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Q: How do I unlock all the characters? Who are the secret characters in Mario Tennis Open, and how do I unlock them?

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Unlockables:

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*Baby Mario (Speed): (unlocked after Level 3 of Super Mario Tennis (1-3) is completed)

*Baby Peach (Tricky): (unlocked after Level 3 of Ring Shot (Pro Rings) is completed)

*Luma (Technique): (unlocked after Level 3 of Galaxy Rally (Superstar) is completed)

*Dry Bowser (Defense): (unlocked after Level 3 of Ink Showdown (Inksplosion) is completed)

Check the Mario Wiki out for more info on the characters of the game.

A: Baby Mario:Complete 1-3 in Super Mario Tennis
Baby Peach:Complete Pro Rings in Ring Shot
Luma:Complete Superstar in Galaxy Rally
Dry Bowser:Complete Inksplosion in Ink Showdown
Yoshis red blue black pink light blue white and yellow:Have your 3DS scan the QR codes


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How Apollo Agriculture is solving small-scale farmers' credit problem in Kenya
by Tage Kene-Okafor | Jul 27, 2020
Around the world, most farmers have suffered different sets of challenges in scaling and growing their farms. Although lending and crowdfunding platforms have popped up over the past years, it's still very difficult for smallholder farmers to access financing.
Some banks and other financial entities have employed unsavoury and predatory tactics that affect these agricultural businesses in the long term.
In 2015, Geneva-based policy advisory firm, Dalberg Global Development Advisors conducted some research about small-scale farming. From its findings, $450b was required to meet the needs of smallholder farmers around the world. But these farmers only got $31b, which was less than one-tenth of the supposed financing.
Coming closer to home, The World Bank reported that while agriculture made up 18% of sub-Saharan Africa's GDP, lending to the stakeholders in the agricultural sector represented only 1%.
One of such Africans to experience the struggles of smallholder farming is Kenyan entrepreneur, Benjamin Njenga.
While growing up, Njenga worked on his family farm with his mother. She was a smallholder farmer who planted what she had access to, low-quality seeds. In addition, she had little or no fertiliser and harvested only five bags per acre each year.
Njenga says that while they both knew what needed to be done to increase production, they couldn't afford credit to buy the necessary tools.
Living with this experience, he would go on to study agribusiness and management at the university and also work for ACRE Africa, a Nairobi-based service provider working in the agricultural insurance value chain.
Njenga had always wanted to solve the problem he faced with his mother. The right time would come when he met Eli Pollak and Earl St Sauver through a mutual friend.
Pollak also had a background in agriculture. He worked for The Climate Corporation, a US-based agritech company that used machine learning to provide optimised recommendations to help farmers increase their yields.
L-R: Eli Pollak (Co-founder & CEO), Benjamin Njenga (Co-founder & CCO), and Earl St Sauver (Co-founder). Source: Supplied
Leaving the company in 2015 after it was sold for a billion dollars, Pollak was also looking to start a company that would help African farmers increase their farm productivity.
"I got connected with my founders with the same mission. With my background and knowledge working with farmers, and their technical skills from the US, we made a perfect match to start a company to support farmers," Njenga says to Techpoint Africa.
In late 2016, the trio founded Apollo Agriculture. The goal was to use machine learning and automated operations technology to help small-scale farmers with everything they need to maximise their profitability.
According to Njenga, this was a necessary solution in a market where most farmers are producing 10% of what US farmers are producing.
Solving small-scale farmers' credit and operations problem
As earlier stated, the vast majority of small-scale farmers still cannot access tools like hybrid seeds, fertilisers, and insurance that can increase their yield and income.
For Njenga, this boils down to two reasons.
First, they lack access to credit and thus, cannot afford the cost of well-understood high-return investments like hybrid seeds and fertilisers. Also, smallholder farmers are very rural, remote, and difficult to reach.
Till date, approaches to smallholder financing have relied on human-driven and manual processes. The problem is these processes are costly and slow to scale.
This is where Apollo comes in, by digitising and simplifying these processes.
Apollo Agriculture builds credit profiles for its small-scale farmers using machine learning models. It does so by doing its due diligence of verifying the identity of farmers and taking satellite coordinates of their fields.
One of Apollo Agriculture's smallholder farmers. Source: Apollo Agriculture
The data obtained is then used to build automated digital processes for each step in a farmer's lifecycle from customer acquisition to training to collecting the payment.
These processes, from collecting data to analysing it to building credit profiles guides Apollo in making lending and credit decisions to farmers at scale. Additionally, the company helps them access increasing levels of their investment over time.
Njenga argues that there are very few commercially viable approaches to small-scale agriculture financing in sub-Saharan Africa. To get it right, a company must have a unique combination of skills like software development and data science, to mention a few, and in his opinion, Apollo brings these skills together, leveraging on expertise developed at The Climate Corporation, Tesla, and One Acre Fund.
He goes on to state that the company is collecting insights on a demographic in a way that hasn't been done before.
"We have to do this in a very super-challenging environment where farmers have no financial records like bank statements. And also, limited knowledge on subject matters like the impact of climate change."
According to him, the company has been able to develop tools that these farmers would otherwise not have been able to access because of the aforementioned challenges.
Growth and customer acquisition
In 2020 alone, Apollo Agriculture has been able to close 25,000 farmers. In total, it is serving more than 40,000 farmers in Kenya.
However, the team isn't stopping there. It has plans to rapidly scale by partnering and securing more farmers and to that end, the four-year-old startup raised a $6m Series A in May 2020. The round was led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures. Also in participation were The Omidyar Group's Flourish Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, and Sage Hill Capital, among others.
Njenga also mentions that the company is securing working capital funding to finance loans and grant funding to support research and development (R&D).
After bringing its total raise to $7.6m, the chief customer officer says Apollo is focused on growth in the year ahead.
"We have got a great product that farmers love and we want to continue to scale it."
To drive home its mission of maximising farmers' productivity and profitability, per Njenga, Apollo is looking to transition its customers from subsistence farming to commercial farming so that they can make more money.
"We are also exploring new ways to support our customers particularly with the challenges around food security as a result of COVID-19. We are piloting a variety of options to best support our customers through these challenging times."
Featured image: Apollo Agriculture founders [L-R: Eli Pollak, Benjamin Njenga, and Earl St Sauver. Source: Supplied by Apollo Agriculture
Tage Kene-Okafor
Endlessly amused by technology. @ulonnaya
Joseph Oranga
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benjamin j kirby
Book Day: Southern Gods
I should start this post by saying I went to high school with John Hornor Jacobs. We graduated together, 1989, from Little Rock Central High. I'm not sure our having gone to high school together will affect my review of his first book, Southern Gods, and if it does, well, too damn bad. I'm not here to rip on books — I like them too much to do that, anyway.
A little more on the back-story of Southern Gods: I didn't know it was a NaNoWriMo story. So it's appropriate, here at the tail end of NaNoWriMo, maybe, to review it.
I liked this book. It was fun to read, and as a guy who writes his own stories (and is, in fact, at his own end of an informal-ish NaNoWriMo project), it was fun to see how he put it together.
Last couple of back-story pieces: it takes place in Arkansas, my mostly-home state. (I always say "mostly-home," because it matters where you're born — more so in the South — and I was born in North Carolina, moved to Arkansas when I was a baby. But there are people there who don't think I have a claim to Arkansas, and who can say, maybe I don't. I spent a dozen years in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., and have spent the last ten, almost a quarter of my life, in Florida.) My family is in Arkansas, I get back when I can. I miss it, I miss the country places, like where my folks live now, a pond, several acres of woods all to themselves. I miss the old, out of the way places my great-uncle used to take me to fish. I miss a lot about it, and Southern Gods, despite the well-presented creepy horror (or maybe because of it a little bit), reminded me of home.
There's nothing like finding an Easter Egg in a video game or a movie, and that feeling is exponentially larger when you find one in a book. John decided to give our high school Latin teacher a shout-out, an entirely minor mention, but certainly noticeable, especially to those of us who couldn't hack high school Latin. Failing Latin class is no fun, but reading a book and feeling like you're part of an elite club is always a good thing.
The book itself is a solid, quick read. Though, like I said, I like books and will read pretty much anything, I am not one to usually pick up a horror novel. (Which is weird because as a kid, I was hooked on Stephen King. Couldn't get enough.) Good character development — when you get to the last pages, you get that sinking feeling like you've got to say goodbye. Come on, man, I don't want these people to go away…
I am always impressed when writers can channel a different time. Southern Gods is post-World War II, not too long after, I guess, early '50s. That's real work, that takes effort. I like to write stories that take place either now, present day, or not too long ago. Sure, it's hard to capture a place and a time and a world no matter where it is. But rural Arkansas in the early 1950s is something special.
John's got some other books out there, and I'll check them out for sure. I hope you do, too.
Benjamin J. Kirby
Benjamin J. Kirby is a writer, a communications expert, community advocate, and a political and policy professional. He currently serves the Mayor of the City of St. Petersburg, Florida. Born in western North Carolina and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Benjamin now lives in Gulfport, Florida with his daughters and son. While in public service in Washington, D.C., Benjamin went to school in the evening and received an undergraduate degree in Political Communication from George Mason University. In his free time, he writes, reads, runs and wanders around Florida's natural places.
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Books on Stage is a reading series originally conceptualized and hosted by Michelle Wing. It launched in July 2014, with readings every other month until November 2015, each event featuring a poet and a prose writer, appearing on the stage at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center in Sonoma County, California.
When Michelle relocated to New Mexico in early 2016, the series was reconceptualized and taken over by new host Janet Vail. It now includes a literary salon after each reading, where the audience can enjoy conversations with the featured writer while sipping on Sonoma County wines. For more information about the series, go to Cloverdale Performing Arts Center.
Katherine Hastings is the author of Nighthawks (Spuyten Duyvil NYC, 2014) and Cloud Fire (Spuyten Duyvil NYC, 2012) as well as several chapbooks. Her work has been published in many literary journals and anthologies, as well as The Book of Forms — A Handbook of Poetics, Lewis Turco, Ed. (University of New England Press, 2012). The executive director of the non-profit WordTemple, Hastings curates the WordTemple Poetry Series and hosts WordTemple on NPR affiliate KRCB FM. She is serving as Sonoma County Poet Laureate for the years 2014 — 2016.
Gilb Mansergh is the prolific author of over 60 nonfiction books and a trilogy of historical novels incorporating family stories. The Marvelous Journals of Miss Virginia Pettingill is currently in bookstores, Hollywood Beau is being edited for publication, and the first draft of Filbert Avenue is nearly complete. Gil's movie column Screenings appears in the Cloverdale Reveille every other week, and his weekly Cinema Toast movie blog is on the Petaluma Argus Courier and Santa Rosa Press Democrat websites. Gil is also the host/producer of the Word By Word: Conversations With Writers radio show on Sonoma County's NPR station, KRCB-FM.
Michelle Wing is a writer of poetry and creative nonfiction. She is the author of Body on the Wall (poems), released by Saddle Road Press in May 2014, and co-editor of the anthology Cry of the Nightbird: Writers Against Domestic Violence, released in October 2014. She is the founder of "Changing Hurt to Hope: Writers Speak Out Against Domestic Violence," a program at the YWCA Sonoma County which commemorated its fifth year this October. Wing writes a monthly literary column for the online Discoveries section of Sonoma West Publishing called Off the Page. She serves on the board of Redwood Writers, where she is the public relations director, and on the board of the Healdsburg Literary Guild. She lives in Cloverdale with her wife, three dogs, and a ridiculous number of cats, and is aided in all her endeavors by her faithful service dog, Ripley.
