time?

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New Leaf Biofuel completes major biodiesel plant expansion in San Diego
Case, right, celebrates after cutting the ribbon (Photo: New Leaf Biofuel)
Four years after San Diego biodiesel producer New Leaf Biofuel conceived a project to more than double its productive capacity, the expansion is now complete. The plant, which processes used cooking oil (UCO) into biodiesel, has finished a major two-phase growth spurt taking its annual production capacity from 5 million to 12 million gallons.
"The entire system was redesigned and upgraded," Jennifer Case, CEO, told Biobased Diesel Daily.
Photo: New Leaf Biofuel
Lucas Altic, vice president of operations, said the engineering work and process technology development were done inhouse by New Leaf Biofuel. The general contractor was MMI Construction.
"From a build standpoint, it's exciting and relieving to be done with it," Altic told Biobased Diesel Daily. "It took us a long time to get here. At the same time, however, a whole new type of work is just beginning."
That, of course, is the startup and commissioning phase to dial in the new systems and get operators comfortable with what is essentially a completely redesigned plant.
"We have brand new software, so we are writing new [standard operating procedures] and training everyone," Case said. "It will take a while to get to full capacity for a variety of reasons."
New Leaf Biofuel's parent company is Baker Commodities, which helps the biodiesel plant source feedstock. This is particularly beneficial since COVID struck, and the restaurants from which New Leaf Biofuel collects UCO have been either shut down entirely or operating at much lower customer throughput, making its own grease collection efforts to supply enough feedstock for the plant more challenging.
Case said even though New Leaf Biofuel has more than doubled its capacity, the plant is still operating within a small footprint on the same property.
"We really need to nail down our logistics to get to 12 million gallons," she said.
While New Leaf Biofuel's operating footprint remains on the same relatively small piece of property, it has expanded its reach.
"We moved our feedstock processing across the street," Case said. This is now referred to as New Leaf South. The biodiesel processing plant is now called New Leaf North.
Phase One of the project, the tank farm expansion, was completed in late 2018. The biodiesel processing upgrades and buildout, according to Case, have been underway for the past year.
This is not the first expansion and upgrade New Leaf Biofuel has undertaken.
"We've done three upgrades so far," Case said. "Every time, it takes a while to get things dialed in, but commissioning is a term of art. It will take a while to get where we want to be, but I'm confident we'll get through it and, by summer, we'll be cranking out fuel."
Case speculates that New Leaf Biofuel will produce at a 6 MMgy rate this year, increasing to possibly 10 MMgy or higher in 2022.
"Maybe we'll hit 12 million next year," she said with optimism. "We'll aim as high as we can—as much as the system can do—while we get our other ducks in a row."
In total, the project cost more than $8 million. The California Energy Commission granted New Leaf Biofuel nearly $3.8 million for the expansion.
California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been a motivator for biodiesel and renewable diesel development in recent years—much of this growth has occurred outside the state with intentions to ship fuel there to reap lucrative carbon credits for low carbon-intensity fuel. In turn, biodiesel and renewable diesel have been instrumental in the policy's success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
"I feel really good about it—the LCFS has been a been major driver for demand in the state, with the [federal] Renewable Fuel Standard also being very supportive," Case said. The biofuels sector—biodiesel, renewable diesel and ethanol—has been largely responsible for the success of the LCFS and will continue to be, at least into the near future."
She said California is entering a time when biodiesel and renewable diesel use will be ubiquitous.
"We will eventually start seeing all gallons at an R80/B20 blend," she said, meaning every gallon of fuel burned in diesel engines will consist of 80 percent renewable diesel and 20 percent biodiesel. "We will aim to completely replace petroleum diesel in the state. It feels really good to be expanding this plant right now because the state needs it, especially ultra-low carbon biodiesel from used cooking oil—like ours."
Although California is consuming a great deal of biodiesel and renewable diesel, Case says the state is not achieving all the economic benefits from producing the fuel that it consumes in-state.
"That's why the CEC focuses on helping plants like ours—to produce more of this environmentally friendly fuel in-state in order to create more green energy jobs and generate more tax revenue," she said. "It's a good time to be in the biodiesel business here in California."