Amanda McTigue is a storyteller on the page and for the stage. Last fall, at the 2013 Sonoma County Book Festival, her debut novel, Going to Solace, was selected as one of the Best Reads of 2012 by Gil Mansergh, host of Word by Word on public radio's KRCB—in the astonishingly good company of Pulitzer Prize winner The Orphan Master's Son. Her works for the stage have been produced in Carnegie Hall, the Minnesota Opera and Sonoma County's Green Music Center. She is just wrapping up a year of teaching critical thinking, speaking and writing at Sonoma State University. She co-hosts the Aqus Literary Speakeasy Saloon in Petaluma and appears regularly as a storyteller at Petaluma's West Side Stories. A member of the fourth class of undergraduate women at Yale, a stage director and a concept writer for international design firms like Walt Disney Entertainment and Paramount, Amanda considers herself a busy, happy writer. A collection of new short stories—working title, This Is Not Water—and her second novel—working title, Monkey Bottom—are both due in 2015.
Poet Ruth Thompson is the author of Woman With Crows (2013) and Here Along Cazenovia Creek (2011). Woman with Crows explored a new mythology of the divine feminine, from encounters with "hungry ghosts" to the fool-crone, "dancing what she does not know to dance." It was a finalist for the A Room of Her Own Foundation's To the Lighthouse Prize, and includes poems that won the New Millennium Writings Award and the Harpur Palate Milton Kessler Prize.
Since Woman With Crow's celebration of the aging feminine body, Ruth's work has increasingly explored the experience of physical and mental dissolution through figures like "The White Queen" and the mad Pythia of "Dementia." Some of this new work appears in Poetry Flash and Tupelo Quarterly.
Ruth grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and received a BA from Stanford and a PhD from Indiana University. In a previous life, she was a college dean in Los Angeles. She now lives in Hilo, Hawai'i with writer-anthropologist Don Mitchell. She teaches writing, and meditation, yoga, and writing workshops throughout the U.S., and blogs about happiness at www.ruththompson.net.
Don Mitchell is an ecological anthropologist, writer and photographer who lived among the Nagovisi people of Bouganville Island in the southwestern Pacific for several years in the 1960s and 1970s, and returned in 2001 after Bougainville's war of secession.
He published an academic book and articles about the Nagovisi, but in the early 1990s returned to writing fiction and poetry. His stories of another culture have won praise from many quarters, including a Pushcart nomination and awards from the Society for Humanistic Anthropology, New Millennium Writings, Green Mountains Review, and other journals. He also publishes online at The Nervous Breakdown.
In 2013, his story collection A Red Woman Was Crying was published. It takes the reader into the rich and complex internal lives of South Pacific rainforest cultivators – young and old, male and female, gentle and fierce – as they grapple with predatory miners, indifferent colonial masters, introduced religion, their own changing culture, their sometimes violent past, and the "other" who has come to live with them.
The stories demystify ethnography by turning it on its head. The narrators are Nagovisi, and it is through their eyes that the reader knows the young anthropologist, himself struggling with his identity as a Vietnam-era American, who's come to study their culture in a time of change.
Don grew up in Hilo, on the island of Hawai'i. He studied anthropology and creative writing at Stanford, and earned a PhD in anthropology from Harvard. For many years he was a professor at Buffalo State in western New York, as well as a marathon and ultra-marathon runner, and a successful road race timer (Runtime Services). He lived in Buffalo and later in Colden before returning to Hawai'i. He now lives in Hilo with the poet Ruth Thompson.
Russ began writing fiction at Wesleyan University with his senior thesis being "Eight Short Stories" (a most unoriginal title). Over the years he continued to write short stories, amassing a fine collection of rejection slips. He took a long time out from writing to pursue further education in Education and Psychology (though he did write his Masters and Ph.D. theses). While practicing psychology, Russ wrote a haiku a day for two non-consecutive years, producing two self-published books, Falling Blossoms – A Year in My Life and Arm Writing, both of which he shared with family and friends. In 2001 he began writing weekly with a small group of writers to write short pieces, over the years filling over 1500 pages with his musings and creations. In 2012 he decided to get a little more serious, to come out of hiding, and in 2013 self-published his first book of poetry, A Convergence of Unanticipated Consequences. He is currently working on his second book of poetry. He loves the written word, the way the words give weight to experience, light up the darkness, and lighten the load.
A multifaceted storyteller and indie publisher, Laura McHale Holland is the editor of the anthology Sisters Born, Sisters Found: A Diversity of Voices on Sisterhood, which features writers from every continent except Antarctica. The collection was recently named a first-place winner in the Women's Issues category at the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Previously, Laura released her flash fiction collection, The Ice Cream Vendor's Song, and her childhood memoir, Reversible Skirt, which, in manuscript form, won in the memoir category of the RockWay Press international writing competition and, after publication, earned a silver medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards.
Laura's short stories and memoir vignettes have appeared in Every Day Fiction Three, My Gutsy Story Two, Wisdom Has a Voice and several Vintage Voices anthologies. Her poetry was selected for publication in And the Beats Go On. And her play Are You Ready? was produced by Sixth Street Playhouse and Redwood Writers in 2014, as well as shortlisted for the Short+Sweet Sydney 2015 festival.
Before moving to Sonoma County in 2004, Laura lived for many years in San Francisco, where she was a writer and associate editor for The Noe Valley Voice, an award-winning community newspaper. She also wrote periodic opinion pieces for the original San Francisco Examiner. In addition, she was a featured story performer at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum and the Lake Tahoe Storytelling Festival. To become more acquainted with Laura and her work, please visit lauramchaleholland.com, where you can read her blog, learn about her current projects and subscribe to her newsletter, Letters From Laura.
Donna Emerson is a Santa Rosa Jr. College instructor, a licensed clinical social worker, photographer, and writer of poetry and prose. She is the outgoing events chair, Marin Poetry Center. Recent poetry publications include Calyx, The Paterson Literary Review, The Place That Inhabits Us, Poems of the Bay Area Watershed, Praxis (SUNY), The New Ohio Review, Sow's Ear, Sanskrit, Eclipse, and So To Speak, among many others. Recent prose and photography publications include Passager, Stone Canoe, and Tiny Lights, where she was awarded first prize in the 2010 flash competition. Her four chapbooks include This Water (2007), Body Rhymes (2009), which was nominated for the California Book Award, Wild Mercy, (2011) and Following Hay (2013). Donna has received other awards from Redwood Writers, the Naugatuck River Review, the California State Poetry Society, the Dickens, and the Labyrinth Society. She has been the featured writer in Darkling and Crone literary journals. She lives with her husband and daughter in Sonoma Country, near her musician son Jared for the California winter months, and her family homestead above Bath, New York during summers.
A long time resident of Marin, Susanna Solomon makes her home both in San Anselmo and on Levee Road in Point Reyes Station. She has long been captivated by the sheriff's calls in the Point Reyes Light. Her collection of short stories – each inspired by one of these calls – was published by HD Media Press in 2013. Come join the fun and meet opinionated Mildred, her long suffering husband Fred, Linda, a well-endowed deputy, Alice, an awkward fourteen year old, and Thomas, 15, who has a hard time staying out of trouble. Point Reyes Sheriff's Calls was on the Marin Independent Journal bestseller list two times in 2014. Go to her website at www.susannasolomon.com for more information.
Roy Parvin is the award-winning author of two books of fiction, The Loneliest Road in America and In the Snow Forest. His work has been selected for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories series and has been widely anthologized. He has also been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a Breadloaf Fellowship. His novella, "Menno's Granddaughter," was the inspiration for the movie Voyez Comme Ils Dansent (See How They Dance), directed by Claude Miller, winner of the Jury Prize at the 2011 Rome Film Festival.
Jodi Hottel's work has been published in Nimrod International, Spillway, Ekphrasis, Naugatuck Review, Touch, and anthologies from the University of Iowa Press, Tebot Bach, and the Marin Poetry Center. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Heart Mountain, her chapbook of poems about the Japanese American internment, was winner of the 2012 Blue Light Press Poetry Prize.
Hottel's work has been published or is forthcoming in Nimrod International, Naugatuck Review, Spillway, Touch, English Journal, Frogpond, and anthologies from the University of Iowa Press, Tebot Bach, Wising Up Press and the Healdsburg Arts Council. She lives in Sonoma County.
Stefanie Freele is the author of two short story collections: Surrounded by Water (Press 53) and Feeding Strays (Lost Horse Press). Her story "While Surrounded by Water" won the Glimmer Train Fiction Award and "Us Hungarians" received second place in the Glimmer Train Family Matters Contest.
Stefanie's short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in literary magazines, anthologies and journals including Mid-American Review, Witness,Western Humanities Review, Sou'wester, Quarterly West, The Florida Review, Night Train, American Literary Review and Edge. Her work has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Stefanie received the Kathy Fish Fellowship from SmokeLong Quarterly, was a writer-In-residence for Necessary Fiction, and is the previous fiction editor of the Los Angeles Review. She holds an MFA from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. She was born and raised in Wisconsin and currently lives near a river (but not near enough) somewhat close to the Northwest coast.
Roy Mash is a long time board member of Marin Poetry Center. He holds degrees in English, Philosophy, and Computer Science, though he currently doodles his time away staring out of café windows, dabbing up the seeds that have fallen from an everything bagel, and mentally thumbing over his poems that have appeared widely in journals such as AGNI, Barrow Street, Nimrod, Poetry East, and River Styx. He is the recipient of the Atlanta Review International Publication Award. His first full length book, Buyer's Remorse (Cherry Grove Collections), debuted in 2014.
Her newest book, another collection of short stories, All the Wrong Places, is being released in April by Willow Springs Editions. The collection received the 2013 Spokane Prize.
Giles taught Creative Writing at San Francisco State and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She currently lives in Woodacre.
Rebecca Foust is the author of the newly released Paradise Drive, just released by Press 53. She grew up Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, a small town surrounded by farmlands and forests, quarries and strip mines. After earning a BA in English, she moved to northern California in 1979 to attend Stanford Law School. A decade of private practice gave way to a decade of advocacy for kids with autism. The year she turned 50, a class offered by a local bookstore inspired her to pick up the writing she had put aside for thirty years. She went back to school, earning an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson in January 2010.
All That Gorgeous Pitiless Song won the Many Mountains Moving Book Prize and was released in 2010, the same year that God, Seed: Poetry & Art About the Natural World, won the Foreword Review Book of the Year Award for Poetry. Mom's Canoe and Dark Card, recipients of the Robert Phillips Chapbook Poetry Prize in consecutive years, were released by Texas Review Press in 2008 and 2009.
Foust is the 2014 Dartmouth Poet in Residence at the Frost Place and recipient of a MacDowell Colony residence award. Her work appears widely in journals including The Hudson Review, North American Review, Massachusetts Review, Notre Dame Review, Sewanee Review, Smartish Pace, Woman's Review of Books, Zyzzyva, and others, and has been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily and in The South Carolina Review. Essays, book reviews and fiction are published in American Book Review, Calyx, Chautauqua Journal, Prairie Schooner,Rumpus Daily and elsewhere. Besides writing, she teaches, organizes poetry events, reads for the Northern California Book Award, serves on the Board of the Marin Poetry Center, and works as an Assistant Editor in fiction for Narrative Magazine.
Stefan Kiesbye's new novel, The Staked Plains, will be released this November by Saddle Road Press. He teaches creative writing at Sonoma State University.
Kiesbye's stories, poems and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. His first book, Next Door Lived a Girl, won the Low Fidelity Press Novella Award. It has been translated into Dutch, Spanish and Japanese.
In Spring 2014, the literary thriller Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht (Knife, Fork, Scissors, Flames) was published by Tropen Verlag/Klett-Cotta, Germany. Die Welt wrote that "Stefan Kiesbye…is the inventor of the modern German Gothic novel." His LA Noir Fluchtpunkt Los "Angeles (Vanishing Point) was released by ars vivendi verlag in January 2015.


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New Year's Resolutions, III
Notta and the Start of a New Year
NOTE: This is NOT an ad. This is, however, what I should have posted the week of Jan. 7th. Puts things out of sequence, but work with me here.
"Did you ever fudge your way out of that one," Notta said of my last post the other morning. "Quotes and sermons and news reports. "
"I prefer to think of it as punting," I said.
"Punts are for desperate situations in football. You know, fourth and long."
"Sometimes writing these things week after week feels like fourth and long."
"Name me something worthwhile in life that doesn't." Notta sighed, looking over a pile of placement tests results from our program's intake session. "Do you suppose that's why we lose students over the holidays? They see their position as fourth and long and give up?"
I shrugged. "Could be. It can be an 'if at first you don't succeed, boy, you better give up' scenario for too many of our cherubs."
"Which explains why so many of them dropped out of high school in the first place."
"Not necessarily." I have heard this deflection of blame far too often in our agency and other educational bodies. So often, that, upon reflection, it doesn't really wash away all stains. "There is also – and always – teachers who are too harried or too tired or too a million other things to care. Like the old schoolmasters who liked to tell certain students they'd never amount to anything."
"Careful," Notta warned. "The unions will get you for suggesting what the school boards want to hear. Helps the cheapskates cut teachers and wages if they can blame the classroom teacher for student failure. Wish they'd cut themselves, or the upper administration pay first."
I nodded. "Then there's the educational system in this country that used to be second to none."
Notta shrugged. "These days, we're second to almost everybody. "
"I'm not sure that's entirely true. The US still has some of the best colleges and universities in the world."
"That's for the lucky ones who can survive the first 12 years of US education," Notta said. "The ones who always will succeed, despite any amount of bad training. What about the folks who aren't or shouldn't be college-bound? Aren't they valuable, too? Does everybody have to be a PhD or M.D.?"
"No," I said, trying to cut off another diatribe on the "overeducated dummies" and "overpriced mechanics" that Notta like to give about college professors and healthcare providers. "However, there are standards, levels of education we all need to have to function in this high-tech world. "
"Set by whom?" Notta asked, although she knew the answer. "I still say it's a money-scam trumped up by the textbook and test makers to sell their products. Everything else is for sale in this country, why not education and government policy about education? Whoever stuffs the heads of Educations' pockets best makes the policy."
"You had an extra cup of cynicism this morning," I said.
She laughed. "I suppose so. Had to listen to my neighbor go on and on about what she heard on Some Stuff and Friends this morning. Every morning, she listens. Never questions, never analyzes. She takes what they say as true as the Sermon on the Mount."
"Or Moses come down from Har Sinai."
"Close enough. " She slapped one palm on the placement tests. "How many of these do you think will have to review fractions? I mean, fractions, for pity's sake! Who uses that outside of recipes? And then there's your high-tech world that's going metric, even in cooking! More accurate, they say. So why, in the name of sanity, do we have to teach fractions?"
I considered the responses: it was a mathematical stepping-stone; it was part of our heritage, it's on the test. Then I recalled something a volunteer – a wise woman of mathematics – once told me and I repeated it. "It's a process teaching a skill: recognizing quantities and following procedures that have been proven to produce results."
Notta laughed again. "That's a lot of words to say it teaches our cherubs how to think logically."
"Which could spill over into their everyday lives and give them clarity," I said.
"Like coming back to class even when it's getting hard."
"Like fourth and long," I agreed.
"So maybe now these newbies – " she stroked the pile of placement tests – "can learn to punt, like our veterans. The ones who come back, that is."
"Yes." I sighed. "The ones who come back and keep trying. It's hard, getting back on track to the future you want."
Notta waggled her index finger at me. "But so worth it. For them and for us. You know I'm right."