Characteristically, HLRN and HIC made their presence both inside and outside the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) at UN Headquarters, New York, 11–19 July 2017. HLRN applied the Human Rights Habitat (HRHO) approach in reviewing state SDG progress reports. (See Introducing the Human Rights Habitat Observatory in this issue.) HIC President and Secretariat co-organized a side event with the Global Platform for the Right to the City.
As the Longer-term positioning of the UN Development System promises (paras. 2, 14), states should pursue the 2030 Agenda within the integrated framework of both commitments under that global policy, as well as their human rights obligations. However, neither the indicators adopted for monitoring progress nor the pattern of states' voluntary national reviews (VNRs) reflect that acclaimed approach.
In preparation for the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) HLRN's MENA program also was involved in the planning and execution of the CSO Forum on Sustainable Development in the Arab Region, which culminated in a two-day workshop at Beirut on 24–26 April 2018. That gathering of development-related civil society organizations preceded the official government-level Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) hosted by the UN Economic and Social Council for Western Asia in Beirut on 24–26 April 2018.
The CSOs Forum is an initiative of Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) [AR], Habitat International Coalition-Housing and land Rights Network (HIC-HLRN), the Tunis-based Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) [مركز المرأة العربية للتدريب والبحوث], the Arab Trade Union Confederation [الاتحاد العربي لنقابات], the International Disability Alliance/Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities, and the Arab Network for Development and Environment (RAED) [الشبكة العربية للبيئة والتنمية ح رأئد].
The Forum reviewed the grave challenges and impediments to sustainable development in the MENA region, arising from Israeli colonization of Palestine and subsequent armed conflicts, the region's burgeoning war economy, environmental destruction, austerity measures, and the economic and social policies negatively affecting individual human and collective people's rights.
The CSOs asserted the importance of the standing political commitments of the region's governments to apply their human rights obligations toward achievement of the sustainable human development goals (SDGs). They noted that the further promise of policy cohesion should consider the civil, political and culture rights dimensions as core elements, as well as the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
The Forum participants expressed their disappointment at the state of governance in their region, lacking the participatory approach with citizens sharing effectively in development programs and decisions that align with their own development objectives and processes. In their collective statement diagnosing the present state of development in MENA, the CSOs identified the crisis of governance not only in the national sphere, but also in the global context. They identified external impediments directly eroding people's sovereignty in defining national policies and priorities within their state. They cited the mechanisms of accountability and equity at all levels as too weak to counter the institutional corruption that prevails in the governments of the region.
The CSO Forum issued a list of 13 main messages [AR] to the governments in the AFSD to be considered in drafting the regional strategy for the implementation of 2030 Agenda. The list prioritized peace and security consistent with international law, services and protection for the refugees migrants workers in host countries. They called for national policies to provide comprehensive social protection based on human rights approach, adopt transparent systems to insure good governance and counter corruption in all spheres of government, addressing the root causes of discrimination against women, strengthening the role of civil society, while respecting its independence as key partner in the development process, respect and protection of natural resources.
The CSOs Forum also specifically focused on the importance of respecting human rights in localizing the 2030 Agenda for sustainable cities and other human settlements (SDG 11). In a side event during the HLPF, Forum partners promoted policy coherence to harmonize appropriately with other global policies and processes, particularly the SDGs, the New Urban Agenda, Paris Agreement on climate change (FCCC), the Addis Ababa Action Agenda or the principles of the longer-term positioning of the UN Development System.
Inside the HLPF, CSO Forum partners were active in the Major Groups and Other Stakeholders, including NGOs, Women and Children and Youth, contributing to the preparations and real-time dialog on 2030 Agenda implementation by states and their constituent organs. "Of the 47 states reporting to the HLPF this year, Slovakia, Colombia and the State of Palestine came closest to living up to the reporting criteria," observed HLRN Coordinator Joseph Schechla, HIC's representative in the NGO Major Group at the 2018 session.
This year, HLRN's Middle East and North Africa (MENA) program played a role in the New York forum by contributing to the critical reviews of all seven VNRs from the region (Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates). That collaboration involved diverse organizations operating across MENA and globally. The combined efforts resulted in consensus statements and questions to all the reporting states of the region. The only exception was in the case of Saudi Arabia. That intervention fell out due to non-agreement of one Saudi Arabian royal-organized non-governmental organization (RONGO), a phenomenon commonly found among the putative civil society structures in the region's monarchies.
Taken together, the VNRs from the MENA region reflected a common misunderstanding (or rejection) on the part of state delegations of the concepts of sustainable development, partnership with multiple stakeholders as citizens and the integrated approach of reviewing progress against their combined commitments and obligations, including extraterritorial obligations. Rather, delegations seemed content to explain their "development" as wholly material and acquisitive in nature. (See also 1st Arab Land Conference in this issue.) The region's VNRs and HLPF presentations lacked sufficient attention to the social dimensions and integrated nature of the SDGs.
Outside of this trend, however, was the State of Palestine's presentation. Despite United States obstruction of Palestine's role in the HLPF by denying visas for Palestine's six traveling presenters, Amb. Riyadh Mansour addressed each question from the debate floor, linking also the Palestinian Authority's SDG performance with its human rights treaty obligations under its ratification of CEDaW [اتفاقية القضاء على جميع أشكال التمييز ضد المرأة] and broad civil society dialogue on the process.
The CSO Forum faces the upcoming 2019 HLPF with a common set of priorities and principled recommendations, as expressed in the collective statement of 2018. Next year's HLPF will focus on SDGs 4, 8, 10, 13, 16 and 17, while the MENA states presenting their VNRs in 2019 will be Algeria, Israel, Kuwait, Mauritania, Oman and Tunisia.