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Q: Nginx as loadbalancer for wordpress, error serving static files I'm setting up a simple environment on docker with the following stack:

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*nginx as load balance

*wordpress instance

*mysql

My simple docker compose file is the following:
nginx:
  build: ../nginx
  links:
    - wordpress:wordpress
  ports:
    - "80:80"
    - "443:443"

wordpress:
  image: wordpress
  ports:
    - "8082:80"
  links:
    - mysqlwp:mysql
  working_dir: /var/www/html
  #volumes:
  #  - wp-content/:/var/www/html/wp-content
  environment:
    WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: mysql
    WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
    WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
    WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
mysqlwp:
  image: mysql
  environment:
    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
    MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
    MYSQL_USER: wordpress
    MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress

nginx is built from base image and configuration is the following:
upstream wploadbalance{
        least_conn;
        server wordpress;
}

server {
       listen 80;
       server_name my.site.com;
       location / {
           proxy_pass http://wploadbalance;
    }
}

Now when I connect to my.site.com I'm correctly redirected to my the wordpress instance but static files are loaded from http://wploadbalance which is not accessible.
For example in my browser console I see something like that:

GET http://wploadbalance/wp-includes/js/wp-util.min.js?ver=4.4
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Articles of Interest- Wednesday, October 16,2019
Worst Australian Drought in 50 Years Affects Farm Exports
Business Times – 10/15/2019
Proving to be the worst drought to happen in Australia in over half a century, it has already terribly affected the country's output of agricultural products that threatens the disruption of global markets that depend on the nation's imports. The shortage in Australia's wheat supply already affected Indonesia's noodle-making industry. The Australian Financial Review reports that flour mills in Indonesia went back to get their supply from Argentina and the Black Sea nations. This move was not received well by customers because wheat from these countries produces a darker color.
To get around this, Indonesian noodle makers had started using chemical additives and a bleaching agent which raised food safety concerns.Just last month, Australia's Department of Agriculture was on track in producing 33.8 million tons of grain of 12 varieties for the fiscal year ending in June 2020.
Embattled Argentine Farmers Eye Presidential Vote With Fear
ABC News – 10/16/2019
Juan Rossi walks between rows of green wheat at his farm in one of Argentina's most fertile agricultural regions, worrying about the future of the farming sector that is the main economic engine of this country. When he planted the wheat, he expected conservative Mauricio Macri to be re-elected president of Argentina. Now, farmers like Rossi are bracing for a possible return of the interventionist policies of Macri's now favored main rival: the presidential ticket of Alberto Fernández and former President Cristina Fernández. Export restrictions imposed during Cristina Fernandez's 2007-2015 left-of-center government triggered a revolt in 2008 by Argentina's farmers, who are among the world's top suppliers of grains. She is now running as vice president with her former aide bidding for the presidency in the Oct. 27 national elections.
Interview: Colorado Wheat Group Optimistic
AGinfo.net – 10/16/2019
On the heels of a very positive grains report for 2018 Colorado Winter Wheat production the Colorado Wheat growers and their representatives are cautious about current plantings due to dry conditions. But they are optimistic about trade and future prices for growers. Brad Erker Executive Director of the combined Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee, Colorado Association of Wheat Growers , and Colorado Wheat Research Foundation says the partial trade deal signed with Japan will win back benefits for American farmers . Japan imports a lot of Soft White wheat and Hard Red Spring Wheat. ERKER: "But they also import a lot of Hard Red Winter which is the class we produce in Colorado. They do most of that out of the Pacific NW and Montana but anything that helps deplete this big supply that we have in the world of Hard Red Winter Wheat is a positive for the price. The price is quite low right now. That was good news on the trade front to get that deal signed with Japan."
Genetics to Feed the World
Science Daily – 10/15/2019
Wheat provides 20% of the total calories and protein content for the world's population and is a staple for more than 2.5 billion people around the world. However, the production system for this grain is currently facing several challenges that demand immediate solutions. How can wheat productivity increase in order to feed a population that will reach 9 billion in 2050 and at the same time deal with limited farmland and the harsh effects of climate change? Not to mention the threat of pests, for which it is necessary to find sustainable means instead of using harmful products.
The importance of this grain in the world's diet makes the search for the solutions to these challenges a matter of great urgency. In recently published research in the journal Nature Genetics, an international scientific team, including University of Cordoba researcher Carlos Guzmán, looked into the validity of genomic selection to improve wheat on a genetic level in order to cope with these problems. "We are talking about testing whether it is possible to use information available in the genome to predict how productive a variety of wheat will be, if it will be drought- or heat-resistant and what quality its grain will have," explains Guzmán.
Moisture Boost to Help Wheat Farmers This Planting Season
The Oklahoman – 10/13/2019
A year ago, Oklahoma wheat farmers faced bone-dry conditions. But not this planting season.
Things are markedly improved, thanks to an exceptionally wet 2019. Heavy rainfall in north-central and northeastern portions of Oklahoma has increased statewide rainfall averages to 10 inches above normal in some places. According to Wes Lee, agriculture coordinator with the Oklahoma Mesonet, wheat growers are getting a nice boost going into planting season. "In my opinion, the soil moisture is in pretty good shape, statewide," Lee said."Like the drought map, there are pockets that are drier than other parts of the state. "The northeast and north-central areas, where they've been getting excessive rainfall, soil moisture is at full saturation, as wet as it can get. The state's wheat belt is in good shape, he said.
Source: U.S. Wheat Associates
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The Extraordinary vessels have a leading role in human growth and development, from the embryologic stage throughout childhood. This article puts forth the view that the Extraordinary vessels govern not only the physical but also the psychological aspects of maturation. Environmental influences in early childhood are fundamental in the establishment of personality, and the Extraordinary vessels are frequently involved in adult emotional disorders that stem from childhood trauma. This paper analyses the psychological dimension of Ren mai (Conception vessel) by documenting the relevance of the Ren and Du mai (Directing vessel) and their associations with the concepts of Taiyin and Taiyang and the first yinyang polarities of the embryo. Parental influences upon the individual are also explored, before explaining the psychological resonances of Ren mai, which is postulated to represent the Mother archetype as comprehended in the ideogram 'ren' (任). This is followed by a description of the pathological repercussions of imbalance in these aspects of the individual. The theory is illustrated with clinical cases that were treated by needling single acupoints along Ren mai.


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Attending Wimbledon a dream come true for former Topekan
Rick Peterson peterson_rick
Former Topeka West girls tennis player Laurel (Ransom) Echavarria hasn't picked up a racket this week, but just having a chance to be in London for the Wimbledon championships has fulfilled a long dream for the former Topekan, who now lives in the Pittsburgh area.
"It's always been a dream of mine to attend Wimbledon in person," Echavarria said in a text message from London. "I started playing tennis when I was 12 and ever since then it's been my favorite Grand Slam — the traditions they follow, the beauty of the grounds, the way the players revere its traditions.
"And, of course, seeing royalty show up is always fun to watch. There's nothing like it really."
Echavarria, who traveled to London with her son, Alex, after receiving the trip as a Christmas gift from her family, said Wimbledon has been everything she thought it would be.
"Stepping foot on the grounds and seeing it all in person was even better than I even imagined," she said. "Everything is immaculate. The flowers look as if they were told to bloom in perfect unison. Everything's freshly painted, the volunteers and staff were all smiling and polite. The hospitality is unparalleled."
Echavarria, a 1979 West graduate who is the daughter of Topeka physician Jim Ransom, said it was hard to decide on one particular highlight of the trip, which will end Friday.
"It's difficult to pinpoint a highlight, but if pressed it might be the quarterfinal match between Serena Williams and Allison Riske, a Pittsburgh native who we were rooting for, naturally," Echavarria said. "It was a very intense three-set battle, with Serena prevailing in the end."
Asked who she would most like to see at Wimbledon, Echavarria had a specific player in mind.
"If I could get close to anyone at Wimbledon it would be Roger Federer," she said. "For me, he's the best player/person on and off the court. I wouldn't mind meeting Chris Evert either. She was my idol growing up.
"I was hoping to see Roger play this trip, but he was scheduled to play on different courts the two days I was there."
Echavarria said getting to share the experience with Alex, who recently graduated from the Warden MBA program, has been memorable.
"Obviously sharing this experience with my son, Alex, is very special," she said. "He's been away from home for quite a while, either working or studying, so to be able to spend quality time and our love for tennis together has been wonderful.
"I'm so very grateful to my husband, my three kids and my father for such an amazing gift. It's one I'll never forget."


Every era have their own throughs or perception as to what the "space" created. We all know now what stars are really created of; they are created of various gases that burst over and over again. Up until about 43 decades ago individuals did not have the method for travel to or deliver things into Social Analytics and datamining. The most challenging part of journeying into space was creating rockets that were highly effective enough and efficient enough to increase an item into space. Common discovered of Sphere Discovery conditions are Comets and Asteroid's by people like Adam Jordan our data mining expert. A comet is generally little, bumpy, and icy and moves around the sun. When a comet goes close to the sun some of the ice changes to gas. This gas and some reduce dirt makes a lengthy, shiny end that paths behind the comet. If a comet was to hit the world, it would cause some serious harm. As an example even if something relatively little in dimension hit the world, it would cause excellent harm. Small from a comet's point of dimension is around 200 meters across and if this was to hit a sea it would make destruction to all places within a large distance.
Asteroid's are described as little or minimal planet's that are associates of the solar system, Social Analytics and shift in what are known as elliptical orbits. They are usually found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Space journey has been regarded the last attempt as individuals. It's the build up of advancement, improvement and problems over centuries. Our viewpoint on this black gap has modified over a large number of years as our knowing of heavenly things increased. Beginning man would look at the celebrities and consider the lifestyle of Gods or otherworldly extremely people. In the huge general program of things, it wasn't a lengthy time ago when we regarded World was smooth and soon after that when we found we are not the center of the Galaxy, but in fact a small speck amongst billions of other small specks. If it is one company that has assisted humanity comprehend our place in the universe, it's NASA. TAs individuals anticipated the lengthy run and neglected about previous periods, new technology were being noticed and individuals were starting to discover the true potential of what we could accomplish.
NASA jumped before place competition with the Apollo project, but the success of this came from the first two levels which led up to Apollo. Mercury and Gemini were the first operated tasks to space which permitted NASA to know what was needed to make it happen of getting on the heavenly satellite tv. As a result Apollo was the best of explosive device design during that time and also the biggest, using Saturn enhancers, demanding a three level release, jettisoning segments at essential levels while getting out of the Globe's environment. Apollo 11 was the first neutral to the heavenly satellite tv and immortalised the popular conditions verbal. Apollo 12 followed four months later with another 4 to adhere to for the next 3 decades. So the answer to Space Exploration – Is It Exciting – can only be a huge YES!


This is a visual arts course introducing students to the art world. Art Appreciation establishes the individual student's framework for looking at works of art and develops his or her knowledge and understanding of contemporary art. This course is focused on developing the critical skills of description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of art through writing, reading and verbal interpretive skills. Students will be exposed to the world of art through (but not limited to) gallery and museum visits, lectures, readings and discussions.


We had a great time visiting family last week. The drive up north was absolutely beautiful — fall was definitely in the air, the colors of the leaves was breath taking. I just love driving through the mountains!
It was my grand daughter's first birthday – she was overwhelmed with so many faces!
Later — after the smash cake, with her dad and my two other kids!
Today I pulled out the last of my Autumn decor — oldies but goodies! Both wall quilts feature the maple leaf quilt block.
The wall quilt below was made with a charm pack!
I really do love fall….
What a cute granddaughter! I particularly like the second Mapleleaf quilt pictured.
Thanks Aby — she is a cutie!
You have a beautiful granddaughter. That tutu is just the cutest. Her cake must have been purple. I see it on the picture with your kids. Looks like she got it all over. How fun!
Hi Cherie — yes her cake was purple, I think everyone had fun!
Karla, she is just adorable in her pretty tutu and little shoes. I just love squeezing those chubby legs the little ones have. Our youngest great grandson is 4 months old and he has those pork hock legs. We have 10 great grandchildren and are so blessed to have them all in the Chicago area. The embroidery you did on the charm pack quilt is beautiful, and those colors make the whole thing pop. Love it.
Thank you! I love her so much — my son and DIL are really great about sending pictures and videos of her! I love adding embroidery to my quilting projects!
So fun to see your family, Karla, and that adorable little granddaughter! Your quilts are lovely and perfect for the upcoming holiday.
The baby is adorable, as everyone has said, but if that's you in the first picture, you look more like her mother than her grandmother! Your fall decor is so nice, and I particularly like the star with that saying in the middle. Thanks for sharing!
Your grand daughter is adorable, so sweet in her tutu. Your children are a good looking bunch. And as for your quilts, I love the strong colours, so bold and just shout Autumn.