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Where as a person is considered unemployed when he is either unable to find any job or does not own a job according to his skills and abilities.
Pakistan's industry is already highly concentrated and due to no new addition to existing industry there is always an issue of job shortage which results in increasing competition for job and people are forced to work on low income and low status jobs which is high discouragement for youth. Along with that most of employers require two to three years of experience and multiple degrees for a job which automatically exclude fresh graduates and cause an increase in unemployment.
Pakistani universities have been producing over half a million graduates, including over 10,000 IT graduates, every year since 2010, according to HEC data.
The number of university graduates in Pakistan increased from 380,773 in 2005-6 to 493,993 in 2008-09. This figure is growing with rising enrollment and contributing to Pakistan's growing human capital. But due top private universities being at every corner there is no standard kept of number of enrollments and graduates every year which is increasing demand for jobs and due to limited supply of jobs there is an increase in unemployment each time.
Our institutions are highly focused on teaching theories and making students learn them by heart, there is always a deficiency of practical implementation of these theories which actually helps in practical life by developing ideal skills set for the market.
Students performance should be judged on the basis of both written and practical implementations in field (industry) each semester because lack of appropriate skills set cause unemployment.
Lack of merit based selection: When a person in power hires, grants, awards and honors his/her contacts it is considered as favoritism, cronyism and nepotism which exploits the right to job of deserving people and cause unemployment problem in the country not only this but it also effects the efficiency of firm. These days political hiring is at its peak.
There is no trend of career counselling in Pakistan and a student is forced to study subjects which he or she is not interested in which effects the result and cause a student to suffer unemployment instead of following his or her passion and becoming the master of that field.
Unemployment is not only a problem itself but is also causes many problems including brain drain, depression, suicides, corruption and street crimes etc. which makes the situation even worst to handle. Local and foreign investment in the country can help in increasing employment opportunities.
For example, projects like China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) can help improve the overall situation of unemployment.