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The Palmer Report
History and much more
Neil Palmer, my life, my family and my research.
BLESKOP MEMORIAL, near Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa
FRANSCHHOEK WAR DEAD, World War 1 and 2
A Life in the British Army, 1981 to 2003
WO 2 (CSM) Samuel Oliver Alec Palmer (Soapy). Athlete and Chindit
Sam (Soapy) Palmer, Mitcham Athletics Club and the Glory Years, 1936 to 1939
Oliver Marsden Roscoe, Sgt., 4th. Battalion, The Border Regiment
Eric Henry Clark, Merchant Navy. S.S. Mill Hill, 30 August 1940.
Lionel Elderton Clark, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, HMS Jervis Bay, 5 November 1940
Samuel Snell Lewis, Royal Naval Patrol Service, HMT Argyllshire, 1 June 1940
Richard Ernest Bolton, Private, 12 Section, C Company, 13th. Battalion, Tank Corps, 8 August 1918
Samuel Helme and his 6 Brothers
The Fighting Murphy's of the Irish Guards
1st. The Queen's Dragoon Guards, December 1982 to December 1986
Operation Hyperion, Multi National Force, Beirut, Lebanon: A Squadron QDG, August to December 1983
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, SMC 871, January to August 1987
1st. Royal Tank Regiment, August 1987 to February 1994
Border Patrol, C Sqn., 1 RTR, 1988
Nordic Skiing, 1988/89, an Uphill Struggle!
A Sqn., 1 RTR, Hohne Ranges, 1989
Operation Banner, Roulemont Tour, 2nd. Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, A Company, January to June 1990.
Operation Granby, Gulf War 1, 14th./20th. Kings Hussars, Regimental Headquarters, November 1990 to May 1991
Allied Command Europe, Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), SO3, Recce Brigade HQ, September 1992 to February 1994
Operation Lecturer, United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia (UNTAC), UN Military Observer (UNMO). May to October 1993.
NATHANIEL JOHN MERRIMAN BARRY
ADRIAN MICHAEL BARRY
VINCENT ARDERNE WENTZEL
CAREL HENDRIK BAUMJRATS VAN SCHALKWYK
BASIL GEORGE HOPE MACLEAR
ERIC VICTOR BAKER
STEPHEN GEOFFREY DAHSE
KINGSLEY LOUIS STRANGMAN
ALBERT JOHN THRIFT (C J Thrift on Memorial)
ERIC PERCY JOHNSTONE TOUCHE
THE GRAY FAMILY AND THE MEMORIAL
Gunner Stephen Geoffrey Dahse, 1127, South African Field Artillery
Died of heart failure, at the age of 41, at Morogoro on 9 September 1916.
Remembered with Honour Morogoro Cemetery,
which is situated 195 kilometres west of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania.
When Stephen was 10 he emigrated to United Kingdom with his family from Mecklenburg in Germany.
His parents were Julius Frederick John and Edith Dahse. They received British Naturalization in 1893. They lived in Merton, Surrey. He had 2 brothers and 3 sisters.
Herbert Asquith, signed the Naturalization papers. He would be Prime Minister 1908-1916.
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
His Brother Otto Francis served with Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) and survived the War. But appears to have been awarded a pension for "shell shock".
When Stephen was 38 he sailed for South Africa on the Union Castle line ship, Edinburgh Castle, on 1 November 1913.
He was a 2nd. Class Passenger and his profession was Manufacturer. I have not, as yet, been able to find our where and for whom he worked but it is possible that he was part of either Rhodes or Pickstone Farm Groups.
He joined the South African Field Artillery 19 April 1916 and departed from Durban, on 8 June 1916 on board HMS Armadale Castle (an Armed Merchant Liner).
Durban and at sea
Lat -29.5, Long 31.5
7.00am: Hands cleaning ship & assisting in embarkation of troops
Troops embarking
9.00am: Lieutenant Thadwell RNVR joined ship
11.00am: Discharged 6 Engineers & acting 3 Sub Lieutenants to HMS Laconia
12.13pm: Discharged 1 AB to HMS Laconia
1 AB joined ship from HMS Laconia
3.00pm: HMS Himalaya cast off & went to anchorage
4.45pm: Netherlands cruiser "Noordbrabant" proceeded out of harbour
5.00pm: Cast off & proceeded out of harbour
5.30pm: Pilot left
7.00pm: W/T books returned to Wireless Office
11.40pm: Point Durnford Light N24W, 13'
Number on sick list 2
He arrived at Kilindini Harbour, Mombasa, Kenya on 14 June 1916:
Kilindini Harbour
Lat -4.05, Long 39.68
2.14am: Ras Kegomacha Light S64W, 17'
3.55am: Ras Serani N17W
6.20am: HMS Vengeance entered harbour
7.00am: Anchored 9 cables S2W from Ras Kilindini Light
7.30am: Officer of the Guard boarded
8.30am: Troops disembarking
Landed mails
Hands employed landing military stores
4.45pm: All troops landed
6.00pm: Stopped discharging military stores
It is not clear if he was part of replacement draft or part of a formed reinforcement unit. However, he died, at the age of 41, some 490 Kilometres from Kilindini at Morogoro in what was then German East Africa 2 and half months later.
SAFA Pith (Solar Topee) Helmet Flash
The South African government formed the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force (SAOEF) in July 1915, as its contribution to the British war effort against the Central Powers. As South African legislation restricted the Union Defence Forces (UDF) to operating in southern Africa, an entirely new force, made up of volunteers, had to be raised for service in other theatres of war. As they were not officially a South African force, the SAOEF was placed under British operational command for operations on the Western Front.
During the East African Campaign (World War I), there was strong South African participation and leadership. SA Field Artillery, the 1st and 2nd SA Mounted Brigades, the 2nd and 3rd SA Infantry Brigades, and the Cape Corps fought in British operations against German forces in German East Africa (now Tanzania) from January 1916 until the war in Africa ended on 25 November 1918
Two South African generals, Lt. Gen. Jan Smuts, and Lt. Gen. Sir Jacob van Deventer, commanded the operations. Their major battles were: Salaita Hill, Kilimanjaro, and Kondoa-Irangi in 1916; and Behobeho, Narungombe, and Nyangao in 1917.
During the advance from Mount Kilimanjaro to the Central Railway, the South Africans undertook the longest forced march of the First World War. After pausing to reorganize, the South African forces drove the German across the Rufiji river. In all, they marched 800 kilometres through some of the worst terrain in the World.
Morogoro was occupied by Commonwealth forces on the 26 August 1916 and the German civil cemetery was taken over for Commonwealth war burials. Between the beginning of September 1916 and January 1919, 177 burials were carried out by the five medical units which were posted in the town and which were, at the outset, assisted by German medical personnel and civilians. After the Armistice, 169 graves were brought in from other burial grounds.
While the South African forces in German East Africa suffered relatively few casualties from enemy action, they were ravaged by tropical diseases. South Africa sent 43 477 men to German East Africa.
75 per cent of the South African force were evacuated, suffering malaria, dysentery and the more virulent forms of tick fever.
Stephen's Medals were applied for by his Brother, George Daniel Dahse Esq. in 1920 and sent to his UK address 31 The Crescent, Maidenhead.
KAPE Tour, 1985, Wales and Border Counties
© 2021	The Palmer Report


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Walking in memory of loved ones at St Oswald's Lantern Walk
Walking in memory of loved ones at St Oswald's Lantern Walk
Our second Lantern Walk took place on Saturday 1st July at the Rising Sun Country Park, with over 400 walkers turning out to remember their loved ones with us.
Our walkers took part in a 5K trail around the country park, carrying lanterns to light the way as the sun set. Our merchandise stall proved to be very popular, with walkers sporting flashing bunny ears, cowboy hats, visors, fairy wings and tutus!
Thanks to the efforts everyone taking part, we are delighted to announce that a massive £50,000 was raised from the event, through sponsorship and donations. A huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who walked or sponsored someone to take part!
Luckily, the weather held out for everyone on the night, which was hosted by Steve Colman from Smooth Radio and sponsored by WeightWatchers. The atmosphere was celebratory rather than sombre, as everyone came together to share stories of the special people they were walking in memory of. After an energetic warm up by Ben from Smooth Radio, our Chaplain Davina took to the stage to say a few words and lead a minute's silence. And once the lanterns were lit, we were all ready to go, and set off to the sounds of 'Local Hero.'
It was fantastic to see over 400 supporters, all walking together carrying their coloured lanterns. And it wasn't just people who turned up to be a part of the event; many of our four-legged friends joined their humans, making it very much a family affair!
Anne Ballantyne from Morpeth walked with her daughter and brought along her little dog too. She said:
Sadly my mam passed away 2 years ago in St Oswald's after receiving end of life care. We're always raising money for the hospice now as it's such a great cause. We've run the Great North Run and took part in the Lantern Walk last year, but think the venue is even better this year.
'Team Big Al' was one of our biggest groups taking part this year with 12 members! With walkers travelling from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Roxburghshire and Whitley Bay, the gang have managed to raise over £1040 of their £1400, with funds still to come in.
Big Al' aka Alan Arthur said:
We're remembering a few people this evening. My Wife, Pat Arthur died in the hospice earlier this year. We are holding a raffle to raise funds for St Oswald's, with the first prize being a silk scarf Pat made during her time at the hospice.My brother-in-law John Grinsell died in the hospice about six years ago, and we are also remembering Debbie Clasper, who was a friend and colleague of my daughter Jane. Today (1st July) 2017 would've been Debbie's 50th Birthday, so it's very fitting we are walking in her memory today.
Special thanks go to our sponsors, WeightWatchers and to Smooth Radio and Steve Colman, and to the wonderful volunteers who gave their time to marshal the event, sell merchandise and assist our walkers. But most of all, thank you, on behalf of our patients and families and staff and volunteers, to each and every person who came along and walked - we simply couldn't have raised vital funds for our service without your continued support.
Please click here to view our gallery from the evening.


Steve here… In my President's address at our 2012 Fellowship National Conference, I asked everyone what their shadow mission was. Most devoted Christians know what their New Commission, New Commandment mission is, but we seem to default far too often to our "shadow mission".
My shadow mission is often just 10% off my true mission; it causes me to drift from God. We spend our time, talent and treasure on our shadow mission. Have you ever said your shadow mission out loud? My shadow mission can become my real mission.
Church-health consultants tell us that the average North American church has a life cycle of 70 years. Our Fellowship of churches is headed into our 62nd year; according to these consultants, we're about to enter palliative care.
We need to regroup and retool for the future. Over the past two years, our Fellowship Movement has undergone a process of asking ourselves "who we are" and "what we do". The process included surveying, focus groups and gatherings to retrieve the collective wisdom of our pastors and people. The Spirit of God wonderfully directed the process.
On our website www.wearethefellowship.ca you'll find the fruit of this great effort, the Fellowship Direction Document. This document serves as our "Statement of Mission" as a Movement. It is not a National, Regional, Association or even local church document… it is a Statement of Mission for our ENTIRE Movement of churches.
It clarifies our mission as a Movement of churches, identifying who we are and what we do—and hopefully saves us from unnecessary distractions and dangers.
Please pass the FDD along to others who love the Fellowship. I also encourage you to view a brief video on the same website (www.wearethefellowship.ca) that provides more information on this valuable document. Possibly consider showing the video during your Sunday worship service, or during your membership classes, board meeting, or congregational meeting.


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Aerospace & Defense 3D Printing Composites Launched by Markforged
August 2, 2021 by Sarah Saunders 3D Printing3D Printing MaterialsAerospace 3D Printing
Considered by many in the industry, but not all, to be the inventor of continuous carbon fiber 3D printing, Massachusetts-based Markforged (NYSE: MKFG) announced the launch of two new composite materials that are designed to support aerospace and defense manufacturers, as well as others who work in extremely regulated industries. Onyx FR-A and Carbon Fiber FR-A, aerospace-ready versions of its Onyx FR and Carbon Fiber FR materials, are currently going through a qualification program on the company's industrial X7 3D printer by the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP), part of Wichita State University's National institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).
"Markforged believes in a future that is more than metal. We have long supported the aerospace industry and have parts in-flight today. There is a multi-decade trend underway to transition parts from metals to advanced composites, which are lighter and offer greater efficiencies. Our deliberate move to support innovation in aerospace mitigates risk for these manufacturers and helps get additive parts in the air faster by simplifying the part certification process," stated Markforged President and CEO Shai Terem.
WSU/NIAR Building
Markforged and NCAMP have been working together since early 2020, and the company was successful in finishing the difficult factory audit phase of the NIAR-approved qualification program, which is in the printing and testing phase right now and will later undergo an analysis and reporting cycle. Once the X7 qualification program of its two new composite materials is completed, Markforged will likely have the first continuous fiber-reinforced AM process qualified by NCAMP, which is one of just two bodies that's authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to qualify materials for flight. The two expect full qualification of the materials once these processes are completed in early 2023.
By using continuous fiber reinforcement technology to print end-use parts for the aerospace market, manufacturers are able to use these lightweight yet strong composite materials to ensure shorter lead times, reduced fixed costs, and decreased investment in labor as well. Designed to meet Flame, Smoke, and Toxicity (FST) requirements for many aircraft interior parts, the new Onyx FR-A and Carbon Fiber FR-A materials meet NCAMP-approved specifications and also come with traceability. Cabin Management Solutions (CMS), a Markforged aerospace customer, designs and fabricates cabin management and in-flight entertainment systems for both private and business aircraft, and is working with Markforged to use a manual material traceability process to bring 3D printed end-use parts to market. In fact, the two have already printed over 100 end-use parts that are ready to be installed in planes.
"In aerospace, it's important to have quality parts we can adapt on the fly to make any changes the customer requests. Using Markforged printers and materials offers us ways to create low-volume, high-value luxury cabin parts faster and at the point of need," explained Jeff Pike, VP of Engineering at CMS. "This results in lower costs and accelerated lead times, and with material traceability in place, it will enable us to move even faster in our development process and free up resources to focus elsewhere."
The material traceability will definitely help on the way to efficient FAA approval, but the new Onyx FR-A and Carbon Fiber FR-A materials have other great features that make them perfect for end-use applications in demanding industries, such as consistency, high strength-to-weight ratio, and excellent surface finish. Once the materials are finished with the NCAMP qualification process, aerospace and defense manufacturers will be able to access their information from the NCAMP database, in addition to proving their equivalency and giving customers more confidence.
The new Onyx FR-A and Carbon Fiber FR-A materials by Markforged are available on its X7 3D printer, and Onyx FR-A can also be used on the X3 and X5 systems as well. In the future, Markforged plans to launch additional traceable materials.
(Source/Images: Markforged)
Tagged with: 3D printing composite materials • carbon fiber • composite materials • flight-ready 3D printed parts • markforged • Markforged X7 • National Institute for Aviation Research • NCAMP • Onyx FR • qualification • Wichita State University • WSU/NIAR • X7 3D Printer


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Town Ambassador Award to Edoardo Filippucci
This time, the Town Ambassador Award goes to an architect who belongs to a family that for years has something fixed in its heart: the city of Albano Laziale. The architect is Edoardo Filippucci and he is the grandson of that Orlando Filippucci who composed a poem in verse in Read more…
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This walk through includes: opening bObsweep, removing the main board, replacing the UV lamp, and putting Bob back together.
You'll need a Phillips head screwdriver and a replacement UV lamp from bobsweep.com.
Remove three circuit plugs from the motherboard. Pinch the small white tab on the side of each and pull up.
After opening bObsweep, you will see the main board in the center. To remove it, unplug 11 more circuit plugs. Press the tab on the side and pull up to detach.
There is one in the centre of the motherboard, near the multicoloured plug for Bob's left wheel.
Lift the main board straight up to expose the UV lamp.
Keep all screws and parts removed from Bob. They will be needed later for re-assembly.
Then, slide the UV lamp's small circuit board up and it will come out of its holder inside bObsweep.
There is also a plastic cover for the lamp which should stay inside Bob. If it pops out during the repair, lay it back in place under the lamp. The rougher side of should face down.
Place your new lamp in the open space and install the two screws you removed previously.
The circuit board will slide straight down into the holder.
Replace the main circuit board. Make sure it lies flat on top of the screw posts inside bObsweep.
Install the 3 screws you removed previously.
Reconnect all the circuit plugs you removed in the first step correctly.
There will be 3 empty spaces left on this row. Two will be filled when you connect the cover.
Install the screws you removed to start this repair, securing the cover together.
Remember, your bObsweep model may have only one screw in the brush compartment. It should be installed in the far left corner close to the main brush's pin end.
Install the main brush screw and you're done!


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package org.jbpm.workbench.client.screens;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.enterprise.context.Dependent;
import javax.enterprise.event.Event;
import javax.inject.Inject;

import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
import com.google.gwt.core.client.Scheduler;
import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.ClickEvent;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Composite;
import org.gwtbootstrap3.client.ui.Button;
import org.gwtbootstrap3.client.ui.FormLabel;
import org.gwtbootstrap3.client.ui.TextBox;
import org.gwtbootstrap3.extras.select.client.ui.Option;
import org.gwtbootstrap3.extras.select.client.ui.Select;
import org.jboss.errai.databinding.client.api.DataBinder;
import org.jboss.errai.databinding.client.components.ListComponent;
import org.jboss.errai.databinding.client.components.ListContainer;
import org.jboss.errai.ui.shared.api.annotations.AutoBound;
import org.jboss.errai.ui.shared.api.annotations.Bound;
import org.jboss.errai.ui.shared.api.annotations.DataField;
import org.jboss.errai.ui.shared.api.annotations.EventHandler;
import org.jboss.errai.ui.shared.api.annotations.Templated;
import org.jbpm.workbench.client.i18n.ProcessAdminConstants;
import org.uberfire.workbench.events.NotificationEvent;

@Dependent
@Templated(value = "ProcessAdminSettingsViewImpl.html")
public class ProcessAdminSettingsViewImpl extends Composite implements ProcessAdminSettingsPresenter.ProcessAdminSettingsView {

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public Button generateMockInstancesButton;

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public Button resetButton;

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public FormLabel processListLabel;

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public FormLabel amountOfTasksLabel;

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public TextBox amountOfTasksText;

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public FormLabel correlationKeyLabel;

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public TextBox correlationKeyText;

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public Select serverTemplate;

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public FormLabel serverTemplateLabel;

    @Inject
    @DataField
    public Select processList;

    @Inject
    @Bound
    @ListContainer("tbody")
    @DataField("variables")
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    private ListComponent<ProcessVariableSummary, ProcessVariableSummaryViewImpl> processVariables;

    @Inject
    @AutoBound
    private DataBinder<List<ProcessVariableSummary>> processVariablesList;

    private ProcessAdminSettingsPresenter presenter;

    @Inject
    private Event<NotificationEvent> notification;

    private ProcessAdminConstants constants = ProcessAdminConstants.INSTANCE;

    @Override
    public void init(final ProcessAdminSettingsPresenter presenter) {
        this.presenter = presenter;

        serverTemplateLabel.setText(constants.ServerTemplate());
        serverTemplateLabel.setShowRequiredIndicator(true);

        processListLabel.setText(constants.ProcessId());
        processListLabel.setShowRequiredIndicator(true);

        amountOfTasksLabel.setText(constants.Amount_Of_Tasks());
        amountOfTasksLabel.setShowRequiredIndicator(true);
        amountOfTasksText.setText("1");

        correlationKeyLabel.setText(constants.Correlation_Key());

        generateMockInstancesButton.setText(constants.Generate_Instances());
        resetButton.setText(constants.Reset());

        serverTemplate.addValueChangeHandler(e -> presenter.onServerTemplateSelected(serverTemplate.getValue()));

        processList.addValueChangeHandler(e -> presenter.onProcessSelected(serverTemplate.getValue(),
                                                                           processList.getValue()));
    }

    @EventHandler("resetButton")
    public void resetClick(ClickEvent e) {
        serverTemplate.setValue("");
        amountOfTasksText.setText("1");
        correlationKeyText.setText("");
        clearProcessList();
    }

    @EventHandler("generateMockInstancesButton")
    public void generateMockInstancesButton(ClickEvent e) {
        presenter.generateMockInstances(serverTemplate.getValue(),
                                        processList.getValue(),
                                        Integer.parseInt(amountOfTasksText.getText()),
                                        correlationKeyText.getText(),
                                        processVariablesList.getModel());
    }

    @Override
    public void displayNotification(String text) {
        notification.fire(new NotificationEvent(text));
    }

    @Override
    public void addServerTemplates(final Set<String> serverTemplateIds) {
        serverTemplate.clear();

        for (final String serverTemplateId : serverTemplateIds) {
            final Option option = GWT.create(Option.class);
            option.setText(serverTemplateId);
            option.setValue(serverTemplateId);
            serverTemplate.add(option);
        }