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Thousands attend AXN's Asia's Got Talent Open Auditions in Manila for their chance to shine in Season Two
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Thousands attend AXN's Asia's Got Talent Open Auditions in Manila for their chance to shine in Season Two
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The most creative and aspiring Pinoy acts turned out in full force today as AXN kicked off its open auditions for the second season of Asia's Got Talent.
Thousands of talented performers – from magicians, singers and acrobats to dancers and variety acts – headed to QCX: Quezon City Experience to audition for a coveted spot in the record-breaking talent contest and a USD100,000 cash prize.
"Asia's Got Talent celebrates performers of any age and with any dream and that was certainly the case here in Philippines today. Our first season was won by the Filipino shadow dance group, El Gamma Penumbra, and this has inspired the entire nation to pursue their dreams. I wish all performers who auditioned for Asia's Got Talent today the very best of luck and I hope to see them shine on Asia's Got Talent later this year," Virginia Lim, Senior Vice President and Head of Content, Production and Marketing, Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia.
Billed as the world's greatest talent competition, "Asia's Got Talent" welcomed individual and group performers of all ages, who took to the stage with dreams of making it to the next round.
The auditions started at 10:30am this morning with the day's acts showcasing their amazing skills in front of the show's executive producers. Due to the overwhelming response, the dazzling display of Pinoy talent did not end until well into the evening.
Some of the most incredible performances during the auditions included a haka dance group, fire dancers, a 9-month pregnant singer and harpist, a diablo (Chinese yoyo) performer, a differently-abled duo, a beatboxer, as well as numerous vocalists and dancers, some of which started queuing as early as 3am.
The Philippines is highly regarded as the act to beat for having won the first season with the breathtaking performance of El Gamma Penumbra, a Filipino shadow play dance group which took home the grand prize of USD 100,000.
In addition to Manila and the recent auditions in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, open auditions will also be held in Taipei (May 27) and Bangkok (May 28). To apply online, interested participants may log on to www.axn-asia.com/AsiasGotTalent for more details.
Asia's Got Talent is slated to premiere in the second half of 2017, first and exclusively on AXN.
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Q: How can i create a login page separately from my other single page application in react js I have created a single page application with reactjs, I have a 'get in touch' page where i can get customer informations, i need to create a login page what will allow admin only to view customer information but this page should be separated with other pages, Meaning that for example i have a login button i need when a click it to send me in a login form, here is a link of the project and  i have attached my code on how i tried to work out with it, but not succeeded. Please i will appreciate anyone who will help me to to get through this.
https://hakikazi-lawfirm.netlify.com/
My App.js code
import React from 'react';
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Switch, Route, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
import Login from './Components/Login/Login'
import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';
import Navbar from './Components/NavBar/Navbar';
import Slider from './Components/Slider/Slider';
import About from './Components/About/About';
import Service from './Components/Services/Service';
import Team from './Components/Team/Team';
import Promo from './Components/Promo/Promo';
import Testimonial from './Components/Testimonials/Testimonial';
import Contact from './Components/Contact/Contact';
import Footer from './Components/Footer/Footer';

function App() {
  return (

      <Navbar/>
      <Slider/>
      <About/>
      <Service/>
      <Team/>
      <Promo/>
      <Testimonial/>
      <Contact/>

     <Router>
        <Switch>
          <Route path="/login" component={Login} />
        </Switch>
      </Router>

  );
}

My

A: You are better off writing it this way;
function MainWebsite() {
  return (

      <Navbar/>
      <Slider/>
      <About/>
      <Service/>
      <Team/>
      <Promo/>
      <Testimonial/>
      <Contact/>

  );
}

function App() {
  return (
    <React.Fragment>
      <Router>
        <Switch>
          <Route path="/login" component={Login} />
          <Route path="/" component={MainWebsite} />
        </Switch>
      </Router>
    </React.Fragment>
  );
}

export default App

so the App component will decide with the switch or your own kind of condition what should load at what time. in my example am using the paths to decide what to load. but you can equally write it using conditions or any other methods.
Let me know if this worked. Happy to help to the end.