        Scheduler.get().scheduleDeferred(() -> {
            serverTemplate.refresh();
            serverTemplate.setValue("");
            serverTemplateIds.stream().findFirst().ifPresent(serverTemplateId -> serverTemplate.setValue(serverTemplateId,
                                                                                true));
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void addProcessVariables(final List<ProcessVariableSummary> variables) {
        processVariablesList.setModel(variables);
    }

    @Override
    public void clearProcessList() {
        processList.clear();
        processList.setValue("");
        processList.refresh();
        processVariablesList.setModel(Collections.emptyList());
    }

    @Override
    public void addProcessList(final Set<String> processIds) {
        clearProcessList();

        for (final String processId : processIds) {
            final Option option = new Option();
            option.setText(processId);
            option.setValue(processId);
            processList.add(option);
        }

        Scheduler.get().scheduleDeferred(() -> {
            processList.refresh();
            processList.setValue("");
            processIds.stream().findFirst().ifPresent(processId -> processList.setValue(processId,
                                                                                true));
        });
    }
}


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FIFA have confirmed new expanded Club World Cup set to impact Chelsea, Manchester United and Man City
Chelsea , Manchester United and Man City could be associated with the "greatest clubs" worldwide to spotlight.
FIFA have affirmed plans for an extended Club World Cup, beginning from 2025.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino reported the news with 32 teams to contend in the primary occasion.Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City are possibly set to be involved albeit no club has been elastic stepped to highlight yet.
The move was declared at a FIFA public interview. It has been laid out to make rivalry for the UEFA Champions League which is, for the most part, saw as the premier contest in the club game. Nonetheless, that yearly grandstand just incorporates teams from Europe as different mainlands have their own similar competitions.
Morocco has been decided to have the principal Club World Cup in 2025 – and it comes just a short time before the following FIFA international World Cup across the United States, Canada and Mexico. It implies first class players should play all through the summer a very long time for quite a long time straight incorporating Euro 2024 in Germany.
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Infantino said: "As you will recall that, we concurred a couple of years prior to have the new men's Club World Cup with 24 teams. This ought to have occurred in 2021, however was deferred in light of Coronavirus."
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The U.S. Government is considering the privatization of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the nation's largest public utility. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt started the TVA 80 years ago because it was important for the nation to provide power to the then rural South. Absent achieving a major reduction in electricity power plant demand, the TVA is faced with 25 billion in capital investments over the next 10 years to upgrade power generation facilities to meet clean air standards, replace existing generation that must be retired and expand generation to meet projected increased demand.1,2 Despite the Southern location of the TVA, only 1 percent of TVA's electricity generation comes from tax incentivized renewable energy generation like solar activities. The Federal government and the TVA can use Federal energy tax incentives to reduce unnecessary expenditures and facilitate the conversion from government to privatization.
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Our Federal government has the important goal of reducing looming budget deficits by privatizing Federal programs that are no longer necessary. By supporting the use of its own Federal energy tax incentives the Federally constituted TVA can facilitate this inevitable privatization.
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Pompeu (; m. 532) foi um oficial bizantino do  ativo durante o reinado dos imperadores  ,   e  . Era sobrinho materno de Anastácio e já bem cedo em sua carreira, em 501, foi nomeado à posição de cônsul. Encontrou-se com São Sabas aquando da visita deste em Constantinopla em 511/2 e a sua casa foi incendiada durante revoltas antimonofisistas que eclodiram na capital. Em 517, enfrentou uma invasão anta nas cercanias de Adrianópolis, onde foi derrotado. Provavelmente no ano seguinte foi nomeado patrício e em 519, recebeu os legados papais enviados pelo papa Hormisda  para discutir o cisma acaciano. Em 528, Justiniano o enviou com reforços para lutar contra o Império Sassânida na Guerra Ibérica, mas não chegou a lutar devido ao mau tempo e a aproximação do inverno. Em 532, foi executado com seu irmão por suposta participação na Revolta de Nica.

Vida

Pompeu nasceu em data incerta e era filho de Secundino e Cesária, a irmã do imperador  . Hipácio era seu irmão, e Probo seu primo. Casou com Anastácia e com ela gerou um ou mais filhos de nome(s) desconhecido(s). Aparece pela primeira vez em 501, quando foi designado cônsul com seu colega ocidental Avieno. Em 511/2, encontrou-se com São Sabas durante sua visita à capital imperial de Constantinopla. Nas revoltas antimonofisistas de 512, sua casa foi incendiada, mas não parece ter sido um alvo em específico, pois professava o calcedonianismo. Aquando do exílio do patriarca  , se sabe que ajudou o clérigo. Segundo a România de Jordanes, era comandante, quiçá mestre dos soldados da Trácia, de um exército bizantino que sofreu derrota contra invasores estrangeiros nas cercanias de Adrianópolis, na Trácia. O episódio só foi relatado nesta fonte, mas possivelmente está associado à invasão pelos antas ocorrida cerca de 517. A sua carreira militar é considerada parte de um padrão de patrocínio familiar empregado pela maioria dos imperadores e imperatrizes da época. As famílias promovidas desta forma poderiam então permanecer influentes muito depois da morte de seus parentes imperiais.

Na sequência, foi um dos cortesãos que apoiaram as negociações com papa Hormisda  para findar o cisma acaciano. No começo de 519, junto de Vitaliano e Justiniano, foi um dos "homens sublimes e magníficos" (sublimes et magnifici viri) que encontraram os legados papais no décimo miliário de Constantinopla e os escoltaram pelo resto do caminho. Pompeu escreveu ao menos uma carta a Hormisda, datada de 22 de abril, que foi respondida em 9 de julho. Em data incerta, talvez em 518, recebeu a dignidade de patrício; Cirilo de Citópolis dá a improvável data de 511/12, enquanto João Malalas lembra do título em referência aos eventos ocorridos uma década depois. Em 528, no contexto da Guerra Ibérica, após os bizantinos sofrerem revezes contra as tropas do Império Sassânida, foi enviado ao fronte oriental com reforços ilírios, citas, trácios e isauros; por conta do mau tempo e a chegada do inverno, não houveram mais hostilidades naquele ano. Uma vez que seu irmão era mestre dos soldados do Oriente, deve ter ocupado a posição de mestre dos soldados na presença (praesentales) ou mestre dos soldados vacante (vacans).

Em 532, Pompeu e seu irmão Hipácio tiveram um papel menor na afamada Revolta de Nica. Segundo Procópio de Cesareia, no fim da tarde do quinto dia da insurreição, Justiniano ordenou que abandonassem o palácio e fossem para suas casas o mais rápido possível, pois suspeitava que estivessem envolvidos nalgum complô contra ele, ou que as circunstâncias os empurrasse a isso. Temendo que o povo os obrigasse a assumir a púrpura por conta de seu parentesco com Anastácio, teriam dito que agiriam mal se abandonassem-no naquelas circunstâncias, o que aumentou ainda mais as suspeitas de Justiniano, que reforçou as ordens. Na manhã seguinte, o povo tomou ciência de que não estavam mais abrigados no palácio e se dirigiram a eles, com Hipácio, a contragosto, sendo levado ao fórum de Constantino, onde foi declarado imperador com um colar de ouro que emulou a função da diadema imperial.

Mais adiante, quando os revoltosos foram massacrados, Boraides e Justo, primos do imperador, os capturaram e deixaram no palácio, onde ficaram sob estrito confinamento. Diz-se que Pompeu chorou e lamentou, mas foi reprovado por seu irmão, sob alegação de que aqueles que estavam prestes a morrer injustamente deviam manter-se firmes. No dia seguinte, foram executados pelos soldados, que lançaram seus corpos no mar. Suas propriedades foram tomadas por Justiniano, que depois devolveu a seus filhos todo o patrimônio que restou após ceder parte dele aos seus. A execução foi confirmada por Conde Marcelino, Zacarias Retórico, Evágrio Escolástico, João Malalas, a Crônica Pascoal, Vitor de Tununa, Teófanes, o Confessor e João Zonaras. Segundo John Bagnell Bury, Justiniano não deve tê-los considerado diretamente responsáveis, mas os executou para eliminar possíveis instrumentos em outras conspirações de seus rivais.

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Cônsules do Império Bizantino do século VI
Oficiais de Anastácio I Dicoro
Mestres dos soldados vacantes do Império Bizantino do século VI
Mestres dos soldados na presença do século VI
Bizantinos envolvidos nas guerras bizantino-sassânidas
Guerra Ibérica
Dinastia teodosiana
Patrícios do Império Bizantino do século VI
Mestres dos soldados da Trácia do século VI
Bizantinos do século V

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