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import Color from 'lib/Color';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import React from 'react';
import styled from 'styled-components';

const Button_ = styled.button`
  background-color: ${p => (p.disabled ? Color.Gray : Color.Fuchsia)};
  border-width: 0;
  color: ${Color.White};
  cursor: ${p => (p.disabled ? 'not-allowed' : 'pointer')};
  font-size: 1em;
  font-variant: small-caps;
  opacity: ${p => (p.disabled ? 0.5 : 1)};
  outline: none;
  transition: background-color 100ms ease-out, color 100ms ease-out;

  :hover {
    background-color: ${p => (p.disabled ? null : Color.Purple)};
  }
`;

export default function Button(props) {
  return (
    <Button_
      className={props.className}
      disabled={props.disabled}
      onClick={props.onClick}
    >
      {props.children}
    </Button_>
  );
}

Button.defaultTypes = {
  disabled: false
};

Button.propTypes = {
  children: PropTypes.node,
  className: PropTypes.string,
  disabled: PropTypes.bool,
  onClick: PropTypes.func
};

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Pheasant opener finds few problems among hunters
October 29, 2012 By Dar Danielson
A spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the opening weekend of the pheasant hunting season saw few problems. D.N.R. spokesman, Kevin Baskins says there was a report of a Grinnell man being hit in the face with shotgun pellets while hunting in Poweshiek County.
"We see that happen usually at least a couple of times a year, where the hunters will be shooting at a flushing pheasant and maybe have somebody in the background that gets kind of splattered by pellets, or has pellets rained on them," Baskins explains. The victim, 78-year-old Darrell Lamb, was treated at the Grinnell hospital and released.
Baskins says he did not hear of any other shooting accidents. "It actually was a pretty quiet weekend in terms of the hunting," Baskins says.
"I think one of the factors that contributed to that is a lot of the corn is already out of fields, and so hunters probably had a better view. They also probably had birds that were concentrated into more cover, and probably not as tall as what the corn would be, so the visibility probably was a lot better for hunters than if we had a lot of standing corn still out in the fields."
Baskins says the first weekend of pheasant season has historically been the most dangerous for accidents. "It's partly because of what makes pheasant hunting to attractive in the first place — it's the thrill of that flushing bird — and a lot of times people are just shooting too quickly and not fully realizing where the rest of the hunters in their group are when they make that shot," he says.
"A lot of the hunting accidents that we see relative to pheasant hunting are when shots are taken at birds and inadvertently hit someone else in the party." The accident in Poweshiek County happened on Saturday at 11 a.m., or about three hours into the season.
Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Outdoors Tagged With: Department of Natural Resources, Hunting & Fishing


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Q: 13.10 startlubuntu command for x2go With 13.04 and earlier X2go started up Lubuntu with the command startlubuntu. This is gone from 13.10 and I tracked down that it was replaced by lxsession.  However, if I try to start up my desktop with lxsession I just get a blank desktop.
What is the proper command line replacement for startlubuntu?
Update: Xrdp has the same problem. I can tell lxde is running because the Guake message shows up but there's no desktop or anything else.

A: I had the same problem, I've submitted a bug and I'd appreciate you click the 'this bug affects' me button:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-default-settings/+bug/1241958
So here's a workaround:
First if you cant get /usr/bin/lxsession or /usr/bin/lxsession to work through the LATEST x2go client try this:
1) uninstall the latest x2go client and reinstall (I'm using the latest preview version)
2) purge your x2go install: 'apt-get remove purge x2go*'  (check what x2go packages are installed with 'dpkg -l | grep x2go' and remove them such as libx2go*)
3) Follow the instructions here to get the latest server:
http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:installation:x2goserver
I installed python-software-properties, x2goserver, x2goserver-xsession and x2golxdebindings
make sure you are using that ppa repository so you get the latest versions
4) kill all running x2go server sessions on the server and restart
5) reconnect with x2go client and use 'custom' session type with /usr/bin/startlxde (or try /usr/bin/lxsession).  If this doesn't work, then something is still wrong with your setup
6) If you want to use startlubuntu you can still download the deb from here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/all/lubuntu-default-settings/download
and extract it with
sudo depkg-deb -x lubuntu-default-settings_0.31_all.deb ./temp
go into temp/usr/bin/ and copy 'startlubuntu' to /usr/bin/ on your server.  This script should still work with 13.10 until we can find out the proper way to make this work with lxsession (you should subscribe to that bug so you can be part of the discussion to find out the right way to do this).

A: I had a similar problem with Lubuntu 14.04 as the x2go server : I could not connect.
Following this thread ,  I ran the following command on the server :
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends lxde

And it works now (although the desktop is the not the same as through a regular VM access).


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St. Luke's to close some public entrances starting Wednesday
Starting Wednesday, Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare will begin limiting the number of public entrances to its St. Luke's campus, according to a news release.
Five of the existing public entrances will be restricted, and will only be accessible by staff members with identification badges from now on, the release stated. The change is a security measure meant to facilitate the monitoring of visitor traffic.
"We appreciate everyone's cooperation as the new security procedure is implemented," Steve Magnussen, manager of Security Operations for FSLH, said in the release. "This change allows us to better serve the patients and visitors who come to the hospital for care or to visit a loved one. We want to remind the community as they come on to campus to please follow the informational signs that will direct you to locations to park near our public entrances."
The five entrances still available to the public will be:
Entrance 1 – Main Lobby Entrance
Entrance 3 – OB Care Center Entrance (Champlin Avenue Entrance)
Entrance 4 – Professional Office Building (POB) East Entrance
Entrance 7 – Allen-Calder Main Entrance
Entrance 8 – Emergency Department
The Emergency Department entrance will continue to be the only public entrance available between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., the release stated.


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Tina Duncan is Artist of the Year
John Anderson is honored as Volunteer of the Year by Henderson County group.
Tina Duncan is Artist of the Year John Anderson is honored as Volunteer of the Year by Henderson County group. Check out this story on citizen-times.com: http://avlne.ws/2inS09J
The Citizen-Times Published 11:10 a.m. ET Dec. 23, 2016 | Updated 11:37 a.m. ET Dec. 23, 2016
"Estatoe Falls" by Tina Duncan.(Photo: Courtesy of Art League of Henderson County)
HENDERSONVILLE - At the Art League of Henderson County holiday luncheon in December, members voted for Artist of the Year from among those members who had been selected as Artist of the Month or Viewers' Choice winners during the year. The 2016 Artist of the Year selected was Tina Duncan, who had won in July for her large oil painting "Estatoe Falls."
Duncan was moved by the recognition by her fellow artists and thanked them all for their support. "I wish to express my gratitude to my fellow artists in the Art League of Henderson County," Duncan told them, "not only for voting me the honor of Artist of the Year but also for motivating me to learn more and work harder to become a better painter."
One of the benefits of being a member of the ALHC, Duncan acknowledged, is the critique groups where members meet to show new paintings and get feedback from other artists. Duncan said the critiques and being able to exhibit at the Opportunity House each month has encouraged her to focus on the areas of her art she felt needed improvement.
"I set a personal challenge for myself to paint rocks that glow and water with many colors," Duncan said afterward. She enjoys painting local waterfalls for the challenge they present.
Member John Anderson's contributions hanging monthly exhibits and coordination of the annual Members Show was acknowledged with the 2016 Volunteer of the Year Award. Anderson has been a longtime member and has won numerous awards for his watercolor paintings.
Anderson will be the featured speaker at the January meeting, where he'll talk about Whiskey Painting, a specialized miniature painting format.
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